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VOL. XXIV
HIGH POINT. QUILFQRD COUNTY. N. C. JULY a6. 1903
NO 8
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At
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Metic to Soldi.
All soldiers or widows of soldiers
who drew pensions in 1901 need
not make new applications for pen
sions, unless their disabilities are
greater than heretofore and they
desire an increased amount. All
who desire to make application for
pensions, who are not now draw
ing, are requested to meet the
Board of County Commissioners on
Monday. Jnly 14, 190a.
W. H. Ragak,
jl-9-4t Chm. B. C. C.
Valv.bl Homo and Lot to
sOo.
Mrs. Julia F. Smith having re
cently died intestate in Gaffney
City S. C, and owned real estate
in High Point, N. C, and left sur
viving her a son Charles? KT
Hewitt of Tobaccevllle, Va .who
is her only heir-at-law and of full
age. The undersigned t as Agent
of the said Hewitt will sell to the
last and highest bidder st" public
auction for cash on Monday July
14, 190a at 10 o'clock A. M on
the premises the following de
scribed property: A large, commo
dious, two-tory six room house
on South Msin Street with lot 100
by soo feet. A bare - and good
well of wster and all modern con
veniences ready for keeping house.
Opposite J, W.. Harris property
and known-as the - "Mrs. Dr.
Smith Property.'' This July 7,
1903 W.P. Kaoah, t Agent
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A BEAUTIFUL V7CDD1NC.
Mian Sua Henderson Hinea
United in Marriage to
Mr. Jamst PincKnejr
Scalea.
Henderson, N. C, Jnly 10.
To-day at high noon at tbe Church
of the Holy Innocents, Mr. James
Pinckney Scales, of Dayton, Ohio,
rled to the altar Miss Sue Henderson
Hines, daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Edward Hines. Rev. Julian E
Ingle officiated. Miss Alice Creek
presided at the organ.
The altar was decorated with
rare flowers and the Church crowd
ed with Interested friends and spec
tators to witness the beautiful
ceremony.
The ushers were : Messrs. Nel
son Pace, of Richmond, Va.; J.
Ragland, of Madison, Wis.; J. B.
Owen., J. T. Alderman, Dr. John
Hill Tucker and Mr. James Brodie.
Tbe groom entered with bis best
man, Mr. Junius scales, ol Greens
boro, N. C, and joined the bride
at the altar.
The fair bride entered with her
sister, Miss Bessie Hines. She
was elegantly gowned in white
silk grenadine aud lace, with vail
caught with a crescent of dia
monds and lilies of the valley.
She carried a large boquet of
bride's roses.
Miss Bessie, maid of honor,
wore white French organdie,
with white picture hat andslace,
and carried a boquet of La France
roses. The typical wedding ring
was used.
After the ceremony the bridal
party returned to Mr. Hines' home,
where the bride changed her attire
(or a handsome travelling gown,
and many friends accompanied
them to the depot. They left on
the north-bound train for a tour
and later their home in Dayton,
Ohio.
Miss Hines was one of Hender
son's loveliest and most popular
young ladles. She is the great
granddaughter of Judge Hender
son, for whom our town was
named, and (on maternal side)
is a great granddaughter of Na
thaniel Macon.
Mr. Scales is located at Dayton,
Ohio, having charge of a depart
ment of the American Tobacco
Company. He is a son of Col.
Scales, and nephew of the late
Governor Scales, of North Carolina.
Greensboro Record.
Craatttt br Winston Police
smesk. Greensboro correspondence of
Charlotte Observer says:
One oi the cleverest detectives
outside of Greensboro is Police
man J. J, Adams, of Winston. He
spent a few hours here to-day re
turning from Norfolk, where he
went Tuesday looking for C F.
Hlatt, alias C. F. Osborne, who
had juht been released in Not folk
for wife murder there. Policeman
Adams had reason to believe he
was Hiatt, wanted for a wife mur
der in Oklahoma in 1896. Mr.
Adams found him to be the man
he was looking for snd he is now
in Norfolk jail awaiting: the arrival
of Oklahoma officers. Hlstt for
merly lived in Winston, and his
arrest will entitle the clever offi
cer to the reward of $450 offered,
besides bringing to justice a pro
fessional wlie-kuler for insurance
money.
