VOL 9 NO. 16.
asheville; n. c, Saturday mosning;, april 5, 1902
PRICE 5 CENTS
SPECIAL
Prices
on
- SPRING OF 1902.
Genuine Starke's Dixie Plows, Boy, $1.50; No. 10, $1.85; No.
11, $3.35. . .
Hampton Plows. Painted and Polished, Boy, $i.75; No. 1, $2.00.
Farmers' Friend. Hillside, No. 1, $3.00; 2, $4.00; Shifting
Clevis, 35c. extra. 1 1
Syracuse Chilled Plows, Latest Improved, No Better Made.
Level Land, Wood Beam, Light Two Horse, $6.00; Medium Two
Horse, $7.50. ' ' '
Level Land, Steam Beam, Light Two Horse, $7.50; Medium Two
Horse, $8.50. . 1 - - '
Hill Side, Latest Improved, No. 36 Light Two Horse, $5.50; No.
126, Medium Two Horse, $7.00. I
Champio Cut Out Disc Harrows Complete, $17.50.
Morgan Spading Harrows Complete, $20.00. Thomas Solid Disc
Harrows, 8 and 10 Discs.
Hancock Disc Plows, A Revolution in "Plows. , -
Write for Catalogue. " ,
T. S. MORRISON
ASHEVILLE
YOU AN SEE
A BIG SHOW
Of FURNITURE by Visiting
J. L Smathers and Son's
BIG STORE, 45 PATTON AVENUE. ' "
You are always welcome,
showing you our line of goods.
cooking stove to the finest parlor
We do a great deal of work
Asheville: some of them outside
Make up a bundle of your soiled
we will " return it promptly,
fastidious
NOTICE
j. A. NICHOLS, Proprietor.
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and we will take pleasure in
We have anything from a
suit, and at prices to suit you.
for people outside the city of
the State of North Carolina.
linen and express to us and
hundred to suit the most
"If We Have It, It is the BEST."
Grass and Clover Seed
Of every kind, and of the best all guaranteed to be
Vfresh and the best money can ,buy. Our price i a money
saving one. , . ' ; ' :
GARDEN TOOLS
' And all kinds of farm tools. Garden Hoes, 20, 25 -and
50 cents, Rakes, 20 to 85 cents. Goose Neck
50 centsf Spades, 75 cents to $1.00. 3-Tine
centsl G-Tine Pitchfork, $1.00,.
Harrows and Plows Before
QUALIFICATIONS
FOR SUFFRAGE
IN NORTH CAROLINA,
COMPILED AND
CONDENSED.
To Vote in the Coming Elec
tion One Must Possess the
Necessary Qualifications Set
Forth in This Article.
Every elector in this State who
will be permitted to vote at the
next general election, to be held
on the Tuesday next after the first
Monday in November, 1902. being
the 4th day of the month, must,
under the new State constitution
and laws, possess the following
qualifications :
He must be a native born citi
zen; or being of . foreign birth,
must have been duly naturalized.
He must be twenty-one years
old.
He must have lived in this State
two years next preceding the elec
tion. - He mufct have lived in the coun
ty six months next preceding the
election.
He must have lived in the vot
ing . precinct tour months next
preceding the election.
... But if he has moved from one
precinct to" another, in the same
county, he has a right to vote in
the precinct whence he moved at
any election held within four
months.
He must not stand convicted of
any crime punishable by confine
ment in the State penitentiary
under the laws of this ' State.
But if he has been so convicted
he may be restored by the proper
court. -
If he was twenty-one years old
on the first day of June, 1901,
then he must have paid, on or be
fore the first day of May, 1901, his
poll-tax for. the year 1901. This
requirement does not compell the
payment of property tax, .or of
poll-taxes due for years prior to
1901. I
His tax receipt must show the
payment of his poll-tax, and if he
should lose; his recoipt he will be
furnished a du plica! e thereof by
the Sheriff or Tax Collector. But
in the absence of any receipt he
may vote upon swearing to the
payment of his poll-tax.
If he was fifty years old on the
first day of June, 1901, he is ex
empt from the payment of poll
tax. If he was not twenty-one years
old on the first day of June, 1901,
and has attained to that age since,
he is exempt from the payment
of poll-tax this year.
