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FROM MR. CRAWFORD'S SPEECH' OF-
ACCEPTANCE.
The ballot box is an 'institution i.f
government, and you have no
powef unless you can cast yovir
ballots for whom you please, and
have them counted as cast.
The vital issue in this campaign
is the right to elect a member to
thellouseof Representatives of
the United" States by the free
votes of a free people,
A FITTING INTRODUCTION.
A. M, Waddell, one of the can
didates for United States Senator,
was in the city Friday, and spoke
in the court house that night in
behalf of himself.- He was intro
duced in a classical stylo hujlhe
ever classical Mr. Craig; and the
introduction was a9 fitting as it
was classical Mr. Craig referred
to Danton, a prominent character
of the French devolution. When
Danton had heen accused by the
Assembly, at the instance of Robes
pierre, and arraigned before the
Revolutionary court, he was ask
ed his name and place of abode.
His reply was : "My name is Dan
ton, a name tolerably known in
the Revolution; my abode will
Boon be Annihilation, but I shall
live in the Pantheon of History.".
' "The name of Alfied Moore
Waddelf,eaidMr. Craig iu reson
ant voice, "is tolerably known in
the great Jteyolution in North
Carolina iu 1898, and like Danton,
he w ill live ia the Pantheon of His
tory." There was no "uujiappy
use of wcrds" in thus likening tfie
Revolutionary leader of Wilming
ton to one of the greatest and
wildest of the French Revolution
ists. There ia indeed a striking
analogy in the careers of the two
men. Mr. Craig was only at fault
in not further drawing the picture
of their similitude. In our weak
way we shall try to complete the
picture so masterly begun by Mr.
Craig.
In the French Revolution the
masses were arrayed against the
classes, the many against the few.
It was accounted a crime to have
been born an "aristocrat," and by
the time the Revolution had reach
ed the middle of the year 1792, the
prisons of Paris and all France
were fiLed with aristocrats, , the
beautiful, the cultured,the wealth)
and the chivalrous of the nation!
In that year the Revolutionary
leaders decided on a wholesale
murder of their helpless prisoners.
This man Danton, to whom Mr.
Craig likened Col.Waddell,was th
chief conspirator- and leader
against them. He employed 235
of the worst characters in all the
great city of Paris'. to execute his
bloody design. On September 2,
1792, Danton said in the Assem
bly ;"The tocsin about to sound is
not an alarm signal; it is a charge
upon the enemies of the coun
try. To vanish them, gentlemen.
all that is needed is boldness, and
again boldness, and always bold
nesB." How lika ia this to the im
passioned oratory of Col.Wad-
dell.
On that day the slaughter be
gan. The signal for the cut
throats to set to work was the
third discharge of a cannon. Car
riages containing prisoners on
their way to the Abbey prison were
attacked and the prisoners ir ur
dered. Then the hired assassins
attacked the church and convent,
of the Carmelites, and slaughtered
lbO priests. Then they were sta
ticced in front of the prison doors.
The prisoners were brought out
one by one into the vestibule of
the prison, and questioned. This
over, they were ordered released
or to another prison, which pro
ceeding had been agreed upon;and
was the signal to the assassins to
blaughter them as they made their
exit. Heaps of dead were
piled up Ttio eight wan ghastly;
horrible ;but the murderers reveled
in their bloody work! Night came,
and the work continued, but not
in th'e dark.! Lanterns were light
ed! The ghastiiuess of the scene
was intensified! The joy of the
spectators knew no bound ! They
drank, wino as did thecut-throats ;
they were frenzied with delight;,
but they grew tired standing!
Seats were provided and thus they
could rest their limbs while feast
ing their eyes on the hot, Bmoking
blood of the beauty ; and chivalry
of France ! All night the assasins
worked, kill! kill! kilH Morning
dawned. They could not be Bparel
for even a few moments; and their
wives brought them breakfast;and
they regaled themselves in the
slaughter "pen while feasting their
eyes oh the mangled remains - of
their innocent victims! For h days
and nights the slaughter contin
ued, and only ceased when the
prisons were empty, but not until
the murderers had raided the asyl
um of the insane, the paupers and
fools, and added scores of these
unfortunates to their list murder
ed!, ThenHhey rested because no
other victims were in sight.
