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CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1892 / \ f \ \ I \ . lesson is suggested (Math, as optional instead of this. but "leyes we may And an abundance -_n truth in this lesson, for cer llast fire versas of the previous ,**'1 of the r?*t) miction treucapbs . h: this psalm three books Cre H Scripture, vii, 11. and Coo* H; and these hav? been call^l bole library. The heavens may ? aerial, solar, starry and highest; within ranze of our vision, ? here referred to, the last s^n l the Spirit (II Cor. xii-, 2-4). We k op either by day or night, if we ?tod eves (Rev. ill, IS}, without {the glory of God in the works of onto day uttereth speech, right showeth knowledge/ I fa Rom i^ 20, that His eternal and It L"ff* a riOTO. buav ixas eternal ^Godhead may be known by the hands; but surely not without the Spirit who is ready to teach The stanftaught Abram that so I teed be iGeo. xv.f 5?; that seed is i Hit*esurrection joint heirs (Gal. ;John xii., 24* Is no speech nor language; is not heard." Yet they shine; and continaously, preaching with ?^uission, the one taking up where Jeft off; unappreciated by the uxfthanked. and yet delighting to t of God. There are many earthly ? the same. 8hine on, ob. Thy God sees and approve* ; be r line is gone qut through all the their words ^o the end of the ^For signs and seasons, days and i , 14)). to the whole world. ft memorial in all the world < -Uark .Encourage others to do what they jni?ii>Him. r-jgft them hatb Hv , -t a tabernacle for - which is as a bridegroom coming out Aamber, and rejoiceth as a strong "run a race." The tabernacle, the bridegroom are all suggestive of ^ His redeemed, both in humiliation etiou glory. He tabernacled i the flesh ana He now dwells in R. V., margin xiv., 33; II 11). Every believer should be forward to the marriage of tbe when tbe >oy of Bridegroom and Mfcall be consummated, and then shall ,i*J^eous shine forth as the sun Rev. Math, xiii , 43.) ^ i I going forth is from the end of -the and His circuit unto the ends of it, *e is nothing hid from the heatthere ? shall we with Him in resurrection rand glory shave all that is His i John in heaven and on earth and cause of His (frace and glory to be i everywhere. Jut this cannot be till ? no JTutng when we shall be like n iiu, 2) ? law of th ttbesoui: X? makm? le quarts*"* 1* v ?*Nslto the Sun, yeclaim Him, but * we find Him more ktutesj command all His Notice ^ He is the author of all. He is my salva isdom. fatiites of the Lord are right, re heart; the commandment of the pure, enlightening the eyes *' He is id my light; His word the joy and _ of my heart; Hii^self my light and salvation. Let Scri^ure speak, and Jpb xxiii., 12, Jer. xv., 16; Ps. xxvii.,1 ., ^7, 105; John vili., 12, I John i., 7. "The fear of the Lord is clean, ?dur tJif forever; the judgments of the Lord are : plttatnd righteous altogether." Not only gghatiop, wisdom, joy and light, but ever iMlilig righteousness are all in Him and sifeoars by His word and Spirit (John vi.t ?r What joy should till us because we 'illimHis word, what z??al should possess us .-i&earry it- to others Bpt '1jI ore to be desired are they than [&&, y?, than much fine gold; sweeter also [<&!? honey and tbe honey comb?" Compare ; Btcxix., 10?. All this world's riches and ?iMfaesa are here outdone. Even believers i been known to turn away from the BiWe bar books for sweetness,* but while they know Jesus as Saviour they do not him as Lord, or they would not turn Hun for anything. f;'3t "Moreover by them is Thy servant \ and in keeping of them there is reward." His word in our hearts \ ns from sinning against Him (Ps. llj. And while here in this life we lib* consciousness of jins forgiven, peace l6od, acceptance in the beloved, John ,13; Rom. v., I; Eph. i? 7)% wtio 'ran _ . ithe reward of the faithful when like ,and with Him, we shall receive Iron I tbe crowns we majujiaye won on the if (Jas. i., 12, I Cor. ix \2f>; ! Pet. v., [ Tim. iv.. 4Who ran understand his errors? Thou m? from secret faults." The #plat:on of the King in His works and jrd reveals more f'lily our sinfulness: itfcougbt? of His, glory, which we shall with Him. makes us want to be more BOW (Isa. vi . o; Job xlii., 5, 6; I John t-Cbr. iii.. la? . *^eep back Thv *ervan6 also from ? *nous sms; let them not h?v? over jo*, then shall I be aprig^, \l HmJl be innocent from the great traa. - " One has sai l that the sins we see m are only like a box of samples I with the stock in store. We may hairs or stars, but sins cannot b?? and yet the blood of Jesus Christ _j,from ail sin. As to presumptuou >Deufc. i.. 43. xvii.. 12. Heearnestlv ekonsing from ail sin secret and small and gr*^at/ lips a go>l ^ig?i twe hate all sin uLe* tbe words of my nKmtb. and the jtton of my heart, be ao^eptable in Thy O Lord, my <?treogth and mv re<let-ni This is like Paul. wh<-> says "We m^ke whether at home or absent to be lua line uato 1 1 1 Cor^ v.. JH. also said to Tlmothv 'Study lyseif approved unto God" {II Tim. Only as we see ourselves to be dead and risen in His Christ,; and tng of tbe power of His resur ahall ^e come to a life like thin. can traly say "Not I but Chdsf." ? with H:s spirit^ both words Sid shall be pleasing nnto Him. The "" throng i- Paid tells us that we ar*? -'of ourselvrs to thmk anything, MWJ| bat our su!?\ciency is of God. tdls us that e very thought, is to be into captivity %o tha^jjb^ lienor of ifllCor. iii.. 5; x.,^.-' T>ewon Helper. ?ATH SCHOOL. [ON AX. LZSSON FOR APRIL 17, 1892. W??der Indians Are Dyfn? Oat. conversation 2a i drifted oq to ,'and apropos of the topic a lura i in the office rt marked that at the ^ ?p on Prairie River, from whic i just returned, he had seen a ^ro'ip of thea# noble aborj^ict ? ??p? J near the lumber ehanties itfff&y catne to look after a horse/' said ,.i "Lost a horse?'' "No. we iost one; grilled, and they came down to cu [op/' 41 What fort" tvVThy, toe:r They stayed right by the carca-* ? up and dried every pound o' m on him. Queer hoy they foond i jH*e horse hadn't tyfen dead twenty juis before tbe *hole trif>e were 1; crows cou.d^l ha?