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mn ; UiN . : r f-S I r III III III I H III III ill 111 111 1 11 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 iti . t i mi ... in-. in iir in ii n .r it ii iit I J I I '1 ; I1 ' ' - : 1 I ""HI ill mm if III I ii III 111 1 Ii H 6 J AM E O O YLIMr Publisher. The Vadeboro Messenger and Vadesboro IntelUgpncer C6nolldated July, 1 888. PRICE, l.ooaYear NEW SERIES--V0te:l3;rW. 6. Wadesboro, II. Cl'i ThuidaktJIBt 198. WHOLE NUMBER ,921 rGreat ImprcvonjDni Import, a :Wf convlfc$5 fc Hr Condition Statement hy a . North . Carolina . M Nearly all my, Ufa I hava ha4 one eola ' after another and the trouble seamed Ilka' catarrh in the head. There were die-f charges from my ear, and say) oarinc t became affected. I took a amW of kind of medicine bat I grew "worse In stead of better. One day I procured a bottle of Eaod'a'HaraapariUa and' began taking it, and toon , found titr wa. doing, we good. I gained atrength 'and waa greatly benefited in many ways. I con tinued Its use and now the. ba4 Reeling ia , my head la rone, and the earache with which I. suffered haaAlaatBeavred.t I ant . now able to do my housework without help. I shaU keep Hood's SareaparilU la the. booae m long ea I live" J jeiaa. T. CL 'IUyki. Dallas, North Carofln. ood 53 , porllla la the best la fact the One True blood rarisar.' Hood's Pills are the davorlte faaaUy eatharUj Price Me. t R. T. Bknnbtt, Jho. T. Bkhnktt Crawford D. Bknkktt. Bennett & v Bennett, ' Attorneys-at-Law, Wadesboro, - . N. C. Hist room on the right lo the court house. Will practice In all the courts of the State. ; t Special attention given to the examination and investigation of Titles to Real Estate, drawing Deeds and other instruments, Col lection of Claims, the Managing : of Estates for Onardians, Administrators and Exeow tors, and the Foreclosure of Mortgages. ; Will attend the courts of Stanly and Mont gomery counties. ' Prompt attention given to all business In- trusted to them. Covington & Redwlne, Monroe, N. C. T. L. Caudle, Wadesboro, N. C. Covington, Red wine cr: & Caudle, ATTORNEYS - AT - LAW, WADESBORO, N. C. ' Practice in all the State, and United States Courts. Special attention will be given to exami nation and investigation of titles to Real Estate, the drafting of deeds, mortgages, and other legal instruments; the collect ion of claims, and mangementof estates for Guardians, Administrators, and Executors. HOLIER THANV THOU& -rrCROWIrtRIlOWI UP. Commercial, Railroad, Insurance Law. Corporation and Continuous and painstaking ' attention will be given to all legal business. Office in the SmKb building. ' IV. A. INGRAM,.. D. SURGEON, J : WADESBORO, - - - N. C. rTailroad calls by wire promptly attended Office opposite W ational Hotel. W. F. GRAY, D. D. 8., (Office in Smith ft L anlap Building. Wadesboro, North. Carolina. ; ALL OPERATIONS W ARB ANTED. FIRST-CLASS Heat :: Market . . - '. ' -. - . . . I am still conductng a first-class Jfeat Jarket at Wadesboro. Tbe best of Beef and other Fresh Afeats on hand at all times. . T T.J. INGRAM. V. art onrct of comfort. They art a source of care, also. If you care for yonr chud'a health, send for illustrated book on the diaocders to which children are aubiect. and which Frejrs VenaUuf aa curea tor 50 year. mai wj mm m wsh JCsVaUraBTT, .. Bsltlase. MaL A. S. HOEISON, DEALER IN i) ( ' o 2 o it. Watches, Clocks, Eye-Glassea, Spec ana Jewelry or all Kinds re paired on short notice. Inspected Watcnes for S. A, L. R. Ii. four years. Fourteen years experience. Can j be found in Caraway's store on Wade street. Gining Outfit For ale. The undersigned has a complete rising unit, consisting of boiler, engine, hmw in, and press for sale. This machinery ii io good repair and will be sold at a bar- ?ain. Y.H. TlLLMAIT, Deep Creek, N. C. HAIR - Tmt 1 -" -rt .i lo n4 I ' HALS AH jIstMserlJM' 8Mea AllfgeaJ Silver A4rteavalaitlera)(ial ; vRasll Nst4rritehard ns Ike Faaie rC'H9grra-Ri4Ie-loaia AUilaf er(ke fJaaeMlaa) - ansel Farmer ai EatMylaia: l Ami' , , ae l'eaMkr Orr av;udaet!aa NoliTes er Earaeai Nea. Cor. of ttit .Raleigh Post. -: It ha& becpme kabtf of Utefof the Progressive Farmer and Causcasiani and their crowd of the Russell and McKitt- JeypjeicateraitiJ exemuafceasorHa) not only over the conduct, but the motives pt North. (Jaroliman, wharefiise "to play in their bacls-yaid.f' !Theyr assume to possess divine omnlscieuce, and 'to "be able., to look into .the hearts of men, and discover whether .they; are sincere in what they say and do. They make' a great outcry for silver, and against gold. They denounce everybody whom they wish to damn, regardless ot all truth, as "gold-bugs," and claim that only the se lect