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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-02

GREATLY to be commended is the
conservatism, and the good judg-
ment, and the loyalty to party as
well as loyalty to the State and her
interests, that was manifested by the
fusion element of the Democratic
party at. the State Convention, in
reaching a decision not to present a
a minority report. This decision
obviated long and spirited discus
sion, which might have engendered
bitterness and prevented the har-
monious ending of the Convention.
Their course was best and wisest, but
it required true moral courage and
patriotism to adopt it and we cheer
fully commend their action.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-02

in the far western part of the coun-
try, many thousands of miles from
the Atlantic coast. There are only
a few thousand men, all told, and !
they are ill paid and i'll fed, and not
willing to fight. To utilize this |
force it will be necessary to bring it |
to the eastern seaboard. There is |
but one railway by which it can be |
transported, and that is an old and |
poorly constructed affair. At one
place this railroad passes over
| Niagara falls. a cataract 900 feet
high, near Labrador. At last &C.
counts the bridge at this place was in
a very dangerous condition. 1t need
| surprise no one to hear that some
agency had made it still more So"
Ell Tempo asserts its capacity in
the following Especial" from Havana:
"Word has just been received here
| that the Indians are. rising against
the Yankees in Illinois, Ohio and
other places. The farmers are
pesitioning the government to pro-
tect them from the blood-tbirsty
savages, who are burning houses and
killing on every side. Troops are
asked for at Colorado, in the state of
Denver, and at st. Louis (San Luis),
in Missipa. News is brought to us
that Buffalo Bill, a notorious out
law aud leader of a band OF half
breeds, has risen against the Amerl =
can government and Is burning
, towns near his birthplace in New
f York"
The following is from Ell Diario:
cit will no doubt surprise our
readers to learn that the Yankee
president, Magginly, is a naturalized
} Chinaman, having been born in Can
: ton"
e Ell Pals describes our country II
4 the following graphic style:
e "The country is not fit to live in
: The climate IS execrable. When it Il
;, not sleeting or showing the heat Ii
L almost unbearable. Avalanches ar
9 frequent at all times and thes
a threaten the principal cities. AS 70
r people, besides the few whites en-
+ gagged in business along the easter
shore, the remainder of the countr.
is one vast plain, covered wit
t Indians, called cowboys, end grea
s herds of roaming cattle"
n s'Incredible as it may SEEM" say
d the journal, "these are literal ex
d tracts from newspapers (?) to While
E. large part of the people OF Spai
look for information as to tn
le progress OF the war ard the resource
is of this country"
t, Ii the people of Spain are IS igno
y ant as the above extracts from the
is papers indicate it explains their foo
Ii hardness in engaging in q war wit
al the United States with the expects
Id ton of success. The events OF I'll
I'd near future Will make them wiser
OF some particulars.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-02
AS TOLD IN SPAIN.

The Atlanta Journal culls a lot of
extracts from Spanish newspapers
that will afford amusement to our
readers. The Journal says whether
the newspapers of Spain are really
as ignorant as they pretend to be
concerning events and conditions in
this country, or are lying deliberate
" in order to deceive the masses o.
the Spanish people is question.
Certain it is, however, that even the
leading journals in Spain publish the
widest and most absurd fabrications
in almost every article about the
war that appears in their columns"
Ell impartial of Madrid, in a recent
issue says editorially:
SIT is a fact well known to all
European statesmen that only by
means of armed forces stationed in
the late Confederate States has the
Washington government been able
to preserve the semblance OF peace.
Even now the new generation OF the
Confederacy is but waiting for the
word to revolt. When war is de-
clared General Lee, who has been
col sui general at havana, and who
was kicked out of Cuba by Governor
General Blanco, will raise the stand
ard of revolt and the old Southern
Confederacy. This Lee is the same
Lee who was general in-chief of the
civil war in 1850 to 1856, and whose
surrender to General Lincoln in the
last named year broke the revolu-
ton. His acts at Havana were for
the purpose of plunging the govern
ment into war with the kingdom OF
Spain, at which time he and his
followers would rise against Senior
Mackindley."
Ell Heraldo, another prominent
newspaper in Spain, comes forward
with the following no less startling
editorial:
.AII the troops of the Yankees are
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-02
A STUPID LIBEL.
CORE ction Not as Conspicuous as the
False Charge.
Charlotte Observer.

