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Mm p Coiniiiciclal I' r utility Letter IfoaJii, Ho,u1h, Noto Hi-aild, Btuti;mt;t?, BiusincBB Curds, Enveloped, -' ntp., - K It Pays to Give mm Tilli PEOPLE . nu invili.liou to trado with you. Tbo best way to iuvito th'Jiuis to uil vertiso iu 1717 TIJIJIS. r U ill I I I ! , I III Executed Neatly utul Promptly. HUBBARD aOmPta- NO. 2. Vol, IV; M n I SEiti Eta ELKIN, N. C.riiURSD AY-OCTOBER 2-1, 1805 vr nn .,1 i at amm MP M f HI GOVERNMENTS . AND ROADS. i ROAD IMPROVEMENT ANALYZED. 'Mr. Nlernsee's Address to the Road Congress. Important Suggestions Tbo following address delivered be- foro the recent South Carolina Road Congress held in Columbia by Mr, 1' rank ' Mcrusee, gives .orae interest ing information iu regard to roada of the past and contains somo suggestions us to the improvement of the roads of the present period that seemed to Btriko the convention favorably! ' "From the time of Moses there have beeri royal roads. First the Egyptians) afterwards tne irtraeiitos ana iiihu tnu tlreeks cnllod their lines of travel, that were not used for locial purposes royal roads or kiugn' high' ways. In tireeco the royal roads were ln siwcted and cared for by the senate at Athens, In Liieedoiiionia, Thebes and other Htates they were under the supervision of the most eminent mem Their roads, how ever, were not the best of the anelent. It It was reserved for a commercial city, Cnrtli " hzo, to build tho Hint paved road The Ho' mans followed the example of the l iirtliii Kenlans and their greet hiuhwavs, Whiell I'onnectud Home with its provinces were the moot renov? ued and UiukoIo ever t'ouetruet ed. AU o er Kurope, Asia nud Africa Wherever t-ielr emperors ruled, they build roads that have been supposed by the su perstitions of different Hires, to have been of supernatural origin, Thie is attested by the iiiiuis applied to them in Italy, England, "Franco and Spain, lu the last mentioned they have been known by suuh names ns ealzttdiidel-diahlo (roads of the devil), eal soda de las gigantes (roads of the giants). According to tit. Isidore, the first paved road was built by the C'nrthagenlans. and the same authority states that the riiuenieiaus opened and left to their successors, a load u-ross the Tyreunoes and the Alps many centuries before the Christian era. The most ancient lloman road outside of Italy was in Spain and led from Carthaena to the I'yreniiees, where it connected with others that led across the Alps to itorne. This road whs traveled by the legions of Beipio. The reign of Augustus is renowned for the roads then completed. The emperor made the system of comniiiii ention so complete that little else was left for his successors to do than to care for the roads already constructed, Of his successors, ' Trajan was the most zealous, as is shown by various Inscriptions, in preserving the public highways and in constructing others. His example was followed by others, but after wards the authority of the emperors declin ed and littlecare was given to distant public work. The removal of the court to Byzantine by Constantino completed the abandonment of road building and was the beginning, of , the decline of that magnlllceut systniu of highways that hud K nuo to its most distant provinces. The Komans divided their roads into military highways, called pretorian thoroughfares and local vias. The first was built to facilitate the marching of armies and to connect the capital with the principal cities and strntogio points. They were con structed and kept In repair by the imperial government. The second were the routes of commerce and connected towns and trade centres, and were constructed to assist the relations and Intercourse of traffic. They were built and maintained by municipal governments. In Austria there are two classes of roads one called the stato road which Is entirely under the control of and kept In complete repairs by the government. The other,, known as a provincal or district road, which are maintained and kept in re pair partly by the government and partly by the provinces through which they pass. "In France the public roads aro divided inlo thrceclawtes, us follows: First, national or state roads, constructed and niaiutUncd by the tittle. Second, department roads, entirely at the cost of the departments, and third, township roads, which, though con structed by the commuiies, receive, iu most rases, support either from the state or from the departments for their maintenance. "The modern road system of France was inaugurated by the First Napoleon and cur ried forward to its satisfactory and splendid conclusion by Napoleon the Third. "The road system nf France has been of far gicater value to the country as a means of raising the value of lands and putting small proprietors in eaay-eenimualenttaii with their markets than have the railwa."