How Reform
Leaders Will Anticipate the
"Forty."
Gen. Farley Gives His Views on
the ?-Peace and Unity" Fea?
ture of the- Coming Con?
stitutional Conven?
tion Fight.
This week the campaign for the
election of delegates to the State
Constitutional Convention will open
in dead earnest. At leas*, there ?8
going to be a great deal of talk and
not a few suggestions as to the mat?
ter. It will probably be the liveliest
week since last November, politi?
cally.
The State some days ago gave the
information, ou what was considered
good authority, that the special meet?
ing of the Irby State committee had
been called for the purpose of dis
cussiug and agreeing upon a plan to
bring the white people of the State
together on the matter of the Con?
stitutional Convention, which plan
was to be offered to the people and
the option given them of either
accepting or rejecting it. There
now seems to be no further doubt as
to this being the object of the meet?
ing. The meeting will be held to?
morrow So far as can be ascertained
there is every reason to believe that
the idea of having the committee
consider the matter has originated
with the big leaders of the party in
power. It is denied that there is
any desire on the part of the com?
mittee to forestall the efforts of the
"Forty'' in the same direction It is
said that the committee desires to
fojrmolate and present such a plan
that the Fortv, when they hold their
conference in March, ?arrogo ahead
and adopt it. It is understood that the
committee is arranging to have cer?
tain mild Conservatives from various
sections meet with them and consider
the matter.
Gen. Hugh L. Farley yesterday re?
turned to the city from a^ trip to
Charleston, Beaufort and other points,
covering the largest portion of the
State. He has all along been con?
sidered a more conservative Re?
former than many others The
General was quite talkative yes?
terday, when the Constitutional
Convention t abject was broach?
ed to him. He said he had
had good opportunities for observing
the sentiment of the people on the
matter When asked for his diag?
nosis of the political situation and
his opinion as to the outlook for the
Constitutional Convention, he had a
good deal to say, which will be found
of interest.
Geueral Farley said: "Well you
are aware of the fact that I am in
hearty sympathy with the movement
of the *'Forty" iu their effort to se
cure a non-partisan constitutional con?
vention, for I believe it is now a sort
of'open secret*-as they sa}'-that I
had something to do with it, as Ben
Tillman said of the Shell manifesto, j
I am very glad to say that 1 find a
very strong feeling all over the State
in favor of a harmonious and nonpar ;
tisan convention, and in fact 1 have
met no one who was in favor of any?
thing else. Certainly no one of any I
prominence has dared to take a stand
against it, and our people generally
seem to realize the fact that it is au !
important crisis in the history of the j
State and that we have all to lose and
nothing to gain in a bitter factional
fight over the sending of delegates to j
the Convention. The simple truth is
that we cannot afford to have a bitter
factional fight over this matter, be- !
cause it will not only be unwise, but1
it will be foolish and suicidal to do so.
The sacred principle of white supre- !
macy and white civilization and good \
government, upon which ali white I
people are, or ought to be, united, ?
is unavoidably involved, and we
must stand together. If we divide
and appeal to the negro, as we are
sure to do, if we do not harmonize
our differences, it will mean anarchy,
chaos and ruin, for it must be clear to !
every thinking mind that this con?
vention will reunite and harmonize
our people-who have a'ready ac?
cepted all of the main results ot the !
Reform movement-or it will mark a
permanent and irreconcilable divis?
ion. The campaign must be a quiet,
harmonious one, or a 'hell broke lose
in Georgia' if you will excuse the ex?
pression, leading to-no one knows
where. Thank God, I see abundant
signs of that reconciliation which
ought to follow the success of the !
Reform movement and which, with a j
good Constitution, should put the j
State on the high road to peace, pro?
gress and prosperity, with a grand
future of education, wealth and a
high Christian civilization-which
means happiness before us/"
"Do you think the call of the 'for?
ty* will bring our people together?"
