7 watchman ■ per cent a ore t ti0d than any r ' "„„.-.■ published ory and is re the best ad ** . ! ma .,., ; :^ l .^,,,,.,, w , bb the watchman is the organ of the fanners alliance in gth and 7th congres sional districts advertisers niuko a note of this ol xxiii third series salisbury n c thursday june 30 181)2 no 35 for infants and children lthat cantoha cores icobc coostipftiion option g ssftfsdtssol • '•• d ion c l 3rocklyn n y without injurious medlcatiod " . , •„ rnmh-p—ai and tor several years i have recommended .":.?■ vr : j-o.jr-castr.ria and shall always th.ueto v ;,, invariably produced beneficial '" "^ fewi.t.auan.x.n caki r t mpm yginthrop ui5th street and 7th ave sk kewtorkcit the contact compact 77 monbax street new york word f rices : . i tzll the tale with n small nfl .;,.,!. in en h 1 the i:u y foreign countries tllo suits wc arc scl , s ir are well known jj n g tllls wcck tit 10 ; m fl 1 " i!i thei x take the lead of any 1 bring my sirticles j , | ; , ... them r my thing cvct placgu on ■" il " r these - sale fur the price they ,• ii i and man , . . i if umd its arc inane u every style -. ..., ri . — cassimeres flannels ; referei i sei'gcs woi'st-clls sllits • that are well cut and elegantly trimmed suits i ; i that will wear well arc i an be - ; in has yours fur a s 1 0 bill i • • smfll il il - !: - ' k : s that would boa :. ii - when ivhvi bargain at k»j or o i more l»pconie themr.rvel | u t jr order to clcail i ; ! mini a ll iif r i ; f , 11 1 1 1 i . i -,, ,,. ; „,, out odds and enas and 1 1 ( ■ 1 1 1 1 >. i • ( ) : 1 1 oil w 1 1 1 1 s 1 1 i<i r i s i n y j .' wofou-siiiiih piiu broken sizes we oiler rz'lr io.oo \ ll : i!l!!m ' c ; in ij : our line of 100 i • . send a ]• t:il c ird ■ ' f.asi.1 y them before j 5 00 7.50 12 50 ail(l : 15.00 suits are the best i1ayd k - cheapest and nobbiest 03 fulton st - n - y - suits we ever sold at inv1 "" these prices makes of it n i « , . first class material and uu11u 11100 i aoiiailglj are 25 per cent cheaper ii and 13 commerce st than can he bought j n folk va elsewhere we are go byalliaiiceraen > n s t0 cllt prfces rfgllt and left until every suit cotton a specialty j s sq \^ havc a full . h " ; i " i p ar - line of summer coats ■ j j rogers mgr | and vests — alpaca i seersucker mohair c notice full line of trunks lti traveling bags satch blc for any tlcbt contract p|q off i she may make nor for iiny j v^cvy g -• al - hall - m s brown iatesville marble works is the place to gat monuments tombstones c of vermont marble to arrive in a few days we guarantee \ respect and positively will not l)e undei-sold granite monuments of all kiofic j specialty 1 c b webb & co rbopiuetob mention the watchman when you write j0 1859 the 1g92 jr georgia home insurance go jf :■ g m j ehodis be0wke wm 0 c0aet w total assets ove7 1,000,000 \^^-- :^*>^' x--a^l$iflf a kcme ccd;paiiy serkin home patronage j 323 w lr s i j f t t ji r jj s « c j r f ekks at lowest t&$kf - adequate i ales losses adjusted j allen brown agt in memo rum ":■• i"i l i folk a noble mnn la missing frdm the flfont ifank in | the fight : a veil )■> li'tishcd frhidi nevi r apokc except far truth :••"! right j j hi valiant fotfifl no more shall lead our forces to the ira j flia forcefnl race in blumber sleeps our clih'f llfts p.18scd v:1v ] yet while we mourn us mortal must for him we loved !'> greet we'll face the work he left to do nnd trust i in to meet lie lives though lost to mnrtsil's sight he acts though no ; t we see i lie still hiajnres tht gathering hosts he helps td make man free t ; !<'!: doubt not v who loved him here the purpose from on high such souls iia his immortal arc they wero not born to die flia name our shibboleth shall be his eeal our roodel ftra nd among the nation's honored dead his tomb shall over stand j and on the shaft which marks the spot cf hi.s last earthly sleep we'll carve these words he sowed the seed that freedom men might reap dr a s jloughton the siamese twins xotv stories of he most famous twins that ever lived — their homes ami their families th recent death near mount airy n c of mrs sallie bunker window of eng bunker one of the world-re no wed siamese twins recalls to min 1 much or the doiue.