North Carolina Newspapers

HUH i A BUDGET OP ITEMS CULLEI FRQ3I VARIOUS SOURCES. The Government Printing Offlc Honors Eight Colored Girls. The total number of appointment! made last week from the civil service list of eligibles amounted to twenty, ol which number eleven were colored. 01 tho fifteen appointments of skilled la bor, eight were young colored women, and of the five appointments of un skilled labor, three were colored men. The most interesting feature wastht appointment of the colored girla. These young ladies entered the exami nation about a year ago for appoint ment as printer's assistants in the Bu reau of Engraving and Printing. They passed said examination, but Jlr. Johnson, who is the chief official at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, re jected them after he found out thai they were of African extraction. The examination for places in tbt Bureau also holds good for appoint ment in the Government Printing Of fice, and after a suspense of nearly 8 year these girls wore agreeably sur prised by receiving appointments it this office. The Publio Printer, Mr. T. E. Benedict, was aware of the faci of the rejection of these girls by Mr. Johnson, but being broad-gauged and possessing that liberal spirit for fail play which few officials in high station dare to show, he appointed them and Rgain demonstrated the fact that color is no bar to one's opportunity of earn ing a livelihood in this office. A committee of prominent citizens waited upon Secretary Carlisle to re quest him to inquire into the conduct of Mr. Johnson, of tbe Bureau, con cerning the rejection of these girls ami accomplished but little more than re ceiving an assurance that the matter would be investigated. We take pleasure in announcing the fact that "negrophobia" does not re main here. The race is well repre sooted in this office, and has been as signed more places of prominence un der Mr. Benedict's administration than under any previous one. Boston Cou' rant. FA3IOUS BLIND T03I. He Is Not Dead, as Is Generally Sup posed, Because of Ills Ilon-Appiar-ance on the Road. It ia generally supposed that "Blind Tom" is dead, but be is not. lie is not an old man yet, and it is a matter of wonder that he has not been on the road coining money for his guardians. One of his old managers said, not long ago, that the boy's musical brain ap peared to be eutirely separate and dis tinct from the poor little wit he pos sessed in ordinary. He told of an hour that ht spent it the wing", jne night, at Tom's elbow. The colored boy was performing one of bis most mnrvelous feats, that of playing anelaboraloox position which he had never heard i n til that evening when a local musici n went through it once. In these feats of memory Tom always played what ho bad heard exactly, to the least shading of a note: and yet while be did this, he talked to himself all the time upon some perfectly irrelevant subject. Indeed, this negro boy was almost an idiot, and yet bis musical power wai so marvelous that he could have repro duced one of Paderewski's afternoon with' more exactitude than the Pole could do it- himself. He was one of the lensations of his day. He played uVt over the civilized world, and to every body of prominence. He was a marvel ous imitator with his voice as well asm music and could repeat a speech made in hi presence and never leave out an Inflection. Munscy's Magazine. It is not how high the office, tor bow big tho salary, of the colored man, but how he fits the office, and how well ho can stand prosperity, that's going to tell in his struggle for recognition. Many of our race leaders are soo busy solving their own problems to givo that of the masses a thought. All of that stuff about Negroes be tng unmanageable and hard to govern is out of fashion. The white man is n strong witness to that when be puts Dn his war paint and sallies forth to bar the way of Negro rule. The Negro has not said one word about rule, but his steady move in the wake of wealth, education and thrift