iff XI" i 7 COLOSSAL BLUNDtR NOW CONFESSED DEMOCRATIC LEADERS BEGIN NING TO LOOK FACTS IN THE FACE. Predicament in Which the Party Has Been Placed by the Machine. Can the Legislature at Its Extra Ses sion so Patch Up the Amendment that the People Will Tolerate It? Searching for a Plausible Pretext for Disfranchisement. gazette Bureau, Raleigh, N. C, May 9. A democrat who is known to be in touch with the Simmons machine ex pressed himself to a friend and fellow partisan in the following terms: The campaign has progressed tor enough already to convince our leaders that a colossal blunder has been made, and that unless something radical is done, and that very soon, the cause is lost. The primary object in beginning so early the itinerary of the state by our candidates was to sound the people in time to have the legislature make whatever change in the amendment would insure it to go through. Our speakers liave canvassed in accordance with this plan, and to say they are disappointed in the status of affairs as thereby revealed is putting it but mild ly. The crowds have been small and a painful lack of enthusiasm has char acterized a large majority, while on ev ery hand a feeling of distrust is plain ly visible. The country people are slow to catch on. Most of the towns are. alive to the necessity of the amendment, and as it now stands these axe the dependence to do the voting and make the returns. The farmers are so out of joint that one is remind ed of 1894. Argument doesn't move them. They see all sorts of tricks in the proposed amendment and the elec tion law. The latter, while a powerful lever in the hands of SUITABLE offi cers, is at the same time very distaste ful to the common people, because it reminds them so forcibly of the Payne election law so recently in vogue and the many unpleasant incidents that took place thereunder. The impression has gotten abroad that our people in their zeal for white supremacy have lost their heads and gone wild. That they have given us a law that is un fair and dishonest in order to force the amendment through whether the peo ple favor it or not. This view is so prevalent that great harm is bound to result, Indeed has ALREADY result ed, to the cause of democracy and good government, and there is anything but encouragement in the situation. In deed it begins to look alarming in some quarters. It is hoped that an amendment to the AMENDMENT on the lines proposed by - Mr. Simmons will give the required assurance to many doubters, but in the opinion of many it Is a matter of less conse quence whether the grandfather clause is constitutional or unconstitutional than that negroes shall, after 1908, be placed equal, and, in thousands of cases above, white people. It is a fact known of all that the town negro eas ily outsrips the farmer's son in ob taining an education. With the grad ed school facilities afforded in most towns, -which schools are supported by taxes collected from White men, the negroes are rapidly educating, and ev erybody knows how slowly farmers' sons take to education. Yet who will dare say that farmers' sons, although Illiterate, are not tolerably safe wield ers of the ballot and far more honest than the town loafer whatever his col or, his pretensions or his politics? Considerations such as these stagger our friends and many wno have hith erto accepted our party's policies with out cavil are seriously doubting wheth er the end will justify the means pro posed. True our leaders understand that, after all, a man's COLOR will , have less influence in determining his right to vote than his party affiliations, because ALL POWER over the suf frage is Vested in the registrar, and what he omits can easily be accom plished 'by the township and county re turning board. Yet there must be a plausible pretext for such radical and extraordinary measures, and such pre text can be found nowhere except in the deeply rooted prejudice against the negro. Not only is this prejudice in tense but it is capable of being so in tensified as to produce almost any re sult 'desired. The claim must therefore le made that the object of the amend ment is. to eliminate the negro, and having solemnly declared this to be our purpose, it is not so easy to make even our own workers understand that the election machinery, which is ALL in our hands, may be relied upon in definitely to accomplish desired re sults.. So while we are convincing the masses that this is a battle for white supremacy alone, we moist at the same time convince our own friends and helpers that no white man will lose his vote and that not a sufficient number of negroes will be permitted to vote to jeopardize democratic success. This we must make those on the inside understand, is to be done 'by judicious ly wielding the machinery, and even here is a very difficult and delicate un dertaking, because most men look for :.ward to a time when . vhey may not be in full accord with the' party organiza tion, and in such a situation it is any thing -but pleasing to contemplate that, however: just his cause, however strong 4 Shapely arricd Women -mentjirepares the body for the strain upon ft, and preserves the symmetry of form. Mother's Friend also . obviates lf the dancer of child-birth. - and carries the extectant iMlirr nfelv thfousrh this critical Mriod without greatest blessing, and thousands gratefully tell of the great good it Una A tViAtn . .. Sold bv all dniccHstn nt t cm THr lWtl. i , ; i ? Our little book, telling all about this great free to ' any aaarcss py jlhb &axfieli Atlanta, Georgia. i u - -T . w ,3. - . 