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V-'- - CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, JULY 5, 1897. c THETRO1 X WRECKS. TWO BAB COIJU8TOITS IK IULUTOIS. CtiWu KoduTttr Delegate Killed uiiaM--Mrfc flooding Crashed Be- ' Mm alit Partitions of Her Uwrlli-ii Eadn CruktTkr(k Two rnllnua vera ruled With Sleeping p, H-Th Air Brakes Failed to Work mad the Engineer Think They Were T pered With. uicago, june 3. Tnree persons were killed outright and about twenty or imny persons injured in a rear-end collision n the Chicago & Northwest ern Railroad, at 12:45 this morning, at West Chicago. 30 miles out or Chicago, on the Galena division. The dead are. Mrs. Shipman. of Ap pleton, Wis.; Mrs. John Gooding; of Ap. pleton. Wis., and an unknown tramp, who was riding on the baggage car. The injured are. Wm. Michelstetter. Seymour. Vis., back hurt; Mrs. Wm. Miohelstetter, Seymour, Wis.. body bruised: Miss Sarah Shipman, Apple ton. Wis., left foot sprained anJ arm and right side of body bruised; Miss hipman. Appleton, Wis., lip badly cut and other parts of face bruised; Mich ael Courtney, engineer, Belvidere, 1H iwo rios Kronen UMBO tABOB XS tlDt aUXUS. Tfc Charlestoa KxperiaMat Being Watch- erf With Mack Interest The Moving A sent Habit Among White Opera ,lMtkw Class Win Will Rmr Cause to Worry A boot Negro tlon. Correspondence of the Observer. Edgefield. S. C". July 28. Teste met a gentleman who has Charleston, and who visited , mill there. This visit a week ago. He atataC hundred negro opeayainst the empioyea in ina.iCSi Hbert-r ?n Intolerant of white ex-opej It w" when employes. Tafcape the popular ot.??y ms" as peasant and perlmeht wSBr""1 trudged; nor thought thfer tea ine revolt interferencee is no guaranty not soon be In the struggle of the people yranny of concentrated, b a struggle to attain y and freedom of IF THIS NATION. CITED BI BOOK CUTBB. BIxt gs mistic. We hope that and economical Ine adjusted without so- ' wlclldut popular revolu L A Wlllliama TOorwl !u Lac. Wis., badly bruised and righfrefo" ankle sprained: Dr. A. E. Miller, ClmP lonwiie. wis., rieiit ankle snmine1- v .-- H. Finney. Clintonville. Wis., left arheavi sprained and forehead badlv bruise Thv can y if rn nrovoji W:. rtghfside1 bruise; Macaulay suys. to quote from him Allister. Oconto. Wis forehead and nose; Mary Balrd. Nee-1 nottrmation is an event long nan. Wis., badly bruised on left side of , shown? ano has spent its rage. labor ie produced by the out Sonf otten. The landmarks Charei ept away have been re the mi dined edifices have been r III gg. ievt uu i.irvri e o tvnu the face: Mrs. S. A. Russell. AODietoo. Wis., back seriously hurt; Amelia Mc Kay. Appleton. Wis., le t arm fractured and lacerated; Mrs. W. D. Gibson. Ap pleton, Wis., right side of chest hurt and one hip sprained; S. Merohff Cj ni'int-iou, is.. iert wrist broken anif f ""Ce jin-rise injurta: w . u. Uibson, Ap , a pieion. slight scalp wound; Mrs. A. H Ferrer, .xeenah. Wis., slight bruises PSaVou ..luge of fire continues to jacj. TTcpenence surely entitles -"the fields which It . after having turn iuh. -f Ji, , ceil mnPA 1 , . '"UJ Irarilpn The mhiiiuI K. Shipley. Fnnd du Lac fare Wl'eat l?e frpnch Wevolutiiinl hands slightly cut; Mrs. Ripley, F?Rf tot JllfThe marks of its rav- o:u Lai', left arm strained: Mrs. AViS5 und us. The ashes are mon (.alj.in. Appleton. Wis., sllf ,S' hot 1 our feet. In some di il..- - III,,- l . : ni. .i . r . V Rye wi. f 43 The vic tims ,,f the collision waLf'to ij,,; that this explosion, lik hnsuan Endeavor delegates who UsfS1t.H.preceded it. will fertilise Chicago ist night, en route fopie soil which it has devastated. Al tmat cinventicn in San Francisctfcady. in those parts which have suffer colllding trains were sections most spverplv. rich cultivation and and j. of a Christian Endeavor sptcure dwellings have liegun to appear "-oi i'U! in v sections. leginninmd the waste. The more we read of 10:o0 p. in. Section No. 5 ran inteie history of the past ages, the more . section No. 4 carried the Wisote observe the signs of our own times delegation, n-arly f00 strong, and li the more do we feel our hearts filled car were people from Fond ditthid swelled up by a good hope for the ret n nay. Appleton and c,t hi-r'II future destinies of the human race tin cities. ti. n .No. 4 had in top just out of West Chicago? the Freepoit line iliverges trom main line. Section No. S. ranif up 1 hind at great speed, and the sh.x-k W ' " . ."'i"u- I "J? ' yt protco, , the soil . partrniiiM iii me two rear sleep- if I , - -chr - . , ers of se ti-.:. x. 4 wre al, , their ind 'ertil "d no warning andi.se "'e;, cl i- Tl I L ' III .. " oe Wr nlio have the privilege of living peneratinns than the brilliant - th'ff""fHf'rl, j"st Miioted from f some famlher.rflowshares have berths. They ixeiv, themselves jammed in the wreck.aa ri.thrlr I sir, Pr"" V, .n Passengers n Loth trains hastenf10 ,rjt to t,.. '""v i the sc ene and U pan the- work ut n uf " JuKt I 1 " ' lwk. cue. ne of th v orst injured wa3rr1.' 8cfa 'Zp'l i, ' oyig to the gineer ( has. i He had stuc k to his Dost like a. " f uitney. of sec-tion fsst . o his nost like u " f t u Uje and is so sc-riously Injured that h rOjr Z e- J not liv. . ik'.paf,l , r,,ii ,y IhUn lyA our hearts '"';. i'good hope for An imn'ettiale on eve i v p..ii,t all us ni it 'f thn ,,".he hul ,pn-i nan rac e. tame. Ch . aKo was 'Wl-SfhJZrt"it v , to send physi. ians at one "--. 7 ruUr hel. was requested fnni, ' 4 'o ,,- : . ,. ' ttt,." n.. ... . TT 'll .e : n''-l,v i" th" futtire.des- i t-ngine of section N wrecked. Strange to sleeper of section No. one to suffer m- :, 'Ms- 'le yvr cwn republic has i" future. des Hut she must fr Ir W9CL reat .rWSLf .rushed i2fP Jbr th been a cardj4 J , f aocuflla- in the seendJrvf ofecte, ones to sufrer'Wgrou-n h teSm that most of U?hon-, y v,at Jlrs. shipman a ' havfnan 1 ' i" in - -e,, an . .men cjuid be seeti.e rervnrvi.. cate themselves fnfs latter davf ers pinned dov. n ,alter weight, uere cryiag respectful pe there was an arm n into Insolent t he", J"W wt' "hwaylen. Shipman. cf AppteV8" 'or their were attrac ted to Aiffs They were unabli3..'!r! selves, and though 'Ytv mil ance, begging that,i"a. period of V' (, 1 ,rnai nanpers mai inreai -Kiity of the rnion. The ovoluti-.-n stands out as rld-lesson. Can we not read its rnings' Frenc h royalty should have been able to read in the fate of Charles I of England, that popular rights must prevail in the end. Shall we be as blind as the French privileged classes, or shall we read our warning in their rev olution? History need not repeat itself, but it may. lqual riphts to all and special privileges to none. We have al --eady ignored this law of justice long Uw- The patience of the people can ..01 iou iorifi hp abused. They will not tolerate the insole,lt demand of the pro tectionist for ' indemnity for the past ,uir thtt in 11 " ilion- helped. Mrs John Goodttbu-a -68l 7 probably Instantly uo buois ma ihe cfollision crushed fogetoe fos- titions of h possible rhan . pcr- de- rr,,f I. en A Wi.1 Lac was found MtrLLthe many debns. and thoagt fit must extricate himself, a IV 'the poor he must be serioutci$'j. . caved with a broki cllttle ewe wrist. hr2:lttlv, ' must pay The Chicago fcSrernment cof did everything liv, TTnlte(j states the sufferers, TV, Lwing Chicago were tur, I Vne H'ns able physiciana; niilllons of tendance. The- vovpfr, and which met --adowed as ct"i)ifa v . -y. . , three no-vt" of rh mabled to pro$eat caused by (he -f-Jfi deavor Dusinaa abandoned, and Jf, . fast as filled. 41? Br h hints of t one of o add to ople, al- discon- ual bur- Northwestern teen minutes, neg, trains sent out eJaff- sections 1, 2 and 3'--..'nspired by Chicago safely. Sewor Mills, of of a baggage ca fc "forgot- sleepers containUB-7" 1 gers fft (g some cal- The responslftlribution of not yet i.em SfAea. He finds :..fS.0W each; 100 immediately :aft?ach. besTc the signals 'erw ealth was $3,", ln perfect order.