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Visiting Cards and Wedding Imitations 1IAXDS03IKLY PItlXTEO BY HAMER Sc. PEIX, Mt. Airy. W. C. Ci ive TJw n. Trial Order. VOL. 13. BILL ARP'S LETTER. The Doctor and the Neigh borsTrear- ing Him for "Hemicrania." Some Peculiar Itemedies Sugrireftt--t hy .sj inpatliizlujf Well-VIh- ers I rc-moinler reading in Jo.-; pints ,.r Hunt-where eVe that King bol (,.n was tiie first great botanist, tor h,- .-tmiifd the properties and ,rtuff every jl:iiit frosii the fir tnt-1 the hywptliat rpringetli out d the wall and he knew a!i of the hrri that were goil for man and f..r medicine. I vt i-h that he had !: :ndiil down hid wisdom eo that jor suffering mortals would k:i w what kind of bark or roU or 1 ci!.- or leaves to use when we get I ;uiv and poinded. Majle he tlid ;,in.i it down in the books that are i .-r. ir the wriptures tell ua that h!1 the rest of the acts of Solomon arc written in the lxoksof Nathan, tin- Prophet, aid Alijah and Iddo, r!.c ;-ecr. Maybe we will find those I.. ...ki Mtne of tiieae dayi, for there i- a railroad to Jerusalem now and t ;o investigating yankee u digging iiw iv under the ruins of the temple. 'J Lryjiave recently fourd the stalls i !i ie he kept his fine chariot ,ur-cs, I,4H ot them, and which were driven by 7) handcomc t.iing men, who had gold dust tpit!iklcd in their hair every tnorn and it f-park led in the mrj ! mi.4 and made them look divine h- they circled around on drws jira'ie. That's what Joeephus civ S. Hut I ain-airaU the lotany will runic t late fr me and I will have to keep on cxperin enling until iuincthing kill or cures me. The trouble in, that if a bick man gets well he has taken so many dif ferent medicines he doesn't know w hat cured him. 1 had a mule tii it like to have died, and I gave l.iiti everything that t he neighbors f.M me trjni lye soap and molasees t kerosene oil and lastly we rub- I,, him with , a tail aldoiuinaIlvja(.eolI ,ishtfc inecrt,ien ,. arid horizontally until the hair all I : ,i. n..r..iio.. i. ? earne otT and he got well, but our j . n i.ext sick mule died lefore we got t- tiie rail and the mule doctors are s(il in the dark. I have been read ing a good ileal of late in a stand ard lxk n tiiedicine and I found seventeen remedies for hemicrania and twenty seven for pertussis. ne of thee dist:ases is neuralgia lie.id.iche and the other is whoop ing cough, but sometimes I forget which is tother and tale the wrong inetlicine. The headache belongs tome and the cough to the little orphan, and the mantel piece and the bureau i full of bottles and via's and capsules ami tumblers and sM,ns. and the medicines havt such curious names on the lalaIs that I torget which is mine and which is the child's. My doctor has given ine seven remedies and barged me for every experiment, but my iieihlrs have given me twenty-seven free gratis, and I think I ani a little lietler consider ing, but I can't tell who's ahead, my neighltors or the doctor. If it wasn't for the intermissions I couldn't get along at all, but almost t very day I have n lucid interval of a few hours and that keeps up my hopes. I have one now. I have been t iking horse radish and pep jcrmint ami turjentine, not through my mouth, but through the olfactory openings jus' alove, and experienced relief for a time but it is a shiv b'l-dncss and wouldn't make a g-x-d per to inc. I have tried aniipirine and several antis ami the girls bathe my throbbing temples with camphor and I have tried gentian for the hut three dys and now am on half rations ot salt dissolved in a tumbler of water, which a friend s&idwasthe favorite remedy ot Major Campbell Wallace, wh.. is near ninety years of age, and , there was no telling how 1 mg a man would live if he would use it. A good female lriend sent word to string halt a dozen nutmegs on a black thread and tie them around ! the throat. The wo;d came to mc and I laired hohs in them with an awl and stringed theni and went to bed w;th them on, but I found out the next morning that the nutmeg business was for the whooping rough. Another good neighbor sent word that another woman told her that if I would catch a roach ! and shut it up in a little patter box my headache would go off when the rach gnawed out or died. That reminds me ot old Uncle Isam, whose remedy tV r rheumatism was t mash a lizard's tail and let the reptile lie under the doorsill until it died. And that reminds me now boa- neighW Freeman had j two hound dogs that w.-uldent stay j at lion.e; so he curtaueu tneiriaiis n!oiit three inches and buried the i fragments in the garden gate, and thev never roamed awav any more. I!ut the like heinicraiiian of all that don't cure : headache nor pert us- ' sian whooping cough, and to mv j opinion both will have to be nursed j until the weather settles down and j the east winds shift to the south j and west and stay there. They have called me to Brunswick to lecture, and I am going where the sa't sea breeze will blow upon me gently ; and I'm going to take the child" and her mother and maybe e will all come back rejuvenated and remunerattd. But I believe in medicine and in d.K-tor.,. We are bound to have them. Kverylvalv can't go to Prunswick noir to the Hot Springs, but the ixxrest people can boil down bark and loots and sheep safron or something that will amuse the patient until nature cures him. I 1 xlieve there is a remedy lor al most ever' disease except old age, mid the doctors are finding them out. Whooping cough ought to 'e cured in twenty four hours and it will ,e when the germ theory of microbes and battel i is fully un derstood. So let the experiment ing g on. Of course there will he victims, but there will be dis covery, too. My wile and I mirsed Advertising Rates Reasonable. a Doy in t londa for three long mouth and the doctors' bills were ?J, and tne druggist's bill had eighty-seven different prescriptions, and the boy got well. Hat though the doctors couldn't tell what cured him they found out a great many things that didn't, and ihht is mak ing progress for the next ease. But alter all I believe that good nursing and home comforts and sympathy save more sick people than medi cine, and I wish that everybody had as much of these as I have and the child. What can doc'ors or medi cine do for the p.,or in the slums of the great cities, where there are iu good clean beds, nor pue air, nor happy voices, nor any of the com forts of lite ? If I didn't have these and the blessed sunlight to shine through th? window I think I would welcome death as a friend. Hut having these and more I am still calm and serene. ; I've trot a few more things to take vet. and will then 1 able to tell what didn't cure my headache. But I feel that the lucid interval is passing away and must stop lor the present. 