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J. A. TZOXJ.S, Editor and Froyruior.
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PaiaaT. . - Jasuabt 16, ; - - ,1903.
V THE LAST BALLOT.
" ;; .The Democratic caucus, had' taken
up to last night about twenty -fi ve bal
lots for a United States Senator, t Last
q ballot stood as follows (bverinaifs 5;
Watson ; 5 a; Crai 30; Alexander 4;
' Cunningham; x. ,L Carr's name" ; ' was
withdrawn lasVf night.STbe ;Swucus
will meet again to-night. c -
THEttOYEKaOB'S MESiAttElf
Governor Aycocke's message to the
General Assembly was read ; in both
I ;;.- ; houses on ITbursdayof last week." - It
f ; is an able document and I contains somel
' i 1- VCfy w"se timely suggestions " to
tfi the law-makers. For the benefit of
? ' our country readers who do not see tbe
dally" papeirswe -intended sending of
a sappletnent containing' i the message
in fall but they did not . reach, us in
,:'vsV'' !:'SS' i1-;3!!-:--S,5'i'
I time. . , . - - . - - -
rjt?' Among the, many isesoggestibns
; '1 contained in the Governor's . message
to the legislature is that of a hew cod.
; , V , lfication ; of the Statute ; lawsMThe
' present 4 Ce was published twenty
.years ago, and ttie; legislatures ,that
f s have assembled ; since that time have
. ", made so i many J; amendments 10 T tne
Various Statute that the old book is
y: almost unrecognizable." By all means
v,. gentlemen of the legislature lets have
..';' a Code Commission.
OUE EALEIGfl LETTEii.
FEAREliUrS BEPKESE3TATIYES.
In looking over the various com.
miltees of the Senate and House we
;-'. find Tranklin's Representatives on the
following committee; Senator White is
chairman of the . committee on Insor
ance (a err important committee)
; and u also a member of other com
mittees as follows; Education, Judi
ciary. Finance, , Appropriations. Dr,
Kiddkh'sname appears on the follow
;t ing Hoose committees: Insane, Pub
lic Health and Penal Institutions. ;
THE WHTTEWASH : HAS PEELED
o "We do not think thelftesldenf
v wise in ienorine the race anest inn in
distributing office' and emolument at
the South. He - would not : venture
; - upon a similar course in New York or
: vaio, tot - instance, and everybod
' ,, knows iu .V--h
We make bold to uv howeveihat
Z if the whiter Republican, movement at
ne doum naa ederal office for its ob.
;. ; ject; if it can be checked or even dis
couraged by any! policy the President
, may aoopt in the dispensation of pa
:'t tronage: if it cannot . subsist withnnt
' the aid of the collectorsbip, the pott
'..offices and so on it does hot deserve to
v; succeed, and. the sooner it collapses
jmo ucucr. ,, . y asDingtoo f ost. :r
News well says
surmse ol the . Pjt is cnrm
, the vaunted "Lily. White" movement,
the masquerade in sheep'sclothiDg, was
imply to blind the eyes of the public
;to the real object. The ' supreme and
, only idea was to get the negroes out of
' the way in order that all the 'offices
- might go to the white pie-seekers in
; ; ; tne party. ' The Post says it Reserves
COllapse tnd il n collapsed, the
whitewMb has peeled off,; the
$1 f0 h1 fkeo flight ana th old
; dephant stands revealed in all ( its
hideous reality,' ready i tor ide vinn
i- the shoulders of the negro at the next
telectipaj and: tie him oteach9
, ; Pie-counter i wheVBhroogft Iwitb
him. , T : ,rJ ; ,
Raleigh, NC.jaa. 13, 1903.
The Governor's message ha not yet
appeared printed. It is a lengthy and
exhaustive paper and isr a good cam
paign documentr?3; ; i'L: : :
!S Speaker Gattis is a great big hearted
jolly fat fellow, a good presiding, offi
cer ana very popular. v ,
y Nepotism is scarce but will crop out
mougn nnpopuiar ana condemned.
Getting there is the principal thing in
most things, after. alUJ;-i; -V ;.
