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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-03-01

American Economist: Let us inst take
a look into the egg basket. Good eggs.
fresh from the farm, have been selling
during the last three or four years. until
the tear of Free Trade recently settled up
on the country. for much more money
than they brought five and ten years ago.
There was reason for this, and farmers
should ponder over the reason. The
Free-Trade people say that farmers have
not received any Protection from the Nc
Kinley tariff, We say they have, and we
are going to show the farmers how they
were protected, why there was better de
mand for their eggs and why they sold for
higher prices
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-03-01
THE EMBLEM OF MERCY

Red Cross Liniment Is enblematlcal Of
the society whose name it bears. II goes
into all parts Of the world, alleviating suf-
fering and ministering to the distressed
The cross is most suggestive for it is sym
bolical of that ardor and zeal which should
actuate all who are engaged in the noble
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-03-01
Notice Of Second Meeting.
STATE OF MAINE.

SOMERSET, SIS. Court of Insolvency.
In the case of Lousia NJ. Taylor of Skowhe-
gan in said county, 1nsolvent Debtor.
This is to give notice that pursuant to an
order of Court, therefor, second meeting OF
the Creditors of said Insolvent Debtor will be
held at the Probate Court Room, Skowhegan,
in said County. on Tuesday, the 18th day OF
Mar. A. D., 1884, lat one clock in the afternoon
ArrEsT:-NATHAN FOWLER,
Register OF said Court. 2wS
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-03-01
Fer Sale.

House and stable, with Ia acres land, sit
uated on Main street, Ia mile south of First
Baptist Church House | Ia stories, in gooe
repair, city water. Stable room for three
horses Price $500. Apply to George wymaI
Hyde Park, Mass, or to Fred o. Eaton OF
Sewall ". Smith. Skowhegar l3tf.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-03-01

The idea that clover will not grow
well ON II newly turned clover sod comes
from the experience of farmers in wheat
growing sections. where the clover sod
il plowed in the fall, seeded with wheat
and then with clover again in the spring.
In such case the mechanical condition of
the soil is not right for the seed after it
terminates so ms TO allow the young
plant to get firmly rooted. A sod plowed
in the fall does not rot much until
spring. especially if little green heritage
is turned under. 1t holds the furrow
up and makes the land peculiarly light
and porous.
When clover seed is sown late i'll win
ter or early in spring, it terminates well
and begins to catch hold of the soil with
its roots. The farmer thinks as he sees
a thick seeding of clover early in spring
that he will have good catch. But the
unrotted sod let's air III under the clover
roots, and if there comes dry time the
clover, having little hold on the soil, per-
ishes Besides if there are hollows I'M
der the furrow these are closed up when
the sod begins to rot, the sod falls down
and leaves the clover roots broken and
exposed. Tie American Cultivator says,
1--WE have seen many cases where the
failure of clover was distinctly traceable
to this cause
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-03-01

Halls Hair Remover renders the hair lus
trous and silken. gives IT an even color and
enables women to put it up in great variety
of styles.
Gray. .".pllington dresses pretty p, vel
Wonder il he earns much money BLACK.
Mo- but he has a big salary
"I'ye tried all sorts of blood purifiers said
an old lady to a "cutter." and you can't per,
suade me that any other Sarsaprilla Is as good
as Ayers There's where she had him. she
knew that Ayers was the best-and so did he,
but il paid him better to sell cheaper brand.
Eve was n very unfortunate woman"
"why?" because she never had an opppor-
tunity TO attend bargain sale
People with delicate stomachs find Ayers
Sarsaparila agreeable to the taste, and, there
fore, prefer it as blood purifier to any other.
This is one reason for its great popularity as a
spring and family medicine safe certain.
and palatable.
"Doctor, have a frightful cold in the head
What shall take for it?" Doctor tafter re
hecton). "a handkerchief
Facts Worth Knowing.
In all diseases of the nasal mucous mem
brane the remedy used must be non.irritatlng.
Nothing satisfactory can be accomplished with
douches, snuffs. powders or astringents' pc
cause they are Irritating. do not thoroughly
reach the affected surfaces and should be
abandoned as worse than failures. A multi
tude of persons who had for years borne all
the worry and pain that catarrh can inflct
testify to radical and permanent cures
wrought by Ely's Cream Balm. Your druggist
has it.
Binkers, ~ don't see how ySn can laugh at at
would If you knew his pretty sister.
THE BLOOD is the source of
! health. Take Hoods Sarsaparilla to
keep it pure and rich. Be sure to get
HOODS sARsAPARILLA.
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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-06-07
BY COOPERATION.

