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ocal J ,.. i i ..n w If ft Of! HP fifirtr nlffift iii 1 1 1 i JAMES C. DOYLIN, Publisher. The Wadesboro Messenger and VVadesboro Intelligencer Consolidated July, 1888. PRICE, SI .5o a Year. UEW SERIES -VOL' 1I. -N0. 29 Wadesboro, N. C, Thursday. January 27, 1898. - 17 HOLE NUMBER 881 mm Of the Knife. t . Lincoln Nelson, of Marshfield, Mo., -rtwrites: "For six years I have been a J(.UUnafferer from a scrofulous affection of of physiciins in Washington, D. C, Springfield, 111., and St. Louis failed to reduce the enlargement. After six months' constant treatment here, my physician urged me to submit to a re moval of the gland. At this critical mo- merit a friend recommended S.S.S., . and laying aside a deep-rooted preiu- dice against all patent medicines, 1 De- gan its use. Belore L naa usea one doi tle the enlargement began to disappear, and now it is entirely gone, though I am not through with my second bottle yet. Had I only used your fc.fc.t. long ago, I would have escaped years of misery and saved over tiso." This experience is like that of all who suffer with deep-seated blood troubles. The doctors can do no good, and even their Asorts to the knife prove either fruitless or- fatal. S.S.S. is the only real blood remedy; it gets at the root of 1 the disease and forces it out perma ' nentlv. ' S.S.S. guaranteed purely vegetable) A Real Blood Remedy a blood remedy for real blood troubles; ,"Vri-ijVreS "the- .most obstinate cases of J XJ Scrofula. Eczema. Cancer, Rheumatism, etc., which other so-called Diood reme dies fail to touch. S.S.S. gets at the . root of the disease and forces it out per 1 manently. "Valuable books will be sent free 'to any address by the Swift Specific Co., At lanta, Ga. n. 1. Bennett, Jno. T. Bennett Crawford D. Bennett. Bennett & Bennett, Attorneys-at-Law, Wndf-sboro, , N. C, "Last room on the right, in the court house. Will practice in all the courts of the State. Special attention given to the examination . and investigation of Titles to Real Estate, drawing Deeds and other instruments, Col lection of Claims, the Managing of Estates ,J-JE5 Gsardiaiw. Administrators and E xecu S,J. and the Foreclosure of Mortgages. W ill attend the courts of Stanly and Mont - gomery counties. Prompt attention given to all business in trusted to them. HOW A BIO CROP AFKECTS PRICES. :.' W. F. GRAY, D. D. S., (Office In Smith & L dnlap Building. Wadesboro, North Carolina. ALL OPERATIONS WARRANTED. Will be at aioi ven first Tuesday in each month. LOW Rates West, TEXAS, MEXICO, CAL IFORNIA, ALASKA, or any other point, with FREE MAPS, write to Fued D. Bust, District Passenger Agent, Louisville & Nashville R.R 86K Wall St., ATLANTA, OA. A. S. MORIRSON PFALKR IS 7- hi 8 CO Watches, Clocks, Eye-Glasses, Spec tacles and Jewelry of all kinds re paired on short notice. Iuspected Watcnes for S. A. L. JL R. four years. Fourteen years experience. 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I J ) gicaiKHlJOat Drugifim A Claim That Up to January I the Farmers Have Lost on Cot ton Ihe Present Season, the Total Valne of S6I,S11 Bales, Dae te OverIrodaction. The cotton letter of January 19th, issued by Latham, Alexander & Co., contains facts vand figures which have a vital interest for every resi dent of the South. The figures sent out by this firm are always reliable, and their deductions are almost al ways accurate. The following is the text in part of this week's letter: "It seems to ns that the most vi tally importaut lesson for the South to learn is that over-production of cotton is seriously harmful to the material prosperity of that sec tion. - "We have repeatedly written ou this subject and feel that we have exhausted the argument; neverthe less, with the result of the current crop, we are constrained to write again, even at the risk of reiterating what we have said before. "Whatever share the merchants and plan ters of the Son th are to have in the revival of business and general prosperity of the country, now -apparently well started, will depend upon the profit that is made in the production of cotton, a crop worth $300,000,000. "The total crop of 1895-'96 was 7,157,346 bales, aud it was sold at the average price of 8.09 cents per pound, or $40.82 per bale, - accord ing to the record of exports and the official figures of the Bureau of Statistics at Washington. The plan ters that year made large food crops and when the planting season the next year began, they were fortified with every.rcquisite to produce cot ton cheaply. "Last year the total crop