THE TIMES
STEAM BOOK AND JOB OFFICE
We keen on hatd a fall stock of
LETTER HEADS, NOTE. HEADS, STATE
MENTS, BILL HEADS, ENVEL- i
OPES, TAGS, VISniNS CARDS WED
DING INVITATIONS, ETC, ETC.
GOOD PRINTING ALWAYS PAYS
DANGER SIGNALS.
No engineer would be mad enpugh to
-run by the flag which signaled danger.
What the da ger was he might notunder
Btand, hut be would take no chances.
It is different with the average man or
woman., lney at
tempt constantly
to run by the dan
ger signals of
Nature and that
attempt costs
thousands of lives
every year. AVIhen the
appetite becomes irregu
lar or entirely gives out,
when sleep is troubled
and broken, -when.-there
is a loss of flesh,' when
there is a constant feel
ing of dullness and lan
guor, Nature is hoisting
the danger signal. 1 The
stbmach and - its allied
organs are failing in their
work and the body is los
ing the n utrition on which
its strength depends.
Such a conijition calls
for the prompt use of Dr.
Pierce's Qolden Medical
Discovery.' It cures dis
eases of the. stomach and
other organs of digestion
and nutrition, purifies .
and enriches the blood and builds tip the
body, with sound, solid -flesh.
"-Your -. kindness to tnc I can never forjjct,"
writes Mrs. Josie E. Clark, of Enterprise, Shelby
Co., Mo. "I cannot express half my feelings of
gratefulness to you. I had despaired of ever
getting well. I had been in bad health for
twelve years. Had aches all through me, numb
hands, cold feet, and everything I ate distressed
me ; bowels constipated, was verv nervous, de
pressed and despondent. In fact. I can't express
half my bad feelings to vou. When I fi rst wrote
4o you I thoufjht I could never be cured. I have
taken six bottles of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery, and my health is now good. You
have my honest recommendation to allsufler
ers. I thick there is no medicine in the world
as good as Dr. Pierce's."
If constipated use Dr. Pierce's Pleas
ant ' Pellets. They cure constipation,
biliousness and sick headache. They do
not produce the " pill habit.'" j
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
it
DR. H. C. HERRINi
Dentist.
Is now on the ground floor
of the Lltaker
liuuamg.
OONCOED, N. C.
Dr. w. c. Houston
.Sargeon " Dentist,
CONCORD, N. C.
Is prepared to do an kinds of dental work In
the most approved manner.
Office over Johnson's Drug Store.
Residence 'Phone 11. Office 'Phone 42.
L. T. HARTSELL,
Mtorney-at-Law, r .-.-;
CONCOKD,NOBTH CAROLINA.
Prompt attention siven to all business.
Office in Morris building-, opposite the court
: bouse. i I
Drs. Lilly & Walker,
: -offertbelr professional services to the citl
j zensof Concord and surrounciing country.
1 -Calls promptly attended day or night.
W 1. MONTQOMEBT. i. IiESOBOWBlJ'
MOHTGOMERY & CROWELL, i
attorneys and Connselors-at-Law
. .CONOOKD, IT. O.
. As partners, will praqtice law In Cabarrus,
Stanly and adjoining counties. In the Supe
rior and Supreme Courts o t the State and in
the Federal Courts. Otjice In court house.
Parties desiring to lend money can leave it
with us or place It In Concord National Bank
for us, and we will lend! It on good real es
tate security free of charge to the depositor.
We make thorough examination of title to
lands offered as security for loans.
Mortgages foreclosed I without expense to
owners of samn.
A brick Is a brick; yes. but. what a differ
ence ln'them. Good .brick, good machinery,
up-to-date methods, in fact, a thousand de
tails, are a necessity to produce the best
brlcfc. We have our plant fully equipped
for a capacity of 45,000,000 not only that, but
have a body of the finest river clay ever lo
cated hi this country. Our plant is on the
Catawba liver near Fort Mill. 8. C, and
shipping station, G rattan, S. C.
"A man Is a man foe a' that,'' but what a
difference in 'em. Ton require the best lum
ber for your house; the best coal 'for your en
gine; the best flour for your table. One does
not buy a common horse when he can get a
much better one for near the same price.
This is tue abou t everything one needs.