1 ours in the itonda of hemiersnia. Hill Arp, in Atlanta Constitution. SHAItl'TALK IS WA1C TIMES. What the Governor of Virginia Said to the frenideiit ot the Confederacy. From Portland Oregooiau. i D - ,i ; rir .i : uriiig the civil warJoun Letch-1 er was the war Governor of State of Virginia. John was a wire puller and slate ma ker in politic, but not much of a talker; but ho made one speech to Jeff Davis, which Davis thoroughly understood, and which probably saved Stonewall Jackson from being shelved or j retired to some subordinate command. It is in history that Jell J)vis carried into the executive policy his own little personal grievance or spites, such as the almost retiring of Joe Johnston, and notably the. as signment of Maj. (ten. Gustavus w Kt..;ti. iti t .?.... 111 L1IU tU ItLUC.OLl I 1 1 Llll n; II- mand ot the force? at Kichmond. It was after Stonewall Jackson had driven (ien. Banks across the Potomac and was preparing to at tack McDowell and Shields that Jell Davis, as was his custom, to have a hand in all military affairs, sent an order to Jackson which did not strike Jackson as being oIitie, and which, had it leen carried out. would undoubtedly have resulted in the success of the campaign on the side of the Federal t orces and MjsibIy the annihilation of Jack son's command. It irritated old Stonewall, and he sent Davis this laconic- reply : "Send me less orders and more men. On the receipt of the message Jeff Davis issued an order through Secret try ot nr lUncolph relieving Jackson from command in the Shenandoah val ley. This came to the ears of Governor Letcher, and, arrayed in his la st bib and tin ki r. with his broad Panama hat, gold sjxictacles and cane, and his Gubernatorial nose high in the air (letcher was a stiff lraiidy drinker, and his proboscis was car bunded and red) as who should say: "Am I not a Governor par excellence 1 Thus arrayed in his best, and in high in dignation, on a warm Sabbath morn, his Excellency arrived at the residence of President Davis on Shix-koe Hill. "Is President D.ivnat h me V queried the Governor to the ser vant at the door. "Yes, sir ; will you step in. Gov ernor t" said the servant. "No, sir," said Letcher. "Tell President Davis that the Governor of the State of Virginia desires to see him. I i Davis was notified and immedi ately came to the door, greeting the (;ovt.rnor with, "Come i", Govern- ordehghted to see you sir. The Governor. drew himself ttiftty op,' on. I m if li.nt fn rt hT nrelimitiAriftt : . . uju president, am I correct- i,. :r.ri that mn I. .v.. , nii.l an order to Ihj issued through the Sec retary of War relieving Maj. (ien. T.J. Jackson from his command j in Northern Virginia I Is this in- iormauon correct, sir : "Well, yes, Governor," said Davis. "I consider that it is for the best interest of affairs that Jackson be relieved from his com mand i Gov Letcher: "President Davis, I have called on you personally to lear:; if this order is to 15 promul gated, and to say to yju. sir, that when Maj. (ien. T. J. Jackson is relieved from his 'xmnnand 1 shall an order withdrawing the ,ro06 cf the State ot Virginia from tjie Good morning, sir," and, turning on his heel, lie lett the astonished President of the Con federacy to his reflections. It i well known that this prompt actjon on the part ol Gov. jetcher ..... , atodner on Davis, and that tjie orjc., was never issued. These fts were obtained from an officer high in so i vice in tbe Confederate Government at the time, ' EW PA ICTY IX SO IT If CAK( L.INA. ; democratic Workmen Seek the Overthrow or Tillmanism. Meetings were held all over South Carolina last week for the organization of another wing of the Democratic party of South Caro lina, to be known as the Industrial and Wageworkers : Democratic Ixrague. The new organization is aimed directly at the reform or Tillmanite wing ot the party. It was brought into existence by the passage of laws at the last session of the general as tern bly, in obedience to the Gover nor's recommendation, calculated to oppress the railroads, banks, factoj nes, etc. in fact, all industries. The membership of the league, it is said, is already very large, and it proposes to play an important jart in the next election. . E Y REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. Battle of King's Mountain. Tbe Story of a Hack woods Army HT THEODOB IKIOMCVCLT. One of the decisive battles of the devolution, marking the turning loint in the long warfare waged tor the possession of the Southern States, wae fought and won solely by voluntary levies ot hack woods ritfemen from the mountains lying along the western edge of Virgin ia and JSortu Carolina. This was the battle of King's Mountain. In 17$f the whole South lay at the feet of the JJritish forces midet their ablest General, Lord Corn- wallis. Georgia and South Caro lina had been completely ernshed; the Continental army under Gates had suffered one of the most de cisive overthrows of the whole war, and Uornwallis two active and vig orous Lientenants Tareton, the dragoon, and Ferguson, the rifle man at the head of their troops of horse