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Address
inn nniYTfvn i cnrrillTV g. m. barman, Editor.
jud rnmiiiu a orciiALii.
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CANCER CURED
-AND ALIFE
SAVED
By the Persistent Use of
AyeKs Sarsaparilla
"I was troubled for years with a
? sore 011 jay knee, which several
physicians, who treated me, called a
cancer, assuring me that nothing
could be done to save my life. As
a last resort. I was induced to try
Ayer's Sarsapar'Ua, and, after taking
a number of bottles, the sore
began to disappear and my general j
health improve. I persisted in this
treatment, until the sore was entirely
healed. Since then, I use
Ayer's Sarsaparilla occasionally as
a tonic and blood-purifier, and, indeed,
it seems as though I could not
keep house without it."?Mrs. S. A.
Fields, Bloomfield, la.
- AYER'S
Tbe Only World's Fair Sarsaparilla.
Ayor's Pills Regulate the J-iver.
' '
Work and Providence.
V*:" ' * I
To the Editor of the Dispatch:
You will please let me have space i
in your paper to eay a word about
my race. Ever since the Negro has
been released from the tormenting
bondage which he had to endure, he
has been draggling up through the ;
great toils of life. Many have be- ;
come to be renowned beings of world !
. _ wide fame; while on the other hand,
; ^others Lave/sot met with much suc"Ttrclrfc
many eas?s wasI&igvijF }
vmf?rr?rnhlA r?irojimshftrices I
by which they were surrounded. ;
The chief cause to be considered is
that the Negro, with a few exceptions,
was loosened from bondage
empty handed without a siDgle mite
to begin the new life which emanci.
- pation opened up to him; no property,
no money, -no education or
economical interest with which to
pilot themselves over life's tempestuous
sea; but, however,, there are many
who have and are still reaching the
summit of the hills of success and
are now looking back with joy at the
flourishing labors of their journey.
The way, however, was rough. There
is a great number of the Negro race
who have certainly done all in their
power to enlighten the dark and benighted
minds of this world.
One of our greatest necessities,
even now, is union. If we were
more properly and more extensively
united a much better condition would
be ours today amid ail our trouble
and discouragement. We are able
to note with interest the rapid rate
with which we have progressed in
the last thirty odd years. Had we
the bisssed opportunity all the while
that every other nation has had, .we,
too, could have owned and controlled
a great government a!l of our own.
Ob, my people! awake to a sense of
your duty! Remember the old proverb,
"Time and tide waits for no
man.*' Let the proof of the past
and present confused state of affairs
" force us all to make good use of our
-time and follow those who would lead
us to victory. Considering our
wretched state, my call is to all.
Brothers, friends and associates at
large, why stand ye in this state of
g mental darkness sadly obvious of
vnur imDendinsr doom. I now call
J * w
jour attention to 11 e Isrealites wandering
a loDg time in the wilde-Less;
God at last, through a miraculous
providence, rid the sufferers of their
troubles and enabled them through
much sorrow to reach the promised
land: he likewise is able and will deliver
us, too, at his own set time. If
ever there was a people that should
worship the Lord sincerely it is the
Negro, for the great Father has certainly
guided us all through many
disasters along our path, and in the
consideration of these facts it is our
earnest desire to render aid to whom
it is due. It is a fact undisputable
that if we do not care for odo another
no other race can or will. Ti e:e
is no use in rebelliouness. Even our
oppressors, like the rebellious s> n
of David, will gain nothing by their
oppression. They seem to forget
that God is a supreme beiDg worthy
b of honor and respect.
I ?
