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JAS. A. THOMAS, Editor and Proprietor.
'X'-fcd-fcJ OOTTlSrTir, THE STATE, .THE ,TJOTOIT.
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VOL. XXX
. JiOUISBURG, N. C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1000.
NCiiEERl
CHURCH DIRECTORY
METHODIST.
Sanday School 9:30 A. M. -
Gbo. 8. Baser, Supt.
Preaching at 11 A. M., and 8 P. M.
every Sanday. ; " ' :
- Prayer meeting Wednesday night.
M. T, Pltlbe. Pastor.
' BAPTIST. -
Sunday School at 9:3 A: M. :'
Thos. B. Wilder, Snpt
Preaching at 11 A. Mi, and 8 P. M.,
every Sanday. f - " .
Prayer meeting Thursday-flight.
Forrest Sjoth, Pastor.
Pro Sessional eax:cL
jjr. J, J. majjjt, ,
PRACTICINU PHYSICIAN,
IjOUISBURG, N. C
Office over Thomas'Drug Store
ITtlilSIKlilll
To Be Made So By -The Adoption Of Th
Constitutional Amendments
( Farmer: -You are right; they do
Iti - i .t . i : a :
kii say iuuui iu. umc iniog, iuu ji
looks like they were talkiag uuder or
ders. Since I come to think of it, I
wonder what that deputy" marshal was
doiog out our way anyhow. He didn't j
stitutioQ of the United btates wnich,
they claim prohibits any State- from
denying the negro the right to vote on
account of race or color or previous
condition of slavery."
.Business Mam 'Exictly; but how
would never change
to listen to these
important part icn .
ALL WHITE HEN CAN VOTE.
A Conversation Between a " Business
Man and a Farmer No Prop
erty Qualification. -...' -
JJB. S. BURT, "
. PRACTICING PHYSICIAN,
Louisburg, N. C.
Office n the Ford Building, corner Main
and flash streets. Up stairs Iront. -
JR. B. F- YARBOROUQ ff,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
iiOMSBURG," N. C.
fm. 9.nn floor Neal building. Vhone 89
Night calls answered from T. V . Bichett's
residence, puuuc .
I arrest anybody or serve any paper. 1 absurd. Now there is nothing in the
Wonder it be wasn't sent out to talk Constitution of the United States which
! down the amendment? Well, yes, be takes awa v from the Star iv.e nt t
did say something elsebesides what 1 1 say who. shall and wh shall not vote;
have told you, and I have beard other neither is there anv provision in thai
before 1867 his while skin wilt prove Republicans say the1 same;-, thing. He
his right to register under that section, said that what be called the Grand
unless he is a foreigner." j" father section of the amendment
Farmer: "Will all V the educated wasn't any account any how, and that
constitution which says a State shall
1 a a a . . "
atiowan wnue men or all negroes to
vote. The Supreme Court of "the
United States has decided over and
demagogues they
the people were
their laws in any
lars."
Farmer: I oevcj took any stock
in the suggestion that the Grandfather
clause would be struck out of the
amendment and tht educational clause
would be kept In, because tt was al
ways plaffl to me that whoever voted
for one "of these sections would hare
to vote for the other, and that if it
was not for the 51b section the people
would not vote for the amendment at
all, and that the court would see that
Farmer: "I thought I -would drop
in. and have a talk with you . about the
amendment. I know you always keep
posted upon public questions, and .the
people in my neighborhood are be.
coming very much interested - in S the
amendment. . I haven t been "able to
get a copy of the- am-, ndment, and
about all we know about it in our
neighborhood is what we have read - in
the papers and heard, from others."
Business man: "I am very glad you
called. It is true I geneially . study
public questions, especially those which
I consider important to the public wel
fare. VI am like you, very much inter
ested in the amendment, and I have
studied it closely. , I have a few copies
of it, also some literature concerning
Will practice in all the Courts of the8tate tf which I will gladly divide with you.
otuce in uoori nonse. T r .t r . o-
1 see iruui me papers mat ivir. ouu
mons, the chairman of our party, is
beginning to send out some campaign
literature, and I suggest that you and
your neighbors who wish information
upon the amendment write to him." :
Farmer: "I thank you, for the copy
of the amendment. I: will study h
carefully, but there are some qucs
tions I would like to ask you about' it.
In the first place, I want to know if it
is true that it will disfranchise the ne
gro ?" ;
Business man: "One of the chief
objects of the amendment is ' to elimi
nate the ignorant and irresponsible ne
gro vote of the State. It will not
B. MASSBNBTJRQ, .
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
louisBuae. v. c, '
I . . I -11 I tho tatv P .nnKl irs n Ciii,m, rm.rt I - .1 . .. .. . . . I
-uu ,C6o,cl uuuci wuiuu 4 uu .11 . vcr again, mat me states nave a light the people voted forth amendment
me nneaucatea wnites register nnaer aUW.i w amcnumcot, 1o regulate the question ofsufTrage as with the 5th section In il and if it
section K, if the amendment is na even it me supreme luri 01 trie ther see fit. The onlv thincr in ih .km .v. t s. m.
