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THE CAUCASIAN lias the Largest Circulatiou and is ,'.,,rr WEEKLY JiV AOIiTIJ i' A I:' ) I.I S A . CA h -A. FOiaSTTjCH. f We nrtcii otfr -t.VMW ropJe in iVJ.i, V. rftt ta print fc4 cir ruUtv Jurtc the fr-ernt yrr ; million tones JLL. VOL. XIII. GOLD8BOUO, X. C. THURSDAY. XOYKMHEH 1. 18H4 NO. 1. yji.i! SlrAVAiVi StV- Library CAN Vor AITOL'i) TO (IIVK Til KM AXOTHICIt CHANCE? I CAL A Y rdcfihe cld parties on VCr.E i CUE SI -ON AND HO', r U:fOCKA7S UsED Th: R C4NCE ' "10 "REL EVE " i.i i i ori.K vh:k I'liOM'i koi - t n iii. iiii-. .!i.ixii . kkmh.i (Kin n - i s i .i i: vi t.n - no i i - l ..li II I 1 II. Kr l 1)1.1 Kl S--IO.N ' Kl"l llt-.UK'l IIF. lilMKHF liKMIlNf I IZ IM. ,-sl l. Kit II ! IIKKN O AI VI I 1 I Kl. l, ..I. I I alius ii.; I. trill T i n k t i n jj . I. .tin I -a I I Ic, 1 1 Sulc Track J'f.j!. ' i I Oiaiii-i.il 3: firiii I II.- Count ry I . .i a 1:. -1 1 1 III i.-UH I al l If a ml it I I l . I ,i l' i . n- rn i i c laiill'lo cure lot fti..usc . I .ml i :i I i 114 Hill VI. mi y a. - 4 ... I I I;..-.- t al 1 li a i licit i.ti Ktli.-f 'I in IVu (,., - l .iil I- lh- imlv I'arly in I a.u l I.. U...II1-! ii;m i'i r -If i Hi. .miy I'ar tl 111 I avir i.l I In- h''i.li'. I'nitkd Stains Sknatk, Wamiinhton, 1). ('., Oct. 2 , 'Jl. To t in Kd it or of Tin-: Ca i.'casi a n: -'I l,c transfer of the I u h! ic.iii .nil. I i inocratie partita from ' "0il! to til' lllOlley po'.V- . i- ly Senator Sherman and Mr. 'Icvclarid, had rcsii ltcd in n rcl.rn-jrail'- iiiou-ni nt in Kurope and Aiin-rica towards the conditions of tin- Dark Agcy. If tlxo two gen 1 1 11 in and their coadjutors can make the title of the jroitl com i"m;t fioii to the massed of the people a. ;iod arf they have already done to tin- old old parties, free instit.ntion.s iniirtt irive way to "old liarons and i rfs. The demonetization of silver h;is lstroed more tlian one-half of -the in tall o money of th- civilized world, doubled the value of money in the hands of the hanks and oilier nit lulu-is of the old combination, and reduced tlie price of the prop erty of the people more than one half. The iron hand of contrac tion binds the limbs of enterprise. The interest and extortion are ab sorbinir the wrecked fortunes of the sons of toil. The contract between the boundless wealth and ostenta tious grandeur of the "old conibi naiion and the masses of the people s! 1 uirliiiy for food and clothing, marks the approaching end of free gou-nniient. The reduction of the world's me tallic money to gold alone, is the most, radical tinuntji.il .'evolution iu history, and is the moving cause of universal distress. W hen the revo lution was inaugurated, unexam pled prosperity existed in Europe and America. Twenty years of abundeut hirvests anil profound peace cannot be the cause of univer sal distress. The disaster is the re sult of no natural cause. No such cause has been or can be assigned. Vicious legiolation and maladminis tration are the only possible cuiises for the disaster of the present time. The distress is universal in Europe and America, and the vicious legis lation and maladministration must have been equally so, Tar ill' laws have been constantly changing in all the nations involved in the pn sent disaster. The results of such chang es are limited and coiitined to a few interests) involved. Hard times prevailed between lSloand 1850, when gold and sil ver mining was interrupted by the Spanish-American wars. Times were good from 1850 to 1873 while the supply of gold from California and Australia was abundant. Dur ing each of these periods there were frequent tariff changes iu the Unit ed .States and in every country in Europe. The effects of those chang es were not local, not uniuersae, and what effect the tariff has locally has always b-en and still is a disputed question. Since the demonetization of silver until the last session of Congress we had a Republican tariff, and times constantly grew worse. We now have a Democratic tariff, and times are no better. Neither high repub lican tariff nor low Democratic tar iff will relieve our distress It cer tainly will not materially afftct the people of Europe. The disaster which is impoverishing the people of the Unitei' States and Eur qe at the same time and in the same man ner is not the tariff, civil service re form, prohibition, or any other ques tion local to this country. The United States and all Europe have demonetized silver, doubled the pur chasing power of gold, and reduced prices more than fifty per cent. This legislation U common to all the countries which are not alHicted with falling prices, hard times, want and misery. No other cause of the distress is common to all the afflicted countries. No country w hich has not committed the crime of demonetizing silver has suffered depression. I ndia was more prosper ous than ever before until silver coinage was suspended in that coun try a year ago last June. Before that time she had no ditllculty in promptly paying $80,000,000 to pay in gold as interest on her bonded debt, because of the increase of her productions and her growing ex ports under the benign influence of a suiiiiicient value of money to pre vent falling prices. Since the sus-.