’■m.mywi ‘'S'K83fi S' 888SS8 b‘ *' £' 2 8 § SANFORD, - OLO NORTH CAROLINA. how Its Republldan Tendencies are :: Perverted to Democratic Use by ^Praud. » -j \ 'the ubroth£r-in-law" ballot-box, l-~"WHICH HAS SUCCEEDED TllE 8H0T GUN-*-HDW NORTH CAROLINA SECB »SD AOAIHgT JCHE FOPOLAR WIM, V ate STONE THAt HANGS TO • THE NICK OF A GREAT STATE. Cf«(e CNraxtot*. ’ - Dr. Eugene Grissom is a ' native North Carolinian. Ever since the •days when he played With a baby rattle in his infancy, up-to a space of lacking but a few years of sixtyt he has lived south of the Mason and Dixon line. A few months ago thcdoctor come to Denver to locate and, being a member of the thirty , third degree of Masonry, forth en im extensive acquaintance m ma sonic circles. Last evening a Re publican representative , was intro duced to Dr. Grissom 'in' tliS St. •James lobby. A few momenta con versation disclosed that, notwith standing the fact that the doctor had been bom and- always resided' ill the South, he was an enthusiastic Republican, and a man who figured extensively in the North Carolina legislature during the* war. He Was ft. member of that branch of the legislature known as the House of Commonsltkd was leader of the an ti-Jeff Davis wing. The tlistin ■jgiusbied Southerner wnsFborn hear Raleigh and subsequently teittoved to that city, where he lias resided ever since until a few yeats ago. THU CAfcSB OF DEPSS810W. “-'North Carolina is one of the old Original thirteen colonies*” said .the doctor Jast evening. It is p radical ily.ina state of commercial stagna tion, due largely to the' political prejudice that exists-ihere. - The de pression is certainly largely attri butable to the Conduct of the Dem ocrats there. If a Republican goes there with no political ambition ho is treated decently. The moment, however, he aspires to political favor, an antagonism to himself and business is at once de veloped. I do not want to .'wave the bloody shirt, ,but if you desire facts concerning the mode in which “Democrats carry on politics in North Carolina, I can give them to you because I have lived there all toy life and,atn posted. - rrevions to the war and for forty years, North Carolina was a Whig State and fol lowed Webster’s banner. If Was the only Southern Whig State. When Lincoln was elected to the presidency of the United States, there was immediately a feeling Stirred up in the State. When oth er Southern State' talked of Seces sion, North Carolina in June, deci ■ ded by a majority of 75,000 votes hot to secede. A little while later a convention Was suddenly (Sailed and before the people at large knew what was going on» the members of that convention declared that North Carolina would secede and follow the example of Virginia aud South Carolina. . ' ~ TgE ACT OF SECK8SI0S. “The result was a : surprise to the Unionists. With maay others I joined the Confederate army, «s it was our.only resource for personal Safety. I was appointed Captain of a company, and participated in the s^en days’ battle around Richmond, during which I was wounded. It was While lying wounded in the Rich mond hospital I heard of myelection to the House of Commons, then known as the lower branch of the North Carolina legislature. When tny wounds permitted, 1 returned to Raleigh and became tha leader of th$ anti-Davis faction in the legis lature. y ~ "The Demoerats of North Caroli na fio longer use the intimidation of knife and gun to carry their elec tions. They use another method - now, Wbat is known as the State electkpi law was adopted in 1888. At every electiou there are a num ber of ballot boxes, all labeled to designate ballots for local, county and (Jongressional candidates. At State and pmilentiiil elections, ev ery four years, the number of boxes are necessarily increased. , ' “The negroes as, a rule ' can riot read, and the law prescribing every man be permitted to cast bis own ballot in the proper box without in-, stnictiorjs, under penalty of fine.! The ignoraht classes, in which the xi^groes there largely' predominate, .w&lkuptothu boxes iu bewildered Way, and in nifist instances, ueutral . ize tlieir ballots by placing them in the wrong box, in which event, un der the obnoxious law, the vote is void, .w , it . “Another fine eXanlpl^of how the Democrats control the phunties is ■demonstrated in the fact that the .General ; Apembly,. (Democratic) names the magistrates of each coun ty, and these magistrates choose the county commissioners, frequently in counties that are Republican. This practically gives the: Demo crats control of the polls, the ap pointment of judges of eleetioii and Control of the counties throughout the State. No effort is made to eu» coilrage immigration to the State, and there has in reality been but little increase in population since the war." •_ .