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ITITSIJOIK), CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C. THURSDAY, A ULY H, lt)0O.
NO. 18.
VOL. XXII.
Ill HI
- i nil
To Put Deputy Marshals at the Polls and to
Arrest Democratic Registrars.
I USE DI M II IB.
IT IS ONLY BLUFF AND BLUSTER
Republicans Hero Would Imitate Iho
Methods of Dm Murderers of tlio
Governor of Kentucky--'! his Ap
peal to Iho Federal Authorities Is a
Sure HI nn That They Sco He Tent
Staring 1'hem In the Kuce Iho Des
peration or Kepublicuu Lenders Is
Appureut.
Hon. F. M. Simmons, chairman of
the Democratic State Executive Com.
anlttee, was Interviewed on yesterday
lu regard to the threats recently made
by Lieutenant Governor Reynolds and
Senator Franks, the two Kcpuhliciin
candidates for Corporation Comniis.
Bloners, to have United States deputy
marshals at t lie polls, and to arrest,
registrars who refuse to register such
persons as their parly tuny wish to
have registered.
Mr. Simmons said that these threats
Simply showed the desperation of the
Republican leaders. It shows they
.Bee, defeat staring them in the face. It
bas been a custom of that party in the
South whenever they sec themselves
about to be defeated, to turn to the
Republican national .-id iuitiistcr.il ion
for help. In l.vtti I'ritchard wanted
Federal soldiers; Mr. Motion is said
to have recently Interviewed the
President with reference to sending
Federal soldiers here this year; and
now they want to surround the regis,
trars with United States .ua. mis, and
force them to register negro boys tin.
der 21 years of age, negro criminals,
imported negroes', and negroes, who
having once registered, In their own
Dames, present themselves to he regis,
tered under various aliases. They
Would Imitate here In North Carolina
the Into example of Kentucky's usurp,
ing governor, who, having conspired
to assassinate tho man who had
beaten him before tho people, sur
round, tho Democratic Legislature
with Ri.,iers to coerce It iuto recog
nizing ,8 fraudulent claim to the of
fice of- joveruor."
"The mere suggestion of these
things by Republican candidates and
newspapers is nn Insult to the people
of North Carolina. It is a foolhardy
attempt to hullilose and intimidate the
registrars unt) judges of el j 'Uc-i.
There are now upon the old rcgh.tr.i
tint hooka tne names of between fif
treu and twuity tliousaul i.etrio.
who have no earthly right to vote, put
there by fraud and perjury, and kept
there by the Infamous provision of the
fusion election law of 1S95 and 1S'.)7.
The Republican managers "have sent
out secret orders to the negroes to
press registration and they are seek
ing, by these, threats, to terrorize and
coerce registrars into allowing every
negro to register, whether qualified or
not."
Continuing, Mr. Simmons said that
be had thoroughly investigated all
the acts of Congress bearing upon
these subjects, both personally, and
through competent attorneys, and
that as a result of these investiga
tions, he had found that there was
absolutely no authority of law for
what these leaders of the negroes pro
pose. Ho said the act of Congress,
passed in February, Isio, authorizing
the appointmeut of supervisors of elec
tions and the presence of deputy mar
shals at the polls, commonly known
8 the "Force Hill." had been ex
pressly repealed by tho act of Con
gress, passed in February, isat, and
that there is absolutely no warrant in
any I'nited States Statute for their ap
pointment, or for tho exercise by them
Of any such authority. The deputy
marshal undertaking to exercise any
supervisory authority, either before
any registrar or at the polls, should
be immediately arrested under the
provisions of our State laws, making
it a misdemeanor to in any way in
terfere with or obstruct an officer in
the discharge of his duties as regis
trar or poll-holder. A deputy mar.
ahal has no more right to interfere
with the registration or the polls than
a private citizen, and would be
amenable to our State law. Just as
would any private citizen, for his acts
lu that behalf would be without color
or law."
