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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-04
QUOTATIONS CAUSE

Some weeks ago we predicted that
one of the follies of the present Leg
islature would not be to cripple the
State institutions of learning. Sub
seGuent events strengthen this opin
ion.
The Senate has increased the ap-
preparation to the University from
$25, 900 to $4,000 per year and the
committee recommen ling the in
crease regretted that the States
finances did not warrant a greater
increase. The vote upon the increase
was 80 to 10, or three to one.
The appropriation to the Normal
and Industrial School is increased,
by the Senate's vote, from $12, 500
to $4,000 per year. There was
only one dissenting vote upon this
proposition.
We see no reason to doubt that the
action of the Senate will be confirmed
by the House. We take it that the
Legislature is but voicing the senti
ment of a large majority of the in
telligence of the State in fostering the
public educational institutions.
Now let everybody stop kicking
stop throwing impediments in the
way of great forward movement
against the powers of ignorance
and let us all think together and
work together for the advancement
of all our schools and colleges, be
they State or UNCONVENTIONAL, public
or private. By SO doing, we can
better assist the schools and better
enhance the cause of education. Let
no stiDgs of the conflict linger to
harass and make sour, but so far as
need be, let US forget the past and
press forward to the conquests which
the future offers to united phalanx
in it's efforts to spread the power of
knOWle6pa
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-04
SOCIAL BxTRAvAaANCE.

The downfall of young man in
Atlanta is made the occasion of an
exhortation and warning by the
Journal of that city, in reference to
social extravaganza, and what is
said upon the subject is worthy the
serious thought of society generally
and of young men and young women
particularly.
After stating that the young man
in question was very prominent in
Atlanta society, that he was bright,
capable and popular, with unusual
opportunities for achieving honor
able business success. the journal
says:
"Young men are attracted by the
designations and splendors OF gay
society, and too often are weak
enough to conclude that it is essen
tial to their social standing that
they should Shine in the select
circle
"To keep the pace of what, in these
days is technically termed, society
in Atlanta and most other cities, re-
quires liberal outlay of money.
Few young men receive salaries
which will enable them to be what
are call-d society leaders, Not
many of our young men have in
comes outside OF their salaries and
when they try to hold places in the
gay social procession they are as a
rule on the way to trouble. At best
they become involved in debt; at
worst they rob their employ ers and
blight their own lives. 1t may be
said that a man should have charac
ter enough to resist temptations
that lead In these dire .tious aud tn at
society is not Responsible for the
folly or sin of those who break down
in the IF .rt to keep up with it's
fashions and extravagances. This is
only partially true. OF course every
man of strong character and right
ambition will resist these appeals to
his vanity and his love of pleasure,
but society establishes false ideals
and costly customs which lure into
reckless living men whose intentions
are good and who under a better
social system would have kept clear
of the breakers.
There are many false notions
prevalent in society which should be
discouraged by women as well as
men, and until the women frown
upon them we fear that they will
continue their despotic sway.
"a young man who distinguishes
himself by lavish expenditure is
honored by society. He becomes
famous for the number and beauty
of his floral offerings to his lady
friends; he invariably has a box at
the theatre when there is anything
on the boards which society focks to
see; he never takes a lady to the
theatre in street car, never permits
one to walk; he must have a carriage
on every possible occasion. He gives
handsome luncheons and leads at
expensive germans. These are some
of his indulgences and there are
usually others.
When man who is known to have
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-04
Statistical ana Indus, rial.

Sixty thousand dollars a year, a
salary drawn by the French am
bassadors in London, is the largest
sum paid to any diplomatist in the
world.
The most unhealthy city in Europe
is Barcelona, Spain. The number of
deaths there at present exceeds the
number of births.
The Yellow river is styled the ''Sor
COW of China" 1t is estimated that
it's floods in the present century have
cost China IL 100000 lives.
When one ia told that about 800
cases of contagious diseases are re-
ported to the health department in
New York city each week, and that
100 funerals result tberefrom. he is
likely to be startled if he has not
looked into mortuary statistics in
American cities.
The greatest danger in the adulter-
alton OF milk by water lies in the in
PRODUCTION of dangerous species of
disease germs. Salicylic acid. boric
acid, borax and formaldehyde are
some of the chemicals added to pre-
vent milk from souring.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

