DENOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF NORTH WHALE SIS ORO, WILKES COUNTY AND THE MAGNIFICENT PALLET OF THE YADKIN.
VOL. I.
NORTH WILKESBORO, N. O., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1891.
NO. 3.
THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS
THROUGHOUT THE COITIRV SAT
ISFACTORY TO THE DEMOCRATS.
The Great Empire State Has a Flower
For Governor—McKinley, the Tariff
Humbug, Elected in Ohlo.
The News is not very jubilant
over the result of the election in
Ohio, but finds cause for rejoicing
over the result in New York and
other States.
The news of the election of
Roswell P. Flower Governor of
New York was no surprise to us
—indeed we expected it. New
York behaves nicely on “off
years,” but kicks up trouble when
it conies to the election of a Pres
ident of the United States.
McKinley and his notoriously
wicked tariff “outrage” are both
endorsed by the voters of the
State of Ohio. How the laboring
classes in Ohio could be fooled
into supporting McKinley against
plain, straight-forward, honest
Campbell for Governor, is more
than The News can understand
or will attempt to explain. We
imagine a great deal of “campaign
boodle” was used by the McKin
ley backers.
Maryland elects the Democrat
ic State ticket by a handsome ma
jority. The Legislature is almost
solidly Democratic.
Kansas, as a matter of course,
goes Republican, but the majori
ty is nothing to crow over.
The Democrats made some
gains in Virginia, The election
was held for a part of the Gen
eral Assembly that elects a Uni
ted States Senator to succeed Sen
ator John W. Daniel. The “Old
Dominion” is now in the Demo
cratic column for good. She has
behaved nicely in the last two
or three elections.
New Jersey elected a part of
its Legislature. The Democrats
have a majority.
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A New Advertising Medium.
The important part that geese
have played in the world’s history
is now likely to be challenged by
the efficacy of goats in the hands
of the modern advertiser. Coming
into New York on the line of the
New York Central Railroad, one
of those large round boulders, for
which Harlem is famous, meets
the eye of the hurrying traveler,
and he is informed, -with all due
solemnity, that “The Goats are
happy because they chew McGin
nis’s chewing Tobacco.” The
great point in this advertisement
rests on the fact that at all hours
of the day and night there are al
ways two or three goats perched
on this boulder, and the combi
nation is irresistibly funny.
The advent of goats into adver
tising is of comparatively recent
growth; the people out in Idaho,
who enjoy the restaurants where
the goats dine between eleven and
twelve, and the bears between
one and three, were the first to
suggest further investigation in
this direction.
The tebacco men have made
the most use of this domestic in
stitution Mr. Lorillard has a
goat perched on its legs in the act
of chewing a poster from the
fence, and the goat makes a re
mark in effect: “Everybody
seems to chew Five Cent Ante,
so I guess I’ll take a little flyer
myself.” Another gentleman cir
culates the story that himself and
a friend of his, the late Mr. Mor
gan, of St. Thomas’ Church, New
York, were passing by a field,
when the clergyman’s hat flew
off and was immediately seized
by the goat, who commenced to
devour it. His friend said:
“That is an extremely intelligent
goat, and is simply obeying the
orders of the owner of this field,”
and he pointed to a large §ign on
the fence which pead, KOhew
Morgan’s Plug.”
This goat business at its prev
ent state is quite harmless, but
from past experience with the
ubiquitous advertiser we have rea
son to apprehend the situation
with gravity, The first thing we
know Noah’s Ark will be landed
loose on the town, and the pond’
master will be happy.—Art in
A dvertisinq.
The State of Sonora, Mexico, is
excited because the Yaqui In
dians, along the Yaqui river, have
declared war on the Government,
and have entered upon a cam’
paign which promises to be bloody
and troublesome. The Mexican
Government is concentrating!
troops as rapidly as possible. |
DRUGGED BY BIJRGEARS.
Geor&e Scott and Wife Chloroformed
and Robbed of Nearly $7,000.
A Portsmouth special of last
Tuesday says: One of the bold
est robberies ever perpetrated in
this city occurred this morning
between the hours of 1 and 4
o’clock, when the house on Mark
et street occupied by George
Scott, vice-president of the Ports
mouth Brewing Company, was
entered and robbed. The en
trance was effected through a reai-
window, and the thief proceeded
to the room occupied by Mr.
