The Gastonia___
__ OoTotod to tba Protaotlon ol Uoma Mid tbo lbttirorU of Ui Coni,.
Vol. XIX. _, Uawtonla, N. C.. September 1, 1898.
MAJOR JONES TRAVELS
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
By Major Joseph Jones of Georgia.
LETTER VI.
Washixotoji City, May la.
To Mr. Thompson: Dear Kir;—It
was pretty late before I got up this
morals’, am) then II waa 'bout a ower
before 1 found my way downstairs
after I did git up. You haiu't no Idee
wbat a evariostlu’ heap of rooms snd
passages and stairways tbsrs Is to thrss
big hotels, nnd to e person wUst ain't
nss to ’em It’s 'liout as UliDeuR to nav
igate through Vb at it is to Hod one’s
way oot of a Florida hammock.
As soon as I got my brecklast I a»l
not for the Capitol; what stands on the
hill, at the upper end of tbe avenne, aa
they call R, which It a great wide
street, runnln' rite through tbe middle
of Use city. When I looked op to it—
from tbe street—It teemed like it
wasn't tnorehi 20 yards off. hut before
1 got to it I was pretty tired walkin'.
Tbo gates was open, and I walked Into
tbe yard, and fullered round the botlful
;>ared walks till I oum to tbe steps.
'Tbe yard round the bildin' it ell laid
off la squares end diamonds, Jeel like
Mery’s dower garden, ana Is all sol out
with tnme. Rite In front of the Mld
ln\ an the side towards the city. It a
ourioos kind of n mouumeul, staudln’
In a baa in of wuter, wltb little babes
sod angels, ell cut out of solid marble,
itendin' all round on tbe comers of it,
ptntin’op to a old eagle what looks
like he'd gone to rooet on the top of It.
It’s e yery pretty thing, and the water
what It stands In Is fall of little ml
bihes, playin' all about us lively as tad
poles In a mill pond. I looked at tbo
mooument sum tints ami red sum of
tbo names on it, but sun) l couldn't
make out eud the rest I’ve fornot.
After gwiuo up two ur three more
pair of alone stairs. I cum to tire door
of the Capitol. 1 oouldn’t aee nobody
about, ao J nocked two or three tiroes,
but nobody didn't answer. I welted
awhile and then nocked agio with my
■tick, but nobody never sod n word.
Thick* I. they can’t be homo. But
the door was open—au thinks t. 1*1 go
in and aee thn bllilln any Unw. Well,
iu 1 went, and Ibu fust thing I met
was two pair of stairs agin, both gwiuo
the same way, T tuck one of 'em, and
after gwine n little ways I cum to
soother green door. Thinks I, It wont
do to be too bold, or I mought git luto
a fuss with the kitchen cabinet, and I
knowed a Whig wouldo't find no friends
tkar. Ho I nocked agin, louder aud
loudar, bat nobody answered. Well
thinks I, tue government can't be to
homo suruenuff. and 1 wa* jeettbiokio’
what a bomloablc shame it was for
them to negloct their blsoees so. wheu
here cud a Teller what had whiskers
all over bis face, with three or four
galta, Uughlo aod glgllo at a terrible
rate, and In tliev want, without ever
nockin a lick. Well, tbloka I, Iv’a got
as good a right liars as anybody else
what dont belong to the udinintslra
lloo, bo In l follered into the rotunda.
1 tell you wliat, Mr. Thompson, this
rotunda la a raoosfrsus tall bildln jest
of Iteelf. Why you eoold put tbo l’luo
ville Courthouse Inside of it, and it
wouldn't be iu the way u bit. A full
grown mao dont look no bigger in it
than a five year old boy, end I cum
very near nockin a pintnr dog In thn
hed far a rat. ho braked so little. The
sides la all hnng round with pluters,
and over the doors thor Is some sculp
tars* /epreaeaUn William Penn
swindlln the logins out of User laud,
and Colnmbus cumin ashore in Ida
boat, and old Daniel Hooo killin abo
rlgneee with a batcher knife, and
other subjects mors or lew Outer I a to
the national character. The flgers la
all cramped up like they'd been whit
tled down to lit tber places, and dont
look well to my llkla at all. The
places would be a great deal better
tilled with single llgers repreeen tin our
grate Gen Brail and statesman. Tbe
pleters are very good, and It’s worth a
trip from Georgia to Waahlnton tn sec
them great national palntlos. tlie
Signers of the Declaration of Indepen
dence, tbe Hurreoder of Cornwallis,
Washington giving up bit Commission,
the Baptism of I’ocsbontaa, and tlie
pilgrim Fathers on hoard tlier ship. I
cnuhl a looked at 'em a whole day, but
I bad so much to see and so little lime
to apare that « only gin 'em a psastn
—warn In A11 An
Dimaby I wont up to a chap what
waa altln by the door with a I took In
hi* band and ax'd him whar the gov
ernment waa.
“Who?" Mil*
“The government,” act I—“Polk
and Dallas. ”
“Oh," aes ha, “the President la at
horn* »t M« house, X believe, but I
don't know whar Mr. Dallas la.”
“Don’t the l'realdent live here?”
see I
“So air." aes he. “lie Uvre In the
WIiIUHoum at Hie other'end of the
•venue. Tula Is the Capitol, whet
CoOgrvae eeu. but It alnt In seealon
now."
