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1 1 1 . If? ft 11 r-J h 6- 1:1 aha ii . I iA Vstt I & to I H ? I J ?.s WMSSm uLA rl VOL. XXIV. WELDON, N. Cm THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1893. NO. 16 HE GOT THERE. HIS AU.U STOLE AROUND THAT (URL CRITTER, AND HElt HEAD FELL UPON HIS SHOULDER. It was the hour of sunset in the United tates of America. In front of a pictur- sque log cabin situated in the State of 'ennessee two people sat on a log. They were male and female, both oung and tender. Neither had ever ovcd before. He owned a coon dog and mule, and she could read, write, and cipher. "Jen." lift Rfiid. hrp.ilfinnf a lnnn. n!. ' b - """n yence. "Yes, Tom." "Any 'skeetcrs hit yo' yit?" ,,TT )1 ,if "Heaps. J The sun disappeared behind the Rac floon hills, and twilight fell. Insensibly jlhe gal eritter heaved a long, quivering, fjrcmulous, trembling sigh. Insensibly ;he man critter hitched toward her on he log. m "jen,gposinf he querneu, as lie (lnlcr.d Ktrnifllt into the cathftrinrr dark- 'S O B O i'ness. "S'posio' what Tom?" she answered as .-she thumped the life out of a mosquito i i- . . . i i i-i . iiwnicn was trying to carry ner on Douuy. But he stuck there, while the dark less grew deeper and the old man .Sheppard trotted by on his mule and an owl in the swamp gave utterance to his lonely cry. Her heart was beating wild- ty, but a gal critter must wait for u man critter to ask her. Insensibly, however, they hitched in unison toward the centre f the log. "Jen, s'posin' yo'r pop was to be eat p by a b'ar?" -"Yes." v , I -"And jer mam was to git the break iibone fover and die?" "Yes." He got stuck again. He picked up a chip with bis naked toes and worked it about in a nervous manner, while the owl whoqped it up for the nest five minutes for aU there was in it. She could hear his heart flipfloppiog and he knew that the was red clear back to her shoulder bladas. Insensibly they drew together. "And-js'posin' yo'r bruther Jim should it snake bit and expire?" he continued 'I as ho dropped his voice to a whisper. J "Yes, Tom." I "And .the cabin should burn down ?" I "Yes." "What would jou do then ?" "Reckon I'd go over to yo'r house." s "Whatfurf" v"To ax ja'ir mam if if " T'he owl stopped his consarned hoot ing to listen aiid Tom ' worked his toes '.under a root and queried. i; "To ax my warn if what ?" l' "Yo' won't be mad, Tom?" j "Rcckou not." "And yo' woa'i git up'n run away?" V "No." i "Then I'd go over to yo'r house to ax yo'r tuatu if if Bhe reckoned I was old ftuff to git married iM 1 His arm stole around that gal critter Mid her head fell upon his shoulder. The : owl hooted, and the 'skeeters bit, but ffiey heard nothing hat the whispers of Jove fait nothing but that overpowering sense of happiness which ieoies to calves who bito each other's ears for the first .time. A STRANGE COINCIDENCE. FATHER OF FORTY GIRLS. VjHQses Williams, colored, lives on a T L i c .:i -t P F,.i,Hnjillp il larui auout wvu uuicb uoivi Texas. He is G5 years old, but no one would tako him to be more than about r,u Tin was married twice, and had borne to him 45 children. By the first wife he had 23 children three boys and twontv trirls and by his seoond ii children 2 boys and 20 girls. He says h has about 40 grandchildren. 'Tk. nf Hall's Hair Renewer pro , & UU W" motes thti growth of the hair, and restores its natural color and beauty, frees the soalp of dandruff, tetter, ana an impun- tlCSl EDWIN BOOTH THREATENED TO TEAR DOWN THE WALLS 01' FORD-S THEA TRE AFTER HE DIED. CURRENCYOFTHE PEOPLE. Atlanta Constitution. No greater argument U in favor of the spiritualistic doctrino than the burial of Edwin Booth and the fall of Ford's Theatre. Years ago Edwin Booth, in an outbreak of passion, made the remark that if'j after his death, sueh a thing were possible, he would come back and tear that old barracks to the ground. At the time the statement was given publicity, the spiritualists took hold of it and printed it everywhere throughout the country. The daily press laughed at the thing, and it was soon forgotten. Yesterday morning a spiritualist recalled the old saying of Booth's and poke of it in that connection. Booth bad worn to destroy the building after his death. It was a place that had made his entire life a nightmare. Ho never went to Wash ington. No money could induee him to give a performance in that city. If in his travels it was necessary to go through Washington, he generally arranged to go at night, when he should te in bed 1 asleep. If Washingtonians wanted to see Booth perform, they had to take a train and go to Baltimore. There was not enough money in the Treasury to get the tragedian in the capital. Now the spiritualists are arguing the question, did Booth keep his word? Is the great tragedian's spirit responsible for the catastrophe of a few weeks ago? Did he cause that building to fall? Men who knew this great actor and his great heart refuse to accept any such theory. It could not be possible that Edwin Booth would cause the widespread dis tress that this accident causes. Yet the spiritualists reply, that he made the threat and it has come true. At the very least, it seems a most re markable coincidence. Booth states