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Mr. Editor: A little sheet at North Wilkelboro called 'The Journal," gives utterance to the following : THE "BONE AND 8INKW." .- "A Wilkesboro correspondent of tbe Winston Republican says that Mr. Lin ney will not withdraw from tbe race for the Reoublican nomination, for Con- Lgrees in tbe 8indi8trict "Lux,' tie said WUlnn'iy (QTifrpt ' . says - that the baokbooe-ind sinew of the Repub lican partjtjin the "old state of Wilkes' are,for Linney and they sre (0 win out with every foot up.'' " 'Oreall Gewbilikensl' sLuz surely thinks the people of Wilkes are be nighted tools. Talk about tbe bone and sinew of the Republican pany in Wilkes being for Linney I Every loyal Republican in tbe county and every body who knows anything about the political situation in Wilkes can see fie stamp of falsehood upon tbe face of that statement. . We would like to ask 'Lux' who aided the Democrats in stealing and throwiog out enough vates to elect II. L Green to the Legislature? He would have to answer tbat it was these loyai Linney men. ' Who was it that opposed the election of C. H. So mere as clerk of the court and raD . 0. Mastin as an independent Candi da e, and bad his name prinud on the straight Democratic ticker? These earrie loyal Linney men. On flection day in 1900 in tbe town of Wilkes boro, where did the Democrats keep their liquor with which to iufluence voters to vote against the regular Re publican nomiuee? In the ploe of business of the, chief of these loyal Lin ney supporters. Who was it that ap pealed to Senator Simmons, the boss of Democracy; to oppose and hold up the confirmation of J. W. Jones "as post master of North Wilkesboro, after he bad been duly selected and appointed? It was Clarence Call, chief of the loyal Linney supporters. . Wbo was it that led a tirade against Spencer Black barb, after he had been nominated and con tinued tbe same up to tha day of elec tion? Why, bless your soul, it was the loyal Bui) of the Brushies himself. Id selecting a Republican member of the county board of election, who was it that violated the law and refused to ap point E. M. Blackburn, whom the Re. publican county executive committee recommended for appointment to tbst place? It was one of those same loyal Linney men. Yet this fellow 'Lux has the gall to say publicly that this Linney crowd constitute the backbone" and sinew of the Republican party in Wilkesboro." To one wbo does not know the source from which tbe above emanated it might sound plausible. This 'fellow's continued nagging and jugging at men of prominence in the Republican party who are for Mr. Linney, indicates his lack of gopd sense and decency, and shows that his little press, paper and op 1 fit must be the gift of Blackburn to him for that purpose. A wonderful change has come over the poor simple fellow of late. A few years ago he. was b ggiog Clarence Call, E. O. Mastin, E. B. Barkley and others, whom he now kbus s, for money to run his little sheet w th, and as spon as they made up a neat4ittle sunk for him he suspended the publication of his sheet and sold the press to a Democratic editor and worSed in his shop for a long time. In 1893 he was secretary of the Demo cratic convention, and made the speech nominating W. 8. Hall, in that con ventufh, for the House of Representa tives. Piior to tbt time, and during the existence of "The Blue Ridge Times,". a Democratic paper, he was its associate editor. Not a tnousand years ago be jifmped off the train between Winston and Wilkesboro because be was trying to beat his way without a ticket. Such deliverances as he has made above against men wbo have givelheir life worl and energy for the party in Wilkes havsja tendency among decent and respectable people to not only lower bis paper in common esti mation, but to make friends forMr. Linney, w.hom be fights so uncompro misingly.' This same fellow was H. L. Green's chief suftorter in 1900 and the closest adviser of tbe Democrats, in throwing out enough votes to give Green his seat. Since that time, one Mr. Blackburn, a non-resident of the 8th has promised him tbe poet office at Moravian Falls and given him a little paper outfit to get him to abuse Mr. Linney and his friends. The fellow has not judgment enough to know anything about politics in Wilkes and the 8th or he could see the drift is all for Linney. Outside of his own lousy self and perhaps a half dozen others, Blackburn has bo supporters in Wilkes. Tbe ijttle fellow does not ttfl that be printed Democratic tickets with C. H. Somen's name on there to be used in Lewis Fsjrk and other town ahps in the uppaf end of the coanty, and that two-thirds