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HT.MM Jlllf it i W4 VOL. VI. LIN COIN TON-, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 20.1892. NO. 3 Professional Cards. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Offers his professional serviceto ths citizens of Lincolnton and surroun-. diog country. Office at Lis resi dence, adjoining Lincoln ton Hotel. All calls promptly attended lo. Auk. 7, 1891 ly I. W.SAIN,M. D., lias located at Lincolnton and of- fers hi3 services as physician to th( citizens ot Lircolnton and surround ing couutry. Will be tound at night at the res idence of B. C. Wood March 27, 1891 ly Bartlett Shipp, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LINCOLNTON, N. C. Jan. 9, 1891. iy. Finl y & Wetmor, ATTY'S. AT LAW, LINCOLNTON, N. C. Vill practice in Lincoln and surrounding counties. All business put into our hands will be promptly atten ded to. April 18, 1H90. lv. Dr. W. A. PESSLEY, SURGEON DENTIST. Terms CASH. OFFICE IN COBB BUILDING, MAIN ST., LINCOLNTON, N. C July 11, 1800. ly DENTIST. LINCOLNTON, N. C. Cocaine used for painless ex tracting teeth. With thirty years experience. Satisfaction iven in all operations" Terms axsh and moderate. Jan 23 '91 lv 0 T BARBER SHOP. Newly fitted up. Work awayfe neatly done, customers politely waited upou. Everything pertain ing to the tonsorial art is done according to latest styles. Henry Taylok, Barber. J, D. Moore, President. L. L. Jenkins, Cashier. No. 4377. F1EST NATIONAL BANK OF GAST0NIA, N. C. Capital 50,000 Surplus 20 Average Deposits 40,000 COMMENCED BUSINESS AUGUSTS 1890. Solicits Accounts of Individuals, Firms and Corporations. Interest Paid on Time Deposits. Guarantee to Patrons Every Accommodation. Consistent with Conservative Iiankintr. BANKING HOURS 0 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec 11 HI LTVJ for Infants "CMtori ic so well adptd to ciiildrwi that t recommend it u ruperior to any precription tnown to me." n. A. Aachhl, M. D., Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. T. " The u.-w cf 4 Castovia ' is so universal and its merits so well knuwn that it seems a work ot supererogation to endorse it. Few are the intelligent families who do not keep Casfcoria wituin easy reach " Carlos Hartth, P. D., New fork City. Late Pastor Bloomingdale Bef onued Church. Tff-CMTATnt Itch on human and norses and all anis mala cured in 30 minutes by Vo0lf0rd3 Sanitary Lotion. This never fails. Sole by J M. Lawing Druggist Lincolnton, N C A. Threat. Look out, friends ! By keeping Alliancemen ont of the primaries, and by other tricks, a strong effort is being made to nominate a nwi tor Governor of North Carolin?, who has never done anything icr the farmers and has done tnuci against them. If these tricks ain successful the Progressive Farmer will fight that man to the last. His name is T. M. Holt. If he a nom inated an independent will be th result and be will be beaten. Re member that. Progressive Farme . The above i3 the threat of a Thir 1 paity organ to a Democratic con vention. It has for some time as sumed to dictate the policy ofth;1 Democratic party in this State, an I while it carried the Alliance banner its influence was potentioual, but since it has substituted for that honest Has the mongrel ensign of Third party, both Alliance aud non Alliance Democrats understand that its aim is to disrupt their party,and render probable a return to Repub l;can rule. No man in tlra State will be Irightened from the post of duty by mere assertions and threats so palpably without foundation in fact as not to merit a serious reply, "Who ever heard before that Thomas M. Holt was unfriendly te the farm ers T Why, he is one of the best farmers 111 the State, and is thor oughly identified with the farming interest State Chronicle. HAPPY UOOSIERS. Wm. Timmoni, Postmaster of Idaville, Ind., writes: "Electric Bitters ha9 done more for me than all otber medicines com bined, for that bad feeling arising from Kidney and Liver trouble." John Leslie, farmer and stockman, of same place, says: "Find Electric Bitters to be the best Kid ney and Liver medicine, made me feel like a new man." J W Gardner, hardware merchant, same town, says : Electric Bit ters is just the thing lor a man who is all run down and don't care whether he lives or dies ; he found new strength, good ap oetite and felt just like he had a new lease on life. Only 50 cents a bottle, at Dr. J M La wing's Drug Store. Tliat Irrepressible Hoy. 