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Some notable person- I believe it was
Lady Montague said "there is no en
tertainment as cheap as reading and no
pleasure as lasting." Especially is this
true nowadays when there is so much
to read that is cheap, instructive and
interesting. In fact, reading ie now
mo oesi part or a liberal education. A
well read person is wiser, happier and
better tatted for the duties and trials of
me man the scholar who has graduated
ai me top in the arts and sciences. Of
course 1 mean good reading such as
history.ancient and modern ; biography,
where we get lo.h example and pre
cept; good story books and standard
hovels tht teach good morals; good
magazine literature and good newspa
pers, whose" editors are conscientious
and feel their responsibility. "As a
man sows, so shall he reap," and we
might as truly say what a child reads,
so will his or her moral and emotional
character be. The schools educate the
intellect only, but reading affects the
heart, the emotions and passions and
establishes the character of the young
for good or for evil. Man has been de
fined to be a bundle of prejudices, and
these prejudices most generally come
from the books, magazines-or newspa
pers that we read.
Little stories like "Androcles and the
Lion" or ''Damon and Pythias" have
molded the character of thousands of
children. nd just so have "Robinson
Crusoe, " the "Young Marooners" and
the "Swiss Family Robinson," estab
lished the characters of children of a
larger growth; Whether a man de
spises or admires Napoleon depends on
whether he has read Scott or Abbott.
Whether a man was a Whig or a Dem
ocrat in the old times depended on the
newspaper he took. As great a man as
Dr. Miller, who was an Old Line Whiir.
had a contempt for Thomas Jefferson
because he was per se the founder of
the Democratic party. "Jefferson must
nave been a very great man," said I,'
'.'for he wrote the declaration of inde
pendence. " "And what is that, ' ' said
the doctor, "but a series of ungram
matical platitudes that any Bchool boy
might have written? The first sentence
is ridiculous, for it says a decent respect
tor the opinions of mankind. A decent
respect! Who ever heard of an inde-'
cent respect? Why didn't he say 're
spect for' and leave out the decent ?"
and he scanned the whole document
from a Whig standpoint.
Well, I was ruminating about this
while reading Percy Gregg's high-toned
but merciless criticism of Harriet
Beecher-Stowe, "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
Gregg had sojourned in the south dur
ing slavery times and knew the book
was a lie when it was written, and that
it was written to inflame the northern
mind and precipitate a collision. That
Beecher family was smart, unprincipled
and malignant. It was Henry Ward
Beecher who incited old John Brown
to his reckless deeds and daring and
who . declared from his 'pulpit that
Sharp's rifles were better missionaries
than Bibles, and that to shoot a't a slave
holder and miss him was a sin against
heaven. It was that same Beecher who,
while a preacher, seduced the wife, of
one of his members and broke up the
family, and after weeks of a mock trial
got a whitewashing verdict from a
packed committee.
But I was ruminating about the far-
reaching influence and effect of that
book and how it fired the northern heart
and the English heart agaiost us, and
how it was a lie and wholly misrepre
sented our people, and how the Lord
cursed Shemaiah, one of the prophets,
because he made the people believe a
he, and how St. John said no one
should enter heaven who loveth or
maketh a lie, and so I was wondering
where the Beechers are now.
But the trouble is they won t stop.
Almost every mail brings me newspapers
with marked articles denouncing us and
threatening as for this lynching bust
ness, and they all pity the fate of Sam
Hose and weep over that incendiary
scoundrel whom they call that good, in
offensive old preacher Lige Strickland.
May the Lord have mercy upon us and
keep us calm and serene, is my prayer.
My last comes from the Humane So
mane Alliance of New York, and says:
"Three thousand demons turned loose
upon a helpless .prisoner.- They cut off
h B ears and fingers and plucked out
his eyes balls and plunged knives into
his body. His liver and heart were cut
into small pieces and sold to the high
est bidder. Not long before the mob
took i.ine prisoners from the guard and
Bhot them all to death save one. That
o ie was-Sam Hose, who escaped. Crap
ford was one of that mob, and Sam
Hose was only avenging the death of
his friends when ho killed Cranford.
