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SUCCESSOR TO THE ROCKINGHAM
-Old Series; Vol. J5.VJJ, No. 20.
: ROCKINGHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE I,-1899.
- .Mew series, voix. jmo.
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NORTH CAROLINA.
Interestinr Items Gathered from
Our
State Exchanges.
Greensboro will erect a $ioo,obo
Hotel.,, ;' .
The King's Daughters wift "meet
in State convention at Southern
Pines June i, 2 and 3. 1
- There is talk of extending the
Concord & Aberdeen railroad
through' to Moores ville.
No more convicts will be sen
tenced to the North Carolina peni
tentiary by the Federal courts.
Ihe Stute board of education has
given ah option to I. M. Meekins
onthe State lands in Camden coun
4y, about 19,000 acres, at 50 cents an
acre.
The encampment of the State
Guard vi:i be held at Morehead.
This has been decided upon, but
has not yet been officially an
nounceed, says the Post.
The contract was let a fews days
ago for the' building of the new
silk mill rear Roanoke Rapids.
This mill, unlike the two other
.ilk mills now being established in
North Carolina, is chiefly owned
by local investors. j 4 .
The First Regiment Band is on a
tour cf the principal towns' in the
State., after . which it will . locate,
for one year in the town appearing
the bet .inducements. It is pro
nounced second only to Sousa's fa
mous band and the town will be
foitunate which secures it.
v
The corporation commissioners
Imve gone to the eastern - part of
the State on a tour of inspection of
railroads and steamboat lines
Tl-.ey will inspecjt first the Atlan
tic and North Carolina Railroad,
then the steamboat line from New
bern to Elizabeth City:; From,
there they will go ovefliejNbrfolk
and Soutiiern, errtiing up with the J
Dranch roads of the Atlantic Coast
Line in the eastern part of the
State. Raleigh New s. 1
'Phone messages from China
Grove tell of "a"" shocking suicide
which happened two miles below
that place last night about mid
night. iavid daughtry, a middle
aged man with a family, took
his life in a fit of depression fol
lowing a potracted drinking tpell.
He woke his, wife and asked if he
had not been- drunk and abu
si.ve toward his family. She an
swered that he had been drunk but
had not maiterated her or the chil
dren in any way. He then said
thrt he would never' abuse them
iigain, and reaching for a double
barrelled shot gun, placed the
-muzzle under bis chin and pulled
:the trigger with hi toes, i His face
.and .the front part of his head were
l.own oft, the brains spattering
atrainst the wall of the room.
Charlotte Observer.
e have received what: appears
to-be the second number -of i4The
Anglo-Saxon,"' the successor to the
Rockingham Rocket, which has
just been begun at that thriving
town. Mr. H. Clay Wall, an ex
perienced journalist, is the presi
dent of the teompany which owns
it, and Mr. A. J. Maxwell is the
editor and business manager, it
Ufts well and "we cordially wish
it every success. The Observer has
had frequent occasion to commend
. the writings of Mr. MaxWell who
has been ably editing- the- CoIum:
bus News, a Bryan ana f ree v silver
democratic paper at Whiteville
The latter will be continued by AffJ
Maxwell's brother. Fayettvilfc
Obseryer.
There is one simple way open ..tQj15ye'a rpht to. expect thee to give
.congress by which the trusts may
be restrained. It is the repeal
of every protective ,4uty on
very article -.controlled, f by a
trusty Nothing could be. ; more
just than to knock the turiff 4props '
but from- under. any combination of
capital which uses them jas rneans
of crushing competition and creat
.iug mcnoprolies. : Atlanta . Journal.
. -y '""-;-".'. ". . -'-f!".
Hricaf economy?' . 'Never to buy
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twenty-two-companisfrihad become
North Carolina companies under
the Craig Bill, They are divided
as follows : X-ife, 6; fire, 5; bond
irig, 1. -
Quite a number of othes, com
panies have given notice of their
attention to comply with the latf as
sooji as they can get the proper. p3
pers. s. ,
Yesterday, Tune it, was the
time limit fixed by.the bill for cor
porations doing business ' in- the
orate 10 uecome aomesucatea.
oucn insurance companies as .now
have agencies in North Cardlina
must comply with the law for they
cannot close up business Jiere en
tirely.