-pension of coinage, she has been compelled to borrow $50,000,000 to pay interest oil account of decreasing production and declining exports. Japan and Mexico, and all other silver standard countries are more prosperous than ever before. These examples snow that any great goiu standard country, and particularly CONTINUJCD OS SECOND PAGE. The Domocnits went into ollice promising to remove the tax from the necessaries of life. They took the tax o1f wool which the farmers produce and they lowered it on silks and hue brandies, but thev doubled the tax on molasses, added to the tax on iioie-shoes, and taxed vour suar to the true ot 40,000,0()0. " tup 01 1 TIT UP LUIOLAIUUI i i i i i i; i HOW IT BETRAYED THE STATE AND ROBBED THE PEOPLE. TIIK FACTS conckiimm; tiik avii. JIINUTllX .V U I I KON i;o.l) "OIMI'HIIM ISI-." Tin-Slate Hiililicil ol Ovi r a IlMlf Millii.il lilliirs--1 lii- Lust l.-i;i'littiir- Servi'il i .VIoiiiiiol v 1 nl i .nl i.l I In- Slati---Vli:tt an Ilo hi l l.i'Kislal ii ! W.iulil ILivi- ll. ii. Tlie VV.X W. II. li. W imlil I niil all Uhi-U TiixfH ami llei-n ;!.! to ilo so. it the I'eili- hail Iti i-ii Kt-pi si-iit l al Kuli-iuli --V Ii y C'orMral ion .Imlirs art, S. i iii-in- m--.lulm- Iiiissi-ll Writes a liolil Lftter anil is ihe T'ai-ls. IIi'-iui!isioil from The C.u cama.v of Aug. linil.J The following letter to Hon. I). L. Kussell and his reply explain themselves and besides give to the people of Xorth Carolina some im portant and valuable information. Goldsboro, X. C, July 0, 'U4. Hon. 1). L. liussell, Wilmington, X. C. Dear sir: Knowing that you were employed by the city of Wilmington in its effort to collect taxes due from the Wilmington Sc Weldon Railroad, and having learn ed through parties who are in a posi tion to know that youa gve a very thorough investigation to the whole matter of the liability of the railroad for present and back taxes, we take the liberty of asking you in the in terest of justice to give to the public through the columns of The Cau casian a statement of the liability of the company for taxes, and also your opinion of tne action of the last Legislature in compromising the matter for whit seems to be a pit tance of vv hat was due and collecta ble. You rs very truly, The Caucasian. judge russell s uei'ly. Wilmington, X. C, July 24, '94. Editor The Caucasian, Golds boro, N. C. : Yours of July 20th received and duly considered. At the risk of being boycotted and out lawed by corporate capital and its myrmidons 1 will give to the people through your paper as you repiest a brief statement ot the enormous fraud wlrch the last Legislature in flicted upon the taxpayers of this State bv the so-called -'Compromise" of the taxes due by the Wilmington & Weldon Kailroad Company to the btate and to the counties and towns along the line of its Main and of its Branch Heads. This Railroad Company is almost entirely owned by a lot of non-resident Xorthern capitalists who are the originals or the successors of a crowd whose capacious lingers stretched out to grab it during that carnival of corruption which follow ed closely the end of the war and in which both political parties were more or less implicated. The Rail road then belonged to the State of orth Carolina, to the city of Wil mington and to various individual citiaens of the State. These enterpiising aliens, looking Southward across the Patomac for any thing laying around which Sher man might have left, d'scovered this valuable property; obtained for a small sum the control of it, and then by the perfectly legitimate and highly honorable methods so well known to railroad wreckers and law yers proceeded to "run down" the property uutil they got the minority shares from citizens of the State for little or nothing. The railroad company was charter ed in 1834. For nearly sixty years it paid no taxes under the claim that by its charter it was exempt from taxation. During all this time it was legally liable for taxation up on all property owned by it such as stocks or bonds of other companies, i p 