- intendent said tf have been bisai-es his findings danger signals, II ,1,11 fV.J . . placed l. night they 1 at. t' atiw Wealth I Av'ge ipr fam t,cV anv f,iHow!,900.000.000J186,.W stop until w-.r,WI,(WI 6,50 can be no doubt th?. for caution was Ju'.Joi J-I.S13 Engineer Cou? signal displayefc-ulation, on a He also says thMtes hi. findings fully, and that tn etop his train aftTerlcan wealth train in front. other, the air or Av'ge pr fam 238,135 6,250 963 As they were iri Jalth five miles back. t5 intentionally or tetoOO.000 with them. .."1ki.0,000 Naturaliratli5,noo 000 1 many. He f'gg.S 45000 -Vii t-12alh. and that T"l ; to 80 per c of Biev . are entirely (mates, but to truth in Mr. Wrack Taodall master Ktllod Indianapolis, Ind., rial Christian Endeavor this city last night at 8;3 the Vandalia, west bound. Sun end. with the fast through eaei morning at Vandalia, 111. Tht--occurred about 1 o'clock thia d The engines were smashed v baggage ancV ;9JostaJ carts, molished. ex" R. T. She. - 1 CTWn prop- killed rf ' bus. i. ; Tm'S 9 1 K III W A T 3. - Bta 4 a e or trtC w.- l ona t- i d'clocls? Crjices for the devise. rides in n inven- toward There is the re,- twlce as Men the poor last resort the utes later, .fhstituttou and of ed ti t. crew ythose most upright 5T the aide of wealth; llj"!ose who, looking uack comr?' Jow rtfl and ample chajpgaetly demand, when re thtron is In sight, "indemnl- CO ,at mnA wlirit for th fll- GOOD FOK SENATOR PKITCHA RD Iho iiliserver gives its congratula tions and unrcs"rcl commendation t Senator I'riteliaid for his defeat of the proposition to increase the tax on to baccc. 11c put himself on the ground of opIN'sitiun to the whole tariff bill if it contained the proposed clause increas ing the tobacco tax. and this firm post tlon defeated the increase. We have never wanted to believe that Mr Pritchard would prove false to his peo. pie in this matter. Our gratification that he has not clone so is extreme. He deserves their thanks for his manly at titude in the matter, and the Observer, for one. offers him its compliments and its hearty commendation. We note that in the debate oil the wool schedule of the tariff bill in the Senate last Thursday "Senator Gray, of Dehuvarc, exhibited samples of henrjet- tas. serges and other women's dress goods, pointing out that the cost on some wft'ild !' advanced from 2f t 57 cents yard, and on others from 15 to -8 cenfs S yard. etc.. or from tl to $2 on el' rv ordinai v house dress. The agrees of 191 passed the McKinley tariff bill, and when Speaker Reed heard the result of the election of 1X92 he said. "The women did it." The Phil adelphia R. cord remembers this and remarks that "the increased price of nearly every fabric cotton, woolen oi lmen with which women clothe them selves, that must result when the I'ing- ley-Jones-Aldrich tariff bill shall fairly get in operation will be an argument not lost upon women purchasers." They cannot vote, but he who thinks the wo men are without influence in politics well, he is mistaken. The Progressive Farmer, referring to the approaching meeting of Our Noble Order, says: There will be much important busi ness before the State Alliance. Of course there will be an election of of -cers and the shoe factory question will demand no little attention. We trust that every county will send men to Hillsboro in August, uninstructed as to details, but let the delegates be men of sound judgment who will go there with a determination to perfect plans to put the shoe factory in full opera tion and keep it going. That's right and the Observer sec onds the motion. Put the shoe ma chinery in operation. Hope deferred maketh the heart sick, and besides, a good many of us are running down at the heel while waiting for Hillsboro shoes. The New York World has announced the serious sickness of Mr. Chas. A. Dana, of the Sun, and puts on a very grave face about it. Nothing has been said about it, however, in any other newspaper, and there is some reason to suspect that as to the World's veiled intimation of the early demise of Mr, Dana, the wish is the father to the thought. Junius Brutus Fortune will know next time. Since the 4th of March he had stood around, like a poor boy at a frolic, waiting for relief and thinking It would come independent of the Ob server's efforts. It did not, however. and at his personal request be was pat ana security tor we iu- 1 on our nsi last mesciay morning- Ke BC&stoa. along with other jsult: He got relief Saturday, We strive time. and v?Hy tried the patience to please. Two Ahoat Kdacatioa la tho f atr. Page's Fato How Summer Caa Basahaabo the Fact That Fa isal la tho Tiwo Thing to ho Pnoa The Alluring lUostratioaa of the Uoofc Ufhtn tha CapttalaUeo Voa- of tho Lota War la TheasaJy Whoa Oroeks laTarkoy Are 8 abject to Iastast Maaaaera. It is a pleasure to note from the later magazines and the more thoughtful dailies how the restless desire for self culture shown by the many book clubs, reading clubs and the like all over the country, has settled upon, one subject as demanding above all others the at tention, for at least one season, of our students. That subject is the history of this nation, and especially the history of the era. now fast closing, of the great civil war. The sad fate of Mr. Page may well warn anyone venturing to say a word about education or information as necessary to be acquired by natives of this State, that he is treading upon dangerous ground; the critic can more safely assert ' that every child born since the fourth of July, 1776, in North Carolina, came into the world full pan oplied with learning, or thsEt- a certifi cate of citizenship here is as satisfac tory evidence of scholarship as an "A. B." of Harvard or of Yale than to hint that our present school system is not most admirable devised by man. But Mine 1 ave come hither from other an1 less favored Commonwealths; there be those among us whose youth, instead of having been fostered to an almost tropical luxuriance of erudition by at tendance at common schools costing the county fifty or sixty dollars a ses sion, were condemned to struggle for an education in a community where the average cost of each school at certain free schools was over ninety dollars a year. It is for such that these sugges tions are made. The promoters of these social meet ings aim at the greatest diffusion by reading, discussion and such study as can !e engaged in, of knowledge, tirst about colonial days, then the time of the Revolution, and so on, until finally the era of the last war is reached. Pursuits like these, half pastime and half research, tent to give those who partake of them not knowledge alone, but pride, patriotism and devotion to our country are developed. Few delve among the records of the Colonial wars who do not Mud there the name of an ancestor until then forgotten, and at once fefl that they have a right to anroll themselves among the aristocracy of the republic. They begin to love the land 1-etter as they read how their fa thers helped to build its walls and set tle its foundations. It used to be said that the only patents of nobility that we Americans ran claim were the re coids of the service of some Revolution ary ancestor, but since ixijr. many who could boast that distinction have found their coronets re-gilded by the brilliant heroism of father or grandfather in the war between the States. It has been noticed that nobody boasts of descent from the Tories of the Revolution. Nowadays one whose sire fought on the Vnion or Confederate side is equally proud of his distinction, but none are found who boast of their