North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. 75-NO. 33. DURHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1896. ESTABLISHED 1820 Wiiiskky is evidently controll ing South Carolina elections this yeur. r . - . . ; Tlie Cburlotte, Observer speaks (of Hon. W. J. Bryan ns "the " Democratic David." Would not Moses be appropriate for the man who to lead out of financial bondage? - ' Thk October : number of the Penijy Magazine is to hand, and a most creditable number it is. Fifty cents a year is what the pub lishers, the Penny Magazine Co., Philadelphia, ask for it. If providence should permit Ilauna, McKiuley & Co, and the ( w ro1d conspirators to get con trol of affairs four years, then may f ind have mercv upon us. for we will get none from that crowd. Ik TiitKE has ever been a doubt that North Carolina would cast its vote (Or Bryan, there is nono now Our people have secu him and lieard hho, and are satisfied to put their trust iu him. He has cap. tared the ladies of the state, and the men will do their bidding. Political tradiag is most as common in North Carolina uow as the swapping of spavined nags in the warehouse lots. The politi cal grout d has gotten so tough it will take a two-horse plow to break ii nn this vear. Luch rarty is trying to mate its jade.1' -ititf n.1 tlm m( hine men con trolled the New York: democratic convention on the 17th and notui Lated Thacker for governor ou the first ballot." The convention also endorsed the Chicago piatform and its nominees, it is contended the !qpulists are anxious for a fusion iu that fctate, but that we proua hility of succew i very small. 'thit' ur'free coinage will make the silver miner rich. Sup lse it does, hasn't he as much right to be rich as tlw gold .,.;.. 1m (mine tn bile off I1IIUVI , " -" our no w to f4lo our face tarve tho women and children of the land, because fcmoth a few silver miners would be benefited along with the great struggling and op- 1 I- t. .., 7,. r.t John Lo'.ow, we tell you gentlo men, "bnrg in anotlicr horse." . Aix this gold-bug talk about .!.: ,...r,r lnwlnnininor , limiting wuwuuu; j ground 01 all the silver in the world is inexcusable rot. We will ' Iwve uoeuch good luck. If it Is ! brought here to be coined, it will be made into American dollars and 1 : 1 fr latitr'a tirrv duds. On tlie other hand, if it cot to bo a nuisance, a tari.T could be put on impotts like we now have other metals. "A rew months ago tho most Anguine democrat did not believe that success this fall was more than Dowiblo. The most sanguine democrat felt that four yenrsV cold standard administration bad dustroyed almost tho lability of success. But the voters of the democratic party determined to make 0110 final fight and deter mined that if die tho party must, it should at least maintain the honor of those who believe in the richt of tho people to govern them nelvcs. Extract from Bryan's , Speech. ViKWixo the situation from the cold neutrality of impartial judge, and diverting oursclf of .all cr sonal Inclination or party leeling ih Herald ventures the pro phecy that W. J. Bryan wiU k next president cf this country by a larf : isiforUy of the vote, and that if any monkey busings is atr temt led in the electoral college, trr& will come quick and sharp. r i3 old Rome sold the control i government every year to .F'r . v I :.1.lr ia nn wn mu tft ff hh4 ourmaniiouuu. i-v.....m. . . .Qm tVma to bo done here. A POLITICAL- SATUIE. And now remain, That we find the cause of this effect; Or, rather tay, tbe cause of this defect; For this effect, defective," coinrt of caute.' Polonioua. Scrutinize the political horo scope from whatever point of view you may choose', this fact remains indisputably ' pregnant with ominous omen; That par tisaa intrigery, coupled with individual dishonesty and other chicanery so well known to the ranting political fakirs, have biased the mind and judgment of nine-tenths of the voting strength of the United States: till now it is an absolute imposi bility to reconcile the abstract teachings of either fact or rea son with truth- both fact and reason having abdicated their throne in tbe temple of sense in favor of meaningless plati tudes, are equally without ap plication, . it would appear; iu the realm of logic or mora s. Paradoxies, like some strange, fantastic cometary visitor from outer space, distract 8 the rea soning faculties not only of Tzar and plebian, but the astute n derial explorer on occasion as well; yet 4 .', paradox, however fertile in lue elements of diabol ism, can ever, force two distinct particles of matter whether th- t iillionth