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For Piles, Burns Sores.
AN EARNEST APPEAL
In Behalf of the White Women
of the South.
The Letter of "A Southern Woman"
to the New York Herald A True
Story of An Occurrence In North
Carolina A Young White (jirl Out
raged and Then flurdered The
Black Brute Hanged Within Six
Hours of the Crime Lynching De
nounced but no Sorrow Expressed
for the Victim of the Crime.
Kiileigh Tout.
Under thocaptionof "Anarchy ami
Its Provocation" we find the follow
ing intiie Washington Pout. It needs
neither addition, embellishment nor
comment. The tale of horror which
calls for the 'o.s'.s comment isfonnd
ed on fact both in statement of a
particular crime and for the earnest
appeal.
The letter of '"A Southern Woman"
and the observations and inquiry of
t he Put thereon disclosea condition
all too palpable. The, criminal in
the rase ivcited was promptly de
nounced, and his prompt execution
as firmly approved by reputable col
ored men of the same community,
and we insist, these reflected in their
expressions the sincere sentiments of
a l.ii-oe element of the colored people
of that and other communities in
this State. Such occurrence will
meet with just such prompt, reprisal
on part of the white people; the only
trouble to be averted is that all good
citizens of both races must insist
that the punishment be confined to
the guilty and not permit what too
many evidences indicate is a growing
disposition, a brutal condemnation
of or assault upon every member to
which t lie guilty wretch or wretches
belong. For (lod sake let the sober
minded men of the State and the
country insist on discriminating be
tween those who behave and those i
who commit crime. To the latter let
very, very swift justice be done by a
punishment t hat fits the crime.
Hut. here is the article from our
Washington contemporary which
needs to be read by all men, black us
well as white. North as well as
South:
"A Southern woman writes and the
New York Hern hi prints, one of the
saddest and most harrowing stories
it has ever been our misfortune to
re.-ol. it is the story or the outrage
and foul murder of an innocent and
beautiful little girl, just twelve years
oil i . l nis inirtitiui tragedy occurred
in a North Carolina town, although
the Ilfvnhl withholds the names and
places at the suggestion of the writer.
The object of the letter is not ven
geance. The 'Southern Woman' mere
ly makes a plea for more lenient judg
ment of those who take vengeance
into their own hands.
"We quote a brief extract from the
narrative:
"'Will you listen to a true story?
It is horrible, so horrible that not
even the gifted Harriet Iieecher Stowe
could have described its heartrend
ing misery. It happened yesterday.
The defiled, mutilated body of the
little white girl is still unburied.
Come with me and I will show 3Tou
the very spot where the horror took
place, not two hundred yards from
the court house, a stone's throw of
the child's home.
"'See enter this stable a beautiful
blue-eyed, tlaxen-haired maid of 1?
years, the only daughter of a widowed
mother her joy, her pride, her dar
ling. The child had been sent by her
mother to get some eggs that she
knows are in a nest there. A black j
man sees her go in, and follows her. j
If the child knows he is behind herj
she doubtless feels no alarm. He is I
the hostler; she has known him all
her life, sees him every day around
the barn.
"'When he reappears he locks the
door. His hands and clothes are
bloody, and he steals stealthily
away.
" "Soon the mother, wondering that
her daughter does not return, goes
to the stable to look for her, finds
the door locked. Possessed with the
awful uneasiness that seizes every
white mother of the South when her
girls are long out of her sight, she
calls to a little boy passing by, helps
him to climb to the window. He
calls the child's name, but there is
no reply. Peering about, he sees a
bag in a corner. There is blood run
ning from it. Soon a crowd from
the village is there. The lock is
broken, they enter the stable, the
bag is opened, the murdered child is
before them.
" 'That she was choked into insen
sibility. to prevent an outcry is evi
dent, for her pretty blue eyes have
started from their sockets. To le
sure that she will never be able to
tell who has so defiled her the fiend
has cut her throat from ear to ear.'
"The Ht'rahl is furnished with all
needful references for the ascertain
ment of the facts. Presumably, the
Hi-rultl made sure of them before it
published a story so indescribably
hideous.
