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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-08

Three Candidates for the Judg"shiP OF
jaime, city. Williamsburg and York

WILLIAMSBURG VA. Dec. 7-spe-
cial.-Much interest is boing manifested
in the outcome Of the contest before ths
Legislature FOR the judgeship ~ Jaines
CITY. williamsburg and York toYuif.
There are three candidates-Judg SyuNof
Smith. the incumbent. and MI ho"si
Armistead "A well-kuOWn lawyer "l tni.
city. and ex-Judge Henry b. warren OF
James CITY county. The light y D't"'
Judge Smith and Mr.. Armistead. IN,
special term OF the Circuit oui ~. ~
be held here next week beginning III !.
day. the l4th. Owing 10 the seh,ess %
Judge Benjamin II. Gunter, Judso NoD'''
Prentis. OF Suffolk, will preside
A freight car on the Chestp,,aAe ~, 49,
Ohio was wrecked at the deP4' "''e '"'~
morning Nobody was injured
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-08
TO THE GRAND JURY.
A Serious Charge Made Against Claiborn
WooIsou.

At the Henrico County Courthouse yes
terday. Justice Lewis heard the case of
Claiborn Woodson. married white man.
who IS charged with committing an as
sault on BEETLE Shepperson. fifteen year
old mulatto girl.
The prosecution averred that on Sun
day. November 9Th. Woodson. who has
been twice married. went to the home OF
his former mother-in-law, I'm Tuckahoe
township. and there assaulted Betty,
whom he met IN the house.
The defense endeavored 10 prove an
alihi
The case was referred to the January
term OF the grand jury by Justice Lewis
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-08
rnterininmrrt IN tie Cnnntr

Monday evening Newbridge church In
IN county was well filed by residents OF
the nelsrborhooc and an exceller, show
ing OF Richmorders, who listened with
pleasure 10 a very entertaining musical
programme.
Refreshments were served at the con.
ciusion Of the exercises and were partaksn
Of By Ill present
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-08
ranelsrx CnmmlItet.

The Committee on Cemeteries was call
ed TO meet at o'clock yesterday after
noon. The only members present were
Chairman Vaughan and Mr. Whalen. An
attempt 70 hold a meeting will be made
A. 10 ooioek to.noyrow nixhe
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-08

McCabe Glee Club and Mlnstrels assist
cd by the well-known Old Dominion Sex
tette and Impe, ial Quartette, will give
hiah class entertainment at Belvidere
Hail Thursday night, December 9Th.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-08
MYSTIC SHRfNIR>'
Acca Temple Improves the Opportunity t"
"Gathcr Them In

'TNatHFr TNFlh TI'
Acca Temple. Mystic Shrners took ad-
vantage Of the large number Of Masons
I'm the city. and had a called meeting last
night. at which they induced number OF
the visiting gentlemen to ''cross over
After the regular order OF things n
sumptuous banquet was spread before
those who were able to sit down and eat.
and a number Of bright things were said
by some of the shriners.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-08

Customer-You guaranteed to ft. didn't
youf
Tailor-I did.
Well. the only fit about these clothes
Is the one my wife had when she saw
them.
If your wife doesn't like our
cloths bring them back and get
your money.
Could you do that with either a
good or bad tailor
We don't make TO orr 81. but We
make to fit.
Clothes. hats, and fl nisa ngs
for man or boy.
Suits. $500 to $500 to 1T tI@
overcoats. 500 to $500 TO MT.
Smoking Jackets. House Goats.
Bath Robes, Silk Umbrellas, and,
in fact, the very things for lady
to buy for her husband, brother
or sweetheart for Xmas. Select
now and we'll lay them aside for
YOU til wanted.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-08
Hartmann
Another Kid Glove Sale

at prices never known be-
fore in the history OF Glove
selling. They make use>
ful holiday gifts. 500 doz.
en- Ladies French Kid
Gloves-Special Prices.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-08
EXTRA! EXTRA!

