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clslon.
hundred thousand dallars is bonds
is ten tbousad and three hundred
I dollars per year more than ten per!
cent.
Did it ever occur to 70a to ask why
the government should let a set of
men pay nine hundred dollars for
the nse of ninety thousand dollars of
bank notes, and then let these same
men ebarge other men of the same
eountry seven thousand and two
hundred dollars for the nse of the
same notest When you get to study
ing such questions as this, you wil'
beerin to understand what is meant
by "money power."
THE FEARFUL CUWKKUr BANKS AND
1IOKUS.
Last week we made some refer-
enoe to the nature and character of
government treasury notes and gov
ernment bonds. We also stated that
a present scheme of the goldbugs
was to destroy and do away with all
treasury notes now outstanding, and
to substitute for them five hundred
million of dollart in bonds. The ques
tion comes up as to why Ibis partic
ular scheme should be proposed and
advocated by the bankers, goldbugs
and the like. This is a matter that
should be thoroughly understood,
and while we may state facts that
are known to many people, it may
be well enough to have a plain, aim
pie talk about it. .
The purpose of this scheme 13 to
continue the present national bank
ing system and to put the national fi
nances of this country absolutely un
der the control of the bankers. This a
matter which the general public is
not acquainted with and hence the
necessity for a plain statement.
The national banning system is
based on government bonds, and the
working of that system is as follows:
A man or a set of men who have (rot
ten hold of some money get together.
They find they can raise one hun
dred thousand dollars or enough
money to buy one hundred thousand
dollars worth of government bonds.
Tuey decide to go into the banking
bubiness. They take their money
and buy one hundred thousand dol
lars worth of bonds which bear four
per cent, interest. The interest
amounts to four thousand dollars a
year.
m
Now, they take these bonds and
, deposit them with the government,
but they continue to draw that four
' thousand dollars interest just as
though the bonds were locked up in
their own safes. After they deposit
the bonds with the government, the
goyernment says: "You may now. go
into the banking business. You may
issue bank notes to the amount of
ninety thousand dollars and we will
, hold your bonds as security for those
notes and thus make them good
money. You may lend out those
bank notes at any rate of interest
yeu can get, and in the meantime
we will continue to pay you your
four thousand dollars interest every
year on the bonds you have depos
ited.
We will chirge you nine hundred
m 1 m
aonars a year zor tne use 01 our
name in making your bank notes
good."
Now, let's see how this plan works
out. To begin with the government
pays these bankers four thousand
dollars)ayear interest on their.bond.
Then the bankers issue ninety thou
sand dollars of bank notes (the kind
of money which is now in circula
tion) and they lend out this ninety
thousand dollars at, say, eight per
cent. At this tate of interest the
ninety thousand' dollars would bring
in seven thousand and 4F hundred
dollars a year. Now add this to
the four thousand dollars interest
on the bonds and it will be seen that
the bankers get eleven thousand and
two hundred dollars interest every
year on their original one hundred
thousand dollars worth of bonds.
Take from this the nine hundred
. ... 4
dollars charged by the government
for the nse of the ninety thousand
dollars in bank notes, and you will
see that the net amount of interest
which the bankers get on their one
WLy should youa poor man
a hard working producer have to
go to a banker and pay him eight
per cent, for the use of money when
hb pays only one percent, for the
use of that same money. Is it right
for the government to give him that
advantage over you just because he
can buy bonds when you cannot buy
them.f
But this is not all. These banks
are allowed to take the interest in
advance. 80 if you want to bor
row a thousand dollars at eight per
cent, you cannot get a thousand dol
lars i)OWK and. pay the inter
est (eighty dollars) at the end of the
year. You must make your note for
the thousand dollars and you get
only nine hundred and twenty dol
lars spot cash, and pay back a
thousand dollars at the end of the
year. The interest money is taken
out IN advance, and the bank can
take this money and lend it out,
charging interest in advance again,
and so on.
.Nor is tins all. Tne banks can
take deposits of other people's
money and lend that money at in
terest while they do not pay any
thing for the use of it. Then, some
times the government has many mil
lions of dollars on hand. This money
is put in some "favorite" banks, and
tne banks can lend out that money
at interest, though they do not pay
anything for the use of it.
