us
us
in CK EASING CIRCULATION.
"TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD."
AN EXCELLENT ADYEETISLNGMEDIUU
VOL.
SMITHFIELD, N- C FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1899.
NO. 18
IS.
GENERAL NEWS.
;x ntuckv's bolting Democrats
i . -,i , convention last week and
J ,tnl x Governor Brown
t'.T I
'vitnor.
; , Kv afternoon the city of
:,:, . Colorado, was almost
(..t ,, wiped out by fire. The
lY , ttiuiated at $2,500,000
i; .p 1. II. Blenk, of the
-o Church in Porto Rico,
i. ; -,-.ucd an appeal to all the
v of the United States,
. on them toaid the people
(t t t church on the storm
; r 'v T1 inland.
S.v'rctarv of War Root has
, ! the 27th, 3lst and the
n titneuts of volunteer in
tr:;rv to proceed at once to San
iri -cv. They will sail for
; r i as soon as transports
t: i c ui bo provided.
II r M Neill. a cotton crop
r. out with a forecast in-
jth.it the crop now ma-
, ni.iv reach the tin pre
w.v - ! t. t il vf 12.00O.O00
. . . Noiil points out that his
; . ; ti in other years have
. -u irkablv accurate.
: end collision of two
v us on the Chestnut Hill
i rtitovn pnsscngcr Rail-
. ':c,ir Norristown, Pa.,
ir-iurtd a score ot people.
; -,. -,h. ride on Sundav ex
; . -i trains happen to acci
ovvai'Mially of recent
week U Lake End,
, v uk hts P. irrish. Louisiana,
,k .-'C!ate hclit recurred be
c.u i Ci'iie Hrown, Robert L.
I'r-w". and Dr. Glover mi one
s ' :v l G. Freeman on the
titer. At ti e end of the fight all
.... ,,e i , v dead. The cause of
tho tr.'-.i!u was an old grudge
'vtwton Callio Brown and Free
in. I . M icv lat Friday a battle
t .v r! ;c : between o00 Yaquis
, :-, I t! rce t oops of Mexican cav
. -v. a'vtit tmrtv miles north ot
T ; i; I r.c Yaquis were routed
. i time ot them were killed.
V-e Mexican was killed. There
r. propectot the war ending.
. the Lilians have divided iuto
-r..iit bind and adopted gueril-
t vi v t . e s .
Lieutenant Hobson has re
: rtc ! to the Navy Department
:'. it the Spanish warships Isla
ic Ci:Vi. Isla de Luzon and Don
!e Austria, which were
su-k by Admiral Dewey in the
Vat tie o! Manila bav, have been
: rc 1 and made seaworthy at a
ot of jsUU.OOO. The vessels
.-e estimated to be worth about
Mrs. Mary Kelchin died last
vuek in Shamokin. Pa., from
':. ivir j danced too much at a
: rtv in Hickory Swamp one
vu' ,io. From the opening to
t.'.c osicg of the function she
w.i on tne tljor almost cotitin
uiiiy. On the way home she
; t : i.iir.ed of chills. Peritonitis
: in. She suffered gteat agony
- ti; vIcAth. S:ie was o3 vears
1 : ar.d leaves a husband and
'ur c'-.iidrcn.
i r.c mayor of Arlingtou, Ohio,
f-r.c ! hiitixe'd on Saturday for as
i ; t and battery. The mavor
I r. L K. Tavinger, the village
: i ; xian. and is built like Cham
; dreys. Saturday morning
-J vr ! John Handeshell.a prom
'"er.t hardware merchant, cpaar-
i over a bill which the mayor
"U'd was excessive. The dis-
bec.nmc furious and blows
truck. The mayor at
' arrested Haudeshell and
-i t ! the constable take them to
t r. i or's oicc. Here he fined
1 " :! ludeshell an 1 himself $5
f-'h a charge of assault and
; ."."try. ILtudeshell was badly
! up and considers the tine
1 adding insult to injury.
