jp sja w a ht yct — l mb i r o salisbury n c thursday september 5 t8£9 ho 46 .... ■ ' [ dc f : ii ' i i d n — . tj yi i p ya l i i :, : ' ■ mm 1 absolutely pure ' ■ rvelol i'.ir;ty m ori ■■ ■ inoinical • ■ ,, - ■ :. lliiituu ol \ i i - ! . ill 1 .■....-■ soldo -. ii ■ !■■■ •.,■,!..■..•■-.'. 1 n s ill v binirliiini & co voiiny & bos iiid x p mm j » 3si » 2e1 •» . mts i sjirinp tonic ■., liii-h shows how l 1 i i it w ill km n'k your niala tonlicl for p spring tciuc : id issn in more oi . . ne thai • /.'. //, 1 1 is nbteil . ■ ■ mi i : . . \ one 1 ■. [ i good in siini . ■ ■ . , - • .. lou purifier gives 3:lt r satisfaction k uly 15 18s7 nail ii i my custi nm rs n and waul - i box ii ii ii . : : ■ ' - . : :■ lnuo.v it removed tho pimples : ■;■ -■ v oral \ ears ■ - i-o.s ll ■ o a i [ , • '.:■;■■ : r ■: she . ; imples have shu ■ : i rum s m wn as a eogk cf wondebs free t the cause i ■ it'll 11(1 ■ i i ; ; i 1 1 1 n 1 1 i s i n , l ■ i ik i ■'■ i uleih ul tart liny proof \ t lan t a . l a j . a i in thi i pkiiiob i > ( " ! i ouim :: . ! . ii limes julin s i lender son ; tin i v s a i.lmes imaintitls v i i n ii cy j tiiay r and : .;. ii thayyr v a llt-itl i i ' ;;, | liar is k jones kti«l ! ■ s kloyd jesso c | ; ; ■ u and her hus . . ; ('. sexton and i -. uu-y m ritj !.. skei n .. :': moses l ;. .:■ ; ■ •■ /• i tell hnrj r v.rtit . i v i id iiom-ros;tlont von tu ■ ik i i y ri quire ! to appear be ik ul n < illice in t lie town of salis ;: ii day of ,,--■,'. . -,- or demur to t he ; i ;: ills \ , ust ot ii i s89 john m fiorah i k superior < otirl of uowan ' o breissoro female collep creerisboro n c ■. [ f ninth sp]ssion of is weli equippo ' and prosperous 1 1 -; i iii ion will begin on the 23th cf ausu;t 1889 " vdvadtages ; iro i .' ( in all llie depart incuts of in : mil ly pursued in female col ;,■-,■- oi liiu;liesl ■: ■ ado < barges very i b'or i - ailtlrt ss t m i xi resident . , !. ti eonsl oro n c ! h ! o m p a x y ; seeking 3me patrqnase w l zi:sm company ■ kj - apt reliable liberal t ( a ] • h7o(),()<k the first easter dawn i ii nn rni ng twiliglil efirt'.i quii c ..'. lav whili i i . « 11 like smile of go i stole o'er the sky t!ie tars ni i irh ig from the east night clouds thai il irkly ik-ckc i the path of day without the city's gates ii garjei wherein the dut^n crept slowlv for as vet night ,-!, i low ihi i \, ■::■■■■ . ■• i roa i fig-leaves \\ in re h:i!f-a wakened i ii with drowsy twit t t . ■ ■ ■ i h imps an i drunken • ; . : - on dn n uf 1 1 ': ' '. nig lit-c ■'!' i and ;. . inj sweet rant ; u rj le i ioistcr hanging low mid shaih jepth.s ol m ri e an : p in grc nate twixt grass-fringed bank the garden stream with dreamy tniirinur juried along its ivav nor misseil the c mpany of the friendly stars nor greeting gave unto the white narcissus \\ hose pale face o'er the brink le mt lovinglv the uir yet heavy with thv cimit of orient fiowi r fhe 1 ig night was all a stir to c itch tile spicy breath of early morn hyacinth and lily dew-heavv hung their hea is while weary with the lonsr night-watch the scarlet poppy dropped upon the ground petals like blood-drops marking all the way in corner of the garden thickly grew cypress and laurel and the shade thereof was as the shades of death nor voice of bird the silence broke thither the magdalene came bringing her offering to the tomb of christ which there in hillside rock was newly cut as if symbolic of the passing her form was draped in robj of sombre hii . beneath the folds of which gleamed feet ( if marble whiteness sandal-shn 1 and soi'e 1 from du t an i flew and treating by tiie way of crimson poppy leaves beneatli her arm she held i jar i spice a : 1 in her skirl w re heaps of suowj lilies from the fields fresh-gathered wimple thrown back her ra i en hair leu mass.-s h nng in iking a frame 1 •;' ■ ■ ii y about a c;i in • i face beneath her soil dark >■> cs there linger 1 vet i ii j urple slia lows of h r mght-sli ■ 1 tears and in their calm and lustrous lepths lay hi i onwar 1 she en in ■ mil i the - pulchi . r i ',_ : \ ' ; . ■. ■• who shall the s ton re e " p :■ ing tho li i lov ii the ] irtal - rca'-he i ■ : roll.'-i .■ •■■ n .-•■•': tatting will ur . . lie tin e let fa i ! ipo:i ■ ■ ! 1 : • without and ti ic wept , t wet-pi low:i ; ' • ■ i and i - i w i 1 1 . . th ilchi ■ uld t ■ ang i clad iii whit no tli .