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ITT in ri d tap ill JAMES C. DOYLIN, Publisher. The Wadesboro Messenger and W desboro Intelligencer Consolidated July, 1888. PRICE, ONE DOLLAR P R YEAR HEW SERIES -VOL. I4;-N0. 47. Wadesboro. N. C. Thursday. June 21. 1900. WHOLE NUMBER 993 "-- Founded 1842. pianos ii "Sing their own praise.' Practical demonstration is the proof of merit and we have sTIEFF PIANOS all over North and South Carolina, giving per fect satisfaction in every particular de manded of a perfect instrument. As we sell direct from factory to consumer you secure tbe "Acme of Perfection in the art of piano construction"' a product founded on expe rience of 68 years at a very reasonable price. Write us for catalogue, prices, etc., and you too will be numbered among our patrons. Fine tuning and repairing. Pal ace Organs. Chas. M. StiefF, PIANO MANUFACTURER, Baltimore, Md. FACTORY BRANCH WAREROOM, 213 North Tryon lit., Charlotte, N. C.' , C. H. WILMO Tff; Manaqer. ( We sell the celebrated 'Manbattea" Typewriter.) Dolus ..anA Caskets. WheD you want a nice Coffin or Cas ket at a reasonable price examine tbe uew new stack of S. S. Shepherd, which has just been opened over the store of Bennett Bros, : Mr. Sam Shepherd will give prompt and careful attention to all orders night or day. Announcements,. For Sheriff. : At the solicitations of many good friends, I hereby respectfully announce myself as a candidate for the office of sheriff of Anson county, subject to the rules and regulations of the democratic primary. , J. A. CHOWDER. ' For Representative. I take this method of announcing my self a candidate for Representative in the next General Assembly of North Carolina, subject to the Democratic primaries. F. E THOMAS. For Sheriff. I am a candidate for the nomination for - Sheriff of Anson county. The Democrat ic primaries will settle it. S. II. GADDY. For Register of Deeds. I hereby announce myself a candidate for election to the office of Register of Deeds of Anson county, subject to tbe action of the Democratic primaries. II. L. HENRY. For Representative. 1 hereby announce myself a candidate for the House of Representatives in the next General Assembly of North Carolina, subject to the action of the Democratic Pri maries. ' L. D. ROBINSON. For Treasurer. 1 hereby announce myself a candidate for re-nomination to the office of Treasurer of Anson county, subject to the Democratic rtrimflrioa T M A f P i in For Register of Deeds. I take this method of announcing myself a candidate for the nomination of. Register of Deeds of Anson county, subject to the Democratic primaries. C.C.MOORE. " For Register of Deeds. I hereby announce my candidacy for the . nomination tor the office of Register of Deeds of Anson county, subject to the action of the Democratic primaries. .:.fU V.ALLEN... . For Register of Deeds. 1 take this method of announcing my candidacy for re-nomination as Register of Deeds for Anson county, subject to the Democratic primaries. . S.A.BENTON. For Register of Deeds. I hereby announce myself a candidate for Register of Deeds f Anson county, sub ject to the action of the Democratic pri maries. T.J. W ATKINS. - For SherilT. i I hereby announce myself a candidate for sheriff ot Ansou county, subject to the ' Democratic primaries. - W. P. DUNLAP. For Sheriff. '' 1 hereby announce myself a candidate for theoffic4f sheriff of Anson county sub ject to the Democratic primaries. JOHN A, BOGOAN. For Sheriff. 1 hereby announce myself a candidate for the Democratic nomination tor Sheriff of A dsou county, subject to the party primary. . - t vv v rirp . . For Sheriff. . The undersigned takes this method of announcing his candidacy for the Demo cratic nomination for Sheriff of Anson county, subject to the party primaries. C. F. BENNETT. For Sheriff. I hereby anntunce myself a candidate for re-nominaiion 10 ineomceoi tsnerra 01 An son county, subject to the action of the Democratic primaries. J. T. GADDY. For Sheriff. . I hereby announce myself a candidate for the nomination of Sheriff of Anson ' -V county, subject to the action!of the Dem- ' . 1 : ; s iiT TkAn ran 1-1 ocrauc primaries. . v. vv. ivi;uwo. Fav I 'An.f alila aI' IVafloaKnwA Township. : I hereby announce myself a candidate for Constable of Wadesboro townshsip, ubject to the action of the Pemocatic primaries. David Crawford. For Constable of Wadesboro Township. I hereby announce mvself a candidate for Constable of Wadesboro township, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. W. R. A. HANNAH. For Constable or Wadesboro Township. ' I hereby announce mvself a candidate for CoustsMe of Wadesboro township, sub ject to tfieiaction of the Democratic nri inary. WILSON GADDY. Executor's Notice. I have this day qualified as executor of the will of Thomas Buchanan, deceased, and hereby notify all persons having claims against the estate of said testator to present ti e same to me for settlement on or before . the lthdayof May, 1901, otherwise this nit xo. ulaaHAI In Karif thalr runir. ery. All persons indebted to said estate pre required to make immediate payment. 