^tic history of thesj gentlemen and their families compara tively little of which has ever fount its way into print which now conies direct from one who lived in the neigh borhood of i heir homes in the old stale and who was a personal friend oi the twins from their youth up chang and e ig were born in 1811 i in the lowlands of sum 1 , of humble parentage and at an early age lost their father as soon as they were old enough to be of u-e to their widower mother she put them to the light work j of tending a large flock of clucks which they used to carry out every morning in a boat to a neigh boi ing marsh where the wild rice was plentiful there they remained all day and night and attiie blowing of a horn the ducks would waddle back to the boat crawl aboard and then 1 he twins would paddle them u'inie when use boys were probably 1j or 13 years of age an liuglish trav eller named hunker happened that way i d after viewing them with am v - itit r a stipulated consideration with thtir hdier obtained posjessi-'n of hi in l-aving the east ilfu 1 : 1 . rl bunker for several years txh>-if°fi t 1 twins i't every paru>fthe known > •'«.'. treating them wiih kindi:ssd nu making money by them wherever he went until in 1s32 he had amassed a fortune and the twins being by this time of age lie considerately gave them their freedom with permission t > adopt his name and with enough ready cash to start them comfortably in life this happened in raleigh north carolina and the young men though they loved their protector well loved freedom bet ter s with a friendiy parting on both sides they started out to make their way alone and yet together while in raleigh they heard some talk regard ing the excellent hunting to be found in the mountainous part of the state and wishing for a little recreation they journeyed to the piedmont section where they finally lookup their resi dence at the house of a well-to-do far mer named yates living in the county of wilkes situated at the foot of the blue ridge mountains and seventy-five miles west of greensboro farmer yates was fond of the chase living in good old fashioned style with plenty of negroes and dogs rais ing supplies of all kinds and surrounded by a large family he took lifeeasyand made it pleasant for the twins who boarded with him for a considerable time \\ hile there eng bunker he came greatly attached to miss sallie yates and chang lost his heart to mis adelaide some time between 1835 and 1840 a double marriage took place at the residence of father-in-law yates and the twins commenced their married life on a farm which was in easy reach of their wives old homestead here they lived happily farming part of the time and at intervals going on the road with barnuni and others returning occasionally to their families and tire side with well-filled pockets but the farm on which they lived did not suit the twins po they purchased about 2,000 acres in the adjoining county of surry within three miles of the then little village or mount airy now the terminus of the cape fear & yadkin valley railroad on this estate they erected a large comfortable farm house with all necessary outbuildings and made many improvements be ing of a cheerful kindly disposition their lives passed smoothly for many years while several children were born to each wife some or the children were neany grown when one day from some cause or other a squabble ensued in which i he mothers took part and subsequently chang and eng being men of spirit and courage drew knives and were ab-.-ut to attack each other when the wives seeing the danger begged them todesist the twins ceased struggling but de cided that they would then and there be separated and at once sent to bit ] airy for their family physician dr j llolliug.sworth a man with quite a lo cal reputation as a skillful surgeon lie arrived with his instruments and ! after bv'irjg told what a8 wanted re marked very well just get upon that table and i will fix you but which would you prefer that [ should sever the flesh 1 that connects you or cut off your heads i one will produce just about the sosje result as the other 11 this brought the twins to their sen ses for they kfiew vevy well that the great surgeon in l>inlon paris and i new york h:ul decided that it wouid ■ be death to separate them in a perplexity of mind how to guard | ngai list future warfare in the house ; hold the twins called in dr uollins worth and messrs gilmorand lvawls»y of m(;utit airv a arbitrators these i gentlemen after revolving the problem ill their minds drew !,•;> a legal contract whose principal provisions were that lout of the money owned by the twins ia similar mansion and like outbuild ings as those which they then owned shuld be built on the large estate about one mile from the existing homestead that the land should be