THE Y ARE GOING BACK
ure. at the depart ure of the saloon; nor do
they want a dispensary. They are content
with what we have. .
We feel safe in the hands of our repre
sentatives and rejoice in the abolition of
rARIN RUSSIAN CITY.
Vermont is Now Refusing to the traffic
' ' ' ' , So may the mighty work in the hands of
L1C6QS6 udlOOnS. - the able representatives of a brave and no
ble tieoDle co on. led uv tne loaa-siar 01
the God of nations, whose tabernacle is
among men; until in the name or the well. I
being of all the people, . our banners of i
everlasting progress shall stand eternally
Fifty-Four Counties That one Year LiviUzation k. d. holmes.
Roxboro, N. C, Jan 20, 1905.
1,500 People Killed or
AYonnded -
SOME INTERESTING FACTS.
PROMISCUOUS FIRING GUNS
Ago Voted License1 Now Re-
. , fuse to Grant itWhis
v key 'is Doomed.
Raleigh News & Observer.
To the Editor: Please allow me to ex
press my admiration and' appreciation of
the stand "The Old Reliable" Is taking,
The, Clerk's Personal Habits.
A Bloody day in St. Petersburg
The Revolt of the. Striking
WorkmenJJulminates
in a Deadly Conflict
St. Petersburg, Jan. 22. The revolt
of striking workmen culminated to day
in a bloody conflict with the troops. "At
Too often you hear young men who
hold salaried positions say that as long
as they do their work properly it was
no affair of the employer as to what 9:30 o'clock p. m. it was believed that
their habits micrht. hp,, hnw fchpv mteht 1 1.50O neonla have been killed or wound'
.u i wu,e choose to spend their leisure time or ed; but all estimates for the present
legislation. - ; anything of that kind, and it has gotten must be accepted with cautlonV Popular
That the democratic party should have to be rather the impression of the em- rumor says that many thousands have
iiLi .: s.-ii t i I nlnvprc t.KtTncalT7oa that. tViow ViaTra llt-.tlo I fnllon fho n.lt.v at 93(1 via nnlot
cbuuuscu uiiscauao is no surprise, x uuwc i - v- w wuuw uu.w ..w.w v...M. j av . v.wv
t - j I TlKa t lmeirere m tne n alter or tne Troops are ; oivouaciceu around camp
personal nabits or tne man whose woric hres here and there in the streets. One
is in the main satisfactory. The Wes-1 detachment of infantry refused to fire
tern Electrio Company, of Chicago, an on the people and laid down their
immense employer of young men, does
not hold to the time-honored view in the
matter, and has lately issued a bulletin
in which it is plainly stated that the
man who gambles, who. uses liquor or
who uses cigaretts iin direct line for
the "grand bounce."
The notice, as it has come to the men,
is about as follows: : ' .
"Playing the races and all other
forms of gambling, immoral conduct
ties, who by any sort of means, labor to and the excf sve use of li(luor or ciH stroyed by troops almost immediate!;
... . i.i.t-M v ffM i.i v i in iiu i -wa nn q ' 3 iicnrn r naa .- j . . ...... . -
aeieat all temperance legislation. I for- " Z,, J ". witn tne loss of 30 workmen killed.
wardyou the following summary of the , "vuaoa iU ,,uo The sympathy of the middle class ig
conditions, and effect of the repeal of the uu uesiro 6ne services or inose wno with tne workmen.
prohibition statutes in the state of Vermont . . .mD-s W Father Gopon, the master mind of
-a clipping from the New York Christian , "- mat any em- the movement, aimed at open revolu-
Advocate: . ' . , T s uu,aou 18 w tion. be managed the affair like
"A suong reaction in temperance senti- . ' jrenius to break the faith of theT people
mem m Vermont nas laten place. It will . " w wuc,uCi lh uUltl Father who the
i !-. s a .1 :.i -r I the emtllover hna thn ficrVit tr r)of I iaiuw, wuu iucj were
1 "uie- - t.Ko k.ku";.3. V r convinced, ; snd whom
iour vowns wiucu last year voted 4u favor . " wuni uu" " musi, au-
of license, this year voted no license, while mit that the empiojer has the right to
ouly one changed from no license to liceuse. hire the most caPable men and to get
Most of the towns still for license declare rid ?f tnose wbo are not so capable, and
for it by reduced malorities. We have if il is the opinion of large employers
learned from various sources that the effect
it, to any man wbo has followed the
of the party duriog the last quarter of a
century and it is gratifying to find "The
Old Reliable still leading in the cause so
,.vital to every best interest of the whole
mass of our citizenship.
