North Carolina Newspapers

VOLUME XXI. LENOIR, N. C, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 4. 1896. UUHDUIl CS. New Departure Onr soa ii" P'crp re attract it)r pu...'im ts from "I1 par ..of- the concrry, feeoo we fel justified in stating :'afaw reasons therefor . First. We Keep a fall stock and yon can always get that for which you go to the store. Second, Oar prices are always reason able and you can feel assured that you will get the worth of your raon6y. Third, Wo keep abreat in prices for all kinds of produce. Fouith, Oar eboes were bought before the recent big jump in leath er, but our prices remain at t he same old figure. Our entire stock is now complete, an 1 we can show you a good assort ment of Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, Caps, "Boots, Shoes. Big Iot Ready-Made Clothing. And for fun, Buy a gun. Big lot of them, $3 to $25. And for comfort, Buy a stdve. Big lot of thcm';:' $8 to $25. W ill cost now wholesale, $10 to $35. We make a specialty of GUANO and sell none but the HIGHEST GRADES. Will pay cash at all times for Shingles and Wheat. Respectfully, MOORE & HOKE, Granite Falls, - - N. 0. "i WE Don't Want All The v EARTH, v But we want our friends to call and see our stock of DRY GOODS, General Merchandise, Boots and Shoes, Clothing, NOTIONS. GROCERIES, HARDWARE; Lumber and Shingles. HigheBt Prices paid for Country Produce. The Farmer's Friend Plow, the Hill Side Plcw 1 and 2 horse. We make a Specialty of Hardware. We will give yon full value : foi ev ery dollar yon spend with us. M, DEAL & CO., red ar Valley, - - - - NO A HORSE 1 A HORSE ' Livery, Feetand Sale Stable Aggies, Wagons, Harness, Sad dles and Lap-Bobes a Specialty. Everything in Harness Line. Jutum.6 roP' nd Wngt whan you can tray tomwil your Lore br1t look and you walk Wt klln J0? cn buJ h1" for 20o to $1.80. bridle ua ou ot wnlpa. cbec unea, Vob tttinV, P robe, MddU blankett. ottckasttnvo?t.rtw..m tv.. In roil prioei ,7Bn'"Doa a tha We on "?,7? wnt wafton eoma to it nd wuf tou lowest prioaa. aaa va. EL, CRAIG & C w&-'r' ' -.- XA mem. -m m OMPANY LENOIR, N. 0. THE PAW8EQ BI3LL BY MARY ATER MILLIR. Hmldrow, (L T.)B?giater. You teU me that I never knew The maddening power of drink, Because I tand erect tonight In manhood Y prime ; you think I never seized the fiery tup And quaffed at any coat, Until my soul held fellowship With demons and the lost I Listen 1 I'll tell you, never man Had nobler wife than mine ; As true as steel as lily fair As clinging as a vine. ' Never did brighter children blest A happier home than eurs ; Never was a pathway strewn With sweeter, fairer flowers Twas mine to plan, to think, to toil That little home to bless ; 'Twas mine to meet at eventide A welcome and caress ; Twa mine to kneel with loved ones there, God's blessing to implore ; 'Twas mine to lead their tender hearts His mercy to adore. But in an evil bour,aproztrate By fever and by pain. Physicians with their tonics came To give me strength again. I touched I tasted and a thirst Of which I never dreamed -Awoke, and grew and tortured till A part of self it seemed. My strength returned, brute strength I mean ; My manhood all was gone ; Weak as a child a willing slave, (Batter I'd ne'er been born). My wife neglected children shun ned ; I trembling on the brink Of hell itself still would have sold My very soul for drink I Three years sofficad to sweep away The honest toil of ten ; And often came the bitter thought Of all that might have boon. And, frenzied by it, I would seize Whatever I could sell, To drown that thought, and thus escape A foretaste keen of hell. One night I staggered home to find A dim light burning. still, In the one room we called eur home; And Bessie, wan and ill, Lay panting on her little cot, ' While bending o'er in tears, Her mother stood. 0 I what a wreck To come in three short years 1 Of all the children Bessie lay The nearest to my heart ; And, sobered by the thought, I cried . "How con Id I from her part 1" I sat and held one little hand Close in my trembling grasp ; For in the other lovingly A little book she clasped. I knew she loved it, for one day A mission teacher came, And spoke so tenderly and kind, And took our Bessie's name. She told her of the Sabbath School And Home at No. 3. Now, Bessie, you mnst sorely come, For I will look for you." But Bessie sobbed, "I have no clothes ;" 4 "Don't cry," the teacher said, 'For if you come I'll give you clothes, If hungry, give you bread." But still she wept, and whispered low, "You'd better not, I think ; For if I brought them home, papa. Would trade them off for drink." I heard it friends the poor child thought That I was still up town ; I hard it and knew 'twaB true, 'And I could only frown And curse ravaslf ; but Bessie weut In clothing not her own ; She changed them at the mission school She dare not bring them home And there this little Bible Was to my darling given, To cheer her dying moments And lead me back to heaven. I watched her thro' the