davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1891-08-06
PTGIIISTS.

George Dixon, the colored American
champion prize fighter, in the fifth
round with swinging left-hander,
sent Abe Willis, the Australian cham
pion, sprawling helplessly to the
earth and won the fight.
The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1891-08-06

Talmage took for his subject not
long since empty Chairs" There
will be lots Of empty chairs around
the Republican fireside in '92 and '9a
if we see any more signs Of deception
and discrimination against the Negro
Republicans.
The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1891-08-06

Ex-senator Blair is still hopeful of
his famous educational bill which was
defeated in the senate last winter by a
small vote. The senator thinks
the leading Negroes should lend the
bill their influence for its passage.
The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1891-08-06

Bear this mind, my.triendS, my kjRS-
men, that when you patronize the bust
ness houses that advertise in these col
umns you are helping the ARGUS
along
The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1891-08-06

When j. Hume Childers is thirty
years Of age he will be fine journal
ist.-SOUTHERN ARGUS.
What's the matter with him now,
Friend Woods ?-Topeka Call.
Why, not anything. do not mean
fine, finer nor finest; but fine.
The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1891-08-06

Friends and kinsmen, pass right by
the business firm that does not adver.
tise in the ARGUS and go right TO The
business firm that does.
The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1891-08-06

That some colored people are going
off in the excitement with the AL
lance can not be truthfully denied,
but they will come ronnd all right by
election day.
The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1891-08-06
THE NEGRO NO TRAMP.

Five colored men on foot with bao
and baggage in hand and on back,
walked through our town on Wednes.
day morning, and considerable stir
was manifested by our people who are
anxious TO have this class move on.
No Negroes for Scammon, thank you.
-Scammon Register.
Scammon is Republican town in
free Kansas, the hone of a Republi-
state senator, w. s. Norton. Such To-
Gals never occur in sunny Dixie where
the black mans lator is i'm demand
and where he is better known. Such
a mention of citizens who were quiet
ly passing through place only shows
the littleness of the sheet that gives it
publicity. Those five colored men"
were hunting work, a location in
which TO locate home. or they had
stolen some trifle and were getting
away with ii, not tramping profess
sionally as thousands Of white men
do. The editor of The Scalnmon Reg
lister has never seen a black tramp.
White tramps are generally taken in,
treated kindly, and given something
to eat when they pass through a town
or settlement of Negroes, and much of.
tener than they are by their own race.
Throw out another sickly slur like
that, Mr.. Editor, and you will find rs
on our base half bent, ready to catch
it on the fly.
The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1891-08-06

In subsequent number we shall
give the names of all of our advertisers
and their places of business in our To-
cal columns free of charge.
The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1891-08-06

The Denver Statesman stands
around and yelps for the American
Citizen. The corpulent editor, no
doubt, has promised Bro. Hackley a
deputyship in the event Grover
Cleveland is elected president. Stop
yelping, Hackley, and growl awhile.
II may be sort Of a rest for your vo-
cal organs.
The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1891-08-06

w. J. Moore, the Cherokee county
attorney, stands out in bold relief as
an official embodiment Of discrimina.
ton on account Of color and condition.
The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1891-08-06

Statistics Of our internal commerce,
says Senator Frye in the Forum,
have never been accurately collected,
but it has been estimated that the do
nestle produce moved and exchanged
in this country in 1890 amounted in
value to $25,OOO,OOO,OOO. The annual
river commerce of Cincinnati is valued
at more than $5O,OOO,OOO. The tonnage
that passes up and down the Detroit
river annually is greater than that en-
tering the port Of Liverpool. The mum
Der Of vessels that enter and clear at
Chicago exceeds every year by 1000
the number that enters and clears at
New York. The tonnage passing
through Sault ste. Marie in
1890 exceeded that which passed
through the great Suez canal BY T.
100000 tons.
The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1891-08-06

The subscription price for this paper
will be increased to one dollar wear
soon.
The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1891-08-06

Remember If you IRISH our DnDe,.
.toF % cents year that nor Is The
t''"e 70 send a your money, name and
post office address.
The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1891-08-06

The worlds wheat crop is estimated
at two thousand million bushels.
The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1891-08-06

The Worlds Fair will open On Nav
lst and close on The last Thursday il
October.
The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1891-08-06
OUR COLLECTORS.

