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The western sentinel., 1897-01-14
WENT 'POssUM HUNTING.
An 1S-Year-Old Mule of ofMecklenburs
County.

Mr.. Wilson Auten, of Mecklenburg
county, has an 18 year-old mule. The
Charlotte Observer says that last
Monday night at 10 O'Clock he missed
his mule from his stable, and after an
unsuccessful search, concluded that
the aged beast had been stolen. How
ever, at 10 O'Clock the next day, the
mule was found standing under a
persimmon tree in an old field. The
ground under the tree was tramped
bare. and the mule had eaten the
bark of the trunk from point OF tw O
feet from the ground to a distance of
four feet towards the limbs.s Up in
the branches of the tree Mr. Auten
saw big fat opossum. He captured
the animal, mounted the mule and
rode to the house. Had the mule
gone out 'possum hunting treed his
game and remained at his post wait
ing for relief? This is question for
debate by natural history society.
The western sentinel., 1897-01-14
PUBLIC SCHOOL FUND.

Apportionment to the Various Dis
tricts of the County.
The following is list of the ap-
portionment OF the public school fund
among the various school districts OF
Forsyth county, as made by the County
Fathers
The western sentinel., 1897-01-14
GOV. CARR RECOMMENDS.
An 11-Hour Working g-Day-Prohibi-
tion of Child-Labor.

tion of Child-Labor.
Governor Carr, in his biennial mes
sage to the Legislature, recommends
that the working day be limited to
eleven hours, and that no child under
II years Of age be allowed to work in
any building. He says the taxes in
North Carolina are lower than in any
other State in the Union. He hearth
ly endorses the lease of the North
Carolina railroad to the Southern
railway fer ninety nine years. He
recommends the purchase by the
State OF the farm lands on Roanoke
river, now leased by the State, and
operated by the State convicts. He
says the State must commit itself tC
the employment of convicts on State
farms; that he sees no alternative.
The western sentinel., 1897-01-14
Winston,s Riggest Year,

The year 1895 was Winston's biggest
year In manufactured tobacco. The
output of ou. factories for the year
aggregated 1908, ,406 pounds, an in
crease of 106, 156 pounds over 1895 The
stamp collections last year were $780,
0O4 25, an increase of 90, 1922 over
1895. q
The western sentinel., 1897-01-14
THE PENITENTIARY.
Report of superintendent .Leazar-
Now Made Self Sustaining.


Now Made Self Sustaining.
General Manager Leazar, of the
State penitentiary, makes an admira-
BILE report for the two years past,
though the last Legislature repealed
any requirement for such report. The
farming operations in 1895, covering
10000 acres, cultivated by $50 con-
victs, were successful, and so the pres
ent years work was begun with a
comfortable surplus. The area in
cultivation has been increased this
year to IL, 300 acres and new farm
near Wadesboro leased.
The number of cOuvictS is only
1 IL, decrease of 100 10 the year
This is due to the large number Of
short term convictS and to increased
employment of convicts by counties.
Many counties send their feeble and
disabled male convicts and all female
cOnvicts to the peDitentiary and the
latter constantly supports at least 100
of these prison paupers
One convict, who is serving his
seventh term, il yet under % years
old. There are thirty male convfcts
under 16 years. One having entered
at years was discharged at IA and re-
turned in five months.
The appropriation for the support
OF the penitentiary for six years from
1888 was 100000 annually, and for the
next four years was S37 500 annually,
and from 1893 to 1895 was S23, 900 an
nually. This year the penitentiary
pays all expenses and uses not a dollar
of the State funds, and for the first
time in all it's history, is able to re
port absolutely and clearly its full sup
port from its resources
There is now credit balance of
$91, ,694, consisting of farm products on
hand, S28, 346; value of cotton on hand,
S48, Ill; cash. $8, 494; brick, So, ,517; cot
ton seed, Sl,225. OF this amount
S63, ,247 is cash and products readily
arti hl to h
The western sentinel., 1897-01-14
MRS. Nj. FROST,
Fashionable Dress rIaker.
LIST St, near Spruce, Winston, N. @.
Prompt attention to country orders.
$40 Per Month SALARY.

a few energetic ladies and gentlemen
wanted to canvass. Above salary guaran>
teed. Call on or address
MISS CLARA KIMMEL,
Winston, N. @.
The western sentinel., 1897-01-14
When your stomach BEGINS to tronble Wa

