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J AS. L. TAYLOR, G. P. A.
w. A, WINBUPX, D. P. A.
Pit
F. A. MOSES AT IT AGAIN.
This Time He Attends Two Din
ners at the White House in One
Day and Tells How He and
"Mr. Willy Barber" Enjoyed
Themselves.
Washington, D. C, March 8.
To the Editor of the Lenoir Topic.
As I have previously informed
yon in a private letter, having
beeu appointed clerk to the com
mittee on conchology, I will proba
bly remain in Washington until
Congress adjourns. Mr. Carlisle
tell sine that he does not think that
an adjournment can possibly be
reached before July, if then.
I enclose a check to pay you for
the barrel of line limbertwigs
which you kindly sent to me.
They were satisfactory in every
respect and my friends, to whom I
presented them, were much pleas
ed with the 111.
As the North Carolina delega
tion and I were engaged in a room
at the National, the other night,
in framing a bill to abolish the in
ternal revenue, to be attached to
Mill's tariff bill, a negro runner
from the White House entered and
told us that there was to be a di
plomatic dinner given by the Presi
dent the next day and that we
were all invited. Of course we all
decided to go. The next day Bar
ber and I diked ourselves out in
the best clothes we had and knock
ed at the door of the White House
promptly at 12. The negro told
us that the dinner would not be
till supper time and we turned to
leave, but the President, who was
in the East room, recognized our
voices and called to ns to walk in.
We walked in and, after a cordial
handshake from the President,
were seated.
uThese diplomatic fellows," said
the President, "eat their dinners
when plain folks sit down to sup
per and at the time when the peo
ple in God's country blow the
horn for dinner they are in bed,
. . j .
lurniug uay into nigur. o you
see I've had to give this diplomat
ic tinnier after dark. But Pin a
working man myself and when
dinner time comes Pin always
ready. Come in here."
Aud we followed him into what
the waiter called the sallermarjav
and there was spread as substan
tail a meal as I ever sat down to.
Mrs. Cleveland was out spend
ing the day and Dan Lamont had
gone to New York, so we three
dined all by ourselves. After din
ner we went out to the lot and
sa w Mrs. Cleveland's Jersey cow
that Mr. Childs, of Philadelphia,
gave her, the two c irriage horses
and a few other head of stock.
When we left the Piesident told
us to be sure to come back a;
night.
Barber aud I decided to wait for
the rest of the North Carolina
delegation next time, so that there
would be no mistake. We all
gathered at the National and
started for the White House two
by two, Senators Ransom and
Vance leading. Then came Cowsel
les and Johnston, Henderson and
Latham, Simmons and McClammy,
B&rber and I, Nichols and Biower.
Rowland was sick and could not
go. When we got into the parlor
Senator Rausoni took Barber and
me and introduced us to the di
plomatic corps, the members of
which were ranged around the
room and dressed up in the most
astonishing and dazzling uniforms.
At the table I sat between the
British minister's wife and the en
voy extraordinary of France, while
Barber's chair was next to that of
the Chinese plenipotentiary, who
wore a yellow silk dress and his
hair in a plait down his back like
a womau. Barber carried on as
animated a conversation as he
could with the almond-eyed Celes
tial and told him wonderful stories
about the big tea crop of Wilkes.
"Will you pass me the bler
marngef" said the British minis
ter's wife to me, and, as I was
handing it to her, I saw Se-.atcr
Vance pick up a limbertwig apple,
and using it as an illustration, com
menced telling a joke to old Joe
Hawley. This distracted my at
tention and I spilled the whole
mess ou the brilliant uniform of
the French envoy extraordinary.
Sacre bleu ! Farlez vovs Francias t
Je nesain quais!" exclaimed he,
smiling at me iu the mild-mannered
way as who should say, I am
very much obliged to you for yonr
attention and should feel hurt if
you had not spilled this stuff on
me or if you had been niggardly
about it and spilled any less than
you did.
This annoying episode made me
lose Senator Vance's joke, but I
MORGANTON N. C, FRIDAY MARCH 3 O,
heard Hawley's reply.
"Speaking of potato slips,
Vance," said he, "reminds me of
Loge Harris, of your State. He
has been a pretty good friend of
mine and has seemed to want me
aud Tom Settle to run on the tick
et together. Since my speech
against the Blair bill, I wonder if
his ardor has cooled any ?"
