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mu m m m ESTBL'SHED IN 1878- HILLSBORO. N. C. THURSDAY. MAY 17, 1900. NEW SERIES-VOL. XIX. NO. 18. 1 ills i i i tin i - SERMON TO RADICALS. Recent Attempt of White Republicans to Hold Them Back. but their presence is ism ply but a how. nng appeal for the relief their mor fortunate associates enjoy, and a noisy demonstration of an abiding thourb j painfully lingering hope for benefits ; yet to come. The social, the moral, literally the Information for the Republican State Con ntlcft. Joseph K. Perry, of Sanford, for years a leading Republican In the State ; domestic welfare of all the people of writes Chairman Simmons a letter de- ?late not uppermost in the 1 minds of these men. Under the lead ( ership of Senator Pritchard. and claring for the franchise amendment and announcing his allegiance to the Democratic party on the -negro ques tion. The letter is given herewith: Kanford. N. C. April 28, 1900. Hon. F. M. Simmons. Chairman Dem ocratic Executive Committer. Ral- i against the conscience as well as not it. Ideal judgment of very many member j of the Republican party, some at least ! heretofore conspicuous in the council! J of the party, these representatives of 1 the office holding and office seeking i class in this State entered themsplvpt THtY DEMAND TI1IER RECOGNITION, i wiii have a bad eirec J'u Voting and tlic Other Negroes Put For wardThey lict Paving Mad Because Tft.ey Wert Powned. t: The fiirli) h' th'- whit' h'i!l c-',jr : r f fh'T; A;e :i W .' I lil l" : vitirh m-t Hot e The mr lion,)! 11 ; 1 1 j 1 i ' i n (ii . ft ?.!! the n"-gro t l nU( cm as to waich " ru;i nizat ion of th-,- e;i t ' k ii l between th'. K-wiblican Couzi ra tion of th'11. Fourui district i'i!"-ihiy. afternoon, in r i i -R-ileigh. U -mauded w- of ch'- two di.-nict to the N'a convention, which eieh: N. C. J Dear Sir: Since the proposed consti- ! ana 80 rar 113 tDe' could their party in over the State , tutional amendment wa.s snhmittpd hv opposition to the only measure which j and the party will not bef able to re- the legislature of 1899. I have favored ': Promises relief from conditions which cover from it." the same and wanted to make a public bave resulted in strife and blood shed j C. T. Bailey, postmaster, of Raleigh, announcement to that effect, but I hes- S ln- t&k and other States. Senator ' and J. M. Milliken, of Randolph, Mar- j itated to do so. f Pritchard knows as well as he knows : :-hal of the Western district, had pre-! I have adhered to the Republican anything that the white people will not vioiiKly been nominated for delegates principles of protection and sound i tolerate the. influence of an alien race nt large. The negroes culled for a vote ! money since my lirst vote, but it has in the management of their public af after Johnsons speech. j come "to the parting of the waves with i fairs- 'Tne experiment of such influ- The vote stood Milliken 20, Bailey IS I me. I was elected chairman of the Re- I enc was tried 5n and ended in and Johnson 10. The Wake delegation j publican executive committee of Moore ! 18T0- 11 was tried asain in 1894 to 189S nhich consisted of six negroes, voted j county two years ago and held that po- i with the Painful results which are fur Millik.en in pri'erem-e to Bailey. ; sition until recently, when I resigned I fresh in the memory cf all citizens, pe Jerrc Smith jumped up and fcaid, "I I it. Now I pledge myelf that T will i -ul5arly so in the minds of the people cjt one vote for Bailey j support no candidate," State, wuutv. or S of the eastern part of the State. Sena- Jim doling said. "You take your i othren-if that ci,hmit hirrif t or, i tor Pritchard knows what effect this ! convention in whirh the tiacta ins I resurrection cf this influence had unon THE DAY OF PEACE- ieet'.; in I h i ! ' i 1 j ; 1 1 i ; . The demand us li-ii ,i ,y n li.'aiit-r:- as Jim collector and ho.-.-; ; f aiii.-rn; Kd. A. John.ui. veat: vou are no delegate" Hmitl) daimed the right to vote an 1 Postmaster iJailfy contended that ho was a delegate, b:jt" the other delegates i.