A
1
JAS. A. THOMAS, Editor and Proprietor.
TFTFi CQUITTY, THI STATE, THE UONTTOiT.
:.::: .T.:i: JI.C3 firTi::. ::r jU fn::t.
VOL. XXXI'
LOUISBURG, X.. C, FRIDAY, .AUGUST 0, 1001.
vpirrn
V W 4mv
1- in n
CHURCH DIRECTORY
METHODIST.
Sunday School at 9:30 A. M. ' ;
Qbo, S. Baibh, flnpt. .
. Preaching at 11 A. tl., and 8 P. M.
every Sunday. . - ...
Prayer meeting1 Vednesday night.
"M. T. PxiLBB. Pastor.
BAPTIST.
Sunday School at 9:30 A. M. -
Thos. B. Wilder, Snpfe
Preaching at 11 A. M., and 8 P. M.,
every Sunday.
Prayer m --eting Thursday night.
Forrest Smith. Pastor.
" , :' episcopal, . . . ?
Sunday School at 9:30.
Services, morning and night , on
1st, 3rd and 4th Sundays. 1
s Evening Prayer,. Friday afternoon.
X ; : Albas Greaves. Rector. -
fro t'oHSiorio.1 cardct
QE. S. P. BURT, " '
PiACTIOINQ PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Louisburg, N C. 1 " .
OiHce In the Ford Building, corner Main
and Nash street. Dp stairs front.
D
R. R. P. YAKBOROUQH, ,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Louisboks, N. C.
Office 2nd floor Heal building, phone 39.
Night calls answered from T. W. Bickett's
residence, phone 74.
B. MASSENBURQ
ATTORNEY AT LAW. .
W0ISBUB8, K. C . f
Will practice In all the Courts of the State
Office tn Court House. "
c.
1 U. COOKS BON,
ATTORNBYS-AT-LAW,
LOCISBUR8, V. O.
Will attend the courts of Nash. Franklin,
Granville, Warren and w atce counties, also uie
Supreme court oi Bonn Carolina, ana tne u
6. Circuit and District Courts.
QR. J.U MALONE, . .' .
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
LOCISBURO, V. O.
Office over Stokes & Furguxson's.
JyR. E. S. FOSTER.
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN SURGEON,
Loulsborg, N. C
Office over Aycocke Drug Company. "
vv
m. HAYWOOD HUFFIN.
ATTORSBT-AT-LAW,
LOUISBUBS. V. 0.
Will nraetlce in all the Go arts of Franklin
and adjoining counties, also in the Supreme
tioart, ana id me uniteu duiuw xiiiurwii uiu
v Circuit Courts. . .
omue iu Cooper and Cnftoif Bunding. :
THOa B. WILDKR,
- ' ' -
ATTORNET-AT-LAW,
tOUISBUBw.V. O,
Office on Main street, over Jones, Cooper's
store. ; ; - . -i . - . -
S. SPRUILL. x , .
ATTORN KY-AT-LAW,
LOUISBUBO, ir. C.
Will attend tbe courts of Franklin. Vance
Oranvllle. Warren and Wake conaties, also
the Supreme Court of North Carolina,
Prompt attention given to collections.
Office over Egerton's Store.
T.
W.BICKBTT,:
1TT0RNBY AND COUKBKLLOB AT LAW.
' louisbcbs sr. a
Prompt and painstaking attention given to
very matter intrusted to nis hands.
Refers to Chief Justice Shepherd, Hon. John
Manning, Hon. Robt. W. Winston, Hon. J. C.
Buxton, Pres. First National Bank of Win
ston, Glenn as Manly, Winston, Peoples Bank
01 monroe, Unas. J4. ray tor, ires, wajaw x wr
est College, Hon. B. W. Timberlake.
Office In Court House, opposite Sheriff's. :
. 1, , .
yy m. PE&soff,'
ATTORKBT AT-LAW, .: : '
LOTI8B0BS, X. a
Fractlees la all courts. Offles in Keal
Building.
W.
H Y ARBOROTJOH, JB,
ATI OENEY AT LA W ,
LOTJISBTJBa. K, C.
Office in Opera House building. Court street
All learal business intrusted to him
will receive prompt and careful attention,
jb. B.B. una,
DENTIST,
i.ouibbtjbo, tx. 0.
0fi t over Aycockb Dbco Compart.
With an experience of twenty -five years
s a sufficient guarantee of my work .in all.
tne up-to-date lines ol the proiession.
HOTELS.
FHANKLINTOS HOTEL
FBANKLINTON, N. C. ;
SAM' L MERRILL, 'Prp'r.
Good accomodation for the traveling
pablie.
Good Livery Attached.
MASSENBUEG -HOTEL:
.......
J 1? Massenbnrff Propr
HENDEHSON. IT. C
Good aceommodations. Good fare;
lit and attentive servin'r . .
Po
NORWOOD HOUSE '
Wirrenton. Ksrt! ZmWii
W. j. NORWOOD, Proprietor.
ftroriane ot Commercial Tourists and
teav sling Public Solicited.
. tiood Ssmpls Iloori.
El)
The Expected Happens
In South Carolina.
WOE AMONG EEPUBUOANS.
President Distributes Pie
Renegade Democrats.
to
M'LAURIN'S FKIEUDS AEE HAPPY.
Meanwhile the Palmetto Continsent
. of the . a." O. P. Js Inconsolable.
Cuban Potofflce Looter Still .TJn
, punished Mack and Mark and the
: Price ' ot Beef Clayton-Balwer
Treaty Ought to Be Abrogated.
Iloodoovd by the - Netr Tork Sun.
Praise More Deadly Than Abase.