After burning Sam Hose the mob found
an old honored negro preacher named
Strickland and lynched him." Then
conxs the usual anathema, and the
article winds ud With the assertion that
a race coi flict inevitable.
n. And now comes The Allauta Age and
Wesley Pledger, the mulatto editor,
says, in answer to J. Pope Brown, "the
negro is ready to go. There is not one
heuro in ten that will not gladly wel
come au opportunity to go. The negro
longs to get away from Pope Brown and
his ilk. He wants the angry Saxon
race to buy a piece Of ground from China
or anywhere that will enable him to
leave Pope Brown and others who have
robbed him for years. We are anxious
t0, go we are ready, inis crowa
brought our mothers here and debauched
them and outraged them till we find
6.000.000 of mulattoes,
kinsmen of this
. i m' J - T .4 Mv
man crowu uu iiio..". &"
. l ii,A nK.Uiion rf I araol frnm
ivr.t -nd harden not vour heart when
AJ : ' . a ioQ
wegeire :- -.
Then he copies J osepn nenaeruon a
reply to ooveruur u. -- .
i'T'r J2" " h" I
Henderson
auyimiiB a u0 j--
belongs to the inoma ; -
to the Thomas l'ortune-iuaj
Wells eane. who are making big money
nut of vankee hate and credulity. He
He
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made his 8peech4n Boston and said he
was a Georgian and his mother obeyed
the slave master's whip and felt the
bloodhound's bite. What a liar, but he
k moria thoaA v&nkees believe it. In
-ii ,,;Dr.Q r novor knew a neero
nman to ran away, nor did I tv.r h-ar
of a bloodhound bitine man or woman
Sometimes bad negro men ran away
and were properly punished when they
came back, or were taken up and brought
back. I never heard of half a dozen
runaways in our county. As a rule all
negroes were humanely treated. Every
master knew that it impaired their
value to treat them otherwise. Percy
Gregg declares, in his history, that the
southern slaves were the best treated
servants the world ever Saw. The young
and the old were cared for kindly and
affectionately by master and mistress,
and their condition was" infinitely better
than the poor of England or Germany
or of the northern United States.'
Pledger gives Henderson's speech in
large heftdliefes and call it "Plain
Words." JXxo article is malignant,
mendacious ajid incendiary, and this
man Pledger could not run bis paper in
Wilmington nor in any country town in
Georgia. It is a weekly menace to the
peace between the races. He advises I
the negroes to patronize negroes in all
avocations. What a fool. ' SuDoose the
merchants of Cartersville should con
clude to patronize white dravmen and
white carpenters and blacksmiths only,
what would become of the negroes who
now so faithfully serve us? What would
become of Joe Brown and Tnbble, our
expert carriage makers whose deport
ment as citizens commands our resnect
and confidence? I tell you, my breth
ren, there are many good industrious
negroes in the land, and we would have
no trouble if it were not fomented bv
such politicans as Pledger. I know lots
of negroes that I can get along with,
and so does every white man. But
such as Pledger are not going away un
less he sees big money in a contract.
He wants to be hired to drum recruits.
Six millions of mulattoes? Good gra
cious! And he is one of them, and no
doubt is proud of it. I never- saw a
mulatto who wasent. They wouldent
have been black negroes if they could.
and they wouldent swap colors now.
They are the 400 the elite, the upper
ten.
But enough of this. Tip has been to
see us the faithful Tip and he was
happy. Tip bought some land near
Rome from a Micbigander. The price
was $1,000, which Tip paid, and after
the Michigander had left for parts un
known Tip found a mortgage on it for
$500 more, and will have it to pay. No
body but a dirty yankee dog would have
swindled Tin that wav. Tin broueht
his "mistis," as he stillcalls my wife, a
bottle of wine made from his own grapes,
but 1 reckon you bad better not men
tion this, for it might be construed as
against- the new town liquor law, and
subject my wife to a fine of $50, and
me to break rocks for thirty days. That
would be bad and sad, wouldent it?
Emerson is now our liquor depot. It
is four miles away, but the road is good,
and they say the travel over it is in
creasing. For some reason or other
air. Thorn aa baa recently, built a uew
depot there. Nevertheless, the fight
between the barons and King John of
ttunnymede is going up, and another
magna charta may be granted.
' Bill Aep.
Dismal Swamp Soldi
Norfolk. Va., July 0. It is asserted
to-night that the Camp Manufacturing
Company, lumber manufacturers of
Franklin, Va., have bought the famous
Dismal Swamp. This greatswamp lies
half in North Carolina and half in
Virginia. Through it a canal known
as the Dismal Swamp Canal has been
dug at enormous cost. One end of the
canal is near Norfolk, and the other is
on the North Carolina Sound. In the
mud underlying the waters of the great
swamp are thousands of cedar trees,
which have been submerged ana pre
served from decay.