"It is hardly necessary to say that
the fiend was captured. The cae
was not one in which a mistake could
possibly be made. They identified
him beyond doubt by the key of the
stable, by the blood of his victim,
and, finally, by his own confession.
They hanged him within six hours
of the crime. No man in the com
munity or its neighborhood felt that
he could breathe freely while that un
utterable demon lived. And the
writer of the letter adds for this is
the real object of her appeal:
" 'Once more, 1 beg, try to be sorry
for the white women of the South.
All are in danger; from-the four-year-old
babe to" the grand-mother of
sixty-five.
" 'Aye, and pity the white men, too,
that "are frenzied by such crimes.
Reason with them "like brothers.
Don't outrage them by calling them
brutes, cruel, bloodthirsty, savage
outlaws. Once more, in
your notices and editorials on lynch-
lngs, express some concern, some
pity for the white woman whose ruin
or murder brings them about. She
belongs to your race; she is your
countrywoman. Her ancestors fought
in, the Revolution, bled in the war of
1812, died bravely in the Civil War.
She is worth your protection. Help
to save her.'
"Consider this incident, all 3-ou
whose plea is ever for law and order
and civilization. The picture is not
that of an isolated or an un'amiliar
tragedy. Within the past year or
so, the horror has crept across the
line, and what you oiue viewed with
incredulity and indifference from afar
off has lately become visible from
your very doors. You can no longer
dismiss it as a fable from Texas or
Louisiana, for it has manifested itself
in Delaware and Kansas, and Illinois.
It has come close to'j'ou too close
to be ignored, or pooh-poohed, or
relegated to the limbo of malignant
fiction. What are you going to do
about it, gentleman? Do you expect
to save your women by denouncing
lynchers as 'anarchists?" Does all
this outcry discourage or does it
encourage the devils who provoke
the lynchers to their bloody, their
terrible reprisals? That is the ques
tion which you have to-consider.
"Say that lynching is anarchy;
but what of these antecedent horrors
which lead on to 'anarchy?' Is there
no epithet for them or pity for their
victims?" t
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Will Cleveland Win?
Durham Herald.
Mr. Bryan is doing more talking
and writing than any man in the
United States while Mr. Cleveland is
doing less. The former has tried
twice to be president aud failed while
the latter succeeded t hat many times
and is doing less talking and writing
than any man in the United States,
who has the ability to talk and
write.
I5ut others are saying much con
cerning Mr. Cleveland and there is
not a more interesting figure in the
field of American politics. His bitr
terest enemies, many of them, have
let up on him and the best judgment
of the country holds to the possi
bility for him to succeed in landing
the nomination without putting any
bait on his hook. The Petersburg
(Va.) Index-Appeal says:
"Mr. Cleveland's strength is steadi
ly growing. The best judgment of
the country holds to the belief that
the democrats will win in 1904 if
they can nominate Cleveland."
Commenting on this the Charlotte
Observer, which has always been a
staunch friend of Mr. Cleveland's,
says:
"Some way or other, it seems that
no matter how far away the old man
gets or how profound a silence he
maintains the talk about him con
tinues. "What does it all mean?"
It means that like ivory soap, he
floats. Foes without and within the
party have tried to damn and to
sink him but the efforts have been
futile because of the man's inherent
integrity. He has never been a piece
but a whole man, for that is what
integrity means.
If Cleveland is nominated he will
carry the South. It is always solid
and there is no evidence that this
solidity will be broken. And he cer
tainly" will stand a much better
chance to carry New York and other
states necessary to the election of a
democratic ticket than any man who
is tainted with Bryanism.
We, however, very much doubt if
Mr. Cleveland would accept the nomi
nation. Uhe does, he will be a win
ner if anybody runningon that ticket
could.
Stomach Trouble.
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I have taken part of them and feel a great
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GIVE US MEN.
BY THE KISHOP OF EXKTF.H.
Give us Men!
Men from every rank.
Fresh and free and frank;
Men of 1 bought and reading.
Men of light and leading.
Men of loyal breeding,
The Nation's welfare speeding;
Men of faith and not of fiVtion,
Men of lofty aim in action;
(Jive us Men I say again.
