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This Aegtjs o'er the people's rights, No soothing strains of Maia'sson, Doth an eternal vigil keep y Can lull its hundred eyes to sleep' VOL. XVII. GOIiDSBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1900 NO 34q JOHNSTON DEMOCRACY, Mr. Simmons' Amendment Speech at Smitiifi Id: F u lor the Primary. Smithfitld, N. O., March 30. The Deinoer tic county couvan tion met bcie to-day, and dele gates weie elected to tbo Slata convention. McNeill, and Rogers, of the Corporation Commission endorsed. Ay cock and McLean were endorsed for Governor, nod Secretary f State, respectively, also Prof. Ira T. Turlington, en dorsed for Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction. Resolutions were introduced by Hon. Edward W. Pou, favoring a Senatorial primary. It was sups ported by him in a short speech in which he declared that "No man was worthy to be United States Senator, who was afraid to trust his chmces with the peo ple." The resolution was unani mously adopted. After adjournment, Chairman F. M. Simmons made a most pow erful speech on the proposed Constitutional Amendment to the entire satisfaction of all present, except the few Radicals who eat dumbfounded. Mr. Simmons made one of the ablest speeches that ba3 been made in this county for a loeg time. Watch the re sults. John-ton county will give a mbjority of at least two thous and for the amendment, and go solid for Ayc-ock aad McLoan. SOUTHERN FORESIGHT. Southern cotton factory own ers who purchased their sup plies of raw cotton early in the season whan the staple was much cheaper than it is now displayed markad fcresigh. According to the Savannah Press, the majori ty of these mili operators bought a good portion of the quantity required fcr the year's consump tion at an average of $ 10 of $15 p9r bale less than cotton is now brigiag. Oa& large mill in South Carolina has 30,000 bales, so it is reported, on which the rise in price has made a profit of $15 par bale, or about $45,000. before the cotton is turned into the manufactured goods. It is also believed that the Mount Vernon Woodbery cotton duck combination is ahead in the same way to the extent of probably 30,- 000 bales bought at 10 and 15 per bale less than present prices. Nearly all Southern mill own ers were fortunate enough to see ahead of any one else that the cropwas short despite Neill's prophecy, and their persistent buying of everything in sight early in the season was the first thing that started the upward market. It probably safe, accord- ing to tne statements 01 peo ple well informed on the sub ject, to say that the Southern mills will make $8,000,000 or $10, 000.000 clear gain on the ad vance in their raw cotton this season, in addition to the profits which they are making in their regular manufacturing, business. The advance in ootton will make the crop as $75, 000, 000 J more than the big crop of the preced ing year yielded. No wonder the manufacturers of the Eas look with jealous and longing eves on the South's forward movement in industrial activity. Hush, II one j ! 'Talking abouc a quiet time in the great American game o poker, I am reminded of an inci dent to which a preacher figur ed," said Captain Cahill, a South Carolinian and most engaging story-teller. "In Edge5eid a lot! of us used to sit out in front of the drug store on pleasant after noons and gossip, burn tobacco, cnew tobacco, and enjoy our selves. On several afternoons we noticed a strickingly handsome man wearing a broad-brimmed sott hat drive rapidly down the main street in a neat buggy, drawn by a fine horse. He would dash up to the horse-rack, hitch his horse, hurry into some store, hurry out, jump into his buggy and hurry away. The fellows didn't say anything at first, but stranger was. -I'd back him high ! for being a gambler,' said Jim Roper, a one-armed Confederate veteran. 'Shut up,' said John Praser- 'he's the new preacher at the church. But I'll ask him when he comes up if he ever played cards.' 'No; don't do that,' urged Roper; 'you musu't insult a preacher. 'No ins suit, I assure you, rejoined Pras er. 'I know him, and he's the best fellow you ever saw,' The preacher walked up to the drug store, and greeted Praser cordi ally, Ihe others he didn't know; but Praser introduced the boys, and all were pleased. 'Parson,' suJdenly spoke Fraser, 'did you ever, when you were a young man and before you were religi ous, hear tell of the little game called poker?' The preacher was a bit startled for a momeui, and then he indulged in a broad and kindly smile. Stepping closer, he aid his hand on Fraser's shoul der, and said softly and laugh- ig'y Husb, honey, hush your fuss! Three days and nights once when I was just afraid to leave the table!' Everybody laughed and was in a good humor, and after that every sinner of them all went regularly to hear the preacher's sermons. Men went to church who hadn't been in a house of worship in years before, The whole town fell in love with that preacher, and he did great good. When bis time came to eave us, the whole population gathered to bid him goodbye. Husb, honey, hush your fuss!' " Wise Action. Charlotte Observer. Chairman Simmons, of the Democratic State executive com ? 1 1 mitiee, is wise m ine arrange ment he has made for an active opening of the State campaign on londay following the Democratic State convention, on the 11th of April. Some say that the day of the orator has passed: that the public makes up its mind from what it reads and is inattentive to the words of . the stump speaker. T M 1 1 1 . 