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VOL.V. WAITER 8. 8EU, 'Editor
ELKIN, N. (D., THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1897.
BUSA&D & RITE, Publishers. NO. 30.
IS
Prefers Extermination to Peace at the
Price of Abandoning Crete. ,
DEFIANT UNDER GREAT REVERSES.
Turkish Atrocities In Kplru Reported
T" (tracks ttetreated on Domoke to Make
Another Stand War to the Last Iltch
' Kather Than Give Up Crete The Fsl
ins; Against Koralty it Leas Bitter.
, Athxns, Greeos (By Cable. Greece will
ply that she prelors war, even to exterm
ination, It la stated positively, If the Pow
rs insist on the withdrawal ot the Greek
. mm m itAnHltlnn nf TVt Mil i N.
tlon.
M. HalU and, hla colleagues In the Greek
Cabinet advocato energetlo preparations to
continue tho struggle, while the King de
sUes to avoid further bloodshed.
I The news of the retreat from Pharsala
was received with consternation at first,1
but the public, has already aeeepted the
situatloa, and now regards the retreat to
Domoko as a Strategic movement dictated
by prudonoe. It Is generally felt .that
General Hmolcnlts'.'s defense of Velestino
has vindleated the reputation of the Greek
army and wiped out th-? disgrace ot Mati
and Larissa, leaving the national honor un
tarnished. Buttha old bellicose -enthusiasm of the
Athenians has vanished. On all sides a de
ire for aoaoe Is expressed, and should the
Government lnvoko the intervention of the
Powers It probably would be supported by
public opinion.
The auti- royal feeling Is diminishing.
OLDEST ARMY OFFICER. .
General George S. Greene Is Btlll Active B
the Age of Ninet.ySiiti
General George 6. Greene, the oldest liv
ing graduate of West Point Military A.ca
delny, eelobrated his nlnaty'-stxtn birthday
on May 8. I 182$ he was made a lieuten
ant in the army and at the age of slxty-f 6u
he was a general In the Civil War.
General Greene la one year and four
months younger than the century, having
boen born at Appenaug, In the Htateol
GENERAL OIOIiOB S. OBKBNt.
Rhode Island, in May, 1801. He was a de
scendant in the seventh generation from
John Greene, who eame Jn 1G35 from Balls
bury. When the War of 181J broke out
young Greene wanted to go and fight the
Britishers, but his mother wouldn't hear of
it, and he had to curb his military ardor
Ij HORROR If PARIS;
Leaders of French Society Perish in a
Frightful Disaster. ,
REAR-ADMIRAL MEADrl 0AD.
ALL EUROPE IS IN MOURNING.
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1TRI1.ITY CHUnCH, KEW YOBK, WHICH HAS JUST BEEN CELEBRATING IT3.BI.
- CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY. '
The demonstrations due to a onange of
Cabinet and to the flight from Larissa,
which were somewhat superficial, have not
been repeated. The gallantry of the
Prinoea at Phareala has also bad a good
effect.
All the Inhabitants ot Domoko have 0ed'
to Lamia. A paaio prevails at Lamia, on
the Gulf of Lamia, wnioh is now. the base
of supplies for the Greek foreea at Domoko.
Many inhabitants are Seeing, tearing it will
be attacked by the Turks. Genera) Bmol
enitz's brlgado arrived at Ualmyros, having
retreated from V'elestino in good order.
The artillery engineers and some cavalry
went by sea.
l- The Government has notified the Powers
that the Greek fleet has established an
effective blockade ot the eoast of Epirus.
SUPERIOR FORCE WON.
The Greek Defeat at Phanala Wa Bloody
and Complete.
TcBKiKn CAMr, in Front of Pharsala (By
Cable). The mot important conflict of the
Turko-Greek. war has Just been terminated
after active hostilities lasting all day.
Early in the morning the Turks advanced
and fuu n d the town abandoned. Twenty
thousand troops, with their officers, the two
roval princes and all the Inhabitants had
faflen back to Domoko..
k The Greeks only once offered determined
resistance, namely, at the little town of
Pasiamagiula.