'i j.,... saswBs.sBb aaaa bv.ssw.asw for you, said four different physi cians, but I still had sufficient itf t to try Dr. Miles' New Heart Cure, as it was highly recommended to- me. I had suffered for years with heart trouble; so bad was my case I was giveiN up tc die several times. Had severe palpitation, hort breath and much pain about the heart, fluttering and smothering spalls, but Dr. Miles' Heart Cure gave me prompt relief and finally a permanent cure. Mrs. J. L. Tayr, Owensboro, Ky. DR. MILES' Hlari Gure is sold by all druggists on guarantee first bottle benefits or money back. Book on heart ar-'i nerves sent free. Dr. Miles Medical Company, Elkhart. Ind his following, however corrupt and dia bolical the methods of his antagonists, his efforts for redress, his appeals to the people must inevitably result in failure and bitter disappointment be cause the balotorial voice was si lenced by his own assistance, and he is thus self -emasculated. Mr. Simmons' speech at Snow Hill, Greene county Saturday, was delivered to a very small and unappreciative au dience. As at the democratic speakings generally this year there were only &. few present and his speech fell flat. It was without interest or enthusiasm. A Pitt county democrat says that the amendment will be defeated by 4,000 majority in that county, if they get anything like an honest election. Judge and Mrs. Purnell returned to the city yesterday. Mr. D. T. House, of Greenville, was In the city today. The convict who was shot, in. the penitentiary here Monday, April 30. which your correspondent reported yesterday, has been removed to the Rex hospital, and it is thought he will die. The democrats have made a change in "white supremacy" headquarters by displacing the eight or ten negroes and putting four or five white boys in their place. But not until the news got abroad in the city and many passers by made it convenient to take a look in and silently smile. W. A. STANCIL. Johnson's Tavern. Johnson's favorite tavern was the Mi tre, which lay, and still lies, between King's Bench walk, at the east end of the Temple and Fleet street. But when Boswell first made his acquaintance they often dined or had supper at the Turk's Head, a tavern in the Strand not the Turk's Head in Gerard street, where the club met and kept "by a good, civil wo man, who had not much business." The 25th of June, 1763, was the mem orable day on which Boswell first met Johnson at the Mitre. They had both been dining at Clifton's, an eating house in what was then Butcher row, at the back of St. Clement's church and famed for its mutton chops, and they arranged to meet later at the Mitre. "We had a good supper," says Boswell. "and drank two bottles of port." This was often re peated, and poor Bozzy, bon vlvant as he was, found the doctor rather too much for him. They often sat np till 1 or 2 o'clock in the morning drinking port, and Boswell was obliged to admit that those noctes ccenaeque even in the company of the gods affected his nerves for some time afterward. On the 6th of July he gave a supper at the Mitre to Johnson, Gold smith, Tom Da vies. Dr. Ogilvie and some others, on which occasion the doctor ut tered his memorable witticism about the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever see. Blackwood's. Beautiful cities. Lucerne, in Switzerland, and Garuiisch, in Bavaria, have usually been accorded two of the most beautiful towns in Europe. Berlin is considered the health iest, Stockholm and Christianja coming next, the death rate of these cities, as a rule, being the lowest on the continent. London, too, occupies a favorable posi- i tion after those mentioned. But places like Rome and Venice run up high death rates. The unbealthiest place in the world is Alexandria. Notwithstanding its unvarying fine weather, its 300 foun tains and its soft sea breezes, the death rate there reaches 52.9 per 1,000. New castle (England) Chronicle. J. C. Kennedy, Roamok , Tenn., says, "I cannot say too much tor DeWitt'a Witch Hazel Salve, one box of It cured what the doctors called an Incurable ul cer on my jaw." Cures piles and all skin diseases. Look out for worthless imitations. Dr. T. C. Smith. 