Baxter Springs, Il. Il. Boiler; Galena,
Kan, Prot. w. p. Greene Joplin, Mo,
Mr, Chas. Knaves; Columbus. Walter
Cox, esq.,; Topeka, Kan, John Whit
field.
The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1891-08-06

Rumor says Henry M. Stanley and
his wife have separated. Both are
authors. Authors ofttimes disagree
about a mere trifie.
The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1891-08-06

Entered IN the Post Office at Barter .SDr;n0s.
Kansas, as second class matter -
The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1891-08-06

THURSDAY, AUGUST s, 1891.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-18
Don't Trust Appearancr.

The experience that four
drummers had in a st. Louis
hotel a few days ago, which
may be profitable to them in the
future, reminds the Norfolk
Ledger of one of the erroneous
notions entertained by people
generally, which was dispeiled
during the "late uupleasan.
ness" The drummers mention
ed, upon entering the place in
which Creature comforts are
dispensed, found a young Eng
lishman-a mere stripling-
dressed in dandy fashion, with
a drawing manner of speech,
engaged in conversation with a
companion. Thinking to have
some fun at the expense of the
British visitor, they commenced
to comment upon his pecuiiari-
ties of speech and odd manner
of dress, which finally caused
the Briton to resent the rude
treatment of the strangers.
One of the drummers thereupon
undertook the work of chastis-
ing the "dude," but the result
was entirely different from what
was expected. The drummer
slapped the Englishman in the
face, but when the latter's
friend came to his rescue he
told him to stand aside-that
he would attend to his four an.
tagonists-which he did in a
very effective manner. He first
landed his right fist in the face
Of the man that had struck him
and sent him sprawling to the
floor; with his left fist be struck
the second man and knocked
him through an open trap door
to the cellar below, and when
he looked around for fresh con-
quests he discovered the other
two tumbling over each other
in their attempt to get out of
his way. The incident also re-
minds the Ledger that during
the war men who were known
as ",landies" up to that period
proved in many instances to be
excellent soldiers, while as q
general thing those who had
established regulations as bull
lies turned out to be arrant
towards. II is safe to say that
the quartette of st. Louis drum.
mers, in dealing with strangers,
have learned the lesson of not
trusting to appearances"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-18
THE Tennessee authorities, /

THE Tennessee authorities, it
is stated, have determined to
send such Of the released con-
victs as have been recaptured
back to the coal mines under a
strong guard and protect chem
with an adequate free of the
State militia. Governor Buch-
anan takes the view, no doubt,
that the lease under which these
men are worked by contractors
is the law Of the State whe h.
er good or bad is not the ques-
tion for him to decide-and that
as the Chief Executive officer
of the State il is his duty to en-
force it as long as it remains on
the statute book. Such a posi-
ton is perfectly proper, but the
fact that the existence of the
lease law has provoked such
extreme hostility az TO cause
numbers of men TO become law
breakers, proves the necessity
for action on the part of the
Legislature which will remove
the cause Of discomfort. Men
are not disposed to have respect
for laws which deprive them of
their means of obtaining a liy-
ing, however much it may be
their duty to yield obedience to
the duly constituted authori-
ties, and as the best way to in
duce obedience to law is to give
the citizen no just cause for
complaint, it is clearly the duty
of the Tennessee Legislature TO
reced from the unfortunate
position assumed when it tu-
thorized a lease Of Its convict
labor which will require the
military power of the State to
enforce. From every point Of
view the law is an unwise one
and it surprisesus that this fact
has not made itself patent to
the Tennessee legislators.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-18
HE DEFIED TIE SHERIFF,
And Drove Judge Bynnm from
the Bench.