Might foil almost immediately afterward,
and In the darkness Pharsala was evacu
ated. Bo great a battlo was not expected. The
Greeks held a good position on some small
mountains on the Turkish side of the valley,
but the moment the attack was commenced
they began to descend the sides and cross
the plain. This enabled the Turks to open
an artillery fire with great and continuous
effect.
. The Turkish losses were insignificant,
but the Greeks lost heavily. . Edhem Pacha
then pitched bis camp overlooking the pas
toral and tranquil scene, and his army rests
and Whappy. .
MASSACRES IN EPIRUS.
forks Have Uiirun to Commit Unspeak
able Atrocities.
Lokdok , England (By Cable). Colonel
Manos wires from Art a that the Turks jiave
begun a wholesale massacre of the inhab
itants in the interior of Epirus. Almost all
the inhabitants of the villnge of Kamarina
have been murdered, a tew only escaping
to the mountains. ,
From other parts women are arriving at
, Arts in the most miserable condition, Jig
ging protection for their husbands1'' and
children, who are beig murdered by tfc :
enraged Turkish troops. Many ot these
poor creatures have gone mad. Borne are
unable to articulate a single word, others
relate unspeakable atrocities,
-The fnltan la. Willing. .
CoKSTAKTiKopi.a, Turkey (By Cable.
The Rultan Didde a favorable reply to an
informal suggcatlon of mediation on the
part ot the Powers to put an end to the
war between Turkey and Greece.
Woman Roflrag Defeated.
i Tha British Columbia Legislature re
jected, by a majority ot three, the Woman's
Suffrage bill. The bill, however, received
more support than any previous measure of
Its kind, and members of the Legislature
say the women of the West will get their
desire if they wait another year.
Europe's Peaco Assured.
At the Primrose League meeting in Lon.
don the Mnrcjuis of Salisbury, Prime Minis
ter of Kngland.made a sneech in which he
said that the peace of Europe, except for
the local war between Greece and Turkey,
lioiit better basis than vi before,
until he was old enough to enter the United
States Military Academy at' West Point. He
graduated from West Point In June, 18513.
Since retiring from the army General
Greene has been conducting important en
gineering works in New York City and
vicinity. In spite of his advanoed age he
is still more or less actively engaged in his
duties ot his profession, and his advice Is
constantly sought as consulting engineer.
MAY BE A 'TRANSVAAL WAR.
Forces of Bot h Great Britain and the Re.
pnbllo Held in Readiness. ' '
The signs Increase of a eomlng war be
tween Great Britain and the Transvaal.
The army reserve of the Colony ot Natal
has been notiflod to hold itself in readiness
for active service.
The authorities of the Transvaal have in
structed their field Cornets to thoroughly
patrol the Natal border, and report in
stantly any suspicious movements.
A circular from the Transvaal has been
distributed Jn Cape Colony and in the
Orange Free State calling upon the' Afri
canders for help, kit says: .".We do not
want your money or moral support. Wo
want you to eomaand help us."
The Boer Volksraad discussed the answer
to be made to the dispatches of Mr. Cham
berlain, British Secretary of. State for the
Colonies, which demamted a repeal of the
Transvaal ltnmagration .law.-,-. . - .,
The Voiksraal repealed the law 'not be
cause it waa a breach of the London Con
vention, but becauseltt was distasteful to
neighboring States. Mr. Coster, the Trans
vaal State Attorney, has tendered his resig
nation in disapproval of the repeal.
FIRE ENCINE HOUSE BURNS. AS
Citizens Gave tha Alarm Walls Emporia
( Kan.) Firemen Were Flaying Cards.
The Fire Department ot EmporiaKan.,
is without shelter and the firemen are the
laughing stock ot the town. While a num
ber of firemen were in the loft playing
cards, a citizen discovered flames In the
building and gave the alarm. The firemen
scurried out, but before the teams could be
taken out, burning breads were dropping
around the hones, and it was all the men
could do to save the engine and hose carts.
