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STATESVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY, 2, 1901.
VOL. VIII.
NO. 22.
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tS- EDITORIAL NOTES.
The death of Hon. John E Massey,
of Virginia, recalls a good story.
He was, if our memory is not at
fault, a Primitive Baptist preacher
and a violent opponent of prohibi
tion. During a speech in a prohibi
tion campaign he held aloft a Bible,
and said: "Fellow-citizens within
the lids of this blessed book we fre
quently find accounts of men calling
for wine, but there is mention of only
one man who called for water and
he was in h 1, where he ought to
b?."
Dr. D. B. McNeill, representative
n the Legislature from Brunswick
co u n ty , d ied last Th ursday . He had
three times represented his county
in '85, '99 and 1901. He occupied
his seat during the recent session
only for a few weeks, when his fatal
illness seized him.. He is the first
member of the General Assembly of
1901 to die. Dr. McNeill was a.
1
Democrat, although he opposed the
constitutional amendment and was
elected as an independent. A kindly:
but peculiar man, he was neverthe-
ess very popular in his county.
The truest Democrats are never
iked by Republicans, but whenever
Democrats or Democratic papers
get out of line with their party Re
publicans andRepublican papers be
gin to praise them. The self-styled
'conservatives" of North Carolina
are just now in high favor with the
Republican press of the State. Some
Republican papers openly boast that
it wijl be only a very short time un
til this element of the Democrats
joins their party, and the constant
talk of independence in politics and
eternal criticism of Democratic poli
cies and leaders in which the self
styled "conservatives" indulge lead
to the belief that there is some foun
dation for the Republican claim, for
the way to tite Republican party is a
short one to the Democrat who con
stantly preaches independentism
and whines at every thing done by
his party. Look back over your
experience, gentle reader, and deny
this, if you can.
A Lovely Pair to Draw To.
Raleigh News and Observer.
Since they sat together and talk
ed at the impeachment trial that
day, Sub-treasury Butler and Ship
subsidy Caldwell must have been
fraternizing at a lovely rate. Here s
the latest contribution to their mu
tual admiration bureau, written by
Butler s patronizing pen for this
week's Caucasian:
"We are sorry to see that Brother
Caldwell, of the Charlotte Observer,
admits that he is sick at the stom
ach. But he did it himself.
It is time for the .farmer and busi
ness man to join hands to liberate
North Carolina from the political
domination of such men as Simmons
and his machine. They stand in the
way of the industrial progress of the
State."
Marriage in Sooth Iredell-The Pipe
Man in Mooresviile.
Mooresville Enterprise. -
At 3 o'clock on last Wednesday
afternoon at the home of Mr. A. R.
Moore, in Barringer township, his
daughter. Miss Bobbie Liou Moore
and Mr. C. Jason Deatcu were mar
ried, Rev. W. P. McGhee, of this
place, officiating. The groom is the
son of Mr. Robert A. Deaton, of the
Amity neighborhood. This popular
young couple have the very best
wishes of The Enterprise for a pros
perous and happy life.
On last Saturday night a neatiy
dressed passenger came in on the
Winston train and rushed into the
office ol the central Hotel and told a
hard luck story that affected several
of his tender hearted listeners The
man wanted a stake, and offered a
beaut llully-carved, deep oowi pipe
resembling meerschaum for $2.00
He found an eager purchaser. On
Tuesday morning the Observer tells
of bbW a man disposed of quite a
number of pipes to unsupecting citi
zens of Charlotte at the regulation
price, $2.00.
Big Fire at Danville.
Danville, Va., Dispatch, 26th.
Fire today destroyed five buildings
and burned out six business houses
with an aggregate loss of $67,500,
insurance, $44,000. It started in
the paint and oil department of the
Dan Valley Hardware Company, at
3:30 p. m., and cleared out the en
tire corner bounded by that firm,
whose stores on Main and. Union
streets join at the rear. The fire
departments at Greensboro and
Lynchburg were called, but were
not needed. Thick black smoke,
lying like a pall on the streets and
in all the buildings made the de
partment's work very difficult, but
the firemen did excellent work. One
man was injured by a fall from a
ladder, but not seriously.
Killed In tne Mill Race
Shelby Special to Raleigh News and Observer,
- 26th.
