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THE GAZETTE, PUBLISHED WEEKLY. JAMES H. TOUWO,....Editor and Proprietor. A' J SiP3, Geuert Traveling Agente. J. D. PATE, subscription rates: One year, - $i5 Six months, - - 75 Three months - - - 50 Entered at the Post-office for transmission through the United States mails as matter coming under second-class rates. tSfAll communications intended for pub lication must reach the office by Tuesday morning. Anonymous letters will receive no attention. ISfAddress all communications to THK Gazette, Raleigh, N. C. RALEIGH, N. C, AUGUST 28, 1897. THE NEUUO l'ROBLEM. Bishop Petty Talks Entertainingly Upon What the Colored man is loing for His If ace. For the last two or three years an agi tation has been going on among the col ored people in this city looking to the general improvement of their condition. This agitation has been along two lines principally, the object of one set of lead era being to induce the colored people to think and act independently in politics and of another to periuiade them to co operate for the establishment of negro business houses or to foice the owners of large establishments to give employ ment to colored young men and women as clerks. The latter movement has had the sup port of the colored ministers of the city in a greater degree than the former, but it will probably please both sets of lead ers to know that Bishop C. C. Petty, who presided over the A. M. E. Zion confer ence, which recently closed in this city, approves of both kinds of tffort on the colored people's behalf by those among them who are well enough educated to act as leaders. Bishop Petty does not think, however, that the negro problem is to be solved in the North at all. It must be worked out in the youth, which he maintains is the colored man's home. DR. PETTY TALKS. At the close of the conference, and be fore leaving the city, Dr. Petty talked interestingly about the prospects of his race and told a ttory of what has already been accomplished, which must be con sidered by friends of the negro as en couraging in the extreme. Dr. Petty's district embraces the States of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Kentucky , Ohio acid the District of Columbia. In response to questions regarding the progress which the negro is making and his relative con dition in different parts of the country, Bishop Petty said : "It is hard for anyone who has not traveled or worked extensively among the colored people to form any ade quate conception of what they have accomplished and of what they need. Much has been done for them by the whites of the North and by the whites of the South : they have done much for themselves ; much remains to be done. It is in the South that the negro must be Been to be understood ; that it is his borne, and it is there that he must work out his destiny. If you should ask me whether he is better off in the South than the North I should have to answer that it de pends upon the standpoint from which you view his condition. In some, in fact, many particulars, he is better off in the South, and my conviction is that it is best for him to s! ay there. I believe, too, that that is what he will do. You in Pittsburg have had a considerable col ored emigration from the South, but my belief is that it is abcut over, and that few more will come. This city contains a great many colored men lor whom there is no opportunity for employment. Particularly is this tiue of those who have received an education, upon the same terms and in the same schools with the whites, and when t! ey have it they are denied the chatce to earn their liv ing by it The same l hir.g is largely true of Northern cities. It is not so in the South. TREATED BETTER IN THE SOUTH. " There are approximately 10,000.000 colored people in this country, and they own about $500,000,000 worth of prop erty. The bulk of this is in the South, and this is the reason that, as regards their material conditon, they are better off in the South. They have much more wealth there, and where men have wealth their chance to secure the other blessings of life is greatly improved. True, there is more poverty amung the negroes of the South than in the North also, but even the poorest may have the opportunity to work at any kind of labor for which he is fitted. In nearly every county of most of the Southern States there are black owners of farms ranging in size from 1,000 to 10,000 acres, and where they do not own land the black men are employed to cultivate it. Tbis has been their principal employment, but -we are hopeful that in the rapidly de veloping industrial sytem of the South the colored man will have his place, and that the negroes will shortly be perform ing in that Southland the same kind of work which is done in the industrial cities of New England and in your own iron mills of Pennsylvania. They now own and operate many grist mills and cotton gins, and we shall soon have in operation at Concord, N. C, a cotton mill which will employ black labor ex clusively. A capital stock of $100,000 has been eubscribed by colored men, and as industries requiring skilled labor de velop in the South we expect to see the labor performed largely by colored men. SHUT OFF FROM EMPLOYMENT. 