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VOL! XXV.---NEW SERIES. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 1,1394. NUMBER 22. ? - ? ????11 ' " f Tlio Superintendent of tlio Philadelphia Mint litis informed tho National Bank of Savannah tint a disfigured or mutilated silver dollar is worth its weight as bullion ? forty -threo cents, and nothing more. This loads the Now Orleans Picayune to remark that "it does not take much of au accident to knock fifty-seven cents out of the dollar of our daddies, and wo must be correspondingly careful of it." Tlio Pennsylvania Railroad has opened a large new warehouse in Jersey City, and i? prepared to give exceptionable facilities an 1 quick trans fc ?rnrrt.wtmn --tr> Str-rfcbm-a pm?V sold in Now York. Tko Now York Independent is of tho opinion tlmt "in the present condition of agricultural depression everywhere the actiou of the Pennsylvania Railroad, in facilitating the handling of prardeu trnok for city consumption, might be followed with mlvant ige in other pans (if tho United States." The officials of Russia seem to have a queer way of making th ur financial calculations. It is pretty well kn nvu to tho financiers of the wort 1 th vt th > oondition of things in that empire is none of the brightest, an I hn nat been getting auy bettor for a Ion * time; aud there was a go > 1 deil of surprise when tuo minister of finance* made his reports recently, t.? fiul that ho claimed a surplus in the treasury over all ordinary expenditures of some $31,000,000. Tho experts set about fiudiug where ho got tho figures, aud at last discovered tint ho arrived at them by tho simple process of entering all borrowed money as clear iucome. instead vif puiting it down on tho other side of the :ledger as debt. Asa matter of fact, it seems thero is really a deficit of some $14,000,000 and not much pro ? pect of making it up. Crops are growing worse all over the empire, business is declining, all tlio inland banks aro practically insolvent, mil wholo proviuces are in arrears of t axes from way back in the eighties. Rays the New York Observer: W? do not know how m any hundred thousand times the old adage that "A littlo knowledge is a dangerous thing. ' h as been repeated, but we think it i? about (time that some one should give us as [condensed a suggestion of the possible jevil effects of great knowledge. It is not at all certain that the wonderful i knowledge achieved in the scientific .world, which enables men to make such deadly munitions of war as are now produce 1, is a blessing to man* kind. The London Spectator culls at tcution to the fact th at the now ox* .plosive of anarchism could not have been created without the diffusion ol chemical knowledge. A burarlar can use chloroform in his uofurious pursuit quite ns successfully as a surgeon can relieve pain with it. Much of tho crime of the day is committed by porsons of e luc.it ion, whoso resources in thut respect, aid them in their operations. The conclusion to be reached in the matter is, that knowledge, like all other goo 1 thing, needs to bo sanctified, in order to be put to the highest use for the blessing of mankind and to prevent its perversion. Knowledge is power for good 01 evil, if good then only because of the existence of something better that holds it by the reins. A writer on the public debts of nations presents an interesting table comparing the figures of I860 with those of 1H>)0. During that ouartor of a century the grand total increased enormously. The only nations show ing any uecroaso wero the United States, Groat Britain and Denmark. The latter had a debt of #1 ">,220,000 in 1865, an 1 833,001,722 in 1890. Thin is certainly a highly creditablo showing for a country so limited in resources anil population. Groat Britain had a d"bt of 33,818,46,000 at tho earlier of these dates, and of 31,350,719,56 $ at the lattor. But tho United States was the onlv eouiitrv which made any very great reduction, namely, from 32,736,431,571 to 3015,962,112, just about two-thirds. Turniug now t > the continent of Europe, iu'duding Russia and Turkey, which are partly in Asia, we tin 1 tho dybtinerensing figures as follows: Natlon>. us*. iss). G*?r.mi?y ?r,l0,470.000 81,956,217,017 Ij^riA. * ?""* 1,473,220,03) 2.866,889,539 . 2,'iolo 1.416,791.393 . 1139,0s 1,013 3.491,018,074 ... . r.71.uio,00) 2.324,828,321 |?Hr 00 i.800,000 1.251,453,606 S^Bls.... 411.120,03) 430,530,3 53 H 110.001,030 .330,501,093 M 21.121.003 61,223,307 I l.O I I 13,073.752 sal 100,400,00 ) 490,433,59-3 V *0 3! 51),003 107.3)6,5s* L??y -220.1 12,(# 10 621,000,039 l/.