. Striken Prove .That Trusts Are a
. BleaslnBPress Censorship.": .
! . ' - Special WaJtinffton Letter.3 V;
One of the most frequently quoted
mots ever uttered or written in; this
world is that of the Frenchman who
said, "It is always the unexpected that
happens." It, like most other wise
saws, is only a half truth. Frequently
it is the expected that happens, to say
nothing of the inevitable. The expect
ed has just happened or, more properly
speaking, is now happening In South
Carolina, and that is that the long time
Republicans in the old Palmetto State
are kicking ; vigorously because tthe
president is dispensing pie-in large
pieces to the renegade Democrats who
are following Senator McLaurin, to the
exclusion of. the men who have been
Republicans for, lo, these many years.
In kicking they are only acting after
their kind. In the dog days of 1800 at
Chicago Hon. Web Flanigan of Texas
voiced the sentiments of all Republic
ans, particularly of all southern Re
publicans, .when r he exclaimed, with
great feeling and consuming fervor; "If
we are not here for the offices, what in
hell are we here for?" a far resounding
question which has never been answer
ed to this day. Republicans are al
ways hungry for pie. and when they
see it going 4o somebody else they do a
large stunt of cursing. With all his
acumen and experience with ravenous
Republicans, President MeKinley ought
to have known that much. Senator Mc
Laurin perhaps may plead . ignorance
as to tbe real character of Republicans.
Keely Still Untried. .;
Why has not that colossal Republican
thief Neely been tried and sent to the
penitentiary, where he belongs?- It is
to be hoped that the above query may
be propounded to the powers that be
without the one who asks the question
becoming guilty of leze majesty. It
wllL.be remembered that just prior to
the, election a" great show of- prosecut
ing, extraditing and disposing of Neely
was made by Republican officials. Since
that he has dropped out of sight as
suddenly and completely as did the
late Mr. McGinty. - It is stated that the
enormous sum of $50,000 has been
spent in "preparing the case," and it Is
also stated that when asked whether
Neelyis to be prosecuted government
officials simply "shrug their shoulders,"
merely that and nothing more,
If Neely is not prosecuted, there can
be but one reason,- and that is that he
knows too much - and if prosecuted
would make such - disclosures about
those In high places as would shake
the Republican party to pieces, k This
is a sorrowful conclusion to come to,
but "it is the inevitable conclusion to
which sensible men will come unless
this petted thief is brought to condign
punishment , -i;." .' J - -.:.
The Crop Failure. 7
In 1897 there were fine crops in the
United States and a failure of crops to
the .rest of the world. This naturally
and Inevitably put up . the prices of
American farm products higher than
they Bad been for many years. It was
a perfectly : natural transaction, . one
very fortunate for us. It brought a
large measure of prosperity to the
American farmer and incidentally to
all other ' Americans. No man or no
set of men was responsible for it. It
was the work of Providence, but the
Republican organ grinders all over the
United States with one accord assert
ed, ;r iterated and reiterated that this
prosperity, which was due solely to the
Almighty, : should be credited to 'Wil
liam MeKinley and Mark Hanna. They
claimed the glory with an impiety that
was shocking as well as amazing. This
was one of the large and valuable as-,
sets of the Republican party in the
elections of 1898 and 1900. Of course,
this claim on their part" was a mon
strous and preposterous lie. .
The best Republican campaign speech
that I heard in 1900, notwithstanding
the fact that I had twenty odd debates
with such illustrious Republicans as
Senator Jonathan P.-Dolliver, General
Charles Henry Grosvenor and tbe Honr
C B. Landis, was made by a Demo
cratic friend of mine and mada. in one
sentence. He never voted anything
but the Democratic ticket in bis life
and never expects to, but while I was
making a speech lambasting the. Re
publicans for overthrowing the consti
tution and disregarding the Declara
tion of Independence be injected into
my speech this single remark: "I guess
we can stand it as long as beef cattle
is 5 cents a pound on foot." Uncon
sciously he had uttered the entire Re
publican argument which earned tlie
middle west for MeKinley. and Repub
licanism. Now, if Mack and Marls made it eea
a- f? the United States In 1897
hip. " evervwbere lse
tb?y control the elements unqtiPstlon.
ably. If that be true, tnen 11 may
be impertinent to inquire why they
have permitted the most remarkable
drought in all history to devastate the
entire Mississippi valley thi3 year; no
water, no grass, no hay, no corn, no
oats, no vegetation nothing except a
good crop of wheat. If Mark and Mack
are to be praised for beef cattle being
5 cents a pound on. foot in 1000, why
are Mark and Mack not to be blamed
for beef cattle selling in the heart of
.L,. - c::.,o.ti vniiov 'at" 2 - cents a
trip Mississippi vaiie-y -at .
pound on toot la the summer of 190L
W W
Draien Impostors.
I do not believe, nor does any other
man who has any sense, that Mark and
Mack are responsible for this drought
No more-were they responsible for the
splendid crops of 1897. while nobody
I else on the face of the earth had any
crops, ana these remarks are thrown
in here solely for the pnrpose of show
ing what a brazen set of impostors the
Republican editors and stump speakers
of the United States are. The illus
trious showman, Phineus T. Barnum,
once-said that the American people
dearly like to be humbugged and that
a new sucker is born every minute.
The success of tbe Republican party.
based On the Claims Of nrrisnprltw I
wmcn came or gOOa CrODS In the Unit-
A , , .
vu u. ci test 21 xiil L)UU CiODS CISC tt npf h
demonstrates beyond all cavil that the
great showman was right. V ,
ijuiu j.-aunceroteK tsntisn embassador I
to the United States, Is now on his na
tive heath. Recently he cave ont an
interview in which he declared that
they 'were, now' arranging a treaty
touching the NIcaraguan canal busi
ness which would be acceptable to both
Great Britain and the United States.