'ivis, h'osv imh, 1V0. l lliXH JONES. Jb., Executor 44 A Little Spark May Make Much Work.' The little "sparks" of bad blood lurking in the system should be quenched tuith Hood's SarsapaHlla, America's great blood purifier. B purifies, totalizes and enriches the blood of Loth sexes and all ages. Cures scrofula, salt rheum, dyspepsia, catarrh. xtfjOixfo Sou il prepared especially for you, which V r 1 1 " - now. x trwu or we tomach disorders worms, etc tnat every child la liable to and tor Which , mm , - - r rey s Vermifuge has been successfully used I N MttM bj- mil for ISo, A S. FEET, Baltimcn, Md. S CURE ALL TOUR PAINS WITH 1 Pain-Killer. S3 A Medicine Chest In Itself. Simple, Safe and Quick Cure for CRAMPS, DIARRHOEA, COUGHS, COLDS, RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA. 25 and 50 cent Bottles. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS- BUY ONLY THE GENUINE. PERRY DAVIS" R. B. Redwlne, Monroe, N. C. T. L. Caudle, Wadesboro, N. C. Redwine & Caudle, ATTORNEYS - AT - LAW, WADESBORO, N. C. Practice in all tbe State, and United States Courts. Special attention will be given to exami nation and investigation of titles to Real Estate, the drafting of deeds, mortgages, and other legal instruments; the collect ion of claims, and mangementof estates for Guardians, Administrators, and Executors. Commercial, Railroad, Corporation and Insurance Law. Continuous and painstaking attention will he given to all legal business. office m the Smith building. Fred J. Coxe, , Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law, WADESBORO, N. C. Prompt Attention Given to All Legal Business. Special care taken in the management cf estates for Executors, Administrators and Guardians; investigation of titles to real estate; collection of claims; and the draft ing of all kinds of legal instruments. Will be in Lilesvilleon the second and fourth Fridays in each month. Office: Third door below the Southern Express Office. W. F.GRAY, D. D.8., (Office la Smith & Ldnlap Building. Wadesboro, North Carolina. ALL OPERATIONS WARRANTED. Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. It artificially digests the food and aids Nature in strengthening and recon structing the exhausted digestive or gans. Itis the latest discovered digest ant and tonic. No other preparation can approach it in efficiency. It in stantly relieves and permanently cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea, Sick Headache,Gastralgia,Cramps and all other results of imperfect digestion. Price 50c. and $1. Large size contains SH times small size. Book all aboutdy spepsia mailed free Prepared by E. C. DeWITT A CO.. Chicago. All Pains v ARE CURED. BY Drake's Liniment. There is nothing as good. Pains in Stomach, Diarrhoea, Dysenter, and in fact, ALyL, PAINS are cured by this won derful remedy. Made and sold by J AS. A. HARBISON. DRUGGIST. Q. A. MARTIN, .-OF MOEVEN, Is agent for Farquahar's Thresh ers, Separators and Drills, and Champion Mowers and Binders. These are the best machines manufactured and I will meet all competition. Call on, or write, me at Morven for prices. r PARKER'S HAIR, BALSAM Cliue aiut buotiflet the haix. rromoies uucuxiaat wrowuu - .ifevor i1m to Eetor Gray Cimi Mft'P iifK A hair if'g- abattuq mm A REPORT ON THE ECL-IPSE. Prof. Abbott 'Tells What tbe Smltbsoulaa People Learned by Their ObserTatlou at Hads- boro. - Washington, June 15. A preliminary acconnt of the observations at Wades boro, N. C, during the recent eclipse under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, has been prepared by O. Q. Abbott, of the institution. "Tbe main object of investigation," says Mr. Ab bott, "was the corona, and of this, first, was a photographic study of the detail ed, structure of the iDner corona, with 6econd," a detetmination by the bolometer whether appreciable heat reaches us from it, and, if possible, an examination of the form of its spectrum curve. The eclipse was notably not a dark one. No second magnitude stars were obseryed with the. naked eye. Most of the observ ers saw(only Mercury. The high degree of illumination operated unfavorably ,in the study of the outer coroua. The fall of temperature and rising breeze were distinctly noticeable before totality. No change in direction of the wind was no ted. Shadow bands were seen, but those observers who attempted to measure their velocity found them too rapid and flickering for any successful work in this direction. It was noticed that the birds were silent during totality, but, true to their nature, the English sparrows were last to be still and first to begin their discussion of the eclipse after the return of light. "i be attention of all visual obseryer was caught by the equatorial streamers. Father Woodman described the appear ance as like mother of pearl, but differ ent observers differed on the color esti mate. A yellowish green tinge was no ted by the artist of the party, Mr. Child, while to others the light was straw color ed or golden. The visual telescopic ob servations of the writer gave little indica tion ot tbe finely divided structure of the inner corona, which he had noted at Pike's Peak during the eclipse of 1878. One remarkable prominence was seen as well as several smaher ones, but the coronal streamers did not give to visual observers the impression of being con nected in any way with the prominences. "All observers reported a successful carrying out of the programme. The greatest interest centered in the direct corona negatives taken with the 135-foot telecpe. Mr. bmihe exposed 30x30 plates during totality, with times ranging from one-half to sixteen seconds. All these negatives have not yet been developed. Those of one-ha'f second, two seconds and four seconds expose have been hur- nedlv examined, however, and they give clear indications of the