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NOT SO GOH A3 THEY LOOK- ome Farmers Hiv Deceived Them " selves Regarding the Crops Tfce Anlloch Camp Meeting. riicponJence ol The News. I'KOVIDKNCE, Sept. 1. Cotton pi.-king and fodder pulling are in order IlliU . yr. w. N. McKee, who has been sick f,,i tw weeks, is convalescing. Xniioch camp meeting was attended it Sunday by a large crowd. The be havior was the best on record. Rev. j.'.hn Kisher, a North Carolina boy.- but now i if Texas, preached in the morn ini; ;l Rood sermon from the text. "What i man soweth, that shall he also reap." i;,.v. J. W. Abernethy occupied the pulpit in the afternoon. Sonio of our farmers are getting very ni..icli like an old man who once took t lion's hide to a tannery to sell. The ,1,1 man was teHing the tanner what ,n awfully fat dog he was. When the ijinn-r informed him that his hide Mild have been worth a grood deal had his dog not been so fat, the ,1 man said: "Well, I'll tell you the nth. lit- wasn't so d d fat as you . ij.li! suppose." So with some of our is. They are beginning to real- ,. tin- cotton crop is not nearly so i as many suppose. A good many v tlioirs is no better than last year. . ,-nrn crop Is not a good one, either. , yoi ml' fields of good looking corn ,Hv otiL-third of the stalks have no ,,s on them. ITiave heard all my life a wet June made poor crops. I ...ink tlit cotton crop in this vicinity ,1,. but 1 know I have seen them ( u, !i l.rttf-r. One thing I notice this -,;n that cotton where it hasn't grown .' o lam - is much better than large cot Jt is hard to tell what cotton will amount to until it is picked over. We a,,- ni't'.-n deceived in it after we are inrou-ih gathering it, and I think this uin t.f one of those years. W. R. G. Bucklen's Am ca Salve. Tho heat salvo in the world lor 'utH, KruiseR, Sores, Tetter, Chapp K)o Eruption and postiveiy cures lien or no pay required. It if uuranleed to give perfect a.ufcfiC on or money refouded. '.?rico 25 .;nt! per box. For sale by Uuvwel) Dunn wholesale and retail A iin.VT LEARNS "GEOGRAPHY. ;;oat got into a schoolhouse in an Ijoiniiirt county and, took up the udy of geography. He found he had ikii a liking to one of the school nuts, for which this country was iiiv isscd some months ago by agents id i-aten Mexico, destroyed the gulf . Mexico, pawed several big holes in uha. and ran out of the house with lie I'nited States in his mouth. ;uinsville Eagle. rinevilie Circuit Appointment. Harrison 1st and. '3rd Sued i ft, 11 r it,., t-nmlay school at 10 a. m., W. E. Cun i.ngliam, supt. I'meville 2nd and 4'h Sundays 11 a i i , SundHy school at 10 n- m 3 p in , J no. A. Youi ts, suf erinte'Cent Marvin 1st and 3rd SiiHtlnys 3 p n umliy school at 10 a m aod 1.30 p m. eo V. Sutton, 8ii pt Hi -hron 2nd and ith Sundays. 3 p. in , jndny school 10 a. m and I 80 p, m has M. Campbell, su, Tkos V. Itmith P. C. The Capitol Commissioners at St. 1'aiil, Minn., have awarded the con tract for the superstructure of the new Minnesota State house to the liutler-Iiyan Company, of St. Paul, tor yyt,ooo. Used in Germany. Goose Grease has been used in Gimsn f ir thousands of years for Rheumntfcm N'"uralgia, sprains, bruis-es. etc . and founo oeihernos' rt i-tble rallied v known. Al .ys sol i under gu .r intf If it does you g x tl ttk- it back t your druggist and . t your mon- y Made only by Gooe fine Liniment f Uretn boro. i... G Apr 10-1 y Oklahoma has quarantined against Texas cattle. "hen '.:ily was sick, wa gave."? fVstorla. 'Vin'ii nhi whs a Child, tne criiHl f( r Uastoria. ' hen she bccar.io she clung to CuUoria. " hen xbe had Chi'ilren, she gave them Castoria. The export product of Oklahoma is t iced at $40,000,000. Goose Grease. Goose Grease Liniment will cure you oi - iiumatism. neuralgia, toothache, head- : l.e, paios in side or ha k, and in tact -ry pain you have If it dor9 not do ' ii lake the bottle b ck to your druggist an-i get your mocey. Sold hy a'l crug- gnta Apr 10 ly Among the laws passed by the last fu-ion legislature that have been the source of much confusion, will be found tl o act relative to the catching of fish, siys the Asheville Citizen. The act is chapter 3.r, and says, in effect, that any c mipany or corporation being now rest ih nts tit the State, who shall catch fish .-' any appliance for market purposes ; waters within the jurisdiction of State, shall first obtain license tor Inch hp. thov or it shall oav $2,400. ' hose violating the law are liable to a 10 of $.-00 a day for each day the busi ss is engaged in without the license. 11 wonlil lio n erpnt ViarrlshiD to re- lire htindreds of people of the State lio mrikp n fpiv cpnts each dav selling h to pay $000 a day or $200 a month -r the privilege of doing so. r.ul it's the law. Constipation Causes fully half the sickness In the world. It retains the digested food too long in the bowels ntirl nrmliipoa hUiniitnesft. torilifl liver, illdi- n n n gestion, bad taste, coated tongue, sick headache, in somnia, etc. Hood's Pills Pills DliVAAAnatindtUn Ottll all 1 1 results, easily and thoroughly. 25c Alldrugglsts. r. i ... i t itwl X nn . T-nwelL MaSS. itriiaicu uy V. a. .w ' The only Pills to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla. T. 1.. ELLIOTT. Monumental Works. Granite Monuin u'' a Spec Hy. AGENTS FOR IRON FENCES. XO.SE5 W. Trade Street, Ch iilotte, . C Gwlsnfiflo American Aaency tor caw 'm. -TRADE Ml ft ICS. n?.!CU PATENTS. "or Inforrrrttl-fli aul trea Handbook wnie ".Jest l:ru for r-vnrir puwnta In Ainerica. e yubiic by a noou given reo ofuhjurao iu tbo frmJA&C t0vtf 4 V v..l v :4 irrat c-vu1n"n cf cur r-t-trtiflc ra-r tn Vai J.l. i-plen-lin.v liiuatra'Hi. N- l.ito!";f -..4 etS-Xl ii !liuui H. v.