few, who submit to their dictator ship, are really and sincerely friends of silver. These self-ordained high priests of silver, ai, just now engaged in excom municating from the fold of the white metal, all those whose sense of honesty and decency will not permit them to march, -under thf Russell and Pritchard banner, which they have : so recently helped to carry to victory in this State, and triumphantly hoisted over .the capi- toL The Democratic State; Executive Committee is .composed of I fifty-eight members, of these only ons i an advo-: cate of the gold 'standard. , For this rea son they denounce the other fiftv-seren members of the committee, , either as i gold-bnga, out:right, qt under .the control ! of the gold-propaganda. In the late Democratic State convention., there were a few avowed advocates of gold, Who, nevertheless vote and act with the party, because they believe ia white supremacy, honest government and all other things favored by the party, except sliver. For this reason these public censors de nounce all the balance of this magnificent body of 800 North Carolinians as gold- bugs hypocritically masquerading in the livery of silver. There are in the Demo cratic party ol this State,; a few thousand avowed advocates of gold, who never theless vote and act with the party be cause they believe in everything that party advocates, except silver. For this reason, the 140 odd thousand North Carolinians who in 1806. voted and worked for the Chicago platform. Mr. Bryan, and free silver are denounced by this crowd, as gold-bugs hypocritically advocating free silver. The reason which these, censors of the hoast voters of the Wate assigned for this alleged hypocrisy, truly, amusing. It is this: that the Democrats are pretending to be for sil ver, when really for gold, in order to de ceive and mislead, and by false pretense, secure the vote of a few thousand voters whose suffrages this crowd claim the right to control and trade on to secure offices for themselves. They denounce as goldbogs, without the slightest regard to their past record and position upon the financial question, every man ap pointed, nominated or elected by the Democratic - party to any position of trust, or responsibility. :.. Governor. Jar vis has grown old in the service of the State; has enjoyed the, respect and confidence of the people of the State, as but few men have; has bee a heard upon every stump in the State in support of silver; as United States. Senator, - worked and voted for silver; but beoause' he" was se lected by the chairman of the Democrat ic Eiecutive Committee, to assist in writing the record of the misdeeds of the present fusion ' administration in this State, he is denounced by this crowd as gold-bug and a hypocrite. Recently Mr. Simmons waa elected ehatrman of the State Executive Committee and despite the fact that he is known to have begun tbe advocacy of silver, -whan ie. was a candidate for Congress, many year ago. despite the fact thai before the Populist party was born, .he. made free--silver speeches at Alliance picnics, in his home County; despite the fact that in the cam paign xf 1894 at the rnk of losing his position, he advocated free silver on the stamp, in twenty counties in the State; despite the fact that in the ; Democratic convention of 1896, he made a speech ia favor of unlimited coinage, and declared that the two metals were , found in the bowels of the earth, at about the ratio of 10 to ii aespue ine tart that in the cam paign which followed, he again at the risk of losing his place," canvassed Jtfce State for free silver; despite the fact Jhat in 1892, as the then-ehairmattof the Detn ocratic Executive Committee he advo cated In the Clinton Congressional coni ventiont a. a: ore advanced .declaration for silver thaa. was then contained lu the! btate and National platforms of his- party, he is denounced by this crowd; as a . gold -bug nd a bypocrlt. ! HoW different thing appear i these ensor of the honest voters of North Carolina when they turn their contorting search light upon the -hearts and minds of Re publicans . T " f TV n r a( 1090 viiver a. uocxery was a can didate for the nomination for Governor He was loud and boisterous in his advo cacy of the. gold standard aad attacked Russell, his opponent,; upoa the ground that he was not exactly straight for gold. Russell, however, tncked and cheated him out of the nomination The tortuous course; .of Populism in this State under the leadership of this crowd made it con venient to have Colonel Dockery on the Populist Bute ticket, jand .despite his gold record he was placed there.' It be came necessary to satisfy tbe rank and file of the party, who were tincere,ly and honestly