crossing and re- crossing 01 filaments like the appearance of a field of grain bending in the wind. The prominences and polar streamers appear in imposing magnitude and de tail. ' "Mr. Abbott, with the aid of Mr. Men denhall, detected the heat of the corona probably for the first time. Observations with the bolometer showed that the co rona gaye a positive indication ot heat as compared with the moon. This heat, though certain, waa, however, too slight to be subdivided by the dispersion of the pi ism, with the means at hand. "lhenegative,taken to depict the outer corona show from three to four solar di ameters extension of the longest stream ers. The equatorial wings assume more and more hair-like proportions as they re cede from the sun and are finally lost in an equally illuminated sky, without hav ing given any indication of actually com ing to an end. "No attempt to clearly examine the plates taken for mtra-mercurial planets has yet been possible. It is, however, doubtful it smy faint objects will be found, in Consideration of the consider able sky illumination during totality. However, Pleione and many fainter stars in the pleiades were plainly seen on one of the planets. On the whole the expe dition may fairly be considered as very satistactory in its results." Starvation never yet cured dyspepsia. Persons with indigestion are alreadv half starved. They need plenty of wholesome tood.. Kudol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat so the body can be nourished while the worn out organs are being reconstruct ed, it is tbe only preparation known that will instantly relieve and completely cure all stomach tronhlps. Trv it if vim are suffering from indigestion, it will certain ly uo you gopu. j. a. naraison, druggist. : Evidence. Brooklyn Life. Friend I suppose the baby is fond of you? Pap Fond of me? Why, he sleeps all day when I'm .not at home, and stays awake all night just to enjoy my society. All who suffer from piles will be glad to learn that DeVVitt's Witch Hazel Salve will give them instant and permanent relief. It will cure eczema and all skin diseases. Be ware of counterfeits. James A. Hardison, druggist. The Lord is gracious, and when he sends dull preachers, he mercifully sends sleep also to comfort his afflicted people. . Sarah Grand. Ot Platteville, Wis., formerly of Co. G, 87th Wisconsin lnrty., has euu'ei-ed many yoars from the result oi a. suustrtl e. Hj k?.a found relief and desires to tell Lis story or the good of other veterans. Has-ys: "At "Petersburg I xns suasLmdi ari carried off the ficli for dead. Later rheumatism of my fceart developed as a result and physiciars failed to beceiit toe In the spring of S5 I began using Dr. Miles' Keart Cure and Dr. Riles Nervine and now my health is better than for 30 years before." ; . DR. AISLES' is sold by all dmrrrlsts on p-narantee tirst bottle beneits or n;oney back. Book on heart aad nerves sent free. Dr. Mites Medics! Company, Elkhart, Ind. THE SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT. The Form In Wbich It has Been Finally Ameaded and In Whleh It Will be Submitted to the People. Raleigh News and Observer. ' Both houses of the Legislature yester day passed tbe constitutional amendment as revised aud amended by the constitu tional amendment committee and approv ed by tbe Democratic caucus. It is now fixed finally as it will be voted upon. Very few changes were made. The changes are: 1. Sections 4 and 5 are made one! 2. The educational and. grandfather clauses are made one and it is expressly declared that the whole scheme of suf frage is indivisible. 3. Poll tax must be paid in May instead of March as iu the amendment as ori&i nally adopted. . 4. This provision in the original amend ment is omitted in the amendment now submitted: "Poll taxes shall be a lien only on as sessed property and no process shall issue to enforce the collection of the same ex cept against assessed property." 5. A majority of the vote cast will be sufficient to adopt the amendment not a majority of "qualified" voters. 6. It is provided and made perfectly plaiu that a man who' registers under the grandfather clau&e shall lorever have the the right to vote. The amendment as ratified last night is as follows: j ' An Act Supplemental to an Act Entitled "An Act to Amend the Constitution cf North Carolina," ratified February 21st, 1899, the same being Chapter Two Hundred and Eighteen of the Tublic Laws of 1899. The General Assembly of North Caro lina do enact: Section 1. That chapter 218, Public Laws of 1899, entitled a "An Act to amend the Constitution of North Caroli na," be amended so as to make said net read as follows: "That article 6, of the constituion of North Carolina be, and the same is ab rogated, and in lieu thereof shall be sub stituted the following article ot said con stitution as an entire and indivisible plan of suffrage." ARTICLE VL Suffrage and Eligibility to Office. Section 1. Eyery male person botn in the United States, and every male person who has been naturalized,, twenty-one years of age, and possessing the qualifi cations set out in this article, shall be en titled to vote at any election by the peo ple in the State, except as herein other wise provided. - Sec 2. He shall have resided in the State of North Carolina for two years, in the county six months, and in the pre cinct, ward or other election district, in which he offers to vote, four months next preceding the election: Provided, that