-tid no. .iMikon and Bailey were declared ! tv: that all thn nliianr t-P.r, th-. to rassion and prejudice, and denv un the clioice of the convention to the Na- I Republican and Poriiillst nartieR of nnr ! ul he Is even ashamed of himself that :i;mal ltepubm-an cenvention. S State and the Ki.nvTidPv f nlitil nave i,ne jump-d up and shouted, ! principles are solelv for the ake of of- Jeoparaized the lives, the property of i iiiive i.n;tt u any negro in this dis trict votes for the scoundrels we lynch him to the first tree." "Right." several negroes hollered. Sivage, the negro professor, said a.s he was lea vine the room. "Th ttennh- voice or vote. I have decided that we ! the State upon -society, upon the tem have but one party in our State that I per .f t,he PeoPle- He may declare un- has a fixed platform and principles. u J1Ii 1UDgb are exhausted that the and that party is the Democratic nar- i e!ectl3Ii of 1898 was carried by appeals there existed such negro influence as jeopardized the lives, the property of flee. Don't we all know that Republi- j ine PP1 ana the peace cf communi can and Prmulist n-rinoinipa aro fv ties- but the unalterable, irresistable. apart as the east is from the west and J immovable fact stares him in the face What of th Jay. my brother? What of tb tav ot i-eae '? WUen tbe drieping sword turns the green : sward And U:e dull. dre;i-i noise ct&i-e Ttie ciar on eail of baci?. The f hrik ot th- ancry mi?!! Vihat or bn;tl! thit stall f ierce the tight Of battle U it wtdi? What of the dead, uiv brother? Wtiat of the d-ul .iiid dumb' Who shall pay at vh. JuJnit-nt day When the tesDtjr shad come. Come io the iuLt aJ :Iory, Come in the hr- anl flaa!?. Whoae th? strain of ths bioud an J pain, My brother whose the blame'? What of the grief, my brother. What of thi grif and woeV What of the tears shed o'er these biers rheso stricken hearts brought low'? Low in tho day of terror. Low in the night of gloom. Whose the weight ot this curse of Hate, Whose the pain of Doooi'? ' ; What of the blood, my brother'? What of the blood that flows In a crimson stream wbrethe lanee? gleam And the busjl" bl v and 11'? Whoho the souls that shudder. Shudder and start and cry. Whu tiie battles' cu.t by (bnl engrossed In blood on the brazen sky"? Hasten the day. my brother. Hasten the day of paee, When men nut lam i;r reed of gam And thf dull, dread nuies ''ease! When shell shall shriek no h.njj;er, When Hatred slink away. The breath of God tin: blood-stained sod Make clean and Pea -e shall stav. --lii.-n.ank Tribune. oniiK, d"!niry Vake fit-public ' lerk ', th" 1 . S. )islil' t Attorney, Micans have irnne. n.hpnd an,l rlicfrnr, , - - n - - v tionuii lepres,.!,t;..tie Euton, of Vance, and in ; chised the negro before the Democrats could do so." "We'll remember, them," Jim Young said, as he took his neat. The white delegates were watching J-K i a:I ni i',io tactions in the district. 'ih" white (ifi.-.-.t.a slightly outnuin nered i be ;:"sr(;i's and tb.cy voted d'i".vr. h- appeal'- -.,' the brother in black for '.oKiiifi on. The delegates to the Na ?a o;d ff):n , Mt ion from the district. " i !1 I'lil hun were !'. l;,ii!e. of Ualeih. post ma. -ic, 'el', tiie McKiniey nduiiuistration. ' M. '.liilikc:-,. (it' K.nuhdph. V. S. es"-'iu district 'under liininisLration. i .,f AVuaa there were 2:', (.'.u- i tii ctmvent'on and y v,.!i n. t. support the ta.;hal of Hi tie- McKiniey The jiri'irec per cent., i i"ilared th' ?:f.)llilif es. f a i- I -..i Oi . ;i " riMn t' r.h-i'f if any f.; ct v.!.- fur ! their brethren in black, who ; around the door. The negroes i wjtitnis: to see the next move. ; Somebody placed in nomination F H. Jonc;, of Chatham and Ii. B. Pace ! of Johnson s alternates.- j ' I move r f make it. unanimous I carry out lae .slate ! cu I that when fuicn is brought about ex j cept uivon the basis of principle, it der j Btroys all principle of both parties to J it. I can not and will not support-any i such principleless combination. When I we think of the Second Congressional I district of our State now represented in Congress by a negro, it should cause us to hide our heads in shame are the farmers mprphants dnrtnr? and lawyers of ability, culture and 1 l3ts that animated the white people in that the white people of this State could never be so united in any pur pose, as they were in 1S98. without a knowledge that cause for it existed, and an equal determination on their part to remove that cause, as they did, as they will again under like condi tions. It is to prevent any such like 1ISS FERGUSON. rl At A. AL . m. t Where i cuiiuiuunrs n:at me amenument, is pro- peseo, and the same determination ex- supposed that white men will continue in the State with straight face ask neirro lawyer oi itai- ?k- vv.i.s leaving the hall. ie'-'ro in this dls i,;ndrrjv we ly r'c h aim to the lip-t tree." The i .::entinii was called to order i .'