Marias Carolina I
AsheviUe, N. C, Jnly 9 The
assembly room of tha Battery Park
Hotel wasweli filled with eminent
lawyers this morning at the open
ing of the fourth annual meeting
of the North Carolina Bar Associa
tion; Tne feature of the opening
sesslos was the annual - address of
the president. Charles Iff, Busbee.
This evening the association will
listen to an address by Hon. Fran
cis 1 . Nicbolls, Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of Louisiana,
who will speak oh- the system .oi
law in Louisiana and some of its
features). The Journal.
Sheriff D. R. Julian, of Rowan
county, pessed through here this
morning en route from Salisbury
to Raleigh, where he was taking
Richard Blatoa for safe keeping in
the State penitentiary. . Blaton
was respited by Gov.- Aycock un
til July list He s to have
been hanged yer at Salis
bury. Ortensbo. . ,.d, 9th.
KITCHA1D ARtWBM SIM.
MOMS.
sttorr or tfc. AJ.rmlmg
f tav. P.
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Hoa Ct-r
Washington, July 8. Senator
Pritchard has made public the iol
lowing statement in reply to Sena
tor Simmons:
I have been amnsed and at the
same time disgusted with the state-
, .,f h r.
Simmons that the Republican lead
era have deliberately decided to
mtW nn rrl .nH rnnmotc rtWn-
sions.nd independeutism in the
- t . j
between the first and fifteenth days
of October they are to inaugurate
a plan by which some white man
who has failed to pay his poll tax
is to test the constitutionality of
the recent amendment to our con
stitution, wblch is to be declared
unconstitutional by the United
States District Court, upon the
ground that the grandfather clause
rmendmentto theoonltltuof
is in violation of the fifteenth
the United States. Any statement
to the effect that the leaders of the
Republican party of North Caro
lina have conspired or even con
sulted with each other as to the
policy mentioned by Senator Sim
mons is absolutely false in every
particular.
The story which he publishes is
. u.
an improbable one when you come
to consider the statement of al
leged faction which he bases his
assumption. He says that a white
man who has failed to pay his poll
tax is to institute a suit to test the
constitutionality of the act. Any
one versed in legal procedure must
be aware of tbe fact that no ques
tion can be decided in a law suit
which could be raised by a white
man who had failed to pay his poll
tax under the amendment to our
constitution would be the question
as to wbetber or not tne poll tax
provision is unconstitutional.
such being the case, his suit would
be dismissed, sua nothing would
come of it one way or the other.
The idea of attempting to make
the intelligent pepple of North
Carolina believe that there is a
lawyer In the State who would en
deavorto have the grandfather
clause in our constitution declared
to be unconstitutional in a suit
brought by a white man wherein
it was alleged that he ought not to
be denied tbe right to vote on ac
count of having failed to pay his
poll ta is an insult to tbe intelli
gence of our people. No one knows
better than Senator Simmons that
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to our constitu
tion can never be passed upon until
there Is a suit instituted by some
one who is discriminated against
by its provisions. A simple state
ment ol the proposition is enough
to convince any one of the utter
absurdity of the position assu med
by "Senator Simmons.
I can well understand why Sen
ator Simmons should dread the
white man who has been disfran
chised by the poll tax provision,
in view of the fact that he stated to
the people of North Carolina, two
years ago, in plain and uuequivo-
csi language, that no white man
wouw De aiatrancnisea oy tue pro-
posea amendment to our constitu-
uon, 1 noticed a statement tnei,
other day tn which Senator stm-
mons IS quoted as having said that
8,000 Democrats snd 10,000 white
Republicans WOUld be disfran-l
iuikcu os a icsuu vi inc pun iu 1
t.i 1 - - - 1. .1 11 .
