North Carolina Newspapers

J ale $1.00 a Yoar! in Advance. , "-FOX!. GOP, 3P3X OOTTKTTjn.Y, FOyt TiEl.TT'jlX." .' , , Bi-txglo Copy. C3 Cents. VOL. XI ' PLYMOUTH, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1899. :: ': ' :!N0: 4., : ... ' . , 11 - 1 . 1 . . ! I - - - 1 V; 1 BIL.I. AUP'S liKTTEIl. "Friend after frjond departs. Who has not-lost a friend'" I don't know what word the next mail will bring, but I expect that my old friend ia dead. For more than fifty .years George Adair and I have been friends good friends, lie was always glad to meet me and held my hand tight and long, and smiled a pleasant greetings Of late years we have drawn closer together, for , we knew that we were; approaching the goal,' and that but few of us were left. The memories of old men are sweet, but they are sad, t. C 11 ' 1 A and it was a comiori to ueorgu auu me 4 to get close together as oft as I visited Atlanta and commune about old times and the old people who have passed - away. He was never gloomy nor did .; he ever bring a cloud to darken the ; sunshiue of our meeting. Where shall ' I go now for comfort when I visit the Gale City? Where will Evan Howell . ? ,gO? - --- . ; - ' ' i Yes, I was a college boy when George Adair was conducting the first . train that ever ran into Atlanta.. I ' traveled" with him sometimes, and since their our warm friendship has beon ''unbroken. 1 His. warm Scotch p blood beat more kindly to his friends as the years rolled on. He was as frank as he was genial. He had opin " ions ajKfconviction8,.and did not sup press" them to curry favor with any- L ? -4wiy. His life was an open book, and C him well." A stranger would diagnose him in half an hour's conversation. Sincerity was his most striking charac teristic; Scotchmen are always sincere; they never dodge responsibility. 1 don't know whether George carried any Indian blood or not, but his uncles did: The Adairs of Cherokee were close akin to him, and they were half-breeds or quadroons, and all went west with the tribe in 1830. Their descendants are out there now. for I take an Indian paper and see their names among the leaders. It is singular how those Scotchmen mated with the Indian maidens early in this century, and every one of them wanted a chief's daughter, and generally got her. When the old chiefs died these -Scotchmen iust stepped into their places and groomed the tribes, and bo did ! their sons after them. There was no English or Irish or French in it: the Scotch ' alone had secured the Indians' respect and confidence. There was " Ross and Ridge and Mcintosh arid McGillvray and Barnard and Vann and many others who became chiefs or "Sub-chiefs and troverned all or a division of the tribe. Osceola was the son of a Scotch traler. I suspect, that George -Adair had a strain of Cherokee blood in his veins, and it made a good cross my .wife thinks it does, and is proud to traco her Indian blood back to Pooa hontas through the Holts and Bolings and Randolphs; wherever you find it it is dominant; I can prove that by my self and my son-in-law "Woman rules here" is what the rooster says when he crows in this family, but she rules well 1 told Uncle Sam yesterday to clean out the pit when he got through cut ting wood. - When I got back from town it was almost night, ana he was raking all around the back yard and , burning up the accumulated litter aud trash.' "Uncle Sam," said I, "I told vou to" clean out the pit, for I -must put some of the flowers in there. I'm "afraid it -will frost" tonight."" The old man raked on and said: "She tole me to do dis," and he never got to the pit . at all. But my wife came out and ex Plained, and said the back yard looked - so dreadful bad and she knew that the i--?uld wait a day or two and it T"nt tsoinir to frost no how, and so i. and of course I surrendered I y .do, but I've got to clean out .1 pit my sell. I remember when George Adair llenly Smith started a newspa- Atlanta, called lhe bouthern .'ifederacy. I'wrote for it sometimes 1st to give our boys some comfort and enemies some sass. When "the I ml invader ran my numerous wife Jnd" offspring out of Rome I wrote of J, on the wing, or the ily and told how passed "Big John" on the way, and driving a steer with the steer's 1 1 through a hole in the dash Id the end tied up in a knot. S small poem to his mcmorv, I the mournful elegy to my initli, and he published it; lid got all fired up belore- this d General lorrests cavalrv I d to be a great favorite with f and as the admiration was he named his next boy after jfral, and it sticks to him yet. I forge some