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VOL. VI.
MORAVIAN FALLS, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1900.
NO. 11
THE YELLOW-JACKElT.
WEEKLY & MONTHLY.
E. DON LAWS,
EDITOE.
WEEKLY, ONE YEAR,; . . . 50
SIX MONTHS,
fco
MONTHLY, ONE YEAR,. . . .20
CASH ALWAYS IN ADVANCE.
Entered at -Moravian Falls, N. C
second class matter.
as
INSTRUCTION
fST Silver preferred to Postage Stam
on suDscnpnons.
Remittances of silver of small su
may be made with comparative safety!
ordinary ieners, usinsf gooa envelopes,
Amounts above , fifty cents it would be
well to send by Registered letter.
VwMonfLrdcrs ruiiU'
but tney must be drawn on Wilkesbqro,
N. C. as Moravian Palls is not a Money
Order office.
vyucji wnuug w nave your paper
cnangea you must give your xormer as well
as your new address.
dress plainly, and direct all your letterJ-to
Thb Ybi,ww-Jackkt,
Moravian Faixs, N.
C.
ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY.
Thursday, June 14, 1900.
GIT A HUMP ON!
liOOK nere, urotner : n you ar
not already a subscriber to tn
e
e
Yellow Jacket, consider this
an invitation to become
copv
one.
Read th paper oyer and r4
like it, send us 50 cents for
, years subscription. You will fin
thfi Y. J. n. warm n.rHp.l. Tfa hnL.
iness end registers 200 decrees L
the shade. This paper each weelk
will contain something good and
each succeeding issue will get bet-
ter if it can be made so. Being a
firm believer in the principles -of j
the great party of Lincoln, Grant,
Uarheld and McKinley, we will
aaysoeiouna comenamg ior
K- r s T
liberties of the people, and wag-1
the devil and the so-called Demct
nrH r,o.f,. '.i ' v J
you to become a subscriber, buU
we also should be nleased to have
you do a little missionary work a
mong your Republican friends'
Ypu can reach those whom we
1 cannot. Take al Yi J. I when voii!
go out from home, and tackle ev
ery Republic ah ypumeet and g
mm io BUDscnoe.i m tuis wayy
will not only be doing us a gre
favor, but you will also be aiding
us m reaching , the people, and
helping to present the facts of Rej
publicanism whiVh nnlv upp frl
: r - -j h
be understood in order to makJ
the Republican f arty so numeri-
callv 8trdn-ff21'iso:-'Hambniniiat':nd
invulnerable that the tribes oi
Bryan, the vtrbrld, the flesh and the
devil can't overthrow, it at 1 the
polls next, November. 1-4 y
See all your neighbors arid make
UP a club of 5 or 10. - If you can't
get the club now; send along your
-n sub. and try the club later.
Tho Voll
huf -11 :"al--s-J
circulates au over Aiuuriuui
andeoeato fnrcm Und. and all'
the time preaches nothing but Re-
Publican gospel and common
Qse. Before sending money,
- re ad instructions at top of this col-
nmn.
Nlow, brother, take the case.
vu send along the subs, aud help
d . . ' , ... ,
u0 the circnlnfincr and w will do
tug DTPft Air ,T 4-Wa Ulo I "
nepbjjcapfim;,,t -
editorial remarks.
The democrats carried Oregon
on paper but the republicans
carried it at the polls.
About the only road left for
the calamity howler to "take i
ISi
the road to the woods.
Many democrats, no doubt-
oppose trusts because they are
too poor to own stock in them
Yes , figmocratic . TUe and
Free-TrauQ in the U. S. wouL
certainly be a good thing J
Europe;
In addition to its other troub-
les the democratic party now
.l?- J "v
has a severe ase of bifurcated
Populism on its hands.
Every time an uninstructed
ted Old man Grover is said to
shake hands with himself.
The attempt to impeach May
or Van Wyck, of New York Ci
for connection with the Ta
many ice Trust, deserves tos
ceed.
c-
Instead of making - calami
t : u .i j j x
Kansas aud help harvest the
big Wlieat crop.