With such a nice scheme as this,
is it any wonder that the banks are
banded together and fighting for a
continuation of itf Is it any won
der that they will spend lots of
money to try to keep the people
fooled and blinded by false argu
ment and acrid abuse of those who
are fighting the system?
pbets, tie., have been prepared, and
the club has spent $46,000 to get
them printed and distributed. One
Boston rold standard association
contributed $16,000 of this amount.
All this does sot inelude similar
work being done by the New Yotk
Chamber of Commerce, the "Sound
Money" League of Pennsylvania,
and other goldbug clubs of rieh men
and bondholders. They spend this
money in distributing: goldbug lit
erature all over the country free.
When one sees this vast amount of
money being expended in an "off
year,' and the tremendous effort the
goldbugs are making, it seems that
the undertaking to crush down the
gold standard is well-nigh hopelesr.
But the people can crush it. The
question is, will they do it! You
are one of the people. Are roc
lending your assistance toward
stamping out this evil? Are you
thinking of the reasons that inspire
these goldbugs to give away forty tir
themtand dollart 'in an "off yfart"
And if they spend that much in an
off year, how much do you think
they will spend when the conflict
comes? Do you think this gang is
spending this money in the interest
of the people t If you do, you are a
drivelling fool. They can spend
millions to cany out their schemes
and then come out millions ahead.
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Now, you see what is going on.
The people are poor. They cannot
have clubs that can spend $16,000 in
the interest of their demands. But
every man of the people can work
some. He can take a reform paper
and at least keep posted. He can
get a neighbor to take it. The com
bined work of the people will com
pletely nullify the work of the gold
bugs. You see they are working.
Why are we still! What can we ex
pect if we remain still while they are
doing such work as is described
above ?
Men, fellow-citizens, patriots every
where, bestir yourselves. It is no
time for slumbering. Be on the
alert. The enemy is sowing tares,
and unless they are watched they
will choke to death the fruits and
profits of your labors.
what Boa rr meajt?
It is very noticeable and significant
that leading goldbuf politicians and
newspapers are) constantly aaaertlBf
with a great deal of posutivanaas and
confidence that there is now so
longer any danger of the free coin
age of silver. What does this meant
They say this is spite of .the fact
the people or all parties are sow
more aroused on this question than
they have ever bees before.
Does it mean that they have quiet
ly gotten control of enough newspa
pers and leading men of the two old
parties to make them absolutely cer
tain that they can absolutely con
trol the machinery of both parties
under all circumstances?
It seems to us plain that they have
done this and henee their confidence.
They think that these politicians and
newspapers can keep the people in
the old parties and that if they do,
the gold standard is sure to win.
Let the people take note that these
politicians and newspapers who ire
clamoring to be for free silver, yet
who will support any man for Presi
dent that the gold trust may name
for each of the old parties, are the
most valuable agents and support'
ers 01 tne goia trust, inese so-
called free silver politicians and
newspapers are goldbugs in disguise
and are used as decoy dueks to fool
the people and keep them in the
old parties.
DITOniAX
The veople who want aad demand
financial reform emoc afford to be
idle. They start keep on the alert.
Their eaeatlee are making a vigorous
easBpeJ rn.Tbe Atlanta Journal (Hoax
Myth paper) fa making aa aggressive
canvass ia this Stat. It is tne great
Soothers goJdbug organ. Its work
most be met. It can afford to send oat
canvass rs and pay them, whether their
work pays toe paper or not. we must
meet this by a unity of individual ef
fort. What are roc going to do about
it? The Journal is a vicious, time
serving sheet. Let everybody remem
ber that this Hoax-Myth is the mat
who favored free silver, the sub-treas
ury plan, and everything else till he
got Into the Rothschild-Cleveland Cab-
r m. t 1 . 1 t
1 ncu .iw otii yawping: fuianug.
Most toe work of sucn men ro unre
sisted ? It is for you to say.
Money can be made so plentiful that
one dollar will not buy more than a
box of matches, and it ran be made so
scarce that one dollar will buy the best
none in .North Carolina. This snows
bow important the financial question
is, and bow important it is to nave Just
the right amount of legal tender money
10 circulation. ot only this, but also
bow very important it is that the
amount of real money (not bank pa
per) should increase just as fast
population ana business increases.
money question, and it is common
sense, and everybody can understand
it.
