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5SC -MS ! -iliBNOIltN. 0.. W23DNBSDJLT, ITOYBMBER SB, 1884. ITUMDCn 10. SMJlSL B SJZQ a ace fr ATESV I LLE, N. C. ho lesak Dealers j if iS -it i V Jit f General Herclmdise. -Jol- largest Warehouse r and best facili ties forhan dlinjj Dried Fruit, Ber- lies, etc.. in the State. Respectfully i 1? :. n. SPAIMHOUp, tzinU EiKIssrt Cxxtxl fcHip, rretttist. Uc3 10 Impure UaterUl for I work ca Dt Done. Ptticnti from distance nay T .. propose coming. I F. LEE CLINE, I! TOME T -il-LAII, (xxnoi 4. eaurz, j'wiucxswxjun. j CILLEY : NE WL AND; wan W - 1 1k -X. IDAiViJ Ui. iUlit SPEAKS. Us Fiercely Attacks the1 South and Waves Once ri tbe BiooJy Shirt Augusta, Me., Nov. 18. A large number of the devoted personal aid political friends of ilr..Blaine sere naded" him thisverimjj ass ail ex press jn of personal ! geod-willind admiration of his conduct of the national. x oanipaign. t 3fr. Blainft appeared and made a speech, in which, after expressfng his gratitude for the support he had received, he lidr 'A change of little more.. than ve thousand tMes wbM have transferred New York, Indi ana, .new Jeney and Connecticut to the republican1 standard, and would have made the North. as solid as the sinth in : i a n i t "The result of the election, . ray friends, will be regarded in the fu ture, I think, as extraordinary. The Northern States, leaving out the cities of New York and JJrobk- lyn from Hire counf, 'srvfstained ihe republican cause by a majorityi of more than 400,000 - almost half ka mUlion, rv indeed-j-of,, the popular tote. The cities of cw York and Brooklyn threw their gteat;stjf ng$b t andinfluence w ith the solid South and were the deci sive element which gave that section .the ettft&QP tKKft&iiV4&x)tin ment. Speaking now not at all as a defeated candidate, but as a loyal and devoted American, I think the transfer.of the political power of thej government to the South is a great national misfortune. It is a misfor-j tune because it introduces an ele4 mentmhiqb, canrvot insure harmpni cause it introduced into a republic the rule of a minority. j "The course of affairs in the South has crushed out-the political pbWerlof 'irtLre ihan. 4iici 1 millioiS American citizens, and has trans ferred it by violence to others. Forty-two presidential electors are assigned to the South on accouat of the colored population, and yet the colored population, which h:is more thah 'dUU&QtylfsAlQte 3hlAve been umable to choose & single elec tort TfvQrl Mb; thosri f iShttei whfc they have a majority of more than ed of free suffrage, and their rights as citizens am,scnfnlly trodden under foot. The eleven States that comprised the rebel confederacy had by the census of 1880 seven and a- JSBK4ftfcAll'iTte fflttrfmtW 5,300,000 colored popnlationV- The colorproAfnlmosftdlman, desire to support the republican par ty, but bf iytte oNrael intimi dation and by violence and mnrder, whenever violence and murder are power. ! . "To illsWrjJuBt.$awt ittworii to the destruction of all fair elec tions, lot me present to you five gtatwiu, thB lalu UJufudeiauj mid five loyal States ot the North pes rsssing in ach tionthe same Rnth the States of Louisiana, Mis- igsippi, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina have in th e aggregatei 48 colored "people. In the Nprthi tho Iowa. Kansas and California have likewHnt?! tMeS?tndthV hto iklti? lation of 5,600,000. -or just .double the fire BdSAiftfmOtt HrtSSfft populatijeprnXVrefore eTldent, that! tWilUmeta those South era States by uprising and absorb inpihz rigW t2fioiiinen are exerting just double the politi cal power of the white men in ihe Northern sMStIftiilti t sucbi a condition ofW'f ordinaryunjust aad derogatory to the npcfirhrtlju Even those who are vindictively opposed toJiut&iigewill not deny that affirm that a Southern white man m the Gull States is entitled