North Carolina Newspapers

Wilson CLAUDIUS F LSON, EDITOR & PROP R. 'LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIM ST AT, BE THY COUNTRY'S, THY GOd's, AND TRUTH'S.' $1.50 A YEAR CASH IN ADVANCE The Advance VOLUME XXII. 1 II J vii : v . ; 1 WanK j mm a Facts Worth Ti I A' 1 One ! Knowing ; m fx - fr4 gr Vi have the largest CASH business in Eastern North Carolina. That we buy goods below the market value. That we sell them for spot cash at a small-profit. That we Jo just what we advertise. That despite what other merchant may say, our goods in quality will compare favor ably with theirs. e never run down our competitor's goods. There is r. :.; mean about the -Racket." We v We a prices, ronized We ex lower y for the j pie in ti share oi Our S we gtu we repr success, ccm of low I be pat on alone, them still 1 grrateful the peo : solicit a are. ond, and .roods as Fifd - :!8il mm, o Streets. Mer. Nash Greei Agency, VGER, - N. C. successful years, and i- usands of his corn more to be er is mak aw Hill the -l place for an accident tl policy in as. can' be in, Store , Steam or ns or other lsured, you the Greene as can be class com- pecialty. to corres insurance .our wants redit given the dot! pan pah in- Hill Wat. Fan can : conn obl.i pan! C Pa pom writ' will RDAN, ance Ag'cy. !. X. C. P. (, DR. V. S. ANDERSON, Phy . hi and Surgeon, WILSON, n. c. Ofh;. : in i r z Store ;i Tarboro St.' DR. ALBERT ANDERSON, Physician and Surgeon, U:n e nexl do r t. 1 he First Nations Bank. c , DR. E. E. WRIGHT, -Surgeon i ) ntist, Having ptrmanentb :.. rated in Wil- f?n' 1 - pi f 3l services to the public - ol 1 Building oa ! . When in E ige and de siring a first-class tufn-out for anV lni come to my 1: . rood teams, car,'! asonable. rat' ' M .octal ar- ranM n i ts with the proprietor ke to Seven Springs. unty's fa- Von' r . Call on me! W. : I. -.PER, 7i-3m . L. nge. N. C. THEl' "r Lt 5-14-iy s,orfs!AlEFLff! ille Liberties Of a-.l TV pie In Danger. A Secret Or ion E Only Bli Letter r Clay. fa The Eott iDg Orgs ''Gideon. ! s. otiio n - . r !:o; Ka i Over Dear Sir: I favor enquiring ab wit! the. order -k Band, and in ansv Oth Wits m initia of Gidecnites at gust, 1891, Oil . . Affiance whi. h me kept the obfigai hot know its ex 1 t sure you it was a and bloody ashamed of it as si what it was; and I todowith itsince.Il hand what it . was joined it. But W a good thing and liance cause, and fc lianceman I joined , As soon as 1 th ter having learned it was a danger honest man could do with it. Tom Long tol I was the cause o being a failure up had reference to u and fight in Gidei ? The plan of the I remember it is i is a State Chief, wi as I understand, there bjf.lso a- Chi sional district ; an eaqh county, and have exe immediate ( I orders In in the ladure t' 1 pbeyis; 1 tion a veiM are three hundr band in each C : the numbo ' forgotten. the idea that : der if it is b Carolina. Ab because as i have nothin- to I learned v.: came out soon after I lOth.. V: afraid of n.e. . not send the send to me. To Hon. 3 . M. i Bell Cross, ( Hon. F. M. Sim: My Dear Sn favor of a recent ask me to give ; what Iknow al Nor.th Carolin the "Gideon Ban Gatesville-, in i ',. ber, 191 , Mr. S the presence of iM of Pamlico 'count; for the First D;s State lecturer, pr should becooie' a order I replied I could not const self with the Bai first reveal to me I beii Rt to connect my d uniess ne wouk the character an purpose of the order. This he con sented to do upon my promising secrecy. Mr. Wilson then lead me the obligation which lie wished me to take, and outlined the general ob jects and purposes oi the order. The obligation was a very rigid one, arid according to icy best recol lection the penalty oi a disclosure oi the secrets of the order was death. The plan of the organization was as follows: A National Chief, a State Chief, a District Chief and a County Chief. The State Chief re ceived his orders from the National Chief the District Chief from t he State Chief, ami the Cptinty Chief from the District Chief. The- mem bership in each Congressional Dis trict was 300, and in each county, 1 think, no more than .30. This thirty were to be especially selected for , their efficiency and influence, true and j tried men who could be relied upon 1 under all circumstances, in all meet i ings, etc. ft was the duty of tnese clueis ana WILSON, ders emanating from their superiors. Mr. Wilson stated that the object of the organization was to aid and pro mote the Reform movement. The initiation fee was $2.00 The conver- ;k place after Mr. Wilson's m the Indianapolis Alliance After Mr. Wilson had revealed the hi . to me, I told him I re d the movement, as outlined bj him, ; 5 being a very dangerous one, and that I thought it would re the destruction of the Alliance and the defeat of the Reform move ment then proposed, and I postively refused to have anything to do with it. Mr. Wilson then burned in my the obligation-which he had read to me, and pretended he was leriiie the advisabiiitv ng the order, although I learned he had initiated M . M L. Reed of Buncombe, dur ke previous August, and ap him chief in the gth Congres- Vours respectfully; J. S. Bell. Mr. Editor: Through the of the press I desire to lay eople of North Carolina rs recently addressed td me .'