11 may dq so eisewnere out it is not so as to North Carolina. The value of literature is not to be de- preciatea; me mnuence upon a man's mind of what he reads is not to be discounted; but unhap pily we have many people who do not read and with these the speak er is etill omnipotent, while he is largely effective yet with those who do. It stands the Democrats well in hand, therefore, to fill the State with stumpers as soon as possible after the convention and to force the fighting all along the line ' from the beginning of the I campaign down to election day. epublicanism Iirt ayne. There Is a Split in the Party Organ ization. There is Revolt Against the Regular Authority: And the End Is Not Yet. MajOf Grailt SpeaKS 10 the Bolters' Convention. o He Defines His Position- Stands From Under Russell's Regime And Reads the Riot Act Against Congressman George White. The Republican party in Wayne countv what there is left of it is in a sorry plight. In fact, it, is dead, and its funeral was preached in the Court house in this city Tuesday by Maj. H. L, Grant, who has stood sponsor for that party in this county ever since the war, and who was the slFather of Fu- on" in the State. The Occasion Tuesday was ti e meeting of the protestant ele ment of the g. o. p. in the coun ty, headed by postmaster Dobson, and backed up by all the white members and one or two colored members of tbe county Execu tive committee, constituting a majority of that body, of which Henry E. Hagans, colored, is chairman, and against whom this protestant element is in revolt. It seems that the white Re publicans of the county have grown very sore and sick over their negro chairman, and when he called a meeting of the com mittee some days ago they re fused to attend. That meeting, as reported in the Argus at the time, resolved itself into a coun ty convention and elected dele gates to the State and congress sional conventions, naming all white men to the former and all colored men to the latter. When th's was reported State chairmam Holton sent down in structions to postmaster Dobson for him and other protestant members of the Executive Com mittee to call another convention and he would recognize them as the legal contingent of the g.o.p. in Wayne. This was the meeting which met Tuesday and this was presided over by Maj, Grant, who on coming to the chair addressed the small gathering for the meeting was the smallest we have ever seen in the county on the various issues. He first paid bis respects to the Czar Hagans, the county Repub lican chairman, saying that his assumption of nower was unpre cedented, and that no other living man would have attempted to ride rough shod over the party as he Hasans) had done, and that he must have been paid by some one to do as he had done. Passing from this Msg. Grant declared himeelf as wholly opposed to the Amendment; but it is not our province to give his speech on this subject. He stated, however, that as a party expediency the Democratic party did not need the amendment to carry North Caro lina: that Russell's record of State government was enough to damn and destroy the Republican party in the State, and for his part he did not pretend to uphold that regime. He said he was opposed to ne groes holding office that he had always opposed it, and that when the test of his Republicanism was that he must vote for a negro then he was no longer a Repub lican. That while the negro had a right under the constitution and the law to hold office, yet public sentiment was stronger than law, and public sentiment was oppos ed to negroes filling offices over white people. He said that 95 per cent of the colored people did not desire office. "It is only the educated negroes," said Major Grant, "who desire office." "When you educate a negro," he continued, "thereafter there are only three avenues that he looks to teaching school, preaching and politics. Give them a smattering of education and they are then ready for one or the other or all three of these roles." According to this position Maj. Grant musi be opposed to edu cating the negro. In speaking of Geo. H. White, colored, the present representa tive in Congress from this die trict, and addressing himself to the colored delegates he said: "iou have not a worse enemy to jour race one wh has done mora to injure you as a race than the man who represents this district in Con gress to-day. Geo. H. White has drawn the color line in this dis trict. He has said that the negroes constitute the voters and that they must hold the offices: 1 charge you I advise you, when you go to the congressional convention that you vote against his nomina tion; for if he is nominated he will assuredly not be elected. Vote against him." Major Grant stated he was done with politics; that he ex pected this was positively his last appearance before a Wayne coun ty convention. He spoke calmly, deliberately, and we have endea vored to report him correctly, and we feel that we have done so. Gen. Cameron Hies. Raleigh News & Observer. Richmond, Va., u March 31. Gen. Francis Hawkes Cameron died to-night at eleven thirty seven. Funeral will be held here. General Cameron's death will he read in Raleigh with deep re gret. He was a member of one of the most prominet fam ilies in North Carolina, a man of lofty character and superior men tal endowments. Under Gover nor Holt he was Adjutant Gener al of the State and filled the ofa flee with conspicuous ability. He was long identified with the insurance business here, and was accounted one of the best insure ance men in the South. , About three years ago he left this city for Richmond, Virginia. His health has been failine for some I time, and his death was not un expected. . KENTUCKY SITUATION. Tha States Muddle Sti'l a Matter 1 