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ii (Ktettem 1 finxll Itatltum &ec0V&. RATES or ADVERTISING Cljatljam nrccrb. XI. A:. LONDON, EDITOR AND rnOPlUETOR. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly in Advaneo. One square, one insertioc. One square, two insertions One square, one month - 1.1 VOL. XXII. PITTSBOUO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. Cu THURSDAY. M,S V 17, 11)00. NO, 39. For larcer advertisements liberal con tracts will be made. IN SI 10 ill II Populist Leader Waxes That Doesn't Catch the Democrats. BUTLER'S GLARING INCONSISTENCY. He Tries (o Praw the Democrats Into a Joint Discussioi on an I; sue the Populst State Conientiun Pos f i cly Refused to Make. A u ithi-ri n; Rebuke. Chairman Simmons wrote n ;-!t.""i" fliiiiimaii Hutler y. st. : day M.at shows that H i' 1). jiioi-ials have r. in tention of letting tli R. pub. I. ; n Populist muihiiic (hntiee the is.tie of Uiis campaign. Tim issue is White Suprcmac ;; s. negro rule. The Republican 'know that niion this iss-.tc tl.cy can make no hcadwny because nine-tenths tf tin members of I li.-ir party hip negro s. They have therefore arranged w.ih the Populist leaders to tot aH the o.tiv paw to Hip chestnuts out of ill lire fur Until. In consideration i f Re publican support of senator Muthv. the I'opuil-t machine lies agroi.l to take the lead and try to get iiji a ho! fight httw.on white men, nnd thermy let the Republicans, restore m s o iuiie und then vote for ISutlcr fir t.i- Sir. Utc. 'I'd tho accomplishment ;l ihis secret fusion, liy which the Pnpuli-.is get liutler and the Republican -, negro rule, Rutlor add: -.,.,..; th.' iol lowing letter a day or two ago in Vr. Simmons. l)i iui;i r;t!ie ('In rm.'ii,: HaMth. N. C. April l'u. I'.i ;i. Hon. F. M. Simmons. Chairman of the Democratic .Slate Executive Cotnmu- tee, Kaleili. N (".: Sir: The candidates of the People .; 1'nrty for (iovcmnr. ami the candi dates for other State olfiecs. Mad til candidate of the epics I'aity for I'nitcil Staffs Senator, ibi-ir- a joint discussion with the riitl.tiihites of the Democratic party fir said positions respectively, in order that the vole;-; of the State, who i.iest. in next Au gust, cast thiir ballot 4 in approval or disapproval i f the propi si d Constitu tional Amend m, n,,. Election Law, and otlier issues in the State may hear the facts and arguments Cm. can be presented by Inn -i si.hs, and render, their verdict accordingly. If your' committee and the candidates of your party will agree to sn.-li joint di-'cus-sion, 1 will be nl.ui to confer Willi you at onco, with a jev to arranging a Series of nppvint mollis to begin in. me. fliatoly after the close of tin- list of appointments for voir candidates ai. really announi ed. extending to and including May Mb. r.ieo. Very respect ful iv. 1 Signed 1 ;, . It ION IJi'TI.KU. Chairman lVr,.!e ri Tarty Stale Incen tive I'omniitteo. In this letter .Mr. tho following replv: Haleich. N.V Hon. Marion Hutier. tinimons made April L'l, Hum. Chairman IV. Tile's l'arty Slat" ire ulive Ceinmit cp, ffe'isli. North Carolina: Sir: I received this morning yo u letter of tho I'mii in I., in wliiih'vmi Suggest a joint debate- betwien : lie candiihitcs of ihe i i.iuocralic pail for State offices, and the candidates of the People's Tarty for like pof... tions. The iiicsti,in to be presented 10 the people for their approval in A e an. and around which all other qti.-.-.tiim-t center, is the :.,!option i f the Co-.. ti tittional Amendir.eiit. The J'li.pie Tarty in iis late Stale (friivetitii i, while urging rtlij.-ctions to the tim-ii.i-mont, ih clarcd coin l i ning it, "w.- do not make it a party qu stiou.'' and expressly said that it must he. deter, mined by the judgment, and I'ons.-i-ence of eai h individual voter." 'a your letter you ask for a Joint ilcbv upon the ami iidnnt, thereby .Ic, closir.g u purpose 1.11 the p.irt of tii organization of your party 10 cotniuit your party to a poslticn which it ha. oxpresiy reftiseil to take in Its stafj lonvention. This attempt to raise an issue not ma le by your convention is manifestly the rn-ult of a secret un derstanding with the Republican par ty and in line with the action of yo:r party organization since lv.it. viliii.'i has been employed to foster schemes of co-operation with the Republic mi party and to prevent the indiviilu..! voter of the people's party from pi.