CnarlOtUe observer.
A great wrong has been done
North Carolina by the posting in
enormous letters on the bulletin
boards of Northern newspapers aud
the printing in their columns last
week OF that outrageous libel to- the
effect that the regiments from this
State could not be made up on
account of the number OF desertiOns
this accompanied by the statement
that Governor Russell had tell
graphed to Washington that his
troops were panic stricken. 1t is
perfectly safe to say that the denial
was never posted on any bulletin
board in letters large OF small, and
in some of the papers which had
printed the original falsehood the
correction was inconspicuously and
grudgingly given. 1t was a stupid
lie at best and did not deserve to
have been ace pied by anybody, for
all the world ought to know by this
time that whatever else may be sal
OF n nth Caroiininns, th,rn was
| never an age in which they became
| panic-s trickpn in the pr .sen@e OF war
| or Q1ailed under the shock Of battle.
| They are made at sternrr stuff ltiiu
that. A coies rvaiive, peaceful pen
| pie, th"ir Will, record proves that
they are. before ererj hiGg else, u
war-like people when war Is on Il
is scandalo1l that STATE which has
acted AZ we'll lbs \ l:th Gar0.ina his
in the present -rgnac! -hnu.d have
| been gnzetted to I'll" world iii the
| light ia which she Wis last eek.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-02

BUCK KITCHEN has returned to the
Democratic fold. He was too good
a soldier in the Bottles of the past to
have ever changed his colors. But
he has returned and Democracy
welcomes him as it will every
patriotic son who has wandered into
forbidden paths but has determined
to wander no longer. In his speech
before the Convention, Capt. Kitchin
said: "There are men in the Popu-
list party who are honest; it is our
duty to convince them that they are
being misled. l left the party be-
cause I saw that if it followed Grover
Cleveland it was going into the
Republican party, but I made a
mistake and got with a crowd worse
than Cleveland and his crowd"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-02
OAK RIDGE COMM ENoEMENr.
Close Of the Most Successful Year at
This Institution.
Corresnondence Sentinel

Correspondence Sentinel
OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE, May &C.
Inc close of the most successful year
at this institution eliminated 10 tie
exercises of Tuesday. The attendHuct
was estimated at 5000 people They
came from all parts OF this state. from
mountains to sea, from several states,
patrons, friends, and alumni and the
usual audience from all the adjoining
cities and counties. More than two
thousand people heard the Senior Goa
test in oratory in the chapel at 10 a NJ.
A, d. lvie Of the Philomathean So
ciety and HI Powell OF the Athenian
Society won the Gravely medals. Hon
Frank Spruill's speech was a mastery
effort. equalling the best eff ,rts here
on similar occasions in the past
DIPLOMAS were presented To the FOL.
lowing young men in the Literary
DEPARTING Mt: Fl M Barnhaldt. r II.
'Barnhill, w L. Crid!ebaugh. ] s
Cook and p. w. Williams, with high
est honors; D. A. Smith, with high
honors; t. r. Brem. r. L. Blay!ock
ii. l.. Cobie. NJ V. Fulp, j. W. Niece
hee. n. A. Porter and j. r. Paddison
with honor; w. T. Aycock, Fl. and P
cooper, q. e. Houston, A d Ivie, Fl
A Lambeth, Q. McBrayer. W. T
Manson, R H. Maxwell, n. b Mari
ner. w. " Peirce, j w. Sheriff., A
T: Stringer, j. P. Scales and II. I
. Whitley
Ihlrty-four diplomas were present
ed in the Commercial Department
, fifteen in the Shorthand and two i
\ the Telegraphy Departments, maxim
total of seventy-nine for the years
The music for the occasion wa
furnished by the High Point Corne
| Band and was of a high grade.
i The reception at night compliment
airy to the graduating class wa
s largely attended, Informal and exceed
ingly pleasant.
: The total enrolment for the yea
: III. the largest in the achuol's histor,
Quite number OF visitors wei
e down from the TwinC City Anon
e them we noticed Mr.. and Mrs Geo. I
! BoCzer. Mr. and Mrs Thompson. NJ is
d es Setliff, Riggs and McCrary. Y
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-02