Lord Pauncefote is in error in that
statement. He and Colonel John Hay,
secretary of state, may possibly patch I
up a treaty which will be satisfactory
to: the English and satisfactory to this I
pro-English administration, but there
never, will be a treaty patched up by
tbem which will be satisfactory to the
American people until they patch op
one in "which it is" declared that the
United States, is to- build the NIcara
guan canal, ia to own it, manage It,
conduct it, fortify it and defend It as
it , pleases and that after it is built
England is to have exactly the same
rights in it, and no. more, as all other.
foreign nations are to have that is,
precisely as much, and no more, as w
want them to have. That is the Amer
ican platform with reference to the I
isthmian canal, and nothing short of it I
will satisfy the American people.
Lord Pauncefote and . Colonel Hay
and ajl the rest concerned may as well
write this nronoaitlnn in fhclr fnKlo
and he thrnnn-h with it Tho
0 ' " """"J I
Bulwer treatr. was a disgrace to the
American people ancL has never been
satisfactory to them. It ought to be
abrogated at once, ; and' we ought to
build tbe canal as soon as possible.
Dockery Hoodooed, j
Hoodooedl . Of : course everybody
from the gulf to the great lakes baa
suffered dreadfully during the long
spell of excruciatingly hot weather.
One Missouri statesman, holding high
office and coddling higher ambitions.
has had an extraordinary and peculiar
reason for suffering while the dog star
has been getting In Its deadly work.
That " statesman Is Hon. Alexander
Moriroe Dockery. governor of Missouri, I
-v ma vr-v . I
nuum xue uioDe-ijemocraT. once ex-
ploited as the "most pulchritudinous
member of the Missouri delegation in
congress." - The governors personal
reason tor sunenng auring ine neatea
speii is tne ract tnat ne nas oeen noo-
dooed by .the New York Sum- What
rosy dreams his excellency had been I
dreaming or residing In tbe White
TTnnQo fa nnt HoTa tri no w-irnTTirtn trinf. I
tals to know, but some of his official
satellites enjoying public pap-by his
appointment and others who are hop-
im tn cpt : thplr snnnta Intn th ti-miirh I
In the same way had been gently
whooping up Governor Dockery for I
a o " ""O" I
presldent-and, truth to tell, they were
maklnar some headwav when. lo. nn 1
suddenly, as unexpectedly, as fatally
as a bolt out of a cloudless sky came
an editorial, elaborate and enthnsias-
tic, from the New York Sun advocat-
ing his excellency for president. That
was sufficient The governor's wise
friends were in consternation. They
knew tbe Jig was up, for praise from
The Sun for a Democrat has about the
same effect on him politically as a bad
case or the bubonic plague would nave
nn htm nhvalrallv. Tr hnn klllMl rfT .
score of promising Democratic presi-
dential possibilities by praisli.g them,
while Democrats aoused Dy It nourlsn
like a tree planted by the rivers of
water. Some of the governor's edito-
rial appointees, who do not know
enough to know that Tbe Sun ceased
to be a Democratic paper years ago
andis now trying with the roverblal
zeal of a renegade to out-Herod Herod
as a Republican organ grinder, lnad-.
vertently reprinted The Sun's glowing
panegyric on his excellency before he
f could muzzle them, which only - tn
creased the consternation of the more
intelligent boo mersofbis excellency
for the presidency. Now they go about
In the sweltering weather with faces
like an undertaker, exclaiming: Woe
is me! Who will deliver us from the
body of this death?" The average
Democrat may be wrong in hla belief
that any Democrat praised by the New
York Sun Is a Democrat not fit to be
trusted in high places, but the average
teuiuvraiuieiwms mui. ucucx uctw
theless.
Tom Jobnson Again.
. Frederick the G rent . once delivered
this terse and far resounding opinion of
bis famous ancestor the Great Elector:
"This man did great things." ; Tbe
same verdict may be justly passed on
Tom Johnson, mayor of Cleveland. He
has just Induced tbe Cleveland board
.of equalization to raise Senator Marcus
A. Hanna's assessment from $627,708.-
73 to $6,233300, a straight raise of $3,
G05.091.27. Great Csesafs ghostl How
Mark must cuss when be thinks of
this indefatigable and persistent pur -
suer of the tax dodgers I Just to think,
he had to run off to' Canton to take
shelter under the presidential wing to
escape appearing before the board and
testifying himself, for Tom had a sub
poena issued for Marcus. Too bad!
Trusts a Blessing.
If the much vaunted MeKinley pros
perity Is a reality, how. does it happen
that strikes are becoming the fashion-?
17,000 worklngmen striking In one
body? And if trusts are a blessing, as
the assailants of Mr. Babcock's belated
reform movement claim, how does it
happen that those 17,000 strikers glva
as their reason for striking the exac-
of the bimon dollar steel trust?
I am aware that my venerable friend.
General Charles Henry Grosvenor of
Ohio, once declared that strikes are the
result of prosperity and not of bard
times; consequently it is high time foe
him to take his pencil and pad in hand
and explain to an eager world how the"
present events come to eventuate.
A Hard Dlow.
It may be that some Bryan paper has
said soniethlngharder about the ad
ministration than tbe following from
- , tue aauiusivu -
1 I Lave not seen It. The Post s.av. a.
the Washington Fost. If so, however,
itorlally:
According- to the Boston Advertiser, It was tb
trusts, or Hmt of them, that headed cff the reci
procity' Unties during tli Fitty-sixth ccnjTtta.
