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YOL. XXVI.
RALEIGH. N, C.i THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1888.
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Also Contractor (or alt' kinds of Building
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any address upon application.
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Proprietor;
. Cot. Hill Renominated.
By Telegraph to the Newi ami Observer
Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 12
The
Democratic State convention renomy
nated David B. Hill for Governor by
acclamation. "' I
Edward F. Jones was. renominated
for Lieutenant Governor by acclama
tion. 5
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ASHEVILLB AND THB WEST. j
OtJS klOULAK " BUDOKT FROM "BajjTAHT?
THE BIDOK. '
Cor. of the Kew and Observer.
j , Ashevillk, Sept, 11. J
The I hearts of thirty tnoueand
BuDootobeites and a thousand viaitorf
to our city, our hills and our valley
were made glad yesterday by the eea
aation tf the- easterly storm that haf
prevailed for fourteen days past, and
the welcome spectacle of a brilliant
aun in a cloudless sky. It waagolov
mon, I believe, that said "a pleasant
eight it ia to behold the sun",
words to that effect. Certainly" every
living being in this part of the world
must subscribe to this sentiment, and
rejoice over the return of bright
weather, suoh as blesses the land to
day. The storm just passed was one,
of the most remai kable ever known,
at this season of the year. For four--;
teen days there was almost contin4
nous rain, and during all that time:
the sun shone out but two or three;
times, and then for the briefest space.1,
The damage to crops is extensive.;
Tobacco and bottom corn have suf
fered, in some places heavily. . No
other damage is reported except a
slide occurring at a point on the;
mountain section of the W. N C
Railroad, near the Big Tunnel; but'
this delayed the trains only a few
hours.' ' ;
The energetic management of the.
line handle slides, washouts and rthe
like disasters with marvelous facility. 1
A negro dance Saturday night jn j
the northern Part of this citv was the ':
occasion of a bloody Bhooting affair.
Frank Avery was dancing with .the
wife of William Black Black warned :
him to top. i Avery refusing. Black ;
let into him with a pistol, inflicting a
severe wound in the chest. Black
fled the country. The wounded man
is lying. critically ill. He will never
dance with Hannah more. . k
A "morning German," a novelty in
this quarter of the world, .was given
yesterday morning at Battery Park
by Mrs. Dr. S. Westray Battle and
Mrs. George A. Cunningham, in honor
of some visiting married ladies from
Ricnmond, Va. Some thirty couples
engaged in the dance. The assem
blage was brilliant and highly fash
ionable; and the occasion altogether
a very enjoyable one to the partici
pants. The German was led by Mrs.
Theodore Benedict Lyman and Mr.
Joynes, of Richmond. '; 5
James Sumner, who mysteriously
disappeared 'some weeks ago, has
turned up alive and well in Charles
ton, 8. C. His going in so sudden
and strange a manner was a mere
freak of youthful folly or whimsical
ity, so to apeak. ::i
The Madison county Democrats
have nominated for the House Dr. J.
H. Baird, a popular young physician;
for sheriff, William Duckett ; for treas
urer, Wiley Boberts: (or rejrister of
deeds, Arthur Beagan. A gallant ef
fort will be tuade to take Madison out
of the Republican column .'this year.
Buncombe county is evidently
prospering under democratic rule,
ii we may linage irom me recent je-
turnof the assessors showing the
taxable values for 1888. Land Val
ues have increased since 1887 from
$2,020,382 to $2,U83,473: town
lot from $2,609,046 to 12,-
735,159: solvent credits from
$564,883 to $598,178: and taxable
cash on hand from $96,399 to $151,
n99. This don't look like Democra
cy was hurting the country, much!
HumphT y
The much abused stock law seems
also to be getting in its licks pretty
welL Cattle have increased in value
from.$124,029 to $128,248; hogs from
$14,505 to $23,309, and sheep from
$3,537 to $4,316. Even jennets, jacks
and croats show an upward tendency.
rising in value from $1,863 to $2,217,
while horses and mules have gone up
from 256,ttU5 to $2b6,08U. In the
face of these figures, these silent wit
nesses, to material progress under
Democratic legislation, the tongue of
tne ttadioal ; orator should cease to
wag, forever, with all the depressing
effects resulting from burdensome
tariff laws. " !f
A sad case of drowning occurred at
the ferry at Hot Springs Sunday.
Mr. Swan L. Plemmons, while at
tempting to cross on the ferry boat
with his horse, was accidentally car
ried down the stream, swollen with
the heavy rains, and drowned in the
rapids. The horse and the ferryman
got out safely. Plemmons could have
saved his life by abandoning bis horse.
This he refused to do and lost his lfe
in consequence. .