"It is certainly/' Gen Farley re
lied, "well meant,.is in the right
'rection, and I do not see how it eau
any harm. It has been 6tated on
authority that the State Demo
pxecuaive committee will at its
hing meeting propose some
which our people can get
and select delegates. I
true, because if they pro
one, then we can and
aud thus avoid a con
e should be given to
?y*?-.- magroa- BBanBaeamBcgaanaB-aa
any one to 'fly tin; track or bolt.'
is of the highest importance for 01
people lo get together and stan
together under this regular Denn
eratic organization, and I sincere!
hope that the executive committc
may be wiso and Datriotic enough t
devise the way and means for thei
to do so. lt' the simple aiu4% natur:
pian of submitting all nominations t
a white or Democratic primary
suggested, as I think probable, w
could easily adopt it. and then let th
people of eacli county get together i
mass meeting or convention an
: agree on or select a ticket whic
could be elected without contentioi
A ticket so selected could not b
I easily beaten any wa}7.
"I see that your name has bee
mentioned. Do you comtemplat
! being a candidate for election to th
'?. convention ?"
! Gen. Farley said: "I do not wis
; to go to the convention and shall nu
j be a candidate. Certainly I will nc
i be the candidate of any faction, for
believe it to be the duty of ever
good citizen at this crisis to refuse t
allow his name or influence to b
used to cause further discord or div
. sion and to increase strife in tl)
! State. Let our good people get to
j gether and select the delegates, for c
! all the piaces that should neither b
? sought nor declined, that of a dele
I grate to a Constitutional Conventio
stands foremost. As the majority c
our people are of that political basis
I take it for granted that a majorit;
! of the convention will be Reformers
! but let our people select thei'-. bes
j men, men whom they are willing t<
I trust-for there are many of then
I on both sides-and send them wi tl
j the simple instructions to preserv?
i white supremacy and civilizatioi
1 through the protection of the whit*
! voter and a well regulated suffrage
j and otherwise to give us the bes
! Constitution thev can and one abreas
of the progress of the times in om
educational, political and industria
affairs "
" What about the discussion befort
I the people ?
"Ordinarily, I am heartily in favoi
of public discussion of all public ques
tiens as a means of education anc
informing our people. In this in
Stance, however, if it is possible, thc
least public discussion of all th*
minor questions with which the Con
8titutioual Convention bristles, the
better. It can only lead to further
division and discord, because we can?
not agree on them, and uot only
individuals, but even counties and sec
tions, will disagree on various maters
it would seem best to send the best
men we can get and let them go in a
spirit of forbearance, conciliation and
j concession, representing all classer
j and interests ; to give us the best
j they can, because, at last, no matter
j who is elected, all of these grave
! matters must be submitted to them.
Indeed, 1 think it would be best for
our people to avoid all heated dis?
cussion of minor matters, except
I when assemb'ed in deliberative
j bodies where the main points of
interests should be agreed upon "
! "What is the spirit of the new ad
ministration 1""
i "i will not undertake," replied the
General, "to speak ex-cathedra, but
from what I have seen lately, with
i some opportunity to niakf? ooserva
! Hon, it is, generally speaking, what
it ought to be. 1 expressed the hope
last fall that the Governor would
make his election! a'blessing to our
people,' and I now hope that, with
I proper support and encouragement,
it. will prove so. Mere factious op?
position is never right nor wise,
and as long as the administration
shows its present disposition to deal
justly and fairly with all parties,
and not to unjustly use or abuse the
high power and privileges entrusted
to it by the people, it is our duty to
meet it more than half way in every
endeavor to secure the peace and
progress of the State, and to find a
satisfactory solution of all our poli?
tical difference and difficulties "
The State.
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A Christian has been adrnirred to
membership in a Jewish club ac Roch?
ester, the Eureka. The Tidings of
that place argues that no applicant for
admission should be rejected account of
his religious belief, as such rejection
would be iodicative of bigotry, prt-judice
and Darrow-uiiodedocss.
