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MORAVIAN ; FALLS, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 4', J900.
NO, 1,4
THE YELLOW-JACKET.
WKEKLY .& MONTHLY
E. DON
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INSTRUCTIONS.
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J" Silver preferred to Postage Stimps
on suubu lpuuiik. 'f - 4 h.
Remittances of silver of small sums
may be made with comparative' safety in
ordinary letters, using good envelopes.
h Amounts above fifty cents it -'twould be
well to send by Registered Letter, j -;
P. O. Money Orders - are better ptill,
but they mus be drawn on Wilkesboro,
N. C. as Moravian Falls is not a "Money.
Order ofiice. - , , " - ' ,
When writing to have your jjaper
changed you must give your former as well
as your new address. - - ;
Always write your own name and sad
dress plainly, and direct all your 1 ettej-s to
JHE YELI.OW-JACKET, :
Moravian Fails'. ,N. C.
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ISSUED EVERY. THURSDAY.
Thursday, July 4, 190C
GIT A HUMP ON!
Look Here, Brother If you
not already a subscriber to
are
,the
Yellow Jacket, consider this copy
an invitation to become r one.
Read this paper over and if you
like it, send us 50 cents for a
years subscription.
You willrind
the Y. J. a warm article. Its bus-
iuCOO ruu iiciflw urgiws 1U
the shade. This paper each wtek
will contain somethinsr eood rind
each succeeding issue will get bet-
ter if it can be made so. Being: a
firm believer in the principles of ,
the great party of Lincoln, Grant,
Garfield and McKinley, we
always be found contending
fair play, and for the rights arid
liberties of the people, and wag
ing an unrelenting battle against
the devil and the so-called- Demo-
cratic party. We don't only want
you to become a subscriber, but
, also Hhould bo pleased to luve
J I ,1
mong
ami
You can reach those whom we
cannof Tnta n' v j whkn Jn
go out from home, and tackle ev-
ery Republic an you meet and get
uuu suDscrioe, in tnis way you
will not only-be doing us a grat
favor, but you will also bel aidiWg
us m reaching the people, ahd
neipmg to present the facts of Le
publicanism, which only need to
be understood in order to make
the Republican party ; so "numeri
ally strong,- so harmonious ; a id
invulnerable that the " tribes ' of
ryan, the world,. the flesh and the
devil can't bverthrdw it at , the
a "jicaii t? Ill UU1 . ; :
See all vour neighbors and mako
up a club of 5 or 1 0 Tf von nan't s
get the club now, send along ; your
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sub. and try the club later.
The Yellow Jacket is not local,
but circulatesJaHOTerAmerica
dgoesto;
uie "me preaches nothing but Ke-
Till hi lOOrt- Airxvl , V nATYltTlKn
ueiore sending : money.
read I n Of m nil 'no n il- rtW At' f fl l d S-kT I
Ulm r""V. 7 i E
You send .lmmmd hM
ri n f u - . x3. .i. j .-7i
the preaching llte Hahdfcplay
EDITORIAIi REMARKS.
Bill and Ted ! . Gold ! Grit ! sixteen dollars to5 on e day's nificent administrationhe ' has 5an expect from him in any e
d Go ! Hooray ! hoard ' : ;-: i: given the country. - - mergenc One cannot please
and
We are still waiting for some
democrat tO-fiXnlain -linw rrinnlv
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uuoy iiitjre is on ice, y - r -
VVliei is a trust not ;a trust?
w nen some or the ; democratic
are in it.-
io democrat lias ; yet said
il-:.'"- nv .4 ; - ,
5?98?1Ht,??,:: rtoliowed
ouriiag into China.
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; McKinley will win in the
coming campaign-because he is
rieht. '-. '
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Rush along every sub to the
Y. J. that you can. Let al 1 the
,ys make a dash.
Imperialism -"-What a bra- fossiles besides its judges. There been nominated by the' republi-n-faced,
devil-hatched notori- . n :ef,
zen-
ous humbusc.
Innnnont hircranrlDi'Q n TO fl.l- r
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ways getting 4nt. Note Koose-
. T)u-i-iuT,i
velt at the Philadelphia con-
venuon.
hii.
can ticket and platform has had
a paralyzing effect upon many
democratic tongues. '
The democrats show symptoms
Of a very faulty mincL; ;
For they stumble thru existence
With their headlights on behind.
