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The News and Observer. VOL. XLVI. NO. 67. LEADS ALL NORTH OAROLMA DAILIES IN DEWS AID DIHIUPII. WHS ABE LINCOLN A NORTH CAROLINIAN? James H. Cathey Writes a Book to Prove it. NAMED FOR HIS FATHER WHO WAS ABRAM ENLOE, OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE MOTHER AND SON SENT TO KENTUCKY Wl>«re Nancy Hanks Afterward Married Thoma Lincoln and the Child Took the Name of his Step Father. Such is the Story. Was Abraham Lincoln, ra : ! splitter, lawyer, president, maker and victim of history, a North Carolinian l ? To answer this question in the affirmative Mr. .1. W. Cathey, of Bryson City, X. C., has written a book, to-vvit: “The Geneses of a Wonderful Man” —a book that is interesting as to matter, but a trifle jerky as to style, and of imperfect order and proiKjrtion. The proposition Mr. Cathey sets him self to establish is by no means a new one. That Abraham Lincoln was not a Lincoln at all but an illegitimate son of Nancy Hanks and a father unknown to history has been a matter of more or less widely current talk since Lin coln became President, and has l>een frequently discussed in the public prints. Both in North Carolina and in Kentucky the tradition that history has given Lin ed n a name to which he was not by blood entitled has obstinately persisted for nigh on to a century and it is a curious fact that liis biographers have been silent, in the main, upon the subject. He also, so far as has appeared, main tained a uniform reticence ns to his pa rentage, even with his most intimate friends. It is perhaps not going too far to say that many things are accepted facts of .history which are much less strong ly substantiated than that Abraham Lincoln was not a Lincoln at alb If he was not a Lincoln then' who was he? That is the question. Mr. Cathey en deavors to answer. His answer is that, he was 1 Abraham Enloe. Mr. Cathey’s evidence may be said to consist of two sorts: That of* tradition. That of heredity. Mr. Cathey finds that the tradition as to Lincoln's patronage has persisted in Swain and neighboring counties of west ern North Carolina since the early days of the century. The tradition runs that sometime between 1803 and 1808 there lived in the family of Abraham Enloe, of Ocona Lufta. Swain comity, a young woman named Nancy Hanks; that while living in his family, she became on eeinte; ih»t the wife of Abraham Enloe believing him to Ik* the father of the child demanded the expulsfon of the girl from the household: that Enloe to re store peace in the family sent Nauiey Hanks and her child to Kentucky, where she afterwards married Thomas Lincoln, and her illegitimate son, Abraham, took Lincoln’s name. The story of Abraham Enloe and Nancy Hanks may be said to have pass ed through hut two generations and it would he strange indeed if it were groundless. For instance Mr. Cathey interviewed Mr.. Walker Battle, who was horn in 1812, and whose father went to Ocona Lufta with Enloe when he removed there from Rutherford coun ty. Mr. Battle said: “I knew Abraham Enloe and his family almost as well as my own. The incident occurred, of course, before may day, but 1 distiiwaly remember hearing my own family tell of the trouble between Abraham Enl<-> and Nancy Hanks when I was a boy. I recall, as if it were hut yesterday, hear ing them speak of Nancy’s removal to Kentucky, and that sir* married i man named Lincoln; that Abraham Enloe had some kind of correspondence with the woman after he sent her to Ken tucky. There is no doubt as to Nancy llauks having once lived in the lamily of Abraham Enloe. and there ’s no doubt that she was tin* mother of a child by him.” Such is an instance of the plain, straightforward and definite evidence which Mr. Cathey has succeeded in col lecting. He gives interviews with a number of men. some of them liorn short ly after Lincoln, and living all their lives in the neighborhood, and all give substan tially the same version of the story. It would add nothing to the st<*ry to multi ply evidence here, though to the reader of Mr. Cathey’s book is does much to bring conviction. By no means the least striking proof of this hypothesis of Lincoln’s birth is the remarkable resemblenee to him. of Wesley Enloe. a man now 88 years old, j a son of Abraham Enloe. ami still living at the old homestead. The likeness is said to lie so remarkable that even the casual observer is at once struck by it: a likeness not only in the facial features, but of form and move ment as well. To compare he cuts of Wesley Enloe and Abraham Lincoln as given in tnis volume is to admit that either Lincoln ami Enloe were of one blood or nature played a queer prank in fashioning them. The pictures of other members of the Enloe family show that the Enloe type is very marked and persist e*o • In the course of his investigation Mr.’ Cathey has accumulated a great deal ol" evidence front Kentucky, Illinois. Mis souri and other places whe.v Lincoln or tin* Enloe family have lived, and if must he admitted that it holds together remarkably well. All that Mr. Cathey claims is that he has supplied data for the consideration of the historian who would write history as it was. No reader will deny that his claim is well founded. By no means all his argument is convincing or all his hypotheses impressive, but taken by far and large the render will find it difficult to discard or explain away Ihe genesis of Lincoln os Mr. Cathey gives it. The volume is small, only 185 pages, and deserves to he read by every student of history. The name of the publishing house is not given, but presumably the volume may be had of the author, Mr. James 11. Cathey, Bryson City, N. C. THE GENESIS OF LINCOLN. Bill Arp's Opinion of J. 11. Cathey’s Book. ; was ruminating about all tiii and how these negroes have all been fooled about Grant and Lincoln being thr.r friends and were figuring to free them, when there is not a word of truth in it. Neither of them cared a continental dime for the negro and both of tin in were more concerned about their own successes than anything else. But I have had great regard for Lincoln. He was a much better man than his party and his death was a calamity to the South. I have recently received a little volume entitled "The Genesis of Abra ham Lincoln.” It is carefully and affectionately written by James H. Cathey, of Western North Carolina, and its unprejudiced perusal will convince any man that Abraham Lincoln was the son of Abraham Enloe, and that Nancy Hanks was a mod orphan girl who served in Enloe’s family. The afli davirts ami other evidences establish -this beyond dispute. Old father Abra ham Enloe was a second Abraham and poor Nancy Hanks a second Hagar and for the same reason she w.ns sent away from the paternal homestead to keep peace in the family. The father of ner child had great regard for her and placed her with his relatives in Ken tucky, where she afterwards married Thomas Lincoln. Sonic of the witness es to these facts are now 00 years old and have passed all desire to deceive anybody. The descendants of this En loe family are numerous and their tes timony has been taken from North Carolina. Missouri and Texas, and all confirnit the story. All the very old peo ple in Western North Carolina were fa miliar with the girl Nancy Hanks and the 'Enloe family and old man Enloe’s acknowledgement of the child’s patern ity and why he sent this modern Hagar and her Ishnuiel away. But this is no new thing. During the war it was talked of in the army and Lincoln was denounced by the entire Todd family, into which he married. Fifteen years ago. while I sojourned in Western North Carolina. I found the story current that Lincoln was the son of Abraham Enloe and was named for him by his mother. Nancy Hanks, .now Mr. Cathey writes a pretty little book about it and his excuse Is that the truth cannot hurt the living or the dead; that Abraham Lincoln was America’s most remarkable man, and there would be no attempt to cloud the life of a real hero. Cicero says that the first law of history is that it should neither care to say anything that is false nor fear to say anything that is true. It is. therefore, the sole purpose of this little book to prove that this won derful man was not without ancestors. Ills mother was Nancy Hanks. If he was the son of a worthy sire the world is entitled to know who that sire was, whence he came and what his charac teristics. The custodians of this history of Abraham Lincoln are numbered by scores and hundreds of the first peo ple—men and women of Western North ' Carolina, for the Enloes were a large and influential family and their de- t scendants have intermarried with many distinguished people. But Ido not propose to review the book. It is an interesting and remarkable revela tion. and is written by an enthusiastic admirer of Mr. Lincoln, and establishes beyond question! his paternity. Abra ham Enloe was himself an extraordi nary man—-the father of 13 children: and bis photographic likeness to this particular son is very striking, both in form and feature. Both were the same height and had the same long, ttn slutpely limbs. Ibis little book of 175 pages was written by .lames 11. Cathey of Bryson City. N. C., and is kind In motive and classic in style. 1 thought when 1 first opened it that perhaps it had better not have been written, but on its perusal I believe that ft is better for the whole truth to Ik' told than that this remarkable man’s genesis should continue to be umertain and unknown. The priis* of this book is 60 cents amt it. is now oil sale at Rogers’ book store. Asheville, and by Chats. E. Wood. Mur phy, X. C. BURIAL OF AN OLD VETERAN. Kittrell, N. May 27.—<Special.)— i Before the ranks of the dead in our cedar girdled (.’oilfederate cemetery will ibe complete eight more of their com rades must join them. These places are reserved for such veterans as may wish to rest there. W. 11. Pruett, Company E. First North Carolina cavalry, was yesterday, according to his dying wish, interred there. He had scarcely ever been out | of sight of his humble home but once. | That was when early in 1861 the State called her sons to arms in her defence. Mr. 1 Yuett then went to the front. |and remained there, with only two short '.furloughs, till the Confederate banners , Were furled at Ap|s>matto\. lie be- I longed to ('apt. J. 11. Fuller’s emu ■ paiiy. who testifies that he was a true, : faithful and courageous soldier. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 28, 1899. ROW CONVEHTIOHS ARE MANIPULATED When the Choice of United States Senator is at Stake. MINORITY DISFRANCHISED IN ALL COUNTIES WHERE IT CANNOT ELECT A REPRE -4 SENTATI YE LEGISLATURES ONCE ELECTED GOVERNORS But the Method has Been Abandoned and There is no Reason Why it Should be Retained in the Election of Uni’ed States Senators. (Washington Post.) Editor Post: In 1757 warceiy a State elected its Governor ana higher officials by popular vote. Now there is no State in the forty-five which elects its Governor by the Legislature. Why should each of those States con tinue to elect its two Senators by a method it has condemned as to the election of its Governor? The inter est of consolidated wealth in the elec tion of Senators is far greater than it is in the choice of Governors, and the corrective of popular choice is, therefore, more needed. A little consideration \y*ll show that under the present system it is possi ble for a skillful combination (and money combinations are always skill ful) to secure the United Stales Sena tor in each of the close States if it can obtain control of one-sixteenth of the voters or even less . Let us see. Take a close Stsite which easts 400.000 votes. A majority of the Legislature is elected from counties having 200,- 000 votes, or less ‘when (as is often the case) there is a gerrymander. A majority of the caucus, which con trols the party's choice, is therefore chosen from counties having 100,000 votes. But nearly half of these were of the opposite political party, leav ing' the majority of the caucus chosen by 50,000 voters. These members were nominated in the conventions in their respective counties by a major ity only of their party, i. e., by dele gates representing, say. 25,000 voters or less, which is one-sixteenth of the 400,000 voters of the State. The money combinations, to whom flu* choice of Senators is all-important, have money and skillful manipulators. They pick their counties. With free passes to the ✓conventions over the-railroads and by other methods, it is easy to secure tin* requisite delegates in the county war ty conventions, who represent these 25,000 voters, and thus name the nom inees who shall, when elected, consti tute a majority of the caucus which shall name the Senator. The coun ties belonging to the minority party are neglected by the manipulators as also are the counties belonging to tin* majority party, which are difficult to handle. ihe money combinations waste no money. MINORITY SENATORS. That tins is not a fanciful sketch will be recalled by many instances in divers States in which the caucus nominee of the money power has re ceived one or two majority in the cau cus. It is true this great disparity could happen only in close States, but it demonstrates that in any State the election of Senator can be controlled by a small but skillful minority under the present system. There is another objection to the election of the United States Senators by the Legislature, in that the voters of the dominant party residing in counties in which the party is in a minority are utterly without influence or .voice in the election of Senator, whereas in the election of Senator by popular vote every voter, irrespectiv > of the county of Ids residence, would have an opportunity to express his wishes. In such an election the United States Senator must be the ex pressed choice at the ballot-box of more voters than shall cast their bal lots for any other man, and his nomi nation must be made by the majority in the nominating convention of the successful party representing, there fore, say, one-fourth of the voters, subject to approval by a majority of the whole people at the ballot box. By this method of selection a United States Senator must be the ehoi *e of the State he represents as fully as the Governor is. In the present mode of legislative election the voice of his own party is stifled and unrepresented in all those counties in which, being in the minority, it shall fail to elect (lie member to the Legislature. Then, again, the voters of the counties elect ing members of the Legislature be longing to the dominant party are al so disfranchised if those members <)e not belong to the majority faction of the caucus. COSTLY AND OFTEN SCANDALOUS Another very serious objection to the legislative mode of choosing Sena tors is the frequent “dead locks," or protracted contests, which take up a large part of the time which should t be devoted to the legitimate duty of , legislation. The expense to the pui>- j lie is no small item, and the frequent attendant scandals are not edifying. . and all this could Ik* avoided by j choosing United States Senators the ( same day and by the same method the members of the lower house of Con gress are chosen. The selection of members of the Legislature, often with an eye solely to their preferences for Senator and in rot il clsrogard of their fitness for legislation or views >m public questions or '.heir personal characters, frequently