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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-08
To HOLD VOLUNTEERS.
Desire to be Mustered Out Threatens
DemoriliZation.


A letter from Washington says that
the desire to be mustered out existing
among the volunteer troops of pretty
nearly all the States is one that threat
ems demoriliZation in the army, and
may before very long cause the govern
ment serious embarrassment. Since
there is no longer any prospect of ac-
tive service, real fighting, the men
want to go home and resume their regu-
lar avocatiOns. The applications for
special discharges on this account are
pouring in by the hundred, and agen-
cies like the pension swindling agencies
are being established to obtain them.
How, then, to keep hundred thousand
volunteers in the service willing and
content to do garrison and police duty
is the question that is now puzzling the
heads of the War Department.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-08
The Watermelon Market.

Forsyth has had large crop of
watermelons this year of unusual size
and excellent flavor. AT this time
there have been literally thousands of
fine melons on the market. They have
been low in price and the consumption
has been equal to the supply. The
melons now on the market are not so
large nor of SO good flavor as a
short time ago: there are fewer melons
and the price is a little higher.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-08
SHIPP MONUMENT.
The Local Committee Appeals to Our
Citizens

We publish below a card from the
committee appointed to solicit and re-
ceive subscriptions in Winston alem
to the fund for the erection of monu-
ment To the memory of Lieutenant Will
liam Il. Shipp, the gallant North Car
Gilman, who fell IN the battle of San
tiags. The card explains itself Let
there be a prompt and generous re
sponse upon the part of our citizens,
IN bearing tribute to the worth or the
young soldier who was so wcll and fl, ,
vorably known here.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-08
Tobacco Shipments.

During August Winston shipped )
634, 1895 pounds of manufactured to-
bacco. The amount paid for tobacco
stamps was 1913, ,0S5.5S. The other sales
ran as follows: For whiskey, $4, 564. u;
for war stamps, S77S. AZ; for cigars,
s.. .46S. 90.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-08
A Pleasant Surprise.

Mrs. Samuel Krouse, of Waugh
town, was rendered a pleasant sur
prise last week in honor of her 37th
birthday. There were 78 relatives
and friends in attendance and Mrs.
Krouse was the recipient of a number
of useful presents,
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-08
BatVsan WiDstor-ealem and Wilkesboyo.

Passenger Train No. leaves Winston-Salem
10 a. m. daily except Sunday, arrives tWilkes-
boro l:I5 m. Mixed train No 81 leaves Win
ston-Salem 40 p m Mondays Wednesdays and
Fridays, arrives at Wilkssboro 80 p m.
Passenger train No 10 leaves Wflkesboro
2,3o m, arrives at WinSton-Salem. O5 D IN
Mixed train No. Sc leaves Wilkesboro s q n
Tuesiays Thursdays and Saturdays, arrives a,
" Winston-Salem 3:45 M.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-08
Caught 151 Fish.

Thomas Dfaff, Oscar Hege, Walter
Brown and Bernie Walker went out
to Miller's pond, near Bethania, on
their wheels, last week. They carried
seine and trout line with them and
returned home at $50 in the morning
with Isl fine fish. The boys are we'll
pleased with their trip.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-08
On His Fourth Round.

Rev. DIR. Wood, Presiding Elder,
has but recently entered upon his
fourth round of Quarterly Conference
for Winston district, and his term ex-
piring, by limitation, at the ensuing
Annual Conference, we learn that the
Mocksville and Madison circuits at
their last Quartely Conferences unani-
mously passed very complimentary
resolutions concerning his labors.
This must be very grateful to DIR.
Wood.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-08
SECOND NORTH CAROLINA.
Among the Regiments Ordered to be
Mustered Out

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.-Among the
troops ordered mustered out today
are the Second North Carolina, at
Raleigh, and the First and Second
Alabama, at Mobile
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-08
TWO MEN KILLED.
Ground Beneath Car Wheels Near
Walnut Cove

Walnut Cove.
Two men, one of them named Ham
and the other Harrison, we've killed
Tuesday night about 10 o'clock one
mile east of Walnut Cove by an engine
aid caboose car on the G.. f. & Y. V.
Railway.
Both men were supposed to have
been drunk as they were drinking in
and around WalnutC Cove all day Tues
day. Hams head was mashed and
his brains scattered. Anderson was
terribly mangled. Some brains from
the victims were found about half
mile from where they were killed. The
men lived near Belew's Creek and
both OF them had families.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-08
TO GET CREWS AWAY.