family hav ing belonged to the peace party. Honor comes by fighting, the side does not matter so much, but the sword must have been drawn, or it could not Hash rays of glory on those who come after. A generation hence a feeling already prevalent in the North will have be come universal over the land, to recog nize valor doing what seemed to le duty, whether under one flag or the other none will stop to ask; the fact that duty called and courage answered will suffice. If by making it a matter of common thought and common acceptance that one's forebears, as the Scotch call them, won distinction for their posterity by following their flag, and that all flags are our own, these summer clubs can emphasize the fact that patriotism is the true thing to be proud of, they will be doing a good work. "The outlook" for June is devoted to excursions ami jaunts by rail, coach. wheel or afoot, and a 1 harming num ber it Is. The illustrations are them wg Ml tnti ltont;fitmir'7r v'lfhT Re snefferi ing trees, the nuict fields, the placid streams, with now and then a still pooj cool under the clustering lranc in .1 where tile trreiit trcit love t lie. al lenipt the tired city man to abandon noise and heat. "Hie smoke, the tumult and the noise of Rome" for still woods and slowly flowing waters. One engraving is of Iiurhani Cathe dral, built 1090-1230. How perfectly ...ose old masons wrought into stone the nev er spoken, yet often suggested faith and purpose of the Norman dynasty William, who at -castings changed his ducal coronet for a crown, was no fiercer fighter than his brother, Odo. Bishop of Rayeux. who. mace in hand, raged ever in the foremost edge of bat tle, and the pictures of this noble build ing always remind me of these types of Norman power. The dominant, in deed almost the only noticeable fea tures of the cathedral, they so dwarf all else, are the twin square towers. Massive, strong and tall, as thick at top as at liottom, meagre of ornament, bristling with power and'defiance, they seem to say. as the royal and the priestlv brothers said. We work as one. Church and State, we claim all, we take all. we defend all. It was the most portentous event of all the thousand years since Calvary, this coming of William and bis men: they never conquered, for the Saxon was unconquerable, they minpled with, and assimilated, the ancient Knglish blood. The lean, abstemious, temper ate Normans, much as they at first dis- pised the heavy, gluttonous, beer-drinking Saxons, soon found in them the destined complement of their race, and their offspring became the masters of the world. An article in this magazine on "The Capitulations" explains what has puz zled many newspaper readers durinc the late war in Thessaly. According to the Sacred I.aw of the Mahometans. all not of the faith are set aside, de voted to destruction, between whom and Islam there can never be any rela tion but Holy War." These conquered people have no right whatever, and may be spared from massacre only for the benefit of the believers, so every foreign dweller in Turkish countries has to pay an annual bJood tax, or run the risk of the sword. But Turkey, soon after her old Euro pean conquests, found it to her interest to live at peace with her Christian neighbors, upon whom her commercial prosperity aepended. It thus became necessary to protect, instead of killing, the foreign denizens of Mahometan dis tricts, and this protection was assured by letters of privilege issued to foreign rulers, by the Sultan, extending their jurisdiction over their subjects, dwell ing under the actual rule of Islam, and exempting the dwellers from all Otto man taxes, except customs duties. The fist capitulary letters were granted by Mehmet II (the Conqueror) to Genoa, In 1453. Iater other countries were al lowed the same capitulations, as they began to be called, the chief of which are, 1st, Leave to enter the Empire, travel and navigate within its tenets and visit Its holy places. 2nd, Freedom to follow one s own national customs and practice one's own religion. 3rd, Exemption from taxes. 4th, Exter ritoriality, that is. the right td be tried only by the courts and according to the procedure of one s own country, the consuls and ambassadors forming the courts; and this is what makes a for eigner safe in Turkey, it applying even to crimes against a Turk. 5th, Inviola bility of one s domicile; no Ottoman can enter a European premises against his consent, unless accompanied by the European consul,' or ambassador, or their deputy. Mh, Th4 riht of betiuost. and of foreign consuls to attend to the administration of foreigners' estates: and, 7th. Prohibition of the extension of the right of asylum by a foreign consul to an Ottoman subject. It will be seen, therefore, that if Tur key refuses to continue the capitula tions to the Greeks, as a condition of making peace, it will leave every Greek in Turkey subject to instant massacre and his goods to plunder. The Outlook' abounds in short arti cles of a suggestive character; they give ns a text, but leave It to us to ar range and deliver the sermon, one of the moat valuable kind of articles that be written, for they stimulate thought, and encourage ns to say for1 ourselves what ocurs to us, instead of ralying op another mind to say it tor us. One of these paragraphs, for they are hardly more, is on "Peace In Sus penser" Wje have all felt the dread te dium of waiting for something to hap pen, and not being able to do a thing. one way or the other. All soldiers know how much easier, even for the boldest, it is to assault a flaming bat tery, than to lie still and have its shot and shell plunge among our waiting ranks. Yet it comes to grow upon one, after many a weary hour of enforced Inaction, that in these intervals of quiet under pressure, the soul is learning how to deal with certain problems thus pre sented, when the crisis does come. In sensibly, without conscious thought, our very inmost being studies, compares, decides, and is now ready, although we do not.kn.ow It, for Instant and vic torious action when again brought face to face with the problem, then ready for solution. In these jjays of portable energy, such suspense may be called a means of storing our mental batteries, or filling our reservoirs with compres sed power, for use when occasion caMs. A man who is thus prepared, may be come a hero. RELIGIOUS DEPARTMENT. Conducted by Bar. J. C. Troy. THE STRAITS OF PURE SOCIAL ISM. A great sermon on this subject was preached by Rev. Samuel Martin, of Westminster Chapel, Westminster, in 1852, from the text: "Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels." 2 Corinthians, 6:12. "I know not. Am I my brother's keeper?" This was Cain's reply to God, when, having murdered Abel, he was called to a sense of his crime by the question from Heaven, "Where is Abel, thy brother?" It was equal to saying. "Is not my brother capable of taking care of himself? Does he need a guard ian? Was I appointed to watch over him? Surely he is old enough to take care of himself, nor did I ever take charge of him." It may be Cain re flected on divine Providence, as if he had said to God: "Art not thou his keeper? If he lie missing, on Thee be the blame, and not on me. who never undertook to keep him." It has been observed. "They who are unconcerned in the affairs of their brethren, and take no care when they have oppor tunity to prevent their hurt, in their bodies, goods or good name, especially in their souls, do, iu effect speak Cain's language." We fail with this coarse term of expressing the principle, and proceed to notice other spiritual evils by which men ate socially straitened. Men ai" straitened by th idclatries. the 1 m f lessness, the concupiscence of their own hearts. Would you promo' 0 pure socialism? "Keep thy heart with all diligence for out of it are the issues of life." "Cur.