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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-08

charm them so that they viii be wilt
ing TO let you sell them to any circus
agent VINO happens 10 be in the vi,
cinity? Your undoubted talents may
amuse a Sunday school class, but
they won't carry you far along the
Pike County Bear and Wildcat Theat-
rical Circuit, which il seems TO be
your intention to organize.
'Hiram looked quite hurt at my flow
of sarcasm.
(" It's no wild animal vaudeville en-
tertainment I'm going to get up, dea-
con- he says earnestly. My plan is
based on the understanding of wild
animal nature / acquired sitting around
in the woods on warm summer days
when prejudiced observers thought I
ought to be blowing. My muscles
weren't very busy then, 70 be sure,
but my intellect was working over
time.
/ was clean puzzled to see how
Hiram was going to catch either bears
or wildcats by means of ventTilOquism
or mimicry. After making me promise
not TO give his plan away, he unfolded
his scheme.
During these spring months what
are Pike county animals busiest abOut?
he asked.
Most of them are devoting their
energies to looking after promising
families Of cubs said l.
g TO be sure, deacon, 10 be sure
answered Hiram, with the air of a
man Who has gained an important
point IL an argument. Now take the
case with bears. viii an old bear, an
experienced bear, wander into any trap
devised for the catching alive of I'M
suspecting bruins? But if bear
fhfztgG re- ic in the rnn If will
blunder right ahead and so be trapped
and exchanged for good money for the
benefit of an intelligent, but Over-mOd-
est hunter
Even then / didn't see through
Hirdm's plan. I don't see, / argued.
how you are going to get your cubs.
Even the youngest and least suspic-
iOus of bear wives or mothers viii
look with doubt on your plan of start
ing 4 bear creche with her cubs. And
it's certain no wildcat is going to COM
nit her kittens to the tender mercies
of Hiram LamDsOn. Day schools and
nurseries are all right in their way.
but l don't believe you can ever make
them popular with Pike county Wild
cats.
d" Nonsense, deacon says Hiram i'm
patiently. It's not a training school
for teaching the bear cub or wildcat
kitten idea TO shoot that I'm after ]
mean to Oring my active intellect and
Justly famed powers of mimicTy into
play Down at the end of the Big
Gulch I will build pen with little
door to it. Then l will get up q tree and
initiate the crying of a bear cub in
distress. The call will seem to come
from the pen. Any mother bear that
hears it will hike for that pen, and
won't rest until she has explored the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-08

Yenient to stay at the end of that limb
Just then a big wildcat, evidently
a female, came Looping along. Mrs Bear
slid down from the tree, waddled over
to the wildcat, and man didn't need
to be an expert in wild animal nature
to see that an impromptu mothers con-
gress was in session. Mrs. Bear evil
IDENTIFY explained to Mrs. Wildcat the
manner in which Hiram was trying to
play on their affections Then the old
bear planted herself at the foot of the
tree and waited developments, while
the wildcat went up the tree with the
evident intention of having an argu-
ment with Hiram.
"tAnd it was plain Hiram was about
to collide with the real thing. The
branch he was on was plenty strong
enough for the wildcat, and she wasn't
wasting any time Hiram waited until
the wildcat was within a couple Of feet
Of him. Then he let out yell, slid off
his branch and came crashing to the
ground For fear he might be lonely
the wildcat come with him, leaping on
his shoulders. and doing her best with
her claws to keep him from getting
blase.
Mrs. Bear was waiting for the
couple, but, although 1 hadn't approved
of Hiram's scheme, l didn't want him
to furnish a meal for a justly enraged
mother bear. So I fired my gun
didn't hurt the bear, but she took
alarm and shufT1ed off in a reluctant
sort of way The wildcat gave Hiram
/ a couple OF parting digs, and ducked,
! too, leaving Hiram a Saddened and bat
! tered man. But was he ashamed OF
! his plan for betraying the affections OF
/ ccnfding bears and wildcats2 Not q
/ bit.
My plan was all right he snarled
/ between his groans, but who would
! have guessed l would run up against a
/ Pike County Bear and Wildcat Protect
/ i've association?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-08
GRAY GOOSE TALES.


