North Carolina Newspapers

0 Advertising Brings Success f i'liii it i s t. ;i'vT!isc in tht'GoId Sensible Business Men I !.. :,.? i i) illiiii'' to -;'ii-l troixl f J if i . : I.-V wlii-ff - j !!- f-::ilj!? i ,,-iu -I..- ;ir- -.-.-I.. $ That is Proof That it Pays. I . State Libtarj. As an Advertising Medium The Gold Leai stands at tbe head of q newspapers in this section, the r famous Bright Tobacco District. The most wide-awake and suc cessful men use it columns with tbe highest Satisfaction to Themselves. 1 ' 11 i J a "' " i - . - i THAD R. MANNING, Pub ishr. " Carolina, Carolina, Heaven's Blessings Attend Her." SUBSCRIPTS! $1.50 Cash. VOL. XXTT. HENDERSON, X. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1903. XO. 10. -- r " i I 1 : . A MAN CAN'T ;rs'tnatS of liis winning a race, but a fjucsi.1011 of being able only to keep afloat. The man who is suffering from malnutrition is like the ft-ttercl swimmer. His stomach and its allied organs of digestion and nutri tion are diseased. It is nut a question v. ith him of winning in the race for busi ness but of simply keeping up under any circumstances. Whenever disease affects the stomach it is affecting also the blood and the health of every or gan of the body. For blood is only food converted into nutrition and nutri tion is the life of the lxjdy and every organ of it. Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures diseases of the stomach and other organs of digestion and nutri tion. It purifies the blood and enables the perfect nutrition of the lxxly which means perfect health. Tor six long yrnrs I suflY-ml with iii'li'-s-tioti anil my liver and kidneys, wliirh baffled'the lx -,1 di tors in our country." writes IC. 1,. Kan sell. H-tf.. f Woolsey. I'rinre William Co.. Va. "I suflerrd with my stomach and linck for a long time, and after taking a ' cart load ' of medii ine from three doctors I grew so had I could hardly do a day's work. Would have death likr pains in the side, and hliud spells. I he.in taking Iir I'ierce's ('.olden Medical nisrovery and ' rlra-tfint reliefs.' Hefore I hnd tak- n half of the second bottle I 1egnn to feel relieved. I Rot six more Pottles and used them. Mid am happy to say I owe my life to Dr. Tierce." Accept no substitute for "Golden Med ical Discovery." There is nothing "just as good " for diseases of the stomach, blood and lungs. The Common Sense Medical Adviser, iooS large pages, in paper covers, is sent free on receipt of 21 one-cent stamps to ay expense of mailing only. Address Dr. R. V. Tierce, I! sffalo, N. Y. DON'T PAY A HIGH RATE INSURANCE. OF 1 it-it -tvit tli.-Soutli. 1 r. Slock - M til 11 1 1. I 'inli'f 1 i 1 4-1 s anil S- hi f In-1 1: l.o'liitud " 1" 1 1 t ( '11:11 p. 1 nv. d t J 1 i'e:i-b 11 , a ml am wilting I 11 1 .1 . at tn o'd inte '." i.-r cvi t If-- i 1 1 1 11 ajt 11! : 1 -ep: .- -;.t ill1 c oin p u.i. ill tin- Smith- a .ft 11 Tariff .Wnp'utimi are Ii--t.ir.tZ I hi--.- a .- in I. p.-ndi n; limiii' eonipa 11 i.'s t.i it em ii 11 eti-il w it li 1 1 1 I iMii a lie- Tni-t a 11 d appeal siionuU- to hi.iiii- mipi in t Hut it is iip.m in. -lit, Hill till' ititer.'-t. id' 1 1 it .ili' -lioldi-r, and mi' --eiittinei-t Ih.'t j-at-ni!ia"t' is solicited. R. S. McCOIN, Hen Jei so.i, N. C. RfDDNU One Minute Coueh Curs does not pass immedi ately into the stomach, but lingers in the throat, chest nd lungs, producing the following results : (1) Relieves the cough. (2) Makes the breathing easy. (3) Cuts cut the phlegm. (4) Draws out the inflammation. (5) Kiils the germs (microbes) cf disease. (6) Strengthens the mucous membranes. (7) Clears the head. (8) Relieves the feverish conditions. (9) Removes every cause of the cough and tha strain on the lungs. (10) Enables the lungs to contribute pure life giving and life-sustaining oxygen to the blood. Cures Croup and all Cough, Lung and Bronchial Affections. COUGH CU Prepared by E. O. DeWITT & CO., CHICAGO Km sale at Talker's Two Ding Stmes. CHICHfSTEH'S ENGLISH -v virtcinui ami frn.y fnuin vVi ftr rHlCHKSTKK'S f Nlil.lSH "sa Itansrrouii utvKiltuUon nd latitat l tu- for i'Nptf.-tllHra, Tedttmonlat C! ml " H. Ill t lor 1 air,"in Utltr, bj rr ' Inn Mall. I ll.illlll Trstimnmili. Sold b el) rru((ii. 'htrhratrr C hemical Co. c(rit. or fti- .-Vt" r 1 1 tinr. 1 ip. r. nialluii 1, 1-lilis PARKEH'S HAIR BALSAfVi Clfr.