$ <Jooe bet. * . | 4?lTiat*s nothing.1* ssM atr old . logger ig by. "Last winter six horses 1 our camp of epizootic, and IK ^ if they didn't pick the bones f*very one of them clean. There is no in accounting for the rapid re _ of the Indian population when know what they eat. ? Minneapolis .) Lumbenoaa. VorldVFair envoy to Africa as^ the natives with an Edison and talking dolls. ALLIANCE INFORMATION. The Plan of the Alliance Aid De gree Explained. News Notes and Current Comment Upon the Great Reform Movement. Washington, D. C. ? Hundreds of inquiries come ponriug in for more complete* explanation yad in formation relative to the new decree au thorized by the Supreme Council Kt In dianapolis, showing a deep interest in plan, and a desire to know more of it and to avail themselves of its benefits. The de<rree is1 a fraternal and co-opera tive one, designed to fuliill a part of the original intention of the or conization, - viz., to help ours Ives instead of helpless ly and blindly depending upon others, whose only interest ?n us was what they could make out of us. The resolution establishing the degree reads as follows: Whereas, one of the cardinal tenets of our Order is the duty we owe our breth ren in distress. Their widowsand O'pbans; ! and whereas, our charter expressly pro-' vides for a fund for their relief; there fore, be it Resolved, That a co-operative degree be instituted in the Order for the pur pose of creating andr^uwintaining a fund for the benefit of families of deceased worthy members, and that the executive committee be instructed to establish said degree as soon as practicable, - Xhe 2fi#ional Alliance Aid Degree is the result, tnd it provides for life insur ance on tl3jb assessment ^>lon precisely similar in funeral featured? the ancient order of I'm ted Workmen, Knights of Honor, dmen, Odd Fellows, and Masonic an^ other secret order aid asso ciations It admits all members of the Farm rs^rtltance and Industrial L'nion, men or* women, l/etween the ages of ei^hteel and fifty-five years, who can pass the required careful medical ex-imi nation. Members over fifty >6 ve. or th- se physically disqualified, av^ welcomed as honorary members witnout fees, and do not participate in the insurance, but do in the other advantages A member can take cither a $500, $1,000, or $2,000 policy, or a man and wife can take a it $1,006 or $2,000 policy, in which case the survivor receives entire amount of joint policy. A joint policy co$ts one half more th.n a single policy of same amount , The entry fees are low : just enough to pay expenses of securing members, viz., , |3 for $500. $5 for $1,030, $6 for $2,000. A registry feo of $! on all policies, re gardlesVpf amount, except joint policies, which are\ .50,1 is a*so collected fot office expeiBty All unused fees are turned into the benefit fund at close of each yc^tf. Where a su'o- A trance or county Al liance wishes to establish a degree lodge, and seven or more meinbc rs join at one time, seven being lowest number a char ter will be issued to. The fees may be reduced to $3 each, but only to charter mentbers, and regardless of size of poli cies taken, thus making it an objecVKSr an Alliance to join in a- body. ! Assessments are made not oftener than once in twe month5, and then onljwwhen r deaths occur, and are graded according to age, and never advance after a mem ber once joins. A member 18 to 25 is as sessed $1 00 on each $1,0G0 carried by bim; from 25 to 30. $1.10; 30 to 35, $1.20; 35 to 40, $1 .35; 40 to 45, $1.50; 45 to 50, $1.75; 50 to 55, $2; $500 pol icies one-half as much, and joint policies one and one-h*lf times as much. On a joint policj where the ages diHer, one half the sum of their ages is taken as a basis. A Washington dispatch says: ^he ^TaTmers' Alliance has opened a campaign headquarters in th'u city, and will com mence this month the publication of a party crgnn to be known as the National Advocate. > * * * * * # Stenographers of Congress declare the present llouse superior in grammar to i the Fifty first CongT^ss. Ye demagog ues of %ylutocracv ! Is it possible that "hayseeds'' are not only better posted upon legislative enactments and common law. but surpass ye in diction and syn tax?? National Economist. ***** * "At a mortgage sale in Yorjvville beat last Fridar, a full grown, will broken ox s?ld for $2; a good n.iloh cow with young calf fur f 3 25 ; a th:ee quarter jersey heifer for $4 75 j a good six year-old mare for $25. #?till the farmers, ought not to talk aboift hard times, dis cuss finance or take an# hand in poli *ics." ? Pickens (8. (J) Seta. ? Wa?hingT05, D. C-V At the Agricul tural Department lit is teamed that the production of cotton in 1889 was far in excess of the consumption, and for 1890 and 1891 was about 2,000.000 bales in excess. The following statement of the production in corn and wheat for the last three years, is of interest: Bushels In 1889. Corn, 2,112.892,000 1?90, " 1,489.970,000 1891. " 2,0?0. 154.00# 1889, Wheat, ? 490,560.000 1890, 399,262.000 1891, " 611,780,000 ****** ?hir exchanges are glowing with the most glowing reports from all parts of the country of the progress of our cause. A great Alliance revival is going on from New York to California, and from Mich igantoTeAs. The St. Louis Conven tion produced "a mighty grounds we 11 that will show its power in the coming elec tions. Let the friends of Reform take i fresh courage . A brighter day is dawn ing. Be up and doing. Work for the cause. Stand by your principles, and all "will be well. ? Prtgretsit* Farmer. " ****** Washisstots, D. C.? Ex -Minister Frederick Doughs (colored) has pro ! cuTed, by personal effort, for a niecc of , his "ormer master a position in the de | psrtmcni of agriculture. She is a farm - ? er*s daughter, and, while conscientiously endeavoring to can* the salray drawn ' from, the government, bears grateful [. witness to jt he large-hearted ness of the I maa who owes no grudge, but, on the i contrary, feels the tenderest and