The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 08, 1904, Image 3
Bloodthirsty Union Miners Con?
tinue to i Resist Law and Reign
ef Terrior Prevails in Bining
Regions-Sherif Beti and
Others Killed at Victor.
Victor J Col., June 7.-Fierce riot
ing, attended with much bloodshed?
.continues this morning. Sheriff Bell
was shes and killed while swearing in
deputies to preserve the peace. Sev
l eral others {names not given nor the
numbe^) have been killed OT wound
Milpary reenforcemscts are on the
way to enforce "martial law. The sit?
uation is serious, anarchy prevails.
G010B?D0 S SAV?6E MiHEBS.
Shooting Begins in a Mass Meet?
ing' Discussing Explosion at
y Independence,
-' . ' :
Victor, Cola, ?nse &- Deadiy riot?
ing broke out in Victor this afternoon
while a mass meeting was being held
to discuss the Independence affair.
FortJ shots were fired into a crowd
ia the streets.
E. ?McGee of Victor was shot dead
and at least six persons were in ja red
follows^ .
Wuk Hoskins, Goldfield, shot
?hro?xgh the body ; may die.
Alfred Miller, Goldfield, shot in
bod^; may die,
JV D. Davis, skull fractured by
blow from revolver.
Peter Fleming? gunshot wound.
Fred Strode vess, engneer at Inde?
pendence mine.
An unidentified woman.
Secretary Clarence H. Hamlin rof
the mine owners' association, was
making a short address and in con?
cluding said: "I want to hear what
the boys in the mines have got favsay
a bent this tron?le," referring to the
Independence disaster.
. Wm. Hoskins, a union mine* from
Goldfield, threw np -his hana and
shouted : "Let me talk." At this the
crowd began to hiss Hoskins and
cried: "Put him out."
A free for all fight followed and
.shooting began. ~
Most of the shot? were directed sky?
ward.
Hoskins fell with a bulley in the
body and the crowd scattered. Secre?
tary Hamlin, who was standing on a
wagon, kept talking, unmindful of
the storm of bullets that whizzed
about his head.
After the first excitement had clear?
ed away somewhat the injured and
dying were gathered up.
E. McGee, of Victor, who was in?
stantly killed, had been standing on
an embankment 30 feet above the men
who had been fighting and was an in?
nocent spectator.
A pitched battle is looked for at any
moment. There are 5,000 men on the
. streets and union men are arming
themselves. They are thronging the
streets, making threats.
MAGNOLIA NEWS NOTES.
f< Magnolia. " June 4.-The recent
copious showers have greatly relieved
the situation here, for corn had begun
to show the effacts of the drouth at
tended with high winds- sweeping
every particle of moisture from the
soil. Gardens were suffering badly.
But the rains were too late to be of any
benefit to the oat crop,s except late
planted. Harvesting this crop is un?
der full heading. However,, the crop
is fairly good, and only lacking io
quality-the beads being rather light.
Cotton, as a general thing, looking
well--better than last year's crop at
this season.
This place is afflicted with loafers,
of the colored persuasion, who seem
to partake of the nature ,of an air
plant ; but many of them are adepts
in legedermain and only have to tax
.this animal cunning a little in order
t?o avoid starvation. To get to shine
.a pair of shoes two or three times a
week, is the height of their ambition.
This class of loafers is between the
.ages of 12 and 20 years. No one exer?
cises any control over them. Their
little brother, sisters and mothers
must keep the wolf from the doo rp
The' negroes of the present generation,
with cow and then an exception, are
not worth killing.
Old uncle Billie Srctb, an ex-slave
of the late Rev. Wm. Smith, and liv?
ing on the Hon. E. D. Smith's place,
i3 104 years old, and noted for his
honesty and independence of spirit.
Mr. H. A. Bronson, delegate, from
this place to the Methodist Sunday
School Conference which convened in
Orangeburg on the 1st inst, return?
ed last evening.