It is understood that the purpose of
the Camps is to drain the swamp and
secure this timber. Should thev do so
they will leave the Dismal Swamp
Canal high and dry, eighteen feet above
tidewater. Ihe few who know of the
reported purchase of the Swamp ex
press ereat interest in the matter, and
opinions differ as to whether the pur
chasers may legally drain the swamp
and thus destroy the canal, or whether
by the purchase thegreat tract through
which it runs, the Camps acquire the
caual. Some lawyers say that the pur
chasers of the Swamp may legally
drain it. although their action render
the canal useless if a railroad is built
along the towpath.
The Future of the Negro.
President W. II. Councill of an Ala
bama College for negroes discusses the
future of his race in the last number
of the Forum and reaches the conclu
sion that the 'negroes are destined to
leave this country and build up a new
civilization in Africa. This is the out
look, also, of Bishop Turner of the
BAfriean Methodist Church. He, too,
see. ' no future lor the negro in tins
country. ' ' .
Neither of them, however, and more
particularly the Alabama College Presi
dent, expects that this negro exodus
occur now or soon, but thaPit will come
only in the course of if a few genera
tions." "Ilia own pride." says Presi
dent Councill, "the desire to redeem
Africa from its darkness, and, last, the
allurements of a thousand superior ad
vantages for mental and material gain,
to be obtained through hardship and
adversitv, will be irresistible." His
theory is that the race prejudice against
the negroes can never be overcome in
this country, and that eventually they
must go to Africa to develop by them
selves and of themselves.
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SAM JONES ON LYNCHING AND WHIS.
KEY SELLING. '
1 am feeling better this week. Mavbe
a farmer a life is agreeing with me; yet
x uon t ten much like a farmer, for I
dont feel downtrodden. I do not feel
like growling, and I don't feel much
like lighting trusts and combines. Re
ally I am at peace all around. From
the farmers' standpoint I was 'much
pleased at the proceedings in " Judge
Jayne8'a court in Cedartown last week,'
in which the negro charged with the
awful crime of rape, tried by a jury of
white men, was acquitted.r T know
many guilty negroes have been mobbed,
and from a human standpoint it looks
like they ought to have been mobbed.
A mob can execute; but they are m no
condition of mind to try a criminal. A
inob can play the sheriff and execute a
fellow but it cannot justly play judge
and jury and try him. It was a shame
to have hung that poor negro preacher,
his guilt only indicated by the state
ment of Sam -Hose. If the crowd is
obliged to inob or lynch a criminal,
wait unlil the court tries him, wait un
til his guilt is proven, and then lynch
him if you will; but don't lynch an in
nocent man. That jury in Judge Jay
nee's court, as well as the judge him
self, acquitted themselves magnificently
when they cleared this negro for want
of sufficient testimony. This world will
stand , up to an innocent man. The
Dreyfus case shows that. Humanity is
willing for the guilty man to be punish
ed, but humanity has always revolted at
innocence suffering penalty for alleged
guilt. Let us try a criminal, gentle
men, before a regularly instituted court;
let's leave the sheriff to execute him; or.
if you are going to take the execution
out of the hands of the sheriff., don '4
take the prerogative of conviction for.
crime out of the hands of the courts of
our country. I woLder how "Yankee
Doodle' ' will howl over this case in Cedar
town? Wonder if they have yet lynched
that negro up in Connecticut for the
crime of rape? The last statement said
that there was a howling mob around
the jail.
We are having some little excitement
in Cartersville over the violation of our
jug ordinances. One of our citizens
pleaded guilty to the violation of the
ordinance and was sentenced to pay a
fitty-dollar fine and break rocks on the
streets for thirty days; but the sentence
for breaking rocks was suspended on
account of his wife. I understand there
is another case up now. It is not
against a "he" or a"she.?" I think
they have got an "it" up this
time. "It" boasted that it was going
to violate the law and eet its lkiuor
wherever it wanted to, andtit was K'ine
to stand for liberty, and it was a cham
pion of personal liberty- According to
the lay of the land now, it seems to rue
mat it will have to break rocks, though
I think it and its lawyer have decided
that the law is unconstitutional. Speak
ing seriously on this question, with
no reference to it, this ordinance, pas
sed by the mayor and alderman of the
city of Cartersville, is no joke. Tne
railroad, express company, or individual
that violates this law must meet that
violation clear on up to the supreme
court of the United States, or suffer the
penalty- adjudged by a lower court. If
I know anything, I know .Cartertiville
and I know her people. I know the
good citizens of Cartersville have long
felt aggrieved by this constant shipping
in of jugs and demijohns of whisky and
(barrels of bottle beer. This a commu
nity that voted itself dry; this is a com
munity that say 8 one man cannot
furnish liquor to another, or sell it to
another; that is a community that, by
choice of a majority of its people, wants
no liquor; and, if we will not let the
citizens ot uartersviiie luruisn it nor
sell it, one to another, we will have
something to say about how other peo
ple furnish it or sell it to our people.- I
believe that each community has the
right to regulate its own police matters.