A-v trJing to a Miami dis
t'i the Jacksonville, F!a..
r(1ion an,j Citizen Cap
.'".ion, of the steanirr Cocoa,
s that the town of Red
a the Island of Andros,
' v miles southwest of Nas
v .s swept awav in the re
tropical hurricane and
' ".'M lives lost. An eye
of the storm estimated
the loss of life on the island
'ally GOO Scattered
'i the wreck of houses at
iy after the storm sub
he said, were hundreds of
--Mf persons of all ages and
Captain Dillon savsthe
; -iew nt the rate of ninety
an hour at Nassau, with
occasional gusts which
; a velocity of 105 miles
"t it;
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BILL REEDER'S DEBUT.
A "New Congressman Who is
Gradually Getting Ac
quainted. Kansas politicians are enjoy
inc a good story at the expense
of Dill Kccder, the new Republi
can Congressman from the Sixth
district of that State, according
to the Kansas Times. He went
to Washington enrly this sum
mer, and Joe llristow, of Kan
sas, the Fourth Assistaut Post
masttr General agreed to show
him around aud put him on to
the ropes. The 6rst place they
went was into the office of
Charles Fmory Smith, the Post
master General. Thev were
introduced and chatted for a
while, and as Rcedcr arose to go
he said:
"I b?g your pardon but I
didn't catch your name."
'Smith," replied the Post
master General.
"And what position might
you hold.'"
"I am Postmaster Geoeral."
"Ah. yes," said Reeder he
backed out awkwardlv.
Utistow was blushing like a
school girl.
Then they went to the War
Department, and Mr. Hristow
took the Kansan into Secretory
Alger's private otlice. Reeder
put hs hat down on the desk in
front of Secretary Alcer after
the introduction and the three
chatted for a while. When they
started Rcedcr nearlv stampeded
llristow by asking the Secretary
of War:
"What did vou sav vour name
was?
"Alger Russdl A. Alger."
"And," continued the new
Congressman with the air of a
man yet unenlightened, "what
are you secret- rv of?"
"Secretary of War," replied
Alger, truthfully, for he was
then.
During this seance Hristow
stood first on one foot and then
on the other.
Before leaving the State, War
and Navy building they ran into
Vice President Hobart. There
was another introduction, and
this time he remembered the
uame. Reeder, still thirsting
for knowledge, asked:
"Do vou reside here in this
city. Mr. Hobart?"
"Part ot the time," replied Mr.
Hobart, "but mv home is In
New Jersey."
"Well, I'm mighty glad to have
saw you," replied Reeder, with
cordiality, typical of the lound
less West. Later he asked Bris
tow: "What does that fellow
do?" and when told that he was
Vice President, and, therefore,
didn't do anything, he was
greatly surprised.
Then they encountered Sena
tor Cullom, and after the intro
duction Reeder asked:
"I didn't catch your name,
Senator?"
"Mr. Cullom," replied the Sen
ator. Then, after an embarrassing
pause:
"What State might you be
from?"
"Illinois," said the venerable
Senator, modestly.
"Glad I seen you," contiuued
Reeder. "Do you know, you
look like the picture of Abra
ham Lincoln?"
Bcforv the Illinois Senator
could recover from his astonish
ment Joe Bristow had him by
the arm and was leading him
back to the Post Otlice Depart
ment. They had an engagement
to go to the White House to
gether but Hristow pleaded to
be excused on the ground that
he had a trcmeudous amount of
work to do. In reality he was
afraid he would ask Mr. McKin
ley what State he is from, and
what he is President of.
Spain's Greatest Need.
Mr. R. P. Olivia, of Barcelona,
Spain, spends his winters at
Aiken, S. C. Weak nerves had
caused severe pains in the back
of his head. On using L-iectric
Bitters, America's greatest Blood
and Nerve Remedy, all pain soon
left him. He says this grand
medicine is what his countiy
needs. All America knows that
it cures liver and kidney trouble,
purifies the blood, tones up the
stomach, strengthens the nerves,
puts vim, vigor and new lifeinto
every muscle, nerve and organ
of the body, if weak, tired or
ailing you need it. Every bottle
guaranteed, only 50 cents. Sold
by Hood Bros., Druggist
A Songof Life.:
A little of love and light
A kl?s, and so goodntght;
And we say. with a sigh; It fa not good
by.
For the dreamed-( f heaven li not so high ;
There are beckoning stats In the farthest
sky-
A kiss, and so goodntght !
