W. r. MARSHALL, lilfr ud Pfpri.fr. PEVOTEP TO THE PROTECTION OF
VOL. XXV. QASTt»TIAt N. C.t TUESDAY, AUGUST 16,
THFY AIEI0UGH1N6 IT.
OaalSEia'a Mountain Party Saa
lag IIm Sights sag Scsaary In
Vsatara North Carsllas.
To ta* Editor of tb« OaaotU:
Chimney Rock, Aug. 9—Leav
ing Gastonia abont 6:30 a. tr.
on Friday, the 5th, we made
our first stop at Cleveland
Springs, where we led and ale
dinner. Alter a rest ol one hour,
we continued onr journey, pass
ing through Shelby, alter JO
minutes stop, in a drenching
raiu. Onr next town was
Moresboro where postal cards
were bought. We continued oo
down to within two miles of
EUenboro. At ti p. in we
pitched our tents, and could
have had someone at any time
daring the night to respond to a
"good-night" irom you.
At 6 next morning, we "struck
ont" and in a little while
reached Ellenboro, where we
decided to go by way of Caro
leen. Here we crossed Broad
River on an elegant iron bridge.
Next we reach Forest City
wliete after shopping a little we
made for RutnerTordtoo six
miles distant. Here we stopped
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ing of beef, chicken, ham, cake,
coffee, etc. Please don’t allow
yourself to wonder too much
what is meant by "etc” for we
haven’t a little of the "good for
anake bite” even.
Dinner over, we continued our
journey westward, passing on
our way some of the finest
bottom lands, standing thick
with the finest corn we ever saw.
The Lynch farm of 200 acres
(bottom) is certainly entitled to
■pecial mention. The corn
looked^ we thought, sixteen feet
high with two and three ears on
the stalk. Some good cotton
also was still seen. *
We had two little mishaps be
tween Kntherfordton and camp.
After we approach the rivet in
traveling the turn pike, the road
is in several places so very
narrow, (the river being on yonr
right and the. mountain on
your left) that it is difficult for
two wagons meeting each other
to pass. It was in one of these
narrow places, we met a two
horse wagon. Now what? Well
the other man drove np as well
as he could to the right on the
mountain side, when Prank and
I passed first. By the time our
second wagon passed, be had
stirred up a nest of yellow
jackets. Jnst at this immediate
time, with the teams on the
LaJaL aI ilia Mtia* an/) if at laaut
thirty feet below you. it is too
serious a time to laugh; but if
you could have beard tboae
drivers, and in fact all of us
yelling whoa! and seen the
mules caper yon would have
thought that the animals at
least would go into fits. It
looked like they were trying to
stand on their heads. The
frolick over, we found that a
single tree bad been broken. This
was soou fixed op by Prank and
we continued our journey.
We were now only a few miles
from our camping grounds, so we
sent Henry and Doctor ahead
to select a good spot on which
to pitch onr tent. In undue
time, after trials and tribula
tions with a lanteru in front of
each wagon, the road being
close and it dark we reached
Chimney Rock about 9:30 p. m.
Good night.
Some of the boys have visited
Chimney Rock proper which is
about one and a half miles from
camp. It is said to be two hun
dred and sixty feet from base to
top, which la reached by steps.
Tne boy* went to the top, we
coold see them from camp.
Some of them went on .further
and visited the falls; part of this
latter trip is said to be mote
dangerous, but with steady
nerves you can make it all right.
The older ones of the boys will
also visit the Rdck. No danger
hill business. ,
Last evening we visited Bat
Cava. Part of the boys want as
far as tbrea hundred feet into
it, while soma of us went a little
higher up tbh mountain (Sugar
Loop) and- not so far Into It.
The scenery is* sitnply grand.
There U mountain scenery right
here to keep one a week taking
it in. In fact, to camp at Cbiai
aey Rock and visit the places of
interest it is doubtful whether in
Snsl can be found in Ibis part
western North Carolina. I
came very near forgetting to tell
BDr. Glenn Has killed ths
rattle snake-si* rattlers
a button. He will take the
rattles home with him. He
killed (t while visiting the Rock.
