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I 'I : r.,r'.' ! j " r , ,, If ... ' t- ;- SUCCESSOR TO THE ROCKIHSHAl ROCKET, Old 8riM, Vol. XVII, STo. 20. New SeriM Vol II Ho. 1. ; ROCKINGHAM, N. C:,THlJ10AyUI7 1900. si.0Q ra ras : ii cam n mrar.- f r'vJv VY7 V1TTT - Fs?N : PEACE DELEGATES ADVISE SURRENDER Defeat of the Boers at Vaal May End the War. ARE STILL MCi VINO NORTH ISuller Hp porta the Knemy's Retreat. Treachery Is Alleged rioers Flying Vhlte Flag Attack British Foragers. Buttle Reported From 3Iafeklnj. Lorenzo Marquez, May 16. A Por tuguese official dispatch says au encoun tr has occurred at Mafekiiig and that t Hi Boera have been repulsed with heavy losses. London, May 16. The most impor tant developments today is the state ment cabled from Cape Town announc ing that the Boer delegates had advised the Transvaalers to surrender ' if de feated atthe Vaal. This remarkable announcement is vouched for on good authority and evidently obtains more cre dence in Cape Town than would a mere rumor. The occupation of Glencoe was merely a logical result of General Buller'S ad vance. As usual the Boers are reported to be flying precipitately, but also as usual the accounts add that their trans port trains were removed in safety, which is a contradiction of any state nitjut that the Boers were panic stricken. , "Nothing further has been heard from Maf eking and it is reasonable to suppose that the conditions there are unchanged. The prolongation of the siege only in tensifies Great Britain's anxiety to hear of its relief. About 1,100 more troops have arrived at Beira, Portuguese East Africa. Among them is Lord Dunraven, who ac companies the Craven sharpshooters. Apparently Lord Roberts is still wait ing at Kroonstadt, preparatory to mak ing a swift movement on the Vaal river. Boers Resort to Tieachery. London, May 16. The war office has p).sted the following from Lord Roberts: "Two officers and six men of Prince Alexis guards, while out a few miles from Kroonstadt, visited a farm fljing a white flag, the owner of which surren dered himself with arms and ammuni tion. They then approached another farm also flying a white flag, when within 40 yards cT the enclosure they were fired upon by 15 or 10 Boers con cealed behind the farm wall. Two of the men were killed, Lieutenant F. B. Walton was wounded and Lieutenant W. B. Devertou and two non-commis-sionod officers were taken prisoners.' Duller Occupies Glencoe. London, May 16. The war office has posted the following from General ful ler: "We have occupied Glencoe. The Transvaalers have now evacuated Big garsburg. The Free Staters on the Drakensborg are much reduced in num bers. The Carolina Lydenborg and Pre toria commandoes , trekked north from Hlntikulo on May 13 and 14 with 11 guns. The guns were entrained at Glencoe. The last train with ambulance left there at dawn May 15." ALABAMA COAL IN DEMAND. several Companies to Be Formed New Fields to Be Opened. , Birmingham, Ala., May 16. There iis a very heavy demand on the coal mines in this district. The reports from' Cin cinnati, Louisville and other points that coal famines are likelji to result if the rivers go down and prevent the ship ments to largo towns of coal from Penn sylvania do not give much encourage ment to the operators in Alabama, for the latter have as much business as they can handle. New companies are being organized and other preparations being made to keep or increase the production. Miner lire in demand at several of the collieries in this state- Other companies are to bo organized shortly. CAT CAUSES SERIOUS FIRE. I 1mMs Lamp In the Residence of B.B. Li. Miller. Atlanta, May 16. A cat turned a lamp over in a second story bed cham- Ik r of K. E. L. Miller's residence, 64 Kust Ellis street, with the result that the upper portion of the house was badly damaged by fire and the adjoining resi dence of V. R. Lipscomb on the left and that of Mrs. William Benson on the right were also considerably burned on the roof. The occupants of the house . were asleep, and those in the Miller residence, who included five children, had a nar row escape. Two Days' Crime Reeord. Montgomery, Ala., May 16. Follow ing is