Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-13
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PHENOMENAL MANUFACTURING Pro

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PHENOMENAL MANUFACTURING Pro
eREss IN THE SoUTH.-The Baltimore
Manufactures Record states that there is
no let-up in the organization and building
of the new cotton mills and the enlarge
ment of old mills at the South. A pros
pective reduction of the present tariff rates
has no terrors for mills situated in sight OF
the cotton-feld. On the contrary, the adj
mission of machinery at the proposed re-
duced rate will decidedly encourage the
MULTIPLICATION of mills in the South. New |
mills are being pushed forward and old
ones extended at Durham, Yadkin Falls,
Mountain Island, Laurel Hill, Fayetteville,
Patterson, and Rockingham, in North Car
olina; at Columbia, Trenton, Nashville,
Knoxville, and Pulaski, in Tennessee; at
Charleston, Sonth Carolina; at Athens and
Columbus, in Georgia; at Talladega and
Selma, in Alabama, and at Roanoke and
Lynchburg, Virginia, the raising of capital
for the construction Of new mills is con-
sidered assured. These are the enterprises
which have taken shape in the past two
months, but when in SO short time SO
much is done the Record is right in consid-
ering that such activity is phenomenal.
The Petersburg hader- appeal says that
st is no reflection upon the honesty, i'm.
partiality, or sincerity Of the majority of
the Court of Appeals to say that the dis
senting views held by Judge Hinton will
commend themselves to majority of in
telligent people as more logical and con-
sistent than those opposed to him. Clearly
the electoral boards are not such offices as
are within the gift of the people, but are
created and filled by the legislature, and as
the creator and appointing power, the leg
islature ought to be able to fix the qualif-
cation of the appointees. 1t was an I'M
necessary and superfuous act on the part
of the legislature to have prescribed any
such qualification, for they already had the
power to appoint freeholders exclusively,
if they so wished. But this power was
neither increased nor diminished by the
qualification prescribed, as logically it
could not be-"
THE PREsBYTERIANs OF THE SOUTH
The Southern Presbyterian General Assem-
bly, which meets in Vicksburg, Miss, on
next Thursday, May 18th, is composed of
about one hundred and fifty commissioners
chosen blythe sixty:six presbyteries lying
within the bounds of the church. An in
teresting feature Of the meeting will be
the presence of three delegates from the
Northern Presbyterian church and one
from the Dutch Reformed church.leading
ministers of those bodies. The assembly
proper will be composed of the best official
material of the church, leading and popular
preachers from all sections of the South,
and some ruling elders of great ability as
debaters The moderator Of the last Gen
eral Assembly, Rev. DR.. Theodore Pryor,
of Virginia, now eighty years old, but yet
vigorous in mind and body, will preach the
opening sermon.
FIGARo.-This is the name of new pic
torial paper, on the order of Puck, publish
ed in New Orleans, copy of which we
have received. The first cartoon represents
one of the canine species having the head
and face of Malone, with a tin bucket tied
to his caudal appendage labelled "Arthur
BOOM" A parcel of indignant voters with
clubs and dynamite are after the canine
aforesaid, who, with tail dropped and con-
sternation on his visage, is beating hasty
retreat. In the distance is figure person
ating Arthur with gripsack suspended
upon a stick, making off as fast as he can
in another direction. The likeness of Ma
hone and his Presidential confederate are
both strikingly recognizable.
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THE HILL BROTHERS GANG.-On Mon
day night of last week, VIM. Spurlock went
to Robertson Spurlock's house, on Mud
river, Boone county, W. Va, called him
out and shot him dead. The next night a
posse found the murderer and made an eff
fort to arrest him. He resisted and fired
upon the posse, who returned the fire with
fatal effect. The motive for the killing of
Robertson Spurlock was the fear that he
would reveal the secrets of the Hill Broth
ers' gang, to which both of the Spurlocks
belonged. Two members of the gang were
lynched at St. Adams, the week before.
Now AND 4THEN.-Before the meeting of
the Coalition State Convention the Valley
Virginidn asserted that unless there would
be union of the coalitionists and straight
out Republicans there would be no use for
the Republicans to make contest in this
State-that they would be defeated in ad-
vance. There has not been such union,
as the Vrginian deemed absolutely neces-
sary to give the Republicans any hope of
success, and yet the Virginian now claims
that they will carry this State "whoever
may be the standard bearer of the party"
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CHURCH DEDICATED.-On Thursday
morning, October 10Th, 1882, the Lutheran
| OuulCu az luu. JdChoOI3 Wdc uCooAOyOu
by fire. Upon its site new church-'cMt.
Calvary''-has been erected, which was de-
Dictated on Sunday Of last week, the dedica-
tory sermon being preached by Rev. John
G. Morrie, DID,, LID, of Baltimore, who
preached the dedicatory sermon Of the
church, which was destroyed by fire. The
size of this church is 64x36 feet.
SUICIDE IN VIRGINIA. Nc
Caull, United States official and a brother
of Col. John A. McCaull well-known
theatrical manager, and of Hon. Pat. Nc
Caull, late chief clerk of the Virginia House
of Delegates, committed suicide by shoot
ing himselfat Rocky Mount, Franklin coun-
ty, Saturday evening. No cause is assign
ed for the act.
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