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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26
DEWEY THREATENED.
HE GAVE A STRAIGHT AND Eff
FECTIVE REPLY.
German Consul Declared he Would
Land Provisions With the Aid of
German Cruisers-Dewey Gave
Warning He Would Fire.

MANILA, VIA SHANGHAI, May "a
Admiral Dewey has been threatened
by the German Consul here. After an
interview with Agusti, General of the
Spanish army of the Philippines, the
Consul attempted to land provisions
from German ship. Dewey refused
permission and the Consul declared
he would force landing with the aid
of two German cruisers. Dewey re-
torted that he would fire on the cruis-
ers if they attempted to execute the
Consul's threat. The provisions have
not yet been landed.
The Germans are very friendly with
the Spaniards, holding frequent con-
ferences. They expect to obtain the
Carolines at the final partition of the
Spanish possessions In the Orient.
The Spaniards are expecting rein
fOrcementS.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26
MECKLENBURG CELEBRATION.
Unwilling the Monumental Memoir.
able Event.

Correspondence Sentinel.
CHARLOTTE, N g., May 81 -
Friday was memorable event in
the history OF things in the Queen
City OF the South. early in the
morning signs could be seen of the
gathering of the crowd which grew
and multiplied until between thirty
and fifty thousand people were
crowded into the two principal
streets of the city. They came on
regular trains, special trains,
caboose trains, freight trains, car
riages, buggies, horseback and in
any way it WAS possible for human
ty to move.
The old veterans were here in
large numbers and some of the
camps in regular Confederate gray
with caDteens and haversacks
STRAPPED over their shoulders which
gave a very realistic view of olden
times
Many old battle flags, some OF
which were cut into strings by
bullets and shell, were seen floating
in the procession. One beca me sadly
impressed as he looked upon the old
and feeble veterans that REUNIONS
here would soon be a thing of the
past. Wee President Stevenson. Mrs
Stonewall jackson. Governor Atkin-
son of Georgia, General Lane, Col. j
S. Carr and many other distinguished
guests viewed the old veterans as
they passed in front of the speakers
stand Vice President Stevenson was
the orator of the day and made a
speech full Of patriotic sentiment and
highly complimentary to MecBlen-
burg and to the old North State.
After the speak lag the Liberty mon
ument was unveiled by eight young
ladies, defendants o! the eigners of
the MeckieD burg Declaration of INDIE
pendence.
The day was creditable to Char
lotte and will add to her fame and
good name. Many Winstonians
were seen among the moving crowd
which showed that they are always
ready to help do honor to whom
honor is due. S. F. CONRAD.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26
On to Cuba.
Atlanta constitutional

The paniards have at last dra va
American blood, with the result OF
killing Ensign Bagley, of the Wins
low, and four men This affair
brings home to US the tact that the
mlshaps and casualties of war can
not be confined to the ranks of the
enemy, and it should give to those in
authority an additional incentive to
pushing forward the operations
which are intended to bring the crisis
to prompt elimination So far as
our troops are concerned, the fact
that American blood has been shed
by the Spaniards will lend wings o
their ardor and sire lgtl.en their
determination TO make shOrG work
of the whole business when once they
have the enemy in their front
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26
Davidson College Commencement.

Sunday, June 5th. IL a. M, bacca-
laureate sermon by the president; 8
p M, sermon to the Y. NJ. G. A by
Rev. A. Sprunt, D. D. Tuesday, 7th,
10 a. M, annual meeting of the
board of trustees; s p. m reunion of
the literary societies. Wednesday.
Sth, L q. m, address to the literary
societies by Hon. T. F. Klutl; 12m.,
alumni address; 6 p. m alumni ban
quet; 8 p. m, anniversary of the
literary societies. Thursday, 9th,
commencement day.
Visitors will inquire for rates
within North Carolina and South
Carolina. j. B. SHEARER,
President.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26
HISTORY.

