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ORIGIN OF THE MAFIA.
Fayetteville Observer

Crime-stained as it is to-day, and
CHASTITY with murder every step of its
tortuous, secret career, the "Mafa'
sprang into being from an inspiration OF
patriotism, but It's very birth was her
aided by a libation of blood.
Many years ago we read its story in an
English magazine Gf our recollection is
faithfully, and that recollection is fresh
ened by recent communication in the
st. Louis Republic, though our remem-
brance of the incidents differs somewhat
from the narrative of the st. Louis cor.
respondent.
The ''Mafa" society is over six hun.
dred years old, having its origin at the
revolt of Palermo, which took place
during an Easter ceremonial in the, sub
urbs of that city in the year 1889. A
in accordance with the quaint and p-imi.
tive customs of that people, approached
the Church of the Holy Ghost to be uni
ted in marriage at its altar; and, while
the lover sought the venerable padre in
the little room at the rear of the build
ing, his bride paused upon it's thresh-
| old. = AS she stood expectant-
graceful as fawn, fair as
a dream, her innocent heart
throbbing with its new born happiness
a drunken sergeant of the French gar
rison, Druet by name, strobe up behind
her, threw his arm about her waist, and
thrust huge, brutal hand into her
pure, snowy bosom. With cry of hor
ror and fear, the poor child tore herself
from his polluting grasp, and turned to
fly; but the heel of her dainty slipper
caught in the coping of the stone pave
ment, and she fell, striking her head
against sharp projection OF the church
cornice.
At that instant the returning lovers
eyes fell upon his beautiful mistress
lying lifeless, her white brow gaping
with its cruel wound, her long tresses
dabbled with her blood. With the saw
age fury of wild beast he threw him
self upon Dru t, bore him to the earth
and drove his stilletto to the wretch
heart, brying: 'MoRTE ALA FRANCIA !!
''Death to the French !" There was
u mauJ, a pause Of silence, and ther
that maddened cry became the roa!
of infuriated thusands. 1t swelled an(
deepened it took more solemn meaning
became nationallzed-and then burs
forth "MoRTE ALA FRANCIA TALL
AMELIA y "Death to the French is Italy
cry!" For seventytwo hours armed
bands, headed by the father and betroth
ed of the hapless girl, hunted down th
> hated French, and their search was a
the quest of the tiger and the blood
, hound.
But retribution was to come after thi
l carnival of blood, and, in dread Of tn
vengeance of the French nation, thes
= unhappy people formed themselves int
= y secret organizations, with the passwor
. AID name of the society made up Of th
}. initial letters of the words which con
pose that fateful deathcry, thus formin
'. ''Mafa." Its object was resistance
= oppression, and, as the lapse of yea
added to its power and influence,
= stretched forth its hand against the ric
is is and mighty in behalf of the poor an
% the downtrodden. To-day it is but IL
:, hideous cloak of the creeping thug ar
~ the assassin Of the night.
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SENIOR CLASS DAY.
The University Seniors Will do the Ex.
ira Thing on April 18th.

The University Seniors Will do the Ex-
ira Thing on April 18th.
The CHRONICLE has received an invi.
tation to attend the Senior Glass Day
Exercises at the State University, which
will be the feature Of the season at that
institution. It will be held on April
10Th at IL a. m., and the program, rare
and promising, is as follows
L Oration-J. Y. Lewis.
H. History-W. & Wills.
LII. Poem A. II. Patterson.
". Prophecies F. H. Bachelor.
V. Dedication of Glass Cake
VI. Address by the President.
CLASS DAY MARsHAL-W. J. Andrews,
of Raleigh.
SUB MARsHALs ohm D. Bellamy, Jr.,
of Wilmington; VIM. Bingham. of Bing-
ham School; W. B. Guthrie, 0f Durham;
e. W. Whedbee.
The class of 1891 is as follows:
President, Shepard Bryan; Vice Presi
dent, J. NJ. Morehead; Secretary and
Treasurer, W. W. Davies, Jr.; W. j
Andrews, W. W. Ashe, NJ. W. Ball, F
q. Bachelor, Plato Collins, J. L Gun
ninggim, G. q. Currie, P. Dalrymple
R. R. Eason, J. NJ. Fleming, Jr.; G. NJ
Graham, P. @. Graham, j V. Lewis, E
R. McKethan, G. s. Mangum, A. H
Patterson, George Ransom, W. L. Spoon
| S. G.. Thompson, W. 81. Wills.
OF these graduates Raleigh can boas
of four: VIM. j. Andrews, w. W. Ashe
F. 81. Bachelor and j. NJ. Fleming, Jr
This will be most interesting occa
sion, and it is very probable that larg
number of Raleigh people will be pres
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A 81 Counterfeit Silver Certificate.
(By the United Press.)