One of the victims of these Sep
tember Massacres was the Princess
de Lainballe. She was Superin
tendent of the Queen's household;
and this was her only sin. She
was an amiable and loveable wom
an. The i. King and Queen were
imprisoned in the Temple, and
she in the Force prison. This priii-'
cess was the favorite lady of the
court of Louis XVI. On Septem
ber 3, she was: brought from her
cell into the presence of the mock
court, and ordered released. This
order was the signal to the assas
sins. The door was opened, and
as she stepped out, she was dealt
a blow with a ealre on' the head.
She got some distance from the
prison- door, and was then set
upon again, and was killed, falling
and expiring on a . heap of dead
bodies. They cut ofi'her head and
her breasts and tore out her heart!
The head ws taken to a hair
dresser's establishment, the blood
washed off, and the hair arrange
and powdered! The head and
heart were then stuck on pikes,
and carried in triumph through
the streets of the great city fol
lowed by a seething, howling mass
of "sansculottism ! Her body was
denuded, and. exposed to the de
lighted followers of Danton ! The
murderers bearing the head and
heart on pikes and dragging the
headless trunk of the unfortunate
princess started to the Temple to
show Marie Antoinette the head
of her favorite lady ! The guards
at the Temple were not so inhu
man, and closed the, windows of
the Queen's apartments; but she
beard the horrible news and faint
ed! The prison officials finally
succeeded inTheir efforts to get
the murderers to depart with their
ghastly trophies. When they who
bore the princessV heart had gone
a short distance from the Queen's
prison' house they went into a
wine shop, and ordered the !heart
cooked which was done, and they
sat down at a table and eat it, and
planned for future murders !
During these massacres all Paris
was terror stricken People fled
from the streetsWd were in hiding
These assassins first receiv9dr 8
francs (about $1.54) a day, but
their wages were reduced after, a
day or two to: 5 sous (about 50
cents).
This yas the work of Danton.
His name was tolerably known iiRwith. great formality throughout
the Revolution. He whl
the Pantheon of History.
lie
in
In 1S98, the majority ruled ih
North Carolina and in Wilming
ton. The people were given good
government, but the mihprty was
Lnot satisfied. As a leader of this
minority-in Wilmington and vi
cinity, Waddell was as violent as
has counterpart, Danton. He de
clared that the minority should
rule if to do ,eo it became neces
sary "to choke the current of the
Cape Fear with the bodies of dead
Republicans !"Danton would make
the Royalists afraid; Waddell
would make the Republicans
afraid! Unlike in this,however,Dan
tbn represented a majority ; Wad
dell a minority .Waddell organized
baud of thugs, some of whom were
the "best people", among them
"ministers"! This revolutionary
and lawless band was led in their
work of fire and deathrt by -Waddell
himself. One thousand strong
they marched to a building in
which was tha material of a de
funct newspaper. The material
was destroyed, and the building
burned ! Excitement grew apace!
Eleven nieu whose only sins were
that they were bora with black
skins, were 6hot to death, and
many more wounded. When this
work of fire and death was com
pleted, then to the. city hall I The
city government was imprisoned
in its own chamber, and forced to
"resign". Waddell wa3 chosen
Mayor and others in this mob to
v i r -m "v -v r i i i -v i -v n If A 1. t
juiiuui jumi.iuiiD. ivien were nuni-
ed down, and "publicly drummed
out of town". The people were
terror stricken, and thousunds lied
to the swamps for safety. Moth
ers with young babes, and others
about to become mothers, were
among those flying for safety from
Waddell aud. his followers. Three
days and three nights these women
lay on the damp ground in the
bogs, suffering living deaths ! Fi
nally the revolution was complete;
and the masses were allowed to re
turn on condition they -would la
bor, and take no interest in pub
lic affairs. The educated and in
fluential were banished, and have
never been allowed to return! It
is not known whe tier Waddell,
like Danton paid his cut-throats,
but they did their work quite a3
well. Danton operated against
the educated and wealthy; Wad
dell's vicltms were largely lhe il
literate poor; Danton oparated in
a 'city of 800,000 people; Waddell
in a town of 20,000 ; and consid
ering all the circumstances, Wad
dell is a fairly good prototype of
the firery and blood thirsty
Frenchman.
