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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-25
WINSTON DEMOCRACY
TWO EARNEST AND VIGOROUS
SPEECHES FRIDAY NIGHT.
Union Republican on Account of
Its Numerous Ealsehoods.

Union Republican on Account of
Its Numerous FaIsehoods.
The Winston Democratic Club met
at it's quarters, in the Municipal
building. Friday night, and was pre-
sided over by Vice-President r. D.
Johnston.
The principal object of the meeting
was to hear speeches from Judge
Thomas J. Wilson and Mr.. J. G. Bux-
ton, who had been requested to speak
at this time.
Judge Wilson recounted some of the
terrible deeds of the Republican
party when it was in power in North
Carolina and portrayed the import
ance of preventing the return of this
party to the conduct Of our State and
county affairs.
Mr. Buxton's speech was very earn
est and enthusiastic. He took occa-
sion to pay his respects to the Union
Republican and, referring to its
numerous false statements, said we
see what pack of liars we have to
contend with when we read that
paper. Speaking of the Republicans
assertion that the Club met with
locked doors, Mr.. Buxton said it was
false and the editor knew it was false.
He was trying to deceive somebody
bnt his character during political
campaigns was so well known he
would hardly deceive anybody.
Mr.. Buxton touched upon the Third
ward article in the Republican. He
said the editor wrote what he knew
was false, deliberately and wilfully,
and that such man was not fit to un-
dertake to tell these people how they
should vote.
The speaker said the Democrats do
not want any fraud, have never been
guilty of any, but they propose to do
their duty and will not be scared from
the track by lies.
The speaker next showed how COM
pletely the charge of fraud against
the Salem registrar had been refuted.
He said they lied about this and it
was only part and parcel of their
system to drive men from their duty,
but they will find that they have men
and not towards to contend with.
Mr.. Buxton then gave some logical
reasons for the hard times. But we
will not follow him further. The
Club was so well pleased with their
speeches that Messrs. Wilson and
Buxton were requested to repeat
them at the Opera House on Satur-
day night of next week. when all our
people will have an opportunity to
hear them.
At the close of Mr.. Buxton's speech,
in response to calls, Mr.. J. S. Grogan
made some very earnest remarks upon
the Importance of the present elec
tiOn.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-25
A BOLD THIEF.
Picked Up a Pair of Shoes at Reid S
Store.


Store.
From Daily Sentinel, Oct. 1877
A bout O'Clock last evening three
negroes walked into the store of d. S.
streets, and engaged the clerks in con-
versation, as if they intended making
some purchases. Mr.. Crawford, one of
the clerks, noticed suspicious actions
en- the part of the negroes and walked
to the front of the store to watch
them. Looking back toward the rear
OF the store, be was just in time to see
one of the negroes reach over and take
a pair of shoes from the case.
Mr.. Crawford walked toward the
negro, when the latter stopped behind
the stove and wrapped the shoes in
his overcuat, which he carried on his
arm. Mr.. Crawford took the negro by
the arm and asked him for the shoes
The negro asked him what he meant
Mr.. Crawford repeated that he wanted
the shoes, whereupon the negro drew
pistol. Mr.. Crawford lodged and
released his hold upon the thief. The
negro then ran out of the store. Mr..
VIII Reid came up at this juncture
and started after the negro, who ran
to Church street, just back of the
OrinOcO Warehouse, where he met a
young Mr.. Shore, of Salem, who, in re-
SpOnse to Mr.. Reid's calls, headed
the negro, and pushed him SO close
that he dropped his bundle containing
the shoes, fired his pistol at his pur-
suers, and took to his heels. Mr.. Reid
secured the shoes and the negro's coat
and also close body coat, but the
thief escaped.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-25
MORE LIES NAILED.
GOslen's Criticisms of Mr.. Buxton 8
Speech-Only One Truth Told.
To the Editors of the Sentinsl.I