leads to serious inconvenience, it is no proper part of a legislator's functions or duties to be an elector for Senator, and the two duties should not be combined. Mem bers of Congress are not constituted electors for President. Yet they might be with as much appropriate* ness. The present mode of electing Sena tors does not give any approximate security of selecting the choice of the State as its represeuialiv * 1o the hall of Federal ambassadors, each of whom should be able -o speak for the State, and not as the agent of the corporations doing business therein, or a small manipulated fraction of its voters. The change to election by tLc people would greatly lessen the chances for corruption. The members of the party convention of the State, brought to gether directly from the people and so soon dispersed again am mg them, are not so subject 4o the subtle arts of the corporation lobbyists and wire pullers which are brought to bear on the members of the Legislature as soon as his nomination is probable (if, indeed, they do not procure his nomi nation). and continued until after the cieetion of Senator is over, when, like a squeezed lemon, he is thrown aside. Besides, the party convention is acces sible to public opinion, being con scious that its choice, if not wisely made, is liable to rejection at the polls. No such responsibility at taches to the deliberations of a legis lative caucus. A mistake there made, or a defiant disregard of public sen timent, is subject to no ratification by the people and is without remedy for six years. There can be a further cheek upon delegates to state party conventions, in that the popular choice for Senator can be indicated by a primary election. ______ CHECK ON ANOTHER ‘PREROGA TIVE.” A Senator in office may be tempted to disregard the will of bis State if he knows he can, by use of public patron age or other means, secure, as shown above, the control of one sixteenth of the voters who compose a .majority in the nominating conventions of those counties which send a majority of the legislators of the dominant party. But he will pause when he knows that Ids renominat’ion must command the approval of a majority of bis party cjvention. and that its act'on in turn imfst oe ratified by a majority, or a: least a plurality (if there are more than two parties), of the voters of the entire State at the babet-box. The two Senators are intended to represent the State. They cannot truly do so unless chosen by the whole State. At present, as already pointed out, larger sections of each State are absolutely disfranchised and have no weight whatever in the choice of its Senators, because not sending to tin* Legislature members belonging to the dominant party. The bill to modernize the choice of Senators by transferring it from the Legislature to the people of each State lias passed the lower house of Congress several times, and once at least by a unanimous vote and once with only two dissenting votes, but the measure has heretofore found its grave in the Senate itself, which does not wish to go on record on the ques tion. The Legislatures in at least twenty-four States have instructed in favor of the measure, among them Oregon, California, lowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, New York, Louisiana. North Carolina, West Virginia and Illinois, and there may be others. The constitution of Nebraska requires that the choice of Senator shall be submitted to the peo ple at the ballot box the same day members of the Legislature are chosen, but this necessarily has only a moral force, which would certainly be disregarded whenever (as is not un usual) the majority in the State on the popular vote should be for one party, while the majority elected to the Legislature should belong to the opposite party. A TEMPORARY EXPEDIENT. In many States the United States Senator is nominated by the Slate party conventions, and the nominees of that party for the Legislature are deemed pledged to vote for him. ac cording to the similar custom notv ob taining as to electors for President. There are also many States whose statutes provide for primary elections for United States Senator. This expe dient. is the best possible under the circumstances, perhaps, and should be resorted to till we can amend the Coif stitution by frankly giving the peo ple of each State the right to choose the two men who are to represent their State in the Senate. But to be of value, the primary for a nomina tion should be for tiie whole State, and not merely by counties. If the people are competent to choose the members of the lower house of Con gress and Governors, why are they not competent to name the Senators? WALTER CLARK. Raleigh, N. C., May 10. BURIAL OF A CHILD. N. May 27.