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-v-.r--;:;.!.; : 111) A dl.- Jl -: 1 .............. i, ,,. , .... ,..- wj .'-jgj - - . , . , r' , ..- - , , - ' - VOL.V. EDENTON, N: C.TEtB8DiX, MARCH 22, 1800. NO. 41.- 1- III After Mature Deliberation, Comes Out Vigor ously in Favor of the Amendment. PATRIOTISM vs. PARTISANSHIP. Every nan Should Do His Duty to His State, Regardless, ol. What His Politics May Be. February 23, 1900. Zircooia, Henderson County, N. C., Editor Post: It hs out of my line o& business to "write for a newspaper, but since the Agitation of the constitutional amend ment began I h,ve become impressed with the fact that something of un usual importance is' on hand and that every white man ito the State of North Carolina should put on his thinking cap, study this question, and not let prejudice or past party affiliations pre vent him from voting for- white su premacy at the next election; so some thing rise up within me that tells me to give to the voters of the State my sentiments on the proposed amend ment, and this something "like Ban quo's ghost, will not dowto." The majority of voters in my town ship and county (Henderson) aro Re publicans, and I belong to the major ity. I have no intention of severing my connections with the grand old party, but when the Republican leaders de part from the beaten path amri advo cate a policy which has for its objeot the (retarding of the soesal, political and industrial progress of the State, I cannot and will aiot go with them; nor do, I believe my fellow Republicans will knowingly do so. I have referetoce to the opposition of the Republican party in this State to the ratification of the constitutional amendment which action is, I am thoroughly con vinced, a deplorable blunder. I have become of this opinion, not from read ing the delusive representations of the amendment itself and the decisions of courts bearing on the constitutional ity of the amendment. I am, as I have already said, a Re publican, and expect to remain one, but I am not one of the so-called Re publicans, such as Senator Prttchafd, Congressman Linney and others are proving themselves to be, who seem to think that in order far a white man to be a Republican he must consider him self no bet ber than a negro, 'and . be willing to submit to negro domination. Now, if it took that to make a Repub lican I would not vote a Republic; -tickett so long as I had any respecc myself or my race, or any anxiety for the welfare of the white people of the State and I believe these are the sen timents of most of the Republicans of Henderson county for most of them are honest mem and white. A true Re publican ia far from being in favor or cero equality or negro domination, and will net cast his vote against a measure he is convinced will make white supremacy permanent and ne gro domination an impossibility, even though it be called 4a Democratic measure and is opposed by unprinci pled Republican office holders, whose selfish interests lead them to work against the best interests of the neople of the State. The illiterate white voters (Demo crats and Republicans) in this section are in a dilemma to know bow to vote on the 'amendment, because jey do not understand it. They are in favo; of the ignorant negro being disfran chised, but are inclined to believe the Republican- misrepresentation that sec tion five will be declared unconstitu tional and will fall, leaving section four in full force, thus disfranchising j i mem aiso. I have read and studied the amend ment closely, and read the principal arguments for and against it, and am satisfied that no part of it is uncon stitutional, it and section four all to gether; but doubts on this point cer tainly exist in the minds of many votres, and argument fails to remove them. This being so, it is necessary that the legislatuure amend the amend ment as-proposed, and I hope it will do so. This will knock the chief argu ment of the enemies of white suprem acy into a cocked hat and convince the illiterate whites beyond the shadow of a doubt that the amendment, if ratified, will not disfranchise them. I agree with Senator McEnery that "the solution of the race question in the United States is one of the most serious problems that eyer confronted a nation," and I believe the most ef fective way to settle thi3 question is to eliminate the vote of the negro, and especially of the ignorant nego. longer he is permiitted to exercise the 'right of suffrage the more impudent unruly and offensive he will become, which will result in a race war. So the ratification of this amendment will be beet for all concerned. If the negro be permitted to vote in the future as he has been in the- past the tima vull come when he will wish he neve Ind been allowed to vote and he wUl