--cipitatin;.; in the naming of candid. i"i or dictating it.i policy, it s a nutter of common knowledge in .o:ih Ca: 1 linu that there is a pel feet under standing between the lea bus and the Federal office-holding element of the Peoples party a. id the ltepuldii an party, and in pursuance of this under standing they have secured the nonii nation of a State ticket and asked for ! a Joint debate in order to divide end I divert the attention of the white p.o- ' pie while t ti ii' Ri publican allies engaged in their scheme of attempt Ing to again fasten neg.o rule 0:1 t.ie State. Later on, by the-e same tac tics, the People's Party will uwlinht edly be led into fusion wit 11 th-' Re publican party upon the legislative, county and Congressional tickets in hII counties, and districts where it is thought that fusion will da any good towards the defeat of the ;iiaendi,ient and the perpetuation of negro suf frage in North Carolina. I'nder these clrcumtan -os it is .im possible to consider the .01 gaiii'.ition of the Peoples party as now constitute I and controlled in North Carolina. s having nu existence separate e.nd in dependent from that of the Republi- can party. Vntil the orgaiiiatioii of 1 the Peoples party in this Stale proves its right to be treated as a political entity, separate and distinct from ;h.! Republican party, by 11 fusing to fuse with that party upon State, county, legislative and Conuressi'.n.il candi dates, the Democratic pari- cnni.el consider your proposition C'oncernlnji t eiiigts'len toiiUm- Foxy and Sets a Trap ; cil in your letter as to a join' debate between you and the i;-nio iat!( can didates for the Kenat", you are in formed that the iJemoeratie p.nty has no inndivlati! for the Senate .'.id mat it does not propose to discus:; or con sider the Senatorial question until af ter the question of win t:er North Carolina is to lip governed by the white man or by the negro uas b' en settled in the August eld-thm. Prom that parumoai:t and all-abBorbiiig question the lietiuicratie party doe :iot propose to be ili .ertcd. either by Sen atorial foutist, sham tickets, or cun ningly (".c, isid schemes to play poli ths." Yours trulv. 1". M. SIMMONS Chairman licmocriiMi- State Kx. Colli. Thafii the way to treat decoy ducks! This is the Way If Works. Kite Journal ( Hepiiblican). "en;er:i voter lius hot Uio re- Tl;i ; ll!.:te.,t i!e 1 ,f ll.-tern e.:lldit ions. The if-tinir can not undeis and why there ' is such lutein-... haired of Republican ; i.-ui 111 the t and why the white ' ieo;i!e are al! 1 )"inocrats. In a iiun.iier of counties the negro vole outnumbers the while vote and in all Hie couiuied east of Raleigh and , nearly all ia-t of Ch.irlotte the negio ; i- iu Hie majority If the white vote di vide. It Is natural with the negr 1 or ' -ay (.'her race 1 f people to seel; oll'ic and its ( nioliinu uts. and if the white I people divide the negro at once t ikes jcliaigoof aifiiis. (!o back twenty eavs an ! lln re was ,1 large per cel.1. , of white ItcpuMleuns in all the Kast ;ftn counties. In some instance-: they ! oittnutnbi.icd tin. whiio Democrats, hut ! the ngr. out numbere 1 the whim Hi I publicans. 'I bis enabled the negro to , run conventions, control nominations 1 and by this means be was soon iu con trol of marly all Kastern counties ' w bile some g od white Republicans and s;:mo good negroes were put in of i lice, lad white men und the ignorant 1 negro were running party machinery : yd in the .-addle. Tills state of af I'airs s::oii drove the bulk of the white ' K publii ans into the Deniocratie party. ; 'I lu y ha I to g there for sclf-prescrva-tion. However much they disliked . 1 'eniocr.u y. tin y pn ferred it to ignor ant negro rule. I Now this state of affairs confronts ; us iu the Hast. In many of the coun t ic -. With hoinvt elections, that is. with a free negro ballot, he controls the rouniies and iu some Inst nices the .Iu . iliclal and Cuiigressional di.-tiicts. ainl : ia all of the counties he would control j if the white people divide, i The pegrij never fails to take nd- vantage of his opportunity: the am. present is .ro.;t or tins 1:101. , ... y KO 10 . iinun-.-.-, me nat- ueeii m'liu- tors, they go to the legislative halls, 1 nicy uoiu couiiiy nao iminir oiuee. i They swi'i ui like bees after positions, county. State and federal. Tiny de mand it; tiny claim they do Ihe vot- ing and arc entitled t them. They i run Kepulilican c. inventions. Wo ! speak not from heaisay but from actu- al ob eivatioti. This state i f affairs I prevents the while people dividing j iind coii.-i b ring any other question j but the ne.-;rn; thereby the interest of i the State suffers. I We ask our white pe iple of the West. . white Republicans, should the negro ! be allowed to control, and with prcs ; cut eondlt ions and a free ballot can ! lie be prevented? Should the wealth. wealth-producing and industrial class 1 and husim -s interests of this section press one or vote in opposition to tae j be lo ld under ign.uant ne;;ro domina- j wishes of his leaders. If he dues, he j tion? Consult your own conscience j js ostracised by his race as an outcast and white manhood and imagine your- i and loses his racial standing, which is . self iu like conditions and then cast more to him than gold. In otlier ; your vole. Hut some say it will not words, he is invariably found opposing ili. franelii-e all the negroes. No; it ;,ny man or measure that is got up by , will 11 t di-franchise the intelligent j n,,, Democrats, it makes no difference , and 1-. Iter element of the negro race, j nw .), it might promote his wel- and should 11. t they cast, their votes j ,-ar(. ,(, i ,,(iUst ri-s of his Slate. He j Intelligently as much m as any while j ,.,.,) iml). to )ie toltl that, it is a Detno ! man? Hut it disfranchises the ignoi ; ,.r.,U(. measure and he is no longer for lanl ones w.10 .should be disfranchised. (. .tlll, a ,nak.