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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-10-13
WANT NO AMBIGUITY.
Desire a Positive Statement That
Troops Will Be Withdrawn.
TO INTERCEPT A LINER
Possible Complication That May Arise
when German Boat is Held Up
Crowds In London Cheer
the Troops on Their
Way to Ships

Special to News-Democrat
London. Oct 10.-A Dalziel telegram
from Pretoria marked rgent" says
that the Transvaal government has
handed a note to the Conyngham
Green, British diplomatic agent, de-
manding an explicit assurance that
British troops be withdrawn from the
Transvaal border in As hours. Also
that those re-enforcements landed in
South Africa since the Bloemfontein
conference shall be returned.
CHEERED TROOPS.
London, Oct. 1O.-All London turned
loose this morning to cheer the New
South Wales lancers who marched
through the city one hundred strong
to the railway station, en- route to the
Transvaal The streets were jammed
and the widest enthusiasm was dis
played.
AFTER GERMAN BOAT.
Lorenzo Marquee, Delagoa Bay, Oct.
1O-The British cruiser, Philomer, has
gone to intercept the German liner
Kanzler, which is en- route here with
ammunltlOn IOr Ine lTduSNddl'
NO ULTIMATUM.
London, Oct. 10.-A Reuter- telegram
from Capetown confirms the Daziel dis
patch from Pretoria to the effect that
the Boer ultimatum has been delivered
to Conyngham Green, demanding the
withdrawal of British troops from the
Boer frontier 1t is reported that no
Transvaal ultimatum has been received
at the foreign office here.
TIME TO STRIKE.
London, Oct. 1O.-The report from a
usually reliable source that the Boer
government has issued an ultimatum
70 Great Britain has caused intense ex-
element. Well informed persons are
inclined to discredit the report on The
ground that Kruger has frequently
stated that he would not begin hostil-
tties. This is Krugers time to strike.
CONFIRMATORY,
London, Oct. 10.-A Reuter- telegram
from Capetown confirms the Dalzeil
dispatch from Pretoria to the effect that
a Boer ultimatum has been delivered
to Conyngham Green demanding the
withdrawal of British troops from the
Boer frontier.
A WARM NOTE.
London. Oct. 10.-The text of the
Beers last note under date Of yesterday
and compromising their ultimatum,
was received this afternoon. In it the
Transvaal complains of the massing
Of troops on it's border and says he re-
CARDS it as a threat against it's inde-
pendence. The note then calls upon
England to agree to arbitration, con-
ference concerning all points in dispute,
and demands that British troops on
Transvaal border be instantly with
drawn and one-third of all British re-
endorsements sent to South Africa since
June 1st also be withdrawn.
If the Transvaal demand is complied
with the Boer government also agrees
TO withdraw it's troops. An immediate
and affirmative answer is demanded
of Great Britain before o'clock in the
afternoon.
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IncOrpOrated.

Akron, Oct. 10.-The Akron Paper Co.
has been incorporated with a capital
stock of 100000 and will build large
mill at Boston, this county. Officers Of
the company were elected today.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-10-13

Dr. j. II. Marchand has returned from
Chicago, where he has been attending
the sessions of the Mississippi Valley
Medical association.
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ADMIRAL DEWEY
Leaves for Vermont and Will
Be Among His NeighbOrs
a Week.

Special to News Democrat.
Washington, Oct 10.--Admi,0l Dewey
left the city last night for Vermont. He
will be absent about week.
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OLYMPIA ARRIVES.

Special to News-Democrat.
Boston, Oct. 10,-The L. s. cruiser
Olympia arrived here this morning
from New York.
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Talk must be the equivalent of money
otherwise gossip wouldn't gain currency
so easily.
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A REPUBLICAN VIEW OF ALGER.

