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PLYMOUTH, N, C, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1900.
NO. 19.
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OUH UAliEIOIl LETTER.
Special Correspondence.
The echoes of the great Democratic
Ufa fa flAMifonfifin a r trvlfirn Tn all
respects it was a model conve ition in
attendance, interest, harmony and
enthusiasm it leaves nothing to be
desired. -
The, Populist State Convention met
today.' It was small, oulyabouta third
the number of delegates at the conven
tion of 1896 being present. It wat?
completely dominated by Senator But
ler, who openly dictated what it should
do. It was noticeable that many of
Butler's lieutenants were leading Fed
eral office-holders, like United States
Deputy Collector Wood, Deputy Mar
shal Brown, Garrett and Teace, whose
wives are postmistresses at Henderson
and Oxford. The convention was half
hearted for Bryan. When Harry Skin
ner of the platform committee made a
minority report that Dan Hugh McLean
and Lee S. Overman be named as can!
didales for Electors, he was hissed,
particularly by Butler and State Chair-
"Do you want Bryan?" and the answers
which came were mingled "No" and
"Yes.'' It was very noticeable that
the first cry in response to this ringing
question wai "No." There were be
tween thirty-seven and forty countieB
not represented at all, so a delegate
said this morning. There was but one
representative from the Ninth Congres
fj&aal District, and he is an ex-mosey-Tfclfck
Rfinublicah. . .
Marion Butler was elected ' State
Chairman, succeeding Cyrus Thompson.
He was also elected a delegate to the
National Convention and a member of
the National Committee.
Harry Skinner openly charges that
"there is a deal between Butler and
Pritchard. It is learned from J. C. L.
Hams that at a conference at Washing
ton Pritchard said he could not relin
quish opposition to the amendment,
because if he did that would be aban
doning the negroes in this State, and
then the negroes in New York, Ohio,
Indiana and other State would abandon
the administration. In other words,
he chooses to let the Republican party
be swamped in this State in , order to
save the administration. Harris says
his voice will be raised against this in
fVo Stato nm-iMintinn Mn.v 2rL
Populists deny that any nominees on
their State ticket will be taken down.
There are" hints that the .Republicans
may not name a full ticket, but endorse
some Populists. Z. V. Walser says E.
Z. Linuey is their logical candidate for
Governor, and their strongest man. He
is als Senator Pritchard's candidate.
Ktnn.lnrrl ilil Ilnva IXnfon Mint.
' Salisbury, April 20. The recent
mmnr tha t fhn fitn.ndnrrl Oil Cnmnanv
l"vi . ... v VMV " 1 U
was trying to secure a controlling inter
est in the Union Copper Mine was not
"altogether an idle one, for now they
own all the shares of stock except 100,
000 retained by W. G. Newman. This
means that the Standard Oil Company
will have the controlling interst in the
mine in the future. Your correspond
ent hasn't been able to learn the amount
Mr. Newman received for his stock, but
2.1 1 .-t.r.4- flKnllt 4-VtA f'HQ T CI-
in wh wiiii uiiiiw iiit in l aui uu luc n
action state that the consideration was
enormous. Mr. Newman still owns the
Gold Hill mine and will continue in the
county lookingafter the working of the
Union mine. . '
Needle Close to Her Heart.
A Trenton, N. J. dispatch says :
"Bessie Finkle, the two-year old daugh
ter of a Perry street dry goods merchant,
had a narrow escape from a singular
death. . For Beyeral days the child com
plained of a severe pain in her cheBt.
She was treated, internally for the
trouble, but got no relief. Finally Dr.
R. R. Regers had her removed to St.
Francis' Hospital, where he performed
an operation and found a needlo im
bedded in her chest.. It was three
inches long, and had apparently worked
its way in from the outside. It had
penetrated the left lung and in its pas
sage missed the heart by less than an
inch. The parents of the child can not
account for needle."
Mrs. James Roberts, of Goldsboro,
while inBane from jealousy, attempted
to kill her two little girls with poison on
the 23rd. Her plan was deliberate.
