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MATTHEWS, A TTORNE Y-A T-L A W. SJUT" Collection of Claims a specialty. WHITAKERS, N. C. R. C. A. WHITEHEAD, DENTAL Surgeon, Tarboko, N. C. MM M Tclepha&e Muge We are prepared to'turnish telephone service to the public and solicit patron age. - RATES FOR SERVICE. Business Phones, $2.00 per month. Residence Phones, 1.50 " " Two ol either for 3.00 " " It is our purpose to give good service, and to this end we ask all subscribers to report promptly any irregularities in the service. "Our signed contracts prohibit the use of phones except by subscribers, and we request that this rule be rigidly enforced. Persons who purchase anything ad vertised m this paper will do a favor to both the advertiser and the editor by mentioning the fact that they saw the advertisement in The Commonwealth. KJ flit E. E. MILLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XV. Sew Series Vol. 3. THE EDITOE'S LEISURE HOURS. Points and Paragraphs of Things Present, Past and Future. The present Legislature, which is largely Democratic, certainly set a no ble example of fair dealing in the con test between Mess. Cannon and Franks, both claiming a seat in the Senate. Mr. Franks, Republican, held the cer tificate aud Mr. Cannon, a Democrat, contested the seat. Arter a full and patient hearing of the case the Demo crats said the Republican was entitled to his seat, and the Democrat had to give it up. The editor learns many things in his "leisure . hours," not half of which can be crowded into this column every week. What bride-expecting-to-be of our readers can tell why her lover placed that engagement ring on the third finger of the left band? Why on that hand, and why placed on that particular finger? There was a notion extant amongst the people of the olden time that there was a nerve in this firger which led directly to the heart. The custom bas been handed down blindly from one to another until few even think of the reason for placing such ring. It is a matter which The Common wealth has repeatedly mentioned, and the wonder grows more wonderful still, that Eastern Carolina produces the cotton crop of the State and yet West ern Carolina has nearly all the cotton factories. The Manufacturers' Record almost every week mentions the erection of new cotton mills or the cilargement of those already in operation in Pied mont and Western Carolina ; but sel dom is there any note made of any such a thing in Eastern Carolina. This seems strange when we remember that the upper sections raise small quamties of cotton, and some counties in which there are cotton factories raise none, while cotton is the chief money crop of this section. It woaid be an economy in the in vestment of capital to build factories right amidst the cotton fields. The death of Mr. Charles Reid in Norfolk a few days ago at the age of 98 years and 8 months is a "most re markable instance of longevity. He was brought from Scotland when he was just one year old, and so his ca reer in Norfolk was the almost even run of a century. He remained con nected with business interests until his death. His was a life of valuable testimony for the Christian religion, exemplifying the important truth that one can be a successful business man and a consecrated christian also. On this point the Virginian-Pilot said of him-- "Early in life Mr. Reid made a pro fession of religion, and lived a christ ian life. He connected himself with the First Presbyterian church, and he was ever ready in any way in his pow er to advance, the interests of Christian ity. He was one of the leading elders in thecburcb for many years, and was also treasurer of the church for a very long time. He took great pleasure in bis church work, and was regular in attendance upon all the services." The editor of The Commonwealth and Re7. Tom Dixon bad many pleas ant hours together as students at Wake Forest college ; and knowing his nation al reputation we believe the following concerning him will - be interesting to our readers in this "passing events" column : .New York, Jan. 15. Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr., who for four years past has been preaching to the People's church, a Christian Union denominational church, whose Sunday meetings have been held at the Academy of music and the Grand Opera House, read to his congregation today his resignation. Dr. Dixon will continue to preach dur ing this month and February. His resignation will take place on March 1. In his letter of resignation Dr. Dix on said that the result of his work had been disappointing ; that he bad not been able to raise sufficient money to meet expenses, and that he "bad been disillusionized as to the idea of organic Christian Union." He bad determined, therefore, to re sume his position in the regular Baptist ministry. "During the past four years," Dr. Dixon's letter reads, "everything I have said as pastor of the People's church, I could have said in a Baptist pulpit with equal propriety and great er force." . How to Prevent Pneumonia. You are perhaps aware that pneu monia always results from a cold or from an attack of la grippe. During the epidemic of la grippe a lew years ago when so many cases resulted in pneumonia, it was observed that the attack was never followed by that dis ease when Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy was used. It counteracts any tend ency of a cold or la grippe to result In that dangerous disease- It is the best remedy in the world for bad colds and la grippe. Every bottle warranted. For sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co. - Commonw; SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1899. THE LEGISLATURE. What Our Law Makers ' Are Doing For North Carolina. GETTING DOWN TO REAL WORK TUESDAY JANUARY 17. SENATE. The Governor's special message giving bis reasons for remov ing the Wilsons as railroad commis sioners, was the chief thing before the Senate. The reasons given by the Governor are summarized on the ed itorial page. BILLS PASSED. S. B. 6. To repeal chapter 510. Laws of 1897, the law authorizing the State board of equilization. Pass ed, then reconsidered and referred to Finance Committee. S. B. 82, H. B. 73 : To investigate as to money paid out of the State treasury without' authority of law. Amended by providing that two Sen ators shall be added to the committee and passed. S. B. 135 : To repeal chapter 51, Laws of 1897. Substitute providing that gill nets 80 yards instead of 20 yards long may be used in Albemarle Sound. Rules bspended and passed. A resolution authorizing the chair man of the Judiciary Committee to" appoint a clerk was adopted. HOUSE. The House also listened to the reading of the Governor's mes sage, but bad to wait until it was first read in the Senate, as his Excellency had given out only one copy. After the reading of the document, which consumed half an hour, just ex actly forty bills and resolutions and three petitions were introduced. Among tbem were the following of general interest and importance : Bv Davis, of Haj'wood : To appro priate $40,000 annually for the School for Deal and Dumb at Morganton. By Rountree, of New Hanover : To amend the law in regard to probating deeds and other instruments. By Clarksou, of Mecklenburg: To amend the insurance laws of the State, to enable manufacturers to secure minimum rate. By Patterson, of Caldwell : To pre vent the sale of adulterated or mis branded food. By Winston, of Bertie : To provide for construction of monuments to Gen. Francis Nash and Gen. William Lee Davidson, for which purpose Con gress has appropriated $10,000. By Wall, of Richmond : To estab lish a State Text-Book Commission to provide uniform books for public schools. By Reese, of Ashe : To regulate the apportionment of school funds. By Rountree, of New Hanover : To abolish all exemptions from jury duty. By Currie, of Moore : To reduce salaries and fees. ... By McNeil, of Brunswick : To amend the charter of Soutbport. By Craig, of Buncombe : To pro vide for thorough investigation of case of the suspended railroad commission ers. By Boushall, of Wake : To relieve sheriffs and tax-collectors of certain counties. During the consideration of the cal andar five bills passed their third and final reading, two passed second read ing and two resolusions were adopted. Only two of the bills were of more than local importance. They were : To repeal school-taxation-election law. To increase number of commis sioners in Hertford county to eight. The two bills passed on second reading were to authorize Morganton and Charlotte to issue bonds. The two resolutions adopted were : To provide for investigation of case of the suspended railroad commis sioners. To limit time for explaining votes in the House to one minute. PASSED THIRD READING. H. B. No. 223. Act to amend chap ter -345, Public Laws of 1895, prohib-' iting the taking of fish in certain streams