.r, in the waiting room of the Park t'ti 1. huut. l-.'e.-enf. () . John.:n. ;is d'- trict atforne. 'onpressi; ::a i i IH V;;i;'):. c M.-aker. ard : t f the ra ho Reraiblicans were e negroes. FA. bnited States f wh.ia w nssi -u in . t he chairman of th iunnittee. presided, dored. was the first jdead for recigniiion urging the tiect'o.i of Ivl. .1. h?;:v.ra. t. d(red, as one of the two deUuates. fr;i;n the district t the ati itiai oT.vcnt ioa, which meet-- in Philadelphia. Prof. Savigf. of Krai)kliiuon. a negro Ik-cI facher. decdared that the negro tid tite vctirii; of the Republican party j.-id ii.' e;, i j-eivMiition. He urged cf a colored man a a del- Nati r.al con-.ention. . of Wak" iu)kt alor.K tio-ii- .-..lid the Repnhlaan II 0 ep( et to tile U'-gl'O fused K aiVC the lletli'O re- 'ae el", th,:; "kale mi tl; I. IV l'aii - IP.'O lllle. p.nt ty civil,1, ot e i : i ' r ' "ftnuh ii, Mas.ni. ef hath.ain. s.,id that the . oii t nti.ai ia hi.- county hai seen ti to el. .J Willie I'rlriltS alld tlllit he K"ild only f -How liie action of his people. S:r.irh. ai ance, said t ue should reerrnize the nt fa. voted the election of a as delegate to the Natun;- character of taat district? What par ty is responsible for passing them by and putting a negro up to represent i this district? Who is responsible for in'1 ! this, neerro Oonsrre.;mfln Ts it t.-k bo oi me .secret cau- Jini Young hollered out. "We'll do it." was the response of the coons and the election of the alternates was made unanimous. Jim Young moved that Ed Johnson be re-elected chairman of the Congres sional committee. Quick as a rlash Johnson put the motion and it went through, though Bailey, of North Car clina. .tried in vain to -object. J. M. Milliken. of Randolph, was nominated as; the member of the State committee from this di.-triet. At this-.point Bailey of North Caro lina took the floor and declared that the iieM. business was the election of a chairman of the Congressional com mit lee. "We done ami llxed that," Jim Young declared. '1 norniate J. A. Giles, of Chatham, for chairman." said I D. Jones-. "Everybody knows that we have re elected I'hl. Johnson chairman." Jim Young declared. " I made the motion and it was carried." 1ST0 and 1 8i8, to engraft that amend- inent and the principle it envolves into I the law of the State. R. M. Furman. The Middle-of-the-Roaders. The following is from the last issue in power a party that does this Can ; of the Southern Mercury, a Populist cv jmi iv mat uut's tais in one uisinct white men to support it and sustain it anywhere else in the State What party is responsible for the negro sen ator and the negro members cf the House of Representatives that one whrs I visited oir last legislature saw at Ral ; eigh? These negroes were elected as candidates of the Republican party to represent white men as well as black j men. One of them represented the ! good people of Warren county, the j home of the immortal Macon; and one j represented the white people of Craven j county, the home of Gaston and Maii i ly. Think of these negro Senators and negro Representatives sitting in the ; halls of our legislature representing our white men and mothers, wives and i daughters of white men. Shame upon ; the party that nominated and elected i these negroes and shame upon the good Old North State, and its white i people if it is allowed again. j paper published at Dallas, Tex.: I "TTnn T P Snccamni nf rhofltfo N. C. lecturer of the National Farm ers' Alliance, fc'is been appointed pro visional chairman of the straight Pop ulists of North Carolina, and P. L. Gardner, cf Cherryville. secretary. "Owing. to the importance of the is sue in the State campaign now on, no effort will be made to secure straight State action; but after the election, which occurs in August, arrangements will be made fcr a full electoral tick et, representing the Cincinnati nomi nees. Arrangements are in progress for a full delegation to the Cincinnati convention, and among them will be twelve of the delegates appointed by the Butler convention to go to Sioux Falls. "Chairman Scssamon has accepted the State chairmanship, and writes ,'', ',. ' , .' ' . ; Let me ask of mv white Republican I that, in .his opinion, not one-third of ,l.m oung: i our oojectnm cam- friends when they pQ fo Raeigh To i the Populists in bis county will sup- A) Kile. I . . .... i...;,.u .. ... ! ..... i 1 -.