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The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-02-16
STATE EXPOSITION.
IT'S BEGINNING. ITS PROGRESS.
AND ITS OUTLOOK.

u
Kints.
Now we're under sail; the weather is
fair and everybody feels the exaltation
+bat fair weather and favorable winds
Give. 1t is not inopportune, therefore, to
fell over the story of our passage thus
far.
The Beginning.
on October 18th The CHRONICLE ex-
rrecsed only the spontaneous and almost
Universal sentiment of our people when it
said:
Let us have big Fair: Why not? Georgia
mad one Kentucky is having one North Car
ut.na has made the most attractive part Of the
TI.t4a F,x position. We have the material.
ra we have beautiful chance. If the Fair
A.loeiations in the state that already sue
rrsSf4!ly organized would join hands and make
some such movement as this is the only prop
.rway TO get the full benefits of the advertis-
iug North carolina has done at the great Ex-
positions during the last three or four years.
few days after 5his, on October 18th,
Governor Jarvis offered a resolution in the
Board Of Agriculture which contained
ycrv prudent and cautious section. limiting
Of the possibility Of inaugurating such
movement. as follows:
That all articles not necessary to the Museum
I,. pack ed and stored in Boston, if cheap storage
can he obtained, or that the whole be shipped
shall think ii better. it being the object of the
Board TO keep the exhibit in such position
that it may be exhibited IT New Orleans, at
tha state Fair at Raleigh or at the North next
YEAR as the Board in the future may deem to
ihe best interest of the State.
The State press and the New England
press took up The CHRONICLES sugges-
fi0n and what was worth more than any
suggestion or all the newspapers in North
Carolina and New England combined then
soon happened; for Mr.. VIM. S. Primrose
went to work to carry out the plah.
On November I'd at the call and insti-
CATION of Mr.. Primrose. a large and
very earnest meeting Of business men of
Raleigh was held in the room of the Cot
ton Exchange. when the first preparatory
action was taken. That meeting ap-
pointed committee to take the question
into consideration. The committee which
did the preliminary work consisted Of w.
s. Primrose, W. G. Upchurch, e. r.
Stamps, G.. NJ. Busbee and Oct. Coke.
These gentlemen took a great deal Of time
from their private affairs and worked with
the utmost enthusiasm. To their energy,
and to Mr.. Primrose more than to any
other one man. we owe the Exposition.
The meeting Of representative men in
this city on the 3Oth of January, and the
proceedings of that meeting, are too fresh
in the public mind to need recalling.
THE CHRONICLE published letter
from Mr.. Edward Atkinson, Of Boston, on
December l, which was commented on
both in this State and in New England,
and which had an excellent influence in
making the popular desire popular en-
thR,iasm
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-02-16

DID you eyrr observe that as soon az tho
cars run little into night the first men
who coil up for atorturing nap arr-pre ach-
ersg Nature finds compensation In all
things, and the railroad thus gc;s even
with the pew.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-02-16

\ man who isn't q tobacco man asked .
company OF Us the other evening how IL Il
that there arc half dozen men or more
in Durham who are worth quarter Of .
million when all Durham county l. worth
only four millions.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-02-16
Charter and Bylaws.
OFFICERS.