-yi, ii, 2 hLUk.U4 aiit Urjidwiu. Jne" C'UT MUM. NOTES FROM r?dalreSO,Ut,on8 to insure a mo"; e!SonnuTsement f the Chinese! DaVSK? rLT of the Interior ion caTes in Rreat number The UnitPii at Colon, in th i . ttn,iaiT inspector aaya thS" r-oiKiIthmus of pannama. In-? , Umbia government is try ing to suppress the fact that veiw fever exists there. :, yeuow The inter-Htnto '.. .n 21; ;xa ri orr 3 JLtarift of ra8 between it thV. onnDT; Cl,nff carriers without the consent or concurrence of the lat- ciartVonaofnTaifCnXention of ,he A ciation of Letter-Carriers will be held aSSV. Francisco September thi nlnrf a,teraton in section 22 of ea?irv eL.tar'? laW 13 sivi"S the and ha? wPartment sreat concern ana nas been referred to Attornev- Stplr fW conttrScUon. den? it 0Ba'"more Sun Correspon X5, aPParnt!y imposes a dis tnl rnTa in,S duty on ooda brought to fnd rSp'fr by trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific steamships. -T . S. Cohlirn a r.)ftr il. noe Departement hoo ...i-ji.j vi. government, it is alle"ged: out of sev" eral thousand dollar Uxr I. money orders. J """a 01 tJ' Y: A'baugh has sold his interest in tnt (.afavctta t. t, , . .c oi(Uare i neatre Washington, to a Philadelphia pur- The Marine Hosr.Hni swi 4 ShOW that the modinal frotnlt.. i pretty well conquered smallpox. hit . i V, AiCK,nley has signified his intent nn rtt .u. ... - i-mnuiiis me xiayes- Smith nuptials at Fremont, O. v men want the artilery arm of the military increased till it is as large as the cavalry arm. Consul Fowler, of Che-efw. rv.io ports to the State Ilenart eign flour nays no imnort rintir ir, v, country. F. S. Coburn. a clerlr in ti t office Department and mannu-er nf sub-postoffice in his drug store, ac cused at Washington of swindiino- v, means of postoffice orders, has disap- pearea. Fresh advices from 'ReritiEr Sen indi cate a catch of 20,000 seal skins this year. Albert Ross has been promoted to commodore in the navy. There is a. marker! falllncr nfY in number of new cases docketed in the unitea states Supreme Court. Secretary Sherman has notified the Governor f -Town, that ctn that State which discriminates against Swiss or other foreign insurance com panies arc in violation of treaties. Admral Walker, president of the Nicaragua Canal Commission, had a conference with Secretary Sherman regarding some of the details of the work of the commission, which will prevent the commission sailing for Nicaragua. SOME BAD FOLKS IN WILKES. ' There is a section of Wilkes un in the forks of Roaring river that needs the services of a missionary if all reports are true. Just after wheat was har vested some miscreant burned 27 stacks of wheat for Jess and Freel Alexander, and we are informed that dynamite has been found in more wheat belonging to other parties. The machines are afraid to thresh it for fear of being blown up. Several barns have been burned up in that section during the past few years and every court there are cases on the docket from there for white-capping. Instead of sending our money to educate the heathen Chinee or African we should keep part of it here at home and try to enlighten our own people on what their duties are to their fellowman, their country and their God. Elkin Times. IMPROVEMENT IN OUR NEWS PAPERS. Tha Charlotte News remarks on the improvement of certain papers of the State. This is correct; and in none has there been greater improvement of late than in the News itself. The three leading dailies in the State have made wonderful improvement in the last three years and less, while the weeklies are following along very well. The State press is much above what it was a few years back. The shoe peg sheets are one by one disap pearing and neatly printed and well edited papers are taking their places. There must be a corresponding growth of appreciation of these papers among the people of their various localities. Monroe Journal. AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS. . Senator J. C. Pritchard is still in Bakersvillewith his brother George.who was dangerously wounded a few days ago. The Citizen says. The Senator will spend some time at Bakersville. John C. Dancy, the Salisbury negro politician and educator, today delivers the address at the annual meeting of the A. M. E. Zion Church at Ocean Grove, N. J. The Evangelical Lutheran Synod of North Carolina will convene in extra sssion in St Enoch's Church at Enoch- ville September 9th, to consider a re, porf of the executive committee con- . . . . C 3 1 . cerning tne cnarges preierrru Uy Freiden's Church. A SPANISH SKIN GAME. wniiam H. Walker of Henderson, a clerk in the internal revenue office here, received from Spain a letter say ing a lady there had left $150,000; that this would be given to him if he would care for a -young girl, Emily Walker, an orphan. Her photograph was sent. A correspondence rouowea aim a wpj of the will, with many seals and affi davits, was also sent. Then Mr. Wal ker was notified to sena 4uu in oraer that Emily might be brought to this countfy by a priest who was in charge of her. Now it is ascertained that a gang in Spain worked, or tried to work this "racket." Otner persons in ims State have received similar letters. Asheville Citizen. LIFE OF A CORRESPONDENT. ci.rAatop SpavpI will be able to round up the year with an experience as variegated as ever fell to the lot of c no-la vear. "The first Dart jiier.11 111 0- oina". - - - of the year he spent in a Spanish war 1 M k. tu.n;H. liKaixi tail prison in tuoa. auci veins V-t x rrrt mil rried and went to report the Turko-Grecian war on his bridal trip. 1 nr Via ia hmwinsr our a pass 10 .n'oinn nf a in ska with avna- mite to open the way for Klondike gold hunters. Augusta mumc-ie. mun-PTTTiIf! A Mfi PAHJJfi. 1 11 v 1 aa. - - - a n in tho mieqtinn whv the ttacing eait is faster than the trot, most horsemen conceae inai u a. ,nc natural way or going; mai ine uui, ..1 natural nn n iosr. is more or less ...:.oi ,vnin o-ninir at extreme speed. U( initial v n - c - and that until tne troi, oy ine mt-ic incidence of scientinc nreeums. w . nr. inctinr-t t hnn an edu- l-OIIl? Ill"J cation, the pacer must always lead. New YorK neraia. nnrvn TO THE DOGS. ty. a Fronph neonle seem to have fsmATxatiB fnr does than children. IliUlC luiiutiv. u - " ' ' - The number of registered dogs has increased from i.boo.ow in 10 a. w 2.650,000,000. These figures will not nkoncra tho nninton of n eople who think that irrance is going iu dogs." Wilmington fctar. v. . A LIVELY GAME. v.mini Aia rome to the front V 1 . - - 1 v. tvxa. livoiioat came of baseball on niiii 1 1 1 - . . . . . . -i T ti nlflvpn DV coioreu teams.' and at the end of five innings the SCOre Stood & IO O, inree ueau, four fatally injured, and 11 seriously carved of course, there is talk of lynching. Washington r osr. n. " Piorno'a -travorite Prescription orint Mtnfort and -health' to thousands of suffering women. For many years Dr. Pierce nas Deen mei Physician at the Invalids' Hotel and ciooi TncHtuto at Rnffalo. N. T. He has used the "Favorite Prescription" all the time, witn unirorm success htiv it there ii no need of the com monlv insisted upon, distressing "ex I amination" and "local treatment" by . the family doctor. tSThe (BhavloUcBcmoCTaU harloficv WIDOWS OF WAR. Widows of Pensioners the Longest- Lived eople in the World. Pension Commissioner Evans sat at his desk . the other day figuring . on pensions as they concern generations yet unborn, says the St. Louis Globe- Democrat. The Declaration of Inde pendence is 121 years old. The coun try is still discharerinc it rfsht t gratitude in the material form of pensions toward thnao .