1 The Gazette waut ads. brin-- but? re turns. . j Woods seeds, i Grant's pharmacy. Bvery woman covets a shapely, pretty figure, and many of them deplore the loss of their girlish forms after marriaze. The bearing of children is very destructive to the mother's shapeliness, This can be avoided, however,, oy tne use oi Friend be- : U :' -T-:: Mother's fore baby; nn comes, as uns w scientific lini- ' rain. It is woman's remedy, will be, sent , ksquutok; MiHru i, mmf And Yet the Faet Were Rather On of the Ordinary. Four or five traveling men around the hotel stove had been talking about teeth, when one of them got up and, saying "Good night," went off to bed. "Did you notice what fine teeth that party had?" said a man from St. Louis. "He won't acknowledge they are false, or rather he insists that they are his own. and yet he doesn't quite tell the truth. My brother is a dentist in Kansas City, and this man lives there, and my brother does his work for him. Not that he tells me anything, but merely as an incident, for everybody who knows the man knows the circumstances. "His teeth are his own. and at the same time they are false. You don't un derstand, so I'll explain. He always had unusually fine teeth, but about rive years ago they showed signs of Riggs' disease, an affection which causes the gums to recede from the roots, leaving them ex posed some distance down from the en ameled surface, hi aggravated cases or where the person is very sensitive the dis ease is very painful, and it is almost im possible to relieve it. To cure it is prac tically impossible, for the gums will not grow back again. "This man was of the sensitive kind, and although physicians and dentists tried their skill mi him tbty could do nothiug, and he suffered so that at last he told my brother to extract every tooth in his mouth and put false ones in for him. As nothiug else could be done, my brother followed instructions and pulled-every tooth. They were all in per fect condition, and as my brother looked them over, regretting that his patient was forced to give tbeni up, a novel idea occurred to him which he at once told to the other man, who agreed to it willingly. This was that instead of making artificial teeth, as was the usual custom, these same teeth be used exactly as if they were artificial. "My brother, who is a first class den tist always, was more than ordinarily careful on this job, and when he had "amounted the teeth in a plate measured to a hair's breadth and slipped them into his patient's mouth they fitted as if they had grown there, as it were, and now there Isn't one man in a thousand can tell that they are false, if indeed false they are. At the same time there isn't any more Riggs' disease to trouble him." Wash ington Star. A KEEN, CLEAR PRATN. Tour best feelings, your social posi tion or business success depend largely on the perfect action of your stomach aud liver. Dr. King's New Life Pills I give increased strength, a keen, clear brain, high ambition. A 25 cent box will make you feel like a new being. Sold by all druggists. Potato bread is used by the natives oi Thuringia to feed their horse", especially when they are worked hard in very cold weather. The animals thrive on it, and their health and strength are excellent. Bean the yj 1 WM ' ou nan AITOJfS The Rind Yon Haw Always Bought The Indians of the interior of Boliria wear shirts and hats made of the bark of a tree, which is soaked in water to soften I the fiber and then beaten to make it plia I ble. . A WOMAN'S AWFUL. PERIL, j "There is only one chance to save j your life and ifchat is through an oper ation," were the startling words icaxd I by Mrs. I. B. Hunt, of Lime Ridge, ' Wis.; from her doctor after he had valn , ly tried to cure her of a frightful case of stomach trouble and yellow jaundice. Gall stones had formed and she con stantly grew worse. Then she began to use Electric BHters, which wholly cured her. It's a wonderful Stomach, Liver and Kidney remedy. Cures Dyspepsia, Loss of Appetite. Try It. Only 50 ots. Guaranteed. For sale by all drugg'.s. ilia Only Want. Billionaire's Daughter You wrong him. papa. He does not love me for my mon ey. He scoffs at the world's sordid eager ness for wealth. Papa What proof have you. child? Billionaire's Daughter Why. only last night he told me ho didn't care if he was never able to make a penny in his life if he only had me. he ancients believed that rheuma tism was the work of a fl mon wiithin a man. Any one who has an attack of sciatic or Inflammatory rheumatism will agree that the infliction is demo niac enough to warrant the belief. It has never been claimed that Chamber lain's Pain Balm would cast out de mons, tut it will cure rheumatism, and hundreds bear testimony to the truth of this statement. One application re lieves the pain, and this quick relief which it affords is alone worth many times its' cost. For sale by C. A. Ray sor, druggist. A Veiled Insinuation. It is told of a rather stout lady from Wichita who boarded a street car in Kansas City that she became angry be cause three men in a bunch rose and of fered her their seats. Kansas City Star. HOMESEEKER3' EXCURSIONS. On May 1 and 16 and on June 5 and 19 the C. H. & D. railway will sell spe cial excursion tickets to those desirous of seeking homes in the west, south and northwest. Call on nearest C. H. & D. agentroTjfull particulars. Howard A. Havent Wright C. Stout MEMBERS OF THIS . New York Stock Exchange, New York Cotton Exchange, Chicago Board of Trade. HAVEN & STOUT, Bankers and Brokers. NASSAU STREET, CORNER WALL. NEW YORK. ' Deposit accounts received, subject to 3heck on demand. Interest credited monthly on daily balances. Accounts of banks, corporations, firms Mod lsdlvlduaas received on favorable terms. Coupons, Interest, dividends, notes, drafts collected for our correspondents. Orders executed for the purchase or ale on wmmiaston, of bonds, stocks. Investment or carried on margin. CHente may .telegraph, orders and la ttructiona at our expense. Conies of i rturLC d : j COLUMN, j W W W WW " W w w W TTTf MISCELLANEOUS. ' FURNITURE AND OTHER ROUSE hold goods will be sold today (10th May) at southwest corner oi court house,, at x:15 o'clock, by E. Coffin, autcroneer. Anything1 snt by any one between 10 and 12 o'clock to be sold at auction will be received. . WANTED SECOND-HAND SAFE. Burnett & Lambert. 