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NO. 8
THE MANILA TRAGEDY.
judge Pritchard Receives
Detailed Account.
INSANE FROM HEAT OF SUN.
Lieutenant PritchardV Mind Was
Temporarily Unbalanced.
Special to The Evening Chronicle ,- ' i
hAs received several letters from the Philip
pines giving details of the tragedy of , the
Thirteenth Cavalry . One of these liters
is from Lieuteuant Colonel Thad. Jones, of
Asbeville, and one is from Emmet Gudger,
assistant paymaster With the AsiaUc squad
ron and soa of Congressman Gadger.
The former correspondent said that on
the day before Lieutenant Pritchard shot
his fellow officer, . Lieutenant Deeil , and
took his own life, he was out during the
hottest part of the day doing topographic
work, which came in the course of his
studies on which he was to be examined
for promotion. The heat haa affected his
head, but oo the day of the tragedy he
went to drill as usual, when he again
suffered from the intense heat. . ' '
iMonel Jones said that - Lieutenant
Pritc'iard had been doing well in every way,
that he had not been drinking, or indulg
ing in any form of dissipation. 'Colonel
Jones and Lieutenant Pritchard had been
living at the same quarters ' until a short
time befoie the occurrence. lieutenant
Prichard moved into the guarters of Capt.
Prestoi), when the family of; the latter re
turned home a few weeks ago, ami until
that time the two deceased officers were
almost inseparable. Lieutenant Pritchard
was gettins-along well with hi studies and
would soon have been promoted in the
opinion of bis friends. "In fny opinion,'
wrote Colonel Jones, "the whole business
was the result of Will' having been out m
(he sua during the hottest part of the day
before the - tragedy occurred. His mind
was temporarily unbalanced, and Lieuten
ant Deen came first into his mind because
he had been mare associated with him than
with any other officer of tire post, physi
cally ; he was in le. best, health, u -
Jhe letter from Mr. Gudger told of the
funeral services conducted over the remaius
of Lieutenant Pritchard. There was an
escort from the Thirteenth Cavalry,eighteen
fellow-officers having "come down from
camp. The services were conducted by
the chaplain of the regiment, and a military
' be North Cat olina Societv in Manila at
Jeuded in a body and both the society and
the regiment sent flowers.
Uncle Eben on Distilleries.
taitur The Citizen: Mistur Edjtur,
Dem Citv Fodders done fixed de busi
ness (lis .time. your. Uncle ben .am
.Oipkip tiem Hug Jujea facterys war
tftfineioutep commission show. Pe big
- ,
pun u id a iiAnt..HiMo HucVipI mn7.i e
ar KuocKeu outen commission wm a
-ity s little three pounder wid Cap Kan
dolph orderln de charge. -. Last night
while de aun mo.mtftd on Wh s-
key Uill war sniked. wid a fla?ob truce
e " i
raised, dat Captun Boss foch de City's
I
jittle three pounder ihtyo eora mission (e-
struts ing de ambulance,- an' e borsepit-
n. ciu up icuiuiuc - . H4UV- I
. ,1 - t- : - .
31 iawis war bmdagin cje. wqu,qded at
fort lteotifyer wid a two thouapd dol
lar bond payable at the discretion of de
Jedfe, Dat stioumfaat on dat two thovjs.
and dollar cotepastur must feel good to
poor wounded souldier Fid both
arms aod legs cut smaok off, bis prop
erty contlscated, his ole ummon an' de
ohlUuns crying for bred. But de Cap
tun Bosn gays -''swaller yer medicine
What is yer'g'wtDf tei'doi'yer bustntss
nest roved, an' ei money vested?- But
de . 'aptun say s ver mus, an' 1 t'uess yer
mus. Uut dar sua sum
ui ougiaess oat am bov. ev gwine-
ow. Ver -gwlnO
ind a roctluVrl A 'mi.twoif:a'a' imiW
Dented foi - .yT ;i .dcop, ' whap yer
r uo? arr' uiy say dar wI be
a Captun an l two Lieutenants in cora
ipaqa; ob, . Jau ffvney qow war (Jettiroe
When sumninvar 4ftiq dat yep. dident
Mi-eanvou. tfoen yer crits uo soma-ob
A r-
, mawnms v? irwu;e ter find dat de
i'evu am . ter T'a;'4 den yer gwlne'
ter
una aatjiaraiot t- nith hutr- -S -.
VeraTvaoti 1
? I UNCLKEB
APBifliinvm iionsE.
