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VOL. IX. NO. 46.
MORGAN-TON, N. C, THURSDAY. JANUARY 25. 1894.
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PRICE THREE CENTS.
OLD TIMES IN BURKE.
SKKTOHE8 OF THE PIwNKERS.
DavIiI orpenlnK John Rutherford
I'ruise for lr.. Abernethy The Idiosvn
craies of a Near-Slghted Man Kuther-ford's-"Bowless"
Sisters Some Amusing
Anertlotes.
Written for The Morganton Herald.
BY COL. T. G. WALTON.
Chapter 6.
' DAVID CORPEN1NG,. : ' ,
the youngest of the Corpening fam
ily, married Mary, a daughter of
Joseph Perkins, and inherited the
John's river plantation from his
lather, Albert, a warm friend of
mine, a' man of sterling worth, re
markable for his strong common
sense, high 'moral character; and
was in my opinion, and in that' of
many others, onesf the best and
most skitful farmers of the county.
I was guardian of two of his
daughters. He was happily mar
rided to a )adv, who was a help
meet in the true sense ot the word.
I have attended many sales of the
property of deceased persons in
Uurke county, but never one
evincing, so much order, care,
thrift and prosperity as his. A
house erected for the purpose, neat
ly kent and filled with cloth of
home manufacture, flax, tow and
cotton, baskets and other, useful
utensils , of .the farm, gamon
sticks of white oas, drawn and
shaped by his own hand, ready for
use at hog killing time, every
article, tool and implement used
in the cultivation, of the land,
clean, bright, and in perfect order,
a place for all and all in its proper
nlace. well did he deserve the
I j .
name of a model farmer. ,
THE BALLEW FAMILY.
The Ballews of Burke, old
nioneers and ancestors of numer
ous descendants now living in
McDowell: Caldwell and Burke,
were of French origin. v The spel
ling of .the" name" anglicised the
original orthoeraohv. which was
Ballou. From this paternal and
maternal ancestry have sprung" the
Ballews of Caldwell, the Kuther
erfords and Rusts, of Burke and
the Connellys of -McDowelf and
Caldwell. Thev were all. so far
as I know and have been informed
' good .religious, moral, highly re
spectable citizens of this county
previous to the forming of Cald
well and McDowell, sustaining in
all the walks of Ufe those charac
teristics that make the good cit
izen. Peter Ballew the ancestor
of the Caldwell branch, was elec
ted to the State Legislature in the
commons in 1825 and to the Senate
in 1S35.
JOHN RUTH ERFORD T HE W ORK OF
DR. ABERNETHY.
John Rutherford, Sr., of Bridge
water, married Nancy Ballew, by
whom he hadifive children, two
sons and three daughters John;
Robert, Nancy and Celia. John
RutheVford, Jr;, one of the wealth
iest ot Burke's citizens, was in
: many respects a remarkable man.
He wasf somewhat quaint and ex-
centric. He was well read in history
and light literature. His place he
named after the Earl of Bridge
water, (not, as many suppose, be
cause he built a bridge crossing
Muddy creek, leading to his resi
dence. 'With three maiden sis-
ters he lived a bachelor until he
was 80 vears old or more.- Noted
for his hospitality and benevo
lence, , he endowed the college
named for him, founded by its suc
cessful President. R. L. Abernety,
who deserves credit, almost beyoni
words to express, for having given,
and continuing to give, an educa
tion to young men and women,
fitting them for. anv vocation - in
e
life (so far as depends upon educa
tion) at a price so low as places
it almost within the reach of all
and withall, making large persona
sacrifices. By his laudable phil
anthrooic exertions in this cause
he deserves an eulogy more en
during- than this brief "notice
MR. RUTHERFORD WAS NEAR-SIGHT
AN INTERESTING LETTER.
HOT WEATHER IK FLORIDA.
glasses and laying them on the
desk near the letter in Such a way
as to know whether they had been
movea, he left the room, and after
remaining out some time returned.
The Jetter was finished, sealed and
directed th snprtarlps iintrmrhirV
J I T ... . n
ymg. as he had placed them. ' T amp A, r la., jan. 15, i94-
This unparalleled singularity was To the Editor of The Herald ; ? .
Seated comfortably in an up-
The Pone De Leon Scenes la St. Aogrus-
tlne Tampa The Almighty Dollar"
Men, Who Ran Wild.
tne cause of narrow escapes "by
flood and field" some of them 5 J
shall omit. Crossing' his bridge'
uii 4Jne-. occasion., ne made --a
misstep, plunging ten feet into the
turbid creek, fortunately but little
hurt, struggling to reach the
shore, his wig which was not worn
on'an account of baldness, came
off. ; He never wore another after
the loss of this. At the marriage
of the Hon. Burton Craig to Eliza
beth, the eldest daughter of Col.