of the leading. Re pfJtcans were for Mastin in t69", and that Mastin received one-half or more of the Republican votes in the county, and that nothing defeated bim but Somer combination and traje with a wing of the Democratic party. That the disgust these Republicans have for Somen is because he and his crowd stole the nomination from Linville Bum garner, after he had jroo it fairly. vVhy.dooe be notwMnne people tbat in 1900 he manipulated (he liquor for the Democrats in Wilkesboro and tbat not a drop of it was in any Republican's place of' business on that day Wby does be not tell that Clarence Ca and others fought the appointment nd commission ofjhe man Jonet as sposf mister at North Wilkesboro.because he voted against andfought Mr. linney' iu 1898 at the polls. Tbat tirade against 8pencer Blackburn after he. had been nominated: does this poor little editof not know that his friend Blackburn wired his friends from Asheville during the Wilkesboro convention in 1898 aud told them to defeat Linney and nomi nate Wilooxr Tbat he, the aforesaid Mr. Blackburn, was tbe principal cou spirator among the "Insurgents!" the Aguinaldo of 1898 in the 8th district? Tbat every act of his since then has proven him an "Insurgent?" For in stance, the anDointment of Mull as postmaster at Morganton, of Jones at North Wilkesboro, of Greenwood at Roaring River, Albright at Mount Airy, and his recommendation in the inter nal revenue service and all the depart ments of the government where he has had an opportunity to make a recom mendtttion has he not recommended an "Insurgent?" Take Parsons, of Ashe, for deputy" collector, vice J. L. Hayes and many others as sampli. Does he not know, and why does he not tell the good people of the 8th of Blackburn's duplicity to Senator Pritch- ard, tbe most beloved Republican states man of the South since tbe organiza tion or the party, in trying from him the complimentary vote of the Republicans of the General Assem bly of 1903. To verify the above call on Dr. C. J. Carson, than whom North Carolina has not a truer man, who is to-day chairman-of the 8th congress ional district committee. Tell your readers, Mr. Journal, about your man Blackburn trying to trade the Republican ticket in Watauga county no further back thanJast elec tion to tbe Democrats for votes for hrmBelf. To verify tnis, call on Hon L. H. Michael, member house of rep resentatives of Watauga; Mr. .1. L. Hays, ex-sheriff and ex-deputy collec tor of Watauga, and numbers of the other beet men of that county. Call on Mr. Lambeth, of Allegnany,. for Blackburn's duplicity, and peanut policies in that county. Call on Hons. S. G. Brim. S. E. Marshall and other prominent Republicans of Surry county and let them tell you about bis actions towards tbe best men of the party in that county. Calf on Hon. J. B. Isbell, of Caldwell, as well as many others from that caunty, nd find how be has treated the Republicans there. Then talk about the nomination being in tbe interest of the party. Why, he even is not a resident of the district ; not a town in tbe district large enough forhim to live in ; not a hotel com modious enough for him in all this mountain country : nor in Concord ; nor in Salisbury ; "nor in Statesville ; nor in Lenoir ; nor in Mt. Airy ; but he must take apartments in a fine hotel in Greensboro and bang out a board in WUkesbaK, indicating that he is prac ticing law here, when be never in his life appeared in a hf dozen cases in the county. Now, Mr. Journal, you must stop your abuso good men in the party because they do not agree with you in your choice. Ii you are Blackburn's mouthpiece in Wilkesboro, we presume you are, as you write from his press, when yon abuse such men as Call, Mastin and Backl-y and their friends in Wilkes you must remember you are abusing men whom the Re publicans of the county-ave repeatedly honored and who have always been faithful to the trust reposed in them hfJ the county. Your abuse of them will never bring honor to yourself nor to those whose cause you advocate. What I have said about you and about Mr. Blackburn would have remained unsaid vers it not for your continual abuse in your dirty little sheet of Mr. Linney and his friends. As you have so little judgment about politics for the information of you and the man you so strenuously advocate, I want to say to you that your man is losing ground every day and especially since he has begun his unwarranted and vicious at tack upon Jadga Boyd. Before he v ; commenced that' there was some shadow of a chasxe for his nomina tion. Since then what friends he had in Rowan and Isedell have declared against him and fojr Col. Linney. His oondjsct