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FRANK B. DAVIS, Associate Editor.
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THURSDAY, -SEPT. 25, 1895.
The old song "Silver Threads
Among the Gold " has been re
vised. It How goes "Sixteen Sil
ver Threads to One of Gold." E.
C. Smith is the author of the new
version.
A bust of Fred Douglass orna
ments the mam entrance to the
- Negro Building at the Cotton
States Exposition. This is, how
ever, not the same Douglass bust
that was made by the North Car
olina legislature last winter. It is
not so large.
The failure of the old reliable
firm of Wallace Bros., in "States
ville, is much to be regretted.
They have dealt honorably and
liberally with the people of West
ern North Carolina for many
years, and we join with their
friends in hoping that they may
be able to resume. :.
The -October Demoresfs Maga
zine has a very interesting and
beautifully illustrated article on
the Waldensian colony in this
county. The article was written
by Rev. Jno. M. Rose, D. D.,
pastor of the Morganton Presby
terian church, but is signed by
Rufus R. Wilson, the president of
the news syndicate that sold the
article to, various publications. .
Mr. Samuel L. Patterson, State
Commissioner of Agriculture, and
one of the best men in the State,
says that the people of North Car
olina have not been as well off for
years as they are now. Mr. Pat
terson is a farmer himself, and
this statement is made after a
careful study of the condition of
the State made while holding
farmers' institutes in all sections.
Mr. Patterson's statemeut is ex
ceedingly gratifying, but the poli.
ticians will pay it no heed. They
will still go on with the old, old
song that times are growing
steadily worse and that the only
way to restore prosperity is to put
them into office. Then everything
will be rosy until the time comes
round for a re-election and things
will get just as bad as ever again
and they will come back and tell
the people that times are still get
ting worse, and that the only way
under heaven ty which they may
be saved from ruin and slavery
is by returning these same old
chronic place hunters to office.
The people of the United States
are heartily in sympathy with the
Cuban patriots who are trying to
throw off the yoke of Spain.
While the government of the
United States is doing all at can
to maintain its position of neutral
ity the people are all hoping for
the success of the rebellion. In
Wilmington, Delaware, last Mon
day, a number of Cuban patriots
were on trial for. violation of .the
neutrality laws, and when the jury
came in with a verdict of not guil
ty the court room became a bed
lam filled with a yelling, delighted
mob. Cuban flags were displayed
all over the city and the town lit
erally went wild. Last week a
big steamer put into the barbor at
Southport, N. C, and was loaded
down with arms and ammunition
that were intended for the Cuban
patriots, who have been wonder
fully successful in ttheir battles
with the Spanish troops. There
is a general sentiment that our
government ought now to recog
nize the Cubans as belligerants, if
they go no further. Spain will
make every effort to subjugate
them even if they have to exter
minate them and make the island
a wilderness. ?
The Charlotte Observer of last
Sunday continues the Dugger
Coogler controversy, and publishes
the poem entitled "The Wood
chuck," which appeared in last
week's Herald and which effect
ually disposes of Coogler's arrant
claims to the position of Poet
Laureate of the Carolina's. But
unfortunately Mr. Joseph Pulitzer
Caldwell, who knows how to run
a big newspaper as his name
would imply but who knows no
more abdut real poetry than . a
snow-bird knows about the desert
of Sahara, attempts to interpret
the' poet's verse and -writes an
editorial based upon it in which
he advises the use of "shooting
irons " to settle cases of .domestic
infelicity. Instead of treating the
poem as a beautiful whole, he pro
ceeded at once to take it'to pieces
to try to find what was inside o
it, like the boy who, for a
similar molive, took the wheels
out of his dad's chronometer to
find to his disgust that he had
enough machinery to make a half
dozen watches. Pray what en
couragement is there for Dugge
to write poetry if Caldwell is to
spoil it all by trying to interpret it?
The truth of the whole matter
is that the Observer has been for
some time jealous of The Her
ald's position as the recognized
Dugger organ, and this feeling
'was intensified when last week
Mr. Dugger selected this paper as
the medium for giving his -silver
lecture to the world. This is the
real reason why ihe editor of the
Observer damned Dugger's reputed
verse with faint praise and why he
tried to humiliate us in the eyes
of Ed Chambers Smith by saying
that we were named Willie Chau
cer after a British gold-bug poet,
That is also the reason why he
violated our confidence by pub
lishing the following verse which
we repeated to him on a hot July
night in Greensboro after the
closing hour when there was noth
ing better to do :
"Oh, Dagger, bugger, Shep. M. Dagger,
Court thy muse; if need be hug her;
She'll tell you soon that you're a poet ;
And when she do, then Dugger, go it!"