The New York Sun says thar, a citi?
zen of that city has the bleeve buttons
worn by President Liucoio on the night
of his assassination, and another mao
treasures a peice of the waistcoat, worn
by the stricken President. The poseesor :
sor of the latter relic was admitted to the
wounded man soon after the shooting,
and oo coming out he found that he had :
brought with him the waistcoat, which
had been given into bia keep?og. He !
cut it up and distributed fragments to
the crowd.
i i
John L. Benson, a Californian, has
i returned from a journey to Ecuador in !
I the interest of Cornell and Sanford Uni?
versities. At the headwaters of the
Amazon he found the J?varos Indians,
who kill their prey by blowing a pois?
oned arrow through a pipe. A monkey
so hit dies in three minutes.
Joseph Bertrand, the French math?
ematician, who recently celebrated his
golden wedding, rescued his wife fron?
death in a great railroad accident on the
Paris-Versailles railroad in 1844. She
was the wife of Admirai Dumont D'Ur
ville, who was killed in the accident.
This was thc admiral who brought the
1 Venus of Milo to France, and who three
I times circumnavigated the earth.
The Best Method
Of Cultivating and Curing
Fine Yellow Tobacco.
PLANT-BEDS.
The first work in preparing for a
crop of tobacco is to burn and sow in
good time plenty of platte land, in
warm, taoist situation. Select lani
that will not become sodden by too
much rain, and, and if possible, let the
spots be OM creeks on branches (far
enough ot! to guard against overflow?
ing), with a southwest exposure.
Burn the land well My plan is to put
down or: my beds, about four feet apart,
what we term "skids''-poles the size
ot a man's arm. These are to keep
the wood off the ground. When these
skids are burnt up, ooe may, as a rule, !
know that the land is burned hard j
enough, and that it is time to move his i
tire ou further. This is the best guide !
I can give to the inexperienced as to the '.
leugth of time the land should be i
burned. The best time for burning, in 1
the latitude of North Carolina and
Virginia, is from first of January to
first of March. Good, fine stable
manare, free from seeds of grass, oats
or clover, with some good commercial
fertilizer, is what I think best to use on ;
plant-beds.
After burning, rake off the ashes,
cover the ground well with stable j
manure, hoe up the bed thoroughly, ;
and make it fine by repeated hoeing i
and raking ; thea mix the tobacco ;
seed, using one-and-a-haif tablespoon?
fuls in every twenty-five pounds of
fertilizer to every one hundred square
yards in the bed, and then tread it
with the feet or pat with the hoe.
Tobacco seed require but little cover?
ing, and, if covered too deep, will fail
to come up. Cover the bed with fine |
brush (dogwood is best, if convenient). ?
to protect the plants from frost and to
keep the bed moist. Sometimes it be- ?
comes necessary to force the growth of;
plants iu order that they may be large
enough to transplant at the proper
time ; this is done by using some quick, !
reliable fertilizer as a top-dress rog, I
care being takeu not to apply it when
the plants are wet with dew or rain.
SOIL.
Gray, friable soils-fresh from the
forest, or long out of cultivation-with
a dry, porous subsoil, are the best
adapted to the growth aod maturity of
yellow tobacco.
Plow your laud and put it io good
condition before bedding, run the rows
off three feet four inches each way,
using., according to the strength of the :
land, from ninety to one hundred and
ten pounds of good fertilizer to every
one thousand hills. Use farm-pen
manure in the drill with the fertilizer; :
it will be found of very great advan- !
tage, even if it is not convenient to use
it except in small quantities.
PLANTING.
Planting in hills as early after the I
first of May as the plant? sod season ?
will admit. As soon as the plants take
good root, commence cultivation,
whether in a grassy condition or not,
and continue to stir the iand with plow
and hoe until the tobaeco begin* to
come iii'top/ using.sh?rt single-trees as
the plants increase ia size, to prevent
bruising and bre*akio?: After the
plants become too large to admit of the
use of the plow, use only the hoe to
keep down grass.