fraction of a grain or a ton in weight to occupy the same poi t in space at the same time. This is demonstra ble both in philosophy and ma thematics; and as mathematics never yet lied, wbatever'philoso phy may be gnilty of, we defy the world end tbe genius of evil to impeach the integrity of the witness. Now, if the advocates of free silver are right and we believe they are the gold Btandard fanatics are radically and s gressively wrong. A contradic tion in terms will not, cannot stand the test cf cotnmin serTse; our ideas of numbers revolt when some nincompoop dicta torily asserts that, when added together, three and five are equal to four and nine the ab surdity is too apparent to de ceive a Kentucky mule, what ever Colonel Breckinridge or Bourk Cochran may say or think to the contrary notwith standing the stench arising from the combined putridities of darkest abarchy and the re pulsive "force bill" would, doubtlessly, paralyze the atfac tory nerves of the average buz zard; hut that scavenger of de caying offal would immediately and forever beat a hasty retreat from America could it -but get a sniff of a breeze which bad past gently over a goldbugism cau cus! No one knows wh&t dreams may come after they havu been stripped of their mor tal coil; and is a wise man wb is prepared to meet all possibl contingencies, whether in this ife or in the great shadowry hereafter we feel solicitous about our monometallistic advo- s&ries! better cet a bucket of fire-proof paint and give your mIvm a Mod old doping, as November will soon be here and conflagration is imminent What is the matter with our "l;:::ie" Guthrie? Ausoiuioiy nothine. Gubernatorial honors are hunting for him from the ocean to the mountains; and the sheet liahtnine of public confl donee will soon o'ertake him and wrcatho a halo of glory around his head! Our "Son Oliver" will -get therft too; and that's what is the matter with Mark Hanna-Kion' fortfrt hat fact. Whatever may be the faults of Grover, bis friend will give him descnt burial next Novcm bur he Is now driving the lost nail in his political caflln. L.LVVANN. Tiiw Dmncru count? domocra- tic convention met at Hillsboro Saturday and nominaieu un ticket, aa follows: Legislature, ,(:V r.ftttu: sheriff. K. 'Iiugncs, rcg..., KHAT.L AVK HE VXITEI)? If the free silver element in this country, particularly in North Carolina, where the only obstacle is a distinction without a difference in names, fail to unite, they will perpetrate a po-J litical crime for which they themselves will suffer greatly, while they will put upon their posterity such wrong and op pression as will consign them to infamy on the unfading paes of truthful history. It is as senseless and Idiotic for people of the same political faith seeing the same end through the same medium of relief, toseperate and so weaken their forces that the common enemy can and will gobble them y no mu wuov vs, uv vui a i his victims, ftft it wonlri bft in I christians of the different sects F I to re 'use to go to Heaven, un- lets they could get there on a J KDeciai excursion iram. cnar-i toted by themselves, and for wnich they were to collect and appropriate all tbe fares. It is time for American man hood tojissert itself. It would have dene so long ago had (it not been misled by designing rings, who made such howls, and - shed so many crocodile tear over "my party" as would Qomez was encamped on Sep make angels weep ovei an un- tmber 7 at Guasimas de Agra worthy object But now, with montft ith fiftw,n r,..i,v he mii..! of the masses disen-1 thralled, oncemoreas American I freemen they propose to exer ercise their constitutional right of political liberty, and vote for me emau.ipawwu vi iu vuuu try i ai . l aua memseives irom me uomi- nation of any and at' pat "s They have come to a rei&ou able and necessary concluson. Partyism no longer dominates Conscience and patriotism. The potent element of self preserva tion stares the people in tbe face, and they recognize the fact. The responsibility of present and future weal or woe rest not with the politicians, but their masters the great yeomanry masses. , wwvu.; 9 woafciuv ivi vvvvi contains the first chanter of a short life of Bcm-amia Frantlin. written by George C. Lay. "Poor Rich- ard" had perhaps the most engag. ing personality among the found-1 ers of the Republic, and his labors I were of tbe highest importance, so I that the story of his life could hardly fail to hold the reader's in-1 teresi. nr. in nw nrst cnap- ter tieats or "Franklin the Ap- prcntice.tnernnier, ana me" rni-ioi losopher" in a very readable man I ner, and in the other chapters will I take up his achievements as politi-1 cian and diplomat. Lida Rose McCain's account of "The Ober-1 in-Wellington Rescue; an -Anti-1 slavery CrisU which almost pre-1 bitated the Civil War in i8sgllog. Bank bills have fallen to ihro-iffh the secession of the Xorth." comes out at a time when the nolitlcal nirties are aeain &s cusing the means to be employed in dealing with measures believed to be hnjust; for tbe Fugitive Slave Law oflered something oi aparai el for the questions raised by the Income Tax, Supreme Court, and uovcrnmcniDymjunioneu.ara. tionsiume wemocrauc piauorm. . - !