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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05
The Poor Mans Only Hope.

Speaking of the Local Taxation
Election Aug. 10, one man says ::
takes are too high alread. don't
want to pay any more taxes" But
this man has children and wants to
educate them If he sends them to a
public school like we now have, the
school will last only twelve weeks.
He cannot educate his children this
way. They will never learn much
studying twelve weeks and not
studying forty weeks. So this man
decides to send his boy and girl to a
private school. How much must he
pay? He must pay at least, five
dollars for the boy and five for the
girl. This is tax of ten dollars on
him. But if he will vote for local
tax alton he will get good six
months schools for bis boy and girl
and for all the boys and girls he has
at cost of 81 80, if his property is
listed for 81 900; at cost of S. 80
if his property is listed for S. 900; at
a cost of forty cents if his property is
listed for 500; at cost of eighty
cents if his property is listed tor $500.
So you see this local taxation is
the poor mans only hope of educat-
ing his children.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05
THE BEST WAY.

Local taxation appears to be the
best way and, probably, the only
practicable way, to materially adj
vance the cause Of public education.
The distribution of the funds raised
in this way will be largely, if not
entirely, under the control of the
school commit teemen of each dis
trict. This special tax is needed in
almost every district that is not
already providing special fund for
it's school interests, but where the
schools are in charge of ignorant
and extravaganza, or otherwise in
competent committeeman, it might
be unwise to vote for the tax. Ger
tainly it would be so where it is
known the money would be waste d
or used in such manner as not to
benefit the children. The people of
each district must he the judges
about this matter.
Where the schools are under the
supervision OF committeeman OF
honesty and integrity and imbued
with a sense of the Importance OF an
e lucated citizenship, it will be the
part of wisdom and patriotism to
vote for the tax, which would be
only slight burden to the individual
taxpayers, but would aggregate a
sum that would prove of great al
vantage to the public schools. Let
it be remembered, too, that for every
dollar voted by a district, the Sta tie
will give another dollar, within the
limitation of five hundred dollars to
district, or township.
Where the conditions Indicate the
advisability of voting this tax, the
friends of education should be active
in EXPLAINING the local taxation ect
and presenting it's advantages dnr
ing the short time Intervening be-
tween now and the election, which
will be held on Tuesday, Angus:
10Th
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05
A Romantic Story From Florida.

The Perry ella } Herald relates
romantic story about Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Denmark, who were recent
ly married after judicial separation.
About year ago, says the Herald,
the young couple took the marriage
vows Mrs. Denmark then being
Miss Parker-and {, year glided
happily bv. Differences then arose,
and separation followed. About
year ago divorce proceedings were
begun, and consequently the marrie
age ties were dissolved, the records
having been completed few weeks
ago. But the smouldering embers of
love so rudely neglected came forth
with it's lucid awakenings, and the
languid forebearance of the once
happy couple succumbed to the inev-
liable. Justice Kimbrew performed
the last ceremony. and with a daugh-
ter about ter months old to harmon>
ize all differences, the young couple
have begun life anew.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05
Money in Peaches.

Hon. John T. West, successful
farmer and fruit raiser, of McDuffis
county, Ga, writes as follows to the
Augusta Chronicle: There is more
money in peaches than any other
crop we can raise. Every farmer
who has land within FIVE miles of
railroad should have at least one or
two thousand trees. The outlay is
small One crop well sold will pay
for land, trees and all expenses.
Il have 1000 Elbertas. | sold the
peaches on 1000 of these trees a
month since at price sufficient to
pay me for land, trees and expenses
and l5 to 20 per cent interest on nv
money, and these trees being only
four and half years old are good
for quite number of crops yet The
gentleman to whom | sold has ais
ready sold enough peaches to pay
me and hasn't yea gathered over
two tfths of the crop
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05
Original Observations.