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After Nov. the history of
fho lomrtratift hnf nan ho
written ith three , words :
t?,,i, rnA fliT
X UUgUVj iUUlUVU) U4J1UU(
China prides herself on the
fact that she invented gunpow
der, but she forgets that other
people know best how to use it.
Four P's stand for the renub-
lican platform : Protection, Pros-
Pfity, Patriotism, j Prpgress,
Match lt if you can.
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A hnnt the onesomest man
known in the United , States
tliPA davs must be Senator Tel-
ler of Colorado.
The Chinese boxers- are un-
i;t,o the American breed. TheT
fight a great deal and talk but
iiie J i 1'
We don't; notice
pathy with; the Boxers in k the
democratic press. Tlie;Chihese
have no votes you know. : 1
The country will, go steadily
forward upon the paths of j pros-
perity and happiness if it don't
ton to fool with - a democratic
administration .
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No' Vice-President has become
president f fV)r 5 year v because
fnr f ii a 10.; R11 1 : T?.onsnvel t is
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If thoco is any section: of
the
country here the tendency to
wards Brvanism has; been dis-
liko to hear fro that snot. : :
.. , TliXansas City f Convention
is.a 16 to 1 affair sure enough
; The Kan sas. City platform
Olr0;0 Qn'f finr n frnjf nlanlr
"u'lZ " w " r .,r "
strong enough to saiely carry
the Tammany ice wagon across
the campaign bridge.
There are several people .who
prefer a democratic promissory
note to a republican rec0rd, but
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fortunately the breed is ru nning
out.
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' Sound travels at the rate of
1,142 feet per second. Now let
some, scientist figure out how
far Bryan's words have travels
Prq . .
A Massachusetts: court - has
decided that a bicycle is not
vehicle. But Mass. has other
I- I r i . i . 1 . -i . mr
'Dfiivnninm ivinnna , r-5flp 4-i
ermg, and tariff tinkering means
& . . & T
more Cleveland times, and a
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man that wants te see mora
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uieveiand times could .eac a pole
cat and never frown.
The action of Congress, in
kicking Roberts out, was vindi
cated by the Utah jury which
found him guilty of unlawful
cohabitation and fined him
"i Kn
n I tin. I . II I II vk i
The fiscal year closed with
I 1 ' ' AfrH fr
SOme uuuuu surplus in ine
V- - reasuiy. nis aione
ought to.be good fbr another
term for the party jthat saved
the money.
The fight this year will be be
tween the party that rejoices at
progress and is fond of its,; rec
ord and 'fche one that- mourns.
decries and repudiates. Where
yu stand, brotn erf
From one township in Kan.
n flvn fnrmr hav n to
" -yvw
f no Kono H.vnnoir.mn nnrl r.ntPn
they will return in time to vote
for McKinley and Roosevelt.
As Gov- Roosevelt's term
expires January 1 , 1901 , and
his inauguration as Vice-Presi-
1S "f
dent will not
occur until March
4, there is no reason for him to
As we .go .to press the demo
crats are in Convention at Kan
sas City, Mo. arranging for their
funeral procession in $ov. Bry
an will lead the, procession and
, whoever he riames ; will , bring
up the tail. ' -; :
- ': Gov. Roosevelt is; disappoint
ing his enemies as a candidate
for Vice-Presideh t quite as much
as heidid
He is proving that a fmarLr can
beboth impetuous J and level-
headed. r n
President McKinley, in going
to his home, at; Canton,; j Ohio;
for a short rest from his public
'od wishes: of thp people, wnotoi mso,-
know how hard "Ee has . worked
and who appreciate the' mag-
- H 71 spell any"
Vtfi-r-W ZX : mD but Wfcat we
started out to say was this: Do not send
postage stamps on subscriptions -to the
-Y- J-; and wjien you send Money Orders
"KT
Moravian Falls is not a M. O; ofiice.
ln all fche democratic talk . :x
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I ill III! Dili: HXliHillIILlI I tfS. LI 1 1? V 1 7111
t a f. . -rf;;,4
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made by Congress that they are
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willing to say ought not to have
been made. - ,
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Pucu; populisms .as senators
t .i i -vT- n -r-r .
mutier 01 in u., ana arris, 01
Kansas .havo not hesitated to
publicly say that McKinley and
T?.nnsp.vflf-. rrinrlR -t.hft sf.rnncrp.sf.
tip.Uof. t.w ,-,nihlv bnv
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cans.
