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citATiLOTTR daily ,oi:;i;iiv.ci:, .lAifiiAiiv, in, r- I . I "I ' f: .10T 6CC2ED HAKD Continues from Tags One.) i : -tt dividing line completely drawn between the North and South. ,: It wm t uch speeches as had Just been deliv ered, he maintained, .-. which would hasten thla condition. , Mr. Tillman, he a&ld, waa not alone in advocacy of repealing the (our . teenth and fifteenth amendments. Got. Vardaman, of Mississippi, and . Got. Hoke 'Smith, of Georgia, had made ' the same declarations, and there waa rapidly being organised a sentiment toward uniting the people from the North and South In the repeal of ' these constitutional provlalona and . which would result In a practical re turn to a condition of peonage for the negro. Ascertaining what Mr. Patterson had never been In the "Black Belt" of Alabama, or Mississippi, Mr. Till " man suggested that it might be well " for him to go downthere "and team ' (something.", y PROMPTED BT SELFISHNESS. Both Mr. Patterson and Mr. TI11- man agneed.tharthe colonization f the negro was not . the solution, but , Mr. ; Tillman complained when Mr. Patterson Insisted that the, reason ' Senator Tillman would not agree to liave the negroes deported was one of elflohness because of the value of the negro as a laborer., rather than, . as Mr. Tillman had Just explained, v one of extreme cruelty to the negro. "1 am sorry these Senators cannot five me credit for a disinterested and , honest statement." retorted Mr. Till man, He added that the race ques tion in the near future would be ap . alling, "and unless something Is done to undo the mistakes of the fat, a struggle between the races Is Inevitable, and when the two races ' vet at each other's throats, those who Bow sand off and theoriss about will " Dot be present at the throat cutting." ' When Mr. Patterson explained that bis purpose waa to correctly state the position of the Northern Democrat as opposed to the radicalism expressed, Mr. Tillman ejaculated: "Even if there should never be another Demo crat elected for the North, the peo " le of, the South will still stand for White supremacy." This sentiment brought applause from the galleries., Mr. Patterson maintained that the (disfranchisement of the negro simply tneant a return to peonage. "But," again interrupted Mr. Till man, "the Senator wants us, of the Couth, to lift ourselves over the fence without boot straps. We could not Bo that, but we got over the best way I we could." 8. C. 8UFFRAQB QUALIFICATIONS. In this connection he explained the operation of the suffrage qualifica tions of his State, which was follow ed by the reading of Mr. Patterson of extracts from a recc-nt torture by Mr. Tillman. In which the educational and . understanding clam of the consti tution of his State were explained to operate to bar negroes from voting. Mr. Tillman said there was nothing In what had been set forth justifying force and murder. So far as he was concerned, he did not ear whether the people of Colorado liked the pro- i cess or not. As this law wax said to have been 1 borrowed from Mississippi. Senator Money explained that It was not the educational clause, tint the failure of i the negro to pay pull tax In MIhmIm- 1 Ippl which debarred him from the ' Fallot. T 17 . Mr. Patterson insisted that In his belief only ,a very small minority of the people of the South were in sympathy with the views expressed; that the better element was decided ly against such methods, and he did not believe the people of the North were getting a correct Idea of the real situation from lectures deliv ered in Northern cities by prominent Southerners. .. . ' Mr, 'Tillman took this reference to apply to himself, and asserted that he had spoken to a hundred thous and Northerners in his lecturers ana that he had' receive applause and approbation. The character of his audiences, he said, Indicated that he was addressing the better element He concluded his Interruption by is suing a challenge to Senator Patter son to debate the race question with him in Colorado at any time or place, Mr. Patterson declined the invita tion to debate, and said he only wished to point out that both the people of the South and the Demo crats of the North had to bear the odium and burden such utterances entailed. HOT RETORT FROM TILLMAN. This drew a hot. retort from Mr. Tillman. "So far," he said, "as my own party la concerned In the North It Is such a shining example of ward politicians, dirty, low creatures who use every factic and all means to buy votes, that I don't care If we never have any of that type to back us up. We have got no use for them." After the applause In the galleries had died out and the Vice President had warned the audience