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JAMES H. TVOrS, Editor <
Ir. S. MITCHELL ma* A- J. MISERS.
GenaraJ Trwtiog
THE
VOL. IX.
RALEIGH, N. C.. SATURDAY-, APRIL 24, 1897-
NO. 10.
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president McKinley Sends a Mes-
sage to Congress Urging
AN APPROPRIATION FOR A
Representation By the United States.
SlirrmanThiuks the Sum ShouldBe
$350,000.
Tbe President has sent the following
message to Congress, urging it to make
suitable provision for adequate repre-
sentation of the United States at the
Paris Exposition:
•'To the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives: I transmit herewith for the
consideration of. the respective houses
of the Congress, a report of the Secre-
tary of State, representing the appro-
priateness of early action in order that
the government of the United States
raay be enabled to accept the invitation
of the French Republic, to participate
in the Universal Exposition to be held
in Paris in 1900. The recommendations
of this report have my most cordial ap-
proval, and I urge upon the Congress
such timely provision for this great
international enterprise as will fittingly
respond to the testified wish and expec-
tations of our inventors and producers,
that they may have adequate opportu-
nity again, as in the past, to fortify tbe
important postion-s they have won in
the world's competitive'field of discov-
ery and industry. Nor are the tradi-
tional friendships of the United States
and France and the mutual advan-
tages to accrue from their enlarg
ea commercial intercourse, less im-
portant factors thap the individual
interests to be fostered by renewed
participation in this exposition, es-
pecially when it is remembered that
the present project will be complete
and on a scale of magnificence equal to
the Columbian Exposition in our own
country.
(Signed) "Wm. McKijtlex."
Secretary Sherman, among other
things in his report, urges that if the
United States is to be fittingly repre-
resented, steps should be taken to ir.-
sure such representation by making the
necessary appropriation, and recom-
mends an appropriation of §350,00J.
FELL IX A FAINT.
When He Knew His Gigantic Insur-
ance Plans Were Discovered.
At Pittsburg, Pa., C. Lin wood
Woods, of C. T. Woods & Co., bank-
ers, has been arrested, charged with
attempt at insurance swindling. When
Woods was confronted by the arresting
officer he fell in a dead faint. His
mode of procedure was to insert ad-
vertisements in the local papers
for old men to act as collectors. Tie
would ask the applicant for bond, but
kindly waived the bond if the applicant
would sign an application for insurance
on his life. This was generally secured
and then Woods would get tome irre-
sponsible man to sign a prpmisoiy
note to the C. T. Woods Banking Com-
pany, filled with amounts ranging from
810,000 to 815,000, so that consideration
for the insurance policy at death could
be claimed to be the debt established
by the note.
In Wood's desk were found sixty-
five policies with himself as beneficiary,
aggregating §200,000. Chief Harper,
chief of the revision department of the
Mutual Reserve Fund Life Insurance
Association, of New York, charged
Woods with procuring policies with in-
tent to defraud.
LIMITED TO OSE WIFE.
The A. St. xC, Church Shakes Up the
Ministers for Their Several Sins.
The "Virginia conference of the Afri-
can M. E. church, which has been in
session at Wytheville for some days,
and those ministers who have not con-
ducted themselves properly are tremb-
ling. Resolutions were passed con-
demning ministers for gettinsr divorces
from their wives. Bishop Handy de-
clared that no man in the connection in
the district would receive an appoint-
ment who had more than one wife. They
also condemned the use of whiskey and
se< eraj men who were found guilty of
using intoxicating drink were left with-
out appointment. Rev. Jas. Minter
was expelled from the connection for
having two wives. The ruling bishop,
Handy, regards this as a progressive
step for the elevation of the negro race.
Reports Not Encouraging.
The river continues to rise slowly at
"Vicksburg, Miss., and at all points
south, and the situation along the
Louisiana system of levees is acute.
Several thousand men are working and
watching night and day to hold the
embankments intact. Reports from the
overflowed Mississippi delta are not
encouraging. _ Many cabins are sub-
merged to their very roof s, while several
nave been carried away by the swift
current. At Greenville the river stands
stationary.
Nominations Confirmed.
The United States Senate has con-
firmed the following nominations: Al-
fred E. Buck of Georgia, to be minis-
ter to Japan; James Boyle of Ohio, to
be consul to Liverpool; Edgar Angie»
ci ieorgia, to be United States attor-
ney for the northern district of Gtorgia;
-Marion Erwen, of Georgia, to be attor-
ney for the United States for the South-
ern district of Georgia; Alexander J.
