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STOP; YOU m, aMb. Sex Jt J Borrowing YOUR Neigh bor's LEDGER! WE Will Send it to YOU Twelve Months for ONE Dollar. 0 . Shs Months: 50 Cents. Jt H. DO tt H A aa X erukJ cr?a th t;itx cr TT" r VOL. 17. Windsor; n. c.thursday, august .31, 1399. NO. 29. WINDSOR "TR "K 1 au raga aro a Bouf-o 01 ocx.i. ft aoa.vfl cfr: -!. r ' - . 1 V.r j . V f i ' '. Lt r . ; r 1 -.1-1 t ? ft. l v hr s rrecl for 5? 7cT -AUCTIONS ! T! entire remaining stock of DRY GtJODS Of the late firm of J. B. Spivey & Son, will be sold at auction beginning - Monday, Sep't. nth, 1899 and continuing the entire week of Court. Dont forget the. date: Court Week beginning Mon September nth, 1899. J. L. Spivey. -Surviving partner. Sending away- for tine candies, I keep all kinds on hand, from the 10 cent a pound stick to the' best boxed at 40 cents a pound. T P. GURLEY. DR. W. L. DA VIS Consulting Optician. All errors of refrection scientifically corrected : MONUMENTS, GRA VESTONES. Oar Illustrated Catalogue, No- 10, which we mail free, contains a variety of desisriis of marble and granite memorials and will help you m making a proper se lection. Write for it; we will satisfy you as to pric.es. We carry th larvst stock of finished .X.rvestofier Mtmurrreats and statuary ii! , the "South, and have unsurpassed ia ciilWs Mr- 'ti execution of. memorial work of any size. THE COUPER MARBLE WORKS (Est ahlishf.u 50 Years.) 153-W3 BANKSTlORFOl-X. VA TO MAKE ROOM for fall stock we will sell all ; dry goods at greatly reduced prices Come arid see for yourself All Lawns at cost; a great many shoes AT COST JJ.MARDRE-&Brb; M9 uj -ssaiaaoq panto pana 8att S9rpatT - ey era yc. euro. for 1 Stopl Stop! Leg ends and Of St. John's Chapel. Addressed to 1 R. A. RIDDICK. Pc4RT XL Neighbor Hobert well can I V N Now remember, that glad day, Where I left all behind me. . After a -prolonged stay . . - With "thetutors arid"pYofesiors ' And hours of fret and fume Working at the knotty problems Of a long curriculum But the last "fois asinorum" Was passed; and we didn't deplore 'em Ahoskie Ridge in that day Use to be gr,eat renown For the beauty of its maids, Far abroad their fame had gone, And of all that beauteous bevy There where some" most rare to see When with them we watched the glory Of the moon and sleeping sea: Alas that winter e'er should blight The flowers abloom on such a I night. " ' Then it was Baldy Capehart . And Tack Waddill so benisrn. With two Wynnes, Wise and Peebles like a galaxy did shine Then rarest fellows, every one. Full of gentlest courtesy; All so fresh in manly beauty But sad to tell, only three Remain of all that stalwart band Who on life's threshold then stand. l I did Poor Waddill, went to Florida, " But he came back to his home Only to fall a victim In those early hours of gloom Where he and hosts of other men Getting ready for the fray, Could not withstand the life in camp And thus saw not that sad day, When that world of preparation Should lead to our exterpation. E're this another soldier Down at stormy Haterass Was forcing too our foeman, In his youthful prime and grace, He died like him who of the Greeks Was fore doomed e'er fatal Troy Was reached and felUike Loo damiaos lord . - Brave Joha. Wheeler is the joy Of his sweet youth without a taint Thus died a hero and a samt. We had another'crony, My 'lost brother, Jim and I, Whose antique cut and figure Never fell upon your eye; For Id Riddick Griffin, neighbor, Came to death so longago That you were barely born, before The old place he use to know As his, had passed to other hands And he had ended all hrs plans. He was a lonely stranger, Born in other bahwick, With no kith or kin around But a sister fair and meek, Old Tough" was even ready For such jaunts as I and Jim By persistent agitation Used, to well nigh force on him; And we three would take our journey At tne- expense 01 om uy. -r . -r- 1 1 i 1 1 1 .ut jiaaicK nau t uvy Who was also prized Dy us, isoi nis son; tut ucvci wic . r . i r . ...;rA Uome along to snear nib crubi. . . 1 . 