in Henderson county, except with hook and line. H. B. No. 234 (substitute for S. B. No. 56). Act for the better govern ment of Hertford county, by increas ing the number of commissioners from three to eight. H. B. No. 49. Act to repeal chapter 421. Public Laws of 1897, encourag ing local taxation for public schools. Wednesday, January 18th. SENATE. The following is the ac count of a lively debate : The rains decended and the flood gates were opened in the Senate. The Senate talked, and the galleries filled ; and the mere the galleries Billed the more the Senators talked. It should be said in behalf of the Senate that it did not do it premedita tedly and that, for the most part, it talked well. The storm blew up from the most unexpected quarter and at first did not look to last long, but it swept on for two mortal hours. "It did not cost more than $250 and saved $70, besides making things lively while it lasted. It all came out of the resolution re ported from the Claims committee re commending that Mr. Cannon be paid $272.60 as part expense incurred in his contest with Senator Franks. No two of the Senators wanted to pay him the same thing, and they varied in their es timates all the way from 9a00 to noth' ing. '- These are daneerou times ior the health. Croup, colds and throat trou bles lead rapidly to Consumption. A bottle of One Minute Cough Cure used at the right time will preserve life, health and a large amounFof money. Pleasant to take ; children like it. 25. T. Whitehead & Co. "EXCELSIOR" IS OUR MOTTO. When the resolution came up on its second reading Senator Glenn moved to substitute $200 for $272.60 in the re port. Senator Justice thought it the fair thing to pay his actual expenses. Senator Lindsey favored paj'ing his railroad fare and letting him fee hi? own attorneys. When men go to law and lose they "are expected to bear the cost. Senator Coolie, chairman of the Claims committee, championed the bill. He said that Mr. Cannon had made great sacrifices for his party and for good government. He had spent many times $272.60 and it was but fair to pay that sum. This ended the first round. Senator Glenn sprang a . surprise. He stated that after he had announced on the floor of the Senate his determ ination to fight the report of the Elect Ions committee seating Franks, because he did not believe the Cherokees en title to vote, one of the attorneys for Cannon had approached him and asked him to drop the matter, stating at the time that here was nothing in the case. Mr. Glenn declared that it was not customary to pay all the expenses of a losing contestant. Senator Hicks opposed settiug the precedent of paying all the expenses of the contestant. He favored slicing the bill down to $200. Senator Skinner de clared that Mr. Cannon did right to contest. The Elections committee was of that opinion after hearing the case, Senator Smith was opposed to paying him more than his actual ex penses. Senator Daniels thought that $272. 60 was little enough to pay. Senator Cocke said that the report should be adopted. It was not purely a personal matter like a law-suit. Every man, woman, and child in the Thirty-Fourth district was in the con test. Senator Cooley moved that the bill be voted on by items. Senator Williams said the matter had given him a por opinion of the Democracy of the men in some counties. In Cum berland county they stick together and no lawyer would think of charging to appear for a Democrat in a contested election case. Senator Jerome thought the expenses of the contestant should be paid. In the contest of Broughton against Young in 1897 the Legislature had paid each more than $250, though both lived in the city. He favored the bill as reported. Senator Ward favored paying Mr. Cannon the actual expenses of the contest. The galleries were full by this time and Senator Glenn said, in opening the tnird round, he was glad the discussion hud started ; it showed that the Senate was not so slow. He denied the im plication o! Senator Cooley that op ponents of the bill were . When it came to voting appropriation to schools and charities he would go as far as anybody. He was not fighting the bill as a Democrat, a Republican or a Populist, but as a member of the Sanate. Senator Justice thought the discussion was putting Mr. Cannon in a false light. He made the contest in good faith. Senator Osborne inter jected that the content had cost Mr. Cannon $483 and he thought the Sen ate should pay