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''IP 10 !h . 5 R HUB, If IR 7? - r'. win r t! f -s. . A. it.! 13 m r D 8 M IK ri I IT M Ik! ri U lit IK JAMES G. QOYLSfi, Publisher. The Wad33boro Kessengsr and Wadesboro Intelligencer Consolidated July, lG3. PRICZySI.Co a Yea HEW SERIES- VOL X.--NO. 54. Wadesboro, II. C, Thursday. July 22, 1897. V II OLE NUMBER 855 Troub letter ... Cuffored for Years and CouUi Find Ka Cicro UntJ! Kocd'a Sarsspa- r'.!a was Tried Scrofula Cured. "I c"'rri T7.Iih. . tetter on one- c! my Vlisabs .ribove tbo ankle. I tried a sJ'J" niay reuiedins, but nothing did nie -.' y good. The di'jeaiw wai very troubls . B0rn-3 for 12 or 13 ycara. Iu the sprtag "' I login taking; Ilcod's Sarsaperilla Bed a'isr tiilr-T several botilfs of this VT33 completely cured. Hood's Earffapcrilla also increased my weight." IT. r. IlEairrn:, Stitesboro, Georgia. " Vtea ray boy was threo months old La 'broke out withfcrupt'ons. Ka was treated by a j-hysiclen and the eruptions ' heal but would break out again. "' Wa resolved to sire hira Hcod'a Sarsapa- rllla, and when be had taken two bottles i .fca-waa cared. He baa had no trouble with scrofula since, but is perfectly weii." ' -JOES r. Gmith, Shacly Spring, V.' . Va. : If you havs decided to try Hood's Sargft - pariiia do KOt Induced to buy any other. .IIoodv8 Sftjiax'si'iiia s's the be?t, in fact, th One Tica Blood Purift sr. ; Bold by $31 . . ruggiste. Price 1, six for 5. : Jl. T. Bexkett, i Jko. T. Bkskett Crawford D. Bssnktt. Baaneti & Bennett, Alttomeys-at-i-av, "TKAIT6R TO FKIES ASiD FOE." ' a., c. ,1 :. Lot rctora on ths rigijt In the eoort honsp. pracMee ia all the conrtsi of be Stte. JSpciel attention given to the oxaaiination -id investigation of Tiiles to Rest! Estata. drawing Deuds and ot.hor instruments, Col icctfon of C?!a:inB, llio Manuginij of Eatat for Gaar.iias", AdaiiniBtratorx ami IStecu tor, and iht foreclosure of Mortgages. vVilI atiud the courts of Btanly and JTor.t gomi-ry cnuaUe. Prompt fttUii'.iori iven to all busiuesa in traslrd lo tbeiu. T. L. ELLIOTT, MiieiMfsrk Arrent for 3 West Tmde Slxeet Charlotte, N. G. W. t GRAY,. D. D. 8., .- OSlce i Sojltli & LK!ap Building. "W.ds3bcre, Xiorth Carolina. ALT;OPE3ATIOnR W A lilt ARTEO. . Vi iil "be at Worven Ifrst Tuesday in each inobfh. .,- h- JS m-o subject to i'A paMi&t Ills. ' The l A ySrlf?'' remedy for I 1 ,1 ' V JjT kzhies' Ills esrciR!ly J y 5 ,vorjii3 trill stomach txrr?'3i. iX disorders U fc Frcy's Vermifuge ? has ctrrS oliUdren for 50 yeara-'Sud for 1I1U3. bock Kb&Kt the ilia and Us fc. 8. i V, Ki)t;;erf, Si 1 J. 5. MOnRISQH DEALER IN n "--3 1 . taa Ea M M WatchM. Clocks E3'0"OlaflP8. iiciifi snn .Jpweiery t all km paiicii (n frliurl. fiiiicpi. I'ipfctPfi Watches for S. A. II four yarn. Fourteen' ypara experjence. b" fi'uni in (Jaravay's stureou fir fold iitrCKC.. ' - SfM'O da re L..R ' C'rt Ruth THE -E1ST CURE - - - V ' t This Is often the beat cure. But mauy people canuot afford to rest iiuiednitely Vire still the very knowledge that they cannot seriously interferes with the best use of tha rest they bs.e. Tx t-itan going to the doctor means that the patittnt stmll stop short vtbile cares and duties and expenses continue. Many, tuorefori,jbj'Mttite and d.-lay. t)rs Staikoy & Pa!n'a Compound Oxy gon Treatoei't presents &n easy way bat of thd di!d;n:na; it lias dons c fur more lian a wre of years and fur wore than three score tj3us'iud pooplf. Tba agent used i the Coniponud 'Oxygen. The method put it w!iere it will do the most good in the lungs Tiie treatment neither interferes with busi ness or piu'asare. , This simple thing bas made multitudes of run down, over worked, nwvoua and ick pe'iLVas good as new. Fur further particulars send for bfH'k of 200 : .i;if, ' i t fr-e, Home or OfUse Treatment. : y.."', -t.'.. n frt-. ,' s Dr.:. Starkey 2i' Palenv . y - Ar. a Philadelphia, Fa., ; ', . IVroiii-j, Cuti. tVHtson Ifenounces Batler as HitH.Ua in Ih Jrss T CJeor- i S,3 Popclist XVriics FJv Col uuiuii ofEed Hoi, Binslisg:, ;oa!!s:ii; S)entiu-iHt ion oflUiit- ler auU Fusiiowisiu -Tiie Parly fitting lu Pieces. Iu the broakinp; up of t.he People's party which Mr. Butler has done so much to brinjr atxntt, iisany otiieroirt-iiine republicans wiii be fuuud doing just what Dunning did. If we cannot arre;n tha failing to pie-es of our party, those who were our-e democrats will be democrctU airain, and those who were republicans 'wili be republicans &&ai. Fu fiou is dissolving 'populism bacic into its onsjinal elements. TiiOilAb E. WAT ir UlN . ; ; Tom Watson thus publicly acknowl edges that the populist party is going to pieces.