North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. 76 NO. 25. . ESTABLISHED 1820 If oil 'lie signs can be depended upon-, history has retired from tho repenting business and disposed of its stock and good will. The Kentucky distilleries will have to run double time to couu- leruct the effects of the cloudbursts which have recently occurred in that Btate, and to keep the wily politicians in 'fire water." They will wed a lot of it for thier "denh fellows'' between this an election evenin.g " When we recall that Mr. Sewall wps put upin order that he might "put up," his treatment at St Louis seems rather shabby. The Texas middIe-o-theroad.stcrs went down w ith their boot and whiskers en and succeeded in landing squarely on Mr. Scwall's neck. , North Carolina was in the swim at the St. Louis Populist convention until somebody rob bed Harry Skinner and Buck Kitchin of all their cash, $30 and $ 80. These amounts show conclusively that , neither of these gentlemen are on the com mittee to handle the camp'iitrn fund. - Prempknt St. Jniix, uf the S. A. L; ban gent his ultimatum to the Southern States Freight Asso ciation as to the1" cut rates re cently adopted by his road. What he rays to the Southern is plain and emphatic a sort of raising of the "black flag" and "no quarter" to a finish. If you want to ship anything, or travel, now is an op portune time Senator Marion Butler, of this State, is as proud as a roos ter with Lis first i-purs. The cause of his peacock strides that he has been electa! chair man of the Populist national committee by reason of his great party service, and will run that part of tie business this year to suit himself. Chairman Jones has appointed W. P. St. John, of New York, treasurer of the Democratic national commit tee. . The nomination by the Popu lirt convention at tit. Louis ot Tom Watson, of Georgia, for vice president was in accord with the 'eternal fitness" of thing. lie and other people are now given an opportunity to get an explicit answer to his famous question "where am I atf It would b well for the people to know where the candidates are "at" whether they are paid tools for human oppression or friends of the oppressed, before voting. y It is fo-tunate for Charlotte, and the cause of justice every where, that Jos. P. Myers, the Charlotte absconding Seaboard Air Line employee, has been caught in New York, and will be brought back to answer for the f.l.yo he embezzled from that road. Since the good peo pie of Charlotte attempted to wake a martyr of Sunday school superintendent Holland for per sistently robbing a bank, seve ral other have tried to emulate him, the morbid sentifTiTnt having become both contagious an1 infectious. A RKLtutova mania is sweep ing over the eastern part of the State. It is "nantiilcation," as preached ty Rev, Mr. Crumpler. and people are flocking Into the "new fangled" religion by the thousands. The Rwletgh cor respondent of the Wilmington Messenger, in speaking of the craze, says: "The remits of the meeting held by the "santiflca tlonlst," Mr. Crumpler, are shown in tho fact that six of the victims of religions mania cause 1 by his teaching and preaching are in the asylum here. And yet this is In North Carolina, where people last year laughed at "Schlatter, the heal er, and his poor dopes." AN OITTKAGH AT CUMNOCK. . This seems to be a year of disaster and crim. On every side there are reports of mur ders and homicides of the most shocking kind, to say. nothing of catastrophes of every descrip tion in which thousands of lives havo been taken Saturday there was a shocking murder at Cumnock mines in Chatham county, as will be seen from the following special to the Raleigh News and Obser ver: v Lynn Barbee missed some money, and the manwho now lies suffering with a pistol shot wound was suapicioned of bav. ing taken it. About a dozen miners c ubbed up and took the supposed thief out and search ed him. After finding no monoy on his person Davis forced him to kneel down and shot him in the mouth wi h a pistol. The ball shattered bis jaw bone and was found in his ton gue. A doctor removed the pieces of bone, and it is thought the nvin will receover. Davis took the train here last night and skipped out. HOW THE imiTIHII SEE IT. Great Britain seems to be be twrcn two fires this year and 110 matter which way the election iu the United SUitcsgoes it will dam tigo their interests. The London Giole Tuesday afternoon, in dis cussing the matter, said: "There is a clear i-sue between the gold standard t-llied to extreme protec tion and free coinage coupled with confiscatory' socialism. Whether, McKinley or Bryau is elected, j British interests are bound to suf-j fi r. While the victory of McKiu- j ley is certain to harass our trade! with the I niled Mates, Hint or Bryant could uot fail to produce m ' a iiiiiHiciiii convulsion wiucn might hake the old world to iU very-fiUiuLition." Ill.tiUHYED II IH OPINION. Senator J.ie Blackburn, of Ken tucky, with all of his brusqucuess at times, never cares to olTend his conslitti-nb when be run avoid it At Wt that is what Col. thus. II. Jones, of the St. Louis' Post- Di.xpatt h says. In proof 'of this !