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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-11
WONDERFUL SYSTEM,
Is That by Which Uncle Sam Spots an
Catches Mail KObbers.


''The system employed by the United
States pcstoffice department in trac-
ing thefts from the mail is so perfect
that it is utterly impossible for any
one to rob the mail many times with
out being detected" said man we'll
posted in the workings of Uncle Sans
big postal system to New York Ad-
vertiser man. Every now and then
you read of this or that person being
arrested by the postoffice inspectors.
but do you know the system they use
to trace the theft?
well, suppose you report that you
sent letter or package to New
York which never reached it's destina-
tion. The first thing done is to find
out just what time you mailed the
matter, and from that the inspectors
can tell what train it was sent out on.
When mail matter leaves an Off &c it
is accompanied by the card of the one
who handled it, and it is the same
with each messenger on the trains"
"a list is made of every man whose
hands the mail passed through or
would have passed through in reach
ing its destination, and a dot is placed
opposite their names. Before long
another complaint will be made and
UuO SdllC pIOCoSS Will U0 gone UDTOuBil.
Before the mail disappeared maybe it
passed through the hands of four or
five of the same men as the first one,
and two dots 60 down opposite their
names. The system is kept up, and
pretty soon, if the thief is not caught
before that, five or six dots appear op-
posite one or two mems names.
Detectives are at once put to work
shadowing the suspected men, and,
after becoming reasonably sure of
who is the guilty one, decoy letters
come in play, and the work of gather
ing convicting evidence is carried on
until the inevitable climax of arrest
follows.
'To accomplish this work it re-
quires a complete system of keeping
tab upon each and every piece of mail
matter. A railway messenger is al
lowed thirty mistakes month, or
one each day, if he makes more he has
to explain and if he makes sixty, off
goes his head.
sometimes one man does not re-
port another, if he does not and no
mistakes are reported against rail-
way messenger, then the men in
charge of that department begin to
investigate. They know the man
must make mistakes, and they thus
force each man to report another, for
one who sees mistake and does not
report it is as guilty as the one who
made it,"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-11
THE EJONES-MOTT DEBATE
THEIR TWO SPEECHES AT KEI,-
NERSVILLE THURSDAY.
Mr.. Jones Handles the Republican
Populist With Gloves Of-Mott
Boasts Over Voting for Negro. ,

THE SENTINEL's correspondent at
Kernersville sends the following re-
port of the discussion between Messrs
E. B. Jones and NJ. L. Mott at that
place Thursday afternoon:
Mr.. Jones led off in nearly an hours
speech and told why he was a Demo
crat. He said that in the Democratic
administration, all classes were repre-
sented. Look at the Supreme Court
of the United States, d. S. PATENT
Office, Treasury DEPARTMENT. the Cabi-
net and all other branches of the
Government and you will find the
South representatives, well as the
North and East. You will find the
masses as well as the classes. This
is contrary to Republican principles
as they only represent pampered pets.
Mr.. Jones denounced Democrats in
the Senate who proved themselves
traitors by acting with the RepIbli-
cans. He showed that the Republi-
cans were false as to their harping on
the tariff on sugar. Ii they had not
been they could have had sugar on
the free list by voting with the Demo-
Gratis. Mr.. Jones earnestly demanded
of Mr.. Mott to show a single thing
the Democrats had done to cause hard
times.
Mr.. Mott spent about one third of
his time in telling jokes about "coOns
and opossums'' and the audience soon
discovered he knew more about those
animals than he did about politics.
The fact is Mott was completely
demorallzed by the power and elO-
quence of Mr.. Jones. He found he
could not meet Jones' argument on
the income tax, taxing treasury notes,
for iran iroY lon 0r,f . fn
the history OF the Republicans in
State politics-paying themselves
seven dollars day fer 3O4 days
in year, building no school houses,
having no free eschools-the University
inhab bited by bats and owls, etc. All
of this came to him like a clap of
thunder out of clear sky.
Mr.. Mott boasted that he voted for
a negro against Mr.. Holton, the pres
ent Chairman of the State Republican
Executive Committee and by so doing
he had the negro vote solid. He never
tried to answer Jones' questions nor
did he discuss the issues of the day.
He said that he had been told by
some of the best citizens in Winston
that the Democrats robbed the Re-
publicans out of about 900 votes two
years ago. When Mr.. Jones asked
him to speak out and let the people
know the names of his informants,
Mott said that Charley Reynolds and
the President of the Wachovia Bank
had told him. Neither of these live
in Winston. Mott declined to give
away more names.
The ten minutes of Mr.. Jones, in re-
ply, struck Mott like a tornado. The
former urged the latter to tell the
crowd what the Democrats had done
to cause hard times. But Mott failed
to answer. The crowd dispersed with
everybody asking, why ''didn't Mott
explain?" KERNERsvILLE.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-11
REV. w. @ NORMAN
Elected President of Greensboro Fess
male College.