GOslen'S Criticisms OF Mr. Buxton
Speech-OnIy One Truth Told.
To the Editors of the sentinel.l
In Mr.. Goslen's criticisms of Mr..
Buxton's speech he tells one truth and
only one. / was a 'pOll-holder" in the
Third ward two years ago. MI. BuX-
ton acted as registrar for the space of
fifteen minutes-not longer. Not
more than four or five votes were poll
ed while he was acting In that ca
pacity.
AS regards the ballots being opened
to give the challengers a chance to see
whether they were Republicans or
not, is an absurd falsehood. AS a
matter of fact the ballots were all
handed in open and pinned together,
and four-f1fthS of the ballots challeng-
ed were never in my hands at all. Mr.,
Jack Hopper, one of the Republican
judges, told me on the night of the
election that l had conducted my part
of the duties as one of the judges of
the election honestly and fairly and
has told me so on various occasions
since the election. Mr.. Hopper is a
gentleman of character and will say
the same today.
The man from whom the editor of
the Republican got his information
is either ignorant of what he is talk
ing about or wilfully misrepresenting
facts, / don't know which, but / am
inclined to the latter opinion.
Respectfully,
j. M. WILSON.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-25
81 WINTER IN WASHINGTON"
The Recital by Miss Beard, at the
Opera Houss Last Week.

The Recital by Miss Beard, at the
Opera Houss Last Week.
From Daily Sentinel, Oct. III
Miss Lura Beard, of Kernersville,
scored a success last night, at the
Opera House, by her recital of
GA Winter in Washington, :"
and was greeted by fairly large audi
ence. The recital is largely Miss
Boards own conception and is so clev-
erly constructed as to afford opportu-
nifty for portrayal of the authors
versatility as an elocuticnist. A gen.
tleman who has witnessed many per-
formances remarked to us this morn
ing that last nights entertainment
was the most thoroughly pleasing
that he had attended in our city and
that some of Miss Boards work was
the finest he had ever seen by an anna
teur.
Miss Beard possesses several requi-
sites to success-she has marked tai
ent, self-conf1dence. grace and ambi-
tion, and when she has received the
further training which she contem-
plates, success in her chosen profess
sion will be within her reach.
Miss Beard was assisted last night
by the Verdi Quartette, whose selec-
tions were greatly enjoyed by the au.
dience.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-25
Judge Reade Dead.

We learn from the Raleigh News &
Observer that Judge Edwin G. Reade
died in that city on the 18th instant,
in his S5th year. That paper says his
had been long and eventful life. and
he had filled many important positions
within the gift of the people. He was
pose and knowledge of men as well as
of books.
Judge Reade was born in Person
county, at Mt Tirzah, where now his
brother and all his nephews and nieces
live. Every one owns farm of his
or her own, as a gift from the late
Judge, all within the calling of Mt.
TirZah Methodist church bell, and the
bell of the little school, built and kept
up by the dead jurist and banker.
Judge Reade served in Congress, as
Solicitor, as Superior and Supreme
Court Judge.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-25
BUSINESS CONDITIONS.
Leading Features Show Continued
Moderate Improvement.

Moderate Improvement.
NEW YORK Oct. 2O-Bradstreet
says: With few exceptions the lead
ing features of the business situation
this week have been those of continued
moderate improvement, although the
total volume of business, so far as in
dicated by bank-clearings throughout
the country, will require considerable
expansion to compare favorably with
corresponding totals two years ago.
AS serious as any other decrease is
that in cotton, The feature of trade
South this week being a check to pur-
chaSeS by interior merchants for
spring delivery and slower mercantile
collections, due to lower prices for cot
ton. AT four Southern cities general
trade is reported to have shown some
improvements: Memphis, Jacksonville,
New Orleans and Galveston, but at
Savannah, Augusta, Atlanta and
Nashville increased cotton receipts
and lower prices have had an unfavor-
able influence. At Charleston, Chat
tanOoga and Birmingham business has
been quiet.
Dun says: The failures in October
thus far have been quite moderate in
strictly commercial lines, the liabili-
ties amounting to So, S21 1897, of which
81, 1913 626 were of manufacturing, and
81, 996, 636 of trading concerns. Some
failures of banking, Investment and
loan concerns not here included, have
not proved Of general Importance
During the past week the failures
have been 253 in the United States
against BAL last year, and 43 in Canada
against 20 last year.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-25