■ 1 1 ' IT IS REPUBLICAN. “Pur several years .after the re construction of the State it was Re publican, and if d fair count was jfireh. to-day it would lie a -Republi can State by a good majority. There are 800,000 whites and 050,000 ne groes in. the State at present. Very few negroes rote the Democratic ticket. In 1870 the Democracy gained the State by a series 'of out rages on political rights, pei petra ted by an order known as the Invin cible Etn|ires. The result of this political excitement was to intimi date the negroe,s by shotgun rule. Later the present mode of. Carrying elections was adopted and violence was discarded. Even now the vote is very close and if anywhere near a fair count was given the State would be permanently Republican, "The climate of North Carolina is variable, as the State extend esast and west, embracing as{ijt does vast variety of climate and territory. In the eastern portiou it is Warm and. moist. In this corn and. tobacco are raised. In tho western end the mountains are in some instances, 30,000 feet above sea level. In this district most of the small grain is raised, with sonm wheat, in abun dance. £1 woura advise all wide awake not to live in that Country, particularly Republicans, as it is nut a healthy placefor them and- they would not be treated with kindly consideration.” J The Missouri Campaign. National Democrat. „ [ Representative Mills, of Texas, has returned to Washington after his splendid series of meetings in Missouri. , He says the complaint made in 1898 that fte farmers could not he aroused to the oppres sions of the tariff law cannot justly bemadeubw. Those of Missouri, at least, are alive to their interests, atid the vote this fall will show how Correctly they have appraised and how cordially they condemn the in iquities of the McKinley bill. The educational campaign out there has been most successfully inaugurated, and if the fruits in the other States afe what they promise to be in Mis souri the next house will show a Democratic majority ofthe healthiest proportions. I predict that the next House will contain but one instead of four Missouri Republicans.' The force bill is almost universally con demned. I heard of no sentiment in its favor anywhere, even among Republicans. . Missouri, it is true, would not be much injured' by the' pussoge of the bill as her sister states •to the south, but since she trades with them and in that way is hound up with them, whatever injured them would injure her also.^ This is true, too, of every State ia tlie I Uniou. You cuonot injure one' . without in-* mea»ure4ujunttg all, - STATE ALLIANCE, it Declares for an Increase ci One Fourth for Public School*-It Re DeClaros for a Railroad Commission. The following is some of' the busi ness transacted by the State Alliance at Asheville; , AJf ikorbasb for Publio schools. The following resolutions were adopted: W-hereas, The subject of free MMibsmfed tfeut^n^ili.iSrfor males and females is a ■ matter of para mount importance to the material and institutional life of a State, and one that especially claims the im mediate attention of the industrial classes, the Farmers’ Alliance of. North Carolina in session assembled therefore, Resolve 1. That we favor and recommend the increase of our pres ent public school tax by at least 25 per, cent, Resolsvh 2. Thut we.favor and recommend that ample appropriation : and provisions be made by the State for the training and higher educa tion o. females. IAkBAILBOAD-COMlilSSIOK. ResolVe,' That we demand of the next Legislatufe a railroad commis sion law with full power to the coin* missioners to regulate passenger and freight rates on a fair, just, aud re a" sonable basis.- - > ; v' ... J£A UOUBJL.MU TOK FMUUKKSSIVK FAiiilKR* A resolution unanimously eudors iug the Progressive Farmer as the Alliance organ was adopted. ' STANDING BY TUB DEMANDS. The following resolution vras adopted unanimously: _ Besolt*, By the Nortli Carolina Farmers’ State Alliance, that we earnestly urge all members of our Older to stand by »{/© OOi-• : «... ~r . In the Superior Court last week the ease of Kirkpatrick and Hart vs. Mrs, David Holmes, was doeided in favor of the plaintiffs. The jury composed of six Confederate soldiers and eleven of the jury belonged to different churchesr The ease was giv en to this jury late one afternoon,and after the jury 1 ad retired to make up thfir. verdict, the jury kuelt down and one of the number led in prayer and prayed' God to direct them in making up their verdict. The jury voted first (5 to 8 and then changed IS 11 to l in favor of plain tiffs, and in this way the jury hung all night. Next morning the jury all agreed, the one going over to the eleven, and went into court and gave in a verdict that took away front Mrs Holmes a home and alt her land. It seems hard, if it is . right, and whiskey caused it all. How long, Ok! how long! shall tile poor unfortunate in this country bo nude to suffer on account of the vile stuff ? Will relief never comer1 ~7 ~ ‘ .IX”* ~' . -“v- , ‘ gg^g-l.'lU-l.. 1.1 • "I I ■ i ii •the KILLING OF D. A. DAVIS. Some Fads in Conncdion With His Safi and Undeserved Death— It Was a Love Affair. fitMis Chronicle, Oft June the 20th .Hiq Chronicle announced that Prof. D. A.' Davis of this State had been killed in Grove ton, Texas, by Judge John B. Tur ner. Davis was. a native of Yadkin '“ounty were his parents ho# live He graduated at Wake - Forest Col lege in 188ft with high ; honors, and taught school at Auburn, in Wake county for some time, i In March of this year he went to Groveton, Texas, to take charge of a school there, and his. tragic death occurred at that place. 