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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-02-18
The NEGRO Outlaw, ATwATER,
ARRESTED AND JAILED.

ARRESTED AND JAILED.
90 Saturday, February 18th, a; I
O'Clock q. m, Wash A:~lier, an
outlaw aud ooe OF tie mos, d~spet- !
ate characters iu TIE State. vas ar
rested 10 Chatham county by Special
Deputy Sheriff O'ke!ly, Sd Long,
Viii Sripes and Faux CAusdy.
father OF Ola Cansdy
The negro vas taken 10 Chapes
Hill. Saturday and ,riei before Jas
,ice Of the Peace Aigerrou :. B.f-
bee, who held ham 10 9 bond OF S2oO
tor his appearance a, the next term
Of Orange Superior Court, which
conveoes on Monday, March 18th,
aud in deianlt OF bond he was con
m,t,ed 10 Jail. The charge on which
A,wa,er v a committed is attempt
ed rape on Ola Canady OF August
4,h, 1895, abeu, , miles west OF
Chapel Hill. This is the ,h'rd line
tina, At~a,er has been Changed ~nh
attempted rape, and two o. the three
attempts teiug on Ola Csnady.
. = The negro made DO a,,.mp, To es
: cape, and although much bitter feel
ing exists against him III and aronnt
chapel Hill, no attempt was mad
to, lynch hia.
Officers Ezzell and Sparrow Q
Chapel Hill. arrived At Hil!sbor'
Saturday night with A,water, am
lodged him 10 the county js'i.
A,water is no stranger TO our Jai
He LAS been there once before.
Some Of our readers may thin
i'll that Justice Barbec held Atwa,er
q very small bond for SO serious
of charge, and it does look 'ha, va
but Atwater could give a bond +
$4,000 "a readily as he could g''
one for 5000.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-02-18

A sure cure for cuts, bruises,
eprains, alterations, sore nipples,
burns. sca,ds, c%hilblains, piles and all
manner of sores, wounds. chafes'
such as require the use OF soo'h'ng'
quick healing ointment. This ONT
meut has been 10 use Tor a number
of years and gives entire sat'sfac'
ton. Heretofore this preparation
has been made and kept by Mrs
Jos. A.. Harris, Hillsboro, n. G., ba'
will be found on sale hereafter onl,
by .he Hillsbor" Drug Company.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-02-18

/ 4 petaliar feature of the inaugural
ball will be that no wine, or liquor
OF any kind, will be. sold In connec
ton with the supper or at any other
lime during the evening. The pro
bibjtion OF liquors at the BAL u Is
understood, is made in accordance
With the wishes of Mr. and Mr.. Nc
Kinley. II will be The fret inangut
raj ball held here a, which wine ha'
not been sold.-Times.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-02-18

Writing of his mother, }. Nj.
Barrie, the noted novelist, says {:
"Everythiug I could do for her in
this life | lave done, since l was a
bow. | look back upon the years
and | cannot see the smallest thing
l!.t, undone." How many OF US can
say this?
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-02-18

Rev. II. 5. Bradshaw, pastor
viii preach in the Presbyterian
church next Sunday. Feb. 2ls'. at II
a. &c. and : .. IN. Public invited.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-02-18
New TrillmphS,

Nov Tr1lln1phS.
"General," said the almost breath
less Spanish officer, "send out the
glorious news without delay"
What has occurred ?"
"Tbree more brilliant victories
We have jus, put TO rout two Sun
day.school picnics and q camp-meet
ing.'-WSshing,on Star.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-02-18
SUBSCRIPTIONS RATES:

J.e year. to be paid In advance. 81 on
six months. Soc
Three months. 25c
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-02-18

Farmer Boys" letter was re
ceived after our paper was in type,
and does not appear this week.
All persons wishing TO see Mr.:
r. V. Ray, Chairman OF the Boara
OF County Commissioners, on official
business, will fnd him in Hl'lsboro
on the second SATURDAY. after ihe
Arst Monday in each month,
Mics Shelly Cooley, who has
been visiting her uncle, Mr.. Chas 5
Cooley, will leave Thursday to visit
friends and relatives at Greensboro
Thomasville and Concord, n. Z.
before she returns to her home a
Saudersvllle, Ga.
london A. Whitfield, a we'll
known colored school teacher aud
:: very worthy man, died at his HON
in Chapel Hill Monday, and bis re
, mains were inferred in the co,ore'
) cemetery at HiIlsboro Wednesda
. morning.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-02-18