“lief your prrdoti, elrsee 1, I
thought tbe government all lived at the
Capitol."
“Your * at ranger her*, then, it
•ren*^" tM ho. “My business 1* to
•how stranger* over Hi* Capitol. J»o
you wish to eee It ?’’
••Ttust*Je*» what 1 eum hero for,"
** I, “and I’d tlko wty much to •*«
what Oongnwa make* the laws."
“Very fren/’M*be.“Jeetfuller me."
Well, be lea the way and I loitered
up stalls and down, through paeeuget
aod round pillar* and oortwra, under
•rebel nod over roots, through lha
■jrc-i* Chamber, lit* Hall of Ket*m««n
t*tlvss. and aver io amir nfTioe* and
committee room*. tU M hrong me out
mi lb* loP ^ lha don*, i never we*
w> high up lu the Wirld before. Tliar
wa* tb* "city of aMsgaldcewt illnus
H ntrrallf stretched out «l ary
52 gad I looked down epnw tbe dig
nltsrie* of Ur* l*°d I waa Indeed
^ leva tod above Pmtdewte and Oa bn arts
•and Ml ulster* of Stale. House* looked
like marlin boxes, man looked no big
ger thau eeedticks, and carriages and
horses went crawlin along over the
ground like u couple of aute draggle a
dead blue liottle. The eye ranges over
half lha nation; Vlrginy ami Maryland
come* iuto the 10 miles square, and
the Potomac looks Ilk* n little branch
runnin' through a meadow of trees;
while tbe Tiber don't look uo more
like "Ihe angry Tiber chafing with It*
shores” in which Julius Caesar and
Mr. Cassia* went uswlmln’ with thnr
ololhes on then our duck pond does
I like the Atlantic Ocrnn.
trail, aiier using u gotta ioqk rrotn
the dome, I follom] tho man what
keeps the Capitol down agio Into the
rotunda and ax'd him what waa to pay
for tile trouble. “Nothin at all," sea
ho, aud then !i« told me whar the
• tallies was on the eastern portion, and
pluletl out the place whar they kept
Mr. Qreenough’s Waahlng'on.
I went out on the portico, and what
do you think. Mr. Thompson ! the very
Brat thing I »e*<l was a woman with
out so much aa a pellycual on ! Jfut a
real live woman, hut one out out of
marble. Jar*, as na:«tsl as life itaelf.
Thar ahs waa, sort o( lml( standing'
aud hall squatltu’ by the aide of a man
dressed off in urniour and u boldin' a
round bail lo It is hand. At first I
never was an tuck n back in my life,
and I looked at It, 1 couldn’t hoilp but
look at it, though It did teaks me feel
»wt o' shamed all atimo by myaelf.
Every now and then somebody would
cum by, and then I would walk off and
look (other way. Hat somehow I
couldn't go away. Tho morn I looked
at It the liandsumor It got, til bimeby
I seemed to forgil every other thought
In the contemplation of its beauty.
Ther wua sumlhin so chaste and cold
and pure about tlmt beautiful Ugnre
that I begun to hs lo love with it and
I couldn’t help lint think If I was
Columbus aod wasn’t marble myself
I'd be tempted to give her a hug now
aod tben if she was a squaw. 1 went
down off the portico and took a Trout
view of It—and than 1 looked at it
stdaways—and than I went up the
steps and looked nt It th»r agin, and
every wav It presented a Imago of
licauly t.o dream of years to come.
Itimeby the galls what I saw when I
was nockiu at the door cum up with
that chap with the whiskers aud 1
backed out.
Ther U two other statues slsodtu’
ou the east front of the Capitol, one
represeolhr tho Qoiee* of Peace and
the other Uenenil Mars, the god of
War. They are both very handsome.
Mars oarrys hit bed like a geuewlnc
Mouth (J.trulina militia Captain, and
I’eaoo looks like aim wouldn't hurt
anybody for the ' world; but ther Is
something tame about'em—they look
somehow like they waa cast in a
mould.
After lookin' at tliera a while 1 went
out to the hildlti' what stands in the
yanl and luok a look at Mr. firoe
nongh’e Washington, and to tell you
the truth, I never waa so disappointed
in my life. This statoo has some ter
rible bad faults, and on first view, be
fore one hu time to studv snd under
stand the design of the artist, creates
anything hut a favorable Impression.
In the fust placo the position ie out of
keepln’ with the character of Wash
ington; in the second place. Uie cos
tume Is worse than the position, aod
in tbe ooxt place, tho mouth la uot
good and doatrnya the ohnraeuir and
expression of the face. Ther ain't
oolblug Washington about it. to my
notion. The Idea of puttlQ’s Homan
togyon General Washing Luo Is ridicu
lous; as if be wasn't Jest as much en
titled to a type of hie age and genera
tion as Julius Caesar or any other
Itoman hero Is of the age when liver was
no tailors to make coats. It made mo
reel bed whoa I looked np and saw
Washington's bare bosom. The yon
oration which Americane foci for the
chc racier of Washington U shocked st
llie exposure of that noble breast,
whose every Uirob v/sa (or hi* oountry!
