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their way.
Oram the keen watch nil eye, the Judgment quick
and clear,
Th j brawn of arm, and brain, and hearta without
a i ear.
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Uplift
To Thee their p:ea for help, and do Thou auiwer
ulve them utrong faith In Thee, and may Thy
living Wor I
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amim.
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and Dower.
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lor uny i
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
Rerwbllcus Badly Scared John Sharpc
WlltlasM a Great Uarfer fUdcoc
AdasiU KepaMca Defeat .
The WarMt Fair ftsws-
piper Mes la Lack. ,
Correnmidence to The Courier.
Washington, D. C, May 9. The
Republicans cot badly scared the
last few days of the session of the
lOneresg mat uaa nisi auiourueu
and they insisted in hustling away
as fast as they couiu get away, x lie
Democrats poured the hot shot inte
them, grane and canister, so hard
and so fast that they became demor
alized. Thev were ready and glad
to quit and they hare left here with
a scare thrown into them as big as
an Iowa bain. They have flown to
their respective home witn the con
viction firmly fixed in their minds
that they are gone coons in the tight
that is coming on mis year anu tncy
are plumb right. If we can nomi
nate the right kind of a national
ticket thev are gone both from the
standpoint of the Executive and the
National House ot representatives.
They are picking out a soft placo to
fall right now. The last two days
of the life of this session made the
Republicans look like thirty cents in
Chinese money or live cenU worth of
dog meat. They were no match for
the Democrats whe tackled them.
Little Dalsell, of Pennsylvania, who
reminds you of one of these little
tetpr-hacked snine which runs up
and down a sandy shore, was wiped
oft the round earth once more by one
V Bourke Cockrau. When Cockran
got through with him the second
time ho resembled piece of rained
on edam or camembert cheese. He
was llatler that a pumpkin pio that
had fallen from the top of the Wush-
ngton monument.
The verv next dav the lion John
Sharp Williams, the brilliant floor
leader ot the Democracy, tne only
leader we have had since the days of
Sain ltamlall and Chiulie Crisp, who
is today the Murat of debate in the
House of Wcprcsentatives oi tne
nation, took a fall out ot Littlctield
of Maine, the verbal contract of the
Kcpublicun side of the' House, that
sounded like a bay mule taking a fall
out tf stable door with both hind
feet. He also paid his respects to
the Hon John Dulzell, who had, in
his speech, animadverted upon the
foreigner in this country und who
had said that the only hoodlums in
this couutry were those who had left
the country of their birth for their
country's good. In other words,
trior wpro no hoodlums in this
country except foreign hoodlums.
U, Williutne ninir h rWo-Wl on
this charge and defied the gentleman
from Pennsylvania to prove that all
the foreign born citizens in this
country were hoodlums, and he re
minded him of the fact that the so
called hoodlums of whom he spoke
had saved the state of Pennsylvania
from the invasion of the Confederate
armies on the field of Gettysburg by
the charge in that battle of the 79tb
Pennsylvania Regiment called
"Owon'a Own." an Irish rcciinent.
thai saved the day for the Northern
. M. Will;!. Wiaro,l l.in.
for bis knownothinuisui and mtoler-
auco 01 me loreigner wuo uim uumo
to this country of his own free will
and who bad fought tor tne pnuci-
nles of Democracy ever since, now
h Oertnana and the Irish of the
country who have been voting Re-
publican ticket ever since they got
presentatives os hoodlums and no-
goods, as the scum of the earth who
came here for their country' good?
Do they relish it? If so let them
smoke the speech of Dalsell in their
pipes and see bow it tastes.
Another symptom of aUrm on the
Hepuoiicans is ir'ji!ii;tuun wuu
which the hit jet Ui invincible Bab-
cock, the chairman of the Republe
can Congressional Committee, enters
this campaign fot the new House oi
the Fifty-ninth Congress. He
said ho hail warned tbem that there
was a demand for tariff revision in
many of the sections of this c nntry
and that tney nau aiioweu me sue
rrcstioa to go unheeded, lie luform
ed them that it had cost him thous
ands of dollars to be renominated in
his district on account of the disaf
fection of the LaFollette Ropubli
cans of the state of Wisconsin, and
that he doubted very much if he
could be re-elected. Now, the tnith
ia that Rabcock is bo more of
tariff reformer than the verits trust
beneficiary of the tariff schedules in
this country, bnt he saw the gather
ing storm for tariff reform and was
qnick to get to cover and warn his
colaborars ia the tariff vineyard that
something waa doing in the country
in the way of tariff revision. He did
i not do this because he is a genuine
I reformer and be'tevee in it, but be-
something of the kind he would be
left at home in his own district. He
is simply a type of the Republican
opportunist who veers with every
wind and bends to every passing
breeze has become a cyclone and he
doubts his ability to stem the hur
ricane of ballots that will fall his
way in this next election.
