Carolina Watchman

              the carolina watchman fol xx1l---teird series salisbury n c thursday december 25 1890 xc 9 state news geasral bfews a strong endorsement lock haven pa dec is the snow storm alter raging thirty hours ceased this morning there are two feet of snow on the ground when the farmers alliance first proposed the sub-treasury plan the pol iticians and financiers all over the country with but few exceptions de nounced it as wild and visionarv in fact it seemed to be matter of resent ment that the farmer movement should tindortake to settle the financial problem and the sub-treasury plan was met with denunciation instead of argu ment what is ioinvt on all over north carolina durham is talking about building a 250,000 hotel editor scott of the lonoir topic has been elected captain of a base ball nine nashville dec 18 mcgehers & co of rome ga wholesale grocers and cotton factors have been forced to assign liabilities 155,000 assets about the same dr thos g taylor is erecting a commodious tobacco factory in leaks ville _ elmira x y dec 18fcn up to this morning eighteen inches of snow nad fallen h?re street car traffic on all lines was abandoned last night all trains are badly delayed we'desire however to call atten tion to an endorsement of it from a quarter which should at least command ; the respectful attention of those who were not disposed to listen to the far mers mr bldward atkinson in a re cent publication recognizing the need for more circulating medium when the crops are lo be moved proposes the is sue of convertible bank notes cr i other instruments of credit to be used as h symbol of the product or capital which is in process of move ment to be redeemed when the pro duct enters into consumption that i this plan signifies the issue of a circa ! lating medium based on the great sta j pie crop which has to be redeemed and retired as u:.-ed is patent oa its face i it is the very essence of the sub-treas-l ury plan,but we think it is not hedged about with the same precautions that mr atkinson favors such an issue of convertible bank notes indi cates that a man of his experience with the financial world and with views and feelings in sympathy with the capitalists of the c untry recoil i nized the fact that money based on the | great staples would be received on a parity with gold otherwise mr at kinson would not favor such a curren j cy now the admission of this fact answers the entire objection to the charac er of the currency which the sub-treasury plan v - > - 1 « i put in circu lation under the sub-treasury plan as consumption took up the product on which ihe currency is to be based j this currency would i ■ re nrued to the treasury and retired ov as mr atkin son states it redeemed in additioa to the plan of mr at kiuson the farmers proposa to insure the solvency of this proposed currency by having the government under its constitutional power to provide a cur rency issue it directly instead of through the plan of bank issue they put into the hands of tho govern ment to secure it a security v liicli be ing consumable merchandise is the best in the world and in additional . thereto the personal credit of each oo tainer of this currency stands behind it for his withdrawing his crop and re deeming the money issued thereon thus giving ik hind die money issued the government's promise the pledge of ample personal property and the personal security of the obtainer of the mo'cv and also s uniin -: i uuifurmity in the currency issue which could not be obtained in any other way hut the great point which we wish to '' emphasize is that mr atkinson - pro posal is a recognition from a capitalis tic source of the feasibility stability and desirability of a currency based on the principles of the sub-treasury plan taylorsviile will organize a land and improvement company by jan uary l-,t says the index peg leg who ' 1;ls orders for 7,000 north carolina negroes to be taken south can not get 70 wilksbare pa doc sleet rain and snow have been falling here for the p ist twenty-four hours and at noon it was snowing hard it is the heaviest storm seen in the wyoming valley for some years and undertaker i ■ . ■ ■ y l is ■ ■- ■ r t the lan ' i '. rt i sto :•. of pnrni 11 e t vc r • ■ • december ( ii ( in i:i day when fires wore lit ami all our breakfasts dune we spread our toys out on the floor ami played there in the sun the nursery smelled of christinas tree and under where ii stood the shepherds watched their flock of ■;■■ ■ oi painted wood lei louse 1 he air was gold i '. ■■ t all about -.. , roofs bells rang it bu1 soon the slay bells jingled by i ; ■ :: ' .. ■ -' 1 ' (■: below an ; ieoj '■• on the n ay to church wei ■ :. ; .