"In regard to the threat to arrest
registrars," Mr, Simmons said, "no
authority can be found in any L'uited
States Statute for such arrests. Sec
tions 5507, 5509 and 5310. which are
cited by certain Republican papers
and leaders as authority, for deputy
marshals interfering with elections,
do not give Jurisdiction to any I'nited
States court. A registrar is a Judicial
officer, acting under the authority of
a valid State law, and can no more bo
Interfered with or hindered la the dis
charge of his duty of passing upon
the qualification of persons offering
to register, than a judge of the Su
perior Court in tho trial of a person
charged with illegal registration or
Illegal voting, or any other offence
against trie laws of tho State. The
right to register and vote Is a right
arising under the laws of the State,
and outside of any Federal Jurisdic.
tion. except, n cases where it appears
that the rlgst is denied under the law
Simply because of race- color or pre-
vious condition of servitude. To say
that a registrar, judicially passing
upon the right of an applicant to be
registered, in which no question is
raised on account of race, but in which
the question raised is one of non-age
Or non-residence or other disqualifi
cation, and deciding against l lie ap
plicant, is liable to arrest if the de
cision docs nut suit the Republican
bosses or candidates. Is not only uh.
surd but revolutionary. There are
not the days of Cunby or of ISilS and
'70. In those days men went to the
polls between files of soldiers, and
voted at the point of tho bayonet.
Flections were conducted and super
vised by Federal office-holders. All
t!ia: litis passed away, never, it Is
hoped, to return again. The people
of North Carolina do not propose to
tolerato tlie unlawful and .revolution
ary interference of Federal office
holders, who are seeking by every
abominable and desperate effort to
bae regi.-tered negroes who aro not
entitled to vote, an was done In the
elections of 1S!MS and lS'.lS. This Is a
government by the people, and not by
the I'niied Slates commissioners and
deputy marshals, nor Federal office
holders. They may run and control,
and do run and control Republican
and fusion conventions, but they will
not be allowed to take charge of the
elections of the people. If any regis
trar In discharging the duties of his
oflice is subjected to any threat or any
prosecution by these Federal mar
shals, let him continue to do his
sworn duty faithfully and fearlessly;
they will not dare arrest him; they
know they have no authority for such
a course; they are simply trying to
intimidate him. Hut, if in their des
peration, they should arrest any regis
trar, bond will be furnished him:
counsel will be provided for him, and
he can rest assurtd no harm ran come
to him. Those who thus interfere
with him in the discharge of his law
ful duty under the laws of the State
will be both criminally and civilly
prosecuted, for the man who swears
out such a warrant, and tho man who
executes It will bo both criminally and
civilly liable criminally because it
would be an unlawful interference
with the registrar in the exerciso of
the Judicial discretion Imposed on him
by tho Statute, and civilly becauso
: such a prosecution would be without
probable cause, and, therefore, ma
licious." "Let every registrar act as his duty
requires; register those who are en
titled to register under the law, and
see that no man who is not entitled to
register is allowed to do so. Our laws
prescribe, as the State has a right to
do, the qualification of voters. It. re
quires a certain age; it requires a cer.
tain residence; it requires that thi
party offering to register shall be a
bona tide resilient of the State, coun
ty and precinct. In theso respects,
our election law is not different from
the law in every other Stato in the
I'nion, and from what has always
been the law hero. A boy who is not
21 years of age Is not entitled to reg
ister simply because he is a negro; a
man who has committed an Infamous
crime is not entitled to register sim
ply because be is a negro; a resident
of Virginia or South Carolina, who
is te mporarily sojourning here, is not
entitled to register simply becauso he
is a negro; nor is a man entitled to
register more than once simply be
cause be is i negro, and wants to
rote tho Republican ticket.
These aro tho people tho Republican
candidates and leaders wish to force
on the registration books. It Is to
get these negro boys and criminals
! upon the registration books that these
desperate men bluster, and threaten
I to invoke tho machinery of the
I I'nited Slates courts, and the presence
; of deputy marshals at the, polls. Their
I threats are mere wind and fury,
i There is no authority in the I'nited
j States law to enforce them. They
! need frighten no one; it is in line with
I Hurler's threat to whip white men out
i of the State, and of Rlackburn's threat
to assassinate white men who are not
willing to submit to the ucgto rulo of
tho Republican party."
THE DUMPING GROUND.
If the Amendment Is Defeated North
Carolina Will Heroine the Negro
State of the I'ulon.
In 1S9.", 1S!H' and 1S37 the negro pa
pers of the country began to call the
attention of ambitious negroes to the
fact that North Carolina was the gar
den spot of the world for negroes who
wished equal rights lu office-holding
and equal participation iu govern
ment. They pointed oat that North
Carolina was the only Southern State
that sent a negro to Congress, that
nearly ono thousand negroes were
holding offices, and that they served
with equal authority with whites In
the management of white institutions
and the public schools for the white
and colored race. They stated that
whereas Louisiana, Mississippi and
j South Carolina had formerly given of
i flee to the negro, North Carolina alone
! of tho Southeru States offeied him
every opportunity for political ad-
vanccment that the white men en
joyed. This advertisement was true and tho
tide cf amU'tious negroes was begin
ning to turn toward this State when
iu 1893 an incident occurred that
aroused the white people of the State.