Big Holiday Cut-Price
CloaS, Wrap, and Cape
Sale, in order to reduce
stock before Christmas.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-06-10
WHAT Focus We MoKrALs BE-
Fellows Who Split the Mud in Winter
and Kick up Dust In Summer

and Kick up Dust In Summer
Editors Sentinel.
"What fools we mortals be;''
especially we hard banded SONS OF
toll" We boys, whom a distinguished
Senator in gold standard speech
during the campaign of last year
alluded to as the fellows who split
the mud in winter and kick up a dust
in summer. As an illustration in
point many of us listened to the
siren song of protection for Ameri-
can labor, thinking that according
to Republican promises, if Mckinley
were elected, we would all be swal-
lowed up in the great tidal wave of
prosperity that was to follow.
Believing contrary to scripture
that the leopard could change his
spots; that by voting to add to the
thousands of the favored classes, we
would also be looked after 1t seems
we have been duped egain, for we are
still in the woods and continue to
realize how inconvenient it is to
want money just as We did in Demo :
| cratic hard times.
AS we scan the "reminiscences of our
experience as fools we are painfully
| reminded of what suckers we are.
| We are considered the legitimate
prey OF all other sharpers as well as
| the advocates OF an honest dollar.
| Mr.. Editor; many of US never see
| or read a newspaper and there is a
| Republican neighbor of mine who
swears that the Democrats hold over
are still in power and have cheat ted
| them out of the election, for he has
| 90 haul wood TO town, to work, to
stint end save as of yore. But my
dear sir, Republican success has
evolved new industry for we coun
| try people We go in the fort SITS and
| thicke;s ami dig the roots of the
haw. Wild cherry and oth-r gro~ths,
| skin eff the bark, dry it in the sun,
and market it at 2 cents per pound
at the country stores, [ heard an
other Republican assert, just a few
DAYS ago, that the Democrats had
got us in such shape thHt but for
| this opportunity OF maalDg II living
| which his party had brt ught W.,
many OF the poor people would want
| for the barest necessities OF life
! Now Wko in the face OF this eyiience
of what the ''Grand Old Party" has
done for US, will deny that it may
| have mary good things in store FIR
Us. Ii IL human ma ure gen know tt
be ubth4Dkul tor the biessirgs we
| eli Joy. The Democrats still grumiile
and howl tor free coinage of silver,
but all honor say TO the uew az
ministratioD, for We know that il
there is over production in this new
line of work, and we can't sell the
produces OF our labor, We will be
| allowed to eat both the roots AM
their bark. RUST Gus.
| Clemnonsville, Nav 8, 1897
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-06-10
CORNER STONE OF HEALTH.
Effect Of Paines Celery Compound Up
on the Blood and Nerves.

Now is the season to lay the
foundation for future health and
strength.
The corner stones of good health
are complete digestion, sound sleep,
pure blood and a perfectly nourished
nervous system.
The wonderful success of Paine's
celery compound in making people
well and keeping them so, has al
ways been accounted for by physi>
clans by its extraordinary power of
nourishing and regulating all of
these functions.
1t is not strange that so many I'M
scientific remedies do no permanent
good when they disregard this close
interdependence of the nerves and
the organs of digestion and circulas
ton, and attend to but one deranged
part at the expense of all the rest.
The only possible way that real
lasting gain in strength and vitality
can come is through purer blood,
better nourished nerves and tissues,
more refreshing sleep and an econo,
my in the expenditure of nerve
force.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-06-10
ALREADY A FAILURE.

From nearly every point of view
the administration of Willie n
Mckinley is thus far a failure.
His promise to restore prosperity
was followed by 4 900 business fail
ures in the first three months of this
year.
He promised to open the mills
rather than the mints. What have
the mills done since November? Re-
duced wages.
His party promised a stable cur
rency system. But we are still living
under the unfortunate system oil
Grover Cleveland and John Sherman.
Mckinley posed as a man who
favored a vigorous American policy.
What was his response and that oil
the House on the Senate's resolution
to recognize the belligerent rights oil
the Cubans?
Instead of a vigorous American
policy" we have been treated to a
policy of timidity and cowardice.
The plutocrats have gone to
Washington to receive the rewards
which they paid for when they con-
tributed to the enormous campaign
fund that elected William Mckinley.
And how about the masses? The
promises to them are broken. They
are suffering from stagnant trade,
falling prices and low wages.
What a spectacle is the Republican
House of Representatives. Gar
Reed, supported by Dingley and the
Administration forces, will permit
neither business nor discussion.
They stide free debate and do moth
ing.
But meanwhile the people are pay
ing dearly for the farce and the
luxury of a Republican administra-
ton. w. f. BURBANK.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-06-10
THEY ARE COMING BACK.
The Door Stands Wide Open-LeG
Them Come.