a record of two days' crime in this community: Leonard Whitten, a negro hack driver, was assassin ft ted by a negro pa-ssenger. Rush Zeigler, a Montgomery . negro, was killed at Tallassee. Bob Dickson of Lowndesboro shot and killed a negro. A white man named Coles was knocked in the head on Commerce street and is in a critical condition. A citizen of Sandy Ridge was knocked in the head and robbed of money and val uables. Talbotton Road In New Hands. . Talbotton, Ga., May 16. The Tal botton railroad has changed hands-again. Edgar T. Smith, temporary receiver, re tiring and W.T.Dennis of this place .kingcharge of the road as superin adeut and general manager, succeed T Cantain F. 8. Thornton, former sa rin tendeut before the receiver was an. pointed. . Native Christians MaMacreed. Tien Tsin, China, May 16. More "Boxer" outrages are, reported 60 miles north of Tien Tsin, where a number of native Christians have been massacreed. The British admiral has arrived hen aadrooeed to JPtekin. TOWN HAS BEEN LOCATED. laying of Cornerstone Attended Wltb Appropriate Ceremonies. Chduw, S. C, May 15. The laying of the cornerstone of the new town of McBee, on the Seaboard Air line, 28 miles from here, was attended with ap propriate ceremonies and was witnessed by a large crowd. This is to be the site of the new south ern resort. It is the center of 40,000 acres of pine land bought by the syndi cate when the building of the road was first determined upon. ' A town is to be immediately laid out, sanitariums built, lots sold, cotton market made and stores built. The location is 480 feet above the sea level, and it is predicted by some it will have within a year or two a popu lation of 6,000. INDIAN VETERANS ORGANIZE Boo-Noo-Ku Camp Organized by Col - onel J, M. Ray. Ashzviixk, N. C, May 12. Colonel James M. Ray of Ashe villa has organ ized a band of Cherokee Indians into a camp of confederate veterans composed of men who served inr Colonel Thomas' legion. The organization was effected on the thirty-fifth anniversary, of the surrender of these Indiana, as they were among the last confederates to lay down their arms. The officers of the camp I ova - Lrw- A a AAmmoiii1ai "fa rflAa f Blythe, adjutant; Rev. John Jackson, chaplain; James Reg, Klar bearer. The camp is given the name of "Soo-Noo-Ku" and will attend the Louisville reunion. .- . AN EPIDEMIC OF SMALLPOX. It Is Sweeping Over Southern Portion of Burke. " Moro anton, N. O., May 13. A terri ble scourge of smallpox is sweeping the Hunting creek section of the southern portion of Burke county. In a scope of country there 1 about 8 miles long and 8 miles wide there hare been about 50 cases. The disease is among the white farmers of that community.' Nothing so fat has been done to check it - Vacci nation has been offered, but the' people refuse to take it.' Persons with the dis ease alive on their bodies and i in their clothes go abroad and scatter it. The state institutions here are in danger. -J. F. Curry Suicides. 4:; Shixbt,'N. O., May 13. Jj;F. Curry of this place, after sending his children front the house, shot himselff through the head." '.The first shot failed td; prc due instant- death and?thechildrerif hearing thetreport, ran into the room as the fathesL. was trying to fire another bullet into -his brain. The pistol was taken from him and a physician: sum moned, but Curry died ii a few hours. The cause of the Buicide is believed to be til health and despondency over the death of his wife, who died about a year ago. - ' Charleston's Exposition. ? Washington, May 15. The Elliott bill, providing for a government build ing and exhibit at the Charleston expo sition, now pending before the house committee on appropriations, is modeled after the Buffalo exposition bilL which passed some time ago, and after other similar acts of congress. - In some re spects the bill mar be amended by the committee, but these will be purely formal amendments touching the gov eminent exhibit. The present indica tions are that the bill will be approved by the committee. - To Prevent a 1ynehlng. Raleigh, May IS. Tom Smith, a ne gro, has been brought here from Golds- boro and jailed for the third time to pre vent lynching. He is charged with mur der in Johnson county. He was first brought here directly after arrest, was tried there and convicted, appealed, was given a new trial, was brought - here strain, moved the trial t Wayne county, was again convicted and again appealed. The appeal is now pending in tne su preme court.