Vance Pearson, an employe of the
Laura Glenn cotton mills, was killed
at seven o'clock this evening. He
was working in the race cleaning
out the water wheel when some one
turned on the water which hurled
him against the wheel, causing
death instantly. The turning on of
the water on a man under a wheel
while at work seems to have been a
culpable piece of negligence. It is
thought an operator of the electric
light works did this.. The deceased
was a faithful worker and was al
ways at his post of duty.
Skin troubles, cuts, burns, scalds
and chafing quickly heal by the use
of DeWitt's With Hazel Salve, It
is imitated. Be sure you get De
Witt's. W. F. Hall, Jr.
Surface Gold In Union.
Monroe Journal.
Messrs. J. T. Bivins and J. G.
Tomberlin live on adjoining farms
in east Monroe township. There is
surface gold on their lands and they
occasionally pick up nuggets and
finer gold about the braaches. bome
years ago Mr. Tomberlin found a
lump -worth $176. Recently he
found a $10 lump and a considerable
amount of gold dus. Mr. Bivens
also recently picked up a $7 lump.
A IMre Threat.
Tarboro Southerner.
This was Sheriff Harris' first
court and likewise was it the first of
the crier whom he appointed- The
crier naturally was tot familiar with
the form of "calling out" an absent
witness. A day or two afro be was
ordered to cll out one and an attor
ney was prompting, -htm. He -misunderstood
' or you'l! forfeit" your
subpoena" and rendered it thusly;
"or you'll forfeit the dispensary. ".
Baying Worthless State Bonds.
London Dispatch, 26th. t
A London firm is promoting the
old scheme of buyintr up bonds which
the Southern States issued in the re
construction period and which later
were repudiated by 1 he State gov
ernments. The. papers exploit the
enterprise, urging bondholders to
come forward. There is considera
ble local interes in the repudiated
bonds, which are largely held here.
One bank is reputed to hold a ma
j3rity of the Arkansas issue.
Bad "Kids" in I3noir.
The Lenoir Topic complains that
there is a gang of "kids" growing
up in that town v&hieh, if not at
tended to, will be a serious menace
to the community. It says: "They
fight chickens, which they have sto
len from neighbors, curse, drink and
lounge about ou the streets to a late
hour at hight." The Topic trusts
that if the parents of the children
do not take some steps toward the
reformation of these youthful crimi
nals the town authorities will take
them in charge, and at least enact a
curfew law and enforce it.
What Good Roads do for Countv.
Charlotte News.
The average tax vaiue of land in
North Carolina is four dollars and
ten cents. Mecklenburg county's
average tax value of land is eight
dollars and seventy cents, or one
hundred per cent, greater than the
r i o i. tu : . U n .-. n
ed valuation is due to jlecklenburg's
good roads more than to any other
one cause.
Should not these facts open the
eyes of landowners of the entire
State to the advantage of good
roads?
Women Who Rile Astride.
Charleston. S. C, Post. - . . . -
The smart women of Boston have
taken to riding astride and the cus
torn is causing no end of discussion.
But it is by no means a new thing in
this part of the country. Not only
is the custom practiced in the gay
set at Aiken and Ashevule, but some
conservative and very sensible wo
men of Charleston have followed it
for several years past at their
summer homes in the mountains of
North Carolina. It is a very whole
some practice and is generally en
dorsed "by physicians as being far
preferable to the unnatural side
seated method of riding.
$20,000 Libel Suit
Gastonia Gazette, 25th.
Basing the action on a card which
aroeared in the Gastonia News of
last Thursday, Mr. Albert Rankin,
yesterday afternoon entered suit
against Mr. G. W. Ragan for libel,
retaining O F. Mason, Esq., as
counsel. We understand that the
amount of damages will be placed
at $20,000. Sheriff Armstrong re
ceived the papers late in the. after
noon. As soon as Mr. Rajran re
ceived word at his home that the
action was instituted, he repaired to
his office that the sheriff might have
a convenient opportunity to serve
the summons, but up to a late hour
last night it had not been served.
A Montgomery Gold Mine Sold for
$24,000.
Salisbury Special, 26th, to Raleigh News an"
Observe!.
J.C. Moser & Co , of Harrisburg,
Pa., yesterday bought the rich gold
mine recently discovered near Troy,
N. C, ou the lands of Currie and
Jones, for $24,000. The output of
this mine last week, working five
bands and two Chillian mills, was six
and a half pounds of gold in amal
gum, valued at $840
The expenses for the week were
30, leaving a net profit of $810.