-t -.iJ t.i'iinrii- lh hir. l'roiuotea ft ltii'ir:t!l growth. Nrver Failo to l'.rdtora rtrlj Hair to its Youlhtui Color. Curr9 r p .l;fB"r3 A. hair tailing. Loyr ?0o Athena, Tenn., Jan. 27, 1901. Ever since tho tirht appearance of mv im-nses they v.ere very irropular and I ("ufferiil nitli prt-nt pain in my hips, ba-k, yti'.nach and lega, with terrible bparing- lU.un pains in the abdomen. During the pa;;t lr.onth I have been taking Wiut of CV-rdui and Thedford's Hlack-lrautt!;t. .ii:d I paied the month ly period without pain fort ho first time in years. N vnnik Davis. What is life worth to a woman suffer ing like Nannie Davis suffered? Yet there ara women in thousands of homes to-day whu are bearing those terrible menstrual p;i -s in silence. If you are one of these we want to say that this same ggOF will bring you permanent relief. Con sole yourself with the knowledge that 1,000,000 women have been completely cured by Wine cf Cardui. These wom en suffered from leucorrhoea, irregular menses, headache, backache, and bearing down pains. Wine of Cardui will stop all these aches and pains for you. Purchase a $1.00 bottle of Wine of Cardui to-day and take it in the privacy of your home. For advice an J literature, address, si vine symp tom. "The ljiairs' Advisory lr parlmeut," The Chftttinvcci Sledlcir.e Co, Chattanooga, . i hi.. OfieElsnui c Cough Cupo For Covghs, Colds ami Crovp. TE RE FEB sYRQYhL pills En I BOOM YOUR TOWN. Do Not Fail to Sound its Praises Wherever You Are. Oxford I'uhlii- l.-l(ff-r. Every i-itizcn sliouM believe in the town lie lives in and if he doesn't think it is ; little better in most re-Kpet-ts than neighboring towns then he should move out. When away from homo do not neglect to give those with whom you rome in con tact t o understand that you live in a live town populated by enterpris ing, go ahead, progressive people, and one that is advancing instead of ret rograding. - It you can truthfully speak in com mendation of the ability of your pro fessional men, the square dealing methods of your merchants, the su periority of your schools, etc., let nothing prevent you from exercising that privilege. Jt will not lie neces sary to mention the drawbacks, if there be any. Strangers seeking si lniatiuii are always greatly influ enced in favor of any place where the citizens are enthusiastic in its praise. I'nless its inhabitants appreciate the excellence and virtues of each other ami will collectively spread abroad t heir fait h in the prosperity and fut are great ness of their own lo cality no city or town can expect to attain prominence over its rivals. When rightly utilized, talk can be made effective in many directions, and t his is one .if t hem. WMAT SHALL WE DO WITH THE NEtiRO? VViisliinirtoii I'ost. Secretary Hoot asks: "What shall We answer we do wit h t he negro? let him alone! The negro is free. He has the op portunity to acquire independence, to make himself a respected member of society, to hasten or delay hisown development just as the .average white man has. He receives an edu cation, such as it is, almost entirely at t he expense of the whitetax payer, and. in the South, at least, he can always obtain employment. It lies with him to work out his own desti ny, to make of himself a useful citi zen, and to rear his family in right eousness and decency. Why need our statesmen concern themselves over the feverish complaints of a handful of impudent agitators de manding tli it to which they sire not entitled and which white men of sim ilar condition and equipment would not dream of asking for? There are thousands of well-to-do colored men in the South who could inform these anxious gentlemen that the negro is not helK'd but injured by this ever lasting outcry. There are thousands, worth anywhere from $10,000 to $100,000 who get all the "recog nitioir' they want without clamoring for it, and they can testify in their own experience that "recognition" comes always to him who has de served it. This pestiferous vocifera tion over the negro and his so-called rights merely inflames the vanity of the ignorant and robs him of what little self respect he has. Here is a letter written to and pub lished by a Philadelphia newspaper within the past few days: "Silt I am a colored man, a mechanic by trade. There is nothing in the line of a house in wood that I cannot make. I can build all the stairs, windows, make the sashes, blinds and doors. I can build a house from the ground up and turn the keys over to the owner com pleted. I can draw the plans, make the blue prints, make the specifications, and give estimates. Yet I am debarred from employment on account of 1113' color. The prejudice in this city is strong against me, much stronger than in the place I came from. No one wants nie because I am a colored man. Why is this? I am thirty-seven years old. I drew the plans of the colored church on Tasker street, above Twentieth. My name is on the corner-stone. I built the Stte Colored College, of Orangeburg, S. C. and I have built cottages in Orange burg and for the mayor of beaufort, S. C, but still I am debarred from employ ment in Philadelphia. "SA.Ml'HL II. HLYTHKWOOO." This man is a victim of the wicked and mischievous agitation to which we refer. Evidently far superior to the average of his race, he was nev ertheless credulous enough to believe that great things awaited him at the North. He abandoned