for silver, that f.CoLjDpckery was a .bi-metallut. To- most men, view of the'; Colonel's record upon this question, thi would have been regarded as a herculean, if not-impossible, task. It was an easy undertaking, however, for this crowd. It was only necessary that Col. Dockery should say a word for silver just a word. , - The inducement of fered him to say this word was an office. It is useless to say that the Colonel look ed at his old idol, gold, and then at the office which ' was held . before him as the price of betrayal looked again and hesi tated -not fo, like Spencer Blackburn's drummer boyfie had never learned how to "beat a retreat" from an office, j The Colonel very , readily agreed that he would . hold his gold views in abeyance and with the adroitness for which He is famous would dally with silver while he ran with all his might for tbe offlcei As usual, the Colonel was defeated, and hav. ing held his gold views in abeyance as long as. was necessary to serve the pur pose' of Mr. Sutler and his crowd of party manipulators, he retured again to the worship of the Golden Calf " No more was heard of the doughty Colonel until a few weeks ago, when the Repub lican convention of the (Sixth) Congres sional District : 'met,' adopted a gold plat form and edorsed gold-bug McKinlcy and nominated him and placed him on this platform for Congress. ' Everybody said at once this means three tickets in the Sixth District, for the Populists will not again dare attempt to palm off this gold-bug as a silver man on their party. But everybody was mistaken. For some dark reason of Populist policy, notwith standing the Colonel was standing upon a gold-bug Republican platform, pledged to die by it. Jlr. Butler commended his. endorsement to his party and this old gold-bug, to the disgust of honest men of all parties, ia to be again parade before Populist audiences in the Sixth District as a friend of silver. In 1896 Linney and Pearson.: were nominated' in their respective districts on a gold-bug platform and freely de clared their purpose to vote for a gold bug President But Populist policy re' quired Jhe. endorsement . of the gold bugs, and in order to satisfy the con sciences of the true silverites in their party, they extorted an equivocal de claration for silver front them, and then began . to make the welkin of the pighth and Ninth Districts ring with their praises as loyal champions of the White Metal.: V Both Linney and Pear- fon were elected with the aid of Pop ulist votes, and for two year in Con gress ; they did all they could to pre serve the., present gold standard- Now and then, 1 for policy's sake, they dal lied a bit with silver, always taking care to . flo notniug tor it mat migm peradventure hurt gold. Everybody thought ; after this record In Congress the Populist leaders would not dare again to hold up these gold bugs to the Populist voters of their Districts as friends of silver.;. But everybody waa mistaken, They have both been nom inated again, and despite their gold record the Populists of their Districts will be asked to support them again in the name of.bi-metalllsm. In 1896 Jeter Pritchard the acknowl edged leader of the Republican party in North Carolina, the boisterous advocate Of McKinley, who so loved this, great apostle of gold that he named his new- bora babe after him; who is an admirer of Mark' Hanna, and who telegraphed bis congratulations to Hanna when he fixed the ' Ohio 1 Legislature; - waa elect ed to the Senate by Populist votes under the - pretense that . notwithstanding his gold bug associations he was ! really for silver; -la the senate when there was no chance to .help silver, he professed readi ness to neip it. When there was a chance to help he flatly refused to help it. His record there was distinctly one of hostility to silver, yet he was re-elect ed by the help of seventeen Populist Re presentatives and senators ot what known as the majority Populists in North Carolina, who In the face of.hu gold rec ord still insists that ho is a friend of silver. Every one of these seventeen Populist Senators and Representatives who voted for Pritchard have received from him, or expect to receive an office under gold-bug "McKinley. Under or dinary circumstances, the acceptance by a silver jnan of a commission of a gol d- bug President against whom he bad vot ed would at least, create suspicion as ; to his sincerity, but not so with the Popu list h orde who hold Federal offices in the postoffice, revenue and other department of the National aad State governments. A few months ago a Populist conference was held .in Raleigh. To this conference came Butler Populists and Skinner Pop ulists; postmasters and Populist revenue