If any companieshink that by
not taking new business, they have
"stopped business" and will not
be liable to the penalty they are
mistaken. J ne United btates bu-
prcme wurt, in a late case, in
winch tne onrecticut Mutual In-
surance Company was a party (172
. S..Go2).has held as follows :.
"A ioreign insurance company
which has been doing business
within a State does not cease to do
business therein when it draws its
agent and. ceases to take new poli-
cies zt its ola policies remain in
force, theremiums on which are
sent to an agent pf the company in
another Sttef"
In such case the company is lia
ble to $200 per day penalty, which
can be collected today by garnishee
procfess against the premiums.
The Consumer Pays.
m -m r r-v A
.00 to Wasiiington. JJuii you
may be, indifferent you surely are.
Yet.you shall not escape the knowl
edge of the unevenness and mal
adjustment of public dyes. Where-
ever 3011 look, whatever the itm,
the poor pay the taxes, the rich
ride fairly free. One is taxed for
what he needs, not what he has,
The Craig Bill-and Insurance Companies. I
TJd to Saturday "nitrht exactlvl
and the consumer pays. Whether cation. He has sent two sons to
it be whiskey dr woolens, sugar or Keil to learn the trades of carpen
clcars. it isn't the man who sells, terintr. cabinet maK?ne and black-
it's the man who buys who meets
the tax., And the last purchaser
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Leaving 4national tor local gov-
eminent, and Washington Jor
home, as you scan taxation, you
note that, btill and ever, it is the
noor man who navs. The Verdict
doesn't assume to know the tax
co nditions of States' and counties'
other than its proper home. It
knows the .taxing story of New-
York, however, and it will hazard
half its income that the story finds
frank paralled iu every county in
the land. Personal property es
capes and real property is left to
bear the general burden." Which
means that the rich folks and the
corporations go much unlashed of
taxes, while the renter and small
home-owner are made to carry the
load. For mark you ! it isn't the
landlord, its the tenant who dis
charges the public dues against the
roof tree that shelters him. The
city takes from the landlord and
callsjt taxes ; the landlord adds
this contribution to the charge
against the tenant and recovers in
the sacred name of rent. Whether
it be whiskey or rent, tenant or
toper, the consumer pays. Ver
diet. '- .
He Didn't Budge.
One time a carriage met a young
man in a buggy driving in a nar,
row lane, where they couldn't
0l.sbaf mak05way ;:fbr-.ywir
said the younff manv f-' , ; .
"1 am older than thjou art, ' .-re
plied the Quaker, and therefore
way so mat j. can pa&s. t
''Well, I won't," resumed the
young fellow-'Then he pulledout
a newspaper and began to read, as
he sat stillin his carriage.
Qjiaker, obeying hUuV
ed a pipe and some tobaccp
his pockestrucK;iig'M
and puffed away veryfortab'y
Frien' said. hewheri thou
st readthat paper; I bouhi fce
very clad if thou ' wouldsHend it
to me." ; -::U-;pyi-.
J vThe youh man gave up the con-
'NEWS 'EPITOMES
The . Week's News , Told in Condensed
Paragraphs. .
Dreyfus will .be given' a new
trial. '
Ihe Hague Peace Conference
considers favorably America's ar-
bitratioa proposal. ' - -
Forest fires haye destroyed vast
property in New Jersey. 'The loss
is estimated at $150,006.
Secretary "Wilson's Southern
tour convinces him that tea may be
profitably grown in this country
Mrs. W. J. Bryan addressed the
graduating class of Jacksonville
(Fla.) Academy on"1 'The Arr.eri
can Woman." '. '
'Ex-preident Harison, who will
act as chief counsel for Venezuela
in the Venezuelan boinTdry dis-
pure, has arrived in Pans.
