SANFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER
to PATRidflC ALLIANCEMEN.
Defending the'Alllance against Pollti
cal Tricksters.
?o My Alliance Brethren 6/ North'
“* s.' Carolina: ■ ■■ __ V-' r»;. -
- /Lenoir, N. C., Nov. 24thjl800.~^
I -was among the first; to join the
Alliance in Caldwell Do. Before I
joined, I was assured- that nothing
wa$secret except tbeaigns and pass
words, which were necessary to pro
tect ns from imposters.
When I was initiated, I was sol
-emnly -assured that there was noth
ing to “conflict with my political or
religions views.!’ • -
As 1 ar as interference was con
cerned, my religion and my politics
were placed on the same plane, one
was as sacred as the other. il
I read the Constitution of the or
der, and found no hint in it, that
it waspver to be made a political
machine. On the contrary its la
bors were to be “In a strictly non
partisan, Spirit.” - A
i ilt is a benevolent Protective As
sociation to assist each other in
trouble. “And- to secure entire
, harmony and good will among all
I mankind, and brotherly love among
• nnrsplvpaV>‘*: . j- ' :
-ourselves.” ,
These, are the great objects of the
oi der, and no one can deny thut
they are praise-worthy, i; .-:r- :
But onr constitution has, boen
violated, and pur . principles tram
pled upon, and as - a consequence
what do we see? - - - - - i -
Instead of brotherly ■ love among
ourselves, there1 is a discord; instead
-of-seeuringentire-harmenyand-geod:
wilt with our -neighbors and other
.classes, the seeds of suspicion jeal-,
otisy, aiideven hatred are sown;1
political tests are set up and every
■one in or out or tue order compelled
to submit to them on pain of polity
iciil destruction and if any one - re-^
fuses to bow down to those idols,
no matter what his ability, expe
rience .and faithful devotion to the
best interests of the farmer, and alt
; classes, he is denounced as unwor
thy of confidence; office seekers
'seeing how the order is being used
[as a political machine give up, for
the time, their legitimate callings
and force themselves in contrary to
ttho letter and spirit of the consti
tution; the freedom of the preSs is
threatened if it presumes to eriti
Icise those in the authority-threaten
ed with the boycott, a copy of the
odious “hau of the empire” used by
despots iu the dark ages.
F Freedom of thought and freedom
of speech are threatened with the
; jienalty of being “kicked out of the
i order.” .
And in addition to all this, there
is evidence, amounting almost to a
certainty, that an effort is being,
made through the Alliance to in
duce orcompel the members—elect
to the Legislature, to violate their
| solemn pledges to the conventions.
| that nominated them, and- thus
trample on their honor, and betray
tlje people, both in and out of the
order, who elected them.
This is the condition that con
fronts us. And now what will the
conservative members of the Alli
ance do? Shall we call a halt and
demand a return to the constitution
and accession of this constant in
terference without'political convic
|lions? ’ Or shall we remain silent
| and see pur order drift to dpstruo
Itioh?) - ■’. ' .
I This will be the -inevitable result
if we do-not pome-together and ea
ter a determined protest. Good men
who are out will not join us, and
all classes will band, against us. But
what can we do?
(For one I propose to stand by
the constitution of dur order, ia$
offer this suggestion to my conser
vative ’brethren throughout the
State, and appeal to them to come
together and let themselves be heard
[ and felt. ''
Let us in oor sub-Alliauces, when
they meet in December, and in our
county Alliances, when they meet
- in January, Resolve that we will
not permit any interference, from
any quarter with our political rights
and convictions, aud we advise and
.counsel.. tjie members elect to the
legislature to stand upon their con
stitutional rights and upon their
honor, andi to. keep sacred the pledg
es' made to the conventions that
| nominated them, and to the people
who elected then* And we further
more condemn the “boycot” in every
form. . ”
■When you have passed some such
resolutions forward them to your
Representatives and Senators in the
legislature, and haver them publish*
ed in your Alliance and State pa*
pers.