See notice OF S. NJ. Gattis, Ad-
miuie,rator Of Thomas McCracken,
deceased
The Armstrong Family OF Swiss
Bell Ringers gave an excellent per
torrance at Masonic Hall Tuesday
night. The Armstrong Family have
been musicians for four generations,
aud have appeared all over the
country. They gave a programme
Of classical and popular music, aud
in their line have few equals.
I Mr.. James NJ. Riley Gays thai
while on his way TO work on h''
a tarrn east of I~li!lsboro, one day re
Gently, bis dog caught and brough'
10 HIM a fox squirrel that measured
1 two fee, and seven inches from TIT
nose 10 the tails end, and the leg
were nine inches long DIR. Ri'e.
i says it was the largest squirrel d
ever saw.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-02-18
HELP HONE FOLKS FfssI.

An exchange makes the following
suggestions to the c%hari'ably IN
cl,ued people TO its town: Don't
ship a hox o: provisions and clothing
a thousand miles away. when there
are des,i,ute At your own door first.
Dop't hesitate about giving a Metho'
dist Goa, 10 a Presbyterian boy, OF
vice versa. Give to the needy re
gardless of The religious faith Of hi:
parents or relatives, aud then yo'
will have done an act that Ia CON
mendable 10 the eyer of IN
Almighty.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-11-12
GARD FROM REV. d. c. KELLEY.

Mr.. l.. B. Hughes, the Chairman of
the meeting at the courthouse Monday
night, Nov. Sth, during his speech, as
understood him, asked all in the house
who believed that all the men on the
Peoples ticket could be trusted to do
right by the city government, would
stand up. did not stand up. My re-
fusal to do so 1 feared might be inter
preted to mean that | distrusted all of
them, not as candidates but as men
therefore, at the close of the meeting
al ose and asked to explain why l did
not stand up, and said, "When my
young friend made his proposition l
could not stand up to say that could
trust all the men on the ticket, for some
of them have not seen and do not
know their purposes; some of them
have seen and find them to talk
like good men. My wish and publicly
announced purpose is to talk with all
of them il can meet them-until | do
this am not willing to respond to the
request made"
The question proposed was not one OF
UotinJ as understood it, but ofpersonal
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-11-12
Columbia, November 8, 1897.
Mr.. Webster to Mr.. Holding.

Mr.. Webster to Mr.. Holding.
SAM HOLDING, ESQ.,,
Dear Sir:-I read your circular letter,
and recollect pleasantly our little spat
of the past when you and few of your
friends bolted the Democratic party
when Boyd was nominated for AttOr-
ney-Gen. But then all was pleasant;
now it seems different. For it is not
pleasant to be treated badly in COM
menting on mans speech, especially
when his ideas are perverted. l at
tribute this to heat of debate and not to
intention. refer you to the original,
which has remained as it was, I'M
changed since the night l spoke.
read or spoke every word in this, and
enlarged on it in some strain. But
nothing inconsistent with the written
argument, as is known to every one.
l think it is able to stand alone with out
any further comment from me, as space
is scarce in the papers. l of course
stand on it.
may find it necessary in next weeks
paper to reply to some other points, un
less I do so before then from some
place of public speaking.
Most cordially yours,
VIM. j. WEBSTER.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-11-12

esteem for the individual men; my
sense of duty did not allow me to be
silent on this issue when by doing so
might be regarded as condemning men
unhedrd.
Everybody in Columbia knows that
! stand on the right side of the moral
question involved in the campaign.
Every body is entitled to know that I
have, for years, been the pronounced
friend of the laboring man and am al
ways willing to listen to his side of all
matters involving his interests. l do
not agree with the speaker of the eve
ming that the danger to the people, the
working man, lies in the direction
pointed out by him. II, therefore,
the laboring men desire to know
what l regard as their best in
terest as involved in this cam
paign, l will be glad to meet them at
such time and place as they may sug-
gest and speak to them. had no
thought of speaking in the campaign
when went to the meeting on Monday
night at the court house, and am only
led to propose to do so now by the ques-
tions raised by the principal speaker of
the evening and severa! telephone ques-
tions which have come to me this morn
ing. ID. c. KELLEY.
Columbia, Nov. 8, 1879 a. m.
P. ST. p. m.-Since writing the above
l have had an interview with the head
of the Peoples ticket and the principal
speaker of last night, and have been
compelled to state to each that re-
garded the positions held by them to be
fraught with the greatest danger to thu
interests of all our citizens, and that
they had driven me to put my foot up
m their whole movement. / further
stated that If the speaker of the even.
ing so desired / would allow him to
select the place where we might discuss
the questions presented by him, in
joint debate, Stating that l preferred
to discuss these issues outside of the
pulpit, that both sides might be heard
After full and fair investigation and a
hearing given both sides, the time has
come, in my humble judgment, wher
no good citizen ought to hesitate-noth-
ing is left us but to vote the Reform
ticket, solidly. D. G. X.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-11-12