What kind of histories are our |
young people studying2 This is a
very important question and, in view
of the many intimations that the
histories in general use in our
schools are partial, if not untrue,
makes it imperative that this ques-
ton should receive the most earnest
and most careful attention at the
hands of our educators.
We have reference, principally, to
the events of the civil war. Our
older people remember quite wildly
the stirring incidents OF those
momentous times and hence there is
some danger that they do not fully
realize the Importance of a fair and
impartial record of those events. 1t
must be borne in mind that the
young mind receives it's impressions
of the past from recorded history
from the text books placed in their
hands during the impressionable
school period-and this will be the
more emphatically true after the
participants in the civil war have
passed away and there are none left
to point out and correct the mac
curacies and falsehoods and sectional
Misrepresentation of the printed
book.
We do not ask for a history that
will unduly magnify the South and
correspondingly underrate the North,
bnt we have endured long enough the
instiIling into the minds of Southern
children purported facts which IN
duly magnify the North and under
rate the South and ascribe false
reasons for the cause of the rupture
between the two sections of the
Union, now united and fighting
under the same flag in common
cause. We want and must have g
history that tells the truth, the
whole truth and nothing but the
truth.
Many of the histories now in use il
our schouls were written at time
when sectional feeling ran high anC
when there was a disposition, per-
haps, on the part of publishers tc
make a book that would be ap-
proved by the largest number o
patrons, among whom were many
with bitter prejudices. If this reason
existed then, surely it is now higf
time, when we are hearing SO mucf
Of a reunited country and of thu
obliteration of sectional lines, to
have a history of the past that ii
fair, impair tial and truthful.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26
FROM THE KLONDIKE.
Twenty-Five Millions OF Gold Soon Il
Arrive.

Twenty-Five Millions or Gold Soon to
Arrive.
Seattle Washington Dispatch 18th.
j. 6. Wilson, of this city, and Jas
Wesley, OF Tacoma, have arrived here
from Dawson City, bringing with them
800 letters and $40, 900 in gold dust.
Mr.. Wilson states that the report
that W. G. iGates, or swift Water
Bill" and three other persons were
drowned, is not true. He met them
three days after the report was
brought TO Dyea. A boat was wrecked
at Thirty Mile, and all passengers
drowned. 1t was not known how
many passengers. the boat contained,
or who they were.
Mr.. Wilson estimates the amount of
gold that will be brought down from
ST. M ichael on the tiIst steamers at
S25, 900 The bulk of il will be owned
by between 100. and 125 men. Alex
ander Mcdonald alone will have near
ly So 600, 900.
The news of the Spanish war had not
reached Dawson when Wilson and
Wesley left.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26

DEATH has brought rest to the
Right Hon. William Ewart Glad :
stone. He passed away on Thurs
day of last week, in the eighty
ninth year of his age, honored by the
civilized world. A busy life he led,
but amid all the care and response
bility of official position, he did not
forget that he owed allegiance to a
higher power than earthly realms,
nor did he falter in his loyalty to
Christianity and humanity. His
many noble deeds won for him the
fitting title, GThe Grand Old Man. y
a title fuller of meaning than the
applications of crowned royalty.
Gladstone is dead, but his influence
will live forever.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26
RAMS HORN BLASTS
Warning Notes Calling the Wicked
to Repentance.

10 1bSpcntanCG.
Theology is not religion.
Truth is the secret of eloquence.
Forgiveness is the key that opens
heaven.
The best known remedy for laziness
is to go to work.
The rich man who don't give will
always remain poor.
Gray hairs and wrinkles won't
mean anything in heaven.
If good resolutions could furnish
wings, everybody would fly.
Every bird is a sermon: "Your
heavenly Father feedeth them"
The gift of silence is often more
valuable than the gift of speech.
IfChrist needed to retire for pray
er, how much more do We?
Jesus would say today, "Beware of
the starch of the churches"
You cannot tell by the size of the
tree how the apples will taste.
The man who knows what "your
Father" means, seldom has the blues.
It is not our failures that ruin us,
but our fear and hardness in making
new beginnings after failure.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26

ALL along we have not felt sure
that the retroactive clause would
not be feature of the increased to-
bacco tax. The warning sounded
yesterday afternoon by Congress
man Swanson, as published in The
SENTINEL, indicates that the danger
of incorporating the Objectionable
feature has increased and there will
have to be some lively hustling to
keep it out. Congress reaches back
at times with great celebrity. The
performances of this character known
as the back salary grab is still fresh
In the memory of many. The manu-
facturers have q big fight on their
hands, but they win win or be found
protesting until the bitter end
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26
1T IS ABSURD.