- ; In a five colutim eilitorial which will be pubUubed iu Hie regular -weekly issue of The reoyle's Party tomorrow morning he tells the Story of the party which he says was the altar upon which he placett his uo litical life for sacrifice.' Hie e'iitonal is s-tartlinp:, even when com iuc.'froia Watson. lie. goes further and says that no decent voter will tolerate the present policy of the party organization. Tug editorial is the most scathing of any that has come in recent years from the great populist leader. That it will create a great sensation among the old-time follow ers of the party is certain. It will revolu tionize populist thought and sentiment." It will send the erstwhile populists back into the old parties like prodigal sons re turning from their wanderings. The editorial v'ocs into all the causes that brought about the disintegration of the party, and tells of the hnai crushing blow which made the movement 'a. part of the past. Butler, is bandied unmercifully. Watson, accuses him with accomplish1 ng the death of the parry through, his fusion policy, and denounces the national chair man as a snake in the grass to both friend and foe, who traded the party for office. lie speaks foeliugly of the great princi ples for which be foinrht and tells of how much he has longed to bring about the un- : ion between the south and the west. Of this lie says': 'To bring about this union I had put my political 'life upon the altar and sacrificed it, when I stepped out of the ranks of democracy and jyMied Pef fcr, bimpson. Davis, Otis, Baker and Iird verson 'in representing the new party in congress. To eflect this great mi Son was sltll my ardent vv;s!i for 1 knew that in no way could the money power uf the north ami east be overthrown.". 1 j V aih n epl tuts vvhy Dunning went brcU Hit ithe tPjiablicau p.'itty, and denies that Duttniii was ever a go-between. He ciir.rges . Duller with, the whole miserable lizzie of Uiu populist party in the last cam paign. ; aison hoids out but little hope that the scattered parts of his party can ever be re organized, lie only offers this as a vagued possibility. 'Il ever tne people's party becomes once more a moral power, inspiring the -masses with hope and leading them onward to re medial legislation. BuUerism and fusion will have to be bunea beyond resurrection. No parly can survive on th hessian pro gramme of selling troops hi-st to one and then to the other. Xo decent voter will lolerafe such a policy in the parly leaders and office seekers alier that policy is under stood . "The people are not seeking a mere ehantie of office holders. They want a change of laws, fusion slops the growth of populism and hails- the decay of the parties with which we luse. Fusion props the old parties up while it scotches us. We are a nuuorily, and fusion condemns us to remain so. Laws can't be changed under such a plan. , . : Watson still claims that he is a populist at heart. lie says: ; . "It is hardly necessary for me to defend my personal character or ray populist in tegrity from the atiucks of a jealous trirn merlike Butler. I was a populist, open and above board, while he was yet plaj ing "al liance democrat,' and 1 have always neen a loyal friend and a manly foe, where he is a snase in the srrass to both friend ami foe " Watson goes on to say that he predicted the break up of the party when Butler withheld his tetter of acceptance. He j avs: "That letter mailed to Butler long before the campaign was emUid, was my best vin dication. It pointed out then the blun ders of Butler and prophesied -the disas trous results. The events happened just as 1 predicted " Y alson closed his editorial with this to say of Butler.- "To sell out the party by -fusions before it secures enough men inofheeto change the laws even if they so desired, seems to ma the wildest of foiiy and the basest of treaencry." Sol i I ox n j' of a ViUuess. ban Fran Cisco Post. "1 stepped in the courtroom at .Napa one day," said Attorney Garret "SIcEnerney, "while a murder trial was in progress. A prominent citizen named Wilson had been shot down in his field, and the only wit ness, a half-wittetl relative of the deceased, was on the witness stand for the prosecu tion.' - " 'What did you do when he fell? asked the Prosecuting Attorney. " '1 walked up to where he was lying." "'Then what did you do?' : "The witness paused, reflected a moment with contracted brows, to concentrate his scattered faculties on the matter and then replied very solemnly; , '"I said: "There he is. (Pause.) School trustee. (Pause.) Notary public (Pause ) Justice of the Peace. (Pause.) Delegator. (Pause. All gone to hades in one pop.' " DPSfiOUmOS OF POPULISM. Atlanta Constitution. That was a most remarkable statement printed in yesterday's Constitution, from the pen of lion. Thomas Watson, in which tie said: In the breaking np of the pecle's party which Mr Butler has done so much to bring about many old-time 'republicans will lie found doing just what Banning did. Il'we cannot arrest the failing to pieces of our party, those who were once democrats w ill be democrats again, ami those who were repu'oliL-ans will be republicans again. Fu sion Is dissolving populism back into its original elements. . Ia speaking of the "breaking up of the people's party" Mr. Watson alludes jo it as an accomplished