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VOL. XXIV.
HIS OWN FATHER.
WELDON, N. C.f THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1893. m '22
COLORADO'S CHAMCE. iTHE PROSPEROUS SOUTH.! a statu fok xuokoes. I holli;iu;i it too lolj. i NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
A l'ATIlKilu AM) ALMOST I.CHGUlBLE3ttTHE HANK OF FRANCE WILL TAKE HER'
HALLOWS SCENE AT Sl'OKANE.M ENTIRE SILVER I'ROilI'rrtON.
WASH.
Era
hs-benator L. Smith, and chairman!
It was a strange meeting of father andijof the finance committee of "the French
sou on the occasion of the hanging of oldSjsenatc, just left Aspen for Park City
Bill btebbius for the murder of his suc-jJUah. The object of his trip hen-was to
ond wile at Spokane, as described in theJlook into the silver prodiuirj" rcious ofl
Review of that place. The murder wasljihe United States, and he was sent out
atrocious, the people said, and there werejlby his government to more particularly
few glances of sympathy fur the doomed acertain the extent of silver production
man among the morbidly curious stares of'j lie catue to Aspen with a letter from
the little crowd that filled the jail yard, Ml'rcsideiit Hagerman, of the Mollie Gib-1
The sheriff's deputies had attended toMson mine. It has leaked out since his!
the details. The trap was set, ready tof departure that the Bank of France would
be sprung and in an instant send a manSif desired, establish a branch at Denver;
into the great beyond. The nose hadlthat such a branch might be controlled!! But a few years ago the exportation of
CHANGES IN MANY DIRECTIONS HAVKS L ' "K ltAtB "U""'EM "l
PLACED THE SOUTH ON A SURE ANI) FKllEU I,V J011" TEMI'''E "'AVES.
A STABLE FOUNDATION. E$
P Johu Temple Graves, a grandncphew
It would be bard to assign an accept p'lf Juhn C Calll0UD' the.
lablc reason for the South's present nros W" Vm'lt:m at W"ut(1ua, IS.
Dcritv. While the North. West and East Tn' auiruayanu cleMua wore cxclte-
)iave been troubled by a restless condition,m'm HUDsaliwl ani1 discussion than any
iin fim.nr.;l n,rnU tlm Snntl, ,.0..,.IliSut'"!r liiautauqua speaker in years. He
solvent and quiet. Possibly their bank
deposits are not made up as largely
a class of small depositors as are those in
the other sections of our country. But
the cause lies deeper. Changes in tnanyEs
directions have placed the South on a sure
ud stable foundation.
was dramatic at times, and at others
jvective lierce as Cataline's fell from
tejl.ps.
been made carefully of the best hemp3by u directory composed of Colorado
rope, greased with tallow for that occas-jjcapitalists, the bank simply sending a
on. Hiuanager from Paris to represent th
With businesslike dignity the sheriff, Jparent institution; that they would agree
who had been notified, stepped from hisjto furnish from fifty to one hundred
office, crossed, the courtyard and mountedHmillion dollars, or whatever would be re-'
the scaffold with the death warrant in hisMiuired to carry all tho silver produced in
hand. He read the document in a calmfflColorado for several years without allow-
voice, as one would a notice of a sheriff si ing any to be sold until the price wasBin ten years, and now the United States,
sale.
"And now, sir," ho said
ruits and vegetables from the favored
land was no element of trade. Now, with
rapid train service, this trade probably
ggregates $50,000,000 per year and is
rapidly growing. New and large orchards
of small fruits will be added from year to
year to this total. While cotton is low in
price, the production has nearly doubled
Speakin' of colts, I'm reminded of a
story that Amos J. Cummings, the dis
tinguished editor and statesman of Nev.
