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V0 . " A ' ' - 'X:v:AM''?.- COLUMBUS, N. C., Tffu4.AY, JULY 23, 1903. ' A- '"AAi - ' :A
Ay cock Hor
Vice
Favoratble Mention of North CocrolinoL Gov
ernor's Name as Running Mate for Ed
wLrd M. Shepherd.
The Washington Times discusses at
length the posibilily of Shepard and
Avcock as the nominees for the Demo-
r
crutic party next j'ear. The Times
says, among other things:
'A new Democratic banner has been
tiunsr to the breeze. - It bears the names
of Shepard and Aycock. For presi
dent Kvvard M. shepard, prominent
Citizen uu ""um;u uYjruuKii, xi. i .,
and former candidate for mayor; for
vice president, Charles B. Aycock,
governor of North Carolina. This sug
gestion for a renewal of the old alliance
of the solid south and New York ought
to cause Democrats to stop and con
sider. Of the Hon. Edward M. Shepard
the general public knows much; it
knows of his opposition to the regular
Democratic tickt t in 1896 because of
the silver plank in the platform, of his
return to the fold four years later, and
his support of Bryan on the issue of
anti-imperialism, of his unsuccessful
canvass for mayor two years ago on the
North Groliir.
Preparations for a Creditable Exhibit ot the
Great Exposition. r
Mr. T. K. Bruner returned yesterday
froiii a trip through the western part
of the state for the purpose of engag
ing apples for the North Carolina ex
hibit at the great St. Louis exposition,
a mission on which he report the most
gratifying success. He also received
pledges of; liberal donations of cash for
uiis department of the state's exhibit.
ir. Bruner says he found that very
successful work is being done by Mr.
Hugh G. Chatham and Mr. F. B Aren
dell in their canvass among ' the manu
facturers of the state soliciting sub
scriptions to the fund for the state
exhibit and the outlook is entirely sat
isfactory to those having the under
taking in hand. :
Gov. Aycock in speaking of the situa
tion yesterday said that he feels that
he and those co-operating with him in
the work of procuring donations, are
"out of the woods now," and with con
tinued responses from those not yet
seen as liberal as received in the can
vass ti this time there will be no trou
ble about making the exhibit thorough
ly in keeping with the commercial and
Order
Six Million
Asherille, July 18.-John E. Hurst, one
of the veteran 4iloggin" men of this moun
tain section, today gave information con
cerninir tt contract among lumter dealers
of magnitude that perhaps has no parallel
in this and contiguous counties and lias
perhaps seldom been exceeded in the South
Atlantic States. Creed Boyer and other
east Tennesse parties have contracted to
furnish within the next twelve months a
Philadelpeia- firm with 0,000,000 feet of
lumber. The lumber is to be taken from
the liidsam Mountain?, principally from
the Scott creek section of Jackson couuty,
&ul in securiiii,' the lumber trees of every
n
Don't . WaLntfiE
Asheville, July 18. The man who has
cll&rge of the construction work or the
American Bell Telephone Company has
r"n counter to a vital phase of the race .'is-8,,('-
Thousands of people unfamiliar
w't! life as it ig found among the "native
""unuin -while, Aha ve doubtless heard
'th more or les iucredulity the stories of
the
P'f'judice which exists amonsr some of
41. .
' against the negro race,
us fee 'iiinr wa8 mwiiifestcd a'dy or so
in unmistakable form, however, when
4 construction gang attempted to run its
tephone lino through the Doggeit Alimn
taUl Beclion 'f Madison county with negro
l-'P-. The
re were
t least 50 of the ue-
8, for wh,
m tents had been pitched on
the
si'le of the mountain.
Here they were
Waited
upon oy a delegation of heavily
Aa fJFhe Next State Fsdr A
PresideiriLt
Tammany ticket, and of his recent ef
forts to harmonize the divided factions
of Democracy, and with it there is sus
picion that Mr. Shepard, who has never
avowed himself one way or the other, is
willing to be considered a candidate for
president-
"Of Governor ..'Aycock probably not
so much is known, although he is cer
tai nly .entitled to careful considerations.