to double ta oMfNoftttern whitTman inilllVBmeSV5f3s to affirm that a Confederate soldier the nation that a Union soldier can, and that $erb i&dfctiatly increasing superiority shall be con ceded to' the Southern white man in' the goverument. ot the Unioni u u i ,fIf that be qufetly conceded in this generation it will harden into csto, .until the badge of inferior ity will attach to tie Northern white man as odiously as ever .Norman noble ever' stamped it upon Saxon churl. This subject , is of deep in terest to the laboring men of the North. With thej Southern democ racy triumphant in their "States and ' in the nation the negro will be com pelled to work j for just such wages as ' the whites j may decree ; wages which will amount," at did the sup plies of the slaves,!5 to a bare subsis tence, equal in! cash perhaps to 35 cents per day, if ayeraged over the entire South." j Mr, Blaine argued that this would reduce wages in the North. "Few persons in the NorjihVhe continued "realize how completely the chiefs of the rebellion wield the political, power which has triumphed in the late election.! It is a portentous fact that the democratic Senators who came from the ! States of the late i ... Confederacy: all and I mean all, without a single exception person ally "participated (in thej rebellion against the- national government. It is a still more significant fact that iu those States no man who was loyal to the Union, no matter , how. strong a democrat he .may.be today, has the slightest chance of political promotion. The one great avenue tp (ohbii in that; section is ' the rec, ord of zealous 'service in the - war against the government. It is cer tainlv an. astounding fact thatj the section in which friendship for the, Union in the days of its trial and agony is still a political disualifica-1 tion should lie called now. to rule over the Union. ! -"'AlMhis taVes -place during: til lifetime .,, ol-. the J 'i generation who foughrtho war, and elevates into practical command of the American goVernmeni the identicarlmen- wh3 .organized for its destruction and plunged us into the bloodiest con test of Smtter?tines:ln1fe;spocen of the South asjjnaced by the late election in posseslTon of the gov er2inTent,lgmd I mean 11t thatjjraj words imply. The South furnished nearly three-fourtns of the electoral votes that: defeated the1! republican party, "and they will step to the command of the j democratic party as unchallenged and as unrestrained as they 1ieti tlie same position for thirty years before the civil war. ?JQentlefneny tnere cannpt be j pof liticat inequality ?imong the citizens of afree .repufelio)xeic9nil2k a minority' of wjtiito men in the South ruliug a imajorfty . of white inci? fn th! Irh PatHotismfcelf respect, pride; protection for person and safety fotjalryTttll cry out against it. The Very thought of it stirs the blood of -men .who 'inherit equalily 'f rbm Ihe Pilgnma who first stood on Plymouth Bock, and from liberty-loving patriots who came to Delaware iTeii It be comes therimaTquestidn of Amer- hearing jano) a settlement1 and .that settlement, will vindicate the' equals tf of American citizens in all."per Bonal and oivjiF rights. t ; .V.'T f fpVrppsolj I may say instinct riTelyI Kave Vdiscussed the ; issues and consequences of that contest without! reference' o' iny own defeat, ftitEq&t t'rentestx Jpfefiejcetp ,the 'gentleman ojjleyaed,t ;tttency 'ally I hate: iio ctf or : the slightest J ill-will, and it t with; -cordiality I &sj;;fta;Mht lMmM?$$n grtifyfh J4n- -OteFctfine thl? ebrrftTO1fW the peulia?, sdujceA ptJfraTWf imposes upon it Jlrom the hour of its birth." at 17.W iff ; u .HKifH jar.'al mi ,JT5ttil tt.;jll II nit cto.Jtnllltlf, airHcflrtCclUnayJ,liimuiMlila gantcoTThejiChurchia decorations ' were rearfblvfpiOHJnd the tor ?Jarire congregation. -. MrrrE. F. -ers. Immediately- after the- cere-1 racy rileCnSl5SoC2Ithe j of frisnd8m)mpailied;the,lJ tohe depot to say good tye. TO THE PUBLIC. 