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* VOLUME X. CAMDKN, N. (\, KKIDAY, MAY ll?. no. iy.
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Gen, Ggrv.ez Will Advise the Cubans
to Disband Their Armies.
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EIGHT OFFICERS ARRESTED.
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flaptist Cou\cntion at Loui&ulle Denounces
the WhUkiv Kuriness?Profits of Ihe
Standard Oil Cotnpanv.
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Havana, l?y Cable. 1 bo manifesto
which General Maximo Gomez is pre
paring tu issue will not oA^roviow his
?own position as tu the j ajfffeut oi tho
Cubau army, but probably wis 1 direct
the fonos to disband, Following its
publication, Governor General Urooko
Mill issue a modified order, eliminating
*he necessity tor the participation of
?l\v Cuban commissioner iu the distri
bution of the Jot.OOU.OOO. Thogoveinoi
general rogarda Gomez a3 having acted
sincerely throughout, and believes that
Iub withdrawal from the question uf
tho distribution to an attitude of
"friendly inactivity,'' has boon forced
upon him by' the desertion of thoso
generals upon whom ho had relied.
Members of tho late Cuban Military
Assembly, and other discontented por
tions belonging to tho new 1 evolution
ary oluli, styled tho Veterans*' Associ
ation, met at night at ( erro and iu
dulgod in a prolonged debate on the
quostion of tho Cuban troops surren
dering their arms. One group was in
fa vol of intrusting the arms to tho
brigado chiefs, or Cuban municipali
ties. Another group was opposed al
together to surrendering the arm3, say
ing it might bo nececK'oary to "use thorn
ngaiust American pretensions."
Tlie Baptist Contention.
LorisviLtE. Kv., Special. ? flot
Springs has bocn chosen a? tho noxt
place of mcetiug of tho Baptist
Confcrenco. C. 11. Winetou, of Virgin
ia, was elocted president of tho foreign
missionary board. Henry McDonald,
president of tho misiiou board, and 1.
E. Fuulk, of Tennesasee, president of
tho school liouso board. A resolution
affirming: the hostility o? tho Convon
? ion. to tho hquor traffic, and stating it
as the sen.-b of tho delegates that no
Baptist church should allow a dealer in
liquor in its congregation, v. as intro
duced. This resolution upholds tho
action of a Louisville l^apti^t church in
turning out ot its fold all members en
gaged in tho traffic o? liquor. i ho re
solution was amended to iuc udo only
those dealing iu liquor as a beverago
and in this shnpe it was adopted
I ifclit -\rrcstcd.
Pretoria, Transvaal l\F.r'*n?<K, By
Cable.?Tho nrrest at .Johannesburg, j
early Tuesday morning, of eovou al
leged former British officors, named
Nicholls, Patterson, Tliomlott, Ellis,
tries, Hooper aud Mitchell, on tho
charee of high treason, has caused in- '
tenye excitement here. Tho prisoners
were brought to Pretoria by special
train. After they had boeu lodged in
tfjil they were visited by the British
diplomatic agent bore. 1 ho arrests
were effectcd by a detective who joined
the movement which, it is asserted,
was foi tho purpose of enrolling men
in order to cause an outbreak of rebel
lion. 1 ucriminatins: documents wero
found upon tho prisoners and it is ex
pe< led that further arrests will be
ro adc.
tun. W heeler Denies a Report.
WARiltvnTON, l>. Special. ?Gen.
.1 osop h W ticoler, who returned from
Washington from the South, said that
tho loport that ho came in response to
h message from tho Secretary of War,
and that he would pr?>l>ably he sent to
tho Philippines, was mr.orroct. Ho ro- |
ceived no such message from any gov
ernment official, anil does not expoot to
receivo at this time any orders sending
him out of tho country.
Hcv. C. W. Delyou Nichols, of Now
York, has severed his connection with
the Protestant Episcopal Church aud
professed tho lioman Catholic faith.
Flo announced tho forthcoming publi
cation of a new book by hirasclf^nti
tled "J'lio Decadents," which, ho'feaid,
would "lay baro social iniquity and
folly, both among tho ultra-fashionable
folks and hardened sinners "
Standard Oil Profits.
Washington, D. C., Special.?Attor
ney General Frank E. Monette, of
Ohio, Was before the industrial com
mission as ? witness in tho trust inves
tigation. His testimony rolated almost
exclusively to the Standard Oil Trust,
ftgaldat w hich he ha* been proceeding
in hie official capacity in Ohio. Speak
ing of the earning* of the oil trust,Mr.
Monette e?tttoate3' that the grosa
reoeipta were $120,000,000 a year on the
' Ohio produot alone, and that all was
profit ow four cents a gallon on re
fined oil. He had placed the value of
the earninga of the company per year
ii greater in value than all the farm
product# of the State.
Of lacked Frew Daly.
WAf.HiN<VTo*/?D. (X, Special?Hear
Admiral SnmneT baa been detached
fron diit; Jl cdoimii^ of the naval
etation at Port Royal, 8. C., Jaw 1.
and ordered home on waiting orders.