Scott and wife, and after remov
ing all of Mr. Scott’s clothing
chloroformed Mr. and Mrs. Scott.
The pockets of the ' lothing were
rifled of the key to the safe, and
a gold watch and charm valued
at 8100 were taken and a dia
mond pin valued at $150 was re
moved from a shirt. Aftersecur
ing the key to the safe the thief
proceeded to the/ lower story,
where the safe is kept, and open
ed and rifled it, securing between
$4,000 and $5,000 in money, sev
eral articles of jewelry, and books,
notes, and private papers. The
total value of the money and ne
gotiable articles taken will
amount to nearly $7,000.
Thouy-bt a Hole Through a Board.
A celebrated electrician stated
that he could easily “think ahole
through an inch board,” and by
connecting a drill so thatit could
be actuated by the current pro
duced, he actually did it. A. E.
Dolbear, writing on this subject,
says that the experiment, far
from being new or inpracticable,
was carried out in this country
more than twenty years ago by
Dr. Lombard, of Harvard College.
A thermopile was connected with
a delicate astatic galvanometer,
and a person selected for the test.
The individual was placed in a
reclining position and the ther
mopile touched his head. A cer
tain place was found where the
temperature changes in the skull
were more quickly apparent than
elsewhere, and the instrument
was fixed at that place. So long
as the subject remained mentally
passive the galvanometer needle
remained at zero, but as soon as a
word was spoken to attract his at
tention, the needle would at once
be reflected, though no muscle
was moved. A noise outside, a
door opening, or any incident
that would cause concentrated
attention, would have a marked
effect on the needle. It is now
proposed to measure the relative
strengths of various efforts, as,
for instance, working out pro
blems in mental arithmetic oi
geometry, reading English, Latin,
German, or any other language,
in all of which processes it trill
be easy to ascertain by the move
ments of the needle- the respect
ive degree of effort made by the
person experimented upon.—Bos
ton Transcript,
At the Exposition.
The Raleigh Chronicle of last
Wednesday contains the follow
ing' 1
Mr. W. Gr. Sharpe, editor of
the Seymour (Conn.) Record, is
in the city taking in the sights of
the Exposition. He is a pleasant,
affable gentleman, and the Chron
icle was glad to see him in oui-
city. He is pleased with the
Exposition, particularly with the
display of North Carolina miner
als, which wealth is destined, he
believes, to make North Carolina
rich and prosperous. In his pa
per ho writes most pleasantly of
the South. We quote from an
editorial in his paper : “The vis
itor to the South to-day finds a
different significance ofthe words,
“On to Richmond,” than he did
a quarter of a century qgo. Jn
the plapp of a hostile 'foe he will
be received with open arms and
a hospitality that is unbounded
in its genuineness, a true, warm-
heartecl people, who are using
every human effort to bury the
past that contains so many-bitter
memories. In place of the scenes
of bloodshed and devastation of
that day, he will witness one of
the most wonderful industrial
revolutions that it is possible his
mind to. conceive. He will see cit
ies and manufacturing enterprises
that have sprung up as if by mag
ic, and a country whose mineral
wealth is inexhaustible,';
Dr. Richard j. Gatling, invent
or of the Gatling Gun and a na
tive North Carolinian, has been
in attendance upon the Exposi
tion the past week.
Tlic Georgia Road Congress.
A Road Congress which met at
Atlanta last week, and called for
the purpose of devising some sys
tem of improving the roads of the
State, adopted the following reso
lution :
“It is the opinion of this Con
gress that it is to the interest of
the State that the labor of her
convicts should be utilized upon
her public roads, and that no
lease of convicts should be made
after the expiration of the present
leases. We further hold that the
present convict force now used in
working the public roads can be,
and should be, greatly increased
by lowering the penalties for cer
tain crimes.”
They not only favor working
the convicts the State has but
want to get some more of them
by lowering the penalties so as to
send some criminals to the public
roads who now go to the gallows.
That’s what we suppose the con
cluding portion of this resolution
means.
We don’t know $o vyell about
yh^t, but their idea ofworking the
convicts on the roads is a good
one, and should continue (o be
agitated in this State and every
other State- It is a growing idea
and the more it is discussed the
bigger it grows,— 1^1, Star'
Terrible Enrthqaake jq Japan.
