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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-01-27
arrsrnoon receptions.


The most pleasant form of afternoon
entertaining is to get together few Of
ones friends-from 10 to 20-for some
special purpose, choosing tactfully with
regard to congeniality. The purpose
should be stated in the invitation. This
may be the discussion of books recently
read by each of the guests or of domes-
tic problems; a helpful interchange of
ideas regarding the home training of
children, their school work and the
books they should read; a relation of
interesting experiences of travel, ETC.;
club work, philanthropy, the questions
of the day-political, economic. inter
national, etc.-lacking knowledge of
which is to be unintelligent. There Is
an infinite variety of delightful excuses
for such company. Coffee and delicate
sandwiches, served without troubling
guests to go to the dining room, would
be an appropriate rejection. Warm gin
gerbread or some other fancied trifie
might be unique and acceptable ..ddi-
ton. An open fire would be the feature
Of features on such an occasion, serving.
as it always does, as an inspiration to
genjality. Home Compan
ion
rasnlon Echoes.
The hustle is here again, but in
amended form.
For receptions and weddings the vel
vet costume is the edition de luxe of all
the seasons fashions in gowns.
Dress sleeves are smaller, and good
majority of evening gowns have the
merest excuse for shoulder strap.
Whatever the cut of your skirt may
be, it must be rather scant in appearance
and innocent of any stiffening at the
bottom and fit very closely around the
hips
It has come-the plaid umbrella.
We have had plaid stockings, plaid
skirts, plaid waists, and now fashion
has topped the whole with plaid UNI
brel1as-
The butterfly in exquisitely modelled
stimulation and the Louis XIV bowknot,
gorgeously decorated with rosebuds, are
the latest arrivals from over the sea in
fashionable feminine decorations
The new corset is responsible for the
new figure. It has an exceedingly low
bust and is SO straight fronted that it
gives the average woman the appear
ance of being physically deformed.
THINGS TO REMEMBER.
That all left overs should be placed in
china dishes-never in tin.
That books. flowers and pictures are
always acceptable to the sick.
That it is more economical to buy q
good article rather than a cheap one.
That an attractive table will cause o
husband to come regularly to bis meals
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Union Teachers Association
of America,

REV. l.. ID. BASS. d. D.. MANAGER
PIttsburg, Pa; Toronto, Canada; New Or
leans, La; New York, y. Y; Washington,
ID G; san Francisco, cal; Chicago, Ill; st
Louis. Mo- and Denver, dorado.
There are thousand of positions to be hlleN
in the next few months.
Address all applications to UNION TEA HHRs
AGENCIES, Salisbury, a.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-01-27
In New York

In New York
A short while
ago a baby WAS
born III jail. It's
mother was be-
ing tried for
murder. Every
woranly heart
gives a throb of
5 v III p a Ii V at
thought of the
blight upon the
poor littl e
I'D Nv = lllIs nut
a baby need not
be born in Jail
to be unfoT.u-
nate. Any / 4by
which is not
welcomed into
this world with
loving hearts
and ready hands
is unfortunate.
ANY Inotherwho
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-01-27
The Newest Dress Skirt.

According to the newest French fash
ion, the dress skirt for evening wear ia
cut in five pieces. The front breadth is
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-01-27

Nothing is more evident in the win
ter fashions thar the soft, clinging.
graceful effects.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-01-27
STITCH. IN ROWS.

BRUSSELS POINT STITCH. IN ROWS.
of Lacemaking," it is simply button
hole stitch worked loosely, and it must
be done with regularity, as the beauty
of the work depends almost wholly up
ON the evenness of the stitches. Brussels
point is occasionally used as an edge,
but is more frequently seen in rows
worked back and forth to fill in spaces
or as groundwork.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-01-27
FANCY NEEDLEWORK.
REVIVAL OF THE PRETTY RIBBON OR
LORRAINE DECORATION