. M. L Reed, a member of the se of Representatives inent nember of the Al . Mr. j. S. Bell, a member present State Senate, and re-fitiy-State Alliance Lecturer, dis- tn the existence in tius State of j unta ful anvl dangerous secret iitcal society, whose chief is S. K Wilspn, the official head of the' Party in North Carolina.' FJi letters show conclusively that I this society did exist in this State but j rat y, :nd ji it has ceased to' exist, , t.'u. 01 showing this lact rests, men who it is shown intro-j j ..,1 ' t ' j g t!.s dangerous scheme j rtses of the people and the d will of society, these, itleuien but discharge a plain duty 1 good citizenship. The facts which they have disclosed clear the i mists from the present anom lous 1 p 3 : "al situ ition in North Carolina,! and esq nn ;:iany things connected therewith, otherwise unaccountable because so radically at variance with known characteristics of our fe. U accounts for the refusal n the paj 1 1 f many of those supposed the influence of this so- :ar uiscussiqn upon impor-l : mt questions affecting vitally their . t interests ; it accounts for their refusal to read literature not having stamp and sanction of the leaders in this movement; it accounts for r 'bad iper and the absence in polit J conduct of that inde ahd conservatism which has en a d stinguished character the North Carolina "breed" md; it accounts for the and subservient manner in 1 . in their political evolutions th- y . e and act; it accounts fur the re ark we frequently hear com -d. -in pier but more honest 'c to the effect that they krl , and dm it to be their political cause they are sworn to do .- .-;d il accounts for the hu . that a people hitherto brave and tree have apparently sur r. ade ed th ir independence, fettered their nces and ceased to act Its might logically fans employed, for -. ret under common or to a common enu may direel the action of a mul individual acting for him - As thl i ncc of this secret so 11 a .and directing the convict ains of these people " for the eccentricities which irked' their recent conduct, so nduct corroborates and sup ; ts the evidence 1 now lay before tfeople of its active existence in 'i he presence here of the Band of recalls all too vividly the "Un- . a or Heroes of America,'' ht-mare of 1868, which in the : charity and in the form of a e became th secret auxili a. political party, and very home and fireside in under the shadow of a hand lich neither the laws 'of God or man aid stay against the inexorable com -md of its invisible chief It will be railed how under the fostering care that party this terrible organization ined such ascendency here that it quired a counter secret society and but revolution to break its hold am the liberties of our people. It A'as thought both of these socie-; d all similar organizations ad eem v dangerous in a free country e (airs, had been crushed out in ath Carolina never to return again. ie rigorous law against secret politi 1 associations now upon our statute lOks w ere placed there with the ex rience of those days fresh in the of our people, and express eir d termination never again to ierate in our midst such a menace th of these societies, the one vhich this legislation was end the one which now defies . of foi eign inception, and were rn of disorders and agitations from sich we "are happily exempt. 1 ' "Union League" was of m birth, begotten of the us times which immediately ted its introduction here, and , iidi on's Band" is the offspring ' I wiki recklessness which WILSON COUNTY! characterizes the incon alities which constite strata of western mc and which now and tin in Hay Market riots ar eries. A man better acquai Wilson with the sent people would not havt transplant and intrody stitution so obnoxiou. cherished conceptions free, open and h moral tion. If he was hinis. the wild vagai ies and "Orders" and "Union he was thrown in eont to the west immed m his overtures to Mr. judgment should hav t!u'i' wen conceived notions 6i oi could only result in cause he wished to ad There have been ma whisperings of the ec this dangerous "B tnd letters of Messrs Beli a was no tangible evid c submit these pr dence that the c m people will not 1 1 it, and fittingly're k'e agitators and dem; introduce it. Chairman I ition- itan aks forth Mr. our d to s in V!L . R F. M. Si cle of the 1 letters and a you with n cret political said to be t! dec! me. of the p irty ficial head, for its circul sense of fair prominence this cornmui it. If there is cret politb 'Gideon's B or if there h which contn the - , peopl of any otc. than the cot am in i;mor. W A N i ) b ! Mr. Editor S. Otho Y:N letter, which strongest pos; he the: ein e$S be observed statements n and Bel!, and thai the "Hail th( 1 ie ar? o in: re" mote t he say societ v I le" of