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. t til rnUHl'KIt KVEKY Til u B81MY, iij MUION JJUTLtn, liujr an I Proprietor. SUBSCRIBE I Show this 1'ape: to your neigh bor ami a Ivlso liim to subscribe. Subscription rrice$1.50 L'er Year, in Advance. Alliance Directory. N A I (')SA I. . Ai:MKIt.- A LI. I A NCK AND IXIirSTKIAIi UNION'. i'rl.kiit L. I., P-!;, North C;uv !t:n. Ad-lre. .HI I) Sr -it. X. W., V.i-!i:n.'t-ii. IK C. 'ic '-l'i iil-nt U. IT. Clover, Cam- ' i-T'. S: r. '..st v i I misuser -I. II. Turn rr.;i. Address -ll') North Capi at. '. V Washington, I. C. !. v.'i 'vr-J. II. Wii!c:u, K.na. KXKCUTIVU BOAHJ). ". . iV. M;iLUii. Wai'.lri'4toa. 1). O. A !) i.o'vVar.Sal!, iftir.m, -So.Hh Dkoia. .1. i Tii!tv:'.:i, Pahiv.-tlo, Tennessee. .1 '1ICI AKY. II. C Dsuimiug, Cii.iirmin. lv.-. LCrn.ckcn, IV.ouc, Arkansas. A. K. .;:, Fowlcrvillc, Midiim. N'A i'l KS.VL LSCOlSLATiVK COUNCIL. The ritiui:uts of ail the Male or-an-i..;:.i.n5 with h. L. Pol' ex-ofikio Ouair- noi.tii OA uoTjIXA FAGMEfts orATE ALbiANCK. l'r.-i.i. :it Mario l IV-itier, ,ii;itou, r N ' l !i 'iiYiAhv:. V, Ashe- V"i',", N. '. sw-ivt i:y-Ti euM'.ror W: N. larncs, li.il :;.'!., -. (.:. lj.-Ui!-':!- I. S. In-.H, 15rastowa,"N'.('. ( )L;l!i!,'liil -v. KrskiiM t'opi, Chalk L .;:!. X. C. ) '.-ifi; or W. II. Tonilir.&on, Tay- ;.: viili', X. (.'. A.i,t..r.it I) ) -Koicr II. K. King. i i!i-:t .v. s i-.-.t it -at-At in I. Holt, C'naU I.-.-l. v. c. Sials IVi-im- A-cnt W. II. Worth. K i: -i N. :. 'I'nuux 15ii-!Hi'.ss Aiicucy Fund W. A. fimliatn, Mai-.'ipc'.ah, N'. i .v t: 'irrrvi: committek of tiif. XOIlTil CAROLINA FAUMKRS' ril AT:: ALUANCF.. S. 1'-. Alo:c r.d. r, Charlotte, N. C, M!:iii-m.:n; .1. M. Mfwl.onu:, Kinstou, X. ; -J. s. .J..!itist.ni, It-aiVni, X. ( SlATi: AMASCK JUDICIAUY COM- :.!rrri;r.. r,lh-i; r.-, A. Lc:..cr, N. 51. Culbrcth, F. (i. (;iv' .rv, Win. ('. Cn nll. Si' f:-; ALLIANCK I-KOISLATIVK c.iMMirri'.i". H- .1. S.)xvi-li Itaici'lu N. C; X. 0. ON Cilli"''.! : J. -J Yonntr, , II. Foriu-y, Xo vton, X.C tA!l.H.IV liEF KM I'KESS ASSOCIATION rs .!. L. Kum-.u Fivrtideut ()..'; :e M-irio:i iMnies Tin-: r.u !!. Viei-l'ro-i lt:t: W. r. Sr-cieitiry. FAFF IIS. Cu-iH.mw. Clinton; Pro- irr.;-sve Fanner, Raleigh ; Rural Home. Wilson ; Farmer's Advocate, Tarboro; .S,.hsi)ury aH-ntnan, ftai i.imrv: AUi:iiice Sentinel, Golds- l. !;: liicKofv ..leieury, iinoi 'i iiy R;Uiler, WhitaUers; Country 1. ie. Triiiitv Colie-rt: Mountain l f n.i .Tt nivi."il. Ash!villf: Agricul- tu' il Hoc tioMsboro; Columbus Xe.vs, Whitex'ilie, . C; The liusi- AL'ont. llalci 'h. X. C. (.'apt. A. S. ir-eace, editor of Alli ance Department, Oxford, N. C. ;ach of the ab:vi--n:injc-i apers are s : w i 1 U i kfc: tl j iisL sftnudln on i.-t ra-- :-!ni a.ni vii. rs, l'ioi,u . - i . i i ue uuo tin ...,. ' " m.- t .:u-w!it Un tn-a a niaucrm win iwiro'iiicd from the list nrumptly. Our i) nn'v cm now see w'.iat panels are u,y- ii-:.t I in tiu'ir unercr 'ilv) KloSLOXAI. COLUMN. v.- ! "ai.i.kn. w. t. Dor.Tcir. LI, EN & DORTCil, JLA. ATIOUSEY3-AT-LAW, G )ldsboro, N. C. Will practice in Sampson county. te'T tf :1. PUY-SICIANSU F.fSEON AND DENTIST, O lie- in Leo's Drugstore, je 7-1 yr rr K. FAISON, JL I Atounky and Couxsei.i. or at Law. VH.i fin AT-jjn Stvppt. win nwi'liwii. courts ofSampsonanci p.dioinln counties. Also in Supreme Court. All business intrusted to his caL-o will rece 3i ve prompt ana care. ui in 7 1 t-.. i JC ftttention. W. KKRlt, .1J A'tTonxEY axd Counsellor 5.1 at Law. Oia.'Cioa WTall Street. Will practice in Sampson, Bladen, lender, Harnett and Duplin Coun ties. Also m Supreme Court. Pr r.nnt personal attention will be gllr 'xn u"'fa P Ji?ine-a- e 'l ' r ..i ii . . r it I "TjVtANK COYETTE, D.D.5. i DkntiiSTKY rTTT"r, Office on Main Street. tic&B Oilers his services to the people of llinton and vicinity. -Everything n thaline ot Dentistry clone m the test styie. aaiisiacnou uuiaiuetu. 3TMy terms are strictly cash. Don't ask me to vary from this rule Molt Mm Eitop. 11 ANTD 13 COMMERCE ST., NOBFOLK,- VA. Owned and controlcu by Alliance men for handling furm produce. Cotton and Peanuts SPECIALTIES. Don't sell before writing for par ticulars. - ' J.J. ROGERS, Manager. P. O. BOX 212.3 sept24 tf Clinton Loan Association. v persor.a I indebted to ifti3 Associa d. by accoaats or overdraft?, mnst tion, by .ccoaats or ovorara, mns mah-a rsirmnnt AT UALiT, Or avliou WUJ htatea v f"J ' Persons otnerwire in2D.eu ar. nr- gently reqiswa to ujc k . B TD--;-,. hM ?;nr plaimi? Spain's Ibis As social 33 are aniatf qiest-a 10 me mem. 09i2 honrs frotn 9 A. M. to 1 P. if., t.o me T-ienj. an W. A. DUNN, Receiver. -711121.1852-45 -- II II II II J If ',11 Iff U II I Vol. x. THE- EDITORS CHAIR. HOW THINGS LOOK FROM OUIt STAND POINT. Ths ODinion or The Editor and the Opinion of Others which we Can Endorse on the Various Topics of the Day. Hill is gel ting in his fine machine work in North Caroliuo. The poli ticinas in nearly every town have suddenly