Pleasing Art With a Touch of French
Daintiness Expressed In Flowing Scrolls,
Lovers Knots and Bows = Handsome
Trimmings For Gowns.
Ribbon work, sometimes known as
Lorraine work, shows a certain dainty.
light and gay aspect, 'tF'1enchiness, "
that insures it favor whenever there
comes revival" as frequently oc-
ours, of this pretty art, for while it
may be the latest fad there are ladies
who can remember this kind of work
among the fanciful industries of their
earliest days, and certainly among the
old treasures often found in some an
cient workbox we have fallen across a
stock of these tiny narrow ribbons care
fully wound upon cards or winders, ex
actly similar to those we require now.
The designs must always be OF that
period in French art when flowers anG
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-01-27
The
Only Cure

You can fool people, but there is
no such thing as cheating Nature.
A doctor may prescribe salves and
lotions to be used externally, and
deceive the sufferer from Eczema
for the time being. but the poison in
the blood is not deceived by it. 1t
Is bound to show again in the shape
Of ugly eruptions and scales.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-01-27
Eczema

is a deep-seated blood disease. It
is so difficult to cure that today there
is only one medicine which sufferers
take with certainty of cure.
Swift's Specific IS. S. 81 never
fails to cure Eczema 1t searches
out the germs that cause the disease,
assists Nature to throw off the
poison, and cures permanently. 1t
makes the blood well and keeps it
well. 1t is the only Real Blood Pu
ifer, because it is the only mediciI
for the blood that is composed en-
tirely of vegetable ingredients.
Every one who has bad blood should send
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1t Will Pay YOU

Time tests the merits of all things and
stamps it's approval or disapproval. The
stamp of approval has beengiven this paper
as valuable advertising medium. If you
want the patronage of the people, make
yOurswants known
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-01-27
By Properly UtiiZl ne
The Advertising Co umnS

You can do this. Now ia the time to begin.
Get an early start for the seasons trade.
Tell what you are doing and why you are
doing it.
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wi others riend
Trustees Sale of Land.

oFiElD REGULATOR CO. ATTAIN
SOLD 6Y AL DRUGGISTS.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-03-16
MURDER IN BETHEL.

There was a murder on Mr.. j. Meek
Barnett's place, in Bethel township, last
Saturday night between II and O'Clock.
Butler Robbins, alias Butler Brown, col
ored, shot and killed Tom McFadden,
another Negro.
According to Robbins story, the killing
was the result of midnight duel but as
to whether Robbins story includes the
whole truth, is a matter of more or less
doubt. Some of it sounds all right enough
and some of it does not.
Robbins was brought down to York
Vile on Sunday afternoon by Constable
II. c.. Jackson and turned over. to Sheriff
Logan on commitment from Magis-
trate Alexander, at Glover. Having been
unable to get any satisfactory particulars
from other sources, the reporter went
down to the Jail Monday afternoon and
had talk with the prisoner.
1t seems that Robbins had not yet re-
ceived the usual caution to keep his
mouth shut, and the reporters work was
quite easy. The Negro was glad to talk,
and allowed his tongue to run quite
glibly. Here is his story for what 1t IS
worth
"Me and my wife had went over to
John Browns to the "egg cracking.'
When | came home, found the door
locked on the outside. | took nail and
opened the door. Then struck match
and lit piece of cotton and throwed it
down in the flo. Florence-that' my
got up and was gittin' back in
bed, They wuZ q noise in the back part
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-03-16
HE SAW GHOSTS.

Mr.. Jim Parker, for the past two
months watchman for the Carolina Bug
gy company, has given up his job. He
called upon Mr.. Willis, the president, at
about l o'clock last Friday night, and
delivered himself something like this:
"Here, Mr.. Willis, take these keys; I
am done with this job. I'll not stay here
another night"
"And what is the matter?" Mr.. Willis
asked.
"I am not afraid Of any man living"
said Parker; "but when it comes to ghosts
and devils, 1'll have nothing to do with
Them" Then the frightened watchman
proceeded to relate how he had again and
again been visited in the night by myste-
rious providers, which paid no attention
whatever to bullets from his pistol, and
he proposed to have nothing more to do
with them.
It seems that the watchman had been
seeing ghost about the factory for some
time. 1t first appeared in the form OF an
ant eater, then afterward it took other
shapes, and though the watchman fired
frequent shots at it, the only result was
to convince him that the nocturnal ma
rauder was not a creature Of flesh and
blood. The watchman walked Mr.. Kirk
Lowry up one night to see the ghost; but
Mr.. Lowry was disappointed.
Since Saturday, Mr.. c. G. Stewart has
been holding down the job Of watchman
at the factory but so far he has seen
nothing Of Parker's ghosts.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-03-16

