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VOL. IV: NO. 214.
ASHEVILLE, N. C.,' TinJRSAY"HOENIN(J, OCTOBER 19, 1899.
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SFEEGB BY
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OnUnconstitutionality
of Proposed Suf
frage Amendment.
Weight from 12 to 14
Ounces.
Attempt to "Confer Elective
Franchise bv Inheri
- " tance.
crats got v control of Congress and did
not disfranchise them -.All ar6ng; t&e f
ihonest white men of the state laughed
at these lies, and marvelled that, the
negro did not have sense enough to see
that he was "being duped.
"Finally, the negro himself began to
see through he i-?'k. He had seen the.
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aemocrais in iun power iu uic oiaum
for twenty odd years,-and had learned
through experience that that party
not propose 'to' disfranchise hinu and he
too began 1p laugh t at these ljars and
finally refused to be frightened Dy tneir
rot any longer. So the old republican
put 'away. J
The foregoing statement is in the na
ture of a solemn pledge made to the
PRESS
TS 15 !k A fi
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ture or a solemn pledge made to tne . . r . p , r i
people of North Carolina by the demto- Important UOCUme U rTOm til e i
cratic parity through its state cnair- - - ,
; nepuDiican state uom-
mittee.
Price 10c Each.
YOU'LL FIND
THEM AT
How a Solemn Party Pledge
Was Violated.
Perils Attending the Sub
mission of the Amendment.
state
man, Mr. Simmons. At that time we
were in the midst of 'a most exciting
campaign. Mr. Simmons, as chairman
of the democratic executive commit
tee, realized, full well that unless lie, as
chairman of' the democratie .party,
made a full and complete denial of the Declaration Regarding Pro
a.iiega.Li'UiiB ana,!, weic ucmg
the republicans against the democrats,
that the voters of the State would
again repudiate Chairman Simmons
and his party. .
There has never ben a more binding
and solemn, contract entered inito by
any political party tnan ue un VoHrUfxrAf Wlatinr, T ow Will
was entered into w.nen tne pe-upie jj. uuujlm vx jlj.vjjv.u. ? t h
North Carolina; voted 'the democratic
ticket with the assurance from Mr.
Simmons that there was no foundation
for the statement Wiat either white of
black would be deprived of the right
of suffrage in the event that his party
should be successful. He even went so
far as to characterize the republican
posed Constitutional
Amendment.
I GREER'S
53
I Patton Ave
A Poll Tjlx' Payment Provision That
WiU Disfranchise Many Voters
Encroachments on Political
Eights LegaliziD g
Fraud.
Sttatesville, N. C, Oat. 18. Senator
Pritchard addresefi a big and enthusi
astic meeting here tonight.
Congressman Linney and J. M. Moo
dy are also on the program to speak,
be Tested in Court3.
Stajtesville, N. C, Oct. 18. The
republican state executive committee
in session here today issued the fol-
speakersAas LIARS, hoping thereby to lttwlng.
convince tne iii'usl cicuuwuo lo-c ,
was not the slightest foundation for the 'rohe reopie or worth Maronna:
statement. He undertook to show, by A crime is impending against your
the foregoing, th it was absurd for rights as freemen.: The assault has
any one to assert that the democracy of been made but not yet consummated.
North Carolina would ever favor the. You were Earned in the lasit campaign
abridgement of ithe right of suffrage in of the Democratic design against your
the slightest degree. liberties. The men who warned you
However, Mr. Simmons is not the were denounced as aiars by the Demo
only individual who made pledges to oratic organization. You now know,
the people. I am informed Ithat three- and the world now knows, whether Ithe
fourths of the democratic members of Dtemocnatlc Headers were telling the
the last legislature made solemn truth, or the men whom they branded
pledges to the voters in their respective ag ifars. It is itoto late now to bandy
counties that if elected they would op- words; an disguise has been thrown
pose any and all measures that might Gff ; the fight is on. Tou are driven to
nmrvospd for the purpose of disfran- m!aike the last stand for your liber
ties. Tou believed that your rights
were secure, entrenched in the Federal
and State Constitutions, fortified by the
Ajts of Congress, and protected by the
golemn pledge of the Democratic party.
That partv is now trying to break
NO DRUGS.
NO KNIFE
chising any class of 'our citizens.