-s no difference how oh , and to disfranchise this class, with h , noxilll!S a measure is. if it is gotten up I l" very large m tae cast, vvouiu so ! much iiiminisn tin ir votes mat. 11 i would remove all danger. One thing rtain, it. w.iiild matte It less danger- ! ens than at present and If we can not ! do all th.it sl onid be done let us make i vbiit improvement we can. Hut there 1 are some who say it is wrong in prin- ting in priii- uro Would ,.. condition.; ; 1 iple to disfrain hise the I this be so if it Improves lb of the country? l- the principle rigid that gives the nefro an Oiportuuity 10 : outvote ind control the white man.'' j If .so. the principle Is its tdack as the , r.egio and the man who advocates il . i-: a-; 1'iai k i.s the principle. Remove this i moor from thepolitical body l.i 1 to- ICast and y.-.u free thewhite man in ; political Uioi.g'nt and action, and then lin- Kastern while man will divide alo.i.ii political lines. The Crisis is On, Settle It. S:at" Jo.irnai l Republican, j Tin re is no disguising the fact as to 1 negroes liohlinp oflice in tho Kast; they j hold almost every kind of oflicial posi ti;:n by election and appointment, and I he was ho aggressive in this respect J uiid-T fusion rule that it drove almost I all Populists hack to the Democratic I party in the last campaign. You can't bniold him bin k when Republicanism ; is sticre-sfnl in the State or Eastern I coiinuties: he can't bo advised or eon ' troled and wo have been carrying this I load each ram pa inn for years. Ir hi a ! fact that ran nr.t be denied and must b" i admitted there Is too much truth what js sal, , K(ii, Knr last three years we have been located so as to observe these facts. We do : not. f;v these thing-s to injure Repuu- licanism, but f r its brnrtit. Let Re-j publicans, and especially Western Re publicans, seize the opportunity no presented. Vole fir the amendment, , and rale the above conditions iuipos- MMft- POPULISTS AND THE AMENDMENT' The Intelligent Dement of the .arty Y,II lavor It's Adopiiot. Charlotte Observer. I, as a Populist, have heard s. -.'ie very flimsy excuses given by some I very able men for not supporting t.'e eoiiRtltutiotHil Htneiiiluient Koine e.iiitu thiil. It. was gotten up by the classes. I not so much to get rid of th" ignorant j negro vote, as to eliminate the poor I white voter; that it is the IuUmMo.i of the classes to wrench the go-1 1 naeuit ' out of the hands of the nia-.sia and put it In the hands of the cPisj?.'. Now. there is not a white voter in the ttat -; that can lie led to believe sixp, if lie ' will Slop to think for a moment. Toe j fifth section conlers no favors upon j the rich that, it doesn t conf ".- upon ! the pour white man. In fact, it is the : fifth section that makes it i 1 11 1' than ever before for the ciassi s I 1 vnii It 'says, as plain as can he yaid. that no ; biieal dcRi oiulant of 11 My such p.v.".) i ' shall he denied the right to rcgNter i and vote ut any election in t: is Male, i by reason of his failure to poss ss tie ; educational qualil'n atiou prescribe 1 in section four. That is, any 0110 ho could vote In fore 1m;7. or Ids deseea- dant, can vote regardleKS ;f iheir I'di : tical convictions, an It makes it obli i gatory U)iou t!ie registrar to place I their nanus on the registration hooks, j and once there they have the guaran I tec of the constitution to their right : to vote, pomeili'ng luey never had ' fore in this Siate. I Now, as a Populist. I want to et , such an amendment Id the ojisti;u ' tion. If it had been in the coi.sti'it I Hon In .i2 many of our I'oiiiili Is I would not have been disfranchised at . tlio polls, as we were, and as to the classis wanting to gi t rid of the negro, that is all nonsense. The lygro h: .; always voted with the classes against Hip lnnssiH. His vote has alv.ay.f been on the side of high tariff, trusts and monopolit s, or, in other words, lie has voted with Ihe classes ngainal the masses. The classis have no desire to see the negro deprived of his vote, li it the ( hi.