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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-04-29
NUMBER n.
SOUTHERN GLEANiNGS.
To De Erected BY Mrs. Davis.


A bronze statue is to be placed over
the grave of jefferson Davis in Holly
wood cemetery, Richmond, Va. Mrs.
Davis is having the statue made in
New York, which, when completed,
will be placed over the grave of the
dead president of the confederacy. 1t
will be slightly over lfe-size, and a
faithful likeness of the deceased chief
tain. II will show him as he was dur
ing the war, and will represent him
in the clothes he wore when captured.
1t has been so frequently stated that
Mr.. Davis was captured while fleeing
in female attire that Mrs. Davis de-
eide in rearing the monument to show
her husband as hercally appeared when
taken prisoner by the northern
troops. The monument will be eN-
cecdingly handsome both in work
man ship and finish.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-04-29
MED af AnnnIcxy.

Maj. George \. Nandegrift, paymas.
ter in the United States volunteer
army, died from stroke of apoplexy
nj Atlanta. Ga.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-04-29

The remains OF Col NJ. Lewis Clark,
who committed suicide at Memphis.
Tenn, were taken to Louisville. Ky,
for interment 4.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-04-29

The young men of Jackson have go'
a move on them. They propose organ
izing Business League. The old men
can do the resoluting, and they will DO
the executing.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-04-29

Col. w. A. Montgomery will deliver
the annual address on commencement
day Of Central Mississippi Institute
Ereueh Camp, on Tuesday, June 1th'
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-04-29

Belhavcn College commencement viii
be June 18th. Congressman A. i. Fox
will deliver the annual address. Rev
Professor Carter, of Tulane University
will preach the commencement sermon
June 18th. The college has had very
prosperous session.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-06-29
NOTI''E.
PROFESSIONAL.

North Carolina, Watauga coun-
ty. in the Superior court. Fall
term, 1899. Sarah llockaday
VS.. Frank Hocka1ay.
The defendant IN the above enti-
tied action, Frank Hockaday,
will take notice that the plaintiff,
Sarah Hockaday. has co mmenc-
ed an action in the Superior
court as entitled aboveto obtain
q divorce from said defendant,
and whereas, it is made to ap
pear to the satisfaction of the
court that he is q non resident OF
the Slate OF North Carolina. 1t
is therefore ordered that publica
ton be made in the Watauga
DEMOCRAT for six weeks comman
ding the said defendant to ap
pear before the Judge of the Su
perior court on the fourth Mol
day after the first Monday in Au
gust, 1899, and answer or demur
to the complaint nf the plaintiff.
or the said plaintiff will apply to
the court tor the relief demanded
in her complaint. June Is. '99.
JOHN H. BINGHAM, G. 8. c.
W. r. LovILL, Atty. for Pl'ff.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-06-29

Bad management keeps
more people in bad circum-
stances than any one other
cause. To be successful one
must look ahead and plan a.
head so that whena favora-
ble opportunity presents it
self he is ready to take hold
of j.. A little forethought will
also save much expense and
valuable time. A prudent and
careful man will keep q bottle
of Chamberlain's Collie Chol.
era and Diarrhoea Remedy in
the house, the shiftless fellow
will wait until necessity com.
pels it and then ruin his best
horse going for a doctor and
have a big doctor bill to pay
besides; one pays out 25 cts.
the other is out a hundred
dollars and then wonders why
his neighbor is getting richer
while he is getting poorer.
For sale by M. B. Blackburn.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-06-29
Original Observations.

The flannel cakes OF fat
terry makes the best diet t o r
fools.
Some men are the most pop
ular where they are.the least
known.
The difference between the
wasp and the fyis only in the
Fl nishing touch.
The weather has been hot
enough this week to sour the
milk of human kindness"
Open air concerts will take
place IN Orange this summer
under the musical Dictator
ship of the mosquito.
A poet writes of a''sun kiss
ed face,'' as though it was
something new under the sun.
Son kissed faces are every
day visitors in Orange,-Or-
ange, Va, Observer.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-06-29

| was seriously afflicted
with a cough for several years
and last fall had a more Sc
we're cough than ever before.
| have used many remedies
without receiving much re
lief, and being recommended
to try a bottle of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy, by "A
friend, who, knowing me to
be a poor widow, gave it to
me, | tried it, and with the
most gratifying results. The
first bottle relieved me very
much and the second bottle
has absolutely cured me. |
have not had as good health
for twenty years. Respectful
ly, Mrs. Mary>A. Beard, Clare
mont. Ark. Sold by M. B.
Blackburn.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-06-29
NOTICE..