.running liue mm tjA(i r0 ot.4
n? the'occuriantf'or al.,,'...)! Mr. i-i-rS
ik'i ... vJ.
1 1 es. niMmtrtPStr nnicklv
SOME REPUBLICAN RUMORS.
Mr. Harris Wants a Slice of Pie,
About the Size of Collector of
Internal Revenue of the
. Western District.
It is now rumored among the faith
ful that Mr. Chas. J. Harris, the gen-
tleman who was pitted against Hou.
R. B. Glenn for the' Governorship, has
an eye on collector Harking' position
that of collector of Internal revenue
for the Western District of North Car
olina. I - ;
The story again comes from Wash
ington that President Roosevelt will
adhere strictly-to his former - declara-
uon that eight years is sufficient for
any one man at the pie counter. If
this be true. Collector Harkins, like
a number of the other republican office
holders, will have to step down and out.
It is also rumored and the rumor
comes from a direct source that Prof,
J. J. Bfitt will be one 6f the" candi
dates for Collector Harkins fat plum.
He will rely, solely on the work that he
did during the last campaign in Western
North Carolina for, recognition at th
pie counter. '
The News learns from a splendid
source that President Roosevelt looks
with favor on Prof-Britt, and that he
has informed the republican office seek-,
era who have recently visited Washing
ton that it is his intention to provide
well for him when It comes to a dis
tribution of the offices in this state.
A prominent republican who stands
high in the counsels 'of the party is
quoted as saying that there is going to
be a general shake-up in North Car
blina after the ' fourth of March next.
This he says, will be in line with Presi
dent Roosevelt's policy, which will not
be confined to North Carolina, but all
over the county to appoint his own
friends to office.. The President be
lieves in the old maxim, "To the victor
belongs the spoils," and while he has a
record as a civil service commissioner,
this record will not interfere with his
placing his friends in office." - .
Going upon this hypothesis it is un
derstood here that the only republican
official in Charlotte who, feels sure of
his position is D. -Kirby Pope, whom
Senator Pritchard bad appointed assayer
in charge of the mint.' Mr. Pope has
only served but little over two years,
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and it is said that he will not be. dis
turbed during the administration of
President Roosevelt. This :much is
vouchsafed by an, Inornate friend of
Judge- Fritchard, wbQ txafl been ap
HM . ul l.wio
State Chairman Thoa, 9, Rollins is
xpected to go to Washington In the
next few day?, and this visit will con
vince him whether be is to hand out
the pie to the republican 7 hungry ones.
It is said that Mr. ttoiuns wouia wui-
inirly divide honors ' with Mr. Spencer
Blackburp, Cppressmap jrpm pe
Eigbt flistript, n the distribtiop pf
Sq far Wr- Blackburp nas neia
w- i 1 -
aloo frm. the leaders of the Republic
nttKaa An mv that hft is
nc ponhideraoie uneasineva on
onnntof the ovster-like way he re-
RiVanolicantSi , 1 -
f Rlukhurns friends Is
wuu v .
a.vW thafc he has nothinc
-IM UUM"J 7 : ,, ' 1: ii i
t thank the reeularly prganizefl re-
to thank the regularly organized re-
bublifajn ni)y 'iS'. iforth, CiwHP 4 ti
-hj ;wiji - IHtle bjoat
alone, a.9Kipg UV4 HfVrHa "H
frow anyr-epublican m the state, The
tunt. that he is verv nopuiar at m
XT ' , 1 ' , t "
WhUe Rouse, as well as among mem
bers of his party In congress, nas in
creased this uneasy feeling, , that .
lying very clotetq.tbe hWW of the
i.iu.vu vw . ; .
If "the faithful" coma jus ge air.
Dlackburn to indicate his line of pro
cedure as to offloes. even reraowsiy,
this unTasy feeling w
extent, oe ovprwiuo
he remains close
seems supreni
n l-Char'lotte News. " ,
one lCbarlotte
U DflVrie(; Pjear AfYlllington
8ner ai to The Observer.
;.;.W,ilrjgbnrDee.a.
Si a y bartqef of exTQqvernor D. U
EusseilVand his brother-in Jaw, John Brew-
i v'r t-vuisn Vi -:riihout 21 vears of aee,
thA CaDe Fear river, five
rrcrc uiui wv s
miles below Wilmington, last night. A
canoe hf which they were returning to a
steara lunch op the river from a ducking ex-
- : - k criiiii. Twnlmere acciuaintaneea, . . ,
storm. oearcninK
auagm ,nto waicn ui. - rr r
'- . , . . i ii . nuMni.