long; long - night, . . And in the morning dawn I saw her softly sleeping. The look of pain was gone. And the precious little Bible ( Twas never far away) Had slipped from her white fiogerg , And on her bosom lay. Worn with my watch, and crazed with griff, And by that fiery thi,rst, (I think that for a moment By devils even cursed), I snatched the Bible from her breast And on by frenzy lead, Down thre' deserted streets and lanei, " . . Like one pursued I fled Until I reached a den obscure, A lowdewn place pf n And pawned my baby a Bible For a half of 'glass of gin t , I drank, and steadier for the draught . Back to my child I crept, Anf bending gently Wd nor - cheek, Believing that she slept , - But opening wide her large dark eyes, I heard her softly say : "Pap, the dear Lord'scalling, I'm going hone today. And when- He asks me for book Oh 1 tell me what to aay. Stoop low, speak quickly, papa, I hear the angels near. Where is my precious Bible ? Good-bye They're here, they're here r And then upon my knees I fell, while angels hovered near; By many a pang of anguish rent With many a bitter tear, By my dear child I s were that I, God helping me, would stop I And never to my dying day Would touch another drop ! And now when I am tempted, U-wn in the glass I see iy Bessie and her Bible And that's enough for me. 'OLD DOG. 27. Y. Ledger. He was only a dog after all, but even dogs have their peculiar traits jnat as human beings have their impulses 'for good or bad, and. their likes and dislikes. I an quite sure that old Doc had his. I think we must have conceived a dislike for each other at the very first.. He used to show his teeth in an ugly way as I passed along the road, and he would tug at his chain as if anxious to cross the fence and do battle with me. But he never barked. - That was one of Old Doc's peculiar traits. He was very large, withj a coat of dirty yellow, and he semed to take u special delight in showing his ugly white teeth as if to say,. "I'd like to try these on you." When at last bis master died and left him homeless Le followed my father borne from the funeral. We Hd not want him - I am quite sure I did not yet none of us had the heart to drive him away, he seemed 30 utterly sad and bereft. . "He aots just like a human be ing' said my mother. And he certainly did, only his grief seemed more sincere and depressing than that which we are accustomed to see in mac. He took up his abode in a dense thicket teav our cabin, and for days refuted to touch food, though the moat tempting morsels were placed before him. I did net like his presence about the place, but so long as he did not come near me I could find no objec tion to his staying. As the days went by, however, he became less of a recluse, aid wouldj come twice a day tq the cabin door to eat the food given him. Some times he would follow father and me into the woods where we were chopping, but he was never obtrus ive. There was a shyness in his na ture, that seemed incompatible with his burly exterior. i Dwelling in the deep Canadian woods, with none of my own age for companions, it is not strange that I acquired a passion far pets. Of birds and squirrels I had many, but my favorite among then all nas ' a little fawn, whioh I had caught in a distant part of Ihe forest. There was something in ita almost human eyes tbat won my affections at : the first sight. - It soon became to gentle that it would follow me about the premis es One evening it had followed me to the spring, and as I was return ing with a pail of water I passed close by the spot where Old Doc was lying in the shade of some busnes.' The fawn was following close to my heels, land as I wag near ; the house I heard a short growl and turned to see the little animal go down under the weight of Old Doo Dropping my bucket I fled to the spot. At the iound of my voice the dog leaped back, and and stood looking at me. as if to ask if he had dene wrong, leaving the fawn dying from an ugly wound in the throat. The sight nlled me with sorrow and rage, and, hardly knowing what I did, I seized an ax that lay near near by, and hurled it full at the blood stained mouth of the dog. The missile flew straight to the maik, and, without even a whine; Old Doc turned from the spot, hie teeth shattered by the blow, I buried my favorite pet under the shadow of the hemlock where it had died, and it was several days before I saw old Doc again. When he again showed himself at the cab in, I was much stricken with re morse at sight of the effects of the cruel blow I had dealt him. There wag a deep cut in hie jaw, and most of his teeth were broken and shatter ed. He crept back into the thicket when he saw me, and after that I saw but little of him. One evening, about a month la ter, I was sent ie a distant part of the forest to bring an ax my father had left. Ag I left the house and turned into a dim path I heard something behind me, and turning saw old Doc in the v act of coming witn me. He stopped as my eyes fell