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Home -Democrat.
CHARLOTTE. N. C.
Correspondence of Charlotte Home-Democrat.
Blowing Rock, a. 0.,
August 27, 1886.
This is my first effort at newspaper corres
pondence, and I now knock at your "sanctum"
promising, if admitted, that I will not come very
' often and nope that I will not stay top long at a
' time. - ,
This place, Blowing Rock, has been so often
and so faithfully "written up" as a health resort
that I will not attempt to add to what has been
already said, except to say that one of its new
attractions is a chalybeate spring, which has been
recently discovered on the lands of L. W. Bates
by Dr. C. J. Kenworthy of Jacksonville, Fla.
My chief object in writing this will be to give
some of the agricultural advantages of this
vicinity, hoping that by giving some of the facts
about this section I may induce some of our
young men to at least investigate a little before
they decide to leave the borders of North Caro
lina and settle in the "Land of "cyclones" and
- the home of droughts.
This county, Watauga, was organized In 1849
with an area of 370 square miles. Its popula
tion in 1880 was 10,291, 214 of which were ne
groes, being considerably less than 1 to the
square mile, and they have been decreasing ever
v since until now they have scarcely enough chil
dren in the county to ran a small school.
I will now proceed to give some of the pro
ducts of this county, together with the quantity
of each that can be easily grown on an acre, and
that too without any kind of fertilizer : Corn,
75 bushels to the acre; Oats, 75 bushels per acre;
Rye, 40 bushels per acre ; Buckwheat, 50 bushels
per acre ; Irish Potatoes, 400 bushels per acre ;
and as for Cabbage, I will just say that they
plant them 28 inches apart each way, and the
' heads average fully 10 lbs. each and are worth
1 cent per lb. in the patch. I will let every one
do bis own calculating. But by far the most
valuable product of this county is Timothy, and
such Timothy I never saw ; it grows 7 feet high,
' with heads 13 inches long, and the beauty of it
is that it is very easily set and never needs re
setting. I am writing in full view of several
acres of "hill-side" Timothy which was sown
70 years ago, since which time it has neither
- been plowed, re-seeded nor manured, and yet
there were more than 8 tons of dry hay per acre
v cut from the field this year.
The only drawback that I see to this country
is the expense of clearing the land, which is
about-120 per acre, and yet this expense is com
paratively small when we consider the amount
of labor performed and the quick returns that
follow. To explain I will state that for f 20 you
get your land cleared, grubbed, plowed, and
fenced with chestnut rails, leaving nothing for
you to do except to seed and harrow, and if you
- wish to raise stock, which is considered decided
ly the most profitable business up here, you will
scatter about the 15th of July the following seeds
over this "new ground" : First, turnips, next
' buckwheat, then rye, finally timothy and any
other grass you may wish. The following au
tumn you will get all the turnips you need,
both for family use and stock. You will also
get at least 50 bushels of buckwheat, which at
. 50 cents a bushel more than pays all the expense
-of clearing. Without any additional labor you
will harvest forty bushels of rye the next year,
and afterward from three to four tons of dry
hay per acre as long as you live.
Now, Messrs Editors, these are no exceptional
cases that I have mentioned, but every one of the
above products have been grown, and with the
above mentioned results, by the man with whom
I'm stopping, and this applies not only to a
large part or. Watauga county Dut aiso 10
Mitchell and Ashe, and probably others. The
reason why I say a large part of Watauga is
- that the Cove Creek and Beaver Dam lands far
exceed the above yields, and all this in a climate
where the thermometer rarely exceeds 80 in sum
mer and scarcely ever touches zero in winter,
' and where a man never shivers either from cold
7 or malaria.
" - These lands can be purchased at from $1 to
. $20 per acre, according to location and improve
ments ; the usual price, however, is from $2 50 to
" ' $5 per acre, partly improved.
Where is the State, North or West, that can
offer such inducements to the energetic young
men of North Carolina ? I know none.
I will close this by saying that I have not
written in the interest of any individual or cor
' poration, and every fact stated above will be
verified by Mr L. W. Eates of Blowing Rock, or
Capt. W. W. Lenoir, Shull's Mills, both of Wa
tauga county, either of whom would gladly iur-
nlfln any information desired.
Respectfully, KAG
mm
FOB THE CHAKLOTTK HOME-DEMOCRAT.
; Davidson College, N. C, 1
August 80, 1886. J
Gentlemen Knowing that yqu are always
ready to publish anything which tends to public
interest, I beg leave to suggest tne following
amendment to the criminal Laws of North Caro
lina, viz: . -
"That if any person be found guilty of larceny,
arson, &c, he shall be imprisoned at least twelve
" months as a penalty, and then remain say at five
dollars per montn, tin tne state is maemninea in
paying the plaintiff the amount 01 his loss."