Another item of legislation which
has been nsed to bolster up another
Wisconsin statesman whose chances
of succeeding himself are becoming
a little shady, was the bill locating
the four sites for the camps of mili
tary instruction. It is well known
that the Republican faction in Wis
consin, headed by Gov. LaFollette,
will oppose Senator Quarlos for ro
election. It is also well known that
the people of Wisconsin are very
anxious for one of these camps of
instruetion. During this session oq
Congress the wary senator, who is a
member of the Beuate Committee on
Military Affairs, has apparently
pushed with great energy this bill,
thereby impressing hia guileless con
stituency with the great necessity of
keeping him in Congress if they are
to finally capture oue of the much
coveted camp sites. As a matter of
fact, which is well known here, there
never was a chauce for this bill to
pass, but nevertheless it served its
purpose as far as the smooth senator
is concerned. Thus the people are
hoodwinked.
The ceremonies attendant upon
the
" " . ... w,ta,
Z7tU . istimThL So!
line were conducted in the White
Fair
the
House without a break
at one o'clock on the afternoou
April 30th, the President of the
United States pressed the key of a 1
i. . ;.., ..i :.. iu. i
East room of the White House and j
through direct wire connection which
had been arranged by the Postal
Telegraph Company, conveyed in.
sUtnUueouslyto the great ceutral I
switchboard on the World's Fair
grounds, the electric energy which
-i ..nL.inmini ,,X.. i
quired to operate the Cascades, the ' exhibited as sn i evidence l of the suc
great engines in the machinery li.tll , cess of tlie States Prison manage
Snd other mechanism of the great 1 1'-. "1'"'!f
exposition.
It may be interesting not only.to," " .. f -v' thp nlV8(,Ilt
newspaiH.'r men tiirougnotit nie
country, but to the ..cople generally i
to know that the Worlds Press Par
liament, which will be in session at
St. Louis May 16 to 21, will lie the.
greatest gathering of newspaper men j
ever brought together. It is estimat- j
ed that between three and fmu
thousand representative newspaper
men. from every state in the Federal j
Liuon aim ever; uuiuiujr m vmo the districts was in Morenead town
world, will be present. In the num- ghj()( jtlljt .C8t 0f tue citV) aIKi the
ber will be some of the most distin-, n.pr waa in FripndHhin tnwnshin.
guished foreign journalists from the .
various capitals ot Europe. !
Othr-r anotkera already on the '
programme will be Lhiu ies JMuory ,
Smith, Col. Henry Watterson and
Edward Bok. During the session '
receptions will be given by the Kan-.
sas, Missouri, Indiana, Wisconsin.
Anizoim, Georgia, Texas, Oklahoma,
town, neat, t iiituuu nuu iuuuu
missions, the Federation of Women si
Clubs..and the Exposition itself, j
Ihe entertuiument will conclude
with a trip down the Mississippi (
river on a palatial steamer. For
once the newspaper nieu will bo
strictly in it.
UHAKl.KS A. JS.PWARIM,
DAVIDSON COUNTY NEWS.
Th Mtrati'tl
Mr D F Ridge, of the People's
House Furnishing Co., went to the they had just such mniesas ne want
bedside of his mother, Mrs Mary ed. When at a safe distance from
Ridge, who is seriously ill at her
home at Farmer, yesterday. I
shoriff iwrr inrVirnm ns that
about 225 persons in Davidson conn-
ty failed to pay their poll tax before
the first day Mav. j
Mr N A Peebles died at his home ;
in Davie conutv yesterday at noon,
after three niouths illiiess. Con-
sumption is said to have caused his
death. Deceased was about r.5 vears j
of age. He was for several years
chairman of the Board of County
Connnissiesioners of Davie county,
cation until a tew months prior to '
hia death and filled many positions
of honor and public trust.