a home in which he had been contented and prosperous and transferred himself to Philadelphia with the result we have already seen. Of course he will return to South Carolina, where he has friends among the whites and is assured of reniunerativeeniployment at all times. There are other vic tims, however, who will not so easily escape the consequences of their own credulity, for only a few days ago the New York Tribune called atten tion to the number of Southern ne groes who had migrated to the me tropolis, expecting no doubt to dine with the mayor and Ih elected to office within a week, but who had lauded iu the almshouses and were then begging for transportation back home. The truth is that this eternal nonsense about the negro and his rights and wrongs: this mis chievous cackle over him and his fu ture, is infinitely harmful to him, and fraught with calamity to both races. Let him alone! Stop this idiotic uproar. The negro is all right, and for every impudent pretender and complainant filling the air with clamor for recognition, there are ten thousand, honest, industrious, self respecting men slowly but surely working out their own destinies and building up their own fortunes. Let him alone! The best pill neatta the stars and stripes; It cleanses the system and never gripes. Little Early Risers of worldly repute Ask for DeWitt's and take 110 substitute, j A small pill, easy to buy, easy to take and i easy to act. hut never failing in result. De- Witt's Little Early Risers arouse the secre tions and act as a tonic to the liver, curing permanently. "W. 'W. Tarker. NO POCKETS IN A SHROUD. Denver Post. O, ye who how at Mammon's shrine. Whom; hearts with greed are growing cold, Who turn your backs 011 things divine And worship but the god of gold; What will it profit you when death Lays low the head so kingly proud And robs the wasted form of breath? There are no pockets in a shroud. Your thoughts by day, your dreams by night, Are but of grasping golden gain, Your guide is but the beacon light Of riches burning in your brain. You cast all nobler aims behind And struggle as a madding crowd To clutch the dollars, but you'll find There are no pockets iu a shroud. Ye usurers who grind the poor Beneath a cold, relentless heel. Who overshadow many a door With cloud of misery, and feel No sympathy to see them lie Beneath tbe bad of sorrow cowed, Remember when you come to die There are no pockets iu a shroud. What is the profit to the man Whose life to Mammon has been given? A bridge of gold can never span The gulf between the earth and HeavenI What will it be to him to find The wealth with which lie is endowed At death's gate must be left behind? There are no pockets iu a shroud. This life is but a span; today We're here: tomorrow we're gone. Have faded from the earth far away Into Eternity's strange dawn! Vet in the hungry greed for gains Too many at the gold shrine bowed, Forget that when the life spark wanes There are no pockets in a shroud. We i Again. The many friends of John Blount will be pleased to learn that he has entirely recov ered from his attack of rheumatism. Cham berlain's Pain Balm cured him after the best doctors in the town (Monon, Ind.) had failed to give relief. The prompt relief from pain which this liniment affords is alone worth many times its cost. For sale at Parker's Two Drugstores. A COMMUNITY'S MOST VALUABLE ASSET. Charlotte Observer. The Newbern Journal says: "A State or community which per mits a really able citizen to depart from its borders-, loses more than it would through the destruction of a great industry. It is the man who makes the community, who adds luster and credit to the history of a State, through his personality, and when a man, possessed of real per sonality is permitted to leave a place, it is a hard thing to make good the vacancy. The departure of Mr. Charles L. Coon, of Salisbury, from this State is si notable illustration of the shortsightedness which will hold on to money, when a really able man is the stake. "A man to a community, is in the value point of view, as the employe is to the business house which may employ him. This does not apply to the citizen, who may be unable to get ahead in one community, there fore seeks another place for a home. But it applies to the man who is prominent in advancing and sustain ing the commercial, educational, so cial or religious interests of a com munity. Such men jire found in every community, the more progres sive the place the greater their num ber, for it is the progressive places which not only hold these men of value, but offer sufficient inducement to such men in other places as to at tract them and hold them for their own. It is this local lack of valuing men which leads to the loss of the best citizens of a place." The citizens of whom the Journal speaks tire the ones'who make any community