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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-10-29
MARRIED A NEGRO
A NORTH CAROLINA DARKEY NAMED CUT
LAR MARRIED A WHITe WOMAN.
She is Worth Eighty Thousand Dollars in Her
Own Name--Her Relatives Have Cut
Her Acquaintance.

Her Acquaintance.
The New York World published yes
terday a picture OF wealthy white
woman, Mrs. Minnie G.. Provost, who
has travelled extensively abroad, who
in November of last year married q ne
gro by the name of James A. Guitar.
The bride was 80 and the groom 30.
Her first husband shot himself. The
negro was known as "Speckled Beauty
and the World says: "He came from
North Carolina in the spring of 1885,
He was an expert wheemau, and was
hired in an Academy to teach people
how to ride the bicycle. When Mrs.
Provost went to learn to ride the wheel,
she had been a widow but few
months. Guitar was assigned to teach
her. When Mrs. Provost's relatives
heard that she had married a negro,
they turned her out of the house, and
made efforts to obtain possession of her
nine year old son, but without avail.
She is worth $4,000 in her own name.
left by her husband.
The manager of the Bicycle Academy
says, eve hired negroes to teach learn,
ers on the bicycle so that we might OBJ
viate any Familiarity between our Gus
toners and instructors. The women who
come here are women OF social stand
| ing and means, and we wish to protect
them. Guitar was here only a short
time" He denied that Guitar had met
Mrs. Provost at his place, though he
had given her lessons there. 81 found"
he added, 'that Guitar was seen with
Mrs. Provost on the piazza of a road
house. They were drinking. l imme-
dately discharged Guitar. also made
Mrs. Provost take her wheel from the
Academy"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-10-29

o'clock Sunday morning he seemed to
dodge the question, but afterwards came
very near admitting it, This would have
put him in Rockingham again before six
o'clock. This North bound train would
have placed him back in Hamlet in time
to catch the train for MaXton. If he is
the man who committed the crime
there was about three hours time in
which he could cover the distance be-
tween Rockingham to Hamlet, seven
miles, before the departure of the train
to Maxton. as it was nearly an hour
late Saturday morning, leaving Hamlet
about 8 o'clock. The case will probably
have speedy trial, and we hope justice
only will be melted out to the guilty
party.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-10-29
Some Peoples Folly.

Why some persons will suffer with
the excruciating pangs Of rheumatism,
when they can be so easily cured by
that greatest Of pain-cures, Salvation
Oil, is past human comprehension.
That Salvation Oil does cure rheuma-
tism is evidenced by Mr.. G. F. Schra-
der, Pierce, Ncb., who says: ~ have
used Salvation Oil and think there is
no liniment on earth likeit. I had the
rheumatism for several months and
could get no relief until [ used Sal.
walton Oil, two bottles ofwhich effected
a cure, and feel as well as ever. No
home should be without it," Salvation
Oil is sold everywhere for 25 cents.
When dealers offer a substitute be-
ware, you'll be victimized. Insist on
having the best, Salvation Oil.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-10-29
UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL.
The Team Goes to Danville to Play
Blackburg on Saturday.

Chapel Hill, N. c., Oct. 2S.-(SpeciaD
The junior class football eleven de-
feated the freshmen team to-day by a
score of eight to nothing.
The Varsity leaves tomorrow for
Danville, where on Saturday, they play
the Blacksburg, Va, eleven.
The line up of the University of North
Carolina will be as follows:
Right end, Kluttz.
Right tackle, Bennett or Shull.
Right guard, Cromatie or Brown.
Center, Cunningham.
Left guard, Boland.
Left tackle, Simmons.
Left end, White.
Quarter, Rogers, Subj, Osborne.
Right half, McRae or Collins.
Left half, Howell or Buxton.
Full back, Belden, (captain.)
Belden played full back ON last years
team and is captain this year.
Howell, left half, played half on Wake
Forest two years ago, and is a good
sprinter.
McRae played half on Agricultural
and Mechanical in 80; half on Universe
ty of Tennessee last season.
Rogers played end on last years team.
White played end on last season $
team.
Simmons played guard at Horner's
School and is showing up well.
| Boland is a good Splinter and has de-
yeloped into a good guard.
! Cunningham was ON Bingham's school,
eleven last year.
| Cromatie played guard at Davidson
! College last season.
! Bennett was tackle on last years
team.
Kluttz was scrub end last year.
Shull does good defensive work.
Brown, center on Guilford, 90, has
I been off on account of injuries.
Collins, scrub half last year, tackles
well.
Buxton, scrub half last year, is q
good line rusher.
/ Osborne was sub. quarter and end
last year.
The team has played four games SC
/ far, as follows:
/ Agricultural and Mechanical IN. c.,
/ at Chapel Hill; score-U. n. c., 40; A
and NJ. College, 0.
Guilford College, at Chapel Hill; score
~. n. c., Il; Guilford, O.
! Greensboro, Athletic Association, al
/ Chapel Hill; score-U. n. c., "a; Greens
4 boro, 0.
Clemson College. at Chapel Hill; score
III. N. c., IS; Clemson, 0.
The Clemson game was called after
! five minutes of second half had beer
played on account of train leaving.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-10-29

