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StBT j&utt Wjio IZtb Wo Jfsura J7os T$s Fiamr, DmVjmt. VOL 71. DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1890. NO. 5 PQ17DER Absolutely Purea TliU p'tf'-r never faneH Anarveloi , ttrily, itji whuiM men m-. lAi ta econoiuiia tun tlie ur l n iry kia-'f, and cannot be lia co npjii ion with m i lituie of .it tott, abort weight ihim or pit wuiiatd inwl.int &i6f en-'v in . KoVat. UICI 1'WDKS Ifc , llWU'aiJSU N. V B-dlert of best qnllty, iron or steel nude of to sheets. Engine! Tobxc F.ctiry tnacUier, Cttton Frtsaes, s and Gi is mills, KU-ta tn for K (-try Warvbounes, Stores tod Machinery generally. W II TAIVEV. HVCESSOB TJ TArrtY& I'CUrEV. rettcii'iu jr. ? Vhg'iiia oct 30.1y. Thaxion & Waikins, JOBBERS Notions, White GOOD. I PANT GOO D3, OVERALLS, VtDlE DKESS GOODS &C 14 8. Fourteenth St, Richmond, Ya. K. A. Br Uher, Saletuan or mid dleN. C. feU27. Biffl&H ' MAEBLS lOfil all aaj rtto1IIa Mnri, RALEIGH, ... . . N O BraicSYifl kiler's OU Stan?, FAVKTTKVILLE, k. c f attaaftwtar af a ataS Vwumd Ii tm ta MtfWl ar OrsaltM. am Oum, lMMlat.lt ttada af WatUm Wwt.Carfat.f Fmi. MrfK, I tU. . Wwrk atlMrtiMMMMl aajaaj ipsa at uet. " IDI33IC3HLJS OfitlawtrtlM lpt M ka4 Mdwt M ailitiaw apva ileu-. CIIAS. A. GOODWIN, Proprietor, rlHI Cemetery No.e3. Persons in Dm ham ami ad- joining counties wishing to mark the grave of a relative V'lct, Tomb, or Head and iot Mono, can do bo at a erjr uniall outlay, as wc have the largest stock ol finished work of any aimilar establishment, in MA1BI.I AHO rOUSUED OKAKITE. Best Workmanship and Lowest Prices! O ADD CSS BROTIIEHS. 1 Oil North thai lm St., ttallliiiore Wtka til H. rharl-a hi. Established 60 Years mm nntM WMAtf mil. SI tM rm vhihiviwi rat pun. tv. lp Ueumra n, f III H.M.WIKH.I.RT.M KO USE FOR LEAGUE. SCOItlXGTHEAFIlICAN CONVENTION". Hpv. Aii'lrew J. Chambers a Promt iicii t Colore! Man of North Carolina, Inoiiit 'e.H the JN-cettt Meet Ana of N grrooH a ltitit-l uattPre j ml iced. Clt'eafO Bxrsld IJev. Andrew J. Chamber, pastor of the Alncitn alethouut hpwopal flmrch of Durham, N. (J., and the lj regulurly flu ted delegate from tliut Sute to the late Afro-American League, which met in Chicago, ii itiimftiMin'il'iii his 'deuunciutioi of the theory and methods of the convention, iixm wliici he chars-:-Jt'fiula of liberty of t-jet-eU. llr. Chainbcrs w a young ina!i of fine tdilresi, whose H'.viueiice ha won hih pr.iiMt from the I te Henry YV. tiraily mA other distinguished tih- turs ot ihe bOLtu. He fipeaks with fttdom and has at r.vidy command a wealth of afj)niriute words. "I tit eled, said lie, "idele ,"t? from the onlr colored leneuein Xori h Carolina in order tlit I might ire here oJeisy ir.-m nif ttlacein tl:ul liody tliut the colored people of the South suffer from nnr unusual and iuhumaa treatment at the baud of the white lieotile of that section. Every little personal en counter between a white man and nt'gn m tunniSed and the whole sec ton nalheniatiueu as one sore potof the republic. It is about time that the ?elf-r-ecting colored people of tho South call a halt to the trad iteers it their white neiuh- bois. Uut thirty were all cut and tried before 1 readied tbicaco. fhetdsct had srone forth that Dixie must be damned and no negro de fender of that maligned rezion could be beard amid" the tumult of the northern mob. 'Thew was lift call - from the South for thecotir -ntiou Uut for mr personal efforts to secure official lecoguition in tbr.tlady there would have been not a single league in that Stale, and consequently no de legate. I organized the league that there might lie do question as to the legality of my t akin or a seat in the contention, uud thus be afforded an opportunity to bo beard in defense of my neighbors and mends of the 3oth. Ker. ilr. Price of ray State w.prcs'nt as a signer of the cull, but it required a tote of that body to entitle him t the privilege of participation in its proceedings. As a fact the contention was composed mostly oi not hern delegates. "It is true that a ereat number f ci'lored people are tearing North Carolina, but not because of perse cution. -They hare had three crop failures in succcjion and they seek Utter Brfricultural resion. If persecuted b? do they not fly frem it to the free North where rhilunthropistscook pigs aad place them vponthedoorsleps of