It seems like a desecration to represent
him In any other way than as be was
when lie was olive; snd though tber Is
something impoein’ snd grand lo tho
artist’s design, the effect la destroyed
by the want of fidelity to the character
of tbe man. I triad my best lo over
onm my prejudices agin the Washing
ton, because it waa a American work,
but It was no go. aud I went back nod
tuck anottaor look at t.'olumbos and ble
Ingin gall, before I went down to my
hotel.
A llae A\_T-■ ia_SL _ we_ai
dent, op U> the White House as they
call It, wbat itantli at the other mod
of the avenue All along tb« wuy the
back men kep aettlo at ma to ride In
ona of Uier carriage* It looked like
ouly e lltllo wayi, and I wasted to aae
the city aa I went nloug; hut If I
stopped lor a mlnit to explain to on#
of ’em, I was tors to have a dozen of
’em roand me at onoe, all polttn aud
baalio at me and etuio one another
ror every thing yon could think of.
Waahlngtoo'l eo bomlnably aeattered
all over erestlon. that mutt every body
rides, and those Mien think It’s a out
rage on their rights to een a gentleman
welkin In the streets. 1 cam mighty
nlgbgulllo Into three or four fight*
with ’em fore I got half way to the
)‘reeldent’s house. It was a mondrooe
long walk, aud I was terribly tired
Core I got thar. Wbat make* It in
deoetrlu It the Capital at one eend, and
the White Itouee at the other eend of
tins wide straw, la eu Urge that one
loses ell Idee of distance and propotr
tlOM.
When I got tn the houae, r necked
el Ike dour, aud a gentleman opened It
aud told me to cum In.
"flood eveulu, Mr. I’resident," set I,
"I hope yourself and (amity U all
weU," offerln him my hand at the
wow time.
"Good nvenln, sir,” sea the gentle
man, givln me u real Georgia shake by
tho hand. "It's not Mr. Polk your
spakln too ses ho, but oo offence, sir,
walk In.”
"Why,” sex I, "don’t tbe President
live here,” beginuiug to think 1 never
would liud him.
"To be sure, vlr; tlilvla tho Prcsl
dent's house. hut It's Cabinet day,
end his exiMlnucr oan’t bo seen by
strangers.”
"H ell, I’m vory sorry for that,” ees
"And so am 1," set the gentlomnn.
"But," ms he, • since yon ean’t nee hla
excellency, you usn have tbu honor of
taking a pinch or snuff with hla lags)
rlpreslntative,” and with that, be
poked hla souffboxut me end I tuck
a pinch of his Irish blackguard, that
liked (o put my neck out of Jlut a
socrriti.
At eoou aa I got over it a little, ses
be; "walk Ibis way, sir, sod I'll ebow
you through the public rooms if you
would like to see them.”
Afur walkin about awhile we cam
Into the great East room, which li a
rent stylish place yon may depend,
with sold chair*, and marble tables,
and the richest kind of carpets, with
lookln-classes clear down to the lloor.
I knew that was the room wliar pore
old Utneral llarriaoo lay before he waa
buried, so I ax’d the man if he kuowd
General Harrison.
"To bo enre I did," tea he: ‘“I cum
horo In General Jaokson’s admtoUtra
shun, and I’ve bln tiers Ivvr since.
Ab, sir.’’ see Its, "General Harrison
was a great and good man. Ha waa a
true dimgerat. Its was. We waked
him here two daje lu Ibis room, sir,
and I shall- nlvlr, ul tbe day of my
delb, forglt that melancholy eight.
Tbe gloeral was none of yer blarneyiu
politicians, but a true man, sir.
When h« cum to the White House I
wint U> him, and bps l—•(»literal, I’m
a dimocrat. and If I'd had a vote I’d
voted aglu yon. ana now I’m rvddy to
give up ray place.’ ’Don't think of It,
Martin,’sea he; ‘I’m tnuld ver atten
tive and faithful lu the discharge of
yer duties. I'll need such a man about
me. urn] It's not mfself that’ll dis
charge any many for Ins political opin
ions.’ 1 kep my pluon, sir, but tho
pore mild glnUsmtn, rcat bis sowl.
wasn’t spared to keep hla He waa
kind to irrytwdy ’bout him. from the
highest to the lowest; 1 used’to walk
out wid him whin be was sick; and if
you’d seen u*logHhei you couldn't a
tould which was th» bust dimocrat, tbe
President of th« United States or his
Irish fulman.”
“Give me yer hand, Martin,” see I;
"I'm a Georgia whig, and I'm glad to
hoar you apeak well of the man I loVcl
to much.”
"Dimocrat or whig.” ses ho, "tbe
truth’* all tbe same. But are ye all
ttse way from Georgia ?”
"I am.” seal; "my name la Junes,
Joseph Jones of l’ioevillaL”
"Mxjer Joseph Jones?" ses be.
"That’s my name when I’m at
home,” ses I.
"Then glv mo ycr hand agin, Ma
jer.” see he, “and tall me, how did you
lave Mary and tbe baby—how Is little
Henry Clay Jones, and the good wife V
Faith, I’ve red ycr book, Majer," ees
be, "end I’m rite glad to make yer ac
quaintance. Will you uko another
pinch of snuff?” sea he.
"No, I thank you, sir,” ses I; “I
ain't much amused to snuffle.”
