1
1
RTTjiTi ARP'S LETTER people to the bad influence of
him he was not doing the
tii v i if K OltliilXAD AND
' IXTEUESTIXO LETTER.
Views l'l'n Corporal 1' an-,
i. . How "Devil Dill
.linn s" (f Heli'jion.
.Whether the bad boys should
be whipped at .school or not
aeeiiiM to have provoKed an
interesting aiecuHsion all over
the land. I have received
-Hveral letters from teachers on
that subject, and the sum of
them all Is that home rule is a
bicker thing than rule in .the
school-room ; and if the buy ia
iroverned at home by fear of
the rod, nothing else will gov
ern him at school. Prof. Boyd,
of l-ell coun--', Texas, says :
"1 taught one year in a com
munity that warned me i-n ad
vance that I would have to be
'mighty tight' on the boys, .for
they were a bad lot and they
were. I had so much whipp
ing to do that 1 sought another
field, and there I found, a good,
atrertiouate relation between
parents and children. ,1 had no
trouble in governing the school.
The parents are more respon
uU.lfl than t-hu teacher. He
mut, for a time at leat, follow
I their lead, or he will have no
government.'" The old way pro
duced great men like Washing
ton ar.d Jerfersou and. Madison,
and it will not do to make a
sweeping innovation. We are
too apt to swing from one ex
treme to another, and in de
parting from the old iron rule
to adotit a svstem softer than
wax. We still need the ' firm
ness of our fathers without
their strong reserve. Ve need
a closer companionship be
tween parents, teachers and
children. When this domes,
then, and not till thenjcan the
rod be safely abandoned at
home or at school." "
Another teacher refers to
Lord's will, and whenever he
thought of . the women and
children living in darkness and
growing up in infidelity, he
would groan m spirit, and ex
claim, 'What a pity! what a
pity!' One night he played
over it with great earnsstness,
and vowed to do the Lord's
will, if the Lord would give him
light, and ii seemed to .hiim as
he rose from his knees; that
there was no longer any doabt
he must go. Uncle Tom never
dallied about anything when
his mind was made up.! He
went right at it like killing
snakes; and so next morning as
a nabor passed on his way to
Bill Jones' shop, Uncle ; Tom
said: 'uMy friend, win i you
please to carry a message to
Bill Jones for me'.' vo you ten
him that if the Lord is wimn,
Twill beat the cross roads to
niv:irh next I Saturdav at eleven
t , 1 1
o'clock; and 1 am snore) - me
Lord iswillin'.. Tell hipi to
Tilea.se uorate it in tne seuie-
ment about and about, and1 ax
the woman and childern to
come. Tell Bill Jones 1 will
stay aHiis. house, (rod willin,'
and I'm shore he's willin,' aud
tune and looked kindly upon
the crowd. He was a massive
man in frame, and had a heavy
suit of dark brown hair; bat
his face was clean shaved, and
showed a no3e and lips and
chin of firmuess and great
determination. 'Look at him,
boys, and m'nd your eye,' said
the hoc s thief.
"Where will I find my friend
Bill Jones ?' inquired 'Old
Sledge'. All round they pointed
him to the man. Riding up
close he said -'My friend and
brother, the good Lord has sent
me to you, and I ask your
hospitality for myself and my
b st,' and he slowly dismount
ed and faced his foe as though
expecling a kind reply. The
crisis bad come, and Bill Jones
met it. 'You infernal old
hypocrite you cussed old
shavedface scoundrel, don't you
know that I had sworn an oath
that I would make you sing and
dance and whip you beside, if
you ever dared to pizen these
cross roads with your shoe
tracks? Now, siug damn you
sing ana aance as you sing
and he emphasized his com
mand with a ringing -slap with
his open hand upon the parson's
face. 'Old Sledge' recoiled
with pain and surprise. Re
git alo-
When
I'll preach Sunday, too, if things covering in a moment he said
V elltbrother Jones, I did not
expect so warm a welcome, but
if this be ycur cross road 3 man
ners I suppose I must s'ng,' and
as Devil Bill gave him another
slap on his other jaw he began
with
"My soul be oni th y guard."
And with his long arm sud-
denly and swiftly, gave -Devil
Bill an open hander that nearly
knocked him off his feet, while
the parson, continued to sing in
a splendid tenor voice
harmonious
Bill Jones got' the
message he was, amazed, as
toundedand his indignation
knew no bounds,! lie ravtd at
the 'ousult,' as I e called it the
'onsulting' metsa.e of j 'Old
Sledge' and he swore that he
would hunt him up and. jwhip
him, for he know'd that be
wouldn't dare to come to the
cross roads. But the habors
whispered at aro and that 'Old
Sledge' would come for lie was
never know,n to make an
appointment and break it; and
there was an old horse' thief
who used to run with Murrel's
gang, who said he used to know
lorn Baker ween ne was a
sinner and had -seed him fight,
and he was much of a mai). So
it trread like wildfire that Old
Sledge was coming, and o)evil
Bill was gwine to whmi him
and make him dance and; sing
It Depends Top Huch. on 'the Ee-
sources cf Other Sections
Speaking of Southern pro
gress. Henry W. Grady, of the
Atlanta Constitution, says :
"The other day there was a
man buried in Pickens county.
