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y 1.00 a Year, In Advance. ' 'FOR COUNTRY, FOR GOD, AND EOR TRUTH." Single Copy, 5 Cents VOL. XI. PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1900. NO 32, I. if J I i i 1 Charlotte Ohsorver. I t ih na true today as it was in the G. V00 yours of hiuUry of the world that "we know not what a (Jay may -bring forth." Wo cannot certainly anticipate iveivtd. We live in a day of surprises. The whole world wa.s amazed when in the SpaniHb-American war the Amer icana nent two Spanish navies to Davie Jones' loeker with hardly the loss by death of a single American soldier. Again the world whittled in wonder to Sep 50,0(10 Iler fanners, or even loss, lotonly holding at bay the mighty Wiwcr of (ir'nt lhitain, but for a time .actually winning great victories from, or hemming up and lesieging, British armies, until England poured into South Africa a Mississippi Hood of 250,000 soldiers. The next great surprises have come from China. The Japanese whipped the Chinese so easily a few years ago that the Western world believed a hand ful of Occidental troops could easily go , against hundreds and hundreds of the Oriental hordes. Accordingly Admiral Seymour, with 2,000 men, tried to cut his way to l'ekin through 100,000 Chi nese soldiers. lie was burled back and but for speedy relief would have been annihilated. The aurprisc came in the fact that in three year China had . learned the art of modern war and had acquired vast stores of modern arms, jihe second surprise came in the Statement that all the envoys of the great powers at the Chinese capital envoys sacred in person for what they represent had been massacred, a thing, if true, unparalleled in all time. The third surprise came in the utter failure to verify the statement as to the massacre. A ray of hope once or twice broke from the black mystery of gloom at l'ekin and the optimists began to a eert thai the ministers were safe. Al though a formidable army of some 10,- 000 or 20,0(U) men are only 75 miles distant from Pekin, neither hngland, Russia, France, Germany, the United States, Japan, Austria nor Itlay have been able to hear for a long, weary month of the certain safety or the cer tain fate of their respective ministers. Within the great square walls of the Chinese caniUl. for nieh SO cave, has been locked the awful secret which waiting world is in an agony to know What next? ItaiiMwii al -MooroKvillo. Charlotte Observer. It is to be douOtcdif there was ever a more splendid political demonstra te m in the State than at Mooresville Wednesday. Certainly there is no liner population in the State than that of Mooresville and the country around it south Iredell, upper Rowan and Cabarrus ajid Mecklenburg. And the people were there by thousands men and women and children. Jt was said by citizens that no other man in the State except the old man eloquent, the last of the Romans, could have attracted such an audi ence. It was certainly a profound compliment to him, and certainly he was equal to the occasion. His speech was that of si Sena tor and a statesman, and the people who heard him hung upon his every word. Mooresville- to be specific, Dr.- J. R. McLelland brought (Jen. Hanson into the present campaign, and the whole State is debtor to this community and this gentleman for having done so. Itansoiii l'-l;ir'w IVoiirocs I'-ir'I ISani. Chari.otti:, X. C, July 23. Former Senator Ransom, who was here last night, stated to. a Journal correspondent that after a thorough investigation tf the conditions surrounding the burning of his btrn in Northampton county, be was forced to conclude that it was the work of negroes who have become in censed at his taking the stump in favor of the amendment. After he spoke here last week it wss generally reported that '-Ransome spoke for three hours, and was hard on the negroes," and intimations were made that his speech should be revenged. The barn, Ransom stated, was situat ed remote from any buildings but those occupied by negroes, and after a thor ough investigation, he was sure Unit his speech caused the barn to be fired. HvA Miirtw Alter IJnller. Charlotte Observer. Red Shirts along the line of the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad are reported to have been looking for Mr. Marion Butler, who had an appoint ment to speak at Willard, on that road, Wednesday. We are glad ho broke his appointment and that they did not find him. At the same time it is to be confessed that his speeches in this campaign have been of such character as to attract a good deal of attention to himself and cause him to be a good deal sought after. I Hie is to continue to reside in North Caro lina it is hoped for his own sake and for the reputation of the State as a law-abiding community, that in his future campaigns he will moderate .himself a little. There is a point, in his speech and in conduct, where lib erty ceases and license begins. Recording to the Associated IVess, which cannot be accused of prejudice, 100,000 soldiers are needed to keep the Filipinos in subjection. It 1 1. L A HP'S MOTIICH. A paragraph in a New York paper asks: ''Is there a charm in the letter NT" and all's well that N's (ends) well, so