The building was destroyed. ...
' Fast Shipment of a Praas." ' -
A new press .'or the San Francisco Exam
iner was shipped from New York the other
day to San Francisco, by way ' of the B.
O., tha Chicago and North Western and
Union ractitc. mm. h u. took it from
New York to Chicago in three days, and it
reached its destination in the remarkable
time often days from New York, the dis
tance being S406 miles. Ten years ago the
average time tor such shipments waahlrty
days. ' ' . r . ..'
Bread Biota in Argentine. ' . .
" Bread riots have broken on In Ban Luis
Provinee, Argentine Republic, owing to
destitution in the r rovlnoe. , . .
T". Talmaga Aids Famine Sufferers. V- '
Dr. T. De Witt Talmage and Dr. Louis
Klopsoh, who have recently been in the
West gathering wheat for the famine suf
ferers ot India, have returned to New York.
They have secured 200 carloads of wheat
and about 100,000 In money. Dr. Klopsch
will go to In.ila with the tunas, and it is
stated that Dr. Talmage may accompari"
him.
-T Eleven Men Drowned in a Miae.', ,
Elevun men have been drowned through
an Inflow ot water into the Salle Colliery,
at Diaibam, England.
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felamea.evel a Wooden Structure' jiclnft
tTsed Mr" A Charity jiainar Scores ot
-the Nobility and Wealthy, Mostly
Women, Among the Victims A linn
drad Bodies Ta'kaa Out Mora in Itulnai
flits, frranoe (By Cable). Not slnee the
terrible fire which converted the festivities
la connection with the marriage of Em
peror Napoleon to Archduchess Marie
LonUe into an epoch of grief and mourning
haa Id appalling disaster overtaken
Parisian society as the conflagration bf the
Rue Jean Goujort TuesdSy afternodri. Th8
.flower 0t France's arlstocraoy was as
sembled together tor the purpose of charity
In a wooden building, constructed to rep
resent a street ot Old Paris. A bazaar, or
fancy fair, was In full swing. The stall
were occupied by royal pHneessr; p;
duchesses, Oqtintesseg, . and leaders bt
the gleat World of the French metropolis,
the place being densely, thronged with
Visitors and purchasers, when Suddenly a
Are broke out In the stall of the Dowager
Duohesse d'Uses. A terrible bUhio ensiled.
Those who did hot perish In the flames
seem td hSve sustained Shocking injuries
during the struggle that followed at the
exits in the frantio efforts td escape. Bo
fierce were the fill the that, as in the case
of the Are at the Austrian Embassy at
Paris on the occasion of Napoleon's wed--ding,
the exact number of the victims may
never be known with any degree of oer
tatnty. --
The latest estimate 6f the dead IS that at
least 10A bodies have been taken but, and
as many more may still be In the ruins.
One report is that the disaster caused the
loss of at least 200 lives and has thrown
many of the best-known families of France
and other continental countries Intd mourn
ing. Perhap9 20d others were Injured.
The bazaar in which the Are, occurred
was a temporary structure of wood. The
flames were first discovered above the stall,
No. 13, occupied' by the Duchesse d'Uses,
and while the plaee was - densely ofowdea
with Well-known society persons, the hold
ing ot the bazaar In the cause of charity
being an annual funation presided - Over by
the leaders of Parisian society. ;
A terrible panic and 'fchish followed 'the
alarm of flt;. There was a wild rush for the
exits, and the weaker persons were trampled
on after having been knocked down in the
stampede. The inflammable nature of the
building and Its contents caused the flames
to spread with great rapidity, and in a very
short time the bazaar was a mass of flames,
A policeman wno was on duty at the
doors of the bazaar says that from 150d td
1800 persons were in the building when the
Are started. He adds that the alarm caused
a general panic, followed by a terrible fush
for the doors, which- were soon ehoked
with the crowd, thus preventing 'We es
cape of many who would - - otherwise
have been saved. The strong tram'
pled upon the weak, the young crushed
the old to the floor and. heartrending
ertua of fear aroea on all sides, soon fol
lowed by shrieks ot agovj, aa tho Inaw,
sweeping onward behind the crowd strug
gling for, the doors, olalmed victim after
victim and swallowed up stall after stall
with frightful rapidity until the whole
structure was e. roaring mass . ot Are,
Further details show that before the Are
men had time to arrive the roof 9! the ba
zaar erashed ln crushing numbers ot those
who had been 'unable to escape from the
building. .
