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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-01
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

1899 ought to be a great SeaE eor
bargains.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-01

The Santa lie Coz are tearing uR the
branch track between Scott sne sel-
kirk, this week.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-01

The DEMOCRAT, with all the county
news, for 81 year.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-16
IN MEMORIAM.

S. T. Beckwith, one Of the most prom
inent members of the Washington bar
died Wednesday. He was the son of
Nathaniel and Mary r. Beckwith; was
born in Hyde count, n. c., Feb. 9th, 1864,
he received an academic education at the
famous Lynch School. High Point, n.
c., and after course at the University,
commenced the study of law, receiving
his license in 1885 and afterwards tax
ing the degree Of g. l.. at the University.
He commenced the practice of law at
Monroe, but upon the death Of his father
returned to Hyde comfy. In 1889 he
married Miss Kate Reynolds, of Rich
nlond, who with one daughter survives
him In 1890 be moved to Washing
ton, n. c., and by his lofty Integrity,
ripe scholarship and UNUSUAL ability
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-16
MECH DECLARATION

To the Editor: You will probably con-
slider the following scrap of history suf-
ficiently valuable to be worthy of pre-
servation in the pages of the magazines.
Mr.. McBee. the writer. is respectable
citizen of Sommerville. Tenn. His lady
is a daughter of Adam Brevard, to whom
he attributes the Mecklenburg Declara-
ton of Independence. Mr. Brevard
lived. for some years preceding his death.
in the family of Mr.. McBee. who in
formed me he left many papers of hiStori-
cal value, which were obtained by, and
are now in the possession of. Il CON
nection of the family in South Carolina.
The fact will be observed with interest,
that the Westminster standards are
here declared TO have the model of the
Meckleuburg Declaration. Those stand
ards. as then published. included the
Scotch covenants. to which DR.. Smythe
has already, from internal evidence,
traced both the Mecklenburg and Ma
tional Declarations.
Having requested Mr.. McRee to give
me. in writing. facts which he had men.
toned in conversation. | received from
him what follows
Truly yours.
SAMUEL !. BAIRD.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-16
THE WINCHESTER GRAVES.
Honor 10 Whom Honor is Due.

; Honor 20 W nom Honor Is Due.
| 10 the Editor-I take it that the graves
' of the North Carolina soldiers in the great
| Stonewall cemetery at Winchester, Va,
! will be marked by June 6, Memorial Day.
| That day should he North Carolina
Day. A North Carolina orator should de-
liver the addrdess. / am sure that the
Winchester people will gladly accord us
that privilege.
There is one North Carolinian pre-
eminently fit, pre-eminently worthy, one
who originated and has been the heart
and soul of the movement to mark our
long neglected graves in that glorious Val
halla. No other North Carolinan should
be thought of in that connection. That
man is the Rev. james Battle Averett,
of Lousburg. He married a Winchester
who softened the cruel path to the grave
Of so many of our kith and kin, and
brought back to life so many on the verge
of the shadow AS the chaplain of Ash
hy's command, and later of the Stonewall
brigade. he had personal experience of
the career of the troops i'll the valley.
He is loyal to our past. He is eloquent
man. In no hands can the fame of our
Confederate dead be more safely entrust-
ed
The press of the State would do well
to advocate his being chosen. We owe it
to him for the good work he has done III
this connection: we owe it to our Win
chester dead because he is the right man.
Just the man they would have chosen.
O. w. BLACKNALL.
Kttrell. y. c.. March 10.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-16
/ THOUSAND DOLLARS LOSER.

How a Mount Holly Man Was Taken
In.
The Charlotte Observer of yesterday
says:
A certain Western paper offered $4,000
to the three persons who come nearest
guessing the electoral vote. An operative
in one of the mills at Mt. Holly saw the
offer and sent ON his figures. Several
days ago be received q letter from a
Kan who signed himself S. Midlynam.
He said to the Mt. Holly man:
You are one of the lucky numbers, so
herewith enclose you check for a thou
sand dollars, which you can, get cashed
at any Of the Charlotte IN. CO banks.
The check was made out on one of the
Charlotte Commercial national bank $
printed checks, the same as in the reg
ular check book. 1t was presented yes
terday, with the letter from the man Mid
LYMAN, at the Commercial bank. Cashier
Brenizer examined it and at once pro-
nounced it bogus. - @#
The Mt. Holly man is thousand dol
lars worse off than he was before he got
the check, for then he didn't have a
thousand to lose.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-16

