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Can lull its hundred eyes to sleep"
VOL. XVII.
GOLDSBORO, JN". C. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 1, 1898.
NO 68
Roys
makes the food pare,
wholesome and delicioos.
POWDER
Absolutely Puro
KOVM. BAKINQ POWDFR CO., NFW WORK.
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
HELD IN THE OPERA HOUSE
IN THIS CITY.
A Splendid Ticket Nominated,
It Was a Great Democratic Gathering-
Absolute Harmony and Thrilling
Enthusiasm Prevailed.
OUR LOCAL OPTIC.
Goldsboro and Vicinity History In Brief;
Epitome of Sayings and Doings, "Wise
and Otherwise. Run Down and Run In
by Omnipresent Ubiquitous, Local
"Grand Rounds."
Miss Emma Faison has returned
from a visit to her parents in
Sampson county.
The Snow Hill folks sav thev
are going to have a railroad this
time, "and don t you forget it.
Miss Addie Paris, who has
been on a brief visit here, has
returned to her home at La
Grange.
A umber of wells are being
noreo by our citizens, and in
nearly every instauce they sue
ceed in getting good water wa
ter that is pure and cold.
Sweet potatoes are.gettinor abun
dant. There are some very fine
yams on the market. They self
at bo cents per bushela from the
carts.
Th white men of Wayne
coun:y are aroused as never be
fore. The quiet determination on
the faces of the throng on the
streets Saturday spoke volumes.
It is now stated on good author
ity that the First Regiment of N.
C. Volunteers, to which the Golds
boro Rifles belong, will be order
ed to Cuba about the 1st of Octo--.
ber.
The farmers are about done
curing tobacco, and they no doubt
feel relieved,- it is very hard
work, and requires a great deal
of expense. The tobacco is bring
ing good prices, however, and
our country friends ara encour
aged. To day a small farmer, who
owns a small piece of land and
runs one plow, told us that he
has sold from his little orchard
this season $43.95 worth of fruit.
In addition to what he hasNsold,
he has had fruit in abundance at
home.
The summer vacation will soon
be over, and the Graded school
children are already counting
the days before the opening. Not
all of them are longing for the
day. A few of them by hard per
suasion on the part of parents
might possibly be induced to re
main out of school the coming
session.
The Wayne counnty Demo
cratic convention has performed
its work. Now let every white
man in the good old county of
Wayne rally to the support of
every man on the ticket. The Dem
ocratic party stands for good gov
ernment for white rule. White
men are going to govern this coun
try. Justice D. J. Broadhurst pre
sided at a trial last Friday from
Pikeville in which Mr. W. T.
Dortch represented the defendant
and Mr. D. M. Hardy the plain
tiff. Mr. Ed Ham, the police
man of Pikeville, was bound over
.o court for striking Mr. John
Joyner several times with a
'billy" in arresting him.
The theatrical people are be
ginning to arrange to hold the
boards in the towns and cities of
the State, but as yet there are no
, tidings of the circus. In a short
time, when the fields grow white
with cotton, the, show folks will
come along with flaming piotures
ot lions and tigers and elephants
and snakes, and the children
' and a few, yes, a very few grown
? people will rejoice that the cir
cus is coming.
The people of Goldsboro and
surrounding section .will, learn
with pleasure that Messrs. B. H.
&C. B. Hatch, the popular ex
cursion managers, will run their
last excursion this season from
Goldsboro to Wilmington, South
port and out to sea Wednesday,
' September 7th. It is an opportu
nity to visit the above named
7 places that wilL'perhaps. not be
presented again until next sum
mer. These gentlemen have mad
for themselves an enviable rep
utation as excursion managers
which they will fully sustain oil
" the coming tripj
The county Democratic Con
j vention met last Saturday in the
Messenger Opera House. The
convention was called to order by
Hon. W. R. Allen, chairman of
the county execuutive committee,
and members of the Democratic
press were invited to act as sec
retaries. The temporary organ'
ization was made permanent.
The large opera house was full
of Democrats from every precinct
in the county. The slogan of the
convention was the best men for
the various offices, and white rule
in North Carolina. It was one of
tha largest Democratic conven
tions ever held in the county, and
a splendid ticket was nominated.
There were a great many candi
dates for the nominations, and
we can say with pride that every
man put in nomination was fully
capable to fill the position for
which he was nominated.
The very best of feeling pre
vailed, and the convention ad
journed with the satisfaction of
duty well done. The ticket will
be elected by a large majorty.