When your stomach begins to trouble you
it needs help. The help it needs is to digest
your food, and, until it gets it, you won t
have any peace. Stomach trouble is very
distressing, very obstinate, very dangerous.
Many of the most dangerous diseases begin
with simple indigestion. The reason is that
weakens the system and allows disease germs
to attack it. The antidote is Shaker Diges-
tive Cordial, strengthening, nourishing,
curative. 1t cures indigestion and renews
strengthening the stomach, by helping to
digest your food. 1t nourishes you. Shaker
Digestive Cordial is made of pure herbs,
plants and wine, is perfectly harmless and
will certainly cure all genuine stomach
trouble. Sold by druggists, price 10 cents to
SI.00 per bottle,
The western sentinel., 1897-01-14

3. A. GRIFFITH
d. p. MAST
d. p. MAST
Mast s. Griffith,

Rttorneys-at-Law.
Office over Thompson's Drug Store, 133 4th
Street, Winston, n. G.
The western sentinel., 1897-01-14
The Devil Burned In Emgy

NEW YORK, Jan. THE devil was
burned in etfigy at Salvation Army
headquarters this evening. a large
crowd was present. Previous to the
cremation OF his satanic majesty the
band from Salvation Army head
quarters paraded the streets. Four
of the lassies, wearing scarlet caps,
followed the band and carried coffin
between them. On the coffin was
printed in big black letters the words:
1.-The devil to burn.''
The western sentinel., 1897-01-14
Wanted Idea z Ss: !: !: & :: :!$:!: :s:ss

Protect your ideas; they may bring you wealth.
Wr1ts John WEDDERBURH b CO, Patent Attor.
- ~ e i've handzsd nysafi0ns Msntsd.
The western sentinel., 1897-01-14

Win practice IN the courts OF Fersyth and
collection of claims, settlement of estates,
investigating titles, conveyancing and pre-
pairing legal instruments, and negotiating
loans.
The western sentinel., 1897-01-14
Revenue Collections.

The stamp collections at the Win
ston internal revenue office for last
week were as follows:
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-09
THE INDEPENDENT
SATURDAY, JAN. 8, 1897.
WATERFRONT wHrsPERINes.

The steamer Claudine due on
Sunday next will bring 600 bags of
Waikiki No. 2. sugar.
The Kinau arrived yesterday with
large passenger list including Hon.
w. o. Smith, and light cargo of
freight.
The Hawaiian bark Andrew Welch,
Captain Drew, sailed yesterday with
over 100 tons of combination sugar
for Welch & Co., San Francisco
She is the first vessel to leave in the
WEIGH line with the full load of the
1897 crop.
The bktne, S. G. Wilder, McNeill,
master, has commenced loading
sugar for San Francisco. The
steamers Waialeale and Iwalani were
alongside yesterday with 5,6SS sacks
OF M. S. Co., H. S. Co. and p S. M.
sugar for the favorite packet.
The steamer Mikahala came in at
daylight yesterday morning from
Kauai with 5074 bags of l.. p. and
Hanamaulu sugar for the bark @, D.
Bryant. The Bryant is in the
stream loading for San Francisco
in the Hackfeld line.
The Japanese steamer Sakura
Maru, in taking on 200 tons of coal
from w. g, Irwin & Co. She carries
through to japan from the Sound a
heavy cargo OF railroad iron.
The Wilder boat Lehua, took on
{. 125 tons OF freight for tho Kahului
Railroad Co., at the Claudine wharf.
She left yesterday with deck load
of 245 Japanese Plantation hands
for the Hawaiian Commercial Sugar
Co. Kahului.
The Kaala went out yesterday
bound to Kahuku. Tony Bicker
ton is the new purser OF the Kaala.
The young man was up to date and
in the rush Of freight to the steamer.
He signs his name "Bick,"
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-09

