HP T T 1 11 C WILSON ADVANCE. ;i j YEAR, CASH IK ADVANCE. "LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIMS!' AT E THY COUNTRY'S, THY GOD'S AND TROTHS." BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. VOLUME XXVI. WILSON, X. C, OCT. 29, 1896. NUMBER 43 i m - :0il(i ol Sight Seein i i y.-s! Well to see sights that will please the Gyc anj su;t :v; jacket book, we advise you to take a look at the : i i Silyt " of Baraiijs1 Xo.v (.per to you at the CASH RACKET STORES. Th :y an: sights worth seeing, worth buying. Not confined to a:1-- o;v: line of goods but all. j NEVER BEFORE; j has this store, in its whole history, placed before the people of this little city such a variety of goods at prices quite so ridiculous. Mies and Gents Furnishings, Laces, Corsets Notions, Stationery, Hardware and Tinware, Soaps, Brushes of all Kind.! We can knock competition clear out of sight. (Excuse the slang.) Come, see for yourself. J. M. LEATH, Manager The Cash Racket Stores, Corner nash and Tarboro Sts. RATION IN FRANCE Hie Former Mrikers rU ("ariiiiiux Start int.M- nattering rrsj.-c! Al.i'.i. Fein,-,'. ()cr. '.. ;nvir festivities atti'!i,l,.(l th,- opening yc.-icr.lay of t hi; co rTM rativ 1;, factory which has been put hy th.- l'onn.'i- -trikcrs of the Carnmux 'Vl The strike, which grew out (ji thi' (lir!i,ii,'-.' it':i liifrni.cr nf 1 hp (Jlass ' -kits t:-.n!c union hit year, was trans- "I'lliiv i ri I , .. .- ...l. 1,.. 1 .1 . i 'niic ni;in;iri':i1(.:it of ilu-ir willinirness .'Eiirn to work, (uv.it excitement was C;Wh'(1 hytiv incident throughout France, mi'!hr;'s were made to induce the French "lnistop j.) intervene in the dispute and '('Uiv justice f(,r the working-men. The ,in municipal council vi-l large sums "X'Uev ti, smmo.-f tV.,. vt .mL-.m' !ind ( ! - V I .... . . . "V . . -, - Cities all over the - "w..-r inunicip '"Mowed suit. Caudrin, of the Paris municipal 'ic v;,. H"nvi o l'T(. in the na.ine of Paris. M. ' rr !eli-!vd a sinveh, as did ii-idi;-;;l iciali-t deputy who was pi o:n':!i 'itly identi i i :n:!oii-!'.ip of the cause of ' i h" furnaces. i:i- n;.'v'!in ' M. Jan res de- a" i':v,'!it movenient had ' revolution and marked "f c;i'.i!.-ili-an. va u !! -It I- t- .; Waii, !'!Tiv on t Siiiidav. ::. Ills.. ().-t. .'. Vest or .aa t and rest, that Wili i"'a: i;i this city, where for i ;tiv.i lii in self for his after i'ni:vn- he attended services iv '! Presbyterian church a erihon by Rev. A. 13. probably the largest con t divine lias addressed in 'Ii.lt lie fore the liour that the generally assembled the 'Wiled, and in front of the ' of the citizens of Jackson over an hour in order to 11 the candidate. When he " ' was a ireTici-al cratiinir of the admirers of his op- '"r McKinley. After the ' ; " ' -o 1 1 reception was held hi h .Mr. Pryan had occu as possible the nominee ' i side door and out into lie of ' i rapidiv nwav. Tvv't;tv ;t Hours. Oct. -'!.. liarney Mc . was entombed in a 1'eep in this city early He was taken out !'!-iht. ;:fier having i cacv-ciiint I i i ii .t time a rang of ly at work in the at- hi in, and yesterday i- joty men, under the - we-e en r ired in tne woi k i.: : . , ; e. ruinc:enr iiqum nonr- ; i.vhment to k !i::n alive was sent down to him in hi iouib throtirh ji gas pipe, j About o o'clock the rescuers uncovered his head, and it was found that he was stand ing erect anions a mass of timbers, which hail kept the earth from smothering him. ; He was taken out eventually and sent to the hospital, where it was found that he had sustained no injury beyond that of shock. Killed by Dynamite llomb. Xew York, Oct. Hamlin J. Andrus, secretary of the Arlington Chemical works, located in Palisade avenue. Yon le ers, was instantly killed yesterday by a dynamite bomb.which the police think was placed there for the purpose of destroying life and property. There is a deep air of mystery about the entire affair, and one particularly sensational rumor is afloat. The body of the victim was frightfully jnantrled by theexplosion, and death must have come instantly. It is believed the bomb was placed there with the intention of killing John F. Andrus. brother of the dead man, who is many times a mil lionaire. The police, however, believe that Andrus was experimenting with a bomb of his own invention, intended for burglars. Slill Destroying Kentucky To!ljjate9. Fuavkfowt. K'y., Oct. -o. The tollgate raiders have not left a tollgate on a single pike in Franklin county u ndisturbed, and the owners of the-;e roads tire very much incensed at the destruction of their prop erty and will tako such action as will bring the raiders to justice. Saturday night a mobof about a hundred men came down the Lawrenceburg pike destroying all the tollgates as they entered Frank fort. They then went out the Louisville pike from Frankfort, laying to the ground the gales as they rode along in the moon light and defying interference by the toll gate keepers. A tinnier Mystery Solved. COKNTn. Me., Uct. :"'. On Oct. 5 Mrs. Betsy li. llobbs was found dead. She lived alone about one and a half miles from Hliinghani, X. II. When found the hou-e was learning and her body half cre mated. The mystery was cleared .Satur dav by the coio'c-sioii of Charles Sav a.e. He accuses, Frank J. Palmer of the . '.;-,; .. i .j tier's jury has brought in ,i veiioei ....in. Palmer of murder in the lir-i v'.euive. Savage was held as a wit nes. i'.ii.ncr is 10 years old and lives at West. 1 ;.