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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-06-29
THE INFLUENCE OF "itooxl:~
The Importarl it Played io An1 g
BeIium Politics,

Correspondence of the Sentinel
Mr.. Mitchell's communication in
last weeks SENTINEL about Drill
Musters in antc-bellum days reminds
me of one that 1 attended in the town
of JOnesville, Martin county, about
the year 1880. Those District Mus
ters were held quarterly; and the
August Muster, where the county
candidates were to speak, was the 0c-
casion of the season.
Treating to wine on these occasions
was always IN order; but when the
candidates were to speak. they usually
had something Il little stronger ON
the occasion alluded to above. | had
gone from Williamson (my native
hOme) on visit to my brother fWhO
was merchant thercl but especially
to see the mastering and hear tie
candidates speak; for, although only
about 10 years If age, / was At, uncop2
promising Jetfersonidn Democrat and
took great interest in the speaking
between the Wings and Democrats.
Ihat county was then nearly equally
divided between the two parties, and
in that district the Wings were a lit
e ahead, and it took a pretty sharp
Democrat to turn on" who was ION
the fence" There was one of that
class there that day, who was famiI-
iarly known as "Uncle Reuben" He
exerued quite an influence in his beat.
known as "Bear-grasS section" There
was a pretty sharp Democratic can
didate there that day, and | noticed
that he paid special attention to TN
Gle Reuben" ] saw them several
times that afternoon after the speak
ing was over, walking around arm-in-
arm and occasionally they would stop
at some of the wagons Tor carts and
take little out of jug that got
over into the wheat straw behind tile
cider barrel. "Uncle Reuben" had
considerable notoriety in "Bear grass"
as poet; and on these extra occa-
sions he was quite poetical. Cd SO
about o'clock that afternoon. when
said candidate bade him good bye and
told him to remember him kindly to
Aunt Sallie, ""Miss Jane" and 'Cous-
IN Katie" Uncle Reubcn's wife. Sis
ter-in-law, and daughter) "Cnclc Rcu-
ben, replied:
"Well, goodbye my friend; may God
bless YOU
Long to live, and well to do:
| am drunk and so are you,
But love your God and country too:
And if | live I'd vote for you
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-06-29
UNTOLD WEALTH
Lies Hidden in the Soil Of Western
North Carolina.


The following printed in "Miner-
ais" some weeks ago was rcpublishcd
in the "Jeweler's Review for June
19, 1893.
There is untold wealth in the soil
of the western section of North Caro-
lima. Twenty years ago the late
State Geologist. Prof. w. c. Kerr, as
serted that there was more gold in
the mountainous regions of this
State than was ever taken out Of
California. While this was an eXag-
Grafton, North Cardinals soil is rich
in the precious metal, gems and min
erals. Those who visit the Worlds
Fair will be astonished at the miner
illogical display made by North Caro-
lima. Col. II. @. Denning, of Harris
burg, Pa, states that he will express
$4,000 worth of cut gems, including
five karat diamond, all of which have
been collected by him while mining
in this State, where he spent eight
years in the business. Mr.. a. NJ.
Field, of Asheville, N. c., another
Northern gentleman, Will lend his
fine collection of North Carolina ru-
bies, emeralds, sapphires and aqua
marines. Prof. j.. a. d. Stephenson,
of StateSyille, has forwarded very
valuable collection of crystals, en-
bracing series of modifying quartz
crystals with rare basal terminal
planes. These crystals are remarka
ble because the notifications, noted
by eminent German scientists who
have figured them, are of angles not
found at any other locality in the
world. So remarkable were these an
giles and planes, that German scient-
lists have issued pamphlet describ-
ing their pecullarities. Mr.. w. j.
Cote will lend $500 Hiddenite ring,
a very handsome stone found in this
State, and bearing the name of Prof.
Hidden, its discoverer. The stone is
surrounded by circle of North Caro-
lima Diamonds. There will be
large and attractive exhibit of gold
quarts and nuggets, worth thousands
of dollars, and representing nearly
half the western counties. Specimens
of marble, granite and building stone,
which abound in this State, are being
dressed at Washington to uniform
eight-inch cubes with one polished
face.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-06-29

