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foLXJME XXVI. ; ,
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WILSON, X. C, JULY 16, 1896.
NUMBER 29.
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J llUvwvJvJ . 'i:':r:-;.;':. ; : I ON
The "Bqy Orator of the Platte"
t Named for President
TEE FIFTH BALLOT.
i
N these days of keen and constant t
competition the path to prosperity bewail Secures the Nomination
0
must be cut out by the blade of common
sense,' as applied to the act of buying.
To underbuy is our constant effort,
And to undersell is our settled
determination. . . . .
ALL who appreciate the winning combination of LOW
PRICES for BETTER GOODS, we offer our j
,: Drives in Notions:.,..
HE ARE SOME OF THEM. j
L ad i e b U rqbre lias.
leknow that -we underbought on these and are underselling
3 others. ..Don t buy till you see them, rnces start at 47c,
otthat quality would be cheap at 70c hilly as good values
the better grades. . - . ; i . ..
for Vice President. -
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Kibb
oris !
COMPLETE KOUT OP GOLD MEN.
A Convention Made Historical by the
Bitter Contest Waged Between the
y Advocates of Monometallism and Bi
metallism On the . Ballots for Presi
dent Jfevr York aud New Jersey Dele
gates Kef used to Vote, as Did Many Del
egates from Other States The Candi
date Makes a Speech from the Verandah
of :His Hotel Ex-Governor Pattison, of
Pennsylvania, Will Supdort.the Ticket.
The Platform Declares for Free Silver
Coinage Independent of Other Nations.
Senator Jones, of Aakansa, Succeeds
Mr. Harrity as Chairman of the Demo
cratic National Committee The Candi
dates to be Formally Notified of Their
Nominations at Madison Square Garden,
New York, Early in August.
WEDNESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
THe Convention was called to or-
er at 10: -;o by Chairman Daniels.
HAT MUST CLAIM YOUR ATTENTION.
Iwavs remember that a piece of Ribbon at the
Bine price as we asK is nui uib banie muuunj d
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TTfE claim to give you better values than others at same.j The committees not having reports
1 1 price. Test US and be convinced, t 5 ready a recess ot a few minutes was
Lil. & aa ;Aa a nil Alln lvn In In Slven and eo. Hogg, "easily tne
1 Uoiuiu utJiivci j uutj piiutJ lu au igus uie iaie.
lias
ores,
J. M. m g
IN..
r. Nash and Goldsboro Streets.
A REAL PUNCH JOKE.
Had a Good Point, but Was Not In the
I'up r. '
is 5T:s?ibIt- to find such an iagen
cprlr ! ( f 'escape, from a dilemma
its" vcrv inreunity shall : react on
tad of the" too clever orisinator.
; fc'piclmr.h:i, ? in his "History of
History
'givr-s an raiiiisiiAp: case in point.
A . occasion -of the wedding of
fcinc? ( f V:iIcs a '.brilliant conipa-
Ktinlkri. at the pnblidiin cice of
cf the-., iiiviicd sraests. arrived on the
itT side :f tho way. -but was unable
pss ly::; of the dense crowd. His
caripLt HKh-t of him and pointed'- i
-lniin.. Sothern took the Hint.
w m.. through ho whispered,
f. 11 e. .wav a sovereign. "
I -uaidl can't," said the man re-
"Ut ril try." ;
fas at his Wits- eud4 ' He could not
iae tliht of -losmff snch a din-
- :
n i rnnir.rnr TTiPn fill
JoiLsid, u'cume to him.".
tne sea wan at tne Dine waters 01 ! mo
lake, broken here and there by lines cf
white. Then he turned and surveyed
the smooth expanse of the lake sliore
drive and the row of stone residences
along its farther side. j
"Ifl were rich, " lie said, ' thought
fully stroking his chin and speaking to
the man on the other side cf the bench,
"if I-were rich, instead of , on my last
financial lens, I would buy one of those
The Michigan contest had not as yet
been decided.
THE NIGHT SESSION.
.The committee on credentials seat
ed four silver delegates from Michi
gan which changed the aspect from
gold to silver. Alter a heated dis
cussion which was joined in by most
of the silver and goltiV champions a
vote, was taken. It stood 558 to 368
in favor of the majority report.
The committee on permanent or
ganization gave the following report
for chairman, Senator White, of Cali
fornia, and Thos. J. Hogan, of Ohio,
as Secretary. The convention ad
journed until ten o'clock: Thursday.
Thursday's convention.
The entire morning session . was
taken up in discussing; the platform.
Those taking part in this discussion
were Senator Tillman, of S. C, Sena
tor Jones, of Arkansas, Senator Hill,
of N. Y., Senator Vilas, of Wis.,
Gov. Russell, of Miss. , and Senator
Bryan, of Neb. Alter these speeches
houses
and
corae over here and live.