fact, and one which, if not entirely plain to him. Is so to the disin terested observer, who can judge of passing events .without, prejudice. The desire for iusi on which grew so strong as to force .iiself upon the populist convention in St. Louis, was but the devel opment of the fact that men are naturally ranged under two flags the masses and the classes. There w ill be at all times ,a party representing- what .may be 'called special and artificial Interests which seek to profit at the expense of the masses. There will be another party devoted to popularrights, and opposed to the creation of special ex emption and the protection of special inter ests at the sacrifice of the welfare of the masses. -The former class is always con solidated and hold" well together, vhilo the latter often divides into many camps and is only brought together iu the face of great emergency. Such a crisis confronted the populist convention in St. Louis, when the delegates found the classes arrayed under Bryan.'- Mr, Watson 13 entirely right when ho says that no party should exist for the mere purpose of voiing mea into o;,:e, but, uuforiu.iaiclv, it is only by voting for men that a change of bad laws can bo effected Therefore in indorsing Mr Bryan the pop uhst convention was only true to its own principles in adopting the people's cause ?s against that of the gold standard and a pro tective tariff." ' The crisis thus outlined still exists, and will continue to exist until the people have forced their -will into law. The democratic party has ever been the parly of home rule, o f economical goverimeut and of all the policies which build up the home and the country. But parties cannot resist the popular im pulse to stand upon the one side or the oili er, and, as Mr. Watson says, "those who v.-.re once democrats will be democrats a.iin, and those who were republicans wili be repuli'i.-aris again." The cause of the people,-iu its entirety, bas been Uken up by the democratic party, and the cause, of the favored classes, the selected few, bas been adopted by the republicans. That division is uow more sharply defined since the" smoke, bas 'cleared, away from the field of balfle of iS:;S, and no power on earth can keep the people from aligning themselves for the campaign of T.:C3. The .Constitution take3 no part in the talk which belittles the character or th i im portance of Hon. Thomas E. Watson. He is a Georgian of brilliant attainments, so prominent as to have once headed tli ; deTa ocratic electoral ticket of the state, and he made a mistake-in leaving the democratic parly. Iu the advocacy of his opinions he has been strong and outspoken, and to bis credit let it !e said when others traded their political convictions for office and went back upon the very .principles jthey had previously advocated, Mr. Watson, who might have done $he same thing with equal profit, refused to do so, and stood honorably by bis principles. Such a man is entitled to respect. In the dissolving of parties back into original elements iu wliich dsmocrdcy stands for the people and republicanism for the greed of specially favored interests Mr. Walsoa should lead the way, and tak ing t!je place to which his ability and in tegrity entitle him, help in bunging about that condition of things which will send bleiS'tig and hope into every American family He should return to the Democrat ic party. But no matter what the leaders truly do, the" leaven is at work, and the revolution which brought together over 8,500,030 voters in lSiKi will sweep the field next year, aud in 1800, Just stick a pin there. ;OirE. FIELOS OF ALASKA. lu All Respects Well. "I have been subject to great debility and jfittacks of rheumatism, I never received more than temporary relief from medicine, until I began taking Hood's Sarsaparilla which toned up my system and made nie In all respects a well woman. I am thank ful for Hood's Sarsaparilla." -. -MAKTUA JACKSON, '.' -" Bumpass, Va. IIoois Pit.I.s are easy to- take, easy ' to operate. Sold by druggists. Price 25cts. Cure sick heartache., bad p:t-v g f taste In Use nioutii, coated Og tj tongue, gas In th stomach, f 5 fi & diu'e and inn-.xc-jtsou. Ua " ' J tiit wt-akHn, but i;av tnr.io rjfTect. 2 T!iO ouly I'tils to t- v'u J'jj.i's gVsr 18 CC'l't. Ein3ues9 Bring Sfappiuess to a Little Will. Monroe Enquirer. - It will be remembered that Messrs .John 0. aud Isaac Butes took little Dora Aldridge, who hud been burned so badly that she could' not walk and hud been on a cot in the county home here for two years, and sent her to a hospital in New York. There she received the best of atten tion from most ekiHe'd specialists, all expenses being paid by Messrs. Bates. It was three years ago that little Dora left , Monroe. Then she was an ignorant, helpless little suf ferer, not able to read or-write or do anything except use her needle and patiently suffer. She is now well aud bas had the good fortune to se cure a pleasent home with a wealthy