North Carolina Newspapers

The Gastonia^ ^ ^ _ »*>'rota« to Uu rrotMUon at Horn* and tb* latoruU Vol. X\ II. _ GrtHtonla, N. C„ November 19, 1896. " 1 111 1 11 1 -- - ■ i ii . _ KUddISKS ArTKn BOLD. HOW THIEVES HAVE STOLES TO OLE BAX'S BULLIOS. TV ilrt*l NwhVrtfP nl lrtill*4«>pktA nu«l II** Tl»»y HVpv Dla«AiwrNl~ ■<m JmNf* R. Xf«un Ulole n Fortuito In V»U IMi*t mu! Kn^a-. ( nehrnn, Un ■!«! ItofcVr. mil Vila i’vrtnas W*7»-«t*atln* Uehl by (hi Mpmuiril —W. M. In«) mil Hlh IJC.Mtlloal. Frank (J. Qwpvntcr In Hi. LnuU U* public. » ASI11X0TON, tjrl. iln. ViSlUd Uw mint at Philadelphia Inal m»*k. It now contains iiMt than 8200.000, 000, and it hat 30,(100,000 standard silver dollars iu a slngh- vnulf. The Sao Francisco M'nt has, I am told, more than 1^30,003.000 worth <>f precious uieiul aloud t»«v, aud In tl>e vaults of the icli.t at New Oi leans tbsro are now aomrtliiog like 620,000, 000. worth of gold mid silver. During my stay tu our Philad-iplda trtwsuiv huuse I was shown the different meth ods by which Illicit Sim guards htv board. Every iilooi of gold and silver is watched, mid, although llie mint has handled mere than a billion uud a half dollars worth of bullion vines It wut founded only a mhu'I part of It Ims been loet. Still llio trmptulinns to theft Is great, and every now and tlmn the Treasury Deixitment Hods a short age lo tome of Uiu mints or in the GKivsrnmeut assay offices iu diffvreut parti of the West TJie true details of such thefta seldom get Into tho newspapers. They nro filed away in Uit records at the Treasury Depart ment, and in the minds of tbe detec tives and officials who Imve aided In exposing the orimes. During the past week I have beard the stories or a number of such robberies, and. in my study of them, I Imve hnd access u> tbe records of the Treasury in connec tion with Hon. R. E. Prestos, tbs Director of the Mint. Mr. Preston has charge of oil the mints in tbe Doited States. He is the chief "watchdog” of Uncle ham's treasures of gold »od allvor, and he knows mom about tbe mint, per haps, than any other man connected with tbe Government. He bat been lo the employ of the United Stales Treas ury for the past 40 years, and be is to day one of its most efUoWnl officers. Yon remember bow-, about two years ago, Henry 8. Cochran, the weigh clerk at the Philadelphia Mint, ctolo bars tbo value of $113,000 from tbe gold vault, stealing it bar by bar from attack of 610,000.000 worth of gold bullion, wblcb was there stored away. Mr. Preston was one of tbe officials who superintended tha putting away of that bullion, and he was acting director of tbs mint st the time that Cochran's theft was discovered. The first great steal In the Philadelphia mint occurred forty-three years ogo, jnet before Mr. Preston entered the government service, and, curiously enough, this theft was detected by Uoobran. who was an under aierk of tbe robber, and who by exposing Ha superior got tbe place of weigh clerk, wblcb he held tor forty years, sod in wbieh hewaa at Ibe lime his own great robbery occurred. During th« investi gation at Philadelphia, the thief, Cochran, told Mr. Prwtnn the story, and Mr. Preston repented it to me to day. STOLE A VOKTtnfX IK GOLD DUST. “It was uwsy back iu 1863,” said Ibe Director of tin Mint, “wncii a vast amount of gold was moving 10 from California tliat Ibe GtSt big rubbery occurred. The culprit was James E. Hague, aui) he Was the weigh Clerk of the miut. Them was at Mil* time no assay offlee at New York, arid all of tbe gold dust Mild nuggets were snnt by tbe banka of the illlf-reiit oil! in to Philadelphia to bn reduced tn bullion. Negus had the handling of this treas ure, and he for a long time curled on a systematic stealing from the diff-mut deposits sent in. Ii was Ills business to take charge of them, weigh them and put them Into tin: vault until they OOuld be melted, fly taking a nugget or a pinch nf dust from each deposit, be was able to steal thousands of dol lars. and be probably carried on Ids stealing* during tho whole of the foot years that lie was in tlm employ of tlie mint. Cochran was at this time * boy working la the mint. He acted as Kegoa’ assistant. He was led to .suspect that Negus was taking oat gold dost *ud substituting black sand for it In some of the deposit*. He took occasion to re weigh server*! deposit* when Ktgut waa not present, and found that they were from Ova to ten ounoet short. H* went, to the superintendent of tbe mint aod charged Negus with tlm theft. Negus waa eslwd up. lie coofeMed, and said that he bad stolen 910,000 worth of gold duet. “As you may see from tits letters here In the records of Die department, Urn trsasury oflolal* believed lili con fession, hut they did not think he should be arrested, as he had made mutation. II* was allowed to go fie*. Within n few week! ha sailed for Bo rope, and that waa the last that was board of him. There waa no oahlt In those days, and the probabil ity ii that he carried a goodly amount of gold away with him. I'll* robbery (M not from Um Treasury, but from tb* banka who Mint la ths gold, and there wm* no way of tolling Jam bow aueb be stole. i coctihah, tub jitut nornan. -It waa In tbit way that Hemy 8. Coehran became weigh clerk nf the •lot ” Dlrootor l’rsston went on. ••He'took the piece of a thief, and there la oo telllag bow soon he broame s thief himself. He totrt me that he Aid not at sal anything from the mint entil sfter tho depcatl efthst 000 In gold bar*; but hi* eon section „Hh the mint lasted for more than 40 star* and hi* peaUInn waa Um eaaw aa tEt of XegoT Uarlag Ms Whole term of employment he had ti>* e«r>8 Ara«a of everybody. I hav * it goad by Daniel Hlargao*. who 5ST TUn*« of the Untied 8Ute* worm he hi appointed. H ie be wbc advises tlm appointment, end be de scribes Henry 8. Cochran u honest, aoie and oouiteour. He fell Id Ion with Ilia precious toelal, and when we found that be had robbed tbe mint of >113,000 lie bated to give np his steal Inge sud be oomphaloed bitterly when the money found in hie bouse wee lalteu away. Whan he wa* appointed weigh clerk he waa about 23 yean old. when Ida robbery waa discovered lie wae 08. He waa then a deacon in the Presbyterian Church, and waa organ ising a campaign for the Salvation Army In the nelghborbocd In whtob lin lived. He had been married and divorced. He had a grown-up daugh ter. He appeared to he eminently re spectable lu over? way, and atilt he had tirn-ii stealing I'or years.” TWKJTTY KIT* TOX* OK GOLD. "How did you Como to suspect bln of thn robbery ?" I asked. ‘‘It was through bit own actions," repllort the Director of tbe Mint. "He bud, you know, tbe charge, of lb« vaults which contained tho gold bul lion. Much of Ibis bnlllmi had been iiutouobstl for years. In tba vault from which tlm robbery waa made there were *10,000.000 worth of gold bars. This vault had not been opened I»r six yeuia. Tbe gold had baeo brought from the assay oflloe In Snw York in 1BH1 and stored away in 18K7. I Hided in putUng it in. The gold bare were plied up crosswise like rail road ttea. and they were amuigod, os usual in • series of mrlu. When we put tbe gold In the vnulU. wa put each melt by itaalf. Each gold brlok baa Its number, and H Is marked as to the mall to which it belongs, so w* can tell Jntt exactly how many piece# of gold there are In a vault, juat where each piece Is. and just what it weighs. This bullion waa weighed twice before It waa pul In. There were about 2# ton* of it. I superintended tba weigh ing. I helped to seal the door* of the vault when we were through, and aaw Ibnl everything wa* scoured. From time to time tbe vault was Inspected but the seals were luUct, and no one bail uny Idea but that the gold wa* all there. About two )un ago Secretary Oarllsl* gave orders that this bullion be coin*]. The vault was opened, aud more than SOU pounds of geld waa missing. We had little troubla iu detecting the thief. Cochran had been much excited when I told him of the mtmlioii to ooin tbe bullion. "He objected and said the gold way so uloely piled up, sod was such a beautiful algbt tu ahow to visitors, that lb* Government bad better bring some of Its bullion from New York and coin it. I laughed at Ibis, aod Cochran then Insinuated that tbe gold might not be all there. When be found Ibat we really Intended to ooln tho gold, bo came over to Washington lo see me. thinking there might be yet a chance to atop It. He called at my house here st 11 o'clock one night, and asked if It waa really true that tba Uovcromeot waa goiog lo tak* the gold out of tlial vault. I replied: ‘Yea.’ lie then eaid: 'Well, you won’t Hod nil the gold there. Some of It it miming. It was Daver rightly weighed, aod it la not there ’ It was at this time that I began to suspect him, aod I said to myself, ‘Well, if any of Unit gold I* lost, 1 think you kuow where it la.’ "A day or so after thla wa opened the vnolt. end we found tba gold was just 8113,000 aiiort Still, tbe seals were Intact. The steel wells or tbe vault were unbroken, and there was oo sign as lo wbsrs tbs gold bad gone. Cochran seemed very nervous, aad up on finding tbnt bn was suspected, he confessed that he was the thior. lie showed liow be had fished the gold out with a crooked wire. lie would pull It down from the pile end drag It lo tiie dom of tho vault, and theu by slightly pushing Un door at the hottow be wus »bl- t<> get it out through the crack between tbe door nod tbe Boor. lie had carried it off, bar by bar, in hia lunch basket, or In his trousers pocket, and bad taken it to hla home lo tbe suburb# of Philadelphia." US SOLD TUB OOLD TO TIIB XIXT. “What did be do with tbe gold ?” I asked. “lie sold it right back to th« mint from which lie bad stolen it.’ ’ replied Ur. Preaton. "(fa did not dara to do this without remelting It, a* the gold waa to Hoe that it would ba sura to ornate auaploloo. He bad at bis boss* a crucible aod he remeUed the gold, mixing It with silver and lead. This laat product lie seat to oa through the express company, and waa able to do se without suspicion. Ws found one bar of gold In Cochran's bouse the day be confected, and w* also found to.CXW In gold oxgles. It was a curious bouse. It was honeycombed with aacret cioeate. and It wat iu these lb at the money was found. Cocbrao kept up lilt steal I ox to tb* laat. The day the weighing was completed Cochran oanse down early. He waa there before say or the other employes at the mint. Wa bad wtlgbed part of the gold. The vault was open, and there waa a truck la It loaded WUli bersof bullion. Cochran, finding no oa* about, picked up 90 of these bars, and, onu at a time, throw them Into the ventilator shaft of tbs vault, ae that they Ml la between tb* roof of the vault and the floor ahoy*. When be cocfseevd be told whan this gold wta, and w* got It back. The remain d*f wee partially covered by that which wa found at the house, received something from Coehraa’t property and bit bondsman. Uncle Baa is, however, still 119,000 or (13.000 short from that robbery, and the superinten dent of lb* mint. Colons! riosbysboll. may have to pay this." "What did they do with Cochran V' I asked. "IIu was tried and sent to the pen HtHilary fry e term of tlx peers aad ■•ven moatli*. JIs la now la prison. He wsMted 980 pounds when ha wa* arrostrd. n* dove not weigh ISO pouotla oow, end ba* laat 100 pouuda ainun his theft waa dlseovtrtd." “lb you think he waa Isshim T" •That Us question," replied the director of the mist. He -timed to be a monomaniac on tba subset «f gold. Ha claimed that he eared tha Lulled Stales millions of dollars by guarding Its treason*, and he was In dignant when tbs gold war taken from him. 8inot> that time wa hare not kept gold bullion lu vaults of Ibis na ture. end there will probably never be a robbery of that kind again. “Another steal at flan Francisco, Uie perpetrators of wblsb escaped puolsb ment. occurred in the sixties. The assay citric lud a confederate outside, and he raised the mint figures on all the belhon brought by this confetmenu for sate, if the gold was put at 0 us fine lie would rales it to 5.08 or 0 07. it would thru go to the mailer and refiner, and under ordinary circum stances It would have passed all right and l bo differed on would have been credited to watte. “The coulter and refiner In tbit case. Imwuver, was an old assays, and he saw that he wau luting gold. The re sult was that he reamayed some of the gold nod discovered the fraud, it was then fonnd that the assay clerk bad changed the icporte of tbe aeeayer enough to make 810,000 by doing so. This man’s name was James H. Cilia, lie wan tried, but the Jury disagreed and TToele Sam never