?. It is the opinion of well informed Frenchmen who have madea practical study of economic problems, that the superb roads of Franco nave been one of the most steady and potent contributions to tbo material development and marvelous financial elasticity of that country. The far-reaching and splendidly maintained road system has distinctly fav orod the success of the small landed pro prietors and in their prosperity and tlio ensuing distribution of wealth ilea the key to the secret of the wonderful financial vitality nnd solid prosperity of the Freneb nation. ' "In Oorniany the roads are alsa under government control. "In F.iigiaud the turnpike system took oar of the maintenance of roads up to 187H, when by an ft' of parliament the system wa abolished. The new system puts the duty and maintenance of the highways upon the tax payers of the parish and is managed by their highway surveyor. HucOnd, parishes are united into districts for the common ohjnot, Under the supervision of the nig. way boards. Third, municipal boroughs and towns have Sowers conferred upon them to perform the uties of highway surveyors within their boundaries, t.astly. the centra) authority, the local government board. London. ts intrusted with i.renoral superintendence of the several systems for the lieneflt of the nation at large.. "A general invitation ior an (nose in terested in good roads has been wisely Issued ty the road supervisors of our State. This action is in the line of progress and In the several States there are societies devoted to road Improvement and a union of ail these Interested should hasten the day when the different parts of the country will be joined by good, permanent highways, instead of roads that now alternate letween sloughs of mud and almost Sahara-like dust. There Is no reason why the State of South Carolina ehould not have her public roads in condition to compare favorably with any in the Vnited States. In the low country the ground is level And In those Hections are abundance of shell and good gf-avel. The middle and northern portions also have plenty of fine rrayel, gnets", granite and flint rock, all easily accessible, which could be broken and crushed, spread upon our roads and then rolled with a heavy roller, which would not only make a cheap material for macadam, but a most durable one. "The 8tot should aid the counties by in annual appropriation, bearing In mind that our public roads are the primary routes of the ..oaiineree of the nation; that they ar justly entitled to Stat and national tid in their improvement as aie the waterway. The fstate and nation are both gainers by ha-ring the hich--ays opeh to full traipo.ia ti m during toe year; property Is advan-d in vsiue: fanners are encouraged to make their banner sif-'istaining, if not largely tuuie profiiaoie. The earjDg in time and lal:r are very important items in lessening i h eot of production. The merchant" r.f our cities are also directly benefitted. ( ommercial organizations recognize the f of thi.i iriiiiuf nt and the otterauees of the boards of trade, chambers of eommeree, banking and financial institutions ran Ije quoted. In 1R!2 the national board of trade and trunsjmrtation pass! the following res olutions: "We recognize the exceeding pov erty of the country, even among its riches, u the jydvjjaally deplcray s&ndition of Its public highways' and favor a system wnicn win provide for luelr immediate lm proyemeut under the control of the State government. The legislature should ai point a commissioner of highways, who i turn should have tlio power to select the supervisors from each county and the eon yl -ls should be made to work upon the ronds of the county from Which tlsey were eon" vi.-tcd, The road question is now being fully agitated by most of the Slates and many are now constructing roads of the best description. The little State New Jersey, w'jlch is nothing like the size of our State, expended in lsui od road Improvements the sum oi t".i,u:HJ.uj. in tne mate or new York it has been proposed to raise tlio sum or :u,uou.