-tnr Of . course, there are no surviving sol- ,ui me revolution. There are, however, surviving widows. The com missioner was peculating on what mat fact has to do m-itn or the present pension list. He has now upon his roll of monthly recip ients 983,628 names. Before the end nt tne -current year the e-mnd pensioners will pass the 1,000,000 mark. a iair aeauction that 90 years nence the government nt tt;. States will still be paying pensions for mT tim war oi 1861-65. " Unless the twentieth differ much from the nineteenth cen tury women there win be a roll of honor in the year 1897 of quite respee- uons. tensions conduce to matrimony. A fixed inenmo -tniv. can be transmitted after death as an estate has its beariifg on the question of marriage. "Suppose." suctrested ttno i sioner, with his sheet him. CO KJTZLJl c "fnnwtVAA. - j . wmirai years 10 De tne lowest imit of age for a Soldier in the r'evo- unon or 176. A soldier nf that o-o would have been 38 years old in 1800 Now. the youngest of our revolution ary soldiers Was 52. If he mnrrl his woman when she was is v, 0. There you have the of matrimony not at all unreasonable or unusual." Reasoning from what h-Q true re-sardine- nenainnoro i missioner $as no doubt that during several years to come girl babies will be born to the destiny of becoming tne widows of the vet and drawing pensions. If there are ten revolutionarv widows owl ineir986lnay 1000 CiVil War APPROPRIATfONS AND OFFICES. he Grand Total of Appropriations $528,735,078. The volume of "Appropriations, new offices, eic." covering the sDeeial and first session of the 55th Congress, showing in detail and by bills the ap propriations made, the new offices created and offices omitted, with their salaries, the number of salaries in creased and reduced, the amount of contracts authorized requiring future appropriations by Consrress and tke in definite appropriations made, - includ- rig. also, a chronological history of the appropriation bills passed at said ses sions, has just been completed by Mr. Cleaves and Air. J. C. Courts, clerk of the Senate and House com mittees on appropriations respectively. It shows that the appropriations made were as follows: General appropriations, etc .. $307,100,384 Deficiency acts 10,557,417 Miscellaneous acts 997,057 Total $408,656,858 Permanent annual appro priations 120,078,220 Making the grand total of appropriations made by both sessions $528,735,078 The number of new offices and em ployments specifically authorized is 410, at an annual compensation of $443,- 439, and the number omitted 134, at an annual compensation of $157,697, mak ing a net increase of 276 in number and 285,742 in amount. MAY RELEASE 2,000 PRISONERS. It is thought that Governor Atkin son, or Ueorgia, win issue an oraer releasing- the 2,000 prisoners now held by private contractors throughout the! State. xnese are tne misaemeanor prisoners, about whose treatment the report of Colonel Bird caused a sen sation. The list of misdemeanor con victs between county solicitors and local contractors, by which the work ing gangs of the latter were kept filled. The average sentence pro nounced was the alternative of $50 fine or one year's service in the public works, adding the court costs, $30, which also went to fill the solicitor's insolvent fee list. The contractors thus secured the services of strong men for $80 a year. The only means at his command by which he can bring the matter, to a crisis is by an evercise of pardoning power, and this is what he has under consideration at present. SUING FOR A TOWN. The whole of Aberdeen is now in litigation, or rathei a suit has been brought to recover all the property in and around the town, so I am told by lawyers just from Moore county .court. The amount involved in the litiga tion is about $1,000,000. The suit is in stituted by the Bethune heirs, whose ancestors once owned all the property in that section. It is alleged that there are defects in the title by which property passed from the Bethunes. Dr. Bethune is aid to be tne lead ing spirit in the prosecution of the suit. He has employed Mr. Wiley Rush, of Asheboro, and Mr. Rufus Fry, . of Troy, as hi3 attorneys. Dr. Bethune has contemplated bringing the suit for some time, but it was not until this term of Moore county court that it was actually instituted. News and Observer. AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS. Concord has a cabbage head that is a deep blood-red. It is proposed to build a telephone line from Concord, Cabarrus county. to Albemarle, Stanly county, via Mt. Pleasant. Seven new cotton gins, at a cost of about $2,000 each, have been built along the line of the Southern south of Charlotte this fall. Chairman Garrett, of the -Cleveland county board of commissioners, is quite ill. The cornerstone of tne new jaun Reformed Church was laid at Salis bury last evening. Evansrelist Fife begins a meeting m the Anchor Warehouse at High Point next Sunday. T. H. Leavitt, of Can ada, assists him. Mr. Wolfsohn has charge of the singing. "PEACE WITH WHEAT." There is food for thought in the fact that the European countries that are. loneest on war stock are shortest on wheat stock. It is the peculiar happi ness of the United States to have the smallest army and the largest wheat cron of all the "great powers." "Peace with wheat is as good a motto as Beaconsfield's "Peace