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VOL. XXIII.?NEW SERIES. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 8.1892. -'
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;uu uuukcu, :isks mo Arkansas
Traveler, how many murders and shoot,
mgs are recorded in the daily papers
luring the past few month*? The numW
is getting to be something appalling.
The attendance of women at the Boston
University, amounting as it does to
300, illustrates bow the cause of woman
is progressing nowadays with a rapidity
that surpasses even that of geometrical
progression.
Few people perhaps are aware of the
fact, believes the Boston Transcript,
\hat there was once a PostmistressGeneral.
8he did not serve in this
-* ~?the fact that a wo can erer served in
'that capacity is indeed remarkable.
'Denmark was the home of this remarkable
woman, whose name was Counters
Gyldenlore, or Dorothea Krag, as she
was ^called during her term of offico,
which extended from the year 1703 to
1711. The present postal system in
that country, which Is considered one of
the best in the world, was inaugurated
by her.
The record of ship building in New
England for 1891 showed that tho sailinrr
flKIr* ?*? ? 1 '
duiji ia yjy uu menns a cuing ol tne
past, even in this country, rein-irks the
New York Tribune. Iu England the
returns for the same year are even more
suggestive, the tonnage increase of eight
per cent, being all in sailiug vessels.
Bailing vessels, moreover, constitute:!
twenty-five per cent, of the total con- I
struction of 1891, against nine per cent,
in 1887. The obvious lesson i3 that a
j^Mltable field still exists for sailiug
ships, and that under certain conditions
they are expected to compete successfully
with steamers.
If the people of Argentina would tun
their attention to agriculture instead o
to revolutions, thei. seems to be no reason,
the New Orleans ~*icayune is cou
viuced, why that country should uot la
rich and prosperous. The Bureau o
American Republics has a letter from i
settler in Diamante, Entre Hies, Argcu
tiua, which says that over eighty rcapiug
machines and forty five threshing ma
dr\nc& were received in that locality las
jAr, while the cost of the twine need
for binding wheat amounted to $60,001),
and estimates that this year $150,000
worth of twine will be used, lie says
that the settlers this year will nee.l 600,000
bags. Within the last two months
Diamante has purchased $582,000 worth
of agricultural machinery. The yield
of wheat during the past season hai
averaged almost a ton au acre, and is of
superior quality.
James B. Allen, whom citizens of
Chicago, III., recagnized in 18SD as the
oldest settler by presenting him with a
medal suitably inscribe!, indulges in
some interesting reminiscences, Ho was
brought to the log settlemsnt in 1833,
Being then two years old, by uis father.
The family came from Ogdensburg, N.
Y. They took up their residence in a
little house immediately south of the
picket oUfiuunding the lort. it
was the only house left by the Indians
after the massacre of 1812, and General
Winfield Scott had once occupied it.
w y The General presented to the elder Allen
three old cannon, which were afterwards
thrust muzzle down into the ground an l
used as hitching posts. Later they were
cast into a bell for the court house. Old
Allen built Chicago's first dock, on
River street. "The first water works
Chicago had," says his son, "wero
operated by Nic Reiss, who peddled
ivafor tlwi cotf of t)u> nrii><> r\ f
twenty-five cents h hogshead. Tbe
water works consisted of a two-wheel
cart on which was placed a sort of tank,
and the whole arrangement was drawn
hv a horse which old Nick Iteiss used to
drive. A good many years after that
my father and Virgil C. Walter, under
the firm name of Allen ?fc Walter, operated
the old hydraulic water works at
the foot of Lake 3treet. The water was
conducted to the city in wooden pipes."
Ife continues: "I remember the old
ferry across the river where the Rush
Street Bridge is now; it was pulled by i
rope attached to a windlass on each
bank of the river. There also used to
be a ferry where the Lake Street Bridge
now 8wings. The stage ooache3 for the
West, which used to make Galena their
objective point, used to be ferried across
there." Mr. Allen remembers the first
vessel launched in Chicaco, the Marguerite
Allen. It was originally (by
courtesy) a gunboat, and formed one of
the fleet that took part in Perry's victory
An rolro F.rip Jf woo {nnrvf|ynnprl finfl
rebuilt as a schooner, and in this form
began its trading career- The first hotel
was known as the Green Tree House,
and was built by John Gray. The fir-it
steamboat to ply on the lake was the
James Allen, na ned after the elder
Allon. Mr. James It. Allen is a veteran
of the war. He claims to be a great
nephew of Ethan Allen.
HARBINGERS OF SPRI
News Note as Fresh as the C.
Air.
The Kost Interesting Events H
pening in Three States
Chronicled Here.
VIRGINIA.
An organized baud ol burglars
operating in Danville.
Shad were caught by the thousand
1 the James river last week.
Burkeville has gone dry. It has I
wet 33 years.
