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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-18
SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX.

We hope to see the cause of popu
lar education stimulated by the new
bill to encourage local taxation for
public schools. The bill appro-
PIRATES a sum not to exceed fifty
thousand dollars, to be used in sup
plementing special taxes voted by
| school districts, to an amount not
to exceed five hundred dollars in any
one district. That is to say, the
State proposes to donate a dollar
for every dollar of special tax for
school purposes raised in a district,
within the limitation mentioned. An
election may be held in each school
district next August for the purpose
of testing whether or not majority
of the voters Of the district are will
ing that special tax for school pur-
poses shall be levied. Of course, the
amount raised by special taxation
and the corresponding donation by
the State will be in addition to the
regular pro rata distribution of the
general school fund and will lengthen
the school terms by so much in the
districts voting the special tax.
The SENTINEL is strong friend OF
education, as it's past course abnnd
antly affirms, and it halls with
pleasure any movement which gives
promise of advancement to the cause
1t hopes, therefore, that the new law
will bear abundant fruit and lift our
State to a higher plain in the educa
tional world.
What a State is doing in the way
of educating it's children is, largely,
the criterion by which it is judged
by the outside world, and beyond
the benefit to be derived directly by
our own young people, we could
hardly do anything that would re-
dound more generally in inviting
attention to, and securing favorable
consideration of our State than by
progressive and aggressive action
and the display of q liberal spirit In
the matter of popular education.
Let us all pull together, then, in
pushing forward SO important
cause.
NORTH CAROLINA pie hunters are
knocking at the door of the McKin-
ley lunch room. AS the old darkey
remarked: "It's not what you wants
that does you good, but what you
gifts" 1t remains to be seen how
many will be gratiied by this stand
ard.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-18
Rests with the United states.

Evansville Courier.
Senator WolcOtt IL undoubtedly
right when he says, referring to the
proposed conference, lis accom-
plishment, in my opinion, rests
largely with the United States" We
believe it rests wholly with the
United States. If this government
should remoDetize silver we would
probably have an urgent demand tor
"A monetary conference inside OF sixty
days. 1t would not come from
France and Germany only, but from
England also.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-18
Second Annual Meeting Saturday.

MT: j. f Hoskins passed down the
road Monday evening, returning to his
home at Summertield. He will return
TO Winston Thursday to arrange for
the second annual meeting. on Satur-
day, March goth, of the Forsyth and
Stokes branch OF the Farmers Mutual
FIRE Insurance Association. Mr.
H0skins. who is general manager Of
the association, says a good report
will be made by the Forsyth and
Stokes branch +
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-18
Morning After Payday.

Harpers Bazaar.
My DEAR" said Mrs. barley,
could you leave me about $25 this
mornin ?"
My sweetness replied barley, s'a
bank cashier has just died from the
effects of handling paper money, and
IN afraid to expose you to the
danger. Can you wait until pro-
cure gold for yOu?''
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-18
The Democratic Leader.

Atlanta Constitution.
The Democratic caucus has nomi-
mated Congressman Joseph III.
Bailey, of Texas, as their candidate
for speaker. The nomination is not
by any means an empty honor, al
though Reed will be elected speaker.
In nominating Mr. Bailey, the Demo-
Gratis have chosen him as their leader
in the house, and this position teens
with esponsibiliUies.
1t is no reflection on Mr.. Bailey's
opponents, all good and worthy men,
to say that the honors and RESPONSE
bilities of leadership have not been
misplaced.
He is a student and scholar; he is
a ready debaUer, cool and cautious,
and yet prompt; he is thoroughly
grou ded in parliamentary law, and
was Speaker Crisp's right-hand man
in the parliamentary emergencies
that frequently arose in the house;
he is, in short, one of the ablest
young men of his time, and to him
the term statesman" can be more
fittingly applied than to any man of
his years now in public life.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-18
A Look Ahead.

Columbus (Ga.) Herald.
There seems to be no doubt but
that, as the months and years roll
by, William J. Bryan will grow in
popularity with the masses of the
American people. His clean record,
pure character and intense American
ism will command the respect and
love of all true patriots, and will like
wise cause the politicians and specu-
lators to fear and hate him But
the indications are that history will
repeat itself in 1900 Mckinley and
Bryan will again oppose each other.
Mckinley will be overwhelmingly
defeated as was Harrison in '92
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-18
To Meet in Joint Debate.

The students of the University OF
North Carolina and the University of
Georgia, will meet in joint debate at
Athens, Ga, in May, at the same
time the baseball teams of the two
institutions meet to play match
game. The young orators will debate
the initiative and referendum, while
the athletes will play plain baseball.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-18
Suspense.
Brooklyn Life.