The steamer Iwalani, Captain
Smythe, with 1910 bags of Schaeier
sugar arrived early yesterday morn.
ing. She reports heavy northerly
swels along the Hamakua coast,
with strong trades.
The steamer Waialeale, Captain
Gregory, for Kilauea, and the
steamer Jimmie Makee, Captain
Peterson, for Kappa, sailed yester-
day.
Two heavy pieces OF mill machin-
cry were shipped on the Mauna Loa
yesterday morning for the Hawaiian
Agricultural Co., Hawaii. G.
Brewer & Co. were the shippers.
The p. ". S. S. Rio de Janeiro is
due tomorrow Sunday from Yoko-
hama. She may bring more stu
dents.
The steamer Peru, due here on
Jan. l4th, is likely to arrive in
Honolulu before the Zealandia, with
the American mail.
The Mauna Loa steamed away for
Maui and Hawaii at 10 minutes to
l o'clock yesterday afternoon,
The @. A, S. S. Warrimoo is book
ed to arrive here from Sydney, on
January the 10Th.
The h M. S. Monowai sailed at
10 p. m, on Thursday evening for
San Francisco. Cabin passengers
from this port were @, l.. Wight, j,
@, Flanders, A. Haas, Mrs, Fl. s.
Tregloan and Master Tregloan, and
Is Storage. There were over so
through passengers from the
Colonies.
The o, S. S. Co.'s Zealandia, is
due at this port from San Francisco
on Thursday next, January 18th,
The steamer Mariposa is undergoing
a thorough overhauling at the
coast. Chief officer Hart of the
Mariposa, may bring down the Zea-
landia.
The schooner Honolulu, arrived
from the CHILEAN coast with 1000
tons of nitre for II, Hackfeld & Co.
The Honolulu flies the Hawaiian dag
and is owned in this city by John
Ena OF the Inter-Island Steam Navi-
cation Company.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-06-12

I've got to start for New York to-day II
I have to walli!"
1t was hurried farewell at the farm
house and sharp gallop to town, with
breathless scramble for scattered be-
longings at the hotel; but Philip
caught the train, and there was still
time for him to scribble a telegram
which he thrust out of the car window
to Protheroe as the wheels began to
turn. 1t was to Helen, and it read:
"Please disregard my letter, and for
give me if you can. ! am on my way
home"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-06-12

you W III dtc iiiGSt IL .yOu WISH
a home or wish to invest your
money.
A Bargain,
For the best market garden farm IN
the County apply to the Dixie Real
Estate at the TINES office. About
~ miles from Maryville. 100 acres,
10 clear and "a in timber, pine and
oak. IS acres in oak alone. All
under good fence.
Good dwelling, two cellars, good
barns and other outbuildings. One acre
in strawberries, one in raspberries.
Corn averaged 80 bu. to acre and
wheel 10. Fine fruits, excellent gar
den, good water. One of the best
locations in the county.
If you wish to enjoy country life
and at the same time be near the
convemences of life here's is your
chance. 50 acres Of as level land as
there is in the country. Good soil
for gardening and raising small fruit.
Already has a nice stand of small
fruit and near 100 fruit trees of vari-
Gus kinds all bearing. All under cul-
tivaion but IL acres of good oak
timber. All under good fence.
-Four room house. New frame barn
24x36S14. Just re miles from
Court House. School house SO neal
children can eat dinner at home.
Also close to college. Reason fol
selling owner wants larger farm,
Eaey ,s-us will be given ihe pur
] chaser. Tor sale o. trade.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-06-12
DIXIE REAL ESTATE CO..
Maryville, Tennessee
BLOUNT COUNTY LANDS A SPECIALITY.
Remember the best lands in all this section

Another bargain in town property
is seven room, two story house.
This also is well finished good out
buildings and in good neighbor-
hood. This lot is 72x16o #. You'll
be surprised at the cheapness Of this
property SO don't fail TO investigate
if you are interested.
For Sale or rade:-A 3 room
house on a lot 5I15 y IG5 in town.
This goes at bargain.
For sale:-1oo acres good land.
One good s room frame house and
one smaller house. Two first class
barns. 81 acres cleared land. This
will be traded at,poxville property.
ATTIC
For Sale;- acres of land within
two miles Of Maryville. Fair house
and barn. Good youiig orchard.
Here is bargain in land. 4SH
acres-4o cleared. 3 room house,
good barn-well that never goes dry
and good cistern. Excellent orchard.
Only 4 miles from town.
If not satisfied with your present
location write US and perhaps We
can help you to buy or trade for
property that will suit you.
| DIXIE REAL ESTATE Co
MarYyiIIe Tennessee.
Omce-Times Building
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-06-12
SOME BARGAINS.

We are now offering. 1t Will pay
you to investigate these if you wish
a home or wish to invest your
money.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-06-12

1000 yds new and lovely Shirt
waist goods worth Zoe for &c.
All Wool French Dress Goods
worth soc for 25c.
Fine White India Linen worth
15c for Zoe.
Handsome Black Brocaded silks
SOC.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-30
WILLIAM STEEL HOLMAN,
THE Watchdog of the Treasury PASSES TO
Ills Reward.