. . . . j i ii i
one weni w a oiure anu uuugui ia.ua
num. then returned home, called the
children into her room, locked the door,
gave them poison, made them lie down
on the floor, took a revolver and Bat
down by them to see them die and
then take her own life. . Her mother
attempted to enter the room, but found
the door" locked, and notified Mrs.
Roberts' husband. As the latter at
tempted to force an entrance, Mrs.
Roberts shot herself in the breast and
fell between the unconscious children.
As she fell she cried out to her hus
band: "Don't wake the children; let
us all go to Jesus together " " Medical
aid saved the lives of the children, after
four hours of hard work. There is no
hope for Mrs. Roberts.
The Atlantic Monthly increases in
popularity and has no difficulty in
holding its place in the first rank
of American literature. Its con
tributors are of the best talent and
they are authority on the subjects
discussed in the pages of this high
toned magazine.
NEORO FRANCHISE TUB NATION'S
BLUNDER.
Charlotte, N. C, April 23. "I re
gard the extension of tne franchise to
the negro to be the greatest blunder the
nation ever made," said Rev. John W.
Stagg, of this city, in speaking of the
club, of New Bedford, Mass., on "The
Race Problem in the South."
The newspapers of New Bedford have
widely advertised Dr. Stagg'a appear
ance iu that city, and it is expected that
a'large crowd will greet him.
He will begin with the Missouri com
promise, in 1821, and, reviewing all
important events to 1854, will under
take to show that the opinion on this
compromise in the north and in the
south was the same. He will contend
that the tremendous effort put forth to
arouse the country on the subject of
slavery, which resulted in the formation
of the Republican party, waa concerned
with every question before the country
until 1861. .
"I regard the extension of the fran
chise to the negro to be the greatest
blunder the nation ever made," said
Dr. Stagg. "It was like putting a stick
in the negro's hand and compelling him
to break his own backbone. The crisis
is now upon us, when the southern
states must take measures for the pro
tection of both the whites and the blac ks
If the national government were to re
move the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments from the constitution, a
bright day would dawn for the nation
and all friction between the two races
would finally cease.
"Slavery was a damnable . wrong
against God and man, and the same
arguments taken from the Bible to
justify slavery, justify polygamy like
wise, for the Scriptures simply give a
history of both.
"The question of franchise does not
involve right. It is not any one's right
to vote. I accepted Herbert Spencers
doctrines of right and hold that the
franchise is a question of expediency.
It was expedient for free negroes to vote
in North Carolina prior to 1835, after
1835 it was not expedient."
Dr. Stagg was asked what he would
say about the proposed amendment to
the North Carolina constitution for. the
restriction of the franchise, and replied:
"I hold that the adoption of the con
stitutional amendment is the only solu
tion of the race problem. If adopted
it will be recognized as a great good for
the negro himself, as a wise measure
for the nation, as a religious act by the
world." - -
The Pops Against Bryan.
Raleigh Post. -
. The Populist State convention Wed
nesday instructed the delegation to the
National convention to vote for Wm. J.
Bryan for president, but this action was
taken under the lash, so to speak. But
ler and his henchmen realized that there
was a strong anti-Bryan sentiment in
the convention and Dr. Cyrus Thomp
son was brought forward to stampede
the convention, which he did and clev
erly at that. When Harry Skinner
asked the delegates if they really wanted
Bryan the shouts of "No" were equally
as numerous and demonstrative as those
of "Yes." At one time the "Nays"
appeared to be greater than the "Yeas."
T. E. McOaskey, of Martin, one of
tho leading lights in the convention,
frankly said yesterday morning before
taking the train, "I don't believe the
convention was really for Bryan. The
result might have been different."
Rev. Dr. T. W. Babb said along this
line: "The convention was really
against Bryan, and only wanted an op
portunity to say bo. If Harry Skinner
had shown judgment he could have
knocked the Bryan instruction higher
than a kite. He proceeded in the wrong
way. Butler forced the Bryan instruc
tions on the convention, and I have no
idea that the delegates want him nomi
nated." -
Reflections of m Bachelor.
New York Press.
Man proposes ; woman disposes of
him .
When Cupid wants a vacation he
goes to a woman's rights convention.
