The_ Gastonia G
_ _ ' Ouvoiort to tbo I’rwlttctlun oi Homo and ttau 1ntnvo«u oi tt> C'OMnt>■
Vol. XIX._ fwTi'.r.limwJeiir.) Gastonia, N. C.. October 27, 1898.
P^cnwq W—f—f—■ ■ —J- ■■JL.' —PTn—r tt——m—r I III — — -
MAJOR JON EST RAVE LS **1
FIFTY YEARS AOO. |
By Major Joseph Jones of Georgia.
MSTTKtt XIV.
•Nirw York. JuuelJ.
To Mr. Thompson —ll#»r Sir : To I
tell tou the plain truth, Mr. Tbomp-1
aoo, I'tu a altered man sense I cum lo
New York, at Inast no far t< auperr- ,
nnre gosa, though 1 btievn my bait li
in to* same place it uaoi to b.\ It w«s
sum tluis bdoro 1 oou'd gin in to my
Trend LUlleliigh'a arpyrueula. but ss
J'ui always wlHIu to uocominodatc my
aalf to the wliiis* nf my Irens, wbrnt it !
can be doun willtmit ssorlBoln uiy
principles, I nonsuited to have sum I
new clothes nsnJo In tiie lsteit fssulou. j
Accordingly tho other day h i lock me
down to Mr. Lowitsbwrry, in Pina
streot, and giro the dltwotl ms Vi hsv.i
e rost rate brnvlcl nth salt made for
cue, jest like his own. Well, in tw >
days afterwards, here cutui a bran-new
suit to lay hotel—cost, yen', ami trous
er*. Tho bootmaker iu Fulton streit
bad tent me h pair of new French
boots, aa hn called 'em, and 1 got a bat
from Leary, the great Jiruadway hat
man. I shucked out of my old ololhe*
and got Into my new ones, aud sich u
alteration I don’t reckon you ceer seed
afore. It’a a positive inot. [ dou’t
del leva Wise or ibuarl, my conn dig*
at homo, would be sble to know ms
without sinelltu’ at toe for nwhlle (
don't hardly kaow raystlr, uud if it
hadn’t been (or uiy role*. whioli soui.d
ed aa tamiliar as a dinner horn, 1
would a-had tuy dowts. Mary wouldn’t
seed llte least resemble ;.on to her hus
band iu me. aud l hlieri* if I liad mode
my appearance tu I’loevllia my neigh
bors would lasen for i ulllu ui« iujail.
for a Impost! r.
My cols ain’t so very outlandish, bul
coy trousers nnd jacket is the tedries
kmkin’ tilings iu the world. Tlui
trousers ls“all buttoond down bufore,”
llko Daddy Orituei’ old hi on onto, and
makes me so shamed when 1 look at
’em that i don’t know what lo do wiih
myself; and uiy jacket onmns almuit
down to my knees, and Is cut nut
swallercr tailed in front, tike li-imral
Washington’* regimental J nsket. <eli it
I seed lu Washington City. Tncy’ie
hII made fust rale, though, u>ul 111 like
they had growd on roe. They bjgin hi
feel a little better now than ivlien I
fust put ’em nil, but it will be sum
lime befure 1 gii used In ’em, aud
uerorn t can pis* anybody lu lli« street
without fiitlio' like I wanted to turu
round to hide my trousers.
You know I told you I had no very
grate opiuion of operys. Well, ihsl's
a fact; out the other availin' whan I
cum to dinner at my hotel, the clerk
handed me a note from Mr. Liltlo
high, statin’ that himself and two or
three of bi* fieri Je would lio very glad
of Major done*' company in a private
fox at the Olympic that evenin’ to nee
the opery ol “Tlie Daughter of the
liegtmcot.” It wouldn’t he |«rht* to
i-eiute ilch a invitation, and I staid
home to meet Mr. LlUlehigh accordin'
to hla applritment.
Well, 'tout 0 o'clock Mr. Lllllehigh
called for roe. and we went to the 1
Olympia, The house was packed like
a barrel of poik,\vbur thcr ain't room
eouffleft to git another foot nr jowl,
uor so much as a ear Into tho barrel,
all except my Iren’s private box, what
was pretty close to the stage, and what
had nobody In It but three or four
gentlemen who belonged to our party.
Tb* curtain rls with a everlaatln’ alog
rn and flddlln. Ilka It did io t’lllndolfy.
lilmeby the daugblar of tba regiment
cum out, and then ( thought they
would tear the theater down with Lber
everlaatln ’ rumpus.
'•That's our Mary, Major,” tea Ur.
LiUtehigh, "and now If you wimt to
bear a bird of paradse, Jett buck back
yer ears.”
V « UIIU tWKHI
and tbe wny the could slug wnn per
fectly ’matin ; and lben sbe handled a
musket knd marched about tlm stag*
like a regular sargeant of Infantry.
How tbe uaiachief she ever cum by ao
many fathers I couldn’t well tunke
one, for tbo iliigln, which, aa I told
• you before, apilea eery tiling lu a opery.
But It waa eery plain to ho seeu Uint
If tba regiment was her daddy*, eery
feller la tbe houw) was In love wlui
her; and I couldn’t help bat think that
tlie feller'with Lheilbbona on hla hat,
what kep follerln her about and (login
to her how im loved her, loud snuff to
be henrd all over the house, stood a
monstrous porn chaoce among ao many.
Whenever ebe cum on to the etuge, tlm
p**|>le all over tbe house would rap
and clap and boiler like they waa half
out of liter routes; and whenever she
sung a song by beveolf, they was cer
tain to make Iter sing it over agin.
I llkod the Daughter of the Itsgl
tnent myself rather better than I did
tbe Bohemian Gall, but I'd Ilka’am
hotli a good deal better if liter wasn't
so reach vinglo in 'em.