We have heard the statement made !
that many good things of this life
are missed through failure to ask for
them. This idea does not apply in
the least too that proposition for
fusion made by the late Populist
State Convention. The element of
mo1esty is entirely lacking and if
Butler and his crowd do not get the
earth and it fenced in it will not be
because they are to bashful' TO sug-
gest that they ought to have it.
Read the following, which was one of
the resolutions adopted by the con-
vention:
"Resolved, "That this convention
elect conference committee, which
shall be authorized to confer with
any party or fraction of a party
which declares its endorsement of the
above principles and purposes and
which favors cooperation with the
Populist party, to carry the same
| into effect upon such basis as will
maintain intact the integrity of the
Peoples party, and as will preserve
! to it not less than it's present repre-
| sentation in both State and national
| affairs"
| This means that any trade they
may make with any party, cor frac-
ton of party" must be based upon
the condition that they are to main
tain what they secured by the double
alliance of the last campaign, when
they rode white horses and black
horses, voted with silver Democrats
and gold Republicans and did any
thing and everything that promised
to produce a piece of pie, regardless
of the principles which they claimed
to stand for.
The Populist strength in the last
campaign is reckoned at 10000
votes. In the convention about one.
third the delegates violently opposed
fusion. Giving the fusionists their
relative strength of voters, this
] would leave them with 10000 voters
and their proposition to the Demo-
Gratis is about like this: In eX chang
for your 145 600 voters we will give
you 10000 votes e. little less than
one-seventh your strength provided
you will give US one United States
Senator, i've of the niue members o.
Congress. a good proportion OF the
Judges and Solicitors and members
of the Legislature and county Off &c rs
and, in the State, the Secretary Of
State, the Auditor, the Treasurer
the Superintendent of Public Instruc
ton, etc. In other words, you must
preserve to us not less than our
present representation in both State
and national affairs
| Will the Democrats make them
selves ridiculous and bring ruin upon
their party by accepting this big F
and little d. pie-bartering PROPOSE
tion2 We are guessing they will not
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26
MEASURES TAKEN BY DIaz
President of Mexico Has Ordered
Troops to Borders of Texas.


AUSTIN, May Is President Diaz,
OF Mexico, has written Coy. Culber
son that he mas ordered Mexican troops
on the border to render assistance and
protect citizens of Texas If called
on. He says he has sent additional
troops to the border with orders to
cooperate with the United States
troops in preventing depred ations on
Texas soil, and has instructed them to
ask the cooperation OF United States
troops if necessary. He closes his let
ter by saying:
"With the hope that the good rela-
tions of true and candid friendship,
which, for so many years, have united
the two republics of North America
may continue, and with the purpose
of cultivatiug them on my part, in
terpretiDg the will OF this country
toward yours, subscribe myself your
attentive servant and friend.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26

THAT Anglo-Saxon Alliance talk
is an uppermost topic just now and
it may be truly said it is stirring the
nations of the earth. Such an alll-
ance has advantages and disadvan-
tages, but we believe the advantages
predominant.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26
You Can't Get Rested,

Because That Tired Feeling is not the result
of exertion. 1t is due to the unhealthy
condition of your blood. This vital
fluid should give nourishment to every
organ, nerve and muscle. But it cannot
do this unless it is rich and pure. That
is what you want to cure That Tired
Feeling-pure, rich blood. Hood Sarsa-
pari la will help you get rested.' 1t
will give you pure, rich blood, give you
vigor and vitality and brace you up so
that you may feel well all through the
coming summer. If you have never tried
Hoods Sarsaparilla, do so now, and see
how it energies and vi allies your
whole system.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26
Has Promise of 10 Volunteers.