<■'.:■ through the snow we did not quarrel once all day mumiiki and grandma said tlx ;. liked to be in where we were so plea autly we played i do not sec bow any child is cross on christmas day when all the lovely toys are new and every one can play — katherine pyle in st nicholas alleys distillery in caiawba county ty was destroyed by tire a few days ago the report that mayor pritchard of windsor had been tied and whip by unknown men is said to be with out foundation wetland ont dec 18 arthur day the rochester n y wife mur derer was hanged nt 8:10 o'clock this mtrning he walked firmly to the gallows ten minutes after the trap was sprang he waa dead his neck was not broken and died of strang ulation the c c randleman cotton mills at randleman have made an assign ment the liabilities are said to be orer 20,000 the guard's story how an engineer saved life axi wealth am ilow he was rewarded coming down ou the elevated ro;:d late at night a short time ago i fell into conversation with the guard says a new york star reporter jle was a pleasant fellow the night men are apt to be they have less traffic and anil t he natural social instincts of men display themselves in spite of corpora tions and iron-bound rules as we swung into south ferry station he shouted out there goes the money train 11 1 looked and saw a single car at lach d to an engine up the track i hi d only a giimse of it but that was sufficient to ar rouse my cur s ;. companiou was full of the subject a i 1 i gal lierrd some interest ing - i i an important feat me of rail . ine a fire at burlington a few days ago destroyed 50 bales of cotton chicago dec 19 — joseph n asir cashier of the allerton packing com pany one of the most extensive at the stockyards was held up this morning in his office in tho packing house by two unknown men of granger-like appear ance and robbed of 3,200 in cash the monroe register states that a good deal of building will be done in that town this winter bueafort has two oyster canning plants one was established by ral eigh capitalists and will employ 800 men bellefonte pa dec 18 the belief on te and snow shoe branch of the pennsylvnia railroad the tyrone and clearfield branch and tho lewis berg and tyrone branch are all snowed up no trains the snow is two feet deep on the level here this morning fiev thos h newberry will at an early day commence in fayetteville the publication of thenorth carolina baptist washington w 7a d^c 18fch during the past twenty-four hours the most terific snow storm for the past five years has raged the damage lone is enormous the city is completely isolated great apprehinsions of a liood are entertained when a thaw sets ni ilev e vveisner of davidson conn ! ty raised 400 bushels of sweet potatoes '■ and s;x bushels of tomatoes on one acre of land corn the only crop remi | gronnd was ' free fn m \ raightj in height and - development of earing i neither ricks of straw n grain nor hay all these • cover in the structures th ti - stock the lending crops ai ■ i corn outs wheat and red i for slock horses and hogs latter s accommodation t raodious struci ding and feeding '■'-• j . as an exani of culture the land the y rows having a quired a i inch tl suggestii * ing was • | |,., • | in hlin - .. ,» |.. n j .. | and deep em . i he n enough to m ike success n easy and certain undertaki driven by a heavy rain i of oiio of the omish barns 1 i hour's opportunity to i ■■ ! neat the premises were an i ! . . plete the arrangement for the c n nod security of five st « k ai shelter of implements and farm ducts of ail kinds there w i inure or heaps of rubbish an i barn-yards were as cleau as an . vated field and in the \ e ; flower gardens dose to the di common homely flowers i bles of every kind in .-■ vigorous growth ami had a i on the ground but 1 mighl detail for a column or two a . : ] the whole story therefi n . 