Elected President of Greensboro Fe..
male College.
At the meeting of the Board of Di-
rectors of Greensboro Female College,
held in Greensboro on the I'd instant,
Rev. w. G. Norman, of the
North Carolina Conference, now sta
toned at Wilmington, was elected
President of that Institution.
He was the first and only choice of
the board.
He will be notified of his election,
but it is not known whether he will
accept or not.
1t would be gratifying intelligence
to the Methodists of Winston Salem
for him to accept. 1t would bring
him closer to the people whom he
served faithfully for four years as
pastor.
Mr.. Norman is about 45 years of age
He is son of Rev. Alfred Norman,
who was one of the prominent mem
bers of the North Carolina Confer
ence. He graduated at Trinity Col
lege in 1873 and soon after entered
the University. Mr.. Norman has
served at some of the most important
stations in the Conference and so ac-
ceptable was his ministration
at these stations that he nearly al
ways remained to the full legal limit.
mong the places he has served are
| Charlotte, Winston, Raleigh, and he
is now closing his third year at Will
mington. He married a Miss Har-
grave at Lexington. No minister IN
the North Carolina Conference is more
universally loved and respected than
| Mr.. Norman.
Prof. Dred Peacock will remain
chairman of the College until the new
President is installed.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-11
THE LADY EVANGELIST.
Mrs Blandy's Work-She Was De-
lighted With the Twin-CIty.

Mrs Blandy's Work-She Was De-
lighted With the Twin-City.
To the Editors of The Sentinel
Mrs. Rev. w. E. BlandY, the Lady
Evangelist, left for her home in
Brooklyn, New York, Thursday even
ing She will rest for few days and
then resume her labors in the First
Methodist Protestant church of Wash
ington, ID. @. She has had but little rest
for year or more, as she, with her
husband (who is also minister of the
gospel) seem fully consecrated to the
service of the Master and she goes
forth fearlessly and cheerfully to do
this work. Her husband is pastor of
a church in Brooklyn and cannot be
with her constantly.
Those who were so fortunate as to
be intimately associated with her dur
ing her stay in the city, will long re-
tain the influence of her serene and
holy life and character. She was
reared in the city of London, Eng,
and was from child educated to mis-
sion work, by a Cody mother, who
finally died in New Zealand, whittier
she had gone to labor among the hea-
then. Mrs. Blandy was delighted
with Winston and her good people.
She accomplished much good and left
with the best wishes of all who met
her. N.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-11
WINSTON DEMOCRATS.
THURSDAY NIGHTS MEETING OF
THE CLUB.
Two True-Blue Democratic Speeches
by MesSrs. E. A. Griffith
and Clement Manly.

The Winston Democratic Club was
favored with two good speeches Thurs
day, by Messrs. E. A. Griffith and
Clement Manly.
Mr.. Griffith dwelt upon the recent
Democratic legislation in Congress,
favorable to the people-the repeal Of
the election law, the repeal of the
Mckinley bill and the passage of the
Senate tariff bill, the reclamation of
public lands, the reduction of public
expenditures, the passage of the in
come tax law, etc. He also referred
to the excellent administration of
State affairs by Democratic officials
and drew strong contrast between
the records of the two parties in North
Carolina.
Mr.. Manly started out by noticing
that this was singular 'campaign-a
strange fight. For twenty odd years
we had been fighting the radicals and
we had whipped them out every time.
We had fought them on principles.
The Republicans favored streng cen
tralized government; the Democrats
favored home rule. The Republicans
favored high tariff; the Democrats
low tariff, etc. This year they had
slipped out the Peoples party. Some
years ago the Farmers Alliance was
started. 1t was a great organization,
meant for great good. Finally the
leaders Joined the Third party. They
had many things in common with the
Democratic party, none with the Re-
publican party. But they said the
Democrats didn't go fast enough
What happened ? The Republicans
and Populists married the other day.
What will their progeny be? The
laws of nature make no provision for
hybrlds. Like the mule they will have
no posterity. Their motto is ANY
thing in the world to beat the Demo-
Gratis"
The principles of the Democratic
party, said Mr.. Manly, are the digest
ed expressions of the peoples wants.
The speaker said we had had hard
times because the laws have been in
favor of the New England manufact-
urer and against the Southern agri-
culturalist. He referred to the bles-
sings that would come to the people
under the recent laws enacted by the
Democratic party and spoke of our
splendid State government, asserting
that North Carolina is the best gov
erned State in the Union. He made
a strong appeal to Democrats to stand
by the party nominees and to work
for their election.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-11