Some of the negro ofl'ice-holib i had
grown Impudent, nfsuults on whito
women grew frequent, and the leuiiir.g
negro editor in the State published a
foul and black slander upon the whit'
women of the State that was so inou
arous as to make the blood of every
good white man in the State boil will',
indignation. Once aroused, they were
"more terrible than an army with
banners." Negro rule came to an end
- a temporary end as a result of the
election In ISHS.
It was the revolution in Wilming
ton and kindred race troubles and
dangers that aroused the white people
with one voice to demand the submis
sion d' a constitutional amendment
that would forever make n repetition
of the Wilmington revolution impos
sible, restore peace and friendly tela,
lions between liie races. Democrats,
Populists and Republicans all agreed
that the time li.ol eome to eliminate
the negro from polities. The passage
of the amendment eliminates the ne
gro from polities, and brings here, as
it has brought in Louisiana, purer and
belter polities, secures protection io
the negro In all his rights, and puts
tin end io the terrible conditions that
exist wherever the negro voter seeks,
with the aid of few white allies, to
rule white men.
Suppose Iho amendment fails what
then? It !' notice to all the world
that North Carolina is the political
haven for the negro politician that it
alone of tho Southern States Keeps the
negro in a position of political equali
ty and power. This notice will cause
tunny of tho best while men in tho
State to seek homi s in States where
white supremacy is permanent and at
the same time will make North Caro
lina the dumpltin ground for the lie.
groes in Virginia, South Carolina ami
other States who are denied equal
power iu making and executing tho
laws. That la the future that is in
store for "irth Carolina if it deliber
ately refuses to eliminate the negro
by the adoption of the amendment.
How do you like the idea of North
Carolina becoming a Mack Hayti
Look at Mr. Jinnelt's map of how tho
State will look if the amendment is
defeated and tho Fusionists aro re
turned to power. If you wish to re
store negro rule, or to Jeopardize
white supremacy, vote against tlio
amendment and make North Carolina
the Mack Stato on th map of tho
United States.
PKlHiKKSSIVK KAIIJI Kit
On Changes In Amendment Says as II
Now Mauds It can not Disfran
chise White Men.
Tho changes in tho Constitutional
amendment are fully explained else
where In this issue. The most im
portant change is the addition of a
section whereby the people, iu case of
lis adoption, declare quite plainly that
the amendment could not be "passed
at all except as an entirety, and that
their general purpose would bo de
feated were it held valid as to some
cases and void as to others." Under
theso conditions, according to Judge
Cooley, all sections must, stand or fall
together. The Progressive Farmer,
in view of the opinion of Judge Cool
ey and the decision of Judge Kohlsaat
in the Illinois anti-trust case, ha3 for
sonic time been of the opinion that
tho sections would stand or fall as a
whole. It is well that the legislature
litis made this (dear in order that the
amendment may bo considered upon
its merits that voters may pass upon
it just as It is without fear that the
courts will so mutilate it its to dis
franchise those whom it expressly
sas shall not be disfranchised.
A Muilc Dox In tils King.
The most charming little ring and
Interesting little curio in the world is
the property of Mr. Toy le of Lon
don. This gentleman N nephew of
the celebrated Sir Richard Temple, and
the ring In question is a highly prized
old family heirloom.
Inside of this tiny circle of geld are
the works of a perfect little music box.
You touch a spring and bold the ring
quite close to your car. Then you hear
a sweet, weird little tune.
This ring was once lu the possession
of one of Mr. Temple's ancestors, who
lived In France. He was a stanch Roy
alist, and in the days of the revolution
bo valiantly espoused the cause of the
unfortunate Louis and his lovely, doom
ed queen, Marie AnloUacttc. He was ar
rested. Hi row u iuto jail, where he lin
gered for days and weeks.
One of his few pleasures in Ire
gloomy solitude of his dreary duncoll
was to listen to the voice of time of
the littW musical ring, which he al
ways wore on the third linger of hi t
leit hum!. He bad inherited it from his
grandfather, who had it manufactured
iu tieuoa at great cost.
Duo day sullen faced men, heavily
armed, came to his dark dungeon, and
told him he must follow them, lie
kuew that this meant the guillotine.
He stcpied bravely out to meet hts
fate, determined to die like au Kuglish
geutleuiau uud a brave man. Aud he
did.