1 li" 1. I Ana mis narvey, wnen poor wuuow. Had departed,-because mine, And no. servant e'er a master Found more faithful r benigh, Though a free man long ago Still I his merit love to shov. Through long years of peace and war He was with me, night and day, j And I found him always f a:thful To each trust that on him lay. In his charge were barn and cattle Yet his ward was close and true ! I ever found his: words were truthful And he did, as I said do, V j And when in war the day- was spent He used to sleep in my own tent. - - - ' I have never known .a man ; - Who was not of my own blood Who showed me by word and act ; .The whole depth and amplitude Of his affection unto me; - And all despite'his servitude '. Gave me every proof in reason, ' , For me to know how we stodd; I though master was his friend And so it was unto the end. Memories JOHN W. JIOORE. ' In all those years of battle He was ever by my side And between me and my horses His attention -would divide; And it was a doubtful problem As to yhich was better served; For not even when in danger Could we see that Harvey swtrveJ This noble man of nature true Who did the things he ought to doi I sent him with two horses And with money quite a store From xlown below Wilmington "Way up" to Murfreesboro; This was in eighteen sixty five And he marched there all alone With nothing but a writteD pais To help him in getting on; I told therein how he was sent And prayed that aid to him be lent He got way up in Duplin With his horses safe and sound When lol he and his purpose Seemed at once to run aground, For'he found the yankees raiding And the roads were full of them W hich ever way he safety sought That, the foe would surely hem, So deep within a wood he stayed Until our troops drove back the raid. For five long days he lay there All secure but tarnished, He would for provisions go , That his helpless charge be fed But he only had to meet them The raiding foe, to be free , With two horses to -recommend him And some thousands in money: But he promised me to go To my good wife, and he did so. I tell this simple tale ' ' To show how noble and true Were some of our colored friends, And it is no more than due That now when many things occur To stir up feelings against theni That we should call to memory And not allow to grow dim The tale of how they served us well In spite of wrongs that on them fell. You know it is our duty To be kindly unto those Who hate and would defame us And 'eer treat us but as foes, But this beautiful and holy Disposition of our Lord In the hardest thing to mortals To be found m all the "word, So mortal man can love his foe Like some dear friend, or treat hu so. But noble is forgiveness; Nothing in our human frame So lifts us unto glory Or the sooner brings to shame The man who seeks to bring us harm If he be but half a man, None other but a demon true Will persistently withstand 1 he sweet low voice and gentle eye Deploring his low enmities. Lif hatred Rut Love immortal strives Tfi nnp Hfc -ar1i mir nature I o As the other saftlv b nds n,ir. .nl t th:--Q ti,,t m.m I " 1 rnA i;ff ,Ww-5l T paradise fair love leads on Hatred down-to the Devil, And oh my friend with life so short Be sure to choose the one we ought. To be continued. Story of a Slave. To be bound hand and foot for years by the chains of disease is the worst form of slavery. George D. Williams, of Manchester," Mich., tells how such a slave was made free. He says: "My wife has been so helpless for five years that she could not turn over in bed alone. After usine two bottles of Eletric Bitters, she is won derfully improved and able to do, her own work." This supreme ' remeay for female diseases quickly cures ner vousness, sleepleness, melancholy, headache,-backache, fainting and diz zy spells. This miracle working medicine is a godsend to weak, sickly run down, people. Every bottle guar anteed. Onlv cacts. Sold by R. C. Bazemore. SynODSlS Of PrOf. " . ( , , . Xlaxtons Speech .t On Eduction and Local Taxa tion by Mrs Maria Webb. It is made my duty by the State of North Carolina by virtue of the post tion I hold to . speak to you on the subject of Public Education. In the beginning I wfl! ay that the question for the democracy of the day is the education of the gTeat masses of the