York, tells touchiu' the financial scare
met him and Tom Murrey in the Shore
ham the other niuht, Amos is a siood
'ellow and fond of stories, which I'm not.
mt this was a good one. He said thai
this little flurry in financial circles wai-
hie to tho fact that the bankers anil
peculators wanted to squeeze the govern
IJuieut into issuing a lot of gold bonds, and
.Hsu they began to howl about silver and
ill that and finally overdid the business-
He said it
reminded him of the old fellow who was
brcakin' in a very frisky colt out west.
He got him purtty well trained to the
saddle but he didn't know whether he
would scare on the road or not, so be t id
one of his neighbors to hide in the bushes
ii- i.i .i
no pronounceu tue present plan a
failure, and the ballot in tliu bands of
the negro a mockery. He said the edictKpcarod tho people too much.
had gone forth that "this is a white man's'
government, and it will remain so forever
for God Almighty has stamped his seal
and sign of sovereignty upon tho Anglo
Saxon tribe. He niaiutaiued that wu
Sowe protection to the negro for his loyalty
'in war and his docility in peace, aud thalj'lnngside the road and when he rode past
jhe could not compete with the whiti
Ibut in competition with his kind his
greatest developments would ho attained.
His plan is as follows: Lot tho Gov
erning to
the condemned man, "you are at liberty
to speak it tliere is anytbing on your
mind."
Throughout tho trial, in the dark hours
after his sentence, through the last night
of life and while viewing curiously from
his cell the rays of the last sunrise he
to holler Boo! The neighbor did as ;
puested and when he hollered the c.-'
I 1 , 1 .1. I 1 . n
ianueutueoiumanacros.su lenee aii.
went tallyhootin' down the road As
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fullv satisfactorv. That the rate nf in-llnr thn SnnH, nrn,la t,nf t,;rriu nf tLeHemnm set asltle. t vast publlcS80011 as t"c old mau came to he said
tcrest would not exceed 1 or H ner cent Beotton used in tho world's ,n9n.,fafitrfi.iU0UlalDS' a ,arc terrllory lur a sovereign gcn.a. assistant, "What did ye do lb
ner annum. Prorations could ho. mM Tn xwrmanent vain hnr ,Wl.BStato to bo ered and controlled ex-Kfor?" Didn't you tell me to holler Bo.?
at once, as soon as the course of eventJ opment of manufacturing cstablishments0,usive,i, bJ tl,c nci5rocs. ana no whitegpes, I did," whinned the old man, "bu
eureseiuioir silver were inorouL'niv ae-mn new lines nag neen a niuen innrn. ltn-M n - -j
D R,, r, . .
tcrmincd in the United States. Francelflportant factor than the products of tho soil.HiI,B w"1 to maintain troops to
has a deep interest in the future of silver.
and will h. quite willing to enter into an
amicable arrangement with the producers
would ever see on earth, the victim of'Bof Colorado whereby both parties would
the law had been stoically sullen. Emo-Breceive mutual benefits.
tion had never shown itself in his face.H It would not be to the interest of i
He hud taken his fate philosophicallyHFrance to enter into any arrangement to
from the first, makim? no defense. savincBdepress the price of silver, but on thcH1
nothing when the stern judge had givenffcontrary to sustain it at a proper valua
him an opportunity to before passingBtion. There are but twenty large smel
sentence. Few noticed it, but it seemed Iters in the country, and if a majority of
The cotton that blossoms and blooms ;DBPreservc oraur- "e only price tbe negro
the sun is now being turned into threadHneC(1 Pav this privilege would be hi.
and cloth in sight of the fields wherein itr'Sllt t0 vtc in any other State.
as if a tear glistened in his eye then.Bthose were to go into the combination aiuccess 'n the race.
Addressing himself to the sheriff, he saidlcorner on the silver production of the
in a suppressed tone: Hcountry could be had. Of course, France
"Won't you shake hands, my boy, be-Mwould not be the first to make the propo
sition, but Mr. Smith says if it should!
fore I go?"
Tbe sheriff did not hear him, or if he
did n one could nave told it. He was
still the businesslike executive officer of
the county in which he lived nothing
more.