A strange fancy took possession of
him just before they led him to the
block. He touched tho spring of bis
little ring and lovingly held It to bis
ear. It sang its little tune merrily and
briskly.
i lu the course of time the little ring
j found Its way back into the Temple
luuiiit, uui ii wua sueui. lis jircM-ui
owner took It to a London. Jeweler, ho
found In tho musical uiechiiub m a clot
of blood that for yours bud lain there
uud Impeded the working of the ma
chinery. This wjji removed and the little ring
sings agulu the same weird little ture.
Kansas City SUr.
A REPUBLICAN CLUB
Declares For Constitutional Amend
ment in Strong Terms.
FAVORING WHITE SUPREMACY.
Ibcy Aro Against "1 lio Ktiig" nnrt
Negro Kulo Tired cf Lifetime Olll
clals uud "Ulaek Republicanism.'
1 1 lenderson villi. N. (V, Mustier.)
hercn.s. There di.es n.w exi.-t much
hidden dissiitislacl ion among the noil
illieial class of the laboring wbl:e mi n,
if the w hite Republicans, of our c iiin
I ry by reason of shrewd uialiagetiieii;
if political niael.inerv, by which our
overturn nl. S.iite i:nd county officials,
ire seb ele and continued In dominat
ing p .sitiuns from youth P old age
a ml win I ens, such conduct has a ten
dency Id lii-bearten. hinder and pre
vent young men. poor men uud white
men from making the necessary pre
parations for an educated manhood,
aud itidltclly ignores our (!od-given
rights as freemen i f America;
Therefore, lie it resolved, at Upward.
Jlendeison county. North Carolina, by
,he wbi.e Republicans of our club.
Unit t j stimulate and encourage a high
er giade cf etien.ship among the
white race and I i iiiithcr secure a re
fined nil. I educated suffrage, we, the
white Republicans of Upward, do agree
lo lay aside all prejudice and partisan
collars and vole for the proposou con
stitutional amendment, urn! we will
woi k together a- a club of w hite Re
publican ; w bo associate with white
women, while girls and while children,
and together we will rccurd cur indig
mint protest against nigger-rule and
bo-s-riile.
That there are only I'wo prominent
Suite issues ill North Carolina that
concern our people. Thai p d ies has
no pari in the slimmer campaign ; that
Ho le is no politics until the national
'tiii'pa'gn ill November. Thnt the two
n il issue, before tile people are
black .-iipremacy" and "ring-doodle'
oiiibiniitions. and tlie.-e two issues are
twin evils and are riveted upon us by
the same class of malicious, office seek
ing politicians, who are "black-Republican-."
to the core. There are only
:wo kinds cf Republicans iu our State,
iiiinty. and settlement: First, white
Republicans: second, black Repaid:
ans. That the whoo Republicans tire
-.imposed of white men, with Anglo
'umiii blood. 'That the black llepiilili.
at.s are composed of the black-skln-leil
and w bite-skinned Republicans,
.hat there are about I'.M.uni) black-skin
e il black Republicans and ab oil 17,
'en white skinned black Republicans,
mil tiie reiminiler number from s.nuu
to IL'.UOO while Republicans, who are
bitterly opposed to blink sujuemacy in
any whitcw asiicd or galvanized dis
guise. We are oppo.-ed Io negro represent
atives, magistrates, school committee
men and negro postmasters in Mender
ton county. Hectic c, unity. Yadkin,
V'oi-sylli and l'olk counties, and in all
j. tin r counties ill our Slate. And we
will help demand that a majority cf
She while men of our country shall
make all the naws for our county. State
and national government, and we are
w illing for a majority of the w hite vot ers
to select the llien to execute and
enforce them, and to secure this end
we call upon white Republicans from
Cherokee to old Currituck, to vote for
the proposed con-l (ulii nal amendment
and thus rid oursi Ives fiom negro dom
ination from the seaboard to the mottti
laitis. For the time lias come when all
the while Republicans in our State to
rail a halt and .-ce where we arc at.
We must do our own reading, thinking
;i tul voting, and refuse tj be any fur
ther insulted by the black Republican,
idll.-e seeking politicians and their ly
i:ig henchmen who falsely proclaim
tiiat the amendment uill disfranchise
while natives of cur State or any other
tate. We. Hie (amnion people, must
read mid use our own iiraclieal. experi
mental, co'iimou and every day sense,
and carefully no,e tin- exact winding
of the ameiiduieui and not confuse
the positive ilisl'r.itichi-ing section
with the exemption clause. We ma.-l
uol clo.-e our ryes to the eight year
provbion. f.-r the exemption clause
does provide f.T the secure method of
enfranchising all our fathers, grand
fathers au.l thirteen year old boy-, that
are natives o fair Columbia's land We
must catch the exact letter and -pirii
of the amendment from an Anglo-Saxon
si midpoint.