Elsewhere we oublisb an "onen let
ter to Governor Jarvis," in which ap
pears an interesting record. Our cor
respondent sends the article as an
other letter that was not printeu" it
bavins; been offered to the Charlotte
Observer in Tain. The writer of the
article is not in accord with the policy
of The Caucasian on the issues of the
day. but what be says adds to the al
ready overwhelming evidence that it
is folly to expect tree silver through
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tne uemocrauc macmne iuuim irau
ers.
PRITCDMD
tk people, armea wttn 1st saaaaaw
of tBdiaroaat voters whose patience
bad toco exhaaeted by tyranny aad
niLkerv. 1 stand hero to say for
AIID PEMSOlteS
of the Capitol; ao men more res pea
tire to tbe wishes of the prop', no
men more loyal to the pledgee they
had made, so sea more liberal to un
worthy opponents, bo mea
modes ats wrrw nusiTiP
rowaa
8pak it Iksdsrccarille, tnd Boti
DeeUn fcr tfc Frea Ooi&g
cf Silver.
WORE
" D0UGLASSASS HISTORY "
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Mate CvWlt
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aa4 JaaCJta-
Twaa Ever
But the goldbugs are fooled. The
people see through the game and
will not be entrapped. Patriots of
all parties have determined to get to-
gethet under one banner and fight
and whip the goldbugs in 1896. It
must be done, or tnis government is
lost.
MR. WOODARD AMD THK UOLDBVG8
COULD AGREE.
Congressman Woodard has for
some time claimed to be for the free
and unlimited coinage of silver at
the ratio of 16 to 1. Those free sil
ver Democrats who have supported
him have no doubt been depending
upon him to take a square stand on
this great and all-absorbing question
in the next campaign.
They have, no doubt, been depend
ing on him to work for a free silver
platform and a free silver candidate
for President. But here is an inter
view from him, published in the
Charlotte Observer. He is quoted as
saying :
'I am in favor of the next National
Democratic convention declaring in favor
of unlimited free coinage of silver by the
United States alone, but I am ODDOsed to I
declaring for the ratio of 16 to 1. or any other
Yt . . , I
ratio, we snouia leave tnat open for Uon-
gress. ine substantial tning is more im-1
tant man mere declaratory verbiage. The
nominee of the convention should be I
If you will think of these facts a
little you will Bee the reason for want
ing to destroy all the treasury notes
(greenbacks) and issue bonds in their
stead. If there were no bonds there
could be no national banks. The
banks and money power want more
bonds, so they can enlarge and keep
up their system. If all the treasury
notes (greenbacks) should be de
stroyed and bonds issued instead,
the banks and money power would
control all the bonds. Then thev
would issue bank notes as shown
above, and this would be the only
kind of money in circulation. What
could the banks then dot Why, they
could do aythincr with the countrv.
ThPv ronW ia,n mll n .mn PkdKedto carry out the will of the party In
1 uongress, ana not to interpose a veto on
measures to wuich tne party is pledged in
NOW, WILL 1HEYT
Hon. Chauncey F. Black, Presi
dent of the National Association of
Democratie Clubs says that the sil
ver Democrats voted for a goldbug
in 1892 and that they will stand by
the machine and vote for another
goldbug in 1896.
Mr. Black is mistaken. It is true
tnat louz tne reopie's party was
warning the people of the dangerous
goldbug program, but at that time
the masses of the people were not
aroused to the danger. To-day they
are aroused, for they not only see
the danger, but feel some of the
evil effects of Democratic treachery.
No, Mr. Black, the hireling poli
ticians and the corrupt goldbug
press will no doubt force the nomi
nation of a goldbug by the next Na
tional Democratic convention, but
they cannot force the voters te rat
ify such servility to England.
Mr. Black, you are mistaken in the
manhood of the voters, and in the
spirit of American freemen, theRal
eigh News and Observer to the con
trary notwithstanding. .
News now comes that tbe Democrats
are circulating new silver dollars bear
ing date of 18U5 in Kentucky, and that
the speakers on tbe stump have some
of them in their pockets to show to tbe
crowds. The Democrats tried to 1001
the people with this game in North
Carolina last year. This conduct is
about on a par with the general argu
ments and promises of the Democrats
and goldbugs.