II the duckltngs and gOsnnEs and
silly geese have got through their
suffering and cIacking. III begin my
story When I see how you go on all
day long I wonder II 1 was ever as
higkty and foolish as the most or you
In my young days no gushing or duck
ing under 4 rear old was permitted
TO state his or her ideas and put on
GlrS and 1 can't GET 1SEd 20 it.
! an as you Rn0ET. OELled Izt1Si<lISiy
GSnoer That Is hecESe ! I'm See
chest goose en- the Earn- IS ceEr IS
/ can rn1Re out m % reGrs Old. S1d
yc0 may guess -Snz1t Ike seen uHzEzy
changes IN that time. Bless yg0,. ior-t
xifn I came - 1fiss isisSce.. G-5S- e zSel-
lpur gcs6ng sl1d vs'eaSk ca NY RgS, c1la
GarurRr had only eng 0ifiIG, while NOV
lie. has three Sons end q dEugshHE .
have, seen Thanksgiving, Christmas
el-d Eew- Esar's e0-1e and go. ten
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sort of exultant like, and giving her
the benefits of civilization. When the
circus agent carts her off he will show
her what life in great cities is like.
Blamed if I don't feel as if 1 was the
old original White Mans Burden
Bearer And he swelled out his chest,
ike a man who has done all kinds of
a charitable deed.
Hiram sold the bear to the circus
agent for more money than he could
have earned in three months. The
next day he initiated the cry of a Wild
cat kitten in distreSsful circumstances
with the result that in less than an
hour he had q small, but active and in
dignant female wildcat in the pen. Hi
ram was the happiest man in Pike
county and began planning what he
would do with all the money he saw
coming.
You've made a good bundle now
I told him, and it's UP to you to cash
in and get out of the game. Animals
with the intelligence of Pike county
bears and wildcats won't be made the
victims of a perennial goldbrick game.
And I've noticed both bears and Wild
cats prowling around, as if they sus-
pected that pen of yours wasn't en-
tirely a charitable institution
But Hiram declared he wouldn't
stop while he was fairly coming
money. The next day he started after
bear. Sure enough, as soon as he gave
the bear cub cry, down from the hills
came a big bear. But instead Of go
ing into the pen, the bear kept nosfng
about as if she suspected something
was wrong. About a minute later she
sDied Hiram. You could fairly hear
her brains working, she was thinking
so hard Being an old and expert
enced bear it didn't take her long to
figure out that the bear cub cry had
come from Hiram Talk about an an
CRY bear. She started I'D the tree
with the air of d bear who was de-
termined to give at least one person a
lesson on the evil of triffiing with the
affections of respectable mother bears.
Hiram didn't wait for explanations,
but hunted for a higher limb. Pretty
soon he found one which would hol'
him. being a light man, but WASH :
strong enough for an extra sized al
cry bear. For a minute Hiram seemed
safe, though far from happy. The
bear was puzzled, but gave every in
dicatiOn of being willing to wait fol
Hiram, as long as he found II con
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offered good prices. but the boys.
knowing the difficulties Of the case,
didn't take much interest in his
scheme. So every one was surprised
when Hiram LampSOn, who has the
reputation of being the LATEST man in
the whole county, spoke up and al
lowed he would furnish the agent with
hears and Wildcats enough to meet the
demands Of any ten Circuses.
eel amt So foolish as I look said
Hiram. when ] demonstrated with him.
Who is the biggest ventrilOquist in this
county,
You are. ! responded.
And who is the best mimic? he
asked.
You are. Hiram Lampson.' I an
swered him. impatient like. And you
are the biggest fool. too. DO you pro-
pose to give an entertainment for the
benefit of Pike county bears and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-08
This Money Getting Age.

tChlCagO 7I1meS-HeTaIu-J
Things go in funny streaks in this
world. 1t seems TO be merely a question
of proportions all around"
'Hows that?"
Why here's a poet gets $3.50 for a
poem that he wrote in three hours. and
the people make more fuss about it and
seem to regard it as a vastly more Won
derful thing than the achievement CT q
pugilist who won a purse of $4,000 in
eight minutes and tWenty-One seconds.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-08

the farmyard the farmer, his wife ana
all the geese and ducks came running
to greet US. I was congratulated. tho
good looks of my wife were loudly
praised, and the farmer slapped his
big leg and laughed. and said to his
WIFE:
Il tell you, Mary, that's a smart
young gander! He's not only found al
mate, but he's added another goose to-
our flock, and do you see that they;
have a good supper and a good higE
share of the mud puddle"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-08
LAMPSON'S PLhN.
But the Pike County Beasts Would
Not Be Buncoed.
BY Z. J. WEBSTER.