- I.if 1 . Tr! . n " ?T 7 2 wrtuw., i - r - - pictures the political sentiment throughont the country. Mary C. Francis writes somethbg further about Anna Klla Carroll, whose services for the Union were set lonninineiasinuiEucrviw Miss Francis suggests cor. -xrted action ou the part of the women's ... ! (a ir,n fit Kiit rnr ... ognitionfor tbe la ms of this re- matkable woman. Many other il lustrated arriclcs, musical and dra. matic papers, a bright array 01 no tinM and verse, and the fashion de partmont complete the nrnnuer. l'r i hv T. I. Qattis & Son. - . .1 t , ,, As a pointer to the sort of fn sion we may or may not have, t auditor clerk and attornv 01 IndiMpoihn botn mem news comes'f rorn Winston that .f ,!lf;. . t of th? populist committe, iha McKinlev club of that place paid 8 Otho W ilson'a Hotel bill on his recent visit there. BRYAN IN WASHINGTON. T Hon. W. J. Bryan spoke in Washington, D. C, last featirday. From the Washington Post' the following is clipped that will be interesting to North Carolinians: "Soon afterwards a contingent of North Carolina Democracy came came along about 150 in all, but without band or display. It pro ceededtoa place just back of the Lakeland Club, and there unfurled a large banner, eight feet deep by fourteen feet long, supported by a staff at either end. On the banner was a larg- portrait of Mr. Biyan, and under the portrait were the words: "North Carolina the first to indorse Mr. Bryan for the presi J L tt All , 1 ...i aency. vaecrs, un uorns, ana the beating of drums welcomed the uauuvi f auu iu.( iaaviuuv a-'v liiv rrats wavtl their flairs. Thia . I started a demonstration. Every- body who had a flag got it out and flaunted , it- with all his might, 1 it . I women swung ineir parasois ana i men who had no flags brought their hats into play. Ihe demon-, stration continued at least five minutes, enlivened throughout by the strains of Weber's Band. Gomes Again Active. Havana, Sept. 17, via Key West, Fla., Sept. 18. Puerto Prinriine advices retrtirt that auairon8 and was marchine I ,ctwnr j t gniulir, -that h I initiated the march to reinvade the western pro vincea The eovernment is rushine i troopg to the central par, of tDe nrpcha, near Jucaro and Moron M Brevcut thf Ineureents cross- ing. It is reported that Mayia Rodriguez, with 1,500 men, forming Gomez'a vanguard, crossed tbe line recently and is now on the borders of Sancti I Spiritus and San(a Clara pro v I inces. r I Quentin Banderas has arrived I in Remedios district, and is I waiting Gomez's arrival to take command oi we inianiry in ine i uew luvuoiuu. , jUttuw UV9 avis UiB OIIVUUVIUI .n th mountains and ia en imruA with lartra forcea on the Danes estate, south of Pinar del Rio city. An attack on the I city is expected. It is rumored I that AVeyler will soon take! command of the Spanish forces in Pinar del Rio, witn tbe In-1 tention of expelling Mace from I imo proTince. true K fighting is expected, on account tne Birong positions neia oy the insurgent and their desire to crush Weyler. The Cuban chiefs have determined to make I any scacrifice to effect Weyler's capture, The excitement In commer and financial circles is incrcas- Sixteen houses 1 15 discount. have cancelled foreign orders, I and there have been do transac - I tions on the stock and produce I exenanges tor toe ia.ni two aays. I cba Help. r,vr.8To. Tamaiea. fPnt. Jf. I .te.m i raanhu. wbirh I wa Mi weet oave . h . ca f tomCa. rd enas whera -h- wa. -atcWil hv a I . 