In view of the fact that many newspa-
pnrs and some public men are crying out
that Alger was the victim OF DaselesS
assault and of vicious Misrepresentation
nv the Democratic and independent press
and of consequently mistaken pubiic
sentiment, the views of Il prominent he-
publican paper upon his retirement can
not fail to be of interest to those who
would form correct estimate OF an IN
eilent that is bound to be OF some his
tcric Importance. OF Mr.. Alger and
his c,sntluct in office the New York
Tribune says:
..The Secretary of War has resigned
At last. 1t might he inappropriate to
saw that nothing in his occupancy of
the office became him like the leaving
81 it. for he ought to have laid it down
before. and the final act lacked the grace
which would have been recognized i'll an
earlier response to the requirements of
situation that he himself had from
the first made difficult and of late inn
nc .ille. We do not think thar the more
discreet even of Secretary Alger ;
friends should object to the assertion
that his appointment was never gener-
ally Regarded us contributing to the
strength of the administration. while
by many it was originally believed to
involve grave possibilities of discredit.
He did not possess the confidence Of the
country at large or of the military
establishment In the army especially
his name was associated with a record
which was far from impregnable. and
which made it exceedingly irksome
for officers differently regarded to take
his -oflers In a time of peace no par
ticular harm might have resulted, but
whelk. the war broke out the risk turned
to misfortune.
If as is animated, his retirement.
though helated. is finally due to the
counsels and influence of the Nice-Presi-
dent.ssif is-7not the first time that the
second officer in the government has
been singularly useful to the President
& and the country"
Those who have contended that the
Secretary of War was being martyrized
can digest this at their leisure.
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VANCE LITERARY CLUBS.

To the Editor: OF course Raleigh =
proud of Il monument in memory Of tn"
great and good Vance. We suppose
every town in North Carolina would he
proud of such memorial in honor IF
our beloved Vance. / am sure Durham
would appreciate it, But while we m;fy
never have IL marble Slab to commenlo-
rate his kindness to the people and his
love for North Carolina. Durham has,
and many other towns might have Il me-
morial which has a great and extensive
influence and from which much good
may come. | refer to the Vance Liter
AIRY Club, of Durham, y. c., organized
about three years ago, and composed or
iEoung men from fourteen to thirty years
tpf age. One of the most prominent OBJ
iects in their hall is a life-sizcd portrait
ZOE Vance himself The members of the
club meet once Il week and discuss cur
rent or historical questions; and some
&tTmes, questions relating specially to the
Aiuterest of Durham. Sometimes the
questions are announced one or two
weeks ahead and sometimes the debates
are impIDnptu.
Annually they hold a public debate
upcn some current topic, and they have
always had large crowds to greet them.
| think this is great and beauti-
full monument to the mecieTy of Il great
man. We believe the example of our
yocng men, in this respect, is worthy If
imitation and may be followed with
pleasure and profit by many of our sis
ter towns.
Il. ID. BARKER.
Durham, \. c., July u. 1899.
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propertv for buildings sewers in a dis
tam city, True, county tax might he
levied. Il large share of which would be
paid by tho cities situated in the county,
and whcn might be used for the build
ing of roads in any locality within the
county. Rut this is not sufficient, espe-
cially in the case of large cities like Chi
ca@o. New York. Cincinnati, st. Louis,
Minneapolis and Baltimore. Their inter
csts extend far beyond the counties i'll
which they are situated; indeed, the cities
themselves constitute the greater part, or
nearly all, of the tax-paying property IN
Guided in these counties. They may prop
erly contribute to the cost of building
roads in all the territory from which they
draw their trade.
tine best method yet devised for levy
ing taxes upon city property for the pur-
pose OF huilding country roads Is by the
medium OF Il State tax. This is levied
upon city and county property alike,
upon all classes of people, so that every
locality. every taxpayer. contributes pro
portionate. according to the amount OF
property owned, the wealthy property
OVERS contributing the largest amounts.
Massachusetts, New Jersey, New
York ana; Connecticut are probably the
States wlich have made the greatest pro-
grcSs in country road building. lney
haev all levied States highway taxes, and
have built roads by a system OF State
aid While the rate of taxation has been
low. the'amount collected has been con
siderable In New York $4,000 were
collected by State tax of one anu one
tenth cents upon every thousand dollars
assessed valuation. and four-htths of the
whole amount was collected in the cities,
where most Of the property in the State
j. situated.
"1'hc State aid system does not inter
ferc IN any way with present methods of
road lliitiEG. but simply provides u
means ty which an entcrlTising country
community, desiring to possess lirSt-ca$>
highways, may obtain financial assist
anoo fog the purpose from the cities. The
State does not pay for building such
roads. but simply contributes to their eX-
pense. just rs it contributes to the cost
of maintaining public schools, which arr
conducted by the local school officials,
but which to receive such State assist
ance, must be UP to Il certain standard.
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DEADfIEADISM.
Columbia State.

