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5s. ft?:. '$' I- V M 1 1 - r I' i i, rME DAILY NEVINblPBbERVER. SUNDAY MORNING. XCX.Y 8, 1908. The Political Future of the Southern V By F. M. SIMMONS, (By F. M. Simmons, LL.D., in The In dependent,) -Willie the day of rancorous and mis chievous discussion of the negro ques tion, both In the North and South has not altogether past, there Is a gratl- fying disposition on the part of the leaders 'Of thought in both sections 4 to discuss it. more calmly, conservatively, and with better f temper. While the North does not admit that the. negro question is an exclusively Southern question, and while It does not admit that any settlement which the South : may propose of this question -which does not meet the approval of . the judgment and conscience of the coun try, at large can be a final settlement, , it does admit that it is a question In which the South is more deeply Inter ested than any other section: and finally and of still greater importance. - it shows a growing tendency - to con- , cede that, the attitude, of the South to ward the negro is not only honest and sincere, but that its contention as to the menace of negro suffrage finds sub stantial support and confirmation in the actual experience of the South and - the country, with this negro as a voter. The modification of Northern senti- . ment upon this subject as the result of " better and fuller information has re moved to a measurable ' degree the . handicap to profitable discussion and possible settlement in the Interest of the .whole country and both races of this perplexing question., and has done more than all other things combined to remove sectional misunderstanding, disagreement and Irritation. -v-. ; - -The 'South Is not only more inter ested, but it is -more anxious than the balance of the country to see this ques tion 'settled, not as some suppose. In the . interest? of partisanship. section - ' alism or race antipathy, but righteous-' " ly in $he' Interest of: bOtW races; for the, common weal and In consonance with the equities: and exigencies " of the situation. - . t: . ; - The eniancIpaUott -en f ranehisemenC and; the permanent presence In our midst of the negro present three prob- lems. namely a social problem, a polit ical, problem, and an industrial prob- lem. ' E .- . ,.f!;!.ni- K--'i., ; The social problem presented Is one which the Sou thi could and has settled for itself, independent of the, rest of the country. That settlement Is Irre vocable and for all tlme. ; Upon that question there 1 la not now, and ; there has not been at any time., any division among the white people, of the South. One and all..now amVat all tlnfes, they refuse, as they have always re fused, apd will always refuse. -even so mucin as to consider the suggestion of socialv equality , or , social intercourse with the negro.: In the V view -that .would mean degradation fdr the white man, . without compensating .benefit for' the black man; and. so feeling and believing, they desire not to see the social chasm . which J now ? separates these two races lessened.' but rather to see it. broadened and widened.. . This is a Southern condition w3)ch Is in exorable, '.and-': iuothingT absolutely rtothinar cran change It, It " may not -be. and probably it is not. In the power of. the -South to settle for Itself Inde pendently of the , rest of the country the: question of political equality be tween the racesv but it has attempted to settle that question in a way reason ably, satisfactory to itself, : and in a way which, if undisturbed, we believe will prove reasonably satisfactory . to 'the North also. By one device or an other we have taken the ballot from --'the'llliterate negro; not. as some have charged, for political or race advant age, .v but as we believe, for his good ' and for the country's good. and. speak ing broadly, for our own - salvation. The manner of his disfranchisement,. In some instances at least as in the cases of Louisiana and North Carolina may seem harsh and Inequitable, but. as a matter of fact. it. is neither, v Properly Interpreted. these apparently discrim- jinatlng provisions simply declare, what experience has conclusively . proven, that the negro possesses no inherent capacity for self-government such as our race undoubtedly has. and that he cannot be safely trusted" with