1 by declaring thai for a i greatly improved bj cull ; ■ large crops for thorou.q neatness iu farming i r ; . breeds of hogs for greal . ; cloyer and for large and '.. hum houses i have i \. ; thing to pqual them in ■ of illinois the omish mennonites who r simplicity ol thai sect forbid c -: . buttons are prohibit eyes substi haiv i | are worn long bill nol so the children and v continously an 1 no li hat is permitted indoor . , ] haps the mosl striking pei all is that no blinds are . windows of houses and i keep out the searching oi . the light or heat features i these dwellings a ivi e r must be seen iu be midi ; , omish are honest indusl ■ gal beyond all praise clannish they are at the good neighbors and patri voting only on rai and accept ing no offi ■ ■ • pal h-ma.st i i heir i a wonderful effect n i farm in of the surroun but on the town ; in , some of them in i he n p . douglass county showing vanced eh iliz ition an i i of improveim tit than all er place in ihe - f was nol sensible ol i things till ! <■ mi to n paigu count in the ufti i day i here wan ti ' s'ov ,. ; ness of the ci <\ . ■ shabb nol ex ruents that 1 rets and to ol leai • i bv the and establi , i y the le the prim , such bran lies of !•• irn in . ed to agriculture an i • arts that for 22 yeai - h doing what a haudf d ol far mers have done in t he rn by getting at the secrets of si land profitable agriculture u ! . .!. dairy notes it is not luck that count liberate calculating jud many more cows are ■■ underfeeding and poor care t orerwork there is a we;i in an acr of fo i ler land with reasouabl ■ milk sho ■ . after i : butter m . . creamed cow ' ■ kept whe :.-'.,... lo it everj i he fund ion of n • .. an i th '■■■■- ■ ■ ■ ■• kind tn m ■■' ■ abundant j protect i i from ing r-lonus wi.l ] of milk and often .- . . • ill } l.d the all-tbe-year-rouii i •..■ ■ , . . p i i.i r co v l'he reul d lelid 1.1 tills uil'ectioil ixu i . i ., • ■ ti dry longer than t.vo ... . . i > be ;■,"- rid of uu!i . .:.... 1 ruilka for the ten m ..: .-. '"< . . ■ ; never saw that be r . m i lie guard l the car is oval in .■■' . holds t hree or four mea up the tickets and boodle and is naturally locked after pretty sharp ii t le company the men in the car all carr gnus and are generally loaded tor bear so they're not trou bled much the car starts out about one or two o'clock in the morning and goes up and and down the second avi uue i i stopping at every station and collecting i lie tickets ii the boxes and the ironi the office next a rip is taken on the third avenue road and then ou the others in regular order the ear laying up for the day about five a in near filty-eight street on the ninth avenue line i've heard it said that sometimes she carries about 20 000 lu fact that's only a light esti mate frank dixon a brother of the w !! known k v thomas l>ixi>u of new \ ork is to come from oakland,«lalifor nia % to be pastor of the i3«ipti.st church at new berne apairy a negro by the mime of william hanks was found dead near pittsboro last week he had frozen to death 1 getting the hees to emi'ty old buood combs call on me before purchasing dr miller says he has reduced the time to two or three days well says chulou fowls in gleanings i get the job done in twenty-four hours if the weather is warm enough so the bee.s will lly freely but if it is colored his plan is no doubt the best where th hives have a loose bottom it the doctor tries to have old back brood conibs emptied his way when the weather is warm 1 imagine lie will have a hot time 1 ' taking the combs away tor the bees will hang to the old combs a great deal wowe than they will to the unfinished sections and of all disugreuble work shaking hungry bees oil dry combs is the worst as before mentioned his plan will not do for those who have hives with , permanent bottom like mine and 1 will therefore give my plan which is simple 1 slight improvement on dr miller's plan of having unfinished sec tii ;■- cleaned out a barn on the farm of mrs william grimes of raleigh situated in greene county was burned last week mr a a conly of linville town ship has reopened the old conley gold ! mine and is meeting with every in dication of striking it rich before long — morqanton herald now is the j i h iarca1n alice hauser an industrious colored woman who resides about a mile west of winston killed a 11 month's old porker a few days ago that pulled the beam at 395 pounds vii'i'dy m jwkovs with that train or with the men in it continued inv inform mi smilling grimly to himself i woiiktn't be healthy 1 do remem ber a liiiif though when there came ne i i ing a circus there had wen sume trouble with laboring men — ■: oi i hat kind and i hey laid the train \ u can't do it en y tin tlang on the vvlitel always lien you run up on the guard - : side uf ; he track and \ oti ■ the street the ijjaug ... . , and they tried somei liiny new the pub an inclined block on k so 1 i 1 train iniglit rim up i might go it was a trick i suppose 1 hey expected below and rob the car when she m • : in the streot killing the engineer oi course didnt count all the same they got left there was a quick young fellow on the road that tune he saw the blocks in the tt.'