-rluil. . 711,0?) 10,912,92? Totols- 53,0)9.050,000 *1h.655,049,(ill, \ CONFEDERATE MEMORY. CORNERSTONE LAID AT RALEIGH IN REMEMBRANCE OF OUR SOLDIERS. A Monument to be Reared of Surpassing Beauty of North Carolina Stone. Ralbioh, N. C.?Raleigh turned out en masse to vie with the visiting military and citizens in celebrating the laying of tho cornerstone of the Confederate monument, i Tho feature of public interest wn* Ak rm ? * A AAA iuu (iruLM'NMiou. iniHf uuc 10 Htarr m 10.30, did not start from Cabarrus street until 11.30. It inorod through a mans of people nil along the route. The bnlconieH nnd windows nnd doorways were filled. At the head was n platoon of police, headed by Chief oi Police Henrtt, followed hy Chief Marfthal W. C. Stronaeh nml a mounted fttafT of 40, both veterann and juniors. Next came the Independence Hand, til Raleigh, 10 pieces, C. B. Ifart. band master; a bnttnllion of the State Guard, composed of the Pitt County Rifles, Governor's Guard, Granville Grays and Durham Light Infantry, (-apt. J. T. Smith, of the Pitt County Rifles, commanding. There were 175 officers and men in the hattulliou. In carriage* woro Governor Carr, Orators T. W. Mason, S. Mel). Tate and R. T. Bennett and Chaplain J. A. W? ston, ol Hickory, and members of the committee of arrangements. After these came the boy band of the Lasayet to Military Academy, of Fayetteville, 20 pieces TV),;,.), i,i fwl n 'I'll. Fayctteville Independent Light Tufnn try of 10 men marched behind thi band. THE VETERAN'S. There were cheerH, loud and long, for tho next feature of the procession., the Confederate ueterana. At the head of the long line of these rode Col. I'M ward D. Hall, of Wilmington, the major general commanding the "United Confederate Veterans" in North Carolina. There were -190 veter?i,? in iilie. in front of them Vet -ran James A. Leach, of Thomaaville, bore tin* tat tered State flag of the Fort v-eighth 1 nfantry. It was riddled withshot holes. In the line was borne the famous "Bethel" ting of the Fint "Betln 1" Regiment; the company flag of the Wake Rifles; a "battle flag" of Bryan Grimes Camp, C. V., of Beaufoit county, and the torn "battle flag" of the Fiftieth North Carolina Infantry. In carriages immediately following these veterans, were Mrs. Arm intend Jones, the president, Miss Maggie Cowpcr, the secretary, and other officers of the Ladies' Monument Association, to whoso earnest, untiling and loving efforts the Stat.- owes the monument whose cornersione was laid. The Granville county veterans, commanded by Dr. S. 1). Booth, 110 strong, escorted the monument association. In the rear of them was tin- Agricultu ml nn<l Mechanical (*??11 hattallion, two companies, Capt. Charles Pearson, commanding; the lire department of Raleigh, with Chief Edward 15. 1 inglehard iu command, came next. \ mounted company forty strong, broiigkt up the rear of the very hundRome procession, this detaelnnent being in command of Mr. Wayland Dowil. In the procea-ion were forty vt tern lis from the Soldiers' Home. Junius Daniel camp paraded nearly lot) men, Dr. P. E. Hines being in command. All these marched in the veteran bat* tallion. of which the Fayottaville company was the special escort. The veterans were as gay as boys. Gov. Carr called the assemblage to order and the choir sang the "Old North State" nml a hymn which was based on "Stonewall JaekHon's" last words, "Let ns cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees." The oration was delivered bv Hon. Thomas \V. Mason, of Raleigh. He paid surpassingly beautiful tributes t<the memory of theCoiifedernti soldier. Col. Tate and Jddge Renin tt also delivered orations. Fifty fears in thg Pilpit. The Rev. D. J. O'Connell, of St Mary's College, Belmont, N. C., will vl.'brute the fiftieth anniversary of hi* trdi n?t t < in tii !?* tirinwHiiiiiii *!?.. of this month, having boon or<I.<iiiod 1?v the Into bishop Reynolds in ill oi l wooden Cathedral in Cliarh s ton on the 2fitli of May, 1K-II. l)r. ()'('oi<n*-ll is probably tin* only priest now living who wiir educated by the celebrated Uishop Kuglnud. In Dr. O'C'oni-el'.'s vabiHhle historical work, "Ciitlifdicity ie the Carolina*," he discuss -1 the men and measures of the time, and thus refers to .John (I. Calhoun: "A pure stitcnnan and a strict ly moral man,of a logical turn of mind, his writin'-s areas arid as formulas, and h?s arguments connected IiUo inventories. Ills speeches were regulated like the movement of machinery, and tin* superior a u ! close i easoiiing, wantjug the fullness of \V? hster or the exu'ocrance of Clay, will never he read hy the masses of the people." The prcsent distinguished rector of the American College in Home, Mgt-e I* <J. O'Connell, is n npphow of tin- vcneiaide prelate. Tli?