Two bridges to cost $60,000 are to
' Fwat Dn
An uptown hotel ia. to be built
Richmond at s cost of $850,000.
A patent coffee roaster factory is
lem*s latest new industry.
Work will soon begin on the clec'
line between Alexandria and Mt. V
nou.
Dr. Bond of Baltimore has been
lected as the Supt. of Baudolph Mai
Academy at Fiont Royal.
A bill appropriating $25000 for a p
lie building Bedford L'itv has been fav
ably repotted in Congriss.
James Lipscomb, of West Point,
been fouud guilty of betiaung his co
in under promise of marriage.
The Grand Lodrrp nf tt?l.l F?ii ??? ?.
Virgiuia, will meet at Richmond Tu
day, April 12.
Rolicrt II. Gilliam, Jr.. a protnH
young man of Richmond, 19 years
age, nccidontly shot himself last wei
dying iustnntly.
Cadef D. B. Powf rs, of the Virgii
Military Institute, from Port Royal. I'
oliue Conal^, llllll ii?iiiiiiliul lm ''
fressu<an Jones to a cadetship at W
ointr i'
The Lynchburg Club has received
valuable collection of monuted birds a
animals to adoru the club rooms in tli
new buildings, from Jno. S. Mori
Kansas, a farmer Lvnchburger.
The Virgiuia Court of Appeals I
just decided that < ities and towns cam
exempt manufacturing plants from ti
ation. The case which lirouirht out t
decission was the occasion of the to
council of West Point in exempting i
property in that place of the Riclmu
& West Point Terminal Railway ?V Wa
house Co. The State alone has the poi
to exempt from taxation.
Governor McKinney has appoiul
the following gentlemen to compose I
World's Fair commissioners of Virgin
First district, Dr. J. W. Broken1:
rough; second, M. Glcnnan; third, C
A 8. Buford; fourth. Col. Edward
, ?41., IX... J-l? L. XI 4. ,
W. J. Jordan; seventh, J. N. Breni
man; c'ghth, Granville Green, niu
Martin Williams; ten li, J. 1!. II. F
gatt,
The residence of Tli< hard Benton,
promiuent citizen residing near M
dleburg, Loudoun county, was attack
by five masked men on Monday nig
who tired into the house, one of i
shots taking effect in the breast of >1
Annie Benton, who had retired, seriou
injuring ??er. Miss Benton was lv
in her father's bed, 1 e being away,
secnig that they had shot the lady
stead of her father, who they intone
to murder, the five, two of whom w
colored, left. An uneucessful attempt >
made to assassinate Mr Benton about
year ago. Great excitement previ
and efforts are being made to detect
would-be assassins.
NGB.TH CAROLINA.
Two Morurou elders aro expo uu
their doctrine in Orang-j county.
John Boyd, charged with causing
Bostian bridge wreck, escaped jail w
8iy prisoners a' Clmilulte, Tin
day.
Bcvenuc officers have seized an cigl
gallon illicit distillery in Kockingli
county. They also arrested the. owi
S. C. Wall, ami lodged him in jail.
The board of tin tees of the Colo
Agricultural and Mechanical College 1
meet in Greensboro April 27th to elc<
president for that institution.
Dining March the 'obaceo manuf-i
rers of Winston shipped just 1,005.11
pounds of their goods. During
month they paid $<iO,359.8> to "l't
Sam" for stamps
It has just been gathered from his
(llftl Ileal lino / ? r ivnltlt'.
IUIU' VIIV IMOI vmj yj i |'II?MH icOlill*;
prayer in America was o.dered in N<
Carolina by tlie "Committee of I'ii
Safety" of Howan county. November
1775.
A special from Jackson, says: '
las Taylor was brutally murdered i
here. His head was beaten into a j
and his body was thrown into a swa
where it was found Thursday moinii
While fooling with a pistol that
not supposed to be loaded, a young
named Stockton, living eight miles f
Shelby, mortally wounded his young
tor, who died in the night, lie is o
whelmed with grief.
A sad ami fatal accident nocture
Guilford county a few days ago. "
Welch, 19 years old. was cutting w
in company with her two sisteis a
little brother, fiom a large log. Tin
rolled over catching Nora under it
was so heavy that it required live me
move it. The child was dead, causoi
a broken neck.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Sumter's new graded school Imih
has been completed.
Secretary Kollowny, of the State
ricultural and Mechanical Society,
miitHo oAnioef onlo fnr hn nri /OC a(T
I hv the Columbia phosphate Company
the largest yield of cotton from one
that it is necessary to notify him in
time of their intention to compete fo
prizes.
John Claflin. a son of the founde
Clnflin University at Orangeburg,
been inspecting Clnflin and othei ( "I
educational institutions in the State,
was well entertained in each towi
visited, the mayor and city official
Columbia showing him through the 1
itftl city.
XG OTHER STATU*.
