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I A j 4 i . I f . ' ' ? t I. ; vi- V I; n f; i il'- t i t TJIEECOXOMIST rnxisnii) xtxst fwat. R. B. Cntxcx..... ;;Ellitor v y Io.iTB . . . Business Manager FRIDAY SEPTMHER 0, 1S53 Democratic nominees.. For J.aJse First District: GZOUGZ II. BROWN. JR. of IVntufort. For Solicitor Firit District: GEO no K r. WARD, of PAauotank. I For Cocgress -First District. JOHN H.BMALu, rf Ileaufort. THE QUESTION OF DIVIDE. The Republicans ham two prin cipled conducting this political can-ra-w. One is to male their delibera tire bodie. their political conven tions secret bodies conducted be hind barred doom. That Li natural. Their contentions are composed generally of two thirds negroe, one third low white-, and Watt cred hero and there, some pie eaters who look sleek and fat and greasy-mouthed. Among this motly group you will find at rare intervals a class of men 'who are the exception to all general rales. They aro few in numbers, but decent and respectable white Republicans. AVhy they are there, why they stay, there amid the stink and stench of unwashed low white and putrid negroes is a. problem more difficult to solve than the ever lasting" negro problem" or the most complicate mathematical pro position in hydrostatics and optics. Pajly politics is a strangely tangled web.' But there! is nothing strang er than a decent white Republican voting for all the dirtiness that Re publicanism implies, meeting in filthy association with negroes . and low whito leaders that "are an other Hxinc for loathsomeness an'd infamy. Vic have our opinions about this phcnoniinal social pol tical condition, but our space denies their utterance. Another controlling principal of the Republican party in this canvass is to kep away from a joint di-i:s-sionof political issues. This is not only a confoison of a .weak cause, but it is, a gross injustice U the plain people of North Carolina. Education i a greit nced in our State. Education -is not furnished oar people by books alone. It is not confined to schools And party i politics is not embraced in the cur-1 ticuluni of the schools. , The politi-i cal rostrum is the great school ol political information, tho great study so eoutial Jo a free and en lightened people. 'This great pop ular priviIegp,so toghly prized by the people, so rich in political informa tion, has been taken awav from the people by the baso poltroonery of the R?pnblican party. We ar raign the Republicans for having cheated the people ox North Caro lina out of one of their greatest privileges. No man of self respect ing manhood would accept a nomi nation with such a badge of coward ice attached to it. Time once was, in the days of Whiggery and Demo cracy, when Greek met Greek"' in party warfate, and tho tng of party came on. It was an .open fibt. Skulking and failure to meet a political antagonist in oj en de bate before the peoplo was sure defeat and humiliation and it was ' give and take, Now, a Republican sneaks into a hole as soon as he is nominated and hide?, and does not dare to show himself before the peopli. Ward opened the poli tical canvass for Solicitor in Currituck county, on Monday; as tho Representative of Democratic part v. He was adver tised to address the people there at that time upon tho vital political is sues that were so agitating the pub lic mind of North Carolina. Mr. I. M. Meekins was nominated for the eame ofHce by tho Republican Con vention that met here week before last As we Tin Jerstand, Mr. Ward notified Mr. Meekins of his inten tion to open the, canvass on Mon day at Currituck, and invited Mr. 'Jeekins to meet him in joint de bate. Mr. Meekins did not meet him at Currituck. Where was he? . Doubtless in hiding. Will he ni'etWard? It is thought not. We understand he says Dr. Abbot " told him not to meet s Ward. Now, what is Ward. to do? Whatf He knows best. But our opinion is that Ward should smoke him out as we used to smoke a coon out of his hollo w.Smoke him out with stuffof the denunciatory kind, as a man who j sacrifices Lis 'manhood .at the bid din of a coward. Can a man who is afraid to meet an opponent : fair discnsion before the people be a fit man to bold a responsible poa n rrirainal HUH UUU 1L v-jv-" ; -orhJrli his friends are the UvVAlk chief criminal?. - Kolrts is tne chill tonic you want because it cures, -xs i.