Albert Rankin nays yesterday
was the I ret lime la his Ufe He
ever spent Sunder In the woods.
The hotels are dotted aloag
the road. The Logan House,
«
the Mountain Viaw Inn, the
Rsmaralda Inn, at which Miaa
Laura Devercaux, the lady whp
was killed by falling down tbe
mountain, was boarding.
The compliment has been
passed upon our boys, that
"while some tongha from down in
there have visited this section
you are a crowd of nice people,
vonr whole crowd are a gentle
manly set of fellows.” The boys
are now gelling ready to .visit
the rock. Dinner is just over
and everybody feels good. We
bad stewed and fiied chicken;
we dte living high, camping on
high ground, all iu high glee.
We tbinkof leaving nere about
Thursday going to Henderson
ville, but dou’t know yet where
we will go from there. We are
having a very pleasant trip llins
far and are all well. The boys
are certainly taking in the sights.
It is eat and start. A party led
by Frank and J. U- have just
left for the Rock.
Yours,
W. I. S.
UM Will nMH.
In the Due West Presbyte
rian we note with sorrow the
bereavement of Rev. and Mrs.
James Boyce iu the deatn of
Mr*. Boyce’s father on the <Tid
of July. He was Mr. K. A.
Thompson, an elder in Hiokston
church in Kentucky. Mr. and
Mrs. Boyce have Jost returned
from their sad mission to the old
Kentucky borne. "The death
of Father Thompson," writes
Mr. Boyce, "leaves only ouc of
the grand-parents, my mother.
And alt these have been taken
from ns in two years sod a half.*
Iu the absence of President
Boyce, Miss Grace Kirkpatrick,
who has been added to the fac
ulty of the Female Colloge to
teach the Sciences, took care of
bis correspondence. She is be
ginning ibis esrly, says The
Presbyterian, to prove herself s
valuable member of the faculty.
She is a young lady of attractive
personality and strong winning
character. She made a fine rec
ord in Winthrop college, where
she graduated last June. She
was highly recommended by her
teachers in Winthrop.
Mrs. Willie K. Douglass, Lady
Principal, is making an active
canvass for the Female College.
She is in Marion and Marlbor
ough counties this week. She is
expected home the last of this
week. She reports good pros
pects for the college.
Mri. James ooyce nas oeen as
signing rooms to college girls
since ber return home last Thurs
day. Most of them have been
assigned. She places applica
tions in tbe order in which they
•re received. Tbe earlier appli
cants get tbe choicer rooms.
Tbs Shirt Shrank.
Stw York Titan
Jim Sullivan tells of a friend,
a sufferer from rheumatism, who.
hearing during the early part of
the winter that red flannel worn
next to the body was a remedy
for the cotnolaint, purchased
several undershirts made of that
material. Tbe clerk assured
him that the goods were guar
anteed in every particular.
About two weeks afterward
Mr. Sullivan's friend revisited
tbe shop where be bad bought
the re I flannel shirts and regis
tered a big kick against tbe per
petration agafust him of what he
termed "a barful swindle I"
"What'a the matter?" asked
the proprietor. "Hove tbe shirts
fjdt d ot shrunk ?"
" Faded 1 Shruukl” howled the
man. "What do you think my
wife said to me when 1 came
down to breakfast yesterday
with one of them on ? Well,
'sir, she smiled sweetly and
asked:
"Why are you Wearing my
pink com) necklace around your
throat, John ?" •
THE Jurr LIST.
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Waaka Saptaafcer Caarf.
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lilt in printing it • fewdoyi ego.
Below, it <■ Atriighteued out
■nd printed correctly.
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WHEN TWO M MEN MEET.
Oat Trias la Gal Drag ta Other—
Wild Bill and Jla Curria Lila
Load Caaailai, bat Never
Fanghl—Too Qaick tor Each
Othar-Clag AlUata aad Mace
Bewaeaa Usable ta Amade
Dael—Dead Shot of Now Mexi
co.