upon him, end as he looked into my eyes there ivaa a perceptible movement of the tail from right to left, as if making a mute appeal -for reconciliation, while he seemed say ing : "I will be your friend if you willletme." - ' I had a mind to drive him back, but something in his looks held from doing so. I turned vend re sumed my way, and when I looked for him again he was nowhere to be teen. ; It was near sunset when I found the ax and started on my return. As I was passing through a dense piece of weods I heard t he snapping of a twig to my left ; then 33 I turn ed.my gaza in that direntioi, the dark form f & pantbee Jf-ftp1 t- v tbeiu ket and sprang toward me I had only time to strike it one quick blow with the ax when it track me and bore me down as if I had been a broken reed. I felt a deadly pain in my shoulder, then I lost consciousnes3. When I regained mv senst I vas lying in the path beside the dei body of tha pmther. Close besi'l me lay old Doc, his life running from him in many wound, wheo the knife-like claws of the panther had struck him; I knew as I locked upon him that he had saved my life, and -that in doing so he had lost his own. Oolv the life of a dog, but 0, to me then it wm more than words of mine could imply. Ha lifted his eyes to mine. Some thing in their expression moved me and threw a mist over my eyes. As he looked at me there was a feeble motion of the tail, a mute, appeal ing look. Then I took his head in my arms and drew it upon my lap. He opened his month and licked ray hand, shewing where my cruel blow had almost deprived him of all his weapons ef defense, those which be would have used to save the life of the one who gave him the only blow he ever received. "Dear Old Doc, forgive me," -I said, looking through the mist into his fast gazing feyes. A feeble whine asked me. He opened his moqth and again licked my hand, and in so doing died. And there they found us. I buried my rescuer where he fell, for now he was dead, he seemed to me a little less than human. We had been enemies, Old Doc and I, but if there is a future life for dogs, as some claim there is, we shall be good friends. lisiap Pitti's "Irfdnss. WUtubtro Chronicle. Bishop J. 0. Petty, colored, a Wilkesite. delivered an address to the colored peoole at Mobile, A laba-" ma, Jan. 1st' 1896. We have receiv ed a copy and have read it with pleasure- His advice to the negroes is among the best that could be giv en. He advises his colored breth ren of the new conditions now fronting them He pictures the progress of science, the arts, im proved machinery, eto , and explains to his brethren that they must edu cate their heads and hearts and hands to meet these conditions, or else they will be left out of the race of life entirely. The introduction of machinery into eyery avocation in life increases demand for skilled labor, but decreases the employ ment of the unskilled. The negro, he says, in order to be employed, mnst necessarily be a skilled labor er. Otherwise he will command no employment and be only a vagabond. He-shows that the Southern white race is the negroes, real friend, and that the negro should make friends and confidants of his Southern neighbor rather than follow the pre judices of outsiders. The Southern farmer is the negro's friend, he says, while the New England manufac turer employs foreign labor over his head. "Is it better then," he asks, "to stand with the New England manufacturer, who will not employ ns, but prefers , foreigners, er with our Southern farmer friends, who employ us and assists us in hym?" His speech all tha way through ad vises friendliness between the races, exhorts the colored people to edu cate themselves in machinery, etc., and stand by the interests of the Scuthr 'Efery negro in the land should read is. , Y Tli Doctors iSris. Morgan ton HexaJd . -. The Democratic papers in this State are much exercised over the strange things they say are: going on in the party and of the deals tbat are supposed- to be maturing between certain -self-constituted leaders and the promoters of the silyer movement. There is at least the consolation to us as party men that the names of onr people mixed up in this scramble are those of, men in every way entitled to be heard upon any subject of living in terest. Judge Clark and MoSae, Messrs. Smith, Peebles Reed, Craig and others are all men ..with consti tueaces behind them, are not new to questions of first importance and have traveled more or less extensive ly in legal and literary fields. The troubles in the enemy's camp are receiving solution through the press at the heads of such statesmen as the Hen, John Baxter Hves. of Chicaner Rock; the Hon. Julias Barlow Fortume- of Golden Yalley; the Hon. Archibald Egglettoa Hel ton, of Yadkinville; the Hon. El ward Washington Ward, the only one of his ticket left of election in Lincoln, and the Hon. Iliram U lysaes Grant, pf Connecticut, The contrast in phvsicians. is pleasing, even if the physio be the lint. ftPPED 12 TEEI'JO A Ei Csbaa FiliSnsltrlng Expedition Pn Bitanlj Istirfind Vitl at Esw Tark City. Naw Yoek, Fb. 25-Thelarggt fillibustering expedition that has yet been fitted in the interest of the 'ubm reolutionitj cai9 to grief ifegrrly. before midnight last night bv.thg seizire, in thU harbor, of 'he stener Bermuda, flyine thb Brituh fiig. 6 Tne steam lighter. 