(iiki My a state loan, payable in 17 years at a low rate of Interest nud devotd the entire sum to the Improvement of tht) county roads. It Would be siWUcfenl to eon struct an average of DO miles of splendid roads In every county of the State and the entire nsscsMiient upon a farm of the value oi ciu.eou wouiu no less wan t& "Our adjoining State: North rarollnrt has m lu excellent progress in iiilhlle road improvement and has now some as find roads as will lie found anywhere, 'The first important step was to secure from the rttate legislature authority to levy a road tax Irom 7 to 20 mills on a rl00 worth of taxable valuation, I he rate at present levied i about 15 mills, which yields some :it!,OO0 I car. Next the passage was secured by law liiitliorii-ing Ihu county commissioner to lake i h'irge of nil convicts sentenced by the city and county courts, the punishment for many offenses being a line or so many days work on the publle roailsi It lathe belief in this country that this is the best possible dis position that can bo made of the convicts, as I hey are not then brought into direct com petition with honest, free labor, while their work inures to tne direct benemor tne pub lic. The work of building, reconstructing and repairing streels nud roads in Mecklen burg is now in progress lu llireo depart incuts, " Virst, in the city of Charlotte, under the dir.-clloii of the cuy'ouncil, bv tho mavor, ciiy engineer ami supervisor of streels. The work is nald for out of the citv treasury. " Meconu, the county at large, under tne direction o! tne county commissioner, board of live elected annually by a vole of ail the magistrates in tho co intv. by the count v engineer and thM su erinlendcnt of the couvl"t i-amp. ll.ilftho proceeds of tho road tax is disbursed bv tills board. 'Kncii township, through its board of trustees, expends lor local work in road build in:;, one-half Iho proceeds of the road t.,v raised within the towihip. The cost of feeding, clothing and guarding convicts during the ilrst live months of lK!ia amount- e.l io 20 -.1 cents per day. the awrage num lcr cared for being 1)1 per mouth; during Hie Ural nine months of that yeanin average of !0 convicts moved ;lu,V47 euhl.j yards of earth on the roads and crushed and placed ,'ISI linrnl varus (four and a hall miles) macadam 12 feet wide,' I quote largely Irom di'Terent (state and government reports and Mr. J). A. TompHlus on roads in Mock- ienburg county, N. (', hat is most Imperatively needed is to educate the people an 1 especially those who urn placed ill charge of the roads how to proceed and that road making anil repairing is an art and trade Iliat needs direful study and care (o successfully carry out, and the sooner the idea mid priictl-n thai any one who can haul a load ol mud or sod from where the ditch ought to be and dump it into the road, is a lit person for road repairing!.-! nbundoned, the bettor. At theoutset, an en gineer should be not only censured, but em ployed, because ho has made u study of road building under all possi ,ie com... ems . hence is able to not only advise you wlmt to do, bin often what is equally important, wu:n un to uo. AGKICULTIKAL KXPOKIS. Big Falling Oft in Value, but Not In Quauity. Due to Decrease In I' rices. According toa epecial bulletin Issued by Iho Department of Agriculture there has been a largo falling off iu tho value of agri cultural exports for the ll.-jC.il year ending July 1st ns compared with preceding years. Tho figures are 35.1. 215.317 for the cur rent llseul year, iil,3ti l.tilS lor IS'Jt. I(il5,. 3S?,!Wtifor 18113, and 7!K,3-2!S,23:1 for 1802. As compared with the average of the six years from 181HI to 131T), our agricultural products fell . if about 90,000.000. This shortage, according to Secretary Mor tou. is due mainly to shrinkage of prices. The export values of wheat, Hour, nud cot ton for 18'J5 were only 300,000.000, while bad the prices of 1892 prevailed the quanti ties exported iu 18:13 would have brought in 1CO,00(I,000. The total exports for tho last fiscal year of nil Minis of metehandlso were less by 83, nW.OOO than iu 189J. but the falling off was iluc to low prices to such an extent, that hail cotton, bacon, aud iard been sold at the same pn. es as the previous year, they would alone have brought up the tJtnl exports to the llg ure of the previous year. S'vretary Morton, ' however, figures out Unit there has been a retrograde movement in both quantity nnd value of flour, wheat, corn, oleomargarine, seeds, cheese, butter, hops, hides, oil cake and copper, while to bacco, wool, cotton cloths, coal, animals, ng. ricnltural Implements, leather, and furs have held their own. There has been a more or loss marked iu crc.isuhi oil, fish, fruits, anil nuts, manufac turers of Iron ami steel, cotton seed oil, viu egur, u 1 wine. KAUMKKS I1UU) T1IEIII AVIIKAT. A Combination In the Northwest Formed to liaise l'rlcrs. It is reported throughout the Northwest that the wheat growers have formed an or ganization for the