■■■■■■■• i | faci - of men trans ; _ v ■ i wil i tin off in ; , v er!a ting pe ice : r ii ' i i lit divin as ' itterfly in sunl . . i aloft ; th h scan ■ i m ment poised on angel wings : she orrowed not bill w u ' in ecst ic te rs earthw ur 1 i ■■■ ■■ destial dew even while thus a voice 1 hin 1 hei said ■• mary ! " n : 1 swifl tin i ug roun i she eric i i •■ labboni ! an i knelt adoring mil t he how cts 1 hit-crushing fr en white lilies their sweet ' breath which like an inci • rich ■•. enl out to m i the morning sunshine for over the earth there had arisen — the sun i high i ousnes con miu \ sri wtr iioydkx its characteristic wilmington t.ir among the striking characteristics nf the liepul licnn part v an 1 deceit and contempt of public opinion deceit be fore elecl inn contempt of pul;lic opin ion l teru artls 1 ts eaieer ha been marked by these from the beginning j but never more so than under this adiiiiuisl ral ion i ii every plat form adopted by ! hat party i has professed among other things a deep interest in the welfare of t iic toiling millions and the special championship of the oppressed and yet it has been t he machine of rich men ' run by them and for them its legisla j tion being so framed as to make the rich richer and t he poor poorer this is the history of its tariff legislation and from the first act to the last the i:i-t being more notoriously so than the j first the deceit and hypocrisy are so apparent in the results of the tariff laws in relation to the manufacturer and the workingman that it seems | strange that any intelligent working man cannot see t h rough it and com prehend without t'li 1 assistance of an i ducat ional campaign scarcely had t he elecl ion of harri son been deel ired than the reduction of wages began in the protected indus tries of the north followed by strikes and lockouts the proprietors of these industries were all in accord with the republican party and contributed their money t reely to t he fund which ' q lay h .■!:•". & co found so effective | in t i i « - campaign and on the day ■ i election since the day the votes were cast winch elected i 1 ! j amin j harrison president that party has nevei h id a part icle of iuti rest in the working man and will not have until another eleci ion comes around so it has been pretending for the >■ mam years to be t he particular friend and guardian < f the enfranchised ne gro and notwithstanding the fact that ever since their enfranchisement the negroes of the south have voted almosi solidly !'■ r the top iblican party an 1 that the negroes in 1 1 • . • northern st.ates have also voted solidly i •!•■ it thus giving it i he control r f t hose states and of the federal government i las well the negroes have never re ceived any substantial recognition i from that party in its conduct to i wards them h has been characterized by the most arrant hypocrisy in the treatment of the union sol jdier in whom it has professed the most unbounded interest its hypoc risy has been conspicuous until re cently the soldier was ignored the i party striker taking precedence in the distribution of patronage and not un til the grand rmy of the republic took an active interest m these mat ters was there any change in tins re spect now the soldier receives a lit tle in !)■•' attention than he did former . ly b it riii only enough to enable the party leaders to con tin tie thg pretense of being in earnest i:i their professions of interest iii the soldier another evidence of their deceit ami contempt for public pinion is fur . nislied in then trifling with and disre gard of the civil service laws for which before the election they pro fessed the most sincere attachment mr harrison was nominated mainly , for t he record he had made while in the senate as a civil service reformer ; with tiie belief that his record would ! secure to him the support of the inde pendent [? jpublicans who h v sup ported mr cleveland in ism on the civil service issue which it did no | ; soom-r had the party come into power i and the work of giving out the offices j began than the democratic heads began to fall regardless of the civil service laws v.!;!ch were at once i laid upon the shelf where they now quietly rest ci mnianding not as much \ as a passing thought civil service was all right in the campaign when it ! . was useful in humbugging somebody ! but t hey have no use for it now t hat the-voiers who believed ill if have been ' humbugged these are a few of the \ ' characterisi ics of t he republican partv ' which might be added to indefinitely the virgin mary business .