A people must cot be measured b;
one standard, but by all. As no om
can be said to be educated until hi
has drunk deeply at the three grea
spriugsof human knowledge?sciene
art and literature. Neither is a rac<
prepared to enter the combat o
? +oL-/a ifa sfnnd amnEf
j Ii2XUUU9 auu uauv *vw ?? c
I people uutil it has drunk deeply o
: all the fountains of human wisdom
: No people can rise in the world am
! maintain creditable standing aloD<
i with the saw, the hammer and thi
plane, cooks, washerwomen am
nurses, as farmers, bootblacks, hote
boys and barbers. These are neces
sary; but there must be intellectua
giants is the pulpit, at the bar, inth<
school room, as scientists linguists,
artists, inventors in order that anj
people may be accorded a creditabl<
standing in the society of the races
Whatever any other people neec
to grow stroDg, the Negro needs it
It is not enough to teach our girls t
few lessons in sewing, cookiDg anc
nursing, and our boys to beat a little
on iron, drive a few nails, make a few
had bricks, etc. Indeed this can bf
secured at their homes, but we wanl
,
the Negro to have higher industrial
education. He must be taught tc
smelt iroD, or build locomotives, ships,
telescopes, microscopes, steam engines
of every class, all kinds of me:
chanical and farming machinery and
appliances, and to do all work in
| glass, brass, gold and silver. This
| kind of higher industrial education
is the only kind that he needs now,
i and is essential to his salvation. This
kind of industrial education is the
only kind that can give a people permanent
strength. The avenues tc
*V>io in/li-icfriol efliieat.inn lie through
I lU*? iUUWWV*.^
the schools, as trades' union and
other industrial organizations are
closed against the colored boy. We
| want men to dissect the mountains, to
tie contenants together, make earth
and sky kiss and probe the very heat
of the great sun himself. It takes all
this ard more, too, to make a people
The Negro had just as well understand
now as later that he must have
all this resting on a solid, substantial,
intellectual (Christian character
or-fee ranat ultimately_g4 *?
This we must do if we will stand.
M. W. Willis.
White Rock, S. C.
Tones Un the System.
? W
Neva, S. C. Dec. 30,1896,
I have taken several bottles oi
Hood's Sarsaparilla, and it has given
satisfaction. I recommend it to anyone
who is run down in health and
troubled with tired feeling and impure
blood. It tones up the system
and puts it in a natural condition/'
C H. Gassaway.
Hood's Pills are the best after
dinner Pills, assist digestion, cure
| constipation.
.
Loam to b9 Pretty.
j The woman is indifferent to her
looks is no true woman. God meani
| woman to be attractive, to look well,
j to please, and it is one of her duties
to carry out the intention of her Mak
; er. But that dress is to do it all.
: and to suffice, is more than we car
1 * * 1.1 1. 1. -1*
De orougni 10 ueuve.
Just because we do love to see girls
look well, as well as live to some pur
pose, we would urge upon them sue!
a course of read^ig and study as will
confer such charms as no modiste
can supply.
A well-known author once wrole a
very pretty essay on the power oJ
education to beautify?that it abso
lutely chiseled the features; that h(
had seen many a clumsy nose aDd i
| thick pair of - lips so modified b}
\ thought awakened and active senti
; rnent as to be unrecognizable. Anc
; he put it on this ground that we sc
j often see people, homely and untrac
} tive in youth, bloom, in middle life
i into a softened Indian summer c:
j goo<J looks and mellow tones.
! Massalar Rheumatism Promptly
Relieved.
I
i
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j Mr. <J. A. noiton, a wen nuu?i
fur dealer of Oxford, Pa., says hi
sometimes suffers with muscula:
| rheumatism, and while having one o
j the most painful attack0, he called a
! W. T. J. Brown's drug store, and Mr
; Brown advised him to try Chamber
j Iain's Pain Balm, he did so, anil i
! gave him immediate relief. Paii
Balm is also recommended for rheu
matism by Mr. E. W. Wheeler o
Luthers Mills, Pa , who has used i
arid found it to be an excellent rem
: edy. If troubled with rheumatisr
give it a trial. It is certain to re
I lieve the pain as soon as applied, am
! its continued use will effect a cure
For sale at 25 and 50 cents pe
bottle by
J. E. Kaufmann, Lexington
F. W. Oswalt, Barrels
Oswalt & Son, Irene
y Wounded in the War.
e
Shot in the Abdomen at Cumb(
laud Gap.
e
? : Blind, Rheumatic and Dropsical.
r | Uoion Colonel is Given Over
) Die. How the Old Soldier Ga
Azrael the Slip.