-l.-i v i Mup in hi me puouc ouuuing. go up i port tne iusion electoral ricaet, uui ! into the office of the Internal Revenue j ihat they will rally to the Cincinnati K-Sher iff publicans iio, and Io c.tK,r ! man a! convention.. The neiro. he thoaht.-ilt.M-re-i! recot;ni t ioa at ill" hands .!' fhe Republican party. D.ie La.r.e. the colored lawyer, of . Ual-'i'.h. dea ainced th- attempt, a.- be termed. k. f; id two white delegates to the National can cut inn. Lane --aid j he tp'd c fo,- the neyro. who wer1 10- j eon f fong in the Republican ranks in j Nor'h Carolina. 'The negro has stood : ,yV- and allowexl the white Republi- i cms to take the o'hees." the speaker j declar-'d. and ;:,av tliey want all the j ban The while Republicans l;ave ; iived off tne tlut'U-ate negroes ror .;. yea. s Now tio-y ba e gt fat with the i-fjct-s tl.oy want t o kick us out. They '? for uis'franchising us before the l'.moerats get a chant to do so. A. Jim Young said, the amendment is go 1ns; to hurt the colored man much n ore han it docs the whit-:- Republic.ins. vou needn't think we can't stand it. We ha ve lived in. slavery for n ore a. in ice rears, and we can d. it . as tin. Yea l,, ahead and draw the color line, -r. i au wont carry a county in the di-t-n-t. .Th negro wont stand eveiy 'hii,: He !oe---ofbee as well as the hi'e Kepublii-.an. but all he Avants is Jup'iir." KM Johnson asked that one negro be .-ft.i to Philadelphia as a delegate. "If the Republcan party ilraws the 1 -o'or line vn the negro it will commit pMitical suicide. All we ak is repre- fntation. It is well known that the. .-:at? e.cr.vcr.tion v. Ill elect cx-Coz-pre5man Cheatham a delegate at lpgc i he National convention. If 'the m:o Republican convention can afford to rerrsnitze the negro, this- Congres ior.al convention can afford to do s.. This is the logic of the matter. Hy w v..t aathaa-itv has this secret caa.cu , - teen held and tiie color line drawn on tne n uro" If it goes abroad that the metropolitan district of the State ha. (i:acn tne Ui line cn the negro it C-h airman Johnson: "The eonven lion has already Heeled a chairman." j Jim Young: "I move we adjourn." .! The motion to adjourn was apparent ! ly defeated. At this point the negro j i delt gates bolted and left the hall, with i ! th exception of rJaton Vance. Bailey ; i and the otaers dm n:d know what to I do. The few white delegates present ' conferred for three or four minutes. ' Then Hailey, of North Carolina, mount ' ed ;. ( hair and asked for order. He 'lk Ycd a roll call be had and the con v; at ion reassemble. "Sit down." aid J. L. Shepperd. the negro deputy in Collector Duncan's ot'-ice. who was standing in the door wav. "I'll tio nothing of the kind." said Bailey, "and there's no. one in here ; who i an make me sit down." ; The previous action by which Johu- am was elected chairman of the Con ! eiassional committee was next recon sidered and J. A. Giles, of Chatham, chosen in his stead by the few remain ing delegates present. All the Wake Collector, in charge of Mr. Duncan, one of Senator Pritchard's appointees; in there they will find the negro Jim Young and the negro Jim Sheppard. holding clrkships, with desks in the same room, with white men. These ' white Republicans must either wcrk.in ) the same rooms- with these negro office holders upon terms of practical equali ; nominees, seciezary uaraner is ox tne like opinion in his Congressional dis t trict: while the chairman of Wake i county, in which Raleigh is situated, 1 has polled nearly every Populist in the i eountv. and reports that he has not Indiana Ferguson impatiently awaited the evening. For a week she had been isiting her cousin, .Silas Beck, and bis wife, and thi evening Rooert Scruggs was to come. Had she known that Mr. Scruggs was ex pected she would not lmvo dared to visit her cousin just at this time. She ' was here, however, and now that be was coming she did