- ' May Remove to Atlanta. Columbia, 8. O., May 13. The board of directors of the Presbyterian Theo logical seminary spent a , considerable time last night in discussing the propo- sition oi removal w awuiw. j.ucito Iiava tran 27 vonncr men ' attending the seminary this year, nine in the graduat- mg, six in uie imuuae, ii ui mo juuim class and one post graduate. The semi nirv baa an endowment of 1200.000. which yields an income of 119,000. An Old Deed Found. Sfastakbvrg, S. O., May 14. James Collins, an aged citizen of .this county, , while rumaging among some old papers four ncm discovered a land Grant. from Colonial Governor Pinckney to Tnomas VXulins lor a tract ox iana near Nazareth church, which land has been nvnw) hv- the Collins and their de scendants since the date of this deed. 1766. Thomas (Jouins was tne great grandfather of James Collins. Rhodes Cut Bis Own Throat. Fatxttkvizxs, N. O., May IL Wil liam Rhodes, aged about 36 years, liv ing near Godwin, was found on the premises in the rear of his house with a fatal wound in the side of his neck., Rhodes' young wife had been seriously: ill for some time, and this domestic trouble had so overwhelmed him with gloom and despondency that be tired of life. .-' - - - - - t. For Branch Soldiers Home. , Washington, May IL A large dele gation from, Charleston, S. C, appeared today before the house committee on military affairs in behalf of the project to establish a branch soldiers' home is Charleston harbor, ; at or near Castle Pinckney, and within sight of Fort Sumter, Fort Moultrie and other his toric monuments of that locality. Desperate Convict Killed; .L Raleigh, May 13. George .Horn, a deperate negro ' federal convioisent to the penitentiary herfr from Charlotte, was killed-by Warden Green, on wbpxa he was advancing with, a clob. Hesvaf shot in the leg and an artery was ser- He was brought to tne Jioqpusft whxdeahrasaled. AN OBJECT LESSON ! OF THE CONVENTION Product of Industrial Schools and Textile Exhibits. GOODS FOE THE FAB EAST An Interesting Comparison Is Made of : American and English. Made Cloths. Progress of the Negro In Evidence by Normal School Exhibit. Chattanooga, May 16. The South ern Industrial contention in a body, ac companied by a large delegation of Chattanooga citizens, devoted the fore noon to an inspection of the industries located in this city. General Joseph Wheeler has arrived. He will deliver an address on The South and Its Relations to the Trade of the Philippines and the Orient' The great object lesson of the convention is the exhibit in the auditorium, where the sessions are held, of products of indus trial schools and the textile exhibits by the Philadelphia Commercial museum. One of the best exhibits is made by the Agricultural and Mechanical col lege of Normal, Ala., an institution for negroes, which is sustained, partially, by government appropriation. In this college are now about 500 students from 30 different states and several from Af rica, of both 6exea In its 25 years of existence the college has graduated 584 Students from its mechanical depart ment and 899 from the literary. - The President of the college, Professor W. H. Council, will address theconven- noa on a phase of the race problem. The delegates were deeply impressed with the progress shown among the negro students along this industrial and other lines. The Philadelphia museum has a large exhibit of textile, such as the southern manufacturers can produce in competi-' tion with, other countries. . Dr. Wilson, in charge of the museum, and Dr. Green will appear before the convention and explain their plan of gaining and dis seminating information to those want ing to branch out into foreign markets. Among the articles displayed are tex tiles made in England for the Chinese trade, dress goods made in Turkey,! English made goods for the Turkish