The following nominations were
made in the order they appear.
Sheriff B . F. Scott.
Register G. C. Kornegay,
Clerk 1. F. Ormond.
Treasurer E. B. Hood.
Surveyor G, W. Thorntcsa.
Coroner Dr. Thos. Hill.
Senate F, A'. Daniels.
House W. R. Allen.
House J. M. Wood.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
In recognition of his distin
guished service to the people as
the only Democratic number of
the Board for the past two years,
Mr. E. A. Stevens was vinanim
ously, by acclamation, renomin
ated, and the convention then
elected as his running mates the
two who will sit with him on the
Board for the coming two years
after December, Messrs. J. B.
Gardner, of Saulston, and Joe. P.
Smith, of Pikeville.
The nomination of Hon. W. R.
Allen by acclamation for the
House was a graceful -.and de
served compliment.
TAX COLLECTORS.
The convention then ratified the
following nominees for tax col
lectors for the several town
ships.
Goldsboro W. A. Denmark.
Fork B. H. Sasser.
Grantham David Jeringan.
Indian Springs W. D. Adams.
New Hope W. D. Adams.
Saulston J. B. Smith.
Great Swamp Gray Ay cock.
Pikeville Jno. T. Dees,
Stoney Creek Shade D. Pate.
Brogden Geo. F. Kornegay.
Nahunta J. R. Mmshew.
The following delegates to the
Senatorial convention, of the dis
trict were elected by townships:
Goldsboro M. L. Lee.
Fork N. H. Gurley.
Grantham J. A. Stevens.
Brogden Jno. R. Smith.
Indian Springs W. B. Whit
! field.
New Hope A. T. Uzzell.
Saulston G. C. Rackley.
Nahunta B. F. Ay cock. '
Grept Swamp B. V. Hooks.
Pikeville W. B. Fork
Stoney Creett E. Robert?
MR. J. B. PARK RETURNS.
At this stage of the convention
MrJoe. B. Parks, of Saulston,
who, up 'till a few years ago,
when he strayed off with the Pop
ulists, was one of tho best work
ers in the Democratic party, came
upon the stage, and the minute
he faced that convention, and be
fore he uttered a word, he was
greeted with the wildest eat h.usi-
Thins: of Hv,
ing- a year ot
9 two atter one)
is dead t dead
to au practical in
tents and purposes,
dead, with the auto
graph of death in
scribed on brow and
cheek and Up.
Thousands of
women live for
a year or two
after all help
fttlnessi and
happiness have
gone out of
their lives.
When a woman
becomes hope
lessly helpless
and unhappy
she is Dractlc-
ally dead. The young woman to whom
the future is a dreary waste, the: votingf
wife who is a helpless, nervous -"s-aUfl,
the mother whose babes are a burden in
stead of a blessing, all these, unless they
take the right measures to recover their
liealth, are better dead than living. In the
majority of cases these ghosts of women
owe their condition to weakness and dis
ease of the distinctly feminine organism.
Frequently they have been deceived by
the incorrect diagnosis of some obscure
physician and do not understand the true
nature of their trouble. It only costs a
two-cent postage stamp for a woman to
write and describe her condition to Dr.
R. V. Pierce, an eminent and skilful special
ist, for thirty years chief consulting phys
ician to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical
Institute of Buffalo, N. Y. He will answer
letters from ailing women without charge.
He is the discoverer of Dr. Pierce's Fa
vorite Prescription, the greatest of all
known medicines for women. It acts
directly on the delicate organs concerned
in maternity and makes them strong,
healthy and vigorous. It banishes the in
dispositions of the anxious period and
makes baby's coming' easy and almost
painless. It cures all disorders and dis
placements and checks exhausting drains.
" Previous to motherhood my wife was very
sick," writes Dennis H. Connelly, Esq., of Clear
Water, Wright Co., Minn. " Two bottles of Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription made her well
and strong,"
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure bil
iousness and constipation. One a doo.
They never gripe.
asm; for they all knew why he
was there and it was like "old
times" to see him in the house of
his fathers.
His speech was brief but earn
est. He pledged himself anew to
the principles of Democracy and
said that the ticket nominated by
the convention would receive his
hearty and active support. He
was greeted on all sides by show
ers of hand shakes, many old
gray-headed men, who had been
boys with his venerable and rev
ered Democratic father, press
ed forward to welcome him back.
The following Resolution was
unanimously adopted:
"Resolved, That the Board of
County Commissioners be re
quested to hereafter publish an
itemized account of their ex
penditures every month."