worth living in and the removal of any one of them is the worst loss a town can sustain. North Carolina in the past has perhaps suf fered as much in this respect as any other State in the Union. So much so, in fact, that among the verses the school boys used to memorize and deliver 011 Friday afternoon was one to the effect that "the sons of North Carolina by their sterling worth are enriching every State save that which gave them birth;'' and the assertion that North Carolina was a good State to be born in, but equally as desirable a one to emi grate from has also been extensively circulated in days gone by. A glance tit the list of notable men natives of North Carolina but residents of other States who are expected to attend the reunion at CJreensboro next fall also emphasizes the truth of these statements. Within the past few years, however, there has been a great change and North Car olina is not only keeping a large share of her able and progressive cit izens at home, but is attracting many from other States. The fact that the removal from our borders of any one man should be the cause of a protest is an example of the changed conditions; formerly his departure would have leen taken as a matter to be expected at any time. There is nothing so valuable as the citizenship of which the Journal speaks, for possessing it a communi ty can easily secure everything else to be.desired. What's In a Name? Everything is in a name when it comes to Witch Hazel Salve. E. C. DeWitt & Co., of Chicago, discovered some years ago how to make a Salve from Witch Hazel that is a specific for the Piles. For blind, bleeding, itching and protuding Pilss. eczema, cuts, bums, bruisee and ali bkin diseases, DeWitt's Salve has no equal. This has given rise to numerous worthless counterfeits. Ask for DeWitt'ei thegeuuine. AY. W. Parker. "Let us have a Monroe Doctrine that we can understand, and that other nations will know the meaning of before they unguardedly attempt to carry on business with our neigh bors South of us," enjoins the Peters burg Index-Appealr Well, we thought we had one until we went into the benevolent assimilation business in the far-off Pacific, and then the thing became kind o' fuddled. However, it appears to be clearing up again in the light of the Venezuelan affair. Richmond Times-Leader. Cyclone Sinks Steamer Olive Without Warning Death and Destruction Came - to Passengers and Crew. The Steamer Olive, Plying Between Franklin and Edenton, Plunged to the Bottom of Chowan River Imprisoned in Their State Rooms Seventeen Persons Drown Like R7ts in a Hole Terrible Suffering En dured by Those Who Were Saved. Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, 18th. Seventeen lives snuffed out without a moment's warning, was the awful work of the cyclone which swept the Eastern section of North Carolina about 10 o'clock Monday night and found in its path the little Chowan 1 a r,. river sieaiiier vnve, piying iroia Franklin, Va., to Edenton, N. C, with a human cargo of thirty souls. The full force of the death-dealing blast struck the Olive square on her port side when she was about a mile and a half from Ho ley's wharf, on tbe Chowan river, and, according to the L.., ,.r c.ir.f ri i-i v;ii. exact time of the disaster was 10 j o'clock. I Seventeen people are known to have perished like rats fn a hole without a chanceto save themselves. Those known to have met death were: WILDER, white, Coleraine, N. C. JAKE LASS1TER, white, aged 25: home. Rich Square, N. C. MRS. BENNETT, white, Franklin, Va. M IHS BENNETT, white, aged 1 2; Franklin, Va. M RS. VAL'GII AN, white, Cole raine, N. C. GEORGE BUTT, colored, deck hand. FRANK HUNTER, colored, deck hand. W. II. EDWARDS, colored, deck hand. ANDREW VAUG IIAN,colored,deck hand. ABRAM COOPER, colored, fireman PRESTON SCOTT, colored, fire man. ESTHER WILLIAMS, colored, cook. JOHN COOPER, colored, porter. GEORGE WHITE, colored, preach er; passenger. THREE UNKNOWN COLORED PASSENGERS. Those who left the sunken vessel in the only remaining life-boat are: Chief Engineer C. L. Conway, Assis tant Engineer J. P. Murphy, Purser J. N. Bell, one white passenger, un known; two colored passengers un known, and two colored deck hands. THE WRECK A HORRIBLE DISASTER. The wreck is one of the worst that has ever occurred in this section, and the survivors, only four of whom have been found, speak of it as a brief pe riod in which heaven and earth seem ed to join forces to completely anni hilate'the little craft and all onboard her. The Olive left Franklin at 1 1 o'clock Monday morning on her regular trip to Edenton and landings on the way. She had a fair sized general cargo and all told twenty-nine people, pas sengers and crew, aboard. At her wheel was the veteran of the Carolina sounds and rivers, Cap tain George II. Withy, who has navi gated these waters ever since 