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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-29
The Confederate Soldier.
Greenville (s.-C.) News.

GreenVllle (S-.C.) news
The Confederate is marching on to
conquests his highest hopes never
scared to, to honors he could not i'm
agine thirty-five years ago to be pos
sible He is known, loved and honor
ed where he was hated and despised.
Where his glory was hid by clouds of
animosity and prejudice it shines
brig htest now. His victory is COM
plete and for ali time. His history as
it has become known. the representa-
tives of his organization, his blood
and his section as they have had OPP
portunity, have won for him a we'll
deserved. everlasting victory The
time is near now-in many places it
has already come-when those against
whom he fought so valiantly are as
proud of him as those for whom be
fought. 1t is the most glorious and
the mightiest conquest in the worlds
history, as honorable to those VINO
have surrendered to the power of
simple manhood, courage and loyalty
to cause as to the dead and living vic
tors.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-29

FLIES GARRY FEW
Facts Found by a Military Medical
Com iSsiOn.

Facts Found by a Military Medical
Commission.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.-Commoh
house flies, according to report of the
medical commission appointed to in-
vestigate the cause of so much typhoid
fever at various camps, introduced the
deadly germs. The commission visited
the camps at Jacksonville, Huntsville,
Fernandina and Chickamauga. Every
where it found typhoid fever and
found it spreading. 1t also found flies
were in every camp by millions. They
declare they found flies fed off of the
focal matter from hospitals and then
meal time share the food Of soldiers.
In the tirst'instance the fly picked up
on his six hairy legs intiniteslmal
PARTICLES containing germs OF typhoid
and as he walked over the bareback
and other food he deposited them
there.
Large numbers of flies carried
enough germs in this way to inOculate
large numbers Of soldiers. The COM
mission presents the case exhaustive
ly in proof Of this remarkable eXplana-
tion, and declare most positively that
the proof isooverwhelming in support
Of their diagnosis. Recommendations
for disinfecting sinks and killing
germs so flies cannot carry them arr
made, and it is declared that witt
this danger removed, we'll selected
camps cannot be anything but health
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-29
Florida Oran ges.

The Jacksonville Times Union pub
fishes several hundred letters from
the orange producing sections OF
Florida in regard to the growing
crop. These reports are almost uni
formly favorable. The crop promises
to be twice as large as that of last
year, and the quality is likely to be
OF a superior grade. The old trees
are recovering rom the damaging
freeze of a few years ago, whilst
thousands of young trees, planted
after the freeze, are coming into
bearing. Altogether, comments the
Baltimore Sun, orange growing is by
no means q 'lost art" in Florida,
but promises in few years to be-
come again an important and profit
able industry in "the land OF flow
ers."
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-29
LEES CORPS TO BE NIT.
No Relief for the Volunteers in His
Command.

No Relief for the Volunteers in His
Command.
WAsHINGTON, Sept. 2.-The War
Department is every day receiving
applications from friends OF volunteer
regiments to have organizations mus
tered out. and the probability is
growing stronger that further re-
ductiOn of the volunteer force will be
ordered within short time.
An officer In the office OF the adju-
tant general said today that there was
hardly regiment in the whole army
which had not applied for discharge
and In absolutely all of the regiments
there was apparently large number
OF men who were unwilling to remain
longer in service. The volunteers en-
listed, he said, to see acUiye service
during the war; and now that the
military duty required is simply such
as the regular army will be required
to perform in time of peace, volunteers
are impatient to be relieved.
The War Department believes that
the volunteers now al the front and
the regiments composing the corps of
Gen. Lee will be sufficient for requir-
ed garrison duty.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-29
Our Peace Commissioners.
Philadelphia Ledger.


