MEC3K32EHBURG TIH J. W. WADSWDETffS in i rit krY OF THE WORLD. tft r. r 1 . H 1 ' i li : id. n If 'ft- r Mi .5 1 v. I LABOR'S FRIEND NOT THIS l&xm Watson's Indignation Was All Paid For, In the Employ of a Wall . ui? a:rmblic attacks "Thomas E. Watson., aud claims that Ills attacks on Sewall were paid for jby a New York gold standard organ "iibat is one of the mouth-pieces of ..TSVall street. It says: "It has developed that 5iis indignation is a purchasable oammodity, like cheese, and relative ly as cheap. " "Watson has been in the service of "ha ''money power" for seven weeks or more. His treachery has been copyrighted and syndicated. Every r-stab at Sewall lias been bought and 'paid for. The price, set by Watson . himself, upon these remarkable pro ductions is approximately known. In all, it is understood that he has received something more than 1,500 for his articles. "The newspaper that commanded Ir. Watson's services in the interest of Mark Hanna and the gold stand ard, and that still carries his name on the pay roll as an "ocnsinl Wliufrt.(.ui,- m tne isew lork World. "The snare which lured the sage Live Items of State News. -of Thomson from the path of righte- Today the Railroad Commission -cnisness was set on the very day that at heard the arguments of represen ts Ponulist partv honored Mr. Wat-! tatives of various railroads on the iAn with a nomination for the jce JPresideucv. "July 27, the poison having found lodgment, Mr. Watson contributed another article to the New York '"World." This was rather spicv, and evidently was written from the text used bv Mr. Watson in the Peo ple's party paper a few days previ ously: "We love you, Billy: but J- n your company.'' In it Mr. Wat :son said: "I will run the race to the -end. I will make the fight, even if 3tr. Sewall does not withdraw. For me to withdraw would be for -Hie to sign the death warrant of my wartv." "The price set upon his first arti cles was $150 for each article. Even tually he raised the price to $20. "One article in particular is worthy of note at this time. It was published on the last Monday in September. Mr. Watson advanced the price to $250 at this time, and in a communication to the paper stated that if the editor did not consider it wortli the price he must aotr.se it. The Populist leader, in other words, went on strike. He '-won, of course, and the article was -iccepted at the valuation place J YEAR. Denver News. reducing tickets will be to the various sometime this upon it bv tne author. "August R W'atsoii prepared for -.rhc Wc-rida length. article on the situation up to that date. He was to rev:ew tla- campaign and comment ojj the deiiiuiutn.'.ioij in Madison Sju are (lavs! en ti: ing. He w;t; adv -ad, an.i the ? -t-"vvouid write excit crs u'old tam "Sure enough. a n -:.: ck-u iilsc ird ui feast in Madi following evell used and piet ur stattd that he : vely for its read readers. Watson was the the Democratic on Sonare (Jar- den. He projected himself into the forefront and sought to attract at tention equally with Messrs. Bryan :ind Sewall. In his article, publish ed August 13. he maiR bitter per sona! attacks upon Chairman Jones :ind Mr. Bryan's running mate, and, indirectly, upon Mr. Bryan himself. The price paid for this article was l5o. 'In a subsequent article Mr. Wat son took up the speeches at Madison Square Garden. "Mr. Sewall's speech of accep tance," he said, "was a modest echo of Mr. Bryan's, and Mr. Bryan dwelt upon one topic alone the silver question. :;: His Bryan's) presentation of silver claims was not so comprehensive as that made in the elaborate speech of Senator John P. Jones of Nevada in 18iH); his arraignment of the evils of contraction was not so graphic as that made by Congressman Charles Townein 1895, or that made by Congressman William H. Pel ton in 1 8T, nor were his answers to the objections made to free coinage so ample as those made in the recent speech of Senator Daniel." "Mr. Bryan's Eastern tour, added Mr, Watson, had been a dire failure. He wound up by inferring to Sewall .wi "the soothing .-vrup of the cam- monopolists," who upon "to keep tern Democrats much under the : 3 Populistic pro- order of the Commission passenger fares in the State one- fourth of a cent. The Democratic printed and sent count v chairmen week. Electors Davis and Craig spoke to a good audience at Monroe yester day. Hale Johnston, Prohibition can didate for Vice President, is follow ing in Levering's wake and making speeches in this State. Col. Oliver H., Dockery spoke at Salisbury today. Mr. A-. L. Sawyer, of Cabarrus county, died at lrinity High School Saturday. Mr. David Earnhardt, of Cabarrus county, fell from a loaded wagon, and the rear wheels passed over his body, injuring him seriously. Ex-Congressman Henderson, who has been quite sick, is out of bed again. Federal court begins at Statesville today. Judge Dick presiding. A large number of moonshiners from the mountain section are in attend ance. The cotton compress at Hamlet