not consider those who gave him that priv ilege his friends; and those who vote against the amendment will, if it should be defeated, regret having done so. The Republican leaders of Saluda, a little town near here in Polk county, during the last campaign denounced as campaign lies the statement of the Democrats that negroes in tine cities in the eastern part of the Stale pushed white women off the sidewalk, etc., etc., that the treatment the negroes I'ecelved at the (hands of the whites in these cities wias cruel and unjustifi able, and done for campaign effect; that the negro, if treated right, is harmless tind inofftnsiva A few months after the election, however, these same Republican leaders gave the -lie to their campaign declarations by Iheading a crowd ofeiheir fellow-townsmen, who, armed witti pistols, clubs, nocks, brickbats, etc., drove thirty- IE REPUB I, nine, negroes from their town, promis ing them speedy extermination should they dare return. The Saluda Resort, a paper edited by a Republican, in the issue of July 15, 1899, contained the following editorial concerning the above: -"It is to toe regretted that it' was found necessary to teach the colored people in Saluda such a lesson as was taufght them this week. Saluda is or dinarily a most orderly town, and these disturbances have simply been an exceptiotn. The lesson was neces sary. The negroes were about to over run the town, and they, as usual, for got their place, and tried to run things. Ladies have, been compelled to step oft sidewalks to allow negroes to. pass; the depot has been crowded with the loafers who ihave even taken up the waiting room, despite all efforts to keep them out, and they have impu dently brushed by the white people in passing to and fro. The idle negroes or Spartanburg and Rutherfordton and other points had invaded the town, and they had to be subdued. There need be no fear for the future. .They won't come back, and those left behind will, be found attending o their own bus iness as heretofore." How does the above declaration of a Republican editor harmonize with Senator Pritchard's avowal that the negroes of North Carolina had nevej" acted offensively toward the whites? Saluda was an "orderly town" until the negroes 'became so numerous that they thought they could have their way; then, possessing an equal right with the whites as voters and being equally eligible to office, they felt they had as good -a right to rule the town as the whites had. They, therefore, "as usual," forgot their place, .and tried to run Jhings to the extent that "they had to be subdued." Tie negro is not altogether to blame for getting out of his place. The white man has assisted aind encouraged him to get out of his place by conferring upon him the right of suffrage; and now it is our duty to show him his proper place by disfranchising him. He will then realize that he is not the white man's equal, will feel less im portant and be less liable to try w put himself in a white man's place. I wish those who claim to be Repub licans would adfiere to Republican principles to the extent that I oould endorse what they do, but such is not the case. It puts a man in an awk ward position to severely criticise the action of his own party. Because I sometimes do this, it is often said of me that I am not a Republican; but 1 have a better opinion of a real Repub lican than to 'believe he has to endorse eve rythiing' his-, party doea, good or bad, or lose his tight to thai' title. 1 try to be guided by .my convictions of what is right, and ani just as far from following in the .footsteps of Republi cans when th.; pursue the wrong course as I am of Democrats; and If I see that the Democrats are pursuing the right course on any measure, I do mot allow that fact to deter me from pursuing the Tight course, too. Concerning the amendment, my party is wrong, and the Democratic party is right; st I am with the Democrats n the amendment, but not in a'll .hings. Many people let party prejudice lead hem to extremes. I am persuaded :hat the only thing that would influ ence any white Republican who uin- deratnads the amendment who has no hope of getting an office by negro votes to j'ote against the amendment is the fact that it has been submitted to him by a Democratic legislature. 