W. P. MARSHALL* Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XXVI.
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COMMENCING
MONDAY. OCT. 30Mi
y Peruchi-Gypzene Co.
MONDAY NIGHT:
“In the Devil’s Web”
Change of Play Tuesday
Seats now on sale at
Torrence’s Drug Store
Prices: 25c, 35c, 50c
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01FTS TO HISS BBOSEVCLT
AM WOiTB A rOKTUNC.
Payment af Batyen Pearls, Silks,
Baskets. Faaa and Jewata la a
Pusale Can grata Mast Salve -
WMa Assortments al Oargaaaa
Artlclaa Balag Braagkt Hama
Pram Orleat.
Near York Aasrtran ....
Unless congress comes to her
assistance Miss Alice Roosevelt
will either be obliged to pay
duty on ibe presents she is
bringing home from her Oriental
trip or tnrn tlx in oyer to the
treasury department.
The sultan of Sulu gave her
pearls said to be at big aa
walnuts. Old Empress Tsi Ann
bestowed upon her all the
jewelry that happeued to be
lying aroand loose ia the sum
mer palace, and the other oc
cupants of tbe far Eastern seats
of the mighty contributed to her
store.
But there is nothing in the
laws of the country which ex
cepts a daughter of the presi
dent from the general customs
rule, and when the inspectors
board her ship in San Francisco
harbor she will be called upon
for the fall 60 per ceot. ad valo
ram Huln a,, aft.— a_ _ _ .a
---v UCHUIU wvuu
m imall fortune, unless she is
wilung to turn them over to
•ome charitable association.
Mima Roosevelt's only hope is
*ct of congress, aud even if
this Is granted her it will re
quire a special session to ret
tewels through when she lands.
Executive orders, which have
done many thing*, will be pow
erlesa to assist her. The most
clastic interpretation of treasury
department rules would not
cover the admission of such a
multitude of valuable*.
But if she desires to ask con
gress to help her she can cite
the precedent established by the
daughters of General Sherman,
who was empowered by con
gress to bring in a $500,000
diamond necklace shortly after
the Civil war.
Miss Sherman had been in
Egypt with her father, upon
whom the admiring khedive un
dettook to bestow tbe precious
stones. Tbe general, being in
tbe service of the United States,
could not accept them without
losing bis job, and they were
given to his daughter. Tbe
necklace w»a* held tip at the
New York custom house, but1
congress,' in recognition of Gen
eral Sherman's service, passed
an act permitting them to go
through.
i nere has been no change in
the law since then, and unless |
Miss Roosevelt will present the
jewels to the National Mnsenm
or some other government in
stitution she most pay when
she declares her gifts or see
them seized by the inspectors.
Letters received in Washing
ton from members of the party
which accompanied Miss Roose
velt give almost a complete list
of the presents which were giv
en to her prior to her journey to
Fekm. A list of them and
their donors includes:
The snltan of Sulo—A hand
some Moro saddle.
Chief of Bogobo tribe—A
princess’s robes made of Moro
conntiy silk interwoven with
vari-colored beads and made in
barbaric style. It fits Mist
Roosevelt well and is very hand
some, but Is not very valuable
intrinsically.
D»tto Jokanan, of tha Moros
—A half-dozen unstrung pearls
iu a piece of brown paper.
Some look pink at night and
yellow in the ^morning. They
may be rare or valueless.
Women from province* ad
joining Manila—Fine Jam cloth
which makes excellent dresses.
Elsewhere she received large
quantities of similar cloth.
Friend* in Manila—A very
fine mowiuito net and bar with
,Koo*evelr Pointed oo It.
Filipino women in Manila—A
traveling basket of elegant wick
er work, tbe basket being filled
^th hand-made table, napkins
and similar artioles.
Emperor of Japan—A gorgeous
Tokio dignitsriea—Scores of
magnificeut fans, enamelled and
lacquer work, vases, brackets
and annor.
Kioto admirers—Pans, cloth,
silks, vsssa and similar articles.