is out of order and all the S. A. L. cotton m h. ing shipped to the Kul eigh compress. State Auditor Furman has received live hundred new applications for pensions. Dick Quay, son of the crafty lie publican Senator from Pennsylva nia, is said to be in this State, work- Rabbits Caused Diphtheria. Wehstek City, la., Oct. IS. Babbits have causet an opidemic of diphtheria in the eastern part of the county, and it has spread to Dows, Iowa Falls, Jewclh Junction and Adelet. A dozen deaths have been reported By last reports, diptheria has broken out annually in the vicinity of the Tybithra Lutheran church, which is used as a school braiding A large number of nbbits have been hibernating iu the building for a long time, and the physicians have reached the conclusion that the little animals have planted the germs of the disease, which spread among the children. The church will be burned. ins: some dark and underground scheme for the Kepublieans. Miss Mary Elizabeth Mills and Mr. James Eeonidas Cowan, will be married in Trinity church, Statesville, Oct. 28th, at' six o'clock. Reinforcements for Cuba Maced Said to be Almost Annihilated. By Telegraph to The News. Ma I) hid, Oct. '20. The shipment of twenty-live thoisaud troops to reinforce the armies in Cuba will begin earlv in November. A dispatch from Havana to the 'Impartial" says t iat in the recent fi-ghtiug in Pinar Del Rio Province, Maceo lost a number of men. The dispatch say his army is now split up and is waudering about the country without camps, and without food. flaking Money by the Rise in Wheat. By Telegraph te The News. Chicago, Oct. 20. Western freight men arc delighted over the flurry in wheat. The great advance is making it easier for them to make charges 2nd. carrvina: ' died for the wo. ud he re Northern ami y. from wailing to niJicfcion of Brvu: divines." ' r L ( i 1 ; , 1 .ner nis tnn to the bout invest '; returned to t he fray, and it was Unit he raiH.'-a the price of his ry guns 10 "G a srem." Watson's Name to Go, Notw ithstand ing His Protest. By TVlejrraph to The News. Toi'EK a, Kansas, Oct. 20. Thomas . Watson's name has been withdrawn as the Democratic-Populist nominee for Vice-President in deference to his wishes. Chairman Preidenthal, of the fu sion committee, has filed mandamus proceeding in the Supreme Court to compel the Secretary of State to place Watson's name on the ticket, notwithstanding the latter's protest. Sultan Promises Armenian Reforms. By Telegraph to The News. Constantinople, Oct. 20. At the audience which the Russian ambassador Nelidoff had with the Sultan Saturday, the latter express ed his firm intention of carrying out the reforms decided upon for the better administration of Armenian affairs. Nelidoff leaves for Russia shortly to make a personal report to the Czar. Noted English Educator Dead. By Telegraph to The News. London, Oct. 20. Dr. William Campion, President of Ouecn Col lege, Cambridge, is dead. Bryan's Campaign to Date. .'Number of speeches delivered, ;,V2; cities and icwns spoken in, 280; Mates spoken in, 'i'J: miles traveled. since the nomination, 12,127; number of words spoken on the stump (esti mated), 494,uo0; miles traveled by all other Democratic candidates since 1860, 0,100; number of speeches delivered by all other Democratic -candidates since 18G0, 164. Continued Ovation to Bryan. By Telegraph to The News. Sti;i:i;en iLi.E, Ohio, Oct. 20. Bryan's reception throughout In diana today was one continued ovation. If your children are subject to croup watch for the first symptom of the disease hoarseness. If Cham berlain's Cough Remedy is given as soon as the child becomes hoarse it will lire vent the attack. Even after the croud cough has appeared the attack can always be prevented by giving this remedy. It is also in valuable for colds and wThooping cough. For sale by S. L. Alexander & Co. advances- in the agreed upon for November When wheat is selling for fifty to sixty cents it is almost impossible to get twentv cents for from the West to Chicago. hauling it Alark Hanna's Money in His Pocket. Maj. Guthrie recently said : "When vou see one of these little Populist county committees running about howling for fusion with Re publican gold-bugs, you can bet your last dollar that he's got Mark Han na's money in his pockets." It is well to keep this in mind these davs. News and Observer. After rolling up 10,000 majority for McKinley in a Maryland count whose voting capacity is less than 10,000, and tearing Iowa loose from her Republican moorings, Mr. James Creelman plumps West Virginia into the Republican column by a majority of 10,000 Mr. Creelman is a very busy man these days fully as busy as when he was engaged in the Japanese atrocity business. Washington Post, Ind. Miners to Take Strikers' Places. By Telegraph to The News. Leadville, Col., Oct. 20. About one hundred and twenty miners from Missouri, who were to take the place of the strikers in the Bison mine, have arrived and were escort ed by troops to the mine, which is heavily barricaded. Thousands jeered the men as they marched to the mine. Unveiled by the Emperor. Berlin, Oct. 18. The memorial to Emperor William I at Minden, Westphalia, was unveiled today by his grandson. Emperor William 11. The empress aud a large number of notables were present and the town was crowded with visitors from all the surrounding country. - - Fought to a Draw. By Telegraph to The News. Boston, Mass., Oct. 20. Dan Sullivan, of Boston, and Jack Ward, of Newark, N. J., fought twenty rounds to a draw last night. Gold at 17 Per Cent Premium. By Telegraph to The News. Havana, Oct. 20. Gold is at seventeen per cent, premium over bank bills. 