1 The Piaia Stateaeat ef Facts. fol owing paper has been around here for several circulating weeks TO THE PUBLIC. As .the editor of the Lenoir Topic declines publishing the fol lowing after promisimg so to do I take this niethod of clearing up the matter and vindicating iiyself in this way before the good citizens of Lenoir, earth w fTruth crushed to the 11 risj again. j -Kespectfully, C. D. Tillman. As is generally known the Meth odist Church at this I place was des troyed last March by a cyclone. The church is now struggling to rebuild and needs a considerable amount of meney yet no complete tne Duuamj J !. . . .. Our vounri townsman Mr. C. Tillmal who visited vour town re j i . ' cently witlj a view of raising what he1 could for that purpose did so with the knowledge and approval of the best and most substantial mem-; ers of the church here; including he pastor. lie has lifcd here over ! - i 4 (two years and we know him to be one of our worthv voun? men whose good character no one can truthfully assail, and anv . monev paid .to him. for the church , whether as receipts from. a musical entertainment or otherwise would net have been sent thrpugh a doubtful source as has bepn asserted. He is an I excellent musician I vocal and instrumental and is able to entertai n and please any audience. Ilis concerts are free from anything immoral, or -that -would ; offend ; the most . refined or; fastidious. He is j a worthy young maiji offering to aid a worthy enter prise and deserves the patronage and respect of any . community he may visit, as is ..evidenced by the fact that ; those who know , him well are. willing to entrust their children to his care as members oi his troupe.. .iJ'5e chfeerullyi rmmend .him as an honerable . gentleman to any ' town he may f visit as deserviag the respect anil patronage of any people whether hw purpose is to raise funds for a. church or his own benefit. . i. G. .iCQCHRAX.Ii .-. f G. W. ;livY, Pastor in charge. Gio. A. Warlick, Sec. and, Tfeasl Building com J M. E. C. 9 VT. h. 'C. Killian, Minister. ; . Go. Ilj West, M. D., j J. A., Ware. I ' f "P. S.-i-We had Mr. 0. D. Till man in our employment as cle'rk for some time1 and take pleasure in 8ay4 ing, we believe him to be honest and in every way reliable u fl. d i M. U. DI1KRRILL a UO." .Ml- .,-! 1 Iri-a letter1 which !.I received from Rev; 4 6. .jWt' Ivey dated Oct. 7 10, 1884J,nej informed 'mo' that 7 Mr! Tillman j' -had ; the ' above printed, and intended" to flood this xjountry 'Ivev l ffoes ori to with it. jWeht lo him this morning say (Oct. 10) a"natol6rTilnrthat I had no personal interests in the matter, but there was a blessing pronounced upon the peace maker, and he prom ised that)ie would' not" send'his Tin--dfcatiohfiintir!I wrote' to you aijd HeaM-lfofe;!yonv" ; Th&ietter wks received 1 oii Saturday; Oct; 11th, whilejl was'aDsent: 5 T returriedlVoh Sunday1 evehing,-Oct. 12th;r and oh 'Motiday;'fid'ct.- I3th!, answered it by lie yail,fttte?-its,'l'ftc'eption1. tenT-i(Went'tb the pos!:omce! on holiday WhJail mf letter; the kbove mteMl.li&Mteme-, and lefaM5ajstibseqiiehtiynthat it : had ifcsuUted around here considerably ffiotwithstandirig te promise that: it would :ri6tnte,( 'send tin tirt brother Ivey heard ffPuieT'Now, I call attention toefotements in, the BvllJftxr that. Mrr,r Tillman leameto Lenoiywith the knowledge aialofW thref tin4intit pastorf Ihayo 4 lettirirctm. 