Vast numbers of the best people of our
state" are earnestly praying,' in the hope
that the present legislature will enact still j
mere stringent restrictions against the
liquor traffic. . : . . .. . "
That our law-makers may be on their
guard against the clamor of interested par-
arms, but Uhlan aad Cossacks attack
ed those the infantry would not. Firing
continues on the Vassiliostroy. It is m-?
mored tbat the workmen there have
seized a dynamite factory and also tbat
30,000 or 40,000 armed strikers from
Koipino, 16 miles distant, are march
ing on St. Petersburg.
ITIidtfte Claaea Favr Wrkmea ,
Barricades erected an the island of
Vassili Ostrov late to-night were de-
Father Gopon
had taught them, would right the
wrongs and redress their grievances.
Gorky, the Russian novelist, expressed
the opinion that to-day 's work will
oreaic thts faith xf the neoole In the
tuat a man is better and more capable ,7.i., ,
if tiuinaa Vioa Iiauti vomt K- r.: - I "DO QOeS DOTj U&Vfi hftfl hfthits thm orr, 1 r w.v,M.S.
aau0u MJ.f0 1UJ UOU VJlLlAwliB Jl I '
BurUngton, Vt., have told us that the de- PIover faas a right to let such objection
moralizing influence of the saloons upon able men s and to &et those who come
youth in that college city is greatly increased up 10 tbeir standards of excellence,
and all over the state the consequences of The views of . the'. Western Electric
ill-considered action are being realized. PeoPle in the matter are summed up by
Apart from the merits of prohibition, or tbe superintendent in this way:
hcen3e with local optiou, the spirit mam- "VVe Dave found much to our regret,
fest m the repeal of the prohlUtoryjlaw was tbat the babit of PlayiK the races was
deoidedly demoralizing. Those who openly develoPiDg to an alarming extent in the
and avowedly supported the movement and ranks ' our employes, and decided to
those who openly and avowedly resisted ii giv everone fair warning of our atti
were in a : consistent position, but souie of tude in tbe matter an attitude which,
the 8ocalled statesmen who narriH wtpr D7 the way, we have always held. Af.
on both shoulders are now being regarded ter discharging some of the worst offen- follow- Ifc ,8now tbe people against the
as timeservers." New York Christina Ad- ders we thought it best to re -enforce Pressors, and. the battle will be
nn.n . 1 r.na nrtinr. h rxf.finn. . i .i.. i . i uuiriM tn inn nii.rPT. onsi "
mie. 1 wj woum lmm holicb. wnip.n 1 o
" ' ' VM
The repeal of the statute in Vermont has tncludes not only - gambling, but all
furnished the whskey men a card whichl otder forms of dissipation.
mey nave piayea ror all it was worth, end position in ine matter is not
"To-day inaugurated rovolutlon in
Russia. The Emperor's prestige will
be irrevocably shattered by the shed-
aing 01 innocent blood. He has alien
ated himself forever from his people
Gopon taught the workmen to believe
that an appeal direct to the 'Little
Father1 would be heeded. They have
been undeceived. Gopon is now con
vinced that peaceful means have failed
and that the only remedy is force. - The
first blood has been shed, but more will
the return to the license in that state has Puritanical. It is evident on the face
depressed many temperance men through- 11 tnafc a man's value to us is greatly
Desperate (Street Figatlag.
