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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-05-22
The Federal Election Bill Reported.
{ [Ba timore Sun, 9th inst. !

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The federal election bill reported to
the House yesterday by Mr.. Rowell, lat
the command of the Republican eau
Gus, is the Hoar bill, with modifica
tions suggested by Johnny" Daven.
port, of New York. The modifica
tions are not important. They enable
fifty persons to set the federal super
visory machinery into motion. State
officials are allowed to act, but the fed
eral officials are to interfere in various
ways with the voting and their reports
are to determine the result in certain
contingencies. There is to be also a
district: canvassing board of federal
officials to correct imperfect returns"
and the clerk of the House is to place
no name on the list Of elected mem
bers unless the cauvassing board says
it ought to be there. The idea is that
in the South the boards will sanction
no names of Democrats: with the result
that at the meeting Of the House to
organize the Northern Republicans
will always be in majority and will
let in only 80 many Democratic Con-
gressmen as they want.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-05-22
Benny's Balls and Lewis Bar.
GEr,m the RALEIGH Christian Aduocatel

Fr,ss the Raleigh Christian Adoocatel
President Harrison's daughter gave
'big dance" at the "White House"
in Washington City April 22d. The
President is an elder in the Presby-
terian church, and his church has put
itself on record as opposed to the
modern dance. His church ought to
arraign him and make an example of
him. The President must know that
dancing is distasteful to and thought
to be sinful by the great majority of
the Christian people of this nation and
his sense of propriety, if not his piety,
ought to have kept him from allowing
"ball" in the White House, which
belongs to the American people. With
the President having "balls" in the
"White House." and Vice President
Morton the proprietor of "grog
shop" we present a fine spectacle to
the world as Christian people. The
President and Vice President need the
prayers of the people.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-05-22
PROGRESS OF THE SOUTH.
A WONDERFUL RECORD OF 1oYEARs
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.

We are Shipping Iron to Pittsbarg, Sell
ing Cloths to the Yankees and Sending
Our Coal Across the Seas.
lFron. the Neo York SUM
The progress of the Southern States
since they were fully redeemed from
the rapacity of the carpet -baggers has
been wonderful in all respects.
In tn years they have risen from
stagnation to abounding prosperity;
and their material advancement has
been greater proportionately than that
of any other part of the Union.
In 1880, when the improvement
was beginning, the assessed value Of
the property Of the fourteen Southern
States was only S2,913,436,095. In
1889 it was 81 ,250, ,1o6, 400. Accepting
the estimate Of the census of 1880 that
the assessed value is only ii per cent
of the true value, we find that the
South gained over $4,000, ,OOO,O 900 in
property during that short period.
In 1880 its production of pig iron
was only 397, ,301 tons. In 1880 it was
1,506,7O2 tons. The progress in this
industry is going on at an accelerated
pace, furnaces capable of turning out
over a million tons annually being
now under construction or contracted
for in the iron region. Alabama, ac-
cordine to the Hon, ,Abram S. Hewett,
possesses riches in iron which threaten
the majesty of the northern iron and
coal feld;" and "only the Southern
sluggard has hitherto given the race
to the North"
In 1882 the South produced $685.
316 tons of coal. In 1889 the output
was 19, ,497, ,4eS tons. The coal fields
of the South, extending from Wheel
ing, in West Virginia, to Northern
Alabama, are practically inexhausti.
BILE.
The production of cotton was 1863
316 bales in 1865; in 1888 it was
$685., ,290, and for the present year it
is estimated at 7,250,000 bales. In
other words, the South is now pro-
ducing about 100000 out of the 10,-
100000 to II 100000 bales which Con-
stitute the whole cotton crop of the
world Freedom is doing far better
than slavery in the raising of the
great staple.
The number of spindles in cotton
manufactures at the South was only
667, ,S54 in 1880. In 1889 it was
2,O35, ,268. The number of mills dur
ing the same period has increased from
161 to 355.
This table of the agricultural pro
duction of the South is of great
interest:
1879. 1886.
Cotton, bales 5,755,35S 100000
Corn, bushels. ,l2l ,290 519,5l7 900
Wheat, bushels,..... 54,476,74o 55,0oo,ooo
The increase in the production of
grain between 1879 and 1889 was over
22O, 900, 900 bushels, and the percen-
tage was much greater than in the rest
of the Union.
These statistics, borrowed from the
Manufacturers Record, show marvel
lous progress and development. They
show also people orderly, peaceful,
industrious and harmonious; and they
prove that the race problem is not
practically the serious trouble so
many of them imagine. White and
black are getting along wonderfully
we'll together, and together are enjoy
ing the great prosperity of region
whose development has only begun.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-05-22

CLEVELAND'S REPLY.
To an Alliance Mans Request for an E1-
preston Of His Views.