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THE PROPOSED JJJLS.E ka.in uxij.ojm-
MENT.
Notwithstanding the many pledges
made by the democrats in order to od
nntwl of the (legislature, we are I i0.n,
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DUt too late to senu owing u.c confronted wi(tn a proposiLi. tnammles in the dust its own
closing of the -Western Union office here, our Constitution, which, if adopted, will J pUi-uted word.
Tour corestwndemt wi'14 forward their in my uugmwn iaL jr-"vi; ajnaess we mlstaKe tne temper or tne
lour coresponaew wi iwwadu nm-dfe rtlasses of both races, 11? vr n,mnM ,tt,0v uHsi .
remark for publication tomorrow. .-"l W wiffi submitting T" nf
Senator Pritchard spoKe as io iows. this proposition under tne iair aui im- fith sta-mo out this sedond 'at-
t npa-the rvronosed amendment to partial election law which had been en- tQ nulUfy the Nattonaa Const!
' - x i . -, . n, j--.-.-.. ATYirutcan nr r- i - , i
ected 'Dy a wgmai.uic w,u,,u" -- htution. we have no tear or me vecruict
publicans and populists and unaer if thg eo,ple if fireely expressed, and
which they had so recently Deen adib noneaWy returned. We know that they
to gain control ti me legiu, ' will never consent that the subjection
-i , 1 Vtn,wi Tn i-t 'i T- J- III II
in order to eua.uie
effect their scheme of distrancmsmg
the unfortunate clasdes of our people to
.... .j. n A itViv-ir a cicr &T PlPC-
whicn it reittueu, 'nij cucu, -
law which was framed with xe
is practically only one political organi
zation in the states of South Carol in
and Misissrppi. The possibility, there
fore of the arraignment of an.y.pub!ic
abuse at the bar of reason cannot be
here in North Carolina under the prt
posed conditions, similar to those which
now exist in the states of South Caro
lina and Mississippi. It can be estab
lished by testimony that cannot be
denied that a political discussion m the
! states of Mississippi and South Caroli
na, has not 'been heard by even its most
intelligent citizens for a number of
ye&rs. This is because of the absence
of any ,but the one political organiza
tion which has entire control of the
election machinery.
It is a matter of public history, gath
ered from the public prfss of the state
of Mississippi, that in the last cam
paign in said state for the high o.'hre
of United States Senator, before th
Democratic primaries, that the
campaign was nothing more nor less
than a shameful quarrel between two
of the most distinguished citizens l
that state. One distinguished gentleman
of the state, who was a candidal
charged the other with the selling of
the pardoning power while governor.
The answer to it by the party charg.-d.
whidh was omnipotent in its effects on
the popular mind there of those inter
ested, was by alleging that he making
this charge was guilty of a far greater
crime.to-wit.the disruption of the Dem
ocratic party.
We are convinced that the proposed
amendment, is bath unnecessary nrd
unconstitutional. We are convinced
that the new election law is utterly void
and that any proceeding under ivn
same will be a nullity. We are resolvod
to test the validity of these measures
in the courts, and to fight them: to the
utmost at the polls.
. This great struggle Tises above par
ty and reaches the realms of consci
ence, and we are confident of the sup
port of every citizen who Obeys the
promptings of an honest conscience,
who respects the sanctity of an oatn,
and the inviolability of his party s
By order Of State Republican Execu-
pufblic pledge,
tive Committee.
A. B. HOLTON, Chairman.
W. S. HYAMS, Secretary.
Statesville, N. C, Oct. 18, 1899.
The committee also passed a resf"1"-
tion authori-i"" its chairman to em
ploy counsel to bring suit for the pur
pose of testing the constitutionality of
the democratic election law and a so
thankiner Hon. Richmond Pearson for
his letter in the Gazette on. the amend
impnt and election law. and. endorsed
the sentiments expressed in that letter,
BATTLE
Between Forces of Gen. Sir
George White and Free
State Troops.
V
The First Important Test of
Strength in Boer War.
Much Stirring News From
the Disturbed Country.
Uneasiness Over Possible Uprising of
Savage Tribes.
C M CASE and
W. E. SWAN.
OSTEOPATHS
Graduates American School at
f vKirkvilleMo.
Telephone 525. 18 Church Street,
the - Constitution the most important
question that has been, presented to
the people of this t&te since the war.