8 Stranahan, loaded with arms and ammunition, wasteized as were the tugs McOal din Brothers and William J. McCal lin, which carried about 60 Cuban filibusters aboard the Bermuda Uai States msrihals and Pirkwrton selective, the latter in the employ of the Spanish government,- aided in the seizure and took the filibus ters ashore. Marshals have been placed aboard the Bermuda, which is lying off 3edloe's I?hnd and her enginss have been disconnected, thus rendering her hors da combat for the time being. Shortly after 12 o'clock all the prisoners were released excepting General Calixto Garoa, Captain Hughes and two others, under the telegraphic direction of the Attor ney Genera at Washingten. A pre vious order had declared that no ar rests should be made simply on sus picion but those against whom evi dence had been secured should be apprehended. These previous in structions were received last Sunday and the opinion is that the whole sale arrests made were clearly with out warrant aud in violation of or ders. To til Hiscdi. If orgtntoa Herald. The situation in North Carolina suggests S"uthey's beautiful story of the Spanish hero-the Cid. The christian warriors, who had met with repeated disaster, were in their tents discussing the expediency of making another assault on the seem ingly impregnable stronghold of the Moors. Many thought the under taking not only hazardous but fruit less. In the meantime the Cid had entered and took a livelv interest in all that was suggested. Finally with the spirit of prophesy and tictory upon him, ho cried, "Thank God. He has reserved for me the glory and privilego of doing this impos sible thing. We will rout the Moors and capture their stronghold tomor row." If the Democratic press and poli ticians, inspired by the zsal and spirit of the Cid, will bury their dif ferences and march in solid pnalanx to the music of Democratic prin ciples, under the waving of Demo cratic banners, the fusion host will be routed and the State redeemed from those who would throttle and diiroba her Is there do Cid in the North Carolina Democracy t If there be none, let those, inspired with his zal, stand for the right and just, atand for Democracy pure and simple, disdaining compromise and bargain, and if at last we go down in defeat we will have the proud consciousness of duty performed and will win the respect even of our en emies. U Eicsorf jiug Sign. 1 V Charlotte Obaerrer. There are every now and then indications whioh encourage the hope that judgment has not wholly fled to brutish beasts and that all men have not(lost their reason Here, for instance, is Secretary of State Cooke. He went into the State silver convention last Septem ber and saw it through, and yet he had the grace to say to a reporter of the Raleigh News and Observer Monday; "Those who think that the Dem ocratic party, if fairly represented in its Stvte convention, would ap point delegates to a national con vention with the intent that they should participate in the delibera tions and work of that convention until the main issue is decided against them, and then bolt its logical consequences, are measuring the party by a lower standard than is justified either by its past histo ry of the character of the men who now compose it. This means that Capt Cooke, in his zeal for free silver, is not obliv ions' to all considerations of politi cal integrity, but that he is disposed to be mindful, even in the midst of a wicked and adulterous generation, of what has, in all parties and all times until now, been regarded as just merely ordinary good faith In dealing with fellow pirty men. Etliif ii Six liirs. Distressing Kjidney and Bladder diseases relieved in six hours by the "New Great South American Kid ney Cure. This new remedy ia a great surprise on account nf its ex ceeding promptness in relieving pain in the bladder, kidneys, back and every part of the urinary passages in male or female. It relieves re tention of water-and pain in passing it almost immediately. If you want quick relief and cure this is your remedy. Sold by W. W. Scot!, Druggist, Lenoir, N. C. 13101a Ultra piags. Christian Herald. r" Young people are apt to be im patient, forgetting, that "triflsa make up the snm of life, just as in. building, single bricks laid at a time, ene npon another, combine to make the towering and solid wall. Here 13 a little gtory, which illus trates the importanca of little things : 1 " A yonnar man, baring exhausted his patrimony in obtaining a pro fessional education, settled him b If in a town araady filled with lawyers, to practice law. One day one of these old lawyers asked him how, under