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ChiT L.XXII. j.R.WEBSTER.IditoriBaPropt'r. K;IEjIX)S"VIXjXjIEj, 1ST. C, JLJHT 1894. Sitscrfptlca Osi DoDii t exr. INTO 21 ST .--'.. j - t "THE WEALTH OF THE MIND IS THE ONLY TRUE WEALTH j " " p U. R- SCOTT, KeldjTllle H C on . ebanc Ac Ncott, kttorneys-at-Law, DISON A KEIDSVIIXE, K..C. thlr offles tri Wentworth promptly Monday. Prompt anil careful at loo to U business entrasUd. Nov im.! A.. P. A. M Sr. . Thorsday: pljfats. tn very 1st. auai n'MOCK Visiting brethren cordially td to attend il.l-vtl'li Lode To. 49 K. of P. eeta In hnic Hall every Monday night at :15 krki We exteD a "r"" " lug tret liren a- o.-oj.v. K. of B. and H. OTEL NORMANDIE, Danville, Va. a 'Proprietors, ; jituitec in the Heart of the City. W til Kept Two Dollar House. nutnbier of Good Sample R,ooms iliirts, Collars & (Ms. Ht opened a complete and y line of! Colors! B:im 'Shirts, it li cuffs attached, to wear it l j white Collars, l ney are it; novelties. We have also neat line of NEGLIGEE SHIRTS Hpnng lttterna. Our white litis, collars and cuffa are of in standard brands and made y the bet manufacturers. Ve have joiat opened a com letu line of j SPRING HATS ! 11 styles, nizes, colors and inep. . . j ' .-I- WARREN & DUDLEY, HE HABERDASHERS, 34 Main St., - DANVILLE, VA. 5 OR Id CENTS ; WIL&BUYENOUOH FLOWERS SEED to have a nice garden. of FLOWERS. EVerv varietv i ust, rcc'jv('l. H I'KAS, CAliBAGR and every- variety f garden stld fresh, i iAGKj and Cayenne TEf p.r iold injlargc qiiantitie at lowest fig ires. Liberal dUcounts.to Merchants ana Market .,araners. COLE'S Drugstore. NO. 429 WAIN STREE T, Danville Va., Feb., 8th!, 1894.3 "I DYE TO LIVE AND LI VE TO dye:' WINSTON-SALEM Steam Dyeing 4AND . cpai ri 11 gXSpecialty, OFF E 143'Main Street WInstoa. DYE Doc in. 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Leave Climax Arrive Ramseur ,12 30 pm . 1 05 pm . 235 pm . 3 00 pm 3 55 P 5 35 Pm All trains mixed and tun daily except .Sunday. j Ccnnections North bound, ith the ! Seaboard Air Line at Sanford ; Richmond & Danville R. R. at Greensboro ; Norfolk '& Western R. R. at Madison. , Counectioni South bound, with the Nor folk Western R. R. at Madison; Kicbmond & Danville Railroad at Greensboro ; Seaboard Air Line at San fgrd j Atlan tic Coast Line' at Fayetteville. W. E. KYLE, General rasaenger Agent J. W. FRY, ' Oeneral Manager. n n and WMsxsy Hatrlta I I cored at home with L J ut pain. Book of pw. G tiuian sent FREE, SM aM.WOOLLEY.M.a (mm TAB UNBIDDEN ODK3 Within my home, that empty teemed. I sat And praved for greater bleaiinga. All That was mine own seemed poor and mean and small, And I ertad oat reb MionXs tor ta.lt i . I I had not eaylog. If great gifts of gold , Were only mine. Journeys in far-off lands. ' 'With rest for weiry brain and burdeaed hands i ll Iflove. the lore I craved woiM dime aul fold jj Its arms around mo then win Id Joy abide With mi forever ; peace would come and bless. j And life woull round out from this nar . rown ess j. Into a fullness new aul sweet and wide. And no I fretted 'galast my sttnplallot, . v Aud so I prayed for fairer, brovter ways, Mating a burden of the very day la mad regret for that which I had not. And tben oneame unto my humble door And asked to entar. '"Art thiu ILove ?" I criea. Jl "Or Wealth or Psma ? EU. shlt taou be dni-d." 1 Bhe answered; "Say, my chill, put I am . OiOre. j "Open to me. I r"-T. Hike tat thy guest. And thou Shalt find, altaougb no gift of gold . f . Or fame or love wlthl 1 my hand I hold. That with my coning coueth ail ths best I . . "That thou hast lonel for." Fair, though grave, her face. i Soft was her voice, and in her stea Ifast eye . I I saw the look of one bath true and wise. My heart was sore, aad so with tardy grace - s I bade her euter. How transfigured Heemed now the faithful lov that at m feet . 