Just feel the air! Fresh and cool oft j the
lake and ' loaded with the' blessing ci
health." - ' !
The man on the other end of the
bench shook his head sadly, j
"It's all right early in the mcrnint:,'
lid. "But during the day them
-bicvclists come along and pump it into
their tires and carry it off. By night
there ain't enough left to breathe.'
Chicago Tribune. 1
cyoui- haiuTcuffs on me and drag
. i0;S and T"ll crivo. rnn hm snv-
L --"'lu ine iaca ana feotneru
, J?1110 time. Ke slipped on the
toils and witK o nroi.n w-0tt
, 'Nullity; which before had re-
izp0tir' but vllich uow parted and
40rd -tiiig the custodian of law
&fir Aft
1 ler much pusiiing and some
r landed at Punch's publishing
at w1 fi.I1(i tIie money in my waist-
mlJ not observe that after the
althe- n secured the money a
Pni 'otl0n.was made to it by one
Psw7 fiends, who found Soth-
a f igmai tnat it suggestea
l further develomn pnt. ' Thft no-
W JrtUddeiny disappeared in the
'reali 1 men did the c0'
to mil6 a timely bribe had left
the fla tn m iriends for the rest
. T?1 secured in the man-
uu"i 8 Comp
Janion.
old
Him Tired.
the r, maa ' rose ; painfnily
. wnca and looked out over
In Quarantine.
"Good gracious!" ejaculated the bak
ing powder drummer, who had been
tilted back 011 the porch of the Squani
Corners grocery store swapping yarns
with the proprietor. "What has that
weary looking dude from the east been
guilty of, that those, men and boys
should be driving him up the hill with
guns and pitchforks?" . 1
"I don't s'pose he has done anything
he could help, " replied the merchant.
"But he's been mopin around the tav
ern for a day or two, an, this mornin he
confessed to the landlord that he'd got
a turrible bad case of ong-wee. An so
the neighbors are driving him up to a
little shanty away off in the woods,
where they are goin to keep him till they
find out whether the disease is ketchin
or not. It's pretty tough on him, but
we can't afford to take any risks on
that account. " New York World.
The young man had accompanied the
colored young woman to the shoe store,
where she desired to make a purchase.
' 'What number of shoes do you wear?' '
the salesman inquired
She glanced at the young man appre
hensively. ; He was so near that he could
not fail to hear the answer. Then she
said to the clerk :
"Dat soun's like er foolish question
ter me." j
"But it isn't, I assure you. " j
"Well, den, ef yon gotter hab an
answer, de number bb shoes I "wah is
two, same ez anybody else. Did yon
fink I hab er wooden laig?" Washing
ton Star
biggest man in the convention, his
weight being 300 lbs, .was asked tb
address the convention.
Geo. Hogg's address consisted of
many heated words against Repub
licans and gold. , He mentioned the
con-bolting precedent of the Demo
cratic party and made an appeal that
it be adheared to this time. He
urged that the way. to prevent anoth
er republican rule and a consequent
converting of "the country into slaves
and millionaires, was co-operation on
the part of Democrats. He said, "il
the Democrats would stand together
that party could this year be laid on
the hill side ot despair."
Senator Blackburn, of Kentucky,
was then -asked to address the con
vention. The Senator from Ken
tucky stated that the object of the
convention was "to correct its griev
ances and right its wrongs." He
said that 'A hile the cajiise of silver was
slim at the beginnirjg," yet State after
State had taken up trie cry, until now
they stood foremost. He counseled
moderation, at the same time urging
them not to let the fruits of a victory
so nobly won pass unused. Said he,
"anew day is davving, whose efful
gence will mark the return of Demo
cracy to power- I beg you gentle
men to make a platform that will tell
the truth, and then rally as one man
to vendicate its utterances."
Governor Altgeld of Illinois was
then induced to address the conven
tion. ' The Illinoisian said that his
purpose in the convention was to aid
in the nomination of a president and
the formulating of a platform which
would again give hope to the party
of the people. He described the
semi-bondage in which millions were
being placed by the shrinking values.
The free silver element was then
presented by Ex-Congressman Wil
liams of Massachusetts. He claimed
that the convention should not stand
on sectarianism. But declared that
this is a battle for the restoration of
the union oi the States." This
statement and indeed his entire
speech was received with enthusiasm
by the delegates and "visitors.
The committee on credentials seat-
CANDIDATE WTLIJAM J. ERYAN. .
a vote was taken which resulted in a
silver victory by a score of 698,10
NIGHT SESSION.
The fun began - in ernest at the
night session!, The convention was
getting ready for the nominations.
The collesium was crowded from pit
to gall try when the gavel fell at 8:30.
The roll of states was called and as a
result the following men were put
before the convention : Bland, Bryan
Matthews, Boies. Blackburn and Mc
Lean. After the' roll of States had
been called and the speeches of nom
ination were made the, convention
was adjourned until Friday morning.