*■'■ ' : . ' ■ lan innirk k i iidl v allow me to call attention it ' a vulgar error which is suggested by ■ vour local of the 1 5th inst in regard i to the virgins visit the superstition j [-. il the heavens are over-cast on july i 2 \. when 4 try s ■!> out on her journey to i he hill con nl rv we only lo i for [ falling weather until her return vug i i i ! 1 1 . now our almanac marks the latter d ite a v m .." which as a matter i of history is the date on ' which the j i a holic ■ ■■ ■!>■ irate t ho feast of t he j afhi/f)h))tio>i or ascent of mary into heaven : and inn no relal ion what ever to her irrinil hence the error of fixing the duration of the vist six weeks instead of three months which ! would agree with si luke chapter 1 verse 24 27 3(5 41 50 57 it in iy i the superstition that if it rains on st swith"ifs day july 15th | it will rani for forty days thereafter has been confounded with the visit of the virgin assuming that on christ mas we celebrate the poximate date of the birth of christ i hen the visita ion extends from about march 2")th to june 2tth which is the date of the birth of john the baptist but he 1 roan v 1 fixed on this period july | j i when she returned from nazir-i el h rather t h m on th it at which she ; underti iok her journey bee ins t he hirer being about the mmc of the com memoration of mister its observance could n it be s > well complied with bv [ re ison of the mini toiis an 1 imp rtant rites which then occur ll is curious to note in this con nection that the superstition re 1 garding the ground hog and his shadow likewise falls on a feast-day of the virgin the 2 1 o e february is candlemas or the feast of the purifi cation wm blackmer salisbury aug 2'j isso __ ss .. < - > . e __ i a plan for getting pact of mosquito?s rol eit i lam horn has placed in the hands of morris j kesup of the american museum of natural histoit new york the sum of s2 10 to be i paid in three prizes of 8150 s ) an i ; i i for the three best essays on the destruction of mosquitoes and flies by i other insects it is suggested that the j dragon ilv is an active voracious an 1 : harmless mosquito hawk and that it ; might if artificially multiplied di ' ininish t ; i inrnb i r.i oi t!ie s.u iller in i seels a practical plan is called for j in the breeding of the dragon fly or j other such destroyer in large numbers : ml its use in the larva pupa or per feel state for the destruction of mos qnitoes and flies in houses citie.i and neighborhoods fair of the american institute the opening of the american insti tute fair on october 2 is an item of i interest to the inventors and manufac turers and the recor 1 of last year ] shows more than double the uumberol visitors at \\\-' reduced price of admis-i sion than of the previous year the forthcoming exhibition will be the 58th i the history of the institute ' an i as the arrangements for space an i . ig privileges are now being made ; ei rly application to mr charles wager j hull the gener d snperinten lent al the office of the institute astor place new york ciiv is n word of timely adyire to tho^t who wish a how mil the flood at rockin^ham the rockingham kocket gives par ticulars of the damage done to the fac tories by the recent hood at ledbetters 1 factory the <, r ri>t mill was moved a few inches from its foun dation the count \ bridge just below the mill was so badly wrecked that it will have to be rebuilt at roberdel factory two miles be low ledbetters the dam was broken ami the grist mill and cotton gin building on the east side of the pond was swept away only a portion of the dam was blown out but what re mains is so badly wrecked that it will have to be torn away pee dee factory two miles below roberdel suffered serious loss the great volume of water discharged by the broken dam at roberdel swept away the old portion of the dam at pee dee and the water poured with fright lu 1 force iigainst the northern end of the building smashing in the win dows in the lower story and flooding the weave room to a depth of four or five feet the looms 165 in number were submerged by the seething mud dy water and the thread and cloth on them rendered worthless the ma chinery is greatly damaged the blacksmith