"Well, no mattec for that. Major,”
ses be; "if it don't agree wid yon—l
know you used to chew tobacco. But
you sea I’m a bit of alitteiuiy man
myself, and I'm wrltln a jurnal of lav
life in the White House, for these last
15 yonis. Now wbat do you think of
the idee, Major?”
Tlieu he went Into n description of
hie book, end you may depend it’s
gwtne to be one of the most loUreailn
I books ever published lo this country.
Von know Martin’s bio Jrst as familiar
as a mush stlok with the Kitelinn Cab
inets under Gem r«l Jackson, Mr. Van
Boren, Captain Tyler and Mr. Polk—
lie knows evry politician In tho coun
try. and all their trleki and Intrigues;
and It’ll be mouetrous strange If a man
or as tuuob natural smartness aa Mar
tin. with aicb opportunities, couldn't
pIckopBuuft materials In 16 years to
make a interest In hook. I told him I
thought be had a fortune hy the tall, if
he’d only hang no to It, and not let
anybody git It away from him. He
glo me a Irish wink, ns much as to
say, be wasn’t quite ao green, and after
A little more chat ’bond literature, pol.
itlca and matters and thlega in general
C bid him good-by and weut back to
my hotel. And here 1 must drap my
pen for the present. Ho no more from
your friend tit detb. Joa. Jokm.
(To bo Continued next Weok.)
■ nakMOlUi imam Mapply.
HtUaColahia KeoorO.
It I* stated that Ui« depot it of Port
land errocot (Uncovered near Owen
Hound, Ont., and tho manufacture nf
which wee hiieun In 18d0, ie proving
preetloally Inexhaustible, and the daily
capacity of the factory will auon be
inoreawd to 300 barrel* The prevail
ing price U 89.10 per barrel of *30
pounds oat. The produat I* claimed
to be fully equal to the Eoglltli,
Oerrnaa, or lleljlen artlolo, and. It I*
aald, will eventually lake the place of
Importation* b. Caned* at taut.
reraale NtorrkouCatU.
Till# I* to certify that l have had
chronic diarrhoea over since the wtu
I jot »o weak [ could hardly walk or
do anything. Ona hottle of Chamber
lalii’a Colic, Cholera ami Diarrhoea
Remedy eorcl .ee io„*d *,,U well.
J. U. Ulirm, Pinna*>. Va.
1 had chronic d'arrWa fee twelve
, Tl»** of Chamberlain'*
Oollo, Cholera nod Diari Vxm Bamadr
cared roe. P. L. Sturm, FlnomUe,
V*. Uolh Mr. Olbtn and Mr. Hhsver
•f* prominent firmer* sad reside o*er
^rU^*-MrTSr
druggUrt of that place, who i* welt ac
quainted with them and will vouch for
their aUtemenU. Per
ml* hy J. K. Curry A Company
in a sen wiitci.
The ruin AdalaUiMUlM In Main
rally larMipHtai ir not sverw*
laHiawal CnnCtaaMl -That I* Wkai
U»* a«i»t*l •rj»ha H. awllk rrwi
Un On Wa«.
Co nmiiMailed In lUMidi Nm an I Okscrvnr
lUuaiou, X. C.. A a*. 24. 1890.
To tU« Editor : 1 aaw yesterday in
your paper of reoeut date, certain tat
tern by CUairmtu Djekory and Ex
Superintendent Smith, In regard te
peultentlury affairs. containing «mbj
grow misstatements and many potty
quibbles, and doubtless datigood by
thkon Ilk aame aort nf palliation to an
outraged public sentiment for thalr
mal-udmiuiatratlou of Important, State
biialneii. wh»u tJicir management of
tbe penitentiary baa been condemned
for luootnpoUuiey and worse by every
man felily well acquainted With public
affaire, uf all partlee, from thoOUIef
Executive down to the lowosblpi, and
wl»on, driven into a corner and refin
ing Information that ..very citlten li
eutiUed to, they have bton ewoked out
by the Ire uf general ludlgnatloo, they
have uow in tho eighth month Of 18(10
offered these treble diatribe* a* infor
mation to the |ieopie as to tha buslm-ss
of the penitentiary for the year 1007.
If the business has bceo conducted ac
cording to law, why do they no* make
a repore aa required by the statute, and
give tho information desired * Mr.
Dookery says: '‘Theoretically, the law
requires the report of the Superintend
ent uf Urn Stale's prison shall bo mvie
on tbe lit day of January." 1 affirm
that It can tie none, and prsctloelly
aJWayi ha* boon dona heretofore. And
If a few days’ delay were necessary,
how does he aoconut for a delay of
eight mooli.*, nod then respond only
upon the demand of the Chief Execu
tive forced by the public clamor?
Ho Hi of these official* affirm in this
•o called report Ihut Superintendent
Smith took charge of the ponlloatiary
April 1, 1H07. The record allow* that
be qualified ou the 6th of March, 1807,
and lie notified one tho aamo day,
whereupon I xt oord turnvd over Ibe
whole business, and after that never
coulracted for a ceut, never paid oot a
cant. The statement, therefore that
I was responsible for any basinets of
tbe penitentiary, outgoing or iocum
Itift, after the Sill day of March i*
without foundation.