^ | From the News, li irboursville, K\\
t j In the vear 28(>3, while in coi
g i mand of a Union regiment at Cm
3 i berland Gap, Colonel Messer, now
\ Flat Licks, Kentucky, received
severe gunshot wound in his abd
j i men. In a few months he was aga
? j in the saddle, but soon was obligt
I to undergo further medical tre*
I -1
r ment, and liis condition became
* serious that in the winter of 1863 ]
returned to R& hom<C and never w
I again fit for active service. Durii
the years that have since passed, Cc
j onel Messer has been a confirm*
| invalid from the effect of his wour
3 I and has been under the constai
r | care of the local physicians, not it
> proving, bat growing worse as tl
: years rolled od. His condition eve
tually became deplorable. Almo
, blind, legs swollen, so that he wi
( unable to walk, the doctors wl
could do nothing to arrest the pr
gress of the disease, diagnosed it i
dropsy, and said recovery was impo
! sible.
i The old soldier did not half belies
l his physicians, but said that sin*
they could do nothing for him, r
i would, upon an old friend's stron
i recommendation, try JL>r. wunam
. Pink Pills for Pale People. The firi
, box was taken by Col. Messer accor<
ing to directions, and by the tiir
that was gone, he felt so much easit
, and more comfortable, that seven
i other boxes were procured, and 1
continued to take them faithfull;
Soon the swelling in his legs, disaj
peared, and with it the fierce rhei
ruatic pains with which he had Ion
suffered. Strangest of all, his ey
sight, which for so many years ha
i been useless, was restored.
T" /"IrUrmol Afocspr innk T)
JLU ail) Vv/ivuv? mavwww* .v v? ?
Williams' Pink Pills six months, an
then was thoroughly cured. He no
is a healthy looking man, rides. c
horseback, and stands as much fat
gue as any man of his age.
The Colonel, since bis recovery,
never tired of descanting on tl
virtues of these pills, and every a*
vertisement that he finds he car
fully clips, and sends to some sit
1 friend or neighbor, with the assu
ance that they will cure him.
' The high standing of Colon
Messer, and his remarkable recover
1 makes this report more than usual
interesting, and when it was receive
at the office of the Dr. William
j Medicine Co., it uas referred i
? j Messers. Phipps & Herndon, tl
} well known druggists of Barbour
' IT"
j ville, ivy, ior verincauou. ?
j pend the reply:
Barbourville, Ky., Aug. 18, 289
Dr. Williams* Med. Co.,
Schenectady, N. Y.
Gentlemen:?Yours of August 1
to hand, enquiring about testimoni
written by Mr.Sampson concernin
Colonel Messrs, of Flat Lick, Kj
will say that the cure of Colon
Messer was considered almost mira
>
ulous, aud be claims Pink Pills d:
it. Yours truly,
^ Phipps & Herndon
k Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, i
a condensed form, ail the elemen
necessary to give lew life and ric!
. ness to the blood and restore sha
.
tered nerves. They are also a spec
, fic for troubles peculiar to female
such as suppressions, irreguiaritii
and all forms of weakness. The
j
build up the blood, and restore tl
J I glow of health to pale and sallo
3 !-cheeks. In men they effect a radic
I cure in all cases arising from ment
j worry, overwork or excesses of wha
f i ever nature. 'Pink Pills are sold
| boxes (never in loose bulk) at i
; cents a box or six boxes for $2.5
_ ! and may be had of all druggists, i
' direct by mail by addressing D
j Williams' Medicine Company, Sche;
1 j ectady. X. Y.
a I ? ^ f
r! Honest Taz Returns.
r !
I I
^ j To the Editor of the Dispatch:
"Will you please allow me space
j. [ your paper for a short article. Thou<
^ i lam not in the habit of writing mu<
i for newspapers, for I am not bu
f ; that way, and if I was, I have i
^ J ways got something else to do. Yo
_ ; too, may think a little strange
a ; me by asking this space as I a
; not a subscriber to it, but the fii
I | time I get up to the court house,
> i will step in and loan you a dollar ai
| let you pay me back in paper.