got e penny bstek. “It wnt the tame In tlie burning of Uie mint at New Or leant a few years agn. A Ore broke oat Id lbs cash tar's vault between Sain relay night and Monday morning, and when it was dis covered 824,000 worth of U note Sam's currency wee not to be found. The cashier was tbe only men who bad the keys of Uie vault. He shat it up Satur day night and lie opened It Monday rooming. The vault ear lighted by electricity, and there was no ponelbie honest way of Uie fire being kindled. Jas. M. Dowling, the oaahlar. was ar rested on the suspicion of robbery end of having embended the fond and then kindling Uie fire to oover hie crime, lie waa tmart enough to employ a nephew of tbe Judge who tried Uie case to defend him, and be wts acquittal.” fa* **»•/ •( »«m<i»u»s. K«w York Joontai. Fur three months the Republican •bout bee been that the Democratic |*rty U a party of repudiation. So U la. The Democratic parly baa repudiated Giover Cleveland and the financial pulley which he* turned over tbe na tional treasury to bond syndicates. The Democratic party baa repu diated tbe gold standard, wfaloh la prod table to the few and impoverish ing to the many, makiog money dear and everything else cheap. Tits Democratic parly has repudi ated government by the trust*. syn dicates, and all tbo moneyed combines by which the metaeaof llie people are fleeced and out public and private life corrupted. The Democratic party baa repq dialed tbe theory that tbe will of a Judge ahall be substituted for law— that an order of oonrt iheU override statutes and deprive the olllaea of hie oouellUitlonal right to a trial by a Jury when be leaocuaed of crime. It Has.repudiated government by injunc tion, whlob enable! aoy rich corpora tion that can secure a pliable Judge to become a despot as powerful and cruel aa any that ever eat on a throne aud ruled by divine right. The Democratic party has repudi ated the monstrous doctrine that the American citizen most not oritlolse the deciduae of courts, but stand, like a trembling lackey, dumb, reverent and submissive, before the deliverances Of these tribunals si ways, whether they ere right or wrong. It has re pudiated the dootrlne that tbe author ity »f coerts comes from on high In stead of from the people, and that Judges are the musters, not Uic ser vants, of the public. Tim Democratic party lias repu diated the notion that the fortunate minority, the rich aod eomfortal4e, are alone onmpetenl to vote—so com petent that It Is their privilege not alone to oast their own ballot*, but to coerce their employes Into voting u* their employers think best. The Democratic party has repudiated the theory that tbe money nod not the men of the republlo should rule It The Democratic party has left It to the Republican parts to ad vocal* the unfair sad dishonest gold standard; to nominate tot president a man who, aa n knows bimetallist, dishonors himself by talking for monometallism against hU convictions for tbe lake of offlos; to accept tbe leademblp of a Mark Hanna who, after marahaQIug the mllUcoalree. trust*, syodioatae and combines to tbe support of McKinley, seeks to sleet him l/y the use of money nod the bolktoilog of workmen, who ere not asked to vote ee they think, but ordered to vote aa they ere told oo polo of discharge; to adopt as their «wa lbs repudiated policy of Cleveland and promise to Impose It upou the country for an other four years. Tbe Democratic party is truly a par ly of repudiation, aad If title republic Is cot to become tbe private property of the ccneoleoeeleaB aod greedy rlob, the American people will bave to re pudiate what the Democratic party has repudiated already. A rmm. Troth. Paraoa—“l faar that arrmon of mint about tbe *CoM Standard ’ mm not favorably raoalrnd." Deacon “Why ao. paraon t»* I’araon—“I found four 16 to 1 but* toaa In Uio ooHeethm-bnefcai.' It may bo worth eoatathlng to know that tho very brat mod let no for ro storing tba tlrad out arrroua system to a baalthy rigor la Kleetrio Bitter*. Tbla mad la) a* I* purely regatoble, acta I by Hiring toaa to nr nr* oaotraa In tho stomach, gautly atltaalolaa tho Llrar I and Kldaeya, aod aids thrar. organa la throw) og off ha purl tin la tho blood. Bieotno Bitten