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The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-09-01
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Mr.. w. l.. Barr, of Lincoln
ton, isanew typo in The News
Office.
We have had good rains the
past week and crops are grow
ing fast.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Lazarus
are now boarding at Mr.. NJ.
Silvers'.
Mr.. J. w. Garrison begins
next Monday the sale of real
estate for taxes.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Spraeue
have been visiting their old
home here this week.
The article on third page
headed 1.-The Great Storm"
should have been credited to
the Lincoln /ou10ul.
Miss Eva Polk returns this
week to her home in Nash
Vile. She has been spending
several weeks with Mrs. B. S.
Gather.
Mr.. William Michaux and
family are moving back to
town to-day from Piedmont
Springs, where they have
spent the summer.
w. A. Leslie, druggist, can
now please lovers of the pipe
who like a good grade of to-
bacco. He has as fine a line
of smoking tobacco as can be
found anywhere. It is with
out doubt the best ever
brought to this town.
Miss Mary D. Spiers, of
Washington, who has been
visiting at Mr.. G. F. McKes-
sons, left on Monday for her
home. 1t is generally agreed
that she is one Of the hand
soonest and most attractive
young ladies' who ever visited
Morganton. Her recitation,
"Asleep. at the Switch,' de-
lighted our people.
Mr.. c.. F. McKesson re-
turned to Washington We'd
nesday, after spending several
weeks at home, Mr.. McKes-
sons friends here, and they
are numerous, were delighted
to see him again and shake his
hand. His ha%ndshake is ALWAYS
so cordial and his manners so
pleasant. Mr.. McKesson is
popular with rich and poor,
high and low. and will ever
meet with a warm welcome at
his old home.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-09-01
DEATH OF MRS. ZIMMERMAN.

DEATH OF MRS. ZIMMERMAN.
After an illness of several
months, Mrs. Alice thinner
man, wife of Mr.. J. S. thinner
man, died on Thursday at the
home of her father, Mr.. Robt.
Patton, in Upper Greek town
ship. The funeral will take
place to-day and the interment
will be at Mountain Grove
church, Table Rock post
office.
Besides a husband, deceased
leaves a son about four years
old.
Mr.. Zimmerman left here
last winter to seek his fortune
in the West, leaving his fam
ily behind until he could get
settled. He is now in Spo-
kane, Wash. The heartfelt
sympathy of his friends here
90 out to him in his sore af-
Fiction.
Mrs. Zimmerman was a sis
ter of Clerk Of Court P. w.
Patton, and a half-sister of
Rev. r. L. Patton, of Nor
canton. She leaves a large
circle of relatives to mourn
her departure.
Asheville Citizen: That
was both a touching and in
structive lesson given by the
Wilmington Messenger. It
occurred at Ocracoke during
the awful storm. Several
families found refuge in one
house and one room. Ten
little children we're placed on
a bed, the only dry spot. All
believed they would be
drowned. A little boy said
as it is reported by the Mes
senger:: Mother, sing Fol
low Jesus And the mother
acting on the suggestion raised
the tune and all in room joined
in the singing and seemed to
derive fresh hopeand renewed
courage while the singing
progressed. Thus we see the
seed that a pious Christian
had planted in the heartof her
little one was bearing fruit in
the storm, and every one had
their hope revived because
little Jamie Fow1e said: Moth
er, sing Follow Jesus.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-09-01

Asheville Gazette: Mellow
ell criminal court will convene
Monday, Judge Stevens pre-
siding. Judge Stevens will be
confronted with two claimants
for the solicitorship. Former
Solicitor Call, who, according
to the decision of Judge Coble,
is entitled to the solicitorship,
and Mr.. caves, who is one of
Judge Stevens appointees,
will each claim recognition.
1t is the general opinion that
Judge Stevens will recognize
Mr.. Eaves, regardless of the
decisiono of the Superior Court.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-09-01
FOUR DAYS ONLY,
EYE SIGHT TESTED FREE