officers with commissions in their pock ets from gold-bugs McKinley and Pritch ard. Another election was about to be held; more offices were to be distributed, and the fierce war which had been waged between minority and majority Populists was forgotten. Butler Populist i and Pritchard Populist and McKinley Popu list came together in loving embrace and agreed that every act of treachery to silver should be condoned and bardoned and that no Populist should hereafter be permitted to question the sincerity for silver of the gang who had elected Pritch ard and atoned to McKinley and gold by accepting commissions in the postoffice and revenue service, and the famous resolution declaring that any Populist who should thereafter question the; sin cerity of these Pritchardites by raising the "question of majority and moniority Populists should be viewed with suspi cion," was unanimously passed. Nothing a Democrat can do for silver proves to this crowd of stlf-constituted censors his sincerity for that metal; noth ing that a Republican or Populist can do for gold discredits him with them as a friend of silver. The people may be deceived by hypo- cricy for a time, but not always. Ihe people may be misled by faishoods for a time, but not long. Truth is proverb ially slow in overtaking falsehood, but it invariably catches it. Truth is frequent ly crushed to the earth, but it never fails to rise again. It does not require a proph et to foretell the fate of the men who have won high places in North Carolina by falsehood; by slander; by treachery; by hypocrisy. ft ECHOES AS OFFICERS. TERMS OF TUErPBOTOUOt. prfc?p you ha ve made 1 up your. mind to take nsEafefcisir (?': this, summer. ThenlGokfbf'' tMpictureyca Kl wNnn' N UW TTaL)V( e man with i'tpig fish on his back. .Do not let anyone talk to yotr something4 fust i as rood." ; i when you , want f cod liver .oil, nd the hyrx- bhostfilte. you .want the very best; , You will find them in only, one : place ' Scott'a. Emulsion. i -iThere it no other cmul ( tloa like it; none other does iae same work and nootheri has the same record of cures. S ":AUtrvietM.aadli. acoTT Bourn a; Cheeaieta, N. Y. PI wn Faileel to Vmrtt in Aruiy lu Pwrta Riot. New Orleans Picayune. President McKinley's experiment of making regiments of negro troops with negro officers is not only proving a fail ure bo far as the efficiency of the service is concerned, but it is rapidly demoraliz ing the army, in which already disci pline is at a low ebb. Few negroes are fit to have military command; but in this country race an tagonism is so deep-seated and intense that it prevents the : recognition by the whites of negro officers in the way that recognition is due. Already the most serious results are following the attempt by the government to force negro offi cers upon the consideration of white peo ple. As an example of the trouble that is being caused by the attempt to enforce by military law officiul, which means so cial, intimacy between whites and ne groes, may be cited the case of the Sixth Massachusetts regiment, of Garretson's brigade, in the army in Porto Rico. That regiment has a negro company, officered by negroes. Some of the white officers refused to associate with them, and at' tempts were made to force the associa tion. The result was that tbe colonel, lieutenant colonel and three majors and three captains resigned. They were charged with incompetency to cover up the real reason: but the white people of the Unite States will not accept any de vice that seeks to force upon them negro equality, no matter under what pretext. There have also been resignations by some w n lie otneers in the negro immune regiment here, which has neiro lieuten ants, and it is going to be difficult for selt-respecting white officers to serve with negro officers, no matter from what state teey come. - "As To Populism, NsUie-uavlly. "As to populism, nationally." Hon Thomas E. Watson writes disheartendly He is bitter against 'fusion" and calls' it a "boa" the "auction block" for popu lists. "Vou fetch your goods to market and you sell to the highest bidder. You want office that's all you want. You sell to democracy in one State and to republicanism in another. In North Carolina you are particularly haDDV- you can sell to both parties, cheat both The latter thrust is directly at Marion Butler, the chairman of the poulist na tional committee. Tom does not like Marion, and not without some cause Marion traded him off for bewail in 1896 He declares that "fusion" is milk best pap. In Marion Butler's Btate is "milk, butter, clabber, cream and good white cheese." Tbe Reasoa Why. Charlotte Observer. The Reformer, a Populist naner of King's Mountain, is not