removal from one precinct, ward or oth er election district, to another in the same county, shall not operate to deprive any person of the right to vote in the pre cinct, ward or other election district from which he has removed until four months after.such removal. No person who has been convicted, or who has confessed his guilt in open court upon indictment, ol ary crime, the punishment of which now is, or may herealter be, imprisonment in the State's prison, shall be permitted to vote unless the said person shall be re stored to citizenship in the manner pre scribed by law. Sec. 3. Every person offering to vote shall be at the time a legally registered voter as herein prescribed and in the manner hereafter provided bylaw, and the General Assembly of North Caroli na shall enact general registration laws to carry into effect the provisions of thts article. Sec. 4. Every-person presenting him self for registration shall be able to read and write any section of the constitution in the English language; and, before .he shall be entitled to vote, he shall have paid on or before the first day of May, of the year in which he proposes to vote, his poll tax for the previous year as pre scribed by article 5. section r, of the constitution. But no male person, who was, on January 1st, 1867, or at any time prior thereto, entitled to vote under the jaws of any State in the United States wherein he then resided, and no lineal descendent of any such person shall be denied the right to register and vote at any election in this State Jby reason of his failure to possess the educational qualification herein prescribed: Provided he shall have regisured in accordance with the terms of this section pi ior to December 1, 1908. The General Assembly shall proyide for the registration of all persons enti tled to yote with the educational qualifi cations herein prescribed, and shall, on or before November 1st, 1903, provide for the making of a . permanent record of such registration, and all persons so registered shall forever thereafter have the right to vote in all elections by the people in this State, unless disqualified under section 2 of this article: Provided, such person shall have paid his poll tax as aDeve required. Sec. 5. That this amendment to the constitution as presented and adopted as one indivisible plan for the regulation of the suffrage, with the intent and purpose to so connect the different parts, and to make them so dependent upon each other, that the whole shall stand or fall together. Sec. 6. All elections by the people shall be by ballot, and all elections by the General Assembly shall be viva voce. Sec. 7. Every voter in North Carolina, except as in this article disqualified, shall be eligible to office, but before en tering upon the duties of the office, he shall take and subscribe the following oath: "I, 1.. do solemn ly swear (or affirm) that I will Bupport and maintain tbe constitution and laws ot the United States, and the constitution and laws of North Carolina, not inconsis tent therewiLh, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of my office as , so help me God. Sec. 8. The following clas:es of persons shall be disqualified for the office: First. all persons who shall deny the being of Aimignty iKa. Second, all personi,who shall have been convicted, or confessed their guilt on i indictment pending; and whether sentenced or not, or under jndgement suspended, qi any treason or telony, or of any other crime for which the punish ment may De imprisonment in tbe peni tentiary since bet, Strung citizena ol the United States, or 6. Vorruotion or mal practice in office; unless such person shall De restored to rights ot citizenship in a manner prescribed by law. Sec. 9. That this amendment to the constitution, shall go into effect on the first day of July, 1902, if a majority of votes cast at the next general election be cast in favor of this suffrage amendment. Section II. This amendment to the constitution shall be submitted at the next general election to the qualified voters of the State 4a . the same manner and rnder the same rules and same regulations as is provided in the law regulating general elections in this btate, and at eaid elections these persons uesinng 10 vote ior sucn amenameni Ehall cast a written cr printed ball with the words, "For Suffrage Amend ment," thereon; and those with different opinion shall cast a written or printed ballot with th words, "Against Suffrage Amendment tbcreon. Sec III. Tbe votes cast at said elec tion shall be counted, compared, return ed and canvassed, and the result an nounced fcnd dec'ared under tbe same rules and regulations, and in the same manner as the vote fir Governor, aDd if a majority of votes cast are in the favor of the said amendment, it shall be the duty of the Governor of the State, upon being notified of tbe result of said election, to certify said amend ment, under the seal ot the State, to the Secretary of State, who shall enroll the said amendment so certified among the permanent records of hi office. t?ec. IV. This act shall be in force from and after its ratification. A Good Cough Medicine. It speaks well for Chamberlain's Gough Remedy when druggists use it in their own families in preference to any o'ther. "I have sold Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy for the past five years with complete satisfaction to myself and customers," savs Druggist J. Goldsmith, Vau Etten. N. Y. I have always