-..i-held. Vavage is 20 years old. He declares .a.tl Palmer killed Mrs. Hobbs on accoiiUL oi an ixrtidge. t . v. if. joiVc-Kiunuge was indorsed lor i congress by the Republicans of the Sev enth Kentucky district. By n collision on the Florida Central anil Peninsular railroad, near Swansea, Ga., two train hands were killed. IN TIIK CLOSE .STATES The Post Givs an Account of Ilryan and 3IcKiHley Chances in Doubtful States Chance Favor Kepublii ;tas. WEST VIRGINIA. . Wheeling, Oct. 25. The situation in West Virginia at this time is that the heaviest vote in the history of the State will be polled, ami the chances are de cidedly favorable to the Republicans. Among the campaign managers the re publicans seem to have the most confi dence, and their poll of the counties shows that they have ml ?'. ,r their claim of a plurality of votes. Chairman Dawson says that the plural ity will not fall short of that of 1S94, which was i;,.o.:o. lie also claimed all lour Congressional districts. The Democrats concede the First District, and claim the State by about 8,000 plurality. The Populist-Democratic fusion, on both State unci Na tional tickets, is now complete, but Republican managers claim it will not figure largely, as the sound money Democratic vote, they say, will out number Populists, who only cast 3,500 votes in 1S9.; and 4,000 in 1S92. The Democratic Committee say that a secret poll taken by them proves the falsity of Republican claims. The State is claimed by Republicans by a majori ty of 7,000. INDIANA. Indianapolis, Oct. 25. The leaders of both parties here are making ex travagant claims for publication. Chairman Gowdy says that the State will give its electoral vote to McKin ley, and that the Republican State tick et and legislative candidates are equal ly safe. He will talk of nothing short of 40,000 majority for McKinley. Chair man Martin asserts with equal confi dence that Bryan will carry the State. He does not enter into details, but is clearly looking for a landslide. Indi ana is more rampant for Bryan to-day, than at any time since the campaign opened. A level headed Republican who has stumped the State said to-day that he expected McKinley to carry the State by 10,000 majority. He thought if the Republicans controlled the Legislature it would be a very slender margin. He admitted a big republ ican defection among the farmers, and thought this might reach 15,000 votes. His esti mate of the gold Democratic bolt was 20,000. He said the Democrats in many sections were "Bryan crazy," and he had never before known se much feeling in an Indiana campaign. NORTH CAROLINA. Raleigh, Oct. 25. It is generally ad mitted that the Republican candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor and the fusion candidates for the other State offices will be elected in tlrs State. The total vote will be not less than 300,000. The fusion vote two years ago for Congressmen was 150,000 and the Democratic vote was 126,000. The new election law will increase the combined Republican and Populist vote to ico.coo. The fusion of the Democrats and Populists on Bryan will run his vote greatly beyond the vote for Watson for Governor. Nearly all the Populists of Republi can .antecedents ui'l vote for McKinly. The result for President depends upon the size of the gold Democratic vote, the number of Democrats who will not vote for the Bryan Watson-electors, .and the middle-of-the-road Populists, who will not vote for the Bryan-Sewal! electors. What the defection from these sources will be cannot be calcu lated. It may be enough to give the State to McKinley, but the chances fa vor Bryan. The Republicans tire solid for McKinley and are confident that goldbug Democratic vote will throw the State to McKinley. KK NT l' CUV. Louisville, Oct. 25. The outrage on Secretary Carlisle at Covington, the great sound money demonstration in this city Saturday night, participated in by thousands from all over the Slate and the sober second thought that h s et in with people u no UmiK. .it a:i, seem to have taken Kentucky from the doubtful column and placed it solidly in the McKinley and sound money ii : Conservative people think th v. t State will go for McKinley almost c-r- 400,000, an increase of 25,000 over the highest vote yet cast in the State. Bryan' and McKinley will come to Louisville about even, and the majori ty this city gives will be the majority in this State. This will be anywhere from S.ooo to 15,000. Palmer and Buck ner may poll 20,000 votes in the State, but this is even doubtful. The Cov ington incident is changing many votes from Palmer to McKinley. IOWA. Des Moines, Oct. 25. About the middle of the