long, ,tedious, and tiresome. Itwas expected that Mrs. Massey; page 3 yesterday.; present as to whether the actevyit¢ the taxes for the Stateever ratified. The machinerySE cehsidls pevyides for the col-lection of the taxes has been theatifying clause, but it is said thatpa sills to appear after the Rev-4 ~The public printerhasstitying Clause after this actotoo but it is said that he pat itthere and not. the. Legisleture.| ry of State Coke is quotedaa saying that the original actwnta the ratifying clause. Theter will be looked into atenece. Mr. Goke has taken stepsto Aggh tga crss draft of thethe ratifying is net therevaidney of the act will beat once and if the SupremeDoes abould decide that the ac;is of no effect without this clause,| State taxes can be collected.It is said that the Court has al-Teady decided that the ratifyingclause is necessary, and that noact is a law without it.tec cn. The Darham correspondent ofthe News and Vbserver sends thatpaper the following letter whichhe says in being sent out fromthe office of the negro paper pub-Tishec sepenr town :3 *Ornce or Boiron THE WEEKLY- NEws... an: Durnuan, N. C._ oDear On every han be plainly seen that ne aesj come for the mattera porptinin to act forpagediis. social, mo morai.~politicaleae of unserupulons~We must act and nerye our"vesfor the ~great battles thatrpor OTFérrall would go mestirights, 1 auch not to)gence -ny ee of ote _pegroalong all lines so as to put themin a position to demand recogni-Kition every where. The personsto whom the circulars aredressed are urged to organizeclubs and report the names ofofficers and members to vr. JameskK. Shepard, of this place.It farther says that a big Stateng will be called to meet mpbie satya in September whichthe from eve county inll attenI Ghéeos' with~ the. awands. oGet down to workbe ready to fight The naégromest shake oft his lethargy and |:rise. For farther informationandliterature addrrss the secretary-oYours for elevatioa and prog-ress,oJames D. Latra,oTempory Chairman.�aLOCAL NOTES AND TOBACCOJOTTINGSBY O-. L. JOYNER.Richard Maury & Co., E:port-ers, of Danville, Va., haye completed arrangements to establishe branch stemmery at Wilson, N.C., thé business men of Wilsonpurchasing the site at one thous-and doHars and giving it to them.There will be some mure stemme-Tries started in eastern North Oa-relina before very long, and withone or two exceptions Greenvillestands a better chance to get themthan any other eastern market.Let our people get themselves together and see if these objectionscan not be remedied. There isonly one vatural disadvantage inestablishing a stemmery at Green-ville, writes a very promiuvent tobacconist in a private letter, andof that I am not very certain,whilé eyery matural advantageotherwise that could be desired,is-in GreenvilleTs favor. ~The dis-advantage referred to,is the hu-midity of our clHimate. With theé6tcertion of ashort time, fromabout the 18th of Sept. to the 28ch(at the time of the autumnalequinox) the -climate is. just as} market in the State. Thiv time is!short and ~taken in comparison\good for handling tobaceo as any |couldGATHERING THE CROP.Do net bene hurry-to begincutting your tobacco until it isripe, and enoagh fully and uani-formly ripe to filla barn. A thinbatcher or shoe knife well sharp-ened and wrapped with a softcloth around the handle and ex-tending an inch along the bladewill do the work of cutting effect"ually and be easy to the hand.Try it. Pat knives into the handsof experienced cutters only, menwho know ripe tobacco, and willselect plants uniform in color andtexture, and will eut no other.Have yoar sticks already oin thefield, and placed in piles conve"uient, sticking a st~ck verticallyin the ground over each pile thatthey may be most easily foundwhen wanted. Pine sticks, rivedthree-fourths of aninch by oneand one fourth inches, and fourand one-half feet long, drawnsmooth at best.Start together two cutters andone stick holder walking betweenthem. The cutter takes hold ofthe plant with his left hand at thetop near where the knife entersthe stalk; with his right he splitsthe stalk down the center (observ-ing to guide the knife soas notto sever the leaves) to withinthree inches ot the point he in"tends to sever the stalk from thehill; and as the knife descenashis le*t Pand follows tne slit orOpening, and when the plant issevered from the hill, by a dexterous movement of the left handthe plant is straddled across thestick in the hands of the holder.When the stick has received aboutsix medium plants, if intended forbrights, itis ready to go to thebarn, either carried by hand, ifnear, or hauled on a wagon, if dis-tant. If it is necessary to use thewazon, prepare a bed sixteen feetlong to hold three coops. or piles,It is because tn the one case there |sre mén of push and eaergy whoare not afraid to d their timeand money to improve the town.They erect substantial buildinorganize stuck companies, @restablish factories, work for pub"lic improvemeut and use everymeans in their power to inducepecple to locate in their town.They tell the advantages of theirtown wherever they chance to be,they write about it in every letter,they send their home paper toevery relative, when a. friendcomes to visit at their home theytreat bim with such kindness thathe falls in love with them andthe town at once."Darham Sun-EEEAn Omabs real estate story inMunaeyTs Magazine relates that afarmer came into town, cailed atan agent's office, aud said that hewanted to trade his far.o for somecity lots. oAll right,� the dealerreplied : oget into my buggy, andLil drive you to see sume of thefinest sites in the world"wa-ter, sewers, paved streets, cementsidewalks, electric hght and shadetrees.� They drove on for severalmiles, getting pretty far out intotas country. The ageatTs horse -went fast and his tougue still fast-er a8 be exputiated upoa thebeauty of the surroundings, theconveniences of the location, itsproximity to the city, the abun-dant means of commanication,the improvements made cr oro~jected, and the certainty of therapid increase in the value of thelots. He bad reached the middieof his oration wien he incidentlyasked his companion, oW hore didyou say your farm was?� oOb,�the other answered, owe passed itcoming out bere. ItTs about twowiles nearer town.�HR OORAGOK.The steamer Aurora leaves Washing-tou every Saturdiy night at 11 oTclock,arriving at Uerneske Sunday morningon which place tobacco as cut,j#t 7 o clock. R-turning leaves Oecrn-and after placing twenty-tive orthirty sticks of cut tobacco on.each coop, drive to the barn to beunloaded.mmm wnTake g Hint From Durham,An exchange wants to knowwhat makes one tows 28ow intoa cityygkzile others with equatlygood locations remain -viliages.coke Sunday afterno-n at 4 o'clock, ar-riving at Washington Sunday night nt12. o@clock. Fare for the ~ound tripWIDMER TRIP.The sume steamei makes ~4. wid-weektrip. leaving Washington. Wednesdaymornings at 7 aTclock. touching at Bay-side, Gaylorids, aR hacr etd Oregan andSwan Quarter, Returning. leaves - Oc-racoke Thursday n-ornings at 6 «Telocktouching at same points. Fare for thereund trig $450.5.4. Burgess, Gen. Mgr.