THE SENTINEL believes that cot
ton mill ought to be built in or near
this city. 1t also believes that the
best plan to assure it's completion
this year or next is to start in now
and follow out the plan proposed by
Mr.. D. A. Tompins, of Charlotte, in
his article on "Co-operative Cotton
Mills" 1t is in the latest Manu-
facturers' Record and it is of such
Importance and interest to our
locality that we reproduce it entire {;
There has been developed at Char
lotte, N c., a plan for raising the
capital to build a cotton mill pecu-
liarly we'll adapted to regions where
accumulated capital is scant, but
where other conditions are favorable
to successful manufacturing Sub
scriptions are taken which are pay
able in small sums monthly through
a period of one, two or four years, as
may be decided by the organizers of
the company. The following gives
the weekly payments and the time it
takes to reach the par value of 500:
a. 81 per week per share equals 800 in
about one year.
(2) 81 per week per share equals 800 in
about two years.
(3) 80 cents per week per share equals 500
in about four years.
a. 25 cents per week per share equals 800
in about eight years.
Mills have been built near Char
lotte in which each of the amounts
above were paid 1t should go with
out saying that the quicker the
money can be paid in by a set OF
subscribers the better. The best way
of all would be to have the money
cash to start with. But the purpose
of this paper is to explain methods
by which money has been raised to
suit the resources of the ordinary
people in an ordinary town.
While the plans of one, two, four
and eight years have all been tried,
that one of fifty cents per week per
share has been found to be most
popular. The eight-year plan at
twenty five cents per week is too long,
and the ST and So per week plans
are too pressing to serve well the
purposes OF d people who have to
save the money as they make it in
order to contribute a subscription
to the capital stock of a cotton mill.
On the plan of fifty cents per share
per week the payments would be
about as follows:
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-06-07

The sums given would be the
amounts payable per month of four
weeks. For the calendar month each
of the payments would be a little
larger. One thousand shares at
500 each would make q capital of
100000.
This is sum that is ABOUT suffici-
ent to build a cotton mill having
about 5000 spindles, with looms
enough to weave the product from
this number of spindles. The cost of
the mill would vary according to the
kind of yarn or cloth to be made; the
quantity of cotton consumed would
also vary according to the fineness
of the product. and the number of
hands employed would also depend
upon what product was made.
Simply for thepurpose, however, of
giving some approximate idea to
those who are not at all conversant
with cotton manufacture, the follow
ing is given as a rough average of
data for a mill of 5 900 spindles and
100 looms:
Employees-men and boys 80
Women and girls 60
Payroll per week, about $3.50
~N~-ND
In North Carolina the products OF
the different mills vary greatly. At
Charlotte one mill makes warp yarns,
another skein yarns doubled and
twisted, another makes both warps
and skeins, another white cloth, an
other ginghams, another counter
panes and towels, another stockings
and knit goods. Those mills which
make colored goods must have dye
works.
If the subscriptions to the stock of
an instalment mill are made payable
at the rate of fifty cents per week per
share, and the capital subscribed was
100000, then in the first year the
amount paid in to the company's
treasury would be about $25 900.
With this money the buildings could
be built and paid for, leaving a sur
plus in the treasury. The buildings
would be a main building, engine
room, boiler-room and houses or
cottages for the hands to live in. In
some special cases, where the factory
was to be built in a city, these houses
might not be built, as the hands
could find board or houses to rent
nearby the factory in the city. Gen.
orally speaking, however, it is best
to put factory one to four miles
away from city, and let the COM
pany build and own the houses the
employees live in.
In Charlotte no house rent is
charged, the factories furnishing
houses free of rent. In some other
places rent is charged at the rate of
81 per room.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-06-07
LEES LAST SERENADE.
Mr.. E. b. Neave. an Eye Witness, His
Recollection of 1t.