was 8,757,964 bales, and the average price was 7.42 cents per pound, or $37.40 per bale, the crop yielding, perhaps, a larger net profit than for many years, because planters had few supplies to buy. "The success resulting from the conservative policy which was pur sued these two years did not induce planters to adhere to that Hue of action; ou the contrary, they in creased their purchases of fertilizers this year, and -many of them drifted back almost to the all-cotton princi ple, and planted the largest cotton acreage ever known, hoping that the world would pay . remunerative prices for the staple, no matter how large the supply. "The disastrous result of over planting this year is already clearly shown by comparison with last year, when the acreage devoted to cotton was decidedly less. . "Last year the amount of cotton marketed to January 1st was 6,308, 192 bales, the average price realized was 7.53 cents per pout d, $37.97 per bale, or $242,939,350. "This year 7,260,033 bales were marketed to January 1st, the aver age price realized was 6.05 cents per found, $30.49 per bale, or $221,358, 40G. The planters shipped to market 861,841 bales of cotton more by Jan uary 1st this year than last, and re ceived for theni $21,580,944 les3 money. In other words, owing to the lower price, induced by over pro duction, the. people of the South have lost on cotton shipped to mar ket by Jauuary 1st this year, the to tal value of 861,841 bales, namely, $32,724,102, and $21,580,944 be sides, making a grand total loss of $54,305,046. "To further illustrate the ruin ous effect of over-planting, we mak the following summary of crops and prices: r "1893-'94 crop, 7,549,817 bales; average price 7.69; proceeds, $292, 932,899. 1894-'95 crop, 9,901,251 bales; average price, 5.79; proceeds, $288, 918,504. "1895,-'96 crop, 7,157,346 bales; average price, 8.09; proceeds, $292, 234,437. "1896-'97 crop, 8,757,964 bales; average price, 7.42; proceeds, $327, 547,854. "It will be seen that iu 1893-'94a crop of 7,549,617 bales sold fcr $4, 014,395 more than the large crop of 9,901,251 bales the next year; in 1895-96 a crop of only 7,157,346 bales brought $3,315,933 more than the 9,901,251 cropl and that the crop of 8,757,964 bales last year brought $38,629,350 more fhau was received for 9,901,251 bales mar keted in 1894-'95. - "Such incontesible fac ts show what enormous losses the South has sustained by over-production, and are sufficient to cause a radical change in plantiug operations." - - o m Cascahets stimulate liver, kidneys and bo wt n. Never sicken, weaken or gripe, 25c AB1' WRITES OF I.KE. Ruminates About the Gallant Oiilederate ' ChieTtiaii Re calls Incidents in His tile. I was ruminating about General Lee, whose birthday anniversary we have been commemorating all over the south. When we old men were schoolboys we used to speak speeches about Washington and Patrick Hen ry, and I remember one from Van Wert beginning, "Who was Blan- nerhassett?" that was very popular. It is time this younger generation were speaking a speech beginning, who "Whd was Eobt. E. Lee?" But if they don't speak it these annua reminders will cause .them to talk and think about it. We celebrate the Fourth of July because it was the birthday of a nation and the 22nd day of February because it was the birth day of Washington, the father of that nation a man of whom Gen. Lee's father said: "First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." What a wonderful tate was the "Old Do minion!" What was iu the air that caused it to produce such a galaxy of great men as Washington and the Lees and Jefferson, Madison, Mon roe, Randolph, Patrick Henry and others in revolutionary days, aud in later days such great generals as Lee, Johnston, Longstreet, Jackson, Stuart, Ashby and Thomas? There have been many great men There have been many more good men,-but the men who have been both great and good are few. Great ness and goodness are not twins. In deed, they ate seldom of any kin. When Abuer was slain David said: "A great mau has this day fallen in Israel,' and so might be said of Da vid and Soloman and Coustantiue and Caesar aud Cromwell and Na poleon and many others who were great, but not altogether good. There was some dark blot npon their name and their fame that marred its brightnes. Lord Bacon was one of the greatest men,but he was far from being good. AVar is perhaps the severest test of a great man's goodness. It tries his heart as well as his mind and makes protest of all his motions. No man in the annals of history has stood this test better than Robert