1T has been intimated that the
Democratic State Convention was
dominated by the gold element of
the party. Of course this is untrue.
Ii the reader desires any evidence of
the untruthfulness of the intimation
he is referred to the platform adopt
ed and which appears in today's
SENTINEL. 1t will be found that this
platform is permeated with the
doctrine of the free coinage of both
silver and gold at the ratio of 16 to
I. and that it commends most
heartily the gallant fight made in
the last campaign by our great
leader, William ]. Bryan, In behalf of
the principles enunciated at Chicago,
and which principles are reaffirmed
by the North Carolina Democracy in
1898.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-02

DEWEY knows his rights and dares
to maintain them, as was shown in
recent kilograms, in the matter
of his warning to the German Con-
sui at Manila that If the threat to
land provisions with the aid of Ger
man cruisers was attempted the
said cruisers would forthwith become
targets for Dewey's expert gunners.
At last accounts the provisions had
not been landed and it is pretty safe
say they will not be landed.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-02
FROM ONE OF THE RIFLEMEN.
Capt. Resent Complimented by the
Reviewing Officer.

The SENTINEL has the pleasure OF
making some extracts from letter re
ceived Monday from member of the
Forsyth Riflemen to relative in this
city.
The writer says the camp is in the
suburbs of Jacksonville and one mile
and half from St. John river. The
soldier boys battle and fish in the river.
The city has put pipe water all over
the camp grounds for the soldiers.
There is something strange about the
water-it is always cooler about noon
than it is soon in the morning. The
sun shines very warm but it is quite
pleasant in the shade. 1t is said that
the ground that we are camping on has
not been dry before this summer in
sixteen years.
There are two street car lines from
town to the camp. The cars are made
on the summer car style and they are
always loaded down and it is nothing
strange to see a dozen men on top of a
car, because there is no room for any
more on the inside.
We went out on reglmental 1nSpec-
ton and review Saturday evening. 1t
was very hot, but the North Carolina
boys all marched back, while there
were a great many of the Wisconsin,
Ohio and Illinois boys who had TO be
carried back on stretchers. After re-
view, the reviewing officer compli-
mented Capt. Bessent personally on
his company.
Breakfast call is at o'clock, call
for first drill $50; recall at I: second
drill at 1870, recall at 500. We don't
have any more drills until 4:30 p. m.
That gives us eight hours to dispose of
as we please.
The writer says he has three of the
five dollar gold pieces given the boys
before leaving Winston. They We're
put in pawn, but they will probably be
redeemed as soon as ''Uncle Sam
pays off.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-02
INSURANCE REPORT FOR LAST YEAR.

RALyIGH, April ., 1S9s-The report of
North arolina insurance business for last
year was issued today by the Secretary of
etate The report shows premium receipts
for fire risks $500, 800; losses 500 O9S; life
premiums, 81, 500, 734; losses SGd9. 3OI
Where does most of the insurance surplus
or earnings go? We often hear good honest
people speaking of hone industries and ex-
pressing deep sorrow that there are thou
sands and millions of dollars leaving our
State and lodging in the vaults and banks
of Northern cities. We are tagging behind
in the accumulation of wealth be cause we
are sending money out Of the Sta.e, out of
the country, out of the town, that should be
kept at home and used to art new enter
prises which would give work tothe laborer,
bread to the hungry, business to the mer-
chant and demand for our manufactured
goods.
Any one must see that the problem is
solved who was at the Court House at the
annual meeting of the Farmers Mutual
and heard those burning words of Capt. s.
b. Alexander, Ga}t. Samuel A. Ashe and
ex-Chief Justice Shepherd endorsing the
plan of the Carolina Benevolent Association
and the last truthful and eloquent sentences
of Jesse K. Wharton, Sec. and Treas of the
Farmers Mutual as follows:
besides the small cost and certainty of
speedy payment OF losses; the chief feature
of our method of insurance is that the
money paid out stays in the county, and
is not used largely in the payment of high
salaried officers doing business in costly
buildings III some northern city,
For every 81 paid out by old life and fire
insurance companies, only about 81 stays
with us.
If he who makes two blades of grass grow
where one grew before is esteemed a bet G.
factor, surely our organization richly de-
serves this Distinction
These men are not i'll the habit of lending
their efforts and influence to a scheme of
chance CT a trap for the unwary.
The Carolina Benevolent Association is
promoting means of providing comfort
able future not only for your family but for
yourself as well and of keeping the money
at home If you buy certificate of insur-
ance with this company ii guarantees the
payment of 81 600 at death and $500 upon
the satisfactory proof of disability, such as
the loss of foot or both eyes, and $3.50 in
case you arrive at the age of 65 and elect to
surrender your policy. 1t offers the most
pc fect indemnity and is the cheapest Life
Insurance Company in the country. Why?
Because 1t gives You protection at the actual
mortality cost of healthy locality and has
the smallest expense element of any COM
pany in the country. If you don't believe
1t is solvent and safe, reflect that Capt s.
Alexander is chairman of the Board of Di-
rectors who manage and control it, that
Capt. S. a. Ashe is the Secretary and Treas
urer, and that he handles all the funds and
is under a $4,000 bond, and that eX>Chief
Justice Jas. l.. Shepherd is the legal add
wiser.
If one of the canvassers does not call upon
you, address
Jesse r HOSETNG NIan9onr
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-02
LET'S UNITE.

