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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08

eve hereby declare all trusts and
monopolies hostile and dangerous to
the peoples interest and a standing
menace to the perpetuity of our free
institutions; and we demand the
vigorous enforcement of all antitrust
laws and such additional legislation
as may be necessary for their imme-
date and final suppression" That
is Democratic doctrine and the Ohio
Democrats put it in their platform.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08
The school Tax Law is legal

The fact that the school tax law Of
1897 is legal in all respects is now set
tied by the declaration Of The Attor-
ney General and the Secretary Of
State. The people who thought it,
unconstitutional got it mixed with
chapter l2T of the acts, which is the
act To stimulate taxation for schools
ia rural districts. This latter act did
not pass properly and is invalid, The
other act is chapter I2l-
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08
THE IMMORTAL SIGNERS
As q Political Body They Stand I'm
equaled in the Worlds Annals.

As a Political Body They Stand I'm
equaled in the Worlds Annals.
Even we who look with great pride
and hope on the present and future
of our nation must admit that the
congress OF 1776, assembled in indie
pendence hall, contained a remark
able proportion of able and distin-
guished men. In the history of the
peoples of the earth there is no move
ment to which so large an amount of
political science. observation, wisdom
and experience was brought to bear
as in the birth of our country. The
eulogy of those men can never be ex-
hausted. The more thoroughly we
study their characters and lives the
more deeply craven on every Ameri
can heart will be their genius, virtues
and sacrifices. eff we are not this
day wanting in our duty to our
country" exclaimed Richard Henry
Lee, 1.-THE names of the American
Legislators of 1776 will be placed by
posterity at the side of those of
Theseus, of Lycurgus, of Romulus, of
Numa, of che three Williams of Mas
sau, and all those whose memory has
been and forever will be dear to
virtuous men and good citizens"
1t would be difficult task to col
lect in public life examples in the face
Of danger and under tribulations of
lives so illustrious and happy. Not
one of all that sacred band died with
a stain upon his name. The annals
of the world can present no political
body the lives of whose members,
infinitely traced, exhibit so much of
the zeal of the patriot, dignified by
the virtues of the man,
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08
The Juniors at Lexington

Several Winston Salem Juniors at
tended the lag raising at Lexington
Saturday. TheY report a delightful
time. President McIver. OF the State
Normal College, delivered the address
and the Juniors say it was exception.
ally fine. The celebration was largely
attended. Besides the interesting ex-
ercises, an excellent dinner was
served. The Juniors. OF course were
at the first table Then an invitation
was extended to everybody present 10
'.help themselves''-au it Was &c.
cepted.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08

THE North Caro- lima plan of en-
ploying convict labor in road build
ing is attracting attention and is
being commended to other States.
Some of the advantages of the
system are said TO be: The cost of
maintaining convict liz six cents per
day less than Ii confined in jail; il
does not bring him into competition
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08
An Important Meeting.

The meeting OF the Railway Q m
mission on the 18th instant viii be
the most Important in its history.
The Governor and Judge Walter
Clarke will then be heard on the
question OF reducing railway rates and
increasing the assessment on RAILWAYS.
Commissioner Wilson has a plan for
making the valuation as great as $40. :
600 600 practically double what il.
now is. The railway people will be
present in great force and will nat
urally make heavy fight,
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08

Our farmer friends should bear in
mind the Farmers Institute. to be
held at South Side Park, on Friday
and Saturday of this week, July 9th
and 10TH Farmers are invited to
carry their lunch baskets and spend
the day. The purpose of the insti
tute is to aid in systematic training
for farm work and it is announced
that upon this occasion practical
farm topics will be handled by live
and entertaining speakers, among
whom will be representatives of the
Agricultural and Mechanical College
and of the State Agricultural De-
partment, and these are to be
assisted by several of Forsyth most
successful farmers.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08
The Origin OF Trusts.

Atlanta Constitution.
According to the report of a recent
interview in a New York paper, j ohm
Sherman has announced that he is
opposed to trusts and other combi-
nations in restraint of trade. Such
an announcement, coming from J ohn
Sherman, may mean that he Is in
favor of them. Those who are
ia miliar with his public career know
that no confidence can be placed in
any statement he may make. This,
which was true of him in his prime, is
doubly true now that the shadows of
old age and oblivion are gathering
over his mind and memory.
Mr. Sherman is the author of the
secret legislation which demonetiz ID
silver, and which has made trusts in
this country possible. He now says
that the anti trust law can be so
amended as to destroy the trusts,
but this is a statement that means
nothing. Trusts are the natural
outcome of the contraction of bust
ness, trade and profits due to the
contraction of currency. The theory
tn 1T prohibitive law can be made
effective is a fallacy on the face of it.
for currency contraction drives all
business and all capital into concen-
trated channels, and this movement
is, in the nature OF things, Irresistible.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08