Of course we are not going to
deny the authorship of these lines,
but we certainly; would have
touched them up a little be
fore giving them to the press.
We are glad they were pub
lished because it gives us the op
portunity of favoring our readers
with the following lines yes, lines
dashed off by Mr. Caldwell
week before last while riding on
the stage coach between Blowing
Rock and Linville, and which he
entitled " Stage Struck Not " :
The big stage coach upon I got ;
The hosses seemed to sorter trot.
And there I sot and sot and sot.
Just kinder on the selfsame spot.
The day was iniddlin clear and hot;
The cushions padded had been not ;
It wa'n't like scooting on a yacht.
The driver did not give a drot.
Ot Pond's Extract I'd fetched a bot.
I longed to hie me to my cot.
And when the door was tightly shot.
Become for once a sans culottb.
We publish the above not on
account of its literary merit, but
ust to show the author's idea of
poetry, and to show that if he
don't approve of Mr. Dugger's
poetry, Mr. Dugger and Mr. Dug
ger's friends can stand it.
TREASURY OFFICIALS CAXXOT
INTERFERE.
A False Report A North Carolinian Pro
moter! Officials Returning D. B. Hill
AVorking for the Nomination Good Offi
ces to be Given Out.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, D. C, Sept. 21,
895.- Treasury officials here have
decided that they cannot interfere
with any vessel loaded with arms
at Wilmington, N. 0. or any other
port.'bound for a state or country
not in open revolt. Mach sympa
thy is felt throughout this country
for plucky Cuba in her brave effort
to be free.
There is not a word of truth In
the rumor that Mr. Cleveland for
bade Mr. Carlisle's going into the
Maryland campaign. Mr. Carlisle
las his hands full at the Treasury
Department just now and never
wanted to go into Maryland cam
paign. Arthur Gorman is taking
care of Marylaud and has an able
corps of assistauts who are chiefly
Marylanders.
The Treasury yesterday lost
$150,000 in gold for export, and
gained 75,000 by deposits, leaving
the true amount of the gold reserve
$93,712,398.
Col. A. B. Andrews, of North
Carolina was yesterday elected
first Vice President of the South
ern R. R. Compauy to go into ef
fect uct. 1st. This is a deserved
compliment to an able and faith
ful officier.
.Chief Justice Fuller and Secre
tary Lamont arrive today. Cleve-
auu win return in a few days.
A prominet iSew York politician
says : "D. 13. llill is now in con
sultation with Richard Croker.
Together they are organizing the
machine to make Hill President.
f Hill is not nominated, a western
man will get it."
About Oct. 1st the President
will have several nice places to
fill. One of them will be that of
Major General to command the
Army of the TJ. S. when Gen.
Schoffieild is retired Sent. 29th.
It is thought that Rev. DeWitt
Talmage will give up his Church
in N. Y. and take charge of Dr.
Sutherland's church of this citv.
Secretary Lamont has directed
that the new armv regulations.
shall contain the requirement that
at the last note "of retreat," which
each day marks the close of ordi
nary garrison or camp duties, and
while the national flasr is beiusr
towered trom the stall, the band
snail play the patriotic air, "The
btar spangled .Banner." The reg
ulation also contain the provision
that whenever the national flag
carried by troops, passed officers
and soldiers, not in ranks they
salute it.
The Forum for Sept. contains a
very readable article on "The Civil
Service as a Career." It contains
the following: "Auother clerk who
entered the service at 81,200 per
annum during July, 188G was nro
moted 5i,4UU in 1887, to $1,800 in
issy,and made Chief of the Con
suiar Bureau on March 28. 1895,
Perhaps no better example of the
opportunities afforded young men
in the Civil Service could be found
than that of an employee of the
Civil Service Commission, who in
18S9 was employed in a railroad
office at Wilmington, N. C. at
a
salary of 835 per month. In com
ruon with most of his neighbors
he believed the Civil Service Law
to be a humbug, and, as he was
1 X . 1 .. . . -
ijfuioerac, luougnt, ue nad no
chance of oppointraent under the
then existing Republican Adminis
nation. However, he finally de
termintMl to take the copyist ex
auiiiiatior. at Goldsboro, N. C. a;
ui xptMiiuent. lie passed, two
mom 11s later received an appoint
ment as me sNenter in the office of
the Mvil Service Commission at
$840 per annum. Ue has been
successively promoted thronffh thp
$1,000, 1,200 and $1,600 grades to
si,auu, which is his preseut com
pensation." The first gentleman
reifi-red to is Mrs. Walter E. Fai
wii, ot s.iuinson eo n. t Th
sWtond is Mr. Paul' V. Buun. of
WW..,.. .... v n ' .