against, ap plause, Mr. Patterson remarked; "I will not reply In any way to the last utterance of the 8enator from South Carolina." iMr. Patterson then took up the subject of criminal assaults and lynchlngs, and read statistics showing that there had been 78 lynchlngs during the year 190(1. Thirty-four of these lynchlngs, he said, were for as aaults and this number did not bear out the Impression made prevalent by the constant denunciation of this crime, especially when It was real ized that there were more than ten million negroes In this country. He believed a strict reliance on law would In a large part eradicate this crime, Mr. Money called Mr. Patterson's attention to the record of the case of criminal assault In Colorado during the' year mentioned, for which a ne gro was burned at the stake by a mob. Mr. Patterson did not Justify this, but explained that It occurred In a sparcely settled section of the State. He Indorsed the words of the Presi dent In his annual message condemn ing mob violence. Mr. Money again Interrupted to quote from memory a statement in one of President Koosevelt's books, In which the President Justified the lynching of horse thieves In the enrly days In Idaho. This reference to Idaho brought Senator Heyburn to his feet at once with a disclaimer that the Senator was mistaken In the Slate. "Perhaps I am, the Senator is still alive," retorted Senator Money, much to tho amusement of Senators nnd galleries, lie at once disclaim ed anything but a pleasantry In his remarks and said he would say II wax Wyoming !f he did not see Sen- ; alor Warren In liiH scat. Mr Warren protested that It was not Wyoming. Mr. Patterson xa'd he would name the Territory referred to were It not that I te Pragma id lis Jm twm 1 . " " 1 11 There was a hideous dragon, Alcohol, abroad in the land, taking men captive. Two of his prisoners were twin brothers, and they took counsel together how they might escape. One, by name Rodney, said: "I know of a wizard who can cast a spell upon this dragon and sevfr the attraction whereby he draws us back to him, however we may struggle for release. I shall resort to this wizard and obtain from him his secret." "That is but a coward V part," said the other twin, Roger by name. "I will not admit myself subdued. I will stand and fight the 'dragon, list and skull, and will take what punishment he gives me.'' So it came about that Rodney took counsel of the wizard, who prepared for him a potion that rendered him invisible and intangi ble to the dragon and severed the chain of attraction that had held him in its leash. He went forth free to a man's task in a busy, world. Rut Roger, filled with mistaken courage, fought to escape by dint of his own powers. Day by day his own strength was broken and the bonds which the dragon patiently fastened upon him grew stronger. He was cast under such an enchantment tRat he forgot his natural sleep, his natural food, nnd his old pleasures and ambitions. Some tell the story that he at length rallied' from, his stupor, collected his scattered strength and made a slow, dreadful tight -to freedom; others tell that he finally acquiesced iri the rule of . 1 the dragon and died with the horrors of nightmare upon him. Moral: It is folly to fight a hard or hopeless battle, when one has invincible aid at hand. DuMAuiuiA Tunn: iuv IflUftHNNA UOflllMl " UM KMDSVILLE. N. C. Phone 184 Registered Physicians in Attendance. he knew two Senators would rise and protest. He explained the early Irontler conditions, lack of courts and spsrse population, to Justify the methods pursued as described' by the rresiaent. : ;. ',: '- Mr. Tillman persisted that the State ought; to be named. .' When Mr.' Patterson read the- eta tlstics of lynching by States showing tnat five lyncnings had occurred dur Ing the year In South Carolina Sen ator Tillman waa on his feet and ex claimed, "and as- long as negroes continue to ravish white women we will continue to lynch them." . "If I had supposed I would have provoked such an utterance as that from fhe -. senator . I would have omitted. South Carolina,; ; egclalmod Mr, Patterson.?'!' y-t - ri:' , Mr. Money believed, Mr-, Patterson had allowed his imagination Jo get the better of him In presenting law less conditions In, the South, and call-? ed his attention to the mob rule in Colorado In 190i and l06 ', Mr. Patterson replled that-be.- had spoken with little effect, and, was not assailing the people of the South. 