I know of a city ordinance which levies
a tax of $5,000 on the sale of cigarettes.
The state of Tennessee .levies a tax of
$50,000 specific tax on the bucket shop.
ine a l nere n co between a state and a
town is that there is a li'.tle noje
of a etate than a tw; and .a
town has the right to do anytl mg
under the constitution of the state that
the legislature of the state has a right
to do for the state. The mayor' and
council of a town can do for the town
anything that ihe hgislature can do for
the state. The legislature is as much
bound to keep wittiiu the lines f the
coii(-t tutiou as the mayor and alder
men of any city.- Who doubts the
ability, legality and constitutionality of
legislative enactment along the lints
of pur city ordinance against the ship
ping m of liquor? If we do not propose
to sell liquor our jslvt s among ourselves,
then, in the name of common sense, a
there no way under the law and consti
tution by which a community can be
protected from the damnable old liquor
dealers ou the outside who would ship
it in spite of God or man if the pur
chaser will ship the money to them? I
have no respect for a liquor dealer. 1
have but contempt for the dirty, lousy
devil that drinks it, wLelher he wears
broadcloth and parts his hair in the
middle, or whether he goes around
coatless with the seat of his breeches
looking like a map of the United Slates.
The difference lelween a liquor drinker
and a liquor seller is the difference be
tween a snake and a ilea. The snake
crawls on his belly and the ilea will
crawl on anybody's belly. The drunk
ard crawls on his belly, the liquor
dealer crawls on any drunkard's belly
We may have some exciting times
over these ordinances, but we don't
mean to be monkeyed with. We will
enforce the law until we are enjoined by
each successive court to the supreme
court of the United States. I affirm
that no decent citizen of Cartersville de
sires to violate the ordinances. !
affirm that no vagabond shall be per
mitted to defy the law. We are hon
estly endeavoring to keep one Georgia
town dry." I don't suppose that there
is a town in the world where liquor is so
intensely hated and so ardently loyed us
in our town. A man in Cartersville
who don't love liquor hates it awfully;
and a man who loves it lovts it awfully
But I had rather be a chaingang nigger
... .i .111-1..
than to oe a wnue man nnu puuuciy
VUMU w " ' " .
and deliberately line up witn ine wnisKy
gang in Cartersville. I know them:
they are a dirty, lousy lot, figuratively
speaking. I won't let my dog run with
them. .The devil is going to get about
a car load of Cartersvillians, but, thank
God, he won't get much when he
lands them. Agriculturally,
Sam P. Jones.
Am Editorial Gem.
Baltimore Sun.
The Hagerstown Mail has just cele
brated its seventy-second birthday, and
in language that cannot be condensed
without spoiling or omitted-without in
justice. To the readers of The Sun.
Thus saith The Mail:
The listless bqowb of 72 diawreathing
years have faded since The Mail bloomed
irresistibly upon'this land.
Its birth was synchronous with the
embattlements glorifying our Natiou's
Natal Day; the leaping roar of fitful
cannon was its cradle song, and the
burnished brilliance of our flag in the
azure skies its canopy.
In those unrolling years since, man
has done much, lived much. Yet
against the Infinite how little!--hardly
one tear to all the bleak magnificence
of human dolor, hardly one speck of
snow upon the lurid bosom of some
illimitable desert.
Still may we, knowing that and flit
ting from one darkness to another, be
elate in that we have seen the light, en
dured the daily dust of life and drunk
our cup, and have not lain forever with
those uncalled shades who never died
into this life, and who have never tasted
the pleasurers, battles and triumphs of
existence.
It is thus ours, and we are glad,
therefore, to glance skimraingly over
the felicitous bosoms of remembered
seas, noting where the wings of memo
rized tenderness glint and where our
perilous hopes and yearning dreams dip
liquidly swift until the evening come.
V e may recall the years far back to
defile glimmeringly, like starry, moon-
thrilled hosts, and we may rejoice in
oar fuendahips, our dead heroes, dis
persing hills, the hot sweetness of our
earth and the deep splendor or anguish
of the past that those years hold, and
we may fce glad that in their flight they
saw us numbered not merely among the
ripples upon the .sea of this world, but
saw us in tne tide upyearning to beat
down the crags of ignorance, and ever
seeking in renewing effort and multi
plied energy touSwell the flood bearing
the ship of human progress to its harbor
of perfect enlightenment in the ages
yet to be and before that dread hour
when the heavens shall be rolled up like
a scroll and man blotted from the book
of Fate.
