HICKORY PRESS: OCTOBER 24, 1S95.
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STATE NEWS.
Judge L. L. Green, of Watauga, is
reported seriously sick.
It is estimated that one-fourth of the
tobacco-crop of Caldwell was killed by
the recent frost.
The State Baptist Conventioa will
be held in Greensboro this year, be
ginning December 5.
To Buffalo Bill was tendered the
compliment of a reception by Gov
ernor Carr, at Raleigh.
Evangelist W. P. Fife will begin a
two weeks meeting in Winston on
Oct. 30th in the Methodist church.
Mr. L. P. Turner, of Nashville,
Tenn., has been elected State Secretary
of the Y. M. C. A. in North Carolina,
vice L. A. Coulter, resigned.
Some lawyers have declined to pay
the tax of $10 levied on them by the
last Legislature and will make-a test
case of it, claiming the law to beuncon-,
stitutional.
Edward Byrd, colored, is in jail at
Monroe charged with being a party to
the murder of Andrew Eakin. Byrd
is the man who claimed to have dis
covered Eakin's body.
The Cherokee Scout is authority for
the statement that the early frost dam
aged the farmers of that county to the
extent of $10,000 in tobacco and as
much more on peas and other crops.
Deputy Collector Alspaugh, of Win
ston, has sold to Senator Tillman's
South Carolina Dispensary x nearly
three thousand gallons of whiskt y
seized from blockaders in his territory.
The Federal Court in Greensboro,
adjourned for the. Wild West Show.
Judge Dick said that experience had
taught that court and a circus could
not do business in the same town at
the same time.
'More than 100 canning factories have
beeii started in North Carolina this
year,d hereafter there will proba
bly be great increase in the number of
factories ; with each recurring fruit sea
son throughout the wtiole South.
The Farmers State Alliance had ar
ranged to . buy a former cotton-mill
building at Cary and fit it upas a shoe
; factory arid as headquarters, but tb,e,
v Cary Lumber Company outbid it and.
sv in 1 fV a Vni?l1iww anrl will It nn
as. a planing mill, -
Four years ago , Elizabeth Carringt
a pretty, brown eyed mountain girl, at
Murphy, went to visit a relative at
Atlanta. ; Thi relative, it turned out,
was of no character, and the,girl soon
. began an immoral life. On Tuesday
the girl, tired of her short life of shame,
committed suicide. ''''.
' The Asheviile Citizens says the fam
ous. Recorder John V. Gofif, one of
New York's most noted lawyers, is at
Kemlworth Inn, accompanied by his
attorney of the Lexow committee that
overt ufned the police department in
New York, aud he succeeded Recorder
Smythe. - 7 . ' ' ' '
One day last week Mr. T. S. Parker
; killed two Conner heads in his smoke
house, and on the same day Mr. Tjse
Whitlock found one-, in his bed, Mr.
Marshall killed one on his table, and
Mr. Caesar Parker drew five out of his
well. This is a considerable snake
story but we will vouch for it. Stan
ly Enterprise.
Our two United States Senators and
Congressman Settle have promised
Judge Schenck to work for an appro
priation for the Guilford Battle
Ground during the next session of
Congress. Judge Schenck will pre
pare the bill and have it ready to intro
duce into both houses as soon as Con
gress meets in December.
Superintendent Leazer, of the pen
itentiary, says the crop of cotton is
.about two-thirds as large,per acre, as
that last year, but as there is an. in
crease of 500 acres he believes it will
be as great in amount as last year's.
As to its value he expects it to be worth
$33,000 more. The corn crop is very
large and a careful estimate of it is
125,000 bushels.
The big auditorium building, in
Charlotte, burned Wednesday after
noon. It was an immense structure of
pinewood frame, covered with tin and
sheeted with corrugated iron, and
Methodist church and parsonage
caught fire, but were only slightly
damaged. The auditorium cost $7,000
and was insured for $5,000. The ori
gin of the fire is not known. A col
ored carpenter was repairing the build
ing just before' the fire broke out.