ly child It rests with every woman wheth
er her baby shall be healthy and happy or
puny and miserable. If during the period
preceding maternity woman taxes proper
care of the organs upon which the perpetu
alton of the race depends, she insures the
health of herself and child. 1t is easy to do
this The proper medicine is at hand.
Over 90, 900 women have testified in writ
ing to the value of it.
The organs that make wifehood and moth
erhood possible are directly acted upon by
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Ii
makes them strong and healthy. 1t cures
all weakness and disease. 1t prepares for
maternity 1t does away with the discom-
forts of the expectant period. 1t insures
baby's health and makes its advent easy
and almost painless. Druggists sell more
of the "Favorite Prescription !" than of all
other similar medicines combined
Il am anxious to add my testimonial to your
Favorite Prescription, ~ writes Mrs. c. G. Bran
don, of Fort Grant, Graham Co. Ariz. II had
been using the Prescription for several months
previous to confinement. and am sure
have been benefited greatly from the time COM
menced to use it. feel fully as well as ever l
did in g1Ih IL rhe we ay ahd
during confinement had not the least symptoms
of fever The ordeal was nothing 10 what
i expected
The woman who OWLS a copy of DR..
Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser
probably does not realize at once all that
She gave in exchange for it. There was the
price of $50. That paid for the large vol
ume of oo8 pages. Then, as day by day
she looked into these pages, one by one she
gave away her anxieties for her farnily's
health. She learned how to make her chill
dren we'll In the chapters especially treat
ing of her own weaknesses, she learned the
causes and the cures. go, 600 copies have
been sold at 81. so each. Now an edition
in strong paper covers, will be distributed
FREE. Send FL oue-cent stamps to Worlds
Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo,
N. y, to cover the cost of mailing only
Send II stamps for cloth binding
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-16

NORTH BOUND CONNECTIONS
at Fayetteville and Atlantic Coast Line
for all points North and East, at Sanford
with the Seaboard Air Line, at Green's
bOro with the Southern Railway Com
pany. at Walnut Cove with the Norfolk
Il Western Railroad for Winston Salem.
SOUTH BOUND CONNECTIONS
at Walnut Cove with the Norfolk &
Western Railroad for Roanoke and points
North and West, at Greensboro with the
Southern Railway Company for Raleigh.
Richmond and all points North and East
at Fayetteville with the Atlantic Coast
Line for all points South, at Maxton with
the Seaboard Airline for Charlotte. At
lanta and all points South and South
west.
j. W. FRY. w r KYLE
Gen1 Manager. Gen'l Pass. Agent.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-16

easily took first rank at one of the strong
! est bars in the State. He was a man
of attainments, strong intellect, indOmita-
| BILE energy and unsullied purity.
! A jealous member of the Methodist
| church, his life was a most beautiful ex-
qualification of christian manhood. Capt.
| c.. f. Warren, Col. J. Bryan Grimes,
| Messrs. John H. Small, S. c. Bragaw
and r. B. Nicholson
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-16

Train on the Scotland Neck Branch ROAD
leaves Weldon 10 p m, Halifax 2S o m. AZ.
rives Scotland Neck 90 D IN, GreenviIle IN
m, Kinston % p m: Returning leaves KIN.
SION 20 m, Greenville ~ m, arriving AZ
Haufax l! 90 a m, Weldon II 20 m, daily ex.
cept Sunday.
Trains on the Washington Branch leave
washington 90 m and 90 ID M arrivea
Parmelo 90 am and $40 % m, returning leave
F&l mele 90 m and 30 D IA, arrive Wash
Sur day.
Train leaves Tarboro daily, 80 D m, ar.
rives Plymouth Z 40 p m, returning leave
Plymouth ~ m, arrives Tarboro 8 so 10
Train on Midland N. G. Branch leave
Goldsboro daily, except Sunday7 10 m, ar
irving Smtthfield 80 m; returning leave
Smtthneld 900 m; arrives at 9oldsbor
10 % m.
Trains on Nashville Branch leave Rock,
Mount at 80 m, arrives Nashville6 O6 70 "a
Spring Hope $50 p m; returning leay q
Spring Hope 8 90 m, Nashville 8 80 q ii, ar.
rives at Rocky Mount 05 m, daily, excopt
Sunday.
Train on Clinton Branch leaves Warsaw
for Clinton daily, except Sunday, az IL l0S
IN ano 10 p m returning leaves Clinton az
100 a IN and 800 p m.
Train No. rs makes close connection AZ
W eldon for all points North daily, all rsil
via RICHMOND, also at Rocky Mount with
Norfolk and Carolina X. r. for Norfolk and
~ points North via Norfolk.
III. Nj. EMERSON, GenI Pass. Agent,
~: kErLx, Gen'l Manager
L. nj. EMERSON. Traffic Manager.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-16
An ELEGANT SUBURBAN RESIDENCE FOR SALE