6ntf r 'i the-best. ami mosir su DstanTiai-1 memuers ' 01 1 xno 5chWate,wtoJHiI0. SHerriJi, .iawbaiipgtte BIiesgislfttnjfftnd whilwiir thdi leria.tor from'. Ca- wkiclu.he fiaya:i ri:Vl t waa.not icon -wrtteflfibxwaMr. rXiUoan gong to 7Jf9Jplace to't'Hav&a 1 concertphe never spoke tirrie'Wtfthfci"- Subject. I heard from some one that he was 'bkkhAbWf ''Whd'Vetit'io'r where it!6ame fr6m76n6j;kpow f but J do .jurat tOjflnswerj BroierjTey'siletter, going. Think he had made his arrangements while up at Lenoir before any one knew it here, j I am very sorry that he did not first con sult iwith you all there, and then with us here before making any such arrangements I heard that he was to be assisted by the Misses Scroggs and; others, and I knew nothing of any meeting at the time, or I should have hunted Mr. .Till man up, and . asked him not to at tempt it unless your meeting was over. You know that I am one of those who believe in raising money by reaching into the j pocket and 'paying it. We are needing money badly, but I am sorry that Mr. Till man attempted tto have a concert, especially when - your meeting I was going on. Wet 'never stop a good meeting for any kind of an entertain ment. We have nejer found anything fwrong with Mr. Tillman here, and I am astonished that he did not 'consult you, i. e., if he knew your meeting was goin 5 on." j I also have a lette from the "pastoi" -of thechurch at N ewton, Rev. G.W. Ivey than whom no man is better known and esteemed in this country dated Oct. 20th 1884, in which he says : "Now j so far as his con cert for the church was concerned, we care nothing jfor that. ' We did not know anything T about it until after he had made the arrangement; 'but we thought ii he saw proper to run the risk, anc I if it made any thing to give uii the benefit, we would not object. I think he acted in good faith, j A.nd so far as your refusing to stop your meeting on that account, I wiuldnot have done ieither' 1 The second statement to which I call attention is this : "Any - irioney paid to him (C. D. Tillman; for the ihurch whether as receipts from a musical entertain ment or otherwise would not ! have been sent through a doubtful source as has been asserted." I was not aware that any such thing had been "asserted' by any of "the good cit izens of Lenoir."! Mr. Tillman takes particular pains to vindicate a char acter which had lot been assailed by me nor by any ;'.: ne else here, as far as I have heard. In my remarks in the Methodist ehurch, in Lenoir oh Wednesday nigU, Oct. 1st 1884, I never said one, word about the char acter of C. D. Tillman. I I never intended to say r.or to insinuate any thing reflecting upon his character; and if anyone jinderstood it that way, they misunderstood , me. I spoke only of allj such methods of raising money for Church purposes of doubtful propriety. I entertain ed and expressed the same opinion,' in all probability, , before 0. D. Tillman .'.'was born ; certainly long before I knew su h a man was liv ing. And I expect to entertain and express the same opinion as long as I live. - ' V-:,.? ': , ' '-( a I . am prepared to abundantly prove what I said by a large number of the best "citizens of Lenoir," but deem it unnecessary, as I flatter myself that my word is sufficient wherever I. am known. . . j On the 17th' of Oct. I wrote to the gentlemen who signed the above certificate as' follows :' I" A' paper oyer your signatures is circulating here containing this statement : 4'Any money. ; paid tor him (C. D. Tillman) for the church whether as receipts from a musical entertain 'ment or otherwise, would not have .J)een sent through a doubtful source as has been , asserted." ; As this ' is your -statement, made oyer your signatures,-you .will please; inform me whether, or not you mean that I had made Buch an assertion ; and if .vou .meant me, A then please, inform me upon whose testimony you made the statement. . ? , , n ? , i-'f'As.the impression is abroad here tHat I am charged. with the assertion .'referred to, and as it may' become for me .to. make the iacts jm' the. case public, and haying no desire to do any ' one an injustice, .. I .make this-request,' mostjrespectful ly. and shall patiently await an an- 8wer. 1 I waited patiently ' until the 29th pf October'tfhen I received a letter from, one bf the sighersj Rev G.' ?W. ytveyi statin1 that 'he wa?