18G7, and who knows every eddy and shoal in them. A heavy, though not violent, wind from the Southwest had been blowing all the morning and the little river was considerably stirred up, but the Olive had no trouble with the minia ture waves that dashed against her prow, and proceeded steadily on her way from landing to landing, taking on and putting off passengers and freight. Everything was smooth until night set it, and then the wind increased in volume and force. Holley's wharf was passed at 0:45 and the boat was on the home stretch for Edenton bay, a large space of open water. VIOLENT GALE MADE CAPTAIN TURN TAIL. The violence of the wind in the river caused Crrptuin Withy to decide not to proceed into the open, and he turned back to go further inland, where the fury of the seas would be less. The craft had scarcely started on the retreat when a deafening roar came out of the North, in direct op position to the prevailing wind. Every second made its sound more terrifying. Suddenly a high line of white was seen rushing down on the doomed vessel and in an instant the fury of the whirlwind was devouring everything. When the violence of the shock first struck the Olive it came broadside on the port and the craft careened to starboard until the roof of the deck house touched the angry waters. At the same time the monster wave dashed completely over the prostrate craft, smashing in windows and flood ing every compartment. The inrush of water to the hold caused the Olive to right herself, but it also pulled her to the bottom at the same time. TERRIFIED NEGROES MADE FRENZIED FIGHT FOR LIFE. Words cannot describe the awful horror of the next few moments. Frenzied negroes, half-clad and wild with horror struggled to reach the surface through unyielding bulk heads and their screams and shrieks of fear and horror almost drowned the angry roar of the wind. A few were successful in theirefforts and scrambled along the submerged roof of the deck-house to the smoke stack against which the only life-boat that had not been washed away was jammed. Captain Withy had managed to crawl from the pilot-house to the boat, as did Chief Engineer Conway, Assistant Engineer Murphy, Purser Bell, t wo colored deck hands, a white passenger, two colored passengers and the colored stewardess. These were all of the thirty souls on the boat who were given even a fight ing chance for their lives. COLORED PREACHER PRAYED FOR ETER NAL SALVATION. From the saloon below could lm heard the plaintive prayer that George White, a colored preacher, wtis shrieking to Heaven for salva tion. To a Virginian-Pilot reporter last night Captain Withy said that if he lives to be a thousand years old the death prayer of the dying minister will ever ring in his ears. And White was not the only one whose cries reached the ears of the little group on the roof. The little Bennett girl, penned in her stateroom with her aged grand mother, cried for aid that could not be given, in a way that melted the hearts of those who heard her. But the death-srrepd v waters would not withhold their strength and one by one the cries from below ceased and then all was still save the trium phant shrieking of the angry wind and the slush of the waves over the ship of death. TERRIBLE SUSPENSE OF THOSE WHO WERF SAVED. The minutes that followed were ones of terror for the people who were grasping for their lives to the uncer tain footing afforded by -the deck house roof. Knowing the awful fate their fellow voyagers had just met and aware of the same fate staring them in the face, it was almost maddening. Twelve people were holding to the one life-boat that remained of the three which the Olive carried. The others had been swept away by the wave which dashed over the vessel when the wind first struck her. The quest ion of putting off for shore was then discussed by the group of shipwrecked people. Captain Withy was obdurate in his decision to stick by the Olive. Mar tha Barrett, the colored stewardess, declared she would stay by the cap tain and four colored passengers took the same stand. Chief Engineer Conway and his as sistant, J. P". Murphy, favored put ting out for land, which, they argued, could not be more than a mile away on either side. LAUNCHED LIFE-BOAT JO SEEK TOW boat's HELP. "While the discussion was going on the lights of a tow boat appeared down the river, and Captain Withy then gave permission to launch the boat and try to reacli the tug for help. After an hour of the most difficult work the big life-boat was gotten over the side of the roof and into it clambered the chief engineer, .assist ant engineer, purser, a white passen ger, two colored passengers and two colored deck hands. Eeight souls all told. They put our bravely for the lights that seemed to be about a mile and a half down the river, and were soon lost to sight to the five who remain ed