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'FOZl' GOD, POIl OOTTXri'n.'K-, FOR TXIUTII." PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1899. " Single Copy, O Cents. VOL: XI. NO. 5. $LOO a Voar iu T1IK HOKUS SEND AN ULTIMATUM Great .Britain Ilequlrml to Come Terms' or Fight Equivalent to a I)e claratlon of War. London Oct. 10. The colonial office has received an ultimatum from the Transvaal government which Sir Al fred Milner cabled Secretary Chamber lain this morning. The dispatch says the Transvaal lay stress on the fact that the military prep arations and action of Great Britain hav caused an intolerable condition of things throughout South AJrica. There fore, the Transvaal government is com pelled earnestly to press Her Majesty government to give assurances thai all matters in dispute shall be submitted to arbitration, that recent British rein forcements landed in South Africa shall be , re-embarked within a reasonable time, that the reinforcements now on the way to South Africa shall not be landed, and that the British troops now on the borders of the Transvaal republic shall be instantly withdrawn. - In reference to arbitration, the Trans vaal says: "That all points of material difference shall be regulated by a friend ly course of arbitration, or in whatever amicable way that may be agreed upon by this government with Her Majesty' government. " in regard to the withdrawal of rem forcements, the ultimatum refers to all troops that have arrived in South Africa since Juoel, 1899, with "mutual assur ancea and guarantees from the govern Pifint that no nttark or hostilities on 11 be made by this republic during r.i .:..: The conditions stated lead up to the following paragraphs: "This govern ruent must press for an immediate and affirmative answer to these four ques Hons, and earnestly request Her Majesty's government to return such answer before or on October 11, 1899 not later than 5 p. m. It (the Trans vaal government) desires further to add that in the unexpected event that no satisfactory answer is received in that interval, it will be compelled with great regret to regard the action '. of Her Majesty's gevernment aB a formal de claration of war, and will not hold itself responsible for the consequences thereof. "And in the event of any further movements of troops within the above time in nearer direction to our borders. this government will, be . compelled to regard that as a formal declaration of war." . War Begun ..By t He Boers. London, Oct. 12. A dispatch to The Daily Telegraph from Ladysmith, dated Wednesday, alone.among the specials received, declares that war has begun by the Boers in Natal. The correspondent says:- "Free State burghers have seized a train , at Harrismith which was the property of the Natal government. Last night a mounted patrol was stoned by Boers. The, men's orders were not to 'hte unless they were fired upon." The other dispatches only represent that hostili ies are imminent. : London, Oct. 11, 10:55 p. in. Up to the present hour no dispatches havt. ar rived from the .Cape, timed since the ultimatum, bo it is not, yet known whether the first shot has been fired. England's Keply. . London, Oct. 12. Following is the text of the British reply to the Boer ulti matum : "Chamberlain to Milner, high commis sioner, sent 10:45 p. m., Oct. 10, 1899: "Her Majesty's government has re ceived with regret the peremptory de mands -of the South African " republic, conveyed in your telegram of . Oc'ober 9th. - You will inform the government c fthe South African republic in reply the conditions demanded by the Ijrument of the South African re ,'jlic are such as Her Majesty's gov- ment deems it impossible to discuss, Formal Declaration of War. . J Johannesburg, Oct. 12. War was jleclared yesterday. The formal decla ration occurred at 10 o'clock this morn lag. J In reply to the formal inquiry of Sir Vlfred Milner governor of Cape Col lay and British high commissioner in outh Africa, President Steyn, of the ange Free State, announces that that yte will make common cause with the svaal. The home preparations for growing apace. The Reservists . jmding more actively to the Nation ordering their mobiliza tnd the government- has engaged rtraneporte. - ,r , Acta of War Committed. ,!X)N, Oct. 12. A special dispatch ;,adysmith, Natal,' says that the Occupied Lang's Nek the moment Altimatum expired ajd are now jng into Natal. Ingogo Heights J been occupied. " Official confirma- of the announcement that the jnge Free State burghers have entered Atal by way of Van Reenen'a