Butler expresses surprise at the
action Of the Democratic State Con-
vention upon his fusion proposition.
Did he think the Democratic party
had become insane? Or, like himself,
was ready to subordinate everything
to en- office trading basis? He says
the Democrats declined to unite the
silver forces, u hicn expression carries
the idea that the Democrats are
opposed to such urion. Not SO.
The Democratic party not only
desires a union of the silver forces,
but also union of all the sons of
ton and incompetency in the admin
istration of our effairs aud who
desire honest and capable govern
meUt.
Such q union is not only desired,
but is cordially aud earnestly il
vited. To this end all who will
co operate in securing the greatly
needed objects are asked to take
part in the Democratic primaries
and conventions and to become in
every sense a part of the great army
that is marching to conflict in be
half OF the best interests of the entire
people OF the State. In other words,
the door of the Democratic party is
wide open to all who will enter and
engage in the good work, with the
promise that enlistment for the COM
ing campaign blots out the record OF
any past political errors or mistakes
and places the new recruits in full
fellowship and entitled to just and
equitable recognition.
1t must be clear to every thinking
mar, to every observer of current
and past history, that the Demo
cratic party is the only party
through which the greatest good to
the greatest number can possibly
come. 1t has been tested and proved
faithful. The Republican party has
been tested and proved woefully
wanting. Coalition between the
Republicans and the hunting
leaders OF the Populist party has
also been tested and this, too, has
proved, and is proving, miserable
failure.
Every citizen who loves his Stat
and who has any interest in it
should most earnestly desire good
government and the supremacy OF
the white race in the conduct of our
affairs. Every patriotic North Caro-
linian, regardless of former political
utilization, should be stirred by
solicitude for future welfare of the
State and tor wiping out the dis
graceful blot that is now upon it.
Honest Populists should be equally
concerned with the Democrats in this
vital matter and by the light of ex-
perience all should see beyond the
shadow of doubt that the only pos
sible way by which the desired result
may be obtained is through Demo-
cratic control.
AS Mr.. Kitchin very pertinently
| remarked at the State Convention,
the Populist party can never become
a majority party in this country,
and, conse quently, however sincere
and honest may be the rank and file
of that party it is not and cannot be
strong enough to supplant either or
both the old parties. As we have be.
fore remarked, there is very. much in
common between the Democratic and
Populist par ties, while the Republican
and Populist parties are entirely an
tagonistic and whenever there is col
fusion between these two it places q
stigma upon the Populist party and
! raises doubt as to it's loyalty to the
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-02
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
The Dog Killer Dead.