"I know I didn't treat you right," the
condemned man continued, showing
trace of excitement, "nor your mother
either, but a word of comfort to a man
that is going to die isn't much. Won't,
you say Bomethiug?"
Tweuty years of battling with tbe
world on his own hook had hardened thefcthe Sherman law
sheriff's heart. Silently he motioned the'
Coal and iron are so largely produced
that the day may not be far distant when!
Pennsylvania's crown of iron will be plae '
?d on Alabama's brow. At that Massa
chusetts, too, will be compelled to give upl
her pre-eminence in tho making of cotton j
;oods and congratulate Georgia upon her
MEDICAL MATIIE3IATICS.
The production of corn has increased
largely, and naturally therewith more cat
tle and hogs. In short, all the possibili
ties of this section of our country are be-l
come from the other side it would bel'nS developed. No man in the North be-j
accepted within less than one week. FromBsrudoes the south one iotu of her pros-i
the time France got the silver produetionlPentv Indirectly all enjoy the usufruot.
of tho United States under eontrol shefi'he prosperity of oue part is the prosperi
would dictate the price of the metal toB'? '" "
England for use in India and compel allfl II is hut the beginning of greater
tho silver using nations to come to herlng9- ot a generation ago it was a des
for money. The scheme finds muchBoIate hnd. It required a person with a
favor among'such silver producors asjstout heart to even hope. But the change
your repre-entativo has seen, and will nofcame aQd croe with a rush aud it has
loubt take shane here if ( odltpss fa knoi stopped, nor win it stop so long as tue
to give silver men something better thanBnatural advantages of the South exist and
need development. Cincinnati Tribune
Thin orevrav huir ami hulil liearl., sr.'
ussisiauia iu uucitie mesuuiis, uuiusi iue,i;..,,i,,.,,, ,., .... ., .... r
Xuap and fix the noose,
Then, with steady hand and unwaver
ing eouuteuance, he pressed the button
and sent his father into eternity.
BHACE UP,
age, may be averted for a iong time by
using Hall s Uenewer.
JUDCE AND THE MINSTItELl
Judgo Armfield and Barlow Bros.,!
Minstrels both struck Asheville at th
Once upon a time two frogs who had!1" ,ial8 last week nd there were lively
been living io comfort and ease in a coolltlUBe- lue rusult was that several peo
pool of clear water were accidentallylple "ere put in jail, among them a mem
scooped up by a pioui milkman in ajhor of the minstrel troupe. The show
buoket of water which ho poured into bisflpeoplo were parading and tha people in
. . m. ... I
can m order to oive his mux more wv'""'" iuuuihuhuuuiu mo muuuws
and thereby increase his revenue
The frogs were astonished to fiuJ tiitim
selves in an unknown element, in which
it was not possible to support life, and
they had to kick vigorously in order to
keep their heads above tho milk. One
of them, disheartened by being shut up
in the dark in an element entirely new to'
him, said
TO THE WOKLD'S FA IIt
VIA THE U. & O.
GOING TIA WASHINGTON AND RETURN
ING VIA NIAGARA FALLS.
He was a doctor of the advanced school.'
lie laid his finger on my pulse, and with
his watch in his hand, gave it a fair start
and observed it carefully all of the way
iround, says Harper's Bazar.
"Strong, seventy-four," he said, in a
moment. Then he consulted a card thai
was covered with figures and continued:
'That equals sixty-three," and he placed
that number on a slate. "Put out your
tongue. Good! That is four-teen," he
said.
"Iuches?"Iasked.
"How is your appetite?" he inquired,
ignoring my question.
"Equal to the supply."
"That makes 204," he replied.
"Can't you reduce it a little?" I asked,1
but failed to get his attention.
"Cold feet?"
"Yen," I answered.
"Three,'' he said.
'No, two," I replied, to correct him. j
He set the three under the other fig!
ures. He theu placed a thermometer in
my mouth, which he afterwards consulted
in connection with the card. ' i
"A good 198," he said.