He was dead and they were
putting him away. In digging
the grave for him they dug
through three feet of marble
as pure as any Parian sculptor
ever moulded, and yet the slab
that went at the head of his
grave was imported from Ver
mont. Although pine forests
were all around him, the pine
cofiiu in which he lay was im
ported from Philadelphia.. Al
though iron was in the hills
within a hundred feet of his
grave, the nails in his coffin
came from Pittsburg." Al
though theie was hard wood in
the same forest, the handles of
the shovels and picks that dug
his grave were imported from
Cincinnati. The truth is that
his own county, as rich or rich
er in natural resources than any
in the State, furnished nothing
for that funeral but the hole in
the ground and the corpse. He
was clothed in shoes from Mas
sachusetts, a suit from Chicago,
a shirt from Cincinnati, a hat
from Lynn, and his own county
furnished nothing but the mar
row in his bones and the blood
in his veins." .
REV. SAM. P. JONES.
TUB GREAT REVIVALIST
AS DTE LOOKS IX 1'RIXT.
Words that haue Made 1'arrish's
Warehouse Roar with Daughter
and Weep in Tears Some Ut
terances of Mr. Jones' in Dnr-ham.
'1 AM A FOOL."
Uncle
Sieve . Holis a lleetin?
Adepts a Resolution.
and
"Ten thousand foos arise."
Aever was a lion more arous
ed to frenzy than was Bill
Jones. With his powerful arm
he made at Old Sledge as if to
annihilate him with one blow
and many horrid oaths ; but
the parson fended oif the stroke
as easily as a practiced boxer
and with his left hand dealt
MaS f.-,r athnT- s e. ulU a settler on nis peepers as
, ., , t. I i mime, anu ureal IU a, raiwu H,s crmtlniiPil tn m'mr
ity, and says that even the h! '. -, . lw . e continued to sing-
Savior used a scourge or whip
auu u ru luo for he was a hardman, a
5 "5. way or another had gobbled up
nfi one
kOa watch, and fiht, and pray.
The battle ne'er Kive o'er. '
the average teacher's unfitness
to govern. . Fitness t teach is
one thing, and fitness to govern
is a very different thing.
The discussion will do good.
It is interesting the parents.all
over the land ; but it will never
settle down to perfection, for
there are parents in every com
munity who are not fit" to. be
parents, and there are boys who
I fear nothing but the law and
its terrors. Old father Adam
made a bad start in "raising
Cain," and the race has not iin
proved any to speak of.
While rum'.nating over this
question, my mind recurred to
i a story that my father told us a
long time ago. It may be an
old story to old people ; but
your young readers have not
heard it, aud so I will relate it
for their benefit:
Uncle Tom Baker was much
of a man. He had beea wild
and ree'dess, and feared not
God nor regarded man, but one
day at a carrp meeting while
Bishop Gascon was shaking up
the sinners ad. tcorching them
over the infernal pit, Tom got
alarmed, and before the meet
mg was over ne p'oiesseu re
ligion and became a zealous,
outspoken convert, and dec'ared
his intention of f.oing forth into
the world and p:eachlne the
gospel. He was terribly in earn-
est, lor ne saia ne naa lost a
poTer of time and must make
. it up. Tom was a rough talker,
; ut he was a .good one, and
i new right smart of 'scripter,
i- nd a good many of the old
i tshioned hymns by heart. The
inference tnougnt ne was a
! itty good fellow to send out
I io the border country among
t settlers ; and so Tom
addled his old flea bitten
i i v, and in due time was cir
.:t riding in North Mississippi,
i'i course of time Tom acquired
t toriety, and from his strong
4! guage and stronger gestures,
1 his muscular eloquence,
'ley called him old 'sledge
inmer' and after awhile old
dge' for short. Away down
u.oue corner pf his. territory
lere was a blacksmith's shop,
and a wagon shop, and a whisky
t -liOX). and a. rmsfc nffioo at P.ill
? Iftrm.j' rnca rrkirlj. on1 "fiill
j feept all of them and was known k
far" aud wide as 'devil Bill
,0nes' so as to distinguish him
rom Squire -Bill, the- magis
toto. Devil Bill had sworn
jh&t no preacher should ever
'ot a horn-or sing a hymn in
Re settlement, and if any of
tje cussed hypocrites ever
ed to stop at the cross roads,
-u maKe nim dance a horn
f'Pe and sing avhime and whip
besides. And Bill .Tnn
"nt just what he said, forhe
a mortal hate for the men
1 koa. It was reasonably sup
'3h1 that Bill could and would
u hat he said, for his trade
. the anvil had made him
;.lroDfiTaud . everybody knew
Le had as much brute
,?rage as necessary. And so
"Cle Torn una oiooi n nv
'ouudance and never tackle the
dv? , 3' IIe accepted this
aviforatime,analeft the
hood ; and these enemies
had Icing hoped for sbnabody
to come and turn him down.