Now, Mr. Editor, what I want
| say is mostly concerning the peoj
of our little town, yet I may st
aside just a little. We hear a gre
j many people at this lime spcaki
about taxes being so high and so
! of them are so narrow minded as
?rI
euss and abuse the Reform gove
j ment for it until it may be true tl
! the Reform Gov-ment has made m
A | take?, and who of hasen't in c
to | lives. We are liable to make m
ve i takes, but what is the trouble a
j where is it? Let us look and i
I who is to pay these high t; xes. I:
n. I the man who pays the most tax
n. I is it the man who has got the nn
of j money? No, sir: it is the poor cli
a of people who hasn't anythi
o- soarcely that pays these taxes. Nc
in some may say that I am wroDg, t
3d let us look and see. We have
it- quite a Dice little town with encoi
bo aging prospects for the future. T1
as town waa surveyed off by a practii
as surveyor into lots, making all neci
ig sary streets, alleys, etc. Of th<
>1- lots some have been sold and t
?d balance yet for sale at prices fi(
id S100 to 8100 per acre, yet the
Qt j same lots are returned in the f
n- book-as farm lands for about $6
le $8 per acre, and the poor fellow w
n- has managed by hard work to b
st one of these lots, pays at the rate
as of $100 to 8100 per acre, has had
10 pay taxes likewise, when perhaps t
' 1 1 a. n: ?1.,^
0- Dexi 101 lo Lilb >vaa vaiucu auu i?a
is at $6 or $3. Now, where is the ji
s- tiee? Has it lost its sway? Is the
no way to remedy this injustice?
re is right for the man to pay taxes
io his lot at what he gave for it, b
le can it be right and just for theotb
g to pay as he does? Talk about ]
s' form in different governments, wki
?t is much needed but not half so mu
1- as along the line of taxation. No
le sir; this is not only the case wi
?r Brookland but such is the case
al j many parts of our State, and tl
ie evil should be remedied dv sol
y. means that would give equal rigt
3- to all aDd special privileges to non
l- Let every tax payer in the county i
g turn his property at its full value a:
e- taxes would at once be reduced i
,d all the taxable property in t
county, every man payiDg his ju
r. and equal share of taxes. Let o
>d tax payers take into confi.iderati
^ ..that there .is onl^v so muc^i mon
in required to run our county; gover
i ment. and if every man does 1
equal part it will be better for all.
is Brookland, S. C., E. E. H.
ie February 2, 1897.
3
e- If asked the question "Have y<
ik got a stomach1?" it would be safe <
r- general principles, to answer "Ye
But, if you are sure of it, that is,
el you ever feel any distress after ei
v, ing or any pains of whatever d<
ly cription in the region of the stomae
;d you have got something more thi
s' an ordinary stomach; in other wore
to you have got a diseased stom'ac
The stomach is a powerful muse
s- and the proper remedy for a tir
p- muscle is rest. Try the Shaker I
gestive Cordial, for this product n
6. only contains digested food, whi
will nourish the system without ai
work on the part of the diseas
organs, but it aids the digestion
al other foods as well. You can testi
? value in your case for the triflii
sum of 10 cents. Sample bottles
* I - - - . , . ,, ,
ei this price are carried cyan aruggis:
c
id Lazol is the best medicine f
children. Doctors recommend it
place of Castor Oil.
in
ts Editing a Newspaper.
h
t- Editing a newspaper is pleasa
;i- business?if you like it.
s, If it contains too much politic
23 matter people won't have it.
If the type is large it don't conta
3e much matter.
w i If we have a few jokes folks s
al we are rattleheads.
al If we omit a few jokes folks s
t- we are nothing but fossils.
I
tn If we publish original matter th
>0 damn us for not giving selections.