negroes? Instead, their are going to the Miss issippi Valley of the South where persecution are as unjustly charged as in my own State. "I do not claim that ererTthinn is as felicitous at the South as could be desired: nor can this be so in anr community of chrifteudotn where there is a superabundant population of it lately euianripatcd race, t was reared in'Ohio within four miles of General Grant's tirthpUce. Color, ed people were persecuted there. I hey couiiin i aiienn enurcu except in a hoar, oecaue ol auaults et white rubble. Vt hen a boy I would U sent lo the potoflice by my mother una baa to uoage around comers t) escape the attacks of .bit j boys, sound oVjIitionistswho vokd the republican ticket, and these attacks were in. do upon me solelr because I was a negro. nai iini ii a uouc io moony sen timcnt in Ohio, time will also do at the South. "The hite peoplo of the South met it more of commiseration from mankind than of curses from the negro, becaufe of the . complex and dillicult problems which address themsidtes to them for adjustment. "I diluted from the sentiments roiced by the convention, but was denied the opportunity of expresv ing that dksviit. The norlhera do legates were so olicious for us ( the South that they would not suf fer me. a poor negro of the South. to lay ono word in defense of that section, although more than one ef fort was made in this direction. They complain of restrietion of free ppeech at the South, vet here in the State of Lincoln, Grant and Logan they deuy the right of liberty of upeecb to a man of their own race, because ho does not indicate a pur pose to slauder every minietcr, mer. chant, lawyer, physician and planter in the land in which he lives, the 8ud ministers, lawyers, merchants. physicians and planters represent ing me race tuat is tne atari and stay of the lif, liberty and real happiness the n oes of tho South enjoy. I warned them that I should combat the theory upon which the convention is founded and peremp torily declined to accept tho position of vice president, because I shall not ouly resign from the local league at Durham and advise it to disband, but shall uls do all in my "power to conviace the colored people that no Afro-Amerieao league can usurp the functions of organic law ia the various States of the republic nor abrogate the functiouscf individual autonomy. "Had 1 le n poi mitted to address the coiiveiitiou 1 titiuld bavo told tome plain tiuths. I fchoulj have deuiiuticed it as a conveution with death an agecmeut with heit. To Ssouuk- it to ba a necessity is to assail the civiJizAtiou if Americi to confess the failure of n ro ciiizanhip and to procUiiu tha ides that the masses are nobler than the man. I came e pecially to deny that any cjtll goes up liotn the itegnxis of the South tor the patronizing fiiuuUldo of the wdoud nt- n of the uoiib, who m ith all their bua4td frecdoa. rve remained Jo Air on the ladder of menial pjwers nod ittd tiitriat prortsj tliau the uegrovt of the wt.r-ravi-hed etion. I ttfite to tay that aside from tnoradic eviU, wbicu arelameuied by our whole pop illation, and would prev. il uuder like aulecedeut conditions in iLe must civiliz d tcciety on the globe, wc nit the tarn; happy part of the Autcaicuo people. 1 was oppoatd fco the ootu bastic ex.eches which the fi enziel an J d frothy spenkeisdare tot make ia MittsiMippi, because no man has a rivhl to make a fire that U to cremate bU fellow man without that Icllow mau's constat. This thing of t tie rut tlepated negro mndescnpU of the North vilifymgthe best and only prac tical every day friends of the southern nrgroes has cone to the limit ol tiUnt endurance. At leant, as a citu.-n oi that maligned secloin, 1 will not in do;st by dumbness the damnable twaddle of a uour uurtht-ra mob tuat aniai s the vlituc, honor audchriiao character of evtry white man of the South, who, Lke the white man of the Aortb and cf the world, ii true to ha man instincts, habitat lav and the I qu itiei of I h a ti tuaUon. 