- j Ma,AM ihA r YiirritMi iivri. ' .
LATEST
WAR
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TWO BATTLES H i PSLS U N
Two More Seriously Damaged, One
, Cruiser Altogether Disabled :
" Another Listing Badly.
Tokio, Dec 8. The commander of the
naval land batteries on 203 Metre hill, at
Port Arthur, reporting at 2:40 p. m. ioday
says: :-,;" "';v ' ' -v '; "": ' "
"At 12:80 o'clock today it became certain
that the Peresviet has been sunk, she is in
the same coadition as the Poltava? The
Pallada is beginning to list to port. We
are vigorously bombarding the Pallada.'
Tokio, Dec. 8.-(ll:80a. m.) The com
mander of the Japanese land batteries in
front of Port Arthur reported on Decem
ber 6ih says: "An observation taken W.daj
(December 7) from 203 Metre Hill, show8
that the turretship Deltava lies sunken as
reported on Dec. 6. j , :;
"The battleship Ret vizan seems to haye
sunk, her stern beiug under water. The
bombardment todays (December 7) has
heavily damaged- the battleship Pobieda,
which is listing to starboard and showing
the westward portion of jbr hull which is
partly damaged." . "
Tokio, Dec. 8.4(6 p. m.) The follow
ing report from the commander of the naval
land battery in front of Port 'Arthur was
received at two o'clock this afternoou:
"The battleship Pobieda's middle funnel
is seriously damaged. The vessel, is list
ing aft and submerged to the ' stern walk.
The battleship Peresyiet's upper deck is
submerged. , r . '
'me battleship Ketvixan is listing to
starboard and her uppor deck is nearly
submerged. j
The protected cruiser Palada, which is
lying between the Retvizan and th mine-
ship Amur cannot be distinctly seen, but
there seems to be a slight sinking astern.
The actual extent of damage sustained by
her Is not yet known. Tbe armored cruiser
Beyan is now burning to ber foredeck.
"The battleship Sevastopol appears to be
lying in the east harbor alongside the great
crane, buronly the tops of her masts are
visible. A hill completely hides her hull.
"The principal aims taken by the mili
tary aad naval guns today are at the Pallsda,
Beyan and Sevastopol."
The Responsibility For Cheap
Cotton, ,
The Democrat press ig having fun with
the lepuhlipan. OU aoccunt of their ante-
election claim that if Mr. Roosevelt were
elected the price of cotton would go up.
The Wax haw Enterprise observes that the
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price i. now anout nau wnai u was lessiuan
I a year ago. ne oiaiesvme j-Auamara
makes the point that, considering the prices
of farm supplies and the cost of living hcn
and now' th Present price, ton isanout
eqow too- ana . p)W ququg iW
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I period wefl th.e letter pcea prevailed,
I ' . . . . .
lxiuisaua ftokywr-oaHQn--ana-requo your
acreage mm qecjarea n a putuuhea letter
thai 7-eents cotton means bankruptcy for
Southern farmers, . Bat we wonder. . What
was In mind to say at the outset was that
sensible men ought to have learned by this.
time to disregard the ante-election Prophe
cies for either good or ?lM of partisan pol-
iti.iaus ftud partisan claqueqrft. The people
heu.lyc. know ,l w much the d.. of
mL .1 .uc.n tr annnnca that nrtttnn
There was no reason to suppose that cotton
would ma either nn or down as a result of
the election of either Air.
. L - L
Roosevelt
or
, X:C ,-- - r-.; - - -- y . : v
The It takes more thn muscles to wake
niao. " ; - T . ,vtv':: -
Thit bigness ispot greatness, ' 1
That H requlrai pluck to be patient, r
iThat 'seiflshnesa is the most unmanly
thing in the world. . ; f ..
That to follow th'e crowd is a confession
of . weakness. . t -
.That street corners are a poor college,
That one real W vorth a score of
' . .viw. m. nfnne. self.
lhV Vhe brain today will
ten years hence.
monHnfia worth DOEsession
fa of of Man.Ex.
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Port-Mli
Destnic
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Almos
Accomplished
SENATOR STONE ON . -
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HiE DEMOCRACY.
He Sees no Reason to be Discour
aged by Recent Landslide
Toward Republicanism.