Pass, is J hand. It leaves no further room for iubt mtbat acts of war have already sen committed and that the campaign je begun. ; j , . , ' - J VI.. .. . - JThia is good advice from the Macon Teifgrapb: "Let no man be deceived by the advance in cotton. The short crop is tbe only reason for the upward tendency of prices. A big crop next year will pull it down again. Plant wheat and oats and pigs." USE OF COAT'S LYMPH. Startling Hesults Predicted Discovery. New York Ejenlng Telegram. tor "I regard it as the discovery of the nineteenth century and I predict that before very long it will be used in every hospital in New York." The aboye remark was made by Dr R. W, Steger in an interview concerning the goat a lymph compound of Dr Roberts, of Chicago, and the case insanity it recently cured. Dr. Steger is one of two physician in Greater New York who havo been using the lymph in their regular prac tice. lie has just been elected presi dent of the Roberts Medical Society, an organization named for the discoverer of the lymph. The society has arranged for the publication of a medical journal for the extension of the Roberts treat ment throughout the country. Dr Frederick Holden of Brooklyn, who has. been associated with Dr. Steger the UB6 of the lymph, has been elected secretary, and Dr. Joseph Ii. Hawley director of the institute in Chicago that has perfected Dr. Roberts' lymph has been appointed editor. The lymph is drawn from the lymph atic glands, spleen and other organs of goats, and is injected beneath the skin of patients. Dr. Steger declares that if put into general use it would undoubi e Jly cure at least 40 per cent, of the cases of n sanity u the country. "I have been using the lymph for two months," said Dr. Steger, "and the results I have obtained from it are simply remarkable. In fact, I hesitate to speak of many of the cures that have come under my observation for fear that other physicians, will think I am exaggerating. "The lymph, in the first place, IS designed to effect cures in cases of chronic rheumatism, locomotor ataxia and premature old age. 'It is designed to build up men who have lived too fast and have become old before their time. Introduced into the system the lymph -invigorates the exhausted cells and restores and; in creases power and strength. The lymph has even been known to cure consump tion in the early stages, although I have had no cases of this sort, and cannot testify as to that. "The idea is that the lymph builds up the system by restoring the diseased tissue. The cells that are kept in healthy state coming in contact with cells that haye deteriorated builds up the latter. Probably the most impor tant case I have had and the one that would occasion most surprise was one of locomotor ataxia. The patient had not been able to walk for two years Control of all the muscles of the body had been lost. "I used the lymph for several weeks and there was a marked improvement. I continued its use, and the last I knew of the case the patient walked to my office. I have had 15 cases of locomotor ataxia, and every one has Bhown marked improvement. The lymph will cure many chronic diseases ordinarily con sidered incurable. The difficulty with the lymphs that have been experimented with heretofore is that they have all been made from dead tissue. That was the trouble with Dr. Brown Sequard's Elixir of Life. Dr. Roberts' lymph is made from living tissue. It is well known that blood corcuscles removed from living tissue can be kept animate and can be trans f erred to other tissue. In ma experi ments Dr. Roberts kept the cells of the lymph alive for months after taking them from the animal. The lymph is taken from the goat while it is yet alive. Goats are used because they are the healthiest of all animals and the main point is to secure the very healthiest cells. "Goats are especially bred for the purpose and are very carefully raised. When they are about five or six months old they are chlorof rmed and the glands are removed. Then this lymph is made according to the formula known to Dr. Roberts." Dewey Went to Church. New Haven Dispatch. 