Orange (Va.) Observer.
We hope the coal miners will strike
in vein.
There has been no reduction in the
wages of sin.
There is no statute of limitation to
the law of love.
More people are overcome by vani-
ty than by summer heat.
Women ornament their dresses be-
hind because they like to have nice
things said about them when their
backs are turned.
The weather is now too hot for
church-going people. The same
congregation which sits delighted
through a two and a half hours of
five act comedy can't possibly endure
more than twenty minutes of sermon
and a three minute prayer.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05
BIGHER SALARIES
"R. form Official Says the State
Doesn'e Pay Enough.

A form q fficial Says the State
Doesn'e Pay Enough.
Chatham Record.
At the county officers convention
held this week at Morehead City Mr..
Aver delivered a carefully written
address, in which he called special
attention to the small salaries paid
our State officers as compared with
the larger salaries paid by corpora
tions to their officers. AS an illus
tration, he cited the salary of $3 900
paid to the Governor and So 500
paid to the Chief Justice and then
said "a railroad company pays it's
State counsel $4,000 a year without
any hesitation and perhaps wouldn't
employ man in that capacity who
would work for less And, after
calling attention to this. Me-. Aver
asked this question, "Why cannot
and why do not they 1.-THE people,
have the courage and sense to make
such regulations AS will enable the
State to offer and pay as much for
intellect and brain in the service OF
the State and people as corporations
pay for Intellect and brain in their
service?"
Now, did you ever? Why haven't
the people 1.-The courage and sense
to pay their officers higher salaries
Who would have thought that such
question could or would have been
publicly asked by the late official
head of the Peoples party in this
State? Is it because he is himself ar
office hOlder-State Auditor?
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05
CAUSE OF THE HELPLESS.
Local Taxation the~Hope of Children
of the Poor.

of the Poor.
Biblical Recorder.
We have advocated local tax alton
because it is the only hope of educat
ing the children of the poor in North
Carolina. Hear this: The ly hope
of educating the children of the poor
in North Carolina-the helpless
children of the helpless poor. There
is nothing on earth that appeals to
one more strongly in the name of
Christ than these children, ignorant
and helpless, doomed from their
birth. We might have chosen the
more polite course of silence, but it
would have been at the cost of
DESERVING Christ. 1t may be possible
to desert the children; but no Chris
tian can desert G hrist
NO HOPE IN THE GENERAL TAX
But some one may say. local taxa
ton is not the only hope of the
children of the poor. Let US see. Is
there hope for them in the present
system, in the general tax? There is
none. In recent years the terms of
the public schools have become
shorter instead of longer. There is
none; for 100000 people III North
Carolina over ten years OF age, who
are or were children of the poor, who
cannot read or write, are living wit
nesses of What we say; living but
silent. There is none; for after forty
years of the general tax system
twenty-three per cent. of the white
population in North Carolina cannot
read or write, which is to say the
white population of North Carolina
is the most illiterate Anglo Saxon
population in the United States, il
not in the world. A hard saying, a
sweeping one, but it is true. So there
is NO hope for the children of the
poor in the present System. Any
| one who knows anything about
schools knows there is no hope in a
school that runs II weeks in a year
and is closed forty weeks, which is
the case in North Carolina.
100000 CHILDREN DEPENDENT.
One may say, "These children can
be educated in private schools" 1t
sounds like shocking irony. There
are soc, 900 children in North Caro-
lima who have no schools but the
] Public Schools, and the reason is
| that their parents are too poor or
too ignorant to maintain private
schools-mostly too poor, be 1T said
These 100000 children are utterly
dependent upon the Public Schools.
If the schools run only twelve weeks
| and then turn the children out in the
woods. which is the case, the children
must stand it. They are helpless.
| But we should not stand it; and here
is one who will not. The time shall
come when poverty shall not drive
600, 900 children of North Carolina
out of the school houses after they
have been in them only twelve weeks
and nail up the doors behind them
for the rest of the year. 1t can only
come and will only come by local
taxation, a tax that will cost the
poor man not less than thirty cents,
hardly more than a dollar; tax
that will open wide the school houses
| to all his children and welcome them
in six or eight months in the year
1t is the poor mans tax, the poor
| child's hope.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05
RETURNS THANKS.
Hospitality OF ~ iuston Salem Crate
fully Acknowledged.
Correspondents Sentinel.

