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MOUNT AIRY. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1900
NO. 29
fOL. XXIX
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News.
Industrial
Greensboro, N. C. Jan. 30.
The decree made by Judge Boyd
in U. S. Court yesterday afte"
noon in the bankruptcy proceed
ings against the Industrial Pub
lishing Company, ordering the
suspension of the Daily Industrial
News and sale of its effects at
public auction, marks a close of
a venture into journalism storm
tessed from the beginning and
ending in failure.
To one who is familiar with af
fairs of a political nature in North
Carolina, the history of this news
paper is not without interest. The
genesis of the movement may be
tractd back to the spring of 1905,
when Spencer Blackburn organ-'
izcxl his now defunct but once
flourishing "Tar Heel Club." f
After the establishment of b;
club, Blackburn's next move w
towards the founding of a ne
paper. But here the factioof
the Republican party then ofos
ed to Blackburn and now kwn
as the "organization." begn. in
the words of the street, "sit
up and take notice." And o talk
of another newspaper wa$egun.
Two charters were obtained al
most simultaneously fvm the
Secretary of State; one ry Black
burn and the other by the fac
tion having control of she State
organization, headed oy Marion
Butler, Spencer B. Adams and
Thoma3 S. Rollins. Blackburn's
paper, "The Tar Heel" came out
as a weekly and died some time
ago. The other charter wa3 the
beginning of the Daily Industrial
, News. It was to he avowedly
tionof the Rupublicr.ir party in
North Carolina and all :thep-we
and machinery vi t'.u 3tate com
mittee was put behind it. Marion
Butler, who was then sitting high
and honored in the seats of the
mighty, was the only one of the
crowd who had any newspaper
experience and he seemed to be
the leading spirit in the matter.
The next important step was
the selection of an editor. The
place was final y filled by the sel
ection of Robert D. Douglas, now
postmaster at Greensboro, but
thenja practicing attorney. Doug
las was without newspaper exper
tence, but had been attorney gen
eral of tho State, was well educa
ted and had made some reputa
tion as a speaker. At the time
Douglas openly announced that
he was not tn applicant for the
place and would not b dictated
to in tho editorial poihy.
Finally the Daily Industrial
News made its upp'-'arance in the
early part of October, VA)7, as u
morning daily. For nor h months
nothing important hip tied ex
cept that it wih rumored that the
undertaking wu" proving more
expensive than its promoter had
anticipated and tht the faithful
were not, coming forward with
the cash as readily as they wish
ed. But with the spring of J90G
-came tho memorable fight for tho
Republican State Chairmanship.
Rollins had resigned and the rpm
mittee had elected Adams to fill
the unexpired term, and was a
candidate for reelection at the
hands of the State comention.
Blackburn was also an applicant
. and for eeks the fight waged
fast and furious. The News
stood by the organization with a
v will, and to it may attributed in
no small degree the election of
Adams to the chairmanship.
The succeeding fall liobert M.
Douglas, formerly Associate Jus
tice of the Supreme Coust, head
ed the Republican ticket as can
didate for Corporation Commiss
ioner and came with a letter in
the nature of a platform, i which
was known to be at vat iani e with
the wishes of some of the
eaders
The Death
of the parfr Here 8eems to
havJoccurnthefir8tsPlit be"
tween the r' and the oran
ization. lx0r Douglas stood by
his fathert)Iatforn3' bein?- a'
side fromie relationship, of the
same wof thinking.
f t r the election the
paper, cordinfif to popular rum
or, wam ne verSe ol bank
rupts but was finally pulled
thran It was also rumored
that16 men iR control of the
par machinery and the editor
bn to have strained relations,
wrsserting that whenever they
iited an editor they were wel-
cne to have one but that as long
he was editor he would be ed-
or; they on the other hand com
bining that Douglas was not
running the red-hot Republican
newspaper for which they had
paid their money. During the
summer of 1907, while the agents
for the various Republican can
didates for the presidency were
overrunning North Carolina and
the leaders of the party in the
State were known to be flirting
with all, the News was outspok
en for Taft Finally in October
it was announced that Douglas
had resigned and that Walter A.