* golden jubilee will hi) celebrated with great splendor at the Collide of tin- Benedictines i'i Belmont, S. C., ol which orilei he is now 11 member. A Tornado Richmond. Ir'a. \ Riciimoxd, V.a.- A t irni'lo swept over Hanover county Saturday evening doing great damage to fencer., crops and outhouses. Two dwellings wre blown down, those of Messrs. (Iciirge Martin and Win Wood. No one was killed, hut. Mrs. Martin laid le r skill! fractured by the falling timbers of her house. In the adjoining county, Henrico, the streams are very inueh s.vol len and a number of bridges have been washed away. THE METHODISTS Close Their So.it/torn Conforenco at Memphis, Tonn. Memphis, Tknn.?The Methodist Conference adjourned Monday after an interesting session. Report No. 2, of the committee on Church extension was read and adopt ed. Dr. Pritchott moved that the first item of the report of the committee on Sabbath observance lie taken up out of its order. Carried. The report embodied a memorial and letter from l)r. Knowles, of the American Sabbath Union, and cited the tendency to laxity of church members in the matter of stumping out Wftbi bathdinoeration. The report wasrettd and adopted. The report was then adopted or a whole. A church insurance society was voted down. lJishop Keener is asniorncd to South Carolina?Laurens, S. C., Nov. 21; North Mississippi?Sardis, Miss., Dec. 5. Mississippi?Moridan, Miss., Dec. 23. Biship Wilson: 13rn/.il mission, Rio tie Janeiro, July 26. Memphis, Humboldt, Teun., Nov. '1th. Western North Carolina?Trinity church, Durham, N. C., Dec. 5. South Georgia ? Way cross, On., Dec. 13. Bishop Cranberry?West Virginia, Huntington, W. Vs., Sep. 7. Holston ?Abingdon, Va., Oct. 10. Louisiana ?Louisiana avenue churcli, New Orleans, Dee. 12. Baltimore, Wnshi lgtoo, D. C., March 27. Bishop Duncan: (wholiven in Spartanburg, S. C.) Kentucky?Frankfort, Ivy., Sept. 13. Louisville?Owensboro, Ky., Sept. 27. Tennessee? Franklin, Tenn., Oct. 17. North Alabama?Athens, Ala., Nov. 21. Alabama?Brewton, Ala., Dec. 5th. Florida ?Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 9. Bishop II ay good: Virginia, Car1 ittesville, Va.. Nov., 14. North Georgia,Rome,(>?.,Nov 23. Arkansas, Quitman, Ark., Dec. 6. Little Rock, Preseott, Ark , Dec. 12. White River, Helena, Ark., Dec. 12. BRIBERY. 7 ho <-sands of Dollars of Money Said to Have Been Offered to B // Senators. Wasiiinoton, IX C.?The special committee appointed to investigate the charges of bribery alleged to have becu attempted by Major Butt/, and nlso to consider the doings of the Sugar Trust in emiueetioti with legislation,held two sessions behind closed doors and with newspaper men and the public excluded. Senator Hunton know uotliing except u)flon hear-say evidence, but told the committee what he had learned fiom his son. Eppa Hunton, Jr. was next put on the stand and told the committee how he had been approached by Major Bnttz and offered a sum of money if he would induce his father to vote against the pending tariff. Senator lvyle was on thest in<l longer than any one else, for it was developed that t'le offer to bribe had ben niado to him direct by the man who stands charged with the commission of the offense. At least this was the interpretation put upon the testimony by the committee. Senator Kyle testified that Mr. Jlr.it/ had offered him money f, .e liiu ?><k4n oaviiwr iltui no lin Vi? $75,000 and mailt' an offer of $14,000 down. At the afternoon session of the committee, Ruttz was kept on the at and for upwards of three hours. It is understood that Ruttz denied vehemently that he had made any attempt. THE COTTON ACREAGE OF 1894. Department of of Agriculture Statistics. The cotton report as compiled by the statistician of the Department of Agriculture for the month of May relates to the progress of cotton planting and contemplated acreage. The proportion of the proposed breadth already planted on May 1 was 81 0 per cent., against 85.3 per cent, last year. Returned estimates by States are as follows: Virginia 45, North Carolina 74,South Carolina 88, Georgia 8f>, Florida 85, Alnbama 83, Mississippi 83, Louisiana 81, Texas 84, Arkansas 61, Tennessee 05. The delay in Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas and Louisiana was caused by continued cold weather, while in Texas planting is retarded by both late, cold and continued dry weather