THE intelligence Of Pike county ami
mails being famed all over the cOUn-
try" said Deacon TOdgers, emphati-
cally. mo one was surprised when the
agent for a big circus came Up here
early this spring trying to collect live
animals in general, but with a special
yearning for wildcats and bears. He
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inside Once inside. that bear viii stay
until she is exchanged for shekels for
the benefit Of Hiram Lampson- And
the same scheme will work all right
with the wildcats. Once let me get my
plan in working order and any famine
in the wild animal supply can promptly
be averted by applying TO your Uncle
Hiram"
Il was more than shocked at the
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The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-08-10

Cleveland, married William
Blanton, who died at the asa
of IS years. They raised e..
boys who were all confedera,s
soldiers. and two girls. tbraa
boys and one girl still liv;na
She died at her home Monday
morning, at the age Of 81 wears
and was buried at the boms
cemetery. She was a memhar
of the Baptist church for near
fifty years and died the death
of the righteous. The funeral
service was conducted by Rev.
c.. B. Justice.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-08-10

march was beautifully rendered
by Mrs. Annie NJ. Hoke.
The ceremony was performed
by Revs. DR.. Howerton and
Austin, of Charlotte, and was
beautiful and impressive. The
happy pairleft on the II o'clock
c.. & n. w. train for an extend
ed trip north. The bride is
one of Lincolnton's loveliest
girls, justly esteemed for her
lovely and amiable character,
her beauty and vivacity. She
is the daughter of Mrs. Joannah
Wilkie and the late L.. L. Will
kie, who was at the time of his
death and for many years pre-
vious, the treasurer Of his
county. The groom is secre-
tary treasurer of the Spencer
Mountain Cotton Mills, a finely
equipped and successful bust
ness man and an exceedingly
popular young gentleman.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-08-10
RUTHERFORD
Death of an Aged Lady Judge Allen
Places a Beautiful Monument Over
a Young Lady's Grave Large Ad-
dition to P oil Tax List.

Rutherfordton indicator, Aug. End.
Under the searching exami-
nation by registrars, and the
very great desire to vote one
more time. there is a large adj
dition to the poll tax list beside
a large number of discoveries
which the sheriff will look after
during the fall months.
Miss Lucy Tatem jenkins,
Of Granville, a most charming
young lady, a neice Of DR.. O.
Hicks, died while on a visit to
the doctor at his home here in
1876. When Judge Oliver H.
Allen held court here he Wis
tied the cemetery. and finding
the grave without headstone
or mark, he at once gaze an
order for a beautiful monu-
ment Of Tennessee marble.
which was placed at her grave
by Mr.. Payseur last week.
Mrs. Eliza Blanton, born in
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-08-10

nkE The celebrated Knox
Vile Bread, Sc per loaf to
regular customers at w. w.
McGalllard $. Remember.
every loaf guaranteed to weigh
one pound.
jul. 1O-4w.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-08-10