From the Raleigh News-O bserver-C Chronicle
In your issue of Tuesday. the 22nd,
is an article purporting to give de-
scription of the serenade given to
Gen. Lee by the band of the Fourth
North Carolina Regiment, on the
night before the troops stacked arms,
and lett AppOmattcx for their homes,
and having been can eye witness" !
would like to have the privilege OF
making some amendents to said ar
ticle, as well as correcting some of its
statements.
The serenade took place about
O'Clock p. m. We were accompanied
bv a number OF the officers of the
brigade (Cox's) and on arriving at
Gen. Lees tent we played two pieces,
one of which was "When the Swal-
lows Homeward Fly" Gen. Lee
came to the door of his tent, and
after inquiring to whom he was in
debted for the music, thanked the
band and the officers for the compli
ment. He then said in substance !:
I'm the providence of God we have
been obliged to surrender to over
whelming numbers. 1t is not your
fault that we have been brought to
this for you have done your duty
nobly-and | don't think it has been
my fault; but there is an oyerruling
Providence that guides and controls
Us, aud we must submit. l might
have massed our troops and broken
through the enemy's lines, but it
would have been useless sacrifice of
life, and after consultation with my
generals we have chosen this as the
only proper course left us. And now
| have only one request to make go
home and make as good citizens as
you have made soldiers; this is all l
ask of YOU" While he spoke tears
were streaming down his cheeks, and
every person present was deeply
touched by his emotion. The Off,
and men then shook hands ~ iff3i
before he retired within. his tenn, q
then it was that he said, "God bIes5I
you, my boys, God bless you. Z
/ have thought that this episode
was worthy of being preserved, and
believing you will think SO send it
with the hope that you will give it
place in your paper.
E. B. NEAvE,
Leader Fourth N. C. Band.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-06-07
POPULAR ELECTION.

We recur to this again because we
deem it to be one of the most i'm
portant reforms to be accomplished
by the people. Electing United
States Senators by the people direct
~ is very popular and probably
twenty voters favor it where one is
opposed to it. The New York World
has this to say:
1t is announced that the State he
publican Convention i'll Michigan
will nominate, besides State officers,
two candidates for the United, States
Senate, one to succeed Senator
Mcmillan, whose term will expire
next March, and one for the remain
der of the term of the late Senator
Stockbridge.
Whether the State Democratic Con
yention will do the same thing we do
not know, but it would be wise to dc
SO. Until the Constitution of the
United States is amended this course
| is DIS near as we may come to the
election of United States Senators by
the people, and it really gives the
| people a voice in the matter.
AS long as the necessity of election
by the Legislature holds it is well tc
make the action of legislators. like
| that of members of the Electora
College, merely a formal registration
| of a decision made beforehand by
the people.
The idea which the makers of thu
Constitution had that Legislatures
would exercise q wiser discretion
than the people is no longer tenable
The people know their own business
| best.
The nomination by State conven
tions of party candidates for United
| States Senator will do away with {
vast amount of corruption and in
trigue. 1t will tend to secure ablel
men in the Senate. 1t will tend tt
the honesty and peace of the Legis
lature. 1t will give talent it's proper
| advantage over money.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-06-07
GUILFORD COUNTY.
Baseball Game-Personal and Local
Gossip.
Corresnondence of The Seminal