not deceive her self by saying that she was sorry. Miss Ferguson felt that she had been uukiud to Mr. Scruggs. Tie had offered her his heart, and he was a sincere man. She had answered coldly: "Mr. Scruggs, it is impos sible." How heartless it stemed to her now. But there had been Prof. Edward Cantwell Reed, and it seemed different then. Miss Ferguson was a mathema tician. Not that she ever did much in a practical way, but she loved the science for its own sake. She and Professor Iieed had sat by the hour discussi.ig problems in which they were interested.' But for these meet ings her auswer to Robert would have been different. She now sat in meditation before the bright-fire. How stupid she bad been, she thought, to suppose that she could enjoy sittiag forever drill ing away at her mathematics! Do people ever marry for that? What had Professor Red done? Married that veritable chatterbox and mi-chief lov ing Tomboy. Sadie Moore. As for herself, did she ever really love Pro fessor Reed? Well, perhaps. Any how, she was very stupid she was sure she was stupid. And uow rcertainly fate had thrown her iu the way of the man whom she rejected. He believed iu woman's in tuition, ami that iutuition told her that .this was fortuitous. She w as al- ! most happy. When at last she heard Mr. Scruggs Scruggs found one who is willing tt support j stamping the wet snow off his boots Bryan or any other Democrat on the Ponulist ticket. North Carolina is in a ty. or they must give up their job.-.' ! fair way cf being redeemed. This is what Republicanism in North Carolina means. What white man with proper self respect can continue to sup- ' port the party that brings about such c onditions as these? We have gone far ; enough in this negro business. It be- "Thufi is Butler's bulldozism losing j its power, even in his o.vn State." j Mr. So,ssamon states that the article j in the Mercury is true in every detail, j and that he had received notification j of his appointment several days ago ; omes every w-hite man to arouse him- ! from the national executive commit- j self and for the sake of his children to : tee of the middle-of-the-road Populists, j i see tnat we go no runner, it there ev- The provisional cnairman win ap ' er was a time when men should rise ! point delegates from this State to the outside the door she felt that hhe. turned a little pale. She was certain j ly nervous au unusual thing for her. I When he 'addressed her as "Mis d". COH : above party, that time is now. i Some one asks what we will do with I the negro. I answer this: Remove ' him from polities and only allow those : to vote who show sufficient abilitv, Cincinnati convention. Tne following is a copy of the letter to be sent to each delegate: ' Dear Sir- Find enclosed delegate's credentials, which entitle you to a seat Ferguson" it sounded odd and He used to call her "India." "Soyi-u'ie ao juaiuted !' exelaiiue 1 Mrs. Beck, as they sat. about the tire, her fa e radiant with amiability. "Xo-, Fm afraid we'll have to watch ! you two. But then, if you'd a been i marrying people -too such people us you you'd a been married, both o: I you, long ago. " j "Vou may trust Mis- Ferguson,"' i answered Mr. Scruggs. "Fin an audacious scoundrel, vou know, but "Not I, this day," be replied, "I ant disposed to uiope, I have sent Silas down to bring my woodman, friend to see if be cannot cheer mo up Are jo i ill, Miss Fergusou? I imagine that yo.i used to look stronger." I am well now," sdie answered. "I have changed since rou saw me last. "I believe jou are more beautiful," he declared. "Don't flatter me." she. protested. "I. flatter!" be exclaimed. "When pw ill you learn, Miss Ferguson, that I am incapable of the- art? You have not chauged ao much, then, after all. V "Yon are crnel if 'Toa contradict me," he replied. T V.! , 4Aud were yott netrWttuell'' be .asked. -'l . x , ' t -.irhiap, abe anawereit . "But 1 repented." "Repentance o means sorrow, : ue said. "Will you bo sorry for me uow? I have the blue-." At this moment Si!a Beck came in, 'followed by the woodman, and when. Mr. Scruggs turned to introduce hit friend to Miss Ferguson fhe wasgoue. On the following day Mr. ScrnggH put on his overcoat and left the house, as soon as breakfast mis over. What Tins meant to Miss Ferguson she would not acknowledge even to