"That depends," said a voice
that I did not recognize, as it came
from the other end of the table,
'.'whether the bung in your bar'l is
loose or tight. If it is loose, the
Blair bill be bio wed and you are
the man. If it is tight your oppo
sition to the Blair bill will hurt
immensely."
Joseph R. said nothing but he
looked at the Chinese minister and
winked.
This latter functionary was
cracking chestnuts that Barber
bad passed off ou him as Brushy
Mountain almonds.
The British Minister's wife seem
ed to be very much pleased with
some sorghum that was on the
table and asked me what it was. I
I told her that it was a kind ot
molasses raised in North Carolina
and that it grew to perfection in
Wilkes. . .
"It is certainly very flue," said
the British Minister's wife, "aud 1
must get some of it to send to the
Queen. The last thing she said to
me when we left the British Isles
was to look out for her iuterests
and I know she would like this
sorghum."
"Madam," said Will Barber, as
he gave the Chinese Pleuipotentia
ry another haudlul of chestuuts,
"I expect to return to my native
State of Wilkes next week and I
shall make it my business and my
pleasure to ship to you lor her
Britanuic Majesty's use a barrel ot'i
as fiue sorghum as the far famed
Yadkin river bottoms can pro
duce. I will send it to you for
your sovereign."
"Tnanks, awfully," said the
British Minister's wife. I
And the British Minister him
self drew from his pocket not one
but several soveriugs and offered
them to Wdl in payment for his
sorghum. But Will gracefully de
clined the British gold and said he
would present them the molasses
to the Queen.
After the daughters aud wives
of several of the plenipotentiaries
had played upou the piauo, the so
ciable broke up, the Chinese min
ister folding up his fan, tying his
pigtail arouud ihe top of his head,
casting a languishing glance at
Will Barber anl gwing off flri.
Will aud that Heathen Chinee did
flirt together awfully.
Tiie North Carolina delegation
retreated iu the same order in
wnich it nad advanced and jnst
as Barber and I were stepping
upon the porch arm in arm the
Envoy Extraordinary of Fr.iuce
approached me and handed his
card aud a.sk for mine. I gave it
to him aud passed on.
"What do you suppose he means
by that?" I asked of Barber.
"He is going to challenge you
for spilling that apple butter all
over him," replied Barber.
I wonder if he is.
When we reached our room Bar
ber tumbled into bed and, bun
dling the cover around his head,
was soon fast asleep.
I was perturbed. The various
exciting episodes that had happen
ed to me and the prospect of an
affair of honor with a centre shot
made me nervous and I could not
sleep. So I sat up for an hour or
two. At last I too undressed and,
blowing out the light, went to bed.
Very soon I began to smell some
thing awful I thought surely there
must be a quantity of dead rats in
the wall It grew worse and worse
and I could stand it no longer. 1
hunched Barber in the back say.
ing:
"Wake up ! wake up ! There is
something dead iu the room."
He raised up ou one elbow, sniff
ed the air aud jumped out of bed
with a rush, exclaiming:
"Dead ! the dickens ! There is
nothing dead yet, but you will be
unless you learn a little sense.
You blew out the gas !"
Alter awhile the room was fumi
gated aud we went to bed aud
were soon asleep, though my
dreain3 were troubled.
Far Away Mosbs.
Breaking a Window.
If a tree were to break a win
dow, what might the wiudow gay!
Tremendous (tremeud-us). Tay
lor's Cherokee Remedy of. Sweet
Gain and Mullein has a tremen
dous sale, for it mends all forms
of coughs, colds and lung troubled,
Bill Arp
Tells One
Stories.
of Vance's
Atlanta ConarituUon.
When a man travels abroad and
mixes with strangers and would
be. treated with civility he should
not do anything or say anything
thatruus against their opinion
their interests or their prejudices.
Zeb Vauce said that one time
away back when he was running
for Governor against Holden he
had to go over a mountain range
and down into a valley where he
had never been before. The hum
ble people in that valley were al
most cut off aud hid out from the
rest of the world, and especially
from that side of the world in
which Mr. Vauce lived. He knew
nothing about their politics or
their religiou. "North Carolina is
a curious state," said he. "Her re
ligiou is sjeckled and spotted like
it had the measles. Iu one valley
you will tind the people all Episco
paliaus however poor or primitive.
