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FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1897.
osi i. ;i:ni:kw. jkkmoan.
From the (Presbyterian) Mis-uohixU-r
May we learn that the
Shanghai, China, papers have pub
lished a petition to President Mc
Kinley asking that Consul General
Jcinigan be retained in that most
ancient eastern land as consul.
The petition was gotten up with
out Mr. Jernigan's knowledge, and
without regard to political parties
among the American residents at
Shanghai.
They say he has been asiduously
faithful to all duties; courteous
and dignified; has mastered the
details ol his difficult position; he
has rendered signal satisfaction to
his countryman, and pleased the
Chinese government, as well. Dr.
Woods, a missionary writes : "All
missionary societies out here de
sire earnestly to keep him in the
service in China, as he has been
such an energetic, faithful officer,
;ind has rendered such willing, in
valuable aid to missions." Mr.
Jcrnigan had a communication in
the Clirhiian Observer, Louisville,
: ometime since in which he was
advocating the part of the mis
sionaries and their work against
s me insidious outside attacks.
We trust that Mr. M-Xinley will
be induced to permit Mr. Jernigan
to remain consul at Shanghai. His
home is in Raleigh, N. '., and we
are proud of our consul.
ok vsw r.Ks.Ai. Arn.K'.vi ion.
There is in mechanics what men
call a "universal joint," which
allows movements in different di
rections for the strength and easy
working of the machinery.
So the rule of right often called
the "Golden Rule" has its appli
cation in all the conduct of all men
none are excepted. We need
the fresh arr all the while we
should be guided by this rule con
stantly. The man who serves, the
man who is served; the well-to-do,
the poor station in life does not
release. The higher the station
the more of privilege we enjoy,
the more, properly, is required ol
us. To approve our own con
science, to hold the respect of men,
to satisfy the great Lawgiver, we
should each endeavor to do the
duties of his place fully; and re
quire in church and State all men
to measure up to the same stand
ard of conduct without any guilty
partiality to any one. God does
not look upon the outward ap
pearance. Personalities should
not enter into or interfere with the
discharge of our obligations.
The Easter edition of the North
Carolina Christian Advocate was an
exceedingly creditable one as to
form and matter.
Itit'iiriiiHtlmi AlMint riM-4'.
It lias a population of 1,1S7,L-0S.
It is called "Hollas" by its peo
lc. '1 lie moan toniporaturo. of Greece
is (JI degrees Fahrenheit.
io part ol Greece is forty miles
from the sea or ten miles from the
lulls.
About one h, ill of the popula
tion are agriculturists and shep
herds. It has an art a of L'l,!77 squaie
miles.
It is the only country in the
world whose armies are provided
with the Grass guns ami paper
eoverod c ti ti idges.
The Greek Hag is a white cro-s
on blue ground 1 ho l',i vai ian
colors and the Greek cross.
(i recce is more thickly populattd
than any othor country 111 Europe,
with the exception ot Sweden ai.d
Prussia.
It has lew rivers and many hills.
"ono ol the former are navigable,
any many of the latter arc 1'orti
tied.
Its pru.se tit boundary limits wore
determined by an ai rangeinen t
among Groat Britain, France, litis
ma and Turkey, concluded at Con
stantinople on .Inly "1, 1S;2.
Only about 70,000 of the inhabi
tants speak any other language
than Greek, and only about J0,000
profess any religion other than the
orthodox.
The chief characteristics of the
average Greek are his inquisitive,
ness, fondness lor excitement, love
ol discussion, desire for knowledge,
and aptitude for learning and ag
gressive patriotism.
The cbinate has two striking
peculiarities the heat in suminct
aad the cold 111 winter are tar
moie intense than those of an
other country in the world lying in
the same latitude. Gell once re
in irked that in traveling through
the Moiea in M.iich'he found
"summer in Messcnia. spring in
Jjaconia and winter in Arcadia,
without having moved beyond a
radius of lifty miles.
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ISKVAN ON CI.KVKL.ANI.