the bal- lot unltl he shows an attained capac ity, to use it with due intelligence and patriotism. "The South's social ;, and political attitude ..toward the negro, as1 I have just attempted on' general lines ' to define it, dan hever become plain or even.be made comprehensible1 to any - one who does not understand the na ture and characteristics of the negro as a race as the South knows and un derstands them. I mean those racial characteristic and qualities which are in his blood and which can no more . be changed than the color, of" his skin. , When this knowledge recently came to Charles Francis Adams as a result of, hls'contact with and study of the Af rican in Africa, .the, scales fell, front his eyes, and' he saw after years of delusion that 'the "attitude of the South wasv not - one of prejudice,; but. was both natural and logical. I ; quote from" Mr. Adams in May's Cen tury, because it .' is ; a .- recognition of the philosophy which underlies the attitude of the Bouti n in this whole ' matter: ' -v- --r, v. -- : ; . "Looking- about-' me among Afri cans in Africa far removed from the American environment to ' which I t have been accustomed the scales fell from my eyes. I '. found myself most Impressed by a realizing sense of the . appallng amount of. error and -cant which we of the. United States have indulged In on this topic (the; African 1 in America). i.We.have actually wal lowed Jn a bog of self-sufflcient Ignorance- -especially - we philanthropists and theorists of New -England, , We do so : still. Having . eyes we do not see. Even now, we not Infrequently - hear ' ' the successor to the abolitionist and .. humanitarian of '" the . ante-Civil " War - period the 'Uncle Tom period en ' nounce that ;the difference between the white' man and the black man is ; less considerable, than is ordinarily su pposed, and , that the only,; real ob stacle In the negro's way is thtt.t "He has never been given a chance! ; VFor myself, after visiting the black . man in his own house. I come back with a decided impression that, this is the . sheerest of ; delusions, due to pure ignorance of rudimentary facts; t yet we built upon It in reconstruction fe days as upon, a foundation stone--a I self-evident truth!.. Let those who In - dulge In such theories ko to the Sudan and pass a week at Qmdurman. That place marks in commerce. In letters and in art. in science and : architec ture, ".the highest point or development . yet reached by any African race. f As already suggested, the difference be tween O nurdman and London about measures the difference between the black and the white Equality results not from law. but exists because things are In essentials alike;, and a political system which works admirably when applied to ho- mogenous .equals results only In chaos when generalized into a nostrum to be administered universally. -, It has been markedly so of late with ns." Let me return to the question from which I have digressed, namely, the! ; disfranchisement by the South or the Negro Ill - D.. Iri Tlie Independent. illiterate! negro and the proposed re duction of Southern representation. ' The constitutionality- of -.these acts has been attacked. That is' a question for the courts, and we are content to leave it to the decision of the courts. But the Question of reduction of Southern1 representation as a result of these disfranchising acta Is largely a question of public policy, appropriate for discussion In the forum of public opinion.'; Why should our representa tion In Congress and- the i Electoral College be reduced on account of the disfranchisement of the Ignorant ne gro? Under our present plan and fun damentally representation is and should be based upon, population and not upon votes.: When all adults vote there are. upon an averages four non- voters to every voter. These non-vot ers are as much-subject to the law as these voters.-; Their lives, their liberty, their property, the . products of- their brain and muscle are as much subject to Its operation as . his. ; For these reasons these non-voters are rightfully given representation, both In the mak ing an execution of Federal laws. We have disfranchised the negro, but we have not neither can we abolish him or his family. s --They ; still exist. TheV are still wealth-producers and wealth-holders. Why, then. should these negro non- voters hot have the same representa tion in the making and execution of national laws as Is. given to other non voters? ' It is not a wj-onjf to the North,: if a given number of people lri the. Scmth1. though a less 4 number: of them are voters, are given the same representation as a like number of people in -the j North. That is self evident, ; It Is equally self-evident, on the other hand.