A recent telegram from Hiogo
reports a disastrous earthquake in
Japan. A severe shock was ex
perienced at Osaka, a seaport town
of 250,000 inhabitants, on the Is
land of Hondo, and in i^any
things one of the first cities of
Japan, The destruction of life
and property was very great. So
severe was the shock that a num
ber of houses were thrown to the
ground and many occupants were
caught in the falling buildings
, and crushed to death.
Sail Deatli of a Promising Youth.
The death of James E. Shep
herd, Jr., son of Justice Shep
herd, of the Supreme Court, who
died in Asheville Sunday after
noon, brought great grief to his
fond parents and friends. He
was attending Bingham school
and some days ago his father and
mother were called to his bedside.
He had typhoid fever and they
tenderly nursed him. Saturday
the doctors assured Judge Shep
herd that there was no necessity
ofhis presence, and he returned
to Raleigh with the belief that
his son would recover. Sunday
night a telegram came that he
was dead. Never did the fond
parents have keener grief. It was
a most crushing blow and the
judge was almost prostrated. At
12 o’clock, accompanied by Dr.
Hurbert Haywood, Col. Thos. S.
Kenan and Mrs. Dr. E. S. Barm,
Judge Shepherd left on a special
train for Asheville to join his
wife and this morning bring back
the body of his son, who will be
buried at Washington.
The young man was a model
youth, studious, considerate,
thoughtful, polite, the friend of
the old man who held him in
high esteem. He had respect for
his elders and looked up to them.
He was a manly youth ambitious
to excel, and anxious to do what
is right. He was an upright and
conscientious boy, and had given
his heart to the Saviour. Not
many months ago, when Evange
list Fife was coming to Raleigh,
this noble young man wrote to
his father and said: “I want
you to go and hear him. You
may not like him at first, but it
will be all right after awhile.”
He was devotedly attached to his
parents and relatives. When in
Raleigh every morning and after
noon he and his father would
take a walk together, and as he
was growing to maturity his fond
father was coming to lean on him,
and he was the light of his moth
er’s and grand-father’s life. It is
sad to think that one so promis
ing and young should be cut
down in the springtime of life.
It is sweet to think that his life
had been so pure and helpful to
others, and that he had given his
heart to the Lord Jesus and is
now at rest.
Arrangements have been made
for a special train to-day to meet
at Selma the private car of Col.
A. B. Andrews, so as to take the
remains of Mr. Shepherd to
Washington. The remains will
arrive here at 7:30 this morning
and thus go directly through to
Washington.—Raleigh Chronicle
GROVER CLEVELAND.
HE IS INTERVIEWED IN NEW YORK
JEST AFTER THE ERECTION.
His Advice is “Be True to the Peo
ple, Honest in all ThiMgs and Five
Decently.” .
When this great man was seen
the day after the election by a
United Press representative, he
gave his opinion of the results of
the election as follows: “Of
course every one has- a right to
put his own construction upon
the results, and I am not anxious
to obtrude my ideas, but it seems
to me tariff reform ought to be no
longer doubtful. Any man who
still thinks tariff reform is a set
tled and obsolete h^sne, or that
the importance • !' .A o'A saf^
money is a question upon which
the people can be blinded, is
either wilfully wrong or danger
ously dull. It seems to me that
Democrats ought to be satisfied
that a staunch adherence to the
principles of their party does not
require the abuse of those who
show an inclination to help us, I
very much regret the defeat of
Gov. Campbell. He has been a
brave and honest official-. This
and the splendid canvass he made
entitled him to success. While
the election of Flower, Russell
and Boies ought to cause the ut
most rejoicing among Democrats,
they should not forget that with
these things come the obligation
to be true to the people, honest in
the advocacy of our principles,
and decent in all things.
Depredation of the Alliance.
It is a melancholy thought that
the pure purpose and principles
of the Farmer’s Alliance should
be thus abused by selfish politi
cians who have crept into its se
cret counsels. There was nothing
wrong or unjust, unpatriotic or
unwise, in this organization as it
was originally established.