E. Lee. Stonewall Jackson was no doubt as good a man, but he was not so great, so brave, so commanding. Albert Sidney Johnston was proba bly as good aud as great as Lee, but his opportunities to prove it were suddenly arrested by his untimely death. Even Washington was not so great a geueral as Lee, for he had but little military training, while Lee was educated carefully in the art of war was the ranking gradu ate iu a class of forty-two at West Point, was for three years in charge of that institution and had large and varied experience in the war with Mexico. In addition to all of these advantages, he inherited a talent for commanding men, for he was the son of Henry Lightfoot Lee (Light horse Harry), who was Washington's favored friend and military adviser, and whose bones have honored Geor gia soil on Cumberland island. It is worthy of mention that our Geu eral Lee's grandmother was Lucy Grymes, the first love of Geueral Washington. She was known as the "lowland beauty." It grieved her to reject his addresses, but he. com forted himself soon after by mar rying the widow Custis. This wid ow Custis was the grandmother of General Lee's wife, Mary Randolph Custis. And so the Lees and the Washingtons got as . close together as they could. Ninety-one years ago 166,000 peo ple weve born on tlie same day with General Lee, but not one of them stands out in such bold beautiful relief. He gets greater and grander as the years roll on. More biogra phies have been written and pub lished of him than any other man. Nine are already before the people and another now in presj. His no ble life and public service have com manded the admiration of the world and all the commendation that the English language could give to a man has been given to him. Ihere are no more -nouns of praise no comparat.ves or superlatives left-in the vocabulary. Thus it does not become me to add anything to these tributes. It is enough to say that after all these years since his death in 1870, the climax has been reached when a northern man, the president of a northern college, has at last voluntarily placed him at the head of the column aud pronounced him peerless that greatest general of modern times and the best of men. Furthermore, this Dr. Andrews, who was himself a soldier in the north ern armv. makes bold to say: "His cause was not the lost cause so much as is suspected. The doctrine of states' rights, for which he fought, as now interpreted by our supreme court, is in exact accordance with his claims npon this point.",. When Robert Emmett, the illustri ous Itish patriot, was condemned to death for treason he made a memor able address to his judges and said: "Until Ireland is free let no man write my epitaph." And so when General Lee was on his last bed and realized that death was near, he requested that no funeral oration should be pro nounced. His iequest was observed, but since then the southern people could not be restrained from giving vent to their love and admiration Monuments and statues haye been erected, oiations have been pro nounced and biographies written toe numerous to be recited. Notable men of all countries haye joined in the trib utes and said of him as Virgil said of Aeneas, "Cano arma et virum " It has ocly remained for one man to write anything that sought to snlly his fair escutcheon. I remember wtll the sec ond time I ever saw him. The Seyen Days' fight was over. The last shot and shell had been fired. I was sent with dispatches to General Lee, who was resting near the white house, on York river. His headquarters were in a large officers' tent, and as I ap proached a strange spectacle was pre sented, for General Lee and four or five of his staff were partaking of a scanty noonday meal, that was served on two camp tables inside the tent, aud stretched upon the straw and partly underneath the table was a man lying upon his side with a slouched hat cov ering his face. His faded uniform and rusty stars, his s :vord and his well-worn boots indicated an officer of rank and I was wondering what it meant, when the adjutant left the table and met me with a waye of his his hand for me to stop where I was. ' Make no noise, please," he said; "General Jackson has fallen asleep upon the straw, and we are dining over him in silence. He is exhausted and must have sleep " It was a scene never to be forgotten a scene fit for the painter's highest art, and would be a treasure for the modern camera. Delivering my dispatches I si lently awaited a reply.and when it was given I rode nway, but turned in my saddle to take one more view of the