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VOLUME XXII.
LENOIR, N. O.. TUESDAT, JUNE 22, 1807.
NUMBER 38.
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us we can not afford to keep
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. all while court is in session
i ;r you can then buy more for
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after court.
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uLi plenty to select from and
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this season. It is our busi
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' our business to buy.
to see us and if you find
. i ll we are not doing what
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and Mason's the cheapest at the
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GOVFHJiOB BOB.
Bakes ens of His CbiraeUristic
Speeches oo TaccesseB Day
Following is Gov. Taylor's
speech oa Tennesseo l ay at the
Centennial:
'Thin is the natal day of Tennes
see This day 100 years fgo the
sixteenth child of the Union wae
bora No flag ever floated r.ver
a fairer land. History decs not
record the deeds of brayer men,
and poets have never anng
of women more beautiful Whtn
I am in the North I sigh for the
warmer sunshine and sweeter
flowers o Tennessee. When I
am in the far South I sigh to
rest again in the cool shades of
my native Tennessee mountains,
where the balmy traczes blow,
and whero bright streams fall
from lofty heights and sing oa
to the rivers and the rivers sing
on to the sea.
"Tennessee lies in the happiest
lines of latitude and longitude
that girdle the globe. It lies on
the dividing line between the
North and South, and it combines
the climate and products of both.
I sometimes think that when the
Lord God banished Adam and
Eve from Paradise, loath to des
troy its glories and its beauties, he
transferred them all to Tennessee,
and here amid its lucious fruits
and gorgeous fbwers, I greet this
happy throng and give them
a hearty welcome to the birthday
party of the fairest queen in all
the royal sisterhood of states.
"I would not wound too heart
of any other state, but this is
Tennessee day, and I am a Ten
nessean I believe in local pat
riotism which loves home better
than any other spot on earth.
I love Tennessee' better than any
other stato in the Union, because
it is my home.
"But I must not forget my de
lightful duty. I must not forget
the pleasing proprieties of this
glorious occasion. My duty is in
the name of Tennessee, to welcome
our guests with open arms, es
pecially the ladies. The proprieties
of the occasion are, that while mb
pay tribute to Tennessee, we must
give honor and praise and glory
to the great commonwealths, whose
distinguished sons and daughters
have come to join us in our jubilee.
Although the first moDth of our
great Exp. sitiop, like the first
happy hour at the banquet has
paesed awy, the festivities have
only begun. Qaly the first course
ben 8ei ved. The vLnds
and del cious herbs, and rapturcus
wines and kisses and cakes and
cream all come to day For Noith
Carolina, cakes and cm m and
ksae; for South Carolina, 'cream
an! kisses and cakes, snd for all
the other states represented here
to day kisses and cakes and cretm
and kisses and, kisses and kissas
and kisses and for each and eur
one, old and young, big and little
lUh end poor alike, a genuine,
tld fashioned Tennessee welcome.
"Tne pist with all its discoveries
and all its glorious a. Movements,
lies spread tut here before us in
epitope Who can tell what an
other century wdl unfold. I think
I see a vision of tna future opening
before me I see triumphs in art
and achievements in science un
dreamed of by tha artisans acd
pYib S"phers of the past. I see
the sun darkaaal by cloada of msn
and women fly ng in the air. J
a e tnroiiga of pissengeri tu t ring
ei ctric tubes in Now York ard
San Fran iic two hours before
tbey started I see the glove 1 and
umbrellacd baieri of the Populist
party fitting' in their horaes
carriages and s'ng ng the ha.vtst
song while the self ad i sting an
tomstic reapers sweep unamended
through the fialds ousting aad bind
io and shocking the golden grain
j see swarms of foreign pauper
dukes and counts kissing American
millionaire girls across the ocean
through the kissiphon . I see the
women marching in bloomers to
the ballot box and the men at home
singing lullabies to the Equalling
children. I sae erery Republican
in America drawing a pension, and
every Ifcmocrat holding an office,
and every 'cullud pussm' riding on
a free pass, and then I thick the
millennium will be near at hand.
Pur I am sgiin about to forget
my duty. I am again about to
forget the proprieties of the occa
sion. My duty is to welcome our
distinguished guests, and the pro
prieties of the occasion are to make
them happy.