James Erwin there were a nam
ber of guests gathered from sever
al counties. ; Mr. Rutherford . was
one of them. He was fond of the
ladies, and, owing to his defective
sight, - when 'addressing them,
usually brought his face very close
their's. The wedding over, he
took4 a seat near a belle - from - the
valley of, .the -Yadkin extending
in an
town - hotel,- with, a cake of ice
bandaged to tny head and one of
John Allen's fanning mills ewouffd
up and running at full blast at my
feet, to keep me from having sun
stroke in this semi-tropical region;
it has occurred to me. that there
may be in my old -country '.some
who would like to hear from this
section of Florida where "there is
perpetual spring, and the orange
blossoms grow." Through the
courtesv of a rich company which
j -
manufactures
'preparatory
panacea," and the culmination of
a desire -to see the place of inter
est in Florida, I have been making
a hurried trip through "this, great
and glorious state:',' Of -course,
Florida has no city of interest
from a commercial view,' except
Jacksonville, which does . not be-'
his arms as though he purposed to loner to peninsula Florida, yet, as it
embrace the fait one,, Alarmed. ! regards hoints of historical,, and
she sprang to her feet, crossed the
rootnlo a vacant corner, he fol
owing close with his long arms
extended. Lightly dodging under
them she made her escape, leaving
the persistent pursuer, still with
extended arms. : moving . until
striking the wall of the house, he
found the bird had escaped and
he was left standing, not cheered
oy -the laughter of the merry
crowd who had witnessed his dis-
comforture. Notwithstanding his
eccentricities, he was possessed 6fj
so many good traits that he has
held in the highest estimation by
the best people of the cojjnty." ;
. JOHN RUTHERFORDS SISTERS.
His sistera. Misses Nancy. Tane
and 'Celia', were pious, amiable,
modest, ladies. Miss Celia, the
youngest, having associated more
with other refined ladies of, her
sex, wa not so peculiar or eccen
tric as her sisters, who wore old
fashioned, long hood -shaped bon
nets, of dark green silk, without
lows, possibly indicating that
they did not want to catch
beaux. However, this may
be they were much attached to their
boivless bonnets . which were certainly
attached to tluni. Ia proof of this I
will give an incident. .At home or
abroad they were never seen with
out them. About the year 1829
or 1830, these good ladies made
my mother a visit and concluded,
at her solicitation, to spend the
night. At the time there were
several young girls of "sweet six
teen boarding at my fathers go
ing to school. One of these full
of curiosity not unusual with Iter
sex) and mischief, Eliza G. Tate,
of "Hickory Grove," got permis
sion to ' sleep in the same room
with the . Tiiss Rutherfords, . in
whiclfthere were two beds, de
termined as she said, .to
whether they slept - in their
nets. .
see
bon-
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" ED. - .
Mr.. Rutherford was myopic,, be
ing .what is commonly called near
sighted; so much so that he could
not distinguish by form or feature
his most:, intimate acquaintances,
and, when meeting . them, would
never call their names until they
had spoken; From long practice,
and from' the well-known fact that
if one of the organs of the body
is defective, another is strength
ened correspondingly, he had be
come very expert in recognizing
them either by the. tone ,ot voice,
or enunciation of those with
whom, he - associated,, and would
soon afterwards speak to them by
name His manner was such as
led them to believe that he
thoueht he had deceived them. as
to his eyesight being defective
and this attempt to deceive was
practiced on his. own family. .In
proof of this one of his sisters
was asked bv mv mother '"Miss C,
why don't you induce your-brother
to wear spectacles ? 1 hey --woum
be so'iileful and relieve him froth
his near-sightedness " She replied,
"Oh 1 rMrs.K Walton; I would not do
so on anv account for fear of of
fending him. He does not know
or susoect that we are aware of
this defect." W. B. Rust, Esq.,
near neighbor and'maternal uncle,
who. himself was near-sighted,
and., wore glasses, in speaking ;of
this, idiosyncracy ot his nepnew
told me that-once being in the
room, where Mr. R.- 'bad been.
writing a letter at his desk, un
finished, he. Rutherford.- left the
iroom.. He concluded that if Mr
R. would only put on his . (Rusts)
speck's, being adapted to his eyes
and seeing the great advantage
they would be to him, he would
forego his preiud'ee against the
use of them. Taking, off, his.
AN AMUSING ANECDOTE.