1 1 n i i lilt LEMLi U t !) l,v.i:;, mm'1 mm - . -ii ri;iM' cash on hand, in vestments of all kinds indeed it was liable for taxes on all its pioperty except the main line from Wilmington to Halifax and such roiling stock, material and equipments and station houses as were necessary for the proper opera tion of the road. And as to this claim there was serious doubt wheth er it was entitled to any exemption in excess of ,$800,000, a sum largely less than its value at any time. In 1S1:3 when it ordered its strikers, who were holding peats in a Legisla ture to which they were not elected, to give it a "compromise," it was iu arrear and in default for taxes and penalties to an amount so large that nobody has even undertook to com pute it. Upon the best available evidence without going back more than lifteen years and without charging them with penalties, it was made; to appear that the just claims of the State and counties and towns against this railroad were not less than $700,000. Treating them as "common folks" are treated and thus enforcing penalties and int rest the sum would run up into millions, eipial perhaps to the value of the property. Instead of collecting this debt so lastly due to the people and ll,'Vln I'M II !h, X 1 -i'Ji'iU 'in',;' mm mm ii out ot which they had been cheated ; iuto office those declared elected: the Legislature "compromised" it without the right of appeal or trial for sixty or seventy thousand dollars, i by jury. And, The counties of Kobenson, Cum- Whereas, If the policy had beeu berland, Harnett, Johnson, Wilson : defined before the Convention con-, and others on the branch lines got,reued n Domination would have! ..i ...i. ... .1 ... ... been made. And. u 1uu auei en-; Wh The continued Candida- i which showed that every cent wa, titled to more than 0,000, to S:lJ' cv Gf Hon. Oscar J. Spears is, iu the runted for that all reached the nothing or the penalties and interest. I 0pim0n of this Committee, without ' schools except of about 5 per cent." vr"he btate got about .$27,000, while hope of election and can only oper- ' Q tus statement Mr. Smith shows it was entitled to about $200,000. ! ate to the interest of the Democratic i tUat he himself is a very poor bo .k The city of Wilmington, according 1 candidate and greatly endangers 1 keeper, and a worse mathematician to the best estimates, was entitled to i the Co-operation movement, there-1 as 1S PloVeu br tlie state Superm $300,000. It got $900. 1 tore j tendent s report which shows tnal a- r ir 1 lt is tlu' opinion of this Committee' more than uO per ceut. ot tue school IS ow for the defense, or rather ex- that the canva,s of Mr- g 8 be j fund collected in lb!)l and in 18!2 cuse for this plunder of the people disontinned and that he withdraw ! dld not .reach the-schools but was and spoliation of the State: The , from the contest, aud that every loy-1 LelJ on band. Wilmington Weldon Kailroad Com- al Republican give his sunnort to The Third partv book-kt ener sees pany in consideration of receiving this loyal bountv, some $030,000,; which it owed to the people, agreed to surrender its clame to exemption from taxation in the future. As a ; part of the $70,000 already mention- j chai,man ot tbe publican Kxecu ed, about $1(5,000 was paid to the; tive Committee of the Third Con counties along, its main line, Pender, j g;essional District of N. C. Duplin, Wayne, Wilson, Edgecombe ! Aim-roved: Bv order of the State and Halifax. In the next f nv weeks vnn will liM.ve ii lot, of machine made roosters crowing around about the In r money ''the party" got out of) this railroad for the counties. .Now for the answer which shall put theill down. The l'etersbllg aiid W eldon Railroad Comjiany is an iu-1 despensable link in the Chain of tlie Atlantic Cost line of which the! Wilmington & Weldon is the richest ' and greatest member. The owners : of the Wilmington & Weldou are I the owners of the Coast Line. The! I'eteisburg and Weldon was in 1891 I in the articles of death by reason of the expiration of its Charter by lapse of time. The Legislature of 1891 refused to renew it except for two years, in 15 tne Wilmington x Weldon and Coast Line people were at the mercy of the State. Ly re fusing to extend this charter aid by propei ii j i-Ktaiatiim i.iC State could have annihilated the .:t:.. t Wilmington & Weldon Railroad Company and the coast Eine. An honest Legislature would have said to this band of foreign capitalists, who had for 23 years enjoyed the benefits of the State's protection, the use of its courts and police without contributing one dollar to help bear the burdens which fell on the peo- pie: " e have you in our power. You shall pay tne taxes to tne last dollar which you owe the State and counties and towns. We may or may r mfn,- the nenalt.ies and tip - mand interest as would be done with , - .