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VOL. VI S. C. W. TATE, .ATTORNEY - AT - LAW, MORGANTON, N. C. Business Generally. Jan l-jy M. SILVER, ATTORNEY-AT - LAW, MORGANTON, N. O. The examination of titles to Heal Estate and litigation affecting the same, a specialty. feb 20-90-tf I. T. Avert. W. c. Ervin. AVERY & ERVIN, .A.t torneys -at-L a w, MORGANTON, N. C. Practice in the courts of Burke, Cald well, McDowell, Mitchell and Catawba, and in the Supreme Court. Collections a specialty. Office in Herald Building. THE PIEDMONT BANK OF MORGANTON, N. 0. N. B. DILWORTH, President. S. T. PEARSON. Cashier. Conducts a general banking business. Inland and foreign exchange bought and sold. Banking hours 9 A. M. to 3 P. M. DR. I. P. JETER, DENTIST, MORGANTON, - - N. C, (Graduate ot the University of Maryland) offers his professional services to the citizens of Morganton and surrounding country as a first class Dentist. v&So charge for examinations. Satisfaction guaranteed. OFFICE AT MOUNTAIN HOUSE. Juneso-tf. LENOIR, jNT. C. The best school lor young ladies in "Western North Carolina. A full faculty of scholarly, experinc ed, and cultured teachers. All are graduates of the best schools of the United states. Liberal and useful courses of study. Music and Art are prominent specialties. " Aims to develop the highest type of cultured woman hood. For health, the location, and climate cannot be surpassed. The buildings renovated and comfortably furnished. New furniture and appliances. The school refers to any of its patrons. For circulars and further informa tion, address JOHN D. MINICK, A. B., Pres. dec 26-89tf CLAREHOHT COLLEGE, HICKORY; N. C. HIGHEST GRADE SCHOOL FOE GIRLS IN THE SOUTH. Best advantages in Higher English, Music, Art and Languages. A fall Collegiate Course with De gree of A. B. Special Courses in all Departments. Higher in Grade, Superior in Scholar ship, Better in Equipment, Abler . in Faculty, and More Comfort able in Home Life than any School in the South. Send for circular. WILL. II. SANBORN, Pres. jan 9-3mos Notice. By virtue of an order of the Superior Court of Burke countv to us directed, we will on Monday the 5th day of May. 1890, at the Court House door In the town of Morgan ton, offerforsale at public outcry to the highest bidder upon a credit of six months (less 20 per cent, cash) on day of sale, that piece of Ltnd upon waters of Upper south Torn, beginning on a white oak, Denton and Chapman's corner and runs down a hollow to a branch, then with the branch to the road, then gtratt to the river, then down the river to a large rock in George Chapman's line, then with 'his Jine to branch then up the branch and hollow to a pine In Denton's line, then west with his line to the beginning containing 50 acres more or less. This April 1st. 1890. J.'ERVINfS' Commissioners. A RARE CHANCE TO BREED A FINE COLT. The bay thorough-bred Stallion k PALATKA, sired by imported 1 Glengarry, dam Arizona, the best I race mare America ever saw, will I stand lor public service at tlie Linville Valley Stock Farm, twelre miles Mest of Morgauton. Terms $10. For further inform- ation address, S. W. IIANEY & SON, Fonta Flora, inch C-3m. Burke Co., N. C. Dr. J. H. McLean's : STRENGTHENING CORDIAL AND BLOOD PURIFIER. For many years this well kuowa remedy has boon tho . mainstay of thousands now '; advanced in life and en- loving a "green old age," I who owe their robust I health to the strengthen , Ing and sustaining prop-. , ernes 01 mis great ' medicine. $1.01 per bottle at dragglats. Send 2 cent stamp ' for Almanac con-' tainlng storm chart nnd 'weather forecasts . by Irl tt. Hicks, the "Storm Popht,"to the DR. J. H. UcLEAN MEDICINE CO.. St. Louis, Mo. For sale by Chas. S. Kingsmore, Mcrganton, N. C. NORTH CAROLINA. The "Week's News in the "Old North State." . . Raleigb is to have a dancing academy. . .Miss Ida Rosenthal died at Raleigh from the third attack of the grip. ..W. O. Reddick, of Gatesville, N. C, has been appointed a cadet at West Point. ..The Duke Tobacco company spent $775,000 last year in adver tising $60,000 a month or $2,000 a day. . .The Presbyterians of Reids ville have decided to call Rev. Mr. Craig to this church for all of his time at a salary of $900. . . A sixty gallon still with six fermenters and twenty yards of iron piping were seized, near Dal las. The owers were not at the place. ..The work of enlarging the museum at Raleigh has begun. Incidentally it might be mention ed that 8,000 people visit the place annually. ..J. C. Watkins struck a rich vein of gold while prospecting on his father's farm near Troy. It is three feet in diameter and near the surface. ..Ralegh negroes threaten to hold a State convention and cut loose from the white