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Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-09-17

We have seventeen churches to op-
ulation of 10000.
r You ask in recent issue of THE
SENTINEL, chow does North Carolina
compare with other States ?" My
answer is, taking into consideration,
all things, the comparison is favorable
to the "Old North State" I have seen
sixteen States and two Territories and
none Of them can Gin my opinion) lay
old North Carolina in the shade
JAMES M. A ARMFIELD.
[Our correspondent says he has Wis
tied sixteen States I'd two Territories
and none OF them equal North Carroll
ma. We take this as very good au-
thority, and feel pretty sure that Mr..
tA.RMFIELD's views voice the senti-
-ments Of the greater number of North
Caro]inians who have left the State to
better their condition.-ED SENTINEL. |
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-09-17
THE SENTINEL In OREGON.
State Where it Rains Thirteen
Months in the Year.
Delayed Correspondence Of the Sentinel.

Delayed Correspondence Of the Sentinel.
BROWNSVILLE, Oregon, June 90
Once more | ask space in your val
uable paper thinking some reader
would like to hear from this far off
country where it is said to rain thir-
teen months in the year and where
moss grows OH peoples backs and
they get to be web footed. We have
had more rain than usual this sum-
mer. Crops have been looking we'll,
and there is a fair prospect tor good
yield, still if the rain continues the
rust may injure the Fate sown grain.
A fine crop of fruit of all kinds. Cher
ries in abundance. Money matters
rather close, yet [ cannot see why it
is so. There certainly is money in
the country hid away some where,
Plenty to cat. Garden sass coming
in. More wild black berries than us
ual. So there is good show for a
blackberry pie occasionally.
If Madam Adam is in want of SYM
pathy can sympathise with her in re-
gard to hens and their never ending
scratching. When | go out sometimes
and look at my flower beds my stock
of patience gives out entirely and away
goes the missiles after them (the hens
/ mean) and such time as we have.
I will be nearly ready to wish them
dead and then | would be ever so sor-
ry if one was to die. My seeds were
not sent from Washington, consequent
ly were not high toned, but l priced
them highly all the same.
When man picks himself up and
goes out to Kansas and leaves all the
girls behind, goes into dugout and
peeps out through Il newspaper and
says, show glad | would be to vel
come some tarheel girl if she would
only come out here (pay her own
way) take up 100 acres of land ano
live nrighbor to j. j. G. Now
wouldn't that be nice girls? How
many tarheel girls are going 1t is
a pity for such fellows to be deprived
of the society of ladies they might
WELD a good influence.
Mrs. n. G. DOZIER.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-09-17
GOOD ADVICE.
Youn. Men Remain at Home for There is
Bright Future Before You Here.
Ej,ou, the Dnyie Times

Young Men Remain at Home for There is
a Bright Future Before You Here.
From, the Dauie Times.
Land in North Carolina is as cheap,
according to location and quality, as
in any State in this Union, and plen-
tiful enough to give her sons farm
sufficiently large for himself snd fam
lily.
The large farms of olden days are
being cut up into small ones, idle
lands are being cultivated, agricultu-
raj pursuits enlarged and diversified
and North Carolina fast becoming a
desirable place tor immigration. The
flow of emigration from the State has
comparatively ceased, as is shown by
the report Of Emigrant Agents at the
large towns along the line of railroads
and many are returning to their first
love.
If young men who are contemplate
ing seeking homes in the West will
stay at home and expend the same
energy and capital they propose to
take with them, they will succeed as
! we'll, and help place North Carolina
where she belongs-among the first
States of tie sisterhood. She needs
the strong arm of all her sons in her
onward progress and development of
her bounteful resources, and to help
| her on to prosperity.
Years ago young men were crowded
out by the old fogies and sought oat
wider fields and in consequence there
OF North Carolinians make up large
portion Of the population of other
States But things have changed.
Young men have come to the front
and are taking the lead in enterprise,
State matters, education, and in fact
! in everything that pertains to progress
Young men there is a bright future
before you in your native State. Re.
main at home, become useful citizens
and make for yourself home in one
Isof the finestaclimates in the world. =
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-09-17
"A YADKINiTE IN ARKANSAW.
Says There are no Good Schools Out
There-A MalariaI Climate that In
vites the Coming of Physicians.