purpose of advancing the prlee of wheat so that it will pay them to take the gram to market. An anonymous circular was scattered broadcast over the Northwest some weeks ago, calling upon the farmers to hold their wheat, as the capitalists of the country were manipulating the prh'e in order to make fortunes for themselves. Keoeipts have fallen off greatly in the last ten days through out tho entire wheat region. The farmers sav they will let the grain lie In store on their farms before 'hey will sell it for less than 75 cents. If a large amount had not been taken in soon arter the harvest was lwgun not a bushel cov.id be sent away until there should be a clmngein the situation. Whent is now as low as it ever has been. It is alleged that the dealers wfll not offer what the wheat is really worth. The fann ers profess to have positive information that the price will advance from 25 to 50 per cent. Inside of a few months. The receipts of all kinds of coarse gra'M were never so large as now. TKKAM UY I'f'ilKKS. The Deficit for the Half Month Over Nine Millions. For the half mouth of October the receipts cf the TrrBMiry have brrn ?3.2S6,332. and the expenditures il2.T21.0O3 ujakirig the net deficit lor the half month tS9.t'!4.667. The deScit for Ibe fiscal year to date is 619.31?. 325. The deficit fr-r the mcnth will probaMy !i 'red"ced at its dose 5, 000,000 and for the Bp. ol year at the close or (Moherto $15,-O-iO. 000. The gold ro-erve on Monday was 42,999, 013. Tor the first llfti-en day of Oetoiwr the Treasury paid out tTj.579 in gold in re deeming Cnited StHtes notes and Tre.is ry notes, and for the fiscal rear to date. 38, iit.m In gold. TORTURED AHD LYECHED The Terrible Vengeance of a Mob in Tennessee. PENALTY FOR HORRIBLE CRIMES. Jefleriori Kllil, a Colored Mac, l'ut to lsath lit i Most Cruel Wy Ears and Fingers Cut OrT Then Ills Head TV IteiiKived and Ills lludy i-e t Hanging lo Pole. - ifeffersou Ellif, a young colored man, who teii days before had committed a criminal as sault oh Miss Sue Praetor, a beiuiliiul young Woman) who lives with her pnren s near Gal loway, Tenn. was lynched within one huiH dred yards of the scene of the assault, fit) Was horribly tortured before he was killej, He was decapitated while his heart yet baal. Ellis was captured In Mississippi and taken to Galloway in a hack, lie wits placed in a bilggy beside a constable, and win .slutted toward the hone of thd young lady, to bcl Identified by hen after which he w is to be taken to Somerville and put in jail. I lentil! cation WaS entirely unnecessary, inasmuch tts Ellis confessed his crime. As soon as the wheels of the eointnble's buggy made their first revolution 700 armed horsemen swung into line behind it. The Officer drove with reckless rapidity, an 1 ilia cavalcade followed him with every horse on a dead run, As the procession was missing out of the village of Galloway, a number of women standing by the roudsido cried out to them: "Hemember your wives and daughters, men; do not let the man escape." As soon as the Trader house was reached the young lady identiiled the prisoner, Im mediately the constable was covered with a score of shotguns and made to deliver 1 he prisoner, who was taken by the mob. Ellis confessed to being Implicated in (he assault on aud murder of Mrs. John 13 lilcy, which occurred some two years ago. Ho also told the names of two colored cronies of his who, he said, enteral the home of Mrs. Harrel, a widow who lives within a few miles of where he was lynched, two months ago, and, after assaulting her two daughter., burned them and their mother iu their home. Then he confessed to beating his own wife s j badly that she died. After Ellis had made these eonftsdons, he was taken to a point about one hundred and fifty yards from tho Praeter house, where a huge lire bad been built, and told to prepare for death. A frenzied, hot beaded man pushed through the crowd, brandishing a knife, and yelled : "Kneel down and pray, you dog. I'm go ing to cut off your ears." The wretch knelt, but did not pray, nnd the man began cutting off his right ear. Ellis fell to the ground with a shriek of pain, nnd some one cried out: 'You remember how that poor girl beggod for her honor, don't you?" Then members of the mob yelledi "Give me his other oar!" 