Cook of Mississippi, to be United States
marshal for the northern district of
Mississippi.
Spalding Confesses.
President McKay, of the University
of Illinois board of trustees, says that
C. W. Spaldine, treasurer of the board
and president of the defunct Globe
Savings Bank, at Chicago, 111., has ad-
mitted to him and to Trustee James E.
Arrnstrong, that he had hypothecated
the University endowment bonds en-
trusted to his care, as treasurer.
rr?Jernor1. Altgeld is mixed up in
transactions of Spalding, in wreck-
er Globe Savings Bank, of Chi-
ANNIVERSARY OF JEFFERSON.
W* J. Bryan Was the Guest of
Honor;
The 154th anniversary of Jefferson's
birthday was celebrated Tuesday night
at the Metropolitan Hotel in Washing-
ton by a subscription dinner given
under the auspices of the National As-
sociation of Democratic Clubs. The
first celebration of the anniversary of
Jefferson's birthday occurred at the
same hostelry, then known as the In-
dian Queen. President Jackson was
the guest of honor anil the occasion was
made memorable by the presence of
Yice President John C. Calhoun and
others, Democratic leaders of that day.
Wm. J. Bryan, of Nebraska, the late
Democratic candidate for President,
was the guest of honor. Senators,
Representatives and others conspicuous
in the councils of the Democratic par-
ty, were present. Many of them were
from a distance. Covers were laid for
two hundred, an da number of people
wore denied seats "for want of space at
the tables. The decorations of the
rooni were simple. The columns were
entwined with Southern smilax and a
full-length portrait of Jefferson, draped
with American flags, was hung behind
the seat of Governor Black, of t'enn-
sylvauia, the president of the associa-
tion. U pon his right were Mr. Bryan
and Representative McMillin, r.-ho
acted as toastmaster, and en
the left were Senator Jones, of Arkan-
sas; Representatives Bland, of Mis-
souri; Lentz, of Ohm; ex-Representa-
tive Sibley, of Pennsylvania, and An-
drew Lipscomb, of Virginia. Mr. Bryan
was greeted with a lusty cheer as he eu-
tered the hail. The menu was careful-
ly prepared and was similar to such a
dinner as might have been served dur-
ing Jefferson's days. The dishes were
all American creations and each course,
as far as i>ossible, represented one sec-
tion of the country. The dinner began
promptly at 8 o'clock, an orchestra
playing national airs, blended with
Southern melodies to conform in sym-
pathy to the spirit of the dinner, i he
toasts were briefly responded to except
in the case of Mr. Bryan, who spoke
at length to the toast, ' 'Thctnas Jefi'er-
fon."
BELL COMPANY WINS.
A Decision in a Suit Involving Five
Million Dollars.
The Supreme Court at Washington,
D. C., has denied the petition for a writ
of certiorari in the case of the American
Bell Telephone Company vs. the West-
ern Union Telegraph Company to com-
pel the Circuit Court of Appeals for the
first circuit to certify the case to the
Supreme Court. The case involves the
question of royalties claimed from the
Bell company by the Western Union
company, and was originally brought
in the Circuit Court for the "District of
Massachusetts to secure an account
there of royalties. About §5.000,000 is
involved. After instituting suit the
Western Union sought to have it dis-
missed, and after it was dismissed the
Bell Company appealed to the Circuit
Court of Appeals when the decision of
the Circuit Court was reversed. The
Western Union Company sought to
have the case reviewed by "the Supreme
Court, but the opinion rendered
denies this petition. This takes tho
case back to the Circuit Court for
further proceedings.
It is a victory for the Bell Telephone
Company, and it is said this company
will at once go into the telegraph field,
while the Western Union Company will
be shut out from the telephone field.
An expert, speaking of the possible ex-
tension of tho telephone company into
the telegraph field, said that the new
telephone v 3s could be used simulta-
neously fo' h telephone and tele-
graph ser o that the two would
not conflict ..ne least.
PURIFYir SI 1SSISSIFPI WATER.
Tbe Largest and Best Filter Plant In
the World.
The largest, the costliest and b est
plant in the world ha3 just been com-
pleted at Davenport, Iowa. Practical
men, whose experience has made their
opinions worthy of respectful attention,
according to the Chicago Times-Herald,
say that this plant really solves the
water supply question for nearly all
Western cities. The cost of the plantis
$1,200,000. The ten double filter shells,
which contain the immediate water
supply, have a capacity of 7,.W',000
gallons. The water is taken from the
Mississippi River at a point above any
large sewage outlet, and where the
river water is naturally aerated and oxi-
dized by the presence of rapids.