Fayette, Mo.?A sale under the vagrant
act took place in Fayette, when
risp three negroes were sold on the block to
the highest bidder. One brought $25
and another $5 and the third $1. The
negro element is highly indignant and
threaten to have revenge.
Near Holly Springs, Miss., BIrs. C. K.
Smith gave birth to six bov babies.
James L. Mathison has closed bis school
at Salem, Fla.. and will try his hand at
planting tobacco this season. From the
j rod to the weed.
~PLANT~ RICE?7" mil
s in ine
unt
,een Another Agricultural Crop With fr0|
Which to Diversify. con
ba In giving this advice, we do not prom- p.D
p to drop hll other crops and turn his ettent
ion exclusively to rice culture. We B
do offer it, however, after mature con- ^ ^
Jr'c sideration and study, as a partial subcr"
stitute for cotton, which all afTmit is a
Drotitlesa rrnn nt mrmnf ?<! A
g j- ?- .vmw wu\4 I'lVOJA^VblTV *1
pc- prices. crs
ton The principal requirements to be ful- vigi
filled in a crop that proposes to sup- fixe
nb- plaut cotton arc two: 1, a marketable con
or- orop at good figures, and 2, a crop that tive
cau be raised upon a large proportion of Alii
|UiJ} Carolina r-oil. Both these condi- the
ug_ tious are fulfilled in rice, we think, in of C
measures sufficient to warrant the trial at
least. .
1. As to the first condition, it is only
necessary to state thut the production of Pre*
lice iu the United States is far below the a8.
"g requirements of the people for consump- ??n.
of lion. This fact should insure a ready ?
'k, market and a good price. That clean ^ ?
rice docs bear a good price, needs no pfe!
iiia. proof with farmers who buy the article '
hi-j for table use. They know that every
.... -.7.-"^ *!??< I bay biiy at the sin*-". etisU JL-i
est them from 80 to nro vluii ??u gUUU
rice turns out half in the treating, this
means that they are payiug at the rate of
ml two ^?"urs Pcr bushel for rough rice; f88
ej1. aud when it is understood that the yield 1
'rjs varies from fifteen to seventy-five bush'
els per acre, it is not hard to see that re8?
there is considerable margin for profit, vr8S
after paying for the beating and market- cal 1
not . cam
ing.*
'JV It should be stated, however, in this
connection, that the higher yield refer- P*?'
^ " cm) f n nlinim ia luml v if iivon ratilivA/) iinftn '
||)( - >v.wu.v, .0 .... 1..J .. v?s. <?KM?vu Ufvx
n l uplands, and thou only when soil, culti- ?xu
|( "at ion and season arc in conjunction. In
VC) his section of the State, where no attcn Pu"
tion is given to fertilization and the crop J*-*
is limited to wet soils that have been
planted in rice for a long time, the yield tcc
'.'u' is about twenty bushels. P?31
1:1 Si. Can rice he grown upon a consid- ,mnj
enable portion of the area now devoted
to cotton culture? This is a more dif- cou:
ficult question to answer, so as not to
' Ilil91cail uiij t/uvt wu? ? < --tl
11:1 it can he grown. We have observed Den
. volunteer hills of rice very frequently in Men
our cotton and corn fields, and they Hot
have iuvnrinbly tnade good, heavy heads. ftcei
a A neighbor's field that has been ruu in Can
id cotton exclusively for a long time, and Iloi
ted that is moreover distinctly high-land, cha:
ht. well adapted to cotton, was successfully Wa:
ihv? cultivated in rice long ago?indeed, we Jan
1'<>S have frequently heard of the wonderful treu
>l> 1 ice made on that field. These observations an
hig lead us to conclude that rice may be sue- join
|'ii cessfully grown upon very large por- wh<
i? tion of the lands of the State heretofore of
I' d urn in cotton. At any rate we were join
cc sufficiently impressed with the prob- mat
vas ability of success to set apart for that 1
" purpose, some time ago, a portion of the sen
,,IS urea originally intended lor cotton tnis i
I lie year. Me<
As to the time and method of planting. Toi
Select the laud, giving preference to Oal
low-lying lands and bottoms. Prepare ton
11111 it as if for cotton. The planting should ing
begin about the same time as corn or a Wi
little later. Having selected the seed Mc
I,11 carefully, open the bed withan old bull- wai
,,B" tongue or the plow Then drop lor'
three to six grains of nu. It intervals of c.
v tifteeu to eighteen inches. Bnish over i{0
II,111 lightly with a board fastened to a plow. die
He careful not to cover too and if
packing rains come, it may be necessary i)j
'ted to run a light harrow or light rake over hat
111 tlie beds when the plants begin to come Wi
1 11 up. There is more danger of having too i(.r
many stalks than too few in the hill. j.
tu Subsequent culture is very similar to Vi
>!)?$ tint of cotton - S(lecti?ns from Editorial J.
the ''('olton'Plant."? Orangeburg, C. H., 8. C. Ne
iclu We are informed that the range of j.