Our peace commissioners in Paris
will have an opportunity to show the
world a business kind of diplomacy,
and will doubtless avail themselves
OF it. They will have to deal with
a power famous for procr estimation
and circumlocution, but their in
structiOns as now Indicated. will
limit them to the single point of the
control Of the Philippines, and they
will show how time may be saved by
using direct methods instead of the
tortuOus ways usual in diplomacy.
They wiii not forget that all Europe
ia looking on with intense interest to
see how this newcomer in the con-
gress of nations will behave. If he
prove ~ nasteriul in Negotiation as
he has shown himself in war, so much
the more respect will the nations feel
for him
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-29

1859 $50 81

This shows that under Fusion ruiz
the expenses of the State administra
ton have increased in three years
$3.50, 74S 26 over the last three
years of Democratic rule.
These figures are not denied by
anybody. In Hal Liars Hand book
he undertakes to prove that all this
excess of 1886, 74S 26, or $413 10
per working day was proper and
correct and necessary. he does NOT
deny the increase.
Think of it, Taxpayers, the Fusion
parties have required nearly 5000 ii
day more to Idu the State COVERT
ment than the Democratic party re
quired. What do farmers, who
voted for reduction Of salaries a|
the basis of low agricultural
products. think OF having to give
more than twenty bales of cotton
every working day TO carry on the
State government than the Demo-
Gratis required? y that keeping til"
promises Of reduction to the scale OF
agricultural products?
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-29
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Chicago News.
The Office never has to seek the
man on pay day.
Some dogs are pointers and some
are disappointers.
: More people have the gift of speech
than the gift OF silence.
The older the trousers the better
they are prepared for the fray.
1t is easier to read about love in a
cottage than it ia to bring it about.
When passenger trains are telez-
scoped the passengers are apt to see
stars.
A stitch in time saves nine, but
nine can be taken in no time on q
sewing machine.
The man who tells you that all
men are equal really believes that he
is a little more so.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-29
WAR OFFICE pRoBERs.
Names or Those who May Comprise
the Commission.

WASHINGTON. D. C, Sept. 20.-The
President has invited ex-Congressman
William Whiting, of Holyoke. Mass
and General Arson 6. McCook, of
New York city, to serve on the Com
mission to investigate the War De-
partment Bureaus and has assurances
that both will do so, and also that
either General Stephen D. Lee or Gen.
W. II. Jackson will accept. At the
White House, therefore, it was stated
today that she Commission would pro
badly be composed Of the following:
General Granville nj. Dodge, chair
man; President D @ Gilman, OF Johns
Hopkins; eX Minister Charles DENLY,
Of Indiana; Col James A Sexton. Com
mander Of the G. A. r Captain Evan
P. Howell, of Atlanta; William Whit
ing. of Mass DIR. w W. Keen of
Philadelphia: Arson McCook, of New
York, and probably Gen. s. D. Lee, OF
Mississippi
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-29
The Daughter OF the South.

Atlanta Constitution.
1t must be with heavy heart that
every citizen Of the south will hear of
the death of Miss Winnie DAVIS.
But few weeks ago this winsome
lady looked tor the last time into the
eyes Of the thousands of old conted-
crates gathered in Atlanta. When
ever she appeared 1t was as a queen,
and no queen ever held her regal
sway with so royal a grace.
Declining marriage in order that
she might bear the name of her
honored father, she became at once
the idol of her people, who loved her
for her sweet personality, for her
family name and for her cause.
Passing into the deep valley, her
memory will live in the hearts of her
people, and her name will take it's
place as Que of the few not born to
die.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-29
STRIKING SNAPSHOTS.

The great man is he who woes not
lose his child sheart.-MeDcius.
NV own good name | may leave to
the Father; my brothers my Father
has intrusted to me- Andrew Muir
ray.
The slightest BORROW for sin is
sufficient, if it produce amendment;
the gre Attest is Insufficient, if it do
not.-C. G. Cotton.
earth, God would search him OUT
among all the generations of men,
and exalt and glorify him forever
Rev. John Scott, d. ID.
All | write, and all think, and all
hope, is based upon the divinity OF
our Lord-the one central hope OF
our poor, hayward Gce.-GladstOne.
There are some men and women in
whose company We are always at
our best. All the best stops in our
nature are drawn out by their inter
course, and we find Il music in our
souls never there before Drum
mond.
To pray as God would have Us; to
pray wit h all the heart and strength,
with the reason and the will; to be-
lieve wildly that God will listen to
your voice through Christ, and verify
do the thing he pIeaseth thrreupon-
this is the last, the greatest achieve
ment of the Christian's warfare on
earth. - [ Coieridge.
The Scriptures are like mine. over
which we have often walked without
knowing the treasures beneath our
feet. They are like the powers OF
nature, which have always contained
the treasures of the telegraph, of gas
Cor lighting. of coal for warming, and
vet men did not know these riches
for ages Selected.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-29
An Aggressive Campaign.

