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Wadesboro, N. C. Thursday. February 24, 1898.
WHOLE NUMBER 885
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Key West, Fi.a., Feb. 17. Lieuten
ant John Bladen, of Batimore, one of the
Maine's survivors,, who. is at the Key
West Hotel, gave the correspondant of
the Associated Press, this evening, a suc
cint account of the disaster, saying that
not until now has he been able to recol
lect the sequence of events in the awful
ten minutes following the explosion
Tnesday evening. Lieut. Blandin was
on the Trenton at the time of the terri
ble disaster off Samoa, in March, 1889,
when American and German vessels lost
244 men all together. He says:
"I was on watch, and when the men
had been piped below, I looked down the
main hatches .and over the side of the
ship. Every thing was absolutely nor
mal. -1 walked aft to the quarter deck
behind the rear turret, as is allowed after
8 o'clock in the evening, and sat down
on the port side, where I remained for a
few minutes. Then for some reason I
cannot explain to myself now I moved
to starboard side and sat down there. I
was feeling a bit glum, and, in fact, was
so quiet that Lieut. J. Hood came up and
asked laughingly if I was asleep. I said:
'No, I am ou watch.'
"Scarcely had I spoken when there
came a dull, sullen roar. Would to God
I could blot out the sound and the scene
that followed. Then came a sharp ex
plosion, some say numerous detonations.
I remember only one. It seemed to me
that the sound came from the port side
forward. Then came a perfect rain of
missiles of ad descriptions, from huge
pieces of cement to blocks of wood, steel
railings, fragments of gratings, and all
debris that would be detachable in an
explosion.
"I was struck on the head by a piece
of cement'and knocked down, but I was
not hurt, and got to my feet in a mo
ment. Lieut'Hood had run to the poop
and I followed. He was dazed by the
shock and about to jump overboard. I
hailed him and he answered that he had
run to the poop to help lower the boats.
When I got there, though scarce a min
ute could have elapsed, I had to wade in
water to my knees, and almost instantly
the quarter deck was awash. On the
poop I found Captain Sigsbee, as cool as
if at a ball, and soon all the officers ex
cept Jenkins and Merritt joined us. The
poop was above water after the Maine
had settled to the bottom. Captain Sigs
bee ordered the launch and gig lowered,
and the officers and men, who by this
time had assembled, got the boats out
and rescued a number who were in the
water. Captain Sigsbee ordered Lieut.
Commander Wainwright forward to see
the extent of the damage, and if any
thing could be done to rescue those for
ward or to extinguish the flames, which
followed close upon the explosion and
burned fiercely as long as there were any
combustibles above the water to feed
them. Lieut. Commander Wainwright,
on his return, reported the awful charac
ter of the calamity, and Captain Sigsbee
gave the last order, 'Abandon ship,' to
men overwhelmed with grief, indeed, but
calm and apparently unexcitcd. Mean
time four boats from the Spanish cruis
er Alfonso XIII arrived, to be followed
soon by two from the Ward Line steamer
City of Washington. Boats from the
City of Washington were found to be
riddled with flying debris from the Maine
and unfit for use. Captain Sigsbee was
the last man to leave her, and left in his
own gig.
"I have no theories as to the cause of
the explosion. I cannot form ' any. An
examination by divers may tell some
thing to a court of inquiry. I, with oth
ers, had heard that the Havanna harbor
was full of torpedoes, but the officers
whose duty it was to examine into that
reported that they found no signs of any.
Personally, I do not believe the Spanish
had anything to do with the disaster.
Time may tell. I hope so. We were in
a delicate position on the Maine so far as
taking any precautions were concerned.
We were friends in a friendly, or alleged
friendly port, and could not fire upon or
challenge the approach of any boat un
less convinced that her intentions were
hostile. I wish to heaven I could forget
it. I have been in two wrecks now and
have had my share. But the reverbera
tions of that sullen, yet resonant roar, as
if the bottom of the sea were groaning
with torture, will haunt me for many a
day, a id the reflection of that pillar of
llame comes to me when I close my
eyes."
allow yourselves to be iusulted in tLis
way. Do you not see what they have
done to tis in withdrawing our brave and
beloved Weyler, who at this very time
would haye finished with this unworthy
rebellious rabble, who are tramping on
our flag and our honor.