DeSrlng TO move to the city offer for
safe my place near Raleigh. 1t contains
aoort o'e hundred and sixty acres, on
Wmch Is "a small one-story dwelling house
OF SAX rooms carriage house barns stables,
SCc'' anu an elegant new ~ o-story dwelling
mouse OF ten rooms, with water-closets aud
other modern improvements This is che
prett1est place In Wake county Delightful
In summer, comfortable In winter and with.
Ia three miles Of the Capitol over % maca.
amtzed road. Terms easy. title perfect.
SPIER WHITAKER
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-16
BAYARD'S LAST SUNDAY IN LON
DON.

London, March 15.-Yesterday was
made Bayard's last Sunday in London,
and he attended services at st. PauIs
Cathedral. Archdeacon Sinclair, in the
course Of his sermon, made eulogistic
reference to the American Ambassador
and said it was not uniting even in such
place to offer. heartfelt acknowledge
ment of Mr.. Bayard's powerful contri
button to the peace of the world.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-16

JOHN GILL, Receiver.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.

In Effect February eth, 1897.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-16
UII yum -
SAMUEL !. BAIRD.
MIR. MREE'S STATEMENT.

The Mecklenburg Convention (NC.)
was composed of delegates from each
| captains company of militia, in the
county of Mecklenburg, perhaps two dele
gates from each company. DIR. Ephraim
Brevard was a delegate, and one of the
committee that was appointed to draw
up the Declaration of Independence, to
be acted ON by the convention. Adam
Brevard was then a student of law, liv-
ing with his brother, the doctor, who
got him to write out the declara ton.
After it was adopted, Gen. Thomas Polk
read it at the court house door to the
multitude that vas standing outside:
when. after hearing it they raised a
shout and threw their hats in the air.
Some OF the hats fell on the court house
and they did not get some of them off
until next day.
All the delgates in that convention
and nearly all citizens of that section
of country, were Prebyterians, mostly
emigrants from the north of Ireland
Adam Brevard. whom l got my infor-
nation from. told me that he took the
Westminster Confession of Faith for his
guide.
The above | got from Adam Brevard
and it is confirmed by others.
Respectfully yours.
JAMES L. M'REE.
July 18th, 1851.
Rev. Samuel J. Baird. New Castle, Tenn.
Ii copied the above letters from the
Presbyterian Magazine. published at
Philadelphia i'll 1851 The book is in
possession of friend of mine, in Bos-
ton, who called my attention to the article.
H. NJ HOLLEMAN.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-16

Making the baby
happy is a woman
ly woinar's best
pleasure. 1t / 5
easy to make a
healthy baby hap
py. Such a baby
is born happy.
Smiles and dim
pies are as natural
to it as fretfulness
is TO a Ouny, sick
The herald., 1897-10-23

fellows visited many capitals, inter-
viewed many governments came back
to Londor. ard said to the British gov
ernment: "If France and the United
States will reopen their nlints to the
coinage of silver will you permit the In
dian mir.s to be opened" Not a word
about Germany or any other country on
the continent of Europe. France alone
gave an answer at all favorable to the
plan, and this was contingent upon the
action of England. England said no.
and there you are.
No wonder you want rest. What
you need is tonic, for rest you carnot
have. Like the Tories in Patrick Hen
ry's days, your cry is Peace! Peace
But you cannot have peace while Lon
don bankers control for their benefit arc
our disadvantage the financial policy Of
this republic.
The herald., 1897-10-23
CONSTABULARY LEECHES AND
SHARKS