0, If we give selections people say i
or are lazy for not wiiting more ai
>r. giving them what they have not re
n- in other papers.
If we give them a complimenta
notice we are censured for bei:
partial.
If we don't, all say we are a gre
hog.
. i If we insert an article which pleas
the ladies, the men become jealo
\ and vice versa.
ub
If we attend church they say it
* for effect.
If we remain at our office atter
1 ^ ing to our business, folks say we i
too proud to mingle with other f
'11 lows.
of
If we go out they say we do
attend to business.
?d ?
Dandruff is an exudation from <
to ; pores of the skin that spreads a
>le j dries, forming scurl and causing I
ep i hair to fall out. Hall's Hair Rene?
at j cures it.
Pure
rn.Blood
means sound health. With pure, |
rich, healthy blood, the stomach and di- j
''s* gestive organs will be vigorous, and there 1
>ur wdl l>e no dyspepsia. Rheumatism and j
Neuralgia will be unknown. Scrofulaanri I
Bait Rheum will disappear. With pure
;)St Your nerves will be strong, and your
sleep sound, sweet and refreshing.
' Hood's Sarsaparilla makes pure blood.
HP That is why it cures so many diseases.
That is why so many thousands take it
>W, to cure disease, retain good health, prevent
sickness and suffering. Remember
'u**
Z 1 Sarsaparilla
;g;e Is the One True Wood Turifier. Si per bottle.
Up mm n.? cure I.iver Ills; easy to
tlOOd S HlIlS take, easy to operate. 25fc
)m : ?T? ? -TT
'se Deficit Zt Is.
ax V
or The First Message of Governor Elj10
Jerba to the legislature.
A Wise and Business Like Document?Shows
a Lar^e Deficit from
*? Estimated Receipts and Expenditures?Plain
Talk About Wine(^
throp and Clemson?Disapproves
1S" Present County Government Law.
A Graduated Income and Secured
Tax Suggested.
on W. H. McC.. in Greenville Ncwa.
ut Columbia, S. C., Feb. 4.?Governor
ier Ellerbe sent the following message to
re* the Legislature tonight:
?h Gentleman of the General Assembly:
cb After a thorough investigation I
w' find that the finances of the State
are not in a very favorable condition
i? and I deem it my duty to call your
"s attention to the following facts:
ne TheSre was in the State treasury on
its January 26th, 1897, $113,958 34
e? Balance due the State on general ace
count $92,000; insurance license fees
nd (estimated) $10,000; fees of Secre- I
l lr <te non.
DB IttrJ Ol* Oltll/t? S UUlUd ^pUyUKJUj uuv^ur
he lectedt taxes (estimated) $85,000,
ist makinj $605,958 34
ur Th^ibove is all the revenue of the
on State Mailable for current expenses
ey for t&jJ^cal year 1897.
n- EstiSiting the current expenses
lis of theJState at $30,000 per month
for tetl months, beginning January
1st. 1807 and ending November 31st,
1897, vte have current expenses $300,000,
legislative expenses, (estimated)
ou $15,000; special appropriations for
on malitia $10,000, pensions $100,000,
>8" miscellaneous $20,000, public print
if ing $20,000?total 8340,000, making
it- a deficiency in the general fund of
?s- $34,041,06 unprovided for.
:b, I have counted the expenses to
an November 1st, because the books are
is, not opened for the collection of taxes
:h. until October 15th and the State
le, Treasurer will not receive remited
tances from the County Treasurers
)i- until November loth,
ot We estimate the expenses at $30,ch
000 per month on the basis of last
oy year's appropriations. Of course, if
ed any of the appropriations be inof
creased or additional ones are made
its for special purposes, the deficiency
ag will be increased in proportion,
at The trustees of the Winthrop Nor
ts. mal and Industrial college have asked
for an additional appropriation of
or $30,000 to build another dormitory,
in Theypiow have room for 240 students
while the attendance at the college is
403,163 having to board in town.