Give ns Men!
Give us Men!
Strong and stalwart ones:
Men whom highest hope inspires.
Men whom purest honor tires.
Men who trample Self beneath them.
Men who make t heir country wreath them
As her noble sons.
Worthy of their sires!
Men who never shame their mothers,
Men who never fail their brothers,
True, however false are others:
(Jive us Men I say again.
Give us Men!
Give ns Men!
Men. who, when the tempest gathers.
Grasp the Standard of their fathers
In the thickest fight:
Men who strike for home and altar
( l,et the crowd cringe and falter),
God defend the right!
True as truth, though lorn and lonely,
Tender, as the brave are only
Men who tread where saints have trod,
Men for Country Home aud God;
Give us Men! 1 say again again
Give ns such Men!
A coon deal is being said about
the importance of the editorial page
in our weekly newspapers. This is a
department of our papers that needs
to be emphasized. Only those papers
have any weight in the State which
show evidence of head work. The
others may make money but they
are certainly not making much head
way. Charity and Children.
CREDITABLE EXHIBIT
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North Carolina at the St. Louis 1
Exposition. j
What She Shows at the World's Fair .
A Hunter's Lodge Decorated With '
Mounted Specimen of all the Aal- '
ma! Found In the State A Poplar '
Tree 800 Years Old Tobacco and ,
Qrain Exhibits The Exhibition of.
Precious Stones Will Cover a Wider
Range Than That of Any Other State '
in the Union.
Correspondence Charlotte Observer.
St. Louis, Aug. 15. A hunter's
lodge, abounding with trophies of '
the chase, standing where the pro
duct of forest and stream meet, will
be one of North Carolina's attractive 1
features in that State's exhibit in the
palace of forestry, fish and game at
the Universal Exposition of 1004 at
St. Louis. There will be other ex
hibits, equally valuable, in the agri
culture, horticulture, mines and man
ufacturing departments, but no one
will appeal to all classes more than
the hunter's lodge and its surround
ings. ;
The hunters lodge will be atypical
structure standing in the center of a
parallelogram prominently situated
in the forestry palace. On one side
will be the forestry features and on 1
the other will be the natural history
display, the lodge being on neutral ;
ground and partaking of all the j
characteristics of both. North Caro-!
lina timbers will be usecf in the con-
struction of the lodge. The floors '
will be covered with rugs made from
the skins of animals slain in the chase
in North Carolina forests and moun
tains. The walls will be decorated !
with mounted specimens of all the '
wild animals and birds that are to
be found in this State, whose extreme
length is 503 miles and whose great
est breadth is miles, extending
from the Atlantic ocean West to the '
Smoky Mountains that separate it :
from iennessee. 1 he streams of the
mountains, forest and ocean all con
tribute fish from their waters to en
rich the exhibit. They are beautifully
mounted and used for decorative
purposes and appear as natural as
when they were in their native ele
ment. In a great hollow tree in front of
the lodge the visitor may take a peep
and see the den of on opossum with
the dam surrounded by her young.
The taxidermist has faithfully treated
his subject and it is difficult to con
ceive that the animals, m their1
various attitudes, are not really
alive.
The walls and ceiling are decorated
with the weapons used in the chase
and the tackle used for catching fish.
The bows and arrows used by the
Indians before the advent of the
white man with his more deadly rifle
and shot-gun are artistically grouped
with the arms used by modern hunt
ers. Suspended from the high ceiling
are the seines and other apparatus,
while on the walls are rods and fish
ing outfits of all periods. In the
centre of the lodge is a desk and
chairs and cosy corners 'abound in
all parts of the lodge, which is meant
as headquarters f.or North Caroli
nians and other visitors who may
want a place to rest while, in the
great palace.
When Columbus discovered Ameri
ca in 1402 there stood in a mountain
gorge in Cherokee .county, North
Carolina, a tulip poplar tree that
was then 400 years old. For four
more centuries it grew and flourished
and was recently felled in order that
it might enter into an exhibit for the
World's Fair at St. Louis. The
great tree was 13 feet in diameter at
the base when cut. The gorge in
which it grew was so inaccessible,
being forty miles from a railroad,
that it was impossible to obtain a
section near the base.' Forty feet up
where the tree was a little more than
six feet in diameter a disk was cut.