.sh of the engine light and stopped the train in her own length lls saved everything and kept his wife from be ing a widow in the bargain i guess i think 1 read a poem about it in one of the illustrated papers harper's weekly it seems to me the company was very grateful to that young en gineer tin glad of it 1 said i heartily he certainly did them a service what did thev do for him let's see lie saved at least 20,000 for the road 1 suppose they gave him 1,000 not much said the guard folding his arms and winking at me confiden tially i'a : i ' r ii i i : mol.nir ci i i p ' ' i 1 rni r prire k 73.00 i v ' ■'■ j ; rmcr price g0.00 woi ■ price l m vns v ilo x iir.ii w • ■ i ci hi r ■ < ■ ■ > . -■ , mil wlit lock i:i ; . -•: a.iit i<|iic oak a \ lie clicnj and , ion t i 1.(1 £ i yle ' . liu a i ; :.!'■ - li 30 . . . . . ■ i xdein i . ■ , : .! . ■■• ;.:/! ! i ih i tiiuirg in all ii i ■ . . ■ i : ■ il:i y ami r . 1 1 ■ - ! ; ■_ 1 1 1 w ■ i ! i my nsi i . street in •■ urodklyn tliniiking hi \ ii iii i lit 1 public ] g.vv : .\ f r u dealer at forest city rutherford county tuescdiv.lloloway walls shot and kill ed his wife shot his brother-in-law vvayiir li lyjies through the bowels and shot himself though the braiia _____ a rj-i i u ■ iwill be found itof fall a er goods in salisbury -;< )( u>h eatables winter shoes i i'm the b t hour made in the largest and best the coming sea america the i i t cured assortment in town from meats to be had canned the finest kid and calf ixteii clothtxg kruits mc.-it and vege liand-sewed made down now oj)en for in tables of all kinds at old to the cheapest made of liandsome prices nd the choicest all leather at the very to suit the [\ as <\ ffees hi ! cocoas lowes of all rock liot tom prices offer special inducements to the • sell you gooas cheap tvt 1 , ; l'tts a rexdleman ri i gulat rs of ii v prices greensboro workman mary lew is an old half wit ted colored woman who lives beyond the 11 6 1 railroad in eastern part of this city was found dead in her bed this morning about o o'clock heatness in farming i cake my old combs i wautenptied am after uncapping the sealed honey ! put them in empty hives with tight bottoms and set them down cl ise to the entrance of the colonies 1 wish to feel just at dusk i put in a les number than would h'il the hive so they tire spaced further apart and if 1 want to feed more combs 1 put on an upper story if it is a cool night i put the hive as close as l can to the entrance if warm three or four inches otf alter getting the bees started on it the object being to avoid getting the young bees out of their hive nearly all of the honey will be cleaned out in the night and early next morning i carry the hives of combs two or thrse rods to one side from the entrance small one-half or three-fourths inch will do but if the comb are new and tender or contain any candied honey they should be closed to the oue-bee capacity now the bees that are already on the combs have the advantage through the day and will get about all the honey there is left and if they are managed o as to have no young beis on the combs they will go home at night leaving the combs free from bees when they can be taken care of by this plan i can get a hundred or more combs cleaned out every day until the job is all done with and light colonies siiplied with their winter stores and all without lighting a smoker or opening a hive 1 do nut work with the bees during this comb-cleaning time that is hot in the apairy where the work is done and so i have no trouble with robbers funn field i->d stockman ( ulti h i uml couuli i " ■ mr jacob dove lias killed as the durham globe expresses it his pork 1 lings [ in number their weights are respectively 310 302 360 and 374 or a total of 1304 lbs these hogs were a little over twelve months old.—con j cord standard la u rin burg exchange pembroke is the name of the new station just es tablished on the c;irolin;i central rail road where the wilson short-cut road crosses it near pates robeson county work t7h the new road from there to bayetteville is progressing the title of the editorial i quote ui . the bead of these paragraphs reminds me of sin interesting expcrii nee of my own ii bhort time .