used it in my family both for ordinary coughs and colds and for the Ciugh followingla grippe, and find it very efficacious." For sale by Jas. A. Hardi son. A POLITICAL OUTRAGE. An Old Man Seveuly Years Old Attacked By Young Rufllan. Pilot Mountain, N. C; June 14. One of the most brutish an cowardly assaults that has occurred in our good State waa committed on Satur day in Stokes county, at Boyler store. Col. Waddell had spoken to a good crowd and after the speaking Thos. Green, an. old gentleman of seventy years of age, highly respected, talk ing to a crowd of people standing by remarked that he was a Republican but so sure as he lived to see the 1st Thursday in August he was going to vote for the Constiutional Amend ment. As soon as he made this re mark and for no other provocation, one Andy Voss knocked the old man down and would have stamped him but for the interference of friends. Could anything be more cowardly or ruffianish? An old gentleman sev enty years old, so feeble that he had to carry two sticks for .support, knocked down by a streng young man for no other porpos than that he said he would vote for the Amend ment.. Call at Hardison's Drug Store and get a free sanpU of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablet. -They are an elegant physic. They also improve the appetite, strengthen the digestion aud regulate the liver and bowels. They are easy to take and pleasant in effect. Negro Postmasters Seut to Jail. Chatara Record. Halifax county in this State, until last week, had more nero postmasters than any other county in the United States. But their number is now dimiaished, for three of them are in jail for embezzle ment. All these negro postmasters were ap pointed through the influence of their negro Congressman, Geo. II. White, who is the only negro now in Congress from any part of the United State3. He is the same negro, who, in a speech at the Re publican State Convention held at Ral eigh in 1898, declared that not as many negroes were then holding office as would. And it is not his fault that his threat has not been carried out, for be has had all appointed whom he could get. This threat would have been carried out, and many more negroes would to-day be hold ing office, if th black-and tan Fusion gang had again carried North Caroliua in 1893 ae they did ia 1894 and 1396. Yes, three of White s negro postmas ters are now in jail for embezzelment but there are several others still left in Hali fax to humiliate the good white people of that county. And yet the r usion papers and speakers declare that there is no dan ger of "nigger rule" in North Carolina. Reports show that over fifteen hundred lives have been saved through the use of One Minute Cough Cure. Most of these were cases of grippe, croup, asthma, whoop ing cough, bronchitis and pneumonia. Its very use prevents consumption. James A. Hardison, druggist. To those who drink whiskey for pleas ure; UARrEK Whiskey adds zest to existence. To those who drink whiskey for health's sake- HARPER Whiskey makes life worth living. SOLD BY W. T. MILLS, WADESBORO, N. C. WHY DR. HATHAWAY CURES. Reasons for His Marvelous Success His New, Free Book. Dr. Hathaway's method of treatment is no experi ment. It Is the result ot twenty years of experi ence in the most exten sive practice of anj specialist In his line Id 'the world. He was grad uated from one of the best medical colleges In the country and perfect ed his medical and surgi cal education by exten sive hospital practice. Early in his. professional career he made discov eries which placed him at the bead of his profes sion as a specialist In treating what are generally known as private diseases of men and women. This system of treatment he has more and more .o.tii ... lnvanaDie as 10 do tne marvel 01 tne meaicai profession, Enjoying the largest practice of any specialist In the world he still maintains a system of nomi nal fees which makes it possible tor all to obtain his services. Dr. Hathaway treats and cures Loss of Vitality, Varicocele, Stricture, Blood PoisoniDg In Its dif ferent stages. Rheumatism, Weak Back, Nerv ousness, all manner of Urinary Complaints, Ulcers, Sores and Skin Diseases, Blights Disease and all forms of Kidney Troubles. His treatment for undertoned men restores lost vitality and makes tbe patient a strong, well, vigorous man. Dr. Hathaway's success In the treatment of Varicocele and Stricture without the aid of knife or cautery Is phenomenal. The patient is treated by tills method at bis own home without pain or loss of time from business. This is positively the only treatment which cures without an operation. Dr. Hathaway calls the particular attention of sufferers from Varicocele and Stricture to pages IV.5.. 30 J?a 3V.of ,?fenew ?Plltled: ..rr Py 01 wmca u be sent free on application. Write today for free book and symptom blank, mentioning your complaint. 