and toot, had smashed and and broken all the scattered Ameri can bauds which still endeavored to carry on a partisan warfare. Then Cornwallis marched northward into North Caiolina, Tareton ant Fergu son moving separately from him so that they might the better overrun the whole State and crush out all "ppwuivwi. Aiierc was scarcely a ,!Tia. t t ' . - . ri i . i againt-t him. The cause of inde pendence seemed lost in the South ern States. It was at this moment that the mountaineers struck and killed Ferguson at King's Mountain, cap tured all Ai force, and thereby oblig ed Coruwallis to withdraw from North Carolina, and gave to the American regular forces the breath ing spell which was absolutely necessary to allow them to gather strength for a renewal of the con test. When the British moved into North Carolina Ferguson, a singu larly gtllant and intrepid partisan leader, and a man well known for his personal prowess and his skill with the rifle, was assigned to the command of the Western force; this body ot soldiers was to arouse the Tory militia and to harry the Whigs of the back country. He had with him a sinall regular regiment, but most of his force con sisted of the Tory militia; some ot thetn were colonial born, while others were Scotch and English emigrants. lie pushed his victories up to the foot ol the great Smoky mountains, and there he heard, probably for the first time, of the scattered Whig settlements ot frontier hunt ers, and backwoodsmen which lay beyond the ... mountains on , the Watauga and the Hol&ton. Bodies of riflemen from these settlements had on more than one occasion crossed the mountains to the help of their brethren the now cowed and beaten Whigs, in the more set tled country, and Ferguson sent word to the Watauga people that if they dared to rejieat their conduct he Would come among them and would put their homes to the torch and their leaders to the sword. So tar from being frightened by this threat, the fierce and hardy backwoodsmen were merely arous ed thereby to a point of furion anger. Gathering under the famous frontiersmen, Cols, Sevier and Shel by they made ready to march against I erguson. It was a typical backwoods army that assembled from the outlying hunters' cabins, and the smoky stockaded hamlets, sparsely strewn through the long, narrow valleys, where the springs ot the Western waters took their rise. The men came under their own leaders, mounted on their own horses, carrying on their shoulders the long rifles from which they were never willingly parted. They were clad in hunting shirts of buckskin or homespun, belted in at the waist with girdles, from which hung Jieir tomahawks and scalping knives; and their provisions they carried with them, driving bullocks and lack horses; but thev were ready if need le to go tor days and days with nothing bu' a little parched corn in a bag on their saddles. They were joined by the lack woods mountaineers of Southwest ern Virginia under Col. Camp la?!; and after crossing the moun tains by steep and precipitate de files, they met and united with an other laaly of militia under Col. Cleveland. They then moved toward the foe. the march at first being regulated by a council of all the backwoods Colonels, but finding that this coun cil tended to produce indecision among the officers and insubordina tion among the men, they finally elected Couipliell to serve as acting commander. They had now gathered to the numlar of 2.0w and marched straight for Ferguson. The latter was warned of their approach, and having but 1,100 men with him he let rented be easy stages, sending out couriers to rally him all the Tory militia of the .neighborhood. He warned them in a stirring ad Jress that the Iwck woods men had crossed the mountains, and would surely show no tnercy to those who had been loynl to the King; and that if they did not wish to be for ever crushed by the most cruel foes they must rally to strike for their lives. At the same time he kept falling back, so as to be within easy sap porting distance nf Talton; and as the American militia were still a long distance from him he would surely have made his escape had not the backwoods leader decided to pick out the choice of their men, and by riding night and day e'nke him before be could be re-enforced. Accordingly, a thousand picked mea were chosen. They started on the long ride by night and day toward their foes, Campbell and AD KIN MOUNT AIRY, X. C.. THURSDAY, APR1X 20, 1898. Cleveland, Sevier and Shelby rid ing in the front rank. They thread ed their way through- the forests, forded rivers and crossed valleys, and stopped for nothing. ceveral tunes they saw in the distance bodies of Tory militia gathering in response to rerguson's summons, but to these they paid no heed. They turned aside neither to the right nor to the lelt, but marched ever straight onward to asault the man whom they recog- n'zed to be their real foe. Ferguson had chosen for his camp a long, steep hog-back hill, called Kings Mountain. On its summit he had pitched his camp and drawn up Lis baggage wagons, defiantly trusting in the stren of his position to save him from as sault, and also not expecting that his foes were near enough to attack him. In the moment of fancied secu rity, however, ho was suddenly as sailed by the Americans, who, rid- ing by night and day over many leagues otrough and wild country, fell.on him so rapidly that he barely had time to prepare for battle be fore the assault was delivered. On approaching the mountains, although they ktew they had to deal with a force espial in numbers to their own. the American leaders deliberately snrtounded the hill on which their foes were encamped. Then orders were given that each body of assailants should move up the hill, tiring their nnee at the men on top; but that as they hail on bayonets, they should not attempt to "withstand the shock of the charg ing British infantiv but should flee when assailed with