'You didn't bring your wife with you, Mr. Jones V said the small boy of the house, addressing the guest. No, ray boy. Would you like to see her t" Yes. Leastways, I would like to see her thumb." "See her thumb ? What do you want to see her thumb for V "Well, ma says your wile keeps you under her thumb, and I'd like to see it, for it must be a pretty big one." and Children. Cwtoria enres Colic, ConMrpatlon, Pour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation, Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di gestion. Without injurious medication. For several years I hare recommended your ' Castoria, ' and shall always continue to do so as it has invariably produced beneficial results." Ed wis F. Par.dk. M. D-, The Winthrop," 125th Street and Tth Ave., New York City. Ompaxt, 77 Murray Strkkt, New Tors. v- 1 vjsji nil a New York Ledger. BORDER BANDITS. BY FELIX L. OSWALD. As a haunt of crime, the 8lum--labyrinth or a populous city is ri valed by the wiidernet-s of a thinly settled border laud. For purposes of bolder enterprise, theie is even a j decided preponderance ofadvanti ages in favor of the wilderness ; and during the carnival of chaos tl at J at the mercy ot the bandits ; and on followed the downfall of the Mexi- lone occasion the car containing the can Empire, the bordercoonties of! beefeaters was uucoapled aud left Texas were infested by whole regi- !ou the track, while the rest ot the ments of profession bandits "pa- traingpursued its way m charge of j triots," as they called themselves, when they used their pistols only to But as the excess of all evils "defray expenses," as the Salvation ; tends to suggest the means of relief, Army would say. In Cameron the afflicted officials at last be county, near the mouth ot the Rio thought tbemse'v--s of exorcising Grande, the firm of Cortiua & Bros. ; 'heir demons with the aid of Beels was doing a wholesale business in patriotism of that sort, till oe day the senior member of the syudicate was arrested on a charge of having annexed the horse of the widow W , an American lady who has beeu visitiDg on the Mexican side of the river. The next day a representative of the Matamoros Ranchero called at the headquarters of the firm. "It's an infernal piece ot black" mail," cried Cortina, juuior; "but mark my word, we'll make them sorry tor it. There's some mistake about it, sure,'' h added after a while. "If that had been my broth er, he would have kidnapped the old lady, too,'' By a similar line of logic a Mex ican expert would probably arrive at the conclusion that no country man of his could have had a hand in the receut Texas traiu-robbeiies. On the first occasiou the passengers were not molested at all. The last time they ware let off with an op tional contribution. The latter transaction, would especially, have struck a Spauish American critic as wholly unprofessional. A wealthy caudidate for the presidency of the republic might content himself with stopping a train ior the purpose of removing a political rival ; but a specialist should have business tact enough to know that only a thor ough and impartial search can do justice to all parties concerned. A single deviation from that rule once cost Colonel Jeaningros the prize of a perilous expedition for the cap ture of an armychest, which a dis goised paymaster managed to smuggle through in a shabby-look ing toolfbox. When the first regular train was pot cn the trausCordilleras line from Vera Cruz to Puebla, the Rio Grande professionals sent down a commissary, who scrutinized the phenomenon with a glad surprise, ut once appreciating the business advantages of the novel invention. Staereicoaches could take to the woods, or change their route alto gether (the Matamoros diligencia haviug thus repeatedly dodged the best-laid traps); but the presor- dained track of a train promised to raise interception to the rank of an exact science. A picket band of veterans, with a detachment of trained spies, was at once dispatch ed to the new Eldorado, and from November, 18G9, till May, 1S70, the passenger train of the main line was ! measures were simplified by another robbed about once a week by caange of programme, equally futile, some queer concidecce, nearly al- I be old trainguards (ihe beef-eat-s vvays on "crowd days," no matter ers) wet e transferred to an open j l0w cunuiugly the depot agents platform car, drawn by a special night have smuggled in their pas - i.eugersln the bustle of miscella - ;eous traffic. It seemed clear that he "patriots" must have inside aid, 3ut a constant change of employees 3vidently failed to diminish their sources of information. Railway patrols were usually unavailing. A force of mounted rangers scoured the country in every direction sou'.h and north of the track, but that track led through a rougher moun tain country than the eastern divis ion of the Denver and Utah fail-jup-Pu ..mr. iur.e-.