This has been polished and will occu
py a place in "front of the hunter's
lodge. On the polished disk lias been
engraved the important historical
events of the North State from the
time that Sir Walter Raleigh, the
gallant cavalier from Queen Eliza
beth's court, took possession of the
land in his sovereign's name on July 1
4, 1583, through the colonial days,
during the Revolution and up to the
present time. Another section of the
wonderful old tree will stand like a
monument in the forestry exhibit.
It is ten feet high. A portion has
been dressed, polished and varnished
while the lower portion is covered
with the bark. Other trees are shown
in equally attractive and in different
forms.
North Carolina, occupying a com
mon ground bet ween the sub-tropical
growth of the South and the hardy
products of the Northern latitudes,
pruduces crops of almost endless
varieties. In the Eastern section of
the State the soil is mostby of allu
vial formation and cotton, corn,
tobacc, peanuts and potatoes are
leading products. Stone fruits and
pears, small fruits and garden pro
ducts yield abundantly. Toward the
mountain region of the West corn,
wheat, rye, oats, hay, apples, sor
ghum and buckwheat are profitable
crops. All these will be drawn upon
to make a complete exhibit for the
agriculture and horticulture depart
ments. But it is in the tobacco ex
hibit that North Carolina will take
an especially commanding part in
the great universal exhibit of tobacco
arranged for the palace of agriculture
by Chief Taylor and Superintendent
of Special Exhibits Thomas K. Bru
ner, who is a native North Carolinian
and for 16 years secretary of the
State Board of Agriculture. With
her annual production of 127,000,
000 pounds of tobacco she is easily
the second State in the Union in the
quantity produced and in quality no
State is her superior.
North Carolina will also make a
commanding display in the palace of
mines and metaliunrv. Mr. J. A.
Holmes, the chief of the department.
is himself a North Carolinian and is
State geologist. Gold, silver, copper
and iron abound in various parts of
the State and in marbles and build
ing stones the State is especially
rich. Cubes of the stone will be shown
In the natural state and shafts of the
stone susceptible of a fine polish will
make an attractive display.
In the precious stones North Caro
lina occupies a proud position. Her
exhibit at the World's Fair will cover
a wider range, probably, than anjr
other State. Diamonds, while not
found so freely as in South Africa, are
frequently found in the State. The
largest yet found in North Carolina
weighed 7 carats and is of splendid
quality. Other gems, found in greater
numbers, which may be found in the
North Carolina exhibits, are garnets,
beryls, rubies, sapphires, hyacinths,
emeralds, citirine, topazes and rare
quartz gems.
North Carolina's legislature appro
priated 110,000 for the WorWsFair
exhibit, but private contributions
have swelled the sum to $ 25,000 aud
more may be obtained if it is needed.
The World's Fair commissioners are
Governor Charles B. Aycock, Secre
tary of State J. Bryan Grimes, Treas
urer B. R. Lacy, Superintendent of
Public Instruction J. Y. Joyner and
the following members of the board
of agriculture: S. L. Patterson, J. M.
Forehand, J. B. Stokes, William
Dunn. R. W. Scott. A. T. McCullom,
J. P. McRae, R. L. Doughton, W. A.
Graham and A. Cannon. H. H.
Brimley, of Raleigh, is commissioner
general.
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Roosevelt and Gov. Durbin.
Shelhy Star.
Roosevelt in his Durbin letter to
the voters in the doubtful states, and
the colored voters in particular,
manifests a very keen desire to have
an end of lynching and mob violence.
The best way t o stop lynchings is for
the negroes to stop committing the
nameless crime on white women, and
the best way to get them to cease
these assaults is to quit discussing
fool propositions of ''constitutional
rights" of the negro, te race prob
lem, etc., and the best way to end
these discussions is to retire Roose
velt to private life and the "obliv
ion' of private life would be penalty
severe for pompous and egotistic
Teddy. The retirement of Roosevelt
will come nearer accomplishing what
Roosevelt professes to desire than
anything we know of. The order
from the people to Roosevelt should
be, in the language of Gen. Miles'
retirement order, the public service
demands that "you proceed to your
home."