In Mexico the bananas that are
considered best by many are only
about tw o inches long
Last year II, 100000 pounds OF
hops were imported from the United
States by British brewers.
In Italy there are more theatres, in
proportion to the population, than
in any other country.
About 100000 trees are annually
planted by Swedish school children,
under the guidance of their teachers.
The timber wealth of the United
States gives a yearly product OF
over 81 ,O0O,OOO,OOO or more than
twice the value of the output of the
mines.
Railroad extension in India is pro
crossing at rapid rate. On March
81, 1896, there were 19, GIT miles OF
track, an increase of over 500 miles
during the year. In addition there
| were 1000 miles of construction
authorized by legislation.
Perhaps the most splendidly deco
rated church in England is that OF
Whitney Court, Worcestershire 1t
is entirely constructed of white
marble, the pews are chastely carved
and the pulpit is of genuine Carrara
marble, richly paneled with precious
stones.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-04
A PORTRAIT OF SENATOR VANCE

An Atlanta Artist Paints One, Said
TO Be speaking Likeness"
From the Atlanta Journal
1t will be quite we'll remembered
that during the brilliant exposition
period not only the fair itself was
visited, but Atlanta's public build
ings came in for a share of attention.
First among these, of course, is the
handsome State capitol. Many q
visitor during the fall of 1895 found
his way to Capitoline hill, and
especially we're there many persons
from North Carolina here who spent
a pleasant half hour contemplating
the classic exterior and the noble
within OF Georgia's seat of govern
ment.
1t so happened that Mr.. Albert
Query, the well known portrait
painter of Atlanta, was contemplate
ing his picture of General Toombs,
which had recently been hung high in
| the dome, when a party of North
Carolinians passed the spot where he
was gazing upon his handicraft.
what a great pity" one of them
said, that we have not within our
| capitol such portrait, such a
i breathing image of Zeb Vance ?'
| Truly" said others of the party,
I'VE have taken little pains to per-
petuate the memory OF the greatest
| of our sons''
Mr.. Query had gotten his iDspira-
ton. just then and there he deter
mined to paint. a portrait of the
great Vance. He Immediately be IAN
the gathering of descriptions and
photographs. What Mrs. Vance
said was the best photograph of The
Senator was sent to the Atlanta
artist.
There was no commission given to
paint. The thought came only to
Mr.. Query. He believed that be
could paint such a picture, which
taken to the capitol at Raleigh and
exhibited to the men who had known
the great man, would, as it were
hang itself for all time on the walls
of the States capitol.
The picture is now complete. Mrs,
Query has sent it by express to
Raleigh and she followed it there
several days ago. She will exhibit il
when North Carolinians see the
splendid work of her husband, they
will say that they are compelled to
have the picture.
The portrait represents the Sena-
to, seated at ease in a handsome
chair of comfortable Dimensions
One hand holds pair of glasses, the
other rests limp in his lap. He
gazes genially out at you, the slight
smile on his firm mouth seeming tic
prophesy that it is about to open
upon one of tt ose anecdotes which
have Travelled around the world
North. Carolinians who have seen il
declare it to be a speaking likeness
He is dressed in suit of blue broad
cloth, the coat Prince Albert. The
flesh tints have been excellently
caught, while the surroundings o
the picture, rich marble column
lifting itself into the midst of purple
tapestry, bordered with blazing gold
entitle the work to the word "noble,
for such is the impression it creates
upon the beholder.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-04

HANNA is very much tickled at the
prospect of becoming a Senator.
Major Mckinley, likewise, is delight
ed at the success of his friend. Let
them go it. This event may be the
straw that will break the Republican
camel's back. Responsibility will be
placed upon those in authority and
both the Major and his boss will now
be really among the powers of the
nation. Perhaps this will be better,
in fixing responsibility, than if Mar
Gus was simply the power behind the
throne-a power in the dark-whose
acts would bear his earmarks and
yet not SO directly traceable as the
open and recorded acts of Hanna,
the Senator.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-04
THE ADVANCE AGENTS