"Autonomy is imposed on us to set to
one side and to give posts of honor and
authority to those who ini iated this re
bellion, these ill-born autonomists, un
grateful sons of our beloved country.
And, finally these Yankee hogs who med
dle in our affairs, humiliating us to the
list degree and for still greater taunt
order to us one of the ships of war of their
rotten squadron, after insulting us in their
news-papers and driving us from our
homes. Spaniards! - The moment pf ac
tion has arrived! Sleep not! Let ua show
these vile traitors that we have not y 1 1
lost thame, and that we know how to
protect with energy befitting a nation
worthy and strong as our Spain is, and
always will be.
"Death to Americans! Death to auton
omy! "Long live Spain! Long live Weyler!"
Mrs. Jungen, wife of Lieut. Gail W.
Jungen, watch officer on the Maine, is at
the home of her uncle, Medical Director
Wood. In answe-r to questions as to
whether any of her husband's letters in
dicated a feeling existing in Havana
against the American officers, she said:
"Oh, yes. In all the letters from my
husband he has spoken of the bit er feel
ing against the Americans, which waj
everywhere apparent. This was among
the lower classes of Spanish, I under
stand, Weyler's followers. In a letter
dated as late a February 10, he used the
significant expression. 'If we don't get
away from here soon, there will be
trouble.' "
HE LOOKS BACKWARD.
MEILSTRUP'S LETTER.
A Gamier 011 the Maine Wrote of
Reing Snrronuded by Torpe
does and His Expectation ol
Rein;; Blown I'p.
Detroit, Mich., Feb. 17. A special
to the News from Bay City, Mich., say?:
A Ittter was received to-day from Elmer
Meilstiup, a gunner on the battleship
Maine, dated February 11th, addressed to
his mother, in whijh Meilstrup wrote
that he would not be surprised if they
should be blown up any dayj that the
ship was surrounded with torpedoes and
could not leave the harbor without con
sent and direction of the Spanish authori
ties. Meilstrup's letter says: "The Spani
ards have a couple of gunboats and a
cruiser, and there are two German gun
boats. The guns of Morro Castle are
pointed at us as I wr te. The whole bot
tom of the harbor i3 covered wiili torpe
d es, so that it they did not want to let us
out, we would not be able to go very well.
We are lying between the Spanish
and German men-of-war, and they have
picket boats out all night watching us "
In a letter of Jannary lM.h Meilstrup
tells of an incident aboard the cruiser
Marblehead, when five men were injured
by a shot. Commenting he says: "It is a
wonder some of the Spaniards don't blow
us up, they are so careless."
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STATE OrWOKTII CAROLINA.
Arson County.
Superior Court Office of Clerk.
The creditors of the estate of Daniel P
Johnson, deceased. Are hereby notified
that a special proceeding lias been institu
ted in said court before the clerk thereof,
by W. L. Little ami others, in behalf of all
1 he creditors of sanl estate against vv. R.
Johnson ami J. b. Jones, the executors and
the heirs at law ami devisees of said de
cedent, for the purpose or ascertaining the
debts outstanding against said estate
and of making assets to pay the same. The
creaitorsare nereuy notmea to hie the evi
oenceof their claims with the aiulersitrneU
clerk of said court, at his office 111 the court
house at Wailesloro, on or before the 7th
day of April. lWtS. February 8th, 189s.
JOHN C. McLAUClILIX,
Clerk of Superior Court,
AN IXCEXDIARY CIRCULAR.
Flaming Appeal to Spit 11 lads
Against the Yankee Hogs Who
Seul'One ot the Ships ofTheir
Rotten Squadron" to Havana
A Document That Was Found
by An Officer of the Maine.