'J. KEWTON tIA THA WA Y, At. D, Dr. Hathaway & Co ' t?i(8oth IiroilMrt, Atlantic . UK WORRY TOO MUCH Tbat is What Philosopher Bill Arp has to Nay. Fret not thyself because of evil doers. Fret not thyself against him who de viseth iniquity. Tru3t in the Lord and do good. Wait on the Lord. Those tregood sermons and there are others like them in David and SoIouk n. A man can shorten his life and wear him self out by borrowing trouble, and fietting and worrying ab-ut the iniquity of other people. There is a sight of devilment go ing on more than ever before, I reckon more war, famine, pestilence, unrest and discontent all over the wcrld, and here in our own blessed land crime is on increase in our cities, and what with the negro and the corruption oi politics and strikes as sideshows there is enough to run a worrying man crazy. Of course we should feel concerned about crime and do what we cun to prevent it, but worry ing does not accomplish anything. Let us preach and practice and b happy still. "Carpe diem," enjoy the day, saitrth the poet Horace. Why cau't everybody in this country be as contented and law abiding as our people here in Nonh Geor gia? There are no Uinrders, no outrages, no lynchings, no figjts here in Bartow county. There are no divorces nor buc glaries, and no stealing of any conse quence. A good old ante helium darky did come to see me the othey day to get me to sign his 8' n's bond and get him out of jail. "What is he there for?" said I. "Well, boss you see de man's corn was missin' and he find de basket at Jim's house, but he didcut fine no corn. But Jim aint 'cused of stealin' de basket." "The basket is to be the witness I reck on," said I. "Jes' so, boss dai's all and de basket cau't talk and tell how it got dar." . I was ruminating how easy itis for any well man to make a fair living in this re gion. During harvest a good worker, white or black, gets one dollar a day, and at other times 75 cents a day, and there is a demand for labor. Uncle Sam is very old, but he gets 75 cents every day for working around in the gardens. His four girls cook and wash and each make two dollars a week. There, is about $12 a week earned by that family and they are always happy and don't give them selves any concern about politics or so cial equality or Bishop Turner or Booker Washington. It is high strung, lazy ne groes who are making the fuss. Now, just contrast the condition of laborers here and other countries. In India they are starving by the million. In the Philippines and South Africa, they are fighting and dying in battle or from disease and pestilence. In Germany a peasant is rich if he has two or three acres of land, and his wile and daughters cany heavy loads of vegetables on their backs to market, while the sons are serving in the army. In Htaly the poor work in malarial swamps or beg in Naples. In Mexico the peons get 37 cents a day in Mexican silver, which is worth about half as much as ours. Iu Englaud the poor are kept alive by charity and ia Ireland the peasantry lose a crop about every third year and the little children go hungry and in rags. What is the matter wiih our people? Why don't they quit fussine quit envying tne rich? Why not lift up their voices and thank the Lord for His mercy and goodness unto us? A diligent man or woman can live for live or six months from a good gar denand besides the garden the country abounds in fruit. Peaches, apples, grapes, blackberries, dewberri sand huckleberries. 1 never saw the like. From our own garden we can have eight different vegetables every day oesides berries for a dessert. It makes me proud to gatiier them and show them round to toe family before breakfast, for it is ray garden. 1 dressed it like old father Adam did Eden. I'm still the boy, I am the man with the hoe and I don't esteem Lit any hardship, either. Mr. Markhain neeaent preacn nis ioonsuness 10 me, nor do 1 like the tone ot that picture a pitiful man leaning on his hoe and bemoaning bis hard lot. Work labor, toil, sweat, is the common lot and they are the happiest who do it. Solomon said the sleep ot 1 lie labor ing man is sweet. 1 love to work with a hoe. 1 love to get all over in a sweat of perspiration. It opens the pores and saves medicine. I love the smiles of approval when 1 bnd a new blown rose and bring it to Mrs. Arp and bear her say "Isn't it beau tiful?" She reproached me gently yesterday for cutting down her poke stock down by the garden fence, biie said she liked to look at it when the berries were ripe, for it reminded her o'f the home of her happy childhood, when she and her little brothers used to pick the berries aud make red paint from them and paints dogs and cats add monkeys on the smokehouse and dairy. Well, there is another one coming and I will let that grow for her sake. I want to see her painting dogs on our smokehouse. They reimud me of the time when Polk ran against Clay for president and every farmer democrat who came to town brought a polk stock with berries on it sticking up In his wagon or dangling between bis horse's ears. It used to make the Henry Clay whigs mighty mad. 1 remember tbat Dr. Jim Alexander and Gib Wright got so mad they liked to have used bad words. They turned red in the face and then their hair turned red and Dr. Jim's is red yet. An old line whig never recovered from Clay's defeat aud to this day they slorate every poke berry busljon their plantations. To-morrow is my birthday, and 1 know from the signs that my wife and the girls are fixing up a surprise for me some little thing. 