continue to win victories, they will
approve their commissions. If they
lose them, they, in turn, will have
to pay the penalties ofdefeat. Where
we can, we shall support them,
Where we cannot support them, we
shall enter no factious opposition to
them. We go to political annihila-
ton with perfect composure-with-
out a single resentment, or regret
having fought out to the bitter end a
profound conviction in perfect fair
ness and good faith.
There are many suggestions which
the vote of Tuesday summons to the
minds of thoughtful people; nota-
bly,, the results i'm Maryland, Great
er New York and the city of Louis
vile, incident to the elimination OF
strife and the union of party forces
and as the smoke of battle clears,
wise men may perhaps find it salu-
tory to take these into consideration.
But, for the present, we shall leave
the moral of the cOnflictnow ended
to impress itself in its own way upon
the masses of the people. AS we
said in the beginning, and have said
during the progress of the battle, We
repeat now from none of the conse.
quences of the fight we have made
for what we believed just pOlicie:
and sound ideas, have we the leas
disposition to shrink. Had we the
whole thing to go over we shoulC
not veer hairs line from the COURSE
we have pursued; and, reviewing
the record, we recOllect no word, Of
act, which we would recall. Wha
the rest can stand, we can stand
With charity for all, with malice to
ward none, we shall continue to d.
business at the old stand precisely
as il nothing whatever had happen
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-11-12
Squeaked Once too Often.

Maccabe, the ventrlloqulst, was a
great practical joker. Several years
ago, he was on board river steam
boat, and, having made friends with
the engineer, was allowed the free
dom Of the engine room. Presently
certain part of the machinery be-
gan to creak. The engineer oiled it
and went about his duties. In the
course of few minutes the creaking
was heard again, and the engineer
rushed over, Oil-can in hand, to lu-
bricate the same crank. Again he
resumed his post, but IL was only II
few minutes before the same old
crank was creaking louder than
ever. "Great Jupiter!" he yelled,
1.-The things bewitched." More oil
was administered, but the engineer
began to smell rat. Pretty soon
the crank squeaked again, when,
slipping up behind Maccabe, he
squirted half pint Of oil down the
joker's back. "There," said he, ~
guess that crank won't squeak any
more. Spare Moments.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-11-12
DISMUKES GETS HIS MAN.
Tragic Outcome of the Recent Sensational
Affair at Gallatin.


NASHVILLE, Nov. 4.-The Dis
mukes- Rodes ARRAY at Gallatin, a
few days ago, has at last resulted in
tragedy.
This afternoon John Rodes was
standing on the public square when
Martin Dismukes came out of the
court house and fred at ROdes with
double-barreled shotgun. Rodes
ran few steps and fell. Bystand-
ers rushed in and prevented Dis
mukes from firing again.
The gun was loaded with buck
shot. One ball struck ROdes in the
shoulder and another entered just
under the heart, inflicting probably
a fatal wound.
The shooting was the outcome Of
an attack on ex-senator Dismuke
by the Rodes boys few days ago
Martin Dismukes tried to kill Rodes
on the day of the attack on his faith
er, firing one shot at them, but
striking a bystander.
Dismukes is in jail and Rodes il
still alive, with little chance for re-
covery.
LATER:-Rodes is improving, and
the chances are that he will recover
Dismukes is out on bond.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-11-12
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
(Centinued from Third Page.)
ANDREWS.