1 7 When Davis was killed it was dif ficult—in fact impossible to get at Gig particulars, but they are. now coming to /■„^ v v It seems that .soon after Davis went to Texas he met and fell very much in love with tbd beautiful sixteen-year-old daughter of Judge’ John B. Turner, and^ifter an ac quaintance of five weeks they were engaged to be married. Davis went td Judge Turner ft) ask him for his daughter^ in mar riage. ; The Judge took this pro ceeding as a gross insult, and told Davis that sooner than see him mar ry, bis daughter, he would bury her &c., &c. ■) - '' Davis left the Judge, went to his room and wrote a letter to Miss Turner, telling what her father had said and reciting how lie had acted. He closed his letter by asking her to return his ring and release him from the engagement. She imme diately wrote to him asking and pleading with him to elope with her. He consented to do this provided she would get her father to retract what he had said. But this the Judge would not do, and he further more ordered young Davis - to leave the town. Whenlithb young girl learned that her father wou Id u ot relent, and that in consequence Davis would; not marry her, she procured a pis tol and one evtniug when in her room, she killed herself. The fatal shot she tired was heard by her father, and going to. her room and finding what had' boon done, lie picked up the pisti 1 - and hastened to Davis’ room where he found him packing his trunk, and shot him down. These are the .facts in the sad story So far as they can be. gathered. The trial of Turner for the mur der yf Davis will begin the first Monday in September. The people of Grovetonhave raised $250 to pros ecute Turner, and it is said that Davis’ Yadkin county friends will contribute a fund for the. prosecu tion. Hon. It. B. Glenn, of Win ston, will lie one of the prosecuting attorneys. - ’" • - ' It appears that Davis has been n ujustly accused of too great 'inti macy with the young girl.. A post mortem ’examination of the girl’s body showed that she was guilty, bitt of this Davis could have known nothing? The guilt, according to the opinion of physicians, must have occurred some time before Davis made her acquaintance. The Responsibility of Railroad Em ployes. * Bouton Journal. % i . - ' The strike upon the New Ydrk Central Will serve a good purpose if it directs attention to., the need of legislation deflniug and regulating the responsibility of railroad ser vants to the public. Tlys is a point at which society has left its interests strangely unguarded. That corpor ations art responsible to the State and National Government and open to the regulation of even minute details of their business by legisla tion is a principle which has been recognized in the establishment of State railroad commissions, in the pF&sege and enforcement of the Inter-State Commerce law, and in miineious statutes regulating .rates and other ’ conditions of business. Bt|t, in spite: of the Pefiiiiiy'y.iiiii strikes. and -.riot# of a 'bebn year. agb"tbe disasf'crnns stii!;;-* trfi *1h South »■ eaten) roads h f.*V tfeiifs latei anil other minor exhibitions of reck less ' (feregurda of the rights and safe ty of the traveling public oil the pari of railroad employes,' nothing lias yet been done toward emphasizing the accountability under which al] railfoad employes are, or should be, to the public. There has been nc better definition of the principle which should govern in this matter and no clearer expression of the ex igency than is contained in the report of the New York State Board on Meditation and Arbitration for the year 1887-. These remarks are so timely that we quote them at some icngtn. j. “The legislature exhausts oily half its power and performs only half its duty when, in making ap propriate regulations for the protec tion of property carried upon rail roads, it stops with their application to the corporations and their officers. * * * The. operations of a railroad from engineers down to trackmen are in the practical relations of their services to persons and property transported, far more - important as factors than officers of the corpor" ation, and should be held to due responsibility. * * * A railroad is a quasi public highway of the State, Subject as much to regulation by the State for the public benefit and for the protection of the'lives of people who travel and for the tranit of the property carried on it as if the State owned and operated it it self. -When a mini takes service upon a railroad, whether as an agent of the corporation or any operative Upon the line, becomes a qiasi-puh; lie officer, and lienee subject to such regulation by law in the discharge of all his duties and the tipie and manner of his abandonment.