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VOL. V. Willi UllUto,
ELKIN, N. 0., THURSDAY. OCTOBER 15, 189G.
if
Georgia and Florida Choose Demo
cratic Governorst
EXCITING STATE CAMPAIGNS.
In Georgia a Fu.lon of FopalUta and Re
publican! Beaton and XV. Y. Atkinson
He-elected ' Governor Legislature
liemoeretlcln Both Branchet-Eleotlon
, Day Violence The Remit in Florida.
Atlanta, Qa., Oolobor 8. The liveliest
Slate campaign Georgia bas known In many
a year came to an end when the polls closed
throughout the various oountles at 7 o'olock
yesterday evening. The result fixes the con
trol of the State's affairs In ti hands of the
Demooratlo party for another two years, but
niter a harder fight than It has ever had
slnoe the war.
1 The Indications on election night were
that the Democratto majority would not be
Jess than 80,000. A, 8. Clay, Chairman of
the Demooratlo State Committee, said: "Our
majority in the State will be at least 88,000
and probably 40,000. We have gained 12,000
or 15,000 over our majority in 18 W. anil the
Populists have lost a number of oountles
, OOTXBNOB WILLIAJf T. ATKIKSOX.
Ihey carried then. They haven't carried
over twentycounties.of the 137 in the State."
jOovernor W. Y. Atkinson's majority two
.years ago was 21,000.
lteports indicate that the Democrats have
carried the Tenth Congressional Dlstriot,
.which is the stronghold of Populism tn
Oeor-(la. Thomas E. Watson, Populist can
didate for Vice-President, lives at Thomson,
jn the dlstriot.
The fight bas been a square -one between
the Democratic ticket, headed! by William
iiates Atkinson, present Governor, and the
IPopullst ticket, with Seaborn Wright at Its
front The Prohibition vote was oast for the
Populist candidate, that party having incor
porated an anti-barroom plonk in its
tolalform. The Bopubllcaos did not
have a ticket In the field. Republi
can State Chairman Buck Issued a
oircular a few days ago oalling on the voters
of the party to support the Populist State
ticket.
1 The faot that the only two tickets in the
Held were Democratic and Popultst neces
sarily eliminated the financial question as an
Issue of the campaign, both sidee being
agreed thereon. The tight has bean limited,
therefore, to State Issue?, and about them it
has raged with a bitterness which increased
up to the very close of election day.
1 The Legislature Is Democratic. This will
Insure the election of ex-Speaker Charles F.
Crisp tn the United States Senate to suooeed
General John B. Gordon.
: At the opening of the polls at Monte,
Emanuel County, William Durden and a
colored hand walked up to vote, when a
Democratic ticket was snatched out of his
hand by C. W. Williams, a oolored man.
Several Democrats rushed for him, and Will
iams pulled bis pistol and killed S. S. Middle
ton. He made an effort to escape, but was
overtaken and shot to death.
In an election row at Elbert on Will Ma
leld shot and killed Bud Sanders and es
caped. Tom Wall shot and serious) y wound
ed B. C. Swift. All are white.
William Yates Atkinson, re-elected Gov
ernor of Georgia, is forty-two years of age
and a native of this State, where he has al
ways lived. He bad a university education,
and became a lawyer, soon becoming so
licitor of bis olrcuit. He then went to the
Legislature, where he served eight years,
and rose to be Speaker. He served as State
Chairman of his party. Iu 1891 he was
chosen Governor. He Is an advocate of the
free and unlimited coinage of silver.
.THE FLORIDA ELECTION.
W. D.
Bloatuin, the Democratic Candi
date, Chosen Governor.
Jacisohyillk, Fla., Ootober 8. Returns
from the State election held on Tuesday were
Blow in coming in, due to a defect In the
Australian ballot law, now used for the first
time, in not providing a suffl stent number of
inspectors to eount the vote, but it Is assured
that the Democrats elected their Governor,
William D. Bloxham, over Edward B. Gunby.
the Republican, but the Republicans and
Populists, the latter ticked headed by Will
iam A. Weeks, polled a heavier vote than
was expected.
, The small precincts, first heard from,
Showed a heavy vote and Demooratlo gains
over four years ado, when there was no
Republican opposition. The Populists ran a
ticket then.
I Chairman Bawls, of the Demooratlo Ex
ecutive Committee, deolares that Bloxham
will have 18,000 plurality. The Republican
Chairman concedes Bloxham 12,000 more
votes than were oast (or Gunby.
i Reports from thirtv-fl ve of forty-five ooun
tles give estimated Democratto majorities of
from 100 to 600 la eaoh.