ANDREWS, Nov. "a good rain fell
here last night, which was truly needed.
Farmers are not through sowing wheat
and have not finished digging their
potatoes. Sweet potatoes are yielding
about hardly half a usual crop, and the
Irish potatoes are too shabby" to talk
about.
Last night we had an exciting eX-
rperience with lamp While at the
supper table we heard an unusual noise
in the family room, which proved to be
"a piece of burning lamp falling on the
hearth. The oil was atire inside and
ont Of the lamp, which almost made our
blood chill, but Mr.. Nicholson took
hold of it and ran out of the house with
it. His hand was considerably burned,
but he was rejoiced to escape with so
slight an injury.
Our near neighbor, Mrs. Ella Scott,
also had an accident with fire lately,
which came near terminating eXpen-
sively. A chair of freshly ironed
clothes was setting before the fire, aud
by some means was overturned on the
hearth while all but little twO-year-old
Cecil were out of the room. Fortunate.
", it was discovered in time to save the
house, but the clothing, consisting OF a
dozen or more garments, were de-
stroyed
Mr.. wallace Handsome Saddle-horSe
Ben, was kicked by another horse re
Gently, which has disabled him. Mr.
Charley Jones also has nice mare
badly crippled.
Mr.. Joyce's condition is no better and
he cannot remain with his loved ones
here much longer.
Mrs. Sallie Jones is quite sick.
Miss Lutte Chisholm, of Spring
Hill, accompanied by her cousin, Mr.
Ernest Luteman, of Tuscuunbia, Ala.
visited the family of Mr.. Wilburn
Sowell recently.
Mrs. Agnes Nichols, of Livingston
Ala, has been with her sister, Mrs
Mollie Barker, awhile, during hel
quarantine from home.
Miss Bertha Leftwich, of Port Vim
cent, La, is with her cousin, Miss HaN
Davis, this week.
Mrs. Brazier is with relatives here.
Ed. Truax will preach at Corintf
next Lords Day.
Ed. Allen Fitzgerald, Of Campbells
willie, was with the Rock Sprins
brethren last Lords Day.
Mrs. Ella Scott visited her sick aun
at Pulaski the first Of the week.
RIPPLING WAVES.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-11-12
GarwOOd's Sarsaparilla-for the blood
guaranteed to cure. A. B. RAINS.
SANCTUM SENTIMENTS.

Marcus Aurelius said last evening:
II don't think the result has much
significance as to the money ques-
ton. don't see how the Democrats
can reasonably bring silver no as an
issue in this State again. - l
hardly think the money question
ought to be considered as affected
either wav. The results all over the
country show it was an off year. "
Marcus Aurelius must have been
the foreman of that Scotch jury,
whose verdict read: Not guilty
but don't do it again. Nashville
SUM-"
Carry the news to Josiah. His
canvass of Kentucky brought that
State back into line for the true De-
mocracy. AS expected, Hindman's
vote was ridiculously small and the
number of Hannacrats who stood up
to be counted for patriotism shows
that virtue is almost friendless in
the Bluegrass State.-Jackson Sun
The arrival of baby boy at the
home of Grover Cleveland last week
was Just in time to rescue its fathers
name from oblivion.-East Tennes
seean.
Mr.. Bryan tells good story at the
expense OF the Palmer Bucknei
Democrats. A man travelling on q
Missouri train said that he coulc
tell by the looks of the passenger:
what political party they belonged
to. hThis man here" said the
traveller, ais Republican" Yes,
said the passenger, that is my poll
tics" THAT man over there is
Democrat" "That's correct" re
sponded the second passenger
"That man in the third seat is
Populist." Correct you are" sale
the Populist. And that MAJ
further is gold standard Demo
crat." "No, l am not" prompt!
responded the fellow. i've beer
sick; that's what makes me lool
this way."-Carroll County Demo
crat,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-11-12
THE POLITICAL POT
Is TURBULENT
Continued from Fourth Page.)

distressing state of affairs. A citizen of a
sister county was found, shot to death,
within fifty yards of our public square. A
young townsman of ours Ias charged with
the crime. A trial followed, during which
such sickening scene of midnight revelry
and debaucbery was disclosed, that it
shocked the public conscience, and public
opinion revolted against such loose and
dangerous administration. Thereupon
this public opinion organized into the Re-
form party. 1t made the fight for better
government. 1t was successful. And
what is its record? This is known of all
men. By virtue of the faithful discharge
of duty by our officers, the city is to day
virtually depopulated of gamblers. The
Sunday tippler spends his time cursing the
officers whose vigilance has suppressed
his nefarious dissertation OF the Sabbath,
and the riot and debsuchery of the mid
night saloon is heard no more in the
land. This is the work OF the Reform
party. 1. is upon this record that they are
appealing to the people; for their business
administration cannot be successfully ques-
toned This, then, is the issue, whether
we shall return to those disgraceful days
when the officers of the law, though they
had eyes they saw not, and ears and heard
not.
Waving the immateIial question of who
are responsible for the bringing out of the
Peoples ticket, the bone and sinew of its
supporters are these very elements that
have been held in check, and that they are
supporting this ticket in the hope that
they can accomplish their purposes, nc
reasonable man, untrapmelled with the
hope of Office, can deny.
1t may be that, il they are successful in
this election, no law will be repealed, but
that they expect and will have set of Off
GERS most congenal to their business is al
certain as their support.
Now, sir, leave you; according you per
feet sincerity in the expression of your
views and hoping that the expression Of
mine will give no offense.
have not said all that might have beer
said, nor have put the issues as forciblJ
as might have been stated, but these are
my views and sentiments upon what be
lieve to be an important public matter
and, initiating your courage, | dare ex
press them.
hope, sir, in thus addressing you in I
public letter, in answer to your public
speech upon public question, that havt
not transcribed the hallowed bounds o
that liberty so dear to the hearts of th,
Peoples party.
Trusting that you will accept this as
cand d and sincere statement OF my opin
ions upon vital public question,
leg to remali,
Cordially your friend,
SAM HOLDING.
nlnpnhio Nnyamhor O 1907
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-11-12
Card From w. j. web.ter, Esq.