with honor. New York World. ONE HUNDRED DEGREES IN NE BRASKA. Bv Telegraph to The News. OMAHA. Neb., Sept. 2. The hot weather of the past few days has ma tured the Immense corn crop of this State, and there can be no further danger from frost. The thermometer today stands at 100 degrees all over Nebraska. LARGEST PIN FACTORY. The largest pin factory in the world Is that at Birmingham, . Jngiana where 37,000,000 pins are manufactur ed every working day. All the other tin factories together turn out about 19,000,000 pins every day. Taking the population of Europe at 250,000,000, every fourth person must lose a pin every day to use up the production of pins per day. Boston Transcript, MISS CAMPBELL'S LAWN FETE A "lawn fete" was given by Miss Julia Campbell at her home near Mint Hill Wednesday night, in honor of Misses Essie McLaughlin and Mattie Smith, of Charlotte. Quite large crowd attended, and a very pleasant evening was enjoyed. WHY NOT LIVE AT HOME? The best corn ajid wheat crop that vres ever known In the county was grown this year. Considering this fact, and swine, sheep and cattle plentiful. why not live at home? Clyde Register BRIEF NOTES OF STATE NEWS. The Philadelphia Record says: "The Holt cotton factory at Fayetteville, N. C. ha some orders booked and will probably soon 1egin work. The mills at Mountain Island started August 23." 'The . Sun's correspondents report a good pea-nut crop In the State this year. ' uock Black (alias Dock Blount) is hanged at Snow Hill, Green county, today for the outrage of a white woman. Senator ' Pritchard tells the "Asbe ville Gazette that when Congress con venes he will introduce a bill to es tablish a United States signal station on Black Mountain. The Landmark says the hot weather" is causing cotton to pop open in a hurry in Iredell. Voters of Chambersburg township, Iredell county, have declared in favor of the abolition of the county chain ang. Mrs. Anna M. Chisholm.who recent ly was a teacher in the Dllworth school, at Charlotte, has been elected by the diocese of North Carolina as teacher of the mission school at Sylva. The Southern Railway has given notice of an advance in freight rates on cotton at points along the West, ern North Carolina Railroad. The ad vance is about an average of 5 cents per bale. The Massachusetts Benefit Life In surance Company, of Boston, which has failed, caught a number of citi zens in the State. Adjutant General Cowles says the State Guard is in good shape. "There is more cold mine talk in .North Carolina than in Alaska," re marks the Yadkin Valley News. The Franklin Press says: "A few years ago there were 15 stores In "own. Now there are only seven deal ing In general merchandise and two drug stores." Governor Russell is invited to make the address at the Rutherford county fair, at Rutherfordton, October 27. Dr. Hoffman, of Gastonia, a few days ago extracted a tooth of John Smith's, of Cherryville, that he filled himself 35 years ago while the Confederates were in the trenches around Richmond. Cards are out announcing the mar riage September 9th in the Baptist thurch at Shelby, of Mr. Edward France Dougherty, of Blacksburg, S. C, to Miss Lillian Alexander of Shel by: Winston's coming Tobacco Fair is to be much larger than at first an ticipated, the Sentinel says. Gen. E. A. -Cameron, of the War De partment, Washington, D. C, who is in charge of the Antietam Commission desires to correspond with some sur vivors of the following North Caro Una regiments: Infantry 1st, . 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th. 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16lh. 18th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd 28th, 30th, 33rd, 3:.th. 35th, 37th. 38th, and the First North Carolina Calvary. Kinston, Hookerton, Snow Hill, Greenville, Tarboro. Rocky Mount, Wil son and Newbern are all to be connect ed by telephone. The line will be com pleted this week. G. W. Hampton, of Sylva. has found and is opening a mica mine" two miles from that place. - Wilmington receipts of cotton for the year ended September 1st were 234,664 bales, against 176.447 for the preceding year. One of the large lumber mills in Pas quotank county reports to the Commis sioner of Labor Statistics that its an nual output is 7,000,000 feet. At Eliza beth City there are half a dozen large lumber mills. - The Seaboard Air Line has received two of the new engines which were or dered some time ago. C. B. Rouss, the New York million aire, has sent his check to Mrs. Armis- tead Jones, of Raleigh, president of the Monument Association, for $250, half of the estimated cost of the central shaft to be erected in honor of the North Car olina Confederate dead buried in the Stonewall cemetery at Winchester, Va. The colored State Normal School, at Salisbury, opened today. A stage coach line betwe.n Southern Pines and Red Springs is proposed. . The Farmers' Alliance shoe factory. at Hillsboro, is expected t-j start work October 1. THE MOUNT HOLLY ROAD. Dr. Shipp is working like a beaver in the interest of the new railroad and the enthusiasm with which he talks of the enterprise is so contagious that the whole community is becoming affected and an early consummation of his plans is looked forward to both by the enter prising young dot-tor and his friends. It looks as if the road was an assured fact that is everything on the outside points in that direction, and Dr. Shipp talks like a man who knows his busi ness when he says that the road will be built, and that at an early date. Gas ton Journal. PASTOR., ORGANIZES FOR THE KLONDIKE. 