- In addition to those who were crushed or
suffocated it appears that many others ho
might otherwise have escaped were caught
nnder the .roof, which collapsed In a few
minutes after the Are started, tho uprights
supporting it having been burned away.
Many ladles whose dresses had caught Are
ran into the erowda near the exits, and in
this manner Are was communicated to the
elothing of others, who either perished mis
erably or were frightfully burned. It will be
impossible to identify many ot the bodies,
they being burned beyond recognition.
Borne of them are completely carbonized,
while others are without heads or limbs.
80 far as can be learned about 500 persons
were enveloped in the flames, the others in
the building having managed to effect their
esoape before the Are gained great head
way. One hundred-and Afty seriously in
jured persous have been taken, to the hospi
tals or are being treated at their homes.
Nearly all the dead and injured were ladies
who occupied high social positions, many
ot them being international aristocrats.
In some of the oorners, especially -near
the main exit, were afterward found plied
heaps ot dead and dying, charred remains,
arms, legs and skulls. Near the main exit
the pile was Ave feet deep.
A few minutes after the building was de
stroyed the ambulance corps and police be
gan the work ot removing the bodies. Rut,
very few lives eould then be saved. The'
arms and legs of the vlotims were in most
instances completely consumed. Their
skulls were fractured and the brains pro
truded. There was no vestige of elothing
on any of the bodies.
As the news' spread rapidly hundreds ot
carriages came streaming along the Champs
Elysens -conveying people with anxious and
tear-stained faces, oomlng to seek relatives
or friends. Within halt an hour were wit
nessed indescribable soenes of grief. . One.
lady rushed frantically about inquiring for
berdarghter. Ou being assured that she
was safe, ahe jumped, danced, screamed,
and then rushed to ber coachman and told
him to drive home, after which she fell in a
swoon.
Another lady on reaching the scene went
mad. Btlll another. Imagining that she
reeogn'red her daughter's drees, oalled
hysterically to her husband to tell the po
lice to prevent ber from visiting the bazar.
A majority of the dead jeemed to have
been mercifully suffooated before they were
burned. ' In the awful struggle to got out
of the building most ot the ladles who es-
, eaped lost part ot their elothlag. Some of
them were almost nude,' their skirts and
pcttiooaU being stripped off ot them. As
' they rushed out of the burning structure
they fell swooning in the- street, with their
hair dishevelled and their faces, in a num
ber ot oases, scratched and bleeding...
The Famons Naval bftlcer' Fx pi ret at a
" Washington sanitarium.
Renr-Admlral Richard W. Meade (retired),
TJultod State's Navy, who had been 111 -in
Washington for three weeks past, died
Tuesday In Dr. Johnson's private sanltar
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BB LATZ BIlB-iDktrttii. HXlDi,
Bear-Admiral Meade was pne ef the best
known ofAoers of the modern navjf, Saw
nara servioa oeiore, uuruig buu ki m
Civil War, and cruised in all parts of the
.i.i An imnnrf,nt ntl And ritnlomatla
missions. He was born in New York City
on uovouer vt loot, nuu w o ms wuopy ovu
f the late Captain Richard Wy Meade,
tTi.A.4 Qntari Vavv. art aide hftlthnf fit tilS
late General Meide.who fought at the battle
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01 uetiysourg in uuiy, 1000. iuvinnoM.
Admiral was appointed A midshipman from
r.-n. i !-.! O ,qk1 1 Arrival rca.l a
married, in ,1805, a daughter of the late
itear-Aamirai rauiaing, buu vj mis mw
rlage.had one son and four daughters.