After the opery w«s over wo went
down to tbe Battery, and after walktn
about In tbe moonlit walk* til sre rut
l|red, w* SOt down on the benches and
spoked oar tegare. while tbe wave*
splashed and roared agin tlm rooks,
and tli* wind played with the lope of
tbo tree* behind no. After lalkin over
patters and tlilngi awhile, we started
for home.
As we was gwiue aloug np Broad
way we saw a ainoku coming out of a
roof of a Ivouse down la one of the
cross *treel*, and turned down to sm
what It waa. When wngot opposite
(u it wo mw a redish anil of a light in
the winders on the rnof and Ik# smoko
pour In out of tvry track. Mr. I.ltUe
high run aortisa and mpped at |b* il-ue.
.ad In a mlult a old man stuck hts bed
cat of the lower winder.
••Year bouse Is n Are,” sc* Mr. Lli
(Irklgk
The nld snsn gruMled ont » urulhin*
hut didn’t take In hi* old red night cap
M pate ami movement like ho eared
whether hla ho* aawaa til re or imiI.
“Fire,” so* my fiend, loud »* he
could holier, plnlln op to the Top of the
bouse.
The old man griiolod out something
lu Dutch, cud "too I at "till at a post,
starln at its on lint other side of tlio
atreet. Than Mr. Muggins tun aarose
ami waul close up to thn ohl ondgrr,
and hollered to him:
“I say. old hoes, your Iionsa la on flie
— up In Hot garret.”
It uras 'hout t‘J o'clock, mk] the
street was still as i. grarevard. Mr.
Muggins madn a g-md deni of noise,
and the old man pnlled In his head and
Cuiu back in u mini! wltli a uld shot
gun In bis baud and begun to cm lo
D-itoli us hard as bo <-ould. Mr. Mug
gins backed out a little ways and let
gun lookln fur a brickl-nl. Mr. f.lttln
high, eeeiu that thn light was gill In
brighter In tlio winder, -tept on lliu
steps and Irish the don-. Hy thin time
two or three morn red nlght-an|>* was
stlckln out, looicln at us without s ay in
a word, excep tile old teller la-low. who
Was dourlstiln Ills shotgun anj luaklua
terrible racket.
Just then sumo winders was raised
on the other side of the street,
“That house Ison Are,” s-s Mr.
Uuyclui.
"tvaku Vm up next dom,” sea some
ho-ly from tother side. “Iliey can’t
uudersland Mnglisli lu that house.
With that we nipped at the next
Jure, and tohl the onu that cum oot
what was tho matter. The fcllrr
iprung Into the street and looked up
rot a second, and then run to the old
:l:a? that waa cumin with tin. guu lu
Ida hand and sod annulling Io li'.ui.
Iktwo (trapped tJie gun. nod out of tha
winder com the old Dutchman, with
nollimg oa but Iris shirt und idght-cap.
As anon as he newt the ernok* and light
lie sot up a yell th«: wiked the whole
neighborhood and in half a tuimt tlo-y
waa condo out of every winder in the
liouae like uut-sijuirrels from a c>m
srlb—cllnibln down the watcispout,
sud jampin out ut ttie uriuders. tana
wliumlu, and children—all or Vm hulf
nuked mid holloriu nud yellln like (lvo
thousand wild-csta.
lly till* time the it nni w.is sprc.nl -
lbs people cuiu pourln out of ihn
luuses lu every direction, etch « seem*
I nevor seed refine In nil my life. All
»*' could Lear In Knalisli «u«
the 1 Hr.-!” tunl in a fo* luin'la lien
;um the il.eumu, with th.ur ittglt.eii,
ratlin over live atonoe, aiul nhoutin and
fellio like half the eitv vs ,ie in II imss.
die (1 >r<Mi and winders wa* op’rr, nml
>ld trutika and fnrnilure and bed* was
Hjlnen erry direction.
And aflei all wliat dvi you Ihiuk It
iraj? Why nothin but u smoke rulm-d
T> the family what lived In the garret,
to drive out the muskalent. Thar was
sum leu or a dozmi families livin hi
the house, and all of 'em was frightened
ilowsl to detb. and I u rued oat of
■her lied* into the street, jmt Ixwan v
he family In Um roof ha<1 gone to
deep lravin a pile of old rag* all™ to
lnve off the uiuaketerr.
Tlio Ureroeo went home cussln the
lutebmeu, but we alahl awhile with
lbs crowd what was growlu bigger and
Jigger, to sec the fun—and I would
liu almost anything if I conl.1 jest
iiudoratood Dutch, s> 1 might kuow
• hat the pore people was sayln to one
in other when they wtia gvllmrln up
utd disputing about iber plunder. Tin*
>ld chap what had the gun wus com
jletelv out of his senses. He didn’t
lit the idee that Ins house sui adrsfor
lum lime, hut when ho did git it ioto
lit bed ther was no sioh thhig us
persuadln bias out of it. lie never
lack lime to put on hi* clothes, bat
lest grabbed bold or bis daughter, •
Millfnl gel), and hollered "Ore t "Ore"
is loud an lie could. The pore gall
iried her best to pacify him, but the
more Slav cried and talked to him, tliu
more lie luck on.
vm* KPiej kw i'u iu bud c r»i w(l,
jud wlien we <«■ aatlified that trau
guillty was restored iu Holland, Mr.
Little high and myself wont home,
tcavln tha old Dutchman hollerio Are,
and his wife and daughter tryln to git
him in thn house.
It’s Wgiuoin to get pretty warm
here now and tbcr’a a good many
SonlliHrnera here, and among ’em ia
loin of my (Georgia fraud*. Totlwr
day aa t was gwina along Broadway,
•bo should I meet but Colonel Dili
Skinner of FlnevtUe. You know Col
onel Bill's oce of tho cleverest foliar*
In Hie world; and as h* was 'uont Urn
Orat old acquaintance I bad seed fur
•nm time. 1 waa moustrou* glad Li
meet him. We stopped on th* comer
of Park place and ilrosdway, and shuck
bands and was ehattln bout home,
when Uio fust thing ws know’d tlieie
was a crowd of 'boot live hundred ;mhi
plo gathered round us.