market, samples of goods made in America and offered in the Smyrna market, but refused on account of in ferior finish, English textiles made for Australia, Germany yarn fabrics and many others, - which it is claimed are interior to the products of tne southern textile mills and the exportation ox which the American manufacturer has not profitably engaged. Hon. James A. Wilson, secretary or agriculture, addressed the convention on "The Agricultural Interests of the South." WIPED OUT BY YELLOW FEVER All But Three Members of an Opera Company Dead. Rio dk Janeiro, May 16. One of the most disastrous accidents that ever befell an opera company was the almost com plete destruction by-yellow fever of an Italian opera company which gave per formances recently in the city of Ma noria, Amazonias, and other cities on the Central Brazil. Signor Alofink was first taken with the fever. Shortly after his death the leading prima donna, Theresa Zeeichi, developed symptoms of the fever, which frightened her into hysterics. - In a Tjaroxvsm she bit her tongue through and bled to death. Twelve members of the company were then taken with the fever and died, three only surviving. Those who escaped took tneir departure irom tne country for Genoa. AN IMP9RTANT DECISION. Rights of Firms and Individuals In Bankruptcy Defined. . Raleigh, May 16. Judge Purnell of the United States district, court has filed an important opinion in a bankruptcy proceeding. He decides that in a volun tary proceeding in bankruptcy by a part nership the firm is a distinct legal en tity. The estates or the firm and the individual members must be adminis tered separately, hence the clerk, referee and trustee are entitled to fees in the case of each person in the partnership. The question involved is one of first Impression, no decision having been cited or found that the bankruptcy act was intended not only to be joint to the bankrupt and the creditors, but to the court officers, and that any other decis ion would be flagrantly unjust to the latter. ' To Defeat the Stephens BUU Albcqukkquk, N. M., May 16. A convention called by Governor Oteri to take measures to defeat the Stephens bill now before congress was held in Albuquerque. Every county m the ter ritrunr waii ranresentod. Resolution were adopted and a committee appointed to go to wasningcon ana iay tne matter before congress Baking Powder Made from pure .cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum COTTON MEN" 1H SESSION. Resolutions Passed Advocating Con struction of Nlcaragaaa Canal.' CAKL6TTX,W.O.,i Hay It. -.The Southern Cotton Spfnaors'. convention met at noon and heard en adores by LX A-Tompkins which was the ehief fea ture of the day. , ' ' . The following resolutions, introduced by Mr. Tompkins, -vrera unanimously adopted: ; . .'. . .-i 4 -ri - ResolTed, That the. Southern Cotton Spinners' association recommend to con gress the enacting of 'legislation carry ing such compensations as will stimulate' the development-of t American shipping interest under the Amfdcau flag to an extent necessary to Jbandle Ainarican commerce on the higir;6eas in time of peace; and which wilt provide at the same time such transparis and auxiHary servioe as may be, needed, in time of war; whereas, it appears that one of the prin cipal difficulties lying: in the construe-" tion of, theKlcaragutt reaual seems to bo doubt as to whether he canal should be fortified, it. becomes desirable for those business interests for the service of which the canal is proposed, to formu late some expression- on' this -subject for the information ofoor legislators. Therefore be it j-r i " V "Resolved V. t That this -association hereby expresses itself in favor of the con struction of a canal under the provisions of the Hay-Pauncefort treaties- and snb ject to such other treaties as may be de sirable to ' secure the neutrality ' of the canal in time of war aad, to free it as a commercial facility from all . necessities of war, but that our government shall be sole owner and reserve the . right to fortify the canal In the etent of any vi olatiwof th? neutralizing treaties. t. j 2. We approve the action of the house of representatives in the