'I have been frozen out of the Pres- bvterian church and starved out of the People's church all in one year, and am through with preaching, said Rev. Frank B. Vroormm, co-pastor of the People's church. "I am going to the Klondike." He has turned his back on the pulpit for good, and has -project ed and partly organized on a large scale a mining company for the Klon dike region. Chicago Dispatch. THE NEW CROP MOVING At last cotton has begun to move through Columbia. On Saturday the first shipments of any consequence were made over the Southern railway. About 500 bales of new cotton were handled at this point. Most of the cotton was shipped to the cotton mills n South Carolina and North Carolina. The mills in the cotton territory seem to be after getting sufficient of the new cotton to keep them going. Columbia State. TO WORK ON CHARLOTTE ROAD. The county stockade and chaingang were moved from Newport Monday to Johnson place, between the Charlotte and Lincoln road, north of Yorkville. This is the same place they were at last summer. They will commence work on the Charlotte road before very long. Yorkville Yeoman. COXEY HAS EMPLOYMENT. Those persons who are calling on Cox- ey to organize another army of the un employed don t understand tne situa tion. Coxey Is not one or tne unem oloved. Mark Hanna has given him a lob of running: for Governor, and he will be busy until November. Wash ington Post. DIED A NATURAL DEATH. English Tourist (in the far north miles from anywhere) "Do you mean to say that you and your family live here all the winter? Why, what do you do when any of you are ill? You can never get a doctor! Scotch Shepherd "Nae, sir. We've just to dee a natural deith!" Punch. MEETING AT TWELFTH STREET CHURCH. Rev. G. H. Church, of Statesvllle, ar rived this-naorn'ng and will preach at Twelfth Street. Baptist Church tonight at 8 p. m. He will preach every night this week. All are cordially invited to attend these services. BEGINNING IN TIME. Scientific Writer"! hear that Prof. Snowshoveler is going to start for the north pole." - Editor of the Circulation Pusher "Then we must begin a subscription." "What for?" "To find him." Life. THE MEETING AT HANGING DOG F, P. Ingles and son of Asheville, relatives of Rev. T. Bright of this place and Rev. Treadway, are "Out visiting these ministers and attending the Bap tist association at Hanging Dog this week. Murphy Bulletin. A GREAT BOOK FREE. - - Over 680,000 copies of Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical , Adviser have been sold at the regular price $1.50. The profits on this immense sale have been used in printing a new edition of 500. 000 copies, bound in strong paper cov ers, which is to. be given away abso lutely free.. A copy will be sent to any address on receipt of 21 one-cent stamps to cover cost of mailing only. Address World's Dispensary Medical Associa tion, 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. THE DURHAM AND CHARLOTTE R. R. Del Built Through Chatham. The Prominent Capitalist Interested. The Chatham Record this week says: It now seems probable that a new railroad will be constructed to Pit ta bor o and diagonally through this county for a distance of forty miles, from its northeast to its southwest corner! This new railroad is to be built from Durham to Charlotte, two of the most enterprising towns in this State, and will run through the coun ties of Durham, Chatham, Moore, Montgomery, Stanly, Cabarrus and Mecklenburg. The company that pro poses to build this important road is ealied the Durham and Charlotte Rail road Company, and. was chartered by an act of the legislature of 1893. Its president is Mr. John B. Lennig, a prominent capitalist of Philadelphia, who is largely interested in the Lynch burg and Durham railroad, to which the proposed road may be a southern outlet, thus making both roads more valuable. Seventeen miles of the proposed road have been constructed and are in op eration, and six more miles have been graded, on which the track will soon be laid, the . rails having been pur chased. About eight miles were con structed and put in operation nearly five years ago by the Glendon and Gulf Mining and Manufacturing Company, from Gulf, In this county, to Glendon, in Moore county, and this was trans ferred to the Durham and Charlotte Railroad Company, after the latter company was organized. President Lennig has recently visited that portion of his road already con structed, and he determined to push at once to the construction of the road from Gulf to Durham, a distance of about forty miles. His chief engineer. Mr. Jofen Tull. rode through the coun try last week for the purpose of ascer taining the most practicable route for a survey. He passed tnrougn tnis piace on last Monday, on his return from Durham and expressed himself as much pleased with the practicability and cheapness of the route on which he could locate his road. And imme diately on his return to Gulf he began on last Tuesday a preliminary survey of the proposed route from there to Durham. The surveying party will reach here next week, and "the p- railroad" is the chief topic of con' -M s s tion with many of our citizens. ,"1 ,-arious are the conjectures as to whe:e the road will be located. Of course, no one can now tell exactly the route that will cross Rocky river near Peoples mill, Haw river below Bynum and near the mouth of Pokeberry creek, and New Hope some distance above Fearring- ton's mill. Of course, the construction of the proposed railroad will be of great ben efit to this county, traversing the coun ty diagonally a distance of forty miles, and nothing should be done to throw the least obstaelexln its way. In this connection it may be proper to state that, by the terms of its char ter the Durham and Charlotte Rail road Company is expressly . forbidden to "lease or sell to the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company or its les sees or successors." So that if the Southern Railway Company should control all the railroads in this State it cannot control this proposed road. WESTERN UNION'S BIG BILL r he Telegraph Trust Has All Its Ducks in a Row Now. Correspondence of the News. WASHINGTON. Sept. 6. By an act of Congress the Postmaster General is given the power to fix the rate at which shall be transmitted all telegrams for the different departments of the Gov ernment. When John Wanamaker came in he cut the enormous rates charged by the Western Union down about one-half, which the Western Union refused to accept. But they could not decline to transmit the Gov ernment telegrams and they were con tinued, but no bills were presented un til his retirement from office, and the old exorbitant rates had been restored by Postmaster General Bissell. Then the Western Union, ignoring "the action of Wanamaker, proceeded to take steps to collect their claim, amounting' to about a million dollars. The claim was reported on adversely