other side by freight or express. The
developments nowadays are 50 rapid that
it very often happens that the news served
up in the patent outside, is out of date
before it reaches the printing offices,
much less the people for whom these pa
pers are intended. To lessen the proba-
bility of the readers being able to detect
the staleness of the "news' served, it will
be noted that it is very often the case that
there is given no note or other indication
of the time Of occurrence. This is in Or
der to create the impression that the hap
penings are recent. Those who take dali
ly papers are invited to make compari-
sons with view to discovering the up-to-
date character of THE ENQUIRER, and
those who take "patent outside" are in
vited to compare later issues of them
with earlier issues of THE ENQUIRER in
order that they may see how far they are
behind and how far THE ENQUIRER is
ahead. From the very nature of the case,
the sooner after its development that news
is reported, the greater its interest and
value to the reader.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-03-16

INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

H. C. Strauss-Calls your attention to the
fact that his cut prices on winter goods
close tomorrow and tells you to look up
The Enquirer of last Wednesday and
see what great bargains he is offering.
w. NJ. Kennedy-Tells you about the
pearl corn meal, fine flour and Princess
coffee he has in store, and mentions that
in every package of the coffee, you will
find either fork or spoon. He also has
crockery and tinware, and if you want
good suit of clothes he can supply
you.
Glenn S Allison-Have sold out the car
load Of mules and horses they advertised
last week, but still have on hand mules
and horses from which you can make a
selection. They can also supply you a
buggy and harness.
Grist Cousins-Tell you about the advan-
tages to be derived from using the
Evans steel frame lever harrow, which
they have in stock. They also have
gardening tools, Irish potatoes, onion
sets and other garden seeds. Also
break fast bacon at 81 cents pound, pie
materials and canned goods.
Geo. T. Schorb-Talks to you about the
Wilcox & White organs, Lester pianos,
the Vive-camera, and the National type
writer.
G. w. Williams-Gives notice that there
will be bicycle parade on the streets
of Yorkville on next Friday afternoon.
All white bicyclists are invited to par
ticipate.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-03-16

The appointment of Lawson ID. Mel
ton, ESQ.,, to be United States marshal
for South Carolina, was good move on
the part of President Mckinley. We
do not mean to say that there are no re-
spectacle Observation-Disclosures from
principle-in this section, for we know
there are at least few. Everybody who
knows Mr.. Melton is aware that he is a
Republican as is his father, and from
what anybody can prove to the contrary
it must be conceded that Mr.. Melton is
Republican from principle. It's not nee
essary just now to make any comparisons.
While Mr.. Melton may not be the most
creditable white Republican in the state,
there is no question of the fact that there
is none who ranks a fraction Of degree
higher. But this is not the point of our
remarks. Since the overthrow of the
carpetbaggers and scallawags in 1876 and
1878, the only policy of the Republican
leaders in this state has been to manip-
ulate the ignorant and vicious elements Of
the party with a view to securing repre-
sentation in Republican conventions and
bargaining for such patronage as seemed
to be for sale. Mr.. Melton undertook,
few years ago, to raise the Republican
party 10 higher plane-in other words,
to make it respectable. AS to whether he
had any hopes of raising the party to the
ascendency in this state again, is doubt
full; but that he did intend to blot out, as
far as possible, some of the disgraceful
record under which it is laboring was
quite clear, for to limited extent, at
least. he succeeded. He failed in the re-
organization and he was against Mckin-
ley for the Republican nomination. In
view of these facts, the appointment OF
Mr.. Melton to one of the best positions in
the state, cannot fail to reflect at least
a little credit on the administration by
which the appointment was made. AS
matter of politics or policy, the president
could have done much worse, and unless
we are mistaken in our diagnosis of the
situation, Democrats will do well to con-
slider that this appointment means quite
a significant change in the attitude and
standing of the Republican party in South
Carolina.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-03-16
THE PRESS AND The CRISIS.