The first gun of the battle of
1900 was fired at a dinner given
by the Reform Club in New York
last Saturday night. The Reform
Club is made up exclusively of the
personal followers of Mr. Cleve
land and this dinner was given to
place him in the field as a candi
date for President. Mr. Cleveland,
ex Secretary Carlisle and ex-Postmaster
Genera1 Wilson were among
the speakers. Mr. Cleveland re
sponded to the toast, "Present
Problems.' His speech bears on
its face that it is intended as a re
ply to Mr. Aryan's speech at the
Jefferson dinner in Washington,
in which .Mr. Iiryan served notice
on those Democrats who had re
fusel to support the nominees in
1 Syri that they would be welcomed
back when they came "as Demo
crats ready to abide the will ot the
majority." Mr. Cleveland attempts
to answer this challenge by a de
fense of the Palmerites, by the
false charge that the banners of
the Democratic party had been
stolen by "ruthless agitators,"
whereas the men who bore the
banner in 1806 were chosen by the
same orderly party methods as
those by which Mr. Cleveland was
three times made the standard
bearer of the party. Mr. Bryan,
in the New York journal of Mon
day, thus comments on Mr. Cleve
land's speech of Saturday night:
The presence of Mr. Cleveland,
two members of his Cab
inet and such eminent gold
Democrats as ex-Congressman
Turner, IJynum and Patterson
made the banquet an important
political event, and the address
delivered by Mr. Cleveland may
fairly be accepted as setting forth
the present views and future pur
poses of the bolting Democrats.
Probably the most unexpected
thing in the address was his ref
erence to the Republican adminis
tration. He borrows emphasis
from a scriptural text and accuses
the Republicans of returning in
hot haste to their wallowing in the
mire of extreme protection. This
Sis an unfair criticism, because the
Republicans have iever shown
any disposition to abandon ex
treme protection.
on m'kim.ev democrats.
Mr. McKinley won political
fame as the aposile of a high
tariff, and during the late cam
paign reiterated iiis devotion to
this policy. Those Democrats
who voted for Mr. McKinley voted
with their eyes open to tariff pos
sibilities. Neither have those Democrats
reason to complain of Mr. McKin
ley's attitude on the money ques
tion. To be sure, the President
has sent an argosy abroad in
search, not of a golden fleece, but
of an object equally elusive,
namely, an international agree
ment for the restoration of bi
metallism, but in so doing, he is
only carrying out a pledge con
tained in his platform.
Unless the gold Democrats were
in possesion of assurances not
given to the public generally, or
expected the President to aban
don his platform, they ought to
be satisfied with his financial pol
icy. He promised to maintain
the gold standard until relief
comes from abroad, and he is
doing it in spite of the continued
distress caused by such a policy.
CAN CONDEMN" 1'tiLICIES.
The Democrats who supported
the Chicago platform can consis
tently condemn both the tariff
policy and the financial policy of
the administration, but those who
supported Mr. McKinley are only
receiving what they had a right to
expect.
Mr. Cleveland accuses the Re
publicans of a determination "to
repay partisan support from the
proceeds of increased burdens of
taxation placed upon those already
overladen."
He knew that the Republicans
had collected a campaign fund
larger than ever betore known in
American politics. Did it never
occur to him that the contributors
would expect repayment through
legislation friendly to their inter
ests? lias not the Dingley bill
been drawn exactly up on the plan
of the McKinley bill? It may differ
in its schedules, but it does not
differ in its general plan and prep
aration. Put if those Democrats
who supported Mr. McKinley have
no reason to criticise his course,
what shall we sav of those Demo
crats who supported the Indianap
olis ticket? What claim have they
to consideration at the hands of
the President?
t'KUM I.OLlTNt; DEMOCRATS.
Mr. Cleveland asserts that when
the fate of the nation seemed in
the balance, deliverance came
through the bolting Democrats.
Does he mean through those Dem
ocrats who voted directly for M-
McKinley, or through those who
voted for the Indianapolis ticke'?
The leaders among the gold Dem
ocrats claim to have voted fr
Palmer and Huckner. Certainly
this did not entitle them to post
as saviors of their country. Thev
knew that the contest would 1 c
close even Mr. Cleveland refers
to the campaign as one of doubt
and fear.
Was it patriotic for gold Demr
cr.its to throw their votes awry
apon a ticket which had nochanct
when their support might have de
cided the contest? There is a
touch of humor in the boisteroi'
intentions of those who, durii.g
the contest, watched the struggle
trom atar and after the battle'was
ver claimed ai! credit for the vic
tory. HIS WAK DECLARATION.
The important part of Mr. C. eve
land's address, however, is found
in his declaration of war against
th'sse wh supports! t! e Chicago
t'eket. I t ;h;s I;-- u.' Ir-s he has
given r.i re ::d t. his p .nents
than to iiis s;;pp .i;?rs, j;;t iS ! v
did by his official acts. His sur
render of the Executive branch of
the Government into the hands
of the Wall Street financiers dur
ing his last administration did
more than any other one thing to
arouse the American people to a
knowledge of the iniquity of the
gold standard.
His thinly digested support of
the Republican ticket in the late
campaign did much to drive the
silver Republicans out of the Re
publican party, and their loyalty
to bimetallism has not been
shaken by defeat. In his address
Saturday night he aided the silver
cause still further by removing
whatever danger there might have
been of concessions from the regu
lar Democrats to the bolters.