will not he tolerated. He is do more,' He is oo3emall a man to bring charges agaihst man of Judge Boyd's character Aud ability. If you wish ' to 'rutt a Republican paper in Wilkes keep your Jbill out oifactional fights ; otherwise u bad as well fold your wings and drop from your dizzy heights into the sands and quagmire of eternal forjetfuhsess, where you are veri rapidly drifting. Every man with en 'Otfg tat ad a horse to thelmule8 are jun,pingi wheat is going up, branchnowa Itiat L,inney will carry mos votes la the- district than Black burn. Even Democrats fear Lumey's nomination, lor thrfy know it means defeat for their nominee. Tbey know he can and will melt any of them on the stump ia joint aebate anywhere iu the dstriot and -ajehpunce their meth ods. They know- Blackburn has proven himself too'dpwardly in the past to do so, and, that his nomination means ad .' easy Vwilk-over for their nominee.. y3oney Aill be nominated 0ri:Tm.L "-I. . ... Yar HsMtlws Ilia lire Italeiirn (Wrespawtea ,3rd. Mr. H. M. t?4&s, Jute lecturer for the Farmers' Altltbj passed through the city this morn in ; on his way to Halifax county, wb s he will organise the county alliance 4' Eufield tomor row. Saturday he ill organise Pitt County Alliance at Qtienville, and from there he will go ioW' Greene oounty, where be will spend ifome time in or ganizing that county Mr. T. B. Par ker, secretary of tin JJtate Alliance, re ports increased Interest among the farmers in the alliance and its re-organization.' - Within the past week be has received reports from Camden, Co umbu and Johnson-' counties, where the farm have met and re-organized sub-Alliances without waiting for aid From tht State orgiiriixer. Mr. Parker nas received- ao many inquiries snow ins widespread interest in the Alliance, ri!lLifeai-he JSf,bUFy 27. as a w wit ( -' " . .,,j.r -u. in: general raiissr uay iur me Alliance, and asks tbat tbe farmers in every county in tbe State, whether there is a working Alliance in the county or not meet at their school houses or other places on that date and re-organize. He offers to send blanks for reports, and any other information at his com mand. Young man Dies of Measles. China Grove, Feb. 3. Mr. R. Grace Templeton, a promising young man, holding a position as clerk in tha com pany store of this place, died last night of measles, at the home of a Mr. A. D. Sechler, where he was boarding. For several (ftys Mr. Templeton has been Confined to his room, but no seriouB development was . noticed until last Monday morning, when he was found in an unconscious condition. Women and Ktaaes. There are three classes of womon : 1. Wtimen who want to be kissed, 2. Women who do not want to kissed. be 8. Women wbo looked as though tbey would like to be kissed, but won't let men kiss, them. Tbejirst men kiss, the second they do not kiss, tbe third tbey marry. Ttie Draih Penalty. . A little thing -sometimes results in death. fThns a mere scratch, insigwifl cant ants or pnny boils have paid the death penalty. It is wise to have Bnck- len's Arnica Salve ever handy. It's the best salve on earth and will prevent fa tality, when bnrns, sores, ulcers and piles threaten. Only 25 caaits, at all druggists. An EJdyite while walking in the country came across a small boy sitting under an apple tree doubled up with pain. "My little man," he said, what is the matter?" "I ate some gretn apples," nioatatd tbe boy, "and oh, how I ache!" "You don't ache," an swered tbe follower of Mrs. Eddy; "you onlThink so." The boy looked up in astonishment at such a statement, and then replied in a most positive manner: "That's all right; you may think so, but I've got inside information." Pals mm Ha t It All. A grievous wail oftimes comes as a re sult of unbearable pain from over taxed orgfaW Dizziness, backache, liver com plaint and constipation. But thanks to Dr. King's New Life Pills they pnt an end to it all. They are gentle bat thor ough. Try them. Only 25 cents. Guar anteed by all druggist. A lazy weman is in danger of sin be cause is too much trouble to escape it. What are They? Chamberlain's Stomach and Livr Tablets. A new remedy for stomach troubles, biliousnet-s and constipation, and a good one. Price 25 cents. For sale by M. L. Marsh. An JONtaM' LETTER. Atlanta Journal. I told you so. I got 15o for my cotton all round. They didn't even sample it, just rolled it on the scales and weighed it. I could have gotten 15 next day, but I am Sjatisfied. I hear it is 17c today. I would not be surprised if it was 20c by the first day of March. Thousands of fellows unloaded at 15c, and they did better than they ever did in their lives. Now, the next thing we hear