44 It is true that industrial development in our Southern Slates has been accom panied to a considerable extent by the immigration of foreigners and that they have sometimes been given the prefere nee over colored men. In the North the negro is told that he possesses all the civil and political rights of the white man, yet when it comes to obtaining em ployment he finds that his civil and political rights avail him nothing. In the South there are certain well defined limits to the sphere of the negro, but thebe do not include his employment. He is entering all the professions ; he is learning to perform all kinds of skilled labor and he gets the fullest oppoitunity for the exercise of his talents and abili ties. I know of colored attorneys who are recognized as leaders of their bars and have many white men among their clients, and of colored physicians who have extensive practices in white fam ilies. The colored carpenter or brick layer may work upon hou-.es where white .men. are employed and none of them think of offering objections. In the North the edllCRiftd p.olnr1 man ia mo in u - - . vj ujV lli VtlKJ outset of his career by an almost im passable wall of prejudice and the col ored artisan is prevented by the trades unions from showing what he can do in almost all the lines of skilled labor. HAVE SEPARATE SCHOOLS. "Political equality does not compen sate for this and no more would social equality if the colored man could obtain it. One of the great causes for the limit ing of the colored man's opportunity in the North is the school system. In all the Southern States we have separate schools for blacks and whites, and the result is that there is a great field for the work of educated colored men and women aa teachers. In the North a col ored youth may fit himself for teaching but he cannot get a position. There are a few places where he can, I believe, but they are so insignificant in number as scarcely to constitute an exception to the rule. We tielieve in our system of edu cation in the South for this reason and also for the reason that no white teacher can inspire a colored boy or girl as a col ored teacher will do. A white man may be absolutely free from prejudice and yet he cannot convey to a young negro the enthusiastic desire to do something for his race which is necessary to constitute a man a leader of the colored race. 4'I have tested the spirit of young col ored ministers on several occasions and I find almost invariably that those who have been trained by colored professors are vastly the better equipped for exer cising a beneficial influence upon the people. I was educated hy white pro lessors mjself, so you will readily admit that I am not prejudiced. There are any where from IUO.000 to 200,000 colored men and wi men working aa teachers of the colored youth throughout the South, and I think it may be said that nearly everywhere the negroes enj y as good public educational advantages as the whites. Prejudice against the education of the negro has almost disappeared, and where there are white schools there are alo black one. That the opportunity for employment which this affords goes to ; 1 red men and women is acceptable to us 111 the highest degree. It should not be otherwise anywhere in the coun try, and in general it is by the perform ance of the labor of their race that the negroes are to be employed aud the race problem solved. PREJUDICE DYING OUT. 44I would not be understood to claim that prejudice against the negro race is yet gone from the Sou h, but it is only in sections that it yet remains in all the bit terness of a few years ago. The States where it is the most persistently has bored are Mississippi, Louisiana aud Texas, and even in theoe States a negro who does not concern hitn&elf too much with poll tics may be honored and respected, in professional and business life. As an ex ample of the hbeiality which prevails in North Carolina, I may instance the fact that in the last four years there have b-en only three men lynched, and two of them were white. In the district in which I live we have had colored coioners and State's attor neys elected by a majority of white votes. Our renreaentative in Congress is a col ored man, George H. White, my neigh bor. There are throughout the State over 100 petty magistracies filled by col ored men, though less than oLe-tnird of the population of the State are negro s. Our wnite neighbors understand us and we understand them, and in politics pre judice is being broken down by the dis position of the negro to refuse longer to be considered as identified with one po litical party. This disposition on his part has come largely through his taking an interest in local politics. INDEPENDENCE EXTENDING. "If the negro is a property holder his interest in municipal and county taxation is reasonably certain to be the same in such matters as that of his wnite neigh bor who is a property holder, and so it has come to pass that many colored men are known as possessed of very indepen dent notions concerning their county and city politics. "This independence is rapidly extend ing to their views regarding national politics; and I think justiy so. Take the question of free traae or protection, for instance, and it is quite clear that if free trade is to the inter st of the white south ern farmer it is to the interest of the black southern farmer, too. One thing which will aid very largely in decidiug trie attitude of the colored population upon this question will be the disposition which the manufacturers show toward them iu the matter of em ployment. If manufactories growing up in 1 he South by the help of Northern cap ital employ the black labor of the South, then the negroes, it seems to me, will de cide that protection is what they want. If the practice of bringing in foreigners spreads and continues, however, so that the negro is compelled to remain almost entiiely an agriculturist, then it appears to me that his interest lies on the side of obtaining his manufactured goods as cheaply as possible and that be will es pouse the free-tiade side of the question." Mttsburyh Dispatch. LYNCHINGS AM) THEIR CAUSE. Day after day the papers have brought us reports of lynchings, the result of the unspeakable crime of rape. Some have been made to believe that this crime is increahi' g; but wh doubt if this is so. Perhaps tne number has been greater than usual these last two months, cer tainly it has been magn.fiVd as highly as possible. One of the ex-judges of our Superior Court has informed us that it has not been many years since it was not the custom to print accounts of all these crimes, and certainly it is a recent thing to scour the nation every night in search of one to write up for the morn ing's news. But the crime is committed ; and this is enough to make every one thoughtful. And more so, when we con sider that it has come to be the one crime productive of lynching. Now next to rape etacds lynching in the list of outrages. For the lyncher is a nihilist of morals, law and religion. He does