The next day she gave - the fol
lowing, accout of that she wit
nessed ; "I went to bed before
they came up stairs. The fire was
burning low when they - entered
the room. They sat down near the
fire with bonnets on whispering
in low tones. I thought they
never would go to bed. Finally,
the fire went out, they undressed,
put on their night robes, bonnets
'statu fuo" on their heads; when
lo ! they blew the candle out and
all was dark. I said to myself,
'Never mind old gals, I'll catch you
in the morning.' I waked early, I
it was hardly light, and behold !
there .they sat in their., night
gowns with their everlasting bon
nets on." ' Miss Nancy was twice
engaged to be married. When her
first engaged lover came prompt
at the appointed time, a change
had come "oer the spirit, ofl her
dreams.' She-said to him, "lam
not ready ; the pockets of my
wedding gown are still unmade."
This quondam lover left disgusted,
never to return. The second was
not more" fortunate than the first.
. HE WDULDN T SWIM. I
Reaching Morganton on his
way to reach the abode of his in
tended bride on the evening of the
day appointed for his:wedding:
he found it impossible to do so
without risking his life by swim
ming the swollen waters of "Silver
and Muddy creeks.' The 1 "next
morning he hastened to explain
and apologize. He found her in
no fit mood' to be appeased J by
explanations, apologies and re
grets,, but sent the . crest, fallen
lover on with this parting thrust
iof the tongue : "If I am not worth
the swimming Of two small
streams, I am not .worth . haying.
Unless,"! am -very rrfuch5 mistaken,
a maiority, 11 not an. ot tne iair
sex who honor the' writer by read
ing these reminiscenses of the
tolden time, will agree if ' either of
these cold lovers hearts,, had been
pierced by cupid darts he would
not nave.peen so easily., repuisea,
but enamored, on bended Knees,
would , have poured , forth L with
suffused: ' eyes. : appeals of
touching ' eloquence and - fervid
ness, portraying the "endless
misery of his future life, caused
by the cruel rejection of his prof
i.fered love. ;Her heart Softened by
these devotional appeals and by
persistent perseverance afterward,
the prospect-for future success
would -have, brightened1 and possi
I bly 'the dearest wish of his heart
would have been realized,
To be Continued?) 1 .
3(?"The Herald Office Tor
Work. - ' ; -.- j
social interest, she surpasses the
other states., A trip- by steamer
from Brunswick. Ga.. where the
yellow fever (the , occurrence i of
which is vigorously denied by the
inhabitants of that city,) made
such havoc recently, brought me
into the city of St. Augustine, the
home of the Spaniard and the
seat of America's' greatest" hotel:
I airi hot surprised that the Span
ish are proverbial for treachery,
if they are as overfed and as
royally . treated as . are those
stopping at the Ponce ;de- Leon
hotel. Too much and too rich
food, it has often been said, pro
duce stupidity, and stupidity is
the brother of crime. I have
never seen a'more wonderful dis
play of artistic taste than was to
be seen in the preparation of the
grand supper and ball, held at the
Ponce de Leon hotel on the night
of the opening. .Money, was ex
changed for all that mind could
conceive of ; and the wine that
"flowed" from, goblet to throat
would have been cherished at the
banquet of a king. -The other in
teresting points at St, Augustine
are the Marion Forts, built by the
Spanish, and the beautiful island
just off the beach,, where Mitchell
is now zealously figuring out how
many moments 01 sunering ne
can endure before he succumbs to
the powerful blows of the "young
giant ot California.
The old Spanish Fort at St.
Augustine is of more value as an
historical production than any
fort in the New World. Built be
fore any other fort in America, it
testifies to the justice of St. Augus
tine's claim to being the oldest
city in the United States. And
a peculiar old city it is, with its
narrow streets" and antiquated
houses. It recalls to one's mind,
the moment he sees it, the descrip
tions of the cities of the Occident,
which he read- in his Geography
when a school boy, and the more
widely you .roam over the town,
the more reminded you are of this
early reading. The main '-street
will hardly permit a man and
wagon to pass at the same time,
while Treasury street, one of the
first streets fa importance, is only
seven - feet wide perhaps the
smallest real street in this coun
try. This goes to show that the
mipj of the Spaniard of those
pioneer days was not as wide as it
was level, if we may judge a tree
by its fruits. The people of my
own country may or may not be
interested in the fact that I have
"seen the sea." This declaration
may fall flat upon the ears of those
who hear it, but its interest to me
is manifold from a reason I shall
not soon forget. .