Now We VIII See if They Fulfil
Their Rosy Promises.
| Richmond Dispatch.
With Mckinley in the presidential
chair; with Sherman in the chief seat
in the Cabinet, and with Hanna ia
the Senate, all the ideal advance
agents of prosperity will be well in
evidence.
Mr.. Mckinley will need Hanna's
help in the Senate If Hanna could
| manage the st. Louis convention,
and could raise fund large enough
to carry the last election, it is pre-
sumable that he will be able to exert
| a great influence in the United States
Senate. He is not great at speech
making, but he has sort of silence
that is golden and that is very con
yincing with many men.
There will be trouble in the Senate
for the high protectioniats, and II
any man can smooth out the diff
culties, Mark Hanna is the man to
do SO. The public may, therefore,
congratulate itself upon Hanna's
prospect of going to the Senate, be.
| cause it means-Or would seem to
mean-that the tariff bill will be put
through that body more promptly
than could otherwise be hoped for
All over the land expressions have
been made by representative Demo-
Gratis favorable to giving the Reput-
lican machine a clear track to put
their financial measures through.
The people, the misguided people we
might say, have declared that this is
a work which can be better done by
the republicans than by the Demo-
Gratis Very we'll. Now, let's see if
the popular Judgment was correct.
With Mckinley at one end of the
| avenue and Hanna at the other, and
with both houses of Congress in the
hands of the Republicans, the adj
vance agents have the road to them
| selves, as it were.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-04

PEARSON, of Wayne, a Populist
member of the House, has introduced
bill providing for a reduction OF
tobacco warehouse charges to about
half of the present rate. This is a
most preposterous proposition, and
if such bill were to pass, a great
injury would be done to the very
class of people which Mr.. Pearson
processes to represent. If the ware
house system were to be abolished.
land the passage of this bill would
practically ruin the business), farm
ers who produce tobacco would be at
the mercy OF tobacco buyers. We
can not believe that the cool headed
members of the Legislature will even
allow such a bill to come up. 1t
should be promptly killed by the
committee that has it in charge.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-04

The whiskey men who are lobbying
against the several bills that have
been introduced in the legislature
providing for local dispensary laws,
in various sections of the State are
rejoicing over the probable failure OF
the passage of any such laws, as the
committee to which the bills have
been referred will report unfavorably
upon them. There is individually a
strong sentiment in North Carolina
in favor of dispensary law, without
the Objectionable features contained
in the law that is in existence in
South Carolina. People who have
made the dispensary system study
say that it is a solution of the
whiskey problem.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-04
A NOTED ATLANTA CASE.

For four years l have been afflicted with
a very troublesome nasal catarrh. So
terrible has its nature been that when /
blew my nose small pieces of bone would
frequently come out of my mouth and
nose The discharge was copous, and at
times very offensive. My blood became so
impure that my general health was greatly
impaired, with poor appetite and worse
digestion. Numerous medicines were used
without relief, until | began the use of
Botanic Blood Balm-B b. Band three
bottles acted almost lise magic Since its
use, over year, not symptom has re-
turned and | feel in every way quite
restored in health. l am an old citizen of
Atlanta, and refer to almost any one living
on Butler street, and more particularly to
DIR. l.. NJ. Gillian, who knows my case.
MRS. ELIZABETH KNOTT,
Atlanta, Ga.
Don't buy substitutes, said to be Jus rs
good' but buy the old reliable and stand
ard Blood Purifier of the age, b. b. b 81
per large bottle. For sale by Druggists.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-04

In far away North Western State
two men, each with a retinue of >ex-
pert athletes, are training tor a great
prize fight to take place some time
during this month. Millions of peo-
pie in this country and perhaps In
the entire civilized world are looking
forward to this brutal contest with
the greatest interest. Hundreds OF
thousands of dollars will be lost and
won on the fight. Until after the
battle, excitement will be at fever
heat in the sporting world. Columns
and pages OF the great daily papers
are filled with detailed accounts oil
the daily doings of these men, as il
they were the heroes of some noble
cause. Does all this show that the
world is growing better and more
cultured, or in other words, "whither
are we drifting"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-04

