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ffl J 5 1 3 .V-"':i 1 v' VOL V: NO. 77 , ! ,3 -rpYILLE!, (1,01 : pBTnKg0 I ' QESTREICHER & G0L1PANY Wash Waists. We will put on sale, com mencing Monday, May 7th, the most complete line of WHITE WAISTS yet snown in A3heville, Our line comprises twenty dis tinct styles. Prices as usual xeasonable and make al ways the best, OESTREICHER&CO 51 Patton Avenue. Made of the Very Best Material. for sale by AsbeYille Hardware Co. Southeast comer Court Square, 'Phone 87. .MASSAGE.. AND PACKS. iTeatment for: Nervous, Rheumatic ana other diseases. special: Thur Brandt Massage for female Diseases; also Face Massage. PROP. EDWIN GRUNER, (Graduate Chemnitz College, Germany. formerly - Uh Oakland Heights Sana torium.) iiome or Office Treatment. Office "ours, 11 a. m. to 1 p. m., 2 to 4 -; m. S. MAIN ST. . TELEPHONE 20S. a. l TEND THE FOUR-HOUR SALE Vf GREENS TUESDAY MORNING BUY AN OAK FRAME. SILK i'-NK-FiLLED SCREEN, 3 FOLD, - r wr HIGH, FOR 1, AT LAW'S. food's Lawn Grass. Grant's pharm- 1: "ve and safe to take. 25c. Grant's ant's Talcum Powde. 10c. t v ak lung-s Grant's Egg Emu! Kasy to take, easy to digest. i'inirmacy. -s refrigerator is guaran '''0 perfect eatisfaption. and is 'jy llrs. L. A. Johnson,: 43 uantlr .ff. .Grant's Dandruff Grant's pharmacy, v. ; i ,C! Liver Pills;VVery jni'ld; very d rurflv vfSiteMf" 'Kft-in hT 'SC. G rant's pharmacy. RESOLUTIONS OF SYMPATHY Offered in Senate and House Yesterday for the Boers. oill to Increase National! Guard Appropriation, Conferees Named by the Senate en House Bills. Secretary Gage Refuses to Disclose Confidential Reports. A NUMBER OF MISCELLANEOUS BILLS PASSED BY THE SENATE. THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTER-OCEANIC CANAL MEETS. Washington, May 7. This was sus pension day in the house and Mr. Sul zer. or New York, created a slight flurry ty attempting to have adopted his resolution exDreasins- svmnathi; with the South African republics. He got recognition before the approval of the! journal, and moved the adoption of the resolution under ftherj-ules. Bills were passed to provide for l sitting of the United States district court at Ooala, Florida, and- to change the name of the steamship Paris of the American line to Philadelphia. The bill had already passed ' the senate. Mr. Marsh of Illinois, chairman of the committee on militia was recognized to move the passage under suspension of the rules of the b'ill to increase the appropriation for the national guard fromt, $400,000 to $1,000,000. Mr. Hay of Virginia said the war with Spain demonstrated that militia is of vital importance to ae country. The bill simply increased the appro priation without changing in any way present conditions. 'Mr, Hay thought that coupled with the increased appro priation there should be general legis lation along the line of a bill he had prepared some time ago. IN THE SENATE. When the senate convened today Mr. Hoar, for the judiciary committee, fa vorably reported and had passed the house bill to provide for sittings of cir cuit and district courts of the United States at Florence, S. C. The senate agreed to a request of the house for a conference on the "army ap propriation bill, tand Senators Hawley, Sewell and Cockrell were named as conferes. A conference wlas also agreed to on the fortification appro priation bill and Senators Perking, barren and Pettigrew named as con tores, ftfid to a conference on the Col- n.ty operative colony bill in orado cou . ZT and Senator respect to desei. guWv&n Handbrough, Carter - p named as conferees. A bill declaring Everett, Washington, to be a port of Entry in the Puget sound customs district, was passed. Mr. Teller, of Colorado, called from the table his resolution expressing sym pathy for the Boers and addressed the senate. The following bills were passed: To provide a survey of the Illinois fiver, granting homesteads on the abandoned site of Fort Fettermen military reser vation in Wyoming; right to enter one quarter section public land as pasture and grazing land; constituting Dur "hamf N. C, a port of