Tbe Advertiser declares that the plana ol the ad-
ministration were completely blocked by crUia
large corporate interests which maintain loLM-s
t Washington: that these intrmu rv n,.i-..-m
to the president that they were unwilling: to bars '
any change, of whatever nature, mad in exbtii f
tariff ratea and that when the friends ot the ai
minlat ration pointed out that the desired chang-a
would do no hurt to American industries and
would rather be of -benefit to mmr Important
lines of trade the" lobbyists aimpiy retorted that
they did sot care to bare the experiment tried.
The Advertiser further states that the president
la now constilcnnff the advisabiUiy of macirz
some appeal to public opinion, which may be
aroused sufficiently to compel tbe senate into dis
regarding- the orders of the trusts.
b anvthlnr i th r.nt 1, . , I
unaeretsnamt; that tsey carrfuJlr atfr eieai ot
the commoditiP. in whici. lh. ,mhl .r- 1,.
w
LiZ nZSZ t?
t that their adoption would nuiiuy a proTuao oi
: j", mj.m mion-io-
i.cuviiru v Luai-v ioa o aecp me lajUQg; power is
the hands of tbe people'! cotiarren. No advocate
oi executive AariS legislatioa hi yet dared to da
fend it on constitutloc-i crooda. Not cue ol
them will venture the aaaertios that concmt can
delegate authority for auch Icgialation tu the
ecntlvs department.
But we are glad The Advertiser mentions truats
In this connection. There is a serious increment
on foot for antltmat tariff legislation in the only
lawful way by act of congress. It strikes direct
ly at tbe greatest combine on earth. Tet the
friends of tbe Blaine scheme of tariff tinkering delegates and visitor, DUr&bcriPg ICV
are making war upon it. Can The Advertiser ex- , . , , , .
plain that peculiar situation? We know It will era' hundred, diOed at a pUDiiC table,
not open its mouth in assertion of the lesaUty ol ,-,! .1 . , 1 ,
the Buine plan and that reticence is wiaebut Prca in the grove near the church,
wbT.it will J0 usign rOB 'r and of a truth it may be aaid : "They
tude of the reciprocity exploiter toward the prop- '
osiUon to deprive monopolistic combines ol tariS did ill Cat aod WCte filled, tnd they
protection. ,
. Press Censorship. I
The Massachusetts authorities did a
thing recently which must furnish I
much food for reflection to those who
reflect at all. When General Otis es-
tablished bis press censorship at Ma-
nila. It was asserted by as robust pa-1.
triots as there are In this broad land
that it was a most dangerous and un- I
American pcrformance-a bad example
of Imperial high handedness which wp.i J
likely to be Imitated in this country.
Those who so asserted were denounced I
traitors by a Job lot of subsidized Re-
publican organs, but nevertheless'what
hcS asserted would happen has already
K l lf. V, ... -.1.1.1. I
" ."7 T
claims to own the cradle of American
liberty that ls,a press censorship has
been set up In the old .Bay State, thai
nome or Samuel Adams, General war
ren. Daniel Webster. Charlpa Rumnpr
and other statesmen of renown. The
insn wonu copied irom ine ijetron
News. a picture of the American flag
bearing such patriotic legends as, "This
Flag Stands For Human Liberty etc.
At the end of the flag was pinned on a
strip of white bunting on which were
printed the words, "Provided the PresI
dent and Congress So Wish," or words
to that effect, whereupon the Argus
eved and ever Datrlotlc officials of M.ia- I
eacbusetts prohibited the sale of that I
1
edition of. The Irish World within the
sacred precincts of the old Bav State. I
it would appear to aane men that that
was a monstrous proceeding in a coun- J
try wnicb boasts of freedom of ewech
and freedom of the press. It la a won-
der that tJiese Massachusetts cuardlana
of the public weal did not suppress the
papers which published the dlssentfts
nnlnlAn r lft TniiA TaV tf .i,.m I
Harlan of the supreme court of the
United States In the Porto Rican case,
That was a far more savage blow at
fmnorlnllcm than tha rn innn in TK
- vyuu .u uc
Irish World borrowed from the Detroit
News. Bet if Massachusetts can es-I
tobllsh r. press censorship, why not
Rhode I? 1 Kra Tnrlr anil !! th
rest? Tc Grange part of it la that
there has been no editorial protest
against this press censorship In Massa-
chusetta.
If the American people can be sur-
I prised at anything in the way of ex -
travagance done by Republicans, they
will open their eyes In amazement
when they read the report of the com-
mittee to Investigate certain matters
touching tne employees or the bouse of
I renrpspntflti vpb In which it la shown
that men are carried on the pay rolls
j from year to year who never set foot In
wasnmgion ana wno renaer aosoiuteiy
no labor for tbe money they receive.
Others are paid two or three times as
I much as they earn; all this at the die-
tauon or ttepuoucan memoers or con
gress. A day of reckoning will come.
After awhile the taxpayers will begin
to exclaim: "How long? O Lord, bow
long? Surely this orgy of extrava
gance and corruption cannot last for-
vyer and foreyer.
Tbeir Secret is Out.
All Sadieville, Kv.. was enrions to lesrn
the cause of the vast improvement in the
heslth of Mrs. S. P. Whitaker, who had tor
"AaJllnlt,Jd iS,'',1!!",!!
I Dr. K'ng's New inscovery, wntes her hns-
bnand. it completely eared her snd also
cured onr little erand dansrhteroi a severe
attac of whoopim; congh." It positively
cures corghs, colds, la Rrippe, hronchitis.
all throat and luni? troubles. Guaranteed
WVr fti Jl OO- Trial bottlt. free at
W.. Thomas drugstore.
A proud man is seldom a grateful
man, for he never thinks he gets as
much as he deserves. II. W. Beecher.