' The Legislature fight Is eomplieated.
United States Senator Call, who is a oandi
pate for re-election, made bis Pght outride
of party lines, patting up Call man wher
ever tbe regular Demooratlo nominee was
anti-Call. It Is believed he will oontrol only
about thirty-five out of the one hundred
members of the Legislature. There will
probably be stx Populists and four Republi
cans in the Legislature. The Constitutional
Amendment, abolishing October elections,
ha been carried.
Ohio's Bmair Wheat Crop.
The monthly crop report of the State Board
of Agriculture estimates ths acreage of wheat
sown In Ohio for the harvest of 1896 at
2,011,708 acres, and the total product at 17,
269,545 bushels; average per lore, 8f bush
els. Tbe Ohio wheat yield Is the poorest
since 1876.
WMhJoaion'e Tree Wracked.
, Ths late tornado partially wrecked a ma
nlfloert magnolia tree at Mount Vernon
that was planted by George Waehlagtoa fa
tbe year of bis (Jeath. An effort Will be mad
to revive the fine old tree.
SEWALL'S ACCEPTANCE.
Formal Letter From the Democratic Flo.
Presidential Candidate.
The letter of acceptance of Arthur Bewail,
Demooratlo nominee for Vioe-Presldent oj
the United States, was given out from his
home In Bath, Mo. It is in part as followsi
Bath, Me., Ootober 6.
Tbe Hon. Stephen H. White, Chairman, and
Members of the Notification Committee:
Gentlemen I have the honor to accept in
writing, as I bave already done verbally, the
nomination tendered by you on behalf of
the Demooratlo party as its candidate for
Vice-President of the United States. And in
doing so I am glad, first, to express my satis
faction that the platform of our party which
has oommanded my life long alleglanoe, is
honestly and fully deolatory of all its priv
ileges, and especially of the absorbing
flnanoiat Issue upon whloh, as you say, I
took my stand "when the hours of triumph
seemed remote, and when arrogant money
changers throughout the world boosted that
the oooquest of the American masses was
oompleta."
We are told that the country has prospered
under tbe present monetary standard; that,
its wealth bas enormously IncceaMlj.
Granted. But tn whose hands? In the hands
of the tollers, the producers. the farmers, the .
miners, the fabricators in tbe factoring, the
creators of the Nation's wealth in
peaoe, Its defenderss in war' Have
they the prosperity which was
theirs so late as even twenty years ago? I
deny it. They deny It None affirms It,
save those whose interest it is to do so,
whose profits would diminish as prosperity
returns to those on whose distress they
thrive.
The free and unlimited coinage of silver is
the sole remedy with which to check the
wrongs of to-day, to undo the rain of the
pant, and for our inspiration we have the
Justice of our oause and those cherished
principles of Jefferson and Jackson, wnioh
shall be our guide on our return to power.
"Equal and exact Justioe to all men; abso
lute acquiescence in decisions ot the major
ity, the vital principles of republics; the hon
est payment of our debts and sacred pres
ervation of the publio faith." - I
Profoundly sensible of tbe high honor ot
the nomination you tender, I am truly yours,
Ajitbcb Siwall.
BANK RAID ON WHEELS.
Masked Bandits, Riding; Blejcles,
Kill
Two Men and Escape.
Tbe Bank of Sherburne ,Minn. , was robbed
and George Thorburn, assistant cashier, and
Mr. Oestorn, a traveling collector for the
Walter A. Wood Harvester Company, were
shot dead. The robbers escaped through a
back window, mounted blcyoles and rode
out or. town.
The evidence in the bank indicates that
wben they entered It they covered Thorburi:
4nd Oestern with revolvers. Thorburn kept
a revolver in a drawer besides him and, as
the drawer was found partly open, the theory
is that, Instead ot putting up his hands, he
reoobed for his weapon. He was then shot,
the bullet passing through' his bead. Oestern
tried to get out of the bank, and was shot
through the head while running toward the
door.
There was 95001' in the vault. Of Ibis
(2000 in gold was overlooked. The remain
ing $3000 was taken, but in Jumping froti
the rear window the thief dropped a jwvjkgj
containing 2000.
BANCROFT CAN'T ENTER.
Our War Vessel Slav NetlFass the lautffavi
nles.
The Turkish Government has decided not
to admit the United States gunboat Bancroft
through the Dardanelles. As auocsequemia,
the Amerloans will have no guaolshlp in tbt
Bosporus.