noblest sentiments towards the family who once ! "owned him." ? - - It la catenated th-? Penn-sylrania Kail road Company oe%? TOO, 0-^0 toai pi" coal WftE M ENERY MEN BOLT ? Electoral Commission Methods Charg-ed in Louisiana's Count. New Okleaxs, La. ? The Democracy of Louisiana is split again, and this time worse than ever. The compromise by which it was sought to unite the two Democratic factions, each of which had a full State ticket in the field, headed by McEner^ and Foster respectively, pro vided for a general Democratic primary on March 22. Anticip;iting trouble over the count a^ this elect iod, n special com mittee of^ seven was created to act like the famous Electoral Commission of 1876. It consisted of three men of each faction, the seventh man being the Hon. John Young, who was regarded as thoroughly conservative and impartial. He had fav-' ored Foster for Governor, but had not been aB extreme partisan. He had been the law paitner of McEnery, aad was thought to be one of the men in Louisia na able to act neutrally and without pre judice ia this ca?e. More than 90,000 votes were polled, a larger number than the the Democracy has received in any election in Louisiana except one. The first returns showed a good majority for McEnery, and the re sult was accepted by the Foster people. Later returns nduced McEnery's majori ty to 1.728. Then the Foster people set up the plea that some of the boxes in New Orleans had been stuffed. Ever since the election thecommitte* ha* been engaged in investigating the returns. Several irregularities and frauds were un earthed iixthe parish of Sabine in favor of Foster, and in New Orleans in favor of McEnery. I? Sabine the committee set the matter right bv throwing out the fraudulent votes, but when it came to New Orleans the Foster people insisted that the whole precinct where fraud oc curred should be thrown out. For the last three days this question ha? been argued before the committee When it reached a vrrte the committee followed in the footsteps of the Electoral Commission. Mr Young, the odd man. voted w ith his faction, and by a vote ol 4 to 3 it decided to throw out the entire First preci?ct of the L;ixt h ward, which grave McEnery 7-30 majority. As soon as tnft, vote was announced the three McEn I eryyncmbers of the committee, declaring 'H was obviously intended to count Mc Enery out, left the room, thus bringing the Session to a close, and starting a new sptrt in the party. There were five other precincts yet to be passed on, which it Relieved, would be thrown out, giving Foster a majority of 400, as agaiust McEnery 's majority on the face of the returns of 1,728. The precinct in the Sixth ward war thrown out on the ground that the ballos was not a secret one, and that the Fostet Commissioners were ncf allowed to ex amine voters, but bo frauds were shown. It is difficult to determine yet what will be the exact result of the split. A num ber of McEnery "s supporters think that the decision of the commission should be accepted as a ruling of a court, right or wrong, but a majority of them are un willing to do so and favor a bolt, aud the chances are that both Democratic tickets will remain in the field and ele^t Leon ard, Republican, as Governor.? N. Y.Sun SWINDLING UNCLE SAM. A Spartanburg Man Arrested TTpou a Serious Charge. Spartanbuhg, S. C. ? C. P. Barrett, of this city, was arrested on a bench war rant isfsued by the Judge of the United Mates district court now in sesssion at Atlanta, upon the presentment of the grand jury charging that in June, 1890, Barrett, a- ting as assistant postmaster foi Cowan postomce, falsified returns as tc the amount of stamps, etc , on hand at the office, and also the cancellation ol stamps for the quarter ending in June. The motive alleged is that the falsified returns wouid increase the salary of the postmaster. It is further alleged that the returns were signed by Barrett without the knowledge or consent of his sister, who made the affidavit upon which the warrant was issued. Bar ett was carried before U. S. Com missioner A. B. Calvert and gave $1,00C b-jud for bis appearance in Atlanta on ?&tpril 15. Barrett was seen by a reporter profess ed his innocence of the charges, saying it u <?s a put-up job by his sister's two sons. He thinks be can prove the utter fals.ty charges. License Granted in Charlotte. The County Commissioners of Meck lenburg county, N. C., in session at Char ' lotte last Tuesday, grantecMicense to sell whiskey after steadily refusing it to mauy applicants for four months, during which time all the bars in the Queen City were closed. T. J. Wilson was the first suc cessful applicant, followed by J. C. Springs and Joe Liody, who have already opened up their bars. When Mr. Wilson first applied for li cense to sell whiskey, he was a member of the Tryon street Methodist church. On the first Sunday after he had made application he was read out in church. As he still persisted in his application for license, he was Monday night expell j ed from church. This is believed to be the first time on rtcord that Capt. Vail has voted . for li ; cense. Mr. Kirkpatrick could not be j j persuaded to make the vo e unanimous, j I In casting his vote. Esquire Hilton made j a statement to thetffect that he stood ; just as he did on the first Monday in last December. He could not vote for any man who did not come up to the require ments of the law, tout had always said that if evt r such a man applied he would vote for him. "In Mr. \\ ilson he found such a man, therefore he voted to grant licensc. For Tobacco Raisers. Washington, D. C. ? Mr. Buchanan, of Virginia, from the House committee on judiciary, reported to the House with the recommendation that it pass a bilfc ; repealing the section of the revised stat i utes which requires farmers selling leaf I tobacco to furnish to officers of the goy I enrment a statement of all sales m-ide^ the number of hogheads or pounds, with i the name of the person, to whom sold,, j and the place to which the tobacco was sh'ppcd, under peatiUy of fine and im prisonment.