equally divided between the brothers by a competent surveyor that no transaction of a bus iness nature should take place on these farms b tween the two brothers that the family of chang should live in one house while that of en<r should live in the other and while the wives occa sionally visited each othei it is worth noting thatfor many yvars the childn n did not interchange vi>its though they i met at church or in the village it 1 was also agreed that eug should three days ami three nights with his folks and that chang who of course could not help being present should during that time remain passive and not in and way interfere with the af fairs of eng ilien o:;<-jg should spend three days and niglrsat his own house eng being during that time as mind ful of attending strictly to his own bus iness an i on that of his brother as chang h.i i been these provisions v re accepted and religiouslv observed by the brothers until death they alter unling every three days in their visits to their family indeed so particular were they in not having business trans actions with each other that if tor in stance eng liei dcil emu fur his cattle and chang had il for sale eug never once hinted at buying of his brother a'.ii again as soihe 1 . u'les«lia])]-eut'd it one brother rt-ceiwd an invilatinii to dinner or tea the other woild of course go but upon leaving would remark to the host will pay my visit to vouat some future firm 1 ." allusion has been made to the cheer ful disposition of the twins they were lively and vury fond f a joke ( -■ nd several might be relate 1 did sj>rice j v mi two will suffice on one oc casion i . " driving through t in neig borhood in i *». . g.7 they wera throvn out resulting in otj bad'y bruised while the other esc ipsd i l -< .' cratch it then became necessary for tdb:"j..?*^d twin to remain iii bed for a week rmi 1 , of course his brother had to do like wise explaining to a friend who c ill ■■ 1 to see them that he stayed thereto look after his brother and keep off the hies the oilier joke occurred an a trip they mule from greensboro to it tleigh before starting eng purchased one ticket hey then boarded the train and after a while the conductor came around for tickets eng handed his up b it chang with a merry twinkle n hiseyo remarked 1 have no ticket and i have no money 1 then when the conductor threatened to put him off eng interposed and told him it could not be done as he lug had given up his ticket at this the passengers raised such a laugh that i he conductor concluded to pa-s chang who : e pas age was however soon after properly paid for in all dealings they were strictly honorable s i far as can be learned their lives at their homes were irreproachable ; they were virtu ous temperate scrupulously honest sociable and while never having pro fessed religion they often attended church their manners and dress wen those of gentlemen though their edu cation had been gained almost entirely by travel they were naturalized citi zens aud regularly voted the demo cratic ticket when the war ended it found them with forty or fifty slaves and though these of course were liberated they had hidden supplies of gold which car ried them comfortably this tact was well known and after stoneman's raid through that section the twins were one day surprised by a camp follower who forced himself up into theirgold upon an immediate refusal he threat ened to shoot whereupon they both rose from the chairs on which they were seated and txclainied p — you shoot f and then hustled the fel low out during their travels fhe twins accu mulated much money and in their ab sence from home their wives managed their property in an excellent manner several children were born to each wife and all these received a first c!a--s educa tion and were bruught up sis members of the church principally of the baptist denomination all the children save one deaf and dumb daughter were healthy and strong h ive in trfi<d and are counted as some of the best citizens of that section of the state aud inher ited about 200,000 left by their fa i there the last scence in the history of the twins was as sad as it was remarkable and without precedent while with baruuiii in 1 chang hadsuffer d from a slight stroke of paralysis but i after medical treatment and rest had apparentlv recovered f.nd christmas i was merrily spent at home about the j 15th or 16th of janoary 1886 the ' twins were over at enga ho»:se and . niti-r r comfortable supper followed | by their usual pipe they