'J bis farcical pantomime of arsons tint has never dieliuguUhed itself In human hiotory challtrginj the civilization cf this tie nifct luminous age since Adam walked away from the gatis of Eden, and pufiiug tha foam of impo tbcy in the tcctb of thonder-tongutd destiny, wojld be humorous if it were not'as tradegy. The whiUt race is Gufl's flsmlng chariot circling the globe with its achievements if genius. "X lament the loss to this land oi Mr Qrady, who struggled to get the descendants of cavaliers aud pu ritans on a platform cf common raui otitm and tne negro on that of coo niou tense. It is an cutisgeoua ctc tempt of pr prie;y that the tero should clothe himself in the cait-ofl gaimcuts of the white man's achieve ments aud then whine because the new tuit is dtuied to bim. it wou.d have u fleet td sotue crvdtt en the race if the bsgue convention hud told tte American tegroanJ whu-pertd simtlur iufi rmuiou into its own our that toe two lit v five years of negio citueutthit doe not equal the twelve Luad:ed vears of Aniilo-Saxou progrcts i that the Oi'luiott of m.Lkiud its eventually, just; list bo'iebty and tcoaomy- re mote noletjtiai tuaa uairci lu nut. ti uut; that there aie human fight ntccedtut to all law which nil law mn contravene: that they should adiust themselves to the republic in stead of tiy fog to bend the republic to themselves; that iby owe lueit totieincs for loliicr aiudbtucnti to eoittact with the white nun of tht world; that libet ty is indh i i:al opt or. tuuitv on the tce of human action thus t o h gue ou eaith and no law betwi en Leaven atd hell can remove the turn ot tmpoU'Lcy tut o th ncgio's eje: that the race et joMinrt ot Luiusu rights and has sutl'crtd k'H to obuin the tiuhts tLau t ny .hCr I ace in ncordid buUry, aud that nu j-aiubow road leads to the realms of a Newton, Galileo, Columbus, Edison and Morse I st3a l of wasting the sabstancfl of :; race with partially communis w league, officered by salaried that will, like the loousts ot Ij:;y;. o tsune the glory of Ethi opia'j i4 -U devour the remnant of her foddor. the race had best bestir itcelf before foreigu immigration and Uritush gold sets southward and mtn imizes its opportunities. "There were do railroad pre-Menta. nank: caoinerj, me; chant princes or eminent engineers in this league con vent ion. fjot a man was there of ns all who baa enriched the world by one bcnthccnt appliance. JNo great , in dustry did we represent in the western fonder of industry. No ships are tailing tho seai at our command; Lon don aod Jjtverpool t!o not. know us. L'hicao, iiodlon, Baltimore and New York tjever feel their monetary sinews plac.'ied or expaudal hy the financial dugervof the race w hose self-appointed guaadiana organ Iz-d leagues hos,e duty shall bo , to shake gory lo k at the phalanx of hutuau depra riy, f tending in every lowu and hamlet of the South. " If we cannot !6 in 'ti on the lines of human cxpe tienca, individual worth and p rsoaal frorega we should admit our capacity for manhooj development." ' ?old to nu English fryndicate. TitESToif, N. J , Jan. 20. The reported sale of five of the potteries of this city to an English syndicate is confirmed. They are the Crecent and Delaware companies, the Inter national, the Prospect Hill and Mer cer companies. The amount invoi ced u about $1,400,000 Willie-That'san awful pretty doll of yours, Grscie. I wonder what' i!) i ro.ii'in t!iey alwaysmike dolls to look like little girk i Grnt e'Cautie girls are prettier than boys. , "I know it, but it em t me T'j'tv strange tney aon't m.tke a hoy dll s itnelime. Now this one of you: s can roll its eves op and down, and sort of talk, you know, Grade, and' . "And call out 'pap J' when yon squet-ze it. " "1 en, that s what makes it seem so strange. Girls don't do that, yon know. -Toronto Globd. A Fatal Collision. WrsTPoisT, Ga, January 20 fatal collision occurod hot ween Whites and blacks here Saturdav uisht Both ' sides were infl iroed with liquor when the first collision occured ii the evening. In at'embt- irtg to quell the disturdancn, Deputy Marsnai uuraeue received serious nife wcuud iu the back. This further enrsged the wnites, who pwraded the streets nuttll 3 o'clock iu the morning, w uen a more serious encou n?er occur ed, knives, pistols, and shouguns being freely med. When the battle endeb it was found that Nolan Shell was shot through the heart and killed, Alex Davidson had received a ballet wound in the leg, and Ves!ey Free man was dving from the effects of a pistol ball in the groin. The three an were colored. The whites es:a ptd wi h little Injury. ExpositlonProsrct In Congress. Hew Ttk Star, The passnge of the resolution of fered by the Committee on Kules materially improves the