The deal was effected at High
Point yesterday by Mr. J. R. Blair,
of Troy, attorney for Currie and
Jones, and R S. Rigs by, of Balti
more, representing J. C. Moser &
Co.
New Lieutenants Appointed.
Washington Dispatch, 26th.
The Secretary of War to-day made
publicly the names of the 588 men
selected for. first and second lieuten
ants in the regular army under the
army re-organization bill. All of
these men have bad service either in
the State or national volunteer or in
the regular army. They have been
ordered for examination and should
they pass will be. appointed- The
number following the State shows
the allotment to each State. The
list includes the following:
North Carolina (10) John W.
Guhck, Edward Hill, Robert O. Pat
terson, William D. Pritchard, Wil
liam R. Beavers, Walter Mcintosh,
Dickson Everett, John A. Wagner,
Bradley J. Wootten, John S. E.
Young.
Editor's Atoful Plight.
F. M. Higgins, Editor Senaca,
(Ills.,) News, was afflicted for years
with Piles that no doctor or remedy
helped until he tried BuckleD's Ar
nica Salve. He writes two boxes
wholly cured bim. It's the surest
Pile cure on earth , and the be-;t
salve in the world. Cure Guarac-.
teed. Only 25 cents. Sold by W. F.
Hall, Jr., druggist.
A HORRIBLE EXECUTION.
A Tram I40bb3r's Head Jerked From
hisbody on a Gall. ,wein New
Mexico.
Clayton, N. M., Dispatch, 26th -
Thomas E. Ketchum, alia-,
"Black Jack," the notorious outla-v
whahad terrorized the people of the
Southwest for th tho past 15 years,
was hanged here this afternooa for
train robbery. His head was sever
ed from the body by the rope, as if
by a guillotine. The headless trunk
pitched forward toward the speeta
tors and blood spattered upon those
nearest the scaffold. The 3xecution
took pi ice inside a stockade built for
the occasion. One hundred and fif
ty witnesses stw the execution.
When Ketchum mounted the scaf
foJd at 1:17 p. m. his face was pale,
but he-showed no fear. A priest
sood at his side as the rop was be
ing adjusted. The coudemned man
had consertted to a spiritual atten
dance at the last moment. Ketchum
declined to make a speech. He mut
tered "good bye," and then said:
"Please il'g my grave very deep,"
aud as the cup was drawn ovr his
face, he shouted, "Let her go!"
At 1:21 p: m. the drop was sprung
Thf body shot through the tr;s.p
and the head was torn from the
trunk by the irerncndcus jerk. The
head remained in the sack and fell
into the pit. The body dropped to
the ground quivering and bleeding.
Some men groaned and others turn
ed away, unab! to endure the sight.
For a few seconds the body was al
lowed to lie half doubled up oa its
right side, with the blood pouring
in a stream from the several arteries
as the heart kept up its mechanical
beating.
Ketchum talked for over an hour
during the morning with visitors,
cooler tiian any who mot him. He
declared death preferable to impris
onment. Ketchum told of robberies
in which he was concerned, bub de
clared that he had never killed a man
and had only shot three. Hz said ha
was not "Black Jack, as that band
it is still at liberty.
Ketchum mailed a letter to Presi
dent McKinley this morning, in
which he says: "Standing in the
presence of death, where no humau
aid can reach me, I desire to commu
nicate to you some facts which may,
perhaps, be the means of liberating
mnoceut men. There are now three
men in Santa Fe penitentiary, serv
ing sentences for the robbery of the
United States mail at Stein's Pass,
Ariz,, in 1897, viz: Leonatd Albert-
son, Walter ti unman ana mil vvat-
man, they are as innocent of the
crime as an unborn babe. The names
of the men who committed the crime
are Dave Atkins, Ed Bullin, Will
Carver, Sam Ketehun., Bronche
Mill and myself. I have given to
my attorney in Clayton means by
which articles taken in said robbery
may be foand where we hid them and
also the names of witnesses who liver
in that vicinity who will testify that
myself and gang were in that neigh
borhood both before and after the
robbery. The fact that these men
are innocent and are suffering, im
pels me to make this confession.
While you cannot help me and while
T realize that all efforts to. secure to
me a commutation of my sentence
have signally failed, I wish to do
this much ia the interest of these
innocent men, who, so far as I know,
never committed a crime in their
lives. I make this statement fully'
realizing that my end is fast ap
proaching and that I must very soon
meet my Maker. "
A Negro Kills His Brother in Gran
ville County.