; An bid Senator who has seen many
legislatures says this one is an excep
tionally intelligent dae and much good
arjomayjte
HWhere is the east where is the west ?
Where is the dividing Jline? ; 1 . was
thought; t wo years ago : that .' Durham
was an 'eastern county. . . Now it ' U f
western county. The east - ctaimed
the Speakership and an eastern vmaa
west of a western countv cot it.' TSo
the east is west of the west - and ":: the
west,is east of the east. That's right.
There, is no east or west and but one
good grand old North Carolinav f '
J- S, Cunoingham, O.. L. Joyner, J.
6, prayelyjand others werchere -last
week and perfected preliminary ar.
rangemenls for thorough organizit ion
and work for . the '.Tobacco Growers
AssocUtioi;af :
. Lobbyists are somewhat scarce, but
will be here later. .'oVA - TZs-'l'
. Temperance and child labor is tak
log much of the attention of the leeis
lature and several good - bills have. aU
readyJeeaintroduced.;l;J';
; Many old members are here looking
on at the Senatorial : fight - No da.ru
horse has put in an appearance. We
believe there is some .; aversion to aay.
:There"was a'joinjt session of tbe Sen
ate'and House TuesdaV for the ? bur
pose'of aanvassing the eleictioVreturns.
While the two Houses were ' m joint
session G.R. Glenn, of Georgia, agent
for the Peabody fund, being fpreseut
was called npon and made an excellent
talk on edacation. ; It was a genuine
North Carolina talk and we bet there
is North Carolina blood in his treiaV!'
fElGrafid Lodge of North Caroli.
na is in session in the city f and there
are tots of Masons here. It was a good
time to attend the Lodge and see the
Senatorial fight, r;. '
That (bis legislature will be an eco
nomical one no one doubts. .Toe mem
bers "are : in favor ' of ; economy.' - In
proof jbf this a member wa Recently
heard trying to drive-a bargains, with
the boot black for ' shines - at reduced
rateSii;;s;-; -.v . --'-&SU''j&2:y-
House committees were 'announced
Tuesday. ' ?
A number of Franklin people have
been here thfe weekiSJ3'Iwy
The work of the" Legislature is just
coming on. t . s
i s ; ! As the Charlotte
the
I Jhk Republicans and; assistant Re.
, publiscans of this kiiediaitief sectron
lemocrauijat iheye ver glad
to get rid of the negro as a voter, but
v'v.in "ost cases these yery same fellows
; : w rewse-td criticixe the iPresidenl
'. wen be appoints a negro to positions
Hof importance' and trust. - As . yet we
4 failed to - hear of a single one
j : vwho does not endorse!: kooseveltsacJ
- pottoffice case,' wheVe ; a negro wo'nan,
( : Minnine Cox, . is being forced on the
, people against their wishes,
r, .THt Press of the country galrdtess
V of politics, are ; pouring ' hot; shotnto
, ; Roosevelt for hisj;apparent detiermfns
tioa to force negro; office-holders on
t the 'Southern whites! There is V no
; complaint along this iiM fosucb"a p
: 'pointments in the I North as he
wouldn't : dare appoint neero
; to any important office in 'any of the
Northern btates. ?, Of course the Presi
dent is not looking' for any electoral
k Totes from the South; but he does-want
r rotes from this section inJtheRepub
; Iiean National; convention, and this
'slobbering over't the negroes in the
South is resorted to for'reasonfct First
. to hold the negroes together . for the
Republican party in the -North, and
, second, to rebuke 'and humiliate 'the
Couth whites who refuse to submit to
r the oppression of the' party to which
. tts President belongs; -
WHO WILL BE THE ; CAJlDLflATE.
; I think the contest in the next nat
ional Democratic convention for'the
presidential nominatbn will be between
Mrl Gormtxt Judge Parker of Ne w
Yorkv and Mr Olneyl of Massacho:
setts," said Representative . R!chard-
son; Democratic leaderin the house,
fto-day.I thinklcanse a leanine
m Mr. Bryan toward : Mr. v'Olney.