The Navy Department received a
cable from Ponce today announcing
that the Puritan, Amphitrite, Terror,
Hannibal and Montgomery had sailed
for Newport, Rhode Island. The OBJ
ject is to get the crews from the tropi-
cal climate. The citizens of Newport
have been making an effort to secure
Il rendezvous of large vessels there.
The Department could not do this, but
agreed to send some smaller ones.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-08
Revolutionary Romh

The latest curiosity in the window of
Grimes drugstore is a Revolutionary
bomb. 1t was fired by the English at
Battle Branch at the time that
CORVALLIS crossed Shallow Ford.
The shell is cartridge shape and about
eight inches long.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-08
Killed by Policeman.

ROCKY MOUNT, Va, Aug. 3l.-Bob
Wright, colored was cursing around
the depot this morning and Policeman
Garrett ordered him to stop. Wright
drew his pistol, when the policeman
drew his and fired, killing Wright in
Stantly,
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-08
Leaf Sales for August.

President Bailey, of the Tobacco
Board of Trade, reports that 360,6
pounds of leaf was sold ON the Win
ston market during August for $2l,
759. 10. This is an average of 81. .03
per hundred DOundS
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-08
Bob TAYLOR Quite Sick.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 3l.-Gov-
ernor Taylor is suffering from kidney
trouble at his home in Johnson City.
His condition is reported as serious.
This morning his relatives were sum-
mOned.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-08
Took No Notice Of Linney.

The Burke county Republican con-
vention, which was held at Morganton
last Saturday, failed to take any notice
of Brer" Linney, in the resolutions
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-09-08
III. w. Lindsay for County Treasurer
Editors Sentinel

Editors Sentinel
AS there have been several sugges-
tions as to who would be the most ac-
ceptable candidates to fill the various
offices on the Democratic. ticket, de-
sire to mention for the consideration
of the convention the name of H. w.
Lindsay, of KernersyiHe, for treasurer.
He is tried and true Democrat, and
would add as much strength to the
ticket, as any man in the county, and
Forsyth's Democracy will make no
mistake in placing Mr.. II. Wind
say on the ticket for treasurer.
A DEMOCRAT.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-07
An Unwritten Duty.

Since the "lowest bidder matter
has been raised it may be instructive
to some folks to learn their relations
as public officers to the people whose
interests they are presumed to pro-
mote.
The mayor and councilmen are to
the town IN spirit what the county com
missioners are to the county.
That is to say, morally they have no
right and ought not to be interested,
directly or remotely, in any contract
the town makes for any purpose.
In yet briefer terms, they have no
right as agents of the people to make
contracts with the peoples agents.
And yet briefer, they have no right
as administrators of the towns bust
ness to make contracts with them
selves.
The reason is plain. The agent of
the people who makes bargain for
the people with himself is not apt to
injure the interest of the agent.
The same gentleman is not apt to
hurt himself when, the contract being
completed, he comes to settle with
himself.
This is not mere philosophy, but it
is human nature verified by history in
numberless instances.
Hence, in the case of the county
commissioners the prohibition is law.
yet it has not always escaped violation.
1t should be law in the council
chamber, too spirit until it becomes
so in letter,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-07

Frank G. Beall has been the guest
this week of the Simmons Hardware
company, St. Louis, Mo. He left
Tuesday with an excursion of dealers
to that city.
Miss Mamie Stewart returned Satur-
day last from delightful visit among
friends in New York and Philadelphia
George Stern, now, of Baltimore,
is the guest Of ID. Eisenberg.
Richard Phillips, of Seattle, Wash
ington, a former resident, who left
here in the seventies, is visiting friends
in town.
Jacob Pitt, wellknown here. has
returned to Meyersdale, his native
town, and the Commercial tenders him
a flattering welcome.
Miss Elizabeth Elliott, of Western
port, was the guest of Miss Annie L..
Coyner last Sunday.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-07
I,'iI.e.