-r V.,ri Mt (Irircs & fcon, (jit j Drug Store and Woods Drug store. THE POT'S BOILING. All indications point to the ful filment of one great historical fact that tho Anglo Saxon race has never yet failed when it was brought i antagonism with any other race among men. We are now in such a conflict for the Tery existence of Anglo Saxon civilization under good government. We are 'confronted with a conflict, with a race that would be swept away before th Anlo Saxon race like chaff before cyclone, if they were contending alone. But tho contest is one to which history furnishes no 'parallel. The rare we contend with for su premacy, is led by traitors to their race and blood. Of course, to be come leaders in such a fight, they must become outcasts in character, reckless unprincipled, and ''fit for treason, stratagem and spoils. Their constant associitioa being among negroes they are negroes in fact. . But tho Anglo S&xon b.ood flowing through, the putrid chan nels of their veins with the instmct of command, remains with them and they become the leaders of .the cred ulous coons. Thero comes the danger to the undiluted white race who have re tained their character and refuse to bed and board and afliliate in social equality with the rank and file of the Republican mrty, the coons who have rings in their noses and a lino in the ring. and the lino in the hands of a mean, low, Ajlo Saxon white man. Friends, countrymen, -white men of tho pure Anglo Saxo race, we aro in. a fight for our homes, our families, for Anglo Saxon civiliza tion, for pea?c and good government in North' Carolina, and to avert the tenjibfe condition of intestine strife. Cm more vital issues bo presented to civilized man ! The right is on our side, and the wisest uninspiered man who ever wrote-or spoke has said that ho is thrice armed who has his quarrel just. " With all these questions at issue, we are confront ed by the most dangerous and solid combination of.opposing forces that history furnishes a parallel. -But, htrong as is this foul combination, blackened with crime and incom petency as is its past record.shows the white manhood of North Carolina can drive them from power and re store the State to its pristino con dition. Will they do it f If they fail now, we solemaly believe that tho lost opportunity will never re turn to up, and we for one, will be in fayor of looking to God and keep ing our powder dry and our arras in order. May the good Lord avert the dire calamity. "". A CARD This is to certify that M. L. Whei- bee has never stolen anything from me. J. li. CJA liT K If. In reply to Mr. l. M. Meekins can. published in the Carolinian, I wish to say, that he has said rght many things that he cannot prove. lie classes me as a liar and thief. What is a liar? It Is the man that tells the lie. The boh tail lawyer, Mr. Hekin3vhas lied in his own card. He did not write the card himself. He imposed on a poor, weak woman, who uoes not know mm. He dictates the denial of his state ment in the Convention. I would feel somewhat alone, but so many hon est men heard It. It is too well estab lished for him to attemptto deny it. Therefore ho is crazy, or a fool, or a liar, or 1I three. T imagine I see the bob tail lawyer coming down the street, head down, wagging his tail as the companion of Itbhinson Crusoe, lie feels his imX)rtance as a "Smart Aleck." When he iutimates that I have ever been, guilty of meddling with property that does not belong to me, he is a miserable and vicious liar, anil will hereafter bo called on to an swer.ia th courts. On Tnrsday night willi'tears in his eyes anji almost on his knees. Mr. Meekins came to me and begged me to sign a paper, the contents of which I do not now re member, but I think it was similar to the one signed by Mr. Dunton. Had I been a liar and miserable coward as Mr. Meekins has shown himself to be, in this controversy, I might have sign ed it, but I told the truth and retain ed my self respect. I fancy I shall be able to see later on Mr. Meekins and the negro Jim Young sitting side by side on tie front seat of the Republican band wagon, leaving the field of battle sing ing the song of th? .feason, "All Coons Look Alike to Me." M.L.WUEDBEE. Sept. ?, 1803. TIavp vnn seen the D3 ;hainle?s Crawford at Hathawaj Bros. Uight )xi the corner. Not how mucn we can get, out now little we can take Is the principle en which we gain patronage everyday. Kacket Store. A' Rejoinder. Some yearn ago we became in volved in a newspaper controversy with the negro organ of Ibis town. We then skinned the ' dog as best wo could. ; It took us two years to get the smell of the fight off of our hands, and we determined then that never again would we have any fight with such an antagonist Yet,here we are again skinning the same dog. We did not seek a controversy with ihim. It is worth nothing to us He makes something by having his hide dressed by f. white man. And it is our misfortune to have the job on oar hands again. He has pro voked us to reply to iim. He is ey idently hurt by the suspicions of his character before he came to this town. Sam. Jones says "the dog that's hit is the-dog that howls. We don't know whether Jack was in a Pennsylvania penitentiary be fore he came here or not. Nor do we-carr. We heard the suspicion that he was, and in our last skin ning, we published the