Germination has been slow and the growth of the |>Iniit backward, owing to thoRe facts. .Somo indications have boon given as to eontein|>liitei1 acreage by our correspondents as compared with that of last year. The figures relating thereto are only given to indicate what the correspondents believe to be the intentions as to acreage. Reported indications point to an acreage of I'd per cent, less than last year. Percentages by States arc as follows: Virginia 93, North Carolina 91, South Carolina 98, Georgia 98, Fb.rb'a 99, Alabama 98, Mississippi 99, Louisiana 91, Texas 101, Arkansas 95, Tennessee 95,?renoral average 98.9. Oates Nominated in Alabama. Montgomery, Ai,a.?The Democratic State convention met and Hon. R. II. Clarke was made temporary cliairmiin. Cleveland's name wan warmly cheered. Col. W. C Oats nominated for tiovcrnor and the nomination wns made unanimous. Capt. Jobnaon made a speech endorsing the nomination and pledging his support of tho ticket. A Centenarian Dies. Miss Julia Stanton, who died in Anlerson county, S. 0., last week, ban lived to the remarkable of 105 years, ler death was the result of an accidental fall, in which her leg was bro1 ken, uiuo weeks ago. APPEAL NOT SUSTAINED. IN THE CASE OF MISS SADIE MEANS, OF CILUMBIA. S. C. The Synod of South Carylina Upheld and the Presbytery of Charleston Gets Left. Nahhville, Tknn.?The General Assembly of tho Southern Presbyterian Church luvt in mljourned Rejwion. The committee on foreign missions reported that work had gone forward witli itH UHt|nl HUCceBH, contributions had been largc-i and there was a hutpliis in the treasury of nearly $10,000. There were 130 missionaries in the field and 165 native helpera and 600 communicants had been added .t.? il?a i Ml-i r- t"al il. ?* ? ? v mui'/i. .KAvuri rccoinu*"1""1 ,u"1 action be taken ug tiv?o-opcrution in missionary work. Tim Menus case was then taken up ami l)r. Blackburn, representing Charleston Presbytery, concluded bin argu nicnt. H-j whh followed by Rev. Dr. Flynn, representing the Synod of South Carolina, which reversed the decision of the Presbytery and ordered that Miss Means be granted a letter of withdrawal in order that she might be admitted elsewhere. Dr. Flytin defended the Synod in a powerful argument in which th > intricate points involved in the tpiestion of the regularity of the ease were entered and discussed at great length. Acting Moderator Laj sley called the Asseinbiey to order at 2 p. in. Dr, Moore introduced a resolution ufTeetng irresponsible evange!::;to and n 11 iccnaed persons, which was docketed. Dr. Flynn then continued his speech >n the judiciary committee's report on the Means case and discussed the facts 'ii the ease and claimed that an unfair listinetion had been made in the case of Miss Means, for other people in the Church were as guilty as she, with the Church's knowledge. He claimed that the eesr.ioii had honestly confounded linn una inv irijni cuiicuiKionH in* deduced from them. He argued that thu iihp of the telephone on Sunday was i necessity and the result of its use whs to lor,r?eii Sunday hihor. His Rpeeeli whh h strong presentation of the Synod's position. I>r. TiUptofi spoke iu favor of enforcthe law as it stood, nnd not construe laws to tit every case. This was not a pirstion of what the law should he hut what it was. If Means' work was a necessity she should not be disciplined; if it was not, she should he. The question was: "did the Synod do right?" He argued that the session and Presbytery did right. Then the vote was taken nnd each member had two minutes to explain his vote and express his views. The roll call began at '2:20 and closed at 5:I0. The result was not to sustain the appeal from the Synod, 77; to sustain, 10; to sustain in part 8. Memphis, Tenn. ? In the Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian church lln> committee on foreign corresnouclence presented its report on the overture from the Presbytery of Mecklenburg, asking that a committee be appointed to negotiate with a view to closer relations with the Associated Reformed Church. The committer recommended the adoption of resolutions in any form agreeable to the Assembly of the Reformed Church. The resolution was adopted. The executive committe on colored evangelization presented, their report, which ro-aflirms that the establishment and maintenance of a separate African Church assures the most successful measure of salvation of the negroes. It nsks that $15,000 be raised for this purpose. The committee on organization with the Northern Presbyterian Church, reported