Such was theork of Alfred
Moore Waddell. His name is tol
erably known in the Revolution,
and he, like Danton, will live in
the Pantheon, of History ; but as
civilization advances each suc
ceeding generation will contem
plate those blood stained pages
with ghastly horror more and more
intensified.
COAL MINERS STRIKE.
The strike of the coal miners in
Pennsylvania will scarcely fur
nish Mr. Biyan with the political
capital that he hoped for. That
he intended using it for that pur-
nose is clearlv shown bv his own
IT 1
utterances in speeches which he
delivered last week. While we
do not eay that either Mr. Bryan
or his managers were the instiga-
Itors of this strike, we do say, and
without fear of substantial contra
dictioD, that they were not in the
least averse to it.
. The true situation was proven
by the meeting of the miners Sat
urday evening last, when the
English speaking element voted
to return to work, but were thwart
ed in this by an unprincipled mob
of Slavs whose ' veins course
with ararchism. The same state
of affairs existed in the Hazelton
y
strike several year3 ago when the
disturbing and lawless element
was composed entirely of the Ital
ian' and Slavonic strikers.
That the desires of the better
and American class of these min
ers will finally prevail and all
their differences amicably ad
justed is the hope of every true
friend of the workingman, even
though it does cause Mr. Bryan's
coterie a pan'g.of disappointment
ISRAEL'S GREAT FEAST,
' .1
"Happy New Year" was the
greeting exchanged by thousands
in Asheville M6nday, for it was
thej'Jewish New Year. The cele
bration of Rosh Hashannah be
gan at sunset Sunday evening and
continued until sung9t Monday,
t is the o&Glst year of the Jewish
era, and was once celebrated by
the Jews a3 an anniversary of the
creation of the world. This view
is not now held, except by a very
few. This Hebrew holy season is
a most solemn' period for the child-
ren of Israel, aud was observed
the world. Nearly all of the He
brew merchants closed their places
of business,' anj. the peroid was
observed religiously.
The Jewish new year is only re
garded as one in a religious sense.
The chronology, dating buck tp the
time of Adam, 5,6G1 years ago,
eommencea in February ot -the
European calendar. The Jewish
month of Tishri, however, began
Monday night. It is set aside for
the holy seas jn on account of its
number, being the seventh lunar
month of the Hebrew year. Un
der the Mosaic law, the seventh
month is as sacred as the seventh
day, and therefore the religious
year began Monday.
This period celebrated bv the
Jews is a season of contemplation
aad reflection. Prayers and med
itations i will be in order until
Tue'sday -night of next week, when
the feast of Atonement, some
what similar to the American
Thanksgiving will be celebrated.
Mr. Crawford declines to sign
the agreement to count ballots
found in the wrong box, ' not be
cause he has scruples about viola
tion of law, but because he wants
to take advantage of the frauds
contemplated by that infamous
statute . No honest man has any
respect for that law Every mm
in the State knows that it was en
acted forthe purpose of defeating
the will of the majority,, and giv
ing defeated candidates office.
Get fat; get nice and plump;
there h. safety in plumpness.
Slimmer lias tried your
food-works ; winter is coming
to try your breatlvmill. ' Fall
3 the time to brace yourself.
But weather is tricky ; look
ut ! Look out for colds espec
ially
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H0W BUSINESS MEN VIEW IT.
The Democrats endeavor to pose
as the representatives of the poor
men of the country largely on the
strength of the fact, which they,
freely r,ecognize rnd admit, that
'he great majority of the business
men of the country, without re
gard to their original political
opinion, are heartily in accord
with-the programme of the Re
publican party and, with its past
legislative performances. Because,
argue the Democrats, the business
men aud employers of labor in the
United States, to a very great ex
tent, are supporters of. the Repub
lican ticket in the present cam
paign, the laboring men of the
country should oppose that ticket.
It will be rather a difficult mat
ter to persuade auy intelligent
wage earner into the belief that a
national policy which permits his
employer to keep his business run
ning at a pri.fif, which increases
lhe demand and the price for his
product, and which permits him
to employ a larger number of men
at higher wages than ever before
is of necessity a bad policy for the
employes. Wage earners recog
nize with a3 much clearness as
any people in the community that,
if times are bad tor employers,
they are bad for the employes.