0n the contrary, he declared his whole purpose- to be ,to set forth that the better element ,ln the; Souh hold- no such radical views, as had been press ed, and hat .those who held the rad-. leal views were few in number. To support this, he read extracts from the utterances of educational leaders and the clergy of the South, xpress Ing the Idea that the way to solve the race question was to build up and recognize the manhood of the negro. Mr. Mallory, of Florida, will prob ably be the first Speaker, when the debate Is resumed Monday. EXPLOSION OS ISCH OOXEO. Captain and Mate, Probably Fatally Wounded and Engineer Borneo Fire Followed the Kxptoaiou. Tampa. Fla.. Jan. lii. An explo sion of gasoline on the auxiliary schooner Falcon, lying at a dock here (o-nlght, resulted In the probable fatal Injury of Captain Leon Key and Mate Richard Sawyer and tne severe burning of Engineer King Johnson. All the Injured are white. The striking of a match to find a key dropped on deck ignited the gasoline, of which the Falcon had a cargo for Key' West. Fire following the explosion was extinguished by firemen after doing considerable damage to the' boat. ATTACKED BY NEGRO. Mr. G. C. Gnnter, a Printer From Ab erdeen, Seriously 'Hurt In Jiynch burg, Va. Special to The Observer, Lynchburg, Va., Jan. 12. Mr. G. C. Ounter, a printer-with the J. P. Bell Company who halls from Aber deen, N. C, was assaulted and seri ously injured to-night at 10 o'clock on Ninth street by two negroes. Gun ter was struck In the face with a bottle, his face being mangled by the blow. The attack appears to have been unwarranted. Several physicians are working over him to stay the blood. Four Angellran Mlwston Churches In Hoadnrax Destroyed. New Orleans, La.. Jan. 12. News of the destruction of four Anglican mission churches in Brltlwh Hondu ras during recent storms was brought here to-day by Right Rev. Geo. O. Armshy, Anglican bishop of Hondu ras. He said that there Is great dis tress among Nlcaraguan planters and natives owing to storm ravages. THE CIIAIiUKS OF SIMMONS (Continued From Pago One). berton. i W, B. Grant, rural free delivery carrier, Eufola. - Frank, Pagenhart, rural free de livery carrier, Waugh. 10. C. Duncan, 'collector of, Internal revenue., -- -;- . , . ..." v, W. L. Pace, assistant postmaster at Oxford. : . f ; ' J "'', - ;: ' E. H. Morris, postmaster at Mocks-ville.':'-'f...;vo . .,,,,, :-:r-;?"V' A:1; Dan W. Patrick, collector of cus toms, Newbern. ;' : Siom Rogers, " rural free '. delivery carrier from Monroe. I enclose you affidavits tending to show that 8. M, Jones, postmaster at Sanford, who was also the Republic can candidate for clerk of the Su perior Court of Moore county, had used his Influence to have a rural route changed 'so as to place T. C. Campbell, .. father-in-law of E.- M. Judd, the carrier, a mile and a quar ter from the route, because the car rier (E. M. Judd) had given his sup port to Mr. Jones' opponent for the office of clerk. MERELY ASKS . INVESTIGATION. From tho above representations and statements, together with those heretofore furbished you, I think it appears that , the recent Republican campaign In .North Carolina was to a very large, extent dominated, con trolled and conducted by the Federal office-holders. of that State. I do not think this Is a heajthy condition of things, as to the many representations and charges made in the foregoing statement and In the more elaborated memoranda, which I herewith send you, I have no per sonal knowledge, and do not give them as within my . personal knowl edge, but I have furnished you In the memoranda the names of parties from whom I have derived the in formation and who will. If you call upon them, furnish you Information touching the same and the names of witnesses from whom you may learn the facts. I do not ask for the punishment or removal of anyone unless, In the Judgment of the commission and the department responsible for these office-holders respectively, their con duct, after investigation by you or by the department concerned, shall seem to demand; in the interest of public" service, punishment or removal. What I desire Is that these charges shall be investigated to the end that It may t be determined whether the conduct ' of these , officials has been obnoxious to the. civil service laws or regulations or the regulation of the departments of the government which they may represent, and that rules prescribing the limitations as to partisan participation In politics oh the part of the Federal office holders in the politics of the States in which they are located may be definitely defined, to the end that there may not be a recurrence of the unseemly condition which existed In North Carolina -during the late cam paign on account of the partisan real of certain ' representatives in that State of the Federal government. Re spectfully. F. M. SIMMONS. SENATE PASSE8 OVERMAN BILL. The cotton interests of the coun try won a point to-day, when the Senate passed the Overman bill ap propriating 120,000 for the specific purpose of extending the cotton mar kets abroad. The Item must now run the gauntlet of the conference committee, but it Is practically cer tain that the appropriation will stand. The department haa been devot- HI Iii -on:Mcinble lime of 1; to to the matlcr of Kites for new government buildings to be erected nt. various points la the State. The oldnrmory site waa chosen for the Federal building In Fayetteville, whllo some complications have - ariaen over the site at ; Salisbury, Government olll clals are insisting that the Federal building should be erected at- the corner of Church and Knness streets. 