Aunt Maria: Ibid you have a good
time at the ball, Hester"
Hester: Heavenly! L enjoyed the
waltzes in particular"
Aunt Maria: "Why, I thought you did
not know how to waltz"
Hester: 81 don't. That's the reason
why Charlie Sweetser and l took a stroll
into the conservatory every time they
had waltz."-Bostan Transcript.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-10-29
LAST YEAR HE CANVASSED THE
FIFTH DISTRICT IN TOM SET
TIES INTEREST.
WHY SHOULD THERE BE A PARTY BOSS :?
The Individual Top lists Would Think littl
They Would All Come Back Home
to the Democratic
Party,

met a quiet Populst yesterday who
had just finished reading the interview
IN the News and Observer with Populist
who had declared that it was the pur-
pose of the Populist party to depose But
Ter from the leadership and suggested
DIR. Thompson as the proper man to
succeed him.
81 am not any Butler man," he said,
sand / do not approve of the plan of
trading off the party to get offices as
has been done l am in favor now of dis
banding the party if it is to be continued
as a trading nucleus. j have made up
my mind not to be traded off any more
TO give Butler, Cy. Thompson and Hal.
Aver big offices, but to vote for prin-
ciples If the party is to be nothing but
q machine to grind out offices for those
who turn the crank, good bye Populist
party.
''Ihe funny thing about the interview, :
he &C nued, is that the Populist you
quot Is anxious to be rid of Buffers
leadtls ship. because he has been too
friendly to Republican gold-bugs, and
yet s willing to trust DR.. Thompson az
a leader. | will not follow either of
them into alliances with Republicans.
State or National. Past experience
shows that such course has greatly in
jured the Populist party. But if But
Ter lis to be thrown overheard for these
sins, why must we take up Cyrus
Thomson as our Moses? Last year
when it was reported that Butler wanted
to fuse with the Democrats Ct have al
ways doubted his sincerity.) DIR. Thomp-
son fought Butler and advocated continu-
ed fusion with the Republicans. 1t was
said he even favored Pritchard's cleo
ton to the Senate. l know he went to
the Fifth district to try to elect Cettle,
pronounced gold-bug. and was a
s'whooper-up'' for Republican fusion.
know also that his speeches were aimed
at the Democrats whom he abused.
II am not in the swim. | have never
been candidate for office, and | never
expect to be. | am no speaker. | am
not leader" 1t may be that l am
all wrong about DR.. Thompson. l have
heard that he has seen the error OF
his ways and stands with Butler in IA
vor of the policy outlined in the Cau-
easian, and believes another fusion with
the Republicans would be disastrous.
hope so, at any rate. But until he brings
forth fruits meet for repentance, the
Populists will be slow to kick out one flu
sion for another.
'sBy the way" he added. ''have you
ever stopped TO think that it would be
a good idea for the members of the Popu-
list party to do little thinking for them
selves, quit searching for and following
that. of NIT
cut bossism? 1t would be something
new under the sun, don't you think?''
| replied that when the individual
Populists did their own thinking they
would come back TO the Democratic par
ty, and that was why the manipulators
demanded a boss who should be impli-
city obeyed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-10-29
HARD WINTER COMING.
(Roanolke News.)