Mrs G II Graham, formeily of
Farmington, Davie county, left her
husband last week and 'run away
with Frank-C Warden, an old sweet
heart. Mrs Graham carried her lit
tle 2-year-old daughter with her in
her flight. A policeman accompanied
Mr James, father of the ernug wo
man, to Iowa, and Mrs Graham and j
Warden were brought back Monday
night. Mrs Graham is now at the
home of ber father at i-armington.
Warner will be tried at the next terra
of Davie court on the charge of ab
ducting and eloping with Mrs Gra
ham. The penalty is ten years in
prison.
Saturday afternoon several of the
small boys of town were out in the
edge of the city trying their marks
manship with a Fobert rifle, when
suddenly a scream waa heard, upon
examination it was found that the
fnOfc, had accidentally discharged
itng Sumner Lambeth, son of
Mayor J vv Lambeth, on tne leit leg
just above the knee. The wound is
not or a serious nature. lnomas
ville Items.
- "The friends of WK. Holt, Jr.,
will urge him to accept t he Demo
cratic nomination for tho Legisla
ture, believing him to be the strong
est man for the place in the county.
He and Emery E. Raner, F-sii.,
whose name has been mentioned for
State Senator, would make a strong
team for Davidson county in the
next Legislature." Lexington cor,
Charlotte Chronicle
PROUD OF STATE'S PRISON MANAGE
MENT.
Sunested That State Fir Bends
Recently Bought la be Eiblfclicd st
the Democratic Conveetloa hi
Orceatboro.
Messrs J G Hackett, J Kerr and
W Grassland of the board of direc
tors of the state prison, will leave
this morning for the state farm for
the purpose of making preparation
for the remodelling of the buildings
on the farm and putting up water
tanks for fire protection. This
work has just been ordered to be
done by the directors who were in
session at the prison yesterday.
Regarding the session of the board
yesterday members told Post writer
that there was only the routine work
of auditing and approving accounts.
The most notable thing, he said, and
one that waa a source of much grati
fication to the board was the. aUk,
ment by Superintendent Mann that
the total receipts from the sale of the
last year'a crop of cotton, the last of
which has just been sold amounts to
about $8,000 more than it was esti
mated in the very creditable showing
made in the report of the board to
the governor submitted last month.
The showing made by the board as
to the condition of the prison is a
most creditable one, they having with
tho profits of the prison pnrchased
the $61,000 state bonds issued for
I the 861,000 state bonds issued for
the Purchase of the state farm and
on ht 8ei"n
Promptly !" lue ur lUD
rnoou of I the remainder of the year. A direc
!V nf !. 1 tor said last night that the bonds
?r a u
ha already I
teen purchased and are
now uenouueu iu
: the Citizens Rsnk
city. nd, "ino';
f.v'de.ce, f th.e trnl",ll"08Au,!th'e
"' .w,u8 """ '"J
tors of their management.
""r "J" lu,n"K fl1 u
y? h
"LS; U"I1UB "s,,v l" ,,. ,,,
the Democratic state convention und
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uoru 8 not rree.veu iron t .CBu,
8n.v appropriation of any kind.
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nun pnpn cnnivTV NFWS.
me patriot.
j, tlkx election were curried in
no m(lre (imiford school districts
yesterday by a good vote. One of
Mr N II Slaughter, of Lexington,
purchitsed the McAdoo House leMel'or"cu,.,!',,u, ,
It u. im... a T.,t. i-.t h r Governor Aycock states that he
took charge of the hotel Sunday
mon,igi the 1st. The popularity
0f tlle h0U8e wjii uot diminish under
j,rr slaughter's nianagement. Mr
Tucker has made no definite plans
for t10 future, but hopes to remain
, lirecnsboro.
i i Kirkman. of Pleasant GHr-
known as "Big Bob," reported
to thL. poiice that he had been robbed
0; i;o Warnersville" Thursday
;,,,. i, rwn white men. Ho came
to tlc city to by a team of moles
but lingered too long at a oar room
before starting out to make his pur
chase, and two men who had seen
him Mashing a roll of greenbacks,
taking advantage of his condition,
induced him to go to the outskirts
of the city under tne preiex , mat
tno uusiness uisinct, woo cimuu mey
asked him to show his money, in
order to convice them that he really
meant to luy some stock, when one
of them grabbed the wallet and skip
Iu, the other taKing an opposite
direction. The matter was reported
to the police at once, but they have
no clue to work on that promises
any comforting results to Bob.