(t U stated in Mr. Dockery's latter
(or report) that "Mr. Smith found all
the farm* In a very back wurd statu of
preparation; and indeed upon some of
them very little at all had been duns
toward making tha new crop.'' Mr.
Dockery doe* not team to recollect
that In the brat month of tho Ka&lon
amlmlnlMrsliou, between Ute 20th and
27th of March, a committee of his
bonrd, Messrs. Clark, i'orkln* and
Colton, together with theSutorlulaeil
ent, visited all the penitentiary farms,
for tho purpose of Inspecting and re
ceiving tne properly. 1 hoard *11 tile
members of tbe committee especially
Mr. Clark, as also tbe Superintendent,
express astonishment and delight at
the advanued and carefol preparation
of the lands, Mr. Clark asserting that
he bulieved them was no farm In the
Slate in such good condition as that
before him. Tcis mis-statement is *o
pal|iable that it vitiate* all other statu
meuls made. The troth la there wire
not leas than 7,000 acres of these Unde
boautlf ully and thoroughly prepared by
tbe 20ti. of March. If uothlug had
heeu done, wluoh I *ay again is abso
lutely false, why did thr Incoming ad
ministration employ my supervisors to
remain and make Ibe crop? Aud if
nothing had boon doue till tl* i*t of
April, how wits inch a large erop inado
that year ?
As to tupplles on hand, the fusion
lata aseni to have expected that the
Democrats should have provided at
least a year’s rations of flour, meat,
ete., for their benefit. We usually
bought such thing* of Hit* kind ea
were needed every month, and we re
peated them to do likewise ur as they
deemed beet. It Is admitted that there
wan not corn to reaeh corn again, bo
cause a* every oue knows tbu July
floods or 1800 destroyed the whole corn
crap except about 30.000 barrels.
NU II DUU« UJ IIITWH OUOIMI
because lUey found aaouget nearly 400
mules and horses a very few lick, dis
abled or worn out animal* 'Vg found
It necessary every yarn- to dispose of
InelBoleot stock, and to replace them
with others at for the service. We
found tbe penitentiary In 1601 with
910 mulsa and horse* Wo added joit
about that Dumber of young and vig
orous animals during oar term, and
the average of tbe whole was very high
lo auy one capable of judging and who
la not determined to misrepresent.
If Mr. deiilh sold KJl bale* of cotton
for fdU.oei.27, as he reports, then he
received only about 6 osota per pound
for It. Ilaadredn of bales war* sold lu
February at an avarage of OJ conle lo
MorfoU, equivalent to 0] at liowa
markets, and the prloo was j to j cent
higher In April than In February, ft
la not to be forgotten by these guard
Inns of the State’s Interests, that u
large part of tbe feetUlaer, several
hundred tone, were bought from per
il** wIk> bought muob of tbs eotton;
and for tliees, several dollar* more per
ton vrere paid than the stuff was off.
orod at by other responsible parties.
Certaluly this oould not prove less
than tbe boldest leoompetouoy. Ac
cording to tlie code of othice of u>«
late Uen Unller, a man might profs* to
be called a knave rather than a fool.
These mllclaU ibid much fault with
the Democratic administration because
ihelr superintendent, they allege, ex
cried great Inflaeoee to prevent su ap
umprlallon by tb* last Oeueml A seem
bly for the penitentiary tor tlie yean
IW7 at.d lM0U. The superlnUradeot
differed with Mowrnor 0«rr aetotlis
necessity for an epprafirUtlon, and
declined to reoenimuml It. though Dm
Oovsrnnr did. When naked by u*
Superintendent-to-be and by the licgt*.
latlve committee on renal laetllntloai
to reoniamewd an spproprlsUoo, bed*
(dined to do on, saying that It e)>onld
net be nsiroeary and tbsl the pea I ten
Uary eoahl I* euelalntd la the future
a* It hsd been la 1601 wtthoal the peo
j>Je’»Ux.». Home other peraoot, very
few, tear haw* aaked ate opinloo about
> Ha npunpHitlcn; aud If *o, 1 atade the
•am* a newer. It i« atraneely paradox
leal to dutrg* that l had nay influence
at all wtth that mob nailed tin Oeoeral
A numbly of 1897. 1 had a* Influence
"‘V1"*1'1 an<1 deal red none.
Mainly by way of feeble crltloUtaa
of the former adtniuittratioo rather
than by a plain hualoeaa Ilk* a tali carat
of the aflatra committal to Unlr truat,
U*e<* official*, who here beau clearly
uu.iMwjiBj to in. male, nope to avert
till Uov llirautantd by Uia indignant
Iwbite. Tli. removal of Supt. Smith
from Hie coutroi of tli* peoltentiary la
coefoealim of jodgiauet before the
open ooart of public opinion In Kortb
Carolina, ttut the Fuaion admtolatra
tloa haa beau ahamerully IneoapeUnt.
If not wore*. Uva people tiava a right
ti look at Uie hooku, aod they inland
to do It, and thvy will yet ana what
have been (h» rtoeiutt of tha peniten
tiary and wbm baa become of Ibera.
A. T.kazam,
Ax-Suprrinteudaat.
A kMimi Waiud.
•t. LuoW Hetubttr.