suspicion and stated that if ho would prove it bvhisown word or by respectable wit- - ... nesses that he was not in thepeniten tiary in Pa., or did- not run away to avcSd conviction, we would say no more about it We repeat that offer. From his reputation m this community we confess we were doubtful of the fact. This fight is of Jack's own seeking. He began it. He want its. And we suppose we've got to take off his hide again. Jacjc in his last challenge, inti mates that he may put on his spurs and war. paint and "chastize" us Well that's awful funny. Does Jack remember a man now deceased, named Charles Guirkin. Jack made Guirkin mad. and Guirkin took a stick and mauled Jack over the head and Jack ran into a store on Road street squawking for protection. That was Jacks first military per- f ormance here. Jack's had two his- tori battles. No: 2. Jack and Griff Pritchard : Jck writ something in his negro organ about Griff. Griff got a stick waited on: the corner near the Albemarle House and when Jack came along Qriff made his fur fly, by beating him over the head. Jack resorted to his usual strategy of squawking for help. Griff, would have done the community a great service then, by beating Jack's brains out if some persons had inot pulled him off. Jack is evidently a born soldier, but his genius lies more in retreat than in a charge. Now ain't Jack a funny man when he threatens to chastize us. If we were to pick out a man to chastize us it would a be this Jack Napoleon, because he would run at the first sight of. our stick or pistol and-wo would be in danger of falling when chasing Jack. ' Now Jack's a good nigger, and if he'll take off his shirt we will bet there's a black streak down his back, and if he cultivates it as diligently as of late, it will extend around his abdomen and ultimately he will be come a full-blooded, black faced, eboskinned, thick lipped and nosed, gizzard-j footed negro of the ebo type. e say nothing of his heart, for that is already black as hades. If old Jack will marry old Miss black Dinah' who has been long sit- t'nc her can for him we will repeat the dose in the next issue of the Economist. HO CUBE NO. PAY. That-, is the war all druceists sell GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TON IC for Malaria. Chills and Fever. Jt is simply Iron and Quinine ill a tasteless form. Children love it. Adults pre fer it to bitter, nauseating Toni. Price, 50e. Appointments ot Presiding Elder. Rev. R. A. Willis,' residing Elder of the Elizabeth City District of the Methodist Conference, will fill the following appointments on his forth round, . Paspuotank at.Newbegun Septem ber 10,111. Edenton, September 18. Panteago at Bath. September 24.23 . Sonth Camden, Concord. Septem ber 23. I - Gates, Fletchers, October 1, 2. Currituck, Ebenezer, October 6,' 9. Columbia at Columbia, October 15, 16. Nrth Gates, Savages, October 2J, 24. Kennekeet at Little Kinuekeet Octo ber 29, 80. Kitty Hawk, couington, ucr, 'y, ou. Koanoke Island, Oct. SO, 31. Hatteras at Hatteras, Nov. 5, G. HertfordNov. 6, 7. Perquimans, Cedar Grove, Nov. 8. Dare at Croatan, Nov. 13." Camden, Nov. 19. 20. Elizaboth City, Nov. 27, Try Allen Foot-Kase. A powder to be shaken into your ghoes. At this season your reet reel swollen, nervious i and hot, and get tired easilv. If you have smarting feet or tight shoes, try Allen's FooN Ease. It cools the feet and makes walking easy. Cures swollen sweat ing feet, blisters and callous spots. Relieves corns and bunions of all pain and gives rest and comfort. Try it to day. . Bold by all druggists and 6hoe stores for 2Gc. Trial package FREE Address. Allen S. Olmstead. LeCoy, N. Y. " r OBITUARY,' With pain and sorrow we an announce the sad death in Edenton Jon Sunday night, by suicide, of our friend Edward ' Wood, at the age of about fifty years. We Are dam founded at the terrible calamity and our pen is unequal to the 'task of properly I giving expression to our grief at the tragic departure of our dear friend and kinsman. He was the , soul : of benevolence, kindness, geniality and virtue. - His heart sympathised with every nam an sor row, and his hand was open as melting charity. like his noble father, for whom be was named, his heart melted at every .wail of, an guish. Whoever told Ned Woo d a tale of Woe without having his troubles relieved or shared? With steadfast moral manhood and cour ageous conviction,she was without an enemyin the world, for wherever he was known, hia name was the synon yme of every virtue,and hisconvictions were sincere, honest and wise. With such a record, so loved, so respected and with conditions around him so pleasant,? our bewilderment is the crreater that his departure from us was so tragic and mournluL .air. Wood was of !.an emotional nature, with a nervous system that respond ed as an 'iEolian harp to every wave of pain