Lieut.. G. F. Caffey, who went up the
Willzesboro road Monday in search
of volunteers, passed through Tuesday
evening on his return to Raleigh. He
said he had to be back to attend
the organization of the Second Regi-
ment. Lieut.. Caffey stated that he
had the promise of ten more Wilkes
boys as soon as transportation is
secured.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26
An Orator.

Cincinnati Enquirer.
And is Blockford SO much of an
orator?
''Man, he could describe q board
ing house dried-beef supper in such
language that your modth would
water with desire"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26
Confederate Movement.

The yr. o. q. A. NJ. Lodge of High
Point, have decided to erect shaft to
the 48 Confederate soldiers buried in
the High Point cemetery. They have
subscribed $50 and wish to raise
about 5000 more. This is a worthy
move and should receive hearty sup
port.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26

The war emphasizes the necessity
for the Nicarauga canal and we may
expect to see definite steps taken
towards providing this time-saYer
and distance-annihilator soon after
the war is over.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26
Destroyed by Lightning.

The house of DIR. E. II. Brooks, of
Aspen Grove, Rockingham county,
was struck by lightning Sunday af-
ternoon. The house and its contents
were burned. Fortunately all the oc-
cupants of the house escaped without
injury. The loss is covered by insur-
ance.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26

WE trust the Democratic State
Convention, to be held Thursday of
this week, at Raleigh, will be largely
attended by representative Demo
Gratis. The matter of fusion, which
is one of the prominent subjects for
consideration, should be thoroughly
considered and finally disposed of.
The people do not want, in the COM
ing campaign, repetition of the
uncertainties of the last campaign.
If the laws of nature are to be trans
formed and the tail is to wag the
dog, the voters want to know it. If
there is to be a straightout and un-
entangled contest for good govern
ment the voters want to know it.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26

Elk post facto laws are contrary to
the Democratic idea of government.
The proposed retroactive clause OF
the war revenue bill, il adopted,
would surely be an ex post facto law.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26

ONE of the unkindest cuts to Sotho
Wilson at the Populist State Con-
vention was the adoption of the
resolution endorsing Russell's rail-
road policy. A part of that policy
was the stepping down and out Of
the aforesaid Sotho from the Rail
road Commission. A special edition
of the Hayseeder could be mace
mighty interesting reading just now,
before the ex-editor and ex-Commis-
sioner cools off.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26

The last Board of Aldermen failed
to furnish the city dequate police
protection and this WAS one of the
reasons that the people desired
change of administration. We feel
safe in saying that it is not the pur-
pose OF the present Board to follow
the precedent established by the last
Board We feel satisfied that an
efficient police force is conspicuous
number en- the programme of the
present administration and we would
suggest that it is now time to do
something along that line. The
people do not feel like waiting until
next September for what they i'm
peratively need now.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26
When You Are Tired

Without extra exertion, languid, dull and
listless, your blood is failing to supply to
your muscles and other organs the vitalizing
and strength giving properties they require.
Ho IDS Sarsaparilla cures that tined feeling
by enriching and purifying the blood. 1t
will give you energy and vigor.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26

A HIGH compliment, indeed, was
that paid Rev. DIR. James Atkins, of
North Carolina, by the General Con-
ference of the NJ. E. Church South, in
re electing him editor of the Sunday
School publications by the very
fattering vote of 205 out of a pos
sible POT.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26

WILL Skinner and Sotho remain IN
the hole in which Butler has placed
them, or will they crawl out and try
to form a new line of battle against
the victorious Senator?
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26

The commencement season, with
all it's oratory and flowers and rib
bons and sheepskins, is upon us
again. It's big time for the young
Americans and a picnic of free adver-
Using for our institutions of learning.
Great is commencement time
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26