Other Japanese town •—A
great qnsnitty of more or less
elaborate albums of places and
People, fans, vases and gorgeous
umbrellas.
Emperor of Korea—A splendid
cash box.” It is mads of vari
colored woods and is bound with
brass, which is frequently taken
for gold.
It to estimated that il tbe pres
ident lj» asked to par duty on si)
the gifts t h a t file daughter
brings that it will sat up u good
putt of a year’s salary.
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The President's Eatheslesm 1er
Iiile-A / Scm After His
IsMdh Sieech.
em«icb J»*w* Md Otmct v*r.
The President censed speak
ing mid the crowds gave him
cheer alter clirer while lie stood
and bowed. Those on the
speaker’s platform crowded up
to congratulate him and shake
hi* hand, in the rnidst c*( this
informal reception, some big
langed fellow from tbe crowds
below shouted out, "Music by
tbe band.” The band-master
awsy in tbe gallery hea’d tbe
shout sad the utustc came. It
was -Dixie!" Instantly tbe
people, feeling good, knowing
that they had received wbat they
came alter, delighted with the
personality of the President,
went into s fury of cheering.
Roosevelt saw the moment to
win tbe hearts of the multitude
ror soon ua au. He stepped
briskly to the rail, bit high hat
came oft He marched up and
down to time to the music
swinging his hat. Men below
wcot craxv. They fought to
get towards the stand. There
volley of applause.
Still the band played and the
President, just oat of a speech
in the full glare of the sun, still
inarched up and down wsviog
his hat.
"Come on boys!" he shouted.
They cctne. The grounds
rang with it, the shouts of men,
-the delirious cheering of boys,
the hoarse throated bellow of
the men from the farms, the
sobs and the high falsetto of
women. The President was
part of It all. There was no
sham about bis enthusiasm.
He pranced—there la no other
word, undignified as that
sounds. Almost, I bad said, be
cake-walked, and to Dixie! No
one could look at the sight and
think of it and miss the enthu
siasm of the moment. Presently,
madder and madder in iu joy as
the rytbni of the old time had
come to be, the band ceased
playing. There was a nod from
one of those in the seats of the
mighty, the big secret service
man stepped in front of the
President and the party, fol
lowed by the marshals and
others in authority, filed away
to the luncheon to be given to
the President.
TtwkH Its Ours 54m?.
Tbc Dew Drop says: "About
three veara ago a lady came in
to Watauga to teach school. One
of the atudeuts, a large, unruly
boy gave her ereat trouble The
boy'a parents prosecuted the
teacher and took the boy’s part.
The boy is now in Boone jail for
a serious crime.’*
A Bemarksbl* Case.
Xoonsvitk Enterprise.
During the eariy summer
months a young man by the
name of Eller, a son oi J. W.
Eller, of Shepherds, waa work
ing at a taw mill somewhere in
Florida, and in some way waa
thrown upon the saw. A five
pound piece of flesh waa cot ont
of his hip. together with a small
particle of bone. The young
fellow -was sent borne, and it
was thought that he would die,
but quite to the contrary. He
waa in loam this week, aud bis
wounds are healing up nicely.
One side of his body shows that
a part of his anatomy is missing,
but otherwise he shows no signs
of such a great loss.
An Asheville special says:
Judge Neill bss sentenced Jobs
Holden, convicted at tbis term
of Jackson county court, in sea
lion at Webster, to be hanged
between the hoars of 11 and 12,
December 6, for the murder of
his wife, Rebecca Holden, laat
August.
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STONEWALL JACI
SON’S OBANPSOW.
Hw Aooaiatmen««| Thai TnM
Naa Mad* iMmill hwlar
la lha South.
a*1****1 *•« «a4 OLwrvrr.
Tire moot popular thing that
Mr. Roosevelt bag done since
Ire baa been President was the
appointment of Mr. Jackson
Christian as cadet to West Point.
He isa fine young fellow.worthy
grandson of Stonewall Jack
Mn and worthy son of Mr. W. B.