-1 absent 'wEen1 my letter' HaQbed Newton, find vrote 1 immediatety !6n' his re ten! He saysl : Ih regard the question . you " jproppuiid; In ' refer-! ence' to the paper that ip circulating! in yojar tepuou j. wave uoi comerreu -with the other brethren and friends. 31 do vsotrfeelUjmy8elfi authorized to; speak tor -'them;' 'The' 'document; that I ygned was limply an endorse4 meht of Mr. Tillman's moral char acter as 'I understood , ' it. ; I read it over but once. I Had just returned from church, and was very tired. . I thought it was rather indefinite. . He seemed to be so distressed, said his character was all that he had, and that was publicly assailed and if he could not get his friends tD endorse for him, he was compelled to go unden I saw that the inti mation or 'assertion' was of a gen eral character, as no name was used. It did not say that tev. M. V. Sherrill had done it. If no one had done it, then no body was accused, as no one would apply it to himself, if he was innocent, consequently the whole thing was harmless and would fall to the ground. This was simply the view I took of it. s I did not assert that you had assailed Mr. Tillman or .T. R. Wilson or Dr. A. A. Scroggs or any other citizen of your town. You say you did not do it. I am perfectly willing to take your state ment.,! The paper'J . signed did not say you did! I have not seen Till man since I wroteto you." .. ' Being in Newton oh Oct. 31st, I saw Rev. W. L. CKillian, my tried and true friend, who told me that he had not seen j my letter of Oct. 17, and that he signed the papers on Mr. Tillman's testimony alone. J j The other gentlemen have not condescended to reply to my ques tions up to this time, i j j How ! the signers of that paper positively affirm j Ihat such a thing had been "asserted" without know ing than; any perspn' or persons had "asserted" it, ! leave them to ex am.' ; ! - I ' 1 ' ' '- 1 1 . And now, hereafter whenever any one j proposes : to come nere irom Newton for such a purpose, either on their own responsibility, or with the knowledge and approval of the best and most ' substantial members of the Church there, including the pastor, I 'would advise them to first consult the best and most substan tial members" of the Church here, including the pastor. And, finally, if Mr. C. D. Tillman attempted to butt j his head against me, and against my meeting, and agamst the Methodist Church iin-Lenoir, and get wofstedfin the conflict, and feels aore and sour over it, I am not re sponsible. ! . ' " . - . . - -v . . - Yes, truly, ' J I . , . 'Truth,, cm hed t rartU, will rise again; ' IThteniil Trai-aofGod arehen: , While error, wvuutl writhea in pain. I Ana ale anxmg nar orauippra. ; , 1 M. V. Sherrill. 1 0 - . . IQLOSBORO'S GREAT FIRE. The Less S30B.KOO Insnrauce $200,000. . .;)! v - f ;. ,j j j Xw aavl Opxe.'iver. , ' -j . About 2:30 on the afternoon of Sunday,! some boys were smoking in the cotton yard of the Messrs. Bor-; den. One of them, named Watts, with a cigarette accidentally set 'fire to ; the i cotton, ,.of which a large quantity was stored there. The boys ran out and gave? the alarm. The cotton burned rapidly, and little oi none of it was saved. The Messrs. Bordens loss was heavy, but they had insurance. In the same lot Mr. Farmer had seventy-five bales, all of which was destroyed, there being' not a cent! of insurance. The fire next burned thei , Merchants' Mills of Denmark & Co., and . then the machine shops toi W. Korncgay & Co., causing a lofs of about $10,000 outside of insurance. By this time it was seen that jthe town was in great danger. The steam fire en gine, 'Mary Aliqe,' and the chemi cal engine were j of small service, owing to the lack of ' water. The .firemen worked faithfully, but; al-. most to no purpose. Blazing brands of fire fell near