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EDENTON, N. C, THURSDA JANUARY 25, 1900. I
VOL. V.
NO. 33.
bar on.
Oh, never from tby tempted heart
Let thine integrity depart!
'. When Disappointment fills thy cup,
Undaunted, nobly drink It up;
Truth witi prevail, and Justice show
fHer tardy honors, sure though slow.
iBear on! Our life is not a dream,
Though often, each its mazes seem;
."We were not born for lives of ease,
Ourselves alone to aid and please. ,
To each a daily task is glveo,
U. labor which shall fit for Heaven;
(When Duty calls let love grow warm;
'Amid the sunshine and the storm,
(With Faith life's trials boldly breast,
And come a conqueror to thy Tast.
Bear on.
St. Anthony's Monthly.
7f
Tfc Penniless Millionaire,!
BY CAPTAIN MUSGROVE DAVIS.
(Charles O. S'r.spard.) 3$
CAN'T do it; 110,
sir. I'm very sorry,
but it is . against
orders."
"But this is an
exceptional case."
'"Oh, yes; they
are all 'exception
al,' these cases, but
jnst the same, I
have been left in
the lurch so often
that I positively
decline to repeat the experiment."
"But I will leave you my watch and
rings, and I assure you that I tell
nothing but the truth." "
"I'm not disputing your word, sir;
but I am forbidden to take such
things, and I say again, it can't be
done. I have my instructions, and I
shall be obliged to put you in the
eteerage. You say you have $16.
"Well, give me that." The money was
handed over.
"Boy, show this man to the steer
age steward."
Such was the conversation I over
heard between Purser and passenger
aboard an Atlantic greyhound on our
first day out from New York. Natur
ally I glanced a second time at the
hapless passenger as without another
word he turned and walked with dig
nity past mfe toward the steerage. It
was evident he had no intention of
appealing to the Captain; nor would
that recourse have been likely to avail
him, for every year matters of this
kind are left more and more to the
Purser, his superior officer being "suf
ficiently occupied with the navigation
of the ship and the government of the
The Parser and I were old friends
and traveling companions; indeed, I
was at that moment on my way to his
familiar little paneled and portrait
lined room for a bit of a visit. There
fore I felt free to ask him. what the
low"" was." '?t8'wmlife&f'--
"Oh, the same old game of .no
money; came on board at the last mo
ment in response to a cable; will pay
when he gets ashore, and so forth.
Not much! Been sold too often."
"But, Kenshaw,-that man's face in
spires me with great confidence. He.
looks like a gentleman, and he- bore
himself like a thoroughbred. Didn't
you notice it?"
"Yes, yes; but that's the dodge. I
know 'em. Don't you waste good sym
pathy on that fellow. The more gen
tlemanly looking, the greater rascals,
generally."
"Well," I said, "tell me his name,
anyway."
t "Oh, certainly; King."
At length I rose and went on deck.
It was a glorious afternoon. The ship
was bowling along at the rate of twenty
knots an hour, a fine breeze was blow
ing, and the salt air acted like cham
pagne upon my nerves and spirits.
Passing forward and over the bridge,
I reached the forecastle deck. I was
really looking for King, but with no
definite plan regarding him. Sure
enough, there he was, .seated on au
anchor-stock and staring ahead into
space. Stepping to his side, I said:
"Do vou feel at home here, Mr.
King?""-
The man turned, exclaiming with
wide-open eyes: "Good Heavens! Do
you know me?"
"No, I 'answered; "but somehow I
want to."
"Well," was the reply, "you seem
to know my name, at all events.- May
I ask you to explain yourself? Are
you in the steerage, too?"
"No," said I; "and if you won't
think me impertinent, I want to kpow
wny you are.
King looked at me for a few seconds
with a strange expression, and then
answered: "I'll swear I'm not here
for amusement. Have you an object
in asking, or are you simply gratifying
idle curiosity?"
ivir. xving, Eaia j., "x may oe a
fool, and you may be an adventurer,
but I don t believe so. I came out of
sincere interest. I heard your brief
but pointed conversation with the Pur
ser, and I can't get you off my mind
That there is something peculiar in
your position is evident; that there is
a good explanation, I believe. To
show my good faith I give you my
card. Tell me what's wrong."
Immediately his glance fell to the
deck. He remained thus for half a
minute or more, and when he raised
his great, brown, honest, manly eyes
to mine there was just a suspicion of
moisture in them, although his only
remark was: "Well, I'll be hanged
if I understand this sort of kindness."