no good; he sows dragon's teeth. No matter whom he lynches, or for what crime, we lay this proposition down as broad as it is long, covering all case-t. An end must be put to him as well as to the rapist. Crime has never yet pre vented crime; and the citizen who pro fesses to b li ve that it will, ought to go the way of all criminals. Lynchings will never prevent i-utrages; but rather tend to increase them by throwing the friends of the man lynched into a state of sym patt y for him; and out of this state of sympathy for the criminal arises pallia tion of his crime. There is but one remedy for rape, and that is the death penally, speedily exe cuted. But if it is not speedily executed, there is no excuse for the lyncher. The thoughtful citizen realizes that some de lay is necessary, and that justice de mands that time be given for passion to subside. The man or set of men who take it upon themselves to inflict death, no mat ter what their motive, commit an out rageous crime, and do themselves and their State an irreparable injury. And the public sentiment that refuses to have meted out to them the penally they have incurred, is-base, dangerous, nihilistic. Let no man say, 44 1 will not trust my State." That is treason; the writing of the finger of Anarch. "We must depend upon the State as the safe-guard of our rights. Transgress her laws in one par ticular, and you make way for all trans gression. Dethrone her, and you pave the wav for Anarch to rise to sovereignty. The menace of a government of the peo ple is always the tendency to minimize government, the tendency to believe that government by the people means licenser. We must resp-ct our government; yea, fear it. Now why have we written these things to a people who are in no danger of join ing in a lynching? Because public senti ment makes lynching possible; because public sentiment can make it impossible. We quote the above very timely edito rial from the Biblical Recorder. We do it because it fully expresses our own views on the subject of Ivnching for rape or for any other cause. We do it because it upholds the supremacy of the law and the right of the accused to a fair and im partial trial before his peers. Whenever you deny this right to the accused, though he should confess his guilt, you sip the foundation upon which our State and its institutions have been reared; you imperil the natural and legal right of pereon and property, eo dear to every freeman; you take from the citizen his sovereignly, and reduce him to a condi tion of serfdom subjpet only to the pas sions of an irresponsible mob the worst condition imaginable. Winston Republican. THE SENATE, SITUATION AND PROSPECTS. The vofe on the tariff developed some interesting facts when analyzed. Reck oning Senators voiing as they were paired, sixteen States voted solidly for Protection, though from Oregon one Senator, with a Republican majority be hind him, was excluded, so tnat these States cast only 31 votes. Three of them, in which there were 84,624 voters last November, were carried by fusion with a plurality of 39,271, while the remaining1 thirteen, in which there were 5.698,908 voters last November, gave Mckinley a plurality of 1,034,829. Against the tariff twelve States cast two votes each, of which the Republicans carried in No vember only Delaware, with a plurality of 3,837, while eleven States gave Demo cra'ic pluralities of 652,052, having in all 2,588 975 voters. There were thirteen States divided, giving each one vote in the Senate for and one against the tariff. Of these nine were carried by the Repub licans at the last election by 527.886 plur ality, and in theie there were in all 4,141,074 voters. The four Stat-s which were carried by fusion gave 67,961 plur ality, and had only 559,890 voters. Put ting the divided States on one side or the other according to their last votes we have the following contrast : States. Pluralities. Total vote. For Protection 25 1,523,414 K. ,92l,ti05 Against Proct't'n.I6 748,176 D. 3,187,500 The States for Protection cast over three times as many votes as those against, and gave for McKinley plurali ties more thau twice as large as the op posing States gave for Bryan. But there remain four States which gave no vote against the tariff and three for it, both the Senators from South Dtkot and one each from Colorado, Nebraska and North Carolina being absent without pair. Al though these five States gave 167,176 plurality for Bryan nearly all of it from Colorado and cast in all 826,555 votes in November, they cannot be counted against Protection, because not one of their Senators voted or was paired on that side. The plain fact is that as to the issue of Protection these States are in its favor, and the five Senators who would not vote against Protection desire to see the new tariff adopted in ord--r to put that i-sue out of the way aud make room for a contest about silver. It would have been sorely to the dis credit of free 'government if five States having more than three-quarters of the voters demanded Protection, with popu lar majorities more than double those in States opposed it, tut the protective tariff had nevertheless been defeated. Yet it might have been if the five absent Sen ators had voted against it, and three of the Senators fwin small States which votrd for Bryan Montana, Nevada and Wyoming. For 11 Democrat votes wete cast in the Senate from States which voted for McKiuley, including cne vote stolen in New York for Senator Murphy, one t-tolen in Indiana for Senator Turpie years ago, and one stclen this year from Delaaie. while a Republican entitled to a seat was exclude i from Oregon. It becomes interesting, then fore, to see what chances there are of retaining t-eats for Democrats from Republican States. It appears that the terms of Me srs. Gray, of Delaware; White, of California, Turpie, of Iudiana; Gurmau. of Mary land; Smith, of New Jert-ey; Murphy, of New York; Roach, of North Dakota ; raulkner, of VV est V lrginia, and Mitch ell, of Wisconsin, all from S'ates which gave Republican pluralities and mot-t of them large Republican majorities, will expire tw o years hence. Tl e only Sena