STARVATION IN CHINA.
Hundreds Dying for Lack of Food.
Poor Efforts.
A San Francisco, Cal., special says
the natives in the vicinity of Ichang,
China, are dying by hundreds of star-
vation. Tbe grain crop 'ast year was
almost a total failure, and as the peo-
ple exchanged their maize for rice to
last them through the winter, food has
been'scant for a long time. Supplies
are now completely exhausted and the
harvest of death Las begun. The offi-
cials are making efforts to furnish food
for the starving people by sending in
rice, but the supplies they are able to
contribute are so small and the number
of those in direct need is so great that
little good is accomplished. «
.Great Loss of Cattle.
Between blizzards and high water
cattle on the ranges throughout the
Northwest have been having a tough
time of it since the first of last winter's
storms. In several South Dakota coun-
ties the loss to stockmen will be 40 or
50 per cent., and scarcely anywhere
will it fall below 20.
Beet Sugar Factories.
Seven beet sugar factories are now
shown to be in operation in this coun-
try, and four others are building or
contempt ated. The rate of increase in
sugar consumption for twenty-three
years has been 278 per cent, in tha
United States; 142 in France; 159 in
Germany; 107 in Austria, and 90 in
England-
Streets Flooded.
Two hundred families were driven
from their houses at Grand Forks, N.
D., owing to the streets becoming
flooded.
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The Crop This Year Depends Upon
When the Water Recedes.
4,000,000 ACRES FLOODED.
A Statement By the Government
Showing tho Magnitude of tho In-
terests Affected By the Flood.
A statement relative to the agricul-
tural interests of the Missisippi valley,
south of Illinois, has been issued by
the Department of Agriculture at Wash-
ington. It is based upon a chart pre-
pared under the chief of the Weather
Bureau, showing the extent of the
flood on April G. To th's chart tho De-
partment lias appended the crop statis-
tics of 1890, as representing more close-
ly than any other available data the
the acreage and value ot the croi^s now
in jeopardy. The statistics of popula-
tion, of the number and acreage of
farms and of farm implements are those
of the census, and the statistics of live
stock are those of the Department of
agriculture of January 1st, ISitV.
The total area under water on April
Gth was about lo,8uo square miles, of
which 7,900 miles were in Mississippi;
4,500 in Arkansas; 1,750 iu Missouri;
1,200 in Tennessee, and 450 in Louisi-
ana. This region, in 18J0, so far as can
be determined from the somewhat in-
definite boundary lines of the flood,
had a population of 379,685, of which
1SG.4S9, or about one-half, were in
Mississippi; 100,235 in Arkansas, and
the remainder almost equally divided
between Missouri and Tennessee.
Taking the entire region, the colored
population outnumbered the whites in
the proportion of 12 to 7, a third pre-
dominating in the flood districts of Mis-
sissippi in the ratio of more than C> to 1,
and in Arkansas in that of 2 to 1. In
Missouri and Tennessee the population
of the flood district is largely white, in
the former State in the proportion of 10
to 1, and in the latter, 20 to 1. The flood
districts, it is estimated, contain
about b«,500 farms, of which 18,500 are
in Mississippi; nearly 10,000 in Arkan-
sas, and a like number about equally
divided between Missouri and Tennes-
see. These farms have a total area of
about S,800,000 acres, one half of which
is in Mississippi, and rather over one
fourth in Arkansas, the proportions in
Missouri and Tennessee being about
the same as ia the case of the number
of the farms.
The total value of these farms, with
their implements, etc., is close upon
sixty-five millions of dollars, and here,
also, the proportion in the above
States is about the same as noted
above. _ The total number of acres, at
the takiug of the last census was about
two million and a ha'f, and were la«t
year devoted to cotton and corn, to
which crops nearly 95 per cent, of the
entire acreage cultivated i? devoted.
The entire value, including one and
one quarter million dollars for live
stock, and four hundred thousand dol-
lars for crops on hand, is over eight
and one-half million dollar-.
The weather bureau predicts a fur-
ther extent of the flood area, but no
attempt, of course, ban been made to
estimate how great it will be. The
bureau publishes a map of the country
flooded and says: ''The flood-water in
western Mississippi is just beginning
to return to the Mississippi river, at a
point just north of Vicksburg. It is ex-
pected that this flood will pass into the
Mississippi between the mouth of Ya-
zoo, and Miliken's landing, a few miles
to the north. The great strain expect-
ed during tho next few days will be on
the Louisiana side. Heroic work is
now being done on the levees of North-
ern Louisiana, and it is expected that
they will be held in.