"Impossible!" I suggested, mildly.
He wrote down the 198 and asked ill
I had headaches.
"Sometimes in tho morning, after being'
Th,,
the trouble with them "oldbucs, thinks
Mr. Cunimings. They hollered too loud j
land scared the country a lcctle too much
WATERSOX OX THE TAUIFF;
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has
placed on sale at its offices throughout the'
East excursion tickets to Chicago, goodafkept late at the office," I answered.
going via Washington and returning via
Niagara Falls, with the privilege of stop
.over at each point. These tickets are
valid lor return journey until .Novembers
15th, and are not restricted to certain J
' I ll 9 a t
to sco tho procession. A deputy sherifitr,,,us Dut aro 800U 00 u-ll' v- tralM.
aa nt to turn the procession aside. Butland Purmit hMun t0 travcl via Pitt8 j
it soon returned and followed the usual!bur5h or Gri,r'nn- Bv kiM rouK
passengers cross tho Allegheny mountains
3000 feet above tho sea leval, amid theKswcri'd
most picturesque soenery in America. rj "We won't consider ilut," he said.
Sleeping car aocommodaiious may be re-H You had better call it !)80." I so".
jested.
n
parading route, which is around the1
court house. JuJgj Armfield gave an
order for the arrest ol tlu drummer and
sent him to jail till 0 o'clock. About
two hours later a couutryman named
litiVtinann hmrfin r,1:ivin,r "Hisi." nn a'
"Let's give it up and go loIfif nJur t xvind,wn wa3 aso
Four," he said.
"Isu't that rather low?" I asked.
"Do vou smoke?" he inquired.
"Yes."
"Ten," ho replied.
"No, two for ten,' I said,
lie put down tho ten.
"Do you sleep well?" ho asked.
"That depend opon tho baby," I un
it is worse than a fraud. It is a var
luguicu assortment oi irauus. it is a
beggar on horseback. It is a beggar oo
crutches. It was a bully in the saddle.
It is a poor devil by the wayside. It
pretended to be a statesman. It ha'
been proven a mountebank. It has been
.set up for a patriot. It has been shown
'.- I - I I T.
io uo a nignwayman. it posed as a
philanthropist. It turned out an imposter
It put on heaven's livery to serve the
devil of Mammon. It plucked the wage!
earners. It pillaged the poor box. It
tole the communion service and robbed
the treasury, and took out a post-obit on
the natioual credit. O Bclisarius, Bel
sarius, thou dire old brigand, bath it
come to this? Hath it come to this?
No matter. Naught will avail not
plaints, nor prayers, not ev( n those of tie
Inter-Ocean. Tho old sinner must
go e'en in his rags and dirt with one
ye bandaged and both legs on wooden
pins. Ho has had Ins say and his day
The plea of "infancy," the subtcrfugr
bout "tho business of tho country," the
cant as to his love for the American work-
ingman, all to no purpose. He n
broken every promise to reform. Hi
has kept no single pledge either to him
self or to anybody else. There he standi
or lather totters Old High Tariff th(
veriest red nosed vagrant the toughest
blear eyed tramp, rotten from head to!
heels! Presently he will be carted off.
like any other carrion, and dumped into
the nearest ditch, and then all the high
priests aud low priests of the Bobber
Baron persuasion, finding their business
.'busted," can go down tu the grocery
nd swear at the court 1
How's i
Yonr Liver?
Is the Oriental salutation, i
knowing that good health
cannot exist without a
healthy Liver. When tho
Liver is torpid tho Bow
els are sluggish, and con
stipated, the food lies
in the stomach, undi-
fested, poisoning tho
lood; frequent headacho
ensues; a feeling of lassi- i
tude, despondency and
ncrvouenes3 indicato hovr
tho whole system is de
ranged. Simmons Liver
Regulator ha3 been tho
means of restoring mora
people to health ani f
happiness by giving them
a healthy Liver than any
agency "known on earth. :
It acts with extraor-
dinary power and efficacy.