is telling its own tale and causing alarm. Wihninyton Sentinel. It is hoped that the Negro will push his claim in tiino with tho coming ad ministration, so that shrewd politi cians will rot tell him' that he is rather late in the race, as Mr. Bo-and-5c has already applir. This, has been the "song and dance" for -some time, but the Negro this year of jubilee will be on the alert and take good care that he is remembered after the race as well as before. The Negro was certainly a great worker in the recent right and deserves much credit. There were a few who wandered from the fold bnt we did not miss them, as they are the bartcrers of their own rights, and ex pect to be sold to the highest bidder. Lexington Standard. - - There are over a million of colored voters in tho United States, and 99 per cent, of them vote the Republican ticket; in fHCt, they constitute the con stant and stcudiebt eU-ment of tbe par ty. Other men change according to issues, but the colored voter is a Re publican at all times and nnder all cir enmstances, and as General Grant once remarked: ' He ia faithful in bis allegiance to caneo even unto death." WlU that faithfulness be reward d? Wo think it will be.- Colored Ameri nan. Even in time of intense political in terest, preachers and congregations should not bo exensed frum regarding the Sabbath or keepiDg it holy. Such was far from the case with tho pastor ol a New York church, who recently tamed bis services into a political meeting nd delivered a campaign ad dress to a McKiuley and Ilobart clnli. Ono of our churches in the sanio neigh borhood recently pave an ox roast witi dan- ing as a inaiu feature of the pro gramme. Evidently the discipline oi onr church is a comparative stranger in regions of such reJigiors worldli- ftess. C7rvfr an Icecvrder, AMQNG THE RACF Antonio Maceo, tbe Negro general in the Cuban war, is the only surviv ing brother of eleven who have been killed in endeavoring to liberate Cuba from Spain. One day the Spanish have him and next he is gone. He is as brave as a lion and Spain would gladly give $100,000 to get rid of the Maceo. who has caused the world to stand and wonder at the son of Ham. Characteristic of all brave men he is tender and merciful. ; Though the Spanish are daily slaughtering and butchering and committing heinous outrages upon innocent Cuban women and children, is no incentive for such a vengeance by this heroic leader. Dur ing the whole of these two . years of bloody war not cne act of cruelty has been laid to him. Victoria Guide. Tho Rev. Sam. P. Jones whose mud slinging has brought him more noto riety than has his preaching, is out in a letter on "The Negro Race." The Rev, Jones and men like him who can see very little of good in the Negroes are responsible for the Negroes being in the penitentiary and drinking liquor. They drank liquor and stole the poor Negroes' earnings and now cuss the Negroes out for having taken on some of their mean habits. Sam was once a drunkard, bnt has reformed that is he does not get drnnk publicly any more; bnt the greatest reformation he needs is reformation of the heart. Augusta Union. Race pride is beginning to be the talk of every colored man and woman wherever. a few of them meet together; it is an evidence of a closer nnion among themselves; it is Christian-like, it is God-like, it is loving our brother as ourselves; it is showing to the dif ferent races around and among ns that, we have .the spirit and manhood of race, pride and ' race developement. We are now learning that to help and patronize the different business of any one of the race, in whatever line, is the only way ty help each other. Pittsburg Western Enterprise. Owing to a combination of stupidity and the one-sided effect of our regis tration laws. Hon. G. W. Murray was beaten for congress in the recent election. The colored man has a great deal to learn yet, if be is to be con sidered as a potent factor in the pol'ti cal make np of onr country. While we regret the unhappy consequences, we may