To Save Her Child
From frijrhtful disfieureraent Mr. Nsnnie
OallAcrAr r f 1a nmmrn Da a,nlitl P. n r t
jjen's Arnica Salve to grest sores on her
head snd face, snd writes it Quick cure
exceea ail ner nopos. ii. worKs wonaers
1 tl S fa. Jl
in sores. b'Uises, skin eruptions, en 1
burns, scalds and piles. 25c. Cure ctiRrsn-
teed by W. G. Thoiras.
The reason why borrowed books are
seldom returned is that it is easier to
retain the books themselves than what
is insfdejjf them. Gilles Menage.
' A Minister's Gootl Work.
"I hsd a severe attack of billions colic, itot
a bottle 01 Chamberlain s Co'ic, t, hole a
snd Iia.-riiots Eemedy, took two rlofes sad.
was entirely- carea," says Jiv. A. A. I owe
of Ejiporio, Rau'My neighbor across the
street was sick fo? over a week: htd two or
three bottles of medic'ne froai tiie doc.of.
He used them for three or Cour davs with
outrelie. then called iu another docvor who
treated h-m for some days sod gave Lira no
... jf L j I ; T .
reiiet, so aiscuargea nim. 1 went, over 10 see
bim the ne't morn'ng. He said liis bowels
were in a ter.ible fix, that they bad been
running off go Ions; that it was utmost bloody
flnx, I asked him irhe had tried Chamber
Iain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Ueuietfr
and he said, 'No.' I Went home and bronr ht
him my bottle and pnve him -rrrrt dose:
and told him to take snollier 4f in Cfreen
or twenty minutes if he did tint End relief.
1 "v , ,
cure i. Forle by w. (.Thomas.
but lie took no more na s entirely
COLLEUE NOTES.
Recently it was the privilege and
pleasure cf thij writer to spend a few
iiys in the beauti il little townol Ma
cop., in the good old .county of War.
rcn
The town dates back to 1S35,
when the R. & G. Rait Rosd. theo in
the course cf construction reached that
place and located a Depot thtre It
was named in honor of Nt Macon,
ho lived in that vicinity, and who
represented, North Crolina many years
in the Coniress of the United States.
Macon hi a rvnnnla Inn nl viut thrpp
l t. , " ... - . ,
11 liCS on UOtu SHlCa wl tr.c
Ril Road, .11 i:, street, running par
tllelwiirrit. The copl are- intclli
gent, refioed, enterprising and Y.xihj,
and they certainly kno how to dit-
pense a gcBtrou hospiulity as this
writer" bad ample opportunity to
know. .
The Warrentoo D.trict Conference
was in session and for five di)i all 'the
ttoa up 01 10c irsgroents mat rc-
mained." manv baskets falL" 1
. ... Am. , . . ,
4U vm 1 1
was my old tramping ground. I knew
everv Derson in the town and its vicin-
... . ,
lt' acd 1 kncw filhcr ,D lhe
neighborhood who looked sour in the
morn;ni, .f,-, k; rfluPKirs hxA hem
... ,, . ,
cPl HP im 4nc wcc 8,BU DOUr, irc
night before. But nfty.one years had
r '
con natachane hall a century
hath wrought I There is tot a single
1
individual in the place who was living
lhere m l8S D1 tul ODe
and but one house
that was standing at that time.
Oa
the day of my arrival I looked over
l .stl
,oe afgc audience
for lhe faces o!
friends whom 1 bad known hliy ears
before, but found only one, the widow
of the late ao. B. Powell, of precious
memory. Later in the cay I met
another. Win. Brown, who has lived
near Macon since . 1315. ihey were
an; only two left,
But I am digressing. I did not in
tend to write about Macon and its
. . . . .
coa tP'' lo ,ve ccounioi
my pilgrimage to lhe tomb of ra-
thsnirl Maron. AU thit remains rsl
. . . .. , . . .
lhis distl08uishcd ,,alesm4Q Ed P
I Hiot l'c buried at Buck Spring, where
v. VveA snrt died. This tlacr? is sev
CQ railcs North l Uom iIaco. nl
ibree miles from the Roanoke river.
i spent a night with lhe very interest-
I
. r , . f rp. T c I T
,n 'taiiJ ncuitog,
whose elegant-home is near Buck
Spring-and the next morning that gen
I ' ?
h'eman was kind enough to take me
over to what was once the residence of
Nat Mac otjiClif e poiot
J r . ,
the Krvc 01 lBls Bri man. wnicn we
1 found in the edge of a skirt of woods
t lw0 nU0(jre(j and fifiy Tards
fro the d:ellicg A more desolate
and uninviting spot, it is bard for one
5magiDe. Rock, rock . , rocks j
I 6
I nothing but flint rocks. Recks on ttc
ground, rocks, in the ground, rocks
l...v. ThfV rotk hive hren
' .
heaped op on the grave lortning a
j mound about fifteen feet loog, three
Jrtt high, and eight feet wide al the
base. There a; e two other smaller
mounds near by which we learned,
were the grr es of two of the grand
children ol the late Frank Thornton.
From lhe heap of rocks on Mr. Ma
con's grave I selected as a souvenir.
cne about the size and shape of a brick
though not quite so long, which has
been placed in" lhe collection of min
erals at the Lou'sburg Female College.
It is thus labeled : "Taken from the
neglected grave ol the Hon. Nathaniel
Macon, who for ihirty-seven consecn
I live years reprcscntcu ciia v-sritu
I ,v 17 c Ogress .The noblest
1 ' 0
Roman of tbe mall. J aly aG'.b, 1 90 1,
, , , , , v. ,
To the shame of the f lOple Of .North
Caroiioa but more"especiillv iho.e of
I
Warren CouDly, be it said, the grave
o( Nathaniel Macon, is now the prop
i rr iMiiarrt Howard, a cesrro.