Jefferson City, jlio. (Special ). Sena
tor William J. Stone .left here " yesterday
for Washington, to bej present at the open
ing of congress. Before leaving he was
asked to express hlsyiews as to the politi
cal outlook for thevdemocraUc party.'; When
asked if he cared to say anything about the
late elecUon he said:f:4No: that is a elosed
book. I prefer to turn my face to tne fu-
tnre. The important thing now is to get
the party itself on solid ground and on
right lines.". : 'M V: - .: ,
When questioned as to what he moaut by
"getting the party on right lines" the sena
tor talked at some length, saying, among
othar things, that if tjae democratic party
is to survive there must be a revival with
in its ranks of ' the old time conquering
spirit" - ,,;.x.'itx. , :
"For a long time." he said, "I have felt
that the democratic party lacked virility
In the old days of its supremacy and power
it was the suggestive J; positive, aggressive
force in our political life. It was the force
that blazed the way and did things. Op
posing parties, for the most part, only stood
iu the way, comparatively aimless and
ielpless, as forces in resistance. Unlike
the old Democracy, which was a force ever
moving forward in action, we haye degen
erated into a force which it is hardly too
much to say is now Utile more than a force
stationary in resistance!. Our party policy
now is more negative than positive, more
obstructive than constructive.
Party ttHld Direct Pllcle.
'.For some time it bas begn quite clear to
me, and never more so than now, that
nationally the democratic party cannot
again become a dominating force unless the
old masterful and assertive spirit shall be
revived. Any party that would wield the
scepter in America must be affirmatively
progress! vet creati ver and constructive. To
a'arni merely in resistance as a conserving
or restraining force is bo dosbt to serve a
good purpose, and if our party leaders are
content to occupy thatf inconspicious posi
tion and play that inferior part, we need
only to hold our ground and stand firm
where we are. . As for myself, 1 would
have the democratic party, inspired by a
nobler ambition . I want to see the party
direct the policies andi mold the destinies
of the republic. Upoij these lines 1 would
build for the future.",! .
Asked what plans he had to propose he
answered: "It is f our years off until ' we
can promulgate another platform, but in
tbe meantime the work of building should
goon. We must reodgnize accomplished
facts. For instance j we must recognize
the fact that the United States is a world
power. The old idea of national exclusion
from the world politic must be modified to
meet the exigencies of! this age. - Hence
forth our International). responsibilities will
multiply and our sphere of influence and
power rapidly expand il ' ; '
. Jaatifie a Palicy mt Frce.
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"The American government should for
its own safety and. for ibe preservation of
most important Interests, take resolute
cround aeainst the forcible partition of the
ChAuese Empire. There in the east is the
great eld for future commercial exploit
ation. " AH we should ask Is an equal chance
with all who .would .compete, and that
chance we should not consent to be depriv
ed of by anv interference foreign to the
empire itself. It may be said- that this
would be a policy of force, but what
there behind the Monroe v docr.ne but
force? '-.i : ": - v 1 IK ' - - - y
! would like to, ' see tka democratic
party lead off on this llnex and at the same
time ontirae. a aen,ni,ie van American puuey
wife the ohject of l oosely uniting the
American republics hi 'commercial spirit
and interest. Followthls by a determined
and definite policy to febuild the merchant
marine at all hazards4-I say at all hazards
until we have the greatest merchant
navy afloat, and to haye all hese. hitere&ts
protected by a war nayy smjUo for every
emergency ' Hee arelthlngsrnot only right
la themselves, but thi4gs ths,t would ap-
pea,t to. doDj commercial ana popular ; im
pulse: and this ityustirates what , mean
wnen x say i yoiiu iaxp w jariy biauu
for policies afrmtvand progressive.
- 4.'1aon tb,e question bf. money, the tariff,
trusts; transportation, ftbe conatruotloa of
wser routes, minute raacw, ana we nae, we
niut take biioad progressive views, - re
membering the,t these are business questions
and that, exceot incidentalivr there is no
question of pqblio morals or . fundamental
Carparatlaa F4a la Electiaaa.
: "But there is a question which should be
forced to the f r6nt, which involves not on
ly public morals, but tvnicn siriKes t0fi
root of our national lHfe, and is a Question
nf auch moment that it nsea above all
other question vpb tb!at is tbe use of enor:
mnns riuma of manev bontributed by cor-
' norations enjoying public favors to control
nreaiaenwai eicuuui o. i u yn mo uiwi-
dencv on sale is a crine that threatens na-
tlonal existence, ana tpe uemotmu? whx
should make the suppressi on c Vmi crime
its special mission ; : :
"Henceforth . we. miist be a Parry of ac
tion & rjartv.with spmetliiue to do. We
Cannot afford to fight f good thing simply
because somebody else,may be for it, or be
somebody else afty have sureested it"
We must have good thtngs Of our own to
nmnose. We must lead in ; the "march of
progress or be run ovef by the procession,
HENDERSON
CO Y
Ho Other Section .So Highly
Favored.'