A little of dark and bright
A kiss, and so goodnight:
A tear In the eye; but we say with a sigh;
It Is not goodby, it Is not goodby.
For God's good morning is In the sky
A kiss, and so goodnight t
So little of love and light
So many a sad goodnight !
So many tears for the weary years
So many paugs and auswcrless prayers !
We drift to the dark while we dream of
light
A kiss, and so gooduight 1
Fiauk L. Stanton.
Two Orphans Marry.
A KIN AWAY COUPLE FROM NASH
MADE HArrv.
Wilon New n.
There was a wedding in Regis
ter of tk'eds Barnes office this
morning. It was a runaway
love match, and the haven of
refuge in the court house in Wil
son had been gained only alter a
swift ride through rain and mud
from over in Nash.
The bride and urooni reached
the city in separateconveyances,
and the drivers of each vehicle
tell that the bride to be and tl e
groom elect had them ply whip
to weary steed and fly away to
ilson.
It was not a gay young couple,
but the blood of age coursed
swiftly. The driver of the vehicle
which brought the expectant
lady, Mrs. Alie Lamm, was her
grandson, lor the bride is 70
vears ol The groom is not
slow, as his capture shows. He
is Mr. Jackson Lamm, aged 78,
and both br.de aud groom that
are, were tleeing from pursuing
children and grandchildren who
wanted to keep their fond hearts
asunder.
But too bite, for Justice of the
Peace Roscoe B. Barnes had tied
them tight and fast.
And so, as our friend Henry
Blount would say "We have an
other evidence ot the flowers of
atTeetion blooming amid the
snows of bleak December."
Cause of Filipino War,
Chicago, III., August 20.
facob Gould Schurmau, United
States Commissioner to the
Philippines, arrived in Chicago
to-day. He said:
"In my opinion, the rebellion,
the last of which we are trying
to suppress, was due in the first
place to several causes, the
principal ol which were the
tyranny of some of the religious
orders.'the exercise of arbitrary
power by the governor generals
and the delay and corruption of
justice.
"The leaders of the rebellion
tell their followers t e most
astounding talcs of the Ameri
cans, and the common people
believe that the priests under
American rule would subject
them tv the same tyranny.
Aguinaldo is believed in the
islands to be honest, and 1 think
that he is acting honestly in
money matters, but whether
from moral or political reasons
I would not say. While I do
not care to discuss the real
motives behind the relellion at
this time, I will say that if it
were suppressed thr re would be
many prominent native officials
out of an occupation."
An Enterprising Author.
A correspondent, writing from
the wilds of West Virginia, says-:
"I have wrote, up to date, four
books that beat anything I has
ever read, but I never published
none of 'em, because nobody
would handle 'em without pay
in advance. I want to go to
Georgia on a visit, and will here
state that I will sell one of 'em
for a railroad pass to that state,
and another for a month's board
at a moderate hotel. Now, I
think that's mighty cheap for
two first class novels which was
wrote otT by a man who was
raised and born in the south,
and who went through the civil
war like a streak of lightning!"
Atlanta Constitution.
In Louisville, Ky., Martha
Washington Lincoln is suing for
a divorce from Abraham Lin
coln and in Doniphan county.
Kansas, lohn Younglove has
petitioned the Court to grant
him a separation from his wife.
INDIANA MATRIMONY.
MOST REMARKABLE INSTANCES IN
THE ROOSIER STATE EIGHT
WIVES BURIED BESIDE ANTHONY
BERES DIVORCED FOUR TIMES
AND NOT YET 20.
Noblearill Ind Cor. Chicago loter-Ocean.
borne queer matrimonial rec
ords have just been brought to
light in Indiana. One ot the
most remarkable of these is the
fourteenth marriage of Aunt
Polly Owens of White River
township, Hamilton county.
She probably holds the Missis
sippi valley multi-marriage belt
She is only fifty years of age, and
looks as though she might out
live a dozen more husbands
Aunt Polly was married the first
ime when she was fifteen years
of age, and was left a widow
two years later. Since then she
has averaged a new husband
every two vears. bhe has se
cured eight or ninedivorces. The
rest of her husbands have died
She has only six children as the
result of her multi-marriage ca
reer, but those six have as many
dttierent names, lif marriage
she has a relationship with one-
half of the people in Hamilton
county.