He is regarded, by those who know him
and his record, as one of the ablest men
in public office in the south today. . He
is brilliant and an orator of ability, and
has given North Carolina a clean ad
ministration. 'The old objection of a candidate
from, a secession state should not hold
against hinvfor he is so young as scarce
to remember even in a vague sort of a
way any of the stirring events of the
early sixties. He is greatly beloved by
the people of the State, scholarly, con
servative, earnest and conscientious, and
if a southern man is to be chosen by the
Democracy he Is entitled to first con
sideration. " ,
industrial interests of the state.
In engaging the. apples and other
fruits for the exhibit Mr. Bruner ar
ranges for them to be shipped as soon
as they are prime on the tree and on
arrival at St. Louis they will be put on
fcold storage to.be kept until the expo-
sitlon opens, to be used then as they are
deeded to keep up the exhibit. .
It is certain now that the space oc
cupied by the North Carolina exhibit
will be greater than the state has ever
had at any exposition heretofore. ' The
North Carolina exhibit occupied about
400 square feet at the Charleston expo
sition. Formal applications hare al
ready been filed with' the exposition
authorities for spaces except , for ag
riculture and horticulture.
- As usual a heavy draft will be made
on the state museum for the exposi
tion exhibit especially from the for
estry, natural history and mines and
mining, etc All these will be select
ed, shipped and arranged at the expo
sition under the able supervision of Mr.
H. 1 Brimley, the J gif tedx curator of
the museum. Post. A
for
Feet Wanted
variety will be felled with the exception
of chestnut oak, and here the axemen will
spare the tree because the bark thereon is
very valuable for tanning purposes. The
timber will be cut in 7,000 acres, but it is
decared that the trees will not be chopped
down indiscriminately f by the hundred
men who will be imployed, but on the
contrary that scientific principles such as
have been proved by the Agriculaural De
partment will be observed. No tree less
than 12 inches iu diameter at the small end
of the log or trunk will be cut down and
men will be instructed to perform thetr
labor with a view to preserve the forest.
In
armed citizens and told they must clear
out immediately. This the negroes did and
as they bounded down the side of the side
of the mountain 50 shots were fired in their
direction, as a reminder that the committee
meant business. ; j
; The help of the negroes Is badly needed
as it is a great undertaking to string wfres
across the mountains referred to. It isao
rough in places that it takes four mules to
drag one small pole, but the unwritten law
oti the Steele creek Medes and Persians is
enforced with an intensity that cannot be
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disregarded. The prejudice is innate and
it is seldom that a black face is seen in all
that sectiou, and then it is the face of some
old-time darkey who stays close about the
home of some farmer. The presence . of
the new generation of negroes is not toler
Mniber
Madison
ated for an instant. A y
To b6 a
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The forty-third great State
Fair Will
be held October 19th to 24th next,! in
Raleigh. It promises to be a record-
breaker in attendance, variety and at
tractiveness of exhibits and, in general
educational resutls. Among the many
attractive exhibits will bcone of!
pecially great educational ; value. This
is the grand display of the latest knd
most; improved labor-saving farm ba-
hinery, shown in practical operat an.
This should go far toward the s lu
tion of the farm-labor question, i nd
the attention of every one ijnteres ed
in farming in North" Carolina
is
earnestly requested to this great dis
play of the means whereby some of
the greatest resources of the State may
be cheaply and profitably developed.?
Great interest is being shown in the
midway, which? will be better than eter
and strictly clean. Various electric
shows and illusions are being booked.
besides the usual quota of cane and
baby-racks, coorVheads, etc. The ljne
of attractions is entirely new. 'Thea-
mous war baloon, carrying passengers
to the height of 1.000 feet, will be here.
The novel and thrilling battle in the
cl6uds will take place everyiday. Four
inch bombs that can be heard for ra
dius of 25 miles will be used. !
Many thing will lie done for the eom
fort of exhibitors and visitors. The
grand stand as been remodeled I at
Took
Mis
JudJe Boyd Did not Tarry Long in Wilkesboro.