EDITOR HERALD
understand that 1 have been criti-
cised by speakers for my remarks
about the ringing of the couI t-house
bell in connection with prayermeeting
or other religious service.
1 did say 1 was mad every time
heard this bell ring for religious SER
vice, because it was the bell that called
the police to arrest offenders, and called
the officers of the law either State,
county or municipal, together. That
there were many sweeter bells in our
churches devoted to religious worship,
and that it would be more appropriate
to ring these or one of them, unless it is,
as l suspect, an attempt to get the
paraphernalia of the law connected
with religion.
This was only part of the idea
combating the union of religion and
politics. The main speech shows this.
1 think they have distorted this matter
and exaggerated it, as many other
things in this election.
w. j. WEBSTER.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-11-12
COURIER.JOURNAL FLOPs OVER.
Last Weeks Election Brings 1t Back
Into DemOcracy's Ranks.

Into DemOcracy's Ranks
[Courier.Journal OF Thursday
The Courier Journal has little to
add to what it has already said by
anticipation touching the Demo-
cratic situation in Kentucky brought
into being by the vote Of Tuesday
last. That vote confirms the posi-
ton of the convention that nomina-
ted Mr.. Shackelford for Clerk of the
Court.o Appeals undergraduates the
position of the convention which
nominated Mr.. Hindman. 1t fixes
the relation of the Democratic or
ganization in Kentucky to the Ma
tional organization of the Demo-
cratic party, at least through the
next State and national elections.
1t is so decisive in character as to
leave nothing to conjecture, and the
Courier Journal has neither the
wish nor the purpose to challenge 1t.
The issue as it was made, and has
been fought out, was clear and eX-
plicit. No effort was wanting to
maintain it. Nobody could by any
possibility be mistaken about 1t.
| we may regret tne NerulcJ against
us, but we accept it. We shall make
no further effort to direct the party
course or counsels, or to share in
any of the responsibilities of party
leadership, having done our best, ac-
cOrding to our conscience and belief
to divert our political associates
from a policy and procedure, the end
of which no man can now fOrsee, the
result of which we very much fear,
both as to the welfare of the country
and the party. But we are Demo.
Gratis, not Republicans, and, mailing
our flag to the masthead of honest
money, free trade and home rule
we shall in the character of a private
soldier in the ranks contribute what
ever we are able to the ascertain
ment and the vindication of truth
For the gentlemen who have b,
their victory confirmed their leader
ship. we entertain not the least i'll
will. ALI the hOnOrs belonging 4
that leadership be theirs; and, let nj
add, all the responsibilities. IftheS
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-11-12
GarwOOd's Sarsaparilla-for the blood
guaranteed to cure. A. b. RAINS
NEAR SMYRNA.

NEAR SMYRNA, Nov. S.-Miss Virgie
Sowell visited her sister, Mrs. II. l..
Ellington, at Rally Hill, recently.
DIR. l.. V. Sublette, who has been on
the sick list, is better at this writing.
Mrs. ID. X. Minor spent several days
in Crawford Hollow last week.
Mr.. Jim Craig, wife and little daugh-
ter visited ut Center Star recently
The school closed at Nicholson
schOol-house last Monday.
will close by wishing the HERALD
and its many readers much success.
DEW DROP.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-11-12

ed relieved to be rid of all respOn-
sibility in party affairs; glad to go
to the rear of the columns; quite AS
sured of our ability at all times and
under all circumstances to hold our
own with friend or foe, and certainly
indifferent whether the case in
point be fight, or foot-race!