- Aat. i;u rtri.i; ordinary Citizens under like COpdl - tions. Before you can come nere asking for favors and for franchises without which you can not live, you Continued on second pae. CO- : i i . . . ; A'l :i 1 ' '- - f -It . - n . ! 'f.'. - '.in ,y u WILL SUPPORT CONGRESS IN DR, THOMPSON FOR THE 3RD DISTRICT. THIS IS WHAT THK KF.1'1' ISLICAN KX t KC L X I V K COM M I Tl KESA VS. The District Coiiilniltie and the State K imhllcaii iMiiiiiitt.-i' Say That Mr. Spears .Must Come lioiui. 1 hey say That His Continue 1 Camliilat-y 1. ml angers Co-, it eration ami Helps the Demoeratic I'artj. HEADQUARTERS REPUBLICAN tiON RE.S,slONAL EX. COMMITTEE, THIRD C"NGREs.SIOXAL DISTRICT: Kenansville, X. C, Oct 1S!)4. Whereas, It is the policy of the Republican party outlined by the State Convention August ?Uth, to co-operate with the People's party f -r the purpose of securing the re peal of the unjust and iniquitous election laws whereby the baliot box is debauched and thousands of our citizens disfranchised through the unlawful usurpation by partisan Reg istrars appointed for this purpose; whole townships and counties thrown out without excuse; false circificatcs of election issued, aud the will of thd majority suppressed; centering : the power in the hands of county ci itn in i ssii mors tn rfn:;. ti. iii.lii.t liou.Cyius lhompson as the Co - op - eration candidate tor Congress m this, the Third Congressional Dis trict, and use every honorable means to secure his election. A I? IVTt I . IT rri v- I Executive Committee October 27th, - 18!)i. A E. Holton, Ch'm Rep. State Ex. Com. ANOTH Kit ULMOdlATiO IXPIlStl). tlRCl L.1K , Their KiVorts at Ieceitin Deceive Noho.Ij hut Show 1 hat the Machine ix on its Last Letfs. Bcckhork, N. C, Oct. 27, '94. Mr. Editor: One H. II. Novitzky a drygoods dealer iu Fayetteville has sent out hundreds of secret cir ulars to the farmers, giving the number of bales of cotton made for the years 1883 to 1894 and prices. The figures given by Novitzky are gotten for campaign purposes, and are false and full of deception. He says iu his secret circular: "These titrures are official, and correct, and j the entire commercial base their business deductions irom them. UlUUJ 111", Hi J t UV U a. Roads' Solomon tells you that auy , litical t is to blame for itf ask j Kim to exolaia whv the prices varv j him to explain why the prices vary j with the size Gf the crop under all administ rations, Democratic or Rt publican." Novitzky in his table says that in 1S89 there .was made 7.0o3,000 at 13i cents and 1893 7,549,000 at 7 cts. per pound, and in 1894 "estimated to be 10,000,000 at 51. Also in 1891 Xo vitzky gives the number of bales 9,473,000 and sold at 10 cents per pounj. Now,, why -don't Novitzky j explain why there is 4J cents ditier- j ence between the crop of 1891 and i the crop of 1S94 with the difference 1 of onlv 527,000 bales. . The crop of 1S91 was sold accord - iing to his figures at $3S,920,000 and f 250.0t)0.0()0. loss to the farmers $12,8820,000. The machine has run down and are now trying to deceive the voters , i xT :ii by using sucn meu as ovuzKy. D. C. Downing- VFRYIIIY1I Ufl'liMim u 1 Lll 1 LJ lnL 11LI UULU .V. 7 tSiid ." f-Lj hl;:!u'LJi Is AV o y As .fsA, ' " vryct"- Hgi CAIT. HKJliV SKIS MIC. SMI1 II UKill l. Smith Made False t hai yes in h Is let ler to Ihe Ni-nn A' (llisin ir amiiliil not Knou hat lie u un 'I alking A bout . i apt. l;rail v 4 oiilrotitH him with the Kcroi.ls ami t he I llvi lit I he Cane. Editor Caucasian, -Consider in tr ' the great education of the people, ( and a journal in which the people can always lind the truth, as sue! , 1 , ask a small space in it for which we consider iufoi inatioii for the people, iu reply to an article by Mr. L. L. ' Smith published iu the Rulcigh News aud Observer of the Slud of S.-p-i tember last headed " third party ' book-keeping." Iu this article Mi. Smith says that the ''leaders, of the ! Third party in this have fount! a i mare's nest." In correction of this I statement of Mr. Smith's we wish to ! inform the people that the Third have not found a mare's nest, but I they have found a money nest with I Mr. Smith trying to cover this nest. ; The money in this nest or io the first I nest is the sum of $'2.'50r4.S,S.'. In ; the second nest we lind the sum of i .t274,S(;),7S. In the third nest we hud the sum of .$282,778,51. Mr. I Smith says "the false siatt iucn was first made that according to the re- port .