enthusiastic over the I'opuust nomination of Mr. M. H. 1L Caldwell for Congress in its district, it an. demanding being that this nomination was made to please the Republicans, who do not like Congressman Shuford- The put ting forward of this new candidate is a proceeding which tbe Podulist voters of the sevenin aisirict generally are likely to en-, quire into. The Populist papers of tbe State, with a fine humor with which thev themselves are evidently delighted,- are in mc uauu vi reiermiK u roe recent UeniO' cratic btate convention as tbe "Lawyer cratic" convention, and yet the Populist ifuiiiKiaus ui we sevenin aisirict, in con. vention assembled, at the behest of the Ke publicans, dumped overboard Mr. Shuford a larmer, and nominated in his stead Mr, caw wen. wno is not only a lawyer but. ac cording to one of his home papers The wucufu i i uiea a railroad lawyer at that. xi me ropuusi voters fail to see that tbe outcry against lawyers and tbe unloading viaiuuiniuutufuii corporation law yer in their district are two things which do not square, then they are duller than we suppose them to De. Tbe King's Mountain paper says it "will see later on Just why ujo ciiuiikr wu maue. vv e can ten it wby w: i ne Republicans willed it and the ropuiist politicians threw their consistency iv iw wiiiua aim nuucaieu. The IJhMf Rnnwaa Vilhnn. T. - .q..uw v MXlKOUUli A 4., says DeWitt's Little Early Risers are the Dest puis ne ever used in his family dur ing forty years of house keeping. They cure constipation, sick headache and stomach and hyer troubles. Small in size but grMt in results. J.A. Hardieon. - Thousands of persons have been cured of piles by using DeWitt's Witch Haxel Salve. It heals promptly and cures ecze ma and all skin diseases. It gives imme- uiaw rcuvb a. uartusou. t PEACE'" DECLARED. Spwlia RIIaaiahr All 41 r ger!uty' OvVr ! TUI U C'akaCV-d Ceelea Prte Ble stud Ottsei- alpmsitiUi fa4tida Iw the West Isidie Islsiaiet 1st the' L.avdrwea VhV UaUeel StaUea-Mamlla to bW JOeeaptear auU ireld hy This CwUMtry Ubi til the Fial Deteraalaatlad aa f the c Dispoaillaa . ' r the Phlllpplaea The Treaty 4a e Neconateal fa1 rarls? by a t'aaa miaaioa'ar Five Aesubera rraaa Kaeb fJaaatry, ' ta''9teet! Halt Later TnaVOctober 1. Washington,- Aug.: 12. Anf official statement for treat publlcatlod;' setting out the provisions ot the peace protoc ol was read and approved at the cabinet session to-day. It was" ''prepared by Secretary Day.the purpose being to make it public immediately after the required signatures had been" affixed to the proto col. It does not give' they text of the document, but details its main points and provisions, which are as follows: , 1. That Spain will : relinquish all claims of soverelgn y over the title to, Cuba. 2. That Porto Rico and other Span ish islands in the West Irtdies and an Ulnd in the Ladrones, to be selected by the United States,' shall be ceded to the latter. 1 3. That the United States will occupy and hold the city, bay and harbor of Manila, ' pending the conclusion of ' a treaty of peace which shall determine the control; disposition and government of the Philippines. 4 That Cuba, Porto Rico and other Spanish islands in the West Indies shall be immediately evacuated and that the commissioners to be appointed within ten days; shall, within 30 days from the signing of the protocol, meet at Havana and San Juan, respectively, to arrange and execute the details of the evacua tion. 5. That - the United State and Spain will each appoint not more than ' five commissioners to negotiate and conclude treaty of peace. The commissioners are to meet at Paris not later than the 1st of October. e.-n the signing of 'the protocol hostilities will be suspended and notice to that effect will be given as soon as pos sible by each government to their com manders of its military and naval forces. As 'scon as the peace protocol was signed, the President sent for Secretary Long and General Corbin, and by his di rections orders to cease hostilities forth with were sent to Generals Miles, Merritt and Shafterf to Admirals1 Dewey and Sampson, and military commanders gen erally. The orders sent to General Merritt to suspend hostilities was as follows: "Adjutant General's Office, "Washington, D. C.Aug. 12, 1898. "Merritt, Manila: "The President directs that all military operations against the enemy be suspend ed. Peace negotiations are nearing com pletion, a protocol .having just been signed by representatives of the two countries. You will inform the command ers of the Spanish forces in the Philip pines of these instructions. ' Further or ders will follow. " Ackn6wledge receipt. "II. C. Cob bis, AdjL Gen The President has isiued the following