If he had discussed the funda
mental principles of Democracy
and then urged a union of force
upon a platform comprising differ
ences on the money question he
might have done us hard in some
sections, but his dogmatic insist
ance upon a foreign financial policy
and his emphatic endorsement of
the organization of the gold Dem
ocrats will have a wholesome in
fluence in convincing timid Demo
crats of the folly of any attempt to
reunite the Democrats who believe
in bi metallism with the Demo
crats who are wedded to gold
monometallism.
CONTEST IN ITS INFANCY.
Mr. Cleveland recognizes that
that contest over the money ques
tion, instead of being ended, is
just beginning; he recognizes it as
an irrepressible conflict, and in
this he reasons rightly.
The Democratic party "will in
1900 reiterate its demand for free
and unlimited coinage at 16 to 1,
and it will be opposed by those
who at that time believed in a gold
standard. This being as certain
as any future event can be, why
should those affiliate now who ex
pect to engage in combat so soon
hereafter.
We now have a harmonious
Democratic party, and we have a
bolting organization which claims
to represent another kind of Dem
ocracy. Let them both exist and
time will determine which is fittest
to survive.
If any bi-metallist is converted
to the gold standard he can join
their organization; if any gold
Democrat repents he can return to
the fold. However much we may
differ from Mr. Cleveland we must
admit his courage.
A less resolute man would hesi
tate to assume the leadership of a
little band of 130,000. many of
whom voted the Indianapolis
ticket by mistake, and then acuse
6,500,000 voters of being either
designing agitators or the dupes
of designing agitators.
A man of less self reliance would
re-examine his own conduct to see
whether it was his folly or theirs
which separated them from 5,000,
000 of Democrats who once idol
ized him, but in the lexicon of Mr.
Cleveland's maturer years there is
no such word as "mistake.
POWERLESS TO RELIEVE.
The gold Democracy is impo
tent to bringing any real relief to
the country, it is long on plati
tudes and short on performance, it
reaches its maximum at a banquet
and its minimum at the polls. It
is the toy of those financiers who
prate about national honor while
they fatten on the nation's ex
tremity, and is powerless to pro
tect the people from the extortion
of trusts and the greed of unre
strained corporations.
Those Democrats who believe
in equality before the law will
naturally gravitate toward the
regular Democracy and those
Democrats who believe in a Gov
ernment by syndicates and for
syndicates will naturally drift into
the Republican party, because it
offers them the best prospect of
success.
The Suiueuie Court Decides the Kevenue
Art l inoiiHtlt utlonal.
Raleigh Special, 23rd, to Charlotte Obnervcr
A decision of the Supreme Court,
nleu tins evening, put in effect the
poll tax and general tax of 1805.
It was rendered in the ease of the
Governor against the Auditoi, in
which the former sought to make
the latter change the poll tax to
l.."i$ and thus correct the careless
ness of the Legislature, which, in
the levenue act, made the general
taxes 1G cents and the poll tax
only 1.1:. The majority of the
court decided that sections ii and
o of the revenue act ate unconsti
tutional and void, leaving the cor
responding act of 1S!K" in force.
.Justices Clark and Douglas dis
sent. The opinion is lengthy and
is written by Justice Montgomery.
The revenues which the Treas
urer will receive from taxes on
property levied in 18115 of course
will be less than they would have
been under the levy of 197 and
the Treasurer will, of course, dis
burse the same for the various
purposes set out in section of the
act of 1807 pro rata and according
to law, the regular expenses for
conducting the State government
first to be considered.
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1KI K IT 1'CLI.UWS THL GUKKKS.
They Alinnilun Kari-sn ni.il I all Hark
The Threa'euiii:; AttiWi lc cf iJula irla.
New Y'.irk Times, 2th.
Larissa has been al.ar.doned by
the main Gro.-fc prrr.y under
Crown Prir.cc C'nst." ntine, who
was rlefea'.ed by th; Turks at Mati,
in Thcssalv, after a tint-born re
sist.-!, ice-, tne drct ks ro doubt
having hcei out numbered and
thomugh'y e x " i a u s t d .
Cmstantinc has established a
rev lino rf defiiS twenty miles
further back, with hedqj::rters at
Phtrsalos. Thr Greeks however,
according to a Constantinople dis
patch, h.ve reached t lit: rear of
Llassora, and tj2v yet execute
some movement fraught with
grave import to the Turkish force
undt.r Kdii-rtn P.isha
In Hpirus a Gr-rek army has
been defeated near Janin?, ac
cording to repor j fr.:vi the stm:
source, and a dispatch from - thens
sajs the impression is now preva
lent that the fighting will not con
tinue much lunger in that prov
ince. Very unfavorable to the Turks
is the threatening attitude of Bul
garia, which has refused to submit
to vassalage and obey the Sultan's
mandate to terminate its diplo
matic intetcurse with Greece.