It will not be possible, therefore, to pro
vide men to guard tbe Legation in cae ot
emergency. Similar action b&a been taken
by the Porte respecting the war vessels of
Holland and Greece.
Iu a general way this is in accordance with
tbe Berlin treaty. . The treaty does not admit
through the straits the vessels of any Katlot
that is not a party to It.
CONNECTICUT TOWN ELECTIONS.
Losses for the Democrat! in Many Local
Contests.
Town elections were bell in all the 16
towns in Connecticut, with fxn itxentions of
Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport, Ansouis
Derby and Naugatuck.
The returns show that the Republican
have made large gains over a year ugW
when it was supposed high water mark ha
been reached, the Republicans having nearly
doubled their number of towns from 1893.
Complete returns show that the R?puNl
ns have gained at least fifteen towns.
Women to the number of 1200 turned out
I vote in a school election in Windlyim, and
aa extraordinary scene at the polls resulted.
CORN POPPED BY THE SUN.
Fire-Acre Crop ltalned, According to an
Indiana Narrative.
Theodore Roberts planted five acfes In pep
corn on his farm, four miles from St. Croix,
Ind., last spring. A few days ago he n iioed
that tbe shucks were abnorn.aQy swollen
and that the ear seemed to bo larger than
when it began to ripen, a thing oontrary to
corn, as shrinkage is the rule.
Mr. Roberts found tbat seven-eig) ths of
the grain bad popped open and was capped
with tbe white pulp, as tpugh it bad beci
in the fire. Some of the corn taste a sweet
hs when newly popped, but the greater part
of it is dry and tasteless. The phenomenon
is attributed to the hot waathC that pre
vailed two or three weeks ago. The orop is
ruined.'
Expert Burglars tn Nebraska
At Claytonia, Neb., the vault of the CHaj
tonia Depository was broken open and aboit
$1500 was stolen. William SietnuieyeA
President of the bank, went to Lincolnaad
wbile bo was reporting the robbery to the
Lincoln polioe, Albert P. Anderson arrive
to report that the Bank of Shelby, Nebraska,
had peen. robbed of f 8100. Tbe safe was
blown open with dynamite. The postofSoe
at Gienmlle, Neb., had its siife blown open
and 1230, besides stamps, were taken. Ail
the work is that of experts.
Enormous Peach Crop.
Owing to tbe enormous crop, peaches in
Michigan have been so cheap that in some
cases the growers found themselves In debt
to the commission merchant after the latter
had sold consignment ot peaches.
Cows With Taberenloala.
Rearly fifty per oent of San Francisoo'i
dairy eows wni bave to be slaughtered
to stamp out tuberculosis.
Biggest Bono In the World.
William Williams, a wealthy banker ot
Hardin County, Ohio, elalms to have the
largest horse In the world. It Is seven years
old, weighs 2800 pounds and is twenty-four
hands high. The largest horseshoe made is
No. 6, and this animal requires one four
times that size. It takes slxty-thre feet of
material to blanket him.
Ripe Strawberries tn Wathlngten.
Ripe strawberries are aga Ji on the market
at Yakima, Wash. They are ot the ever
bearing" variety. The vines bear and flower
tbe year around until stopped by tbe frost,
and the product is delicious.
" BRYAN TO THE THIRD PARTY.
Ve Formally Accept, the Presidential
' Nomination or the I'opnllsta.
William J. Bryan gave out at St. Louis,
Io., hl letter accepting the Populist nomi
nation tor the Presidency. It is in part as
follow
"LiKOOMt, Nob. Ootober 8, 1896.
"Hon. William V. Allen. Chairman, and
others, members of tbe Notilloatlon Com
mittee oi tne reopie s party:
"Gentlemen The nomination of the Peo-
Sle's party for the Presidency of the United
tates bad been tendered me in sush a gen
erous spiiit and upon such honorable terms
tbat I am able to aooept tbe same without
departing from the platform adopted by the
Rational Convention at I'Moago.
"I fullv appreciate the breadth of the pa
triotism which has actuated the members of
People's party, who, in order to consnlldnte
the sentiment in favor of bimetallism, having
been willing to go outside or party lines and
support as their candidate one already nom
inated oy tne uemoorutio party ana aiso
bv the sliver nartv."
He refers to the good done the oause of
free allvar thrnnirh the ncltatlon knnt un bv
the People's party and weloomes to 'his sup
port tbe memoers or any organization wno
favorbimetallism.