To an Alliance Mans Request for an Ex-
preston Of His Views.
TEroaa the Statesu.Ue La tdn,ark
A few weeks ago J. A. Hill, CORES
pon!irg secretary OF Oak Grove
Lodge, No %, Farmers Alliance,
near Steubenville, O., wrote to ex
President Cleveland, inclosing copy
of the declaration of purposes Of the
Alliance, and asking for Mr.. Cleve
lands views thereon.
Mr.. Cleveland's reply was:
March "a, 1890.
J. 4. Hill. Corresponding Secretary:
DEAR SIR: l have received your
letter accompanied by copy Of the
declaration of principles of the Farm
ers' Alliance.
/ see nothing i'll this declaration that
cannot be fully endorsed by any man
who loves his country, who believes
that the object of our government
should be the freedom, prosperity and
happiness of all our people, and who
believes that justice and fairness to all
are necessary conditions to its useful
administration.
1t has always seemed to me that the
farmers Of the country were especially
interested in the equitable adjustment
of our tariff system. The Indifference
they have shown to that question, and
the ease with which they have been led
away from sober consideration of
their needs and their rights, as related
to this subject, have excited my sur
prise.
Struggle as they may, our farmers
must C ntinue to be purchasers and
consumers of numberless things en-
hanced in cost by tariff regulations.
Surely they have the right to say that
this cost shall not be increased for the
purpose Of collecting unnecessary rev.
enue, or to give undue advantage to
domestic manufacturers. The plea
that our infant industries need the pro-
lection which thus impoverishes the
farmer and consumer, is, in view Of
our natural advantages and the skill
and ingenuity Of our people, hollow
pretext.
Struggle as they may, our farmers
cannot escape the conditions which fix
the price Of what they produce and
sell, according to the rates which pre-
vail in foreign markets, flooded with
the competition of countries enjoying
freer exchange of trade than we are.
The plausible presentation Of the
blessings of home market should not
deceive our depressed and impoverish-
ei agriculturists. There is no home
market for them which does not take
its instructions from the seaboard; and
the seaboard transmits the word of the
foreign markets.
Because my conviction that there
should be modification of our tariff
laws arose principally from an appre
citation cf the wants of the vast army
of consumers, comprising our farmers,
our artisans and our workingmen, and
because their condition has led me to
protest against the present imposition,
| am especially glad to see these sec
tions of my fellow-countrymen arous-
ing themselves to the importance of
tariff reform.
Yours ve'y truly,
GROVER CLEVELAND.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-05-22
THE PIOKLER BILL.
For b-Treasuries For Grain, Tobacco
And Cotton.
Washington Dispatch 18th inst.]

AuQ O0CGOn.
Washington Dispatch 18Th inst.1
Congressman from agricultural
States and members of the Farmers
National Alliance crowded the wavs
and means committee room at the
capitol to day to hear Mr.. Living
stone, the national lecturer of the Al
lance, expound his views on the Pick.
ler bill for the establishment of SUBJ
treasures for the deposit of grain,
oats, corn, tobacco and cotton.
MIR. Livingstone said there need be
no misrepresentation concerning the
objects of the Alliance. 1t was not
seeking to dis place the ruling politi-
cal parties. The sub treasury bill ought
to be passed. Fifty eight homes of farm
ers had been sold in Connecticut in one
day this W elk. Relief was demanded,
snd the farmers knew how to get it.
He quoted President Lincoln's pre-,
diction that corporations would be en-.
throned; that the property of the
country would be concentrated, and
that the Republic itself would be over
thrown. lie thanked God that the
last prediction had not come true. If
Congress refused to endorse the sub
treasury law, e said it should remove
the restrictions hedging in the national
banking system. The sub-treasury
plan gave the farmer chance to es-
cape the speculator by allowing him
to deposit his crops in the treasury
at aEy time, and spared him selling at
stated seasons. If the sub treasury
bill were passed, there would not be a
bucket shop left in the United States.
There need be no fear that the bill
would cause the farmers to form a
trust.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-05-22
Take 1t and Be Well.