"CieUlor" for Bag-nine.
Correspondence of the News and Otnerrer.
EiTTBUx, N. C, Sept. 10,
I have read with interest the eev
era! suggestions offered through the
press how to overcome the schemes
of the "cotton bagging trust," by
wmcn our ootton crrowers are so se
riously and Oppressively threatened
That of Mr. Peterkin is good 'so
far as the material is concerned, but
I very much question the . success of
his plan, i. e. encasing the cotton in
sheeting or veneering made from the
sweet-gum or some other wood.
There is an article much in use for
packing known as the "Excelsior"
shaving.
This article can be obtained from
gum or some of our varieties of Mm
ber that hitherto have been of little
commercial value. The shaving oould
be spun as taken from the shaving or
planing mill, and after being woven
submitted to a salt-water or alum
bath which would lessen its combuBt
ibility, make it tougher and do away
with much if not all the objections
urged by the insurance companies
The cost of the material would be
less than anything suggested, and
may-answer the demands of the
much needed article.
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A handsome complexion ia one of
the
greatest charms a woman can poese
Posaoni's Complexion PowJer gives it.
CONGRESS.
PROCEEDINGS YESTERDAY IN
SENATE AND HOUSE.
ANOTIEB BI.OW AT THB TB08TS THI
SUNDRY CIVIL BILL AGAI5
OTHEB KKWS.
By Telegraph to the Mews nd Observer.
Washington, Sept. i 12 - SkS .te.
Mr. George offered an amendment to
,lhe trust bill reported yesterday from
the committee on finance. The
amendment consists of four addition,
al sections,; the most important of
them being one making it the duty of
the President, when satisfied that
the price of any article of merchadise
is raised in consequence of aggrega
tiona or combinations, to issue his
proclamation suspending temporarily
the collection of import duties on
each articles. He stated that his at
tention had been called to that point
by a remark made several months
ago Jby the eminent Senator from
Ohio, (Mr. Sherman) and he believed
that the remedy proposed would be a
just, fair, complete and efficient
remedy for the evils. The men who
go into the combinations had
no right to . demand protec
tion under the laws of the country.
Mr. Hoar made some very sarcastic
and pointed remarks as to the con
nection of the cabinet and of the Dem
ocratic party managers with the
trusts, which brought out a rejoinder
in kind from MessrB. Reagan and
Payne.
When the discussion came to a
close Mr. George's amendment was
ordered to be printed.
Mr. Spooner offered a resolution
reciting the fact that Joseph Hoff
man, of Brenham, Washington county,
Texas, a prominent Kepublican and
witness before the Senate committee
on privileges and elections, had been
recently shot down in cold blood in
that city; that his assassination
was believed to be - directly
attributable to his political views and
activity, and to the fact that he had
given strong testimony before the
committee investigating the alleged
election outrages, and that it is of
the utmost importance that witnesses,
before Congressional investigating
committees may. without danger to
their lives freely and fully testify, and
instructing the committee on privi
leges and elections to investigate the
circumstances of the killing of Hoff
man with special reference to ascer
taining whether jit was due, in any
sense, to his testifying Delore tne
committee. The resolution gave rise
to an extended and heated politi
cal 'discussion, the speakers being
Messrs. Spooner, Jrugn, Coke, Teller,
Evarts and Reagan
The discussion ' turned largely on
the question of whether the killing of
Hoffmann was a political crime the
Republican Senators arguing that it
cwaa and the Uemocratio senators
taking thel contrary position, and
pressing the fact that a prominent
Democrat, Mr. Holt, who was killed
4t the same discharge as that by
Twhich Mr. Hoffman was shot down.
.The discussion j was interrupted
!to permit; The President's mes
sage (in reply; to the resolution
sailing for copies of the correspond-
ence witn me cntisa government m
reference to the fisheries treaty and
the discrimination of tolls on Cana-
fdian canals) to be presented. ' It was
read in full and referred to the com
mittee on foreign relations..
; 'mi t : -ill Tl 1 1 .1 :
. 1UD lOUUIl Ul t,UV LLUUSO vu me UIB-
ngreeing TOtea between the two
houses on the sundry civil appropria
tion bill having been resumed, r.
Blair declared that for the existing con
dition of things in that State, educa
tion was the onlv remedv: it was the
only balm in Gifead the only physi
cian that would ever succeed in re
movine such mortal ills. The other
Senators participating in the debate
were Messrs. Salisbury, Hoar, Coke,
Hawley; but the burden of it wai
borne chiefly by Messrs. Coke and
Hoar. The resolution went over
without action, i
i The House amendment (merely ver
bal) to the Senate bill relating to
postal crimes was concurred in.