Tod* literature regarding the war
and Uie revenue law are already being
lent nut (rum Washington by Kepnbli
can oampelgn worker* luzloo* to fore
•tali tbe effect* of War Departcnl dean
dal ami to propar* tb* way fur further
fruRlt" apology for Uie Dlogtay law.
Thte eduoalioual spasm la not volun
tary. Tb* meat** of Ilia Republican
party “want to know." They at* de
manding a statement from tbe londare,
whom tlxy are oo longer willlug to
follow blindly. Tbe charge* made sad
sustained against tbo War Department
are too strong for their nerves. The
faithful in loan favored iocalllca want
aome assurance that Ohio aud Mtchl
Sui are not the only State* in the
nlon.
It is dawning oo Republic»■.* genar
ally that ttiair tariff idea* arc not In
harmony with the new condition*
brought about by the war. The party
In Indiana has Just promulgated, a
plnU-irm which Inveighs agai nit emi
gration In ouo paragraph and ludoraea
Uie annexation of Hawaii, coolie* aud
all, hi another. The people want to
know how claaa protection It going to
‘•work," aud what the pirty In power
intends lu do under tlx changing
situation.
Il*|irea«<itativrt Hull of low*, chair
man of the Executive Committee (u
tbe Republican Unogrtssiouol Commit
tee, aud also chalrmao of the llouaa
Committee im Military Affaire, says
there it • remarkable demand for war
II ten taro from Republican e alt over
tho country. InforrnUloo about tariff
and rerenoo laws la next lu deiuaod.
Thera ia a feeling of unrest and wide
spread diaaaUifactlon In the party.
Tide unusual thirst for information,
coining from the Republican musses. Is
mystifying tbe boast-a. who are ant
acmstoiaed to being cnxs-fjOftsMoiifd
by Iht-lr docllo dependants, and tlx
worst of it Is that the "Information"
au suddenly In demand cannot be both
trothful aud favorable to the party In
power.
Wasted at n«as*.
Pt. U»;l* HtmiMto.
Now that tb* patriotic enthusiasm
kept blrziog by tlx prospect of battle
Is cooling In thn heart* of tho patient
voluntoers, it I* not strange that Mm
desire toeomohomaIs spreading. The
aserag* citizen, married or tingle, who
etayed at home reluctantly because lx
found hla duties to those dependent
upon him paramouut wilt not criticise
tho men who pul personal considera
tions aside to go tbe front aud ar* de
manding their discharge from the
service.
Tlx prospect ol a year or two ot
garrison duty in the tropics, to b# paid
for at tbe rata of 60 cent* a day, teems
preposterous to the brave fellows who
bare already given up their own ease
and the welfare of their families for
mouth* to fight tlx battle* of their
country. They are helpless lu ttie
binds of tbe Government which they
swore to obey, and unU-as step* aye
taken to muster out tlx married non
and those whnaa families are depen
dent upon their eeruiuga, Incalculable
hardships will be forced upon their
women and eblldrea.
Immediate Mops should lx takvo by
the War Ds part moot to release so eh
votuntsens. Enough unmarried, foot
loose men will remiln to meet all the
Deeds of tbe Government, sod those
who oom* home to tbetr families will
have no reason to regret their generous
ixtrlotlsm. Kyoo If It becomes txees
aury to recruit more men under Ux
restrictions which war* set aeid* ia Ux
hurried preparations for active eery ice,
thaQoveromeol should make prompt
provision* tor mastering oat men
whose families need them.
Hmt? an T<vrp*r«fo mmmfm
< harlot tf Obrmr.
Tb* Uallad State*, wa aaa la tte
praaa dtapatche*. la galag to apaad mil
lion* for in torpado boot* and tor*
pndo-boat dcatroyara. Tbe Brat oaaual
ly hi too war wa* auffcrad by aa Amar
Ican torpado boat, too Window. A
aaora armored American yacht aunk
both Ilia formidable and draadatl Hpan
(*h torpedo craft at lhe moalli of
tiatillage liarbor. Aa a AghUng ma
cbloa too torpedo boat ha* not dlatte
K'totd Itself In tola Jnat ended war.
Lteolbar hand, the aea-lilnl of all
•hip* has liseit too swift battleship, aa
prriaen by tbe record of tba Oregon,
both In arulae and la battle. Olee ua
more Oregon* and fewer VfioaWiwa,
gr-T. —«—awwn
KaMik •• Tike
Tte finest quality of loaf sogar la
aaad In toe manofaettira of Chamter
laln'a Cough ftosaody and tte rents
aaad la Its preparation glee it a u4Vor
aimllar to that nf atari* ayrup. making
It very pleasant to taka. Aaa medt
elaa for UM ear# nf onnghe, coMa, la
grlppa, aroop and whnnpiag oongb It la
UHaquxled by any oilier. It alwaya
•mm, and anrea qnfer. Knr aale by
J. X. < arvy A Onmymny.
onwrwwr* ciMita Miur
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*•» Ygrt Oarru*»jn4coc*
Commodore Philip haa ,
Iba Secretary of Urn Navi a*
own promotion tncaaaa u U to J
tba eapaaae of bla oocaradaa
frleoda. who, ha hallceaa, hare pa.
M hrnralT and I
mouoo, tortf he did eo it would1*
equivalent to a resignation bom Um
■arvlce.