such circumstances, he X Dec ted to make a living. "I Rope I may get a little practice," was the modest reply. "It will be very little," said the lawyer. ThanT will do that little well," answered the young man, decidedly. He caried out his determination. The little things well done brought larger ones and in time he became cue or. the most distinguished jurista of his state. Again, a certain eld bishop, who was fond of finding odd characters in eut-of the-way places, was visit ing in a quiet neighborhood. One day, in a walk with a friend, he came across a cross roads settlement of a few houses. Among them was a snug little shoe-shop, kept by an old man. Interested in the eld! cooler, the nsnop stopped lor a chat, 7 "My friend," he said, "I would not think so small a hn mending shoes would pay so well." "Ah." laid tha ?ntl am an witK him, "Old Cato has the monnnolT jof shoe-mending in this region. No ione else gets a job," . r-m '. "liowis that, Cato?" asked the buhop. "Just so," replied Cato. "It is only little natcha tint nn with little stitches or tiny pegs. But when I take a stitch it ia a atitnh. knd when I diive a Dai? it hnlda." Little things well done I Old Pltpll Old oeoDle who to regulate the bowels and kidneys :n uj il. . . . wiu uuu tua true remedy in Jiaeo prio Bitters. This medicine does pot stimulate and contains no whis. key nor other intoxicant, but acts ah a tonio and alternative. It acts Eaildly on the stomach and bowels, ddiog strength and giving tone to he organs,, thereby aiding Nature In the performance of the functions. Electric Bitters is an excellent appe jt'zsr and aids digestion. Old Peo ple find it just exactly what they ieed. Price fifty cents and 1 00 per bottle at W. W. Scott's Drug ptore. .t&stf 5 The bigget gun the Spaniard! lave yet sent to Cuba, so far ai noise is concerned, is the mouth of the new captain general. He has feeen shoottng it off at an immense rate of late. If his idea is to (sup press the insurgents in that way he should make a requisition on th C S- Senate for Marion Butler an Ben Tillman. Sawari if Oifltaiits far Citirrl tkat j contain Uarcnry, as mercury will surely destroy tie sense of smell and completely de range the whole system when enter ing it through the mucous surface?. Such articles should never bo used except on prescriptiens from repu table physioians, for the dama2t they will do is ten fold to the good vou can possibly derive from thm Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0.. contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon tbr blood and mucous surfaces of tht system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the gennin It is taken internally, and made, in Toledo, Ohio, by Ffc J. Caeney & Qo Testimonials free. I Sold by Druggists, price 753. per bottle, r Hall's Family Pills are the teit. "Denver has one among its pret ty girls who was in the eon try last summer, and one day she hapene3. out towards the cow lot about milk ing time and was asking the man several questions. I ,Why don't you milk that cow?" ahe asked, pointing to one in an adjoining lot. ".Decease she s dry miss. "Dry ?" ''Yes, miss: she's been dry for two weeks. ( You cruel wretch she exclaim ed. ,,'Why dn't yon give her some water f' And the man turned his face toward the cow house and shook with emotions ! he ceuld not sup press." . Backlis's Irslci Stlrt. The best Salve in the world for cats, bruises, gores, ulcers, 1 salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corna and all skin eru ptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It ia guaran teed to give satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25o. per box. For sale by 1 W Soott. j No man is fit to lead is nntrat to himself. others who For Troubles - "Sevenyeara am Tnywif fct -a severe lungtroublerwhichphy sicians called eonaumptkm. i The cough was distressing and attend ed with ?pitlirrg?ef blood. As doctora didnot Jielp her sfc? tried ' and was surprised at the relief It gavcM-tOne. .bottle oi ifcis medk cine cured her; and she" has not the least denbt hat lAyer'a Cherry Pectoral saved her life. JS. Morris, Memphis., Tsnn. . Medal j and Diploma At World's Fair. READ THIS T There art loU of people ia '"r .---- 1 jtsri this town and vicinity who 4J . 3: would appreciate present more highly if it ghoald.be some of onr les; Elejant China ware; Fine Sta tionory or other handsome and use ful novelties which we have yery recently rece ired Can't 1 i name prices you win nave to see the goods, to judge whether prices and quality are right. We are so sure that both are right that we - . . cordially invite you to com pare them XZ Frejsh, Drugs and Med icines recoiTed' every Tareek;5 TrhlcxTTxiU at all times be carefully and accurately- - compound ed and diopeitced at tho DRUG STORXJ. ' This space" is reserved for the'" OAWEIXlLaOTr V ain xmiiiiw do. Manufacturers : of Y and "Dealers la WHITE PINE, POPIiAR AND OAK LUMBER, BAND AND CIBQULiu SAWED, AIR AND KILN-DRLCD, ;J Lrr