learn a very wholesome lesson that will do ns untold good in the lutxjTe,r-Piedmont Indicator. TJnder date of November 7th The Daily Post, of Washington, D. C, says the Negro should havo a place in President elect McKinley'a Cabmei While the Conservator does not agree with all The Post's premises deductions and conclusions, it still concedes that it would be a long step, in advance and a handsome recognition of the Negro's services to the Republican party, to mape one of our number a member of the Cabinet, St. Francis Xavier's Colored Catho lic Church in Baltimore. Md. was be queathed $40,000 by its late lamented rector, Rev. A. J. Gieson, who died recently in Germany. Rev. Gieson was the rector of St. Francis's Church for a number of years, and his sacrific ing labjr in behalf of the colored peo ple eventually caused his death. As Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia, Hon. Isaao H. Smith, of New Berne, is not a bad suggestion. Hon. Smith is a pure Negro, and would put forth every effort to honor and promote the interest of his race. Poss the good word around. Wil mington Sentinel. A marble bust of the late Hon. Fred erick Douglass has been placed in the new capital building of New York at Albany. It is in the main corridor of the building along with other distin guished men a busts. Wilmington Sentinel. -ee- Stop waiting for the' preacher to make you happy and live so as to be happy even though the preacher is not a ruser. S. W. Christian Recorder. Tennessee has one lone colored member in its legislature. He is an editor and school teacher and hails from Clarkville, Montgomery county. He will henceforth be known as Hon. 7. M. H. Graham. D. B. Garrett, of Wanamaker, Okla., has issued a call for a national conven tion of the Ex-Slave Pension Associa tion, to meet at Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 25. The object is to organize in support of the bill introduced in Con gress to provide pensions for the freed men. Hon. I. H. Smith, of New Berne, U. d, the original McKinley man, is a pronounced candidate for Recorder of "DeAti Colored American. It is thought that a colored man will be among the next appointments as District Commissioners. Why not? Colored American. Flattery works sometimes with wo men, bnt it is hard at all times to con vince your wife that she is handsome enough to do without a new dress or a winter hit. The Star oZion. George B. Mills, of Baltimore, Md., has been appointed Superintendent of the Fifth district of the street cleaning department. - ' Rev. B. W. Arnett, Jr., Bishop Ar nett's son, has received the degree of pedagogue from the State University of Georgia. The A. M. E. Church has always re ceived recognition at tbe hands of the national administration. President Lincoln appointed Bishop Turner Chaplain in the United States Army, and Bishop Arnett will be duly hon ored by Major McKinley. Waco ( Tex.) Paul Quinn Weekly. Mrs. Perry G. Walker, of Hender son, Ky.. has composed the music for an offertory for Soprano or tenor, en titled, "Ashamed of Jesus." It it dedicated to Bishop G. W. Clinton, oi the A. M. E. Zion Church. 1 HI VOTES OF COUNTIES Showing the Respective Strength of McKinley and Bryan, Russell and Watson. Here are spme official election re turns by counties, showing vote for President and Governor: McK. Bry. Rnss. Wat. Alamance .... 2,314 2,282 2,212 2.16G Bladen .... ..1,256 1,714 1,263 1,361 Caldwell 963 1,428 964 1,290 Catawba . . . .2,650 .... Chatham 1,490 2,892 1,469 1,696 Cleveland.... 1,216 2,661 1,190 2,017 Columbus.... 1,162 1,998 1,004 1,420 Currituck.... 436 595 437 483 Davidson .... 2,375 2,061 2,372 1,881 Davie.... ....1,300 895 1,303 747 Durham 1,,924 2,435 1,858 2,092 Edgecomce... 2,759 2,033 2,696 1,807 Franklin 1,834 3,197 1,898 2,204 Granville.... 2,178 2,263 2,196 1,896 Greene.... ..1,065 1,222-1,021 1,005 Halifax .4,203 2,255 3,979 1,997 Hay wood.... 1,039 1,901 1,039 1,878 Henderson . .1,459 1,922 1,452 1,005 Iredell... ....2,003 2,958 2,008 2,524 Madison .2,270 1,357 2,275 1,300 McDowell. ... ,951 1,204 957 1,085 Moore.... ...1,948 2,211 1,910 1,739 Orange.!.. ..1.264 1,700 1,238 1,245 Pasquotank.. 