Will Purchase the Jeff Davis Home.
A State organization of the Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy has been per-
fected at Montgomery, Ala. Miss Sarah
Jones, of Camden, a sister of Gen. R.
Y. Jones, was elected State president.
The State organization determined that
its first -work should be the purchase of
the big old house here, which was oc-
cupied by Jefferson Davis while the seat
of the Confederrte government was iu
Montgomery, aud transfer it into a
home for indigent Confederate veter-
ans. A strong organization was per-
fected.
The Commission Appointed.
The President has announced the ap-
pointment of Senator jEdward O. Wol-
cott, of Colorado; Hon. Charles .T.
Paine, of Boston. Mass., and ex-Yi^e
President Adlai E. Stevenson, as com-
missioners to an international mone-
tary conference. v These appointments
are made under act approved March iid
last "for the promotion of an interna-
tional agreement for bi-metalism," and
by its provisions do not require con-
firmation by the Senate.
A New System.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has
initiated a new system of seed distri-
bution in his department. His aim is
to diversify, as far as possible, th#
farm products of the country, and to
this end he is making a specialty of se-
lecting new and valuable seeds from
all parts of the world and putting them
in the hads of farmers likely to use
them to advantage.
Swept By a Cyclone.
A special to the St. Louis Republic
from Hamburg, Ark., says news has
been received of a hurricane which de-
vastated the country near the Outchita
river. Several plantations were swept
clear of houses and stock. The wind
was followed by hail which destroyed
crops. ■
Germany's Protest.
Germany makes a vigorous protest
against the sugar clause of the Dingley
bill, claiming it to be a violation of an
agreement heretofore made; she threat-
ens to retaliate in the matter of impor-
tation of American pork; several other
foreign nations make,protests against
the bill. —
Senator Voorhees Dead.
Daniel Wolsey Voorhees, ex-United
States Senator from the State of In-
diana, is dead. He had long been a
sufferer of rheumatism of the heart.
NEWS ITEMS CONDENSED,
Southern Pencil Pointers.
Harris Bramlett, the most noted
moonshiner in Georgia, has been cap-
tured and jailed at Atlanta.
The Kentucky Building and Loan
Association law has beeu declared con-
stitutional by Ju4ge Scott at Win-
chester.
Ninety-eight cases of liquor bought
in Fan r'rancisco for personal use by
citizens who clubbed together, was
seized immediately upon its arrival in
Charleston, S. C.
Saturday in the Criminal Court at
Charlotte, N. C., L. J. Kirk was found
guilty of shooting Lake and sentenced
to two years on the chain gang. An
appeal was entered upon the ground of
excessive punishment for a new trial.
Judge Harlan has allowed a wit of
error In the case of .-.linabeth Nobles,
of tieorgia, who is under sentence of
death on the charge of murder, and
who was to have beeu hanged Friday.
It was represented by Mrs. Nobles'
counsel that she is insane.
The dead body of Charles Hoffman, a
well-known and respected citizen, was
found in a chapel, about four miles
from Brunswick, Ga. He had shot
himself through the head. He had
evidently gone into the building for the
purpose of committing suicidc.
Governor Bloxham, of Florida, has
issued a call to a national fisheries
congress to be held at Tampa in Janu-
ary, 1898.
Forty-five thousand acres of the most
valuable coal and oil lands iu West Vir-
ginia have been purchased by a com-
pany of New York and Pittsburg cap-
italists. The price paid aggregates
So00,000.
Up to the present the effort to eleot a
United States Senator in Kentucky has
cost about $75,000.
At Houston, Tex., the cylindrical
process of baling cotton is again excit-
ing discussion in cotton trade circles.
The losses of insurance companies at
Knoxyille, Tenn., foot up 0556,250.
In the case of "Cap" Hatfield a jury
at Williamson, W. Va., has returned a
verdict of involuntary manslaughter for
the killing of Ivan Rutherford.
The latest developments in the Knox-
ville, Tenn., fire are that at least six
persons lost their lives in the Hotel
Knox. The hotel register has not been
found.