" OhCO1 LHC lOS ICION T Liz successful as WelaS reliable
Opticians in the . S: Mr.. Hawkes. has the modern aplt
|ances Tor sc'ent1hc adjustment OF glasses to the eye. There
is no Optician in the q. S. who enjoys the confidence of the
people more than Mr.. Hawkes.. His name is a familiar word
throughout a section of country inhabited by over Is, 600 600
of people. Mr.. Hawkes. has probably adjusted glasses to the
eyes of more people of national and international fame than
any other optician living. This firm was established in 1870.
EYE STRAIN is often the cause of headache, dizziness,
nervousness and dimness of vision. This can be cured in
many cases by the corract fitting of his Crystalized lenses to
the eye. Call early. he positively remains but FOUR DAYS,
as he has other engagements for later dates.
CAUTlON.Il would caution the public against buving
spectacles from peddlers, going from house to house with a
lot OF spectacles, representing them to be Hawkes. or selling
the same grade of goods. Hawkes. spectacles are NEVER
%peddled. Many of the inferior glasses that food the country
are positively injurious to the eve.
From Ex-President of U. s., Grover Cleveland.
Executive Mansion. Washington, D. c., Dec. ?. 1854. K. Hawkes., ESQ.
MY Dear Sir: l find your Crysta1lzed Lenses we'll suited to NV ewes for far
seeing. And shall enjoy them OF my shooting trips. Yours very truly.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
The Great Warrior and Statesman.
Mr.. a. r. wkes.-Dea Sir: When l require the use of glasses I wear
your pantscopc Crystalized Lenses. In respect to brilHancv and cenne,s
OF VISION the are superior to n glasses l have ever used. Respectfully.
F1TZHUGH LEE, Consul Gent to Cuba.
One of Our Greatest Statesmen.
MI. a. +: wkes.-De Sir: The pantiscopic glasses yu furnished M
one I'M since have given excellent satisfaction. have tested then " use.
must "a they IRE unsurpassed in cearness and brilliancy by IN thatI
nave ever useo. Respectfully. GEN. JOHN B. GORDON.
Ex-GOv of Ga. an I. S. Senate.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-09-01
One of Our Greatest Statesmen,


highest Award Diploma of Honor for Superior Lens Grind
ing n fxceilency IN the Manufacture of Spectaces and Eve
Glasses. Sold in over 5000 cities and towns in the [. S.
Established 1870.
@~CAOIlON. These famous Glasses are never peddhed.
d Q hawkes. and not only get glasses scientifically adj.
}usted to your eyes, but secure a pair of his Crvstallzcd
Lenses the most brilliant spectacle lenses in existence.
A. K. Hawkes..
inventor and Sole Proprietor of all the Hawkes. Patents.
he Will positively remain but Four DAYS.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-19

many old friends in that command.
The regiment landed the day l sailed.
The day before | left l went out to the
site selected for their camp and in
spected 1t. 1t Is q very pretty situa-
tion, near Marianao, about six miles
from Havana. The men will, l am
sure, be pleased with 1t. They are
near a regiment from Louisiana, with
whom they should be very friendly.
Friends OF the men In this country
need have no fears concerning the
is 80 situated as to have the oost kind
OF sanitary arrangements, and the To-
cality Is exceptionally healthy.
:" / have told you all my news about
CLba, MIR. Reporter, now tell mo what
is going on in South Carolina"
"Well, General, your name has been
brought into politics since you have
been in Cuba"
my name? In what connection,
pray2'
"There is q rumor, one Of these poll
Senator Tillman when he stands for re.
election"
Young man, you can state very de-
finitely for me-" the General said, in
very emphatic manner, "that there
Is no truth Whatever In tho rumOr. I
have done with politics once and for
ever. | think have had just about
as much politics as q man should have
In one lifetime. l will most positively
not be q candidate for the Senate, and
no ono had right to use my name. 1t
takes two men 70 make q Senatorial
race and | will not be ono of them.
That Is certain"
Win you remain In the army, Cen
eral ?"
Il really have no plans formulated
for the future, but " can tell you what
| would like to do in the near future,
and that Is enjoy a good old. d.fashioned
deer hunt down at Garner's Station,
on the South Bound Road. There Is
any quantity OF good shooting in that
neigh borhood, and would just like TO
be blazing away st the dor rs Gen.
Hampton and were doing about this
me three years ago. Why we jumped
twcnty-one, just think Of it twenty y-one
In one day. There's lots OF door down
that way, and am very anxious to got
st ihem with old Sam Garner.
The party remained In Charleston
about half hour and continued its
j. urney to Washington.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-19
IN THE ISLAND or CUBA.
INTERVIEW WITH GEN. BUTLER