-ed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall be be unto his brethren." Dome stic infidelity is another hindrance to pure socialism. Ham dishonors his father and endeavors to spread his fil ial irreverence among his brethren. N'oah curses Ham under the name of Canaan: and he liecomes a servant of servants unto his brethren. Whatever is unconjugal, unparental, unlilial. un fraternal. produces a col responding ef fect: it separates and alienates the of fender and the offended. And woe un to by whom offences come. Separa tions commenced are not easily arrest ed. The trough-like line which we sc on the glacier is the commencement of v crevasse, which will open with the re port of thunder and extend to the Kla eier's base. The mere entrance of a wedge to a noble piece 'if timber is the becinning of a split that will rend it asundc r; and thus the divisions of households extends to generations, spread through neighborhoods, and di vide in their issues large portions of society. A cursed son liecomes a de spised and degraded nation. Would ynu promote true socialism, learn first to show piety at home, let the ties of mar riage, paternity and brotherhood be a threefold cord not easily broken. "And they said. Go to, let us build us a city and a tower whose top may more godly cultivation of tie soil? a name, lest we be scattered abroad upm the face of the whole earth." "Lost they be scattered abroad." But it was the appointment cf Provi dence that they should be scattered abroad. Here in the liabei-builders we observe the evil of opposing the courses ordained for us by God. We are 111 all things to work with God not ajiaaiL ttir?'leacn usJaIir"ari"dhavT not many men leaiued, that w lieu we ale not Nature's pupils we are conrountleci .' V.'bat i the applic aticu of chemistry to aguculture but. if 1 may .-o peak. a more Kodly c. uUivation of the boil .' What is the modern mipi ovetneni in medical science but doing le ss inlciicc lo Nature, and prompting Naluie to ex ecute her own work? in cv-.-ry path of lawful human action. God works, and men may have His fellowship and His co-operation. But if men tread un lawful ways theie is an angci of God with a drawn sword to resist them. There is -a God-made path for agri culture and for manufactures fur com merce and for art, or literature and for science, for domestic and lor ioliti cal economy, and he who finds out and pursues these ways is blessed, while he who forsakes them is cursed. How like the Habel-builueis arc the men of this generation! The thirst is for great kingdoms, great cities, great institutions, gieal enterprises, great companies and funis, great fortunes. The tendency is to centralism, but the appointment of Providence is diffusion; and we smart under the pena.ty of our opposition to God. A Catholic Church has bred sects like lice. I'niformity enforced by the An glican Church has rendered unity im possible. A country holding jndcr her own dominion lands at her antipodes is either impoverished thereby or is stained with blood-guiltiness and en gased in ceaseless strife. What your great ones aiti in powor aml in wealth tlvy lose- in taxation, fear, hatred of men, and spiritual emasculation. Verily, our speec h is 1 .nifot tided ; re ligious language is confounded: politi cal language is confounded, social lan guage is confounded. Men do not understand iacli other, and as we have been unwilling to spread ourselves over the earth in obe dience and in good will, wo shall be driven from each other by confusion and by hatted. Would you promote true socialism? "Re followers of God." "Km ape f-r thy life: look not be hind the-. Pc ther st .y th ill in all ih" plain: escape to the nmuntains, lest thou he consumed "But his wife looked back from be hind him and she became a pillar of salt." The man to whom these words refer had become rich in an awfully wicked city. He had maintained his own righteous, ness, but had fearfully exposed not on ly himself, but his children. The city was near destruction he is warned to tlee and while he lingers he 13 urged by the words quoted to escape. His wife disolieys these words and is destroyed. And what have we here? the love of wealth stronger than the hate of wick edness. If this fault lie 4.000 years old. it has in our day again grown young. And how anti-social it is. Men other wise fit for society are lost to it by love of gain. They are not men of Sodom, hut they will live with any Sodomite for gain. They have brethren, friends of God. but they leave them and pitch their tent toward Sodom for gain. They have wives and children, but they have daughters wedded to men of Sodom for gain; and they have exposed their wives to be struck dead on the plains of Sodom, through love of gain." The righteous and the wicked are In termingled In a confusion that makes real association and pure fellowship all but impossible, and this through love of gain. "Make not haste to be rich." "Come out from among them and be ye sep arate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing." "Ye are not straitened In us." We may count those as the words of God for Himself, and the embodiment of a good, true, honest, lovely .social ideal, God does not hinder. Such an ideal was with God before man was created. The Son does not hinder it. the Holy Ghost does not hinder it. "Ye are not straitened in us." Even your own greatest foes know that this is true of themselves thev do str'l-n you. Hell, eartn ana Heaven say: "Ye are not straitened In us." Human ambition. human covetousnees, human selfishness must be destroyed before a pure state of society can be established? Be no longer straitened. For the privilege of reading the lec ture from which I copy, I am Indebted to an Intelligent Christian gentleman i of your city, whose spiritual birthplace was Westminster, but sow a long resi dent of Charlotte and a regular reader of the Observer. He thinks, and X agree with him, that the sentiments are as ap plicable to-day as they were in 1852. Mr. Martin, he says, "was spoken of as Samuel Martin. -with the 'Bey.' left out, like as was spoken of Henry Ward Beecber." The extract surely makes true socialism and real Christianity Identical; and this is, as "we all know, the teaching of the Bible. But the caste Idea, sectarianism and the desire for high steeples have become so strongly entrenched in many of the dissenting bodies that it Operates as an impregna ble barrier to the promotion of true so cialsm. "When the great, but plain preacher (Mr. Martin) died, 20 years ago. Dean Stanley offered Westminster Abbey as a place for his interment, but the family preferred not to accept the offer." See the reason? I have read nothing more pertinent or suggestive, except it be Mr. Walter Page's recent address at the Greens boro Normal, than the lecture on "The Straits of Pure Socialism." And if the preachers would indoctrinate the peo ple througout the State with such sen timent, there would be less of "The Forgotten Man;" and even in the cities, more good would be accomplished by such preachers than by big organs and brass bands. J. C. TROT. Fayettevllle, N. C. LAW DEPARTMENT. Conducted By Cnarla W. Tillett, of tha Charlotte Bar. CONTRACTS WHEN ENTIRE AND WHEN SEPARABLE. A great change has been brought about In modern times with respect to contracts of em ployment and the like. It was formerly a rule under our law that when a mer chant employed a clerk for a year, or a farmer hired a laborer for the season, that the clerk or the laborer could not recover for any services in case he should without cause leave the service of his employer before the contract was fulfilled, even though he might render substantial, satisfactory service during the time in which he