$11)1,(520,83 was not accounted lor at all." This statement of Mr. Smith's is false as can be proven by i ; any number of witnesses as good I uien as are iu the county. The state ment first made by Third party book keeper was this, that $191,020,8.3 ot the school fund of 18!)2 did not reach the schools. Again Mr. Smith says that when the author of the state ment was faced with the report, 1 in Mr. Smith s statement of only holding o per cent, of the school fund that he is more ignorant than we had attributed to him, or he is still laboring to deceive the people. He says "the holding of the 5 per cent, is the record of economy tliat deserves special attention and com mendation " We think ere this he is convinced that the holding of any er cent, is contrary to law, aud has received condemnation rather than commendation. State Superintendent's report, : "June 30th 1891. AmouDt received for the school year ending June 30th 1891 $714,090, ; 27. Amount on hand at last report ! $230,548.83, makinga total of $951. 515.12. Amount disbursed for the school I year ending June 30th 1891 $070.- (529.21, leaving a balance on hnud of $274,800.78." Report "June 30th 1S92, amount of school funds received for the o,.l,.-v.l ir.ni. on.liniv T.ina "!Otli t SO- $705,449.03. Amount on hand at last report $207,378.09, makinga to- i tal of $1,042,827.03 of this amount! they pay out $700,991.04, and held j i in their hands $282,778.51.'' It wiil J be seen that this balance kept on in- j creasing every year. Any per cent of this school fund i k t on hand ; aordied to the or held over and not applied to the schools in the same fiscal year in which it is collected is a violation of the law, and stands condemed by the law. State Super intendent Finger's report school law of 1891 page 5 section 8 we hud these words. "Generally speaking the winter is the most leisure season; if the school's are taught then, there is no reason why the money should not be used during the same fiscal year in which it is collected." This is really what is intended, Section 34 chapter 199 laws of 1S89. "No school can comprehend parts of school years." Mr. Smith : admits that they held in their hands - . per cent, of the school fund. The ;s, Superintendent's report shos j that they held in their hands over ; 30 per cent of the school fund found ! by the Third party book-keepers in 1 .i a. vr" x -r this money nest. e see from Mr, Smith's own statement that he has f 6 & mm mm si e i ui l t :u . ,. failed io cover the nest. As the mon ey was held we do proclaim with great indignation that iuter est ought to lie paid on this money. Now we come to dates county t which Mr. Smith made no allusion in his ai t icle. State Supei int ndent's report for (Jates county school funds received by county Treasurer lor the school year ending June 30th IS!! I, $.,: 47, 41 balance on hand at hist report $1,713 05, making a total on ham t'ortho schools of $5,5(51, 00 which should have been applied to the s hools in that scholastic year, t his Jamoiint they paid out for all p a p ses $",0t5,s0 leaving $1 7:tl.2u iu their hands ami over 40 pei c nt. ot" ihe school funds. The amount held on hand is $10.20 for each school district in the cotiuty. If the whole school funds collected in 1892 with the balance on hand from l8)l wouM have given each school district in the county $142.00. This amount would have run the schools the fu'l time required by law, and the schools were run only a'oout 8 weeks. Mr. Smith further states that the Third I-arty book-keeper wishes to know where the tnorey is, that is repre sented by these balances." Again he says "that is either a ve'ry fooli.-di or wicked position for any sane man to take." Anybody that has any sense knows that $1,794.20 is nure lhau 5 per cent of tlie school fund collected i i 1892. Mr. Smith proclaimed, that these balances were in the hands of the county treasurer. The treasurer re plied promptly that the money was not in his hands. The balance held iu their hands of $1,713.05 from the fund of 1890 added to the amount collected in 184)1 would have run the schools in 1891 the full time required by law, and they only run the schools about 8 weeks. We ask Mr. Smith what went with the money. Tlfie is auother item we wish to call Mr. Smith's attention to, a matter to which he does not allude. This charge is for $191.38 for other pur poses. What was these other pur poses! "law of 1889 section 2500. He shall also designate by items the sums paid to teachers of white and colored children respectfully, and Tor school-houses and school-house sites in the several