* It would be infinitely better for all
the students to board in the college
nt and if we knew that the attendance
would remain as large as it is now
ral you would take no risk in making
* the appropriation, but as we can j
.in have no guarantee of thi3 after the j
ephemeral favor which generally bnb
ay bles up and around a new college j
subsides we may have have here as i
av we had at Clemson a decrease in the i
. j
number of students,
ey When Clemson college was first
opened many boys out of curiosity
ve and without serious purposes, rushed |
ad in and there was not sufficient room j
-
ad to accommodate them, but alter run- i
Ding a year or two the attendance j
*7 as might have been expected, dwiudDg
led down to normal numbers and the j
dormitory is large enough for preset
eDt use.
Should you decide to build another
ses dormitory for Winthrop, I would reus
spectfully suggest, owing to the variable
condition of the State's finances
is and the financial condition of our |
people, that you have all the brick I
id- necessary for the construction of the |
ire dormitory made by the convicts of j
el the penitentiary. This could be done j
in the summer after the crops on the
n't State farm have been laid by and be- |
fore harvesting time begins. You
could then afford at the next session
of the General Assembly to make a
small appropriation to ba^e the work
"^e completed.
The deficiency that I have called
yonr attention to should be provided
' I
for and the question for you to decide
is whether it should be done by in
creasiug the levy or increasing by
some other means the revenue of the
State. This can be done by a graduated
income tax and a graduated license
tax.
Every legislator should be commended
for his efforts to give the
people a low rate of taxation. It is
unwise and unbusinesslike to levy a
tax insufficient to meet the current
expenses of the government, thereby I
incurring a debt.
I believe in the principle of payiDg
as you go.
In my opinion, there is extravagance
in the management of county
affairs which should be thoroughly
investigated. The county government
act is objected to by many on
the ground that is too cumbersome,
and that the work of the chain-gang
costs more than it is worth.
I would recommend that you examine
those matters thoroughly before
making an dical changes in !
the laws.
How's This! I
We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & Co. Props., Tolede 0
"We, the'undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years,
> i i i ? 1
aua ueneve mm periecwy uuuuiauic
in all business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations
made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, O., Walding, Kinnan
& Marvin, Wholesale Druggist
Toledo, Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Price, 75c. per bottle.
Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
^ree. . 12.
The Car Conductor's Mistake.
It happened the other day on the j
TiPhicrh Valley railroad. The train
had left Easton, and the conductor
was makiDg his first round, when
he observed a small white dog, with
a bushy tail black eyes, sitting cozitly
cn the seat beside a young lady
so handsome that it made his heart
roll over like a lapsided pumpkin. |
But duty was duty, and he remarked
in his most deprecatory manner:
"I'm very sorry, madam, but its
against the rules to have dogs in the
passenger cars.v
"Ob, my, is that so?'' And she j
turned up two lovely brown eyes at j
him beseechingly. "What in the i
. Mi T 1 a T V 11 I,; I
world will l uoi i can t iijruw mm
away. He is a Christmas present
for my aunt."
"By no means, miss. We'll put
him in a baggage car, and he'll be
just as happy as a robin in spring/'
''What! Put my nice white dog in
a nasty, stuffy, dusty baggage cai?"
"I'm awfully sorry, miss, I assure
you, but the rules of this company
are as inflexible as the laws of the
Medes and them other fellows, you
know. He shall have my overcoat to
lie on, and the brakeman shall give
him grub and water every time he
opens his mouth."
"I just think it's awful mean, so
I do, and I know somebody will steal
it, so they will!*' And she showed a
half notion to cry that nearly broke
the conductor's heart, but h?f was
firm and sang out to the brakeman,
who was playing a solo on the stove:
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into the baggage car and tell 'era to
take just the best kind of care of
hiin."
The young lady pouted, but the
brakeraan reached over and picked
the canine up as tenderly as though
it was a 2-weeks' old baby, but as he
did so a straDge expression came
over his face, like a wave of cramp
colic, and he said hastily to the con-1
ductor:
"Here, you just hold him a minute
till I put this poker away." And he
trotted out at the car door and held
on to the brake wheel, shaking like a
man in the ague.