didn't go very close, but I saw from
the blood on her that she had been
shot and was dead"
The sheriff and coroner were at once
notified of the murder.
A SENTINEL reporter was one of the
first to arrive at the scene of the
tragedy.
/ The woman was lying fat on her
back, with her white apron spread
over her head. 1t had been placed
there by some of the bystanderS to
keep off the flies from her face. Her
hands were lying by her side, her fin
gers slightly clutching her dress.
On removing the apron, the features
of d girl about nineteen years old were
discovered. The face was much sWol-
. len and disffgured: not apparently
from any struggle, but from lying on
the ground long time. The green
flies had gotten in their horrible
work.
The girl was not bad looking. but
had rather bold countenance. She
had dark hair. which was short and
rather inclined to curl. She had blue
eyes, pretty white teeth and a rather
sharp nose.
Her dress consisted Of white percal
shirt-waist with small black stripes,
beltcd around her. The skirt was of
a dark brown material. Her shoes
We're new and seemed to have been re-
hat was lying over her face.
Her dress waist was prOfusely STAIN
ed with blood. The bullet hole was
plainly evident in her left breast, i'm
medsately below the arm. Judging
from the hole in the right breast eX-
actly corresponding with that in her
left, the bullet must have gone entire
ly through the body. This, in fact,
was the opinion of DIR. Dalton, who
examined the body. The powder had
slightly burned the clothes where the
pistol had been presented at the wO-
mans side.
She was lying in patch of thick,
brushy underground, about ten steps
from the path which divided the
woods where she lay from an open
field on the let. There was no evil
dence of any struggle. A large fancy
ha1rpin was found a few feet from the
woman.
A red bandanna handkerchief was
found about three hundred yards from
where the girl was at the point where
the path turned off from the road.
The evidence brought out at the cor
Onef'S inquest went to show that De
Graft and Ellen Smith were upon in
innate terms: that the woman was
the mother of an illegitimate child of
which DeGraff was the father: that
the couple had recently had several
quarreis in one of which DeGraff
threatened to shoot the woman: in
the w0man's bosom was found a note
from DeGratf making an appoirtm
to meet her near the place where the
body was found.
The evidence so conclusively point
ed to GeGraff as the murderer that
searching parties were organized, and
for several days efforts were made to
effect his arrest, but he managed to
eyade the officers and finally made his
escape from the community, and his
whereabouts has since remained I'M
known Indeed the matter soon ceas-
ed to excite public interest, and no
effort was made to apprehend the
murderer.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-06-29
WEDDING BELLS.
The Crosland>GIickey Marriage-An-
other Event TO be Solemnized.

The marriage of Rev. Edward Cros-
land and Miss Carrie Mickey was sol
emnized June Goth and was wit
messed by a large audience.
The Moravian church was beauti-
fully decorated. The ceremony was
performed by Bishop Bondthaler.
Mr.. Howard Rondthaler was the
groom's best man and Miss Loula Hege
bridesmaid. The ushers were Rev.
a. d. Th9ler, r. A. Spaugh, c. A.
Shore and E. T. Mickey.
After the marriage a reception was
rendered the bride and groom and at
tendants at the residence of the
brides father, Mr.. Samuel Mickey.
The groom is popular young man
and 4 successful Morayian divine. He
is pastor OF the Hausertown and Ker-
nersyiIte churches. The bride is one of
Salem's handsome and accomplished
daughters. They will reside at Hau-
SeftOWn.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-06-29
THE TWO GOVERNORS
Will Now Discuss Politics Over ApoI
inariS

From the Baltimore Sun.
When the Governor of North Cal
lima said to the Governor of South
Carolina, tits long time between
drinks" he had no idea that the day
would come when his remark might
receive a painful and pathetic illus
tration in the Palmetto State. In
view of the new dispensary law which
is to go into operation in South Caro-
lima on the first of July the executive
of the Tar Heel Commonwealth may
be said to have been unconsciOusly ut
terins the voice of prophecy when he
made his celebrated reference to the
lOng-coutinued drought. Nothing
could more strikingly emphasize the
change which has come over South
Carolina than the liquor legislation
which the Tillmanites and the Prohi-
bitionists have succeeded in putting
upon her statute-boOks. is main
purpose, as viewed from the Prohi-
bition standpoint, is literally to make
it a long time between drinks. Such
d startling departure from the Gus
toms and precedentS of what was once
a perennialiy thirsty Common wealth
is enough to reawaken the historically
dry Governor of North Carolina and
cause him to utUer once more, in tones
of horror and amazement, his famous
protest against the long intervals be-
tween liquid refreshments.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-06-29
a FORMER wINsroNIAN.
p. I'll. Winston Denies the Smuggling
Conspiracy Story.