Greensboro, July 15.- Judge Boyd,
Marshal Millikan and other teachers
of the Federal Court, returned last
nifht from a day's , outing along the
road between reensboro. ana Wilke
bom! One-half " 'hour ' was ' spent n
Wilkesboro,' abont half of that, being
consumed in opening and adjourning
the first term of the Wilkesboro Fed
eral Court, there being no business to
occupy the court. The dispatch sent to
The Observer, that Judge Boyd and his
(staff" passed ; i lirough Winston,' was
erroneous. Judge woya only naa an
attendant, his faithful,: ebon-hued, ex
cellent, if bow-legged body - servant,
Jerry Brasty. It was with difficulty
that Jerry was induced to go to Wilkes
boro, since he had "hearn conslderbull
bout day g wines on up dare" but the
Judge needed a lunch bearer, and so
Jerry had to go, though he absolutely
refused to wear his beaver, using a
common slouch hat. He was indignant
last night when he returned, for he
had a Winston paper which had put
him down as a deputy marshalL And
this the staff" spoked of, and even
that fail and uncertain de dependence
was published as a deputy marshal.
Is the Toxaway Dam Likely to
Cause a big Flood any Time.
Charleston, S. C. July 17. President
James L. Orr, of the Piedmont Manufac
turing company of G-tenville, one of the
leading cotton mill presidents in the State,
has just returned from the Sapphire ; coun
try, where he caref nlly examined the Tox
away dam. (
He tiinks the strnsture insecure and
Purchaser of Reed
Not
Asheville, July 15. The statement is
being made in semi official circles, so
to speak, that George W. Vanderbilt is
In no wlie interested in the great Hen-
derson county farm, wnion was sow
in this city-recently under decree of the
court, by W. W. Jones, receiver of the
Western Carlina Banks. It will be
recalled that the farm; which cantains
more than 600 acres, was bought by
J. B.' Beetle, whom, it is generally De-
Heved. acted as agent for outside par
ties. Some are inclined to the opinion
that the real purchasers .live .In' Ten
nessee, but this will not be defiintely
known until the sale Is confirmed by
the court, which will not be kintil An
gust 1 '
However, it is not. by any means cer
tain that MrVanderbilt is not the pur
chaser, for Blltmore's owner sometimes
moves in a mysterous way his wonders
to perform in making land purchases.
Once upon a time Mr vanaerout wan
Record Breaker.
great expense. Arrangements are be
ing made to have an elegant and up-to-date
cafe on the lower floor. A room
will be provided where hand satchels
and umbrellas can be checked and safe
ly left. - '
A new system of making entries is to
be used, whereby the rush and incon
venience will bd avoided. Exhibitors
wfil be given a coupon check for each
article entered; this will be counter
signed when the exhibit is returned,
making loss or displacement almost
impossible. '
The premium list, after being care
fully revised, will be issued soon. Many
new premiums have been added and
old ones increased, such as premiums
on general farm displays, peanuts, po
nies, mule colts, Duroc Jersey swine,
special sweepstakes on sheep, Partridge
Wyandottes and R. I. Heds. Only 51
pounds of tobacco are to be required
for an exhibit. A felt mattress and a
set of felt pillows will be offered in pan
try supplies department, two rifles
valued at $25 in the educational depart
ment, in addition to the regular premi
ums. V
The railroads are going to furnish
ample accommodations and convenient
schedules for the vast crowds coming
to the great Masonic bazaar and the
great State Fair the annual reunion of
the people. A
For full information as to privileges,
space, etc.. address Joseph E. Pogue,
secretary, Raleigh, N. C.
Dinner Along.,
Since dis trip to Wilkesboro Jerry
speaks highly of the people he saw
there, but agrees wich Judge Boyd just I
tne same in tne opinion "the judicium
dicnumty ..kaigt be purserved dare I
lung. , - -1
The Judge took his lunch along, and J
ate it with great relish, after the agony
f opening the court and adjourning, it
was over and he had returned to the I
car ; I
Hon, E. Spencer Blackburn, the dad-
A rt ya, . t TT7M ' T . I
would not go into the court room to see
his offspring lunched upon the blissful
sea of Judicial immortality. Only
about 100 people went into the court
room and it is said that the citizens
there generally gone the court- the
cold shoulder. It will be some time
before they see the judge up there in
his black robes again, for it has been
decided not to adjourn the November,
term of the Asheville court, as there
will not be enough business, at Wilkes-
doro to justify the sacrifice. When the
next court will be heid is not known
but Jerry says be wont
ergin,"
mind
"goin 1
says that if the water should rise above the
surface of the dam, it would be washed
away in twelve hours and the vallevs of
the Keowee and Seneca rivers would meet
with another Johnstown flood "
In the event of a break the Southern I
and the Blue Ridge railways would be im-
Derilled as well as manv laree manufactur-
Ing enterprises. Citizen.