politicians, whom they claim have year after year used them as, a tool. . . The department of agriculture is receiving applications from par ties calling attention to violations of the State law where parties erect dams without supplying fishways. . .Three military companies are already entered for the competi tive drill at Charlotte on May 20. They are: Monroe Light Infantry, Cabarrus Black Boys and the Hor net's Nest Riflemen. . . A merchant at Edenton has been using his stove for a bank. A few days ago he got up and ate a $100 breakfast. The fire was started by one of his children and the money being all paper it made as good kindling as could be wished. ..The faculty of Wake Forest College have discovered a secret fraternity existing among the students. It has been ordered discontinued and if the members do not comply they will be ex pelled from the school. "The rules forbid such societies, ..A young man from Warren county started out thirteen years ago to look at the world, He has been in every State save' one, and says the South is the best place after all, and North Carolina now suits him better than any other State. . .The Morehead Banking com pany at Durham has increased its capital stock to $i5o',ooo so that it can open a house at Burlington, Alamance county. Burlington has raised the $10,000 required of it and the business will be opened there, ..Rev. Father Charles, of Ral eigh, who stuck to Father Boyle during his late trouble and visited him often in jail, says now that he feels that the State has been, rid of a vile scoundrel and the church of an unworthy and low-lived priest. ..The monthly crop report states that the crops are coming out wonderfully. Wheat and oats make a good showing. The in crease . in the gcreage of clover and grasses is not as'great as was supposed, being only about five per cent, greater than that of last season. ..A pair of curled poplar logs were shipped to Germany from Swain county each twelve feet long and six feet in diameter at the smaller end. These logs will be hewed and polished for exhibi tion at Berlin this year. The far mer who sold the logs was paid $60 for each. ..While driving a prisoner to the jail at Washington the con stable's hat blew off and he got out to get it. The prisoner took advantage of the act, whipped up the horse and escaped. Two miles from the city he left the buggy and took to the woods. He has not been re-captured. ..Cornelius Winbore, a negro, left town drunk on mean ,whiskey last Saturday. On his way home he stopped at the Hoggard mill when he was taken ' with sick stomach, Some pigs belonging to Mr. Henry Mizel ate the vomit which resulted In th& death of seven of them. Windsor Ledgep, ,,Mr, John Burt, of Warren county, wa ghot in the wrist at Spotsylvania May 19, 1864. The ball broke the bone and for twen ty years he suffered no pain from the. wound. A few days ago a piece of zinc worked out of his arm sear his elbow, where his arm has been troubling him for seyeral years. MORGANTON, THROUGH BTJEKE COUNTY. Erindletown, Morg-anton and Ruther ford College. Correspondence of the Shelby Aurora. Here, we turned our course and came through "Brindletown," that far-famed gold region in Burke. Capt. Joe Mills is still "holding the fort" there, and working the mines for all they are worth, and much of -the precious metal, is garnered by the hands employed by him. An almost endless field of polished pebbles lie spread out before our gauze, as we pass along this section of country, and from every indication, it seems that much work has been done here in the way of mining for gold. The traveler, can scarcely see a foot of original soil, anywhere it has all been washed and re-washed in years agone, for gold the little round pebbles and rocks lie in small heaps, over the ground, eve ry where, no timber growing ex cept an occasional pine or oak, which stand like a sentinel, over these desolate hills and hollows. We passed on to Morganton, the oldest town in Western North Carolina. The town where An drew Jackson" was forced to spend the winter during the forties, upon account of the heavy snows and inclement weather. Washing ton, the peer of earth's noble-men, has honored this antiquated town with his Right Royal presence. But much has been done, here, to change the appearance of Morgan ton then and Morganton how, then it was but a small village, shown only as the "county site," contain ing only log buildings, all which, have to-day given way to the push, pluck and energy of a people whose pride in appearance, is greater than any other town in North Carolina. More improve ments have gone up here than -in any town, in North Carolina dur ing the past ten years, except Asheville Cotton mills and man