Then, after a few moments' hesita
tion: "Captain Davis, I am in a false
position. I am abundantly able to
travel in the cabin; but, no matter
what I have somewhere else, I haven't
anything here. I won't even tell you
who I am, for you would not know but
that I was lying. I don't blame the
Purser, for I presume I should do just
as he did if our' positions were re
versed. I have nothing to ask, for I
can stand these seven days. I have
roaghed it pretty well in different
parts of yie world, and my present ac
commodations, I must confess, are
(-palatial compared -with some I have
had. The real hardship is to be sus
pected of sailing under false colors.
However, as I say, I can stand these
few days. Why, during the war a
Major-General would have been de
lighted with such quarters."
"Were you in the army, then?" I
queried.
"Yes; were you?"
"I was."
"What regiment?"
"Fifteenth New York."
"Great Scott! Why, I was in the
Twenty-third myself; Did you know
Colonel Barney?"
"I should say I did!"
"Well, well; sit right down. I'll
tell you all I know. We've sojnething
to go upon. The Fifteenth! Thedence
you say. How is old Colonel Ban
snm?" By the time I had satisfied his in
terest in the old Colonel and others of
the" regiment, King seemed to feel that
he could talk to me without reserve.
"I am," said he, "a partner in dia
mond mines at the Cape of Good Hope,
whither I drifted after the war. Yes
terday afternoon at half-past three, in
the Astor House restaurant, a messen
ger handed me a delayed cable mes
sage telling of a shipment of rough
diamonds which I must meet at Hat
ton Garden, London, without fail, on
the twelfth. The steamer was to sail
at four; I was alone; the banks were
closed, and my hotel was half an hour
away. By the time I had made up
my mind what to do and had tele
graphed an order to have my traps
sent on by next steamer it was twenty
minutes to four. I took a cab and
reached the pier just five minutes be
fore the plank was hauled in, and here
I am. I have, or had, nineteen dol- j
lars. I told the Parser sixteen be- j
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f V. ! nrr,r.A n nr. n-Y. 1 1 .1 loof I
me across.
"Now, my friend, I ask nothing. I
have only told an old comrade the
truth, strange as that truth may seem.
If nothing worse than this ever hap- j
pens to me I sha'n't suffer; only, it is I
not vrv amusing , ,
It happened that I had a cabin to
myself. I went to the Parser and paid
the extra sum which would enable me
to share it with King.
.u.ou0uvv o ,
T tin aha twt t a .
sured me that I was an idiot, but I ! lo wllu P1' n . rlD
didn't believe him. I was convinced ! Trench around the hill at the bottom
through and through of the man'a ; to carry off all water. About the first
honesty. It was with considerable J. December throw on two inches of
difficulty, though, that I finally iu. dut and close the hole at the top.
duced him to become my guest for the
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Turaxci ' . m
I found my cabin-mate a
most
agreeable companion, and was truly !
sorry to part with him at Liverpool. ;
There i bought hi3 railway ticket to j
London and bade him good-by. All .
he said to me wa3: - - ;
I shall not be profuse in thanks '
now. 1 do thank you, however, ana
you may possibly hear from me."
X i-lid liAnn Y v r r-.- hirrt I I ovHI W had !
I arrived at my destination when a
draft came for the full amount of my
advance, and with it a note contain
ing an urgent invitatioirto.dine at -the
Vojagers Club in London on a certain
evening, and asking particularly that
I call at No. 9 Hatton Garden during
the afternoon of the appointed day.
When, accordingly, the cab put me
down at the designated number, I
found myself confronted by a heavy
iron grating, behind which stood a
man, armed and in uniform. I named
my friend of the diamond mines.
"You are right, sir," was the re
assuring answer; "but will you kindly
give me your card?"
A boy hurried away with it, and I
heard door after door clank behind
him as in a prison. Presently he re
turned, accompanied by Mr. King,
who, on seeing me, exclaimed:
"I wanted to make sure it was you.
Come in."
The iron door creaked on its hinges,
and we passed on through a succession
of similar barriers until we reached a
snug but prisonlike office. Here I
saw strewn on a table one or two
quarts of rough, black-looking
pebbles, and I was informed that I
was looking on the very shipment of
rongh diamonds which had been the
cause of King's sudden sailing.
Then from the safe were brought
for my inspection diamonds, cut and
uncut, Jin quantities that I should
hardly have imagined to exist outside
of King Solomon's mines.
We dined at the 'Voyagers royally.