"South Carolina, the land of
the brave and the trne 1 God
pours out bis floods of sunshine
upan her hills and fields In her
shady coves the mockingbird sings
his sweet song, the bright waters
ripple in eternal melody, and tne
milky way is only the picture on
the sky of the rica and cotton fields
of South Carolina. "But who will
chide me if I speak tenderly of
North Carolinathe mother of
Tennessee? We love her for the
history she has made. We love
her for the statesmen she has pro
duced. We love her for her heroes
whose name shall live forever in
song and story. We love her for
the sake of her orato 8 and poets
who have enriched the literature
of the world. We love her because
our people are bound by the sacred
ties of blood, and because her sons
and the sons of Tennessee have
suffered and died together on many
a battlefield.
A Fata! Affrif
Occurred recently between a dose
of Mrs. Winslow's Vermifuge and
a stomach full, more or less, of
worms The slaughter was im
mense, but as was to be expected,
the Vermifuge came out victorious.
It always does, and may be relied
upon in all cases of worms.
We advise our readers, if they
think their children are troubled
with worms, to use Mrs, Winslow's
Vegetable Vermifuge. If no worms
are there, no harm will be done,
and if they are .n the sjBtem,
Winslow'a Vermifuge will expel
them.
The Raleigh correspondent of tte
Charlo.te Observer writing under
date of June 15th, siys:
"Bailey, of North Carolina,
s.roDgly antt-Russell, came out on
top last night at the meeting of the
board of trustees of the blind insti
tution. He was elected chairman,
vice B. F. Montague. The bqard
was in session t ntil after 1Q o'clock
this morning. It re-elected John
. Wray superintendent, and drop
ped W. J. Young as assistant super
intendent. It elected J. Rowan
Rogers, ex-sheriff of Wake county,
steward. Rogers is also a direotor
of the insane asylum here, He is a
Republican. The board ousted ev
ery Democratic employee. It
dropped two of the teachers'. Jt is
also the board of trustees for the
Colored Deaf-Mute and Blind In
stitution, and in the personnel of
the latter, made many changes also."
"The Board of Agri
culture met at 4 p m,J. D Mault
by, presiding; J. L. Ramsay, eecre
ttiy R. O Barton and J E,
Shepherd appeared as attorneys' for
J. H. Gilmer, cf the fifth district,
J. R McLelland, of the seventh,
and R. Aiken, of the ninth, and
demanded that they be received as
members of the board and be per
mitted to take their seats and serve
as such until the expiration of their
term. The matter goes over until
to morrow. Their claim is under
the So pre me Court's decision in the
asylum cases, which are claimed to
cover this place precisely. Under
the acylam decision, W. R. Cape
hart is also on titled to retain his
seat, but he does not make claim to
it
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A PEI PICTURE
. Bcw ur lalgiBor's Look
Qaltman (Vlias.,) Quill.
Feeling quite an interest in a
semi-Weekly newspaper established
recently, in our native town in
"the land of the tar heels," we
wrote to Pine Burr, a correspond
ent of the paper, making some in
quiries as to the personel of its edi
tors, to which we received the fol
lowing answer:
"Editor Quitman. Quill:"
You write enquiring a
bout the editors of the V .""
My acquaintance with them is of
recent date. E, A. P , was
namrd after the great poet, Edgar
Allen Poe. I don't know how long
he was named aftar him, for I can't
say how old he is, but he is some
where between 15 and 60, of French
descent. To look at him yom
would be reminded of Timothy
Clay pole in "Oliver Twist," orMaj,
Babstocks in "Dombey and Son."
He has the appearance of being
young, for I notice he has left a
small space between his nose and
mouth on which I think he intends
raising a mustache, though the
cold, late Spring will cause it not
to mature before next Summer,
sometime. He doesn't write poetry,
but is taking singing lessons under
a patent medicine vender who sings
in the streets in L
- . and is
making good headway, and would
make a good singer, but when he
gets under way the tune will take
its own cou se,
J, S. D , is direct from the
German a descendent of Van
Tromp, who shook the seas." He
claims affinity with "black" and
"red" Dutch. I believe he is right,
for his complexion is red, and his
hair black. At lean it looks so to
me As he wears his hat, I can't
see the hair on his head, but notice
Dme few scattered over his face,
with both ends growing fast in the
skin and they are black. He differs
from P in that he oan't sing;
don't know one tune from an other.
PtiTB Bu$.