; Adjourned.
'j BOU8K.
I Immediately after the reading of
the lournal the House resumed con
sideration of . the conference report
fupon the sundry civil appropriation
bill-
The pending question was upon
the Senate amendment relative to an
inquiry as to the practicability of re
claiming the arid lands of the West.
he amendment was amendeded by
the House and then agreed to. As it
now stands the clause provides for
the appropriation of $100,000 for the
purpose of investigating the extent
to which the arid region can De re
deemed by irrigation. The Director
of the Geological Survey is directed
to make an annual report of the pro
gress of the ; inquiry, and all lands
which may hereafter be designated
for sites for reservoirs, ditched, or
canals for irrigation purposes and all
ands made susceptible of litigation
are reserved from sale or entry unti
otherwise provided.
The next senate amendment wmcn
gave rise to discussion was that ap
nronriatine $200,000 for the estab
hshment of a zoological part in
Washington. A motion to concur
was lost 36 to 56 and the amend
ment was non-concurred in.
The remaining Senate amendments
(of minor importance) were also non-
concurred in and a further conference.
was ordered on the bill.
On motion of Mr. Crisp, of Georgia,
a bill was passed to include Sapelle
Island within the Brunswick collec
tion district of Georgia.
The Senate bill was passed amend
ing the law relating to postal crimes.
Mr. springer, of Illinois, tnen
moved that the House go into com
mittee of the whole on the Oklahoma
bill- On division no quorum voted,
and this point was raised by Mr.
Barnes, of Georsia. The yeas and
soj!
nays were ordered and resulted
Yeas 104, nays 26. No quorum.
The remainder of the afternoon was
spent in an unsuccessful effort to se
cure a quorum, and the House at
o'clock adjourned.
OSiKVILLG.
COL JAS
St-
HORKHEAD 8 ADDRESS TO THE
; PEOPLE.
CorAof the flews and Observer.
I Oxfobd, N. C, Sept. 12.
The rain and swollen streams kept
quite a dumber of people from court
on Monday. But today (Tuesday)
there is duite a crowd here, and the
business of the docket is well under
way.
Some excitement prevails in some
sestions of the county in regard to
the recent lynching, and while the
Republicans are trying to make some
political epical out of tbe affair, it is
uehevedj here tbat the participants
.ei?e not 'only Republicans but wre
partly composed f negroes. TLe
.jo&d ciijzTJs: of Oxford deplon ti t
occurrence as they would any lw; ;
act 'j
At 2 qfclock tcday Col. J T. M
head ad are sed the citizen ii
vilfe on' the national issuf-p nf
til
oaifcpaigh-
He was introduced to the audience
by Col. Venable, in some well limed
and suggestive remarks.
Col. Morehead, to begin with, is
one of the finest looking men in North
Carolina. I wish I could give my
readers his speech. It would be a
most excellent campaign document.
The Colonel said he wqnld say noth
ing of State politics. This, said he,
had resolved itself into this question:
Who shall rule the State, white men
or ; negroes T ile showed that the
question of county government had
been settled by a vote of the people,
both Democrats and Republicans; for
the; constitutional amendments were
carried by a majority, larger than that
received, by either Tilden or Cleve
land. (This is a clincher.)
' On internal revenue he said it ought
to have been done away with fifteen
years ago. He showed that the Re
publican party had reduced tbe reve
nue on 'certain things; but what are
these things ? They took the revenue
oS martkif(Kture8, then off playing
cards and patent medicines, and then,
after buying millions of United States
bonds at 70 cents in the dollar in
paper nSoneyj took tte lax off these
bonds, 'depreciated silver and de
manded the redemption of these same
bonds irt gold. On the other hand
he showed that the Mills bill takes all
tax off t0bacco, except on cigars and
cigarettes; that a small dealer could
distill Uis own fruit and that all of
the obnoxious features of the system
of collecting revenue would be abol
ished. (Here two or three Republi
cans took their hats and quietly re
tire). ?
They missed the best of his speech,
for ? the Colonel's exposition of the
tariff was superb and complete. He
has, studied this subject from a prac
tical standpoint and he carries his
own convictions to every man who
listens to what he Bays. Col. More
head says the Republican party does
not own the trusts and money com
binations, but these own in fet simple
the 'Republican party. In justice to
the speaker I will not extend further
this, report but will promise the read
ers of the News . and Obsebveb that
it should be my pleasure, later in
the campaign, to hear Col. Morehead
to give them some ol his inimitable
anecdotes. He is one of the few men
who can handle one without mashinsr
or breaking it, f 'addell.
i A Day In Ureensboro.