The revolt in lbania also, in
which Turkish troops have taken
part, and the raids of Lu'qa,'ian.
insurgents across the frontier,
may be the precursors of similar
happenings in other parts of the
Ottoman Empire, which wait for
encouragement upon the slightest
success of Greek arms.
(aikKKS 1 AK1N; ISAOI.Y.
A l.oiiilmi lirtiateh lm!i-Htes Tlmt the
(Hiiip.iiun is (her and That the Trouble
Will he l!'fcrrMl to the I'uwt rs for Set
tlement. Charlotte Observer, '-'Till.
The Sunday dispatches from
Greece brought the news of the
capture of Larrissi, the Greek
army headquarters, by the Turks,
who advanced upon and took it
Sunday, the Greeks evacuating it,
retreating even in disorder, and
losing cannon and valuable stores
and arms and munition. Colonel
Mavomacalis, in rallying the
troops, exhibited the greatest for
titude, and shot several of the
panic-stricken deserters. He wired
to General Smolenitz, who is in
command at Reveni : "I am de
feated and am retreating to Kaza
klar. Act according to your judg
ment." There is gieat depression
at Athens and great rejoicing at
Constantinople over the Greek tie
feat. The Greeks will make a
desperate stand at Pharsala, which
has better natural fortifications
than Larissa, and another mem
orable battle may take place there.
There was consultation among the
powers Sunday in regard to inter
fering and intervening in the con
test. England, Germany and
France were in favor of this policy,
though Germany demanded that
Greece must pledge herself, be
fore intervention, to abide by the
decision of the powers.
I NUICNATIOX IX ATIIKNS.
King George and His Government in
Great IHxfavor Seared Hy Kilheui I"a-
Nha's l'rohahle Move on Athena.
London, April 27. The Evening
Xavs this evening publishes a dis
patch from Athens, dated 3:10 p.
m., and saying that the people
there are frightfully incensed with
the retreat of the troops. The dis
patch further states that the bit
terness against King George and
his government is intensified by
the news that the Greek army has
been ordered to suspend opera
tions, pending reconsideration of
the position. Continuing, the dis
patch says;
"Indeed, it looks probable that
to-morrow will see the end of the
whole Dusiness. There is reason
to believe that the government is
contemplating the withdrawal of
the Greek troops from Crete and
to make an appeal to the power?
to settle the troubles. This change
upon the part of the government
is due to Kdhem Pasha having in
timated his intention of marching
upoa Athens."
A t'rlsin Aiii-uaehin.
London, April 27. A dispatch
has been received from Athens
staling that affairs there aie t'st
approaching a crisis. The recent
defeats of the Greek army have
aroused public feeling to such a
pitch that King George may be
assassinated or deposed. There is
also danger that the mob may take
possession of the city. The resig
nation of the Greek minister of
marine is reported in another dis
patch. TliAMI'S GKOW
Shoot at the Knj;ineer Anot her t ro w a
Assaults the 1'orler.
Tramps are growing very hold
indeed, as will be seen by tiie fol
lowing items from the Salisbury
Sun ot Monday :
" Last Thursday night Engineer
Uolick took the Chattanooga train
out from Salisbury and when he
was Hearing Mai ion several tramps,
who were riding the first blind,
began shooting pistols. They
evidently tried to hit the engineer,
because one bullet .shattered a
glass mi the cab near his head.
He blew the alarm and stopped
the train. Several of the crew
came forward and the tiamps were
ejected. They gave 110 further
trouble.
"The next night when the west
bound Chattanooga train stopped
at the old hop place to register,
('apt. Perry sent Will P.iown. the
colored porter, to the fionr to
diive off some tramps whom he
thought were trying to beat.
P.rown found thiee big fellows on
the tender and ordered them oti.
They obeyed reluctantly and when
they got on the ground one of
them grabbed Liown in a vice
like grip and another made a p.iss
at him with a knife. lie yelled
for help and Capt Perry ran up
with his pistol. When the tiamps
saw help coming thev made tl'
and did not try to board the train
any more."
! ball g. ods and L. m
uiocks at SwiudellV.
i:n oki itirrLKs.
A iiuuawa A Novel House Store Iturneil
Deiuoeralic 3Iuniciial Ticket.
Kutherfordton ViJette, April 23rd.
('ol. Frank Coxe arrived here
Wednesday from Philadelphia.
We suppose he has come to spend
the summer at his Green Kiver
home. The democrats of Until-
ci ford ton met m convention
Wednesday evening and nominated
Mr. C P. Tanner for mayor and
Messis J. C. Cowcn, J. i Flack,
I). F. Morrow and J. 11. Washburn
for aldei men On last Monday
morning Mrs. 1'.. F. Logan an I her
daughter, Miss Fannie, were driv
ing along in their buggy near Mr.