Anthony Beres of Crawford
county was interred with hts
eight wives June 30th. Besides
his matrimonial record he was
famous for his gteat size, being
the largest man in southern In
diana. He was 58 years old.
and six feet four and one-half
inches tall, and weighed 431! lbs.
He was a native of Belgium, and
settled in Leopold. Ind. where
he lived, made his matrimonial
mark, and was buried. He was
married eight times, his last wife
ding a year ago. His eight
wives are laid side by side in a
cemetety on his farm, and bis re
mains were interred beside them.
Benson Eggers, aged 20, is
making a good start to break
the star record made bv Aunt
Polly Owens. He has just been
granted his fourth divorce. He
ives in Hendricks county. He
started in on his matrimonial
record when he was 15, marry-
ing a Coatsville girl who was
only 12 years of age. The mar
riage was made with the con
sent of their parents. Benson s
various wives accused him of
cruelty, and all left him on this
ground.
The long-time courting record
of th. State has just been
brought to a close by a happy
culmination after a thirty years'
constant courtship. The con
tracting parties are Laura An
derson and Watt R. Thomas, of
Muncie. Thomas was the girl's
devoted lover at 20, and has re
mained so ever since. Over a
quarter of a century ago it was
predicted they "would marry.
With great regularity each Sun
day night and two or three times
during t.he week he has taken
his swettheart to church or to
places of entertainment, and has
always been classed as a
"steady."
George Wray, of Columbus,
aged 102 is establishing a new
Indiana divorce record. He has
just filed suit for a decree, and is
probably the oldest person ever
tiling such an action in this
State. He was 94 years of age
when he married the woman
from whom he now seeks legal
separation. She is now 35 and
and was only 2G when married.
He alleges neglect and cruel
treatment. He has an estate
worth $10,0OO,which will figure
in the case. She is his third wife.
Edward Dorsey, residing at
1218 North West street, Indian
apolis, has not only one of the
best matrimonial records in
Indiana, but he lays claim to the
largest famllv in the State. His
family numbers fortv-nine child
ren, the result of six marriages.
Twenty-nine of them are step
children, but they are all claimed
by him as his family.
Probably the largest family in
Indiana, the result of one mar
riage, is that of Mr. and Mrs.
Carter Manis of Madison coun
ty. Their twenty-ninth child has
just been born. Several of the
children are twins. The mother
is only 42 years of age.
Riley Shepard of Hamilton
county is said to have the second
tat crest family in Indiana. He
- r 4
was married three times, anu
has twenty seven children of his
own, whose ages range from 50
down to 2 years. He had a hard
time to keep up with them in
providing names, and, as a con
sequence, he had to use Jhn
three times. One is known as
plain John, the next Tohn, Jr.,
and the next Johnnie.
A combined marriage and fami
ly record which probably stands
without a record in the Missis
sippi valley is that of John
Griggsby and Dycia Clark, of
Anderson. He is 67 and she is
just ten years his junior. It is
his sixth and her fifth matrimo
nial venture. Both haye large
families. Their various children
number ninety-nine, all told.
There are fifteen different family
names.
Admiral Dewey's Vermont
Home.
"The National Magazine" for
August contains a delightfully
interesting sketch of Admiral
Dewey's Vermont home and his
early boyhood days. The writer
says:
"From his verv early days
Dewey seemed to have a genius
lor command, which was shown
quite as much in the willing ac-
qiesceoce of his playmates and
his own unconscious assumption
of leadership, as in his fondness
for warlike plays. It should not
be understood from this that he
was rough or harsh, for he was
quite the reverse. When he was
only five years old his mother
died. His sister Mary was then
little more than three, and ever
after that, until he went away,
his sister was his favorite play
mate, for whom his care was as
gentle as it was unceasing. The
times when she has represented
an entire army, of which he was
the general and the minor offi
cers combined are probably
many. One instance in particu
ar has been told of often in the
atnily. Just back of the State
House rises a trcmendouslvsteep
bill, even now almost bare of
houses. One winter George was
given a book in which there was
an account of Hannibal crossing
the Alps. The story made a
great impression upon him, and
as soon as an opportunity of
errd be started out as Hanni
bal, with his little sister as the
army, to cross the Alps, the
range of mountains being repre
sented by the hill back of the
State House.