'I want a finger!" The doomed man's other ear was severed from his head, after which each of his lingers was cut off. He was thou fun her mutilated. A number of the mob favored roasting their victim alive, and loud cries of "Earn him! Burn him!" could be heard. The major por tion of them, however, favored hanging him without further brutality, and he was strung up to the telegraph pole, bjarlng on his breast a plaoard on which was written: "Death to the Person Who Cuts Down This Body Before Sundown." When the victim had been hung from the crossbars of the pole, the grenter part of the mob left, but a few remained, aud while his pulse still faintly beat he was lowered to the ground and decapitated with a penknife. After the flesh was cut awavfrom tho nock- bone, the bone was wrenched and tho Moody head was placed In a sack. This terrible trophy was sent to the family of a little girl living lu Mississippi whom Ellis attempted to assault while the posse was in pursuit of him for assaulting Miss Praeter. iho verdict of the Coroners iurv was "Deceased came to his death at tho hands of unknown parties." The dead man's family was then allowed to cut dov,n the body and bury It minus head, ears and fingers. TURKEY FINALLY SUBMITS. The Plan of Reform t for Armenia Accept ed by Said Pasha. Said Pasha, the Foreign Minister of Tur key, has aooepted the piun of reform in Ar menia presented by Great Britain, France and Russia. It now awaits the Sultan's sig nature. The plan, is almost identical with tun proposals of last May. The Irovornors ana Viee-Uoveruors of Van. Erxeroum, Blvas. Itltlis, Khartut and Trobl. Roudaretobe Christian or Mussulman, n people In each section desire, but either tint Govwnoror the Vloe-Gnvornor must lie a Christian. Appointments are to jo con firmed by the Berlin trinity Powers. Liocai, not state oltleers, are to collect tln taxes, and enough money Is to be retained to pay local administration ex-penscs. Com plete changes will be made in the judicial system, torture will bo abolished, tho pris ons will be under surveillance, the police foroe will be composed of Christiana and. Turks equally, and the laws against comnul- sory conversion to Islamlsni will bo strictly enforced. Contrary to expectation, (ho Ilich Com missioner charge I with the cxwulioii of this reform scheme will be a Christian. This was the hardest bill for the Porte to swal low. CHINA HAS YIELDED. The Deadlock Over Maimers of Mission aries at an Kid. Information received at Hong Kong,China. from Kacheng nppeare to justify the belief that the deadlock between the Chinese authorities and the commission which has been Investigating the massacre of missionaries there list boon ended. Th- British Consul has had an li tervievy with the Viceroy of Fu-Kien, which liat resxted in an agreement that eighteen more of tii convicted prisoners are to be exwule I and and that the remainder of the unlives iu custody ore to be triod by the pnwut com mission, which is empowered to impose tli sentence of death. Tr-'s satisfactory esult of the negotiation Is considered to be duo to the uSIimvam which the B Itish Admiral, ruU cr. 1? r" ,-irt- ed to have delivered to t'i Vi kin. . of Corbett tloes to Hot Springs. After a stay M nine days in San Antonio Jim Corbett and party went to Hot Springs, where the champion resumed his training. WRECK OF THE DALLiS ABt.VA. At Pal)aa Tevit?, tbi Hp I;-i'nr Cot' puv levied an tla"hment for 4.000 on th uroijer used and that w-i to have be. n iu the arena which was to have been built for the fistic carnival billed to liegin Oetoiwr 81. The lumler was to have been moved to Hot Springs, Arkansas, for the contest there. -XI FOR THB FIGHT OFFEBED IX MEXICO. A concession has been granted by the Gov ernor of Chihuahua, permitting the Cirbett Fitzsimmons fleht to take place in Juarez, just across tue river from El Pao, Texas. CONSTITUTION 6 FREE CUBA. Formal Articles ot Ooverunient to Which Cuban Delcgutee Pledged Themselves. The constitution of tt-e Cuban revolution ary government, has been promulgated'. The introduction and text follows: The revolution for the Independence aud Creation In Cuba Of n democratic republic, initiated Hie 24th day of February iftst,solely declared tho separation of Cuba froth tb Spanish monarchy. The elected delegates of the revolution, In convention assembled, have now formed a compact between the world and Cuba, nnd pledge themselves to the following articles of the constitution of the new Cuban re public . Article 1. -The supreme power of the fe! pUhlie will be tested in a council of Ministers, composed of a president) vl"e-presldeut, And 0 ur secretaries, for the dispatch of business Of War; of the Interior, vf Foreign Affairs, and of Agriculture.- Art. II. Every Bortetnry will nave A stiU pecrctary, in order to supply any Vacancy.