••Look here, Major," see ho, “I can’t
stand UiM. I don't thluk there’* auy
danger of ther swnllrrln me alive, but I
don’t like to lie gaped at like I was a
wild animal.” So off be started for
his hotel, roskln a wake caaong lira
erosrd Ilk* a seventy.four In n mill
pond. Tt>* fact Is, Colon*! Bill I* oou
tillered a full grown Georgian at home,
bnt among us Ira don’t look more'ii
hair to big aa he doe* here, slur the
ivrrage "l**» of the man it much lees
than It Is lo oar genial soil, what
m*n’a bodys aa wall a* thcr liana kit Iu
bn aa large ea the M iker intended ’no
to he. The Colonel nin’r so sensitive
as aum pevple about slch tilings and
taken a good joke ns well aa I he went
man; but when he found they bad Wen
pulttog him In the Herald. OaUlu him
lira Grorgla giant, and makla out s
Wap bigger than ha la, be djeso’lllk*
it a bit.
My oW fraud, J.ilm Hopper, Is here,
too, from Ravannah. and I don't bauw
bow many Of th* Petcg* from Angus’*.
Ojloecl Hlarastrlbg. from lira wiregrasa
Mlllsment, Is thlolng hers Ip bit owa
peculiar way The Cobras! It one of
the oldest specimen!.* of human natun
I ever eetd la my life, and takes jau a
uiuclt pride In a r igged note, h dirt;
shirt collar, aud a long lie*id aa thi
ftrealtsl dandy Joes in his Query. Ufa
nctiona of notoriety, hnwovor. dosan'i
suit this ntfuidoau ut all. In u am.t)
town wbar It would be poaaible foi
him to l>» known by moat of the in
| habitants, perhaps In' mouglit bronuir
distinguish'd In Ida line; but Imre,
wliar ther la unuinlaboo of all kinds of
loafers, and *rii.»r a |>oraou who (a a
man nl home la nothing but a Individ
aal, It la no uao to try to git uotoriety
for Stch peculiarities as lie Indulges lu.
The Colonel oiianrslti* ommlnybuiaea,
and turns up liia nose at the dandles
and free nlggora from cnorulu1 ill olgbt,
aod drinks saasyparllly aody water, and
smoke* the worst sugars h* can flud.
lie use* Miami the Urwery, und goes to
Cbatlism Street Theater. flc can’t
bear Niblo’s or the Park, and sos tbst
Broadway is worse than a mcnagery of
wild varmite.
I lisyrn’l sed northing to you abrut
Uin New York 1-idlns, sod, aa 1 tuld
yon toy opinion about Ilia Baltimore
galls, 1 ought lossy aamthlug of ths
lsdys of this city. Wall, so far at
dree-dn’ la onucerned, they heat Balti
more and Filludelfy all lioller. But lu
pint of buly they ain’t to compare to
Uie wlmmln of the other eltiee. Tho
fact la, I Und tlMS farther North I go
Ibe more Sue clothes and ths lesihaud
sum faces I am, It would laku -ivifT
money to boy a plantation Ur dress one
or these Broadway bells at they cdl
’em, und after all a roan of taata
couldn’t rec much In ’em to fall In love
with. They’re generally taller thsu
•>ur Southern galls, and with tho help
of tire milliner* they la pretty go.id
form*, when they Is walkin’along be
fore you. But, Mr, Thompson, all
ain’t flesh and blood that walks, any
morc'n all ain’t gold that ah tuna lu
Peter Funk’s winder; and when y iu
cum to hoick up with ’urn and see tiler
races, whatever nothin* of billy you
'nought had before Is soon gone. A.ud
even if you do new and Ultra cum
neros* a handaum race Uror’a aumthlog
wrong about ’em, that I can’t ejcrutlv
ouJersVand. Sumlrow tlrer ain't ran If
difference between the expression of
the countenances of the wlmmin ami
the m-n. Tim prelUmd blue eyes you
loiet lias a kind ol a h*rd, cost-steel
expression, so different- from tbs soft,
mnUlu’ looks of our m ideal, blur eyed
Georgia gall*. Sumtlrars yon rnsv sees
pair of dark, bright eyes, but ther ain’t
no depth In 'em. Tlrer’* tier s.nno diff
erence Iwtimou the eye* uf the North
ern vriiuinni and III* eye* of our g«lla
at home Hist ther is between u look'll’
gl\s* sml a deep pool of pure, crystal
" • ■ *» villi ■ ■ • k*; vlU ‘"'V,
and Iw’.b rrfl.-ctr upon your own face;
but the glm* I* nil Cold, shallow aur
fac?, while you *** down deep Into. the
r>mntuln and understuud Urn source
tmni wlur it* pure wsur* flow. Tim
Northern July*' eye* poem like they
»»« only iu*<Jh in look with, while our
Southern Bull*. y>o know, cnu speak
sooloquonlly with their’*. No doubt
lielu’ in etoli a Brute city, whar they 1*
all tlic time *x;m*ed to the Bate of
stranger*, has sum a ft wa on the lady's
to make ’em less bashful and Al.rinkln'
than our Southern Balls la. sud perhaps
ther U other causes of education ami
habit* to make ’em leU feminine in Uie
style of tiler boty But certain It 1s
ther U lb* BTcutest difference in the
world between them nud the wimmio
of the South, aud in my opinion the
tdvsutagfc It all ou the side of om
Southern galb.
Mr. Hooper And me Is gwino to take
a trip to YAnkortluodlcduio in a few
day*, lo ago Hot ant sod Lowell; I want
in «eo the great Ysukee city, anil the
factory galls wh*t t’eo hand «o much
About. 1 will tell you all about my
trip In my next.. So no more from
your rrleud till drib, Jos Jones.