Richmond Dispatch.
Our report of the speech Hon.
Joseph NJ. Bailey, of Texas, delivered
at Chatham, Pittsylvania county,
Monday. stated that Mr.. Bailey
made it plain that the Democrats
mean to make the present congress
sional campaign an aggressive one.
II not, why not? Mr.. Bailey made it
plain that the Democrats have ample
material with which to conduct an
aggressive fight. As to none of the
issues he cited as entering into the
campaign, can the Democracy be put
on the defensive. On all Of them the
Democrats are in position to force
the fighting co the greatest advant.
age. On the other hand, on all of
them the Republican party must
assume a defensive attitude.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-29
ReDudi, ties the Deal,

The editor of the Kings Mountain
Reformer, a Porulist paper, discuss
ing the deal which has been made
between the Populist and Republican
leaders in Cleveland county, saye
Last election we slid out OF the Re
publican end of the county ticket
quietly, but this year we will be more
frank and repudiate the deal openly.
We cannot endorse the Republican
and Populist platforms at the same
time. We cannot kno vingly stand
with one foot on one and the other
or the other OF such ultra platforms
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-29
CYCLONE At MT. AIRY OWNS
DEPOT UNROOFED AND BUILD
INGS BLOWN DOWN.
Washout on the G. f. 4 Y. ". Rail
road, Near Pilot Mountain-Trafn
Stopped-Roadbed and Tres
tie Washed Out.

PILOT MOUNTAIN, Sept. 23.-There
was big cyclone at Mt. Airy yester-
day. The depot was unroofed and
some buildings blown down. About
three miles west of Pilot Mountain
there was about one hundred feet of
washout, including the trestle. The
train from Gre nsboro stayed all
night at Pilot Mountain and was or
dered back this morning. Railroad
people think the trains can pass the
washout by tonight. The extent of
the damage is not known.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-29
Hers the Burden.
Richmond Dispatch.

Richmond Dispatch.
1.-The Daughter Of the Confederacy;'
is ut rest now. Her life was not long,
but there we're ripples in it's stream.
Now neither care nor pain can touch
her more. She is safe; but let ia
think of her mother, from whose
hand has been wrenched, as it were,
the staff of her declining years. Hers
is the burden to bear. Hers has
been G, troubled life; but nature fitted
her for a hero's wife, and we can
easily believe that her dauntless
spirit, sustained by an unfaltering
trust, will bear this latest blow with
as much of resignation as it is
reason able to expect of the best OF
mothers, who is about to cOnsign to
earth the mortal part OF the best OF
daughters.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-29
Cant. Glenn sneaks at Wilson

WILSON, Sept. % This has been a
prosperous day for Democracy at Will
son. Mr.. r. b. Glenn addressed an
enthusiastic audience, composed Of
the intelligence Of the town, both
male and female, in the court house
this evening. The speech was some
thing new in the field of political
speech Abuse, a weapon
used so much by political speakers, was
almost wholly absent, and in it's
place cool, dignified statement OF
the political conditions Of eastern
Carolina was given.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-29
Her Memory W in Endure.

Raleigh Post.
The death of Miss Winnie Davis,
the daughter of the Confederacy,"
will be sad news to every true South
ern heart. She was the last living
link that connected the followers of
the Lost Cause with the great head
of that government around which
centered their holiest affections, their
most patient and patriotic devotion.
Winnie Davis in the flesh may be no
more, lut her memory as the
Daughter of the CONFERENCE.-The
daughter of the greatest chieftain of
the grandest cause of modern times,
will last SO long as true patriotism,
faithful love of country, and rever-
ence for devotion to principle exists
in the hearts of Southern manhood.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-29
WHY?