Buch a law would be equitable, and make the
penalty proportionate to the crime. For exam
pie, our friend L. R. Neel's store at this place
was, on 20th of August, robbed of fifty dollars in
money, goods, &c. The robbers are now in Jail,
and will in due time be in the Penitentiary, and
then "farmed out" on some Railroad ; but that
. , will not indemnify Mr Neel. Such a law as
. suggested above would indemnify him and all
others who are now and may hereafter suffer by
these "Burplus. voters, who steal for a living.
I make this suggestion in time to be duly coo
' sidered and discussed during the Fall campaign.
- . respectfully, vv. tr. Williams.
-.!Vv.U;,' -A Great Earthquake.
r Atukns, Greece, Aug. 28. Greece has
. again been, visited bv a earthquake.whioh
, ; ha been mos't disastrous in the Morea,
v aud iu, which the loss of life, according to
the best information, reaches the enormous
".figure of 800. The village of Fyrgos and
. the town of Philatra, both situated on the
, western coast of the Morea, were the chief
i sufferers and these furnish, it is believed,
- all that have perished. In Fyrgos not a
. . bouse is left standing, while Philatra is
. almost swept from the face of the earth,
swallowed up io the convulsions of the
earth, bbocks were experienced through'
.. out Greece, in a greater or less degree.
In the town of Seante every house was
, damaged and the inhabitants fled in ter
ror to the open country. Several towns io
Italy were also visited by the earthquake,
but not to any serious extent, Naples,
: Briodisf, Foggia, Caserta and Faraoto
being of the number.
Athens, Aug. 29. The area of the
earth disturbance in Greece yesterday
- was phenomenally wide. At least six
. towns were entirely destroyed, and a score
of others partially destroyed. On the
: main land much damage was done, but
there was little loss of life. On islands it
' is estimated that 600 persons were killed
, and . 1.000 seriously injured. The un
dulations were curiously regular. The ao
tual shocks avtraged'12 seconds duration.
The. people everywhere are camping out
in the fields. The breaking of the tele-
7 graph lines delays the reception of the de
tails, lbe lireek cabinet is sitting at
Athens almost continuously, considering
, , relief measures. A transport with tents,
food, doctors, medicines, and a company
ol pompiera started for the strioken dis
triot Saturday evening.
The latest returns show that one hun-
. d red persons were killed at Filiatra and
' twenty at Gargaliano. , Both tow nh are
in rums. ,
. (The shock of the Earthquake is said to have
been felt at several points in North and Booth
Carolina and Ueorgia.
' In another column will be seen an account of
' the terrible Earthquake shocks here and through
; ' out North Carolina Tuesday night
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- UkfL- The Postmaster General is inlro
- dncing for sale at the principal postofSces
throughout the country; a unique device
for correspondence tnrougn the mails.
It is a combination in one of letter sheet,
envelope and the new postage statu p. of
V - toe aenominawon 01 iwo cents.
Interesting Reminiscences
"Of ifonS James . JO. J)olbin,i Hon: Jests
G Shepherd atidGbvt W. VA JXolden.
; Mr ' Jpsepbust JDanieleEito? of the
ltaleighChronfolei writing froojHaleigh
to the Wilson Advance gives some very
interesting Reminiscences which we copy
below: '- . . -
Tuesday morning of last week I was
sitting by ,roy , desk trying to write an
editorial on the1 kind of men we ought to
elect as Judges when I heard a knock at
my door and, calling come in, turned to
ereet my visitorf Iwa8sarpriseoT"ifi3
charmed to find that "i it was my distin
guished friend, Dr. Henry E. Shepherd,
President of Charleston , (S. 0.) College.
He was just returned from Martha's Vine-;
yard Institute where he has been teaching
History for five weeks, and was enroule
for Chapel Hill where bis family is spend'
ing the summer. . ' . Dr. Shepber4
was telling me of the occasion ol his . ttrst
visit to Raleigh when a lad of thirteen
and how times had changed,when another
knock sounded and I had the pleasure, of
introducing Ex-Gov. Holdeo to Dr. Shep
herd. Dr. Shepherd recalled the fact that
on his first visit to Raleigh, a mere lad, in
company with bis father, he called to see
Gov. Holdeo at the old Raleigh Standard
office. This brought from Gov. Holden
reminiscences of the old Democrats of the
ante belluin days and especially of Judge
Jesse G. Shepherd, the . distiogoitthed
father of Dr. bhepberd, and , for hall an
hour I was interested in a conversation
between these two men, not presuming to
take part. Shortly, Judge Geo V. Strong
came in ana joinea me company ue
felicitated himself on the pleasure of meet
ing Dr. Shepherd whose .uncle, 'James
Cochrane Dobbin, secretary ot tne JNavy
under President Pierce, he had long . ad
mired. Judge Strong said that when
quite a boy he would go into the Court
House m Sampson oounty and that some
of the speeches he beard Mr Dobbin make
are still fresh in his mind.