(To bn continued next vrnek.)
SKiiae rui.nxMxVLviD orr.
II im Only * X«]ii»itar •( Rimflll'H no ft
Rpyw Wilt UffCfflvf* Til Mr Knll l*ny.
vriimuudon UUvikMiiti.
8IX of the to'grn polioemsu who were
foisted m>oii tlio decent while people of
this Mly by Urn rtusvIMYi If ht-Melton
coraMnatioo Uayo been put off Uut
fore*. Thera has lieeu eome motion
among tbe police officers fur some ll mo,
and theta bare beeu frequent dashes.
It la aaid, at the city hall over placing
ll* negro officers Id certain sections or
Item citf and the matter came to a head
yesterday when six of them were out
off theiuren. Inquiries at tbe oily hell
elicited tbe lororiuatlon that the while
people bad been making so much fust
recently about negroes being on the
force lliat the six referred to had ouu
eluded to resign. Tills is the excuse
given by Russell to his henchmen to
be transmuted In turn to the public,
but lliat Ule won’t wash. Any mao
with two minces of common sense can
mo Hist it la dune for political effect
ond that It is one <>f tho schemes
hatched out by Russell and hla arch
oonsplmtnra at the rcoont gathering of
tho freaks. if tbil gang intended la>
dsoelye the leapsotablo pends, however,
they should Imvc studied I heir plana
more closely.
The negroes will be laid uff until af
ter tho elootlon on full pay, and then
quietly resume their heats again,
fa the ninantlme the taxpayers will
liava to nay the salaries of the six De
grees sod the additional burden of the
• lx white men who arn put on the foren
la thi-lr nieces.
Rev. ilaytus Cade, Rowell's private
secretary, w*s heard in say yesterday
that It wse tho pint to get rid of tbs
negro polleemnn lor awhile until tilings
qtilctod dowa.
Il«w iff I'm < 'rffity
We have two children who are sob
Jecl to attacks of croup. Whamnu
an attack is eomlog on my wlfo gires
them Chamberlain's Ouagli Remedy
ami It always prevents the atUek. It
la a household tienraslty to Uils omial)
and no matter wlml Hss w» run out or,
R would net do to be without lihswber
Iain's Cough Remedy. Mure of ll la
sold hers than of all enugfc iwedlcbiea
omtducd -J. M. Mickle, of Nlelil*
i Urae.. marahanu, M icklevUI*. Pa. Ko»
[ sale by J. E. Curry sod Uoapeuy.
ARP OR SOLDIERS' GRAYES.
TAf.KM OF Till) XUUUT I* AT
TKTMXtJ Til THRU.
Mhauhl rt»T» ll««MnM-0 Thai
frapln ('Mil* latAio Their Lon4
m*iut Til. ]>H In Bofraa* mt Their
Cvoalrjr-kwrlvra > Ullrr.
Ulll Am, In Ailaul* Const ituttori,
Mr J<ihn 8 Hoaliour. of Woodstock,
Vi*., write* inn that “Colonel William
Holt, of ilia BIbIiUi nr perhaps the
Truth Georgia Tolnutaera, dleal at my
mother’* home during tho civil war.
Ilia body cm tenderlr imrlad, for lie
waa a soldier, a gonttemsn andaChrls
tlun, and we becuu- much nttachod to
Iilao. I think Ue was from Macao, bat
wo have never beard from hi* kindred.
1 was then a boy of sixteen, and now
there are ouly two of ui living srhn
know of 1iW grave. Ths headboard
that marked it has goo* to decay, lie
cetitly 1 le irned tliat your wlfs wa» a
Holt, and FUMlbly roav be related to or
know of this Colonel William Unit, and
bene* 1 write to you. *»
Who can respond to this letter, ai,d
I who will mark that aotdier'a grave V
My wire was not a Holt, but her
mother was. and as all lha Georgia
I Holts are kin, either in tr or remits,
I *he wishes u>s to makn Inquiry and do
, something for tUU forgotten uian. I
She say*: "Mr. Unehoar ead his
u»'*tber have been kind and thooghlful,
and now that grave must be re-marked.
It will ooat only u dollar oi two fur i*
tuarHe headstone. I wonder what
brunch of tho Holt family this CM me!
William Holt beloogod to.
1 have looked over Colonel Avery’s
catalogue and llo l tLnt Captain WIIIU
(*. Holt commanded Company C In thr
Tenth Georgia liegimmt; that be af
terwards became major aud then coin,
nel of the regiment. This iiuimrnl
was commanded first liy CM I.afayctto
McLiws. neat by Alfred Camming,
next by John 31. Wcvms, uext by 'V,
C. Ilolt and last hy ,v. J. McllrkK Of
oours* sous surviving comrade out tell
ns about tills Il-ilt, mil will wrlto hi
j Mr. Uostiour. If lha aplrlta of lbs
dead do hovar arouuj their gr.nroa,
I how UearUeeait Is to neglect them. Ic
Is sad enough to be buried hy atrau/.u's
afar from liemi an.I kindred, nnd sol
der still to he a<n» ig tbs unknown a.rt
I unrecorded detail Of course this cs i
I iHit to] avoided dnrfug war. bu: there la
1 no exou-c tor neglecting the grave.* of
kindred who aro burled wltlru easy
re,inti nf homo. If there G: ghosts and
h nulls and spectre* frequenting grave
yards, tliev oi'ist ciiuiw iruro three new.
leet-tl grave*. Uruj-ec- for llie home
of til- dead—tin- gravey iril -(lie
Cemetery —I* olio of llie beat evidi-ou-e
•■f a civilized and kliidtirorhal people.
OtitTc* do out require uioii'imsuts, but
ibey do *11011117 demand rttentlon.
