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ful tin famous j
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HENDERSON, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 2G, I89U.
NO. 32.
WRO'E A LETTER.
A'.
v. live where there is no skill
::i w mien's diseases, and still
:i:fnrd to pay the liiyjli fees
-iiiferers should follow the
':- Anna Willy, of Northville,
Dik., who writes as follows
! -v, Kuffalo, N. V.:
;..vl health, thanks to vour
: ! : rt-nifl ies. I suffered
. ! -inrile iiilmcnts fur more than
( -vrot.- to vou for ndvire. After
, . -nr ti-'-'- H'lviee, ajid takini;
.. In rii vtr'i Favorite I'rtxrij)
i iitNtl liscovery,' t am Tiow
:,:.v wimriii. I have also taken
v)iir ' Pleasant I'ellets,' which
t' Ifooil."
jrob;dl y treated and cured
,! t in. ile weakness, pains in
and abdomen, nervousness,
; "liarities, tileerations, tit
: i ! ttiale troubles, than any
: iii v-ician. His wide experi-
v Jits him to brinvc about cures
els- f ails. He charges no
t'i tiio-ic who write him for
invites all to consult him
His wonderful remedy,
!' ivorit" Prescription, can
eooii to overcome nearly ev-
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i .,'. no alcohol, opium, or
and does not create craving
' i mill ttit s, as is so often the
i- mi I'.ii ini s advertised for
: : ii-.
'!! d:eine dealer will give you
ivivite Prescription, and not
you to t ike some inferior
he little added profit he may
ii
i-h may en lo e 21 otic-cent
n 1' tt 1 .. and III. I'icrce will
: p.itrc Common Sense
i which is the inoM mm
1 Meal family doctor book ever
nt.iiiiins.' over 700 pi. 'lures.
.'.: 1 loth bound, 31 stamps.
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rm t-
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Mmnl ani Lirncli Counter.
F' ,!! ti Rooms, Comfortable Reds.
-! I i(
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1 1 Uejit place.
An orderly.
SALOON
in th- Sti-.te. slocked with
i nl tie- i'iv l!est ar.d Purest
.0 i - inoiicy can buy.
i ; i;s a ND toij ::os
!iis in ronnff tion.
A Urcat Convenience
Tt! Ik People.
! ! l.e', . a "lice line of samples in
. Ii:e!i 1 cm order Sails trom
p I 1 mii .10 s ti oia .sjr.n ui, any size
' iii m-I. and a tit guaranteed. Also
o! -erge-.. linen ducks and
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A ' oii w.int, I iom the cheapest to
. ! ii - des not cojilliet with my
; I ;:';!ofi!lg at all.
James W. White,
I he I'p-to-date Tailor.
1 1 1 I ' l.icr I", iicoin's store, opposite
e
In (lie Spring
11 1
a i onic iml lnvit:r-
r t mi el liinu to tone up the Svs
.11 d uive added stlelieth to the
MMii ion A L'ood Jilood I'm i
1 what veil want To it'y
Mood and keep it so t ike
. 1
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Scrofula, Old Sores,
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i ;l 1 1 ,i 1,,-a-es 1, 1" the Hlood and
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cy Drug; Co.,
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VIRGINIA COLLEGE
1 : YOU.N.fi LADIES. Roanoke. V.l.
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Iiiiildui's. all modern 1111-
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r:ei:.sc and 1..:i.:.u the hair.
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Remefly
REGARDING LYNCHING I
THE UNITED SOUTH
AS TO ONE
There is Hut One Way to Stop Lynch
'it and That is t Stop the Crime
I hat Invite It-The Atajorlty or the
Southern People Object to Lynch
ing, Save for 1 lie One Unpordonable
Crime of Assault Upon Defunct less
Women and Children.
( Witii.injjtoii Mes-enj-ei .)
Some of the college professors and
presidents :ti; very enthusiastic ad
vocate., f the now republican plan
of turning the l.'ii i ted States into a
.second Kiio;iim! :Ul,j making them the
oliier great Anglo-Saxon" empire.
Some of the college men are also very
i!eiiiitici;Uorv of air lynching for al'l
oll'-iices inclndin'r the cruel a.ssaults
upon pure, helpless uoiiien and chil
dren. IntheN.irttievervd.lv fiav
:unl ignorant editors deiiounce all
ly ueh i ns i 11 ill
' South while either
giving a ijuai assent 10 rapes or b
siience nlio .v'm. t hem t n go uni hai
lenged. If the Missruijir were to un
dertake to dix-uss all the bitter,
slanderous articles thar. appear in
Northern rabid sheets it. would have
lo produce a daily editorial.