5ome Republicans might think it look ed too much like voting the Demo oraic ticket. I think the amendment is a good thing, and toone too soon. It is sure to be ratified, and the Demo crats are not going to get all the credit for it. I am glad to see so many in fluential Republicans and Populists declaring themselves in favor of the amendment. A WHITE REPUBLICAN. We are authorized by Mr. R. M. Fur- man, eddtor of the Raleigh Post, to whom this lette was addessed, to state that he (has the name of the writer of the letter and that he is personally ac quainted wlith ihini; that he knows him to be a man of character and that he has always been a. Republican. Favors Mixed Schools. Farmer. "Tthe Republicans are cir culating a letter to Pritchard from a lawyer named Edmunds, in which he rj"hesays the amendment is unconstitution al. Who is Edmunds? Business Man. "Judge Edmunds is a Vermont lawyer who used to be i ti the United States Senate and has al ways been a bitter enemy of the South. He is the same man that a few years ago made a big speech in Washington in favor of mixed sabaols. He strenu ously argued that the laws of the South providiing for separate schools for the blacks and whites was uncon stitutional and that all schools sus tained by , taxation would hava to be mixed schools. He contended that these laws providing for separate schools for the races were in violation of tftie fourteenth and fifteenth amend ments, just as ihe contends that our amendment is in violation of these two articles of the Uniited States Constitu tion, but the supreme court of the United States said that Mr. Edmunds was talking through his hat, and that the South might ihave sepanaite schools for the whites and blacks. Judge Ed-muto-ds' letter, however, shows upon its face that he has. not studied our am endment, and has given what the law yers tall "a horseback opdnionu" It amounts to nothing compared with opinions giivetn by equally as able law yers as Ihe wlho have studied the que tion." ;From conversation between a farmer and business man. . A SHORT MEMORY Is the Chief Endowment of Republi can Politician!.. Special Raleigh CkuTespoadence. It ia astonishing how .short the mem ory of the Republican leaders is. Take for instance Revenue Collector Cail Duncan, who looks after Republican affairs in all Eastern North Carolina. He was speaking about the legislature which is to be elected this year aid of fered to bet It would be Republican. No doubt he included Populists in his county as the Republicans Invariably speak of themselves and Populists jointly as "w;e." Then he said that as soon as the, legislature was elected, Governor Russell would convene it, and that it would immediately meet and repeal the-present election law,. Collector Duncan declared that after thiis it would be no trouble at all for "us" to elect Congressmen. 'What shortness of memory! Does he really think for the merest portion of a second that the .Democrats in North Carolina, and those who stood shoulder to shoulder with them in 1S98 at the election have so soon forgotten the negro rule in this tSate in 1897-8. It is inconceivable that in one year any people so determined could even think of returning to such a state of affairs. If Collector Duncan bets, he will lose, as he lost in 1898, for if there are three things certain besides death and taxes in this year of grace, 1900, they are that the Democrats will carry the legislature and elect their Congres sional nominees and that the Oistitu tional amendment will be ratified by a majority more than grafying. Senator Butler is flooding the State with copies of his speech against the franchie amendment to the constitu tion. This plea for negro supremacy i3 being sent out by Republicans under the Senator's, frank. Collector Dun con, for example, lis sending out some thousands of copies. Republican State Chairman. Holton, one of the bitterest of Republicans, had some criticisms to make of Governor Russell's frank statement made at a banquet in Chicago, in which the Re publicans were arraigned, for allowing themselves to be placed in antagonism to the constitutional amendment. The governor sees far more clearly than Holton the "handwriting on the wall." He knows what the white men of the State will do at the polls next August.; The governor dismissed. Holton 's criti cisms with a few contemptuous words. It is hardly probable that the ses sion of the legislature in June will last more than one week or that it will do things other than the particular thing for which it meets that is, to safe guard the election law and theV(fran chise amendment. . Tberewlll be pressure to have it consider some othsr business, local In character. ....