Cor.of thej News and Obseryer.
J.udge Shipp held court here
week, ffo cases of any special in
terest. The local bar compares well
with that of any other town in North
Carolina. This impression is the re
sult of a short but pleasant acquaint
ance with L. M. Scott, Eeq , Col.
Motehed, Messrs. Douglass and
Sharpe and others.
In Greensboro are some as hand
some stores as will be found in any
town m.the State, conducted, too, by
as clevef merchants as ever stood be
hind a counter.
1 ; i HOTELS.
The MacAdoo and U en bow
both
well
recec". credit vpon the town as
as apoujtne proprietors, lbey give
excellent fare, nice, clean rooms and
all the rjfolite attention one wants for
a most seasonable charge.
-. METHODIST FEMALE COLLEGE.
A short time spent at this -school
constituted one of the most pleasant
festures: of my stay in the tewn.
Everything inside and around the
building is a model of neatness and
good talte. The building is, perhaps,
the largest in the State, containing
upwards of ninety rooms. The par
lor are elegant and the recitation
roins commodious and comfortable.
There are also a good library and a
well supplied reading room.
Miss j Jones, the accomplished
daughter of Dr. Jones, the president,
informed me that the girls would re
ceive initrucuJn in sewing, cooking,
&f This is a step in the right direc
tion. Many North Carolina girls, in
stead of wasting time howling over
and banging on a piano, had better
read what the Wise Man said, and
"seek wool and flax and work wil
lingly with their hands, so that they
can look well to the way of their
households, and may not eat the
bread of idleness." There are at
present! one hundred and fifteen
girls, and I must say well they are
very much like other school girls
nice school girls and that is enougn
to?say. ; I feel sure this school is
worthy of the liberal patronage it
his. ! Caddell-
Tyrrell County Democrats.
Cot. of the Sews and Observer.
I Bas, TyrreU Co., Sept. 5, 1888.
The Democratic County Convention
for Tyrrell county was held Septem
ber 1st; and the following ticket nom
inated : David Alexander, of Bcup-
DGrnoncr township. Bay postofhee, for
trie Mouse of Kepresentauves; x-
J$nee,itbe present incumbent, for
sheriff W. 1IU H. Cooper, the present
incumbent, for register of deeds; xx
(S. Walker, for treasurer: Thos. A.
Armstrong, for coroner. Full eatis
faction prt vails as to our ticket.
I Prof. Proctor Dead.
.itv Telegraph to the News and Observer.
New! Yobk, Sept. 12. Prof .Richard
i. Proctor died at 7. 15 this morrAng
with black vomit at the Willard
Paiker hospital, on Sixteenth street,
this city.
PRESS COMMENT
ON HARRISON'S LETTER
ACCEPTANCE.
OF
DEMOCRATIC AND RiPOBLICAE SENTIMENT
AS EDITORIALLY EXPRESSED BY THE
LEADING JOURNALS OF
THE CODNTET.
By Telej;rarli to the News and Observer.
New Yobe, Sept. 12 As might be
expected, the Kepublican journals
throughout the country generally
heartily support Gen. Harrison's let
ter, while the Democratic papers re
gard it as a weak and insincere docu
ment. The following are a few brief
points made by journals taken at ran
dom :
The Chicago Times (Dem j: "It is
a carefully prepared document, lucid
ly written, plausibly urged and,
though far from conclusive in its
argument, calculated to strengthen
him with his party."
ruts burg Commercial Gazette: "It
is frank, direct and forcible.- He de
fines the issues of tbe campaign with
sharpness and precision."
Chicago Daily News (Ind.): "With
one eye on the Chicago declaration of
principles and the other on Mr. Cleve
land's letter, Candidate Harrison has
managed to scatter mightily, labori
ously, painstakingly, ile has fol
lowed, plank by plank, his party plat
form, and at the end of each he no
less piously but more grammatically
than a New England deacon with the
Lord's Prayer ejaculates 'Them's my
sentiments.'"
Chicago Inter-Ocean (Rep.): "The
letter is concise, cogent and felici
tous in both matter and manner."
Boston Globe (Dem.): "It must be
called a colorless letter compared
with President Cleveland's. It is the
work of a mild essayist to the mani
festo of a statesman."
St. Louis Republican : "On no sin
gle point does it exhibit the decisive
firmness of a man who has mastered
the Bubject concerning which he de
sires to express conviction, nor is the
letter, from beginning to end, irradi
ated by a single phrase that will catch
the public mind or linger in tbe peo
ple's memory."
Cincinnati Enquirer : "It really
carries him off the Chicago platform.
it really takes him out of the alliance
with Mr. Blaine. It really proposes
to profess a sort of desire to see the
tariff reduced and to have the trusts
regulated."