-TARIFF BILL REPORTED. '
The Dlngley Measure S objected to a Rao
leal Revision.
', TM Finance Committee of th tTnftod
States Senate received the Dlngley tariff
bill from the sujj-edmmittee which had been
considering thd measure and immediately,
reported, the bill to the Benate. In a general
way the bill Is a surprise, especially to those
who. looked for the maintenance of the
Dlngley rates.
Exoent with regard to the duties on lum
ber, which was Axed at-$2 per foot, and
lead atlj eents per pound, frulte at a pro
portionately ntgn rate, niaes at 1 cents a
ptiund, ftnd a few other items Whloh were
unchanged In order to secufe the support
of senator Jones and a few Senators whose
Votes are neoessary to Its passage, the bill
shows great reduction all along the line.
The retroactive clause makinct the rates
Collectible April 1, is etriokon out ot the
Pin. .
The provision emphasizing that nothing
in the bill shall be regarded as abrogating
the Hawaiian treaty Is stricken from the
bill. This practically abrogates tue treaty.
There is an Increase of forty-four cents a
barrel in the internal revenue tax on beer,
Which, It is thought, will bring in 10,000,
000 of revenue. This tax will eontlnue until
1900, after which it will be $1. ..
The discount on stamps is also removed,
which, it is estimated, will add t25,-
000,000 more.
Tea is to be taxed ten eents a ponnd lot
the next two years and a half. !
.- The Internal revenuetax on snuff and
chewing tobaooo Is raised from six to eighl(
cents a pound, while cigars are to pay f 3 sj
thousand. The duties on wood and manu
factures of wood have been materially re
duced. The sugar schedule is an entirely
new one, the duties laid being both ad
valorem and specific.
The rates on wools are lowered from
eleven eents to eight oents a pound on the
first class, and twelve oents to nine oents
on the second class.
Z ELEVEN LOST.' IN A WRECK. T
Steamship Collynle Went Down in a Col'
lislon With the Girnlgos. -
A collision ooourred off Aberdeen, Soot
land, between the .mail steamships Glrnl-I
goe and Collynle, resulting in the total loss,
Ot the Collynle. On board the Collynle w.ere
Captain Lawrle, her commander; his wife
and two boys and a crew Of eight men. Im
mediately after the collision Captain Lawrle
fastened life belts around his two boys and)
clasping his wife ;in bis arms awaited the
inevitable sinking of his ship. The Collynle,
sank In a few minutes and the oaptain's
wife was torn from his arms by the immense
wave whloh olosed over the vessel. Thai
Glmigoe stood by and picked up the Cap
tain, who was unconscious, but all of the,
others were drowned.
The seene upon the quay when the. wait
ing wives learned the fate of their hus
bands was patbetie beyond description, and,
it was necessary to carry some ot the fren
zied and shrieking women to their homes
by main foroe. '
CRIMES OF A FIEND.
Died at Bis Son's flrsra. ' , , '
Tseae H. House!, fifty years old, was
found duiad beside his son's grave intlreen
,wood Cemetery. Trenton, N. J, He bad
ridden to the cemetery to plaee fresh low,
ers and sew grass seed" on the grave, and
having finished the work -attempted to
mount his bicycle to retnrn home when he,
fell over and died. Heart disease was the
cause ot death.
S.aad O.'s Nsw 100,000 Passenger Station
: The 100,000 passenger station that the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company is
erecting ! Baltimore, to take the place of
the old Camden Station, is being rapidly
pushed to completion. The structure will
be .thrown open to the public about Jane L
Fiva Lambs From the Zwa. V
.Joseph" Lnckman, bt Heppner, Oregon,
has a ewe that haa just given birth to Ave
lambs and all are alive. This is consider 1
by sbpmaa the most remarkable cse on
r-co,-d. Lussmaa has sten BiXcjri I it2 tot
ti Is libs.
Cat the Throats of Four Children and As
saulted Their Mother. ' .,'
Farmer Cnute HUlstead ' - wife and six;
children were In their home at Larimor
North Dakota., when August Norman, a
young man whose attetnlons had fright
ened Mrs. HUlstead, entered the house.