The teachors in our graded school
for th?* next term, are Prof. H. A.
Bronson, principal, formerly of Flor?
ence, and Miss J. E. Clark of North
Carolina and Miss Annie Keels of
Hafting Creek, this State, assistants.
Our popular young friends. Jack
Grifno. son cf Mr. T. N. Griffin, and
Carlisle McLeod, youngest brother of
Hon. T. G. McLeod, returned from
Wofford College Fitting Scthool last
evening to spend a vacation at their
homes. Jack is an ambitious young
man and is making a record to be en?
vied. Carlisle is a bright and studi?
ous boy.
Tbis correspondent has two mar?
riages to announce soon, which will
suprise many.
Mr. J. D. Clark's little boy, after
a serious illness, is slowly recovering.
Mr.. S. T. E. Wilson's little boy is
quite sick, but a little better.
Plenty of candidates in this county,
and lots to spare to Sumter county, if
they are scarce there. Ocasional.
"PIT" M IT !
"PIT PARTIES" are the rage .
"PIT"* is the most laughable
and exciting Game ever in?
vented for aa INFORMAL GOOD
TIME Laughter, fun and ex
=eitement for everybody.=
A NEW SUPPLY AT
H. G. Osieen & Co.
NATIONAL GAPAI8N GOSS!?.
Th3 Outlook as Viewed by Some
of the Big Pclitica! Guns in
Washington.
-
. Washington, D. C., Jtrae 6.-I called
at the Congressional Democratic head
quarters this morning to spy out "the
lay of the land." Senator Jones has
gone fro Arkansas for a fortnight, leav
ing Representative Cowherd of Mis
souri in command. Senator Gorman
steps over every day or two from
Maryland. Representative Yindi ver
was here Wednesday, but he had to
hurry to look after his particular pro
tege. Folk, whose; enthusiastic ap
proval by the people of Missouri is the
talk of the day. Culbertson of Texas
is here, quite'unafraid of tho hurri
cane in his State. Houston, the* single
member from Delaware, elected be
cause of a Republican split, is also at
headquarters. Fitzgerald, of Brook
lyn, has just been, here and Broussard
of Louisiana.
Cowherd says there are forty close
districts this year, estimating as
"close" any district which would be
changed by the transfer of thousand
votes. Seven of these are in Missouri.
It is believed that Folk's run for gov
ernor will pull through all imperiled
Democrats and give us 'at least one
more member from the State. Some
three or four of the doubtfuls are Jin
Illinois, but the Republican scrimmage
there will be likely to settle them..
I met Martin Emericb, Democratic
representative from Chicago yesterday.
His is a close district, but he, very
likely will get in"* again, for he is Sub
lime Past Master, Worshipful Grand
Mogul, and Royal High Priest of more
fraternal societi3S than any other man
"in America. He said with a laugh,
"lam not terrified at the state of
-things in Springfield one bit 1 shall
not weep if they keep it up. Isn't it
funny, though, about Cannon? Re
publicans think that if they could
make him run for Vice-Pesident, Sen
ator, Governor and Speaker, they
would carry the S ate. *
At headquartres your correspondent j
rai against CoL Herbert, President
Cleveland's Secretary of the Navy. I
asked him what it looked like.' He
said "Parker this morning, and he
evidently measures up to the position.
I have no doubt, however, that Cleve
land would be elected if be were nom
inated-though there is no reason on
earth why he should want it. A tariff
so high as to be robbery has debauch
ed the entire country. Look at the
Republican clamor for ship subsidies.,
One would think that Jim Hill's dis
mal experience as confessed by himself
would be enough to put a stop to it.
Haven't the farmers of the United
States a right to send their crops to
foriegn markets by the cheapest pos
sible mode of conveyance? Are they
criminals that they should be held up
and plundered and punished?"
Secretay Shaw in his annual report
to Congress last December announced
that there would be a surplus of 14, -
000,000 in the treasury on Jufc L It
is now obvious that the Secretary was
dreaming about- what ought to be,
'instead of declaring what would be.