Chicago News.
Why isn't a good wife woman
possessed?
Why are weak-minded men usual
ly headstrong?
Why isn't a decree of divorce a
parting Injunction?
Why doesn't the glutton dig his
grave with his teeth?
Why is the most of the bread cast
upon the waters stale?
Why hasn't the man who lives in a
garrett good outlook?
Why does a man seldom meet an
other man smarter than himself?
Why are our losses usually much
easier to bear than our victories?
Why does the average mon always
get less credit than he thinks be is
entitled TO and more than he de-
serves?
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-29
Hunt May DIE.

While Thomas N. Hunt, jeff Craver
and other citizens of Davidson county
were returning home from Davie court
last week Tuesday, Hunt and an old
negro named Andrew Hoover got into
a dispute at Cakes ferry. While they
were talking, Dave Hoover, a son of
Andrew, slipped up behind Mr.. Hunt
and dealt him terrific blow with
piece of scantling about feet long and
inches in diameter, intlicting
wound from which Mr.. Hunt may die.
Both negroes made their escape. If
caught they will be tried in Davie
nv
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-29
"BULL OF THE BRUSHES
He Says the insurgents are Rapidly
Going TO Pieces.

Congressman Linney was here a
short time last Thursday. He came in
on the Mocksville train and left at 10
O'Clock for Wilkesboro.
you may say for me, - said Lin
ney to THE SENTINEL man, "that the
insurgent movement is about to col
lapse-it is going to piece fast. II
was little thing at first and is going
to nothing
He added that he found the situa-
ton in Davie county much better han
he expected. He had been told thu
things were in bad shape for the
publicans, but he claimed that I'll
was not true.
The Congressman talked like a M
in a graveyard, however, whistling
keep up his courage. Like gre
many other candidates, he sees da
ger ahead, but a Republican candid
ate was never known to admit it.
When told what Mr. Linne
had to say about the opponents in hi
own party, an insurgent remarked
''NOne are so blind as those who wi
not see.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-29
Democrats Gaining.
Clinton Democrat.

If the election was now, the Demo
cratic vote in Rockfish precinct
would be double that of last election,
and no telling how many more will
&c with us by the election in Novem-
Der. These men say they cannot
stand cooperating and fusing with
Republicans. They know Democracy
in the South means white supremacy
and that Republicanism means just
the reverse. They are too good AMI
patriotic to stand by with arms
folded and see their own race tram
pied upon and not lend a helping
hand. We understand the Demo-
Gratis are gaining all over the coun-
try.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-29
Pithy Paragraphs.

Rams Horn.
Close your eyes to truth, and you
tumble into the ditch of error.
Mourning over present troubles
makes us forget past blessings.
The preacher who conceals Bible
truth to please men offends God.
A common task may become a
holy service by doing it to please
God.
Burning incense on the altar of
sectarianism Is not worshipping God.
The shuttle of Providence weaves
many a bright thread in the web of
life.
Some people are SO anxious about
their neighbours religion that they
neglect their own.
The pulpit that would preach
heavenly ethics without knowledge
II lilFacOnomics Is poorly pre-
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-29
"WHAT is A SCALAWAG2
Definition Given by the Late DIR. Clio
Just After the War.

One of Winston $ well-known divine
tells THE SENTINEL the followin
story which he vouches for as trut
Soon after the close of the civil wal
when the word ''scalawag" was S
greatly in vogue, the Rev. VIM. Clos
ID. D., was Presiding Elder of n
Washington, n. G., district, and W
holding quarterly conference at
field, Hyde county, on the day
county candidates spoke there.
and the candid ates ate dinner toget
While at the table, one of the ca
dates asked: "Well, what does
word 'scalawag' mean-who is
awag?'' DR.. Gloss replied: ST
tell you gentlemen. a seal
is a native born Southern white
who says that negro is as gol
he is and tells the truth when h,
500
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-29
Keynote of the Campaign.
Sanford Express.

Sanford Express.
The keynote of the present cam
paign is the record OF the fusion adj
ministration aud white supremacy.
The fusionists have had good
chance to show what they were
capable of doing in the way of re-
form. They have made miserable
use of their opportunity; have not
only not given us the reform they
promised but have actually increased
the taxes of the people. They have
made a record and upon that record
they must face the people. This is
what they are afraid OF.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-29
Will Do the Right Thing.
Smithfieid Herald.