broken out for him. Wheu you hear them talic, you are not im pressed with the fact that they are It r him because they have deliber ately come to the conclusion that he is the best man, but they talk rather ns interested part.saas. There are not enough t.ffiees for him to give a t t Q- nni;iuio.. ; v, I - -VBa.veeB a. a L' t - t I . a a fi$ue - - wno is noi reu not ior mm. We knew a man once who, wten a candidate for sheriff, promised eyery township politician with any influ ence that he should he his deputy sheriff. The man was elected sheriff. but fifty-nine men were disappointed in not being made deputy. Ex-Governor Holden, who died at his hon e in llaltigh, a short time t-ince. is a man of history. lie was a Democrat before the war, and was editor of the Italeigh Standard. Thirty years ago, he drifted to the Republicans carrying his journal with him. President Johnson ap pointed him piovisional governor of the State during re-construction, and ho was elected to a second term. He was impeached bv the Legisla and cilice that time he hae lived quietly at his home. lie tried sev eral times to have his disabilities re moved, but without success. V.&W. RAILROAD AND THE R. R. COMMISSIOW. The pecplo have won a great vic tory; The most important decision rendered .by the Supreme Court in ten years, if not since the war, was the one last week making the branch roads of the Wilmington A Weldon railroad subject to taxation like oth er property. All this grew out of a provision in the Railroad Commis sion bill making it one of the duties of the Commissioners to investigate all pioperty of railroad i on which exemption from taxation was claim ed, and when they thought the ex emption was not warranted, to as sess for taxation such property, etc The Commissioners, after iavesti- gating the charter of the W. & W rsiilrnnil. flpni.lpd that thp hraneh roads of said company were liable for taxation and that the exemption in the charter a, plied only to the main Jin; the company refused to pay the taxes, their property was seized, they got an injunction, the case was heard before Judge Connor, an ap peal was taken to the Supreme Court. That body decides that the branch roads are liable to taxation. The main line is only 154 miles long. The branch roads amount to 291 miles in length. This adds several million dollars ot taxable property. Where is the man who opposed the Railroad Commission, said it would do no good and cost the State a lot of money? Besides this, when " ucllciai """J " will pass 'a law to collect from the comnanv back taxes on each branch dg f ar since each road u;n. rpi. T JL, T PAmnonn has shown bad spirit about this mat tir. They have tried to prevent the case irom Deing neara neiore our own State Courts. They wanted it heard before the Federal Judge Bond His decision would most probably would have been in favor of the rail reads. The WT. & W. Com pany ive appealed to the United States Su preme Court. But a3 this case does not conflict with the Dartmouth Col lege case, we have some hopes the United States Court will sustain our gtate Gourt STATE CONVENTION. The Executive Committee of the Democratic paj-ty met in Raleigh last w eek and decided to hold the next State Convention in that city May ISth. There will be ouly one Convention. This will nominatethe ?ndidates for State officers and elec delegates to the National Conven Hon..- The Convention will met early in order to give the farmers a better chance to attend, as they wil be less busy then than in Jane. Don't offer the farmers and labor ers syrrpathy and charity when they need justice. They don't ask for vour pity, but for justice. Give v I j-- I 1 1 casion ou wnicn you an irouoic Yourselves about yonr sympathy. ! iur. inmui uunuici, uianwru j xur. iuiaui Dinusw, wiaumn Qf the Ways and Means Committee, ! is very sick, and fears are entertain ed that he will nt recover. 7 II V 1 1 11 II .v . 7 1 A 1 a T l TT A T T" ait n . i.i-.- 1 1 i i i . as IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. A committefi nf rrfpfrranh nncrn. torn appeared befora the Railroad CommisBion jesterdav and pre-ientetl a Petition aakin? that. If within the jurisdiction of the Commission, that mey appoint a competent man to examine all telegraph operators re porting tram, lorbidding the em ployment of anv one under tffentv- one years, and that they shall be un encumbered with others duties while perform lntr work as train reixrter-: and that if the Commissioners hold that they have not jurisdiction that they take such step m are necessary in calling the matter to the next ses sion of the General'Asseibly. Tne operators make the request for the reason that many are employed to 8 cn unties who are said to be ncompetent. The petition also asks U it be made a mL-demeauor for any operator to sicnal trains wrons?. cjiuso accidents, Ac News .ind Ob server. This is in the rieht direction, but the Commissioners should go