Patrick II. Winston, ESQ. who has
Just been removed from Federal
Office in the State of Washington. is
well known in Winston, where he re-
sided with his family for few years.
He, with other officials, is charged
with being connected with a gigantic
conspiracy to smuggle opium and
ChlneSe into this country. Mr.. Win
slon comes out in card in the
New Y ork Tribune and bitterly denies
the story, involving himself and
Others. However, Attorney General
OIney IS quoted as saying that Secre-
tary Carlisle is behind the proceedings
in the matter.
Mr.. Winston's friends here, Demo
cratic and Republican, discredit the
story. They say that they do not be
l.eEe lle y guilty Of any Of the charges
brought aZyt11f r.slDaR
Mr.. Winston left the 1Wfn-City for
ms present home during the Arthur
administration. For several wears he
WAS the law partner Of Mr.. james w.
teld. lie is reported TO have succeed
ed admirably since he went to WASH
lngton, Pat" as he was familarly
called here, loves TO makela dollar but
he is never happier than when spend
Ing it for something useful a citizen
remal Eed this evening that if every
body was like Pat" this country
would never know anything about
hard times.
inc general impression here is that
Mr. Winston viii be yindicated if the
charge against him ever comes up for
adjustment.
Editor t'oy, OF the Danyille Star, in
speaking of Mr.. Winston saws:
TAT Winston WAS formerly of Win
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-06-29
THE STEAMSHIP DISASTER.
Further Particulars of the Collision
ofthe War Ship.

LONDON, June 22.-Latcr reports
concerning the collision of the two
British lag-ships Camperdown and
Victoria confirm the appalling news
first sent out. Fhc two ships were
maneuyering oTfripoli, a seaport town
on the eastern Mediterranean coast.
The Campcrdown ran into the Victo-
ria, tearing a great hole in her side,
and she went down in fifteen minutes
in eighteen fathoms Of water
The loss of life was not less than
400 Of the officers and crew of the Vic
toria who went down with their ship.
The Victoria was a tWn-Screw bat
tle-ship Of IO,4I0 tons and 1900
horsepower She mounted fifteen
guns. The Camperdown is als0a first
class twin-scrcw battlc-Ship. She is
OF 10000 tons and il, 800 horsepower
and carries ten guns. Admiral Sir
George IryCn was commandments
of the Mediterranean station. He
was made yicc-admiral August 20,
1893
As soon as the officers of the Yicto-
tia saw there was danger of their ship
laundering orders were given to close
tile n-buliIheadS, in order to
keep the water in the compartment
into which the Camperdown had
showed her ram. The sailors tried to
obey the order, but the ship was max
ing water too fast to allow Of closing
the bulkheads, and while the men
were still trying TO shut them the
vessel, with her immense guns and
heavy tOp-hammer, turned over and
carried them down.
The complement Of officers and
crew Of tile Victoria comprised 600
men
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-06-29
THE CYCLONES.
The Latest News from Missouri, Kansas
and Georgia.

MACON, Mo, June 23.-The latest
reports bring even more distressing
news from Wednesdays cyclone.
While the loss of life was not great
the destruction of crops in the path
of the storm is complete, and the
damage to property is great.
TOPEKA, June 23.-The deaths
from Wednesdays cyclone is now
placed at fifteen. One victim was
found with his body cut in two, and
the body of a child minus its head.
The forests were leveled and build
ings demolished all along the path Of
the cyclone.
ATLANTA, June 23.-The latest re-
ports from Yesterdays cyclone is that
its track extended a distance of fifty
miles. Nearly everything in its path
was destroyed or greatly damaged.
The town of Dallas was wiped out, Sc
riously injuring number of people,
but no fatalities are reported. The
prOperty loss will be heavy.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-06-29
TALKS SOME MORE.
Says that He Proposes to Turn States
Evidence.