- The commit tec arc of the i piuion th*t there is no good reason why these persons should be required to give this evidence, keep or render ac counts. make affidavits or be ^subject to tine and imprisonment not imposed upon "other persons in the community similarly situated. A large bed of scollops has been dis covered near Castine, Me. Large unde veloped deposits are also in the lower St. Croix Jtirtr, j , | HARBINGERS OF SPRING News Note as Fresh as the Crisp Air. rhe Most Interesting Events Hap pening in Three States * Chronicled Here. VIRGINIA. Au organized band of burglars i9 operating in Dauville. , Shad were caught |>y the thousands in the James river last week. Burkeville has gone dry. It has been , wet 33 years. Two bridges to cost $60,000 are to ba built over the Shenandoah at Front Royal. An uptown hotel is to l?e built in - Richmond at a cost of $350,000. A patent coffee roaster factory is Sa lem's latest new industry. Work will soon begin on the electric line between Alexandria aud Mt. Ver non. Di> Bond of Baltimore ha* been se- 1 lected as the Supt of Randolph Macon Academy at Fiont Royal. A bill appropriating 125000 for a pub lic building Bedford lity has been favor ably reported in Congress. James Lipscomb, of West Point, has been found guilty of betra.ing his cous in under promise of marriage. The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of Virginia, will meet at Richmond Tues day, April 12. Robert H. Gilliam, Jr.. a promising young man of Richmond, 19 years of age, aceidentlv shot himself last week, dying instantly. Cadet t). B. Powers, of the Virginia Military Institute, from Port Royal, Car oline county, has been appointed by Con gressman Jones to a cadetship at West Point. The Lynchburg Club has received a valuable collection of mounted birds and animals to adorn the club rooms in their new buildings, from Jno. S. Morris, Kansas, a farmer Lynchburger. The Virginia Court^ of Appeals has just decided that (itic^and towns cannot exempt manufacturing plants from tax ati n. The cafce which brought out this decission was the occasion of the town ^ council of West Point in exempting the property in that place of the Richmond & West Point Termiual Railway & Ware house Co. The State alone has the power to exempt from taxation. Governor McKinnev has appointed the following gentlemen to compose the World's Fair commissioners of Virginia: First district, Dr. J. W. Brokenbo rough; second, M. Glennan: third, Col. A S. Bufor J ; fourth, Col. Edward S. Deuan;6th, Hon. John L. Hurt^ sixth, I W. J. Jordan; seventh, J. N. Brtnna- i man; e ghth, Granville Green, ninth. Martin illiams; ten'h, J. H. H. Fig gatt. The residence oi Richard Benton, a prominent citizen residing near Mid dleburg, Loudoun <0unty, was attacked by five masked men on Monday night, who fired into the house, one of the shots taking effect in the breast of Miss Annie Benton, who had retired, seriously : injuring her. "Miss Benton was lying IB her father's bed, he being away. On I seeing that they had shot the lady in stead of her father, who they intended to murder, the five, t>vo of whom were j colored, left An uusucessful attempt was made to assassinate Mr Bentou about a year ago. Great excitement prevails and efforts are being made to detect the would-be ?issassins. / NOBTH CAROLINA. Two Mormon elders arj expo uudin their doctrine in Drang } county. John Royd, charged with causing the Bostian "Bridge wreck, escaped jail with six other prisoners at Charlotte, Thurs diy. Revenue officers have seized an eighty gallon illicit distillery in Rockingham county. They alTo arrested the owner, S. C. Wall, and lodged him in jail. The board of tru lees of the Colored Agricultural aud Mechanical College will meet in Greensboro April 27th to elect a president fo! that institution. Dining March the tobacco manuf 0(11 rers of Winston shipped just 1,005, 99*7$ pouuds of their goods. During the month they paid f GO, 359. 8 5 to "Uncle 1 Sam'' for stamps It iias just been gathered from history that the first day of public fasting and prayer in America was o dered in North Carol' na by the "Committee of Public Safety" of Rowan county. November 11, 1775. A special from Jackson, says: "At las Taylor was brutally murdered neai here. IJis head was beaten into a jelly and his body wag thrown into a svrnrap. where it_aas fouffti Thursday morning. v While Tooling with a pistol that was not supposed to be loaded, a young man named Stockton, living eight miles from Shelby, mortally wounded his young sis ter, who died in the night. He is over whelmed with grief. A sad and fatal accident occurred in Guilford county a few dayssgo. Nora Welch, l^yeus old, was cutticg wood in company with her two sisters and a little brother, from a ljjxge log. The log rolled over catching Nora under it. It was so heavy that it required five men to ; move it. The child was dead, caused by a broken neck. SOUTH CAROLINA. Sumtei's new graded school building has been complete d Secretary Hulloway, of the State Ag | ricultural and Mechanical Society, re 1 min<J# contestants for the prize^joflcn d j Ky the Columbia Phosphate Company for ^ the largest yield of cotton from one acre r that it is necessary to notify him in due j time of their intention to compete for the ! prizes. ^ . | John Claflin. a\son of the founder of } Claflin University at Orangeburg, has I been inspecting Claflin and other colored I educational institutions in the State. He I was well entertained in each -town he ; visited, $he mayor and city officials of ; relnmbia showing him throngh the Cap ital citj,^' - OTHER STATE'S. " Fayette. Mo. ? A sale- uiKlor - the va grant act took .place i n Fa\etU\ when three negroes were sold on the blo< k to J the highest bidder. One brought $25 | and another $5 and the third $1. The I negro element is highly indignant and threaten to have revenue Nwr Ilolly Spring-*. "Mis?.. Mrs. C. K. , Smith g*ve birth to six boy babies. ! CHARLOTTE TRAGEDIES. ' A Policeman Dead From a Burglar's | Bullet. ^ J i Five of tha^ Seven Jail Breakers 