This year wil1 wind UP tlie
business of Showman -Bryan,
Spread yourself, Billy, for the
curtain will fall for the last
time on Nov. 6.
The principle products
of
Mexico are 50-cent dollars,
nd
William Jennings would h
ive
ns engage in the same "ind
, ,,
Kansas this year will harvest
the largest crop of rheat in her
history. The calamity howlers
will have to hold up till after
the harvest out there.
Does anybody at this time
recollecasingle prediction ev-
er madeby-any of the Demo-
cratic prophets that ever came
to
pass?
The "opposers"
rnajr, sneer,
but McKinley will protect A-
merican interests in China if
ix - nuz ze
in 45inS SP he blow8 tne J3ox
ers'1 over the-moon.
Yes, the democrats are using
some mighty strong argument
for the Amendment and demo-
cratic rule in North Carolina
x . -
there's stale hen fruit, for
,
llISlOiUUC. - - -
Send us the names of all the
- ;
fading republicans of your.
community who are not no
subscribers to this paper. ; L
every
will be helping a good cause
The United States just keeps I
right on oppressing the people?
.:X2 i-i L. ..
- '5xl. tjMinM- of fliaATnanaa
of te government, or - w9yw
Cuban school teachers to the U,
S., to attend free of charge, the
summer school of Havard Uni
versity. Mr. Democrat why
don't you cuss?
now would tuis ao ior a
plank in theJSemocratic nation
al platfoqginE ' 'Resolvied that we
have busteoSthis country once
and if the people will give us a
.chance well do it again."
A republican platform will fit
any state ltfrMie Union, but the
democraticrplatforms, like a
mother hul&ard dress, cover up
everything but they fit no
dace.
The Conn, democrats passed
the lie freely in their state con
vention last week but entirely
forgot to mention the moneys
And the silver senj
timent continues to grow, thj
Billy Boy tells us.
In Paris, Tex., lightning
struck a farm house and
"knockeaa) young man insensi
ble." mtf
Ister, who happened
to be standing on a newspaper
near him, escaped. Subscribe
at once !
looks like democracy
would let up ou begging Mr.
Populist to "come back" till the
rotten egsrs dried on him
an? wa'' PerhaPs she wants to
lick him clean though while the
eggs are yet sott.
When Josh Billines said a
man'.e hind sirrht was nsuallv a
darn sishSelter than his fore
sight he must have alluded to
dem
nS uneT
a
In 1895 Idaho owned 919,8651
head of sheep valued at $1,299,-
7 7U, or per neaa. in
1900 Inaho has 2,658,662 head
value a at $,444,zo4 or .ou
per head. Get out your pencil
if you own sheep.
Rer. Sheldon, who for one
week ran the Topeka Capitol
r'as Jesus would" has just tak-
en ship for Europe. Why in
1 n tS 1171
the duce didn't the old rooster
h10p QUt on the water and walk
across as J esus would do
:-..n .
rm, of fim ttoi-igoc mtv
convention will ignore the
"nrrtss of ffold and crown of
thorn s" places jV7illiam J en-
ninire'liflf.wi,Tfc his Satanic Mai-
. - , AWc0'AfooHn.
isty and a vast expanse;ot saline
iiuiuity.
The democrats and skeedad-
l&Iers call this an administration
of the capitalists, monopolists,
extortionist' and imperialists,
etc. , but me people don't care
a tinker's asm what it is called
so long as they are getting bet
ter wages, receiving I; higher
rices for their products t and
re Ketter off in every sense of
word .th an they ever were
iinl4r
aeraocratio
Does not spell any
thing, but. what ,we
started out to say was this: Do not send
Y. J.; and when you send Money Orders,
have them drawn on Wilkesboro, N. C.
Moravian Falls is not a M: O. office.
Lots of good work was done
by the republican majority in
QZZJX
the session of Congress just we have been cruel toward the
closed. The endorsement of Boers. But what has Russia
the Oregon voters the other day done for them?
of republicanism shows that The American voter will be
good work is always appreciated. prepared to give the campaign
t a -1 - 'V orator the hoarse hoot when he
In April, 1895, there were 1, , Al x - .
aq . , j. ., . Al tt o takes up the trust question.