Columbia State.
The campaign against deadhcadism IS
being pushed all along the line by the
long suffering newspapers. Inc Dan
vile Register tells a pitiful tale of how
il is imposed upon. Speaking of CHAIR
table notices the Register says: AS
of this publication of matters purely OF
an advertising nature were NOT enough,
there are many who call up the paper
by phone at all hours of the day and
night, taking some member OF the stan
to answer it. only to receive dead
head ad. If he makes Il mistake Ill any
detail of it he is criticised THEREFOR.
Many times we have notices phoned
in of little social events announced of
small club and church society meetings.
1t seems to us that it Is not asking
too much when we request our friends
to write and bring or send such free
advertisements to the office" The ex-
perience of the Danvile paper Is just
what all have gone through with.
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THE NIRiLE SOUTH.
Age % Steel.

Age or Steel
Tho industrial progress of the South
during The last twenty years IS one 81
the bright chapters i'll American hlst"-
rv. 1t has been q case of rally ana re-
nassiance. At the close of the war the
country was practically rum. us
fields were bare and dcsoate, its credit
bankruptcd and its ante-bellum enter
prises strangled The pick of IT'S man
hood went down before the scythe OF
war. mrltitudes OF men were manned or
debilitatcd for the rest of their lives.
and thousands of others migrated west
ward and northward These were grim
conditions. and recuperation therefrom
could ONLY he Il matter of patience, time
ana iudomitable fiXedlless of purpose. TO
\ degenerate race, the South at the close
of the war was Il dead apple ana Il drH
c.nder. 1t needed stamina and all the
virile virtues of Il stout-hearted anu
never-say ldie people to reconstruct Il new
South on the ruins of the old. These
qualities were not missing. and the spec
ter of the shambles at the close OF the
SIXTIES has crowns into an industrial grant
n til. close of the ninetles.
With it's enormous resources of coal. IRON
and timber. its cotton-producing capacity,
its Gin attic and geographical advan-
t,res IS Waterways and sealrorts and
it's roomy areas for a dense population.
the march of progress has as yet but
inst begun. In the iron and steel al,tl
related industries, in mining. agrlctul-
tur.. and woodworking enterprise, the
progress OF the South will be one of con-
stan: expansion.
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HOW TO SECURE GOOD ROADS
The Opinions of il Wcll-known Wheel
man on Very Important Subject.