At any rate, he got within sixty-six
million dollars of it, for it seems cer
tain that the deficit will be fifty-two
million dollars. The receipts have
.fallen off seventeen million dollars in
a year and the expenditures for ordi
nary purposes have increased about
twenty-two million dollars. Includ
ing the Panama and St.- Louis expend
itures, the disbursements are seventy
five million dollars more than a year
ago. In other words, the nation is
heavily in debt, and is going down
hill at a smart pace. When the Dem
ocrats inaugurate their President next
March the outset party will of course
shout, "We have handed to you an
overflowing treasury, and now you
are squandering the nation's wealth
and bringing on hard times !" If
every voter will stick this paragraph
in bis hat, he will be able to show
in a moment which party it is that
under the bewildering boast of "Pros
perity!" has dragged the nation to
the brink of bankruptcy.
Some very lively word-slinging is
being indulged in by R. H. Pratt,
Superintendent of the Carlisle Indian
school, and W. J. ^IcGee the, chief
American ethnologist of the country
and now in -charge of Indian affairs
at St Louis. Pratt says (virtually)
that ethnologists are doing all they
can to keep indians wild and savage.
McGee retorts "I brand your state
ments wholly false and deem you a
pusillanimous slanderer. *9 Pratt re
joins that McGee- is "petulant and
puerile" and then he sneers at eth
nologists' "alleged discoveries of al
leged hindering, indurated complexi
ties of Indian life." If the learned
combatants continue to hurl these
elaborate and abstruse neologisms at
each other, Sagamore Pratt may have
to go into the Indian hospital for
dacdalion incurables and Dr. Anita
Newcomb McGee return from the
siege of Port Arthur to nurse the
sticken member of her family. The
missiles may not stick, however; it
is certain that they will r.ot stick as
adhesively as if composed of the fus
cous compound which the Geological
Survey, in one of its inspired mo
ents, has alluded toas "that finely
comminuted and thoroughly liviated
substance which is called mud."
A Panama Canal is an expensive
luxury. The plates are now being pre
pared at the Printing and Engraving j
Bureau of the Treasury Department
for the issue of Panama Canal bonds
amounting to 8130,000,000 authorized i
by Congress. They will bear the por- !
trait cf the late Senator Hanna in
grateful recognition of Iiis service in j
getting the canal tieaty through, and
of his method of getting into t se j
Senate. When Congress msets again
the Secretary will ask that they be
rendered untaxable and be called j
"consols"-this last, of course, being
a delicate toadyism-refined incense |
at the foot of the British throne.
These bonds ar*, no io be issued im
mediately; the Secretary only wants
the plates ieady to pass when it is
necessary to take up the collection.
Just before the Sopreme Court dis
solved for the summer it decided the
case of Dorr and O'Brien of Manila.
They were convicted and sentenced
for libel and were denied the right of
a jury trial, though they were Amer
icans born and reared. Five of the
court confirmed that verdict: four
opposed it Justice Harlan held that
the Philippines were part of the
United States that the Constitution
extended to those islands, and that
the right of a jury trial was a funda?
mental right and could not be taken
away by Congress, fie declared that
an amendment of the Constitution by
the Supreme Court was a most dan?
gerous step leading to unseen perils.
DAILY MARKET REPORT.
Special by Ware & Leland's Private
Wire.
Jurie
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
NEW YORK COT?ON.
Open,
ll 39
ll 15
10 Go
9 93
9 59
9 49
9 4S
9 51
High,
ll 19
ll 58
10 99
10 10
9 80
9 69
9 72
9 76
Low.
ll 12
ll 12
'10 65
9 82
9 53
9 48
9 45
9 47
Close,
ll40
ll 50
10 9.)
10 07
9 76
9 67
9 67
9 74
WHEAT
July,
Sept.,
CORN
May,
^t'uiy,
Sept,
OATS
tfoly,
Sept.,
PORK?
c'uly,
. Sept.,
LARD
July,
Sept.,
RIBS
t'luly,
Sept.,
CHICAGO MARKETS.