remained, and al though he remained in the service of the employer for almost the entire time for which he was employed. This law has gradually undergone a change until it may be said now that in almost ev ery case where an employe leaves the service of his employer without cause before his time is out, he can recover the reasonable? value of his services, unless in the nature of the agreement, or by express provisions, nothing is to b paid until he has perfomed his con tract." For example: Suppose a mer chant employs a clerk for six months at tiftv dollars per month, and either by agreement or by custom the salary is payable monthly. Here, if the clerk, at 1 he end of three months, leaves, with out any excuse whatever, and thus de liberately bieaks his contract, he can nevertheless recover for the three months that he has served, subject to any counter-claim that the merchant may have for damages sustained by him by reason of the clerk's leaving his employment. However, on the other hand. If the merchant had expressly stipulated that nothing was to be paid until the service was completed, we ap prehend that the clerk would get noth ing unless he served out his entire time. EVOLUTION OF THE LAW. The study of the evolution of the law on this subject is very interesting to the !e&;:tl profession. Few cases have been lis'inetly overruled, but there has been an avowed intention on the part of the courts generally, and particularly em the part of the North Carolina Supreme Court, to modify the old rule. In such rases as Winston vs. Reid. Rush. Rep. Td. White vs. Brown. 2 Jones 403 and Nib lett vs. Herring. 4th Jones 263, the old rule was applied in all of its rigor and harshness, viz: that although the em ployer had rereived'substantial service from th employe, nevertheless the lat ter could not recover if he had without excuse left the services of his employer: and the court put the ruling on the ground that the contract was entire, and nothing could be recovered unless it was performed. This principle was again enunciated in Thigpen vs. Leigh. M N. C, 49. In Gorman vs. Bellamy. 82 N. C 496. the first sign of a departure from the old rule la observed and noted, and in 4-he ,uhtVS-Tbf(-i&T8 TTTe "pTaTnTirFTFn-- titl d to recover for the services he had rerfoimeri. although he had failed and refused t'i p.-rform his contract. Since c'he.mbice vs. Baker several cases have :ee n decided, all enforcing and enlarg ir.g the rule there laid down. ( See Booth vs. Radeliff. 107 N. C. 6. WTooten s. Walters. 110 X. C. 256. and Mark ham vs. Markham. 110 N. C.. 356.) It was formerly stated repeatedly and emphatically that when there was a special contract there could le no im plied contract, but it is now the uni versal practice of the profession in this state in suing upon a contract of service- to insert also a cause of action up on a quantum meruit, so that although 'he defendant sh-iuld succeed in show ing that the plaintiff had not on his part complied with the contract, yet the plaintiff could recover what his services were icasnr.ably worth. This doctrine has been hotlv contested, and It has been a battle of giants in the Appellate Courts of the United States, but we think the courts are gradually drifting to the rule as laid down in Dermott vs. I.mes. 23rd. Howard 233. United States Sunreme Court, and which seems to be the sounder rule in equity and in mor ale. Under this modern rule, although the employe has not performed his con tract vet if the empbiyer has derived any benefit from the labor done, it was held that it would be unjust to allow bini te. re tain it without paying for it. and the law therefore Implies a promise to pay what the benefit is reasonaniy vrth'. This rule is clearly laic down in what is considered now the leading ease, ir: Britton vs. Turner. 6 New Hampshire. 01. and is as follows: "If a party to a contract actually received labor or material, and tnereny neneu a be nefit and advantage over and anoye the damage which has resulted from ehe b, each of the contract by the other party, the labeer ac tually done, and the value received, furnished a new consio eration. and the law thereby raises s i.romisc to nav to the extent of the reasonable worth or such excess. Referring to this case of Britton vs. Turn. r. Judge Pillon said: 'That cele brateel ease has been criticised, doubted ind denied to besound. Yet its principles have bee-n gradually winning their way Into professional snd judicial favor. It i right upon principle, however it may be upon technical and more illiberal rules as found in the older cases." EMPLOYER UNJUSTLY DIS CHARGED. HIS RIGHT. As a coun terpart of the proposition laid down above. It may be said that where an emplover without just cause discharges his employe before the time of the ser vice has expired, the employe can re rover the full compensation which the employer has contracted to pay him for the entire time, hut fhere is this qualification to the rule, namely: That th employe, after he in discharged mut seek other employment, and he can recover of the employer only in the eve nt that he is not able to get employ ment anvwhere else. If the employe should thus be thrown out of employ ment for any part of the time for which he has been employed, he would be en titled to recover of his employer the compensation agreed for the time during which he was semig in vain for other employment. THE SUBJECT OF EDUCATION. Atlanta Ron Strnck. Atlanta. Ga.. IMspstch, 27tb. All heat records In Georgia have been broken to-day and a number of fatali ties throughout the State have resulted from the hundreds of prostrations re ported. Two deaths have occurred In this city and more are expected. The thermometer registered 104 degrees this afternoon, and people were compelled to stay in doors. Several horses were overcome In the streets and a dosen bicycle riders, out near Fort McPher son. were carried Into a neighboring drug store unconscious. John N Thom as, a cotton planter, living near Zebu Ion, died on a railroad train. W1SB IDEAS EXPRESSED BTTKACHKB Galas 1 1 IaStrt a Flu! Blow. Madrid. June 28. Senor Canovas del Castillo says that in case the Spanish forces in Cuba should suffer severely from sickness, during the rainy sea son, the government will send 20,004 ad. ditional troops to the island in October, in order to maintain the army at its full strength, and to inflict a final blow upon the insurgents. New Haven. Conn.. June 29. The Harvard baseball team defeated Tale, 10 to 8. Tha Kla4 of at on te Etoc to Look After tha Schools Mr. Paga'a Address Takes a 84111 Stroagor Hold Upon The Who Taiak. Written for the Observer. ARISTOCRACY IN NORTH CARO LINA. We have a way of saying that North Carolina is the most democratic State in the Union, and always has been. I have no inclination to" deny that we are democratic. We have al ways had a kind of democracy in North Carolina which has been and is to-day almost as stationary as M t. Mitchell. As to whether we have ever had an aristocracy of birth and wealth in North Carolina which has visibly af fected our social and educational pro gress, I shall make plain later on. But I wish to assert that the educated peo ple of North Carolina from 1778 to 1840 made no effort to better the education al condition of the masses, worthy of notice. It is just as true rhat the mass es themselves during the same period made very little progress In an educa tional way; that they took little or no interest in popular education. Those who indignantly deny that we have ever been influenced by an aristo cratic system of education, would do well to ask themselves why the educat ed people of North Carolina from 1776 to 1840 took no more interest In popular education than they did. It seems to me that their failure to educate the masses during that period is very strong presumptive evidence of an aristocracy of some kind. Perhaps I should say that to my mind the ruling principle of aristocracy from Homer to Ward McAllister, has been selfishness. I believe that the only cause, the prime causa, for opposition to common schools, or for failure to es tablish them In the past has been sel fishness. And I as firmly believe that' selfishness is the one great cause which keeps down the advancement of popu lar education In North Carolina to-day. Who are those who oppose the schools to-day? Who have always opposed them? These are they: 1. Those who oppose paying money to educate other men's children. 