Tampa is an excellent city, and
the "next best winter; resort in
Florida.-' Situated where one can
reach the bed of steamers for Key
West, Cuba, and even (the larger
ones for .Mexico, and New York, it
has not that provincialism about
it, so common in most cities its
size. But I shall advise my Burke
friends to provide an abundant
amounts. of the "things that be
Ceesars" before ".attempting to
spend a , winter in this or. any
other Florida town. Money makes
more than the mare go in this
country and the many, organized
schemes by which the people
bleed the winter visitor, would
stop a clock, or shock arr- acre of
wheat. You know they .only make
their money about three .months
in the year, and ''every little cross
road junction has the "finest hotel
in the state in and if charges are
tolbe considered they are. " Money .
is the central idea, and it is ;Said
that when the United States gov
ernment, tarted to quarantine one
of the sea-coast cities here, to save
its citizens from a malignant
epidemic, the people of the town
appointed a committee to- .. wait
upon the - U. S government and
ask it "how much there was m it?
But there; are advantages here
which surpass the disadvantages
of being scarce of cash, I suppose.
A variety of fruits, and fertile
lands, and an abundance ot lakes
and scenery to entertain the most
fastidious eyes, make" winter here
a most desirable period, while the
freedom of the people cannot but
be admired. Men run wild here,
and have even .been known to
roam at large unmolested. While
sailing down the St. John's river
recently; I espied ; two; men,- some
what darker hued than Americans,
fishing near -the banks, and ' I
learned from the Captain of the
vessel that a band of them had
gotten so bold as to even enter the
interior' of , the- peninsula . and
formulate a kind of determination,
which they called the "Alliance
demands." Perhaps you read an
account of this gathering, which
occurred in Ocala some few. years
ago. . - 1 :
Quails may also be seen further
down into the everglades, and
there is sometimes seen about the
hotels a large, red or white feath-
erea oira ot-tne. pheasant species,
which they call chicken. Such oc
currences are rare, however.
; Mr. Editor, I am homesick for a
view of; the mountains, while
Florida may be the home of the
eternal spring time, and may have
its orange groves and palmettoes
which: beautify and enrich the
scenery, still there is to me no
place like the mountains of my
Western North' Carolina home
where the gentle rippling of the
mountain steams chimes in with
the melodious music of the whist
ling winds, in one grand chant of
welcome and cheer to the inhabi
tant of the mountains, and where
at evening time we may listen to
dying notes of the nightingale,
and the whippoorwill, and where
the robin and the thrush make
their home in the mountain tops
and the "Jackas bird cries to his
mate in the gloaming."
Respectfully,
Arthur T. Abernethy.
CURRENT COMMENT.
0KBRT SIMPSON WIIXTOTE FOR THE
TARIFF BILL,
IN PART OPINIONATITE.
Sometime
f roi
Ex-
Job
County Alliance Meeting.
To the Editors of The Herald:
. If your space is not all taken,
will you give room for a short ac
count of our County Alliance
meeting, held with Providence
Sub-Alliance. A. J. Cook, Fresi
dentof the County Alliance, was
in the chair, with J. H. Howard,
Secretary. Five . sub-Alliances
were represented and reported in
good working order. The meet
ing was of the most harmonious
character. Owing to the inclem
ency, of the weather, the attend
ance was not large, yet the church
was very well filled with , both
male and female members. Under
the. head of new business. Rev.
J. LI Shinn was elected Assistant
County Lecturer and directed,
with the County Lecturer, to
make a thorough canvass of the
bounty in the interest of the
order. A resolution was passed
inviting J. M. Mewbourne, State
President of the Alliance, to visit
our county in the near future in
the interest of the order. Several
talks were made by local speakers,
all bearing principally upon the
satire subject but non-partisan in
their scope.
: A motion was made to adjourn
for dinner, and you can guess
how a fellow would vote on that
question after taking breakfast
before daylight and riding from
five to fifteen miles through the
mud. And here let me say that
I have not seen a more bountiful
table spread, and that of the very
best, at any county meeting that
it has been my pleasure to visit.
Much praise to the kind ladies of
Providence Alliance.
: One characteristic of these
meetings, Mr. Editor, is, that not
a drop of whiskey is ever seen or
felt among any of the men who
attend them. The ladies, of
course, are too pure to condescend
to this filthy habit on any occasion.
After dinner a short session was
held and the meeting adjourned
to meet in April, next, with
Drowning Creek Alliance. C.
'- A Compliment to Judge Bjnnm.
The Herald takes pleasure in
copying the followiog portion of
an unusually complimentary
notice of Judge Bynum:
, "This term of Pitt Superior
Court is being presided over by
Judge John Gray Bynum.' And
the above sentence may be taken
for just evactly what it says, as
those having any business' about
the Court, or even going there as
spectators, are not long in dis
covering. He has his own way of
expressing things, and .does not
waste much time, nor a great deal
of breath, in jcoming to a point.