I doubt if North Carolina has produoed
Mr Dobbin's superior, and if any State
can boast of a son who dying at the early
age of forty-three attained such . distinc
tion. Mr Dobbin's career at the bar and
his success was spoken of by these three
gentlemen my honored .visitors. , Each
related instances of bis success that were
illustrative of his ability. Judge Strong
reverted to his famous speech in Raleigh
for the Lunatio Asylum, which, , had be
never spoken again, would have given him
never dying fame. -Let me tell the readers
of the Advance about that great speech.
Mr Dobbin was Speaker of the House of
Commons in 1848-49. i A. bill was intro
duced to appropriate money to , build a
Lunatic Asylum at Raleigh. It was de
feated. Later in the session the bill was
brought up again. W hen it was re intro
duced Mr Dobbin's wife was in Raleigh
very ill. She asked her husband to speak
and vote for the bill. It was her dying
request for she died that night. The
next day, bis wife lying dead in the city,
Mr Dobbin went to the House and when
the question ot an appropriation for the
Lunatio Asylum was brought up, he arose
in his seat, inspired by the parting words
of his wife to whom he was greatly . at
tached, and made the most elegant speech
probably ever heard in that hall in favor
of the appropriation. . He brought tears
to eyea unused to weep; he pictured in
vivid language the duty of the people of a
State to the insane; and appealed to the
members in words most touching to sup
port the bill. When he finish nd there
were few men unmoved in the House of
Commons. The vote was . called. The
measure, though it had been previously
defeated at the same session, was adopted
by a large majority. Mr C. S. Wooten
of Lenoir, told me that his father, who
was a member of the House and heard Mr
Dobbin's speech, thought it had never
been equaled. Gov. Holden said that Mr
Nathaniel Wilson of Lincolo, arose to re
ply to Mr Dobbin. He called for water;
it was brought; he engaged to speak, but
the house laughed and he was so much
overcome that he sat down without say
ing a word.
The most wonderful thing about Mr
Dobbin's wonderful career was that he
died at the earlv ase of fortv-three. He
entered the cabinet under President Pierce
when he was but thirty-nine and died five
months after retiring in 1857. He was the
simplest of men. He bad no arrogance.
He bad no Ibve of pomp. Always deli
cate, he shrunk from roughness, but he
was easy of approach to even bis most
ignorant constituent. Therein he showed
bis greatness. : ' '
Mr W. J. Yates, editor of the Charlotte
Democrat, told me that he was in Wash
ington in 1856 and called to see Mr Dob
bin, whom be had known in Fayette ville
where they both lived. Mr Dobbin was
at the White House and he called there
and was received by the distinguished
cabinet officer with cordiality and taken
into the Cabinet meeting, and introduced
to the President (Pierce) and members of
the Cabinet. Mr Yates told me this some
months ago, after saying that he had eu
joyed a distinction which few men could
claim that of attending a cabinet meet
ing. A good man was Mr Dobbin "be
wore the white flower of a blameless life"
and full of honor, dying when most men
are but beginning their public career.
The readers of the Advance would have
been interested in their conversation
which I have condensed, vaguely adding
some notes of my own. Gov. Holden
said he had never heard a man ! wjiose
voice was so sweet and persuasive. He
says it sounded like a flute. Judge Strong
said it was an inspiration to remember
his pathos and elegant diction. Dr Shep
herd said that wherever he had been in
bis travels throughout the Union be bad
found men who knew of Mr Dobbin's pub
lic career and admired him. , Commenda
tion from these men the best editor the
State has produced, the most accomplished
scholar, and the equal of any lawyer is
of itself sufficient to tell of the greatness
of Mr Dobbin, whose face always attracted
me on my visits to the. University, where
bis picture bangs in the Society Hall. --.
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A Ruling of the State Treasurer.
The trade in the business of selling
stoves and ranges, through , itinerant
agents in this State, seems to be exten
sive. The opinion of the State Treasurer
has been repeatedly asked as to the. tax
required of such agents. The Treasurer,
in his replies, refers to section 31, schedule
B, of the revenue act, as the only section
under which the sheriffs are authorized to
issue licenses to peddlers of stoves and
ranges. SectiojaJSl jJ-a follows: "On
every itinerant person" or company ped
dling stoves or ranges, . fifty dollars' an
nually on each wagon (if wagons are
used), in each county where' he or they
may peddle. If wagons are not used,
the tax ahall be naid on each acrent.'