None are more familiar or painful
~ conscious of these great wrongs
inflicted upon the people than are
these good citizens whose votes aided
the leaders in wrecking the State
No one is better versed in the history
OF these ontrages than is that con-
Recommendation neighbor of yours
who has been naGe to see the rascal
ity of the Populist leaders. And that
man who entertains love for his
fellow-white man, who understands
that his interest is a common inter-
est and that white supremacy is in
danger Of being extinguished will do
his part towards Fighting the wrong
when the November election comes
That man who loves his family and
home can be depended upon to do
the right thing.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-29
COLONEL BRYAN's WORK.
A Fine Tribute, Placing Him in a
Noble Light.
From the Atlanta Journal.


From the Atlanta Journal.
Hon. Roland Ellis, chairman OF the
committee on invitation for the Ma
con carnival, recently went with 9TH
er Macon gentlemen to Jacksonville
to urge Colonel W. J. Bryan to at
tend the carnival and deliver an adj
dreLs. Colonel Bryan felt that he
could not accept the invitation, but
he made a strong impression upon
tue Macon committee. Mr.. Ellis says:
fHe spent the Sunday when we
were in camp driving about nursing
the sick, providing them with dam
ties and relieving the suffering.
Ceaselessly, without dinner and sup
per, he went, until he was worn out
by fatigue. This man, surfeited with
the plaudits of his fellows, is leading
the life of a hero among the fever
stricken commands. His tent is
pitched with them, out in the open;
his daily place is by the sickbed, and
his nightly occupation is relieving
some mans distress. Though clothed
in the raiment of high military
authority, he was still the plain
American democrat, loving his men
and by them beloved"
This is a fine tribute to Colonel
Bryan, and places him in a noble
light.
He is not our ideal political leader,
but the manner II which some news
papers have treated his services in
the army, and the reflections they
have cost upon his motives in accept
ing a military commission have been
contemplate.
Colonel Bryan is doing his duty
nobly at the Jacksonville camp, and
deserves the handsome words Mr..
Ellis has spoken of him.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-29
Miller-Elake.

Invitations have been rec
for the marriage on WedneI
ing, October 9Th, of NJ
Flake, of Wadesboro, to
A. Miller, of Salem. III
will be performed at the
bride elect, "Klondike
o'clock, Bishop Rondt
lem, officiating. The b
educated at the Salem
was a member of the
institution for some ii
ago. She is a charm
Mr.. Miller Is one of
and highly esteemed
and his bride will
apartments of the
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-29
No bod ging.


Warrenton Record.
Every man must either vote for
white supremacy or against it-there
is no lodging this one issue. Democ
racy stands for the white man and
the white metal. Republican and
Populist fusion stands for negro rule
and the yellow metal. This is the
truth and all the squirmiDg and
twisting and distortiDg in the world
can't alter it.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-29
Elements That Will Not Fuse.


There has been an attempt to fuse
elements which will not fuse. You
can't bring together Populism and
Republicanism. They clash at all
points aad the result is the explosion
of all good substantial government.
Good men will not support such a
combination. The mel who bring
about such a mixture are not worthy
of trust. The government of North
Carolina must not be manipulated
and traded off like so much mer-
chandise. Men who make such bar
gains, as have been the result of
fusion, have left behind them all ideas
of principles and zone into the bust
ness for what it is worth in money or
reputation. They are not the men
we want to control great govern
nent. 1t remains in the peoples
hands to GUST them.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-29
Encouraging Reports.

The reports that come in from the
primaries Saturday are most graft
flying. at every precinct there was II
large attendance, showing the inter
est that white men feel In the ap
preaching election and the return of
good government. Greenville town
ship has never before had such a
large primary meeting, between 200
and 300 being present, and the same
seems true of every other township.
A number of former Populists par
ticipated in the primaries.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-29
A Silly Resort.

Concord Standard
How utterly silly it is now for some
of our opponents to be singing out
some eastern counties that had
negro school committeeman in the
days of Democra tic rule. Why, no
body denies that Democrats gave the
colored schools into the hands OF
colored committeeman all over the
State, but they did not put the white
schools into their hands.