We lound Hiiliard in h:s field netr by
graf-ing cotton, and learning the pur
pose of our visit, he left his work acd
very kindly volunteered to conduct us
I over the ootire premises, which he did
,,. ,-,, , n:,.rl
- j
rt-lw tn inlerest his visitors. We found
'
tne cia nousc 10 wnitu .ir. .uiju
J lived and reared his family and
in
which he was accustomed lo entertain
I the eccentric John Randolph, of Roan
oke, who usually visiled him once
year, tote a very insignificant and
unoretentious afTir. The body of
- r
the house is a single room, sixteen leet
square, with attis above, a little shed
room in the rear and wine cellar be
neath. It is now owned and occupied
bv ILlliard Howard, who, so far as I
4
could judge, is a very
-
clever colored
man. He was certainly very - polite
and attentive to the wants of his visit
ors on that occasion and I sa'.l al
ways remember hiskindness with j leis
ure. I found tbe house in acry' di
lapidated condition, lhe weather-boar d
ing anJ shinies tadly decayed ar.l
j falling c The suae is 1 aally true
01 tne otrcr lire ta.iamgs on t:-t treru
ises, that is, granary, cr;b, ki.tLer,
smoke hcuse r.d dairy. Il 1 ca l Kjs
been drirn or a piece of new i:alr
ued on the place in f.fiy years thete n
no visible e:dence of the tact, ilvutci,
trees, lands; ererythicg txara on its
tice ih maiks of neglect, decay, i j d,
bf.ATH. 1 dl Dot ca idio zc t jck I
not wiahicg lo djiuib lhe colored faa-
ily occupying it, but sce'.rg the djor
of the wine cellar ttandicg ajr, ! ten- J
lured to peep into the dark abjit tc- J
low. I was pol.tely Invited lo tn'.er I
but the place remicded me to much ol
iit .iT.-il' ir.nu,! Ih.if 1"
0 I
that I hesitated to make the en:ure. I
My guide Howard, taking 10 ihcuiaa-
lion, assured me there was do danger I
and to convicce me of that fact, e
entered first and ba ie me f j'.'ow. I
did to with many mbgivirgs -d:cg
to the bottom of the incline as x-t I
could, for there were do f.ep. The
Erst step Landed me in rami cearly ;
over my shoes, al lhe second, I toocted
solid earth and there stood positively
refosiog to proceed lurcher in the da;k
though urged lo do ro by my guide.
Io a few miautes the pup;!s oi my ejtt
adiasted themselves to the limited
amount of light in the rocm acJ I
could see that the walls were of excel
lent masonry, the same white ol
rock Lcirg used io 'their cocstraction
that I found al the grave, at thespticg
and everywhere els on ih premoes.
The dwell. eg once stood in a magnifi
cent grove ol white
caks, cootair.icg I
five cr six acres, but the woodman's
ax bad been laid at the rot cf many
of the trees and the grove, now tc-ch
diminished io area, presents a "very
ragged appearance. I was told that
lhe little dairy, about fourteen .fctt I
square, which stands near lhe kitchen I
was sometimes used ai a Led room fwf I
the accommodation cf visitors acd 00 j
two occasious at !eat it was oied as the
bridal chamber. About seventy Ce
yards Irom th bouse at lhe foot of a
cenlle incline a Buck Sprint. How
did the spring get that carat? 1 akcd, J
and this was the ittirt: eiri v I
times tcwic iccrc was maj Kti.cmtoi
1. J... .1.. a . I .l
nciti ucn rimnnj mui.c u ie.j
spring to drink. Th: fact was ucl iced
by hunters who would conceal the m
a,W rwsr h sod tK:it ,.(-. n cet a
-
shot at a buck." llccce te natce
t,v -rv. .r...n-
a e - . a
anea wi;d wcue u.ai roc a 01 urge
if and there was a wall of the ume
kind of rock just above and a few feet
from it to catch the waihirgs from lhe
hill. For sentimental reasons I de
sired to take a dries of water from
Nat Macon's spring, and this I ntaytd
to do but one swallow as eooogh
The water was not pleasa&t to the
taste nor did it have that clear spark
ing appearance characteristic cf good
spriag water. This may not always
have been the cat?. I bote it was col,
but if so, then Mr. Macon and his fam
ily must have lived in blissful igno
rance of tbe blowings ol good water.
Until a few weeks ago there stood
within fifteen feel of the tpricg, a gi
gantic poplar tree which roust have
been at least to hundred and - f:y
years old. This tree haj stood f-r
ages as a lowering seotioel to watcb
over the wateis of Buck Spring and
protect ihcm Irom the scorching rajs
ol ihe-tuo. Ucder its refrnbisg shade
ibe two daughters of Mr. Macon an J
ibeii visitors no doubt fieri played
dolls or paddled io the branch near
by. At i s bate in the cool shade ol
the evening, Mr. Macon and his
friend Tihn Randalnh often sat and
dacu.a the various acts 01 ice iui
Congress or chatted about the curre&l
events of the day. There Ihey sat up
on the roots of this giant of lhe forest,
some of which were eighteen iochrs
above ground, and quafrd the waters
of Buck Spricg made more palatable il
may be, by drawing upon the contents
of the w'.oe cellar. There was cever a
day ia ba Ii.'e wrien Mr. Macon wou.d
have taken a thousand dollars in gold
lor that tiee. Eut alat! alav! The via
dal's ax bad t:cn laid at its root and
its mighty trunk lay proitfate light
across the spring, tearing down to its
fall a pirt of the rock wail around ib
The trunk of this tree mutt have brcn
forty feel targ to lhe first limb, and to
' , . , ,
thee)eitapreartdtoUcf the sarce
size all lhe way. The stump, three
feet high, was five feel io diameter at
the top. Oa one of its root 1 walked
a distance of sixty feet without ouch
ing the ground. Alf that point the
rootdppd into lhe earth tut reap.:
pcared about twenty (rrt farther cff.