1 Brought Back Alive, One Dead, and Boyd, the Wrecker. Still at Large. ! Exciting times they have had at Char I lotte^N. C , for* a week. Following close upon the heels of the jail delivery, a policeman was shot in the dead of night, while attempting to arrest a negro, who>was stealing a sack of flour. This was Friday night, the thief mak ing bis escape minus the flour, while friends bore Policeman James Morau to his home. Here he lingered in pain and suffering until 12:30 o'clock Monday morning, when he died. Moran was a rat-ire of Ireland, moving to this country in- 1857, uni was 60 of years ag>, having Ij^cuik on efficient and popular member of cImj Charlotte police force for three years, \ serving on Ser^reat Orr's squad The Board of Aldermeu by mot ou^r A lderman Springs, voted unanimously to defray all the funeral expenses. The following resolution wa9 also passed. Whkbbas, James Moran, one of the reg ular policemen of this city, while in the discharge of his duty as policeman, was shot and killed by a party resisting ar rest, it is duly resolved by the Board of Aldermen, "That the treasurer be directed to pay all dues to the Mutual Building & Loan Association due from said James Morao, in payment of his lot in said city, until the said mortgage shall have been fully satisfied, thus relieving the property from embarrassment, and securing a home to the family of a faithful police man. 11 f I Alderman Clarkson moved that tfce Board; and police force attend the funeral of Policeman Moran in a body, which \\ as unanimously agreed to. The funeral services wete conducted Tuesday morning from St. Peteis Catho lic church Mass was sJd. by Bev. Father Francis and requiem mass was sung. The mesnbers of the police force acted as pall bearers. Every honot and respect was paid the faithful officer THE MURDERER. The negro who fired the shot that kill I etl Policeman Moran, is quite a boy, not in appearance over 10 years old. He s very black, and about^rerage height. Hegivis his name as Nelson MUrdock. and was captured In Chester by J. C. Chief of Police Morgan He is now lodged in jail at Charlotte, and confesses that he shot Mr. Moran, describing the locality whqje the shoot ing took place. The flour was taken from E. F. Youug & Co. The other ne I gro who was with him gave him the pis tol, and told him if any poiicema t at tempted to arrest them he (the other negro) would take off the goods, and foi Murdock to shoot him. Murdock was under the impression that lie shot Officer Moran in the lower part of the -abdomen. He had his pistol in his coat pocket, aud fired as he spoke to the officer. He then ran. The next, morning hia aunt, who lives near the city, bought him a ticket to Chester, and he took the train at the seven-mile siding. He remained hid in the woods near Chester until Monday when he ventured into town and was I caught. Sequel to the Jail Break. Jas. Patterson, John Graham, "VV11 Smith and Abe Johnson, were safely re turned to the cells from which they es i caped, last .Thursday night. John Gra ham was captured at Spartanburg. ^ou Friday; Jas. Patterson and Bob Pkfirr were captured near the same place Satur davjv^aucl 'WIU Smith and Abe Johnson were captured "at Chester, Saturday uiyht. Uraham was brought in Saturday < by Sergeant Jetton and policeman Baker i Patterson aud Pharr were brought in Sunday evening by sheriff Smith, t In former alive, the latter died from wound received while resisting arrest; and Smith and Johnson w\re brought in Sun day evening by Deputies Johnson aud Will Orr. < i Bob Pharr died on the train, en-ioute to Charlotte. John Boyd, who is charged with cans ing the fatal wreck at Bostians Bridge, near Statesville, where two dozen peop e | were killed, is still at large, but it is ex pected will be captured, as the Jikh L mond and Danville ftuilroad is aiding the authorities to capture bim. V J Amendment to Bill Silver, W A8HF?GT0N, I). C ?(SENATE J ? Ml. Morgan offered aa important ameudnient I to his silver resolutions, which he asked should be laid over to be printed and it j was so ordered. Mr. Morgan's amendmept instructed 1 the committee on finance to report an amendment to the silver act of 1890, which "shall provide for the coinage of gold and silver bullion on equal terms, as to each metal, and for the issue of Treas ury notes in denominations not to exceed , $500 and upon the terms and conditions v prescribed in said act upon all gold and silver bullion that the Uuited States shall acquire by purchase, and that every de positoj who shall deposit in the Treasury gold or silver bu'lion in quantises of not less than one hundred dollars in value, the product of mines in the United States, which hasbetn previously coined, shall at his option receivc coin certificates for the same at the u?ual value of such bullion." An Anti-Liquor Victory*! Winstos, N. C. ?The county commis- j sioncrs in session refuse 1 to grant liquor I license to Jesse Adams <S: Co. and Wilson ? & Bowden. I'oth firms had secured li j cense from tho city board of aldermen, | and the refusal on the part of the county | fathers raises quite a stir here, which promises to equal the great fight io Char lotte. Adams & Co.c have purchased over $1,000 worth of fixtures, besides renting costly ipiarters for their business. It is rumored here that the coun ty commissioners * have decided I fellow in the footsteps of the Mecklen burg people by refusing every miu^trhcT hereafter makes applicatWn to selljir^enrt spirits during their administration. Thle affair is being interestingly .discussed. Several arc advising Adams to open up regardless of the protest and^Jet ?toe matter be decided by the supreme court. One of tlie county- fathers re marked tcf day thpt if Winston's graded schools 4ouI4; not run without the liquor license they ought to be shut down. . James L. Mathison has clos*vl his school at Salem, Fla.. and will try his hand at., planting tobacco tfcis seaspp. ' From the rod to the weed. * ' * " ? " ; i li". .1 ? PRETTY POLirrcfe. The Political Field . Growing ^ Very Interesting. Strati* From a Dosen States Bear ing News of Impor tance. { >ir 03TSUCCE8SFUL CONTESTANT* OfcT PAT. Washington, D. C.? The Senate com mittee on privileges and eleejtiops exam ined the accounts of Mr. Clag^ett, the unsuccessful contestant for ttye Senate from Idaho, Mr. DuBois, ;the successful contestee from th^tate, and Mf. David tlie^wftwessful contestant from FTorida^for Senator Call's scat] and de cided to recommend to tlic Seiiate that Mr. Uaggett be allowed U, 000, Mr. Du Bois |2, 005 and Mr. Davidson- $l-,25& Thcs; amouuls are cxpectcd to cover the sums expended by the gentlemen named m the contests. ' j ? ! THE THIRD PARTY IN GEORGIA. Atlanta. Ga. ? 