-, n.nnist ( iruard. too. Ihen moderated their roaa. xteguisr uaiu-uami 'i"ui" ' , .;., ,ucnnrca f th. i sp-fd so much, indeed, that they UniC oiiiu -- impecunions company, but had at last to be adopted as a lesser evil. Uniformed beef-eaters, to the number of twenty and upward, were then hauled to and fro on the line of the most dangerous section (from Paso del Macho to Amozot) and loal tongbs were collared by scores ; but the genius of the Rio Grinde committee rose superior to all difficulties. Twice the west bound traiu was robbed in the open prarie, within gun-shot of a regular depot. Twice the track of the low-, er section was obstructed in a way that prevented the two trains from meeting at the dinner-station, thus putting the west-bonnd passegers an improved conductor. zebub, by invoking, the assistance of the "ContraGuerillas" moun ted detectives, as we might define them a quasNorgamzed body of desper adoes, subsidized by the geueral government, and employed chiefly i the neighborhood of the Indian reservations south and southwest of the Rio Grande. The leader of these rangers was at than time en gaged in guarding Ihe mines of Chihuahua, which had been repeat edly raided by the mosBv troopers of Pancho Parras, bnt after meeting the agent ot the railway commis sioners he had a private interview with his ablest lieutenant, a ncted partisan of the Juarists, and a ready champion of every desperate enter prise. "The Parson'' (El Cura), as his troopers called him in allusion to his favorite disguise, at once closed the bargain, but stipulated for absolute secresy ar.d carter blanche privileges for all prparato ry arrangements. Three dava alter, El Cura and a select posse of his sharp-shooters embarked for Vera Cruz under va rious disguises. During the first day of May, 1870, the spies of the baudits had no reason for special appreheusion. A new brakeman or two were added to the force of the freight department. A baggage master of the passenger-train was recommended for a position in the repair-shops, and his successor was temporarily accommodated with several assistants ; a new huckster appeared on the platform of the dinner-station, and seemed busy enough to justify the engagement ot two pardners; but the trains came and went as usual ; the beef eaters were again outwitted, and on the 18th of May a train was for the last time stopped in the open veqa and ransacked from end to end. That outrage furnished a welcome pretext, and on the next day the train started out with a howitzer conspiciously mounted on the weather-deck of the tender. On that isolated redoubt the commis sioners might as well have mount ed a wash-tub, for in the adsence of an ordnance guard there was noth ing to prevent the robbers from col laring the engineer and pitching his battery overboard ; but the ar j r ingement served as an excellent ' blind ; an innovation of some sort had been visibly adopted, and the patriots might be expected to take i their measures accordingly. Those 1 engine, ana iouowiog tue regular ; train at a distance varying from a ' hundred yards to a mile, for nothing peemed now easier than to run the riaiu train ahead, and detain the teaiguard by some sudden obstruc tion. Traffic ot soaie sot or other seemeti, nevertheless to increase t,r the passenger-traius i;ow began to cany double baggage cars and modifie i their schedule, as if their overload made it difficult to run the often icmained two fu'l miles be hind. Fir nearly a ireek the little howirzer rode triumphant, and the bd'idits themselves seemed to en oy the absurdity of the phenome non; but on the long run there was no renting that combination ol business chances, and on tho 2Gth of the month a big tree was suddenly dropped athwart the track of the rear traiu just when the front sec tion was mak ng good time ou a down-grade. At the end of that grade a red flag was fluttering m the breeze, a blockade hove in sight, and the train came to a full stop. "O Diosf Ladrones! Bandits!" Yes, there they came. Twenty, thirty of them, pistol in hand, rose from behind the obstruction or em erged from the shade of concealing thickets, " Alaxo ! Out aud down, all of you !'' came the fully expected com mand, which tbe trainmcu obeyed with perhaps rather suspicious al acrity, for they were ordered to bait and advance one at a time. "What's in that third car?'' "Baggage shall we open it?" "Never mind now. Out with your boodle! Torn out your pockets, and be quick about it !'' The search began. "Hurry up ! Here comes the train-guard !" yelled out the brake men. "Who was that? Hush up, you lunatic!" growled the leader, not, though, without an uneasy glance to the rear. "Here, my men, stand together here !" fearing that some of his cutthroats might take the alarm and run. "This way, all of you !" Just up to programme, for the next second the door of car No. 3 bean to gape, and a momnet after a crash of musketry turned the scene into a babel of yells aud confusion and before the robbers could an- swer the shrieked commands of their leader, twelve of them were rolling in their blood, while the rest rushed to the woods in wild, uncontrollable terror. Volley after volley sent forth its storm of balls and slugs ; and when the beef-eaters at last did come, though at a double quick, the work was done, ami El Cura, note, book in hand, was standing on the tracp, while his men were dragging up the corpses