The average Easter hat looks most
like a last year's bird's nest with a big
bouquet stuck in it.
When woman is getting married or
converted it is said of her by the other
women that she looks "unspeakably"
happy.
Married men are thinner than old
bachelors because every spring they
sweat their fat all off waiting till their
wives will let them take off their
heavy underclothes.
What a man seweth, that shall he
also rip.
How foolish an angel would look
with an Easter bonnet on I
The man who gets to be famous too
easily is the only one who knows how
hard it is to stay famous.
Whenever a man kisses his wife
anywhere except in church, he runs
the risk of kissing a "hairpin.
No man ' knows the strength or
weakness of his own will till it butts
its head up against a woman's won't.
Freight train No. 74, northbound,
wa wrecked at Thicket, B.C., on the
23rd j ust before daylight The accident
was caused by a washout on the track,
but fortunately the engine passed oyer
sasely. Several box cars were piled in
the opening which is frty feet long and
twenty deep. Nobody on the train was
injured.
GENKRAL. NEWS.
The Washington Post declares or
acularly that the next national Re
publican ticket will bear the names
of William McKinley and Theodore
Roosevelt.
The novel request goes to Congress
from the National Confectioners' As
sociation that the copper cent be
withdrawn from circulation and be
replaced by a coin made of aluminum.
The argument is that "aluminum is
lighter, cleaner and less dangerous to
health than copper, which accumu
lates verdigris, gathers microbes and
so transmits contagious diseases." To
this is added the argument that the
copper trust has doubled the price of
copper, which has now become an
expensive product, and that when
this can be done it is time to replace
it with another and cheaper metal.
The cotton mills around Abbeville,
S. C, are experiencing some trouble
with some of their operatives. Some
weeks ago the cotton mills at Green
wood went through a period of agita
tion. The representatives of some
labor organization attempted to orga
nize a labor union, to which the di
rectors objected and turned off all
who had joined who would not aban
don the union, and quiet was eventu
ally restored by a number of them
returning to work and the places of
others were filled by the employment
of new hands. The Abbeville Mill is
now going through the same experi
ence. About 60 of the employes were
turned off several days ago on account
of their joining the union.
The most serious scandal that has
yet developed in connection with the
War Department under the present
administration is that American army
officers in Cuba have been drawing
two salaries one from their own gov
ernment and the other out of the
revenues of Cuba. Over and above
their legitimate salaries, they have
been taking bonuses amounting to
$5,000 to $8,000 apiece, and this with
the knowledge and consent of the
authorities at Washington. The de
fense offered for this by the adminis
tration is that their salaries from the
United States government are not
sufficient to maintain them in becom
ing style, aad when the fact is cited
that army officers are forbidden by
law to receive two salaries, the strange
answer is made that the laws of the
United States are not in effect in
Cuba, but that the will of the Presi
dent is law there.
Reason Enough.
Chicago Post.
"So your engagement is broken?"
said the girl in gray.
"Yes," replied the girl in brown,
frowning at the reflection. ,
"What was the matter?"
"He basely deceived me," answered
the girl in brown. "You see, it was
this wray: I asked him one day to
promise me that he never again would
smoke cigarettes, and he promised.
Then I asked him to refrain from the
use of tobacco in any form, and he
promised to do that. Later I told
him I had a horror of anyone who
touched liquor, and he agreed to never
touch it. After that I suggested that
1 thought clubs had a bad influence
on young men and I should expect
him to give them up, and he said he
would. I also took up the subject of
gambling and made him promise that
he would stop playing poker and buy
ing pools on the races."
"Well, you didn't demand any
thing of him, did you?" said the girl
in gray. "I suppose he deceived you
in the matter."
"He did."
"Broke his promises, did he?"
"Oh no; I could have forgiven that.
But just when I was congratulating
myself that I at least had reformed
one young man I found that he didn't
need any reforming. He wasn't ad
dicted to a single one of the habits I
made him promise to break. It was
a terrible shock and I broke the en
gagement right away. There was no
longer anything in it to make it in
teresting." Pointed Paragraphs.
Chicago Daily News.