-si s are nut running this cam paign. The great mass of white vot ers, regardless of party, are working for the success of he amendment, i.? all know that, the tidoption of ill . ' amendment, means batter poli; -s. inner and freer from abuse. So;.i say, "Just adopt the amendment ;;ii-l the next step will he to get a property qualification of at least live hundred ; dollars worth of property. will h i would enable the classes to dri.e the ' last nail in liberty's coffin." Now, w? ' know that will never lie. Just thi i'; ' for a moment of the larg" number of teachers, preachers and professional ' men that don't own anything more i than their salaries. Some of thn most ,' learned and brainiest of men in our 1 State don't own the house they live in. ! Deprive these men, who mould public , opinion und keep going the great en ! gine of intellectual progress! No. ; never in this State. No one but an enemy of the amendment could start such rumors. (If course there are 'same Ditnocrats who oppose the 1 amendment, but I noi'ue they are as usual, the men that could cry negro ,OU(i,st t ,mr i01,i;sU in K. past campaigns. As a citien of tlijs State I believe it is to the bent interest of the whole people that the ignorant negro vote be eliminated even for his own good. Tt would lie much belter for the negro if he had no voice in the elections, as his obstiiiancy in elections creates an en mity liet ween him and the white man. When he is. up for some offense at coil: t he many times fails to get the justice hi- deserves, where if he did not come in conflict with the wniles he would get better treatment at Un hands of the whih s; and again, the ignorant negro is used by designing politicians for what they can f,et out of hint. He is boss-ridden, has no opinion of his own. and dues not ex- ,V. ,ijs , ho ,s f()ll1(, ppm-ting it bv Ins party, I even iflt is against his interest as a laborer and consumer. So we see that prejudice is the weapon that he goes to the ballot box with, l'or a genera tion In- has votid, and Invariably he hii.s been found as a race contending . " ', . . , ,, iiils reason and right. He h-v l,,''s " IV.' ur'' iu ") "ry .U" is voted oting pre cinct. To illustrate. 1 met a coioreu man the otlier day. He said to me: "They say that they is goji' to stop us niggers from voting. 1 don't care if they do. I has voted two times. I and I haint got nawthing to show for I hit it. In fact, 1 doesn't know who j Pse voted for or what 1 voted for." So I this man was noi.ong more than a piece of machinery in the hands of an I oilier. He had no opinion of his own 1 or jii In. iple to defend. This is only one instance out of thousands that any man tan find throughout the j South if he will take the trouble to in form himself. Why would not intelll I gent men want the vole of suet. .1 I (lass eliminated? None but office. I M-ekers could wish to see the property I of the people jeopardized by such a j vo'er. I, as a Populist, have alway s I accused our Democratic friends of not ! being consistent in their speeches, I win n they advocated the elimination i of the negro vote and said that they I did not want the negro oat. of politic!-.. I na he was their only slogim to use to I keep the Ignorant whites in line. Now ! they have shown to us that they j meant what they said, l.et i:s. as ! Populists, be consistent with them and ! vote for tho amendment, as man I times havo wo said if it was not for this cry of negro we, as Populists. I woultt have some showing. 1-ct us Populists be found ever ready to .10111 hands with any parly that nflcs soxt'.bi&g for the good of our ro.inirv C. OIB30.V. HI If S AKL ALL RIGHT. Results of V hile Supremacy in lout I sum. "Tin re are twice as many negioe.i in my town, I.e ('unite, Ix.tiis':;;:- 1. as ' while 11.111. but ut the election out of I mi votes ciist 17s were caet by v.h.i 1 men. Only two m groes voted." ' Thus spoke Mr. Cbas. h. Hardy, of ; l.ootsiaun. who Is visiting his wm-ai, ! Mr. II. !!. Hardy, in this city. V. . Hardy is a native of Norih::ii:o? ,1: ,' ooii ut y . N. ('., but has been livin;; in Louisiana f :r twenty ycais or so II-.-: hiis irospe.-ei iu iis far Sm"i1: t a : home but his In art turns l.ae'.t to the j scenes 1 f his boyhood, and le- is 1 ' loinplat'.ng retiiit'ing to tliis Si ' : one of these days. Speak I P. of t !U lioliii.iit conditions in I.ouii; ..11.1. Mr. ; lluidy said- "We liine had no trouble in Inula : ana since ,ST;. Tina was tie- .: of 1 s-n-li violeiiee and di.ng"i' .u men ho i lived in will tn ver forget. It t. right the white poi-pb- a b-sson the 1 avo not since foigoiten. While We ni'd of ; race troubles aud ingro otTlee-nobliii:; in otlier Mates, we have known .ii:- ing lib. ,11! it in oar State Him A th :t 1 ineinon.ble year, l-'i-vv negroes Vu:e ! witli i s. '1 1 cy do no. can- to votij j and do not. try. They know that tho 1 vvhitis intin 1 to control, and they I vvi-eiy iicci pt the condition of vvliitu government, tun. ing tin ir attenti'. ii 1 to other matters. Though they are iu a huge majority in my pi;.' - th-ru is never the rlightcst friction in li lies. Tiny never go about th- j-oils, i Icit on e0( tion day work as i:si::d. Tiicy say to each otlier: 'If v.e vol -, the white nun will not coi:.; our vot.-.'i, iir.d so wl-r-i's tho use of yo n.' through the form of going to the elec tion?" lilid they net upon that ..!- a. "The Constitutional Amend:!,- at ii- ci-tilly ndopn-d in Louisiana g,-.