1,519 1,037 l,51t 938 Perquimans.. 1,016" 793 1,006 684 Randolph.... 2,743 2,482 2,711 2,263 Robeson..... 2,419 3,457 2,282 2,213 Rowan .1,465 3,101 1,428 2,495 Union 1,009 2,747 997 1,784 Wake.. 4,705 5,401 4,01 4,491 Warren 2,175 1,214 2,171 922 Wayne .2,248 3,214 2,336 2,719 Wilkes ......2,835 1,801 2,828 1,778 . To Represent "the Race. In accordance with a request from Richard Hill, chief of the Negro de partment of the Tennesssee Centen nial, Gov. Carr has appointed Dr. L. A. Scruggs, of Raleigh; A. G. Atkins, of Winston, and Mr. W. C. Coleman, of Concord, as delegates to represent the Negroes of North Carolina at that great exposition. To show the pro gress of the Negro race in America from the old plantation days to the present, is the cause of the Negro de partment in the Tennessee Centennial. The Negro building will be one of the handsomest buildings on the grounds. That the display may be complete in every particular and a truthful exhibit of whttt the .Negro race can and are doing, every State in the Union is asked to appoint three, five or seven pushing, energetio Negro men to fully represent the Negroes within its bor ders. As Elijah Vas Fed. Last week something happened in a certain neighborhood here that has caused a great deal of talk. A lady who had been sick for several weeks had been constantly expressing a wish for a partridge. About 10 o'clock one morning a thump was heard against the front door, and on going out on the porch a partridge was found fluttering, having broken its neck as it flew against the door. The woman firmly believes that the Lord sent her the bird. And why not? High Point Enterprise, Nine Colored Men in the House. There will be nine colored men in the House and two in the Senate as follows: Vance, W. M. Page; Gran ville, W. H. Crews; Halifax, J. H. Arrington; Scotland Harris; Edge comb, Jordan Dancy, E. E. Bryant; Northampton, N. R. Rawls; New Han over, J. T. Howe; Wake; Jas. H. Young. Senate Fifth district, W. Lee Person; Eleventh district, W. B. Henderson. Three of these were in the last Legislature out of five in the House of that body Gazette. Negro Politicians Can't Rent a Farm. The farmers of every township in Mecklenburg county are organizing to protect themselves from the influ ences wielded by the Negro political leaders. They refuse to rejit land to these negroes and are putting white men in their places. In Providence township over sixty land owners have joined the organization, and the Negro leaders find it impossible to rent an acre of ground. The organization is also in good working order in Steel Creek and Sharon townships. Char lotte Observer. The Biblical Recorder, the or gan of tho Baptists announces that the fight against State aid to higher education will be renewed before the Legislature, and that the Methodists will help the Baptists this time. It adds that it would have resulted in a victory two years ago but for the fact that certain persons trusted proved false. The Shelby Star says Frank Elam, a prosperous farmer of Cleveland, and heretofore considered a man of high est integrity, has been lodged in Shel by jail, chared with stealing six bales of cotto'n. The cotton was found in his possession and he surrendered and confessed. i - There were sixty new convicts re ceived at the -penitentiary during the month of October. A new cotton factory is to be built at Wilmington. Mr. Jas. H. Chadbourn, Jr., has subscribed $50,000. The shares will be so that persons with lit tle means can become stockholders. The earnings of the lines of the Southern Railway in this State for the quarter show an increase amounting to $164,000 over the corresponding quar tar in 1895 - . Pender county has twelve negro magistrates. There is yet a wide, wide difference between estimates of Russell's plural ity. Republicans stick to their 12,000 estimate, while Democrats insist that