1 suspect it is a table tor nieto write upon, for the old one is rickety, but I'm attached to it. It is the second one that i have worn out with my ruminations of forty years. These birthdays keepon com ing, especially iu this leafy month of June for my mother, my wife, myselt, my daughter, my grandson and granddaughter were a!l oorn in June. Not long ago I gave a problem to the joudj people about my wife's age and scores of answers have come back from them most of them trom school girl about twelve years of age. Their solutions are in algebra and are neatly and accurately done. When my wife was two weeks old I was six years. You see 1 took her so young so as to train her up to my notion, but yon can't always tell. First thing 1 knew sl e was training me. 1 have long wkserved that girls are smarter in fig ures than boys of their age. 1 know tbat it always strained my mind to keep up with my girl classmates. After all of the mod ern methods and improved conditions 1 do not see any difference in the intelligence or quickness or school children now and those ot sixty years ago. 1 believe that the young people were happier intellectually then than now, for they bad less trash to read and no harrowing things in newspapers. Theu we read Bhakespeare, Miltou, Gray, uowper, ac-ott, rsyron, uoklsmitn. Cooper, ..V ,U '8itmeK1,snnrs by 80 m? sensational writer whose works are re id and then forgot' n. I no?d the other day a moralizing writer's recipe for keeping the spirits up without pouring tbe spirits down, lie says: "Head a fine poem everyday. Look every day upon a fine painting. Hear every day some fine music. Forget eery day your enemies and remember every day your friends and tbe man or woman who follows this rale is bound to be a Christian." That's good and Dr. Johnson said that "to look upon and love a fair and virtnous woman is a liberal education." That's better. Bill Arp. "Ill weeds grow apace." Impurities in your blc 3d will also grow unless you promptly expel them by taking Hood's barsapanUa The Best I'rvseription Chills for and Fever is a bottle of Grovk'i Tastk less Chill Toxic. It is simply iron and quinine in a tasteless form. No cure no quinu pay. Price, 50c. OAOTOXIIA. Bsrt tie - 1 K.ri t;a Kavt K:m Ec.' - MsoIutciy Pure-' For the third of a century the standard for strength and purity. It makes the hot bread, hot biscuit, cake and other pastry light, sweet and excellent in every quality. No other baking powder is "just as good as Royal," either in strength, purity or wholesomeness. OVAL BAKING POWDER CO.. ,1 AYC'OCK ( ALL A BIG BLUFF And Captures m Republic! vote by so Doing:. Lenoir, June 14. The powerful speech delivered here yesterday by C. B. Ay cock, Esq., has already lorne fruit, hut it comes from an unpected part of the vineyard. After Mr. Aycock's speech, in which he confined himself almost ex clusively to thediicussion of tne Amend ment, MrJ. A. Crisp, assistant postmas ter here, and also chairman of the Re publican executive committee and lie -publican nominee for Representative from this county, sent word to Mr. Ay- cock that if he (Ay cock) would swear to an affidavit, without equivocation, that ! the proposed amendment would not dis- I franchise any white man, ha (Crisp) would agree in that event to vote for it. The result of this, at first supposed bluff or piece of political trickery of sorne sort waa fully set forth in the foil iwif.g affidavits,and statement sigued by a num ber of the foremost citizens of tbe town, who accompanied Mr. Ay cock from the hotel to the office of the clerk of the court, where the final scene transpired: North Carolina, Caldwell county. C. B. Aycock being sworn, deposes and says that he has carefully examined and studied the proposed amendment to the constitution of the State of North Caro lina, and.that he not only believes, but is entirely confident, that no white man born in the United States will be disfran chised theieby, provided that he registers at any time priors to 190S; affiant further swears that the amendment provides that the voter must have paid his poll tax by March ist of election year for the preced ing year, but this provision is safeguard ed by the further constitutional provision that no one over 50 years of age shall be required to pay poll tax, and the further provision tbat the commissioners of the several counties may exempt from said tax those unable to pay on account, of poverty or infirmity ; affiant further swears that the amendment does not disfranchise any native born white man, but that the white man may disfranchise himself by refusing or neglecting to pay his poll tax or by confession or convic tion of an infamous crime before any court having jurisdiction of the same. Affiant further swears that any person who reg isters prior to 1908 under the provisions of the constitutional amendment need never learn to read or write, but can con tinue to vote nntil death without learning ing to read or write. signed C. B. Aycock. oworn to and subscribed to before me this 14th day ef June, 1900. (Seal) Signed J. V. McCall. C. S. C. Caldwell Co. North Carolina, Caldwell County. J. A. Crisp being duly sworn,- deposes and says that after reading the foregoing affidavit ot C. B. Aycock, he hereby ob ligates himself to vote for the proposed amendment to the constitution of the State of North Carolina. Signed J. A. Crisp. Sworn to and subscribed before me this June 14th, 1900. (Seal) signed J. V. McCaix C. S. C Caldwell Co. North Carolina, Caldwell County. A Sprwlued Ankle Qnieklj Cured. "Atone time I suffered from a severe sprain of the ankle," says Geo. E. Cary, editor or the Qutde, Washington, Va. "After using several well recommended medicines without success, I tried Cham berlain's Pain Balm, and am pleased to aay that relief came as soon as I began its use and a complete cure speedily followed." For sale by Jas. A. Hardi son. The Struggle or Texan Editor. Farmers Courier. I will be in the field as census