New York, Feb. 17. - Medical Di
rector Woodj of the Naval Hospital,
Brooklyn, is in possession of the copy of
a circular, incendiary and outrageous,
wrhich was passed about the treets, on
railways, cars and othr places in Ha
vana. A tran?lation of this circular was
sent to Medical Director Wood by an of
ficer ot the Maine, who pick ed it up while
on a train running from a bull fight. The
circular is as follows: "Spanirds! Long life
and honor! What are ye doing, that ye
Old Time Sontiicm 9I:iety.
The Sunny Sointh.
In the "good old days" prior to
the great war between the states
there were men above all price, above
all selfish considerations, above all
low standards governing public offi
cials. We recall an illustration or
two, Jndge Robert B. Gilliam, of
Oxford, N. C, would uot except the
hospitalities of a gentleman, al
though a dark night was upon him,
he was wearied and Ins horse was
very tired from a long ride over the
worst road in western Carolina, and
he was theu six miles from the court
house. The reason was the hospi
table geutleman had a case in the
court Judge Gilliam was to hold
that week.
Captain A. M. Noble told us of a
similar act of delicacy and honor on
the part of the late Judge Gilmer,
of Greensboro. They had served in
the war together, and Mr. Noble
pressed the judge to visit him at his
home, aud on Mouday he would take
him to Smithfield, the county seat
of Johnston, where court was to be
held. Judg'i Gilmer asked: "Have
yon a case in court?" Answer, no.
"Are you a witness or a juror?" Ans
wer, 110. "Then," said the conscien
tious judge, "it will afford me great
pleasure to accept your kind hospi
talities." These were men, every inch of
them.
Another case in the long ago. Mr,
Badger was the great North Carolina
lawyer and advocate, peerless and
supreme, he was council in a very
important suit pending in Warren.
After being employed he entered the
cabinet of President William Henry
Harrison in 1841. as secretary of the
navy. He retired from the case, as
he held that 110 cabinet officer had a
right to be practicing in the courts
of his state. Times have changed,
mau tiers have changed, standards
have changed, men have changed.
Have they improved with the
change?
Work Resumed.
"After repeated attacks of the grip I was
so weak I coald hardly drag myself about.
1 was so nervous, had palpitation of the
heart and food did not agree with me. 1
began taking Hood's Sarsaparilla ami after
taking four bottles 1 resumed my work nd
now enjoy the best of health." -Mrs. M. F.
Murray. Stainback, N.C.
Hood's Pills are easy to take, easy to op
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O Cl Q
Arp Tells of the Old Know
Nothing Parly to whi-sh He
Belonged -The Bartow Sage
Recounts the Days of His First
Political Experience.
Experience is a good schoolmaster. I
was ruminating about the schemes and
tricks of the politicians who hanker after
office and my memory went back to the
old know-nothing party during the so's,
aud how the politicians pulled the wool
over my eyes and inveigled me in. I
was young theu and easily fooled. But
I was dreadfully in earnest, for I really
feared that foreigners were about to take
the country and that Roman Catholics
would soon get in power through the Ir
ish vote and the Spanish inquisition
would be revived and the devil be turned
loose for 1,000 years. And so I joined,
and they made me an officer and gave
me a long sword and I guarded the door
and my insignia was white regalia with
the motto: 'Put none but Americans on
guard tonight." I tell you I felt proud
and I felt responsible for the preserva
tion of political .and religious liberty. I
would have fought panthers and wildcats
and gorillas. Iu fact, I wanted to fight
something.for the know nothing pressand
know-nothing orators and know-nothing
preachers had got us aroused to despera
tion and I could hardly keep my hands
off an Irishman when I met him in the
street. Every preacher in town joined
and Brother Caldwell and Brother Still
well were made chaplains, and they
prayed long and earnestly for our coun
try and its hallowed institutions. Oh;
it was solemn and serious. But one
night it was proposed to choose delegates
to go to a convention to nominate a can
didate for congress and it leaked out that
a man was to be nominated who had no
moral standing in the community, but
he was rich aud had used his money
freely and we began to smell a mice.
About that time Alex Stephens took the
field against our order and I never heard
such a speech in my life. He everlast
ingly lambasted our leaders for trying to
fool the people and he made us democrats
feel as mean as a dog for ever having
fallen into the trap. Before that I really
thought I was doing God s service in
helping good patriots to save the country.