Rrv. R. G. WiLliEK, Princeton, N. J.,ayf:
" I find nothine nebs so much to keep me in
f working condition as Simmons Liver Refiilalor.'t
Set that you get the Genuine,
with red 20n (,mt of wrapper. , j
FXBTAMD ONLY BY
J. H. ZK1XAN CO., riiUadelBhla, Pfe
TO THE LADIES OF
WESTERN HALF OF HALIFAX CO.
I know Dr. J. A. jloGill's ORANGE
BLOSSOM t0 very great blessing to
Mir sex. We have long needed some
thing which wo could use ourselves and
which could conquer the stubborn forms
of chronic inflammation and congestion
which lie at tho foundation of all female
Stroubles. That Dr. jfcG ill's treatment
meets the demand of this long felt wast
is shown by tho fact that many cases
winch liave battled the skill of our best
physicians, are being cured by it. I have
pledged myself to let my suffering sisters
in the above Counties know of this simple,
jentirely safe, yet wonderful cure. To
.accomplish this I must have the help of
'some good Christian lady in each township.
1 Here lire not less than sue thousand ladies
iu each of the above Counties to whom thin
cure would be of inestimable value, many
oi them mothers who need strength that
they may train their little ones; then there
aie so ninny .young itirls whose trouble is
not considered serious, but nevertheless
need attention, u only u little time will
be required for it take the color from the
checks and nil the joy from their glad
young liyes as it has done in thousands ot
wises. Write for infortunium. I answr
all questions. I will also send Township's
Agent's Terms to those who will assist me.
MISS LIZZIE It. DAVIS,
Areola, Warren Co., N. C.
l-'JO-ly
m- THE TALK OF
B&- THE TOWN
toT NOW IS
Have YOU Seen
Tbe pretty goods at
li
fli ft
. . . .. - .
Iscrv cd in advance upon application to
Snearo st ll. & O. ticket olhce.
the bottom; it's no use kicking anySpromptly arrested and locked up. ltobin
lom:er." The other said: '-Oh, no;Kson said policeman Yeatman sent him
l'.'. I I. ., ., n,lBC,...,l,.r (l,n ..-I.,, I, ,ur nlin V..,l,..
gee what tho outcome will be. Maybewadmitted that he told Ilobinson to e
things will change presently." But oneXthere, but did so thoughtlessly and with
irog gave up auu weui tu iuu uuiwm
The other kept kicking, and when tin
pious milkman got to town and opened,
bis can behold! the frog had kicked out a
lump of butter large enough to float him,'
tnd be was sitting on it very comtortaDiy.
: Moral In hard times never give up,
but keep kicking. Goldsboro Argus.
You can never have a really good com
jniit intending to disturb the court. Tin
judge placed a $30 fine on Yeatman.
After Ukeakkast To purify, vit it
Baquaug Smash
cr.mo. it nettles the best natured
p He added together tho figures that hchthe of ,,,
INC.-M.ouM be aih.,d placed on the slate. gU.iug tonic,
Mother", nnd especially nursinu moth
ni'OM tint utritnolhitniinr anr.i.nt.f nn..l
a ..p,-..".. .......
ilielpthat conies with Dr. l ierce s Favor
tfiia riescii iiion. it lessens the rains!
. i
anil burdens ot child beamier insnrn-
healthy, vigorous offspring, and promotos
an abundant secretion ot nourishment or
he moth :r. It is an iuviit-
niuje e.-pwiallv for women.
I Dress Goods of all Kinds;
And trimmings to match.
EVERYBODY
says they aro the prettiest in town. A
,..i.m;..fn..i.'v..i.i,;., i
iiic of sample goods to be soid at
rpi'ifi'Hv harmless in any condition of the
cmau .-,.1;..., as it regulates and tiro
is the num ffl
mt you toSj
i no longer fi
ktiu vnRif ufni rcsi c omrcc
luunai mi nn: iifiiuiiii lunt'iuiua UI1U DL'VUl n
ciinilii'lH with (liim
The "lWriptiou" builds ugtre.'th(lUl"J'0U 01,0 'Rctafult ol clotl,cs in
ns mid cures. Tn all ihe rhrnnin .k lsll)lk ' C1U1 select a pattern nnd the
nt is guaranteed; it takes only hvo days
to make a suit.