Suit has been brought against the
co-operative town company of Eliza-
bethton, Tenn., asking for a receiver,
that the property of the company shall
be subjected to the payment of the
company's indebtedness, amounting to
£1,000,000. It is charged that the com-
pany was insolvent when its pronerty
was* transferred to the Wautauga Land
company, more than a year ago.
Clinton R. Woodruff, secretary of the
National Municipal League, has pre-
pared a program for the ccnfejreece to
be held in Louisville on May 5th,' Gth
7th. Among the speakers will be ex-
Ma vor John F. Ficken, of Charleston,
S. C.
In the Criminal Court at Charlotte,
N. C., Friday, Chas. Blackburn, charg-
ed with originating tho fire which par-
tially destroyed the Charlotte Observer
building on January 2d last, was ac-
quitted.
All About the North.
Elizabeth R. Tilton, the wife of
Henry Ward Beecher's accuser, died
on Tuesday last at her home in Brook-
lyn.
A party of 01 chinamen have arrived
in Montreal by the Canadian Pacifio
Railroad, from China via Vancouver.
They are to work on the sugar planta-
tions of Cuba, so sadly neglected dur-
ing the past two years.
The surgeons at the Presbyterian
Hospital in New York are bending all
their energies to save the life of Frank
Hastings, a newspaper man, who for
eight days has hiccoughed at the rate
of 8,G40 times a day. Ice cream is
being used to cure him.
At Chicago, HI., Matthias Guster. 22
ears old, was shot and instantly killed
yJohn Formiller, hia father-in-law,
at the breakfast table.
A company capitalized at S2,000,000
has been formed at Minneapolis, Minn.,
to manufacture sugar from beets and
fight the Sugar Trust.
The largest flag that ever flew from a
pole will be flung to the breeze on the
27th from a staffnear the Grant Monu-
ment, in New York.
Governor Jones, of Arkansas, has
called an extra session of the Legisla-
ture to meet on the 28th.
A cyclone destroyed the to wij of Chand-
ler, Okla., east of Ghthrie. A
dozen or more people were killed and
probably 150 were injured.
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Miscellaneous.
The King of Siam will visit this
country next September.
Carter H. Harrison was formalty in-
stalled as mayor of Chicago Thursday
evening. He delivered a short inaug-
ural address.
While mass was being said iu a
church near C'astres, France, the roof
collapsed, killing seven women and one
man, and injuring 30 persons seri-
ously.
A Boston special says: "Under fav-
orable conditions and to the satisfaction
of all concerned, the United States bat-
tleship Iowa has been given her official
trial over the Cape Anne course, and
under the inspection of the naval board
appointed for that purpose. On the
trial she made an average speed of 17
knots over the 66 mile cohrsd, exceed-
ing her contract speed by one knot,
winning $200,00 bonus for her builders.
Washington.
President McKinley has decided that
he would bo unable to attend the Nash-
ville exposition on the opening day,
May 1, but will visit the exposition
after the adjournment of Congress.
The President will recommend to
Congress an appropriation to pay in-
demnity for the lynching of threa Ital-
ians in Louisana last August.
A delegation called at the White
House and invited the President to the
Tennessee Oentennial; if he cannot go
he will start the machinery from Wash-
ington.
NORTH STATE HAPPENINGS.
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News Items Gathered and Con-
densed for Our Readers.
PAINTING FOR STATE LIBRARY.
Young Lady Arrested for Robbing
the >Iails--A Valuable Klud--Dr.
I.-ong Returns.
The State Library at Raleigh is soon
to have quite a desirable addition to
the already large and choice collection
of oil-paintings of prominent North
Carolinians. This time it is to be a
handsome group, half-sized oil-paint-
ing of Zebulou B. Vance, Col. H. K.
Burgwyn and Col. John R. Lane, all
three of whom served in the late war
as colonela in the famous Twenty-sizth
North Carolina regiment. The con-
tract for painting this picture was
awarded to Raleigh's well known artist,
Mr. W. G. Randall, and the work is to
be done just as soon as possible. The
work is done by order of Mrs. Vance,
Col. Lane and Mr. H. W. Burgwyn, a
brother of the late Col. H. K. Bur-
gwyn, who is to be one of the group to
be painted. The painting is to cost
about S500. Fach of the three famous
colonels is to be painted in the uniform
of that rank aud from photographs
taken during their service as such
officers.
Miss Viola Brown was arrested the
first of this week for robbing the mails.
A trial was had before J. W, Bean,
United States Commissioner, and she
was bound to Federal Court at Greens-
boro, in the sum of 8200. Ira S. E.