Brooklyn lady, who found her iu the hospital and took interest in the bright mind and cheerful disposition of the lettle sufferer. We saw a let ter from Dora a few days ago, a re markably well written letter and it showed that she is receiving the best best of training. Verily such magnifi cent charity as has been shown by Messrs. Bates shall not go without its rich reward. - Tarheel Iittellienco Jolted. Morgauton Herald. : It is told that a young farmer of western Burke county wrote to the State Board of Agriculturefor information regarding some part of his farm work, and the board re plied by a type-written letter as an insinu ation that be could not read "pen and ink writing." He immediately sent the letter back to the department, wiih a message to them not to send him any more "printed letters;" that he could "read -w ritin' yit." Don't Toliaoca Epit end Saoka Your Life Awy. If you want to quit tobacco rsiusr easily end jorsver. be rau'.o woil, sttoac. mugm-tie, f pit of new life au-J viwr, taJielo-To-liiiU, the wendsr-fvorker, taat cuikes wcuk men 2?-vou?.- Many gain tea pc-m.s 'i tr-a days. Ovvr eui'ed. Buy Ko-To-Buo of your Cif'-rrbi. urvios sruaruux-e to cure. 5s cv , .!.( '). Ti--'i 3id 6a'.V:;:lo is.v.:'. -i !r :.-. A ). Lots of tioltl Dnat in Bnekskiu 'aud Canvass Bag?, C!as Frnit Jars. ; and JeJJy Tniublers Latest Exports from t!ie Must Wonderful Pia'eer JJiues iu the Woritl Heap of Gold. Sax Fkaxcisco, July 11. The stories of the fabulous richness of the new Klon dike mines near the Upper Yukon were proved true to-day when . forty miners ar rived from that -camp with gold amounting to over $5y0,000.- They came in on the steamer Excelsior, which also brought $150,000 in gold dust for the Alaska Com mercial Company, This mass cf yellow dust,-which ranged in size from a hazelnut to fine birdshot ai d kernels of .sand, Was poured out, on the counter at Selby's smelting works on Montgomery street aud thou shovelled with copper scoops into the great melting pot. Those who saw tlte gold in one heap said no such -spectacle had been seen in this city since the days of 'Jit, when mineralised to come down here fiom the placer districts and change t heir gold for $:0 pieces. The luckiest of tifbse miners are Mr. and Mrs." T.S. Lippy, w ho loft here inApril, lH6. They brought back SoO.OOO. They went in by way of Juneau over the divide and Mrs. Lippy was the first w oman to go over this trial.. She is a small, wiry woman with skin lajined to the color of - sole leather. She seemed none the worse for the hardships of Yukon life. She is a good riSe shot and brought with her the antlers of a rnooso which she had shot. " llolliushead and-Stewart, two miners, who had been at work for a year, bad 1,5( 0 ounces, worth about $';5,000. Other tender feet had done better, for in a few weeks some of them had cleaned up from $1,0.000 to $15,000. Several of the men who arrived today had bought claims on time, paying a small sum. down and agreeiug lo pay all the way from $lu,00 fo $25,0u0 in three to six months. Most of them cleaned up enough gold in a mouth to pay for their claims and still have a good sum left over When the men arrived here they found the United States mint closed for the day, and so they carried rSeir sacks of golrt to Pie office cf Se'by -s smeiting -works. They were veatber( beaten and roughly dressed, but the spectators -forgot their appearance when the.se men began to produce sacks of gold dust ranging roth $1,000 to $3,0:0 in value. Some of the sacks were regular buckskin bagswell made; others were of canvas, black and grimy from longhand ling with dirty fingers. As fast as the bags were weigheu they were ripped open with a sharp knife and the contents were poured out on the broad counter. Then some of the miners produced from bundles and coat pocUeiS glass fruit jars and jelly tumblers iilied with gold dnstand covered with writ ing paper caretuiy secured with twine. It It seems that the iupply of gold bags ran out and this was the ouly way to bring the treasure down. When all the gold dust w as poured out it made a nice heap, on which the spectators gazed m Ih nigh fsscinated; but the smelt ing men calmly scraped it up and cast the yellow dust into a bigpot, which was wheeled into the smeiliug room. A -letter from one of the officials of the Alaska Commercial Company, at Circle City, gives this account of the great rush to the now diggings: "The excitement on the river is indescrib able, and the output. of the new Klondike districts is almost beyond lc!ief. Men who bad nothing last fall are not worth a for tuue. One man bas worked forty square feet of his claim aud is going out with f-10,-000 in dust. Oue-rpiarter of the claims are uow soiling at from ;;5,i0j to f 30,000. Toe estimate of the district is given as thirteen square miles, with an average of fl,(iOO to the claims, while some are valued as high as $l,COO,000-aeli. A number of claims have been purchased for large suuis on a few