The Opinions of IL Well Known Wheel
man on Il Very Important Subject
(News and Courier
The members of the Charleston League
of American Wheelmen have done some
splendid work in the last few years i'll
the intcrest Of good roads, and they are
always ready to receive new ideas ON
that subject. In view of that fact the
following interview with wellknown
whec,nan should have particular interest
for them. The cyclist said
The great reason why we have so few
good roads in the United States is that
we have left it to the farmers alone to
build them. This is wrong. 1t is abso-
lutely impossible for the farmers alone
to provide system of good roads. The
cost is altogether too great, and unless
substantial help is furnished them, upon
some reasonable basis, progress in road
budding will continue to be slow and ull-
satisfactory.
'',The help which the farmers require
in building roads should come from the
cities. The cities are the great centres
of wealth; they areSthe great markets in
which business is done-the great distrib-
uting points for manufactures and for
agricultural products. Agricultural Amer
ica has built them mp and maintains
them. The union between the cities and
farming districts is CLOSE, upon a hundred
different channels of trade. Each de-
pends upon the other. What is more
proper, therefore. than that the city
Should unite with the country in con
st.ucting and maintaining suitable and
efficient means of communication and
transportation
There need be no doubt that the tax
payers Of most American cities are will
ing and ready to contribute to the cost OF
bul.~ ne country roads. Their necessity
is as thoroughly realized in the cities as
it is by the farmers who become stalled
ON n muddy road with a load of grain
hauled half way to market. City people
know the country better than they have
ever KNOWN it before, and their business
relations with country people IA ~ growing
more and more intimate. They aresqulcI'
to see the convenience and saving WAicll
would result from the CONSTRUCTION T0f
good roads. and know that they them
selves would be, in large measure the
gamers.
But how can tax be levied upon city
property for expenditure in country dis
trirts FOR road building purposes? A city
tax is out of the question as much so rs
it would he to levy a town tax upon farm
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food, means body i'll nourished, nerv-
Gus system on starvation rations and the
blood sluggish and corrupt
There is no protection against the ava
lanclle. There is protection against dis
ease. When the nerves are unstrung,
lie mind is irritable, the stomach weak
aid distressed after eating, the brain dull
and stupid, the conditions are ripe for
serious illness. This may be averted and
Tie system restored to sound health by
the use Of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. 1t cleanses the blood,
,trehgthens the stomach and organs of
digestion and nutrition, nourishes the
nerves, and produces sound and vigorous
nealth.
six wears ago last August. . writes Mr.. Daniel
a Carter of Yost, Rowan Co, n. G., :, was
tackled with ,nalarial fever was i'll bed nine
buys and then taken with chills. Had tins SIX
months My spleen became enlarged ana
IS in bed off and on for four years. went to
lie doctors and some of them said had dys-
.psia others said had liver trouble. 50 pad
) It money and nothing did rue any good Last
August two wears ago | commenced taking DIR.
p:erce's medicines and used ten bottles and
row l can do as big days work as any man l
IN 81 years old. / now weigh $50 pounds"
The Peoples Common Sense Medical
Adviser has been aptly termed 1.-The
Eible of the Body" 1t is sent free on
receipt of stamps to defray expense of
mailing only.
T INSTRUMENTATION Send FL one-cent
zssss sAssA stamps for the
paper covered
. y r-1r q II book, or 81
is .T e. stamps for the
u - flI ~ cloth bound
~ r. sHl V Address, Doctor
,rSVotlr r. V. Pierce,
Il - : : 60 Buffalo, N. Y.
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Spirit of the Press.
COTTON MILLS AND EDUCATION

COl1ON MILLS AMI ID y va IN
Charity and Children.
We were surprised to see in a paper
unfinished in a town where education has
been especially emphasized, and which is
famous for its excellent schools. an ar
ticle strongly urging establishment of Il
small cotton mill. 1t was stated that
only $4,000 would be needed to start
on. and the writer insisted that such an
enterprise was exactly what the town
needed to insure its permanent pros
nerity We are sure it Is exactly what
the town does not need. n me seitl-
ment has been created in that com
munity in favor Of educating the chill
dren. rather than compelling them to be
come bread winners. The Lord never
intended that the tender shoulders of
childhood should bear the burdens of
the family. What that town needs land
we happen to be very well acquainted
with it is Il factory that turns out chairs,
another that makes sash, doors ana
blinds. Il spoke and handle factory, and
another for the manufacture OF cheap
furniture. These four can be set run
ming for less than half the capltal re-
uured to start Il little cotton mil, ana
they will make more money IMAM Il
cotton factory and. what is better,
they will bring men into the community
who will put their children in school
and riyc them a chance to make men
and women. 1t may be all right Tor
Same towns TO establish cotton rae
tories. hut they are the last Things III
tbc world for community that boasts
of its educational spirit.
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Mrs. Joe Person S
REMEDY.

Hookertown. \. c., April S, 1897.
TO Whomsoever Concerned:
| know Mrs. Joe Person well. y
lady full Of energy, carrying pleasure
and sunshine in her daily life, she adds
happiness and encouragement to the
lives of those she comes i'll contact with.
| am fully informed as to the ingre-
dents composing her Remedy, and while
my ex. ,U,icnce with it has been limited,
having tired it ON Il few cases of eczc-
ma, that disagrceable acquaintance, es-
pecally among children, it has given me
satisfaction and does all she and hcl
friends have claimed for it. 1t gives
me pleasure to make this statement.
TTIOS. NJ. JORDON. NJ. ID.
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THE PLANNING OF THE PR0DlGALs.