Opening. Giesing.
87 2
81 4
42 5
48 5
47 5
39 5
31 1
11.80
12.00
6.50
6.72
6.82
7.00
81 7
43 2
49 4
48 2
39 e
311
12.15
12.32
6.62
6.80
6.92
7.12
Japanese Pastime*.
In Japan to get up parties to behold
the freshly fallen snow or the cherry
blossoms or the maple trees in their
autumnal glory or to go to the flower
snows is as de rigueur as are our din?
ners, cotillons and theater parties.
Mushroom hunting is a fashionable
pastime, while in the house harp play?
ing, verse writing, embroidering and
tea drinking are the most absorbing
occupations. The most pretentious en?
tertainment is the tea ceremony. It is
very ::ormal, and there is much elab?
orate performance connected with it
difficult for a foreigner to comprehend.
-Good Housekeeping.
Gum Chewing.
"To chew gum for 'five or ten min?
utes if ter a meal is absolutely bene?
ficial," said a physician, "especially for
hasty eaters, who do not half masti?
cate their food, because the action of
the ja ws causes the gastric juices to
flow, and that is good. But so few
people can use and not abuse it They
get th? gum in their mouths and keep
at it till they fairly dry up the saliva
supply, bring on a headache and get
generally nervous. This will cause in?
digestion."
Wonderful Bird Flight.
The wost wonderful bird flight noted
is the migratory achievement of the
Virginia plover, which leaves the north?
ern haunts in North America and, tak?
ing a course down the Atlantic, usually
from 400 to 500 miles east of the Ber?
mudas, reaches the coast of Brazil in
one unbroken flight of fifteen hours,
co veri cg a distance of 3,200 miles at the
rate of four miles a minute.
Turkish Coffee.
The Turkish way of making coffee
product ss a very different result from
that to which we are accustomed. A
small conical saucepan, holding about
two tablespoonfuls of water, is used.
The fr<ish roasted berry is pounded,
not ground, and about a dessertspoon?
ful is pat into the minute boiler, which
is then nearly filled with water and
thrust among the embers. A few sec?
onds suffice to bring it to a boil, and
the decoction, grounds and all, is pour?
ed out into a small cup, which fits into
a brass socket like the cup of an acorn.
The Turks seem to drink this decoc?
tion boiling hot grounds and all. They
take it plain. Sugar and cream would
no doubt be thought to spoil it
In eveiy hut in Turkey these diminu?
tive coffc e boilers may be seen suspend
ed. by nheir long handles from the
.walls. The berry pounders are also at
hand, and a cup of coffee takes but a
few moments to produce.-American
Queen.
The London &$s Driver.
Catch a driver when a clumsy dray?
man has fouled his wheels or blocked
his way or wheu arrival bus has stolen
a marc i on him. Then you will under?
stand the Londoner's boast that the
cockney is the readiest, the wittiest, of
all his majesty's subjects. The tongue
is not his only weapon. I reinen:uer
once starting from the Mansion IJor.se
ou a bas the driver of which h;-.d been
maddened by some remark of the roi.
ductor on the bus just in front of lura !
The two belonged to rival comprimes
and were traveling the same route.
They talked it ever with pungency and
/.est from the Mansion House to Si
Pant's. At the top of Ludgate l;?Ii. one
of the regular stopping places. Ww .'-.\
er naide up his mind he could si ?ad ?
no longer. He got down fron: his s--.it
and pommeled the conductor lu?:: rt II;
for two minutes, lt refreshed hint so
much that ai the next stopping place
he did it airain. liv the time < haring
Cross was reached il had become a
habit with him. Whenever the buses
stopped there would be a brisk setto
the intervals between the halts !:e?icj
tilled With an exehaiijse <?f |. *,!;'!
as to what weuid happen at iii . rie.v?