A peculiarly sad incident occurred
near here last week. On Wedne
day afternoon Mr Laidler, an Eng
lishman, by birth, who had lived
where he owned a small farm, start
ed to the Pleasant Garden cemetery
with Mr W D Palmer, with whom
he boarded, to assist in burying an
infant of Mr and Mrs Palmer's.
While driving along the public road
near Center church Mr Laidler was
suddenly taken ill with some nnusn
al malady, and it was with difficulty
that he wai carried to the residence
of Mr J S Murrow nearby. Within
fifteen minutes after reaching Mr
Morrow's house he was a corpse.
His svmptons were quite unusual and
there are varying opinions as to the
cause of his death. Mr Laidler was
nearly fifty years old and was rated a
very fciever gentleman. He was
married some years ago in Iowa to a
woman of North Carolina parantage.
For some years she has made her
home in eastern north Carolina.
Ceuter Items.
Rads WW Make Desperate Effort ts
Carry Chatham.
It was a busy time here last Sat
urday with some of the Republican
leaders paying the poll-tax of Re
publicans who had failed to pay.
They paid many a dollar, for they
are making desperate efforts tocairy
Chatham at the tiext election and do
not seem to mind spending a lot of
money in their efforts. At their re
quest Sheriff Milliken remained in
his office until night in order to give
them a chance to 'pay for all they
oou'd, aud even after be had gone
bon.it (three miles from here) they
telephoned him to give receipts for
others, which he obliging' V, V -
Chatham Rccoid.
RALEIQH LETTER.
Cefljrresslonal Centest Col Morion, ol
Wilmington, for Lieut-Governor A.
ft N. C. Railroad and -Other
News.
Special Cor. to the Courier.
Raleigh, May 9. It seems to be
settled that there will lie wurm
contest for the Congressional nomi
nation in the sixth district, there
are several aspirants for the honor,
including Senator Urown, of Colum
bus, and Mr Mear?s, of JNew llan
over, (and probably others), besides
the present incumbent, Air falter
son. Several gentlemen from the
lower end of the district, who were
here last week, stated that, if Mr
Patterson does not seocure a renomi
nation, the honor is most likely to
be conferred on Uon Joseph A
Brown, of Columbus, who is well
known all over Easteru North Caro
lina as one of the best and safest
men in the State
Congressman Patterson appears to
occupy an anomalous Kisition in this
contest. Although be has served
only one term, the statement
made that he will not be ajl to
secure the vote of his own county
(Kobeson) in the coming convex
tion; that at the most he would be
able to secure only a minority of the
votes of the delegates from Kobeson
county. If this prediction proves to
oe inie, ii is possiuic inoi to say prou
able) that Mr Patterson's name may
not be presented to the convention at
all. 1 am not personally acuuited
with the exact cause of this dissatis
faction, but am led to believe that it
is, to a large extent, personal m its
character. In order to throw some
light on the subject the following ex
tracts are taken from an editorial iu
the Lumberton Argus of May C:
"Mr Patterson, while having dis
pleased no one during his teun, yet
will go into the convcutioH under
peculiar circumstances, so bitterly
assailed, will hesitate to press his
claims, while it is doubtful whether
those who opposed him two rears ago
nave sunicieni interest in ma rvLiuu
to take the initiative in securing
Robeson's rote for Mr Patterson.
But wc doubt the issue, much
as we are personally auacneu 10 air
Patterson. But shall Robeson see
her son led to the laughter-house? If
unity demands it, of course Mr Pat
terson vill not push his candidacy,
just here we would hope that he
will not allow his name presented,
unless be his confident of ut least a
majority of Robeson's vole."