KIND AND HOSPITABLE PEOPLE
The Place for all who are Seeking
to Renew their Health and
Strength.
There is a place, comrnnnity. locality .: or
district or whatever you may choose to call
it, in Henderson county, where nature seems
to have just poured out all of her beauty , of j
handiwork and purposely made it pictur
esque. lliough as late as the 20th century,
it may not have very much of what man can
do to beautify, yet it possessess that upon
which no man can greatly improve. I speak
of its mountains and hill?, its brooks and
rills, its waterfalls and lakes.
You have seen works of art where man
has put upon canvas with paint and brush,
representations of great battles, countries;
cities, etc, and when presented to view
were so life-like that in fancy you could
hear the roar of musket and cannon and the
groans' of the fallen so real that you imagin
ed you could hear the tramp, tramp of pas
serby on tbe crowded street. But you have
never seen on paper or canvas a picture that
would give you an exact idea of the beauty
of the scenery to which I refer. It is one
oi the many things that has to be seen to be
appreciated. " " '
The people who live in this community
are kind, generous -and hospitable, make
their own living, and depend very little up
on tLe trusts aod money kings. Each one is
monarch of all he surveys. They have
quite a number of people from the 'coast
visit them during the summer season, whom
they entertain in & satisfactory' way, which
is proven dv ine tact mat tne same ones
aome again and bring others with them
While enroute to St. Louis, a lady from
Chicago, who had been boarding at , Ashe
vine, asked me wnere 1 would go if 1 was
going to board for the summer like she in
tended to do, and it is no use to say that I
told her that I would go straight to this
place. And' I would. : -
I started down to visit this community,
and met a man in the road. I said: "Ho
did the election, fro in this county?, He
brought his double barreled shot gun from
a right shoulder arms down to the position
ol load, before he said a word in reply.
And I tell you I began to think I had
broached him on the . wrong'1 jubject, I
guess he noticed that I was glancing around
at the woods rather nervously and he finally
replied that the election went just about as
everybody had figured on in, but added that
no matter how elections went there,, they
never allowed any strangers to meddle with
it,and that they were capable of settling any
political trouble that might arise from time
to time. I hastily agreed and assured him
that it was far from my intentions to inter
fere with any man's sovereign right to vote
as he pleased. Did you ' ever take notice
how closely Americans guard that privilege?
Webster, once in replying to the toast "The
Union' said: "The Union, now and for
ever, one and inseparable." Calhoun fol
lowed him and said: "The Union, next to
our liberties tne most dear, it can De pre
served only by respecting equally the rights
of the seveial states which compose it.'
And, so is to day, ' There Is no man, ' no
matter what his statioa in life, who puts his
liberty second to anything.
I had the pleasure of attending a real
good school exhibition, which brought hack
memories of days gone by. It was the dos
ing exercises of a few neatly arranged sent
ences she bade us all a hearty welcome, and
then followed some pretty recitations and
essays, by some pretty girls. Miss Ethel
Prior spoke with great ease "Theew Or.
gan.' Miss Bessie VJonner had tbe house
roaring with laughter over "The In venter's
WifeM and Miss Walker Freeman recited in
a way that brought tears to the eyes of many
that old poem that never grows old. ''Cur
few Must Not Rlng Tonight."; Then little
Mias Huoiley told us of our trip to the"Tar-
get Range" which was composed by a sokU
ier of the Sixteenth, but T can't say that the
scenes it brought back to memory were al
together pleasant: ' It was such a perfect de
scriptiod that I fancied that I could see - the
boys splashing along tn rough the Georgia
red mud And the little towns of Douglas
ville, Villa Rica, Temple and Bremen flash
ed into memory as she ' mentioned them
When the noon hour was .announced, the
good ladies made a rush for the baskets and
bundles which were stacked in behind . the
doors, and proceeded forthwith to spread
one of th.e finest dinners I ever saw, ; They
could nH ftnd. room enough on the :, benches,
rocks and stumps and they pot the rest of
it on the ground. An old gentleman said
for everybody to he! p'- themselves, a nd I
took him at his , word -and , obeyed orders
strictly. . Altogether, my visit down , there
was both pleasant and profitable. '. t
World's Fair Grounds, : W, B. Hoggins'
St. Louis, Mo. Dec." 6th, 1904 - ;:
THE. BANNER PRECINCT.