I here may he some excuse for fools
and madmen in the North making all
.-oris of false impressions upon their
leaders as t: Ivnehiiigs in the South,
while hardly condemning at all such
tnob law in the North, but no South
ern man ou'rht to make a mistake mi
i tin- p uiit. It is probably a fact that !
j not more than one negro in ten who j
commits a rapt: up hi a white woman
i of character is ever handed l.v cmn-l !
or mob. Key. Dr. iioss, editor of the
Na-livi!le dkristiaii AlaMtlt organ of!
the Southern Methodist church, is re- I
ported in Southern
u t:vspape rs
is 1
saving that .'! I t rapi
ted upon wliit.es by
s were commit
negroes in t hree
illOll tils.
President Dreher, of Iteaiioke t'ol
lege, Virginia, is a scholarly and able
educator. He has written well and
wisely upon ed ucation, in t he South.
Ileceiitly he sent to the New York
Sun an article bearing upon Southern
lyiiciiing-s. Just why he should choose
such a malignant and unscrupulous
Northern newspaper as a medium of
expression, we do not know. We
learn, for we have not seen the article,
that he contends that Southern lynch
ing are by no means limited to
rajies. but that they apply to other
crimes. This is a true contention.
The Mf.wnnrr in common with other
newspapers that believe in lynching
anv brute that violates the sacred
person of a pure white woman or
white child, does not justify in the
least the mob hangings for other
crimes. i,et the law ileal with all
crimes but the one crime that in
vites speedy and sure punishment.
President Dreher is able to make a
good argument against all lvnchings,
for the North, and South, often over
runs with pious denunciation and
very plausible argument against mob
punishment of all kinds. We copy
the following from him in the Rich
mond Timet:
'The only position to be taken by
law-abiding and law-respecting peo
ple is this: That lynching for any
crime whatever is itself a crime
against civilized
society. Wherein
especially differ
In civilized society
the protection, for
does civilization
from barbarism'.'
we have laws for
the administration of justice and the
punishment of crime. Under bar
barous ami savage conditions brute
force rules and revenge dictates pun
ish men t. To say, then, that in the
South or anywhere else in our coun
try it is necessary to lynch any class
of persons for any crime whatever is
to confess that our laws arc defective,
the administration of justice uncer
tain ami our boasted Christian civili
zation to that extent a failure. The
remedy for this condition of affairs
is certainly not in lynching, for
every mob tramples the law under
foot."
In a perfect civilization with per
fect criminal laws, and pare and
competent juries, and judges without
bias or fallibility, and lawyers above
all tricks and catches and sophisims,
this would work admirably. All men
of ti ft v years old have probably seen
red-handed murderers escape the
hangman, and.
indeed, punishment
i ,
almost of anv kind. With the jurv
system now existing in the South it
is not only possible, but it is ipiite
probable that any murderer or rapist,
if a black, may escape punishment.
If this is not true every where in the
South then other States are better off
than is North Carolina. We turn to
copy now from the Richmond Times,
with whose views we are in sym
pathy. Commenting on President
DtvherSi communication to the Sun,
it says:
The best people- throughout the
South, indeed the great majority of
the Southern people, are violently
opposed to lynching, save for the one
unpardonable crime of assault upon
defenceless women. We have con
tended, and we do contend, that the
lynching of this class of criminals
originated not in any spirit of law
lessness, but in a spirit of chivalry.
'Southern men hold their women in
reverential regard anil when any in
dignity is shown them their indigna
tion knows no bounds. That feeling
is entertained by every man who has
the true Southern blood in his veins,
I ...... ni-,1 nlnini tn lw difFereilt.
.111(1 v wv m'i v. iw
in this resnect from other Southern .
men. We feel, as all of is feel, that
the scoundrel, be he black or white,
who commits this crime should be
swung up to the nearest limb and
that his taking off is a happy rid
dance." The Messenger has iterated and re
iterated that the Southern white men
were resolved to kill any man, black
or white, who was monster enough;
brute enough to commit the unspeak
able, hellish crime, and that no
amount of Northern or Southern
denunciation or undiscriminating
argument or intense sentimentality,
would ever stop it. There is but oie
f,,rIhi
ng for rape. Iet the
orever. .Soutti(;rn homes
I of white women will and must be pro
j tected. The brute who violates a I
white woman must die if caught.
J The Time expresses a plain, widely!
j prevailing conviction and purpose in !
I this:
! "It is useless to conceal the fact i
that there is a strong sentiment in !
the South even ainonj; the most law- I
abiding citizens, in favor of lynching I
for criminal assault. Hut the'se men '
are not in favor of lynching for other j
crimes and they are not the men who!
take part in other ly nchings." i
A GENTLEMAN.