time ago that in Ap- -biography of lorrest, which .fd to be written by Colonel Jor his adjutant general; it was re- !ed that he was very illiterate, and f his dispatch announcing the fall Fort Pillow was still preserved at .ishington and read as follows : i"'Ve busted the fort at nincrclock nd skatereu the niggers. Mv men is Mill a celkmem in the wOihIs. Them as 'as cotcbed with spoons and brustpins ana sich we kilt. 1 he rest was payroll! and told to git. George was indignant when I showed huh a copy of it and declared that it whs some devilish lie that was made up on him. "I know," said he, "that Forrest was no scholar, but he never spelled that bad. I have letters from him that I know he wrote, and while he misspelled some words, they were fairly well written. I don t believe that Colonel Jordan wrote any such thing about Forrest. Home of the biograph ers are just like some .newspaper re porters. ' If they can't hear a lie they scratch their heads and make one just for a sensation." If George dies from this stroke, and I reckon he will, where will 1 go to while away an hour with a friend. His office in the Kimball was so convenient and his ebons so comfjrtable and his welcome -so cordial that I wilf feel lost when I visit Atlanta. The boys wont have time or inclination to talk to me. It wag the rendezvous of other valued friends like Dr. Alexander and Evan Howell and J. Henly Smith and Cousin John Thrasher and the confederate vet erans generally. But George was the chief attraction, the center of space. He was a friend in need and a friend in deed. He granted his favors with cheerfulness and a willing heart. Some times I wanted an indorser on a bank note for a few dollars and he always said: "Yes, yes, my friend, of course I will.,' If I shall ever need one again I will not know where to go, I have a thou sand good friends in Atlanta, but they are not of that kind. 1 was ruminating about the differ ence between his domestic surround ings and my own. He dies' at home with wife and all bis children at his bedside. His eyes can look unon them all, and perhaps his ears can hear their loving voices. . But my wife and I are living out our days in sad apprehension of the com ing stroke, for four of our dear boys are far away-1 too far to reach us even at the call bv telegraph one in New York, one in Texas, one in Florida and the baby boy, as his fond mother calls him, is 3,000 miles away in Mexico This is the hardest part of life these scattered children. Suppose that one of the unmarried ones should approach the door of death and his earnest tele gram should be for his mother to come to his bedside and soothe his last mo ments, what could she do but stay at home and weep? Ob, f..r another life in another world where sll is love with out aflliction or erief or separation, t Farewell, good friend. I would that vou might be spared to us yet awhile spared to read your own epitaphs and to realize what a noble life is worth to a man. Would that the rising genera tions might learn a lesson lrom your example. The approach of our disso lution is very stealthy. When last saw my .friend he was as bright and cenial as a bov and Bhowed no sign of failing health. I thought that he would outlive 'mer for nowadays I get tired and when the night comes I am the .first to seek my bed. Yesterday I was busy planting out strawberry planus, and it was bending work and ever and auon 1 had to straighten up slowly and carefully for fear something would break or hitch or give way, and then I would trv it again. I can't hold out like I used to." What's the matter with me, anyhow? 1 Why should I wear out? Why shouldent a healthy man live on and on? If he has got to die; why dont he die all over at once and turn to dust like the one-horse shay? Why; should the heart get sick when all the rest is well? I reckon we will all know by waiting. This morning I .went out early to pe ruse mv new strawberry paten ana sure enough there had been a dozen dogs in there last night, and they held a carnival and a circus and played base and tag and madtlog all over my pret ty beds, and tore up a lot ol my piann and now I am not calm and serene and my wife wont let me put out strychnine, for she says it isentfair nor neighborly aud so I have got to stretcn more wire along .the fence. There are nltnnt. fnrf v ilnoi' within ea8v reach of my house and they are no account tor in this town more dos are found,; Both mongrel, pujipv, whelp and hound And doRS of low degree. Confound 'em nloggon 'em. . . Bill A nr. A Dream of Jobn Wesley's. John Weslev once, in a crisis of the found himself, as he thought at "the gates of hell. He kuocked and thin. "Are there anv , . Protestants here?" be asked "Yes." was the answer; "a great manv. " "Anv Roman Catholics? "Yes. a ereat many." "Any. Church of England men?" "Yes, a great manv " "Anv PrfiKhvlHrianS?" "Yeet, a great many." "Any Week-yaas?' "Yes a great many." D saDoointed and discouraged, espe ciallv at the last renlv. he traced his etej upwards, and found himself at the and he repeated, the same questions. "Any Wesleyaiis horcV "Nn." "Anv Presbyterian e? "No." "Any Church of England men?' 