huddled on top of the deck-house. And gradually the lights, too, grew fainter and fainter, until they also disappeared from view. THOSE WHO REMAINED WERE ALMOST WASHED OVERBOARD. With the life-boat gone, more trouble was experienced by those who remained ou the Olive in retaining a safe hold. Much of the rigging had been carried away by the cyclone, and onlv one mast was left standing. Around this the survivors huddled and clung to each other for safety, j Hour after hour dragged by with awful slowness, and the cold was causing excruciating suffering to the soaking-wet people. The wind, while its fury had abated somewhat, st ill raged and sent biting showers of driving spray across the submerged steamer. There was not a light on the boat and the lowering clouds that swept the sky added to the Stygian dark ness. Windows, portholes and scuttles were driven in, wreckage floated far and near and the hull of the wrecked craft rocked alarmingly as each suc cessive billow dashed over it. The time dragged slowly by. The sufferings of those who had watched through the night increased as each cold blast pierced their water soaked clothing and stung their flesh. WITH BREAK OF DAWN RESCUING TUG APPEARED. But gradually a pinkish glow o'er spread the Eastern skies and just be fore the sun arose to view the wreck, which had happened while he slum bered, the lights of the Norfolk and Southern steamer, Marie Roberts, appeared up the river. The drooping spirits of the nearly dead people were aroused by the sight and as the vessel steamed nearer they signalled frantically to attract attention. Those on board the Roberts saw the signs and put on all steam to the rescue. The saved were quickly taken from the sunken boat and hurried to the fireroom of the Roberts, when1 they were dried out and given hot drinks. At Edenton, whither the Roberts was bound, all hands were put ashore and took the first train over the Nor folk & Southern for Norfolk. CAPTAIN WITHY MAKES STATEMENT OF WRECK. To a Tirginiau-PHot reporter Cap tain G. II. ithv, of the wrecked steamer Olive, made the following statement last night before leaving for 1-rankhn over the Seaboard Air Line: "Before beginning I want to ask you to express my thanks for the courte ous treatment accorded us by the men on the tug of the Norfolk & Southern Railroad, which saved our lives. 4,I have been navigating the East ern Virginia and Carolina waters ever since 1867, tmd have been master of the Olive for over eight 37ears. 'We left Franklin on time Monday morning and had been making good headway all day, notwithstanding a strong breeze from the Southwest was blowing. Our regular landings were made and everything was running well, though I noticed that the wind was increasing. "After darkness set in it began to blow a regular gale, and when I passed Holly's wharf at 9:45 the wind had become so violent that I decided not to venture into Edenton bay, where it wasopeii.buttoturn around and go back up the river, where there was shelter from the wind. HORRIBLE ROAR W HEN CYCLONE STRUCK SHIP. "The boat was put about without much difficulty, and the return trip had been started when suddenly a horrible roaring began to come toward us from the Northwest "Everything became inky black, and it was impossible to see a ship's length ahead. All at once I made out a mountain-high line of white foam bearing directly on my port side, and in another second the cy clone hit us. "It was like nothing I had ever ex perienced before. It was like Heaven and earth had come together, only a thousand times worse. "The Olive stood straight on her beam and water poured into her shattered windows and portholes in great volumes. Then she began to right and settle at the same time. I was caught in the pilot house and could not get out, but J. P. Murphy, the assistant engineer, who was off duty at the time, managed to crawl up and help me force the door. We made our way back along the top of the deckhouse, which was already under water, to where the life-boats had been. Two had been carried away, but one, the large metal boat, remained. It was jammed tight against the smoke-stack. COULD HEAR SHRIEKS OF HELPLESS DYING. "From below we could hear the shrieks and groans of the passen gers and crew who were penned down with the water rushing on them, and the fact that we could not move a hand to save them made the matter only more terrible for us. "Around the life-boat I found Chief Engineer Conway, Purser Bell, the colored stewardess, Martha Barrett, one white and six colored passen gers and two colored deck hands. "All the rest were drowned." Captain Withy then described the launching of the life-boat and the hopes of reaching the tug whose lights could lie seen in the distance, and declared that when he saw the boat disappear he felt that the last string connecting him with life had been