W. $. PRIMROSE, President, Raleigh.
HENRY E. FRIES, Secretary, Salem.
T. D. HEARTT, Treasurer, Raleigh.
VICE-PREsIDENTs FROM CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICTS.
1st-Dr W. Riddick, Woodvlle, Perqui-
mans; 2d-Dr. w. r. Capehart, Avoca,
BERTHE; Sd. A. Bonitz, Goldsboro 4th
stead. Roxboro; 6th-W. II. Bernard,
Wilmington 7th-J. II. Ferree, Randle
man; 9th-W. E. Hidden, Stony Point,
Alexander; 9th-G S. Ferguson, Waynes
Vile, Haywood.
DIRECTORS.
Gov. T. j. Jarvis, Henry A. London,
Chatham, p II. Haines, Winston, ). &.
Alexander Charlotte, George Howard,
Tarboro, w. G. Upchurch Raleigh, Geo.
1T Rose, Fayetteville, w. Fl. S. Burgwyn,
Henderson, John Nichols, Raleigh, Thos.
NJ. Holt, Haw River, Richmond Pearson,
Ashevile, Julius Lewis, Raleigh, DR.. ID.
w. c. Benbow, Greensboro, w. c. Stron-
ach, Raleigh, Geo. Allen, New wBerne, Jacob
Wallace, Statesville, DR.. Eugene Grissom,
Raleigh, Major J. w. Wilson, Morganton,
T. K Bruner, Salisbury, William Wooll-
colt, Raleigh.
In the matter Of the Inco'porat, on Of the
North Carolina Statc Exposition: Be-
fore the Superior Court Clerk Of Wake
County.
Articles Of Agreement made and execu-
ted this 3Oth day OF January, 1884, by and
between w. S. Primrose, Thos. M. Holt,
w. II. S. Burgwyn, r. S. Tucker, IL. W..
Fries and w. G.. Upchurch, for the pur-
pose Of becoming Incorporated, according
to the provisions of the Code, under the
name and style OF 1.-The North Carolina
insthe manner hereinafter set forth, that
is Y say:
FErst The corporate name of said cor
porati M shall be 1.-The North Carolina
State ESpOsiton.''
Second. The business proposed to be
done by said corporation is the holding OF
an Exposition OF the products and indus
tries of the State of North Carolina for the
purpose OF aiding the development Of the
resources OF the State, and inducing the
iuflux Of capital and desirable immigration
into the State, and the doing Of such other
matters and things, and the exercise OF
such powers as may be necessary TO the
successful holding OF such Exposition, or
may be incident to or grow out of the
holding OF the same
Third. The place where it is proposed
to carry on the business OF said corpora.
ton ls at or near the city OF Ralelgl, III
Wake county.
Fourth. The length of time desired for
the corporate existence of said corporation
is two years.
FIfM The names OF persons who have
subscribed to the capital stock of said cor
poraton are as follows w. S. Primrose
Thomas NJ. Holt, w. II. S. Burgwyn, r
S. Tucker, H. w. Fries and Wm. c.. Up
church.
Sixth. The capital stock Of said corpora
ton shall not exceed fifty Thousand dollars
to be divided into shares of twenty-five
dollars each.
.Seuenth. The stockholders in said corpo
ration shall not be individually liable 1ol
the debts of the corporation.
EiqhM The corporation shall! be gov
erned by Board Of Directors OF twenty
elected bv the stockholders at It's first reg
ular meeting.
Ninth. The officers of the corporation
shall consist of a President, nine wee
Presidents, to be elected by the stockhold
ers and who shall be er-oDicio members O.
the Board of Directors, Secretary, ant
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-02-16
Some Other Towns will Bounce You.

The Secretary of the Asheville Tobacco
Association reports for the month Of jan
uary: Sold at the several warehouses dur
ing the month 483,339 pounds for >97,-
352.7O, an average Of $19 93 per hundred.
This average is the highest yet obtained,
and still places Asheville market ahead Of
any in the United States.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-02-16

met curiosity this week In the share
OF q man with two eyes and \ head which
looked normal who firmly believes that
this United States Government VIII yet
pay the ex-slsve-owners for the loss OF that
peculiar property.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-02-16

There Is darkey Mt "the only second
class hotel In America" who about the
smart hour OF can outsnore n fog horn.
II you are at all OPP in such matters. by
the way, you have observed that Negro
can outsnore "A white man any night.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-02-16

thusiasm to provoke him to 90 even as far
in expressing himself as he feels warrant
en- But when asked the general question
What is the outlook 2" he replied with a
smile:
''Why, it is magnificent The people
and the press have taken up the project
with such earnestness and spontanety
that it is in no sense project. There is
40 question OF success-a success, be-
lieve, OF which we shall be proud-but
only question of how great success"
About buildings?''
''We must have a building OF about 75,-
900 square feet Of floor space. The most
practicable plan that has been considered
is Of a combination of buildings 40 feet
wide, which can be built cheapIy and
strongly, in the shape of square, with
proper architectural relief at the corners.
Of course, and enclosing four open courts -
All the buildings in the Fair Grounds Of
the Agricultural Society now have only
80, 600 square feet Of f1oor-room. This
does not include the shelters for ma
chinery.
When asked about the programme-for
instance about having 'county days" "
when excursions should come from every
county on its day, and the like-Mr. Prim-
rose said that some such scheme would
undoubtedly be carried out. Now you
open up the way for a thousand questions
OF detail. - he continued, "abOut which l
can hardly say much yet. But they shall
all be formulated in time-and in time
means very soon, for there is no time to
lose, and don't propose to lose any"
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-02-16
Touching Mr.. Josiah Turner.
From the 4S1dtesUiNe Landmark.