"Why did yon cut. this tree doo
I asked Hiiliard Howard wh3i-Jty
apparently much ictertt'.ed o all
that was said and done. The anttr
was: "Ttxre were leet in one of the
limbs aud I cut it d on for the honej;
and besides I wan'cd te wood any
ay." Thi answer showed that he
was as Completely destiiive of all ae-
thctir. scniitutcl as the nra.e that he
il)ei i.n t'.s firm. 1 IcU very i'.r;ri-
ly incliae-4 13 give h:ra a SD-ad ati
log for h.t r.l ol fn;t ati rtrrt
twn fjr It 3 C 1 trt, 1st tt was V.
cse? -CiQ the C.'c: -aa ctarre hai
" a
.lU!Cf v .;c i eery cA rn cf ia'tt-.
nt aoot the t!ce I lattr ray la t !
toocward U 1 thai I tad al Utt
tn able I grt fy a lcr fcU det.rl
Ma t.k.t U grave cl
A Macofc -
fr.etd, je, t-iftly rrirvtd that l.
occe pcul acJ ratrrct c t-r,e cJ
Wat re a ccirtT had rtas.ued l
grave cf th-s great acd good reaa 13
tecorae lhe crajcrty cfa ttgry. Oi
aiarnf , where Is thy t:.ih
lA.l-Jt . A. r-r-w o. cl U:ui . 8. C .
VA.l-jt 8. A. r-f-w o. o! r-ssuv '
u r io--s' rr.i. Ir
- T .v;, MfTf;, rmmmm. : i. a4
"f '
t-'i letter ki'S . a4.
j:r iut lo sis U ea:lr"
t;i, can tat ssv'.&ieg. It's grasi
sal U rr-"-- Uistiv j-;.,., art tj -
did cr t ril l.rer." r 14
of Af! w, 6twMt ail Uitr tra:
ist r-oe.tivs. f4raau4 cwrv. Osly it
The seed i cl c-f crtr,eal are
ton a: the Mtse tioe we cotam;t tt
:a. Heilod.
fWla Th-: at Mfbt
Or sitaksr Is a eaaa m:i 1 i4
ft.os. on rl ett-rt f4 ; siii
t l tBc!. Lvai I ! I I'nfT'
jf, le. ths tew rtf, eaakte a a4
t(a( tajkt 4 if j yt'.t . W. U.
Taokva, Aiiz t.
lj l.tile it rt cow; o shall t-g
th rgs cme totheety a&J by askleg 'o
be done. Tcttua frowtb.
'My taty was rr.V sik wi'.i its
A.ntM." ssjs J. 11. Do. U WiJ-
I'uiia., urr jb. m svrt isk, m tin
Ltta i:a its d ct rs as:str. as) at
a lat ttcrt we trwd CVsob-rU C-1.
t'boivr s&i ltrt t :" l-o If. 1 sss
harry ior 11 c icaxij'. riwf
at J a ecafUt esrw," Fsf ty W. O.
T&c-isss,
That Ulfae piatttrejty li-attijics
cot in goS4 io cr.e&tats chai.ty, tit
bu.lds iu h-c.:al ia lie huata beart.
Haxtcy.
Vr. Iaa t f-ava, MtrtUs. ts .
'ilitttkiuiksittll vtr t-e-i t
d,tr sl sse-i.ca t t"Sl. SatJ I Lea
I'olrr's llttStf S4 Dkf. It t laas.l
Mj,r resse-is fm.u.i. - u. ?vs
rtr
The woiid tTU 11 10 it any
i . .. .
cjio tavswtu tnosrs wt.;:itf I-t 1
J guicg. Davd Siarr Jji io.
Krtii. I:U, harts, eatls ai Sk-V-
-tmm kiftls n-lkl LMilfc Ik.
1 WJu's Wkti LU.l tU; Cruia rw
I for tl. lwars cf Cosaurfelu. I'-s
I -
1 evas t'rsf Uj.
Fa. lute ts ooly endeavor lecpcriry
cST the track. How tjc!.h U wocU
te to abandon it in ibe d.'.eh!
V00U llatslut It las It U Life.
Cmii Cm, Ltoa. Kv-. r. :s
I ksts n I'fci's ki-y Cr
as4 Uks cresl !(Mr ia iiu.i( tl -ve
re.UialV Wo:4 tiave CVM ss sv i.;t.
Take aoae st I oter s. . V. I
The tt way fur a man to get out
of a bwly ics.iico ts to te Ojt.s;xh-
ouly elective ia iu Dr. Juba Hall,
VTrn. P.aa ( Lima, stUlse-4 ttceW
iesl rvi trots) tie se f t'o'.tj't KU4y
t are. il Ml;ev4 nv bKkseit. as4 siere
ra. a over lie t.rs. tl !- 1 say : aa4
( sa aev vtta aa4 eaerxy. tl is aa k
r aa4 rvl.atle ren)y. a irv e sr lr aJ
kiJsey 4 ." V . O. IlKnava. i?jrrt-
Life b a q-iarry cut cl mlxh e arc
lu mold and chltel and cos;tr.e a
character. Goethe.