The woman ran into her bedroom and.
bolted the door. Norman, failing to get
into the room, cut the thrpat ot Peter, the
flf teen-year-old son, and with the same
razor killed the woman's thlrteen-months-old
baby and lnflloted fatal wounds In the
throats ot two ot her other children.
Going to the bedroom door the murderer
then told Mrs. HUlstead that he would spare
the Uvea of her two daughters it she woul.4
open the door. Bhe yielded. Stealing a
horse the fiend then took to the woods
after breaking all the lamps In the house. .
"" W Armlstics In Thestaly. 'V '.,
The Turkish commander in Thessaly
asked for an armlstloe of five days, one re
port from Athens says. According to an
other report an armlstloe has already been
tacitly acquiesced in by both .sides. An
armistice is understood to really mean ths
end of the war between Turkey and Greece,
After fourteen hours' fighting the Greeks
frustrated the -Turkish attempt to turn the
Sank ot. the Greek, army to cut off retreat
to Yolo.' , ' ' ' t
' Prompt News From tha Taquist
"The Mexioan Government Is taking ad
vantage of the quiet oondltlon of the tribe
of Yaqul Indians to run Government tele
graph lines through every part of that wild
and remote country. The object is to keep
in touch with the tribe so that word may b
given of the slightest Indication of a hostllt
outbreak.- ,
sun on
Attorney General Sends the gover
nor an Opinion as to Magistrates. .
ABOUT TAX TITLES TO LAND.
Will Not Call an Alliance Meeting'
. ShIcs Are EflofmOHs--iState Press
Association1.
It seems that some coiif usio'tl la being
created over the State regarding the
ttnw ntaaiatrnlaa alantad at the Dolls
Jjust Ni'vemt6r. A large number of
(hem have failed to take tne neces
sary ' oath of office and also to file the
statements of campaign -expenses, and
for th ijdttef causa tha clerks of the
Superior eourtj have presumed to de
clare the office vacant in quite a num
ber bt instances;. The Governor is be
ing appealed td ill man Instances, and
he has in turn asked fof an opinion
frnni A (fArnaw.rioTlfirftl Walser. Mf.
Walser has just sent his opinion to
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uorernor Xtusseu. ins Aitoruey-ureu-fcral
says: "I have the honor to reply
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to your letter 01 tne sjoia inss: a ou
hot think the neglect or refusal of a
Candidate for office to file an itemized
statement of expenditures when he is
elected ipso facto works a forfeiture of
his office, although it is a ground of
forfeiture( that the forfeiture must be
Judicially ascertained and declared 88
Am.-Deo. 867, and note. It is clear that
Art. 4, 8eo. 28 of the Constitution has
by reason of the legislation of 1895,
again become operative and that your
Excellency has the right to fill all va
cancies, where, 'for any reason,. those
elected have not qnahfled, except va
cancies caused by death, resignation- or
causes during the term. Laws of 1883,
Chap. 288; The Constitution, Art. 4,
Seo 28 Glimer vs Holton, 98 N. 0. 26."
Mr. J. Y. Harririok, the Labor Com
missioner, has sent the manuscript for
three forms of blanks to the Staid
Printers at Winston-Salem, whioh,
when printed, will be sent out to the
manufacturers of the State. The first
is for cotton and woolen mills, the sec
ond for tobacco factories and the third
for manufacturers of kinds other than
those Covered in the first two. The
four prinoipal classes Of information
which Mr. Hamrick's blanks will be
arranged to obtain regarding ootton
and woolen factories will be the num
ber of factories, number of operatives
employed by each, the quality of ma
terial used and the amount of capital
invested in mills of the State. On the
blanks used by Mr. Laoy, the former
commissioner, there were twenty-eight
questions; but Mr. Hamrick asks only
fifteen. Questions omitted are princi
pally of a labor organization oharaoter
which Mr. Hamrick thinka do not come
in the Bcope of the mission of his office.