Is ii crime for man. who happens
to be poor and ou: OF work, to walk the
streets ard highways of this city and
county? That seems to be the position
taken by the constab,es, deputy con-
stables and the rest Of the tribe of fee
grabbers.
r. j. Wilson is IL, the county jail, serv-
ing ten days sentence for vagrancy.
He has been arrested, before, ard before
that. In fact much as r. ]. Wilsop
DO so, because as soon as he reaches the
outskirts of the city he is arrested by
some constable ag1d taken back This
has been Wilson's experience on three
riod. Every time he is arrested, there is
a 81 fee for the corEtab BILE. Wilson may
be an honest man looking for work, or
he may be an ordigary tramp. In either
case the constabl are to be denounced.
If the workingman is to be turrla6a, per-
force. into a vagrant simply because he
is unfortunate, decisive protest and
prompt action on the part of the people
icyle aras worthless, still he should not be
made the instrument by which the con-
stables may pick the pockets OF the
taxpayers urId,er the cloak of Legality.
Wilson was evidently sincere in his
effort to get out of the city He was ar
rested in three different places having
been out Of jail but two days VIXEN he
was arrested the second time and oG,s
day when he was arrested the last time
Doubtless, VIXEN the poor devil serves
his ten days ard attempts to leave town
he will find another piratica,, fse-grab-
bling coreta BILE at his heels.
Investigation into the methods of the
constabes affords some astounding rev.
elations. 1t is common for several mer
to be. arrested and convicted together "a
some point in the county, and for tte
constable making the arrest to bring
them to the county jail one at time
GU different days. Thus he gets frest
set of fees each time The consta be
may allow some person who wants tc
come to Los Angeles on business, or tc
visit the races, perhaps, to bring in. g
prisoner. The person gets the trip free
while the constable stays at home ant
charges mileage.
A man was arrested in Pasadena re.
cectly who had never been in the towr
before. He was given five months II
The herald., 1897-10-23
THE LUETGERT CASE

The disagreement of the jury in the
Luetgert trial is a lamentable event
from several points of view not includ-
ing the very important question of the
guilt or innocence Of the alleged wife
murderer.
The very idea that the disgusting de-
tails of the trial may have to be reit-
Grated is repulsive and disheartening.
1t is impossible to estimate the injury
that has been done by the publicity that
was given the details of the trial, ag-
gravated in some instances by vulgar
and sensational press.
Some idea of the baneful effect OF the
trial was given by the scenes that en-
sued at the close Of the case when the
court room was well nigh wrecked by
the morbid minded and degenerate relic
hunters.
The question of expense is also one
to be seriously considered. The Luet-
CERT trial lasted some two months, about
eight times as long as it should have
not been ascertained as yet but it must
have been many thousands of dollars
This expense will be duplicated, ol
course, or very nearly so, in the event
of a new trial.
Probably the great majority of people
who had followed the case thought II
would result in a verdict Of guilty, but
the disagreement seems to have been re-
ceived without question. Luetgart' g
after-trial affidavit testifying to his own
innocence will have weight with soms,
but probably not with the majority.
If it should be nee cessary to have an
other trial, cannot the disgusting de-
tails be kept private? Cannot the trial
be held behind closed doors? Cannot the
papers refuse to reprint the stuff?
The herald., 1897-10-23
A QUARREL IN THE OVEN
Oh, the gingerbread boy and the piecrus

Oh the gingerbread boy and the piecrust
girl
They had a quarrel one day;
Together they sat on the oven shelf,
The piecrust fay and the gingerbread ELF.
And the quarrel commenced this ways
Said the gingerbread boy to the piecrust
girl:
"Tll wager my new brown hat
That I'm fatter than you and much more
tanned,
Though you're filled with pride till you
cannot stand,
But what is the good OF that?'
Then the piecrust girl turned her little
In a most provoking way.
ooh maybe you're brown, but you're poor
as can be;
You do not know lard from round green
pea!
oh the gingerbread boy he laughed loudly
As W. Looked at the faky piecrust
"1mst watch how I rise in the world!"
cried he;
crust see how I'm bound to grow lightw
..xuhiis YOU stay the color Of rust"
So the gingerbread boy and the piecrust
girl
They each of them swelled with PRIDE
Till a noise was heard in a room without,
4 cry of delight then very glad shout,
And the oven was opened wide.
Then the gingerbread boy and the piecrust
girl s Ds'
Could have screamed and wept with pain.
| For a rosy-cheeked lass and small, bright
eyed lad
Took big bite of each-yes, this tales
very sad
| So they'll now never quarrel again.
| Truth.
The herald., 1897-10-23