in favor of rejecting the over ture made by that Church. The Assembly took up the consideration of the next meeting place. Richmond, Vs., and Dallas, Texas, were the applicants. The Assembly by vote decided to hold the next meeting at Dallas. The committee to w hom was referred tho report from the Synod of South Carolina in the case of Miss Sadie Means, charged with violation of the church's law by working in a telephone exchange on Sunday, and who wan found guilty by the Presbytery ol Charleston, reported that there was enough in the case to warrant the consideration by the General Assembly and that the papers made out a case ol complaint rather than appeal. Sonu discussion was had, and it was agreed to leave the matter to the vote of tin Oeneral Assembly without further reports. Southern Inventors. Washinoton, P. C.?The Cominissinner of Patents has the application? for patents to the following Sontherr inventors: Back band hook, Win. M. Hawkins, Trenton, N. C. Cotton harvester, Benj. (trause, At lnnta, (?a., assignor to John C. Cal honn, N. Y. City. Apparatus for treatment of cotton, Friedrieh Zedler, Cuero, Texas., Boot cutter and stump extractor Erasmus E. Kirven, Darlington S C Animal releasing device, Jhs. S. Ed inoif'ds, Eagle/:11c,-Te^iU. Fivo Rioters Killed, Uniontown, Pa. ? Last week th< Stickle Hollow mines of the Washiug ton Coal and Coke Company, midwav between Fayette City and Layton stn tion, were the scene of the bloodiesl encounter since the strike begun Both sides were in fighting shape, 7'. armed deputies contending with a niol -? t I -.ZIO 4., <1 Of If) 1 '200 of whom were armed with all kiml of Five Ntrikern were killed him oi^hl or more wonmled uiul three ilej? uties were wounded. VIRGINIA ELECTIONS. Norfolk and Basic City Go for Prohibition and Reform, Balance Democratic. r Richmond, Va.?The municipal eleo- * tioua throughout Virginia passed off ^ quietly. Tliore was little intercut nave at Norfolk, where a sharp contest had i been waged and w here the Prohibitionist-Reform ticket triumphed over the straight Demoeratic organization by a majority of from 1,000 to 1,500. A re- j form ticket was also chosen at Basic City over the regular Demoeratic nominee, by a majority of 44. An uniiRU- ( ally large vote was polled at Charlottes- i: ville. though there wits no exeitemeut there. , jg nf nircimnr ?rr i r itr itummmtt f 1 a mere form to confirm the reault of the Democratic primary of some weeks ago. It was for nil the general officers, f a full council, half the aldermen and i justices of the pence. There were no candidates other than Democrats, ex- j cept in Jackson ward, the negro strong- ^ bold, where the Republicana had a tri- j nnrnlur tifrht fill' iusticC Ulld COUHCil- i " "r>" "* -o? ? # J men. They made no opposition to the general ticket mul the election of their ward ticket wna a foiegoneconclusion, e Tli? vote whk very light. 1 ' 1 Corldn't Stay Away From the So'ith. Geohok It. Anderson, Lcwiston, Bertie county, N. C. ? I am a Southern man liy birth, but apeut many years in ( I i'ne West, finally returning to my na tive State; but I have never found a tiner climate than to North Carolina. ? In my garden, radishes hnve been c growing tliua far tliia winter. Cab- I hage. turnips, lettuce, and becta stand < out in the gardcna here and grow all winter long. j Our soil is a sandy loam, with a clay t subsoil, which will yield, when proper- , ly treated, two crops a year. But it must not be forgotten that our soil, !ih?- that ot any tit the other States, ' must be manured. Farmers the world < over know that they cannot constantly 1 take from their laud and give the land * nothing in return, without suffering consequent loss. Another thing: the so-called wornout lands of the South 1 are just as good ss they ever were. All they need is the same treatment with , manure that the lands of the North re , eeive. Our chief crops are cotton, to- ; hacco, corn and field peas. Our peo pie arc hospitnblo, generous, Hart bo- ( ciable. From tho experience I have had in other States I cannot eeo why North Carolina should be behind any of them in the line of manufactories nnd kindred industries. We raise the cotton, and should manufacture it into cloth. There is room here for paper mills, with the raw materials for its manufacture lying at our doors. With our immense fruit resources ' we need more canning establishments and more evaporators. Two crops of sugar beets will grow hero per year. Why do we not make sugar? In fact, we need cotton mills, sugar refineries, canneries, tobacco factories, wagon