Distress After Eating Cured.
Judge W. T. Holland, of Greensburg, La.,
who is well and favorably known, says: "Two
years ago I suffered greatly from indigestion.
After eating great distress would invariably
result, lasting for an hour or so and my
nights were restless. I concluded to try
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and it cured me
entirely. Now my sleep is refreshing and
digestion perfect." Sold at Parker's Two
Drug Stores.
Futility of Boycotting.
Wilson Times.
A boycott of the American Tobacco
Company would amount to little
for compared with the world-wide
trade of the company a boycott by
the little plug chewed by the farmers
of Eastern North Carolina would
hardly be noticeable in their immense
volume of business.
But the establishment of independ
ent anti-trust factories, and a reduc
tion of acreage would not only force
the trust to pay more money for to
bacco but build up a strong compe
tition right here in the tobacco fields
where the transportation is a con
siderable item.
Every community should manipu
late into the finished product, every
article it makes, for the manufactured
article is worth more than the crude
product.
B. R. Lacy as Chief Arthur's Successor.
Wilmington Messenger.
We are glad to see such bright pros
pects for the election of State Treas
urer . B. R. Lacy to the position of
Grand Chief Engineer of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers. With
the start of the solid vote of one hun
dred and fifty from the southern di
vision out of a total six hundred and
fifteen votes in the convention he will
be a formidable opponent to the other
four candidates. The location of
these four men is also a strong point
in Mr. Tiev's favor. Thev arenrettv
well bunched as to location. Two'of
them are from Iowa, one from Ohio
and one from Nebraska. Any one of
them, with Mr. Lacy holding his one
hundred and fifty votes, to be elected,
will have to draw votes from the
other candidates in the latters' terri
tory. These four candidates antag
onize each other in tjieir own terri
tory. Situated as they are, it is not
likely that anv one of them can get
three hundred and eight votes, the
number necessary to elect, out of the
four hundred aud sixty-five out side
of Mr. Lacv s following.
Mr. Lacv's election to the position
would bring delight to his thousands
of friends within and without his
native State. Mr. Lacy would be a
very fitting successor to the late
Chief Arthur. He would be as popu
lar and as efficient in that position
as was ins predecessor.
The old maid with a cat is always
a woman with a purr puss. .
SKETCH OF BILL ARP
He Was Widely Known as An
Author and Humorist.
Death of Major Henley Smltb a Loss
to the South Born and Reared in
Georgia He Did flucta to Upbuild His
Native State Soldier, Lawyer and
Lectnrer His Passing Harks an
Epoch in the Field of Southern Lit
erature and Takes From the Country
at Large a Writer It Can lit Afford
to Spare.
Atlanta Constitution.
Major Charles Henley Smith, the
gentle humorist whose letters in the
Constitution have delighted thous
ands throughout the country for
over a quarter of a century, was
born at Lawreuceville, Ga., June 15,
1826, of Scotch-Irish parents. In his
later years he developed to a decided
extent the qualities of both sturdy
races, the rugged honesty and en
durance of the manly Scot linked
with the sparkling frankness and
originality of a son of a Gael.
He began to acquire an education
at a manual labor school, attended
Franklin College, Athens, now the
University of Georgia. Having stud
ied law for two months, he was ad
mitted to the bar. He removed to
Rome in 1850, where he became asso
ciate with Judge J. W. H. Underwood
until the war broke out, in the prac
tice of law.