Neither was it weak in its influ
ence on public policy. It was a
powerful organization for political
resistance to political wrong and
injustice. It was inspired with
the thought in which the higher
liberties of the people have often
had their birth—the redress of
grievances. It was made neces
sary as a means of resistance to
legalized monopoly, to legalized
tax robbery, to trusts that sprang
up everywhereto chokedown busi
ness rivalry and honest competi
tion, and to accumulated advan
tages given to corporations and
combines by the legislation of the
country. It was the first grand
effort of the farmers to combine
in resistance to others who had
combined for aggregation upon
them; and its failure, if it is de
stroyed by a misplaced confidence
in its political leaders, will result
in weakening, if not in dissipat
ing, an influence that would oth
erwise have blessed the country.
The sincere defenders of the peo
ple against the aggressions of mo
nopoly, trusts, and combines,
armed with the control of taxa
tion and finance, will miss the
powerful support of the Alliance
when its noble mission has been
degraded into a disreputable hunt
after office.—Senator John T.
Aforgan, in the November Forum.
How it Happened.
The Danville Register, in an
interesting and very lengthy ac
count of the sad and fatal railroad
wreck at that place last week,
tells how it happened in the fol
lowing paragraph:
“It was dark at the time, and
when the engine of the train in
the rear had passed on to the first
span of the bridge (the span being
about 2§Q feet in' length) it ran
ilitQ a coal ear which brought up
the rear of the train in front, and
knocked it off the truck, The
car broke loose from its coupling
and was thrown across the track.
It was then jammed against the
girders of the iron superstructure
carrying the girders away and
causing thia entire span to col
lapse and fall 25 feet. Engine
5(14, the box car next behind and
three coal cars in front of it went
down.”
Win. Quiseberry, who was so
seriously injured, died on the day
after the accident,
’30-’ ^ ^^ • ^ "——
H 11. 8. Pinchbeck, the once
notorious governor of Louisiana,
has turned up again like a tough’s
record in a poblice court, and has
been talking politics in Balti
more, though it is hard to under
stand why he should have dug
himself out of an obscurity which
he was so fitted (o grace 1 .
KBYSTOXE RAKK MYHTERT.
The Experts Who Were Investigating-
Have Been Dismissed-
The Keystone Bank mystery
has had another phase added to it
by the dismissal of the Govern
ment experts who were examin
ing its books. It was announced
on September 10 that the work of
these experts had been brought to
a standstill at its most interesting
point because of failure of the
Government’s ' appropriation for
such service. The Committee of
Fifty of Philadelphia citizens at
once offered to pay the salaries of
the experts until their work was
completed, and Secretary Foster
accepted the offer and told the
experts to go ahead. It was said
that they had just got in sight
most interesting revelations when
they stopped work. They were
supposed to have begun again at
this interesting point when they
resumed their labors on Septem
ber 15, amonth ago. Now comes
the news that they have been dis
missed because they have failed
to keep their agreement to make
weekly reports of their discoveries
to Secretary Foster, having, in
fact, made no report since August
9, sending the Secretary since
that time nothing whatever ex
cept a statement of their salaries
and expenses. There are many
queer things about this. If their
last weekly report was made on
August 9, there -were tour other
weekly reports due when they
were stopped by the Government
on September 10, yet failure to
make these reports was not the
excuse given at that time for stop
ping the work. Possibly it is
made the excuse now because
they have failed for four weeks
longer. It is complained also of
them that they had too much
other work on hand and were not
attending as they should to this.
Mr. Reeves, the Chairman of the
Committee of Fifty, says of the
experts: “Their duty was to en
deavor to ascertain if any crimi
nal act had been committed, and
as soon as they found this they
were to notify the Department.
This is what the present men are
looking after in the books, and if
any one has committed a crime,
I have no doubt that the evidence
will be brought out against him.”
By present men we presume Mr.
Reeves refers to the experts em
ployed by the local authorities.
We trust his hopes will be real
ized as to the discovery of the
criminals, but the chances are
against it, for a paralysis of one
kind or another has fallen upon
every inyestigator just as he was
on-the point of making this dis
covery.—The Nation.
North Carolina Tobacco.
Col. Jno. S, Cunningham, an
extensive North Carolina tobacco
farmer, was in Richmond Satur
day and in conversation with a
Dispatch reporter said:
“The tobacco farmers of North
Carolina were especially fortunate
in the splendid yield of 1890, and
I may add that the golden tobac
co belt of North Carolina is in a
more prosperous condition than
it has been for years. .The culti
vators are all in brightest spirits
and they have every reason to be-
of good cheer.