-Sydney Brocks in Harper's Alag:
slue.
A Sovel Ile vc nue.
Cook -Ves: my mistress is a ;:rm:i
don:;;; ami a horrible creature, .-a?
treats tue likp the dirt beneath her !' -et
but I weiige myself ly opening tin
lirawinz room window when she is nol
at home and by howling with all my
ml^ht. so that the neighbor? may thin!*
her voio is cri?<*V<?d.-FUegeud*? BJat
Sot ?Vi;hont pixtiactio?.
A note ;< ::ii:?i:\ [>r;do was struck
in thc ec::vo/.<iti(..wwii three small
ll e:ui i ug boys lilt? other day* The parts
;^::y<-;] by tl;? Ir respective gre. iii lather.;
in thc* ci vii war were being depicted by
two of tr.e boys in vivid colors. The
career of each, it seemed, had been
halted by confinement in southern pris?
ons, and it was on the latter fact that
the lads laid particular stress. The
third youth, unable to match these re?
citals with any military achievement of
his own fore-fathers, preserved an envi?
ous silence for awhile and then, not to
be outdone, said disparagingly:
"Why, that's not so much. My Un?
cle Bill was in jail a long time, and be
was never in the army at all!"-Phila?
delphia Ledger.
Fonr Kinds Of Liars.
The late Sir Frederick Bramwell was
famous both as a witness and arbi?
trator in engineering disputes. It is re?
called that his brother, the late Lord
Justice Bramwell, on giving advice to
a young barrister told him to be care?
ful of four kinds of witnesses-first,
of the liar; second, of the liar who
could only be adequately described by
the aid of a powerful adjective; third,
of the expert witness, and, finally, of
"my brother Fred." '
Tbe Chinese Love For tac Zigxag.
The straight line is an abomination
to the Chinese. They endeavor to
avoid it in their streets and buildings
and have banished it completely where
country field paths are concerned.
They will always substitute a curve
whenever possible, or they will torture
lt into a zigzag.
In districts not subject to the influ?
ence of the foreigner the louses and
temples are characterized by ^curved,
often peaked, roofs, ornamented with
fantastic modifications of tbe "myriad
stroke pattern." The inhabitants of
such regions are soon found to have a
mental world to correspond. - The
straight line is scouted. They think in
curves and zigzags. To the Chinese
mind the straight line is suggestive of
death and demons. It belongs not to
the heaven above or to the earth be?
neath. In a true horizon line are seen
the "undulations of the dragon." There?
fore, argue the Chinese, the straight
line pertains to hades.-Contemporary
I Review.
A Conscientious Man.
"I am still without a father-in-law,1
said the drummer, "and I guess a
Long Island farmer is more to blame
for it than anybody else. I met one
of his daughters while I was on my
summer vacation and fell in love with
her, and after six months' correspond?
ence I went down to tackle the old
man about it. I drove up to the house
with a horse and buggy and went iL,
but before I could get around to the
subject nearest my heart he said:
" 'As a deputy sheriff of this county
I'll have to arrest you, sir.'
" 'What's up?' I asked.
" 'Driving faster than eight miles an
hour.'
*f 4feut I was in a hurry to see your
daughter. I want to ask her hand of
you.'
" 'Wanter marry Sarah, eh?'
" T do.'
"'Waal, that's kind of you, but I
must do my duty as an officer and
make G shillings in fees. You'll have
to go along.'
"I went along with him," said the
drummer, "and was fined $5 and costs,
and, though I'm not a thin skinned
man, my feelings were hurt, and I left
Sarah to find a better man. She was
a nice girl, but her old: dad was too
conscientious for me."
James Returned.
He had returned from his two weeks
off looking much the better for it, and
as he entered the store the proprietor
advanced and shook hands with him
and gave him a warm welcome. The
bookkeeper was puzzled and put out,
but only for a moment Then the pro
prietor explained.
. "James, we have had an expert on
yonr books during your absence."
"Y-yes. sir."
