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THE TRIBUNE. W. F. RUCKER, Editor. L. D. MILLER, Manager. ;ii HUSH KirS ANNOUNCEMENT. Published at Uulherfordton, IS . C, eve; y Thursday. Olliee in rear of Court Him-;!'. Sal, v i iption price : One year, s?t ; m.t. i i::-', ."in cents ; throe montJ.s, '.'." cent - invariably in advance. A subs'Tihcr in ordering the ad diess of ' i- paper changed, will in ffi; -ii t . ; (I:;1 address to which it is go nig at the time ho asks for the change t'l bo lliU'lc. AUv( rtising rates will be furnished ii application. Obituary notices and ; ar.l -of i hanks will be charged for nt th" rate of oii' cent per word. Brief letters of local news from any par! of 1 lie county will by thankfully received. Correspondents w ill pit ase mail thfir communications so us to g'T them to the office by Monday. Tin-: Tkiwxe is the best ad veil is iug medium in this section, and advertiser-- may feel sure that through it.-; columns they may reach ail of Rutherford and a large portion of the b.-st people of the adjoining count its. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27. 11)02. Wmkn (Jovernor Aycock com muted flic sentence of (Jates anil Mills, two of the men implicated j iVU i)jX(M1 lje. We say we re in the Em-ma postoliiee blurghry, j oTot the willingness of the North who had been Ined, convicted and condemned t die, we suppose the reasons brought to hear were Mii'iiciont to satisfy It i iii wisdom of Ins action, lit 1 hat the governor of Tennessee to li'ullinV Ulf !i IM'nnunAlif (Utv.'ono t' I x .... r.w,...,., ... v.,.,.. ! views t)t Mr. McLaunn, but ve Ihinct.mbe county had importun-1 ,i0 nml inust asyays respect the ed him t. decide. Also the fact j Southern blood that resents an that these two men did not enter j ;nsillt .,s wej as tli.lt v, llidl fightg the store and 1i red not a iiglH when the lie is -iven. shot, as well as the fact that they j ln (hc ()klen tinui) thc (llej wag made no effort to save themselves j the m(-.thod of avenging or obtain afcer the light, but remained to j ing satisfaction for a wantonly care for the wounded all of this ()fv0red insult, hut this having va an influence brought directly )Wn t.,ken n,V:1v hy the penaitv lo i,eav- jofthe law, the common method The law of North Carolina has I t,f fist. and skull" alone is left, iixed a penalty for the crime of lan;i ,)5 for llP we i)Cml the kh,-v burglary, which is death. The' law declares that whomsoever is found guilty in the first degree shall die. If a law is anything, if it is to be icspected, it must be be supreme, and the wishes of any set of men or section of any State has nothing to do with its operation. The law, if a law at all, ought to be carried out to the letter, and if it is not a w ise law, it should not remain in force and effect, but ought to be repealed. No man is ignorant cf the penal ty of this crime, and if he com mits it lu does it willingly, wil fully ami with full knowledge of the consequence of his act. In regard to the Emma robbery, if two are guilty, all are guilty; if two are not. guilty, then none should suiter. The fact that these men stood outside and fired no shots and inflicted no injuries, does not absolve them from their part of responsibility in this af fair. They, no doubt, helped to formulate the scheme, willingly; they helped . to execute it by standing on guard for the purpose of preventing interference, amino one believes they would not have fired their pistols if it had been at all necessary. There was no necessity for them to shoot, hence they did not. They did not enter the house; that was not their part in that night's work, and the question is, if the thing had been reversed, would they have hesi tated to enter? We do not think so, and therefore, we say if any are guilty all are. If a man holds another while one shoots him, or iT he prevents interference while U , , . ' Has lest one of its foremost edu miother commits a crime, both ! , jcators a man whose heart and Hie iiivewise gumy tney naving decided before-hand to commit a certain deed. We cay the law ought to have full sway; or.it ought not to remain on the statute books. 'I A A 1 1 i .ih arrempr, mane toy two hoys oft em.er age to blow up the b:my store at Caroleen, is unpar- ias been chosen bv Governor Av ailed in this country. We don't cot.kj ls the 6uecef!SOr of the "'kjw who they are, but should like to say that thev will some .1 V ....... H A I WUT a cen in me Stare . . 1 , " ,,,,u 'e;,r stripped clothes,! '"lts their parents look more i ch'wcly niter the administration , , .. .. l: i'-.