TOPPING.
It is best, to wait, until a good num?
ber of plnots button for seed before
beginning to toD, as these wili then
ripeu together, A man must top ac?
cording to the appearance and promise
of the plant, the strength of the land,
&c; he must use his own judgment io
topping, bearing in mind that a strong, !
healthy plaut can bear higher topping
than a small one. As a general thing,
the first topping will bear ten to four?
teen ?eaves priming off the lower leaves i
neither too high nor too low, so that
when the plant ripens the bottom leaves
may be well off the ground. As the
season advances, coutinue to top lower,
so that the plants may ripen before
frost.
CULTIVATION A FTE lt TOPPING.
Never plow tobacco later than the j
first of August ; after which time use
the hoe, as late plowing keeps the
tobacco greeu too long, and causes it to
ripen with a green color. When
tobacco begins to ripen, use neither
plow nor hoe, as quality is better than
quantity in this case. /
After being topped, tobacco should
be kept as clear as possible from worms j
and suckers.
CUTTING.
Let your tobacco stand on the hill
until thoroughly ripe, bearing in mind
not to cut any until a barn can be
filled with plants of uniform rioeness,
color and quality. Put seven medium
sized plants on a stick four-and-a-half
feet long. Let the plants go from the !
cutter's hands over the stick io the
hands of the holder. After teing
filled, the sticks should not touch the
ground for any length of time ; in fact,
it is better for them to go directly from
holder to wagon, and from wagon to
barn, where they should be tiered
about eight inches apart-that is, if the
tobacco is of medium size.
DAHNS.
I think barns that are seventeen-and
a-half feet square are the best for
curing successfully : a barn of this
size, with four firing tiers below the
joists, will hold about four hundred and
fifty sticks.
CURING.
As flue-curing has taken the place of
the old method of curing by charcoal, .
it is only necessary ?jive directions
?or that process. A cry, curiog nea! is
tiie principie of both methods. t 'ue
curing has many advantages over the
primitive way, being cheaper, cleaner,
giving the tobacco a sweeter flavor, and
it i.- attended by tess darigei of fire
My advice^ right here, to the novice is,
ro ree for himself the plan on which a
tobacco barn is built and arranged for
curing.
TEMPERATURE.
After filling the barn with lipe to?
bacco, start the heat at about ninety <:r
a hi mired degrees Fahrenheit and
i:ee( there for thirty or thirty-six hours,
'.Thiel: length of tiuie is commonly ri
quired to yellow tobacco, some taking
a little longer or shorter time. Right
here ?3 where a man must exercise his
judgment, as neither the best theory i
uor the most minute directions will
serve-it is practice that iwtlces a good
cure.
After finding the best leaves iu the j
barn of a uniform yellow and the others
of a pea-green, one can as a general
rule, begin to raise the heat from the
yellowing heat at the rate of five de- j
grees every two hours. When one I
hundred and fifteen degrees is reached,
it ts time to give the tobacco air by ;
cracking open the door and making ;
holes as large as a man's baud on each
side of the barn near the bottom logs ;
which treatment will be found to be of
great advantage, as the tobacco will
commence drying off and the tails will
begin to turn up. Continue to increase
the heat at the above rate until one hun?
dred and thirty-five is reached, where
the heat must be kept for twelve hours,
which is the length of time required to j
cure the leaf. Raise the heat now five |
degrees every bour-and-a-hali until it j
gets to one hundred and eighty degrees |
This heat will in a short time cure both :
stem and stalk. As a general rule, by '
following these directions, tobacco will
come out of the barn a pretty uniform
yellow. To cure it a bright, clear y el- j
low, it must have all the heat it will
bear until it reaches one hundred and
thirty-five degrees.
ORDERING AND HANDLING.