that after death, he would tear that building down, and almost at the very moment that the burial service is being read over his body the building collapses. Was it coincidence? With the fall of tho old building and the death of Booth, the Lincoln tragedy passes from life to eternity. Booth was the last of his race. The theatre has gone forever, It is singular to think to what a tragic end most people came who were connected with the assassinatiou of the President. Secretary Stanton com mitted suicide by cutting his throat, and Corbett, the man to whom was accredited tho killin" of John Wilkes Booth, died in a lunatic asylum. These are but sin gle instances) violent deaths have come to nearly every one having a direct hand in the affair. The world will discuss the matter; the spiritualists will take courago from it( and all manner of men will stop to ask. Was it coincidence? PATIENCE. They say patience, perseverance and a little swot-t oil will accomplish almost aiiYthin', and sometimes when tho sweet oil can't be gotten water will do on pinch. A prisoner sontenced to solitary confinement iu Siberia for twenty yeara has just made his escape by removing two big stones from the prison wall. It took him niou year to do it, as he had no tools to work with, and had ' to loosen the two stones, which were two feet long, by moistening the mortar with water given him to drink, and rubbing it away with his fingers. But he kept pegging, or rubbing away until he succeeded. Bad Blood is at thebottom of many a feud, and the cause of strife and murder. Its also the root of all ailments of the body. Good blood nourishes and bad blood poisons, therefore take Simmons Liver Regulator to keep the livtr aotive, the bnwels fref. and promote digestion, Tuis douc, your blood will bo good, the system free from malaml poison and Rheumatism. REPEAL THE TEN PER CENT. TAX ON STATE BANK NOTES. It is now very evident that the extra session of Congress will repeal tho 10 per cent, tax on state bank notes. The Democratic platform recommends this action, and it is apparently the only way to meet the general demand for an ex- .pansive currency. We may take it for granted then that Congress will repeal tho Sherman law and re-establish the fetate banking system. The change will not bo in the nature of a new and a hazardous experiment. For eighty years state banks of issue flourished in this country. They supplied the people with a convenient and a flexible currency that enabled them to make their ex changes and move their crops without being subject to the whims and caprices of Wall street. The system was thoroughly suited to the wants and necessities of avast territory divided into separate states having all the requisite machinery for independent political and commercial existence. It .enabled the people to use their credit to aid their trade and industry. The nation prospered under the system and our currency was regulated by the natural commercial and financial laws of supply and demand. During the war the capi talists who had invested in the bonds of the federal government secured the pas sage of a law imposing a tax of 10 per cent, on state bank notes. The law was intended to be prohibitory. It wag de signed to destroy the credit of the people and give a monopoly of banking privil eges to a favored class the bondholders. Their scheme established national banks. and under the operations of these iustitu- tions only the commercial and speculative classes in cities and towns have derived any benefit. The farmers and owners of real estate have been practically deprived of the advantages of credit, so far as banking accommodations are coucerned. Within the past few years the reaction in public sentiment has been so great that the Democratic party has pledged itself to re-establish state banks, and the opposl tion to this reform is now confined to the few who would be benefited by the further issue of bonds and the perpetua tion of the national banking system. It is generally conceded that there is no difficulty in the way of making the issues of state banks as safe as those of the national banks. State laws requiring a deposit in the public treasury of the state and municipal bond" would be a sufficient safeguard, with, of course, a provision requiring efficient inspection. The danger of wild cat issues is purely imaginary. The people will not accept an unsound currency, and men are not going to the expense and trouble of starling banks that will be promptly repudiated by the people, and forced to close their doors almost as soon as they are opened Two excellent features of tho system are the facilities for expunsiou and the fact that it provides every section with a local currency. There need ba no fear that the notes issued by these banks will b subject to a discount when they cross state lines. The leading state banks before the war suffered no such inconvenieuco, and their successors will circulate their notes without any troublo under the require meets and regulations that the states will impose upon them. The change will re establish the credit of the people and emancipate it from the oppressive condi tions dictated by the monopolists who abolished tho state banks as