In fact, he says himself that he is
a plain man and calls things by
their right names if a thing is
white he says it's white, and if it's
black he says it's black, and. has
no parleying about it. While he
has his own method of running
the court, the general opinion is
that he is doing it w ell. Greenville
Reflector.
Condensation
changes.
..On January 15th, eleven peo
ple were killed in a wreck on the
Ueleware, Lackawana and West
ern Railroad. ' .
..Fifteen offers, aggregating
$40,000,000, to take the new bonds
have been received at the Treas
ury department.
..The Astors have bought up
the $6,700,000 U. S. bonds issued
to the Cherokees for the purchase
of the Cherokee strip. .'-
..Joe Daniels will not get the
place of Public Printer after all,
it seems. It now appears that the
honor is to go to Mr. McAbee, of
Chicago.
. .Ainsworth R. Spofford. the
librarian of Congress, estimates
the total number , of books that
have ever been printed to be
3,681,960.
..The St. Louis Globe Democrat
estimates that a man who lives to
the scriptural limit eats fourteen
tons of salids and drinks 300 bar
rels of refreshments.
. ..John Buchanan, a negro, who
assaulted a young white girl and
a middle aged negro woman near
Valley Park, Mo., was carried
from jail by a mob and lynched
on January the 17th.
NORTH CAROLINA JOTTINGS.
..If some of the London papers
are to be believed John Bull in
tends, to interfere should this
country annex Hawaii. His own
affairs are about as much as he
can attend to at present and he
will find it wiser "to keep hands
off."
. ' .-' . Thl Man la Right. .
The friends of our good friends,
Prof. W. E. Abernethy and Dr.
John Tulf two of the most esti
mable citizens of Burke county
who advocate the nomination of
these gentlemen for the Senate,
are not wise in their generation
when. they select the Topic as the
medium through which to publish
the claims of their favorites, for
the Topic, widely circulated journal
that it is, cannot lay claim to as
many readers in the State of
Burke as our much-beloved con
temporary the Morganton Her
ald, cherishes and feeds, with lit
erary pabulum of the choicest
variety. t To. reach the men of
Burke.: who have this matter to
decide we advise our friends to
become valued contributors lo the
columns of our. esteemed contem
porary across the' two rivers. Le
noir Topic. , .
..A man by the name of Corn
was married at Rochell, 111., to a
lady by the name of Wheat.' The
fool choir sang, "What shall the
harvest be ?" A. boy in the gal
lery yelled, "Nubbins!" and, they
cast him out of the synagogue.
Exchange. .
. .The Confederate veteran camp
of New York, gave its fourth
annual dinner in honor of the
memory of Gen. Robert Lee, on
the anniversary of his birthday,
January the 19th. Mrs. Jefferson
Davis " and Miss Winnie Davis
were present.
..The. monopoly of the tele
phone, enjoyed so long by the Bell
xeiepnone v-ompany, will expire
with the present month. Begin
ning with the first of February,
telephones' can be bought out
right for what it previously cost
to rent one for a year.
. .There is a scheme on fodt to
convert all the battlefields of. the
late war into national parks. All
of the battlefields except Gettys
burg are in the South, and this
will mean a great' increase in price
for . many tracts of land. Southern
men who own battlegrounds
shoujd be on the lookout.
..A meeting of the creditors of
the Richmond and Danville rail
road company was held at the
office of the Central Trust Com
pany recently, and a committee
was appointed to waitupon Drexel
Morgan and Company, and ascer
tain what plans were proposed in
order to take care of the floating
debt, which amounts to about
$45,000,000, including an emer
gency loan of $600,000.
..By repetition during the last
few years the .war-scare has be
come hackneyed ; but the present
indications are that there is more
imminent danger of a struggle in
Europe than ever, before. If it
comes it will very probably be a
combination of France and Russia
against Germany. France hates
Germany with a deep hatred, born
of a sense of a past defeat, and
she will never remain satisfied
until the restoration of Alsace
Loraine. Russia seems determined
to have Constantinople and the
mouth of the Danube. To possess
this she must certainly fight Aus
tria and fighting with Austria
means a war with Germany at the
same time. . Actuated by religious
intolerance, political barbarism
and commercial stagnation, Russia
is persecuting the German lan
guage and the Lutheran religion
in the Baltic provinces
and is continually increas
ing the prevailing hatred
for Germany. The German Em
peror realizes that he has a great
deal to lose and nothing to gain
in a contest with these powers, but
if matters approach a crisis he
will hardly shrink from a war.
lie Want the Knife U
Relief from Reduction. -
The Washington l'ott quotes the
following summary of Mr. Simp
son's speech :
uMr. Simpson, of Kansas said
that while be intended to vote for
this bill, there were many propo
sitions in it that did Dot meet
with his approval, but, inasmuch
as it was a robber tariff, at least
20 per cent, lower than the Mc
Kinley bill, be should bare to
support it.