A FINE SPEECH.
Hon F. NJ. Simmons Sound, Clear-Cut
Arguments.

1t was fine speech
This is what everybody who heard
it is saying about the effort of Hon. f.
M. Simmons, at Browns Opera House,
last Friday night.
The speaker was introduced by Mr..
d. D. Shelton, chairman of the Dem
ocratic County Executive Committee.
Mr.. Simmons said it was very
great pleasure to have the opportunity
to speak to SO many people of this
county. He did not feel that he was
stranger here. He entertained
most pleasant recOllections of his brief
residence in this city. He desired to
talk in common sense way about the
great issues of the day. He was a
Democrat, not from prejudice; but
from conviction-because he believed
that the best interests of all the peo-
pie depends upon the success of this
party. If free popular govern ment is
TO continue, the principles of the Re-
publican and Populist parties must
die.
The Republican Party stands dis
tinctiYe for monopoly and plutocra-
cy, for the few thousand against the
many million-its laws have been
mad e for thescfasses and against the
masses.
The Populist party represents pa
ternaliSm in government; demands
that all men shall be made rich; that
the laws shall bestow bounties, subsi-
dies and special privileges upon all
people; that the government shall
take care of the people and not that
the people shall take care of the gov
ernment.
The Democratic party takes the
middle course between these two eX
tremes. 1t is sqnarely against monied
plutOcracy and bids every man God
speed in the race of life. 1t is square,
ly against every device of wealth to
control legislation in it's own interest.
1t is against the unequal distribution
Of money; agains5 legislation fayora-
BILE to protected manufacturers at the
expense of the agricultural interests.
The speaker then proceeded to show
the benefits which would accrue to
the people through Democratic legis-
lation, discussing the tariff, the in
come tax, finance, etc, and drawing
strong contrast between the Demo-
cratic party and its opponents.
Mr.. Simmons spoke about two hours
and his speech was one of the clearest
and most logical political arguments
our people have ever heard. The
facts brought out and the earneStnesS
of the speaker made fine impression
upon the large audience and will re-
suit in good to the cause of Democra-
CIV in FORSYTH county.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-11
WHAT A CHILD CAN DO.
Let Us Speak Words of Love to Those
Around Us.

From an Exchange
1t is one of the silent days of sum-
mer. Not breath stirs. The leaves
hang listless on the trees, and the
flowers hold up their heads to Heaven
| to welcome the coming rain.
A squad of workingI2en are trudg
ing along the road in silence. Sud-
denly one of them stumbles and to
save himself, he lets go his bag of
tools which falls with clatter on the
| dusty road.
"Who did that ?" he demanded saw
agely.
A minute later and he offers to
| fight any one-the whole lot. Words
| temper altogether.
| They are standing opposite a gen.
| tleman's house, and, when the dispute
| is at it's worst, the gate opens, and a
| little golden-haired girl, scarcely more
than baby, is in their midst before
| they realize it.
| | have never seen more striking
scene the man struck dumb, the child
| utterly unconscious of her strange
surroundings. The burly man, who
Imagined himself tripped up, relaxes
his clenched fist; the anger dies out Ct
| his face. I can hear it now the first
ripple of laughter that went rouL d
that group of men when the little one
said:
Whats he been dom? Why don't
he kiss and be fends ?'
| In the baby face they saw what
they had missed; and as the tiny
hands helped to gather up the tools, a
love that perhaps has never grown
cold, held sway in their hearts.
Love what is lovable in others, for
in every fallen man there is the germ
that may prove the promise of bet
ter, happier, holier life. Do not tears
swell up in your eyes when you think
of the men and women you have pass
ed by? What would you say if you
saw tomorrow their epitaphs-
Poorly lived and poorly died,
Poorly buried and nobody cried
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-11
MANLY AT KERNERVILLE.
HE MAKES A FORCIBLE DEMO
CRATIC SPEECH.
He Tells What the Party Has Done for
the People-Well Receiyed-Dem-
cratic Club Organized.