1 80 long bad lain unprlz'd! now wide and sweet ! Shown the small paths wherein I had bon ltd! I Duty grew beautiful. With calm eontent I saw the distant wealth of land aud sea. Bat all fair things seemed given unto me The hour I clasp d the hand of dear Con tent, j . Carlolta Perry. ! JUDGES MUST BE ELECTED. North Carolinian. Tbe Supreme Court hasT sent to the Governor its opinion in regard to the raeoted question whether the judges lining out unexpired terms are to be elected his year. The opinion is to tbe e fleet that legislative construction has settled, the : policy and the Court therefore hold3 that Judges selected to fill out the unexpired terms) were not elected for eight years, but for the bal ance of the term remaining. The North Carolinian, with great temefity, took issue with Attorney -General Osborne when he held, in an able .opinion, to the contrary, and we are very much arratiffed" to lind that .'he North Caroli nian and the Supreme 'Court are to gether. Ii will be a popular' decision, and the people, while acknowledging the strength of A?t rney-General 0,3 bone's opinion, which wefare frank enougu to say staggered us,! eould not be brought to believe that the practice pursued since the adoption of the Con stitution had been illegal and that it took all these years to rind that a judge, who was appointed from ant unexpired term, was at tbe next election elected for a loneer term than would have been held by the man whejox he suc ceeded, j This opinion of the Court has the full effect of a decision so fai as elec tions are concerned, and therefore this year the people will vote for all the Justices of the Supreme Court, except Justice Avery; and for Judges of the Superior Court to succeed Judges VThitaker, Boykin, Bynurrj, Grave-, Shuford, Armheld and Battle The opinion of the Court is as fol lows: ! i Raleigh, N. C, May 11, 1894. Hon. Elias Carr, Governor of Worth Car- olina Dear Sib: The communication from our Associates and the Judges of tbe Superior Court which has been for warded by your icxceiiencyj to. u?, re lieves us of embarrassment in comply ing with your rtQUPst, since it is in the nature of a submission of the contro versy in reference .to' IheirJ terms of ortice with )Ut a formal action. The doctrine of ttare decisis applies with equal force to constructions placed upon constitutions and upou Statutes. VV here courts ol last resort nave placed an interpretation upon euner, wmcn adjusts and settles the rights of citizens to omces or any otner ppopefty, noth ing short of . the most palpable proof that such precedents are productive of wrong and injustice, will warrant a material moditication of the principle settled. Ceurts are extremely reluc tant likewise to disturb or modify any construction that has been tgiven by tbe legislature to statute or provisions of constitutions, since tteir enactment. Where business relations have been UereUfoie adjusted or tifbts. to offices have been recogaized asj'settjed by the legislative sanction so jfivenf to a par ticular construction oldoutful lan guage, courts are even inorejaverse 10 disturb or over rule a principle wmcn has i been accepted and acted upon by the public, because it had tbe approval of the law . makers whose power to enact or niodify statutes is limited only by the Constitution, and whose inter pretations f the oreanic laws is en titled to such profound respect that it will be disturbed by the cour's only on the welffhtie-t considerations. The importance to be attached to the opin ion of this co-ordinate? department 01 the government is greatly enhanced by the fact that the controverted question, which we ars called upon tio dec.de, thouffb not one in wnich we have auy diiect Interest, may nevertheless natur- ally suggest to the public the possibil ity that it relates so close to our own posiiions as to make aimcuis nate personal consequences to elimi from its cn.iftirier&tton. It is of the urst Imooi tance, not only that i istice should be fairly and vroperly IdminUtered, but that its administration snouiu com mand the conrldence of everir honet, enlightened and law abiding ctizen We are confronted at tbe threshold of the investigation by the fact that the leiral adviser of your Excellency has at von r rt Quest sohmltted a well considered od strong argument upan his fide, while some others 01 the ab lest and most learned members ot the lezal profession have favored us with powerful presentations of the opposing . .r. . 