the bayonet, turning immediately when the charge was spent. This plan was carried out to the letter. The attack was delivered almost simultaneously by Campbell, Shelby and Sevier, the grim rifle men swarming ni the hillside and shooting at the British and lories on top, while the latter replied from their rude oreasi-worKS oi rook. Ferguson gallantly charged down the hill with his regulars, attack ; Shelby, Sevier and Campbell in turn each charge with the 6anie result: after firing a deadly volley the backwoda rifleman tied, aud being sound of limb and good of wind, their opponents could not overtake them. Then as soon as their assailants alted back came the Lack wood s- ... men, instantly renewing me as sault. After three such charges the British infantry became so cut ui that it could not risk another, while tho Tories on the hilltop were also suffering heavily from the marks tnanship of the vetera.i Indian fighters, against whom they were itted, and began to yield and shrink away from the crest of the ill. Immediately the backwoods men, pushing forward with yells of triumph, crowned the summit and began to nre into the huddle mass of British and Tories who were crowded together around the bag gage wagons. Ferguson, dashing to and lro. calling to his men wnn a silver whistle, was recognized by is foe, and fell pierced by five alls in a momeut. fur a few minutes he light continued; men as the backwoodsmen rushed for ward once more the British and Tories threw down their arms. Owing to their superior mark.- manship, and to the tact that the ill was easier attacked with the rifle than defended with the bayo net, the backwoodsmen lost only in the neighborhood of a hundred men, while their foes had between three and four times that numbel killed and wounded. The struggle, which was then waging, was ot a most terocious character and was marked by man v lark and bloody deds on both sides; and in retaliation for a num- Ijt of lugs who had recently leen ung, the victorious backwoodsmen ut nine of their Tory prisoners to death, and would doubtless have slain more, had not Sevier, a man as frank and gererous as lie was brave, interfered and put a stop to the slaughter. Guarding the remaining prison ers, they then marched oil me fields back toward their beloved mountains. They did not form a regular force, and they were not suited to take t art in a long cam paign. They were simply a body of irregulars, undisciplined, but ardv, 'resolute and magnificent in dividual fighters. They had done great deed : they hid struck a great blow for liberty and for the welfare of themselves and ot tho whole country. Having done this, iev were anxious to get back to their Indian-menaced homes in the dark forests bevond the crests of the fr mountains. Yet. though they did not and could not follow up their blow, its effects were of far-reaching impor- ance. No sooner was the news brought to Cornwallis than he at once abandoned his invasion oi North Carolina, recalled Tarlton and retreated into South Carolina, When he again advanced he found before him stubborn Greene and the patient, resolute soldiery who wore the Continental uniform. A PIIESS 31AX IX TKOIIJLE. Editor Grlflln Hauled up for Libel and for Damag-es. The seouel oi the recent pnblica ion of the Western Free Lance, reflecting seriously npon the char acter of J. I C. Bird, a prominent lawyer of Marion, was that Jas. T. Griffin, the editor, was arrested on a bench warrant for libel and car ried before Judge James D. Mc Iver at Lenoir Monday and held for trial iu a bond of f2,(H0. Im mediately on Griffin's return, he was arrested on a civil process tor damages and required to give bail ir the sum of f 5,000. At last re port be had failed thus far to give the bond and has since been in the custody of the sheriff or hia deputy. Valley ARE HIGHLY INSURED. Prominent People Who Have Policies For Large Amounts On Their Lives. Ei.Poot master General Wana- maker Carries the Largest In. lurancs of Any Man In The Country. From Washington Star. Juat before the dose of his first term in office Preident Cleveland applied for a 5u,000 life-insur ance policy in a leading company. The application was not favor ably considered, not on the ground that Presidents are especially dan gerous risks, but because the thick, short neck of Mr. ".Cleveland was regarded, after a medical examina tion, as indicating a tendency to apoplexy. Since that time the 1 resident has declined to discuss life insurance with the numerous agents who have sought interviews with him on that subject. So fara tlietendaiee to apoplexy is concerned, it appears to have de veloped among the Democratic office-seekers within the past three weeks to greater extent than in the President The medical examiners of the in surance companies pay particular attention to the heart when ex amining subjects whose occupations tax the mental energies. cry often a man is rejected upon an ex amination while he is engaged in some important and exacting busi ness enterprise, requiring constant thoughtfiilness and care, whereas, if he had been examined when, his mind was at ease he would have been entirely acceptable. Hon. Charles k oster, the ex -Sec retary of the Treasury, carries $S0, 000 in life insurance, and about a year ago applied for $40,000 more in a leading Cincinnati company. t that time he was earnestly deal- ing with the rapidly vanishing Treasury surplus, an issue that was as puzzling as it was important. When examined for the additional insurance there was a marked irreg ularity in the action of his heart, which caused an unfavorable report to be made npon his case, and the additional insurance was not issued. The examiners themselves ad mitted that he was probably in as good health as when originally in- stired, out me strain oi uis ouicc had created symptoms which tfiey could not ignore. The circum stance was not lost on the Sec retary, however. He lightened his official duties, cut