Henry .Miller's en loute to the lat
tei's school at Darlington, when
a bolt which held the shafts in
place dropped out and let them
down on lite louse's heels, causing
h:m to run a-vay. Foitunatcly the
horse was stopped before any seri
ous damage was done. When the
hoise started Miss Fannie jumped
out and sprained her ankle, but
not so severely as to prevent her
from going on to her school
The most modern thing in the way
of housebuilding in this section is
that of Mr. Leroy E Iluiet's photo
graph gallery. The building ma
terial was all prepared before it
was brought to the ground for
erection, so it was a matter of only
two or three days' work for three
men to get it ready for occupancy.
The building is 10 by 30 feet and
is a comfortable one. It is so con
structed that it can be taken dowu
and moved to another dace iu a
lew hours and at but little expense.
Mr. C. Y. Sin ally, of Golden,
this county, got his store house,
with all its contents, burued Tues
day night. He had about 13 in
silver and abtut the same amount
in gold dust, none of which could
be found after the fire. It was
doubtless the work of an inccu
diary. Theie was uo insurance.
aii roii t'::k imua siffukkus.
fortune's Fat Juli ISelwooiI Institute
I oiiuiK iieemeiit A Kecorri ltreakii
Cow leath of Mr. Matthewa ltoriM.
Cleveland Star, April 21st.
The Shelby baseball team has
accepted a challenge from the
Spartanburg team to play on the
latter's grounds on May 3th
The faculty and students of the
Shelby graded school contributed
very liberally to aid the fainishiug
people of India. A check for
."50.70 was sent out last week as
the school's contribution. The
llaptist Sunday school, the Pres
byterian society and other organ
izations have made very liberal
contributions and the money has
been forwarded to the committee
appointed to receive the funds.
... .Capt. Junius Brutus Fortune
is to be clerk of the easteru dis
trict federal court at Kaleigh as
soon as the successor to Judge
Seymour enters upon his duties.
This is a fat office and lasts for
life or during good behavior, un
less "providentially" hindered by
the opposing political party
Mr. J. A. Carpenter, of Knob
Creek, has a cow that is a regular
record breaker. She has given
birth to five calves in a little over
twenty months. She will be six
years old in June and already has
seven calves. She is a very tine
milch cow and is highly valued In
the owner The commence
ment exercises of the I5elwood In
stitute will take place on May 11th
and 1 tli. 11. L. Durham, Esq., of
Gastonia, will deliver the literary
address and Uev. S. 15. Turrentine,
of Charlotte, will preach the an
nual sermon. The "exercises bv
the school always have been ex
cellent and this year will hen o ex
ception. The institute has had a
most suecesr-fiil year Mrs.
Matthews lioss, aged 73, died last
lhnrsday at the home ot her son,
a few miles north of Shelby. She
mo veil down trom liutherford
county la.Ntyear. Deceased leaves
six children and a large number
of relatives to mourn their loss
She was a consistent member of
the I5aptist church for nearly fifty
cars and was fully consecrated to
the service of her Lord. The re
mains were interred at lloss's
Grove church, Uev. T. Dixon con
ducting the funeral services.
GKOl.M) TO DKATII.
A I'rniiiineiit l.ailroari Man Killed A
M;irri;m Fire Near Maehpelah Death
of ir. George Kamsaur.
Lincoln Journal, April i!3rd.
Mr. S. T. Pender, general pas
senger agent of the Caiolina &
Sot th-Western Iiailroad,was killed
at the depot here at 4:."53 yesterday
afternoon. He had telegraphed to
the editor of the Journal, Mr. W
A. Fair and Dr. . L. Ciouse to
meet him on business at the freight
w hich ai r ived at 4:1(5 These gen
tlemen were talking with him when
the train started. It was moving
rapidly when it reached the point
at w hich Mr. Pender stood, and he
attempted to board the front plat
form of the passenger coach. He
caught the rod with his left hand
but failed to catch the coach with
his right. His body swung around
between the coach and the car
aLcad, his foot slipped and he fell
on his back on tlx rail directly in
front of the wheels of the passen
ger coach. He w as dragged along
the rail for about 130 feet, when
the wheels pased over his body,
mangling it most horribly. Both
legs were broken all to pieces, his
body cut in two, and the top and
back of his skull torn off. Mr.
l'ender was on his way home from
a meeting of the Southern Slates
l'asscnger Agents' Association in
Atlanta, and was in high spirits
over what he had accomplished for
his road theie. He was an excep
tionally able and bright lailroad
man, and a most charming gentle
man. He was a son of the famous
Gen. Pender. He was about 10
yeats of age and leaves a wife, five
little x.ns and a little daughter.