proclamation: By the President of the United States of America: A Proclamation: Whereas, By a protocol, concluded and signed August 12, 1893, by William R Day, Secretary of State of the United States, and his Excellency, Jules Camb on. ambassador exttaordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the republic of France, at Washington, respectively reresenting for this purpose the government of the United States and the government of Spain, the United 8tates have formally agreed upon the terms on which negoti ations for the establishment of peace be tween the two countries shall be under taken, and, ; Whereas, It is in said protocol agreed that upon its conclusion and signature, hostilties between the two countries shall be suspended and that notice to that ef fect shall be given as soon as possible by each government to the commanders of its military and naval forces. Now, therefore, I, William McKinley, President of the United States, do, ia accordance with the stipulation of the protocol,' declare '. and proclaim on the part of the United tttates, a suspension of hostilities, and do hereby command that orders be immediately given through the proper channels to the commanders of the military and naval . force of the United States to abstain from all acts Incotsist tent with this proclamation. In witness -whereof, I" have hereunto set mv hand and caused the seal of the United States States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this 12th day; of Aagust, In the year of our Lord, 1898, and of the' Independence of the United States the 123rd. William McKihlkt. : By the President. ,.,,--- William R. Day, Bee: of State. A copy of the proclamation haa been cabled to our army ana navy ' command ers. . Spain will cable her commanders like instructions. The tefltknoniala In behalf hf Hood's Sarsaparilta are 'written by honest' peo- . . i a . i . . . . pie wno want you io Knowwnain naa aone ior mem. Best to take after dmer;l rT prevent distress, aid diges tion, cure constipation. mparts, oaly fry 0. 1; eo4 tv Leytu, tM m KJ JttEKa.VlU.E NEUROIZKD. Haw Ihe Iafameai Jab Waa 'Carried Oat A' Statement or. Faeta'by Ex-Goverasr Jarvla, Shawlas; Haw (Jreeavllle Was Sileaeed te Tara It Over to Negro Bale. . Wilmington Star. v f IUle.2a, Aug. 6, 18i)3. W-Ii. Bernard, Esq., Editor of The Morning Stan Dear'Sir In response to jour re quest for an , accouut of how the town of iJreenviUe wea turned over to the negroes by the Repubhcau- 'opah8t fusion .Legislature l sub mit the following statement of facts:. The county of Pitt lias a popula- 10Q of about 30,000 people and is one of the finest agricultural coun ties in the State. ' Greenville, its capital town, has a population of about 3,000 people, and is a growing, prosperous town. A majority of its voters are white men, and if the people were left to select their officers bv any fair or UBual metho44hey would be cer tain to choose competent white men. - The town,' however, is the home. of one of the leading Republicans of the State, and being under obliga tions to the negroes, he planned to have the town turne-Lover to them, and this is the way it was Mc: The fusion Legislature of 1895, adopting his plan, divided the town into four wards. The boundaries of these wards were so tnrued and zigzagged as to put it majority of negro voters in tbe hrst and third wards, and a majority of white voters in the sec ond and fourth wards. The first wards is shaped very much like a broad-axe, with a very long handle, and the third ward is like the letter V." The next step iu this devilish plan was to coufer upon each of the ds having a majority of negro voteas the right to elect two council men each, . and to restrict the white wards to one councilman each. At the town election in May, 1897, the negroes availed themselves of the power given them by the ltepub- icau f usion Legislature and took charge of the town. . They elected four negroes councilman, while the white men could elect but two. Thus we had a board composed of four negroes aud two white men. This board elected a while Republican mayor, a white chief of police, a negro assistant policeman for the day, a negro policeman for the night, and a negro clerk to the board. The taxable property of the town is near three-quarters of a million of dollars. The board of council- men levy tbe taxes and order the expenditures. It may be interesting to know how those who levied and spent the taxes ranked as tax-payers. One of the negro couucilmen paid 84 cents taxes on property, another 63 cents, and the other two nothing. The negro assistant policeman paid $5.75. The nine men who control the lown, levy its taxes aud spend the mouey paid all together $7.75, and leaving out tbe assistant negro day policeman, the other eight paid $2.20. Tbe revenues of the town for the year, from May, 1896, to May, 1898, was about $2,500, of which about $2,800 went to pay salaries feest of office or place-holders. 