When tUe bottom has dropped out
of the market, when furnace fires
are drawn, and when the demand
for goods ceases, labor sutTeis as
much or mere than the employers
of labor. -
Every one admits that times are
good now. Every one remembers
that times were bad four years
ago. When times were bad, em
ployers and employes suffered
alike; now that times are good,
they are' good for both working
men and those who employ them.
That the great majority of the
business men of tlie country, whose
prosperity is dependent upon the
maintainance of good times, are
anxious for a continuance of Re
publican control of the National
Government is due solely to the
fact that they recognize that Re
publican success means good
times; while a Democratic victory
at this time would mark the1 com
mencement of a period of depress
ion such as that from which the
country suffered under the last
Democratic administration.
Successful business .men are
trained and skillfull observers of
all conditions, which effect their
business interests. This is what
has made them successful ; and
rarely do they permit their politi
cal predilections to blind them to
the effect of political action. The
only exception to this rule is, in
the Southern States, where some
business men, while freely admit
ting thatDerr ocratic success would
be disastrous to their business in
terests, still feel impelled by the
force of public sentiment in their
communities to support the ticket
which they have always support
ed while not in sympathy with a
single plank of the platform of the
party to which they ostensibly be
long. Numbers of the business
men of the South are voting the
Democratic ticket and hoping for
Republican success.
It is true that not all of the
wealthy business men of the coun
try support the Republican ticket.
The Havemeyers, of the Sugar
Trust, for example, are Democrats,
who cannot forget that the Wil
son tariff bill, passed by a Demo
cratic Congress, put . millions in
their pockets and 'made possible
the formation of the gigantic true";
which they now control. Neither
cari they forget that the Republi
can tariff cut down the special
protectfon which tiny received
under the Wilson bill, and broke
their monopoly. : Some scions of
wealthy families, like the Belmonts
and Hearst, whose millions are so'jnusty be abolished for tha sake
tied up in conservative invest-' cf killing the so-called trust.
iments as to be in nj danger of
Buffering any depreciation of in
come, no matter how hard the
times may be, support the Demo
cratic ticket in furtherance of their
personal political ambitious, and
tie up with the Democrats because
heir wealth will bring them more
in political prestige in that party
than in any other. A few good
business men like thoee of Tam
many Hall, recognize that they
make more than enough out of the
looting of New York City to offset
any particular damage which
might otherwise result to them by
an ordinary business depression.
There are also individual instan
ces, like that of Clark,,of Moutana,
where men of vast wealth, not sub
ject to the ordinary contingencies
of business, support the Demo
cratic ticket in order to obtain
political preferment.
As. -a practical uniform xule,
however, conservative business
men of the country hope for Re
publican success beeause thoy hope
for a continuance of prosperity;
and the intelligent workingmen of
the country will follow their lead
for precisely the same reason.
The election law enacted by the
Republican Legislature of 1895
provided that ballots found in the
wrong box should be counted. Jim
Moody was a State Senator at that
time, and voted for that act. In
this he put himself on record as
an exponent of honest elections."
It is right to count such ballots as
a matter of justice, and such a
provision effectually estops dis
honest election ofBcers from dis
franchising honest men by this
trick. The Simmons election law
pro rides that ballots found in the
wrong boxes shall not be counted
and Crawford says this is a good
law; that if a dishonest " election
officer cau get a chance he may
chuck ballots of honest citizens in
the wrong box, and thus disfran
chise . them. This is Crawford's
standard of political ethics, and
yet he says the ballot box is a sac
red institution of roverument,and
that the only question in the Ninth
District' campaign is the election
of congressman by the fre6 vote
of a free people.
Bryan is appealing for negro
votes in theNorth,and encouraging
election thiews of fth9 South to
suppress the vote of that race'down
here. If Bryan were honest, he
would not shed so, many tears over
the savage inhabitants of the Phil
ippines while the civilized, educat
ed and peaceable negroes of the
United States are deprived of the
rights of citizens. ;And not only
this, but Bryan na3 no. regard for
white voters unless they vote his
vay. He knows the Gbebel elec
tion law in Kentucky is disnoneat.