—('Special.! - The funeral services of little William, aged two years, only child of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. St urges, was held from tin* Episcopal Church yesterday afternoon, the Rev. Julian E. Ingle officiating, the remains were intered in Elmwood cemetery. It’s always safe to name a baby boy William. If he grows up to he a good young man people will call him Willie, and if he doesn't they will dub him Bill. Bargain sales have parted many a wife and her husband’s money. FORMING A GREAT RAILROAD SYSTEM An Instance of Successful Sonthern Enterprise. BANKERS IN CONTROL THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE SEABOARD AIR LINE. A MILLION DOLLARS FOR WHARVES The New Rival of the Pennsylvania, the Louis ville and Nashville and Southern Systems. The Leader in the Deal. (United Static Investor.) For the last, three years a railroad combination has boon steadily progress'* ing in the South, despite the most stren uous efforts to break St. It has been planned and carried out by southern financiers who realized the vain * in hav ing a competing system from the Poto mac gateway to the heart of the South ern States. The nucleus of this system was the Savannah, Americas and Montgomery railroad. A glance at the map of the Southern States in 18*15 would not in dicate that this line was of special im portance. Terminating at Montgom ery, Ala., connecting with the Louisville and Nashville, and one or two other rail roads, it was cut off at the little station a few miles east of Savanna*, and was entirely at the mercy of the Central, of Georgia for an eastern and seaboard terminus. A syndicate of bankers in Baltimore and Richmond realized the possibility of extending this road to Sa vannah. and discovered away by which it could be done. They obtained con trol of enough of the stock and bonds to give them a majority, interest, the stock being bought at a very small fig- Jure, as it was considered of very little value. BANKERS IN CONTROL. Ar the next annual meeting it develop ed that the banking syndicate was in control. The railroad which had been in the hands of a receiver was re-organ ized as the Georgia and Alabama rail road, and the Georgia Central Com pany was forced to reduce its rental of tracks under a threat that the other would build its own line into Savannah. T(us arrangement, however, was only temporary, as within the last eight months right of way has been secured, and land for terminals on the water front purchased by the new owners of the Georgia and Alabama, and wharves and warehouses are now being construct ed at a cost of over $1,000,000 in Sa vannah. With tin* Georgia and Alabama secur ed, and arrangements made to terminate it at tide water, the syndicate turned its attention to the Seaboard Air Line, which for the.last four years has been the only obstacle in the plans of J. I*. Morgan and Company to secure a mo nopoly of the transportation lines from the Potomac river southward. Readers of the “Investor” arc familiar with the bitter light which has been made Im*- tween the Seaboard Company and the Southern, backed by Morgan and Com pany. THE KEY TO THE SITUATION. With terminals on Hampton Roads. Wilmington, N. Baltimore and At lanta, and reaching the best section of the Caroliuus, the Seaboard Air Line was indeed a very desirable property. The key to the whole system is the Seaboard and Roanoke railroad, which gives it entrance into Norfolk and Ports mouth, Va. It was only necessary to obtain control of this road to carry with | it the entire system, and the syndicate laid its plans for this purpose. Orig inally comprised of the banking firms of Middendorf, Oliver and Company of , Baltimore, and John L. Williams and : Sons, of Richmond, it took in the Balti more Trust and Guarantee Company, in order to secure the m*cessary capital to finance the big deal. Negotiations were conducted so quietly that Morgan ami Company and the Southern railway dis covered one morning that the stock In 1 the Seaboard and Roanoke had practi cally been transferred to the new own ers without their knowledge, and that the plan of absorbing the Seaboard in , the Southern system was at an end, at 1 least for the present. With the Georgia and Alabama the syndicate now con trolled 1,390 miles of road, but there was no physical connection between the j lines. Another railroad owned in tin* South ' principally, is the Florida Central and | Peninsular, which was built a few yeai*s ago from Columbia, S. C., to Jackson- i ville and Savannah, with branches t<> i the more important Florida winter re- j sorts. This line connects with the Georgia and Alabama, at Savannah, while the Seaboard enters Columbia, by an arrangement with the Columbia, Newberry and* Laurens railroad. Naturally the property of the Florida ' Central and Peninsular was the next 1 step in the deal, and this has been tak- ! cn. The syndicate purchased a majority of this stock. Consequently a combin ation of lines extending from the North I Carolina border to Montgomery. Ala., and ail of the South Atlantic seaports oi any consequence except Charleston, through the principal cotton manufac- ; SECTION ONE—Pages 1 to 4. tilling districts of if ’arolinns and Georgia, and throup §-* of the richest, agricultural territor z* >een made up. which is absolutely 2! led by south ern capital. COMPETITOR Ol s'SYLVAAIA But this is only (ion of the scheme. While tl ~ >oard reaches Baltimore through r connect tin on Chesapeake bay, the Baltimore Steam Packet Co., it may In* said to oe “bot tled up” so far as an all rail line to the North is