- that It would unbal ance its (Federal relations" and work & frrievibus wrong to the South If a given1 number of people In the. North should be given double the represen tation in Congress and the . Electoral College as the same number of people In the South, i in short, 'if It was wrong, to .disfranchise these negroes,! would not the remedy proposed be. a greater wronff?.. I donot. know what may be the final outcome of this is sue- I believe common cense and jus- tlce will' prevail, and that In the end all parts-of the country will acquiesce In the action of the South In elimi nating this illiterate vote as the wisest and best possible solution of the per plexing problem. But If the worst comes to the worst, if the North l de ici uiiucii u wiii4frrvi' lui qucwiuu from the standpoint of political ad- VawwiImaI w.l. .v. r a I nn ,a.uii4e in hitch, miu must uiuuoc A IniAA - f 1 . , I n h ' MnkMAMAM f am ata nnrentrainoH num juiffrare. the Southv will not hesitate In making iu choice: men do not hesitate in makina: choice, between life and death., even though life be conditioned upon op- nresKiv-; tPrm The ininsrii situation presents a problem that may4angt whlte men, and I have witness- as a result of unwise Interference be- ed tne trial of many hundred more come troublesome. Ud to the nretent ..... ih,m .. u-u- time th.n.Y h nnH hi. rrtiv- iues cmenv u -ooimr oomesiic ana ... . . . . menial service in the Northland farm work In the South. For these occu- Tl . rV ,rJrr!t there has been up to the present time dm I if fti k na i-nimn . nnrn nv naiiirn a no but. little friction between him and his - white co-laborora A new destiny ts j W" : BSVft, VU J B- tV II1IUIW - 'III iU. C Undr-?thls regime- the - negro ' is-, not only to be taught and trained In bab- my. fi to be taughtln the technique and prac tice of the j mechanic and industrial arts and become mechanic and-arti- .:.."":vr",r. ."i sans, BKiwa .jn-me use aaa manipma-f tion of tools and machinery, Hls edu-1 canon: aiong inese lormer lines ts. in rnv Judjrment: unaualinedlr commend-i1 able and the benefits, both to him and. the country, will be incalculable. . I would not . by any means suggest his exclusion from educational oppor tunities alonjr these latter lines, but I recognize the existence of a racial sentiment,- pr prejudice. If you please. In some sections of this country. Hkely to become. as uncompromising upon the subiect of labor contact with this, race as It is -in another section . uncompro-1 mlsinff Upon the subject of political contact1 with him. and for reasons not fundamentally different : and I would suggest the Inquiry whether unless his training f for f competition in certain lines of employment shall take Into consideration -these actual and known sentiments lm endeavoring- to mitigate one assumed imfavorable-condition.! he may not be htarled against another condition,? fraught -with no good: to him and 'much possible-' disturbance- 3 t and dansrer.both to society and Indus try. I do not mean -to say : that there; Is absolutely no nresent-or prospect ive opening in this country for negro skilled' labor.; I "do not mean to say that.: the door of opportunity In this direction should be closed to him. On the contrary. I have no doubt that a limited number of nejrro skilled" labor ers may And employment, both 1n the North) and the South, especially- in he South. But: when this agitation for taking the negro from the farm and plactn? him in. the factory shall have had- Its i fruition, where will the negro skilled laborer find work? Will the captains of industry of the North throw open the doors of their great establishment to ihdm In collaboration with their white employees, nr. In nome instances, to their exclusion? Will the operatives ; In " the - coal i mines yl and mvf ting. fu.rr'ces snd factories of Pennsylvania and hlb and Illinois anrl ln the cotton mill of Iwell and Fall River accent him as a co-laborer, or submit to being displaced by. him as a cheaper laborer? White men in the West will not work in collaboration with the ChlnamHn. nor' will they sub-' mit to being, displaced by him. Will the white men of : the North - and West colIaborMte with the negro? There are mills' and factories in the V South, as well ss "in the North, plenty or mem ana , tnere are going to be more'of them. : But In the main white men and women are doing the work f " the ; factories, will they submit to being displaced -by ;; him as a cheaper laborer?. . White then. I ask again, are these negro skilled laborers and factory, operatives to. find em ployment? -C.