Says There are no Good Schools Out
There-A NIalariaI Climate that In
vites the Coming of Physicians.
Correspondence Of tile Sentinel.
RIDGE STATION, Ark, Sept was
born and raised in Yadkin county,
m6rnnd hrnG S eopla Eae get f ye1y nP eegeEy slear
Gle of the Pilot Mountain, consequent
ly the heading Of THE SENTINEL stirs
up tender recollections of my earlier
years, in old Yadkin.
[ am living in the northeast por-
ton of the State of Arkansas. 1t is
fine country, though we have no good
schools like there are in the Old North
State. Our land produces on an av-
erage ten barrels of corn per..acre !;
500 pounds OF lint cotton on same
amount of land and fine fruit in great
abundance.
My advice to every citizen in North
Carolina who owns land there, that
will yield good wheat and tobacco, is
to keep it. We pay s100 per pound
for common article of tobacco, and
can't get good old corn whiskey like
buC1 lIINC III VI III SdIO1llld
We have plenty of nice game, in
the shape of deer, turkey, coon, pos
sum, bear, beaver, fish and so OH. As
for bull-frogs, they are so large that
we utilize them on the st. L. [. M.
Railroad to pull heavy freight trains.
Corn and cotton looks fine and the
outlook for an abundant harvest is ell
couraging.
The health of this section is uncom-
monty good for Il malarial climate,
though it is fine country for phys
clan to get good practice. | would
like to have some of your tarheel doc
tors come out here and take bear
| hunt with me this autumn.
/ [ have been trying to get up club
for Tue SENTINEL and may do so yet.
My best wishes to you and success to
THE SENTINEL.
j. NJ. HOLMAN, M. d.
[The writer advises North Carolina
farmers having good productive land
to stay on it and cultivate it. He
complains of high cost of a poor arti-
Gle of tobacco, while our people ara
revelling in riches obtained by its
production. He can't get good old
corn whiskey like that in Tarheelia
alas! He recommends his country as
a good place for doctors to emigratt
to, says the practice is large, and The
health asnconamonly good. Jusso.-ED
ISENTINEL.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-09-17

From the Charleston Ne,os o,,d Courier.
A little iconoclasm is now in order
in South Carolina. It is time to Sc
lect for public offices the men who are
absolutely fit for those places, and to
disregard absolutely the notion that
rank in the Confederate army, or EN-
inence at the bar, or a long pedigree
of hundred years or thereabouts),
is an all sufficient qualification for
any post of honor and trust. Who
are the best men for the places to be
filled? That is the only question. 1t
matters not a jot whether they spell
their names one way or the other Or
whether their names has flavor of
France or of England or whether
they have or have not, greatgrand-
father who signed the Declaration of
independence, or who would have
signed it if he had had the opportu-
nifty.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-09-17
Radical Kuklux.

i
From The Charleston Netcs and O6ssrUer.s
The confessions of the gang Of Re-
publican ex-officeholders who have
Just been arrested in North Carolina
for murder, arson and outrage COM
misted by them 16 years ago, and
charged by them at the time to "the
Kuklux,' will give some of our Re-
publicans contemporaries material for
unpleasant reflection. After all these
years We are just beginning to find
out the truth about these infamous
Kuklux stories and the truth, as ev-
er, justifes the South. The crimes
which these Republicans now confess
were made the basis of Republican
campaign documents, and doubtless
figure IN the pages of "a Fools Err
randi the scene of which romance
was laid in North Carolina.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-09-17

Town, and Spring City
and two miles above on
the Railroad is Il thriv-
ing little place called
Thayer, Immediately on
the State line, between
Arkansaw and Missouri
SO you see we are thick
ly populated.
Our climate here is
about the same as in
Forsyth and Stokes.
The timber is low and
scl'abby and lacking in
variety, as in North
Carolina. TIE land is
generally level and
very productive for
wheat, corn, oats, rye,
barley, potatoes, cab
bage, turnips and any
thing that a farmer
wishes to cultivate. We
can also raise as large
and / don't know but
as good tobacco here
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-09-17

But [ am sorry to have
to say that the wheat
crop is almost an en-
.;re failure. 1t is re-
ported by good author
ity that there is not %
per cent of last years
crop in any part of the
State. [ have a very
good chance to see the
middle part of the State
as my work is on the
Middle Division [ am
called at least once Il
week over the most of
it. Division Headquar-
ters are at Emporia,
which is conceded to be
one Of the most enter
prising cities in Kansas.
4 tarheel would very
II naturally suppose that
a town us far west as
this was a modern Lead
vile in wickedness but
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-09-17
WINSTON, N. c. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER IT, 1885
A WINSTON BOY TEXAS.