delivery of the customs district of Pamlico. Consideration was begun On' the na val appropriation (bill. The- bill was read for amendment, the formal read ing being dispensed with. An amSd ment was agreed to allowing naval offi cers a mileage rate of 8 cents a mile when traveling in the United States and actual expenses only when travel ing outside the limits of the United States in ' North America. Secretary Gage, replying to a resolu- -: eiAnnfa oeHncr infnrTTliX firm' relating to alleged Irregular practices in the custom house of New York, in volving William H. Theobold, says the disclosure of confidential reports would defeat the investigation now in pro gress. The senate committee on the inter i Vacant Lots. We have a choice selection of residence lots in various sections of the city;, i -id suburbs. Now is the time to buy Asheville property will never again be as low as at present. WILKiE & LaBflBBE, Real Estate Brokers, 'Phone 661 ' ' 23 Patton Ave. oceanic canal held a meeting today and discussed the NJ Pflrapira mmol "Kill which passed the house last week. No action was taken and the committee will meet again Wednesday to consid er the measure further. PROSECUTION OF TWELVE MEN FOR A LYNCHING The Deed Was Without a Pretext of Justification. New Orleans, May 7. The first pros ecutipn in Mississippi of white men for .urr lyuvumg oi a negro began at a special term of Amite county court to day at Liberty, Miss. Twelve white men are on trial for being implicated in the Amite county lynching, . which took place April 13 at Gloucester, Miss., land was without even a pretext of justification. The' facts, as develop ed in the trial of the negro, for which offense he was subsequently mobbed, showed that an altercation had occur red between the negro and three white mennear Gloucester on the 9th. The white men struck the negro several times when he turned and ran to his house near by, procured a gun and fir ed at them, but doing no damage. On Monday morning the negro was ar raigned before the mayor of Glouces ter and sentenced to ninety days in jail and fined $25. The sheriff started to Liberty with the prisoner and when about three miles out of town was ov ertaken by the mob, who seized the negro and hanged him. Warrants were at once issued and twelve men who wore no masks were arrested and lodged in jail. HAD HIS LEGS BROKEN FOR SWEETHEART'S SAKE Was Bow-Legged, Which She Could Not Endure. Logansport, May 7. The vaunted feat of Leander in swimming the Hel lespont ta win the fair Helen was eclipsed by the martyrdom of Lois Hoen, who had his legs broken to take the hows out of them because his sweetheart objected to curved lower extremities. Hoen is wealthy and has a handsome face but was afflicted with bow legs. He loved a fair young wo jman and she loved him, ibut he could not gain her consent to take him as her husband that is, with the de formity unchanged. Hoen .was deter mined to win his lady love at any cost, so he appealed to a Logansport sur geon who consented to straighten the defective limbs. The flesh was cut away from the bones and the latter fractured with a chisel. Both legs were put into plaster casts and the bones have almost knitted together again. AT ONE DOLLAR EACH FOR FOUR HOURS TUESDAY 8TH). FROM 10 TILL 2 O'CLOCK (IF GOODS LAST) ALL OUR PRESENT STOCK OF $2.00 AND $2.25 SCREENS. THE $1 PRICE APPLIES ONLY TO TIME NAMED. J. H. LAW, 35 PAT TON AVE. d2t. Vor cleaning hair and scalp Grant's Lavender Shampoo. 25c. Grant's pharmacy. 4-HOUR SCREEN SALE. ON TDESsj AY (sTn), 1U TIIjL. STOC:: OF 5 1-2 J LINE-FILL.' SCREENS WORTH $2 TO $2.50, ARE OFFERED AT ONE UUlbAK jBAUH ( 51.00), IF STOCK LASTS SO ONG DAW, 35 PATTON AVE. TUB J. ,H d2t. Gf ant's SPoflle restores appetite, strengthens" ' digestion and makes pure blood and Sound serves. 75c, Grant's pharmacy. Your straw hat bleSihd and cleaned by Linane. 25c. Grant's pharmacy. Dyspepsia, indigestion and Ooils'tlpa tion can be cured by Grant's Digestive Cordial. 50c. Grant's pharmacy. WISDOM CARR & WARD DISTRIBUTORS, 23 South Main Street. 'Phone 268. 