months' credit, and the amount has been iaid out of the ground before it be came due. "At Dawson sacks of gold dust are throw a under the counk-r in the stores for safekeeping. The pecular part of it Is that most of the locations were made by inen who came in last year, old-f inier.s not hav ing had faith in the indications until the yaluejjf the region was assured, whereupon prices jumped so high that they could not get in. Some of the stories are so fabulous 1 am afraid to repeat them for fear of being suspected of the infection. "There are other discoveries reported a little beyond and on the Stewart River, but these have not been verified. Labor is $15 a day and board, with ICO days' -work guaranteed; so you can imagine bow diffi cult it is to hold employees. a.c;i who were looking for bits last year are now talking and showing thousands, and the air is full of millions. If the reports are true, it t? the biggest placer discovery ever made in the world, lor though other dig gings have bten found quite as rich in spots, no such-extent of dirt Las been known which prospected and worked so high right through." - - - - Smoker and ftau-Snioker, Youth's Companion. : - Advice my be excellent in itself and yet come with poor grace from the persou who offers, it. Two men of 'Marseilles were 4ue day walking together when one of them took .out a cigar and proceeding to light it. "What do you call that thing?" asked the other inau. "A Londres,"; answered the first. "Expensive, I suppose?" "Bah! Six sous." "Only six sous, eh? And how many years have you smoked?" "Thirty." ' . "Thirty years, three cigars a day, six sous apiece. Why, if you had not spent that money for cigars, you could have ; owned a house on the Cannebiere to-day!" The other said nothing. The Cannebiere is the richest and most famous street in Marseilles. Pres ently the two promenaders came out on the Cannebiere. - ; "You don't smoke, I believe?" said the man with the cigar. 'Smoke? No!" , '"Well, which is your house hVe?" And the abstemious man hadto confess that he owned no house,eithiT on the Cannebiere or an VR' here else .H--T t'-v a i b"X . TUE TESROK OF THE SOUTH. Another Horrible Case of As sault ami death at the Ht.uds ol u Xegro Brute The Fate or Miss Rena Williams The Ne gro Captured After Rein's Chased Two Bajn, Bronght Bach to the Scciie of Ilia , Crime, Shot and Burned. CixriNXATr, July If. The Com mercial Tribune's special from Florence, Ala,, says:. Near West Point, Teuu.. Tuesday afternoon, Miss Eena Williams was four.d bru tally murdered in the woods near her .home.- This afternoon, An thony AVilliams, her murderer aud ravisber, was captured near Fruit ion, and tonight expiated hi3 .crime ia the streets cf West Point, in the presence of 500 people. Williams was riddled with bullets and his body burned to ashes. The crowd fell back, md those who had pis tols lired volley after yolley at him. The crowd then gathered wood and building i-tire over him, ' watched the ghastly scene until the murder er, was burned to ashes. For two days and uights 500 men, armed and determined, have scoured the country for miles. Several time3 posses were within shooting distance of him, but he escaped. He was captured within 1G miles of the scene of his crime. A man named Stark, to whom he applied for tobacco, held him for the crowd. Williams was ii rat traced to Iron City, where he traded the young la dy's belt to a negro woman for a night's lodging. He was later seen at Pruittoti, and several sliot3 were Gred at him. Ali trace was then lost until searchers came upon htm three miles south of Pruittoii. He had been in the woods without food over two days aud running nioit of the time, so that he was exhausted. The crowd qaitkly took him back to the scene of his crime, tied him to the same tree to which he had tied his victim and there gave him a torturing death. The mob was composed.of most substantial men. The victim was shortly to have been married to young man in Nash ville. Her intended hue-band came down from Nashville today; aud was atWest Point to meet the crowd of avengers and assist them. The young lady left her home early Tuesday morning to pick berries. When she did not return for dinner Lcr friends went ia search of her. She was found dead and tied to a sapling with a leather strap around her neck. One of her eyes was gouged out and iu her tightly clutched hands were leav.