The perfumer is always a man of
scents. '
. Millionaires are always capital fel
lows. The front door mat is frequently
crossed in love.
All the pictures in the rogues' gal
lery are not steal engravings.
A father should always be known
by the company his daughter keeps. -
The wise farmer leaves no stone un
turned especially the grindstone.
Corn in the field is shocked, but
when it is made into whiskey it is
shocking.
The price a woman pays for a com
plexion improver is always a hand
some sum.
Occasionally when fortune knocks
at a man's door he is in a neighboring
saloon.
The counterfeiter may have been
brought up well but he always turns
out queer.
Hon. Matthew S. Quay was on the
24th refused a seat m the United States
Senate on the appointment of the Gov
ernor of Pennsylvania, by a vote of 3-
to 32. jf
. - -
THE SOUTH AFRICAN AVAR.
Baltimore Sun, 21st.
Lord Roberts is at last prepared for
decisive moments in the Orange Free
State, but the elements are against him.
It has been raining 10 days in the Free
State and the roads are deep in mud.
The rivers and creeks are high. The
neceBsary supply of horses and equip
ments has arrived at Bloemfontein and
all the infantrymen are supplied with
tents.
Conflicting reports continue as to the
situation at Vepener, on the Free
State's southeastern border. There
1,500 British troops have been hemmed
in by Boers. The nearest point reached
by the British relief column, so far as
known, is De Wet's dorp, 24 miles
from Wepener. General Brabant, who
commanded part of the relief column,
has returmd to Allwall North.
Gen. Sir Frederick Carrington, who is
to command the British troops in Rho
desia, has arrived at Beira, Portuguese
East Africa, whence he will proceed to
his destination and organize his force.
Weeks will probably elapae before his
men are ready to move.
Baltimore Sun, 'Sra.
Severe fighting seems about to follow
the period of comparative inaction in
the Orange Free State. The British re
lief columns, of about 20 thousand men,
have reached and attacked the defen
sive positions of the Boers on the road
to Wepener and it has become evident
that if Colonel Dalgety's 1,500 besieged
troopers at Wepener are to be rescued
hot opposition from the burghers will
have to be overcome.
The Boer force in the vicinity of
Wepener is said to number 4,000 men.
It has been separated into three attach
ments, one of which continues the siege
and the other two deal with relief col
umns. Brabant haB gotten . as far as Bush
man's kop, 20 miles south of Wepener,
and has been held up there by the
Boers. He began an attack on them
early Sunday morning, but is not re
port 3d to have made any progress.
Meanwhile the Boers have renewed their
attack on Dalgety's men, but without
success. The Boers, it is reported, have
prepared a series of defensive works on
the way to Wepener and the British
must take these in succession if they
are to relieve the garrison.
The London Times, which through
out the war has estimated the Boer
forces at figures far beyond those of al
most any other English newspaper, has
a dispatch from Lorenzo Marquez stat
ing that according to "information from
reliable sources" the Boers now have
80,000 men.
A late dispatch states that Lord Rob
erts has ordered Metbuen to retire from
Boshof, probably toward Kimberley.
This indicates that Methuen's opera
tions have signally failed.
In Natal the Boers do not seem to be
retiring, as was reported, but on the
contrary they are showing aggressive
ness. They have made an artillery at
tack on Elandslaagte and have attempt
ed feints in several directions. The ob
ject of their tactics is not clear to the
British.
Baltimore Sun. 24th
At last the relief of Wepener the
town in the Orange Free State, 60 miles
southeast of Bloemfontein, where Col.
Dalgety and 1,500 British troops are be
sieged, seems near. The relief it ap
pears, is to be accomplished by General
Brabant, who was but eight miles from
Wepener last night. He has about 6,000
men.
General Bundle fought indecisive en
gagements last Friday and Saturday,
and on Sunday the opposing forces were
still confronting each other near De
Wet's dorp. Twenty five of Kundle'a
men were cut off and captured by the
Boers, as were II men of the Seventh
Dragoons.