I Raleigh Obnner. : ' ' - -
Plii: livens ' ,
tCS The -following ? form the State
Democratic Committee for the Congres
sional Districts fer the ensuing two years,
xz i 4" 1st District; ! Harry .Skinner, R R
Wmborne,W G Lamb. 1 bSmith ;
District, R B Peebles, Clement Manly, R
O Burton, Jr, W H arwyn ; 3d Dis
trict, Thos H Sutton, G A Ramsey, S B
Tavlor. James D Mclver ; 4tb District,
H A London, vv H Pace, AW Graham,
J H AbeU j 6th"DistrioVfl7 &AUMM
B Adams,1 D J Lewis, 'John D Bellamy ;
9th District, R M Furmsn. M H Justice,
B J'.Pttseyf-Moses Peterson.- Noname
were handed in lo the Convention from
the 5.b, 7th and 8th Districts. ,
" IT.Well. Cbas. R. has oome and gone,
The original and only reliable Col. Chas.
R. Jones (all others be ice base imita
tions) has paid our town a visit and spoken
to our citizens oo the, Great Independent
Chas., R. Movement. As a speaker be is
tame and passionless. The crowd gave
him a quiet, respectful hearing. Briefly
stated, bis speech was about as follows :
There are too many lawyers in Congress.
I want you to vote for me.v Times are
hard. I want you to vote for- m. con
gressmen live too high.. I want you to
vote for me. - When be had closed dih re
marks Col. Rowland, iu response to re
peated calls, came forward,' and for about
half an . hour, gave him lust sucn a casii-
gatioo as only Col. Rowland can give.
Lumberton Robesonian Sept. 1st. ' - :
Of" The Democratio Senatorial Con
vention of Cleveland and Gaston 'nomi
nated James L. .Webb, Esq i of Shelby,
for the Senate. 5 Mr W. A. Mauney of
Kioer's Mountain,' is announced as an in
dependent candidate in opposition to Mr
Webb. ' : . :
Vt2?"'R. Z. Linney. Esq., of Alexander,
gave out, to his friends in Taylorsville
last Saturday that he bad determined to
become a candidate tor Congress, in the
8th District. Sunday be left home for
Ashe Court, and it was understood : that
he would make formal , announcement of
bis caudidacy in a ; speech. : at Jefferson
Tuesday. ; The Democratio . nominee,
Hon. W. H. H. Cowles, was expected to
be at, Jefferson at the same time, and it is
not improbable that they held a joint; discussion.'-
Statesville Landmark. ... , r .-. j
I. It may bow be definitely and
positively stated that Mr John 'Nichols
will be an independent candidate for Con
gress in the Raleigh District. - , '
'' fcirrThe "2d Congressional District
will have the pleasure of a Kilkenny cat
fight between Messrs Abbott and CHant,
colored,' rival' Republican eekers after
Congressional honors. If a Demoorat is
returned in consequence of the straggle,
the cause of good government will be ad
vanced. Let the dusky - radicals destroy
each other and those' who wish the peo
ple well will smile. The District has 3 or
4,000 negro' majority. ; V ;
There is talk to the effect that
Dr. Tyre York will be one of the Repub
lican candidates for the Senate in Iredell,
Alexander, and Wilkes,- but, there is no
authentic information , on the subject.
S,talesville Landmark.
! Mott vs. Sktti.b. The add ress of the
Republican State Executive Committee,
signed by Di. Mott and four committee
men, has appeared. ' After giving J. C.
L. Harris and T. B. Keogh "a shacking,"
Dr. Mott makes an attack upon Thomas
Settle. The latter is at Greensboro." He
is getting bis batteries in position and
"will publish a card in which he will pay
bis respects to Dr. Mott. J; V. It. Harris
will also' be heard from. This is not a
quiet year for Dr. Mott. Raleigh Ob
server. ' ' ' ""
Logo. Harris informs the New
York Times that , the Republicans will
probably put a Supreme Court ticket in
the field to see if they cannot defeat the
Democratio ticket. Wilmington Star, i
$W The Asheville Malone paper says
that 1 "many good ' and true Democrats
are giving Maj. Malone their support."
The -Advance states an impossibility.
No "good and true Democrat" will vote
for a mud-turtle in preference to the regu
lar nominee of bis party. The first step
in the downward path is when a Demo
crat kioks the nominee of his party con
vention out. of -doors and votes for a so
called "Independent.", Those , who vote
for'Malone this year will probably be
found two years hence in full ' affiliation
with . the Republicans. . .There is a dif
ference of but one letter between Mahone
of Virginia and .Malone of North .Carolina.--
Wilmington . Review. : 4 t '
Oar exchanges report ' that' the
shock of an earthquake was distinctly felt
in Wilmington, Charlotte and Rock Hill,
S. C, last Friday. ' There was a similar
experience in this town last Monday,' but
it was confined exclusively to Cbas. K.