The military authorities had a firm
grip on every artery in the city. At
daybreak, guards, regiments, cavalrv
.out the country, but the mistake they made Iessened by these practices. It is a part beld erfiry bridge across
ls new frankly confessed. of our business policy. And, again, we Neva, thenetwork of cana!
the frozen
Let us be admonished thereby. desire that the men who are employed terlaces the city, and the gates leading
The whiskey men says, if vou will maka b us and who represent us shall he from the industrial stinr.. ktu i ut
. r - - nuito 1U bUC
your temperance legislation effective, we gentlemen in every Bense of the word, palace square, at the storm center
are with you, and he yells about, "blind wbicb is Perfectly natural, is it riot? were marched dragoons, infantry and
tigers" and the "jug trade." Unquestion- No mai? can indulge in the practices Cossacks of the guard. Barred from
ably this sort of agitation forced the repeal aKainst which our notices are directed tbe bridges and gates, men, women and
of the statute inVermont. But now they anJ remain morally un&potted. ; children crossed the frozen river and
repent in sorrow, confessing an irreparable "A9 for cigarette smoking, we are canals on the Ice by twos and threes
loss to the whole state, .nd fwith forty- convinced that in excess it clouds a hurrying to the palace square, wherj
four towns, that a year ago voted license, man's intellectual powers. Against they were sure the Emperor would be
refusing them now, together with a general cigarette smoking in moderation we to hear them. The street approaches
alarm at the rapidly increase of crime; it have no complaint, although we allow to the square were cleared by vollevs
very clearly appears that in the very near 00 smoking whatever within the build- and Cossack charges. Men and women
'""'x ftiiuuui win a?am nnniah ihn uuiuiwurKino nonro Mnfiini.tnH t ,
" - " 1 . - 1 - - www. vw .viuat 1 1 v i.iih 1 r iuu riT
IVrt nnllanA i , .
. wo..uu in our employ nas a ones, cursed the soldiers while thev
7 r""CU U8 auJ grouna ior com
plaint. The men discharged were not
couege graduates. Our college
are a nne lot of fellows, and
paloon.
With an object lesson like thig before us4
our people must know that the Watte law
is no mistake; that the bill of Mr. Long,
of Iredell, is no mistake; and that while
retreated. Men harraDgued the crowds
telling them that the Emperor bad foil
ed them and that the time had Qprae to
act.: Men began to build barricades in
the Nevsky prospect and at other
points, using any materiel that came to
hand and even chopping down tele
graph poles.
WbeleCltrfH Paaic:
f Fighting meantime .continued in va-
rioua places, soldiers volleying and
charging tbe mob. The whole .city was
in a.state of panic Women were run
ning through-the streets seeking, lost
j members of their families, beveral bar-1
ricades were carried by the troops.
Towards 8 o'clock in the evening the
crowds, exhausted, began .to ,d isperse
leavinc the military in possession. As
they retreated up the Nevsky Prospect,
the workmen put- out - all - the lights.
'The little chapel at tbe : Narva gate
was wrecked . . "
Wllte Mav be Dictater.
On the Kaminostov all the lights were
extinguished and an . officer was found
and mobbed. A general was killed oh
the Nicholas bridge and a dozen officers
were stripped of their epaulets and de
prived of their swords. It is rumored
tonight that M Witte will be appointed
dictator tomorrow, but the report is not
connrmed. The authorities, while they
seem to realize the magnitude of the
crisis "with which the dynasty and au
tocracy are confronted on account of to
day's events, apparently are paralyzed
for & moment
. . Mut Cud Ike War.
An official statement was promised at
midnight, at which hour it was an
nounced that it had been postponed un
til tomorrow. . Intense Indignation is
bound to be aroused all oven Russia.
The workmen and revolutionists expect
news from Moscow and other big cen
ters, where tbe troops are not of the
same class as the guards regiments of
St. Petersburg.
r A member of the Emperor's house
hold is quoted as saying today that this
conflict will end the war with Japan,
and that Russia will have a constitution
or Emperor Nicholas will lose his head
The Warsaw & Baltic railroad is re
ported to have been torn up for a mile
and a half, but tbe damage is said to
have been repaired.
There are rumors of trouble in Fin
land and disaffection of the troops.
Will Ceatlaae te Pigke.