An interesting feature of such crisis
as is now on is the work of the press, the
only medium for the dissemination Of
news among the people.
Many of the larger papers are doing a
great work just now, and the press, as a
whole, is coming in for great deal OF
praise as we'll as not little censure. Both
blame and praise are deserved to greater
or less extent; but, unfortunately for the
general public, the circumstances are such
that it is just as apt to blame where it
ought to praise, as to praise where it ought
to blame. This fact is due to state Of
affairs that cannot be very well corrected.
The principal complaint is at the fakish
character of great deal of the news that
is being published. The news conflicts;
The newspaper responsible for each con-
flicting statement maintains the correct
ness of its own report, and the general
public being without that experience that
would enable it to determine with reason
able accuracy the true from the false, is
more or less mystified.
The competition among the New York
papers during the past few weeks has
been something terrific. Some of the
papers, in accordance with whether they
were for or against war, tried to color the
news in accordance with their respective
policies. The New York Journal has all
along been for war, and has been most
energetic in ferreting out and publishing
all facts that tended in that direction.
The other papers at first tried to suppress
The Journal by denouncing it as a fake; /;
but the facts it reported were so complete
ly and fully substantiated later, that the
other papers have also decided upon the
policy of devotng themselves to facts.
Though there are still good many fakes
in the papers, the news is being published
about as fast as it happens.
But the most persistent sinner Of the
whole lot is the Associated Press. The
news it publishes is usually correct; but
in many instances it is not published un-
til after it ceases to be news. Sometimes,
with matters of the greatest Importance
the Asso ciated Press is from ~ to "a hours
behind the big, New York dailes. The
reason of this, we suspect, is because the
Associated Press is really an administra-
ton organ. We do not mean that the
administration edits it altogether; but
merely has a Sayso as to what shall and
shall not be sent out, especially in regard
to official developments.
We have il from Newspaperdom,
journal for which we have the highest re-
gard, that one of the New York papers
has been so persistently giving away gov
ernment secrets in advance of the time
when the government wishes them made
public, that it has been necessary to send
secret service officers to New York and
Havana in the hope of discovering the
leak But nothing like this can be laid ut
the door of the Associated Press. ii is
serving the administration faithfully as Il
feeler of public opinion, and keeping the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-03-16

nous amount of money being expend-
ed for the instruments of war. Per-
haps this is an omen of continued
peace. At least let us hope so.
- The Army and Navy Register,
published in New York, has the fol-
lowing in its issue of last Saturday :
"The Register is in possession of in.
formation, the correctness of which it
has no reason to question, that certain
evidence gathered by the court of in
quiry at Havana, has come in a semi
official form to the president from two
members of the board. The informa-
ton has been in the hands of the pres.
ident since Sunday, and has served the
occasion of unusual activity during
the present week. "The information is
that the Maine was destroyed by a
government submarine mine, planted
in Havana harbor and deliberately ex-
ploded. More than this, it appears
the Maine was purposely moored in
the vicinity of the mine, and that the
explosion occurred at the moment when
the ship had been opportunely carried
by wind and tide directly over the
mine. These facts have been hinted
at and written about in dispatches from
Havana, Madrid and Washington, and
among the varied statements made the
actual conditions have been touched
upon, but nothing authoritative has
been permitted to escape from the
court. That body is understood to
have completed its work, but nothing
is likely to be officially promulgated
in regard to its findings for week or
more. There is obvious reason for
such an action, the objects of which
cannot be defeated by independent
newspaper statements. There can be
but one outcome of such report, and
preparations for the inevitable results
are heing industriously and indefatiga-
bly, prosecuted. The work of the
week, related in detail elsewhere in
this issue, shows that the government,
at Washington appreciates the situa-
ton, and will be ready to meet what
has now ceased to be mere emergen-
cy."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-03-16
Wednesday, March l6, 1895.