Jones, independent candidate for Con
gress.' It is ' the opinion " of our best
physicians that it will .take' him just
two months and two days to be relieved
of the shock, when (political) death will
ensue. Lumberton Robesonian. "
Brought to Life.- A remarkable oc
currence -in Iredell County. A corres
pondent writes the Statesville Landmark
as follows:' 1 "There was a vonner man re
siding in Wake county - by the name of
Fitzgerald. Receiving information that
bis mother was lying at the point of death
ana wisnea to speak with him, he made
immediate baste.' His horse became ' r-
hausted when he arrived at the Catawba
river. 1 He aDDlied for fresh horse ' Bt
a a
contract to return it io a special .' time he
obtained one. leavinsr his own until hi re.
thro. - He found his mother still alive and
conversed with her.'- She soon died and
was- buried and he, remembering- his ap
pointed time to return his horse, being he
hind time found a State warrant against
him for horse-stealing, was arrested, com
mitted to iail in Statesville. was Droaecnted
with all hatred, malice and vengeance,
convicted by the law and executed by
haogtnsTi and Dronoonced dead. His
friends obtained bis body from the gibbet,
carried it a short distance from Stuteiivillc,
to water, applied.the proper remedies, re-
siorea tne ooay to lite and returned with
it to Tennessee, t He! there married and
raised an interesting family, highly intel
ligent, weattny, honest and respeotable.
As the Editor of the Landmark: does hot
vouch for the above Statement, the reader may
believe as much of it aa heple&ses. - 4 ,
"tTeeffept of strikes" on thp busi
nees of a, place or locality is forcibly
shown by the statistics recently, published
of the Cumberland coal trade.' .Compar
ed with the same time last year, the
shipments have fallen off this year within
a fraction of four hundred thousand, tons.
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And somebody suffers for food in conse
quence, "j - '
, State Newa. :
f tTl We are Dleased to learn that Rev.
Dr. L. McICinnon, President of Davidson
College' who; has been at (Jleveiana
Springs, i now almost ' completely re
stored to health from a rheumatic attack.
New Cottok. The first bale of cotton
was brought to town on last Friday,' by
Mr Stephen J. Lawson, (it was raised on
Mr - J. W. Edmond'e ; plantation.) It
weighed ,424 lba-i n d was! purchised by
Mr AC. Melke, at 9 ceata. Lumberton
Robesonian, Sept. lt.
tSir The University of North Carolina
has begun its new year under the most
favorable auspices. Within three days
after the Fall session opened there were
more Freshmen than have attended since
the war. The Faculty are in high spirits
and it ia believed that the number of ma
triculates will surpass all other sessions
since 1861. TheProfessors . are '.repre
sented to ns as having unwonted vim and
hopefulness and seem resolved on doing
the best and most' satisfactory work.
Wilmington Star. ' - i- t 1 ;
tif A Hue of railroad is now being
located by the Rileigh & Augusta Air
Line from Winder to Carthage, in Moore
county, a distance of about eleven miles.
All the indications are that it will be
quickly built. s, ' ' 1 , . ; ' ;
fir At Carthage. Moore county, J. B.
Cole, the wife poisoner, was sentenced by
Judge Gilmer to be hanged Sept. 24th.
Cole is 70 years "old. . , ;f :
1T" The Asheville-Citizen says the
business of the Western North Carohoa
Railroad shows an . increase of 334; per
cent this year over the 'same time last
year.:- .-,' .
C3?r One William M. Haynes, a colored
school teacher, forged the name of a
school committeeman to an order on the
School Treasury of Caldwell county, ob
tained the money by negotiating the or
der and has escaped. He is a sharp
quick-spoken fellow about 5 feet 8 inches
high and 30 years of ; age. Hickory
Press. .-jr (
I5f Several unmarried men , were
alarmed at a decision of Judge J. C. L.
Gudger last Friday in regard to a case
of ' alimony. A clever wife sued for
alimony and alleged ' bad treatment and
drunkenness of husband. Judge Gudger
granted her 1350, also during' her life 50
acres, or one third of his own traot of
land, although she has in her own title a
nice home and a good tract of land." She
now retains her land and gets ore third
of her husband's. Shelby Aurora.' '
W Rev. J. H. Cordon, pastor of. the
Methodist church, has not ; been , in good
health all .summer,,, and several Sundays
has , been , unable to preach. He was
unable to fill his pulpit last Sunday, and
Maj. Robbins conducted a prayer-meet ing
and . delivered an excellent lecture.
Statesville Landmark. - , . , : . t . ;
Kicked by a Mule. Mr D. P. Rebin
son, one of our most estimable county
men, who lives near Stevens, received a
kick from his mule last Thursday which
came near proving fatal. The blow was
on his head, jast over his eye, which has
greatly imperiled the further use of that
organ. The latest news we have from
him is that while the wound is a painful
one he ia regarded convalescent. Monroe
Enquirer.