IT- r- . I - -a 9 I vni il wuum Kill-
adopted ?" United States put it back and sustained United States - Constitution which in tnz noon the ror,v n .nn. ,
Business man: "No, not necessarily, the whole thing, the uneducated whites any way restricts the right of the State their conuitntm .wh tK,. .
Indeed; it is expected thit , as :many conlcLonly ' vote ander the amend- to regulate the subject of suffrage is the! tote for and never would have voted
educated whites ' will register under 1 toent uatfl 1908, and if they do not icth Amendment. That "does not ai. f, - n. v vi:
- w .v.. vu, raUVIIUlU IE UJIDg
the 5th section as under the 4th sec- learn ta read and write by that time low a State to deny the right of a neg' to frighten the people by telling them
tion. In Louisiana where they " have they would have to stop voting." ro l0 ,ole on account of race or color that the present Republican Supreme
an amcDumeni aimosi luenncai wun uusiness Man: "btop right there a I or previous condition of servitude. I Court of this State will
ours, 1 am told most ot the educated I minute, if vou olease. for it writ, onlv I Now. let us azain examine the eth ec. if.v;-
t . ; 1 . f . 1 w ' - - - - 1 ; ' - .0 i.iv.i.jkwi
1-: . J 1 1 . l 1.. . . 1 . . .. , " ... . I
wimcsrejibicrw uuuer mc .5m .sec. tate a minute to dispose ot triat nttie lion. Keaa it over carelully, please, cide it with the Republicans. I always
tion. Whenever a white man registers Republican yarn. I have heard of this for yourself. Now tell me is tfiere one thought that when a question about
under the 5th section his na.ue is bold and bald-faced mistrnresentation single crovision in that section whirh r,,...:....; .v- tr:.i e...
. a - r - , ij v. bviuillllkiuu VI IUC VliUCU OiSlCS
placed upon the permanent registra- before. Now let me read jou the sec- denies to the negro or any body else was to be settled, that the Supreme
tion roll, and he is" forevevr thereafter tion of the amendment on this subject the right to vote? Oa the contrary, is Court of the United Statet was the
permitted to register from that roll, again. That is all that is necessary . to it not clear that it is not a denying only court that could settle it is that
Let me read you the provisions of the clinch it. You see from the reading clause but an enabling clause, that is, not p
aiucuumcui wuu icictcutc 10 rejiuiira- inat every voter wno snau register un- imenies nooody me ngnt to vote who I Business Man "Whr certainlv
have the de-
matter, and they will de-
C.
U. COOKB ft SOW,
- ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,'
LOU1SBUBS.B. O.
Wni a.t.tnd the courts of Nash. Franklin,
Or anvllle. Warren and Wake counties, also the
Supre-ne Court of North Carounp, and tne U.
8. Circuit an
ad District Courts.
Db. B. S. Fostbb.
Db. 3. K Malokb
tion. v - : . ' - I der this section anv time before De
Farmer: I see. It is very simple, cember, 1908, shall lor ever therealter
and it is perfectly plain to, me now be entitled to vote at all elections nn
that the effect ol the amendment, will less he becomes thereafter dsiqualified
be to disfranchise the ignorant negro j by crime."
vote witnout disirancntsing tne uneq- : Farmer: - "Why, that's as plain
cated white men of the State." the nose on your face. Some of
Business man: "Yon . have hit the told hiaJ we had heard tbal wnat
nail on the head. , That will be. . the I was savinz aDDlied onlv to bovs who
exact effect of the, amendment, It is became of age after -1008. ABd we
a carefully prepared constitutional plan I were right, too, wern't we?" '
omerwise is entitled to vote, but simp- yoa tre entirely right about that. The
ly enables some to vote who otherwise decision of the Supreme Court of
mignt not dc entitled to vote." North Carolina on this question would
- Farmer:. "That seems to be so. It I not be binding. The Sapreme Court
not only does not deny anybody the I of the United States alone can finally
as right to vote but it seems to me rather I settle a question of this tort, and Sen
iis I to confer upon certain persons the I ator Morgan says it baa already settled
he I right to vote." . . . I it in the Missisippi casein favor ol
Business Man: "That is it exactly. oor amendment."