:"In a build ins nothing is more essential
than good material.-: It- adds to the safety
jand wear, besides twill sell for more. Who
'would not pay. more for a building put up
out of first quality nf&terial than for one
thrown together out of common ordinary
brick. ,
Let Ds Correspond With Yon.
Pnmpt Service -in Shipments.
s Brisk Copy,
OFFICE WITH
S. S. .HcNINCH & COMPANY,
. CHARLOTTE, N., C.
Pec. lS-rtm. : .
Machinery for Sale.
One pair Platform Scales..
One 20 horse power Boiler.
Une 40 horse pd
wer boiler.
One Cotton Press.
One 20 horse pen
wer Emrine. ?
Two Cotton Gins.
One Saw Mill. '
Lot of Shafting
Ajpply to .
MRS M. L: GOODMAN,
' or Z. A. MORRIS.
IjUKtS WHfclif All FISf (-All S. CTI
Beat Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Ue PRI
in time, ssold bT rtrareistn. T 1
BR 6 K ! BRI G K
BRICK!
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THE : CONCORD TIME
John. B. Sherrill, Editor and Owner.
Volume XX.
8A7I JOHES LETTEK.
A tlaota Journal.
I have just returned from a hurried
trip through Tennessee, Kentucky,
Ohio and Pennsylvania and hare re
versed my ideas of things somewhat
about the signs of the times. .-With
many other persons, I thought we had
turned the crest of the wave of pros
perity in December, and that j there
would be a .general and constant de
cline from his mouth, but the crest
really has not been reached, and per
chance will not be reached to a de
cline until after our nut presidential
election. It looks as if we would have
two more years of prosperity at least.
1 was talking with a big Pittsburg
coal man and manufacturer. He said
that the output of the iron manufac
turers had been sold eighteen months
ahead to July, 1904. This much I know,
the railroads cannot begin to move the
traffic! I . have seen more belated
trains in the last six months than I
have ever seen before, it seems, alto
gether in twenty years. The conges
tion they said had been relieved at
Pittsburg it seemed to me that I saw
enough loaded Cars to keep every!; en
gine almost in the country busy for
weeks moving them out and off. Both
passenger and freight traffic is 'im
mense to behold. While we at j: the
south feel the pinch of two short
crops, yet it is not universal in 4he
United States. Welare doing all the
business in the south that we ought to
do in building and buying and selling,
hard as we think the times are with
us now. Our farmers are holding
more cotton than for any year that I
ean remember, and they will get the
benefit of the -high prices, many of
them, for I believe cotton, will go to
nine cents before this month is out
and maybe to ten, no telling. I know
if I had cotton I would not sell it
tomorrow or next day. The supply, is
short and the demand will be strong,
and that forces prices up. And the
farmer who don't make enough cot
ton I to pay his debts can do like Jim
Hulsey, of Rockmart, who sat on a
box,in the town square all the morning
in the sun figuring. Finally one neigh
bor went up to him and said: 41
"Jim; what are you figuring on?''
He said: , "I have been figuring on
my cotton crop."
"Well, what about it ?" Baid the
neignbor. ,
"Well," he Baid, "I have found that
it won't pay faae out, and I will just
keep my cotton."
. So I say to the farmer, "If your cot
ton won't pay you out now, maybe it
will in a month or six weeks from
now; jit is. worth your while to try it,
maybe, -
I . came down from Cincinnati last
night
lanta.
on the Floiida Limited to At
And, my! she is a daisy train
wide vestibules, a three hundred-foot
palacej
on wheels; every comfort and
convenience, and if there is anything
that will delight Yankeedoodle to come
south,' it is the magnificent trains our
roads are offering them. The L., N.
and C, and Central and Coast Line
are also running as fine if not finer
trains from Chicago and St. Louis to
St. Augustine, and when we think
about it, the Yankees are a-coming.
By the Southern, the Coast Line and
SJ A. L. from New York and Wash-
i -
ington city, and via the Southern and
L. and N. and I. C. from the middle
and northwestern slates. Not only the
regular trains, but six of these fine
trains running to Jacksonville and St.