provision. It was also stated that
senator Simmons was pleased witn
the situation. I cannot understand I
how any One COUld be pleased WltD
a situation wherein it u admitted
that 18,003 white men are to be
disfranchised and not permitted to I
exercise the highest right incident I
10 ciuzensnip, on account 01 we
tact that they were not able to pay
their poll tax on or before tbe ISt
uaj wnmj. ig taw ojuuccuvu
J l W T ,LI. .1 I
I will say that in my opinion not
lesstbsn as.000 white men Will
be disfranchised in North Carolins
as a result of placing the poll tax
provision in the constitution, and I
requiring: our people to pay tneir
. m kiw wniie Kepuoiicans ana ropuusts
May. who participated in the manage-
Occupying as I do the chair ment and control of our State af
manship of the Republican State fairs during what is termed as fu
ex ecu rive committee, I think I am sion rule in North Carolina were
in a position to speak for the or- the equals In character and In in-
ganization in the State, and to I
know something about the policy
which : is to be pursued by the
party in the approaching campaign,
and if the-proposition referred to
by Senator Simmons has ever been
mentioned by any one, I have not
the slightest knowledge of the fact,
and I am sure that if any one had
contemplated such a thing It would
have been submitted to the State
executive committee for its consid
eration. "A : .'.; ; ; ;
: However, there is "method In
his madness." Senator Simmoss
is a shrewd politician,' and is in
close touch with his party organi
sation In the 8tate, and he is fully
aware of the fact - that ' there are
thousands of people In North Caro
lina who have heretofore supported
the Democratic who are to-day in
open revolt against that party. He
is also aware of tbe fact that the
people of North Caioltna are de
termined to put an end to. ring
rule and machine politics, and re
al) zee g such to be the case, be
seeks to create a false issue by
raising once more the hue and cry
of negro domination. No one
knows, better than Senator 81m'
tnons that there has never been
negro domination in North Caro
lina as a State, and that by the
adoption of the recent amendment
tbere is not the slightest possibility
of such a thing, even in any one
of tbe counties Jn the State.
We were told, by Governor Ay-
cock and others daring the last
campaign that if the amendment to
the constitution was adopted, tbe
white man would be permitted to
lenJy intellectual freedom. ? Did
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I WUKH wvuiu cuuic iucui w vziiw
inate not only - the colored vote,
but thousands of the best white
men of North Carolina? I have
heretofore been inclined to give
them credit for having meant what
they said, and I have stated to our
people that I felt sure that every
Democrat who valued his charac
ter as an individual would be in
clined to observe in good faith the
pledges which were made by the
X?lbJ
the last campaign. The position
assumed by Senator Simmons is in
direct conflict with the statement
made by himself and other Demo
crats during the last campaign,
When we recall tne deplorable
condition of public affairs through
out the country during the last
Democratic administration, and
"?- ",
when we compare those conditions
with the condition of all branches
of human industry at this time,
we can appreciate the embarrassing
attitude which my colleague occu
pies with respect to the approach
ing campaign. On the first day
of July the cash balance in the
Treasury of the United States was
(208,630,022.64. The excess of
receipts over expenditures for the
year is also very large, and the
Treasury surplus of foj.10.v3go.-
30 is larger than any year since
1888. Tbe gold held by the Treas
ury was $559,302, 051, an Increase
ol 6,6oo since June 1st Exclud
ing from these figures the trust
and reserve funds, tbe Treasury
has on hand included in the avail
able cash, and subject to the calls
of disbursing officers, $102,101,
062, against $96,554,392 one month
ago. Tbe national bank cur
rency within the past year has in
creased nearly two million, and
tbe amount of standard silver cer
tificates, bullion and subsidiary sil
ver has increased from thirty-two
million to about thirty-nine mil
lion, and the government funds in
national bank depositories have
increased from one hundred and
vuc iiiiiiiua in uuc uuuurcu aim
mi 1 1 1 1
twenty-nine million. In addition
States, and especially the people
of North Carolina, are in a more
prosperous condition than they
have ever been in the history of
the government, of which is calcu
lated to incline the business men
as well as the farmers and those
who earn their living by dally la
bor, to vote the Republican ticket
at the next election, and there is
every indication that thousands of
people who have heretofore co-op
erated with the Democratic party
will vote the Republican ticket for
these reasons, and such conditions
have iXso had a tendency to alarm
senator Simmons, and to have
caused him to become panic-strick-
Wnr it,- r,,n.in ha hn
opened. The truth of the matter
U the machine Democrats in
North Carolina are on the run. and
m. distinmilahed friend is worklne-
. j
n the lead.