King nearly killed me with kindness
before he would let me go, and one
of the purest diamonds I have ever
seen now sparkles on my wife's finger
as his parting acknowledgment of an
unexpected service. Saturday Even
ing Post.
Resigned the Vlce-Prenidonry. '
It would probably puzzle most peo
ple to tell how a president or vice
president could resign. After writing
his resignation; what shall he do with
it? This law, which was passed by
Congress in 1792, lays down the mo
dus operandi: "The only evidence of
a refusal to accept, or of a resignation
of the office of president or vice-president,
shall be an instrument in writ
ing declaring the same and subscribed
by the person refusing to accept or
resigning, as the case may be, and de
livered into the office of the Secretary
of State." Vice-President John C.
Calhoun resigned on December 28,
1P32, 'and his resignation is now on
file at Washington in the Department
of the Seoretary of Stale. Boston
Transcript.
Thousands Killed by Wild Animals.
More than twenty-five thousand per
sons were killed by wild animals and
snakes in India in 1898. Nearly a
thousand, deaths are ascribed to tigers
and a large number to man-eating
wolves. Lord Curzon has directed
that special measures be taken to ex
terminate these particular pests
Excellent Roosting Arrangement.
Where a small flock of Leghorn is
kept, it is important to provide a very
warm roosting place for them if win
ter eggs are to be looked for The
A BARREL BOOST.
cut shows a simple way to make such
a warm -roosting pface. The barrels
jdiut up close together in use, and the
fowls enter and leave by the opening
that is shown. The barrels ean be
removed as warm weather approaches,
and the-usual roosts substituted.
Hilling Sweet Potatoes.
The rotting of sweet potatoes in the
hill during the winter months is a
common cause of complaint, especially
during a season of continued wet,
freezing weather. The trouble'is more
often caused by neglect or improper
hilling, thai from any other source.
Sweet potatoes properly banked will
never rot under any ciroumstances,
but will keep sound and in good shape
until the following spring. Potatoes,
in the first place, should never be
gathered until fully ripe, or until
after a killing frost has wilted the
vines. They should be harvested on
a dry day, with the sun shining, if
possible. Potatoes put in the bank
should be dry and free from all cuts
and bruises. Bank the seed potatoes
to themselves, using the smallest
tubers for that purpose. In prepar-
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bank raise the bed for the
potatoes six or eight inches, put down
a thick layer of straw or shucks and
carefully pile on the potatoes in sugar
cane shape, about thirty bushels to
the-hill.- Next, cover the potatoes
w"u yer 01 cornsuuifs or straw,
and over, that place a layer of boards,
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creating tne pints, leaving an open
ing about six inches round at the top.
Over the boards throw a thin layer of
dirt one inch in thickness, and .cover
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this way. Atlanta Journal.
way.
Weeds and Waste Places.
Weeds take possession of waste
places. The best way to fight weeds
is to occupy the waste places before
them, by putting in some crop that
will require all the ground. The
writer has frequently noticed in our
larger villages lawns that have been
prepared for seeding left barren for
i the greater part of the season. One
' man fixed his lawn in August and
j left it unseeded till the following
spring. He said some one had told
i " him that spring was the time to put in
i the seed and he was following that
i advice. But in the meantime the
I various weeds in his locality had
I ripened their seeds and sown them
I broadcast. The next spring, after
j the grass soed was sown, a rank vege-
tation appeared on the lawn referred
i to, but it proved to be mosUy weeds.
J The owner then went to work to dig
' out the weeds one by one, and ex
i pressed himself astonished that weeds
snouia so soon taie possession 01 a
new lawn.
When ground is prepared for a
lawn it should be sown at once, or, at
least, the period of barrenness should
not overlap the time when all kinds of
weeds are shedding their seeds. If
the lawn .have a good growth of grass
there is little chance for. the weed
seeds to get hold, and if they do, they
will generally be stifled by the grass.
What is. true of the lawn is true of
the farm generally. Weeds take pos
session of waste places, and in most
eases make way for the advent of grass
and sod. The thrifty farmer does not
I worry much over weeds, foi he knows
that they can be vanquished by .well
cultivated crops or grass. Farm,
Field and Fireside.
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Air Space For Live Stock.
During the last few years there has
been a great deal of discussion, in
both this country and in England, as
to the relative amount of air space that
should be allowed to each animal in
the stable. Across the water the con
tention has been lor spaces per animal
varying from 450 to 1000 cubic feet.