Hilderbrand. editor of the Ashe
ille Gazette-News, had been
selected to take his place.
An immedia'e change was no
ticed in the attitude of the paper,
especially with regard to railroad
regulation and the Republican
presidential nomination.
The change seemed to please
the Republican leaders and there
was talk of increased financial
assistance and prosperity.
-Er Oh?i Ji another
move was mad?. Butter, who
had been one of the leading or
ganizers of the paper, and Adams,
chairman of the party, "fell out
and fit" and the paper fell on the
Adams side of the wall.
The public is familiar with the
letter Editor Hilderbrand wrote
during the last campaign about
J. El wood Cox, later the Repub
lican gubernatorial nominee, in
which the editor swore by the
great gods that he would not vote
for Cox (and he didn't).
In the meantime there had also
been a breach between U. S. At
torney A. E. Holton and the big
guns of the Republican State or
ganization. During its entire life
the paper had been published in
a building owned by Holton and
when the clouds began to lower
Holton's rent began to fall be
hind. The end of it was. that a
few days after the election 1I(
ton brought suit in a magistrate's
court, got judgement and put an
execution in the hands of the
sheriff. The sheriff was about
to take possession of the plant
when th? paper wai thrown into
bankruptcy, and a movement was
started to reorgnize the company.
Judge Boyd agreed to allow the
receiver to continue the issue of
the paper if its friends would put
up the necessary money to pay
expenses. This they did and the
paper was continued. The next
step was the request that the rc
ceiver advertise- for sealed bids
for the sale of the property. This
he did and yesterday the bids, or
rather the single bid. was opened
This was E. C. Duncan in the
sum of $15,000. This bid was,
however, couDled with the stipu
lation, which was denied by Judge
Boyd. Duncan refused to give
$15,000 straight and through his
attorney withdrew the bid. Judge
; Boyd then directed Receiver W.
I. Underwood to sell all the prop
erty of the bankrupt at public
auction after fifteen days notice
of the pafe.
Thus the matter now stands,
and one can only pecu!ate as to
the probablo outcome. It seems
to be the general oehef that
someone will again run the paper,
but its politics is a more doubtful
question. One theory is that
Duncan and his associates are
holding off in the hope of buying
the paper cheaper at'public sale.
Another is that they contemplate
buying another outfit and letting
anyone who chooses buy the pres
ent paper. Another theory, but
this seems scarcely tenable, is
that Duncan and his crowd will
quit. Another interesting phase
of the situation is the rumor that
a movement is on foot to buy the
paper, change its ram a nd con
duct it as an independent, news
paper. But whatever the outcome, the
rise, decline ana iau or tnis lat
est of several Republican efforts
to maintain a daily newspaper in
North Carolina is an interesting
chapter in the political history of
the State.
How Sitting Bull Came to Bo Given
Hi Name.
Two of our States, as boys and
girls know from their geography
are called Dakota one North Da
kota, the other South Dakota
and this was also the name of In
dian people of different tribes
speaking the same language, who
lived in the country north of the
great Platte River, and between
and along our two greatest riv
ers, the Missouri and the Mississ
ippi. The word Dakota means
united by compact, and there
were several united tribes who
called themselves the Dakotas.
Sitting Bull was a Dakota In
dian. He was born n?ar an old
army station, Fort George, on
Wi'lo-.v Creek, and his father was
Jumping Bull. ?f he Indian chiefs
are very fond of giving boys new
names when they begin to do
something which their friends
notice. If a boy runs fast with
his head up, they call him . "The
Elk." "The Deer." ' The Wild
Horse." or some such name. Or
perhaps if he has quick or sly
ways, they name him 'The Fox.'
"The Wolf." or "The Coyote."
In North Dakota, at this time,
there were great herd of buff
alo, and the largest of them were
the bulls. These were tho load
ers when a herd was swimming
a river, or jumping across a gul
ly. Even when a lad, Sitting
Bull's father could hunt for Buff
aloes, and quickly jump the deep
gullies bo frequent in that coun
try, always with his bow in his
hand, so his uncle, an Indian
chief, i.amed him Jumping Bull.
