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HON. ROBERT D. GILMER.
Attorrey General of North Carolina.
earnest work he secured its passage. He
has been a member of the board of this
institution ever since..
Mr. Gilmer is a trustee of the State
University and takes a great deal of in
terest in the workings and success of that
institutidn.
In 1892 he was again .elected a member
of the Legislature, and served as chair
man of the committee on Corporations
and was favorably mentioned by the press
(l Western North Carolina for Speaker
< f the House.
During 1894 he was made chairman of
Democratic Congressional Committee
» f the Ninth Congressional District and
served his party faithfully and well in
1 hat capacity. In 1896 he was the Demo
i ratic electer for the Ninth Congressional
District. louring that memorable eam
) aign remarkable in history as one of
Ihe greatest since the days of 1884, Mr.
(iilmer made over sixty speeches over
a district composed of sixteen counties,
HON. P. M. PEARSALL,
Private Secretary to the Governor.
Mr. P. M. Pearsall. Private Secretary,
was born near Clinton, Sampson county,
August L’Sth, 1 Sf>B. He was licensed to
practice law in June, 1881. and began to
practice at Trenton, Jones county, which
he represented with ability in the Legis
lature. He afterwards moved to New
bern, his present home, where he prac
ticed law in partnership with Hon. F. M.
Simmons. He was a delegate to the Na-
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extending from Cherokee to Rutherford.
This district is an extremely hard ono
to canvass, as a large portion is off the
railroad erd is mountainous country
He was nominated for Attorney General
in April 1900. and was elected in the fol
lowing August, receiving 186,328 votes
against 126,519 for Mr. Z. V. Walser his
Republican opponent.
Mr. Gilmer is regarded by the profession
as one of the ablest lawyers in Western
North Carolina. He is studious, painstak
ing, industrious. He will move to Raleigh
during his term of office and will be the
Attorney General of the State, conducting
its important litigation as well as ap
pearing in State cases in the Supreme
Court. He will put in practice his belief
that “public office is a public trust” by
devoting himself to the responsible duties
of the office to which he has been elected.
During his term of office the Governor will
have a legal adviser who will be at his
post of duty and who will conduct the
State's litigation.
tional Convention in 1896. which nomina
ted Mr. Bryan, and a member of the
committee to notify Bryan and Seawell of
their nomination. In 1898 and in 1900 he
was Secretary of the Democratic State
Executive Committee and rendered the
party conspicuous service. He is an able
lawyer, a sterling Democrat and a gen
tleman of the highest integrity, and will
make an excellent officer.
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; M THE NEW 3 AND OBSERVER. TUESDAY MOHNINO, JANUARY .15. 1901.
COL THOMAS F, TOON
Os Robeson, Superintendent
of Public Schools of
North Carolina.
Thomas F. Toon was born in Columbus
county, N. 0., June 10, 1840, and reared
on the farm. He attended country
schools, and graduated at Wake Forest
College In I8t!l with honor. When
war was declared he enlisted in
Company K, 20th N. C. Regi
ment, May 20. 1861, as a private. He
officer, then Ist lieutenant, then captain
and then colonel—all before he reached
his twenty-third year. He was then made
brigadier general and assigned to com
mand Johnston's brigade during his ab
sence when wounded. He followed Jack
son, Early and Gordon through the war
in Virginia and Maryland, received five
wounds, and two horses being killed un
der him. There was no braver man in
the Southern army.
After the war, stopping at Concord
from sheer exhaustion on his
way home, he was cared , for by
Col. Coleman and the kind peo
ple of that town until sufficiently re
covered to go to his home. He was a
faithful and honored employe of the At
lantic Coast Line for sixteen years and
then resigned to take charge of Fair
Bluff Academy at his home. He married
in 1867, Miss Carrie Smith, raised two
boys, both trusted railroad men now. and
HON. HENRY 13. VARNER
Commissioner of Labor of North Carolina.
■Mr. Henry Branson Varner, of David
son, was born on April 12th, 1870. and
received his nomination on April 12th,
1900, as a birth-day present. Mr. Varner
was born on a farm and enioyed no ed
ucational advantages except those offered
in the public schools of his neighborhood.
He worked on the farm and attended
short term country schools, until he was
nearly grown when he became an agent
of Pomona Hill Nurseries and travelled
extensively in that interest throughout
Western North Carolina. During Cleve
land’s last administration, Mr. Varner
held a position in the revenue service,
but resigned on May 4th, 1896, to become
editor of the Lexington Dipatch which
he has edited with conspicuous success.