by the Depart ment, whereupon a vigorous attempt was made to logroll it through Con gress, it was aaroitly planned by the obby to have a member of the appro priations committee introduce it as an amendment to the deficiency bill at the closing hours of the session, and thus rush it through. But it transpired that 'watchdog" Holman was on guard, and no sooner had the amendment been of fered than his well-known "objection" sealed its fate. Thus foiled, the claim was transferred to the court of claims. Two referees were selected to examine and report the case to the court. One of the referees was chosen by the Post master General and the other- by the Western Union. The referee for the government having declined, Postmas ter General Gray selected First Assist ant Postmaster General Perry S. Heath n his place, whereupon the Western Union withdraws its referee and ac cepts Mr. Heath, making him the sole referee to report the claim, which is now actively engaged In preparing and which is likely to be satisfactory, at least to the Western Union, as it is understood Mr. Heath was at the head of the lobby when the claim was before Congress. RULES FOR SWAPPING. President William Johnson, of the Horse Exchange, is not 'satisfied with the way things are going on out at the swapping ground. He thinks a great reform is needed and he may ask for an adoption of the following rules at the regular meeting next Mon day: 1. No one shall be allowed to bring a horse over 35 years old, or a mule over 47, on the ground. 2, An animal, lame on three of Its legs, cannot be admitted on any con dition. ' 3. Animals not fed and watered for three days previous, shall not be of fered for exchange. 4. No one shall be allowed to ex hibit a horse or mule that weighs less than 117 pounds to the quarter. 5. The swapping of bicycles, wheel barrows and saw horses for live stock expressly forbidden. Spartanburg Spartan. - THE WAY TO GOOD GOVERNMENT There is but one way of restoration and that is through the- Democratic party. Through this party the peo ple enjoyed twenty years of good gov eminent after the war. Government except through it has been a failure. It offers the way of life and through It only can the State be saved. Its doors stand open always and it is hoped that those who have strayed from it will return next year. No confession of sin Is required by it and no questions will be asked. States- ville Landmark. THE RUTHERFORD DISPENSARY. A native of Rutherford county says the dispensary system is found to work quite well there. The dispensary is at Rutherfordton which had for years been a "dry"town. Sales are not very large. There is some "block aid ing" in the country but as long as there is no disturbance the county authori ties are not bothering about It. When Rutherfordton was "dry" blind tigers were plentiful. Monroe Enquirer. NEBBER DRAP DAT MELON. A colored boy rode a mule in a brisk gallop through the street today and carried a watermelon on his shoulder. People along the street watched the boy, expecting to see the melon slip, But he held a death grip on it and had no Idea of losing his melon. Green ville Reflector. AMERICAN KILLED BY TURKS. By telegraph to The News. . CANE A. Crete, Sept. 6. An Ameri can named Thrope has been killed by the Turns near iiierapetra. 'SR.. IN OTHER COUNTRIES. Queen Victoria has arrived at Bal moral Castle. - -. Emperor-. William equestrian statue of unveiled the William I. at Coblenx. A - German sailor, who stabbed a Russian in a public garden at St. Petersburg during the recent visit of Emperor William to the Czar, has been court mart laled and shot. IS IT MORSE'S ORGAN. An organ, one of the quaintest musi cal instruments that we ever beheld, ar rived this morning at the Southern de pot. It is a curiosity of the first order. It is painted green, and decorated with panels. On one of the panels is a Holy Bible. A Opossum hanging by his tail on one side, and a jaybird on the other. Then there is a rabbit in a burrough, with the motto; "God provides." A crown and cross are next to the Bible, and back of it all Is a beautiful female, supposed to,be the Goddess of Liberty. We tried to play it, but no sweet strains were forthcoming. Some of the specta tors who were viewing the novel Instru ment had the cruelty to denominate it the new populist organ for the choir of HaL Ayer. Raleigh Times. BETTER USE A CANNON. The genial postmaster at Bay View is passionately- fond of hunting, and many a lordly buck has been laid low by a shot from his trusty gun. Lamuel leaves nothing undone when he feels hungry for venison, so when he left home last Saturday in search of meat he had in his pocket a lucky bone and the left hind foot of a bow-legged graveyard rabbit that had been shot by a red-headed cross-eyed negro In the full of the moon. He saw a buck al most before he had time to load his gun, but he blazed away and the deer fell to the ground, when Lamuel's dog seized him by the ear. . The deer arose to his feet, shook the dog loose and left. He Is running yet. Better use a cannon next time. acksonville Times. DIED AT THE AGE OF 117. Martin Moran died at Scranton, Pa v last Thursday at the age of 117. He landed in Philadelphia from Ireland 65 years ago and walked with his com panions to CarbondaJe. where he had lived for several years. He was a sa loonkeeper the greater part of his life, and was the heaviest smoker at the "Notch," the local name of the suburb in which he lived. Up to two years ago he could read his prayer book "as good as the priest." as he put it, and he had but one eye, at that. KILLED BV AN EXPLOSION. MORTON, 111., Sept. . A terrible ?xploFion occurred yesterday evening at this piace. The electric light plant. owned by Byer Bros, and valued at $14,000. was completely demolished by the bursting of the boiler from some unknown cause. Two girls, aged 8 and 9 years, were killed outright, and two boys, aged 4 and 12, were seriously hurt. They are the children of Messrs. Byer. Three of Mr. Moshels family and many others were slightly injured by flying missiles. AS SEEN FROM WAUTAUGA. Silver bullion eoes down lower and lower. Gold by the ton is reported coming in from the Klondike mines and from other places. We will soon be overrun with