His son was a strange boy. His
hair was straight like an Indian,
but of a reddish brown color. His
head was very large and hi fea
tures were more regular than
that of the Indian. He was so
odd in his looks and his ways,
keeping much by himself, think
ing and planning how best to have
his own way, that his father
named him when quite young 'Sa
cred Stand.'
Once, at ten years of age, ho
went with some huntersonawild
chase for buffaloes and came back
to his father's wigwam very hap
py and proud, for hnhad succeed
ed in killing a buffalo calf; but
he did not have a new name till
four years later. At this time
he frequently made drawings of
his totem, what we might call his
family coat of arms. This was
a buffalo bull settled back on his
haunches in a sitting posture, and
and from it the boy the was nam
ed "Sitting Bull., '-St. Nicholas.
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CHECK FORCER ARRESTED.
Statesville landmark.
Robt Cloer, a young white
man of Catawba county, who is
wanted in this county to answer
charges of forging checks, has
been arrested at Inman, Va.,
and Sheriff Deaton will leave to
morrow for Virginia to bring him
to Statesville. Knox, Poston &
Co.. and Mr. Lee Albertson, of
Statesville; and :he Merchants
& Farmers' Bank of Mooresville,
are among those who cashed bo
gus checks for Cloer during the
latter part of December, and it
is understood that he passed a
number of bogu3 checks in this
and Catawba county, prior to
that time.N The check cashed by
Knox, Poston & Co. was tor $2b'
drawn on the Statesville Loan &
Trust Co. It was written on one
of Mr. J. O. Gaither's printed
checks, made payable to Cloer,
and had Mr. Gaither's name
forged to it. The check was ac
cepted by Knox, Poston & Com
pany in payment for a suit of
clothes on December 19th. and
they did not realize that it was
taken to the bank, where it was
found that the signature was
not that of Mr. Gaither. About
the same time Mr. Lee Albetr
son, who conducts a store near
the depot, cashed a bogus check
for Cloer for $19.
After "doing" the Statesville
people Cloer went to Mooresville
and had the Merchants & Farm
ers' Bank there cash a check for
$25.50. This check was on a
Newton bank and the name of a
Mr. Setzer was forged to it.
Cloer gave his name at Moores
ville as W. L. Cook.
the checks were forgeries the
case was reported to the officers
and the Mooresville bank offered
a reward of $25 for Cloer's ar
rest. Sheriff Deaten and Depu
ty Sheriff Ward went to work on
the case at once and Cloer was
traced as far as Greensboro.
Officers all along the line from
Greensboro to Washington -at
many places in Virginia were
notified to look out for Cloer and
Wednesday morning Sherifi Dea
ton received a telegram from an
officer at Stone Gap, Va., stat
i.ig that he had Cloer located.
Mr. Deaton wired the Virginia
officer to arrest Cloer and a sec
ond message Wednesday night
stated that the arrest had been
made at Inman, Va.
Jo. Cloer, a brother, of Robert
is in jail at Newton to answer
charges of forging a number of
checks in Catawba county and
ono in Statesville. The check
forged here was for $2(.D0 and
was cashed by the Evans Hard
ware Co. about three weeks ago.
When the Catawba authorities
are through with Jo. .Cloer he
svi'.l probably be brought here to
answer for the bogus check
cashed by the Evans company,
and when the Iredell authorities
get through with Robert Cloer
lie will doubtless be tried in Cat
awba for flashing checks in that
county.
From all evidence obtainable
it seems that the two brothers
had made a business of forging
checks and had taken in a large
sum of money. In some way
they managed to get hold of a
lot of blank checks on different
banks in this section and filled
them out, forging the names of
a number of Iredell and Cataw
ba people to them. In some
cases the men used assumed
names for themselves in their
efforts to deceive.
The following from the Win
ston Journal probably bears on
this same case:
A smooth swindler is working
some of the banks in this sco-
tion. He is a man about 30 years
of age and passes as a working
man. R. L. Clour is the last
name he gave.