-tatcmrht be relates that once the Senator when in St. Louis accept ed an invitation to attend a liter ary club, the session being devoted to wro-tlmg with the problem, "Which is the Greatest Character of Shakteare, Hamlet or Mac (nth?" When tho members had concluded their exercise the Pres ident turned to Senator Joe and asked him which lie regarded as the greatest. The Senator, usually so fluent, ssetned to be slightly embarrassed. "Well," he replied as jast, slow ly, like one in profound thought, "well, you so, sir, a large number of my constituents regard Hamlet as Shakespeare's greatest charac ter, while on the contrary a great many favor Macbeth for that posi tion. Under the circumstauces I truit you-will pardon me, but I leel that I must reserve my opin ion." , 1 UK lt.Ti: WAIt UTOPPEIh The rate war, that has been on fur sometime between the Sea board Air Line and the other roads, and which is just now be ginning to get interesting to shijf pen and those who travel, has been stopped for tho present at least The following special from Flat Rock, X. ft, and published in yes terday's papers will explain itsell: A bill iu equity was presented to Judge Simonton Unlay Asking for aninjunction against the Seaboard Air Lino, Southern Railway and all other roads, enjoying them from continuing the rate war. Judge Simonton granted the In juction enjoing tho Seaboard Air Lino from continuing to operate their cut-rate and enjoining Com missioner Ilanes and the other roads from putting the 80 per cent, cut inlo efl'ecl; enjoining, all cuts of every description; requiring all pun 1 tics to show causa before him at Greenville on the 15th prox imo why injunction should not l)e made permanent This stops the rate war absolutely for the present until the motion can lie heard. LETTEH I'JtOM HltV'A.VH HOME. Prof. A.W. Wilson, of this city, has received a letter from his brother, Hon E. Wilson, of Ne braska the home of Billie Bryan in which he eulogizes the "Silver Knight" and wiuts to know what North Carolina is go ing to do. Mr. Wilson is person ally acquainted with "Billie" and says a finer man never lived. From the letter we were jermitted to make the following extracts: "I trust North Caroliua is rolid for our 'Billie' Bryan. lie is more than tho highest eulogy that has been written regarding him; is as easily approached as a school boy; is as pure and true as tuauhood can be erected; is an intellectual giant; his peer as an orator is not living and, his coritsie is right. "He is one of the people and his supporters and admirers are not confined to his own political party. Nebraska is strongly Republican but it is conservatively estimated that be will carry the State by 30,000. "lie will sweep every State from the Missouri river to the Pa cific ocean. If the South will give us a solid vote and we can get one of the following States Iowa, Ill inois or Indiana we will have free silver and good times. I be lieve wo will carry all three of J.he Stales enumerated." In closing Ins letter Le said: "LVn't forget you cannct make's mistake by saying a good word for Billie Bryan." "THE TAItlEF IH SOT AS ISSUE." In bis speech to five bundled glass workers, who visited Can ton last Saturday, Mr. McKin ley again exhibited a determi nation to do on impossible thing to-wft, to make the tariff the leading issue in this campaign. In the course of his remarks, be said: "Every citizen must know that tne receipts of the United States are now insufficient for its necessary expenditures, and that our present revenue laws have resulted in causing a de deficiency in the Treasury for almost three years. It has been demonstrated, too, that no relief can be had through the present Congress. The relief rests with the peoplo themselves. They are charged with the election of a new Congress in November, which alone can give the need ed relief. If they elect a Re publican Congress the whole world knows that one of its first acts will be put upon the stat ute books of the country a law under which the government will ctllect enough money to meet its expenditures', atop the debts and deficiencies, and ad equately protect American la bor. This would be one