Swapping Wives. -A white man was
sent to jail at Moore court last week for
having swapped wives with another man.
Did you ever hear of such a case before?
When Judge Gilmer asked him what he
had to say why sentence should not be
passed, he said that he didn't know it was
any harm; that a man came to his house
with a wife who was a better looking wo
man than his wife and bantered him for a
swap, and he swapped, paying $1.50 to
boot; and that as it was his first swap he
hoped the Judge would let him off with a
light sentence. The. other swapper was
not cagh.Pittsboro Record. , , ;
Sudden and Singular Death. Mrs.
Marietta Barringer, wife of Mr M. H. Bar
ringer, died at the residence of her aunt,
Mr a. Amelia Kelly, in this pUce, ' last
Saturday, under very singular circum
stances. She had gone there the after
noon before, rolling her child in - its - car
riage, for the purpose of spending the
night, and was in her accustomed health.
She was helping her cousin, Mrs. R. O.
Linster, preserve fruit, when she was at
tacked with a violent pain in her back and
aide.; She was put to bed and physicians
were summoned. Throughout the night
and suooeeding morning she suffered ex
quisite agony, and at noon of the next day
died,' not having experienced a moment's
relief from the time she was attacked.
The physicians pronounced the .case one
of congestion of the bowels. The funeral
took piaoe, in the presence of a large con
gregation from thi Presbyterian church
last Sunday afternoon, Rev; Dr. E. F,
xvocKweii 'conaucting tne exercises.-
Statesville Landmark. ( 1
. Tebbiblk Accident on the Spabtan
bubg & Asheville Railroad. On Wed
nesday of last week, while a construction
train was going' down Tryon Mountain,
tne .engine oecame unmanageable, and
the train rushed down the Mountain at
the speed of 15 tniles an hour. Several
convicts, who are. helping to work the
Road, were, on the -train, and five were
killed together with one white Guard;
and 15 wounded. Strange to say, neither
the engine nor flat cars jumped the track.
The men standing on the fiat cars had
nothing to hold on to and were thrown in
different directions when a short curve
was turned. Some of them were horribly
mangled. The train- was stopped after
running six miles. " .'
Deathov Col. H. B. Shobt.-CoI. H.
B.-Short, a prominent citizen of Colnmbna
county, died at the Orton House in Wil
mington, on the 25tb August, in the 62d
year of his' age. His death resulted from
no specific disease, but rather from general
exhaustion of the system. About bix
weeks ago he went ; to New York, and,
after a brief soiourn in that citv. feelin?
- rf w 0
unwell, be returned home, going thence
io kMDitnviiie. cut receiving no benefit
there, he came- to Wilmington, atonnin.
at the Orton, where he was compelled to
taae to his bed and gradualfysank , notil
he died. His family were : with . him
throaehout his illness in: this citv. nd
many friends were constant in their at
tentions and solicitude in his behalf. He
was a native of North Carolina. In early
lite he. practiced law in the eastern nart of
the Slate, being a member of the bar of
Tt . .r m w .
iriymouiu, a. v. in 1807 relinquishing
hie practice he was made nreaident of the
Green Swamp Company: afterwards Io-
.,:. V -1 ITT- '
iiiug - i--j ii Hcimav in uusineBa lor
himself, where he amassed a considerable
fortune, and as State Senator was chosen
to represent the counties of Robeson and
Columbus ' in the General Assembly.
Wilmington Star.
Blaine Again at tis Disturbances.
The Hon, James G. Blaifie of .- Maine,'
who was defeated fort President in 1884,
has opened another campaign by making
a speech last, week at a watering place in
Maine. He sounded the keynote of what
the next Republican air is to be and
under these circumstances it might have
been supposed that he would say some
thing new. "But this seems not to have
been so. He endeavored, as of old, to
embitter the North,' against the South
and labored to make as heavy as possible
the line between the two . sections which
yet-be referred to as imaginary axuLwhicb
in point of fact is imaginary. He took up
the labor question and - twisted it to his
purpose, patting the skilled laborer of the
North on uotice ' that so long as be is
forced to compete with the negro laborer
of the South he cannot expect that his
condition will improve. He held that the
Southern negro is not allowed a just share
of the wealth which his labor produces;
and that this is the result of a silencing of
the negro's voice at the ballot box by
Democrats. ' He made a bid for the sup-'
port of the Knights of Labor by declaring
that the order must either elevate the ne
gro artisan in the South' by depriving the
Democrats of power or be dragged to a
lower plane by loreed-opmpeiilion with
the cheap bonthern. labor. 1 bis style of
harangue, it will be seen, is altogether in
the vein of the Blaine of .former years. - It
will be recognized by all who have 'given
any attention, to the Plumed Knight of
republicanism. Its 'only novel feature
Eerhaps is the fact that it is less plumed
nightly than Blaine's efforts used to be,
indicating decay not only political but in
tellectual. - -' ' "". V ;" '
The Democratic administration ' is ar
raigned In the speech particularly as re
gards the fisheries, tbo Mexican and . the
tariff questions, and the conclusion is de
voted, to the prohibition question.; The
truth i is that: the prohibitionists , are
about to drive the Republican party ..out
of Maine, and hence Mr Blaine ? labored
earnestly to prove that the prohibitionist
can find everything he desires in the Re
publican party. , j,;,..,,-, r.irAfl
The general impression of the partisan
effort seems to be that it will do the Re
publicans more barm than the Democrats.