In oonolusion be says: "Ths American
people have proven equa I to every emergency
whiob has arisen in tbe pant, and I am ooufl.
dent that in the present emergency there
will be no antagonism between the various
regiments ot the one great army which is
marching to repel an invasion more danger
ous to our welfare than an army with Dan-
ners. Acknowledging with gratitude your
expressless) of confidence and good will, I
am, very truly yours, W. J. Bbt aw."
SUICIDE IN A RAILROAD WRECK.
'Six Others Killed bv Locomotive
plodtng in Kansas.
Ex-
An east bound passenger train on the Santa
,Fe road was wrecked two miles north of
Osage City, Kan., by the explosion of the lo.
comotlve. Six persons were killed in the
crash, and one of the passengers, William
Beckler, oommltted sulolde by shooting.
The victims are William Beokler, Harry
Holllster, fireman; William MoAdams, a
tramp; Engineer St rump, three tramps,
names unknown.
Tbe looomotlve was completely shattered.
The express, baggage and passenger ooaohes
eame crashing upon the wreaked engine,
and the ooaohes that were ahead were piled
up in one heap of wreoknge.
Wben the orash came the first impression
of nearly all was tbat the train had been at
tacked by robbers. William Beokler, who
had been drinking, seemed to lose his
'reason entirely. He drew a pistol from bis
pocket and, In the presenoe of a oar full of
terrified passengers, shot himself dead.
THE LABOR WORLD.
Xhe South bas 475 cotton mfllj.
London has 60,000 oostermongers.
' There are 28,700 union olgarmakers. .
Boston sallmakers demand nine hours.
Buffalo, N, Y., bas a hucksters' union.
America bas 7117 union cigar factortos.
The world employs 105,000 locomotives.
Dululb, Minn., is to have a labor temple.
Vienna, Austria, has an embroidery school
Agents for New York crayon houses bave
organized.
Washington bas a Workingmen's Library
issoniation.
Uncle Sam pays bis sailmnkers $3 for
eight hours.
Plasterers now pay 1100 to the family of a
lead member.
A Chloago oigar dealer was fined 1100 lot
sounterfelting the union label.
There tire now 1390 buildings in process of
aonstruotlon In the city of New York.
Only one Fall River (Mass.) textile mill is
Idle. One firm Is running till 10 p. m.
A Minneapolis barber shop was doprivej oi
the union label for polishing shoes free ol
cost.
Ishpeming (Mich.) miners have been cut
to nn average of fl.75 per day; labororx.
(1.25.
The Victorian Government has decided
ihat convict labor must not compete with
free labor.
New Haven (Conn.) women employes of it
local rubber factory strack against a cut to
f 1.80 a da3".
New Orleans street car workers want ten
hours to constitute a day's work, at eighteen
cents an nour.
One hundred and twenty firemen are re
quired to feed the iurnaces of a first-class
Atlantlcsteamer.
. Des Moines (Iowa) Council will inauoru-
rate publio works for the unemployed and
cntinge tne loroe every two weeks.
St. Louis cigarmakers have decided to in
augurate a local out-of-work benefit fund
lor tnose unemployed during winter.
At San Fracoiseo the Board Health has
reiusea to employ any but union labor in
whitening and paiutlng schoolhouses.
Bluff! on find.) Domestics' Union is thriv.
ing. They want four nights off a week and
possession oi the parlor Sunday nights.
Owing to the terrible depression in the
coal and iron trades, no less than 10,000 men
are mie in the ithondda Valley, in Wales.
ihe Brotherhood Carpenters' minimum
initntion fee has been raised to 6 and the
minimum monthly dues raised to seventy
five cents lor benefit members.
When Paris recently dedicated the Ecola
ttienne as a training school for printers,
naming It after the great French printers ot
the early sixteenth century, Henri and Rob
ert Etienne, there was present at the cere
mony a Henri Etienne, thirteenth in lineal
descent from Robert. He is a working print
er like all bis ancestors.
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
'he widow of Charles R. Darwin, the fa
mous naturalist, died in England.
Tolstoi, like Mr. Gladstone, enjoys him.
self in his leisure moments by felling trees.
Homer B. Cummlngs, nominated by the
Connecticut Democrats for Secretary oi
State, Is twenty-six years old.
Queen Victoria purchases almost every
new book of note published, and ner ex
penditure on literature ot all sorts is said to
reach over (6U00 per annum.
The confirmation of Queen Wilhelmina of
Holland has been definitely fixed for Octo
ber 21, and it is understood that the an
nouncement of her betrothal will immediate
ly follow.
It is reported that the marriage festivities
of the Prince of Naples and Princess Helene
of Montenegro are to be on a scale unpre
cedented in Italy. Judged by the scale ol
his preparations, King Humbert will spend
out of his privy purse over 1 50, 000.