Gathered from field and forest are
the component parts of Swift's Specific.
There is nothing in it which comes
from the Chemists shop, hence it is
the great remedy to help nature to
ward off disease. In the spring months
is the best time to brace up the health
Take S. S. S. when you feel dull and
heavy-take it when your blood is too
thick and slow, and your feelings will
tell you when. Every man, woman
and child would be the better for hav-
ing taken few bottles of s. s. S. in
the spring.
: Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis
eases mailed free.
SWIFT SPECIFIC Co..
Atlanta, Ga,
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-05-22
Notice to the University Alumni.

1t is important to know at once
whether you will attend the Alumni
banquet at Chapel Hill Wednesday,
June 4th, in order that suitable prep
arations may be made. By especial
resolution OF the Alumni Association
any one is regarded as an "Alumnus''
who has been student or trustee.
Please address w. T. Patterson, Bur-
sar, Chapel Hill, N. G.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-05-22
A Unique Personality.
( From the State Chronicle

The Democrats in Randall's district
have settled their differences and
nominated Maj. Richard Vaux for
Congress. He has an interesting re-
cord and is an oldfashioned Democrat.
He has a unique personality. In his
youth he knew Jefferson, and in his
early manhood worshipped jackson,
1t is a pretty good test Of agood Dem
ocrat that he honored Jefferson and
worshipped jackson. When he was
an attache of the American Legation
at st. James, Mr.. Vaux actually led
Queen Victoria through dance, and
is said to delight to recall the Incl
dents OF the evening. As foolish as it
may seem it is said that an attempt
will be made to injure him with the
Irish because he was on friendly terms
fifty years ago with the Queen.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-05-22
he GOT THERE PROMPTLY,
A Tarheel Justice Who Didn't Need Any
Evidence.

LJohn W. Hrys, Jr-, in State Chronicle.l
Most of us are familiar with the re-
ply g. certain gallant general made
when asked the secret of his success.
1t was hard, common sense-nothing
more-the seeing what was needed
and "gittin' thar" without regard to
conventional methods. There is
pleasure in seeing difficulties met and
overcome, and the simpler and more
unexpected the method the more it
pleases. Something akin, perhaps, to
the unexpected association of ideas we
call wit.
1t is just this sort of pleasure that
comes to one when sometimes we see
mule teams doubled for a moment on
a load sunk to the hub in the mud.
The teamster draws his lines, cracks
his whip, applies unmentionable
names, the Indignant mules strain to
their bellies, the trace chains groan,
the wheels creak out Of the mud, and
the whole great mass rolls easily up
the hillside
1t was not long ago that an honest
old squire in North Carolina doubled
teams in much the same way to take
the Acts of the Legislature up nigh.
ty steep hill. 1t seems that in GER
tain valley beyond the Blue Ridge
there is little clearing that produces
watermelons. 1t is rare that melons
grow behind the Ridge, and among a
wat termelon-loving people this tract is
a prime favorite. But year after year
the result has been the same The
melons have prospe-ed; SO much is
known. Bat when the tiller could al
most hear the silver clinkiDg in in his
pocket-the rest is unknown. Some.
times COW came home with the odor
of a rind on her breath, or a pig
grunted more contentedly in the sun
shine. Beyond this-mystery.
But last spring old man Galloway
said he "know'd thing or two," and
he'd "crap thet clearin' on sheers The
melons prospered beyond all prece-
dent. There were hundreds of them
as big as man could tote. Old Cal
laway had winlled and chuckled. He
"know'd thing or two," and the set
tlement was expectant. Just before
the fruit thumped hollow sign board
appeared on the rail fence:
"Sevril of Them Mellions is Pizen."
The next morning every melon in the
patch had been crushed and stamped
into the mud.
In due process of time and law GER
tain youths were charged before
Squire Wilson with the deed.
But the attorney for the defence
argued "thet seein' thar want marry
witness agin 'em, an bein' as the evi-
dence war circumstantial an mighty
slim at that, he 'low'd the Judge
would discharge the prisoners without
no foolin'."
The Judge drew down his spec.
tacles, moved his chair nearer the win
dow, and read aloud all the legislative
literature bearing on the subject. Then
summing up, he charged that, AS you
say, Bill, there amt nobody as seen
them boys thar, an it haint been
proved up clar an squar as them
tracks is tharn, an as you 'low'd thar
amt marry act of the legislator as gifts
ter 'em, bel in as how tits. But Bill,
b'leve them boys busted them mel
lions, an I'm goin' to fine 'em ten
dollars"
And fined they were, which, not be-
ing paid, they improved the public
road for term of one month. He got
there promptly and with no fooling.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-05-22
A Reminder of the War.
! Froaa the Monroe Register.l