tors who supported the tariff bill from the States carried by Bryan, whose terms then exsire, are Senators Clark, of Wy oming; Mantle, of Montana, and Stew art, ot Nevada. There is at leat a greater prospect of carrying again lor R-publican candidates the nit. e States that are now represented by Free Traders than there is of losing the three States just mentioned. The nine Republican States which have Senators whose terms expire in 1899 namely, five from New England and one each from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Minnesota should all be safe, a d the vacant seat from Oregon should be filled by a Republican. Ir, is the evident intention of the Demo crats and their allies to abandon the tariff issue and make the next fight on the silver question. But in that event their chancjs of carrying any Eastern State, New York, New Jersey, D laware, Maryland, West Virginia ir Iudiana, would not be worth coobideiing, and six Republicans from those States in place of Democrats, with nine Republicans re elected from the States reckoned safe, and thirty-three others holding ov"er, would give the Republicans a certain majority, even though they should lose Moutana, Wyoming and Nevada, and should not gain the seat from California nor fill the vacant seat from Oregon. But it is not in the least certain that, with the revival of prosperity which the new tariff should bring, and with a more healty state of feeling at the West, a Populist-Democratic alliance could carry these far Western States. Republican control of the Senate during the latter half of President McKinley's term, with Democrats divided into warring factions on the money question, should not only render it impossible to disturb the tariff for years to come, but should also close and bar the door against any form of monetary revolution. Indeed, as to the latter ifsue.it will soon be found that the great preponderance of Eastern and Northern States in the House constitutes a barrier which can no longer be broken down, as in former times it was, by the partisanship of Democrats ready to sup port anything under the sun for the sake of success. Support of Bryanism haa ceased to be a road toward success in dis tricts electing a strong majority of the House of Representatives. POLITICAL CAST. It has amused us, and in some instances moved us to pity, to see the social changes wrought by politics. The people remain the people forever and forever ; but there is no small element of citizens who believe that there are others besides the people, and they are classified in the list of the folks. The folks change, but they never know it. When the tide turns against them and they are swept out of place and position, they soon come to bear all the marks of a broken-down aristocracy, but they never l.t you know they see them. Without a public office they are wrecks; with one, they are very gieat and astounding citizens, and every body respects them. It may be that the Providence who showed men how to build ships, who gave men ambition to know what is beyond; who gave one courage to try, and led him to success; who brought forth a wonderful nation out of the wilderness that one found; it may be that that Providence also decreed that we should be often beset with polit ical changes, notwithstanding their as perities, in order to save us from an aris tocracy, in order to maintain a balance ii a free land of equal opportunity. Biblical Recorder. Rocky Mount Grits. Mr. J. J. Cook had quite a severe at tack last week, but is out at his post of duty again. Miss Alice Blount is visiting friends at Whitakers, Enfield and other points in that section. Hon. John C. Dancey passed through our city lat-t week. He is the very pict ure of health. We feel so much interested in the es tablishment of a good school. We must again ask our people on ihe Nash side to work in Union for consolidation of the two public schools that are in less than a mile distance of each other. Would it not be far better to have a fix months term with a good man principal with lady assistants, than to have them re main as they are? Could not the two sites now owned by the county in Dis trict nine be sold for enough, (exempting the present house or one of them) to do necessary building to the house ia num ber twelve, eir what is known as Little Rdeigh? Let us reacOn over the matter and unite for one common good. Messrs David Watkins, Jerry Banto, and Prof. C. W. Battle of Batileboro managed a very enjoyable ice cream sup per in their town on the 13ih for thelsan fit of the Baptist Sabbath School. Misa Alice R Battle and Miss Hellen Mangum were elected delegates to the State Sun day School Convention in September to represent the Battleboro Sunday School. Miss Annie Dorden of Wilson is visit ing Mr. and Mrs. Peter Dorden her un cle and aunt. Tne Excelsior Band is preparing to give one of the grandest musicals in the history of our town. They have secured the very best talent for the occasion. The boys earnestly ask our citizens to come out, the programme will soon be ut so all can judge for them telves. Talent from other towns will be on hand to help the occasion to be a suc cessful one. W. S. A. Odd Fellows District Grand Lodge Meeting. CONCLUDED. P. M. N. G., Sister Cora E. Davis, was then introduced to deliver the welcome speech iu behalf of Household of Ruth, No. 154, who spoke as follows: Most Worshipful Grand Worthy Vice Officers and Members of Household one and all we Welcome you. Having been chosen as the voice of this branch of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, I fel it quite a privilege as well as pleasure to welcome you here on the cccasion that brings us hither, standing on this sacred spot encompassed by so great a band of hearty Odd Fedows, em bued with all that is noble, clad in the armor that cot.quers even tuought it smiles, namely, friendship, love and truth. Emotions of jy rise within me in my attempt even to welcome you to our homes, to our hearts. Ilistorj-, as the Great Maker of events has depicted in changeless flight the rite and progress of this society from the vine clad bowers of sacred Eden to this, the