CJ. If. Rockwell fceebeea do
/from doty at tbe mrt Royal
seooed Meeatal eenvention of
tbe Order of Railway Telegrapher* be
gan in Peeria^IlL, Meaday.
HIF INTENSION BOMU l?.
Mortgages on the Ohio Rtwr and Char
leston tiled,
A document of considerable in port
uuco to the Ohio Kivi r ftuel Charleston
railroad was filed in tho otlleo of tho
secretary of state Wednesday. It waa
a releaso of tlio moitgago hold on that
road, (under the former ufUitc,Chnilc.s
ton, Ciucinunti and Chicago), hold by
the Huston Jjufo l'ejosit ami Truot
company. Aiiothi-r mortgage was put
on toeord as *-01.11 t?a tin* above wan
cancelled. Tho latter instrument is
directed tu tho Continental Trust com
puny u( New York, trustee** fi?r the
boud Jioldera, and is issued fur the
purpose t?f been ring the SI,?>00,000
woith of bontla to bo floated by tho
road under the tiile "South Carolina
and Georgia Tvxteusion Kailuay Co."
The road states that it# iudebtcdtiee& io
$546,000 in South Caroliua and an
identical f>uin in North Carolina, lho
papers hu'i! drawn tip on May 1st, but
wore not pri p?-iited lo the secretary of
state* until Wodi/esdsy. 1 hoy are
signed by Samuel ^lunt, president,and
('no. Collier, treasurer of the South
Carolina and Ueorgia lCxlensiou. One
of the most remarkable features of tho
la; t mortgage in the amount of revenue
Mump money necossaiy to make the
document valid, 'liit-re were attached
to the paper 1ft etauips, each of the
denomination of ?r'n, aggregating 11
total of SHOO.
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I he Home wood Colo \v.
When Ilomewood Colony ueai Cou
way was started about a year ago it
wati thought by mauy that tho enter
prise would bo u failuro, No one
dreamed that in the coursoof oneyear
its population would bo increased by
several hundred families from the
North. Tho colony was successful
from the first, and the end is not yet,
for the settlers still keep coming on
the frequent excursions from tho North
and the West. One thing which pleases
them on their arrival there is the pure
water from tho aitcoan uella. They
are surprised when told that these
wells woro bored by hand machinery
at tLe small outlay of S?iU or ?V each
There are 20 or 90 wells in Coaway
flowing all tho year ?<"'?mh1. J hoy are
from 175 to 250 feet in b-ptii, accord
ing to locality. It takes about five
hands to manage the machinery with
which they are bored, and the time
required to finish 0110 depends upon
the number and hardness of the roekn
which tie; drill may strike before
reaching tho wat-.r. One well was
pouring out a stream of puie cold Ma
tt, two inches in diameter, within Is
hours aftor tho hands began wotk. it
has been known for some time that the
water furnished bv these wells is a
remedy for dyspepsia. Several chronic
cases of indigestion have been puma
ueutly cured. Some claim thai they
were relieved in a few days after they
began to drink it..
When Ilie Sal 11 > itegm?
Public oflicinls are sometimes in
doubt as to the dat<"> at which their sal
ary begins to accrue. Attorney Gen
eral Bollingor, iu reply to IMr L. M '
Gaeque, book keeper iu tho comptrol
ler generul'e oflice, bays: "You ask
An officer is elected and receives bis
commission upon u certain date, and
on that day presents bis coin mission to
bis predecessor n:idemands the of
fice, but it is several days later before
the oflice is turned over to said officer
witb commission, what duy does(he
uev otlicet'H pny commence, upon the
day he demands the oflice. or the da.t
his predecet-sor turns over to himr
"Replying to the Mime, 1 beg* to give
as my opinion that as soon as one duit\
ebcted to oflico aud properly eommis
sioned presentn commission to ins
pitdcccBfor and makes demand upon
him for possession of the ullice, that
the salary and other emoluments of
said oflico belong to the uewly com
missioned oflicer."
The suspected pickpockets who wore
arrested Tuesday afternoon in Colum
bia, were trud Wednesday ^ud sent tc
jail to await the next term of court.
A lot of damaging evidence was brought
out agaiust them.
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Clcs nx fu'icises of Columbia Seminary.
The commencement exercises of Co
lumbia Theological Seminary were
held Thursday at noon at tbe seminary
chape'. The graduating class consist
ed e>f the Iiev. Messrs. Davidson M.
Douglas, ui Wiuhl>oro; J. T. Dendy,
of Walhnlla; Francin W. Orogg, of
Florence; K. P. Walker, of Surainer
villi-, and JoniPH and Alexander Wait,
of I'enusylvania. The address to the
graduating class was delivered by Ihe
lie v. W. O. Neville, of Yorkville. The
diplomas were presented by Dr. Cecil,
president of tho board of trustees.
?Wednesday nmrning at tho college
chfipel a very ablo and scholarly ' In
au&iral Address" was deliverod by the
Rev\II. C. Heed, D. P., of Nashville,
Tenn\ formerly of Charlotte, N. C.