They, too, circulated; the
astounding news, and without
committing themselves;, to
either paTtv. said that hell
would break loose on Saturday
at the cross roads, ana that Old
Sledge or the Devil would have
to go under. On 1 riday the
ettlers began to drop into the
cross roads under preteace oi
business, but really to det the
bottom tacts ot the rumors that
were afloat. Devil Billjknew
full well what they came for,
and he talked and cursed more
furiously than usual, and swore
that anybody wao would! come
expecting to I see Old Sludge
tomorrow was an infernal fool
for he wasn't comin'. He laid
bare his strong, arms and;shook
his long hair, and said he wJshed
the lyin', deceivin hypocrite
would come', for it had been
nigh onto fourteen years) since
he had made a , preacher
dance. "
."Saturday morning byj nine
o clock the settlers began to
gather, 'lhey came on foot and
on horseback, and in earts
men, woman and children, and
before eleven o'clock, there
were more people at the cross
roads than had, ever been there
before. Bill Jones was mad at
their credulity but he had an
eye to business, and kept behind
his counter and sold I more
whiskey in an hour than he
had sold in a month. Asi the
appointed hour drew near. 'the
settlers began to look down the
long, straight road that ; JDId
Sledge would come, if he name
at all, and f every man whose
head came in sight just over
the riseiof the .distant hill was
closely scrutin'zed. More than
once they said, 'Yonder he
comes that's him shored But
no, it wasn't him. Some half
a dozen had old bull's eye
silver watches, and they; com
pared time, and just at five
minutes before eleven - tne old
horse thief exclaimed, 'I see
Tom Baker a risin' of the hill
I hain't seed him for eleven
years, but, gintlemen, that ar
him or I'm a liar. J
And it was him. As he got
nearer, and a voice seemea'to
be coming with him, and some
said; 'He's a lalkin' to himself.'
another said, 'He's a talkm' to
God Almighty,' and another
said, 'I'll be durned if he ain't
But Jones was plucky to des
peration, and tne settlers were
watching with bated breatb
The crisis was at hand, and he
squared himself, and his clinch
ed fists flew thick and fast upon
the parson's frame aud for
awhile disturbed liis equilib
ribum and his song. But he
rallied quickly and began the
offensive, as he sang :
"Ne'er think the victory won.
Nor lay thine armor down."
He backed his adversary
squarely to the wall .of his
shop, and seized him by the
throat, and mauled him as he
sang:
Fight on, my soul, till death."
Well, the Ion? and the short
of it was, that 'Old Sledtre'
whipped him and humbled
him, and then lifted him up
and helped to restore him, and
begged, a thousand pardons
When Devil Bill had returned
to his house and was being car
ed for by his wife, 'Old Sledge'
mounted a box in front of the
grocery and preached righteous
ness, and temperance, and judg
ment to come, to that people ;
and sure enough he stayed at
Bill Jones' house that night
and held family prayer, and
preached next day a3 he had
appointed ; and Devil Bill was
converted aud joined the
church and it was always said
that 'Old Sledge' mauled I the
grace into his unbelieving soul,
ana it wouia never nave got in
any other way.
'Bill Arp,
Uncle Steve had sold his two
bales of cotton and seated him
self to figure out his profits on
a piece of white pine board.
After finishing he fixed his
eye on the ground with a
vacant staro and for several
minutes seemed absorbed in
serious thought. Grasping his
pencil, he penned the follow
ing on the board.:
"Whereas, I raise cotton and
sell it at a price that does not
pay the cost of its production
and buy from year to year my
bread, meat, hay, guano, wagons,
harness, . horse, plows ana all
my clothes for myself and
family; and whereas, I buy all
this-'Ou credit and give a
. -fl X . A A.
mortgage 10 secure iue paymeu
for the same, thereby giving
from thirty to one hundred per
cent, pront to enricu otners;
and whereas, I see no peace of
mind and my family of chil
dren are growing up in
ignorance and my wife is brok
en down in health and in
spirit ;and whereas, I am grow
mg poorec and poorer every
day of my life ; therefore be it
Resolved, That I am a fool."
Take Warning, Girls.
It is getting to be quite a
craze for girls to chew gum at
night, and it is a most .ruinous
habit. They lose their rest,
tire their usually pretty jaws
and wake up in the morning
peevish, cross grained, with a
sallow complextion, their di
gestive organs impaired and
their beauty and vivacity gone!
It is a fact that girls who make
a habit of chewing gum are sure
to lose their plumpness and
pretty cheeks, as it developes
the masseter muscles that move
the jaw, to detriment of the
fatty substance that produces
the plump cheeks. But this is
not all. It is sure to stretch
the mouth and spoil the beau
tiful position of the lips, as well
as to produce wrinkles. It is
certainly disgusting; but it will
soon play out, like the roller
skating craze.
A 'Warning.
a prayin,' but very soon , it was
decided that he was 'sihgin' of
a hime'. Bill Jone3 wa soon
advised of this, and, coming up
to the front, said, 'Darned if he
ain't singin' beforeIaxed him,
but I'll make him sing another
tune till he's tired. 111 . pay
him for his onsulting message.