A YiImdIb Frescriptloi-
Editor Morrison of Worthington,
Ind., "Sun," writes: "You have a
valuable prescripts n in Electric
Bitters, and I can cheerfslly recom
mend it for Constipation and Sick
Headache, and as a general system
tonic it has no equal." Mrs. Jennie
Stshle, 2625, Cottage Gtrove Ave.,
Chicago, was all run down, ceuld
nett eat are digest food, had a back
ache which never left her and felt
tired and weary, but six bottles of
Electric Bitters restored her health
and renewed her strength. Prices
53 cents and $1 00, Get a Bottle at
Todd &J3hell's Drug Store.
Z ke Bilkjns, of the progressive
Farmer writes about the meeting
of the Press Association as follows:
I've jest cum in frum Morehead
City, N. C, where I attended the
State Medical Society an' the State
Press Association, You see a fel
ler what is ruonin fer ofns awlways
wants ter git solid with the editors
an' doctors. So I wus ttar thakin'
1 andi with them. They are a
o.'ever set ov boys, I. think. The
new Pre ser dent, Mr. W hi taker,
ov the Winston Sentinel, iz purty
gudeloekin'. He reminds me ov
Alexander the grate. John Beau
regtri Sfcerrill, the Secretary, is
a second Ifapoleqn. He iz little
butloufl. Robert Annanias Deal,
of the Wilkesboro Chronicle, with
h 8 long fbwiDg locks an' burnin'
eloquence iz bout d rt gamble De
ni03thene8e, ttou,gh I mn old ennff
a: n member tlat distinguished
sit Z2n ClaudicuT Romulous Hoey
p ! the Cleyt land Sia , awlso haz
long flowin' loks, and I think he
looj like most ov the cd PaU
erarebf.
"Anyone who has had a public
school education can win a prize if
he or she will only be careful
enough." This is what The
Century Company, of New York,
publishers of the Century Magazine,
says about a competition they have
organized, and as the largest priza
is $500 and 'he smallest f 10 we in,
dine to vhink a considerable num
ber of public school graduates will
reveal large' bumps of carefulness.
The Century people seem to think
that the easiest: questions in their
examination papers are likely to
prove the most insidious, because
the competitors will try to answer
them off hand. They distribute
the questions, without ' charge, ' to
tPPKca&ta who writa for thesi.
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Salaries Then and Now.
In view of Gov. Taylor's stated
intention of resigning his high office
for the alleged reason that the sal
ary is insufficient, it may be inter
esting to know what the old time
officials of the shortlived state
of Franklin received.
Gen. John Sevier, afterward
Temnessee's first governor, was
allowed, per annum 1,000 deer
skins. The other officials were rewarded
as follows, according to regular leg
islative enactment
His Honor, the Chief Justice,
500 deerskins.
The Secretary of his Excellency,
the Governor, 500 raccoon skins.
Each County Clerk, 300 beaver
eiins
Clerk of the House of Commons,
200 raccoon skins.
Member of the Assembly, per
diem, 2 raccoon skins.
Justice's fee for signing a war
rant, 1 muskrat skin.
To Constable, for serving a war
rant, 1 mink skin.
Gov, Taylor's ealary ia fixed at
14,000 per annum, at a time when
the purchasing price of a dollar is
considerably more thai it ever has
been before in times of peace
John Sevier, however, lived
amidst very diflerent conditions and
at a tign when patriotism sought
no money reward and fame was
a sufficient guerdon for any citizen's
Btrivi ng. Nashville Sun.
Undertaker Bartholomew Flynn
of Watertown, N. Y,, tells a start
ling story of the earthquake shock
last week. A middle aged man,
whose name is not given, for pro
fessional reiEor s, . had been
seriously ill for some time, and
about 9 o'clock Thursday night
he gasped once ar twice, and then
to all appearances died. Flynn
was summoned and laid out the
body. He had just finished bis
work when a rppauliog ea of a
heavy wagon over a rough pavement
was heard. The house shook and
trembled to its foundation, and the
windows and doors shook and rat
tled. This vibration las.ed perhaps
20 seconds, and as it died away a
tremor passed through the limbs
of the "supposed corpse, and the
man slowly raised himself to a
sitting position. He is now alive
and is recovering.