' upland'" rice is 20 to 40 bushels per '
acre and have heard in exceptional in- mi
'<)1V stances of .r>0 and 60 bushels.?Can Tal- a t
anil inane** Son*, Nt\o York. tw
IV1' re,
blic '
wmdi V I'AUM AT VnRKTnWN. va.
II, A U111A JUU X nuiu xxx X vxnxx w ..
'Atnem
The Scene of the Surrender of Itord
oily Comwallie.
in in Washington, I). C. ? A bill has been ^
introduced in Congress authorizing the
"as purchase by the Government of Temple
mail Farm at Yorktowp, Va. This place 0f
rom Wns the scene of the most important rai
R's- event, to use the language of the bill, in
v'er- our national history, as It was \t
there the rights asserted in the decla- ?r
I in ration of independence were secured by y,
s'ma surrender of Lord Cornwallis and the
ood British army and navy to Gen. Wash- th
iir| i ington." There is still standing, in {),
log about the centre of this farm, which 8t,
It contains some 500 acres, the old Moore
n to house, in which the terms of surrender re
I by were arranged for the proud army and .M
navy, with its haughty comridaoder, rc
Cornwallis. It was also the headquar- th
lersofGcn. Washington, Gen. Lafayette w
ling and Count I)c Itochainbeau immediately w
before and during the time of Cornwallis1
Ag. surrender. The house is still in a state
rc, of preservation, and during the centen- t,,
ninl celebration of 1881, which woe held a
erod on this farm, the Moore house was ele1
for g.mtly fiiriiiolicd and turned over to trio C(
acre French guests, decendauts of Lafayette w
due and De Hoehambeau. jj
i the The Government has erected a . fine cj
monument at Yorktown to comme.morate
, ?f the victory here gained over the British.
j,,|S A national cemetery is in this vicinity.
A sum not to exceed $100,000 is named
If,, in the bill for the purchase of this bl
i he
R ?'f a World's Fair envoy to Africa as-, re
( :M' tonished the natives with an Kdison' T!
phonograph and talking dolls, m
PRETTY POLITICS. o
10 Political Pield Growing Very F
Interoatlng.
raw* From a Dnw ItatM Bear- tI
tag Vm ot Ixapor- ce
tan ce. m
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SUCCESSFUL COITTESTAETS GET FAT. w]
rVashington, D. C.?The Senate com- pr
tteo on privifegos and elections exam- th
d the accounts of Mr. Clag<ett, the ed
luccessful contestant for the 8enate (jg
in Idaho, Mr. .DuBois, the successful an
itestee from that State, and Mr. David- bri
, the unsuccessful contestant from |er
rida for Senator Call's seat, and de he;
lative
Indent
^L out a
**Y*jffiri wM
jSSSf^ commit- cou
al,l)oi,4Wfe PWP0"6 13 00111 typ
in of JigBnK>. L. Russell, of Wil- at t
gton, 0?*p. M. Norment, of Lum- terc
Y>d, and#. M. 8tantou, of Wilson will
THE^^mNTON COMMITTEE. du8
aocrats was held in the Ways and
ins Committee room. After the ..
ise adjourned, the following ofis
of the Congressional Democratic err
ipaign Committee were elected: ??1(
1. John L. Mitchell, of Wisconsin, 1
irman; Mr. Lawrence Gardner, of
shington, D. C., secretary: Mr. '
?es L. Norris, of Washington, D. C.,
isurer. The chairman will appoint 1
executive committee of nine to act !"
itly with a committee of five senators, .'
3 arc to have general directory charge . al
the campaign. The meeting ad- ! 8
rned subject to the call of the chair- 111
3 gre
'he following gentlemen will reprc '
t their respective States:
daho, Mr. Strand; Oklahoma, D. B. "
iden; Kansas, M. C. Neely; Maine, ?
.vnsend Morton; New Jersey, J. A Imi
issenheine.^liaryland, Barnes Comp "r
; Rhode Ivland, Oscar Lapham; Wash- 2?1
;ton, W._i Wallace; South Dakota, , 0
lliatn B. McConuell; Arkansas, T. C.
Rae; California, T. J. Geary; Dela- ,n?
re, J. W. Causey; Florida, S R. Mai
y; Illinois, W. S. Fortnan; Indianua,
A. O. McCleleud; Louisiana, 8. M. (ijj
bertson; Massachusetts, '} *" An In<
:w; Mrchigau, J. R. Whiting; Mis ;ni
in, S V*' Cuuu; Montnna, W. W. crJ
xon; Nebraska, W. J. Biyan; New (0I
npshire, L. F. McKinney; Ohio, J. G.
n wick; Pennsylvania, William Mutch
; Teunessee, B McMillin; Texas.