During the next" four weeks
we want to add 5,000 new sub-
scribers; names to our books. If
every subscriber wilf do a little
work we can get them easily,
Now is the time to get a
hump on, boys. . ; '
Senator Hanna'has taken the
trouble to deny the story that
inree mine-owneis 01 utaa naa
cpntrioutea $ouuu eacn to tne
republican campaiern fund,
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$50,000 campaign contributions
are more frequent on paper
tlinninronlihr
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Hnl Rrv-in hns hnn n. nnliti-
cian and. a military man, and
now he is a farmer. Ho seems taken by a dog traincrnd odu
to be a regular. Emperor Wil- ated. The four pups lich
Ham sort of fellow. Possibly he just grow up were never worth
may also some day desire, to over $5; apiece, if as much as
write a poem or be an emperor, "'at, because they did not know
just to show that he is as versa- anything-and could not do any-
Ul as his prototype.
The money devil in.-Kansas
has raised the wages of harvest the dog fancier- became worth
workers to $3 a day, and the $1,000, and that- sum. was ; re
farmers can't get the needed fused for him because ho - knew'
help at that price. Billy should somethimg.and coulddo some
rush down to Kansas, unmuzzle thing. Let us call the five pups
his mouth aha explain that this five boys, and how does , the
prosperity is also -mythical.,
Col. Bryan wants free silver
because ' free silver - will
increase prices. Mi. ; iryan
wants to bust the trusts because
trusts are conspiracies to raise
prices. The people would like
to see IP ol. Bryan getting -self
together. . . - ;
Almost every time Roosev el t
has accepted; a new j ob his
friends have declared that ' he
was going in to - obscurity, but
each time he has; shown , h is a-
bility to get av good deal of fame
and fun out of the office. ' So
will it probably be with - the
TobW McLean . : of Wn-
ington D. C. , gas Light Trust party is not blessed with enough
magnet and late democratic cari- - -;' -.VV ! 'v' -; x i
didate for governor bf Ohio, has eiito lead it who possess the
chipped $25,000 into4he .demo-1
cratic campaign fund to help
get men to cuss the trusts,
. 'McKinley;s strongest point is
that the country knows what it
everybody and some may ohiect
to some of his acts, , but the
great majority' will approve.
With Bryan, on tha other hand,
no one can tell what he may not"
do.
- democrats are a powerful
set of fellows to talk of their fi-
n dehty, to principles and their
general consistency. However,
they are now pretending that
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the sold law must stand because
the lcnate is safey r0 blicau
tljerofore it will be all right thov
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sav for the ?old dfimnRivits t,n
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vntft tor Krvan this vnn.r Arn'f,
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tliey;a prettyset offellows . to
snoul5 consistency t
The mercy and generosity of
th a Prpsirl An t wfirfi nftvpr morft
strikingly shown than in his
proclamation of amnesty to . the
Filipinos who have been in - re-
peilion. jn one are excepted-save
those who have violated the
laws of war.. The President has t
bitterly regretted the necessity
of making, war upon those peo-
pie aud. did so only because it
was his duty. Had, he failed to
ATTAP.n t Jth:rriVlfi?;'fn!rL'mn.rnft'
the torrent of denunciation
which the democrats would -
htfve poured out upon him.
a m a n whom we know had
i water spaniels, all
black and all looking just alike.
x UUL U1 puppxua 1Cw up tu
u? w
ining except wag xneir tans, ana
bark at the moon. The pup
whicjwas carefully trained by
proposition, ioojc to you c is
easier to train a Doy tnan a dog.
If yon have boys; study this
problem over. -Ex. -
The skedaddlers must derive
little comfort from the reflec-'
tions of the Louisyiller Cpurier
JouVnal.on tlie? cent Oregon
elecUonv " Hear it? i
'It is useless to 'moralize onL
.the result. The country 'is for
expansion. This is clearly indi
cated by the first state in which
the issue has been fairly tested.
Will the democrats lie so, foolish .
as to; insist r: phJrepeating : this
test at the presidential elec-
To be sure, Henry, they will
insist on that vervi thin er. l he
foresight that you' do. . Their
foresights are "all out of fix. But
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