An alarm of fire at 2:l3 Wednesday
morning brought out many people,
who, In the absence of the usual lurid
display of illuminated sky, knew
not whittier to 90, but by common i'm
pulse. in the lngrowing End, as well
AS on Federal Hill, sped toward the
centre Of things--the JOURNAL Of
flee, there to ascertain their true des-
tination. Here they found that e. L..
Betz's front window, filled with level
ry and precious bricabrac, was on fire.
Arriving there, the upper portion of
the street window was seen to be burn
ing and the fire threatening to spread
The neighbors aud fremen soon ex.
tinguished it, however, after a loss of
about $3.50 had been incurred. The
fire was discovered at a timely stage
by policeman Yungerman on one of
his too extensive rounds, or the loss
would have been much more serious.
The supposltion is the window caught
from an electric light WIRE The fire
men were careful, too, to eXpend no
more water than was necessary, thus
saving much damage from that cause.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-07
No Longer q Mystery.

The JOURNAL is proud to own that
it has upon its staff of unapproachable
reportorial and editorial artists a man
who combines with his versatility IN
both respects distinct forte for de-
tective work. Nothing mysterious
battles him, and, so far, he has not
failed in probing apparently mex
plicable things to the bottom
He was, therefore, assigned the task
of accounting for the origin of the
"Suspicious Find which found its
way from the JOURNAL last week to
the metropolitan press, thence to
Spain, where it was published as con
elusive evidence of American de-
pravity as a nation of resurrectionists.
How we'll he succeeded is best shown
in his own graphic text:
Conforming my conduct and enterprise to
your Instructions | set about evolving the
dark secret which seemed to hang around the
casket-handle found by ex.iustice Leondas
Justinian Parker in front of his castle one
morning Of that historic week.
The story, as you know, was quite sen
sational, and number of Frostburg people
began to fear that when they stood upon
the white shore where the pale waters beat"
Gabriel meanwhile, with one foot on land
and one on sea, declaring" as my friend, J. B.
Shannon, says, that time shall be no more,
they would miss at least one face from the
metropolis.
Thanks to the JOURNAL, this fear may be
dismissed.
Pursuing my researches | ascertai ned
l, That about two months ago a coffin and
casket drummer stopped at the st. Cloud
hotel
2, That while packing his samples he dis
covered a casket handle very badly broken.
and having no use for it as sample, he
threw 1t under the table IN the sample-room,
where it remained several weeks
3, That it was then, with other rubbish,
taken out and thrown upon the ash-heap.
where one of J. w. Craig's Little Brownies
found it.
4, That the sprite, adopting it as play
thing, took it home, and, firing of 1t, threw
it in the narrow street, where it was found by
the big but cautious, skarefu but considerate
eX-magistrate.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-07
A Few Remark :.
Mayor Bear led the way.

Mayor Bear led the way.
DR.. Griffith followed
The Mayor wanted to know in what
shape Council would have its report
printed-in circular form or in news
paper, and, in either event. would
Council give the work to the lowest
bidder?
If the Mayor had been so impartial
when the light contract, or the terra
Gotta award was disposed of, he would
in all probability be -honored
municipal hero at this moment.
And then it is related that the excel
lent DR.. Griffith moved to refer the
annual report to select committee.
the latter to award the printing to the
lowest bidder
Was not the amiable doctor little
too rapid
He is, if the Journal mistakes not.
a stakeholder of the electric light COM
pany, a concern that got an impeach-
able if not an unlawful contract with
the town that was not obtained be-
cause it was submitted to "the lowest
bidder
Agaln-the clever doctor belongs to
guild Of affable, Indispensable gen
tlemen who have posted in their Offices
an lron-clad schedule of ,f,red rates.
The cost Of prescriptions, the price of
a visit, and the charge for a surgical
operation are not jobs whose compen-
sation is determined by the dictator
known as ''the lowest bidder
The JOURNAL, for one, is not carry
ing on an establishment for the profit
C) or the fun (!) of keeping prices
down, aud it has excellent reason for
assuring Council that the Forum is not
a "work- at any price" concern.
But the object of this article is to
hint to the Mayor that he is not
obliged to make too many speeches
from the throne, and to councilmen
that the gospel of the Golden Rule is
just the thing in practice as we'll as
precept.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-07
COUNTY NEWS.
BreVitieS.