But let ns. in this connection, examine Farmer: "You said the Louisiana
portant oo to th whiU farmtrt,
and I fttl etrValn lto tbty
thoroogalj nndanUod It tbaj will
go to lb pells almost to a nan and
votaforiU Tba wliu ptpl la
tb country art tlr4 of tt Dtgro
ia politics; tbay don't InUod tr
again to bw boe4 by bio; tisy
naverwaot again to bava to go
through the terrors which dark
nad their bomea daring tta past
two yaara ef cgro ru!a la North
Sw at . . m
Carolina, w saaat to nse tt any
thin; wpopl in thaconctrj ar
nor interested ia this qusatioo
than yoa to th town. 100 can
reW upon tht country to voU whlta
thla year."
Bui in wa Man: "My friend, I
am mighty clad to hear yoa talk
that way. Tto white people living
out (a the country art indeed
deeply Interested la this question.
The ratification of tht amendment
meant taort to them, aa -yoa say,
than itdoee to tht peep! living In
the towns, hat it meant great food
to all of oa, whether wt live In
he country or 10 the) town. Per
sonally, I am going to voto for it
btcaneo I believe it la a Just meas
ure; because I believe It will b
better for tht negro, aa well aa the
hit man; because I think tht
white man is eotltledl by right
and by superiority of intellect and
natural capacity to control tht af
fairs of tht Stale; because I do not
want la set any such
pr:
r .:
'
I
v x . 1
I- i
aa foster a iialonk.
PRACTlCINd PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS,
' Louisburg, N. C.
Office over Ay cocke Drug C jo, pany.
responsible negro vote without depriv
ing any white roan of his vote.".
HAYWOODKf EFIN.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
LODISBUBS. H. O.
vn nn a. That i m nhi c nn fti v.onsuiuiionai amenameni was tne
lotSduugimui iuc .gnoraut aim - x Business Man: "You certainlv were .1, a.. ,v k.: .v- same as onra. Has the Saoreme Conn
. s I ea iuv u iuvui i4Ja a ivi ivj La a. iib'i ' W -
right,as the mere v reading of the j groes' right to vote, as you will see by I cf the United Stales ever passed upon
amendment shows. The amendment rMrt hi 9 it. That trnmn-rinM nm l. I the constitutionality of that amend-
white taw anv neprn trt vole tinTnct he nn I mentf"
be-iM( rite ffi'i ? a Hear I Business Man: "No. neither the Sa-
liusiness man: "that is-certainly fore December, 1 008. If he don't rez- .hViemnt f ihe M,i ri.ht t meme court of the United States nor
t . -11 T . . 1 - I - 1 .--- ...w o " " o v I
wqji au wduc men wdq rcsucci meir . k . n-n i,ni. Ti v 1 . .. . .' . 1 .v . uv.. .v- T
- - . . r . smt: 1 clear neniai 01 ine ricni 10 1 uj wttici wuu. . ? u m uuuuuim
re ann hnnnr I ' -l-j' t I
Farmer- "Why, that's just what c protccU the., suffrage' of. ' every w
white people want, isn't it ?" ; - I ma -k,; .w,?
. a mhb tv aa va a v v asu eiti j yiVVtlUU
"w I - J r . :t:- .j 1 J - 1 I - - .
dis- . uu'"u"' uu .uc uu uonut boy who will become of age after .then vote to aM ne-roes Who can not read amendment was before the people for
wiiinractice in aU the Courts of Franklin I franchise the entire nearo vote" but it 4 - J
nd adjoining counties, also in the Supreme ,. - a good thing for the
UOun, aua iu uut uuiwu Dra !" win uibiiAUtuisc cvciy ucgiu wuu. tan
' nii,.ii1tC!onrtA.
Office ii Cooper and Clifton Building.
iJJHOS. B. WILDER,
ATTORNE Y-AT-LA W.
. LODISBUBS. N. O.
Offlce on Main street, over Jones b Cooper's
store.
r . ,.'
4liir-,w' niDtwarc IQ which 4o learn 41 readl M. p. it I ratification the Renoblirnt in thi
- - I I UVJ wl fUt U(,Uil W l.U3C I ""41 "
negro also be- I arid to enable these twelve vear old r .u. 1" '. r j-.. .v . .r talVM S tt like thev are tilkin here.
S. SPRDILL.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
LOUISBUBO, K. C.
t i . . 1 . ...
ranse ne nas i wax nwn . ine naimi , , . - - - - ... ....
not read and write any section of the . . . . - - . w7 warn-io reaa me uemocratic the negro; because he cannot read and loey said it was unconstitutional, and
rn;emtinn in .h,' EnBlisi, hn.mw. ,c" uu B1,usl "re ,mcirai Prty pledges itsell to gite them from -riie. rmt on icrmnt of hi. rare, color tbe court would mo declare it: that
- e D--0-- I r D,, T u --.rJ-.-j 1 . : . . . .1 ' " I
v - .r , now on betterscbool advantages than or pre,.ioos condition. So that we see the Sth section would be stricken out
8,1.0, ever before. With these increasing ad- by reading the two' sections that it is court would so declare it; that
that this amendment is the only per- yantages and this great incentive to not lhe 5th KCtion which denies or of thing, just as they, are saying
wauciu .coicuy ag.u.c puiuic c- the boys to learn, illiteracy ought to abridge9 lhe righl cf negro to vote. bere. but the people paid no attention
currence ot negro ruie m ixortn aro- disappear among oar of lhe nexl . -
- - m - w
If you will read section 4 of the amend
ment you will see this is true. There
are in North Carolina, certainly be
tween 80,000 and 90,000 negroes who
will be disfranchised."