the pretatM interpr liiCtS t t people conclu: stitute when some trie notions about They Will take tiie for themselves, and ted, as I have show show a well define zation.. What did Mr. V he told Mr. Bell the was to promote ti ment?" Did he reft of principles adoptc 1S91, which with s were afterwards m St. Loui platform 1 at Omaha? Wha meant if not this ? him, for he repli dangerous and woe liance and defeat posed. Is there i whatisknowd as ; ment" being a po3 Does is hot seek well-defined pohcici and where in e mfli have the fundamti There seems t obtuseness on the pie in tiiis State a tutes political act.' to believe any .can as not to see that 1 ly known as the was then a politic len .rtam th ti) N. C, OCTOBER continued up to the present time td , be one. If Messrs. Reed and Bell's letters left any doubt (and I think they did not) in the minds of our people about the actual existence here of a secret political society, Mr. Wilson's letter finally removes that doubt. The existence of "Gideon's Band" in this State, and the statements of Messrs. Reed and Bell in reference thereto not being denied, the people ! . oi course, from their opinion of its character and objects from the statements of these gentlemen. If the order is political it is unlaw ful ; if the order is not political but merely intended to control and direct the deliberations of the Alliance, then it is an outrage upon the members Alliance " he- have not been Imitted to its secrets, that a secret bar' should have been formed run their order to clandestinely c ontrol its councils. c.ined) F. M. Simmons. Chm. State Dein. Ex. Com. THE PLAN. The Chicago Tribune last August mined the following special from ihington, on the first column of rst page : ISHINGTON, Aug. 14. "Gid- Band," is the newest factor in year's campaign. It proposes nite the heathen of the old par fter the biblical method. This opment of Alliance politics, as dad to the Tribune correspond s a remarkable one. Yet every 1 can be taken as absolute ly cr. and the Alliance leaders wili nv to deny the existence of the t oath -bound order within the National Lecturer Terrell, oi Texas, and Willets, Ben Jerry Simpson enlighten the public ii they will. ?. I : i v be C ha 1 r man Taubeneck has also heard of it. fime and again it has been charg ed by the politicians of the two old irties that the order of the National nee and Industrial Union was ing manipulated by certain of its leaders lor their personal aggran dizement and preferment, but not until a few days ago were these com plaints and charges verified, and the motor, the wheel within a wheel, by which the mass of Alliancemen are moved, fully exposed. The story is a strange one, and goes to illustrate the folly of the larmers in allowing themselves to L come bodily incorporated into an order whose work is hidden from hi and whose public demands are both unjust and unreasonable. This wheel within the Alliance wheel is a preferred oath-bound so c ty, to the few known as the "Band of Gideon," which was organized by Dr. Macune and others at the Ocala meeting two years ago. It was duly officered . at the meeting and em ! ices in its membership all, or nearly . 11, ol the Alliance leaders. Its ob- :ct is to strike the two old political parties wherever they may be in ntrol. The plan of this secret so ty as laid down by Macune, its riginator, is a simple one, but the raits expected were to be wide It contemplates the raising political legion of 300 men in id Congressional District in the Union. This secret inter-society s to have been suggested by the tii al legend laid down in the book f Jud: -s, wherein is recited the story (verthrow of the Midianitesand Am tlekite host and the deliverance Israel under the leadership of a ul a .1. who is Gideon. THE IRON-BOUNp CATION. OBLI the despised 'Kn er adopted an the one given )ath SO bel )W. are not only required to ii but to pledge their it. I he form is a copy inted for general use the country. It runs a tree citizen of this re- ie reby, in the presence of these witnesses, solemnly cr to reveal to any human earth any of the signs or this order or the existence X 1 WUl not calculated to divulge by any convey an idea, directly or indirectly, the name person belonging to this order, ! method by which its work is cted or any work that has been di done or accomplished or sought to! be accomplished. That I will implicitly obey all laws, 1 rules, and regulations of this order and unqestioningly carry out all in- j structions and commands from supe rior officers. That I will, without any evasion or mental reservation whatever speak the exact truth when conversing with a brother of this order under the That I will immediately, upon re ceipt of any information which leads me to suspect the fidelity to the cause of integrity of any brother, report the same to my superior officers. That I will not make or preserve for my own use or gratification any written or other evidence calculated to convey the names of brothers or signs, grips, pass words, or nthpr secrets of this order. That I will never propose any one lor membership who is not honest faithful, true and devoted to the cause which we espouse That I will labor for the accom- phshment of industrial freedom from monopolistic greed ' That I will, upon any and all oc- ,ns defend the principles of this order and the good name of the i era bers thereof. 