Oiaru:ret Sannster, in Rural
Home )
I knew hi n for a ginitleiuan
By siirns that never fail;
His coat was rough and rather worn.
His cheeks were thin and pale
A lad who had his way to make.
With littlf time to play;
I knew him for a gentleman
By certain signs to-day.
He met h'w mother on thi stre-t;
Off came his little cap,
Mv door was shut; he waited there
Until I 1. -rd hj3 lap
He t.i k t : i.Mlt from my hand
A- 1 hi. mi ld.uppel my pen,
II - ..tug to pick it tip for me
'1 .lis gentleman of ten.
lie does not push and crowd aloiej;
His voice is gently pitched;
lie does not flinff his bonks ah utt
As if he wre bwi'ched.
lie stands asid- to let you pass;
He always shuts the door ;
He rims on errands willingly
To forge and mill 11 ml stoie.
lie thinks of you before himself;
He serves you if he Call
For, i 1 whatever Com pa iy.
The m iiiiiers make the man.
At ten or Oii ty 'tis the same;
The niHiiiir tells the tale,
And t ilUcern the ueiitieuuu
15v sinus that never fail.
"He that any g.md would win"
be inovided with tr hmI health and
hoilld
every-
one who would have good health
snoilld
remember that pure, rich bloot is the first
requisite. Hood s S usa pai 1 1 la , by givmg
I good blond and good health, has helped
, many a man to suc.es.
GKEENSBOROS GALA WEEK.
State Firemen's Tournament August
1st to 4th.
The State Firemen's Tournament
will be held in Greensboro, August
1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th, and the iieople
of that prorressi ve city propose to
celebrate the occasion in a fitting
manner. The celebration will be
turned into a "gala week" of the
rarest enjoyment and all who attend
will be made to feel at home in the
"(iate City" of North Carolina.
In addition to the meeting of the
North Carolina State Firemen's As
sociation, and the many interesting
events incident thereto, such as
quick-steaming contests, reel races,
hook and ladder races, etc., there will
be many other interesting and in
structive features. On Tuesday,
August 1st, a road congress will be
held, and addresses will be made by
Prof. J. A. Homes, State geologist,
and other prominent and well-informed
people on the subject of good
roads. Tuesday night the annual
meeting of the State Horticultural
Society will be held. The grand
street parade and spetacular trades
display will come off Wednesday
morning, and this feature alone will
be worth traveling miles to see.
Wednesday afternoon will be devoted
to horse-racing. Liberal purses are
offered and some of the finest blooded
stock extant will be on the turf. The
half-mile track has been put in
splendid condition for the occasion
and those who attend may confidently
expect to see some interesting races.
The industrial exhibit, the trades dis
play and the tine arts exhibit will be
specially attractive. Two spacious
exhibit halls have been secured, and
two of the itnest bands in the Slate
will give continuous concerts. No
admission will be charged to any
thing, except the horse races.
Greensboro is putting on her Sun
day clothes
for this
event and her
citizens are
bubbling over
with en-
thusiasm. Tremendous crowds
are
anticipated and everybody that comes
may feel that they will be properly
cared for. Not only the hotels and
boarding houses, but the private
homes of citizens will be thrown open
to visitors. If you go to Greensboro
you will not be "a stranger in a
strange land," but you will be the
. . 1 1.
uesi 01 ine mosi nospuaoie peopie
tin me giuue. niej nui ium; tuu ujr
the hand and make you feel that you
are among friends.
The railroad rates are so low as to
enable all to attend. Tickets will be
sold on a basis of one tirst-class fare
for the round trip. Tickets will be
on sale July 81st and August 1st,
2nd and 3rd, good to retnrn until
August 7th. On August 2nd and 3rd
(Wednesday and Thursday) a rate of
practically one cent a mile will pre
vail. This rate will apply to points
within 150 miles of Greensboro and
extend beyond that distance to in
elude Wilmintrton, Kinstou. Rockv
Mount and Asbeville
Strictly Up To Date.
(Philadelphia Record.)
I see," remarked Dedbroke
that vou advertise an up-to-date
boarding-houe. 1 suppose that re
fers to the service and appoint
ments.' No, indeed," replied the landlady;
thsit refers exclusively to the
boarder. I don't keep any one who
irets behind."
His Life Was Saved.
Mr. J. E. Lillv , a prominent citizen of
Hannibal, Mo., lately had a wonderful
diliverance from a frightful death. In tell
ing of it he says: "I was taken with
Typhoid Fever, that ran into Pneumonia.
My lungs became hardened. I was so weak
I couldn't even sit up in bed. Nothing
helped me. 1 expected to die soon of Con
sumption, when I heard of Dr. King's New
Discovery. One bottle gave great relief.
I continued to use it, and now am well and
strong. I can't say too much in its praise."