I'm not a gwine to kill him,
boys. I'll leave life in his rotten
old carcass, but that's all. If
any of you want to hear Old
Sledge preach, you'll ha ve to
go ten miles from the ! roads,
to do it'.
Slowly and solemnly the
preacher came. As he; drew
near he narrowed down - his
The Modern English Girl.
A rather severe writer in The
Saturday Eeview condemns
the modern English girl in the
following terms: "Neither the
moral no physical training of
a modern' English girl is such
as to justity the hope that she
will be invariably above re
proach. The lives they lead,
the aim eet before them, all
lead to ! degeneracy and de
terioration. They are permit
ted, as they grow up, to develop
all the vainer elements, to study
to show off, to traffic on their
charms for charity, for popu
larity, for notoriety, and their
ambition is to become profes
sional beauties or something
equally poor and objectionable
ultra fast and fashionable
women."
This is as severe as any
thing that Bishop Coxe or Rev.
.Morgan Dix could say. It all
snows tnat ii morals are not
bad, manners, certainly are.
Mrs. W. E. Sherwood in Phila
delphia Times.
The modes of death's . approach
are various, and statistics show
conclus'-vely that more persons die
from diseases of the Throat and
Lungs than any other. It is prob
able that everyone, without excep
tion, receives vast numbers of
Tubercle Germs into the sysiem and
where these germs fall upon suitable
soil they start into life and develop,
at first, s'owly, and is shown by a
slight tickling sensation in the
throat and if allowed to continue
heir ravages they extend to the
nngs producing Consumption, and
to the. head, causing Catarrh. Now
all this is dangerous and if allowed
to proceed will in time cause death
At the onset you mast act with
promptness; allowing a cold to go
without attention is dangerous and
may lose you your life. As sooi as
you feel that something is wrong
with your Throat, Lungs or Nos
trils, obtain a bottle of Boschee'e
German Syrup. It will give im
mediate relief. j
Will The Lesson Ever Es Learned ?
Here is one man's experience
He says : "I got more eggs last
year from twelve pure Leg
horns, than I did from eighteen
common hens." And so it goes
on and holds good with all
poultry and breeds of stock.
The best are the cheapest and
most profitable. When will
our farmers learn this lesson,
It is a law of economics they
cannot afford, to disregard. .
A Sneak Thief's Nerve-
If any one will read the say
ings of Sam Jones below and
then imagine just that sort of
preaching beiug hurled at a1
crowd three times a day, they
can see readily, why Durham is
in such a state of religious ex
citement. now HE TALKS.
T never saw an intelligent
person that would dance.
The church that does not ob
ject to dancing is in league with
the devil and in a conspiracy
with hell.
You say your church don't
object to dancing. Well, the
little rotten thing, I wouldn't
stay in it long enough to get my
hat if it didn't.
You will never empty your
lewd houses until you stop ball
rooms and theatres.
Some of you old fellows sit
back there and think this
shouting-is horrible. Leniuie
tell you, old fellow, you better
not go to Heaven, or some of
these good sisters might run
you all around glory shouting.
(iod pity your culture ! It is
only whitewash aud is already
pealing off in spots, and I tell
you 1 see some of tne most un
lovely human beings in Dur
ham than any place I've ever
visited.
Some preachers say the Lord
says open your mouth and I'll
fill it. Yes, He'll fill it with
air. And there are many old
air-guns going around profess
ing to be preachers.
You have men in- Durham
who, if their wives knew what
they done and where they went
in New York, tbey would quit
them, in my candid opinion.
1 love that sort religion
that will make a fellow tell the
truth 100 times in a 100
Before I will cater to the
wishes of any man, contrary to
the word of God as 1 see it, for
money, I'd 6ount cros-ties back
home.
I never call names, but every
fellow knows when I strike hi
number.
If anybody here wants to cor
rect my mistakes, I'm willing.
Gentlemen you can have the
floor whenever you call for it.
If you want to fight go out
side of the corporation and
wait till I come. But you'd
better carry about three week's
rations with you : I misht be
slow about coming, you know.
An old fellow who wants to
quit the church is either a
mighty bad man or else part of
him is missing.
You Durham people have just
as little to shout over as any
gang I know.
Thank God ! there are more
hills behind me than in front
of me and it is easier for me to
go on than it is for me to go
back.
Brethren, sometimes I feel
weak and want to lay down my
gun and fight no more, but
then angels from Heaven and
God gives me renewed energy
and I just feel like I can' clean
up the whole shebaug.
God grant that we poor white
folks and negroes may get to
heaven at last !
If everything told on Sam
Jones was the truth, I'd be in
the penitentiary .today I
would.
I know more about ma nology
than I do about theology.
The biggest prayer I ever
heard was by an old Brother,
who prayed : "O, Lord ! give us
more common sense religion."
Theology is a heartless old
brute.
When a married man gets re
ligion he will pray in his family.
Do you preachers know that
many of your members have
never been convicted much less
converted ?