The New .York Tribune praises , it as . in
duty bound, bat touches. the prohibition
feature of it only as it were with . a ten
foot pole. The New . York Wbrld (dem.)
says of it : "It is plain that Mr Blaine is
apprehensive about a third party, and. he
labors with all the argument and logic at
his command to prove that the Republi
can party of Maine is to day and ha, al
ways .been a. consistent friend ,of; prohi
bition. .His fight in Maine is to hold
the prohibition , party voters fn the Re
publican ranks, this year, for the Neal
Do w ; defectiou promises to reduce the
Republican majority next month, .: and
this to Mr Blaine means, a great deal jast
now.'? fe?j;. t, li -;:J
;- The New, York Times (md. rep.) says :
"It is such a speech, as we do not re
member Mr Blaine ever to have made
before, and such - as any one of five hun
dred or a thousand orators in the Re
publican party could have made - with
equal ease." m. : . : ;.. :' I
The New 'York Herald (ind.) says:
"He attacked the Democratio as the party
of free trade, maintained that the panacea
for the labor difficulties is protection,
criticised Secretary Bayard's 'patient en
durance of - Canadian outrage - toward
American fishermen on the one hand, and
his 'unnecessary and undignified display
of insolence and bravado toward Mexico'
on theother,and finally coming to the main
issue in the State canvass, assured the pro
hibitionists that the true party of prohibi
tion is the Republican." y ;--.''' j '
The Philadelphia Press, (rabid republi
can) says; " Ve commend to the considera
tion Of the reasonable -members of that
party who cherish in, einOerity the ,1 pro
fessed objects of the prohibition organiza
tion the remarks of Mr Blaine on this sub
ject before they cast their votes to aid a
party which bas opposed prohibition when
ever and wherever it has been directly or
indirectly id issue' by every means and de
v ice-at its'oommatid." i ' u i!i - ?
t
The Philadelphia Times (independent)
says: "Those who anticipated an oratori
cal display of the fireworks order from 11 r
Blaine will be disappointed. 'His speech
opening the Republican campaign in
Maine and incidentally his own for the
presidential nomination in 1888 is not of
extraordinary 1 brilliancy. 'It 1 is evident
that in bis opiuion the tariff will be the
main issue two years from now, and he
hastens to renew his devotion to protec
tion. He sympathizes with the. laboring
men in their efforts to keep in j the ) swim,
but he has nothing new to offer and fiuds
a panacea for all their troubles in a pro
tective tariff. But the one thing that is
troubling Mr Blaine more than any other
is the attitude of the third party. Neal
Dow and his prohibitionists have threat
ened to drive the Republican party out.
They have begun work right in Maine,
and are threatening Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and other States. - Mr Blaine scents
the danger in the air, not only to his State
parly, but to bis national party as well.
The third party must be stamped out
before it grows in strength and power, and
it is to this work that he addresses him-self.M.;?U;;-
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The Baltimore Sun (ind.) says: "On
the whole, this effort of .Mr Blaine, con
sidering the amount of ammunition he is
reported to have been laying in, does-not
do justice to his reputation as a political
debater, but would rather seem to indicate
a decided break in the distinguished gen
tleman's intellectual vigor." ; - .
It appears, therefore, that the Plumed
Knight has simply thrown a boomerang.
His alleged party has renewed cause -for
entreaty that it may be saved from such
a friend, i-i I H U.i.H it A U. if,
- J( N. C. Sapreme Court History.
The Supreme Court, as it now exists,
was created in 1818. Previous to that
time the Judges of ; the Sapreme Court
were required to meet twice a year to
settle alf appealed eases of law or equity.
It was called a court of conference. In
1818, the Superior Court Judges were ex
cused from this dot y, and three Judges
were elected by the Legislature to consti
tute the Sapreme Court. .These . are the
honored men who have been our 1 Su-
Ereme Court Judges : John Louis Taylor,
leonard Henderson, John Hall, John D.
Toomer, Thomas RufHo, Joseph J. Daniel,
Win. Gaston, Frederick Nash, W. H. Bat
tle, R. Pearson, M. E. Manly, W. B. Rod
man, E.G.' Read e, R. P. Dick, Thomas
Settle; Nat. Boyden, W. p. Bynum. W.