1 mm PRIP.FS flM WAfiflNS ANn Rita LU VV I II I w UW vrin . . ....w uyn Between now and October 1st we want to sell off an im-i 6sy WAGONS, BUGGIES, HARNESS and in order to do so we are going to make prices lower than been on the same class of work. We Have First Class Goods, and everything in good shape, and if you want to buy a Wagon or Bd, can save money and get the best by calling on us. Don't consider this to mean that we are going out of business such idea, but We to Stock of Vemcle 5 wita lie n -U if low prices are what it takes to do so. Come and see if we are J Yours for Low Prices, u J.W WADSWORTH'SSO Experiment Farm Programme During State Fair Week. October 12th, 1896. During Fair week in Raleigh, Oc tober 19-24, visitors may expect to find the following order observed at the Experiment Farm. Those espe cially interested in any of the farm, staple or dairy operations are invited to visit the farm and inspect the work. Because of the locatipn within the enclosure for the Fair, the time fixed for visitors has been advanced until after the regular opening of the F'air gates each morning. The milk separator will be in op eration at 10 to 10:o0 a. m. aud to 0:30 p. in. Staple work after 4:1)0 p. m. Churning and butter work ing 10 to 11:30 a. m., 20th and 22ud. The Babeock Tester will be in operation part of every fore-noon at the Experiment Farm Dairy. Both hand and steam machines will be used. Those who do not know the loca tion of the Experiment Farm will lind it within the enclosure and West of the Fair buildings. The ilag pole on the lawn makes the place unmistakable. Very respectfully, Frank K. Kmeky, Agriculturist. RACKET STOP How a Minister Sees the Situation. Kev. James D. Draughon writes the Mt. Airy News: "On last Saturday and Sunday a week I preached at a church where nearly every man was a Republican and they, almost to a man, expressed themselves as in favor of Bryan. A friend who went with me, and who is for McKinley, said to me, after our arrival, 'It beats anything I ever saw! They have all gone crazy!' 1 said to him, 'No they have got their eyes open.' " New Asst. Dist. Attorney. The Times congratulates both the Government and Sir. E. S. Spruill upon his appointment as assistant District Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, in place of Solomon Weill, who resigned and will remove to New York. A good officer has resigned and a good and thoroughly competent one has been appointed. PYanklin Times. Salisbury Thief Stole a Nozzle. Last night some one cut the noz zle from the hose that was lying on the street in front of Rogers Cloth ing store and made way 'with it. Any one caught with a stray nozzle should be reported to police head quarters immediately. Salisbury World. If Troubled With Kheumatitin Read This. Annapolis, Md., April in, 194. I have used Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism and found it to be all that is claimed for it. I believe it to.be the best preparation for rheumatism and' deep seated muscular pains 011 the market and cheerfully recommend it to the pub lic. Jko. (r. Brooks, dealer in boots, shoes, etc., No. 18 Main St. ALSO READ THIS. Meciianicsville, St. Mary Coun ty, Md. I sold a bottle of Cham berlain's Pain Balm to a man who had been suffering with rheumatism for several years. I made him a well man. A. J. McGill. For sale at 50 cents per bottle by S. L. Alex ander & Co., druggists. Big Drive in 400 Pairs Men's and Slightly Damaged Pants THEY GO AT HALF PIM $1.25 pants for 60c. $1.50 pants for 75c. $2 pair $2.50 pants for $1.25. $3 pants for $1.50. We have jnst closed out about 2000 pairs pants:: irom large lactones at au 10 uuc on me uomr. aatl " j a. - t a. 1 i r TT joiiitf last ai auuui nan price. we can ive yob nz would be cheap at $2.50 at $1.50, and a regular $2. These are facts and can be proved to see them. MEN'S SUITS These suits we been cut from 6.50, 7.50, 8.50 and $10. 250 men's odd coats, wool, $l 150 child's suits ki 75c. 100 child's suits at $1, worth $1 50 Mackintosh coats from $1 98 to $7. 50. Beys' or from 7c up. Men's overcoats from Sl.o up. Acs overcoat for di6.Q8. Ii vou are not readv to buvnoi pay to see our stock and get prices. simp.y Dyji; sell now at WILLIAMS, HOOD SUCCESSORS TO W; J. DAVIS ,k CO. 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