"Just how far they went I do
not remember to have heard, but
the difficulties of the modern at
tempt, in the way of cold weath
er and snow, proved sufficiently
serious, so that the whole army.
exclusive of Hannibal himself.
was sick in bed lor a week after
wards."
Havoc at Ocracoke.
Washington, N. C, Aug. 21.
The Old Dominion steamer ar
rived from Ocracoke last even-
ng at 8:30 loaded with passen
gers from the ill-fated island and
to day a pall of sadness and
gloom hangs over our city.
Not since the awful storm of
1846 has Ocracoke been the wit
ness of such scenes. The whole
island is a complete wreck. The
wind rtached a velocity of seven
ty miles an hour and the sea was
breaking from twenty to thirty
cet high on the island.
Thirty-three houses destroyed,
seven chimneys gone, two church
es wrecked and two souls hurled
into eternity was the story whis
pered in our ear as the passen
gers placed their feet upon terra
firma. News and Observer.
Acquittal by Minority.
A cablegram to the New York
Journal from Rennes says:
There are few if any men in
Rennes who Delieve Dreyfus will
be acquitted. The best hope of
his partisans seems to be what
French procedure calls "acquit
tal bv minority." A verdict
against him of four to three,
which will set him free, but with
dismissal from the army, is
equivalent to the Scotch verdict
"not proved. The next alterna
tive is a verdict of five to two,
which would acquit him of trea
son, but convict him of spying,
with a sentence a faye years,
which he has already served.
But that Le will walk out of
court unstained, with full rank.
back pay and promotion, his
most optimistic follower is not
venturesome enough to predict.
Tack "The ingenuity of a
woman is beyond the com prehen-
sion ot man." lom -wnais
wrong now?" Jack "Young
Blank's fiancee sent him an
elaborately constructed pen
wiper for a birthday present and
he wore it to church, thinking it
was a new-fangled cravat.
STATE NEWS.
The Central Hospital for the
Insane at Raleigh is full. There
are now 425 patients there
Joseph Arm field, of this State,
has been appointed a major in
one of the volunteer regiments.
Friday night at Durham, Na
than Sanders, a negro, commit
ted suicide by cutting his throat
with a razor.
Fourteen Carteret county fish
ermen were drowned near Swan
Island, at the mouth of Neuse
riyer, during the storm of last
week.
The Lula ManufacturiugCom
pany at King's Mountain has
been incorporated with a capital
stock ol $100,000. It will build
a new cotton mill.
At an educational rally in
Sanford last Friday night, D F.
St. Clair, editor of the Literary
Digest, New York, made an able
educational address.
The schooner Mystery has
been lost off Harbor Island. The
raptain and crew of three men
were drowned aod the vessel and
cargo are a total loss.
Sunday night five Federal and
two State prisoners made their
escape from the - penitentiary.
Also fiye prisoners escaped from
the Wake county workhouse.
fudge Purnell has requested J.
B. Fortune, Clerk of the United
States District Court at Raleigh,
to resign. It is probable that
George Green. Clerk ol the U. S.
Court at New Berne, will sue
ceed Fortune.
Dr. W. S. Creasy, pastor of the
Centenary Methodist chuich of
Winston, died quite'suddenly in
Baltimore Monday morning.
where he had gone for treatment
of a brain trouble. He was 52
vears old and was regarded as
one of the finest pulpit orators
in the State.
The Trustees of the University
have elected ludge James C.
MacRae Professor of the Univer
sity Law School to succeed
fudge Shepherd. He has accept
ed the position and will begin
his work at the opening of the
session in September. His sala
ry will be $2,000 a year.
The organization of the Ral
eigh & Eastern Railway Com
pany has been perfected by the
election of Julian S. Carr, Presi
dent: N. W. West. Vice-President;
C. B. Barbee, Secretary and
Treasurer. This company will
build a railroad from Raleigh to
Spring Hope. The survey will be
made at one.