Some of the English professors de
clare that 1000 cubic feet is by far too
much, as the stables would have to be
of enormous size to give each animal
the amouut indicated. To an Ameri
can farmer this does not seem much of
a problem in itself. Even 1000 cubic
feet means' only a cube ten feet in each
dimension. As many of our barns are
built, each animal gets far more than
that amount.
Take, for instance, the ordinary
American farmer that keeps two or
three horses and half a dozen cows.
.His wholo barn is practically at the
service of his animals, so far as their
breathing is concerned. The animals
have not only the whole space from
the feeding floor to the roof of the
barn, but during much of the winter
they have the space made by the disap
Tnoi.4rr Wl, nn ho .1
in'the mow; The American hay mowH
itself is an immense affair and the air
.
space it equals would seem to banish
all necessity of considering that par
ticular phase of housing tne stock.
But whatever the air space, we need
better ventilation. Many of our barns
are ventilated on the principle that
warm air is necessarily foul and will
rise to the top of the barn and escape,
through a ventilator. That is a mis
take. It is true that the warm air will
rise and escape through the ventilator,
but it does- not take the carmniccid
gas with it. That is heavy ifcit is
taken out at ell has to be suked out
by a ventilator running dowii cloe to
the ff oor. 'The warm air thafe risen has
been heated by the bodies .g thej ani
mals and not by their breath and that
is the air that we do not waii't to es
cape. -
ThoroURlibred Fowl. - 4
"Where is the value of .horc ugh
bred poultry?" said a fafmerhe jbher
day. "I do ' hot see wh common
poultry sells at eight centsffa pjju'nd
and thoroughbred at from $2 tc $5 a
head. " Now, why. thproBghre4s
should be worth more than-the "com
mon stock found With mny aDf our
farmers is easily explained.. Mfeny a
farmer to-day as keeping frcaSf fifty to
100 fowls of the old cominonvarietiea
or mongrels ; 'inbred- and ilbrekl for
years. He does, not take the interest
in them that the man woulL wb'o has
used his hard cash, time, and trains
to. produce pitre, profitable, tp. or wgh
bred stock; in fact, he' takeatfio inter
est in them at' all, for the-; sijjht of
them gives him no pleaaurg. Eggs
are few and fat between, anhe? finds
no profit in them. But let hat same
farmer invest in a few thoreighjeds
and his mind changes. He .smiles
when he looks at his flock, nd-cares
for them properly. He take pride in
showing them to his friendsJnnil they
yield for him a good supply of eggs
that are uniform in color, ani instead
of there being a loss in keejng? poul
try, he finds that they are pifviijg him
better even-than many of ais other
branches of farming. A' siallf flock
of fowls can be kept at verj liCfe ex
pense by utilizing the scapit- and
waste from the - pantry, whash 'mtike
the very best feed .for the pjrodiction
of eggs. And I believe thai & great
many of our farmers would find it
more profitable to keep onl. small
flock of from .fifteen to teirty-nve
fowls than to keep seventy-fie cjr-100,
as many of tjiesa are doing; pv t? keep
only a few until they know bjfcttJr how
to handle them profitably. A;fe-jr hns
will supply the family with tax abund
ance of eggs at a very -sma expense
if they are well kept, and ifill' give
their owner, much more - pfeaskre in
looking after them, than if hey were
three
times in number wha he; could I
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care
, The Best Farm Wagttii. C
(AN IVDIAKA EXPKBIE2jfaE. '
I have .often wondered -hy "it was
that manufacturers did notinake farm
wagons uioe especially id partic
ularly adapted for use ott the farm
than they d. The kind tha. are usual -
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ITOW WAOON WITH SACK ABOVE.
ly put out all over the country o very
well on the road, but theyjdonot fill
the bill on the farm. Thefwhaels are
as a rule too high and it takes (he side
ol a ten-acre neld to turn rosanq in,
unless the body is made iso narrow
that it won't hold anything. "Ve have
had our farm .wagons of ati years
made to order in the following man
ner: The front wheels are fert? inches 1
high, hind, wheels fifty inches. We
prefer broad to narrow tires ffr farm
use. The. front axle is maLe eight
inches shorter than the -hijid one.