That there aie three c.-s-nlial quali
liictions M jus ify full .lllTrage: First,
phvsicul manhood, s c md. practical,
i xpcriineiit il education; a reasonable
share of the reliiiei! sentiments of hu
inanity. A thirty year practical obser
vation, from a strictly busine.-s stand
point, ii.it- sufii ii inly e mviiuo I all pio
gressiv e-iainded Americans that tie
ousky "fii'i-maker." modern sons of
Han: a'ld Canaan, have proved them
s -his i Iiigti.-lily deficient of the prime
elements of a iu tillable frail hise. A
patient thirty-yc ir effort to develop
their capacity to govern themselves
mis exhibited no special signs cf im
provement, till forbearance has ahno-t
i eased t be a virtue.
'T. ie.se modern sens of Canaan, of
b:i;h colors. ,;ro ohtdient to all milium,
i. ire projects, tn.-t company combina
ti u s and all laws that make both mil
lionaires and paupers. They funniak
iligly cast all their votes to make the
rich man richer an I tho poor mau
1 oorcr.
Those Mack Republican candidates
of Mender-, n comity are running this
moonshine campaign with bluff, fal.e
sayings, nicitcr v ies and the Republi
can canteen i-im-lleis. They have pro -in
tliemselvis iu more ways than on
that the entire ci uit house gang of
i. uulii"es are black supremacyltes.
n nil yet they go to the unedinated.
honest fanner man. that would shudder
to do a single thing that could be con
strued In any way. bv any one. as a
mean trick, and ask these good men to
re-employ Hum to register our deeds,
when we know that they promised to
run a new ticket; when tho men of
beta rarties kmw that trie present
register of deeds (lid promise I hat be
never would run. What nn insult to
crippled men.
These pale-faced black supremacy
nominees, who go to nigger clubs at
Flat Rock and other pluees iu our coun
ty and encourage both colors of black
supreniacyites to vole for a Henderson
county magistrate at Flat Rock, one
"Frank Rrown," a colored man, against
.lames Hrookshlre, a reput iblc white
man. and by the liberal tiid of white
volts the negro was elected. 'That, thin
same set ure now asking the white Re
publicans of Upward to vote for them,
without any apology, to make them
high sheriffs and low sheriffs, commi.,
sioners and lawmaking representatives,
to mess about nigger clubs in our own
county and In the Idack Repldicau cau
eusses at Raleigh, cf men as black as
soot. Thuse black hiipreniacyites that
bombard Upward Republicans at long,
law. who want to represent us ut Ral
eigh, ought i.tit to run m.ionsbine cam
paigns .and cowardly shun and evade
daylight discussions. They discuss
section 4 falsely and condemn section
and curse the Democrats for such a
liberal proviso for while men. 'They
ought io come before white men in the
day lime and squarely meet the real
issue; and if liny cau l face the men
who are concerned about the race ques
tion iu their presence we, the white
Republicans of Upward, can't afford for
niich men to iciue ent us in our ab
sence a? Raleigh.
Thai if these candid.ites tire afraid
to discuss Ihe race question upon the
t.ue merits of the proposed amendment
with Democratic opponents, they are
hereby now challenged to come to the
"Republican club tit Upward. Mender
son county. N. ('.." and discuss the
amendment, with white Anglo-Saxon
Republicans in a Kcpuhiicuu club of
while men and i. A. R. men. before
while ladies and while children, in a
community that lives not a black man
any nearer than three miles in all di
rections. When any cindiilale de-iring to iep
resent while men can't risk himself to
defend his side of the only issue iu ti
club of white Republicans li"io and
elsewhere all over the old Rip Van
Slate to halt, about face and vole (or
while men, regardless of any and all
former panics. Hy means of the search
light of history we learn that the orig
inal mark of old-fash iotied Republican
ism was a constitutional union of all
the States ill one political compact.
Now the mark Is "liny Spain's old
shoes" that she has worn out in Cuba
and the Philippines, and give millions
of dollars for the privilege of waging
an uncertain war and maintaining a
standing army of M.i'.us soldiers ami
2.117 ollicers at the enormous expen.se
of $i;:u,nu each day. or $ I7.4ri0.niul a
vear for a loim time Id come, with no
definite signs of peine till the year
Hilt;; and all this for the implied pur
pose that sonic of the modern Canaan
iics may have lifetime jobs in the great
rnrilie."