twilight of the I9ih c niury some in brilliant clusters, some in deepest glx)m, but none seems to strike the heart with greater awe and till the worid with benediction -f pra se, tnau principles of Odd Fellowship, in coming to us at a tune when ignorance was a virtue. when Odd Fellowship arm ng our people was in its infancy, when pre judice had lifted her furious energies to undermine, warp and destroy its hope among our people. But b ing guided by a power D.vme, it contained a power that was cheri-hing its ambrosial fruit and forming within its narrow folds the rudi ments which to-day have grown with its work and strength, with its strength, until its majestic arms belt all Christen dom; and upon her ips is the benediction of praise, and by it hall the world live no longer. Is Odd fellowship localized, lor the cloud that ofce no larger than a man's hand has spread and spread un til to day her voice is heard to exclaim, in songs of praise, in words tiue and plain: England marks her lustre, sleal ii g, shimmering, great land loves its rans. Africa, midst i.er deserts kneeling, lifts her untangled strain of praise. Again we welcome you, thrice welcome yes, thrice welcome, because of the princi ples which you have espoused. Because of ye ur influence, your actions in this becjmmg an tvangel in changing men, in lifting men to the skies. Iu a word, so to 8jeak, the cauee which you have espoused is indeed a sacred one, hs steam to the engine, as air t the phvst cal man, so the principles of Odd Fellow ship to the spiritual, moral, political and mental cotdition of man destroy them, and you crush in the bud a power Di vine, unnerves man for the conflict of lh, shuts down the gate to everything that is worthy and brings only misery and disgrace. Go with me to that home where penury sat supreme, now plentitude and happi ness the home once gloom and despond ent made by the angel of death; bat look ing in the distance, we behold a sister or brother like an evangle they command gloom, horror-stricken, ghastly death to go back into her country cavity, and light and hope become ever and anon their obedient, common servant. Enter the home of the wayworn and disconsolate and plant the white lilly of contentment there. We welcome you to our homes and to our families, to our associates, to our hearts, to all we hold dear dear in thought, dear in sentiments, dear in all the true elements, that makes us truly one with one object, with one aim, with one God. The D. G. Master then called on P. N. F. G. T. Foster, of Oxford, N. C, to re spond in behalf cf the D. G. Lodge to the welcome addresses, which he did. His speech was full of witty and timely re marks. After which the Chairman of the Com mittee of Arrangements presented the D. G. Master the keys of the hall. "We are hearty Odd Fellows," was sung, and the D. G. Lodge marched to the upper chamber where the secret ses sion was held. At night a grand banquet was given to the visiting delegates by the sisters of the Household of Ruth. Toast was given by P. M. N. G. Sister Eliza Allen. After which speeches were made by P. N. F. G. T. Foster, of Oxford; M. V. P. J. H. Johnson, of Charlotte; A. Webb, of Hills boro; James H. Young, of Raleigh, and S. H. Vick, of Wilson, N. C. Bishop C. C. Petty wap then called on and made one of tne best speeches we have ever beard him make. He spoke relative to the work the Order was doing and said that the Odd Fellows were do ing more on a charitable line than any other institution in this country. After his speech the delegates and friends were invited to the lower hall to partake of the good things prepared by the Sistei s of Ruth. SECOND DAY'S SESSION. The pecond day's session opened at 9.30 a. m.; M. V. P. S. H. Vick presiding. Most of the business done was the read ing cf the D G. M.'s address, reports of D. G. Secretary and D. G. Treasurer, and reference to committees on the same. The Grand Secretary of .America, Chas. H. Brooks, LL. D., ot Philadelphia, Pa , having arrived in the city, was escorted to the D. G. Lodge by the following com mittee M. V. P.'b: E. M. Green, C. L. S. A. Taylor, James H. Young, and pre sented to the D. G. Lodge by M. V. P. W. W. Lawrence, chairman of the Com mittee of Arrangements, and received with Grand Honors. Bro. Brooks spoke in glowing terms of the kind manner re ceived, closing with complimentary re marks to the local Lodge of the appear ance of their ball and Lodge room and its furniture, and said it was arranged in strict compliance with the general law, and that he had visited no Lodge that was better arranged. Ry request, at 7 i. ro., Bro. Brooks ex emplified theri udia icwo k. Afterwhich the D. G. Ledge marched in a body over to the Fair Grounds to attend the levee given by the Lodge. THIRD DAY'S SESSION; " The third day's session was called to order at 9 30 a. m. by D. G. Master S. H. Vick. Minutes of the previous session was approved. Reports of Committees on Appeals, Widows and Orphans, In surance, etc., were read and adopted. The D. G. Lodge then adjourned to reassemble at 4 p. m. to participate in the parade. Promptly at the hour mentioned the seveial Lodges, P. G. M. Councils, House holds and Patriarchs formed in proces sion and marched over the j rirxipal streets, and then went to the Fair Grounds where the following programme wascarj ried out: 1. Music bv the Order. 2. Prayer by Bishop C. C. Pettv. 3. Int.-oductorv remarks by Master of Ceremonies, M. V. P. W. W. Lawrence. 4. Address by M. V. P. Charles II. Brooks. 5. Solo by N. G. Sister Mary E. Newby. 