ufactures of various kinds are among some of the improvements, which mark the progress of this mountain town. Next visited Rutherford College, long famed for the gernerous and noble work it is doing. Here we met our genial and much beloved friend R, B. Vance, who had come to address the Alliance. At 10 o'clock Saturday hundreds of peo ple were gathering at the College, to hear his address. Everybody came out to hear him, except a few of the merchants, the rough moun taineer, with his wagon load of urchins, together with the sturdy farmers of the valleys below, all came out to listen and learn of this wise and good man. His address was indeed a treat, fully setting forth the object aim, and purpose of the Alliance. The speaker said among many good things "that he could not see why every farmer did not join the Al liance" and he urged the necessi ty of a strong pull, a long pull and a puU together, that these trusts, companies gnd papitalists might be overpowered and stopped be fore our country be brought to ruin, and our children - to want beggarism. He said the "hope of this country was centered in the Alliance." All were pleased with his address. On Sunday Gen. Vance addressed the Y. M. C. A. of Rutherford College upon the subject of "The world for Christ." We have read Talmage and felt our souls enthused by his elo quence and logic, and we have pondered o're the sermons of Mun sey until we were lost in wonder and amazement at his flight of imagination and conjecture. But never were we so completely over come, awed and inspired as we were by the sublime and wonder ful production of this man, this wonderful God-loving, noble, gen erous sympathizing man. Vance, of whom North Carolina can just ly be proud, and to whom, we, his people in this part of the state, should bow with reverence. God bless this noble hearted christian man, North Carolina will never produce his equal. Rutherford College was never in a more flouishing condition. It now has over 175 pupils enrolled and still they come, the out-look for her future is indeed promising. She deserves it? and we trust may receive a liberal patronage. The students Reunion, in May next, promises to be a grand affair. Hundreds of the boys have al ready written here that they were coming. Yes, a Grand Reunion it will be, but when time has closed the doprs, of this Sacred Old In stitution, and hushed into mute silence, the thousands of voices, that have gone out into the world to bless mankind and when the trump of God shall call us to a Reunion in that "Bright forever," the students of Rutherford Col lege, rising up as they will from old earth, from Maine to Mexico and from Florida to California, headed by their generous hearted and benevolent, God-loving and God-serving President will awaken an echo through the skies, that will resound through earth and heaven as we pass up the shining way to glory and' to God.. The influence of Rutherford College will not only live the ages, but through all eternity. N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1890. GERMAN STUDENTS. A Herald Correspondent "Writes About Student Life In Germany. Before going to Germany two conceptions of student life there were uppermost in my mind viz., that the evenings were spent in carousing, and that almost the en tire German nation was engaged in study. Like most general ideas formed without personal experi ence, they are both false. To be sure, there is a good deal of drink ing and a great deal of studying ; but I am convinced that only the smallest minority indulge "in fre quent drinking bouts; and, on. the other hand, that most of the study ing is done, not from the love of knowledge perse, but from the ne cessity of earning a living. In condemning the beer-drinking of the Germans, we are too apt to forget that among them, beer is drunk even by babies ; that half grown children can drink a, glass without the least incoxication, and that, consequently from long hab it, the men can consume a very considerable quantity without ap proaching drunkenness. There is indeed occasional intoxication, and consequent injury of digestive power ; but the proportion of such cases is not nearly so great as those of dyspepsia in America caused by too many sweet meats and ices ; while the cases are rare indeed of impairment of intel lectual powers thereby. Saying that the intellectual ac tivity of the Germans has the very practical incentive of the wish and necessity of earning a living or of occupying a government office, is not in the least detracting from the well-earned reputation of the nation for its intellectuality. All I maintain is, that the' love of learning is not only not universal, but even among the immense number of the culture, the