His subject was: "How May We Make
Our Brief fitudy of Charcb History
Most Profitable?" His address con
tained much food for thought, and will
le very beneficial to the yonng minis
er?.
Mr. Walker la about sixty-five years
old and if a well known character es?
peeialiy in tbe eaetern part of the
county.
Sn Ex-PoitMulcr Arrested.
Mr. John C. Walker, ex-postmaster
at aftnety tlx, haa been lodged in jail
'at Greenwood bj United Btatee Com
miosiooer Frieraon in default'of $7U0
bond for bie appearance at the Oo|O f
ber term of district
court at Greenville. Ihe ehargeagaiMt
bin la "MiDg and dhpoiittf of w
tense staapa in tbe pejnnt of debts
and and the perebeee of netekeadiir,
be being at tbe Use poatiaatar and
entreated with Ike cere aud custody of
?te?pe?'
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Filipinos Fighting and Negotiating I
For Peace.
WISH TO DISCUSS SltUAllON.
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Aguinaldo "Miaid the Warfare Neccssm
to Conquer the bnlted States Will Drain
the Countn's Resources," All lorcijtjn
ers Must lea\s.
Manila, By Cablo. ?Tho Filipinos
havo rosumod tho attempt to induco
tho Americana to discusfc tho aituution.
1<?3 os, u young liouteuaut of tho stufl
of (ion. Grogorio del Pilur, cumo to
(ieu. I.aw ton Saturday, undor a ting
oftiuco. Ho was accompanied l?y a
barefooted bugler. Tho two were os
corted to Manila by ('apt. Sowoll. <'f
tlou. Lawton'a atatt. lioyes told Maj.
( Jon. Otis that Aguinaldo dosired passes
for a military commission to como to
Manila to confer with Aiuorioau Phili
piuo conuni&hioncua. (ion. (Misioplied
that passes wouid not bo necessary, a>
unarmed comm iflsiouers could enter
tho Aiuorioau linos. tlo would leave
tho matter, ho said, in (ionetiil
Law tun's hands. Lieutenant h'oycs
rolumod Friday evouiug to Hncolor.
Aguinaldo lias issued orders that all
foreigners must leave tlio iuBurgout tor
tory within 18 hours. There are only
a few oommecial inou thero, mostly
J.nglish *nd German. Aguinaldo bo
lievoH that by icfusing them tho rights
of non combattants ho can forca their
governments to recogni/o the belliger
01103' of his so oalled govornmont,in o.v?
dor that th?3'ma3'treat for tho safely
of tboir subjects. A Filipino priest
?who talked with tho Tagal general,
Treas, has biouglit t> Father McKin
non, chaplain of tho First California
Begiment, a copy of a lotter written by
Aguinaldo to Qeneral Treat",askfng his
opiuion as to the advisability' of surren
dering, saying: "I foar that tho lorn:
warfaro that will bo necessary to con
quer tho United States will <1?aiti tho
country's resources too much. "
Tho American's j ollev of huiuauo
warfaro has its diradvantage!'. Among
tho thousands of pretended fricudlv
natives who havo boon rntuining to
their homes behind tho American
aiinios, thero aro somo wl\.o h i*.o tokeu
advantage of tho genoiNjsity of the
couqftmers to mnko tho yone ins;>f<<
rtnleSs Auioricans go well armed
and in parties. Soldiers goiu^r about
alone nro frequently fired upon from
houses, or from behind bushes. lim
ine tho pnpt week, it has boon found
nccospai \- to send auards with wagons
and ambulances and several attempts
hnvo boen mado to wreck trains by
plaoinc obstructions upon tho ra:bond
tracks.
Driving Out the Jews.
Lokdon, By Cable.?Tho BuFS-an
govornment has decided upou excep
tional measures against tho dews,
doubtlosB owiner to the inlonso feeling
against them prevailing in many parts
of Russia at tho present timo. J ho
first anti .Jewish measure was promul
gated Saturday. under which tho stav
of all, oven foreign .Ti|wf, is i roh'bit.-d
In St. Petersburg. No exccmption will
bo made, even in the cane of French.
Jews.
Touiticl by I'ackpock tf'.
fiastonia, X. C'.,Special. 'J'ho dole
nation of veterans from (iaston countx
to tho rouuion returned from Char
leston Saturday. Of tho numbOr,
Messrs. ?T. C. Anthony. J^dwaid
Whitosides, Hufus Jtatcliford and
Taylor Olonn wero touchod by pirk
pockets, losing thoir money and tickets.
St. Louis haa been selected ns tho
permanent headquarters of tho Catho
lic Knights of America.
Nerro Woman Murdered.
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Chaklotte, Is. C., Special. ?Lai 13
Sunday morning, Carrie Harvov, 11 col
ored woman living here, was shot and
instantly killed by Press Giimore, a
negro about 19 3*ears of ago. Jealousy
was tho cause of the shooting. Tho
murderer mado bis escapo and is still
at largo, though tho police nro making
diligent search in ail directions.
They Violated No l aw.