Good Pay to Employees Rut Very
Difficult to strike job, Because of
tho Multitude of Fortune seekers.
Special Correspondence Of the Sentinel.
SHERMAN Texas, Aug. 25.-I hap
pened to get hold of one of your pa
pers a few days ago and read where
you said you wanted to hear from any
North Carolinian who might by
chance read your paper. I being one
take the first opportunity to let you
hear from me. I left North Carolina
August 22d, 1882, / was with Capt.
j. f Gileer as salesman for one year
previsus ta- my leaving for Texas BY
the way Capt Gilmer is one of the
best men [ ever knew, he was the first
man [ ever worked for as a clerk, and
he taught me many valuable lesson
which [ shall never forget
When left Winston [ had posi-
tion with Messrs. A. pulton & Co. cot
IN buyers Of this place which position
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-09-17
.Dsa.i. of a Texan T.rheel.

NAYAsoT4, Texas, Sept. 3.-Mr. Z.
w. Cawthon, and old and respected
citizen of Anderson, died this evening
at his home after very short illness.
He was born in Anson county, North
Carolina, in 1909, and came to Texas
in 1889. He served as Texas sold
ier on the border of Mexico and Tex
as. He IVES married to Miss Priss
Amelia Womack, of Montgomery
county, Texas. in / $40, moved to An
ierson in 1919, and engaged in mer-
chantile business up. to his death. He
was a member of the Veteran asso-
citation, and member of the Method
ist church.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-09-17


I have held ever since, You wanted
to know if the young men who went
West could do as we'll as they could
in North Carolina. | will give you
my experience, while with Capt. Gill
mer as salesman at S25 per month, my
present employees offered me $50 to
cor to Texas and keep books for
.nem. I am to-day getting s125, and
have full coutrol of their office. My
brother will be here in few days to
assist me, as the business has increas
ed SO that [ cannot keep up the work.
Nv 1----~~ :, e.,e,.esn,l i" -h-. -.,irr and
shif ping cotton to Liverpool, Bremen,
Barcelona. Yorkshire, and Eastern
points, viz. Boston, Fall River, Prov
idence, New York, Philadelphia, and
many other small points.
Young men that come here can get
from $40 to S75 per month for most
anything they can get to do. 1t is
very difficult to strike job" as the
boys say, owing to the fact that so
many come here seeking their fort
uncs.
One thing old North Carolina is
ahead in, is pretty girls, the young
girls of Texas have dark unhealthy
complexion, they do not look like
nice ripe juicy peaches as do the young
ladies of Winston.
God bless the old Tarheel State, it
will always be dear to rue because it
is the place of my birth, and the dear
est friends have on earth are there.
Although I claim to be Texan now,
hope | will live to see the day when
North Carolina will be the banner
State in the Union
One good thing we have very few
Republicans here, what few we have
are almost ashamed to acknowledge it..
w. j. HAIZLIP.
The above letter was nicely writ
ten by its author with typewriter,
who may probably b. pleased to know
that many of these useful little ma
! chimes are in use in the Twin City.
| TIE SENrINEf. is glad to hear of our
correspondents good situation and fine
salary, but must believe that the same
amount Of hard work will net him as
much in North Carolina as in Texas,
if not in Winston, certainly elsewhere
in the State. Then our friend falls
into the same error that Mr.. HEsTEE
1 makes. He does not take into con
/ sideration the exorbitant expense OF
living in Texas and all other new
countries. He confesses that it is very
hard to sstrike a job" because there
are SO many applicants, which fact
ought to discourage every young man
thinking of leaving North Carolina
and we have an idea that Mr.. III. Sc
cured his position through relation
ship or influential friends. Didn't he
The fact. that North Carolina has
prettier women than there are in Tex
as, is a very important point in favor
/ of North Carolina, and when this fac
is generally known we expect to heal
of the young men from Tesss oml
! grating to North Carolina fnstead o
4 those from North Carolina going t
Texas.-ED. SENTINEL
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-09-17
A STOKES MAN IN MISSOURI.
The Time When There was an Open
Space Between Salem and Liberty.
Special Correspondence Of the Senti