1 he Third Party lead era of Georg a met here to prepa e for a vigorous campaign Georgij. Tuev fixed Jul>- 20 as the daHf for their State convention, and s-lc.fcfd a State execu tive committee mad/6 up principally of Allisncem&n. The/are enthusiastic over *he outlook, particularly siince the aition pf Congress oo silver^ AFBO- AMERICAN DEMOCRATS. Albany, N. Y.-Wm. II. Johns-*, president of the Afro American League, has iissued*# call for Convection of repre sentative ^yro-Auierican Democrats pf the United Statts, to be held in Chicago * ou June 21st, to endorse the nomiuees of the National Democratic Convention for President and Vice-President, and to map "Out a line for an aggressive cam paign. Eastern Carolina republicans ? Wilmington. N. C. ? A conference of the leading Republicans of the south eastern part of North C?.rol?ua was held in the United States courtroom in this city, with 13 of the eastern counties rep resented. The object of the meeting was to confer with regard to the politi cal situation, now that the presidential campaign is impending. Dr. 11. M. Norment, of L^mbcrton, piesidei and Wm. H. Chadbourn. of Wilniingtm, was secretary. After an extended di>cussion of matters, it was decided to issue an address to tho Re publrcaas of the State, and a committee was appointed to prepare'the address and have the same published. !1he commit tee aDpoiuted for this purpose is corn-J posed of Judge D. L. Kussell, of Wil mington, Dr. R. M. Norment, of Lum beitoo, aud G. M. Stanton, of Wilson county. X ^THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE. W ashington, D. C.? A meeting of Democrats was hejd in the Ways aud Means Committee'N^oom. [ After the House adjourned, fhe following of ficers of the Congressional Democratic Campaign Committee were clected Hou. L. Mitchell, of Wisconsin, chairman; Mr. Lawrence Gardher, of Washington, D. C., ; secretary: Mr James L. Norris, of Washington, D. C\, treasurer. The chairman will appoint an executive committee of nine to act jo.ntly with a committee of five senators, who are to have general directory chir^e of the campaign. The meeting ad journed subject to the call of the chair man. The following gentlemen will repre sent their lespectivc Statcs: ldahot/Mr. Strand; Oklahoma, D. B. Medden> Kansas, M. C. Neely; Maine, Tow nsend Morton; New Jersey, J. A (.??aissenheine ; Maryland, Barnes Coinp (on; Rhode Island, Oscar Lapham; Wash ington, W. WaUace; South Dakota William B McConnell; Arkansas, T. V. Mcltae; California, T. J. Gearv; Dela-' ware, J W. Causey; Florida, $ II. Mai lorr; Illinois, W. S. Forma n ; Indianna, C. A. O McChlend^ Louisiana, S. M. ? Robertson ; Massachusetts^ J F. An drew; .Michigan, J. R. Whiting; Mis souri, S W CVbb; Montana, \V. W. Dixon; Nebraska, W. J Bryan; New hampshire, L. F. Mclviunev; Ohio, J. G. Warwick; Pennsylvania, William Mutch ler; Tennessee, B McMiJlin; Texas, J. \V*Bailey; Virginia, W A. Jones; Wes! Virginia, J. D. Alderson; Wisconsin J. L Mitchell; Arizona, M. A. Smith: New Mexico, Antonio Joseph, and' Utah J. T. Ca ne. >w | f I ' Twenty-six States have selected com mitteemen, leaving ten States iAfwhicT a choice has yet to be n^e. There are twelve fctatei which ha^uo Democratic representatives in Congress, and these vacancies will be filled by ibe com mittee. * A TRAIN HELD UP. The Mail Car Robbed and the Pos- I tal Clerk Wounded. biRMiJcthrAM, Ala - Thf: passenger | train which loft here at midnight for At lanta on the Georgia Pacific Railroad was held up by masked robbers a* 1 o'clock a. m., near Weecns, ten miles \ealt of here. As the train moved away f^in the stition a robber boarded the en gine and covtrcd the engineer with a ri fle, compelling him to etop on a trestle. One man stood guard o\*r the engineer aud fireman, while several others opened fire on the inside of the train in order to frighten the passengns. Aopthcr robbet knocked on the door of the mail car, de manding admittance, whic'o was refused. He then broke open the door, firing at the postal clerk, who w as slightly wound ed. Every registered letter in the ear. supposed to contain about two thousand dollars, was t?k? n. The entire robbery wr.s done in eight minutes, during which time several of the gang kept up a firing inside the train, and flagman Quincy Adams came near being killed. The en- i ginecr says the robber on the engine was a ?white man and the po-jtal clcak says that the man who robbed linn tvas a mulat'o Officers with bloodhounds ate cb-se on the trail of the robbers. There was no express car in the train Eighty-five registered packages were taken from the mail car, two of which were fouud by a ; camp fire in the woods neaf by. Dogs followed the trail of tkc robbers to Iron idale, where the baadits sto'q two muiea from a roan named t^mith, aud fled. Three men composed the part<y. Tlie. of ficers are in hot pui^uit and will no j doubt - capture the robbers. I). II. \ i Hughes is the uame of the p stal clerk f who was wounded by the robt?ers. ! , 31 r. Tate, the wealthy Englishman ; who offered the British Government a tine collection of pictures arid $400,004 wherewith to erect a gallery if the Gov ernment would furnish a suitable site, has withdrawn hi* offpr in disgust at the way ia whiolj it was treated. - it 1 - , . ? - ? ;? . '?!.:! mB An Example to bo Followed. A company has been formed in Bertie county, N. C., for the construction of a typical