\Vj?*flTNiiro>r. I). , .Special. ? M?j.
Strong, general ngont for tho Deport
ment of Ju&tice, h-tB returned from
JtHleigh, N. where ho investigated
complaints of ill treatineut in the Fed
eral jsil. Wjiilo Attornoy General
Griggs (iodines todiscu&s tbo naturo
.of tn^-report on the cane, it is under
BtdtKl that five prisoners were found to
bate been whipped, but that tbe prison
officials cannot be prosecuted, as they
have not violated any law.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Frank A. Vanderlip has consented to
net as obairman of a national oommittee
to provida a raeidenoa in Washington
for Admiral Dewey.
Aaron M. Powell, of Now York, tbe
?otad anti-slavery agitator, temperance
worker and writer, died anddenly Fri
day in Philadelphia, from heart die
aaaa, while in attendaeoe npon the
openiog eaeeion of Frioade Yearly'
Meeting. .
An official diepeieh received at Mad
rid from Maoila fays tha iasvrgente
attacked tbe Bpaniarda at 3*mboange,
on tha ieland of Mindanao, bat were
repnlsod. Two Spaaieh offioere and
three man wero wonndod and ?na man
vh killed.
lilt HOMI I OK \1>MIR \ l Dl \N IV.
The Great Xdin r;il tube Imcn a Compli
mcntart resting ha?.e.
WABi'.C SOToN, 1*. C. , SpOoittl.?
Mr. I'luiili-r'lip, Assistant Heo
retaiy of tbo 1 roasurv; Churloa
H. \llen, ' Astjis tuut Secretary of the
Navy; J'orry S. lloatli, Assistant 1 *??>? 1
muster lienor al; bi igadiai iJonoiul
Corbin and l:'.llis 11. boberta, treas
urer of the I uited States, who
havo boon appointed a national com
mittee to tuko chnr^o <?f the funds with
which to puicLaso u ln-iiu) fui Admiral
Powoy in Washington, had a iiioetiiit:
in Mi, \ uudorlip's ollii'-o.
Tho committee w ill bo glad to t-ei vo
aiiy newspaper, organi/ni ion or utdi
v id ti a I. wishing to uial.o n contribution
foi tlio purpose :n view, Tho nutiouiil
character ot commntco raat:os it tlio
proper olio to have cliaigo of tlio unit
tor, and it is o\pcctcd that mauy uews.
papers who propose taking up thowoik
Will oo-oporuto with thin comuntteo.
Troasurer Uoborts is now preparod to
rocoivo contributions in any amount.
A handsomely designed leceipt will ho
gotlon out immediately by tlio engrav
eis at tho Hoaroau of Engraviug and
Printing, and all contributions will io
ceivo a receipt. \ formal address to
tho public, probably, >v111 bo issued
soon. Tlio tiiBt subscription to the
fund, was roceived from (ion
eral I'elix Align?, of tlie Baltimore
American, and he ?il! recipvo receipt
No. I.
\dmiral |)ewe>'f. Plan.
M amt , By f'ablo. -? Admiral Powoy
will leavo f"i tlio I'nitod Stated n? soi>n
as he can uirnngo his business and give
full instructions for tho management ot
tho floe* u> 11i-? successor, probably
within ten days. I'iio I nitod Statos
ciuisor Oiy input, upon which Admiral
Powoy will miiUo tho voyage home,
will sail a leisuicl.v trip, stopping al
Mediterranean pin ts for some time, to
give the admiral, tho ofticors of tho ship
aud '.ho crew an opportunity for rest.
Like all the Olympian company. Ad
miral I'ewcy is iuiiL-h run 'town by his
long stay in a tropical |rt without
change and under the rigid conditions
ncidonlp to a wai footing. Tho voyago
may occupy four months, 'l he Olyrn
l ia will proceed from Manila to Hong
Konir, w bero a fortnight will be spent
in transforming tho mud color which
she is paintod to white, having up to
this tinio bceu unablo to comply' with
tho I 'epartuient a order to paint the
shin white. Whilo thore tho cruiaor
will bo coaled arid provisioned for lior
further journey. Admiral Powoy ox
pects 1o lotain his position on the
i 1 nited States 1'hilippino commission.
Soul lie ii Baptist Contention.
li<>i txVii.r t\ Kv., Special.?Tntoreet
in tho Southern baptist Convention
centered about the meeting of the board
of tiustecs. Tho business beforo the
hoard was to lill vacancies aud io re
ceivo tho answer of Dr. J. T. (.freeze,
who w as elected president of tho South
ern baptist Seminarj', to succeed Dr.
Whitsott. There were many rumors
afloat to the c fl oe I that Pr. Greeuo
would oitlior doclino the presidency, or
would withhold his auuwor nutil ho
could lay the matter before his ccdloa
guos in Missouri. Tho commitieo ap
pointed to nominate candidates for tho
vacancies on the board of trustocs mado
throe nominations for each vacancy in
each Stato.
Th'- Peanut Trust.