of the house, and I saw Tom. He jes
had shirt on, and was hnldin' his close
in his hands. says, En-, nh hunh, hero
you isl and at that he said, En-, uh hunh,
en- here you is!' With that he shot at me,
ell commenced shootin' at him."
Here the Negro paused, and the repor-
ter cd him how many times the other
fellow fired.
~ know he shot once but whether he
shot more than once, can't tell you."
"And how many times did you shoot ?"
II had six balls in my pistol, and when
I looked at it next time I did not have
any"
"And you shot at Tom ouly because he
shot at you?"
"Yes, that is what shot at him for. If
he hadn'ter shot at me, wouldn'ter shot
at him."
"Were you and Tom iriendly?"
"Oh yes, we WIZ friendly enough; but
did not know who it wuz ut first"
"Had be been to see Florence before?"
"Not often"
In answer to other questions, Robbins
Dr.
to go home after his clothing, after getting
which it was his intention to return to
the "egg cracking" for bis wife, and they
were going together to his wife's mother.
He said he left the "egg cracking alone
and that there, was no one with him from
that time until after the shooting. AS TO
how many times he had hit McFadden
I,a a., Ia 70 NoE EaIl I,all
his clothes up as u protection and begged
him not to shoot any more, as 'you have
done killed me-" AS to how long Nc
Faddon lived after the shooting, Robbins
laid he did not know; but claimed that
The words quoted were the last that were
spoken by the deceased. The Negro died
outside of the house.
From other sources, the reporter learn
ed that McFadden was struck by two
shots. One took effect in the breast, PEN
etrating the lungs, and the other went
through the calf of the leg. There were
several bullet holes through the clothes of
the Negro. the clothes having been held
up in a wad as shield. The dead Ne
gro's pistol showed three empty cham
bers; but as to whether the shells had
the appearance of having been recently
fired, the informant Of the reporter was
unable to say.
Robbins does not seem to he especially
worried over the matter; but evidently
thinks that his plea Of self defence will
be ample. So far as has developed, the
only other eyewitness to the encounter
was the woman, Florence. AS to wheth-
er or not Robbins has yet secured coun-
sci, the reporter has not been informed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-03-16

news from the people until after it has
been published in the enterprising dali
lies, with persistence which marks it as
a most faithful servant, which ought to
give our own state dailies the hint that
they had better commence looking for
other means to secure quick and reliable
information.
AS we have said before, we do not want
war if it can be honorably avoided. We
hope there will be none. Had the Asso-
ciated Press been the only source of in
formation to the people, and it in the con-
troll of the administration, no matter what
may have been the provocation, we do
not believe there would have been a war.
If there is war, it will be because OF the
information that has been disseminated
by the more powerful daily newpapers.
But we do not hold these newspapers
responsible. The responsibility lies with
the whole people. The newspapers have
only furnished them with the information
in order that they may act as they deem
proper. And the circumstances will not
show up the press as breeder Of strife
but only vindicator of right. Granted
that the facts in the case of Cuba are such
as to justify war, then not to have it would
be crime against the whole people. Not
only this, unless the people think it ought
to be, there can be no war. Suppose also
the government had control of the entire
press as it has control of the Associated
Press. In crisis like this, or under any
other circumstances, it would manage
the whole people like a flock of sheep
and few designing individuals would
do as they pleased.
There may be great many fakes going
and considerably lying; but, all the same,
when we sift it down TO the bottom, we
find that the press is pretty great insti-
tuition.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-03-16

- 1t has been suggested that one of the
objects of the administration in shaking
the war rattle so vigorously, is to distract
attention from the financial issue. We
are not prepared to believe that; but it
must not be forgotten that war or no war,
another crop of bonds in the near future
is inevitable, and with war there will
soon be re-imposition of various taxes
that have disappeared during the past
two decades. These taxes, too, will be on
top of those we are now paying-that is
if the war should last any length of time,
and it is hardly probable that it will be
over as quick as some people think.