He knew it when it was passed ;
he knew Goebel stole the Demo
cratic nomination for Governor;
he knew he intended to steal the
Governorship under that infamous
law ; and yet ho went to Kentucky,
flew in the face of twenty thous
aud Democrats who wanted to pre
serve political and civil liberty in
taat State; and advocated the
claims of Goebel.
If Bryan's Filipino doctrine
yere adopted m good faith-in all
the States of the American Union,
he would not have twentv-five
votes in the electoral college. If
the citizens of all the States were
permitted to yote as they please,
and their votes" should be counted
a cash, Bryan would not carry
five'States in the Union, and no
one knows this better than him
self. : Bryan is a damajogu9 and a
hypocrite.
Farmers should bear in mind
that' the hide of a beef is now
worth about as much as the whole
animal was under the Democratic
administration four years ago.
And they should also remember
that Bryan told them four years
ago that under a gold standard of
currency prices would go down all
, the time
Bryan is false prophet.
Something will certainly have
to be done to stop the pernicious
activity of that Dingely bill. All
the glass factories that suspended
operations in July because glass
factories generally suspend then,
are preparing to resume operations
now, and the tin plate mills are
almost ready to beat last year's
record, too. Where is the jrotec
tion for the foreigners in that?
Being responible for the tin plate
industrv, the Republican party is
to a certain extent responsible for
the tin plate trust, if there is any
such thing. But the 20,000 work
men who are engaged, in makirjg
tin plate are Dot asking that the
NATIONAL POLITICS.
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?vervy, ii;re" arid to everyone for advice
through' whifli they mig'h't est.i.pe the
'earful possibilities of -that nirui'ty
thn ieniiing. Mr. CYaworcl is found
xUe 'frant legion of the battle clam
M 'm for the subjection of -these brave
mountain boys to the infamy of politic
pal exile. TMaa tkds the Justice xu
which a rnan seeking retribution for
wrong should be armored? The voters
of. the district have already -'answered
this -claim of Mr. Orawiforu upon them,
ftr the it further consideration In hia
behalf. ;
I hiave already Paid than, this cannp'ain
is only 'history repeating iltself, acid in
vindication of that position have cited'
records "from the campaign of 1864 as
compared with, tho3i oeing wrttte .hi9
year. In that pant of my presentation
i used umiy facta brought out on the
other side of the line. I mow beg par
don for a long suffering public -while
" show Crt oi' (this side also ait that
time were being performed Itactics that
are now repeated in this campaign.
From "Th Charlotte News" of Sep
ember 3d, I read "Mr. James Ldsker
of Iredell county was nere" today, on
hiap way home from a visit to his sis
ter, who lives near here. Mr. Lisker
is seventy years old. He and Ills Six
brothers eicitered the confederate army
in the Seventh North Carolina regi
ment, the late Robert Young being the
captain." The Lrfsker brothers fought
all through ithe "war and were never
in the hospital except when wounded
.hree cf them, losing legs; none of them
could read and writer they are all now
weil to do, and one of them has made
20,000." Here we have it. While these
poor, honest, patriotic, uneducated,
bing rren of the south were at dhe
front flghtiiv?: the slave holder's
and
rich man's war. their families were at
home rio-t permitted to read a line of
informal-idon from the hands of the.1
husbands, fathers or brothers, while &
confederate eongrefs sat in Riobm-und
parsing laws exempting from " service
:n the army all who were so 'fortunutt
as to be the owner of as many a?
twenty of those negroes whose f reedorn
these poor aneii 'were at Ithe front fac
ing snot ana shell, losing legs and lilt,
to Teslst, and in wnose ownership thej
were not nor never 00-410: -be in the
'east interested. . -
Now comes ".the deadly parallel at
ho-me. Thirty-six . years later i'he
?amp democratic aristocracy of tflie
state, upo-n the plea of ridding ltr & state
of the poU-ti'cal ipower of these same
negroes, have asked these 5ame poor,
uneducai.ed patriots, rwho always fight
our wars, to destroy a.11 their future
political hopes and powers that they
may again rule the state -with a rod
of iron as they did ta the flays wn-en
none but property holders could vote
and hold oilice.