-s and grass. All around the ground showed that a terrible struggle had taken place. When the nego" .vas captured his face and arms were ter ribly scratched and torn. WeillustcuDid Xot rJee Mape leou. London Spectator. There are some interesting stories iu the recently published reminiscenes of Mr Lorbould, the drawing master to (Juec-n Victoria's children. "On reaching the pal ace one morning the Prince of Wales show ed me a drawing he had just finished. Na poleon was depicted on horseback, levelling a pistol at the Duke of Wellington, w ho was advancing to cut dow u his great ene my. Wfcile I was looking at the dra wing who should coma in but the Duke himself. "Why tlie- very nisn who could best criu icise my draw ing,' cried the I'rhice. "Now, can you te'l me who that is on tl:e lefiV'' he went on, preseuting the sketch to the Duke.. ' Well," replied the latter, deliber ately, "judging from the waistcoat and cocked bat, 1 should say, it was meant for Napoleon." "Kight said the Prince of Wales," "and who is the other figure.?"' "By the cut of his jib," returned the Duke ealhily, "I should .say it was myself." "PLight again. Well, riow is the drawing accurate? . That's what I want to know." The Duke rose, put down the sketch, aud thus impressively addressed the Prince of Wales: "My boy, I'm going to tell you something that the English people do not seem to realize. I was sent out to keep Napoleon in check, but -never in my life have I set eyea on hi:n. Once, iu tha midst of battle someone shouted, 'Iook, there is Napoleon.' But before ' I could get the glass to my eye the smoke of a field gun bad envclo:ed hi:u." WEIRD SCUXE AT THE WHITE iiorsE. . A BIpjMlNted Office-Seeking Negro Cries Out, Alleglu;; te eejt. Washington Dispatch, 12th. y An aged negro, who has for three weeks made a dailv visit to the Ex ecutive Mansion with the gradually increasing hope that , he would be given a consular appointment to Ja maica, created a dramatic scene to day on the whife-columued portico as he k-ft the buildiug, grief-stricken and heart-broken. The visitor was Kemp Sturgeon, of Boston, who was Lorn in Jamai ca, and came to this conutry nearly ten years ago, became naturalized and took up his residence in Boston. Senators Hoar and Lodge md all the Massachusetts Ivcpublican Represen tatives have endorsed his candidacy for a position. The failure to more speedily real ize his ambition reduced the buoyan cy of his spirits to the verge of des peration. As he tottered out of the main corridor today Sturgeon raised his shaking hands towards the clouds and invoked heaven to bear witness to the degree of deception practiced upon him. liaising his voice until it attracted the attention of those passing " through the grounds, he declared that during the last Presidential campaign .Mr. McKinley and Mr. Ilanna had writ ten him letters full of flattery, aud urged him - to continue his good work among the colored people of Boston. "I spent S00," he said "nearly all I had, for McKinley. I received letters at the same time signed 'Mark Ilanna, commending my services, aud promising reward. Since then I have found out that Ilanna has repeatedly turned me down, and I have little encourage ment from the White House. I arn heart broken and I know not what to do. How 1 will ever reach Bos ton is a mystery." Just Why He Wanted a Pnss Chicago Time Herald. The general passenger agent of one of the Chicago trunk lines re ceived a letter from a Kansas man the other day requesting a pass for himself to Chicago and return. There was nothing about the letter to indicate that the writer had any claim to the courtesy requested, but the railway man thought that per haps the-Kansau had some connec tion with the road.. possibly as a local freight . agent. So he wrote back:' "Please state explicitly on what account you request transportation." By return mail cam 2 tlii3 reply: "I've got to go to "Chicago some way, aud I don't want to walk." Facts About Norl'i Carolina. Whil.sett Student. From man v sources the following interesting facts about North Caro lina have been gathered. It 'will be well to keep thete for lefereuce: Number of counties, TO. , State area, 52,23fJ square miles. Extreme length is 503 miles. Extreme breadth is 187i miles Number of electoral votes, 11. Length of coast. line is 314 miles. Land surface, 48,600 square miles. Water surface, 15,020 cqtiare miles. : Area Dismal Swamp, 150,000 acres. Number of miles of railroad, 3, 579. - ' - Tpdian population (census of 1S0O) l,o ,1. . . . Inlabd steamboat navigation, 900 miles. Total population (censu3cf 1800) 1,017,047. Average mean annual rainfall, 52 inches. White population (censns 1800) 1,040,191. Colored population (census 1890) 567,170. Total water-power, 3,500,000 horse power. Western boundary longitude 81 degrees, 42 minutes, 20 eeconds. Average winter temperturo, 43 de grees Fahrenheit. The highest point is Mitchell's Peak, J,SS8 feet. Average area of counties 13 507 square miles. Number oi varieties of minerals discovered, ISO. . Average summer temperature, 75 degrees Fahrenheit. - Average elevation of State above sea level is G40 feet. Perfection in Cake-JIakiuc Housekeepers frequently wonder" why it is that they cannot make biscuit and cake that are light and paiatable and that taste as delicious as the biciit and cake m.de by their mothers and grandmothers, the de lightful memory of which een to this day creates a sensation of pleasure to the pal ate. The tronl le arises from the highly adulterated state of the materials they have tu work w ith, particularly t Me cream-cf-tartar and soda used "to ruise or leavtn the. food. Crearn-of-tartar and soda that are now procurable for domestic purposes contain large quantities of lime, canh. alum and other adulterants, frequently from five to twenty-live per cent., and con sequently vary so much in strength that 4 no person can tell the exact quantity to use, or property comoiae ti.cin to insure perfect results. From usi.,g too much or too little, or because of the uduHei ants in them, bitter, salt, yellow, or heavy biscuits or cakes are frequently made. These adul terants are tl.