Col Ueorge L Morton will receive
solid support of his home county
(Aew Hanover mid win get a ma
jority of this votes in most of. the
other counties named, it is reported,
for Lieut-Governor,
expects to receive another proposi
tion this week for the lease ot tno a
&. N 0 RR. He already has two
such proposals in hand, which still
remain good one trom rmiaueipuia
people and the other from the N C
syndicate represented by Finlayson
& Mills. But the application for a
receiver, brought last week before L
S Judge Purnell by a private stock
holders residing in New Jersey,
named Cityler, lies the lease otters
up till after the hearing, wincn is
set for May 21. In the meantime
the report of the Governor's investi
gating committee is expected to be
made. It has already oeen ueiayeu
much longer than the public expect
ed, for some unexplained reasons.
Advices received trom rayette
ville. where Judge Peebles is holding
a 2-wecks term of Cumberland coun
ty Superior court, state that all ef
forts made during the past week by
mutual friends to "adjust the differ
ences" between Judge Peebles and
the Robeson county lawyers were a
failure. It is now stated that Judge
Peebles will nt once have a rule ser
ved on the lawyers requiring them
to appear before him the last of this
week and show cause why they iihall
uot be punished for contempt of
court. As the presiding judge is re
garded as the "court," it looks like
the conduct of the attorneys at
Lumberton was a pretty plan of
noiitemnt." What the 'punish
ment'' will be remains to lie seen. It
is very generally agreed that Judge
Peebles can not atlonl to auow mat
ters to rest longer iw they now are.
Preparations arc iu progress at
Trinity College for one of the great
est commencement in the history of
that great institution oi learning.
To the many one of the most ples
ant features will be the annual
alumni dinner. The executive com
mittee of the Alumni Association
has arranged for this, to be held this
year in the banquet hall of the new
dormitory building, at one o'clock on
Wednesday. June 8. uue oi tne
best caters of Raleigh has been
mired for the occasion.
The largest number of physicians
that eve' visited Raleigh at one time
is expected here two weeks hence,
the occasion being the annual meet
ing of tho N C State Medical Society
The address ot welcome win oe de
livered by Gov Aycock.
Maj C M Steadman has been invit
ed to deliver the address at the an
nual meeting and banquet of the
North Carolina tsociety oi iucu
mand. to be held Mav 20.
Five young children were orphan
ed and left in destitute circurastam
by the death of their mother lost
week in the Rex hospital. She re
cently came to Raleigh from the
country. Homes are wauted for
them, and this notice is printed in
charity's name, in the hope that ii
rr.ay aasit in procuring me aw mc
Person's who feel interested in the
subiect should address the city
missionary, Key R S Stephenson, or
Vr N li Bronghtou, Kaleigh, A U,
LLfcWXAH.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Congress Closes with a Heavy Volley
from the Democratic Side of the
Houe.
'orrertin'k-nt of The Courier.
Washington, I). C, May G, 1904.
The long session of the Fifty
eighth Congress came to a close last
Thursday. From the beginning it
has been evident that no general leg
islation would be enacted. It seems
that, the President und his advisers
if there be anybedy so bold as to
dare to advise him have been ner
vously anxious lest Congress might
do something that would militate
against his reelection. The idea
seems to be that congress is a sort of
necessary evil with which the con
stitution hits burdened the executive,
and that the sooner he can get ad
journed and out of town the better.
Nothing hits been allowed to obstruct
this plan. It was thought by some
that money which congress had ap
propriated for the Isthmian canal
under one treaty and subject to cer
tain conditions could uot be expend
ed under another treaty and other
conditions without further legisla
tion; but the present executive is
afflicted with no such limitations.
Some thought that when it was an
nounced in the president's message
Unit so many branches of the public
service were rotten with bribery and
stealings and consiiiiacies, that con
gress, in whose hands tho constitu
tion places tho purse strings, should
look into the expenditure of former
appropriations before making new
ones; but such impel tiuence was
severely rebuked, and congress was
told that the President bad a monop
oly on the examining business. The
federal veterans were urging some
new pension law, and the time was
when no one would have questioned
that congress must ut least make the
laws by which money is spent: but
this would not do for congress might
have discussed the matter, and call
ed the attention of the country to
the fact that we are already spcud-
ug mine tor pensions than is (rcat
Britain, France, or Germany for its!
funding army, so one of the presi
dent's appointees lixed the whole
tiling with nil "executive interpreta
tion." I called at the- pension office
the other day to know if a pension
claim tiled some time ago could get
the lienetit ot the new "interpreta
tion," but was told that the "inter
pretation" w-is not "reti'o-activc,"
and therefore a new claim would
have to be tiled. The law that is
being "interpreted" was passed four
teen years ago, and I don't under
stand by what magic wand it has
been touched to make it mean some
thing now that it didn't mean the
day ufter it was passed.