Colonel Cunningham went on
to say that there was a general
and steadily growing improve
ment in the farming interest of
his State. New buildings were
going up on almost every planta
tion, and that on every hand were
evidences manifesting the real
prosperity of the industrious peo
ple of the Old North State.
The corn crop this year, he
said, is a very good one through
out his State, and the other crops
satisfactory.”
Merchants anil Farmers, Read.
An exchange truthfully says:
“Credit is simply a loan without
interest or security. No one ex
pects to get money, even from his
best friend, without giving good
security and paying interest until
it is returned. But everybody
asks the merchant tradesman,
who has turned his money into
goods, to let them have goods and
wares on the bare word that they
will pay for them in time. None
expects to return the goods or pay
interest, and so many do not pay
at all that the financial records
of this country show eight out of
ten die bankrupt. Do you see
the “reason why” the credit sys-.
tem is a fraud and ought to be
abolished?”
GREEN GOODS MEN.
THEY TRY TO SHOVE THEIR DAN«
GEROUS STUFF OFF.
Our Citizens are a Tittle too Well In.
formed and Honest to Invest In
Sucli.
Several letters, of which the
following is a copy, have been
sent into Wilkes county recently.
We publish the circular as a
warning:
My Dear Sir: I heard of you
through an acquaintance, who
spoke very highly of you, as a
shrewd, thoughtful man, and one
who could be relied upon to keep
a secret. As I. am looking for
such a persori to handle my goods,
I take the liberty to address you.
Should the proposition I. heroin
make you, be objectionable to you,
P ra .y I 011 1° simply destroy this
letter, and not mention its con
tents to anyone. If, on the con
trary, you feel disposed to make
money in a quiet, easy way, with
out incurring any great risks,
send me the enclosed telegram,
and I will send you full, instruc
tions, where to meet me to make
a deal. My goods are fully equal
to the originals. It will be abso
lutely necessary for you to come
on here and see me in person, I
only deal “face to face” with my
customers. Experience has taught
me that this is the safest way for
both. I do not ask nor expect to
be paid one cent until you have
examined my entire stock. You
must carry the goods away with
you, and if you desire it I will see
you in safety out of the city. My
prices are as follows : $300 buys
$3,000; $650 buys $10,000 and
$1,000 buys $30,000. These
goods are as fine as human skill
can make them. Not one of my
agents have ever had the least
difficulty in handling them and
many have acquired independent
fortunes. I offer you the same
opportunity I gave to them. In
conclusion, I earnestly request
that you treat this matter confi
dentially. Mention it to nobody.
If the business suits you, simply
send me a telegram as per copy
enclosed, and I will immediately
respond appointing a place of
meeting. Should the business be
objectionable to you, kindly de
stroy this. I would befriend you,
do not prove treacherous and be
tray me. Trusting I shall receive
a favorable and immediate tele
graphic reply. I remain sin
cerely, —
Du not write me, as your let
ters will not be received, but will
go back to the postoffice and be
returned to you probably opened.
So be cautious. Take the enclos
ed telegram to your nearest tele
graph office and hand it to the
operator. The telegram is ad
dressed to John S. Harris, care of
John Kleber, 181 Mott street,
New York City.
The Mustard Piaster anil the Drum,
liter.
Mi. and Mrs. Whifien were on
their way to the Hot Springs,
where Mr. AV. intended to get re
lief for his rheumatism in the
baths. At a way station a drunk
en traveling man boarded the
train and was put to bed in the
berth next to Mr. and Mrs. W.
by the porter. Shortly after, Mr.
W. woke up with a dreadful
stitch in the side. Like a good,
dutiful wife, Mrs. W. arose and
went to the lavatory to make a
strong, extra strong, mustard
plaster with which to relieve the
pain of her liege lord.
On her return she pulled the
wrong curtain aside and placed
the plaster upon the stomach of
the senseless, drunken drummer.
Then she went to the lavatory,
washed her hands and returned
to her berth, getting into the
right section and finding Mr. W.
asleep.
Finally a loud groan was heard
and these words: “Oh, my stom
ach, my s-t-o-m-a-c-h, oh-h-h!”