concerned, for it must list- th<* Atlantic Coast Line, known to b<> a strong ally of the Southern, to Rich mond, and the Richmond, Frederick*- burg and Potomac and Pennsylvania lines, north of the Virginia capital. The Seaboard lias been given the small end of the deal by the Pennsylvania as to train service, and the trackage for iis through trains to New York over the Pennsylvania and Atlantic Coast Line has Im*cii very heavy. The Richmond. Petersburg and Carolina railroad, now being constructed, and party completed between Richmond and n connection with the Seaboard Air Line. Is in real ity the Richmond extension of this sys tem. It will probably be completed with in tin* next year, as bonds have been floated to insure its construction and contracts have been let. By the charter of the State of Virginia any railroad company has the right to lease th<* tracks of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac on equal terms with the Pennsylvania or any other system, and no line can he kept out. Consequently the Seaboard lias an equal right to usi* this road to its terminus, which is but 39 miles from Washington. Only this distance remains to la* built, in connec tion with a bridge across the Potomac river, to make a connection with the Baltimore and Ohio, which with its con nections, the Philadelphia and Keauing and the Jersey Central, is a competing line to New York with the Pennsylvania. It can safely be said that within the next two years the plan of the southern syndicate which comprises a system from Jersey City to the heart of the South will he completed, and train ser vice will be in operation. The single bridge across the Potomac river, which the Pennsylvania railroad now controls, will have a parallel structure. It is un necessary to state that the Baltimore and Ohio would be such a gainer from the new plan that it would willingly form a traffic arrangement with the southern combination now being car ried out. THE LEADERS IN THE DEAL. The main man in the deal has been Mr. John Skelton Williams, of Rich mond. Mr. Williams may In* termed the Pierpont Morgan of the South, for Yn addition to bringing about this combin ation thus far successfully, he has also purchased several street railroads in Richmond, Petersburg and Norfolk, and has conducted other operations on a large scale. Altogether through these plans, $19,990,699 have exchanged hands in the acquirement of railroad lines or in the floating of bonds for extensions, and all within three years. From an ex|K*rt railroad standpoint the combination descrilied forms the most powerful competitor, not only to the Southern, but flu* Louisville and Nash ville and other north and south lines as well, for it is closely allied with the Mobile and Ohio system, connecting with the latter at Montgomery. By means of the St. Louis division of the Mobile and Ohio a new freight route has been form ed for shipments direct from St. Louis to Savannah by the Mobile and Ohio and the Georgia and Alabama. This will give a new export route in compet ition with the Illinois Central and the Louisville and Nashville. The Mobile and Ohio also reaches the extensive min eral district of Alabama and the timber tracts of Mississippi, having one outlet at Mobile which can be utilized by tin* new combinations if desired. In return the connection with the Georgia and Ala bama gives the Mobile and Ohio another seaport at Savannah. With tlu* Mo bile and Ohio, the combination aggre gates 3.280 miles of railroad. With the chain completed to Jersey City, tlu* en tire mileage will lie 3,550 miles. TEACHERS’ ASSEMBLY NOTES. Whitsett, Guilford County. N. (’., May 27. —Of | avia 1.) Arrangements have about been completed to have the Firsts North Carolina Regimental Baud at the Teachers’ Assembly June 13th to ' 18th. This is easily the finest hand of !musicians in the South, and its presence will attract hundreds to Morehead City. | The management of ‘the Atlantic Hotel reports that scores of inquiries are pouring in asking for rooms, infor mation. etc. All who attend will he granted the reduced rate on railroads and hotels by presenting a certificate, which they can secure from the secre tary of tiii* assembly after arrival at Morehead. Those who intend going to the Sum mer Schools at Wake Forest and the | University can stop over on their re turn and thus make the assembly tick ets answer both purjioses. The ticket allows this stop over for the entire summer school, i “1 will see yon at Morehead at the assembly.” is current talk among hun dreds these days. The warm weather is causing a "feeling of longing" for the delightful breezes of the seaside. 1 __________ ! Prof. D. Matt. Thompson, of States ville, writes that the outlook is excellent for a large attendance of teacher? from the western part of the State. Prof. (>. A. Betts and a party of teachers from Morgnnton will Ih* among tlu* many who will attend from the west. Many Asheville parties have written that they would attend. Scores who are not teachers will avail themselves of the kindness of the as sembly officers, which will allow friends of the profession to attend upon the reduced rates. PRICE FIVE CENTS.