Chicago Daily Tribune : "It is most
admirable for its clear conciseness
and frankness. There is no evasion;
there are no hidden meanings. It is
a remarkably cogent presentation of
the facts and principles underlying
the whole question."
: Indianapolis Journal: "The style is
the man. General Harrison can fight,
but he does not carry a chip on his
shoulder. He has a great deal of
Self-assertion, but he does not flaunt
it ia the people's faces needlessly."
: Indianapolis Sentinel: "It is the
letter of a demagogue. It is uncan
did, dishonest and sophistical in its
treatment of the principal issues be
fore the country. It is a pettifogging
document from the first word to the
last. But the General is not only
insinceie, he is cowardly in his dis
cussion of the tariff issue."
JUDOB THlRHill'S RETURN.
BE REFUSES TO DISCUSS P0LITIC8 ON SUN
DAY.
A Pittsburg special of the 10th
says: At Harrisburg yesterday a
great many people crowded quieMy
about Judge Thurman's car, and wel
comed him with suppressed applause.
Th only thing approaching a speech
was at Altoona, where two thousand
people were waiting the arrival of the
train. A crowd broke into the car,
and when they were pushed out the
Judge appeared on the platform and
said: "I thank you very much for
this expression, my friend?, and will
Only say tbat on this holy day, de
voted to religion, it is not proper for
me to speak of politics. Again -1
thank you. As be bowed and re
tired to the car the crowd cheered
heartily. He passed the evening
quietly, chattinsr and smoking, and
retired soon before midnight.
It Hakes Them Had.
Spirit of ttie Aba State Temperance Organ.
The men who seem most inclined
to be riled with Drs. Abernethy and
Robey, for saying they cannot vote
the Third Party ticket, turn out to
be Dockeryitos.
It is queer to us why men who are
supporting the Dockery tickets, which
represents the anti-orohibition party
in North Carolina and the free whisky
party in the United States, should
take such great interest in the Third
Party. The only solution is, they
are hoping to use Third Party pro
hibition .votes to elect an auti-probi-
bition Governor; and it makes them
mad when' they hear of a Democrat's
BBYinif ub cau fa auuiu w ud du uhu.
A Dockeryite was giTing Dr. ttobey
hail Columbia" yesterday evening;
and our readers will see, in this issue,
what the Signal the Dockery paper
of this city says about Dr. Abernethy.
If you want to make a LKcKeryite
mad just tell him of a Democrat who
has recently decided not to vote lor
Walker.
Massachusetts Republican Com t:
mtlon.
By Telegraph to Uie Hews and Observe,
Boston., Mass., Sept 12, Th?
Republican State Convention today
nominated Oliver Ames for Governor;
J. Q. A. Bracket t Lieutenant-Gover
nor: Henry B. Pierce, Secretary of
State; Charles R. Ladd, Auditor; A. J.
Waterman, A torney General; Geo. A.
Marden, Treasurer, and Geo. V. aob-
lnscn and Vm. u . uraper, r residen
tial electors at large.
Wathlagrton Kolas.
By Telegraph to the News and Observer.
Washington, Sept 12. The Senate
committee on foreign relations dis
cussed the retaliation bill somewhat
this morning, but took no action. It
aftaits the reply of the President to
Senator Hoar's resolution asking for
copies of any protest, etc.
; The bond offerings at the Treasury
today aggregated $293,800. Accepted
$17,000 registered four and a halfs at
106.82, and 129 for fours.
Dr. BeWjr HerI Froa.
Raleigh Spirit of the Axe.
We give below a letter from Dr.
Robey in answer to our article of last
week, in which we showed that his
Durham speech made the N- C. Con
ference a "backing" for his action in
taking the stump as a political speaker
in the interest of the Third party.
He says: "It is because you (we)
have been misled, as I am willing to
suppose, in several particulars, that
I think it worth while to address you
this short communication."
And first, he says we were misled
by the imperfeet report of his speech.
In answer to which we say, the
speech came to us published in the
N. C. Prohibitionist, Mr. Walker's
own paper, and has this heading:
"Plain Speech of Dr. Robey at Dur
ham why he ia a party Prohibi
tionist, (stenographicaJly reported for
the Prohibitionist)."
Hearing that Dr. Robey had re
cently made a Third party speech in
Durham and receiving this, reported
one, printed in the column of Mr.
Walker's paper (the organ of his
party) we took it for granted that the
speech was correct as reported, and
that it was published by, at least, the
consent of the Doctor. But, he now
says he had nothing to do with its
publication on the contrary "would ,
much rather it never should have ap
peared in print."