A Fight Narrowly Ayerted-Nobod!
Hurt,

At one time it looked like there
would be little war at Kernersville
Friday. Mr.. Jones charged Line
back with helping to nominate John
Brewer for Congress few years ago
and then voted or worked against
him at the election. Lineback dis
puted Mr.. jones' word and the latter
threatened to strike him if he did not
modify his statement. Lineback did
this but fellow named Morris ran up
and told Lineback to stick to what
he said. Jailer Ziglar took hold of
Morris and told him to stand bach and
let Mr. Jones and Lineback settle
their difficulty. BY this time consid-
cradle excitement prevailed. Sheriff
Macarthur went up to quiet the dis
turbance. He took hold of Morris
but his friends claimed that he could
or should not be arrested. The Sher-
if drew his pistol and gave them to
understand that he meant business.
This put a ''quietus" on Morris and
his friends.
Mr.. j. G. Kerner (Reubin Rink had
a warrant issued for Jailer Ziglar, say
ing that he struck Morris. The case
was tried before Mayor Shore (Repub-
lcan) who fined Mr.. Ziglar So 90. The
latter took an appeal. He says that
he did not strike Morris.
The speaking went on without any
further disturbance.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-25
AND LINEBACK CRIED.
MR. JONES CALLS ELLIS A TO
BACCO "PIN-HOOKER"
Lineback Has Said That the Republi-
can Party Was Rotten to he
Core''-SpeakiDg at Beeson's.

The county canvass is warming up.
Edgar Lineback shed tears Thursday
| when Mr.. Hunter got after him about
denying that he was preacher. Ed
gar said that he knew the way home
and threatened to go there if they did
not quit 'steasing" him. Mr.. Jones
called Ellis ''pin-hooker." The lat
ter got little angry but he quieted
down without doing any damage.
The candidates spoke at Kernersville
today. They will be at Crawford
Marshall's tomorrow.
TIE SENTINEL's Kernersville cor
respondent attended the speaking
Thursday. He writes as follows about
the I'd ebaters:''
The crowd assembled by 10 o'clock.
The county candidates made their an
nouncements. Then came confu-
sion, brought about by Ellis, who
claimed that he had the right to say
who should speak first Jones or Hunter
This wrangle lasted about one hour.
Members of Ellis own party told him
he was s'off his base" / heard one
Republican say he'd be ID If he
would give way to such fool as Ellis.
Lineback finally opened. Then came
the Pops, followed by Ellis. Mr.. E. b.
Jones came last and he took the hair
and started the skin. He showed that
old man Ellis didn't vote two years
ago: that he forgot to register. Jones
told the people if Ellis was elected he
would forget to go to Raleigh. He
accused Lineback of saying in a speech
two years ago, that the Republican
party was rotten to the core" This
was said in an Alliance or Third party
speech, and proved by man who
heard Lineback say it.
a very prominent Republican of
that township told me that those
facts looked mighty bad on Ellis and
Lneback. Mr.. Jones told the Repub-
licans that they had as well vote for
him as such men -One not voting two
two years ago and the other saying
their party was rotten to the core;
that he (Jones) was a solid good Dem
ocrat, but that he thought the Repub-
licaus were wrong. To this John
Tucker answered, "Out we Republi-
cans don't believe we are wrong"
Mr.. Jones said, s'nor you don't believe
you are rotten either, do you ?" No,
said Mr. Tucker, as he laughed and
dropped back.
The Republicans seemed torn all to
pieces over such men as Ellis and
Lineback, and the whole was Demo
cratic victory in a strongly Republi-
can township.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-25
THE INCOME TAX.
Burdens Lifted from Necessities and
Placed Upon Wealth.

Placed Upon Wealth.
From VIE President Stevenson's Speech a
Lincoln, Illinois.
1.-The duty of the Democratic Con-
gress when it came into power, to
provide the necessary revenues with
which to meet the current expenses
of the government, was Imperative.
How could this be done? Either by
continuing or possibly increasing to
the people the cost of the necessaries
of life by tariff taxation, or by i'm
posing a moderate tax upon the
earnings of the wealth of the coun-
try. The Democratic party was
solemnly pledged to the reduction of
taxation upon the necessaries of life.
This pledge could be made good, and
sufficient governmental revenues at
the same time secured, only by the
imposition of the tax | have indi-
Gated. just in proportion as the
burdens of taxation were removed
from the shoulders of the poor, they
were to rest upon those more able to
bear them. A Democratic Congress
removed the tax wholly from salt,
from lumber, from binding twine,
from agricultural implements, and
greatly reduced the tax upon cotton
and woolen goods, and other articles
of daily use. How was this to be
made good to the Treasury? A
Democratic Congress thought it wise
to do SO by a tax upon annual in
comes exceeding four thousand dol
lars
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-25

A SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
THE Y. NJ G, A. ENTERTAINMENT
FRIDAY:NIGHT.
The Opening Number of the Winters
Course = Preparations for the
Members Annual Meeting

Course = Preparations for the
Members Annual Meeting.
The opening number of the mem
ber's entertainment course in the
Academy chapel Friday night was
great success. The audience Of young
ladies and young gentlemen, mainly,
was as f1ne one as could be gotten
together in the two cities and made a
sight long to be remembered. Chair
mar W. Z. Spaugh gave the opening
announcements as to the mum Der and
character of the events aud urged the
members to induce other men to join
to get the advantage of these excellent
entertainments.
Miss Amy Van Week then opened
the program with> a most beautifully
rendered classical selection which was
well received. Mrs. Henry Fries sang
soprano solo with clarinet obligato
by Mr.. w. j. Peterson, with such
splendid effect that the audience de-
manded an encore in the way of d
sprightly sentimental ballad.
Bishop Rondthaler's lecture was al
most beyond description in its beauty
and simplicity. He took his audience
at once into his sympathy by descrlb-
ing his own views and experiences of
the varied metropolitan life of Paris
and the grand and impressive build
ings and works of art.
Mr.. Walter Hege ably managed the
large stereopticon which threw the
numerous pictures upon the large can
vass screen.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-25
ON WITH THE CAMPAIGN.
Signs of Better Times Aiding tho
Democratic Causes

w WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.-One Of the
greatest helps to the Democratic
cause is the returning prosperity,
signs of which are evident throughout
the country. Ever day reports are re
ceived at the headquarters of the
Democratic congressional committee
that times are improving in different
sections of the country: that men
heretofore out of employment are Sc
curing employment; that notwith-
standing the low price of wheat, an
increased acreage Of wheat has been
sOwn, because of the belief that there
will be wider range for American
cereals; that merchants are laying in
their stocks of goods, and that mills
which have been shut down for sever
al months are again in operation.
This is gratifying news, and is bring
ing about more efficient and more sat-
isfactory results than any other cause.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-25
OUR SUPREME COURT.
High Character of the Justices-The
mon Partisan Cry.

mon Partisan" Cry.
From the Chatham Record
No State in the American Union
can boast of four more upright and
learned judges than James E. Shep-
herd, James c. McRae, Walter Clark
and Armistead Burwell. They are
not only upright and learned judges,
but they are all Christian gentlemen
of the highest personal character.
Every one of them is a consistent
member of some church and a de-
vout believer in the Christian reli-
gion. They are all models of pro-
priety in every relation of life, and
they may well be held up to the
youths of our State as exemplars,
worthy of their emulation.
Then why should not these Chris
tian gentlemen and upright Judges
be retained in their high offices,
which they have heretofore filled so
very acceptably? What have they,
or any one of them, done to deserve
dismissal from the Supreme Court
bench? We defy any man to point
to any case in which they have failed
to do their duty impartiaIly 1t is
true they were Democratic citizens
before their election, but is that a
crime in North Carolina? Must that
now disqualify them for their bigh
judicial offices?
But the Populists and Republicans
say they want mon partisan jus
dietary" Well, if they do, if they
are sincere, they will certainly vote
for and re-elect the present incum-
bents-the Democratic nominees.
They surely cannot vote for such
partisans-such politicians-as Fair
cloth and Furches
No one of the Democratic nominees
for the Supreme Court has ever been
candidate for any State political
office, while Faircloth and Furches
both have been, the former having
been the Republican candidate for
Governor in 1892. And now, old
Democrats who have abandoned
their party and joined the Populists,
are called upon to vote for thef old
Republican politicians in order to
have mon partisan judiciary
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-25
nIoonsbiner Captured.