-
And Drove Judge Bynum from
the Bench.
The Asheviile Mountain Home
journal reports that a most dis
graceful and daring occurrence
took place at Burnsvillc, YAM
cey county, last week.. and
says the facts are these: One
Of the best citizens Of that coun
ty, Solomon Carter, had died
very suddenly, and was being
buried. Garret ID. Ray, anoth-
er leading citizen of the same
town, had not lived on good
terms with Mr.. Garter during
the latter's life time, but as
death had removed one Of The
two, Mr.. Ray thought he would
aid in paying the last tribute Of
respect to his departed neighbor
and attend the burial. This SO
enraged the son of Mr.. Ray
that he shot at his father sever
al times, whercupon Judge By
mum ordered the arrest Of young
Ray. He defied the sheriff, but
walked into the court house
and with his double,barrclled
gun drove the Judge from the
bench, cleared out the assembly
and deliberately walked off.
Can all this possibly be trns in
law abiding North Carolina?
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-18

The theory that time is mon
ey is measurably sustained by
the fact that the man who has
the most Of il spends it the
most recklessly; but the theory
is somewhat snaked by the fact
that the man who hasn't any to
spare purchases q great deal
more with il than the man who
has so much of it thar he doesn't
know what to do with it. More
over, we have seen any number
Of men, who had more time
than the lapse Of ages, strain.
ing every effort to borrow ten
cents. We guess time isn't
money in the sense that money
is spondulicks.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-18
.No.'B5

perience abroad. declares that
our country roads are "the
worst in the world" Taken al
together, it is evident that the
people arefbecoming aroused to
this fact, and there is a reason
able hope that if the agitation
is kept up this disgraceful con-
dition of thing, that bears so
heavily on our farming COM
munities, and is now every
where beginning to be recogniz-
ed asa scandal to our general
wealth and Intelligence, will be
SO impressed upon popular op-
inion that a concentrated effort
will be-made having for its OBJ
ject the permanent improve
ment of our country roads.
The question is not whether
any of the methods suggested
above are practicable, at this
time, for Virginia. About that
there might be differences of
opinion. But the absorbing
questions are: "What shall be
done to improve the country
roads over which many of our
farmers have to haul their pro-
duce to market; to facilitate and
encourage the pursuit of agri-
culture; to enhance the value of
farming lands; to make farming
more tolerable for the husband
man, and to induce immigration
to the rural sections of our
State:"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-18
Murder IL navie County.

News reaches the city today
that d young white man by the
name OF Ed Fairclcth was kill
ed last night in q brawl at q
corn shucking on the farm Of
Ed. Smith, Just across the Yad-
kin river, in Davie county, by
Jim Barlow, another young
man. Adisputc arose between
the two, d fight ensued and
Faircloth's throat was cut with
a knife in the hands Of Barlow.
| In the CONSERVATION that pass
ed over the witnessing parties,
Barlow made good his escape.
The police in adjacent towns
have been notified and strenuous
efforts are being made 70 capt.
lure the murderer. Winston
Sentinel.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-18

The South is moving along,
but building up and encourag-
ing business, increasing her
school and educational advant-
ages, multiplying the pleasant
and agreeable social lectures
and making rapid strides in
general advancement Of every
nature. The hum Of machinery,
the noise Of the mill, the shafts
Of the mine, the whistle of the
locomotive and the course of
the steamship are no longer the
characteristic of a section.
They are now the marked feat
ures Of the South. The land of
cotton is the land of the blast
furnace; the land of flowers and
fruits is the home Of manufac-
tories and business, and the en-.
ergetic, restless, tireless worker
and producer sleeps under the
cool Southern breeze with equal
III not more healthfnlness and
invigorating restfulness as his
colabOrer in the North.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-18
A slI.k Aitemnt a Forgery.

Several days ago a leading
merchant Of Nashville, Tenn.
received q letter from Jersey
City, N. j., signed Winnie Da-
Wis, asking the immediate loan
OF a thousand dollors until she
could repay IL from the receipts
of her mothers book. He hand.
ed the letter to a man familiar
with Miss Davis handwriting
He pronounced it a forgery.
The letter was, however, en-
closed to Miss Davis at Rich
.mond, and a telegraphlc answer
was received denouncing il as q
forgery
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-18
Man Kisses aIan.