Brooklyn Life
1 sit in blissful, pensive mood
Beside the dear one of my choice,
Sufficient for my daily food
The liquid honey of her voice.
But see. Her face grows strangely cold
Her hand leaves mine as if in fear.
Love makes me mad-fright makes me
bold
What is it :? Tell me-tell ne-dear,"
She needs me not-but stern as death
Stares at me kneeling on the Il Or
Then while gasp and hold my breath
She sneezes-and the spell is DER.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-18
CDR. Cyrus IL. Watson,

Secretary OF State Cyrus b Thomp-
son is making a collection Of envelopes.
Saturday he received letter address
ed: "Dr. Cyrus b. Watson, Secretary
OF State" This was placed under one
addressed: Hon. John Sherman,
Secretary OF the State OF North Caro-
lima"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-18

AN idea of the tremendous rush for
the national pie counter may be
drawn from the statement, sent out
from Washington, that there are
already six thousand applicants for
four hundred offices.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-18

THE Progressive Farmer coins a
new word to fit the boiling Populists.
1t calls them ''Pietriots,' and thus
defines the word: "Men who believe
one thing and do another, traitors
for ME-
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-18

IT is intimated that President
Mckinley will ask Gen. Fitzhugh Lee
to remain in Cuba. A very graceful
act upon the part of the new Presi-
dent this would be.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-18

PRESIDENT MCKINLEY favors econ
omy and retrenchment. Suppose he
recommend a reduction in his own
salary, which is double that of Lin
coins or Grants.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-18

IT is said that Cleveland is seven
times a millionaire 1t is evident
that he had other business more
profitable than the legitimate in
come from the Presidency. He en-
tered the office comparatively poor
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-18

Four months have passed since
McKinley's election and we have been
fairly deluged with that promised
prosperity. We hardly see how the
people of this country can stand
much more of it.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-18

Now they say that Col. James
Boyd is slated for Solicitor General.
1t appears likely that the Colonel will
step into some place of national fat
ness before the doors are closed.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-18

IT is not pleasing to lot of folks
that the advance agent of the g O. p.
show has SO few complimentary
tickets to hand out.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-18

THERE is no sense giving a Con-
gresham 20 cents a mile for his
mileage when it costs him but 2 or
3. Under this system a Pacific
coast Congressman draws $1,000
mileage for what costs him less than
5000
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-18

HUMANITY sometimes takes awful
tumbles, and yet it is somewhat
difficult to conceive the process Of
deterioration by which ex Senator
John j. Ingalls,, the ''iridescent
statesman" degenerates into a re
porter of a prize fight.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-18

CAR REED couldn't touch The
Presidential nomination with a forty
foot pole, but he has a cinch on the
Speakership of the Republican House.
Perhaps that is nearer his size.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-18

CERTAINLY there is no civil service
attribute in the action of the Legis-
lature in removing, by miserable
subterfuge, the Superintendent of
the three Insane Asylums of the
State, without a shadow of cause.
As we have before remarked, 1T was
simply robbery, as viewed from a
moral standpoint, and we doubt
that the right to thus curtail terms
of Office would be sustained by the
highest court. 1t is not unlikely that
the matter will be tested in suits for
salaries for the unexpired terms
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-18

The sooner you begin to fight the fire, the
sooner it may be extfnguished. The sooner
YOU begin taking Aver Sarsaparilla for your
blood disease, the easier will be the cure. In
both cases. delay is dangerous, if not fatal
Be sure you get Ayers and no other.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-18

THE advance agent of prosperity
Is still a long ways ahead of the
show.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-18

LEGISLATION against the splitting
habit is being introduced in some
cities. 1t might we'll be adopted
here to protect the beautiful court
house from DETACHMENT.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-18

WHAT a man is and what a man
has are two different things The
first is more important than the
other, as character is of more conse-
Quence than wealth.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-18

LIKE unto Grover, in a short time
Russell may be man without a
party. Never before, perhaps, has
there been SO much friction between
a Governor and his party SO soon
after his election. Let the band pro-
coed to play.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-18
NOTICE.

A Blue Mark here is to call attention
the date to which your subscription is paid.
Remittances are desi red from those in ar
ears.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-18

THOSE on the outside and who wish
to get inside the public crib don t
fancy the civil service bars and there
is prospect of a lively fight over
abolishing the civil service law. Mr..
Linney is reported as saying that he
will second the motion with all his
soul. The law was quite pleasing to
some Republicans as long as it
opel atsd SO as to keep Republicans
in office under a Democratic admins
tration, but it becomes a gray horse
of another color when it comes to
coping Democrats in Office under q
Republican administration. Con-
sistency continues a diamond of the
first water.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-18

1T is stated that $1,34O,OO0 of
silver dollars were coined during
February. There is not an ounce of
gold behind these dollars and accord
ing to the gold bugs they are only
worth about fifty cents piece, and
yet we find the professors of finance
anxious to get hold of as many of
them as possible-receiving and ex-
pending them as one-hundred cent
pieces Hence, the fallacy of the so
cent bugaboo.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-18

A beard can be colored brown or black by
Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-18

The evils inflicted upon the people
of North Carolina by the last elec
ton were made possible by the
assistance rendered by Populists to
the Republicans. How do the Popu
lists like the goods turned out by the
new mill?
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-18

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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-15
From James Greek.