1 he white Republican mayor and the white Republican chief of police were both indicated at September term, 1897, of Pitt Superior Court for gambuug. They confessed their guilt in open court at the January term, 1898, and were re-elected to the same offices by the negro board of coancilmeu in May, 189S. The mayor has since resigned to enter the internal revenue service and a better man, a Populist, has been elected in his place, but the town is still in the control of the nogroes, as they again elected, four negro councilmen at the town election this year, and these negto couucilmen have in turn.elec tion the same number of nerro offi cials with one exception. mere are numerous instances in which towns nave oeen divided up into 'wards to keep the towns out of the. hands of the negroes, but this is the first instance of which I have any knowledge where white men de liberately divided up a town into wards for tbe puorrose af turning it oyer to the negroes. For one to prtperly appreciate the real condition of things in. dreen vine it is necessary tor him to go there aud for himself. But for the forbearance of the white people, trouble might have come long ago, They have fully determined to be patient and forbearing and to appeal as they are now doing, to their white brethren throughout the State to send men to tbe next Legislature who will undo this great wrong aud wipe out that infamous act, of 1895.' - Thos. J. Jarvis. . About one month ago my child, which is fifteen months old, had an attack of diarrhoea accornpained by vomiting. gave it such remedies as are usually given in such cases, but as nothing gave relief. we sent for a physician and it was under his care for a week. At this time the child had been sick for about ten days ana was having aoout twenty- fave opera Uons ot the bowels every twenty -four hours, and we were convinced that un leas It soon obtained relief it would not live. Chamberlain s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was recommended and I decided to try it. I soon noticed a change for the better: by its continued use a complete cure was brought sbout ana it ts now perfectly healthy. O. L Boggs, Stumptown. Gilmer Co, W. Va. for sale by. J.A. Ilardisoo. Rrlnrni la Ihe lloase or Ilia Father. Raleigh Post. Stephen A. Douglas, of Illinois, was a giant in his day. Of course all know that he was a Democrat until his death, though his sympathies were all on the side of the North during the war. His two sons, Judge Robert M. Douglas ot our Supreme court, and Stephen A., Jr., who figured in politics in this Slate sev eral years after the war, became Republi cans in their youth, and have remaineJ so ever since. But Stephen A., Jr., ha at last had the scales to fall from his eyes, and see ing the tendency of the Republican par ty, has thrown off the shackles which have bound him during a long and not inconspicuous life, and returns to the home of hU father, the home of his birth, the Democratic party. We will let the Chicago Record give the particulars: Stephen A. Douglas has left the Re publican party. He says that the Allan law was the straw that broke the camel's back, l esterday the veteran of many a contest for the party of Lincoln came in to the Democracy headquarters with his former enemy, Stephen D. May, took a chair and announced that he was at home there. Those who remembered his ac tivity in the Washburn campaign, his service as city Attorney under Republi can administration and his active parti sanship for years coull not understand his meaning. By way of explanation Mr. Douglas drew from his pocket a typewritten doc ument, which he said, contained his rea sons for reasons for changing parties late in life. The text of it follows: " 'For years I have been considered by Republicans as doctrinely untound.be cause I really believe that this should be a government of the people, by the peo ple and strictly for the people. This was the reason , without doubt, why I was not perm i ted by the machine to make a single speech in the State of Illinois during the campaign of 1S93, though this year, under date of July 2Sth, the Re publican State central committee honored me with a request to take the stump for them. "Of late years the tendency of the Re publican party has been to fasten this government under the control of trusts and monopolies. The tendency of the Democratic party has been to curtail the power of money and place the govern ment in the hands of the mass of the peo ple. I not only believe that this should be so, but I also 'firmly believe that the only thing that can prevent this country from being wealth -ridden on the one hand and mob-riiti'en on the other is that the government shall be in the hands of the plain people. 