majori ty study only those subjects and justsomuchas will enable them to obtain the positions for which they are striving. Consider the facts : not only are all such of fices as we have under the govern ment, duplicated, but this is great ly increased by the formalism of all public transactions. Add to this the fact that most of the rail roads are under governmental control, as are also the telegraph, the forests, the universities, high schools, even the day schools ; the last, not as with us, subject only to local control, but in so close connection with the central gov ernment, that every teacher is recognized as a government of ficial, and as such must pass a state's examination before receu ing any post whatever. It is hard at best to earn a living where the population is so crowded. Though the salaries for government posi tions are small, a place once pos sessed, is secure during good be havior ; and service for a term of ten years or longer entitles to a pension in case of sickness or death, or on retirement after a certain age. This security of tenure of office has great attrac tion for the Germans and reUeves them of much worry as to the fu ture on the score of money mat ters, so that they contentedly regu late their mode of living in ac cordance with their income, and appear perfectly indifferent as to their neighbors' style of living. Any one who observes the lives of these people in cafes and res taurants will soon be convinced that intense love of learning is not to be found there. The amount of time thus consumed, with no better intellectual nourishment than that afforded by the daily press and the illustrated periodi cals is simply incalculable. It might be thought that this is only their method of rest from mental work, as indeed is often the case. But so much time for that is not necessary as is here consumed ; an hour at coffee soon after rising, then later, time for a lunch, often another hour, for dinner again an hour ; toward evening, tea or coffee, occupying sometimes a couple of hours, followed by sup per at eight or nine o'clock. In this manner is the life of many of the upper and middle classes spent. The nobility, especially in Austria, are well known to be in: different, as a whole, to higher learning, their studying being generally confined to modern lan guages with a smattering of art and music. The' university stu dents are mostly the sons of the official classes who hope in their turn to enter the government em ploy. Many f them, according to the statement of a Vienna profes sor, "live by studying;" i. e. there is so much help given to poor stu dents, that it is easier to study than work for a liv'ng. Everybody of course knows that there are brilliant exceptions to the general statement above, viz., that each one confines himself to his specialty and goes no further. In my personal experience, a number of such have been met with. At one time, I talked much with a professor of Sanskirt at one of the universities of southern Germany, who showed an intimate acquain tance with the whole range of modern English literatue, which he said he had read in the original. On the shores of a beautiful lake in the Salskammergut, I came fre quently in contact with the author of a widly known Greek-German lexicon, who was well read in mod ern history. A professor of Ro man law has shown me an herba rium of Alpine flora, filling more than twenty volums, all collected, pressed and classified by himself. But to go back to the students. Enough, perhaps too much, has been. written of the drinking and duels. The latter are said, if not to find favor, at least to be winked at by Bismark, as tending to fos ter the martial spirit; and they are, one might say, defended by the celebrated juris von Ihering, as being the civilized mode of set tling disputes among gentlemen. However statistics show that the proportion of corps students, as they are called, to the whole num ber of attendants at the universi ties is not very great; and it is by no means true that they are all idlers, for many of Germany's greatest men have been members of corps. Among the other stu dents, there is a large number of hard-working, conscientious ones, who have amassed an immense amount of information in their several branches. They have usu ally seen, however, but little of the world; have accordingly but little of what we know as general info r m a t i o n, and are lacking in that independent bearing, while, Germans themselves say, is char acteristic of Americans. To be continued?) Letter from "Short-Oft," Ducktown,Tenn., ) April 15, 1890. ) To the Editor of The Herald: Enclosed you will find one dol lar in cash for your valuable paper. The only letter I get from my old Burke