After tobacco is thoroughly cured,
let it come io order enough to handle
well ; then move from curiog barn to
packing barn, or some tight house, and
bulk down so that it will retain its color,
as exposure reddens it.
STRIPPING.
When ready for stripping, take as
much bulked tobacco as ooe wants, aod
hang at some damp time io a curiog
baro, so as to bring it in order to han?
dle. In stripping, select leaves of uni- j
form size aod color, making about six
or seven different grades, and tie in
bundles of six leaves. After tying, the
bundles should be huog on a stick,
putting about twenty-five bundles on a
stick, and the sticks put down in a bulk,
perfectly straight This will press the j
tobacco out flat and cause it to make a !
better appearance, on the market. Ir ;
shouid remain io bulk for several days. ;
JAMES B HOBGOOD.
Oxford, N. C., Jan. 1, 1895.
A Great Scheme
By Which 3,000 Mexican
Criminals Would Have
Gained Their Liberty.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 3.-A Globe Demo?
crat special from the City of Mexico
says : The three thousand prisoners
in Belem prison would have been
free but tor timely discovery of a tun?
nel. Patient search for the suspected
outlet was rewarded yesterday by
finding an entrance to the tunnel :
close to the school room. At a depth
of three yards to the right of thc tun?
nel, the foundation upon which rests
the walis of the gallery where the
condemned, 800 in number, are con?
fined, had been cut through The
subterranean passage was thence
continued toward the left some li
yards, perforating the foundations of
other walis, which are one metre in
thickness and arc built of sandstone.
The underground works were still
continued to the left, where some
more foundations equally as thick as
the former were encountered. The
foundations sustained the weight of
the walis that lodge the hundreds of
prisoners that aro awaiting trial.
The skill displayed in the engineer?
ing feat, which has fortunately mis?
carried, is wonderful, and a few
months of labor would have placed
the prisoners in communication with
the street This would have released
3,000 criminals, as the tunnel had
been planned to pass under the wards I
of the prison so that it could have j
been reached by digging a few feet
beneath the floors. The prisoners,
under pretense of attending night
school, have been at work on the
great tunnel for a portion of two
years, working secretly, in regular
shifts. The conception of the mam?
moth and dating undertaking is due
to a desperate criminal named Jos. E.
Vicente, who was under sentence of
death, but who was shot some time
ago, before his elaborate scheme for
the salvation of himself atid comrades
could be put into effect.
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Few people are willing to ?ive in pov?
erty because of the ancient Hebrew
proverb that thc rich man's money blocks
up his doors so that the angels cannot
cuter his house.
The population of Guatemala is less
than that of the city of New York by
500,O?0, while Mexico and Guatemala
combined have a population about equal
ro that ot'the states of New York and
Pennsylvania.
Hustled Oui of Japan.
China's Peace Envoys Re
quested to Leave.
LONDON. Fob. 3 -The Central News
correspondent in Hiroshima tele?
graphs under to-day's (hito : Premier
Count ito and Viscount Mutsir, min
isl or of foreign affairs, had a second
interview with China's peace envoys
yesterday afternoon. The main ob?
ject of the meeting; was to exchange
credentials The ministers found the
credentials of the envoys to be very
imperfect and to leave them absolute?
ly powerless to conduct binding
negotiations Tliev refused at once
to continuo negotiations, a \ re?
quested the envoys to ! J the
country as soon as possible. The
envoys will sail to-morrow on the
steamship Owarimaru for Nagasaki,
where they will await the arrival of
the mail steamship for China They
will be accompanied until they de?
port, by the inspector general of
police and several assistant inspec?
tors, who will prevent any hostile
demonstration on the part of the peo?
ple.
The preliminary resolution to ap?
prove all war expenditures, regard?
less of the amount and dace, is pre?
faced with the declaration that the
objects of the war have not been
realized yet.
The Central Neves correspondent in ?