or emptying their pistols iuto the brains of some crip pled wretch. From that day the security of the Eexican railroads was equalled only by the popularity of their se curities, lill the line of the Mexican Central approached the Rio Grande and tempted the border bandits to muster their reset veforces their home-guards, aa it were and renew the campaign on the scene of their historic triumphs. Robberies then oecame chronic again, and for near iy a vear the interception of every rich cargo proved that the patriots had once more established a thor ough system of espionage. In stress of contracts the government at last massed ail its available troops along the imperiled route ; the United States garrison in Southern Texas were instructed to co-operate, and an inter-national foxhunt of two years ultimately abated the nuU sauce. Traiu robberies have since been reduced to a rational minimum of half a dozen per joar, and more than once the cavaliers have been routed by the timely arrival of a patrol; but time permitting, they rarely fail to indemnify themselves by an exhaustive search. They tip irj bundles aDd satchels, empty the contents of every trunk, make pas ?engers strip tothe skin, and iu il jubtful cases take their baggage ho lorable means to secure the eleo ment has tb9 custody of the spirits , i!ong, to search it in the leisure of j tion of men to our national legisla- Dy ,t8 officers in these bonded ware their bivouac. Their ferreters seem jti-.e counsel who stand pledged to; houses. At the expiration of three to have developed a sixth sense for jw:rk f0r the passage of such laws. : years, or sooner if the owner desires ihe discovery of hidden valuables;; finally, brethren, remember that poMessioo and use of the spirits, the bat for all that, a little Jew from Brownsville, Texas, once managea io baffle their vigilance. Just as they enteried bis car, he turned iu Lis seat, and with an appearance of auxiou3 d spatch proceeded to trqueeze a small satchel behind the shutters oi the next window. They could not help noticing bis tnaneu - ver, at.d promptly ordered him to u 1 vp-u stand up and told bis bands. Vben they tackled him in doe cou-se, their . , . spokesman at once turnea to mat window. "What's this here ? Tried to beat us, you poor sinner, did you? Cogale hold bim that's it: now let me see that bag! Aha 1 banknotes. J thouget so." "Oh. don't don't," wailed the poor sinner ; that's my children's money. Tuey will starve! they will starve I they will die! my i-oor little girls !' "Send 'em this way, and we'll take care of them," was the brutal reply. "Haw much is that, any how ?" "Oh, Lord, Snor, all I have iu the world twelve thousand dollars in American money twelve -thousand two hundred dollars, I think "Is that so ?" fingering over the not s, ' Yes, more or les?. Let's see your pocket, now." A haudful of silver was turned out, bit by bit some five dollers, perhaps, "Ob, Senor, you are surely not go ing to take my last penny V "D n it, no!" broke in the lead er. 'Let him keep his nickels and his watcb, too. This will do us," shoving the roll into his gripsack. "Good boy!" with a slap on his back. "Next !" with a complacen' grin, which a week or so later was probably seen on the other side ot Lis face, when he ascertained that those "American banknotP&" had been issued by the Confederate Government. A package of less irredeemable securities had, in the meanwhile, been sticking safely umler tho cush ion of Ihe wily passenger, who had taken that satchel aloug for the special purpose of diverting atten tion from the main stak. Put Only Allianceiuen on Birmingham, Ala,, May 4. The conference of Farmers' Alliance presidents an l other officials of Ten nessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Texas Louisiana, Virginia, Mississippi, Al abama, Georgia, West Virginia and Florida adjourned to-day after issu ing a long address to the order, in which these injunctions are made: First Let a spirit of harmony prevail and let unity of action be the rule. Let none condemn a brother who stands squarely by the principles of the order or speak in any way disparagingly or disrespect folly of him because they may differ as to the best methods of enforcing our principles. Grant to every brother honesty of purpose. Second Let fealty 10 the prince pies of the order be the true and only test of membership, and let those who value their party affilia tions more than their Alliance obli gations be informed that their order demands strict and full devotion to its principles, and leaves each to his owu choice as to methods, but that tbe method can in no case control the principle, and therefore all who affiliate should accept as supreme tae principles of the order. Ihird Every member who takes t ie obligation alwa'.s administered to those who join is first told as a ondi'ion precedent,and upon which all that is to follow is predicated : " Jhat it shall