Ihe idea thut money cannot In-
appropriated except upon legislative
warrant is the very corner stone of
anglo-saxon liberty. With this sin
gle lever the English people have
undermine 1 the uutocracy of the
English throne, and built up through
the centuries their present liberal
form of government, which is a re
public cumbered only with the form
of monarchy. Yet so terribly afraid
of anv legislation has the atl ninis-
tration been, and so consumed with
the desire for the adjournment of
congress, lest something might hap
pen, they have pushed aside such
legislation as political exigencies
would permit, aud have disregarded
the most fundamental conception of
constitutional government in order
to provide, in so far as their omcml
power can be stretched to do it, for
the reelection of Air. Koosevelt.
Congress has done little bciides
authorizing the routine appropria
tions, but that is a bigger task than
most people think. Within the last
eight years the expenses of the Na
tional government have increased
fifty pe1- cent. Today we are spinni
ng about 700,000,000 a year. Over
half of this goes to the expenses of
war the army, navy and pensions.
None of us have any conception of
what seven hundred million dollars
means, but if we will figure a little
we can undeistand it better. North
Carolina's proportion of this is alMiut
1 7,5(Mi,tMHl that is ut least tour
times v hat it costs us to run our
State and county government, our
free schools, our asvlums, and all
other state institutions. To come
still closer home, Randolph county
contributes to the annual budget of
the National government alxuit
$175,000. If every article we buy
in the store was labeled so hs to in-
licate just ho much was for goods
and just how much was for tariff
for mark you only a part ot tne lann
goes into the public revenue, the
urger part of its exactions going to
the protected manufacturer, now
generally a trust I say if such a
label were aliixed to the goods wc
buy, there would be such a revolt al
the polls as this country has never
witnessed. Cha.ri.es Boss.
A Suit Against the Southera by Captain i
Dlair's Estate. j
The etato of the late Cupt. J. T.
l?lui i- has instituted suit fgainst the
Southern Railway Company for 10,
000, through Messrs. Overman and
Gregory.
k opt. Ulair, it will be remember
ed, was conductor on the ill fatal
fast mail No. 97, which went through
a bridge near Danville hist Septem
ber. '1 he suit bos been brought in
a Virginia court. Salisbury Sun.
Ne Gloss Carriage Palat Made
will wear as long as Devoe's. No
others are as heavy bodied, because
Devoe's weigh 3 to 8 ounces more to
the pint Sold by McCrary Redding
Udw. Co.
WHISKEY FRAUD CASES.
Four Men Sentenced to Imprisonment and
Fines. Writs of Error Taken Out
and Prisoners Released on Ball.
Greensboro, N. C, May 4. Spec
ial. The jury at 10 o'clock this
morning returned a verdict of guilty
as to all of the defendants in tb
whiskey fraud case in the United
States court and Jm'ge Boyd pro
nounced sentence us follows: ii. if .
Sprinkle, two years imprisonment in
the penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga., and
lined $5,000: T. At. Angle, oue year
and one day in the penitentiary and
lined $1,000; William ii. Young, six
months in jail and lined $1,000.
Judge Boyd also pronounced sen
tence this morning upon A. J. Davis,
the revenue ganger, convicted in
court here three weeks ago of bein
implicated iu this f rami by whic
the government lost over $100,000
in taxes in the conduct of the Oak
Grove Lniuor Company, the Milton
Distilling Company, the Reidsville
Laiiuor Company and other concerns,
Davis was sentenced to eighteen
months imprisonment iu the pent
teiitiary and lined fl.O'K). Judge
Boyd also gave judgement "gainst
Davis for ,20,000, enabling suit to
be brought against his sureties.
The attorneys for the defendants
took out a writ of error and defend
ants ure out on bail, '''lie case will
go up to the circuit court of appeals.