The Dixon Meeting Death Of M,
Homesley Safe in Shanghai New
Telephone Line,

Homesley- Safe in Shanghai New
Telephone Line.
Shelby Star, Aug. 1st.
Two mormon elders have been
working in Cleveland county
for several days. They have
been here before, but Cleveland
has not proven a very inviting
field for them. Our people are
too we'll grounded in the faith
Of their fathers.
A new telephone line is being
built from Lawndale via Polk
vile to baltimore and Moores.
boro, and this line will be ex-
tended to Boiling Springs. The
exchange will be located at
baltimore. The people along
the route will own and operate
the line for their own conven-
fence.
Mr.. S. E. Bostick, Of this
place, received a letter last
week from his daughter, Miss
Attic Bostick, who sailed from
the United States a few months
ago a missionary to China.
She arrived at Shanghai,
China, and was stopped there,
as it is not safe for mission
aries to 60 anywhere in the IN.
terror Of China at present.
Mrs. Nancy A. Homesleydied
one night last week at her home
in Charlotte, after an illness Of
Sc veral weeks. Deceased was
a member of the Methodist
church and a good woman.
She was a native Of Cherry
Vile, 60 years Of age and leaves
two daughters, who reside III
Charlotte, and one son, W..
HONESTLY, of Stanley Creek
She was we'll known to the Older
people Of this section.
Rev. A. C. Dixon, Of New
York, preached several mas
terly sermons in the grea'
Tabernacle in Shelby last week
beginning on Thursday nlgl'
and closing on Sunday nlghl.
The crowd increased with ever!
service and Sunday the buIld.
ing was almost overtlowlns
with a great throLg from town
and county. The sermons wee
strong gospel messages. IN ths
main, and were listened =
with great pleasure by the al.
miring friends of the grea.
divine. Some of his uttrrance,,
were rather strained, all
seemingly ont of place, notao'
, his reference to the negro lt"
in the Sunday mornings sermon
but aside from these Il Wa .
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-08-10
CATAWBA.

Safe Crackers Make . Raid on the
Depot-Raids on Dining Rooms and
Pantries "A White Supremacy Rad
dish-Other News.
Newton Enterprise, Aug. 3rd.
There are about Is guests at
Catawba Springs.
Cotton and up land corn are
looking as we'll as we ever saw
these crops look in Catawba.
Rock Springs campmeeting
will begin on Thursday Of next
week and continue over Sun
day. A good many Newton
people will attend.
Mr.. Lawrence Hudson came
in the office the other morning
with a raddish over two feet
long and about a foot in cir
conference. He had a flag
sticking in the top and said it
was a white supremacy rad
dish.
For about ten days past,
raids have been made on din
ing rooms and pantries in
Newton almost nightly. Sun
day night a visit was paid the
houses Of Mr.. Bacon and Mr..
Lee Setter. At Mr.. Bacon's
they cleaned out the pantry and
went to the hall and got three
pairs Of pants, $500 in money
and a watermelon. They de-
liberately ate the watermelon
on the spot and left the rines
in the hall.
Safe crackers made a raid on
the Newton depot last Thurs
day night, but the safe proved
too big a problem for them
They blew the door en-
tering from the platform to the
private office off. They also
blew the door off the safe con
tanning the money, and made
several attempts to make al
entrance into the inner com
partment, but failed. The SAT,
was pretty badly wrecked, bu
it held fast to it's contents.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-08-10
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS
AS Told by the Papers in
the Neighboring
Counties.
LINCOLN.
Beautiful Church Wedding A Demo
cratic Victory Caught on the Shaft
ing-Love Came Out Winner.

cratic Victory Caught on the Shaft
ing Love Came Out Winner.
Lincolnton Journal, Aug. 3rd.
DR.. w. l.. Grouse, one Of
Lincoln county's best known
and most popular citizens, died
at his home here at l o'clock
this morning after an illness Of
several months.
At the Henry commencement
sometime ago. George Wise, a
son of Alb. Wise, and two sons
Of Dan Wise had a fight over
the attentions Of the former to
Miss Minnie Wise, a sister Of
the latter. But the fight didn't
stop the courtshil and last
Sunday the lovers met at
preaching at Bethel church and
slipped away to Morganton,
where tney were married Mon
day morning.
Lon Robinson, an employee
at MOTIFS furniture factory,
had a close squeak for his life
Friday. He was running a
planer and reached his foot
over across the shaft to press
down a weight. A setscrew on
the shaft caught his trousers
leg and jerked him down.
Before the machinery could be
stopped his clothes we're torn
from him and he was badly
scratched and bruised, but not
seriously hurt. The fact that
be had on light summer clothes
saved his life.
The election in this county
passed off quietly. After such
a whirlwind Of a campaign as
that waged all over the county
for a month before the event,
the quietude which marked
election day was remarkable.
Every precinct in the county
has been heard from and 1T is
known that every Democratic
candidate has been elected by
majorities ranging from 12j
for Cline for sheriff, to LIS 70,
Reinhardt for representative
The official returns will in
crease these figures somewhat
The majority for the State
ticket is about the same as tina
for the county ticket. The
majority in favor Of the con
stitutional amendment is abou
100.
One of the prettiest marri
ages ever witnessed here wa
that Of Mr.. j. Laban Lineherg
err, of Spencer Mountain, t
Miss Katherine Wilkie, of thi
place, which occurred Wednes
day morning, July %, at 9:3
o'clock. The marriage too,
place in the Baptist churc.
uhinh bod haan olahoratol,
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-08-10
MCDOWELL.
Death Of Mr.. George ]. Tate-The
Marion Telephone Co. Rapidly In
creasing Its Field of Service.