Mr. Vs.rderbilt.
ed to acquire the Antler's Hall proper
y, on this side of the river. He finally
made this desired question to his estate
h rough the aid of Mr Gazzam, of Phil
adelphia, who came to Asheville when
i I 9 a : i. . rr' M: -1
ne acquireu an interest, in ixiniiworiu
Inn. There is a story to the effect that
even Mr. Vandorbllt's legal advisers
were ignorant of the fact when- the
transfer of this property Was made, and
then Mr. Vanderbilt quietly laughed in
his sleeve, while his attorneys con tin-1
ued their efforts to secure the property
for their millionaire employer. After )
keeping a close watch on the property
for a period of about three years, to
ascertain when It was to be placed on
the market, the attorneys found the
Antler's Hall was In reality a part of
the vast Biltmore estate. Mr. yander-
bilt ownd the Bent creek water shed
hAfnnn a in nf ttr nonnio it
ed what was going on.
BRYAN VSCORES" CLEVELAND.
. ENTHRONEHENT OF MAMMON. 1
Says Last Administration of Cleveland was the Tlili
Stone Arpund the Neck of the Party that
Elected Him.
Chicago, July 18. Wm. J. Bryan was
the principal speaker at the picnic of the
local Denocracy this afternoon. Mr. Bry
an referred in vigorous terms to the last
administration of Grovey Cleveland, de
claring that it had been a millstone around
the neck of the party that elected him, and
making other references equally uncom
plimentary to the former President. The
picnic was attended by several thousand
local Democrats and Mr. Bryan's address
was frequently interrupted by vigorous
applause. The subject of Mr. Bryan's
Speech was "The Democratic Ideal." He
said in part: 'The distinguishing feature
of any party that deserves to be known as a
Democratic party is its faith in the people,
its desire to advance the welfare of the
people, and its willi ngness 4o have the
people coitrol their own affairs. A Dem
ocratic party seeks tor administer the gov
ernment according to Democratic princi
ples and its ideal of a free government is a
government iu which every department,
legislative, j executive and judicial; is ad
ministered : according to the doctrine of
equal rights lom all and privileges to none.
Never before iu the history of country has
there been greater ueed for a Democratic
party with a truly Democratic ideal.
The ' aristocracy" which ; Hamilton led
against the Democracy of Jefferson's day
and the plutocracy which Nick Biddle led
against the democracy have combined to
assault the Democracy of the present day
and these assaults are supported by a met
ropolitan, press moret8ubservient to capital,
more widely read than the papers of 1800
or
Aiii li,.ihe llepuWioaa--partyi under
iiw leuuersuip oi war, onuaa, uccame me
open ally of organized wealth and a victory
was secured by the use of means, which
when known, must be repugnant to every
believer in the doctrine of self-government.
The mirchase of votes and the coercion of
imployees, all these things were resorted
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tion mammon was enthroned, the manu
Protest Agairist
ing
I enclose a copy of the ' words of our
old war song, "Dixie.'' .I think you
will agree that the words are neither
foolish nor uninspiring, and I think
you will also agree that the reviving
and singing of them,' by the young
generation, is of doubtful wisdom. We
are not a slow-blooded people and there
are times when the singing of our war
songs to an excited crowd might have
had aa disastrous an effect as the wear
ing'of the shamrock did in poor, con
quered Ireland. You can use them as
vou please, but we old-timers do re-
spectfully protest against all the non
sense verses which have been adapted
to the air. bein? counted as '-the
words to "Dixie." And we also 'pro
test against any . changes, which will
give the words a "Union" meaning.
That song belongs to j the SCjUtn let
others keep their hands off A LAdy
Reader, in Charlotte Observer.