chances for a World s fair in New York. There seems to be no dispute about the tally of 111 yeas and 142 nays on the vote for a special committee of thirteen to replace theCbicagocom- tlltf IA fit, fiir.il.. .ffillM !h L. iiiiiucvi .wiviu nuaiii iu ,uv VUUa iderathn of the Columbus celebra tion. That means a fair and favor able hearing of the claims of the metropolis. now the votes were rcall v cast on Thursday, when the names of mem bers sick at their homes were calami v recorded as present and voting, no one can tell. Had it not been for the energetic and indomitable cham pionship of Representative Flower, - , , i , . iew ions wouia prouaoiy nave been left in the lurch by the vaga ries of the tally clerk. Uur good friend, Mr. Sprinirer. of Illinois was also helpful to the right side bv his inquisitive and pertinacious sense of justice, which, forcing a review of a minor tally, brought out strongl v the fact that the Chicago forces were, by a narrow margin, ia minority in the House? A LIVELY MILL IN A BANK ING HOUSE. . Prominent Citizens Engage In an Aiiray. :. Wilmington Star , WlLSOx. N ' C. . Januarv 22 This morning, between 10 and 11 o clock, Calvin Barnes, a Drominent citizan ol Wilson, went to the banking bouse of Branch A Uo. to consult with Mr. A. Branch regarding an account that he owed Branch, Biggs & Co. Tho lie was passed between them, and Mr Barnes knocked Mr. Brsnoh through the window of the couutiujr room and followed this op with a number of blws. Air. J. u liales, cajb'er of the bank, bearing the noise, ran to see what was the matter aud tried lo part the combatants, when Mr. Jas, dterretc, a step sod ol Mr. Barnes not knowing Sir. Uales Intention-knock ed him down and commanded him to stay thai e. Alter Mr. Urauch got up all three. Branch; Barnes and Sterretr, started out of the bank. At the ftont door Mr. Sterre.t turned, after ho and Mr. Barnes bad Started dovru the street. and gave Mr. B. auch a stuniug blow winch came very near fcllinz him to the fl tor. Tbd parties then sepa rated. Some fear was entertained that the dtficulty would be renewed. So all of tee parties were placed under a peace dodo. Ail went well until about 3 o'clock p: m. Mr. Jas. Marshbnrn, township cortstab.e, was sent to arrest Mesjers. Barnes and S.errett and take them before a magistrate, and while he with his prisoners was on the opo siie side of the streets, Mr. Branch ran out and began fireing at 'Mr Banes The balls went wide of their mark, but unfortanstely one of them lodged in the left heel of the constable. Nobodr would b!amA ITnele Ham it he were to take the youngster Mo n tana Into tne national woodshed and there wear oat a few ihiuzles on the oUlreperous youth The badland dbitnrbaDca ia beeominir a 'tnf) too pronounced and prolonged. Ctiicago Mail. Bargains of Wealth. Baltimore Americas. The United States Senate is in all respects the jrratest branch of any Legislature. To be a member of it is a su nreme honor. Its high charac ter has come from high statesman' ship. "To maintain its estimation in the public mind the best men must be made Senators. Popular sentiment in this country quickly guages politic cal capacity. It is not easily hum bugged. How ioportan is it there fore, that the itandsri ol the senate should be zealously maintained. The way to do this is t j make its prizes the reward of brains and not the bargains of wealth. A Sam Jones Story. A eeod story is told on Rev. Sam Jones an incident that happened when the wellaonwn preacher first started in evangeustio work. He went to a small town and was told that he would have a hard time In the church, as there were numerous feuds existing between the members, snd two brothers, who both belong ed to the church, never spoke to each ether, nor did their families, The night for opening the meeting arrived. Mr Jones entered the church while the choir snd congregation were singing: "Cosj. uH taaS; Coma, aad aroud m ttaiul. O. bMf M in; oa year taowj wlaft TaaiJ laiBMrtal .." When the center of the church was reached Mr. Jones stopped in tbe aisle, waved his hat at lbs choir and shouted: "Stop! Stop that singing!" Tbe music ceased at once, snd Mr. Jones continued t That's not a fit song to be sing ing in this church. I ana told that theie are brothers and couiias who belonff here and vet don't apeak to each other. INow do you think there is