shop was swept awav as were also the gangways the bridge and a lot ( t fencing hair a mile further down the creek was a large grist mill that tum bled into the turbid stream and was borne away on its murky bosom the dam is also gone on palling creek south of town the first damage we hear of is at the \\ iley d.iwkins mill four miles south east of town here the dam and grist mill were swept away between the dawkins mill and great fa is factory were three other dam which served as reservoirs for great falls all of these broke and the immense volume of water thus liberated rushed with awful force upon the dam at great fails and blew out a large section of it here there is a fall of thirty feet or more and the mil is situated in the valley below the dam and a little to one side had the full force of the torrent struck the mill when the dam broke the building would surely have gone down the boiler house built of brick was swept away and the lower floor of t he mill was flooded to the depth of three or four feet on this hour was a large lot of cloth thou sands of yards of which is badly dam aged much of it will probably prove a total loss just below great falls factory hitchcock and falling creeks come to gether and torni one stream from coiiflueiieiice of the sll'eams it \< about one mile to midway factory which probably sustained a heavier loss than any of the mills their dam was mown out ami the factory floodel to the depth of five or six feet the tower to which was a tank containing several hundred feet of water collapsed when the water struck it the gang ways the blacksmith shop and the boiler house were swept awav and several bales of cotton and yarn were borne off down the stream some of this will probably be recovered of course the machinery on the first il or is badly damaged the dam of hi llam'ei woolen mills and of mr geo j freeman's grist mill on marks creek were broken and the buildings slightly dam aged the kocket enumerates a number of other losses by damage to property and says the damage to the manufacturing interests of the town will aggregate 8100,000 add to this the loss sus i tained by the countv in bridges the damage to the railroad the grist mills destroyed and the crop ruined ami the ' total loss will closely approximate i 8200,000 if it does not go beyond that sum ' i the morehead city liar 0u west chicago i.«piil h at sheffield park yesterday an ital ian peddler of tov balloons attempted to serve two purchasers at once and in doing so let go his string of bright colored globes the cord got twisted il the left arm of two-year-old sophie schwab and the buoyant rub ber bubbles started heavenward taking her along her mother fainted the bystanders stood horror-stricken as the balloons swept close to a tree and the infant grasped a handful of twigs and checked her flight a yo ing german ascended the tree in an instant and then crept out on the branch nearest the child at this niovemeiii so phie's strength gave out an i the bal loons suddenly released went upward at least 1 i feet drifted out over the lake gust koch a sharp-sh i te . grabbed a repeating rifle hurriedly jumped in a skiff with two companions and pulled out into range koch suc ceeded in piercing several of the bal ooi s each siicce.>-<ful shot helping the bin eh to descend before it finally readied the wafer the boat was at the spot a:id little sophie did not even get her feet wet [ i\v i or three ve ii ago vi nc • nut of an exactly simii-ir u •■ i nvnee a r m i ehe i i c.ty was sen to the pies from t h it pi ic siii'l « sis extensively ; . she i it was who ly ip<i '■ ' ;• ' '' but it advertise i mureunad an i i ne \ lantic ii '•:. ! v ■<'■ - " '-' ;; l ! arrangements for th op°n-r of the ! agricultural & mechanical c^uese raleigh call 24tli at the meetins nf the executive enm inittt f tli • bo ml of trustees of the college of agriculture and the mechan ic arts held yesterd iv much impor tiuit work v ,- w i :. i .; .- . 1 out and inaug urated the hist m itter c nsidere,l y:is that of a pro-ipettus ant descrip tive cil;;lo<rue of the institution i primrose chairin ui of the comruittee udopte i an 1 orlere i printe 1 i anion other thiugrf it sets forth that the fall i i ■-! | term of the p<d lecrp begins on thurs lav < hrtober : 1 1 1889 the t 1:1 will i:i all probabilitv open with i l "• i attendance of pupils . from all - rrions of the state there '. are certain ivq.iirements for entrance ; to the coll ■_;•. 