WASHINGTON, D. G. April 9-Assistant
United States Treasurer Wbelpley stated
this morning that there was no doubt
that counterfeit of the 81 silver eerti-
ficate was in circulation. AS fast as the
81 silver certificates were received at the
Treasury Department they were des,
troyed, but no order had yet been issued
calling them in. The printing OF 81 sll,
YER certificates from the old plate had
been suspended. The new design Will
bear the portrait of Secretary Window
instead of that of General Hancock II
is said that the new issue OF 81 silver
certificates will not be printed until Sc
oretary Foster decides upon a d-stlnc
tive paper upon which to print al
treasury notes, bonds and securities.
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IN MEMORY OF GOV. FOWLE.
The Executive Committee of the State
Hospital Passes Resolutions.

at meeting of the Executive Com
mittee Of the North Carolina Hospital,
held ia the city of Raleigh, on the 8th
day of April, 1891, the following reso-
lutions were adopted:
Since it has pleased Almighty God
suddenly to remove from the sphere OF
his usefulness our greatly beloved Ex-
ecutiye, Daniel G.. Fowle, an able
scholar, wise and discreet official, a
Christian gentleman and distinguished
statesman,
RESOLVED, That it is with profound
sorrow we learn of the death of our
illustrious Governor, whose wisdom,
skill and rare tact in the administration
of the great affairs Of state called forth
the grateful love of his co-laborers and
the admiration of an appreciative people.
That in this sudden and unexpected
death, the State of North Carolina has
sustained an irreparable loss, and the
people are deprived of a wise counsellor
and efficient Chief Magistrate.
That we, the Executive Committee,
keenly feel that we have lost an able ad
wiser. prominent and beautiful feature
of whose character was the kind and
sympathetic interest he always manife5-
ted towards the Hospital.
That copy of this resolution be sem
, to the family of the deceased as res
pectfui Offering of our sincere sympa
: thy and coincidence, and also that copie
) be sent to the Raleigh daily papers.
GEO. L. KIRBY,
JOHN D. BRIGGS,
Executive Committee.
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WHAT MEANETH THIS?

An Iowa Alliance Organ Turns its
Guns Upon the Southern Farmers.
(By the U nited Press.)
DEs MONIES, Iowa, April 1O.-War
between the Farmers Alliance is fore
Swallowed in Iowa. The Iowa Home
stead, the leading agricultural paper in
Iowa, has turned its batteries loose upon
the Southern Farmers Alliance, devot-
ing over page of its current number TO
discussion of the aims and the methods
of that BODY. The Homestead main
tains that the Southern Alliance is mo-
nopolistic in its methods; that it is dom
mated by few men; that in the Macune
trial. it tacitly endorsed the sell.
out of the Georgia Alliance anc
| its official organ to the Little Wizard
attorney, Patrick Calhoun, and that 1T
chief aim is to form great cotton trust
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TWO INTERESTING PORTRAITS.
They are Good Likenesses of Gen. Jas.
G. Martin and Hon. Alfred NJ. Wad.