''Iou can as easily imagine the pos
sibility of discovering a pagan Meth
odlst as to conceive the existence of Il
low-tartf free-coinage Democrat re-
marked Titus A. Brick as he looked in
on the crowd that wrestled with the
election supervisors for a place on the
ticket for the George A. Mellnger
ticket.
The meanest girl has been discover
ed. She lives in Cumberland. One
evening recently she invited three
young men to come to the house and
hide behind the portieres in order to
hear another young man propose to
her. The victim of the plot was great
ly outraged when he learned the true
inwardness of it. In justice to the
heartless one, however, it cannot be
said that she learned the art of strategy
from reading references to love pranks
at Piney Greek, Polish Mountain,
Town Creek, Hazen and Tail of Brush
Creek.
The Homecoming star made another
long step in advance of the Recieao a4d
F0rum-both quasl-republican com
petltors-in obtaining the publication
Of the Public General Laws. The
Cumberland Aelcs, always first in such
matters, having grabbed its foreor-
dalned half, none of the papers named
was entitled to the other hemisphere
of the persimmon. But as the Star is
evidently carrying the longest pole in
these parts just now, the Tuckahoe date
grows too high for fellows who seem
not only unable to carry poles, but are
just about tall enough to buss the
Joker on the calf of the leg
Francis Schlatter. the divine healer,
reached Cumberland this week. He
does it by "a faith which" his patients
say, sis sufficient to move mountains
The mayors message, published
Thursday, indicates that Cumberland
had not yet submitted the Potomac
river to his touch.
Cumberland permitted the soldier
boys to march away uncheered by the
touching strains of 1.-The Girl Left
Behind Me-" and there is much cruis-
ing around to find somebody to blame
for it. One says 1.-THE members of the
band are too widely scattered to be
called together inside of days notice."
but G. p. Gilman writes back that
"this can't be so. They rere together
already, but were drowned. They
were rehearsing 'On the Banks of the
Potomac and all fell in.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-07
What is the Matterp

There is trouble over in Meyersdale,
too-a suspicion that there is too much
intimacy between council and the
light company. In proof whereof
49, writing to the Commercial, makes
this complaint:
Nearly every night arc lights drop out at
one and two O'Clock i'll the morning, Just
when they are most needed. If we are to
pay Tor an all-night service we want it ; if the
arcs are turned otfas soon as the police officer
goes OIL duty the pay should be turned off.
1t is high time for the Council to prove that
they do not stand in with the light COM
pany.
The question is-are complaints
against light companies epidemic, Or
do electric light companies naturally
belong to the army of the prosecuted +!
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-07
Il. Il.

The deadlock between the Frostburg
Baseball club and the Driving Park
association continues.
The latest offer Of the club is-divide
equally profits and losses-one so fair
that the people wonder how the as
ISOLATION can longer stand out against
the universal wish for deal.
The argument is-''the association
earns its money through its property );
we, the club, earn ours by personal,
physical effort and loss of time from
our work. Now, why can't the as
ISOLATION, with no such effort and no
such loss, take the same risk we do 2"
To that argument there is absolutely
no answer, and the association stands
much in Its own light and against its
own interest when it expects to con-
tlnue to pocket the lions share of the
income from the clubs hard work.
There are challenges for games al
ready in the managers hands, but I'M
less the association gets off its greedy
perch" there will be but little ball
this season on the Driving Park
diamond.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-07
Still Another.