Unless all signs fail the approaching
said that a heavy persimmon crop means
a hard winter. The pcrsimmon crop is
large 1t is said that a large crop of
acorns and locusts indicate severe
winter. We have both. Old people say
that when the skin or the peeling of the
apple is thick that you may expect hard
winter weather. Well, the outside of the
apple was never tougher than it is this
year. so we may safely say that when
all signs agree as touching a cold and
hard winter that it would be wise to lay
in a good supply of coal and wood. Be
prepared for this worst, but hope for
the best.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-10-29
THE ROCKINGHAM CASE.
A Statement OF the Evidence Against
:, The Negro In Jail.
(Maxton Scottish Chief.)

lMdXIOn ocOJlSQ CnleI.)
when John Read, THAT is the name by
which he calls himselD, was arrested in
laxton, he said: II know what you are
arresting me for, for States witness"
Several times he caught himself making
statements about the crime he said he
knew he was arrested for, stopping in
the middle Of a sentence. He was one
of the brassiest of negroes, and to drop
mo further slang, possessed of unlimited
gaul. On the train to Hamlet the man
agreed to attract one of the blood
hounds O. to him and fondled the dog
FIR several minutes, seeming to foresee
that if he could make friends with the
dogs, they would not run his trail. We
have spoken elsewhere of his where
abouts from Saturday to Monday. He
states that a week or two since he was
employed by a doctor to go around with
him to the various fairs and other gath
erings during the rest of the season and
pick the banjo for him, that he saw him
about the middle of last week and made
an engagement with him to come to the
Maxton Fair. He says he beat his way
on the southbound mail Friday night to
Rockin CHAM from Hamlet, going there
Especially for deyilment," thinking he
would 90 round and see the doctor while
there, but he fell in with a bright null
alto girl named Ida, then went to a
restaurant, got something to drink, and
afterwards beat his way ON the "blind-
baggage" Of the northbound vestibule
TO Hamlet. Arriving there, he goes on
to say he went up the railroad with a
man named Perry, one-armed man,
got with a fellow named Bob, went
with i'm to the shanty rented by the
bsys that work at the compress, where
1e spent the night. In the morning he
goes to Jim Howlin's restaurant for
breakfast about $50 am, going from
there up to the depot, where fellow
working with the above restaurant met
him about six o'clock.
When asked If he had not taken the
Southern vestibule between 8 and $50
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-10-29

You can't cure consumption, but you
can avoid it and cure every other form
of throat or lung trouble by the use of
One Minute Cough Cure. Carolina Drug
Company.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-10-29
THAT KIND WILL DO FOR ME
Dunn Signboard.)

Senator Butler asks the News and
Observer If it wants such a white mans
party as the legislature of 1891. That
kind will do for us. That was called
the Farmers Alliance legislature and
Senator Butler was a member. 1t md
no negro door-keeper and did not ap-
point any negro magistrates.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-10-29
NOTICE OF SALE.

BY virtue Of powers given me by
mortgage executed by M. @. Cram or
eth OF March. 1897, will sell by auc
ton at the court house door of Wake
county on Saturday. the Both Of October
1897, at IL m. one square Kranich &
Bach piano. in good condition.
Terms of sale. cash.
G. M. ALLEN.
October 9th. 1897.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-10-29

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All Druggists refund the money II
1t fails to cure. 25c.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-10-29
WHY FUSION is OPPOSED.
(Smithfeld Herald.)

The success Of the Democratic party
in 1S98-a wish to restore white SUI
premacy-has prompted us to antagon-
ize fusion. We are moved by desire
to witness the triumph OF Democracy,
and the preservation Of it's individual
ity.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04

succe -sful lawyer, of middle age,
and his speech is of frank fashion of
tn West. Besides his legal profess
sion, Mr. Coouey is owuer Of two
fine farms, and nobody is better
equipped to speak Of the agricultural
interests Of tue couutry. because of
bis loug identification WITH that
business
"What alls the country, said NJ .
Conney, ''is the slender volume of
primary money, and, IN my opinion,
uothing of permaLeut will come
uutll the free coinage of silver Is
enacted luto law l thiuk that this
idea is going to take such firm
hold on the minds of our people
Within the next four years that Its
triumph at tue next national cam
palgn is certain II present condl-
tlous last, the victory of the demo
cratic party, which will be assisted
by all other parties that have the
real good of the country at heat,
will be overwhelming
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04
4 inter Bath
i'm VI wllite Rive
WHAT CAME OF BREAKING THROUGH the !
IN a WISCONSIN River IN february
From, the Chronicle. Chicago. III.