2. Those who say they do not believe in iopular education; that every man shouid educate his own children. 3. Those who say the public schools are not worth anything, hence the school tax is useless. " 4. Those who say the children do not attend the schools they now have, hence they oppose an increase of the school taxes and the. school terms, etc. And what is the common element in all these objectors? I answer it is sel fishness, pure and simple. When the great mass of the common people, the democracy, espouse the above objections, as at present they undoubtedly do, then I would call that democracy the aristocracy of ignor anre! Because the educated men of North Carolina held the same views freim 1776 to 1840, I would call them an aristocracy as unprogressive and as blighting as any aristocracy that ever ruled at Athens or Rome. I imagine that there wereother 1 nari sees than the one that prayed in the temple thanking God that he was not like other men. I imagine that there were milder forms of the Pharisee than that man was. but he is the type, and we never hear the word Pharisee that we do not recall the incident in the tem ple. So It is with the word aristocrat. We have a type to which we will refer when we mention the word, whether consciously or not. But I wish to call to your mind that there are and have always been people right here in North Carolina who have had all the antipa thy of the Creek aristocracy to popular education and to the social elevation of the masses, whether you like to believe it or not. Unfortunately the educated men of North Carolina composed, in former days, the class which opposed common schools or failed to provide the means' for the educational advance ment of the people. But to-day it is the plain people themselves who compose the bone and sinew of the opposition to their own advancement. And they have the example of the educated men of the past. It was only lately that one of these aristocrats of ignorance rung the changes on this very idea in my presence. I was urging him to vote for f am talking about aristocracy In high places and aristocracy in low places. Ynu can call it the aristocracy of sel fishness in the one case, and the aris tocracy of Ignorance and selfishness in the other. And when we are through solving the problem of the present sad state of our inefficient schools, we shall come to the conclusion that it is aris tocracy and selfishness in some form or other that lies at the root of the educa tional ills we suffer. Selfishness, blind ind blighting In its results, is the evil epiiit tliat has always hindered our pro gress: that has kept the masses ignor ant. I call it aristocracy for want of a better term, and because it so much re sembles the ancient thing which went by that name. I would not maintain that this modern aristocracy has all the incidents ofdhe ancient aristocracy. Oh. no! But in essentials, in oneness and unity of purpose, in unprogresslveness anil dry rot. our modern aristocracy outdoes in many respects anything Greece and Borne ever had. A SECTION OF OCR SCHOOLLAW. Section 2S".3 of Laws of North Caro lina, the school law, contains In part this: "Provided, that all orders by commit tees for money and all contracts made by them in writing, shall be signed in he legible handwriting of the commit eeemen purporting to sign such orders "ir contracts: or in case any committee man can not write his name, his signa ture by making his mark shall be wit nessed by at least one disinterested witness in his own proper handwrit ing." , No man should be apointrd a school cnmmitlceman who cannot read and write. The fact that we have such a law r.n our statute books gives the lie to a great deal of our professed friend liness to the cause of popular education. What can reasonable men expect to re sult from a school law administered by illiterate men? Think of the State of North Carolina putting a premium on ignorance' Think of illiterate men hold ing one of the most important offices In the State' ilow silly to think that we 'an banish Ignorance by an administra tion of ignorance! So silly is it that I should doubt the mental qualifications of any man who would seriously defend such a law. I ha.ve heard that this provision of th school law was made In the interest of the negroes. But it must be said that it is not in their Interest, snless we mean to keep them ignorant. And on the other hand, every Intelligent ob server knows there have been many illiterate white school committeemen, some of late years, in North Carolina. Such a thing Is a disgrace. There is no more necessity for ignorant white school committeemen than for Ignor ant negro committeemen. To the winds with that popular education that cannot find three intelligent men in every school district In North Carolina to act -8 guardians of the children's schools after 55 years operation! Talk about unfavorably advertising North Carolina! We have by such laws as this one done more to give our State a bad name than all the Pages that will ever be born, did they really go to work to advertise us in a bad light. It makes no difference how many States can be found which put a pre mium on Ignorance and allow It to pre side over their children's schools. North Carolina should not have such a law. Do we wish the world to know that we have to have ignorant and Illiterate men to manage our schools yet to-day? Do we wish to usher In the 20th cen tury with a system -of popular educa tion which may by statute be presided over by Illiterate men? I hardly think we do. Then let us try to see that no such men are elected school committee men on the 5th day of July next. And when the next Legislature convenes, let us see that the law I have quoted above Is repealed and put off our statute books forever. A JUDGE'S TESTIMONY. One of the ablest Judges of our Superior Court, In speaking of Mr. Page's address, re cently said to me: "I had of late gotten tnto the habit of thinking we North Carolinians were just as good In every way as we need be. but Page's speech has put all that feeling away from me." All glory and honor to that man who can awake North Carolinians to see their duty! There are some of us who know that North Carolina will never do her duty to her cb.ilo.ren as long as her people are contented to tread the beaten paths of the past. And that man who cms awaken the people to th ne cessity of better country schools de serves a monument and the affectionate regard of every true son Of the Old North State. - And when we look at the desperate condition of the country schools and see the people so much in need of educa tion, can we refuse to raise our voices in behalf of the people's schools r atr. Page's address was the mightiest sin gle effort made in behalf of our schools in the last ten years. All nonor to turn. If we never see our faults, we shall never better them. - And In conclusion, let me say that the man who refuses this year to work for the schools, if he is already awake, de serves the execration of all thinking men. Let hint be accursed. The old State will sit In Judgment on such men sooner or later. Then will come