The right of suffrage w one tnat is
prized very highly by lthe Americ?
people. It is a historical fact that
those who have once enjoyed the high
nrivilee-e of the elective franchise are
loath to yield it without a desperate
struggle. The Constitution or ibs was
framed by the republican party, and
tion
of one class of citizens shall oe maae
permanent in order that the privileges
of another class may be made heredi
tary, especially as our Bill of Rights
rlemlares. section! 30, ".no nereouary
REPORT THAT A WHITE FLAG 13
FL.TING OVER MAFBKIN
OUEEN WILL. SUMMONS THE MI
LITIA TO ARijiS.
SHAMROCK REMEASUREO.
sole view of enaMing them, by n-111- emoluments, privileges or honors ought
ulatinon and otherwise, to in w jut iuc
iii the TveoPle. and thereby enaoie
them to do that which the people would
n0r n,ATit tv if sriven a fair oppor-
among other things it contained a pro- t PXDreSs their will at the bal-
vision wniuu guuunccu c.o- . and have tne same rewiucu
. ,i . 11. . : 1 . A,,. V - .in i I " w
to the rich, tne poor, uie umeinw nre-erl
. j i-i ,n1rA1 inn Ar rt jr DTI -
tnat coTisiuuiwu iniiivcu .u , ,T stpii-
4- if,Q mmTnnn nenrt e nt Tn oirder itnat we ma-y uavc ,
cuuicuscmcut .:r 'JIV " ,.rJ a t' the tyrooosition
our state. Theretotore tnere xuuo age. --"A to the people, semblv. if enforced in North Carolina,
isted a deep-seated prejudice -v vvmcu Article UtQr, .t, insunarable barrier to ne
the noor and illiterate white man as a I peg to can y"r'" -T"' . oiote f,.n-
j-,f ifhe svstem ot Slavery which b. oecLiuu j.,
THE STATE CONSTITUTION.
to be eri'anted or conferred m tnis
state."
The Republican party in the State of
North Carolina does not, and has nev
er, feared the submission of any ques-
ition. to the popular will, providing
there is an Opportunity for a free and
(fair expression of that popular will at
the ibafllot box. The present election
Mnw nassed bv the last General As-
Will Now Have to Give the Columbia
Time Allowance
New Tork. Oct. 18. The remeasuring
of the Shamrock took plaae today. Three
thmMMd. three! hundred and eighty
noutnds of lead ballast was put on board
h urine- the nisrht. The yachit went to
e,Hv TT,rwu hav wftiere the top mast
was .rieeed for tomorrow's race. .
ThP Shamirock's remeasurmemlt allows
the Columbia 16.2Q seconds in! a mile
race instead oi tne wiiumum "iu""8
ithe Sthamrock 6.3 seconds. This change
was caused by the Shamrock putting on
board the ballast which set her deeper
in the water, increasing ;ner wajiei .n.
The Shamrock's rigging .has oeet set
. . i i I i : 1T 1 1 1 nf
Tiho. rae. tomorrow Will De it) mnes w
TTT;AmrX and (return a,nidl Ithe weauher
forecast indicates a good wind.
of the Constitution of honest exercise of the
1 ' "
lows :
'Art
an
Special: THURE BKAU--SAGE
for Female Diseases. jv
Massage.
PROF. EDW. GRUNER,
Lrmanv. Formerly, with CK
land Heights Sanitarium.;
55 SOUTH MAIN ST,
elective fran
North Carolina, which it is proposed hise by the legal electors the State
to abrogate and which reads as fol- Added to these JWecto we find
I anoiner. iuc "ni'ittisiii""-- "-
. . . i : n.f ii- .j-v. T-iQT- nf -nnhlir" reason
"ttt Qpr. i. (juiaiincajuuiics nu auuses o-l tne
w. . i
be
pO
Htic.al oreranizations. This election uaw,
. - j 4- oaa twelve montns ubh ana tne uruiwreu
receding the election and ninety days Amendment, controlled solely by one
preceams ener enc J eatmv forever
prevent the poor and in the county in neo t v, Uf the existence of more
I5ild.ll - I 1 rnHr in tVl A
whn urron conviction or wmw- tnan one pmiLici yo-j
in oTven court, shaH De aojuugeu mi iNortn
had'done so much t degrade labor and
discouraere1 those 'who earned their
i?,rs . ivvv msmiiAl labor. There has
11 V lUg . J ' " '
never been a moment since the adop
tirm of the Constitution, when it has
not been the intention of the leaders of
the democratic party to do all in their
Tinwer. -if the opportunity should pre
pnf itself, to amend the Constitution
so as to restrict the right of suffrage
nnrT if TjOSSib'le,
:iiottQ -nriitf npf)rle of this state
llliria'ic , i - .
ivrvm e-x-prcisiner that right.