Farmer: "You say those negroes
who cannot read and write will be dis
franchised under- section 4 of the
amendment.
and
generation. If the falhers of our poor joo denieVand abridges his right,
to them down tnere, as they will not
do here, and ratified the amendment
WUl attend the courts of Franklin, Vance
the Supreme Court of Nortn Carolina. I gro be able to qualify himself to VOte
rrompt atusnuoo giveu 1.0 cuiieuuuun.
Una such as we had here in 1868
in 10&7. : - ; v.: . - boys will think about this mattei ; they notbecaDseofh;5 r,CCf: but because o"1-"
rarmcr: ;-i, wen, wc, jus w win see in tb provision greater ad-. Tarmer: "Huthere been anv reais-
tional qualifications, hich the State
A Woman
Only Coow3
' A T 1W x-r
-wr-. A. m. y ir.
T f I Ul a om ll
AlcELREE'S
Vlne cl Cera
vrO Ualah k. Ttda ts:ciat
ecrta aU " fasaal &imm - quick
ly aa! fwEUMs-J;. It iMitir
wttSi batUUa firytical xaX.
tiatlocsa. Tb trrataNntt may tm
Ulea at boo. Tfcera t &ot cc.
tiffaal czdm ad trwsbU. Ti
oiervr Is rt4 aad ttyt rmred.
Vi"V U Carnal la UroeJrc H
Wlinx ttsmAj tot all trcmtUa of
thiaclaaa. It coats bot i frocaa&y
drefxut.
tor aJrioa la caare rwairist:
tpecUt djretiocia, adlrraa, Ub
"LaLea AJnacry Lrrtr.t,"
Tba (anaaor?a UaLsia Go,
Chattspooga. Taca.
" sciLa.c.J. wrurr. MkHiKrM,
?( , - Tfc niii 1 1 ii. I
DWi:re Wltcb Hl U aa-
eondltloos liaalM for tiU,!a;ari
, V. 1 I. V...L -1 I - - m. w mi " u-a i
agam aa wo swiobuo carotin. Pal a are aU eactrrfaiie. Vf.O.
ia 1 W7 and 162S; Ueacts I beliefs Thocua.
wheo the oegro is eliminated from
politics bt will become a better
citizen, mors docile and mors In-
duetr ions, and will ceait to bt ao
element of discord, constantly
Men naturally dulilt to sit
down on tacks, hot tot oa tht tax
collector.
breeding strife and conflict be-
V. a. rtllpot, AlUar. Ga.. ears.
DWiu'e Unlm Ksrlr d4
anM mriA iV mm as r-!" f f V
tweenbiraaod tht whlU tnao; be- tu faaocaU:t r.Ue for eoaat:;u&s.
eanut k.H..a tK aorttflri cf thla Ui'.loata sal Uvr aa4 bowtl trsUa.
amendment will bring about a
new era of proeoerlty; because it
111 draw to ICortb Carolina both
capital and icamlgrstloD. which
will never coat while there is
denser of necro role, because it
W. G. TLooaa.
Tht starter at a race trass is est
man who is alwajs taken at his
word-
Krm. J. K. KCUr. K.at o tlaaHtaa.
ra.. writ. -I ii.Uk PtWitre Wjua
will drlTS into obscurity a lot cf tia f raal aaJ saai..-
... ... 4 . I Uearta filn aal fc,aia evvrrtiU. All
tneao, worthless white ton who fralaWat ttatiatiaa are cnaiaa. W.
preyed upon tht prejudices cf ths
Dcgro that they may escort oSces
they are onfit to fill.
Farmer; "Well, oar talk has
helped mt mightily. I feel llkt
every white man io North Carolina
ouhtto puthia shoulder to tht
wheel for this amendment. It
O. Thocaa.
Tht ateragt man is a good
sons wheo It comes to coddUsg
Imaginary wrongs.
Ta, aara.
1 aa CaiU
OiUce over Egerton's Store.-
T.
W. BICKETT,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
LOUISBUBO K. 0.
Prompt and painstaking attention given to
nnrT matter Int.rnated to Tils hands.