Senator Simmons closes his first
Distle to the neonle lth the fr.1-
loarrnir lanraace: "Never did
the maxim fnr..rn1 forearmed
appiy with greater force. In the
name of the ,hlte people ot North
Carolina I tell these conspirators
never tgallIt under tny cir.
enmatances, will negro rule be per-
Imitted to exist in North Carolina,
white annremac k not onlv writ-
ten in the constitution, but It IS
. . ' . ...
written in the hearts of the white
Ineonle of the State." What he
reajl, intended to say was that
Bevet tgaIn wiU Republican rate
he permitted to exist in North
Carolina. He knows thst the
telllgence of those who are now In
office, and the term negro rule was
used for tbe sole purpose ol engen
dering race prejudice, and with a
view of obscuring the real issues
which are to be presented to ns for
consideration in the approaching
campaign.
When did the white people of
North Carolina authorise Senator
Simmons to act as their spokes
man? If I rememer - correctly,
about 47,000 white Democrats
voted for Gen, , Carr , and agrtnst
Senator Simmons when he was a
candidate for election to the Uni
ted States Senate, snd if yon will
add this number to tbe whits men
in the republican and Populist par
ties in North Carolina, as well as ;
the business men who are disgus
ted with the acts of the last Legis
lature, it will be found that instead
of Senator' Simmons representing
the white men of North Carolina
he does not even represent a ma.
jorlty of tbe white men. One
would imagine from his maniiesto
that he bad been appointed guar
dian ad litem for every white mail
within our borders.
- The statement of Senator Sim
tnons (o the effect that the district
judges are to be used as tools of
the so-called conspirators does
great" injustice to Judges Pnrnell
and Boyd. Gentlemen of higher
character than these judges cannot
be found in any party. No one
who is . acquainted with either of
the judges mentioned will for one
moment entertain the idea that
either of them would so far forget
Himself as to render a decision in
violation of the constitution, for
the purpose of advancing the inter
est of the political party to which
he happens to belong. This is not
the first unwarranted attack that
Senator Simmons has made upon
tne federal judiciary ol North Car
ollna. He stated in tbe Senate
some time since that in the selec
thm of jurors the Democrats were
ignored to a very great extent. I
at once made a thorough investiga
tion of the matter, and I have in
my possession statements from
District Courts, in which tt is
shown that in the selection of ju
rors an equal number are chosen
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State, and that explicit directions
are issued by the judges to the
effect that the jurors are to be
drawn in a fair and impartial man
ner, and in order that there may
be no question about the manner
of selecting the jury, I understand
that it is provided in every in
stance that there shall be a jury
commission, composed of a repre
sentative from each political party,
and this commission is entrusted
with the selection of jurors for the
different terms of the court. I am
sure that the people in every coun
ty in tbe State will bear me out in
tbe statement that there has been
no discrimination against the Dem
ocrats in the selection of jurors.
but for some reason or other my
distinguished friend saw fit to
make the charge in question.
He now goes a step farther, and
boldly declares that "the success
of this scheme requires also the
prostitution of tbe judiciary for
purely partisan purposes, but Re
publican officialdom In North Car
olina is a close corporation, and
this part of the programme pre
sents no practical difficulties.
Here is a grave and serious charge
affecting the integrity of two Fed
eral judges, without the slightest
evidence to susttaln it I do not
believe that the liberty-loving and
fair minded people of North Caro
lina will countenance such con
duct on the part of any one. Sen
ator Simmons is either very reck
less, or has heen misled by some
one who seeks to have him occupy
a ridiculous sttitude before the
people of the State.
In conclusion I desire to say to
Senator Simmons and the machine
Democrats of North Carolina that
the Republican party, and all
those who are opposed to the Dem
ocracy as now constituted propose
to conduct a decently and orderly
campaign, but at the same time we
do not propose to be deterred from
asserting our rights, either at the
ballot box or elsewhere, by such
threats as are to be found in Sena
tor Simmons' statement, and it
will be well for these gentlemen
to remember that those who are
opposed to Democratic machine
rule will never tamely submit to
the fraudulent and corrupt meth
ods that have been practiced in
eastern Carolina under the manip
ulation of the Democratic machine
for the past twenty years. These
things have been tolerated in that
section in the past on account of
the cry of negro domination, but
Governor Aycock, assured us that
the adoption of the constitutional
amendment would forever settle
that question, snd tbst in the fu
ture corrupt practices would not
be tolerated. With this assurance
on the part of our State adminis
tration, made by our Governor,
who is a gentlemann of high char
acter and standing, we have a
right to expect fair treatment at
the polls. This much wehsvea
right to demand, and we shall do
so with the assurance - that those
who seek to inaugurate eastern
election methods in the future will
receive but little comfort from the
present Slate of administration.