FTOn1 Me S1d1eSUiNe Ld0dWdFK
One Of the most faithful pen-pictures.
one of the most graphic biographies. one
of the truest sketches, all in all the best
and most entertaining editorial that has
appeared in a North Carolina paper in
many a day, is the one we copy on our
first page, from The STATE CHRONICLE,
of Raleigh, under the caption, ''Mr. Jo-
siah Turner There is not such another
figure in our history as Mr.. Turner.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-02-16
Maps of Counties.

Mr.. II. A. London thinks that Chatham
will not only make complete exhibit Of
specimens Of her resources-agricultur
products, minerals, timbers and the like,
(Which, OF course, the county has already
officially decided to do and the work will
very soon begin) but also that maps will
be prepared which shall show at a glance
the extent Of the county's resources, and
the extent to which they have been de-
veloped. One map, for instance. shall
show the extent and kind Of timber, an
other Of minerals, another the waterpower
another the proportion of cleared land inn
proved and unimproved, and the average
value Of land. This praiseworthy and
practical scheme carried out will enable
not only people from other States, and
from other parts Of this State to zee at a
glance what Chatham is and has, but it
will teach the people of Chatham them
selves more about their own county than
one fiftieth of the men in it Cor anybody
else) now know. Every county in the
State ought to have such maps, and the
money they would cost could not be bet
ter spent if an Exhibition had never been
thought Of.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-02-16

The Poverty of Patriotism.
Senator Brown, OF Georgia, is the only
rich Southern Senator in Washington.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-02-16

FTOHE Ute -1SneCttIe Ct1tzeH
Those who have tried it pronounce the
new water, recently introduced into the
city most excellent.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-02-16

Gracious-what Is fame? and wha, was
slavery: and what was an abolitionistY l
haven't heard anybody on the ears In North
Carolina even mention Wendell Phillips,
though all the rest OF the world l. talking
about him. Half the people In North Car
olna had entirely forgotten who he was
Maybe they didn't ever know.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-01-04
Put an End to His Agony.

DENVER, Col, Dec. 21.-A strange story
OF a mysterious death in a mine comes from
Douglass Mountain, near Georgetown. G.
A. Dillev last Monday discovered in a tun-
mel in the mountain the body of John G..
Emmerson partially covered with dirt.
Ihe throat was cut and gashed
in a horrible manner. 1t is
believed that the man had committed
suicide, and a Coroner's inquest which was
held on the remains concurred in this be-
lief. Emmerson had lived in a cabin by
himself, and was working all alone in the
tunnel, in which he cut a lode that he
worked himself. The tunnel was not
timbered, and it is thought that while work.
ing the ground over him loosened and
caved in crushing him to the ground. Some
heavy rocks fell upon his feet and legs,
breaking his right leg above the ankle.
He doubtless took his knife out and
endeavored to cut himself loose, as his boot
was slit up and down and cut all to pieces,
but he could not eXtricate his foot. He was
wedged in and helpless. After long and
helpless waiting, and vain %endeavors to get
out of the drift, he evidently cut his "
throat, preferring not to die by inches in his
helpless ENHANCEMENT. The body had evil
IDENTIFY been in the drift some forty-eight
hours when found.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-01-04
The Great Cantalever Bridge.

NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, Dec. Ala
most satisfactory test was made Of the
Michigan Southern cantalever bridge at
twelve o'clock yesterday. The test was
made by running two heavy trains side by
SIDE, consisting of twenty engines and
tWenty-four ~tlat-cars loaded with gravel.
Inc trains completely filled the bridge.
1he trains We're made up on the Canada
side, and as they We're run on were stopped
at equal intervals for the testing committee
10 make examinations. After the trains
were on the bridge Il section was taken
from each end, leaving twenty locomo-
tlVes and ten cars standing on the
rlVes arm and center span. The test
occupied about an hour and was witnessed
by about ten thousand people. A special
train of four slcepers and Supcrintendents
loucey's car arrived from New York.
President R,ltter, of the New York Central.
and Superintendent Burrows, were the first
to cross the bridge this morning.
Ill Superintendent Burrows PONY
nglne a special arrived from Buffalo
over the Canada Southern of seven
coaches, bringing a Chicago car. The
tfaln contained the builders Of the bril re
ana superintendent Of the Michigan Cen
tral. A large number OF engineers and
scientific men examined the structure. \
banquet was given at the M0ntcaglo III tho
afternoon.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-01-04
How a Den Of Infamy Was Broken Up,