Baseball Game-Pers0nal and Loca
Gossip.
Correspondence of The Sentinel
SToKEsDALE, June 4.-Tbe Sum.
merfield base ball team came up last
Saturday and played a match game
with our boys. The score was 81 to
in favor of Stokesdale.
Miss Lizzie Taylor is visiting her
friend Miss Robertson at Bellows
Creek this week.
Mr. Ben Clark. and family, of Haw
River, are visiting relatives here.
Mrs Priddy and children returned
today from visit to friends and
relatives in Mt. Airy.
Mrs. j. Parish and little son, Ellie,
went to Greensboro Saturday to
visit her mother, Mrs. Cummings.
Messrs. j. M. McMichael and j. R.
Dwiggins went to Greensboro this
morning, to attend the meeting of
commissioners.
Messrs. J. W. and FL. L. Fry, of
Greensboro, and Mr.. Bailey, of New
York, passed here yesterday on a
special train going to Madison.
They returned here about 8 O'Clock
last evening and went from here to
Mt. Airy. FINS.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-06-07
GUILFORD COUNTY.
Local and Personal Gossip Gathered
| Stokesdale

Local and Personal Gossip Gathered
at Stokesdale.
Correspondence of the Sentinel
SToKEsDALE, May 29.-Quite a
crowd went to Oak Ridge commence
nent last Thursday from this part
of the country. The commencement
was success and was highly enjoyed
A lawn party was given by the
young people of Stokesdale last
Friday night on the lawn in front of
Mrs. Dwiggins boarding house which
was enjoyed very much. The re-
freshments were very nice.
Prof. Maralliotte, who was not
able to teach last week, is very much
better
DR.. C. ". Taylor, Mr.. w b. Gentry
and Others went to Greensboro yes
terday to be present at the Voss-
Pegram trial, but they returned to-
day with the report that the case
had been continued until next term
of court. Pegram did not appear,
and it is believed that he will not
stand trial
Miss Lille Pegram, of Winston,
visited relatives here last week and
returned home yesterday.
Croquet seems to be the leading
game here now FINS.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-06-07

Considering that subscriptions
were being paid regularly, and that
the buildings were all completed and
paid for at the end of about one
year, and that the company's income
was about $4,000 per month from
regular instalment payments on
subscriptions, then under these con-
ditions about 2, 500 spindles and ap
pertaining machinery could be
bought for good cash payment,
and the remainder pay able 81 600
to $4,000 per month. In about six
teen to eighteen months from the
time the first payments were made
the mill could be started up on about
| one-third to one-half it's capacity;
then the remainder of the machinery
could be added and started up from
time to time as the money continued
to come in by instalments.
1t ought not to be contemplated
| to pay any dividends until the stock
is paid in full. To attempt this
would really be attempting to pay
dividends on stock not yet paid up.
VIII CHI is unreasonable.
The president's salary, in case 81
such mill, is usually fixed at 5000
to 5000 per year, according to the
time he can give to the work of con
struction. The salary of the secre-
tary and treasurer is usually $40C
| to $3.50 per year. This officer must
| receive the money as the treasurer o
a building and loan association re
ceives itfrom the members. He must
pay all bills and look after the gen
eral business of the company.
The actual work of constructing
the mill can best be done by n pro-
fessional mill engineer, and if this
arrangement is made neither thu
president nor secretary and treasure
will have much responsibility unit
the mill is completed. Cotton mil
products are usually sold through
commission merchants.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-06-07
KERNERsvILLE ACADEMY.

commencement Exercises of This In
stitution In Progress.
Correspondence of the Sentinel.1
KERNERsvILLE, June IAN ele-
CANT program, frought with interest
and pleasure, greeted a packed house
ut the Academy last night. AS is
~ like occasions here not more
7fhe people who desired to
'he4, could get even standing
roof1f I'm she small hall. The songs
and Rotations were creditably rem
f1ered and gave evidence of careful
training and improvement of the tai
ents possessed by the students of the
school.
Prof. Willis has done a good work
here and the patrons of the school APP
preciate bis services and are proud
that in him they have an instructor
who is worthy of continued patronage
and deserves the plaudfts and cooper
alton of our citizens.
This is commencement day proper.
The sky is cloudless and already
pedestrians and equestrians are COM
ing in from all quarters. Visitors are
here from GuilfOrd. Winston and from
beyond the Yadkin. Among the
number we notice Prof. Browning. of
East Be nd. x. ".
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-06-07
COUNTY NEWS.
Crops Looking Well-Two Deaths-A
Mule Dead.