retired in seeming l-ood health early the next morning eng woke up and calling to i his wife asked ikt to ascertain whnl ailed chanjf as he could not awaken ihin mrs sallie bunker very soon discovering that chang was no more despatched a boy on horseback to the village some three miles distant for dr hollingsworth aftertly?messen \ j ger had one eng complained of fe rling '< | numb and cold in his extremities and j 1 his family did all they could to restore j the circulation 11 rapidlv grew ' colder,and within an hour after awaken ing and before the doctor arrived he-und i joined his brother on the other shore j — richmond dispatch **— mil warner decides he was solicited an'l had about de cided to ran but changed his iii>d , correspondence o tne watcnman sandsrsville x c about ry^ry two years something comes along and strikes ns americana in the stomach as hard as n mule can kick nnd leaves us all doubled up it is fd'owe.l by a choking smothering sens-ition that is anything but pleas lant it mrtkes me feel like 1 did jusf ' after i took my first smoke this peculiar thing is the desire to p;o to congress or to the legislature or anywhere we have no business going during the past few months i have bten troubled with this thing burap | ■ n c up against me every day or two i h id made up my mind to run i i didn t expect t do the country much j ! io:>il but i thought mr iluiider.s-jn i was getting tired drawing his salary j snid thought perhaps 1 might as well . go up an i see the horse races and , ehasm the united states treasurer aro!iud the first of each month with a biil f'»r 418 and hear his k'x^\i for ' not paying me promptly four hun dred and eigiite a ii dollars a month is pretty good pav foi 1 the services of m ii who couldn't earn 75 cents aday in any other business don't you think it is well i told some of my friends and they told some oi their friend i ex i p»ct son oj them said something ut jhi asylum being the best place for such a i but they didn't lot mo i'-ar it i went to town first and , talked wiih uoi jones hfi said jake i w.ut in see you prosper and 1 am willing to work for you how do you stand on fhe silver question v oii i'm with the people said i th t is a question that i have studied and i will make the halls of congress 1.,'nible when i get there that is alir't'i.v said col jones you can tell the jj ie ha f , but you must not go to wasliin^tou expecting to pass the free coinage dill why if thai were pa sed you couldn't j:ev^i fc^pe to get any more democratic pre?ideuis : that was a stunher for me 1 must tell the people on the stump that i was for free coinage but when i get to washington i must play mum next man i met was a cotton mill man ho wanted to know how i stood on the tariff i told him 1 woum knock the mckinley bill four thousand miles the first week hush said my friend you must r o ! w on that it is well enough to abuse the i iriff on the stump of course we have a t iriif reform plank in the platform but it wont do to go to washington expecting to make any changes vve manufacturers can't vote for you if you really mean to kick up a row on that quest-it n well 1 said i there's self interest in ! your policy but i cannot fford to wear one face before 1 go to washing ton and another after i get i expect to make my hardest fight for financial reform though and that won't hurt stop said my friend you can men tion financial reform on the stump but it won't do in washington the j bankers stand by us on the tariff quo j tion and we must stand by them on financial matters mr editor then and there i resolved that i wouldn't be a candidate it takes a bigger liar a bigger rascal and j a bigger fool thun 1 ever exp et to be to go to congress 1 will o vvest and fight ndians or become a b ok agent anything rather than allow my name to be taken in vain by either of the influential political parties new afloat i am going to live a moral and upright life hereafter if you see ! anybody wanting to buy a first-class congressional aspiration as good as new send them to sandersville it my -•;■: e;i-e yours for peace jac ■:: warner tren^tli and hsalth if you are not feeling strong aud heal thy try electric bitters if la grippe j has left you weak and weary use elec > trie bitters this remedv acts directly on liver stomach and kidneys gently aiding those organs td perform their functions if yxm are afflicted with sick headache you will find speedy and per raanent relief by taking el ctric bitters < ne bottle will convince you that this is