Que dark night I told my wife a lie about
having urgent business at my office and
wouldent be back until late, very late,
and I weut out six miles in the country
to an old millhouse on Silver creek. Half
a dozen officers went along with me and
we instituted a branch lodge up iu the
old mill aid got covered all over with
cobwebs aud flour, aud next moraing my
wife got up nrst and looked at my
clothes. She ruminated for a minute and
then remarked: "Had to go to mill last
night I see. I didn't know that the flour
was out." For sometime I had been a
suspect with her about this office busi
ness at night, for every time a know-noth
ing meeting was called little three-cornered
red cauers were seen on the side
walks about town, and it was norated
aronud that the know-nothings were to
meet that night. The next day our wives
compared notes and found out that
nearly ail the meu had business dowa
town that night. Can't fool these wo
men. They don't like secret socities no
how. A good faithful wife doesen't like
anything that gets in between her and
her husband. She has no secrets from
him and he ought not to have any froi.i
her. Not long after we were married
joined a secret society, and when she got
to looking over my under garments to
see if the buttons v.ere all right, she dis
covered that the buckles were gone, and
couldent explain it to her satisfaction.
But she found out from some other wo
man, aud whenever I got a new pair of
drawers she asked me if I dident want
the buckles cut off.
Well, the know-nothing party died
early in these parts, for the people found
out that it was a political scheme to get
into office. Just so the politician got
hito the Farmers' Alliance and took
charge of it, and they got up the Ocala
platform and a big subtreasury scheme
whereby great warehouses were to 1)e
built by the government in every con
gressional district where the farmers
could store their cotton and corn and
oats and sorghum and potatoes and
pmnkins, and draw money on them and
hold them in the warehouses until th
prices went up. One of the leaders de
clared iu a public speech at Macon that
they were going to hold the cotton until
it went to 15 cents, and he made the
people believe it, and they rolled him
into Congress by a tidal wave. The alli
ance looked upon lawyers as suspects
and not fit to hold office nor fitten to get
fitten, and so one lawyer sold his law
books and burned the bridge behind him
and joined Gideon's band and swallowed
the Ocala platform, subtreasury and all,
and the confiding people rolled him into
congress. But he sd tiered a relapse in
due time and bought more law books
and now the last condition of that man is
worse than the first. Another lawyer
swallowed the platform bones and skin
and ran for congress on it aud got awful
ly beaten and has never been elected
since to any office by the people, and to
my opinion never will be. It is just as
old Abe Lincoln said: "You may fool
all the people some of the time, and you
may fool some of the people all the time,
but you can't fool all the people all the
time."
Now, the common people, the farmers
and mechanics and toilers, are generally
unsuspecting and credulous, and when a
smart, shrewed politician talks sweet and
nice to them they are inclined to be
lieve him, but what lawyer of any pre
tensions or respectability ever believed
in the Ocala.platform or the subtreasury
scheme "or something better?" Of
course, any statesman who was fit to
hold office knew that it was utterly im
practicable and would bankrupt the
government to build warehouses and ad
vance money on crops, but it was a hobby
on which to ride into office and fooling
the people was 01 no consequence. No,
I wouldeut trust any man who would do
it or has done it. Bin Arp
POPULIST OS THE SITUATION
Chief Clerk Situs Re-Affirms a
Former Declaration lu Favor
orwhite Supremacy.
Raleigh News and Observer.
At the meeting of the Populist
State-executive committee held last
August, Mr. John A. Sims, of Oa-
barrns, who is chief clerk in the
State Auditor's, office threw a bomb
in the camp by proposing a resolu
tion in favor of white supremacy.
To dav we print a communica
tion, from Mr. Sims, iu which he
embodies a letter written bv him to
the chairman of the Populist State
executive committee last August.