MARION Telephone 20. Aap1U1y III.
creasing Its Field of Service.
Marion Democrat, Aug. 3rd.
The Marion Telephone Com
pany under it's new managers,
Messrs. Dorsey and Hampton,
is rapidly increasing it's field
Of service. There are now
about 80 phones in place and
and orders for 5 more. The
service is being improved and
the demands Of the public are
being met in a satisfactory
manner 1t is expected that
Marion will be connected by
phone east, west north and
south within the year.
George j. Tate, a highly re-
spectedresident of Marion, died
at the residence Of his sOn-in-
law Rev. John Greenlee last
Friday morning. Though he
had not enjoyed robust health
for some time, he was severely
i'll only a few hours before his
death. Deceased was born at
Wisbech, Cambridgeshire,
England, in 1882 and was not
quite 6S years old. He came
to America several years ago
and has resided here almost
continuously ever since. His
wife and one daughter, Mrs.
John Greenlee, survive him.
The funeral services were held
on Saturday afternoon and the
Rev. c. j. Wingate, rector OF
the Episcopal church, had
charge. Interment was made
in the Marion cemetery.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-08-10

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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-21
EVERY PLANK Is SOUND.

The platform adopted by the Demo
Gratis in the Congressional convention
of the Sixth Congressional district
hasn't weak plank in it. 1t begins
with rejoicing over the passage of the
constitutional amendment and ends
with approval of the Kansas City
platform and 'our matchless leaders,
Bryan and Stevenson. Thanks are
extended to those Populists and Re-
publicans who helped to pass the
amendment. Mr.. Bellamy's course in
Congress is approved, and the con-
test is declared to have been wholly
unwarranted in law and morals" 1t
1t then declares:
I'VE believe that the political in
dependence of the white man in North
Carolina can be realized by the sub
mission of all political differences to
a white primary system and we urge
the Democratic executive committee
of the State and the members of the
next General Assembly to have the
plank in the Safe platform declaring
for legalized primary enacted into
law. q s@ANSA
we denounce the plank in the ma
tional Republican platform condemn
ing as revolutionary the constitutional
amendments, ETC., in the South, which
is aimed at eliminating the negro
from politics.
I'VE denounce Mr. Mckinley, the
Republican President, for appointing
negroes to office of trust in North
Carolina, and we hereby appeal to all
white men in North Carolina to vote
against party winch condemns our
constitutional amendment'>
The Mckinley organs will have a
fit when they read this denunciation
of Mckinley for "appointing negroes
to offices of trust in North Carolina"
But true blue Democrats everywhere
will nnHnrcn
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-21
WORKING FOR M'K1NLEY.

Outside of the Democratic boilers.
who are working for Mckinley OIL the
sly, the Republicans are not idle. The
Spirit of the South, which was for
merly the leading Republican paper
of the Sixth Congressional district
has been revived in Raleigh by w. r.
Terry, who was formerly a Republi-
can official in Richmond county in the
days when the Longs and Dockerys
had that couny in a sling. Some
time ago Terry moved to Raleigh
and in July devoted himself to getting
the negroes to register in order to vote
for the amendment. Before he began
that work, few negroes had registered
in this city. He got hundreds Of
them to register. What next? Terry
has re-established the Spirit of the
South to advocate Mckinley and
Roosevelt. incidentally he will put in
his time registering the negroes so
they can vote for Mckinley. The
leading editorial in the Spirit of the
South this week says:
''Many Democrats have expressed
to us their intention to vote for the
reelection of President Mckinley,
and if every Republican will do his
duty we can carry the State. We cam
not only carry the State for McKin-
ley, but we can elect several Congress
men. The Spirit of the South will do
its duty; will you do youds?"
Democrats: Do you now see the ne
cessity of preserving intact the splen-
did army of Democracy that won in
the August election? The Republi-
cans will be active.