'in department! secured a written agreement from property owners jto let the government- have this site at a, certain sum, but It appears that some complications have arisen. Con demnation proceedings may be , re sorted to by the government 1 - 1- Senator Overman said to-day that he committee on appropriations, of the Senate.1 had reported favorably fi bill : increasing the salary of the assistant assayer 01 mo mini at vnai lotte to tl.100. . ..:f-.v; . V Hon. Zeb Vanco Walaer, of Lex ington, and Judge Boyd, of oreens boro, are here, JJ - KTJLLED AT BLACKSBTJRG. Mr. C. I. tVhlsnant. , Car Inspector, Formerly of Charlotte, Meets Death Beneath Car,:"';T t -1) Special to The Observer. , ' Blacksburg, S. C., Jan. 18. MrrC. L. Whlsnant, general car . Inspector for the Southern Rallway,swas" killed here at 8 o'clock thls'ornlngyJile was attempting to repair, a broken car, and was at w'ork lJeneath't' the latter, which was "jaeked up'' Thp jack slipped and the -can fell upon his hfead, crushing it and causing' In-' stant death. ' W , . Mr. Whlsnant, who was J52 years of age, formerly lived in Charlotte, and is well-known there. His wife,- who survives him, was' Miss Sallie Black, of that place. His son, Mr. C. L. Whlsnant, Jr., is employed as operat or with the Western Union Telegraph Company, of Charlotte;' and a- sister. Mrs. W. W. Hagood, is a resident of that city. The unfortunate : accident came as a shock to this community. The re mains will be Interred to-morrow. ' t JUVENILE WAR THREATENED. Only the Interposition of Parents and Police Presents Battle Between Fac tions of Asheville' Youngsters. Special to The Observer. Asheville, Jan. 12r-Boys ;. to the number of 40 or 50 residing In the Montford avenue section, and the Doubleday section, of Asheville, came near having a genuine battle yester day afternoon, and to-day a police officer has been circulating freely among the war-like factions to pre vent any further trouble. Friction between the rival factions became so Intense this week that a battle was decided upon. It was to have been fought last evening, but parents of theioys were made aware of the plot, ancTlnterposed. To-day a police of ficer was given charge of the affair. The boys were armed with sticks, rocks, brickbats, pistols, and even shot guns. It Is said that the crisis came this week when one of the Mont ford boys was caught by the Double day lads and tied to a tree. There was a rumor afloat this afternoon that one of the boys had died from Injuries received at the hands of his rivals, but the rumor was unfounded. For smooth, clean table and bed linen, ironed on both sides, 'phone Sanitary Laundry, 800. 01 (Continued From Paes One). of Governor Llrod's splendid message condemning the action and express ing his Inunfttlon that one Uile should lend itself .to a scheme to cripple and annoy another. . NEW DEPOT FO RIIICKORT. The corporation commission this afternon ordered , the .Southern Rail way to build a proper freight, depot commensurate with the: business of Hickory,, between Marshall street and Bruns street and that the track of the - Carolina A Northwestern Rail way be moved to the ' south.' side of the station, plans to be filed .by Feb ruary 15., V, subway Is ordered, " CHARLOTTE COMPANY CHART- 1'P,J ERED. . ., , -. Charters were to-day granted to the Charlotte Auditorium Co., " capital stock 10,000, S. S. McNInch and oth ers stockholders, to bulldl and con duct an auditorium, a theatre, ware houses, and stores and do various kinds' of business; the Wrlghtsvllle Beach and Suburban Co., of Wllming aon, apltat f tock .$450,0001 (Hugh M&cRae Cand others stockholders, - - . -Mr." and Mrs. Ashby Lee 'Baker, of ! Raleigh,; leave nex week for va - tour in Houtnem seas 'ana wm go ur jsra gJI;5 tv-;i,f,!-' ?W '..Harry i Mitchell, colored,1ras ;per haps fatally Injured here by tho fall ing1 of a chimney -ef. a house, which was moved by a contractor, his no. proyer. ' : ,"V.".v?l'".'-" : The board of international Improve ments will' Issue' a full-statement ex onerating State Superintendent' Good win of the "State School for Deaf Mutes' and - so informs' him.