'BAKER & CO., I I)' ftt'iiaciiitg ujiuciaus, iYo. 45 Patton Avenne. -Examination Free.- . Special attention give ' to repeixftax. mwiwi WISE.BE CAmULjj THE OTHER SIDE OF THE QUESTION Third Portion of W. R Hen ry's Discussion of the Pro posed Amendment. In Belpy to Aycock's Address to Democratic Convention. Seme Notabfe Sentences Uttered by the Candidate. The Contitutional Question Involved in the Amendment. FALLACIES AND INCONSISTEN CIES OF POSITION OF THOSE WHO ATTEMPT TO DEFEND THE MEASURE THE POLL TAX FEA TURE. The constitutional question involved in the suffrage amendment proposition has been discussed in powerful argu ments by Senators Pritchard.B.utler, Alien and Pettigrew, In which argu ments it has 'been clearly demonstrat ed. First. That section 5 is unconstitu tional and would be so declared by the supreme court. Second. That section 4 is constitu tional and complete in itself, and would be left in force, in which event the voters of North Carolina, white and black, would find themselves burdened by an educational qualifica tion, and without the exemption tas to white men, provided by section 5. This would disfranchise at least fifty thous and white voters as well as negroes. Senator Morgan is the only lawyer of promience Who has declared th proposed amendment constitutional. And. the democratic leaders and press, while rejoicing over his deliverance, declared that there was only one con stitutional lawyer. In America his su perior, to wit, Senator George F. Ed munds, of Vermont. Senator Prftch- ard immediately asked the legal opin ion of Senator Edmunds, and his reply knocks the last prop from under a tottering democracy on this point. The following is part of the opinion of Senator Edmunds, published in full in the Caucasian of F ebruary 22, 1900: OPINION OF SENATOR GEORGE F. EDMUNDS. "Dear Sir: Your letter of the 15th ult. was duly received. I have care fully considered the two questions you submit for my opinion. "Your first question is whether sec tion 5 of the amendment proposed to the constitution of North Carolina by the legislature of that state by the act approved February 21, 1899 , will, if adopted, be valid in view of the con stitution of the United States. "This section makes, in the plainest -ssible terms, a perfectly arbitrary between male citizens in distingue- . respect of the most sacicd political rights of men. It gives to thase pr ase per-1 sons who were entitled on or before January 1 , 1867, to vote In any state and to their lineal descendant,? the right to take part in elections in North Carolina, without the qualifications required of every other male citiren of uems aDie to read and write any sec- tion of the constitution in the English language.' The discrimination is not founded on any reason whatever that can have any relation to a "republican form of government.' T V.51, ixl-j. . i. .... . j- mum. uia,T tne n snrvmma.nnn is flatly Iri contravention of thte four teenth amendment to the constitution of the United States, which, among other provisions for securing equal rights and privileges to all, commands that no state shall 'deny to any per son wnmn Its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.' It mav. t think, be safely affirmed that it is now settled that the fourteenth amendment confers an affirmative and positive right upon every class and condition of people to a broad equality of treat ment, and permits no distinction or discrimination not founded upon rea sonable and just grounds of classifica tion. It Is impossible for me to imag ine that a discrimination resting on its face solely upon a date could hav any other basis than a purpose to disfran chise the people of a particular race and color whose condition on January 1, 1867, of then recent clavery, had made a great mass of them incapable of reading and writing any section Of the constitution of North Carolina, al though doubtless large numbers of them were entirely capable of intelli gently choosing.