6. Benediction. At night the Odd Fellows March and Patriarchal Drill was held in tne Tobacco Warehouse, the use of which was donated by the white citizens. FOURTH DAY'S SESSION The fourth day's session was called to order by the D. G. Mister. The report of the Auditing Committee was read and adopted. Hillsboro, N. C., was selected as the place of next meeting. The election resulted in the following officers being chosen: D. G. M., S. U. Vick, of Wilson, N. C. D. D. G. M., C. L. S. A. Taylor, of Charlo te, N. C. D. G. ec., John S. Howe, of Wilming ton. N. C. D. G. Treas., Maurice WattB, of Raleigh, N. C. D G. Director, E. M. Green, of Wil mington, N. C. Otficers of Endowment Department: Secretary G.T. Foster, of Oxford, N. C. Treasurer L. W, Moore, of Winston, N. C. Directors W. W. Lawrence, of New Berne, N. C: J. F. K. Simpson, of Fay etteville, N. C; A. R. Moore, of Durham, N. C. The above officers were then installed by Grand Secretary Charles II. Brooks. D. G. Lxlge, No. 7, then adjourned sine die. Resjectfully. W. W. Lawrence. Reporter. Eastern Snap Shots. The Institute for c Aore d teachers was quite a uuccess. Pr f. R. M. Davis cov eretl himself with gliry in his manner of conducting it. Profs. FoUst, of G lda boro, and Mangum, of Wilson, did much to add to the interest manifested by the teachers. They each handled their eub jec's with the granp of master minds. The Gazette's genial A. J. Rogers was in the 4boro" one day last week. In him ,he Gazette has a hustling lepres.nta tive. Most of the teachers were in attendance at the Institute. Hon. G' o. H. White and family left for New Berne Monday. They will take in ti e fair. We noticed in last week's Wilmineton Record an article haded "Mistaken Pol icy," in which the editjr takes the Bap tist Association of Wake C'oun'y to task for 1 assing reso'utions agairstthe crime for which many of our race are lynched. Tne criticism seems to 1 e upon the pass ing of resolutions against negro rapists. Tne Record thii.ks that the resolutions should apply to all rncis, fcrgetiing that it is a neyro Association, ft 11 1 as such is mott coi cerned about the negro. The question is rot p.s to whether o her races commit this crime or not, but does the negro cemniit it, and if he doe's the ad vanced Christian's thought of his race is against it; that is what thee resolutions say to us, a d we think that is what they meant to say to all. A' d the passu g of puch resolutions by negroes proves that they are not a race of crinrnuls. Crim inals do not pass resolutions against themselves. Be careful young men, ere v ou cruicise the sagesof your race. That B.ptist Association knew what it waa d irg and is prepared to defend its course. And tl e writer is nut a Baptist, but a Me'h'xiist. L cal taxation would have prevailed in a: least two towhships in the county if the polls had been opened. Much credit is due Hon. Geo. II. White f r the tc ive part he took in the recent campaign for th children of the State. He spoke in the counties of Bertie, Norths mptem and Edgecombe. Also the Rev. M. D. Ma' hew son, S -nator Person and Representative E. E. Bryan did all tney could for the measure. These are the only leading men in these parts who took any interest in th matter. J hn C. Dancey, Esq., spent a night, in th 'iMr visiting relatives last week. )-. R II. Speight and Dr. Mercer are again in training for the Democratic norn na ion for Congress from thisdis tiict. Is is said that Mercer would com mand Populist support White will win our the' Cabal notwithstanding. M ss Louisa E. Bridgets ia of yore a strong lor. e in this county. She cannot fail to succeed for the reason she is true to th s- who are her friends. Ttact ers' salaries are on the decline in Edgecotnoe. Yes, but this is good gov ernment. Miss Alice Battle, of Battleboro, spent several d i s here attending the Institute. Miss C M. Lewis and Mrs. Eppes have been on the sick list. The Porfei" brothers deserve credit for their 1 fforts iu behalf of local taxa tion. Esse Quam Videri. Turboro and Eastern Snap-Shots. Sister Mildieei Bryan, whose serious illness we chronicled in our last, has since died. In her death, the Methodist church and this community lo6es one of the oldest hs well as their most useful citizens. She livt d to the tipe old age t f eighty-8'X yers, and died lull of years and goc d woi ks Peace to her ashes. We are pan ed to chronicle the death of our dear little nephew, Cassius Albertus Austin, wh ch sad event occurred at the residence of his grandfather, Rev. Henry Epps, in ilw city of Wilmington, a few days sine . Christ siid, 44 Suffer them to Come unto ilim." Teachers' Institute is in session at this writing. Prof. D v s will be assisted by some of the leading educators of the State. Last Tuesdi) 's e h ction showed conclu sively where tne masses stand as to a belter school syst-ru. We can see why property h lders failed to vote for in creased taxation, but we must confess that we can't see wnyapoor man, with a house lud of ignorant children votes against it. ' Father, forgive them for they know nt whar they oo." Miss The do-ia Home, who has been spending some time in the 44 Bjro," the guest of the popular, Miss Newton, re turned to her ijome in Rocky Mount last Saturday, to the regret of her many friends here. Mr. Sp.cer, did you cry ! . Miss Georgie Pugh, ot Windsor, spent a few days in the "Boro" last week. Sh is visiting Miss Georgie Bryan, near Law- J rence, in this county. Prof. CVG. O'Kelly, of Kittrrll. is in th8 county, the guest of Mr. Paris Bryan. It is an actual fact that all the commit teemen in tbe county have been instruct ed to cut teachers' salaries, and one teach er, holding a first grade certificate, told by a committeeman that his instructions were, that in cases wh-re there were only a few advanced scholars, not to pay m re than twenty dollars, even though the teacher had a first grade certificate. Whither are drifting? Miss Clay Pool Dudley, of Greenville, is here on a visit to her sister, Mrs. Alfred Culley. The country waa shocked to learn of the death of Bishop Embry, which sad event occurred at his home in Philadel phia one day last week. Truly a great man has fallen in Israel. 44 He that sowtth wind reapeth the whirlwiod." The greatest of all cowards is the moral coward. The man w ho know s that public Rf ntiment is wrong yet has not tbe moral courage to say so, lecauHe the masses are against him. In nine cases out of ten the masses are wrong. Man cannot cover what God would re veal." If God has appointed a work unto one of his creatures, you may cut off his feet and put out both his eyes, but GkI will make that footless, sightless being do work that you with all your members can't perform. When you take the ohovel from the man, remember you didn't take tne man. You find some men will not down at your bidding. 