coming week the Repub lican State Central Committee will is sue a statement claiming Iowa by .t least 50,000 tmt: ritv for McKinley, and declaring it posMb'v that the majority may reach 90.000. The statenien will be a serious declaration of the belief of the committee, and will not be issued for political effect. The silver Demo crats have issued a statement, in which they claim the State, but make no fig ures. They qualify their declaration by the statement that if McKinlev car ries Iowa it will be by fraud. In this statement the Populist State Commit tee has joined. The claims by the Sil ver Centra,! Committee is that Bryan will carry the State. TENNESSEE. Nashville, Oct. 25. The Democratic managers in Tennessee enter upon the last week of the campaign confident that Bryan and Sewall will carry the State, and that R. L. Taylor will be elected Governor, along with the Leg islature. At headquarters all sorts of estimates are given out, but to careful observers it would seem that Bryan would have from 20.000 to 25,000 plu rality, and that Taylor will win over George N. Tillman, the Republican Gubernatorial nominee, by a majority a majority of at least 12,000. The Pop ulist vote in Tennessee numbers about 24,000. Bryan will get this vote al most solidly, while Taylor will cut into it very largely. Some of the strongest Populists in the State are in open re bellion against their State Committee, and are working for Bryan and Sewall. From this State all silver Congressmen will be elected. NEBRASKA. Lincoln, Oct. 25. With election day but a little over a week away, Nebras ka can still be claimed among the doubtful States, so doubtful that no man, aside from a party manager, who has a political reputation to sustain, would care to hazard a certain predic tion as to the outcome. The past week has witnessed by far tiie hottest cam paign ever known in Nebraska, and if any advantage has been gained by either side it is clearly with the Repub licans. Speakers of national repua tion have been poured into the State by wholesale. Not a county has been neglected, and the 'effect is certainly felt. The masses of this State feel sure it is for Bryan. The Republicans have organized thoroughly and are doing some hard work. MINNESOTA. St. Paul, Oct. 25 According to the Republican indications now point to MeKinley's carrjing Minnesota by 15, 000 upward. Tawney will probably be elected by an increased majority, as will McCleary. Heatwole is e.pe ted to get 2,000 majority. Stevens will likely be elected by 4,000 upward. Flether will probably be re-elected, but the situation in Minneapolis is hard to determine. Towne and .orri are fighting hard in the Sixth and ',b claim a certain victory It is i'ep..i.,.-d that Towne's supported. at- trading Bryan for him. Lddv 1 : the mo.-t desperate fight, and the odds of Yo majoritv la be overcome are tho ',1 by many too heavy. THE DAKOTAS. South Dakota mav j.,r vh Ii;i ev while the cutest in North Dakota ;s favorable to Bran. Th-.- conleM hi these States will be cio.se, wi 1) v'han for ryan in each. OHIO. Columbus, Oct. 25. Chair-. :an 1 of the Ohio Republican m, was interviewed to-night ..no . -a: .' an estimate of the ' aio . . .1 . , : proximo. He refused to m. . , a iO'es - .1 : iv; t'' -' ' ' '. not llx any .: . , . , : see v. ;a. in aa e--: . (.i -, msghi C 1 us har-' ' -'- - sibly might i'.,ij-.': ..!. '. to victory. ,s ,,!n.d;. ... . . j ., not utter tnan ) ! J a. 1 . . to give my riguri V th" when I furnish .'... .a it ..ill . ,v ... what we mean to h;. ... Chairman Ta 1 ... d . " .m State Committee, claims the State for Bryan by a safe majority, but will give no figures. He claims that the disaf fection from the Republican forces on account of the silver issue is greater than the managers count on, more than sufficient to offset the Palmer Demo crats. This, with the aid the Demo crats iiope to receive from the class known as the laboring men will more than turn the State from McKinley. The l ast Estimate. Col. O. ( ). Stealy, the veteran Wash ington correspondent, of the Louisivillc Coin ier-Jou.nal, an intimate personal friend of Secretary Carlisle and Henry Watterson, a gold-bug by faith, has been figuring on the result of the elec tion, and gives his table a- follows : States reasonably certain for Bryan : Alabama 11 Arkansas S California 9 Colorado 4 Florida ; Georgia 13 Idaho 3 Kansas , 10 Kentucky 13 Louisiana 8 Mississippi 9 Missouri 17 Michigan .' 14 Minnesota 9 Montana 3 Nebraska S Nevada 3 North Carolina 11 North Dakota 3 South Carolina 9 South Dakota 4 Tennessee 12 Texas 15 Utah.... 3 Virginia 12 Washington 4 Wyoming 3 Total 222 States reasonably certain for McKinley : Connecticut 6- Delaware 3 Illinois 24 Indiana 15 Iowa 13. Maine & Massachusetts 15 New Hampshire 4 New Jersey io- New York 36 Ohio 23 Oregon 4 Pennsylvania 32 Rhode Island 4 Vermont 4 Wisconsin 12 Tot d ..211 States doubtful : Mar) land. . . S West Virginia 6 Total 14 Reasonably sure for Bran 222 Reasonably sure f r ? 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