4th. A story of Admiral Dewey is told by his nephew, James Dewey, who has been visiting in New Haven. Last Sun day when the admiral and his relatives were at the Waldorf-Astoria, the ad miral turned to them and said hie was going to vanish and not one was to know where he had gone or anything about his movements. Soon after he left the hotel in company with one of the Olympia's officers, got into a car riage and was driven away. What became of him for the next two hours not a member ot the Dewey circle knew until the admiral returned and informed his relatives thai he had deen attending services at a church in Harlem. -Not a. soul n the church recongnized him and that is just what the admiral is pleased at. It was the first time he had been at church in about two years. Rev. L. G. Broughton, of Atlanta, announced Sunday night that he and Dr. Campbell Morgan had agreed to exchange pulpits next summer, and Dr. Broughton will fill Dr. Morgan's pulpit for a month, and the London preacher will remain in Atlanta almost a month, the remainder of his trip in America to be occupied with engagements already announced, and in two other cities. CEHEIULSEWS. . A 1 Aguinaiao, in a proclamation, says the Filipinos should pray that the Democratic party may win the next Presidential election in the United States. Admiral Dewey has signified his will ingness to go to Atlanta and present the sword to his Flag Lieutenant Brumby. The time is not yet fixed and will be announced later. Admiral Dewey will accept the home to be presented to him by popular sub scrtption, and has made known his wishes to the committee having charge of the fund. A conflict in the South African Re public will temporarily decrease the world's gold production, but Treasury officials say it will not cause serious consequences in the financial world.. lorn Jenkins, a negro, attempted to assault a school girl, at Anderson, S. C, Ihursday. She escaped from his clutches and he was captured. He was given his choice between being hanged or HUDinuung to a surgical operation. He chose the latter. The operation wa9 performed and he was turned loose. Without formality ot a court martial Governor Candler, of Georgia, has determined to dishonorably discharge from the service of the State those members of the National Guard who raided the store and barber shop at Hamlet, N. ft, on the return of the Atlanta battalion from the Dewey cele bration in "New York. a. new and up-to-date allegation as ground for asking a separation from her husband is brought by Mrs. Sam uei uoiuiarb, of JNew lork, who says Mr. Goldfarb is too ugly to live with Since they were married in 1890 the husband has spent a small fortune, it is said, in complexion improvements and beautmers, but still the lady says he does not come up to her ideal. An Unfounded Report. Concord Times. Last week's Oxford Ledger contained the following: "Ye Masons of North Carolina listen! The Massachusetts equality of negroes with whita people has been recently in troduced into the sewing room at Oxford Orphan Asylum in face of the fact that widow ladies and girls in Oxford would be glad to get the situation. The fact is this; a colored woman has been placed temporarily as one of the managers of the sewing room to assist in teaching the girls how to ply the needle. At the polls last November the white people of this State put their foot down on this kind of business." Mr. J. C. Fink, a prominent Mason of Concord, seeing the above, wrote to Superintendent Hicks, and received the following letter, which satisfactorily ex plains the matter: Oxford, N. C. Oct. 7th, 1899. Mr. Jas. C. Fink, W. M., Concord, N. C. Dear Siu and Bro : Your telegram was dulv received and answered. I am very sorry the erronous impres sion haa gone cut that we are even tempoiarily employing a colored woman here as instructor in the sewing room, tor there is not a shadow ot truth in such a statement, which was originally published by an enemy of the present administration, who has, in the past, frequently, displayed this spirit. These are the facta in the case: The assistant matron of our sewing room was taken sick and left for a few days and we were very much pushed in that department with fall and winter work and also with work on a small exhibit of the children for our State Fair. So we felt obliged to get some oue to sew for us for a few ays and this colored woman was the only available help that we knew of at that time. She does considerable work for our teac'iers aud other ladies in Oxford and, lam informed, sews in the families of our most highly respected citizens. She has done her work here only as directed by the sewing room matron and has had nothing whatever to do with the children or with any other work in our institution than her own given her by the matron. 