The board of County Com
missioners may release him from
the payment of poll-tax on ac
count of poverty or infirmity, in
which case they will give him a
certificate of release which will
entitle him to vote without a poll
tax receipt.
He must be able to' read and
write any section of the State
Constitution in the English
language.
But if he voted in any State of
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this Union prior to the first day
of January, 867, or is the son or
grandson of ,& person who voted
prior to that time he. is exempt
from the requirement of being
able to read and write.
Colored citizens, with few ex
ceptions, did not vote prior to
1867, therefore they must be able
to read and write any section of
the Constitution in the English
lauguage. i
Every elector must' be duly
registered in the precinct in which
he votes, and the registration
books in. each precinct will be
open for that purpose for. twenty
days preceeding the second Satur
day before the election for . that
purpose.
If any person comes of age after
the close of the registration books
but on or before election day, he
will be permitted vto register and
vote on the day of election.
A cross mark on your paper
indicates that your subscription
has expired, and we politely re
quest you to pay all arrearages
and renew at once.
Subscribers wishing their ad
dress changed must give their
old address as well as new.
PATRICK MARRIED
IN TOOMBS PRISON
To Mrs. Addie Francis, His
Boarding House Keeper.
New York, March 31. Albert
T. Patrick, who was convicted on
Wednesday of the murder of
William M. Eice and Mrs. Addie
Francis, with whom Patrick
boarded up to the time of his
arrest, were married in the Toombs
yesterday. The marriage was
made by contract, in accordance
with a law passed by "the legisla
ture of this state in 1900, provid
ing for the legalization of contract
marriages entered into before ijwq
witnesses. The law directs that
such contract must be filed within
six months after its execution in
the office of the clerk of the town
or city in which the marriage took
place.
The legal witnesses to the cer
emony were Patrick's father and
his sister, Miss Emma
Patrick.
Others present were Patrick's
ittle daughter and Samuel B.
Thomas, an attorney, who was
called in as Mrs. Francis' legal
adviser.
Samuel B. Thomas, attorney for
Mrs. Francis, made the following
statement: .' -
"As counsel of Mrs. Francis, I
advised her that the contract mar
riage was absolutely valid and
binding. Mrs. Francis had been
engaged to Mr. Patrick since 1898.
It was their intention to be mar
ried on the day of Patrick's ac
quittal, but after the verdict was
against him, the plan could not
be carried out. They were mar
ried, properly and legally, and as
his wife, Mrs. Addie Francis Pat;
rick can visit him when he is con
fined in the death house, which
would have been denied . her
otherwise."
THE POLL TAX FEATURE
Senator Pritchard Speaks of
the Injustice of the
Measure.
Senator Pritchard, a few days
ago, gave voice to his sentiments
in regard to the feature of the
constitutional amendment that is
destined to work the greatest hard
ship to the poor voters of North
Carolina in the folllwing words:
"The poll tax feature is an un
just one, and ought never to : have
been incorporated as a part of our
constitution. It will result in de
priving many of the best citizens
of the State of the right to vote in
the approaching election. I am
satisfied that between thirty and
forty thousand white voters will
be unable to pay their poll tax by
the first day of May. If a later
date had been fixedsay the first
day of October it would have en
abled thousands of poor people to
qualify themselves to exercise the
elective franchise. In my opinion
the first day of May was fixed for
the purpose of excluding from
participation in the management
and control of our public affairs
this unfortunate class of people,
many of whom are barely - able to
support their families, and are hot
able to pay their poll tax as
promptly as their neighbors who
possess more of this world's goods.'
A BATTLE WITH
THE HATFI ELDS
RESULT IN THE KILLING
OF TWO OF THAT
NOTED FAMILY.