Refers to Chief Justice 8hep herd, Hon. John 1
Mannlnir. Hon. Robt. W. Winston, uon. J. c
Buxton, Pres. First National Bank of Win
ston-, Qlenn ft Manly, Winston, Peoples hshk
Ol Monroe, Unas. K. Taylor, rres. waKe jror-
Ml college, Hon. K. w. TimDeriaae.
Office in Court House, opposite Sheriffs.
1 thinV what' 1ie.thee Rennhlirafiov trul I 'it. 1' .j !l j : ."' !..'
Will any uneducated ne- " " '. -r -TD8C lDan uisaovantages; to j tneir
lutitttuus umv.. u..s utu u.uB boys, llieir girls.too, will get the
the people. Had you heard before that of lhe jncreased educational
they were telling thartfiT amendment facilities it is proposed to give from
would disfranchise the uneducated qOW 00.
- ' .-. Farmer: -4 There is another thine .States when taken seDaratelv.
USinessnan: -a-Wyes. tney naveJlhe ReDublicans .ebeciallvhe Federal eonrse-therefore, if ..hen taken
under section 5?" ' :
Business man: "Yes, a few hun
dred perhaps. -Those negroes who are
descended from the old free negroes,
who were allowed to vote prior to the
has a perfect right, as everybody ad
mits, to impose. ' Now then, we have
seen that neither of these - two sections
violates the Constitution of the Uoited
Ol
to-
tration under the Louisiana amend
mentf"
Business Man:
l rat ion under it.
Farmer:
"Notalcf Cii bo a) csof a rool i
Dnprpaia Car. Oa dj rlkv4 da,
a few boCtVt rarvi taa. 1 1 rtwu a b 1 1
looks to me likt a msrt question of l9T ,rrf w.
Yes, a fall regis-
rhltt man against negro, Joit likt
it was in It seems to me
that any white man who votes
Constitution of i8: and those wko 11 trying. to deceive the people by office holders; are doing, that V want eether ther should .violate that Con
have come into this State from States telling -hat as welt as many dtber false--t t0 inquire of you about. They most stitution," the unconstitutional element
where negroes could vote before 1867. noous 4 c wQuc .1c4.1c1a ' always have on. hand, a paper printed would be in the combination of the
can vote under this section. I think th "groes see the officeii that ihe ne- al Asheville I believe they call it the two and not in either taken separate
1 am a a wlitait iViAtvi aThkAnl f- Ka I I. -
Dossiblv there are in the State between "aTt 8,,t" w uazette which they pretend is a ly, and of course both would have to
l . -1- r .v 1 .v- ... J -- l . -.1.
506 and 1,000 negroes who may quali- l"cu "UIU liiClu "uu ,!ufl.,.,t?:Jfitro.ngJJeinocratic paper, but against 1 fall together.:
"Were the uneducated against tht amsndment will Juit
white neoole allowed to revaterf" simply bo rotiog for tbt aegro
Business Man: "Yes, every one that against bis own race.
wanted to regtster.
It doesn't require credits to en
able a man to drop a Lot plait
with perfection. .
Farmer: "Were tbe uneducated!
negroes allowed to registerF1
. Business Man: "No none of
them." ,
Joba Dirr. rcwytllis, Iai aaya. -I
mw sal saytiiac aa erood aaOa Hla
tU Cosfii Car. W are arr wl'oat
IU Qatekly trae p eocfte aal ccUa.
B . a.a a . ..
An Vditor'a Ufa Kaved bv CEetnhrr I voroa it) t:s
ta tats, v . u. vaoeaaa.
w.
M. PERSON,
Farmer: "Has there been any
fv themselves under the nrovision of P"1 Tnese fell0W8 are.?PP??..to the amendment; and they read from it " r,rm-;. i,weii. veaiiV. ih.t --m". election nnder tht Looletana lawf"
J . - tr - 7 . 1 7t.: :. I T- . . I .
liosinesa Mao :
Ccli contract ani beat ezr sods.
This la especially applicahlt to tht
Iceman's income.
the 5th section.'
Farmer: "Sq. much so good.
Now,
Practices
Building.
in all courts.
w
ATTORNEY AT-LAW, 7
-wuisBUBs,jr. a ,
oiflMt in Neai let me ask you another question. Will
the amendment disfranchise the . un
educated white man ?" " . .
Business man: "Why, certainly not.
The object of the 5h section, '1- com
H YARBOROUOH, Jb.
, ATIOKNEYATLA W, '
; ' i LOTJISBTJRd. N. C.
Office. In Opera House building, Court street
All legal business intrusted to him
wUl .receive prompt and careful attention.
JR. D T. 8MITHWICK, ,f
. DENTIST,
LOUISBUBO, N. C. , "'
Office in Ford's Building, 2nd floor
Gas administered and teeth extracted
without pain.