of the surest steps toward the return of confidence and a revival of business prosperity." . Now Mr. McKinley knows, or at least should know, and if he does not now he will find it out later, that tat iff is not an issue at all, and there is no use for him to be siding off on that. Let him stand to the rock and fight the great monetary ques tion that is bothering the Ame rican people today. One thing at a time. It is frequently tho case that an editor "-'Hlo his exchanges appropriate" ""stuff letter than he can write. When this is so, unless he has won and wears the asses can of egotism, ho will use it and be honest enough to give proper credit;. ONE HOXUST "IJOI,l-BUO." Senator Smith, of New Jersey, gold standard man, corporation man thet i horried, i not ''ig norant and willing to be ignor ant." He does not blink patent facts nor permit himself , to be run away with his prejudices, predilections and preferences, but on tho contrary frankly says: -l cannot see 'a .walk-j over for McKinley. On the con trary, I am confident that if the election was to bo held next week Bryan would win. Peos pie here in the East do not ap preciate the hold the free silver idea has taken up on the masses of tho rutin West and Souh." The Charlotte Observer' says Mr. Smith has it down right, If the election were held now Bry an would be an eesy winner. . A re-action may come, but from the inception of this silver movement until now, the tide has set but one way. It may ebb, but there has never been a sign of ebbing yet. - ' HII.I.8 PREDICAMENT. In May last, in the Senate of tho United States, David B. Hill, of New York, used the following language in reply to a speech of Senator Tillman, of South Caro lina, who had threatened to bolt the Democratic party uules it de clared for the free coinage of sil ver. These utterance bind Mr. Hill as a politician and as a man. Recent event have doubtless made Mr. Hill wish he didn't have quite so much record. - He is evideutly in what old' Ran Thompson would call a "quanduary." Here is what he said: "I recollect that in 1892, and I wilt be pardoned for speaking of it now, State after State in the South instructed their delegates for free silver and Grover Cleveland. They have not golton free' silver, but they have got Mr. Cleveland. They nominated Mr. Cleveland over the heads f the 'regular Democracy of New York, who protested against it. After the nomination was made, loyal Demi ocrata as they are, they went back and supimrted the ticket, and I joined them in giving New York again to the Democratic cause. . "Sir, no matter what may be in store for us in the next campaign come victory or defeat, come sun shine or shadow, come weal or woe, there is where I will be found again in behalf of whoever may be the Democratic candid ate and whatever may be the national Democratic platform in the campaign. I do not expect to have my Democracy strained in so doing. I have confidence iu the wisdom of the - Democratic masses and the Democratic party." "There is more, sir, in the Democratic party than simply the silver question. There is the great quef-tiou which overshadows all others; the great question of pa ternalism; there is the great ques tion of the centralization of power, against which we of tho North and of the South have stood to gether and protested during all the history t f this republic, there is the great question of the fun damental principle upon which taxation shall be imposed, name ly, for public rather than, private purposes; there is the great ques tion of the personal liberty of the citizen, which the Democratic par ty has always maintained." Piiii-ADkiiiiu, Pa,, July 24. The management of Clyde's coastwise and West India Steam Lines today announced a sweep ing reduction of rates to Southern jort. This step is taken iu view of the demoralization of rates from Baltimore to tho South. The company states that it is its pur pose to protect the Merchants of Philadelphia and therefore makes the reduction on rates to the South and Southwest, beginning August 1 next In endorsing the Democratic nominees the "silver party" lost but little autonamy, because as a distinct party, they didn't have It. With the popul ist, con ditions were different. THE SITUATION. The Herald is conscious that it has not filled , expectation in giying the news from the St. Louis convention. Tho -fault lies not with us, but 'with tho telegraph companies, who have heretofore given up to date bul letins From the best attainable in formation now, it appears that Bryau will defeat his opponent, Ignatius Donolly, for the nomi nation. It is important for a proper conception of the political com plication, that