7 . . " Spanish warship, ban ar.vj was reported that the 1 Aruannu naa a quantity oi ran-1 lUons of w on A rumo. haa ft that .hfl .nCMpAeA ,B. iflniinf, up. (.ntMKn(i carg0f together with the men charge of it. upon the shores ifjuba. This, however the cap. I taj0 enjta ' . I . J ( i jhh Ainiivi. iwni. I k i ha I Inn fatinna nt (tin Anrs,mn t acmoon. Charge. ..nirhad content a tn iwh 1 8hall be recognized as the demo - cralic partT on the official bal- . Zt.. I '"7 I .r hohl that the first come must 101:- a iih Himrnnr JinarD be the first served. Where - 1 there are no contests the coun. 1 ... . look! as It II will lead to consld erable confusion. IS IT POSSIBLE. The following telegram taken from a gold bug paper,- gives the falsehood of the statements made to tbe effect that Europe did not want silver, or that it is good in any country. Listen: New York, Sept. 18. Handy & Haronan -rwill ship 150,000 ounces of silver; M. Guggen- heime's Sons, 120,000 ounces; L. and W. Seligman & Co., 120,- 000 ounces; Muller, Scha'l' & Co.. 25,000 ounces; Fuller & Wilson, ' 25,000 ounces; and Lewis Bros , 18,000 ounces to Europe on the steamship New York, sailing tomorrow. ' Tom Wauon'.o the Front, ATUivlrn fw 17 linn Thog E J Geogia ' 3 - t 1 1 1! i maae 8Peecues aionS lue UQe ,rom Lincoln to this place. A big crowd greeted him at Hastiuos t i ana everywnere. to wnom ne made short talks. He addressed an immense crowd here thisafter- noon, this being a Populistic com munity and many faimers came from other counties. Mr. Watson urged the mem bers of the party to stand firm for the ticket and eulogized Mr. Bryan and the Nebraska State nominees. "We do not look for any help from the East and North," said ''because the people there an- dominated by the money power. U'hat was shown on. Monday in the Maine election. Then where must we look, to the South and ? your iuteregU are tbe same as our own. lou lave bankers, you have railroads, but they are in the minority in the Sioiiih and West," Down the Tark, LoNPOs, Sept 17. The Cons- tantiuople correspondent of tbe Standard telegraphs that the situ ation there does not give any evi- dence of improvement- He adds: "Wear on the verge of a crif18. The opinion in diploma- fa is that un:ess - Britisb lflMol,i ; i, T?o m . I" uicjr u 10 her ruin falllDg lnto the ,iands of Czar 0P a floct wiU ad vantage of some special outrage and of the apathy of the Powers to occupy the Bosphorous aud from that vantage ground, which we ought now to be holding, die- terms to Europe. All the British residenU are astonished a fl. . a Dnrbamite CoinplliiientI The Charlotte Observer, in its account of the Bryan itinerancy, says: At Black Mountain three pick pockets wire discovered and put off the train. They had their PkcU full of money but nobody 00,11(1 wenuty it. l ney were not 1 plfld ,n charge of ofheers. The jcaptuce was made by the alert i uurnam on ice r on me train, vupt I 'ak0 " oodall, the Durham cine! of police. 'Ihe newspaper men I along complimented the officer for I his detective work. The thieve? sto e 117.50. a si k bandkerchh .ml iW rt'i-lm frntn Ifnl Aver I " J"' and took all the money Rev, fa(ialramt of Marion, had with Lmi , , , charge. IsWASArous, Ind., Sept. 18 in Charges are flying thick and ofr8 ,a connection w5ln I uuii v-uiu- Imittee of thirteen and the I democratic leaders to accomp- I if i m . . . t. r . . t . I of bribery are openiy made. 1 The Sentinel, the Democratic otP "n?.r we. (.ne,ia"n; .1 "Rank Bribery Attempted." . . - - gives a two column story or the .fTalr.wblch contains interviews I with L. W. llubbell. of Pulaski I county, and Capt. 8. M. Shep- "iin whicli they were approached - 1 ani offered large sums of money ot prevent fusion. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U.S. Gov't Report MM AD50LUTELY PURE Keynolda the Man. Winstok, N. C., Sept. 18 he republicans held their county convention here today. The ticket was fixed up in a caucus before the convention. There were contesting delega tions from two wards in Wins ton, but the Reynolds faction had the ticket nominated while committee was out trying to decide who were entitled to seats in the convention. This raised a "rumpus," and many negroes declare they will not support the ticket put up. How- ever, the Reynolds faction ex- pect to whip the opposition back in line. Looks Right Chicago, 111., Sept. 16. Com plete fusion between the Demo-1 crats and PopulisU on the State and el actoral tickets was effected today at the meeting held at the Sherman House. ' Under the agreement reached, the resigna- tionsof three Democratic electors, fhomas L. Casey and George P. Fostej, of Chicago, and George L. Lecrone, of EOinghain, were tendered and accepted and the vacancies filled by Populists. An drew L. Maxwell, Populist, was substituted for State Auditor in place of Gore withdran. Oliver H. Dockery. "I am a silvCr Republican, and I would be a fool to canvass the State for silver and then vote for McKinley. 