So had we. But, aa it is out and
is being sent over the State to influ
ence Methodist voteis, it certainly is
the Doctor's duty to read the speech
over, carefully, and show the world
wherein he has been misrepreented
by the reporter. As the speech now
reads the Doctor certainly committed
himself therein, to vote for jthe Third
party, if words mean anything.
Our criticism-was made upon the
published speech as we have it, sent
to us from the Thiid party head
quarters. If it be not correct the
blame rests upon those who got it up
for campaign purposes.
We were misled, in tbe second
place, the Doctor says, as to his read
ing only a portion of the conference
document. He says : "I read the
whole document to the end. If it
was not so reported it shows how im
perfectly I was reported."
I he Doctor can see for himself (for
we suppose he has, ere thisreceived
a copy of the speech) that the whole
of the Confeience report on Temper
ance was not given in the speech.
The preamble and five resolutions
were reported, and correctly report
ed verbatim; and the little word
"ALL in the 6th resolution, being
put in capitals, the natural inference
was, that the other resolutions were
purposely Jeft off, and "ALL" was to
be stretched to take in political aa well
as temperance organizations.
The reported speech l us tines the
inference. For instance, the Doctor
is reported as saying: "I have heard
of some people who get nervous be
cause a Methodist preacher steps in
tne political arena and begins to med
uae wun poui.es or advocating a
Third party. Then the Conference
report is read by him to the 6th reso
lution and the Doctor explained, it
wonld seem, to show "those people
who get nervous because a Methodist
preacher steps in the political arena
and begins to meddle with politics by
advocating the Third party" that, in
his doing so, he was backed by the
N. C. Conference.
The speech as reported will ad
mit of no other construction.
But the doctor says he read the
report to show that the Conference
was committed to "Constitionat Pro
1. J M ...
ni Diiion, and not mat it was com
mitted to the Third party.
i ne pubiisned speech which is be
ing circulated over the State, for po
litical purposes', does not say a word
about constitutional prohibition; but
it does speak repeatedly and ap
provingly of the Third party, and it
does commit the speaker to it, and
makes him commit the whole Metho
dist church, in the N. C. Conference,
to his (reported) way of thinking.
Mow, the only conclusion to which
we can come is, that the stenographer
who furnished the report of the Doc
tor b speech to the North Carolina
Prohibitionist mangled it most un
mercifully leaving out and putting
in, or changing (perhaps not inten
tionally) to the extent of , making the
Doctor say the very reverse of what
he intended. And the Doctor not
being permitted to read the proof,
(for, we infer from what he says, he
was ignorant of its publication), all
this misrepresentation has come to
pass.
lhe Doctor, however, owes it to
himself to review the published
speech and to tell tbe publio wherein
it does miBreprsent him.. That speech
has been scattered broad-cast over
the State and is making the impres
sion that not only Dr. Robey, but the
entire N. C. Conference is committed
to the Third party by the adoption
of a certain report at the last session
of said Conference.
The Doctor says that is not true
that he intended to make no such im
pression; and we accept his statement.
We take pleasure, therefore, in giving
to our readers the subjoined letter
which speaks for itself and explains
the Doctor's position. It will be read
with pleasure, we have no doubt, by
his hosts of friends in North Caro
lina. Here it is :
MY DURHAM SPEECH.
Mb- Editor : I have just been
handed a copy of the Spirit of the
Age (September 5th,) containing what
you have been pleased to say about
speech made by myself some time
since in Durham in favor of National
Constitutional prohibition.
It is because ou have been misled,
as I am willino- to suDoose. in several
particulars that I think it worth while
to address you this short communica
tion. ,
I am only concerned to be fairly
represented, when represented at all,
and after that the world can think as
they please. Mot that l mean to in
timate at all that any body has inten
tionally misrepresented me, and yet
misrepresentation has come to pass
in several respects. 7
In the first pleee,jou have founded
your phillipio on a very imperfect re
oort of my speech with which I had
nothing to do whatever, and which
would much rather never should have
appeared in print.
Still you tell your readers that it
was by my authority. No doubt you
thought it was, but in this, as in
many other instances, you were mis
taken. :j
Then you tell; your readers that I
read only a part of the document
adopted by the N- C. Conference on
the subject of Temperance, and I
think you more j than intimate that
this omission was intended to deceive
and mislead. Now, here, again, yon
have been misled- I read the whole
document to the; end. If I was not
so reported it shows how imperfectly
I was represen-ed in that report If
I was so reported it shows how care
lessly you read, and how recklessly
you assail the reputation of an "err
ing brother." j
Again, you represent that I read
this document to show that the North
Carolina Conference was committed
to the Third party, or in words to
that effect. I cin very easily see how
you might get that impresoion,
though certainly nothing was further
from my purpose. I do not claim to
be by any means profound, but cer
tainly I am not I so shallow as such a
dodge as that wpuld amount to.