They are Good Likenesses of Gen. Jas.
G.. Martin and Hon. Alfred NJ. Wad.
dell.
A fine oil painting Of Gen. James G..
Martin was placed in the State Library
a few days ago. Gen Martin was the
hero Of two wars. During the Mexican
War he lost his right arm and was Bre-
veted Major for his meritorious conduct
in the battle Of Cherubusco. When the
Civil War started he was stationed at Fort
Kelley in the service of the United States
Government. He Immediately resigned
his commission and rendered his services
to his native State and was appointed
Adiutant General, which position he
filled until rendered the commission of
Major General and Commander Chief of
all the forces of the State of North Caro-
lima in September, 1861, which he filled
| to the satisfaction of the Governor. 1t
| was through his efforts that the troops
of this State we're able to enter the Con-
federate service better equipped than
those from any of the other Southern
| States.
One of Artist Haynes best specimens
Oh OrayOn 1OrGrdltS,OOl AllIou III. "du-
del, was placed in the. Library on yester-
day. When the war broke out Colonel
entered the service as Adjutant of the
41st Regiment, which was afterwards
known at the Sd Cavalry. But by his
soldierly qualities and bravery he soon
rose to the rank of Lieut.. Colonel of the
Regiment, and but for his failing health.
which caused him to resign, he would
soon have won honor and promotion in
the service of his State.
The Librarian informed us that he
was daily expecting other portraits OF
distinguished North Carolinians. There
are now in the collection some forty odd
portraits in the Library. The Library
will soon have the fines. collection oi
, portraits Of Confederate soldiers to ba
found in the State, and it is real pleas
, ure to visit the rooms and look upon the
faces of those who fought for causi
that we all held dear. The Librarian |;
, doing a good service to the State IL
thus gathering the portraits OF those
who will soon be gone from this lie
4 and it will then be almost an lmpossl
bility to procure them. He should re
ceive all the assistance and encourage
: ment in his efforts.
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COMING AND GOING
Some of the Folks You Know
Their DOings.

Some of the Folks You Kpou
Their Doings.
Judge R. F. Armfeld, Of Ssatesviuo
was in Raleigh yesterday.
Mrs. Henry King and Erpest H..
went to Oxford yesterday.
Senator Matt W. Ransom returned
to Weldon yesterday morning.
Mr.. Lynn Adams has gone to Dnnn
N. c., and will be absent few days.
Miss Alice Jones has gone on visit
to Miss Ettie Mangum, of Chapel Hill
Mr.. Henry Litchford went to Oxford
yesterday to attend dance which took
place last night.
Mrs. Claude Holt, of Charlotte. is on
visit to her friend, Miss Bessie Tucker
on Hillsboro Street.
| Mrs Chas. Fl. Belts, accompanied by
hec little daughter, went to Cary yester
day evening to visit relatives.
General Manager Jno. Q. Winder and
Passenger Agent +. W. Clarke, returned
yesterday from business trip 10 Balti
more.
Mr.. Andrew Broadfoot, of Fayette.
vile, remained over yesterday from the
funeral to talk with his MANY good
friends in Raleigh, who are always glad
to see him.
Rev. DR.. ]. A. Speight and family left
yesterday afternoon for their future
home in Asheville. Weare sorry to give
them up, but hope they may find health
and happiness in their new home.
| Col. Thos. B. Keogh, of Greensboro,
was in Raleigh yesterday and told the
CHRONICLE that North Cardinals recent
action in appropriating $25. 900 to the
Worlds Columbian Exposition exhibit
had brought to the North Carolina Com
missioners many compliments to the
State from prominent Northern capital
lists, aud in the recent meeting at Chi
cago she was applauded for her progress
: i've spirit thus manifested. He think:
that with the help the North Carolint
managers will gain from the Exposition
to be held in Raleigh next fall they cal
make the Chicago exhibit of great credi
d to the State.
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WILSON HONORs HIM.
0i'izens Meet to Show Their Iove 70.
Their Dead Chief Executive.