the figures can't be bigger than 6,000. Tha Shelbv Aurora tells of a colored woman in Cleveland cointy 101 yearsr oia wno can Bee to uireau a seecue without the use of glasses. The strength of the State Guard is now 1,650. This is an increase of 'bout 1C0 during tho yearv - ' Diamonds in Steel. ' Some time ago it waa shown by M. Molssan, a French chemist, that when Iron was saturated at 3,000 centigrade With carbon and then cooled tinder a high pressure a portion of the carbon separated out in the form of diamonds. The conditions under which very hard eteels are now made should also result in the formation of diamonds, and an examination of a large number of sam ples of such eteel has shown thai this Is really the case. The diamonds are pbtalned by dissolving the metal In acid and then subjecting the residue to the action of concentrated nitric acid, fused potassium chlorate, hydro fluoric and sulphuric acid successively. The crystals are very minute, tbe larg est being only five mm. In diameter, but they present all the chemical and physical properties of true diamonds. Engineering and Mining Journal. TacKs. In some parts of the country there are malicious persons who throw tackf in the roadway to annoy bicycle riders by perforating the pneumatic tires. To uneet this difficulty it has been proposed to attach a magnet In front of the for- j ward wheel, with the object of picking up the tacks as the machine rolls along. Gold Dollar Monument. "It Is due you and a pleasure for mi to rec ommend your IVrxEBtNE. Truly it is an In- iitDie remedy ana cure ror tetter.- Aiy wife bad been annoyed by eame for ahout twelve ' ear?, and after ustnir the Tkttkrise for five days it isavfutared entirely, to her great re lief. She is r-aiy to Mnj youi praise, and I am prepared to contribute my eoid dollar in erecting a monument to your Diime." lours, tc; . A. in. Hat wood, Evelyn, Ga. To J.T. SHtTPTniNE, Savannah, U. : 1 box by mail for 60cf la stamps. : An Important Difference. 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Book seal UrlUIWFree Dr B M WooLLiT An-asTaoA fiiclcens EARN iv too errs racH aixr. - Tom eannot do this anlesa you understand thia Md know bow to eater to their requirement! an-1 yoa cannot spend yeas and dollars learning by es pericoce, so yoa matt buy (be knowltce acquired by otoers. We offer tbts to you tor only osau. YOU WANT THEM TO PAY THEIR OWN WAY. rven If yoa merely keep tbeia as a cllTerakm. fa as iter to handle JTowls jtnllol"Uly, you most kaa something about tnein. To meet ibis want wears selling a oooic lTin the axfrtsr.eno rt-l ec. of a praotiaxl poultry raiser forUJIIJ aWUa tweuty-Ov years. It was written ty a man who put all bis min 1, and time, and money to makiaf a sue cess of Cliloiten raining not as a pastime, out a a boslneaeand IC you will profit by his twenty-dre years' work, you can save many Chicks annually, aaa make your frowls earn dollars tor yo. l as point la, that yoa mail be able to deteet trouble ia the Poultry Vard as eooa as It sppears, aad aaow bow 10 remedy It. This book wilUteaoh yon. It telle how to detect and cure diseases to feel fee ecrs and also for rattening-i whleh fowls to sare foe breednaa; pnrpoeet; and eeerytelnf, tndea-l, yoa Aboald know on this subject to make It prontatilsb Meat postpaid lor twenty-flre oeau la stanape. Book Publishing House ' 134 Laoiaao tr CJty ere St Ds . Wsnt to lesrn all about a Horse? Bow to Tick Oat a Good One tions and FrenJf Effect possible? Tell tbe Ace by the Teeth? What to call turn Different Parts wl the Animal? Bow to Shoe a llorse Properly? All this and other Valuable Information raa oe obtained by reading our lCO-lMUE II.LUSTUATEl IIO-RSE BOOK, which we wtll forward, post, paid, on receipt of only 23 cents In stamps. BOOK PUB. HOUSE, 134 taard Bu, W. T. Clty 2 f IHSft 1 - PWssjtfi4,'(m iiiL loisei? si ' Knowlmperfec iyV v so Guard against 1 Detect Disease and " J s Core wben same is I v a m HOIST SALE RETIAIHG FnOLVBUSIKESS. ThS QbBATEST SZtACGBTER SaLE OV