If you preachers will only
keep your eyes bpen you will
learn something before these
meetings close.' Just look at
these old sisters you have been
running after, thinking they
couldn't get out to church
Just watch 'em ; they come rak
ing out here three times a day,
Brethern, I wouldn't run to see
them any more, they have just
been playing off on you.
I ain't got any respect for old
Grandfather Adam. The first
lick God struck him, down he
tumbled, and I don't like him
I don't.
r ---
juyimyi iou preachers ge
to work among these sinners
you'll sit there and back-slide
right in the meeting.
Young man, you may laugh
at me and scoff at the Gospel
but let say to you: be carefu
how you tamper with God'
Holy Spirit, be careful you
nad better, now, sure.
Old Brother Mad and old sis
will let yon In heaven. He
would be obliged to build ten
rail fences to keep you separat
ed. This is all a joke about you
whipping these preachers for
any thiug, I say. Sam Jones is
able to tote his own tskillet.
You people have voted whis
key out of your town, and now
allow these rascals to eell it
right under your nose on the
sly. God pity you little fellows!-
You ain't got any back
bone, and I can't pack your
whole local option crowd in, a
sirdine box, and ship you off
with a two cent postage stamp
oy male.
I would rather be one
lion than a thousand live dogs,
l ou ask me w
fools ? Why, because that is the
name of more than half of
every congregation.-
Brethren, if I don't split old
Durham the devil will get the
whole town, and brother Yates,
if you don't split Trinity
church, tha devil is going to
get the whole shebaug.
You fellows whooping and
howling 8rouud ou the streets
at what Sam Jones says, are
just putting on. It is not what
I say that makes you holler ; its
because your old system is all
out of order and the licks near
ly kill you.
If you can't mix commonsense
with your religion, you had bet
ter swap it off.
I never saw a boy proud of
his dady, that his dady was not
ashamed of him.
Brethren let me tell you :
When I was a sinner and went
to balls and would see a church
member there 1 would fay to
myself : "This is no place for
you church members this con
cern belongs to the devil and
we sinners," and I never had a
bit of respect for a church
member that I f nd at these
places.
Brethren, I fon't believe we
all came from monkevs. but
when I look some of you in the
face, 1 think you aro headed
that way.
7HAI?53r7nrG SAT.
A Proclamation ty tt Predict c:
. the United States-
- row i? wesn
Wa.shin(;tox, Nov 1. Con
stant thanksgiving and gratl
tnde are due from the Auieri-
n v, A 4 ft 1 l .,1. . ! .
vu iwid iu iiiuiuiy vjou ior i ixia access.
His goodness and mercy which , trongest "ot
H is Just as though there were
a dozen men shut up In a room
j o which outsiders could not ob-
If four of the
havu followed them since the Lonething which the others
day he made them a nation and Uou.'d not do witTmnt it
vouchsafed to them a free Gov-; 9 clear that, by acting
ernment. With loving kind-j together they, could exact
ness He has constantly led ns Tnat terms they pleased from
in the way of prosperity and ( .he weaker ones. They would
greatness. He has not visited : :,ave a most beautiful tnono
with swift punishment our:i olv; thm "Tmt"
dead BUt'" out wuugraciou- .lazzllDg success.
NEWS OF A WEEK.
H-liAT IS UAPPEXIXQ UI
111E WORLD A ROUS D VS.
A Conkenmej Report 01 th Xer$
am OatAerrd Frvm (JU CWmi
vf r Contrmpyrarte,
and XaJi nni.
A few dyi Mutter Vance
Boult, of Iemoa SrritiM. twelre
Now If due of 5trY, ld bw nd klUKl Pclw
ia v v. . I of blae hero which met wared fire
sauai.ve dogs, dependence upon His forbear- irU iV;ii .n ZZZZ r ' ", nd .ix ad . km
uy i .10i ance, and that obedienc to His i m;. C fiLX Iwt r" UP UP '
holy law is the price of a con-1 -,t people outside who could
tinuance of His precious girts. ! .-upply his wants, what would
In acknowledgement of all that t become of the "Trust"
God has doue for us as a nation, That is what we want to do-
knock a few hoies in our hlh
larlff wall; and that U what
.a a,rt. .. .1.- lL W HU10B J. tifWD TM BU
oucKii mat tuo w ay a I . ti. . .
ana 10 me ena that on an ap
pointed day the prayers and
praise of a grateful country
may reach tne throne of Grace,
I, Grover Cleveland, President
of the United States, do hereby
designate and set apart Thurs
day, the twenty-ninth day of'
November instant, as- a day of !
thauksgiving and prayer, to be j
kept and observed throughout '
the land. On that day let all
our people suspend their ordi
nary work and occupation, and
at their accustomed places of
worship, and with prayer and
songs of praise render thanks to
God for all his mercies; for the
abundant harvests which have
rewarded the toilr? of the hus
bandman during the year that
has passed, for the rich rewards
that havH followed the labors
of our peode In their ehors
and their marts of trade and
traffic. Iet us givo thanks for
peace and for social order and
contentment within our border
and for our advancement in all
that adds to national greatuess,
and mindful of the afflictive dis
pensation with which a portion
of our land has been visited.