A committee of notabilities from all part
of Holland ha been appointed to consider a
National gift to the Queen Regent tn 1898,
In recognition of the manner in which she
bas carried on the government of tbe State
during the minority of Queen Wilhelmina.
William Blacklock, the United States Vice-Consul-General
at Apia, Samoa, who ior
some time aoted as Consul-General during
tbe Saraoan trouble with tbe Germans in
1888 and 1889, has been superseded by Lloyd
Osborne, a stepson of tbe late Robert Louts
Stevenson.
Prlnoe Victor Napoleon inherited t2000 a
year from bis father. His aunt, the Princess
Mathilda Bonaparte, gives him an income
of rlOOO, and tho ex-Empress the sum ot
r'-ow yearly. But, as both these royal la
dies like to live in Frauce part of tne year,
they give their sums on tbe condition that
the Prlnoe does not nse any of it for politi
MLirtttMiOJkv . . -
IIS fl ItHli.
The Populist campaign text book, the last
ol the list of these books, nas peen to press.
The following from tho preface to the book
i a key to the entire volume: "The focus of
this campaign is the moneyquestion, and the
voters who act together lu tne settlement oi
this questlou on the side of the people will
also be forced to act together for tbe propel
solution of all tbe other great issues con
tained in tho Teople's party platform. Be
hind the gold standard tbe monopolists and
trusts have massed their forces, making the
real issue now whether tbe monopolies and
trusts will capture the government or
whether thj people will be able to redeem
the government from the oontrol ot those
who have debauched and plundered a great
and once prosperous republic."
Dillard F. Ragland, a messenger In the
Treasury Department, appointed from Go
liad, Texas, oommlttml suicide by inhaling
giut. He was to have been married In At
lanta to a young woman from Dallas, Texas,
but for some reason changed bis mind, and
rather than tell his Intended that he was Dot
yet in a position to marry he killed himself.
The circumstances of the suicide indicate!
that tho uot was not premeditated.
Senator Butler, chairman of the Populist
committee, bas made an estimate, in which
ho claims as "reasonably safe for Bryan" the
States of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Geor
gia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, S utt
Carolina, Tennessee. Texas, Virginia, Col
orado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Da
kota, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wy
oming, Kentucky, Kansas, Nebraska, Indiana,
North Carolina, Oregon, California, Mary
land and West Virginia, giving 232 votes,
while he says Bryan's chances are at least
even in Illinois, Deleware, Michigan and
Iowa. Ohio, he says. Is trembling in the
balanoe.
In the discussion of campaign contribu
tions it should not be forgotten that Uncle
Sam himself draws by far the largest check
for expenses for a presidential contest. This
will appear when it is stated tbat tbe single
item of franked envelopes, supplied
free of charKe to the members of the House
and Senate thus far in this campaign cost
tbe government, through its publio printing
office, thesum of one hundred and forty thou
ad dollars. The enormous demand for these
envelopes bas compelled the government to
buy two additional envelope presses.
.
It is announced that a shortage ct between
1 15,000 and $16,000 bas been found in tbe ac
counts of Dr. A. C. Patterson, tbe assistant
physician in charge of the criminal and homi
cidal wards of the government hospital for
tbe Insane on tbe outskirts of this city,
known as St. Elizabeth's Asylum. Tbe de
ficit does not come out of tbe government
funds, but out of sums paid by private pa
tients. Dr. Godding states that the amount
f the shortage bas already been made good,
ind that the matter, which was one with
which the government had nothing to do,
was closed.
'
The Navy Department bas received reports
3f the target practice made by the cruiser
Ralelgb while she was stationed on tbe Flor
ida coast, early in September. They show
sxceptionally good work at tbe guns, and in
iddition indicate the entire success of the
percussion shell adopted by tbe navy. The
target fired at was the bull of the wrecked
sark Carmelita, at a distance of about a mile
tud a half. Nearly every shot struck the
nark and tbe shells burst within tbe two
lides of the hull, just as they were calculated
:o do.
The President bas appointed William H
Cooper to be collector for the district of Del-
Avare.
DAGOES FOU M'KINLEY..