I would advise every Allianceman
^whether a delegate or not, to attend
the county alliance and if it de
clines to adopt such /resolutions, let
them •immediately/organize -as - a
Democratic meeting and pass the
resolutions as Democratic Alliance*,
men.' 4/"/
I believe this course is £0r the
good of onr order.
I know it is in harmony with'the
spirit of our fundamental insti
tutes, which guarantee a free speech
and a free press, and with onr stat
ute law, which forbids'secret polit
ical societies as hostile to the geni
us of iliberty.
I I invite suggestions from ray con
servative countrymen, aud ask the.
State papers to publish this appeal,
’/t.-I'i/irs/lB. L. Beall.'
We approve of the above resolu
tions, and ask onr. conservative
brethren to unite with us and adopt
them. - B. M. Tuttle,
H.'Tjr. Pkessebll,
/l-'* P. A. WAnuciK. i
/ Jr R. StkbiIe,;
//-/if/-"H. S. Blair,
'. •’ . . J. S. Deal, -
C. A. Presssrll,
A. G. Hartley.
Some Interesting Facts About the
Slate Pensioners and the Amount
Due Each. * ‘ •
State Chronicle, 28th utt.
State Auditor Sanderlin is busily
ingaged in his annual State pension
work just now. The warrants for
pensions will be sent out about De
cember 1st, 1890.
■ Some points of the new pension
law are not familiar to the public,
and since the Warrants are. soon to
be issued.all over tile State, some
fates relative to the law may prove
interesting. ' ■
The State pensions are divided in
to four classes whoare to receive
pensions according'to the degree of
risibility- .under the following
grade; ■■
1st. To such as have received a
wound which renders them totally
incompetent to perform manual la
bor, one hundred dollars.
2nd. To such as have lost a leg
above the knee or an arm above the
elbow, seventy-five dollars.
■ 8rd. To such as have lost a foot
or leg below the knee, or hand
or
arm below the elbow, or have a leg
to arm rendered utterly useless by
reason of a wound or permanent in
jury, fifty dollars, - - i
4tb. To such as have lost oue eye,
and to all indigent widows remain
ing unmarried, and all other 'sol
diers who are otherwise disabled to
perform manual labor by reason of
wounds received while in the Con
federate., Service, twenty-five dol
lars.
In case the amount appropriated
by the General Assembly in any^
year for the purpose of paying the
above allowances be insufficient to
pay-the above ,^n full, then the
same shall be apportioned' pro rata
among the foregoing grades, ob
serving the gradation, so as to give
the greater proportionate amount of
aid to those more seriously disabled,
as in this case set forth.
The Auditor’s books show that
including all grades, there are 8,950
applicants who have been adjudged
entitled to pensions under the law,
of the following grades and num
bers!'
40 of the first class.. . .9100each,
i 220“ “ seoond “• 75 “
| 33(1“; “ third :6Q. ^
3300 “ “ fourth “ .25 -
| To pay all these pensioners the
full aiiiouutprescibed by the grade
seetibu would require $121,000, _ .: ;
The pension fund is derived from
the following section of the new
pension law: _ ' .
That a tax of three cents on eve
ry one huudred dollars value of real
and and. personal property " of
this State, and moneys’, credits,
investments in bonds, joint stock
companies or otherwise, and also a
tax of nine cents on each' taxable
poll or male between the ages of
twenty-one and fifty years, except
the poor_and infirm whom the coun
ty commissioners may declare and
accord as subjects for exemption,
shall be and are hereby levied to be
applied to the special object of pay
ing the pensions provided for in this
act and to no other purpose.
This tax yields a total revenue for
this year j>f about $80,000, and
since the amount :s insufficient to
pay the pensions prescribed in full;
it must be apportioned pro rata'
among the pensioners, observing
the gradations so as to give the
greater proportionate amount -to
those more seriously disabled; and
under this rule the following is the
apportionment for each pensioner:
40 of the first class... ,$71.00 each
2201 “second11 63.25 “
330“ “third “ .... 35.50 “
8360 “ “ fourth “ .,.«-■ 17.75 “ *
The pension warrants will there
fore be sent out this year according
!to the apportionment of this table.