The Evacuation Was Satisfactorily
Accompiishcd-He Thinks tho GU
bans Deserve n Fair TrinI-Out Of
Politics Forever.
The American commiss to ar
range for and superinteud the evacua-
tion Of Cuba passed through Charleston
en- route for Washington from Cuba.
The work OF the commission was COM
pleted With the embarkation OF the
Spanish troops on January l, and 1t
was immed lately ordered by Secretary
OF War Alger to report to the Ameri-
can capital. The board has not been
dissolved as yet, and will hold It's final
sessions In Washington, which will be
merely for the purpose c. completing
the report and presenting 1t to the
president, whose direct agent the COM
mission WAS in C~ba. The official
party, was composed OF Major Gen.
Allison, Major Brooks, Major Almy,
Lieut. Wade, Lieut.. Reade and Lieut..
Tracy. The gentlemen wero accom-.
panied by Mrs. Butler, Miss Marie
Butler, Mrs. Road and her two child
rem. The entire party was In O special
Pullman car, which was attached to
the regular passenger train on the
Plant system.
Admiral Sampson was not with the
commission, for the reason that he left
Havana for New York several weeks
ago, to DO present at the marriage Of
his daughter, which took place at the
Sampson homo, in New Jersey, q few
days ago. The members of the COM
mission and those with them are In
splendid health, and express interest
ing opinions OF Cuba but they are also
unanimous on the fact that the United
States Is Goods own country" and
they are glad to be back on their
Eatiyo heath. Major Gen. Wade, the
presiding member OF the commission,
Is very alfable gentleman, and speaks
IN high terms OF the Cubans and their
country. Major Gen. Butler was seen
by q reporter for The News and
Courier, and some very interesting in
formation concerning Cuba, tho Gu
oans and the work OF che commission
was secured. Gen. Butler Ia looking
the picture OF good health, and In his
nnliorm as major general of the
United States army presented an Zeal
appearance OF the sturdy soldier he
| has demonstrated himself to be In the
past. His iron gray mustache and
nair, his splendid features, quick eye
ana easy carriage made him easily the
most distiag ulshed looking member Of
the party. Tho varied experience of
q IN. Butler and his excellent conver-
sational powers combined to make his
talk worry interesting.
Yes, we have finished our work, so
Tar rs further residence In Cuba is
necessary. We were ordered to report
70 Washington by the Secretary Of
| War, and are now going to that city.
Our report Is not actually finished, but
very nearly 80, and 1t will take but O
snort session or two In the Capital to
nave 1t ready to hand to the President.
VI course 1t is impossible to say just
"hat the report contains, as any infor-
nation IN 1T must be given to the
| puollc from the Executive office. I
can say, however,, that the evacuation
OF the island has been very satisfactory,
and no disorders OF any kind arose.
Ihe Spaniards accepted the situation
gracefully, and acted In accordance
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-19

health, che will have child with robust
body, an alert brain and vigorous health.
You cannot expect such a child from a
weak, sickly, nervous, Respondent woman,
who Is broken down by arrangements and
disease Of the distinctly feminine organs.
A woman in that condition Is almost sure
to have puny, sickly, peevish baby. Dr.
pierce's Favorite Prescription is the best
preparation for motherhood. It relieves
maternity Of it's dangers, and of almost all
Its pain. IT restorcs the delicate and I'M
pertant organs that bear the brunt of ma
ternity to perfect health and strength, and
assists the regular aild healthful perform
anca Of all the natural functions. 1t BAN
ishes the ailments Of the critical period,
and makes baby's debut easy and almost
painless. 1t insures the little newcomers
health. Thousands have testified to its
merits. Good medicine dealers sell 1t, and
no honest druggist will insult your intclli-
gence by urging upon you something else
as Just as good" The Just as good 7"
kind is dear at any price.
Mira. p. d. cnnninga Of NO. $40 Humphrey
Street. st. Louis, Mo. writas 81 am now the
happy mother Of fne. healthy baby 8iri.
feel that your Pavorite Prescription mas zone
me more good than anything have ever taken
! took three bottles OF the 'PresGription' ana
the consequences were was only In labor dorty;
Ave minutes with my first baby suffered
eighteen hours, and then he'd to lose him."
A 81. so home doctor book FREE. For a
paper.covered copy Of DR.. Pierce's Common
Sense Medical Adviser serd 81 one.cent
stamps to cover cost Of mailing only.
Cloth binding 10 cents extra. Address DR..
r. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-19
SpcrptorV Of Or;nnlf,ro Nly;,,o>> No.