'I'ltoy should lw protected front wanton
latruuo-i. Thorn It a gray- ||«ra! l)ow
In an wbauloned cemetery—n potter's
Arid —over which rude nuj Careleai
f<wl trump dully, and lo this grave was
hurled llte father Of a mail long mm*
on-d and loved In Georgia. A broken,
mtldvwel marble alab that lias lilt
name and ago Ilea open lint ground
where it hi* fallen. It Isa blemish
up-in ti.e futaily name that this grovn
of the nucesldr l< so long negtiMlc I
Once I wrote tn a man and augga-ted
that a simple shaft or t-ualislnne bi
placed over hts father's grave—a lather 1
dlatlngutahnd tu hi* day—and !•« wrote
ew saying Hist tbe waots of the living
were more Important Gian aeulia>?ntiT
Irorwrs to the dead.
That man was wealthy. 1 hid a
marble beadslono placed U> mark tint
grave. Woman Ira* more heart, more
sentiment about socli things thru mao.
ft is the mother wbo visits the grave
of her child and dealt* It with flnweis.
Tl.e puet Harrell ary* thot ‘'Woman
was last at the cross and earliest nttho
grave," and llaltock say* that "The
graven of out luved one* am onr pil
grim shrlnsa."
« wvuuui it umin iv - ■ iiUUBll
In lilt* country. Weru do Uit-y Bud
room for th« dead lu New York city
mid Chicago f read Hut In Bug
land and eomn part* of Germany the
bodies of the dead are allowed but i
thirty year* to sleep la tires cemetery
mid am then taken up snt the bona*
thrown In the charnel huiune and Ultra
they dec-iy and settle down into dust,
larird Is bio Valuable to krep spreading
It Into graveyards aod eu they keep on
using the same gtound every thirty
Tears. The eeutlment of respect fur tho
homes of tire desd Is presumed to pass
away In that Ume. Thera Is nnlhlog
there hut boues turd not ns my of thenr..
This Is at lest hatter thso ei emotion,
tro better for U>o deed, uf course, hut
more grateful, to the Hying who loved
them. Ssored i.i>l profane history
abounds hr mention of honors to I tie
dead and respeot for their burial place.
Tiro cate ttf M.iohpvlali Is positively
known and was the burial plaoe of
Ahrabam and Sarah, of Isaac and Re
brkah aod Jacob ft Is (bo oldest
burial place hi tiro wirrhl. Jacob built
a monument to RrClwI. but none Is ru
curdnd to LrCSIi. Eoali, poor woman,
was not good looking. The children
of Israel took up tha bnics of .loeepb
nod crrriud them along wlUr them on
their forty year's Junracv. Even |n
our day ttm remains of dlstlngulsbt-4
dead are carried thousands of miles Lu
tbelr homo and ooun'ry, as W. W.
Corcoran dH the bones of .Min How
ard t'ayop. Colombo* doe* not aacm
lo rest anywhero permaeanll* and om
welt nxnlalm as Samuel did to Haul,
'•Why Hast thou dlr<)tilled me ?’• I
think that Spain might let oe have the
remains uf either Columbus or Arsarl
One Vespucci us, for tire latter, though
an Italian, la burled bi dartHe.
The gravoa of our Oon federate dead
are by Uils time pretty generally mark
ed with Barbie headstones. I have
often wosdrint that US State bas aot
pntillsbed In pli*raphlet or booklet torra
tire names of all onr soldier* by oum
pants* and regiments and Other deal/
net Ion. It wouldn't cost much and
would be a great eenifart l« Urn Vvter
ane and their fssslHsv (Monel
A very'a eaUlogoe centals* ndloar*
uoly. I aeed seed a book statue* every
day. U would be a bom* evidence ul
i tins aervlcca of father*, brother* and
I uncle* In the CearMsntn army and
should bate a plane on the parlor labia
braid* the family Bible. VfUy coa t
tlw next legislature bate aucb a book
compiled f I was rutploutlng a boot
tbe orxt legislature, for the praat lulls
us It will not have a negro lo It and
only ono Be publican, 1 was a prem
ier of Ilia legislature of lflfifi. ahleb
w.ia purely while and solidly Demo
cratic. Since then ovary legislators
luu lied one or more colored members
and several Republic ins. Verily w*
are on Ilia up grade.
1'iior. asLxtcr seukna
Telia Steal ihr Kowh mf ions «*.«•
linn—Tax Ml Wad Wteda.
State lleologist Holmes addressed the
Watauga Club et Uilulgb recently an
good roadi. Prof. Holme* Is always
practical, yet always Interesting. Bn
aav* that tbot far only 23 oouottea in
Ur* Stale have a road tax law. Ttits
ranges from 8 to 1H cent* on lb* <100
Of property valuatloo. Mecklenburg
having tbe highest figure and having
ulto 70 miles of macadamised roads.
Tlie 0(bt Is In many counties against
Ura tax. In foot, liters U an In tense
nud ip this case must unreasonable
prejudice against tax In North Caro
lina. But a tax ou bad roads Is iisltl,
ueyertlirlms, and It la no leas s aum
than 8l.ww.0a) a year. Prof. Holmes
esya tins is au under, rather than an
ovrr-oetloiate. It Lt that worst of all
taxas. mm which beusQUi nohndy. To
aacadanlxe all Ihorvidsln the State
would cost somvtiling like $£>.001),000
a year. There I* no way to Improve
roads save by taxation. Tire beat way
la to issue bouts and levy a lex
t« meet the hilerest and create Ilia
■inking fund. Intelligent supervision
la a prime requisite. The re loca
tion of roads Is necessary. t)u« had
road hIoiim c -stx Mltcliell county pro
pin $80,000 a year. Charlotte's quid
road*, six mil-* out In all directions,
arc w-otli $80,000 a year more to that
city than Rilelgh’s ranis, only thren
u>|:*s uut. are to tliat city. Bat wliat
will imiv da with tlie unheeding pcopl»
of this 8t*t* ? Tim road lectn re. brist
ling with fact*. Ml up mi t he o*r* of
Llv* invnb.irs of tbs last legislature
with no m ire effect than If they had
bi-au d*T«1 men I i tli.i .-aat olay can
be mlxod with the *anly rued* and
Uius a dm roadbed will bo incur*! In
tins clay ciuiitry sand can he mixed
with a like result, if in* giadiui he
properly d me. Broi l tlrel vehicle*
are earnestly n-co-xninru tod.