"'I am not one of those, be
said, 'that ever hoped or believed
that the Democratic party would
be able when the final test came
to carry out its pledges to the
people to rid the copatry of the
robber tariff. That party, like
the Republican, is under the con
trol of the money power, as was
shown when they inarched along
under the same umbrella to have
themselves counted against the
free coinage of silver.'
T1ia fan en rf t-a Aviofinr
trouble, Mr. Simpson said, he
found in the intolerable burden
put on the agricultural clashes by
the system of iudjrect taxation.
To admit that labor needs protec
tion is to acknowledge inferiority.
He described the effects of Mc.
Kinley protection upon the firm
er" It was to increane the cost of
things they bought and to reduce
the price of things tthey sold. A
result of the system bad been to
concentrate in the bands of 9 per
cent, of the population of the
United States 71 per cent, of its
wealth.
In the course of his attack upon
the protected wool iudustry Mr.
Simpson gave an eloqaenf object
lesson of what be called the result
of the protection of the woolen in
dustry, which the gentleman from
Michigan (Mr. Burrows) bad as
serted kept out European shoddy.
He bad walked along that portion
of the market place of Washing
ton where the farmers took their
staud to sell their products at first
bands. After investigation he
selected an average overcoat,
which he showed in the House,
which had been bought a year
ago for 810.50, and which had be
come so rotten that it fell to pieces
in rags in his angry hands, as be
became wrought op iu indignation.
Lound applause greeted bis elo
quent object lesson. Mr. Simpson
had bought the happy farmer a
new overcoat at the same price as
the old one, and which, said Mr.
Simpson, would last about as long.
Labor, he said, after creating the
immense fovtui es of the trusts,
was now sta.ving. A New York-
paper baxk stated that 10,000
loaves of br&ad were distributed,
when one Hal meant a meal for a
whole fatnjlyand probably saved
a human life. He did not entirely
blame the trusts and corporations
for this result;, but he blamed the
workingmei themselves for put
ting in power and keeping in
power men who had made such a
condition possible by the enact
ment of laws.
"Mr. Simpson's time expired at
4 o'clock, and as he resumed his
seat he was rewarded with a burst
of applause exceeding any which
bad yet been bestowed upon a
speaker.
SCWII OF THK BTATK.
Item of
1 a tores t from
Folate
North Carolina
A Household Treasure
; D. W. Fuller, of Canajoharie, N. Y.,
bays that he always keeps Dr. King's
New Discovery in the house and his
family has always found the very best
results follow its use; that he would
not be without it. if procurable. O. A.
Dykeman, Druggist, Catskill, N. Y.,
says that Dr. King's New Discovery is
undoubtedly the best Cough remedy;
that he has used it in his family for
eight years, and it has never failed to
do all that ia claimed for it. "Why not
try a remedy so loDg tried and tested.
,Trial bottles free at John Tull's Drug
Store. Regular Bize 50c and ?1.00.
Aa Awful T raced T I
Thousands of lives have been sacri
ficed, thousands of homes made deso
late by the fatal mistake of the "old
school" physicians, still persisted in by
some, notwithstanding the light thrown
upon the subject by modern research,
that Consumption is incurable. It is
sot. Consumption is a scrofulous dis
ease of the lungs, and any remedy
which strikes right at the seat of the
complaint must and tciU cure it. Such
a remedy is Dr. Pierce's Golden Medi
cal Discovery. It is a certain specific
for all scrofulous complaints. It was
nevei known to fail if given a fair trial,
and that is why the manufacturers sell
it under positive guarantee that if it
does not benefit or cure, the money
paid for it will be refunded. The only
lung remedy possessed of such remark
able curative properties-as to warrant
its makers in selling it on trial.
Has A llmrlod Troasare.
Charles Henderson, of "Wells
town, Ohio, is going to South
America after buried treasure that
he knows of, and has invited a
friend in Valparaiso, Ind., to go
with him. It appears that a good
while ago Henderson was a sub
officer on a slaver, which traded
from the African coast to Brazil.
One day the vessel was attacked
by an American cruiser, and her
captain ran her ashore on a small
island. He told Henderson that
he had $75,000 in gold aboard,
and that he would give him half
if he would help him secrete it.
They reached the shore and buried
the gold, and a short time after
wards the captain and several of
the crew died of the smallpox, and
all the others, but Henderson and
one companion, were drowned by
the capsizing of their boat as they
were attem pting to leave the island.
The survivors were picked up and
brought to New Orleans. Recent
ly Henderson had a legacy left
him and he has bought a vessel to
go after his treasure. Exchange.