I read this document, not to show
that the Conference and Church were
committed to the 1 hird party, but
that the Conference representing ihe
Church in the ate is committed to
Constitutional prohibition, and to
show the fact that the question is a
political e.s wel) as a moial one, and
that I, as a minister of the Gospel,
was authorized,! therefore, to discuss
it in the political arena, where it
belongs. I advocate the absolute pro
hibition in intoxicating liquors, as a
beverage, by Constitutional enact
ment in both State and nation, and I
quoted the action of my Conference
to show that my Church was with me
there. ;
Further, I advocate this method of
dealing with thb monster in opposi
tion to your jmiserable make-shift
which you call flocal option," which
make-shift I will use when I can get
nothing better, just as I would an
Indian's club to light with instead of
a gun, if I could not get a gun; and
I quoted this document to show that
my Conference T did the same thing'
and that I was xonsequt ntly not out
of order. j
So much then for the Conference
document concerning which you have
been, by what paeans I know not, so
gravely misled.;;
Now a few wjprds as to my position
in relation to the parties which I nev
er dreamed till very lately to be a
matter of any Consequence.
You are right in your statement
that I believe that prohibition can
only be established by a party which
shall ihBist upon it as a chief object
Every other theory is logically ab
surd. Yet the condition of our State
and, indeed, of jthe entire South, is
such, political y, that I cannot vote
the Thirp party ticket. Nor have I
ever advised any one else to do so. I
sympathize profoundly with the ob-
i'ect which the! Third , party people
iave in view, and I w'iBh that I could
help them, but cannot without pos
sibly helping another result which
would be a greater calamity than the
bar-room. Like many another true
prohibitionist I have tried, over and
over, to find a ' way around the im
passible barrier that hinders the
Southern people from rising in their
might and sweeping tbe rum-corse
from their fair jj land, but I cannot
find it yet I can only wait and do
my duty as best I may along with the
great mass of Southern prohibition
ists, till the time comes, as I pray it
may, when, with safety to the best
interests of our Bunny land, we may
throw ourselves into the thickest of
the fight and march to victory with
those who now constitute the ad
vance-guard of the column.
I may add in closing (his letter,
already too long, that tUt ..-aders of
the Third party in this Sute know
precisely where I stand, and why, and
yet I have received nothing but kind
ness at their hands. If my good
standing among the leaders of" the
other parties ia conditioned upon my
abusing these men because tbey vote
and maintain their honest conv ictions,
then I must stand at a discount till
those leaders recover from their par
tisan blindness to ditcover their folly
and reform thevr mnr ners
r W. M. Robey.
Goldsboro, N. C, Sept. 5th, 1888.
There should be no abuse of any
one because of the exercise oi con
scientious opinion. Between Third
party men and Local Optionists there
is no quarrel. . They only disagree as
to methods. Tbey are one in desire
and purpose, and, ere long, a common
ground will be; discovered upon which
all can unite to do battle against the
great enemy of mankind. Ed.
The Joint Dlacttaston.
There will be a joint discussion of
the issues of the campaign between
Hon. Daniel Fowle and Hon. Oliver
H. Dockery, Democratic and Repub
lican candidates for Governor, at the
,, i! F a . , .
ioiiowing limes anu piaces :
Winston, Friday, Sept 14.
Lexington, (Saturday, Sept 15.
Mocksville, Monday, Sept. 17.
Hickory, Tuesday, Sept. 18.
Lenoir, Wednesday, Sept 19.
Morgantoni Thursday, Sept. 20.
Marion, Friday, Sept. 21.
Moores villa, Iredell Co., Saturday.
Sept. 22.
I OPIEB WHITAKEB,
Ch'm'n. Dem. Stale Ex. Com.
Tne Babies Cry For It.
And the old folks laugh when they
find that the pleasant California
liquid fruit remedy, Syrup of Figs, is
more easily taken and more benen
oial in its action than bitter, nauseous
medicines. It is a most valuable
family remedy to act on the bowels,
to cleanse the system, and to dispel
co) headaches and fevers. Mann
I act area only by tne uaiuornia if lg
Syrup Company, San Francisco, Gaf.
John S. Pescud, Sole Agent for Ral
eigh,N. O. i
Fob "Feeble Folk." Very choice
old French Brandy(Cognac,) specially
for medicinal use. Uid ifort-(Wm
and John Graham). Fine -Sherries
Dublin Porter, &o., &c Positively
no liquors sold, to be drank on the
premises js. t, Habduu
TALCOTT RESIGNS
AS
COMMISSIONER OF THE
RAILWAY ASSOCIATION.