Mr.. E. w. Griffin, who lives seven
and half miles from Monroe, was
wounded in the thigh at the battle of
Fredericksburg, and the surgeons did
not succeed in extracting the ball
from tire wound, and Mr.. Griffin has
at times suffered greatly from its
effects. On last Thursday, while lift
ing something about home, he felt a
sensation like something had broken
loose from the thigh bone, where the
ball had been lodged for so many
years. That night he discovered that
the ball had worked out so near the
surface that he could distinctly feel it
with his fingers, and his son, with a
pocket knife, cut through the skin
and abstracted the ball, which was an
ordinary minnie ball.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-05-22
Judge Pool Home.
[ From the Charlotte Nens ]

Judge G. C. Pool, of Elizabeth, this
State, secretary of Col. O. H. Dockery,
Consul General of the United States
at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has just re-
turned from South America, having
resigned his position. The Judge
was interviewed on his way home by
Mr.. l. N. Ingram, of Cabarrus. He
said that natives of the north temper
ate zone cannot long stand the debili-
tating effects Of the climate at Rio de
Janeiro.
The hot period in Brazil extends
through four months, and the intense
and prolonged tropical heat is very
enervating to the system.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-05-22
Don't Feel Well.

And yet you are not SICK enough to consult q
uoctor, or j on refrain from 50 doing for fear
you will alarm yourself and friende-we will
tell you Just what you need. It il Hoods Sar-
sapsrilla, which will lift you out of that uncer-
tain, uncomfortable, dangerous condition, into
3 state of good health, confidence and cheerful
ness. You've no idea how potent this peculiar
medicine is in cases like yours.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-05-22
It is Winston, Friend,

From the Durham Sun
If there is a bigger railroad town
in North Carolina than Durham, we
have not heard of it.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-05-22

s'That tired feeling" is entirely overcome by
Hoods Sarsaparil.a, which gives a feeling Of
buoyancy and strength to the whole system.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-05-22

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CLOCKS, CLOCKS

We have Clocks so small you can
carry them in your pocket. perfect
timers; then again we have the Old
Reliable Eight Day Weight; it will
cost you mighty little, if bought of
us. -
Mower County transcript., 1890-12-24

To tell US the fate OF our last summer flowers,
Our love, songs, our bird-notes, our blossomirg
hours
Full many sweet hopes we've intrusted to
thee;
Their realization, oh when shall We see?
And will you not tell US in what dialems
The fragments are set Of our lost, shattered
gemss
The path we've walked with thee has been 60
uneven,
But did it not slant Just little toward
Eeaven!
The sheaves We have S>rnereaSea scatter
abroad.
Dost know that they're safe in he s.orehouse
OF God!
Still mute. Ohl departing year, We care not
whether
Thy heart be as tickle and false as thy weather;
Go; sink with thy storms and thy floods past
recall,
And let the eternal waves cover them all
The Past and the Future clasp hands over
thee,
As DER thy head surges tho turbulent sea;
Thine own nerveiess fingers must ring out the
knell-
The >,ock strikes: the bell tolls; Farewell, oh
Farewell
Mary A. Benson, in Texas Stftings
Mower County transcript., 1890-12-24