- - the ballot to every native-born whir- m 1 ' in the State who 11 gisters, win Hi-- n 1 an retnl and wiite or not. but n : gro can vote unless he ow ns worth of property or can lead ai -1 I write. In North Carolina. 1 oil'!' i : stan. I. that you have copied our anieudni' lit -.eeit tluit you have b-ff. o il the property qiialitieation." ! Speaking of tin- fact that out of ",.- fin-t negro voters ill New Orb-ans. ottiy ! 1 .:;ii( car, now vote under the new con I slitiitioti. Mr. Hardy said that in the country districts tin- proportion of ne ' groes who can vote is smaller than in I the city of New Orleans. In fact, the I in groes do not care anything about i voting, said Mr. Ilaruy. 1 'The big fights with us." continue I Mr. Hardy, "are in the pi imarii s. ,:' ' t-r the nominations are made, tin- o'.ee ' tion is 11 matter of course. Hut vw , have hot lights in the primaries. .1,1 i as 1 here ai e usually several ciao i !; :. s. the friends of each works ae llvi-.v for his nomination. Sometime. it is very hotly 1 untested and th-n t ' 1 vote is pretty full. After tin- notour. -tions are made, the interest ahat. - i bi-eiiuse almost always tin- iioniin.- is j elected. '" ! Asked ;.'s to the 1 OLsiifitionality f the grandfather d.ni: v '- Mr. Ilar.lv said that since its adoption there had 1 11 no discussion about it and no 1 litit-atlon or suggistioti of litigation looking to contesting it. The prople ' want white rule, and intend to have it, land nobody seriously , pposi s the in-w constitutional regulation of suffrage. News and Observe:-. i They hain't Hare. The .Messenger and Intelligencer ; knows of many I'opuli-us in this coun ; ty who have already s unilic.l ilieir ir- tetition of voting for tie- amendment. and it believes that N fore the ele-. ! lion iill of them. 1 e. i.t some ten or ' fifteen, who are pr-.n th-ally Rii'i!di ! caiis, wiii do so - Waib sboro M-s- senger and Intellig.-neer. ! The Populist biobis. who while i 1 rilh izir.u the ( on. ! ii ational iim-ti I- ! iiiei-.t. were parltc'ilar to ilei laio in i their platform, "WK HO NOT MKC I IT A PARTY uri'STION." km:: the I existence of the sentinieiit i f which I our Wiolesboro contempori.ry sp-'i -. They were forced to put that declara tion in the plat form I y the 1 .ink ; :. 1 tile of the party, but the cilutli::: writers of the platform prefaced .t Lv as arrant ii lot of fill.-, lo oils and -11 1 s -representations as were over cnibodn I in a political document. Still, with ai! their falsehoods, they did not .lire make the constitutional amciulnien- of party question because tiny kinw it would co-t t in-Ill the vote i f 111 ! of their white men iu Eastern .'i; th Carolina to make opposition to II.. amendment a test of party fealty In order not to drive off the best 1 las-, of their voters they were careful In i m phasizc Ibis fait. Here are t lie de.l.i rat. 011s: I. It "must be ib tcrmiiieil by the judgment and . onsi icin e of each in dividual voter." H. "We do t'oi make it a party ques tion." "The question is above paity " Here are thiee declaration., that are put iu to hold the honest IVpulisis who believe in Whit- Supremacy, but it is now the purpose of liuthu .v,, 1 Thompson, daiuelt. Peace, and (he rest of the I'lisi.-uisls who hoid Stale or Pederul jobs, to try to w I; p the White Supiemacy Populists ir.l 1 1 1 i to vole against the allien dtnent Hut these pap-.- in kers can't do it. In An son aud oilier t (.unties the Pop ilist t who believe more in principle than in office are goitig ' vole to remove ihn "nigger quM:on" from politics, am) they know that 11 can be done only by the liiissag" of the amendment. Th- l.uo-.v, also, that Rutlei and Co., a . . opposed t the iinititdment becau.- they depend 1 Ton the solid negro vote for their 1 lei tioa. The bosse. didn t dare to make the amendment ' :i party question." The were force I to leave it to ' the ju lg. nient and ciuiscc nee of each individ ual voter." but .mark it! I from now on the Populist machine will try to make every I'op il.st In the State vol against the amendment and for iu necessary .idiuint. a return t nee.!., rule in Nmi'i Carolina. And tnialt it'i they "ill fail in Hie a'.-e-ot-Nrwb v.fi'l (""iif Of.::i3l')l(.MC"':(iKi.-'l 8 000D HO ADS NOTIS 1 1 1 ll II. IIC I liUll; -. "7 VJ'.r, Y owin r of an u::;.. mobile -i Witits good road s s , fiat he I J tin. y drive his hui s, le's car riage over then;. I!,, is ii . .. t ?eliisli in tins. Tiie man with the hoe --the f.ouner--W:iiils good r euls so h it lie may bring his pro.lu io mar net ninl his family and liim.-ilf to th.o aei dile, rin-,' town with a Ics- , :;.eii.ii iiire of lime, wear and t.-.o-. i-.-nl ' i onlile. In section-, of tile oilulrV .vl.erc Hie faium i iia- l o l loads 1,'.: ivould not lo-e t!ie ,i for m.,i-e than heir cost ate! i;o l.,u-:; to the old sys tem of having I . haul tlilnu.;li the mad iiii I over tii.) M.on . lie finds tlia' jthe value of his property ir. increased, and he can haul Ian-yet, tlin e timcs a greater lo.