Durham Special to Raleigh News and Observer.
News has reached here of a mur
der, horrible in its details, that was
committed near Creedmoor, Gran
ville county, a few days ago The
murderer was a half brother of the
man slain, and. after the deed he
hauled the dead body quite a' dis
tance to his home and then made his
escape.
The parties in this terrible affair
were colore, an$ Walter Gardener
is the murderer, while the body of
William Gardener lies buried at hi
home near the place named.
From what can be learned here it
seems that there had been bad blood
between the two brothers for some
time. Walter Gardener was sus
picious and jealous of the attention
William showed his wife and of the
kindly manner in which she received
them. A few nights ago Walter
caught William near his home. Hot
words passed between the two, and
the tragedy followed as related. A
shot gun was the weapon used.
After the shooting Walter Gard
ener went to anieghbor, borrowed a
horse and wagon and hauled the
detdtodvof his brother home. Having,
taken it out of the wagon he return -ed
the team to the one from whom it
had been borrowed and then made
his escape. Since then no'thing has
been heard from him. Both of the
men bore very unsavory jreputa
tionsl Saw Her Own Heart.
Chicagn Dispatch, 26th-
Miss Dora B. Peters, of 34 Wal
ton place, saw her own heart beat
to-day, and was convinced she was
not suffering from a fatal malady.
Miss Peters is 18 years old and has
a strong constitution, according to
her phvsician. She . was" afflicted
with sinking attacks and felt sure
that at such times her heart ceased
to heat. She visited Dr. J. G, Mes
sage, who saw that her heart acted
regularly. The difficulty was to
convince the girl.
Finally, the physician adjusted an
X ray tube, darkened by a cloth be
hkid her back. The fluoroscope was
placed over her heart and a heavy
blanket thrown over her heart to
shut out any light that might find its
way into the room. Ihe girl then
be!d a mirror in front of her heart.
As her eyes became accustomed to
the darkness, she began to discern
the outlines of her heart. Gradually
it developed until she saw it clearly.
For several miiiutes the girl wat -h-ed
the pulsating organ and then
turning to Dr. Message, stnsaid: "I
yuess after alk it is not ; my heart
that bothers me."
:STATb NEWS.
L$"- N. Duke, of Durham, will
mov- N;w York.
m i'l x has broken out in Cum
berland c-u.ity jail, at Fayetteville.
i Th
i27th
n-iti iual bnks of
viil cocsoti Ury on
Wil-
May
A M
exhibi!
tgotnery county go'd miner
d a seven-pound nugget in
High Point Tuesday.
Statfi Treasurer Lacy will start a
new syV" n of keeping the treasury
books ei-ly in ihe summer.
The barn of Dr. D. J. Sai lors,
president of Bidlle University,
Chariot, was burned Frid ty after
noon, i oss $250. partially insured.
W- C. i-i wd. editor of the Char
lotte News, has been elected chair
man of the city Deraocratin execu
tive com ist tee of Chariot'1. . F. M.
Shannon house,-' Esq., is the secreta
ry.
B.J. Dawkins, of Moat-jonery
county, is orobablvthe biy-irest. mn
in the S ste. Je is 6 fee.:, hiyh.
measrr 6 feet 2 inches around aoi
weighs 5J3 pounds. He is lantern
plating joining a show.
Dick Fleming, a colored brake-
man, wtu killed at a crossing Uxjar
Salisburv last Thursday. His train
was on a siding, when he attempted
to cross in front of a passing tr iin.
He was instantly killed. , '
Robert Norwood, a well-ro-rlo
young firmer, of Wake couiity, died
last Ihursday from smallpox, whicn
he contracted while serving as a
juror at court. There is a good
deal of s'nillpox in Wake.
Burke county is now practically
a prohini ion county, as the Legis
lature incorporated so many church
es and school houses as to leaye very
little, if aiv, territory in the coun
ty where
liquor can be made or
sold.
Mrs. Clarkson Robbins. of Rnpk
Creek township, Randolph ounty.
committed suicide one day last week
by drowning herself in the creek.
She was the wife of a well known
farmer aid suffered from mental
depression.
Joseph Martinson, of Union coun
ty, accidentally shot and killed his
brother j'homas while hunting last
Thursday. The load entered the
young maa's head and death was in
stantaneous. The brother is almost
crazed bv grief.