BRoCKWAYvILLE, Pa, Dec. 21.--For
some time Dominic Morillc, an Italian, has
been keeping q house of bad reputation
and an illicit liquor shop on the property Of
the Ridgway s. Cleariield Railroad at this
place. Every effort was made to put a
stop TO tile proceeding, but without
avail until Thursday evening, when n. j..
Cooper, an engineer, broke up the nest.
When his locomotive pulled up on the sid
ing a number of men girdled the house With
cables, which were attached to the engine,
and as soon as the ropes were firmly fixed
the locomotive pulled out. The whole
building was torn from its foundation and
completely wrecked, the inmates escaping
without injury. After the wreck
ing of the structure a fire
was lighted and the building burned.
A large crowd quickly collected, and
the confusion for awhile approached a riot,
as but few were in the secret. The house
stood within a few feet Of the railway, apart
from other buildings. AS it's foundations
cracked and the pressure of the heavy ropes
lightened wild shrieks issued from the Win
dows, lights were overturned, and doors bat
tered down, half-naked girls and drunken
men emerging through the cracking tim
bers.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-01-04
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

In the trial of the assailants Of Miss
Emma Bond, at Hillsboro, ILL.,, the prose.
cution rested its case on the 18th. Two
convicts from Chester Pcnitentiary gave
damaging testimony against the prisoners.
j. T. Ferguson, a member of the Grand
Jury which indicted the defendants, swore
that John Montgomery offered to pay him
any amount Of money for a copy of Miss
Bonds statement.
CHARLES F. PAUL, a Saratoga IN. W
journalist, who died on the 18th, was one
of the pioneers of California.
AN O'Donnell indignation meeting was
held in Washington on the evening of the
10Th, at which fiery speeches were made by
Representatives Robinson, Calkins, Fin.
nerty and Bedford.
A CHRISTIAN Convention was held at
Philadelphia on the 10Th to form an Anti.
Secret Society League. Officers were
elected and resolutions adopted de.
nouncing all secret societies, declaring
that "the Masonic lodge fills our offices
secular and divine, with it's partisans,
shapes our political destinies, and teaches
corrupting morality, subversive both of
Christian religion and free institutions"
The resolutions also declared that 1.-THE
Grand Army Of the Republic is an insidi.
GUS, dangerous and useless form of secret
organizations"
The Michigan Mcrino Sheep Breeders
Association, in session at Lansing on the
10Th, elected A. D.. Taylor, President, and
unanimously passed resolutions demand.
ing the restoration of the tariff on wool.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR on the 10Th sent q
communication to the Senate setting
forth the necessity of a deficiency appro-
prlatlon of $4,000 to supply the Grow In.
dlans with food to keep them from starry.
ing.
REV. DIR. T. D. ANDERSON, a widely
known Baptist Clergyman, died suddenly
in Boston on the 10Th.
The Washington Grand Jury OH the Goth
indicted N. W. Fitzgerald, S. C. Fitzgerald
and A. B. Webb for d%efrauding pensioners
and for fraudulent use of the mails.
lHE remains of Congressman D. E.
Haskell were inferred at Lawrence, Kan.
on the Goth, the city being draped and
business houses closed.
AT the Louisiana Democratic State Con.
vention held at Baton Rouge on the Goth
Governor McEnery and State Treasurer
Burke were renominated.
THE Executive Committee appointed at
the recent Colored Convention in Louis.
vile, KY, has issued a call for a conyen.
ton at Richmond, Va, on the second Tues.
day of July, 1884, to consider the plat.
forms of the different political parties and
to urge the colored people of the United
States to give countenance and supper to
those only who favor giving them their
rights, clvllly and politically, and the
recognition due them as citizens. Organi-
cation throughout the nation was urged,
and the colored people were asked to sup
port no mau not in favor of general
education.
D HOFFMAN decided recently in the
United States Court at San Francisco that
IL the evidence proves that a Chinese la.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-01-04
LATER NEWS.