'No." "Any Koman Ualiionce "No." "Whom have you, then here?' he as'ged in astonishment :, "We latow nothing here." was the reply, "of tiny nf th names of which vou have mOn tinnrtl. . Thfl onlt name of which W know anything Were is 'Christians. We are all Christians here, and of thos we have great' multitude, which bj man can number, of all nations, and kindreds, and peoples, and tongues.' e If sonrve folks.epent as much time in knowing'men aa they do in finding cut thinga about them, they would make4 a better business of life. THE U 1.1911) TO SEE. Dr. Peter Stlena Claim to Have Made a Wonderful Invention. New. York Herald. Mention was made in cables from London last Week of an invention by hich Dr. - Peter Steins a Russian scientist, claims to be able to make the blind see. According to several of the English papers to hand yesterday, Dr. j Steins has applied his invention to a number of blind persons, who have thereby been able to see light and the shape of objects around them. : ;- 'UnderBtand me clearly, ! said the inventor to a correspondent of. the Daily News. "I do not claim 'and I do not attempt to 'restore' Bight as restora tion is usually , understood. , I give artificial sight, and it makes no ditler ence whether the person was born without eyes, whether ' the eyes have wholly or partially been ..destroyed since birth, or how the sight has gone. Mv experiments are not completed. 1 have yet much to do, but the results are all that I have anticipated , so tar. Greater things will come, but the sight is already given." Mr. Stiens' principle is that ne supplies a substitute for the lens of the eye oy tne am oi eicctricuy muueuuwe- ly his apparatus is brought into contact with tne Douy or tne moiviuuai. "My apparatus will," he said, "as in the camera, focus the raya of light from the object to the brain, ..and sight is given, the objects being clearly seen, not inverted,. but in their proper form. My apparatus constitutes a substitute for the lens." . : "Mr. Stiens asked the reporter whether he would like to test his apparatus. Naturally the answer was "Yes," and this is what followed:. The reporter was taken by the inventor into a small . . i i - i llJ . ! I 11.. room, and tnen Dimaioiueu eueciuauy. "I could," he writes, "see absolutely nothing. " Matches and candles were lighted before me, but I could not see them. Then I was connected with his apparatus. I felt a slight sensation of electrical' current passing through, my body. . ' Then . quickly the darkness passed away,' a duU gray took its place and was succeeded oy angni, ciear anu hrifrht. I saw figures held up before me. and a disc that lookea nite a coin And when I. was disconnected from the apparatus I found I was standing ' just where I was wlieu my eyes were bandaged. . Mr. Stiens had been by mysiae an tne time, ana mere was no one eiae iieo ent. , Mr Stiens appeared to be as delighted as I was surprised at the result.. 'Let it be borne in mind that my be- ht la Derfecf. At any rate, 1 -V o r . , lieve so. But my reyes naa Deen com pletely blind-folded, j&nd all was abso lute "blackness till the connection with the apparatus took place. "The inventor would not permii me to examine the apparatus, patents for which have not yet been applied lor. Neither would Mr. Steins explain the precise character of his invention or the means empioyea to acmeve ouuu ic sults. ,, . ' 'Here is my invention,' - said sun. Steins. . 