a distinction be made between an independent nomination, which does not af feet party autonomy, and "en- dorsation" . of another party's candidate, which does, to the extent of complete surrender of the Populist to the Democratic O'gan'zution. , .Recognizing this, the St Louis convection has acted judic iously in making independent nominations particularly iu se lecting Tom Watson, of Georgia, for j Vice-President giving the bone to the South and leaving the marrow to the greater West, which we candidly admit is the greatest factor in the real aud material in terest of this movement of the peo ple for a financial system, that will enable labor, and the products of labor, to bring such market value as will prevent absolute want in the home of tho honest and con scientious laborer whether in the counting house or corn field. .The Democratic party, having purged itself of many of those whose brokeu pledges made its na.ne a stench in the nostrils of a large number of good citizens, comes before the ountry with a satisfactory platform and candid ates but though they have shat tered the machire vase, the per fidy of their party lingers still in maus memory. Next comes the independent silver men, whose patriotism laid aside partyism and endorsed the nsminees of the Democratic party 'Bryan and Sewall. - The Populist convention owe it to themselves aud the country to make like sacrifice, to the end that the silver and financial reform element of tnis country, may be so united us to redeem us from the apparent threatened conflict between capital and la bor. With little faith in politicians on the averago, the Herald yet believes, judging the bal ance by its knowledge of the North Carolina delegation, that the members of the national populist convention are dead earnest in thoir attempted ame lioration of the country s condi tion, and hopes it is uot prema ture in expressing the wish and belief that Bryan will be the Populist nominee ere this can be put in type JOK IS C'OKRKCT. The Greenville, S. C, News, in looking over Its Democratic exchanges, is struck with the fact, which has also impressed us. that little or no mention is made of Major McKinley, Re publican candidate for the pres idency. It detects ''another peculiarity about editorial ut terances of contemporaries which is the almost unanimous attacks on gold bugs,"' und cites the fact, which we had over lookel, that M.. Bryan, so far from being iu sympathy with this policy, has declared that this policy, has declare j that the gold-bug win of the party must be placated It is none of our business; none in the world; and there is 110 danger of our being influenced by these con tinued assaults. But it weie of the dominant element we would let up on a fellow party man after the battle was over; we would not rub saod in their e)cs after getting them down There are other people besides f opulists , whom it Is worth while to conciliate. Mr. Bryan baa more sense than some c I his shouters. Charlotte Observer. CONVENTION ECHOES. Josephus Daniels, editor of the Raleigh News und Observer is in St. Louis, and wires his paper what happens there. From bis special in yesterdays issue we clip tho following: 'Cehurn Harris was a circus w hen the minority report to defeat Senator Allen ns permanent chair man was made. He got up 111 a chair, thew his hat high in the air and acted like a boy of school. He is going his full part as a Re publican to keep the silver forces from getting together. Dr. Mott is stauding straight for silver.', "We have a chance now, he said, "by massing all the forces of silver for Bryan aud Sewall to secure silver legislation. This is no time for party advan tage. I advocated Teller, but Bry an is honest aud earnest und all silver men ought to join together in the support of the only ticket that can possible win." He thinks North Carolina can be made safe. When Col. Harry Skinner and Capt. Buck Kitchin woke up this morning they were $30 and $30 respectively poorer than when robbed they went to bed. Some one had them. They suspected Mr.Cor pening, of Caldwell county, who had been rooming with them, aud caused his arrest. There was no evidence against hi:i and he was discharged. ' Josepiivs Daniels. West Virginia KcpahlicuiiH. Parkeiisbcro, W. Va., July 22. The largest State convention of either political party ever held iu this Slate began here at 11 o'clock this morning. Hon. W. M. Dawson, chairman of the Re publican State committe, called the assemblage to order. Hon. S. B. Elkins was anuouueed as. tem porary chairman. In his address to the convention he denounced the Chicago convention aud the platform adopted by it. At 3 o'clock John W. Holt, of