Controversy and Conject ure. Frankfort, April 2 The April term of the Franklin Circuit Court began to-day and the entire time of the grand jury will be taken up with the Goebe' assassin ation caises. While indictments will be returned this montn, it is not probable that the trials of tnose against wnom tney are re turned will come up for months. On account of the importance of the investigation they will con duct, considerable interest centers in the make up of the grand jury. According to law, in counties of the population of Franklin county, between 250 and 350 names of persons eligible must be selected from the assessors book by the three jury commissioners. These are written on uniform shp3 of card board and placed in little tin tubes of like size. They are then placed in a round tin drum, which is locked and revolved. During the first week of each tei m of court the judge draws twenty names for grand jurors and thir ty for petit jurors. These he writes on a slip of paper, which he places in an envelope, and the persons whose names are down serve at the succeeding term of court. The grand jury now em panelled wa3 drawn the early part of January by Judge Can trill. The twenty men thus drawn are summmed by Sheriff Sutter, and from them the twelve grand ju rors were selected. Nine of the twelve men can return a true bill. There seems to be littledoubt that an attempt will be made to have Taj lor and other leading Repub licans indicted. Investigation will certainly be made in the cases of Secretary of State Powers, his brother, Jchn L. Powers, former Secretary of State Charle-j Finley, W. H. Culton, Capt. John Davis, W. L. Hbzelip, H. E. Youtsey and Holland Whitaker. Taylor is still at Morgantown, Butler county. Republicans from all over the county are assembling at Morgantown. Messengers have been in the county to-day sum moning them. The purpose is to hold some sore of a meeting to-day. It is not known whether the Mor gantown military company, or any compary of partisan friends, will acc-mpany Taylor when he leaves for Frankfort. Taylor recently sold the last of hispiopeity in Morgantown, and later still had an agent out in the country collecting a number of notes due him. Notwithstanding the fact that Taylor has failed to converse with Frankfort by long distance telephone, it is believed he is thoroughly familiar with the situation at the capital. This infor mation is supposed to have been conveyed to him by his political friend, County Judge James, who arrived at Morgantown last night from Frankfort. The argument of the guberna-. torial agreed case began to-day before the Court of Appeals. For mer Governor Bradley opened for the Republicans. When Mrs. W. S. Taylor and her family left Frankfort Satur day for ' Louisville the rumor was current that the JTaylors had left Frankfort for gozd. However, they returned last niht and are at tbe ix eu?ive niiosioo. They announce that they oiily paid a visit to friends at Louisville. The fact tbttt several d lys a 20 a car loal of furniture and personal ef fp(ts were loaded on the cors gave color to tha rumor tu&t the Tay lois had goao fur goja, and Mr. Taylor drev a sum of money from a local bauk before leaving. LOCATED MAGNETIC POLE, Exploring Steam 3? Southern Cross Keach s Wellington. Wellington, N. Z., April 2.. The exploring steamer Southern Cross, carrying C. E. Borchgre vink and the survivors of tha South Polar expedition fitted out in 1898 by Sir George Newnes,o London, arrived here today. Mr. Borchgrevink reported that the magnetic pole has been located. N. Hansen, one of the zoologists who started with the expedition, died on the voyage. The Borchgrevink expedition left Hobart, Tasmadia, for the Anartic regions on December -10, 1898. During the latter part of Fedruary, 1899, the members landed from the Southern Cross near Cape Adair, Victorialand, it having been arranged that the steamer should leave them there with full equipment of every kind, and should return for them early in 1900. Mr. Borchgre- vink's party consisted of nine, ins clud nj himself. Lieutenant W Colbeck, R. N. R., was selected as first maguet'c ohcervtr, to be ao sisted by L)uis Barnacchi, N. Hansen and Hugh Evans were cboistn as zoologitt-J, and Dr. H.. Kloevestad as medical officer. Mr. Fougnal was gereral utility man and cook. With these went two natives of Finland to . look after ninety dogs. Enormous supplies of (.rovisious were laid in. Davidson Enlorted Ayccck. Lexington, N. C, April 2. Davidson Democratic county con vention met to-day and appointed a large and representatiae delega tion to the State convention. It was one of the largest and most enthusiastic conventions ever as sembled in this county. Emery E. Raper was made permanent chair man, and in a few w.'ll-chosen and fctrorg words pave a clear exposi tion of the purpose of ihe consti tutional amendment. Resolutions were passed ins structing Davidson's delegates to use every effort to secure the nomination of her candidate, H. B. Varner, for 'Commissioner of Labor and Printing, and endors ing but not instructed for Aycock for Governor. Mark our prediction . Tnere are very few white men in Eastern Carolina who will vote against the amendment. There are plenty of men who never voted a Democratic ticket in their lives will vote for the amendment. Of course there will be a handful of federal office bolders who will be afraid not to vote against the amendment, but leaving them out, it will be hard to find a white man who will op pose it. Sweet potatoes are still plenti ful on the market, and they are fine, sweet and good. Wayne county produces the best.
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