-their rulers. "Your second question is whether 4 and 5 of the constitution are so de pendent on each other that the fourth section myst be held inoperative if the fifth section is void. "Applying the test established by the suprc-ne court of the T'r'tT 9tates in regard to snrh n'i?tions it voH seem ".".5 at re: tion 4 rr. -y-; t-i'T -crf.-ft-ly v."-!! without the. fifth t:"n. 7t is and a distinct and complete proposi tion. It does not even refer to retinn 5 or to anything contained in it. With out enlarging , on the subject I think that the fourth section can stand, al . though the fifth section is held inval id. Very truly yours, "GEO. F. EDMUND.. "To Hon. J. c. Pritchard, United States Senate." THE GREATEST CRUELTY AND INJUSTICE OF ALL. " But the greatest cruelty and injus tice that would be wrought by the pro posed amendment would be seen not in the political slavery of the negro; you may put him out of the question if you will; nor in the political serfdom off thousands of noor white men una ble to pay their poll tax; nor in the flagrant violation of the American principle of "No taxation without rep resentation;" nor yet In the gross vio lation of the federal constitution, but in the cold blooded proposition (not denied) to place a collar of political servitude about the necks of the pov erty stricken , uneducated white boys of North Carolina, iwho are to come to the ballot after December the first, 1908 a collar bearing the inscrip tion, "Gurth, the born thrall of Cedric of Rotherwood," or rather of Simmons of Raleigh. The sons of the members of the dem ocratic oligarchy would be safe edu cated, wealthy, especially if thejr fath ers obtain the offices which they ex pect for this work but what of the sons of the poor wliite men of North Carolina? In the name of the thousands of white boys in our fields and factories, toiling from dawn till dark, fatherless perhaps, and doomed to a life time bat tle against adversity, with no time and no means to fit themselves to take ur the "White Man's Burden" prepared for them by the democratic party I protest against this political crime. I call upon the white men of this state who are not yet ready to enslave their sons to bury this cruel scheme beneath the resistless scorn of an in dignant and liberty loving people. "Slavery, the earth horn Cyclops, fellest of the giant brood, Son of brutish force and darkness, who has drenched the earth with Dlood; Shall we guide his gory finger where our helpless children play?" FALLACIES AND INCONSISTENCY OF DEMOCRATIC ARGUMENT. Democratic leaders say in reply to this that the white boys of Nortu Car olina now thirteen years of age can all be educated by 1908. If so so can the negroes. The democrats had control of North Carolina for a period of twenty years, dating from 1876. There are- fifty thousand uneducated white voters in the state today. J,z democrats failed to educate the people in twenty years, by what pro cess will they do so in eight; and that too in the face of a cut in the school fund, by this proposed amendment, of one hundred and fifty thousand dol lars? Take up the school chart of this state, showing by black splashes the area of illiteracy, and to our shame, after twenty years of democratic rule, North Carolina presents the blackest face on the map. "Oh, consistency thou art indeed a jewel." Democratic leaders have ar gued for many years that the best and quickest way to ruin a negro , la borer, and for the condition of subor dination to the whit man is to edu cate him. They now, by making education nec essary to his rierht to vote, provide the greatest possible incentive to negro education. And the negroes would tumble over each other to obtain it.. SOME NOTABLE SENTENCES. OF MR. AYCOCK. Mr. Aycock is the shrewdest debat er in the democratic party. What he cannot think to say in behalf of ant crtv mav nroiBese. - o I ' 4 that bis V'- 1, t 111 make, is beyond the sophistry of anv J of his colleagues. They have recoeniz ed this fact by nominating him for I governor. genius of throwing a false light I on political facts was heavily taxed in any record that it may nis speech before the democratic con vention, when he attempted to answer the unanswerable arguments of the op ponents