Nat Gray claims to have lost $500
worth of stage property in the auditorium.
- Mabone and B-n Hill.
News and Obrrer,
The death of Gen. Mahone removes
one of the most picturesque figures in
American politics. .He was a man of
slight stature, full of energy and noted
for his endurance. He was resource
ful, original, a trifle eccentric, and af
fected the style of the Virginia plan
ter of fifty years ago, with his fine
cattle boots and large gray slouch hat.
There was one incident in which
Gen. Mabone figured that cost hiia
his career as a public man and
made him forfeit the good opinion of
his fellow citizens. He had been elec
ted to the United States Senate, and
on the 14th of March, 1881, Ben Hill
of Georgia, in a speech, one of the
most bitter and scathing invectives
against political treachery ever spoken,
held Mabone up to public execration.
The organization of the Senate de
pended on the vote of the Readjuster
Senator, as Mahone wafc then called.
Including David Davia
and Mahone,
the Democrats had
One vote more
than uecessary to organize the Senate.
Conkling was N urging
postponement
of the organization of
the Senate,
claiming that the Republicans would
have a majority when the v vacancies
were all filled. It ' was known . that
Davis would vote with Democrats.
This left Mahone as the, traitor, but
thoughthe Republicans had bought
him he still pretended that he was a
Democrat. Ben Hill uncovered him
and a graphic writen, describing the
scene said that Hill's "eyes shone ra
diant with a genius that thrilled all
hearers, and his long arms were soon
swinging right arid left with the grace
and v;or born of the inspiration of
the hour, ever and anon held out at
full length like the wings of an eagle
when poised for a long and vicious
flight, swooping suddently to earth to
clench its prey and rend it to pieces
in the twinkling of an eye. No wont
der that the object of attack his ter
rible denunciation of Mahone, as the
papers expressed it next morning no
wonder Senator Mahone instinctively
dropped behind his; desk, now and
then dodging to one side or the other,,
nervously, as if he felt the talons of
the great eagle buried in his flesh. v '
It took much ; denunciation before
Senator Hill could draw fire; but fir
nally, aided by Logan and Conkling,
he came from under cover, claiming:
"I hold, sir, that today I am a better
Democrat than he (Hill), infinitely
better." Hill responded in a debate,
participated in by Conkling, Logan
and Teller, that is truly famous. Ma
hone had been exposad in his dicker
ing with the Republicans, and that
was the purpose of the debate.
Gen. 'Mahone never regained the
confidence of his people',, and lived to
continue in bitter political warfare.
He no doubt often heard ringing in
his ears the closing words of Ben. Hill:
"The gentleman must be
hiSOwn
keeper; the gentleman must solve his
questions; but I repeat, I repeat as a
friend whose friendship will be appre
ciated some day, that the Senator is
in danger of bringing upon himself a
charge that he willl never hare the
power to explain."
Capt. Ashe to R-Entr Journalism.
Capt. S. A. Ashe is to re-enter jour
nalism. He will soon begin the publi
cation of a weekly Democratic news
paper, to be called "The State " Capt.
Ashe was for years one of the leaders
of journalism in this State. He has
manjr warm admirers who are pleased
to hear that he will again mount the
tripod.
If Troubled with Rheumatism Read This.
AxxAPOLia, MdM Apr. io, 1894. I
have used Chamberlain's Pain Balm
for rheumatism and found it to be all
that is claimed for it. I believe it to
be the best preparation for rheuma
tism and deep seated muscular pains
on the market and cheerfully recom
mend it to the public Jxo.'G.
Brooks, dealer in boots, shoes, etc..
No. 18 Main St 40-4 1
ALSO READ THIS.
MKCHA2acsviLXJ5, St. Mary County,
Md. I sold a bottle of Chamberlain's
Pain Balm to a man who had been
suffering with rheumatism for several
years. It made him a well man. A.
J. McGilu For sale at 50 cents per
bottle by O. M.Royster, Druggist.40-4
What the Negro Can Do.