or pleasure. We are "wonderfully made.4 TV nnr comurehension, man s -".v w f 7 ature is a strange 1 compound of divine mechanism We are a medley of contrasts. An emo tional nature is like the ocean waves, a succession of elevations and de pression, and the elevations and depressions are proportional and correspondent. In a moment, of deep depression our dear friend broke, the golden bowl of life be fore the reaction took place. God be merciful to his own delicate workmanship. , We weep with thosei near and dear to.him, and they have the deep aympathy of a large circle of friends. Public Speakmg.at Currituck. i The political campaign opened gloriously at Currituck court last Monday. The personel of that good old Democratic county never appear ed in better light. Their bright in telligent face3, their- fine physical appearance make of them a people no other county of the State can boast a better. They came from all points of the compass in their boats, and all quarters of the globein their buggies and carriages. They came like loyal, true hearted white men, proud. of their race and lineage, ready to cheer the banner of Democ racy so gracefully and splendidly unfurled by . George W. Ward,J. Hey wood Sawyer and Thos. G. Skinner, whose speeches were re ceived with cheer and applauded .to the echo. Philip Shaw, the Popu list candidate for the State Senate, braved; the political weather, appear ed upon the . scene and called for time, which was cheerfully accorded him. Hon. Thos. Babb, of wide fame, insisted upon replying to Mr. Shaw, who, he claims, robbed him of his nomination. Babb more than replied to him.- He denounced him as a pie hunter, a carpet bagger who had nothing in common with the good people of tbe first Senatorial district The negroes were riotous and noisy during the speeches, and it was with difficulty they were made to keep order. Currituck is thoroughly aroused on the race issue and the entire white man's party have embarked with all their soul in the righteous cause of redeeming the State. Tom Skinner made a touching appeal to the Populists, who expressed themselves as greatly pleased with his speech. Never has the writer seen Curri tuck so thoroughly aroused to -her duties; and we unhesitatingly . pre dict a Democratic majority in No vember that will surpass Currituck in her palmiest, days. " . f Currituck Court The attendance was the largest in a decade. . ' The State docket was in proportion. Civil cases very few in number. The lawyers were all in attendance save Mr. W. D. Pruden, whose -absence was due to the sad and untimely- death .of Edward Wood, his ? wife's brother. Several cases Were continued for absence of 1 . Mr. Pruden.- ' ' Judge Hoke, graceful and charm ing as of yore, clever and astute as Gaston, presided with dignity such as is not often seen in thU day and generation. In a clear an I ringing voice he charged the jury. In a de cided and firm manner hs controlled his court In mercy and in justice Of S QUE COR. MAIN AND POINDEXTER STS., We are very busy arranging the iarg est and most handsome stock of Of Pf DRY UUULKy Ever brought to this city. We cordially invite our and exam ine our stock and f .... an "ad." descriptive of our stock, but watch this space and j we will have something to your advantage to tell you later. K- ,,t.n on the culprit. A frig, all North Carolina is justly prouaoi. . ml. Tne QuCK cases wcuk w'"' seduction; case of Sawyer vs. Owens AitAo" the undue interest so often seem in those cases. Verdict for the defendant - Paul Creecy, who repreienxeu me Economist was greeted most warmly by his old friends, and I am inform- Paul Creecy, who represented the ed he did not fail to turn an honest penny for the Democratic organ that fears not its enemies, but greauy loves its friends. . NEWS FROM THE COUNTIES Interestmo Items from Various Harts of the DisHrt , Hatteras items. r q T. Dnshpr left! for Greens- k hia maoir whprft she will take a special course in elocution, voice cul ture and instrumental music at the Greensboro Female College. Mr. Willie L. Bell, who served as op erator with the Navy Signal Corps at Hatteras during ine war .wuu oaiu, is visitintr his old friends at Hatteras for a short time. tiaa 'Uavt.hu flnslfill. of Ocracoke. is visiUne her grandmother, Mrs. Dor cas Gasklll. , - ? ; :: Mr. Homer W. Btyron, who has been attending tne Republican conventions at Edenton and Elizabeth City, re turned home this weak.