-. nUs leads to; the. Just ' criticism of much of the steadily increasing vol' ume of business which is f orced upon the legislatues. At least one-third of it, perhaps even more, could be done by the clerks of superior courts. It is the taik among Republicans here that Judge Ewart can not be con firmed and that Senator Pritchard will be judge. Some persons have named James E. Boyd in that connection, but well-infoimed Republicans point to Pritchard as the man. The latter, like Senator Butler, knows that this term ends his Senatorial career. Populists are saying that there will be a revolt against Senator Butler and "his determined effort to force their State convention to array itself in op position to the franchise amendment. They are telling Republicans as much. Senator Butler will be surprised at the dimensions of this revolt. He will find that he can not make Popnlist3 get in line against white supremacy. They showed him this in, 1898. This year they will illustrate it even "more plainly. The Republicans have had an idea that they were going to induce Attor ney General Walser to declare himself against the amendment. As he re marked today, they do not know him. He will take no such step, nor will he antagonize the amendment. He was speaking to a Republican and a Dem ocrat when the Republican made the statement that a certain Populist had said he .would vote agaftfst the am endment for fear he would be disfran chised. "Not at all," said the -attorr ney general, "it is impossible provided he registers before 1908." This indir cates an able Republican' legal view of the matter. An Open Letter. ;Mr. John H. Sutherland, of Murphy, N. rC, late chairman of the Populist ex ecutive committee of Cherokee county, writes an open letter to Senator But ler, in which he saks the Senator some very pointed questions. ' The letter- follows: Murphy, N. C, Feb. 24, 1900. : Hon. Marion Butler, Washington, D, C: --: The Populists of Cherokee county would be glad to know, Mr. Butler, wihen and where you bought the fparty and what you gave for it. You order us to fuse with you and Ldhney, the negro Whlite, and Pritch ard. ior what? That we may confuse and abuse all that-Populists have ever stood for? Do ybu think that white men aire go ng to desert their race at your dicta tion? You reckon without reason. - . I am white, Inside and out, on this question, and you will find all the boys the vsamft unles-they hay been to the pie counter.- t 5 i It is naitui&l &f ilae pigs it& fight" for the elop. . ; : . Your; drctaa-'-are wstefl- on us here; better etf&4 them t4iricat . We are for' tKwMte in this flghtrightor Strong, wUta man first, last and efttyijghnet g The next tijnvlrou trtlsi tdSfuse with the p?uth..jpoirated- District it manfrho. wasfay beaten for the offic,v.ju Siaa fetter consult the people. ' The eleotitJtoVi ma dfttrit jsbs as fair an electtoiljja was e$ej$ie0 any where, but & tr& election; aria a fair pount Is notjtrhsf you Jvait taxless you cageF,tke'es for ii&i jSrifclalsts' confusion. V -M: f? . - You may fasf it suit yt, and we are satisfied 'S&jj '.any fillih wll do, so &t brings office you., 5? ft You cannot -is pect tihe: t rje white men of this-Htfvntain country to do otherwise tbin'Jcke for ?th; amend ment - 3" -fi ' We wainit ' makers so shled that white men can,- they derej havetwo white partly 5. thouttb nejgro as a disturber o'Arhy8 suprenmcjl (Signed.) " "4 J0:il3a. SUrriiERLAND, LateCheltsaai PopuMst.Ex. Com. INBENTI?KT0 EDUlAlION. - iv- An Example Ten FrOii The Army ;lEgyPt. ' ; . For many Jfceiss the State of North. Carolina. Las bred undet the charge of havting a greyer percecjag' of "illit erate whites., w.lfhin her orders than any cither S.fct This reproach has beem fasteT.edapour peopl, and every one tfhould wUH-it removed. Js Can sqmetWrji ibe done? to rectify j this conditiom?4&ffaiirs aporig us? It has long beenj favorite wgshn North Carolina to si&p, out ilh&eracy. For. that purpose felfcold free Schools were establkitoed, yLgjh every twbjj&e child might attend kji gain tdse rudiments of an educatiojij And sice; he. war every legislated ha3 begh moved by the purpose of tamping;: out, illitera cy, to favor. priic schods anB make I constantly toenailing - ipprppiatioins for them. Year fter yeaj the number of schools nav-(en increased and the school fund h been aygmeated by greater taxes.' 35iat the cause of edu cation has ad valued admits of no ques tion; 'but still I'Jing metg and- young women fail in" if jay n,oibornbods to attend tSie sehpo and reijparnffn utter Ignorance. ej g it But now a ines jutq is propojfed Jhat if carried out -wl put education In North Carolina fft3a different looting. First, it will SUBy an ii jeentive that will bring everyywhite oy yo the schools and stii; up pr be? Apt pu pils. SoflJe of thtin iaveot cfred to learn In the past'but ini- the future ehey willall wifito emefge fis-om the illiterate lass..'J' iey will havea; stim ulus neve: befcfcielt; a mbdive-for at tending tle sel&j and aSstimfilus to learn and makef pthe moyt their school facilities read and swTite: after Deoembj r unices tlwy can oecoangai ago r. vlJlnot f$ able "Wekpettof tit- constitutionaJ 4 dment forlt oes not go Into opf rttion In eibis leapect for fiwmeryeaifiit Butf; theSffects will be at once-rf upon Rs adaption. and the importv$e of edacatifeg the children