Chirico Chronicle.
One of the things that strikes
one with surprise is the wsy
that tough men, when they
happen to run counter to men of
their kind, refrain from drawing
or shooting until one gets the
drop on the other. So quick
and ready are the shooting men
of the real sort that when facing
each other on guard neither one
can fire so quickly that the
other will not return the com
pliment or shoot before falling.
Thus it may happen that two
''bad men” who have sworn
death to each other may meet
often without exchanging shots
because neither one can catch
the other unprepared.
ror instance, take the case of
Wild Hill and Jim Currie. Both
were of undoubted skill and
tierve; they bad been enemies
for years; by some account they
had exchanged shots once, at
long range, but they never
pulled triggers on each other at
close rauge and not until Dill
was assassinated by a wretch
years afterward at Deadwood
was the feud with Jim Currie
closed.
1>KM> SHOT OF KEW MEXICO.
Clay Alliaou, a New Mexican
dead shot was a man killer—was
a man killer in a terrible truth—
has a record of 21 dead men,
whose paves are scattered from
Dodge City to Santa Be.
However, Clay Allison once
found a man wbo wasn’t afraid
to stand ap to him, and further
more, was just as quick with his
gun as Himself. This man was
Mace Bowman, some time ago
a deputy sheriff of Colfax coun
ty. They spent a whole after
noon together trying to get the
dron on each other, but neither
could accomplish it.
There was bad blood between
them, and one afternoon when
they met in a bar-room and got
to drinking tlje enmity, of
course, began to' rankle. It was
perfectly understood between
them that if either one got the
drop on the other the slower
tuan would die, and this being
agreed to, both men maneuvered
for an opening.
rat.uiK inner wmi fuwn
pleasant intentions they laughed
aud joked and drank toother,
all the time watching each other
like cats. Aa a diversion in the
proceeding they would lay tbeir
pistols, the barrels crossing, on
the bar counter, step back to the
other side of the room, and then
at an agreed signal, make a rush
for the revolvers, bat neither
man could reach his, revolver
quickly enough to get the ad
vantage of the other.
BOTH DRAW, NR1THRR SHOOTS.
Once, when they were taking
a drink together, Bowman, with
bis whiskey glass half way to bis
lipa, suddenly smashed the glass
to the counter, and drew bia
pistol, but as it came np Alii*
son's revolver met it half way.
The men were looking into each
other’s eyes and a sign in either
would have meant the death of
both, which was more killing
than either of them wanted.
This dalliance with death
went on throughout the after
noon, until, at last, at the com*
ing of evening, the two became
savage and declared they would
br' this duel to an end.
y cleared the room of
spectators, and had already
taken tbeir places in corners
diagonally opposite to begin
shooting, when W. R. Motley,
of Cimarron, a strong friend of
both men, rushed in between
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them at the risk of hu own life,
and by expostulations aud en
treaties managed to get them oB
the idea of a duel and agree to
separate without further trouble.
So the two contestants separa
ted, riding out of town different
ways, saving an encounter which
almost certainly would have re
sulted in the death of both.
LIVE A SOMBER ROMAKCK.
One who kuew Allison spoke
thus of him: "As you perhaps
know, Clay Allison’s life is one
of the most sombre romances
one generally hears about West
ern campfires. Clay Allison was
indeed a desperado. At the
time 1 knew him he lived iu the
Red river county, on the west
ern marshes of the Llano Csta
cado. -His trigger was busiest
iu the esu-ly '70's. He has a
record of 21 dead men, whose
graves arc scattered from Dodge
City to Santa Pe.
"One of his artistic murders
was the one of killing of Rill
Chunk, a long-haired bravado,
and a professional 'bad man.'
He. too, bad a record—a record
that was fall of cowardly deeds
■ uu uhaju. nc m I mi aiiimiu iiiiu
no cause of quarrel, thev were
rival killera, that was all, sad
which one was quicker on the
draw was a pleasant matter; fur
debate and wager on the part of
tbeir respective friends.