r, S"o" lhelr Love for
Iheir Dead Chief Executive.
Especial Cor. STATE CBRoar,u
WILSON, N. c. April 9-In resnonso -
eall OF Mayor G. D. Green, the peop]e
VI wilson met this afternoon at O'Clock
70 snow their respect for North Carlina,s.
ohief Executive. The meeting was held
IN the Court House, which was closely
packed. Many ladies were present
Mayor Green called the meeting to
order' and Col. J. B. stickney, a life
long friend of Governor Fowle, was
MADE Chairman. He appointed G. F.
wilson, editor of the Advance, and w
d. blount, editor of the Mirror. Secre-
tarles. The Chair appointed Messrs
geo. ". Blount, Jno F. Brutop. Alex
Greene, L. j. Hadley and DR.. Jno. K
hnffin, a committee to draw up suitahla
resolutions. They reported as follows:
WHEREAS, 1t hath pleased Almighty
dod to terminate the earthly existence
OF Daniel G. Fowle, Governor of North
Carolina, in the midst of his usefulness.
6y most sudden dispensation of His
Providence, and
WHEREAS, 1t is meet and proper, as
well as consonant with the feelings of
This people IN mass meeting assembled
10 give some expression of the estima-
ton IN which he is held and the regal
we hold for him, and the sense of loss
felt by the people of the State. There
fore be it
RESOLVED, That in the death of Gov
Fowle the people have lost a most de.
voted friend; one whose tender symps
thles were always asserted in their be-
halt; who as man, as politician, states
man and the Chief Executive was alway,
on the side of the people and who wa.
ever ready and able, with tongue ant
pen, to defend and maintain their rights
70 his Immediate family, those mos
deeply and keenly affected by this sac
dispensation, We tender our most heart
felt sympathies, and commend them 70
comfort and consolation to our Heavenl,
Father, whose ear is always open to th
cry OF distress, and "who doeth al
things we'll.
That the secretaries be instructed t,
forward to the family copy of this me
mortal, and the Wilson papers publish
The resolutions were unanimousl
adopted.
Ool. Jno. F. Burton, W. H. Blount
Esq and Rev. H. W. Battle. made elo
quent speeches, commencing the life G
Governor Fowie to the youth of the Ian
for emulation.
Resolutions Passed by Wake Fore.
, College.
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Eupepsy.

This is what you ought to have-ln
fact, you must have it, to fully ENJOY
life. Thousands are searching TOR 1t
daily, and monrning becaute they find 1t
not. Thousands upon thousands of dol
lars are spent annually by our people IN
the hope that they may attain this boon
And yet it may be had by all. We guar
antee that Electric Bitters, if used ac-
cording to directions and the use per-
sisted in, will bring you Good Digestion
and oust the demon Dyspepsia and IN,
stall instead Eupepsy. We recommend
Electric Bitters for Dyspepsia and all dis
eases of Liver, Stomach and Kidneys
Sold at SOC. and $1.0O per bottle b!
John Y. McRae, druggist.
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Meeting at Thomasville.

WHEREAS, The citizens of Thomasville,
IN public meeting assembled, desire to
express their deep sense of the great af-
Fiction which has so suddenly fallen
upon the whole State of North Carolina,
in the death of His Excellency, Daniel
G.. Fowle, our Governor; therefore,
Resolved, That our deepest sympathy
is hereby rendered to our fellow citizens
throughout the State, who with US to-
day are bowed down in common grief,
and particularly do We tender our heart
felt sympathy to the sorely stricken
family Of the distinguished dead, and do
direct that copy of this be transmitted
TO them.
RESOLVED, That copy of this pre-
amble aud resolutions be sent to the Elk
ecutive Department at Raleigh.
RESOLVED, That copy be sent to the
Thomasville News, The Raleigh News
and Observer, and The STATE CHRONICLE
for publication.
GEORGE A. THOMPSON,
DIR X w. THOMAS,
Rev. w. @. WILSON,
M. P. TAYLOR, SR.
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Your attention is called to Cheatham's s
Pills. as the best mild laxative in exls-
tencs. They are prepared with an eye
special to relief Of persons who suffer
from habitual constipation. These pills
will overcome this trouble and restore
the bowels to a healthy condition, thus
relieving headaches, indigestion, piles and
other troubles arising from torpid con
dition of the bowels and liver. Price q
cents by druggist and
w. T. CHEATHAM, JR..
! mr6DAW3m Henderson, N. @.
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STEDMAN ON FOWLF.
ne RAYS AN ELEGANT TRIBUTE
TO THE LATE CHIEF
NJ MAGISTRATE.