Whatever may be the cause of hiatal.
ng, inefair may oe restored to
original c
by the use of that potent
remedy
vegetable Sicilian. Hair
R-snewer
ojor
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JUDGfi BYNt'M'S SILVER -WEDDiyC.
"A Most Fashionable Function" Oar
Former Townspeople are Popular,. in
the Elm City.
Greensboro Cor. Charlotte Observer, Sept. 25.
Greensboro, Sept. 23. One of
the most delightful as well as
fashionable functions that has
ever, been given in this city was the
celebration of the silver wedding
of Judge and Mrs. John Gray By-
num, at their handsome residence
on North Elm and Church streets
Saturday night. One was struck,
on approaching the residence,
with the brilliant appearance ot
the porch and grounds from
every. limb and wherever it was
possible to do so, Japanese lan
terns were hung in graceful pro
fusion. The guests were received
by the charming hostess, Mrs. By
num, who was assisted by Mrs.
Emily Gibson and Mrs. John P.
Allison, of Concord. Misses Cora
Wilson, of Morganton, and Irving
Scales, of this city, presided at the
punch bowl and dispensed the
tempting fluid. Misses Joanna
Bernard and Flonda Settle, of this
city, did the honors in the dining
room where the most sumptuous
repast was spread, the ices being
prepared by the celebrated
caterer, Moesta, in Richmond.
The ushers were Messrs. Clement
G. Wright and Zeb. Taylor. Mrs.
Byoum wore a becoming gown of
silver-gray silk trimmed with
silver passamenterie and dia
monds. The presents were num-
erous and exceedingly handsome.
At at a late hour the ceremonv of
cutting the large wedding cake
was gone through and Miss Cora
Wilson, of Morganton, was the
fortunate winner of the coveted
ring, symbolizing marriage, and
Miss Flossie -Settle secured the
thimble. Every one departed
feeling that the occasion had been
one of the happiest of their lives.
Short Off Letter.
Correspondence of The Morgaton Herald.
Fonta, Floba, N. C, Sept. 18,
1S95. I will give you a few dots
rom the Linville valley this week,
as everything is lovely and the
goose hangs high. All the farm
ers hard at work pulling fodder
and making big preparations for
sowing wheat. I do think from
the present outlook that the farm
ers in the valley will crib more
corn, peas, and other stuff this
fall than any other season for sev
eral years past.
Our neighbor, Mr. S. W. Alex
ander, who lives under the shades
of old Short OfFs bluff, won the
hat last season for the best wheat
crop made in the valley, and lie is
now ready, so we understand, to
challenge the valley or any one
farmer in the valley this season
for a fine suit of clothes.
Mr. Ed. Conley and wife, of Ma
rion, N. C, have been on a visit
to his mother, Mrs. Lyddie
Morrison this week.
Our well known, popular, and
jovial brandy ganger, Mr. V. B.
McDowell, visited Linville' Valley
this week upon official business,
lie is up in his busiuess and pos-
siDiy no ganger in the 5th District
is his superior. He says the
brandy business in Burke is heavy
this season and that be is kept
going an tne time.
V ery respectfully.
Short Off.
A Large Piece of Mica.
Old Fort Cor. Marion Record.
Mr. C. L. Miensset and Bartlett
& Co., engaged in mica mining in
lancey county, made a magnifi
cent find a short time since : a
piece of mica 4 feet 4 inches thick
by 3 feet 7 inches in width was nn.
earthed about 10 inches below thp
surface. Messrs. Boleson and Grug
who are prominent buvers of thi
glittering substance pronounce
this the largest single piece they
have seeD. aud its estimated taIda
when ready for market, if clean.
IS ?I,UUU.