Ephraim Had Been Arrested
When the- Elder Hatfield
Opened Fire--The Hatfields
; and Two Officers Slain,
WilKamstown, W. Va., March
29. Sensational reports were re
ceived here about.another fight
with the Hatfields, in which four
were killed, among' them being
Harry Watts, proprietor of the
Palace hotel here. John Ruther-
ford, a detective, had a warrant
for the arrest of Ephraim Hat
field, who is wanted in South Car
olina. He finally located Hatfield
in Pike county, Ky. Watts went
with Rutherford, and they found
Ephraim at the home of his fath
er, Thompson Hatfield, on.Blaek
berry Creek. Rutherfojd and
Watts broke in the door and se
cured Ephraim, when th a father
opened fire. Both offic ?rs and
both Hatfields were killsd. The
wife and little childrenwitnessed
the tragedy.
The Hatfields were relatives of
"Cap" Hatfield, of feud fame,
Rutherford was a brother of the
two Rutherfords killed at the elec
tion in 1896 by "Cap" Hatfield.
Watts was well known throughout
the southern part of the state. He
was wealthy and popular. It is
said he could have saved himself
had he not quit firing for a mo
ment when one of the Hatfield
children was within his range.
The excitement among the feud
ists is (as great as at the time of
the burning of the McCoys, at the
stake by the Hatfields years ago,
and more trouble is expected.
THE FLOOD IN
TENNESSEE.
Damage to the Amount of
132,000 in the Town
of Han i man.
Harriman, Tenn., March 29.
The rapid rise in the Emory river
caused a disastrous flood here.
jTo - night the water in the Emory
river has receded, to 25 "feet and
here is no more danger. No
lives were lost, but there were
many narrow escapes. The prop
erty losses, so far as estimated are
as follows: Ice Company, $3,000:
Emory Milling Company, $4,000;
tannery, $2,500; Harriman &
Northeastern . Railroad! $15,000;
Flanders Manufacturing Company,
$20,000; cotton mill, $10,000; W.
C. Shaw, $4,000;" Hoe and Tool
Company, $10,000; Plow and
Handle Company, $5,000; rolling
mill, $5,000; brick works, $1,000;
Vestal Lumber Company, $20,000;
Cincinnati Southern Railway, $5,
000; J. H. Wattsj $2,000; water
works, $4,000; ! Emory river bridge,
$2,000; total- $132,000. Four
bridges are washed out on the
Cincinnati Southern and two on
the Harriman & Northeastern.
J. WILEY WRITES ON
A RECENT EPISODE
Begged Postage Stamps to
Help Their Fight.
The traitorous conduct of the
postmaster at Madison in making
exposure of Mr. Pope's . business
in traveling through the State has
given the Democratic press a good
opportunity for airing themselves
They bag this work of Mr. Pope
with as mtich ghoulish glee as
though their party had never been
guilty of collecting or using funds
in campaigns. They seem to for
get that in the last campaign they
made in this state, without any re
spect whatever for the will of the
people, that they begged for even
postage stamps with which to help
on with their fight. Only two
years ago in many places their
merchants and other employers of
their faith levied assessments for
campaign purposes on their clerks
and operatives, and forced collec
tions whether willingly or unwil
lingly paid.
In one county of the state all
school teachers .were forced to
contribute to. them whether of
their faith or not, upon penalty of
being discharged if they failed to
come up to the demands of the
county boss.
AH this is perfectly legitimate
and righteous,1 when done by their
party, but when a republican asks
a contribution from an officehold
er of his party who has transferred
himself, perhaps, from, an eight
dollar field hand into a lucrative
office by reason of party success
which probably, had never before
cost him twenty-five cents, and
that office holder shows his sides
by exposirig his party as this fel
low has .done, then hades is played,
and according to them a great
wrong has been done. "
For all interested I wish to say,
no appologies will be forthcoming
for. Mr. Pope's conduct. It has
been correct and legitimate. No
law or principle has been violated,
and the democratic press may take
unto its soul all the unction it may
be able to get out of what criti
cism if may choose to offer. It is
hoped, however, that there will
in the future not be such galling
ignorance of its purpose shown as
was exhibited in the Citizen last
Saturday, when it was charged
that the funds were being raised
to pay the poll tax of negroes who
failed to pay for themselves. If
the Citizen had the same f aitlr in
the negro vote that will be per
mitted in the next election that
the writer has it would not .for a
moment think of considering him
a factor in the result of the elec
tion. The negroes who will be
able to pass before the registrars
will be scarce as hen's teeth.