5-9-3t. WANTED A FEW HI VI OF BEES; prefer patent hives. Apply at No. 10 North Court -Square. 80-3c. i LOST. Bunch three small keys and brass lock attached to aluminum chain. Finder will return to 65 South French Broad avenue and receive re ward. 78-St. FOR RENT. Nine room Louse, corner Charlotte and Chestunt streets. On car line and paved street, and in good repair. Apply to Whitson and Keith, atty. 78-et. ROOM AND TABLE BOARD in pri vate family. Table very best the market affords; centrally located; on oar line; terms very low. Address H, Gazette. 77tf. WANTED, AT ONCE, BY FAMILY of two, unfurnished house with mod ern improvements, on desirable street. Address "C. B.," at Gazette office. 78-tf. NURSE OF EXPERIENCE desires po sition, in the city or out. Address by mail or in person, Mrs. A. L. Rir.gr. No. 3 Park Place, Asheville, N. C. Best of recommendations. 76-12t. I TELLIGENCE OFFICE AL kinds of help furnished, on short notice to suit northern or southern peopl ; good reeommen "atlons. John Smith, 15 N. Main st. 'Phone 6&0. DOES THIS INTEREST YOU? WE have customer for purchase of nice little home with garden and yaru in good neighborhood, on or near street car line; also" customer for laTge boarding house or small hotel for rent for summer; also customers for 5, 6, 7 and 8 room unfurnished houses, well constructed, with modern conven iences and in rood neighborhood. Wilkie & LaBarbe, Real Estate Brok ers, 23 Pat'ton ave., 'phone 661. MISS NORA WARE-Planlst and teach er In stringed Instruments. Corner o4 Spruce and Woodfln streets. FOUUD. :4c4(;4 FOUND, between Asheville and Bilt- more, two gold rings, which the own er or owners can obtain by leaving a , description of the same at the office of the Morning Gazette, together with a statement of the time when the same were lost. May 6, 1900. 5-6-lmo. ROOMS-lNicely furnished for light 1 . 1. yB 1 i AA TT- M 63-26t FOR RENT. OR RENT Comfortably furnished house, No. 115 Chestnut street; newly painted; street paved; seven rooms; also atore room, cellar, servants' room and barn; neighborhood unex celled. Apply on premises. 75-Ct. FOR RENT Very pleasant rooms, un furnished; use of kitchen for light housekeeping ddress A. J. H., Ga zette. 74-6t FOR RENT One boarding house, 12 rooms, all modern conveniences and electric lighs; on newly paved street. Also one seven-room cottage, one fur nished and one unfurnished fl -t all modern conveniences. Apply to O. D. Revell, 32-34 Baton ave. FOR RENT Furnished flat in new building with family of three. Elec tric lights and use o' bath; one block from square; no sick people. Address L.B., box 702, Asheville, N. C. 73tf FOR SALE. FOR SALE Or exchange town los and land in Florida. Address Z. L., care of Gazette. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE. Lo at Plnebluff, N. C. Address N. S. M care Gazette. t REMARKABLE CURE OF RHEUMA TISM.' Kenna, Jackson Co., W. Va, About three years ago m wife had an attack of rheumatism w ch confined her to he bed for over a month amd ren dered her unable to walk a step With out assistance, her limbs were swolen to double their normal size. Mr. S. Mad dox insisted on my using Chamberlain's Pain Balm. I purchased a fifty cents bottle and used It according to the di rections and the next morning she walk.d to breakfast without assle umce in any manner, and she has ot had a similar attack since. A. B. Parsons. For sale by C. A. Raysor, druggist. In almost every neighborhood there Is some one whose life has been saved by Chamberlains Colic, Cholera and Diar rhea Remedy, or h , has been cured of chronic diarrhoea by the use of that medicine. Such persons make a point 01 telling of it wh never Tortundty offers, hoping that it may be the means of saving Other lives. For sale by C A. Raysor, druggist. ! - ! Ill MARRIAGE LICENSES Jim Couch and Dosia Hare were granted license to marry yesterday byJ the register of deeds. APRIL SHO ERS Wash away the fllith and waste that have accumulated during the winter. In lik. manner I'ood's Sarsaprlla e.-jels from the blood impunities that have b n deposi ed du ring the season when there las been but litta perspire tion and perhaps constant confinerient In impure and vitiated -r. I- Is a boon to tired mothers, housekeepers, thch ers and others who spend their tlm In- tie atij, bun Yiii ers New THE WHEELER. OPEN ALL THE YEAR AROUND.) One hundred and twenty-five bed rooms. Altitude 2,252 Feet. 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