-. ;-:. ; 4 ' ,-5 j With more or less Intimate acquaint ance with the character and adapta tion and capabilities of the negro.: ii am profoundly convinced that he rah best work out his destiny, i whatever that is to be upon the farm,1 and I hat nowhere in f the world are the con ditions; and environments so favorable to his development along correct lines as .upon the 'Southern farm., Here the number' of laborers actually em ployed, compared with the number which i could be profitably eraolovcd. are: not' only comparatively, few, but there is no crush- and scramhia rr 1 employment, giving rise to questions old lines but aUra directed Into ttewi . . . channels.. .We hear much these days m r thVm win fak,r ev'ti "IS more . Nothing that contributes to i gentleness about ahe hegn Industrial education desperate courtery and unbbstrusivet behavior In as the solution of the negro problem, t zt" "if. co"d,.tJon no.iJl'AAwh.ti!- efforts to taiSpede the surging pro- the too .mall to be Commended ,af. racecompet tloq and preference. 'the c6nventon Suiw in or flt-i them and his such as we have on the Pacific Coast Iteen were -Feferal $ office holders.!' plete as Is his title toblsj cow and between the, whites and, the. Chinese among whofti -wre i.- C H. Nor-i other live stock. They baveho party or In the mines andnllls of the North. ' man, , deputy; )llector. f and J. l mainly because they do not think their Nor Is farm life repressive of the best Walsh. postnastr at Elkln. chair- j personal interests vrould be best con and strongest qualities in man; as is man and j1? respectively. i served Jy be exirtence of ajpairty re exemplified by the fact that from O. W. Saroel" ' revenue bully.! Ispectable in character and P"'" hence have come, many of the men who assaulted b Deal and who is "Once In a great whlle onej of th em who. through 'History ha-e exerted a 'now at llbey ftpm sentence of Ini-J like Is M. Mecklns. bostm Mter at Elix controlllng Influence In every line of prisonment &nly on reprieve of the abeth .City. In a politically nonest and human effort. j Upon the Southern Governor pdHJW his; application for lucid InternU. manifests a tl tepos iUon farm the. negro! is constantly sur-- pardon was tnanjd M a-delegate, but, to call his soul his own.. but y win rounded and safe-guarded by, ln-t had sense efioath to decline the ap4 eat and: mess the crow set bj fore tn m fluences Vhlch tend to protect him polntment. - I f -- f bey are made to bellevej Ihel r Job against the temptations to which his Watauga S:ouiay had ajconventlon, la in Jeopardy. Taken slaglythes weak and credulous nature Is pecu- numbering vetfty-fite. -Federal office counties amount toi nothingi many or llarlv subject. There he Is strength- holders wh jtow a prominent part them casting only two or three votes ened. encouraged and supported by being M. . 1'i l?acKDurn ; f and J. ne state convenu. "MM'7J" Mnu.j.iiv nnntnrt with n. utxrior ti.v.. nnrierhusband of the Dost-! . toUl of the five eastern districts casts race,' which bears for him a sincere and genuine friendship and sympathy. and whom he respects, loves. Imitates and sometimes j essays to emulate, Whatever In the way of Improve- tnents and development he has achieved In the past and It has not peen mconsiaeraDi entirely achieved stances and surrou for these reasons. time and spacq I could show from e nas oeen airaosi postmaster It "CKey; rprry iown. r.T ZiZL T A.IUw. ' physical well being of this race to a -carry the &tat't truth of the for every one hundred vot or frac- greater degree j probably than -any Watt7f iehoeverj In . lhe question "on thereof cast for Harris (for CJov other race of mankind, and that In- raised by fe Republican caucus of "nor n it 04 Eaeh county is entitled door and underground labor for htm, the Legislature ijf 1905. as to the hold- . ,eaet two votes: . j j. would be disastrous to his health and ofFedil Jobs. v y . ; A Alamance. 