Hind bolster nine inctfes'lf ic)6, front
one ten inches. The break Is fastened
to the gearV .The standard ae made
of iron, projecting above fjoster six
inches, an4 extending downnrough
same and faking a nut. The width of
body is fifty-one Inches, aInor:t a foot
wider than" ordinary beds. ":Che front
wheels team under thewagtfn led, and
by this, means you can turn? ionnd in
i a very small space, as is oftea- neces
Nsary to do bri the farm. Thdouble-.
tree exienas out on eituer. sae.even,
with the front wheel, thus growing
your horses far apart, and rjn'-the road
they follow' the wagon trajjkr Thus
distanced they are not bumping each
other or treading on each other's feet
in turning round. ;: :y
InA addition to the regular wagon
body we lake two scantling, sixteen
feet long, two inches thiokand six
inches wideband on this e? bolt on
cross-pieces, a, two at eaclg pnd, one
on top and another on bottor of rail,
and then bolt one piece in fiddle,
on the under side of rail. This, makes
a good support for the floor,-&nd thus
we have a good rack for liijiing all
kinds of g)in, grass or strar. Out
side this frame, between th rails and
hind .wheels, we nail a beariM-e, about
three feet dng and fifteen incts wide,
to keep the hay or grain hj of the
wheel. Or instead 6f boaroa frame
can be made out of lx3-inoi ilats to
answer the same purpose! slhis rack
is alBo very convenient to haui'-threshed
wheat, potatoes, fertilizer onytn'ing
that is in bags, and being lalown is
easily loaded and unloads , If a
farmer tries this sort of an outfit once
he will noj.'have any other, flit costs
a little m6e to have a wagon' made in
ttfis style iJhan to buy one js Usually
J 1 1 i. 1 L J,i-t 31!
IV Mill oa(m,maMei, DM tttlB 8QUI-
onal iotin8 ?d ?th
i r.r a rev a a r jinnvonioTiflfl -rnnrtrrv ,t Tiding
the great jcoiivenience founcCin using
such a waqa for all purposes oh , the
farm. Aiaerlcan Agriculturist;
Eljrttrlc Borgia Detectors
' Electric; mats are- in tuey; Id; detect
burglars; V" They are so this as to be
imperceptible when ; placed aader a
carpet, and when stepped v-pon they
set alarnt '.bells ringing inTariqaj
parts of tbe house
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NEGRO SUFFRAGE A FAILURE.
The Necessity of the Constitutional
Amendment. : C
The lapse of thirty years has brought !
wonderful changes to North. Carolina
The old civilization, founded on sla
very, has long since crumMed Into
dust. ,Our people rising up from th
potsherds and ashes of defeat, have
built above the ruins left by the havoc
and desolation of civil war,, a new in
dustrial system. Political ' questions
wfoieh thirty years ago agitated the
public mind and formed the' themes of
fierce' end bitter controversy: have been
settled and cast aside among the rub
bish of a forgotten past. The leaders,
too, of hat day, once loved or hated,
reverenced or despised, haye passed
from the stage of actiopi forever.
Theirs are no longer names to conjure
with.
;But. out of the inherita.ncedescending
from a by-gone generation to the pres
ent day, there yet remains unsettled
AN OLD PROBLEM
which Is still as perilous and perplex
ing as it was when the tramp of , in
vading armies echoed along'the high
ways of North Carolina and elections
were held under the frowning .-muzzles
of federal cannon. The question of
negro suffrage has lost most of its diffi
culties, none of its baneful, blighting
effects, with the flight of . time. The
Republican leaders of the fteconstruc
tion period, by' enfranchising the negro
visited upon the South an enduring
curse. The fifteenth amendment to
the constitution of the United States is
the blackest chapter in the -sombre re
cord of the national Republican party.
! That measure is an abiding monument
of the rankling hatred which raged in
their hearts against the -Southern peo
ple. By its enactment and ratification,
they hoped to place this section for
ever under the negro's heel and make,
perpetual the rule of the .Republican
party in the nation. Viewed in the
light f Its consequences, the enfran
chisement of the negro was hot only a
grievous blunder, but also a heinous
crime, the perpetration of which should
pile the graves of its authors ' moun
tain high with infamy. The negroes
were in every sense of the word un
fitted for the intelligent exercise of the
ballot. In their hands it was more out
of place than a silk dress tm a sow's
back. They had been all i' their life
time subject unto bondage. Many of
them had hut recently canreSfrom the
jungles or Ainca, out 01 tne lowest
depths of savagery, when, without any
preparation for its duties and
solemn responsibilities,, these formei
head-hunters and ex-cannihals, ming
ling with the English tongue the lingo
of tfte coast of Guinea. werV clothed
with all the rights and privileges of
; American citizenship. Not . only so,
! but for several years, they,' With their
: allies, the scalawags and ,carpet-bag-j
gers, ruled North Carolina and other
j Southern .Sttes. The era of. debauch-'
l ery. corruption and ruin thatfollowed
i is a matter of history. The feculent
i and noisance odor of mal-clministra-1
tion arising from every department of'
i the State government, poisoned the air.