the writer tells us that the names of ten Presidents of the United StateB ended in N. He might have gone further and said that uo presiden tial candidate whose name ended with N and whose running mate ended in N had ever generally been laid on the po litical shelf as back numbers and uuder tlie ban. It has been said that this was the reason why Roosevelt did not wish to be nominated. Rut this is a mistake. Jefferson was a vice-president and so were. Jackson and Van Ruren. But it is astonishing how little is generally known of vice-presidents. How soon they are forgotten. Even the beBt his tories of the United States fail to men tion them in any tablo or order or in dex. Indeed, the defeated candidates for president are equally ignored. Who did Taylor run against ? Who did Wil liam Henry Harrison? Who Van Ru ren, who Madison? Who was J. Q. Adams' vice-president, who Jefferson's and Jacksou'gjMonroe'sand Madison's? You can't find answers to these in any school history, and J. found them ouly after much research in Appleton's bi ographies; and who ran against Jeffer son for his second term? who agaiDst Monroe and Taylor and Pierce ? No body knows hardly. Now here is a ta ble of reference that lovers of history may look over anJ paste in a book for reference : Washington and Adams, Washing ton and Adams, Adams and Jefferson, Jefferson and Burr, Jefferson and George Clinton, Madison and George Clinton, Madison and Elbridge Gerry, Monroe and Daniel Tompkius, Monroe and Daniel Tompkins, J. Q. Adams and Calhoun, Jackson and Calhoun, Jack son and Van Buren, Van Bureo and 11. M. Johnson, Harrison and Tyler, I'olk and Dallas, Taylor and Filmore, Pierce and Willian R. King, Buchanan and Breckenndge, Lincoln and Hamlin, Lincoln and Johnson, Grant and Colfax, Grant and Colfax Hayes and Wheeler, Garheld and Arthur, Cleyeland and Hen dricks, Harrison and Morton, Cleveland and Stevenson. Jefferson ran against C. C. Plckney. Madison ran againt DeWitt Clinton. Monroe ran against Rufua King. J. Q. Adams ran against Jackson. Jackson ran against Clay. Van Buren ran against Harrison. Harrison ran against Van Buren. Polk ran against Clay. Taylor ran against Cass, Pierce ran against Scott. Buchanan ran against Freemont. Lincoln ran against Breckeuridge and Bell. Grant and Seymour. Grant ran against Seymour. Hays ran against Tilden. Garfield ran against Hancock. Cleveland ran against Blaine. Harrison ran against Van Buren. Cleveland ranagai ist Harrison. Now pick out those successful candi dates whose names, presidents and vice presidents end in N. Jefferson and Clinton, Madison and Clinton, Jackson and Calhoun, Jackson and Van Buren, Van Buren and R. M Johnson, Lincoln and Hamlin, Lincoln and Johnson, Harrison and Morton. And now if there is any charm in the letter N look out for a ground-swell that will roll Bryan and Stevenson into oflice next November. Look out, I say, and have as much faith as vou do in seeing the new moon iu a clear sky over your right shoulder. Bryan wan defeated the last time because the name of his running mate ended iu L. That's why the wise men wouldent take Hill this time too much L (hell) in it they said. But all's well that N's (ends) well, so Mr. Shakespeare says. Bryan and Stevenson will sweep the country, for the double N's have never been de feated. And there is'another shameful neg lect iu our histories. They tell us noth ing scarcely of the mothers or wives of the presidents; nothing of their child ren nor who was born in the white house. Of course we know about Washington's mother and his wife, and about Dorothy or Dolly Madison who was a widow Todd, and maybe was kin to Mrs. Lincoln, for she was a Todd. We know something about General Jackson's wife and about Mrs. Eaton for there was a scandal about her, and because Mrs. Calhoun and others wouldent visit her in the white house, Jackson broke up his cabinet and took a new one. We know that Jefferson had no sons, but that his daughter mar ried a Mr. Eppes, and her descendants are quite numerous. Une ot nergrand soii8 was my ciassmate in college. . We know 8ometmng about Mrs. Polk and Harriett Lane, who kept the wuite house for Buchanan and about Julia Dent Grant and Miss Folsom, whom Cleveland married, but this is about all. The mother of a great man deserves the highest consideration of the historian, but they have not had it. With the few exceptions that I have named our people know nothing of the mothers, wives or children of the presidents. How many New England people know who was Daniel Y ebeter s wite or inotner? How many Carolinians kDOW of Calhouns's, how many Kentuckians know of Henry Clay's.? But the women are at last coming to the front, and will hereafter Occupy a higher place. We are impatiently waiting for the coming. of the promised volume by Mrs. Sarah Butts, giving the biography of notable southern women. A woman ought not to lose her name when she marries. My wife ought to sign her name Octavia Hutching Smith instead of Mary Octavia Smith and every woman preserve her father's name in this way. Well, I am away down here in Mont gomery county basking in the euoshine of Mount Vernon, an old time unpre tending village, beautifully situaud on perhaps the highest ' plateau in the county. It is my first visit and I was pleased to be invited here, for to me it is classic and venerated ground. Eighty two years ago my father taught school here, an old-field school, and there are a few persons still living who remember the old log school house. But it has long since passed away and not a pat rou is alive, and so far as I can learn, not one of his pupils is living. All gone. Many a time did he tell us of his experience while teaching here and how rude boys rebelled against bis dis cipline, and for a month he had to fight his wav, but finally subjugated them and became famous with the patrons, for those boy 8 had run oil" three teach ers before he came and the community rejoiced when they got a teacher who was game enough to conquer them. This is a quiet, delightful place to rest. Even the signs of antiquity are pleas ing to the eye. Beautiful legistremia in full bloom ornament the front yard of my hotel. They are not bushes or shrubbery, but large trees, and I rev erence them, for they were my mother's favorites away back in my childhood, and there are still sweet memories clus tering around them. I am here right in the midst of flowers and fruits. Oh the fruits that everywhere abound. In deed, this is a blessed couutry to live in and be happy, and as for that, I have not suffered at all nor found any difference between this region and North Georgia provided you keep in the shade. The nights are cool and pleasant. Bill A hp. Itod Shirt In Illii s. Richmond, Va., July 25. Red shirts are likely to be introduced in Virginia politics. They originated in North Car olina in 1808. Virginia has called a constitutional convention for the pur pose of eliminating the negro vote from politics. The Virginia blacks have called a state convention of their race to meet at Charlottesville on August 22 to take steps to protect their franchises. The red shirt movement originated at Laurinburg, N.C., in October, 1808. That section of North Carolina was over uuwith negro officeholders, and th whites determined to carry the election. The red shirt scheme was adopted. The whites, or most of them, had red shirts made and wore them on public occasions. The shirts were as a rule very plain. They were worn with trousers and belt, but vest and coat were discarded. Women followed the idea adopted by the men and donned red ribbons. These were worne as emblems of white supremacy. Soon all of white North Carolina put on red. Wherever one goes in that state red shirts will be found. Soon they will be worn in Virginia. The negro convention will encourage the introduction of the shirts in this state. 80,000 Men Nrrtiea III China. Washington, July 28. Sixty thousand men for the march to Pekin and twenty thousand more to keep open the lines of communication and if necessary to defend the bases oper ation at Tien Tsin and Taku is the estimate of the number of troops that will be required in the Chinese cam paign. Upon the basis of these ligures, which is said are those held by the commanders of the allied forces in China, this Government will furn ish between ten and twelve thousand soldiers. This number is thought bv the officials to .be all we should furnish in the present emergency. Indeed it is more than was estimated should be our share, as this was stated to be about an even 10,000. The recent arrival home of a battal ion of an infantry regiment at San r raneisco has given an opportunity to the War Department to utilize' several batteries of artillery now on the coast for the China service, their place to be tilled for the time being by the men of the home, coming regi ments, loday s orders also contem plate the sending of a siege batterv of artillery now at Fort Rilley, Kansas. for the China service. The Diwma! Swamp Unr iilnii. The destructive fire in the Dismal Swamp is still burning on the southern side of tbe great wilderness, where none of Sunday's storm wis felt. The heavy rain put out that portion of the fire on this side of the swamp, though it is probable that the fire and tho heat on tbe surface and below the ground is still burning and will probably continue to do so until the fall rains set in. There was no rain on the Comden side, con sequently the flames are still devouring the timber and everything infUmmablc on that side of the swamp. Lumber men are not the only sufferers bv the fire. The railroads have lost heavily also. Last week four cars oftbeC tm- den Railroad were burned up and about lOyardaof their roadway. THIS SITUATION IN CHINA. lialtimort'Hun, 21th. European papers are beginning to at tack the jolicy of President McKinley. Berlin semi-official organs see in it a triumph of the cunning diplomacy of the Chinese. The London Times says: "President McKiuley has been asked to mediate, and the request is facilitat ed by the care which has been taken in Washington not to commit the United States to any very thorough-going pol icy.'' Sheng, Director of Posts and Taotai of Shanghai, has sent through the Chi nese Minister at London a story that the Pekin legations were heard from July 18, when they were sale and sound. President McKinley has decided to use his good offices with the powers to effect a settlement