With darkness it was feared the mob
might try to loot and pillage and ' even
burn, but beyond the breaking of a few
windows inr the Nevsky . prospect and
the pillaging of fruit shops, little disor
der was reported. Most of the theaters
were closed, but at the People's Palace,
which was open, Liberals attempted to
harrangue the audience, proposing; but
at the close the audience tttfi tr
their sympathy with the workmen. In
the meantime the strike leaders de
elded tov continue the struggle with
arms. No day was fixed for the demon
stration. The strikers are so excited,
however, that trouble is x
morrow. :; . " .- - - ..
At a big meeting tonight the follow
ng message from M. Gorky, the novel
ist, was read:
i erky laeeaUarj Aleasace
"Beloved, associates: We have no
Junperor. Innocent blood lies beLweon
him andthe . people. Now betrins the
people's struggle for freedom. May it
prosper. My "Blessing . upon vou all.
Would I might be with you tonight: but
I have much to do. "
A workman who was introduced to
speak in Father Gopon's name" made a
fiery speech. He appealed to Liberals
to furnish arms. The meeting adontnd
a letter denouncing the officers and regi
meuts that fired on the workmen and
another letter extnlH nor " t.ha. M.....
n ub wusuuh
regiment, which refused to fire.
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. "... W. F. WOOD; Local Agent. '
Sbuthro. Motel, v
Ashevillc, North Caiolina,
26 1-2 South Macin-Street
RATES $1.00 PER DAY.
Mrs. 1L. J. Burnett, Proprietory
Kilfyre! Kilfyre!! KilfyrenT
Demonstration eyery day at the State
ave
That is exactly what it ja, a Filler.
Eair showing its fire fighting Dualities.
thetn3 Farmn a Mil1, Glerj and any one owning property should h
For SclIc By
Columbia Supply Co., Columbia, SX,
The machinery supply Loose of the state.
1 ' ijf' suiryS.
ZtvvfcVxi simplest!
Three Times the
Value of any Other
ONE-THIRD EASIER,
ONE-THIRD FASTER
Agents wanted Jn all unoc'pit
Territory.
Wheeler & Wilson, AIT e Co
mrr - - Atlanta Gd
MeCall & Coriley, Marion, N. (J.
F. A. QRNNETT,
W. H. WOODS UP
Gherkee Marble
v Works,'
MARBLE wo GRANITE
39 Depot Street, AsheYille, N.u
The , most ' thorousrhly
equipped .marble manu
facturing plant in the
State. ' From tta plain
slaV tombstone to the ele
gant monument, from 3
paper-weight to a building
front.
men
there are still in the land of the brave andJ Proud of them. This spring a renre
free some who, notwithstanding tbe innu- sentative of the firm took a trip East
merable evils that follow in its waue, still j??t before 'commencement time to en
champion th.e cause of the open saloon; gage fifty of this year's graduates. That
still the people must and do know that this ought to be a sufficient guarantee for
1WM uvjiuhj uie present ""o wukb man s success in business
egislature for further relief. The experiment was successful, and it
In our own little city dp here among the wil1 probably by repeated next year
uxiia ui j: euu, we now nave no saloon, no Merchant's Journal.
dispensary a dry to wo.
EVENT SOUTIIERtl FAttMEO SHOULD READ
r SOUTHERN AGRICULTURIST
PUBLISHED AT NASHVILLE, TENN. ' " .
Because it is edited by.Southeru meu to suit Southern condition,
Iu every issue such men as Mai Thns T vl vpttions.
)mmisinnr f a ,;i,r: J7?J, , i108' h Key,; former Assistant
Soule,
" Everything in Marble '
Catalogue free. -: . Mail orders o5vn . ,,nn.
Wachovia Loan and
irector of tbe Vim nia W.ar.,i- a: : Anarew
are put to them by Intel 1 iewnt wi! - - questions w
Trust Company
Ou? Mlinttr nnm.
J VtVAU- I tjwm- .1 w f - -1 V U LUV. A I J I fl I III f-" I U -
missionera refused liVpnoo'iun i mK- 1 . I HiVfirv laariA'ia lilra n KJ - .:y v :
Twenty daj s have .ince come and gone; T, -veiC pegan twice the cost of a whole year's Bubscription - -"8 ortn UAri I AL,
uuv wiuie located id a sentfnn who t 1 nivix n ureaKieasr, nr.
hich Asheville, N. C , Branch.