The establishment of the Key
Manufacturing and Distilling
Company at Statesville was
seized by revenue officers last
week for alleged violation of the
internal revenue laws. The es
tablishment is the largest whis
key house in the State and does
a big business. About 8,000
gallons of spirits were seized.
There was a $10,000 fire at
Red Springs Thursday, caused
by sparks. Y. J. McDairmid's
lumber plant was burned. The
loss was $5,000, partially cov
ered by insurance. The Red
Springs Lumber Company lost
four cars, much lumber, their
freight depot, etc. Loss $1,000;
no insurance. The A. C. L. lost
three flat cars nnda water tank.
Judge James C. MacRae, who
was last Saturday elected Pro
fessor of Law at the State Uni
versity, was born iu Fayette
ville in 1838. He was admitted
to the bar in.lSOO. He served
through the Civil War, being
Adjutant of the Fifth North
Carolina Regiment. After the
war he resumed the practice of
law and was elected to the Leg
islature in 1S74. In 1882 he
was appointed Judge of the Su
perior Court to fill an unexpired
term, and in the fall of the same
year was elected to the same po
sition. Later he was appointed
a justice of theSupremeCourt to
fill the unexpired term of Justice
Davis. He is an ablelawyer and
is well known throughout the
State
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Riots In Paris.
Paris, Aug. 20. Serious riots
occurred here this afternoon.
The trouble originated in an at
tack made by Anarchists on
Anti-Semites. A thousand An
archists under Sabastian Faure
assembled in the Place de la Re
publique and resisted the police
who attempted todisperse them.
The latter fought bravely, but
were finally overpowered.
A police commissary and an
inspector attempted to arrest
some rioters who were carrying,
a red flap, but were tramoled
upon and beaten with bludgeons.!
w, ----
4 number of shots were fired by
tur muu. ine inspector was
mortally injured by the clubs,
and the commissary was bit by
a bullet, receiving a serious
wound. Four other policemen
were stabbed. Notwithstand
ing their defeat the police made
a number of arrests, among their
prisoners btiDg Faure.
Subsequent to the rioting in
the Place de la Republique the
mob rushed to Rue St. Maur.
V
when they stormed the churches
of St. Maur and St. Tosenh
9 j
They entered the buildings, and
wiiile some of them tore down
the altars and pulpits, others
seized the sacred pictures, holv
vessels and the Host, the conse
crated wafers, all of which were
thrown into the street. The
altars at:d nuloits furnished
wood for a bonfire, and all the
seized church property was
burned. A similar scene was en
acted at St. Nicholas's Church.
The mob tried to burn the
churches but failed.
While the rioters were storm
ing ot. .Nicholas's church they
were charged by the police and
cavalry, but they succeeded in
carrying out thdr plan despite
the efforts to disperse them.
The sacking of the churches re
calls the excesses committed by
the Communists in 1871.
Old Man and His Mule.
Uncle Jimmie Cheathams, of
the Brushes, was pretty badly
hurt recently. In attempting to
cet up on his mule, he fell and
broke a rib or two. He is quite
old; he says his age is 3 03 vears.
He is improving and is able to
walk about some. He has an
old mule which is his companion
most of the day time. The mule
is vicious toward any one elfe,
but Is very gentle when uncle
Jimmie is about it. Wilkesboro
Chronicle.
A Wise Man's Unwise
Be-
lief.
Some of the wise men of a
couple of centuries ago were
wont to hold mercantile pursuits
in no great esteem. Addison in
bis "Spectator" solemaly made
the asseyeration that "dull fel
lows prove very good men for
business." But Addison wrote
in the placid days. Tbre being
no hum and bustle in the world
then, the ancient storekeepers
did not need to put forth much
energy. But no dull man is
found among the progressive
merchants oi to day. They must
be alert and industrious, relying
also upon the good results to be
obtained from constant and in
teresting advertising in a first-
class and popular newspaper.
Philadelphia Record.
William J. Bryan's great
strength lies in his sympathy
and knowledge of the plain
American people. He under
stands and feels for the toiler,
and the toiler understands and
trusts him. ! consider him one
of the greatest men this country
has produced. Richard Croker
in the New York World.
A Narrow Escape.