Rather a remarkable scene
was enacted at the passenger
depot this morning, in fact that
a man kissed a man. As the
north bound train arrived, an
oil gentleman landed on the
platform and hurriedly glanced
around him, asif seeking some
one. Soon he espied a fine look
ing young man, and walking
briskly to his side grasped him
by the hand, at the same time
giving him a number Of kisses.
They embraced each other and
promenaded around the plat
form for a few minutes in a
friendly and aifectionate man
ner. They were perhaps father
and son who had met after a
long absence. This custom is a
long established one among the
ladies', but it makes us tremble
what might be in the future
should man take it up.-Salis-
bury Herald.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-18
The WiFe,s farm.

At its recent annual meeting
the State Agricultural Society
of Georgia, in formal resolution
UNANIMOUSLY adopted, recon-
mended and urged upon every
IA me of that State the setting
aside Of from five te ten acres
Of land around the homestead,
said acreage to be known as
aThe Wife's Farm" TO be dc
voted exclusively to the culture,
on the extensive plan, Of grain,
grasses, vegetables, poultry,
pigs, etc, and that an hour or
two each morning shall be de-
voted by the farmer and his
force 70 cultivating this "farm. !"
The idea Of tho society was to
make each farmer self-sustain
ing and independent.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-18

The proceedings of the 10th
annual meeting Of the N. G.
Press Association, held in Win
ston, III August last, are out
and fresh from the Concord
Times book and job presses. II
is a neat piece Of work and re-
fleets credit upon the efficient
secretary, y. B. Sheriff., editor
of the Times. IL contains much
interesting matter, also the
splendid oration of Il. y. Hill
lard, Of the Scotland Neck
Democrat, and the beautiful
poem by II. G. Wall.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-18

The United States grand jury,
In session at San Antonio, Tex.
a., on Monday returned four in-
dictments against President
Paul Conrad, Vice-Presidsnt
John A. Morris and thirteen
other members of the Louisiana
Lottery Company. They are
charged with using the mails to
distribute lottery advertise
ments in violation Of the law.
Warrants were issued for their
arrests.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-18
Highest ali Leavening p0we S Govt Report Aug n 1885,
@!a!!'.:!! g! BBss'i'g Bsxasgz
ABSOLUTELY PURE
ABSOLUTELY PURE

FoRsyTH held an election on
Tuesday upon the proposition to
issue fifty thousand dollars
worth Of bonds, for the purpose
of erecting a new court house.
Every township in the county
voted against it except Win
ston The proposition failed.
The Alliance was bitterly OPP
posed TO the erection Of d new
court house.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-18
MY B .nt.lnr's Keeper.