a SENTINEL representative had
an JtheI talkwith Peter DeGrafl in the
evening.
A copy of THE SENTINEL, contain
ing d report of the arrest, interview
and review of the crime, was given
him by the man of news.
Peter accepted the paper with
thanks. He proceeded to talk freer
than ever. He said he felt confident
that he would come clear when tried.
If theybind me over to court without
sufficient evidence l propose to turn
States evidence and make somebody
suffer for it, said the prisoner.
THAT means then that you know
who committed the crime" said the
reporter.
This was rather a puzZler for De
Graft. He answered., however, by
saying that he did not know who the
guilty party was, but that he would sue
the town or county for false imprison-
ment. He added that he meant to
make sOnlebndy sorry if he was bound
over 10 court and then come clear.
'N hen was the last time you saw
Ellen Smith :" queried the reporter.
son Sunday before the Wednesday
she was ki;:e!. | was with her that
evening. | went to where she was
living late the same Wednesday even
ing and asked to see her. / was told
that she was not at home. At that
time / did not know she was dead.
Were ] guilty of the crime | tell you
that l never would have come back
home after / had such good start"
when the officers were looking for
me after the murder said DeGraff,
II was prepared to keep a watch on
them. | had spy-glass with which
| could tell a man half a mile away
/ rode in the wagon with B. F. Hanes'
driver to and from town several
times. When | would see the officers
coming | would get out and go out in
the woods"
DeGraff, it is said, does not tell the
same story to everybody that goes to
see him. He asks nearly every visitor
| for their opinion as to his future des-
| tiEy-whether he would be hung or
come clear. When he questioned the
| chief-of-police the latter replied that
he (DeGraff) was too little to be hung,
that an electric chair would be brought
| here, by which means the prisoner
would go to the other world so quick
that he would never know it.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-06-29
AFTER MANY YEARS.
A Couple Once Separated by Quarrel
Become United.


Become United.
Correspondence of the Sentinel.
ELKIN, n. c., June 20.-Farmers
are busily engaged this week harvest
ing. The wheat crop through this
section is generally good.
Married, on the 10Th instant, at the
residence of II. f. Boney, Esq, Mr.. A.
p. Turner, of Palatka, Fla, and Miss
Anna Morfisey, of Goldsboro. n. c..
Rev. @. W. Robinson, of Winston, Of
ficiating.
This marriage smacks somewhat of
romance. This couple were lovers in
their young days, but ''IOvers' quar-
rel" caused them to drift apart. The
groom married and went to Florida
where he lived many years, finally
losing his wife by death. The lady
remained single all these years, and
now the wheel of time in its rcy0lu-
tions, brings these two, together
again, all the past is buried, and hand
in hand they resolve to travel the
balance of life's Journey as one.
Miss Clyde Worth and Miss Baker,
of Ashe county, are visiting at Mr.. I.
j. LillardS.
Miss Anna Dobbins, of Watauga
county, is visiting Miss Eta Ring.
Mr.. Paul and Miss Eta Ring, Mr..
W. A. Ring and Miss Bertha Bell and
Mr. Van Poindexter and Miss Sallie
Gwyn went to the Roaring Gap Hotel
on the 18th. They report gay time,
and also that the work on the hotel is
being pushed towards completion as
rapidly as possible.
Mrs. Galloway gave her pupils a
cake and ice cream supper on the 18th
instant.
Messrs. r. L. Hubbard and G. T.
Roth started yesterday on an extend
ed trip to northern cities. Mr.. Hub
bard viii take a better half: and visit
the Worlds Fair before he returns.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-06-29
WIND, LIGHTNING, POISON
These Three Destructive Agents Find
Many Victims.
rW ENTY DEAD, OTHERS WOUNDED.
A Cyclone in Eastern Kansas Kills
Sixteen People and Seriously In
Jures Many More-Three Victims in
Missouri, and Great Destruction of
PrOperty

PALCo, Kansas, June 22.-One of
the most fatal and destructive cy-
clones ever known in this section
passed through Eastern Kansas last
night. The path of the storm is half
a mile wide and six miles in length.
and not house, tree or barn is left
standing in its track. Even the grass
and vegetation is literally torn out of
the ground, and ufences, trees and
houses scattered in all directions.
So far eleven bodies have been found.
and five more persons are known to
have been killed. Three others are
fatally injured, and many are serious
IIy hurt, some of them being frlghtful-
ly mangled.
CONCEPTION. Mo-, June pa ter
rifle cyclone struck this city last
night, the wind blowing eighty miles
an hour. Three persons were killed
and large number injured some Of
them probably fatally. The Benedic-
tine Monastery, twenty houses and
several barns were wrecked, and the
railroad depot unrCofed The los.
will be heavy
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-06-29

MISS BROADWAY ELECTED
4 Member ofthe Faculty of the State
Normal and Industrial School.