4 Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alor e; For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But has troubles enough rf its own." Esse Quam Vidkri. The first pix months of the McKinley administration is in marked contrast with the corresponding period of the Cleveland administration. Then batiks were tum bling, business houses were pu:t ng up their shutters, manufactories closing, farm prices falling, railroads going into the hands of receivers, men were idle everywhere, and sttiks and riots were the order of the day. Now the railroads cannot furnish cars enough to move the crops, the prices are good, and the farm ers htiDting for more help, mills and fac tories are reopening, banks are complain ing only of a plethora of ready moi.ey, and general activity and cheerfulness aie resuming. NOTICE. Having qualified as Executor of Nany Ford, deceased, with her will ann-xea, notice is hereby given to all ersons in debted to the deceased to come forward and pay the same at oice, and ull persons having claims against the property of tleceasr d to present the same to me on or before the 15th of July, 198, otherwise said claims will be plead in bar of their recovery. LEWIS B EMERY, Eiecutorof Naucy Foid. August 14 4c. W ILMINUTUN AND WKI.HON KAIL ROAD AND BltANCHES. AND FLORENCE II A I LRU A D. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. TRAINS eOIN .soUTrl. DATED Au 1, ISH7. (Corrected.) 3 3 5- 1 A a M Pa M t A. M. 1. M. Leave Weldn... 11 5 9 si i . Ar.Kocky Mount, 12 52, 10 ;i5 . Leave Tarboro., Lv.Rocky Mouui Leave Wilson.-.. Leave Selrna. L. Fayelteville.. Arrive Etoreuce. :-' in m 11 oi 40 1 MA. 35. 1 . "it ". M. b I 12 4b 2 12 art Leave Ooldsboro Leave Maifnolia J 7 CI 3 10 8 5 4 lb 9 :o 5 45 A. M.'f. M Ar. Wilmington..! 'I'KAl.Vs t.OINO NORTH. 4. M Lv. Florence 8 4i Lv. Fayelteville. II an Leave Selma 1 00! Arrive Wilson....! 1 42, P. M. Lv. Wilmington. Lv. Magnolia..... Lv. UoldMboro-... Leave Wllon. A r. Rocky Mount Leave Tarboro... Lv.Rocky Mount 2 $ Arrive W eldon... 3 S I P. M tDaily except Monday. Daily except Sun day. Train on tbe Scotland Neck Branch Road leaves Weldon at 4:10 p. nr., Halifax 4:i8p. in.; arrive Scotland Neck at 5:20 p. m., Greenville 8:57 p. m., Ktnslon 7:55 p. m. Returning, leaves Kl union 7:50a. ra Greenville 8:52 a. ni.; arriving Halifax at 11:18 a. m., Weldon 11: a. m., dally except Sunday. Trains on WblngUu Branch leave Wash ington 8:20 a. m. aud iHtop 111., arrive 1'armele :10 a. ra. and 2:10 p. m., icturniog leave Far mele l:35a. in. and 0:JS0 p. m., arrive Wash ington U:t0 a. ra. aud 7:20 p. ru., dally except Sunday. v Train leaves Tarboro, N. C, dally except Sunday, 6.-30 p. m.; Sunday, 4:(i5 p. m ; arrive" Plymouth at 7:40 p. in. Returning, leaves Plymouth daily except Sunday, 7:.i0 a. ra., Sunday :00 a. ra., arrives Tarboro 10:05 a. m., 11:00 a. m. 1'rain on Midland, N. C, Branch leaves Goldsboro daily, except Sunday, at 7:10 a. m.; arriving Sraithaeld at 8:30 a.m. Returning. leavesSQiitbapldalU:O0H.m.; arrive at Golds boro at 10:25 a. m. Trains on Nashville Branch leaves Rocky Mount at 4:30 p. ra.; arrives Nawhvllle at 5:06 p. m.. Spring Hope 5:30 p. m. Returning, leaves Sprlug Hope at 8:00 a. m., Nashville 8:35 a. m.; arrive at Rocky Mount at:05 a. m. daily, except Sunday. Train on Clinton Branch leaves Warsaw for Clluton dally, except Sunday, at 8:20 a. ra. and 4:10 p.m. RturnlDg, leaves Clluton at 7:00 a. m. and 9:50 p. m. Train No. 78 makes cloHe connection at Wel don for all points North dally, all rail via. Richmond, also at Rocky Mount with Nor folk and Carolina Railroad lor Norfolk, and all points North via Norfolk. H. M. EMERSON, Gen'l Pass. Agent. J. R. KENLY, . General Manager. T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager. NORFOLK & CAROLINA RAILROAD. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. Dated Aug. 1. 1897. 1 e'j? ! - & , Ax Ax 'Ad F. M.l 10 a 7.2 1 ' li'Tu '.'"'1'. I P. M. A. M. aa .... 7 li W 8 .V 10 .71 .... . . ...... It) 10 11 5ft P. M. A. M. P. M. P. M 1 42 12 15! 11 a- 12 4.1 'I 12 &ij II 57 I a 12 12 .MM..j...MM.. 1.... I ........ 12 &M ..I ....... . I 1 4j 1 , I I V. M . M No. No. No. No. tl03 49 (STATIONS. ,4(J tl(W P. M. A. M. P. M A. M. 2ai 8 40 Lv. Norfolk A r. 6 05 10 3flT 2 40 9 00 Pinners' Point 6 40 10 15 3 03 9 24 Drivers 6 13 9 44 3 21 9 45 Suffolk 5 00 9 25 4 05 10 17 Gates 4 33 8 44 4 28 10 So Tunis 4 15 8 23 4 4 10 bH AhoHkey 8 68 8 04 6 00 11 13 Aulander 3 44 7 48 5 40 II 60 Hobgood 3 08 7 08 6 01 12 12 Ar. Tarboro Le. 2 50 6 45 Ar. Lv. 35 12 42 .Rocky Mount. 1 25 6 15 P. M. P. M. P. M. A. M. Daily. t Dally, except Sunday. Trains Nos. 49 and 48 solid trains between Plnuers' Point and Wilmington. Train No. 49 connects at Rocky Mount with train 23 for all points South and No. 78 train for all points North. G. M. BERPELL, J. R. KENLY, GenU Manager. Hup't Trans. T. M. EMERSON, Oen'l Pvuitnyrr Agent, IIMITFn DOUBLE DAILY SERVICE TO ATLANTA. CHARLOTTE, AUGUSTA, ATHENS. WILMINGTON. NEW ORLEANS. CHATTANOOGA, NASHNILLE, AND NEW YORK, BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA, WASHINGTON, NORFOLK, RICHMOND. HCHKDL'LK IN EKFKrT FKH. 7, 18!I7. SOUTHBOUND. No. 4!3. I No. 4i Lv New York, via Pa. R.R. " Philadelphia, " Baltimore, " " Washington, " " Richmond, via A. C. L. tv Norfolk, via 8. A. L.. " PortHinoulh, ' . Lv Weldon, via S. A. I. Ar Henderwoti, " .... Ar Durham, vlaS. A. L Lv 1 mrliKin. " ArlufiMK h ,Tiii s7 ATL.- " Saiiford, Southeru Pine, " . " Hamlet, " . ' Waiiecboro, .. " Monro, . Ajr C li h rl ot te, v ia sTa . I V. I AT Cbt'M er, V ih n. A I.v C'olumtou.C N.A L.R.R. Ar t hnUMi, via s. A. L . ' Greenwood, " .. " Aboeville, " Elberton, " Athens, " ' Wtuder, " " Atlanta, (Central Time) II (XI Hill 1 12 inn 3 15 " 4 40 " 8 50 " Kl'i pm 8 15 (nil i l 2 pin 12 ilium t 7 32 tin t 5 20 m Mui t .tl 12UlltM 2 ill 4 1 " l 0 i " y m ui.i li 5 Kin i ;i!i pin 1 4 (lit .ni t i l ill urn ' -.I i 1 1 1 5 0.1 i 5.1 " li .hi " 8 11 " 12 " 10 2 i pm J0 47 pi i t ! I'll I III kll i 107 1 40 " 241 ' 3 45 ' 4 30 " 6 20 2 HI am 3.7j " 4 22 " 5 10 " 6 54 M 43 ";" miTi 8 IO am '' M l l tilii 10:5 " 1105 " 12 07 pin 1 l.i " 1 5'.i " 2 50 " NORTHBOUND. LvAtlHnta,(:-u.Tre;S. A.L " Winder, via s. A. L " AtheiiN, " Kl(eriou, . Abbeville. " " Greenwood, " .... " Union, " A r i ?a i il u tii bifj.N7v IV. 1 1 1 1. j.vi lnfU r, " s. A. li , ... Areiiai lotto, v l.i s7aTlJI Lv Monroe, via S. A. L. Hamlet, Ar Wilmington, " Lv Southern Pines, " " Raleigh, ' Ar HeiiilciMon, ' .... No. 402. 