Augustine daily, and I am glad Yan
keedoodle comes south. They learn
some things and go back wiser, and
leave us ! richer, for it is said that
Florida has lived on fish and Yankees
for nearly a hundred years. The rail
roads are vieing with 1 each other on
speed and magnificent trains. They
deserve a fine business; hope they will
have it.
. It snowed every day the four days I
was north of the Ohio river, and I
find it reached to the southern line of
Tennessee. Sleighine was fine in west
ern Pennsylvania. 1 It was cold as
kraut up .there to me, and those citi-
Zens, would greet a fellpw with, "fine
day, lovely day." It was lovely to me,
sitting in the hotel by the fire. They!
greet a snow storm with pleasure and
call a rainy day a .stormy day. They
will run from . rain and run into snow.
The south reverses that order of
things. We don't care much for rain,
but my! how we are afraid of a bliz
zard. '
I spent part of today in Atlanta
and from Pittsburg to Atlanta the
transition is not so great as one
would think. Atlanta haa rnt n crnnA
, , L . , ..
dps nf t.n hiiHtla and atir anil mnvo
x-n u j n i ,,. '
HI I l r t u hn rcr a n1 Atlanta haa nMhini,
to boast of more than of her daily
HaucrB,.Aur mcy compare wen wun any
in the -United States, and a paper is
known by the men who make it and the
city that supports it. I am glad to
1. A 1. .A. T T . " 1 n
near mat nenry jtiicnarason is im
proving. He is a genial, warm-heart-
perhap8 in the world, but friends by
the thousands, and they will all hail
with pleasure his return to his post on
The Journal."
' The Atlanta merchants are not doing
a land office business, neither are our
country merchants in a ru-.li now.
It is said, every dog has his day, and
our merchants never did better than
they did in September, October, No
vember and December. What if tbere
be a lull now in trade? Take an
optimistic view of the situation, don't
growl or worry, there are good times
coming just as there are good timfs
past. We poor mortals of a cloudy
day think that the sun will never shine
again, and then on a bright, cloud
less day we sometimes think there
will neiver le any more clouds. We
have bur ups and downs, but like the
good old woman as she said, "Amid all
my troubles and tribulations, and ups
and downs, there is one passage of
scripture that always comes to roy re
lief." They 'asked her what passage
that was. She said ifwas that blessed
old verse that said, "Grin and bear it."
So, gentlemen, jump up and down
and shout when things go well, and
when they don't go well, follow the
old woman's' scipture and "grin and
bear it." j
Be thankful for what you have re
ceived that's good, and when you
haven't enough of that to be thankful
for, sit down and think how much bet
ter off you are than the fellow that's
in jail or that they- hung last week,
or that's on a sick bed with cholera
or yellow fever or small pox, or that
has the svinney so he can't get about
be thankful for the blessings you
have received and miseries you have
missed.
And Preeident Roosevelt is in trouble
again about a; colored postmistress in
Mississippi. He will be wiser when he
is older. He is the youngest president
we have ever had and his youth sticks
out. in every direction and frequently
in the wrong direction. If he would
follow Bryan's advice and appoint
some colored, person postmaster or
postmistress up in Yankeedoodle, he
would not only show his love for the
colored brother, but he would show
that he has got as much baek-bone as a
rough rider president ought to have.
It takes nothing but spite to put a
colored person off oh us in the south,
but it would take grit to put one off on
some northern town or city. ,
Yours truly,
Sam P. Jones.
. P. S. Somebody sent me a clipping
from Augusta, from The Augusta Trib
une, a paper which it seems to me, I
never heard of before, giving me hail
Columbia, Yankeedoodle and down the
country generally, about having punch
at my daughter's wedding the other
day. Now, the 'simple facts are, the
ingredients of said punch were Apol
linaris water, plain lemons and plain
granulated sugar. This is the kind of
punch that don't punch fellows over.
The punch-over punch I have punched
out of my program thirty odd years
ago, with no variations, defalcations,
and I hope in the future without ex
planation. I -
Yours with a flea on me,
Sam P. Joxes.
Roanoke's &eml-centeuulal.