The leaf is turned for new volume.
In the words of Mr. Punch, "That's
the way to talk it!"
Something Wrong.
Littleton Reporter. I
There is something radically wrong
with the treatment of witnesses and
jurors in the courts of North Carolina.
A juror or witness is called, from his
work to attend court, and must attend
oritake the consequences, and but few
care to do that, lie may or may not
have ready cash it hand , to meet
necessary food and bed bills while in
attendance upon court, but he must
go just the same. For his services he
is only promised a" su.n sufficient to
keep bim at the lowest priced lodging
and eating house. When discharged
from service he is given a ticket that
he often finds it difficult to realize one
half its face value. He cannot afford
to skip his landlord's board bill, and
the remuneration is not sufficient to
meet the demada, hence he must lose
his time from bis own business serve
the State, and to a great extent psy
his own expenses, while many of his
fellow men draw large salaries from
the State and grow rich following the
orders of the State. This is a hard
ship that should be remedied, and our
great law-makers would act wisely iii
correcting.
Ho! test June on Record.
News and Observer.
The month just passed has been the
hottts. June known heie in the past
ttiirte n years, with one exception. June
181)0 the average temperature was ex
actly the same (77 derees) that it has
been in June, 1899. The uext hottest
June was in 1888 when the average tem
perature was 76.
The nighest tern p rature m Jane lust
passed was 98, on th th, tnl the low
est was 57 on th 19th.
During the mi nth there w. s a rain
fall of 4 42 inches, there leing 5 cloufiy
day s, 13 partly cloudy and 12 clear
This is above the average rainfall for
June, which the records show to be
4.33 inches
Tbere were thunderstorms on the 1st,
8th, 9th, lOih, 12ih, 13th. 2lt, 26ih
and 30th. The prevailing direction of
the wind whs southwest.
Kryan and Sam Jones Don't Speak.
Ciiattanooa, Tenn., July 3. W. J
liryan passed through here to-day on
ui8 way to BaruesviUe, (jh., where he
will make an address to-morrow. From
the Kev. Sam Jones, the noted Georgia
evangelist, occupied the cr with Col
Brvan. Trainmen report that they did
not speak, and sat in silence near each
other all the way to Chattanooga. A
few months ago Jones, who is a Sound
Money IJemocrat, in a uewspajier com
munication, ridiculed the free silver ad
vocate and referred facetiously to the
the small amount of taxes paid by Col.
Bryan. The latter made a spirited re
ply. This explains the coolness.
A utile girl whose parents had re
cently moved from country to town,
and who is now eivjoving htr first ex
perience in living in a street, thus de
scribed it in a letter to another child
"This is a very queer place. .Next
door is fastened to our house.
I hope you are not cuttiog a friend,"
said a neighbor to a larmer who was
scratching the back of a pet pig with t
stick. Bristling up with indignation
the farmer replied: "No, sir: I'm Only
scraping an acquaintance."
fkmarvK tlrvt eK am ta fitiirv ota mnat
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i puii tne ropes.
1899.
HOW UNCLE SAM DESTROYS
MILLIONS.
HIS
J. C. Henderson, in Success.
a minion dollars a dav. This is the
amount that Uncle Sam makes away
with. Every piece of money which
becomes too dirty or too dilapidated
for use may be presented to the United
owues oreasury for redemption. Each
aay mere is sent from the different
banks throughout the country fully a
million dollars' worth of this soiled or
iorn paper. Every bundle -of money
received is turned over -to an expert
who aft
vuiunjr wuniiag ana in
specting tne notes to see that no coun
terfeits are among them, places them
together m small packages, and marks
on the wrapper the amount contained
in each bundle. They are then passed
under a machine which punches a
hole m each corner of every package
and cuts intojialves, leugthwise; one
half is sent to one division, and the
remaining half to another, to be re
counted by two other people. All
counts must tally with each other be
fore the bills are ready for destruction.
The next move is to transport the
money to the Bureau of Engravingand
Printing, where it is is reduced to pulp
by what is called maceration. Into
an immense revolving cylinder con
taining several disintt grating chemi
cals, the bills are thrown. The pulp
thus produced is pressed into sheets,
which strongly resembles white card
board. This substance, which is used
for various purposes, such as news
paper, writing paper, and souvenirs, is
sold by the government for about $40
a ton, the money received paying the
enure expenses of maceration.