W. Bailey; Virginia, W A. Jones; Wesi pr
rrriniic J. D. Alderson: Wisconsin. <
L ^litchcll; Arizona, M. A. Smith' J"
!w Mexico, Antonio Joseph, and Utah.
T. Came. M ,
Twenty-six States have selected comtteemcn,
leaving ten States in whicl V(,
:hoicc has yet to be made. There ar6 , |,
elve States which have no Democratic xvj
>resentatives in Congress, and these ^
fancies will be tilled hy the com
ttee- W|
SWINDLING UNCLE SAM. ]J'
iii!
Spartanburg Man Arrested Upon
a Serious Charge.
Ki'aktan. olio. S. C. ? C. I'. Barrett, ex
this city, was arrested on a bench war ?
nt isssued by the Judge of the United is
ates district court now in sesssion at at
Innta, upon the presentment of the < <
and jury charging that in June, 1R90, fa
irrett, at ting as assistant postmaster foi ><
man postoflice, falsified returns as to
e amount of stamps, etc , on hand at in
e office, and also the cancellation ol
imps for the quarter ending in June. '<
The motive alleged is that the falsified "
turns would increase the salary of the o
istinaster. (t is further alleged that the tl
turns were signed by Barrett without pi
e knowledge or consent of his sister, ti
ho made the affidavit upon which the f<
arrant was issued. ol
Bar.ett was carried before U. S. Com- T
iss inner A. B. Calvert and gavt* fl,00(5|
?nd for hi? nppearai:cc in Atlanta on
pril Iff. f
Barrett was seen by u reporter professt
his uir.o'ceuce ol the charges, saying it
as a put-up job by bis sister's two sons. "
c think* he can prove the utter falsity v;
urges.
Danville's Leaf Tobacco Trade.
Danvii.lk, Va?Sales of loose leaf to- tl
icco on this market in March amounted J
5,888,842 pounds. Sales from Octo- a
r to March HI, the first half of the cur- tl
nt tobacco year, 20,(504,270 pounds y
lie March sales were the largest for any s
it' moijitj in the history of the market. ' f<
\
\
OURT MARTIAL OF AN OFFICER, \
or Diaroapect to tho Memory of Ad* ?j?j
mini Porter and for General
Profanity and Obacenity.
Richmond, Va.?The court maitiul
yiug Commander Jas. D. Graham, re- N
utly commandant of the United $tutc.
onitor lyiug below Richmond, met for
e second time in the custom house in
is city. Captain Montgomery Scard,
ao had not arrived ou Monday, wa?
eaent and was sworn iu as a member ol o1
o court. The pleadings of the accus- jn
were prescuted by one of his counsel, f0)
Jt. James Parker, ex-naval captain, tj,(
allegations were spread ou the record
ingidg the charges. After au exciting
jal tilt between Judge Advocate Laueh- Hn,
imer and Capt. l'arker, the proaeou- *
Btlif^oiT^eBfgo P. T orj
asdee^nas the first witness called. vj,
teetiffed in reference to the offensive jv,
guage uacci- oy wouimuiuu i Uinhitm,
itire to the death of Admiral David col
Porter, and tho surgeon testified ?]
it tho accused aaid 4'Porter is dead. rea
..oughi to h?t? boon dead lopg ?go,
you of a "Ho has gone to h?U ^
I I teiah 1 was a .first-class fireman oul
te, for I would mako hiiu roast; God
- htm." aD(
Issistsnt Paymaitiij John Quitman vir
reU teatifled in io|erenco to the wear- for
;?f the hadgo oT mourning for Admi> j
Porter, onfl stated that tho mourning ^
I not put bq by Commandor Gyobart pp,
.dat the depai tin^fct ordered it to b? for
refertaco^C^tbnndet' orfnhara c urs- (.0j]
con- rii?t
od charges against the Commander to Far
icnt to the aepaitment, but Graham mPi
ling an agrcemcut with him. Oliver rii>l
t the charges back. This agistment p,^
vided that Graham should not iII-11cat nati
rer or the crew of the ship, and that ph\
inlander Graham would use hII cITorta hoti
?e detached from tlie monitor by Feb- not
y 10, 1892. The counsel objected to in t
itr'o iHlimnnv *
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An Example to be Followed. j0'1
l company has been formed in Bertie :
uty, J,. C., for the construction of a jm|
ical tar kilo, which is to be exhibited HI1))
be Chicago Fair among the many in q
i6ting artfcles of various kinds which 1)#,,
I be sent there from the Old North 4<
te in illustrntation of its diffcreut in- ^ r
tries. Bertie lies in that part of
JWI5. V9CJX.