The Jacksonville Times Union says:
"A great deal has been said about the
opportunities of the negro in the
Sojth. Yesterday the Times Union
announced the death of Benjamin Ri
ley at St. Augustine, and the fact that
he left property to his heirs valued at
$100,000. This money was made, not
inherited. It represented the savings
of one of the negro race born in the
South and living in the South till the
time of his death. Does not the fact
that this man succeeded so well show
that the negro is not hindered in the
South in the accumulation of property?"
THE MERRY NEWSPAPER WAR.
Pulitzer Cuts Ofl Jones News and Jaae Dis
charges Pulitzer's Men.
St. Louis, Oct. 19. As a result of
the legal differences between Joseph
Pulitzer (goldbug) of the New York
World and Col. Charles H. Jones (free
silver) over the control of the Post
Dispatch, the special service between
the New York World and the Post
Dispatch was suspended last week.
This service consisted of news proofs,
illustrations, eorrespon deuce, &c, to
gether with a special wire' from New
York to St. Louis. This action, it is
said, was taken by Mr. Pulitzer in or
der to get. even fbr a temporary re
straining order which Col. Jones had
secured to prevent the former from in
terfering with the lattera editorial
policy and management
In retaliation to-day Col. Jones set
the official guillotine in operation, and
the heads of Mauaging Editor Flor
ence D. White, Advertising Manager
William C. Steigers, and Cashier Ed
ward Buttell dropped into the basket.
As Mr. White is treasurer of the com
pany and his signature is necessary on
a check to negotiate its payment at
ffie bank, some interesting complica
tions are looked, for.
It was the quarrel between Jones
and Pulitzer that brought out the fol
lowing editorial confession in the
Post-Dispatch last week:
"The circulation obtained in Jan
uary, following the cut price to one
cent, was, in large degree, bogus. It
was impossible to say what was and
what was not bona fide circulation.
Mr. Pulitzer was and is aware of the
actual facts."
Tw Uvea Jsnwcl.
Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction
City, 111. was told by her "doctors she
had Consumption and that there was
no hope for her, but 'two bottles Dr.
King's New Discovery completely
cured her and she says it saved her
life. Mr. Thomas Eggers, 139 Florida
St. San Francisco, suffered from a
dreadful cold, approaching Consump
tion, tried without result everything
else then bought one bottle of Dr.
King's New Discovery and in two
weeks was cured. He is naturally
thankful. It is such results, of which
these are samples, that prove the won
derful efficacy of this medicine in
Coughs and Colds. Free trial bottles
at O. M. Royster's Drug Stort. Regu
lar size 50c. and $1.00. 5
The Greenback Currency.
Mr. Carlisle went, to Boston the oth
er day for the. purpose of formally
opening the campaign for the retire
mentjof the greenbacks. The secretary
is a very plausible speaker, but the
case he made out against the green
backs will not hold water.
A while ago it was the purchase of
silver bullion with treasury notes that
was "the disturbing element" in our
currency the element, in other,
words, that caused the raids on the
gold reserve. The purchasin: clause
was repealed, and the gold continued
to go out more rapidly than ever.
Mr. Carlisle now says that the
greenbacks are "the disturbing ele
ment." In the course of his remarks
he calls attention to the fact that
since the resumption of specie pay
ments the sum of $386,000,000 has
been presented for redemption in
told, and they are .still outstanding.
On this account'he thinks the green
backs cannot be regarded as a cheap
currency.
The impression that Mr. Carlisle
tried to leave on the minds of his au
dience was that after the government
had redeemed the greenbacks in gold
it paid them out again, receiving
nothing in return. As a matter of
fact, as even Horace White could tell
Mr. Carlisle, when the government
paid out the $386,000,000 of greenbacks
that it had redeemed in gold it got
back the value of 100 cents for each
dollar. That being so, where was the
loss? , ;
There is another fact worth y of note
namely; that although the greenbacks
have been the mainstay of our cur
rency for more than thirty years, not
a dollar of bonds was issued for their
redemption until Mr. Carlisle violated
the law by interpreting the word
coinn to mean gold alone, and not
gold and silver. For this I he green
backs are not to blame. Whatever is
wrong can be traced to the 'misman
agement of the treasury. Constitu
tion. "
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People Talked About.