The only kind of money not des
troyed at the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing is that issued by national
banks. These notes are not taken
charge of by those having the care of
bank currency. Every afternoon these
bills, representing from a hundred
thousand to half a million dollars, are
destroyed in the basement of the
Treasury building. The door of the
maceration room is secured by huge
padlocks, and can be opened only by
the three officials who hold the keys
Nothing less than two-fifths of a note
will be redeemed. To the holder of
this fraction of a bill the government
will allow half of the original face value.
ior three-fifihsofa note full value will
be given.
It occasionally happens that scraps
of bill which have been almost entire!
destroyed by fire, or otherwise,, are
presented for redemption. So expert
are some of the treasury clerks in de
termining to what special note or kind
of note a scrap of monev heli mora thai
the owner of the damaged bills usually
receives some considerable part of their
face value. A majority of the govern
ment clerks are womAn nV- o oaiu
be more honest and trustworthy
than men, besides, having in a more
maruea aegree the dehescv of touch
required for the detection of bad money.
Some of these women are the most
expert and accurate counters and de
tectors in the world. Their sense of
touch is so highly educated that the
instant they pass a bill through their
hngers they know whether it is a gen
uine or a bogus note. Many bills are
such clever imitations that they cir
culate through the country for a long
time before being presented at the
treasury, where they are almost invaria
bly detected.
The Immortality ot the Soul.
Charlotte Observer. '
in a very striking editorial in The
New Ygrk Sun of a recent date is men
tioned the fact that Prof. James H
riyslop, ot Columbia University, New
i ork, is preparing to announce that
he has obtained, actual scientific evi
dence of life after death. As The Sun
says, this has never . yet been demon
strated. It is believed by millions of
intelligent people, but believed as a
matter of faith only;b.luved because
the Bible teaches it. Spiritualism has
sought incidentally, it is true to
prove existence after death of the ma
terial body, but spiritualism has been
so oftened exposed as a trick, a delu
biuii, a ikb. uiai its evidence is ot no
value in the eyes of intelligent men
but for years, it appears, a Society of
isycnicai tit-search in London has
been prosecuting inv stigations. the
results of which are intended to dem
onstrate scientifically the immortalitv
ot the soul, and it is from this that
Frof. Hyslop has taken his etie and the
medium through whom he has mTide
his alleged discovery is a Mrs. Piper.
of Bston, a woman who has so much
astonished the ex nciunei iters of the
Psychical Society that thev have re
tained her in their service by a special
contract ior as many as lilteen year?
past. His proof he expec's to com
plete in the course of a v-nr. and wliei
he presents it he is confident that there
will succi ed "such a wave of excite
ment as the world has in vt r seen be
fore." The Sun says that "Eeof. Hys
lop suggests that his conditions should
be confirmed by a method icnf invegti
gallon, conducted by a board, of dis
tinguished scientific men, and unques
tionably such a confirmation will be
necessary, if his expectation of startling
the world with a 'thorough scientific
demonstration of immortality is ever
to be lulhiled. .
Clearly this is but another phase of
spiritualism, but Prof. Hyslop's an
nouncement of his findings cannot but
be awaited with serious interest, and
certainly no harm can come of his in
vestigations. If he should indeed dem
onstrate scientifically, and beyond the
question of a doubt, the immortality
of the soul, he will have established the
truth of so much of Bible teaching and
strengthened by so much the Christian
religion. If he fails, it can only be
said that spiritualism has before and
often been exposed, and that this ex
periment was spiritualistic, and thus
no harm will have been done.
"We have sold many different cough
remedies, but none has given better sat
isfaction than Chamberlain's," says Mr.
Charles Holzhaner, Druggist, Newark,
N. J. "It is perfectly safe and can be
relied upon in all cases of coughs, colds
or hoarseness. Sold by M. lr. Marsh &
Co., Druggists.
Number 2.
A WONEERFUL BLIND STUDENT.
Hlgheat Honors Taken by John E. Swev
Ingen n n South Carolina College.
Columbia, S. C, July 9. John E
SaUDIlnMn t 0 1 C.U 1
nvUuScii, u iAjgeneiu, wno was
made totally blind by an accident when
7 years old, has just been graduated
from the South Carolina College at the
age of 20, after having made the high
est record during the entire four years
of any man siuce the founding of the
college in the first part of this century.