His home was at Lenoir, and as
ve write his mangled body is being
prepaicd to be taken to his home
ttieie Mr. John L. Cobb has
been quite sav this week with an
affection of the heait Mr.
George l.'mHsr, one of the couu-
ty.-. oldest and b st citizens, died
at his home in liy',...!.;". Creek
township Wed !-! -. We are in
formed Cat lie wai about UO years
of age. Messrs. Eii and Pink Bam- i
saur and Mrs. Dan Hoover and
Miss Latin Itamsaur ae the sur
viving sons ami daughters, lie
was a good man and a good citizen.
His remains weie interred at Dau
ielV church esterdav.
The fossil, iiitl. nu. rrrtie;tli!:tie of
the New Srhool l.nw In MeOowetl.
Written for The Mcsseneer.
It has fee ii justly said that as
you raise p-.-ople in the scale of in
tellcci uality, you make them more
moial and more nbgiou.--. It is a
fact beo;id question that help
which comes from within develops
a strong character, while that
which comes from w ithout is weak
ening and cmrvating. Hence, I
s iy th st the Itw giving the right
of local taxa i mi for the mainte
nance of publie schools is the best
tl at can ie devised.
Cntle: i , combining as it does
State aid m nlditi.n to that raised
by local taxaiion,tiic pu! lie schools
of McDowell ought to receive a
new impetus. The length of the
terms can be easily doubled; bet
ter school houses can be built. The
way is now open for a system of
education that will be the pride of
the people of this county, blessed
as it is by nature. Let McDowell
be the first to grasp the opportu
nity offered, and place the blessed
boon of education within the reach
of every chiU living in this favored
region.
Just think of it! How much
better to spend money upbuilding
aud ennobling the minds and char
acters of the children than to spend
it in the courts of justice trying to
repress crime, when it can be done
so much more easily by touching
the fountain-head with truth and
purity. Then how much more no
ble the work! Instead of crimi
nals, we should find upright, in
telligent, liberty loving citizens.
H ho is not willing to make the
change? It seems that a better
day is about to dawn. Give us
the masses well educated aud in a
single generation capital will be
attracted to our midst as we never
dreamed of before. Instead ol
idleness and dissipation, industry
and thrift would be seen on every
hand. When you educate the
masses you strengthen the very
foundations of free government.
Let every man who loves his coun
try and his home vote for this sys
tem. OlJSERVEE.
Greenlee, X. C, April 23. 1S97.
Mica IoU.
Correspondence of The Mcssentrer.
Miss Fanuie Cheek and Mr.
Harry Hibbard, who have been
visiting Mr. George Greenlee's
family, have returned to Marion.
Mr. Fate Hall and Miss Hettie
Cr sawn were married last We Ines
day, the L'lst.
Mr. James Out m has been verv
sckwith pneumonia, but we are
glad to learn that he is getting
oener.
Miss Maggie Hickey. of P.akers
vilic, who has been visiting her
stsier, .mis. I5eirv, has returned
home.
Mr. MeLauiin passed through
en route to 2sorth Cove last Thurs
day. From there he goes to States-
ville to atend Presbytery.
Mr. J.K Ii bv. Jr.. ani his sister
Miss Georgia, were at Mica last
Oaturtiay. lliey expect to leave
soon lor Uiegon. We are very
soi rv to lose them.
Mr. Cherry, pastor of the M. V.
chinch here, preached too good
sernious last Saturday and Sun
day. Mrs. Sorrels, who has been visit
ing in Marion, returned home last
week. Betsy.
K!M WOKDS l llll.'.l TilK ilUKTHKKN
Tin; Marion Messenger cle-
biated its first anniversary bv
issuing a large trade edition. This
issue was nicely gotten uo and
showed journalistic enterprise.
JAiioir usitor.
The Marion Messenger cele
brated its first anniversay last
week by getting out a trade edi
tion, which was very creditable.
I) awchvdle Covticr.
The Marion Messenger issued
its tir.t anniversary number on the
Kith of this month. It was twice
its usual size, being eight pages.
ami contained a good "write-up"
of McDowell county and illustra
tions of different scenes, together
w i? h a gieat deal of other interest
ing matter. It was a great credit
to the publishers, and will without
doubt do much towards building
up that beautiful section of the
Old North State. Southern Pub
lisher, Charlotte, A. C.
Garden City News.
Correspondence of The Messenger.
Miss 'ora Bay, who has been
attending school at Ball Creek,
Yitucey county, has returned, to
the pleasure of her many friends.
Mr. Boy Brown is up from Si I
ver Creek. He will probably
spend the summer on the creek.