18 - votes; AJeiaader. 10 longevity. But I have not the time ,nK crowd ?Vorkl of iFlght. I rtilfrf y' - nVr0" - 2;rtitS t ii tor imnn rhat ri t.viiiuion Nor I A ?! ..; . Beaufort, 8;Bertlei - i', Bladen. , wui thrmora?and lntenecUiarwelfa?J ' That caufus. ?after?calllhg attention Brunswick. 6; Buncombe. U: Burke, ?nVL?w..Tt th!f U i ht to the fact thst apptrfhtmenu would. 10. cabarrua 18: Caldwell H 4; Cam ISSth bi ne3e?ted To JTsure he '00" be matl Tldent l F'dr den,. 2; Carteret. 7 Caswell t; Cataw- iou AucJeedelnab .J- C 11 Chatham.flS; Cherokefe. 10; .rrr.r "..""I while during the same period the number of Illiterate negroes over that t - I ....... I .Km North. ' Thp South hart ex xnended up 1120.000.000, to, 1900 since the war 8120,000.000,1 'Itthlf A WO n M mm Srv PA A S T 4fca MAflTSW All cation. The total amount the South has expended for education since the Wiuic mail o 'i vk J asfiv -xjis- war has not been large compared with the total amount the North has In that tim. r.iuli ana PinndM for the time : raised and expended for the same purpose, 'but the amount ha been fully up to our ability, and. what is more important to the present point It has been divided generally per capl- ta between the; white man' child and the black man's child. The white and m. ft . i. .1.11 a m. B-fl under the same; roof In the South, but! - thr. o whit vhivii. ihnusA nmiwhr. near von will find . . . 1 I X . M . n .1.. ... t& imcw bciivvi iiuunc (quite, as good :,' and all mrre are nmirpg cn V; . .....1 . ur,. ,nmn iiKraiiv rnnirih. iuted. In the court house Justice Is ad- minKttr-fi to him ni the whito man with an Imnartial hand. In An active uractice of over twenty years I have l?ltz2 jZzt ZZz J XTJZ 1 T "21 "21Y T . . L' VS " p..as Sy !nrti Tinrv LdJUI5- ii,. ki f.u treatment from both Judge and j" In. the midst of all this clamor ;t . . . i ; . . ... . i nro aU i these expert ts" ad i .i..i V' .,i .l. i t,.tA A a raDabiiltls I elve It as mv dellb- 1 alone, but he ; Is surely advancing to I Lhat, condition, doing the work his hands know so well how to do. and h2," conreTnPbyIn 1 aoing: meanwnne growing ana strengthening.! not by artlnclal. but by natural nrocesses. In the fundamental q.i,ih -ht. hirh.r mil u.",v" . rL'lT .J. ' .w ' . ' - 'w.-. i 'r- y Z. , 1L 1 th rreat city, place him In the fac- one linn it viii uir ii i.i i jr iiin tory. organize' him into labor unions. I and his individuality, which is at best .n.n n if..ii, ...ill v. 4 A ..,4 i.i. nuiaii iiu tv. i ill irxT vjt:a, 111 Identity will become merged in the common mass, and his strong trjlwil propensities brought with him from the Junsles of Africa win undermine and supplant many of the virtues which are now his best and most val- ra.In asset i.vlrtues not heredltarv . and Inherent J but which have been I Imbibed by close sympathetic contact ' with the white man on the farm and ' it will be a marvel If his last stat ts not worse than his first. If In attempt ing to avoid the erroneously supposed Scylla of his present position he is not stranded upon the certain Chary bd is of the other j : Washington. P. C. ' Who. arc the Men in Store Clothes? (Contlnud - from Page One.) M. Meekins, postmaster at Elisabeth City; W. A. Holmes, clerk In the postofflce. J. P. Overman, assistant the convention. . . Perqulmans mustered fifteen to ;r "V," "r.;mA:V".: stances we are not ashamed that we Kortn caronaHand t H - ' I ?.d gf ' 8- oVaham 4 - t have not done more. i ..Wberea5f! Vfe deem It. therefore. ""f8 m.' nttT'i- 9 Iurlng the twnty years preceding I ourty.W J; J the Census of 1900. the number ot .Republican; of thls State, to make Santr-0n lVIertfoVd JMHy 8: I negro Illiterates over ten years of age known theft- wjshes In regard to ttUs "Jjf,"?-1.' jickJoT fj. Johnson 1: I decreased nine per cent. In the South. andtnixDress our views upon lrAdA,l'-?5'-?ffKoni .1"'-.JnJlson' f .5 weiicnvuKii ij tre: giiuicmri itti i ruinn. ir in im 'luirmnnv nair if-Jl rZ-A J t - " ' V vm; tne iime'W wnung in sumcient capac Hertford. and I Vyne. of Mconon. J !h, .nrt .k. J' . ihi.n Federal officers W. II. White land O. W. Barrow, were chairman ! and secretary. j ! Rorkingliam's Typical Array. "It appear thaj: In the county of Rockingham furnished a typical Wake when the Organitationists found convention. There Were about forty that therV was danger ahead theyi call in attendance. Of these were - post- ed.for. C'1. 