Thereis ao cestionihatlie3s beine
boomed mthe west. : . He will make a
formidable candidate.-;-: Mr. Gorman's
friends, will not let the ! nomination go
to; another,; withbut a contest, and
Igeen BllParkeri of New York.
is forging.to the front .venr -raoidlv.
Vom: wha I hear cf hiiothe would be
entirely acceptable ;to , the sbutbern
Democrats if he should .. be tbe choice
of the convention. - !
Vbat ;:will be the issue; after you Wt
the man?" Mr. Richardson was asked.
"What better issue; do we want than
the one the - Republican party is now
ff oishing - hs through , its division on
the tannsqulmfonfMn
saidi .'Tbe people .are demanding
tariff reform.; .The Republican; high,
protectionists will not give it to themJ
"-Washington Dispatch to PhiladeU
phia Record, January x .',.; ,;';.f ;,;
the
the
A runaway hone in Wilson, hitch
ei to a bujgy, and driven ; by Mrs.
T. J. Hadley, accompanied by a lady
Llzni ens day test re:k, came very
rnr causiag tte dz: Va cf both ladies.
A-:L;r f'rcrz "":;ntv against
1' !. s dr;;- - , , . : have c;ver
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yl'iySsULQAZVSR - KOTESMf
-'Pierpont Morgaji is nndoubtedlr 1
most . lascmating . ugure W before
world iIt6-daTiMr iMofD-an: - u?i
Advisers and His I Organization" are
discussed at length in the January Cos
mopoHtan by Johni Brisben ; Walker,
"pettMaysl between 'Mr.
Morgan's and Mr. John Mitchell's of-
pcesin September, ' in the attempt
settle the coal-strike. , s
to
of-
; EDisolfoa 1903.
" Thomas AT Edison's New Year's
feriBg to the world is a perfected storage
battery. He says the. problems of tb
coming year art fizhtin? bacteria
getting electricity direct - from" coal
getting power cheap from the elements
and applying electricity more general
ly to manufacturers. He intends
mediately attacking ; the problem
cheaper electricity. He hat
words for Marconi and wireless
grphy He has no faiih ia Cj
machine talk. He says medicine
played and tkicks scientists may
the gercj cf eld t- .Tee newspaper,
ia r.:s c-:zi-:-., n 'ths greatest
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AFiuiiT ro Tilt iiiudli: ::an.
We sympathize earnciily wi'.h the
d fight against the rcta 1 ei
blishraea'.s of the American Tobirc-i
pany. The abolition of the end
man U a socialistic ideaofihe wor'
Jt means the sutn'.rutioo ii
ployes of a great monopoly fvr thr
independent small dealers.
The true socialistic idea ia ihce
matters is that the government, rep
resenting the people, thall operate ihe
factorries and deal directly, with tie
people The theory of this is jit.
however impracticable its practice ma
propose
ta
Com
die
kind
em
be, The American Tobacco Company J had cerer Uca ov.'t
wea is tnat the maoafactarer hH
deal
respo
by nobody. ; I! it is successful, the to
bacco- trade " will be a monopoly a
it is in some of the European coaotriet
but a monopoly not responsible to the
legislative body or the people," as the
European governments are. The cod
sueaers would pay as much for their
goods as they do now and probabl;
more. The difference woold be thai
the share of the profits' which now re
mains in the respective - commonittes
would goon to the central corporation
The; local dealers would be-, mere eta
ployes, at the mercy of their eroplot
ers and with wages constantly dimrd
ishing. "; . . . , -
.The people have it in their power
to check this movement now, jo Its
inctpiency. - All they have to do is to
avoid the local branches of the Amer
ican Tobacco Company, , to refuse to
buy their goods and to coafioe their
trade to 'independent dealers. 5 II the
independent dealers, for their own
protection, see fit to org anite and re
fuse to handle trust goods that is their
business.. The early Americans were
willing to forego their tea for the sake
of liberty , and in vindication of their
patriotism. J; Certainly, the people of
this generation are . not degenerate.