Thb Caucasian wants a new press
one that will print at least two thou
sand papers per hour. The circulation
Has so largely increased tnat tne press
we now have, while excellent for a me
dium circulation, does not answer tbe
demands made upon it. n e are ready
to sell this press, and are ready to buy
another of larger capacity.
THE GREAT SOUTHERN FAIR.
of money as they pleased. And tbey
would be sure to make it scarce, so
that they could make the people do
a great amount of work for a little
money. They can do that now, but
under this new sceme they could cut
down the circulation of money to
one dollar per capita. Then, what,
in Ood's name, would become of the
people of the country?
Fellow-citizens, we tell you earn
estly and honestly, it is time to do
some thinking, ion must not be
stupid. You must wake up. This
thing is much nearer than you think
it is. '" G rover Cleveland recom
mended it in his last message to
congress, ana wm probably recom
mend it at the next Congress. Do
you want this scheme in operation!
If you do, just keep on voting for
tbe two infernal old Republican and
Democratie parties, and you'll get it.
Just as sure as either one of these
old parties carry the next election.
you may expect to have this scheme
of the money power put into . opera
tion. The People's party is the onlv
one which declares against it.
What are you going to do about
it'
convention or in Congress. With a straight
forward resolution in favor of silver it
would not so much matter what the per
sonal views 01 tne candidate were, provided
A SAMPLE OF THEIR LYING
Very recently the hireling gold
1. AM
Dug press sent telegrams all over
the country to the effect that the
Maryland Populist State convention
had voted down a resolution favor
ing the free coinage of silver at the
ratio 01 AO 10 x. 11 was a lying re
port and was hatched out to bolster
up the plutocratic and monopoly cry
he were under promise to obey the will of that the "silver craze is dying out.'
uniy last week, when the Rational
Farmers' Congress was in session in
Atlanta, another report was sent out
that the farmers had "hit silver
hard" &c. and that they had voted
down resolutions favoring free silver
coinage. This was another lie.
Read the resolutions elsewhere and
see if you don't think so. The plu
tocrats and goldbugs control the tel
egraph system and most of the large
daily papers. They send out these
reports for the purpose of creating a
false impression, and as a rule they
do not correct them. The people
will find out the tiuth, however.
Yes, they will. For there are some
papers that the plutocrats do not
own. and cannot buy, and through
these papers the people will get at
the truth.
CAN WBS Bhi STILL WHILE THK
UIMT SOWS TARES?
Again we with to tell the people
who want and demand a change in
public policies that they mutt not re-1
main inactive. Wanting and de
manding a thing will not get it. It
must be worked for.
The goldbugs want and demand
the establishment of a gold stand aid
and a further issue of bonds. But
they are not stopping at the demand.
ihey are working. Much of the
work is being done through the
"William street Keform Club" of
New York: That club-' ia made up
largely of big Democrats. It fur
nishes ready printed matter to papers
free of charge, and will print papers
free if the publishers and editors
will print the club's gold standard
matter and arguments. This plan is
nothing less than buying up the
papers.
The august report of this club
shows that eight hundred and forty-
two papers have thus, been "bought
up." Perhaps as many as twenty
of these papers are in North Caro
lina, and every paper calls itself
"Democratie." The report further
shows that over six million copies of
this goldbug newspaper matter, pam-
me party, ui course ne would be sucn a
man as could be trusted to execute any
pledge he would make to his friends or the
public generally."
We suppose Mr. Woodard has been
conferring with other Southern
Democratic Congressmen, and that
this is their idea also. If so. this
shows that the Southern Democrats
have already given up the fight
against the goldbugs. They are wil
ling for the nominee for President to
be a goldbug, provided a weak, half
handed resolution about silver is put
into the platform.
We have all seen how much power
the President ot the United States
has. We have seen bow he can use
patronage and other influences to
defeat or pass legislation in spite of
party promises and pledges. The
majority of the last CoDgress was
pledged to free silver, but all of us
saw how the President, with his
enormous power, forced the Con
gressmen to change their views and
break their pledges and vote his will.
Not only this, but all have seen how
a goldbug President will not carry
out the laws after they are enacted.