..The ladies of Asheville are to
get out a special Thanksgiving
edition of the Citizen for the bene
fit at some of the charitable insti
tutions at Asheville. This will be
a splendid apportunity to adver
tise, as tens of thousands of coDies
of the edition will be circulated
all over the United States. Par
ties desiring advertising space and
ratos or copies of the paper can
communicate with Miss Mary Er-
wn, 351 south Mam street, Ashe
vine, is. u.
Terrible Headaches
RESULTING FKOSt
DERANGEMENT OF STOMACH,
LIVER, OR BOWELS,
Relieved 07
Ayer's Pills
"I don't believe j
there ever was so 0
good a pill made
as Ayer's Cathar- o
tic Pills. Tliey ?
.will do all you rec- o
jommend them for O
and even more. JJ
When I have a 0
cold and ache ol
from head to heels, a dose or two ol
IffigpHlg Is all the medicine needed to o
beTme right again. For headache, they 0
ever fail. I have been a victim of ter-
rible headaches, and have never found o
anything to relieve them so auicklv as 0
Ayer's Pills. Since I began taking this
uieuicine, me attacks have been less and
'less irequent, until, at present, months
Eiave passed since I have had one." C.
?. Newman. Dug Spur, Va.
AYER'S PILLS
Prize Medal at World's Fair
pooooeoooeoeoaaoooeeoy
The Lead! nzC
!onj8rratory of America
Carl Fabltkn,
Founded i a 1863
K. TouxjSe
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rrrinj full information.
rAme W.Hau, General Manages.
THINACURA
For Thin People.
Are you thin?
Flesh made -with Thinacara by a a scientific
x ucj maw penect assimilation
every lorm of food, secretin if the valna
parts and discarding the -worthless. Thev
fiuiap ana roana out
the
STANDARD REMEDY
for leanness, containing no arson le, and
SOlutrl-v Vi a 1-- "
ab-
Price, prepaid, $1 per box, 6 for $5.
Pamphlet, HOW TO GET FAT." free,
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... . ninAt uUA CO 99 Broadway, N.Y
DELICATE Should TT
JD'O
FEMALE
REGULATOR.
-IT IS a SUPERB T0NIG and
exerts a wonderful influence in
strengthening her system by
driving through the proper chan
nel all imparities. Health and
strenoth are Guaranteed to result
from Its use.
My wife was bedridden for ettrhteen months,
after nalnc BRADFIELD S FEMALE REGU
LATOR for (wo months. Is retttnc well.
J. VL JOHNSON. Malvern. Ark.
BSlDfTELD BEGULATOB CO., ATLOT1, A.
Soli kT all Snciiata at L0O pr tottU.
SPECIAL
Lazarus Bros
Stores will be
closed on
THURSDAY, SEPT. 19,
AND
SATURDAY, SEPT. 28.
on account of
holidays.
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Watch this space
for our Fall An
nouncement, next week.
Respectfully yours.
Lazarus Bros.
Rolling off n log:
is no easier trick thac mak
ing good bread from Tel
lico Flour. Most of the
good cooks use it because it
makes such light, sweet and
wholesome bread. Buy it
and try it.
Take
Canned Goods.
Unless you know the tricks
of the trade and all the ways
oi packers you will surely
fro wrong in buvine them
unless you lean on some one
y.u can trust. Try us.
Klrst
Class Butter.
Is something you don't
ways get. Try ours.
al-
keep it on ice. Fresh ece.
we
anu tai cnickens at all tim
es
low prices. Fresh beef
specialty. All fine cu
a
ts.
Croods delivered anywh
ere
in town free. Give us yo
1 W-v
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orucrs. Kespectfully,
Shuping& Lane.
August 2t 1895.
arc a source of comfort. They
are a source of care, also.
If yon care for vonr child's
health, -send for illustrated
book on the disorders to which
children are sutyect, sod
which Frer's Vermltage
has cured for 50 years.
ua. mvam y auU tm mmm.
.-&. FRET,
BalUBMn.lU,
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TULL'S
OLD
RELIABLE
DRUG
AND PRESCRIPTION
STORE.
Established over 29 years.
Corner King and Union Street,
Next door to Post Office.
Wo keep n fnll line of
Fresh . Drugs,
CHEMICALS,
TOILET. ARTICLES,
on Land ; h!jm
Seeds in Season ;
also the justly celebrated Cough
Medicine,
"NO. 15,"
made op' from original prescrip
tion 01 one 01 me most eminent
physicians in Western
North Carotins.