in no way interfere vu:h your political or religious lib e :ly." Therefore this order as such, or any of its branches, has no right to take any partisan, political or sectarian religious action. We urge u.ou the brotherhood of all reform organizations aud all good citizens w jo believe, a we do, that the en- j ac: ment of laws based upou our de- j uunds is for the preservation of the !fr,?a institutions ot onr government ;at 1 to rescue the masses from de- gmded servitude; that they use all I demotion to onr principles can only be emphasized and our influence mf.de effective by voting for our de tm.nds at the oaMot-box. While a majority of those in con fe'euce were iu favor of political lac 'ion through the People's party, a j m nority opposed any interference with a member's right to vote any j "et be Ifers. GUAuANTKED CURE. We authorize our advertised druggist to j ut)r King's Sen Discovery for consumption, coush3 and coias, npju inis condition. II vou are afflicted with La ! Glirpe and jfj u?e this remedy according j to directions, giving it a fair trial, and ex- perince no benefit, you may return tbe bottle and hive your money reiunaea. s make this offer because of the wonderful mipeess of It. Kind's New Discovery dur- Jncr last season's eutdemic. Have beard of no case in which it failed. Try it. Trial bottIe3 free at J. M. Lawing's drugstore. Large size 50c and $1 00. The l'ropoaed Government Warehouses. Washington, D. C, May 9. Some of the Farmers' Alliance men in the South and west who areadvo o iting the warehouse system for adoption by the governmant have b-?en met with the argument that it is not the province of the govern ment to build warehouses for any class of producers, and to this the advocates of the warehouse system have replied that if the government can build warehouses in which to store whiskey there ought to be no rtasouable objection to the con- scruction of warehouses for cram and other products of the farmers. St-uator CockrelJ, who believed that this notion was erroneous, sent au inquiry to Internal Revenue Com missioner Masu, and he received the following reply : "Office of tue Commissioner of") "Internal Revenue, V " Washington, I), u., May 7, 1892) "To Bon. F. Al. CockrclL United States Senate : "Sir I am in receipt of your let ter asking whether the United States Government, out of govern ment fuuds, has built any ware houses for the storage ct liquors or distilled spirits, aud if so the num. ber of such warehouses, when built, the cost thereof, aud under what authority of law they were couo structed. If not, to explain who builds bonded warehouses for dis tillers, how they are bonded, and upon what terms tho spirits are stored therein and the revenue col lected thereon. Iu reply', I would say the United States does not now build and has never built any ware houses for distillers for the storage of their liquors and distilled spirits. There is no law authorizing the ex penditure of public money for this purpose. All distilled spirits, with the exception of brandy distilled from apples, peaches, or grapee, are deposited in a warehouse provided by the distiller himself. Section 3271 of the Revised Statutes pro vides that 'every distiller shall pro vide at his own expense a ware house, lo be situated on and to con stitute a part of his distillery prem ises, and to be used only for the storage of distilled spirits of his own manufacture until the tax thereon shall have been paid.' "Distillers of brandy from apples peaches, and grapes exclusively are exempt from the provisions of this statute. These distillers either pay the tax upon the spirits as soon as produced or the spirits are deposit ed in a bonded warehouse, erected by a private individual and stored there until the tax becomes dne, but I iu no cise is the government liable for anv expenses incurred in the storing of distilled spirits of any kind. ' Before a distiller commecces to opt rate a distillery he executes a bold, the condition of which, among other things, is for the payment of a ta-c upou the spirits produced by him. When these spirits are placed in the warehouse which he ia requir ed o provide an additional bond, is exacted for the payment of the tax upon said spirits. In addition to this the distillery premises and ap paratus are liable for the tax, and the government has a first lien upon the spirits themselves for the tax dne thereon. "Until this tax is paid the govern- mt rnal revenue tax of 90 cents a gal on must be paid. Very respectfully, "John W. Mason, Commissioner. Labor Savins; Machines. The reporter had ben interview ing the walking delegate at considN erable length. Finally be inquired: "Do you believe in labor-saving mashii'es V "No, sir," was tbe empbat c re sponse. "Not even in the domain of the household V The walking delegate hesitated a moment far thought. "Well," he said at iast, "I suppose a man might have a wife." Detroit Free Press.