Ta's is the kind of men fusionist
rule is putting at the head of insti
tutions in this State in place of com
petent and honorable men. Here is
a picture drawn by the News &
Observer one day la3 week:
In vo ume 74, paga 459, North
Carolina Supreme Court Reports
will be fcuf.d tone interesting
reading thjai d iya It- i3 the cise
of R. 1 Caipp ll nl wif3 vj
Edward G. Vatler Is charges
the defendant Bi'ler wnh fraud in
in settling u the est e of a rd
tive. The court Gran He civ 1
terra, 1&75, Jadge M o founi
guilty and, oa app vl 6 the Suprn
me Cou't, the decis on a su?iai i
ed.
This Edward Q. Butler is the
same man as the E G Butler, of
Vance county, who was Thursday
night elected a professor in the A
and M College by the looterr,"
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Joseph M Moore was bcrn in
Burke county the 16th day of July,
1320; and departed this life at his
home near the place of his birth
May the 20th, 1897. Aged 76 years,
10 months and 14 days.
Brother Moore was converted
in early life and soon after his eon
version he connected himself with
the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, and lived a consistent mem
ber of the same until the day of
his death.
Hd was one of our best men, quiet
and unassuming. I am told by
one who was intimately acquainted
with him, having known him for
years, that he was never heard to
speak an unkind word of any one.
When his neighbors were sick or
in trouble he was always ready to
do what he could for their relief.
He loved his church and was
always present at its services un
less providentially hindered. He
was a liberal supporter of the gos
pel and all the claims of the church.
His good wife preceeded him to
the better land a little more than
two years ago. He leaves a fam.
ily of five sons and four daughters
and a host of friejnds to mourn
their loss, but they' mourn not as
those who have no hope. As he
lived so he died, in the triumphs
of faith.
We laid him to rest by the side
of his wife in the old family grave
yard in the presence of a large and
sorrowing congregation. The fu
neral services were conducted by
the writer.
May the God of all race comfort
and eustiin the bereaved ones.
L. L. Smith.
A negro was put upon the chain
gang in Union county last week
and refused to work. The super
intendent gave him a light strap
ping only eight strokes. Ha then
pretenued to work the ballance
of the day. Next day he refused
to work again and was given tw:
whippingsone of eight strokes
and one of 20 In tha evening h
drank too much water took cramp
colic, and died. The corener was
sent for and an investigation made.
A white physician said the oolic
was caused by drinking too much
water. A colored one said the
colio was caused by the whipping.
The n6groes talked of doing the
superintendent personal injury.
The sad affair was regretted by the
Superintendent but he did rot
feel that he was to blame,
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We intended some tima ago to
submit a few remarks on ahorrib e
impending calamity to the humi
race Perhaps it is not too late jr s.
One of the honored guests at the it
cent dental convention in this c y
said that patent food preparations
would haye the effect eventually ui
preventing the necessity of chewirg
and future centurie would there
fore sea a raoa of toothless m. m
"Medieus,'' one of our most ent: i
taining correspondents, folio t-a
with a story about hair, show i
that the fature may possibly a c
generations of baldheaded men an
women. Won't mankind be prci'
in the sweet bye and bye? Char
lotte Observer.
Near Harrisburg, on the Soui-b
ern between Charlotte and C--i-cord,
W. H. Smith was run over
by a freight train Uat week i
horribly mangled. The engineer
knew nothing of the Occident ' i
he reached Charlotte. Them :
wa3 seen that something had n
ran over. En'Defr Smith t - i
it locked 'i0 reman fbab, uJ
jus', then ho wa3 hande l a telep
stating thV. ?t was h:8 father ' o
had bien kille.
Hon. Champ Claik delivered t
address at Ronoake College 1 set
week in place of Mr. Bailev, who
was detained in Washington. Mr
Clark said that if Andrew Jackeon
were President, he would giva
Weyler and his butcherers 48 boars
in which to get out of Cuba, or would
hang them as ruthlessly as he
hanged Ambrister and Arbuthnot,
in the wilds of Florida.
In Richmond county a negro : i
two white men .ere elected a bca?d
of education. The negro and oce
of the white men are said to be ig
norant and without business capacity.
When the looters : held a caucus
to devisoways and means by which
they conld ' capture the A & M
College. Gov. Russell is reported
to have said:
"I will get control of the A & M.
College if I have to call a special
session of the Legislature to do it."
J. W. Mowser, L. H. Shuford
and R9ys J. A. ( Hoyle were elect
ed a board of education for Cat
awba county.
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