and far and the neople -were wild with fear. The heat of the fire: was intense and buildings quite j a f distance away repeatedly caught fire. ' p AfterJ destroying Kornegay's' fac tory ihe fire attacked ' Fonvielle : & Sauls' brick store, which was- - soon destroyed, as was the Tstore f of Mr. Borden hext to it.' The fire'was all this time making towards 1 the rail road, at a poinVneariy ' opposite the ' Freeman hotel (long known as the 'Humphrey" House.')" It jumped the side street and i burned" - Hatcher ; & Kirby's dnig store. Mitheii burnetl on Centre street towards the "depet, am! after destroying four ! or .five buildings," was stopped at the Burch : building (occupied by W.y F Kor- negay & 1 Co.) 1 This building was ; With-- great difficulty 1 saved: Thej buildings on the other side of the I crosa street, from Mrs. Dewey's I -' ; ' ; -' '-;''' towards the railroad, were at! the same time burning, ( and were al burned save her house. The fire turned into Centre street (the rail road street) and burned the stores of Jones & Yelvertoh, Einstein, J. D. .Winslow,! Castex, j (millinery,) Dr. Spicer, (drugs,) Miller & Shan non, (drugs), j This was a handsome block of buildings; all of brick, the finest in the' place, ; in. fact. Next the fire attacked the Office of the Goldsfcoro "Messenger," one ot the largest and best printing offices im the . . State. Many attempts I were made to save it, but all were una- Rat V U.on.iin.l there was an alley-way some eight or ten ieei in wiuin. xne wau ox,, iY . nrin ti'nrr nfTia noariaf tVtia' pushed in and the lirel checked, . The fire had things its own way, for three and a half ihours, fer ; it j ft t ' ! ' " was not stopped until & o'clock. By. that hour the greater ,part of three blocks was a mass of ruins. There ' .1 i ! i 1 I was a great gap where j had beforej stood 24 brick and 3 wooden bmild ings. So intense was the heat I that buildings on the hotel side of Centre street were several .times ; on fire.! The wind blew in that direction, for a while, but presently changed. This was all that saved that side. - U.i: ' ! . i xjuaujr fciouiio ucucyc. i During the fire Mrs. Lane, a mil liner, had her leg broken by a fall irom a window. Several other per sons narrowly escaped injury. Many, persons lost all thoirj clothing. The rapidity and J ease wlith which the fire destroyed the prick buildings were surprising. Many persons re sided on the second 'and third floors of the burned buildings. Few of these .saved anything. The streeta . were filled with goods and household furniture. -. . J J The loss was yesterday estimated by experts to reach $300, 000. Mr Bonitz, by the burning of the valu able "Messenger" office, loses about $20,000;, He had' t pretty fully insured, but most of the policies lapsed last Saturday." He had omly $8,000 insurance at jthe time of the fire. The total amount of the in surance on the twenty-seven burned buildings is estimated at $200,000i it is stated that the lpsses and insurances run about as follows t W. T. Fairloth, loss $15,000, in surance $10,000; J. A.' Bonita, loss $20,000, insurance $8,000; Jonee & Yelvertbn, loss $201, 000, insurance $15,000; W. F. Kornegay, loes $30 000, insurance $19,)00: Fonvielle & Sauls, loss $14,000,' insurance j $10,-. 000; Farmer & C,, loss $20,000, insurance $5,000; J. h Miller, loss $5,000, insurance $3,500; 1 E. B. Borden, loss $15;006, insurance $10,000; Einstein & Co., loss ; $15, 000, insurance $3500; Miller 4 Shannon, loss $4,500, insurance $3, 000; J. Dr J Winslow, loss $6,000, insurance $3,000; R. Edmondson, loss $4,000, insurance $3,000 W W. Crawford, loss $12,500, Insur ance. $7,500; Castex & Co.j loss $G, 000, all covered!; Borden Bros., $5,000, : all covered!; H. Weil, loss about $5,000, all covered; "Metho- uisc Aavance. aoout and $1,500 insurance $3,000 loss. 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