THERE is no mistaking the fact
that the South is attracting wide
spread attention as desirable Sec
ton of the Union in which to live.
This fact, too, is creating a spirit of
jealousy in some other sections. We
noticed that a few days ago a rail-
road company in one of the Eastern
Sta ties announced a policy to dis
continue selling tickets at reduced
rates to immigrants coming this
way Noting the movement of pop
ulation from the West to the South,
the Atlanta Journal says: 1T is be-
coming more and more generally
known that the South is both a
pleasanter and more profitable place
to live in than the West, and neither
the misrepresentation of newspapers
nor the determinations of railroads
can avert the natural result OF this
knowledge or stop the tide of emf
grafton from the West to the South. %
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08
College of Courtshfp.

A college of courtship has been es-
tablished in Salisbury The first ses-
sion begins Monday night. July >. a
large and efficient corps If Instructors
has been secured. +. f. Crawford is
a member Ct the faculty The feet
that the faculty is composed cXclu-
sively Of home talent should inspire
local patronage, says the World.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08

The Attorney General declares
that the local taxation act for public
schools is constitutional and the
Secretary of State declares that it
passed the Legislature in due and
regular form. It appears that some
who contend that the act is uncon-
stitutional and irregular mistake
this act for another act, entitled IAN
act to stimulate aid to schools in
rural districts
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08
Free pills,

Send your address to H. E. BucKlen & Co
Chicago, and get free samtle box of DR.
Kings New Life Pills trial will convince
you of their merits. These pills are easy in &C,
ton and are part cularly effective in the cure
of constipation and Sick Headache. For Ma
laria and LIVER troubles they have been proved
in valuable. They are gu ranteed to be per-
fectly free from every deleterious substa. ce and
to be purely vegetable They do not weaken
by their action, but by giving tone to stomach
and bowels greatly lnvigorate the system
Regular slzs 25c per box. Sold by v. @.
Thompson, D.uggist.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08

We shall see how much of a figure
the civil service law cuts in reference
to the deputy collectors OF this dis
trict. As we have before remarked,
civil service, in Republican circles, is
an excellent thing when it retains Re-
publican officials under Democratic
administration, but a very weak and
puny thing when it tends to keep
Democrats in Office under Republican
domination,
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08

Among other Objectionable features
of our present law is that which
places the presumption of malice
upon the accused, however innocent
he may be and even if the prosecu-
ton itself is of malicious origin.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08

WHAT has become Of the weather
prophet who predicted that We would
have an exceptionally cool summer?
He is either packed on ice or will have
to admit that he missed the mark as
far as the professors Of finance who
predicted that the election of McKin-
ley would engulf the country with
waves of prosperity.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08

WEYLER is again indulging in chin
music and, according to his chat, is
going to play the wild if the Cubans
don't yield to his wishes. Cuba is
going to be free and Spain had as
well recognize the inevitable and
make the best of the situation.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08

The local taxation act requires the
County Commissioners topublish the
notice of election in the county
papers. This part of the law has not
been complied with by the Commits
sioners OF FORSYTH.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08
Danville's Monthly Tobacco Sales

The following is a summary OF to-
bacco sales for June on the Danville
market:
Sold during June, %. a.37I.774
pounds: sold IN June OF The previous
year, SD $50 pounds SIid from Oc-
tober LIST. SO, IT, June LIST, -, 3s 2l5,-
III pounds; sold during same period
year ago, - 9it 81 pounds: increase
for current year j, 30. 49,.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08

THE validity of the public educa-
ton local taxation act having been
questioned, the Executive Committee
appointed by the Teachers assembly
took the matter under consideration
and has declared that every require
ment of the Constitution was oh
served. An opinion from the At
torney General will probably be
secured.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08

HoLToN is said to have cinch
upon the District Attorneyship, and
yet he would be able to produce some
very comforting zephyrs by using the
appointment, if he had it, as fan.
The anxious seat is not very agree
able place in hot weather.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08

LAST week the hope was held out
that vote upon the tariff bill would
be reached in the Senate on Satur-
day. This hope Was blighted, and
the end of the discussion is not in
sight. In the House, in the mean.
time, we presume Speaker Reed will
continue to call himself to order on
Mondays and Thursdays and declare
himself adjourned.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08
An Exception.

Boston Transcript.
Carrie-For mercy's sake turn the
tie of Y our neck ribbon around front.
Don't you know that it is no longer
good form to wear the bow behind
Maud suppose they still make
an exception in the Gaze of a beau on
tandem, don't they?
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08
An Evasive Answer.