^ them aa are appropriate to protect the lives of persons and the transit of property carried upon the road. No dispute between these quasi public officers about the price of .la bor or any kindred thing should be permitted to jeopardize the lives or interrupt the transportation of prop erty of citizens to whom the use of the railroad daily has become a mat ter qf necessity. * * * Possibly it may be wise to await the occasion hSforo baking action. But it is to be remembered that the...Legislature is in session only five months in the year, etc.” " Every word of this is true, yet nothing whatever came of the re commendations. They attracted no attention when made, and ' wefe al lowed to drop into oblivion, whence they have been extracted now be cause one of the New York papers perceived how applicable they are to the conduct of the New York Central strikes. Perhaps they will again be forgotten when the present emergency passes,.hot it is certain that until they are embodied in ef fective legislation the public will bo liable at any time, to have its rights withdrawn, and its safety Imperiled in order that striking employes may use the distress of the com infinity .85 a weapon for extorting compliance with their demands from their em ployers. State Taxes on. Fertilizers Unconpti r ' tutional. Ihu hani Glube, . . , Judges Bond .and Seymour of the federal court, have filed their opin ion in the case ofjtlie American Fer tilizer Company against the State of North Carolina. Their decision is to the effect thut-the statute im posing a.tax on fertilizers in uncon stitutional, .being repugnant.to that section of the United States consti tution which provides that Congress alone, shall regulate commerce be tween the states. The State wjll ap peal from this decision. The taxes forth1* year have been collected And the Agricultural College will not be affected. The next legislature willv in all probability* change the law,' and'impose tounagu tax on fertili. —— "1 — Ilit Opposition W> Vance. • \Ve publish on the first page of ' this paper a temperate article front the Charlotte Chronicle, setting forth that there is a widespread movement inside of the Alliance the object of which is the defeat of Senator Vance. We are not in a position to deny or affirm, but the Chronicle is quite right, with the information it liaa in sounding the alarm. There are self-seekers, in the Alliance, some of them very near its head, Who ars working it for what it is worth. Some of these doubtless have de signs on Senator Vance’s seat; bn* we cannot be persuaded that they ' have the. backing of their organiza tion in this projeet. Senator Vance’s St^ngth in the Bftite is ami always has been with the body of the people rather than with the politicians. He is stronger in i the Alliance, we undertake to say, than any of the politicons who be* lw»g to it- ’ Left to a vote of the Allianceinen of the State, he woald b« re-elected overwhelmingly f the managing men in it could *©t prevent this result any more than ■§ tliey will be able to prevent his re* election by the Legislatulre next ■ winter. But we take leave to! re mark to Our friends in the Alliance, ; (and God knows we wish them well) that the engineers of this projeet, these fellows who are trying their level beat to get up a war between them aud their eld friends, in order that they may . profit thereby, will run the organisation on th .•• - - Q. How many tiogs? ' i A. One. - ' - Q. How piuch meat? y A-Five hundred pounds.: Q. How many chickens?' . A. Two hundred. Q. How many children? A.' One famil/of seventeen, with1 five pair of twins, and another fif. teen, and two pair of twins. 1 Q. How much money on hand? " A. Nary d—cent of money, sad there lsii t a cent of lior pound of meat, nor a pint of meal, nor a gill of milk to the average head in the family in my township. Now, the man who answered these questions is one of the clever est men in the State, but he wanted to test the “cleverness" of the enw» monitor. -W Av He ie noted for fine stock raising having cows that will give five to ten gallons per day, yieldig three pounds of butter per dayj has one cow that mattes fifteen ounces of butter from one gallon of milk. Ju his language he saysi “f swear ev ery wmd of this is so," He is a line mathematician, and a man of high sense of honor, strict httegrii. tyT imti of . undoubted yerucity. t 1 *i6 enumerator did not question £ any further, and closed hi* book with ainpaiwst «iri»Acn«K,.<>