A Lst.s Brooks.
Des Moines, Iowa, Thursday, 10.
Des Koines, River early to-day,
after reaching the high water mark
of 9a, broke through the levee on
the north' side of town, flooding a
large portion of the residential sec
tion. Uost of the families removed
last night '-. , t
Two Rock Island eastbonnd pas
senger trains were ' held at Com
merce, where tbe tracks were cov
ered by water. Trains on other
roads, though late keep In motion.
The Des Moines River asm is
weakening. If It goes out it will
endanger four of the . city and all
the railroad bridges. The over
flowing waters are destroying crops
and drowning lire stock. . .
Bormoo or I4ta.tmla'.
Winston-Salem. N. C, July 10
Lightning this evening set fire
to and burned two hundred bales
of cotton belonging to F. and H.
Fries. The house in which the
cotton was stored was also de
stroyed. One of the men in bis
efforts, to extinguish the flames.
was painfully injured, a bale of
cotton falling on. hint. News and
Observer, . -
Big' Remnant Sale
Commencing' Thursday, July 17th and Last
ing One Week.
We will sell a big lot of Remnants consisting of White and
Colored Lawns, Piques, Dimity and other
Big' Bargains.
. All Lawns and Summer Goods must be closed ouv and
belowcost to make
New Wrenn Building.
Robot N. Pago Nomln.t.d.
Monroe, July 11. When the
result of the 1208th ballot of the
seventh congressional district con
vention, meeting here, was an
nounced this afternoon, it was
found that of the 349 votes Mr.
Robert N. Page, of Montgomery
County, had received 179.84. The
chairman read the vote and de
clared that Mr. Page bad been
nominated. At 6 o'clock the con
vention adjourned after having
been in session for 36 hours two
days and one night. The delegates
marched into the court house here
yesterday morning at 12 o'clock
and remained there almost con
tinuously till this afternoon. The
balloting was kept up all last night
Most of the delegates remained in
the court room from 8 at night till
six this morning when the con
vention was adjourned till 9 o'clock.
A more soiled, crest-fallen, dilap
idated set of men never went out
of a town. The sun had just
risen and the world without was
beautiful and attractive, bnt those
poor, tired delegates were worn
ont. Their faces were emaciated,
their eyes sunken, and their
clothes wrinkled and dirty. Dur
ing the night motious to adjourn
had been vigorously voted down,
bnt in the morning there was no
opposing vote. The delegates
draeeed themselves out of tbe
courthouse like stolid cattle
Thev had had neither food nor
sleep. Before the hour for recon
vening had arrived and alter break
fast had been had many of the
weary, sleepy delegates fell about
the court green, the doorsteps and
the hallways and napped. At 9
the convention was called to order
and tbe balloting began at once.
It was the same monotonous song.
Blair, Page and Morrison. Leak
and Mclver had withdrawn early
in the morning. Davidson had
deserted Pickens for the time and
was dividing up on the other can
didates. The voting up till 10 or
11 o'clock today was uninteresting.
There had been a few slight
changes since the night before, but
not enough to break the aeaaiocx.
The first ballot after breakfast
stood: Blair 115, Page 131 and
Morrison 101. It was the 1057th
ballot For several hours the vote
remained unchanged. The conven
tion resorted to sll sorts of enter
tainment Mr. W. P. Wood, ol
Randolph, sang the Old North
State, and John Charles McNeil,
of Laurinburg, Iredell HUliard, of
Monroe: Sheriff Wright, of kock-
ingham; B. B. Raper, of Lexing
ton, and W. r. wood, being caueo
upon, made short speeches for the
edification and enjoyment of the
crowd. At 11 o'clock the con
vention took a recess of 80 min
utes in order that the delegates
might confer. The only change
of consequence In the vote that
followed was the vote of Davidson
and Yadkin for S. B. Williams, of
Lexington. Mr. N. Glenn Will
iams, of Yadkin, moved that the
chairman appoint a committee of
three to call on the candidates to
see if they would agree to release
the Instructed delegates. CoL W.