ItaproT** tin appetite, alda dlgratloa. and la pronouoctd by ihoto who bare tried It a* the arry boot Mood pud (tar aad nerro toate. Try It. Hold far 808 or IL.00 par bottle at J. B. Carry * Co'a Drag Won. ROFUS SANDBRS. WEITEB ABOUT THE OKEAT AMES IOA> (HOP 01 POOLS. A reel »MI« amiu Up • WMdlgg Wt«MW»Wlr *r tolgg. IgggWkhkg Paul to link*. BuI ua Handera, in U*>a*r Ludjrar. Be'bOr eblne—wet or dry- hot or 00hJ—frr« direr or no free *ile*r~ every year Ibe good Lord tend* brings tbc eeue) crop of foole. The leto oool enapi, l bn aprlng fraabeta, l be k waller In treat of lummer, lira loo* dry il rougbU In Uie fell of the year nod the urmendlna oold eyrllt In the dead of winter hero ell got nothin 10 do with Um groat American fool crop. It oomea up nod grow* off end torn* out lie produoent-iiie «a regular a* pig Uechu in e plum thicket. TWO BXABT* THAT MAT AH OS». . w$»l “Mw* me tap and tall you that f Wall, mostly from the fact tliai ••bad on* or tbe moat proper and lo vilest weddta matches yon ever heard tell of parhaae lead up (□ tbe acttletneiit this faU, and everything **' oomln right on acroae la uloe thapa Ul| old man Dare Ho a an took up one of hi* fool noiioo* and gummed up tbe cards ami bunted tbe gam*. Aa everybody knows, old man D ies Bowen la one ol tbe best-thced saen for mile* and miles around. ne lire* on tbe old Bowen plantation down thsr* on Deer Creek, where be waa boru sad bred and brung up. Tb* old stock of Bowen people peered away In the full tMM of time, aod tbeu Dave's brothers and sister* died up one by on* till Onaily at laat ba is the onlyaston* left. Consequentially the whole plantation aud everything on It belongs to him In tils full nan*. He bad went on f« two or three long nod weary yean llvio there all alooe by hlmaelf with no better oootpany than the nigger* aod bla mills*. And natarelly of ooorte everybody waa glad when ha lit out sad put lo visltus and coortln around Mia* Mary Willingham-which I do know sho I* one of the best nod most smartest women In the round crested world. Miss Mary is like old man Dave In one regards—her people have all died np and left bar alone la tbe world. Bat tbsy left h«r without any boo* that she otto call her own, or laud*, or mules, or cattle, or any thing. She la also way yonder differ ent froea old msn Dave In regards to sense. 8b* baa got a gracious plenty of It, whilst ba la a monstrous poor •nan In that way. But anyhow It did look to me Ilk* the vary beat thing for them to do. un der nil the surroundln elrcumfaranoa, was lo gu and git married. Dave lied the money and tb* home, whilst M 1st Mary had everything else. U* waa some tli* oldest, bat she bod also sited tier colt's teeth, as It were, and It would relay seem like they bad been predsetlusted to marry from the found ation* uf tbe world. Everybody lo the settlement thought so. And atoos lima old man Dava aud Mias Mary thought the sum way. After a right' smart fumblln aud foolln and vlaiMn and eoortln aud curry-in on. at last they give out tbe nawi and set the day— Friday areola before lb* last Third Sunday. TUP UACUtNgRT SLII H A IXO. But in the mainttme Aunt Haney Newton had haurd tbe news anJ coma hHIu op from Panther Creek to see the slinw. She had been good dost friends with Min Mary for years and yaira, and the dear, delightful old aoal Jest simply couldn’t keep lier Anger oot ef the weddin pie. ft) that Friday moraln Aunt Naooy and mother they hnokort up and drlv off down tn Bunk Weatherford** where the weddin waa to eomeoff, to git Mis* Mary dressed and ready. Oa the way down there Aunt Haney had to tell everybody where she was guln and wbat she bad to do. Whereas, durin tbe day old man Duvo braid Uml mother and Aoet Nmuoy had went on down to Bank Weatberford'i to drees Mlse Mary for the wedding. Well, from then oa tha fat was lo tbe are end tb* weddin cake tarned to dough. That woaldn’t make a ono tloeutel bit of dlffaranoa with me aod you. Hut old man Dave swore he'll be doubly d*dburned If he would mar ry any woman under Ilia son lint couldn't drees bsiaalf. “Somethin 1* tbe matter with her If it takrs two women to dreea bar.” •ay* old man Dave, ‘-and by golly* that lets me oat.” Tb* Neighbors soon got wlad of hasr