Mr, John B. Harty and Miss Ad-
ele Wittkovsky, both of" Charlotte,
were marru-a in JNew York last
Thursday. He is a Gentile and she
is a Jewess, a daughter of Mr. S.
Wittkowsky, of Charlotte, who
once lived in Statesville.
Captain N. O'Berry, of Goldsboro.
one of the penitentiary board, has
completed an inventory of the pen-
lteutiary effects. According to his
report to the Governor, he finds the
assets $76,000; liabilities $40,000;
available net assets $36,000.
Governor Aycock and the State
board of education extended the time
until May 1st, when the sub-commission
on text books will make its
report. The time fixed was on the
23rd, but it was found impossible to
have the report ready then.
The skeleton, of a child was found
Thursday between the weather
boarding and plastering -of a house
occupied by Reed Reich; nearSalem.
The skeletoa was buried. It is not
known how long it had been where
it was found, or whp put it there.
Miss Lila Conrere, the actress,
and Francis J. Brugiere, a wealthy
society man of San Francisco, Cal-,
are announced to be engaged to be
married. Miss Oonvere is a daugh
ter of Col II C. Jones, of Charlotte,
and has been on the stage two or
three years.
John Cobb, colored, was sent to
the penitentiary from the Federal
Court at Nrtwbern for having fraud
ulently obtained apension. He rep
resented himself to be a member of
the Fourteenth regiment of coloied
troop3 and took the name of his
uncle, who was a member.
It is found 'hat the estate of th(
late Paymas er General P. H. Ly
brook, of thu Sta'e Guard, is indebt
ed to the S-a'e $1,600. It is thought
his administrator will immediately
pay the. mmpy into ihe State treas
ury, Ex Lieutenai t Governor G. A.
Reynolds is one of the bondsmen
and the b nd is good. Ly brook
livei at Winston, and was the Re
publican postmaster there.
Governo' Aycock has appointed
the following members of the Board
of Visitors of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College: Charles W.
Gold, of Wilson; W. J. Peele, of Ra
leigh; R L Smth, of'Stanly countt, ;
J B Stokes, of Bertie county; W
S. Primrose, of Raleigh; D. A.
Tompkins, of Charlotte; Mat: Moore,
of Kenansville; W. H. Rogers, of
High Point; Frank Wood, of Eden
ton, David Clark, of Charlotte, and
J. Frank Riv, of Macou county.
Resigned Because of His Brother's
Misconduct.
Salisbury Dispatch, 26th.
It seems that -the shortage of $213
of Mr. John Brady as treasurer of
the local lodge of Odd Fellows has
not yet been -made good. When
Brady left for parts unknown some
time ago, assurances were given by
his family that the amount would
be paid He is said to have sailed
for the Philippines.
Gold Hill is at present without a
regularly commissioned postmaster
and this is due, in some measure, to
the circumstances mentioned above.
Apolitical associate of the postmas
ter, Mr. W. E. Brady, desirous of
an $800 job, persuaded him thai he
had been hopelessly disgraced by
his brother's conduct and should
send in his resignation. After the
resignation was sent in and duly
accepted, Mr. Brady came to his
senses and went about securin'g a
re-appointment. Nearly all the
citizens of Gold Hill, who hold bim
in high esteem, have signed bis ap
plication. Assistant District At
torney A. H. Price went to Wash
ington in Mr. Brady's interest, re
turning last night.
The State Tax Co-n i.l ;sion to Visit the
Counties. ,
Raleigh News and Observer, 26th,
The State Tax Commission, com
posed of the members of the Corpo
ration Commission, is now prepar
ing a pamphlet of instructions to the
tax-listets of the State touching the
performance of their duty. The
Commission has been" at work on
these instructions for several days,
but they are not yet completed.
Under ths uew Machinery Act,
seotiou G, it is provided tHat the
Board of State ta,x Commissioners
shall have and exercise general su
pervision over the tax listers and as
sessing officers of this State, and
take such measures as will secure
the enforcement of the provisions of
this act, "to the end that the prop
erties of this State liable to assess
ment for taxation shall be placed
upon the assessment rolls and as
sessed at their actual cash value."