The orignal motto for Republicans
v.as "Slick to the Did Flag." Now it is
"Stick to ,ho party, stick to the nigger
and slick to kinfolk who killed lln
bear at'ler il was already dead." White
Republicans must awake from their
tliirly-yeir slumber and speak out iu
no uncertain lones by their votes in be
half of white men. white women and
white school children of Fa-tern North
Carolina who can not help t iiem.selves
from n- gi'o domination as 1 ng as thi
black supremacyltes of any c dor I u'e)
any pot lion of our State.
The proper way to test our candi
dates and see which make themselves
black Republicans beyond any d.mbt is
to watch their talk and no:e the com
pany they keep, and if the-, bold up
fur niggers and get mad in the very
mention of disfranchising the negro
and go and club with negroes and en
courage the negro to run for office aiil
for their votes club and i uncus at Ihe
Slate capital and help appoint from
live hundred I i cigh; hundred nigger-i
to hold office over while men, w'uilo
women and their whi.e families: that
to collect and expend white people's
taxes according to their own liking; if
tiny of our raiididatos do this we must
reprove them by voting for men will
will not vote for negroes to hold office
to hei tcr over the white race.
'This nation l as had to pay one great
bloody national debt on a count of the
national sins of our government about
this race of servants. Again it Moem
that we are on the eve of an -thcr great
sectional war on account of this same
ra e of fun makers, vv ho have alwuvs
been meddling w ith liie weakness an I
nakedness of ceitain individuals of Cue
while race of people. We niu.-t draw
Ihe line and till white nun inn.-.t strip
tliemselvi s of all di-gui-e cud line
themselves where they In long and our
wati hworil must b ' While men will
rule the white man's country." tied i
not the author of confusion ." Modern
Uabvon has fallen Come out of her.
my people, and be no longer a partaker
of her sins.
W. A t'Alil.i:.
Chairman Republican Club.
F.LI AS HIHUS. Secretary.
Upward. N. C. June Hi, I .tun.
Winter Ofan ltalh.
The fad of taking a plune in th
waters of the ocean and bay duiiii-;
the winter has, It seems, taken a llmi
bold on some of Ihe residents .a lv,o
.'T.berbun sections of Hrook'yn. espe
chilly those along the shcic; of
l.ravcsend Hay. at Hath Ilea a and
Hensonhurst These two ramie's now
boast of three residents who ii?. r fail
to take a rool dip in the bay every ilny
In the year. All those who would doubt
it can go down to Hensounii'st an I
make inquiries for John Rlchmon !. a
good luitured Englishman, who owns a
little place on Hath aveuue.nar l uir-ty-fifth
street, where he ond icti
florist's business. His wif prides her
self on being the only woman in thi
city who takes the Icy plunge. It 1ns
been said that a mysterious worn i i did
make her appearance a short tinio ago
st Hath Reach. Hiid, after proiocn .i.li-in
tho beach for a lime, she plunge ! int-
the water The woman, however, was)
apparently tuitisfled with that one dn
and has not been sei n along the shorn
Since, while Mrs Richmond :- tuoil
very dit.
DR. FREEMAN.
Acknowledge I Leader of Populists of
Wilson County, Declures for the
Amendment.
IK, t'llKKM AN, Populist Kx-Mem-
bcr Legislature Krum Wilson
County For Amendment,
supports It on Account of Its Kdu-
eiilloiuil Features, bay All Allt-
aucciiieii uud Populists Should Voto
For II,
'Taylor. N. C , Special Mr. Kditor:
I was asked a few duys ago by Mr.
Claude Kltchin to state why I was iu
favor of the amendment and w ith ; our
permission, 1 will do so through The
I'ost. 1 am in favor of the iimind
incni lie-cause, as far as it cjn, it
slops ihe black man from volilJfi. and
as far as it goes and can. it cdinales
the poor white boy and girl. The edu
cation of the girls is the foia iio sl and
biggrsl qui -iiiill of his uge.
Heeause. it disfranchisi s no white
man. Imi is a si itmiloi.s to ail white
people lo t.e'ter prepare IlleinselvfS
for w.ting aid for the life they have
to live. One should vote with a party
I. ecau.-e of the principles for which it
stands anil lor no n because cf Ihe
principles lley advocate, and not for
party feeling and party prejudice. So
you see it. takes some cdneulion to
prepare one to vote for principle. 'The
jitiii ndmcut will help along this line,
ilui the grrati si good will come from
he education of the thousands of
,ioor boys and girls all over the
Stale, whose fathers, being unedu
cated theinselvi s. are opposed to or
are indifferent to cduiation. All true
iilliancemeii. Populists and Democrats,
can t refuse to vote for tin- amendment
for cducution is one of iheir funda
mental principles.