i If we can imagine a horde of Zulus,
! Kaffirs and Hottentots holding mem
j bership in the British .Parliament and
! making laws for England, the epec
lacle would be paralleled by that which
! was witnessed when the Southern
j negroes passed at a single bound -from
I slave-pen and auction block. to seats in
the State legislatures and the nails or
Congress. It was only after millions
of public funds had been squandered by
Incompetent and corrupt officials 'that
the white people of the State, driven
in self-defence to almost revolutionary
measures, rescued the Qtate f rom the
foul hands which had seized it. For
thirty years North Carolina .has !borne
with the negro, giving hlA ample op
portunity to prove his fitness for the
ballot and the result of this experience
has proved beyond all doubt
NEGRO SUFFRAGE A FAILURE,
In politics he stands where he stood
in 1S68. He has learned nothing, for
gotten nothing. He ia incapable of
either learning or forgetting. In solid
pTialanx, at every election, without re
gard to principles.j platforms or can
didates the negroes march up to the
polls and vote the straight Republi
can ticket. Simply and solely because
it is the Republican ticket and negroes
have always voted it. They cannot be
moved by any arguments addressed to
reason. They Have no convictions
unrm anv political subject. The Demo-
"j-fit.ic and Republican parties might
exchange positions on the Philippine
question and the negroes would unite
against Imperialism. They might ex
change positions on the financial ques
tion and the negroes would : at once
ardently advocate free-silver. They
represent the most ignorant, vicious
and degraded element of our -popula
tion. But for the negroes, the jails
would be well-nigh emptied. If it
were not for negro criminals we should
not have a penitentiary deficit to de
nWi the treasury and burden the peo
ple with "taxation. Their, political
affiliations are governed ty that irre
concilable antagonism which exists the
world over wherever two radically dif
ferent races are brought in contact
with each other. The negroes enforce
among themselves fidelity to the Re
publican party (which they consider
the negro's party) by every species oi
boycott, ostracism and intimidation.
The negro who dares to vote inde
pendent of his fellows, becomes in
stantly an outcast, a mark for the
cruel eit persecution by his own race.
Wives are urged to abandon their hus
bands who vote theA. Democrats
ticket. . Parents to dri-s .their ' sons
from home. In some innces Demo
cratic negroes have beenjfassaulted and
beaten to death. So wej&ave in this
State a hundred and ttfeSity thousand
electors, containing in that ranks the
blindest ignorance, the bitterest and
most unreasoning prejtjkiice, eighty
thousand of whom cannot read the
ballots that they ca3t, Voting together
is one man,- under stanng nothing,
raring nothing about the issues in
volved, satisfiel with the ' knowledge
that they are eupporting .the Republi
can party. .
Under .these cix:umstanees. , we are
brought face to face with the ever
present danger that jthe negroes will
combine with a minority of the white
vote and inaugurate again the evils
and horrors of
NEGRO DOMINATION, i
In vain1 Republican politicians and
and newspapers cry that the dinger is
imaginary, hatched up by Democrats
for partisan . purposes. They cannot
meet or explain the solemn fact that
more than two thirds of all the white
voters of the State have identif.eJ
chemselves with the Democratic party.
A minority of the white voters, co
operating witb the negrots at the polls
can place the black man in ; power.
Twice since he was enfranchised, ne
gro domination has been hot a possi
bility, but a reality; and both times M
spelled "ruin. The same elemeht thai
brought it about before are -..still i
work, and, if given another . appor
tunity will bring it about again. We
need not conjecture whether a thing
could have happened that has; already
happened. Does anybody deny that a
fusion legislature placed Greenville,
Wilmington and. Newberne Tinder ne
gro control and that the whit people
of those towns were in subjection, to
negro officials? Is it disputed, thai
I the Republicans of the second; district
Bent tne negro wmte to uongress r is
there any controversy ver the fact
that the fusiomists filled Eastern
North Carolina with, negro magistrates,
constables and deputy sheriffs, claim
ing and exercising . authority over
white men? Do the Republicans con
tend that they did not nominate and
elect negro representatives arid Sena
tors to the legislature ? :
Was Jim Young's name chiselled in
marble on the corner-stone : of the
white D, and D. Institute in Raleigh?