This marvelous remedy is the surest and
quickest cure in the world, for all Throat
and Lung Trouble. Regular aiaes &Q cents
and 41.0& Trial bottles free at the Dorsey
Hrng Co'sj every bottle guaranteed.
TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
WOKKOFTHE AGRICU LT U K A L AND
MEt'HA N IC A L COLLEGES.
They Should bo Made the Training
School of the State's Development
It is the Agricultural and Mechan
ical Coilejres That the South Must
Look for Its Industrial Leaders of
the Future .North Carolina'sOppor
tuutty. ( Manu factuieis' Record )
Two great problems are at present
' engaging the attention of American
; educators. One relates to the promo
tion of the best methods for overcoui
: ing the drawbacks arising from a pre
; ponderance in the general scheme of
j education of regard for the humani
; ties, the branches of polite learning,
i in preparation for professional life.
! The other deals with the attainments
of men who shall successfully direct
i the destinies of institutions of learn
l ing. In the latter case the tendency
j is to select for the presidencey of the
institutions men of affairs who have
shown by their works that they are
interested in education and are quali
fied to take a wise and practical view
of its purposes, and who are able to
advance on practical lities the inter
ests of the institutions because of their
acquaintance with the world at large,
instead of men eminent onlv as schol
ars. In the former the conviction is
deepening that the successful man in
industrial life and in agricultural pur
suits must be a trained man, and that
provision must be had in the school
for that training.
North Carolina, in seeking a presi
dent for its College of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts, is brought face to face
with both problems at once. Most of
the Southern States have institutions
in which it has been generally possi
ble to get a good, liberal education
as a foundation for a business career
or a professional life. That some
thing else was needed was indicated
in the founding of agricultural and
mechanical colleges to meet the per
fectly legitimate demand for techni
cal education, fitting the farmer and
manufacturer for their future on a
plane similar to the equipment of
professional students. It must be
confessed, however, that in more
than one instance the aim of these
lunger institutions has been
thwarted because the persons con
trolling them have difficulty in es
caping Irom conventional ideas of
education, and have been dominated
by the older professional views.
There is, though, a strong and grow
ing determination in North Carolina
to avoid the loss of energy in cling
ing to conventionalities, and to push
the character -of the training at the
agricultural and mechanical college
into new fields to meet the wants of
the agricultural and industrial
classes.
The Legislature of the State has re
cently taken a position which, prop
erly cultivated, will produce a textile
school in connection with the college.
Manufacturing in the State is now
recognized as having more promise of
growth than ever before. I he devel
opment of trucking interestes indi
tes the trend of agricultural opera
tions demanding better equiment of
farmers.
The far-seeing men of the State
realize that it is a part of wisdom to
adapt the courses at the College of
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts to the
new conditions. Every one of them,
probably, admit that the State Uni
versity and the denominational col
leges of the State are doing an ex
cellent work in their respective fields,
and that their students are as
thoroughly trained and as well
grounded for their work as are men
of the same class anywhere else. But
they also know that the demand of
the hour in the South is for training
in skill as well as in the acquisition
of knowledge. Thev contend that
the preparation of the hand and
brain for useful employment is the
great hope of the South, and that the
schools of the Sooth intended to
develop its agriculture and manu
factures should teach its youth to
deal with the forces of nature in
telligently, and to manipulate the
machinery for utilizing the raw ma
terial at hand.
Now that the vacancy has occurred
in the presidency of the college at
Raleigh, a valuable opportunity, has
been presented to emphasize this
conviction by selecting for the head
of the institution an administrator in
close touch with educational, in
dustrial and business affairs of the
State, rather than a teacher or pro
fessor. By this they may avoid the
tendency to make the school a mere
competitor with other institutions of
the State rather professional in their
bearings, and thereby to save un
necessary waste of expenses and
energies which should be devoted to
the preparation of young men to
meet the needs of an industrial com-
munuy. mere are a lew insuuiuons , (r knmvk.(lca.. aml soni(. f thft
in the country where under one man- , natives ,ire bott(n. th:lll W(f have seen
agement are gathered the teaching of j elsewhcre. Just whv our .)eH,e havo
the humanities, technical training j bpeu SQ care,CS4 as (a fruitgroN ing.
and instruction in agricultural antl negl(?ctflll of their own interests
science. This is hardly the case mi.i,,,,.",, ,, (U,. r- u
. .! t r ? . . . . .