This is th-r principal duty pre
scribed for the Commission, in fact
its reason for .being; and section 17
tells how this purpose of the law
shall be carried out and the end aim
ed at attained. It is as follows:
"It shall be the duty of the Tax
Commissioners at least thirty days
previous to the date fixed for listing
taxes to prepare a pamphlet for the
instruction of tax assessors. Said
pamphlet shall, in as plain'terms as
possible, explain the proper working
of the tax laws of the State, and
shall call particular attention to any
points m tne administration of the
iaws which have seemed to be over
looked or neglected. They shall ad
vise the assessors of the pradtiea,l
working of the laws, -and explain
anypoints which seem to be intricate
and upon which assessors may differ
particularly calling their attention
to the requirement that all property
shall be assessed at its fair market
value, and the penalties upon asses
sors for failure to observe .this pro
vision. Copies; of said pamphlet
shall be sent to the register of deeds
of each county, whose duty it shall
be to see that each assessor and tax
lister is furnished with a Copy."
But the commissioners are not to
stop with preparing and sending out
this pamph'.et. They must visit every
county in the State and this they
will try to do between May 1st and
June 1st.
To do this, they will divide out the
counties of the State," and beginning
on May 1st each commissioner will
visit one county-seat a day, if pos
sible, notice having first been given
tha tax-listers of the meeting. That
this may be done, the names of all
the tax-listers in the State, by
counties, has been obtained and is
now on file. A regular schedule of
these tax lister's meetings will be
made out this week before the com
missioners start upon their tour of
the counties. 1
It is not j'et known in just what
counties they will start, or , what
counties will be apportioned to the
c'iffc-rent members of the Commission.
GENERAL NEWS.
John Kelly & Co., Ndw York
stock brokers, have failed.
There were 185 missionaries kill
ed during the recent troubles in
China.
Three bddies were found in a burn
ing building at Senaca Falls, S. C,
Saturday. s
President McKinlev has appointed
Wm. M.Jenkins, of Oklahoma, to be
Governor of that Territory.
It is estimated that the recent
flood and storm damage at Pitts
burg, Pa., and vicinity amounts to
$2,000,000.
The Catholic Mission at Jioragnone,
Brazil, was attacked recently by hos
tile Indians and more than 100 per
sons were killed.
Twenty-seven school girls were
poisoned Tuesday at Hollidaysburg,
Pa., by eating rhubarb pie. Sever
al of them almost died.
Fifty persons were killed in-a
ooiler explosion m a electro-chemical
factory in Frankfort, Germany,
last Tuhrsday, and 140 inj ured.
In a railroad wreck last Thursday
near Johnson's Station, Ohio, the
engineer and fireman were killed and
three other persons bally injured.
Three men were drowned in the
Ohio river at Marietta, Ohio, Tues
day night. ' Their boat was carried
under a wharf by the swift current.
General Miles is being mentioned
as a candidate for the next Demo.
cratic nomination for president. Tbe
t umor must be meant for an April
fool.
A mob broke into the jail at
Springdale, Tenn., Tuesday night,
took WattMallory, a negro, out and
lynched him. Theregro had killed
a white man.
- Joseph H. Shepherd, a clerk to the
State Auditor of Virginia, has been
arrested in Richmond charged with
embezzling $50 of State money. There
is said to be more stealing.
The Reynolds band of outlaws and
feudists who were entrenched iu
Letcher county, Ky., and. defying
arrest surrendered Saturday.. They
vere supplied with up-to-date weap
ons. Alabama yoted for a constitution
al convention Tuesday by amajority
of about 30,000 in a very light vote.
The Convention, which will convene
on May 21, will consider the suffrage,
courts, terms of officials and other
matters.
W. E. Christian has been promot
ed to be assistant general passenger
agent of the Seaboard Air Line
ffailroad. He married Miss Julia
Jackson, only daughter of the late
Gen. Stonewall Jackson, who died
several years ago. Mr Christian
once lived in Charlotte.
HonTjohn E. Massey, ex-State
Auditor, ex-Lieutenant Governor
and Superintendent of Public In
struction of Virginia, died at his
home in Albemarle county, last
Thursday, aged 82 years. He wfs
one of. the fathers of the readjuster
movement in the State, subsequent
ly one of the chief factors in wrest
ing the State from the rule of Gen
eral Mahonc.
Good AdTice.