27th, 1892. To all of which I swear and sign my most solemnly name, binding myself under no less penalty than that of being held up to the contempt of all mankind. And I further pledge my life, my liberty, and my sacred honor, and should I willfully break this oath I hereby surrender my body to the just vengeance of the members of this order. P. O. , County of , State of , District No. . Read and and sign in the presence of . Approved . Date , Re cord Page Date . oath is the used when a Accompanying this printed initiatory form new member or members are to be installed. An idea of the full scope of the work of ered from it. Gideons can be gatb The document runs in this wise: You are about to enter an organi zation that depends more upon the zeal, fidelity and devotion of its mem bers than upon-.their number. It is bound together by a solemn com pact in which each member joins in a pledge of secrecy and loyalty as strong as can be expressed in lan guage. The object is to secure a small band, devoted to the cause of humanity, the members of which can be depended on to act together in any emergency, forsaking every other cause and defending the principles of this band with their lives if need be. We read in God's word as fol lows : "And the Lord said unto Gideon, the people that are ' with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me. saying mine own hands hath saved me. Now, therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying who soever is fearful and afraid let him re turn and depart early tor Mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and one thousand, and there remained ten thousand." From these verses of divine writ we learn that the most important un dertaking does not requre the great est number but does require devotion, courage and strict obedience. If, therefore, you lack in devotion, or falter in courage, or do not yield full and and complete obedience, you are at liberty to turn back with the twenty and one thousand who were rejected in the formation oi God's band. After full consideration oi this off er do you desire to proceed ? If the answer be yes, then pro ceed. Place yourself in this position and repeat after me as follows : ( Here the pledge given above.) You are on the threshold of one of the purest and strongest organizations ever formed. We will pause a moment that you may appreciate the full import of this obligation. It de mands a surrender of all partisan allegiance to any party, and full and complete obedience, even to the sacrifice of life. If you hesitate for for one moment there is now a last opportunity to turn back. Will you go with us ? If the answer be yes then proceed. The people are in bondage and they cry for deliverance, as Israel did 3,000 years ago. Just as they were driven from their homes driven to resort in caves and mountain fastnesses through fear of the Midian ites, so now are the people forced to yield their inheritance to satiate the greed of monopoly. There is now pending a revolution which, unless checked, will astound the world cor- Dorate and money power on the one hand and struggling humanity on the other. The masses have been patient and forbearing, while the vo taries of money have been arrogant and proud. Has not God spoken truly in these words ? "And they have said in their hearts, my power and the might ol mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. But thou shalt remember the Lord thv God : for it is He that L'iveth thee power to get wealth, that he may es tablish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. and it shall be. If thou do at all forget the Lord thy God and walk alter other gods and serve them and wor ship them, I testify against thee this day that ye shall surely perish. As the nations which the Lord destroyed before your lace, so shall ye perish, because ye would not be obedient un to the voice oi the Lord thy God." Deut. vii, 17 ; ho. This forcibly teaches us that God has a convenant with his people and that if they break the covenant they shall surely perish. The formation of this band dates back to the deliver ance of Israel, and as God in his wisdom and mercy chose only 300 from the vast army of Gideon to over come the mighty host of the Midian ites, so has this been formed from the vast multitude of toilers that the people's inheritance may be peace ably and quietly wrested from the money power and forever protected from its greed. As God chose only 300 to redeem Israel, demanding of Gideon that each should be honest, faithful, tjue and State Alliance, was chosen as the first devoted, so may we he successful if j Jerubaal or Mighty Chief Gideon ; and we follow out this divine precept j Oswald