Hrs. 8, II. ' Ai:p-rt, Jctts'.wa. f .
sjs "Oct (irl slant sirstjrl-! la
d ( i:h eroep. Th d xtcrs eits
eoslJa't Ins b?t sis was U-aiacUy rv-
lisvesl ty Ue i-isaUU:;) ten. Ay
ook fJrt:sT Co.
Setisg much, s-iTrr.og much acd
stcivinz mcch ire the three r.'.'.ari cf
I .
I isarcisr. u urw.u
CASTOR I A
Tor Irfr.t aid Clilixex
Tl3 Kl:ilc3 K2T3 Alt ii E::jU
Bssrs the
Wudora lo the romd what healib
h ,0 u boir. Rochefoxauld.
oivi: Youii imjxo
In the Arr.vri. na Survty lor ; tsy,
td Ner York, the lirvest urtJ
Oxrptny la th wurl J d'vote.i x-clu-ivtly
la pti-irant'"" th f. J. t.tj
ol i-rs-tf.e ho',.i.nx r';tir.s ol p-e
rutiar trust, an j acttn: a Purrty
on l-m Unr, 1 cr. l.rtiVw.t. l.wt-;.
jj 1T t!l. Liw ot ort Can-l
ns surn.i-nt aurvtr on t-m ' ar d
ir.iertiiVir; tf every !.-riptioo.
Kt-r rii'-. edd.-v? th Amcrv--a
Surttj Co, 1XJ IlrcMvdar, .Vew
York, or npplj to
W. H. Yu:i.ifr.:t. Ja . Att'y,
Ixiuii!ursr, N. C-
JACOB EVANS.
TUK OVlt Ut.1 tapt-C
E33I i:iD SH3
u -Il E?e
hLop ovfr IK-".r.s
.ortV
Furnitare S'.orv.
r.i:rAi::iNtf a tixtaltt.-
C.e ro-T J
"1 I
s . s 1 1 a 1 -i -
YAIUAELE TCVi'Ii KlnZVl
FOr. HALE,
I bars fcr aJ tiC-LJCa-
Tchasoo V.arti,o-3a atd lit Ui
ec r. U-i I L rv w 1 h Itslailef IL
riat'.M aad th Ueacsl btiHta
II a! a FUvt.
All tka tv p:c;r7 eVtUli-log-
ks.Iiiegi la pay:tg Vsa yr
csnt.ca lis atscstt aaks-i tit lie
rrc;rtj.
Ccaqaiekif yea atl U t:y.
J. A..T0stl,Jt
Feed Sale Liyery
STABLR
HAYES i FTLUB, F;:;::n
Loutoouna n. o.
GOOD TLVHS AXD
rOLITE D?TE5.
nsriXUL ATTLXTIONiTO
TrUVKLLNQ MEN.
A FuistLCtt strastasuts tr
o:t ALWATt o Bavr.
VT sawayi ktvp g-vol ttnt ttt
:, al vtrr rtc.ab!
PKLRLESS STLUI COOKER
TllaU tie tisecf all tls im
tttry bcos44;r Hcli lave
tvsry cooteaisee p-os L t!.
Tl.fiTtabMt ccsrt&U&ct cf all .
It lie Parxiirs Btxau Cccsui.
Ittatii TIME, LAE02, ITEL
rooD.
A07 qatUtj ef fire tlat IU
kep U9 qtarUef sUr WiUsjr
will who lie ex cf a riuuu
Stxam CootsoL, cock a rstal.
Was. B ilLTT,
JU B. BlttlA,
1 ant rrvSL
. J.BTtLT.Cs-4.
Films ISj ECZiiT Eill
LocLSBcno. it. a
fHsl 1 ri 4l Trc 1 14 J5tr.
1 1 2 ' '"X i:uiw snsr.t lv 114
f "mr' m. t.4 lm.Mo.
,Ae s-fe TrsTVm LU.
r. r-.rr.X'nx.
ft. A l H takl5l,
J B.T1! !,
K. HILLT.
C l C.MIHTHkU.
T. W. I S1TT.
w. w.r :. tt.
V. J. Bl LILT.
I
aCio &fam.'jt a-o4 m t jmc (a
cWa.
a4s 6 s;-yv4 tmir'.'.f.
KLKOEBSCH TELEfiiCSE CD.
Ctxtxax S .T xxr rvx t vxi' Omcx.
Htxcrsjo, K. CL. IVc- 3, ISO.
TL co r: : vr. r lrt to a...-.ouao
tt-ll the j m Lr ' bOWj AJTt tow
coaa by tie loa d t-i.- tt-
and th ru t-rre;;a r-ut:.sljJ
J t '..re oa aval aCter Lk.
3rd, ID 3:
rr.onouiDcno to
Furl aoa. Natv,
fbjuNeUtr. Oxford. ZZ
n.r.svi, s.i r-i. i
luaa, 4 ) lUxly J!-a!, I)
Iarta.Ti. ."3 Sotwasd Nk, 4'J
Kraikl.sta, ir) .-j.r - H --,
iirrz-cro. i j Tartan. Z't
tirrcv.:, io V. sAe Tor. Sj
(toVJslvjro, 4 1 V'anrcU3, "
llen-irs.a. -1 Wmro, 4S
Herein:, M W.ioa, 2i
IL.'jilro, WtJNua. z j
littivtoa ' ro Wiis:o3, tl
j , r.C,TOErLEUAN'.Gilpt-
DON'T FOfRGET
That w ba yoi want year liar.
c. V?tgj, vVi-:-, cr a-yttleg-13
this lie rfrs.rei you will Jaj
tae tsar the rir triie ea tte
Wejl si is cf Mala tVre.fi.
t
a
B. C 1 f iT.
r. S. I
I-j, v i : z .
1,