any asnger oi Bearing tow wining of angles' wings beneath thereof with Mich state of affairs? You won't hear say kind of wings rustle ss long is that sort of thing keeps up, un ices it's a buzzard s wings." The two brothers made irieode be fore the meeting broke np. - ' Ever since the newspapers origina ted the story that la grippe is partial to ereat men. Ben Harrison has br en banging his nose out of the window of nights but all in vain, Sew Or- kaA$ Slates. Stsnl.y writes that his head U snow crowned, the result of btuy carts. STATE NEWS. ' aMKBMM Sparks from Our Exchanges. Lumberton Robeson ian: There must be a good deal of activity anions' tnrnentinn men. indoin from the number of liens we are selling. t ,, Maxton Union: Wi lunm flint the oil mill at Rowland is running rearularlv. Messrs. RrnnlraRivw are patting np a steam saw mill on Lumber River at the C. F. & Y. V. Kail way crossing i Goldsboro Areua: The WnM- f ul Roman Catholic church, that is neanng completion in this city, on William street, will be dedicated on the third Sunday of February with imposing services in which Bishops Haid and North rope and a number of theclercrv will officiate, uud at which the public will be welcome. Raleish Visitor: Col. Heetr. Mi- Bilvew and other srentlomen en gaged in the grape culture, will, we urdeidtand largely increase the coming season. - This is good news, evidently shows that tha culture of the vine has been marked withtvw cuniary success in this s:ction. Oxford Ledger: Mr. E. C. Dar. , who recentlv contracted a roma.nt.Mt marriasre in : Henderson to a ladV from Mississippi, wjO advertised for a husband and a correspondence fol lowed which resulted in annion. ha come to grief early in his honey moon, lie was arrested in Oxford Friday night on a charge of forgery committed in Clarksrille, Va. Charlotte Chronicle : There is a movement on foot amon&r some of the members of the Second Presby terian ( hurch to bui'd a chapel at the Alpha Mill. There is a mission established there, which is in a suf ficiently prosperous condition to warrant the erection of a church. The matter will assume a definite . shape in the near future. ' Raleieh News -and Observer: Twenty-seven car loads of immi grants have passed through here going Soath sirce Saturday nichL Messrs. Lyles and others, rep resentatives of the United States Census Department, have arrived in this city, and are making their in vestigations in this county to ascer tain the amount of indebtedness of the State. Thirteen fertilizer licensee have been issued by the State Treasurer since December 1st, the beginning of the fiscal year. Yesterday morning licenses were issued to the following firms: S. W. Traverse & Co., Richmond, for the sale of "National Fertilizer"; Rich mond Chemical Works, for "Cham pion Acid Phosphate"; Lester's Ag ricultural Chemical Woiks of Ne wark, N. JM for "Lester's Dissolved Bone" and "Lester's Success Phos phate"; J. R. Long&Co., Baltimore, for "Long's Prepared Chemicals"; Stono Phosphate Co., Charleston, for "Stono Soluble Guane." The farmers of Kansas are burn ing corn for fuel, as cool costs (5 per ton, and corn only 4 per ton, and corn is quite as good a fuel as coal It seems that there is always a way to make the government pro tect every other industry but that of farming, but the farmers psy the taxes, burn their corn and vote for war and monopoly tariff taxes. Philadelphia Timet. De Lesseps' Panama Canal project is under investigation by a French Governmen Commission, with a view to determining the practicability of a resumption of the enterprise. Out of the profits of her wonderful industrial recupsration France has thrown $370, 000,000, into this money-dsvourlng ditch. Tbe investment, is already so large that the sanguine ft reach Will add to it, rather than abandon it, if there be a gleam of hope of ultimata success. X. Y. Com. Advtrtiter. Gov. Foraker has floundered In ths mire during this whole investiga tion aod sunk deeper at every effort. W hen the evidence is all In he will go out of sight altogether, and bis friends may property put up an inex pensive headboard with this legend in scribed thereupon; "Even in Ameri can politicta it pays to plsy a square gsme," Xeto York Etrald. Lenoir Topic: There is a good deal of building go'ng oa at Blowing Rock.
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