It is not a patent medicine.
Now U the time to grt a bottle of
Clycerole of Borax
for Freckles, Tan or Sunbamj
cure chapped, bandit
and lips also.
We sell
CASTOR OIL,
cold expressed, and fresh from
original cau, at 30 eta. a pint.
SPTS. TURPENTINE
at lOcts. a pint.
Other medicines in proportion.
Cigars, Chewing and
Smoking Tobacco.
We are pushing as good 5c ci
gars as can be found, amongst
them Prince of India, Tr Tier's
Socials, Key West, and Cream
Puff.
Our best seller in 5 ct. smoking
tobacco is Titi, made in Morgan
ton, and the well known 8allj
Michael Tobacco, which needs no
advertising to sell H.
In conclusion we wonld especial
ly call attention to onr
rRESCRlPTlON DEPARTMENT,
in charge nf a graduate in iW
tncy or over 25 yean.' standing
and large experience, nIo a regis-N-n-d
pharmacist. Prescilptiona
nn; uour nay or tngl;t by
J0HNTULU
Like a Church.
UT SERVICES ARE FREE
f
I don't charge anything for
showing goods. It's your
business to buy or not, just
as your own good sense dic
tates, I am glad to have you
look.
Harvesting
Machinery
Is the all-absorbing topic just
now. I can sell you a Twine
Binding Reaper, a Mower or
a Rake cheap.
TRY THE
McCormick Reaper.
Hardware is my line. Come
to sec me.
Cordially yours.
T. I. 6ILLAM.
WANTED.
2,000
BUSHELS CORN
AT TDK
CASH WAREHOUSE.
The bighest cash price paid la
any quantities. .
I bare jnst received a large lot of
COLUMBIA, KOCK U ILL, and
EMEUSON FISHEU CO.
BUGGIES AND CARTS.
Oue of the largest and most com
piete lines of cheap and Taney
HARNESS
ever brought to Morganton. Co
tell yon a nice set of harness, with
collar and bames, at 13.00.
A Nice Cart for $10.00
A Ml line or
FIELD SEEDS
lwaya on band Millet, Clorer
and Orchard Or as.
FLOUR, BRAN, SHORTS AND y
at wholesale prices.
Eespectfnllr,
W. T. POWE,
OAS1I WAREHOUSE.
April 30, 1S03.
c a i-iV7v
.'iY ileitis OOllfj
axe made to produce larger and Lcttr Tl
O use of Fcrtiiiicrs rich
Write for our "Yimen'
mil cux fcfid save joa tnontjr.
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GROCERIES
We are Headquarters for Any
thing in Our Line. . .
SIPECIaVLTJ Ks.
Beef,
Vcgetallcs,
Fruits.
THUtrca uxn n coca
gJTAlfraysRelizbls.
-o-GREAT
HARD
Come to our store and sec how chej;.
now buy Stoves as compared with w,.,: v.
have paid heretofore. Although . ! !
bor has advanced, we can save you 25 j. . . :
it you call on us before you buy a Suvc V
arc agents for the
CHATTANOOGA -:- STOVES.
We also have a lot of
New Patron Stoves:
which we will sell cheaper than vou era iv
them elsewhere.
We are exclusive agents for thcccKl.rju !- I
pupular
Chattanooga Plows
-am- Can; IvI:
and carry a full line of repairs for thoe j ! v
notwithstanding reports of our compct;:
the contrary. The Chattanooga Plow C-n
not belong to the plow trust. Farmer. 1-
is why agents for 'plows mideby ihc tru i
the Chattanooga,
LADIES,
we have something to show you the jnci i
largest stock of Household Furnbhin- cur
seen in Burke county. Come and sec i.
Respectfully,
.THE REID HARDWARE CO.
R. B. BERRY
Has Come to Stay
and will sell you Dry Good, No
tions, Shoes, Groceries, aod in fact
a laree and complete line of Gen
eral Merchandise.
MY PRICES ARE RIGHT.
I bay Roods .hesp for cash and
will gie my patrons the beoefit
of close buying.
NEW SPUING GOODS
cao be seeo at my place now.
am receiving ihem every day.
Ul HISS CF cciim FECCUCE
bought and sold. Highest mar.
set price paid for produce.
DOK'TFORGETUYIiEW GOODS
Respectfully,
B,. B. Berry.
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