The ancestors are first settlers
came from old Eugland, and
brought that religion with them
aud, as nobody moved in or moved
out, the desceudauts kept the faith
of their lathers. In another val
ley you wdl find them all Presby
terians, becautte their ancestors
came from Scotland. Iu another
they will be all Methodist or all
Baptists, aud every one of these
separate communities will haveau
old patriarch working in the lead
and he is looked upou as the bell
wether of the flock. Now, it is
necessary that a politician should
know the religious faith of those
with whom he is lectioiieering'
for votes. If ho can't chime in
with it exactly he musentsav any
thing 'agin' it. 'Now' said Vaiiw-
when I got over into the valley tt
io meer my appointmeut, I found
about seventy five of the humble
sovereigns gathered at tho cross
roads where there was a little
s:ore aud a wagon-shop and a
meeting house. They had on their
home-made clothes aud were stand
ing around chawing tobacco and
talking about 'craps' and waiting
tor me to come. 1 soon got famil
iar wilh them aud got them iu
firstrate humor, but as Holdeu wa
to come over in a day or two, I
wanted to fix things in some way
so that he couldn't unfix them.
Holden was a Methodist and 1
was at raid that these people were.
I noticed an old man sitting on a
chunk and niikiiig in the sand
with hi lung walking stick. He
had ou big brass spectacles and his
heavy snaggy eye-brows and big
long noMi indicated character aud
so 1 set him down as the bell
wether of the flock. Ater a while
I got np close to him and was
about to address him when he
gave a prayerful grunt and got up
and brai-ed himself on his stick
and looking at me aid iu a solemn
voice: "This is Mr. Vance 1 be
lieve.' Yes, sir,' said I, giving my
hand. And I am Emanuel Steii
or,' said he, and I supose you
have come over the mouiitiu to
talk to my boys about their votes.'
'Yes, sir,' said I, -that is my princi
ple business and I 'Well, Mr.
Vance,' said he, interrupting me;
'before you proceed any further
with that business, I would like fo
ax yoa a question or two.' 'Cer
tainly, sir,' said I; certainty.'
Well, Mr. Vance, allow me to ax
you what church do you belong
to I'
"Well, that was a sockdologer
and it come right straight at me,
and for a moment I wasdemornliz
ed, but I rallied, aud as the boys
had all gathered around to hear
the old man put me through, 1
cleared my throat and said: That
is a fair question, my friend, a fair
question, aud I will tell you about
that. My grandfather came over
from England, and as over there
the established church was Epis
copalian, of course he was an Epis
copalian.' "I paused a moment to see the
effect of this, but there was none
that was favorable. The old mau
marked a little more in the sand
and spit his tobacco away off on
one side. So I coutiuued: 'But
uiy grandmother came from i cot
land, aud yon know that John
Knox left his mark upon that
whole nation, and so of course she
grew np a Presbyterian.' I paus
ed again but there was no sign, uo
awakening, no chord struck, and
the old man marked some mora iu
the gaud, 'But, my friend, my
father was born and grew np iu a
Methodist community, and was
couverted by John Wesley, aud.
of course, he became a Methodist.
I thought that now I had hiui sure,
but I didn't. There was no siirh
ol sympathy from him-or the boys,
1888.
and so I took my last shot. 'But
my good old mother, sir, was born
and raised a Baptist, and it's al
ways been ray opinion that a man
has got to uo under the water he
tore he can get to heaven.' A
gleam of satisfction spread all
over the old man's face as he said:
Give me your kauri, Brother
Vance. Boys, I told you so; I
told you that ho were a Baptist
afore he come. He is the man.
You can all vote for him, but Hol
deu won't do nary time, for they
say that he is one of these shoutiu,
cavortiu Methodists.'"
Nothing to be Made by Swap
ping Horses Now.
Charlotte Democrat.
Now, before there is any candi
date authoritatively annouueed iu
opposition to the re-election of
Hon. M. W. Ransom to the Unit
ed States Senate, we want to say
that we think Ransom should be
re-elected. It will be to the inter
est of North Carolina generallv,
and to the interest or all her iel
ple of both parties, white and
black, to re elect him. because he
cau do us more good in the coun
cils of the nation than any new
man, and because he has faithful
ly represented us in the past. Y
kuow that others would make
good representatives in the Sen
ate, but we do not believe they
would be equal to Rausom. No
one has yet announced himself as
a candidate for RaudsomS place
aud we hone no Democrat will
consent to oppose him. We have !
seer.u iersonai and political
friends that we would gladly aid
iu the line of promotion, but not
uurier present circumstances.