which it produces, and it seems pc j(|r|
arly appropriate that the design 10 (,a(.|
ed to should have had its origin ' y
>ng its enterprising citizens. The jja|1
1 embodied in it is an excellent one, *
i is well worthy of imitation in our tjm
tes which are distinguished for indus ^
s equally characteristic of the soil. mj
Jo State couhl adopt a plan that
aid bring before the vast multitudes
0 will assemble in Chicago during the
r a more vivid ami graphic pictuic of f
special resources. Deposit this kiln
he North Carolina department in the
at exhibition, and the whole operation ((> j
he manufacture of tar and the part j(C|
,t it plays in trade and commerce, will w,s,
impressed more deeply on the minds
the spectators than a thousand specens
of the product, either in its raw
manipulated form, would be able to A
, and to that extent the interests of Qu<
rth Carolina, which derives such n .
ge revenue from this source, will be j |
ire fully promoted. ^
Hie whole process of putting tobaem
1 cotton into condition for the hand of
; manufacturer should be illustrated at 1
icajjo in the same practical way. j'11'
leeci, every lnuusrry iimi iiujh m onog- r
wealth and prosperity to the South
t States should be presented to tlie at- l,nl
ition of the visitors nt the Fair in the A*'
ape of an object lesson as far as it is
isible to do so. 1
The Southern people do not as yet ap pit
eciate ns they should the important < tin
the Exhibition in its healings upon the net
ii 11strial development of their section. "Ii
ich an opportunity of displaying the up
sources of the South will not again ia\
ise, in all probability, for an hundred ta:
ars. Among the thousands and tens of
ousands ami millions t>f persons who
ill gather from every tpiarter of the .
sited States and of the world in t'hi ov
;o, there will be countless mnnbers ^
liofwill have been influenced in turning 'jt.
the Fair, not bv curiosity alone ?
e very strongest desire to obtain in for y,',
ition as to n.w tiehls in which they
n either advance their personal fott
les or inve t their capital.
It is to this class that the South if its
ihibits are thoroughly leprcsentnlive
ill make a very powerful appeal. It ,n
this class which our section wishes to 1"
tract, antl under no circumstances ex
mid the chance of doing so he more H"
\oramc Illllll oil SUCH 2111 ? \mm?mmn n >
crtsion as tlie Chicago Fair. I"
lu the light of this fact, it is gratify- 'a
g to ace that many enterprising individils,
following the example of those
? whom we have refcrrecl in conne< ti n
ilh Bertie county, North Carolina, are
rganizing themselves in many parts of
i? Southern States into private commies
for purposes which are really essonally
public in the character, and, there
ire, calculated to advanco the welfare ni
f the South at large.?Richmond, Va , tli
imes. a
N
>fJ
inal Affidavits in Mrs Davis' Case, ti
New Yokk.?Tiie linai nuidaviis in i w
le case of Mrs." Varina Jefferson Davis ti
9. Robert Belford and the Helford Pub- fi
shing Compauy, who have been pub i'
shing her work, " The Life of .Jellcr- c
in Davis, ex-President of the Confer! v
rate States of Amciiea," were tiled in
tic United Sta'cs Circuit ('milt liefoie
udge Lacointe. Mis. Davis received |<
n injunction against the company and <
tie United States Rook Company, of p
rhich F. B. Thurber is president, re- j
training them fioni disposing or trans- <
ring their interest in the publication. c
1LIANCE INFORMATION. I " >
I wito
man
lie Plan of the Alliance Aid De- 001)1
. . *enti
gree Explained. ?0w
LA
ews Notes and Current Comment
Upon tho Greet Heform
Movement.
Washington, D. C.?Hundreds
f inquiries cowo pouring Cbri
for more complete explanation and in- i
rination relative to the new degree aui>ri/.cd
by tho Supreme Council at Ininapolis,
shewing a deep interest in
iu. aud a desire to know moro of it
4 -?? ?? ' - -
.. vv? avail mcinseivcs ol its benefits.
ar^Hrw^WP
ginal intention of tho? organisation, ,^0 %
,,to help oursvl res instead of helpleaa- 1 n|{,^
ind blindly depending upou other*, . hi cj
oee ouly interest in us was what they f>owta
ild make out of us. Qf
The resolution establishing the degree C(j io
ds as follows: houu
iVhereas, one of the cardinal teneta of mani
Order la lh? duty we owe our breth- turnf
In distress, their widows and orphans;
1 where**, our charter expressly pro- crowr(
lea for a fund-Tor thslr relief; there- At
e, be it > Oovc
Resolved, That a co-operative degree pe,; j
instituted inv the Order for the pur- {B brt
ie of creating and maintaining a fund
the benefit of families of deceased. K*n.