This, educational clause, if passed
md becomes a law. will be the big
gi si ibing for tho couiiti v people that
lias happened since the foundation of
this government. We need men in
every county and township in North
Carolina to Till the plans of govern
ment. 'There tire hundreds of town
ships in this State thai tired better
educated men for Jubilees of the peace
and school commilleemi n. but they
have not go; them.
'The black man should not vote In
the Unitid States, and especially in
those Stuii s where lie is so numerous
as Io bold a balance of pow; 'The
white man, (Sod's best and highest
production, docs not need black men
to help make the laws, by which be is
io govern himself. Me is not needed
in this capacity as a citizen, and if he
was iieedid. be U not lilted. 1 some
lilacs need help ill 111 y professional
work, but I do not call on any one
who may be passing, because they sre
not tiltni for that work, so I have to
ask help of those who have prepared
themselves for the work. The black
man is not prepared to till the high
poii'iou of Ihe American citizen m
the exercise of franchise, nor can lin
ever be so ti led in the United Slates.
I. is net only a drawback lo th"
best and progress!. e political life of
Hi.- white man's government for the
Mink man lo vole, but from every
point of view, i; is dcslna th e of his
own P. s-t lnienst. It untlts him for
Ihe life he must live, mid for the
work lie must do.
Ii tends to bring tie1 black man in
ciuvact with the white man in our
political life. This (quality ill lift
phase of our civilization will ever bn
tolerated by the while man. The white
man votes or should vote for pnn
( ipb-s. tiiul the black man never dm s
The white man, with bis high ideals
of government for himself and neigh
bor, vetis for the principles which he
thinks will best maintain these ideals
e)u tlie other baud, the black mau ha.
no coucep.ion of piineiples, but is
us- d as a tool to carry elections iu the
intensi of party
This condition of things has h.Sl
iu check the high and progressive
fotvt s of our Southern life long
(iioiigh. and 1 want to see a change.
When the amendment is law. It will
not hurt the Idack man. but will be of
Ihe great, s; good lo bun. it will be
the Ins, llr.it has been done for hitu
since the war.
Now. Mr Kditor. we leulic I ha' ilm
poliiii.il tight is now b. ing fought on
the aim mlno-iit for parly's sake v
know that the paily which uuiliols
this mini-id vote expect.; lo sta.i ill
power; now. if for no other reason
the black man should not vote in ;h:s
count' v. 'there is. and lias been,
since the war. a contention over the
Idack man and the parlies have been
dragged along ail these y,ais through
ibis dark misl. niaui- pvincipb s. until
II, e young inaubo .d of the Souih is a
kind of puny slc.in lie Is not so wall
lltt.d lis he should le lo appreciate a
hie.li ideal of govei linn nl an I stand
ou principle, regard',
liglr for it:- po; Ii .
I.. ; the aiueiidic- ;
keep the I lilt k 111 ill
spin if of life for w
man via-, so well lit
young )l, ok man to
of pai He. and
n
pa -s and thus
along in that
, b ,hc old black
d and help the
adapt him-elf to
that position when .u
be may become
us well litted as bis father, aud till
will ; smoothly In tin in ,he whites
and i lacks
H U FRKKM.W
Mutt Furnish llfnn far.
A railroad company which unJfe.
.ikes, to curry cattle is bound to pro
vide trs that are nut infected with
tontigious cattle diseases, and if it
furnishes cars iu which eu'tle that had
"Texa.-, fever" have been hauled, with
out prom r!y disinfecting them, it is
liable for th - value of any initio which
the shipper nny lose by reason of that
t ict. The Supreme Court of liliiu is
il'vlnrcd in Ihe case (if the Illinois
Central Rai'.roa.l company v- Harris,
Tin e and Mon?y.
Cu rt Wli.i! live dollars ,i day!
Noil only charged me three when I win
here I u o inonl lis .mo.
Hoil Clerk I ktftw. but the days ar
I ugcr now. Philadelphia Receud.
Household
5
HINTS :
1,'uzy Corner Muile or I.rallicr.
Leather cozy corners have ralber
dubious souud, yet they are cozy
comfortaldo and artistic; moreover
they are the newest thing in tho decor
ative line. 'J'Lo leather is buehskiu,
of tlii (softest finish inid decorated
with (ho liiuch-favoreil iyrography.
f you ure au expert at this work you
may get up uu elulioruto elFeot at com
pnrutively little cost, but if you bav
to pay for the decoration as well ai
the material il is au expensive luxury.