districts, aud 'or all other purposes specifically and in detail by items." Mi. Smith his shown by his statement that he is still to deceive the people. John Brady. (Jatesville, X. O. DKLIGHTKOTHAT SPKAUS HAS ISKKI WITIIIIKAWN. The lii piililii-ani urihiHlnw AVill Vote For liiin to a Man, ami Call Iioii all Votei of the Iitri-t to clothe Same. Tar Landing, N. C, Oct. 29, '91. Editor The Caucasian, Dear Sir: The Republicans ii: this section are delighted that th Congressional and State Comniittet. have decided to have Mr. Spearr to withdraw from the race for Con gress. We have feared all along that if he and lr. Thompson both staid in the li-ld that it won Id result tn the election of Mr. Shaw, the Democratic nominee. Dr. Thomp son is very popular with 5ur people down here, we will vote for him to i man, Onslow will give him a big majority. The Republicans of this county call upon the Republicans of the district to help us to elect him and beat fc'haw by 5000 majority V. PALMKIC VOK SOLICITOR. Warren County Proud of her Canliil:ite and Will Give Them a Large Majority. Wise, X. C, Oct. 30. Mr. Editor: Every Reformei in this county w ill be proud to vote for Malvin H. Palmer for Solicitor. It gives especial pleasure to his home people to know that he has been nominated by the State Committee unanimously. He is a law pardner of Hon. Walter A Montgomery and the county of Warren feels proud to have them both on the Judicial tick et. He is a talented rising young lawyer and the State will honor him with a still higher position. L. N. . ,,.... . t,, su,.h , th ,,.., lh. . n. . ivt. t'u rtMtv; -I m k.;.,.i t:..it ..,; Unt. !. i,..;it!i . .1 tt t: v i .4 ; . . e . t . .; . r H , i : i , t ! -lt. i Kt: f li. I .1 . Ml.fc- t i' I'm;.!.-' " I. if If.M' " 1 1 p. ' : . at.d it .-.-hi. I..:.,' : Ot thl -I- I , h , f ! I p-:!.. -u k,.! t 1 1 d l-.i I...! h i .. t i... ... . . i . .1. ; , tin' ptupu- Kl. Ml;,. t :i nm ,'tfdl v !;, i. tij l in lh.- b., k.' It w i ! .!.. I ... ; . is d.it , il !i" lilrm ,u thi M-i-ti.iti. Our i.i.j.;. Irtt. he'. b li-ve in a m.-ttiSv f,,,.. v , p 't a IH4U ho ..,..,. , ,: ,. ' .-taii.N up and A ,,, ,ur j,., , )I hi- f.;jrii his n.-im.. t,. . . . t:nk ain! n, r.ut in. thin- I ut . ..ni.-mpt f.-r a mi- mW r .1 , t -ilU;ii Tl: at i !(: k !..t iti.-ii t b :t t t.i!i ii in , i'.o i. !; I - I Hi;,,' be Ii 1-tntn- tiUo luiii- tlii-i diiiu- it has -. rtnii.lv low and dix-rvi s the e. ,! wry ihot-tit tn.tti. Tlu- pi npl,. ,,f Ni.nh t Iury on Novt-mbt r tin- o-i, tll.tt stoops (.1 sU l, i,,, tj, u ,,, tare. That rin-uUr i in;ik,:;s tr Us iu this s, t tine.. .'Kl -; I I.miVI N lK;..i V t I 1-J .. .1 w . I 1 1 1 ; r x .-t , - T. I1M Willi 1IIIV IAMIIlli V Hie l:. i.iil.li. ,,. f ;u,,. ,,, , Hie Ml.iorl ul i,. i o.o.i. H -limliv li.iiiiiniii Win ...,-,, itr ( tin illy. J.1 1 A hKTH low N, N.C., Met. .! '. ' I j'ilolv ('At t'AM AN. j We have just ree-ied io its f! the address sent out by tin- U- pub;.- ! can JSlate Couinnltee. " We w ill . j for Thompson as they nom M. 1 1 r. ' 'rhoinpson has mal" "a line nupn-.,- ion while catnishin this county. The Republicans of ttiis eouuty aie j willinir to vote for any oil "mail who rs in favor tf break ii down the infamoiiai election law as i sed bv the Democratic leaehii e. Tlii'i tnte ('oniinjttee has done jtut what ve hive bet n wantiii"; tin in to do.' We wiii elect oiirco-ojierative eonntv I ' ieket and ;riv.' Thompson a l.r-1 majority. S. lit IO( It i s Ills l'-!;o i: til IT. I hut CowHi'.lly t ir. iil.ir mi " Kicimi " 1 lli iKiiin, i ,1 i-.-u lit Mi inlii-r, ul tin. j liiii,ii-r:i tie I'ai I y. j Moort-ilie, N. (.., !c . ''.tl. 1 K uTni: Tmk "ai caian : ; 1 Irive j t-Jt received a circular throu'i the mails headed '-Fusion." It contains slanders and chart s on the People's party and it- leadeas. I enclose you the Cojiy. 'ou will seti that, nobody's name is hipn d to ;t. 1 have shown it to Severn! Dem ocrats around here and they kiv they do not approve any such ni 'lh ods of attacking an opposite party.' It will not hurt us any fur our peo ple believe in fair phty. I believe it will help "3 if they continue to send them out. I hope the lV"p!t-'n arty will never do anything like thi.5. A VoTKIt. T.UKS MT niHKK HI T UK. Ill 1C. The Auditor's reports are very in teresting books. We have two of ' l hem, one for IS Sand one for lss3. I he party in power c ems to think if there is any one thing they can blow and boast and crow over, it js the fact that they have lowered taxes, j Well, have they 'i T lit re are about 1 is many acres of land in the state, now io? there was a bundled years! atrn--not many more nor many less. We titid the ligures in these two in norts representing thw tax value .f thebunls, not including town h.t.s, are as follows: i i 1S7S . is;3.. t7h,J'Ji..:s 1 1 i.