fifty cents on the dol lar. Mr. Justice sent up an amend ment to Mr. Glenn's amendment pro viding that Mr. Cannon should be paid $200 and the fees for taking testlmory which amounted to $52. The chair put the amendmeut of Senator Justice and the vote was a tie 22 to 22. Amid some merriment the chair cast the deciding vote for the amendment. When the amendment was carried Sen ator Brown moved a re-reference of-the bill to the Committee on Claims. The motion lost by a vote of 24 to 20. Then he moved to table. The moti. n was lost by a vote of 30 to 14. The bill passed its second reading. Senator Brown then moved to amend by substituting $100 for $252. Senator Wilson said it was not a question of dollars and cents. It was setting a precedent to be followed hereafter. Senator Robinson moved to amend by putting $225 for $190. Senator Glenn moved to amend that by puttiug $202.50 for $190. Senator Robinson withdrew his amendment. Senator Glenn said in reply to Senator Coolie that he believed that it the attorneys for Mr. Cannon, Messrs. Posey and Smith, found they could not get their fees out of the Legislature they would accept their bare expenses. One of them, he said, had come down on a free pass and the other had business here beside the contest. The $202.50 amendment which struck off the $50 attorney's fee from the committees esti mate was adopted on an aye and no vote bv 23 to 22. The bill then passed unanimously The State was saved $50 the Senate had demonstrated that it could talk on slight provocation and the occupants of the galleries went away happy. Matters went smoothly enough for a' few 'minutes after the stroke of econo my was accomplished until the bill to give Hertford county white government was reached. Senator Franks (Repub lican), thought he would like to bear the "ayes" and "noes" on the question. Before the yote was taken Senator Daniels said the Senate would like to hear the views of Senator Franks. The latter said be did not wish to antagon ize local bills but he did not think the Senate should go behind the vote of the peaple of Hertford. "I desire to go on record against legislative appoint ment of officers ior the people," said he. "It is out of line with our family." The Senate readily ordered the roll call which showed 40 "ayes" and 6 "noes." Senator Goodwin (Populist), of Chat ham, got the floor. He talked some about home rule and would have doubt less talkecl more but Senator Glenn asked him ii he did not vote for the Horrible agony is caused by Piles, Burns and Skin Diseases. These are immediately relieved and quickly cur ed by " De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve. Beware ot worthless imitations. E. T. Whitehead & Co. party that disorganized the city govern ment of Wilmington. He said he did, explained and sat down. Then the Senator from Forsyth gave the Fusion lets the first walloping of the session and did it well. 'He was several times applauded : "If any man wants my vote on these measures he can get it. l promised to giye the East relief from the incubus of a black majority last fall and so far as my vote goes I propose to do it. Hertford county has 150 white Republican voters, 1,300 negroes, and 1,300 or 1,400 white Democrats. I have no desire to say there are not good white Republicans but they are usually found in the central and west ern part of the State, not in the East. Your white Republican in the East is in nine cases out of ten worse than the negro. All that this bill does is to add enough white men to the board ol county commissioners to give protec tion to the people of that county. If that is taking away local government then I shall vote to take it away. It is a matter of surprise to me that men should have the effrontery to come here and object to white men taking charge of Hertford county when they offered no objection to the negroes tak ing charge of Wilmington. Let them call for the ayes and noes on this ques tion ; no Democrat will refute to record his vote." The ayes and noes were ordered and the bill passed its third reading. JUST FROM THE MINT. The following bills were ratified and became laws : S. B. 22, H.B. 146: To authorize the town of Reidsville to issue bonds to the amount of $25,000 to put in w&tr works S. B. 36, H. B. 149 : To repeal chapt er 504, Laws of 1897, relating to the protection of fish in the streams In Al leghany county. S. B. 141, H. B. 159 : To incorpor ate St. Luke's Circle of Kings Daugh