ASD V ILL BECOME FIBST YICB-FKEblDEl-T
OF THE RICHMOND AND DANVILLE
BAILBOAD.
By Telegraph to the News aad Observer.
New Youe, Sept 12 Col. T. M. R.
Ta'cott, commissioner of the Soul h
ern Railway and Steamship Associa
tion, has resigned to become first
vice president of the Richmond &
Danville Railroad, of; which he was
once vice-president and general man
ager. Messrs. Ogden or Carter are
spoken of lo succeed him as commis
sioner. Tcllow Jack.
By Telegraph to the News and Observer.
Jacksonville, Fla, September 12.
Twenty-eiglft new cases were reported
today. No deaths have baen officially
reported but five an, certain. Rev.
Theo. Smith, pastor of Eat
Jacksonville Presbyterian church,
young Lewis Fleming, Walter E.
roythrees, Charles Zemberand Thos
Keys, of the Citizens' Association,
resolved to aid to the people of M
Clenny.
Death ofa Well Kaovrn Actor.
By TeleRrapli to tiie News and Observer. '
Pittsburq, Sept. 12 J. Newton
Gottsho;d, a well known actor, died
this morning .at his residence in
Sewickly, Pennsylvania.
. I
CHAPEL. HILL j
THE PROSPECTS AT THE UXIVERBITyj
Cor. of the News and Observer.
Chapel Hill, N. C, Sept. 11.
So far, the prospects for a busv
and prosperous year are good at the
University. I'pto the present date
lbO fitudeats have been enrolled and
still they continue .to come in. Th"e
number will certainly rise to 200 and
over. The courses and classes are in
perfect working order, and the work
moves on silently and effectively.
Elector-at-large Strudwick will ad
dress the people here today on the
issues.
The slulents and towns-people were
so fortunate, on Sunday afternoon, as
to hear President Battle's lecture
on "Certain Judicial Proceedings
mentioned in the New Testament."
This is the lecture which Dr. Battle
was called to make before tbe Insti
tute of Christian Philosophy in New
York State, and waa presented at the
instance of the College Young Men's
Christian Association. A novel and
interesting subject, and vividly pre
sented. H.
Miss Alberta Gallatin will appear
at Metropolitan Hall tomorrow night
in Ingomar. Mr. Putney Smith, ad
vance agent, has just received a let
ter from Mr. Ogden, the manager,
saying the houses for the past week
have been crowded. Miss Gallatin
Was called before the curtain ttn
times at Lynchburg and eight times
at Danville.
a-
la Cuianptlm lacatrabla t
Bead the following: Mr. C. H. Morris,
Newark, Ark., saya: "Was down with
Abscess of Lungs, and friends and physi
cians pronounced me an incurable con
sumptive. Began taking Dr. King 'a New
Discovery for consumption, am now on
my third bottle, and able to oversee the
work on my farm. It ia the finest medi
cine ever made. " -
Jesae Middlewart, Decatur, Ohio, aaya.
"Had it not been for Dr. King's New
Discovery for consumption I wonld have
died of lung troubles. Was given up by
doctors. Am now in best of health,"
Try it. Samples bottles free at Lee,
Johnson & Co's drug store.
' Sydney O. Jones, bookkeeper and
business manager of the Petersburg
Index-Appeal, died suddenly Satur
day evening of heart disease.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should always
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ural, quiet sleep by relieving the children from
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teething or other causes. Twenty-live cents a
bottle.
Canadian workingmen in their
abor congress at London, On t, cut out
large lot of work lor the uominion
Parliament.
Meat and Women's Bones.
Joints and muscles may escape the agonis'ng tor
tures of rheumai ism if they will but "take time
ter'a Btom&eli Bitters. Poisons mostly constitute
the ordinary means o( battling with this atrocious
complaint. Avoid the risk of using these by re
sorting to the sale and enectuai anti-pmogistie
and preventive. After exposure to damp,
through draft and other cause which encourage
a rheumatic tendency, a wineglassful of the bit
ters pre ent ill effects. Ho surer preventite of
malarial ailments iiae iver ana ague, umoua re
mittent 'dumb ague and ague cake exists, and It
is, besides, a moat genial recuperator of strength
exhausted by excessive mental or physical effort.
Miners, Mariners, operatives ana outers wnose
avocations Involve laborious work In rough wea
ther out ot doors, or close application indoors.
find it invaluable.
Mr. Enoch
Pratt of Baltimoie
eightieth birthday
celebrated his
Monday.
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