will W nmediafe?ly oought home to parents' p never before And so .it. is'pVn that he number of-pupils in tb.eaools wll bi;in at once to increaepnd ' thee wfll be more schools- Sifftflonger rmsj The cause of educativmW'ill on k-mn TlEiterest and lttM deve&p ripidly. The State 'hav&i3t;Arescribid this edu cational qualifiiftp for jjthe .voters will be more i?t f wy bouna tha "ever to provide schd-olaind sc!b)ol teachers for Ithe pupils. iJtee is v$ othet pub lie expenMtur4fe$ip yieldf suchl a re turn to the SiI&j$ the fohooi fund. It is expended,. Jtome. !ft is "eyenly scattered throf -"itt thel Stat and every neihborAc .lias i share and has its 'benefits.; ducatSs theilToumg and lifts them ip' the 6vel of hon est .citizenship," ier the, amendment passes all will ag that .ivery:.dollaf possible siHall b-t.ln r.rovidng ed ucation xand iakSog the ijpublic schools more- bene' -lal to fehe children. The Childen----feven feelp- tiem ! They, shall hav.e that ?e can give them! .; '-"i f- It is greatly to g&eploed dih any of them have groil- up- iji ign'Otance. Schiool facilities' Y-ffe bem furnished, 'not such as wlHSfe'offerej hereifter;. but still measumwy adquate.j The cause of failure iaa'been a ihomet The children have teeuntauht irijpart because of a lac'o sufilcfeilf Hicen tive. But this newiheasujpe, this, con stitutional :amendiarit, sply the incentive. f . ' . Sometime ago "Wiemet wth afi inci dent that iilustiiatel this. S The rmy of Egypt was so fgjforant iat thj of ficers had to relyjfmosit ijiiitirelig on! civillian clerl-A to Wo? all thir writing, and these clerks rthuig exceed a great influence on anny."niatters. fTo remedy that the Khedive tiered feat n of ficer "should be -v!pjtiinfoted junlessi- he could read and. vftrltand tstat no iur loug!h should be Jued to aly one -vSrno could not read and'srite. Immediate ly the army becepaeamp sf instruc tion, and W;one ilhere'iwere xly forty-five men in'the? whole": Egypan army who could aitjcad aasg. write Such was thevliesuj-of ; a powerful stimulus. , The inceapve provided? by the constitutional fpneadmeat wilp be equally efficacious n tlhe childsien. They will wAntHcttend siooliand leartn. The pareniat homg vllg jiOt be able to keep iQiyn. at tepn m school, even if thyhOMld .so;?, posed.'' '.'.-i-':'te-"' - li -And as the State:Hl supply iitej school facdlitits and g-ke mxe fibefal approp-rtationa haft ver, thef willhe no lack of opportuniip.If theft the con stitutional amendnefeti is adopted education-will be dvaafispd by vit more than "could be donfcbii any. oter means fit will -mean mucl? te, the caute of edu cation in North kJarwina; and lit. .will In time removeflwmr SfateitSie stg ma of illiteracy t2at we eU a? greasy deplosf MS PieJEei f ARP VISITS C iNTON. fie Tells About the Prospi rlty of the People. - BAS KNOWN PLACE lllNG TIME Wade a Trip on Horseback Asom Law renceville to CantOn.Sej jSty Miles, In One Day. ' i ; - .. It looks like every nshlp and county and section has p 'something peculiar to itself that is;; luable for human purposes and help to "sustain the people and make then.rosierbus. I was ruminating aoout ti e. because I have just visited Canton jgrsmair re tired -village of 2,000- peou I have known Canton for fifty. yef'! and have a good reason for inrbering it. Soon after I was married i-0 father-in-law, Judge Hutchins, -ffeed me to ride' over there and deliv5 feonie. im portant legal papers to the'Vferk of ihe court. I was to ride his 'iBe, saddle horse "Lee," and he told 4$ 'where to stay all night. So I kisse(?my pretty young wife goodby and ma, e an early start for the thirty-five -nte; journey. I was a good rider and Lei was a free traveler. Up hill and down hill and on the level "stretches he jjev Jroke his easy pace, making about J ften miles an hour, and it was just twi, ve o'clock when I reached Canton. 1 l;i!e I was feeding the horse and r. J bing him down I began to think hovj- lonesome it would be to stay there aj ' ilight and how lonesome my young Jf pd pretty wife would .be all solitary. a2 9 alone by herself and nobody with 5t":i sto com fort her. I looked at Lee ajjbhe look ed like he, too, would rath i go back to where he came from. about 1 o'clock I remounted and svhis eajs toward Lawrenceville. He., itemed all right for many miles, but"; Jacked up when afew miles from hoi; f, and we got there just as the familJwere sit- j ting down to supper. I saw.iniy wife's smile of pleasure and I sai tod, the judge's look of surprise a$4 displeas ure. tHe rose from the tabR 'and went out to look after his favori horse. I then began to realize tit 'iseventy miles in a day was a long'i ide lor a horse and that I had -dfp wrong. Next morning I was up by;.; daybreak to look after Lee. . He all right and as game as ever. The ffige never said anything hard, but ' i s .. looked grieved. (He, too, went out to look after his horse and when he? jv'me back said: "I reckon I had bettti give you that horse or never let yot ; pide him again, for if you are to kill h jI would rather he would ibe vours .t fca mine." That is all he said, aW it wj i enough. 