"Ile has discovered that you have
embezzled $350,000 from us during
the last two years."
"But, sir"
"Don't deny it, James. Figures
won't lie. Yes, you hav-2 embezzled
$350,000"
"But I-I"
-"and I am glad to seo you back.
We happen to be hard up .lust at pres?
ent, and if you could lend us $23,00C
we'd take it as a great favor and re?
member it the first of the year. There's
a cheek. James, and please fill it out
and go on with your work as usual.
Glad you had a good time, and I hope
.lt won't inconvenience you in the least
to pull us out of the hole. That's all,
and thank you very much."
Breaking; the Silence.
A little tot of about live summers
held a place recently in one of the
United States supreme court seats
while tlie learned justices were hand?
ing down their weighty decisions. The
court was the embodiment of dignity,
so much so that it was almost oppress
ive. The little girl fidgeted iu her
place as the justices in monotonous
tones expounded fine points of law, and
she shook her head, adorned with a
big picture hat, in impatience.
There came a pause. One justice
ceased to speak, as lie had given fortli
all he had tc sa}' on some important
litigation. The silence was thiefc
enough io be cut with a knife, as thoj
sometimes say in the books. The mes?
senger by tie noiseless folding doors
shifted from one foot to the other, the
throng of lawyers within the bar wait
ed breathlessly for the next decision to
be announced. Still no justice spoke.
It was more than the little girl with
a picture hat could endure. "Mamma,"
said she In a voice audible even up to
the judicial bench, "why don't som*
or.e laugh?"--New Vorl. Tribune.
WIT BUBBLES N TOASTS
tien. TN
This is
vrho. iriv
lome Hri! * -L-ons Sen tim enta ' thi
l xjj .?. -.ed at L'.:i;quetx.
A publiai. r o ii ct* .u:r. f the lu.iowin
"Woman, nie fairest work in all er
dition is iargo. and no m
wit Lout :i copy."
fairly seconded hy a youth]
>".- his distant sweetheart,
said. "Delectable dear, so sweet that
honey would blush in her presence and
treacle stand appalled."
Further, in regard to the fair sex. we
have: "Woman, she amis no eu losy;
she speaks fer herself." "Woman, the
bitter half of nan."
In regard to matrimony som? bach
elor once gave. "Marriage, the gate
through windi the happy lover leaves
his enchanted ground and returns tc
earth."
At the marriage cf a deaf and dumb
couple somo wit wished them "un
speakable bliss."
At a supper given to a writer of com
edies a wag said: "The writer's very
good health. May be live to be as old
as his jokes."
From a law critic: "The bench and the
bar. If it were not for the bar there
would be little use fer the bench."
A celebrated statesman, while dining
j with a duchess on her eightieth birth
day, in proposing her health said:
"May yon live, my lady duchess, un
til you begin to grow giy."
"I thaiik you, sir," she said, "and
may you long continue your laste for
antiquities."-London Tit-Bits.
The Dahlia In England.
The dahlia has become popular
among English gardeners. In the wild
plant the dowers are single, with a dull
ray and yellow disk. The varieties of
the cultivated forms are almost end
less.
The original was discovered in Mexi
co by Vincent Cervantes. about 17S4
and was first brought to the botanic
gardens of Madrid, and the same yeat
it was introduced into England by the
then Marchioness of Bute. The plant
became extinct in Britain. It was
again brought there in 1S04, and in
that year is found the earliest men
tion of the dahlia, named from Andrew
Dahl, a Swedish botanist and pupil of
Linnaeus.
In Mexico the tubers are cultivated
RS food ou account of the quantity cf
inulin they contain, but in Europe,
though many times tried, they uever
became popular.
The Evolution of Names.