Twenty daj s have .ince coine and gone- " Roosevelt bej
ut while located' io a section where i nursday with a breakfeast
have observed an alarming amount of e,8nfe to which he had invited
drunkeBness, yet during these twenty days some newspaper men . D urine the
after all that is sakl and done about "blind morning i 7 ,
tigers and the ju trade." there hasbeen H" 5 conferred
but ene arrest for drunkenne, and as I 7., a legation on the railroad
learned, from thechief of jwlice but. one ' l)e8ides receiving the visits of
man since Intoxicated; Sobriety, good or- Senators and Representatives who
der, and good will have prevailed No in- called. He entertained a distin
decency of language or conduct has afflicted guisbed lAusician at luncheon
our highways. Many men, who for years tr x 1 ' Auutueon,
on the occasion of their visit to our town turned to his office where" he
nave generally gone home to their families 'maiueu ui ve wnen he took
intoxicated, now are sober and self-respect- a long horseback ride with Sena-big-
a joy to their homes and a relief to tor Lodtre. Hh had
- 1 a uaibv
of dinner guests including White-
send 50 ceuts for . year's .lrip-?V?ff?t
southern Agriculturist,
Nashville, Terin. . : -
S600.000.0b
ay
or Cash 3om missions.
etc., for boys.
the community.
. Iq God's name, I ask, can we by any use 1. "7 7 -uU.g ,n,e.
of whiskey, or by any manipulate, of 1?5-d and ... .the . evening he
traffic;- better these conditions?
is mere any virtue or -manline&s, .; but
will be protected and fostered by these
coumtions? - -" , - : ; y-
Would 'It lint ht Itb-o (ha otl i
pent in the Garden of Eden for once to dis-1
wro this peaceful situation? . "
A. krir(i:matnnn ' - ' . .
-n ujuiti.jr ui me nose 01 our 1
-ountry peop.e are i ejoiced, beyond meas
: T. S. MORRISON, Chairman, ' "
; W. B. WILLIAMSON, Cashier. ; -
GENERAL BANKING SAVINGS
AND TRUST DEPARTMENTS.
u - " u ui i iana(rre
. . - .auorKers..iiuns. and Wagon BeDositri '.ige
D G. Deveniab, Supt Elk Mt. Cotton
TO READERS riTr
POLK COUNTY NEWS
For a short timeye will trive to ever
SELLVfllEOUTpSlCE
Because they are the best in the land
for the money. , : Ask "your dealer for the
"Sunny-Jim" shoe, 'and INSIST ON
GETTING IT.
HUB SHOES
shook hands With
hundred and nff- u.'aj : If vou ftr ftiro T - .i??.,1?6 advantage of this remarkable nffo. - e of
persons at the Dip omntic W5, ' 5 f thls valu"
tion,.
supper with the receiviug party. " This ProP?sltf n. wlH nobe held open inaefinitely, so hurry up. .
AUDUESS. POLK COUNTY NEWS,
..Columbus, N. C. " - -
Sample copies of the Southern Agriciiturist can be had at tbts'offlce.' - '
Mills.
Thos. W.
Park Co.
auu rarson Wagner said-President
Roosevelt leads the "feimnle
life."'. .
Raoul. Pres. Albemarle
MStall'Contracior and Builder.
Ptow;?ce-aTeP,"-W-T- leaver
R. Bingham, Bingham School.
J-R.S.'Howland, Pres. Howland Imn
Co , Lessees. AtlanUo &N. aTft T
J. n. Prichard, U. S. ( Ircuit Judge. -
This Brand on a Shoe mpans some
thing! IfVou want the BEST for your
money, call for "THE BUB."
FQS770AS
$5,000'
Guaranteed
by a
DEPOSIT
BANK
- Railroad Fair Paid.
- 500 FREE ixrarses or
fered. : Board at cosi.
'Write Quick;
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