The column under Pole-Carew and
French, sent to assist Iiundle, has ad
vanced 18 miles from Bloemfontein and
is 42 miles from Wepener. The Boers
delayed this column for a short time by
making a Btand at Leeuw kop, a high
bill southeast of Bloemfontein, but were
forced to retreat when almost encircled
by the British.
Exciting developments in the next
few days are probable. The overwhelm
ing force of the relief columns is ex
pected to crush opposition.
The Boers, who forced Lord Methuen
to retreat to Boshof, 70 miles northwest
of Bloemfontein, are closing in on him
and may isolate him unless he quickly
retreats to Kimberley. Methuen has
about 10,000 men.
The Cape Town correspondent of the
London Dally Mail says that General
Carrington's force is the only one going
to the relief of Mafeking, and that no
force of any kind is operating from the
south. It will be weeks before Car
rington, who is to proceed by way of
Portuguese East Africa and Rhodesia,
can reach Mafeking.
..ii
The agent of the Computing Scales
Company, of Dayton, Ohio, has brought
suit against a merchant of that city for
using an infringement on their scale.
It is called the National Computing
Scale. The purchasers arebi.Pgrqsf!
cuted because the company can't find
the manufacturers of the lnfringem;,
Three bugs?y whips were worn
a neprrp,
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TAUT, TKKSE AISD TlMElilf.
The Republican state conventions
held since the Porto Rico tariff bill be
came a law have not dared to toss any
bouquets at that measure; but the Dem
ocrats will see that it isn't forgotten in
the campaign.
When Senator Daniel, in reply to the
Republican contention that the Presi
dent could do as he pleased in Caba
regardless of Congress, said, "I deny
that the President of tne United States
is above law," he voiced the sentiment
of a large majority of our people.
In ordering large payments to favored
army officers from Cuban revenues,
without semblance of legal authority,
Mr. McKinley and Secretary Root got
ahead of the imperialistic programe and
made themselves liable to impeachment.
Mr. Taylor of Kentucky, has such a
poor case that he finds it difficult to ob
tain prominent counsel to appear before
the United States Supreme Court in his
behalf. Hon. John G. Carlisle and
Hon. Benjamin Harrison have both
refused.
Senator Butler says the North Caro
lina delegates to the Populist national
convention were instructed to vote for
the nomination of Col. Bryan, and that
he will get the electoral votes of the
State.
Democratic harmony in the State of
New York is making the' McKinleyites
very uneasy over those 72 electoral votes.
It is a little suspicious that those
papers which do not care to see Col.
Bryan nominated are busy trying to
create the impression that his health is
breaking down.
The Alabama Republicans are hardly
numerous enough to indulge in the lux
ury of shooting each other up. Perhaps
it was the absence of Har na-money that
made them mad.
Up to the beginning of the war with
Spain, Gen. Leonard Wood, who was
then a surgeon with the rank of cap
tain, lived in Washington, on a salary
of $1,800 a year; now the War Depart
ment considers it neceesary to pay him
$7,500 a year out Of the Cuban revenues
in addition to his salary of the same
amount, in order that he may live in
Havana.
Taylor to Face Accusers.
Feankfokt, April 24. Taylor will
return to Kentucky, to face accusers
and demand immediate trial on the in
dictments. This was announced in a
telegram received from Taylor last night
as was also his determination not to
take adyantage of the offer of Governor
Roosevelt to protect him in the event
that a demand be made for him by
Governor Beckham.
Taylor decided this course upon the
advice of ex-Governor Bradley. Other
Kentuckians who pledged themselves to
defend him by force favor a speedy trial.
Jim and Perry Howard, indicted for
the murder of Gocbel, will never be
taken alive. An attempt was made to
capture them last night, but the depu
ties who had warrants were forced to
beat a hasty retreat, as the Howards
were entrenched in the mountains sur
rounded by over a hundred fuedists who
declared that the accusers should never
be taken alive.
Capt. Powers, brother of the Secre
tary of State, who is irdicted, has been
discovered in a hut in the mountains of
Bell county guarded by ten mountain
men. His position is impregnable and
he cannot be arrested.
Couldn't Stomach it.