ters. S. B. 20, H. B. 30 : To provide for working the roads in Washington coun ty. S. B. 21, H. B. 26 : To appoint a joint committee with plenary powers to investigate the affairs of the pen itentiary. S. B. 80, H. B. 90 r To amend the charter of Bingham School. S. B. 114, H. B. 150 : To authorize the Bagley Monument Association to place the monument to Ensign Worth Bagley in capital square. The following bills baying been en rolled and signed by the president of the Senate were also eigne! by the Speaker and thereby became law : Act to authorize the issue of bonds by the town of Reidsville. Act relating to the protection of fish in Alleghany county. Act incorporating St. Luke's Circle of King's daughters, Raleigh. Act in regard to working roads of Washington county. Act providing for .investigation of penitentiary management. Act amending charter of the Bing ham School. Resolution in regard to the Worth Bagley monument. PASSED THIRD READING. H. B. No. 126 : Act to authorize the town of Morganton to Issue $5,000 bonds to purchase an electric light and power plant. H. B. No. 293 : Act to increase the number of commissioners in Bertie county to five, by adding to the Board J. B. Stokes and T. S. Norfleet. THURSDAY, JANUARY 19TH. SENATE. The Senate held a very brief session adjourning out of respect to Gen. Robert E. Lee, whose birthday it was, at the end of the morning hour. The Senate opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Barrett. Senator Skinner in troduced a resoultion empowering the Elections committee to summon J. C. Bowman, clerk of the court of Mitchell county to appear before it on next Monday and bring the registration books with him. The resolution was adopted. Senator Glenn rose to a question of of personal privilege. A morning pa per had reported him aa telling Sen ator Goodwin to "sit down" during the debate of the day before. He denied having used such language. Senator Fuller sent up the memorial drafted by the council of colored men rheld here. He said there was consider able unrest among the colored people I of the State, that some of them in view ofpossible legislation were reluctant to fulfill contracts previously made. Th e council had met to recommend a course of conduct to the colored people. The ablest colored men in the State, of all callings, bad attended it and had unani mously decided to recommend to con tinue to live at peace with their neigh bors, and to go quietly about providing for their homes and attending their schools. He attended the council and used his best endeavors to see that nothing rash was done. The memorial was sent up and referred to the Com mittee on Education. The President announced that the Governor would furnish the Senate a duplicate of his message with regard to th Wilsons. The resolution to pay Senator Franks $162.10 part expenses ot his contest was taken up at the requst of Senator Murray and passed its second read ing. PROPOSITIONS AND GRIEVANCES. The Committee on Propositions and Grievances decided at its meeting that It would recommend no change in the general bird law. Members wishing the law modified will Introduce bills applying to their counties only. Bills to permit no hunting of birds Mr. S. A. Fackler, Editor of the Micanopy (Fla.) Hustler, with his wife and children, suffered terribly from La Grippe. One-Minute Cough Cure was the only remedy that helped them It acted a uickly. Thousands of others uso this remedy as a specific for La Grippe, and its exhausting aftereffects. is. T. Whitehead & uo. s TTVTTTT SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $i.oo. NO. 4 in Edgecombe, Iredell, Lincoln and Buncombe counties without the writ ten permission of the owners of lands hunted on were passed on favorably. HOUSE. At the conclusiou of the introduction of bills in the House Mr. Overman, of Rowan, arose and said : "Mr. Speaicer The morning hour has expired. Aud now, to do honor t the memory of the world's greater chieftain, the Christian soldier, the patriot and the statesman, the teacher of the youth of the South, the exein plar of all that is good and true ana brave General Robert Edward Lee I move that this House do now ad journ." The motion prevailed unanimously Though, during this short session of the House, the calendar was not taken up and therefore no bills were acted upon, several measures of more than local importance and interest were in troduced. Mr. Allen, ot Wavne, introduced two bills looking to