While Bryan, is ranting and howling
all through the north- for the consent of
the governed among Philippine savag
es nod canibnls. Crawford is at home
advocating the ballot far only the aris
tocraoy and those- able lio educate
themselves to the liking of an election
legisrrar ui'eJ for their ignoble purpose.
nd. yet, ie has the unbridled audacity
to ask these people for retributioat for
a personal wrong done him. Wha:
shall lhe answer be? What answer may
he expect? '
Crawford's position on the Philippines
;s about as decent as -could be mai
tained on this issue. He is only act
'ng the part of a foolish surgeoia who
ivould advise his patient to cu't awav
his nose to rid it of a mole. In other
o:-l3, he tries to hide -behind what h
claims a bud deal in getting ecd holding
those islands until tie and Bryan may
get in positicra to again des'.iroy tn
prosperity o f the country, as they did
when jthey were in congress in 1894
and helped to enact the Wilson-Gorman
-tariff law.
For all Mr. Crawford may suy on this
issue, I have charity to forgive and
r-iss as a legitimate difference in opin
ion, but one thing he did say in his
recent speech at Murphy I cannot for
give. It was this, "McKinley has put
the armies of the United States in
China, in cnarge of ara officer of the
German army without authority of
'aw." , . ,, ' ;.
Under the circumstances, what shall
1 ay of a man 'who would go before
his people seeking their support for a
high position in which he would be
.'.jstoclian of their interests at home a.nr
abroad and. to engender prejudict
against his opponents, make accusaJtion
tt this kind against his president,
knowing the circumstaaces under
vhich this action by -the president was
taken as well as Mr. Crawford knew
them, lit is a crime against his con
stituents unpardonable. Here were the
ambassadors, legations and representa
ves of all civilized Eiaitions pent up, be
sieged, starving and being murdered by
a horde of hosule savages 'Withstand
ing their assaults with a. fortitude and
heroism scarcely .equalled in human
tti6tory, while thousanas or christian
.-.iisslo.iajnes, tent from ail parts or vii.
.arch in response 'to that commaicd of
Him who spake as never man sjake,
4-Go ye unto all the world and preach
iny gospel to every creature," were oe
mg daily slaughtered and outraged in
ways more horrible than death. Condi
tions threatened them and 'were actual
iy executed so horrible to their details
tl.at no newspaper dared print the
worst, ithe newsmonger 'being satisfied
:o say to the world that fathers ana
husbands stayed .their own children and
w ives and then turned the weapons up-
3D themselves rather than fall inta I'.he
aands of those savage mabs there to
eet a fate worse than, deatli.
While these scenes were passing, the
nld 'empires of earth, with tthe forces of
our own oeloved republic, were beln
marshaled on the Chinese jmargia for
a war of a-eUef. So jealous -were the
powers that for 'weeks trje forces camp
ed m sight of those horrors, but unable
to move, lest the move should be the
destruction of the forces of the friendly
powers instead of the common, enemy.
W-hy, my fellow countrymen, those
fifteen hundred American soldi -rs a!tsd
rrtarines there assembled would Ihave
followed and: done 'battle under the
leadership of the king of mbotney, in
whose realim no law at all has ever ex
isted. In North Carolina, . under like
oircumistances. Waddell and Simmon
would have followed the lead of George
White, if necessary, and no questions
of authority of law would foave- 'been
asked. But here 13 my friend Crawford,
who was .brought up in a gospel land,
under Bible privileges, .who is : a
pi'amdioent and influential member of
to my opinion the best church man.
'u.der God's direction, lias ever organ
ized and maic-cained, at one time havin.gr
been honored as president of the cast
ventlon of his church, where he stooo.
up in the great congregation of the Lord
and plead for prayers and funds to sena
these missionaries to this very ' land,
oim-self always- aliberaJ coot-pi utor of
his means to (their support, and always
willing to speak words of encourage
ment and praise ia behalf of the noble
Christian, sacrifices of the first church
of his denomination of this oity in their
consecration! to the cause, when ithey,
from year ito year, pour their offerings'
upon the altar 01 heir God, together
with their resources into the support of
Miss Lot tie f n.ee in icnat ve-'y ia.nd tha..
was then deluged with nose beastly
Boxers, visiting dath and worse tnan
death on all alike, for a little poliltical
advantage criticising hl3 great Christian
follow the lead of a Christian German
officer to 'the rescue of those .who are
almost of his kith and kin.