3ome time after that he dif y;ive him to me and he was the gamea" proudest and best horse I ever owi -4. But I never rode him seventy mtl' in a day any more. I never think i."?" Canton bow but what the memoir of, that tloa ccanes over me. W J J w6uM; Ide Iwndred ttdlea ttt ;4JOw ioi reach my -home and my wi f,. but,4t Wnlhtte on' illtta il k- :n3t -C Canton is the eounty aeaS& tjt Ciefe-: ke-- lyrge- county,;- thati&s the: tome or neiOTeroK:ee mo us uniu jSSd. 'The name came frw v' Chera, iWlilch means fire, and the .-berokees were known among the triVas the prophets of divine fire. Therere sev eral Indian towns in this" rv ion and their chiefs were known a3top and Chicken and Laughing Gal. -4 The region around Canton; Z rich in (minerals. Gold and copper 'riofi iron and marble abound in her hi, is. Some of these have enriched manypien aal the pursuit of them have rujNfcd many moref but lately new process ;Of min ing have made the results mv certain and now northern and Engirt capital has given fresh vigor to the- 'work of, digging, crushing, quarrying , and re ducing the ores.and finishing 'ihe mar. ble. Marble work is especia' j' being extended and .new .quarri a being opened. I was told that on) ; ; a few years ago Judge Gober and t -few as sociates bought a marble qrJirry not far away for $3,000 and werj -recently offered $25,000 for it and nusec! it. The Georgia Marble Finishii Com pany have planted near the d?Jot very extensive works that employ Tver 100 hands, all white and all Georg-tns, and most all of them young . 7in. Mr. Brady, a very -courteous bo 6n" gen tleman, is the manager andaj j Be was pleased to say that these Geoj -ffa ')os were jusit as ready to learn t . art of working and finishing marbl nd just -as quick and skillful as any- lie e?er controlled. I watched theni t work in the different departments-jnd was , proud, to see their progress. 5 -This is a large plant and the mar.ble las seen in all itsistages from the gre . blocks juS)t,frcan the quarries to-t.je most beautiful of finished monunj intsand columns and building "bloffKS ,rj jrnere were hundreds of them and w 'e all to fill orders, principally from t,' a north and east. It takes forty-eigi 4k hours to run . the gang saws throu one of J ho?wv tantere blocks. The sa are ofH the hardest steel, but have teetii. They are moved rapidly-by stj m pow er and-wOTk through sand ar water. Some of the men are workfi;'. with mallet and chisel and some turning marble in turning lathes and jRSne are polishing on the horizontal ines of immense revolving -wheels'. at are flooded with water and sandEvery-: ' thing there is up to date and ij a great improvement on the old methi ts. "Up. to date" is now. an expressldd 4hat is heard everywhere concerning iachin ery. I heard it at Bnsley tron and steel plants, and I heard .i$n tie cotton mills of" South uarolt -i All machinery now must be up to late or it twill be rejected. The pay . 11 to the workmen In this one maffi; plant is $600 a 'week,' and "most of -his is ispent in Canton. (Just so; M f with the gold mines not far away. gold mining companies are making ynoney "by up to date .processes and ? $anton gets a good Bihare of that. It s now certain that a otton mill la t 4 built, right a-way,;tfor ' an : order b: been given for the looms. and -spin! ys, all up to date, and as soon as th ;pring opened the . (P0rk of - 3uilding ' mill 'Mining for gold and silver is, T reck on, theoldest industry in . the world outside of "agriculture. Moses tells us that in the Gardenof . Eden there was gold, and it was good." Gold and silver very soon ibegan to .be'a bhnetalllc currency.- A'brahatm, bought a . burying groupd iwith 400 shekels of silver that was current money with ne merchant, and it is remarkable that a silver shek el was worth 50 ' cents and a gold -shekel . was .worth' $10. - That isent "very far from 16 to 1. Maybe we had better fall back on those "ancient . scriptural relations of the metals itndmake ours 20. to 1. They had both "silver and gold in great abundance, for '. Zacharlah salth: : "They heaped-up - silver as th dust and- gold as tie mire in thj streets." And Moses saith. Abraham was rich in silver and gold. In the long ago I -used to know' the good people o6-anton, tout they have alL passed. over the river. The' Me Afees McConnells; "Wheelers, Grish ams, Tate3, Brooks, Rusks, Mullins and Dyers. Some of their, sons and daughters are there still and gave me generous