Brown is postmaster of Brown, a little
country office in Randolph county. His
daughter, Miss Viola, has been his as-
sistant, and for a year or more small
sums of money ^iave been massed from
the mails. A postofflce inspector be-
gan his work a&d finally located where
the robbing was being done on the
star route. A deadly decoy letter was
put in the mails and did its work.
When Miss Brown was confronted bv
the i>oRtojYice inspector she acknowf-
edged her guilt, so it is said. And it
is further said that before the commis-
sioner she acknowlodged previous
thieving. It is thought by many that
Miss Brown is a kleptomaniac. She
is only about 10 years old and quite
pretty. Much sympathy is expressed
for her and the family.
The Richmond Dispatch of the 14th
inst. has the following; "Dr. J. W.
Long, one of the most popular physi-
cians in the city, and for several years
a member of the faculty of the Medical
College of Virginia, having determined
to return to his former home in North
Carolina, delivered, by invitation, in
the amphitheatre of the college last
night, a farewell address. A large as-
semblage, consisting of members of
the faculty of the Medical College of
Virginia, and of the University Col-
lego of Medicine of Surgery, and the
students of the former institution, was
present to do honor to the physician,
who, during his brief residence in this
city, Las won a place ia their hearts
not easily to be filled."
AFRO-AMERICAN NEWS.
The following comes from Randolph
cctin j Mr. A. B. Fnl'er, of Tabernacle
town&uip, found 31,000 in gold last
Sunday morning. Saturday night Mr.
Fuller dreamed of finding money at a
certain spot on his plantation, and Sun-
day morning, he was so impressed with
the dream, he took a mattock and went
to the place he dreani3d of and com-
menced to dig, and at once found
31,000 in gold, consisting of 310, £20,
ana $80 eoir>_a. The money is supposed
to have been buried away more than
a hundred yeai'3 ago by some old
miser.
Messrs. Hector and Hugh McLean,
the two celeb rated Harnett county
tv*in3, drove into Fayetteville a few
days ago. The Observer says it has'
rot been but a few years since they
would walk the distance, nearly thirty
miles, and with ease. They will be
eighty-seven years old next month.
Each has his coffin already procured
and are negotiating for a monument to
be erected over their graves.
A deed of assignment has been filed
with the register of deeds of Randolph
county by Copeiand & Marsh. The
firm has been doing business at Ram-
seur and Cedar Falls. They were gen-
eral merchants. There were some pre
ferred creditors. The amount of the
indebtedness iB not given; assets, about
S3,800. John N. Wilson, of Greens-
boro, is made assignee.
TheRai'way Commission has granted
the request of citizens of Purvis to have
a railroad station erected. Citizens of
Winterville's petition for a railroad will
be called on the 27th. No application
was made to the commission to lower
passenger rates. Commissioner Otho
Wilson favors a reduction of freight
rates.
—
Mr. Ed. Nivers, constable of Meck-
lenburg county, who was so severely
wounded by a pistol shot through the
liin/»o Ofli-L Z A. t . Til"
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lungs, ou the 80th inst. by Eli Mar-
shall, a negro that he was trving to ar-
rest, is resting more comfortably and
his physician is more hopeful of his re-
covery.
D. P. Hunter. a policeman of Char-
lotte, died at his home, corner of Pine
and Ninth etreets, Wednesday morning.
He had been sick only a few days, He
was afflicted with erysipelas, the die-
ease being complicated with heart trou-
ble.
Several cities in the Stato having pe-
titioned " for a reduction of telephone
rates, the various telephone companies
have been summoned to appear before
the Commissioner on the 27th and show
cause who a reduction should not be
made.
F. E. Hege, director of the poultry
division at the Experiment Station
Raleigh, narrowly escaped death Thurs-
day morning by the burning of his
house. He was almost suffocated when
taken from the burning house.
A Column of News of Interest to the
Colored Hace.
Phil H. Brown, the young Ofaioan,
■who organized the Afro-American As-
sociated Press, which did such sound
and intelligent work for the Republi-
can cause in the last campaign, has
been selected as one of the junior edi-
tors of "Lite aad Health," a wealthy
Journal devoted to sanitation published
In New York, where Mr. Brown now
resides. Mr. Brown came originally
from Ironton, O., was for a number of
years in the government printing office
at Washington and has been connected
at various times with the New York
Journal and Judge, always holding
positions that demanded a man of
ability. His first newspaper work was
done on The Gazette, when he began
as Correspondent and agent in 1882.