Correspondence Sentinel
EAST BEND, July 80, 1901 de
sire TO return my heartfelt thanks to
the people of your city. | want to
let the people know | appreciate the
kindness shown me during my stay
of ten days in the city.
want to thank the officers of the
Presbyterian church, especially for
aiding me in my work for our church
papers They did not fail TO help me
in every way they could. When any
one goes into a strange place and
they are treated as they always
knew you and as if you were mem
Der of the citizenship and they are
given the right hand of fellowship, it
makes a warm place in their hearts
tor the place and its people.
want to thank the Young Men 9
Christian Associa ton for their recep-
ton and entertainment. They
showed me all the hospitalities that
could be shown a stranger. Upon
) the whole / will say the people Of
Winston Salem are the mostsociab BILE
, hospitable, generous people | ever
met. l hope that some day | may
be able to pay the people of this saiC
city back for their kindness
Very respectfully,
J. A. RADCLIFFE.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05

The Chicago platform gains friends
with the passing months and will
continue to do so until similar one
is adopted in 1900. Then, in 1901,
unless all signs fail, true-blue
Democrat will be elected President
upon that kind of platform. The
latest reaffirmation of allegiance to
the Chicago platform comes from the
Texas Democratic State Executive
Committee, which enunciated not
only the doctrine of free coinage, but
also the Democratic tenets of oppo
sition to trusts and monopolies and
to unjust and unfair taxation.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05

GOLD bug papers take delight in
pointing to the decline in the price of
silver. They say that the value of
the silver in. standard dollar is
about forty-four and a half cents.
In calling attention to this they
refute an argument of their own, viz,
that values are not affected by leg
islation. During the campaign a
favorite word with them was ssin-
srinsic." They wanted a dollar with
an intrinsic value of one hundred
cents in the markets of the world.
Now they say the intrinsic value of q
silver dollar is less than fifty cents
and yet not enc of these gold bugs
would refuse to take it for q full
dollar. Why7 There isn't an ounce
Of gold behind all the silver in circn-
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05
] ike Love.

PhIIuucIphla RECORD.
The gold fever, in one respect at
least, is like an attack of love
there's 20 use in arguing with the
patient. No matter how vivid the
stories OF the hardships that are GER
tain to be encountered, nor how dis :.
couragiDg the reports rs to the
chances of gaining wealth, thousands
OF men from city and country IRE
rushing in TO swell the ranks Of those
who are determined to learn in the
bitter school of experience. The
population of klondike will be
limited only by the want of means to
get there.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05
KITCHENS MAIDEN SPEECH.
He Pitched Into the Presidents Cur
rency Message.
Washington Dispatch.

Washington Dispatch.
Among the speeches made in the
House on the Presidents currency
message, and one that attracted
some attention, was that made by
Representative Kitchin, of North
Carolina. In voice that rang
through the House, he characterized
the message as an insult to the in
telligence of Congress. II the men,
bers of Congress, commissioned by
the people to legislate in this matter,
and in all other matters, are incom-
petent or unqualified to consider the
financial question, they ought to
resign, he said, and go home. He
resented the message under the cir
cumstances as an imputation upon
the intelligence end integrity of the
peoples representatives to deal with
great national question. If the
President was so solicitous about
this question, why did he not recon-
mend, he asked, the appointment of
the committees of the House for it's
proper consideration?
At this point the Speaker observed
that Mr.. Kitchin's allotted time eX
pired, and the hammering of the
gavel stopped him. Mr.. Kitchin sat
down amid loud applause.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05
OF Course, He is Growing.
ga Press.

Savannah (Ga) Press.
The statement that Hon. W. j.
Bryan is stronger now than he was a
year ago is probably correct. Mr..
Bryan is a very eloquent young man
He has shown himself to be a good
fighter and a strong campaigner.
e is tenacious, sincere, loyal, and
plucky Moreover. his conduct after
the election in accepting the verdict
of the people and in sending a mes
sage of cordial ~eongratulation to
Major MeKinly was entirely hand
some and magnanimous. People
like manly man and Mr.. Bryan has
shown himself to he able and digni-
fed. The people like a good fighter
and a fair one, and Mr.. Bryan struck
no blow beneath the belt.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05
Sam Jones in DanviIle.
Danyille Register.