'It doee not matter wnai i nave done in the past, and I need not now describe the electrical inventions of mine which are now being used largely, especially in Germany, itussia ana other Continental countries, i wj, can do what I asseri. The thing is, can I do it or not? 1 make my claim, and it ie for me to giye the rroot. x ou can judge from what you have seen to day something of the nature of my as sertions." ; - fn rfinlv to ouestions. Mr. bleins saiu the complete apparatus would be made in Buch form as to make it easy for a person to carry it about so as to place this artihciany given eigat - w vidual's disposition for the ordinary practical purpoees of life. Spectacles, he added, would be quite unnecessary. "So , long "aa the receiving part the Krain in there, my apparatus," he omilin nr sfin". "will do the rest. The Ojiiiuu-, "- I . rnvfi of lieht strike my apparatus m r. fhe pvpr. and nass thence to OlCidU V J 7 ika Kroin thfl real camera. Aud the apparatus will be effective carried any where, so long aB it is connected with the hody, the nearer the brain the bet ter. ' ' ' . Glve Him a Heat Baltimore Sun. nn nf nnr New York con tern iwranes very properly denounces the unseemiy ofmr.t to belittle Admiral Dewey by nnincr him for political or advertising cg 'Tr nut him ud as the star tru.tion at festivals and fairs is what manv of the citieerof the United States are now aiming at. It is to be hoped fKa t.h Admiral will reject all such ww;tinnfl. Senator Hanna is cred ited with a scheme to use the hero of Manila bay for political purposes in the Ohio campaign and to have him ac company President McKinley on a-po-uhVoI 'nnr of the States. This would the ,nrB. nf all. . After the official wlltinn at Washington is over Ad miral Dewey would no doubt like a little time ti rest on his laurels, and perhaps to" breathe in peace and quiet the healtb- . . ar nf hia nativfi Staff;. giving n"""" " - - North-C John C&rson, a farmer living near wast-Alliance,-O., wishing to work among lasy his heed burned sulphur near the hives as a safeguard againsfc the -attack, Tne sulphur, however, seemed to enrage thy v ,K51. vir.iou8lv attacked him ar Utcn nuiv. if stung him to death. NOTES AND COMMENTS. ' There has been effort' after effort by some of the fashionable tailors and by many leading society, men to set the style of colored dress suits for men. On several occasions well-known men . m New York society hive. appeared at swell functions in themj but all efforts m this direction have ignominously failed. The regulation black dress suit has stood the test of time, for evening wear, notwithstanding the fact that it is used as a uniform by waiters., butlers, etc. . . v-- v . Mr,' Lee Overman, . of Salisbury, a leading lawyer of that section and a Democrat, thinks the great majority of 1898 will be greatly increased m l'JOO. He says his district, the Seventh, is really Btrong for the ' constitutional amendment, as it should be, and every other ' district Jeter Prichard boasts that the very little fellow, Bill McKin ley, who is to be renominated for an office - he disgraces, . will carry North Carolina. If he does it will be by the money of the plutocrats under the management .of. that political Pariah and leper, Mark Hanna. We are not endowed with prophetic vision, but if Bryan does not Carry North Carolina by 20,000 it will be because the people have madeup their minds to be bought and to wear the collar of the money gods. Wilmington Messenger. The news that a Northern syndi cate is preparing to buy up and operate a lot of Southern, cotton mills, as set forth elsewhere in this paper, smacks of "a cotton mill ... trust. . We have private' information that Northern capitalists have.options -on a unajoity Of the stock of a number of Southern mills. We shall be pleased to see Northern capitainVestfed in" Southern mills. ' We have no,, prejudice against corporafions. Tas"' corpora Uons. But .in these days of greaticombines, when the strong crush , out the weak, destroy competition and bold both the producer and consumer at their mercy, such movements as that -referred to are certain to be looked upon with, bus- I picion. Statesvillo. Landmark. Whitney Puts Dwwey Out for President of United States. "You regard- him as' the natural selection for the presidency -chosen by the order of events ' tne reporter asicea. "I .am",; convinced," replied Mr. Whitney, '.'that his selection would be something very much .larger and better at this particular time than a party victory, it wouia De a pairiuuc re union around the one man who typifies the new erav and who iff best fitted, by his character and experience, to preside over its development. Dewey gave us the PhiliDmnfc8. He understands the situation out there as no other . man -ft 4 does. The people would Itrust him to deal with it more completely than they would any other man. They would rather see him at the helm directing the policy of the government in its. new possessions than any other man. iney know that he always has done the right thing and they would feel sure that, he ill i - l a At : always would aa tne ngni: ming. "This trust of lhe