1 No. ;sx. 12 00 n'n 7 pm 10 " I 11 " 12 1 .. 2 J' !3 I pm 4 pin 8 pin " 8 Hill "ij ' !' I am ll . " i 1 Kill f 4 pill 111 Mill 3 - B pm 11 pm; 12 pml 3 " ' i am! 6 tl HI phi 42 iMi " 3.i a in 0 Oil ' U " iJ It .1 3-1 Hill it) Hill Ul Hill i.l " 10 'll. 20 Hill 35 " 0(1 OM pin 10 Hill (II pill 50 " 1(1 " 4m Hill 45 " 51 " 50 pin 05 2 40 3 iU 4 15 5 1.) 5 41 ll 31 ! 8 13 i02i ! M -.0 I II 23 ;J 5 30 12 14 2 M 3 28 f 7 32 t 620 4 65 8 15 11 21 1 43 3 50 "J" Zi 1 M 750 Ar Durham, viaN. A.L LvDurliam, " Ar vv eruouvia s. AT LT.. " Richmond . . " WaHhiug'n, via Pa. ICR. Ball I more, " Philadelphia, NV wYork , Ar i'oriMiiouih, v iaftfAJU " Norfolk, Dally. fDully Ex.Sund y. Jl tally Ex. Mon'y Nos. 403 and 402, "The Atlanta Sieclal," moI Id Vestiouled Train of Pullman Meepem hihI (JoacheH between W aldington and Atlanta, hIho I'uhmaii Sleejtern beiwei u Portsmouth and CheKier, S. C. Non.41 and 38, "The S. A. L. Express." Solid Train, Couches and Pullman Sleepers let ween Portsmouth and Atlanta. Company MeejH is between 1'oiuinL.lii and Atlanta. Both trains make luimeiilale connection lit Atlanta for .Montgomery, Mobile, New irli ans, Texas, California, .Mexico, Chat lanooKH, Nash ville, Memphis, .Maron, Honda. JKor tickets, sl.-t M i and Inlui niatlon, apply to Ticket Agents, or to H. S. LEAKD, Sol. Pus. Agt., Raleigh, N. C. E. ST. JOHN, Vlee-Pres. and Gen. Man. V. E. Mi BEE, Gen. Sii rlnteinieiJt. H. W. It. UI.OYER, Tialtlc Malinger. T. J. ANDERSON, Gen. Pass. Agent, General Olllces: PORTSMOUTH, VA. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. COXDKNNEl) SCULDULE. In Ei-k kit Jtnk 14. isim. TRAINS LEAVE RALEIGH DAILY. "NOKKoLK AMI CHATTANOOUA MM ITKIl." 4:12 I. M. Daily Solid vestlbuled train with sleeper from Not tola to Chattaiiisiua v In. Mil Isoury, .MorganUm. Ashuville, Hot Springs alio Knoxvllle. Connect al Durham for Oxford, Clarksxllle aud Keysville, except Midday, At Greens, lairowith the Washington and Mnilhwi'Mein Vest I ou led i Limited; I rain for all hiIiis North and with main Hue Haiti, No. 12, for Danville, Richmond and liitermeilinle local sUitlons; also has conned ion for Wliisioii-Halem and wiili main line lialu No. ;15, " l ulled Males Fast Mail," for Charlotte, Spiirhiiihuig, Green ville, Atlanta aud all i-oniis Mouth; also Co lumbia, Augusta, Charleston, Savannah, Jack sonville ana ull s.lnts in Eloililu. Meeplliu Car for Allan La, Jacksonville, and at Chariot le with Sleipmg i ar for Augusta. "NOKKOI.K ASIi (it ATTANOOII A UMIII l." 11:45 A. M. DAILY Solid train, censlstlng of Pullman Sleeping Cars and roaches I mm Chattanooga to Norfolk, arriving Norfolk 5:00 l. M. in time to connect witli the old Dominion, Merchants' and Miners', Norfolk and Wasulngton and Baltimore, Chessak and Rictimoiid S. S. Comjiaiiles for all points north aud east. Connects at Seltna for KHj ettcvilk' and In termcdiute stations on the Wilson and l ay etteville Short Cut, dally, except Sunday, lor Newberu and Moieliead City, dally for Golds boro, Wilmington and Intel mediate stations ou the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad. KXI'KKKH TKAIN. 8: 50 A. M. Daily Coiiih-cis at Durham for Oxtord, Keysville, Richmond; at Greensboro for Washington and all jKilnts North. KXI'MKHM IK A IN. 3.011 1. M. Daily Eor Goldsboro and Inter mediate stations. LOCAL ACCOMMODATION. 2:00 A. M. Connects at Greenstioro for nil points for North and South and Winston Salcm and points on the Northwestern North Carolina Railroad, AtSallsbury for all slnts in Western North Carolina. Knoxvllle, Ten nessee, Cincinnati and Western oints; at Charlotte lor Spartanburg, Greenville. Athens, Atlanta and ail jsjilIs Soul li. TRAINS ARRIVE AT RALEIGH, N. ('. KXI'KKHS Tit A IN. 3:05 p. m. Daily Emm Atlanta, Charlotte, Greensboro aud all jsjlnls South. NORFOLK AND CIIATTANOOOA LIMITKI. 4:12 i. M. Daily From all s.l tits east, Nor folk, Tarboro, Wilson and water lines. From Goldsboro. Wilmington, Fayelteville and all ihjiiiU in Eastern Carolina. NOKKOLK AND Cll ATTA Nih.m i A LIMIT! I. 11:40 A. m. Daily-From New York, Wash ington, Lynchburg, Danville and Greensboro. Chattanooga, Knoxvllle, Hot Springs and Asheville. KXI'KI;SS TH A I N. 8:50 A. m. Daily From Goldsboro und In termediate stations. LOCAL. 7:20 A. m. Daily From Greensboro and alt polnl North and South. Sleeping Car from GreenslKiro to Raleigh. 0:00 v. m. Daily, except Sunday, from Golds boro aud all tsilnts l-4isl. JiOeal freight trains also carry passengers. Pullman cars ou night train Irom Raleigh to Greensboro. Through Pullman Vestlbuled Drawing Room Bullet sleeping Car and Vestlhule-i noHches without change on Norfolk Limited. Double daily trains between Raleigh. Char lotte and Atlanta.. tuiek time; unexcelled accommodation. W. H. GREEN, General Suoeriiiteiuleiit W.A.TURK, General Passenger Agent, Washington, 1. C. J. M. CULP, Tratlic Mauager. ATLANTIC AND NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD TIME TABLE. In Errr.cT Sunday, Novkmrrk 18, w.h. GOING EAST. GOING WEsT. Pad'ng'r Dally Ex. Sunday. Pas'ng'r Dully Ex. suuday. STATIONS. Arrive Leave. Arrive Leave. A. M. "it'i'i" K 20 37 A. M, Goldsboro Kttislon Newbern . forehead City II oo M 38 8 07 0 32 A. M. p. M. p. m. 8 20 4 25 4 SO i 6 50 5 68 7 28 7 33 y. m p. m. Train 4 connect with Wilmington & Wei den train bound North, leaving Goldsboro a' 11:35 a. m., and with Richmond and Danvlll train West, leaving Goldsboro at 2 p. m., hii.i with Wilmington, Newbern and Norlolk M Newbern for Wilmington and Intermediate poluts. Train 8 connect with Richmond and Dan ville trHln, arriving at Goldsboro 8 p. m nr.,. No. 1 train also connect, with "Wilmington E2n.dJ50Ifolk ior WllmlnKtAu and Intermediate polnU. H. L. DILL. . Superintendent.