-r TiiiutsH and get i nws when it is xs news. Tjik incident of the light in the ! Senate of the United States on the anniversary of Washington's ! birth-day, is to be regretted by j the South, because both partic ipants are from South Carolina jand the North is ever eager, will j ing and ready to seize cudgels j against this section when an op I port unity presents itself. This ! spirit of jealous antagonism is j not becoming in our Yankee j neighbors, and we recognize it as 'the outcropping of the sectional j strife created by the four years ! of blood and carnage which ended ; thirty-six years ago, the memory i which, is not yet obliterated, j The Spanish-American war has done much to palliate the North j and the South. It has tempered ! soii.ewliai the feelings of the de- ' ccendants of world renowned com- i batants'. but it has not entirely placed in obscurity the Mason to jump on the South when one of its men goes wrong. As for the action of Mr. Till- of thejm;,n ,j the ail'air of the Senate, states i we d0 m,t uphold it; neither do we coincide with the political n r n w t in homage to Southern bloof! ha is neither backward nor afiv- :. TllAT prince Henry, of Prussia, , , , . . , ,. should be given such a cordial welcome by the United States au thorities at Washington is caus ing much comment from the En glish press, which states that a significance lurks behind it all. Suppose there is a significance. It is time the two nations of Ger many and America should come to a more amicable understand ing, and the reception of the prince is only that of one nation i to another. Our old mother coun try need not grow jealous because her child has profited by hei his tory, for she is not yet forgotten. Last week we received the com munications of two of our corres pondents too late tt get them in I. the last week's issue of our paper. In fact we did not get them until after we had gone to press on Thursday afternoon. AVe regret this, and will be pleased if our correspondents will mail their communications early in the week Tuesday at the latest. We call the attention of every white voter to the law which says that, everyone who votes must pay his poll tax on or before May 1st. All who fail to look after this matter within the time spec ified, will not be allowed to vote on election day. Doirt neglect this duty any longer than is nec essary, lest it be entirely forgot ten. Ix the death of State Superin tendent Thos. V. Tono llm f.,f soul was in the great work of pro moting the cause of education. j He realized the vast importance ..i ...unuiiiiii, aim ins euorrs nave done much for the people of North Carolina. tw. .T. Y. .Iov,,- ,,f ti,Q coin-jy;orniai aml TndllPh.i;1l n,. .., Superintendent Toon. The gov - ernor has chosen a wise and ah!,. i n,:lll. who is well fitful ;u i. 1 ...v.. lu ...I imr ; responsible position. - .7. z tt Sijcce the- bout 1 1 ; : v. ; k'i i I'-.i in the Semite. ' cen r-n r- ar ir-il one away back to sit down for a little while. THE WAR ON ILLITERACY. Address to the People of North Caro lina, by Conference of Educators Greexboro, N. C, Feb. 20, 1902. To the Editor of The Tiiiiji xe : On behalf of the executive committee of "The Association for the Promotion of Public Education" in North Caroli na, held in Raleigh last week, we write to request that yon publish in the col umns of your paper the enclosed address issued by the conference. Very respectfully yours, Charles 13. Aycock, Chairman Executive Committee. Chari.es D. McIveu, Secretary Executive Committee. Profoundly convinced of the prophetic wisdom of the declaration of the fath ers, made at Halifax in 1770, that "re ligion, morality, and know ledge being necessary to good government, schools and the means for education shall for ever be encouraged" ; and cognizant of the full meaning of that recent consti tutional enactment which debars from the privilege of the suffrage, after 1903, all persons who cannot read and write; and relying on the patriotism and foresight of North Carolinians to deal with a great question which vitally concerns rhe material and social wel iare of themselves and their posterity, we, in an educational conference as sembled in the city of Ealeigh, this February lo, 1902, are moved to make the following declaration of educa tional facts and principles : 1. To-day, more fully than at any other time in our jjast history, do North Carolinians recognize the over shadowing necessity of universal edu cation in the .solution of those problems which a free government must solve in perpetuating its existence. 2. No free government has ever found any adequate means of universal edu cation except in free public schools, open to all, supported by the taxes of all its citizens, where every child, regard less of condition in life or circumstances of fortune, may receive that opportunity for training into social service which the constituents for this and other great States and the age demand, 3. "We realize that our State has readied th-.- constitutional limit of tax ation for the rural schools, that she has mndo extra appropriations to lengthen ii. rei'r-i of il'.eso schools to 80 days in i . We realize, too, that the i; -ninths' term now provided is in !! quato for the reason that more than h;0,(;00 children of school age in the L nited States outside of North Caroli- ii are now provided an average of 14o 'days of school out of : every 805; and that tll0 teaclicrs of these chiWrcu are paid an average salary of 43 per month, while thc teachers of the children of North Carolina are paid hardly f 2" per mouth, thus securing for all the chil dren of our sister States more efficient training for the duties of life. And we realize that, according to the latest censes report and the report of the. Uni ted States