cut, but that he was going to stick to the boat. According to his statement the Olive carried himself, two engineers, a purser, a stewardess, four deck hands, two firemen, a cook and a porter and that there were about eighteen passengers on board. All told, thirty-one jieople. Of this number eight were saved in the life-boat and six by the Marie Roberts, or fourteen. This leaves seventeen dead, accounted for. LIFE-BOAT CREW WERE SAVED BY THE GAZELLE. A special to the Virginian-I'ilot from Suffolk last night reports the fact that the people who embarked on the life-boat were saved after hav ing rowed four hours in an unsuccess ful effort to reach the tug, which was sighted by its lights from the wrecked steamer. The life-boat finally reached a barge which was anchored in the river, and the lenumbed find tired crew clambered aboard. Shortly afterwards the tug Gazelle, owned by the John L. Roper Lumber Company, hove in sight and took them off, landing them at Tunis, where they tookthetrain for Suffolk. THE ILL-FATED STEAMER. The Olive was owned by a small stock company at Franklin, in which Messrs. J. A. and R. A. Pretlow are the principal holders, j She was an old-styleside-whilecraft and. although more than thirty ! years old, was regarded as one of i the staunchest vessels of her class in ' the inland passenger steamboat ser : vice in this section of the Atlantic ! coast. She was built in Philadelphia in 18G0, and after seeing considera ble service in waters further North ward was sent to Norfolk, where she was well known forsometime among the habitues of the water front. For the past few yeara she has been on the line plying between Edenton and Franklin. The Olive was of 987 tons burden. She was 120 feet long, 20 feet wide -and the depth of her hold measured 7 feet. KILL THIS BILL Itrieans Death to the Retail nerchants in the Small Towns. Burlington (X. J.) Guzptte. ' The retail merchants of Burlington do not seem to be aware that the Parcel Post bill now pending before Congress is a direct menace to their prosperity. This bill provides for sending by mail heavy parcels at a mere nomi nal rate, as follows: Parcels weigh ing over 25 pounds and not over 50 pounds, 15 cents; 50 pounds and not over 75 pounds, 20 cents; 75 pounds and not over 100 pounds, 25 cents, larger parcels, for each additional twenty pounds, or fraction thereof, five cents. These parcel postal rates will in many cases lie less than the best freight rate the retail merchant can obtain on his stock. The effect of the bill, if it becomes a law, will put every retail merchant, no matter how remote his location, in direct and active competition with every large catalogue and department store from Maine to California, by giving the catalogue house and de partment store a cheap delivery to mail order customers in every part of the country. The defeat of Parcel Post legisla tion is therefore of vital importance to every retail merchant in the coun try. Those who are interested, in behalf of the department store people in securing theenactment of this per nicious law are very much in earnest and are maintaining a lobby in Washington. It therefore behooves the retail merchants to act promptly anil they should do so by petitioning their Senators and Congressmen to work and vote against the JjiII. Colds are Dangerous. How oftou .you Lear it remarked: '-It's only a cold," and a few days later learn that the man it on hi back with pneumonia. Thin in of tweh common oeeurreuee that a eold, however nlight, Rhonld not be diw-efrnrded. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy counteracts any tendency toward pneumonia. It always cures and is pleasant to take. Sold at Par ker's Two Drug Stores. "TREAT THE SOUTH FAIRLY." Chailotte News A great deal has been said and is daily being uttered," by the press, North and South, regarding the ap pointment of negroes to office, but we have noted nothing wiseror more to the point than the following from Leslies Weekly, which tippears in that periodical under the caption: "Treat the South Fairly." "It would seem 011I3 necessary to consider this whole matter of the appoint ment of colored men and women to public office, North or South, from a calm, dispassionate, and, so far tis possible, unprejudiced point of view, to avoid all the controversy and ill feeling which have lieen lately stirred up over the subject. Every intelli gent person in this country must un derstand by this time exactly how the Southern people feel about such appointments and what the general sentiment is in that section of the Union in regard to the appearance of members of the colored nice in any prominent political wnj Even those who regard this sentiment as wrong must admit that its existence is in no way remarkable or surpris ing. That it does exist we all know, and we know also that this feeling is deep, fixed