B. Murohison, of Moore, smended
the motion by having the chair
man of the convention head the
committee. Messrs. R. L Stev
ens and N. Glenn Williams were
named to serve with Cspt Robbins.
Tbe candidates were sein and each
agreed to release hU supporters
from any obligations. Mr. W. C.
Hammer, of Randolph, a visiting
statesman to the convention served
as chairman in the absence of Mr.
Robbins. Being .called on for a
few remarks, Mr. Hammer said :
" All this work should be done by
primaries. The. convention is
bound to go and give way to the
primary. We have got rid of the
negro question. Primaries must
replace the conventions." . -The
committee on notification
brought Mr.-Page Into the court
house and be made a brief speech,
thanking ' . the convention. . Mr.
Page is a man of about 38 years,
attractive In appearance and in
telligent He u a strorg candidate.
The people oi his own county are
room for big fall stock.
Yours to please,
S. P. Hill
very fond of him. He said in part
today : "lam here to thank you
with all my heart for the nomina
tion. I should have not accepted
tbe nomination if it had not been
won fairly and honorably. AH
the energy and talents that I have
I shall put into the campaign
ahead of if' Mr. Page is very at
tractive. He wore a neat gray
suit to-day that fitted bis slight
frame gracefully.
Mr. J. R. Blair addressed the
convention. He is an orator of
fine ability. He said: "I bow to
the will of the majority. I pledge
to my friend my hearty support.
This was tbe most enthusiastic
convention ever held in the State."
Mr. Blair's speech was in good
taste.
Mr. Cameron Morrison followed
Mr. Blair. Mr. Morrison has a
reputation as a speaker. He has
a sweet bell-like voice and uses
good English. He thanked his
friends ior their loyal support and
fredicted a big majority for Mr.
'age.
Mr. R. T. Fickens and Mr. I.
A. Leak made short talks.
When the speaking was over
Mr. S. B. Williams said that he
thought tbe convention ought to
thank Capt. Robbins for his faith
ful services as chairman. The
convention did thank the chair
man.
The convention adjourned sine
die. Everybody was happy.
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a th. St. a. II. nd.
Home strange tnles have been told by
old timers In tbe Btuxe business about
the KeiuiB. both the elder and the last
to be seen on tbe American stage.
Some bare said that bard study made
them a little wrong at times, and some
of tha thlnga they did certainly looked
queer.
It la told by an old New Orleans
boraeman, who la ht-re from the Ores
cent City, that when Kean the youn
ger was playing there he nearly scared
a supar to death and came near "pink
ing" him.
It waa In "R-lctrard III," In the scene
where he sees the ghosts. The stage
manager was a bit tbe worse for drink
and dttermlned to have some fun. He
did not like Kean, as he was a hard
man behind tbe scenes. Among the
supers waa a raw IrlBh lad who had
ne'er seen a stage before. The man
ager told this fellow that If be would
ran across the stage when he gave him
the tip he would stand to earn $2. Th
poor fellow was broke, aud a two spot
looked to him like a national bank.
He agreed, and the stage manager gave
him a gaudy oilcloth banner bearing
these words, "Smoke Qeneral Jackson
Cigars."
It was nearly a paixlc that this Irish
lad started. He ran across the stage,
and when Kean saw him be was furi
ous. He made a lunge at tbe unfor
tunate super with hla sword, and, as
the "rag" came whizzing down to a
hurry call, he chased the poor standard
bearer off the stage, down tbe passage
and to the street. For two blocks he
followed him In his Richard costume,
and Anally the super escaped down a
dark alley.
What effect It had upon the show tbe
turfman does not say, but certainly It.
aa only the super's agility of foot that
saved hlmlnclnnatl Enquirer.
A bachelor member of congress,
who is not as handsome as Apollo,
dropped into Clerk McDowell s of
fice the other day to seek sympathy
because the lady on whom he had
looked with favor was about to be
Btarried to another man.