When he bought the Dispatch it had a cir
culation of something like 600 or 700. He
has increased its circulation to nearly 4 -
000. Mr. Varner has been chairman of
the Democratic executive committee of
his county since 1897 and held that posi
tion in 1898 when his county was redeem
ed from 900 Republican to 600 Democratic.
Mr. Varner was at one time a member of
State Democratic Executive Committee.
He is a Mason, a Knight of Pythias, and
member of the Junior Order of American
Mechanics. He does not belong to any
church, but attends the Presbyterian
church. He is highly esteemed by his
brother editors has twice been a delegate
to the National Editorial Association, and
is a member of its executive committee.
He was married on the 20th day of
three girls, one married Mr. O. 1.. Row- I
land in Warren county, the 2d a widow
and the third unmarried hr 18!»1 he mar
ried Mrs. R. C. Ward afid moved to I.um-
HON. THOS. P. TOON,
berton in Robeson county, and devoted
himself to teaching in institute and public
schools and farming. He is one teacher
who can make a living at farming. Col.
Toon brings to his office vigor of
body and intelligence of mind, expe
rience in life and good common sense.
He will make an able, capable and useful
officer. His heart is in his work. He
is clean, honest, upright and will more
than meet the high expectations of his
friends. His elevation to high office is an
example of the office seeking the man.
December, 1900, to Miss Florence Com
stock.
‘•Mr. Varner deserves more credit than
any young man in North Carolina," said
a gentlemen from his section who knows
him well. “He is one of the most indus
trious and active young Democrats in
the State, a self made man who has won
by party loyalty and party service, in
touch with the men who earn their bread
in the sweat of their brow. He will
study labor conditions and make au effi
cient and capable officer, worthy of the
confidence of those who feel special in
terest in the work of the department."
Writing of Mr. Varner at the time of
his nomination the Statesville Mascot said:
“The devotion to principle and self
sacrificing services to the party of the
Democratic weekly press of the State
were recognized by the State convention
iast week in the nomination of Henry B.
Vorner, editor of the Lexington Dispatch,
for Commissioner of Labor and Printing.
His nomination w’as also a fitting recog
nition of the militant young Democracy,
for he is not only one of the best editors
of the State, but also one of the youngest
and most successful Democratic county
chairman. His nomination was on his
birthday and no birthday present was
ever more richly deserved. The entire
work of our great convention is pleasing
in our sight, but no part of it more so
than the nomination of Brother Varner.”
Mr. Varner was elected at the August
election, receiving 186,493 votes against
126.480 for J. T. Hamrick, his competitor.
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“ buffalo Lithia water RANiuE()F usefulness than
ANY OTHER rtINERAL WATER. Among the numerous condittons to
which I have applied it with good results may be mentioned TYFHOID FEVER,
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promoting free action of the Kidneys, thus mate dally a* ( b n gin the eh n i ina to nos
deleterious matter. It has also seemed TO RETARD WASTING, and has
preserved a moist condition of the tongue and buccaln^ntbrane.
In addition, those using it largely have appeared to SUFFER LESS* rKUri
THE ORDINARY NERVOUS SYHPTOMS INCIDENT TO PROFOUND
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Dr. John Herbert Claiborne, Ex-President Medical Society of
Virginia, Petersburg, Va., referring to Spring No. 1 : ,
u s'e the Buffalo Lithia Water known as Malarial j Typho-
Malarial, and Atypical Typhoid. It is grateful to the Patient, sedative
and refrigerant, and an active eliminant of the materies morbi, through
the skin and kidneys, as any one familiar with its character might reasonably
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“ I went to the Springs a wreck from attacks of Lithemia, and after drinking the
water— Spring No. I— for a month I was entirely restored; and whenever I fear
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Dr.T.L. Booth, Member of the North Carolina Medical Society , Oxford , N. C.:
“ In the treatment of Typhoid Fever, among the chief objects to be attained is the
support of the strength of the patient, to prevent the formation of toxic agents, and
to eliminate from the system the toxic products of the disease when formed.
Buffalo lithia water , NERVEtSnICS—No. 1 toa greater
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generally. This combination of properties wculd seem to indicate these waters as a
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are not left to any theory in regard to the action of the water. In my own
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Dr. William T. Howard, former Professor of the Diseases of J! omen
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