-1 4 - 1 -.".MR. GARRISON PRESIDENT,' ' Whetstone Cotton Company Chooses Head Mr. Buck, of , Charlottey ; SUI1 Vice President. , Special to The Observer. v ' .Bessemer City, Jan. 12, At a meet ing of the directors of the Whetstone Cotton Company this afternoon Dr. D. ' A, Garrison was elected president of the corporation and Mr. J. J. Or mand, treasurer, these offices being made vacant by the resignation of M?. S.J. Durham. , Mr. L. W.. Buek,' of Charlotte, still hd'lds the' position of vice president.- The new officers take charge at once. .There was also a meeting of the Vermont1 Mills, in corporated. In which Mr. J. J.. Or mand was elected treasurer, vice Mr. 8. J. Durham, resigned. Mr. J. H. Wllklns has resigned as secretary of the Vermont Mills. This vacancy has not yet been filled In either of the mills. The officers of these mills will look lonesome without the faces of these affable gentlemen and the town, as well as the mills, regrets very much to lose the excellent services of these. They have both been here for a number of years and are hlarhlv re spected. It is hoped by the entire town that the new officers will suc ceed In their new work. Mr. L. W. Buck, of Charlotte, spent this afternoon in town on business. Miss Orace Llttlejohn, of Jonesvtlb. 8. C, left for her home Friday after teaching in our school four months, resigned on account of her mother's health. P. O. Box 2,000 Lh-t ! 1 T-U-h Out T r i: l li.? at ,J-'(-ii).,ijr- y-s t . Term 1V.I. rrnl C'ort Monday l'rof. Nol.lo Speaks to Teachers.. v ,..- ; Special to The Observer. , . " Greensboro, Jan, 12. The proper ty of the Tar Heel' Club, which went Into the. hands of a receiver a. few days ago, was sold at. public, outcry at the court house door here atn oon to-day. A large lot ot chairs, mission furniture, . couches, tables, durggets and pictures of prominent men went at very good prices, and the bidding was spirited. V A large crowd of law yers and other professional and bust-' ness men were among those present. D. H. Collins, the receiver, conducted tne saie ana tne invincible auctioneer, Squire J. II. Pearce, sold the fur nshlngs it Js learned that the assets; are sufficient to meet, the liabilities of the club. . , . .. y- A special term of tinted States Dis trict and Circuit Courts will convene here Monday with Judge , James E. Boyd i presldlngv t Every i indication points to Its being the. most Interest lryr.term of court held In the city in many years.' .The. term, was ordered for the purpose of disposing of the revenue : fraud cases that have been tried,, and trying the remainder of. those in: which; true bills have been found, and also to'try the bankruptcy case of Simmons Hardware Company va. R, H. Hardin t al, of WUkes boro., :---s,.n.iT; .,. :,;... ... 1. Slhce the : term-'was -ordered the case of United State against Thomas Costello et ar of Charlotte;' charged with complicity to violate the United States labor' contract 'laws,;- has been transferred to Greensboro and 1t Is genrally understood that this, will be tried -first. The argument on the de murrer to the bi!i;f; indictment will be heard first, and this argument .may consume sometime. It Is aifflcult to make a prediction that will be near right, as to the length of the term or what will be th results In the lm porUnt;cases that are to be tried. The principal feature of the sec ond quarterly conference of the Gull ford County Teachers Association here to-day was an address by Prof. M. C. 8. Noble, of the chair of peda ogy of ' the State University. Pro cessor Noble spoke, of the methods of teacning in Scotland and -England and contrasted them with the meth ods of teaching In this vcountry. This address was practical ' and Interest ing. The speaker related numerous incidents of his. trip through Scotland and other European countries and kept his audience laughing the great er part of the time. Other addresses were made and the new course of study discussed by the teachers. The association has a large membership and is doing a splendid work. About 20 gallons of whiskey that had been confiscated by the police In their raids upon blind tigers, was, by order of the mayor, dumped Into the sewer yesterday afternoon. The of ficers did their work with heavy hearts and bowed heads. Hudson Identified by Victim. Lynchburg, Va., Jan. 12. Peter Hudson, ' one of the five negroes ar rested on a charge -of having criminal ly assaulted Miss Shelton in Amherst county on Monday last, was positive ly Identified by his victim to-day. Hudson will be held in jail In this city. Collars shaped by hand will never break this Is the way they come from the Sanitary Laundry. 'Phone . 1 ft t . 4 ... f . 1 - 1 .... , . -
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