Inc CltiZens of Wilmington p Onounce
Euiogies Upon the Late Governor and
Secretary of State.
Or. A. ReRossett presided at Will
mlngton's Citiz ens' Meeting in respect
to the memory CT the late Governor, and
made speech. Other speeches were
made by Col. Atkinson, Mr.. Marsden
Bellamy and others.
Maj Stedman's Tribute.
Maj. Stedman said:
The Chief Magistrate of our Com.
monwealth has fallen before the de-
stroyer, who respects neither youth nor
age poverty nor wealth, the humble nor
the mighty.
In the restless, feversh and cruel
race for place and power which so mark
| edly distinguishes this age, we are re-
minded again of the frallty of human
| lie, OF the emptiness of human ambi-
ton. OF the hollowness of this world 3
| gifts
1t it fitting and just that our people
should assemble together to testify their
respect for the memory of man, one of
whose chief characteristics was his ar
dent love for the State which gave him
birth and whose fame he held sacred.
Few men are judged correctly and i'm
partially in their own era and by their
own contemporaries. Time, which re.
CARDS not the passions and prejudices OF
mankind, does justice to the memory oil
those who distinguish themselves in the
struggle which falls to the lot US all who
win renown among their fellow meu.
knew not Gov. Fowle in his early
life, but during these later years it was
my privilege to enjoy his friendship.
8 lall enter into no eulogium upon hi
character but will speak that do be
lieve.
He was an intellectual man and as
lawyer ranked with the foremost men 0
the State.
He was an orator and in the great an
memorable campaign of 1875, won i'm
perishable honor and endeared himself t
the best people OF all shades of politica
opinion by the splendor of his eloquenc
and the loftiness of his sentiments
He was frank man, sometimes givin
offence when truth demanded no dis
guise; yet for this he was much to b
commended by his fellow men.
Il He was an absolutely honest man, an
so bore himself in his high office that a
men have said and do say that his hand
were clean and unsoiled by dishones
gain.
He was a pure man, in word an
thought, and turned with aversion froI
all which was low and degrading.
He was gentle in his disposition, an
: little children, who so often are wiser
q judging character than those of matu
e years, soon learned this truth and d
lighted to make him their companion.
Q He was kind and humane man, U
l. terly devoid of malice, and ever ready
!. help those in distress and trouble.
J. Above all he was Christian man, d
q vout in his belief and consistent in /
It life. The people amongst whom he W
reared have faith that he has won tn
l. higher reward which awaits the just, al
st that he has gone to that new life, whe
T. no conflict ever RACES, where disappoil
ment and sorrow never come, whe
,r laurels never fade, and where pea
g. reigns eternal and forever.
ID Col. A. M. Waddell read patrio
resolutions in regard to the death
:, Col. Saunders. Resolutions expressi
of the loss in the death of the Cover
IS were also adopted.
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Meeting of the Bar in stanIy County.