Commissioner of Education, for every man, woman and child of its population, thc country at large is spend ing $2.83 for the education of its chil dren, while North Carolina is spending barely 67 cents; that the. country at large is spending on an average of $20,29 for every pupil enrolled in is public schools, while North Carolina is spending only S3 or $4 the smallest amount expended by any State hr the Union. And still further do we realize that the average amount spent for the education of every child of school age in the United States is approximately 9.50, while North Car olina is spending $1.78. These facts should arouse our pride and our patriotism, and to inquire whether the future will not hold this generation responsible for the perpetua tion of conditions that have resulted in the multiplicity of email school districts, inferior school houses, poorly paid teachers, and necessarily poor teaching; that have resulted in twenty white illit erates out of every 100 white population over ten years of age, in generally poor and poorly paid supervision of the ex penditure of our meagre school funds and of the teaching done in onr schools ; and, finally, in that educational indif ference which is the chief cause of the small daily attendance of about ,r0 pu pils out of every 100 enrolled in our public schools. We believe the future will hold us re sponsible for the perpetuation of these unfavorable conditions, and, therefore, we conceive it to be the patriotic, moral, and religious duty of North Carolinians to set about in earnest to find thc means by which all of our children can receive that education which wrll give them equal opportunities wilh the children of other sections of our common country. 4. Viewing our educational problems and conditions in the light of education al history and experkuce, we declare it to be our Sim conviction that the next step foward for North Corolina, in edu cation, is to provide mere money for her country public schools, making possible the consolidation of small school dis- i triers, the professional teacher, and skill ed supervision of the expenditure of all school funds and of the teaching done in the schools. The history of the adoption of the principle of local self help by our 35 graded ,-C'i towns and cities must in inspiration and an example silage and rural community in . iiiia. Those towus.uni ;hm Surely to.-.-' Ji.ivcu-V.pted the only means at hand ic-r the adequate education of thii. ,41. jUlva - In adopting this principle, local ! tafU' thoy St'COT; first, adequate is--cnooitun.ua: second, competent super- . .,... ' 1 "."wa, i-xtuei, ssiuea teaclifrs -.acKing (anyone of this educational trinity no icoaimtunty has eves- yet succeeded in e--v-"' nit "'c of a Ose ant i Cities CT a lei sections of the United States in ado-.t-! ! mg nrst tne means' of education, local j s . . . . taxation. The fact that 09 per cent, of the total school fund of this Union is now raised by local taxes, while North Carolina raises only 14 per cent of her funds by that means, and lags behind all her sister States in every phase of pub lic education, has both its lesson and its warning. 5. Remembering that in the last year nearly thirty communities in North Car olina, some of them distinctly rural, have adopted the principle of local taxa tion for schools, we thiuk this time most auspicious to urge a general movement of all our educational forces in that di rection, and, therefore, we appeal to all patriotic North Carolinians, men and women, who love their State, and espe cially that part of their State which is worth more than all its timber, lauds, mines, aiid manufacturing plants, to band themselves together under the lead ership of our "Educational Governor" and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, aided by the Southern Edu cation Board, to cany forward the work of local taxation and tetter schools, to the end that every child within our borders may have the opportunity to lit himself for the duties of citizenship and social service. And, finally, heartily believing in the Christlikeness of this work of bringing universal education to all the children of North Carolina, we confidently rely on the full co-operation of all the church es of the State, whose work is so near the hearts of all the people, and, there fore appeal to the pulpit to inculcate the supreme duty of universal education. I.KSS CONFEDERATE MONEY Some ot it Said to Have Hcen Worked Off iu Cubit. If has just leaked out that our troop ers from the Strath expended Confed erate notes freely in Cuba during the Spanish-American war. This plan was originated by young men of the South ern States in whose homes sundry trnnkfuls of "Jeff Davis' money" had been lying idle for some 33 years. The Cuban's were easy vic tims. The war between the States had long since been forgotten, and no thought of fraud en tered their heads when they accepted the crisp bills in exchange for commodi ties'. So, you see, the war was not wit h ont its rewards. It enabled the South, through its young men, to redeem, so to speak, the fiat money of the Lost Cause. Several soldiers were detected scatter ing fradulent money in Florida. In