furth- and see that every operator is competent to serve the public. An operator vho can do the railroad business at small station is often tally incompetent to send and re ceive general messages for the pub- 1C. The railroads simply look for a cheap mn who can do their work. The public will never get any better service till it demands it. GIVE 'EM GATLING GUNS INSTEAD OF JUSTICE. The "Wilmington Messenger says : "Indianapolis has 110,600 popula tion and but 110 policemen. It is too ?mall to quell a riot or wide spread disorder. They ought to have a half dozen oatlmjr suns and his mpioved police gun." The Messenger seems to think that Gatling guns is the remedy for un- ust laws, corporate greed and op pression. Plutocracy was th cause of the riot in Indianaplis. There the Gatling guns should rather be used on the plutocrats than apon the poorly paid and overworked employ ees who were forced to the wall. We would show more humanity and come nearer doing our ituty as jour nalists if we would investigate and expose the causes in soch casts. TAXED PROPERTY: IN NORTH CAROLINA. The aggregate value of the real and personal property in North Car olina is . shown to be, as listed for taxation, $262,786,816. This is divi ded as follows: Listed by white citizens, $231,109.56; by colored citi zens, $8,018,446 ; value of bank stock, $1,950,197 ; value of railway propeny as assessed by the railway commission, $18,719,605. Many mil lions more will be added by the Rail road Commission under the recent decision of the courts. The four connties in which the valuations are the largest are Wake, $10,921,228; Buncombe, 10,663,140; Mecklenburg, $9,900,082; New Hanover, $8,095,- 172. This is the first time that sep arate statements have been prepared showing the property owned by the blacks ans whites. This is done in accordance with an act of the last legisl&ture. We give the following counties : Sampson, Johnston, . Harnett, Cumberland, Moore, Bladen, Pender, Onslow, Jones, $2,642,390 -4,336,752 ' 1,750,978 3,000,955 3,000,006 1,862,362 1,466,310 1,668,593 - 1,054,929" 5,278,151 Wayne, This is by no means all the proper ty in these counties, bnt it is all that is listed for taxation. Some proper ty is greatly, uner-valued and some tvades any taxation. ' PUBLIC SPEAKING In Clinton, Tuesday, March 15th Col.. Harry Skinner and President Marion Butler will sperk in Clinton on Tuesday, March 12th. Speaking will commence at 10:10. President Butler will discuss the St. LauLs de mands and the outlook for remedial legislation. . col. Skinner will dis cuss the Sub-Treasury Plan. His is an able one, and all should hear him He is a man ef fine address and an eloquent and impressive speaker The ladies in town and country are Invited to attend. Every man who is NOT a member of the Alliance is especially requested to attedd. The 'best bill for the promotion and protection ot inter-state com merce would provide- fir the acqui sition b.v the eovernuient of the trunk lines of railroads. Think what a fix we would be in if the postal service was in the. hands of numer ous warring, com petir.g and demor alizinar corporations. St. Louis Chronicle. Th man is of more benefit than the dollar, and than man, or set of men, who does injury to his fellow man to gain a dollar, does an injury to societyind it is thetiuty of soci ety to hold those men accountable. The preamble and platform adop ted by the Confederated Industrial Organizations at St. Louis' is a strong document. It is the second Declar ation of American Independence. Political parties who use' their po litical influence ia favor of the lew against the people does an injury and the people should h ld that par ty responsible. 7 - - 2Pu.ro DoinoorAcy aaxcx XVlxlto Supremnoy. CLINTON, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH AN ADDRESS TO THE BROTH ERHiK)I OF THE FARM ERS ALLT A NCE O F NORTH CA U- OLIN'A. The Great Industrial Conference Having been honored with a com mission from you as a delegate to ne industrial Conference to St. Iu- s on the 22nd inst.. we. the undor ! sign, deem it due that we should render, at theeardest practical mi- ; ment,a truthful statement of the work accomplished and of our action a your representatives in tint body. 