THE North Carolina edition of the
Confederate Veteran is at hand. 1t
is a very creditable issue and OF
special interest to North Carolinians.
Among the numerous illustrations
we observe good pictures of our
townsmen, Major S. Ell. Smith, Chief
Commissary of the North Carolina
Division, &C. ", and Major R. E
Wilson, of the First North Carolina
Battalion of Sharp-shooters. The
Confederate Veteran is published
monthly at Nashville, Tenn, at 81
per year and deserves to be literally
patronized by the people of the
South.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26

IT is evident that Butler is still
boss of the Populist party. The
plans of the recalcitrants, Skinner,
Sotho Wilson ct al, to knock out
Buffers unoer- pinning all went
astray and the votes in the State
Convention were feather-cutters for
the Don Carlos OF the Pop camp.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26
OUR MONEY.
PORTANT QUESTION

Watch and trace the picture card! Watch
and read the insurance reports for last year!
Then stop and consider where your money
is going when you go to insure your prop
erty your Ii e.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26
NOTICE.

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, 1898-05-26

There are few sermons neither too
long nor too short.
An honest man is the noblest work
of GOd.-PoDe.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26
IN CAMP WITH THE FIRST.

The Second Illinois and First Wis
consin Regiment of Volunteer troops
arrived here late Sunday night, and
went into camp today, together with
The men are all well pleased with the
location of their camp and every ar
rangement has been made for their
comfort.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26

OUR soldier boys have gone to the
front. May they soon return, IN
harmed and glory-crowned.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26
SALEM.

List of letters remaining unclaimed
in Postoffice at Salem, N. c., at close
of business, Saturday, May q, 1898:
Benton Buckley Mary anne Fields,2,
Fad Freeze, Miss Lilly Long, Mrs. o.
Belle league, Miss Jennie Saunders.
When calling for above please call
for advertised letters.
w. 2. ORMSBY. 2. NJ
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26
THE LETTER.
WINSTON, N. c., May 81, '9S.
DIR. LOUIS I'll. MATTHEZ:

w 1NSION. ~. ". may Il, 90.
DIR. LOUIS H. MATTHEZ:
Dear Sir-Prior to consulting you
about my eyes in Nov. 1896, 1 had
been examined and glasses adjusted
to my eyes by DR.. Calhoun, of At
lanta, and an oculist in this State
without relief. Until getting the
glasses adjusted to my eyes by you,
[ was unable to read, write or sew
continuously, suffering constantly
with headache and my eyes. Since
using the glasses.you adjusted to my
defective vision | have enjoyed per-
feet relief and benefit. It gives me
pleasure to thus speak publicly of
what you have done for me, and other
members of my family and friends
whom l commended to you all enjoy
the same services from your valuable
skill. Very truly,
Mrs. J. Fl. DINGELHEF,
30S Broad Street.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26
First Two Battalions Arrived in the
Morning and Third at Shutdown.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, May % The
first and second battalions have ar
rived here safely and went into camp
this morning, The third was delayed
by collision ten miles south OF Sa-
vannah and arrived at shutdown.
There is a fine camp ground here,
with 5000 soldiers encamped upon it.
More are coming
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26
THE FIRST AT JACKSONVILLE.

Hoods Pills are easy to take, easy to
operate. Cure Indigestion, biliousness. 25c.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-26
ARELIABLE TESTIMONIAL.
Showing the Permanency of DIR.
MattheZ's Work.

When DR.. Matthez was in Winston
sometime ago, we published a yalua
BILE letter from Mrs. J. Fl. Dingelhnf,
in communication of the valuable SER
vice he had rendered her, in correct
ing conditions of her imperfect vision,
which had failed of correction at the
hands of other eminent oculists. Show
ing the permanency of DR.. Matthews
work, the following speaks for itself.
DR.. Matthews stay being limited,
those desiring his service and glasses
should see him at once at Hotel Phu-
nix, room 3.