2m. Young and Ed John master R. 8. Lemons revenue officer on and'ther- negroes. for help. This Price Easley. stamp clerk Phil. A la a samiTfe ofthelr consistency. JThey Petroes, postmasters Numa R. Reld. turn therV baks upon the negro when F. P. Tucker and P. P. Foster, they do fibt reed him. In the hour of Thomas. S. Malloyj the chairman, is danger. y.hei they ;flnd the earth! slip an ex-revenue guager. In addition, to Ping, frojrn jfindervthem they forget the seven named above, seven dele- their tngratltade and call upon the ne gates who took a' j particularly active part, may thus be room " keeper; 1 classified: I bar-' ex-bawdy-house keeper: 1 pool - room keeper: . 1 fu- gltlve from Justice; 1 renegade from the Populist party: 2 drunkards. , '. . .L1" f?Z' !!Zn c tIttld- it??7o, ttl i hhI8 ftha Citr the grouped candidates for the Clin- ton postofflce. j . 'Scotland county's convention ; con- sisted of a short dozen; among whom were W. Hi Cooper; postmaster and W, H Cox, ,U. S. Commissioner. .; ?iln ;stanly, which last year i went Renublican. the convention was not attended by j over: thirty-five delegates. . c use the-potlcateonditlons portray- 190. at It M..jfor an Issue of $10,000. The r postmaster could not attend On ; , are ordf?l. This state of affair 20-year coupon (school bonds. - Interest account of j being i impeded by petti- : exist ln .praftlcawy, every one Of the at 5 per cent.-payable semi-annually coats, but her husband. J. B. Sanders, , far eastern cuntlesv, There Is no oar- September 1st and March 1st, at Ashe4 bossed the convention Job while she.' .worthy of the name. .Just a little; boro. N. C or In New York Clty.-De-distributed the mall. band of federal office .holders, whose nomination 1500.00. A certified check Th- KtMta. rnnvntmn numhararf thlnklngjls done bw some political ad-! of fzSO.OO Is to be deposited with bid thtTthraaiann bJnn venturer? HkC Martew Butler, and they . Authority. Chapter 4 IS Private AcU S ?hii a A r. S Jf w2n" woul &rtnk from the mental atlvN of Laws- for lff OS. Right U reserved Siret Jp,S nni 4tW1n: ' ty that oul4 be required In the;pro- to reject any or all bids. . : I Baiem. In Forsyth i county, who cam cesa Cf ixerHsIng a, measure of trnoral t Address. : , ' . w t to btoKea tor me purpose. Ot the eighty. .deleaUoa comppsttif .master. -It' ' ? H I k ' I I in WashtfrtgtQ? county there were twenty at tb. convention? Office hold-t ers partlclpwtingr were; John L. Phelps; postmaster p Plymouth; W. II. Subbs; Federal de ity commissioner: D. Bi. Spencer; P. M.jBoper: W. Snell, well as theiSubild "wnereani n .o.AUiijr mi. ii question. 3o that the President . may be Inirntijed throught the State . .i... In W.- gard to thlTUtter.". 4 n That- is tiie Jieat In this fight. The A . ft . I 4 WS.n A SftflFYfc-. S tKa H St VTBsf IIUIU savra w v of ofnce-setTker to break j In. with the , prestige of Cleaershtp with which Op nandle thefuhds the golden bauble of the contU i. t I sntn x-tatlicdra , Onlnlons. i Kiv niAk hern's Tar Heel ' ftt WeU o.-ot thW: hMd nnt ITuesdav and show that Ihey are pot the-slaves ot tne uemocrsniovc a vy ouuer m . his satellites. I Ortt'a Ka.Y "The CaWfclan wouldL be against anv candidate Vor State, chairman tnat these pap-fuckers favored. If tney Thev want Ihezparty to grow smaller. They knowgthtU it ts already too big for men of tnlr kind and caliber to Bet and hoy offices permanently. I Every rieptibllcan of ithls kind u the State 3sate Senator Butler prob In bJy "ih.a "bHiiSe f'' hy .BecAua j'V "t that he hnesily wknt to build lup the party hdcirrt the State. This' his crlm in ihelr eyea I 1 of them to& tfsepreent.t Savs thenar Heel :c ' But enough ) "Did yoiJi evjFr stand T on what is ' hl?Sd-?hSU TO state .rairj; .id, atcii tne ioua or . mouthed f3rkl In his . frantic efforts and wild streams to; catch tne crowar If so you 'snf appreciate' the attitude of the Industrial News' at this stage1 of ft Mm ftw Jl m 1. .B. I .n .B-tli . XT ne 11511 w-rreBiifr i4rii"iafc' w as ardentir,aait desires the election of Adams It Woup print all the newa?' f EDlode& Tle Caucasian: i Exploded TKe Caucasian: . i "If Mr, Blatkburn was State chair- v . ..v u. trt.t !ini ttMiiH. nr.