enumer ator during the month of June. Oured-itor-in -chief is teaching the Normal at Graham, so neither of us can have time to devote to the paper. The "get-up" and management of the paper will be left almost entirely to my aon, Milligan. We hope that he may do about as well as we hare done. But for whatever lack may appear we ask the indulgence or our pat- roas. It becomes necessary tbat we get out once In awhile and try to make some thing to keep soul and body together while we try to publish a paper for the community. Kheumicide is not recommended for the cure ot every ill: it does not cure-everv thing. But it is a certain cure tor rheuma tism, ana is a fine blood purifier and lux tive; try it. i. A. Hardison. m m I Aefounliajc For m Reputation. Harlem Life. "How did Reggie get a reputation as a poetr- "His father owns a paper." Rmall in sire and srrvat in resnlts are D- itt's Little Early Itisers, the famous little puis trial cleanse the liver an.t bowtls. Trv (- t.- t (.'. .1 1 ' - Many low priced , imitation bak ine powders are upon the market. These are made with alum, and care should be taken to avoid them, as alum is a poison, never to be taken ia the toed. 100 WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK. t'upl. Fruuk BiMint'tt. The following sketch of Capt. Frank Bennett appeared in the May number of the Confederate Veteran, published at Nafhyille, Tenn : Capt. Frauk Bennett, of Anson County, was born at Paris, N. C, December 3, 1SJ3. His father. Lemuel D. Bennett, a native of North Carolina. His mother, Jane Little, was the daughter of William Little, of K-.iHan l. t'.-inr Rpnnptt wa reared in his native ounty, completed his " education at King's Mountain Military School, Yorkville, S. C, and then en gaged in farming at his home near Paris, lie answered the call of his State in May, 1SC1, and entered the army as orderly sergeant in Company A, Twenty-Third North Carolina Regiment. lie was pro moted to captain of hU company in May, 1SC2. From that date he led his men through all the battles of Early's original brigade, participating in the famous cam paigns of the Army of Northern Virginia with credit to himself and State. He was wouuded four times the day befjre the battle of Seven Piues, at ChanceiloFsville, and Spottsylyania. He served through the Valley campaign with Early in 1S64, commanding Col K. D. Johnston' sharp shooters At Hatcher's Run he was more severely wounded, losing his left arm. The list of battles in which he bore an honorable part would be a long one, and include the bloody struggles of Chancel lors viile and the Wilderness. Surrendering at Appomattox, he came immediately to his home and resumed the occupations of peace, making the wilder ness to which his country had been re duced blossom again as the rose." His ex ertions have been awarded in the prosperity of bis region aud his own hand some estate. On June 8, 1S76. Capt. Bennett was happily married to Miss Elizabeth Curry, and his children are as ardent in their at tachment to the "causev as the father. Some five years ago Anson Camp No. S49, U. C. V., was organized and Capt. Bennett was unanimously chosen its Com mander, and has since succeeded himself as Commander at every election. Gen. J. S. Carr, State Commander, appointed Capt. Bennett Chief of Ordnance, with rank of Lieutenant Colonel, but Camp No. 849 stipulated that he was to remain with them as Commander, for tbe Veter ans love him as a brother. Yon may as well expect to run a steam engine without water as to find an active energetic man with a torpid liver and you may know that his liver is torpiti when he does not relish his food, or feels dull and languid after rating, often has headache and sometimes dizziness. A few doses ot Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets will restore his liver to its normal functions, renew bis vitality, improve his digestion and make him feel like a new man. Price, 25 cents. Samples free at Jas. A. Hardison's drug store. His DfMonilualiou. Philadephia Enquirer . W. F. Cody had in oue of his compa nies a westerner, "Bronco Bill." A cer tain missionary had joined the aggrega tion to look after the morals of tne In dians. Thinking that Bronco Bill would bear a little looking after also, the good man sec v red a seat by his side at the din ner table, and remarked pleasantl: "This is Mr. Bronco Bill, is it not?" "Yaaa." , . "Where were you born?" "Near Kit Billiard 's mill on Big Pig eon." "Religious parents, I suppose?'' ''Yaas." "What's your denomination?' "My what?'' "Your denomination?' - "O ah yaas, Smith & Wesson. To Care a Cold ia One Day Take Laxative I'.ronio Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. Zoe. The genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet. Did it ever occur to you that a little Perry Davis' Pain Riller on the end of the finger applied once or twice to a mos quito bite would, counteract the poison and sneedilv reduce the nwllintr? Pain. Killec will also cure bites and sting of other poisonous insects as well as rep tiles. See directions as to nse upon wrap per on each bottle. Avoid substitutes, there is but one Pain-Killer, Perry Da vis. Price 25c. and 50c wttiuuumtiutut summep coios 1 are noted for hanginj on. They weaken your throat and lungs, and lead to serious trouble. J - Don't trifle with then. Take Scott's Emulsion at i a a once, it sootnes, neais, ana cures. 5 -. '4 $ !. A''
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