..'IU. . . . I P.I I MIO.I T I n
ti iiuu iuu amount oi tne mil. 1 bsk '
to see las baggago handled. It soursVJuJ.
. . . . . m
the sweetest temperament and sends a. "Bill!" he replied. "That is llie num
bill down tho back every time. Forftl,,.r f thn i.r..H.rir,iif,n 1 i.m
s r-
such a sensution punish the baggage know that medicine with mi U i
i l.l n T S w 4J
smastierana iaKe oimiuons iiiver Kegu-jan cxperinicut, for I have reduced it to nnesses and disorders that afflict women.
lator. It will soothe tho agitated Ificlings.Kfmathemaiiciil certainty. Every svniPtomK11 1 gui'itcnd to beoeflt or cure, or th(
aliuo and enrich the blood, and give nervc.Hkeep down the bile and mako you vigor-?Wlasjts number, and the sum fil, ii..-U""'.'i ' - n:'.i.loa.
K...l;iu nnd iti.muliuil arrnnrrlb lal-At.iAjl...i.a m.ni.r.K lr. cl.m.l 11.. T.. i..l.la M . . &i 1 ur I'Vt'rV I'USM (if Pill -irvb wh't, n ill... I
fffl lul 1 l. . 1 CP. . . V.i , ., , . .
liter ev.-ry racul lor a month or two andH Bev. Dr. Black, sup riuteu lint of tho ""ecu years in iurra-.i.::,iai.li ll.'in. dy a-iee to pay S.jllll it pnd tell bats just opened.
you will teel "like a new man." 'IhegOxford Orphans A-ylum, is quoted asiSuli",llo niy I "scriptiom and perlectiogeasii. i ou re cured by its mild, sootl.ini.j 1 am always glad to show goods, and
merit of Hood s Sarsapaiilla is provenfLavintr that unless money comes in sneed-Mthe treatment, but I have it now. YourM' l-ing,and healing t l'operties, or vou'nfJorices shall compete with tlin InweJ (bf
plexion uniil the impurity is cleansedBby its thousands of wonderful cures. Tryltily thirty-eight of the orptv.nn will haveghill is $10." nllaia' Cgood goods can be sold at.
from your blood. What y u reed is sHit. jf m hp di.misej. Cn"Hii'i ms this yoarW . , . , , , , H M Respectfully,
. . i r. Ml El IT It ll-ll . n.. Ki. ... . I 11 . .1 IV. I ...ft r!. .f till llllwll unit lurrr1l..C3 ll 0 . I .ill 1 J'
thorough course of Ayer s isarsapariiia.H noou a ring cure constipation. 1 bey Kmc tow, it appears, aini ilure is puslnnf. j , u .c i u1.mUI..jihl..v llahd ana wile wi; m yj n TM I PRV
lamilyfi. need of money. There tire now L'3(S Evm:,; '-' ntf relieved and deeply impress-jCrctiirn to WashiuL'ton from BuzzardMa 1.77. ' :.'
.1' A. j 1... .1... ....!.. 1 ..." U weidon, N. C
1
( CI' A HC. bi liuo of tho
jl-l-XJL L O. Newest styles straw
1 ' I I . I 1. . . ' ll I. ....... I.. I hi. K..I ..l.n . innn n. n .1
WhlCll l.i uOSOiUieiy Iree IIOUI mi Hitliuiuik.ui uiu wnai .iiici uiuuci ;iu uuu
ingredieflts, and therefore, perlectly sate.catbartic.
children in the Asylum.
cd by the doctor's hwruiug
9 29 tf.
4