-i 1 iu i.-ss time t., ne.ikct. an -I that he is ii. her an 1 bet ter be,MU-e of ihe good i-,, a I vviii.-h eoii inets his property uii'u th- to i-lil,or-iu,;to:i. in Lur ,i,e the highway was built 1. .', !,- (Io- ra.dway. it wa llieir only nuaui ,,f co.i. u. mi n-at i, ..i f.litil within tin- las! si-.ly tern aiu'i t be rin I v. ay eaic--. sy-tciii of highway was I',. ful t hot thev have been Ii- ars. Af i'li'l ti.cir I 1 SO 1! e- in 1,-ed, improve I. It bus been elaimcl that we il . i:-,; Heed better his'i.ways incaii-.e of mm-e-icelieat system of railway. This i, ale iu .1. Mvei v ponml of I'reii-l.i wh.eli is ciurieil by tin: railways, , x-ept such as is loalcl nt fin-lories, oaarrics, mines, etc., ut side tru-l's, mu-.t tir.-t be eariic-1 over our hi-h-,. ays. livery j-asseiiger who travels mi tin- railway liiit-l, to reach the railway, iir-t .-is over some portion uf the highway. It can safely be said Hint the highway of this country carry more pi- -en ,'crs ami more freight tiiaii the railways, but of course for a shorter distance. (Ictieral ll-.y Stone when he was lln-giueer-in-Cliief of the Department of Agriculture, said that the annua! cost of haulilic; in this eo lutry over the highways was s;i pi, 1 1 l,i;.",.-J. (ici.erul Stono estimated that nearly tvv o-thirds of this vast expenditure is chargeable t.i the bad condition of tin.- loads. Let us see what our iiei'liboring States have done to improve their high ways. Several of them in the past few years have pissed good roads law. The following data of the amounts spent by the States and counties nu ll, r their good roads' law, and tho mile of road improved i made up from returns of tho authorities iu the ilitl'crcut State naincl: Te. I- A'iK.niit. -rilTiT I N.'IV Jr,M-V..O - .'uUln.-.-ti -lit . I):-:, ill, li rt -t; Iloiv .Iocs the greiit .I'lmpire Statu of New Yoii; eoiii) aiii w ith her sister Slates in tiii-i matter'; Soniethii.g over two years ago tlio Iligbee-Anii-str.mg biil for iuqiroviiig tho lugli way of this Stain bicitme a law. I'lidcf it the Legislature ha made two aiipropriiitious of Sod.ooo ea.-h. The State Engineer's oilice has ad vised me that up to (l.-tohcr I. 1 :;. the Stiite n ii I counties had i -:!'. nded S'Si.iKiJ under thi.-i law, and t.., y loi.l completed seven and a half roles of loud, and had seventeen mil in pro cess of co'istnu-tion, U ia ports since the Ilighee-Ariiistroii.: 1 ill went nilo i-llcct he ha re. -five, 1 1.1 peti tions for the improvement liigh "vvays, aggregating about iiL'"- i .;!e; in other word", the counties f. -i i local ).eople stiiud ready to pay locir half ol (he eot of i.o mile of l a I, an 1 nil that remains is for th- atc to appropriate their half und, u -i.e pro visions of the 1 1 igbee-Arm -t , ; l.ill. It has been estimated lb..: there is something more than Sh i.ooo n year spent in the Slate of -.. York iu repairing the high ways. I.- u-oial muthod of rcpuiriiig road- . - t. plow up a ditch and scrape tin- . i. grass ninl root which lire there ,,ii the road. The liist time there i- n hard rain much of this go. h...-k into the ditch and a very large part ihis an ii ii ill expenditure of over S.'.,1"' ino.l is simply money thrown away. What, docs' the State prop,-...- to do for good roads? They arc little aitciic which bring the blood of trade to the railways and tlio canal. It these arteries are poor and if the circula tion of trade i sluggish the useful ness of great railways ami great canal systems of tiie State are greatly un paired. Speech mad.- in New York by Albeit 11. Shattuck, Chairman of the Committee on l Io. id K.uds ol the Automobile Club of America. Tho Vie I ut (io.i.l l:,ia.., tiood roads are a business necessity, Hot only to the farmer, but to cvciy municipality, indu-try and enh ipia-e, and all Would be equally ben. i'.icl by iii'.prov ed highway-. This piopo-d-tiou is not without su i j 'i t m - ev i dence, which can be ticcui.i il.i'.-d in iibniidane-. The farmer w b mil u haul to u distant tnaiket the pi., i.icts of hi ueres liu.l that sneli tnin-porta-tioti is execssivi ly i xpensive ,i. time ninl labor involved and in th. maiii tciiauco of vehicle and b.-a-t ol burden. All this increases the -eiiing cost of the product, without coulVi'i iu any compensating benefit upon at y body. Consumers evorywheie hid thus compelled t pay a heavy tine for negleot of roml improvement. On the eoutrary, if the public road should bo made solid, smooth and of ci y gralo hauls fiom the farm to th prcli i ie 1 market woiil 1 bo im lered of shorter duration nnd physically K - liiilieiilt and tho stock and vehicle account would bo sborletied. Ti.i-se facts nre so obvious that they ought to appeal foicefully to every juogres-ive cili.eu. l'hiltnlulpliia Hecord. lln. linn.l fiuiiitrv ltitrrnii. For several year Cue Department of Agriculture l:.i nun utn.i m-.I an otlicn of roR'l in.iuii v. i ; .