A stronger ticket has never
been put in the field in Wayne
county. Its personnel is impregs
nable in character and compe
tency and its distribution
throughout all sections of the
county is admirable. It means a
truimph unprecedented for the
county Democracy in Noy ember.
A STRONG 1TCKET.
The Democratic convention of
the Eighth Senatorial district
met in Newbern last week and
nominated iMessrs. James A.
Bryan, of Craven, and Wm,
Suggs, of Greene, by acclama
tion. A stronger ticket could not
have been selected. -
The Argus knows both these
gentlemen, and is especially con
versant with the ability, calibre
and heroic daring of Mr. Bryan,
who is a Democrat without a peer
in the State, whose service to
his party and the people of his
home has been constant, labor
ious, uncomplaining and unflag
ging. A ripe scholar, a graceful,
ready speaker, a wells poised
statesman, a cultured gentleman
he would give to the Old North
State some of her pristine glory
in the halls of legislation.
Mr. Sugg is one of the most
respected men of his county, of
stable worth and abiding fidelity;
the State does not possess a
truer son.
Mr. Bryan is a banker; Mr.
Sugg is a farmer. that is Dem
ocracy exemplified. Democracy,
like religion, embraces all classes
and avocations where a common
standard of morality of jus
tice is the rule of living; and,
like religion. Democracy knows
no classes andas no particular
favorites, only the people's
choice.
"TELL THEM"
- The Rev. W. B. Costley, of Stock
bridge, Ga,, while attending; to his pas
toral duties at Ellenwood, that State,
was attacked by cholera morbus. He
says: "By chance I happened to get
'void of a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and I
think it was the means of savins; mj
life. It relieved me at onoe." For
s&e by M. E. Robinson & Bro., and
Miller's nrm&cv, in uoiasroro, aa
by Jno, R Smith at Jit, pilve2
What Craven County Is Enduring, and if
There la a White Man Who Can Read
it and not Vote to A bolish it Let Him
be Foreyer Marked.
A prominent citizen of New
bern said to me: "Won't you
please tell the people of North
Carolina the condition of public
affairs in Craven county. "
"What shall I tell them," I
asked this gentleman, and now I
am going to let him draw the
outlines of the horrible picture,
"Tell them," said he, 'iaaii we
have twenty-seven ignorant, in
competent and in most instances
unprincipled negro magistrates
in Craven county.
"Tell them," he continued,
"that we have not a single white
deputy sheriff in Craven county.
and that we have a sheriff now
in office, a candidate for reelec
tion, who boldly and publicly as
serts that no white man need ap
ply.
'Tell them that the next rep
resentative in the Legislature
from Craven county will be a ne
gro man who has been twice
tried, convicted and sentenced to
terms in the penitentiary before
Kepublioan judges.
"Tell them that the next treas
urer of Crayen county will be a
negro bar-room keeper.
'Tell them that the white wo
men of Craven county cannot
teach the white children in the
public schools until a negro
school committeeman has had his
say in the matter.
"Tell them that a white girl
and God has given them to us as
sweet, as pure and as beautiful
as ever stood in the twinkle of a
star cannot, even for sweet
sentiment sake, obtain a license
to marry and have it signed or
delivered by one of her race.
"Tell them that white men in
Craven county have to work the
public roads under negro road
overseers.
'Tell them that white men and
white women in Craven county
are summoned before negro
magistrates by negro constables
and deputies and frequently
prosecuted by negro lawyers.
"Tell them that the city at
torney, for the city of Newborn,
is a negro.
"Tell them that five of the
guardians of the homes and lib
erties of the people of Newbern
are incompetent, ignorant and in
most cases insolent and corrupt
negroes.
"And tell them for humanity's
sake and for the sake of peace,
that the white people of Eastern
North Carolina cannot, and will
not always tolerate these condi
tions that endurance will cease
to be a virtue, and m a reign of
terror take the place of a reign
of ruin.
'Tell the white men of North
Carolina to come to our relief
with their ballots, and head of
this horrible tendency to com
pletely negroise one of the best
sections of the grand old State."
P. B. Arrendell in Raleigh News
& Observer.
SATURDAY SERMON.
For
Day
Of Interest to Cotton Farmers.
Goldsboro, Aug. 24th. '98.