JJR. B, B. KINQ,
DENTIST,
' LOUISBUBO, N. C.
Offioc oveb Aycockb Dbuo Company.
With an experience of twenty-five years
is a sufficient guarantee of my work .ia all
the up-to-date lines of the profession.
T "rJ " " ana give out a tew. copies here and tobe dear Irora the reading of the two
, win aisirancnise me ignorant negro there. Now i wanl lo k you wheth- KCtion3. Now, r would Iike to tsk yoo
wuw. - er mis is a uemocranc papetr- ... if there U Sny probability of the two
whites. Their anxiety is on account of BusiDCSS Man: "Well, I an very aection, taken together being held to
mc negro voic uot u?c wq,,c. . ? glad you havt called my attention to v nnconstitutional?"
farmer: "By the way, i want to as this'matter. for this scheme of palmioi
von riffht here, is there anv nroDertv l v a .'v-:u r i ' t-.
, ----- , r -r. - U kUC rtJUtllllt unc u ucino- f . . ,. T V,..' i.a
tain's Cooxa Emedy.
Dorinar th early part of Ortobr. t?7.
I coatraaud a bad toU bWb stilrd oa
aay leairs sad was aefWcted aatil 1 ferd
that eoasamptloa bad appard la at la.
tlpleat alata, l was eoasUauy cok.
lor and trriajr to tpl aoBttlax wtWa
"Yts: not lonff ria H local doctor a trial Woof bt a . "5 IyrrU fae yara. ?C s5
since tht election io tht great city aa1 Ui mn wm4 laaoviuu lsprol I Car. It rata iooiju r.:. T.
of New Orleans was held under t. sad afurltad 4 Ur botx I;""? cartas rm..;
... , . I aj laara wvra rrstorrd to taalr 6itay I - rra, nmj. mm. 11
Ibis amendment. I U r Kmiim pbkiu rr tv. I drfta t,st voa rst aal casaU fall to
Farmer: "Dldtha nnanra! ad FUviaw. Wvaat. 11L For el br W. O. .U.Tociaa.
Thomas
Business Manr "None in lhe world.
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Good accomodation for the traveling
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Good Livery Attached.
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. Good Sample Room. .
SirrBom to Btobs aiys Cctjbt Bcrr jj
... ... '! .. . . 1 mialifination inthe amendment? One I r v. i . i
moniycaiiedtne uranaiatner, clause, . - - . , - p.. uc u. u .uu wj h many able lawyers about
. - . . -.- . .1 of those Revenue felinws-.I believe he I r j - .... . . a . i I
is to torever protect the entire body ol " 7" this matter "and-1 - have read pretty
- - ea in no dtqb n - n srtn r v . m a rns q n v . s a: s i rem s i
the uneducated white - vote of tbe " " f-' f I Kiu on mc people, iney are ao, m. .fK,f w,.,. ,, .w,
1 i a . a a ' " J r I sj wa) aa-aa . , a an a u saw
it,. and I find that every lawyer of any
Tht man who listens to a politi
cal orator gets Ut staff.
how he talked and moved around
State in their right to vole, it you no.w nc "i,lcu "uu ,uuuu I g the same thing, all over the State,
Will stu ij that section you will see it nJSKJ, pompously was pown my-way aDd .the miserable editor .of this sheet
standings who v"has. investigated the
amendment has reached the conclusion
that it is constitutional. I know some
lawyers who thought it .was not consti
tutional when they first read it, but as
soon as they investigated it they
changed their minds. I understand
io 1 .1... . : j - t .u
accomplished this purpose fully and atelyelling itaroundthab the amend- a ilending: himself toAhe trick. This
admirably. You " will see that h gives ment P'ovided that no one could .vote ptper is published by a man ' who has
--- ' . . unless he Was worth $2Co. and one w:. c,.. wk..'
every white man wno registers any ir . ; '- : 1 "-""j ui.u,miu ok. u(u
time before December ist. 1908, the raa PrescDl sa,Q- ne naa -scen lMl h first bought this paper he published
right to vote for all time thereafter, i"? " - !r",M.rr 'V " Licmotratic paper, ana strongly
though he may never know a letter in aDOUl lDI8f . . .1 Mvocated the amendment. . A few
the book, or become able to write a Buisiness Man: "Yes, I understand I months ago be sold out the paper
- - . . I.t. a. C mt J . a Vn I f hak 17 anHKl wA Z im sVa I
word, x-s jw icw. wc 1 cau 1 ma ,. acvtiuu rr rv . - ' Louisiana amendment, and that was
to you. You can study it further been circulating that falsehood broad- gan olhat prty in. the State-every prepared by two of tne greatest law-
when you go home." . ' - cast-: , course they snow it tne . pe; K 11 h iMpirca ny ine aftcr
Farmer: "As the law now ' stands, pie should read the literature the Dem- can leaders but it still pretend, to be lon jnTes,ictlioo tod lha. lhef prc.