'I II. A W t .J . . .. . . . . , mroiA uiKHui.tiou3 eiuuraceuin the official call issued by the Com mittee on Conlederatit.n, were rep resented by seven hundred and thir ty seven properly accredited dele gates. To these were added the del gates of seven other kindred organ izations, (on the recommenda.ion of the Committee on Credentials) mak in the aggregate over oim thoa-and 'elevates, and representing almost every Stave in the Union. TheCom- tmttee on Platform consisted of ouo lundred and twenty members, rep resenting every State and eveiy or ganization. This Committee labor ed faithfully and without intermis sion for fourteen hours and present ed as their unanimous report the fol- owing: PREAMBLE. This, the first great labor confer ence of the United States and the world, representing all divisioi.sof urban a::d rural organized industry. assembled in National Congress, in voking upon its action the blessing and protection of Al j iirht.v God. uts forth to and for the producers of the nation this declaration of uni on and independence. The condi tions which surround us best justify our co operation. We meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of ra rai, political and mate rial ruin. Corruption dominates the ballot box, Legislatures and Congress and touches even the ernuue of the bench. The peeple are demoralized. Many of the States haye been compelled to isolate the voters at the polling places in order to prevent universal intimidation or bribery. The news papers are subsidized or muzzled; public opinion is silenced; business is prostrated; our homes are cover ed with mortgages; labor is impov erished and land concentrating in I the hands of capitalists; urban work men are den'ed the rights of organ ization for self-protection; imported pauperized labor beats down their wages; a hireling standing army, j unrecognized by our laws, is estab-! lished to shoot them down and they are rapidly degrading to the Euro pean conditions; the fruits of toil. of millions are bodily stolen to build up colossal fortunes unprecedented in the history of the world, while their possessors dispise the republic and endanger its liberty. From the same prolific wound of Governmental justice breed the two great classes, paupers and millicn aires. The national power to create money is appropr ated to -enrich bondholders; silver, which has been accepted as a coin since the dawn of history has been demoralized to add to the purchasing power of gold by decreasing the value of al1 forms of property, as well as human .labor, and the supply of currency is pro- posely abridged to fatten usuers, bankrupt enterprise and enslave m- dustjy. - A vast conspiracy against man kind has bee.i organize! on the two continents and io taking posession of the world. If not met and over thrown at o"ce it forbodes terrible social convulsions, destruction of cilization or the establishment of an absolute despotism. In this crisis of human affairs the intelligent working people andrpro- ducers ot the United States have come together in the name of peace, order and security, to defend liberty, prosperity and justice.. We declare our union and independence, we as sert oui purpose, through our politi cal organization, which represents our principles; we charge that the controlling influence, dominating the old political parties has allowed the existing dreadful conditions to de velop wi'hout serious effort'' to rt strain or prevent them. Neither do they now inleud' to accomplish re form, They ' have agreed to ignore in tbe commg campaign every, issue but one. Thev propose to drown the out cries of the plundered people witM the uproar of a sham battle over the tariff, so that corporations, National banks, rings, trusts, ..Altered stocks, demonetization of silver and the op- pres-hm of usurers may a 1 be lost sight of. They propose to sacrifice our homes and children upon the-Al tar of mammon; to destroy the nopes of tha multitude in order to secure corrupti on funds from the great lords of plunder. i We assert that a political organiza tion, representing the political prm ciples hersin, is necessary to redress the grievance wnicn we compiain,as sembledon ihe anniversary of the birth of the illustrations man who led the first great revolution on this continent against oppression: filled with sentiments, which actuated that grand general, we seek to re store the Govern nentof the republic into the hands of the "plain people" with whom it originated. Our doors are open to all paj ts of the compass. We ask all honest .men to Join witn and help us, iu order to restrain the extortions of aggregated capital; to drive the money changers out of the temple; tofcr-n a perfect union; es tablish justice: insure domestic tran quility; provide for common defence ; promote the general welfare arid se. cure the blessings of liberty for oux posterity. i i ' i. . i V v IT V JPlSllllllfP ' JvfPjK TM PRESIDENT - Who Presided over the We do ordain and establish the following platform of principles : . 1st. We desire the union f-the labor forces of the United States this day accomplished, permanent and perpetual. May its spirit enter into1 all hearts for the salvation of the Republic and the uplifting of mn khidi ... 2nd.