passage of . the -Iftcaraguan canal bUl.;aad; recommend speedy action on the- part of the , senate. "3. Resolved; That, in yiew of the growing ' material interest ' which the . south has in thfl Extension of trade with China and Japan, where the .sale of ' American manuzactnredand raw cotton ; has grown in ten years from, $3.000,000 :, to $22,000,000, the Southern Cotton Spin- , ners ' association eaiiic'ily 'recommend the oassage at this session of i;he bill be-" fore congress providing for the appoint-, mens oi a commission w raveswgasoanu renort noon the commercial, indastrial and eoouomic conditions of ChinaJapani and other eastern ! Asiatic countries for ; the purpose bt she. father developments of American trade h those lands." The association tieht the afternoon : at Lincolnton; wher the -members in- spected,a new mfll ioently established A there to Spin fine-ryerns, returning in time for the "banquet which was given the association by? the Manufacturers club.- k'&iX--n '....y.;-- . LIVINGSTON FAVORS BILL. ; . i t. .r : He Advocates Government Building at the Charleston Kxposltlon. WASmNQTON,. May 12-Cblonel Liv ingston has come out in the committee on appropriations -as ; the champion of their proposed South Carolina Interstate and West Indian exposition, against Chairman Cannon, who had served no tice upon the Carolinians that he would oppose the proposition for a government building and exhibit. Colonel Living ston favors a government building at the exposition, while the other members of the committee seem to hold to the same views, and there is every reason to be lieve the appropriation vill be made. The bill asks for an appropriation of 1350,000. The exposition company agrees to raise another $250,000. The showing made by the visiting delegation was an excellent one. - r - : v o Claim Against South Carolina. Columbia, S. C, May 12.Governor McSweeney has received a letter from United States Comptroller Traswell, de manding the payment of a claim against the state of South Carolina for ordnance stores, clothing, camp and . garrison equipage taken by force- by Colonel Cunningham, Seventeenth' South Caro lina militia, Dec 30, i860, acting under the order of Governor Pickens of . Souta Carolina, of $340,479.89. The ; claim grows out of the war of secession. To Harness the Catawba. Rock Hill, S. C, May 14. At a meet ing held here the Catawba Power com pany was organized, .with W. G. Wylie of New Tork president. The company is capitalized at $100,000, and will put in an electric plant on the Catawba river near here. The - company will furnish light and power to the surrounding towns. : - . - Negro Mill Operative, j Scotland Neck, O., May 14. An other knitting mill , has been projected by Andrews & Coughenor and J. E. Bowers. This mill will work negro op eratives entirely. Andrews & Bowers" hare been north ana purcnased machin ery, and will place it . as soon as the building can be erected. - Peculiar Accident. . Greexvillt, S. O., May 14. W. T. Bruice is the victim of a peculiar acci dent. He had a pistol in the seas of his buggy and in getting out the pistol fell, striking the edge of the buggy and firing. The ball entered the right thigh, coming out 3 inches above the point of entrance. Port Royal Naval Station. WASprsoTQN, May 41- Senator Till man secured the adoption by the com mittee on naval affairs of an amendment to the naval bill contemplating the re moval of the naval station now at Port Royal to a -poi&t at or near Charleston. "b Held For Abdnetlon. , J . ' BjaktaxvuroT 8, a. May 111 Wof- ford make, wno eiopea ana mamea tne lS-year-old daughter of J. S. Bridges of .Ha Rmrfsn rnillii- has baen. committed to jailby Magistrate Kirby in default of S5Q0 bono, cnargea witn aoaucaon. Througa toDnrnam. t Duxhax, N. a. May 11. Through traia semce has been iaaugurated by! the Seaboard Air Xiaa THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA " 2.i Boers Will Resist Further Ad- ' vance of the British. JLoNpON, May 15. The war office has furnished tardy confirmation of General Bullers movement on the Biggarsburg in dispatch: from .General Boiler at Kemp's Farm as follows: 1'In accordance with instructions