Though there is no means OF knowing.
we are not disposed to believe that
gayety and festveness held undisputed
sway at that recent remarkable gather
ing at the Governor Mansion. There
were too many sad memories. and
scrawny prospects that must have wait
ed upon the participants, individually ana
collectively. We make no mention of
the constle,int that must have fallen
upon the assembage at sucn times as
the conversation Jagged; not That there
wass not plenty to talk about but that
nobody could quite know when he would
tread ON his neighbor's toes.
Consider too the results of it. How it
must have CALLED these men. who a
few short years ago were political high
rollers, to come down. like Il ship
wrecked crew. to base and meagrc ap-
porticnment of what was leTt-to pass
from a munifcent dispensing Of pie 70
the consideration of where they would
themselves find tomorrow,s Dime.
Ewart for clerk. Russell for Senator.
I'ritchard for judgc-a pretty and fru-
gal exchange of stecds in midstream.
None the less the other side of this
pow-wow should not be neglected that
it was the beginning of what will be II
desperate effort to assemble the remains
of the Republican party in this State
for a fight on the Constitutional Amend
ment. Let nobody make the mistake OF
supposing that the prodigals will come
down meekly to husks without a strug-
Gle. They will do nothing of the sort.
Many of the best men in the Republican,
party are going to vote for the amend
nent. but the men who have been lead
ers in the party because it was what il
was and who could net be leaders If
it were anything better. these men may
be depended on to make the fight o.
their lives to prevent the elimination
Of that element Of the suffrage upon
which their prestige has solely depended.
There is no sort of doubt about the
amendment carrying if the Democracy.
with the help of the best men IF other
PARTIES. will make Il timely ana aggres-
sive fight: but there is danger in being
too confident in this matter. in suppos-
ing that the enemy is too cowed to make
further resistance. 1t is an old say
ing that nobody fights so hard as Il
scared man. That the erStwhile lead
ers. of the Republican party are thor
oughly and sufficiently scared is shown
in the fact that they have buried per-
sonal differences, bitter as some of them
were. have made their political wills,
looked their last on the sun and sky"
and prepared for Il desperate onslaught
on the forces thatth hem them in. II is
the business of the Democracy to see
that they do not get away.
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As a matter of fairness there Is no
disposition to contend that the rioting
in. New York is to be taken as an index
of the civilization Of that city: yet that
is precisely what Northern papers are
disposed TO DO with regard TO rioting IN
the South. From that standpoint the
South will compare very fayorlbly with
the city that sets itself ur to be the
head and front of all things good i'll
this country. The community that gives
rise to- Sam Hose incidents, when the
provocation is considered. can very well
challenge comparison with that in winch
street cars containing GefCnceless women
passengers are made targets for bricks
and cobble-stones. where the citizen
must walk or punt his life to the hazard
" daring to lide--and where the author
tiles can not or will not suppress and
prevent open, notorious and premedlta-
ted attacks on life and property. If the
South is barbarolls what term will ut
New York, city?
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INEBRIETY..A DISEASE

Incbricty. morphine and other drug
addictioms are dependent upon diseased
condition Of the nervous system. The
victim Of the disease again and again
puts forth the most heroic efforts to re-
form. but his disease is too absolutely
ovcrpowering to be conquered by reso-
lutions. The wil-power he would OK
crcise If he could is no longer supreme.
Alcoholic stimuants have 50 congestcd
the delicate nerves that they cannot re-
spond to the performance Of their func-
tiona duties. and the helplessncss Of the
victims condition is AZ ineXplicabic to
himself as it seems incXcusable to his
friends. The Kelley treatment cures
this disease by restoring the nerves to
a perfectly healthy state. It cures by
removing the cause. The result Is that
nv co,,dition and he has neither craving.
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STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.
The annual meeting OF the stockholders
OF the News and Observer Publishing
Company will be held in the Offices of
the company in the city of Raleigh on
"Wednesday. August 18th, at : O'Clock
p. IN. JOSEPIlUS DANIELS,
President.
II. W. JACKSON, Secretary.