-Wealth belongs to him who created it. Every dollar taken from industry without an equivalent is robqery. If ony one wilt not work, neither shall he eat. Tne interests of rural and urban labor tre the same; their.enemies are ideatical". PLATFORM. . - 1. FINANCE. A. We demand a national cur rency, safe, sound and flexible, issu ed by the' General Government only, a full legal lender for all debts, pub lic and private.'and without the use of banking corporations, a just and equitable means of circulation, at a tax not y to exceed two per cent., as set fortlrin -the Sub-Treasury, plan me warmers' Alliance, or some better system, also by . payments in discharge of the obligation for nub- ic improvements. B. We demand the free and un imieed 'coinage of silver. C -We demand an amount of cir culating medium to , be speedily in creased to not les3 than $50 per cap- ta. D. We demand a giaduated in-; come tax. v - - - E. We . believe . that the. money of the Treasury -should be. kept as much as possible in the hands of the people,' and, hence, we oemand alf National and State revenues shall be limited to the necessary expen: ses of the Government economically and honestly.administared,. - F. We demand that Postal Sav ngs" banks be established, by. the Government for the. safe deposite-of the earnings of . the. people and - to facilitate exchange. - . . : - The land, including all natural resources ot wealth, is tne-heruage of a 1 people, and ehould-not be mo- nopolized for speculative purposes, and alien ownership of; land should be prohibited. All lands now held by xail roads and tther corporations in excess of their actual -needs, and all lands.now held by aliens" should be reclfiimedby the Government and hold for actual settlers only. 3.-EAXSrOBtf ATIO?.- A".--TrarispOl tationheing a mean? of expense and public'necessity he Govern i.enrshould pwnar pp.er-. ate the roads lutthe. interest ol -th People. '" ' .? " .T. -. - r r --The telegraph ana teiepooue;. like the postal system, beingaoeces sity for the transmission-, ot snews, should .be owned ana. operated ty Government in the. intereij of the people, , - ,-.,7-u While some partsof .the above address may seem," at alane-to make p&tiz'an'poTiticai,distinetias, yel upon careful study one willcIvaiM ly see that it Is npn-parfizinr and further, will be impressed with the truthTjf its premises and the ability of the i commrttee-wboframettlt. It was adopted with on'.y.a few dissenj-l ir.g'-Vfftes '-ahd'the watform was adopted unanimously and received with great-appKtrsr." ThCctift ence having completed its work as a! represeu: atlv body , t hen jpurned sine dier;" V ' THE MASS-MEETINd. " ; Alter the adjournment a Mass Meet i ng was cal ted. In isrh ich a great many. delegates took part ascitizens, together with number who were not delegates to the-Conferenee; and proceeded.to take stepts looking -to political action. The result was a call for a National Convention,- to be held the 4th day of next July in the maha, Nebraska. This ac- pntirelv dwtineirf.om the city of Omaha, tion was entirely distinct f torn the work -of the conferenceof Labor Or ganizatiou to which you sent us - as ,-r, rnnrosonfativw . It will be seen thattheCojjaicH?-60. Mm p ' 6 did not by its actipmiitLnotc bind I any one of the organizations-repriEf sented nor any meinber- thereof .- t-o the support of any particular-polifci5 cal party. , In a Hpirit.of cojsceswi and compromise, -all the. ..various States and sections and all shades ot political opinion, sought only the common good f the whole" people, fand with remarkable unanimity adopted a declaration of , principles. 10, 1892. L. L. TOLK, St. Louis Convention. which in their judgment willreAtore peace, prosperity and justice to the country.' It will also be observed that this declaration or plat for n em bodies essentially the great princi ples enunciated by rur Order at St. Louis in 1839, at Ocala in 189 ) and at Iidianapolis in 1891, . Theuuder sigaed therefore unanimouslv and heartily gave their endorsenlen to these principles. Impressed with the solemn on vlctio that the enactment of these principles into law and the faithful enforcement of the la, will bring relief to our distressed industrial people and inure to the common good of all interests and classea, we earnestly appeal to all Alliancemen md all patriots, of whatever cn IU ng, to aid us in electing to office only such men as will faithfully execute the laws. It is gratifying to state that all the Southern States were represented in the body aad every delegate voted for the platform. Marion Butller. W. C. Wilcox. J. P. Brinson, J. T. B. Hoover, E. C. Beddixgfibld, P. H. Massey, J. P. Johnson, A; C. Suuforx, I 'j. M.Kent, J.C. Brown. TIIEST. LOUIS CONVENTION. BY N. A. DUNNING. Again the people have demonstra ted .their ability to withstand temp tation;" act with moderation and stand firmly upon principle. The trickster, traitor and wiley politician have been confounded, and the dis organizer with all his ilk has been inglori o.usly - defeated . Wei 1 laid plans to disrupt, side track, or load down the movement with objection able features iet with a similar fate, and, the wrath, chicanery and wick edness of its enemies; were made to serve thecause of justice and reform. Outtvf that tangled mass of Inhar monious