Travelers and astronomers inform us
t.at in the southern heavens, near the
Southern Cross, there is a vacant space
president for allowing hia soldiers to
which the. uneducated call the hole in
the sky, where the eye of maau, with
the aid of ithe powers of the telescope,
has been unable 'to discern nebula or
asteroid, planet, star or sun. In that
dreary, eold, dark region of space.
-vMdh is only known 'to be less than
infinite by the evidences of creation
elsewhere the Great Author of
celestial mechanism has left the chaos
whici . . .n the teginning. If the
earth -were capable -of lhe sentimeuts
and emotions' of lustice and virtue
which in human mortal be Lags are t?h
evidences and. the pledge of our divine
arigen and immortal destiny it would
gin and immortal destiny it would
heave and Itfcroe with the energy of jtn e
elemental forces of nature and project
this enemy 'of our uneducated boys and
foreign imissfonaries into that vast re
gion there forever to exist in a soiituae
as eternal as life, emblematical, if not
really, that outer darkness of which the
av ions of man spoke in wur-fling to
those -who are enemies tu themselves,
their race and their God.
STOOD DEATH OFF,
E. B. Muuday, a lawyer of Marri-
etta, Tx., once fooled a grave-digg-er.
He says: "My brother was very low
with malarial fever and jaundice.
persuaded him to try ElectrieBit
.nil Via uiaa Brir.ii m nrTl 1 n f t ;"
lybpcontlnued their use until shewa
wnony eurea. J am sure jiecinc
Bitters saved Iiis life." This remedy
expells malaria, kills dlseae -germ
aud purities the blood; aids digestion,
regulates liver.'kidneys and bowel
curea constipation, dyspepsia, ner
vous diseases,kidney troubles, female
complaints ; gives perfect health. On
j 50c. at all drug stores.
Biliousiiess.Jaundice, Constipation,
Headache, Indigestion, etc., speedil-
corrected by Grant's Liver Pills. , 5f
in a box, 25c -at country stores or
Grant's Pharmacy.
v hen in need of Drugs, Seeds,
Trusses, etc., we will be glad to serve
you. Grant's Pharmacy.
Grant's No. 24 cures Cold and L-
Grippe Price 25c. Grant's Pharma
cy. .
STATEMENT OF THE
CONDI-
TION OF THE
BATTERY PARK BANK,
- Ashevilie, N. V, , at the close of bus
" iuess September 5. KH),
; (Condensed).
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts $408,70S.5(r
Overdrafts ". 4,049.33
Furniture and fixtures .... 3,457.76
Banking house aud other real
estate
Bonds .....
Merchandise .
Cash iu banks.
Cash in vault .
........... -26,735.82
........... 1,12(5.00
5,643.21
.fl9o,S44.41.
.103,113.21 29S,957.62
Total '.'.;- $749,278.24
LIABILITIES.
Capital $100,000,00
Surplus 5. 15,000.00
Profits 18,214.88
Bauks. .......$8,172.31
Indviduals 007,891.05 Clo,063 .36
Total 749,278.24
. I, J. E, Rankin, cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true to the
best of my knowledge aud belief.
J. E. RANKIN, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 13th day of September, 1900.
FRANK M. LEE, Notary Public.
Correct attest.
J. P. Sawyer, J. E. Rankin, C. Ran
kin. V
HOW'S THIS!
We ofler One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for anv case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure.
F. J. CHENNEY & CO., Props., To
ledo. O.
We the undersigned, have known
S. J. Cheune,y for the last 15' years,
aud believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions and fi
nancially able to carry out any obli
gations made by their firm.
West &'Traux, Wholesale Druggists.
Toledo, O.
iValding, Kinnan & Marvin, Whole
pale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nal ly, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Pr'ce, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists. Testimonials free.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
Our New STork buyer has secured for us,
tor this season's selling, the largest lot of
GENUINE BARGAINS
ever, shown in the South and they are now here
for your inspection.