After the war with Um tenth Lieut•
t!*»*tt*w»* promoted tea neater* for
extraordinary bravery. lie rolanMd
hit commission to tte Secretary of Um
Nary wlta a letter say lag be would not
accept so honor at tte expense of his
telow-oOcsr*. several of whoa bad
tesn hi* elaas saates at the aaesl Aoa.
demy. Secretary Weds replied UjU
before forwarding ite letter aad the
eommlastoo to Um President be felt It
his duty to call lbs sUeaUon of Ltaut.
UmmIo to tbo fact that tali promotion
was practically an appointment to tbo
owrtea. and If U was dscliaod Lieut.
Gaoaoli would so longer ha an ottotr
of tli# oiyy.
Lieut. Perdral Draytoa bad a airai
Ur experience. He, too, learned that
any oOcer who declined promotion
seperated blmaelf boa Ite service pet
maoecUy.
• inuuiw V«|fb IflUjy QOC|
not (teaUna Uie life reward offered him
foe ''extraordinary bravery ’* bat be
freckly end reeaeotfelly call* tba at
tention of tha Secretary of tko Navy
to the Injortloe suffered by bla fdlow
officen when It* end utben are lifted
ovar their head*. lie ateo pot ate out
In 111* loiter that breve and worthy
men who did not happen to ba la the
battle* of Santiago aad Manila have
actually been (mobbed by tb* effort to
reward tboaa who had the good fortune
to bo o* tbe fleet* engaged. Commo
dore Watson, for exempt*; Commo
dore Ramey and one or two other of
ficer* are ant back from three to five
number*, and every promotion down
to Urn enelgn »fleet* eeveral worthy
mod efficient men Joat a* If they had
been triad by court-martial mud iMteu
cad to be degraded tn the eery lee.
No reply ba* been received to Com
modore Philip*' letter, but it la hoped
that till* frank and couMlrntl not pre
sentation of ltie eaas from a mao
whom no one will aooaea of either envy
or buncombe will aeggaai to the Treat
dent tba propriety of adopting *o<ne
othar nmaaa ot rewarding bravery and
goodaervlce.
Tima Ua good daul of buabug
abont thaae promotion*, anyhow, per
UcoUrly in tha higher grade* of tlm
■ervloe. After tho batUrof Manila
tbo President advanced all tbe reidela*
of Itewoy** (teat five number*. Tbie
■at them above moat of the officer* of
Sampaoo’e and Scbtey'i fleet*. Tbeo
•fMt tba butte or Santiago tbo Utter
were advanced la a almilar manner,
which put them b«ck to their old place*
aud (Otnally degraded D* way1* officer*,
white men of cerratpoodlaf rank ware
not to fortunate us to-hnv* au oppor
tunity to distinguish theanaelve*. but
were quite a* worthy and willing, suf
fered in both eaaea.
Tha net result la that Commodore
Philip waa advanced Ova number* and
path ad back three. Captain Clark, of
tha Oregon, waa advaaood Ova aad aet
back four, wlilla tha oat result to Cook,
Chadwick. Taylor, Evans, Wilde, Dyer
and Lamberton and other captains area
about tbe tan*. Their saw commis
sion* »re, of conrso. vary complimen
tary and highly prized, beeaueeUU
written on tbe ebeepeklu that they are
advanced five number* for axurnordl
aary heroism, but tho statement to
actually untrue and carries with It no
Inereaae of pay or emolument*.
It would bo very much better if our
government should adopt tlm reward
system that prevail* In tbo Earopmui
navlos, aud wlten officer baa distin
guished himself give him torn* ten
glide recognition. Tb# usnal custom
»to confer a decoration whtoh carries
with Ran annuity for life from fiSO to
9L000 a year. TbU would ba appre
ciated by our naval offioere, baoaooa tbo
moat of them are man of small ■«.«.
and dependent almost natively upon
their pay; or Con great might pass an
set authorizing them to drew fall pay
after retirement, which would boa
hires lag tn their uM age.
Naval authorities wko hare base
figuring op tho ptoatuary advaaUges
of tbe promotions tea* far made find
Admiral Da way will be just 990 batter
oJL Hemape and Sobley will receive
about dd j00 more from the paymaster
during tbo rest of tbelr Urea and Copt
Wilds, of Itewsy’a aqaadron, has im
proved bla financial (talus by exactly
Commodore Philip turn declined the
detail aa commandant uf the Mere
Island uavy yard at 9m* Franomno for
family reason*, and when Cap*. Sigs
bco (ucoaada bim ou tha Texas ho will
go on tb* waiting-order* Ilea.
Mrnnv WTMI—.
U«* (Ull Nrroll.
V. Brown UoFaddoo Mil bold* bit
own ana brag torooar. Ills com tbl«
gOMlaoJoy to behold tad ororg acre
«* hu » » prawlaa crop.
Brown ought to ho n bang aw. Hu
hom U a model ind Uloalhrmor
who known bl* boaloeta, and to roador
U**J®*T1 ho hao i
wlfa who makaa a Moamd plooa of bio
homo. .
*• rwim Aw Muo.
OkrtlMre IMr.