- . ;'r: ' The Life Saving Service is laying a telephone cable across Ocracoke In let this week. When this is completed the telephone line will oe run frona Hatteras inlet to Ocracoke', and the line willlbe put in operation to the Portsmouth, H C; Life Saving Sta tion. This will givecomp!ete tele-, phonic connection along the . coast from Cape Henry to Portsmouth. . A delightful ice cream party was given this week at the residence of Mrs. Inez Angell. The party was well attended by our young people, and a mosi enjoyable evening was ! spent. Mrs. Angell loves to entertain the young folks, and he is never, happier than when seeing the : bays and girls enjoy themselves. j The month of August, Iut closed, hai been steady and continuous; there has been very little bretze, and the month has passed without a single cool spell to give relief. Another re markable fact is that the month brought no storm, a very unusual thing for this section- . Some of the worbt storms ever known nt Hatteras have occured during August. iYe do not wish any stums we get along be-U r witho'it lb. -ut we f would like to see a good, Cuol northerly wind once more. r ; S. L. D. PVovi J jnce I1 crspnals. ; Dr. Vl S. Penick is announced to preach at Berea third -Sunday atter 00 n in September, j j , ' . i : WE ARE NOW LOCATED 0 CLOTHING, friends and the public to call BEAUTM We have not the time now to write i.1,, Respectfully, 1 BJ B I Eil - O TC B"S . W ,. - -r w . -5X'JtlAX OUR LOW n.vA not hftfnsr rrtfit v w o - - Qft QiqqqiqI SaleS Ll line luosu gqous. . . , c j. louwcou gwuo ivx ujuc rFll . ' TT 11 11 is the place. No Miss Kate Wood, of E. City, was the guest last week of Mr. 8. W.Cooper's family, of 4 The Fork." i J Mrs, 3 Nancy . Morgan is spending some time with relatives at Muraford Mrs, J. M. Whitehurst is visiting relatives in E. City this week. J The poultry of the neighborhood have been suffering lately from, the depredatory raids of Sly Raymond. A party consisting of Messrs. H. C. Wood, V. T. Jackson, P. P. White and Geo. Barrell succeeding in. catching two foxes after an exciting chase one morn ing iast week. ' Mo.1 Elisha Briets. Farmers are about through atrinDinc fodder. ., i ; There are a right many deaths among horses in our section. i I Miss Bedio Lister spent last Satur day and Sunday visiting her brother. Dr. J. L. Lister, atouth Mills. : . Miss Clintonia Cartwright,' of Eliza beth City,.is the guest of Mrs. Elisha Lister. . - -." , ' : . , ." : Miss Essie Davis left last week for college at Oxford. N. C. I The fishermen . have been atWn some nice mullets in LittU River tor the past few weeks. ( .:' Subscriber. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, . j. Lccas Couxtx. : I 88. l UAXK J. CHEKBY makes nn.t.h that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. ( hehey & Co., loin business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and tha said firm wilf i pay the snm of ONE HUNDRED DOL LARS for each, and every case. ot Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Ctjhe. I FRANK J. CHENEY. i Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this six day of Decem ber. A. D. 1836. v 'i i p ; A. w. GLESON, i Notary PuMic. SEAL. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken jnteraal y and acts directly on the blood and oucous Surfaces of the system. ; eud for testimonials, free. - I FAi- C!FEIl?Y & CO.-roledo, O. TSoid by drmrirists, 75c. J ; V The ,IN. view Of 1 R D XH-QTi lETlf . w . , y PRICES ' fivftn hv ftn-.n1 1 . - 7 - - -7- u ; , " SO if V OU WSLllt L Ti ll uiie xebt gouu, wiu leasL money doubt about it. i IIS, ,1 CHAS.; W. PETT1T, Proprietor. if ill Ed 5 G1 Store ' I M I m ram IRON S0 to 2SS WATERjTHEET, Norfolk, ?' : '11ANUFACTUEKR8 OF . j mes, Boilers F0RG1NGS and CASTINGS. -Ma chin and Mill Su pp ie at loeK ' tes -....j-;. . - - : .. . Wbritraen sen out on application for apair. ' ' . . Bpecial Sales Agent for Merchant Babbit Metal. ESTABLISHED 1870. ' "VTORTH CAROLINA, I In Supf rior ' liyde County; j Court, Lucetta McPherson. ) . " VS. I - V George W. McPhereon. ) NOTICE..' -The defendant above named will lake notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced In the Su perior Court of Hyde county to dis solve the bonds of matrimony between the plaintiff and the defendant; that the said .defendant will , further tnke notice, that he is required to appear at the next term of thetSuperior Court of said couLt? to be held on the 10th Monday after the Ht Monday iu Sep tember next, the same being the 14th day of hovember 1898, at the court house of sBid county in Swan Quarter, N. C., and answer or demur to, the complaint in said action which will be filed with the Clerk of tbe Superior Court of Hyde county, at hi3 olllce in Swan Quarter, N. C., within six weeks from the date of this notice, or the plaintiff will" apply to the CourJ for the relief demanded in fimriln int. This action is for !a divorce from the bonds of matrimony upon the gronnds of abandonment as provided by Acts of 1895, chapter 277. .This 29th day of. August 1898. . . ' M . ! J. H. WAHAB, Clerk of the Superior Court of Hyde County. FOR BALM A comfortable house near totton factory $750. f E, F, k 8. S LA MB,
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