will be dollar wheat. Our mule dealers in Cartersville have mules on hand now ranging frohi $175 up to $325 per head.. Cotton is jumping, and the south is jumping up and down.i Every f- How shaking hands wUh him self. Then, the beautiful snow on us. But I never was a fool about snow. I'fl heap rather see two other fools than myself playing snowball than to be a third one in the ring with them. I notice Japan and Russia are growl ing at eaeu other again. Wonder if that is going to be a ruckus over there sure enough, or is it Jingoes at work, or is the bears trying to bull donn prices? If tbey do get to fighting ovtr there, we can sell them bread and meat and mules and horses and guns and ammunition, embalmed beef, etc., enough to make us rich again. Though I would hate to see tbem fight, and hardly believe tbey will, a I notice Mr. Bryan is on deck again with mouth and pen. He reminds me very much of the one long-horn ox in the gap he won't let any cows out and no calves in. He is like tbe girl wbo had been disappointed in about two or three marriage prospects, and stil claimed not only to be the belle, but tbe bell wetber of ber neck of the woods, holding all the girls back and telling them it is her time A girl like that has no more modesty than Mr. Bryan has. If he don't hush some folks will believe he has more sense than modesty. The Democrats will never have a shadow of a chance in tbe national elections in this country till they elimiuate every Bryanistic, Popu listic, Socialistic plank from their plat form and come back to Jeffersonian and Jacksonian principles. The Pop went out of business after the Demo crats adopted their Chicago and Kansas City platforms. And I don't blame them, for the Democrats stole every plank out of the old Pops' platform aud left the poor old fellows sitting on the ground. Mr. Bryan says it is not tbe man, it is tbe principle. But I say there is a great deal more in the horse than there is ia the rider. ToddSloat e is a first-class rider, but on some old nags he could make "no better time than James K. Jones, as national chair man, made when be was astride of Bryan ia 1896 and 1900. But tbe pub lic understands that Mr. Bryan has to be reconed with, and unless there is a candidate nominated in harmony with the Kansas City platform, then Mr Bryan is out with his knife up bis sleeve bunting for game. Whatever may be ssid of Gorman, Carter, Harrison, uiney ana ueorge it. Ulcuellan, it is evident to my mind as I travel over this country that Judge Parser will make the fastest nag the Democrats can put on tbe race course. It is essential that tbe Democrats carry New York, b'lt they may carry New York, Indiana and West Virginia and still be left far behind in tbe race. Up to date Teddy is sitting firmly in the saddle, occa sionally inquiring "What is the matter with Hanna?" I believe Hanna could get tbe nomination, and if Teddy were to die he could be elected, no doubt But Teddy occupies the same rela tion to the Republican party in some things that Bryan does to the Demo-, cratic party. He can keep the other fellow frofft beijjg elected, and the question would be asked with ten-fold force, if the Demorrats should get in : win out over Hanna, "Whatf is tbe matter with Hanna?" I would suggest Wthe farmers of tbe south whatever you do or fail to do, put in plenty of corn to feed your stock and bread your families, and fatten your bogs. The southern farmer with plenty of corn in his crib, meat in his smokehouse, and meal in his barrel, can afford to take ten cents or even eight cents, for his cotton, better than the southern farmer who buys all bis upplies, and gets 15 cents for bis cot ton. Put II' your potatoes and sor ghum, and corn, and raise your chick ens, and pigs, gentlemen; live at home as near as you can and remember that ben you put in more cotton than usual you have got to pay the highest price for labor to cultivate it, and buy the nignest pncea mules to plow it with, tbat von have ever tackled hetapplication. f..ro P1SJ tbo f.wil oonllomon Km I 1 j e- , I don t play the great big foaq? It is mighty hard Ket over the fact that you have played it big. A fellow who plants nothing but cotton is simply a otton raiser, but the fellow wbo Uvea at home and makes everything he eats on bis farm is a farmer whether he raises any otton at all or not. The poor farmer when the sun shines on him he think it will never be cloudy any more, and when it rains on him he thinks it will never be clear any more. He shoots up like a rocket, and falls like a rock. The farmer now jan sell his crop delivered next October at 12) or 13 cents. He is assured of that if he makes the deal. He