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It is plain to the people that we
will not have free coinage, or any
other ' legislation that the people
want, as long as we have a goldbug
for President. There will never be
any better times, and the people will
never get any relief as long as a man
who sides with monopolies and the
money trust is in the White House.
Mr. Woodard knows this as well
as we do. Then why is he willing to
compromise with the gold men by
allowing them to name the Presi
dent and then put a little "sop"
the platform about silver to fool
people withf
Mr. Woodard is trying to save his
party at tbe expense of his country.
Is it possible that he is willing for
the goldbugs to rule and the people
to suffer, just so that his party can
stay in power, and & few politicians
hold officet If he is, no patriot can
afford to follow him ; if he is, he and
the goldbugs can get along in har
mony. 1 .
in
the
In Kansas theDemocrats and Re
publicans are fusing in certain oo.ua
ties to beat the People's party. .
WHICH 18 THK LEAST RESPECTABLE?
The Reform Club "broadsides" advocate
a financial policy that is ruinous to the devel
opment of the South and West They are
kins ui culture, out uxe nearly au otner
free things they are paid for by those who
will be nnanaaliy benefited. No self-respecting
journal ought to use patent gold
bug literature. Raleigh News and Observer.
The people have very littierespect
for an editor of a paper who can be
prostituted into using the goldbug
plate matter or "broadsides" sent free
by the William Street New York Re
form Club. But they will have less
respect for an editor who now claims
to be a friend to the people and free
silver but will flop to the goldbugs
in the next campaign. The News
and Observer has already confessed
that it would support a goldbug for
President in 1896.
OLD PARTIES DISINTEGRATING.
Many Will Chang Party Affiliations Be
fore 1890 End No Comfort la tHe In.
dlanapoii Vote.
Wilmington Messenger fDem.)
"That there is discontent in the nap.
ties, and more or less of disintegration
guiuB vu is apparent to tnose WOO
watcb closely the political cork. Th
splendid victory for the Democrats in
Indianapolis is a great surprise. A
change of 6,500 votes in a year is re
markable, but is counted for. Some
1,500 Republicans voted with the Dem
ocrats, and some thousands refused to
vote. It was a local issue main l v that
caused the Democratic triumph. There
are many surprises ahead. Some
strange fellowships will be seen, and
many changes in party affiliations will
occur before 1896 ends."
How to Wla Tfce Battle.
From Printers' Ink.
If you wonld spike your rival's
guns, outdo him in the quality of
your advertising.
Some Facts ConeernlBK the Remarkable
Atlanta Expoaltloa Why Vorlh Carolina
Could Mot be Represented The State
Exhibit The Exprsltlon Mast be Seen te
be appreciated.
Editorial Correspondence.
Atlanta. Ga Oct. 19. $5.
The Southern Exposition at Atlanta
is a big success. As soon as you step
inside of the imposing archway at the
entrance, you are impressed with the
size and number of tbe buildings, and
witn tne beauty and extent or tne
arounds. The site of the World's Fair
at Chicago was flat, so that very little
of tne grounds and buildings could be
seen from any one point. At Atlanta
it is different. The grounds are un
dulating and naturally beautiful.
From everv hill toD in tbe srrounds vou
get almost a complete birds-eye view,
ditterent from every otner view.
Thus nature has done much and tbe
management of the Exposition has
done much more with rare artistic skill
Between two ridges there is a long
winding lake over which the Naptha
launches glide constantly. In the mid
dle of tbe lake there is an electric f oun-
tian and in addition there is a floating
electric column of fire. Tbe effect at
night, with tbe buildings also illumi
nated, is simply grand.
Tne Jbixposition is modeled very much
after the World's Fair at Chicago.
Tnose who went to Cnicago will find
both pleasure and profit in going to
Atlanta, but those who missed the
World's Fair cannot afford to miss the
Exposition at Atlanta.
The longer you stay at the Exposi
tion the more you are impressed with
it it grows on you. It is perfectly
wonderful that such an Exposition
could have been gotten up by any city
in so short a time. Tbe whole South
has cause to be proud of tbe wonderful
enterprise and energy of Atlanta.