Major Smith was a staff officer
with General G. T. Anderson ("Old
Tige") for eighteen months, after
which lie was assigned by Mr. Davis
to judicial dutv with Judge Eugenius
A. Nisbet, of Macon, who was at the
head of a commissiou to try treason
cases, lie was thus partly instru
mental in convicting three brothers
from Columbus for complicity with
the enemy and they were incarcerated
in Savannah until released by Sher
man, with other prisoners, upon his
entrance into the city. The court at
Macon was dissolved by the Jr ederal
General Wilson, when he entered the
city on a raid. Major Smith then
journeyed toward Lawrencevilie,
where his wife was stopping with her
ather. In crossing lellow river he
leard the enemy were ahead of him,
so tiehig the records of the treason
court up with a cord, he attached a
leavy rock to the bundle and thev
sank forever from sight in the engulf
ing waters. Another incident of these
days was the trip Major Smith took
with 1'resident Davis from Mulen to
Macon, during which he nursed Mrs.
Hayes, then a very young girl.
the quaintly humorous letters,
abounding with homely philosophy
and unique observations on men and
events, were first evolved from the
pen of Major Smith in 1861, being
written principally to amuse the sol
diers. These letters proved every
where quite popular, and after the
war the author developed his skill as
a writer. He contributed frequently
to The Southern Confederacy, pub
lished in Atlanta by the late George
Adair andE. Y. Clarke, and continued
them until the war closed.
After the momentous struggle had
been brought to a close "Bill Arp"
led the way in a philosophic accept
ance of the result and a determina
tion to make the best of it, and his
letters were tuned to the note of re
freshing optimism. With a smile he
uncovered shams and wrote the trut h
with a hand so firm and a judgment
so true that he diverted the minds of
the people from industrial misfor
tunes while he urged a constructive
policy upon the stricken country.
l'erhaps no writer ever represented
so truly the temper of his people, and
it is certain that none ever had
a more sympathetic class of readers.
In January, Ih6., Major Smith got
back to Rome with his wife and six
children, and Tip, the old family ser
vant. He accidentally got a chan-e
to plead for a fellow in Selma
arraigned on a charge lor embezzle
ment, whom he got out of prison on
a 25,000 bond and pocketed a fee
of $10,000 Confederate money. Five
thousand dollars of this he invested
in cotton cards, which he packed
into one side of Jiis valise, and the
other $5,000 in onium. He returned
as he had gone, in a hack overland,
and with the addition to his Selma
investment of a box of tobafco and
a bolt of Roswell shirting, he took
Bob Hargrove into partnership and
they had the biggest stand in Rome.
He practiced law m Rome with
Judge Branham and also with Judge
Underwood, each for a long term of
years.
He moved to the r ontaine farm m
Bartow county in 1877, where Nabor
Feeeman, a noble friend and good
fellow, figured in his letters. "Cabe"
was a supply font for his quaint
philosophy.
Major temith has been contributing
regularly to the Constitution for a
quarter of a century. No other
writer in the touth is better known
or has a wider circle of readers. His
weekly contributions to the sunday
and weekly Constitution have been
eagerly sought throughout the coun
try aud the name of the author is a
familiar one in nearly every house-
bold in the bout hern Mates, rrora
Virginia to Texas his letters have
been copied regularly following their
appearance in the Constitution, and
the articles have become popular
features in many of the leading
Southern dauy papers, as wefl as in
most of the weekly news publications
of this section.
The humor in "Bill ArpV letters
has been termed quaint and homely
It is that and something more. It is
rich and mellow. It is honest and
untainted, breathing the fragrance
of a well-regulated life. There is no
cvnicism in his nature to mar the
effect of his work and his letters are
without bitterness. Though for the
past year he has been racked almost
constantly with physical pain, and
he has spoken of bis sufferings and
of the aggressive and affectionate
efforts of his devoted wife and chll-
dren to care for him and make him
comfortable, the sunny nature of the
cheerful philosopher could be detect
ed underneath his nhow of reseutment
against the inevitableeneroachments
of age. His mind has remained clear
and his nature sunny, despite his
knowledge that the shades of evening
were gathering fast.
"The crop is laid by," he said, when
his children grew up aud married off.
He has ten children, all living. Late
ly the grand children have clung
around his knee and revived his
paternal solicitude. '
Major Smith has been heard in
many parts of the South on Jtho lec
ture platform and has won success in
this field. In addition to his regular
letters he has published a history of
Georgia, and nlsoacoupleof volumes
of collected letters and addresses.
His latest book is entitled "The Farm
and Fireside."