1 know you will gladly correct this report. fraternally yours, W. J. Hicks, Superintendent. Money Order exchange Vlth Mexico. Washington, Oct. 9. The Postoffice Department has been informed by the Postmaster-General of Mexico that a convention has been approved by the Mexican Senate whereby a mutual ex change of money orders will be carried on by the two counties. The agree ment will take effect on January 1 next. The orders drawn iu Mexico are to be converted into United States money at the value of such money quoted in the City of Mexico on the day of issue of the order, and, in like manner, the orders drawn in the United States are to Le converted into Mexican money. Left $r00,000 to Converse College. Columbia, S. C, Oct. 10. D E. Converse, a large mill owner of Spar tanburg, who died a week ago. left one third of hia estate, valued at $500,000, to Converse College, in institution for the higher education of women, founded by him in Spartanburg ten years ago. KICK I1IM AGAIN. Kick hlin again, lie's down! 'Tis true he has confessed his sin, Crying, "Unclean, unclean." 'Tis true he did not hide behind Extenuation's screen, 'Tis true his punishment has been The torture of hell here The loss of all that goes to make Existence on earth dear. But what of that i He's down ! And, being down, of course should be Bereft of hope and friends. Shall penitence and punishment In this world make amends For having shocked our righteous souls With revelations grim "Of such depravity as dwells, Of course, alone in him We who are pure Must frown Upon the sinner who allows His sin to lind him out, For such examples weaken faith In all of us, no doubt. "He sure your sin will find you out," The ancients used to say ; "Be sure your sin don't lind you out," The motto is to-day. Don't let him up when down, There arc not stones enough for all The sinless ones to cast,' But we can show our holy zeal And use them while they last, What right has he, a king dethroned, To seek again his crown Through brave endeavor, toil and tears ? Kick him again, he's down ! SALK OP STAMPS. Uncle Sam printed just a few postage stamps during the year 1898. The number of two-cent stamps issued dur ing the year was about 2,500.000,000 Such a number, obviously, js beyond the grasp of the human mind, but per naps tne matter may be made moi clear by putting it otherwise. An ordinary two-cent stamp is exact ly one inch long. From this fact, by a little calculation, it is easy to discover that the number of stamps of this de nomination issued in 1898, placed end to end, would exceed a distance con siderably exceeding 89,000 miles. In other words, they would make con iinuous Btrip oi Biamps, each one adorned with the head of the "Father of His Country," . stretching in a belt more than once and a half around the equator. . Of course, though the two-cent stamps are those principally used, there are others. Enough one-cent postage stamps were issued during the year 1S98 to stretch from New York City, by way ot ,urope and Asia, to Bombay, India, if similarly arranged in one strip. All other stamps, as to production and sales, are of miuor importance, com paratively speaking, but it is interest ing to know that almost exactly one mile of $1 stamps were manufactured for the uemand of 1S9S. Of f5 stamps ihe production was equivalent to a little more than half a furlong, or about ont fifteenth of a mile. Now, if all the postage stamps printed ny tne united states uovernment in 1898 were placed one on top of another, as neatly as might be, without putting them under pressure, how high . do you suppose the pile of them would be There is no use guessing; you would never get it nearly right, unless you went to work to calculate it for your self. The 3,500,000,000 stamps of all denominations printed during the cur rent year the statement, of course, is approximate would tower to an eleva tion of twenty-one miles. This is more than three times the height of the highest mountain in the world Mount Everest, in the Himalayas. If the same number of stamps were piled up in the form of the ordinary sheets of 100 in each, it follows that the stack would be over a fifth of a mile high. It appears from figures furnished by the Post Office Department that the average person in Massachusetts, in cluding men and women and children, spends $2 30 on postage stamps per an num. JNew York comes second, with an expenditure of $2.27; the District of Columbia third, with $2.16; Colorado is fourth, with $1.93; and Connecticut is fifth, with $1.80. The States ranking lowest in this regard are South Carolina, with 25 cents per capita; Mississippi, with 34 cents; Alabama, with 35 cents; Arkansas, with 37 cents, and North Carolina, with 41 cents. " Our Little War. The attack of