In tne tiann.s tu tm -n4 w 4uv)
manufacturers there are only two
changes two additional ' questions
One is as to the number of--- "pburiilsol
manufactured tobaccb'"put up by the
faotory and the other the quantity of
raw leaf used. These blanks will not
be issued to the factories until some
time in Jnne.
Mr. Cleveland's Heavy Kail.
The Post aaster at Prinoeton, K. J., has
applied for an extra carrier and aUowanos
for elark hire bsoausa eX t-FrMldsal
fmmiil OUT J mutt-:
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There is a good deal of talk at this
moment about the titles of lands sold
for taxes. 1 Under the act of 1895 title
is now absolute in the buyer of land
so sold. There was an effort to alter
this at the last legislative session, but
the State treasurer declared that if a
change was made the whole fabrio of
the collection of real estate taxes would
fall to the ground. Representative
Lusk, who, it is said, lost several thou
sand dollars by tax titles, was also
deeply interested. It is' claimed that
syndicates are buying up such lands.
Attorneys certoinly respresented the
State treasurer in the opposition to any
change of the law. Under the old sys
tem, under which such 1 titles were
worthless, it is claimed that the State
was cheated out of great sums.
The secretary of the State Farmor's
Alliance last month sent to each county
alliance a request for information
to whether, in view of the critical state
of affairs of the shoe iactory at Hills
boro, au official meeting of the order in
MayshouM not be-held. Only nine
county alliances-have expressed a wish
for a meeting, so 1'resident John Gra
ham will not call one. It is possible
that the Alliance .will meet earlier
than usual. August it the usual time.
Of its funde the Alliance has invested
21,000 in real estate and machinery at
Hillsboro. .' It has $7,000 in North Car
olina 4 per cent bonds, its a special re
serve fund.
- The commercial fertilizer business
this season is enormous. It breaks all
records. . During the five months end
ing April 80 no less than 189, 728 tons
have been sold in the State, as is made
:lain by the sales of tax. tags by the
Agricultural Department. Averaging
the price at $22.00 a ton this means an
outlay of JH.2U8.880. . . ' - "
The secretary of the State Press Asso
ciation haS given notice to Or'. G. W.
Blacknall that it would held its. Annual
convention at Morehea City J une 9-10.
About' 10O -members' will' attend" and
many -of them will -be accompanied by
some lady relative. ' , '
The Secretary of State has sent in the
copy for the annual insurance report:
It shows ninety-six companies licensed.
Last year there were 119, but some
have failed;' others were granted by the
egklature exemption from taxation and
some were refused license.
The total taxable value of property in
the State is (by the last year's taxes)
$257,437,000. The loss of 8 per cent, b
the decision of the Supreme Court is
over $75,000. ,
At the penitentiary there are now
eighty-six lifa. prisoners. There are
twenty-one female life prisoners. On
the farms there are eleven others.
Four hundred copies of the 119th
volume ot Supreme Court reports have
been delivered to the Secretary of
State- a4 wiUbsditribttUd, ..
What io
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Crtstorla Is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infants
and Children It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor
other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute
for raregorlc, Drops, Soothing; Syrups, and Castor OU.
It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years' use by
Millions of Mothers. Castorla destroys Worms and allays)
feverlshness. Castorla prevents vomiting; Sour Curd,
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And bowels, giving healthy and natural iwp. Cas
torla is the Children's Panacea the Mother's Friend.
Castorla.
" Castorla Is an excellent medicine for chil
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its
good efieet upon tbelr children."
Da- G. C Osgood,
4 " Lowell, Mass.
"Castorla Is the best remedy for children of
which I am acquainted. I hope the day is not
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Instead of the various quack nostrums which
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D. J. P. KlNCHKLOE,
Conway, Ark,'
Castorla.
" Castorla Is so well adapted to children that
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known to me." .