He w as then living at Ironton, where
he had learned the printing trade. The
Gazette having furnished the first field
for his writings he has risen rapidly
and has contributed some short stories
of "Negro" life which has recognized
literary merit It is said that the last
of these stories, entitled "Ihe Hermit
in Black," which was sent through the
Bacheller syndicate to several publica-
tions, -was the one which attracted the
attention of the publishers of "Life
and Health,' and resulted in Brown's
engagement. —The Gazette.
Mrs. Lizzie Young, of -Jacksonville,
Fla., is an A fro-American lady whosc-
remarkable career as a successful busi-
ness woman offers a proud example not
only to her own race, but for the toil-
ing millions everywhere. She owns a
half dozen drays, employs some 80 or
3~> hands and pays her workmen 81. SO
per day. .She also runs an extensive
wood yard at North Springfield and
keeps four or five teams busy deliver-
ing wood. She also sends to the mar-
ket several hundred dollars' worth of
pork every year, and besides keeps n
large poultry yard from which she af-
fords a creditable supply for the mar-
ket. She is active iu other minor pur-
suits which aiso afford her an increas-
ing revenr.e.—The Gazette.
The des iuy of every race is bound
up in their sctious. We are put in this
world as free agents and we are called
upon to work out our salvation Our
hope and trust should be in God, for if
He is on our side, He is more than all
they that can be against us. When
Israel trusted in God and obeyed his
commandments the Lord helped them
to fight their battles and success crown-
ed all their efforts; but when they for-
sook God and trusted in their own
strength they were captured by their
enemies and suflered for their folly. —
The Christian Banner.
The New York World says those who
call Geu. Maceo the greatest soldier
with African blood ia bis veins forget
that General Hannibal made something
of a record in bis day. To this the
Augusta Chronicle says that Hannibal
was an African but had no Negro blood
in his veins. He was of Phoenecian de-
cent. Maceo is. or was, more white
than black. The greatest of Negro
generals was Toussiant L'Overture.
He was a pure-blooded black man
Lawyer Quick's book, "Negro Stars, "'
says that Hannibal was a Negro and
the greatest general that ever drew
sworn or commanded an army.—Max-
ton Blade.
-f ► ■ ■
The Negro ;s so situated in this conn-
try that no (.arty can win without his
support In municipal elections he is
becoming a pateut factor for good or
evil. He is beginning to look at poli-
tics as a business, just as white men
do. He is determined to support and
vote for the men, who will come near-
est to ameliorating his material inter-
est. In the coming municipal fight,
part3r lines will be broken asunder and
the voters will ally themselves ou the
one side or the other accordingly, as
he sees his interest affeotea.—The
Progress.
One of our exchanges says, "the
Netrro race needs leaders." it needs
nothing of the sort We have many
men of the race who have in them the
elements and capacity for leadership.
Ihe trouble is that nearly every Negro
thinks that he was born to lead, and
few of them would follow the Apostle,
Paul, if he was on earth. No, we do
not need leaders; what is most needed
is a willingness on the part of the
masses to follcw tbe few leaders we
have got. —1 he Standard.
It is an undeniable fact that just in
proportion as our people devote them-
selves to politics does their interests
slacken in matters pertaining to their
material welfare. This is not necessari-
ly so, but it is so nevertheless. What
we want to learn is that no people can
live by politics alone. It is a grave mis-
take to allow golden opportunities for
bettering our material welfare to pass
unimproved, while we are hustling
round trying to get some petty office. —
Afro-American Presbyterian.
The slogan of our race ought be to
get education, aud money, build up
themselves on lofty plains. Unite all
along the line. Seek the good, abhor
the bad, throw themselves away from
evil influences, and show to the world
that thev are meu capable of attaining
have
the
Re-
FQR FARM A^i> GARDES.
to any height any other people
readied. We will then demand
respect of all men.—People's
corder.
Mr. F. R. Steward, an Afro-Ameri-
can of Montana, who is a student at
Haivard, has been elected president of
the Forum, the second Debating Club
of Harvard. He was one of tne de-
baters on the last year Yale and Har-
vard debate.—IheFreeman.
It pays to be gentlemanly and lady-
like at all timee, aside from^ the fact
that it is right and true. Yet some
people never catch onto this wortby
persoual attribute.—The Home Visi-
tor.
A gray, unsized blotting paper was
sold in England, according to Rogers in
his history of prices, as far back as
1465.