. T,t ho been contended all the while
by the republican party that, in the
the democratic party should be
permitted to control our affairs, it
would eventually attempt to amend the
onatifrntion so-as to exclude the poor
and illiterate people of both races from
the enjoyment of the privilege E,
teed them -by the Constitution of 1858
"rOTO rnnle person born in hs an axiom of liberty that is the life
an eicotui . av.w - - rm,; .onw ho
the United States and every maie yei- pi an rree repuui.. "
whrv has been naturanzeu, witnout ine ensvcuwr, i ...
son
sir nrwa.rd. who shall have re-
son
slbn
Carolina. This
State
necessarily
SZv of f elonylor any crime infamous reSultS from the control of the election
guilty ot ieionyui y ,., , t,r WhorP ever
hv tne aws oi uus ( ''- 1 " " r -
r, t-.ii v. aomprl an elector.
ucommittea sna.n uc - -
unless suck person shall oe tiui9u
to the Tights of citizenship in a man
ner prescribed by law."
It will be observed that the forego
w.ovnmv -svith t.he four-
ing article is m uuuiv.i,
trm " . . t . j j.Tiv Q-mpTTfiments to tne
PHONE 206. on the other hand,, the democrats n-e teenn a au : - States,
Home of office treatment.
, that aiip.h was their rvmrftitution
SUCllUUumj , . , -, fTW
4-rf4r.r. nnfl in doing SO nave nui- , wmcn re.u .r
culed the charges made by the republic
ans.
ii
Nothing
2.
Just as
Good
91
A VIOLATED PLEDGE.
Tk.irind- the last campaign Mr. Sim-
nhairrmia.Ti of the democratic ex-
Lcntie committee, devoted a good deal
of his time in attempting to conyinc
the people that his party
S olineTto restrict the rigWt of suffrage.
t oii ottpntion to the following mter-
view which Mr. Simmons gave out on
S- the 25th of September of that year and
X which was published in tne s"
' News and Observer, one of 'the leading
v - IS. flomrmtie papers of this state:
: I "For the past twenty years or more,
- V X I iufit -before every eleciuon, tne repuuno
, liSviU. at tKeir midnight meet
6w y i Hove been in tne txiit-ui-- vi 'wo...0
'Art. KIV., Sec. 1. All persons duiu
r naturanzeu m ' ciipr vote was srivtn
such' law have existed such has been
thP T-Psiilt. Tne state of Mississippi
which has 1,400,000 population, fifty per
mrhivm re white, and which
LClll. 1. v '
members to Congress,
n.P -not pwst as many votes for its
pntire flelpf --1 as were Cast in the
1 Disitrict of North
llilUil VvrAfc
ooii-Tio 5n the nast general election
In South Carolina, which has 1,131,149
inhabitants, and elects seven members
A MERCHANT SHOT
DEAD BY HIS BROTHER
tomorrow.
rrTJTDTV T3AT?RB TTTT .T ,"RT) .
Tragedy From an Unknown Cause in J uondon, oat. 19. Turner's Lobatse-
a South Carolina Town.
mvo Til pstoii. S. C. Oct. 18. N. T. Pitt-
man, 60 years old, a prominent merchant
of Gourgins, S. C, was shot and instant
ly killed by 'Ms brother, A. J . irimu
o-o.rt zc in a. readme room oi me xmi
.&-v - t
rihoum here today, 'rne exact cause .
Mia ahootinsr is not clear, though it Is be
lieved the man who did the shooting was
(trying to get money from nis miui
The murderer was aires tea.