"That reminds me," said Mr. Mc
Dowell, "of the incident which hap
pened when Governor Dick Oglesby
went down to Joliet to inspect the
state prison. In one ot tne cells
was a very ugly man. ,
Hov did you get in here V ask
ed Oglesby.
"'Abduction, wss the reply. 1
tried to run off with a girl, and they
eanght me
: " '111 pardon von as soon as I get
back to Springfield said the gov
ernor. 1 don't see how you could
expect to get a wife, in any other
way.''' - -w;.i.
-. -The homely bachelor congressman
laughed loudly.- Then, as tie appli
cation of the story dawned upon
him, the smile faded from his face,
and he walked out of McDowell's of
fice without saying a word. Wash
ington Post
goods at
a Co.
High Point, N. C.
The Champion Refuser.
The longest biography contributed
to the new Congressional Directo-
S' is that of Senator Chaunccy M.
epew of New York. Mr. Depcw
career is notable for the things he
has declined. In 18G3 he refused a
second nomination as secretary of
state of Now York. The next year
he was appointed minister to Japan,
but declined. In 1899 he declined the
office of president of the Now York
Central Kailroad company to be
come a member of the board of di
rectors. In 1867 he was appointed
county clerk of Westchester county,
but at once resigned. In 1870 he
was made immigration commission
er by the legislature, but refused to
serve. In 1881 he was run by his
friends as candidate for the seat in
the United States senate vacated by
Thomas Piatt, but withdrew in fa
vor of Warner Miller. In 1885 the
senatorship was tendered to him
again, but for business reasons he
declined. -
A Blunt Critic
Hubert Vos, the noted Dutch
painter, was recently showing Wu
Ting Fang through the Corcoran
Art gallery, whero the artist had on
view a number of portraits. Among
the latter were the portraits of
Prince Ching and Li Hung Chang.
"Who is that?" asked Mr. Wu,
toward the picture of
"That is Prince Ching," replied
Vos.
"It doesn't look like him," was
his only comment, and the party
passed on to Earl Li.
"Who is thatr
"That is Li Hung Chung."
"It doesn't look like him," said
the minister again.
"But it's only three-quarters view,
you know," said the artist apologet
ically. "It doesn't look three-quarters
like him," said Wu. Washington
Times.
TVhen that great plainsman 7. B.
Hlckok, better known as "Wild Bill,"
came eaat on what he called a "redhot
trail to learn something," be stopped
one Saturday night at a hotel In Port
land, Ma
When he went to bis room to seek
rest, he found that the adjoining room
was occupied by a company of fashion
able and rich young sports of Portland
who. It did not take blm long to dis
cover, were playing an Interesting
game of poker for high stakes. In vain
did he try to sleep. He could not do
so, and after an hour arose, dressed
himself and knocked on tbe door.
Instantly all waa silent; but he In
quired politely that as tbey would not
let him sleep would they let him corns
In and watch the game?
They did so and were Impressed with
tbe appearance of tbe man and asked
If he would join them.
"I will If you will post me; but, you
know, I'm a tenderfoot east," b. re
plied. They were willing to "post" him,
and. playing awkwardly, making blun
ders and asking questions, but seem
ingly greatly Interested, he continued
to play until daylight when he put hla
winnings, some 11.600, In his pocket.
"I thank you, gentlemen," he said,
"and I'm rather glad you would not let
me sleep. I'll be here until tomorrow,
so keep me awake some more."
Bat tb players did not appear agala.
Detroit Pre Press.
We All Know Him.
Merchant Whewl Let's have a
little ventilation here. Who waa the
idiot who closed that door so tight f
Partner The same idiot who al
ways left it open last winter. Phil
adelphia Press.
Feeler.
'Why do they print such
in the theater pro-
Jagglea
sld jokes
rrammes?
Waggle To lead you up to what
you are to hear on the stage. Life.
Orsat Caarnlng.
Kind Lady (horrifledV My child,
I hope you dont swearl
, Small Boy Naw, not much; but
I'm learnin . Bar, youse otter hear
my pawl Ohio State Journal ,
irv. Example, i
Customer fst a restaurant Can
I see ths proprietor f
I Waiter Very sorry, sir, but he's
Just stepped out to lunch. Jnda.
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