to keep the enemy occupied at Biggarsburg on May II, I concentrated the Third cavalry, brigade of the Second division and some corps of artillery at Sunday's riyer drift on the Helpmaakr road and directed Colonel Bethuen to advance on Oreytown. with the Bethuen mounted infantry, the Umvoti mounted rifles and the -ImperM Light infantry. On May 13 we moved to Waschbank and Be thuen., with General Hildyard from Eland&laagte, occupied Indoga moun tain. . On May 181 sent General Hamilton with three battalions up the steep slope of Withock hiU. The Third cavalry brigade crowned a hill on each side of the main road and Bethuen attacked by the Pomeroy road from three sides. The enemy hurriedly abandoned the position wpich they had strongly entrenched and retired-tot the nek in front of Help maakr,, whence we . hope to dislodge them, as many of them have retired. We have gained the summit of the Berg with the , loss of .only a few men wbunded,- f 1 1 am advancing- on Beitb and Hildyard moves on Wessel's nek. j "Our small loss, I think, was certainly due to the excellent troop leadiag of General Hamilton and Lord Dundonald and Colonel Bethuen!" j A second dispatch says: . j'tThte enemy- evacuated Helpmaakr. Nek during the night, leaving a rear guard of about 1,000 men in front of us. These we have forced back throughout the day under considerable difficulties, as they fired all the grass on top of the berg as they retreated, and the wind be ing unfavorable to us, we were scarcely able to see at all. I halted the infantry who marched very well through the hot smoke at Beith. , fWe have taken a few prisoners. Ou casualties are small." ; A third dispatch says: "" f "Dundonald reported late last night be had driven the rear guard on to the main body of the enemy, near Buraltn den, where they occupied in force a strong .'position with, three powerful' guns.:. Major Gough, with the compos ifce regiment,' maneuvered -to the rignt around their left flank and they retired. Dundonald then halted. He was 25 miles as the crow flies from his previous night's bivouac and had covered nearly 40 miles during the day in a waterless country, most of the time being through smoke. From prisoners I learn that the enemy, numbered over 2,000 at Help maakr and, being joined by those who left Van Jonders pass they must total nearly 3,000 men. "Heldyard reports the . occupation of tVassals Nek and repairing the line." Judging from the above dispatches the British advance is little more than an arduous march. The Boers who Were active at first later appear to have shown the same readiness . to retreat Which is now marking the movements Of the federals in thdSFree State. i Apparently the burghers are about to vacnate Natal and concentrate for the defense of Laing's Nek, northward, and Van Reenan's pass, westward, i The reoccupation of Dundee by the British places the cotJ supplies there in their' hands.. There is little news of a definite character. Interest for the mo ment is almost entirely centered in Maf e king, whence the wife of the mayor has received a cablegram setting forth that all was well on May 4.: I The war office has received the follow ing dispatch from General Bailer at Dundee: j We have occupied Dundee. About 2,500 of the enemy have left for Glencoe, jwhere they are entrenohed. Their wa gons left by DeJagers drift and the Dannhauser road.. Their Kaffirs said they were going to Laings Nek. Almost every bouse in Dundee is completely footed. The navigation colliery is all right. The machinery of the Dundee collieries is destroyed. The houses of the town are damaged, but are struc turally intact." . News . from Mafeking is expected speedily. The war office is reported to have expressed the opinion that news of raising the siege of that place may be expected by Wednesday. Steyn's Brother Surrenders. Braxdsdrift, May 15. General Run- die has completely checkmated the at tempt of the Boers to come south again and the enemy is retreating . before the persistent advance of the British. Many have been captured or are surrendering, among them President Steyn's brother. The Lady brand district is clear of Boers. They have evacuated Mequatlin's Nek and