the remedy you need large bottles o at kluttz co.'s daig store children cr for pitcher's castor till 1*latfou:ii of tlic ciiicrt-ro convention as ozlelillj reported section 1 the representatives of ihe democratic party of the united states in nation d convention i bled re-affirm tbeir llegian e to the priuci nlated iiv jefferson and ex ■-..; ;'' : 1 l»y a long illustrious line of hi ancestors of dein frnm mndis in tn cleveland we '; • welfare demands that these principels be applied to the conduct of the fed eral government through aceessii power of hi ; parly th it votes them and we solemnly do are th-il the n 1 ota return to these fundamental prin ciples if free pulur government ! based on home rule and in vw'-a uil lib eviy wns never more urgent than now when the tendency to centralize all money power at the federal capital has j become a menace to the reserved rights , of the states that striker at the very roots of o'jr government nn 1 nnder the conscifcption as framed l>y the fath faj • rs or the republic sec 2 we warn the people of onr coramon i nntry jealous for th ■ ; . - prvation of their free m^titntions tl at the policy of ? he federal control of elections to which the republican party has committed ilself is fraught wi'l j ihe gravest danger scarcely !--> .. inent«»us thsui would result from a revolution pmcticilly establishing monarchy on the ruin of the republic it sfrikes at the north as . well as the south and injures the colored citizen even more than the white it means a horde of 1 puty narshals at every polling place armed with federal power retuniing boards appointed tnd ; controllei.1 l>y federal authority the outrage of the . :-:_ r iii of the ■ iu the several states the subju i of the colored people to the c n trol of the party in power and th viving of nice antagonisms now hap pily abated of the utmost e;ii t > i safety and happiness of all a me deliberately and justly defined by a rv republiean senator as the most infa mous bill thai ever crossed the ll uo!(i of the senate 1 ■ : ch n p y if sanctioned i'v law would mean the dominance »»£ a self perpetuating oligarchy of office hold ers and the parly first entnts'el with its machinery could be dislodged frora power only by an appeal t>f th served right of the fieople to resist '■>!> pression which is inherent in all self government communities two years ago 1 1 m revolutionary policy was em phatically condemned by the people at the polls but in contempt of that ver dict tii republican party has defiantly declared in its litest authprative utter ance that its success in the coming elections will mean tho enactment of the force bill and the usurpation of despotic control over elections in all states believing that the preserva tion of republican government in tin united states is dependent upon the defeat of this policy of legalized force and fraud we invite the assistance of i all citiz ns who desire to see the con stitution in iutained in its integrity arifch f he laws pursuant thereto which have giyvu oar conn try a hundred years of un xampitd pro«perh a-h we pledg the democratic party if it be entrusted with power not only the • of the force bill but al lentles » opposition to the republican . of profli : ■■■•■ exp nditure vvhicli in the short sp " ars has vquandered an i is suiplns and emn " i ing treasury after ■ lens of taxati the ir ' . i'ertaxed i £ the , con r ;. 3 we denounce n . fr ii i a robbery oi tl e greal majority of the american eople i i e iwm-lit ■ i the few wi . it to lie a fiyid tmental principle of the democratic party th.it the federal gov lent has no constitutional power to impose and collect tariff duties ex cept lor the purposes of revenue only and we demand that the collection of such taxes shall be limited to the ne cessities of the government when hon estly and c momically administered ve denounce the mckinley i law e " as the culminating i class - fion '■•'■■ ■■ ■ ..'■ ■-' ■ the i ff.»rts l>v the d i ci ats til ; he j congress to ni dify its m -' sive fe.itures in the i of i m i i ■ he ij er in . !:;;»■ i mh1s than enter lit si nptiofl and ive uop se its re one of f f tin tiun of the people en trusl iii'4 j « i ■.'.•>!' t the dem i irly si i kiulfy tariff ■ into operation tltfre bave been ten re ductions of wa«:es if iai oring rien to - •. we deny that i i . count • ' ■ " ■ " eration and we ■ oint to th ssp fhe w ge reducl - an i strikes in the iron trade jus i iden • i from the v ■ vve call the attention of t ; mer ■ for thirty , ; .. - taxati ■!! aj^iinsl :;... tions of foreign pi tduct in exchange tor our . . ituml pn d ' - homes and m •' ' have . a real i hun dred milli mil . : all :'...: e in i f ;:..