tie* machinery had Jumped a one, and some ef tUsm went over to *o* the old man Dare to try and talk some enore iatu his brad. Hot la was pluperfect vanity. He wouldo’t move a peg. Aod be maintains tIM yet that Mbs ever dor* lake unto hlmaelf a wife she mutt be a full erown woman aed able to dreea herself. uni wi.riAuc root* There l« at lenat one more man to the Rooky Crack settlement which kwe ay with the general crop or foota, and hit name la Donk Strickland. To autoe extent Dank waa ratty whet you 'nought oall a aaK-taeda fool. Ha did bavo aaoaw enough to anneeie tkronrh If ho had hot oaly kept It oool aad aoberaM the time. But Duak waa powerful prone to look long and lovle ly upon the early ranolaa of thoooru. And moreover, a aponnful of braioaaad • plat of mean whtakr, mixed aad •hook ay together and taken before and after satin and between meats, will eoen make the gneabyeet Wggeat fowl la tbe world. The devil couldn't beat that praawtptlon If bo tried day aad nlgbt for a thoeaaod yaarv, aad to long at mea make tbe »liters the foot Killer ala't In no danger of kaoto hie Job; Time w«s tbe trouble with Thank. He went oa mekla that terrible alxtry till u last ha bora the name aad fama of a natural-born fuol. Hat by aad by he took and married Kim Dtate Statv dentalra, which abe wasnb»ut tbe moat haodaotneet young woman In i be eat lUmnot, nod presently aha fetched him *• i“!> w«'* mtiUHl buxom aiMl high Miwah wall aa good loo* I a liar arras waa white aa milk, but big aa a bad post, ai.d aha bad tbs keenest, prtttleet blue eyes you «w looked Into perk*!*. Along at Orat Mine Dixie aba would pry omrry lima Duak comeapdruck, but that waa such a mglmr thing lit) ■lie had to git uaa to It, and I reckon her nock of lean run out. dtie tried and tried la btr trndar, womanly way to break Duak from hie fool were. Hut Dunk be didu't do a blamed Uiiog but make great promleee and then wont right ou drlnkin aed rowdy in to beat alx Mta. Oue bright and beautiful spring niorala aeme M yuan ugu. MUe Dixie alia ealled fur a new deal aad giro It out that aha would auw pUy a differ* entgaeao with Dunk. Mo when he started to town that rnomln el* went out to the front gate with him and read the taw to hit hearlo. TAKUie DOWJt TUB CItBCX ItHK. *‘w« pr* BOW stand In at the forks of tha road. Dunk,” say* Mias Dixie, "and the time baa come for me nod you to bare n family reckon to together, I don't want any mom of your promiein and qaiUJe. You have been p rum lain aad promiein and quittla and aulltla till OiesMtaeious I am aiofc and rad of tbaL You bare now got to let down the cheek rein and ohauga four *»U. or I'll be Maet If there don't be a sueehup somewhere in the neigh borbood, X am plum willlu tor yoa to ptey big and boat tha concern if yoa will but only etay sober. But It yoa oems bom# drank to night yoa will ba the sorriest wee in the eoeaty to* aeorrow.” u waa soap dusk, with tbs Mar* •hlnia and the whlppowtlls iloglu wbea I>auk get home—drank at usual. If not a little drunker, but Idles Dixie she waa standi n there at the treat gate whea he rid up, aad aha want oryln any to apeak et “Dunk Strickland," say* aha, “you rledUaeted. skier-footed, good-for-nolh *'*#■*, git down off of that horse sad give um a driak !n “What smaller wld yon Barman, booty T" says Dunk. “Don’t come hooayin around dml’* says she. “You ain’t Alien to hooey a wet deg. (lit off of that hone like 1 told you And with that aha went right on np into Douke’s shirt collar sod landed him oa Um ground flat of his back. Then wtolist be was soreotMin to hie feet she got bolt of his whisky bottle, turned It np to bor pritty mouth and bit off a gnod big plug. “That Is mighty sorry whisky, Dunk." says she, “but if yon oao stand It 1 can. aad we will go s rug Ur family drunk together. If you woh’t stay sober sod go with me, thee Mess the heayens 111 git drunk and go frith you." By the time they got Into the house Duok waa cowls around to hit sober causes, but Miss Dixie took lilm In her lap, she did, like be was a baby, pat Urn bottle to his mouth aad holt him down and drenched him to Urn last drop. Duok kicked aud be ousted, but It want no use. and when she did 1st him go lie raised a marry moos. He kicked oyer