Is John Dancy Collector of the Port of
Wilmington? Then who but i a fool
caills all this anything except negro
domination? If the people want mora
of the same thing, let them elect an
other Republican legislature. -The ne
groes furnished an overwhelming ma
jority of the votes in that conscience
less coalition whi6h was supreme in
Norjth Carolina from 1894 to 1898.
votes while their white allies mo
nopolize the offices. Thus the fear of
negro domination, founded in jthe sor
rowful experiences of the past, com
pels a majority of white men to. act in
cfcmcert upon all political questions,
even though they wished to do other
wise. The negros offensive and per
nicious presence in politics,
STIFLES THOUGHT!
The one absorbing topic engaging the
people's attention since the war has
been how to keep the negifo from
snatching, the rains of government.
However, white men might differ about
tariff, finance or civil service, they for
got all minor differences in the pres
ence of a common danger, knowing
that if they divided among themselves,
the negroes would Join the ascendancy
and another carnival of misrule, con
fusion and strife would ensue.
Consequently in political affairs, the
stream of independent thought and
I impartial investigation was obstructed.
i Time and reflection which shojuld have
; been devoted to other matters: of great
I importance wpre of necessity, con
sumed upon the vexations and cease
less negro question. The war and
highest class of statesmanship, .have,
to some extent, been checked' in their
progress. Remembering the mon
sfrous and growing evils of negro
domination and of its father, negro
suffrage, the last legislature undertook
to roll away those black, .thunder
muttering clouds, which lor a genera
tion have lowered meanacingly over
the horizon of iState politics. In sub
mitting the constitutional amendment
the Democrats were actuated: by
PATRIOTISM, i.
If they had listened to thej voice of
expediency they would not j have en
acted such a measure while their
party was reasonably sure of a long
.lease of power, without that enact
aotment. The corruption and mis
government of ie Republican party in
the days of reconstruction drove them
from the seat of government and kept
them in the minority for nearTy twenty
years. ;
The Democrats could certainly have
relied upon fusion scandals' and mis
conduct in office to give the Demo
cracy undisputed control of fthe State
tor another and perhaps longer period,
rhe negro question is a strong and
tmanswerable" argument for; 'keeping
white men arrayed in one party-and
under one flag. It is a unifying force
which the opponents of the Demo
cratic party; regard with terror and
dismay, however much they may affect
to laugh at it. But the legislature de
termined that the people should be no
more exposed to the danger of fallimg
under the control of the negro and his
allies, and accordingly passed the con
stitutional amendment which, if adop
ted, will practically eliminate; the negro
vote. The Democratic parry believed
that the question of negnj suffrage
should not be kept alive for partisan
advantage, but settled for tjie public
good, i
THE DEMOCRATIC POSITION
upon the race Issue is concisely.5 em
bodied 5n the proposition that North
Carolina 13 a white man's S-tate and
must be governed by wite men. ..To
this doctrine as the first article in their
coniession or xaiui, cne .Democratic
party clings without qualification or
compromise. Events in the recent past
have emphasized its importance, since
only a short time ago the jnegro be- i
came tne iominaait element in state
politics. We saw them then, drunk
with power, swaggering J insolently
over a large portion of North Carolina,
heaping insult and indignity upon the
white race. I
iNegTO policemen, distended with self
importance, patrolled th streets of
eastern towns, making the daw whose
Jivery they wore, a farce and a .mockery-
Negro aldermen assembled in
session, passed municipal ordinances
and levied taxes lor the whites. White
men charged with petty misdemeanors
were hand-cuffed by negro officers and
haled to trial before negro magis
trates. Negro bums, loafers and
things, monopolizing city side-walks,
shoved "Vilte ladies Into the. gutter.
Where the negro reigned there was no
security for property.. And jas a grand
and crowning insxilt a negro editor'
Wished -to the world a. vile slander
pan the purity of the Southern wo-
For e while the whlt man bore
it all with a quietude waiicn seemed
submission; so that questioning lips
asked whether he was indeed the de
scendant of the heroes who fought at
Moore's Creek Bridge and Guilford
court house. But those who knew
him, understood his strange silence.
They saw. It was the ominous stillness
that precedes the dreadful earth-quake.
Not were they mistaken.. . Later, the
long columns of red-ishirt horsemen,
with faces grim like death, winding
along the by-ways, through town and'
hamlet, the vengeful gleam of the
Winchester, the lurid glare of the Re
cord printing office flaring into ashes'
by the banks of the Cape Fear gave,
the white man's answer to those who
sought to make him subservient to the
negro. The constitutional amend
ment was designed to make impossible,
hereafter such deplorable eosnes of
bloodshed' and violence' by taking from
the negro the ballot which he has mis
used and- made a standing threat to
the peace and happiness of the istte.