impressive scene. Bat this is enough. Let ns not fail to commemorate the eminent virtues and noble deeds of this great man, and to commend them to our children's children. Thousands of good people have the same birthday and should feel proud of the coincidence and be in spired by it to a virtuous life. If I was not too modest to speak of it I would whisper that I know an unrecon structed rebel mother who is proud that on this 19th day of January she observed not only General Lee's birth day, but that of two of her children. With prophetic inspiration she did her best to honor his coming fame. What mother could do more! Bill Arp SIXUL.E 51 EX GO IXSAE. DR. II art; M AN SAYS fell Pe-ru na Cures Catarrh Wher ever Located. All classes aud conditions of peo ple have chronic catarrh. It spare8 neither strong or weak, old or youug, healthy or sickly. All ranks of people have chronic ca tarrh. Rich meu, poor men, beggar men, thieves, law years, doctors, mer chants, priests. Not only catarrh of the head, but catarrh of the thrsat, catarrh of the lungs, ca tarrh of the stomach, catarrh of the liver, catarrh of the kidneys, catarrh of the bowels; and a mnltitule of women are afficted with catarrh of the pelvic organs. When it is said, therefore, that Pe- ru-ua cures catarrh wherever located, a much larger fact is stated than at first appears. Who is it that says Pe- ru-na will cure catarrh wherever lo cated? Dortors say it, lawyers say it, preachers say it, a vast army of men and women say it, who have tried it. The old and the youug say it They say it in the East aud in the. West; they say in the North and the South. All these say that Pe-ru-na will enre catarrh wherever located. Send for a free copy of an illus trated book of testimonials, entitled "Facts aud Face3," sent by The Pe-ru-na Drug ManufacturiugnCompa ny, Columbus, Ohio. A stranger contributed a number of parcels for the Christmas tree of Eddyville, Ky. When presentation time came every prominent member and officer of the congregation re ceived one of these parcels. Natu rally the lucky ones opeued their bundles at once. Each contained a bottle of whiskey. The minister, and ardent Prohibitionist, got a very arge nasK. . When VOU cannot sler for onnorhinc take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It is most excellent f r colds, too, as it aids expectoration, relieves the lungs and" prevents any tendency toward pneumo nia. For sale by James A Hardison. Government Statistics -That Prove n Remarkable State ment Made by a Physician. The Chicago Times-Herald reports this: Accordiug to United States statis tics marriage is meutal salvation for the men, but ruiuatiou for the wo men. Now the question is, "which is to be sacrificed? "Read the statistics!" "Very well, here they are. Last census year 16,445 married men in the United States succumbed to iu sauity, while for the same year 30, 220 bachelors went crazy. Hence, you see, the bachelor has neatly double the chances of madness as the mau who marries." "What about the woman?" "Ah, that is another story. During the same year there is a record of 19,677 single women aud 21,998 married who became insane. If you put this question to vote, the married women have it." "How very odd," chorused the listeners. "Hydrophobia is confined to the male clog," said Dr. Lelyia Bedel. The little camp of bright women were discussing the dangers of insan ity for the nnmarried.as exploited by Dr. Edward B. Foote, of New York. There was a volley of eager talk, in the midst of which au earnest one hunted np United States statistics with the recorded result, and . Dr. Bedel's quiet statement of fact came crashing down through the small verbal artillery like a well-aimed torpedo. "It is perfectly true," said Dr. Bedel, serenely, "and I am not in the least surprised to know that failure to marry is accounted the cause for much of the insanity among men. Some of Dr. Foote's arguments are, however, far from convinciug. Take that which states that a siugle man worries himself over his affairs and suffets himself to brood about them bacause he has no coufident. The broad truth is that the single mau raiely has as much to think about and worry him as the man who stands in the natural relation of husband and father. It is the abnormal life he leads, not his worries, which male the bachelor tend toward insanity." "But why do not we spinsters go insane?" asked one. "My dear,' said Dr.Bedel, gently, "itist't the single woman who has the cares which .break dowu nervous syltems aud unhinge minds. If the quoted statistics could be more care