We are having sickness in our
neighbor hood.
Mr. J. G. Pattou was in Marion
Monday.
We are having some lovely
weather and the fanners seem to
tie taking advantage of it now, ;ts
they have been delayed some.
We are having quite a nice Sun
day school at Clear Creek and well
attended by the young and old
both.
Bev. Mr. Myers will pieac'n at
Mrs. G owan's the first Sunday in
May aud wiil hold services there
all the time until we get a chuicli
built.
Pansy.
The True i: iuly.
W. M. Repine, eilitor Tiskilw-a. 111..
Chief, says: "We won't keep house
without Dr. KiDg'a New Dixcovery for
Consumption. Coughs and Colds. Ex
perimented with many others, hut
never gut the true remedy until we used
Dr. King's New Discovery. No other
remedy can take its place in our home,
as in it we have a certain and sure cure
for coughs, c-.lds, whooping cough,
etc." It is idle to experiment with
other remedies, even if they are urged
on you as just a good as Dr. King's
New Discovery. They are not as good,
because this remedv lias a record of
cures and besides is guaranteed. It
never fails to satisfy. Trial bottles free
at Morphew & White's Drug Store.
t'NirW ! oo' ;,:id period ica's
a'wa s .t Swiii. ie. .'.-..
IjTSubscribe tor The Missis.
oer. 51.00 a year.
1SIU SHII'MF.XT OK POTATO KS.
CHt !:.( h Fine Potato Srctlou Hickory
Kityc-le Club Kent Trek A Ewe
ClivrN ltirlti tu Three Lamb Faster in
llifkory Oth r Catawba New.
Hickory Mercurv, April 21st.
Mr. John W. Lawrence, of Ca
tawba, has a ewe which gave birth
to three lambs this season, one
white ami two blacks The
first carload of tobacco for Delliu
ger's new smoking tobacco factory
was unloaded iu this city last
Thursday Mrs Amos Canapp,
aged about 75 years, died Friday
night last. She was buncd at St..
Steven's Sunday lvister in
Hickory this year iu every way
was one of pleasure to both old and
young. Easter services were held
at every church, and all have been
pronounced the best, especially
the singing Last Wednesday
G0.1 bushels of sveet potatoes were
shipped from this place, princi
pally to Georgia. This is a tine
potato section and our people
know how to grow and keep them.
The result is light here Mr.
W. L. Greer has purchased the
Petra Mills property in Caldwell
county, formerly owued by Mr. T.
E. Field, of this city, aud Mr. J.
M. Smith, of Granite Falls. Mr.
Field weut to Leuoir last Wednes
day to make titles to the property.
The bicycle club has reuted a
bicycle track from J. S. Leonard
in front of the Hickory Manufac
turing Co. Browder & Deal get
the contract to grade the tract, for
which they are to get (0. .
Mr. J. S. Setzer received a tele
gram Monday from his son at Ka
leigh, Mr. J. . betzer, saying
that his wife was sinking last and
without a change could not live
long. Mrs. Setzer once lived iu
Hickory and by her spotless life
made many friends while here,
who will be pained to hear of this
sad dispensation of providence.
STATE NEWS.
It is said there are 800 bicycles
in use in Kaleigh.
A new bicycly track and base
ball ground is being const ructed at
concortt.
Newton boasts of five citizens
whose combined weight reaches
1,880 pounds.
W. P. Fife, the drummer evan
gelist, has begun a series of meet
ings in Duruam.
A hen's nest with eggs in it was
lound on the truck ot a car ol the
ladkin train at Salisbury.
The corn crop of North Carolina
is reported at 19,50-1,148 bushels
for 181)0, in the Agricultural liulle-
tin.
The wheat crop of Norh Caro
lina lor lS'.Miwas 4,011,922 bushels,
ot which 4,483,204 bushels were
consumed where grown.
Mr. J. B. Sherrill, editor of the
Concord limes, contemplates start
ing a daily paper iu that town
some time in the near future.
Bev. M. Bradshaw.of the North
Carolina Conference. M.E. Church-
South, now stationed at Maxton,
aud Miss Mary Whitehurst, were
married Wednesday morning of
last week.
Lenoir Visitor : Caldwell eountv
has taken a forward step in having
a telephone connection with, at
present, two townships - Globe and
John's Biver and a movement is
now on foot to connect King's Creek
with Jjeuoir.
Bobert Bailey was run over bv
a freight train at Lexington Sun
day inorniug and instantly killed
He was arrested and tried Satur
day tor beiiiff drunk ami it is
thought that he was under the in-
11 uen ce ot whiskey when the train
strncK turn.