no one is allowed to vote unless he ; . ocrats will send out, or go to hear I uemocratic, m order to better deceive . - . .
registered. 1 understand that will be Democratic speakers, they -wjUJearn thepeople. It is said that this dupllci- to consiitulionar ol jctions, I
so also under the amendment. Now that all such rumors are. talse. 1 ne ty. was a pari oime contract 01 saie. . - , Pr:.cha.d . . h
' . hi., -r .t -'.' r.tt ; l ' 1 V.. . ...iu.t tt. . I
will you please explain to me the pro ,aca Jn anscrupurons icuuws wu u . yauiure i$ uncontitutional. But neither of
cess of registration under the amend- are. circulating, these bold falsehoods is disreputable and contemptible, and it. tb . - renuUll0Q as . law.er
. 1. - ...... . a .ar s
ment ?" ' to 7'"d g lhe Por and educated uite the other :deceits we have been Indeed ooe of lhero fc tast got h
- - - I ... , . - . . . . . 1 I ..il; - . til ...... il. j I jo
Business man: "I will do so with I wnue people so prejuaicea-ana Diasca 1 .-js uuufc, uiunics 4..c ucsc..- iicense Senator Morgan's opinion
pleasure. A white man who can read against the amendment that tbey wiu pio.n 01 tnese epuuucan wnue ieaaes
and write can register, either under the not reaa inisuemocrauciiicraiure or .u kUC SuUWw.KUUm UCK' 0UKht to be accepted as settling - ihis
4'h or cth section.' A white man who go to hear.DemocratspeakerA.'Noy f.frage...-y question. He is regarded as tbe big
cannot read or write, can register un- let me readthe whole amendment to J Farmer:'" MThereis one other thing I gest man e South has produced since
der the 5 th section, because either he yoti. There is not, as you , see, ...one the Republicans are telling the unedu- tbe miT; and s te ; ablcst lawyer ; io
or-his ancestors were entitled to vote word in it that requires a .croperty I caieuwmie men wnicn 1 wisu 10 asa tbe Tjn-led States Senate, and he de
sometime pnor to Januajcy, 1867. . But qualification, and a penniless white you aDOUt. iney argue mat tne court 1 ciare(j m a speech delivered in ihe
as negroes were not allowed to .-vote, f man has the same riglit toj vote un- will bo d the educational qualification Senate a few days' agcr r that'- be bad
except a lew negroes, , as Deiore ex-i oer 11 tnat tne ncnesi man. in tnepiaiej uac ui. mc . iucuuuitui.jr1 ..uu carefully tnvestieated it and it was
plainedbefore fanoary 1 1867 ne- has.Vi ; , ; :-r ':?, A that at wfll hold the Grandfather cUuse dearly constitutional. ' lo fact, he said
gro can only register under r the 4th Farmer : "Well, that nails another ,e8'. na "r, I 5nft-lf l0C. the Supreme ' court of the United
section, by showing to the satisfaction one of their lies. It was a whopper, states bad altcadv. in a case from
whites Tote in the. New .Orleans
election?".
Business Man: ''Yes, all 'of
them who wished to.'
T ,.TM 1 . 1 - J
rarmers -uia 10s UDeantairw f 100 Be ward 1 1 00.
- t .t - -V-l I
negroes Tote ioe new vrieaua tmir of thla rsrr will U
election?" I p1d to tear ittt tbvrw ta at Wast o&a
t. r .. I dradsd dlawaaa teat aeiaaoa aaa aa
I aatarrb. llsll a Catarra Cars ta la air
both a registration and an election uralty. Catarra bta a eoaatltafloeal
under tha Louisiana Constltotlon, du"a-trrnn1, -,u.utM V.1
... . BMat. Hall e Catarrh Cera te Ula la.
aod yon say tbe liepnblicans nave 1 uroallr. acUaar dirtJr opoa tta blood
not take a single cast before ths!"4 ,VIr?'
. . I tharaby destroylca: ta fowodatioa lb
courts toteetitsconstltationallly.' Idiaaa. a ad air tear tfce rust nrtrta
Easiness Man: "So. not a sin- JMlm ep ',7? tw
I m'.mtlnr kibm Ii dalB ita Work . Tki
gle case, and it ebows conclusively, I proprUtora bare ao coach fUo la Ita
1, v .11 vt- .tv I eoratlta powvra. toal ltr czr Oaa
aa aa u a w av 1 a " w a
to tare- tWad for list t lstlBoeUla.
Add reaa. P. J ChijiT & Co ToW, O. I
lSoU fcr dmr-rlata. IS eaats.