welcome, and I was pleased !to pat their little ones on the head and say be a good boy and 'mind youi fnamma. I saw the old time-honored Canton home of Joe Brown,, the place where hb livea when, like dncinnatus, he-was called on by a committee and inform ed that he had been nominated for governor. t Old Joe made his start right here in Canton teaching school. Years ago I met General Ira Foster and he said: , "Yes, I knew Joe's .parents-before he was born.. They were very' poor. His Aunt Sidney did my washing when I was a young man living in Dahlonega. Joe cultivated a little patch of hillside land with a pair Of bull calves and every Saturday hauled something to town to sell and take back something fo'the family. In 1839 I was riding to Canton in a buggy and overtook a young man walking in a very muddy lane. He had a striped bag 'hanging1 over his shoulder and looked tired. I! asked him if he would not get up and ride with me. He looked down at his shoes and said he was too muddy. But I insisted and he broke off a splinter from a rail and cleaned the worst of the mud aQd got in. I learned from him that he was the same Joe Brown and was going to Canton to get some thing to do. And he did. They made him up a school and he taught it. I have kept my eye on hkn for forty years and he is still a wonder -to me." As I surveyed the time-worn prem ises I ruaninaited on his eventful life. How he rose and rose and rose again and never f elL Everything that Midas touched turned into gold and just so every political effort that Joe Brown made was a success. I recalled his long controversy with Bob Toomb3 and howflnally he de nounced Toombs in the press as a liar and a scoundrel and Tooms sent a friend to ask him if his church rela tions would prevent him from accept ing a challenge, and old Joe replied: "Go tell him to .try me," and Toombs never sent it. I recalled the time when Henry Grady was discussing wit Toombs tha-:$4xanfftge or'disadvanw age of a young man having joUegiate. education, and - aid: '"There were were some very, great iiad.'i successful men fwho. never-hadany educaUon -to.f "cea one-nair-Twiere aneak oL "There wa Patrick,. Henry a-arB improved; Therefore, and HeftryClay' and"THm Be&ton- aatf there was Joe Brown, who was so poor in his youth he had to plow a bull." "Plowed a bull, you say," sail Toombs: "1 never heaTd that of hinij hut if it was so you may set that dowc ito his credit. Henry, but it was a dis grace to the bull." But I am pleased to remember IbAt these two great and notable men niadd friends before they. died. Old Fathei Time is a good doctor and mellows ui all down. Bill Arp, in Atlanta Con stitution. SIR THOMAS LIPTON. Baronet TeUs How He Slept, Besffar, In city Hall Ftftfc. "And the poor fellows I met those nights that I slept in city hall park. Unfortunate as I was, I'd give some thing to know what became of them afterward whether God was as good to them afterward as he has been to me, and whetner they are the better for the lesson of adversity." These are the words of Millionaire Sir Thomas, Lip ton in Leslie's Weekly. "Those days in New York were hard hard in a way that you could scarcely Imagine. Many and many a night did I stand outside ,the windows of .the Fifth Avenue; wondering what the rooms inside were like, and whether I'd ever have money enough to be able to afford to sleep in one for just, a night. Yet through all the storm of trouble and sorrow I never lost courage. . There was some thing in my bones that seemed to tell me that I should get there at last. It was a kind of Instinct, I suppose, or a touch of the bulldog goodness only knows., .1 don't, know that I ever felt so cut to the heart as in that morning when, nervous and trembling I'd eat en nothing for nearly two daysI en tered the office of a banker rich then and. richer now In search ot a situa tion. I've- never forgotten how he Rooked up, glared at - me over his glasses, growled,' 'Turn that fellow put! ' and walked away. . I met . that man at a dinner the other night J thirty years older, out thesame, boys, always the same. That kind of animal never . changes.: except lor hair and. wrinkles. -He came up smiling, silky, obsequious. I remembered his name. I knew him again. He" began to stam mer a clumsy apology, and-iis apology was more 'unendurable than the orlg-" Jnal affront." "Yet those days In New. York were not without' their results," remarked one of the group. , . ... - .: A Sly PI. -' V Mr. Henpeck No' doubt the an cients were considered wise because there were fewer temptations in those days, Mr.; Henrock---Why,,my;.dear;. the proportion' of 'women fn he world must have: been about the same.'