Th. T-nciiru Dtnflrtmnt,
decided to make a formal inquirv
to establish responsibility for
grounding of the steamship Paris
Kiaenling, of ; the Penl3rlvania
Athletic club, on Saturday last, at
the Manhattan field broke the
world's record for broad jump. The
new record is 24 sfeet 4 inches.
vharles Hutchinson, a young
man, was shot by his wife during a
family quarrel at Arcadia Tnursday
and inst.intlv killed. The woman
1 j ir j x- ot u i
pleads self-deience. She is but 26
J
years old and Hutchinson is
.
fifth husband. '
Governor Savers, of Texas, has
addressed letters to the Governors
and Attorney Generals of all the
Southern States asking them 'what
date would be most convenient to
them to attend a convention to con-
sider the. question of uniform Jegis-
lation in opposition to trusts.
The emperor of Germany
may-
be erratic on some subjects but he
has very practical views as to eda-
smithing. They are to go into tne
shops like Ordinary apprentices and
' y
to work.
The emperor's design is to have
all his sons learn -one oi mce
trades so thoroughly that they
could, if it became necessary, -earn
a good living by manual labor
The belief in so-called Christian
science is sweeping over parts of
the North. - Its followers refuse
all medical .attention - when . sickj
and the legal phase of the question
is being - discused, It is argued
that when a person gets sik and
unable to help himself and his at
tendahts refuse; to. procure medical
aid for him, they sjiould be punish
ed. Ex Vice President Stevenons
sister lately died without medical
attention. Christian science claims
to heal by prayer and faith." ; A man
namecTCidder and his wife, science
'doctors, were" arrested in Buffalo
1
Tuesday charged with manslaugh
ter, in causing the deajh of a nine.
year old boy, who. is said to have
died of pneumonia without medical
aid. The parents' of the..: boy will
ie arrested after the funeral.
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The Summer Season Should, be. Taken With
- a Crain of Salt.
The way 10 the seaside is by the. Sea
board Air Line. Saturday., and .Sunday
excursions from May 20th to SeptembeV
34th to Virginia lieach, pcean View and
Ud Point comfort, round trip $3.56 .via
thp beaboard Air Line. TicketV will; be
on sale Saturdays artd Sundays iod to
rcrwo. lollawHig;Iinday1 trprn:i? afeili
Uoykinf, Dnrharp, JCfsflM.
Roykihs
i. ediate poiotsi.
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fi veentsdTs was tKest quar-;
terr rt 1 s m ot n e r 1 n - aw -oeai -..-hihi
pveirthe biofd withubthus
in 'Arkafisaa.reri..:mth.a
fine boy i Thtsasjemoon
The fatherceleijrdthevenW
yrinicingsetfiifixhis mmmx
ti-M7rntoWhen
iiHken;stupQ
fei ifyiH V$ r Tin - a: 1 the2mazza i Abcwit ihat;time.'S.the
ivKfidctr-tn iiifl nnfjtec was iwemv- t r,-..r 7r :- -a-i-;, . .
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AN OLD HUNTER'S HOME;
(Qol. Steele in Porest and Stream.)
The folio wing beautifu jly w rit
ten classic came from the ' pen of
Opl. Steele "many -years agp., Thdniight happch, that they would
interesting characters it -reveals,
i types of bygone days, ami the sim-
pie; chaste English in . whLchvthe
story isftold, warrant its reproduc
tion. It was republisbed by the
Fayette,yille Observer last week-
Many years ago, wher sulkies
an gigsand buggies nd wagons
and the horse were the only means
of transportation ilong the high-
ways, roadside inns, were much
more common than they now are,
and occasionally one was; to be
found which offorded the weary
traveler genuine refreshment and
repose after the toilsome j journey
of the day. Such a stopping place
as I have described as situated
on the. east bank of a stream called
Quewhiffle, in the county 6f Cum
ki, r,A U't ; :', 'f
Fay etteville which was for a long
vvhile the market town of a
large portion of the western part of
this State. Since that time; by rea
son of the construction of railroads,
a r very considerable part; of the.
trade which that place once con
troled has been-diverted to ofher
marts, though the town is itijl in a
somewhat thriving condition. The
house to vhich I refer ' wss made
T ' 1. 1 1 . J C
U1 uiuc lots, uiteiy ucweui was ui
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uiic biuiy 111 ucigiii, nau a biiiaii pi
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azza on the south side, at one end
of
which was
a
shed
room, aoout ten reet square, ana
and in the rear a large onej; extend
ing the whole length of th4 hpuse.