- Art. ill. The attributes of the rtiidisterial government will be to dictate ail the relative dispositions of the civil and political life of the republic; to receive contributions; (o conl ract public loans; to issue paper money; to raise troops and to maintain them; to de clare reprisals, with respect to the enemy, nnd to ratify treaties, except the peace with Hpaliit to submit judicial authority to the l'resideul j to approve th lttW of military or ganlziitlori, nnd ordinances of the military service, ns drawn up by by the Commander-in-Chief. - . . . Art. IV.-The Ministerial Council only will be able to intervene in taking part in tho military operations when, in their judgment, it will lie absolutely necessary. Art. V. It Is requisite for tho validity of the Ministerial Council decrees that two thirds of the members will have concurred in them. Art. VI. The office of counsellor is in compatible with the others of the republic, uud requires any member to be 85 years of age. or upward. Art. VII. The Executive will rest with tho President, or, in default, with the Vice-President. Art. VIII. The work of the Ministerial Council will be sanctioned by the President, who will lie able to dissolve it, not to exceed ten da vs. Art. IX. The President may enact treaties, with tho ratification of the Ministerial Council. Ait. X. The President will receive am bassadors. Art. XI. The treaty of peace with Spain, which it is necessary to have to form an ab solute basis of independence for tho island of Cuba, should be ratified by the Ministerial Council, and by an assembly of representa tives convoked for that end. Art. XIL The Vice-President will act for the the President in ease of necessity. Ait. XIII. In case the offices of Presi dent nnd Vice-President should bo vacant by resignation or by death, or by other cause, nt the same time, an assembly of representa tives will bocalled for an election. Art. XIV. The secretaries are to take part w ith voice and vote in all deliberations. Art. XV. It Is iennittud to tho secretaries to arrange for all the employes of their ra spective departments. Art. XVI." The sub-secretaries will consti tute a legal body In cases of vacancy of the Secretaries of State, having their voice in the deliberations. Art. XVII. All oV.tside armament Of the jrcYrtWiu, and the direction of tho operators of war, will be directly under the hand of the Commander-in-Chief, rt- ITIha ye at his order, as second in eonj tawtwt- nnt-general, as a '"'- , J ne cessit v. Art XVIII. All functionaries, of what ever class, who Are uble, must lend recipro cal help for the better accomplishment of the resolutions of the Ministerial Government. Art. XIX. All Cubans will be obliged to servo the republic with their persons and in terests, according to their power. Art. XX. Tho projerty, of whatever class, appertaining to foreigners, la exempt from paying taxes iu favor of the republic, pro viding their respective governments recog nize the belligerency of Cuba. Art. XXI All debts contracted from the actual initiation of tiie war until this consti tution is promulgated will be paid. Art. XXII .'The Ministerial Council has the power to reduce nuy member for just cause, in the judgment of two-thirds of the Councillors. . Art. XXllf. The judicial authority will proceed with entire Independence of all the others, New York Hxrald TIIK KND IS NOT YKT. Future Cotton Markets Largely Over sold and the Price MustOo Higher. Atwood, Violett & Co., of New York, in a special to tne Charlotte Observer says The prospects for this market adding to its stock arc becoming more and more remote, unlesj they are compelled to do so at no matter what sacrifice, should they desire to liqui date with the actual thing, instead of buying !n their cm met The conditions aro very simple, but, strange to say, they are condi tions that hnvo been ignored by tho very imiple who should have given most attention ft them, and that Is, of course, the speuula tive short Interest. It stands that if cotton cannot lie nought here, for reasons mentioned already, and the people who are long of contracts should un dertake to demand delivery of the cotton they have bought, It would force the shorts Into competition with exporters and buyers for domestic mills. This would bring about Kilkenny conditions of a highly interesting character to the sot holder, but decidedly worrying to the spot buyer. An ex planation of the advance In contracts Is to bo had mainly in the fact that the fu ture ni&ikeui are largely oversold, and the end is not yet. ' , SOUTHERN COTTON MOVEMENT. Comparisons of Imst Week's figures With Those of the Past Three Years. The New Orleans cotton exchange state ment from September 1st to October IS h, Inclusive: Port receipts, 1.05. 018 bales again -t 1,357, 00 last year, 1.024. 