George Manville Fenn, the novelist,
was once a compositor.
Missouri has a farmer with the re
markable name of Worry Dowdy.
Michigan's oldest resident, Nancy
Sullivan, of Lapeer, has just celebra
ted her 112th birthday.
Arthur A. Knipe, ex-Captain of the
Uuiversity of Pennsylvania football
team, is writing a football novel which
he will bring out this winter.
King Oscar of Sweden and Norway
is the only , reigning monarch who
makes actual use of his crown. He
always wears it at the opening of the
sessions of Parliament.
Cornelius Vanderbilt is tall, spare,
ascetic and business like. His inti
mate friends call him Cornelius. Wil
liam K. Vanderbilt, his brother) is
younger, jollier and happier. -His in
timate friends call him Willie.
"This is intensely cruel," said M.
Pasteur's critics when they saw his
immence collection of animals inocu
lated with rabies in the interest of
science. . "Not so," replied that scien
tist. "Are not ye of more value than
many sparrows."'
Robert Thomas, the colored janitor
ot the Hopkins Institute of Arts in
San Francisco, has modeled a bust of
Fredrick Douglass, which is said to be
an extraordinary good piece of work.
It has been sent to the Atlanta Ex
position. Winderford, Klavirta aud Vleckdo
ra are the names of three children of
GeorgeJFrye, of Kansas. When asked
where lie got the names of the chil
dren, Mr. Frye said his wife chose
them from among those of various
brands of collars.
The original "hold the fort" man
was at the Chickamauga celebratiou.
He is George Frankenbery, who was
signalman on Kenesaw Mountain
when the famous signal which was the
inspiration of the song was waved to
Gen. Sherman. Frankenbery still
has the flag he waved that day.
It is said that ex-President Harri
son's law practice for the past year
has netted him about $85,000 and,
therefore, he is indifierent about ac
cepting the nomination for President,
the salary of which, were he to be elect
ed, would pay him but $50,000.
It Cured Them All.
Mr. Henry Shira, Girard, Ala., says:
"Two years ago I had a severe case of
Grippe and could not recover from its
effects. About a year ago I tried
King's Royal Germetenr and was soon
well. Italsocured meof bowel trouble,
which I had for four years, and I find
it to be a quick cure for headachel It
cured my wife ot Grippe also, and she
says it is the best thing she can get
for Asthma and Vertigo. . I herrtilv
recommend it as a good family medi
cine." New package, large bottle, 108
doses, $1. For sale by O. M. Royster.
Pope Leo Condemns Congresses of Religion.
Philadklpiiia, Pa., Oct. 19. Pope
Leo has written an important letter to
the Catholic Hierarchy of America,
condemning the assemblage of con
gresses of religion. The letter has
been delivered to Archbishop Ryan of
this city and to all other Archbishops.
It was the main subject considered at
the reeent assembling' of the Arch
bishops at Washington, but the efforts
at secrecy were successful in keeping
Pope's letter from publicity. What
steps the Archbishops took cannot be
learned, but with the views of the
Pope thus clearly expressed, it is
doubtless that the American church
will anathematize congresses of relig
ion in the same way that an interdic
tion was placed onCatholic's participa
tion in the Knights of Pythias, Odd
Fellows and other secret societies".
The Shelby Aurora tells of a seri
ous accident that occurred to Mr. Jo
seph Garrett, of King's Mountain, on
Sunday of last week. In company
with another young man, Mr. Garrett
started to Gaffney City on his bicycle.
When they came to the trestle over
broad river, Mr. Garrett's companion
dismounted from his wheel and walk
ed across. Mr. Garrett, however, at
tempted to ride across on a very nar
row plank, not more than 6 inches
wide. After he had gone 20 or SO
yards, he ran off the plank, and to
gether with his wheel, fell to the
ground a distance of soma 20 or SO feet.