-; it '. ou know how often and how much i have re ported the fertility of the soil of cham paign county of the heavy yields of crops and the almost uniformly favor able character of the growing seasons for the thirty-three years of my resi dence here to be sure 1 have said little of the character of the farming good or bad but the reasonable infer ence would be that where crops were so nearly uniformly good the character of the farming must be pretty good too and i thought so though i do not | remember to have said so having some business with an ac quaintance relating to the proposed purchase of a tract of laud in an ad joining county he in putting a price on the property said that it was far superior in fertility to champaign coun ty land and in the in nr neighborhood of some of the best farmers and farming in the state having the ohio settle ment on the north and the omish farmers 0:1 the west urging me to go and see for myself 1 consented and went by rail thyty miles south to ar cola in du _ an i then by team west nine tuili . 1 the omish settlement near the new railroad town of arthur ou th ■ way 0 it 1 noticed better graded ro .-. sti iger bridges with heavier si ul than in champaign county an i a:i increasing appearance of neat ie in tin farming us a whole an \ ! thrift in husbandry geu ... . i 1 ive or six inilt'j out and 11 atti r crossing the okaw or liaskaskia river we were among the white h iuses and red barns of the omish the lands are low nearly dead-level prairie for miles and miles but there is a well graded road on every section line and ditches for complete drainage but no roads on half sections the f^nns rarely ex ceed lti'j acres lv.ci aud the improve ments of houses i»uj us aud graiuaries are near section corner iur the ad vantage of sociability and neighbor hood ti'h feuieo iii'ii mostly o*.ig orange hedges in every c;-.se plashed uud pruned tlu ti.lda ure clean the raleigh chronicle the largest owl ever seen in these parts was killed a day or two since on mr van moore's place about a mile from the city the bird by actual measument is four feet and seven inches from tip to tip it has been sent out to mr herbert brimly the taxidermist to be mounted the standard music company of \\ iuston offers a premium of a 100 bridgeport organ to any person in the state of north carolina who will raise the largest amount of money and do nate it to the oxford orphan asylum • ;. and including the first day of jan uary this i an item that will be worth puce in all our state papers win o corporation do that we'll be near the uiilleniuo ami wu:i t have so h need o the ministers preachiu 1 the new testuieiit at the direc ( ■.;■- on sundays the way tilings go ;!,,\ don't have no cull to let up on them sharps 1 never heard that lun trot a cent for what he done i sunpo iirectors think a man's bound to save i.i - own way and us for playin : • ■ the v ow i they're keepin all the 7 it m . • no mistake i understand they gave the engineer an earlier run and he v as glad i nough to get it 1 ;. ■ ii on him in those hours u;isii t so great and it was less rough ou ins kid neys " f - t i sinn cup i . peomp c p reliable 9 libekal i it - -■ tal assets o - * - - 8750,000.00 j allen browiv vgi^ent agent hi r k gregory , of greensboro the patentee of an aiitisetie for the treatment of wounds has effected an arrangement with both the richmond and danville and cape fear and yad kin valley railroads by which his new contrivance is susplied to these roads for u>e iu case of accident an exchange is authority for the statement that in detroit mich there has been an exhaustive examination going on for some time as to the purity of milk supplied to that city ami dr coyenty who has concucted the exam ination reports that seventy-five p«r cent ot the milk received was found to be adulterated and says that if the ped ers continue to sell inferior milk prosecution will be made at once ploughing by steam marcus dawson and tom lane were limiting rabbits ueare greenville recently suddenly dawsou culled out there goes a rabbit ami in whirling to shoot it the whole load of his gun struck las.e who was a few yards a way sunday dawson offered to surrender to the sheriff,but the killing being purely arciuenf^l the offic«r woul j u^t hold h'mi — winstj.i d.ul'j a man in jackson county oregon has been ploughing this hill with a steam engine und lias found that it works quite successfully he pulla eight plows with his engine and turns over the soil at tin rate of sixteen acres i l day the co.-t of running the uullit not over 3 per day children cry for pitcher's castqrisu