are now near Linsley. What remains of the Free State force could be easily dispersed if General Hillyard's division were sent front Na tal over the mountains to'Harrismith, but : Rundel's division, with cavalry, seems entirely competent to deal with it without assistance. Refugee From Mafeking. Plcxscxr's Camp, May 15. Twelve hundred and eighty refugees from Mafe king have reached here. Patrols who' have returned from the northern borders of the Transvaal say they saw no signs of Boers. The Boers regularly' patrol the neighborhood of Mafeking.' but do not seem disposed to be aggressive. Boers Lost SS5 Men. Matextso, May 15. The Boers Sat-, urday opened fire on the Kaffir location' at Mafeking. They were in turn at tacked during the night of Saturday and on Sunday found themselves sur rounded. The Boers lost seven killed and IS wounded. The British loss is re ported to have been heavy. . Concentrating at the Vaal. Kboonstadt, May 15. It is reported that the whole of the Boer forces are concentrating ion the , Vaal, drawing from Znggarsburg and southwestern bor dexa. IX is cxnipnted that xioSfsora than ;LCS3Xwatx0wini!cnthYl. it . ... .. ... (yd-i.,. -SI Washing Disn Cloths Kitchm cloth nut of cottrs be wuM 411. othcnriM tbey barter grtf amd dors nd becaa heWy. TheythwOd Wudtti ktit-crochet-cottoa, la a sqitar salu atn. V1m yo vuh thtm. If yo via M uste porafslef Gold Dost Washing Ponder"; fh hot water It will ci tbc ptu and dm tbca la half tt time; dry them oat ia OMLa. ehlna aad air. W to iMkmm tr-m wr trmm MM . "OOLDM KUiAS to OOUIOkC lallmantMtii ths . r. rAisaamc oompajiv. rOItJERICHO'SHONOE HOW 'USH BILLINGS UPHELD HIS TOWN'S GOOD NAME. Old SqnAr Ilenakaw Thoaaat IIo Hadl n Eaiy Time, bat Plack auad Strat car Proved a Llttla Too Nach Far Him. 4 . . tCopyrteht, 1D00. by C B. Lewis. Fur a year or more' old Squar- Hen shaw" of Goose Creek had bin comln over to Jericho once a week to make trouble. He was known as the great est checker- player in four counties, and men had come a hundred miles to play with, him and been downed. That's whar he hurt our feelln'a. He'd drap Into the postoffice In a keerless way and talk about the weather and butter and eggs, and bimeby, Jest as he 'pear ed to be goin home, he'd pull op and say: . - . "Oh, by the way, mebbe this town of Jericho has got a critter who knows a checkerboard from a corn sheller." : -We. had a few checker players, but hone of 'em dared tackle the sqttar, and the way he bragged and blowed and trod us lnto the dust was painful to. bear. ' One day he bore on harder than' usuaL After his usnal bluff hi turns "on -the crowd and says: ; -"Mebbe tha r's one man In Jericho with one' drap of patriot's 'blood .m. his body one man and one drap.:. JJebba that man would hev fit ag'in tyranny If he'd been livlh In 1770. Mebbe that man, be In as he wasn't alive la 177C, but Is now, is wlllln to posr-out thai one drap of blood fur the honor of this town. If thar be slch.a critter here, let him speak upl" We all knowed that be meant check ers, and thar was an awful silence fur a minit or two. Then 'Lish Billings keerfully picks a cobweb off his hat and softly says: "Squar" nenshaw, I'm that critter. I've got that blood, and I'm wlllln to. shed , her fur Jericho as ag'in Goose Creek!" , f "You don't mean itr gasps the squar'. "But I do." "A.nd you'll play me a gamo of check ersr "I wilL" The squar spected to win that game In half an hour. lie kept gruntin and gurglin, like a hog scratchln his back on a barbed wire fence, but bimeby that balmy look went off his face. 