REV. SAM JONES told one of his
audiences recently: "Be true to
yourself, your country and your
God, and let politics alone" This is
queer advice, from whatever source
it may come, for it is very evident
that no man can be true to either
self, country or his God, who ignores
politics so far as to neglect his
duties at the caucus and the polls.
When the devil gets complete control
of politics-and we reluctantly admit
his present partial possession of the
field-it will be when the class OF
voters who are interested in keeping
national, State and town govern
ments fright side up with care
decline to participate and allow the
success of personal schemes and
plots, having slight il any regard to
the general welfare. The United
States, North Carolina and Winston
will speedily gravitate down to a
ruin of moral and financial credit
when the honorably inclined voters
stay away from the town meetings,
the caucus elections and the polls
either through Indifference or from a
fear that some body can insult them
tor free expression of opinion.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-04
FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
An Organization of the Christian
Churchfs-Some Statistics
Editors Sentinel.

Editors Sentinel.
This is an organization of the
Christian Churches Disciples of
Christi with headquarters in Cincin-
natl, Ohio. President G. L. Loos, of
Kentucky University, is the Presi
dent of the Society, and A. Mclean,
Of Cincinnati, Ohio, is the cor
responding secretary. The whole
world, outside of North America. is
it's field. 1t was organized in 1875.
and lready has prosperous missions
in Japan, China, India, Turkey,
Scandinavia and England, and a
mission is soon to be opened in
Africa
During the past twenty-one years,
this organization has raised and
disbursed nearly one million of
dollars. Last year the receipts
amounted to 500. 867.21 This
society supports LA missionaries,
has 4 900 mem bers, &c day schools.
with over 200 scholars, and IA
Sunday schools with 4 300 scholars,
in foreign lands. 1t has eight medi
cal missionaries and last year they
treated over $4,000 patients. The
various missions last year raised
dUOuU YlO,OOO. L LIS OTRduiZdliOu
has property in foreign lands valued
a nearly 100000.
This is growing enterprise. Last
year six new missionaries were sent
out, and larger number are ex-
pected to sail this year. There has
been an increase in the annual re-
ceipus of about $35, 900 in less than
Fl We years.
The time the Christian Churches
make their contributions to the
work is the first Sunday in March.
But the Christian Church of this city
will make their Offering on the fourth
Sunday in February, as that is Mr..
Bowen's regular monthly appoint
ment. We have no doubt that this
church will do it's full share. F. M.
Rains, Cincinnati, Ohio, is the
Treasurer.
From the figures of DR.. FL. K. Car
roll, special agent of the United
States, it is learned that this relig-
ious body Christian church, made
an increase in this country of A. per
cent from 1890 to 1895 In fifteen
years, he says, this body has consid
erably more than doubled itself.
The increase is at the rate of nearly
164 per cent. They now number
,0O3 ,672 members.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-04

FROM present Indications Winston
is destined soon to be the largest
loose leaf market in the world besides
its Importance as tobacco manu-
featuring point is known and
acknowledged. Notwithstanding the
general depression in business OF
every kind, our tobacco manufacture
ers shipped more pounds of plug
tobacco last year than ever before,
and our market sold more pounds OF
tobacco direct from the hands of the
farmer than in any previous year.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-04
Land Sale.

By virtue of an order of the Superior
Court of Forsyth county, made on the 18th
February, 1897, in the case of E. A. Griffith
and Julius Lashmit VS.. John Lashmit and
others, in special proceedings for sale for
partition. will sell at public auction, to
the highest bidder, for cash, at the Court
house door in Winston, on Monday. the 5th
gay OF T. Apridi' losI, at Q eioek p. m the
place situated at or near the forks of the
Clemmonsville and Shallowford roads, about
2 miles west of Winston, containing one
half acre; more or less, on which is situated
blacks 8 it'll shop and the late deceased
The lot to be sold subjest to the widows
dover estate in the same.
This the LIST day of March, 1897.
d. p. MAST, Commissioner.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-04
ROAsTs CIGARETTES.
Ut L. L Brou2hton's Strong Denun-
citation of Them