opinions, diversity of sen timent, and distrust of each othe has. evolved a declaration of princi ples.that will ever challenge the ad miration of a free people Nothing st ve a riglrteous'cause guided by the hand, of- Omnipotent JustLe could have terminated in "such a happy, beneficial -And' almost uaexpected manner; Let those who arr i ncliued to coff trud treat lightly of this movrh"6nf t-ousijiei: carefully it's orl gitt. gto'wfh -nnd. the. result of this meftirigV'fdr there, is a lesson eon 'tained irrits history that will -some .nine ne aeeiarea, i rom the houe top. It fe ttnethatlthlsinfin-r marked ;a criiclar period in the life of this reform effort, Jbut the fact It never- uieiess, certam .thac the test -was ;squareTy ;ahd honestly met. That thefel.wexe mistakes of minor Im portance made that a convention of machine politics would hve avoid ed is doubtless true, but these very mistakes confirm the honesty of pur ine which actuated those present. Tken altogether, its counterpart wasnvpr witnessed before on Ame rican soil. ' . Such a rugged proles agaiiMt pres- tnt conditions, backed nip by the rising tide of iCAlucatioual eulight inent, aad the well kuown continui ty ui hciiou wnicn ooidins among the class miking it, cijikh be much longer ign reu, out will sooner or latorbe recognizul in its fulle-t senses This action will result immeuiate!y lna-snowor hands, and, as-iu the the tlays of Gideon, cowards and traitors will go to the rear. , The number who hare beeu count ed as In this reform will be materi Hilly iesscedbut the qu tlity ,wid ue grcatiy improved,, ALL lnnncer ior excuses wiji be.givea for,di-.rt mg ine banner ot reiorui. au.i the 0X031 unreasooaWle,and -extravagant PP Uqs wi be lought:orwr.i 1 tu "stam this defe,.tion,J Mm who have stoojl inthe stvance a.s trutid counselors a'nd leaders wiil txi ?n iu uic.ucai imure -mawiw' ia- lat .y" laroe. 41eu Vh'ff nave rlimb d she 1 -d ler and 'raTic4! positioiwroi onorawi -ihKt tfrrouh the coufi- jdence and assissiance of the rankaLd Ah ofhjarefannjwill -betray -that trust, makfserthdiseot their po sitions jindjjikd the d g,-ruiurn in duo lim. to- thktit-vuiuit. It " was evex'thus, and ever ? will be, ; until the rai-of the people is complete .Continued on Second Page.j No. 22. THE COAL COMBINE. RtV. MR. DIXON SPEAKS Of IT l MtS INTRODUCTION. tk Cam! rm 4 Ttl IkrtUx. ClirtaUMM 1 !( aM m Vl, AUcml by Kh l(vrU. New Yoajc, March .-Mr. Dion pr coded hi ttnuoa In AwcUlkia fc&ll thU morning by a review of tha recvat etna Vin&tian of tha aathrcit coal kin o? PenEwylnLiiiA. 1I said: The most gfeantic r&Uma4 dNtl In the kiatory of - the world h jtut bnm cwa uounatd ia WaH etreet. Theanthra ciU coal oatput of Aracnca it oo&trolW by five railroad. Four of timie road have eatored Into a combination th Reading. Lehigh Valley, Jrrwej Central, and Delawa.c, Lackawanna and West ern. The combination tvprtwenU a total of real and watered stock to the mor mons amount of $600,000,000. It Udi clared that the arnins of this trust will be orer $100,000,000 annually. We do not doubt it. WALL STRZKT MA MACS. The tcene on the Stork exchange when the announcement of thU deal waa made beggars deecription. Men plunged and shrieked and jumped and jelled le maniacs. Million hung in the Iwlance of a moment. It wm a day never to lie forgotten even on the floor of this d&ilj pandemonium. It was enough to move men. to maJ nesd and transform a market into a hell of greed and speculative lust. These stocks, in spite of the burden of ton of water, leaped upward some fS.OOO.OOO within a few ticks of the clock. Visions of imperial splendor flanked liefore the surging crowd of genteel gamblers. Nor was there any decline in prices. Fabu lous fortunes were mode in an hour. It was an hour that should Interest pro foundly the whole nation. Those who have beet reason to know declare that it means an advance of fifty cents a ton on the price of coal. $20,000,000, ALL PROFIT! This means that the manses of the poo- plewill be robbed of $20,000,000 more annually in a tax on their firesides to furnish the sinews of war for our Is apo- leons of finance as they walk from throne to throne and dream of new worlds to conquer. Yes, for alllm inflated stock, for all theso fictitious values, fur all these enormous profits, somebody must pay for the men who have done this trading have scarcely crooked their little fingers. From certain quarters there rises the cry about trusts, monopo lies, combinations and conspiracies against competitive trade. The power of law is invoked to break up the con spiracy! SOKE OY YOUR BrsiNESS. But why all this noise? What has the law to do with such a combination? Such a deal is a perfectly legitimate climax. to our system of commercial war. The inevitable end of all compe tition is combination. Combination is the only possible fruit of such a system. At present our railroads are owned and run by private capital. Have