In 1877 Major Smith retired from
theractice of law and became a
farmer, working with the boys until
they grew up and married or forsook
the farm for more inviting fields of
labor. He lived ut his old home,
"The Shadows," a fine, hospitable
place in Cartersville, for the past six
teen years.
Thousands suffer and hundreds die every
year in this country from some sort of Bowel
Complaint. The best remedy for these dis
eases in children or adults is Dr. SETII
ARNOLD'SBALSAIH. Warranted to give
satisfaction by Melville Dorsey, druggist.
Would Have Sent a Goat.
A young Spaniard was sent as am-
qassador to the Pope. The supreme
pontm frowned on him and asked:
"Does the King of Spain lack men.
that he send a beardless boy?"
"Sire," replied the ambassador, "if
the King had supposed his ambassa
dor would be received for his Iioard,
he would have sent a goat."
FOR. SALE.
Miller uatent iron Hafp. In terfwt'nr.
der and will be sold VERY CHEAP.
A bargain in it if you want an iron safe.
Apply at this office.
Still, the Only Way.
Charlotte Observer.
The Durham Herald speaks parable
when it says that "the farmers may
think they are at the mercy of the
trust, but it is not so. With a soil
that will raise anythingthat is plant
ed in it, it is a sorry farmer that is
at the mercy of anybody." The
iorcn uaronna larmer does not nave
to raise tobacco, the price of which is
fixed by a monopoly, if he doesn't
want to, and the average business
man wouldn't pursue an avocation
or confine himself to a line in which
he was "at the mercy" of anybody.
In this connection it is noted that
the Winston Sentinel, remarking
upon t he suggestion of theStatesville
Landmark and the Observer that the
way for the tobacco growers to
escape the trust domination is to go
out of the business, expresses the
opinion that "they could not be or
ganized so thoroughly as to brine:
this about."' Of course our contem
porary is right. An effort to organize
them to this end would result as
have all the efforts to organize them
to reduce the cotton acreage, but the
individual farmer can organize him
self and we have suggested the only
means by which he mav relieve him
self of t he present condition of serf
dom. Until there shall snrinsr un a
new and powerful competitor and
of this there is no likelihood he will
continue to raise tobacco, if he con
tinue it at all, for the benefit of the
trust, practically hiring himself to it
for less than his board and clothes.
For a bilious attack lake Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets and u quick cun-
is certain. Forsiileat Parker's Two Drug
Stores.
A Petkushuki;, Va,.man claims to
have invented a practical spark
arrester for locomotives, If so, as
the Kiehmond J mies-IJispa ten says,
his fortune is made aud the public
will rejoice. Raleigh Post.
Waterman?H'-I(lenl" thelx-nt fountnin
pen innde sold by W. W. Parker. A
larire stock to nele-t, from. renreupntinr n
great variety of style, Hizea and prices,
piain unu ornamental.
Beautify The Highways.
E.i-Latie.
The country should keen puce with
the citiet in the beautifying, of public
thoroughfares with flowers a 11 Jtreen.
Many of the cities and villages are
taking steps to plant trees and flow
ers wherever it can be done to ad
vantage. In some cases the corpor
ations are furnishing plants to those
that will plant them out. We hear
of localities in cities where the people
have been informed that they will
be given all . the plants and trees
thev can use. The result is that
whole streets have been beautified.
Our country roads can be improv
ed at comparatively small cost, but
it must be done systematically.
One objection to trees by the road
side is that they shade the ground
aud keep the road from drying out
after heavy . rams. 1 his objection
is removed by planting the trees
far enough apart to allow the sun
in its diurnal journey to shine on
all sides of them at different times.
On roads that run east and wst,
trees may be planted on the north
ern side quite closely without injur
ing trie road. I he work 01 caring
for the roadsides is oue that must
either devolve oa the authorities of
the towns or must be carried on by
associations of citizens. The task
looks larger than it really is. The
weeds that possess so many roadsides
can be changed to a blue grass eod
by mowing the weeds for two years.
Five cents worth of nasturium seed
will make any old stump a thing of
beauty. The time is at hand w-lien
communities will attempt and ac
complish great things in this regard.