gold. Had it not bet ter be legislated against at once? Some of us poor fellows may get some of it if it lies around loose. Poor men ought not to have gold; it is too precious and belongs to the rich. Boone Democrat. SIX PRISONERS BREAK JAIL. Saturday afternoon six of the prison ers confined In the steel cage of the Fayetteville jail, escaped; They wera Judge. Hayes, perjury, the man who was convicted of shooting at David Watkins: Archie Young, rape: Henry Simpson, rape; William Sellers, rob bery of Hassell's store, Godwin; Jim Phillips, stealing bicycle from William Kyle, and Van McRae, stealing trous ers from Maultsby's store. DIED ON THE TRAIN. A distressingly sad death occurred yesterday on train No. 54, Wilmington, Chester and Augusta railroad, due here at 12:15 p. m. Miss Annie Smaw, of Sumter, S. C, formerly of this place, was on the train coming to Wilmington to. visit friends. A few minutes before the time for the train to pull in at the depot she was taken suddenly 111 and died in a short while. Wilmington Star. GOING' OVER TO TOM. A contingent for Tom Watson, from Mitchell county, consisting of two mover's wagons followed by 21 good voters, counting the women, besides the babes In arms, passed through Webster yesterday, making a straight shoot for Georgia. A few more such breaks will seriously effect Mitchell county's population and place Torn Watson to the front in Georgia. Web ster Herald. - FATAL COAL DUST EXPLOSION. By Telegraph to The News. GLENWOOD, Col., Sept. 6. Coal-dust explosion In one of the chambers of the Sunshine Coal Mine at Sunshine Lkilled eleven Italians and one Ameri can last night. The bodies were all brought to the surface horribly mang led this morning. SHOT BY ANARCHISTS. By Telegraph to the News. BARCELONA, Sept. 6. The chief of police and assistant chief who directed the investigation into the Barcelona bomb outrage were shot and wounded seriously last night by supposed an avchists who were subsequently arrest ed. COTTON BADLY SHORT. The hot, dry weather of the past ten days has damaged the cotton erop fully 20 to 25 per cent. We notice this to be the case not only about Maxton, but all along the Carolina Central railroad, from here to Monroe. Maxton Scottish Chief. RICHEST COPPER ORE. We have at the Bulletin office the richest copper ore ever discovered east of the Rockies. The property is lo cated in North Carolina. The analysis of the ore is: 42.30 oz. silver per 2,000 pounds; 2 oz. gold per 2.000 pounds; ?1.30 per cent, copper per 100 pounds. Murphy Bulletin. ATTENDED THE HANGINGS. A North Carolina woman witnessed the hanging of a negro who had as saulted her and an Ohio man was pres ent at the electrocution of his wife s murderer. The woman who kissed the cow has a few esteemed contempora ries. Washington Post. SUICIDE BY AN OVERDOSE. Miss Sarah Aired, who lived with her mother six mtles from Lexington, com mitted suicide by taking: two spoon fuls of medicine of whicli her physi cian had ordered her to take a drop at a dose. 'TWAS NEW TO HIM. We learn that there, was a man on the Jury here last week who was 45 year? old and had nefcr been in a courthouse before until he took a seat In the jury box. Monroe Enquirer. . CURING THE WEED. Farmers are busy curing tobacco, hastened by the fact that much of it was about to burn up by the hot sun of the first part of this week Greens boro Record. - WHAT THEY COST. It cost' the city of Raleigh something over $14,000 for its fire department last year; Charlotte. $17,159.77, and Wil mington, J15.043.42. Greensboro Rec ord. OUR NEW TURKISH MINISTER. Rifaat Bey, until recently councilor of the Turkish Embassy in London, has been appointed Turkish Minister at Washington, in succession to Mustapha Tachsin Bey. TWO FLASKS OF INSTANT DEATH. NEW YORK. Sept. . George Mol linarl, a laborer, drank two ft&sks of whisky, one after the other, and then fell to the floor a corpse. With Hood's Sarsapa- CT3 rMIa," Sales Talk," and T how that this medl- U Cni cine has enjoyed publlo confidence and patronage to a greater extent than accord ed any other proprietary medicine. This is aimply because it possesses 'greater merit and produces greater cures than any. other. It is not what we say, but what Hood's Sarsaparilla does, that tells the story. Ail advertisements of Hood's Sarsaparilla, lite Hood's Sarsaparilla It self, are honest. We have never deceived the public, and this with its superlative medicinal merit, is why the people have abiding confidence In it, and bay J L . Sarsaparilla Almost to the exclusion of all others. Try it Prepared only by C I. Hood & Co Lowell, Mass. mm i-ii are the only plllsto take flOOU S PUIS with Hood's Sarsaparilla. NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE OF ACRICDLTDRE AND MECHANIC ARTS, WILL OPEN SEPT. 9tb, 1897. Thorough academic, scientific and tech nical courses. Experienced Special ists in every department. Expenses per Session. Including Board: For County Students $ 93.00 For all Other Students 123.00 Apply for Catalogtu to ALEXANDER Q.H0LLAD Y,LL.D, lUleigh, N. G. r. ident. -:o:-SPRING H A R D W A R E-:0:-We are selling the only RIVETED COTTON HOE on the market, and it would Pat you to examine our stock THE GENUINE DOWLAN COTTON PLAN TER always gives satisfaction and is the one for all faimers to buy. TURN PLOWS OF ALL DESCKIPTN8.IO Plow Shapes, Sweeps, Single-Trees, Pac- u&nds Trace Chains :o:- anda complete 8iock-:o:-of ' HARDWARE. Call in and see us. J. II. WEDDINGTON t Co., Old Stand, 29 E. Trado tit March 18. 1893 ANDREWS. FURNITURE. If you need furniture you cannot afford to fail to see tbe immense stock 1 am now opening. 