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson said
recently: "TherO seems to bo cvery
reason why 1899 will be as good if not
a better year than was the last. II
looks as though we were bound to
swamp the world with our agricultural
productions, our meats, and by and by
our dairy products"
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-19

q II are. TO a
great extent the
II c a lth Of q
child depends
upon the health
of the mother,
both before and
after birth.
If, during the
period Of cx-
pectancy, the
mother enjoys
good Ell eral
orI local
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-19
THE STATE PENITENTIARY.
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS PROF
1T FOR THE YEAR.

Tho Institution In a FlOurishinl
Condition-Death Ratio OF Prisoners
Reduced and Number or Convict.
Increased.
The board of directors Of the State
penitcnliary have completed their re.
port, which embraces the annual state
ment Of the superintendent, Col. w.
A. Neal. The showing made is very
credltable. The institution will pay
into the State treasury $4,000 this
year, in addition to having q surplus Of
IS 900 with which to meet the cX-
pcnses of the first part of the year.
The report of The board is rs follows:
To His Exccllency, VIM. II. Ellcrbc,
Governor of South Carolina.
Sir The board of directors of the
South Carolina pcuitentiary beg to sub
nit this, their annual report for the
fiscal year beginning January 1st and
ending December 3lst, 1898, together
with the report of the superintendent,
clerk, captain of the guards, physician
and chaplain. We respectfully refer
you to the report of the clerk of the
PRISON aud secretary of the board for
detailed statement of receipts and dis
bursements, but III order TO eliminate
the necessity of your examination of
the many small transactions Of the in
stitutiOn and to arrive at the work
done, we submit tho following con-
dcnscd report:
Receipts $4,000 81
Disbursements e5.2O5 AZ
The record-union., 1899-08-31
Her Idol Shattered.

It's all a mistake to think that us
girls at the quick-lunch counters don't
have our romances same's folks in the
higher walks of life for while we may
look frozen-faced it amt nothin' but
a bluff, an down in our hearts we are
as susceptible to the tender passion as
any of the high-born DANES. Yes.
you're right; /, too, have known what
love IS ana felt it tell me that there
were other things in life than Brown
the Wheatsn and Draw one!' but as
Miss Libbey has so beautifully said in
Fair, but False the cup was not for
my lips
he came IN one day and ordered a
pan roast at 20 cents a throw. Now.
only the real thing eats pan roasts, and
L took notice of him right away. He
came in reg lar ev'ry noon, and l kind
er got to watching him. After he'd
been comm for some time we struck
up conversation, an he asked me how
liked Lost in London an I told him
L didn't Ike sensational plays, an that
real dramas like East Lynne was more
my style, an he said I was a girl of
considerable mind
i knew he loved me, for once I
only put four oysters in his pan roast.
stead of six, an he never noticed il.
AS for me, l own up to savin' the fat
test oysters for him an takin' special
pains with the roast. Things went on
for two months-I was in a dream
then came the cruel awakenin'.
''Beezie O'Brien came here to take
direction of the pies-uuite a promo
The record-union., 1899-08-31

tion for Beezie, for she'd been work
in down at Jones', an awful cheap
joint. That's Beezie over there with
red hair an freckles, but don't mention
freckles, cause she's. mortal sensitive
Well, me an Beezie was chinnin' when
in walked me pan-roast friend The
minute he set eyes on Beezie he turn
ed pale as death an shot out of the
door. All, / can see his face yet-de-
spair and agony wrote on it.
Then the truth came out Beezie
gave it away that he was a steady
customer at Jones' mornin an evenin',
where he took nothin' but coffee and
sinkers at cents throw, an that the
pan roast deal was nothin but a bluff
he chucked to try an win me affec-
tions. Yes; I've torn his image out of
me heart, but the scars still there.
"Ah, mel" wearily sighed the quick
lunch girl as she made out my check,
its mighty hard to find a real gent
nowadays. kansas City Independent
The record-union., 1899-08-31
LIQUID Air.