<; i tiiitural states of the west there appears a real rsratu il 1 ivl averaging 103 per capita i*d that similar conditions arq in tl-tr agricultural i'ng states we deitotftiee a ]*>!-. , ; ■■. which fosters flo industry so ' w wev iit ange on lli b -• i f r „••• i . i!t icminti ipating in a tinie-hon • cr-'il docti <! mocraii ■ fahh but w li h the sli m reeiprocil v the l-"s j.'sire i_:'i markets i freerex liliiil to establish trad • articles of 1 pxp •; ' . - \>- a^rervlti | rai wl ii ho ise hw rier of prohibitive tariff taxes a^:iin . es of t!i world when tln'v stand read to take our en ; tire surplus of products and toexchaug • there for cominodies which ore neces sary aiid are comforts of lifta umoug 1 oiir own people see 5 we recognize in tn:s{a ami nations which are designed by c:ipta to secure more than bfooir jn>t share of the joint pnidact f npitul and labor — u natural consequents of taxes which prevent the n which i the life of i trade i-;it we micro iheif evils can hv abated by law and r.:;l the ri^lit enforcement of laws made to prevent an 1 control then - ich further legislation in restraint of their abuses as eyju'ii show to be necessary s c 6 rh republican psirly whila professing a poliry of trserviu lb public uiikls for small holdings by nc tual settlers has ffives away tli 1 pe ple's heritage until now a few milroada and in - •,; alk ns individual an«t .. la^gcc nrci t!<-m f all our trtrins bet^vwn the tw»i -'• ;-■. i i c last demoi r.iti ■ ; t irainistra tion reve sed ihe improvi li nt and nn wise policy of the republican party inching the public domain ami n1 edfrom corporations and syndi cates alien ile.l and ilnm i nd re stored to the people ■!> ilv one liua drcd million acre3-oc saluable land t ! as \\ tniestcads for oar citiz m ;'■•■«] v.t pletlged ounselvea t«i continue this policy until every acre of land so unlawfully held shall be re claimed and reston^l to the people sec 7 we denounce tin republt i ion kn wn a ; i h • sherman ! i 81)0 as a cowardly makeshift t with pi wsibi liliis of danger in the future which should make all its supporters : i well as its n«>llior anx ious for its speedy repeal wo inim t the use of lioih and silver uiil oui discrimination a^ai eithea nirtal or charge for mintage hut i dollar unit of cuinage of lx>tii metals must !)•! ei|u;il intrinsic and exchangeable valua or to bf adjusted by internaiioiyi agreement or l»y such sateguarda •)!' legislation as siiali insure the maiii tenance of the parity of tin 1 two an i : als an i the equal power of any dollar at all times in the market and in tho payment of debt u d we demand that all paper currency shall o kppt at par with gold aii'l ivdi^-m ible in such coin w i insist npon this p licy as espi cially necessary for the protection of the farmers and laboring classes the first and most defenceless victims of anata iirrency - . 8 we recommend that the pro i per cent tax on state r | ■■ i i bee '. ; . public otce is a public we re-affirm the declaration of iratic national convention f r the reform of civil service ■ g call for the . orcement of all laws regarding the same the • < of a president as in the ilicnn convention by delegates . _• ly of his ap|«ointee9 hce at his pleasure is n scan rlah us on fn •• popular institn - ind a startling illustration of the which a president may grat ify his ambition we denoum e a pol icy under which federal office holders usurp control of party conventions in the states and we pledge tho d mo crafic party in the reform of those and all other n uses which threaten indi rty an 1 local self-eovern . ■ i th lie | arty is the : luw ever given the latent coiujh-ii iig respect i i and insj ir sdence at home w eutitiigliug al itivatc • ualion.s . neighbor on nent whose destiny ■ u and we , . .\ . > lo a pol v of irril t and bl r which is i us with • i h niiili it ion or war we f nainl is of a nav _ . for a 1 purp -<•> of ua perly maintain iliguil v of the country abr - . i 1 this country has alwaj * ■■■ • ppres <• 1 from f\i i uid <•■.; nscience s,-tk : . the spirit i t he founders o • \ ei . meiit w ■■ r.'!iii<'iiiii i li u .<! by h itussian 4 eniuii nt ii'jkiii i's lutheran nul jewteh subjw i . . . i upon our national rest of j !! i • iii.il hum mil -'. bj ill just and prop . me i - miipt and !•<•.-» el j , • s u :■.:■■ •> i 1 ... 1 i mm 1