Great interest has been shown in the
triul of this case, because of the
prominence of the defendants and
because of the magnitude of the
charges. The triul began Tuesday
morning of last week and a large
number of witnesses from Kentucky,
Illinois, Iowa, Indiana aud other
states were examined. The defense
did not put any witnesses on the
stand. The jury took the case yes
terday uf ternoon at 6 o'clock and
reached un agreement this morning
shortly after 9 o'clock. Raleigh
Port.
MONTGOMERY NEWS.
A Republican convention is said
to have been in evidence, Monday,
but we ure unable to give the pro
ceedings. We regret to slate that Miss Lizzie
Tomlinson has an attack of fever.
Rev J P Rodgers, of Asheboro,
preached in the Methodist church
Monday night und Rev Mr Rowland,
of Pilot Mountain, Tuesday night.
We are informed thut Mr Tom
White roceutly caught, a sixteen
pound turtle among the Little River
hills, but after cutting his throat
and preparing him cooking he allow
ed his valued prize to escape. He
now offers a liberal reward for the
apprehension of the escaped prisoner.
Mr T B Burt has resigned his
position us storekeeper for the A ft
A Ify here, and has gone to St Louis
to take in the Exposition, and will
go from there to Oklahoma, where
he takes a position with it Ry C"
there.
Fun Ahead for Republicans ia State
Politics.
Mr Thus J Pence, Washington
correspondent of the Morning Post,
gives some information und makes
some forecasts in the following:
The question of what to do with
the negro ut the Republican state
convention, which meets this mouth
in ( i reeusboro, is one that has given
no little concei n to Chairman Rollins
and tlms in control of the organiza
tion.
The mistake of shutting the negro
out of the convention came near be
ing suicidal two years ago, and such
a policy is fai from the thoughts of
those w ho hold n distribute oince oy
grace of Mr Uosevelt. That the
negro is thorn in the side of the
state organisation the leaders admit,
and thev have been considering how-
far they could go towards repressing
the brother in black wituout giving
offense to the administration.
The negro politician in the state,
encouraged by reason of Lee Person's
stand iu favor of their recognition
aspired to have a member of the race
elected delegate at largo to the na
tional convention. Ex-Congress
man Cheatham. John Dancy, the
recorder of deeds in the District, and
Jim Young wanted this recognition
Failure to "agree upon one of their
mi in ber has brought them to realiza
tion of the fact that they will have
small chance of success. As a re
sult it is said that Cheatham has
given up his ambition to go to the
national convention as a delegate at
large and has gone to work to secure
election as delegate irom nis uts-
trict.
The necioes expect to be well rep
resented from the eastern counties at
the state convention. They declare
that no phvnotic influence, as was
was exerted over Dave Lave two
vears ago, cau be used to keep them
in the background in the year of our
Lord 1904, with Theodore Roosevelt
in supreme command.
Strawberries and Cucumbers.
Nearly 400 crates of strawberries
were brought in here Monday. This
is abont twice as many as were ship
ped from this place any one day last
year, w hich shows that this indnsiry
has grown poii.iiderab'v.
The J H Heinz Company have
contracted for about one hundred
acres of cucumbers at this place and
will not move their plant away, as it
was feared awhile they would do.
Mr M Vandpeven, of Pittsburg, Pa.,
is the manager her. (J lark ton ,s
press.
DO YOU GET tTP '
WITH A LAMB BACK?
Kidney Trouble Hakes Ton Miserable.
Almuat everybody wut reaua tue newit
papers is sure to know of the wonderful
core made by. Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp
Root, the great kid
ney, liver and blad
der remedy.
It is the great med
ical triumph of the
nineteenth century ;
discovered after years
of scientific research
by Dr. Kilmer, the
eminent kidney and
bladder specialist, and ia wonderfully
successful in promptly curing lame back,
uric acid, catarrh of the bladder and
Bright' Disease, which is the worst
form of kidney trouble.