-o injurious to ht-a!i!i. All this trouble may be avoided by the use of the popular Royal Baking Powder. Where this preparation is employed in the place of crearu-of-ta'rtar and soda, its per fect leavening power always insures light, liaky, digestible biscuit, cakes aud par-try, 1 hat are perftrtly wholesome and free from the impurities invariably present wheu the old raiding preparations ure employed. The Roy.! linking Powder, wo are in formed by the m.si reliable 'scientists, ;? perfectly pure, Iving mailt from highly re tined ingredients, carefully tcstcl. and so exactly i-ioporitoii.Ni and eombiuod tor.t it never fuils 10 produce ti e best and uiiiiov.i results. An nil 1. 1 ; .m j 1 a.iH;tt;:ga ):i its employment coim.s fio-i t:: 1 'u-t that breu.l it v:!'or f ::1 in-. !;- v. it nay ! e.i'i'ii w : i;e I "T - Pi cut ii -. v o;' : :: ; --. ; , Drs Ittlgo an Kingsbury. Charlotte Observer. The strangest controversy we have ever known has been in progress between Dr. Kilgo, of Trinity Col lege, and Dr. Kingsbury, editor of the Wilmington Messenger. It had its origin in the question of State aid to the L'niversity.but the origina-1 ground of debate lias been forgot ten and the controversy has taken apurely personal aud most acrimo nious turn. In a card over bis own name in the Wihuiugton Messenger if the 15th Dr. Kingsbury closes the matter up, so far as he is con cerned, aud in doing so says, practi cally, that as a Christian man he can staud it no longer he is a lay mem ber of the Methodist Church. His card is pathetic." He had addressed three open letters to Dr. Kilgo ami withholds the fourth. Ia this final article he says: . "It was not so much the three ai tides published and aimed at me, personally offensive as they were,that so fired my feeling, but the remarka ble message aud his threats that came to me on the 2Sth cf June. The message was sent to me through a personal friend of miue, a man of character and veracity. lie gave me further, what Dr. Kilgo said to him of me, and this was heard by a well-knownMethodist gentleman also It was not the written articles that greatly moved.distnrbed, aroused me, but the spoken words so barbed and personally severe. I forebore to write for a week or more, so wounded to the quick I was, for it entered into rny soul, lacerating and profoundly moving it, and robbed me of peace happiness and much of sleep for nights. The message and threats were, as near as I recall them, as follows: Tha message ran: "Tell Kings bury I say he is a hypocrite aud a fraud." The threats were: "I say, Kings bury is a liar and he knows when he lie?. I have the medicine for h'ni and I shall spread it all about. I have a mission, and I mean to de stroy hitii. He must be driven from North Carolina. I will drive him out. He and I cannot remain in it. He ought to be driven out of the Methodist Church. He ought to l o driven out of the messenger of fice. He has no thinking power, has no following. If he is driven from the Messenger he can find nothing to do no other paper iu North Carolina would have him; he cannot get employment out of the State. I can get a place outside. I have the Methodist preachers of the State at my buck." Is it surprising that I have deep ly moved-and hurt? What man of character, of proper self-respect, would not have been profoundly stirred and wounded? After serious reflection aDd earn est prayer, and after consulting with friends and receiving two doc uments from Christian friends, in the fear of God and a full sense of my responsibility to Him, I close the controversy ou my part forever." This is a very extraordinary pub lication this is a very extraordi nary situation of affairs to have arisen between two Chiistian gen tlemen, members of the same com munion. But if Dr. Kingsbury will pardon us, he is taking the mat ter too Seriously. A Way to Remember Who was 1'rvsidcut. Exchange. Washington and Jefferson made many a joke. Van Btireu had trouble, plenty, to find poor bank notes. Let Johnson go home griev ing aud crying "hard cash" men. The above will help one to re member the Presidents of theUuited States, a3 each word begins with the first letter of a president's name. Thus W for Washington, A for Ad ams, J for Jefferson, M for Monroe, etc. . Pertinent Inquiry. Patron and Gleaner. We believe that the cigarette is a greater evil thau the w bi&kcj habit. We believe cig arettes are blasting the hiq.es of more of our young uau than the Uiiuk habit. Smoking cigaretts is looked upon as being more re FpevtabL', aud youug men will smoke even in liie presence of ladies when they would not think of drinking or being under the influence of liquor iu their presence. It is a growing evil. We recently saw a pro lessor of a leading 'medical college smok ing cigareUS with seeming indifferent e. Who would think for a uioiuent of sending his sou to a medical collcg-j w Loe inluct ors smoke cigaretts! The negro politicians wunt the (loverrvir to purdoii Uv-grH-s in the peiiitviitury so they ciiii vote l:t the ne.vt election. Ibe no s;rtKS iu the pvtiiK-utiary all want to stay till they hang up t!.