1 have gathered in the bargainsfrom bank rupt manufacturers all over the country. I have what you want at prices that no one cap duplicate I have a lot of odd Beds, Bureaus Chairs, liockers, Etc., (one or twe of a kir.d), some damaged slightly, some stock worn that will sell for half their value. A grand oppor tunity to buy cheap and make your borne comfortable and beautiful. PIANOS AND ORGANS. Buy an instrument that sound right. Wears a life time ' and oti which the price is right. We handle only the best grades direct from the makers and we guarantee tbo price and quality, and stand ready to make good at any time our guar antee. Can you afford to bur vour pianos or orgar.s from pmall dealers and agents und run tbo ritk of get ting a good instrument and then pay higher price than bigb grad instruments are sold by a reliable dealer. We claim to know some thing about music and about instru ments. We are opposed to handling worthless and inferior instrument even to make sales. If you will give us your confidence we gve you your money's worth every time. BICYCLES! BICYCLES! The Bicycle is the great American sport to-day. It is healthful, pleas ure giving and harmless. It is fool ish to pay 5.00 or 1100.00 for a name plate on a bicycle. We are going to inaugurate a great cut 10 the price of bigb grade bicycles this year that will be beard ail oyer tbis country. 26in. youth's wheel 25. 28in. men's wheels $37.50. The great Windsor wheel, tbe highest grade wheel on earth, f oz.50- K M. ANDREWS, 16 & 18 WestTradeSU Ik I 9 ' BTS,fffl : UDTJBLE'DAIG? SERVICE ROUTS OT THB 'FAMOCS ATLANTA SPECIAL AND - " ' - "S. A. L. EXPRESS." , BETWEEN NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, NOR POLK - aitd - ATLANTA, NEW ORLEANS, BOUTH WEST. Schedule in effect Feb. 7th, 1897. WESTWARD. Ly. Wilmington . Ly. Lumberton Maxton " Laurinburg Ar Hamlet Lv. Hamlet Rockingham Wadesboro Monroe Ar.Cbarlotte " Mt. Holly " Lincolnton fchelby " Rutherfordton No. 41. No. 403 3 20 pm 5 28 p m 6 12 pm 6 23 pm 6 63 p m - 7 13 p m 5 10 a m 7 30 p m 5 23 a m 8 11pm 9 35 pm 7 80am 10 25 pm 8 80am r 9 10 am 10 85 am 11 43 p ir 12 54 p m , EASTWARD. Ly. Rutherfordton Shelby , " Lincolnton " Mt Holly Charlotte Monroe Wades boro - M Rockingham Ar Hamlet Ly: Hamlet LaAirinburg 44 Maxton No. ?8. , No 4C3 4 35 pm 9 02 pm 7 00pm 7 50 p id . 8 25 p to 40 p m 10 31 p m 11 05 p m 11 23 p m 5 10 r m 6 05 am 7 01 a m 7 4A a m 7 55 a m 8 45 a m 9 11 am 9 30 a m 10 18 a m 12 80 p m " Lumberton Ar. Wilmington FALMKTTO JR. R. BRANCH f8 40 a m Ly. Hamlet Ar. 20 p m 10 00 a m Ar. Cheraw Ly. f 5 00 p m Daily fDsily, except Bundty. Nos. 402 snd 403, the "Atlanta Special," Solid Pullman Vestibuled Limited Trsia wiih Buffet Sleepers and Day Coaches ba tween Washington aDd Atlanta, also Ports mouth and Chester, S. C. Connecting at Atlanta for and from Chattanooga, Nash ville, Memphis, Texas, California, Macoa and Florida. Parlor and Dining Cart New York to Washington. Nos. 38 and 41, the "8. A. L. Express,' Solid Train of Pullman Sleepers and Day Coachesbetween Portsmouth, Woldon and Atlanta,New York and Weldon,also New York and Cape Charles, connoting at Portsmouth with Bay Line, . coastwise steamers, Washington steamers and"Cap Charles Route,!' to and from all points North and East. Baggage checked from hotels and resi dences to destination. Sleeper and steamer reservations made in advance. NO EXTRA FARE ON ANY TRAIN. For Tickets, Sleepers and information apply to Ticket Agents, or to W. H. Ram seur, city ticket agent, 23 South Tryoo St., Charlotte; B- A. Newland, Gen. Agent Pas. Dept. 6 Kimball House, Atlanta, Ga.; Geo. McP. Battle, Trav. Pass. Agent, Charlotte, N. C. E r t.John, Vice President & Gen. Hana gel. - - H. W. B. Glovbr, Traffic Blanager. V. E. McBsb, General Superintendent. T. J . Anderson, Gen. Pass. Aeent. General Offices, Portsmouth, Ya. May 6 SOUTHERN RAILWAY RICHMOND & DANVILLE AND NORT1 CAROLINA DIVISION. Schedule in Effect Jan 18 1897. This Condensed Schedule is published as in formation only and is subject to change without notice to the public. TRAINS LEAVE CHARLOTTE. 10:55 p m No 35, daily for Atlanta and Chailotte Air Line division, and all points South . and Southwest. Carries through Pullman drawing room buffet sleeper be tween New York, Washington, Atlanta and new Orleans. 9:35 a m No 37 daily, Washington and Southwestern vestibuled limited, for At lanta, Birmingham. Memphis. Montgomery Mobile and New Orleans, and all points south and southwest. Through Pullmaa sleeper. New York to Jiew Orleans, and JNew York to Memphis. lJiningcar. ves tibuled coach between Washington and Atlanta.. , 12:20 p m No 11 daily, f r Atlanta, and alt points South. Solid traiu. Richmond to Atlanta Pullman sleeping car, Richmond to ureensDoro 11:00 p. M No. 35. daily, for Augusta. Savannah, Rock Hill, Chester, Columbia and Jacksonville. Carries through Pull man drawing room bullet sleeper between New York, Savannah ana Jacksonville. Also Pullman sleeper, Charlotte to Asa - usia 9:35 a m No 37. daily, for Colombia and O C & A local stations. 8:30 p tx No, 88 daily. Washington and Southwestern vestibuled limited for Washington and all points North, through P iman Memphis to New York: . New eans to New York; Tampa to New ork. Aleo carries vestibuled coach and finning car, 8:50 a m No 36 daily, for Wash ington Richmond, Raleigh and all points North .Carries Pullman drawing-room buffet sleeper New Orleans to New Yorki Jacksonville to New York. 6: 50 p m No 23 daily, for Columbia and all local stations between Charlotte and Columbia. r 6:40 p m No 12. dally, for Richmond. Raleigh. Goldsboro and all noints North. Carries Pullman sleeping car from Greens boro to Richmond. Connects t Greens boro with train carrying Pnllma car for naieign. ; 4:3U p m No. 62. daily except Sun day. Freight and passenger for States vine ana local stations. 9:05 a m No 16. daily, excent Bundar for Statesville and TayJorsyille and Iocs stations. Trains arrive at Charlotte : 9:25 am) 12:00 m A FROM THE NORTH 1U-.40 p m 8:33 ami 6:20 p m FROM ATLANTA. 8:20 p m i Sfopm J- FROM AUGUSTA 8:15 p m FROM COLUMBIA. 4:00 1 m FR0M BTATESVILLJt Daily except Sunday. All freight trins carry passengers. J. M. CIJLP, Traffic Manager. W. A. TURK. Gen. Pass. Aent, Washington, DO W H GREEN, Gen'l Bnperintendeu Washington, D C. 8, H. HARDWICK, Wt Gen'l Pass. At . Atlanta, Ga. R.L. VERNON, Traveling Passenger Agent 18 E Trade Street, 'mm m IE1 W Caveat, and Trade-Maries obtairwd and all Par. tent ba-uncia conducted for MOOCHATC rtrfc. OoOmiOfWirri;U,. PATxtrrorriec f aad e can secure patent in IcM funic laaa tnmr Scad model, drawinr or nhotA . with Aracmn. ftkw. We advHC ii oaten table at ml free aA (charge. Our fee not due till patent is aecored. , A PlIIMIfrT MOW t Oiaxn P.rcnt wirh lent free. 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