of the proposed amendment in s (Continued on Sixth Page.) 4 Agency it R0CKBR00K FARM"' J I CREAMERY BUTTER. The Best is Nonet Too Good. For our patrons, and to this end v we labor to exercise the greatest J care m tne selection of a class of goods that will stand the test of expert examination and con tinued use by our most fastidious customers. The sales of our COFFEE AND TEAS are increasing rapidly. These goods are the purest, richest and most refreshing the world pro duces. Economical, too, as only half ithe quantity should be used. Our goods are sold with the de termined purpose of getting you back again f - your next pur chase. : ? 1 2 . Vi Successor U W. 1 Snider. , 6 NORTE CG.TJPJT SQUARE. j 'if 1 CROSS THE' N VET RIVER The British Under Roberts Now Camped at Smal deel Junction. Enemy in Full Ketreat To ward Zand River. The Naval Guns and Artillery Did Excellently Troops Vie With One Another in th Fightiwr. y BRITISH CAPTURE A MAXIM AND 25 PRISONERS WHILE THEIR LOSS IS ONLY 15 WOUNDED, ONE KILLED AND THREE MISSING. London.i tMav 7. Lord ports as follows: Roberts re- 'We crossed tne Vet river this morn ing land are now encamped at Smaldeel junction. The enemv is in full tot toward the Zand river and Kroonstal. "A turning movement was made fy mounted infantry just before dark yesterday. It was a very dashing af fair. The Canadians, v- tc Wales, New Zealand Rifles and Queensland mounted infantry vied with each other in a determination to close with the enemy. Captain Anley, of the Essex regiment, commanding the Third infantry battalion, behaved very gallantly. "The naval guns and artillery maie excellent practice. DJirtifMJlfi rlv t wn five-inch guns, used for the first time with force. "We captured a Maxim and 25 pris oners. Casualties very few only 15 wounded, one killed and three miss ing." BOER LOSSES FORTY. Smaldeel, May 7. The British army arrived here without onrtositlnn . Tv. Boers' last train left late Saturday night. Boer losses yesterday were for-, ty killed. The rear guard remains be hind kopjes ten miles distant. There is much railway forage and corn here. It is stated that the Boers are retreat ing toward Kroonstad. The Zand! river bridge has been destroyed. FOURTEEN TORNADOES Seen Yesterday in Central Kansas Two Persons Killed. Kansas City, May 7. No less than fourteen tornadoes were reported to have been seen yesterday in central Kansas ranging through Saline, Ells-" worth, Rice, Barton and Pawnee coun ties. As far as learned William Hel frick and wife, who lost their lives in. the destruction of North ElUnwood, were the only people killed. Over twenty people are reported to be slightly injured r ea? TjllinwQod.' The rain and hail 'rQuowjng the storms did great dair- tQ the crQj,s. 1 STORM IN IOWA- lag?' Ma 7 A special from Fort Dodge, la., says one of the worst rain and thunder storms in years oc curred last night. Reports of much damage to property and lare losses of live stock are coming: from nil in Al Emmons, living- south of ATan la., was struck by lightnine- anrt in.' stantly killerd. WIND STORM, San Antonio, Tex., May 7. A terrific wind storm struck Sa n Antnnin at- A o clock this morning, doing great dam age. The San Antonio Loan and Trust company building was demolished. The loss is estimated at $75,000, with no lose Woods seegs. GranL'a pharmacy. You are Cool and so is your kitchen, even ia the hottest weather, if you are using a seasonable food. The thoughtful housewife wants the food that can be most quickly prepared, and the food (that is appetizing and nourishing but not unduly heating. Nothing compares with Wheat-Hearts in these respects. It has the finest flavor and high est digestibility when cooked but two minutes and it cannot be overheating to the svstcm because Wheat-Hearts is a:mest entirely gluten. T&tf-W&eat-4earts;Cqmp'y, '! " r ASHEVILLE, t t 4 ii C 3! ii.' lit- , " I it -If ! i hi si M h 5 j . HI'- " ii; 1 "I .1 4 J 1! i 41 ,i i t in i'A I i' 1 I -If 3 n't ':!? 1 ? ''I )' ' I I'p -; A iv " f V :" 4. f" A' : si f- TAti i v.m - t I- 31 I , ts 1 . ' -C . " V. - ' , r - ?" 4 ' ? it -7 ' V