The town was electrified last week
by the announcement that another
bloated corporation had put in an APP
pearance yalept the F0rum Publishing
company. No statement of officers
was made, but it is believed the fol
lowing roster is substantially correct ::
Edtor-John Farrell.
Nanoger-A. a. Mooney
S",yeon-Dr. T. Griffith.
Edtor-ut-Lam- B. Williams.
The Cumberland bureau is confided
to W. r. Hart,
The object is-''the publication of a
weekly newspaper in FrostburgT-a
statement which clearly and unequivo
cally refutes the Judgment of Il con
stltutionally erratlc few who held that
it was something in the nature of what
Is called, IN the profound nomenclature
OF the speculative arena, IAN unload"
Under the circumstances, therefore, it
seems that the partlality which let so
few in on the ground floor was most too
pronounced to be wholly popular. A
bonanza in sight is bonanza in which
everybody wants to share. SO why
the rest Of the members Of the residue
Of the distended corporations were not
included no man outside the electro
magnetic circle knows.
AS to the JoURNAL-w the odds
against it are great. 1t is, as is uni
versally known, the Internationally
independent and exclusively great
labor paper of this region. 1t is this
because if it were a republican, demo-
cratic, or populist paper it could not
be labor paper. Soap-grease and
clean water do not mix, and politics
can never be made useful to labor nor
blessing to its dependencies through
the media of Il confessedly interested
and aggresslyely selfish press. The
advocates and supporters of party
right to plumber the people cannot be
expected to stand up at any time for
the interests of the plundered.
Hence, it is repeated, the odds
against the JOuREA4 are great. They
consist OF the battle-ships, torpedo
boats and submarine mines of the
allied navies Of all parties. NJ matter
where one of its independent shots
falls the careful auditor will hear some
sort of yelp from a party sea-dog.
Notwithstanding, it will hold on its
way, continuing to be what it has
been and now is--the only paper in
the Georges Creek coal region that is
published in the interest of all the people,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-07
May Buy the Cumberland.

Cumberland will be the name of the new
steel tugboat which will be launched late this
afternoon at the Columbian Iron Works for
the Consolidation Coal company. 1t is
thought she may be purchased by the govern
ment. The Cumberland would make Il
splendid torpedo-boat or destroyer alti-
more NemS.
Certainly "splendid destroyer" If
it ever attacks anything named Allie
ganY county.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-07
Il April 30
An Example.

The atfectlonately facetious E. r..
Johnston affects to think the JOURNAL
editor
gets way off whenever he bombards Cum
berand. Internationally he makes figures
forget their g. Washingtonian reputation.
But the good E. r. j., like all other
professed Cumberland skeptics of the
accuracy Of the Allegany county levy
lists, never meets figures with figures.
Although Spaniard, the brave Adj
miral Montijo, being commanded by
Commander Dewey to surrender, or
something would happen, responded
Very well. then, sir-face the guns
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-07
Latest War News,
Land and Water Movements.

BALTIMORE, May 7-3 a. m.
Special to the MINING JOURNAL
The French transatlantic steamer, La
Fayette, was captured by the gunboat An
napolis while trying to enter Havana. The
capture was a mistake and the vessel was af-
terward released. A Paris dispatch saws the
incident has caused an angry feeling there
News of important movements of Admiral
Simpsons fleet off Porto Rico is expected by
Sunday.
Commodore Dewey's report Of the fighting
at Manila has not yet been received by the
Navy Department in Washington.
A report from Madrid is to the effect that
the Commodore has landed at Cavite
There is a general desire in Europe for a
short war. Talk of intervention is renewed
Senior Morel, in a speech in the Spanish
Cortes, challenged vote of confidence in the
cabinet. TIE SIN.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-07
"A Step Forward.

The world moves.
A mine boss has been elected mayor
of Lonaconing-William Thompson
Politically, however, the JOURNAL
does not like the word, ':boss.''
SO that, Mr.. Thompson, whatever
your excellencies as foreman of
miners. let them be magnifed in office
as chief of your municipality!
In short, more power to Il right arm
that must be good as we'll as strong.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-07
Died.

In this place Thursday afternoon,
May 5, 1898, Mr.. John l.. McCulloh
aged 50 years. Deceased was the last
member Of family which figured
largely IN the early history of Frost
burg, and of which an extensive but
now scattered connection survives.
The funeral will take place at 10
o'clock this Saturday morning.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-07
Not that Time of Day

Mr.. Pink Whiskers, of Pocahontas,
lmpiously clipped the following church
item from an irreliglous paper in his
nelghborhood and profanely enclosed
it to the JOURNAL:
a good man in nearby town fell asleep
at prayer-meeting the other evening and,
while doing, was called upon to offer PRAYER.
Being very properly aroused by his excellent
wife, he called out with great irritation
o, gol darn it, Betsy, git up and kinde it
yourself