between them and China. This is in reply to an appeal by Minister Wu. The President makes as a condition precedent the establish ing of order in China and the protec tion of foreigners. Itultiniore Sun, 2(ith. The latest news about the legations in Pekin from other than Chinese sources has come through the British Consul in Tientsin, who has received a letter from Sir Claude MacDonald dated July 4. According to that letter the foreigners in Pekin were sustaining a continued assault. Forty-four of the inmates of the British Legation had been killed and twice that number wounded. Provisions for two weeks were at hand, but the Minister had no hope of holding out unless relief came quickly. This message, which is regarded by Chinese as confirming their stories of the safety of the legations, is looked upon in London as a forerunner of an official confirmation of a general massacre in Pekin. Li Hung Chang intimates that a march by the allies on Pekin might result disastrously to the diplomats imprisoned there. He also says that the people of China would not tolerate giving the powers Chinese territory, and China is unable to pny indemnities. Friction is reported between command ers at Tientsin. British and Russians are at odds about the Pekin railway. The Uuited States and the powers seem to be driftijg apart as to their views on the situation in China. While Presi dent McKinley, in a reply to a Chinese appeal for mediation of the Uniied Best Prescription lor Malaria, Chills and Fever,- iroves lasteie It is simply Iron and Quinine in a tasteless form. . . . Sold by every druggist in the malarial sections of the United States No cure, no pay Price, 50c WHOLESALED f V.v. Louis, Mo., Feb, 6, 1853. PifilS Medicikh Co., City. OoniU-inon: Wu n-hh to cor ito you on ho irureittvr) nnlcn v, o cro Mvinfvoa your Grvn 'aai' ivtut CltilJ'J 'I'iIo. On exam ining our rccov.i cf inventory usi'r date of Jan. 1st. wo iinil tint, we iio'iil i!nri:u tin Chill season of 185.!, -GEO dozen CSvv. Yom. Wo also gml thi.fc 'Ui- 3rieu on yo-ar l-iMtaUv-.j IlrOiOiiMi'ni.sis.'aa TTaibUcfia b.ivo boon sonic thin; cnonaaus: haviufT sold dariag tlio lato Cold aad Orio season -l.CO't do.'.on. Pluaso rutili don-n order mcicRcd LurowitU, ftnd obiisc, Yours Iruiy , MEYER mm. D3UG CO. I 1fflf!tl!;:iilill!;(TW V 1 ; l' " it- : , Midi : h !' y O , .. K - ' T -1 V j' V- - -ji . -v ..-r .Pf " f .'.t. -v , - - LstrV- . . ' T ', -' ' it . 1 t?-j-zr'jf fi'sr r ij- r S2l WZX States in settling Chinese difficulties with the powers, agreed to act only on condition that China should do its part, Germany, to which the same appeal was made, refused to entertain it at all. Washington officials, at least in their communications with China, take it for granted that the diplomats in Pekin are alive. Lord Salisbury told the Chinese Minister bluntly that confirmation must come from Sir Claude MacDon ald before it would be given weight. There are indications that China is preparing for a war with the powers. An alleged Imperial edict has been made public in Canton calling upon Viceroys to prepare for the defense of the territory under their protection. The decree calls attention to the treaty obligations of China not to kill foreign diplomats. It refers to the murder of Von Ketteler and says the rest of the ministers are safe. European Governments have been approached by the Chinese with a re quest for mediation similar to that di rected to Presiden t McKinley. None have entertained the requests. European papers generally comment adversely on President McKinley's at titude toward Chia. They look upon it as an indication that America is not in harmony with the powers in regard to Cnina. It is generally said that the United States Government is the victim of Chinese diplomacy, intended to di vide the powers to the advantage of China. Germany is most outspoken, but England takes the same view. There are stories of fighting in Man churia between Russians and Chinese. These accounts are very general, but indicate a Russian advance. Lobt HI Identil). Atlantic Citv, N. J., July 28. A strange freak of forgetfulness seized a middle-aged man while in bathing to day. He came out of the surf and approached Policeman Cassedy, asking if he knew who he was. 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It rives - ' cooking whether baking, boiling, or simply toasting. Can you do or gas range ? The Hall ... - fmjtmm .Ma ... Is making summer housekeeping easy. It is giving cooking comlort ino sraok" or smell, bold stoves are sold. If your docs not have it, write to .', , slAniCAnu OIL COMPANY 1 U The Democratic leaders decided yes terday not to adjourn the Legislature sine die. They do well. It is best to keep a string tied to the Legislature as long as the fusion conspirators are plotting in every conceivable and in conceivable way to defeat white suprem acy. Charlotte Observer. The Kentucky Democratic State Con vention renominated Governor John W. C. Beckham and declared iu favor of a revision of the Goebel election law. Southern an way, ThET STANDARD RAILWAY OP the South . . . The Direct Line to All Points. TEXAS, CALIFORNIA, FLORIDA, CUBA AND PORTO RICO. 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