Ransom and Vance are tho beat
men North Carolina ever had in
tho United States Senate, and
have done more for North Caroli
u i, and we are m favur of kiwtiin"
them there as king as thev are'
III: . ... . - I
wining io serve. ve have never
had a line from Ransom or any
other man on the subject; we
want no otlice and have no axe to
grind, for all our tools are sharp
enough. We deem it proper to
speak now, before any other can
didate is announced. The fact is,
we do not believe there will be any
other Democratic dandidate.
The Prosperous South.
N. Y. Times.
The South is more prosperous
than any other section of the et win.
try to day. Fact alnmnd in proof'
ft.-:...- .1... i . ... i
juiiu- iue liisi mx years
a thousaud million dollars have
!eeu added to the weallh of old
twelve Southern States. Nothiug
to be compared to this has ever
happened in the land before. A
kindred advance has been seen
in one or two quickly growing
Western States -Kau.oa? for in
stance but no group ot State
can in any way approach
the lecorri. The South after all its
loss of blood and wate or wealth,
lias grown stronger than even in
the aristocratic ante-Mlum days
it claimed to be. Industry has miV
plauteri sloth, work I no'longer a
meniars barige. The turning
point in the South' condition
came when half of her great cot
ton crop was raided by white la
bor, as official figures show the
last crop was. And here is a line
worth a volume in testimony of
tho new order of things South.
"In Alabama during this last year
every dollar or tax assessed has
beeu collected excepting only SoOV
Is there any Northern State that
can show so clean a bill or health
from the tax collector I People
do not pay taxes when they have
uo money.
Times Gltten Better."
Salisbury TraUi.
Raldy Roydeu gives us this good
one: As the chain gang went out
to work a morning or two ago, an
old negress leaning over the fence
watching it pass, exclaimed: "Eh!
times gitten letter lour white
aud three niggers iu the chain
gang."
"What's the matter, sonny!"
"The matter 1" Why, I don't have
uo time to play at all jut be
cause Ma's got a medicine what'll
cure our colds in a miuute, every
old womau iu our square wants
me to run round to the drug storo
and get her some." -WLat'a the
meriiciue, sounyP '"Why Dr.
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muscles aud joints of the hotly,
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UILBS'X PREMIUM C01CS1E K JE 11X1
ARE WE GUILTY t
we have been accused by soma
of our comjetitors of selling cer
tain giKKls at rediculuaslv low
prices in order to "bait" the pub
lic, we intend to put as low us
price on nil our goods uh a "live
nnd-lot-livc" policy will justiry;
and as the liberal patronage ex
tended to ns iudicates that our al
leged practice or "baiting" is sat
isfactory to the "biters," wo Miall
continue to throw out large quan
tities or the same sort or"bait" iu
the shape or all clauses or Hard
ware at lower prices than ever, at
SnuriNG llAKDWAKE Co.
Great bargains in all kinds ox
Hardware at
SnuriNo Hardware Co.
Don't buy a Turning Plow nntil
yon have seen the uew "Daiv,"
and you will have no other. Sold
and warranted by
Suunxu Hardware Co.
Now is the time to look around
and see where you can purchase
the best Force Feed, Grain aud
Fertilizer Drill, and don't forget
that the "Empire" is in the lead
either one- or two-horse at
SnuriNG Hardware Co.
"Lookont" Stoves, manufactured
from the bet Tennessee charcoal
iron, the best known; every sovo
warranteri to ! ferrect iu all its
operations, and at prices which
place them in the reach or all, at
Siiurixtf Hardware Co."
Country Merchants will do well
and save rreights by buying their
I la til ware or
Shufixg Hardware Co.
Now Is the timo to buy Hard
ware cheap. IT you don't beliere
it tr
Shupino Hardware Co.
Call at tho Shuping Hardware
Co. and er the best Three-Roller
Cane Mill in the world, for tho
price.
Don't forget the fact that the
"Atla" Ready-Mixed Paints are
wild and warranted to givo satis
faction by
Suupxio Hardware Co.
Shnping Hardware Co. are in
the lead lor low prices on all kinds
Hardware, Stoves, Mowers, Vann
ing Implements. Don't forget to
call and see them, and save money
by taking advantage or their big
otTers.
W. W. SCOTT, JR. W. C. ERTW
Scott & Ervin,
ATTORNEYS AT LAV,
Lenoir, 2f. C.
RprcUl attention to conTpjaDdar. ronmioaa
aad to the tKilon ot Ktrvtiu, Adau&istr.
torn aa4 UuxTrtUn. Lrumo laAt&o ootx
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