-hi nniinr I ."V .Y. ." ' ".Kr i ' w-u ? e..TO. - urnaii rairvnaff mi iiiiir, io aouui uie '"" ,si,"E,r.,,,7ili . t size of hls3,ar:IIeel Club.! "Everyone jinow that the. bulk of Mr. BlacklHiru's following Is tne law- i .i. . .t. . ft . v. i n a A. m irm iiii,. llicr . tmrnoiiiii, vvu.ij. and that Mhefew patriotic Bepubll-1 cans who ihavs, been misled by his In- sincere talk se kept by him to ! the front to flflil attention from the bulk of his lawless orcend to give an ap- pearance 50f especiawiuy." A Tar I leel editorial chant: ooodlure 2i I " Mary Annie 1 i "Mr. Tsjt fionday. V "The people Tuesdaj'i 'Come fo tfe convention "It Is Aboui over aqd It Is not "ltsh($, bt It will be hotter next week. : ' rfe t- 8tan.d ry $our guns and all wiU be well." sr. 's I j.- . Shouts &h Caucasian: "What te matter with the man who claims that he: wants to build up the Republican party,' and vet jwho exerts evry fffort to abuse and drive from thelfpariy lts;"new recruits? i Do not his ationi simply belie his words? Such a plan either does not want the party to fcrow or else he has not 'suf ficient sen.ie to know how to make it I "And-yet fhe above? accurately de- T'J!l;lwJ?f.,, n naiaaf r Statetchrarman. Does the partyH man who at h-J-TX- wtt-h-w ZZZZL -liu ,hlm?' ' iF i " Of Wake tlie Tat4 Hell savs: ii rro to. nwip jthem f in their efforts to m vote j-ne uepupncan wnite -voters ' the West. ut the Democratic jsoun- l,es of .thft tiii vrui need a good jmany : "re nmi wm wqr wnip ine t lnd thilne of their policy.) j The Whit Repu.sllcans of ithe West are raad oC the, stuff, of which freemen are buU Tiiey meanijo be free: and f "dPentfent.i They are Republicans rrom covicflon and pot simply for ; ple and 8 . ; (i - . Anil , itWe Ashetrllle Gazette-News, : applying. its ijeductons It Is true to the j Butler rihg. ut speaking a parable to both pafljes U the; fight, exclaims 'sad - ;,y:.i. $ 'A ff - 'Thlsils .a i sordid tale sordid be- anj niitiai-iihat-tv. -. i ; . . i ... .rUgto-rDi.WB IxaisT ot in tnsia rirfnm. wi ni..i.ianr' i Vtm-iiIH nrtt I n in .. v""m'"". rwllnm- - TJnt mi v -w..'11 lrrif,rv I lie igiiuwiug iigurrs CMiun i.ic ... . . . mii). nail i.. ... . ,w - I rw .-ii i i .. r,- - . mimirr m , j . . . j i j. tr in me iienuDucan aittie cv v Di iiiasiv." over the land . their candlit They wH not be for , gers and the deodars who quickstep toU' oer w a sit i ins it i ihpv i w frp rijciii. nuvui . s9,ssv -sj w---m. t - -- o m i l i u . n n V ntan fni- Hi-a f lUAlrmin ttlln t lie V .. niS U TVl Tt mine vrsi. I ' J ,tw4. n l.u "nZZ think unnil trm build m the nart'. That Is the questions which; the men 7.. a couple of hundred voes. jlf lt were not for these votes! Butler sind Adams would not black the. boards Oii July 10. They would not even, have )the hardi-4 hood to go near the convention halt Either Wilkes or i Buncombe ' county casts as many votes as the "whole of ote cast nvention Under the Ilppublican one vote Chowan. 2: Clay. 4: Cleveland. 11; 10; Madison; 20; Martin, 2;r McDowell. IV ' nCVRICIIUUIKil . 10; Mecklenburg.! 7; Mitchell, 14; "rT0Ver ! orttamDtor !: New Hanover. 2. Northampton, z. Pasquotank. 3; Pender. i8; PCrqul- s . : m . Tfft Efc T 10 V n, , "f1 RC:UV! Pitt, BJ Polk. ; Robeson. ; "oc Kingnam. n"owa? "Ul: , J' 1 V, KtS 15 Vrv 'll- I Stanley. 1 1 : Stokes. 15 . Surry. 26, Swayne. 9; Transylvania, 1 $t Tyrreii. : Union. 8; Vanct. B: Wake; 11; War- vvasnmgion. waiauR. x. iz. wuijea n -Wi s'l . -- T1m Onestkm at Issue. Will the majority of these 851 votes go to Butler from , the ' oce-holders. wnom w owns m m... onnm or to Blackburn, frpni the. ex- in store . clothe : are ... trooping Greensboro to decide. Freedom and - ' . -r - if : , Self - Restraint I r- Pevelopetl In Their Finest Combination at Con terse College. ; Spartan bnr. S. C. !! At Converse College, the gkrls are not cloistered with the rigid. strictness . - .. . . .1 - nu specie a dv minv close ooservrre " ("Jr.,:; l5n". with affectlonatej. admonition, .at the me we frankly believe. In the tlonalltleswe realist! that they f. 71 " I are eminently safe, but we also real ize that a icollege girl is j not to d I tem of discipline in forcH nerc is a iem or aiscipnne in iorcw '.vmrm r elf-eovernmenJ developing . sVn f resobnslbtlltv and self-re , ; . . . . r. ' . Siraini. .. wniCll uercxjmca .Mvi- iviuaiiif -r life e an admirable part of , the char of every girl. ; j! : I verse Is elegantly and most com -,er I rnnv fortably boused, ana spienaiaiy locaiea -for health. . Far enough!, below the Blue Ridge crest ;to be. protected great- - " - - .. .. . k 1 ly from the severe northern blasts, n; I yet hlsh enouKh abov the sea to escape the ennervatlng lieat of the lower levels. A . first class rvmnailDin assures abundant and beneficial exercise at all times. ' . tj --"i i The auditorium building contains thi 34 rooms of the music department and i the S10.000 or can. Thei class, rooms land laboratories are well! lighted, and practically equipped, and .tne stuaents rooms are fit homes for refined young women.; 4 - If' - ; From every point of vleiw. from that of parent and child. Converse Is an ideal college. j ; i . . i -Carnations, - Violet and . ciiier ffcnaer always on Hand. . Shower Wnldlng rumaaets. Handsoro Floral Design. ( Deco rmtliMis for cnnrclei and rrflftleocca. lems. Palms, Aaalla and -other plait for Itome culture .: All ordem ! promptly! : exe euted Write, plione or telegraph.) '--r-vi --j H;SIEINMEIZ Phone ; 1 S. : . Florist. Raleigh. N. & i ' t i BOXDS FOR SALE. 2 & . . -it Sealed proposals will be received by the Board of Graded School Trustees of Ashevoro. N. C. until July 20tru I a. c MeAlJT?rrTrT . k I-lSua. I Athehfiro. uJa jones. s; ijenoir, t . unvoin, i wn, : j. . I K. A - A. MWas Bo MtAAfl sn IMA M I Wu mm mrmm In l We have several fine pair that will cuit ycu. 'I i. Si: i '? 5 j mm , ia w , . i . - :4 We have a number of : extra fine saddle. and drivinfj bcr: : 3, ft ": V! Also dray and farming ctcck. j! GEOIUSEMiHAIlDIN'SSmciG; S. Wilmington St. '4' ' If A, ' f ' ''-' l jyt-f 1 1 1 X : IF YOU WANT IXSU11ANCE IX. A 1 1 03 1 K COM PAX Y IXSUKK IX . Southern Life and Trust Company: GIIEEXSBORO, C. BECAUSE, (1). It lias tlo policy he safest Its tsurphv to North Carolina IJfe Insurance nnlkHcit wltli tl ate of ftir its ronsultlm; actuary i mwwI moiuMiiMnl tt lniMi l- iiio 'iiPct mnr tiMine rati better results in the way or Uvldeiid its btisinew l wmliicttnl HU ur.prc vHpntnl cronomT Khonn h th dtoBIi on It Initial operation at the fciKl of 4hree years with lnwrancs In fow on the live of more tli:i sixteen hundred poUcy-IioIders. It has not had n sinjrlc- death loss from natural cat; -os I m4. t.a twmi L-m mr nf mMcw inn it t tia Kilter facilities for investment f than anv other ramnanr. BECAUSE, help batld np your mtn ectioii. So faras is practical tlie SOirrilEl'.N Lll IZ AXn TItUST COMPANY Invests in eacir locality an amount tI money i i Wiuivalent to tlie tie: premiums ret-eived frotn'tltat 'locality. '! K. mwr ww-v I1 m ltlt''i! Till.' nllllrvT I jMUM. A AAXU IU31-11 15 .lull S-. m. f ill l". v. . ..v ,f . - A. W. IMcALIST IH V Vlce-lre!Ulcnt and Manager. 4 THOS." R. l.ITTIJ-1 Medical Director. - , 1. p. I'ACKI.K A.- I. SCALES; QF rrtersburg, Va, Jan. 21. HOC isrs. Royall Jk Rorden. II r, (, Goldsboro. N. Cs Gentlemen: . For real solid com fort I can consistently recommend your Raxml Elastic Felt Mattress to all de siring a sweet repose.. I hate tried -all kind of felt maturssee, bnt nercr- yet hare, I aem one that would equal yours. . I bought my Royal Elastic Felt Ilattress uto years ago and its as ;!:., . ... . -..j I . ; , : i, ft MiA V Iff J V I -.. .- M ... , . ; O - II A LCI on . - f7c l , , : 1 : . , , : 1 1 V - ! . . ; a - s . " . ' - ; Witt ' ' : ' . r: "... , C - i : . . . . S o le SVJ anufa ct v. Goldsboro, P!brth no " i -Ealeisb, U. C.j adatHctl to your neext; iua .i . poticr-noiciers is mnre man owoif Conipany It makes a lanr rcscn-e North Csnrflirn than any oiikt o tle leittllns life Inflinuire rxjxrt ia u it KTirvn-J- O K1 !. nl irXll : HI.! : "C- liat-f. BECAUSE. (3). Yo i uill t f Ll. "ti keen your money at honi t It, ConsMltlns Act nary. Ccncral Counsel. . - 5 etop Gurr.ctr;a BUT eoi f V LAWN llOWIIII i.. l-IXXin-LAC? and ALU kinds m lioucnnoi- . . v r.MNTS OF DfQ'Cjn- OUIX : " ft a .v t 11 gooa now as the day I b eotirrly free frora larr felts I "had ne1 s.i -ay too much for tlm Fritllattress. for I con: I . . a t:.:.t i i. - f laaaa.'. soots very tr-.. : i ix. irCvj .iff ; . ". v '.' - . - ; Tclrr ' :r If your local dcI-r j i our, Ilattresses, wrius toft ? c j n Ci- j al i - a SkI J- i