To whom it may concern:
Most of the public ginners in
our section have had their atten
tion called to a standard press for
baling cotton. Messrs. Alex
Sprunt & Son have written to
nearly all the ginners in the State
setting forth the advantage of hav
ing the cotton presses of a uniform
size, 24 inches wide by 54 inches
long. Messrs. Sprunt & Son have
advised us that thoy are going to
base limits on the standard bale and
will pay one eixteonth,or more, of a
cent per pound less for cotton
packed in irregular dimensions.
One sixteenth would make a differ
ence of 30 cents on a bale.
We urgently advise every gin
ner to use the standard size press,
24 x 54 inches. We also advise
all farmers who have to pay toll
to their neighbor for ginning their
cotton to urge them to change
their presses to the standard size,
if not already of the proper di
mensions, as the cost of changing
them would be a small trifle.
Very respectfully, .
Best & Thompson.
A stubborn cough or tickling in the
throat yields to One Minute Cough
Cure. Harmless in effect, touches toe
right spot, reliable and just what is
wanted- It acts at once. J. H.Hill &
Son, Goldsboro, and John R, Smith,
MU Olive.
Sunday Pernsal and Every
Guidance.
The. Lord is my shepherd; I shall
not want. Psalms, xiii, 1. ,
The maa who looks on the
bright side of life even when
standing under the shadow of a
bitter experience is called an
optimist.
The man who always sees the
cloud, but never Jts silver lining,
who predicts that there will be
lightning, floods, and plagues to
morrow, in spite of the sunshine
which floods the earth to-day, is
called a pessimist,
Of all people in the world the
most irreligious is he who looks
at the evils of life so persistently
that he cannot recognize any
good in it, and of all hurtful
habits which characterize man
kind the most injurious is the
habit of keeping one's eyes open
to catch a glimpse of the disas
greeable and keeping them shut
whenever a moment of good
cher is approaching. Such a
habit is demoralizing and spirit
ually weakening. It seems to be
continually assuring us that God's
providence has fallen- into a
sound sleep from which there is
no waking.
It is as much a duty to put the
hard experiences of life away
and to keep in mind its possible
enjoyments as it is to be pure
hearted "or charitable. Never
dwell on your misfortunes though
they be many, for it will embitter
the soul and render it unfit for
the work of the future. Brush
aside unpleasant memories, so
far as lies in your power, and
even try to forget them. There
is ao use in living over again and
again the scenes through which
you have passed, whether they
refer to the evil you have done to
others, the evil others have done
to you, or unavoidable sufferings
which you have borne. God has
said that so far as He is related
to your mistakes they shall be
"buried in the depths of the sea,"
and if He can forget them fors !
getfulness is one of the virtues
which ought to be practised on
our part. It is not what you have
been in days gone by, nor what
you have done which is most ims
portant but what you are to be
and do in the future.
We can find much that is
beautiful in nature and in life if
we will but look for it. The
which lead a thoughtful mind
along a narrow upward path
world is to the thoughtful mind
a never ending panorama, with
its stars, its ocean, its hills and
valleys, its crops and its clouds,
its flowers and iruits. it is an
awe-inspiring mystery, a realm
of wonders that must needs rouse
the dullest soul to worship. The
change of a seed into a sapling;
the transmutation of a blossom
into ah apple or cherry; the
chemistry by which from the
rugged soil color and perfume
are extracted these are miracles
whose terminus is the throne of
God Himself.
And a human life is full of
beauty and mystery, too. The
tears you shed and the reasons
for shedding them; the laughter
that fills the air and the causes
which produce it; the slow deyel
opment of the child into a man;
the gradual sunrise of ideas into
his soul until the whole is being
flooded; the love that draws him
to his mate; the home which the
two will make when they have
found each other; the sorrow that
breaks the heart when the old
parents or the young child is
taken away; the grave, which is
as much a part of the home as
th& rocking chair or the cradle
who can fail to worship the un
seen but allseeing God as he
contemplates these things?
And add to this the thought,
the certainty that . there is no
death, only departure and tem
porary separation; that unknown
and unmeasured' influences are
about each one of us; that what
we call Heaven is just on the fur
ther side of the church yard. You
may call that optimism, but it
would be better to call it the
truth, for truth it is. It brings
the cheerfulness of resignation;
it stirs the deeper ambitions of
the spirit; it takes the various
experiences of life, just as the
composer takes the various notes
of music, and sets them in such
relation, to each other that a
symphony is the result.
JUDGE ADAMS' SPEECH.
He Denounces the White Supre
macy Arguments.
Columbus News.