The Republican Candidate Receives
and Speaks to Pittsburg Italians
Last Thursday a delegation of SOOswarthy,
dark-haired Italian-Americans with banners
a,nd band from Pittsburg, Pa., representing
tbe United Italian Republican clubs of that
elty visited McKlnley at bis home at Canton,
O. These Italian born citizens have learned
to cheer and they gave the Major a stirring
welcome rvhen he appeared on the porch to
address them. Tbe spokesman for tbe clubs
was Lewis Beggino and he made a'speech
which was a model of brevity. Mr. McKln
ley In turn then addressed them, reviewing
the issues of the campaign, and saying that
bo was specially grattnvd to be assured tbat
our fellow-citizens, the Italian, were enronea
this year in the ranks of the Republican
party. (Great applause and cries of "good.")
And'that they are enlisted In a patriotic ef
fort to achieve a victory for tbt mselves for
their labor, for their occupations and for
their country. (Cries of three cheers fcr the
next President.
The next delegation to visit MeKinley were
one hundred Republicans from Logansport,
Indiana. W. T. Wilson aoted as spokesman.
In addressing this delegation. Major McKln
ley dwelt upon the inability of the govern
ment to create value or money. He said, if
by mere flat the government could raise 60
cents to 100 cents In value, then the work of
Washington, Hamilton and Jefferson in con
structing a financial system was folly and the
feople bave been robbed of all tnat nas oeen
aken from them in taxes. "But" declared
Major McKlnley, "the government cannot
create something out of nothing and tbe man
or nartv wblch teaches tbat it can. teaches a
false doctrine."
The Jefferson county (Pa.) delegation,
1,000 strong, which was tbe next to arrive
was a representative one, composed of min
ers, lumberman, farmeisand working men,
More tban 2,000 voters of Cleveland, in uni
form ana accompanied oy excellent oanas,
marched uo while Malor McKlnley was ad
dressing his Pennsylvania visitors. Wben
he hnd finished the Cleveland men passed in
review beforei him, aud were loudly cheered
by tbe other visitors in Canton, who remained
to see them. The Cleveland delegation filed
lnt( Major McKlnley 's yard and packed it
densely. The Major's appearance on the
porch drew forth a tornado of applause
which in volume, Intensity and duration, has
not been equalled here.
Met In St. Louis, Mo.
fcisi Saturday there assembled In the city
of St Louis, Mo., tbe National Association o'
Democratic Clubs numbering about 9,500
delegates and the auditorium, with a neat
tag eapacitv of 15,000 people, was packed
aud jammed until fully 18,000 people were
inside of iu walls. The permanent officers
of tbe convention elected, are as follows:
Chairman. H. D. Money, of Mississippi, sec
retary, John Bnker White, of Wert Virginia;
assistant secretary. J. M. Kane, of Indiana.
A good many prominent men addressed the
convention, but among them the moat
prominent was W. J. Brvan. Democratic can.
didate for President. They also adopted a
set ot resolutions declaring tbe Chicago plafc
wo. mM tueir cnoice.
Bryan Welcomed In Indiana.
Tbe reception aocorded William Jennings
Biyan on his arrival in Indianapolis, Ind.,
last Tuesday was nearly as large as any h
has received during his entire trip. He made
five speeches here, two la the afternoon and
three at night, and at each meeting he ad
dressed Immense audiences, one of which
was nearly as large a tbat addreeeed by blir
on Boston Common, the largest of the cam
palgn. Before reaching Indianapolis from
Louisville. Vjp K- mde unnl ibinu
and at each place be addressed vast throngs
.oi pecpl
NORTH STATE BRIEFS
NOTED BLOCK ADER KILLED.
Barnwell Jones, the Illicit Distiller,
Shot Dead in Bladen.
A special from Lumberton to the
Charlotte Observer Buys: The noted
blockader, Barnwell Jones, was shot to
death last Saturday by tbe revenue of
ficers and a posse of deputies just over
the line in Bladen county. For some
time the officers have been close on his
track. Some days ago all his oompan
ioni in the business were captured and
are now in jail. He had defied the of
floers and declared he would not be
taken alive. A few days ago wben the
officers were in pursuit of him with
blood bounds he shot and killed one of
the hounds. He was an excellent shot
and everybody who knew him dreaded
the final isue. But it came yesterday
when about a dozen men surrounded
his shanty. As soon as he discovered
their presence, he opened fire with a
double barrelled shot gun charged with
back shot. His first fire took
effect in Revenue Offioer Par
rish's head, inflicting only a flesh
vonnd in the top of his head. Some
forty or fifty shots were passed. Jones
Ired eight or ten shots. The chief
of polioe of Florence, S. 0., was
right badly wounded in the arm and
shoulder. All the rest escaped injury.
Jones was hit twice, once in the .stom
ach by a 45-calbre bullet. One ball
passed through his heart. He fought
till the last. He fired two shots at
the officers after he was shot down.