-ijs.j.-..-', An invn-asn of 10. Hiii.S.'o This is an increase of nnue tli::n ,"4 per ci nt. Then foniini; to the total amount of taxes paid on lands we (hid the figures its follows: I NTS !Mi:i l2.'o,:;i:;..-,7 . ..js.i.sjo.t;:; An iin.-re.ise of $.!",. "i07,o'i Thus showing an increase of the tax on land from 1S7S to lN'J.Sor with in ;T small fraction of l." per cent. In JS7S your land was worth on the maik'.t tlitte times what ii would fi i' tr today. Still your t.tx".s are inert ased. In 1S78 it ttiok but 1.2i7 bales of cotton to pay your land tax. In ls(.t3 it took 7.(2 bales of ."oil pounds each to pay them, while this year with cotton at ,"i cents it will take more than 10,000 of cotton to pay your land tax. Valuing your land this year for taxes in the utme proportion that it was valued in 1S7S, and paying the tax with labor as the farmer has to do, you can see at a glance that your burden is almo.st ten-fold heavier than it was fifteen years Ago. Still you are told by those in ofhee drawing big salaries, and desiring to remain in -fibre and keep their salaries big, that your taxes are lighter than they have ever bQen. How much longer are you going to endure itf Protrres.sive Farmer. Til E.N AND NOW. Due of the candidates for a promi nent office in this county, only afev years airo w hilest in an unteriifit 1 &tate, was constantly exclaiming am a white man and belong to tb j white roan's party: 1 don't want ary "'niirg' i" to vote for me. A "nij' ger" is no better than a monjee . And the Radica's committed a crin when they gave him the ria-ht i suffrage.' Xow he is terrified a& I exclaims: ''Come to my arms n colored brother, your inter- st and mine are tbe same, I am your tiua friend. We are in the tarue boa. Let us pull together. Save me ir, colored brother or T per'sh!"' Pro gressive Age, (Beaufort County). THE IWLH'S HUONGS Judge Lyman Tntrr.buirs ! quent Address. i r.i ni ki: vv tui: om paktie. IU.i, Or I i,lrr, .r tt. MimrlrJ twenl I. 1 Ul ..rr IK llwr, I "!..! I hi; Ntk-iU-.I It !. Natto ! t .1 v, tr;, tfi.l t-y IW I t.l I.I , i..:, "1 ! f..Jl. in,- l.t'.-fu"! i-( t! .! ,t- ,: , I -n.i i T,-i iiil.uil t lh r- 'it j;.. ! . - hi '!. i. i - . v - i e ' to j rvj. I i hi it-., .i . - ! . i ,,, i:l s., ltmr tl. J"'1 r' "!'! ! I t-i i i I. ..- an. I ' 1 - '' :; r-t .4 i!iip.l-a lltal ,u 1 '- ' f '-.-s t.. ! si., lut rihr w!' ' ' I . : imiij .-ttt ,iir-t-i.. . .1 t.i. r. . ( .n...( ttio ixu;!kl n tl . i , . ,, , ,., nt,t " I''' f !'. " I In i .ticnit I b M- t i ; t ' . i ! . , f , t Hiriiltli-kitl tuttlS N . ii .!.,) ., i j.,, j ., J,,, ri lr, llh I. . . . r t , ,i;r- iJ f.,r in cnui.try- l:i. . ! I - j u .. i n,. ... i ,J 1 !u:n!i U, fttttl I . u tl,- i !..,- i 1 f... w,t!, i. umbt tli'.s to (.!.!-,- , i ... i.,r;..i.i, totHTT fi.'n r ti ..ii iii , ...!. j.-. , .1. I tMiiitd l ".i !; ; ..- i.. e.-.- ii tli i-'M-al m.b 1' hi . f t . l,..rt tM lifta lat.T It y ' i iv.t'l ;n ! rliviiiiim ia.'t ib i i I I . i ii I .. .: ... " f'l, 1. ,,( j... , , v, t?io fnlretl f tuiti. w.iS ),.:! IH..I . i.ti.ati n ptnj m:; fi tic .nit, ,, i, nu, in,. I. r n fUx ami eii ; if. i 1 1 1 i 1 1 t-..M ttiitii-i.t. I t-rt'rvt rjr utaa Is mi; , . , ,.. u. , . in, , t i.f ,u own fortune im.l i i,i n 1, ,l i , ;,t, , inr In llu Mi.il.l, wl, !, H tl.nt ti I. -..ii, jot UU- J t I " K I.VM t 1 KfMltfl.U fat Isfai t ii ,ii ;iml tlist rt"t ir.'!i!I among t lie lu.-i --. nT i,i i r 1 1' Is it in it Iityviut tiny tin tint justl;- s.'i-.ri, i, r think I hey do tint jllst ly hiinre, In I he lli IsluH i,f what tin Ir liioi-ts ,.i i. , .inn-ill 'l lil feeling U i ,ti !,i -. i-;iu,l i . ii li. niiinnir nil claat-H- of lal.oriii penjil . S.itlJ. ritiK ns tin y think tliyilu u i-iiiiiiiniii wroiiix. It U natural tti.it liny s,-i. ,1,1,1 In iiiinii Iwuml toitethnr I y I'liiiiiiinii e mp.'it !iy ; In in e thti (nriaa tlnii i,f In! ur iniiiiiis We hiiw It liiniilfnatS i il In t lie ri-i-eiit r-t rike, win to In y iniiiUiy Ultll em- i l.e-i nf l.ilinl, rs who tli(ill(lli 1 heliiM Ivi s iijijii -x-eil, an, I !m Kt rut k fur lu t ii-r i-iiiiilit inns, nt In r i l.iseM Iu no way -. iiitiit-tiil -.villi i 'mi, i stnnk nlso. .u ii, -is K-ln have l .t n Mijret-tml to niiitnile this ,i;t invi tsy l Uiii-ii rin- JllnVi-l- ami l-lii'ili.Ji-e-, l-ri. lis ur 1 ii I nit 1 lit iilel I lie t 1st ti.1 I y t In ! pii I Mini lit tif tll ri at !ir)n ,r.u ii .1. , nf n i;il,lio rliarnrtr. iilnn.it lilt. 1 1 , t tn ill-1 u s t In-Mi f- lieinea ur at t injit l-ii-,ii:t mil tin i r linnleUary tu cure exi.