1 i ' View. IV ire r Hie fwits sre so iirnj evenlv balanced, we deem it our duty to settle tbe d re do ode ran celby. casting the les'slative view, which is of peculiar weight in thli case, into tbe scale where U belonsrs. Another consideration which influences us to act upon this view is the fact mat alter applying an nf the ru'.ts devised to aid us ia acer- taininsr the meaning of a constitutional provision, itl must be admitted that the of law is less exact in its tp nl.ca.tion to a construet'on to be placed upon words, man any oioer eunjech since such is tbe Imperfectiob of human language that law makers olften fall to express their meaning in unequivocal tems and tbe iuterp'etatlori ol doubt fufexpressions of their purpose almost always leads to conflict even amongst the tiiost learned jurist?. The act ot 1S7G-77 Code section 27- 361 orovldeahow any vacancy, either in the offices of Justices ot the Supreme Court or Jadges of the Superior Court, among others, shall be filled, Iwbeo It oceuis more than thirty days before cencral electiOB. u it aia not appear ex tit termtnt uuu, uie woru .iv.j was used In the tense of aa unexpired 1 term, the repetition ot ibe &ae word ia the very next section, wnich pre- j ceded the proyUton in reference to the Judges In the original Act (Section 42 Chapter 273 Laws 1876-79 aJ Ullowed ' when both were re-nactd la the Code (Section 2737) tenda to show what it was the legislative purpose to fill the vacant place in both Instance for the unexpired term A reference to the history of our own courts . will show that this was the view of the law which was put into practical operation when vacancies occured after the passage of the Act of 1876 77. both by the Legis lature, and the Executive and Judicial officers of toe State. Justice Dlllard was elected In August 1878 a Justice of the Supreme Court for a term of eight years, the full term of hU predecessor having expired. Justice llufflo was appointed on tlx: 11th Febriary, 1881, to fill the vacancy caused by his resig nation, and the Legislature duriag the same year (Chapter 327 teetion 1) pro vided in express terms for the election of a Justice to All the vacancy. After tha election of Iiuffl i in 1833, be ifi turn resigned, and Justice Merrimbo wa appointed 011 me zytu 01 Septem ber, laj'i tn. rtll thrt rAnApnuent vaean- cy.' In 1884 Justice Merrimon wa elected to fill such vacancy, but, In stead of holding for a terra of eight years, was re elected for a full terra lo 1886. Judge McKoy was elecied a Judge of the Superior Court in 1832 for a full term of eight years, but he died in the fall of 1885, and Judge Boykin was appointed to fill the, vacancy. Judge Boykin was elected in 1886 to fill the unexpired term of Judge Mc Koy which came to an end in 1890. where upon he was again elected by the ' people at the very time when the terja of his predecessor would have closed, but for his death. In the same way Judge Gilmer of the Superior Court was appointed in 1873 to fill the unexpired term of Judge Kerr, which began In 1874 was elected in 1SS0, aud again for a full term ih 1882, eight years after the election of his predecessor. It thus appers that the General Assembly gave expression to its construction of the Constitutional amendment in 1877, , iu.'u, u,. ' - - - i - - - just after it took effect (on the 1st of January of that year) aad both' justices of the Supreme Court and Judges of the Superior Court have been acting, when the question has risen, upon the idea that the legislative view was cor rect, while the executive office re, whose duty it has been to send out election blanks aud assist in ascertaining the result, and the judges of election and canvassers in the county have never failed to perform their allotted parts In supervising the re-election of an in cumbent," who had been Urst elected before the expiration of the term of his predecessor. The more recent cases, in which a specific term has been men, tioned in the commissions of judicial officers, have never been called to the attention of the public till now, nor have they been properly considered executive constructions, since we can- net conceive how the tenare, which de pends upon the meaning of the Con stitution, can be affected one way or the other by the action of your Excel lency or one of your predecessors in unnecessarily incorporiting the length of a term in a commission. While we rest our opinion uppn the duty and propriety of adhering to this settled leeisla'ive construction, acquiesced in until a very recent j period by the peo ple acting in public and private cas pacifies, we deem it not improper to call attention to other clauses in the Constitution and other legislation in directly bearing upon and harmonizing with our views., After discussing various clauses of the Constitution, and the construction that has been put on them by the courts and Legislature, r,be Judges con tinue; These