Jones' end was sad but law and
order must be upheld and no blame
can be attached to tbe officers for his
killing. He was a desperate charac
ter. The coroner's inquest held over the
body of Barnwell Jonas, dcoided tbat
the officers were justified m killing
him. The killing of Jones has remov
ed one of the worst characters known
to this part of the State since the days
of Henry Berry Lowry.
Prohibition Speakers Coming.
Mr. T. P. Johnston, State Secre
tary, says Hon. Joshua Lovering, of
Baltimore, national candidate for tbe
presidency of the Prohibition party,
will give North Carolina two days
Ootober 14th and 15th. Also that
Hon. Hale Johnson, candidate for
Vice President, will spend three days
in the State October 19th, 20th and
21st. Mr. Levering will speak at
three or four points, he says; probably
at Baleigh, Salisbury and Charlotte.
Mr. Johnson will speak in the western
paiS of the State.
Hon. O. H. Dockery's Appointments.
Hon. Oliver H. Dockery, nominee
of the People's party for Lieutenant
Governor, will speak at the following
points:
Eandloman, Wednesday Oct. 7.
Lexington, Thursday, Oct. 8.
Newton, Friday. Oct. '.
Asheville, Saturday, Oct. 10.
Lenoir, Monday, Oct. 12.
Wilkesboro, Wednesday, Oci 14.
Elkin, Thursday, 15.
Mt. Airj, Friday, Oct 16.
Winston, Saturday, Oct. 17.
Hal W. Ateb.
Chm. P. P. State Ex. Com.
Professional safe-blowers entered
the Central Railroad depot at Lumber
ton and blew open the safe belonging
to the railroad and also the safe of the
Southern Express company. They car
ried away the contents, amounting to
nearly P00.
The foundation of the new wing of
the insane asylum at Raleigh (for
males) is completed. Dr. Kirby, the
superintendent, says he expects tbe
building to be completed by January
1st.
Mr. John E. Ray has taken charge
of the institution for the white blind
and for the colored deaf mutes and
blind. He says there are now 200 pu
pils in the two departments.
Governor Carr offers $100 reward
for Clinton Vanhop, of Iredell, who,
on AugUBt 16th murdered William
BolliDg.
The State farm in Anson county is
said to be all experiment The con
victs have done a great deal of work,
but the orop is not a good one.
The Governor appoints as an addi
tional representative from this State at
the Tennessee centennial celebration
Thomas R. Robertson, of Charlotte.
The Governor appoints N. D. Fet
rer, of Concord, m member of the State
board of pharmacy, vice O. M. Koyster,
who resigned on account of ill-health,
A New England company, it is said,
is examining sites near Aloncure for
fl.000,000 cotton mill.
S. E. .Buckner succeeds the late
0.
8. Hauser as mayor of Salem.
Great Powers Agree.
It is announced in Paris, France, tbat
France, Russia and Great Britain have arriv
ed an entente in regard to Turkey and it is
expected that these powers will immediately
aiepaicu w uw puna vigorous note de
manding the adoption of reforms which will
secure the safety of the Armenians in the
nrkish empire.
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What is
Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescriptlou for Iufaut
and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor
other Narcotic mib.stance. It U a harmless Hubstitute
for Pareporie, Prop, Sonthingr Syrups, and Castor Oil.
It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years' use by
millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and allays
feverlshness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd,
cures Diarrhopa and "Wind Colic. Castoria relieves
teething troubles, cures constipation and flatulency.
- Castoria assimilates the food, regulates the Btomaeh
and bowels, giving healthy and natural hi.ep. Cas
toria is tho Children's Panacea the Mother's Friend.
Castoria.
" Castoria is an excellent medicine for chil
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its
good effeet upon their children."
Dr. O. C. Osr.oon,
Lowell, Mnss.
" Castoria is the best remedy for children of
which I am acquainted. I hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the
real interest of their children, and use Castoiia
Instead of the various quack nostrums which
are destroying their loved ones, by forcing
opium, morphine, soothing syrup and other
hurtful agents down their throats, thereby
sendiug them to premature graves."
Da. J. F. Kinchelok,
Conway, Ark.