HaU's Fsrall IXis are Ua trt.
Eceer cot at tit aSictiocs cf
others. It Is doubly creel to beata
cripple with his own crutch.
of the registrar that he can-' read and too wasn't it?" v .
write." - , Business Man: - "Yes, that wasc a
- Farmer: "That is all right, and suits pretty reckless attempt to deceive the
me to a'dot. But let me ask you, will people." But I am very much inter-
an uneducated wnue man, 11 tne 1 ested ,m wnat you nave 101a me auoui
vote. I want to ask you if there was
any danger of this being done."
. bumess Man: "before 1 answer
this question let me .ask, you -a qies-
tion: Upon what wgfound...dq. they
Mississippi, -' decided practically the
legil principle involved in fivor of
the constitutionality of " the amend-
nent. All this talk about the amend
ment being unconstitutional is' simply
amendment passes have to produce the misrepresentations these Revenue claim that the 5th section isunconstiiu- tQ lhe peopic-'Haye not you no
witnesses before the registrar to show I othcers are making to the people. uo 1 "". I ticed every time the people want to
his right to register under section i" you remember anything else they are farmer: "Why, they say it is uhcont enact into law any great reform, th
w .- w ... B .1 - V
I ' - I-.... aa i - I X
Businessman: "Oh, bo, certainly I telling your people, for they.- all say I stumionai necause, iney say.it vio-1 opponents " of the people raise the
not." As all white eople could yotel about the tame tbing?M . - - 1 ,atw the 14th amendment to the Con-aesll0a 0( iU unconstitutioualityf
I hai trcet'.us rrr wUW fcr
ytr aai ao owik-iaa r e prtt-a-
asat r;wr u.i 1 tiraa to utt Vtm Kia.
ata Coaxh Car. 1 kaow U la Ika brt
aoajck aaiicia ta.ai. ears J. luxaft,
Ccrry, Ta- It qki!r ara aoil.
eoid, eroap, aaca&a. rrlrr aai tanat
aal Isea; IroaMva. It is ta cl&Jr
favor;: rvoej. Cartaqaiclly. W. O.
Thoeaa.
Its always hard to tontines a
pretty girl that lovtts blind.
fore tht election about its being
unconstitutional was mere wild
and fury, intended to frighten the
uneducated white people and keep
them from disfranchising tht ne
gro."
Parmer: am very gjad to
have had this talk with yoo. I
knew yon were thoroughly posted,! Balm, rlua Mr.
generally art upon sneh im- i&JLV.
Grass widows don't -belieTt In
cultivating weeds.
I talak I woald go eraty with ra!a
it not for Csar&brUia s rala
W. II. KUdIos,
as yoa generally ars upon inca in- rfomatisia for a-taral yeara aol kava
portant questions, and I wantsd to trWd rve&adU wltaoet sarabcr. feat rare
a ... . .. , I lkJ Urn m uf imrn wjKtw -
una on tne trutn aoou mesa ma.- ol Qm iFr!ifaiioa rvliavea Oa rala. j
tera. We ceonla in the country For eaJ by w. o. Thooaaa.
haven't yet a while had an oppor
tuotty to etody tht question - as
closely as you bare; wt haven't
had as much reading matter about
it as you have had, but
A man's will Isn't Io it with a
woman's won't.
Kven tht most successful bakers
t art go-1 art often io kneedy circumstances.
intr to stady it like we did the
great isaue of White Supremacy in
the last campaign, and wt art go
ing to learn all about It, and bo
fort the election we will know as
much about it as the people in the
centres of population. Ton know
in the last campaign the country
people were better posted before
tbe election came 00 than tht town
people. This quest on of the
Eraye Xea fall
Yletlas to atomaeb. llrar sai sUay
troab lea aa wall aa ecaa. sad all fl
tbe resolta la loaa cf apprtiu. r-oltoes ia
lb blood, bac'taeba, noflmrt, ba4
ab aai tJrrd. UUn,rt dowa feallac.
Rat tberv'a ao awd to fl itk liat
Uatra to J. W. Gardarr. liaUk. 11.
1I aara; -Btertrta V-WUr ara JH tb
tbiec for a tsaa wba ba la ail rsa J a.
sad oao'i cart wbtbr fc litesor ai
It did aaora to at saw at rver
a&d good rrx'tita tbaa aartblar aai
bat a Pas ot i r." uaiy J ca:a
) THE
Knows that ihx Pccxlca KrmrAj
lor DLbcxics cf tLc Utct,
Kiixxyi aai TiUs h
Dr. J. II. CcLEflirS
LIVER
D EV
CflLLl . . .
It Lls Cured ThcmusJs ci Do
per ate Cases. Try It.
roa aax.a bt
YT. O. Thohaj, Dixr.lt
The One Day Cold CCi'.r.
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