considerations.' lend additional strength, If. indeed any were necessary to our eonclusion that it was tbe plain purpose of the Legislature to construe section 25, of article 4 of the Constitu tion, so as to ensure the election of Justices and Judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts for full terms only at regularly recurring Intervals of eight years. . Such baing the vew we have adopted after mature deliberation, we deem it necessary to eater inter an elaborate discussion of the meaning of the language used in section 25, article 4, ot the Constitution. While we are inclined, according to oar Interpretation or tne terms em ployed in that section, to so construe their actual meaning as to harmonize with our view of the legislative con struction, we prefer to concede that the very able argument of the Attorney General has raised a doubt in our minds as to the meaning of the words, considered from the action of other branches of the Government. Con ceding then that the particular lans guage leaver the intention of the f a mers of tbe constitution uncertain, we prefer to rest our opinion upon the idea that our douocs snouia oe re&oiyeu ia favor of the legislative construction, with the universal acquiescence ia it by the people, as also upon the ground that in the effort to fit the terms we are compelled to consider, as in pari materia, other provisions of the Con stitution and bring them into accord with the sectiOT relating more pecln cally to the q-iestion before us." It is not iiu jr p Jr to a i 1 mat, it is considered a said and sound rule of construction, that r. hen "the duration of a term of offlje which U MUed by popular election U in doubt or uncer tainty, the mterpretntio 1 w to i n- lowed wnich lim.u it t tns saoncst time, and returns to the people at the earliest period the power and author ity to redll it" Very re pcctiuuy, Jas E. Shepherd, Chief Justice. A. C. A VERY, Associate Justice. A. 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C. May 16. Sen ators Hun ton, nf Virginia, and Kyle, of Seuth Dakota (the latter through ills clerk), this morning admitted the- truth of -the published statement, that they have been approached and offered money for .their votes against the tariff bill, although both gentle nen declined to name the in in who made the offer. Th story was published in full in a New York paper this morning, and, with the exception of matters of detail is substantially correct. Yes." said Mr. Hunton, "the story is correct, although I am sorry it ha been made public. It was not a matter of recent occurence, however, for it hannened mrr than a month 'irni o n ,1 I immediately notified the managers ot 1 1 . i win . i m . . i ... . . tut: Miii uu luc uuuroi tuc oenate. anu it is in their hind for such action a they m ty see lit to take. I do not care acythingfor acongressiontl itivestiga- (tion, but if the managers of the bil think it is the best thing to do I will issist them all in my power. The of fer was not made to me personally, but through my son,- the sum to be paid being fixed at 225,000 by the man who attempted to bribe. No I cannot give tha name of the nun who sought to ret my vote." Mr. Kyle is out of the city, but Mri Han ton said he knew tbe same mm had approached him, and this was cor roborated by Mr. MacFarlaoe, Mr. KyteV clerk. Mr. Hunton went so far as to say that the man who attempted to conduct the negotiations for these votes was formerly connected with the Jcai pet-bag government of Sooth Caro lina, and that be had subsequently gone to North Dakota, where he reside ed for a number of years. Recently; he saidhe had been about the Capitol in the'Tole of a lobbyist. ACpertinent qnery ia connection with the case is, "Who is the man?" The princtoils in the bribing episode decline absolutely to say anything about the man's identity. A prominent Demo cratic senator, however, told a reporter that he knew the man well, and that be was C. W. Butts, ex-meraber of Congress from South Carolina daring tbe period ol reconstruction. THE NBWSPAPEB ARTICLE Washington Correspoautnee New York. Sun . IKth . fr- A sensation was created in the?5en ate cloak-room to-day by an anthori- zed announcement that an attempt was recently made to bribe Senator Huoton, of Virginia, and Senator Kyle, of South Dakota, with money to vote against the pending. tariff bill. Ever sinc the tariff fight commenced in the Semate there haye been