J. WILEY SHOOK
TO BUTTERBUR BREAD.
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What Denmark, With Sever
Climate and Poor; Soil,
Is Doing. !
Denmark, almost one-third the
the size of North Carolina, with
sterile soil and fever climate, ex
ports to England alone $30,000,
000 worth of butter every year;
North Carolina, with its rich soil
and genial climate, buys butter.
But Denmark - has universal ed
ucation; public high schools for
the sons and daughters of farmers
are found at aj rate which would
put two or more in every county
in North Carolina, while industrial
and technical schools, public
libraries and farmers' clubs are
liberally supported and attended.
Denmark knows on which side
her bread is buttered and how to
butter it. JVe have not yet learn
ed the lesson,! but we will, sooner
or later. N. C. Journal of Ed-,
ucation.
Senator Pritchard.
Senator Jeter C. Pritchard,
elected as the ! best representative
of the better element of the re
publican party of this State, has
proven himself a broad-minded
and cultured gentleman. He
realized that as a senator tf the
United States he was an officer of
the nation, and he has risen to the
full stature of a" national states
man, and reflects credit upon the
Commonwealth that sent him
forth. He has retained the im
pression that he is the represent
ative not of a; political party, but
of the people of North Carolina.
He has done i all that could be
done for the State, and has re
sisted all infringements upon her
rights. He . has demonstrated
that a great man rises above parti
san meanness and takes to his
heart the interests of all his x peo-,
pie. It now remains for the peo
ple of North Carolina to show her
self no smaller of soul than the
man who represents her in the
councils? of the nation, and clos
ing her ears jto the clamor of politi
cians for reward for services, re
elect the man who is greater than
such peanut politics. Southern
Pines1 Bulletin.
VALUE RECEIEED
Something many a clothingcustomer of ours has recognized in his suit, seeing that
it! fits and wears excellently and that the color also wears well--seeing in short that
he has practically gotten all his good tailor could furnish, and at about half the price.
I . Lately we have sold many choice things ranging from $i0 to $20 the suit;
and of. course so marked in plain figures, notwithstanding the enormous reductions
from real value (?) advertised by several competitors. j
This perennial sacrifice of dealers while waning, dies hard. We quote from ,
a New Tork City advertisement of about three days ago, in clothing : '.'Worth
$10, for $3.95 worth $12, for $6,95 worth $16, for $8.45," with many
"similar,1 but these will illustrate. How in f?ie world can we sell for $16 a suit worth
just $16 and many hundreds of them when our customer could write New York
and have, his suit here in three days, saving just $7.55. Lately wejhearfl of a well
known piano (also advertised by a N. Y. dealer) "worth $450, our price $65" cer
tainly a generous concession though not more than is offered in the newspapers
by sundry dealers in sundry lines nearer home than New York. j.
H. REDWOOD & CO.
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A TERRIFIC
MINE EXPLOSION
TEN BODIES, FRIGHT
FULLY MANGLED,
TAKEN OUT.
Gad and Goal Dust Become
Ignited in the Nelson Coal
Mine in Dayton, Tenn--12
More Bodies in Mine.
Chattanooga, March 31.
Twenty-two men were killed by an
explosion this afternoon in the
Nelson coal mine at Dayton, Tenn.
The mine is owned by the Dayton
Coal & Iron company. Ten bodies
have been recovered. Twelve
more are known to be in the mine.
. In making a blast gas was ig
nited and it in turn ignited the
coal dust A ferriffic explosion
ensued. "Flames shot into the air
four hundred feet, and fatally
burned severai persons, who were
near the entrance to the mine. A
number of -miners were severely
injured. 1
The mine is known as the most
dangerous in the state and has a
record of a number of fatal ex
plosions. The victims of today's
explosion are I whites At the
time of the explosion there were
seventy-five men in the mine but
the most of them, were some dis
tance from the center of the ex
plosion and therefore did not get
its full force. Immediately after
the. explosion a rescuing party
brought out ten bodies. They
were frightfully mangled. They
were found about a mile from the
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entrance. , '
THE PRESIDENT'S ,
CHARLESTON TRIP.
Programme of His Itinerary
and Entertainment.