Norn rii,n, Va., S]>ocial.?For fully a
year there has been talk of tho forma
tion of a trust to control the peanut
trade in Virginia, and for some time
options liavo been held upon nearly, if
not all, tho clearing houses in tb^
Stato. Those options have boon ex
tended once or twice, aud tho last re
newal expirod Monday. Mr. Charles
K. W. Smith, of New York, who baa
been pioiuoting tho deal, ia in the city,
and has nccurnd no extension of the op
tions until June 1.'
No I xtra Session of Congrc&* Probable.
Washington, P. C., Special.?A
member who is in a position to know
tho views of tho ['resident on the sub
joct, eaid that tho probabilities were
against au extra session of Cougrosa
hoing called. Ho thought that tho
Piesident had givoo the subject sorao
thought, but he was reasonably* anre
that no call would be issued, except in
Borno unlooked-for contingency which
would make it necesaary.
The Dauntless Freed at Last.
Jacksonville, Fla., Special.?The
cases of the United States against the
steamer Dauntless, for alleged filibus
tering, which were begun against tho
vessel nearly three years age, were dis
missed in tho United States Court
Monday, on motion of the govern
ment. ' *.
The London Daily says that the ad
mil ally ha** offered ?79,000 tor an elec
tric gun invented by the son of a Port
land grocor. The gun thrown an ex
plosive ahot a distance of 6j miles with
a velocity of two seconds. Itais noise
less and amokeless.
The Cohans Actisf Uffy.
Santiago, By Ciblt.?Considerable
dissatisfaction ia expreeeeA here over
the demand by the United Statee gov
ernment that the Cabas soldiers relia
qnish their arms before receiving their
eharee in the dietribntioa of tho 98,000,
000. La fadepeadeaeia aad other papers
pablUb article* proteeUaf faatnst
the fcaeapUaoe of eay eaah prseaeal.
Oa all a!4oe among the Cmbaqe of 8mm
tlago. viotaat exprsestsas are hoard
regarJlaf what ia taraaad "tha nig
(ardly oot^pet of tha Anerloaas.
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Doc'.iif s 1 hat North Has no R i*lit
to Dictate to South.
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SAYS IVNCHINGS WILL GO ON.
Il?e Harlow Philosopher lUilaris Ihn wo
MiiNl.Si lllo (he (,)iU vlioit ?Svorcs Sonic,
of I lie New?, I
I am nut happy Suino mouths ago
i wrote to ul!l' yankcc fl ltlui.'i that it
tliO.V Wt>r? gcliticliu'll t Ili'V W Oilld UPolo
gi/.e fur uli tlu'y dom? I.? ufnliii .li).! Unit
it; vili.-h let tor <? 11 tin* lino and that sshn
Iijiuu native born fodciid soldier who
Km,I )u> w ad friendly mi l I tint if I
would writo out an apology anil send
it I > li>in lii? would sign it 11*' seemed
t*> be propel ly i o|?i*iiIfint. Ami now
cornea t<.? tills editor of 111?> Now York
HomIiI down here to iuveHtigato our
I vnt hiug busiticsM ami to philosoplu/.o
upon it, ami ho pays tho north uiado a
mistake in giving tlio negro tho tight
of NUtt'riige, but ho doetelit apologize,
lie was "iio of tho prime leaders in tho
wholo business ami spcaka of it as u
mibtiikc It wi;s no inibtakc. It was
malicious iguorauce, ami why docsout
I to say soV It him tiikoli him anil hiw
folks thnty \ nii.1 to find nut they
know but httlo about us ttml nothing
ill o-.it tho nogro. Soiifitor I ogulis bin
got morn sense ami nioro candor. Ho
f inio down to Texa* ton yearn ago to
lnvesti^ato ami wont houio ami wrote a
It 111 i in w hi oh ho said tho nogio was
not lit for tho I'tillot ami that tho nol ih
Iniil imnlo an ogregMOUH blumlor m
giving it to him. I (?.* ?luln't apoloy iZo,
but ho oiiiuo pretty Ui hi it
Now. ii mittak,; (lookout involve
any moral turpitude, hut a iuuluioua
binuilor does, Tho time haw puKsed
for any nio/u truckling I ho &tug?. ?-'t
desperation in upon tho ?South ami po
litical humility to tho Nojth hub pi^t-s
oil \Yo have nevor felt Unit humility,
but our politicians have preiiehod it
oud trioil to get Bonn thing from tho
public, crib by protcmbiig wn were
humble whi-n wo were not
I ho truth in that tho North i<* ie
t-poubiblo for every onUti^o ami ev? ry
1 \ nching at tho South. Hen ie tho
Atlanta Ago, a uegro paper that ih
published by \Y. A. I'ledg* r, that-cop
ies every veuomouB urtiolo from the
Now York paper* about tho Hun Hone
husitiess, and l'leilgi r wjitei" to The
New York Hun Unit he i? shocked at
Oovcrnor Caudler'ti utterances and tu*
s.its tho good negroes at IheHiuth art
opposed to those outrajpn on o'n -V"
men. J ho paper i? pregnant with
comment oti the lynching. 1 took on
that i? all right, foi the liberty of the
prtfs must not be* ict'icted. lint
nevertheless these uUcrauct'.* from
I'lede.cr'H paper go through the edu
eatod negro eh incut oud pott ok ii*
convictions and then by come* i-onio
more outing* k and noiun n:oro lynch
ings. New York nigg< rs ??oiun out in
their papora and advibG tho shotgn.?
and the torch in retaliation, and thobu
things are copied in tho nigger papers
lit the South.