Friday's convention.
The day was taken up with the
balloting for the presidential candy
date. ;. The nominations had all been
219, Boies 36, Matthews 34, McLean
54, Blackburn 27, Pattison 97,. Ste-
venson 9, Hill 1. Not voting 162.
Fourth ballot: Bland 241, 'Bryan
280, Boies 33, Matthews 36 McLean
46, Blackburn 28, Pattison 97, Ste
venson 8, Hill 1. Not voting 136.
Fifth batlot: Bland 106, Bryan50O
Boies 26, Turpie 1, Pattison 95, Ste
venson 8 Hill r. Not voting 162.
After the result was announced
enough votes wrere changed to give
Bryan the 'necessary 512 votes. - ,
; I ! SATURDAY.
.The business still before the con
vention was the nominating of a man '
for the Second place. After the nom4
inating speeches the balloting began.
Below in the result. of the five ballots
taken : j -' " ; '
First ballot: Blackburn 20, Bland '
62, Teller , 1 , Daniel 1 1, Harrity 21,
Boies 20, Williams, of I 111. 22, White
1, Fithian 1 , Williams j of Mass. 76,
.McLean 11 i , Lewis 11, Clark ,
Sewell 100, Sibley 1 63. Not voted
25s: ';; :;j I.' '; ::.:-
Second ballot: Clark ,22, Williams,
111. 13, Pattison 1, Harrity 21, Bland
294, Williams of Mass. 16, McLean
158, Sewell; 37, Sibley. 113. Not
voted- 255. ' .
Third rallot: Pattison 1, Daniel 6,
Bland 255,1 McLean 210, Sewell 97,
rlarrity 19, Sibley 5c, Williams of
Mass. 1.5, Clark 15.
. Fourth ballot:; Williams of Mass.
9, Clark 46, Harrity n, Pattison 1,
Daniel 54, Sewell 257, McLean 296.
The names of McLean and Bland
being withdrawn Sweell had an easy
victory. The lesult is : Sewell 568,
McLean 32, Harrity n,: Williams of
111, 22, Pattison 1, Daniel 36, not vo
ted 251. ; p-! r'-;r
After the usual resolutions and in
strtictibns Chairman White declared,
at 3 o'clock, the National Democrat
ic Convention adjourned sine die.
"For ..five
1.
water, so to speak,"
V. '
weeks I lived 011 cold
writes a man who
suffered terribly from indigestion.
He could hardly keep' anything on
his stomach. S What stayed was not
properls digested and gave him terrible
pangs. . -?:
This is not an uncommon case. Dys
peptics don't get enough nourishment.
They are generally thin and weak.
They may eat enough, but they don't
digest enough,; Much of what they eat
turns into 'poison.'" If this keeps on
there's no telling what disease they
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may get next. ' ' .. ' . . . "; .:
That's wily it is best to take Shaker
'Digestive Cordial, as soon as symp
toms of indigestion appear..
It cures all the evils of indigestion,
and prevents the evils which indiges
tion causes. ,
Sold by druggists,, price 10 cents to
$1.00 per bottle, j .' '
Hie I rop Outlook. w
The general observation of the
many visitors, including tobacco men
and planters, from all parts of Vir
ginia and North
tobacco crop is
- 1TRS. WILLIAM J. BRTAK.
made on the previous night so. the
balloting began early in the session.
The following is the result of the bal
loting for the presidential candidate':
Bland 233, Boies 71, Matthews 37,
McLean 54, Bryan 132, Blackburn
82 Pattison 94, Campbell 1, Russell
2, Pennoyer 8, Tillman 17. There
were 185 delegates not voting.
North Carolina cast her ! 2 2 votes
for Bryan, of Nebraska.'
Second ballot: Bland 281, Bryan
190, Matthews 35, Pattison 99, Tel
ler 8 j Hill 1, Boies 35, McLean 54,
Blackburn 39 Pennoyer 8, Steven
son 6..
J ed silver delegates from Nebrasca. Third ballot: Bland : 291, Bryan
Carolina, is that the
growing irregularly"
in 'the fields and has too much wet
weather in some places and not
enough rain in others ; but it is too
clrly to make i predictions as to the
final outcome. ! We gave warnings
cf the wet weather reaction two weeks
ago. It will take a week or two to
tell results and for the plants to re
adapt itself j toj any radical weather
change. The sappy roots will have
to harden, to get. deeper soil, and
that will take time. ; v
In the meantime, 'there is cutting
in North Carolina and many cures
already, much topping going on,
many forward crops, and yet grow
ing complaiuts of bad growth. -Altogether
it is getting the better oi
some of the new j belts so far. Tne
heavy, dark belt is growing up well.
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Rugs. A new lot just in M. T
Young's. I ! !
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