We regret very much that North
Carolina was not in a position to make
an appropriation for this great South
ern Exposition, but the last Legisla
ture found that tbe State bad spent
about $80,000 more than tbe receipts,
besides there was a crying need for
larger appropriations for tbe asylums
and for more money for the public
school system. These items had to come
first and the Legislature had to find
new sources of revenue to provide for
the above.
North Carolina has a very creditable
exhibit, but it is so much scattered that
a part of tbe effect is lost. Our dis
play of minerals and woods are at
tracting: no little attraction. Our very
efficient and able State Geologist, Prof.
J. A. Holmes, is on band calling tbe at
tention of visitors to our many and
valuable resources. He deserves great
credit for tbe successful effort that he
has put forth to properly represent the
resources of our State. As State Geolo
gist, be is one of tbe most valuable and
important officers of our State govern
ment. The . Seaboard-Air-Line and the
Southern railroads have made fine ex
hibits of the resources of the State
through which they run. In their ex
hibits the resources of North Carolina
stand out very prominent. In short,
their exhibits are a fine advertisement
for our State.
Georgia has two buildings, one show
ing her agricultural resources etc., and
one showing her manufactured pro
ducts. We were very much impressed
while walking through tbe latter build
ing with the number and variety of
ber manufacturing enterprises. There
is scarcely anything in tbe line
of manufactured articles that she does
not make in her own borders. North
Carolina should do the same we should
have a hundred manufacturing enter
enterprises in North Carolina where
we have one. Our people should start
small factories and gradually increase
them with increased knowledge of the
business and with increased demand
for tbe articles manufactured.
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The climate here is delightful and the
weather glorious. The crowds are in
creased daily. By the 1st of November
me attendance will be very large.
'
It is-impossible to give anything
Jiae a ueacripiion 01 tne various build
ings and exhibits in each. One must
go and see it to get anything like a
proper idea.
A unique feature of the exposition
is tbe negro building: and exhibit. The
whole thins; is remarkably creditable
in tbe race and impresses one very
much with the progress they are
making.
It is worth a trip to Atlanta to see
the government exhibit alone.
We forgot to mention above that the
display of fire works is much better
than it was at the World's Fair, in fact
the best we have ever seen.
Those who can should not fail to go.
B.
Tbe following report of a great day
at Uendersonville Is condensed from
the Asheville Register:
IIbxdbxsoxvillb; Oct. 18. Senator
Pritchard and ConaTeesman Pearson
spoke to a big crowd of enthusiastic
Republicans here to-day, and for two
hours or more threw bomoaneii aiier
bombshell into tbe ranks of the de
moralised and discredited Democrats.
In speaking of tbe silver question
Senator Pritchard said :
-The Democrats say their platform
meant the fre and unlimited coinage
of silver. However, they had no sooner
elected a President and secured both
branches of Congress than Mr. Cleve
land systematically went to work and
secured tbe repeal of tbe Sherman act,
and bitterly opposed all legislation
looking to tbe restoration of silver.
and thus committed tbe Democratic
party to monometallism.
"l stand to-day where 1 have always
stood, in favor of the
rasa coisaob or mlveu.
and I ssy to-day to you that tbe Re
publican party nas done au tnat has
ever been done for that metal aa pri
mary money, and in my judgment it
will in tbe future restore it to the po
sition it once occupied. I contend
that free trade and gold monometal
lism are twin brothers, and he who
courts monometallism invitee the dis
asters which must follow in tbe wake
of free trade."
Mr. Richmond Peareoa.
Mr. Pearson spoke in part as fol
lows:
"Sheriff Grant has asked me to no
tice this so-called -History" of tbe
Legislature, which 1 understand has
been widely circulated in Henderson
county. 1 told your sheriff that I had
never read this "history," but I was
mistaken. 1 find that this altered his
tory is nothing but a rehash of tbe ed
itorials 01 the ews and Observer.
Tbe book can do no barm. It will not
be accepted as an authority.
VKX BT DEMOCRATIC SPEAKERS.
It can be disposed of in a few words.
Its misrepresentations are so reckless
and so clumsy that the book contra
dicts and answers itself.
I need give only a few of these fla
grant contradiction.
On pxe 125. under
onder exam pled provocation.