Clothing, Furnishings AND HATS EYER ATTESirrED 121 CHARLOTTE. jrro inf Stock of Fin Tailor. PJU,UUU Made Clothing', Fine Furnishings. Fine Flats for Men and Boys must be sold in the next CO days regardless of Cost or Value, as we are positively going out of business. W. Kaufman & Co., Cor- Central Hotel. Charlotte, N-C Ilaviog decided to leave Charlotte and re tire from business wo start at once to dis pose of our entire stock of Fine Cloth log, Furnishings and lints, aggregating in value 150,000. liocollect we havo ent prices to less than 60 cents on the dollar, and ia most In stances to S3 cents, as our entice stock .Must be Sold la the Next GO Days. t)o net miss this Golden Opportunity. A1 chance like this only occurs once in & life time. Do not fail to read our entire Trice List GREATEST UAROAlNHon EARTH! Men's Suits, Overcoats and MDgle Tan at less than cost to Manufacture. 42.90 buvs Men's cood serviceable e-nlte. former price t7.50, now f $2.l( tl.33 Men's all wool, black Cheviot Pants. former price, $150, now $1.38 $3.00 Men's all wool Kersey Bulls, former price t9. 00, now t&t0 $7.50 buys Men's floe, elegantly tailored Kuits, in all the rteh effects of the season. Former price 615, now..... $7.50 Children's Suits, ages to It. Gl cents. worth $i.50. f G.23 buys Men's D. B. Saclc Suits, tea Styles to select from. Former price tl2.60. now Qu.& $7.50 Men's fine black Clay Worsted Suits, any style coat, former pi lee 913 50, now ,....J?7.iu -v - 1 ...... Children's Koee rants 5 Cents Only one pair to customer. tl.65 Children's Cape Overcoats, worth $4, now $l.G5 . 1 1 ' 1 1 I f )" m Tt 1 $2.20 Boys' Ulster O ereoats, formerly sold for $4.50. Selling Out Trice $2.20 - $2.69 Mens Blue Chinchilla Overcoat, good value at 16. to. Marked down to $2. Gil $7.50 iil buy very floe Men's Overcoat, tailor made, latest ftyle, black and blue. Kersey or Melton. A bargain at $12.50, Selling Out Price $7.50 Boys' Suit. Overcoat and felngle rants at lors than cost to manufacture. 8pecial! Men's fine full f atla lined Over coats, equal to custom made, worth $33 00, Selling Out Trice $15.50 Children's Fes Cap, now 10 Cents Really worth 25 cents. Men's Laund. Tercale Shirts, elegant value at 75 cents, now '. -O Cents E. A W. Collars and Caffs, Belting Oul Trice. $2 per dozen or .....17 Cents 75 Scrlven Tatent Seam Drawers. $1.25 quality, retiring from business p:ico.75 Cts 75c Men's Untanndered Toarl Shirts, standard price tl. selling out price. .75 Cts 99. Men's Laundered TearrSblrts, stan dard price $1.85. marked down to U8 Cents Men's Black Halt Hose 0 Cents A Great bargain. Sbaw-Knit Halt nose 12 1-2 Cents Former price 25 cents. Great value. Men's Linen Hemstitched Handkerchiefs selllug cut price.... 7 Cents Men's Fine Tercale 6hlrtsj white body, cuffs to match, former price $1.23, now 75o Men' 50 cent Suspenders, now. . . . .25 Cts Men's Furnishings at lees than cost to manufacture. $1.65 Men's Serviceable Overcoats.. $1.05 Actual vslue $4.50. Stetson Stiff Hats, $5 quality, now $2.50 $4.50 Boys' fine blue and black Cheviot Suits, sing) or double breasted $4.50 Worth $8.50. $10 buys Men's fine tailor made suits In bine, bNck and all the latest shades former price $20, now going at $10 $2.85 Boy's Long Tsnts Suits, really worth f C, now going at $2 5 Children's Suits, all wool $2.50 Former price $5. 100 Fairs Men's OdJ Tants $1.00 Worth $2. Children's Knee Tants 45 Cents AH sizes, worth double. You will do yourself an injustice if you do cot attend this great sale. All other goods sold at proportionate prices. Boys Hats and Caps at Half Price. American Hosiery Co's Standard Ilo lcry at Half Trice. There are numerous other bargains, so call early and get the first choice. Store open week-days until 9 o'clock p. m., Satur day until 11.30 p. m. Special dlsoounts to wholesale customers. Do not be misled, but look for large white signs with red letters, W. KAUFMAN & CO., Cor. Cent-al Hotel. 3" No Goods sent on approval or charged.' Railroad fare paid to all out-of-town customers.