Iet us, while we humble our-
Tbe Adeock innrder case,' which
was to hare beea tried at thia
term of the Vance Coanty court
naa oeen poatoooed nnU Lh
February term by mutual oonaent
I of the Solicitor and attorneys (or
ueienae.
is right.
OirCandiiatafPrediest.
lie will be nominated by the con
vention ami w.ll bi elected by the
fp!e, Uc4ae be will came tie
r eareet to Jil!ir their idea of a
Chier Magistrate. Klectrto bitten
Uah l-een given the bizhet place,
ecautrt no otber medicine baa ao
veil tilled the idea of a perfect ton
ic and alteram e. The ople have
endorsed EU'ctric liittera and re
y npou thin rat remedy In all
'roubles or Liver, S'omache and
Kldneya. For all Maurial Fevers
uul di'MM-es caaed by Malarial
Pot eon. K".-ctic bitters caanoC be
1 x) l.izhlr rtocitneMled. Also cotes
Hmi1 irtu' Ti. C'otiftip:ion. Sat-i-f.ic:oti
gti iratiteed, or monej re-
iinit-.i. j't jt- iOc and 11 at A.
W. Kow.au l' D.-ug S ore.
Customer These pants won't
!o; they are a mile too LI
around ihe waist.
De&lrr Mein frieudt, hu?t
you leave
l::n:ng Aa.s It.
Z.ilalia, Fl.i., June 27,
18S7.
X. 12. Vies able & Co.:
I have bteu using B. Ii. B. in
mv iJiuilv as a ulool nuriuer.
11 Av:ii never ns.-d any medicine
to equ.-l it. ilsncctfu ly, MRS. U.
M. Laws.
I
dot sheap boardlnv
selves before the power of God, houre and get your meals at
acknowledge his mercy in set-1 uitin brudder Isaac's fine res
ting bounds to the deadly i turant, und dse bants fit yon
march of pestilence, and let our J like a goort planter'. -l'hlladel-j
hearts be chastened by eym phla liecord.
pathy with our fellow country-, .
men who have suffered and who
mourn; and a we return thanV 1
for all the blessings wbicn we
Lave
of our
( Cifo zzi Ifjrira-
llraorfrt th'H 1M1 are the aafest
received from tha han ,ind n,0t remedy for In
rece ,lrom 1 , ! digestion, IireguUty of 1 he Bow.
: 1'eavenly father, let us no; cognation Biliousness,
Cli XaaTass
a'
fKxtract from a 1'tterl
1. S.-l bought .T bottles of
vour Uotanic Blood Iialui from my
iriemi II. D. Ballard, at Csmpo-tK-llo,
S. C. I have beea using it
three weeks. It appears to give
me new lite and new strength. If
there is anything that will make
an ol.l man young it is 15. B. B. I
am willing to sell it. I earnestly
and honestly recommend Botanic
Blood Bairn.
Blood Balm Co-
forget that He Las enjoined
upon us charity, and on thi
day of thankgivin let n
generously remember the pooi
and needy V) that our tribute
of praise and gratatude may be
acceptable ie the sight of tlu
Lord.
Done at the city of Washington
Be' Hasn't Heard cf Wilsca-
"We have made comparisons
with quotations from other
markets and find that the
Greenville merchants are pay
ing just as high for cotton as
can be had elsewhere. In sev
eral instances we noticed they
were paying more. You only
have to try them to be convin
ced of this. Greenville Reflec
tor.
Ueauach, Dizzine, Malaria, or
any dijeaie rising from the impure
state of the blood. Tbey hare been
n use iu thia country for over fifty
. 5earf, and the tbouoands or onim
i -each able testimonials from tboe
' ho have used them, and their
, constantly increasing sale, is incoa
1 ".rovertible evidence that they per-
on the 1st day of .Nov., hcs. . HraD arelU.rt 1MU ar parely
and in the year of independent , .al), ab-oIuleIy harmless aid safe
of the United States the.ore . tlke at any tinje
hundred and thirteenth 1 goM in every drug and medicine
In witness whereof I have j store, either plain or tuar-coatei.
hereunto the signed my nanr?' . .
and Caused the Seal tf the Uni- i nnest fat an evenii.,' nartv tft
(Signed)
G rovJji Cleveulx d.
By the I'resident:
T. F. Bayaiid, .
Secretary of State.
beautiful young man) You
i may order me an ice, waiter.
Supposed Waiter (fiercely)
i Sir! I'm no waiter, sir, and
such a mistake demands an
A Connecticut man tells this
story of a remarkable exhibition
of nerve by a professional sneak.
thief: 'One day he walked
quietly into a bank, took off
Lis hat and coat, hung them on
a nail , pnt on an office coat that
hung there, and walked into
the rear room which contained
the vaults. The directors were
holding a meeting, and one sat
in front of a door blocking the
passage. The thief politely
asked him to move, and when
the obliging director did so the
man WPTlt. fTuvSncrh tTio Antw
. . wuawuu UUUi , J " -' - ' '
picked up two of the largest ter Mad, they won't speak and
bags of gold in sight, and thief belong to the same church, my
and gold were - seen no more I "od tney W1" bring the devil
there.' New York Sun. Ihereooof and horns. If God
Ssiucii ti.3 uirplzs-
The disunion of the Surplus in
the U. S. Treasury engages tlu
attention of our Statesman; but it
more vital questionjias onr atten
tion, and tnat is reducing of t'no
Surplus Consumptives. Since th
discovery and introduction of Dr.