The August term of the su
preme court convened in the court
house here Monday morning at
11 o'clock, His Honor, Judge
Spencer B. Adams, arriving on
the morning train from the south.
Solicitor Seawell was present
representing the state. Mr. Sea
well is the nominee of the popu
list and republican parties for
judge of this district.
His honor's charge to the jury,
we will do him the justice to say,
was the best (being the only)
political speech we ever heard de
livered from the bench. We have
been reporting court proceedings
here for about six years and in
that time anumber of judges have
been here whose political affilia
lions differed from ours, but we
have had no occasion to refer to
any of them in uncomplimentary
terms. We regret the necessity for
doing so now. But when a man
clothed with the judicial ermine
takes advantage of a position on
the bench to abuse and to villify
as good people as there are in the
state and to mix his partisan ran
cor with his instructions of the
law, we think it our duty as a
faithful chronicler of events, to
publish the fact.
The first point of his political
speech was to pay his respects
to folks who "were goiDg up and
down the country abusing people
about the way they cast their
ballots." This came under the
head of "intimidating voters,"
and was evidently intended for
the democratic speakers who are
now canvassing the state, as
neither of the other political
parties have begun their canvass
yet.
His second political point was
in the nature of a defense of the
last Legislature, saying that if it
had done nothing else but pass
the law in regard to embezzle
ment by public officers, adminis
trators, executors, etc., which
he was then discussing, it would
haye been worth all it cost to tha
state.
He reached the climax, - how
ever, when he came to discuss
fornication and adultery. He
said that "nine times out of ten if
you will chase down the fellows
who are going about trying to
stir up race prejudice you will
find them sleeping with a negro
woman." When we consider that
numbers of as gocd people as
there are in the state are "going
about stirring up race prpjudice,"
as he would doubtless call it. his
statement becomes a most sweep
ing vallification, and one which
cannot be properly characterized
in temperate language. And he
said this with a kind of a "re-,
member the-Maine" expression
on his countenance which seemed
to indicate his regret that there
was not a law by which demo
cratic speakers and papers could
be stopped from telling the peoe
pie of the foothold which negro
supremacy had obtained under
the present administration.
And this was not all. Pro
ceeding to the question of rape, he
argued to the jury that it was a
lesser offense than seduction, be
cause the only difference was, he
said, that one was committed by
force and the other by fraud. It
required some courage for the for
mer . He illustrated his position
by saying ho had rather his purse
was stolen by a highwayman than
by deception. We may not be
surprised that assaults upon white
women by brutes the lowest
crime in the eyes of the law as
well as of men to which it is pos
sible for human depravity to de
scendare so alarmingly on the
increase when a judge on the
bench attempts to minimize its
heinousness and argues to a grand
jury that it is less a crime than
one f6r which ' the moot extreme
penalty is a term in the - peniten
tiary. -;: : " .
We are informed that . Judge
Adams never practiced law, and
that he was clerk of the court of
Caswell county when he was
called into our 'non partisan ju
diciary."
His honor received just a few
days ago from the Republicans
of his district a renomination for
the position he now holds, and
this was, perhaps, his opening
campaign speech.
As the Raleigh Post says,
"when a judge on the bench, in
his desperate desire to be re
elected, can so far forget himself
and the dignity which ought als
ways to attach to the position he
holds as to indulge in such a
slander upon the white people of
the state who are appealing to
their brethren to unite to 'save
Anglo-Saxon liberty and decent
government as Judge Adams en
gaged in at Columbus Court, and
and when anegro editor of a negro
Republican paper at Wilmington
can deliberately charge that
'poor white farmers' wives are
guilty of 'clandestine meetings
with negro men," it does seem to
us that the condition of public
affairs has reached so low a
status as to arouse every decent,
honest white man in the State to
a determination to sweep from
power a party under whose ma
lign and degrading influences
such conduct could occur."
Marion Butler in his odious
speech at Rocky Mount made the
villainous charge that Democrats
hired worthless negroes to com
mit outrages on white women in
order to make political capital;
and about the time Judge Adams
was delivering bis "charge"
against the patriotic white men
of the State who are using their
energy, their talents and their
means at this time, up and down
and athwart the State, to restore
honesty in public office and de
cency and safety in our common
wealth, his negro political cons
frere the Wilmington editor, was
penning his "charge" against the
"poor white farmers' wives."
Are these three in the "hire of
Democrats." also?
They should ba swiveled to
gether all three of them aud
launched into the fathomless
depths of eternal infamy. Ed.