Th.'re-are two or three, points in the
letter that ought to be widely known
aud emphasized. .Senator Pritchard,
and those so called Populists who
sneeze wheH Pritchard bikes snuff,
say that co-operation ought to be
continued to prevent the repeal of
the election law. The following
paragraph from Mr. Sims' letter ef
fectually disposes of that pretense:
"In 1892, under the theu election
law, we polled for Governor, say
44,000 votes; in 1896, with one of
the best meu of the State for our
candidate, we polled 32,000 votes all
told; in 1892, we are told that we
were cheated out of 16,000 votes, and
yet in 1896, holding an election un
der a law of our own framing, we
poll 50 per cent, less votes than in
1892. Now, at thist rate, how much
longer can we exist as a party?"
There has been some faint denial
that negross control white schools,
Mr. Sims says:
"1 cannot get the consent or my
mind to again even co-operate with
auv nartv whose views are in direct
couflict with my own, and that of
the party to which I belong, on that
which we believe to be the leading
issue, and more especially when the
party with which we have heretofore
-1 m .1 1 I !
co-operated iu JNortn uarotina, nave
abused the confidence that has been
placed in them to some extent at
least, especially when they place our
public schools for whites under ne
gro school commissioners."
Mr. Sims declares that "the Popu
list party is a white man's party;"that
the "negro is a Republican and will
ever be," and declares his purpose of
rectifying the mistakes he has made,
so far as he can do so. We are per
suaded that there are many Populists
who feel as Mr; Sims does about
this mattei, and will refuse this year
to again be traded off to put certaiu
leaders in office aud disgrace the fair
name of the State.
The door is wide open for all men
who believe in"the whiteman and the
white metal" to drive out the corrupt
and incompetent gang that profanes
the civic temple.
Co Operation ol the Anti-Gold
Forces.
New York Journal.
The joint address to voters of the
United States, issued by the chair
man of the national committees of
the democratic, populist and silver
republican parties, nrgiug unity of
action upon all opponents of the
single gold standard, all enemies of
the policy of yielding control of the
money of the nation to the national
banks, is a document of convincing
force and of stimulating eloquence.
Its purpose is commendable, for it
presses upon the foes of the domina
tion of our currency by British in
fluences aud local money monopolists
that shrewd co-operation which we
mav be sure the enemy will adopt.
The issue is clearly enough raised
now. It is the gold standard with
all it implies retirement of green
backs, increase of the bonded in
debtedness, national bauk control of
the volume of the currency, gov
ernmeut guarantee of currency,
from which the banks alone reap
profit, that we have to fight.
Iu defence of this gold standard
arrtl its corollaries stutids the repub
lican party. Secretary Gage has
forced it to that position, despite the
timidity of the president. In oppo
sition, in attack, is the democratic
party first and most powerful.
The chairman of the democratic
national committee invites all who
oppose the republican party and its
financial policy to join in its over
throw. Tho chairman of the popu
list and silver republican parties urge
their party associates to accept the
invitation, uniting for the defeat of
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Horseflesh as Food.
Xew York Tribune.
In Europe prejudice against horse
flesh as food diminishes year by year,
and in France and other continental
countries great attention is given to
the fattening of wornont horses for
market. European societies for the
prevention of cruelty to animals are
interesting themselves in the subject,
and are offering inducements to farm
ers to utilize their spare horses for
food. The substance is said to be as
nourishing -and palatable 113 beef,and
in some repects authorities of the
cuisine give it the preference. Every
year there is more or less of a panic
in regard to the short supply of beef,
and in the countries which have be
come accustomed to its use,horseflesh
comes in as a substitute. In France
the price of beef is from 25 to 40
cents a pound, while horse meat may
be had from o to S cents, lhe pot-
au-fen, disused in thousands of
French homes because of the high
price of beef, has, through the cheap
ness of the latter meat assumed its
former importance in the domestic
economy of that people. In this era
of mechanical propulsion an increas
ing number of horses ace thrown
out of business, aud their utilization
as food, if it cannot be said to open
their
a usetui close. Ac
cording to current statistics U will
not be many years before the world's
supply of beef will fall short of its
requirements, aud if relief is not
found iu utilizing the horses as sub
stitute it is difficult to conjecture
where it is to be looked for, short of
a geueral adoption of the prat ice 'of
vegetarianism, which has always
beeu the diet of the subject, and
never, sofar,of the ruling or progres
sive races.
the common enemy, but preserviug
their party identity as completely as
Great Britiau and Prussia retained
their respective independence after
the battle of Waterloo.