the Filippinos on our troops within four miles of Manila seems to argue great boldness on their part and insincerity on the part of the suzerain power, bull, such inroads will bo possible so long as the insurgents continue operations. It is impossible to guard infallibly all points of a long line of defense in a tropical jungle. The movement of General Schwan from Bacoor upon Cavite, Viejo and Novelcta was resisted and there were casualties. The Americans were succe stul in the end, though much exhaueed by the ex ertions of the day. Our forces have reached the vicinity of San Francisco de Malabon, where 5,000 Filippinos are supposed to be assembled. Killed by a Practical Joke. Weary William Practical jokes ain't right, Sandy. Dere's me old pard, Dusty Rhodes, dat died from de effects of one. Sandy the Supplicant How'd' happen? , J? Well, you see, Du.'ty goes up V" of dese wayside coUa-"a.-k.tI for a pie. Do lady. a pie in the houf here s a cake." f What spears 'Twas 'twas a WHAT NEUKOES COST. The White Man's Burden That la Borne by the South. Columbia State. The great objection urged against the proposal to deport the negroes is the cost. Undoubtedly it would take a very large sum of money, but it should be remembered that the negro costs a good deal to keep him here. The Kichmond Dispatch has investigated the matter in Virginia and makes this statement: A gentleman at the capital yesterday after spending some time co isulting omciai ngures reached the conclusion tnat the negroes of Virginia cost the State every year about $500,000. inis means that the negroes' portion of cnmininal expensed, the cost of keeping up his schools, and of taking care of the colored insane of the State aggregate a sum a half million dollars in excess of the amount of taxes paid hy the race into the State treasury. In this- connection figures obtained from Colonel Moreton Mayre, auditor ot public accounts, by Mr. Frank P Brent, secretary of the State Board of Education, for Dr. J. L. M.Curry, gen eral agent of the Peabody fund, are of timely i-nterest. TheBe figures show that the value of larm lands and build ings owned by whites in the counties is $155,952,200. That owned by blacks is only fD.Sbli.UJ. - ihe value of city and town lots owned by whites in Virginia is $141, 397,191; owned by colored, $5,554,907 The value of personal property owned Dy whites in Virginia is $96,428,625 owned by colored $3,617,389. lotal value of realty and personaltv ownea Dy whites or V irginia, $393,778, 067; by colored, $15,030,305. trom a statement prepared bv the auunorin i&yi, and on hie at the capi tol, it is learned that in that year the negroes of the State paid $103,505.54 in taxes. Ihe same year the cost of apprehending, trying and convicting negro criminals was $204,000. This great sum does not include the appro priatson to negro schools, nor the $80.- uuu spent in caring for the colored in sane. These figures are believed to be proportionately correct to-day. It was officially stated that the negro race every year receives from the State treasury at least a half million dollars more than it pays in. Ihe last census reports place the white population of Virginia at 1,020, 122; the colored at 035,858. Placing the cost of th negro above what he pays into the treasury at $500,000,each negro in the State is a dead loss of 85 cents every year, while the proportion ate share of the expense falling upon the whites is 50 cents a year in round numbers. Virginia has almost twice as many whites as blacks, but in other Southern States the blacks far outnum ber the whites, and the burden on the latter is therefore so much the heavier The population in Alabama in 1890 was b66, 718 whites, 69.299 colored: in Georgia, 9S7.537 whites, 858,996 colored ; Louisiana, 558,34a whites, 500,192 colored; North Carolina, 1,055, 332 whitep, 262,565 colored; South Carolina, 402,008 whites, 089,141 col ored; Mississippi, 544,851 whites and 44, 7 19 colored. In Virginia the ne groes are more than one-third of the population; in Alabama the proportion i3 slightly larger; in Georgia the colored population is almost one-half; in Lou isiana it is more than half; in North Carolina it is one-third; in South Caro lina it is more than three-fifths, and in Mississippi it is nearly two-thirds. Virginias white mans burden is comparatively light, and if the expense in the other States is no less proportion tionate to the ratio of population, it is not hard to see what a financial load the darkey is. The whites who are an nually paying 50 cents apiece to sup- Iort