DAILY REFLECTOR.BD. J- WHICHARD. Editor.~Subscription 25 cents per Month.a3 _* Entered as second-class mail matter.; . EVERY APTERNOON (EXCEPT SUNDAY) |: """""i"""EE"E"EEEEEEEES=".. Clayton who was chargedwith being accessory to themurder of Dave Sherrill atoxsbeville has been released as)y the evidence was not sufficientto justify holding him for trial |DE scecemncenearemnnassinane aThe remains of SecretaryGresham were taken to bis former home for interment afterappropriate ceremonies at thecapitol. An immense concourseof people attended the services.aThe first permanenttribute ofrespect to Senator Vance inNorth Carolinais a memorialwindow at Salem Female Col-lege It wasformally present-ed to trustees during the pres-ent commencem:nt exercises.Hon. J. C. Huxten presented itand Bishop Rondthaler accept"ed it on the part of the trustees.Both made able speeches. Mrs.Vunce was present,with many of the admirers ofthe late lamented Senato.EeThe grand jary in New Yorkhas returned true bills in theindictments of the following wel]known firms for selling ~~fakeTsilverware. :B.C.F. Koch & Co., Blouming -dale Bros, Simpson, Crawford& Simpson,Stern & Co., Macy &Co.,Adams & Uo., Hearn & Son,Hilton, Hughes &Co, chrichBrothers, Jamison & Co., Dan-iels & ON eill & Co.EEEIn order to present to the worldthe remarkable increase in themumber of cotton mills beingbailtin the South and the great' fctivity whicn attends this indas-| try at present, the ManufacturersT�"� Record, of Baitimore, issues this» week a Special Cotton Mill Edi-| tion, in which the situation is_ treated from its various stand-|' points by the most noted textileand other experts. Statistics aregiven showing the nomber ofpills under vonstruction in the- while sll the yarious features pe-euliarly fayorable to this indus-toget her:~try i in the South @re reviewed atlergth. This is the most com-plete digest of the subject whichhas ever been published, and tuescope of this issue and its distribation is probably the most im-portant single undertaking whichlany pauper has ever carriedthrough iu behalf of the South.Mr. R. H. Edmords, the editor~and general manager of the Man-~ufacturers frecord, succeeded inizotting some of the ablest ex-\perts of New England to contri-bate special articles showing theSouthTs superior advantages forcotton manufeeturing, thus mak-"ing this issue carry more weightthan if the SouothTs claims badbeen presented only by Southernpeople. Mr. D. M. Thompson,for many years manager Of aNew England mill company thatoperates 420,000 spindles, thelargest mill company in America,und now president of the CorlissEngine Works, writes verystrongly in favor of the South'spre-eminent advantages for cot-ton mills.Mr. ©. R. Makepeace, a leadingNewEngland cotton mill archi-tect, and Mr. A. B. Shepperson,the cotton statistician, take thesame view. Mr. F. E. Saunders.of Lowell, proves ty the officialreports of the United States Wea-ther Bureau, that in average meantemperature and humidity, theSouthTs climate is much superiorto that of Massachusetts for themannufecture of fine cotton goods.There are 124 pages, which makesthis issue the largest industrialpublication ever printed in theSouth. The extent of its circula-tion is, however, the most strik-ing feature and one calculated todo, not onlv cotton, but all South-ern interests a world of good. Acopy of this issue 1s sent to everyleading mills in Great Britain, andto all the textile machipery hous-es in both, and with every one ofthese copies a special letter issent calling attention to the presentation of facts made in behalf~of the South. In addition to this~copies will be sent to the individ-ual officers of New England millsand to the directurs at their pri-vate addresses, to bankers andgeneral investors) Such a circu-lation was never before giyen toany publieation in the interest ofthe South.cotton millin New Englaad, to$10,000 Weetea in Printing.Secretary H. oO Brown, of theRailroad Commiesion, speakingof the outrageous charges madeby Stewart Brothers, public prin-ters, for recent work turned out,|:said as far as the Report of theRailroad Commission was con-cerned, it would take him thirtydavsa to read the proof of thebook, and as it had to be read. byhim, the expense and trouble of amoothTs stay in Winston was in-volved in all the mess of havingput the contract at this distancefrom Raleigh. Moreover, workfor all parties here had to bea:the additional expense of expressvharges to this place,and Mr. J.C. Birdsong, a practical printer,said that the preseot printingcontract would cost the State$10,000 wore than the last.As to the booxs for which abill was coolly made at trebleprice, the acting Auditor, MrPalmer Jerman, when the Dillwas presented, promptly andproperly refused to issue a war-rant for the manifestly overcharged work. Thus oMessrs.Stewart Brothers will have topick their flints again; mean-while, the whole matter has beenputin the hands of a competentcommittee of practical printerswho will look into the matter.The result of their investigationswill doubtless make interestingreading for the public if not forthe public printer."Raleigh Wewsand Observer.On June 3rd,Jefferson DavisTbirthday, a collection for thethe monument to be erectedover his graye at Richmond,will be taken all over the South."_"Stub Ends of Thought.A witless woman is a mistakeof creation.Now is but an atom of thought.Credit takes the place of money,but cannot keep it._ Hope is the health of the spir-it.Every man is a book, and everybook is not worth reading.No man ean be happ ppy withoutsharing it with some y-Prudence is a plug of prosperi-Ae army is a great monster witha head, but no heart.Cupid is a physician who nevertakes his Own medicine.What Mr. Carlisle Has Lost.The Chicago 7imes- Herald hasthe following :Mr. Carlisle rarely goes on arailway jouroey without losing anuumbrella or an overcoat or ieav-ing a night shirt in asleeping car.We can easily believe this, andthere is more to be said on thesame line. Besides umbrellas,overcoats and various articles oflingerie, tne secretary has recent-ly lost many otber things. Hehas lost bis reputation for con-sistency, und he seems to havelost his memory. He has losthis place in the affections of hispeople, lost his independence,and lost his old frankness ardfearlessness. .But we do not care to catalogueeverything that he has lust forfear that some malicious para-yrapher might intimate that hebas capped the climax by losinghis head."Atlanta Constitution.Experience is Against It.A contemporary, discussing thefinancial quastion, rises to re-mark othat the people cannot befooled.� That editor perhapsnever saw the hastling vender ofsome cure-all performing on thestreet corner and shoving Tem outat 50 cents a bottle, or there-abouts. We would like to be-lieve in the solid sense and goodjudgment of the mass of mankindbut the experience of the worldis against it. Tbe people cannotOnly be fooled but have beenfooled, are fooled and will con-tinue to be frxoled while so manyfellows are going Tround withlimber jaws whose special busi-ness is to fool them." Wilmington| Star.The Newton Enterprise teils ofa small-sized negro in Lincolncounty who at one sitting lastweek ate fourteen cans of sar-dines and a pound of soda crack-ers. A few nights afterwards acrowd of boys agreed to buy allthe canned oysters he could eat.Atter finishing up fifteen cans theboys broke the contract andwould go no further, and tbenegro, to proye that he had notyet reached his capacity, boughtanother can himself and aftereating 1t announced that bavingno more money, he would haveto quit hungry.