not two roads the same right to combine under one management as ono road to combine capital in the beginning? Certainly. What business is it to you or me if the owners of these roads enter into a jrart nership? The roads belong to their stockholders. They invested their money for gain. They did not baili! or buy those reads for philanthropic pur poses. They went into it to make money for themselves. They did not invest for the purpose of furnishing f ael to poor people who are cold. You allow them to own these public highways. They will charge you just what they please for carrying your coal. If they fool like it they will raise the price of coal fifty cents a ton. JThe 'ngines, tracks, cars, belong to tbe'managers. They will ad vance the price a dollar a ton if they feel Inclined! It is none of your busi ness. If you do not like it you can whistle. If you don't want to buy coal, let It alone. You can burn wood, oil, gas, electricity. THE REMEDY. Yes, there is a remedy. Just one. AU other remedies only play with the prob lem and pile np wrath against Xlte day of wrath. The time has come when the government must assume control of the people's highways and run them in the interests of the people. HIGHWAYS AND HIOHWAYHEX. Streets and public roads were the highways of past centuries. The rail toad is the. highway of modern times. The king owned the old highway. The king must own the new highway or the new highwaymen will own the king. HUMANITY DIVINE. Suffer the little children toeome mtottm forbid them not, for of rach Is the kiagdoai of heaven. Mark x, 14. And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed ou him. Bet the other answered and rebuking blm aaid. We receive the dae re ward of oar dteda. bat this maa baa done nothing emits. And he said. Jeans, remember me when thou eomeat la thy kingdom. And He s&id onto htm, Verlljr I ear onto thee, to day abalt than be with me la par41ae-LULe xxlii. Colonel Ingersoll says that "Chris tianity has taught that the whole human race is by nature depraved, and. that if God should act in accordance with hi sense of justice all of the sons of mca would be doomed to eternal pain. II i maa nature has been derided, has becu held up to .contempt and scorn, all our deeires and -passions denounced as wick ed and filthy," That is to say, Colonel Ingersoll declares at this late day that Christianity teaches the doctrine of Total Depravity. Again we find the colonel at his old tricks. He sets up a than of straw that he may knock him down for the amusement of the crowd. He is again hunting f r imaginary gam. a roue uwt. In a wild district of the south two men went out on a certain night to hunt deer in what is known as a "fire bunt' two men, with their guns, and a boy to hold the rLrht Suddenly one of th hunters saw the gleam of the eye ofm deer in the distance In the forest. Thl crack of his rifle announced to his frfands that they had found game. "That deer shone up bright, he said in a self satisfied tone as he loaded bit gun. v - They started in the direction of tha price, but in astonishment they saw an other blue light appear in another direc tion. Again be fired, again the Eght went oat Again they sought for theit deer aad found it not. v ' - "Very strange,'' said the banter, tmt IF YOU WOULD LIKE To cosnrauaictio with atotit Ua thousand of the Wt country Iopl la this section of North Carolina thn do it Hmmgh th colutauiof Tiie CaVCauax. N other pajr in the Third Ca givMlonal District hat as )rg a circulation. Pre y rm an (j re e h tisn. lYrHa; U.y ' Uw eiwliug fci.Wio to rr4tt U frvr 1. Aral:) crah weal tla n2, dawn wt th rj. TVy reh4 t-i xlMt Kane, an t W .trr wm nwh-r U b fittaO. Tboy et han4 ge, atl wbm the ere ih dt ari'i slal by th4 lljiht -f t.n h, be trtl hie mark tnanhip the fourth torn. I5t t rb-l tw g4e. Then U other hutet tri4 a shot. The tj dwtpi, TVy wl up to 6b4 th ratue; foua I it Ijaj they bawl behiad thna Ike ixsto toy 1 in crt gW UnhlajT over thiric. Tbey ak4 huu what wa tho tu.vt;rr. He replied: "AmeUa liihthsmet Tire riUav;t You bare abootin at the light house." Their film wa purely intariuary, ' Thy fouTi 1 out ttair ruuUke at hut aal proceeded to hunt real game. , or satamc oRintt. 