He was rendered insensible by the falL
His companion bailed a passing train
and had him carried back to King's
Mountain. As to whether he will re
cover, we are unable to report.
The Maxton correspondent of the
Robesonian says that last Saturday
week Anthony Partridge colored, of
Blue Springs, Robeson city, was given
a drink of wine by his wife, who was
supposed to be "tired of him." He
died fcoon after and the woman, after
being arretted, got away.
Joks that are Fanny.
Conductor-Did I get our fdre.
Passenger I guess so: I a-aI
you ring it up for the couirVjv
bury Gazette. Koi.
Ferry What luck did you hate f v
ing? u
Hargreave-Got h bigr lo tKa
I could carry home. -
"Of lishf'-Cineinatti Enquirer
"Help! Help!" crd the luaa
was being robbed 9
"Calm yourself," said the highw. v
man; -I don't need any autW
Town Topics.
Johnny Papa, what doe it ne&a
when they i a- a man is "his own
enemyl" 1
i-apa ii generally means that h
drinks like a fish. Puck.
"He didn't have the sand to pror.
did he Bessie" 4 '
"Yes; but she rejected him. gbe
aid that while he had thesandto pro
pose he didn't have the-rocks to n.
ry." Harper's Magaxine.
Lawyer Have you fonued ant
opinion on the case?
Juryman No, sir.
"Do you think after the evidenceoa
both sides is all in you would be able
to form any opinion?"
"No, sir"
"You'll do." New York Weekly.
A month after the elopement. Sht
I got a letter from papa to day say-
ju luut uc liuu lUiXUC 1115 HI.
He Do we come in anywhere?
She Not directly; but he has left
all his money to the asylum for idiots.
Indianapolis Journal.
Ada How can you be so insincere
You said you were sorry you were oat
when he called.
Ida No; I said I was sorry he called
when I was out.
Ada Well?
Ida He is likely to call some time
when I am in. New York Herald.
"D o you think it hurts the poor
oyster to be put in the stew?' asked
the kind-hearted girl, "it 6eeina
cruel."
"Yes," repliend her escort; it does
seem cruel. There's nothing more
terrible, you know, than solitary con
finement." Washington Star.
Height of the Towr of Bble.
The reputed height of this structure
has at times been exaggerated, some
Jewish authorities fixing it at 13 mile?,
and Jerome quoting contemporary as
sertions for itssdeing four miles high.
These estimates, however, give way to
the sober testimony of Stabo, who
states the height at COO feet, which is
the Jgure generally accepted. The
distinction of forming the remains of
Bable has been claimed for three ina
es of ruins in or near Babylon; bat
the majority of competent antiquarians
havp - declared in favor of Birs 'im
roud, which stood in Horsippa, a iu
burb of Babylon, eight miles distant
from that city. Sir R. K. Porter showed
that the summit had been exposed to in
tense vitrifying heat which inurt hare
been the resu-ft of fire operating fron
above, probably in the form of light
ning, thus confirming the tradition of
its destruction by fire from beaTeo.
Sir H. P. Rawlinson discovered that it
consisted of seven stages of brick
work on an earthsrn platform, each
stage being of a different color. J
ruins still rise 150 feet above the level
qf the plain. According to Herodotoi
the tower of Bable wae once adorned
by collossal images and statues of wliJ
gold, the value of which be rated at
121,000,000 sterling, probably as great
an exageration of their worth ts 1
miles was of the height of the struct
ure. New York Telegram.
A Safeer C&red
"Every season, from the time I
was two years old, I suffered dread
fully from erysipelas, which kept
growing worse until my hands were
almost useless. The bones softened
so that they would bend, and several
of my fingers are now crooked fn-a
tTv this cause. On t-T
hand I carry
ri & scars, whicl. but
nr ayer:s
u?was alive and a-
to carry anythie-
Eight l-'tti
.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla cnml xae, r
that I have had no return of
disease for more than twenty yea
The first bottle seemed to rwr
lot and a persistent use o
perfected the cure." O. C V1
hi
Wautoma, Wis.
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