086 trade failures in the U. S. .. , .- -
with liabilities aggregating The additions to Mr. Bryan's
$13,665,756. In April 1900 bank account have not detract
there were 706 failures with lia- ed in the least from his desire
bilities of $7,214,787. Let the
calamity howler explain.
If Col. Bryan undertakes to
e eoverned )Sk the teachings, of
Jackson andXjfferson he wni
have to come over to the repub- to take a drink. The temper
lican party. Both these men ance lecturers will not be able
were Protectionists and believed io utilize Noah for illustrating
in an honest dollar.
No single session of Congress
l Crtia lllttU tl u"llVL
recora tnan tne one just closed.
Its works rank as Tar above
those of Grover's congress as
the flight of the proud eagle is
above the trail' of the stuped
snail.
The per capita circulation of
the country is nearly $27. It
was $21.10 when William Jen
nings was nominated in 1896.
Put this in your-.pipe and
smoke it, 'Mr. Democrat, and
you can see the picture of Wm.
Mckinley in every Pu
Behold Ano-nstns Vnn - Wvnlr
Woaching the Kansas. City
one regular upright democratic
cfork lilrk vntifw nn nnfLfmcf
- .
of American Ice Trust -stock.
Ye ffods. did vou ever.
jt ig not ,wiieat and silver
that k eep pace. but corn and
silver. New York corn was
quoted recently at 45 cents per
bushel while silver was worth
59 cents an ounce. Miss Silver
wjii t0 get out 0 wav
- . I
or sje wjjj De run over by King
Corn
Gov. Rosevelt wrote truth and
wisdom when he said: "Our
standard 01 nnvate and nubiic
conduct will never be raised to
the proper level until we make
the scotmdrel who succeeds feel
the weight of a hostile public
opinion even more strongly
Ct 1
people to live under the haugh- sight, anticipatiiig its free entry
ty reign of an aristocrat, the os- into the united States.' No
tentatious rule of an emperor wonder the " democrats in. Con
or the sweeping power of a king gress are so eager for free trade
than to be compelled to live un- with PoVto Rico ! TJiey were .
der the complete control or a 'iv '7.v''.,'i---A .
. Al . . up to their old tricks of- trying
nolitical nartv that 19 too- cow- r .
ardly and corrupt to submit to
iair play: and that answers; ap-
peiWto.
by intimidation and ridicule,
THOUGHTS.
From Washington Post.
The cheapest thing to be had
these days is money. Yet the.
cheap money advocates are not
satisfied.
The Russian press declares
to do a little more candidating
on the hard luck platform.
Alr- JNoan ?y ot teenon ,
- J- is 128 years old, in good
health, and . has never refused
purposes,
If the New York World will
come down from its housetop
long enough to iew the situa-
finn u -mnxr QC:Kiv ncfn;
that it is every bit as wrong for
it to try to steal the credit for
the exposure of the Tammany
ice trust as it is for Netv York's
public officials to hold stock in
that concern.
Democracy is getting back to
its old tricks just as fast as op-
portunity offers. The other day
at to"eiby, JN. o. a- populist
sper was heavily pelted with
j c suower 01 rotien eggs oy a
cowardly mob of democrats. A
party ' that offers rotten esrers as
ment ishaningts own
ninS rapidity and the sooner it
meets its final overthrow the
topr fnr n ,nn
Democrats who talk of Bryan
without silver are seeking
means to deprive that : gentle-
man of the few real things he
stands "for. Bryan's nomination
would be accepted as an en-
dorsement of the whole Chicago
platform, even if that document
is not mentioned in Kansas
. . "J-' Jl it '
cfcy- Bryan and free silver are
as thoroughly one in public es-
timation as McKinley arid pros-
penty are.
At last tne trutn
is oat. - A ;
private letter from Porto: Rico
says that everybody" there 1 is
pleased with the new tariff law .
except one man,. -That man is 1
the British Consul at San Juany
iir. rimey, wno naa oougnt up;
a" sugar ana tonacco m
h? Aing the benefits of . the A-
mefca?arfeis ne BP.-l.
of the British just they did
by the Wilsbp bUJ, :".
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