tar kiln, wliich is to be exhibited at the Chicago Fair among the mauv iu tcres;in<j articles of various kinds which will be sent there from the Old North State in illustratation of its* different in dustries. Bettie lies in that p/rt of 2sorth Carolina which has long been fa mous for the quantity and quality of the tar which i,t produces, and it seems pe culiarly appropriate that the design re ferred to should hare had its origin ^ among it* enterprising citizens. The idea embodied in it is an excellent one, and is well worthy of imitation in our States which are distinguished for indus tries equally characteristic of the soil. No State could adopt a plan that would bring before the vast multitudes who will aiseaible in Chicago during the Fair amort vivid and graphic picture of its special resources i Deposit Jhis kiln iu the North Carolina Idepartmofffiu the great exhibition, and the whole operation of themannfacture of tar and the part that it plays in trade and commerce, will be impressed more deaply on the minds of the spectators than a thousand, spec imens of the product, either in its raw or manipulated form, Should be able to do, and to that extent the interests of | North Carolina, which derives vsuch a . large revenue from this source, 'will be more fully promoted. The whole process of putting tobacco and cotton into condition for the hand of the manufacturer should be illustrated at Chicago in the same practical way. Indeed, every industry that aids in bring ing wealth and prosperity to the South ern States should be presented to the at tention of the visitors at the Fair in the shape of airobject lesson as far as it is feasible to do so. The Southern people do not as yet ap preciate as they should the importance of the Exhibition in its bearings upon the indugtnal development of their section. ? ucliijuB|portuuity of displaying the tcsourcw orthe South will not again, arise, is all probability, for an hundred cars7 Among the thousands and tens of thousands and millions of persons who will gather from every quarter of the United States and of thc,world in Chi ca ;o, there will be^couutless numbers who will have been influenced in coming to the Fair, not by curiosity alone^but the very strongest desire to obtain infor mation as to n-.w fields in which they can either advance their personal foit tines or inve t their capital. It is to this cl^iss that the South if its exhibits are thoroughly representative -< ill make a very powerful appeal. It is this class which .^ur section wishes t? -.it tract, and under no circumstances jjould the chance of doing co be more favorable than on such an extraordinary Occasion as the Chicago Fair. . IMfie light of this fact, it is gratify in? to see that many enterprising individ> uals, following the example of those to whom we have referred in connection with Bertie county, NorthjCarttfua, are organizing themselves iytaany parts the Southern States into private corr^ panies for purposes which are really essen tially public in the character, and, there fore, calcu'ated to advance the welfare j of the South at large.? Richmond. Va Timei. 'Sen- Singleton ?ead. Baltimore, Md.?G*/ James >V. Siugleton died here at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon at his daughter's residence after an illness of six weeks, resulting from old age, in his eighty-third year. He was a son of Gen James Singleton of the v'ar of 1813, and was born near Winchester, Va. Iu 1865 President Lin-" coin, desirous of reaching tin Southern 1 aders and bring about peace, entrusted General Singleton with h mission to Richmond, whither he went four times and conferred wi h Jeffeiton Davis and others. Girla Paintad Him Red. Sault &te. Mabie, Canada.? A half dozen prominent young women of this city adopted a novel way tonight of pun ishing Fred Clayton, a young man who has been scattering scandalous talcs re garding them. Dressed in old clothes and armed with brushes and two buckets of bright red paint, they called at his home and inveigled him out. Four of the 3 oung women seized and dragged him half a block down the street and held him while the remaining two vigor ously plied the paint brush. When they finally released him there was not a spot o^ his clothes, face or head that wan not covered with a coat of fiery red paint. A New Orleans Policeman Killed. New Orleans, La. ? John Hurley, a j police officer, was shot and instantly j killed by Frank Lyons, a noted and des I peiate thief recent Jy pardoned by Gover [ nor Nichols. Lyons was iuvolved in a j fight at the French Market when Hurley stepped in to separate the men. The ex convict fiicl his pistol af the officer, tin bullet passing tlnough the heart. Lyons then made his escape. Hoosier Poet at the White House. Wash ln ton, I). ('.?The President and Mrs. Harri on gatfe a reception in honor of James Whitcomb Riley, the hoosier poet. Mr. Hiley entertained the company with a number of selections, principally from his owl: writings, and was heartily applauded at the end of each. The guests heard Mr. Riley in tli<> cast room and at the contusion of his renditions repaired to the state dining room where a collation was served. $3,500,000 Fire. New Oklbans, La. ? Tho two largest j fir. s c\er knoxn in New Orleans began almost simultaneously destroying eleven j squares of propertv and fi3.000 t ales of j | cotton, and rau^inir a I" s i f more than , ! $:j,50-i,0n0 Ka< h lite was ' he result of I carele'sic m* ?! ' li?