I5;it here ih the comfort: '."nolo Sinn
if Mill helping me in my garden and
doonent know and doesent care any
thing about all this busincts Hi- mi;, m
hewiin born a slave nud tor Unity
years haH been a freeman ami ha** >?!
wiiyn found that if a colored limn done
his duty the white mini done In p.
Uuclo Ham has a largo family aid
through theao Republican influences
they have boon corrupted ami demor
alized and ho haH a lot of grandchil
dren who don't know their own father
and the. old man ih grieved.
I wan ruminating about all this and
^tow these negrocH hav<> all been fooled
fbout (Irant and Lincoln being their
ricud* and were lighting to free them,
when there in not a word ?f truth in
it. Neither of them eared a continen
tal dime for tho negro and both of
them were more concerned about their
own successes than anything elbo. Hut
1 have hud great regard for Lincoln,
lie was a much better mon than his
parly and hiw death whh it e?lamity to
tho South I have recently received
a little volume entitled "The (ieiiesit*
of Abraham Lincoln " It ih cartdull.v
ai'd affectionately written by Janics
H. Cathoy, of Westoru Xorth Caro
lina, and ita unprejudiced poruna! will
convince any man that Ahaham Liu
coln waa tho son of Abraham Enloe,
and that Nancy Hankn wuh a good or
phan girl who served in Enloe'n fam
ily. Tho iiflldavitH and other ovidences
establish this beyoncl dieputo Old
Father Abraham Enloe was a second
Abraham and poor Nancy Finks a
second Hager and for tho same reason
she was sent away from the patornal
homestead to keep poace in the fam
ily. The father of her child bad great
regard for her and placed her with bis
relatives in Kentucky, where she af
terwards married Tbomaa Lincoln.
Some of tho witueeaea to theae facts
are now ninety yeara old*and have
paasol all desiro to deceive anybody.
The deaoendanta of tbia Enloe family
are numerous *txd tbeir testimony baa
beea taken from Nortli GwroKna, Miw
sonri and Texas, and ?ll confirm the
story. All the very old people in
North^rolina, wars familiar with the
girl Nancy tianka and ibe EnToe fam
ily and old man Enloe's acknowledg
ment of tbe obild'a paternity and why
be aent tbia modern Hager and be*
Ismoel away.
Bat tbis is no new tbing. During
the it was talked of in tbe army
and Lincoln was denounced by tbe en
tire Todd famtlj. into which be mar
ried. Fifteen years #go, while. I ?o*
jowrned ii Western Nor|h Carolina, I
fonnd the etory enrreot tLat Abraham
Liieoli os Iks so* of AJh abase Es
loi and m naood for hiss by his
n.
iii-lli* i, N h 11-v I! >?nk .%>??, Mr
l i>i In v Miitvn it | i etly Ilttlu book
about it ami Ills excuse is tlia; tho I
11'1111 onnno ? hurt tho living or tho
dead, Unit Abraham Lincoln was j
\uiericn'* u.ost remarkable lUfth, nnd
there Alton Kt be uo ultompt to cloud ?
the life of a tool heio. Oicero say*
?lu\t tho llrbt law ?? f history in that it I
f-ho lib I lull her vtitf Ij *ay apything I
thut 1H fkIHllol four t" K?V anything)
? hat in truo
It i-i, therefore, the ?ole purpose of;
this li11!?< >?,"???k to prove that (hi *ou
ill I fill i IV "?* . 1 Was Hilt Without !M)i'OAtiirS
his iin'ljii wad Nnnoy Hanks. If bo
was tho son of a worthy sire tho world
in entitled to kllow who thut Hill* WH?,
w hotico ho caiue and what his charao
teiisties. The ciibto linns ot this history
ol Abraham Lincoln are unmberod bv
scores ituil hundreds of tho tirsl people
- moil itirI v\oaion of nc-jtoxu >iorth
i iiolina, for tho Knloes woro it largo
and inlliieutiul family ami thoir doscou
ihiuts huvo ititormarriotl with many
distinguished pooplo. 1 >111 I do not
propose to review tho book. It IH All
interesting and remarkable revelation,
and 18 writ ton by an euthnsiastio ad
mirer of Mr Lincoln, and establishes
boyond ? |ii? Ktiou his patoruity. Abra
hani Lnloo wtm himself an extraordL
nary man tho father of thirteen chil
dren, and bis photo; TA hu; likeness to
I his particular Ron is very striking,
both in for lit and foaturo. Both were
tho Hiuno height and had the name long,
unshapely limbo.