Special Correspondence Of the Sentinel.
BRANDsvILLE, Mo, Sept. al am
a native of Stokes county and emf
grated to the West i'll October 1881.
/ settled in Howell county which is
ON the Arknsaw border and which
has the advantages of the K. c. S. q
NJ. Railroad. | am now on a home
stead of 120 acres, one and half
mile from Brandsyille, a little station
on above road, not far from the coun
tv road leading to Nam nlmoth Springss.
III Arkansaw, a great naturaf curIosi-
ty, which is 200 yards across and boils
up, and runs off into quite consider
able river. Brandville has a corn and
Touring mills, cotton gin, and carding
machine, successfully carried on by
Messrs. S. j. Dederick & Sons. There
are three good size villages surround
ing this town, Dederick Town, Old
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-09-17
OU I IN INDIANA.
THE GOOD ADVICE OF AN INTEL
LIGENT MECHANIC.
eff Was Back in Old Carolina and
Had u Chance of a Little Home 1
should Stay There.''
Special Correspondence Of the Sentinel.

Tau f" Siifshco VI II A-ione HUME L
should Stay There.''
Special Correspondence Of The Sentinel.
ELMDALE, Ind, Sept. 81 am
native of North Carolina, having been
born and raised near Smith Grove,
Davie county 36 years ago. I came
to Montgomery county, my present
home, in 1866. This county is in the
north west part of Indiaila,s about
thirty nsfIes south Of the Tippecanoe'
battle ground, and forty-eight miles
west of Indianapolis.
am making a good living and
some money beside, at my occupation,
which is black-smithing. We have
wealthy county, and our land Is
very productive, bat 7 do not think
the quality of some Of our veg4tab!es
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-09-17
THE SENTINEL INKANSAS
A TARHEEL WHO HAS SEEN 1S
STATES AND TERRITORIES.
But Old North Carolina Lays Them all
In the 'Saade-An Enthusiastic Tri b.
Ssccial Correspondents of The seutinci..

ute to the sentinel.
Special Correspondence of the Sentinel.
EMPoRIA, Kansas, July 29-Your
interesting paper has been a constant
visitor to Emporia for nearly six
months, and [ could no more miss
reading it now than I could miss my
three meals per day, and assure you
that would work hard on my system.
/ can't see how it is that / got along
two years without THE SENTINEL. I
am employed by the A. T. & s. F. r.
r. Co., and you may be sure that it is
very little work that l do the day
THESENTINEL makes its welcomed ap-
pearance.
The prospects for good corn and
oat crop in Kansas were never better.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-09-17

The Esteem In Which He is Held by His
Fellow Employees.

The Esteem In Which He is Held by His
Fellow Employees.
A memphis correspondent writes to
the Cincinnati cypress Gazette the
following concerning former North
Carolinian. Mr.. Albright is origin
ally from Graham, and son Of Mr..
j. G. Albright of that place:
Mr.. G. III. Albright, agent for the
Southern Express Company here and
formerly route agent for the company
west of the Mississippi River, was
agreeably surprised on Saturday after
noon, August 1st, upon walking into
his office, To find an elegant silver
water-service on his desk, beautifully
engraved as follows:
PRESENTED TO G.. II. ALBRIGHT
BY THE MESSENGERS ON THE
ST. L., I. M. & S.,
X, G. S. & NJ,
T. 6 ST. r.,
NJ d L. r.,
MAY 7TH, 1885.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-09-17

as IN North Carolina, but we don't
understand the new process of curing
it, with fues. If we had a lot of reg
ular old tarheels, experienced white
tobacco raisers to assist US in curing
and taking care of the crop after rails
ing it, we could all make money by
the operation. We have no darkies
here, and don't want any. ( raise a
small crop Of the weed every year and
retail it to my neighbors at from 10
to % cents per pound.
The greatest objection newcomers
have to our country is that the land
in some places Is very rocky anu JlleTc
is but very little surface water. We
use wells and cisterns, and have ponds
for our stock. The health of the coun-
try is very good.
A word or two about my dear old
home and will close. have passed
over the ground where the city of
Winston now stands, when there was
an open space of one mile between Sa-
lem and Liberty and no sign of a
town whatever. L was there after the
| Court House was built and there were
then only two stores, namely, those of
Harmon Miller and Mr.. Robt. Gray,
and also saloon run by Mr.. j. F..
Vest.
i Excuse mistakes. Your correspond
ent never spent but one day at school
in his life, and that was in an old
school house near Sedge Garden,
taught by S. B. Huff. ~
JOHN DANIEL WALL. x
-FOUR friend has not said a thing
about Missouri but what could be said
of North Carolina with far greater
emphasis beside, our farmers do know
how to. raise and cure tobacco, and
are rapidly getting rich by it. Better
return to your old home, Mr.. WALL,
and See what prosperity our people
are having, and what big prices they
are getting for their farm products
generally-ED. SENTINEL
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-09-17
A. s.s