Mr.. Clement Manly addressed a
large crowd in Kernersville last week
on the political issues of the day. He
spoke in the warehouse A Demo-
cratic club was organized after the
speaking. Those who heard Mr.. Man
ly say that he made a capital speech
and one that had good effect. His
reference to the income tax brought
forth applause of commendation.
A citizen of Kernersville writes as
follows about the speech and the or
ganizatioE of the club:
An enthusiastic crowd assembled at
the American Warehouse early. and
eagerly awaited the presence of the
distinguished gentleman. He was re-
ceived with much enthusiasm. "The
Democratic Dixie Cornet Band" put
in its work and never before exceIled
itself so overwhelmingly.
Mr.. Manly spoke for an hour to an
unusually attentive audience. He
held up the platforms of the two
great parties in the past. He showed
that the Republicans had been in
power since 1860 and that their ideas
had been fully brought forth in the
form of laws: that their ideas of
gold standard, oppressive and odiOus
pensions, force bills, Capitalization of
money, opposition to an income tax,
advocacy of high protective tariff,
their hostility toward the poor class
in favor of the rich, and that this pol
icy, put forth in laws, under which we
had lived for the past 81 years, had
ruined the country in all branches of
agriculture and labor. He showed
that the Democrats had in the short
time since they came in power repeal
ed the OdiOuS election law, cut off
fraudulent pensions, passed an income
tax law, reduced tariff, took tax off of
necessaries and put it on luxuries;
and that now the poor widow, with
number of little children, could
wear good warm woolen clothes for
about two thirds of the cost before.
This has been done under wise
and humane Democratic tariff laws.
Northern pensions will be paid large
ly by the income tax on Northern
millionaires.
The whole speech was powerful, elo-
quent and logical, and carried with it
the applause of all present, both Dem
ocrats and Republicans. All express
ed their appreciation Of the gentle
mans mastery effort.
After Mr.. Manly was through
speaking the Democratic Club was or
ganized with j. NJ. Greenfield as pres
ident. A large membership was re-
allied. Resolutions of respect and
thanks to Mr.. Manly were unanimous
ly adopted, with a request that he
come again. Democracy is sure to
win in this township.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-11
AN HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
TO PERPETUATE THE HISTORY
OF THE MORAVIANS
Mr.. G. f. Jenkins Chosen President
Members of the Committee-By-
Laws and Constitution


Laws and Constitution.
meeting was held in the chapel
of the home church last night for the
purpose of taking steps looking to the
organization of an historical society
among the members and friends of the
MOravian church. The meeting was
well attended and it was decided to
organize the Society, the object of
which being to perpetuate the history
of the Moravians and their surround
ingS.
Mr.. G. Frank Jenkins was elected
chairman of the executive committee
which is composed of the following
members: Misses Lou Shaffner. Ger
trude Siewers, Addie Fries, Bishop
Rondthaler, Rev. j. III. Clewell, III. f.
Shaffner, w. t. Spaugh, w. S. and
Herbert Pfohl and w. a. Boyd. ,rhe
latter was elected secretary.
a committee of three will be ap-
pointed by Chairman Jenkins in a
rev days to draw up constitution
and bylaws for the organization.
Bishop Rondthaler and Others made
short talks last night congratulating
the action of the members and friends
of the church in the movement of or
ganiZing the Society The Bishop
said he knew of no place where better
or more appropriate material could
be found for such an organization.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-11
WATCH THE POPS. AND REPS.
They May Yet Fuse in Forsyth and
G. iIfDrd

The Greensboro Record says
Though fusion was defeated here on
Monday at tae Republican convention,
yet it not is too late to accomplish it.
There are more ways to kill dog than
by choking him to death on butter1
1t is said that trap was SET by the
fusion element into which the antis
fell unaware
while we give no names it is said
two or three strong fusion men were
nominated for Office, and that they
will pop up either on Saturday next at
the Populist convention, or even af-
terwards, and decline to run, onssome
excuse, hoping thereby that fusion
will be accepted in fact if not in nam e.
''They will plead that the time is
too short to put up other men and
that it is BETTER to leave it open, let
ting the voters take their choice"
Many are of the opinion that there
will be mixture of the two parties in
Forsyth.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-11
THE MORaVIAN PICNIC.
The Program Carried Out-Music by
the Church Band.