-n -UlA devolve l the duty of cireulittng ana eoiieetinir 1 information regarding the good roads j inurement iu this country. Tin) ollica . has had only a small appropriation; si j small, in fact, that contributions for I its support have liu 1 to be made by those interested n. it! mn-iutenauce. A.-i;i..li.i:i (iet.ii.tf I.ilerrfctt'il. The appearand.- of the autoiiiohilft in iSueuos Ayre- bus been the signal for a good roa-N aitivtion throu;'.Hiut the Argentine 11, -public-. The Argen tine Touring Club has been organized, and roads exclusively reserved for hi-ey-lesnnd lig .! i.iitom:. biles are ill r-.-a ly in cour.-e .I cjiislruetiou. A IJOTA9LE CO-OPERATIVE SUCCESj. l;,- o I le A.i o- i: e.al ion ii-kwcll, I u vi a . olablc long eo-operul iv.i hu,- ci-.-se ii that of mi -social ion of fanner near Hock well, J..vn. It lias r ein lcd Its eleventh year ot existence, and ti.- !.i-d y. ar was tin most mi.:-co-fill of the eleven. It is il wolldi r to fanners who are not member of it, ' and it is a tin. in in the lleslt of tho gram buyer-. Jt ha I its origin in tho .lN.-ati'lact .on of the farmers over the price, iliey r ived f-.r their graiuuinl hog from tiie one purchaser with whom dealing wcro convenient. At tho start ninety live faruiiii took stock iu the eiitcrpii-e at SI a share, the nuixi-iu'i-,.1 limit of iii.lividu.d holdings being t hive .share. The member.- were always pui I oiie-ipiurlfi- of a cent inure for their wheat than thes- 1 r outside tin) M.cit-ty, and the assoeia' i hi. to protect it -If from the ailiiiviuei.ts of higher - price laid by coinj i ting elevators, i i--cupelled its uieiuix-i to pay one quarter of a cent euin'iiioiou in cu ) ihe grain was sold to a competitor. , Tin: lesult has beeji that th- lloekvvell , cl. -valors have paiil ninny one hull c ut to one ninl a half cent higher trin any other elevator-, iu the coun ty. Efforts to disrupt the orgiini.ii ti oi have been made, of c.-ur-e, but the only eil'ect thus fer wu- to aii'.'er ti e members and to lea 1 t'ln-tu a su-o fm Ihcr iu the co-operative id. a. Tho ' iissoeiatiou Uow sells coal, salt, Hour and otlier supplies to its nn-iobei al prices which defy local competition. ' I rout a beginning of ninety live inuin- li- i s and less than UDH shares of stock, i the association ha grown to nearly ' ."H't members, representing bill shares. I'rom a first year's business of prob ably less thin Soil, IMH), the year just closed has shown a business of n lialf j mil'ion dollars, and increase iu tho ! p i', year of SI So, Olid. This year, j too. they have added another elevator, ! h ive added I Jo new members, de clared a dividend of Sdl.it, and h .v j , a surjilns of over STdd'J iu the treas ury. New York Post. WORDS OF WI3DDW. I Do not He ashamed of being big 1 ln-ai ted and ambition to improve y..ur.-elf in body and mind. Hi-meni-' ber that one of the best ways ef se'f- 1 improvement i beiug uf service to id her w ho need help. Tin-Kile on which we think most earnestly and continuously will de cide our main desires, our hopes, our motive", our actions, our character. A happy marriage depends much more i n a good, loving, patient ehiir actei than nil the cifiiuistuiiees of time, place im.! money coiubiund. A more glorious victory cannot be giiinc 1 tl.au this: that w hen tho injury begin- oil his pari, the kindness h1ii.ii! 1 begin on ours. lie e .titetit with doing with calm ness tin- little which depends upon yourseil. and let all else be tu you as ; if it wi ic not. I A t -v i:,'e of the conscience doesn't trouble i.io-t of us half so much as a , twinge ,.f the toothache, i Hope is like the sun, which, las w, I join iii v toward it, east the shudo.v i of our I ni'deii behind us. j Woiidiotn is the strength of cheer ; fulness, altogether past calculation it.; ! power of endurance. ; It is so much easier for a gentiiu humori-t to amuse others tb.iu to eve.i ! satisfy himself. j To him nothing is possible who U : always divau.iug of his past possioil I itie. I Eijual parts of l..vo ami sense make ; the world g. round on the square. I Ai. Awhwanl Nh.iii. He was dressed like a farmer, nn 1 he looked inqiiii ingiy nt the clerk In bind the counter of the chief po-i o!)i.-e, und pointed juiiiloiiiniin-ally I ; a bun lb- oi lett iu- th-- latter wn s -t- I tug. j ''What na-iie'''' a-ked the e'.erk. I "Louder," sai I lln- tanner. I Tin- clerk rep. ale 1 his query in a loin- calculated to startled even a del l l man. Hilt tiie man only smiled an : iiniiie.iiiiugsiiiilc, an 1 -aid: "Louder." 1 The clerk took a 1 n ; breath, and j the yell that can.- out vva-i Ion I i cu m ;ii to wake the -l.-.i I. i ' N i offence, sir. I hope.' Yes, ' that's my name l.o.i . r, Mr." ' i Hi, ah!" said the clerk quite ' softly. "I never tii..u-rlit of t'.i.it. Ye ; here's a letter.'' Di-mlly Sl.ett N ov I ni'.l. Tiie ordinary shell whn-li was nia-iu-factiired thirty years ago only broke into from twenty to twenty live pieces when it burst. At the present time it bmsis int. 