Wei-??ai-Wei telegraphs under the
date of February 1, via Talien-Wan : :
"The Chinese war ships were much
damaged in yesterday's fight. After I
the Pai-Chiyaso forts capitulated, the
Japanese turned the captured guns
against the Chinese warships, hit?
ting them repeatedly and forcing
them to change their position. A
violent snow storm in the afternoon !
of January 1, compelled the Japan-!
ese fleet to remain inactive and thus
frustrated the Japanese plan to bring :
on a general naval engagement.
The Japanese still hold the entrance
to the Harbor."
A Central News dispatcli sent from ?
Hai-Chong on Friday says that vice?
roy Liu Kung Ti has arrived at New
Chang and will assume supreme
command of the Chinese operations
in Manchuria. Gen. Nodzu, the
commander, expects to be attacked
to-morrow or Tuesday. His spies
report that there are about 50,000
Chinese troops in the neighborhood
of Yeng-Kow and New Ch wang.
EXPECTED IN WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-The dispatch j
from Hiroshima stating the Chinese i
peace envoys had been sent back ^
under escort because of the' insuffi-1
ciency of their credentials, exactly
accords with anticipatory advices
received by Minister Kurino, the |
Japanese minister to the United
States. It has been the expressed
opinion at the Japanese legation from
the beginning that the Chinese
government was simply pursuing its
customary policy of delay in this mat?
ter. Their first attempt was to place
Japan in the attitude of suing for
peace, by giving tilt; proposition
made at the suggestion of the United j
States by Minister Dun at Tokio,
precedence over the proposition made
by'Minister Denby at Poking This
subterfuge being rejected and Japan I
insisting that China must take the
initiative in asking for peace, China
next requested an armistice This
being refused, on the Sth of Decem- j
ber, China appointed Chaug-Hin- j
Huan and Shao, governor of Formosa, i
as peace envoys Japan served for?
mal notice on China that unless these
envoys came accredited with pleni?
potentiary powers, they would not
be received, and for the time being,
Japan, in the interest of a peaceful
settlement, waived its objection to
the personalty of Shao, who had set a
price on the head of every Japanese
captured or slain
Although the Chinese envoys were
appointed on the 5th of December, it
was not until the 7til of January that
Chang Hin Hu took leave of the Em?
peror and started on his mission In
the meantime, came the selection of
ex-Secretary J. VV. Foster as advis?
ory counsel. This again was looked
upon by Japan as an attempt at
delay. It was apparent that Mr
Foster could not be admitted to the
peace negotiations except in the j
capacity of a secretary to one of the
Chinese envoys, and that was a posi?
tion his high rank as a diplomat and
an ex-Secretary of the United States
would of necessity debar him from
taking
Two months ago, Count Ito, Count !
Inonye and Field Marshal Yamagata
were ali in favor of peace upon the
basis of an indemnity, and the recog- j
nition of the independence of Korea !
Now, it is said, these terms wiil be j
impossible and that Japan will exact
accession of territory
Just here, as viewed by experi?
enced diplomats of other legations
than the Japanese, the element of
danger comes in. There is nothing
now left for the Japanese to do but
to pursue their advantages, until
eventually Peking falls into their
hands. The inevitable results of
this, it is thought, will be the fall of
the present dynasty. Then there
will be no one to treat v. ?th lor peace
and complications wi!i occur which
will threaten tho total dismember?
ment of the Chinese Empire and in?
volve the almost certain intervention
of European powers Tiie outcome
of such a complication would be dilti-1
ct?lt tofforesee and its contemplation
is ??iviti?? much uneasiness ni diplo
mat ic circles herc.