Newton, April 19. After the Re
publican convention here last week ft
life-long Republican went to one of his
Republican friends and said : "I went
to the convention in the court house
to-day. There were about half enough
white men present to fill the bar. I
went in and sat down in the convention,
but when I saw two big negroes, wear
ing glasses, sitting over at one side, by
George, I could stomach it and 1 had
to leave."
This is the kind of men with which
the Republicans are trying to defeat
the amendment but at the election they
will find that these men "can't stom
ach it," and will vote for the amend
ment. A large number of buttons bearing
the words, "White Supremacy for North
Carolina," have been received here and
are being distributed among the voters
of the county. Men who have been "on
the fence" before, can be Been wearing
one of these buttons.
Newman's Horrible Death.
Charlotte, N. C, April 18. Particu
lars of the suicide of Mining Engineer
J. J. Newman at Gold Hill, N. C, by
the use of dynamite, reached here to
day. Newman wrote a diary before
making preparations to kill himself,
saying that the last entry wae ten min
utes before the end. He then put his
watch and the diary behind a tree fifty
yards away and ent into his office,
tied five sticks . rj. dynamite together,
laid himself upon the floor, put the ex
plosive upon his breast wad lit the fuse.
The explosion tore his Jifrom the
- JT-
and wrecked i-
Newman xJ
Companionship In Marriage.
There are a good many books and
articles about love and marriage,
but most of them miss the point
that one of the important factors
in a thoroughly successful marriage
is that husband and wife should
possess the capacity of being good
comrades to each other. After the
first transports of affection are over,
the importance of that consideration
will manifest itself. It is not quite
easy to say in what good comrade
ship consists. It implies a certain
identity of tastes, a certain genial
ity of disposition and a certain un
selfishness in the habitual point of
view. One of the best results of
the higher education of women is
not that it does something to fit
them on an emergency to earn their
own livings, but that it develops
their capacity of : bringing the ele
ment of comradeship into their
marriage with men of education;
but graduation from a college does
not always impart this. The facul
ty of appreciation and sympathy by
a swift intuition is one of the great
endowments of women, and it fre
quently compensates for a lack of
technical education. And women
have an equal right to look for this
quality in their husbands. A man
would do well to neglect some rather
important matters rather than to let
his wife miss this quality in him.
We have been led to these obser
vation by the recent death of the wife
of Lord Salisbury. The two began
life together in poverty. He had
to earn his living by writing for the
newspapers and reviews. Lady
Salisbury had the fine gift of com
radeship. Those who knew them
well said that the successes of one
were the triumphs of both, and
when he succeeded to Hatfield and
the premiership, he had no more
trusty counselor or royal, coadjutor
than his wife. Northwestern Advo
cate. The mother of Children.
Salisbury Truth-Index.
Catharine Sharp, a bright and live
ly colored woman of Davie county,
was in the city yesterday. It being
known that she was the mother of
quite a large number of children and
that she was comparatively a young
woman, inquiries brought forth the
following startling information.
Catharine stated that she was mar
ried at the age of twelve and that her
husband was 35 years of age. She be
came a mother when fourteen and
now, at the age of 40, has 22 children,
with only one pair of twins. She ia
one of a family of 25 herself and she
seems to have ambition of outdoing
her parents.
This is probably Davie's record
breaker.
Salisbury correspondence Charlotte
Observer: When seven operators walk
ed out of the offices here and at Spen
cer, the day the strike waa to go into
effect, it looked for awhile that serious
trouble would result, but to the con
trary, no inconvenience has been ex
perienced. The officers have been
rilled by new men and trains are run
ning on time as usual.
Officials bf the treasury estimates the
cost of war in South Africa, if it closes
within three months at, $650,000,000.
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what suffering: from falUngr of the
womb, whites, painful or Trrsrolar
menses, or any disease of the distinctly
femiaiBOorransis, A man may sympa
thise or pity but ba can not know the
agonias she eoes through the terrible
ufferiagr, so patiently borne, which
robs her of beauty, hope and happi
ness. Yet this su&eri&f miry to
needles. .
McELREE'S
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will banish it This meiels
cures all " femal. diseases " quick
ly and permanently. It does away
with humiliating phytic V "nl
nation. Th treats ''
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