We are having plenty of rain in this
part OF the country. and think it has
been a general one. The food OF last
week was the highest known since '76.
1t swept fences as though they were
straws, doing great damage to all the
farms lying in the creek and river
bottoms. Big River literally wiped
out the bottom roads, there is scarcely
the trace OF a road left along it.
No mail from anywhere nearer than
Potosi has reached us for several days
on account of the washouts.
Mr.. W. R. Vineyard who has had
the measles very bad, is able to be
out again. He and his wife spent
Thursday with his parents.
Sunday School begins next Sunday;
w. r. Vineyard. Supt.
Services will be held at Thomas
Chapel Sunday. by Rev. McKinsey.
Miss Ora Mitchell spent Sunday
with Miss Amy Vineyard.
Farmers are still busy building
fences whore the food washed them
away.
Mrs. Hays, we are glad to say, is able
to visit her daughter this week. She
viii rsturn to her home at Belgrade in
a few days.
E. D. As letters in the REGISTER
are splendid,
Those that want good paper should
subscribe for the IRON COUNTY REsIs-
TER. A. L.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-15
News Service Extended.

The st. Louis RepHblic recently
made arrangements with the cable
companies, whereby direct news from
all sections OF the civilized world are
received. 1t now prints more aathen-
tic foreign news than any other paper
ami continues to keep up its record for
publishing all the home news. The
outlook for the year is one of big news
events. fast succeeding each other and
they will be highly interesting 10 ev-
eryone. The price of the Republic
daily is So a year, or $3.50 for three
months. The Twice-a-Week Republ.e
win remain the same-one dollar a
year, by mail. twice-a-weeE.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-15
Obituary.

John Calvin Downs died at his resi-
dence in Madison county, Mo-. Feb
ruary Sth. 1897. He was born in
Alexander county, N. c.. May goth,
1882, and in 1889 moved with his par
ents to Madison county. NO., where be
lived until his death.
He was married March 23, 1854, to
Miss Sarah Z. Sharp, daughter of r.
L. Sharp, one of the old pioneers OF
Southeast Missouri. To this union
there was born eleven children, eight
sons and three daughters. Three of
the sons went home to God many
years since.
Mr.. Downs leaves a worthy and
most estimable widow. and family OF
eight children, all of whom are grown
and highly respected. He Joined the
Baptist church the same year OF his
marriage and remained a. member of
that great branch until his death. He
was a true Christian, loving husband.
and kind father. He will be missed
by his family and many relatives aud
friends.
He was always kind to everybody.
ready To help those in trouble. He
was so generous that he was often i'm
posed upon. None never left his
house empty handed.
He was a faithful Christian; though
his last nine years were full Of suffer
ing, his Christian faith never wavered.
but grew stronger. His wife and
children found bis suffering was grow
ing intense, yet his face would light
up With a smile as he talked Of his
hope of heaven and the happy reunion
with his loved ones when bis suffering
was over and he had entered the New
Jerusalem. He died of that dreaded
disease consumption. Calm. conscious,
perfectly resigned to the Fathers will,
be sweety fell asleep. Many friends
are in sympathy with the bereayed
mother and children.
On February 10th be was laid in the
Bethany Cemetery TO rest until the
morning comes when his Father shall
call him and he shall wake to endless
JOY. X. w.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-15
IRONTON. MO. THURSDAY 1897. NUMB