Rale gh News and Observer
Judge Ii ayes, an influential Iowa
Democratic ex member of Congress,
is in Washington city. He told IL
rerorter of the Washington Post
that ''if there were Congressional
elections in Iowa this year the Deiuo
craft would carry fully half of the
districts if not more" He added
and that is the kernel OF the inter
view:
''The Democrats in Iowa who bolt d
the national ticket last year are sit
eereIy anxious 70 get back in the
party, and | have no doubt that
there will be complete harmony and
unity within our ranks ny the open
ing of the next campaign"
The door stands wide open to them,
and it is pleasant TO know they are
coming back to help in the great con-
test of 1898 and the greater contest
OF 1900. They that the promises
made them by Mckinley were made
to the ear aud broken to the hope,
and that the gold standard added TO
the protective tariff is great jugger
raut that is crushing out the hopes,
the aspirations, the activity and the
life OF the people. They are patriotic
enough to right about face and come
back to the old homestead to live
and die fighting under the old banner
OF Democracy.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-06-10
GALL A HALT.

Now it is proposed to place the
burden of additional revenue from
manufactured tobacco upon the
merchants, by reiLstating a license
tax. An argument in favor of this is
that the burden would thus he more
evenly distributed than if placed
upon the producer and there is some
thing plausible about the argument,
but the idea would apply with even
more force if this burden should be
distributed among the consumers,
because there are a great many
more consumers than there are
manufacturers, producers and deal
ers CON bined.
But why place any further burden
upon anybody in this country in
connection with home product?
We thought the great panacea for
existing evils, according to Republi-
can doctrine, was a high tariff and
not high internal revenu- that the
people could be fooled by the de-
fusion that under a high tariff the
foreigner che paid the freight" and
would pay enough to keep things
moving. Do not this internal
revenue turn furhish a glimpse of the
holIowntss of the Republican pr
tense?
But, returning to the proposition
to place the tax upon the dealers.
1t Is wrong. Merchants have been
made, in many instances, convenient
obj It's upon which to dump burdens,
and it is time to call halt. As
class, they have about as much as
they can stand and more than they
should be asked to stand. They are
taxed goir q and coming. They not
only have to pay tax upon the good"
upon their shelves, but under the
unjust purchase tax, in this State,
they have to pay for the privilege OF
buying those goods, thus inhicting
stock. Often when the brains of a
theorist concocts a scheme and
brands it public improvement" and
sets it afloat the cost of the so called
enterprise, however impracticable
and uDne eded it may prove, event
ually falls largely upon the mer-
chants. Moreover, they are called
upon more FRI quently than any other
class, perhaps, to contribute dir city
and indirectly to worthy objects OF
charity and to undertakings of a
public spirited nature, haviDgin view
the advancement of the general in
terests of their communities. In
many ways is the out go column OF
the merchants cash book extended
and they would be justified in pro-
testing against efforts to make them
objects of special taxation.
As to the tobacco tax, place a
burden upon no one. Let it stand
where it is.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-06-10

times arrogant and resentful and
often can be easier controlled by
coaxing than by shaming.
The situation is bad enough with
ont encouraging a disposition to
make it appear worse than it is
Arguments are strong enough that
remedy is needed without recourse to
faliacies, in either facts or figures.
In many respects Mr.. Pages adj
dress before the State Normal School,
at Greensboro, was strong and
timely, but it seems that he INDUCED
in extreme statements in his en-
thusiasm and in his desire TO enforce
the lesson of the hour. He placed
great stress upon the number of
native North Caroiinians residing in
other States and attributed this
exodus to the appalling illiteraey
which exists in this State. Our COG
temporary of the Wilmington Mes
senger has analyzed this statement
and finds that the per centage of EN-
| igration from States with reputation
!, as centres of culture is greater than
the per centage OF emigration from
| North Carolina, and hence shows
| that it does not necessarily follow
that the emigration of native North
| Carolinians is attributable to the
! ignorance in the State.
1t occurs to US that inasmuch a.
North Carolina is not alone in the
emigra ton business, the feet that
| educated North Carolinians have
acquired SO much distinction il
the educational centres might he
/ used as an incentive to those who
are hampero1 by ignorance and used
more effectively, perhaps, than can
SO much of the State depreci,4 tiou
talk.
Our purpose at this time is TO sim
| ply sound a note OF warning against
extremes which may tend to injurt
the educational and other intere sts
| OF our dear old state
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-06-10
One ina Thousand.