He was first honor man, delivering an
pration entitled "Our Heritage."
ine iacuity regard Mr. 8wearingenas
a wonder. Dr. J. W. Flinn,. D. D.,
said he had been a professor only ten
years, but had spent years in a half
dozen colleges of high standing, in
cluding Heidelberg, "and" said he, "I
have never met a man to compare with
Swearingen. I sincerely regret the
alumni has not a fund to send him to
the beat places in the world to thor
oughly develop his powers. His family
nave not the means to do this.
'In whatever he undertakes he must
stand at the too. He is uncertain
whether to study for the ministry or
the law. As a lawyer he would make
a great success even before a iurv. and
he would make a mark an
His -imaginative powers of mind and '
fine logical reasoning are astonishing, j
His memory is such as few other men
have had; for instance, he can deliver
a lecture complete that he has heard
once, but not in the same language. If
vuuaa points nave only been touched
upon by the professor he will brim?
them out and elaborate them.
"In such branches as mathematics.
astromomy and psychology, as now
caught, where the sense of Bight would
oe considered bo important, Swearingen
never faltered. He answered, with less
than two minutes' thought, a complex
mathematical proposition that I have
never had answered by another student
tie nas a perfect conception of relative
positions and distances of heavenly
bodies, and experienced no difficulty in
drawing correctly geometrial figures."
in further exemplifications of the
man's extraordinary faculties. Dr. Flinn
9aid he had tested him in various ways,
even to bis own astonishment, wheu one
day he handed Swearingen a wooden
nutcracker. The cracking portion was
a finely carved head of Bismark, giving
capital likeness. The young man
passed his finger over the face and un
hesitatingly said: "Why, that ia Bis
marck." A class and room mate read alonrt
bis studies in Swearingen's hearing.
That was how he studied in college.
A Tennesare snake
Story.
Hartsville, Tenn., Vidette. j.
Snake stories are seldom credited.
Willard, is a reliable gen tleman bevond
all question, we are going to reproduce
a snake story related by him, and, if
necessary, assist in vouching for its
truth.
Mr. Dalton says that in his back yard
there was a hen setting on a goodly
number of eggs, and he noticed one
day that the eggs were growing less.
yet he could see no sign of their having
been destroyed, so he concluded to
keep a sharp lookout and if possible
solve the mystery. Iu a day or two he
was passing the place, and in noticing
the nest was surprised to see av large
snake coiled around the hen and hold
ing her at bay while he procured an
egg and then, uncoiling himself, pro
ceeded to take a sneak, whereupon Mr.
Dalton interfered and cut him down
with a hoe.
ml- 11 . 1 -a r -M- .
ine ioiiowing uii Mr. .Dalton was
working close to the houe when, his
wife called him t come and kill an
other snake, which was exactly in the
same position and at the same busi
ness as the first. This one was dis
posed of on short notice. Each oti
these snakes measured over 6 feet iu
length. In less than a week afterward
two more snakes of the same kind were
killed, in similar positions, each -one
coiled around the hen for the purpose
of robbing the nest. The last two
snakes were betw en o and 6 feet long.
We presume that the fate of these four
snakes broke the rest of the tribe from
stealing eggs, as no others have -been
seen at the buines.
leather Creery Calletl a "Young Up-
tart."
News and Observer.
Col. R. It. Creeey, editor of the Eliza
beth City Et'onomist, is the fattier of
North Carolina - j airnalism. He has
no admiration for Abraham Lincoln,
and with cliaructerisiic plainness of
speech recently excoriated Mr. Lincoln
vn very severe langu.-igi, the severest we
rememler to have read anywhere. The
editorial ffil in to the hands of the
Westchester. N. Y.. N s who replied
to Fattier Creery, bending his editorial
"An Unren iitant FnOl," closing thus:
"Dollar todou .hnu's R. B. Creec
is Mime young utart who was not
born before and knows nothing about
the tune that tried men as by tire and
that all he knows about the great,
gentle and kiud-hearted Lincoln ia that
which has been taught him by unrepen
tant Rebels. It will be observed the
above ia not the private sentiment of
private citizen, but it is the sentiment
of a public man expressed in a public
newspaper, aud no doubt the sentiment
was and is participated in by a large
portion of the people residing in Eliza
bethCity."
Father Creecy makes this crushing
and brief reply which leaves nothing
further to be said :
"In deriding our youth, the editor of
the News charges us with w jat is no
fault of ours. Our father's Family
Bible-plates our birth in 1813, and
Editor Long is an older man, as we sup
pose hi is, we will, on account of his
age. forbear to say. that it is better to
be a "young upstart than an old fool
An Kpldemle of Diarrhoea.