1 When you have got what yotv want, go back to your old party il you wish. I may do it; I can't say. A man that votes for McKinley is crazy. Look at Pritchard; just wild for silver; it was the thing the whole country wanted; silver now, gold after March 4th. Why there is pie in it. So it is with Russell, Pearson aginative charges against its polit and all the Republicans that are jcal opponents now charges Sena now cursing me." Oliver H. tor Jones. Chairman of the Demo- Dockery. I have a reason for coming to North Carolina which is personal, aside from ray interest in the electoral vote of this State. It was the State of North Carolina whicn,at the Chicago convention, before I became a candidate, bo- fore my own State had taken any formal part in presenting my name-it was the State of North Carolina which, by resolution, lecided to give me the uuani- mous vote of their delegation in that National conveutica. (An- plause.) It appreciate the honor which they were willing to do n e and therefore, it gives me pleasure 10 come among me people wnom they represented uu give what as- sistance I can, if any assistance be need!d, to secure the electoral vole of this state for the free com - age of silver at 16 to 1. (Applause. "I am glad the canvass of this State opens iu this cjuntry which is the home of oe of tlie grand- est public men given to this nation, not alone by North Caro- lina but the entire country Sena- tor Vance." Bryan at Ashevillo. Train Wrwked. Rockingham, N. C, Sept. 18.1 Tbe through freigbt was de railed two miles west of Rock ino-ham. thia inorninir. result ing in the almost entire deraol- ishing of fourteen freight carspDemui tnB ware. and the tearing op 01 part the track. No one was injured except a brakeman, who had his should r d'slocsted and his leg badly cut, No others were injured. There were several tramps and the jury of American free aboard. TLe engine remained I men is making an investiga on the track. Cut Deep. Atlanta, G a., Sept. 17. Cot ton rates are to be cut 14 cents a hundred pounds to all Sonth At lantic and Gulf states. This has been ordered by the Southern States Preight Association to meet the Seaboard's cut from Atlanta to Norfolk. The rate from here to Charleston and Savannah will be 29 cents per hundred at tlie ship's side, jthe arbitrary of 3 cents for delivery being dispensed with. cut means 70 cents a bale, or ?700,000 loss on every one million bales handled by the roads in this teiritory. The Three Friends. Febnandina, Fla., Sept.l7. The steamer Three Friends was seized last night by Collector Ttaltzall and XfnrRVial MaKiiv. The veBBel returnei a few days ago from Cuba. The authorities learned that she was preparing to slip away and take another trip to Cuba before returning to Jackson ville, her home port. The Wash- ington autuonties were in formed and her seizure was ordered. Not So GooU. Ixpiasapolis, Ind., Sept. 16. The Democratic State executive committee was in session here to day, considering the question of fusing with the Populists The Populists are making big do mands that the Democrats won't grant Another thing that stands in the way cf fusion is the threat of the sound money leaders to put a State ticket in the field. There now seems little prospect of fusion. The New York Advertiser, Gcldbug Republican organ of most pronounced type, which never fails J to use billingsgate and purely im I cratic National Executive Commit- aa n.Stt. 4Mnnt.w tA f 1 Prvan in Lntine the electoral votes of the states supposed to be Democratic. I u u . miserable piece of pretended 1 - I irony, unworthy of any self re- I specting journal and is on a par with the statement, which could J he made by any liar, that the Ad iser 8toIen Mary "Ie lamb;. Charf are cheaP' but proof t.mes scarce. One of the drawbacks cf prominence, and possibly one oi " misfortunes, is that m mese i? 01 vu Ion' op, mo" 8 utterance is made to pay bom a tn Itiai, irrastnMi hv nilKli. IJt.on ,n hve new.paper8. It cannotDe helped. Those who dancf whether to the stirring gtrain8 of a ylg or gmoothly gnje wuh the melody of solemn 1 church music each and all I must pay the fidler. Tlllt ,,ick -19 who follow. ed the Br.aQ itinerancy were of iow an order to have bi'en tolerated by tho famous bandit, Rob Roy, who believed there should be some discretion and honor even among thieves. inexe leuows actually stole from two North Carolina editors, Hal. W. Ayer, of the Caucasion, Henry W. London, of the Chat ham Record, and also from two ministers. Their brother thieves lhould ref use to associate with of Brrad, meat, and clothica are setting nt half price, y t people are hungry and ragged all over the land. There has been great error somewhere somebody has blundered badly, Itlon.