down his tobacco allowance to ten or twelve cigars per day, and in the summer months following took a trip abroad, during which he consulted a leading Paris heart specialist. The leading old-line insurance organizations keep accurate lists of the insurance carried by their heaviest policy-holders, not only in their own, but in other companies. The list of heavily insured policy holders is headed by three Phila delphians. First among these is ex-Post master General John Wana maker, who carries a greater insur ance than any other man iu the United States. It aggregates $1,-' 500,000, and the premiums paid by him amount to a little over $50,000, per annum. Under the circum stances the insurance companies doubtless view with favor the trip of this merchant politician to the South for the purpose ot recuper ating his system after the strain of tour years in the Cabinet. Most of Mr. Wanamaker'a insur ance, as U the case with all large insurers, matures at the end of from twenty to twenty-five years. There fore, all the benefits will not be necessarily reaped by his heirs. Some of the policies carried by him have been running in the neighbor hood of sixteen years, so that it will not be long before he realizes on his first investments. The fact of his large insurance is also a great bulwark to his business credit, as it is an assurance to creditors that sud den death could not impair the resources of the Wanamaker es tablishment. Hamilton Disston, tho manu facturer politician, also of Phila delphia, is second on the list, with le6s than half the amount carried by Mr. Wanamaker. Disston's life today is worth to the insurance companies the sum ot $G00,00o. Third in the order of amount is J. B. Stetson, of Philadelphia, whose heirs, so far as insurance goes, are pn rotected to the extent of $o 15,000, The foregoing three men have the distinction of being the largest pol icy-holders in the country. The city of Washington is credited with three largo policy holders, namely : A. II. Shepard at $200,000, Clem Studebaker t $2i",000 and Samuel M. Bryau at $170,000. ' " The high-water mark for insurers in New York city has never gone bevond a half million. Dr. Chaun cey M. Depew and Theodore Ilavemever, the sugar refiner, are each insured for that sum. Pierre Lorillard, the tobacco manufactur er, is insured for $310,000 ; Gen. Albert A. Pope, manufacturer of the Columbia bicycle, for $205,000, and Deacon S. . White, the Christian gambler of Wall street, for$175,OoO. Other holders of large policies in different parts of tho country are M. E. IiigaUs, President of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway, who pays premiums on $2S5,000 ; D. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S Gov't Report. i v i i ii u I ABSQ1ESTELY PURE M. Ferry, the seed man of Detroit, f 200,000; Gen. ICussell A. Alger, $ 148,000; II. II. Warner, who cures kidneys and discovers comets at Kochester, N. i 300,000 ; C. I. Hood, the . Sarsaparilla man of Lowell, Mass., $250,000 ; Congress man Michael 1). Ilarter, of Mans field, ().. $200,000; Senator Mc- ITiersoii, of New Jersey, $155,000; Senator Wolcott, of Colorado, $ 150,000. and J. M. Studebaker, ot fcouth Uend, Ind., $250,000. Andrew Carnegie is insured for $250,uO0, and his partner, H. C, rrick, whose assassination was at tempted by Anarchist Berk man duringthe Homestead strike last summer, was at uiat tune, ana 61U1 is, holding policies to the amount of $103,000. There is only one newspaper editor to represent the ptofession among the large policy holders. He is Edward Ilosewater. of the Omaha 2?v, carrying a life insurance of $150,000. One wo- man of wealth figures in the list, namely, the widow of Senator Hearst, of California, who is in sured for $400,000, most of which was placed during her husbands lifetime, Altogether in the United States there are 210 persons who are in- tared for $125,000 or more. The total of this insurance amounts to $45,000,000. It is the rule of the insurance companies not to write a policy on any one person's life for more than $50,000. so it will be seen that these large policy-holders each have investments in many different companies, NEWS OF TIIE STATE. Efforts aud Energies, Incidents and Industnex, Perrons and Things. The pea fields in the vicinity of uoldsboro are white with blooms. The sales of commercial fertilizers in CaWrus county increased 100 per cent this year. Dr. W. IL Capehart at one haul at his fishery on the Albemarle Sound last "Friday, caught 6,5S3 shad the largest haul that he has made m over twenty years. Messrs. G. S Burton and S. T. Steele have leased the A&heville Morning Gazette from Mr. J. EL Bacon, Jr., and will conduct it in the future. Good luck to them. There is to be a Democratic mass- meeting at Sparta, Allrghany coun ty, April 22. to "ballot for a man to bo recommended for appoint ment as United States deputy col lector." i News from "Winton, Bertie coun ty, is that the young man Mill Eure, who was shot a few days ago bv Ned Gatlin, has f ince died of his wound. The coroner held an in quest over his remains and the jury returned a verdict exonerating Gatlin. Tom Jones and wife, colored, of Craven connty. locked their three little children up in the house and went to church. While they were absent the house caught lire and the children were burned to death, and the building and contents were destroyed. Llteltenevved at Ninety. A most remarkable thing is re ported to have occurred at Naples in the year 1591. Antonio Lazzet- ti, a beggar who had formerly re sided at Tarentum, but who on ac count of age had been sent to a home for tiie aged at one or tiie other of the places mentioned, ex perienced a complete renewal of lite. At the beginning of the transfor mation he was little less than ninety years ot age. The first thing uotic- ed wh ich suggested that something rdinary was about to take extraordinary place was in his skin, which crack- ed and came on like that oi a toad or snake, leaving a soft, new skin in place of the wrinkled cuticle that had been worn for four score years and a half. Withiu a sur prising short time his flac;id old muscles became strong and plump, the white hairs fell from his head and curly black hair, similar to that which had so delighted the maidens seventy-lour years before, appeared. His eyesight also re turned with all the vigor of youth, his complexion aeetned fresh and rosy; in fact, he was a new man from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head, lie lived sixty years after this transformation, and then died at theageof 150. J'nla dttyAia Pre.