North Carolina, inerelore it is wise 1
to avoid paralled work in institutions
receiving support from the State, and
to use them respectively as was in
tended. This, of course, does not
imply that the faculty in all should
not be professional teachers. The
manufacturer or the farmer
training
j - ,ii
just as liberal preparatory
as the lawyer or the physician, but
he needs something else beside, and .
it is proposed for him to get that in j
the College of Agriculture and Me
chanic Arts
He will be more likely
v,.: ,..,.i it . u .... .. rieaun. 11 ne ls.weaK, mckjv ana .-in rim
to obtain it properlv if the institution i 1 -n i ' t :;,via
. , r, r , t down, she will be nervous and lrritab.e.
is directed by a man who knows ; If ghe ,ias i ,, or kidnev trouble,
what practical life is, and who reil- j i,er imp-.rre blood will cause ' pimple?,
ize the necessity for the training of j blotches, skin eruptions and wretched corn
young men to back up life. j plexion. Electric Bitter is the best medi
For years the Manufacturers' Record cine in the world ro regulate stomach, liver
has Insisted that the lrn. and full ! and kidneys and to purify the blood. It
H .O V 1 rf-i T"4 TYl Onl n f f ho inrlnclmal a
- -
sibilities of the South should beVin
at home. The doctrine, faithfully fol
lowed, has enabled the South to make
past
farm
life of the South have now reached
the stage where there is a demand
for technically-trained minds and
hands. To the agricultural and me
chanical colleges it must look for its
industrial leaders of the future if it
shall reap the benefits of the unfold
ing of its resources. North Carolina
is by no means the least as a posses
sor of riches yet to be realized. It
would be a grave mistake for the
State to lose the opportunity to make
its College of Agriculture and Me
chanic Arts the training school of its
developments.
Why Continue It?
(Scotland Xeck Commonwealth.)
Can a State grow rich in which
nearly everything is imported? Is
it a fact that we sleep on beds and
between sheets made in Connecticut?
that we take our morning ablutions
in vessels made in France? that we
put on hose from Germany, linen
from Ireland, rock our babies in
cradles from Michigan, broil our fish
on ranges from Cincinnati, buy our
flour from Minneapolis, get the baking
powder from New York, our knives
from Sheffield and our canned beef
from Chicago?"
So spoke Dr. 1). A. Long in his ad
dress before the Teachers' Assembly
at Morehcad.
Dr. Long is now president of Anti
och College, Ohio. He is a native of
Alamance county of this State; and in
speaking for development and pro
gress in education he recognized the
fact that such cannot be unless we
have development and progress in the
substantial part of life; namely, inde
pendence at home.
North Carolina is yet strictly an
agricultural State, though it may
some day become quite a manufactur
ing State.
We remember now what Tom Dixon
said several years ago in his great
address at the Weldon fair. He said.
"North Carolina is a great big farm;"
and as he trilled the r, a la Yankee
doni, he swung out his long arms in
a manner gracefully suggestive of
reaping grain.
People of common judgment ought
by this time to see that prosperity
never comes by patronizing others
always. We must have some pat
ronage come to its. Tf the stream
ilows on all the while one way it must
needs How out after awhile unless the
fountain head be replenished.
Let us people ponder well the enor
mous amounts of money that are
being sent awav all the while for
things we ought to grow and mantl
et n s
fact ure at home.
Dr. Long's questions, quoted at the
head of this article, among other
things mention beds and sheets that
come from Connecticut; hose for Ger
many; baby cradles from Michigan;
Hour from Minneapolis, and beef from
Chicago. All of these things ought
to be made here; and besides he men
tioned baking powders from New
York, which ought to be displaced by
home-raised buttermilk. -
These things are worth our careful
study.
North Carolina Fruits.
I W i I ni ington Messenge r . )
North Carolina ought to be a great
fruit State. It would be if all the
farmers were wise in their day and
generation. We repeat what we have
before said, after visiting many
States and living for a time in threes
that the best grapes, the best pears,
the best apples we have ever eaten
or seen were grown in North Caro
lina. There are vineyards and
orchards now in this State that show
its capabilities and advantages to
some extent for fruit growing. What
has been done in a half dozen coun
ties can be done in fifty or more.
We knew a gentleman in Caswell
county, near Milton, who had 20!)
varieties of the pear on his farm. In
the San ford Express there is some ac
count of fruit cultivation in Moore
county that is encouraging. Dr. li.
Vonllerff has a vineyard of thirty
live acres with over 20') varieties of
the European grape, with 10.000 of
the Niagara and 12.000 of the Dela-
T . . t. - fc 4 1 I . f
ware. n says inai 1 nonsaii-is
crates of very line grapes will bo ship-
ied from this vineyard in July
The
Southern Pines Free Press sav
of a i
irmt iarm 01 me ,iessrs. loung: f
-They have 11.00:) dewberry vines.
jvji) blackberry vines and over
10
2.000
peacu ..ees, ...