The summons is wisely worded.
Every democrat should respond to it.
Every populist and silver republican
should see his duty clear. The
maxim in each congressional district
should be, "One anti-republican can
didate, and one only." So shall there
be a clear majority against McKin
ley, Hamia and Reed in the next
house.
A Raby Left Captain Rose
b ore's Traia It Was Dragged
Death Came In Three Hoars.
Charlette Observer.
Greenville, S. C, has had three
6ensations lately: The smallpox,
the marriage of Mr. D. M. Hodges, I
aud now a snddeu and mysterious j
death of a baby.
The facts of the latter became
knowu here yesterday after the South
Carolina papers were received. As
learned from Captain Ed. Roseboro,
who came in last evening ou No. 12 j
they were these:
Captain Roseboro was conductor
in charge of No 35 Thursday morn
ing. A lew miles irom ureeuviiie
a passenger in the day coach heard a
peculiar sound under oneof the seats.
An investigation was made, and to
the astonishment of all on board,
a basket was found containing an
infant three days old. Captain
Roseboro was informed of the fact.
He was like the man in "Wang"
with "the elephant on his hands."
He did not know what to think or
what to do. The child belonged to
no oue 011 board. Several of the
passengers recalled having seen an
old mau board the train at Green
ville, S. C, and shove the basket un
der the seat. They thought nothing
of the matter until the little cry
from the basket had told them that
there was a human life in the basket.
Every one became interested in the
child. A physician was on board
and Captain Roseboro asked him to
00k after the child. He had uot
ong to watch o'er it however, for
the little tbiug died before the train
reached Atlanta. It seemed to have
been drugged. After death it got
perfectly black iu the face. The
doctor did all he could to save it, but
the mischief had been done before
the child was put on the train. The
little body was taken to Atlanta and
giyen in charge of the police. Tele
grams were at once sent to Green
ville, decribing the person who left
the bundle on the train. Every ef
fort will be made to ferret out the
mystery and to mke the guilty party
suffer.
a new career to tuem, brings
existing one to
The Lord's Supper.
Atlanta Constitution.
Perhaps the most startling religious
sensation yet sprung in this age of orig
inal departures is the strange heresy
which emanates from Union Theological
seminary, New York. Dr. McGiffert,
one of leading professors in this time
honored institution, makes the declara
tion that the hoi v sacrament of the Lord's
supper is without special religious signif
igauce. As Christians the world over have been
taught to regard this sacrament with pe
culiar reverence on account of its divine
institution, the heretical decaration of
Dr. McGiiTert is bound to stir up relig
ious excitement in both hemispheres.
Speaking of the' last meeting between
Christ and His disciples iu "the little
upper room" at Jerusalem, on which oc
casion the sacrament was first observed,
Dr. McGitT.rt savs: "To read subtile
and abstruse doctrines into this simple
and touching act, unpremeditated, j-et
suuimincr up in itself the whole story of
His life and sacrific:, is a great injustice
for it takes from the scene all its beauti
ful naturalness, which is so characteristic
of Him and so perfectly in keeping with
His direct aud unaffected thought and
speech." In other words, Dr. McGiffert
contends that the institution of the
Lord's supper was social in 'its charac
ter and wholly devoid of . sacramental
features. He furthermore contends that
the disciples in afterwards observing the
Lord's supper as a memorial feat did so
purely in attestation 01 their gnel lor the
fcavior s departure.
On occount of the fundamental relig
ious teat-hings which this herecy call
into question, Dr. McGiffert is destined
to become the central figure in one of the
most interesting religious trials of the
present generation.
We are anxious to do a little uood in this
world and can Hunk of no pleasanter or
better wav to (to it than bv ieconimeiulin!
One Minute I'outi I'nre as a preventive of
pneumonia, consumption and oilier serious
lung troubles that follow neglected colds.