may get 15 cents next winter for cotton ; he may not get more tlian 8 cents. It looks now like they are going to plant more than enough tft make 15,000,000 bales but what the boll 'weevil wiJJ do in Louisiana, Texas and perchance MiBsis sippi, with the other disasters thafcome to cotton, nono can prognosticate with any detiuiteness. Tbe price of cotton will be determined by two thLpgs : the supply on hand, and the amount 'pro duced any giyen year. I leave tomorrow for the northwest for a ten-dsy's trip. Yours truly, Sam P. Jones. Another Case of Kbeamallam 4'nnd b 4'liautberjain' Pain Halm. The efficacy of Ohamberlain's Pain Balm in the r- u of rheumatism is being demonstrated daily. Parker Triplett, f Grigsby, Va., says that Chamberlain's Pain Balm gave him per manent relief from rheumatism in the back when everything else failed, and he would not be without it. For sale by M Marsh. ' - The report of W. D. Huuter, the special oommistioner of the Agricul tural Department, in which he says there is not "a remote probability that the boll weevil will ever be extermina ted," indicates tbat future over-produc-of the staple is impossible. Cuaniberlaln'a Momaoh and Liver Tablets l ucqlialled for roimtl pallou. Mr. A. R. Kano, a prominent druggist of Baxter Springs, Kansas, says : "Chamberlain's Stomach aud Liver Tablets are, iu my judgment, the most superior preparation of anythiug in use today for coustipation. They are sure in action aud with no teudoncy to nauseate or grip. For sale by M. L Marsh. , Little vices keep company with great virtues. It is a wise woman that lets her vants have there own way. ser- Women as Well as Men Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble. Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis courages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor ana cneertumess soon disappear when the kid neys are out of order or diseased, Kidney trouble has become so prevalent that It is not uncommon for a child to be born afflicted with weak kid neys. If the child urin ates too often, if the urine scalds, the flesh or If, when the child reaches an age when it should be able to control the passage. It Is yet afflicted with bed-wetting, depend upon It. the cause of the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first Hep should be towards the treatment of these Important organs. This unpleasant trouble is due to a diseased condition of the kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as most people suppose. Women as 'well as men are mads mis erable with kidney and bladder trouble, and both need the same great remedy. 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By the use of three or four doses a week your horse or mule will not be subject to colic or any dis ease of the stomach and bowels. "I had an old horse that was in very bad cftndlttnn generally. He was thin and Bad blood disease that was causing the hair to come off. 1 gave the horse three doses of Ash craft's Condition Powders a day for seven days and fed him liberally. The appetite improved from the first few doses and the animal gained fifty-two pounds in flesh during the week I gave it three doses a day. The general health of the animal was greatly improved by the nse of the powders and he was made almost a new horse. I most heartily recommend Ashcraft's Condi! tun Powders, as I know they are a splen did tonlo and appetizer. C. C. 8IKES, Livery man, Monroe, N.O." . Ask for Ashcraft's Condition Powders. 'Package 25c. Sold by 2iL. Xj. MABflH A.3F&.3H you taking advantage of the great slaughter in prices on STOVES ? If not it is your own fault. I am compelled to reduce my stock by the first of the year, as my building is to be over-, hauled, and a glass front to be erected. It will pay you to take advantage of the many Bargains that are offered daily at my place. I have two new Organs and one new I vers & Pond Piano that I will sell at a sacrifice between now and January 1st. Easy Terms Small Payments 40 No. 7 Cook Stoves, full trimmed at $8 each until Janu ary 1, 1904. 'Phone 163. Ciias. H. Shall. . Low-Price Man. Cabarrus Sayings Bank. Concord and Albemarle, 8. C. CAPITAL, $50,000.00. Snrploa and undivided, profits, - (22,000.00. Resources Over $300,000. General Banking Business Transacted. Ac counts of Individual, firms and corporations solicited. We cordially invite Every Man, Woman and Child who wishes to "lay by something for rainy day," to open a Savings Account with as. 4 per cent. Interest paid on savings deposits and time certificates. OFFICERS. D. F. CANNON, H. I. WOODHOC8B. President. Cashier MARTIN BOO EH. 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