the camps near Jacksonville, where troops awaited orders to sail for Cuba orders that never came the devil seems to have found a good deal of work for idle hands to do. Some of the "boys" were in the habit of raising United States notes of the denomination of $1 to 20 notes by cutting out the figures i 20 from a Confederate bill, shavi.i"- r.r scraping the paper very thin and past ing it over the 1 of the genuine bill. S expertly was the work done that there was no difficulty in passing the frauds in bar-rooms and restaurants, where money is seldom carefully exam ined. Some of the forgers were caught and punished. New York Press. The V.'ays of Brooklyn. "Talk about hard luck running in families," said the Brooklyn reporter at the city hall. "Why, we get it in chunks. "For instance, the other day I was told I would have to handle some of the functions connected with the reception Of Prince Henry, so I dug out my eve ning clothes, for which I had found no use for several weeks. A family of healthy mice Lad made such havoc with the coat that it was no longer fit to wear. "Says I to myself, 'I'll step around and borrow my brother's suit.' My brother looked pained when I announc ed the object of my visit. "I'm real sorry old man' he said, 'but I'm afraid I can't accomodate you. Yon see 1 let a friend have it a few weeks ago and he hasn't returned it.' " 'What's the matter with asking him to return it ?' says I " 'Wall the fact is,' said my brother, 'the poor chap died before he had a chance to send it back, and his folks, not knowing that the suit was a bor rowed one, buried him in it." Mail and Express.' Clerk's Wise Suggestion. "I have lately been troubled with dys pepsia, belching and sour stomach," wrstes M. S. Mead, leading pharmacist of Attleboro, Mass. "I could eat hardly anything without suffering several hours, My clerk suggested I try Ko dol Dyspepsia Cure which I did with most happy results. I have had no more trouble and when one can so on "L 1,ie;.chee!?' cy and nuts after such a time, their digestion must be pretty good. I endorse Kodol Dyspepsia Cure heartily." You don't have to diet. Eat all the good food you want but don't overlook the stomach. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests vour food. The Florence Mills, Forest City. Twit ty & Thompson. Still a Little Shaky About Him. As the train reached a wayside sta tion the other day, an antique looking dame thi-ust her head out of the win dow opposite the refreshment room and called out : "Boy !" A bright-looking boy came up to the window. "Little boy," she said, "have you a mother?" "Yes, ma.am." "And are vou faithful to your studies?" "Yes, ma'am." "Do you say your prayers every night" "Yes, ma'am." "Can I trust you to do an errand for me?" "Yes, ma'am." "I think I can too." said the lady, looking steadily down on the uiaulv face. "Here is a penny to get me an apple. Remem ber God sees you." Eaiuburg Scotsman. Favorite Nearly Kverywhere. They never gripe, Fa-1 ..illt Jlill 1 IP r Arannn B1.M-. li est City, Twltly &ipson ' Constipation means dullness, depres-1 The ! health. DeWitt's Little Early Risers mand for the world's W wor!: Mciiiii our j souiulate. the liver, open the bowels and Dr. King s New Life Pills. For (W i or it ;pr;"l"v "". t-oiuuuou. i:e. sneenr- stination. slr Tfpnrlnoi.o Ii ATTL.ES AROU&D KICIIwOXD. The Sixth North Carolina in Rattle on Many :Slst, 1862. In camp near Richmond Ya., June Cth, 1SG2. To Gen. J. . Martin, Adjutant Genii , Raleigh, N. C. Genehal: As I commanded the old N. C. in the battle of May 31st, 1SG2, I deem it my duty to make the Governor, through you, the following l-eport of the part it took in that engagement : "We marched from Richmond, reach ing the immediate vicinity about 5, p. m. ; when I was at once ordered to move my regiment forward and to drive the enemy before me. The various regiments and brigades were brought into line of battle to the right, and to the left. We met with no cheek until we had proceeded about one mile, mostly through the woods, but ou emerging from a small wt)td, I was delayed suf ficiently long by another regiment, which had obliqued while passing through a field, getting in my front- to enable us to discover three regiments making an effort to take us in flank; changing my front, the regiment went at them at the double qnick. They faced about, filing Ik hind a wood and unmasking a masked battery which owned upon us when about 150 yards distant from it. In this position the left wing of the regiment re-ted behind a wood, and the right in the open field. The fire of the battery was so unex pected and severe, that the right soon broke and could not be rallied until it had reached a wood abour iiOO yards to the rear Three companies of the left, Capts. Tate, Kirkland and Carter, maintained their position, or rather advanced slow ly upon the infantry of the enemy, in pits and brush, driving them back. lhese companies were also under the lire of the Lattery, but not so h-avy as the right. These three companies maintained their position nobly, but seeing that the right had been forced Lack, they retired also, but not until they were too late to form on them, and