rumors floating around the Capitol to the effect that certain, beneficiaries of the high pro tection system proposed to spend large sums of money if necessary to prevent the passage of the tatiff bill. Suspicion has rested upon more than one Demo' cratic senator, although it has been practically impossible to fiad an,' direct and convincing proofs of their yielding to .temptation. To-day, however, for the first time Senator Hunton Informed some of his senatorial colleagues that a man who now resides in South Da kola bad offered to pay $25,030 for his vote against the tariff bill, Senator Hunton was naturally greatly mort fled that a-y one should for a single mo ment imagine that his vete on any measure is purchasable, and he was naturally reluctant to have the fact that he had been thus approached made public. To the reporte- oi me aaa tne ioi- lowing story of the affair was told to day by a Senator who was consulted ou the subject by Senator Hunton- rhe m .n who offered the bribe is well known, and is remembered in South Carolina as a member ot the carpet-bag government prior to 1876. He has for several year3 resided In Dakota. Since the tariff fight began in the Senate he has been in Washington frequently. and says he represents certain business interests in New Yerk, and that a mil lion dollars, it necessary, will be spent by those whom he represents to prevent the passage o' ;he tariff bill. This man aid not euomit nis proposi tioii directly to Senator Hunton, bu: went to Warrenton, Va., the home of the Senator, and submitted the propo sition to the Senator's son. The cor respondence that has passed between father and son on the subject is In ex istence, and will probably corns' out In the congressional Investigation that is likely to follow, when the name of the man who offered to bribe will be made known. It is said that be offered to give the younger Hunton $15,000 if his father could be induced to vote, against the bilL The SenstorV son resented the attempt to dishonor his father's srood name, and at once noti&td the 'Senator. Mr. Hunton promptly con sulted some of his personal friends on the subject. He was advised to ignore the muter aad dismiss it without far ther notice. The mere intimation tnat he might be open to such a proposition either directly or Indirectly, was so re- putsive to him that he quietly com menced ah Investigation to ascertain who is behind tbe gentlemen from ua kota and South Carolina in this trans action. Tha Senator has not yet folly succeeded in this, however. In th) course of his Investigation Senator Hunton discovered that Sena tor Kile had also been approached by the same man on toe same ouusess. - -. . . . anneara that the aceot of tbe Bribers was not disooarared by his ansaoc -as ful efforts te buy Senator Hunton's rot hut turned his attention to the on list Senator t'6m South Dakota. who wa a Coogiegation'al minister be f.ie he entered the Senate. Senator Kvle id not lse hi temper when the man called upon bkn and offered to g-iarantee him a snug sum If he weuld rot irtin't tha bill, ne was sh rewil enoiizh to real a that be might need Aitneu to such a transaction, iw oolitetr referred his visitor to the tlerk of the Sna'e Uoui(ultt-e on Kducvion. Mr. McFarlaue, who Is his person -I frtenil aud private seeretarf. To Mr Me Fai 1 tne the man with the bribe said that he wa atlknrtaed to enter lu to Uiar-cltl negotiations with- Senator Kvle or hi representative for his vote against the biiL He explained that he rrBiernt-d a baaiteas syndicate that would be willing to spend 1 1, 008,100 to ttet im peeamg oiu. ue tdde that it would be worth it least a3,000 to tW Senator who rotes to defeat the bill. . . Mr. McFarlaue endeavored to extract n more detailed Information from hi caller as to his responsibility and hi clients In this be m not successful, for the agent was very caotious and de caned to reveal the names of those- for whom be claimed to be acting. He was at the Capital yesterday looking for Senator Kjle, but the latter is at present absent from tha city. This story was told at the Senate dumber uvday, and the friend 4 of Senators Hunton and Kyle are insist ing that the matter shall be probed ro the bottom. It is sal 1 thit other'Deon ocranic senators have been approached direcily or Indirectly on the same snH jeet, and in more than one Instance the propositions hve b-eu submitted to senators by wellknown women