Oh Dixie, our dear land o' cotton,
Thy sunny skies are unforgotten;
Away, far away, far away,
from
Dixie Land, 1
Where e'er we go. what e er befalls
us i i . ' -
We are ready when the duty calls us,
To live, to fight, to die for Dixie
NOT PROBABLE,
The Cleveland FoLction
ocrectic Convention.
Milwaukee, Wis., July 14. W. J.
Bryan was interviewed here yesterday af
ternoon as to the Cleveland movement.
Mr. Bryan said: '.'It is a comedy as it
how stands, ' but a tragedy If it should
succeed." A. -' A;- . : y .
Mr. Bryan declared that all he desired to
sie was the nomination by the democratic
party of some one , who; would stand by
democratic principles. j
I . . .&akaXa 91 l. nniH ' 111 moon tli
ay oemuujauw, ug muu, - x uimu u
principles enunciated at the Kansas City
facturers were permitted to write the tariff
schedules without regard to the interest of
the country at large and the trust mag
nates were permitted to bankrupt rivals,
stifle competition and extort withouViimit.
When the Spanish war accurred the syndi- -cates,
in complete possession of the United
States, reached out f ornew fielsd to conquer
and they are now using the American
army and a carpet bag government to ex
ploit the inhabitants of the Philippine Is
lands, whose reverence for our institutions
has thus been converted - into hatred for -our
flag.
"Surely if there ever was a time when S
the preaching of the Democratic gosDel
ought to be ' opportune now is the time.
We are handicapped just now by the fact.- V
that in the last Democratic administration A
we had more subservient, corporate dicta
tious than any Republican administration
that had preceeded it, and the record of
that administration has been- a millstone ' '
about the party's neck ever since. The
ifluence exerted by Wall Street over the
administration's policy, the use of patron
age to reward those who betrayed their -constituents
and the improvement of the
most reprehensible of the Republican
methods mpde the administration a stench
in the nostrils of the people and kept in
the Republican party many , who were dis- :
gusted at that party's course.
"The odium . which Mr. Cleveland's
second administration brought upon the ,
party which elected him did more to de- .
feat the party than'any ;one plank of the :
Chicago platform Or even than all the
planks that are niost severely criticised.
If the Democratic party would stand erect, '
face the future with confidence, defend k ; '
the rights of the people and protect the '
Interests whereever attacked, whether . the rA
attack comLJrom r financiers monopolists '
tariff barons or from imperialists, it can
look, with confidence for a revolution of
sentimentjthat will give us a victory worth )
having and this victory; when it comes.
will not end as the victory of 1892 did m
the demoralization of the'partyj but in th
building up of the Democratic organiza
tion, which will deal aggressively with all
f the evils of government and find its
bulwark in the effections and confidence
of the masses."
CKoLng -
the Dixie Air.
' Land.
- , a " ; ; - , '- ' y,-
i
Oht I wish I were in Dixie, far away.
far away;
With Dixie Land I take my stand,
To live, and die, for Dixie. V
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Awayb away,, away down South in
Dixie. "
We smell the
ing.
orange blossoms blow-'
We
see the
roses
blood-red, . glow- '
ing,
A way, far away,
Land.
far away in Dixie"
Ah! there the skies
bluer, ' -And
there the hearts
are brighter,
are warmer,
truer, ;
Toau we eer find away
Land. ' .
. r f
from Dixie
We bear the Yankee cannon rattle,
We ee the signs of coming battle
Away, far away, fair away, in Dixie
Land. . A .
Ahl brothers, we' are coming, I com-
ing, A ' '
As
swift ' and straight as pigeons
homing, a 1
live, to fight, to die for Dixie
"' .'Land.''. AAA A -A :" : '. : A "
To
SAYS MR- BRYAW.
Will Not Control Dem-
convention of the democratic nartv. the
last opportunity the party had to declare
the principles on which it stands.? ;
Asked if f he - believed there was any
danger of the old line of ' Cleveland demo- .
crata capturing the - next democratic con- j
yentioq, Mr. Bryan said: " "I do s not think
such a thing is a probability. If there was
such a probability, danger would be the
right word to use in 'connection with the
results it would work to the democratic
party." - -