They »Iav* Ulllel It.
•f tl Min^turi gur
Itnnky Mount Butin-, Cy Thmnpiiiti,
Harry Sltlunn- ct (•!., trim wesr the
Populist dUiulee white they are fitting
in tliu *.4'iio councils, sloapiug in the
hnuke :llid s ipping not of Llie sum* dish
with J«ur Pritchard, Ah Holme, of
dec Hunlcr D «k»ry. Dm Uuue'.l,
Geo While (black), Ah) Middleton
(ditto) tha "ilicttiir" of Djplla, and
theAiudo‘•Prof”. IkeSmith. uf Craven,
preie-.il tint they are doing it to pro
serve the organ iatbhMl nr tha Populist
party, so lint it may be In sh ip* la go
into the eempnlgu iu 1II00.
They ere simply playing thin fraud
to fool lilt Po|<ullst, who may still
trust them and svcura thrir vote* far
the tlcki't they me Support iug. Tticy
know that limy an I other* liae Uiera,
who tiHvu betrayed \lie party hr com
bining with thfi Itnpnhllam gold |i»rty
end IIi-j tmgnx)* who are la It, have
driven tliouuuda of Imuest men out of
tho Populist party, *nd practically do
•troyi-d It.
It was stronger in Georgia and in
Moith Carolina limn la uuy other of
ilin Southern Stttes, hat In Georgia it
It iu so dea l tt* mi organiI .lion that
one of the leading Populist papers of
that Stale, and the only l'opullut dally
in Uie South. the August* Trtitunt,
advises wbst is left of U to ceasn not
ing at-parnlety and go to the itemo
eratio party, as thousand* of Populists
did boroie the lust (leullon, us shown
by the decrease lu tlielr vote from
M.OO'J I wo years ago to 48,000, Includ
ing the negroes wlio supported their
iMiivu arv*%>•
W« Ventura the prrdiotfou tbaltMr
vole In lb* coning election In ibis
Slate will show p/no a greeter falling
off IIinn 11Is, If ibem be anything In
tlin sign* nl Ihn lime*. The people are
■ llAguftiol will) lli« dickering toenaga
•nuot of the** meroruary mouotebatik*.
who know il and are head beot fur tin
Itepublicar- parly, where they logically
belong end mould bays been loug ego.
Til re* Oor lore la Oaaaaieataa.
From Itcnpimln Pnieilln.
" " h«o you am sick, wbat you Ilk*
best U to bo clio*;r> for a medicine in
the first place; what experience tell*
you la best, to he oltosen la the second
place; wbat reason (I. a.. Theory) my*
Is treat lo bn ofroaan In lbo last place,
Brit if you enn get Of. InvUh'itvm, Dr.
Expri-fcncr nod Dr. Uni ton to Imlil a
oonsuUation together, they will give
yon the beet advice that can be taken,’’
XV Heri you have n bad cold Dr. lo
ci laat Ion would rtoommeud Chamber
lain’a Cowglt Dsastdy trecauan It to
pleaaant and *»ra tottM Dr. Ciperl
aace would recommend it tree*nee it
■ever fails to effect • speedy and par
ntanrnt earn. Dr. Ilstacii would
recommend II l>eeaus* Il I* prepared on
seientlDn prlnclidea. and acta ou ns
lore's plan In rrltotlug the lungs open
ing the sserelhtos and restoring tb*
aysfeu to a natural and healthy eoadl
[ lion. 1’or sale Ity J, E. Curry A Co.
j.'i : ..
RiSakUtiaa I'mwIww )a He.
OoMrliet *nr>at
Then are fully 5,000 white llvyuldl
can* In Korth Carolina who will vrtle
lb* Democratl>t ticket la tiie coming
November election. Wayne county
will furnlsli her full per cent, uf such
voter*. Mark tire predict In* The
Arynt |a not giver to Idle talk. Tire
entire l)>monratki ticket will ka rtooted
in Wayne county Ity mafortolw raagfng
from 500 te 500
tmiso* trruti pj i> m «m.
ttMndllM HmmIiINw
rnaWwtsO-WMI Try to far With
r»!mi iia’ui ^r'K't >U*on af rtuU«'»
Wo at* glad so many volar* «f Ot
tswbe had au oui-or’.anily to lwar th«
abhrat defender of ths Populist parly
lay before them the claims of that
party fw support Uiia year and to de
fend the record of Uw party la the
past. Weaayws are glad, becausu tf
any defence could be wade for Uw
record of fuston govvrnment, |e lu.
creasing taxes, increasing oSom, Ik
creasing eaUrira, Increasing few. for
uegroUlng Uw eastern counties end
towna. for elect I jg gold bug members
of the lower bouse of Uongree* sod the
Seoalo when the petty claimed to be
for sllrer. surely ho could and would
liavo done it, but we appeal to every
wan that heard him speak, whether be
dented t single charge Uw Democrats
have mad* against tlw fesloe adminis
tration of affairs in Ibis fltate. Bo
did not deny that tlu> Slate tnrprnsna
lusve been (090.000 mors the feat three
years than under Uw last three yuan
Of Democratic administration; lm did
not deny that Uw two fusion Legis
latures cost 114,000 more than ttw lest
two Democratic Legislature*; bo did
not deny that ths petitionUary cost to
Uw salaries and mileage of tbs officers
*10.000 wore la 1907 (ban la 1800; be
dhl not dtny that tlw penitentiary
euperluteudent hat felted to tasks a
report and refuses to let Ueliook* bo
aaoo; bo did not deny that tlw peniten
tiary lias been full of tbo grossest
kinds of scandals; he did not dotty that
Uie legislator* pet the towns of
OrewuTilt#, New Berne, Wilmington
and other t>l«ws lu otiargs of tlw as
greet; be did not dray that Uw fusion
kola have elected negro county oommia
aU liars to many coaoUcs, that two
thlnla of Uw tel■,ml eommlttae* in
mtny oountics which have ovrralgnt ot
Uw relax 9* of both the whites end the
blacks. arc itrgroee, end that oegru
magistrals* to ths number of 9(10 or
400 have l»-en elected by the c^-opera
tion of Populist end Bepubllone votora
and (hat there ere negro •lieiiffe. dep
uty sheriffs, onsuble*. poiletiurto,
e:c., almost without number la ths
•wst-. as a result of fusion success In tbo
last two elections. H* did im* coo
trorrrt e sinals slsUcnenl of tb« Kev.