The dog killer which has been run
ming at large for several months met
his fate about sixteen miles from
Charlotte some days ago. He at
tackled hog, and its owner, seeing
the attack, fired rifle at the visitor,
the bullet breaking his nose. After
that the animal was pursued by a
large crowd and was finally killed. 1t
resembled somewhat a large black
dog but had a bushy tail and a fiat
head. It's claws were long and sharp
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-02

The Republicans oppose income
and corporation taxes, but glory in
bond issues. OF course they do.
Their friends would have to pay the
bulk of income and corporation
taxes, while the great body of the
people would have to bear the burden
of bond issues. 1t has been said that
the devil takes care of his own and
here we find an illustration of the
statement.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-02
A wonderful Discoverx.

The last quarter of century records
many wonderful discoveries in medicine,
but none that have accomplished more for
humanity than that sterling old household
remedy, Browns, Iron Bitters. It seems to
and neither man. woman or child can take
It without deriving the greatest benefit,
Browns Iron RitteEs r. sold BIZ all dealers.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-02
A Horrible Death

A frightfuI accident occurred at the
Southern railway junction on the
Northside of Danville Saturday night,
when a northbound train crushed to
death an unknown colored boy, APP
parently between II and IA years of
age. His head was split open, the legs
were lacerated and cut, and, in fact,
almost every limb was injured. Nearly
every shred of clothing was torn off
the body
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-02
pension for Mrs. Bagley.

WASHINGTON, May 27.-Represen-
tative Strowd, of North Carolina, in
PRODUCED bill today, granting pen
sion of $40 a month to Mrs. Adeline
w. Bagley, of North Carolina,
mother of Ensign Worth Bagley, who
was killed in the bombardmcnt of
Cardenas Cuba recently
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-02
Wants a Position in the Navy.

John Stockton, son of N. G.. Stock
ton, went to Washington Wednesday
to stand an examination for sergeant
or clerk in the marine department OF
the Navy. If he fails to pass he ex-
poets to volunteer and go with w. B.
Lemly, who has been assigned to the
battleship Philadelphia. Mr.. Lemly
is still in Washington and does not
know when he will Leave
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-02
G. r. & Y. ". Case.

A telegram from Washington says
the New York parties have been sue
cessful in the Cape Fear & Y adkin
Valley case, the United States having
declined to allow an appeal TO that
tribunal. This will delay the matter
indefinitely, the court being greatly
behind in it's work.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-02

REPUBLICAN bosses ruled the roost
at the recent County Convention, in.
dicating that the fight against the
negroes demand for recognition at
the pie-counte1 will be kept up. The
negroes have the power to insist
upon their demands. Will they use
IT?
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-02

WILL the Republican bosses give
the cold shoulder to Butler and his
political allies? 1t is posi-
BILE, if Butler does not conclude to
make out with smaller slice of pie
than he demanded of the Democrats.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-02

THE distance for ships between the
Atlantic and Pacific can be shortened
by eight thousand miles by cutting
the Nicarauga canal. AS one OF the
results of the war the canal will
probably be cut.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-02
A FINE REPORT.
ured Tobacco and Leaf Sales
During Month of May.

The revenue collections at the Win
ston Office during last month
aggregated s116, 499. 90. OF this amount
$107, S63.56 was for tobacco stamss,
ST., 76S. ID for cigars and s6,S6S.29 for
whiskey.
The figures show the shipments of
manufactured tobacco to have been
l, 797, 726 pounds.
LEAF SALES.
OPresident Bailey, of the Tobacco
Board of Trade, reports the leaf sales
last month to have been l, 49l Al
pounds. The amount of money paid
out for it was $121, S36.37, an average
of IS. II per hundred pounds.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-02
successor to DR.. Broughton.

Calvary Baptist church, Roanoke,
has extended call to DIR. P. T. Hale,
of Birmingham, Ala, to become pas
tor of that congregation, succeeding
Rev. DIR. Broughton, who is now pas
tor of church in Atlanta.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-02

The recruiting station OF the
Democratic party is open. All males
over twenty one years of age will be
accepted and placed in active service.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-02

The insurgent Populists must
unite with the Democratic regulars If
they would obtain relief from the
expressions of trusts and money
ora hhprR
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-02

Now let the men who think alike
upon the great question of good
government in North Carolina vote
alike. The Democratic party In
vites all the true SONS of the State,
regardless of past affiliations, to
unite with it in the work of giving
North Carolina a pure and honest
administration Of public affairs.