the chairs aud tables and then went to the diuln-room aud smashed the dishes right sod left. Miss Dixie didn’t s»y stop, bat ft mad* her blood bile aud her heart, bleed. She didn’t do > blame thin*, bat take tba ax and went out to Dunk’s young paar orchard and lit into It with both bands. In leas thau two hoars every tree la the orchard eras ent down and chopped up In Move wood length. So Dunk lie slept oa the kitchen floor that night, and wbea he woke up aaxl murnin be waa tb» sickest and surest man In 17 states and territories. But wbea be walked nut to Urn orchard and found hie younp pear trace -whlok stood white with blooms the day before —ent up Into stove wood sod Miss Dixie’s track’s all around, lie lifted op bis voice In waste places arid orled like a schoolboy with bis big toe Stumped. Aad that waa Dunk’s last spree. Hu told Ula wife If she would quit be woald, end they swore oil together henceforth and forever. lu the rua of time they bought sume new dishes aad planted another orchard. They liave now get uine aremtslu children aad yon wouldn’t And a happier family la a loag day’s drive._ A Mga m4 rcaapMllg. AuMia Mm, A coon buoter lo Harnett oounty caught ntoa 'poaaumi the sight oiler election. ThU le ooe of the euroot OTldeBoae of returning pruperiiy. easssnss——*——— P blladrlphla Heoord, (4th): Thn cry has gone forth; there te no denying it. MeKlaley la stented. Yellow la thn Oder. Gold It the standard. Busin** wilt aow he renamed. I my dollar in elreuletloa will have behind it thn Pledge of Um ballot. Credit will creep out of Ito skulking ptaoea, and oool donee will spread over the land like suaehloe, making all tfclapa emile ngala. Horrab for Palmer mad Book oerl Down with Repudiation and BepudlaUoolata t Mr. It. B. Greers, merchant of Chllbowio, Va. cent Baa that ha had oouaamptloa, wee given up to die, nooght ell medleal treatment that none* coaid proeure. tried all oongb ■vmedlea he eowbl bear of, bet got ao NUaf; spent many algUU alulae up a chair; warn Induced te try Dr. King'* Mow Discovery, end was sored by ote of two bottles. for poet throe yours has been ill ending to bneloaaa, and eaye Dr. KUg'i Mow IMawtvery la the grandest nrmedy spar made, an it has done an much for Mm and afa> for others la hia community. Dr. Hlagto Hew Plea awry la guaranteed far Uosgbe. Ooldn and OsiwumpUoo. (t don't fall. Trial bottles free at 4. B, Curry A Onto Drag 8 tore. | THANKSfilVINGHOVBMBERU thb nauDsirt noaumnov. ar amM MMMttar MM raoplf tm «<ub«r ~-g—■nr ggg r'*i,< W*Mt» M M, Uf M •MM «r UMtljr, Mm WIwMM mt «M N». \Va*uimoto>, Nov. 4. -Ur ti* President of the United bwtta TM l~P»e of U- VmZ tkateo MMuid o»*ft ho uusaladful of Ut» grat Uada vtwy «wa the God of Nation for H» walol.faj care whleh baa ttialdad thaw front dlradkoaler and potated oat loUiMa tha way of. paaea and hap ptaaaa. Nor ahoaM (bay ever refute to aokuwwkrdga will, cootrUa btarta.Ibadr pronaoM la taro away flow Had’d tracking*, and to follow With alufol pride after their own deviate. To the end that Umm theagkU may t» qulckeoad, It le fitting that oa a dag aapaoUly appelated we Humid ££ together ta enproanhliia the Throne af OraM with praise and euiraileatla** *"“**2*rfjuEiEd Puu^“di tore* designate aad a* apart Tburs :aK«Asiw q# that day MiUotr profit ton*a tttfr usual work aad aowpstioa. aSf uaaacabla la Uwir accustomed places of worship- let them with one accord render thanks to Um Ruler of Uie Uni Terse fa rout preearvatlou as a nation daliTeraoae fro* ertrjr threat d**$*fi *•«' U» P~o» that baa dwell within tax bouadarlss; for oar defease agate* dlsnase aad pasttlsoee ! during the year that liaa passed; far fbe pjealaoHi rewards that have fui lewed tbe labors of oar husband me. aad for aU Um other Ussslngs that bare been vouohmtsd to os. AhdUt its. through Um OMdlaUoe of Bla *tw has taught as bow to pray, iMpletu the torgluaasas of oar «taa aad a eontlnastlon of oar Hnovaoly Vath erh cojduses. L* tu not forget on Uts day <d TbsckaglTing Um poor aad aaady; and by deeds of charity let oar oCeriog*of praisoba ta*d* more ac oeptablu la Um eight of the Lard. *?