Christian, formerly of the New*
and Observer staff. The fol
lowing from the Birmingham
Age-Herald is a just tribute to
that manly young man:
" Jacks© c Christian, whom
President Roosevelt appointed
to a cadetship at the West Point
Academy, and of whom be
spoke in complimentary terms
when be met the widow of
Stonewall Jackson last Wednes
day. was in Birmingham recent
ly,” remarked a railroad oMcial.
"Young Christian is a eon of
the assistant general passenger
agent of the Seaboard and a
Bandson of Stonewall Jackson.
e U not vet 17 year old. but ke
might pass for a man of 71 or
ft. He la a manly yoetb—
b*?,d?><aV **?• tBd Physically
well developed. But it was bis
intelligence and bis gentlemanly
bearing that impressed me. Ab
solutely free from pride, he was
a model of good breeding. In
associating with hie elders be
was aa companionable aa a man
of mature yean, and yet he was
a boy. He never intruded him
self bnt when his time came to
talk what he said was worth
listening to. I do not recall any
lad of 18 so well mansered and
.so engaging in his personality.
No wonder President Roosevelt
referred to him aa a very fine
fellow, by Jove.”
The State aad the rrsailmt
UUml Kerar4ar.
la no other State was the
President of the United States
so bitterly denounced sad abused
as he was in North Cantina
during the campaign one year
ago. Even after the campaign,
when it was proposed that be
visit the South, many newspa
pers assailed the very idea. Bnt
now the President is on the
way. Our towns, and cities are
begging him to stay with them
not two, bat fifteen minutes;
and the whole Commonwealth is
out to greet him.
This docs not mean that the
State has gone or will go Re
publican. Nor does it mean that
the State would vote for Roose
velt. It does not mean that oar
leading politicians would de
nounce him any the leas in an
other campaign. It does not
mean that we are one whit more
tolerant of the Booker Washing
ton affair than we were wben it
occurred.
But it does mean that North
Carolina can discriminate. She
bolds to her position, but she
admires a great man. She ab
hor* the President’* race policy,
so far aa tha Booker Washing
ton lunch reflects it; but the be
lieves in the honesty of the Pres
ident and admires the independ
ence of his spirit. She does not
•hare the venomous sentiments
that political leaders spread
abroad in North Carolina a year
ago; she baa learned better than
that; but she realises that while
she is greeting the President
with enthusiasm as spontaneous
and aa pervasive aa if be were of
the South, that this is became
Kp it Prpiulpnf anil -V_
m discharging his duties well.
North Carotins shares more of
tba national spirit than afae
thinks. It is abroad this week,
and it 4a good to see She is
giving herself heartily to the
welcome of a President between
whom and herself there is a
great gulf Axed, because ha ia
the chief wan of the tutlon, and.
as such is doing well before his
people sod tbe nations of the
Bluest Hag la Aansrica.
Ona of the biggest things at
tba SUM Pair says tba Newa
and Observer was tbe big hog
on exhibition by Mr. J. R.
Moore, who lives three miles
from Oxford. His hogship
weighed 1.440 pouadsfcav!
freight on 1,430 pounds]-^he
largest living hog la America.
His name ia "Jumbo” and ha
was three yean old oe the first
d*y of August this year. The
•lock is Tame bone Poland
China. Mr. Moore feeds mostly
on intisb wade of COTS weal and
ship-stnfi. with "Magic Pood"
mixed in as a tonic.
Subeerlbe for tba Oaotovu
Gasxttu
RAINCOATS
PETTICOATS
AND COATS
BHte Petticoats
Oar lull dock of Elite Style* A
Petticoat* show* created val- M
oe* oo the market for 95c. All J
fitted with patent waist band. ■
Hicber trades at $1.00, $1.25, 1
$*-■». $1.75. $2. $2.25, $2.50, 1
$3. $3.50, $4, $4.50, |S, SM0.
and $10.
Oar Hm of ladlta’ Vngtk Caata $1
' and fan leatth Bala aBtkanrdyiek
and at alt pricaa. Y
JAMES F. YEAGER
Ladles’ Furnishings
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said taxes are requested to
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notice.
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