a war measure and substituted the national banks in the interests of tho cities aud towns, practi cally ignoring the farmers of tho country. The redemption of this pledgo in the Democratic platform will restore general prosperity, especially in the south and west. Atlanta Constitution. THE FUNNY POSTMASTER. HE HAS A FEW WORDS ON SENDINQ THINGS BV MAIL. A funny postmaster recently sent to tho Post Office Department a new set of post office rules, says tho New York Telegram. They were : A pair of onions will go for two cents. Ink bottles must be corked when scot by mail. It is unsafe to mail apple oi fruit trees with the fruit on them. Alligators over ten feet in length are not allowed to be transmitted by mail. As all postmasters are expert linguists, the address may be written in Chinese or Choctaw. John Smith gets his mail from 674,- 279 post offices; hence a letter addressed John Smith, United States," will reach him. Ducks cannot be sent through the mails when alive. The quacking would disturb the slumbers of the clerks on the postal cars. It is earnestly requested that lovers writing to their girls will please confine their gushing rhapsodies to the insido of the envelope. Nitro-glyeerine must be forwarded at the ri"k of the sender. If it should blow up in the postmaster's hands he cannot be held responsible. The placing of stamps upside down on letters is prohibited, Several postmasters have recently been seriously injured while trying to stand on their heads to cancel stamps placed in this manner. VANCE'S WIT AND WISDOM. Wilmington Messenger. The very best of the many good and bright and humorous things that Senator Vance has "got off " in the last forty years, we think, is the following. It is very happy. It is both witty and wise, It is but littlo known and yet it is au thentic. Here it is: "Just after Vance was elected to the United States Senate and was not allowed to take his seat on account of his war record, ho was return ing home sad and dejected. In front of him on the cars sat a Presbyterian and a Methodist preacher discussing the doc trines of their respective churches elec tion, predestination, free grace, etc. Com ing to no argreement, as might have been expected, the two theological dis putants of opposing schools never accom plish the impossible feat of convincing each other of their cross errors, and no ticing tho interest of Vance, who was stiau"er to them both, they asked him what he thought of the question Vance's reply was: "Well, gentlemen I'm a Presbyterian myself, but my ex perience has taught me that your election is not worth a continental if you don't have your disabilities removed." LOVE OF MONEY. Whether Pastour and Koch's peculiar modes of treatment will ultimately pro vail or not, their theory of W "d contain- ination is the correct nno, though not uiiimul. It was on thi tiiuory that Tr J. C, Ayer, ef Lowell, Mass-, nearly fifty ygars ago, formulated Ayer's Sarsapaiilla, After all, what docs the rush for hoarding of the same, amount to? "We brought nothing into the world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out." is well to "put mouey in thy purse" and in the bank. It is not money, but the love of money, which is the root of all evil, it is this love tor it Hint homines a moral leech, sucking every d'op kindness, charity and joy out of human hearts Don't lot tho chattorinKS giililcn e&'kn uealeii your ears 10 your surroundings! Don't look at every act to see if its results will wreathed with bright shining dollars, like a garland of pansies! Have a soul. Don't masquerade your miserablo money grasp ing body ia a moaninglcss so-called soul, which is so small and mummyfied that it oouldn't be seen with the most powerful magnifying glass ever constructed by tho kands of mau. Durham Record. THE VERR "DONE." In answer to n Northern friend I give below the conjugation of tho verb "done." It is from advanced sheets of a new grammar which I am now working out. THE VERB DONE PAST TENSE. Singular I done it. You douo it. He or she done it. Still more Singular I done done it, Thou or you done done it. He done done it. Plural We done it. You done it. They doue it. Still More Plural We done done it. You done done it. They done done it. PRIOR PAST TENSE. Singular I done gone done it. Thou or you done gone done it. He d jne gone done it. Plural We done gone done it. Yi u done gone done it. They done gone doue it. POSSIBLE PRIOR PAST TENSE 01? VERB DONE. Singular I might, could, would or should of done it. Thou or you might, could, would or should of done it. P might, could, would or should of done i Plural We might, could, would or should of done it. You might, could would or should of done it. They might, could, would or should of done it. PECULIAR PAST TENSE. Singular I might, could, would or should of jest plumb done gone and done it. Theu or you might, could, would or should of jest plumb done gone and done He might, could, would or should of jest plumb done gone and done it. Plural We might, could, would or should of jest plumb done gone and done it. You might, could, would or should of jest plumb done gone and done it. They might, could, would or should of jest plumb done gone and done it. BILL NYE. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. DYSPEPSIA Is that misery experienced when Buddenly made aware that yoa possess n diabolical arrangement called stomach. No two dyspep tics have the same predominant symptoms, but whatever form dyspepsia takes Tiie underlying cause is in the LIVES, and one thing ia certain no one will remain a dyspeptic who will gfena. It will correct Acidity of the Stomach, Expel foul gasei, Allay Irritation, Annldt Dlge.tion 'and at the same tima Start the Liver working and. all bodily ailments will disappear, "For more thin thre yn I roflVed with Dyspepsia in iu wont form. I tried K". doctors , but they afforded no relief. At last I tried Simmons Liver Regulator, which cured me in a short time. It is a good medicine. I would not be without it." Jambs A. Roam, Philad'a, Pa. See that you get the Genuine, withred200''0,l,0'wrlPI'eri ; rRKrAKED OHLT BY J. IX. ZEILIN CO., Philadelphia. 17a, jlu.iib- IIIIHU II lasassssaa A MUCH MIXED PRAYER. Sampson Democrat. The Rev. Dr. Marshall's prayer at the Jefferson Davis ceremonies, in Raleigh, was published in many papers in this State. The Goldsboro Argus, by a'blun der of the foreman, gives the following os part of this prayer: "Oh, Lord, our Heavenly Father, the high and mighty Ruler of the universe, who doth from Thy throne behold all dwellers upon earth, Thou hast been our refuge from one generation to auother. Before the mountains were brought forth, Thou art God from everlasting and The price of prime IrUh potatoes is 'looking up' on the Northern markets. They were quoted yesterday at 6-4.10 per barrel. world without end." This is almost as badly mixed as the old minister's description of Noah's wilt whom ho confouuded with the ark. In reading he skipped a p;ige and read, "she was three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, thirty cubits deep, and pitched in side and out." Or, suggest the Charlotte Observer, us that of the sermon of tho darkey who suid: "An' while Paul was prenchin' do maiden fell out uv dc winder; and de fragments dcy gcthcred up was twelve basket f ub', au' whoso wife shall she be in de judgment?" TO THE LADIES OF WESTERN HALF OF HALIFAX CO. I know Dr. J. A. iVcGill's ORANGE BLOSSOM t0 "e a verv 6reat blessing to our sex. We have long needed some thing which we could use ourselves and which could conquer the stubborn forms of chronic inflammation and congestion which lie at the foundation of all female troubles. That Dr. jVcGill's treatment meets the demand of this long felt want is shown by the fact that many cases which have baffled the skill of our best physicians, are being eured by it. I have pledged myself to let my suffering sisters in the above Counties know of this simple, entirely safe, yet wonderful cure. To accomplish this 1 must have tho help of some good Christian lady in each township . There are not less than one thousand ladies in each of the above Counties to whom this cure would be of inestimable valne, many of thorn mothers who need strength that they may train their little ones; then there aie so many young girls whose trouble is not considered serious, but nevertheless need attention, as only a little time will be required for it take the color from the cheeks and all the joy from their glad young lives as it has done in thousands ot cases, fiend a two-cent stamp for free Sample Box. I will also send Township's Agent s Terms to those who will assist me. MISS LIZZIE Iv. DAVIS, Areola, Warren Co., N. C. 4-20-ly ,"I was prostrated with a severo bilious complaint," writes Erastua Soutbworth, of Bath, Me. "After vainly trying a number of remedies I was finally iu-m-' i i take Ayui's Pills. I had scarce ly tiikcn two boxes when I was complete ly cured." How do you do wliou you buy shoes or clothing? Don't you g, to i ho place (il you can find it) whore they tell you that vmi nmv wear lliu urates out, and ilieu, il jvii iu not satisfied, they'll refund the uiuiievf Why not do the same when you buy medicine? Dr. l'ierce's Golden Medical Discovery is sold on that plan' It's the only blood purifier so certain and effective that it can bo guaranteed to benefit or cure, pviTi- r!i.l i r you nave your money foncH It s not the ordinary Kiiini; medicine or siiripurillas All the year round, i cleans;, builds up, nnd in"isnrotcs tho system. If you'ru biliiK inn '! nr dyspeptic, or have any b.uod taint, noih tug can equal it as a remedy. EST THE TALK OF er THE TOWN - l&" NOW IS Have YOU Seen Tho pretty goods at Dress Goods of all Kinds; And trimmings to match. EVERYBODY says they are the prettiest in towm A nobbv line of Gents' Furnishings A large Hue of sample goods lo be sold at NEW YORK WHOLESALE PRICES. aod if you can't get a suit of clothes in stock you can select a pattern and the fit is guaranteed; it takes ouly fivo days to make a suit. the straw Flore'iiiiiu filkt i uitoed from 75 cents to 05 cents per yard. The M; F. II art Co. IT A TQ- A bie line of XJlJLA. JL kJ. Newest styles s aud ieit bats juut opened. I am always glad to show coeds, and prices shall compcto with the loweBt that good goods pan be sold at. Becpectfnlly, W. B. TILLERY, Weldon, N. C. 9 2S) tf,
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