tilted by the result Say what you
viii. and call it very small matter.
if you please-but it is in just such
trifes that men in authority may kind
y smooth the path OF the wayfarer. or
put powders in his way.
On the sleeper was, among the other
passengers, a young mother with a
child of eight or ten months l don't
think l ever looked upon a sweeter,
purer face than that of the mother.
ana the child was bright-eyed and
healthy. But temporary illness
seized the little one when we had
progressed an hour or so on our jour
ney, and the young mairon was sorely
troubled. She came to our seat-I
presume because we were the most
elderly people in the car-and ap-
pealingly asked for advice and help.
Baby was sick-his stomach refused
to retain the food he, between reich
ings, took willingly-he had never
been sick before-she had fed him
nothing bat what he daily had taken
what could be the matter with her
darling? A short examination By Mrs.
4. showed there was nothing seriously
wrong. and that no doubt the malady
was owing to the motion of the car in
conjunction with q little stomach too
sedulously replenished. The mother
on this assurance was comforted aud
retired to her seat greatly relieved
Some half hour later as l passed by
her section / observed the little one
lying on a pillow sleeping sweetly as
the calm that precedes the dawn of a
gentle summer day. Would that all
troubles were as fitting,
I fnd this growing ia length and the
rattle of the train somewhat discom-
poses the even tenor of M thoughts
such as they are. We are now roll
ing into the Queen City, with bright
sky overhead-ln marked contrast to
our Tearing, five months ago
E. D. A.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-15

was that some time previously Lieuten-
ant Grant, of the Fourth Infantry. had
come rapidly along with part OF his
company, and had carried of one Of
their howitzers aud lot of ammnni-
ton, aud number of their gunners
had gone OF with him. but no one
knew whittier. 1T sounds like our
gun. and 1t must be Grant and our
men" they said. Cheers went up
again By toe Voltigeurs and the Fourth
as they learned The fact; aud the re-
ports of the gun seemed to increase in
rapidity and in vigor and energy.
(CoNCLupEp NEXT wEEK.l
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-15
Grants Part IN the Last Battle of
the Mexican War.

From Col. Emerson's Grants life in
the West and his Mississippi Valley
CAMP taigns, Ia history From Midland
Monthly:
Il was in Worth's attack on the San
Cosme gate and redoubts supporting it
that Lieutenant Grant did some inde-
pendent thinking and observing. and
exercised some generalship on his own
responsibility.
As they approached San Cosme gate
and works, Grant was leading the fore
most men. There were but two other
officers with the advanced force-Lieu-
tenants Judah and Gore. They crept
in ana out of the arches of the aque-
duct and approached the walls and
houses. from which an incessant FIRE
was poured.
i single piece of Mexican artillery
swept the open approaches, hut Grant
skipped across the roadway between
discharges. crawled along stone walls
enclosing houses, discovered a way by
which this gun could be fanked and
that particular position could be cap
tured. He retraced his steps along the
wall, called to his men who were pro-
tecting themselves under the arches,
and while a portion of them kept the
gun silent by sharp-shooting, the 9th
ers ran across With these he moved
rapidly 10 the ianking position he had
previously discovered. and soon drove
the gun from its position. The Mex
lean infantry on the house-tops, sup
porting it, also retreated. The whole
of Worth's division soon advanced TO
the front, aud severe fighting eusued
along the entire line. The roofs OF
the houses were all fat, and with sand
| bags upon them. and holes made
through the walls; strong defensive
positions abounded at every step. iu-
s.inct with an active and unseen enemy.
Later in the day, the enemy was rein
| forced, and Worth's progress for a
time was severely checked, and his
losses we're considerable. In the ba-
stioas and redoubts about San Cosme
gate we're a number of guns well
served bv Inc Mexican guuners, and
the sharp-shooters were holding their
positions with unusual stubbornness.
Grant. always watchful in looking
| for any strategic move that would Sc
cure point of vantage. was alert on
this occasion. seeking some mode OF
silencing, or minimizing the effect OF
those stubborn batteries that were deal
/ ing out death about the San Cosme
gate.
His penetrating eye saw that if only
some elevated point could be gained
which would command or endlade
them. they could be silenced.
He discovered a church of to the
south with q formidable-looking belfry.
within easy cannon range Of the San
/ Cosme batteries. He did not know
hox strongly 1t might be held By the
enemy. But he could ind out.
There never Was. during any portion
of Grants military career. much time
allowed TO elapse between thinking and
acsisg. He promptly made observa'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-15
THE DEPARTURE

The luggage has been tagged, check
ed and sent ahead to the station. We
have taken a last look at the room and
its familiar articles of furniture, and
it is notable the emptiness caused by
the removal of the trunks. the little
articles of the toilet, and the framed
photographs of far-off friends whose
faces in counterfeit presentment sad
dened while they cheered the months
gone by. There still remains on the
mantel the calendar on which the
passing days have been slowly checked,
and in the CRATE lie the half-burned
embers of letters sacredly retained un-
til the exigencies of travel and the
over-straining of grips and trunks and
pockets enforced their destruction, as
the breaking of the winter camp con-
strains the sacrifice of excresceut i'm
pedimenta gathered in quiescence.
We stand at the window and take a
long, lingering view of the mountain
peaks whose SUBMITS even now show
whitened traces of the storms of win
ter. and fasten upon our mental lens
the outlines of Pisgah and The Rat