4 large number of the fourth
class are widows of Confederate
soldiers, aDd this is the only class
in which they can come. r
A Tar-Heel {aril's Tragedy.
Ortensboro Record, i ^
Friday's Daily Record bad tbe fol
lowing item which we copy froth
tbe Durham Globe-. '
- A Dorliniu girl has "just plaj^d a
rough joke on a confiding young
man who trusted his honor and
happiness in her hands. Miss .Liz
zie McMurray, formerly of this
place, but now of Roanoke, Va.,
was woood and won'by Mr. * Lank
ford, of that city, and had promised
to give him her hand and unite their
fortunes on the 3rd of December.
Imagine the surprise and conster
nation of the expectant groom when
he learned that on Tuesday last she
had run away with a rival,'and was
then Mrs. Thacker and lost to “him
forever. • ' '
The name' of the young lady
seemed familiar; but . little did we
think it was the'beautiful Miss Lizzie
MgMurray, formerly of Payetteyille,
whowas well known in this place,
where She has frequently been, visi
iting relatives. But so it s was, and
We have learned more of-the partic
ulars of the romantic love affair.
T?he cards had boen sent out for
the marriage with Mr. Lankford,
and the old folks were not only will
ing but" delighted with Miss Lizzie’s
choice'of a life partner. But “there’s
many a slip between the cup - and
the lip,” and young Thacker J had
met' Miss Liz-ie ‘ and won her
heart.'
Thus far it is well for the lovers;
bat Miss Lizzie's parents did .not
fa cy the new prospective' son-in
law, and forbade him the house, and
began a close watch ’on the move
ments of the daughter. But, the
sprightly lady was not to be thwart
ed, neither was Mr. Thacker. Tues
day was the day appointed for the
elopement and Miss luzzie told her
parents she was going over to see a
friend in another part of the town.
The parents told her that was all
right and they would go with her.
Miss Lizzie went in, and the old
folks, knowing there was no escape
by the rear,'quietly sat down on the
porch to await the termination of
the visit. Miss Lizzie saw a close
carriage on the neighboring back
street, and knew her lover was
awaiting her appearance for the
promised ride'to.the nearest parson,.
Something'in'ust be done and that
quickly, and as no brave woman ev
er sits down to scheme or cry; but
acts promptly—seemingly by intui
tion—Miss Lizzie soon blacked her
face with a burnt cork, borrowed
the wrap, apron and bonnet of the
colored cook-—took the market bas
ket and watked briskly, bat nnsus
pectedly by her watching parents
in the portch—met her lover and
the.two wete soon driven to a pas
tor’s, where “the twain were made
one.”
After the old folks had tired of
waiting for Lizzie, they called for
her to accompany them home—but,
alas, Lizzie McMurray was \ no
more. She was Lizzie McMurruy
Thacker.
A MOORE COUNTY WOMAN WHO
; LOVES HER COUNTY;
Her Head and Heart are in Education.
JErpress Correspondence. v" ^
Johnson’s Milts, N. C.,
Nov. 29th, 1890.
We begin to anticipate the
Christmas festivities, which they
say are numerous hereabout. Cu
pid is as jubilant as the^ Democratic
party, and his crop resembles that
of the’Pitt county farmers in mag
nitude. I think Mercury must be
helping him gather it in, for last
week a beautiful wedding bell hung
over a happy pair in St. John’s
church, and its snowy chrysanthe
mums will scarcely be withered be
fore another bell must hang its flor
al beauty over anothervf>air. . They
say the little fellow issowing a sec
ond crop;.but this may go to waste
before another harvest, _
Tbe TeacKeft! Association of this
countv met in the new school build*
ing at Grifton three weeks ago.
There were few teachers present.
The organization is similar to the
one attempted in Moore two years
ago. The next regular meeting
will be held in Centreville, Dec. IS},
when an interesting session is ex
pected. : __
An entertainment will be given
at Cerityeville academy on Tuesday
evening, Dec. 16, for the benefit of
the Thompson Orphanage (Episco
pal) at P hart ott«. 'The ExPhxae is
invited to attend.