- Mr. Terrell, of Texas, itliuUter la Turkey. The President has sent the fol lowing nominations to the Senate: Alexander. W. Terrell, of Texas, to be envoy extraordinary and minis ter plenipotentiary to Turkey; Francis It. Lassiter, of Virginia, to le United States attorney for the eastern district of Virginia. It Shaald be In Every Hoase. J. B. Wilson. 371 Clay St., Sharpaburjr, ra., sayt be will not be without Pr. Kind's w fliscoTery for consumption. Coughs aud Colds, Chat It cured hia wile wlio was threatened with Pneumonia after aa attack of "La Gripi," when varioua other rem diea and aeTeral physicianr bad dona her no good. Robert ilarber, of Cooksnort, I'a claims Dr. King's New Discovery baa done bim more good than aayUiing be ever used for Long Trouble. Notuiair. like iu Try It Free Trial Bottles at Taylor A Can- Uer'i Urne; Store, Mount Airy, and J- A. Stoo.-, Pilot ilountaio. large oottiea. ooc. sod f 1.00. P' Tt N EW A FANATICAL SECT. SANCTIFIED CHURCH CIIINCOTEAGUE. OF The Qeer Antics af a Calany f Uflawariaa Sqaattrr an am EaMrra-Sksre Island. CorraponJeoce of tbe Richmond Dispatch Chin-ootkagck Island, Va., Apri 15. Brief mention has been made in this correspondence of a new and novel religious sect that has sprung up here within the last vear. Thev call themselves Christ's Holy Sanctified Church of Chin- coteane Island. No. 1. A 11 of them came here from Sussex county. Del., and were originally members of the Northern MethodUt church. from which they separated about one year ago. 1 hey . all claim to be sanctified and entirely fie from sin, and they say that all who are not sanctified will" be hopelessly lost. According to their doctrine those who profess to be Christians but are not sanctified are no better than the most outrageous sinner or blasphemous infidel. Though there are four regularly ordained minis ters on this island, these people will not permit any one of them to celebrate the. riie of matrimony between any- of their followers or to bury their dead, LICE.NSK TO MARRY. Some time ago thby applied to Judge Gillet, of the county court, and obtained from him license for an ignorant and fanatical fellow named Workman to celebrate mat rimony between members of this 6ect. llliam Lynch, a man of similar character and ignorant, en joys the unenviable reputatiou with Workman of being a leader among these people. They live in the northern part of the island and have as little as possible to do with the native population. All their houses are alike, being two stories high and having only one room below and one above. Whenever one of their members builds a house they all assemble there and "dedi cate it after their peculiar fashion Thev and pray, shout and jump very much after the manner of old plantation negroes in their religious ecstacies. It is credibly reported that they have shouted and danced the floors out of several new houses and entirely demolished the porch of another. TIIKIR CIlt KCH. They have built a church in the midst of their settlement, costing several thousand dollars, where they have meetings every Sunday morning, afternoon, and night, and frequently every night in the week. Here they engage in the very wildest and most fantastic capers, working themselves into such frenzy of excitement that many of them fall exhausted to the floor. Their noisy devotions have fre quently disturbed the religious ex ercises iu the neighboring Methodist church from which they withdrew, and more than once lvnch and Workman have been arraigned be fore the local justices of the peace for distuibing religious worship. A 8ERIOL8 CUAROE. Many of their customs savor of communism and socialism ard have moreover subjected them to the charge of being a tree love eorumu nity. ihe native population ot the island and the resjectable people that have moved here from other parts of the country are greatly scandalized by the practices of the sanctified sect, and they will doubt less take 6teps to inform the au thorities of the county concerning their doinga and have the license to celebrate matrimony taken from the leaders and their demoralizing prccx-a p.:u. -- fgal , "V10" ,ntf'Cr? .i ? practices repressed. . CTiless the is thought that the people of the is land will take matters into their own hands and put a stop to thee proceedings. Marrying Days. June is considered the best month for matrimony, and a familiar thyme tells you how to choose the day : MonJajr for wealth, Turaday fur health, Weiluelaj-, the hest Jay of all : Tburlajr for crosses, Friday lor lifj.se, Saturday no luck at all. JYow Try Tbls. It will cost yon nothing and will mi rely do you pood, if yon have a rough, cold, or any trouble with throat, chest or luripa. l)r. Kiajr's New Discovery for consumption. coughs aud colds is gnaranteel to give n lief, or money will be paid hark. Sufferers from La Grippe found it just the thing and under its use had a ieeav and periect re covery, try a sample oottieat ur expense ind learu t-r yourseit Inst liow poou a thing it is. Trial hott lea free a Taylor Banner's DruffMore, Mouut Airy, and J. A. Mone, Pilot Mountain. Large iie 50c and 11.00. All First-Class Druggists From present date will keep on sale the Imported East India Hemp Kerned ics. Dr. H. James' preiaration of this herb on its own soil (Calcutta,), will pot-it i rely enre Conaurcption, - Bronchitis, Asthma and Nasal Catarrh, and break up a fresh cold in i hours. $2-50 per bottle, or 3 bottle $0.00. Try it. C HADDOCK &. CO., Fropi letnrs, 1032 Raca Street, Philadelphia. $525 l Agent's profits per month. Will prove it or pay forfeit. Sew ar ticles just out. A $1.00 sample and terms free. Try ns. Chidestkk A. box. Sfcs Bond Street, Ji. Y. j i OOFTIWKTt. Ti lnlHisi sn1 rM Handbook wrtt to hti'SM a oo- aa Baoivwir, r Toc. Otaa Si tor wnn stBa ta Aurlrw. Krarf pmtm ucra wi dt mm m prwniwi gtitntiiit JVmerinm Tsiissl ni riTn 1 ot T I mrlfle ssawr ta O 2SW .JtewXsi Ho Interne MTtlLWHllWH. M inotu mm nuoti a iu. a hn ismaa, MA Juvatfwar, rSUt. . 