Crops Looking Well-Two Deaths-A
Mule Dead.
Correspondence of the Sentinel
LEwIsvILLE, June 5.-People in
this neighborhood are busy working
their crops, getting ready for har-
vest. Corn is looking very we'll and
wheat is good in the head. There
will be small crop of tobacco this
year.
Mr.. E. Fl. Wright lost a very fine
mule last week. 1t was taken sick in
Salem and carried to Mr.. McArthur's
for treatment, but died after being
brought home next day.
Miss Susie Wright, graduate of
Salem Female Academy, is at home.
There is Il good deal of sickness
here-mostly fiux.
Died, June End, little Paul. son of
z. T. and Ellen Mock, aged one year
and fifteen days.
Died, near Old Town, June 2nd, OF
typhus fever, Mr.. j. A. Childress
He Was buried at this place June 3rd.
Deceased was a good neighbor and
left a wife, one child and many
friends to mourn his demise.
Business is quite dull yet but ep.
pears to begetting better. J.L. W.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-06-07
NO RAIN AT CANA.

Wheat, Corn and Oats Looking Bad
Ten Nights in a Bar-RoOln.
Correspondence of the Sentinel.
CANA, June 1.-The dry weather
continues. We have not had a good
rain since the snow in February.
Nothing is growing; wheat is almost
q failure; oats cannot do much now.
The wheat fields are beginning to
look white, not from ripening but it
is dying; the heads are falling over
and it is being harvested green.
Corn is not looking well though
plenty ofrain from now on will make
corn.
The Cana Dramatic Club presented
ssTen Nights in Bar Room" at
Cross Roads Church Saturday night.
1t was the first appearance of the
club in public but it was highly COM
plimented upon it's success, and in
vited to present. it there again.
Rev. G. L. Merrill, OF Franklinton,
preached at Eaton's last night.
MAGISTER
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-06-07
COXEYISM.
A Review of Very Singular Nov,
ment.


ment.
From the Review of Reviews.
For the most part the various
"armies" have been composed of
well meaning fellows who have not n
bit either of dangerous malevolence
or of lofty social id, alism in their
hearts or minds, and who have no
more utilization with bloodthirsty
anarchists than have the children of
a Philadelphia Sunday school. 1t is
true that an element of good for
nothing tramps has infested the
armies to some extent, but this class
has not been PREDOMINANT. Wehave
in the past SIX months been face tc
face with most serious problems pre-
sented by lack of work for hundreds
of thousands in our great cities; and
within a few weeks we have witnessed
in different parts of the country
some frightful scenes of disorder in
connection with bitterly contested
strikes. These have been the serious
features of the years industrial de-
preston. The Coxey march and
other kindred diversions have, on
the contrary, helped to relieve the
strain and to maintain the national
cheerfulness. 1t is true that we
ought to view with great solemnity
and alarm the lawless spirit shown
by companies of men who have
lodged deputy marshals, police
squads and cavalry detachments,
while speeding across country on
railroad trains borrowed without
n-ent of the owners Yet to he
perfectly frank and truthful, we must
confess that almost everybody has
looked on with more amusement than
solrmnity. When the business re-
wal comes and work is plenty, the
temptation to steal rides and go to
Washington in advocacy of Mr..
Coxey's good roads bill and other
theoretical propositions, will vanish
as by magic. 1t is worth while to
note the fact that the "armies" have
been treated with almost universal
kindness by the people along their
routes of travel; and apart from
their evil propensity for stolen rides,
the banded adventures have done
no harm worth mentioning. 1t has
been a great mistake to denounce
them as if they were bands of crimi
nals or anything else than what they
are, namely, bodies of American
pilgrims bound on d merely fantas-
tic and adventurous journey, under
the leadership of ill-informed and
visionary men whose energy and
capacity for organization happen to
find an outlet in this plan of a march
to Washington.