people in Dewey is the great fact that dominates the situa tion. They trust mm implicitly. With him in the white house they would have absolute confidence that the " wise, the right, t the - patriotic course would be taken and firmly kept. It is a great onnort'unitv which this fact offers , the nation. It is only at long intervals and special occasions that Providence pre sents a man in whom the whole, people have this unquestioned , and. perfect trust. .It gaye us such a man m Wash ington. ' It gave us another in Jackson. Tt cave ns another in Grant. Now it has given us Dewey. ' - " Batler-AVll Join With the Negror Party ' to Fight the Amendment. Senator Marion Butler, of North Carolina, who is stopping at the -Bhore- ham with Mrs. Butler, chatted briefly with. aT Post reporter last evening touch, in'g political matters in his State. 1 ' " ..T I . I A I?..!, .till. " QA Ka i nave-bui iuud taiw, emu "in the efficacy of the proposed consti tutional amendment now agitating the rwmlA &t -North Carolina as a solution of the race oaestion. If the amend r"-i . . ment should be adopted and , neia ny the courts, with the exception of section 5, which is clearly unconstitutional about as many illiterate white men would'be disf ranph.ised. as colored. The per cent of qualified colored ' voters in the towns, under an eaucauonai quan would be as great as the illiterate, white element in the rural districts. The men who engineered this amendment idea have been fore most always in raising the 'nigger cry in thft State, knowing that such an appeal stopped argument and obscured reason.' They still want to make use of that cry, and hence their settiag up f nio-hta .to- eet un a law that was rprtnin of being declared unconstitu tionallf it'eyer came to be passed the courts." 1 ." Thli KAitor Oon t Kb Greensboro Cor. Ch I am infop $20,000 h nitEATllES THERE THE MAN. Breathes there tiie man with soul so dead Who never to himself bath said This is my own, my native land I . vvnose neart nam ne'er witnm Dim Durnea, as nome nis lootsteps ne nam turned From wandering on a foreign strand I If such there breathe,, go, mark him well; For bini'no minstrel raptures swell -, High though hia titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth, aa wish can claim, , Despite those titles, power and pelf, The wretch, concentrated all in- self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown. And doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Lnwept, unhonoredand unsung. sir waiter cou. nvmoaovs. The negro sexton of St. Peter's church has a vef v stylish mulatto wife. Ask ing for a bigger salary, be gave as reason: "It's mighty hard to keep sealskin wife on a muskfat salary." A busy minister bethought himself of a device to remind visitors at his tudv not to trench unduly upon his time. He had this Scripture text, in arge plain letters, framed and sus pended in a conspicuous place: "The Lord shall preserve thy going out." A clergyman preached a rather long sermon from the text, "Thou art weighed in the balance and found wanting, After the congregation had listened about an hour, some began to get weary and went out; others soon followed, greatly to the annoyance of the minis ter. Another person started, where upon the parson stopped in his sermon and said: "That ia right, gentlemen; as fast as you are weighed pass out He continued his sermon sometime after-that, but no one disturbed him by leaving. .. : . A Scotch minister was christening a baby and took occasion to speak ou the possible future of the infant. "This child, " he said, ''may grow to be the Archbishop of Canterbury. It may become a great politician and shine in the house of commons, or even be Drime minister of the realm. It may become a great soldier like the Duke of Wellington, or a sailor like Lord Nelson. This child" then turn ing to the mother "what did you say the child's name was?" "Mary Jane,!' replied the mother. A Baptist minister was asked how it was that he consented to the marriage of his daughter to a Presbyterian. "Well, my-dear friend," he replied, as far as i. have been able-to dincover, Cupitlnever studied theology.' A Worldly. "JUcnuston Near Whitsett, this State, some of the colored brethren had a discussion, in the meeting house, as to whether or not ".de worl' tu'n roun'.". There was considerable ."contendin' " ' for and against, but the testimony of an old col ored deacon was conclusive. He said 'Dey's no sich.t'Hg, ez de worl' tu'nin' oyer no sich t'ing, I tell you I Ef dat wuz de case, wouldn't all de water in de sea , git " upside down? Answer me dat now! En, fud derino' .could you hoi' yo' balance ez bit tu ned oven" Here a somewhat learned brother interupted with. "Fer de Lawd s take,- deacon, uon t you know-nuttin, 'but de contraction er graduation?" .''"