H. A. Akchkr, M. D., '
in 8a Oxlord St., Brooklyn, N. V,
" Our physicians in the children's depatv
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ence In their outside practice with Castoria
and although we only have among out
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CHiRLOTTS, M. r
The King of Benin is a monarch who
tempers his Oriental valor with consid
erable Western 'discretion. He has is
sued an edict from Brass, on the Guinea
coast, to the world, apparently defying
attack from the whito men, and he as-
eerts that he will meet Invaders "at the
waterside as they land," end If his. sol
diers are killed he will send other sol"-
dlers, and if these In turn are killed be
will send yet other, and he will keep
this up as long as his stock of soldiers"
holds out Then he will retire "to the
woods." The process of retiring to the
woods under duress was thought to be
a trait distinctively of the Western
world. but it seems to have been acquir
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' X woman Is Just as sure to hit her
finger when she drive a nail as a man
Is to step on the soap when he get out
f the bathtub.
'JAPE FEAR HAM VALLEY K' I.
Jobs Gha, Beoelver.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
In EfTeot April 4th, 1897. s
KOBTH BOUND.
No. 2, Dally.
Leave Wilmington a. to.
Arrive Fayettevlllo J
Loave Fayetteville " jj ,
Leave I'm yottovllle Junction .....II !
t Leave 8uuford J ,
Leave Climax
Arrive Oreonstioro f
Leave Greensboro
Leave Stokestlale if
Leave Walnut dove
Leave Rural Ilall f ,,
Arrive MU Airy
B"liTH tOU.NU.
No. 1, Dally.
Leave Ml. Airy I'.'-'.n'n? a,..m'
Leave Iturnl Hall fWJ
l.navA Walnut Ouvtt 10 Si
Leave htokeiuialo 1 07 u ,
Arrive Oroeusooro i ;
lA-ave Greensboro ' P J3'
Leave t nmaa. --
tLeave Kanlord J ..
Arrive Fayettevlllo Junction .... 8 oa
Arrive Fayetteville 8M
Leave Fayettevlllo J .
Arrive Wilmington ' 30
HOBTH SOUKD.
No. 4. Daily.
Leave Bennettsvllle 8 10 a. in.
Arrive Maxton
Leave Maxton "'.vfr? .
Leave lto.1 Bprings. .
Leave Hopo Mills JJ
Airivo Fayetteville.... 1119
soma pound.
- . : .' No 8, Daily.
Leave Fayetteville. lp,,f'
Leave Hope Mills "Hi
Leave Ked Springs i-.' J J
Arrive Mnxtou J Jj M
Leave Maxton -vSlS-
Arrive liennettsvllle 7SU
KOBTI BOUND.
. ' (Dally Except Sunday.) '
v No. 16, Mixed.
Leave Unmseur ? ,JB.
Leave tlimax J 3a
Arrive O nnsbbro.. w (j
ftavn (Ireensboro-. .'
Leave ritokeadale. '...:" i "07
Arrive Madison .1105
SOTfTB BOOKD. -(Dally
Except Buntlav.)
- r Na IS, Mixed.
Leave Madison...... ..130 p in.
Leave Htokesdale. 128
Arrive GreenaboriA. ...
L.7ava Greensboro ......'..".-8 25
Leave Climax .'. W
Arrive llnmseur,v 05
fMeals. '".
Noam noriNB CONNacTioNS
at Fayetteville with AtlanUe Coast Line for
all poinU North and Buet,. at Sanford with
the Seaboard Air Line, at Oresnsboro with
the Southern Hallway Company, at Walnut
Cove with the Njorfolk. ,Western Railroad
tor Winston-Salem. -
SOUTH BOUND CONNXOTIOrtS
at Walnut Cove with the Norfolk A West
ern Itsllroad for Koanoke and points North
end West, at Greensboro with the Honthern
It." it way Company for IUl"i(fb, ltl'-hmond
and all points north and ewt: at Fayeltevilis
with tha Atlantic fiotwt Line for ail points
Couth- at Maxton with the Seaboard Air Line
for Clifirlotte, At'aata and all points south.
l and southwest. W. E. KILE,
i. W, FBY, .- Qua ! lass, Af"