2 W year before lat, and 991 ,076 for t b same time iu 18'J-J; uveriaud to mills and Canada, 81,575 agalust I jti.UUl, 57,874 and M.097. Interior stocks iu excess of September 1st. 22U.299 again 170.127, 147.05:1 and 13ti.mi7, outh-rn mill takings. 147.577 against 123.378, 109.693 last year, aud 107,504 for the' same time iu 1892; crop brought Into sieht during 49 diivs to date, 1.50i,4li9 Hgi.mst 1.779.416, 1.338.8.", 1,328, 279. Crop brought into sight for tho week, 8y5,3!'9 against 47B.459 for the seven day:i ended October IHiii last year, 358,298 and 340.171 Crop brought Into siglu for the lli-ft :ighlen davs of Oetobor. 971,82 MgAinst I.ICW.W. 8S3.607 and 792.001 Comparison. in these rejort.s are made ii'i tn tli- ,nr-rf'.r,!iiilim- tint., It ,tr venr I e. tore and in 1:2. and not to the -loy of the corrc.-ponding week. Com pa nstof by weeka would take in 49dayso! the season last year, 50 year lfore last and bl in IS'Ji again : nly 48 days this year. A Horse Heavily Insured. At 'Waterbury. Conn., on Sunday, a aerioua wreck of a freight train occurred on the Sew England BaTroad, Ten loaded freight ears were demolish. -d. Three men were kjured end the track torfe Mazeppa was killed. The horse is aaid io have been Insured for 1100,000. Korean Qncen' Body Vnoail. The body of the rVirdojed OuRtm of Koren hns been found, a h-oul dispatch report ALL AMERICA FOR FREE CUBA, AN APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITE!! STATES. The Central and Mouth American Re publics Would Recognize Her llut for Their Fear of Srmulsll Warships. .i, - A dispatch froth Witsllinglou says Unit Hon tt tbo Central uud Koulh American govern ments will (ilkc the initiative lu recog'iizlng belilgereucy of the revolutionists In Cul'il, The press In Cuba as far Us crtu btf judged from this point, is unanimous In Its sympa thy' ltli tho Cubans. The four In expressed however', that tho recognition of the revolu tionists by Youozuefiii Nicaragua, llrazil, Gunteinahi or oven .Mexico) Would be fol lowed by the dispatch of several rpHnilt men-of-war to their principal porta demand lug both nn explanation and satisfaction. As Spain hits a navy about equal to that of the United Stales, she would have, under these circumstances, asufllclent number of vessels for this purpose nt half a dozen points on the Amorlcau confluent. As uoue of the countries of the Western Hemisphere, ex cepting tho United Stntes and Chili, possess a navy worthy of name, no roeogiuziition of CuIkui rights will be mado by them for fear of tho consequences. It Is said to-day that as soou iw tho United blateaor Great Britain or some of the continental powers move in tho matter, their action will be speedily fol lowed by all the Spanish-American republics on this continent. ' Tho following address was sent out by tho committee appointed at the muss . meetings held iu Chicago to cxprjss sympathy with the Cubans in their struggle for Independ ence! ' "The committee appointed by the Chicago mass meetings on S (ptember 30lh, which were held to express sympathy with tho Cu bans, earnestly appeal to their fellow citizens throughout the Union to call similar meetings not later than October 31st and wherever practicable to be held on that day, iu order that the movement may derive the oeiiellt of such simultaneous action as lidding to its impressiveness. "As in Chicago, so doubtless In other cities, generally, a few citizens with tho co-operation ot the mayor, can readily inaugurate tho desired movement, and doubtless else where, as here, the promptitude and enthus iasm of the response on the part of tho peo ple will prove to bo a gratifying manifesta tion of the universal sympathy for the Cu bans now braving death to achieve their in dependence. "May we take the liberty of suggesting to you that you call on your mayor aud confer with him ns to the desirability of Inaugurat ing a similar movement. A uut,.jer of cities hnvo already done this and it .would seem desirable to have nil thus take part. Let us not say 'It is no affair of ours, for these men are our neighbors engaging iu the sumo struggle and for the same principle as wore the founders Of this republic." A Fire attlie Kxposlon. There was considerable excitement on tbe Midway at the exposition grounds Tuesday afternoon. It was occasioned by a Are which stariei-to the building occupied by the Old Negro PI AniMieo-niJof the concessions on the Midway, and tliencTkvgbli on the uncom pleted arena of the Hagenbaclc'slww. . Thai, building was entirely destroyed but a i"waj siaerauie portion ot tne plantation uuiiiimg was saved. The buildings burned rapidly and for awhile, on account of the west wind, it was feared tlio whole Midway was doomed, but tbe firemen dually succeeded In getting It under control aud soon bad it extinguish sd. c, f. a Y. v. ny. 0HN GILL, Receiver. Condensed Schedule. n Effect June 23d, 1895. i Southbound N 2, Dally. t Wlmtagtoa. 