friends is The Herald. I am finishing up a heavy piece of work on the K. S. R. R. to let Knoxville into Atlanta. This road was engineered out by Maj. Wil son and Wm. Walton of old Burke. I have been on these two roads for two years, and I wish to see them on the Southern & Western Air Line R. R., where I wish to be for some time. One of Burke's grand enterprises for Morganton and her surroundings a market at home. I expect tomingleatanearlyday with my old Burke friends, who know how to make a poor rail roader feel like he was at home anyhow while in old Burke. I think who resides in each town ship should write a piece to The Herald once a month anyway. When 1 pick up The Herald I see a piece from Bridgewater, Table Rock, or Lower Creek. Nebraska and Idaho think of those good old days when boys together. Dollar's are not as plentiful in old Burke as in some states, but corn bread eats splendid under the Short-Off. I wish The Herald and S. & W. A. L. R. R. a long life. Short-Off. A continual coughing is very annoy ing to persons sitting near you in any kind of a gathering ; besides, it is of great damage to the throat and lungs, and is exceedingly dangerous at this season of the year. One-half bottle of Beggs' Cherry Cough Syrup will re lieve any ordinary cough, and this remedy costs no more than the inferior grades that are thrown on the market to sell at enormous profits. For sale by John Tull, Druggist. When you are constipated, with loss of appetite, headache, take one of Dr. J. H. McLean's Little Liver and Kidney Pillets. They are pleasant to take and will cure you. 25 cents a vial. For sale at Tull's. Is LHVj AVurtU LiviiiK? Not if you go through the world a dyspeptic. Dr. Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets are a positive cure for the worst forms of Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Flatulency and Constipation. Guaran teed and sold by C. B. Kingsmore, Druggist, Morganton, N. C. Imperfect digestion and assim ulation produce disordered condi tions of the system which grow and are confirmed be neglect, Dr. J. H. McLean's Strengthening Cordial and B.'oxl Purifier by its tonic properties, cures indigestion and gives tone to the stomach. $1.00 per bottle. For sale at Tull's. People troubled with constipation should be very careful what kind of a laxative they use, as so many medi cines are put up to sell which are abso lutely without any merit or value, and which, if taken, will get your bowels in such a 6tate that you will be compelled to keep on using physic the year around in order to enjoy any health. Beggs' Liver Pills will do more to keep a family in good health than any other Pills on the market, as they are put up with the utmost care, and are guaranteed to give satisfaction. For sale by John Tull, Druggist. "We Can and Do Guarantee Dr. Acker's Blood Elixir for it has been fully demonstrated to the people of this country that it is superior to all other preparations for blood dis eases. is a positive cure for syph.ilitio poisoning. Ulcers, Eruptions and Pimples. It purines the whole sy6tern and thoroughly builds up the constitu tion. For sale by C. S- Kingsmore, Druggist, Morgaptop, N. C. J3THave your printing done at The Herald Job Office. 1 .. .. - - - - NEWS-ITEMS. Interesting Paragraphs and Telegrams. . . Mark Twain smokes 300 cigars a month. ..Nellie Bly will make her next tour of the world as a lecturer, with her first as the theme. ..Rev. A. G. McManney of Charlotte, has in press a volume of unpublished sermons by Mr. Spurgeon, which will be issued about June 1st. ..Washington, April 17. The President sent to the Senate to day the following nominations of postmasters for North Carolina: G. D. Smith, Hickory; W. J. Pirson, Rocky Mount. ..The grip had a novel effect upon Postmaster Haire, of Lex ington, Ga. Since his attack he has been unable to take a chew of tobacco, though he has been a user of the weed for many years. The least crumb in his mouth now will give him such a spell of coughing that he has been forced to eschew it altogather. ..Jonesboro, Tenn., is the old est town in the State having been settled in 1760. In a few miles of the town lived for some time the heroic pioneer Daniel Boon. On Boone's Creek, about seven or eight miles distant, is still to be seen a tree bearing this remarka ble inscription: "D. Boon cilled a Bar on Tree in the year 1760." Charlotte Democrat. ..The pet names of the four baby States are as follows : North Dakota is the "Flicker-tail State;" South Dakota is the "Swinge Cat State;" Washington is the "Chi nook State," and Montana is the "Stubbed-toe State." The capi tals of the new States are : Mon tana, Helena, North Dekota, Bis marck, South Dakota, Pierre, Washington