her self. It was a lonely day the louolie-t that she ever passed. . .Mrs, Reek, to be sure, never ceased to chatter, but what woman's talk can till the empti ness of a woman's lonely heart? When Miss Ferguson put on her arc- tics to walk down to the villuge post- otlice Mrs. Peck spoke oi llobevt i Scruggs, nud she s:it down to listen. Directly Mrs. Beck's gossip diverted ; itself to a neighbor who claimed to have a cousin who married u niece of (ieueral (hunt, and Miss Fergunon rose to go. "There goes Robert now," cried I Mrs. Beck, "with Ida (Jutes If. that I girl don't talk him to death it won't ! be her fault. She's a tur'ble gab." Miss Ferguson looked out. Tho road ran near the house, and the saw that Mr.. Scruggs looked perfectly happy. lie was leaning back in the s!eigh, and Miss (lutes was driving, chewing gum and talking all at once. Miss Ferguson did not speak. Sh went to the tiie, removed her arctic, selected a 1 ook from the table aud real. She read deterinindely. Sh told herself that she was going to read, and what Miss Fergusou willed to do she usually did. When she had been reading about half -an hour Mr. Scruggs came hurriedly iu. "I am sorry," he said to Mrs. Beck, "but I have to return to the citj-. I have just now received a dispatch. Cood-bv, Mrs. Beck aud Miss Fer guson, 1 don't know when J shall see see you again. iood-by." "( iood-by, Mr. Sci oggs, " she ta naturally, extending her hand. He took it, piesse 1 it mechanically, aud in another mo.uent he was gone. Miss Ferguson sat down by the lire. She admitted t herself that she was disappointed. Mr. Scruggs no longer cared for her. He was happy with Miss (Jates who chewed gum. But then why should she care? She was determined not to cei e. She made it a pi acti.-H to take things philosophic ally, aud there was little that ever dis turbed her. She liked Mr. Sertis-s. but he was nothing to her. She had been foolish f-tup;d and she would try to forget it. Picking up her book she resumed reading where she had left off and spent the ieat of the day with the novel. Notwithstanding, that night her pillow was wet with team. They wee foolish, stie said, but they would not. : last, and she could put it from her easier after a little feminine cry. After that she was determined to have n ; regret-", and what Mis Ferguson ; willed to do she nc-aily always uid. The net day she seemed as fresh ai she had been for a year. 1 Two days later she re eive 1 a Ietti from the postofh'ce. It read: . "Dear Mi Ferguson: I once negroes had gene save one. who refus character and qualification. We are - in the middle-of-the-road Populist con- j you will find Miss Ferguson a- rigid Eaton, of Vance, said when h "The delegation 1 i ed io vote ois count v was calk : has disbanded." Whether A. Johnson, or Giles . ;m- c.airnian oi tne uongressio ' committee remains to be it-en and both have their following. I The convention adjourned about' 7 i o'clock to meet at the call of the i chairman. It was agreed that no Con 1 irrfssior.nl nomination should be made ! until after the August election. wining to neip tne negro to acauire character, comfortable homes, remun vention that convenes in the city of j as as the North pole." Cincinnati. O., May 9 1900. This gives j Miss Ferguson could not hae felt erative employment; we are willing to ; you full power to represent .Nortn (,ar- ,nore uncomfortablethan she did now. help -nlm educate his children: we are j olina. to act and vote cn an questions j j0 conceai confusion she turned j willing to tax ourselves to take care j that may come up -re the eonven- . toarran;,e 6ome ra,ses in' a vase. , w. -u auiaLcu auu uu.onu..- , nun v4U1Jilfe . t - l which, as soon as she touched it j aie, is ne acquiresuiucieniK.nowieuge wm see your wa urai w m lcuu. lt ! to cast an intelligent vote, we are wil- ! we are Populist from principle it is I ling.to give him the ballot, but he must ' high time we are showing our hand. take his place. We will not new or at ; If we are going to continue to be the i any time allow him to rule over us.