WASHINGTON. April -. -Representa-
tive Holman. of Indiana. Sied at his
home here at 2:O5 p. m. after IN illness
Of some weeks. Spinal meningitis was
the cause.
william Steele Holman would have passed
the three-quarter century mark had ne lived un-
I'll next september. and his career l. remarSa-
BILE for the large proportion OF his life that was
given up To the service 81 the public. No liy-
ing man ami few men dead. have record
he had OF rs terms in the house Of representa-
tives and in all 81 years OF his life were spent
in some public capacity. beginning with judi
cial position In his native state, and winding up
in the house ~ representatives. which he first
en- tered ia the Thirty-fourth congress-.
Mr. Holman a great force Ia polltica. AZ
fairs for many years AMI even OF late. when adj
vancing age made IL harder for him To meet tho
more severe demands Of mis- place. he was an
honorei ana respected c1un~ Her IN the demo-
cratic party caucuscs where his ripe wisdom
and long political experience was freely awaited
OF in shaping party policies. A. the watch
dog Of the treasury he was kn )wn to the Amer
lean people. and the Iolicy 81 strict economy
that he consistently pursued when In charge of
the appropriation b.,ls has been followed
long that 1t has come to be REGARDED as one Of
The party tenct- i'm all CONGRESSES.
Mr. Holman was horn In Indiana, Ia the cour-
tryat little pioneer homestead ia Dearborn
county called We're in September, is2s.
As he wrote his autobiography for the con-
grcsSonal directory IL * recorded that he had
q common school education. supplemented by a
two years course in Franklin college Indiana.
Then he taught school and practiced law until
1888 when at the age OF q years he en-
tered the public service rs probate judge.
He was prosecuting attorney from isi5 70 1919.
and In $500 he attended the constitutional con-
vcntion. The following year he entered the
legislature and from isis 70 1850 he was Judge Of
common pleas
His congressional career l~van with the
Thiriy-sixth congress and out OF the twenty
congresses that have elapsed since that time he
has been absent from only four. namely the
the thirty eighth. forty-ffth. forty-sixth and
nfty-fourth, an almost unparalleled record.
Personally Mr. Holman was Of most -cnial
and apprOachablc disposition. He was entirely
willing 10 listen to any person who called for
his assistance. ana although often obliged by
his sense OF drfy 10 resist the opportunities OF
his colleagues In favor OF some measure Of
vital interest, he always did so in such an inn
personal manner to take away largely the
sting Of his refusal In fact. II was one OF the
strong points Of Mr.. Holman that in his long
congressional career he refrained entirely from
personalities, and consequently he had few per-
sonal enemies
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-30
Depiorabie Condition of the Country Bach
of Coons Landing.

JACKSON. Miss. April 2l.-A special
TO the Associated Press from Nicks-
burg says: News of the deplorable
situation in the country back of Coons
Landing. La, where people Were re-
ported drown ing in a region inaccessi-
BILE to steaiaers. reached here early
yesterday morning and Maj. Willard
was ut once notified. He took in the
situation with the utmost energy and
three hours later the United States
steamer Nidctte. with an increased
crew and dozen or more skiffs, left
for the scene of the disaster.
Capt. Decker, wish the steamer Flor
ence. arrived at q "A. IN. and confirmed
the report which he himself had sent
The back country, where the need is sc
great, is very low. and is being flooded
b. the Biggs crevasse. 1t - about
forty miles from Nicksburg.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-30
Eair Prospect Of Planting In Time to Make
Crop.

WASHINGTON, April H. Secretary
AIger this afternoon received the fol-
lowing dispatch from the inspecting
officer - Memphis:
.'IIave just returned from an inspec-
ton Of the interior of the lazoo basin
country between the Suniiower and
1togue Phalis rivers. Along the line
of the railway. rs far south as
Mound Bayou, planting is in prog
ress where land is free of water.
Eighty per cent. of the land
usually cultivated is known as high
land. A fall of two feet will clear this
high land Of water The rate Of fall
Is ut present about five inches day.
Hence. in week or ten days. the
worst will he over in the upper Yazoo
basin and very little restitution will
have resulted. From Mound bayou
ten days should be added to the
above estimate. This will carry
the territory as far south as
the line of the Georgia Pacific
railway. II is believed here now that
If any portion of the basin Is covered
with water beyond a date too late for a
crop this year il will be in that portion
lying between Rolling Fork and Nicl<s
bury"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-30
TuE FLOODED AREAS.