James A. Ilaniison,
Is There a Clean Radical Office
holder iu the State?
II ileigh News and Observer.
Frauk Carter, one of Winston's
colored aldermen, aud janitor at the
colored graded st:hjol, has been sus
pended by the graded school com
mission for immoral conduct. Car
ter has been a local preacher, but
his church took his license away
from him a few days ago.
. When Yon Have Bad Cold
You want the best medicine that can
be obtained, aud that-is Chambeilain's
Cough Remedy. You want a remedy
that will not ouly 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 Cough Remedy is
the only medicine in use that meets all
of these requirements. This remedy is
famous "for the cure of bad colds
throughout the United States and in
many foreign countries. It has many
rivals, but, for the speedy and perrua"
Dent cure of bad colds, stands without
a peer aud its splendid qualities are
everywhere admired and praised. For
sale by James A. Hardison.
The Record says Mr. Jas. E.
Burke, of Chatham county, owns a
goose that was hatched in 1860 and
is, therefore, 38 years old. Durii
this period this goose has hatched
225 goslings and is still in the
bus iu ess.
Wasi&r
in Children
can be overcome in almost all cases
by the use of Scott's Emulsion oi
Cod-Liver Oil and the Hypophos
phites of Lime and Soda While
it is a scientific fact that cod-liver
oil is the most digestible oil in ex
istence, in
Royal auu tb food par,
wbotcsosM aswt dcUUoos.
FOVQEO
Absolutely Pur
aovu. iMirtno wwt co.. "fw vpmc
Heard
Silver Meu Together.
The Raleigh News aud Observer.
Hon. Charles A. Towne, who was the
most eloqunt Republican who walked
out of the St. Louis convention when
the gold standard platform was adop
ted, is as well posted as to the attitude
of his colleagues as any man in the
country. In a recent interview, Mr.
Towne said:
"For the present, the nation must
look to the silyer elements for relief.
Only through them can any permanent
relief be had. To the everlasting
ciedit of the Democratic party, be it
said, since they threw off the yoke of
Cleveland, Carlisle and others of that
type of master, that party organiza
tion has become a champion of the
people, and I believe will remain so.
"The indications to day are that we
will carry the next Congressional elee
tious and also add to our strength in
the Senate. I do not think that a sin
gle plank of the Democratic platform
of 1S96 will be repudiated in 1900. If
anything, I believe the Democrats will
go even further, and 1 believe that
they will nominate Bryan and so co
operate with the other great silver ele
ments that in 1900 will see our cause
victorious and prosperity assured
throughout our country."
This is in marked contrast to the ut
terances of the little North Carolina
office seekers, who, anxious to fceep
their jobs, are prating that the Demo
crats are insincere in order to get some
excuse for voting with the goldbugs
again. These fellows have fooled the
people for the last time. When men
like Towne says the Democratic party
"has become the champion of the peo
ple, and I believe will remain so," the
specious pleas, made by office-holders
to keep their jobs, will not fool silver
men any more.
'Little Browu Creek
From Again.
Well, this is a queer world we are living
in. The other day, while in town, a gen
tleman remarked to us that 1 ought not to
criticise too closely the acts of my friends,
else the enemy might think that things
were not as they should be in camp. 1 write
only front conviction, after deliberation,
and never from a policy standpoint. I
think more principles and less policy ou the
part of those who rule over us, would be
better for the masses. 1 am for the greatest
good possible to the greatest number. I am
a democrat from principle, and no ring or
clique will ever be able to drive me from
the principle as enunciated by Jefferson. -We
do not all see alike, neittier do w: tbiuk
alike, and I am persuaded that this is best
for all concerned. Two much sameness
would naturally lead to indifference. I
shall only couucil my fi tends when 1 think
by s doing that the public service render
ed by them will be in the interest of the
great mass of our people. - In otlier words ,
those that we nave in authority must not
consider themselves as above honest CKjtU
cism, and they ought to be able to give good
reasons for their acts. 1 may be behind, bat
for the life of me 1 cannot see why the ex
penses of this county should not be lessen
ed, on the lines heretofore mapped out.