In making arrangements for the
celebration of the Semi-Centennial of
Roanoke College, June 9th-llth, 1903,
the Faculty and the committees in
charge "wish to obtain the present ad
dreBs and occupation of every former
student of the College. As efforts al
ready made have not been wholly sue
cessful, appeal is now mads to the pub
lie, through the courtesy of the press:
for aid in completing the register ol
students. Wnile many addresses ard
lacking for almost every year, the reg
ister is especially incomplete for the
period of the Civil War, during which
no catalogues of the istudents were
published. Any persons who are able
to aid in this ma'tter will confer a favor
by sending information jto Prof. W. A.
Smith, Secretary of the Facultjf, Sa
lem, Ya. ' ; '
A KlarTelooi Invention, j
Wonders never cease. A machine has
been invented that will cut paste and
j hang wall paper. The field of inventions
and discoveries seems to be unlimited,
I Notable amon8 great discoveries is
i Dr. King's New Discovery for Consump
tion.! I It has done a world of good for
weak lungs and saved many a life.
Thousands have used it and conquered
: Grip, Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Con-
sumption. Their general verdict is:
"It's the best and most reliable medi-
cine for throat and lung troubles. Every
1 50c and $1.00 bottle is guaranteed by
' P. B. Fetzer druggist. Trail bottles free.
An unofficial, but authorized ! an
'nouncement is that ex-Secretary of
State William R. Day will be appointed
J L
to Bucceed Justice Shiras of the United
t Statea Supreme Court.
Every Bottle of Chamberlain'- Cough
Remedy Warranted.
;We guarantee every bottle Chamber-
. lMn 8 Cooeh Remedy and will tefand
the money to anyone who is not satisfied
fter using two thuds of the contents.
This is -the -best remedy in the!' world
I hQoviaf, cough ia plea8ant and
to to toke-. it prevents any tendency
1 of a cold to result in pneumonia M.
I L. Marsh, druggist.
. frr la. innnna Annaha rrlria nrntin An1
BE XTTSI1 AND :FXLa a?.'
Concord, N. C, Thursday.
mbIk4 Xblrtr Tmw Hart
j feor la Pealttlar.
Hertford, X. CL, Jan. 21. Jam
E. Wilcox? was today sentenced to
thirty years at hard labor in the State
prison for the killing of Ella Maude
Cropeey. . The jury returned a verdict
r guilty of murder in the second degree.
The entire evidence was read to the
jury, after which Judge Council deliv
ered his charge, which consumed an
hour and a half, lie told the jury .hat
it could bring io a verdict of murdar in.
the first or! second degree, or of ac
quittal. !
"If the defendant," said Judge oun
cill, "after willful premeditation jand
deliberation and malice, killed Ella
Cropsey, then your verdict should be
murder in the first degree. j
"If the Slate has satisfied the jury
that the defendant killed Ella Cropeey
through malice," he said "but without
establishing j the existence of willful
premeditation and deliberation, then
the verdict should be murder in the
second degree. If satisfied of neither
of these beyond a reasonable doubt, the
verdict should be 'not guilty.'
Jim Wilcox betraved no symptoms o:
the strain under which he no doubt
labored. His only look was a look of
scorn. In sentencing the defendant
the judge said :
"I do not take pleasure in sentencing
any one convicted of crime, but do soj
from a profound Bensejof duty. The!
jury has seen fit t return a verdict of
murder in the second uegree. uy
what process; of reasoning they arrived
at this verdict is not for- me to say. t I
express no opinion as to the guilt or iu
nocense of the defendant; but Swill give
effect to the verdict as becomes my
duty. If the defendant is guilty and
the Jury has said -sor he deserves, in
my judgment the full limit of the law.
The judgment of the court is that de
fendant be sentenced to a term of
thirty years at hard labor in the State's
prison." j
The defense was not satisfied with
the verdict and asked for a new trial.
this was not granted, f They will ap
peal to the supreme court. Solicitor
Ward Bays there is no ground for a
new trial, and his opinion is sustained
by that of Judge Councill. Mr. Ward,
in commenting upon the case, Baid :
"I believe that the defendant is guil
ty and think that our case was a strong
one. Ami I satisfied with the i erdict ? ,
Well, I'-ll ha.ve to be."
Judge Council says that the jury dis
played an act of charity in allowing the
defendant the benefit of the doubt and
making their verdict in the Becond de
gree. He Bays that a fair and impar
tial trial has been given Jim Wilcox,
and he commentson the good conduct
of the people throughout the interest
ing proceedings.