and apparently ineradica ble. We also know and will admit, if we are frank about it, that much the same feeling obtains in the North. In theory, we of the North regard the negroes as entitled to equal rights, privileges and recognitions in politics and business with ourselves. But as a matter of fact we lK-lieve nothing of the kind. Our practices here, at least are almost sin antipodal dis tance from our theories. There are, in truth, few neighborhoods in the North where a colored man in any conspicuous official position would Ih much more welcome than he is in the South. EsMcialIy would this be true in a small post office, the worst of all possible places to put a imtsoii who, for aii3' reason is socially ob noxious. Wakeful Children. For n long time the two year old child of Mr. P. L. Mcpherson. 5! X. Tenth St., Har risburg, Pa., would sleep but two or three hours in the early part of tbe night, which made it very hard for her parents. Her mother concluded that the child had stomach trouble, and gave her half of one of Chamlier lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, which quieted her stomach and she sk-pt the whole night through. Two lioxes of these Tablets have effected a -rtnaneiit cure and she is now well and strong. For sale at Parker's Two Drug Stores. JOHN WISE'S LAST WAIL. Kul-itfli it. The outburst of John W'lHt: for-iiii-rly a Virjrinian ami a Southerner, but "now thoroughly converted to John Brownirim wills to mind that it was under th; administration of hi own father, then (Jov. Wise, of Virginia, that John Hrown was hung for exercising the courage to at tempt to carry into practice what this de generate son runs to Boston to preach. Of the two characters, John Brown or John Wise, John Brown's is infinitely the more admirable, yet he was hunr as a felon, as he de served to be. But the darkies, North or South, are not chipping in to the John Wise Jirn Haves fund as cheerfully or generously as desired, evidently This late disgraceful harangue near Boston Common may le taken as more of a wail of distress than other wise dangerous. Even an empty cupboard contains much food for thought. TO BE CURED of rheumatism; I with all its lameness, aches and Dains. take Hood's Sarsaparilla Yoa must-be eure to GET HOOD'S. He Wanted to Gain Flesh A Boston millionaire was very thin. Business cares and conse quent nervous troubles told the story. He became alarmed, itissaid, and consulted a famous specialist. " I want some flesh," he said. " I am willing to pay for it. I'll give you $500 for every pound of solid healthy flesh you can put on these bones." It was a big price, but he could well afford to pay it. For undue thinness is dangerous. It means disease, or the approach of disease. Cod liver oil has most always been prescribed for this condition. It has wonderful properties as a mcdicine.but itsdisagreeablcgrcasc and vile taste and smell make most people sick. We have long thought that something could be devised with cod liver oil as a basis that would arrest emaciation, promote nutri tion, stimulate digestion, aid in throwing off rheumatism, lung trouble, bronchitis, coughs, and ' prove a real body-building tonic reconstructor and flesh former. We have found it in Vinol (if you are interested call at the store and we'll tell you how we found it) and it certainly does the work. It i:; pleasant to take. If you are sick and thin, try Vinol. You can get your money back if it doesn't help you. Parker's 2 Drug Stores. Dr. A. S. PENDLETON, Physician and Surgeon, IIEXHEKSOX, X.C. Office Over W. S. Parker & Co'. Phone, No. 74. Residence, Massenburg Hotel. )lt. K. 15. TUCK IMC. DENTIST, HEXDEUSOX, - - - - N. C. !3F"Oftlce over Thomas' Drug Store. JOHN HILL TUCKER Physician and Surgeon, HENDERSON. N. J. Office (the late Dr. Tucker's) in Young & Tucker building, Main strwt. fejir'Phone No. qj. H. H. BASS, Physician and Surgeon, HENDERSON, N. C. l3T"Ofljee over Dorsey's Drug Store. D" r '. S. II AltltlH, DENTIST, HENDERSON, N. C HTOfflee over "Street. O. Davis' store, Main Ian. 1-a. G. A. Coggeshall, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, HENDERSON, N. C. Office in Coojkt Opera Hoiine building feTPhone No. 70. FRANCIS A. MACON, DENTAL SURGEON. Office: loud lacker Iluildlna-. l'ndcr.TclrphBe Kxthanf. Oflico hour: H a. 111. to 1 p. m.. :t to 6 p. m. Residence I'hone H; Oftice I'hone 25. Estimates furnished when desired. No charge lor examination. HENRY PERRY, -'Insurance.- stromal ine of IKith l-lfe avnd lire Vumm- paniea represented. Folleies Issued mid risks plae' !o uet advantage. Office Id Court Hou-e. Children ara bpt atron an 4 well ; weak and lttl folka ara mad lgorou om of tbal famotii remedy FREY'S VERMIFUGE OorraeU all disorders of tha sto-narh, expels worm, ttc Palatable, and posltlra In action. Bottla by mall, &c E.kl. FRET, Baltimore, Md. ttBlfim 5-