Mr. A. Saunders, writing from Coca-
nut Grove, Fla., says there has been quite
an epidemic of diarrhoea there. He had
a severe attack and was cored by four
doses of Chamberlain's Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. , He says he also re
commended it to others and they say it
is the best medicine they ever used. For
sale by M. L. Marsh & Co., Druggists.
THE TIMES
STEAM PK AND JOB OFFICE
We keen on hand a fall stock of
LETTERHEADS, NOTt HEADS, STATE-.
MENTS, BILL HEADS, ENVEL
OPES, TAGS, VISITING CARDS, WED- :
DING INVITATIONS, ETC, ETC.
GOOD PRINTING ALWAYS PAYS
Baking Powder
Made from pure
cream of tartar.
Safftxards the foo3
against alum
Afcim baking powders are the greatest
menacers to health of the present day.
WOVAt 8AKIN0 TOWOCW CO.. NEW YOWK.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
a. CALDWELL, M. D.
H. L. STKVBNM, M. D
DRS. GALDWELL & STEVENS.
Office In former Postotflee Building on Malo
Telephone No. 37. ,
DR. H. C. HERRING. DENTIST,
again at his old place over Torke's Jewelrv
Store,
COXTCOHD, wr. o.
DR. W.
c. Houston.
Surgeon
Dentist, '
CONCORD, h. c.
Is prepared to do all kinds of dental work In
the most approved manner.
umce over Johnson's Drug Store.
L. T. HARTSELL,
Attoraey-at-Law,
CONCORD, X?OBTH OABOUCTA.
Prompt attention ivn ti nil hnainui
Office In Morris buildlnif, opposite the court
W. H. LILLY. If. D.
L. MONTGOMERY, M. D
RS. LILLY Si inim,
offer their professional services to the cltt-
zwhh oi oncoru ana vicinity. -All calls
promptly attended day or nltrlit. Office and
residence on East Oepot street, opposite
Presbyterian church. '
W J. MONTGOMERY. J. LKB OROWKTj
MOHTGOMERY 4 CROWELL,
Attorneys and Connselors-at-Law, -
CONOOBD, N. O.
As partners, will uractlcn law In Iklurnii.
Stanly and adjoining counties, In the Supe
rior and Supreme Courts of the State and la
the Federal Courts Oltieeon Depot street.
Parties desirltiK to lend money can leave It
with us or place it In Concord National Buntr .
21 USUM?A .weUQOlUkm fiAIStor:-
We make thorough examination of title to
lands offered as security for loans.
. Mortgages ioreciosea witnout expense to
owners of same.
CURE ALL VOUR PAIRS WITH -
Pain-Killer.
A Madielna Chest In lUalf.
Simple, Safa and Quick Cur for -CRAMPS,
DIARRHOEA, COUGHS,
COLDS, RHEUMATISM,
NEURALGIA.
25 and SO cent Bottles.
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS
BUY ONLY THE GENUINE.
PERRY DAVIS'
Paying Double Prices f
for everything it not
pleasant, i It? But
that'i what you are
doinz. if vou don't buy
here. Did you think it
j possible to ouy a IS-o Y
Vtireleforl8.7(T Cat-
Price, $18.75.
alogue No. 59 tells all
about Bicycles, Sewing
Machines, Organs and Pianos.
What do you think of a fine
suit of Clothing, made-to-your-
measure, guaranteed to nt ana
ttprtt vaid to your station
for 5. jo? Catalogue No. 57
shows 33 samples of clothing
and shows many bargains in
Shoes, -Hats and Furnishings.
Lithographed Catalogue No,
47 shows Carpets, Rugs, Por
tieres and Lace Curtains, in
, hand-painted colors. Wt pay
FreiQlU. sew carpets free, and
fuiuish lining without charge.
What do you
thiakof a
Solid Oak
Pry-air Fam
ily Refrigera
tor for 3.95?
It is but one of oyer 8000 bar
gains contained in our Gen
eral Catalogue of Furniture
and Household Goods.
We lave you from 40 to 60
per cent, on everything. Why
buy at retail when you know
of us ? Which catalogue do
Price, $3.95. you want? Address this way.
MILIUS HINES A SON. Baltimore. Md. Dent. W0.'
to
BUYS AN
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4
i
1 Eight - Day Clock,
Walnut or Oak,
Fully
Warranted.
FOR 12 MONTHS,
AT
1 W. C. CORRELL'S. g
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Fine Watctnort and Engraf
in 4 a. Cnailaltv
tug a upgwuiij.