in tones from a mount as dark as Sinai, and with voice of thunder: Depart, ye that have stood in the way of the progress of the children of your State! You deserve your portion with the enemies of man kind! . Depart! TEACHER. FCMEBAX, Or COL. TATE. The Sixth BTorth Carollaa Koglnaent Acted a tha Guard of Boaor A ReasarkaMo Demaastratloa of the Esteem la Which the Deceased Was Held Eloquent Ex pressions by Ex-Minis ter Raaaoaa. Special to the Observer, Monganton. June 27. The largest concourse of people that ever assembled at a funeral in Burke county was pres ent this afternoon when the body of Col. S. McD. Tate was laid to rest in Morganton cemetery. The services were held in the First Presbyterian church, and as the body was carried from the church to the cemetery there was a procession nearly a mile In length. The surviving' members of the Sixth North Carolina Regiment walked on either side of the hearse, acting as the guard of honor. This was the regi ment Col. Tate commanded when he made the famous and gallant charge at Gettysburg. The Masons attended in a body. The services were conducted by Dr. J. M. Rose, of the Presbyterian church, assisted by Dr. W. H. Leith, of the Methodist church. Our entire county is deeply grieved at the loss of Col. Tate, for he was be loved by all. He had the perfect con fidence and highest esteem of the en tire people of Burke, among whom he had spent his entire life. No truer or more beautiful tribute could be paid him in words than the following tele gram from his comrade in the war, and his life long friend, ex-Mlnister M. W. Ransom : Garysburg. N. C, June 26, 1897. Ma J. J. W. Wilson: I was absent from home when your telegram came, and it was impossible to reach Morgan- ton to-day, for Col. Tate s funeral. Pre sent to his beloved wife and children, my dearest sympathy in their supreme sorrow. A great and good man has died. Those who knew him best, loved him best: His fame is connected with much of the noblest history of our State. He was an excellent soldier, a most pa triotic citizen. Society had no better member. Home had no more devoted and tender guardian. He was faithful to every duty, and admirable in all the relations of life. His virtues never for one moment left him, and his sense of right was ever at its post prepared for action. He was so wise, so constant, so faithful, so clear in his judgment, so strong in his principles, and so stead fast in his position that he commanded universal confidence and approbation. To me he was more than a friend. He was like a brother, always so pleasant, so lovable and so good. I cherish the memory of his life-long friendship as a priceless possession. I wish I could be with you, who were so dear to him and his family and his neighbors, whom he served so faithfully, in your sorrows over his grave. No man deserved more the gratitude and honor of his people. I thank God that there is hope and faith that his good life will be continued In undying happiness. The example of his unselfishness, rectitude, devotion and honor should be held in sacred re membrance by those who survive him. Yours faithfully, M. W. RANSOM. ARMED ROBBERS IN A BANK. They Hold I p Caatomera and Bank OnV c lain The Caafaler's CiLod by iQALMxatton, Jtndhe said: "Oh, butL clals-Tno Cahlrr cima a uTtoitllkf!" - -n-- iTh,Bbbex.Chaed ad One of Omaha, Neb., June 28. A special to the Bee from Deadwood, South Dakota, says: Four masked men this morning made a desperate attempt to rob th-s Butte County Bank, at Belle Fourche. Kntering the bank, with revolvers drawn they ordered the customers and the bank officials to hold up their hands. A little hesitation on the part of Cashier Martin drew a shot from the Run of one of the robbers, which clip ped off a portion of the cashier's right ear, and forced compliance with the demand. The safe and counters Mere relieved of the cash they contained, and the robbers mounted their horses, which had previously been stationed, and rode away. An alarm was immediately giv en, and in a few minutes a well mount ed and armed posse was in pursuit ejf the robbers. Within a few miles from town the posse came up with the fu gitives, and a running fight ensued, which resulted in one of the robbers throwing up his hands and surrender ing. The others, being better mounted, i ntinued their flight and are being closely pursued. They have very few chances for escape. The day was fa vorable for the raid on the bank, os it kept the townspeople off the street. Thei robbers had little opposition and h-id quite a start before the alarm was given. As the iwtrty started away -after the assault on the bank, an unusual display e firearms on the?ir part attracted the attention of A. Giles, a merchant who surmised that something was wrong and gave an alarm. Giles was made the target for a volley from the rob bers' pitols, but escaped uninjured. Pursuit was prompt, the bandits hav ing barely time to unhitch their horses and mount before being sounded. In the fight that followed Walter Gay, of riding out of the town iay and Sons, was shot through the cheek, receiving a painful wound. The outlaws fired right and left while rid ing out of the town, but no one else was wounded. Thos. Day. the captured robber, was overhabled half a mile from town, and Is now in Jail, at Dead wood. He is a stranger in the vicin ity. The rest of the gang are now at the Three V rank ranch, a few miles from Belle Fourche. where they will likely be captured, or killd. It trans pires that less than $75 was taken from the hank, or killed. It "transpires the bank, the cashier. Arthur Martin having slammed shut and locked the doors of the vault at the entrance of the robbers. He was fired at three times, only one shot taking eect. He tried to return the fire, -but his pistol failed him. k VISIT TO BELLE MEADE FAR& DR. ALEXARD1 nus sow x What is te fee Ssea eat she Meet CeleawaeeA Farm ta the Seat Maaaaa aae Wctlei Hoc ao Btraage aa the Tula AWm Belle BTaade Mtlktag ; the ' Cow ninety roan da of Better 1- Pay Ian. Jaafeaan nets a galaxy of le.oee rc Tea fee- la lee The Door Pnrk, tha gtook, 1 To the Editor of the Observer: , Wednesday afternoon, -'June S3, six teen Confederate veterans In attend ance upon the centennial exposition, agreed it would be a good thing to take In the most celebrated farm in all the South, and as far as we know. In the world. We procured an elegant four horse carriage, which was filled with representatives from North, Carolina, Georgia, Texas and ' Arkansas, and started for the farm on Richland creek, between six and seven miles from Nashville. The road is fine, well ma cadamised, built and owned by Gen. W. H. Jackson, proprietor of the farm. He has 20 miles of road, ever which he charges toll. There are several elegant dwellings and nicely cultivated farms on the way. and much of the road ta well shaded. The principal tree by the roadside are black locust and syca more. The winding drives through the lawn, surrounding the dwelling, are very fine. When -we reached the farm, several carriages, filled with ladles and gentlemen, had preceded ua; we also saw quite a number of wheels banked under the shade of a tree, showing the ubiquitous 'cycle' will even dare to enter the enclosure of the .most - re nowned racers of the blue graj region. Upon enquiry we learned the farm em braces 50,040 acres. Five hundred acres are Inclosed with a rock fence feet nign, on lup wi w.i v poets with wire fence total height, 10 feet. In this enclosure between 400 and 500 deer are kept. Such a herd reminds on- of the stories told by the early set tlers of this country. We failed to learn whether this deer park le kept solely for pleasure, or whether it la also laid under tribute to swell the reve nues of the farm. At any rate R Is a very important feature, and quite ro mantic. We took a survey of some od the finest horses, all thorough-brede. There are nine stallions, each one kept in a stable apd paddock entirety sep arate, with sunlelent room for exercise. These horses are held . at fabulous prices. Running on the' pastures are 169 brood mares. 