ON TtiE SQUARE,
n...Vant tr ThP 1
it,q nf the United States and of 'the
state wherein they reside, io
m.P nr enforce anylaw which
shall abridge the Privileges or immuni
ties of citizens ot tne unnw a.,
nersofl
nor snail any nic ---- - ,
of life, (liberty or. property without due
process of law, nor deny to ,uy V"
within its jurisdiction the equal protec
tion of the lajvs. -
"Art XV., Sec 1. The .right of cit
, v, TTr,4.tP' States Ho vote shall
lZeUa Ul v- TT,Ua
not be denied or abridged by the United
States or by any statt .onuu.
race color or previous condition of ser
vitude. . '
'Sec. 2.. Congress snaw nave
than was polled 'at the last general
election in the state of South Dakota
for two members. In South Carolina
58,689 votes were given in aui tiiw '
en Congressional! Districts
7.475 -vot.es eiven for the
ticke. . These figures
VetW We , THE STATED PLEDGE.
cmtscamemyo.-- . . agreed the itoe
- ; always tskiroTmais readmitted into the
hocue rree. s , ; oreduioui "r "r ,o 7;rx -.
r" - -;- - ha not dtefrancni
prw r .rrjr" t.Qw. .. thPT had ttuw !, the 1 oeoole ort our sraii
. had not fltetrancn jr . - in its Contl-
GrartBPharitiacy mmmm
iratai ti.vib- iTwvision oomaintfu m
I Agency for Wbf s'Seeto
Vi- I ui- - whfh was Dassed on the
3. ;i,ttUU116 m.-v " r
Meet- I nh ov nf .Tiitip. 1S6S:. -
t UA.11. VXM'J .
P irrTT .j -vt f.rmmttvise I rm,r. ph of the- states Ot JNorxa
edva president tr 7 tf trhp 7Z e',i. nWviin-a. . Louisiana
' of Congress ttiey .
1 wotild ' disfranchise them.
The demo-
(Contiaued on fifth page.).
and only
Republican
show1 that there
4
N&W
correspondent says that the Boers sur
rounded that place Saturday, but were
defeated and thirty killed. The Tele
graph's Lady Smith correspondent
says that the volunteers wno arnvea
yesterday (Wednesday) from the scene
of the impending battle at Acton
Homes stated that a deteachment of the
enemy tried to cut off small parties or
British who returned. The firing was
very heavy, the Boers using cannon.
CAPTURED AND SACKED.
Lorenzo, Marquez, Oct. 18. Veil? en,
a Boer official at Pretoria, gives th
following account of the occupation of
th British camp at Ramathtaframa.
just north f Maf eking: "The British
(ConltiinuevS on Fourth Page.)
TOMATOES
London, Oct. 19,. What will probably
prove to be the first important action of
the war is reported to have commenced: '
yesterday (Wednesday) twenty miles
westward of Lady Smith, cavalry un
der Sir George White having encount
ered the Free State commands, report
ed to number over 10,000.
It is understood that General Prins-
loo, cammandanti general of the Or
ange Free State, is conducting the
movement of the Boers.
White has 9,000 men in the field and i- t
Lady Smith, and a few hours is likely
to give an indication or tne result or
this first test of stength.
WILL NATIVES MAKE TROUBLE? ;
Meanwhile,;' there is no little uneasi-" '
nesw in Brit'fsV bfnclal crMes re'&ardlii'
the eagerness of the natives to take a.
hand in the fighting. Native partici
pation is an incalculable factor, and
neither side, wants it. The British be
lieve the Basutos and Swazis are burn
ing to attack the Boers, but the Zulua
are equally hostile to the British.
If all these ruthless warriors get out
of hand, hell will be let loose.
Few fresh rumors come from the
Mafeking district, and they do hot give
a knowledge of the real situation. The
situation of the' British is undeniably
unpleasant, and unless reinforced tney
will be compelled to succumb.
CAVALRY FIGHTING.
Lady Smith, Oct. 18. News arrived
this afternoon that the British cavalry
outposts had met the enemy near Ac
ton Homes, eight leagues from here.
and also at Beater's. Firing began this
morning at 10 o'clock and 'late this af
ternoon the action continues.
Same casualties 'are-reported, but de
tails of the engagement are meagre.
Supports for the British are being for
warded. A general action is expected
Pack of 1899.
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chased my optical bvu&necB, and
wfill oritnue at the same place.
I bespeak far ithem the same
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.11 are good tavestmenta toe holiday
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. 45 Pat Ave.
IGMence Swerii
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Successor to
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