DR.. A. Campbell White of Columbia
University is preparing to announce the
results of series of remarkable exper-
lments which he has been making with
liquid air for the treatment of cancer.
eryslpelas, lupus, carbuncles and other
diseases, says the Philadelphia In
quirer'
He has actually cured a number of
severe cases of erysipelas, carbuncles
and boils in one or two treatments.
Neuralgia and sciatica he has treated
most successfully, in every case giving
almost instant and permanent relief.
An obstinate case of lupus-lupus is a
form Of tuberculosis affecting the skin
was perfectly cured after two treat
ments, although the patient had been
under ordinary medical attendance for
a long time, the disease resisting every
remedy.
But the most significant and import
ant feature of all DR.. Whites work has
been his experiments with cancer. He
has had a number of very severe cases.
In one of them, cancer of the nose the
sore had entirely disappeared and DR..
White believes the patient to be per
manently cured.
All the other cases show marked i'm
provement, although there has not been
time for the sores to heal entirely.
DR.. White refuses yet, with profess
sional conservatism, to assert positive
Iy that LIQUID air will invariably cure
cancer. but he says: II am hopeful as
to the ultimate results.
The record-union., 1899-08-31

crushing ''dawning republicanism IN
the Orient" be rendered Aguinaldo on
a silver service with a request that he
proceed to form any kind of a govern
ment he chooses, While the United
States turns tail and scampers out or
the country. That is the real pith and
meaning of the platform. 1t is its logic
in plain English and it was fore
shadowed by the priest who opened the
convention with a prayer that de-
nounced the war and called for deliv-
eranceof the poor Filipinos from brute
force" now employed against them. Ii
the Democracy of Ohio thinks for a mo-
ment that it can drag the entire party
into similar declaration, it will find
itself woefully mistaken.
The record-union., 1899-08-31
Mrs johnson
Saved from
insanity 10y
Mrs. Pfsskksazss

menced to have spells with my spine.
Every month / grew worse and at last
became so bad that | found I was
gradually losing my mind.
1.-THE doctors treated me for female
troubles, but l got no better. One
doctor told me that would be insane.
Twas advised by a friend to give Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a
trial, and before had taken all of the
first bottle my neighbors noticed the
change in me.
81 have now taken five bottles and
cannot find words sufficient to praise it.
advise every woman who is suffering
from any female weakness to give it a
fair trial. / thank you for your good
medicine. Mrs. GERTRUDE NJ. JOHN
SON, JoNEsBoRo, TEXAS.
The record-union., 1899-08-31

The improved method of securing
subscriptions in San Francisco to pro-
mote public affairs smacks a good deal
of the old Mexican system of collect
ing taxes and fines. 1t used to be re-
lated that in the sister republic if one
refused to pay the arbitrary sum levied
upon him as a tax, and which was gen
orally measured by the immediate
length of his purse, he was clapped into
Jail and when his breakfast arrived
to be paid over per dish before he could
taste food. If he resented the imposi-
tion he was given until dinner time to
reflect, when he found that the price
per dish had jumped up a hundred per
cent, and that it was simply case of
pay or starve. SO in the metropolis
of late collection committees, where
they have deemed the subscription of a
party to be less than the committees
believe he ought to make, he is black
listed and the intimation thrown out
that it will be bad for him If he does
not raise the figure. If the sum ad-
judged against him as a voluntary
offering is not forthcoming, his original
subscription is returned to him and a
sort of boycott or black-listing is start
ed against the victim. If this in great
wise differs from the stand and deliver
order of Dick Turpin and Claude Du-
vail, we are unfortunately unable to
perceive it.
The record-union., 1899-08-31
ExDans sion.

Why" thundered the opponent of
expansion, don't we tackle somebody
of our size?"
Fortunately, the Administration man
was something of a casuist.
That's just what we are doing!" re-
torted this person. warmly. ''Luzon is
as large as Ohio. and everybody knows
Ohio is the whole thing with us! Yes,
sir!"
AS for the other he was silenced, al
though perhaps not convinced-Detroit
Journal