DdINli hcSiSIcI
Rev. Sam 2. Jones, the well known
evangelist and lecturer, gave his lee
ture on "Shams and Genuines''at the
Ridge street tabernacle last night,
the second Baptist church being the
beneficiary. The crowd present is
variously estimated at from 500 to
1000 persons, but was probably
nearer the first named estimate. The
subject is one of Mr.. Jones's best
and afforded ample scope for the exe
e1cise of his fine humorous and sat>
irical powers and occasionally for an
impassioned period. Mr.. Jones is
"the same old Sam with his droll,
inimitable humor and mannerisms,
his striking epigrams, effective illus>
trations and that indefinable
entertaining power which gives zest
to whatever he says. The audience
were pleased, Mr.. Jones was pleased,
and the Second Baptist brethren are
far from displeased.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05

The Presidents currency message
having been sidetracked by the Sen =
ate, the Indianapolis monetary con-
ference crowd will appoint currency
commission on their own hook. OF
course their commission will declare
for the single gold standard, just as
it was intended the so called non
partisan commission, to be appoint
ed by the President, should do, as
was indicated by the fact that the
Indianapolis monetary conference
took the position that it was of
primary Importance that the gold
standard should be maintained, and
that the President commended the
report of the conference to Congress.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05
To Harness JaInes RiVer-

RICHMOND, Va, July % "A move
to believe it will succeed, to secure
control of all of the immense water
power on both sides of the James
River at this point. The object is to
use this power for driving a stupen>
dous electric plant which would pro-
pose to furnish electric power for all
purposes of manufacture and domese
tic nSa
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05

In complimentary mention of
Mr.. W. W. Fuller, formerly of Dur
ham and now counsel for the Ameri-
can Tobacco, "Tattler," in the Ashe.
vile Citizen, reviews Mr.. Fuller's
early struggles in his profession and
says: "The Dukes turned their at.
tention to the bright young fellow,
business began to come his way"
etc. If our memory fails us not, Mr..
]. s. Carr, of the Blackwell Durham
Tobacco Co., turned his attention to
Mr. Fuller and gave him opportunity
to show his legal traits long before
the Dukes called him into their SER
vice. We make this statement
simply for the purpose of correcting
an error.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05
Something TO Know.

1t may be worth something to know that
the very best medicine for restoring the
tired out nervous system to a healthy vigor
is Electric Bitters This medicine is purely
centres in the stomach, gently stimulates
the Liver and < idneys, and aids these or
cams in throwing off impurities in the blood.
Electric Bitters improves the appetite aids
digestion, and is pronounced by those who
have tried it as the very best blood purifier
and nerve tonic. Try it. Sold for 50c or
sl.OO per bottle at Y. 0. Thompsons Drug
store.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05

THE Philadelphia Record and other
gold papers are kicking hard about
the new tariff bill-its injustice to the
people and it's favoritism to the
trusts, etc.-and yet these papers
contributed to the result by either
giving lukewarm support to the
Democratic candidates last year or
by opposing them outright. To
argue that they are disappointed
with the Republican administration
in the tariff matter is to argue
against their own intelligence
against both their hind sight and
foresight. Everybody ought to have
had sense enough to know that the
Republican party, with Mckinley at
it's head, would pass q high protec-
tive and trust-foetering tariff.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05

WE hope at least two or three
townships in Forsyth county will, on
August 10th, vote in favor of the
local tax alton act, SO that other
townships may have the opportunity
to note its beneficial effects. Anoth-
er election will be held two years
hence and we predict there will be a
great deal more interest manifested
in the subject then than there is now,
because the people generally will be
more familiar with the operations Of
the law.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05
Don't Relish It.

Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle.
That branch of the Republican
party which is favorable to silver
coinage-not the Republican boilers,
but the rank and file who have not
given their adherence to the single
gold standard-do not relish Presi-
dent McKinley's reference to the
gold convention of bankers at
Indianapolis, and his practical adop-
ton of the conventions recon-
mendations. Many rank and file
Republicans, and some leaders, are
not ready TO swallow the idea of re-
firing the greenbacks and perma-
nently establishing the gold stand
ard and national bank system upon
this country. President McKinley's
message practically commits the adj
ministration to this policy, and those
Republicans with silver coinage
laanings do not like it.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05
Dog That Attends Church.

MIR. Nathan O'Berry, of Goldss
boro, has dog that regularly every
Sunday morning attends the Presby-
terrain church; he knows the ring of
the bells and starts just as the secs
ond bell rings. He tells the Argus
that the dog always goes out of the
church while the collection is being
taken mp and then returns to his
place That dog is like some folks
We know.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05
Rcsisns toGototbe Klondike.

WAsHlNGToN, July 29.-This tele-
gram was received today by Mr.. EcN
kles, the Comptroller of the Currens
cy, from F W. Hawkins. receiver Of
the defunct National Bank at Anae
cortes, Wash
please accept nv resignation as
receiver by wire. The Alaska gold
fever is overwhelming" The ancep-
lance was promptly telegraphed.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05
CAME EAST FOR A FORTUNE.
Kansas Judge Joins Ola mants to
the Rail Esfate

MEDIA, Pa, Aug. 2 Judge A. B.
Quinton, distinguished resident of
Topeka, Kan is in Media, having
come all the way East to lay claim
to a portion of the now famous Ball
estate. Several months ago some
one discovered that apparently the
estate of Joseph Ball, Philadelphi,
an. who died in 1911, leaving an es>
tate valued &C nearly 100000, had
never been properly settled. 1t is
said that portion of it was never di
vided and that some of the real es>
tate was illegally transferred,
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05

lation. Then why do not the in
trinsic value fellows refuse to aces pt
the silver dollar for more than the
market quotation upon the silver
bullion which it contains. Simply
beeause Uncle Sam says his silver
dollars must pass for one hundred
cent dollars, and away goes the
argument that values are not
affected by legislation.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05

The citiz Ems of any township in
which better school facilities are
needed and whose school affairs are
in the hands Of competent men, will
act wisely if they vote in favor of
local to Ration on August 1OCh.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05
sTREwN WITH SKELETONS.
Mrs. schwatka thus Describ The
Road To K'oDdyke.

BENTON HARBoR. Mich. July % =
The widow of Lieut.. Schwatka, the
Arctic explorer, being interviewed
here concerning the Klondyke gold
regions, which country she has re,
peatedly visited with her husband,
declared that the government should
stop the tide of migrants pouring
into the gold fields of Alaska. She
says that the mountain passes are
strewn with the skeletons of unfor
tuuate miners who persisted from
either cold, heat. malaria or starva>
ton while trying to reach the gol;t
regions.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05

SENATOR BUTLER was present when
the tariff bill passed, but failed to
vote. a wooden man could have
done as much. The people want
representatives who will act, par
ticularly when such an iniqultous
measure as the Dingley tariff bill is
under consideration.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05

THAT is big shut down of big
cotton mills reported from New Eng
land-nine corporations, represent
ing about $4,000 spindles and
5000 operatives. The incident
affords a good text for showing up
the fallacy that the Dingley tariff is
a prosperity bringer, but we forbear.
Instead, we will say, gentlemen,
bring your mills South. You are too
ar away from the base of supply
the cotton fields. That sort of
thing used to work, as unnatural as
it was, but the South is to be the
great cotton manufacturing centre
of the future.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05

MARYLAND Democrats are awaking
to the fact that "the way of the
transgressor is hard" At the last
State election, the detection among
Democrats turned over this hereto
fore reliably Democratic State to
Republican control. They sowed to
the wind and are now of the whirl-
wind reaping corruption. We are
glad to see, however, purpose 20
get together again and turn the
rascals out.