The most .miserable beings in the
world are those suffering from Dys
pepsia and Liver Complaint. More
than seventy-five per cent. . of the
people in the United States are af
flicted with these two .diseases and
their effects; such as Sour Stomach,
Sick Headache, Habitual Costive
ness, Palpitation of the Heart,
Heart-burn, Waterbrash, Gnawing
and Burning Pains at the Pit of the
Stomach, Yellow Skin, Coated
Tongue and Disagreeable Taste in
the Mouth, Coming up of Food after
Eating, Low Spirits.etc. Go to
your Druggist and get a bottle of
Augtist Flower for 75 cents. Two
doses will relieve you Try it. Get
Green's Prize Almanac W. F.
Hall, Jr.
The Empress Dowager of China
has appointed a board of .national
administration to relieve her of, pub
lic functions. This news is impor
tant, indicating the relinquishment
by her of the arbitrary powers she
has heretofore exercised. . "
"I have been troubled with indi
gestion for ten years, have tried
many things and spent much money
to no purpose until I tried Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure. I have taken two
bottles and gotten more relief from
them than all other medicines taken.
I feel more like a boy than I have
felt in twenty ears. "Anderson
Riggs, Sunny Lane, Tex. Thou
sands have testified as did Mr. Rigs;
W. F. Hall. Jr.
President McKinley has restored
to Gea. G. W. C. Lee the relics of
General Geo. li'ashington now in
the Smithsonian Institution. Gen.
Lee is a son of Gen Robt. E. Lee and
his mother was a kinswnmnn rf
Washington.
You will waste time if vou trv to
cure indigestion or dyspepsia by
starving yourself. That only makes
It wor.-.e when you do eat heartily.
You always need plenty of good food
properly digested. ' Kodol Dvsne.sia
Cure is the result of vears of scien
tific research for something that
would digest not only some elements
of food but every kind. And it is
the one remedy that will do it. W.
F Hall, Jr.
Edwin H. Conger, American Min
ister to China, has arrived in this
country on a 30-days vacation. He
say's he is not a candidate for Gov-.'
ernorof Iowa, but will accept the
nomination if tendered him by tbe
Republicans.
You cannot enjoy perfect health,
rosy cheeks and sparkling eyes if
your liver is sluggish and your bow
els clogged. DeWitt's Little Early
Risers cleanse the whole system.
They never gripe. W. F. Hall, Jr.
It now turns out that there were
over 80 persons killed in the Frauk
fort, Germauy, - boiler explosion
Thursday, and over 200 injured.
Those famous little pills, DeWitt's
Little Early Risers, will remove all
impurities from your system, cleanse
your bowels, make them regular.
W.F.Hall, Jr.
The Lookout Distilling Company 's
plant at Chattanooga, Teun., with
631 barrels of whiskey, was" seizad.
Thursday, for the alleged re-use of
stamps.
"I had piles so bad I could get no
rest nor find a cure until I tried De
Witt's Witch Hazel Salve. After
using it once, I forgot I ever had
anything like Piles. " E. C Bjice,
Somers Point, N. Y. Look out for
imitations. Be sure you ask for
DeWitt's W. F. Hall, Jr.
7he Virginia Democratic State
convention will be hald in Norfolk
on August 14ta for the purpose of
nominating candidates for Govern
or, Lieutenant Governor and At
torney General.
Many a school
girl is said to
be lazy and
shiftless
when she
doesn't deserve
the least bit of, it.
can't study, easilv
falls asleep, is nervous
and tired all the time.
And what can you ex
pect? Her brain is being
fed with impure blood
and her whole system is
suffering from poisoning.
Such girls are wonder
fully helped and greatly
changed, by taking
., Hundreds of thousands
of schoolgirls have taken
it during the past SO years.
Many of these girls now
have homes of their own.
They remember what
cured them, and now
they give the same medi
cine to theirown children.
You can afford to trust a
Sarsaparilla that has been
tested for half a century.
$L00 a bottle. All dranbti.
If your bowels are consti
pated take Ayer's-Pills. You
can't have good health unless
you have daily action, of the
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bowels. 25 eta. fcox.
One box of Ayer'a Pills cured my
dyspepsia." L.D. Cabdwux.
Jan. 12,1803. Bath, N. Y.
YfrHm tho Doctor.
If yon ha. any complaint whatarer
cd desire tbe best medical advice yon
can possibly receive, write the doctor
freely. Ton will receive a prompt re
ply, without cost. Address,
Dr. J. C. ATEK. Lowell. Mass.
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