Frank Cardwell, the Stokes moon
sinner, charged with shooting Reve-
nue. Officer Lewis, while he and other
officers were cutting up some stills in
the Northern part of Stokes, last
summer, was captured and lodged in
Jail at Danbury few days ago. The
officers captured another moonshiner
named Williams, but he concluded the
Danbury jail was not nice place to
spend the winter, so he left his cap
tors amid a shower of bullets and AS.
The lead, however, failed to persuade
him to come back, says the Reporter.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-25
The Murderers Captured.
From the Raleigh Visitor

From the Raleigh Visitor.l
Mention was made few days ago of
the offer of a reward of $500, by Gov.
Carr, payable upon conviction of 1.-THE
persons who murdered Mr.. James
Brown, superintendent of the Long
Island cotton mills, in Catawba coun-
ty. Brown was assasSinated at night
in his store by burglars. Detectives
have been at work on the case. Elan
Jersey was arrested and confessed that
he and Thomas CoVington committed
the crime. Jersey is an employee in
the mills and Covington the son of a
foreman in the mills. Both have been
taken to Newton and jailed, to save
them from lynching. For a year the
murderers had been plundering
Browns store. Covington did the
shooting.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-25
SENATORIAL PRIMARIES
70 be Held in GuiIford County in De
Cember.

To be Held in GuiIford County in De
cember.
The matter of holding primaries for
U. S. Senators in Guilford county was
decided on. n.OctOber 10th at meet
ing of the committee, attended by all
the candidates, and it was the unani-
nous opinion that the people should
have voice in their selection at an
election to be held on the first Tues
day in December.
The Record says the candidates
pledged themselves to abide by the
action of the voters of the county-no
matter who shall be their preference.
1t was placed in December in defer
ence to the wishes of a number, we
might say all, of those who are in ia
vor of primaries, for the reason that
to hold it on the day of the general
election would probably cause great
confusion and there is also doubt
about the power to hold it in the same
room, there being no State or Nation
al law on the subject.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-25
The Rothschilds' Cigars.

The Rothschilds smoke the most
costly cigars that are made-the
"Henry Clay Sobranos," which cost
nearly five shillings They are wrap
ped in gold leaf and packed in little
inlaid cedar-wood cabinets. These
millionaire princes buy three cabinets
at time, containing $4,000 cigars,
20, 900 Havanas, and one kind origi-
nally made for Marshal Prim as a
present for Napoleon Ill, at cost of
80, 900 francs. Each cigar was tipped
with gold at each end and stamped
with the imperial n in gold.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-25
Our State Men In the Navy.

New York Herald it is stated that
Captain S. G. Lemly, Judge Adyo
cate General of the Navy, has return
ed from New Orleans, where he COM
pleted the purchase of lands for the
new dry dock to be established there.
He paid S47, 900 for the Site" Capt.
Lemly is native of Salem. The same
paper also states that Ensign S. e..
Kittelle has been ordered to the Naval
Intelligence Bureau. Ensign Kittelle
is son of Mr.. George w. Kittelle, of
Hotel Phoenix, this city.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-25
Original Observations.

From the Orange, Va, Observer
He who knows nothing can create
the same.
The independent man is often in de-
pendent circumstances.
Brass boldly enters where modesty
dare not pull the door bell.
Experience is the cream of life-but
it often sours with age.
The borrower of trouble never grum-
bles at the usurious rate of interest.
The ways of Providence are no more
mysterious than the weighs of a ton
of coal.
Eyes lighted by laughter, are the
sparkling stars that make the very
gloom of earth's night a glory.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-25
A Salem Man Economics.

The Elkin correspondent of the
Charlotte Observer says: A Salem
man was courting an Elkin girl. They
wanted to get married. A marriage
license in Forsyth cost s. so; in SuIry
So. Dobson, where the licenses are
procured, is 16 miles distant and it
cost 81 to get conveyance to go
there. So this Salem fellow came up
to Elkin Monday and carried his girl
there to get married, thereby saving
So so. He will no doubt succeed in
life, as he has begun to practice econo-
nv so early.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-25
National Crusade Against Gambling.

An international anti-gambling as
sociation has been Incorporated under
the laws of Illinois and with head
quarters in Chicago. The incorpora-
tors are Edward f. Goff, the Rev. VIM.
G. Clarke and Thomas FL. McCauley,
all of whom have hitherto taken
active parts in moral reforms. The
board of managers includes Miss
Frances e. Willard, Miss Ada G.
Sweet, w. j. Onahan, DR.. Sarah
and others. The organization is the
outgrowth of the anti-gambling cru
sade in Chicago, and the purpose is to
enlist lecturers and otherwise excite
and crystaliZe public sentiment
throughout the country against gam
bling.