The Moravian missionary gathering
Thursday at the Centreville grove was
considerably affected n point of mum
Der by the very inclement morning.
However, by IL o'clock there was quite
a good representation from town, and
a number of conveyances from the
country brought in delegations from
Friedland, Friedberg, Eden, Old Town,
Bethania, KernersviIle and other
places. Instead of the provided pro-
gram an informal preparatory service
was held in the Centreville chapel,
there being number of prayers and
some short crisp talks.
By noon the sun had come out, so
the basket-dinnerS were spread in the
grove and afterward the attendance
from town Increased considerably, un-
til there were some three hundred
present.
The afternoon session began at two
o'clock and was carried through with
promptness and the greatest interest.
The opening address, by Mr.. b. f.
Pfohl, on the geography of Moravian
missions, was illustrated by large
maps prepared for the occasion
Then followed addresses by Revs. j.
Ildli, II UuCSulSOOI, W. -.
a missionary at Jamaica, w. l., and
e. S. CroSland.
The music was led by the church
band and large choir and the congre-
gational singing of the grand old mis-
sionary hymns made the woods ring.
This is intended to be only the first
OF series of similar annual gather
ings, in order that throughout the
Southern district the knowledge of
and interest in the foreign mission
work may be deepened. One of the
most practical results of this gather
ing is expected to be the organization
of Provincial Missionary Society,
under whose auspices these proposed
annual gatherings will then be held.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-11
THE REYNOLDS BROTHERS.
If Any Trouble Occurs They Will be
Responsible for it.

One of the best Republicans in the
county said to SENTINEL represen-
tative this morning: 81 regret to
hear of anybody trying to stir up bad
blood over politics. l don't think
there will be any trouble over the elec
tion, but if there is, Charley Reynolds
and his brother John will be response
BILE for it. They call themselves Re
publicans but l must say it is no
credit to them to be going around
boasting that there will be trouble if
the Democrats do not do so and So"
This Republican has heard about
Charley going to the Salem Registrar
and trying to dictate to Mr.. DeVane
what he should do. reynolds would
like to bull-doze somebody" said this
Republican, "but l think the regis
trars for this election know him too
well to allow him to play any of his
games on them
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-11
FIRM FOR DEMOCRACY.
CoIored Democrats Confer Upon the
Welfare OF the Race.

From the Washington Post.
a conference of colored Democrats
was held recently. in Room 5, Cor
coran Building, under the auspices of
the Afro-Americdn bureau of Organi-
zation of the Democratic CongressiOn-
al Committee. Nineteen States were
represented at the Conference, the
following gentlemen being present.:
r. q. Still, Pennsylvania; L. w. Pu-
lies, District of Columbia; Fl. Clay
Hawkins, West Virginia.; Oliver q.
Black, District of Columbia: 1. T.
Flamer, New York; w. T. Findley,
South Carolina; L. G. Alexander,
Ohio; Travis Glascoe, New Jersey;
Fred Jackson, New York; Lester
Fowler, Georgia; c. L. Barnes, Penn
sylvania; Charles @. Curtis, Iowa; j..
Duckett, Pennsylvania; L. G. Moore,
Mississippi; A. st. Arthur Smith,
Maryland; Eli Banks, Virginia; John
Chicester. District of Columbia; J. M.
Foster, Virginia; T.. e. Brown, Dis
trict of Columbia; A. Worthington
Brinckly, Delaware; Alexander King,
Maryland; George w. Brown, Ken
t1cky; j. T. G. Newsome, Texas; M.
L. Koonce, Alabama; G. P. Irby. Vir-
ginia; T.. 9. Unthank, Winston, North
Carolina, and N. @. Jones, Pennsyl-
vania.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-11
A Strange Coincidence.
From the Greensboro Record.I

From the Greensboro Record
Several months ago a lady in this
city died and was buried in one of our
cemeteries. She was particularly
fond of sunflowers during her life and
every year had quantities growing in
her yard. Now for the strange part
of it, on the plot in which this lady
was buried has grown and f1ourished
two large sunflowers. They came up
spontaneously, neither the keeper nor
any relative of the deceased planted
the seed and no sunfower has grown
this year in any other part of the cem-
etery, hence it is not reasonable that
that the winds could haye carried the
seed to this plot.