-ir t--V.::ig mi I lill.d- -. , i - ' ' ' , - M I :'.' . t ' t j I -,'.,. i S , - ii kGX9 - Absolutely P4?e. Celebrated 'orih? great leaveniogstrengft and hoaithfulness. Assuf-Uhe foodagi! anna and all formfof aduheration roiuimts t' the cheap brands. Ruyai. Baki. POWOETSCO., NKW ll'UK. A Com let's Letter. News and Observer. A gentleman sends ti3 the letter printed below purporting to be from onCof theconviets iu the penitentiary to one of his pals outside. It may be that if Suprintendent Smith does not know the identity of the convict, he will at least know the basis of "Bill's" reflections. The letter is as follows: Pj-xitentiaby, July 5, 1807. Dear Ike: You had ought er been here vistid tTy if you had you woulder Leon sorry you hadn't been sent up wid n:c wheu all stood trial. The eatiu" here yistiddy was ehgint. When that mau Leazzer was here, he seemed t think convicts wau"t as good as pri vate citizens and that the fourt of July was no bet tern euny other day. With this man John Ii. Smit it i diiTrunt a3 yistiddy showed. Y hardly kuowed we was here, every thing was made so fly for us the pud din' was extry fine. I got wind of something that you was doiu' to git liussell to let me outer here. Now Ike, let up, let me be and insiider you tryiu' to git in. I hear there is goin' to be more to git. I hear there is goin' to be more banquets duriu the summer, aud that Mr. Suiit (he seems almost like one of us) iu goin to make next Christmas even outd-4 the Fourt. Yon would heerd from me off tier, but Mr. Sin it somehow can't git the postoflis fellows to play wid us jist right. He is the mo sysiematik man on this subjec' I ever seen. - He would like to have a box for each one of us where we would could git our mail reglar, and niorea that the mail-carriers aint bnnipit themselves enuff to suit him an' us. Soon as he gits the system dow a yon will git more letters and g-t eii more prompter. Scnce Russell got in the niggers isthinuin out, Whi! it may seem strange lo the outsider Smit is got a ax to. grine for us it this partikler, an he is jist as syi tematik about it i3 he is about the mail. He is get tin these nigger out about three a week, and will in crease the dosd until we have a white mau'a institution where a man cue stay with some pleasure and ease or consheuce. So ef you hear enny talk about this, lay low and say nuthiu Smit is going to bring it out all right. Then he3 seen a pushin and up kr datomau. He eays the ok noshu bout punishin convict3 is all wrouj that they oughter be treated same a loouaticks by perswashum like he wants to go out of office witk the love of the convicks whieh he ii fas git tin. Ilestuddys convickscsa science and with his gret mind say murder is very often the result of in dejeschun. which he is trj'in to cure bj better food. . After good dijeschja he says comes kiueness and that wu why he sent tip the fire works on the Fourt. There aint but two tiling to do Ike you must meet me here or I must meet you outside. Icaint bear the idea ov leaviu an if you caa conveniently knock sonieboely iu the head, of course, without killin, I think it would be the bos course for us both fer you know I hev on:e time yit lef. Mr. Smit offeu ak about you and how much lietteriv would been for you in the cud ef you coulder got iu wid me and got the benefit of the course iu the sam class wid me. He'd lookin out fer you and will have a seprate bed for you in my cell with a hook to hang yourstockiu up nex Christmas ef you cau make your arrangements t git here by then.. Tell the old folki not to worry. It makes cie feci that they are sufferin these hard times whilst I uudeservia as I am feedin cn the fat o the bin. TYli 'em I pray for em in Uu-r unzry and. they 11 be proud o nie wheu I git out: fer my duty to them is only thing that makes uie hate li stay. This it a long leiter, Ike, si;U your anser kctr Mr. Smit or caint you kuui ovtrand take a i;te:tl wi l me hile its hot, we have an ck-cirik faa ia j uiv Veil, Smit s-.- !.-? is t'-'.-.-i iuiue I j that, thtiV shell l - no lilt-- o-i Hi.-- t . i
The Messenger and Intelligencer and Ansonian (Wadesboro, N.C.)
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July 22, 1897, edition 1
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