Charleston, S. C, March 29.
President Roosevelt has decided
to visit the exposition at Charles
ton on Wednesday, April 9. ' He
will leave Washington on Monday
afternoon, April 7, reach Charles
ton Tuesday morning, April 8,
spend the day in visiting the site
of the navy yard, the forts in the
harbor and the jetties. Tuesday
night he will be entertained at
dinner by the city of Charleston.
While the dinner to the President
is in progress, Mrs. Roosevelt will
give a reception to the ladies of
the woman's department of the
exposition and their invited guests.
On Wednesday, April 9, the
President will be escorted to the
exposition grounds by a great
military procession in which the
soldiers - of Charleston j and the
visiting soldiers from North Caro
lina and the other Southern States
will take part. - I
On arriving at the exposition
grounds the President will be
formallywelcomed to the . city of
Charleston by Mayor Smyth, and
to the exposition by President
Wagnerl After the speaking cer
emonies,, which will take place in
the auditorium on the exposition
groundsi the President and his
party will . be conducted to the
woman's building on the grounds,
where they will be entertained at
luncheon by the woman's depart
ment. After visiting the several
principal buildings and viewing
the exposition, the President and
party will be taken to Summer
ville and entertained at dinner at
the Pine Forest Inn by Captain
Wagner, the president of the Ex
position Company, On Thursday
moi ning, April 10, the President
and his party will be taken to the
tea farm and 'afterwards to the
beautiful magnolia gardens on the
Ashley. Upon returning to Sum
merville in the afternoon he and
his party will be entertained at
luncheon by Captain Wagner at
the Pine Forest Inn and Thurs
day evening will leave Summer
ville for "Washington arriving at
the national capital early Friday
morning. !
It is expected that there will be
a great demonstration in honor of
the President and from reports
that haye been received, ; the day
will be the most brilliant of the
entire exposition period.!
MISS HELEN STONE -IN
LONDON
She Cannot Understand Why
People make so Much of
aTo-Do Over Her.
London, March 29Miss Ellen
M. Stone, the American mission
ary, arrived in London today. She
said to a representative of the As
socioted Press: .' , j
"I am very tired, but I am glad
to be here. I cannot reiterate too
often my thanks to my many
friends on the other sideV I shall
be delighted to get home once
more." ."'''
"Throughout my captivity I felt
the hand of God guiding and pro- '
tecting me. Why people are so
anxious to see me and hear what I
have got to say puzzles me. If I
had done something ' myself, I
could understand it, but 'I was
only:an unwilling agent in the in
cident which I hope and pray,
will eventually benefit the work of
the Gospel in Bulgaria and Tur
key" ; m j
Brain Leaks.
The man who tries to drown his
troubles in a jug will find the jug
swimming on the surface.
The ingenious slanderer first
fulsomely praises his victim, and
then makes his foul j onset with
the disjunctive "but !" j '
It is a question whether we suf
fer the more from the unrighteous
or from the over-righteous.
The man who belittles his moth- .
er-in-law shows what a worthless
son-in-law some womart has.
Apologies and humiliation nev
er follow modesty and considerar
tion. -
Sometimes it is better to criti
cise harshly than to praise pro
fusely. ' j '
It is better to be a king among
hogs than to be a hog among
kings. '.
The truly educated man never
has to exhibit his diploma or name
his alma mater. j I
It is more manly to forgive than
to retaliate. j i
A Warning.
The fact that a clear majority of
the Republican members of the
House of Representatives are de
cided opponents to sacrificing our.
domestic sugar and tobacco inter
ests for the benefit either of the
Sugar Trust or a foreign nation
should)e a warning to Republican
leaders as to what they may expect
should the scheme succeed.
Weak-kneed Congressmen may be
won over byExecutive pressure.
The masses of the .people connot
be thus, won over and they cannot
be fooled." If they arer betrayed,
they will remember who .betrayed
them.-San Francisco Chronicle.
If you are going West write F.
D. Blackman, Traveling Passenger
Agent Choctow Route, No. 12 W.
9th Street, Chattanooga, Tenn.
The only route from Memphis
to Indian Territory. Texas and
Oklahoma without change of cars,
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