One of the jurors talked tinight.
He said that the jury had stood nine
for guilty in the first degree while the
others disfavored conviction in any
form. Said he: "As a compromise
we decided upon the second degree."
The verdict meets with almost uni
versal approval. There are two! parties
with whom it is unsatisfactory. These
are the Cropseysr and the W lcoxes.
The Cropseys say that nothing short of
a banging would satisfy them, j'lf
Wilcox is guilty at all and he ni guilty
he should receive the severest pen
a'ty." The Wilcox family are not all
pleased, though they talk little, Wil
cox, Sr., remarked in significant tones
that Jim wasn't in the penitentiary yet.
James Wilcox himself is quoted as say
ing that death is preferable to the sen
tence imposed. He once said, "Give
me libertyor give me dea'h," a id evi
dently he was not jesting.
' Following are the facts in brief i re
garding the murder and subsequ mt de
velopments: : v
Wilcox went to the home of W. H.
Cropsey, father of the dead girl, on the
night of November 20, 1901, to fcall:on
Miss Ella, to whom he had been paying
considerable attention several years.
When he arrived at the Cropsey home,
about 8 o'clock, the family was; in the
sitting room.! Young Roy Crawford
wa there calling on Miss Oilic Criopsey,
a sister of Miss Ella, i
Soon after 9 o'clock all the members
of the household except Missed Ollie,
Ella and Carrie Cropsey, a cousin from
New York, who was visiting there at
the time, retired and left the young
folks alone. Later, after having made
two or three attempts to excuse herself,
Miss Carrie went to her room. j ' This
left Wilcox, Crawford and the two sis
ters in the room. It was said that
Wilcox and Crawford were at puts with
each other at the time. They dad not
speak when they came together. -
j At 11 o'clock Wilcox, who had ap
peared restless and moody during the
evening, rose from his Beat, saying
,"I rhuit go home; my mother will be
Uneasy about me if I stay out after this
hour" This waa said in a jocular way.
Continuing, Wilcox said: "Miss Ella,
I would like to see you in the hall."
He rolled a cigarette and went out,
followed by the girl. After that mo
ment Miss Ella Cropsey was never Been
again by anyone save Wilcox. Her
dead body was found floating just be-
January 29,
Death the I surface of the water of fca
quottok river on the morisitajfj of
loember 27 Kiloing.
, Thirty minute after Wilcox and MU
EUa lejft the room MiatOiiic bad Craw
ford good-night, aaw bim k the door
and went upstair to her rootn.j thick
ing that her tUter had g'e ahad of
her; bat not finding her there she con
cluded! that she and Witcox, who had
been haviog lovers' quarrel, had rude
np, crosaed the hall into the parlorjior
a quiet talk, and were still there. After
having taken a short nap and awaking
the heard the clock strike 12, uummxI
her lister land gave the alarm. 8oon
the whole family was up and searching
every wherej for the lost girl. But the
effortal were -in vain. No trace of the
jrirl could be found until her body wu
discovered in the river.
A bruise was found on her head.
The prosecution declared that this was
due to the fact that she had been hit
with a weapon and then thrown into
the stream.! Wilcox was rrted. He
wad unable to account for all his time
on thenight of the murder; The en
tire case reeled on circumtautial 'evi
dence. - j ti .
Wilebx was convicted of murdiTin
the first degree at his first trial latt
March in Elizabeth City, bilt on ac
count of a demonstration io the court
room a new trial -a granted and the
case was moved to an adjoining couuty.
He is about 30 yars old and lias never
been popular in Elizabeth City, but his
record 'previous to the Cropeey affair
had been good, so far as any criminal
act is concerned.
ladimnola Citizens Outwit th Post-
office Department.
Charlotte Observer.
It is ndeed a pleasure to note the
neat manner in which the Postonice
Department
been pkked
and the President have
up in connection with the
Iudianola, Mis. , poetoffice matter. The
postoffice at the Mississippi town has
been closed for some weeks on account
of alleged threats made by the lawU-ss
element of the community against the
colored I postmaster. Mail directed to
Iudianola is now sent to Greenville,
some thirty jor forty miles distant. Sen
ator McLaurin, of Mississippi, request
d the postojfice authorities to order it
sent to leathmann, four nnles away.