fully classified, I think you would fiud that our asylums are filled by the wifes of farmers, who bake, brew, sweep, sew and toil from morning until night without relaxation, cheer 1 or recreatiou. They are exhausted, physically aud mentally, the nervous system is nnderminded aud the brain gives way under never ending mo otouy of toil. Marriage brings to a man'more cares, more responsibili ties, but it also brings to him more comforts, more serenity. To a woman, marriage brings more of work,, throught, suffering, endurauce and paiu. I am not advocatiug spinster hood. No doubt that marriage is the. natural relation of life. I am merely 6tating facts." "I always thought," said Miss Elizabeth Harrison, "that insanity grew less out of nervous. exhaustion than from dwelliug on fixed ideas. Now womeu are not giyeu to the fixed idea. The very diversity of their dres3 helps.the inevitable changes of mode, the subtile differences in color. Except in very rare cases women have to unbend their minds to con sider their garments, whereas men go to a tailor, leave their measure.au J go on wearing black or gray to the end of their time. liss through the corridors of any hotel habited by men aud women and yon shall see through half-open doors dreary rooms belong ing to meu who are glad to live out of them as much as possible, while every women's room has its touch of 'homliness,' its bit of refinement and individuality and color. This is another something to think about," Yes," said a wise club woman, "the bachelor of 59 is a crabbed and dull person, who is seldom interested in anything but his stuffy self, but where can you fiud the childless or forlorn womau who is not interested in the homes aud the children of other women? To be 'auntie' may uot seem a huge privilege to womeu w ho have half a dozen youngsters at horne but it is one eargerly sought of many a woman with a great, gracious heart denied its rightful companions." "Still, I don't see how this fulfills the argument that single women are saner than the wedded?" said an im patient lady. "I can quite nuderstaud Dr. Bedel's statement about nervous exhauslhion consequent upon over work, and also Miss Harrison's re marks concerning the danger of brooding ou the fixed idea, only I don't see where the two blend." "I do," exclaimed another. "If I were a farmer's wife, compelled to look each day out of my cabin win dow over flat stretches of unending prairie aud never to see any other view but that,nor vary my household work for recreatiou, I should go mad, hating God, heaven and everything in the horror of it." "Yes," said Dr.Bedel, with infinite sweetness and saduess in her voice, "that is it; you have it now hate aud discontent; these are settled ideas that breed insauity among our wo men of to-day. Both are the result of unrequited toil. Do you wonder?" m VIKHS OF A UOKTO.V MA. Surprise to See Xegro iu Charge ol White Schools. The Xewberiiian. We frequently meet visitors from the North ou our streets, who come here to escape the rigors of a North ern wiuter. We met a geutlemau re cently, from Boston, who was pleased with our fine climate, but was sur prised to learn that we had negro school committeemen over our white schools. The gentleman we talked with was a republican in politics. He said that with all of Boston's pre tended love for the negro, such a thing would not be permitted. In our State elections hereafter, the white people must vote as the negro dose solid. This is ourouly salvation. The Democrats are the real true frindsof the negro. To them they are indebted for their schools. .When "you see a white republican honeying around the ugro, he is after office aud when he gets it, he has no more use for him until next election. Five Thousand .Million Dollars. St. Louis Globe Democrat. Enough is already known of the condition of the life insurance organizations of the country, without waiting for the tptals as set forth in the yearly stetements, to show that the in terest in question is as progress ive and migthy as ever. More than five thousand million dollars of insurance is now in force, pro tected bv actual interest yielding: assets of over twelve hundred million dollars, while a combined surplus of one hundred and eigh ty millions above all liabilities testifies to the solvency of the companies. A remarkable ex hibit this, and all the more -notable when it is remembered that this stupendous garnering of wealth has been attained simply by men in every walk of life putting their money together, in relatively easy payments, for their joint and individual protec