Under and by virtue of a
mortgage deed executed to
me on the 14th of Feb. ~,
by L. L. Greene and wife Mat
tie j. Greene, to secure a Ger
tain pl onlisory n Nte for two
hundred and twenty-five dol
lars ($225.) bearing ven
dates with said mortgage,
which ls duly registered in
the office of the Register of
Deeds of Watauga county in
book 'C', at page 113 of mort
cages; and whereas, there
still remains due and unpaid
upon said note the sum of
sixty dollars $3.50. .O0) togeth
err with the cost of these pro-
ceedings. Now, therefore, to
satisfy the balance OF s al d
debt, l, l.. A. Greene, will on
Monday, the 7th day Of Au
gust, 1899, at the the court
house door in Roone between
the hours OF 12, NJ, and 3, p.
m., proceed to sell to sell for
cash in hand to the highest
bidder lot No. %, in the off
cial plot of the town of
Boone, on which there a re
two small houses, and also
one other lot beginning on a
chestnut tree in T. j, Coffey's
line, and running thence west
with said Coffey's line 20
poles to a stake, thence north
200 east 13 poles to a span
ish oak, thence south 500 K.
18 poles to the boginningcon
tanning three fourths OF an a
ere more or less. June22. '99.
L. A. GREENE Mortgage.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-06-29
The Counterfeit Dollar.

Wilmington Messenger.
Some CT the counterfeit sil-
yer dollars and halves which
have been made here and put
in circulation in and around
Wilmington are as good as
Uncle Sam's stuff. That is to
say, they are as good so far
as the material goes but they
are somewhat detective as to
the luilling and lettering.
Mr.. B. F. Perry, the secret
agent of the Treasury De-
partment the dollar which he
secured last week from MIR. j.
H. Hardin, of the Palace
pharmacy. 1t will be remem-
berad that the Messenger sta
ted that Mr.. Hardin sent a
deposit to the National Bank
of Wilmington last Wednes-
day ami one silver dollar was
returned to him as spurious.
The assay division OF t b Q
Treasury Department assay
ed the counterfeit dollar and
sent Mr.. Hardin the analy-
SIS. 1T contained 900 parts
of pure silver, the same quan
tity as the genuine dollar.
The other hundredth part
was alloy, and altogether
the spurious dollar in intrin-
sic value stood up with the
standard silver. dollar. F.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-06-29
A Trust Highwayman.
st. Louis Republic.

st. Louie Republic.
Another conspicuous exam
pie showing that the motive
and purpose OF trusts are
not, as their apologists and
defenders affirm, tu reduce
the prices OF products to the
consumer by systematizing
and improving the economies
OF production, is furnished
by the tin-plate trust.
Before the highly protected
manufactures engagedin the
industry of making tern e
plate, commonly called tin
plate, were merged in a trust
consolidation, the price. OF
their product was $500 a
box. Now it is $500 a box.
Making a fairalluwance for
the portion Of the increased
price due to the rise in t h e
cost of steel, pig iron and la
Dor, it can be demonstrated
that from 60 to 20 cents OF
it is increased profit to the
manufacturer.
Here the article is consider
ably higher:than it is in for
eign countries.
The duty is $3.50 on tin
plate. So far from the claim
ha wing been put forth by the
protectionist papers h a
that there was a loss in tin
plate production under the
old price. thew were filled with
boasts right after McKinley's
election about,the revival and
profitableness of the indus.
try.
The present extortionate
prices exacted by the tt n
plate trust are an an illustra
tion of how an ''infantindus
try" under touch Of the mag
ic wand of a Republican tar
if, become a trust highway
man in a few years.
If some OF the Republican
papers who favor a remova
of duty from articles which
become the subject of monoE
oily by autocratic r q b b e
combines desire t o prove
their sincerity, let them de
mand that the tinplate trust
shall he included in the first
edition of reform legislation
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-06-29

Mr.. P. Kitcham, of Pike
City, Cal. says: 80 uri n g
my brothers late illness with
sciatic rheumatism, Chamber
lain's Pain Balm was the on
~ remedy that gave him any
relief" Many Others have
testified to the prompt relief
from pain which this lini-
Inent affords. For sale by M.
B. Blackburn.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-06-29

"The world is mine," shouted
Monte Cristo, just as the curtain
fell in q Havana theatre. Say"
whispered one youthful Cuban to
another;;'That' Deweyiain't it?"
kansas City Star.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-06-29
The Noble Ruskln.