This was followed by “I’ll fever
touch another drop as long as I
lige. Oh, it’s burning a hole in
me; oh-h-h!”
By this time heads were peep
ing out from behind curtains and
the porter was on his way to the
traveling man’s berth. Of a sud
den out came the bed clothes
from the T. M.’s berth, and a cry
of “Oh, my, there’s my stomach !
I’m dead!” The exclamation
was topped off by the mustard
plaster bling thrown out on the
aisle ofthe car. The porter then
grabbed the drummer and shook,
him until he awoke. During the'
first stages of sensibility he mut
tered: Oh, my stomacheisgone !•”’
—St. Paul Pioneer Press..
The Davis Monument.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis and
daughter, Miss Winnie, are in
Richmond, Va. The object of
Mrs. Davis’ visit to that city is to
confer with the officers of the
Jeff Davis Monument ^Association
with reference to the design for
and the location of the monu
ment to be erected over the re
mains of her distinguished hus-
band, which she has consented
shall have their final resting place
in the capital of the confederacy.
Both the wife and daughter of
the. late confederate chieftain
seem inclined to yield to the
wishes of the monument associa
tion in both of these matters, and
is not at all unlikely that they
will ask the committee to reach
an agreement on these points
among themselves, and then sub
mit the result of their delibera
tions to the widow and daughter
for approval.
The sentiment here seems to be
in favor of a mansolum in the
yard of the Davis mansion, which
was the white house of the con
federacy, and which is soon to be
converted into a confederate mu
seum. '
Mrs. D^vis and Miss Winnie
only remain here about a week.
The former goes to Memphis to
keep an engagement with some
friends and the latter to. their
home at Beauvoir to arrange for
the winter. The health of Mrs.
Davis is much better than it has
been for a long time.
Dixonon ..Tammany.
People in New York are often
afflicted with a species of hydro
phobia known as anti-Tammany.
Mr. Fassett has been afflicted with
this disease in so violent a form
that his throat refuses to allow
him to speak longer. And now
our Thomas Dixon has caught the
contagion and on Sunday moan
ing he prefaced his 'speech by a
tirade on Tammany which shows
that he too has run mad. Tam
many isn’t as virtuous as we
would have it, but its policy is so
much broader than the Platt ma
chine that we cannot get up any
indignation against the braves be
cause they are so much better
i than their enemies.
The address of Mr. Dixon was
in his fiercest strain, and never
has that master of invective piled
anathema on anathema, so to
speak, as in denunciation of Tam
many.—Raleigh Chronicle.
Child Burnell to Death.
Mr. C. H. Homeday, of Kan-
dleman, a most excellent man,
lost a little girl Tuesday from the
effects of a burn Monday. Two of,
his little girls were playing in the
dining room when Fannie, age
about 5 years, held a newspaper
up the chimney to see the draught
blow it up the chimney. The
paper fell in the fire-place where
there was only a handful of coals,
immediately caught fire and was
blown against the child’s dress,
which perhaps was already hot
from standing near the fire and
quickly broke into a blaze, envel
oping the whole person. The
screams of the child caused Mrs.
Horneday, who was in the house,
to run to see what was the troub
le. She caught the child and
threw a bucket of water on her,
putting out the fire—but not be
fore the child was fatally burned.
Mrs. Horneday’s hands were also
badly burned. This is the second
child these good people have lost
by fire.
Parents should be particular
with their children and not allow
them to play in the fire.
Another “Second Messiah*- Appears.
Another “Second Messiah” has
put in an appearance, this time
at Pittsburg. His name is Cyrus
R. Teed and he is the founder of
the new sect of Koresheans,
whose doctrines have been indors
ed by the wealthy society of Eco-
nomoites. Dr. Teed claims to be
immortal and has many big pro
jects on his mind, one of which is
to cut a pathway through the
Rocky Mountains fifty miles wide.
He has also a scheme of “equit
able commerce” on hand, in which
there is much money for the pro
jector if not for the investors.
If we take people as we find
them, welcoming all their good
points^ and pass over the others,
.and being kind and gem^rous to
all, we shall come much nearer
to the truth about them than if
we labor to make a critical anal
ysis of minds and hearts of which
we can see only a few fragments-