Jusse Page, Uev. A. W. th-tzar or eey
ot tlir newspaper cunespondaut* about
the condition of tho east. We say if
Uw ablest man the fuslnnit'a have cun
nut clear tlw party of ISa l>Uck record
It mmt stand condemned lu Uweyiw of
every fair-minded, honest man. • *
Uh admitted that li« said that tho
I sat Legislature was a da mat bio dis
grace t < ttw mate. sod than triad to
allow that the Dsmncratio members
were iur U11* lllbraon. All
Un* pari of Ui epcvcli WAS a hog*
JuUe. Il« Mil lli'fH *tr* 7 DiisxmU
in the skn»t* Mud 83 tu tlus House.
This would leave-U (list >n -Senators
uml flu fusion members tu l!ie Legisla
tor*, yet for m >rn than km liuur lis
talked about bills Uisl Iwd bue« killed
by thia tiainlful of Danioorata. Tho
till I tu prevent tlie rt moral of eases
from lHa ttUto courts to the federal
courts lie s«kl ivoclvol In tha House
the vote* of S Democrat*. 1H Republi
can* and 37 I'upalUta. Tim bill to re
duce freight rates be arid recalved th*
ro'e*°f 93 I’opalhta. t» U'publicaiu
and 10 Domic rati. The bills agstnst
free passes, revoking the lease «f the
Nurili Carolina Utllroad and aeveral 1
other bills were voted no In about Ilia
• inw proportloo. How we oak why '
did not the fort mitt member* who 1
bad about a two third* majority in tire
ltousn end a six aev.-ntha msjorlly iu
the Men ate. pass those bills 7 ft la
either a Joke or lb* vsi lest hypocrisy
to charge that Um DsaaoeraU were re
sponsible for itwlr failure » * • • y0
kind of aopblvtry can convince any
thinking people that a minority pwriy
Is responsible for Um failure or Um ane
ere* of any kind of * bill before a
Legislative body. * a * •
There was nothing In Mr. Butler's
spevcb to give comfort to Republicans
lie did not cnee advise Populist* tu
va«e for KepubUcsn* on the fneion
ticket*. If* said that k* waa sorry
that tb* Democrat* bad not accepted
bit proposition to fuse with tt.a Toon
Halt to tight tiis Bepublleeti*. and that
be would rsosw the proposition to the
Democrat* two years beuoe. Ue aet
nally said this after he had slmoet ex
hausted th* dictionary of aboeiv* ept
tliete against Ike Democrat*. Bad ns
we are, he said be w*e going to try to
get with ua In 1800
TKI X MAY AMAIN,
Its Owl W»A at AwM«w Cell*** la
l.aaalhm a Nanai.
CtnrtoMV Ohuvw.
Wlvat • wonderful friend lo Uvu bo
uau rata Uva X rata in, floda added
proof In the operation performed at
I>attd»op yeaWrday, Niven Ur. Xnuroe
located and asUactad a bullet froai Um
••fa o* Mr. Jobaaton. recently abet by
• nearc Tb* ball a a* lo tit* parlaard
ial **■!, b*Iveta the foertli autf eixlh
riba, and vU proximity to Uva I Mart
rendered Uva operation very daagerouit.
and yat live new Intention baa. aided
by lb* plirilelno’eeXUl. aa far a*oaa lie
**eu, rendered tb* uparadlort eiioaimful
Tba ball bad carried Into live body a
alttnd of oloUIng. vhlco, lettarlog M
it waa, meant certain death ouleea
qatekly remnted. Prof Itoantgea d*
eanrea a Nviaawt.
MHMaaa w«ta Avar
It la eertaluly gratifying to Um pub
lie lo k*ow of on* concern In Lite laud
wlm ere not Afraid lo b* gooeraue la
tb* needy and entering. Tb* praarl
•tow of lit. Ui|k X«Y IMaaovery
fur CciveumpUo*, Goagtva and Gold a,
bar# iivau away over ten mill km trial
bottlea of Ula great mariietn*? and
bat* lha aatltfaetloa of knowian it
baa atnotnteiy eorod Ihoaaaada of
tmpeleaa Meet. Aathma. DrearblUe.
Uonreatteaa and all dtaanaaa ot Uva
Throat. Wheat and Laaja Aft Barely
enredby It. Gall an /*. Garry 4
Go . OruggMA and gat a irlal battle
free. Ilagater Mm Me. and ft. Kr
ary hottto rueruteed, or price ra
I fended.
pi
lltiarteMvw- Mrt Otearv.