TRICKED BY A II SIN"
PARIS, Feb '\ -Tire Paris edition
of' the Herald will publish a dispatch
to thc following effect, concerning the
reception of the Chinese peace
envoys :
"The Chinese envoys declare that
they were ignorant that their creden?
tials were defective ami their govern?
ment played them a trick It assur?
ed them that it had bestowed no
them full powers, yet the documents
did not slate the subject o? the nego?
tiations and the envoys: would have
been compelled to refer everything to
Peking. Premier Ito remarked that
China could not be very desirous ot'
peace, to say nothing of the s ight on
Japan The latter would be willing
to reopen negotiations, however,
when an embassy with full powers
should be sent."
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Liquor fiaiders^Reward.
Blind Celler Pound With
Blind Tiger Stuff in it.
The liquor constables and the po?
lice had a big time of it yesterday
searching for contraband liquor in
Columbia, and they found a consider?
able quantity stored in some very
peculiar places Just think of the
joke ! The premises of the Alliance
Warehouse Company, near the
union depot, were raided and
searched, and a large number of
cases of export beer-real caonrt
band stuff-were found and seized.
The raiding party consisted of
State Liquor Constables Speed, Beach
and Davis. Trial Justice Constable
Hartin, Sergeant Morehead of the
police force and Officers Daniels and
Sloan.
The first place visited was tue
Alliance warehouse, and in an out?
house on the premises thirty-eight
boxes of "Kopfs Extra Cheer" ex?
port beer were found and seized.
Then the party came on up street,
and the place of Jumper & Co.,
which has so often been searched,
was raided. Nothing was sscured.
Then the men werit into the place
of P. J. Kraft & Co., formerly Mr.
C. C. Habenicht's place. Mr.
Ilabenicht sold out his b'si ness to
this firm when the dispensary law
first went into effect, and he has not
owned any liquor of any description
since. The place had been searched
several times before, and nothing
was found. The constables and Po?
lice Sergeant Morehead went t hrough
the store, the other two police offi?
cers' being stationed at the door, but
nothing was found. Then they went
into tho cellar. Therein they found
several barrels of liquor, but each
bore Commissioner Traxler's stamp.
They seemed to have been working
on information, however, and spent
a long .ime searching. Then they
went to the rear of the cellar and
came against a brick wall. The
wall was apparently new. They
came up stairs and asked for infor?
mation about the wall. Nothing was
told them. Then they went into the
office room in the rear of the building
and all around it, searching for an
entrance to the false cellar they evi?
dently were aware was there They
went into the office, bored holes iii
the lloor and ' found that there was
a cellar beneath. Then they re?
turned to the other cellar and pro?
ceeded with a crowbar to cu ; a hole
through the wall When the hole
was large enough a lantern
was put through and a peep
showed that there were in the cellar
a large number of barrels and casks
and bottles of all sizes and styles.
They were about to tear the wall
down when a stairway leading up
was discovered. Then they went
up in the office again, rolled a table
aside, lifted the carpet, and behold,
there was a trap door, which, when
opened, disclosed the top of the
staircase.
All went down then, and eleven
casks of beer and a large quantity cf
whiskey, rum, wines, cider, etc.,
were found. The constables at once
set to work getting it out and haul?
ing it to the State Dispensary. They
estimated their find, oft'hand, as
worth about $500. Some liquor men
who saw it say all the stuff was not
worth $75.
Speed said he had been working
oti til is case for months and was
satisfied that there was liquor about,
but he could not locate it It is
6aid that one of the barrels bearing
Traxler's stamp had been tapped, and
nearly ali of its conten.s taker: there?
from. No arrests have yet been
made.- The State.
Declared Unconstitutional.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 4.-The case
of Rev. W. H. Anderson of this city
against the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad was finished in the United
States Court at Owensboro to-day. The
jury ou instructions from Judge Barr,
found for the plaintiff io one c?ot and
assessed the costs of court aga nst the
railroad company. This is a test case
to decide the constitutionality of the
Kentucky separate coach law. which
compels negroes to ride in coaches
apart from white people. This verdict
declares it unconstitutional. Mr.
Anderson sued for ?10,000. The cn:e
will he taken to the Supreme Court cf
the United States. '4
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