taking the Atlan tic and North Carolina Railroad out of the control of the Governor and giving it to a Board ot Internal Improvement" to be named by the Legislature. A week ago, it will be remembered. Mr. Allen introduced a bill providing for the appointment of tbe Board of Internal Improvements, (which in turn appoints the railroad directors) by the Legislature instead of by the Governor, as provided in the Code. The two bills introduced werem to tbe same effect. One of the provides for the repeal of chapter 150 Public Laws of 1897, which provides for a State proxy, to be appointed by tbe Governor, who shall be entitled to vote tbe stock of tbe State and whose presence shall be necessary to consti tute a quorum in all meetings of di rectors.' The second bill provides Tor amend ing chapter 122, Public Laws of 1897. (An Act to restore to the State of North Carolina the control and management of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad,) by striking out tho word "Governor" wherever it may occur and insert in lieu thereof the words "Board of Internal Improvements." These bills, if passed, together with the one introduced a week ago, will, ii, is believed, be sufficient to take the road fiom under Its present manage ment and put it in control of the Leg islature. A bill that created much amusement in the House was that introduced by Mr. James, of Pender, (To protect tbe people from court house rings ) The main provisions of this bill are as fol lows : That it shall be unlawful for the county commissioners to employ any man to represent tbe board as an attor ney when that attorney is in any way connected with or directly interested in any bonded official of the county. That all repairing and all building of bridges and all other improvements amounting to as much as $25) shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder after due advertisement. The penalty fixed for violation of this act is $50 or imprisonment for 40 day?. Mr. Hoffman s bill for making cer tain changes in the Superior courts of the Tenth Judicial district provides "that at the end of the spring circuit of said district a term tor the tri ,1 or civil actions shall be held for Bu-';o county, and shall continue three v. cr ks. but no grand jury shall be summoned for the term." Mr. Tarkinton's bill for the protec tion of the roads and bridges in Wash ington county is to tbe effect "that any and all persons, companies and corporations who by tbe use of log wagon or vehicles of greater weight than "carts or farm wagons, shall break or materially injure any of the bridges of Washington county kept up by the overseers or by the county, or who shall materially damage, cut up and injure the public roads of said county, shall be compelled to put tbe same in as good condition as damaged." It is made the duty of tbe overseer or of the board of commissioners in case of any such damage to roads or bridges, to notify the persons r.r cor porations responsible for the damage to repair it, and on their failure or re fusal to do so they shall be liable to a fine of $50 one half of which shall go to tbe school fund. Friday, January 20th. SENATE. Th9 Senate did more work than on any previous day ot the session. It passed eighteen .bills, thirteen new bills were introduced and thirty-three came back from committees for consideration. Tbe Senate made a new departure by tabling its first bill, Senator Ful ler's resolution as to tbe treaty of peace with Spam. The apologetic Senator White, (Pop ulist), from Sampson, took back his fa mous speech of the first day by oppo sing the increase of tbe number of com missioners of his county. He asked Senator Robinson (Democrat) to give give his reasons for asking that the number of commissioners be increased. Senator Robinson asked him in turn if be had not said that he thought tbe present board of commissioners had not and was not doing its duty ; and also whether he (White) had not vot ed to increase the number of commis sioners of Hertford county. Senator White admitted that he had said the commissioners were not doing their duty in the matter of granting license to sell liquor. He denied that he bad voted for the Hertford bill. Senator Robinson: "I- think the Journal will show the Senator voted for the bill."