'J Id, while a shiapncl shell, which usil to su-ntlor llurly seveti missiles, uow ncaMeis lip. V pieseiit-di.y bomb, when char.cl w.l.i peimylene, brinks nj int. lJit pieces, and it is eMinrit I tiui; i would effectively kill any one : m-l-ilia; within twenty yard of th- . plosion The Art-nae IVo.nni.'. l,iiti-.-. A woman's letter that is puiietii'ile 1 decently i a rare a apicluroof a college gn l's room that hasn't a ban , stuck up soippwhere in sn.'ht. . N',"V Y .ri: Press. 1'IIE MEKli Y SIDE OF LIVE, STORIES TOLD BlHc FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. Wlnol Shi- .S'itiI II. ii Unucl. I inprorlncf Jiii-I. Moiling Hot. r -Suili-'l the Acilon Io lln- ',.',l-i:..i'oi..'iici,.ii'i.lNitturi,l Hon., ...tiiili lllittM.verit'4, ICIc, Ktr. Wlli-ll dill e.lij'i lui-iel tho itougU sh siiiii-. And pal it gei.liv. . It will let l,e to., crusty. That 1 why she kiic-a I tin) dough. When i ii y wife n N tho dough slio stniins. And put me gent Iv, so I wi.l lea bo too ernny wle-n Mn; :,liys he lice Is fie ito.jgti. , -ll.il I j noro Ameriean. ImtrtiY..i i:.icli Mii.ilng Ifm..-. "Tliut little boy seems us busy as a bee." "Yes. Li: lias hives." rbilailclpliia H'llletill St. ..cil Hie Action In ll.r YVir,l. Jones "What made you kick Itruvvn ?" Smith "lleciilied me a donkey." Jones --"Well, it seem he was right. " (.'hieago News. l-O.cii.l in v i'i nen I. "'low's your husband, Mrs. O'.Mu! lihau'.' " ".Sine, hor, Die doctor do be savin' if he live- to got well, hell be all right, ninl if he don't, he'll ili-." Unrlem Life. Xil ..rat. "Mr. Shrickcnu say he is always nervous wh-n in- gets up to sing." "Idou't 1.1. nil- him, " iiusvvered Miss Cayenne. "He Im heiird himself be fore." Washington Star. Ilnlii-.v iu null D.Nrovi'.-ti'ii. "Ditughtvi , is your husband amia ble?" ".Veil, in i. !i-'s jusl exactly like pa; when he get hi own way about everything he's just lovely." Detroit l'ree Press. A I licorr. Slie "They -cm. to believe in long engagement Jlc "I tuippo.-e they wish to pro long their hiippiuess as much as pos sible." Puck. Nut ANilri.tg. Il.ieon "Men are always looking for exalted lineage." Egbert "t'liles they arc travelinp; on the railroad; then they are after u. lower berth." Youkers Htulea-uau. Nil lloini-. Wragsoti Tatters "6 iv, Ilarv, wot'. a 'eosiiioiiolitau ';' " llarviifil liaslien "Well, Wragsy, that's the name they give to a kind of wealthy hobo " PuiiadelpUia Prcts. Siilo ICciiilIii'j. Eiidd "Wimt ! rending that novel over again'; Y ou Lave rend it a dozen time, at least ." Dudd "That's why 1 am reading it again. 1 ruti no risk. I know it is u t'ool story." liostou Transcript. To III.- Mrlit l.uller. "Mary," said the holy of tho home, "y hi didn't int any salt in this bread. " ' Hut," replied the newgirl, "didn't the master say yesterday ho wouldn't Ii im- nothing but fresh bread on his t-ihle, muni':" Philadelphia, North American. VVI.y 11.. Itcl.i'vi-il In It. I "Do believe iu the survival of tha ' liitest f" asked the friend, "i if course,! do." "l'or what reason':'' "lieciinse I've got to. 1 don't know enough about it to put up au argil i.e. nt to t he colli rarv. " l'.'llt'll (ion. .ino. TV "Do you really believe her c uiplexion i genuine?'' Jess "I'here's no iloubt of it. si the I. )X;the label on it sai l 'Noun eiiuiue without our signature,' ami there wa the signature light en nigh." I'ii.ludeiphi.i Pres.. Tal.i-i. l.lt.'l-.-ill.v. Councilor to s it it i n j "Even if yott ire sure of my daughter's love, 1 c i not agree to tin uiii hi uu'.e you oe-co-iic aunt her mati, " Suitor "With great pleasuie, but your daughter will not want to marry another imiu. " I'liegen 1c Hlaetter. Nell "Mad at him'.' Why, he wrote a lovely poein to her." Pielle "Yes; but -li ' never read it. When she saw the title of it she torn ilie whole thing up in a lit of anger. Vim -i'i', he ca' led it 'I.un s on Mabel's I'. ice.' " Cat::..!:- S!-i:. hud and riui-s, A I'lirci-asl. M. . li lwers "It made the piei-h-. i s w tfe awfully nni I to see me havii a in u bat on this niorniug. I'll vv a ;er 1 I,:, .i tel for next Siinduj 1 scriiioii Mr. I: .,.vei-- -"Yoii Mr, liovve,- -Yes itv!" I'm U Human van. VI, i, lo- Vt cal.i.i-... In the rush a' ine bargain eouijcr a woiiian faints. Tiie other women legn d her inter .estediy, but with in.ti i aide aversion. "Hovv extremely luiinnisli!" they exco.ii n, ninl shrug their sboulder an I proceed with their shopping. For niter all it is tho thorough'y womanly woman who command th.i esteem of herovvu sex. l.Vtioit Jour nal. .Iiusli.c; Will. HkiiIi. H.i-'m - "When my wife wisbos ti be p irliculai iy gracious to me she ti Hi me t lint on'' I'tt!,' Jnh out i bis L.tLipr' i own lov;.ni l when shr- l Vi Xeil Willi lite she say Jo'unuv is jut like inc.'' Wi.-ks "Well, doesn't that sh.- tint she i ill way in tin- same iiiiul'.'' ilieU;--"N i, it doesn't. Souictiiiie she intend t be ciaipliii.eiilaiy an I iionietiini-s s'.i. - il'.-sn't." - I'.ott i;j Tiuus.-i int, n t;.,