.9. Tne NODle kusklns
Why did Carlyle call John
Ruskin The seer thatguidps
his generation?" Where did
he worthily secure sue h
praise? Ruskin was the child
OF genius. Fortune had been
lavish with him. He inherited
and earned a vast amount
OF money. He became a liter
ary star when only twenty
one years of age-a star Of al
most first magnitude. Every
pathway was brilliantly light
ed to his feet, and every door
was open to his entrance,
and every honor was ready
for his possession. He slw
farther than other men and
could lead the host. He turn.
ed away from this golden
path to forget himself and to
live in the lives of others. He
was willing to walk on White
chapel road and breathe the
atmosphere of the poverty
stricken districts of London;
to behold the intense suffer.
ing of the overworked a n d
undergrad men, women and
children. He saw their brains
reel and bodies weaken. and
hearts faint beneath the tre-
mendous burdens of life. He
saw enfeehled ond disease-rid
den children born from such
ancestry into a world of dark
ness. He looked at the scene
so sympathetically and 81
continuously that the city OF
London seemed to him to
turn into a gigantic cemete-
ry. and hospital, and prison,
and asylum. He possessed
more than q million of mon
ey. but that was not his life,
He cried not GLOW much can
| get out OF this human
blood?" but "How much car
| give for it's redemption cnd
purification?" He gave one
tenth, then one third, ther
one half and, at last, his en-
tire for tune in sublimest sac
rifce. He lived with the poor
and for them. He formed
clubs and schools, and brigf
tened their lives with n g "
ideas and new opportunities
He broke their shackles and
set them free. He enlisted 9th
er men, and his own art stu
dents, in this divine service
His life was literally laid up
on another cross, but helives
among the immortal and wor
a triumphant victory thro
the operation of the sublim
est principles in human life.
When Carlyle placed that
bright crown upon the brow
of Ruskin, he had written
"Oh, it is great, and there il
no other greatness-to make
one Eook of Gods creation
more fruitful, better, more
worthy of God; to make some
human heart a little wiser
manlier, happier, more bless
ed, less accursed. Rev. Cor
land Meyers, in The Treasu
Try.
| was seriously afflicted
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-06-29

the Chicago platform. with
some additions. | favor the
election of the United States
Senator by u direct vote and
also hope to see the inItia,
tive and referendum mode q
part Of our governmental
system"
A prominent Ohio republi-
can has been telling tales out
of school. He said of the fight
on Senator Foraker by II.
H. Kohlsaat. editor or t h e
Chicago Times-Heral which
has caused 80 much talk be-
cause of the close personal re
lations known to exist be
tween Mr.. Mckinley and Mr..
Kohlsaat: IL have absolute
personal wledge that the
assault made upon Foraker,
in the Chicago Times-Heral1
are the result OF an under
standing between it's editor
and Senator Hanna. The lat
ter said at the Columbus con
vention, after Foraker b a d
declared against the Hanna
Machine, that he proposed
to get even with him, a n d
would resort to auy means
that might be necessary to
down him. Eoraker's term in
the Senate will expireln 1903
and Hanna intends to defeat
his reelection. / am thor
oughly convinced that Mr..
Mckinley il familiar with ey-
cry move by K0hlsaat a.
gainst Foraker. | would not
say that Hanna is paying
Kohlsaat out of funds OF the
Republican Nationa. Commit
tee for making war on Fora
ker, but those who k n o "
Kohlsaat best say that be
seldom docs anything with
out being in some way be-
ing rewarded for it. Hanna
has bought Boss Cox, and il
he will stay bought, there
will be serious trouble for For
aker in the CINCINNATI end oi
the staue."
One OF the most valuable
witnesses who has testified
before the Industrial Com
mission since it tackled t h G
trusts, was Mr.. +, s. Dove,
President of the Commercial
Travellers National League,
He presented sore startling
figures. He said the forma-
ton of trusts would throw
$4,000 drummers out OF work
and reduce the pay of25, 900
who would keep their jobs,
which would mean a loss to
the men in salaries of $780,
900, 1000; a loss to the rail
roads OF the country of $21,'
100000, and to the hotels oI
$28, 100000. Mr.. Dove gave
details OF a number of m e n
knocked out of places by re-
Gently formed trusts, a n d
read a list showing the alb
surdity of the claim that the
general tendency of trusts
was to lower prices. This list
which was obtained from
drummers recently in t b {
trades named, showed the fol
lowing increase in prices d.
rectlv traceable to trust con
troll: Iron pipe, 100 per cent,
TIN and TIN plated ware 33
brass goods 60. chairs 80
rubber 13, tin plate 80, news
paper \ to \ cent a, pound
hook paper 5 to 10 per cent
common soap 25 to so cents
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-06-29
w WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent

From our Regular Correspondent
At last War Department
officials admit the truth as
to the situation in the Phil
pines; that more 6ghtingand
lots of it is ahead of our
TROOPS, that the alleged peace
commissioners of Aguinaldo.
who were feted and entertain
ed in Manila by our civilcom
missioners pulled the. WOO |
over our mems eyes and not
only got the time they wish.
ed to prepare for more fight
ing, but gathered valuable
infol nation as to the nun.
Der and condition of Ameri
can soldiers, which they have
been able to put to good use
in the aggressive fighting of
Aguinaldo during tie past
week. There is nd more talk
OF volunteer surrender on the
part Of Aguinaldo. 1t is now
admitted that he has got to
be whipped into submission,
and that it will not be an en-
sy job, by any means, unless
a much larger army than the
thirty-five thousand men now
being provided for is placed
under the command Of Gen.
Otis. -
There is a rumor afoat
that Mr.. John R. Mclean, of
Ohio, who also has a home
in Washington, intends to es
tablish a daily paper at the
National Capital. which will
support Col. Bryan for Pres
ident and advocate free sill
YER; also that Mr.. Mclean
would like to run On the tick
ct with Col. Bryan.
1t is not surprising t h a t
the administration q h O u Id
have quietly overlooked the
break made by Prof. Haupt,
: a member of the present and
of the last Canal Commission
= in confirming the general i'm.
preston thatinfuence strong
enough to thwart the almost
unanimous wish OF the peo-
pie of this country, had been
, successfully used to prevent
4 the building OF the Nicara-
= qua canal, and even to pre-
vent the publishing of the re-
port made by the last COM
mission, which is said to con
tain a scathing exposure of
!. some OF these influences. The
; subject is chock full of politi.
J. cal dynamite, and the admin
u istration was afraid of it.
II Therefore, instead of calling
,, Prof. Haupt down for his too
truthful exposure of the ma
= tional scandal and firing him
from this new commission, the
!. administration got him to
!, i, write a letter saying that he
bad been misquoted by t h {
j. newspaper that printed the
= exposure and was glad to
+. let it go at that. The new
IF commission met last week
n authorized the appointment
+, Of committees, and adjourn
e ed to, meet again in Washing
of ton July 9th. Ell. ..-.....
. = There isn't the slightest
a doubt about the position oI
n Representative Lentz, of O
p hiO. on national issues. He
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-11
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE:

Judson Harmon. who was attorney geu-
eral in Mr.. Cleveland's cabinet. is a can
dldate for vacant judgeship in Cincin-
natl.
Ihat Queen Wilhelmina ordered all the
FAMOUS Waterloo battle pictures removed
from the apartments where the peace dele
gates are meeting is cited as an evidence
OF her tact.
EX-Governor Warmoth. who was the
nrst Northern executive of Louisiana has
hvea down the unpopularltxy- once excited
by MS Northern birth, and is now one of
the best liked men in New Orleans. whers
ne Is successful lawyer.
Prof. George Frederic Barker who bss
Just oeen elected an honorary member of
the Royal Institution OF Great Britain bas
neiq tne chair of physics in the University
OF PENNSYLVANIA since 1873. He was horn
at Charlestown, Mass, in 1885.
Elise Polko, who might be styled tho
Mrs, Hodgson Burnett OF Germany a sen~
Grafton ago, died on May Is in Munich 81,
nad nyed there in retirement many vars
ana her name remained only nleasant
en to the old school reading nmbIjc
t Sne wIote chlldren's stories in great nun
DER and completely endeared herself 10 -.
maternal heart in the days when u,o. sre
reer. university ca
IN Inree game cocks were brought hack
HE tieHi NO rorto Rico by Admiral Sampson for
us Doys ana placed at the SAMPSON how
az Glen Ridge, N. ]. They had rscord, O4i nc
nlgnters' and some care was taken ~ las as
mem t., from attacking and hurting I Ip
Nm bantam which strutte5 arnnns
one place; These precautions failed bow uu
ever, ana the bantam killed two Of HV ~
sh chickens one after the other a .ud
sdT tmiIH roasted so high that It tool, thu
'un'rai sea glass to find him. tue
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-11
SOME PosrsCRIPTs.