"Naturally it came about that
the two ruffians Swore that they
would kill each other on sight.
They met one night in a little
settlement ia northern New
Mexico. They sat down at the
sapper table ot a frontier res
taurant, opposite each other,
drew tbeir six-shooters and laid
them across tbeir knees.
FIRE UNDE* THE TABLE.
"Chunk ordered oysters.
When the trencher had been set
lwfure him he dropped his band
to bit lap as if to get a napkin
and fired at Allioon from under
the table. The bullet failed of
ita mark, and quick as lightn
ing, Allison’s gun replied.
"A little red spot just between
Chunk's eyes showed where the
bullet bad entered, and the man
swaying from aide to side, bent
gradually over and -settled down
upon tbe table and soon waa
perfectly still, with his face
buried in the dish.
"Shortly after this Allisou
went to Kansas City, and while
there be met and loved a beau
tiful woman whom be finally
married and took to ,hia Texas
ranch, to live in peace with all
men. A child was born to them
—s child whose face was as
beantifnl as its mother’s but
whose poor little body was
horribly disfigured."
WHAT IS CATAMH?
IfytiMl Only Curisttri Cure fur
Tbto C—— and Disagreeable
DImsm.
Hyomei cures cstarth by the
simple method of breathing it
into the air passages and lungs.
It kills the germs of catarrh
al poison, heals and soothes the
i irritated mr.com membrane and
effectually drives this disease
from the system.
If yon have any of the follow
ing symptoms, catarrhal germs
are at work somewhere in the
mucous membrane of the throat,
bronchial tabes or tissues of the
lungs.
huakiw** Of rote*
ilwkuit trow iIm
‘‘ifFs,0'"™
aching ol Ik Mr
-.dwtcptoUlwedd dr,Klr lB ,k*
imraioa vain Is tke moult, oani whlk
throat iknm
hawking to dear IW ilckllua back at Ike
throat pal.it*
DO In in the chew formation at a-raaU
a ernsk la tor aoa*
tzzzifc 4r«raraaiar'
variable appetite ISiSSSitaa
low spirited at timer
raisins at frethy nra- ailli?*1 ‘
timeJSr*!* breath
f reuses* ww.hu XZVI&ctSr
Hyontel will destroy activity of all
catarrhal germs in the respiratory
organs sod (a a few weeks the care
will Ik complete,
This is a strong rtrteme.it. bat J.
H. Kennedy A Co. etnphrslies it by
agreeing to refund jfour money (I
Hyonm does not care.
AUJ-10-30—S2-1 J-lfl
M. Waldeck Rousseau, a for*
■uer premier of France, died at
hit home near Faria Wednesday
aa the reaolt of a surgical ope*
ration. He was one of France’s
shiest statesmen. A notable
measure of Ills ministry was the
pardoning of (.'apt. Dreyfus.
Kigbt men, one white and
seven colored, met a horrible
death by drowning in the Gold
Hill gold luinea near Haliabnry
Tneaday afternoon. They were
working 400 feet front the base
of a 200 foot shaft when a cloud
burst filled the mine. It will
probably be a month before tbc
oodles can be recovered.
THE RUSSIAN PERIL
Tfct EMUth SpwUal World
May Hava to Camhal If.
Do Hataa lntalRMd L—So.
Von Plehvc, a man from the
ranks, despised his ancestry.
A Finn, be outran Russian malig
nance in his oppression of Fin
land. Asa pnblic official, tha
common people were to faun
maligoants to be suppressed or
innocents to be ignored. His
sadden taking oh is easily sc
collated for, if not so easily de
fended.
Von Plehve’s assassination
•gain focuses the attention of
the world oo the awful barbarity
of the Russian government.
Andrew U. White, having lived
long in Rassia, says that even in
the darkest days following the
Crimean war the conditions were
not so hopeless as they are to
day, brought about by "an exer
cise of despotism more unreason
able, cruel, and shortsighted
then anything in recent human
history oatside of the Tnrkisb
Empire.
kdhii sianas lor an luat is
wrong, benighted, corrupt, in
human, and devilish in govern
ment, a great unwieldy threat
against civilization and human
progress. Every inch of terri
tory Russia covers is an inch
gained ior reaction, a new bul
wark against liberty and hope.