Thin littlo book of 175 pugos wits
written by .Jamo* H. C'athey, of Hryson
City, N. t'., and in kind in motivo and
11assic in style. 1 thought whoti I tiret
opened it (but perhaps it bud bettor
iiot have been written, but on its po
i usal I believe that it is better for the
whole truth to bo told than that this
remailiublu man's gensiy should con
tinue to be unceitaiu ami unknown.
I am now trying to tsolvo another
problem: tho problem ?'t how buf-t to
dtstlt'J the potato bug oi beetle. Last
year I tried paris green and was nut
satisfied. 1 am now knocking them
oil n orning mi l evening and hoeing
tli" ground nround the plants, mid
think that I h ive whi|>pod the tight.
This will do for tho garden, but not
for tho field . Professor Staruos will
tell us a bt ttt r way, I hope, for ho is a
xcioiitilio genius and the roost entliu
Mustic experimenter 1 have ever met.
! ast week I visit, d tho exjieriuient
f-tiition at Athens of which ho has
ohm go, and w as delighted with the
progress he bus tun ic on the university
fusru H?? ib nbrorbed in bis work and
lam Sinn be will mike it a great mio
ce(fu.
"How in if," unit] I to hiui, "that
5 on can beco t'UttiNiiiblio over ftomething
flint you <io not own unit never will?"
H e muiU**.I ami rs;ii? i:
'?Six yenth" work iu thiN buftiucHH nt
Cliiflin uml lu-ie huh created within mo
fin iiiisorliiiif; love for it uml I feci like
Huh little farm ami garden nnil orohnrd
wore nil uiiuo My umbifiou is uot
only to imiko it 11 NiiceeHfi |?incticnlly,
I?ut to lieiit fit the people by improve!
lit' )IhmIk uml 1.v hmhi iliea for tbo fuii
iii<* mi l .|;>ii!mh(.th fbut rue iiicitioui to
I ft** | -I r? t? KM oil. "
He buH if >iv ten pupilft under biin
mi.I ex|>eetto bave hulf u hundred in
Augunt I hope tbo htnte will encoyf
ago bim in bin good work, for fike
SmitbHou, bin demie ik to 'linseroifyiito
knowledge uuiong men. - I'lll Afjr iu
AUmiitn Conwtilnli'in.
Ixfiinxf.rr MoiU'> in Sm
The I?ihi:< '.v*i i t iI/.' i l'iifj i?
not coii:-M?'i ??'I i<i-' tl i?y Aui'-it'.in
11 ii vcliijg riltio.i'f. rj-p' ? inll.v;it 1he\ m<
in their proverbial hutrj. On *??*<
inp nny of the lending hanks :i mail
wi^biiiur io cash ji <-hook must remove
his hut. which be juny hunt; up ??u one
of tin- lioi.kn provided for ilmt purpose.
Usually b?? receives speeily. attention,
for iIm- tclb*r ?-nn wait on ut !vnst six
person* ;ii mice. Ills check Is tnken
uml sent upsf n Irs lo be certified, which
takes from live io fifteen minutes, dur
ing which time lie doe* well to take n
' seal When tlm < he? k comes back ft
it cniereil in a hook. Hie moliey is tak
in t'loiu flic tale ami the nnine of the
? iisio?fi"i i> lomlly i itfl'-'l A t ier sign
iiti; a i fi elpt h' jf'ts his money. All
p;ipel issuer] f?v ;i Zurich luillk llllist
henr ?ho -iiMiutoro of at lea-t two re
spoil**i111'1 "r?? ??f the institution,
fhleauo Ifei ord.
The L'nitod Statoa fOTernraent nan
boon notified that the Spanish govern
ment will Hull at public miction at H?*
van a tbo flouting dry dock of steel
winch was thoro when the peaoe proto
col was fiiguod.
The Southern Novelty Company of
Hnrteville hnj* l>?oa chartered. It in
to aianiilijdfuro paper and wooden
war Oqker is president. Cap
ital stock, 36,000. The Elactrio apd
Water Power Company of tha same
town waa chartered. Its capital atock
is $2,000. J L. Lawton is ,general
manager.
Guard Home Packed^itli Iowa 'Soldiers..
Savannah, O* , Special. ?Ula
ninth Iowa Regiment waa ianatered I
oat Saturday, and after being: paid off
tbo man raided aoda water standa, brand
and aanaaga wagoaa in camp and took
all tba atnff and turaed over the wag
on w. The police ware ciiied out in
large numhera and many arraata war*
made. Tha man wara hauled , into
rnlina hlTMckl in mtrol WAffou -*?*-?* J
trolley ears. Tha police etatiea waa
peeked with them, and tha recorder
will hold a special nsnrt to try tha
? The *xp*rl-?K*? of *ho en
ghir?'i- in- handling thw machinery of
tbo crofaer '-httosc Huegfata that
while for*??gii nation;' may fce wfae I?
mtyfr.K Am?rtraa vtdps they may
dom aoccMd to making aa pax fact,
t>lem of aaval aiiMtettaw af UMA
lo commlaatoa as latrkaw ?mM i
Admiral Knut/s OfJit.ial K*pb.)