them for four months. by which t;r.,
cured. The first henetit | obtains5 g
less frequent desire 10 urinaie, and 49,.
of that dreadful pain in the haet .l.f|
ceased altogether very soon. Nv -
became comfortable. and nv hear,s ~.
normal. After the first break nv -
was rapid. and to-day fiatter myseIf -
sound man., and able TO attend 10 nv ~
ness better than | ever could before. y
(Signed) +. N, HA,rn
I, T. \. Hallccl,, 10 hereby eer,iis d {.
the foregoing statement signed by ma - -
STATE OF ILLINOIS, S..
l, John T. Derby, Notary Puhl;c j, {,
for the County and State, do hereby ~. =
that +. \. Halleck, whose name i s,rs.sgg ,s.sg
the foregoing statement. is personally fss.s
to me, and that lie did in my presenss 49, -
of his own free will and accord s;rs =,
swear to the same.
IsEALl- john 7. DERRY, Notarv psse.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain IN j.
denScd form all the elements necesssrv !. u
new life and richness TO the blood ,ra y y I.
store shattered nerves. They are also ! :. y
eitic for troubles peculiar to females sn.i .
suppressions, irregularities and all iarrs. .
weakness. In men they effect radical s.
in all eases arising from mental worry a..
work or eNcesSeS OF whatever nature. IN
Pills are sold in boxes (never in loose nm
AT Soc. a box or six boxes for s. 50. and ms,i
had of all druggists or direct hy mail 4.
DIR. Williams Medicine Company. Sehss
| tady, n. y.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04

Five years ago last winter, there was con-
siderable commotion on the banks Of the
White River, Wisconsin, rs young man
named +. \. Hal!eck, had broken through
the ice, and was Ior some moments lost to
view. II was ro> long however, before Mr.
Haiieck came in sigh: again, and by artistic
means was tiShed from the fiuid and restored
to society. If the duckinS had been ALL it
would have been well, but unfortunately,
the young gentleman contracted heavy
cold, resulting in chronic rheumatism, COM
plieated with disease of kidney and urinary
organs.
"For six months" writes Mr.. Halleck,
60 was laid up. and not able to do anything.
During this time ! suffered with pains in
the stomach and small of the back, and
headache, urination was frequent and pain
ful, my hearts action was increased, and
had aches all over my body, and was gener-
ally used up. Then ! was able to go out,
but was a confirmed invalid, and for nearly
four years l was in that condition, and ex-
pected then that should always be disabled
for nothing that took gave me any relief.
In December, lSa5, | read an advertise.
ment about DIR. Williams Pink Pills, and
on speaking of it TO Mrs. A. f. Derby. she
strongly urged that | should take them, rs
she said she believed they would cure me.
had been under physicians care for ovel
two years, hut as they did me no good did
no. ask their advice about taking these pills
|. but laid in a supply and began TO take them
In about ten days | began 10 experience
substantial relief, and continued 10 take
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04
Admiral Dots Heir.

New York, Jan 81 If you were
told that the wife of Leopold Kahn
had just presented to him son and
heir. the information might not ex
cite your interest. But when you
learn that MIR Kahn is none other
than admiral" Dot, the midget,
who is known all over the world
that his wife was Lizzie Swartwood
whose proud boast is that she is
one.half inch taller than her spouse,
you at once desire to know more
about the new arrival.
The young man came into the
world with the dawn of yesterday
He weighed Z pounds and the at
tending physician says he is per
fectly formed and healthy. The
admiral" is 81 years old and is
4Sa inches tall. This is the second
baby born to Mrs Dot.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04

Chicago Record.
Tue news that Mark Twain, who
ls now rapidly approaching old age,
has failed to make money on his lee
tnre tour and has set himself at
work in London to the sore task of
earning sufficient money to pay his
creditors, will call forth widespread
expressions of sympathy from Amer
cans.
La bis prime Mr. Clemens was Il
wise business man as we'll as a
sumorist, He accumulated respect
able fortune, and his prospects
promised happy old age. When
the unfortunate publishing venture
III which he was intere ted failed
some months ago, be pluckily set
out to relnstate his fortunes aud
pay his creditors by lecture tour
around the world This tour has
not been successful, and now he
finds himself in London with less
than he had when be first set out in
life With grit and fine sense OF
honor altogether too rare in these
times, be has gone to work to earn
by his pen the money which failed to
come from other sources. Like Sir
Walter Scott. he will devote himself
to the strenuous task of settling bis
debts.
Every hoy who has reveled in
Tom Sawyer" and "Huck Finn.
every man who has read Mark
Twains maturer work and thouaandt
OF other people who have missed
both pleasures, will be quick to sym
pathize with the luckless author ano
praise his honorable and courage ous
| course.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04
"Shall We Meet Again"