Southern Inter-State Insurance Con-
ference at Southern Pines,
N. C., April 27-28.
For this occasion, the eaboacd Air Ljne
will make a rate of one cent per palle, dis-
tance traveled from all points on this system,
to Southern Pines and return. Tickets to be
sold April 26th, ZTth, and for trains scheduled
to arrive at Southern Pines fore-noon of tne
28th. thus affording all Insurancemen located
on or near this line an opportunity to attend
this important conference at an exceedingly
low rate.
<J00D EC AD 3 H2DP VALTES.
It is computed that in some districts
of Massachusetts there has bs^a au
average rise in the value of property
h on^ improved roads of over six dol'
lars ai^ acre. It is, moreover, esti-
mated that the Josses to farmers
iu that state iu hauling their product
over mud roads as compared with the
cost of hauling it over improved
roads amounts to more than enough
to pay for the improvements. It 11
be seen, therefore, that as th<? protit
in the hauling of produce pays for the
cost of the road the advanced value iu
the land is a ciear gain to the laui-
owner.—St. Joseph (Mo.) Herald.
BAVTVfr TREE TOPS FOR KIN-DLIXT
It ia natural for Americaa farmers,
when clearing land, to pile tho brinh
from tree tops in hewps and burn i& as-
the easiest, way to dispose of a nui-
sance. Yet, when cut fine and dried,.
as this brush can be very easily, it
makes the best possible kindling. The
fact that it cannot bo compacted close
together makes it worth all the mora-
as kindling for the larger pieces of
woo 1 that are required to kindle fire
in hard coal. The pile of brush that
goes up in smoke in a few minutes
will seil for SI or more when cut up
and bound in sm'ill butidietf for sale to
city coal consumers.—American Culti-
vator.
FtTMPKIN SEEDS ARE DAXGEROC3.
National Stockman uul Farmer
gives this warning against tbe feeding-
of pumpkin seeds: "The past fad
several of the hens seemed to be either
sick or insane, we could scarcely te.i
which at first. They would run a.
short distance, tumble over, then get
up and stagger about, running iu.
every direction. We were at a loss to>
know what ailed them. Wo foanii
that our neighbors' hens were similar-
ly affected,many of them having died.
Finally the crops of several ot these
which had died were cut opeu, and.
were found to be tilled witii pampkint
seeds which had beeu profusely scat-
tered about tho yard aad which they
had picked up. Tbe sickness had
doubtless been caused by tho inability
on the part of the hens to digest the-
pumpkin seeds, as we found that the
disease disappeared when wa stopped
scattering the pumpkin s=ed» iu the
yard."
CARB OF POULTRY.
We prefer loose earth floors to
wooden ones. If each week,or oftener,
the mannra is raked up with the earth,
and tach spring ihe old earth taken
out and the new supplied, it will bo
clean enough, and, at the same time,
you will bo gaining a valuable feiV.l-
izer for yonr lawn.
There is no need of bothering with
the ventilation question during cold
weather. Tbe house will naturally
ventilate itself, and if kept perfectly
ciean there will ba no danger of a
stench. We clean up tho dropping*
under the roost every morning.
Fowls must have fresh air; we be-
lieve in giving them an outside run
during fair weather when there is no
snow on the ground. A heavy wind
storm will do as much damage as snow
or rain. Daring very cold weather,
when the house is a comfortable ono,
it is best to keep the fowls iu loora un-
til about noon; then let them have a
run. It is a good idea in bnilding
fencing around the poultry runs, to
have two feet of matched boards at.
tbe base, and wire or pickets above
that. If these basj boards are of
matched lumber, the fowls can get
alongside of them nnd enjoy the warm
sun, while the wind cannot touch tliem.
During winter, the more sun baths
the fowl can get the better they thrive,
and the more profitable will they Vie.
A thorough cleaning of the roost
boards, and a stirring of the soil of
the ground floor of each room daily,
as well as a forking over of a part of
the ground of each yard in summer
time, and a change of water in ciean
dishes, should not be neglected. It is
an easy matter to overfeed when fowls
are confined to small quarters, but it
jg easy to watch, and one will if
he has any interest iu his work, so
that just the right quantity will be
given, so that all will be cleaned up
at each feeding, and tho fowls left
with their appetites just sharp enough
so that they will not mope, but will
keep themselves busy scratching for
the few grains of wheat that may have
been scattered when tbe soil was
loosened with the fork or spade earlier
in the morning, for the cleaning
ahould be done first of all.—Farm
Poultry.
Xjast year 17,500,000 pounds of bops
were imported from the United States
by the British.
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