Tha ml teat of the aacrit of their
work is this: will yo Democrat n
.t.k. ka rneal the STTrat reform
which tbey eoartcd into lews? WO I
too co before the people nxt year
tAMwtoretbe Bail reus and
Court House Rinfr
WBtARS TOCTO EOlT.
Come out like men and pot np or bot
eevtAth neonle that you will rv
waiihAaeUws. or cease your enae-
Itm slanders of better men than your
selves.
Whn all U said on both sides tbe
impartial historian will record this es
timate of General Assembly of
Tk miatak which are made were
harmless and trivial; tb good whirh
tbey did will live aHrr tbem so
grounded In popular approval that do
anoMdinar lertslature would dare
undo it." . . .
Tbe speaker enumerated tbe per
cent Interest law, a graduated Income
tax. the reduction of official bonus, tbe
taking awsy of political power from
Justices of the peace and tbe restora
tion of Mitchell county among tbe
praiseworthy acta of tbe legislature.
and closed with a brier reference 10
national affairs.
Iec3 Blood
Hood's
aroaparilia
That is Why ti U w
8amrArUlaara Ct. ua. 7
That it Why Uor,
cures iLe sevtrut caar, 7Va
Salt Rheum and otUx tiZlcl
That It Why it werLir
spvrs energy la juce of eii
1 nax tt Why Cm rUrx-fc-t
Hoods SaraapaZu JVTTJ
and will stand the cWi i-,
That is Why ti ,.
Sar-pariiiah.,; ,ri
71, , while other r w
merit have come. hid Lr. J?
P7 lavor, ana are heard .i ,
' ; ao
That it Why .Tonj v
That it Wf.
Hcod'oSorcaparilla
lo tho Only
Truo Blood Purifier
Hood's Pills Krrrr:
Our New
Leader,
$1.45.
It states on page 19 :
"One 01 tne manv
bad things done by
the legislature was
the election of nearly
four thousand mag
istrates, when the
legislature knew
there were no books
for them and with
out providing away
for them to set
books."
On pae 11 be says:
' It did not DE
CREASE tbe salary of
any omcer in tne
State."
tbe head 'Principal
Appropriations :"
"To supply books
magistrates WM,-
to
932.211
DEt-LABIXO HIMSELF ma VUKS Xl AOS,
arraigning tbe foreign policy of tbe
administration and closing with a
stirring appeal for Cuban Indepen
dence. UNIVERSITY DAY.
A44raa ajr Jpaa lllh KUcaal
Otraaa-Balkt aa!- M aaraaa
Special to the Charlotte Obaerver J
CnarsL II ill, Oct. !&. University
Day was celebrated In fine style The
annual oration was delivered by Jo
sepbus Daniels, Esq- who spoke oa
-Three Dynasties of Intellect or the
rulplt,tbeBar,therre-s." He showed
how tbe clergy ruled tne world from
tbe establishment of Christianity te
tbe Protestant Reformation. With tbe
loss of wealth and political power tbe
influence of the clergy declined and tbe
sceptre passed to tbe lawyers, who bad
stood up for civil liberty and freedom
of exchange of land against tbe despot
ism ard avarice of the clergy. The
lawyers, in turn, slaves to precedent,
and bound by conservatism, lost tbe
sceptre because tbey ceased to lead'tbe
people in great moral reforms, t'niver
sal education has given tbe sceptre of
power to tbe press, and tbe editors now
rule the world by guiding and direct-
public mind and by fearlessly advorat-1
ing great moral, social, industrial and
political reforms. 1 1 was a very thought-)
-Hi 1 U k WM . W"2. wy ' -1 l makinc as fa our t .i
great pleasure bvs .very large aodience. j e ot ant
The evening before an elegant ger-1 n, iine t.e r-r
man was wmdTucted in the gymnasium. .ntet x tul tt a M
Ml miinlas rins? nsant m ...1 m maak-d I a '
w w Bt c-. a aiiw a wis r- a v a
roller-skate frolic was enjoyed in Me
morial Hall till midnight.
n
Last year's demand for cnir I rsVr.
so larce that we were reUr to trnr
ture them as fat as they rtr on
This year we have one mammo-to far-
that manufactures nothing I14 tl:tx
iftrl e are fnaVinr fliia t4 ! ....
immense quantities that tent aUt a
produce a much tetter lot.