97 sucking colts. 40 one-year-old colts, 18 two-year-old Al lies, 52 yearling colts now In New York for ciie" One hnndred and thirty Shet land ponies also find pasturage and care on this wonderful farm. -.We saw 9S milch cows, chiefly Jerseys. It was the hour of milking, in tne aiiernoon. when we J. O. Alexander and myself) inspected the milking. Bach cow was in it aisii. as the dairymen around Charlotte have theirs. When we enter ed the bams and saw how clean ana nice everything was, we regretted not having taken our two Meckienuurg girls MtssesJultaAlexander and A dele Brenlzer along to see the wonders con tained on General jackson s rarm. im floor of the stalls is the same aa our sldew alks cement and the incline la ..ni.n t., oasllv flooded With water, and swept clean after each milk ing, w hich refuse is al once tnrown on a compost neap, m" sia-oico, "., are as clean as any dwelling, entirely free from ail unpleasant odor. On these cattle pastures are seen ten bulls, and an indefinite number of heifer calves. All male calves are destroyed Immedi ately after birth, not being sufficiently valuaDie to pay lor maws- . Two large barns are occupied by the milk cows. Five negro , men do the milking, and consume one hour and a half each time. Two more men assist in attending the cattle seven In all. One barn is occupied exclusively wrtn mules that do the farm work. These mules are all bought, not one Is raised on the farm. . : ' Twenty-seven barns are for the horses, and all the feed necessary for their keeping, except oats. Is raised on the farm. We now leave the barns and ro 10 the milk house or dairy. rThis Is a .semi-basement, the house is built on a hill-side. The floor Is of cement, large basins and troughs made of cement. delightfully cool, hold, water ljjw7n:r- DEBS SCHEME CO I, TLA PSED. He Will Take Only a Ninall Body of the Unemployed to Washington Btato to Ioo k for Homes A Par Capita Tax on the Social Democracy. Milwaukee, Wis.. June 28. Victor Berger, editor of the Socialistic organ, gave out a statement to-night on his return from a conference with Bugene V. Debs. He says the scheme to plant a socialist colony In the West has been abandoned, and in its place there will be a small migration of the unemployed to the S,tate of Washington. They will look for homes there the same as other settlers, and the expense of transport ing them will be pai through a per capita tax of 15 cents a month, on members of the social democracy. A Social Event of Interest. An event in which society will be interested will be the marriage of Miss Virginia Orey Atkins, daughter of the late Hon. W. T. Atkins, of Boyd ton, Va and Prof. E. L. Reid, of this county, which is to take place July 21, at the residence of the bride's mother, Mrs. Virginia H. Atkins, in Boydton. The bride-elect is a sister of Mrs. C. M. Carson, of this city. She and her affianced are popular young people, and the news of their approaching marriage will interest society in this State and Virginia. WU1 Visit Cmaton. Washington, Jane 28. Unless the condition; of public business prevents. President and Mrs. McKinley will leave here Friday, for a visit to Canton, O, They wI) remain vntfl Monday. abundaiMwj(rEerln; Two JfxTy-gallon churns In. place, to churn the milk, driven by mule power. One large refrigerator to hold the butter. It is Impossible to have a nicer or sweeter place on earth than this xlalry. Mr. and Mrs. Tucker have charge- of this de partment, and gave this1 Information, viz.: They churn 200 gallons (average) per day. w hich yields 90 pounds of but ter, w hich sells at 27 cents per pound. Average sale of buttermilk per day 2O0 gallons, at 10 cents per gallon. No sweet milk is sold. We asked: "Do yon feed no milk to the hogs?" She said: "Not a hog on the farm." "How tons; have you been in charge?" Answer 'Seven years: come to the door," saM she, "see that pretty house!" "Yes, I. see it!" "Well, the general built tnac house for us, and we have H free or rent." I found there exists a strong attachment by the employees for their employer, among both whites and blacks. There are empioyea z sro-oio men. seven cattle men. These all get their board and SIR per month; 35 fam ilies live on the farm, furnishing 60 farm hands. Four mowing machines are kept busy during the busy season, two reapers and binders, one steam thresher, one steam silo cutter, one steam grain-wll. All grain fed to stock is first ground. Mr. Brian is bookkeeper, and has spe cial supervision of all carpenter work. Mr. Hostetter manages tne 1 arm-worn in all its details. Ten men are em ployed to break rock, to keep the roads in repair. We failed to find the amount of rock fence on the farm, but It must be very considerable, - and cost Si per foot. Hock pillars for gates cost S5 nor gate. Some time ago Mr. Croker. of New York, bought a half Interest In the horse department, paying 50,0W, He employs Oeneral Jackson on a sal ary of JI0.OOO per year to look after his interest in the horse farm. Munchau sen's fiction does not appear so strange as the truth of Bell Meade farm. J. B. ALEXANDER. Charlotte, June 28, 1897. . KILLED BT THE EALLOr A DERRICK. Three Workmen Swept from the ninth Story of a Building In Allan's and Two Instantly K U-.', WIiIIb die Third Was M tracalonsy Saved The Sanertatesdeat Says It Was tha Work of Semebedy About tne BnlMing. Atlanta, June 28. A derrick on the roof of a new building fell at 1 o'clock this afternoon, knocking three workmen from a scaffolding on the ninth story. Two of them were dashed to Instant death on the ground, 125 feet below, and the third was saved In a miraculous way. The killed are: Palmetto Ayers, colored, aged 40, living at Austell; Charles Karglll, colored, aged 35. of this city. W. M. Brown, white, a carpenter, was cut about the head and arms. The men were standing on a platform which skirts the edge Of the ninth floor. When the derrick fell, the part of the scaffolding upon which they stood was swept away, and the men were thrown into space. Brown grasped one of the derrick ropes as he shot through the air. As the boom of the hoisting engine fell, the ropes on the tackle were set In motion, one going up and the other down. It was Brown's good fortune to catch the rope being drawn upward and he was hauled safe ly to the roof. The other boom of the derrick fell on the other -side of the building, where four men were stand ing, and this boom fell, but was held up by the roof. The car was dashed over the side of the building and swung there in safety. The men were shoved through a window none of them being injured. Mr. Gammon, superintendent of the derrick, was seen and said: "The kill ing of these two. men was no accident, it was. In my opinion, a part of some one at work on this building that the derricks should falL In the first place." continued Mr. Gammon, "the clips that held the guy ropes In place have never been known to slip except In this par ticular case. I have examined the clips and find they were quite loose. They could not be in such condition unless tbey had been tampered with. In the second place, these derricks are capable of raising five tons, and we had only two and a half tons on them when they fell. The clips would never have slip ped unless they bad been tampered with." - - Bedford relt a Shake. Richmond Vs., June SS. Radford re ports a slight earthquake last night, - lor w and ;
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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