On the Threshold.
8tand!ns; at womanhood's door ia she.
Clad ia ber Ttrginal parity,
A creatnre fair aa the Ultra be.
And. like the Hlies. alaa, bow frail :
They are borne to earth wbca the stoma
prevail.
And their life roes oat in tbc summer rale.
When we see a frail and lovely crea
ture, standing on the threshold between
girlhqpd and womanhood, we shiver
with a fear of what may be, because
we have seen so many succumb at thi
critical period of life. What is needed
at this time is a tonic and invigorant
something that will . promote proper
lunctionai action 01 tne female organs.
The only remedy to be depended on ia
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
This unequal ed medicine, which cures
diseases peculiar to woman, is especial
ly valuable at the period when the girl
crosses the threshold of womanhood.
Used at such a time, it never fails to
produce a most beneficial result, and
many a fragile girl baa been tided over
..CM. Busbee is expected to
get the postoffice in Raleigh.
..New Berne is to hold ber
seventh annual fair, Feb. 19th to
the 24th.
..R. O. Patterson has been .ap
pointed to succeed the U.S. Court
Clerk, J. E. Reid.
..Hon. Hoke Smith will deliver
the next commencement address
at Chapel Hill.
..Senatoi Vance is very unwell
and will go to Florida soon to
regain bis health.
. .Geo. L. Morton has received
the appointment of postmaster at
Wilmington, N. C
..Dr. E. Burke Haywood, one
of Raleigh's most prominent citi
zens, died on the 18th.
. .It has been decided by fudge
Hoke that it is not unlawful for a
girl of fourteen to marry.
..The Evangelist Pearson com
mences a meeting at -Davidson
College on the first of February.
..Joint meetings were held by
all the churches in Tarboro re
cently to break up gambling in
that place.
..The cigarette manufacturers
in Durham are protesting vigor
ously against the passage of the
Wilson bill.
..Capt. Carter, the newly ap
pointed collector, has decided to
retain all of the officers appointed
by Mr. Elias.
..It is. rumored and believed
that Kope Elias will be the next
Democratic nominee for Congress
in the Ninth District.
..On January iSth, Miss Margie
Busbee, of Raleigh, was married
to Lieut, W. E. Shipp, tenth caval
ry, United States army.
..Prof. John B. Brewer, of
Murfreesboro, has been elected
E resident of the Baptist Female
University, to be founded in Ral
eigh. ..The Pearl Cotton Mills, of
Durham, will be completed and
set in operation in the early
spring. Geo. W. Watts is presi
dent, ..Capt, Ellison Gilmer, of
Greensboro, who recently shot
Frank Holland, of Danville, be
cause of intimacy with his wife,
has commenced a suit for divorce.
..A marriage ceremony was
performed at Rock ford last Friday
that was quite romantic The
groom was 77 years, while the
blushing bride confessed to only
63-
. .The House Committee has re
ported in favor of Thomas Settle,
the Congressman from the fifth
North Carolina District, whose
election was contested by Wil
liams.. ..The Rev. Evander B. Mc
Gilvary, the late Presbyterian
missionary to Siam, who forsook
the Calvinistic faith and joined
the Briggsites, will accept a pro
fessorship in a college ia Oberllo,
Ohio.
;.The Winston Tobacco Asso
ciation has condemned Julian S.
Carr for writing a letter to the
Ways and Means committee at
Washington, advising a large in
crease of tax on manufactured to
bacco
..The Statesville Landmark says
that on Sundry of .last week
United. States, Deputy Marshal
Foard arrested S. M. Dickerson,
late assistant postmaster at Slate
Roads, Surry county, for irregu
larities in office. .
..Sunday's New York Herald
contains a long illustrated article
about Mr. Vanderbilt's residence
in Ashevil'e. The Herald says
that Mr. Vanderbilt selected this
site, because of the superiority of
Asheville's scenery and climate to
any other place that be had ever
been.
..Last week Mary Smith and
her lover, Oscar Page, committed
Batdns-
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J&solafelj
Jfurc
A cream of tartar baking pow
der. Highest of all in leavening
strength. Latest United States Gov
ernment Food Report.
ItoyalBaltlns: Powder.Co.,
t Wall sc. x. T.
DRESS SILKS !
The
attention of . our pa
trons is called to these rich
Dress Silks at moderate prices.
SELF-COLORED
CRYSTAL BENGALEES,
$0.83 Per Yard.
TWO-TOD
CRYSTAL BENGALEES,
tL25 Pes Yabd.
SELF-CO LOB ED
NECOISE,.
Per Yabj.
SATIN DUCHESS?,
$1.23 Vzn Yabd. .