Wilson whose alleged con and example. A vast multitude can nection with the cordage trust sub only be controlled by having a few j jected him to charges, was elected the acting as one man ; for just as Gideon urSf Secretary and Treasurer. The invaded the camps of the Midianites unaer protection 01 seciecy anu su- ence, so must we go forth to fight ! "U1 uluc:- vvc 4U1U'. uum , ourselves together and invade the camps of monopoly. With the in- ' formation we can gain and a know- ledSe of their weakness and vulner- j ablllty. we Wl11 be enabled to success- I fully overcome them. More depends on the fidelity of this band than on great numbers. This 3,800 whose purity 01 purpose ana MR. YOUNG IS NOW IN The Northern Markets BUYING OUR SECOND STOCK OF Shoes, Clothing and Hats ! The people know when they are getting a good thing. We want to return our thanks for their liberal trad thi . FaH, and to make our thanks worth something, we shall muinue our Great Slaughter r ale Of Sh. a I5th; I mens' t and Boots at 60 cents in the Dollar trens' Shoes 25 cents; womens' brogans 75 cents. IX) M WEAR PANTS ? We would like to call vour attention to 5.000 PAIRS OF PANTS Running in price from 50 cents to $3.75, which we are going to sell for 60 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR. One dollar pants at sixty cents ; two dollar pants at one dollar and twenty cents; five dollar pants at three dollars; six fifty pants at three seventy-five. Look at them. If not convinced do not buy. YOUNG BROTHERS. abandonment of selfish ambition and preferment is so firmly established that neither the riches of Croesus nor the kingdoms of the world can move them, will succeed. The G shall be the superior in each Congressional district and shall have full power to call meetings whenever the good of the order demands ; and each member shall report promptly to him, and, he will be held personally responsible for all initiations and the work dbne is his district. He will receive instructions from G. B. or I. I during an interval of any session. j The initiation lee, $2, and quarterly ! dues, 50 cents, for each member of ; the 300, must be paid in advance to i G. who will remit on the first of each : S quarter with his report, one half the I fees and dues to the National Secre i tary, P. O. box 1 New York, j In every instance the majority must rule, and it must be full, free j action. As the success of our mission I ot its n bers, eaen win see tnar. ry besi material shall con : jo, ami that these hall be ! stribuled throughout his I only I Stitllt 1 prop distri J shi in 'efceip't of information i any State together, K-stion of interest to a 5 such a meeting. ened byj when ii.ttiohal concern, or nore States, demand call th e whene er that Stat G B shall : ever questi affecting two such a meeting. Each 300 may adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary for its government, the same to be submitted to J for approval before going into effect. Each G shall be appointed by J, and shall hold office during faithful performance of duty and the consent of his 300. THOSE CHOSEN AS CHARTER OFFICER j As has been stated, this Gideon's band was originated by Dr. Macune at the Ocala meeting, and the organi zation was there perfected, only the most trusted leaders being qualified. Colonel Livingston, of Georgia, the present Congressional Representative from the Atlanta District, and at that ! period the President of the Georgia ; charter membership embraced all or neaiiy all ol tne men wno nave xaieiy become the political leaders of the Alliance or wno nave piuiuiucm at its counsels. Dr. Macune, Ben Terrell Sledge Cwynne, and Tillman, of South Carolina ; Livingston, of Geor- ; Willets the National Lecturer ; jack Turner the National Secretary ; Oswald Wilson Jerry Simpson, Mrs. Lease. Ch'm Taubeneck, m feet all the bright and shining lights of the order were auvi&eu 01 ujc cAia.i.v. . - NUMBER 41. until Sho :s November 50 cents ; inner politi al machine. They were invited to sign the pledge end become the stock-holders of its secret work and influence. It is not known at this time who are the officers of the Band of Gideon. Col Livingston resigned his com mission as Jeru ml at the St. Louis Conventior, and his successor was chosen. Oswa! i iVilson resigned his" commission as Treasurer at the same time and his su essor was named. It is a mighty order, having its ramifications in every Congressional district Where the Alliance Gonfalon hao been flung to the winds, and it will make ia sinist 1 Congressional in the Presidi ni HuencQ felt fall in as s diis n. FIRE INS! (Successors t OFFICE OVEK AGENTS, ggs & Co.,t AT. HAN . We purpose giving the bust ness intrusted to us by the citi zens of Wilson and neighbor ing territory, our close and per sonal attention. We represent some of the best companies in ti e world. We want your in surance. Come to see us. S. H Hawes&Go., DEALERS IN Lime, Plaster, Cement, Richmond, Virginia. SlRawes&Co., DEALERS IN Richmond, Va. COAL .5-14-iy ' members to obey and