of some social standing in Washington. Seni or Butlen ol Moiuh Carolina, who now the name of the man who U at tempting to buv vtes, remarked to day that he had heard it stated that s high as 3 k),000 ha been offered for Democratic votes againt the bill. Thus far there are no proofs obtanab.e. however, that any senators haye ae cepted the bribe. A FEW STORIES BY ONE WHO TOLD MANY. F. R.S . in Kate F.ell'a Washing-' on ; Vance used to s-ty that his liveliest i carapiign for the Governorship ,r worm Carolina was that In which Judge 4 Tnonn-i Settle ra l agtint him. They 8 turn pod the State in joint debate. All the white Democrats turned out te hear Vance and all the colored Repub licans to hear Settle.. "On one occasion, at the conclusion of the speaking, Vance was informed that there were some charming young 1 tdi:s who de Isred to testify their devotion to the Democratic p irty by kissing the Dena cratic candidate for Governor. Nothing ImK, Vance descended from the pi utorrn and kissed a d z m or so of the young beauties, aod thoa paused long enough to turn around toward his competitor and shout: Set tle,. I'm kissing my glrlsj now you kiss yours!" One of the best stories told about htm, Vance told himself. Ue was making a personal canvass for votes in a backwoods settlemsnt where he was not acquainted. Finding about sixty m.n -of voting age at a cross-roads grocery, he discounted, hitched his horse, and fell to cracking joxes with then. He seemed to be getting on very well with most of the party, but he noticed one old man with shaggy eyebrows and brass-bowed spectacles sitting on a box and marking in the sand with a stick, as if paying no at tention. After a while Vance ' con cluded tht the old man mustb the bell-wether of the flock, aud according ly made prep irations to capture ' him. As he sidled up, the old man rose and shook himself, leaned forward onihis stick and said solemnly: "This is Mr. Vance, I believe?" ' "Yes, sir," siid Vance. "And you have come oyer here to see my boys about their votes, I be lieve?" j Vaa fheir 1st Mar Kneneoi 91 "Well, sir, afore you piecejd with that business I would like to ax you a few questions." j "Certainly, sir, eertalnly." "What church do you belong to?" Tbat was a pjser. Vance didn't be. long to any church. He knew that re-1 ligion and "meeting'4 were big things in tin backwoods and controlled poli tics there, but he didn't know what the religion of this region was, ifor North Carolina was much split up be tween sects.' But he fq tared himself and. said, slowly: "Well, my friend, I will tell you all abuc that, fir it is fair q lestioh. ' You see, my grand father came from Scotland, and yen know that over in Scotland everybody is I're-bytenan." tiere ne paused to note the effect, but detected no sign ol Bymp itby. 1 . "But my grannother came from England, and over there eveiwbolv belongs to the Eplscepal Church." j 11 pued again, bat the old 'man merely marked another line In the sand and sbifred his quid from the riht to the left cheek. t ( "But my . father was born In this country lu a Methodist settlement, and so be grew up a Methodist." Still no aigu of approval from the old man. Vance began to feel chilly, but be ouade one last effort: "But my good old mother was a Bap tist, aad its my opinion that a maa has got to go under the water to go to beav en." . ' I The old maa walked up and) taking him by the band, said: "well, you are all right, Mr. Vance." Tben turning to tbe orowd, be added: "Boys, he'll do. anJ you may vote for him; I thought he looked like a Baptist,! ' And be drew a fUk from hi coat tall peer et anil handed It to Vance to Seal his faith alter tbe custom of the country. A VERY EXPENSIVE WAR. UiuU Ooustltatloo. The c'tv.l war oost the north 13,9)3 000.000. The pensions since haye amounted to I :,uu,uuo.uw. But tbl is not all. At the present time, ntrfy thirty years after the eloee ot the war, 311,000 more persons are drawlnr uensions than there were union troops in the field at any sinete time daring the strugx'e, and 700 000 spplicatlont remain to oe aetea upon. Already, oar pension expenses exceeu tbatfe of a'l tHe natkm of tbe earth. ttWre will it end? Wbat wui tne wir hetweeti tbe states finally cost .ay Tn the tout Te of all toe pro ntfn th states that seceoea was ai oftt.oeo.OX). The 3few Orleans Pi MvumfiirmU that lo view ol it e lorrooa expense ol the war a wouj . J . a have been more economic ii u tne norm and aoath had aetUed their differences ou a eah basis. It "woald nave avea Kitiion nf dollars and oanarea oi ttwaaMda of lives in the north and se dured the emaneipatloQ of tbe slave by skavinar lull ortoe for the eaUre 4.000fc- 1 Vha mm Wthroiarh bayioc tor U hUtorj wUI record tbe tact that aar ehfil Wr was the moat expensive coofl et In Zncknt or modera times. ' , Vou. tv h! adaatad arooad Coas rrd, N. thia spring. vaL FIFTY YEARS. ,!' s ' .