Letters from Moore are full of
praise of Prof. Alderman and*|the
recent Institute. I should be glad
if we could have such men as Profs.
Alderman and Mclver to convass
the good old county thoroughly ' in
the interest of education. The ed
ucational movement is generally
confined to the towns; and the men
itnd women , who /‘darned in the
blue-back spellin’ hook,” and are
willing to send their' children two
months in mid-winter, when they
are not wanted on the farms, to a
school-house which no amount of
heating can make comfortable—
these do not hear the march of
progress, and sleep on. Every reas
onable effort should be made to
reach this class. If the poor and
ignorant are once convinced of the
practical utility of mental training
they will strive to secure for their
children the blessing which fortune
has denied them, and we shall have
schools supported well Where we
now have cabins full of suffering
little oues.
I am glad to see from Wednes
day’s Express that the poor chil
dren of the public schools of Moore
are to have restored to them this
year part of the funds of which
they were robbed last year. ' The
money ought to be returned with
compound interest, for no one can
compute the damage of thatone
lost year.
I read with much interest the. ad
dress of. Prof. Winstqu published
last week in the Express. It seems
to me that this eloquent appeal in
behalf of the University ought to
meet a vigorous and enthusiastic
response from the friends of the in
stitution. It is a shame that this
noble institution should not receive
from the State and her alumni such
support as would enable her to bold
her rightful fdaee “at the head of
our educational system." Shall our
Alma Mater be Starved or crippled
while all the colleges are becoming
stronger every day, extending their
usefulness and striving to eclipse
her?
. Will not the noble sons of Moore„
whose Macs have won so many of
her prises, raise the .
“Bah! Rail! White and blue!
Hoop-la, hbop-la. N.0.U?” .
which shall help to eadow first the
Chair of History, and after that the
University itself, so that her doors
may be practically open to the
poorest sons and daughters of toil?
■Who will be first on the honorable
roll of the Alumni Association 6f
Moore? - - •— - “
- . ... : _ N. M.S. •
[This letter arrived too late for
Inst week, but it is good this week.—
En.]
iiSsS®
-.yjv
.L^Su'Sr
COL. POLK RE-ELECTED
President of the National Farmers’s
Alliance and Laborers* Union.
ALL THE STATES SECOND HIS NOMINA
TION—AND HIS ELECTION IS WTl.Ti
Lt UNANIMOUS—THE COLORED AL- j
LTANCE CONDEMNS ONE ACTION OF
4 THEItt WHITE BRETHREN ON THE
V ; FORCE BILL—BUT THE WHITE AL
, LIANOE IB' UNALTERABLY OPPOSED
■4JIP ,TBUT; MEASURE! ~
Raleigh Chronicle,
Ocala, Pla. Dec. 5—Col. L. L.
Polk was to-day re-elected President
of the National Farmers’s Alliance
and'Laborers' Union. He Was nom
inated bj^Kansas, The nomination
was seconded by everyState in which
the Alliance is organized, and ' the
election fias* wholly unanimous
amid the wildest applause.
! THE FOBCE BILL CONDEMNED.
Ocala, Fla., Dec. 5.—At the
meeting of the National Colored
Alliancemen last night, a resolution
was offered condemning the action
of the white Alliancemen in pass
ing a resolution on- Wednesday in
opposition to the Federal election
bill, because such Ration has no re
ference whatever to the aims and
purposes of the organization, and
was calculated to check the growth
of the Alliance.
The resolution will in all proba
bility be passed to-day.
. A resolution was introduced by
Delegate Patillo, of North Carolina,
concerning the Conger lard bill,
which recites the injustice and op
position of the measures now before
Congress:——
After a long preamble the resolu
tion closes as follows:
SAVORING THE PITRE FOOD.
“Therefore favoring the doctrine
of equal rights for all and special
privileges for none, and being op
posed to the abuse and proclama
tion of the taxing power of the
government, and the enactment of
class legislation by whieh one indus
try is fostered and built up at the ex
pense of another, we protest against
the passageof the Conger lard bill,
while in the • interest of public
healthand morals, and to secure
pure food and pure drugs we favor
and pray for the passage of the Pal
dock pure food bill.”