Kinc's New Discovery for Con
"You wouldn't think," he said, sumntiou, there has been a marked
indicating a irentleman across I decrease in the mortality troin this
the street "that that ordinary dreaded dUe.vse, and it i iwssible
I apology, sir.
j Guest (covered with confus
ion) Why 01 course it does.
Where do you suppose I could
fiod the waiter. Life.
Boldly Pacins DsatL
The Ss:i Ptriisr ITaia.
commonplace looking person
has many times stared death
unflinchingly in the face."
''Why no. Is he a desperate
character?
Not very, he is an undei tak
er." N. 1. Sun.
'And ye Editor Bears it all
Next Tuesday the campaign
iar will go in his hole aud re
main for two years, and the
man who is going to "come in a
day or two and pay his sub
scription," but never gets here
to siill further reduce the number
of Consumptives: . How By keep
ing constantly at hand a bottle ofj
l)r. Kinff's New Disuoverv and bv
using accordingly to directions,
upon the ax-aiauce of the first
svKi'om, such as a Cough.'a Cold,
a Soie Throat a Jhest, or. Side
Pain. Takt n thus tarly a. cure i
guaranteed.
Trial bottles free at A. W. Row
land's Drug Store.
ucas, G June 23. 1S38
I have futlered with Catarrh for
about four jears, and after ndng
lour bottles ot Botanic Blood Balm
I had my general health greatly im
proved, and if I could keep oat of
the bad weather I would be cured.
I believe it is the best purifier
made. Very respect fully,
L. W. Tnosipsox.
"Clara!" shouted the old man
from the head of the
l'alatka, Fla., May 81, 1888.
We have been selling B. B. B.
lor two yearn, and it baa always
;iven satifaction in every case.
Lowkt & Stare, Druggists.
Zzx's This.
We dflVr One Hundred
called down ten minutes ago
that It was time for that young
will hold the companionship. man to go and I haven't heard
Greenville Beflector.
Be Net StirrriiCi
the front door close yet.'
"No, papa ; he left by the
window." Harper's Bazaar.
The Republican system of
tariff robbery costs the farm
ers of the country seven hun
dred millions of dollars every
year. No wonder their lands
are declining in value, and be
ing plastered over with mort
gages. Goldsboro Argus.
Zioaa Itchy, Ecaly Skin TcrttiiK.
The eimple application ofSwayn'e
Oiutment without anv internal
medicine will cure any case of
Tetter, Salt Rheum, Ringworm
riles. Itch, Sores, rimples, Kezema
all Scaly Itclyr. Skin Kruption no
matter how 1 obstinate or long
standing. It is poteut, effective
and Costa but a trifle.
Dollar
stairs, "I j Ueward tor auy caeofCatar r b tn
cannot be rureu ry taking II air
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Props,
Toledo, U. We, the undersign
ed, have known F. J. Cheney for
the last 15 years and believe him
! perfectly horn-ruble in all bosioeas
' " " j transactions, and financially able
"When we two parted, I felt that j to cary out any obligations made
1 had taken cold," "Aid Thorn 1-I bv their firm.
Takeintime, "and next morning 1 1 West & Tmax, Wholesale Drug-
was r.oarse in need, nut a wc ho- statu, Ju!elo, Uhio.
tie or Dr. Bull Congh Syrup fixe ' 1 Waiding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wbole-
me np." j sale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Contentions women are slaves t.! B. II. Van Uoesen, Cashier, Toledo
headache; but 23 ce nts spent for a j National Bank, Toledo, Ohio,
bottle of Salvation Oil will restore- 11 air Catarrh Cure is taken in
harmony in the household. ternally, acting directly upon the
uioou and mucus nuriaces 01 toe
. . .system." Price, 75c per bottle.
lhe larooro toutuerner sav Sold bv all Drn jurists
the oil mills at Shilob began work
last week ami are now under falij u , tL h t
headway. The managers exprec . ' . " . , " . .
themselves as ratified at the miiiio maaea nis maia: id
ceipts or seed Contractors i 1 the world. But life la full of
build that portion of tbeChowau & 1 croeses to him if he has to sign
Southern railroad between tLe j Ma name often. Boston CouT
Roanoke & Tar Rive's arrived he'e ' ier.
last week to begiu work.
the widow of the late Jadce David
Dana, onee acting Vice President
or the United States.
KSorts are In progress to locate a
permanent camp lor the &tat
Guard sear Wilmington, and to
erect batteries there tor the treat
gun drill and practice. It la believ
ed that the State Gord will go la
to camp at Wrighlaritle next sum
mer, and it Is dealt ed to locate a
permanent camp at that place.