Ut L. Brou2hton's Strong Denun-
citation of Them
From the Atlanta Journal
l. Z me say that | regard the
c'e arctic hab't almost IA great ar
eVil as the whisky habit sail d.
49, ught"n Il speak from RI.
~ point of physician. d, Won
staiiSA "u"g man, what makes rho
know, Va such Il strong holj unnn
haiti tnRa paper il soaEed in
a man? TA,Im and it is hleacbed
alcohol and opfsssAa ian addicted to
with arsenic. A 1aezs;snhaes the
sm" king cigarettes f2AsS me
smoke. l DEFY you to sh6%sEs
mrn who does not.
Il you will smoke, smoke pipe OF
a cigar, you can { inhale that smoke
When you inhaie cigarette smnk.
you are drawing into your luTgs
nicotine, alcohol, opium and arsenic
and you medical students before me
know how these poisons are found liz
every man who is a cigarette smoker
aud on whom a post mOrtem is per
formed
81 Yer ly believe IL at ciga~@tt,
SlhchihS iS ohe VI 1hc SlV1'0S' 2 III
that exists and thousands are going
/ down every year to prematuel
! graves. their lungs being eaten away
| or else they fail victims to catarrha
| pthisis believe there ought to b'
a law passed making man manu-
| featuring cigarettes or selling then
| guilty OF murder.
The man who makes a cigarette
} and the man who sells it, is guilty o
murder Indirectly. aud the man who
smokes them is a suicide.
II saw some ladies here the othe
day (did say ladies J, we'll they wer
girls, and as | passed them on tn
street they blew the cigarette smok
in my face. Great God, deliver u
from this evil
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-04

IT remains to be seen whether the
Populist party in North Carolina will
follow Senator Butler or the other
crowd. AS a party the Populists
have boasted of their devotion to
principal and have plead for reforms.
The immortal nineteen at Raleigh,
who stood by Pritchard for Senator
threw principle to the winds and
ignored their promises and pledges
to the people.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-04

THE Legislature did wise thing in
increasing the appropriation to the
University and State Normal School
Little Billy Bryan, the pop gun
squirt from Chatham. made a hard
fight to defeat the bill, but he almost
stood alone in his ignorance and
stupidity, and went down before the
guns of Col. Lusk, Senator Dockery
and others.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-04

AMONG the many new measures in
PRODUCED into the present legislature
there is the usual amount of that
which is frivolous, offered not SO
much with any vivid expectation OF
materially strengthening the code of
laws under which the State staggers
as to enable beloved constituents to
understand that their representative s
are taking an active hand in efforts
for 'sthe welfare of the nation"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-04
Eczema
All Her Life.

MIR. E. D. Jenkins, of Lithonia, Ga,
says that his daughter, Ida, inherited
severe case of Eczema, which the usual
mercury and potash remedies failed to
relieve. Year by year she was treated
with various medicines, external appli-
cations and internal remedies, without
result. Her sufferings were intense,
and her condition grew steadily worse.
All the so-called blood remedies did not
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-04
Notice

Having duly qualified as executor of the
last will and testament of Susan Hartman
deceased, all persons having claims against
said deceased are hereby notified to present
them to me, proven as the law directs on
or before the LIST of March, 1S9S, or this
notice will be plead in bar of their recovery.
And all persons indebted to the estate of
said deceased are requested to make pay
ment to me at once. This LIST March, 1897.
J. o. WHITE, Executor of
Susan Hartman, decd.
Mast Il Griffith Attvs
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-04
Premature Levity.
Philadelphia Record.

Philadelph1a Record.
So it seems, after all, that it was
not Mr.. Cleveland whom the dusky
ex Queen wished to embarrass with
her presence, but that she intends to
sit on the doorsteps of the new Presi
dent with the persistency of a Hindu
creditor haunting the bungalow OF
his debtor. He laughs best who
laughs last. The outlaws of the
anti Clevelandites were premature.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-03-04
Ris s to Object.

Baltimore American.
A statue of Brigham Young stand
ing alongside of the statues of men
who helped to make the great States
OF the Union what they are would be
out OF place. 1t would, in fact, be a
disgrace to the collection; for Brig
ham Young, pioneer though he was,
was, at the same time. a life long
enemy to his country and a defer oil
its laws.