- . Senator White : "I don't care what the Journal shows, I did not vote for it." Practically the only oppositions the Populists and Republicans have made to legislation has been, to the bills to To insure a happy new year, Jceep tbe liver clear and the body vigorous Vtv villi no- T Witt's Little Eariv Hisers the famous little pilla for constipation and liver troubles. e. x. wniieneaa & Co. IF YOU ARE HUSTLER YOU WILt advertise: YOUB. Business. Send Your Advertisement ii: Now. Prom Factory to Fireside. .3 $1.75 Buys this White Enameled Steel Bed in either 54, 48,43 or 36 in.widths. Length ' 75 inches. It has one , inch Dillars and in. filler. Guaranteed the strongest bed made. Our great 160-Daare eatalocrue tells of thmi. 1 sands of bargains in Furniture, Clothing. Bed- ' 1 ding. 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To repeal the the act of 1897 author izing the appropriation of $0,(K)') as n special school fund. Repeal to apply after May 1st. 1899. 11. B.75, S. 11. 77 : To increase- the number of commissioners of Edge combe county. S. 13. 181 : To increase the' number of commissioners of Sampaon county. 11. E. 293 : To increase the num ber of commissioners of Bertie county- HOUSE. Four petition were pre sented. One of them was the tne;r.ori al drawn up by the Council of Colored Men in Raleigh. Wednesday. An other was from tbicotton manufactnrci s of the State in regard to lire insurance rates. A third petition !kcJ l he re peal ol the Merchants I'orchasn Tax. Of the thirty two new bills intro duced during the morning hour, only the following we print : Only three bills were passed on the third reading all relatint; to tho nvm aement of the At Ian lie and North Carolina Railroad, and lriiiodnrc.l by Mr. Allen, of Wayne. By Mcl.i!i of llmnPtt : Act '.o ap propriate $33,000 for tho School la the Deaf, Dumb aud Blind, at Kilsii. Continued on Second l'ue , Z - . . Bar-Eeep3r Stola $7,0C0. Charlotte News. Attorney Shepherd liiy.i-., thejoung North Carolinian who has moil Mid line in his profession tines? ''. ::h mxtle hi homo in Atlan::i, pi-scl through Chai'oMe this momii..: en route to Atianta. On the same u.in with Mr. Bryan, was a i.o'.ed pii.'oncr, who, through Mr. ISryauV ptwd;:es, will be brought to the barof justice. The prisoner was 0. P. Johnson, the bar-keeper of Atlanta, who is charged with the larceny of seven ? j.ihju Geor gia State bonds, which were owned by a man named McCauiey, who resntly died in Atlanta. McCauley was known to possess these bonds at the time of his deatu, but they mysteriously disappeared with no trace of tbem. Suspicion rested on Johnson, but it was impossible to las ten the crime on him. Several weeks ago Johnston disposed of his saloon in Atlanta and wont to. New York to live. IIo opened a saloon on the bowery and wls living n giy and giddy life. As toon as Johnson s where ibmus were located be was arrested by a New York detective. Mr. IJryan who repre sents the McCauley elate, went to New York and located the bonis, they having been disposed ot by Johnston. Johnston would have milling to say. Mr. Bryan eaid that he was confidant the larceny of the bonds was commit ted by th prisoner and he would hive no trouble to prove this. Johnston was in charge ol neputy sheriff Shropshire ol Atlanta, who pass ed through Charlotte Monday niht en route for New York. What Ato Did Say. "Prohibition injures temperance by going beyond the bounds of reason, and prohibitory law sinsoi a blow at the yery princ.plo on whicn our govern ment wa founded.'' Abraham Lin coln "Old Abs navsr hit the nail oa t!io hea l belter than in a tho al.oye aphorism, which tdioui be st in gold letters in a stiver frame. Mida s Crit erion (liquor paper). And a label should be"! put ou'the frame reading as follows: ''Tins is A Sample Lib or -run Liocoit Vr.z?s and axd a Libel ox Lincoln.-" He never said what la quoted. But here li some- thme Lincoln did say, in mi address February 22, 1812, in Spilnglleld, 111. : 'Whether or not tno world w.r.ild be Vastly benefiited by a total and final banishment from it of all intoxicating drinks seems to me not now an open question. Three-fourths of mankind confess the affirmative with their ton gues, and I believe all the rest ac knowledge it in fheir bcarts." That is what Lincoln s.ii i. But a business thst debauches the liying will not hesitate to defame the dead. New York Voice. Paul Perry, of Columbus, Ga., suffer ed acony for tntity years, and then cured his Piles by using De Wilt's Witch Hazel Salve. It heals injutie and ekin diseases like magic. E. T. Whitehead & Co.
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