people. All others faiL It concerns you. It concerns your children and their present, future and eternal wel fare. Listen to an incident of the Trojan war: As the end drew near Hector snatches a small number fraro the smoke and din of battle to seek his wife and child within the walls of ! Troy. Putting his helmet aside and with bared brow he uttered this pray er: Grant oh Jupiter and all'ye dei ties that this my son may yet become among the Trojans eminent like roe and nobly rule in Ilium. May they say this man is greater H than his father was. When thev be hold him from the battle; bring back the bloody spoil of the slain fc That his mother may be glad at heart. Greater than his father was. Is not this the prayer of every parent prayed in some language in every clime, by every tongue to some god, be it the cod of the heathen or the Eternal God that ruleth the Heavens mav this, my son, live better than I have done, be better prepared for time, for eternity. When this prayer is not the outcry cf the parents' heart there is no knowledge of such words as these. v. - at 1. v I MJ 1 K. l UiJ UH II VJIlf dreu. There is a- little bar wairin? , -1 10 wcicomc me wnen 1 return to mr iome, a little boy whom I love in the depths of my inmost soul, better than I love my life. I pray that he may ive better than I have lived. --Take away this hope from me, you take - way sweetness, courage, strength from life. Rob me of that which not en riches you and makes me poor in deed. As arrows in the hands of a giant. so are the children. The giant may r;;r 1 kw . r but the arrow that brings him to the grounds sH from the .of his son, as he stands upon hts fathers shoulder. Many a thing that I desiie to do, I was not trained foi but I will train my son if God gies me strength. So that standing on my shoulders he I ion notes, a call to fight the enemy shall accomplish and attain unto that j "Ignorance" and give our children much I cannot reach. Ixking for- ward I see dimly a vision as with the vision of a seer the manufacturing interests of this Great old State open up a vista of improvements and de- velopraent disclosing great avenues of wealth to the skilled hand associated with enlightened mind and trained reason. . I see mountains and valleys and streams yielding their riches and re- sounding with the machinery of the expert miner, the hum of the spindle, the whir of factory wheels; granite built into palaces, forests giving way to beautiful homes. Then will faces once hard and toil-worn put on the smile of joy. Bright children with cultured minds and elevated cnarac ... M -.U ...J 1 stones. The wife, not worn, weak . . . . t ... irnm nvprunt r hut a nrirwmiTF her husband coming with joyful steps to welcome him at close of day to" the comforts of an enlightened home The merry homes of Englanc , How beautiful they stand." These merry homes of Carolina that brighten my vision are more u-.itifni ct;n . . - . , A mist comes over my ej-es and xannot see whether these children our children, these homes j heart. their homes or whether they belong I Let uj give our sons, the education to the children of the stranger who that wUl make them grtatcr than their have claimed our birth-light because we would not rise and cla:ra It for our- selves. Are our children to Ic U. ers of wood and drawers of water for the skilled stranger because their pa rents had not sufficient fortvght to fit them to seize the golden ortuTi. tics of the coming hour fof themKU ves? God forbid. This is indeed an age of wonders. We are ialr; through the grandest jeirs that man has lived. Never was theft a te when genius and skilled workmanship reached daxtling height . The ctrst of the , industrial world it crowned with giants whhave, through advaa tages gained in good public school, raised themselves from poverty to power. Win you deny your children thcjc advantages? Will you kl the chil dren of the stranger come io and pos sess the land because you crc too short sighted to give your children the education that would enable them to possess U for themselves. Tale heed that ye offend not one cf Ihoc little ones, by depriving their child hood and youth of lhce