rba uonadnock block, Chicago, is said
N have a daily population Of 5000.
Landau enjoys a greater area OF open
snaces than any other capital in the word
There are AZ, 1913 Baptist churches in the
Irnited States an increase of 800 over the
number reported last year.
In st. Paul recently a boy fell from
wall sixty feet to a railroad track below,
and escaped without serious injury.
one of the sights at Freeport, Me-, on
a recent afternoon was granddaughter
Of IA years teaching her grandmother how
to ride a bike.
A national exposition OF vehicles and
agricultural implements is to be held In
st. Louis next winter and II 1t is success
it will be repeated yearly.
The old school house in East Haddam,
Conn. In which Nathan Hale taught the
year after his graduation at Yale, is to be
preserved by a patriotic society.
A Missouri man has gone into the bust
ness of raising tame quail. The birds, he
claims, are more easily raised than chick
ems, and far more profitable.
Steam vessels cleared from all ports of
the United States during the ten months
ending with April. increased in number
70S. 25S over the same period in 1898.
No matter how hot 1t is on the deserts
OF Arizona and Southern Californla--and
sometimes the thermometer goes up to
ITO and 100 in the shade-you never hear
of a sunstroke
A Bible with celluloid covers has been
introduced in New York police court,
and every time the book is kissed a po-
liceman removes with a wet sponge all
possible diease germs.
The sawmills OF Portland last year cut
1870 900 900 feet of lumber, at SIS per 1000
worth $104,000.OO0. The cut of the State
brings the total value of Oregon's lumber
production to s4,S9S. 5S543.
The original draft of the Confederate
constitution Is In the possession of Long
street Hull OF Athens Ca Mr.. Hull is
grandson of Thomas r. R. Cobb, chairman
of the committee who drew the document.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-11
HOUSTON, SUNDAY, JUNE IL, 1893.
TWENTY-SI SIX PAGES.
rnE COTTON ouTLooIS.

Secretary Hester OF the New Orleans
cotton excangs reported that Texas has
brought into sight during The past nine
months total of Si35ooo bales o. cot
ton which is practically one-third OF the
entire amount marketed in the United
States during that period
From these figures Il will probably be
safe to estimate the total Texas crop for
the commercial year ending August 81.
1899, at 100000 bales, or 900 bales
more than ever before produced in this
State. This is indeed an enormous crop.
and will probably be the record breaker
for several years TO come.
While the acreage this year. according
TO tho estimate issued some weeks ago by
The Post and confirmed the other day by
the Financial Chronicle, is only n little
less than last years, there Is no assur-
ance whatever that the weather condi-
tons will be so favorable. II there is no
disaster to the crop the yield the coming
season will be only slightly below that
Of the present phenomenal one. Should
there be a protracted drouth this summer,
or should worms and Insects attack the
plant. the outturn is likely to be reduced
E million or more bales.
II viii be seen, therefore, that every
thing now depends upon the seasons snd'
age devoted to cotton to give the world
another crop of 3. 400 900 bales from Texas.
and probably 7,75O.000 bales for all other
States. which would make total OF H.
100000 for the sonth. should such an
enormous crop be added to the large sur
plus that viii be LEFT from this seasons
estimated total of 100000 bales, cotton
would again be sold at auction prices
II the yield is reduced by uniavorahc
weather or other conditions to IA. COO 600 or
10 l0,50O.O00 bnles, prices will be materially
higher and the extent OF the advance will
depend wholly upon the estimated de-
crease in yield and the speculative excite
ment csused thereby
very large production OF cottol is now
absolutely necessary in order to supply the
enormous demand from all parts of the
world, but three monster crops In success
sion viii be disastrous for the South.
decreased yield for ono season, taken in
connection with the constantly increas-
Ing demand would work off all the sur
plus cotton that has depressed the mar
ket for the past two years, and would be
OF incaleulable benefit to the producer.
Just now everything is In a waiting con-
dition and the market viii be pulled UP
and down wholly by crop reports for the
next month or so.