An Unexpected Caii for suecor from North
Dakom 4 surprise 10 the War Depart
mcnt -Depiorablc Condition of the toun-
try tack of Coons Landing Stationary
or FALLING Waters Caused by Widen-
ing Crsvas-es.
WASHINGTON, April 2i.-Secre tary Al
ger was yesterday handed the follow
my telegram by its recipient;
PEMBiNA ~ d.. April 10
HON H. G. HAs 1nRouCH WAsnINGToN:
The storm OF vest r,lay In connection with the
food has LEFT over two hundred people destl-
tute alons Red river, Ia this county. Aid Is
needed NJ once. Can anything be dones Local
committee il ur> Die 10 render SUFFICIENT aid.
ISignrsil JuDSoN LAMORE.
This news came rs surprise To wan
department officials. The officer who
had been seat IL the Red river country
has returned, reporting that there was
no call fo. government aid. As the de-
partment has no agent in that section
il will communicate directly with the
mayor of Pcmbina and probably
authorize him To extend aid To the des-
titute.
The following report came yesterday
from the inspecting officer at New Or
leans:
II have had interviews with parties.
represented to me as responsible, who
report that 3.2 persons. including men
women and children. are destitute
from the overflow in the vicinity Of
Nestor on the left hank bclowsthe or
ganized levce district and have prac
tically been in that condition for sew
eral weeks. 1t is recommended that
rations be shipped to them for three
weeks
The department has already adopted
this suggestion.
In view of the representations 10y the
army officer ut Vicksburg that he is
obliged 20 pay $3.50 per day for "A relief
boat. Gen. Wilson. chief of engineers.
has directed Maj stickney, the engi-
neer in charge mt ST. Louis. to put in
commission at once two of the steam
ers belonging to his department,
the Golden Gate and the Alert,
and send them To Nicksburg for
the use of Lieut.. Crowley. One is
wanted for the distribution of relief
on the Mississippi, between Vicksburg
and Grecn-ille. and the other is to
work along the Yazoo and Sunilower
rivers and their tributaries As Lieut.
Crowley asked for assistance. Gen.
Merritt. ut New York has been in
structed To detail an officer each from
Fort Thomas Ky. and jackson Bar
racks, La, 70. the purpose.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-30
MANUFACTURERS AROUSED
Wy the Proposition for the Government t.
Establish an Armor Plant.

WASHINGTON. April 2l.-The PROPOSE.
ton made tocongress by Secretary Her
bert that congress provide for the
establishment of a government plant
for the manufacture of arrnor in the
event that the armor makers refused to
accept the maximum price of $500 per
ton. has aroused opposition on the
part of the manufacture of war mate
rial throughout the country. They
evidently apprehend that Secre-
tary Long, having referred the
unsatisfactory bids received re-
Gently from the armor makers
TO congress, may follow up the
subject with renewal of Secretary
iic-bert's proposition and have effected
an organization in the direction of re-
habilitation of an old association
formed for like purpose some years
ago. with Mr. |. l.. G.. Rice as director
of the new organization.
Their argument is that the work can
be better done by private enterprise.
and that nearly all Important inven.
tons in modern warfare are due to pri-
vate inventors working outside gov.
eminent shops.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-30
Turkish Fleet Recalled a- Unfit for Sea
Plan of Campaign

LONDON. April 2S.-The Standards
Constantinople CORE srondent describes
the Turkish fleet. and characterizes its
appearance as ridiculous. He says that
six-inch guns are the heaviest carried.
The captains of ali the war vessels in
the Dardanelles, including the torpedo
boats. sent round robin To lief Pasha.
declaring the fleet unfit for sea. The
vessels have. therefore. been ordered to
return, but singly, SO as not to attract
public attention.
Orders have been given to mobilize
the redifs of the fourth army corps and
20 battalions of redifs of the second
army corps.
1t is reported that Ahmid Pasha has
been ordered To leave forthwith for the
scene of action.
1t is also reported that the plan of
campaign approved by the sultan to
take effect after the capture of Laris-
sa, is to divide the army into two
corps, one OF which is to march by way
of Nolo and the other by a westerly
route, and the two to unite at Athens,
which is to be occupied and held until
heavy indemnity is Maid.