they consequently were joined by their officers to another regiment and acted with it. Having rallied or partially rallied the right still under a heavy fir;' of shell ! and grape phot, I was ordered to ad vance and again attack the lattery in conjunction with other regiments. This the men did in force, still approaching to within 75 yards of the guns, Imt here the fire from the Lattery and snpnrting j infantry became so terrible, that it was; impossible to go forward ; but unwilling j again to retreat, the regiment maintain-' cd its f ro. Hid, being partially sheltered j by some rising ground; for some time. Here there was considerable confusion in oonsequeneoof several- regiments hay ing been thrown on the rami' ground. j Finding it impossible to do anything j but sat rifice lives, I w ithdrew the men. I This is the last of the fight so far as the tith North Carolina is concerned. I It was very nearly dark, and I busied myself in rallying and coll. ctiug the regiment. This battery played sad havoe with our division regiment after regi- ! ment charging it, but eaf-h in turn failing. The Cth North Carolina j was the first to try it, and one of the j last to leave it. Ollicors and men be- j haved in the coolest and bravest man- j ner possible. They could not have! shown more courage. But I would fail in saying all if I did not state that there I weie a few miserable wretches w ho not only left the field, but scattered all along the road the most exagerated reports of j the action. 1 am enabled to give yon the names of the eommisionc.l officers i wounded, and the number of killed wounded and missing of ti e enlisted. i Captain Freeland was severely shot ! in the leg and was left on the field. Capt. J. W. Lt a was painfully but not j dangerously wounded in the very first i of the action while gallantly leading his i company. j Lieuts. Ray, company D; Bar bee, I company I ; and Smith, company A ; j were only slightly wounded. Fourteen enlisted men were killed, eighty-two wounded and twenty missing. I can give my testimony as to the gal lant conduct of the regiment, and say that I think it has not lost any of its an cient glory. In conclusion, I feel that I will be doing injustice to none when I specify thc gallantry of Major Webb throughout the day, and convey to you the assistance rendered me. Lieut. Vincent led his company most gallantly to charge a small party across a field. The sfubborness with which Capts. Tate, Kirkland and Carter main tained their position on the left in the jnrst charge of the Lattery entitles them to great credit. The coolness of Cap tain, now Lieut. Col., Avery was also very conspicous. I am convinced that there were hundreds of instances be sides these, which should be mentioned, but it is impossible tor see or mention all First sergeant Covington, company II although wounded in several places up on the head antibody, maintained his position in the front of his companv Corporal Cox, of company E, was also very conspicuous. Cant. Freeland par particnlarly distinguished himself as I am told, but his company being absent did not come up in time to join bis re giment, and went in with the 22nd N C. He, it is feared has fallen into the hands of the yankees. They could not have taken a braver man or a more cool and gallant officer. I would also mention the great ser vices rendered me by my Adintant First Lieut. R. B. Smith. He Ss brave cool and active. I am sir, very respectfully, vour obe-' client servant. i . W. D. PENDER, Brig -Our Living anil Our Dead. Gen. Millions Put to Work. wonderful activity of the new or any trouble of Stomach, Liver or ivmueys iney re nurivalca. Only 25c at Twitty &f Thompson's drug store. P3 Dear Friend". We Know That we have what your waists need; ami that you ronsult your best interest when you call and purchase from us, as we have the best that can be bought for any price, and give them to you for less money than you can buy them elsewhere. Try us for any drug or patent medicine and You'll Know Positively that the City Drug Store is thc place to buy what you want, that you can find what, you want for the lowest price at The City Drug Store. JffNow ln Old 1 o OK FOR I am now in o m and only have time to extend every one a cordial invitation m m to look me south of Commercial Bank. 5 is o. Among Your (m new year Let That you always buy your eateables from us. It will be hard to make a better one. 3. H. Mills & Son.? -When You Want Extra Fine ! Home ' Made Molasses, o SEND YOUH JUG TO US. 11. Tomatoes, 2 Cans for ce,,fc I'ettijolin's Breakfast Food" is fine for breakfast. 15 cents will buy a large package. K. J. & H. L. CARPENTER. ! I will sell sit my residence ou W;ishinjrt;n strtvt at the nour or 1 o cock, p. m.,;n Monday, March 3rd, 1902, all of my Household ami Kitchen Furniture to the highest bidders f;r cash, lit- property to be sold includes jifl ar ticles necessary to good housekeeping rtnd evrvon is in vited to attend the sale. MISS MATT MILLER. i Hardware Stand. m my New Store k YA O E3 up, two doors a IS m m o m 4 fea n r! i 5v ? ? rn E-sr? ff I B c4 . VI us Suggest One! o E far i tSFXa B IP.
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