opportu&ikt which will enable them hi manhocd to complete successfully with the re sult of the skilled training that other states and countries are straining ev ery nerve to give to their children. North Carolina never failed on the battle field. They followed Pcttigrtw and Pickett to eternal fame. Wj will rt member when regiment t'lcr regiment had assailed a strocg pent the cry rang out from a great leader Will you North Carolinian try it and step by step and inch by loch they battled again it floods of fire and flame and won the day. They had tar on their heels and it stuck. They knew how to die They ner er knew fear. Io the civil war it gave more soldiers' than any other state. I left I Wt.... - on the bivouac of the Uood first dyed those dead, ttbose green seas around Cuba? What young father gave his life at Santiago. Let the memories of Bragly and Shir-p give answer. North Carolinians know bow to die nobly. Let them show that they know how to ltvw nobly. Thirty years ago a bugle call rang out in this dear Southland and called Us men to battle in a nrntcous caue. As one man they rose and yonder beautiful monument tells alike their . , . . . -Ur- K-rK you have surrounded your noble dead ."TXJ We kept the Southrons faith, We fell at the post of doty, We died for the land we love, . A greater call now sounds Its clar freedom from its attendant eviU. We mGjt educate or we must pcinh. Wlu I prosperity stands beckonicg to us to crosj the wilderness that separatci us from Promised land, our whole social fabric is changed. Other statca and countries are giving the training to thcir children that they may scire ep portunilies of derelopryrnt. If ours are to compete with them we muat rise to their standards of liberality, Otherwise our children will be handi- capped by our larsimony, They I would be dc mi-gods would they meet the exigencies that await them whh- I t fuller education. I When they ask btead will you give 1 iKm a stone No men ot ikrtiei M you hate L. I I . . , Rise for the sake of your ch;ldrto inr - there can be no call more soul stimrg more sacred. "Grant oh Jupiterl and all ye deities: That this my son may yet becooc Among ?he Trojans eminent like tzc. And nobly rule in luum. May they say this man Is greater Than his lather was" 1 when they behold him front the bat - I tie . Bring back the bloody spoil cf 1 1 fof. be That so his mother may be glad j'a:her trc Then irs.'ct-i cctstro-j c!K-f, tt c4 stair, tx sons 'l bnc- hack to her, tr tSc bktxiy spcili cf war. b .t ti jV;;s ipU'd frrptf.ry a-.i Jc v JONGS' PLATf'OStn. TiVXtK O., Ac-, aj -lUu. ;ff crhxd fce pc: ti.n xtt rr. . ? ed to he hi Rre ; Uri ei tV ticket a a cat-C-!:e fo Csttrz. Major Jcve i&Lj i?m.ti ra: he n-uiJ tralir tV tac-r en IV t ", in r'atJormT "The ri t,( cfpr-r. era&cnl tAcv-'h t!U al!-"a r jar lie, f J If.tcxX rr i'.in t! ri dida:c I t she t no : in rJ .ci m W " " WW li.;tjes. TKe etUftt -va el i pic tfm ojxratftg taa ile ership cf the Vvrt ti;c ta r lion cl tslftrt, k:hat, Vraei a! electric fanraj, telr-tS tt!e pheme, a?J water, gx a&J tV:.g rxar.:. Union igr, tov: ad ttli- lion, ot betur. fcr k;-5d U!c. aJ an t'li hor day w-.ih a tr mr for Tuai.,4 lalor c 4 ps-c ca dr-r.e. "Abolition cf Ihc cc!ratt tpjfta, that glarirg cv.l c4 tV CEpct.i.fe ytem on all fvhc ttk. a?4 tV Shtilstkxi c4 d;rvtt rsj..y?ai. Imaedia:e cratat. ci tV rcx: sptrta cl eiy.3oi:if g p-.Ko UU t f;r 1 the bcneM. 04 frt4ooegTts X'4 la th tnjory of free UW. "It U tV inprra:iT duty cf tV Stale Lrgi-atvre to deal h lluc quotwo cl C5j;Soytstt.l ta tV c-J that ptorition tsar irciju!r Ic tnade that no cUien t4 0 iiii Uljjig to wtxk shaH t drurais'-a1 pacpenvra. critsc cr is.wai:y f x ait j of wtjik. CASTOR I A Tex ZlaU a4 QllLrtx Tti Iti Ycj Riti Unjt ErrttI XWar tl C-atarvcf UNUSUALLY The Famous SHEET IROS HEATERS 75 per cent Cheaper than Fircptece; Almost any price. Come to see me before buying. Bt Do Not Fortt My Buggies, Cartst Harness- and Coffins $35. For a Buggy. RiductTj, GrmfSsmf, Ckttk r-':v. (7.-.V ro.Vv an. fan's f-r ntiUxr txf tXitsi. ftf-i JTM. E. BERTIE HOTEL GEO. T. BRETT, PROP. AzzcaoSxlkxA txuZcr. 1. 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