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We have 38 Wool Cheviot Suits, bought as a Job, at $5.00; 200 pairs Shenandoah Pants, all wool, S2.0
17 Double Woven Brown Overcoats, bought as a Job, $5.00 ; Natural Wool Storm Overcoats, $5.00,
We have vour size now: we may not have it next week. If you are interested
to come and see us before you buy. All goods guaranteed to give satisfaction or your
PRICE, and therefore SELL TO ALL AT THE. SAME PRICE.
in the purchase of Winter Clothing, it will payvo
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SAIjESMEN: Will H. Matthews. Chas. W. Lindsay, Ohas. E. Brower,
Sim St., G-reernLsTooxo., 3ST. C.
Harry Sergeant.
RACE QUESTION DISCUSSED
Speeches to the Delegates to
the Southern Industrial Con
vention by Prof. Booker T..
Washington, Prof. Council
and Governor McCorkle.
Huntsville, Ala., October 12. The
two foremost negroes of the country
and a representative white man of the
South, talked plainly and fearlessly on
the race problem to-day, to the dele
gates attending the Southern Indus
trial Convention.
. Anticipating the discussion of this
subject, the Huntsville Opera House
was crowded when the morning session
began by delegates,, their friends and
representative citizens from the north
ern part of the State.
The cause of the negro was upheld
but on different lines by Prof. Booker
T. Washington, president of theTuske
gee Normal School, and William H.
Council, principal of the Agricultural
and Mechanical College, at Normal,
Ala. The views of these men are well
known.'
. Prof. Washington believes the
ignorant negro should not be allowed
to vote, but favors the placing of the
same restriction upon the illiterate
white men. Prof. Council wants the
negro eliminated from politics, and his
education as an industrial factor. The
speeches of these two negroes were re
markable, and met with cheers.
Governor McCorkle was liberally ap
plauded by both whites and blacks.
His recommendation that a strict edu
cational qualification be required on
all negro voters was received with
favor by both whites and negroes.
The concordance of views presented by
the speakers prevented any controver
sy and the quick adjournment of the
convention at the conclusion of the
speeches shut off discussion, if any
were intended. The only departure
irom the eubject discussed by Messrs.
McCorkle, Washington and Council,
wis an address on "Agriculture," by
Prof. C. W. Dabney, of Knoxville,
Tenn., president of the University of
Tennessee. As he concluded, Prof.
Dabney said : .
"We hear to day that the peaceful
farmers of the Transvaal are on the
verge of being forced from their do
mains. Whither are they going?
They are hemmed in on all sides by
foreign powers. I believe a great
crime Is about to be perpetrated. But
it is the result of the march of progress.
It was inevitable. It is the law bf
nature and the law of nature is the
law of God."
The next speech was by Prof. Booker
T. Washington, who was given an en
thusiastic reception. He was intro
duced by Prof. Killibrew, of Nashville,
acting chairman, in a graceful speech.
Gov. McCorkle, of West Virginia,
followed Prof. Washington. He was
loudly cheered as he arose. jj
Prof. W. H. Councilprincipal of
the Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege at Normal, Ala., followed Gov.
McCorkle. The reception given him
was not second to that awarded Prof
Washington and Gov. McCorkle. J
INSURANCE MEN'S ACTION.
The Question of Rebates arid
North Carolina Business
Disposed Of. .
Washington; Oct. 12 The South
eastern Tariff Association of Under
writers, which has been in session here
for tha past two days, completed its
work to-night and adjourned. The
most important action taken at the
meeting was in regard to the 15 per
cent, commission matter, and in rela
tion to going into agencies with cer
tain companies in North Carolina,
which it was' claimed give rebates to
the assured. There has been some dis
position manifested for a change in the
commission rule, but the association
decided to make no change in this re
spect, and the companies represented
are to sign a pledge not to pay exceed
ing 15 per cent, commission, to agents
anywhere.
Concerning the North Carolina con
troversy, the association abrogated the
rule which .prevents companies repre
sented in the organization from going
into the same agencies anywhere with
the Southern Stock Mutual and the
Goldsboro Mutual Insurance companies
of that State. These were the com
panies which it was represented, gave
rebates to the assured, and consider
able discussion resulted before the
question was settled. jj
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land and SouthAf rica the American
consul at Pretoria will look after
British interests.
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CONDITION OF TRADE.
Most Industrial Lines Taxed
to Full Extent.
New York, Oct. 13 Dun's report of
failures by branches of business in the
third quarter of 1899 js highly encour
aging: They are smaller than in any
one quarter in eighteen years, except
ing the second of this year and one of
1882.
Industrial conditions could hardly
be better. Large buying still crowds
producing works in most lines beyond
their capacity. Iron furnaces are pro-
duing 11,000 tons weekly more than
ever before, and yet actual consump
tion in manufacture reduced unsold
stocks in September by 27,380 tons.
Bessemer, pig has risen to $21 at
Pittsburg, with No. 1 anthracite at
Philadelphia and No. 1 coke at Chica
go, both quotes at $23.50.
Boot and shoe shops are getting bet
ter prices, and shipments for the first
half of October were the largest ever
reported. Leather is a shade higher. 1
The demand for woolen goods is fair
ly large and prices are well sustained.
Sales of wool are smaller only 7,473,
300 pounds for the week.
Cotton manufacture meets so great
demand that prices advance every
week and supplies' for early delivery
are, in many lines, restricted. Big
sales have moved a great part of sur
plus print cloths and prices have been
advanced. A rise of about one cent in
cotton, with current reports of short
yield, have much influence.