The resolution was unanimously
adopted.
The Colored Alliance speakers
claim that there are 75,000 negroes
employed in the production of cot
ton seed'oil, and that if the Conger
bill passed, it would deprive them of
their wages.
Owing to the diffiult v in securing
information from the National Al
liance, the position of President
Hall, of the Missouri Alliance, on
the election bill resolution was
misstated in Wednesday’s press re
port. The Alliance press committee
requests the publication of the fol
lowing:
UNALTERABLE OPPOSITION TO THE
FORCE BILL.
“Mr. II. S., Hall, president of the
State Alliance of Missouri, made a
strong speech in favor of the reso
lution condemning the Lodge bill.
After the resolution was duly car
ried and without a single person ex
pressing himself personally opposed
to it, Mr. Hall moved to reconsider
the resolution, which-' motion be
ing seconded, be then moved to table
the motion to reconsider,, and this
last motion being carried, the reso
lution was carried, : never to be re
considered,end,the order was thus
unalterably committed against the
bill.” ,
ADVOCATING A REDUCTION OR THE
“ PRESIDENT’S SALARY.
Ocalta, FLA./Dec. 5,1890.—The
feature which consumed most of the
forenoon session of, the Alliance
convention was a resolution by^Col.
Livington of Georgia, to endorse the
St. Louis platform. After much
disc ission and one amendment to the
platform, the resolution.passed un
aimnously. Chairman Macuno of the
executive committee next made his
report. In it he advocated econo
my and the reduction of the Presi-.
den f'issal ary nn d the renu iv.il of the.
President’s residence from ' Wash
ington. Macmie spoke" against a
third party movement. He suggest-,,
ed that a convention'!*} called for
February, 1892 to consider the mat
ter.
not to open.The wop.ld’s fair on
SUNDAYS.
■ A resolution has been jmsed re
questing the worlds fair comniis
sionerstnot ft op.r fu? inir m,
Sundays. . Powderly arrived this
afternoon and will deliver an ad
dress to-morrow.
GALL FOR A THIRD NATIONAL PARTY.
Ocalla, Fla,, Dec. 5.—A call
signed by- Gen. Rice and Joh n Da
vis, of Kansas, and about seventy
five other members of the Alliance,
has been issued for a national., con
ference to meet at Cincinnati on
the 3rd of next Februry. The call
invites delegates from the Farm
ers’ ** Alliance, the Citizens’' Al
liance, the Farmers’ Benefit Associ
tioa, the Knights of Labor and all
other industrial organizations that
support the principles of the St.
Louis agreement, to meet for the
purpose of forming a; “National
Union Party” upon the fundament
al idaas of finance, transportation,
labor and land, in. furtherance of
the work already begun by these or.
ganizations, preparatory to a united
Struggle in the political conflict
now opening to decide which in the
country is the sovereign, “the citi
zen or the dollar.”
THE COLOBED MOVEMENT.
In order to show the significance
of the colored Farmers’ Alliance, I,
give an interview with President
Humphreys. He is a white 'mail, a
Texas Baptist preacher, who spent
some years in missionary work
among the negroes. When their
Alliance began to assume pro
portions, they asked him to take
charge of the nation organization,
both because of his ability nod
because of their confidence
in him as a friend, of the race.
He is-an elderly man of large frame
and portly person, with plain speech
and a free blunt manner.
“When I commenced this work,”
said he, “there was violent opposi
tion in all the Southern States.” •
“What'were your politics before
you began ?”
“I had mighty little politics about
me. I used to be a Democrat, but
the Democratic party got so bad
that I quit voting. l'h'ad no poli
tics, and never will have, unless
some third party comes tip. I vot
ed a few Republican tickets, but
might few.”
“the negroes, were in the people's
movement Trom the beginning.
They withdrew from the Repub
lican party because of the lack of
justice in its treatment of their race.
They complain that they have not
had a share in the offices, and they
claim that-the general legislation of
congress has been against the inter
est of the farmers. This is their
principal complaint.”