Argus.
De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve has the
largest sale of any salve in the world.
This fact and Its merit has led dis
honest people to attempt to counterfeit
it. Look out for the man who attempts
to deceive you when you call for De
Witt's Witch Hazel; Salve, the great
pile cure. J. H. Hill & Son, Goldsboro,
and John R. Smith, Mt. Olive.
A woman changes her mind so
often that it keeps her busy
speaking it.
Truth wears well. People have
learned that DeWitt's Little Early
Risers are reliable little pills for regu
lating the bowels, curing constipation
and sick headache. Tbey don't grije.
S, H. Hill & Son, Goldsboro, and John
R. Smith, Mt. Olive.
Be sure you're right, then go
ahead, regardless of the road
others take,
Railroad Engineer
Testifies to Benefits Received From
Dr. Miles' Remedies.
14HEEE is no more responsible position
on earth than that of a railroad engin
eer. On his steady nerves, clear braint
bright eye and perfect self command, de
pend the safety of the train and the lives
of its passengers. Dr. Miles' Nervine and
other remedies' are especially adapted to
keeping the nerves steady, the brain clear
and the mental faculties unimpaired.
Engineer F. W. McCoy, formerly of 1323
Broadway, Council Bluffs, but now residing
at 3411 Humboldt St., Denver, writes that he
"suffered for years from constipation, caus
ing sick, nervous and bilious headaches and
was fully restored to health by Dr. Miles'
Nerve & Liver Pills. I heartily recommend
Dr. Miles' Remedies."
Dr. Miles' Remedies
are sold by all drug
gists under a positive
guarantee, first bottle
benefits or money re
funded. Book on dis
eases of the heart and
nervesfree. Address,
Miles' -
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temediesjl
Restore ?
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"I PJows a Bui Myself."
Kaleigb. Nevs and Observer.
On one occasion the Democrats
nominated for Congrees an hon
orable and able man who in ear.i
ly life had known nothing but
poverty. He overcame his early
disadvantages and became one of
the leading men in the State.
When he was first nominated for
Congress, an opponent, or an op
ponent's fool frier:4"' ''That
man isn't fft to go to Congress.
He plowed a bull."
The sneer was widely circulated,
and on election day, an old time,
mossy back Republican with his
numerous sons went up to the polls
to vote. Ho had never been known
to scratch a Republican ticket,
and the llepudlican managers gath
ered around him to help him se
lect his ballots. Much to their
surprise ho walked up to the most
influentialDemocrat on the grounds
and said: "They say that ourns'es
candidate flung it up that
you'uns's candidate plowed a
bull." The Democrat said that
ho heard such a report. "Give mo
a ticket for me and all the boys
for you'un's candidate. I plows
a bull myself."
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After Governor Jarvis and Mr.
Bellamy had spoken at Howclls
ville somo weeks ago, two farmers,
who had voted tho Populist
ticket, made short speeches,
renouncing tho Populist party
and declaring they would stand by
tho party of "the White Man
and the White Metal." This state
ment was published in all the
papers as ono of many indications
showing that thoughtful farmers
who had joined tho Populist party
to secure reform were refubingto
put on Republican uniform&?r
acting as tools of the office hole v
ers to perpetuate negro govern
ment.
Replying to those statements
ono S. A. Edmunds, who draws a
salary of about 3,000 a year as
clerk of tho court of Robeson
county, wrote a communication to
the Caucasian, and in an attempt
to show that Mr. Wilson, ono of
the converts, amounted to nothing,
wrote with a sneer: "He plows an
ox and makes a litto corn and cot
ton."
Four years ago Edmunds ap
pealed successfully to such men
as Mr. Wilson for their votes,
posing as a friend of the toiling
farmer, and promised to bring
about reforms and reduce sal
aries. Now, in his prosperity and
pride over his fat fees, he stands
and gazss contemptuously at the
humble farmer who in the heat
of the day "plows an ox and
MAKES A LITTLE CORN AND COT
TON" that he may pay the taxes
doubled by reason of the gold
standard's reduction of the price
of his "little corn and cotton"
that go to support Edmunds aad
the other taxaeaters. On election
day Edmunds and the other Re-pop-licans
who are trying to
stll out the Populist party to the
gold standard and negro rule
party to keep their offices, will
hear hundreds of humble farm
ers say, 'I plows an ox myself"
as they put their ballots in the
boxes for men who do not preach
silyer and then fuse with gold
bugs.
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