T. Fairclotb, W. H. N. Smith, Thomas S,
Ashe, John ill. Djllard, Thomas RufSn,
Jr aodi A.-" S. ; Merrimon. -PiUtboro
Home.' ! " , ' .
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Every time 1 speak a kind word I am ad
ding a'brick to my temple of manhood.
, North . Carolina Deliberative Bodies.
i From the Elizabeth City Economist. 4 ; ; ,
i'. The convention of 1835 isosually con
sidered the ablest convention of pnblio
men that ever met in North Carolina, and
it was certainly an able body of men, as
the electors were not confined to plaoe in
the selection of members and as all officers
of the State Government were eligible to
a seat in the convention. Nat. Macon,
Gaston, Daniel,. Sewell, Crudup, Swain,
Rayner, Wilson, Carson and others like
them, are names that would give lustre , to
any deliberative body in the world. : 4
Bat we think-the General Aasembly
that met in the Governor's House in Ral
eigh at the foot of Fay etteville street, in
1831, after the burning of the State House,
was in no way inferior to the convention
of. '35. The debate in that body upon
the "appropriation bill," which involved
the question of the removal ot the capital
from Raleigh to Fayetteville or to some
other. plaoe in the State, was one ot tne
most interesting and able debates, that
ever took place in North Carolina. The
speeches in that debate were collected and
published by Western it, lialee and as an
isolated - discussiou is ' unexcelled. Mr
Gaston's speech in 1835 on the 32d article.
of Abe old Constitution in which the ques-
tion of Catholic disability was considered,
and which is generally thought to be his
best -ffort, is in no wise superior to his
second speech in favor of making Raleigh
the permanent capital of ISorth Uarouoa.
We fear that publication. cacuot now be
found io the Stale.- It should be obtained
if possible and preserved in the State Li
brary. It is an ootava volume of some
300 pagest u::ai;i;;y:;i ; ;; - ..
The "caucus debate" of 1824, vwe be
lieve it was, was an able discussion of an
exciting issue ot that stormy period, in
which Iredell, John Stanly, Alfred Moore,
Gaston and the other "giants of those
days" took part. The debate was publish
ed in an octavo volume and a oopy of; it
may be in existence. - y
These are some of the treasures of his
tory which may yet be preserved to North
Carolina If we had 1 some ! Old mortality
among us with a large development of
beneyolenee and veneration. : - ; f
td" It has been a number of years
since the upland crops looked more promis
ing than they do now. We went to Albe
marle last week, and all along the way
the corn and cotton look as well as could
be wished, considering the work that baa
been done, and . tbe farmers are greatly
encoq raged. Concord Times, hh,- :n-'.? ;
Joseph Pulitzer, proprietor of the
New York World, is credited with the
possession of 400,000 in registered 4
per cent bonds, and his income 'for the
current -year r is estimated at $300,000,
indicating the possession of property to
the amount of 17,500,000. ..Twenty
years ago he was a penniless hoy in St.
Louis. . ,;.i-J n.-.l - z -
t-fT" In China there are to-day a large
number of people held in slavery. ' There
are nearly 40,000,000 of them, and they
are in the most abject servitude possible.
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July 16, 1886. v
Comparative Cotton Statement.
The following is the comparative cottoi
statement for the weekending Aug. 27.
1886.
Net receipts at U. S. pons, 12,143
Total receipts to date, 5,527,517
Exports for the week, 15315
1885.
4.725,49j
Total exports to date, J.
4.280,852
178,814
15.993
Stock at an u. o. pons,
8tock at all interior towns.
Stock at Liverpool,
8tock of American afloat for
, i( n Great Britain,
128,523
623.000
503,000
24,000
19,000
' Total Visible Supply of Cotton.
NwiYoBK, Aog.r28. The total viii.
ble supply of cotton for the world U
1,152,226 bales, of which 744,326 bale
are American, against 1,176,974 and 796.'
674 bales respectively .last year; receipu
of cotton for all interior , towns, 14,445
bales; receipts from the plantations .
Crop in sight . " '
Total Receipts at all American Ports since
, i.- September.
The following are the total net re
ceipts of cotton at all United States sea
ports since September 1st, 1885 : Galvet
ton, 708.284 bales; New Orleans, 1,750,045;
Mobile, 247,280; Savannah,, 800,116;
Charleston, 502,328; Wilmington; 100,956;
Norfolk, 563,911; Baltimore, 82,920; New
York, 65,i06; Boston, 124,136; Newport
News, 40,071; West Point, 225,569; Brun.
wick',16,252; Port Royal,12,8l3;Pensacoli,
19,225; Indianola, 781; Philadelphia, 88,.
626. Total 5,347,117 bales. ;
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