The evolution of names from foreign
tongues into English is in many cases
easy. From the German Bauer to the
English Bowers and from the French
Boulanger to the English Bullinger is
but a step, as it were. 'But there ar
no people who are oftener more hu
morously accused of altering their
names than the Irisn. Thus Crehan
has become Rehan; Carroll, .Karl; Dil
lon, Dyllyn; Divver,<Devere and Devyr;
McCarty, Macartee and Maka rt; Slat
tery, Slater and Satterlee; O'Brien,
Obrioii and Breen; McGinness, Guin
ness and Innes; Reilly, Relyea; Duffy,
Dufay; McGuffin, Magoffin; Quinn,
Queen; Fogarty, Fougert; Haggerty,
Haggart; Sully, Soule. The English
singer, Braham, merely dropped a let
ter when he went on the stage. He
was a Hebrew, and his r al name was
Abraham.
Old Custom Handed Dovrn.
How many can tell the origin of the
habit of closing the eyes in prayer?
Far back in the past the sun was the
universal object of worship. As it
rose above the horizon the devotee
thanked it for its return to bless the
world. As it set in the west he im
plored its early return. His face was
always toward the sun in prayer, and
his eyes were closed to prevent blind
ness. The habit has passed down from
father to son for thousands of years.
Though the object of worship has been
changed, the custom survives.
Not HI Kind.
"Would you die for me?" she asked
dreamily. '
"Oh, say." he retorted in a matter of
fact way. "if you haven't any more am
bition than to be looking for dead ones
you're not the girl for me!"-Chicago
Post.
Changed Lils Mind.
Naggsby-I thought you were never
going to work fer those people again.
Waggsby-I did say so, but since that
time they have decided that I might
come back --Baltimore American.
Penalty of the Smoker-.
"Fred."'
"Yes. dear7"
"Why don't yon buy me one of th *?" ;
nice Havana wrappers that you wer i
Calking to Mr. Bruce about last night*'" j
PRIDE OF NOF
5-YEAR OLD C<
Direct From Distil
The public has l>ee
truthful claims of unser
l.istillers. We comme
th; most rigid exami:;;
We are the largest
Wh:sl:i< s in the YxiiU
C a olin:: thai gu rante
smallest. We are one <
direcrfrom tue l>i -;ili<
alike tile posy 'ihli'.-s
Middleman
We ship "Pride ? >f '
securelv pucked ii. j.Iai
your order r**i i !;<.. us. ;
4 !quarts
1 d>.A. uli qi
.J full pi
4 doz. full 'r
Tints and hail pita
;..> gallons, 2.5U
; aching.
Let the above f?cnr<
:'ie.".n. thieving "nnst-h
I !iis old Honest Hand-V
what your father used t
anything you ever had
return the goods and ye
mail.
The D. L
Lafa
Salisbury.
References: First Natii
Dun or Br
?IHBBflBffiBratv
THE JIMSON WEED.
Probably a Lexac-?- to Us From Sois th
America or Asia.
Once upon a time thc name of James
town must have been very sharply
shortened. Within the memory of
many people now living James was
pronounced ".Teems/' in fact, we b -
lieve that that was the accepted pro
nunciation of our Virginian forefa
thers. But "Jim" must have been the
diminutive of "Jeems," as well as of
James; at least we judge so because
what is popularly Known a's "the jim
son weed" really is the Jamestown
weed.
Nor is ihc-re any reason to suppess
that this contraction was made jeer
ingly or sneeringly. More probably it
grew into use "jess so ," and we find
intelligent Americans to whom it has
never occurred that there is any con
nection whatever between Jamestown
and Jimson. All the same., the au
thorities say that "Jimson" is "short"
for the .name of the place where the
English made their first permanent set
tlement in what is now the United
States and where the Old Dominion's
first, capital was located.
The jimson weed, however, is not a
native plant, but probably came to cs
from South America or Asia. It is a
question how it got to Jamestown, but
we believe it is conceded that it is not
indigenous to Virginia. If it was de
liberately and designedly imported, it
must have been because of its medic
inal value: certainly not for its odor,
which is vile; certainly not for its flow
ers and leaves, because they do not
compare in beaury vr th those of scores
of native plants. And, while this weed
is now recognized as having some me
dicinal value, it may not have had tha
reputation "then" with Europeans. The
Chinese, ' however, use it to some ex
tent medicinally und may have done
so from time immemorial, that country
being little given to the acceptance of
new ideas or new remedies.-Richmond
Times-Dispatch.