All that is needed is to . have their at
tention called . to the facta; - They are
not even asked ' to abandoo or even
diminish the luxury of tobacco. All
they need to do is to chaage the
brands ol tobacco they- ose, if neces
sary, and to take 'a little pains to see
thaKhey buy--from '? none ; bat inde
pendent -. dealers The " Richmood
News.'.v" -;.-.-r - 'IT-c rv, :
wisawtiToir letter.:
from bar Xegolar Cormpondeat.
replied -that, as: the Senator from
Io't:r 1::' x r : : , - -
ac.l t f-r : 1 -
:U li-c .'r,- -. .
I ha; ih- r-r . t - I ) r , -,.
t-ten n ie f- - -of
h ii 1 ,.., . , ,
A:t cf ict n i .-i ' 1 r ,
-k Di the rhir; ? , ,t t :
we.l a u -h e o : i c 1 4 . t
by the S-cnatv r frrr.i ?! ?.
dolgfj ll:e po r.t ltlu; ir.
ed to ifirj ite i i-.ttvt-x
Vett at a tc;V-- si t? e
character of Mr. D rg'tj
t t c :
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TcsaetT cf tt Titt i-
direetly with the people, bot be J p'c e ihe ftr !t and i-c -re iSc es-
nsible to nobody and controlled ctm?Dt c' n' "' 5 If : a hit
rtwiw. Tl it i .nrz-r,.! iK- 1 h5U,!e'1 ,n ;' rl rtla-.i ..r. U-.wef 3
the Adi5:n'i'ftt ar. J tvf r-i..Urt
of ibe ub cotonii'.tt-e c.ff. it
prfrr!tm ff an ac!-trt rt-3ft.
When Congr . tufl Ihe H- e
Ciary cccmutt sppo:c:r-l a .b cta
inee crniUticg cf Mersrv L ::'t f.f ; J.
Power, 0erstrcet, De Afrotd asJ
Clayton to tftaii tfsn t; L Tv zb
commtttee aiied tve VttV !e r.t t 1 tz
idmbijirnon awiiate so lit tutt'
fur1. Tej a-krd th Af -cry
Geotral i ff hi r ik r.t j t.
They were fximihcd icd iU c'-?a-mittta
. ImcnediittSy t q -9 9
drafi a b H-ejjW djtf-i ih. Tro,
to the aoiifratm ol J,Ir. UwUitU
and hia conkne. Mi. Keoa tent ti
RtpreeuaUve Jakici, Cha rtraa cf
ihe Judiciary Gcxoahife. lw f.;u
wit arrqi-it that thty tx iatr1icrd.
This was dote and osly ha iy ast
prared Jo print did the ayb-ccroaiitrt,
whKhhaibetabarolaib ffcJfs'hs ed
otr its measore, leara it tad Uta
completely Ignored aa l Hat b;U had
been lotrclactd which were calcs
lated to reoder . oUolt. it Um
which they bad es;ix!d so msch
time abd labor.-
Under thrtat It ta errt wctaroo
the members of the Seeaie hart cio
ented to Ihe passage of some six.f tt
aod ionocuoQi sot! ticrt sctaisrta.
Tteae bill, they say, cdbm bt M i n.
pie as lo provoke tvo kejthy dttate
and auat recti re the eaaateacMt s
port of l he republicans whh k tasta.
rhouet toaaylpgthat thty tnat; t so
drawn as to tJoapb!e c4 ihwartiag
the inteotio&a or drsitcs ol th ima
Thevletigtby aodaweeptcg Ull trvcgki
ia snoch spec a- a'ar al.r t eg by Mr.
Hoar has sntjrctrd the vtVerabU Srtu
aior to nothtcg bi rkfxulf sect so
upset bas the old , (tDtenaa becce
that Thursday be moved the raa
iRe of a bill whxh was raacird tsar,
ly a esr ago aod ihe Senate, follow,
log bis lead, pasted it. "
. The PresKJent waa nVjed 10 whai
the French term a bad quamf cl a a
hcrarat the Cabinet sscrtirg cn Fri
day and a my bad quarter of aa b-er
U was. lodividoally a ed col! ret ml y
the members cf h Cabiaet rvproached
bilQ with ihe U voders he tat coev
mined lo aitfioptirf to carry fi to
effect a holly qatitxfc atsd tpeetalaUt
Soother ro!,cv. Tbart!<Bci el
one; Dt. Crvro, to be Crrv if tw
rort at Caarkstoa, 5. Cl aeJ ihe saa.
pecsioa of the pc:&!ice at I&d aacla.