The conductor no sooner had his
hands on the dog than he looked for |
a hole to fall through.
' Why, wh-why, this is a worsted
dogl''
"Vflo air " cnirl the little miss de
murely. "Didn't you know that?"
j "No; I'm most awful sorry to say
I didn't know that." And he laid
the Christmas dog down in the
j owner's lap and walked out on the
! platform, where he stood half an hour
! in the cold, trying to think a hymn
j tune to suit the worst sold man on
the Lehigh Valley.
Highest market price paid for bees
wax, in large or small quanities, at
I the Bazaar.
I
Time Honored Landmark G-ono.
' On Saturday, January 24th, the
j last tribute was paid to one of
i Lexington county's oldest and most
I respected citizens. On the 23d of
January the silencing hand of the
! grim reaper, death, came to the home
of Mr. J. William Eargle and took
therefrom the husbaud and father
j and grandfather of a very large fam!
ily, by removing Jacob Eargle from
I this world of cares to that world
where all is peace and joy. Uncle
Jacob Eargle had reached the ripe
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Mr. Eargle has raised a large family,
all of which honored and respected
him. He was first married
to Elizabeth Summer, who bore to
I him seven children, only two of them
! still survive?Mr. George A. Eargle
j and Mrs. Henry Wessiuger. After
! the death of his wife be was married
i a second time to Elizabeth Shealy,
; who bore to him three children, J.
William and Dr. J. W. Eargle, and
Mrs. George Sites; all surviving with
i his aged companion. Father Eargle's
' descendants number one hundred in
! all. He was a man worthy of imita;
tion. In all his long life he never
was known to buy a bushel of corn,
! and but very little, if any flour, or
| bacon, always raising plenty and to
1 spare. Mr. Eargle was a member of
; the Lutheran Church, and for a numj
ber of years was an elder in St.
Jacob's congregation. As a neighbor
he was the equal of any, and as
a citizen he was always ready to do
; his duty. His remains were laid
j away to rest in the family burying
' around bv his pastor, Iiev. Jacob
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i "Wike, after an appropriate funeral
| discourse from 2d Cor. 5: 1, amid the
! largest gathering of relatives and
| friends that it has ever been our
i privilege of seeing on such an occasion.
The family return their heartfelt
thanks to the sorrowing community
who lent a helping baud in
any way, or cheered him during his
illness with their presence,
j. May God's richest blessings rest
I upon them is the prayer of the famJ*
? James B-Addy.t
f Not Jong ago a farmer who lives
three miles from here, came to my
store before breakfast and bought a
bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
He said their little boy had a
bad cold, and as they had used what
they had in the house his wife would
not let him go.to plow until he came
and pot another bottle. The little
I o
boy, who was with him, remarked:
"Now I will soon be well, for
Chamberlain's "toff' medicine always
cures me.'; R. C. McElory, Black
Hawk, Pa. In speaking of this remedy
Mr. McElroy said people came
| from far and wide to his store to get
| it, and many of them would not
j know what to do without it. For
sale at 25 and 50 cents per bottle by
J. E Kaufmann, Lexington.
F. W. Oswalt, Barre's.
Oswalt & Son, Irene.
Stories of Andrew Jackson.
i
! When Andrew Jackson practiced
i law in Guilford County, N. C., the fees
| that rewarded him were meager
enough, and the young barrister was
not always able to make his cash balance
with his expense account. He
practiced in Surrey, as well as in
Guilford, and often spent a week at a
time in thepld tavern at Rockford,
the county seat. This old town is
almost in ruins, but the older inbabi
: tants, who knew it in other days re1
call the stories Jackson's friends told
of him.
' Emanuel Cranor kept Itockford
i tavern. Often Jackson was unable to
1 pay his tavern bill, and the landlord
I would let the amount go over until
next time. When Jackson departed
from Guilford for his new home in
Tennessee he left a bill of ?2-1 due the
: tavern. Cranor sent him one dun
after another, carefully noting on the
book that no reply had been received.