Washington Special to New York World.
Commissioner of Pensions butter
worth promoted a woman in his
office Saturday who surprised him.
She said: "Mr. Commissioner, there
is a woman who sits beside D1e who
merits this more than | do. She is a
splendid clerk aud supports her sick
sister and child. Her n cessities are
greater than mine. l want to ask a
favor of you"
The commissioner thought another
promotion was being requested and
got ready to gently reuse it, when
his petitioner continued: 81 want to
ask you if you will let this other
woman have my promotion and the
increased salary until she is in better
circumstances. Then we may change
again."
The request was granted.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-06-10
The Mecklenburg Declaration

Wilmington Messenger.
The Philadelphia Record showed
recently how well it is posted as to
the Mecklenburg declaration. 1t
said: eminent authorities have
pretty conclusively proved, however,
that the Mecklenburg resolutions
were not authen tie" They have
done nothing of the sort. DR.. Well
ing, MIR. Spofford aud one or two
other northern writer's undertook to
demolish the contention and tact of
a declaration at Charlotte But the
evidence remains overwhelming.
Recently an eminent Virginian long
resident in England, and writer in
history and biography, wrote that
the Graham pamphlet on the gen.
uineness of the declaration was over
whelming and absolutely conclusive.
The Record should write to Professor
Graham, at Charlotte, and get a
copy and read it.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-06-10

tiers, it would be well to circulate
petitions against the tax in every
neighborhood, secure as many sign
ers as possible, and forward these
petitions as early as possible to Sen
ator Pritchard or the member of
Congress.
We are told that an addition of
two cents per pound to the tax
would mean a lower price for leaf
tobacco and the tobacco growers
cannot afford to submit to this with
out at least entering a vigorous pro
test. Let the letters and petitions
go in at the earliest practicable
moment. There appears to be just
now fighting chance to defeats the
increased tax. Let that chance be
taken.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-06-10
STATE DEPRECIATION.

That there is a deplOrable amount
of illiteracy in North Carolina and
that to remedy existing conditions
the earnest consideration and the
active efforts of .ciends of education
are demanded, are self-evident facts
to those who are conversant with
the educational statistics of the
country, and while emphasizing these
fac's to a certain extent may be
helpful in stimulating interest in the
matter, both among those who have
some conception of it's Importance
and among those who are yet crop
ing in darkness, we think there is
some danger that the grievous con-
ditioD will be unduly magnified and
the purpose in view hindered, if not
defeated, and that damage will result
in other ways.
Rev. Mr.. Ivey, in his address before
the Davis Military School, spoke
wisely of self-depreciation and what
be said was equally applicable to
State depre citation. There is danger
that the shaming process may beget
in the minds of the young people of
refined sensibilities and of education
al advantages lack of appreciation
of the many good things which their
mother State possesses-a lack of
appreciation of the heroism and
patriotism which sparkle upon the
pages of her history and which
should be regarded as rich and
proud heritage by each succeeding
generation-a sort of idea that the
old State doesn't cut much figure
any way in the sisterhood of States
and that if these young people are to
make their mark in the world they
must look to some other field for the
opportunity, thus encouraging the
emigration idea which has, latterly,
been so much deplored.
Furthermore, the State deprecia-
ton idea carried to an extreme, viii
tend to degrade and damage us in
the eyes of the outside world, and we
will be, in measure, defenceless,
because we will have been condemned
by our own utterances. Self convict
ing testimony is very difficult to
overcome.
It must be remembered, too, that
to secure the desired elevation in
educational affairs, the leaven of
culture must be injected into the
mass of Ignorance. It must not be
confined to that part of the citizen
ship upon which it q already at
work with satisfactory and encour-
aging results Ignorance il some
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-06-10
Explicit.