Meeting of the Bar in stanly County.
At meeting OF the visiting and local
Bar aud the citizens OF Stanly county |
held in the court house in Albemarle,
during the term of the Superior Court,
on the 9th day of April, 1891, for the |
purpose of taking appropriate action rel
alive to the death Of Governor Fowle,
Judge Graves was, upon motion, made
chairman and W. q Means made Secre-
tary. The former upon taking the chair
spoke of his associations with the de-
ceased and the calamity the State suffers
from his death, after which, upon mo-
ton, he appointed as committee to DRAFT
suitable resolutions
Messrs. NJ. s. Robins, B. F. Long, }.
A. Lockhart, ). J. Pemberton, ). W:
Mauney and J. L. CroTeH who reported
the following
WHEREAS, We have heard with pro-
found sorrow the sad intelligence or the
death of the Hon. Daniel &. FoWle, the
Chief Executive of the State, it is
RESOLVED 1st, That we deeply deplore
the death Of our distinguished and pa
triotic Governor.
End, That in his death the State is de-
prived of a valuable, true and heroic
SAblAcu duQ a ldlLhIui, uPAA6Ae'
Greet and eminently practical ana ell
cient Chief Executive. :,
3rd, That his career has been marked
by conduct which has inspired the re-
spect and esteem Of his fellow citizens
and he has left his impress for virtue and
probty upon the times in which he lived.
4th. That copy Of these resolutions
be transmitted to the family OF Govern
rEsae.anaa for publication to the daily
apers published at the capital and the
Stanly Observer" - c,,,,
B. F. LONG,
s. J. PEMBERToN,
j. W. MAUNEY,
J.L CROwELL,
JAMES A. LoCKHART.
Committee.
Messrs Robins, Lockhart ana Maune: ::
smoke in favor of the resolutions WIZ,
Mr. Long moved their adoptioh ~n,o' tho,
was unanimously carried, and he tne' e
,moved that the resolutions pe pressure seat
m.tbe Court with the request tnae .
Iaorial page be set apart upon Pa,.,;on InG rs
IL of the Court and said leSo,u.i aocn,d
IA cad thereon. wnlcn was nosnmed % i
\ nut done when the Court fesu "
estt.. VI n MEANS. Sec'y.
Sks,l w. w. 'A
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Waynesville On the Hum.
[Special to the Chronicle

WAYNEsvrnLE, N. O., April 1o.-Thls
place is no longer sleepy village. 1t
has doffed that dreary, oblivious, don't
oiva.a-d- sort of fashion and gone
Forward with magical strides of progress
and vim. A Chamber of Commerce has
been organized, and, not satisfied with
this p1blic library and first-class
water.works system are certainties.
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WADE HAMPTON'S CAVALRY.
Reunion of the Survivors 10 be Held
in Honor of the General.

The members of the Confederate Sur
yivor's Association of Augusta, Ca, pro-
pose a re union on the 9th of April in
special honor of General Wade Hamp:
ton, to which the surviving Members OF
his cavalry brigade in the late war are
cordially invited.
Mr.. James L. Fleming, Augusta, Ga.
is chairman of the committee Of arrange
ments, and will be pleased to know OF
the intention Of any survivor to be pres
emf on that occasion.
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For some months he has been quite i'll,
ever since the unveiling of the Lee Mon
ument.
Missouri in 1888, was educated at Har
ward, and having taste for soldiery he
enlisted in the .. s, Army and was sta
toned on the frontier against the hostile
Indians.
When the war broke out he Joined the
Confederate Army and was stationed in
Virginia.
North Carolina then claimed him and
he was made Major and Chief of artillery
Of that State in 1862 From that
position he was elevated to the colonel :
cy of the Twenty seventh Regiment, A.
F. Hills division. Through the campaign
of 1862 he led his regiment with great
skill and gallantry and at Sharpsburg
won the admiration of the entire army.
When ordered to hold certain portions
Of the line at all hazards he replied that
| though his ammunition was exhausted
| he would stay where he was as long as
he had man or bayonet left. The re-
cord of his regiment subsequently show
ed that this was no idle boast During
| six commissioned officers of the regiment
| were killed or wounded Soon after
Sharpsburg he was made Brigadiel
| General and until the close of the war
commanded brigade of North Carolin
ians who have shed lustre upon the name
of the Old North State that will live as
long as will history. The brigade was
composed of the fifteenth, twenty-sev
enth, forty eight, and fifty ninth Nortl
Carolina Regiment.