Every accession oi Russian pow
er it s blight upon the fair pros
pects of the century, a threat at
the altimate supremacy of law
and justice.
Assassination will not right the
wrongs of the helpless millions
of Russia. It is merely s fire
brand that for a moment illum
inates them. A new French re
volution may do for the twen
tieth century what the old one
did for the nineteenth. Oi the
allied Forces of the English
speaking world may in self-de
fence some day pgll the teeth of
the Russian bear.
WHERE NERVES ARE UiKffOWH
Happy Japanese Wsmsa areFren
Frsa Werries el Western Civ*
Uluttoa.
The women of Japan, ia con
trast to their Occidental sisters,
have long been noted for their
perfect poise and self-possession.
Their placidity under what would
ordinarily be considered trying
circumstances has surprised
American tourists. Patent med
icines guaranteed to cure nerv
ousness in its many forma have
little sale in Japan. The mean
ing of the term * nervous prostra
tion” is unknown. Jananese
physicians are rarely rich, says
Robert Webster Jones fat the
August Housekeeper.
An explanation of this happy
state of affairs has been made by
a returned traveller. "To begin
with." says be. "three is never
any change in fashions, so the
Japanese woman baa no worries
at all on that score. Then
housekeeping is greatly simpli
fied, so the Japanese housekeep
er is hurt by none of the jars and
frets that rag the serves and
premstnrely age her Western
slater. The Japanese honde baa
no draperies, no dnst traps in
the shape of superfluous orna
ments. People all pat off their
shoes on entering the house, so
no mud end dirt are brought in.
Japanese women have no heart
burnings over euchre prises sad
‘bridge’ stakes. They never
have to compose club papers on
snbjects concerning which they
know nothing. They never sit
np at nights planning how they
may outshine tbeir rivals in dress
at some social affair. They do
not bother tbeir brains with
schemes for msrryiiMt their
daughters to rich foreigners.
They never have to give cigbt
courae dinners with two-coarse
pockctbook*. They Hve simple,
happy, peaceful domestic Uvea,
and live them long."
While We should be sorry to
tee American women restrict
tbeir lives to the narrow sphree
af the Jsjtanese, there (a no
donbt that three-fourths of tbeir
nervous worry is caused by "tnr
ing to do too much." Simpli
city is the keynote of ssnity and
heahb, sad American men as
well as women may wall profit
by the example of the happy Ja
panese._
The American it the name of
1 a new 16-page paper which bai
jnat appeared from Raleigh ai
the organ of tha Junior Order
United American Mechanics,
Mr. Z. P. Smith, of Raleigh W
the editor.
Capt. John P. Arrington, in
•titntional clerk in the Stat<
Treaaury, died Friday at Ral
ergli of parnlytla, aged 54 years
He waa for tin yearn sheriff o
Nath county, and two year
clerk in tha State Agriculture
Department.
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Our first shipment of fall dreaa goods nod silks has
last arrived. Hera sur cuntoasera may see the ggtgara
•tylM for Uw fail ia weave and fabric.
*■"»»“*.» waist patterns.
to $1.25 per yard.
Peso de Sok, 19 laches We are showing a Mg lots!
B&ckFeaa deSoie. yard wide, V** *•*“* ****
$1.25 to $1.50. kr lata aummer and cady tall
EMBROIDERIES AND war. White and colon. Range
Out Ike ofcm broideries, laces. ***** fc#",’fcto *9"*+
sod white goods, complete. w,,•
^Embroideries from S*c yard WALKING SKIRTS.
L*ce* from 2c yard up. in lMfc,
fl.00 CORSETS AT S7c* skirts on hand still going at&3
Except W.B. and Royal Wor- "TL*?. rJ- JTZ
center, oar Dollar corsets are *1,a These arc the regn
stiU going lor only «7c. far |5 kind.
JAMES F. YEAGER.
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