1 The trouble with the coluael is that he has not yet found out hit mistake, and he ia HiU firing away a though he were doing wonder, lie ita op this imairinary obht and prre-xbi t de molish U When he m&ke uch an a. sertioa be again proclaims th frt th-U be has int Iwen t church Litvly. lu fact, jrjir.g frvn this vtateuKut, 1k has Kctboen to church In aU.ut fifty years, and what is worw, the iat tisna ho was at church, fifty years the prbabihty u that he did u: undvrataud what he hoard. Tlio doctrine of Total Depravity U ne that Christianity is in no m-ujw reptui ble for. K Li a slander centuriue old, but is ncne the a Liudir. It ts a slander ov Almighty Uod, a slander upon Chrit and his church. My own idea is that it originated with the devil. I do not char;;-) the colonel vrilh cirig inating this aNerttan. I d t charge him with circulating a malicious slander. It seems to me tliat there cam a time in Uie histry of the ftww tf evil lelow when his Satanic majnety couceivl a brilliant plan of campaign. Ho said. If I can only convince th world that Christianity means the abrogation of manh(Mid; if I can otdy produce tle Im presMion that iy le a Christian means Ut be lens a man, and thct the roan who enters the Chrbniitn life must resign all that is beautiful hud gxxl and worth having in this world, tht'U I will suc ceed ia trapping thouMindi where one would fall otherwise. The devil ahouM certainly build a monument to the man who firnt taught this doctrine; for it U calculaUl to doceive the very elect. It has played wild havoc with tho church in the past. Thank God wo are reaching the Je riod when such a iJauder no longer ha force over the minds of the followers of Christ. They are learning now what Christ really taught. Nobody believe now within organic, so called orthodox circles in such a docttlno. Whenever you hear aa old man g"t up and confess that he is the greatest sinner in the world, and that he is altogether wicked and altogether evil, he is himply repeat ing a traditional theology which is not a part of his life, for if a brother on the other side the church should get up in reply and agree with him, and declare that ho was4ho biggeat ecoundreln the church, there certainly would bo a fight. This is simply the chatter of tradition. It has no part in real Christian life. or HOTAL LINEAOE, So far from Christianity teaching that the whole human nice is by uaturo de praved and that man is totally depraved, Jesus Christ taught the very opposite, namely, that Christianity is intrinsically divine, sin intrinnicaUy inhuman aad un natural. Open tho book of Christianity and see if this is not true. You will find it shad owed forth in the Old Testament before the founder of Christianity came upon the scene. The Old Testament teaches in the very opening chapter, ia the first lesson God taught Che infant clans of the human race, that God made man in bis own image. He did not make maa in tho image of the devil, but in man God repioduc(Hl himself. Again, the Psalm ist tells us that he madhim, a little .. lower than the angels." And cow ths later translation pulo it, "a little lower than God," echoing the first great Jeafcon taught in Genesis. When the prophets of old looked out upon a sinning, erring people their cry invariably set forth this divine truth. The cry of their hearts was ever the cry of the prophut of tears: "Return, thou backsliding Israel. Only come back. I will not chide; I will for give; I will not keep anger." This ap peal recognized the clement io whioh it apjiealed. So Jo-ma Christ taught, and so did bis apostles teach. Opi.ni the New Testament and you find it upon almost every page. First Christ teaches the intriwdo di vinity of humanity ia his doctrine of child salvation. lis teaches it with an emphasis that marks tlie thought pre eminently in his ministry. His disciples had driven the children away from the great master. Christ turns upon them, with anger. The Word says that "He was moved with indignation," but the Greek declares that he was angry. This word signifying anger is used only once to describe thaxmotions that swept the heart of Christ, and this was the occa sion. Jesus turned to his sbortaightel disciples with those immortal words never to be forgotten, "Suffer tho little , cliildren to come unto me; forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heav en." He distinctly declared that heaven is peopled with hosts of little cliildren. He distinctly declared that every child is an incarnation f the breath of God. That every babe born into the world is from the throb of God's heart Second Jesus taught again this sub lime truth in his attitude toward ths outside world. The proud Pharisee end Jewish teachers would not enter the homes of the poor and degraded. To enter meant pollution. Cat the great Galilean Teacher went from humble home to hone, mingled with the poor and the outcast, and one of the accusa tions which they brought against him . was that he was the friend of publicans and sinner. He loved man as man. He ministered to man as man, teaching that man as man is worthy. The howling mob brings before the master a trcmblHig woman taken .in sin. They clamor for her life. They expect now to see this teacher of law visit upon the offender the veng- anceof violated law. Bet Jesus could see through the exterior, through out ward clamor. He looked not at that which, was without, but at that wlrich waa , within the heart Turning to the pen!- . tent frightened woman, we hearhi3.: J Continued on Second Pge. t i U ... A.-.'. . r-
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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