*!? «r bead and Um seal of the United dtatea which I hare ceased to be hereto affinal Deo* at the Oily at Washington, D. 0„ this fourth day of November. la tha year of oar Lord owe tfaoussod eight hundred aad ntoety rix, and of Um ludependeaoe of the Uultod States of Aieerloa the ooe hun dred and tweuty-ftret. ,, Gaovcc OtBVct.aNo. Ideal.] Bichard Oz.nct, decretory of tketa. A IW Vm4M. Atlanta Journal. Newspaper enterprise of tbadiiboa Mt tort baa received m richly fisssnsrt rebuke la tbe **,000 verdict which Miss Harriet Monroe has waa against the New York World, Miss Monroe wrote Um prise ode fur tbe opeuiug of the Columbian expoal tite. By some means The World ant hold ef e copy of Um poem. Mies Moiirne heard of tbe feet sad informed Tkt World that her ode meet oat he published 1« advance of ite readier at °2^'y otrtolatm of the exposition lko World oortly replied (bat ft bad a oopy of tbe poem nod lutended to peb lleh it when it pleased. It was printed In Uial paper before it wee reed in Cbteagn. Miss Monroe waa. of eowrae, indignant, ee were tbe directors of lbs exposition. The bolter pert of tbe public felt e one tempt for JV World tor resorting to a snide trick nod ite greet scoop did not prove profitable lu any sene;. Mias Monroe began a soil am* I nst 2V World noon after iu pre mature publication of tier poem and After various twiete aod lures of Inal (oaubtuery she baa bevo awarded darn »«-• t** the Amount of Id.OUO. TV World Is Juetly punished. It violated the rights of property and the wide of dcoeot newspaper ethiee. Nobody whose opinion is worth having oonetderod it praiseworthy in n news neper to ‘ seeks” a copy of Mbs Mon roe’# ode and to prlet lt before it was gtyeo ant end over a protest, it wan simply a mean triok. one of whloh a»y newspaper should he ashamed and urtiieii Uw high toned Journal* of Um United Btatee have Joined I a condemn ing. Honest, oiean newspaper enter prise Is admirable and almost in* vuirabiy wise ltd reward, but each trickery aa The World is Co pay 55.00* tot tednlglHg in to despised by Uw dsernt prose and by all right-tUaklag persona UamllrhlTMiMaU. wawuwtoa Mar. Mo»tb Carolina enlnyatbe reputa tion of being a ear* LeelUifel HUU, and ana noted far the looarrUy of poo plo. A tWiklot llluatratloo of Hilt la fu related by tie registration Hate of tho frooot alootlon, which thawed 450, 000 atoM Tba forthooala« Aodi Vor'a report ahowa that ttero aalr f7>. Ott ptraooo In the Stateaobfaoi too poll tar, nr only that taaay reported, of wtom 1U.01J an white and W.697 oolorad Thla givae 1U..V* poraoma who bora Hard beyond the poll tax ago. wblob la pnof oanolatlve that the ollmato and flood IHto« U Herth Onfa ll** aw ooodoetvo to toogrricr, to paeWly to tho longevity of tho oniorod hmhor. who ehowaoy laaati mo iiaoaarumly oo tho rogMraUob Hat* than bo doeo on tho tox I lata. Cu gUtsFSESE Jl titA ^&kSft£stk tftnti tkit naMim >r*r--■ - « TV. •■••a u*v*O■ ,i piuUUCOUf to Um kMttagi ' ■ log 8,000 mi\m and ddimUi 66 apaachtt. wha iSsaa'-sa^ays nod mto no lottnn. **upt omroeanrtenjr, fna thnUMoC U» no»J«mUon*»t».W,«Uetlo0. U18M ud ininM U0 aadn two brM n,__ P^. toldld »#t tenvri nt nil. blMQnu MfnUmn aenonbon. s»wa&ir$&s aanssjssacS® Umst did not Karri nt nU nod ante ■° 0|t*y tmmttd ora 8.000 ml!* and dettrawd T* ta 13.0 iimca wade > vary brief epoecbaa ead did act leave NeirTod, s^rs^thasans beadmiartere and delivered only two W«# ea.aebn. Ul&i Blaine traveled oeert*5,000 allM aad delhnad mepeeehMTwE Cleveland delivered 3 brief -rtinriiT and traveled bet three haodradiwX I«1W Cleveland Mlvendi and did not travel at all, while d«»i. m3» ^twt^iifiSttneither jsgra&gaass two epeaobee aed Cleveland Hear. Bryae’i campaign covered the whale ' eoeetcy fromBatb, Me.. In the (hr out. to Charlotte aed IdaepMeta the Booth, aud Weet to Grand r.i.»a <* ‘vlvrij* of Nebraeka, fblng JToeth aj far aa JVw«o In Dakota; Dnlotb In Minnesota, Aferqueue In Wleoorwta. and Mackinaw Cay la lileUM^eSe the whole eenu.l bell ot tteoJaaUT between Maine tod Nebraska weS redolre bend rede ot dote on the BMW to local* the place* where he delivered addeeaeee. When*, be MpadTer hindered Me eaoee maya*i* beeMtlS beyond dispate, bet he hat certainly giTOu to the country aed the wertdthe •ooet etarveieua exhibition of eaatwy, ggSaJtaajaSS hittery ofaayooestty. a ■MMaOMdaMweMAweaH^ ;