- . tail of the Demccratic kite for revenue i I am with the Democratic party for j only, let us hir out' as day hands to the amendment. I wish tr see it'rati- anv old nartv- that will give us tho asked you to marry me. What f aid then 1 now repeat with twofold vehe mence. Does the change in you ex tend to your heart oris your answer the same? "Konr.HT S hv.o-. ' The auver she wro'e real simply: "Dear Robert: I have chauged The answer is yes. India IV j tumbled to the floor, breaking into a i dozen pieces. Stooping uniekly to ' pick these np, now hinshing very red, j she awkwardly upset a la ge easel aud ; its painting. Then she rose up very ! quickly aud left the room, mortified Hardlv the Ghost of a Convention. tied, and I feel sure it will be ratified, j rocst money for cur vote on election K to the verge of despair. She won ierd but the friends of the amendment i day, I will insist again that you at- j if she would ever dare to see Mr. Rockingham,. N. C, Special. The call for a R -publican county convention to be held in the court house here was sisued a month ago and continuously advertised since. The nearest thing to a convention here was a caucus of half a dozen office holders in Zack Long's office. This is what the ! Republican party iu Richmond oounty i is reduced to where the negro is elim ; inated. which is being done now for j political office. They are making an i effort to make it appear that they have i dropped the negro, well knowing that : he can be depended upon to come out and vote when his own privilege must be at WGrk. for its opponents are re.-orting to every device, both honor able and dishonorable, to secure its de feat, and to regain control of the State. Sincerely. JOSEPH K. PERRY. Sanfcrd, N. C. tend. We are entitled to 2b votes m the convention, but we should have 100 men on the ground. J. P. SOBS AMOK. "Provisional Chairman. The Nejro on Top ! ! In nearly every county the negroes J ' have obeyed the orders aeat out by j j the revenue ofScers to "take a back i and even where every delegate Scruggs again. The following rao. ning she had her breakfast sent to her, complaining of a headaehe.and did not ventaie dowu stairs until she heard Mr. Scruggs' footsteps going out o. the little gate kui '-ptlMIUy of Trrrm to I ixMning. The ovev-eers of nine forestry sta tions in the dukedom of Lif pe, in Germany, have made an esamiuation of tees struck by lightning through out an area of 45,00 I a- re in order to ascei tain for the iti ium govern ment tfje feucfepti'dliiy of va'ious trees to lightning and it effe-t and occurrence in general, suvs the Manu facturer. Aa a re ilt cf their obser vations it was found the oak. tree waa bv far the mot lit' Se to lightning, in asd down toward a cabin where one fpite of the frt that they w-re not as An Unpatriotic .Assembla; e. The Republican State convention met in this city Wednesdav. Senator i sea Pritchard was the central figure, as he ' to the county convention wa. a negro is easily the most forceful character ; the order to elet white delegates was in his party in this State. The bene- ' generally carried out. In a few coun ficiaries of the two revenue collection ties, one negro and one white man was f L districts of the State constituted th-: ; chosen. The negro himself j tone and sinew and the body of the : The negro is on top whether ther voting is at stake. understands it thoroughly, and of convention. There may have been cth-j in person or not. If he takes a back cobrse co white man will be fooled by j ers present who are not yet entered jjeat this year, it U in order to get a it. j upon the pay roll of the goveruaien' frost seat next year. of bis queer fancies took him at every opportunity to converse with an ignorant bat self-important and garrulous woodman settler. Then she crept softly down and entered the parlor and there sal looking into th fire. W ith an e:Tbrt Miss trolled hereelf. "Gocd uioruing, Mr said. "I thonsrbt I heard out thi morning. ' Mr. Scruggn Fei guson cou Scrugi?, " -Le y-ju goiaa- frequent as other t;5 in the forea. TLe Tjerceatage of tue noti ispeciea were given as fol ows: Beecb, 70. per cent ; oak, H ; jnnes, -.13 and tirs, D?fing the. several years through which the observatiou wore u;ale JTo t.ees were struck hr lightning, -and of thse or -S er cent were oaks; .V. ur 21 j er cent, tim; 21, or 6 per cent, be-ete. and 2 or 7 per cent., pine, the other varieties dam aged btritij still lest in uatater. -v. t ? m. i I f V l H H t I if ! i i i It' ll 1 11 m III Hi 4 1 1 II ! 1 ill I f j tr . 1 m v It i ; f-: fir! -s if- .1: ' it JJ