Judge.
Mamma (sadly holding up nearly
empty jar)-Rachel, have you been
at my preserves again?
Rachel (intently combing her dolls
hair - Mamma, didn't grandma
teach you when you was q little girl,
same y you have me, not to be too
'quisitive?
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08

IF Congress don't look out it will
have a formidable rival in the do
nothing business in the European
Powers charged with a settlement of
the Greece-TurkeY fracas.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08

PAY your taxes promptly, or pay
a fine or GO to Jail, is the yoke fast
ened upon liberty-loving North Car
olinians by the Rep Pop legislature.
This is simply outrageous and the
people should rebuke it in thunder
tones at the next election.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08

THERE is quite general DISPOSE
ton to find fault with the railroad
rates for passengers and freight, and
yet it is said to be fact that these
rates are lower in this country than
in Europe. The following relative
figures are given: For passengers
per mile United States, PA
Prussia, 800; Austria, sos; France,
1886; Belgium. 2 25. Freight per
ton per mi1e-United States, O 81;
Prussia, 1872; Austria, ] Sc; France,
/ SO; Belgium, 1.50. What the PEG.
people of North Carolina complain of
in this respect is the discrimination
made by the railroads in favor Of
other States, in many instances
charging us q much higher freight
rate for a shorter haul. What is
being done by the Freight Shippers
Association towards securing equity
in this important matter?
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08
Another Tobacco Trust Trial.
Now Work Io1rnaI

New York journal.
District Attorney Olcott's an
nouncement that he will bring the in
dicted Cigarette Trust magnates to
trial again at the earliest possible
moment was only to have been ex-
pected. His success in securing evi
dence for the first trial and the very
marrow escape of the accused from
conviction make a new trial the
natural sequence. The District At
torney has achieved moral triumph
in this case. A practical and effec-
tive victory in the new trial is not
beyond hope.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08
Expenses of Election.

In reply to an inquiry from the Su-
perintendent Of Public Instruction,
the Attorney General decides that
the expenses ~ the August election
on local aid TO public schools cannot
be paid cut Of the school funds, but
must be paid out Of the general fund.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08

THE late Pennsylvania Legislature
has been roundly abused, but it did
one thing for which it deserves credit.
1t amended the unjust and semi
berbarous libel law of that State.
Under the new act a newspaper may
publish matter which is true in every
material respect and is proper for
public information, and in any civil
action for libel the damages are not
to 20 beyond "just restitution for
injury actually sustained" The
libel laws of North Carolina are very
unfair and complicated and should
DO amended In the interest Of Justice.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08

THE people await with some inter-
est the outcome of the fight now on
between Marion Butler and Tom
Watson. The fur is now flying and
they will have Kilkenny time before
the skirmish is over. If each is to be
believed, they are both "bad eggs. +"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08

CURIOUS logicians and mathema
ticians are these Republicans and
Republican Populists. They say, in
the nation, that the people will get
relief by assuming greater burdens,
through high tariff. They say, in
the State, that the people will save
money by paying 81 cents per thous
and ems for the printing, instead of
81 cents The people will not believe
either proposition and neither can be
confirmed by subsequent events. In
the meantime, however, partisan
favorites will fatten and that is part
oil the programme.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08

1T seems almost too good to be-
lieve, but there is certainly a fair
prospect that the State of Ohio, the
home of Hanna and Mckinley, will
step into the Democratic column
this Fall. She will come, too, with
g Free Silver 16 to IT, emblaz oned
upon her banner.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08

PRITCHARD acted white about that
tobacco tax increase after all and will
receive the commentator OF his con
stituents for so doing. To him and
Senator DeBoe, of Kentucky, is
largely, if not entirely due the. defeat
OF the proposition to increase the
tax from six to eight cents. These
Senators took the position that they
would vote against the tariff bill as
a whole if it contained the increased
tobacco tax, and the vote of Pritch-
ard and DeBoe are needed to pass
the tariff bill. Hence this Difference
to their position on the tobacco tax.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08

FREE silver and free Cuba say the
Ohio Democrats, and so say a
majority of the American people.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08

TIE wisdom of the last National
Democratic Convention in refusing
to-nominate Boies for the Presidency,
has been made clear by the recent
anti-free silver utterances of the
Iowa ex Governor. He used to be
Republican and we fear he is inclined
to return to his former ways.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08

The fellows who bought high grade
wheels just before the reduction in
price can join in the self-kicking act
of the fellows who voted for Mckin-
ley prosperity.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08

WINSTON SALEM ought to organize
a chapter of the Daughters of the
Confederacy
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08

IT is time that friends of public
education were putting in effective
work in behalf of the local taxation
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08

TRYAN continues to pass-towards
the White House.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08
Hunt Gets Damages.