Miss Maude f. Broadway, Win
ston lady, has been elected director of
the gymnasium in the State Normal
and Industrial School at Greensboro.
Miss Broadway is graduate of Sa
lem Female Academy and of the State
Normal and Industrial School, she
having been a member of the class
which graduated in May. She has
also attended schools of physical cul-
ture in New York, and will spend a
part of her vacation in similar work
in Chicago. She has had several years
experience as a teacher in the Win
ston graded schools, and during the
past year, in connection with her
work in The Normal School, she as
sisted DR.. Biting in the physical cul-
turc work.
The next session of the State Nor
NAL will open on October 3rd.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-06-29

a Co!orod Woman Discovered in Time
to Save Her Life

Mr.. Leroy Tise returned Saturday
from a business trip to Davidson
county. While away he was told of a
remarkable incident.
A few days ago two men were fish
ing below the Holland mill dam, not
far from the Forsyth line. In looking
up at the mill the fishermen. to their
surprise, discovered d colored woman
going around on the turbine water
wheel. They Immediately notified
the miller who stopped operation at
peared to be insane. After working
and talking with her awhile, however,
she began to talk with some sense.
She said she had been on the wheel
two or three days and was very hun
CRY. When food was brought to her
she ate very rayenOuSly.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-06-29
SALARIES RECEIVED
By the Collector, District Attorney and
Marshal.

The collectorship of the western
district of North Carolina is worth
81, 500 per annum. The collector has
a salary of So, 800 and is allowed COM
missions toythe amount of 81 900 per
year on cancelled stamps. The dis
trict attorney and marshal are paid
in fees and are allowed to make So, 600
per year. Any excess over this amount
they must turn into tie Treasury, as
must the collector any commission in
excess of $1,000. During no year of
the four that they were each in office
did District Attorney Price or Mar
shall Glenn fail to make his So, 600 and
turn a balance into the Treasury
Truly, these three are very nice places.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-06-29
STORY OF THE CRIME
AS Printed In The Sentinel the Day
After the Murder.

The following is a condensed report
of the crime for which DeGraff stands
charged, as taken from THE DAILY
SENTINEL of July 21, 1892:
Ellen Smith was murdered between
the hours of three o'clock yesterday
afternoon and eight this morn
ing, in a lonely piece of
woods about half mile back of the
new hotel.
She was first discovered by a colored
woman named Hattie Pratt, who is
employed in the laundry at the Tin
zendorf. Hattie told the following
story to SENTINEL reporter:
..As | was going over to the spring
(which is situated several hundred
yards back of the hoteD yesterday, I
met a young white man dressed in a
solid brown suit of clothes, with d
black derby hat on. / don't remem-
Der whether he had any beard or wllis-
kers. He told me there was a woman
dead down there in the woods. said
No; j guess she is asleep He said
she was dead, and said for me TO go
and see, and / told him if he would go
with me would.
Then we went down and / saw a
white apron hanging on bush, and a
few yards behind it woman's feet,
which were turned towards me. I
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-06-29
THE BLACK DEVILS.
Hanging is Too Good for Such Hum an
Fiends.

MACON, Ca, June PA special to
The Telegraph from Irwinton, WIZ
kinson county, says that on Sunday
afternoon a young lazy, daughter of a
farmer in that section, was decoyed
from her house by a negro and taken
away into a dense swamp and there
held captive till this afternoon, when
a searching party found her more dead
than alive and suffering from brutal
treatment at the hands of the negro.
1t is supposed that other negroes were
concerned in the outrage. A posse of
citizens is hot on his trail and if cap
tured the negro will be lynched.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-06-29
Davidson Dots.
patch, 2Ist.

From the Lexington Dispatch, 2lst.
Work on Mr.. w. E. Hollis new cot
ton factory is progressing slowly on
account Of so much rain for the past
week
While out riding Sunday evening
Mr.. 7. "A. Peacock had the misfortune
to get his arm broken. His horse ran
away and threw him out Of the buggy.
Mrs. Harrison, of the Cotton Mills,
died last Saturday morning and was
taken to Randleman for burial.
Mrs. Martha AddertOn had d bed Of
onions dug Tuesday, and out of twelve
rows thirty feet long she gathered fl
teen bushels.
On last Monday morning notice was
served on the weayers in w. n. Holt's
cotton factory here that "a reduction
of two cents on a cut would be made
in their wages. The weavers worked
on until dinner time when all of them
quit and refused TO go back to work.
On Tuesday morning. however, the
employees consented to the reduction
and went back to work.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-06-29
VanderbiIt's Game Preserve.

AsHEvILLE, n. c., June 21.-Geo.
w. Vanderbilt has just concluded
the purchase Of 10000 acres of land in
the "Pinll beds section" of Henderson
and Pennsylvania counties, N. G..
The purpose ef the purchase is to
make one of the finest game preserves
in the world. Game keepers are al
been torn down. The property is only
a few miles from the Vanderbilt resi-
dence heI'e.