1 .1 1 1 i
young, are in tirst-class condition
1 hey had shipped up to Monday of
ilk
last week onlv about 200 crates
I though the picking season has just
: 11.11 . 1
i commenced, and the best prices reni -
ized were obtained in New York. VI
1 ...... . . ... .i-i 1
1 1 t
' up in pi;ut crates, thirty-two quarts
' to the crate, while the picking costs
', 1 cent per epiart and the express to
cenis iier nnarr. 1 ne oeri ies are m 1
1- . 1 ,1 1 ..
lor iiuite sixty vears there have
. J 1.
, m-t-ii vinevaros 01 uaiite iria '.-. 10
ance or simply laziness? North 1
Carolina can nroduee fruits in irreat !
t -tor,, 1.. ;i
HHUtllUli. 1U l"'ll, C Win:". IK
. n-i.i". ft 1..1.1 ;.. !
..as, me 111 si uim s iau, un ....
Nxr 1 . , . 1 : . . .
ew York, the lirst and second prizes
, , . ,
for apples were taken bv two Guil-
. it . .. ..
ford eountv pomolorists, beating all
i?' j
Yankeedoodledom.
j
No Right to Ugliness.
The woman who is lovely in fare,f"riii
and temtter will alwavs have friends, but
! 'ne ,7' T?lT .at,r:JctlTe, ,"" ee ! "er
, ... - . . . . .
1 - . . ,
i Kives strore nerves, tin 2 lit eves, smootn.
wonderful strides during the
twenty years. Industrial ami
i vel,vel-T k,', "l'1 o".'10- ll wulri
charming woman of
1 III Uftl. WAt-ttJlVIIi
a run-down invalid.
Dorsey Dru t ''.
Onlv "0 cent at the
TARHEEL HEROISM.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF SUC
CESSFUL KIDNAPPING.
A North Carolina Young Lady Proves
Herself Equal to the Every Emer
gency and Playing Her Part in a
Trying Ordeal Most Successfully
NVith the Aid of a Plucky News
paper Man She Outwits Her Op
ponents and Escapes With Children.
(Greensboro Telegram.)
Greensboro has a heroine. If
nerve, pluck, fortitude and tact dis
played in thrilling adventure by a
young lady under circumstances be
fore which the majority of people
would quail, constitute a heroine,
then she is entitled to boast of one
of a type which scarcely a decade of
North Carolina history has produced.
Our heroine appears in the person
of Miss Elvia M. Bell, who resides
with her father just out of town and
is stenographer for the Merchants'
Grocery Company.
The facts are these: Her sister,
Mrs. E. L. Case, on account of mis
treatment, separated from her hus
band, who resides at Ocean Springs,
Miss., with his father, and came with
her two little girls, Evern and Neva,
aged respectively four and six years,
to live with her father near town.
Her husband soon came and desired
to take the children. It was agreed
that they should return to Missis
sippi with him to remain two months
and be returned to the mother the
7th day of May last. When the time
was up the husband, not only refused
to return the children, but ignored
every communication addressed to
him on the subject.
The mother was greatly distressed
at the retention of the children and
could not endure the delay and ex
pense incident to regular proceedings
at law. It was at this juncture that
our heroine appeared upon the scene.
After consulting a law lirm of this
city, Bradshaw & Newlin, as to the
risk involved in the undertaking, she
resolved to go to Mississippi, kidnap
the children, if necessary, and bring
them with her to Greensboro, know
ing all the while she would have the
strongest opposition to encounter.
Accordingly about the the 10th of
June she boarded the train at this
place, and in due time arrived at
Ocean Springs and took lodging at
the hotel to study the situation and
mature her plans. She carried a let
ter of introduction to some lawyers
there and soon had the sympathy of
the hotel keeper and Mr. Martin
Turnbull, a reporter of the Times
Democrat, enlisted in her cause. After
fruitless interviews, of not too
friendly a nature , Mr. Case finally
agreed that one child could return
Monday, the 2bth, but the other
must remain with him. This con
cession did not satisfy Miss Bell. She
had gone for both and both she must
have;.
Strategy now was her onlv resort.
A sail down the river was arranged
for on Sunday by a party with which
she was to go. This continued the
belief that she would not leave Ocean
Springs before Monday. Now it was
easy to secure permission for the
children to dine with her at the hotel
on Saturday, and here the excite
ment begins.