Thankful words written by
Mrs. Ada E. Hart, of Groton, S.
D. "Was taken with a bad cold
which settled on my lungs;
cough set in and finally termi
nated in Consumption, rour
Doctors gave, me up saying I
could live but a short time. I
gave myself up to my Savior, de
termined if I could not stay witn
ray friends on earth, I would
meet mv absent ones above. My
husband was advised to get Dr.
King's New Discovery for Con
sumption, Coughs and Colds. 1
gave it a trial, took in all eight
bottles. It has cured me, and
thank God, I am saved and now
a well and healthy woman."
Trial bottles free at Hood Bros.'
Drug Store.
Regular size 50c. and $1.00
Guaranteed or money refunded.
Dropped Dead While Shout
Inc. Religion furnishes peculiarities
as well as other chases and
features of life. At a series cf
meetings in this city, the other
night, in the Belo section and
conducted by Rev. Atkinson an
old colored woman named
Bro wn and a former slave of
Mrs. Willis Smith, in Davie coun
ty, dropped dead. The old wo
man had been shouting zealously
during the evening and was con
tinuing her demonstration as
she started home. She had iust
passed out of the front door
i when she dropped dead,
evi
dently due to age and physical
exertion. Some of her race, how
ever, are superstitious enough to
adyance a number of very foolish
theories as to her sudden taking
off. Winston Republican.
The Woman With the Hoe.
August Krackenbaum in the
local court was granted a di
vorce from his wife, Selma, last
week, the poor man reciting that
his infuriated 6pouse had chased
him around the house and into
the cellar, usinga hoe as a means
of persuasion. Spokane Spokca-
man-Rview.
Mills In the State.
Secretary Bruner, of the Agri
cultural Department, made in
quiry in all the counties in the
State regarding manufactories.
He finds that there are 205 cot
ton mills, also 13 hosiery, 4 knit
ting, one towel and one cotton
goods finishing mill. There are
13 woolen mills. Gaston leads
in cotton mills with 22. Ala
mance following with 19, Meck
lenburg ranking third, with 13,
Randolph and Richmond fourth,
with 12 each. Guilford, Cumber
land and Cabarrus havelOeach,
Cleveland and Lincoln 9 each,
Catawba and Rockingham G
each. Rowan 5 and Surry, Wake,
Edgecombe and Montgomery 3
esch.
A Vieorous Democratic
Journal.
The Verdict, the only illustra
ted Democratic weekly journal
in the United States, is arousing
an unusual interest not only in
the east-but in the west. Its
stalwart Democracy is unques
tionable. Certainly it voices
now the issues upon which the
Democratic party intends to go
before the people in 190D. It is
rallying the Democracy to the
support of this 1900 platform:
An Income Tax.
A graded Inheritance Tax.'
The destruction of the political
power of the Trusts.
Public ownership of municipal
franchises.
Its editorials, written by Al
fred Henry Lewis, are unusually
frank in statement. The Ver
dict's cartoons, printed in colors,
sum up pictorially the editor's
view ol National and New York
affairs. There are character and
individuality in the cartoons
that are as refreshing as the
vigor of the editorials. The Ver
dict gives promise of being the
oracle of the advanced Democ
racy. The paper consists of twenty
e r if
pages weekly, lour oi wnicn are
printed in colors, while it con
tains each week a spirited draw
ing in color of a National celeb
rity, Democrat or Republican,
whica is issued as a supplement
.suitable for framing.
"If the Philippines," says the
Philadelphia Press, "were filled
by a docile, self-governing popu
lation of homogeneous race and
tongue, ready to manage its
own affairs, we would have no
business there. It is because
tribal forage, Malay piratical
raids and Spanish oppreession
has made it a seething caldron
of savage misery that the
United States must reduce it to
order or neglect the duty civil
ized Powers owe to civilization
the world over." And the
United States is going to "re
duce it to order" by killing out
the only civilized and Christian
ized tribe in the country. Is that
the idea? And don't forget the
extension of our markets. Bet
ter stick to the original text. It
was honest at least. Charles
ton News and Courier, Dem.
As far as comfort goes there
isn't any difference between
marrying for money without
love and marryingfor love with
out money. New York Press.