DR., v. o. Thompson is the sole agent of For
syth county for the sale of the casperson Elect
ric Lamp, the best lamp ever sold hi the mar
ket. Every body desirlnga a good light should
have one. Call and leesa yeur orders.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-09-17

FTo0t Ute TTt7soa 17dUdHce.
The Democrats of North Carolina
owe it to the people-the rank and
file of Democracy-to use every effort
towards having the internal revenue
system repealed. They promised it be-
fore the election and change of the
offices from the control of Republicans
to Democrats does not fulfill that
pledge. We believe that the repre-
sentatiyes of North Carolina at the
national capital will exert themselves
to have the detestable system abolish
ed OF changed, but the people should
continue to show them that they want
it done; to show them that they are
not satisfied merely with changes OF
men.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-09-17
There Now.
From the Concord Tfmes
Correspondence If tile Sentinel.

This paper belongs to the editors,
and the editors belong to themselves.
1t makes no great pretensiops but it
does propose to be fearless, oui-spoken
and aggre siye, denouncing wiekedness
in high places, and advocating the in
terests of the farmer and the laboring
man. 1t will bow to no man, party,
scheme, or issue "that thrift may fol-
low fawning.'
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-09-17
The following note accompanied it
MAY 1TH, 1SS

hO tOAAohAES AAOVO - .
AUGUST 1, 1885.
NJ. c. FL. Albright:
DEAR SIR As 81 slight token of the
esteem in which you are held by the
messengers formerly under your charge
while you were route agent, and as
evidence of your appreciation of your
many acts Of kindness aud courtesy,
We ask that you accept this water
set," with our kindest regards and
best wishes for your future,
Very truly,
JNo. STEVENS, w. B. MORGAN,
w. F. DREW, j. O. STEDMAN,
i. j. CALDWELL, F. II. ARMIsTEAD,
NJ. NJ. BRADFORD, F. W.-HewERY,
A. b. SEWARD, j. S. SMALLM ooD,
r. W. WooDFoRD, G. w. MILEs,
w. III. CoRNwALL, E. G. You've,
+. Sorry, S. G. STAFFORD,
+. LIGnToN, f. j. GuGE,
! S. nj. HILL, C. HoEFEL,
J. N. HARRIS.
To say that Mr.. Albrightwas much
gratified by this mark of esteem il
which he was held by his old messen
gers, with whom he had labored fol
many years in keeping up their ssene
of the line,' is tamely expressing. hi.
feelings. His appreciation of tn.
present-wiich is both handsome ans
valuable intensified by the fac
Of its presentation, four months ,afte
he left the route, thus denoting set
tied feeling Of esteem for him in th
/ hearts of the generous dquors.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-09-17
For THE SENTINEL.]
NORTH CAROLINA, MY HOME.

BY ". j.. WOLFF
Once more see my home again,
Since trying lands far in the West,
But now I'm here and to remain,
For this, I've found to be the best.
Go West was always In my mind,
There gold was SAID to grow on trees,
This place was not for me to find,
Unless it Were beyond the seas.
To all those whose fancy is to roam.
just think before you leap,
Where can you find place like home?
Then here you'll stay and gilded har
vests reap.
Winston ~. C. 4 - ) 50 sssa ~
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FAYETTEVILLE HOTEL,

F.d YETTEVILLE, N. c.
UlHE largest and best equipped hotel in the
/ city First-class in all its appointments.
Good sample rooms for commercial travellers.
Good livery in connection with the hotel. The
Opera-House is adjoining. CIIAS. GLOVER,
July 25-6m. Proprietor
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Expanded Enth usi4sm.

From the Utica obseioes.-
In New. York City the topeps now
ask for two Bartholdi- statue fingers Of
whiakey.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-09-17

Where the Devil has fhe Advantages.
From the Springfield Republicans.
The Rev. Sam Jones is tired out
and will take rest.
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But Not Ispide mic.

From the Philadelphia Times
The new name for hloosly,shirtisnl
Is the Delirjum Silermans.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-09-17

From the Concord Times.
Drug store liquor selling is too Of
ten q tarn:tI nuisance.