tha negroes now would doubtless be willing to contribute a good deal more than that to get rid of the black brother. Deportation is termed im practical; perhaps so, but were thecon- itions removed, it would likewise be thought impractical for a population of superior intelligence and refinement to support a much larger population of in feriors who are practically pensioners. n Virgiuia according to the figures pre sented, the criminal class of negroes lone costs twice as much as the taxes paid by the whole race, and the amount pent for schools and asylums must to ave been half a dozen times aa much. The pity of it is that the criminals and unatics are not decreasing and educa tion seems to have but litLle effect. Yet we pay dearly for keeping the ne gro with us and some are not willing to snd him away. Klre at Troy. Tkoy, N. C;. Oct. 4. Fire broke ut last night in the livery stable of I learn & Varncr, destroying the pro Ierty, together with a hotel and several stores. The following are the the principal losea: Green's hoteW 1,200, no ' insurance; Mor r ardware stor loss $ 1,50'- 2,000; W. j-'i' and ' stal-if """ $050; .SjFr STATK HBWS. A. F. Page, the well-known saw mill nd railroad man, now living in Ral eigh, is very ill. Eev. John T. Abernethy, son of the late Dr. K. L. Abernethy, died at En field on the 5th in hia fiftieth year. He was the first graduate of Rutherford College. The State Normal and Industrial Col lege opened on the 5th with four hun dred aud twenty-five students, the largest opening in the history of the college. The North Carolina synod of the Presbyterian church met in Aeheville on- the 10th, and was opened with a sermon by Dr. Howertown, of Charlotte. At ten o'clock the following officers of the synod for the ensuing year were elected: Moderator, Rev. Wra. Black, of Mecklenburg; reading clerk, Rev. W. C. Alexander; recording clerk, Rev. P. R. Law. All were elected by accla mation. The smallpox situation in Rowan re mains about the same, with eleven fully developed cases in the pest house and some eighteen or twenty suspects in the house of detention. The town authori ties have had all the school children, both white and black, vaccinated. Those refusing to be vaccinated are not ad mitted to the schools. The county physician says he feels sure that the disease ia under control, and no further spread of it ia to be feared. The cotton receipts in Charlotte are falling far below the average thia sea son. The receipts for October, 1898, were 10,000 bales making an average of about 330 bales per day. The re ceipts so far thia month have fallen far below that number. The cotton weigher thinks that two-thirds of last year 8 receipta would be placing, the estimate too high for this month, as compared with October, 1897. Many of the farmers Bays they are making iust half a crop, but it is probable that the average will be very slightly over this estimate. . The Mormon elders are covering North Carolina as with a blanket. The elders claim that thev now have 800 adherents to their fakh in this State, of whom 150 have been baptized thia year. They say they have eight church build ings, and other churches organized without buildings. They expect several hundred Mormons and about fifty elders to attend the Conference to be held at Goldsboro on Noyember 3d and 4th. They state that they will rent the opera house in Goldsboro in which to hold their Conference, but the Golds boro people are not specially pleased to have the Mormons make . headquarters there. Whether they will be allowed to do so remains to be seen. Lincoln's Proverbs. New York Times. An autograph letter which I should like to own was shown me a few days ago. "A. Lincoln" was boldly signed at the end of it, and this wisdom was there paragraphed in thia wise: "Do not worry. "Eat three square meals a day. "Say your prayers. "Think of your wife. "Be courteous to your creditors. "Keep your digestion good. "Steer clear of biliousness. "Exercise. "Go Blow and easy. "Maybe there are other things that your special case requires to make you happy, but, my friend, these, I reckon, will give you a good lift. "Sweet Bells Jangled . Out of Tune and Hars Shakespeare's descriDtlon fits t" sands of women. They are cross. 4 pondent, . sickly, nervous a burden themselves and their families. Tl sweet dispositions are none, and thev. 1: the bells, seem sadly out of tune. there is a remedy. They can use . McELREE'S ' Wine of Cr It bring9 health orjr&nism, and he.': rm.sii Aifori nerves, fi
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