Knew the F rmala.
For Quanah, an intelligent and popu
lar Comanche chief, the cattlemer
around Fort Worth, Tex., built a hons
and furnished it. They were rather
puzzled when he told them that the
first article of furniture he wanted was
a roller desk. "What can you do with
a roller desk, Quanah?" they said,
"lou can't write."
"Oh, I want 'em," said Quanah.
"You see, I open desk, an' I sit down
in my chair, an' I put my feet up cr:
fosk, an' I light my seegar, an' I hoi
newspaper up front o' me, like th s
sabe? Then white man come in, an* he
knock at door, an' he say, 'Quanah, I
wan' talk t' you a minute.' And I
turn roun' in my chair an' puff lot o'
smoke 'n his face, an' I say: 'Go 'way'
I ve'y busy t'day Y "
A Prime Minister's M state.
Lord John Russell, when British
prime minister many years ago, madt
the acquaintance of the late Earl cf
Stair, then Lord Dalrymple, at a coun
try house and was immensely takes
with his amiable manners. "I am very
pleased to have made your acquaint
ance," se said, shaking him warmly by
the hand. "You must come into the
house of commons and support me
there." "I have been doing that for the
last ten years," was the quiet re
joinder.
. -- . ---
- i f
Tho Lady Dentist.
1 do not think I could reconcile my
self to the ministrations of a lady den
tist. The extraction of a teeth is, I
should say, the job of all others that
requires a masculine touch. There
may be "he females," as Artemus Ward
called them, who posf ess this qualifica
tion, but it will not be acquired by
training. The lady dentist must De
bora, not made.-London Truth.
His Purpose.
"Bluffly told me he was geing out'ev
ery day this week to see if he couldn't
find work."
"Yes, and he was successful."
"That so?"
"Yes. He couldn't find it"-Philadel
phia Tress.
Only Bad.
"What am I ever going to do w t r
such a bad. bad boy?" sighed the fond
mother.
"Oh. you leave me alone," replied the
young hopeful. "I am not half as bad
as 1 fan '.MV'-Brooklyn Life.
Considerate.
Mrs. Benham-You look mad.
Benham-I am mad. A man called
mo a horn fool today.
Mrs. Bouhan:-Von ought not to get
uir.d about it. I think it was very eou
siUe-rate in hnu tc Mame it cn your ab
c s t o rs.-B roi > k 1 v n Li f e.
!ery to Consumer. Express.Prepaid
n frequently misled by extravagant and itn
upttlotis dealers who reprise::; ti>< n-se^-esas
rn! this fact to yoi.r consideration nr.<1 invite
ition rf nnr claim.
distillers and distributers of pure X. C. Con:
Lil States and the only concerti rn North
es evfrv package, from" the largest to the
>f the firs: firms in N". C to furnish whiske
ry tM t:>c- Consumer You thereiry avoid
of Adulterations and the Profits*of the
Vorth Carolina", Express charges prepaid,
'i case su no one can tell contents same day
it tlie following prices:
nicely labeled. mi per case
;s. '. .. fs.iin
:s. " .. 511.00
pts 1 10.00
; fitted with cork rings. " In ju^s bold from
uer gallon. No extra charge or jugs or
?s cn North Carolina's Pest talk to von.
ead'' *-ti:fT will cost you more. Try a case of
[ade Com and it will give you a taste of
o enjoy. If you don't find it better r.har
in your life and are not more than please j.
mr money will anne back to you by first
Yours to*command.
. Arey Distilling Co.
yctte and Green Streets
North Carolin OL
jnal Bank, of Salisbury, N. C.
adstreet Mercantile Agencies. $