The Centaur Company, 77
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J. H. Hales k Co., Kehly, 218 00
W.D. Sadler k Co.,Leephville,$ 20 19
Layden & Yarboro, Lexington, 92 45
James H.Sandford, Louisburg, 803 1i
Perry.Renfrow&Son.Luoama, 364 00
Isaac Williamson, Lucama, 159 57
J. A, Earles, Hanson, 160 05
R. L. Bennett, Middleburg, 80 44
W. J. Bradshaw, lifonoure, 845 9Q
John Bell, Jilonoure, 506 03
Riddle & Johnson, Monteznma, 97 13
M..Mason&Co.,Moreh'dO,y, 124 00
B. B. Moore, Moriah 94 10
J. V. Mitchell & Son, Mt.Airy, 114 25
J. H. Cohen, Newborn, 180 45
B. J. Smith k Co., Newbern, 911 10
S. J. Jarrell, Oxford, 403 23
R. H. MoGuire, Oxford, 443 60
S. 0. Sharender, Pantego, 136 25
Wm. B. Hutchins, Raleigh, 223 91
Thos, G. Jenkins, Raleigh, 181 18
Rice Bros., Reidsville, 227 43
R. Ij. Bennett, Ridgeway, 99 00
P. Vaughan, Ridgeway, 168 00
A. M. Long, Rockingham, 143 90
N. T. Shore, Salem, 22 58
H. P. Duke k Co., Seaboard, 16 50
0. V. Skilos k Co., Seaboard, 44 00
Fuller k Hyman, Smithfiuld, 24 83
O. M. Conley, Statesvillo, 99 "0
E. F. Manson, Swansboro, 55 00
T. W. Harris, Jr., Swanquarter, 54 99
L. Heilbroner k Bro., Tarboro, 139 DO
L. Heilbroner k Bro., Tarboro, 189 00
J. J. Wilson, Talbot, 211 82
Duoker A Garren. Twend. 37 22 1
Wheeler Bros., Warrenton, 93 25
J. 0. Morton, Washington, 123 40
Boston Shoe Store, Weldon, 47 09
JohnF.Hardison, Williamston, 109 15
W. J, Harris, Wilson, 809 81
W. Oprbett. Wilson, 764 60
Wm. Harris, Wilson, 71 07
Mitchell k Askew, Winston, 83 09
King Bros. Pare Food Co., Win
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Anderson k Co., Woodleaf, 286 00
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Castoria Is so well adapted tochlldren that
I recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me."
II. A. Archer, M. D.,
Ill So. Oxlord St., Brooklyn, K. Y,
"Our physicians in the children's depart
ment have spoken highly of their experi
ence in their outside practice with Castoria
and although we only have among mil
medical supplies what Is known as regular
products, yet we are free to confess that the
merits of Castoria has won us to look with
favor upon it."
United Hospital akd Dispensarv,
Boston, Mass.
Allen C. Smith, Pres.
Murray Street, New York City.
North Carolina.
Hill k Benoy, Aberdeen, $ 91 79,
W. T. Irwin. Asheville. 83 f56
White Bros., Aulander, 196 70
R. B. Burden k Bro., Aulande.., 47 49
B. F. Mavo. Aurora. 63 4'
R. B, Weston, Aurora, 187 62
J. J. Smith, Bath, 61 67
Jones k Hancock, Beaufort, 106 00
L. Mangum, Benson, 200 00'
T. G. Carson, Bethel, 25 00
E. Woolard, Bunyan, 872 00
Patterson & Brown, Bryson City, 81 35
0. A. Baby, Bryson City, 203 29
J. T. Wright & Bro., Candor, 89 84
J. W. Markham, Chapel Hill, 72 50
W. T. Williamson, Clinton, 478 89
T. E. Beasley, Colorain, 176 14
S. B. Freeman, Colerain, 73 70
H. D. Craddook&Co., Oris well, 421 00
J. A. k I. K. Buckner, Dem
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L. H. Lee, Dunn, 19 60
W. A. Slater & Co., Durham, 79 80
Thaxton k Patton, Durham, 87 85
J. E. Bonner, Edenton, 25 00
Cooper k Swain, Elizabeth
City, 172 60
J. F. Norris k Co., Elk Park, 1,443 00
M. A. Wilkinson, Fair Bluff, 38 40
J. M. Chadwick, Fairfield, 90 86
J. H. Smith, Falkland, 180 60
Gainey k Jones, Fayetteville, 00
J. A. Vann, Franklinton, 144 45
R. T. Oliffton, Franklinton, 199 00
Leroy King k Co., Graham, 4198
V. B. Rioe k Co., Greensboro, 845 92
Sample S. Brown, Greensboro, 836 47
W. It. Jordan k Co., Greens
boro 16 80
John B. Hooker, Hamilton, 82 50
J. 0. Hoard k Co., Hamilton, 3rfl 97
N. H. Taylor, Harlowe, 84 18
J. W. B. Basson k Co., Haw
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