Wheat exports are still larger than
from the great crop of last year. At
lantic exports (Hour included) having
been 7,351,990 bushels for two weeks,
against 6,116,689 last year, and Pacific
730,448 bushels, against 1,375,034 last
year.
Stocks have shown curious strength,
for speculative raids have affected
prices very little, railroad stocks clos
ing but 55 cents per share lower than
a week ago, and industrial stocks 22
cents lower.
Payments through clearing houses
for the week were 33.3 per cent, larger
than last year. Foreign trade shows a
gain of 22 per cent, in exports for the
week.
Failures for the week were 164 in
the United States and 27 in Canada.
FOUR THOUSAND SLAIN.
The Town of Ambei Complete
ly Destroyed Five Hun
dred Injured.
Amsterdam, Oct. 12 A dispatch to
the Handelsblad from Batavia, capital
of the Netherlands Indies, Java, says
that a violent earthquake has visited
the south side of the Island of Ceram,
next to the largest of the Moluccas, be
tween Booroo and Papua, completely
destroying the town of Ambei and
killing, it is estimated, some four thou
sand people, as well as injuring some
five hundred others. The dispatch
cays details have hot been obtained.
Judge Him by This
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Mr. Bryan draws a decidedly
deadly parallel on President Mc
Kinley when he quotes a certain
utterance which bears upon the
present Philippine situation, al
though voiced at a dinner of the
New England Society In Philadel
phia in 1890.
"Human rights and constitution
al privileges," said Mr1. McKinley
at that time, "must not' be forgot
ton in the race for commercial su
premacy. The government of the
people must be by the people and
not a few of the people, jit must
rest upon the free consent of the
governed and all of the governed.
Power, it must be remembered,
which is secured by oppression or
usurpation, or by any form of in
justice, is soon dethroned. We
have no right in law or morals to
usurp that which belongs to anoth
er, whether it is property
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or pow
er.
The President uttered a great
truth when he spoke these words.
Government, even in' the! Philip
pines, must rest upon the free con
sent of the governed and all of the
governed. Power,, the President
himself should now remember,
which is secured by intimidation
or usurpation or by any form of
injustice, even in the Philippines,
is soon dethroned. We have no
right in law or morals,
w&
jf ninppine8, to usurp
even in the
that which
it is
belongs to another, whether
property or power. . j
These words of the President
are respectfully and most earnestly
referred to the attention of the
American congress which shall
make final disposition of the Phil
ippine question, j
- Republican Jeers
A Republican paper in Philadel
phia sneers at the slowness of the
negroes to enlist in the regiments
reserved for their membership.
It says : "If they would call the
campaign in the Philippines a cake
walk and substitute razors for
Krag-Jorgensens there would be
such a rush of Afro-Americans to
the recruiting office as was never
before known." j
Thus d8 the organs of the party
that always profits by the dusky
vote cast slurs upon its casters.
It would not Buprise anyone after
this if the Republican papers sys
tematically tried to cause a hegira
of our colored fellow-citizens to
the Philippines by representing the
islands as growing four crops of
watermelons and three of 'possums
every year.
PRESIDENTIAL PARTY.
It Is Now Doing: the Dakotas
Amid Enthusiasm.
Wahpeton, N. D., October 14. Mc
Kinley's special stopped here last night.
A large crowd: greeted the Chief Ex
ecutive, who, in spite of the late hour,
left the car and spoke briefly. Secre
taries Gage, Hitchcock and Wilson and
Attorney General Griggs followed the
President in brief remarks.
Aberdeen, S. D., October 14. At 8
o'clock this morning McKinley's spec
ial arrived here. Jit the depot a large
crowd gathered to see the first Presi
dent who had visited the Dakotas since
statehood. The principal part of the
throng was the first South Dakota
volunteers, arrived to-day from the
Philippines. . Addresses were made
by the President and members of the
cabinet, Gov. Lee and others at the
grain palace, where they were escorted
amid greet enthusiasm. -
Americans Burned at Stake.
Marquette, Mich., Oct. 12.
Willis Maguire, formerly an attor
ney at Marquette, now of the min
ing district of Sonora, Old Mexico,
writes that his two mining part
ners, Ramsey and Miller, who un
dertook to work and prospect in
in the territory overrun by Yaqui
Indians, were overpowered and put
to death by burning at the stake.
Tho Moonshiner's Exp!n
tlon.
A Georgia revenue officiil b! t
novel experience recently -1
moonshiner in a suspected icr;
which overlays anything that tun
occurred in the moonshine rtfa:
8 juthwest Virginia.' y
Early one morning he discovert
old man sitting near a rrm !:&
mountain region. -
But the trouble about thiip r
the revenue man had observed
issuing from the place where the
board should have beeo. -
He surprised the old mia.tis
mediately feigned great icmt.c
plaining his. presence there tj -statement
that his brother f u t?
there. , , - . .
At the mention of his bra.e?
feigned great grief; and widbe;
-would get over it-it wuii eii
HlanAticntfrin nf Providence. I
"But isn't it peculiar' said
nue man, "that I see ""J
the head of his grave, ana
Ine therefrom?" .
"' "8tranger" said fhe-wee?:i
shiner, "he died in his sins, a-
my opinion they're a-rou-l -
down below."
,A special from Bucbareit
Sultan hftfl drowned 13 '
phorus several ladies of tts
suspected of complicity
bers of the young Turkish j.
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