Tc allay suspicion of final depart
ure and to be rid of all possible in
cumbrance it was arranged with the
hotel keeper that baggage should be
left behind and hotel bill remain un
paid. When the children came
Saturday morning it had been plan
ned by the Tinies-Dcm'wrul reporter
that Miss Bell and the children
should go down the ri-r in a boat
toward New Orleans, but this miscar
ried and, to escape unnoticed, they
took a carriage for Koutainbleau, a
station several miles distant on the
L. fc N. Railroad, to take the North
bound train from New Orleans. It
was a fast drive through Mississippi
mud and water, and the little party
were much bespattered. A small-pox
quarantine was encountered and
after considerable . difficulty was
passed. Fortunately the train was
:ui hour late. As it pulled in Miss Bell
,,,, ,n wilon, ..I,,, ,-,.,..
j Tim.lh:tnorrtU reported
on the rear of the train waving to her
I Troll t teal 1 c She 111 II I C for llllll lit
trliiin tttn f4iml net fir llttl riftt'ter
,.7, apl t)i(; c.hiilirt.n ,,,i(li!v , thJ
f ... ... . ,i ,Kf .i" 1
r 11,1111. .ut.: iicm tucii: in., i.i.i.-.
f . , f , , . , , c:llI!rht
; . . t h as tIlo
on
re-
io the racket who. as well as
1 poller, n:ei uoiiiiicn me 11. 011
... 1 . 1 1 ...1...1 4....;..
lower j
ipiest i
F .lurn tln tvi'iil nn.l w.is now in
' , , ..
i
5 , , ,
. 'l ',e "M ''" . !ul
Tin an anoearance. upbraided .Miss
- i 1 . 1
Bell, taunted her with trvinir to do
1 m- ( '
! .something smart" and informed her
I that they would get otT at Scranton
i(the next station) intimating that she
i would be arrVstcd tnere.
- 1 , ' . ,.
I a Pullman car ticket tin
mid be arrVstcd there. Not having
disturbin'r
. ,
! laetor was soon removed iroui me
1 w till
scene bv tne porter, ana ..us ien
port
locked herself and the children in
side one of the compartments of the
Pullman car. At Scrantou the grand
father alighted from the train ami
the officers got on. who failing in
their search got otT at the next
; station.
In the meanwhile the grand-
! father at Scrantou. had a warrant
, 1, .11 , i. i. I ;.l
l' 1 1U1 .11 lJiloji Lin: i.ijai' ivim
. ... . , ,.0tV;i
nappnif and telegraphed the Mobile,
i I 1 o , " ' .
' 1'.. rt 11 1 tifin t us to hsvp tier arrest-
', ' ... . , .
tuir ir firii ir 11:1 I'll 1 11m :iu
en. ine reiwrier amicipaicu nui uuu
r.. . .' .... I I
used all his influence with the rail
road men in her behalf. It was de
cided that she and the children
should be locked up antl the con
ductor would immediately leave the
train.
When the train arrived at Mobile,
1::50, two of the city's detectives and
a crowd, over which hovered an air
of suspicion, were there to greet it.
The otlicers at once began their
search aud one of the trainmen
treacherously gave the scheme away.
hev demanded admittance, wuieh
being refused, the door was battered
Miss P.e'l was clutching both
children in her arms and holdlv de-
1
manded their authority for attempt
ing her arrest. Failing to produce
any she resisted them and took
refuge behind every seat of the car.
Reaching the door she kicked it shut,
which locked fast, the same tedious
process was necessary to reach the
other end of the car. Her arms were
bruised and blackened in the strug
gle. She and the children were now
hastened to the police station but the
faithful reporter of the Times' Demo
crat did not desert her. He at once
secured the service of Gregory L.
Smith, one of the most prominent
attorneys of Mobile, who immediately
went to her ami hearing her storj
told her to leave the station. The
chief of police objected promptly,
saying he bad a warrant for her
detention, which charged her with
being a fugitive from justice on the
evidence of bein
train. Mr. Smith
Judge Semmer and secured a writ of
habeas corpus returnable instantcr,
and the case was tried in the city
court, Mr. Smith representing Miss
Bell and the city attorney the chief
of police.
The Mobile Daily Item, of Sunday
morning, gives the following account
of the trial: "The young woman was
placed on the stand. She testilied
that Evern and Vena Case were the
children of her sister, Mrs. Edna L.
Case, of Greensboro, N. C. That her
sister and brother-in-law had sepa
rated and an agreement had been
drawn up by them as to the custody
of the children, by which the husband
1 1 1 1 1- .1
had been permitted to bring them
away from Greensboro, where the
wife had gone, and retain them until
May 7th, 1899, after which it was
agreed the children should go to the
mother to be retained by her. Miss
Bell stated that she was authorized
by her sister to go ami get the chil
dren and had done so. She produced
the agreement entered into by Mr.
and Mrs. Case. It was signed by the
two parties and witnessed.
"Judge Semmer, after hearing the
pro and con of the matter, made an
order discharging from custody the
young woman, which also released
her from the warrant issued by the
Recorder. The Judge stated that he
did it on the contract produced by
Miss Bell, but that if the matter were
before him otherwise or between
father and mother he would give the
custody of the children to the mother.