- GOOD ROAM- NOTES Connecticut Hlbway. V ; The annual report of Highway C missioner MoDonald, juat ' issi bi ings out some - new and ; impor featares of the work for highway! provement in Connecticut. There' now some 15,000 miles of highway all kinds in the' State, of which Commissioner implies that abonf ' half are practically useless, but cai be discontinued on account ' of ; cc questions of land 'damages.'" magnitude of the general work highway improvement is indieatec the expenditure, actual or to come about $800,000 during the years': and 1900. Although the smaller poorer towns are, more comuw than heretofore, availing themse of State aid under .the new law, wealthier towns taking it are still the majority. Altogether, howe since the State aid plan was adop 138 towns out of 168 in the State ! taken the State aid. There is an creased tendency' to use the S funds in grading and gravelling. two towns did so in 1895, and twe one towns in 1898. The Commissioner believes that maximum width of a State aid i should not exceed sixteen feet.:" opposes the long trunk roads -to built by the State, until thai; J work of improving roads -under care of the towns is more advan He points out that, as all the a towns but two have taken State there will eie long be practical! trunk line along the shore read from the New York to the Rhode and State lines, a distance of miles. He commends the work the League of American Wheelme erecting sign-boards at Connect cross-roads. The importance of roads in attracting, summer resid from the' cities is strongly emphasi He urges that the Federal Governt create a fund of $50,000,000 to be portioned among the States in ai highway improvements ' Maryland ImpioTemtntf. : Figures gathered by the State ( logical Survey in Maryland; as liminary to the worft of road impr ment in that State show that of 14,483 miles of public road in State only 1360 miles are impro The road laws are not. of a chara to insure good-roads, and, as arei the roads are badly located, b, graded, badly drained and badly: faced, causing a very heavy lax pi hauling. The average distance- ton of freight is hauled to or f the Maryland farms is 6.7 miles; average cost is twenty-si cents a 1 per ton, or $1?74 a ton for the w! haul. There are about 5,000,000 a of farm land in. Maryland, and tl is about one ton of freight hauled nually .per "acre Jnxsxufrom. each.ii The total eoat" therefore: of this tr TportaUoo iF over $8,500,000 a y The cosf -ef hjvauc tiq- I; e w Jc improving Maryland roads one-ha! this sum could be saved. Makic liberal allowance for the fact that; of the hauling is done over toll-ro andjbhat some of it goes over unim. tant roads that could not be imm ateiy improved, it is estimated thi least $3,000,000 a year oould be si by improving the main roads 5in State. A similar estimate is rest by considering the reductioajui number of draught animal nece3a and the saving in the weatftwl tea animals, wagons and harh8ily -J roads. New York Post. i . , Convict Labor on Rd Effective use of "convict "'laba roadmaking is reported from Co! bia, S. C, where an average of ei prisoners has been employed in work for the past two years. :', year thirty-one miles of road radii from the city were remade, jjra ditched, laid with sand on eta clay on sand, and converted smooth v and satisfactory highn capable with timely and systen care of indefinite maintenance in j condition. During the. prece year fully ten mileB had been rem so that now there are over forty r of these permanent roads leadrnf of Columbia. With the levy a for the mileage can be doubled year, the w,ork on each road t taken up at its present terminus;'' : five to seven miles from the city, carried an equal distance beyond, following this pjan every main iu the county can be remade in J three to r four years more. "Oolni is now far more accessible byhigl than it has ever been," comment! State of that city; "a fact daily denoed by the number of wagons carts coming to and going from city, the traffic on certain road certain-, hours assuming processi proportions." New York Post. Are friends of the Farmer. The wheelmen during their bit trips and the horseless carriages ing their peregrinations in the c try may occasionally scare the fair horse; - but none .the less the fa: should, giyethem welcome. : The the' advance agents : and apostle the gospel of good roads, and U. farmer good roads are of the firs cessity.' Philadelphia Becord. . Wanted: An Object Tjenom - - ' Puejcta Bico offers a virgin fiel the gooC roada; organizations - ol niteSttes.Vt Let them enltii soil submit the resnit totals 0031 An object lesson in a powerful tea . With the threatened exhsustic Ivory in Africa, supply Is ope up in Siberia. Tons of flne ivorj found of the mammoth Elephan pi genius.? Hnndreds of frozen care are found crowded nd Jammed in
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