The Kinston Free Press says that
Mr. F- F. Moore accidentally aer.
ered two toes by the as with which
he was chopping wood glancing.
Saturday night r lat week Mr.
Ed ItooM wm attacked by a negro
man and woman and robbed or Lis
watch and nr dollar, on his way
borne. The cegroea were commit
ted to ji.iL
The boose or Mr. Tbeopbilos Da
venport was bornd dowa one
night loot week, we learn from the
Scotland Keck Democrat, lie lot
all bis household ptoperty and
wrariog appeal aL No insurance.
A colored man working aroond
a cotton press on tha CnCn tana
fell among tbe wheels and was ae
rioasly hurt.
The New Bern Journal says:
"With nine steamers per wees to
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Norfolk
and Elizabeth City, and eight
steamboats on Neme and Trent
rivers, oar docks present a lively
appearance at Ibis season. New
Berne should be tbe Norfolk of
North Carolina and would be were
the North Carolina railroad rightly
managed.
' Tbe four yonng men of Kinston,
who went ont to Montana Territory
last July to seek their fortune, are
all doing well there, getting good
wagea and enjoying excellent
health. But with the same amount
or push and energy expended here
we believe they would have suo
ceeded just as well. Stay at borne,
work bard and aave what yon make
is tbe way to succeed.
According to tbe N or Ox
ford tobacco bas been tv...ing into
that market freely the pt week
and breaks several da re hea
vy. The new crop, as a;t ctpated,
shows np large quantities of inte
rior stuff, which is selling low now
and is likely to continue low the
balance or tb season. Tbe better
grades are bringing tbeir full value
and are eagerly bought up.
From 'tbe Goldsboro Headlight
or last week we take tbe following :
'The Black Creek Association of
tbe Primitive Baptist church were
in Ke&sloa in this city on Friday,
Saturday and Su Delay. Be v. WiN
liam Woodard, or Wilson preached
tbe introductory sermon, aud liev.
John Scott, of WiInou county, acted
aa Moderator. Some eminent
preachers were tn attendance and
a large and devont congregation
were prent at each and every
service,
Tbe Weldon Fair was quite a
success this year we are glad to
learn.' Tbe attendance was pretty
good and tbe exhibition above tbe
ordinary. Tbe Scotland Neck
Mounted Riflemen and Rocky
Mount Light Infantry were present
two days. Mnsic was was furnish
ed by Iardellasband, or Bicbmood,
one of tbe best la tbe bouttu t ve
ry body, who went were satisfied.
This lair will only be excelled by
the Rocky Mount Fair, which opens
November 14th. Make yoor, ar
rangements and be present,
1 Sil Storj.
The child coughed. Tbe mother
ran. No remedy was near. Before
morning tbe poor little sufferer was
dead. Moral: Always keep Dr.
Acker's Remedy at band.
There are five ladies In Manteo
that weigh 1,10 pounds together.
Mrs. I rank Uiven weighs 240
pounds, Mrs. Blsnch Forbes 230,
Mr. Ward 2 GO. Mrs. J. T. Daniels
-'JO and Mrs. Nany Dough 200.
Consnjticn Sorely Coral.
To the Editor:
Please inform yonr readers that
I have a positive ieuu riv for the
above named disease. Is. i's time
ly use thousand ot hi)eletis cases
have been permanen: Iv ei:red. ' I
ehall.be glad to seuU two Utttles of
my remoav FUEj to every con
snmption if they will end nie their
Eipress and P. O. address,
; ReFp-"n!ly .
T. A. SlocumJ M. O. JM Pearl St
N.Y. 126-68 6mo
Sit is "Criitru."
"1 aaved tbe life of mj little
girl by a prompt ose of Dr. Acker's
Engliab Remedy for ConKumption;M
Mrs- Wm. V. lluiuatix. New
York.
Very many of the healthiest I'
pie keep themselves in Kuch condi
tioti by .the occasional use of r
reliable cathartic, and they give j
tne preierence to jjaxaaor as inort
fully Berving tbeir purpose tii.
any other family remedy. Only-!
cents.
' Sleepless nights and cheerle.-
aaya win do preventea if yoa n
Dr Bull s Baby Syrup to induct
sleep and composure for the baby:
lTice cents.
Ozr Tszx Great Crcjs.
North Carolina can raise f cur
great crops cotton, wheat,
corn, ana tobacco. It produces
all sorts of vegetables. It has
the right soli for fruits. To
crown its fertility, Its climate
enables the fanner to work in
his fields nearly the whole year
round. It is a grand State, with
a grauiying present and a no
ble future. Charlotte Chron
icle.
The State Woman'a Christian
Temperance Union met in Win
ston last week. A large atten
dance was present and interesting
meetings were held, Oratuylng re
ports were made.
For tbe blood ose B- B, B.
For scrofula, use B. B. B.
For catarrh, use B. B. B.
For rheumatism, use B. B. B.
For kidney troubles, use B. B. B
. For eruptions, use B. B. B.
For all blood poison, use B. B. B
Ask your neighbor who bas ased
B. B. B. of iu merits. Get oar book
free filled with certificates of
derfol cures.
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