To make u complete ''corner" the
foiich should bo covered with Hit
leather, having a conventional bordei
and finished oil tho bottom will
slushed leather to form a deep triage.
Tlio vvull ou two sides should be
covered to a depth of from two tc
four feet, according to taste, with th
leather stamped iu some decorative
stylo, a good idea being to represoul
reunes from Shakespeare or from
sonio other literary source, Tho
couch pillows are covered with leather
stumped with scones to match, or with
monogram, coat of uriiis, floral or con
ventional design. Tlio natural color
of tho leather is preferred for all of
these effects, but may bo varied iiy u
bonier iu olive, maroon or other con
trasting sliude. The pillows are
finished on tho edtfe by u lacing of
tlio two sides together by a leather
strip. No other miitorial is to bo in
troduced em pain of spoiling the artis
tic idea.
The Niimei-y Ventilation.
The air of the nursery, which in
cludes temperature uud ventilation, in
a matter to which the mother nud
nurse phoiild pay tlio stricteft atten
tion. The temperature should never
bo above seventy degrees, and theu
only for a proiualuro or very young;
infant; a temperature) of sixty-eight
degroes is far bettor aud more health
ful, and ut night it may bo many de
grees lower. Children brought up in
close, ovcrheuled nurseries ure al
ways pale, puny, over-sensitive to
cold, and much more liable to con
tract pulmonary disease; babies sleep
much better al night if tho air in Die
room is cool and fresh. During the
day the air iu tho nursery should bo
chuugod as often ns possililo thut is,
whenever the baby is out of tlieroom.
F.ven if this happens several times n
day, tuke ndvautugo of those uLseneeu
every time nud chuiiget tho air. When
tlio baby and nurse aro out for sev
eral hours, let the nursery air during
tlio time, closing Iho windows per
Imps a half hour before they nre ex
pected to return. If, when they ur
live, tiie. temperature is not quite ai
high as it should lie, it certainly is no
colder t hail the outside air from which
tho lutliy lias just come, lu this case,
nutil tlio room bus its proper warmth
the baby's wraps need not bo re
moved. At uight when tho window
is lowered, and tho nir, therefore,
much cooler, protect the crib from
any possililo draught by drawing u
snveu about it or even pinning it
sheet about tho crib. Mtimnuj
Wheeler, iu Harper's Hiuar.
recipes:::'!
T.anili Cullets The cutlets may ba
nude troin the fore quinter of lamb,
which is always four or live cents
cheaper than tlio other part. ISrusli
each cutlet over with beaten egg, roll
iu bread crumbs uud fry ill hot fat.
Ber .'o with mint sane?.
V iolet Vinegar Put into a largo
glass iar ono pint of violet blossoms,
pour uiu quart f good vinogur over
them, cover, and set in the sun fci
fourteen days, then strain through u
cheesecloth; pour iuto small bottles
and seal. Usj tho salad dressings,
with salt and pepper u l led as season
ing.
Cross l.utlei- Make day previous
nud keep on icu until luncheon. Wash
and pick over a cupful of watercress
leaves carefully, mince them very liuc
uu 1 dry iu u cloth. Kliea 1 with ttietii
us much fresh butter as they will take
up (about a cup), a Id a half teuspooii
f salt, a small pinch of while poppet
uud form into little pats or bulls. II
preferred, this butter may ho spread
apoii tUiu slices of bread, .a'ul viob
style.
V iliforiii.i Snow Dessert Soak
teacup of tapioca in just water enough
to be absorbed. Cook in two cups of
milk; if too thick add another half
ciip. Shortly before it is o.one add a
h'lll'-cup of nigar and a sultspooli of
salt. It should bo white and creamy.
Season delicately with auy preferred
Unvoting. Serve in Hut sauce dishes
cad pliuv' u luil veil peur (.canned) ou
each dish utid till the cavity of thu
pear with a spoon of whipped create.
Vial Kidneys and Mushrooms
(Polish) Trim all the fat from tw-dva
ki Ineys, slice tiuui lengthwise into
hlripa, dust with salt uud pepper, ilout
t'uem, dip in eg!, cmiub them, fry iu
lmtt"r, browning both Aides, l'lueu
one iluzcu slewed spiing mushrooms
iti the centre of the dish; place, tbs
I i hu ys in oiiud. nud over nil pour a
sauce uoido of two tablespooufula ol
l.iustatd worked iuto a gill of oil uj
t wo tablospi ouf uts of good vinegar.