Made Public.
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fiOMfZ (ilVES IIP MIS JOB#
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H'H f>a\ (or iht TrusU?Iron. I iquor, Pea*
null H'ui Vailn lakut in llantl In Ttieso
\n> - (Mhcr Mattcri of Interest.
WAsniMaroM, T\ (V, S| eeial.- See-*
relfli v Iit?uc has made public mo much
of a report of \dtuirol Kout/ upon 8a
monn nt>a?rs<n? touches tho killing of t\
number of Amenoftu sai 1?? ra by tho Ma
tnafii adherenta, oen? Apia, on tho int
of April, i he report m ??) elaboration
of tho description of I ho qlVait which
wan cabled at tho tnoe bv tho Associat
ed Press from Auokland. No meutiou
13 made at any' poiiit of tho reported
participation in the affray of thu (ior
uian, 11 ufua^ol, tho manager of tho
plantation whore thu lij?Ut occurred, ft
is shown that tbo faiinro of tho Colt
K'uu to work properly was in a 1 aik?
meimure the online of tho Aunnioan and
Jijrittsh defeni. AduiiruL- Kwutz nay a
l)j>; expedition wan projected l?> < aptuin
Ktu/uee, of tho I'orpoiae. I'vr several
nights proceeding, tho teiitiien had
boon tired upon by tho uativo3 and it
bccaiuo uooesspry to drive Iho aggres
sors away. Admiral Kautz says that
it was llio opinion of all of tho oflicors
who had tho matter in charge that the
force was ample to do tho work without
ri.sk, otpooialiy as it wuh to niovo out
alo&g the*bflaoh and return the. same
way, under tho protection of tho gnn?
of 11. M. & 1 Loyalist. U is *>afe to euy,
sayn tho admiral, that (lieutenants
Freeman aud 1/anedale had confotred
fojjother. 'J hoy did what they doomed
beat under the circumstances and the
diautor that followed could uut b?
foreseen.
Vice President .Sherwood.
Tho Hultiiuoro Steam Pucltvt Co. nn
nouneoe tbo oloctiuti of Mr. .fohu B.
Hherwoodjto the ofllce ol vioo-prosidont
of I be company. Mr. Sherwood is also
general manuf'ei of 4bt? company, and
bnu beau connected with it ?;in?e iy?>P.
The compauy ia oun of tbo oldest oper
ating ateamera on tbo inbiud water* of
this country, and has been uiiw of (be
landmarks of tbe Chesapeake Hay, if it
u?i?y be termed such. Mr. Sherwood'a
I energy and ability hsvo placed him iu
j bin presont position, ns bo be^au sor
' vice in a subordinate* capacity. ilia
! ideae in maiinc architecture have been
' shown in the construction of tbo lino
steamers which compriso tho iloot of
tbe Old Hay Line, for many of thorn,
including the well-known Alabama, -
were designed almost exclusively after
hi* plan*. lie was also instrumental
in designing the extenaivo dock i which
the Old Hay Line will upa on Light
street, Baltimore, in a fow montha in
addition to its present wharves at
Union Look.
(ioinei Gives l'p Hit Job.
Havana, Hy Cable, ?Gen. Maximo
Gomez has informed Gov. General
Brooke that he oould no louder act 03
representative of tho Cuban army in
Vhe distribution of tho$H,000,000 appro*
filiated for the payment of tbe Cu:~rr?
troop*. Gen. (joiner. added thai be
had arrived at this decision with groat
reluctance, and with the nloat frieudlj
feeling toward (len. Hrooke personally
tod officially, but be felt he could no
longer represent the Cuban army be
cause a cabal, oompusod of many aub
ordinate oommandare, existed to oppose,^
and if poaaible defeat the plans for tho
partitioning of the money.'
President MoKinloy baa practically
proznmod to make n visit to St. Paul
and Minneapolis, this AUjjmer, in
connection with a Western trip.
The New Iron Trust.
Cleveland, O., Special.?Tbe sale of
the Lako Erie Iron Work* has given
notice of tbe fact that another immense
combination of the iron ami steel inter- ?
o*tA baa beeu consummated. Tho lie
public Steel Company baa benn incor*
porated under the laws of New .Tor soy,
with a capital of $-05,000,000, connisting
of $25,000,050 preferred and $J0,0U'.>,t)00
common ate ok.
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Whiskey Tcoit Affairs.
Wabhuioto.v, D. C., Special.?Gen*
?ral John MeNulta, receiver of the
Dietilltng and Cattle Feeding Com
pany, waa a witness before tbe indae
trial commiaaion. His exatnlpetioa
Waa a continuation of the invelitigMioa
of tbe ao-eollea wbk^j t?a*t, began
by the eommteeion l*a? Saturday. Gen
eral McNalta began bis testimony bJ
giving some of the ditaila regarding
the reeeivwrwhip ef the wtiekey trust.
It wo* found that one distillery at Ne
braaka City, X?k, had bee? eold fe?
$10,000 at private eale, end later woe
bought toy the DhtHlfof and Gaitle
feeding Conpsap
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