“Do they complain that the Re
publican, party has not protected
them in the franchise?” , i
“I have njever. heard that com
plaint, and they would make it to
me if they made it to their fathers,
I don’t believe it was ever the privi
lege of an old man to enjoy the con
fidence of the American people as I
do theirs. I believe that. In one
of our Alliances a brother said that
had the Lodge bill been offered
twenty years ago, it would have
been a blessing to the country, but
it has come too late. What he
meant by ^homing too late’ was as
he .explained—that the time hod
come when the white and colored
laborers would vote together in a
common party, neighbor, and not
against each other, and that the col
ored people would have the same1
protection at the ballot-box that the
white citizens had. In fact, he said
there is no need of tbp Force bill
now. He was a Republican and
there, are others—W. A. Patillo, of j
North Carolina, one of the leading j
colored men of the United States,
and Luronne, of Louisiana, of the
same diameter, who will tell you
the same thing.” ■ . ■
“What is the membership Of vonr
order?* . J
“Wo hayio how 1,000,000, of
whonr 150,000 are adult males. Our
statistics show that seven-eights' of
the negroes of the South are en
gaged in agriculture. We are or
ganized in thirty States. Sixteen
are represented here pow, and wo
look for several more. The bulk of
our membership is in the South At
lantic and Gulf States, distributed
as follows: 100,000 in Alabama,
.84,000 in Gergia, 90,000 in Sooth
Carolina, 90,000 in Missippi, 90,000
in Texas, 20,000 in Arkansas, 60*
000 in Louisiana, 60,000 in Virgin
ia, 20,000 in Kentucky, 60,000 in
Tennessee, 55,000 in North Caioli
•uid the rest scattered."
As To the Lobby.
Durham Globe.
Private advices from Raleigh state
tliat {lie Richmond and Danville
will resume its old tricks this winter
and ihat the legislation which, it a<
may want will be forthcoming if '
tho usual methods of obtaining it
will work. The people not only of
North Carolina, but of the common
country, know the despicable and
damnable methods' resorted to by
rich and powerful corporations to
shape legislation favorable to them.
Just what part the Richmond and
Danville has played the Globe does
not profess to know, but it does
know that the talk is common that—
this giant railway controls the State .
of North Carolina.
It is of course against the interest
of the stock holders of the Rich
mond and Danville to have a rail
way commission in this State.
Railway commissions with no pow- 'i
er are unless and extravagant. The ■
mode of dealing with railway com
panies in past years is not what the
people demand these times. That !
rates are too high in North Carolina
any honest man will admit.
The legislature will be called up- '
on to pass a law that will give the
producers and consumers a half
chance at least. Under existing
tariffs the railway companies take ..."
the lions’ share. * ’ ..
To secure the desired end it is
probable that a corrupt and cor
rupting lobby will be stationed at
Raleigh during the legislative ses
sion. The duty of this lobby will
be to get members in its clutches.
If not one way, then another. The
pernicious and baneful influence of
the lobby has been felt over all the ?
country. The Massachusetts legis
lature, in its beverly investigations*
two .and four years ago, showed to
What depths the corporations will go
to secure what belongs to the pep- T
pie, while the scandals which have
been brought to light in the central
portions of the country are shock
ing and frightfuL i. ,
ihe legislature of North Carolina
should pass the law as advocated by
the Buncombe county people con
cernjng a railway commission. The -
bill should be introduced, and
those who vote against regulating s
the railways by law should be spot
ted forever wben places of trust and
honor are being given. The man
who will vote to favor corporations,
and against the intere«t& of the peo
ple, generally votes because be baa
been bribed. This is the plain
word for it, and this winter bribe
givers and bribe-takers should be
watched with care.
The Alabama senatorial deadlock
was broken at 11:30 o’clock last
Friday, by the nomination and re- >;
election of Senator James L. Pugh, *•
in joint legislative session. The
contest was the longest and most
determined in the history' of the
State politics. ■ Pugh’s nomination
was secured by the withdrawal of
Watts and Kolb, the friends of
these candidates uniting almost to a
man on Pugh. Tba ty-ouo ballots
were taken in all, the last standing
Pugh, 91; Seay, 81. -