11?
ionic and other'seeret-order aid asso- f 'rfS
ious It admits all ratetnbere of the I assew
nrrn' Alliance and Industrial Unioft,
i or women, between the ages of J
noen am nuy-nvo ytais, who can # ??
s the required careful" medical exsmi , , 1
iou. Member* over fifty five, or those 10jrtr<
bically disqualified, are welcomed an lu*Qi
orary members without fees, and do
participate in the insurance, but do f.ai '
he other advantages. A member can JfV
o cither a $500, $1,000, or $2,000 *
icy, or a man and wife can take a
it $1,000 or $2,000 |>olicy, iu which
c the survivor receives entire amount j?,,'
loint policy. A joint policy costs one- . i*
f more thin a single policy of snmo jh
sunt W|L<!''
'ho entry fees are low; just enough to
expenses of securing members, vi/.., 8rcM
ror $500, $5 for 1,01)0, $6 for $2,000. *? ?,*
cgistry fee of $1 on all policies, ra- JJl i ^
dless of amount, except joint policies, ; ! ' ,
ja. also ralk.rledf.ii tl0Dal
red into the benefit fund at close of
li year.
Vliure a sub-Alliance or county Al- ^
ce wishes to establish a degree lodge, ^
scvcu or more members join at one
e, seven being lowest number a char
will be issued to. The fees may be .V(
uced to $3 each, but only to charter ceivco
nbers, and rcgatdlcss of size of poli- |
? taken, thus making it an object for 'cnt,iH
Alliance to join iu a body. t "xTl
Assessments arc made not oftener than "y
:e in two month4, and then only when Pt'r,e<
tlis occur, and are graded according "j? '
ugc, and never advance nfter a mem . . j*'
once joins. A member 18 to 95 is as- ?. J, (
scd $| 0') on each $1,000 (allied by ,c!
ii; from 25 to 00, $1.10; 30 to 85,
20; 35 to 40, $1 .35; 40 to 45, $1.50; "lsh"
to 50. $1.75; 50 to 65, $2; $500 pol- ?1Htu
;h one half as much, and joiut policies ll
2 and one-half times as much. On a ^
nt policy where the ages differ, one- P?"i
r .t ?( .u?:_ . ? last (
i: I lit- nuiu ui men "Hvo ' inncu un (*
51*8.
****** men,
\ Washington dispatch rajs: The much
liners' Alliance has opened a campaign ju(0 ,
idipiaitors in this city, and will com- jime
nee this month the publication of a jD
ty i rgan to he known as the National q,,
Ivocate. inf
****** Ten?|
stenographers of Congress declare the takei
. >cnt House superior in grammar to sistai
; Fifty first Congress. Yc demagog- wind
< of plutocracy! Is it possible that zle o
laysecds" aie not. only better posted repo
011 legislative enactments and common T|
v, hut surpass yc in diction and syn- mun
r?- National Economist. faste
?*?* + + disci
"At a mortgage sale in Yorkville heat 'IMn
t Fiiila1, a full grown, wi ll broken itisi*
sold for $2; a good inilch cow with instn
ung calf for fd 25; a three ipinrter
I'hcv heifer for $1 75, a good six WUH
<ii-o!u marc lor f20. btill the farmers, dust
glif not to talk about hard times, Ufa - whit
ss finance or take any hand in poli- fort
:s?l'icken* (C ) Sewn. clue
****** any
u-................ it / \? it., i
n i'. v . ;n iiiu
nil Hcpaitment it is learned that tlie $
oductinn of col ton in 1*8(1 \mis far in do7.(
cess of the consumption, and for 1SJK1 (.j(?
id |H<|| was aliotil J.OOO.DOO bales in jsj,j
ress. The following s'alenient of the |IHR
odiietion in corn and wheat for the ^,ar(
st three yenis, is of interest: Ihishels
I who, Corn, 2,112,802,000 nf |
1800, " 1.480,070.000
1801, " 2,060.154,000 ,|lf.
1880, Wheat, 4(10,560.000 I,],,,
18(1(1, " 899,262.000 |u>|,
18111, " 011, (80,000 OUR
Our exchanges arc glowing with the '
ost glowing repot U from all parts of ' "v
ic country of the progress of our cause,
great Alliance revival is going on from
ew York to California, and from Mich I
[an to Texas. The St. I.ouis (Jonvctton
product (I a mighty ground sw ell that
ill show ics power hi the coming eiec- ~'j*
ions. [ ct the friends of Reform take
resli courage. A brighter day is dawnig.
lie up and doing. Work for the ^
atisc. Stand by your principles, and all
till be well. ? Pro'jrrn*irf, Farmer. .
Wasiiiroton, lb (/'.? Ex .M'iiister \
Frederick Douglas (colored) lias pro die
tired, by personal effort, for a niece of ow
is former master .'i position in the do- fy
an tmen' of agriculture. She is a farm- car
i's daughter, and. w Idle co?.?viea!i- M-dy : < ,.i
mha voting to cam the salray drawn }ou
#
l.e V XUDEiA lO
i the government, boars grateful
e*a to tho large-hearted noss of the
who owes no grudge, but, on the
rary, feels the tenderest and noblest
imcnts towards the family who once
ned him."