shops, broom and box factories, paper mills, and many other industries, and we have the water power to turn all of their wheels. Hops can be grown in the South at a profit, as well as in the State of Washington. Ramie can also be grown here, and, if it pays Texas, it would pay North Carolina. We can produce and manufacture silk in our State, nnd the silk industry should be an important one hero. Cotton Claims in the House. Washington. D. C.?Representative Bunn got the floor with private liiljp and the afternoon was consumed in consideration of 5)7 South Carolina cotton claims (all front Mr. McLunrin's district) valued at $1,040,000. They were hunched together iu one report and supported by lteprcsentative MeLuurin and others and opposed l?y Representatives Snycrs and Burrows. Mr. Sayers, chairinaii of the appropriations committee, ridiculed the idea that ihero had been "liveloyal men" in nnvSouthern community and said that thirty years after, the "proof s! at there hs.d been was easy. Catvanized Wire Netting to Cover Cotton. Considerable interest is being manifested in the South in n proposed substitute for jute bagging for cotton covering. H. (). Iving, of Atlanta, is [ endeavoring to introduce a galvanized, wire netting for compressed cotton. I wiiii ii riivrriHK 01 woou |>iii|?, rciiheri ing the bale impervious to water, oil or other liquids. and practically lireproof. It is said (hat a hale of eotton dressed with wood pulp can he covered with thin wire netting as easily an with jute hugging, and that the expense is not hevond the ordinary cost of pre. paring a hale for market, while it af, fords almost absolute protection against tire. The So/th's Cotton. The world has 80,000,00ft cotton spindles, one-half of which are in Great Britain. This conn try has about 15,? 000,000, of which the South has'2,700.000. And yet the South raises over60 ' per cent, of the world's total cotton supply. The field for an increase in Southern eotton manufacturing is unlimited. It would take nil investment of over SI,'200,000,000 So builo in 11 In enough to consume the entire cotton crop of the South, and when , manufactured thin cotton would command over $1,000,000,000, instead of f selling for $.300,000,000 a year, as it does now. t Breckinridge Has the Congressional Com, mi t tee. > Fkankfout, Ky.?Congress man l Breckinridge linn gotton control of the 'ongl'CH:doniil committee of the district, 1 ? having tliingH his own way. and has - iixed Saturday, September i">, as tho day for u primary election. PITHY NEWS ITEMS. Governor Carr reprieved Dick Broadmx, who was under sentence fo b? uinged at Milton, Caswell county, N. 3., in June until July 6. The construction of a water supply 8 talked of at VVnUhulla, 8. C. The Greenwood, 8. C., Oil Co., if milding a ginnery, and machinery ousists of eight 70 saw gins will: tandliug and cleaning apparatus. The Pocahontas, Vs., Cotton Mfg. Jo., is ndding $10,000 worth of new nachinery to its cotton mill. The Grand Lodge Qj Virginia^ QdO Ibingdon. The Ladson Presbyterian Church i-i i.:. u /i ...:n i . ..1 '1)1 it in mii9 o. vj.9 ^111 nvii i% uvw wtHod to cost about $8000. Tho contractors for building the 'iokens Si Easley Railroad, South Jarolina, will hooii commence traekaving. The roul will he nine mile* otig. Governor Cui r net July 10 ok the date if execution of Calvin and Thomas Coi'v, the negroes who murdered the eddler Tucker, in Franklin county, jouinhnrg, N. C., is tho place of exoution. Fire destroyed the lumber dry kilns tnd (50,000 feet of lumber at Georgeowu, S. Gt Iiarge deposits of Bessemer ore have t is reported, been found in Stokes ounty, N. C., ou the property of the Carolina Iron, Mining A: Invcetmcnt .Jo. The agent of a European colonizaion company is said to have decided o make Fort Worth, Texas, the center if extensive colonization work. Church A- -have obtained a Imnd on the Newell mine, in Cabarrus ounty, N. C., and will at once put in machinery to develop name. Church V Mulionenrc said to be agents of Win. Mahone, of Petersburg, Va., ami Jno. I?. Jones, of Gold Hill, Neb., both members of Congress. Firo at Spartanburg, S. C., destroyed the warehouse of the Port Rov11 and Western It. It., with guano and 20 bales of cotton. Another cotton mill to be built at South Norfolk, Va., at a cost of $200,500 is being talked of. The Powhatan Mfg. Co's knitting mill at Lambert's Point, Va., near Norfolk, is working on full time, employing over 200 hands. The Hermitage Cotton Mills, Iteidsville, N. C., after 8 months idleness, have resumed. C. Clarke it Supt. The Greenwood (S. C.) Cotton Mills have deelared a 3 per cent, semiannual dividend and re-elected W. L. Durst as president. The Green Hill Woolen Mill, lo rated near Mt. Airy, N. C., will be pui in operation again very soon by M. J. U L.n.. ..t vo.. ...i... ?