The repiy of the Postmaster General'
waa that the! office at the latter place
was unable to; naudie the increased
mail. This was in the face of the fact
that the; postmaster at Heathraann had
stated that he had two clerks in his
store and could handle the mail with
out trouble, j, Mail addressed to India
nola wil continue to be held at Green
ville, but the citizens of the alleged law
less town have instructed their corres-
I ;
pondenti to address themat Heath-
mann arid they have employed a man
to make; tripe between the two places,
80 that they j will receive and dispatch
their mail from the nearest office with
out the consent of the Postoffie Depart
ment, and really in defiance of the
President and the Postmaster General,
who ordered the mail sent to Green
ville as ja- more severe punishment.
The postmaster at Heathmann cannot
refuse to handle mail through his office,
and it appears that there is no way in
which the Wiswhington authorities can
prevent the i Indianola mail being
handled thera without closing the
office. It has been asserted by the
Postmsstier General that the average
daily receipts jof the HeathmaRcr ollice
aggregated 30 cents, which means that
the postmaste received a few dollars a
quarter, being paid a percentage'of his
stamp cancellation. It was stated that
it would be no expense to the' govern
ment to send the Indianola mail there
ioBtead of to Greenville. This privilege
waa denied, however, and now the
Postoffice Department finds . itself en
tirely outwitted. The Indianola people
will not only get their mail at Heath
mann, but the! Department must pay
the extra! expense incurred in hand
ling it. j ,
The administration, however, ia not
at the end of it? row. It can order
the discontinuance of the Heathman
postoffice
and every postoffice in that
region, it! seems, if it sees fit, and
it
could do so with the same justice that
it closed the Indianola office, j-
Wonderful Nerve,
i
Is displayed by many a man enduring
pains of accidental cuts, wounds, bruises,
burns, scalds, sore feet or stiff joints
But there's no need for it. Bucklen's
Arnica Saive wiH kill the pain and cure
the trouble. It's the best salve on earth
for the Piles, too,
store. J
25c, at Fetzer's drug
At the ftnnual meeting of the stock
holders of the Southern Express Com
pany, in Savannah, Ga., Wednesday, it
was determined to increase the com
pensation of all salaried employes to an
extent that will involve a large and
liberal addition to the pay rolls of the
company. j j ' ' r :j
A new Gusher at Sour Lake, Texas,
recently broke away. from the drillers,
and is spouting aj solid stream of oil,
equal to 75,000 barrels a day. In the
Beaumont: district there is a decline in
output.
. .. - !
The disturbances at Mu4
Pelee
cause.
have been suggested i as the
1903.
iili ir Ltrrrfcm.
A tla La CoaaU txttaa. .
The GunatiUitkko ays ihrr t (f.
ing mom v4 in th ' oorth that
ill brrrafter be treard from in tuinj:
nfro officials oer iMtitWo & statu
lie. That The New York llrrak ba
tj-Dl a rift is the clouds by rrbuktrif
the Prratdeot, tie. We bop but
now that . Ruoarc-U haa appoint a
Boston coon to a hirh oftW, the
Herald may changv front and y he
U coruinteoL That f rowing teuae of
justfce U a chameliun of many cokx
It in quite visible a littla while afi
tirady made his charming speech in
New York and Boston, but the preach
er withered it and McKinky tnadv
more appointments and kept making
.them as long aa he lived. lliU grow
ing sense' does not teem to tlourivh in
many rJaof. The fact is, w haw
almost despaired of ever seeing juwiice
grow at the north. lately I hare re
ceived three letters from tip there that
indicate the growing sense, and I have
read and reread them with comfort. One
of these is from an old Mexican veteran
who says that of the 2,700,000 soiden
who fought against us, one million
were from the east fighting io free the
negroes, (rranl'a included. One million
from the west fighting for the union
and the other 700,000 were the riff raff
and scum, the flotsam and jetsam of
all nations who joined the army for
bounty and booty and lieauty, and
they were the element that Snerman
employed to make war hell. He speaks
of the; war aa unholy, unrighteous and
unjust. Another letter is from Port
land, Oregon, and says the writer
recently got hold of one of my letters
whjch said that General Grant .was a
slave holder and hired out his negroea
up to the close of the war and lived off
ofthtirhire. He says: "I dftln't be
lieve it, but was induced to examine
his biography and I found it was so."