We have a heavy stock of
Hen's and Boys Clothing, Dry Goods,
Shoes, Hats, Underwear, V
Blankets Skirts. Cloaks, etc., etc.
''"'".' -. . - .. j
which you would do well to see before buying
elsewhere.
See our Goods ; Get our Prices, and we will get
your Trade. -V
"asitfcs;
The
BALTIMORE,
10 and 12 Patton Ave.
The BARGAIN CENTRE of ASHEVILLE?
new appointments:
RESUME JOINT CANVASS HI.
GINNING SFPTEMIlnir,.
Hon. Jauie M. Moody, Repubj,.. , ,
candidate for congress, aud Hon. y;
T. Crawford, Democratic rnndi.iu:,
;'or congress, will address the pcopi;.
tpoii the issues of the campaign
the following times and p!;u- -, t.,.
wit: ;'
Burnsville, Yancey county, Huim;.
day, September 29. .- -
Fairview, Buncombe county, Wed
nesday, October 3.
Avery's Creek, Thursday, Oeloi.er.
4. . :.-
Mills River, Ileuderson 'cotuity,
Friday, October 5.
Hendersouville, Saturday, October
BreVard, Monday, Oc'ob-r .
Edneyville, Henderson county,
Tuesday. October 9, ,
Canton, Haywood county. Tlt urn'.,
day, October 11.
Waynesville, Friday, October 1'.
Fines Creek, Haywood county, Sat
urday. October 13.
Spring Creek, Madison" county
Mouday, October 15.
Ho'. Springs, Tuesday, October ,
Marshall. W.ednesdy, October 17. ';
Mars Hill,. Thursday, October Is.
Everybody invited to attend t!n
. -Jiscussions and especially tite ta'i-
ies.. Sieakiug begins .'at 1 'o'clock.
m. ,
' T1IOS. S. 1()..LINS.
. Chr. Itep. Cong. Com.
J. I). .MITI.IPH V,
Chr. Dera. Ceng. Coin.
PUBLIC SPEAKING.
. Hon. J. G. Graut and Hon. R. 1;.
Roberts will add ress the eop!e Upon
the issues of the gampaign at the fo -1
wiug times aud places, viz : ;
Murphy, Monday, Oct. 1.
Brasstowu, Tuesday, Oct. 2.
Slootiug Creek, Wednenday, Oct. ::.
Aquoiie, Thursday, Oct. 1.
Franklin, Friday, Oct. 5.
1 Smith's Bridge. Saturday, Oct. (j.
Gienville, Moudaj-, Oct, 8.
Barker's Creek, Tuesday, Oct. 9.
Bryson City, Wednesday, Oct. 10.
Stecoah, Thursday, Oct. 11. t ,
Robbinsville, Friday, Oct. 12. -
Andrews, daturd ay, Oct. IS. i
Spcadiug will begin at IwcTve
o'clock.
Let everybody comeind hear tlicc
disliuguished speakers. The lali.-
are especially invited.
THOS. S. ItOLLINS,
Chairman Rep Ex.. Co'ii
$500 REWARD!
We will pay above rewaril'for ' any -.
'"Liver Complaint, lysopia, Skk Hei:lai !n . :
digestion, Constipation or Coslicvnes.- w .-a-,
not cure with Liverta, the. ITp'-to-l'ate 7 a;
Liver I'iil, wln-ti the tliivi.-iions are st rii tU
plieil wiiii. They are purely "VegetaWe a:
n.vpr fail lo give sati-fa-tion. 2.V boxe
lain Id Pills. 10e boxes contain 40 Pills., ,V.t..
es contain V, Pill.. Beware of ubstitiuioii- ;u
imitations. Sent by mail. Stamp's take
NEUVMA MKUlyAL ( U ( or. Clinton ai
Jaekaun St., Cbicago, Iil.
For sale by
Grant's Pharmacy,
Asheville, N.-C
Catarrh can be cured only by a
constitutional treatment.. Grams
Catarrh Cure has prayed a. great suc
cess aud we can furnish testibmonials
o highest value .from well known
citizens iu this comufu.uity. A t-hvU-
bottle will demonsrrate its value.
One month's treatment $1.25 Grant'
Pharmacy.
If fffl
BIG