tion and that of their families. The records of financial triumphs in any laud or era, fail to show aught approaching this marvel ous and satisfactory accomplish ment of American life insurance. When You Have n Itad Cold ou want the best medicine that can bo obtained, and that is Chainbeilain's Cough Remedy. You want a remedy that will not only give quick relief but effect a permanent cure. You want a remedy that will counteract any tend ency toward pneumonia. You want a remedy that is pleasant and safe to take. Chamberlain's Couh Remedy is the only medicine in use that meets all of these requirements. This remedy is f.iinous for the care of bad colds throughout the United States and in rainy foreign countries. It has many rivals, but, for the speedy and perma nent cure of bad colds, stands without a peer aud its splendid qualities are everywhere admired and praised. For sale by James A. Hardison. W. H. New bold, the dispensary constable charged with the murder of an inoffensive old farmer, was tried at Spartanburg,S. C, last week. Wednesday night the jury brought iu a verdict of not guilt-. Consumption REMEDY FORIIOG CHOLERA. M SCOTT'S EMULSION core consumption ? Yes and no. "Will it cure every case ? No. "What cases will it cure then ? Those in their earlier stages, especially in youn g people. We make no exag- gerated claims, but we have positive evidence that the g early use of & Scott's Emulsion 1 of Cod-liver oif with Hvoo- I 1 tr -m A phosphites of Lime and Soda 3 in these cases results in . a S positive cure to a large num- her. In advanced cases, how- X a ever, where a cure is impossi- blc, this well-known remedy S should be relied tinon to nrrv- & - it r- w long- life surprisingly. Q oc and Si.eo. all drurtrist. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemist, New York. Q Successful Experlmeals Made by (he Afrleultaral Depart meat With Anll-Taxlae Scram. Washington, Jan. 16. The chief of the bureau of animal industry, Dr. D. E. Salmon, has submitted to Secre tary Wilson a report npon experiments xn the treatment of hogs for bog chol era with anti toxioe serum. This se rum is made npon the same principle as the anti-toxine of diphtheria. It was first tested npon small animals in the laboratory and. being found effica cious, was last fall tested in Page county, Iowa, en several herds of swine, containing altogether 278 animals. Leaving out one herd, from which definite letnrns as to cause of death conld not be obtained, only 39 died out 244 animals treated, of which 86 were sick. Consequently 82.8 per cent, of the animals in these herds were saved. Of untreated herds kept under obser vation during the period referred to about 85 per cent, of the animals died. Dr Salmon believes that, with expe rience a better quality of serum ean be prepared, and he has no doubt that this percentage ean be maintained hereafter. Referring to this report, Secretary Wilson said the cost of the serum now is but 10 cents per head of animals treated, only one dose being required, and doubtless in course of time this light cost may be still farther reduced. "It is in my opinion," said the Secre tary, "of the utmost importance that this serum, for the next year at least, be made by the bureau under our own supervision and dihtributed in large quantities in order to demonstrate its efficacy npon a more extended scale. It is absolutely essential that during the experimental stage serum of un doubted quality be used. Unless the hog growers can obtain it from this department, they will be forced to depend npon what ean be obtained from private sources, and, owing to the novelty of this product, not only will discouragingly exhorbi tant prices be charged for it. but in many cases inferior products may be offered. I propose to ask Congress to provide an appropriation necessary to furnish two million doses of serum dur ing the next year, and to make a con siderable portion of the appropriation immediately available' A Valuable Inventou. Toledo Union. Since 1886, 3,500 Mergenthaler typesetting machines have been sold for $10,500,000. Daring the year ending October 3l8t last, the com pany paid dividends amounting to $1,550,000. Less thau eleven years ago Jlergentnaler was sideways" to eat in Baltimore. And 6ix years ago, in hia city, the agile hand compositor on the Commercial could not see his way clear to relin quish a "38 cent per" situation to accept $3 for a night's work while learning to operate the machine. Ver ily, times do change. R7I tk food para, wbokwa mmd rtril lam FOVDEI. Absolutely Pure WALSER ALSO A rSH