On the other hand the
REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION
advocates negro suffrage and the claim
5f the :iegro race to share ' with the
.whites in governing the State. It is
true that Republican speakers &nd
writers, ruaking war on the amend
ment, deny the second proposition and
tbe bv refusing to disr?u
whether or not the negro is qualified
to vote intelligently. They content
themselves with hiding behind the
Fifteenth amendment, the authors of
which considered Confederate gray
a badge of dishonor, v an unholy
thing, and denounced as rebels and
traitors all the eons of North. Caro
lina . who fighting underneath ihe
Southern flag, died for the land they
love so well. It is an old axiom that
a cat cannot out run its tail; and
neither can the Republican party, escape
from its record.
We know that they believe in a
mixed government by blacks and
whites because they set up that kind
of government No Republican con
vention has ever declared ,for white
supremacy. No Republican platform
that white men alone, must rule North
Carolina. Would that party daTe in
sert such a plcnk in their platform?;
In the past thfey have .given us a
State administration composed of
black and white officials. F.ve .they
j repented of their own acts? Will they
j confess that they did wrong? Will they
pledge themselves ro- nominate and
elect no more ngro magistrates, con
stables, aldermen, legislators and con
gressmen? The line is squarely drawn between
the Democratic party opposing negro
suffrage and favoring a State govern
ment, administered exclusively by
white men, and the Republican party
favoring negro suffrage and opposiffg a '
State government administered ex
clusively by white men. The resxilt of
this contest can hardly be doubtful.
The Democratic party will find as
sistance from many white Republicans
who vote their ticket from principle
and who are sick and tired of the alli
ance of their party with the negro.
They may also .confidently expect help
from many Populists who feel that
their party has' nothing to lose by the
disfranchisement of the negro. In any
event the Democrats could win by their
own strength; for they fight in a just
cause. They fearlessly face the fu
ture, saying to the white voters of
North Carolina: "Choose ye this day
whom ye will serve."
T. M. HUFFHAM.
SIBERIA
Destined to Became a Great Agricul
tural aod Mining: Country.
The hope of Russia in developing Si
beria is that the harvests of the gi
gantic province will supply Russian
grain needs. The efforts, therefore, re
cently put forth toward attracting Si
berian immigrants have been great, but
it-appears that the province is worthy
of such inducements. Its five million
square miles have at present a popula
tion of four million people, but, owing
to Russian energy, last year's addition .
amounted to no less than four hundred
thousand, persons. Mr. Monaghan,
United States consul at Chemnitz, Ger
many, reports to the state deparement'
at Washington, that this movement is
unequaled anywhere except in the rec
ords of - past immigration1 into the
United Slates. He 6fty that Siberia, "
long looked upon as a barren waste:, is '
destined to be one of the world's rich
est and most productive sections. "In
northern France wheat ripens in 137
days; in Siberia, In 107 days. Even
strong night frosts do not injure the
young seed. I may add that oats re
quire in Siberia and the Amur country
only 76 days, and in the regions of the
Yenisei only 107. The frost period lasts
only 97 days in the Irkutsk country.
Speaking of the Yenisei, it may not be
known that ten steamers carry .the mail
regularly on that river. The Obi has
already a hundred steamers srad two
hundred tugs in service. As to the
other important development in Si
beria, namely, mining, Mr. M naghan
repcrts that be-twec.:i Toraask and K;vz-
aesk there 1:0 over twenty-three thou
sand square miles of coal lands which
have never been touched. The iron
mines are particularly good in quality,
yielding as high as 60 per cent. 1M
eastern Siberia alone there are over;
our .hundred places yielding gold,
' m - -j;;;
The French government is oonsider
.Hg the advisability of discontinuing;
the use of the guillotine and con
templates the adoption in its stead
of electrical execution states tne 8fi
entific American, The head 'of th?
criminal is inclosed in a helmet some
what similar to thaused by a divert
When the executioner turns on the
current two needles leap from their
sockets, penetrate the - temples and
enter the, brain. A powerful alternat
ing current ruptures and destroys
the brain cells so quickly that it iabe
lieved that death will be instantane
ous. This." seems like a cramsy
method of execution, but there is u
question that it will be effioacipua.
When the devil fi) his choice as-
Instruments he first picked ousr- ,?
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