Taylor onnty, was made permanent fhiiiriiiiiii. Snsii Burdette, nomi uated Hon. George Wesley At kinson, of Wheeliug, for Governor. There was no opiosition. The nomination was received with great applause. Fully ft score of delegates seconded the nomina tion in brief speeches, after which Atkinson was nominated by ac clamation. He made a brief sjeech of ac ceptance and then the convention adjourned till 8 o'clock this even ing, when the balance of the ticket was nominated. Spanish He dial Kev West, Fla, July 23." Advices from Havana states that Riox and Montaner, two men imprisoned on account of the discovery of arms in San Rafall Mrect, Havana, have been barbariouslf wb'pped by the Spanish police. The first one was tortured. A lady who was arrested has besn confined In a cell with no furniture ex cept u chair. One of our Bink put in a re cently published statement, some $.1,000 in gold among its als. If you have a balance there sup oow vnn trv to irot i '20 rhi-ck I v r- - - cashed iu that metal and let us know the result of the attempt? Therk is no State in the Union mote familiar with fresh fUh than.. Krrth Carolina. Dis patches from St. Louis tell how Major Guthrie salted a fresh firh from the west in most ap proved style In convbntion on Thur day. Ip Mine of the witnesses who did hard swearing in tho Fear- rington murder case, cannot prove that they were hypnotised, they are apt to be convicted of per- ury. Orent Cear. Salisbury, N. C. July 22.--Ex-Senator Matt Ranson, now Minis ter to Mexico, who has been re recuperating at Blowing Rock for the past month, left Salisbury for Mexico City lust night to resume his official duties. Tho General's health is much improved. Speak ing othe financial questiou Gen. Ranson said: "Though I have al ways been an advocate of the gold standard I cannot bolt the Dem cratic Party on the silver question. Democracy is too dear to me." Tyuiual Kouth CarullnluiiH. Columbia, S. C, July 24 At the campaign meeting at Florence today Judge Joseph II. Karl, candidate for the United States Senate to succeed J. L. M. Irby, and Gov. John Gary Evans, who is a candidate for the same office, came to blows. Earl struck Evans first and Evans responded with a blow under the eye. They were quickly surrounded and sepa rated by reformers and conser vatives. iev3ral men had their hands on their pistols, but com parative quiet was restored and Gov. Evans attempted to con tinue his speech amid much order. Down In Georgia Macon, July 21. It is stated cn reliable authority that a res olution is to be prepared in Ma con and introduced in the next general assembly serving to break the consolidation of com peting railway lines in this State. The statement is made officially and it is no longer to be doubted that Southern mo- noply will be fought to the bit ter end The fight before the legisla ture means that every member of that body will be forced to declare either for or against the railroad, and thus new political complication arises. Bank Help. Washington, July 23. Once more Treasury officials are feel ing comfortable, for at the close of business today the gold re serve had once more been placed safely over the one hundred million mark. This was accom plished through the deposit of gold coin notes. The movement began in volume last night and after tho department closed lo tice came that $7,750,000 in gold had been deposited in the Sub Treasury at New York. Today $7,5000,000 additional came in. Aiiullirr (.old Itluir. Richmond, Va., July 22.M. E. Ingnlls, President of the Ches apeake and Ohio Railroad Com (Hiny, believes that the Chicago Presidential ticket will be over whelmed at the election. In the iiossible event of the election of the Bryan tuket, President In galls says it would put an end to the proposed del ml here. Prach lor Cream. The day before you wish to make the ice cream, bril three pint of cream. Break ten eggs and put the yolk into a bowl; beat well and sweeten with one cup of granulated a iar. When the cream has reached the heat ing point, pour at once into tho bowl over the yolks of the egg. Stand in a cool place until the following d iy. Mash one quart of peaches through the cc lander, sweeten to taste and put into the custarJ prepared the day before. Flawr wit'i twj lea spoonfuls of vanillin and freez-. It' old Puriuim was living he would give a big price for a man of us hoi t memory as was on the witness stand here for about five hours, aud could not remember anything that occurred before or iuee"Wedneliiy"whi!gdwribing minutely every Uiing that occur-, red on that day. It is truly re freshing to run on these freaks tliqy learn the courts of Job's I'illlCUCC.