The following is not the first joke
that has been perpetrated on the
lucid (?) way our country friends
have OF directing us when we inquire
according to Harper's Bazaar:
How far is it from here to Brush
burg?" asked a tourist of an old
fellow who was hoeing weeds in a
field of sickly corn. SIS it far? ''
"Waal, it hain't SO very fer nor it
hain't SO very nigh. If you go
around by the big road it's ferder
nor it is nigh, but if you cut acrost
country it's higher nor it is fer, an
if you keep right straight ahead it's
kinder betwixt nigh an fer, but it's
considerable of ja'nt from hyar no
matter how you git thar"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-06-10
No Relief in This.

Asheville Citizen.
The international chess game from
which the Ninth district of North
Carolina was to get the ''relief"
promised by the Ducal Congressman
OF Richmond hill, started at the
capital on Monday. 1t will grieve
Representative Pearson's constitu-
ency, which had so much at stake in
this battle, to learn that he was
beaten out of his boots almost before
he had time to put them on. An
Englishman of the name of Plunkett
think of it, Plunkett !-got the
Congressman on the other end of the
chess string, daliied with him for a
few moments in a playful way, made
d move or two, ard then landed a
vicious upper-cut on the Congrc S.
man, putting him to sleep SO long
that he was shut out by the distance
flag. That was one game lost and
no "relief' in sight.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-06-10

These are tho objective points
aimed at and attained by paine's
celery compound!
This remarkable remedy perma
nentiy cures every form of nervous
debility, neuralgie, sleeplessness,
melancholy, hysteria, headaches,
dyspepsia and heart palpitation
Prim arlly the nerves, and then every
organ governed by them is Induced
to work in a normal and orderly
manner.
Mothers should give their children
Paine's celery compound now it is
spring, instead of some hearsay
blood purifier that can have no pow
er OF correcting an impure state of
the blood or regulating so compli-
Gated parts of the body as the brain
and nerves. Debility and disease
are cured by Paine's celery CONS
pound. 1t is not in the power OF ary
other remedy to make people so per-
manently and so completely we'll as
this astonishing nerve and brain
strengthened and restorer and blood
purifier, Paine's celery compound.
One needs simply to give 1t a trial to
be salts fed.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-06-10
Things we Ought TO Know.

That chloride of lime spread
around wherever rats frequent will
abolish them.
That a tablespoonful of vinegar
put into the water in which tough
meat or fowl is to be boiled will make
them tender.
That all the mending for the week
should be regularly and promptly
done and accumulation not permit :
ted.
That in cutting warm bread or
cake a warm knife should be used.
That a clean apron worn when
making the beds will prevent the bed
clothes from being soiled.
That perfect rest may be had by
spreading small sheet on the floor
and lying fat down, so that every
muscle may relax.
That by changing your seat fre
quently when sewing you will avoid
extreme WEAKNESS.
That damp cloth will remove the
dust rom furniture far better than
dry buster.
That solution of copperas should
be frequently poured through all
drain pipes.
That a little spirits of camphor
put in the water will prevent the face
from looking greasy in hot weather.
That salt should be placed in the
water in which mating is washed.
That powdered chalk and orris
root is one of the best denti ices
known.
That the odor of onions may be
removed by eating sprig of parsley.
That a kerosene lamp should never
be turned low-the odor eminating
from it is dangerous to most lungs.
That sprained ankle kept in hot
water for "a hours will soon heal.
That the well beaten white of an
egg, slightly sweetened and favored
with few drops of vanilla, Is good
for children with irritable stomachs.
That a strong solution of borax
applied twice a day viii cure ring
worms.
That square of flannel neatly
hemmed makes good wash cloth.
That in washing tumblers the
water should be very hot, but not
boiling, and the towel soft and clean.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-06-10
Tell the Cook,

To use bacon fat for frying chicken
or game.
To steam stale rolls or a stale loaf
of bread 1til fresh and warmed
through before serving.
To try dipping sliced onions in
milk before frying.
That squeeze of lemon improves
scrambled eggs, and it should be
added while they are cooking.
That the appetizing mint sance is
Lest made from three tablespoonfuls
of finely chopp4d mint, two tabi
spoonfuls OF granulated sugar and ,,
teacupful Of vinegar Wash the MIN
and free il from grit. chop it fnplt
and put 1t in II tureen with the vi''e
gar and sugar ard cover closely t"r
an hour.