Thb f uii'i orator* Baku theaadv.a
ridiculous i-j declaring la tMr paUla
■peuuhca that the IhaMntl* party la
“tba Mgro potty." Men wbe wN
•aah absurd MMtati aa this cannot
SBffiWWKiSrfi!;
U not a white mia of common arnae,
n<*r a nagra la lha Mate, who doct uat
know that tba lUpobitoM party la,
wad ku bean aiooe tlva day af hie frat
dan, tha home of Urn negro. Nobody
baa arar elwimed that of Um 130.000
vote# polled, er claimed ta have beta
polled by that party (a tba Um ateo
t(on, caora that 90,000 war* pallad by
white mo. and lha balaaaa wet* gnat
by cegreea. Ttaara at* ptoWUy lio,
oot legal oagro voters in UlsStataT lll -
UM la*t election tbry cart stoat 10,
000 fraodaleat vote*, making Urn legal
sad fraudulent vecea aaM Grab# 9b'
a root in um Uat eleotlow saaoaal to
130/Mi, Tola Imtaaoee nngre veto, aa
everybody know*, wax east art idly far
BaaMfl, MoKitilay aod'ib* balaaaa of
Uta Republican Dckat; State and aa
tlocal, yat fusion enters bate lb* gall
to aay teat the Democrats aapawS'-’’
negroH to eflteu. Why ebonld they
appoint negroes to ode* when aU tba
dagree* rote against, them ? Tbl* 1a
MM fact known to alt ana which
allow* tba aboard I ty nod falsity of
Ihm ituteoiMiU.
Again, It m mil known that (n
■astern Csmllna, Itepobltesn coa
rantlena, without an aroaptloa, are
coapoaad largely af nagraaa. Ia
D raven but a taw dara ago tba w«
reutlon had about 110 dclagatea, S3
of wIiob were negroes. lo UM aaoood
[odleMl dlatrlet the convention which
rvoe«Uy art at Boaky Mount sod
nominated Oh .is. A. Cooks for Judge, a
State ;<Mltlo:i, then was eat a alngl*
white drlagrt*. la everyeounty In Um
mat where (be negroca have a sufficient
rot* to alect Utelr ticket, wllboot the
tld of Um whites, tbry nominate a* a
rule a number ot negro** on ttooonnty
Liesubtiosu ticket, la Craven ooonty,
»ut Of eleven candidates oe lb* Bapab
llean ticket, they nominated aevao
negroca, lo Bdgecombt eoanty they
nominated guile n number of oegtom,
niuiug Uinta two caadidv«< for Ute
f-eglautur*. Likewise In Halifax
touoty they nominated two angrw-.M for
die Leglaiatur*. la Wake eoanty they
sore oaly kept from nominating no
rma* oa the county ticket by Um white
Itapablleaes, at tha laateuoa of the
I’opo lists, agreeing to give the aegron*
.wo pUevs with aalarten of $900 each
n the Agricultural Dapartinwit. and
uxl they have nmninateil uegro mag
at rates.
jvl* know*. imiH upon putting uno
»f Umlr color upon a ticket, were U
■ut for the fast that In the oounltxt
*lt«*r» they cannot elect wtiluni; Um
•hit* vole, they are tHd that If thuy
Hit nrgroc* upon the ticket toe Pup
il uta and white Urpubliauia would be
ll«1nclin*J to aupport Lite llelcel. Since
■bo Legislature provided fur ilia elec
tion of magielrate) and ountUWee by
MfNHOC rote, Uie eegrtee hero almost
(•variably loeMed upon Dominating
.•eraone of Lbalr own race tor thee*
important petition*, and that account*
lor ilia (act that la uutrly every town
rtilp la tee eaetern pert af tlia State,
aliere there la a negro majority, there
ua only negro magtairwie* and coo
itablee. la Umm oountUa they also
lamnnd the minor poaitiom, anca as
lepaty tlierlS, Jailer*, ate. to tlm
■water n town* they demand and are
Irttiog the petition* of aldermen, po
le* man a tin M !>n. Recently they
cave been elaiming the poatoffiaea. end
in tbe Mwtera part of tim Stem, a*
pMlally In theaecond JUtrlct, oaarly
•11 tke potto 111 ore are Blled by uegruer.
r«i»w >if»t rimm
Ike MinfMunr. PkUaeWjbU.
What the South wilt do Iq the next
(aw JWI along tba Hue of maaafao
taring cloth from cotton floor probably
tba luoat optirotaalc cannot foretell.
Tba day whan tba Southern people
waw aaUaCcd ta predew cot too for
Lmocaablre and Wow Bngttnd baa
paaerd away. Thara waa a aanllwia
tal laterwt attached to Uw plantation
Ilia, arao with tta bnama etaeery. hot
It It« distinct economic adranee when
the 8 her nau ba apea and wewo at
home, in many aaoaa Is the a Mat of
tba delta of open lag cotton boUa. A
raw weak* ago an noocnot waa pot
llabad of a S •aUtrrn ootton mill wbooa
wglna and boiler rooms ware eat hi n
ooal bed. The flraman nod alokars
reached down from wtwn they stood
and wot thalr foal oat af Urn ground.
The Utrtt dovaloymeut In thta Son th
at a wonderland la a roeUntUno of Mr.
I). A. TbmpMne' idea that tba ooltao
kale should boatlatuatod and that Urn
doth should ba made an Urn farm. A
Dint huajust been cnmaletad at Edge
Md. S. O.. when tale la elrtnally the
•etbod pursued. The eottee is picked
and ginned, the aaad la pwwad, and tba
oil, cattle food and phaophalo am pot
Into a marketable farm. Uw Hot Is
•pan lain yarn, which ta inn la woven
loto cloth—all tanatagtepUct. Here
Utarn la wa Ming, no atolpplogofjbe
raw cotton to EogUod. Germany Haw
England or U any plana. Tba Sooth
from a prod bow of raw salatlal ha
eomaa a producer af Uw Oelabed maay.
factored arUde. wlileh la randy to take
tie pises at rone In tbadammUc or for
algn nark eta. If Uw 1m wad let a fat urn
«— Iwne any each Wlaatilal dewlap
mautoM twee oomt to na In tba pant
tow years It will la hard t» mg what
wemay oonneMowta. Tba ganUwrn
manufacturers af ootten goods ham at
wady main wry notaMa adeaaam ta
Me eapart trade, and thalr tat art la
wUb Me gwrnUag of