1 AT ll f A CAD Bt I Xa9 I il 1 a J AA A trial haxti arm CAN BE CURED. iuua aTlmad. la. TAJT BUt He ca ma , S. X. T $cletiflo Aaericaa l Aeeacy forM 7jZ2 DISIOM AVKMTS CoJ Subscription Price, $1.50 a Year. How's Your Liver? Is the Oriental aalutation, knowing that good health cannot exist without a healthy Liver. When the Liver is torpid the Bow els are sluggish and con stipated, the food lies in the stomach undi gested, poisoning the blood; frequent headacha ensues; a feeling of lassi tude, despondency and nervousness indicate how the whole system is de ranged. Simmons Liver Eegulator has been tho means of restoring more Teoplo to health and happiness by giving them a healthy liver thn any agency known on earth. It acta with extraor dinary power and efficacy. Rv. R. G. Wii.n, Piiacrton, X. J . uri "1 tad aothinc Wlp. m avk to kce m'w Wking cmiJiui. M Siuo. Lit RejuW." See that vnH grt the Genuine, viandZohMrfmn. twutlB OMIT BV J. H. ZIILIX a CUt. riiUadalpUa, Fa Notice Sale of Land for Taxes. I will sell for caeh to the hichest bidder. at the court house dour in Dolaon, ou the nrst day of May, It Ulnr the first Mondar. the follvwiug tracts and lots of land lor taxes, viz; One lot of land on Tom's Creek, adjoiuing Len Jesmip's and others, known as the Tom'a Creek Mill, levied on as the property of the Wcrth heirs, to aat. Isfy the taxes due and unpaid on same. mount oi lax fit iiy, auu costs to add. Also on the same da? and at the place and on the same terms, I will sell a lot of land n IIidm avenue, levied oa as the Dronertv of C. Braud aud Ifcley, to satisfy the taxes due aud unpaid on same; atuonnt of tax $10.74, and cost to add. Also on the same day and at the same place and terma. I w ill sell a lot ol land on Kockford .vtreet levied on as the property of the North Stale Music Comuauy, to aatisfv the taxes due and unpaid ou same, amount of tax, $1.37, and cost to add. Also a lot of land at White Plains, on tbe Bobson road, levied on as the property of Gid Cooke, to sslislj ! is taxes due and unpaid, amount of tax 113.74. and costs to add. Also a lot of laud at White Plains, on tbe Iobsn road, levied on as the property of Johnson Adams to aa tisfy his taxes due and uuiaid, amount of tax tving $11.41, and cost added. Also a tract of land on the Yadkin Kiver, ad joining: the lands of L. U. Bunn And oilier, levied on as the property of N A Jiovden o satisfy his stock law taxes due and un paid, amount of lax being $1H 00 aud cost to add. Also a lot of land on Franklin street, levied on as the property uf W 1 Conrad to satisfy the taxes due and unpaid on same, amount of tax $o &7 and coot to be added. Also oue travt of land known as the Buck Shoal'a land, levi ed on as the property of the H rower Manu- lacturui2 1 onipany, to aatisry the taxes due and unpaid on same, amoui.t of tax $X and cost tc add. Also another lot of land on the Ward's Gap road, levied on as the property of L D Jenkins to satisfy the taxes thereon, amount of tx $-" .r9 and cost to add. STEPHEN' VENABLE, April 4th, 193. Former Sherifl. NOTICE. By virtnn of a Deed in imst executed to me hv J. W. Perkins and wife, on Novem ber oOth, 1S&1, aud duly recorded, in the Register's otlice of iMirry connty, X. C-, I will proceed to sell to the highest bidder upon the premises on 22nd day of April next, one house and lot where the said J. W. Terkins lived. The house is new and well furnished, with six rooms, stables, out houses, etc., lot containing near three acres. Terms: one-third rash, one third in six months, one third in twelve months. Deferred payments bearing 8 per cent interest. J. M. DAVIS, March 13th. 18!)3 Trustee. Also at same time and place I will sell for cash one two-horse wagon, some farm ing tools, lumber, etc. March l-'th, lffttt. JNO. L. WORTH, Executor of J. W. Perkins, dec. LAND SALE. By virtue of authority contained in a Mori cage Deeo executed by W. H. Inecore and w ile to William GoMingon Nov. leth, 1S1M, and recorded in office of Rejiister of Deeds of Surry connty, Mortgage Book No. 7, paRe W4, I will, on Friday, April 21st, 1!W, proceed to sell the following de scribed lands at public auction en the premises : A tract of land adjoining the lands of John Smith, Ben ben Hays, Taylor Lowe and others, aud containing Five Hundred and Sixty Acres, more or less. (For mors particular description, reference is bad to deed store mentioned.) Terms of Sale CASH. Sale will begin at one o'clock. All enquiries promptly answered. March 13ih, IStM. William Goliuxo. S.' P. Graves, Attorney. Mortgagee. NOTICE. Having qnalitied as administrator of the estate of L. D. Ashburn. deceased, all per sona holding claims against his estate are hereby notified to present them to me within twelve months from this date or this notice ill be pleaded in bar of their recovery. Any person owing said estate is requested to mtke immediate payment tliereof. This April 3rd, li-93. JOHN W. HANCOCK, Adrar. S. M. Hatton, Att'v. of L. D. Ashburn. NOTICE. . NORTH CAROLINA St aKT Covxtv. Notice is hereby given to all persons in debted to the estate of C. F. McMickle to make payment and settlement; and all persons having claims aaiust said, estate will present them for payment properly authenticated within the time precribed by law