'Lish was holdin him right to It and not even breathln hard. Thar was a bet of a bushel of turnips ag'in a bag of carrots as to who would git the fust king, and 'long about noon, when 'LJsb got It. sicb cheers went up from the Jericho side that the water in some of the town wells rlz a foot higher than was ever known before. Deacon Spooner couldn't be held. lie went out doors and waved bis cane with one hand and bis bat with the other and sobbed: t "If s a pint m favor of Jericbor The game bad skassly more than be gun up to noon. The squar then made up his mind that he had a job on hand, and when play was resumed after din ner be kept talkin to 'Lish In a keer less way to confuse bis mind. n asked him about that Alaskan bound ary dispute, the Darwin theory, the surrender of Burgoyne and heaps of other tbings. but 'Llsb just sits there with his tongue oat a lee tie farther and tiever lets on to bear a word. At 6 o'clock at night be was one king ahead, and as tbey stopped the game fur sap per the town of Jericho was wild with enthusiasm. When they begun agin. Suar' Hrnhaw ptarted op that grunt- FczesM, Itching tlmnors, Ffmpfes Carta! y B. B. B EotUe Free o Cofferers. Does your Skin Itch and Barn? Via treating Eruptions on IbeSkio so you feel 8iham-i to be jieen in company? Lk scabs nti Sa!eform on tbefikin. Hair or Scalp? Have you &zema? Skin Sore and Crackr td? Hath form on the Skin? Prickling Pain ia the Skin? Doil? Pimple? Bone Pains? Swollen JoinU? Falling Hair? AU Iiun Down? Skin Pale? Old Sores? ruling Sores? Ulcer? To core to star cuml Uke B. B. B. (BoUnie Btood Balro) which makes the blood pore and rich, B. B. B. will cause the sores to heal, itching m eczema to stop forever, the skin to be c.Bje clear and breath sweet For sale by druggie t at 11 ter large bottle; six large bottles (fall treatment) $5. CompItU di rections with each bottle. So sufferers may test it a triAl botUe given awrf . Addrets i BLood Balk Co. Atlanta. G. Describe I yr-ur trouble aad Free Personal medical ad J vice given. ... v , : . t In and gurglin. We seen It was meant to, make 'Lish nervous, and Deacon Spooner calls half a dozen of the boys outdoors and says: ' "The squar Is makin a plntj and we've got to offset It. Do any of you know what 'Ltsh's favorite tune isT i "It's the 'Sweet Blnieby,' " says Enos Johnson. 'Lish has bin sin gin that hymn fur the last 20 years. lie sings It to his cows and bens and sheep and hogs, and 'it alius calms him like a-1 cold flatlron laid on his spine.' v '"Then go lu and bum It," says tho deacon. "Every time the squar grunts and gurgles you bum that tune and offset him." Enos did so, and It was wonderful to see what the effect was. 'Llsb had begun to sweat and git red In the face, but the mlnlt be beard that "Bimeby" he grew as calm as sand and jumped another of the squar's men. After ten mlnlts thar was no more gurglin. The squar realized that It was up ag'in him, -and . bo quit Long about mid night, when, the game was about halt finished, be said be was wlllln to wait till the next day. but 'Lish wouldn't let go. He said he'd play right on till Saturday night without sleepin. and they jWent ahead. They was thar t when daylight come, and. they was , thar when noon come, and all the time 'Llsb was glttin a leetle the best of It. About 5 o'clock In the afternoon we ecu that things was comln to a cli max. The squar realized that be must do somethln- or go to thej wall, and he suddenly. begun grnntla and gurglin In that same old way. Enos Johnson was hot at hand to stop him. and 'Lish got cdnfuved-aod lost a, king. It was a critical" ( time, . but Deacon ; Spooner -saved the day.' ne rushed out and got Abner Jones, and Abncr come In and started up that "Bimeby at the top of his voice." 'Lish fetched a long breath and settled down ag'in, and ten mlnlts biter be bad the squar's last man penned up, and the game was won. He tried to crawl out of It by sayin.be bad a lame leg and his farm was under mortgage, but It was no use. We rung the bells and fired the anvil and hlsted the flags, and Jericho broke loose and whooped till nobody could sing "In prayer meetln fur the next three weeks. It was our comln to the front over Goose Creek, and from that day to this we her held our own over her and had a cooper and a ' butcher shop to spare. M. Quad. Ordered to Colombia. WAsmxoTOjr, May 16.-Orders have been Issued by the navy department di recting the Philadelphia to proceed to Colombia. This action is the result of a dispatch from IL A. Ganger, consul general of the United States in Panama, reporting that great excitement prevails there owing to the progress of the in surgents. 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Rockingham Post-Dispatch (Rockingham, N.C.)
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