-titur tmiiliN s. 'l ln-y uru auli Ji'ct tn many uliji tin;in Btnl nt iM'lit do in it -o 1 1 1 the 1 1 ,i t ,f t !,e t v 1 1 fir t ho rntlM of t lie truii I lie w l.ii h tn.'oiy think innka r liii rat ten ur ; im iniin nt :.l nititrul liecea Kary. 'i'u f :n iM' I l.e i niisn if iliniKiliU'llt tiinl fiiiffei in' aiinnit.' thti l ilinrlii tiiaaart uml 1 1 1 -i 1 1 (r tlitMii luti'i liiirtiiniiliniH reliitlotit vvil h t heir i i ii pi i-i s it t lie yreat titijiwl Ut I mi nttaitietl. Iluw tun this Ih iliiiml W must lirst use-t t.iilt he t mise tif lliutlMU hlo 1 1 fur"- ni ' : ;,t in tn renin vn It. What 1m the uii.1-tlytn;i eiuiHti if tha tliseiiiitent of tli" lain riii t las-ehl Is II not the w'M t ty ami wiit t tlnynuITor bjr reason uf t he i n.-jiii iiiai y ' f t he Jiay thi-X reet Ivn fi.r thn',il,r nivi ul They aea tirnillnl them, i'l the iMesslnti tif famnl t'ul iiii at ii il;s atnl the ,i)ii J,ereil fitw, ail the ma'iillli"ini! uml liixuiy wlilrli aix-it-miihiti il will lh tiiM lu-stuw, w hlla ttu-y tnil uml mm n u!Ti r fur the Iii'-.itis, thoOxl niven ri(jht, in live. Is it nny wonder t liat ilisi-unli nt piev.iils mm iik t li" liltwana, ami that they ml iiicumirt lntho(Torl tn linjiruve tin ir ( umlil iuli hen utioli a htllte u( thir.'s I xi-1 - The l,:iiil liena of a jieujile Is t he ha.ii m-ss nf the Imll vidua) w hu iiiiiuse tin' HHI-.S. Laws Hhltk Mili the duur tu lat;'e lurtinii .1 l,y tlevlwi, liy liiin. ri!.i!i-e er hy s; m i, lal lull have tin tnii--m y tu pruiiiutii t in- h-ijiim uf tliopnu le nt hu-i- ainl i.fn ti hut i u n tho hap i tii-sH nf ( IniM) fur wl.n U im lit they ar made. Why Is It. that the wialtli nf tho romi try, mnple fur th-ciiiururt ntnl liapptunM uf all, Is r ijiiilly ni-eiiniiilat in In tli Itatiils uf t w t It Is h rhnjiM partly dua tn iin ,1, in in v, nllua, u hl h havn t akf tl the pl.t'-eiif manual lahurmii enntileil on man, fy means nf capital ntnl mwhltiery, to tin thi w i k i.f many, thiiH lenvlliK tlia enii nt ry lilli-,1 with la ! r-,, tmt uniilfle to hiul i -mjiluy meiit, uml Vi i'i tirnitallt whu H If utile tu iiirrhiise iiiai hiliery the opportunity frui 1 1 the mirplim of lalxmrt to einph y tin in at tin Ir uwn prletn. Itilitfi f Mmi A rn Kurlr. Hut It Is t-liii t!.v the laws tif property Kli h have enahli i the few to aerlllnulAte , vast wejilth while t lie t:iacn llvo la pov erty. Kur tii.itiy t-'etier.it iutm our Jawa hava Ims-h fniuii'l t'.itli a virw to the clulraa of pmpeity rat tn r than tln riglitd of tnan. Fur n;'t s the iiiniiey puwer him controlled Ief.'is!uti hi the wnrnl iv T, and, I tm surry tu nny, has exercised i cantrnlllnjj; tn-Iliieiii-e in uur uwn laml f ir many year, la the landmine t.f the Ifct larutluti of In dept tuleiiee, ' All mm arocreotid equal and eniluweil ,y tin ir Creatnr wit h certain Inalienable riht-: that, anions thM ara )if(,.Jiln rfy and the pursiiltef hnpnine." If man has an itiaiicnahic ri'lit to life, -then hn has a ri'ht to thti means which tiUHtain life uml of whhh he run not ba justly deprived l y lawt which penult ona man or w-t of in, n ti mi ubnurh tho means of life Hi nut t !e;,ve MlfTiclellt to RUKtain the lives nf all If ma.i hai- an I naliennbla ritilit tuliUrty. then lie can nut he justly di prlvetl of !ili-r:y l y iiiititJier who a-' Mimes the ri;ht at hU lm re ! lucretlon to alinil-e It. If iuhi li-.aii Inalienable right to the jmrMilt nf hap; ll;ehs, then h can tiut lie justly deprived of that right by law inU rpused in the way of its pumult. l)j Mich lawn exist? And, If so, how came they Into -siti noel I In Gnoit llritaln, wt "icx m-e have da rived v.oal uf our law f property, the policy 1.- to tjuild ui ' entnten. Hence by the laws of that en. y land dusconda to the eidest bun. to tie; . xclusl'in of tbe Other fhildn II. The. Jut of this is to limit tin uwi.ership of land to a few per sons. Thirty-four j -irons in that country own fi.21 1,000 w r'-a of ltid. .Tho Duke of Sutherland Is id to ow n l,8.ri,000 acr, and a few other dnLes and earls own a prent proportion ct tho land of the United Kingdom. What has brought about thla wide ditfercnoe In the owm rship of laiidf Certainly tiie few who own tho millions of acres, from which they derive revenue iu tome Instance of more than $500,000 annually Iu rentals, have not earned these vast t states by tticlrown industry; out, CONTWCID OX FOU5TH PAQB.J I ' -At'. 1 4 1 e f' ' r It . i
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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Nov. 1, 1894, edition 1
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