--T Atlaata Journal Dow the world does move? It was only fifty years ago last Tues4 nay mat toe nrt news despatch was uv wiegrapa. it was sent from uaiumore, where tbe Whig national convention was being beld and it an nounced tbe nomination ot Clay and Freiiosrhuvsoa. Tbe ixmular nninin ot the possibllfties of the telegraph was then so low that wben the despatch reached Washington the j crewd to whlch.lt was read refused to believe it, aod, the nomination was never fnlir credited until a . train arrived tmm Baltimore. Not until after the war Hid tbe great extentiou of the telegraph take p ace As late as 1SG0, sixteen years alter the telegraph had been a demonstrated success only one opera tor waa required at Chicago to send out the reports ot the natie-oal conven tion wnich nominated Lincoln. One newpaper, the New York Herald, re ceived-from the last National IVmn- aiic-conyention one dav over 50.000 words by wire. At that convention 125 o-.iators were reauired to serve the i:ef papers from the convention hall, and a many more j were at work ou newspaper reports; alone in another part of tbe city. rue.extensiou and. imorovernsnt of the telegraph is one of the marvel of eivtliaatl-n. I There are now over a.OOOiOOO mllpa eiegraph wlr aud loO.OW) miles ot tub marine cables in ue. The iu-leeraoh and cables on the earth would go to the -noon and back four times and a half. r . N0V7 TRY THISi It will cost vou nothing and will surely do you good, it you have a ccugh, cold,, or any trodble with throat, chest or lungs. Dir. King's New Discovery for CoUsumDtion. Coughs and Colds is v guaranteed to give relief or monev will be paid back. Sufferers from La Grippe found ii juH the thing and under Ita use had aiepeeuy and perfect recove y. Try a sample bottle at our exoen aud learn a thiug 1 1 or youiseu just bow goo Is. Trial bottles free at Irvin & Galla- way's drug store, and $1. Large size, 50 cents A "MESSENGER ,OF THE, LORD." St. Louis aiobe-Democrat, Republican. Washington, D. C, Mar 14. The explosibu ot a bomb in the House ot Representatives could hardly have created mere consternation for a mo ment than did a tall, athletic negro, who rose in the, gallery just oppjsite the Speaker's desk, soon after the morning session began and ibeuted in stentorian tones: "Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaket," The reading clerk paused and mem hers started In their seats at this strange Interruption. There ;was a 'silence as ot death in the vast hall. The tall figure was waving his arms wildly. Suddenly he broke forth again. "Mr. Speaker, unless the Cbxey bills are passed by tbe 22d lost., this Capi tol and the Treasury and the White House . will be struck by thunder and lightning. Almighty God hai told me so.' , , j These words, delivered in a deep, almost sepulchral tone, created appar ect consternation. The doorkeepers of the gallery stool as it paralyzed. Speaker Crisp alone seemed to 'preserve his presence ot mind. 'j "Remove that man!"he ordered in a clear decisive tone, that broke the spell: , It had. aa Instantaneous effect. The-J doorkeepers sprang lorwaru, anu the negro's tall and commanding presence disappeared. He became a weak and shambling creature. Many thought him drunk, so helpless seemed bis arm and legs. It was the collapse of g-eat and mental excitement, j While being taken d-jwntairt he Siid tbat God had commanded Ihlm to snaVe this and one more speech. The nxt one was to bo at the White House after which he would be ready to die. He declared be was a "messenger of the Lord," and was moved to take the step tbat h? di 1, w ille lyity la bis bed last n'ght. 'I When taken to the station he walked th? fl or and sang hymns for Lours. His name Is Matthew A. 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Webster’s Weekly (Reidsville, N.C.)
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May 24, 1894, edition 1
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