For instace, call in your outside pauper list
aud tell each one on that list, that you want
to do for them all that the coumy is able
to do, out ia order that this may be the
better accomplished you think they had
better go to the county home. When you
have, as commissioners, reaced this conclu
sion, not one-third on that list will go there.
Their people can, and will, care for them
rather than they should go to the "home."
There is no mare disgace for an honest in
dividual to go to the "home" than to get on
the outside list. There are exceptions to
all rules I am willing to be taxed more
that such characters as James Urower
should have more of the comforts of this
life. Such characters deserve our sympa
thies and should receive our charities un
grudgingly. We are nearly all in outside poor houses
now. ,When we are all paupers who is to
do the feeding on
"Littlk BnowN Creek?"
Had Heard of Flake's Appoint
ment. Maxton Blade, Republican.
Congressman C. A. Martin, who
is at. present drawing pay as Con
gressmau from this district, got off
his base one day this week in Wash
ington aud later on he turned up
missing. He was seeu in the lobby
wildly gesticulating, sawiug the air
and delivering a terriblf phillipic
against some imaginary foe. He
had probably heard the news that
Brother Flake had been appointed
postmaster at Polklon, which is the
Congressman's home.
A thrill of terror is experinced when a
brassy cough of cronp sounds through the
house at night. Bat the terror soon changes
to relief attcr One Minute Cough Cnre has
been administered. Safe and harmless for
children. James A. Hardison.
Don't annoy others by your coughing,
and risk jour life by neglecting a cold. One
Minute Cough Cure cures coughs, colds,
croup, grippe and all throat and lung
troubles. James A. Hardison.
Strauge
Fatalities In a .Vegro
Family.
Elkin Correspondence Charlotte Obsever.
A strauge fatality seems to have
overtaken, the family of Willis Hick
erson, a negro living at Jonesville,
Yadkin county. About six mouths
ago bis daughter, Jeunie, sickeued
aud died. A month- ago another
daughter, Ella, died in thesams man
ner. A week afterward, Willis, the
father, passed away, aud on yesterday
a grown sou, Nathan, expired. They
were all attacked in the same way.
They seemed to waste aud die. The
well at their place was cleaned out
last week and down in the bottom
was fouud a rabbit's foot aud three
little white balls of something or
other tied up in a cotton rag. The
negroes iu this section are greatly
alarmed aud think there is a witch
or conjurer iu their midst. There is
certainly something very strange
about the matter.
Wants to Change a Comity Irom
Carlisle to William Jennings
Bryan.
Fkaxkfort, Ky., Feb. 11. One
of the new bills introduced in the
House to day, was by Mr. Mount,
Populist, proposing to change the
name of, Carlisle county to "William
Jennings Bryan" county.
No Room for Doubt.
Proof, yes overwhelming proof can
Le furnished of the excellent curative
qualities of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup.
"I caught a cold which led to a cough
and pain in the chest, (pneumonia?) I
bought Dr. Bull's Cough S3rup, and
after taking one bottle of it, the cough
began to disappear ; when I finished
taking the second bottle I was cured.
Guslav Thurmaster, 40 Hickory" St.,
Cleveland,0." Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup
costs but 25 cents. Take only Bull's.
The Record says that one night
last week Mr. James II. Burns, of
Oakland townshiy, Chatham county,
was aroused by hearing a - noise in
the dining room, and on going in
there, he found au opossum quietly
seated on the table eating the good
things that had been left there from
supper.
When bilous or costive, eat a Cascaret
candy cathartic, cnre guaranteed, 10c, 25c.
it is not only palatable, hot it U
already digested and made ready
for immediate absorption by the
system. It is also combined s -with
the hy pophosphu tes, which
supply a food not only for
the tissues of the body, but
for the bones and nerves,
and will build up the child
when its ordinary food
does not supply proper
nourishment.
B gore you rrt SCOTT'S Emulsion. See that tb
man and fish are on the wrapper.
. AU druggists; 50c and Si.oa.
SCOTT & BOWME, Chemists. New York.
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