*i. iiuu i\nm, in M id li-uu'ii, M icwiiuj purchased the plant. The entire m? chinerv is being overhauled. Ground was brokon this week 01 Coddle creek, near Concord, N. C. for the new cotton mills of the G. W Patterson Mfg. Co. They expect t< have everything completed and tin machinery in readiness for the coming cotton croj?. The Union (S. C.) Cotton Mill made its tirst shipment of cloth las Friday. The mill will be run nigh and day, orders having been receivec t<> keep it constantly busy six month: ahead. It is reported from Columbia, S C., that Aretas Blood, of Manchester N. H., and other stockholders interest ed in the new cotton-duck mill at Co lumbia arc preparing to organize i company to build another mill at tin same place. Active preparations are under wa; for the early commencement of worl at the Newport News, (Va.) ship van ou the three vessels to be built for tin United States Navv. Some of the ma teriul for these hosts haH already ar rived, and tli?? work of roiistmctio] will, it is expected, l>e begun witbii the next few days. The Port Royal Roue/. Receiver >T. H. Cleveland, of thePor Roval ?V Western North Carolina Hail road, at the recent meeting of the stock holders submitted a report eoveniij his term as receiver from dune .*>, INO.'t toMarehdl, lS'.tl. It showed expense ?'2!l|,i:i!?.ll, receipts of $110,4*7.4! and net earnings of .$10,0 IS.*28. J iiember of iii>}irovement were made including a 000 steel bridge, a hug amount of tresiling and tilling in, call ing for expenditures for these better inetits of $1 l,S] 1 .M'J; ?:>0.1'27.7o wer spent on repairs and renewals, mnkiuj total outlay of Stit,!' ' !?,.r>7. Notice \\? given of the intention to amend th constitution so as to increase the mini ber of directors from twelve tosixtaou Officers were elected as follows: Presi flout. H. Jl. ('oilier, of ?Siivtii>t)8h. (Ja tli't'j'oi'H, W. L. Manliliu aud Joe Ferg.1*011, of OrcccviUe, S. C.; I*. I'' Vci'tlcrv, J. If. Alexnndcr, 1 P. Com niog nixl .1. P. Doughty, of Aiignidn On. ; \V. L. (Jiny, .1 A. Pn-kMlnlc, .1 I. Plus, of Lauren*. S. ; '1 .1. Mno-'f of Kj?<v tanburtf, S. ('.: Sylvester Block ley nixl .1. A. Brock, of Aiidcnon. S. 0 France S/es the World's Fair Company. Cho'aoo, IMi.?Suit for 81,000,00 dninngon wiis begun in the C?>iteilState Circuit Court l?y t!>? French llepiibli against the World'* ('oluiiiliinii Kxpc aition. The litigation grow* out of t!i French government's clniin for ilnm agea to exhiluts of French subject* in jurod during the manufacturers' buijil ing tire. i I Golden Loaf Tobacco. D. L. Say lor, Wndesbovo, N. C. f formerly of Lancaster oonpty, ibe tobocco section of Pennsyivs-nin.? y " Havinganexperience inthe cultivation *. v"'' of golden leaf tobacco I think it would interest some of your readers to know % how it is grown,cultivated and marketed, and something about the profits of ruining it. The golden leaf in distinct species^ as much so as the Havana seed leaf._ \ It is a small variety soldom yielding / \ more than a thousand pounds to tho / S acre. The soil best adapted to bright / ?V tobacco growing is comparatively poor* \ lsnd. The finest soil so far diaoojcwMl iu ouiikA lv ^ Tiiinyim^nnrr ttiwl \VftTrPlf Ah booii as tobacco in cut it ikcurrieil to n barn, which is made of logs, the cracks filled in with mud, siinilur to u log cnbin,except that the tobacco barn . :R much higher. The lion He is fitted 1 up with a furnace and lines running lengthwise through the building. After the tobacco is hung in the Jiouso as thick as it can conveniently be hung, jr tire is started and kept up until tho r desired color is obtained. > When the weather becomea favorable, a little damp,the tobacco is taken out and stripped from the stalk atifl assorted according to quality; it is then ready for the market; the marketing iH different from the way our homo people in Pennsylvania market their tobacco. At Henderson, in Vance county, and Warrcnton, in Warren oenty, arc v.hat arc called sales ware1 1 4..