induces in the mind of the
thoughtful serious reflection
We have seen very many ludi-
crous adycnturesrons the part Of
sems who were overly anxious
to guard a brot er's interest.
Every one must bear in mind
that his brother has, as a rule,
enough self-esteem o,.repudiate
what he might regard in others
an unreasonable degree of in
quisitiveness. Men discourse elo-
quently in favor of prohibition,
not that they have any fears
for themselves, but that their
neighbor was either standing
upon, or might possibly ap-
proach too near, the verge of a
great gulf from which he must
be rescued.
A man was walking along the
streets Of a city. ;lancing in
at an open door whence came
sounds of a serious alteration,
he saw a man and his wife in a
hand hand struggle. Being
too chivalrous to see q woman
the victim Of such barbarity,
he stepped between the combat
ants. Both at once turned s,up
on him, and, had he not been a
man of firm muscle, would have
received a severe drubbing. He
went on pondering the sentence,
cam my brothers keeper?'
We once had a bit of unpleas-
ant experience in trying TO sep
arate two fighting dogs, and
ever since, at such times, we
have been wise enough to let
the canine species alone
A good christian lady ha /
long been regarding, with anxi-
GUS eye, the evident har iness of
heart Of a sister communicate.
Seizing g. favorable opportunity,
she administered what was
deemed judicious reproof. She
was thanked by the erring one
who afterwards reflected upon
the situation, imagined herself
aggrieved, and then relieved
herself of as .auch vituperation
as any one mortal can well con-
tain. The good sister bore it
calmly, but is still undecided
as to what is the real meaning
Of "Am | my brothers. keeper"
Some politicians have, by
shrewd distortion, attributed to
this a certain phase of meaning
which might be termed the
height OF exegetical impudence
A certain christian brother, re.
nowned for his piety, came to
us in a confidential way, and
said: "The business of pur-
chasing votes, as practieed by
many, is an unjustifiable wrong;
but in our quiet way of proceed
ing here it must be confessed
that | discern no Objectionable
features. You see there is a
class of irresponsible men in
this precinct. who must be
watched closely else they win
vote Oil the wrong side. Thoy
come to look upon voting as a
regular harvest season, and
what we give them; in many
instances, goes to buy the neces-
saries of life. Their votes are
at least cast right, and we do
not begrudge them what might
be termed, with all prepriety, q
bitof charity. Thus we become,
in q political sense, cur "broth
er's keeper.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-18
PLENTY 81 GnrIl

Statistical returas of the Ma
tional department of agr;cul.
ture for Move. e.nber make the
corn crop one of The largest in
volume, with a rate Of yield
slightly above AN average Of 26
bushe 5 per acre. The condi-
tion has not been very high at
any period Of its growth, but it
has been quite uniform, with
no record Of more than 10 per
cent of disabilities from all
causes. The eastern and west
ern ends of the corn belt-0hio,
Iowa and Nebraska gave some
what better yields than Indiana
and Illinois, or Missouri and
Kansas, the lower levels of the
great corn belt suffering more
from threatened drought than
higher elevations.
Tie highest rate of yield, as
estimated, appears in New Eng
land, from 35 TO 40 bushels per
acre; in the south the range is
from II in Florida to 25 in Mary
land.
Much Of tho crop is yet in
stock, and its condition and rate
Of yield may be somewhat bet.
ter known after garnering and
marketing Yet it is evident
the product will not be less than
1000, 10000 bushels, or 81
bushels per unit of population.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-18
Figs an,, rhisties,

People who work for the devil
never get any vacation.
People never become any bet
ter than they want to be.
lie is not much man who ISM {
d hero to somebody.
No man is ever alone. When
God isn't with him the devil is.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-18

DEs MONIES, Nov. 13.-The
corrected returns give Wheeler,
Rep 199,S75; Boies Dem
207, ,575; Westfall (Alliance) H.
527; Gibson (Pro.) 962. The
total. vote on Governor 4l9,439.
Boies plurality $500. Boies
lacks $3.50 Of having a majorl-
ty of all votes cast. Bestcw
(Den. } for Lieutenant Governor,
3,17s; Kinnes Dem for Judge.
2,9S6; Deys Dem. for Railroad
Commissioner, 1893.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-18
MONDAY Mr.. ]. G. Batchelor

MONDAY Mr.. ]. G. Batchelor
received a cablegram from
Yokohama Japan, addressed to
the masonic Supreme Council.
Washington" in which il Is
stated that the distress on ac-
count of the recent earthquakes
Is terrible, and that immediate
help Is needed. The sender asks
that appeals be made to all Ma
sonic bodies, and that money
be transmitted by telegraph to
Oscar Kell. Mr.. Ford Webber
states that information comes
to him from an authentic source
that $500 were killed, over
1000 wounded, many fatally.
and 10000 families rendered
homeless. ~
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-18
Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria.

SIeeplessn ~. nervous prustr.itinH
fits, ST. Vilns dance, nervousness.
liysteria, headache, hot ilushes, nery.
ous dyspepsia, confusion, ARE cures
by Ir. Miles Ntryine. Trial bot.
tells and fine books free 1T Yearfy's
drugstore or addres, DR.. Miles ned
a1ical Co., Elkhhart. Ind.