AH in the popular shades for this
season,
BLACK SILKS,
Very'attractiTe values.
f0.CD, W.flS, Sl.00, tl.05, $155,
$1.33 and $L50 Per Yaed.
t3F"When writing for sam
ples mention colors and pride.
W.H. & R.S.TUCKER & C0.,:
RALEIGH. - y. C. .
TO THOSE WB0L1VE AT HOME. :
THOSE WHO BAYE WHEAT HD CCE1 TO ;
griid;
I have jnt completed my new
Flouring Mill. Everything neir
except burrs. The buns are said,
to be the best ever brought to
North Carolina. I have also one
of the beat millers in the State;
has been in the business for thirty -or
forty years; was superintend-;
entofof the City Mills at Nash
ville, Tt-nn-, for a long time.
' I am alfto running a Planing :
Mill. Will dress cheap for cash.
Grinding and dressing done eve
ry day.
I am also buying Shingle Blocks
When you come to town bring '
along yenr wheat and corn and '
give ns a trial. Satisfaction guar
anteed. J. W. GARRISON.
One block from depot. : .
Oct. 4, 1893tr.
The .
Fundamental
Principle of
Life Assurance
N
U protection for the family,-
Unfortunately, however, the
beneficiaries of life assurance
arc often deprived of the pro
vision made for than, through,
the loss of the principal, by,
following bad advice xcgardV
ing its investment.
Under the Tontine Installaeat
m aa a a H . a kMITW &
a norriDie muraer in Kaieien. I i
nri r n - j I
negro woman over one hundred 1 fig JuQUltXlDl6 JLlI&
$13.00 belonging to this cente
narian and fled, presumably, to
Norfolk.
There has been seen another
Bhenomenon In the heavens. J.
K Work, of Guilford county, says
that about 5 o'clock on the morn;
ing of the 17th, he saw a bright
light in the sky, which came and
went at intervals and reminded
him of the opening and shutting
of a book.
..Gov. Flower and a number of
other prominet New Yorkers, es
corted by the Albany Burgesses
corps, will stop over in Raleigh on
on Feb. 2nd, and will be hand
somely entertained by the citizens
of that place. This party will be
on its way to the mardi gras at
New Orleans.
t
you are provided "with, an ah-
solute safeguard against such
f misfortune, besides securing
a much larger amount of in .
surance for the same amount .
of premiums paid in. .
For facts and figures, address
W. J. RODDEY. Manager,
FwtWCsras RockHULS.C-
one of life's most trying periods by it.
Bucluen's Arnica Salve.
The best salve In the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Char
ped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and
all Rkin Vmntinnt and nnfeiiv.l.
It is not probably not the old est I terribly reduced in flesh and strength. 1 o.i ' I
weather tn tr knew in -ronr Ufa Three bottles of Elrtri Rittr 1 -"a " F"J uiixu.
but that is how yoo feel just now, be- him. It Is guaranteed to giv perfect
cause past sufferings are soon forgot-I Edward Shepherd, Bsxrisborg, m., I satisfaction, or -money refunded,
ten, and because your blood needs the 1 had a running sore on bis leg of eight I Price 25 cents per box. For sale
enncning, invigorating inn uence of years' standing, ised three bottles of I bv John Toll. Druzrist. .
Splcisaaai Caw.
8. H. Clifford. New Caasel, Wis.,wss
troubled with Neurit i and Rheuma
tism, his Stomach was disorded, his
Liver was affected to an alarming - de- I
gree. appetite fell away, and he was
terribly reduced in flesh and strength.
inree oouies 01 uectrtc Bitters cured
Ayer's Sarbaparilla the Superior Med
icine. .
Whiskers that are prematurely irrar
or faded should be colored to prevent
i the look of aire, and Buckingham 'a
1 Dye excels all others in coloring brown
1 or black.
years' standing. Tsed three bottles of
Electric Bitters and several boxes of
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and his lee is
sound and well.- John Speaker. Cataw
ba, O.. had five lsrga Fever sores on bis
lee, doctors said be . was incurable.
One bottle Electric Bitters and one box
Bucklen's Arnica 8alve cured him en
tirely. Sold by John.
All"who are troubled with Constipa
tion will find a safe, sure, and speedy
relief in Ayer's Pills.' Unlike most
other catharth s. these pills strengthen
tne stomacn, liver and bowela, and
restore the organs to normal and regu
lar action.
CUatoa A. CHley. Via mil as B. Taeratoa
CILIET & THQRNTOHi .
Attorneys tnd Counsellors it Law, .
Hickory, N. C
Will practice in all the courts.
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Photographic Artist,
Union St., opposite Col. 8. JdcD. Tate's.
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