has 10 license. sells gas for lighting pur-
poses. 1t extorts $2.25 Thousand feet
from its tenants, and forces the city Of
Chicago to pay the same price for the
lights in the school houses it leases to
the city. The other residents Of the city
of Chicago pay 81 thousand feet for
gas.
BY one-sded contract with the city
of Chicago the Pullman company is au
thorized to take city water at cents
thousand, gallons. which it peddles out
to the tenants of the company al 10 cents
a thousarsd gallons.
The Pullman company claims that the
public streets OF Pullman are private
fight with the city of Chicago over that
matter and the question of taxation.
Our contemporary is just now advo-
eating municipal ownership of certain
facilities. The whole trend of the times
is towards this policy more ac1d more.
or course a Republican paper C'oes not
go step out of it's way when it stands
up to defend Capitalization of indus
tries. No more does The Herald when
it stands in the true Democratic position.
Of opposition to GENERALIZATION. And
those who hold so firmly to the Repub-
lican grourd that the more concentra-
tion we have the better, should begin
to see that their theory has but one
goal, and that there is no hating place
between monopoltes and trusts short of
the one great monopoly, the one uri-
versal trust, Socialism pure and simple.
If Mr.. Pullman was benefactor for
his towU where central board directs
all the details, why should not the
central government, the creature of
the people, responsible TO the people,
take charge of all city governments ano
all industries ard so manage them that
the gigantic gains accruing TO the Pull
mans and Rockefellers shall go to the
general uses of the whole people?
The herald., 1897-10-23
GIVE THEM A TONIC

Our amiable evening contemporary
not satisfied with proclaiming its salts
faction with Gen. Algers -humor, by
which that unstable cabinet officer
sets forth his discovery on How not to
Build Harbor," rsow pronounces it's
admiration of the Republican admins
tratiorfs discovery Of How Not to
Reach International Bimetallism." Un-
der the pathetic headline, "Give Us a
Rest" the Express says:
President Mckinley has conscien-
tiously discharged the obligation i'm
posed by the ST. Louis platform. He
has done everything in his power to
bring about bimetallism through inter-
national agreement. The Wolcott COM
mission accomplished far more than
even its friends expected of it; but the
stand taken by the government and
people of Great Britain early pre-
cluded hope of final and complete sue
cess. Now, let us have a rest for a
time. The country needs it.
Ii is not clear that the country needs
a rest or will consent to take a rest on
this subject of International bime tallism.
That our contemporary an6 all its gold
bug compa rions would like rest on the
question: would be generally conceded,
even although they did not proclaim that
fact in such feeling tones.
How conscientious the president and
l., -,,;,,
is not apparent to all of US, but that
they have fully discharged the obliga-
tions imposed on them by the St. Louis
platform may be granted, whether the
duty was done conscientiously OF
hypocriticaly. One hestates to pro-
claim which would be the less
er error - to be hypocritical or
! conscientious in the discharge of
the aforesaid obligations. To be in
dead earnest about it lays ones intellect
open to serious Impeachment. To be
hypocriticai is a breach of moral re-
sponsiblity Those who were pulling
the wires at ST. Louis must be amused
TO hear that an intelligent people took
their International propositions at 81
seriously.
Coming to the point-what has ths
Mckinley administration. and its junk.
eting committee to Europe accom-.
plished ?-creates as much fun as t.
ask what did Gen. Miles and his stun.
ming uniform do? Mr.. Wolcott and hi
colleagues have accomplished as a gros.
achievement or ret result Zero with ;
prorouncedly big z. Look at in wha
light you may, the International bimei
tallc commission has dor.e rothing. N
matter how large you print the cipher
it stands for nothing. No matter how
many million times you multiply tn
net result of their effort the answer i
nothing. The harvest is ended, the sum
] mer is past. Mr.. Wolcott and his yoke
The herald., 1897-10-23
CROKER AND HUNTINGTON

1t appears that C. P. Huntington ant
Richard Croker are allies. When the lat
ter returned from England few week
ago Representative Amos J. Cumming
called on him. The following interview
occurred, as reported by ex-Postmaste
Dayton of New York city:
Assuming a brutally insolent bear
ing, Mr.. Croker said
You did not vote for the Central
Pacific funding bill at the last session
of congress"
Mr.. Cummings was amazed why,
Mr.. Croker" he said in substance. Il
could not do that
Mr.. Croker retorted: Mr.. Hunting
ton wanted it, and 1 wanted it, and I
wanted you to vote for it,"
Mr.. Cummings endeavored to ex-
plain. "It would have made no differ
ence." he said. "if 1 had not voted
against it. There were over sixty ma
jority against 1t regardless of my vote.
l regarded the bill on its merits, and
I did not consider it the proper onl to
of the United States government for
me to do so.''
Mr.. Croker retaliated: "It doesn't
make any difference what you thought
about. l wanted it done. Now, in the
future, when you want anything here
in New York, go to some person else
to get it, and do not come to me-
Perhaps Secretary Alger is holding
back the San Pedro harbor appropria
ton SO that Mr.. Huntington, Croker am
the other agents of the arch monopolist
may have an opportunity to brow-bea
the members of congress after the fash
ion described in the foregoing.
However, it may not be necessary fol
Mr.. Cummings to go to Mr.. Croker "wher
he wants anything in. New York" in the
future,