Dressed in a suit of worn over
alls with a dinner bucket on his
arm. he went into the Merchant
and Farmers' B?nk at Elkin last
week and opened a savings account-depositing
$20, and tak
ing a deposit certificate for it
The next day he went back to
the bank and informed the cash
ier that he had lost the original
certificate and asked that a dup
licate be issued. This was done.
Next day he called again at the
bank and informed the cashier
that he had taken a position
with the Chatham Mills at Win
ston, was going away and want
ed to cash his certificate. The
cash was paid him and the
"duplicate" certificate taken up.
Whente arrived in this city
he immediately looked up a gen
tleman who could identify the
signatures and a certificate on
the Elkin bank and stated to
him that he wa3 here without
money and working in Elkin;
that he needed money to get
back,' and asked that he call
with him at the bank and help
him get the money on his certifi
cate. The gentleman is ques
tion readily consented to this and
did go with him a poor work
ingman and got the money for
him.
The certificate was sent to
Elkin for collection. The bank
refused to honor it and the point
is; who stands the loss? Cbur
is gone and nothing ha3 been
heard from him.
It was Sunday evening oa Kara
an ocean steame ', and the pass
engers had met in the cabin to
sing hymns. One gentleman,
hearing a very rich and beautiful
voice behind hun and having his
memory stirred by it, turned
round suddenly, and asked the
singer if he had been in the Civil
War.
"Yes," was the answer "I was
a Confederate soldier."
"Were you at on a cer
tain night?"
"Yes. and a curious thing hap
pened that night. The hymn re
calls it to my mind, I was post
ed near the edge of a wood, on
sentry duty. It was dark and
cold, and about midnight, when
everything was still, I found my
self hom sick, tired and afraid.
To comfort myself I began to
sing this hymn:
"All my trust on Thee is stayed,
All my help from Thee I bring;
Cover my defenseless head
With the shadow of Thy wing."
"It brought mo into a better
frame of mind. Peace came down
upon me, and all the rest of that
long night I felt no more fear."
"Now," said tne other man,
' 'listen to my story. I was a Un-
ion soldier, and I was in tho woods
that night with a party of scouts.
I saw you. My men had their
rifles focused upon you. They
were awaiting the word to
fire. But when you sang
" 'Cover my defenseless head
With the shadow of Thy wing,'
"I said, 'Boys, lower your rifles.
We'll go home."-rittsburgGaz-ette.
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Buy Your Own Paper.
From The Kanaa City Journal.
A man who wa3 too economical
to subscribe for his home paper
sent his little boy to borrow the
copy taken by his neighbor. In
his haste the boy ran over a $4
stand of bees and in ten minutes
looked like a warty summer
squash. His cries reached his
father, who ran to his assistance,
and. failing to notice a barbed
wire fence, ran into it, breaking
it down, cutting a handful of
flesh from his anatomy and ruin
ing a $5 pair of pants. The old
cow took advantage of the gap in
the fence and got into the corn
field and killed herself eating
green corn. Hearing the racket,
the wife ran, upset a four-gallon
churn of rich cream into a basket
of kittens, drowning the whole
flock. In her hurrv she dropped
a $26 set of false teeth. The
baby left alone, crawled through
the spilled cream into the parlor,
ruining a $20 carpet. During the
excitement the oldest daughter
ran away with the hired man, the
dog broke up eleven setting hens,
and the calves got out and chew
ed the tails off four fine shirts.
CERMS IN HER SYSTEM.
Every Woman Should Read Thle.
The number of diseases pecu
liar to woman is such that we
believe this space would hardly
contain a mere mention of their
names, and it is a fact that most
of these di3ea3e3 are of a catar
rhal nature. A woman cannot
be we 1 if there is a trace of the
catarrhal germs in her system.
Some women think there is no
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loo irfttVn thp n v -
are so sure of this thatSve
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ly free of all cost in every in
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claims to a test.
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Catarrh is caused by a germ.
Tht germ ia carried by the blood
to the innermost part of the sys
tem until thj mucous membrane
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