DURING the seven days ended on the 21st
the business failures throughout the
United States and Canada numbered 3l3,
against PSI the previous week. The dis
5ribution was as follows: New England
States, 81; Middle, 63; Western. SIG; South.
crn, 81; Pacific States and Territories,
%; Canada and the Provinces, So.
GORDON, BAKER & Co., millers at Sparta,
ILL.,, failed on the DIST for S1GO, 900, with
$4,000 assets.
The Prohibitionists of Ohio have called
q State Convention to be held in Columbus
january S, to ask of the Legislature a re-
submission of the prohibition question to
the popular vote without any qualifications
or alternatives.
JERRY Cox a negro, was hanged on the
list at Georgetown, S. c., for the murder
OF II. H.. Rembert, and Silas Lane (col.
ored) was executed at Rolling Fork, Miss,
for criminal assault upon q woman.
HE remain of belong and his conf
rades, of the Inflated Jeanette expedition,
reached lrkut$k. Siberia, ON the 21st, and
were born in procession, escorted by troops
and a large concourse Of people.
OWING to a war Of rates, third class tick.
0' Y L VI L ILllIDpC were OIL Tile
2lst reduced to twenty dollars.
The authorities of Vincennes, Ind, on
the 21st captured four persons engaged in
the manufacture Or circulation of counter.
telt money, one of them being a saloon
keeper owning considerable real estate.
KING JOHN, of Abyssinia, on the 21st
threatened Massourah. A number of Abys.
Islnian Chiefs attacked an Egyptian posi.
ton near that point recently, and massa.
cred five hundred men.
HONG KONG (China) advices of the elst
state that Sontay had been stormcd by the
French and captured. The French forces
lost fifteen men and had sixty wounded.
In a quarrel at Grafton, w. Va. a few
nights ago Carter Smith, a barber, drove
scissors through George Nc Daniels heart,
killing him instantly.
EIGHT business houses, including the IN
6ependcnt newspaper office, at Stewards
vile, Mo-, were destroyed by fire on the
21st.
IHE dynamiters on trial at Edinburgh
Scotland, were on the 21st found guilty.
tive being sentenced for life, and five
others to seven years. penal servitude.
The West Shore Railroad on the Dist
discharged l,S00 laborers in and nea1.
Utica, N. Y, the heavy snow preventing
the carrying on of work.
A BLOODY riot occurred on the Dist in
the City Of Mexico because the new nickel
money was refused at the market. A mob
paraded the streets, breaking windows.
and all places of business were Immediate.
~ closed. Cavalry charged the crowd and
restored order. Six persons were killed
and several others were wounded.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-01-04
Business Elnbarrassments.

New YORK, Dec. 22.-There were $50
failures in the United States reported to
B'udstrcct's during the past week, 81 more
than the preceding week, A more than the
corresponding week in 1882, and 1876 more
than the same week of 1881. About rs per
cent. of the failures were those Of small
traders whose capital was less than SIS, 600.
Compared with the previous week, the Mid
ole States had G5 failures, an increase of 2;
New England 81, an increase of l; South
ern States 81, an increase Of s; Western
States So. an increase of Z; Pacific States
ana territories 33, an increase of 10; Can
ada and the Provinces 30, an increase of /.
NEW York, Dec. 22.-The business fail
ures of the last seven days, as reported by
telegraph to r. G. Dun & Co.'S Mercantile
Agency, number for the United States PSI,
and for Canada and the Provinces, A..
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-01-04
"A man named E, r, Buckland w

"A man named E. r. Buckland. who,
IS thought to be crazy, called at General
Sherman's house IN st. Louis the other.
day, and, ringing the door-bell, asked
to see the General. On the latter's an.
pearance, auckland said: "My name is.
E. II. Buckland, and I've come to ser
about marrying your daughter. Did
you get my letters?" The General at
once grew wrathy. $50 you are the,
scoundrel who has been writing i'm.
proper proposals to my family? Get out
of here or I'll call the officers" And
the would-be wooer was ANONYMOUSLY
thrust out into the strect.-Ch,caGo.
Journal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-01-04

borerleaves his country to engage in mer'
camille business in America he is a mes"
chant under the statute.
The marriage is announced of Frank =.
Walworth, OF Saratoga, n. Y, who killed
his father in e New York hotel, and Miss
Corinne B. Bramlette, of Louisville, KY.
REV. JOHN B. WRIGHT, tho oldest Uni
tartan clergyman in this United States,
died on the Goth at Wsyland, Mass. aged
ninety-three years.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-01-04

1.-The southerner is becoming grim
IN MS humor. When Andy Taylor, the
Gay before he was hanged in Knoxville
asked Sheriff Foote for q drink of whis-
Ky, the Sheriff said: Il will give YOU a
drop to-morrow."-G Chicago Herald. ~.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-01-04

The days of fabulous rates of in
terest in California seem to be past.
The savings banks in San Francisco are
lending money on mortgages at six per
cent. and paying the mortgage tax, and
yet they can not find a market for more
than athird Of their money.-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.