-, witlv IlOUSl'H KKl^C uuu nu?? j ...... skylights. Each variety of tobacco brought in by the farmers piled separately, with a little tag sticking ou . j the top, giving the number of pounds * and the name of the grower. Each warehouse has an auctioneer and daily ? there is an auction sale of tobacco which was brought in the evening previous, There are usually from twenty to one hundred buyers, and the proprietor of the warehouse, who gets a commission ou each pound of tobacco sold, is also a buyer, and he is interested in making the tobacco of his customers bring the highest price for he wants his warehouse to be popular with the farmers, therefore, tho growers get the cash for the tobacco as soon as it is sold, the warehouse proprietor paying the farmer and collecting from the buyer. If the farmer is not satisfied with the prices paid ho can notify the auctioneer at tho tiuio that there is no sale. In thitf way there is no chance to "swindle the producer." The tobacco lands are quite valuable, as the net returns per acre, from the tobacco culture sometimes go into the hundreds of dollars. In South Carolina and Georgia, on the Seaboard Air i Line, the land is considered as suitable for the cultivation of light golden leaf tobacco as the lands I have referred to, and they can be bought at So. 00 to SI 5.00 per acre. There is a demand for good tobacco, and the profit is sure if attention is given to its cultivation. The South has thousands of acres of 1 idle land that the native citizens are anxious for people to come in and ocf cupv. Their preference is for Northern and New England farmers, and from my observation all Southerners are anxious to accommodate Northern settlers. I have set tied on the Seaboard ' Air Eiue and find the officials of tho ' road ever ready to do all in their power ... for emigrants, especially Mr. T. J. Anr derson, of Portsmouth, Va.. the pas5 upiiffor arrant who is 0??... __, ? men to meet, strangers ou s their arrival. Such consideration goes t a long way to make people fed welcome f in their new homes. 1 3 ... The Colored Man's Nomination Confirmed. Washington, D. O.?TheSenate confir mini the nomination of Olias. II. ,1. ' Juvlor, colored, of Kansas, to he recorder of deed in the District of Columbia. The vote was 32 to 15. Taylor 14 comes from Kansas City, Kan., and e was appointed through the influence of Senator Martin. \ FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. ' 3 The Senate. llftrn T>vy. ? \ Hvefy an t rather personal debate on the Iron ore olausa ot the T iriiT bill oeenniod the whole day. Illnt Day.?Tho Tariff hill was eonsid1 ere.l all day. Somo progress was mad 4 with tho nv-tnl ooho.Uiio, the duty oil il'OU ore helnpr fixed at fortv cents a ton. ^ . ll'irit Day.?The Tariff debate was continue.), its principal feature heiim a sp *ncU )>y Mr. Ciornmn. Mr. Teller move I as a t ti?t vote that tlie Tariff hill ho laid on the t 11The Senate refuse I by a voto of 2D yeas lo .'IS nays to adopt tin motion. , 11.!rn Day.?Mr. Kyle's resolution dee'ar<r jir,* .araunt any attempt to restore tin Q<n mi t i" Hawaii was taken up. Unanimous consent was asked to put it on its passage, hut tin TarilT hill prevenfe I. flood pro .'real ' was made on the metal schedule of tin V Tariff hill ; Mr. Hale replie t to Mr. < >rai in. 111rit Day.--The S-enate dispose I ofllvo ' pages of the Tariff hill, eompletinHi" metal sehodule, except the par.u'rnph relating to load and zinc and thoir manufactures. <l The House. K 130th Day.?By an overwhelming vote it H was deeidel that the law authorizing th<? ., do>king of moinhers' pav ha I he"a repealed.-?Paul J. Horg. of Ohio, was swora In as a Ilopresentntivc. i. 13]st Day. The House dirootod the Naval j. Committee to Investigate th? nr.nor-plato charges. A resolution looking lo popular eleetion of Senators was reported favorably. >. The Legislative, Executive an I Judicial '. Appropriation hill was considered in Committee ej the Whole , Jut. lie.il for sliarios of the Civil Service Commission an I Its ern plovAs was stricken out. 132o Day.?The Legislative, Executive and t Ju lielftl Appropriation bill was further considered In Commltteo of the Whole. 133d Day.?The Legislative, Executive and Ju lieial Appropriation hill was p.isse l. with the item for salaries of the Civil Servico Commission restored 134tii Day.--It was private hill day an 1 b the entire se-ssion was devoted thereto, in s| Committor of tho Whole. Ono ror the rr?Hr?f of Thomas B. Rood, nil officer in iho c Pennsylvania troop* during the war, w.vs or> derod to l)o favorably reported. Tim rest of P tint day was spent tipon what is known as ' tint Omnibus resolution," Itoing a resolu1 tlou referring thtrty-soven Mils in abunclt to I* the Court of Claims. At 5 o'clock tho I- House took a recess until 8 o'clock, thoevoniiitf session bcln< for tho consideration of private pension and relief bill*.