or this Notice will be pleaded iu bar of their recovery. Muv J. McMu si. a. March 11th, 1S03. Adram NOTICE. Having nuali tied a tbe Almiaistrator of tht ctate of F. R. Reynolds, 1 hereby notify all persons who have claims against said estate to present thetn to the 'under signed on or before the 4th day ot April, 194. or this notice iU be plead in bar of their recovery, d all persons indebted to said estate will make immediate set tlement of the same atd save coat. JOSEPH FL1PPIV, Admr. AprU Ctd, 1S1I. ot F. K. Reynolds. Indispensable in Every good Hitch cn. As every good housewife knows, the difference between appetiz ing, delicious cooking and the opposite kind is largely in deli cate sauces and palatable gra vies. Now, these require a strong, delicately flavored stock and tbe beat stock is Iiiebig: Company's Extract of Beef. la iviiHLg T i Ml Kill A Hit tfltXTt trir PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM Hair kt TMtkful cxt TM Contumpttvg m4F epiaw n tw Ton. ltrwiAaniCnra, WatAU-fa, -. TZZ.n I - 1 1 war a.. ) (- FrU lila faorsk WiWn-riiTTr V. - . " - Awmam aw aa sttsVaT Whawasaan amra t rm- SEIO) AT.L YOUK, OUDHHs Letter Heads, Entelcpes, Handbills, Etc., HAM Eli Mount - - X: I'ELdL, See What ytr. Joe IVrwu'i Itemed y Willdolorurs Ing .11 other and 1 suule Troubles. Uopesell. MecUenburK Co, N. . Sept. 4 n Mas. Jomrxn90!Jlliara.i-OUrir.rao 1 took violent cold, which resulted in Sull; , and alter suff.-ntijf almon; death, gvt rvSien-a : bat alas: the dtsea.-w wu la u.v srstem and nnallv culminated In a womb nrouUe wfcvb caused me treat sunVrtt; tLit winter ai.4 spring-. 1 could (wceljr dr axuUD.l. nJ Wa, often so miserable 1 wouM prv to d:, 1 i, k-. ted mj husbacj to let me try your Keiuedv. lie u-h me ooe box. and it has rua,!r a perfect cur of me. It has also cured su ot lodigotkn. and rortbermore. after the birth ot nve at m) children I would nearly kwe Lt a of rr.r arms and suffered mntohi a?ny with Eheuxaiia uaie u-1 it cn trous.i J i:a either with my last two children. 1 tnp a N t tie orthe Remedy in the house iti tue tune. My husband say s it Is U tter than a icwr. w r.r all my other cLIUren 1 had great trouble w ::h thetn dutinf dentition, lean tnilhrury Mr. never did children cut teeth with so much r ami as Mttle trouble as mr last two hare whenever 1 see any sn ot U: ir .eeth.ii- I Commence ta-Un tha Remedy, u ieej n.T stomach and bowels rck-l.ir and In a healthy Condition, and seems to Lave the sa:iie e"ec"l oa theirs, it Is ctrvalnly the best Toole I err tried. A tew O -s a tu bra,' me up and njako me reel UWe a new person. Vra, put iuh slv part of mj letter that will help your cau. In the least. 1 hate publicity, but it ny eip,-ri-eace with the Remedy will be the Cieais of others try ln- IU lam willing for tha public to know the good It has done me and mine. Slay God bless you : I an verv tn!r. MKS. AUN Kit ALEXANDER. For sale at Taylor Banner's trui Store. S. P. GRAVES, A T T O Ii NEYATL A W, "fount Airy, X. C. ttf Practices In Mate and Fecleml Courts Prompt atU htlou to collection ol c..u.s. W. F. CARTER, ATTORNEY. AT LAW, Mount Airy. X. c. Prsctiees in all the state and Federal Courts InvwLU-aUon ot titles to land a siwlally. GEO. W. SPARGER, Attorney at Law & Notary PnMic, Mount Airy, X. C. tw" Negotiating I.oans and the o-'lection of Claims a specinli v. ln-iiranoe ':.tJ la ui lard OomiMUites upon liberal terms. R. L. HAYMORE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Tlount Airy, X. C. I'ractices in tiie 5tate and Federal court and collects claims. All business entrt. ed to him will receive prompt attttit'cr DETIST, Fftount Aipy, H. G. NitroiS Oiide gas administered for tre pain lets extraction of teeth. sr-OlTlce over Tailor banner's Irui; store virisTOH-SALEn Steam Dying S: Scouring Wurk.-, Ladies' aud gents' garments ,f ' ry description cleaned, scoured, dyed ami rr paired. All kinds of fancy colors ol" la dies' dresses, children's g.iruietile, win-low curtains, blankets, kid tiove, gentlemen' suits, overcoats. Ac, colored and d.re-l and pressed by steam, making tnciu iu apiur ance eiual to new. (iaruieiits by epri- receive prompt attention. All woik guar anteed. Price as low as con, -.'.a:. t ;;!. good work. W. H. IIOGKK, Prop'r. Dec.. l,-3m J. 12. IIVIMJICI.I., DEALER IX RUBBER & STEEL STAI1P3, Stencils. Burning brands. Seal Presses, Wax Seals, Steel letters, Che k Pro teclars, Key Kings, Ilaiiruad Datera, etc. Monorama aud Linen Markers. Harrellton. Surry Co., 17. C. Stnait Normal CoIIep,- STUART, VA. Tliorougk instruct iin in KngUfli, .Mathematics, CIosj-ks, jiu?ic, Sterio;rai.lij- unJ Tjjcwiit ingatid liu.k. kx'i;nr. Location Unequalled for fiealti Hates liow. Send for Catalogue. TL C. IlcCants. Pres THE LONE STAR TIN SHOP T. M. EYEIIITT, IWrihck. Manufacturer of Tla and Sheet Iron Ware. Ronfir.c am (.ut tering- a specialty. wxl work iru-aijU-eU. SXt. Airy, C. GREENSBORO NURSERIES. ALL KIM S Of Frail, SMs anil tte:M TItEEO. Even-thing that is kept in a fsu Xuraery. Give me our onlers and I wi.i do my h't to pive yon satisfaction. I bave no rraC'D to coinplai:! f my f'A patronage and will endeavor Uj tu-nt a continuance oi tuessnie. JOH.V A. YOl'N';. Proprifl-'r. Feb 8 '5, Greenahoro, X. C. S. IT. HAWES & CO., Dea'rrs in Lin, Cent k RICH.V.CX3. VA. S. H. HAT7E3 l CO., Dealers in CO A NOTICE. NOP.TH CAKOLIXA Si ekt Cvcvtt. Havil s; qualified as Eiecn'.rii on te estate of Mary M. Denny, deceased, nod ties U herejy riven to ail persons iauebt-y to tbe eatat; of the Mid ilary M. Li.v U make payment and sett lenient cr t:.e claims will" he put into t!e Lands of aa officer f.T collection ; aud all person tav Ingdaims afraiostaaid eetale wi'A f reent them for payment, properly authenticate I, within the time piexrilied by law, or notice will be pleaded ia bar of H e r re covery. E. A. GILilLH, Feb. 21s 1533. Eiecui.-U
The Mount Airy News (Mount Airy, N.C.)
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