TOTER. Gets It as "Local Counsel" for tbe Ssullieru I'roecutes the Southern as Attorney Geueral. Then Defends ft as "Local Counsel." News and Observer. Here's more work for the Railroad Commission. This time it's game that's worth the candle, too. Its investigation would make a most interesting chapter. Mr. Zeb Vance Walser rides on a free pass. This pass was given Dim by the Southern Railway Company, as ''local connsel " at Lexington N C Mr. Walser has been in Raleigh this week. He came here on this pass; he went away on it. No doubt this very minute he has it in his pocket. Says The New York Times: Th population of Japan is 42, 70S 204 According to the figures presented bj the Japanese statisticians, the island has 400 000 more men than women,' and the number of families is a - little over 8,000 000. Of nobles there are 4.375; of shizo ku, whatever they may be, there are 2,067,997, and all the rest are common people. This is a very good showing, particularly as the Jap annese noble as such has no special powers and few siei&l nrinlsms And the population of this island kingdom is increasing rapidly, the in creasment last year having been 437 644 These figures inlcude only what are called fixed residents and make no account of the Formosans, who, ap parently, are not yet considered wor thy of the honor of a place among the real Japanese. It is customary to think Japan is a small country, but obvious ly lack of men will not prevent her from holding her own against any Eu ropean forces likely to be sent into the neighborhood of her shores. We are auxious to do a little good in this world and can think of do pleasanter or better way to do it than bv recommending One Minute rough Cure as a preventive of pneumonia, consamntion mnd nthpr wrinm lung troubles that follow neglected colds. James A. Hardison. "For my part," Baid one, "I think Fred is very bright and capable." "Yes," replied the other; "he is ce tainly a worthy youug man, but I doubt whether he has head enough to fill his father's shoes." A thrill of terror ia ex peri need when a brassy cough of croup sounds through the house at night. Baf the terror soon changes to relief alter One Minute Cough Cure has been administered. Safe and harmless for children. James A. Hardison. The beauty and fitness of all this will be seen when it is lemembered that Mr. Walser is our accomplished Attorney General As such he is popularly supposed to be the State's prosecuting attorney. For this the State pays him first and last $3,400, or $400 more than the Gov ernor gets. Now, among the cases the State nov has in the courts, is one agaiust t'uS Southern Railway Company tryiDg to set aside the ninety-nine year lease. In this case Mr. Walser is supposed to represent the State, and on this suppo sition the State pays him a fee for it. The Southern, on the other hand, seems to think Mr. Walser represents it, for it issues to him a p ' - ss as "local counsel," and it may be that it pays him "five or ten dollars besides." Now, Mr. Walser. whom do you rep resent? Both sides, as it seems to a disinterested on-looker;or neither side , as your enemies say you lack of ability will show. There's much truth in the latter position, but it's not the whole truth. Last September Judge Robinson cre ated a sensation throughout the whole country by his famous charge to the grand jury here in regard to free -passes. Several presentments were made as a result. Then there was a mighty flutter among officials to hide the little piece of card board on which they had been travelling. But the pressure was too great. The people had become interested. They wanted to know They suspected that somebody had been yelliug, "Stop thief," when they had stolen the goods in their pocket. Now began a process similar to that of smoking a rabbit out of a hollow ; tree. The first hare to drop was Gov ernor Russell. He rode on a pass "because Judge Simonton did." Then tumbled J udge Robinson. He too had been riding on a free pass, but "not in his official capacity." The next old Molly eotton-tail to give np was Fath er Worth, who ia ex-officio a "mem ber of the finance committee of the North Carolina Railroad." Next came down Auditor Ayer, then Dr. Ramsey and Otho Wilson and so on. Now comes Attorney General Wal ser. A sight for gods and men and a shame npon the high ofiiee he thus de grades. How long will the people stand such hypocrisy and double dealing? 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The Messenger and Intelligencer and Ansonian (Wadesboro, N.C.)
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