VNCH1NG THE SHIP. ; ^
U. S. Cruiser "Raleigh" lh - jg
istened by Oot. Holt's Daughter 3
and Slipped From the Stays vd
in Sight of an Immense
Throng. j
gNMMfwn t'jltrHV* ***"m - v -..
eat, at least 33,000 people watched
ew steel armored cruiser "Baleigh" ^ g
gracefully into the water at the nary 'jJR
at 11:83 Thursday morning. Tog 3JB
, steam launches, barges ?cd crafts v
klnite ?ul
to service, end every sleratleA ?3f?[
>- top from which e view -wee possf-.
M crowded with enthusiastic Ira* sXfiM fx
d into excursion boete, for the time .
r. and were MterftMj packed wltf* '
ds of spectntersc11:34
Mrs. Haywood, daughter of
rnor Holt, of North Caroline, stepforward,
and with the uaual forinu- '"W,
jke a bottle cf champagne, gaylv 1%
,ke?J ^ith red, whito and blue rib"
hver too hew v*u:scra bow. The v
;s Were then removed, and amid ' *
a, yells, and a deafening chorus of s ...4Uh't
i whistles, the lialoigh"
<s r"f Of which- a largo crowd hud '
iMou, was unable to stand the vj? .i
i, and suddenly gave way with a . % jfifc.
, throwing tho occupants of the
roof into a confused or more or leas iflT ^
pd heap on the ground. Only one ?|an
artilleryman, in the navy yard, *
eriously injured, his leg being so
' crushed as to necessitate nmputaMany
were bruised and badly
;n up.
ioog the prominent people on the
wing stand were Secretary Tracy,
imminent naval officials, Governor
and staff, of North Caroliua; Hon.
Oarr, of North Carolina, and many
s.
e cruiser was ordered built, by Conon
September 7, 1888, at a cost not
ceed 11,100,000. Tho speed presd
was 10 knots, with a pretuiuiu of
00 for each quarter of a knot addi
"reached Perfect Holineee and
KTas Sitting: in Hia Pulpit
Whe Shot
Jt'HTA, Gn.?New* has been reI
here of the murder of Bishop
, a noted colored preacher in Alle,
>S. 0., ou 'lhursduy night,
formerly preached here, hut went
lendule to preach sanctiticatiou aud
;t holiuess. lie succeeded iu geta
following, mostly women,
lie of the husbands of the women
ted, and there was n division among
jlorcd people of the town. The
Holiness people tried to dislodge the
?p. They prosecuted hi in for va:y,
but he made a good showing on
ial, many womcu testifying that
willingly contributed to his supund
tiiat they would give him the
:cnt of their earnings if necessary,
en several men, disguised us wo?
waylaid the Bishop at night. He M
bewildered aud overwhelmed*!! * 9|
i feminine attention and readily fell
ih? firms nf his assailants. A short
Hftward his adherents built a church,
lich tho Bishop preached.
Thursday night last service was
j on in what they called the Holy
l>b;. The Bishop had prated end
i a chair in the pulpit, and an asnt
had begun to preach. A side
low was stealthily opened, he inu/,f
a gun was thrust thiough, and a
it followed.
>c door of the church was shut. Tho
hirers had taken the precaution to
n it from the outside. I'pon tho
liarge of the gun every light was exuisbed.
Then there was great con>n.
Wnmou screamed and expected
int death.
>me one finally struck a light, and it
found that the Bishop was dead,
ice Misson and a jury of fourteen
e citizens investigated the matter
wo days, but up to a late hour 110
was found 13 warrant the arrest of
one.
Girls Painted Him Red.
aci.t Btr. Ma it ik, Canada.?A half
in prominent young women of this
adopted a novel way tonight of punng
Fred (Mayton, a young man who
been scattering scandalous tales rcling
them. Dressed in old clothes
aimed with brushes und two buckets
night red paint, they called at his
ic and inveigled him out. Four of
loung women seized and dragged
i half a block down the street and
I him while the icinaioing two vigorD
plied the paintbrush. When they
lly released him there was not a spot
liis c'oth's, face or head that was not
i*red with a coat of fiery red paint
Converted to Catholicism.
Ioston. Mass ? Dr. Willism II. Rudk,
of South llostou, for years n nroml- ^ >j
nt figure in Masonic circles in thin cTT\,
! uCifkl'l/it ? icnuiilg inviiiucr oi ine
urch of the Advent, has left the Bpis>al
Church and become a Roman CathB
He was ft 82d degree Mason, and
s connected with uine different Matic
bodies, from all of which he has re
oed.
iVhen Gripsack, a commercial tourist .
d, shortly before the funeral his widwas
told that he had begun to morti
"Then," said the afflicted one. 4 it
i't be John I don't think anything , ^
ild mortify him. He has 'been tOJ
ig on the toad,"
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