1111 iri;j which ure t ii • following ap lic.mts mi t be al least 1 1 w i - of air mum furnis!i evidence of a good ' moral character and physical develop ment must be able to read and write ordinary english intelligently and | must lie familiar with simple arithme tic including the practical rules of tin j same through fraction 9 , and have i fair knowledge of geography and state history they must at some time preceding the opening of the season present themselves before the county superintendents of their respective counties in connection with not less than two members of the county board • of education and submit to an exami ! nation by written questions which will be prepared by the president of the college \\ orthy applicants will be given certificates oi proficiency but will be required to pass an approved examination at the college these ex simulations apply to county students i who shall go to the college under the provisions of section 8 chapter ho,of the laws of 1887 a to the other students the same qualifications shall apply but the ex i animations shall be conducte i by the j faculty the estimated cost of college ex pense per term of ten months for county students tuition free is 100 the cost per term v pay students i put at 130 che current receipts of the institu 1 tion and on which it will depen 1 for support consist of the surplus over 2i>,000 of what is known as the fer tilizer tax thi ii'nount can not be : stated exactly but il has heretofore been si 5.000 per an num besides this t he ci allege will hereafter recei \ i the land scrip fund amounting annul ly to > :^.-'') : '•<'). this amount h;is here ; t of ore been going to the state 1 niver sity mr x 1 bionghton moved that the full board ot trust - he called to tneel on align 30 1889 for the purpose of electing a president to the college the motion was adopted the following gentlemen were pre sented before the committee for con sideration for the office j l stewart sampson countv \. •'.: greo i ). i'u rinton ph d wesl virginia 1 k kelley moore county n <".. alex o hollad iy flordia'agriculturai col lege ico vv miles jr m a em ory va a cominil tee met last nighi and pre pared t ii examinal ion quesl ions for applicants and confirmeil the motion for a call of ti college facull y for s ptember 10 to arrange a curriculum when cock crow anoi her habil i •{ \ n inials that has attracted ni.ich attention and h;us call ed forth many explanation all of which are more or less - t isfactnry is the crowing of cocks at midnight in the first place there are not much de \ pendence to be placed in t he c cl as i t ime-keeper ii crou ing in the • night-time varies u itii the se - time oi g ling to roost etc i lit ex pi m il i.i.i of the c uise ii iii ; cr c.ving i-j founded on a pin i fuuciion stand near a cliicken-i ■ m st e i . \ in the night and you \\ ii hear a contin nou-i ral t ling sound coming fr mi the fowls this sound is pi uluced by the iniisi les of the gizzard in grinding the j f 1 in theijj as i he in is es ajj and triturate the gravel and sand thai the tow i swallowed to aid digestion ' the sound i given off in ab nit six or seven ho'us after t roost the rat ' tling s mind ceases thi.-i indicates the dige>t ion is now hnislu d i lie : ■ •■■ . are now read v to i ike a sound they celebrate i lit 1 event \>\ ero ing cackling shaking out their feathers and then si'ttle low n to i oost for another and sounder ■ leep 9 nel imes t lie crowing is heard at irregular inter ■ vals this is probably beca ise (| f m lack i fo ' i or imperfect digestion it is generally caused no in • .: ■ in which l.tt individuals complete t he woi k of di o sti n these last two obsei nations are nol given a conclusive or final b " as ' .:•■ best exp i i ' 1 ''' j mt be t!i ught of for a natural phenomenon i r .- i fact however th it the work of dig»-sti m i -•■ dom heard of ifter i lie n -■ ' -' '■ i -■ a f^.s /- i hij journal i ),' itself m mey is an empty t h it [] is only val le by law and in i nai ire f r a ch.mg agreement a in i tin se '!-::_ d can deureci emler it entii el untit ' ■ • sal \\ ..,,• ,,,.,. | s . .!■■-•' a brave con r ei3ra h a he kept hi word vt tiff kt-k ok his life lieiitehnnt <'. a corvell formerly '■ ii oup hundred and f.