" After the nrst shock OF joy was o,er.
Mrs. Raynor asked Ruth how she
learned of her misfortune. It was
easily explained. Mention OF the fact
that the county had taken charge Of
Mrs Raynor was made in one OF the
newspapers A cory of the paper con.
tanning this paragraph was wrapped
around an express package and sent
to the town in Missouri where Ruth
lived, and by accident fell into her
hands. After reading it she started at
once to find her former benefactress,
and never rested until she reached tho
almshouse. ~:t
And now. mother" she said, "you
are going with me to live, for am mar
ried and have happy home in which
you shall be loved and cared for as long
as you live. owe every thing Of good
that has over come to me to your kind
ness in the past, and | am grateful for .
chance to re pay YOU"
Mrs. Raynor lay quite still, too full Of
gratitude and JOY to speak.
"And this Is New Years morning.
said Ruth: Let me kiss you again Tor a
Happy New Year"
The words of old Nsncy's song flos ted
in once more. How sweetly they sound
ed to Mrs. Raynor's ears, cracked and
broken as was the voice which sang
them:
"Bread upon tho waters cast
Shall be gathered at the last"
Eyes, the promise is true" she mur'
INJURED. "1rshall be gathered At the last
Mine has returned to me to-day.
trude Garrison, in Texas Siftinga
Mower County transcript., 1890-12-24

That evening Mrs. Raynor said to her
husband: 'SHeorge, want to bring little
Ruth Hunter here, put some decent
clothes on her and send her to school
this winter with our children. Ny heart
aches for the poor neglected little
thing" ~ ..s -...~-
MI. Raynor arched his eyebrows re-
provingly, You'll be sure to rue phi
lanthropy of that kind, my dear. It's >
risky thing to bring barbarian like
her among civilized beings. You don't
know how she might injure our own
children"
"1'n look closely after all Of them."
said Mrs. Raynor. why, the poor lit
tie thing has had no chance to be any
thing but barbarian. believe there's
plenty of good in her if some one would
take the trouble to develop1t Besides,
I believe we all commit sin when We
see children growing up like savages
before our eyes and never lift finger
to save them. Our duty does not end
with looking after our own"
well, we'll. have it your own way"
said Mr.. Eaynor. II, too, feel sorry
for the poor little waif; but hope you
will not rue it"
Next morning Mrs. Raynor went to
the Hunters to ask for Ruth "What
do you say, daddy?' asked the apathet-
ic Mrs. Hunter, as she sat in hideous
rags with dirty baby on her lap, after
she had heard Mrs Ravnor's request
do IS ye like about it." said the
fond father. young uns are most too
thick around here"
"Well, ye ken take her." said Mrs
Hunter, nodding to Mrs. Raynor, IAN
il she don't like it over there among
your young uns she can come back any
day" This was said in the most inde-
pendent and airy fashion, as though
there was every possibility that Ruth
might not like life in the Raynor fam
lily at all.
Mrs Raynor smiled as she thanked
Mrs Hunter, and then she took Ruth
home with her.
The child was overjoyed. Nice clothes
and kindness soon developed her self.
respect, and she loved her benefactress
as only young savage can love. She
was bright and quick, aud learned with
surprising rapidity. The winter went
by and she still remained at the Ray
nors- The summer and another winter,
and year after year slipped away and
she was still there.
At last Ruth was twelve years old.
| and q very sweet and lovely Ruth she
had grown to be. Her comfort and Joy,
however, were soon to end. One day
her mother came over to the Raynors
| and told Ruth that they, the Hunters,
were about to move '-out West" and she
| must go with them. Tears and en-
treaties we're of no avail. The misera'
| BILE, ignorant woman had long been
jealous OF Ruth's affection for Mrs.
| Raynor, and she now declared that Ruth
must come home and share the fortunes
| OF the family. So the poor child wen,
| away with her unlovely family into a
life that was hateful to her. For a time
she wrote frequently to Mrs Raynor,
but as the years went by letters came
| less frequently, and at last, after the
| Raynors removed to another town, they
ceased to hear from Ruth altogether.
Time moved on and brought sad
changes to the Raynora One by one