"Miss Bell is a brunette of distin
guished appearance ami talks with
considerable intelligence. She wore a
handsome black traveling dress and
stylish hat."
After the largely attended trial Miss
Bell was surrounded by representa
tives of the different newspapers who
vied with each other in showing her
every possible kindness. She was
immediately carried by them to one
of t h best hotels in the city where
rooms were secured, the little girls
put to rest and she was served with
an elegant supper. It was planned
for her to leave Mobile on the mid
night train for the North, but it was
suspected by the reporter, and sus
pected rightly, that the grandfather
and officers would come from Scran
ton 011 the very train upon which she
was to leave. How to evade them
was notv the problem. It seemed a
difficult one, but nothing is too much
for reporters and railroad men. In
conjunction they planned that Miss
Bell and the children should be on
the opposite side of the train from
which the passengers get on and that
a door be opened on that side for her
reception. Accordingly when the
train came the grandfather and the
ollicers, who had been wired of the
arrest, alighted on the side with the
throng, while Miss Bell and the chil
dren quietly entered from the other
and reached Greensboro on the north
bound train last Sunday evening.
The little girls are none the worse
for the trip, but are contented,
bright, pretty and happy. The cour
age, tact and skill shown by Miss
Bell 'are remarkable for a lady of her
years. Never for once did she lose
her presence of mind, but through
the whole trying adventure was as
cool, unflinching and incisive as a
surgeon s knite.
The Telegram challenges the State!
for a young lady more daring, brave
and adventurous, and yet so piiet
that this adventure is even now
known to but few of her friends.
The Fun of Killing
(Our Dumb Animals.)
Various monarchs and princes of
Kurope find their fun in penning up
larre numbers of harmless animals j
and killing them. j
One ex-president of the United
States finds his fun in going South to j
wound and kill ducks. j
Another ex-president finds his fun i
in iroinw up into the Adirondack in !
summer and shooting (by torchlight) j
the beautiful and harmless deer that
come down to the water to drink, I
and President McKiniey (in hisj
speeches) seems to forget the starva
tion, wounding and killing of men,
women, children, horses and mules
, in Cuba, and those far-o(T Asiatic
' island which we bought from the
Spanish government for twenty rail
lions of dollars, but which the Span
ish government had no more right to
sell than that other distinguished per-:
; sonage who took our Lord and Master
up onto a high mountain and offered
him all the kingdoms of the earth antl
the glory thereof.
In this state of the world's humane
education comes up the question in
; lioston: How shall we contrive to
teach our children to be merciful?
Kngland is going to do it by adding
to her tremendous navy 119 new war
ships and training all her school boys
from 13 to 1 years of age for war.
How can we do it in Boston?
Gko. T. Angki.i..
It i hard to tell which you like
best warm weather or cold weather
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a t- f e -
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effects of the well known remedy.
Sykii ok Ems, manu f ad n red l.v the
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' pently yet promptly and enabling 0110
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' A T . , . . ,
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A strong, line of both Lire mid l ire- Coin
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II. IttClOClHCN,
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Parlors in Parker building, oppo
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Ollice hours 9 A. M.tol P. M. to V. P. M .
Residence Phone US; ollice Phone ?..
Estimates furnished when delred. No
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n 1 aah -T-11 1 -n
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Yes, it Is the index to health. If
ii have hail blood you are likely
to lenrn that you have Rheumatism,
one of the most horrible diseases to
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you have been iillli-: .1 fur )cat.
you stiouia at once 1 Ue the won-
dei ful new cuic,
RHEUMft jIDE. I
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summer season Is -t time t X
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will then Hid tin; lin theme in effect-
ing a iermanet. cnn-diiiitioiiiil
cure. People with bad blood are
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many other diseases. '1 o be healthy T
the libxnl must bit tune. It II I.I - X
.if .trim: is the Piii.ee f hlood
purifiers.
Sold In Henderson by
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Price $1.00 t
Dr. Humphreys'
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withent exciting disorder in other parts
of tho hytittni. They Cure the Sick.
m. rtain. rutTM
1-Krrr. Congeiitloii, Inflammation!. ,'2H
'J-Mormt, Worm Feer, Worm Col If. . .'.13
3- Trrthlnc.Collc,Cryla.Wakrfuluck .'2i
4 - Ularrhra. of Children or AlulU .'43
7-4'oitgha. Colds, tlroni-hltla S3
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1 5 Hhmmatl.m. Klioumatl? Tains 33
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'20 Whooping-cough '2
'27-KMnrv Dlaraw-a '23
'2H rriott Debility l.OO
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