* ^trit destruction is 1 ijif t>> t 1 ? ^ 1 1 l; oi" < aiisin^ ;t dry con dition '>f housfs and cotton. Converted to Catholicism. Host on. Mass ?Dr. William II. Rud di( k, of South Boston, for years a promi inent figure in Masonic circles in this city, and heretofore ufbtading member of the Church <?f the A?Wnt, has left the Epis copal Church an?l become a Roman Cath olic He was a I52d degree Ma&nn, and j was co inettt d wjilh nine different >i-i tonic bodies, ftotpall plj which he 1*4$ re sigaed ~ - - 1 T Life Instead of Death* Rai.rigb, N. C. ? Got. Holt commut ed the death sentence of Gilbert Munlap, ; who. was to hare becu hanged May Oth at Carthage, M?xjre count ^ for the mur der of Bob Hooper, August 14, 1891, to five ve:irs imprisonment in. the peniten ^iary. ' LAUNCHING iTHE SHIP. The D. S. Cruisar "Rtleigh" 6 Afloat ? Christened by Gov, Holt's Dsafhter and Slipped From Um Stays \\ in Sight of mx Immense throng . ' ] . ? H :> .it Nokfolk, V a.? i Despite lowering > clouds and the prospect of rainetaof moment, at least 25,0OOpeople welched j the new steel armored . cruiser "RaHgh* : slide gracefully into the water at the navy yard st 11:35 Thursday morning. ; Tu? boats, steam UNPoche^ barges Sod crafta ' of all kinds and descriptions wen press* cd iato service, and (every elemtioto and house-top from which a view Iras possi- # ble was crowded with enthu^wsuc he manity. Large passenger boaii:Wefe'j turned into excursion! "boats, for the time * being, and were literally packed with crowds of spectators. ? ! At 11:34 Mrs. Haywood, daughter of Governor HoIT>et North Carolina, etep? ; , ped forwaid, and with the ueual iorm Vi la broke a bottle, cf champagne^ gayly ? bedecked with ret, 'white and blee rib? . bens, over the new jcrulser's bo wi. ; .Tho j blocks were then removed, and Maid ? cheers, yells, and a 'deafening choral of : steam whistles, , the "Raleigh'' moved slowly into the strelra. A Jong <ow 01 j logs were in the path frhicq tni|<4Ral- i eigh*' took when oflj ftkr stays, sod she ? crashed into it. cutting it. c anpletely in i two. One of ?i*e men in charge of the < raft had bis left armjerushed between the I timbers and horribl j\ injured. . A shed on the roof of which; a large crowd h\d j assembled, was^unfible to siand tfee ; strain, aud sujj5&MLt gave way! with a craan, .Jhrowiifl|j^g|^ccupant8j ;of tip frail roof into a^BHHbor more br lest j ? iojured heap on thej^Wund? Only one * man, an artillerymnnL in the navy yard, ' was seriously injured, his leg being.efe/ t badly crushed as to Necessitate amputa- v .1 tion. Many were bruised ? and badly shaken up. .jj Ji Amotrg the promfnent people on the i1 reviewing stand were Secretary Tracy, . 1 and promment navaJ officials, Governor 'jm Holt and staff, of I^ortb Carolina; Hon. J. S. Carr, of North Carolina, and many ft -others. j i ' , !'jg The cruiser was drdered built Con gress on September t, .1888, at a cost not to exceed $1,100,000. Tuo speed pre scribed was 19 kooft, with a premium of $50,000 for each quarter of a knot addi( ; tional. \lifl ? ? | [h i . ';i The Bluebird, s j ? fej You may expect him any time after the aun passes the winter solstice. In his musical engagements it is not 4- mat-' ter of datea, but opportunity* never a matter of importunity ever beard of a bluebird's song, out ot season? It may bo cold and snowy to ifegrrow, but his wings tremble :in the nervous ' ecstasy of the present, sgd he * aings of the bit of spring that bow is. When the storm comes then he is1 silent. , . He may flee before its breath, or, if Jt ia late in the season, he will fold his wing, j. ? * unstring his lute, and uncomplainingly wait till the vernal eun and wind shall f come again. But let the merest slit of sunlight gash the cloud, and he warblea forth his greetings. He has. been ao cused of trying to force the season. But it is not that. He is such a lover of the very promises of nature that he is sa happy in hope as fruition. I found a group Once shivering against a March snow-stortfi, late, as the sun was sinking, and* stopped to watch them pitying thai* distress. Suddenly there was some com uotiou, which I at* tributed to my presence and scrutiny? a ; : low conversational chatter, a quivering of wings, a few flitting changes of posi tion, and then a gurgle of spring melody among the snowwiropt. Astonished, I ' turned to where $be sun ahould be, and there, on the horocn's rim, its half-disk was burning like a beacon. Two minutoi " 1 . Ister it was out of sight, the air was ^ gloomy, the snow fell on, but the mor- j row was a blue- bird day, indeed.? St. Louis Globe*- Demoii at. The-Icaod-of Sunshine. Fertons intending -to tak^w-journsyja gcarch of^unsBlne without going beyond the British islands must direct their steps to Jereey. It appears from the observa tions of the sunshine recorder for tea years that that little islet is the brightest spot within the limit of the four seas. Faltnoutb is the neuxt, and there are sev eral stations on the south coast almost equally well off. It is hardly nccessarj to name the place which carries off the palm for sunlessucss. In the city of London there was no registered sunshine at all in December, 1884; in January, .1885, or December, 1890. Sevcd years ago, therefore, London was without sun shine for two Consecutive months.?* Chicago Herald. ? I Danville's Leaf Tobacco Trade. Danville, Va i-Sales of loose leaf to- j\ baeco on t*?is market in March amounted ! to 5,89$, 842 j)ou!i*ls Sales from Octo- *( l>er to Mar* li ?'>!. the fir*t half of the cuij- | rent tobacco \ ?. :> rt 20.001,270 pounds.'1 j, The March sales were the largest for any one month iu the history of the market- i-i j ; * Negro Exodus From Tennessee. j? A Memphis special -says: The eiodui of negroes for Oklahoma continue*. One hundred atul thirty of them left Saturday in twenty wagons fouled with goods anil provisions. Two thousand colored peo pie gathered ou the river fepnt to cheer and say goodbyc.j One Moore is No More. Charleston, $. C. - Mrs. Amelia Moore, widow of Joseph S.. Moore, wide ly known under*the nom de jvlume of the Farsee Merchant, clicil suddenly Sstuii-^ ? day. She was abbut fifty years old. Gov. Thompson's New Position. 1 New 'York Cm\ ? Ex ^Governor Thompson, of South Carolina, late of Civil Service Commission has hjJ* * pointed Comptroller oC U? 'HewYotit! > Life Insurance Company. E C. Stanton, i cashier of the company has resigned. Death of an'Agtd Qlfctgyman. ; i?EW Oklean^La. ? l|ev. C. S. lied- - ges died of old a^e. lie *as eighty-four j | ycari old. He wwr-Jb^jn iu Burkclj ? j county,, Va., and was a graduate of thf j. * Virginia Theological Semiuary. v A