The United States Court at Asne-
vile, in the case of ]. Edward Hunt
VS.. Charles McNamee, awarded the
plaintiff $500 damages. McNamee
is George ". Nanderbilt's agent.
Hunts leg was broken by stone
which was blasted from an excavation
for the building of the Young Mems
Institute, school for colored youth
which Vanderbilt was erecting in
Asheville. The stone flew over
three. story building before it landed
on Hunts leg The defendant APP
peals to the Court of Appeals.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08

PATRIOTIC CELEBRATION.
Daniel and Sibley the Speakers-De-
cIared for Silver.

cIared for Silver.
By Telegraph to The Sentinel.
WASHINGTON, July "a patriotic
celebration was held at the Grand
Opera House today, under the lint
auspices OF the National Association
of Democ attic Cluts and the Demgc-
racy of the District and contiguous
Sc :tions Senator Daniel, Of Virginia,
spoke, and also Hon. JAS. Sibley, of
Pennsylvania. The gathering declared
for silver.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08

with free labor and he does work
that would, otherwise, remain I'M
done
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08

IT is said that Pritchard is work
ing hard to tear down the civil ser
vice fence sufficiently to let his
friends into the deputy collectorship
pasture. 1t is intimated that he
may succeed in changing Cleveland's
order so far as stamp deputies are
concerned, but that the deputy col
lectors generally will remain under
the civil service rules. 'Brother
John" will be happy if Jeter can only
knock off the stamp paliDg of the
fence.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08
ORIGIN OF MODERN CoLoRs.
The Sources from w hich Many Beau
Iiful Hues Are Obtained.

The Sources from Which Many Beau
tiful Hues Are Obtained.
Turkey red is made from the mad
der pant, growing in Hindostan.
The exquisite Prussian blue comes
from fusing horses hoofs and other
refuse animal matter with impure
potassium carbonate.
Gamboge is from the yellow sap OF
a tree i'll SIAM
India ink is made from burned
camphor.
Mastic comes from the gum of the
mastic tree, which grows in Greece.
Raw Sienna is the natural earth
from the neighborhood of Sienna,
Italy, and lumber is an earth found
near Umbria.
Blue black comes from the char
coal of the vine STOCK.
The camel furnishes Indian yellow,
and the cutie fish gives sepia, which
is an inky fluid the fish when at
tackled discharges to make the water
opaque.
Bistre is the SCOT of wood ashes.
Scarlet is ioiide of mercury, vermil-
ion is from the ore cinnabar, and the
Chinese white is zinc
The gorgeous carmine. crimson,
scarlet-carmine and purple lakes are
furnished by the cochineal insects.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08
THE AUGUST ELECTIONS,
An Opportunity to Secure Effective
Public Schools,

An Opportunity to Secure Effective
Public Schools.
State Normal Magazine
By act of the last Legislature
every township in North Carolina
will have the opportunity of voting
in August upon the question OF levy
my local township tax to supple
ment its public school fund, and
every township will receive from the
State an amount equal to the
amount raised by the special tax
that it levies, provided that amount
does not exceed $500, which is the
maximum that any township NAV
receive for this purpose from the
State treasury.
1t seems to us that the only hope
for any great improvement of our
public schools lies in local taxation
The State has gone almost as far in
the direction of a general tax for
public schools as their most sanguine
friends can reasonably hope for it to
go, and still the public schools are
sadly inadequate to the stupendous
work of educating the great masses
of our people. Unless the people of
the various country communities of
| North Carolina shall, like the people
| of the leading towns and cities of the
State, have the wisdom clearly to see
and the courage bravely to perform
| their duty in this matter by meeting
the State half way, and supplement-
, ing by a local tax the insufficient
public school fund, the public schools
must continue to struggle with a
| hopeless task, and thousands of the
| present generation must still be
| doomed to wear the CALLING yoke oil
| ignorance.
To your tents, o. Israeli Friends
| of public education, lovers of human
| ity, loyal sons and daughters OF
| Carolina, now is the time for you to
show your faith and your loye by
| your works. You stand face to face
with the most glorious opportunity
| that this generation has had OF
securing an effective and adequate
system of common schools and there
| by banishing the blight of illiteracy
from every community in your
beloved State
Men and women that love your
State, allow not this opportunity to
pass unused, buckle on your armor
march forth into every community
of this common wealth, and dc
battle with tongue and pen, and in
fiuence and vote for local taxation
the hope of the public schools.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08
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
rearS.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-08

BRYAN and free silver" is the
slogan of the Ohio Democracy and it
bids fair to be a winner. If SO,
Mclean, and not Hanna, will be
Ohio's next Senator. Marcus and
Mack would hump themselves to
prevent the Democrats capturing
their State, but despite this fact the
prospects are very encouraging that
these two shining lights OF gold
standard Republicanism are doomed
to hear something "drap" pretty
heavy in their State this Fall.