When the newspapers containing the
i accounts of the battle of New Orleans
arrived Cranor read the story through.
Hp then walked across to the regis
| ter, and wrote in red across the page
beside Jackson's name:
"To balance in full by the battle of
New Orleans.*'
j The book is said to be in existence
at this day.
Judge Fuller, of the United States
; Court of Land Claims, says that the
I idea that Jackson was rough and unj
couth is entirely incorrect. He was
! well versed in the law, and the opinions
written by him while a Judge of
; the Supreme Court of Tennessee are
j said to be models of their kind.
i It has just been discovered in the
: archives of Guilford County that
! Jackson was once a constable, with
the rank of deputy sheriff. His oath
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and bond are now on file in the county
documents, and one of the old citiizcns
recalls the fact that the oldest
inhabitant told him in his boyhood
how Jackson was assistant to the
hiyh sheriff.
The old minute docket shows that
j Andrew Jackson was admitted to
I the Guilford Bar in 1787, and was
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years after. He resigned as constable
in 1791. The bond as constable
is payable to the Governor of North
Carolina in the sum of ?500, with
John Ross and James Maxwell as
sureties.
The records show that constables
were required to appear once a year
in open Court, each with a wand or
staff 6 feet long, 1 1-2 inches in diameter,
the top painted black. The
high sheriff was required to carry a
staff 8 feet long. This long and
solemn procession wended its way
down the principal street and into
the Court room, where the records
of the officers were reviewed.
Whether the scarcity of cases at
law induced Jackson to become a
I constable, so as to add to his small
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marching in this imposing annual
procession is not recorded.
-?-Cte4m3$H??ii3May.
.
Chas. B. Hood, Broker and Manufacturer's
Agent, Columbus, Ohio,
certifies that Dr. King's New Discovery
has no equal as a Cough
remedy. J. D. Brown, Prop. St.
James Hotel, Ft. Wayne, Inch, testifies
that he was cured of a Cough
of two years standing, caused by La
Grippe, by Dr. King's New Discovery.
B. F. Merrill, Baldwinsville, Mass.,
says that he has used and recommended
it and never knew it to fail and
would rather have it than any doctor,
because it always cures. Mrs. Hemming,
222 E. 2oth St, Chicago,
always keeps it at hand and has no
fear of Croup, because it instantly
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E. Kauffman's Drug Store.
Tillman's Bill Exported.
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His Pet Dispcusary Measure Amended
and Reported'to the Senate.
Washington, February 3.?Senator
Tiliman's bill to meet the supreme
sourt decision on the South Carolina
dispensary law was amended this
morning in committee and ordered
reported to the Senate. This bill
gives the States absolute police power
inpecting all intoxicating liquors
or liquors imported into a State as if
they had been produced in such
State, and stipulates that they shall
no be exempt by reason of being in- '
troduced into a State in original or
or other package for private use or
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otherwise, uae or more 01 uie uuportant
amendments agreed to gives
the State, control of such liquors
by whomsover produced vd for
whatever use imported, and without
regard to the manner of sale provided
by a State or territory. The
act does not interfere with the revenue
laws or liquors or liquids in
transit through a State or territory.
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| A Remindsr of Army Lif*.
Mr. Lou Smith, editor of the
Commercial, Meyersdale, Pa., says:
"A chronic diarrhoea that returns at
frequent intervals, as a reminder of
army life, has been more effectually
controlled by Chamberlain's Colic
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy than
any other I have ever used. It possesses
true merit." For sale by
J. E. Kaufraann, Lexington.
F. W. Oswalt, Barr's.
Oswalt & Son, Irene.
Here We Are!
Three excellent remedies, that
never fail to do what is claimed for
them. Give them a trial and you '
will be convinced.
PLANTERS SYRUP VERMIfuge,
the Worm Destroyer. It is
pleasant and the children like to take
it. Price 25 cents.
PLANTERS TONIC TEETHING
Syrup brings health to the baby; rest
to mothers. Price 25 cents.
All for sale at the Bazaar.
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