-- "No, sub, I don't!" thundered the decon. "Will you please. 'splain ter de mcetin' what is de' contraction, er graduation?" - - "Well,' replied the brother who had interrupted him.. "1, did konw once pon a time, but ef I am t :i . Revlaed Slng ' .The world '"rubber-necking Kas p.Tnrpflflen bo much H' descended into such geiw it nromiHes to be grafted u ghsh' language as a proving least, to express mquy has. been pronounced, vjy by Borne: so comes si Louisville woman with , its place. She says hi sulaing" must he used ; ber-neckmg. "And why peninsula! the favored young mal suggested the substitutj , Without a word sbl library and brought f Opening it, she poinUi nition; "Peninsula n. A stretching out to sea. Another Kantu Con.; Denver I'oat. A The latest corn story from to the effect that Bhelled coA up all around .the stalks, theccL ing long enough to hold the gr the Lord were not now more m. than He was in Jh v,- becjj: From Tree to Printed Page. People whose business takes theni to the stock, yards delight in telling how rapidly a live hog is converted into bacon, sausage and tooth - brush, but the most improbable stories they ell do not equal the exploit of the employees of a paper-mill not far from .Chicago. Quite recently three trees standling near the mill were felled at 7.35 a.' m. and hurried to the manufactory, where they were sawn into pieces arxnii one iooi long, which were, further decorticated and split. ..They were then conveyed by the elevator to five dehbrators to do their worst with, add "the wood pulp which resulted from the contact of the chips with the defibrators was run into a mat, mixed with the not altogether harmless but necessary chemicals and the process finished. The liquid pulp was sent to the paper machine, which at 9:34 turned out the ' first completee sheet of paper, one hour and fifty -nine minutes after the first tree was felled. The manufacturers, accompanied by a notary public, who timed anc watched the work throughout, then took , the paper to a printing, establishment two miles away, and by 10 o'clock, or in two hours and twenty-five minutes, the trees had been converted . into news papers ready for delivery. . 1 A Tale of Shipwreck and Suffering. Montreal Dispatch. . ' Two hundred and fifty scantily clad, baggage bereft men, women "ndchil dren were on board of an Inter-CBfOTliftJ special, which steamed into Bonaven- ture depot to night. They comprised tbe greater number of those who sailed from Liverpool on September 14th . on board the steamship Scotsman, bound for Montreal, which was wrecked on the shorts of the Straits of Belle Isle, at 2:30 on the morning of the 21st. It was not only a tale of shipwreck that they had to tell, but one of death, of suffering and pillage, for fifteen, at least, of the Scotsman's passengers perished. All suffered cruelty from cold and privation, and almost worst horror of all, the men who were sup posed to succor and assist those com mited to their care, in the hour of need, turned on the helpless passengers, and with loaded-guns and revolpers compelled them to part with the few yaluables saved. Captain Skirmshire and his officers were exceptions. Child Labor In North Carolina. A highly gratifying- report on . child labor in North Carolina has -been made public by Labor Commissioner' Lacy. In 1996, 0,822 men, 10,567 women and 6,046 children were employed in cotton mills in the North state, whereas this ' year the figures are respectively. 13,950, 15,887 and 3,440. - The decrea.86 in the number of children in three "years is, therefore nearly fifty per cent.-' The re- : port also shows that the men of North Carolina are more and more going into the cotton mills, and that the propor tion of women employes to men is not' so large as it. used to . be. One striking feature of the decrease in the number of children employed is brought out by tbe fact that in. '1896 'there were but two-thirds as many spindles as . there are today. At present the number of spindles is 1,200,000, and the increase to this total, whil9 fewer and fewer children are employed, is creditable to the Southern people, . Apparently it is f. hardly fair; to urge against them, "f least so far as North Carolina is cJ cerned, that their cotton mills are cessful only because they emplovu labor. .-"" """'" . r .When a man begins to m i Sacusriyy called a "e