Its only chimney was'made of pun-
cheons and dirtVand sticks. The
windows were destitute of gla?s,.
and shielded from the weather, by
plank shutters. Just on the out
side of one of them, near the fire-
place, was a platform, upo,n"which
the proprietor always kept sa "large
supply of, light wood knots with
1 1 r t . - , . j
wnicn ne ioupa.it easy at an times
to keep a blading fire, rendering
the use of other lights entirely un
necessary. '
Th dwelling was inclosed,' and
was not more than- ten fefet from
the north side ot the highway. All
the outhouses were of. the sapie un
pretending character.
,Pa;irt was
unknown.
The country a 1-1 around
is, very ih productive,
was, 'and
andno one acquainted with the
charactes of the hostelry, would
have ever stopped there except as a
last resort to avoid sleeping in the
woods.' Daniel- Love, an old
Scotchman, his wife, Polly, and
their only child, yilliam Were the
dwellers in this humble homej ex
cept for the last ten or fifteen years
of the owrer, when Daniel McMil
lan a brother of Mrs L.,'; resided
with them! The old man Owned a
i
few negroes, and with their labor,
uchi as it, was, and that of father
and son, a scanly crop wajs made.
The mistress (she was really the
servant, and this state of affairs
was ngit uncommon1 in. the South
during the existence of slavery)
and one or two negro women, spun
and wove Cotton and wool; and out
of this the clothing was alll made
Mr.-Dove -was the possessor of
more, than one thousand acres of
lihd. and had quite a number of
cattle," sheep and hogs; Such is i-
general'diitline of the condition , of.
things. , r " - .' ; ' '.
The traveler, weary ari4 dusty at
the close ; of the - day's. ijorieyV
dreW'-dp'tp.tb.cC
pf hisbicfeiibfteSaJjpened
Uvouid shd w himself, and kvmtem
iai lui ;t iTii ii.. w 1111.11 fvn 1 1 .rru. niii
'hurrv; Was a word -whose-, sigr
nificanc ; was Pti
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old ladvwould walk iriiftbiselessly ;
gre?t ypuitbple&santm
OTW
moimd&o :mmmm4'M
rvL6verid Wijliam.. siie ald bpuj of ; news ; your immed
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iattle and sheep, and would be in
after arwhile. ' Further questioning
her, you jnight get information
that they took their sinele-barf el
ed flint-lock shot-guus- thinkjg;.it
see a deer or turkey during thei
search. She 'Wouldl then leave you
and you might amuse yourselfby
Uooking over some oldjeopy of,, the
ayetteville : (Jbserver,which a trav
eler had left with them or a Patent
ojSice reporjt which some member of
Congress had sent to him. Or, if
so inclined, you might walk about
the. premises and see nailed up cm
post6, or the sides of a-house, some
trophies of the pine barrens -the
antlers ot many a buck which he
arid William had brought do!Wn by
the aid oLth'eir guns. Just before
dark, or between sundown- and
that time, you would hear the
Lsquail ot one or more chickens, and
have your olfactories regaled with
the aroma of roasting coffee.' Tom
would come in and throw a few
pine knots -"lightered,'" as usual
ly called, upon the fife, and 'soon
the blazing brands would fill -the
rdom with light and heat. After
a time," the quiet yoices of Uncle
Daniel andJWilliam would be heard
just outside of the house, and in
they would come dressed in woolen
hunting shirts of a brownish color
set their guns up in the corner,
hang their shotbags upon the ram
rods, give you a very gentle grasp
of the handy and then seat them
selves in split-bottomed chairs.