He says that nobody in that country
ever heard of it and it is amazing and
astonishing that Lincoln would appoint
a slave-holder to be the head of the
army. The writer of this letter was
brought up to' believe that the south
brought, all the negroes from Africa.
Another letter is from a New Hamp
shire man,' a veteran, who says that he
and seven others from his town joined
a company in 1862, and only one be
sides him sell got back, iver since
thep he haa been reviewing the folly
of the war and is ashamed of his peo
ple and says that I do not score them
in my letters as hard as they deserve.
He has Hinton Rowan Helper's famous
campaign book, in which he says:
"We are going to free your slaves
and arm them with pikes and torches
and butcher your families and burn up
your homes."
This book is indorsed by sixty-seven
members of congress, including John
Sherman. Appleton says that 167,000
copies were sold in three months and
it precipitated the raid of John Brown,
at whose execution all the church bells
of New England tolled a requiem. And
so I have found three northerners who
have this growing sense and I have
hoard of one more who is a suspect.
am keeping a tally sheet and as soon
as I hear of , any more growing sense. I
will-record ! it.; My Oregon friend's
generation came up since the war and
never had! time to bother themselves
about the history of the war or slavery
The South was outside of their concern
and Jeff Davis was the arch traitor that
Roosevelt told about in his history
That is all he cared to know. But he
ays your late letters have excited our
curiosity and if when your book is out,
you will let me advertise and sell it in
my own way, I will sell 100,000 copies
north of the line. This man is a big
advertiser with headquarters in Chicago
and sent io me a big lot of his cards
land literature.
Well, Mr. Byrd will see about that,
but to my opinion' his northern cus
tomers don't care a baubee about me
or Grant or his niggers. They remind
me of two fellers who went off to camp
meeting, and as tney were standing by
a tree one of the brethren -ca me up and
invited them to go up to the alter and
jine 'em in gittin' religion. The men
Seemed somewhat i indignant and re
plied: "Yob must excuse" us, sir, we
don't live iq the county."
But I did find a rift in the clouds
that gave much comfort. In the twelfth
volume of John Lord's "Beacon Lights
of History" I find a sketch of Robert
E. Lee by Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews,
that is a loving tribute to thatj great
soldier. Such a glowing tribute was
hardly to be expected from a northern
source. ' Especially from one born in
New Hampshire, educated at Brown
University and who joined thejarmy
while 18 years old and who lost an eye
at Petersburg. As an educator he rose
rapidly in his profession and became
president of his alma mater. Next he
was called to Chicago to take charge of
her public schools and biter on waa
choeen as chancellor of the University
of Nebraska, where he now is. Sinee
the war he has frequently championed
the cause of the Sooth and became un-
popular with, our . malignant enemies.
Of course as he joined the1 army so
young and lost an eye, we must let him
k3o
Number 29.
k-f hia xwtHi, tl t i a
hearted brats j ma c-t t .;kl m
have darrd to hat written lisat trUi
wotsdef bw U Waffartkfd tl4
mea a Andr-, a4 away ta, wk
mca a Vrt!r a&d lUtfcrfe ai4
KnxTktq atid Cbcttie, .uli fvxa uj
aud mature nn Us k ad
of Nw KflxUftd l trZl villi
wucb 4eur"a f1'! j-t trH
in 111, at A 4h-rt rCi a e ra
ruraocmrul oratiou by Uafa 0.ai.
ho was n-ftrdrd as t -t ht ttM,
eloquent add tmjor4 t
Americ. . ! ihad a '!;htfcits Ufe,
and my !ktcn uti. Mi l h viUi p
with me, Kir he had to lk Mr
Cttoat. for he a n4tmiir itirwl I
didn't know rxcUy hat that tixat.t,
but found out UUr
Th ffeai hall a erwadrd Hh tW
a . t m V- i a a .
ursi pr-Mi fui .r r.nfiunu: M t ufti
ras atth uthrr aralrj iji lat
irn. Mr, Choale's f"e ail irf
aud fucU, hi Ur re-'t,.l iK.-uih
cuipicuoua. f ur hasf an tumr b
voice waa ahnt a mni'.te- iih rrv
word cart-fully and ihiui Uurr-l,
out mi was Mil the tt-aUiiris kA a
gentle wind Ufur the irni, S'n
he SfH-med to cmiiroi of iti tn
emotion arid iMml aay aaxxig the
star, and hi faturt - Uxik u an tin
earthly gloaj hi rui rjnd'J to
every seoU iM, hi frail luxly aaayrxl
to and 'fro aud hi audu-i-, unuo
sciously waytl with him and held
their breath for fear they would In
word or a motion.