J.ut Aolurdoy attar Ibo llryaMloaa
convoullon adfoomon wo bond a prow
moot ISnmUnt tag: "Uf party wuj
f««n wHh that gang If Ut«y wont to,
but X wlb rot# a DwimUt Uebol
froao aow ow, nad don't you for poo it.r
Tbo (mIn at o bam or ootid U tlrtotO
m«£5w&»
Injured MwloBoam qaiobtg than aoy
oohor troodoaouv oad witboot tbo bam
Ul7!!ifs^ayr
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f
a
aoom.
•bast » .
wart Damo.
him l>a area fa.
asssblsboooo. .
Ktacafal times. Ta. IMP bail
paper published In Ibis aMMr <
Da«v OtconL We bore *a
referred to It. Bat la i. t
Tim letup, the Wtb theta la a
famous nmSttjr tbaa that la bd
Lortal of tbo aostbmo white mBmr&Tm
tal&Jft. Waeoftp opart at what
sssFSrtSaii
MssMiarsaas
>«* a awatptaf InaoM to alt rsepaotebls
whit* women who ass pear ! The lc
tmrt oftbs tesobing is to lasUfp Use
Uaek brutes who commit raps at tbs
wSTirtbatSoatfTf srtoaa* nrmSKlwm
poor aa to tbit world’s
bear this rile detractor Wt§^Sm.-:
“Poor white awe we nil— la lit
matter of protecting their-m. te
pecteUy on tbe farms. TbsyWtwn
Un of their conduct tewardthem, aed
! poopla nTthe^oun^0teJehee uTtbat
women of that taw are not more
particular In Uw scatter of cleadaatina
meetings with stead Ma,lteliu
the white nun with ate— ir—an!
Mertlsga of this kind go on tor no—
time until the woman's Infatoatioo or
tbe man's boldness, bring attention to
tbrm, and the man la lynched for „£
Sss.,aa,K2?i1S!-1;2t
many of thote who bare thus been
dealt with bad white man tor their
latter*, and were not only net >Mack'
and ‘burtey,’ Imt ware sadlstrnUr at
tractive for white girls efruttaM and
reaoamcnt to fall la levs with Uutm,
aa Is very wtll known to ell.''
Here be tells ol his own exparinnoa.
and be baa base bolding “clandestine
—stings” with poor white women,
wives of white man, Ha chains that
the virtue of this el— la of aa low
typeas thorn negro woaaanwbo ere
mpreawted oa randy tor “claodewins
meetings.” Not satiated with this
statement be roes on to embrace “girls
of cuknre and reflnemeot” so fates as
to beoome lovers of negroes. Heaara
‘'this te very w*D known.” The to
tom* of tlia state—at! It le to break
the force of the reiterated nnsmsnt
that negro rapists ate brutal and savage
and descry* bangle r, by tha pica that
they ant beguiled by poor white women
and are fallen fa love wkhby tbeyoeng
todies In tbe higher olrolee. If tender
and lying can go farther then that, It
m net be an lagenioua devil who sag
«rte It it le the mast infer sal.
slanderous. Wing article that ever ap
pwred to a North Carolina newspaper.
*• Imsiraiwue.
OMaoiuMtcatsd to baaSbwrsrltaaK
When the Popallst party was formed
I thought It would bring relief to the
farmers, who were struggling against
low prioes. 1 hare voted that Uoket
the past six years. Meoy of ay neigh
beia voted tbe Popultot-foaloa ticket
from honest motives. They are goad
men eud meant well, but it leeks now
Uke tbe Hepubiieaa party ia eboat to
swallow ap tbe Populist party. When
tha populist mnmbcn of tbs Legist*,
turn split and elected Pritchard I said
Uw and bad come. Now Ur. Editor,
we have got no ratlef-HeXHfey'a ad
mlalitraiioo bus put Um gold standard
oo ua stronger than ever eud tbe price
of cotton is gel eg lower than aver
before. 'Herein oar Seats the result
baa been to put negroes over ua, sod
ou tbe 90tb of August. 1 bad — vote
as a delegate, and we pot ent ona of
beet tickets In Uia ooonty.
labell vein tha Demecratle ticket
bareeftareud adytes my frtan te to do
tbe seme.
Tno*. H. Coxy bus.
■aiHriitietrml'MMk
Chvlisin tlroord,
Hoortor BaUwaatd la M» rfcoeaet'M
la >'*braarjr, 1M7, that-the MMipara
Mao of the repeliata and Kara hi loan la
thle HUta baa bow a rtacaal and dln
aatMua fottara. Only Urn eoatamyUbU
pit hoatera am may food In It,”
Ko trathful aw wtU dear thia
ittUfMot. Oo o pulton, or funoo
baa not oalr boan ■ ‘a dltauU and dla
aatroaa foliar*,” bat It hae aka boas a
woatdlaitaaafal follara-briaffof dla
araot notoaly aaUw ww who bar- ;
Balnea and traded Uwir artaelftae for
ptehotaiw oa the fair newt of ear
feed old atnta. Aad. w Seaator Del
tar aald In Vahtnery. UVT, It la eer
talolr traa near that -only the am
srsrjarjSTis.s'syr
•elran and their atate by another Wr
«*ln end eeteef ibalr prlaalylaa Mr
Rat will the
whnara not
i
tTWM^Urt tamja Imlfht. THyUika,