You would ask what luck . they
had had, and the old - mar: would
tell you that they had succeeded in
getting a deer 'and a gobblers-
course, you would wahtjtflrjsee the
game. A torch would be, lighted,
and 'you WjOuld witness one of the
means by which the larder of the
tiouse was often suppplied f for the
delight of the palate of. many a
guest. After being told how. far
the . turkey ivas from jthe hun
ter, when killed, that they had
toted' 1 the game on. a pole for
several miles, and would proceed
to dress it before going to bed, you
would re-enter the house. The old
man. would take a seat near the
window, open the broad butters,
ake a knot throw, if. on the fire,
and make the room more "cheerful
and more bright." - The old lady
Would tome in, aud William would
help his mother set out a folding
table in the middle of the room,
upon a floor .well sprinkled--with
clean .white -sand. She would go
to a chest, take out a clean "cotton
table cover and nicely spread it.
Then she would.go to the cupboard
take the plate?, cups and' saucers,
knives and forks, and put them fin
appropriate places. . Lastly she
would lake a small waiter and put
it nt one end. and indo this her
sugar dish and cream bowl and tea
spoons. X7ery shortly thereafter one
negro girl would c'ome in bearing a
' plate of biscuit and a dish of fried
chicken." Retiring, she would soon
return with a dish of oroiled venison
atid somy turkey steak. Mrs. L
would -finlbh up with the cuffee-pbt
and" fresh plate of . butteT.-Y'ou
would then be very quietly told'
that if you Wanted anything to eat,
the chance bad come for you to- get
il. It is probable enough that you
would want no second suggestion
and proceed to business .without
further ceremony. The coffee . was
not to be surpassed anywhere, in
any, French' jife; those biscuits were
liffht arid nicely browned, ' that
chicken was past lt praise-lTir be
it known that a-: q mg owi cooKt a
before the. life Ueat Jiatf leftHf un-
ifl na-
igh for
nnnr :rur i alsfc tl w 1 1 u r k e"S( -tea kZA&
froh$harrj
A better mSil you v
U e vlrxrioit: blesse-w.
srpV3i an fla-
Torf inaijvc'j enough for
1
i
joye'd 1 its xi el icib
RrL nn' thA cAiX' ruan-aska V
abundant supply of ranpcdote and: a (
profusion of quiet huwor; . He wi .
tell you o'i h'is hunting Experienced.
and if ypii will ask hiqa hewr marry
deer he bag; killed in aU his life h
will inooii ybu tbat -fncludingr tlre
who tic guv lu-uujr, me uuiuutr is cjl-
actly 1,521. As. lo turkeyshe i4,not
so positive, but enoujh to give every
family in Cumberland county a
nice one for Christmas and New
Year's dinners. In thai day we had
.no Thanksgiving dinners, for vte had
no Thanksgiving day, knojyja to our
law. Np doubt we, were quite grate
ful for Almighty benefactions as we
are nowj'though we did not make
quite io much public parade of the
fact.:: ' ' ". ''' .-';
The old -man was one of the salt
of the earth. He knew nothing of
conventual or fashionable life, 'irlle
never saw a railroad nor steamphip,
had read but few books besides-hia
Bible but knew how to be honest and
straight-forward, kind; gentle and
itoHpiiauie. no ayance inea up
the fountain of his soul -no ma'lig,
nity, nar envy, horliatered put gall
and wormwood in'bis: heart. And
that old woman, who for forty years
neither long nor "weary ones jwrith
hejtrhadf made herse.'f happy, by
doing her cluty ia the "lowly train
of life's qu,estered scene,'' as became
a wife and!; mother, wasreally. orl?