Mecklenburg County Also Claims
' This Distinction.
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The banner preciqet in Mecklenburg
is Providence, Number 2, and in the
opinion of some of the leading demo
crats of the city there, is .not another
box' in the entire county that can show
such a record.
In Providence, Number 2, sixty voters
registered, and on election day every
man of the sixty came out and voted the
i democratic ticket straight, from: jresl-
dent down to the last county officer.'
The above -fact was brought into
prominence when the returns were can
vassed by the county board but the re-
markable nature of the story was not
seen in its true setting' until other coun
ties and states were heard from, when
it began to dawn upon some of the
county democrats that Proyidence Num
ber 2, was not only the banner demo
cratic precinct of the county but of tbe
state and possibly of all the states.
The occurrence of such a thing as
sixty registered votes, sixty ballots cast,
and these all democratic, is a happen
ing that is not of ten. met with, and the
democrats of Providence and of - the
county' have reason to : be congratulat
ing themselves upon' the remarkable
manner in which the voters turned out
on the day of election and cast a solid
Vote for democracy. ,
Five Years for Taking HorneVs
; .Nest in Church. ;
"Speaking of peculiar offenses,", said
a gentleman in the court house yester
day afternoon, "the: strangest I . ever
heard of is taking a hornets' nest into
church during service, and the offender
in the instance' I have in mind was sent
to the penitentiary for five years by
JudgeJEwart for just that crime." j
"The man's name was Patrick, ' and
he was, I believe,' the same one who was
sent to the chain gang for two years by
Judge Shaw during the recent term of
court. He was living in one of, the
western counties where the Holiness
Baptist religion had a large number of
followers. .; "" ' "'
"There was a big revival : meeting
going on in a country church, and every
evening the building was crowded with
possible converts and the shouting was
noticeable even at a great distance.
Patrick more" for fun than any desire to
break up the meeting secured a large
sized hornets nest and, after stopping
all of the outlets, secreted in the church
one afternoon, s -- s. ;,4
"That evening, when the meeting was
at its height he slipped in, and turned
the hornets loose.
"Exactly what ; transpired ' is not
known, but it is reported that all of the
rewjui) uuuverio auu severat. uiu mem
bers lost their religion during the scene
that followed. Patrick was caught and
taken before Judge Ewart, , who was
holding court near the scene of the
trouble. Five years In the penitentiary
was the sentence when the jury brought
in the verdict of cnilty." Asheville
Citixen. ' ::o'Va.''.
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Millions Lost inornstallcs. :
Professor H. W. Wiley, of the depart
ment of agriculture, believes that the stalks
of the sweat corn might be turned to most
valuable : account : They t contain much
more sugar than those of the tommon field
corn, and the sugar content is at: its maxi
mum at the time when the ears are, palled.
Sugar, of course, is readily converted into
alcohol, and, i&asmuch as each 100 pounds
of stalks will yield six and a half pounds of
absolute alcohol, it is easily seen what a
good thing the ignorant agriculturist ' has
been allowing to waste. .
Say that one acre will yield from ten to
twelve tons of grain stalks,' or about 20,000
pounds, and you have a quanty of raw ma
terial which will produce 1,300 pounds of
absolute alcohol, of 216 gallons."? Alcohol
at the present time is worth forty cents a
gallon. --f -
Ground In a wet condition' and dried,
cornstalks may be kept indefinitely, and
are ready at any time for ; conversion Into
alcohol. Professor Wiley " says that the
alcohol derivable from the cornstalks that
now go to waste in this country would ! not
only drive all the machinery of our factories
but would furnish the requisite power for
all of our railroads and steamboats, run all
oi our automooiies, neat ana m animate au
of our houses, and light the streets in every
city in the Union.
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OIVE XIUfVDBJBD DOLLABS A BOX.
is the value H . -Tisdale, Bnmmerfon,
& C. places on DeWitt's Witch Hate! Salve.
He says: 'I had the pilos fur 20 years. I
tried many .doctors and medicines, butlall
faded except Ue Witt's, Witch tfazel Halve.
It cured meT It is combination of the heal
ing properties of Witch Hazel withfantiseptics '
and emollients; relieves 1 and ' permanentlr
cures blind, bleeding, itching and protruding
rii 1 ao oAvoa r uif A Kmiaaa amAma m Tf vhanm
anoTall ikln "diseases. Sold by 7. H." Justus.,
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