No, I will never furgH that ire--h.
He topjad liccauvc he had to Up, for
with the lat elo.jucut stntrtu- he
Itecame .. exhauUd and Am Ik1i!v
lifUxl by my uncle and othvr to the
ante room where he was tri l and
rubbed down like an cxhautd race
hone. In an hour or so he was re
newed and revited. llvi tu Kufu.
Choate a bundle of uiiveriR. i pas
sionate nerves whoe lojucncc no au
dience' could calmly lit u u and uo
jury withstand. Bit uAur.
f'lrvru Wuilori Are ttomM
The following Uniltnl hutcs .S naUjr
were elected by I-rgiitnrrs on the Uuth
Arkansas Jamca I', tlarkp, iK-m.
Connecticut Orville H. Ilatt, licp.
Illinois Allfcrt J. Hopkiiu, Rep.
Indiana Cbarl W. Fairlnnkn, H-p
Michigan It. A. Alger, llcp.
Missouri William J. 8tone, Ik-m.
New Hampshire Jacob H. (iallin
ger, Rep. ,
New YorkThoma O. Piatt, IU p.
North Dakota II. C. mnsborough,
Rep.
South Dakota A. B. Kittredge, Rep.
Uuh Iteed -tfinoot, Rep.1
Delaware, Colorado, Waahjngton and
uregon laueu to elect. At iovr, no
coalition ' ! having leen fortnod, the
Democrats and the two Republican
factions voted for separate nominee.
The Colorado .contest is intensely bit
ter, rival State Senates having ten or
ganized by Ij)emocraU and Republi
cans. In the ritate of Washington and
Oregon the contests are caul by
rivalry among Republican candidates
and are expected to be settled soon.
WiIhi Urka Oaly Vf n Vole
lvAi.EiGif , Jan. today the air
was full of rumon that there would be
a break in the ranks to-night in the
the senatorial contest and the Crkige
men would make thcjrealr. It waa
true, and so surjriing were the change
that when the last ballot of the night
was taken, with Watson C2, Overman
55 and Craige IB, and with 130 votiug
that Watson was within 7 votes of
winning the grand prize so long con
teeted for. It was the first night's cau
cus at which there was a sensation
wild cheering being repeated again and
again and demonstrations for WaUon
in which the galleries participated.
The following is the ballot :
Overman 5 &5 ,. oo
Watson 52 5.J 00 m C-J
Craige 80 2rt 21 121 19
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It ia except ional to find a family where
there are no domestic mptnrcii Ofcaniou
ally, but these can be b-sweued by hav
ing Dr. King's New Life Fill around.
Much trouble they save by their Kreat
work in the stomach and liver trouble.
They not only relieve you, but cnr. 25c,
at Feteer'a drag store. ;
.11 ore La4 far Mlllmore.
The Biltmore caUte of George W.
Vanderbilt near Aaheville, already the
largest contiguous body of land, in
North Carolina under -private owner
ship, will be greatly extended by a pur
chase -of land just made by Mr. Van
derbilt. He has bought all the landa
on the upper Davidson River with the
water power that has for yean been the
motive power of the mill there.
Thia transaction tarings Mr. Yandt-r-bilt's
estate down to the TranylvDia
Railroad," where it i uhdentood be
will build a station. He will also im
prove the approach to Biltmore and
will excavate the bed of the Swannaoos
River to prevent overflow of the driv
way and bridge.
. i .
Oet a free sample of Chamberlain'
Stomach and Liver Tablet at M. li
Marsh's drtw store. Thy are easier ti
take, and more pleasant in effect than
pill. Thea their nee ia not followed by
constipation as ia often the ease with
pills. Secular atze 25e. per box.
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