ot the bestof the sexTa her Mr
Love and William were the chief ob
jects ofjher earthly idolitry. Her
boy for boy he always wis in her
eyes Wasto his parents, ever lov
ing and true. Though the old folks
are "dead and gone," William lives
there still, married but chiklless.and
when ihe ''shuffles off thhrr mortal
cbirthe ;lasti)f tlie race wjlfchaye
depar
Pi VVjf 'y&und Unc
anieland
linn are talking, Ihe
old
woman is deftly using herk
-
needles upon a pair of yarn socks
or the comfort of her husband or
son the .'wool'-clipped, by them,
washedMinel carded and spun by
ler. Ohi how sweetly, even now.
after more than thirty years have
passed over rue, whitening mylocks,
and furrowing my cheeks, does that
maternal smile of Aunt Polly dwell
rn tiio house of iny memory!
Af'.t-r you have' con versed until
voar feelings are in full accord with
- . .--.
the indication .of your watch
Uncle Daniel will telf you that there
are two beds in the oast end of the
room, and you can take vhieh you
.choose. If vou 'show. by your cdn-
luct that your modi sly is likely to
je sorely Ured, he will suggest that
f Polly can stand it, he thinks you
might be able to do so. And' then
he old woman may-go om, -but will
eojue back after ybu have thrown'
the priectingHbiankets .over you.
nd will khit away, until you have
dst all sense of y our early surround'
rigs. In the morning When you
wake, after a night di healthful .re
pose, refreshed a ik! strong, you will
see herj-quicklv'moving about the
fire. .Tf she. notices.- that you -are.
awake she v. ill express, her sincere
wish that you have .had a good
night. And then she glides out 6t
the room, ybu. get tip put . oh your
clothes (they calf it "dress," these
days), and sit about the fire rfhich
somebody bud made while you were
asleep. ).. ' A., .;; . ' ' , -v-1
In a few: miniates Uncle. Daniel
and William come Lo;and yau learn
from them th
at soon lifter ybif
. i
y with your ride ol
got in bed, weary
th i rtymtles, they rested from their
walk .of over ten, had skinned; the
bpek, cut it up' and', put it aya.y
viol nw A I T il n tr1 u III n: ' 1 1 O r'T. t ItiI I
very iu or ni ng taken la kejri a tru nip
of several miles. . -Sooi you"' have
inumauons . ihui - urea k. ia ai ; j if v p
nrnaehihsf-for-about art hbar:;beY
frtt'e y buai'8 itnAtj t h e ,oderr off
w:m n 11 iiirr .
Baksng Powder
Made from pure
dr&am of tartarVy
against
Alum bakinff powders are tifie greatest
meoacers to health of the present day
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' ROVAL. HAKINA DmuiutB m . lieiu wnsv '
UptoDate
Tin Store,
. Everything found ia.a first claslhv
Tin ,S tore is carried in stock. : "At "
goods are new and purchased with " - 4 '
a view to the' needs of this section
Stoves :
v - .
, and Ranges of different sizes and : T;
makes at the very lowest prices. A- ,
nice line of -' ' "TT"-!
tamps, Crockery
and Hardware v
for Household use.. AN VfHING v
mm
Jn Tin. If we haven't got Jt hve A," .
will make it for you and guaran-v ''' : V
tee'satisfaction. ESTIMATES Wj f T ,
tin work of alt kinds -roofing, 'gttt ;
terin-gtcgladly furnishedi. Jib I .
work of. alf kinds f done, by first...;
.class workmen at fair-prices.) ' ' ; r '
Give me; a call.
TINNER.
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Rear of Court I louse; near Postoffice.
T. C. GUTHRIE. " ' A. 8. "DOCKER V. . '
GUTHRIE tCKERY,! v
ATTORNEYS AT DAW-sii
Officeup istairs next . buidinc ld ;
Pee Dee Bank- , -" n .V'-, ''
CAMERON MORRISON, , PAUL Cv WHtTLOClT, i
TwOCKIKGJJAlI,Ni.O., .. '1'''
8 Office oyer Cox Cooper' sf ore ' , 1" ; ;
jSOv P. (LVlVIEliON;
If 'ou y.Mit: . vn-'V.. .
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BMSORArJCE
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