'All ray lite, my sympathies have been with the people (having been taught this by the two men I honor above all, my father and Mr. Lincoln), and today I be lieve my proper place is in the Demo cratic party, and there I shall abide. Mr. Douglas is right. Between But- lerism on one hand and Republicanism on the other, the great Democratic party must stand as an impregnable barrier a protection alike of the people and their government against "mob-spirit" of the one, and the over reaching oppression and plutocracy of the other. Ine Dem ocratic parcj is me great conserving iorce Rejraj asakes the te4 owe. POVDER Absolute! Puro DOCKERY THE KTR.4DDLKK. , the Doctor was r J do xr r Norsneat Waul a Carleou of the Champion loIgrr, Ottlce Hau ler Uerkrry. Raleigh Post. Dr. R. M. Norment, the independent Republican candidate for Congress in the Sixth district, was in the city yesterday. While here. the Doctor called at the Exec utive office and spent some time with tbe Goernor. When a Post reporter found Dr. Nor ment he was looking for Cartoonist Jen- nett. Where is that young man that draws pictures?" he asked: " I wait him to sketch me a cartoou of the old man. 'W,ho is the old man? asked. "Old man Dockery What kind of a picture want?" "1 want him with both legs sW out. One le on the Populist A ana me oiner on me KepuDiicai form. Then I get this cartoon I am go ing to issue an address. In this address I have two letters writteu by old man Dockery. One is a silver letter and one a gold letter. I am going to put them side by side." "But they say you are coming off." "Who says so? I am up to say, unless they offer to make me minister to Mexico or something better. I've got no idea of coming down." "How is your vote going to run?" "1 U lica the whtUe caboodle ot thv. Dockery is a traitor." -f "Is there going to be fusion in the CSV gressional districts?" "1 don't know. I see they are nominat ing Pops in all the districts. I think the districts will be allowed to take such ac tion as they please. Some of the Pop candidates are decoys." I'rolorol. Atlanta Journal. The Journal has received- from one of its subscribers an inquiry as to the meaning of the word protocol which is now used so frequently in the accounts of peace negotiations. Webster, defines protocol as follows: '(1) tbe original copy of any writ ing, as a deed, treaty, dispatch or hich must save the free institutions of other instrument. "(2) The minutes, this Western Republic. Shatter Waa Wheeler's Prisoner. Terre Haute, Ind., Dispatch. Major General Shaf ter was taken prisouer during the civil war by General "Joe" Wheeler and lodged in Libby Prison, thus presenting the strangest sight of the Confederate cavalry leader and captor serving at Santiago under the man he captured, Shaf ter was major of the Nineteenth Michigan m General John Uoburn a brigade, and in March, 1862, while or rough draught, of an instrument or transaction. (3) A preliminary document upon the basis of which . negotiations are carried on. A con vention not formally ratified. An- agreement of diplomatists iudicat- - ing the results reached by them at a particular stage of a negotia tion." The Standard Dictionary defines the word as follows: "(1) The pre liminary sketch or draft of a treaty, dispatch or other official document. (2) A diplomatic document, minute by and many taken prisoners was six weeks in prison. Shaf ter ui iaut:, auu 1 11 .uattu, iuu, nunc . j. - . , . ,i . or agreement containing the official on a foragtug expedition, the brigade , , , . f, ,. - ? i i wu i Z record, or embodying the results of was surrounded by Wheelers men '. .. ,J a negotiation; u ueciarauou or mem orandum of agreement less solemn or formal than a treaty; also a supple- montarv pIiisa nr i himlinn fr ft. r, iv r r . ra. i.i : j I J - - l J .1 - Millie BUCUU1UE 1113 UUlll HI uu- I . - . ies at Ellenwood. that state.was attacked scope or duration. by cholera morbus. He says: "By chance I I These definitions give an exact idea happened to get hold of a bottle at Cham- cf tne proces8 of reaching a settle- twirl qi n s I T.miif tin ora ami I lidrrnAaa s " . . Kemedy, and I think it was the means of saving my life. It relieved me at once." Dor sale by. J.A. llardison. ment between the United States and Spain. 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The Messenger and Intelligencer and Ansonian (Wadesboro, N.C.)
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