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not rec
ommended for everything but if yon have
kidney, liver or bladder trouble it will be
found just the remedy yon need. It has
been tested in so many ways, in hospital
work and in private practice, and baa
proved so successful in every case that a
special arrangement has been made by
which all readers of this paper, who have .
not already tried it, may have a sample
bottle sent free by mail, also a book tell
ing more about Swamp-Root, and how to
findont if yon have kidney or bladder trou
ble. When writing mention reading this
generous offer in this paper and send your
address to Dr. Kilmer
& Co.. Binghamton,
Y. The regular!
fifty-cent and one-
dollar size bottles are
sold by all good druggists. Don't make
any mistake, but remember the name,
Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamn-Root.
aud tbe address, Binghamton, N. Y., on
every bottle.
WANTED A good second hand
stationary boiler 40 or 60 h. p.
Asheuoko Limber &Mfo. Co.
Asheboro, N. C.
O R'COX, President. W J AKMPIELD. V-PrcS
W J AKMPIELD, Jr., Cashier.
The Bank of Randolph,
-A.:h.l3oro, IT. C,
Capital and Surplus,
Total Assets, over
$3G,000.00
$150,000.00
iHUlncm of the Imnlt'.ii. luiMir .nil
feel nfo In raying we are prepared and willing
-ery laeinty aau ao-
e oauauig.
DIRECTOUSt
Hnisli Parks nr.. W J ArmfleM.W P Wooi, r B
K Kediiini;",' Hen) Moflitt, Tho. J Heading, A W
Cnjiel, A M Kan kin, Tlwa H Keddlug, Or t K
New
Blacksmith
Shnp.
We have opened up a new
shop in South Asheboro for
general repairiug and black
smithing. k
We make a specialty of nutk-
liniber Wheels. Give us
your work. We guarantee
promptness and durability.
A. M. Presnell.
WE WISH
To ttill the nUmtlm of the people of Ranlo1ih
y to int; iaei mac we nau ooropicw
otu l IIh1i illicit for repairing ill
klmlfl of
Jewelry, - "'Watclies
and. Cloclcs.
t worl
the
Optical IDepartxxiexrt
Ik complete.
We fan ihiplicute any ltc
bmkcti iiria. Fine Leoiei
fiiniiclKil ta order on short notice.
2wall Orders
ttentlon.
Write i
nceil anything In our line.
Very truly youra,
A.. X9. STALET te BltO,
If You Want
The Best Laundry
Sand Yaur Laundry ta ttte
Old Rallabla
Charlotte Steam
Laundry.
Thev are better prepared to do
your work right than any Laundry
111 lilt! DIUK', anu uu it. ngui, IW.
Leave vour bundles at Wood &
Moring's store. Baskets leaves
Tuesdays uud returns rndays.
W. A COFFI N. Agent.
ATTENTION!
Poultry and Stock Raisers
rgK ROYAL STOCK FOOD. World's gfeatei
wlleated Htnek fond. A veterinary pmpaatwm.
,im .ltd nvvrntt iIImm fn tinrua. Cattle.
sheep, His, Galvta, Onlta. Lamha and Fura,
Snven graiu by caajring perfect aimllatlon A
itltute lor paM'ire. our agent will reiuww
r money if It falls to do as recommended.
Use Royal Poultry Mixture '
A Hire cure for Cholera and Roup and toe greet-
ROYAI. LIClfVlIXKR. The greatest mace
ilmtmycr known. Will kill the Mx an old and .
yranig chickens wlinou injury o ne cim-aon..
It will aim remove tno lice from all klnda ol
atocj. It la a pnnitlve and certain remedy 'or
Hltes, I.lce, Ciiurrea, Bed Boga, Aula, MM
Bugis Rtc. Kto.
TRY A PACK AO K (IF KACH AHDSSOOKVllrO-
Kl OF THKUl M&M1TH.
Our art-Tit will refund vour money If they faff
to do a. recommended, aa Royal Poultry Hiamra
and Royal Uce Killer are mid under aa ahaauM
guarantee of mtWaruoa ar money retaadad.
THK ROYAL CO-OP MANl'r ACf CRIrtO CO.
Indtanopotbi. hid, U. a. A,
Sold by T. D. l'H iTTw. General A rent,
Doyle,.
IP
Come And Geo!
Our spring and sum
mer allowing of ! :
Dress Goods, Notions,
Embroidery, Laces,
Ribbons, Underwear,
Hosiery, Cor?tv Etc
. P. Hcltincn
jj Trinity, N. G.
$1.50,
ga uanae iw aw mm lauivaw ire