>r'v-hr>r new york volunteers twentieth vrmv corps w is with shermin mi tin famous march to the m (>,,.. bright sunday in december isc>4 it lieutenant was detained t take charge of tin picket line in iroiit i>f savan nah uu the edge of rice swamp there w s : ' truce between the j>iik»-t un«l everything won i sal bath-like stillness 1 oryell ha i nothing t <]<> and trai hi of tobacco how to <:••• l chew was the question finally a hand some young official from the confed erate side strolled out between the lines < oryell hailed him nt once i - iv johnny it 1 come over t«o v " i l':ui i uyt tobacco and return safew to my lines 1 "■' ome along 1 treal yon right how do 1 know that i'll net !„■ taken prisoner "^ oil have the won of n gentleman and a confederate officer c u-yell thought a moment and then decided to make the venture he laid i.-nle his sword nnd licit and started across the high and narrow dike lead ing to the confederate line on either side of the dike the water in the rice : fields was five feel deep the lieutenant reached the opposite shore without any misgivings the ( confederate pro i need sorni tob we and a trade was made in no tim •. [ tlil-n the two ifll into ple.vsjuit con versation suddenly < loryell saw a signal llnttei from a house some distance in the n\ir of the ( confederate line w hat does tii;it menn in a~l<rc sharply 1 don t know replied the < confed erate 1 us then an orderly dashed up on horseback and with a dignified salute said to a < confe lerate officer lie ten ant the general orders you to take the yankee officer t o head quarters l ' tryell was dumhfouudeil then he looked at tin confederate lieutenant and noted his hone-l eyes and ins man ly face a m i your prisonei ?" asked < cor yell the < on federate extende i his i itjit ii i ltd 1 offered \ i"i niv ro!ecl ion he in t'i vour lines i will ■• \ on o er i in dike and it niv ikmiv can shield you from confederate lead you shall reach your command in sat'el v i iood-ln i an i ' i * >« i ) ■ t » — v you ! the federal started on his return trip he was h::lf way across when the hist shol came there was anoi her and anol her nut 1 a whole brigade seemed to be firing it him the fugitive walked rapidly onward until he reached the federal lines an<i vaulted over the breastwork then he looked back and saw \\\- protectiu 1 standing in the dike the ' onfeder iitr ivayed his hand turned about m inarched back to his oh ii side he haj kept ln promise like a true soldier - athmftt constitution davic county will issue bonds the hoard of com missioners of i > . i \ i ** countv have considered the bond ue i ion and ; t i recent meel ing decid d to accept l ii proposil ion of < ol a ii andrews \\ liich i as follows that the county commissioners shall 1 ;■■ s4o,(xm of bonds place them in the ban is of a trustee 93 u»t ol said bonds to be delivered l>y tln trustee to the railroad when the road >. !■■ unplett'd mi caw running into ilock.s ille from ( lei r ehm i n tbu western jsorth carolina railroad i ■ point iiv.ir cleveland on the south or frouj w inston on the north western on the ha-t t hi in complet^rj ill eighteen months from this date and lo,wjfc when the road is completed from the : ol her end < si ml it or k ist sis af re sai'l the bonds i f to bear i.nte/est until delivered to tin railroax by the truj*tefi in n uupl iance with the iiliove agreement i f the roa«l t not ihiii pl^ted to mocksrilh within eighteeu months the whole of said ijoimis t m return i th.e coiumissjouers i if i hi it count v a petjt lftu fi .. : he citizens ui ji rusalera township was presented to th com misniouers asking them not to is the bonds ii inston rrpublirfiit a wilmington darkey john lewis the colored in.ui li.in.'cl i;it he tombs new york cil v l,i>i v . iday " is s id upon good ant horitjt , ■ w i native of \\ ihnington and lived up to about five years a » hen iv w>mit to new v'ork in eoni|>any with two other well known uegrot • pot - i josh !<»•» i vras employed at different times t ;< wri.rf in r !: ■ st ires on pn»iit tr n4 sei vc i i term in the pe|litj7jfiaj v toy stealing sevt r»vl articles of clothing from 1 r joiiu w . yordon h was ■ j ve 1 1 ' t age i ■ r . • t : u liii h !..••'.'. i v.is t-x pcuted t t he murder f alice jack . i mulatto w oruan july j 7 1 sv -":. ,„...;,, . . ,|,.. rcfi|set in live w ttii lm;j ■ iiaviuii r iousl \ v ti"r |, t r and crippled her fur lit ii . >■ ., rfon sfff