and Olympia. ..New York, April 16. A spe cial to the Herald from Syracuse, N. Y., says that the announcement is made there of the betrothal of Miss Winnie Davis daughter of the late Jefferson Davis to Alfred Wilkinson, of Syracuse, a grand son of the great Abolitionist lead er. Rev. Samuel J. May. Mr. Wilkinson is a young lawyer, about 28 years of age, and stands very high in the community. He first met Miss Davis on the occa sion of the visit of that lady to Syracuse, about 4 years ago. ..Mr. H. A. London, of the Chatham Record, who as an aide on Gen. Bryan Grimes staff carried the last order at Appomattox, in dulges in the following reflections on the 25th anniversary of Lee's surrender: "North Carolinians have the proud satisfaction of knowing that the brave soldiers from their State won the first vic tory of the war at Big Bethel, on the 10th of Jnne, 1861, and fired the last volley at Appomattox on the 9th of April, 1866. The last effort made by Lee's army to break through Grant's encircling columns was the charge made at Appomattox by the troops com manded by Major General Bryan Grimes. For a mile they drove back the superior numbers of the enemy, and only retired when or dered by Gen. Lee, who, realizing the hopelessness of further efforts, had entered into negotiations for a surrender. The total number of Confederates paroled at Appo mattox was 28,231, but there were barely 10,000 effective men pres ent for duty on the morning of the surrender. The difference is explained bv the- statement that after the army halted thousands of stragglers and detailed men re joined their commands." ..The overflow in the Yazoo country of Mississippi and in por tions of Arkansas will probably have a material effect in checking the immigration of negroes from the Carolinas. Most of those coming into the Southwest from the Atlantic States settled in the country around Vicksburg and Greenville, and went to work nn river plantations. They had never seen a nooa Detore, and when the high water came and the levees broke, and thev were compelled m seek refuge on them or on any nign piece 01 land they could find, they were naturallv panic-stricken at this difference between their new and their old homes. That many of them should wish to re turn home to Carolina was natur al. They were well cared for, nowever, Dy their employers and will probably get over their scare ultimately and be come accustom. ed to crevasses ; but that the news of the overflow will reach Caro lina and check immigration from there is to be expected. It is safe to say that the high water in the Mississippi and the stories nf crevasse and flood which will reach the Carolina darkies in a very exaggerated form, will render it far more difficult for Louisana, Mississippi and Arkansas planters to get the labor they have been recently importing from the At lantic States. New Orleans Times-Democrat NO. 6. 1866 1890 TULL. At Tull's Old Established Drug Store. "UNBREAKABLE." Do you need a comb? If so, try the "Unbreakable." Perfect finish, perfect strength and a fair price are its chief merits. 25 cents each. Hose Xentrifrice. For cleansing and whitening the teeth, preventing the accumu lation of tartar, Tull's Rose Den trifrice is a most efficient prepara tion. Delightfully perfumed. Price 10 cents per box. FINE PERFUMES. Of American perfumes, Alfred Wright, of Rochester, stands at the head. We have added a com plete line of this famous maker's goods and are sure that once you use them, you will always prefer them. Bird Seed. We have some fresh, clean Bird Seed. 15 cents a pound or 2 for 25 cents. Each package contains a piece of Cutta Fish Bone. Cream of Tartar. We make a specialty of a pure powdered Cream of Tartar for medical and household purposes. COACH jP.A TTsTT. Save money by painting your wagon or buggy with Harrison's Coach Taint. House Paint. Sole ageuts for Harrison Bros., town and county. Ready Mixed Paints in large and small cans. Call and see show card of colors and get prices. Soap. Soap. Soap. The finest assortment of Soaps ever brought to this market. From 5 cents to 50 cents. "No. 15." As the winter approaches don't forget to provide yourself with a bottle of 2fo. 15," a specific for Coughs, Colds and Incipient Con sumption. Made by John Tull from the original prescription of one of the most prominent physi cians in Westein X. C. Bevare ot imitation and go to Tull's for the genuine. Nearly a quarter of a century in the drug business And a long practical experience in compounding Physicians' Tre scrip- lions, ana being at Lome and go ing to stay, if you are unfortunate enough to need any medicine be sure and get it at Tnll's. 1866 TULL. I8E0 1
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