Miss., were made the teals Ice the
curtaio lecturta dtlitertd bthind the
closed doors cf the Cahi&ct rocaa.
Repteseniatlve Barlctt cf CeorgU m4
tayoareorrvspoedtot. aprofce of ihk
rabjKV "President Rooafelt ha wtai
you m'ght call a tpcctacQlar n:ru
tond of pJavioe to the laikt. L2ka
all other profess iooaf re loraxr he has
One of the sharpest debates recentli
witnessed In the United Stairs Senate
grew out of the effort of Senator Yest
to have a. bill removing the duty 00
anthracite coal, io accordance with the
President's recommedatton, reported
from - the ) Finance committee. In
terms made thrice ; eloquent by , the
feeble condition of the speaker, which
would not permit him to stand with,
out the support of his desk, the Sena,
tor, for the secoodtliaa ia o&e week;
pleaded ' the) cause ; of ""the . poor aod
needy.:1-He betrsed hia oDooneara
for the sake of humanity to abandon
partisatr "considerations Tnd ' pass a
measure offered "by a poor .democrat"
but calculated to lighten tbe hardship
of the old and feeble and of little
children who wept because of the cold.
In heartless but forceful, terms Senator
Aldrica 'taunted ; the Senator from
Missouri with havine consented ta
ifJE!. ? t- dol on i bulooeotHtio vw at,l that la to
rarJiM Tfc.. 7 VZ "c"r..r."" 0C,,eT 0-.perw.eU ChatCf st tbe
. . p . . . a jk t - ... .
Rhode Island well knew, that dutv was? tt. . . -.t..i , . .......
admitted lo the -Wibo. bUI becaux tothe oeat Natic.l Cos3ve.iiosT.a3
four democratic Senators who held tbe he has beta making a tnM staad
balance - of power were notrue to their pi.r tar. ihe negro nea ta tbe Stk
party and made the 40 per cent, duty becaoa ht know, ihat thf eooirel the
the price of their arote for the bilL He ,-.-,1 .v.. .Ij....... . -
Urged tbe republicins to re above the ReprtsenuUvts Johoaoo. Howard.
I sordid conaiderai ton Afmod lni.t.i.ln....i . '
..t - , oraauey, aocBrao, ratlertio, Lrtr,
and partisan pol.cy and for once solely Senator ekcl ttittet aod others ea.
loJ 5 e8tue.?'. tnmanhy. bat bis words 'pressed similar vkwa, .
it
Bcin ilie Ieo) Year flrit
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by opening aa account with the
ttronn lTln-i1 rP t fnn J. nr -
h-'- "J". It receive dranailte a! am Twi. -t t.
Lj - ,, , f - - and allows Four per cant inUrwt, Toul I '
S:-: C-'-V-'--ourceai of this Dank U over I
M E D T 0 AND DOLLARS
;ii V -We invite cormtpondence.. .
0 V J- B."OWM8, President. .;.;-.; W. A. lit sr. Caahkr.
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;::I DESIRE TO RETU RN
Thanks t3 my enstorneri for
their libral patronage, an 1
. vrlshing all a Lappy ar.l pros
.' - peroas New Year, I aa
Yoars tralr.
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Wo desire onco more to call your :;t:c:; to cur :
of General Merchandise. V.re have our : :or . V r
than over beforo
and it is always
ploasuro to havo
customers want
it, and at tho
when you havo
tho following
your intorest as
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We have a fov
Over Coato Icit
that wc will r:ell
at Your Own
Price for tho next
Fow Days.
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GROCERIES, -PAINTS. OILS.
Hardware. Buildin;; r.Iatorial. V.:: -and
Utiles. If thorc is ahy:hi:r:
for it, and if we haven't ';ot it in . tr.
Thanhinr; all of our cut:a- r. ;
patronage in tho pa:;t, V.'- ;-.;. ;
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