Half-Sick
" I first used Aver's Sarsaparilla
in the fall or 1843. Since then I
have taken it every spring as a
blood - purify i n g and nerve
strengthening medicine."
S. T. Jones, Wichita, Kins.
If you feel run down;
are easily tired, if your n
nerves are weak endycur II
blood is thin, then begin
to take the good old stafrd
ard family medicine,
Ayer's Sarsaparilla.
It's a regular nerve
lifter, a perfect blood
builder, ji.mkowe. Atimtw.
AJk your doctor what h think i of Ayrrt
Baraapartll. lie knows all altont thin Krtirt
old family medicine ollow lil aiivn-eand
will bo atuftd.
J. C. inn CO.. Lowell. Mtu.
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DR. A. S. PENDLETON,
Physician and Surgeon,
Henderson, N. C.
Office: HaTOver W. S. Parker & Co's.
Phone, No. 74.
Residence, Massenburx Hotel.
DR. E. B. TUCKER,
DE N T I S T,
HENDERSON, N.C.
OFFICE: Over Thomas' Drug Store.
JOHN HILL TUCKER,
Physician and Surgeon,
Henderson, N. C.
Oftlee (the lale Dr. Tui kerV) in Voting A
Tucker lluiMhiK, Main Ktreet.
Phone 92
Dr. H. H. BASS,
Physician & Surgeon.
Henderson, N. C.
OFFICE: Over Dorsey 's Drug Store.
DR. F. S. HARRIS,
DENTIST,
Henderson, N. C.
OFFICE: ir OverE. O. Davis' Store.
G. A. Coggeshall, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
HKNDERSO, N. C.
Office in (V.oper Opera Iloune Huihling
tT Phone No. 70.
HENRY PERRY,
Insurance.-
A stronflineof both Life and Fire cm
panle represented Policies iKsued end
risks placed to best advantage.
Office in Court House.
DeWitt
DcWItt It the nam to look for when
you go to bur Witch Hazel Sahr.
DeWitt' Witch Hazel Salr Is the
original and only cenuine. In fact
De Witt's Is the only Witch Hazel Sahre
that Is made from the unadulterated
f
Vilch-Hazel
All others are counterfeits bue Imi
tations, cheap and worthless even
dangerous. DeWltt's Witch HsxetSahre
Is a specific for Piles: BUnd. Bleedlnc.
Itching and Protrudlnc Piles. Also Cuts,
Burns. Bruises, Sprains. Lacerations.
Contusions. Boils, Carboncles. Eczema.
Tetter. Salt Rheum, and all other Sktn
Diseases.
SALW
PREPARED BY
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For sale at Farter's Two Drug stores.
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(OLD BAY LINE)
The Mtt IVliKhtfi:! Trip IVtwceii
BALTIMORE end
OLD POINT COMFORT.
NORFOLK OLiid
PORTSMOUTH. Virginia..
In n!T(ir1 hv tin' fat anil rWant l' lure
Ktmrn of tho OI.U Iltv 1M1F. Jt.-trrj-
lar farr
One way, good until used $ 3.00
Round trip, Rood for 30 days...., 5.00
Low rat tfutnrilar night extnrmon tir !(!
aoM from Baltimore to OM J'oint Comfort;
Baltimore to Norfolk: IJultimon to iricinta
Keai-b; ISultimore to O-iin View, &ool on.
two, three or fonr h.v. (riving rboicr of rout
in rHrjnnrijr Mther tl same why or via Nor
folk k Woxbington HUftmhoat to Wnnbiiijr-
ton; tni-nre nr ran to isaitiraore.
For full jiartirTilarwrvjritrflinjr tnkctti.otatr.
room tvrwrvationn, etc., apply to
THOMAS E. JURKETT,
T;'kt Agwit,
103 E. Baltimore St., Baltimore, M1.
4.W. BROWX,
Southern Iajsenjrer Aent,
No. 2, Oranby St., corner Main.
New Atlantic Hotel Building, Norfolk. V.
EMMET R.OWN,
General Paaeenger Agent,
Baltimore, Md.
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