George d. Prentics.
The fiat of nature is inexorable.
There is no appeal from the great
law which dooms US to the dust.
We flourish and fade as the leaves of
the forest, and the flowers that bloom
and wither in day have no frazier
hold upon life than the rniehtiest
monarch that ever shook II e earth
with his footsteps. Generations of
men will appear and disappear as
the grass, and the multitude who
throng the world to day Will disap
psar as The footprints OIL the shore
Men so,dom think Of the great
zr-as q 2.ath until iss s3s75~ falls
across their own pathway, hiding
from their eyes the faces Of loved
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04

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The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04
A Word or Two

to sufferers from catarrh will not be
amiss if a cure can be offered Eiy's
Cream Balm has become q favorite
IN all sections of the United States.
Your cold in the head will be quickly
relieved by it. and the seyerest at
tack of catarrh will yield to, and be
perfectly cured by a thorough treat
ment. Catarrh is not blood disease,
but an Inflammation of the passages
OF the nose and throat, due to elm
attic changes.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04

The Mount Lebanon Shakers have
invented a great many valuable
things. They were the first to make
brooms by machinery; the first to
put up seeds in little packages; the
first to manufacture cut nails
Now they are out with method
of curing dyspepsia by resting the
stomach Their remedy is known
as the Shaker Digestive Cordial 1t
supplies food in an arti6cially digest
ed form aud a. the same time aids
the digestion of other foods in the
stomach. Iu other words, by the
use of the Shaker Digestive Cordial,
dyspeptic virtually gels along
without the use of his stomach until
it Ia restored to it's natural strength
and vigor. A single 10 cent bottle
Will oft times give marked relief
Get bottle from your druggist and
try it.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04
oues whnsa living smile was the sun
light of their existence

ouea whosa living smile was the sun
light of their existence.
Death ia the antaeonist Of life. and
the cold thought of the tomb is the
skeleton of a'l feasts We do not
want to go through the dark valley,
although it's dark passage may lead
to paradise; we do not want to lie
down in the damp grave. not even
with Princes for bedfellows
In the beautiful drama of lion"
the hope of immortality so elegantly
uttered by the dea' b devoted Greek
finds deep response in every thought
full eoul.
When about to yield his young life
as sacrifice to fate his Clemanthe e
asks if they shall meet again. to
which he responds: Il have asked
that dreadful question of the hills
that looked eternal, of the cea,
streams that fow forever, of the
stars among whose fields of azure
many raised spirits haye walked in
glory. All w-r. dumb But as
gaze on thy living face I feel tha,
there is sonnet h,rg in love which
mantles, though its beauty can not
wholly perish. Ws shall meet again
Clemanthe
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04
NOihIng but Tariff

Washington. D G., Jan 90
Chairman Dingley of the ways and
means committee has set congress
buzztng by his latest statement. He
said to day:
"There will be no general legisla.
tion during the extra session of con-
gress President Mckinley will
call congress in extraordinary ses-
sion for the specific purpose of
passing a revenue bill. When we
meet in March the bill will be ready
to present to the house, and it will
be passed within thirty days and
sent to the senate. Nothing else
will be done by the house. We
shall adjourn from day to day, or
take three day adjournments &C.
ccrding to the provisions of the
constitution.
The eyes of the country will be
on the senate alone. The house
will not consider pension bills, nor
enter into any general legislation.
We shall simply remain nominally
in session until the senate reaches a
conclusion on the revenue bill, and
then the measure will go into con
ference, where it will be perfecte
to suit both houses. I do not be-
| lieve that the senate will force long
session, wuen nothing is under con.
sideration except the tariff bill
Members who have been expect
ing to get Legislation through the
extra session are inclined to wax in
dignant, but what Mr.. Dipgley say:
is backed by the speaker, and ht
holds the whip hand.