Federal court at Statesville ad
journed last Saturday at 1 o'clock
Ten women aud 32 men were sent
to jail for terms of from one to six
months. Two men were sent, to
the Columbus penitentiary for 13
and i montus respectively. The
officials went to Charlotte Mondav.
when a special term of the court
oegan.
Salisbury Sun.2Gth: A ladv on
the south bound train last night
became hysterical and told the
conductor and several passengers
that she was going to die before
tne train reached Charlotte. She
was still alive, however, when tw
train passed Salisbury and we un
derstand was living when it
reached Charlotte.
Kinston Free Press : A distress
ing accident occurred Monday
morning in Southwest townshiii.
Mr. Clay Hood threw a large piece
oi wood out ol a wagon, w hen the
four year-old son of Mr. Will Tyn-
dait ran Irom behind a pile ol
shingles and under the wood as it
was falling. It crushed the child's
head, killing him instantly.
Baleigh correspondence Char
lotte Observer : Theie was a curi
ous and sensational divorce case
here to-day. white man of Ba
leigh eight years ago married a
young woman in an adjoining
county, thinking she was white.
He discovered a few weeks ago
that she was a negro. This fact
was fully proved in court to day
and he was granted a divorce. The
woman is good looking, has
straight hair, and has no appear
ance of the negro.
A strange story comes from Lex
ington, N. C. It is said that Mr.
A. B Fuller, of Tabernacle town
ship, found one thousand dollars
in goid on Sunday morning, the
18th inst. The night before J.'r.
Fuller dreamed of uridine monev
at a ceitaiu soot on his plantation.
and Sunday morning' he was so
impressed with the dream that he
rook a mattock aud went to the
place he dreamed of and com
menced to dig. and at once found
one thousand dollars in gold, con
suming ol ten dollar, twenty do la"
and thirty dollar coins. The monev
is supposed t. have been buried
away moir than a hund:ed years
ago bv some old miser.
Cli.ii
i Hull
Colic, Cholera ana llarrho-a
Iteuiedy.
Thin is the lif st meil if-ine in t he wnrlH
for bowel complaints. It acts quickly
arm can always ne depended upon.
When reduced w ith water it is pleasant
to lake. Try it. an.l like many others
you will recommend it to your friends.
For sale at 25 and 50 cents per bottle by
Morphew & White.
Cotton.
With careful rotation ,t
crops and liberal fertilization,
cotton lands will improve Tk
application of a proper kJ
hzer containing sufficient I'ot
ash often makes the differcne
between a profitable crop and
failure. Use fertilizers contain
ing not less than 3 to 4
Actual Potash.
Kainit is a complete spec-
against " Rust."
All .bout Potash the result of it, nte h, ,
penmen! on the best farms in the Unite,!
old in . little book which w. publ.sh
mail fret to My farmer in America who will J '
GERMAN KAI.I WORKS
J NasMuSt .New'y
Livery and Fi
aoe.
(J 00 1.) friiTof
CARER;!"-"T)'KIV'KI
A. B. GILKEY &
jVIarion, oS". C.
Disosway, The Druggist,
Old Fort, N.C..
Offers to his customers an stliM.
lutelj correct utock ofDrugs
and Patent Medicines. "
Just Arrived:
Whooping Cuvau I'ns
TKRS, ; sped lie lor this di
tie.s.siiig complaint
COAL TAR FOR CORN PLANTING.
The Flemmin
Two Hotels in one, under one inni
aenient, l
TlllUiltriiKI! FAMILY.
NO - RAISE - IK - PRICES
Summer, Ilepuhr ;iiul Ti.iiimi
Hoarding. Re;i.sonal!' ra'es.
Marion, X. (.'., .Inly lil. l.v.n;.
BOARDING.
Piedmont House.
50 Cents a Day; $2
Week; $8 a Month, j
A - GOOD - FEED - STAEIi
Run in connection with
the House.
J. M. ELLIS, rroprirtor.
Marion, N. C.
NOTICE !
Taxes ! Taxes !
A
LL parties owing taxes fur 1 i
ii- come in and Hettie, as I am it
Htrain for money. If you nl Y
I will be forced to Hell irrrtv. I-'"
person ouht to know that tlio t-h'-r
cannot meet exe!in'H of tin-county t
less the people pay him, and it inm--for
each m.n to pay his tax than i1
the sheriff to carry the taxca f"f
many.
Very respectfully.
It. I j. NICHOLS.
Sherilf McDowell Co.
Land for Sale, Cheai
Thrr.i. Il.n,lr..,l nul 1'iltv
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ell county, N. J., on tle w.rrr-
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the remainder -veil : imhen 1.
did lor fruit and grass, ;nnl f ,
water; also handy to good iu"'" .
tain range.
For luitlu r pai ticulai s,
call on JO II. IIILUA1M.
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