9 05am Af Fayettoville 12 15 p m fcy Fayetteville 12 45 p a " Fayetteville Juno. Banford S 1 p ra Climax 4 19 P m Ar Greensboro 460pm Lv Greensboro 5 00pm Btokesdale 6 65pm Ar Walnut Cove , 6 25 p m L Walnut Cove 6 80 p m S"BuraIHaU 6 68 pm Ir Mt. Airy 8 25 p m Southbound No. 1, Dally. LMt.Alry 7 05 am " Itoral Hall 6 29 a m Ar Walnut Cove... 8 65 am Lv Walnut Cove 8 50 a m " Btokesdale 28 a m Ar Greensboro 10 11 a m Lv Oreensboro 10 20 a m " Climax 10 50 a m " Banford 12 50 p m Ar Fayetteville Junctoa " Fayetteville 8 15 p m Lv Fayetteville. 2 45 p tc Ar Wilmington... (65pm Northbounji No. 4. Dally. Lv Bennettsville J.. 8 15am Ar Maxton 6 20 a ra Lv Maxton 9 29 am t" Red 8pring... 9 53am " Hope Mills .' 10 35 a m Ar Fayetteville..., 10 55 a m Southbound No. I. Daily. Lt Fayette viUe 85 p m " Hope Mills i 61 p m " Med Springs 6 40 p m Ar Maxton 6 12 p m Bennettsville 7 20pm Northbound No. 16. Ulxed, dally Ex. Sun, Lv Ramseur 6 60 a m " Climax 7 a m Ar Greensboro 8 20 a m Lv Greensboro V 15 a m " Btokesdale 10 50 a m Ar Maxton 1160 am Southbound No. lS.JMix'd, dally Ex. Bun. Lv Madison 12 80 p m " Btokesdale S 85 p m Ar Greensboro , 2 40 p m Lv Greensboro 8 00 p m Climax - IMpD Ar Ramseur e 00 p m NoBTHBocxD Cos'sacxioys at Fayetteville with Atlsotie Coast Line for all points North and East, at Sanford with the Seaboard Air Line, at Greensb .ro with tbe Southern Enilwav Comranv, at Walnut Cove with the Norfolk A Western Railroad lor Winstoa-Saiem. BocTBBorxp C"SECIIOS at Walnut Cove with the Norfolk A Western r-ailrosd for Roanoke and points North and West, at Greerubcri with ine souiue.-n Kill way Company for Raleigh. P. cbinond and ad points North'and list, at Fayett"v,lie with the Atian ;io Coast Line for ail points South, at Maxton with the Seaboard A:r Line for Charlotte. AUsita and ail points Si intb and Boufiwest, nt Wilmington will: l!: Wuiniug ton Seaoait Railroad lor W ngutsvUie and Owaa View. Trains No. 1 and 2 'linjer at Fayettevilie J. W. FBI, W. K. KYLE. Oea't lUsazer. Gts'l I Tbe Freuch Minister of EilncntloB has preecnteil trr Parliament a schema by which tbe academies in tbo princi pal town i tk the name of nni-versitics. Sonth Cnn Hold It Cotton. Messrs. S. Muhn'.-Hqo Co.'s market letter sayr: The Souto is in a fiioW Independent position, as a rule, than for many years past. The large planter and tho small farmer tf not forced to market their cotton whether thev wish to or not. They have raised larger food crops than usual. Tho Southern crop of corn is undoubtedly the largest on record, and tbe South has also raised an unusually large supply of meat. This makes that sec tion less dependent on the factors than usual, while to go still further back, the crop Itself was raised on an tiniisunlly economical b.tsK The factors did not advance us much moneV us customarily, nud this is the reason, us is 'well known, why the use of fcrtlli.ers was ho largely reduced. Not ior years past I us the South been in a belter position bold cotton If It cbooBca to do so. SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO, (EASTERN STS I I II ) Central Time shown belwutn Jacksonville end Columbia. Fastern Time at other points. Norlhbnnl. teet. lf'h, . mi XO.SO XolO o3 Dnlly Daily limlr .v. Jackiotivllle . Lv. Snvannah , .. ir. Columbia,... 5 40 p 10 14 p 2 40 a 7 (10 a 1 1 SO a 3 45 p Lt. Charleston.. Ar. Columbia .. BOO p 10 15 n 7 20 a 1 1 05 a Lv. A miosis 10 30 p It 10 p 1 1 -lli p 12 0-1 2 20 li 4 1.0 4 57 n 6 4J n li i:t li 7 00 a 11 40 u 2 00 p 2 "(I p 2 57 p .1 10 p 4 44 p 515 p 6 05 p 11 5.", p 7 3 p S2l p 12 mint " (irnnitevllle . " Trenton .bihUKtnni ... Ar. Columbia .., Lv. I'nlumhla ... " Wfiuifcboro... " lieKtrr " Rock Hill ... Ar. Charlotte ... " Danville lllchmond 4 40 p 4 40 p 010 a 6 12 ft 8 05 a 10 15 a 12 ;a p ,37 Hiiily 4 no p 0 .-.5 p !l 20 t. Washington ... Kull! mnrn :;n p 1 1 2.1 p ;l i'ti a 6 20 a 1'bila.lelphfa ' Sonthbonnd. V.. I) Daily I v. New York ... " Philadelphia " Baltimore .... Lv. Washington . 12 I toil H ro h li 21 H I 1 I.) H U.Vl p 12 l'uil !l Ml 11 0 22 u 11 2 i i 12 55 p 10 4:1 p Richmond... 2 00 a Pinvllle . Charlott ,. Rock Hill . ('henter ... Winnsboro. Colli 'bla .. Ar. I.T. Columbia . " Join, it,. n . " Trenton ... " Cmniivllle. Ar. Augusta... J.v. Columbia . Ar. I'bnr'citoa . bv. ColuiTiuH ... Ar. 6aviiuttli ... 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