We have many new lwjvrm-Treri a
this line: firvt, tt Is made cf xv r
uine I tongolx, solid leather t&e anj btt
sole; second. It has a leather k I n i
which no other but a tiicfcfrved 1..t
has; tl ird. It has a back-atvi fourth.
much care is taken Is K-lrlm; ivtMk
On pace 5 he says:
"Tbe legislature
increased tbe tax
on real and personal
property and poll."
People who have not read ( oins
Financial School should Lot fail to
do so during the fall and winter
It is a marvellous revelation of the
financial question. It makes a man
feel that he is qualified to discuEs it-
It opens the way to a full compre
hension of the subject We will
send this book and The Caitasiaji
one year for SI. 10: six months for
- . ,
60c
1
We Uan.facture
Navassa Guano,
Navassa Complete Fertilizer
Navassa Boot Crop Fertilizer
Navassa Special Track Guano
Navassa Fruit Growers Fertilizer
Navassa Gnano for Tobacco
Occoaeechee Tobacco Fertilizer
Croatan Tobacco Gnano
Navassa Acid Phosphate
High Grade Dissolved Bone Phot.
On page 129 he
gives himself the lie
by saying:
The salary of the
Superintendent o f
the Penitentiary was
c-rr nowa to $500.
The salary of rail
road commissioners
was err Down to $1,
500. to Uke effect in
18y7."
Now look at page
18. where the histo
rian says:
"He (Hileman)
passed his bill next
aay - -. ana re
duced tne tax on
property for 8tate
tax only one third of
one cent on the hun
dred dollars."
A grain of nosion will kill. An
ounce of the same poison will nauseate.
Tbe public will reject this history
as a man would an overdose of arsenic
These are instances in which our
historian
GIVXS HIMSELF THB LIB
beyond the hope of reconcilistion or
possibility of explana'ion, but 1 invite
your attention now to tbe historian's
nasterpiece of lying, bare-faced and
bare-backed irinv the mnt nrnrflo-inna
feat ever performed by any artist at I Navassa Universal Fertilizer
any time in any tongue since articu- Navassa Cotton FrtJi;e
late i sneer h h man a sonon r trunrer
ceal or to express his thoughts. I
quote his exact words on page 26 :
'A man Inst out of the penitentiary can
vote if he takes the oath. A man from an
other State can vote if he takes the oath, a
boy or a woman can vote if they take the
oath. A man can register in two names
and vote in both, and every one know it,
but under the new law no one can stop him
irom voting."
Here is a marvelous and matchless
sympmosium of
SBVBX LIBS IX LBBS THAN SIX LIXES,
distinct, substantive and circumstan
tiated lies, breaking tbe world's rec
ord up to date. I venture to say that
there is not a man in tbe penitentiary
who so nine sen -respect as to avow
himself the author of such a pack of
lies; no not even in the Democratic
, nor even on tbe staff of the
ews & Observer.
I come direct to my subject. Our op
ponents predicted that if tbe Fusion
ists were successful, tbe credit of the
State would be ruined. We were suc
cessful, and what do we seer The
credit of tbe State
BIQHKH THAX BVBB
in its history. Our six per cent, bonds
are eagerly sought at $1.27, and our
four per cents, at $1.04.
Our enemies predicted that we would
cripple and break down tbe State insti
tutions. What do we see to-day? Tbe
University with the largest enroll
ment and largest attendance ever
known
sixes its rorxoATiox,
and the same is true of tbe ether col
leges, and tbe public schools. Instead
of destroying the charitable institu
tions, tbey are more liberally provided
for than ever before, notwithstanding
tbe fact that no futionitt, even In a sub
ordinate capacity, gets a dollar of the
appropriations.
"Talk to me about fusion I I say let's
have some more of it. We are only now
in tbe sight of tbepromised land. Let's
enter it and possess it. Let the cry
ring out from the mountains to the
sea. Onto the Democratic preserves!
Complete fusion
AXD A CLKAX SWZKF I"
Mr. Pearson then took op the election
law and county government law and
explained them in detail. Continuing
he said:
uXo body of men was evermore se
verely, or more unjusty vilified than
the legislature of 1895. If one were
to believe this so-called "History" and
the Democratie press, he would think
that part of Fusionists were drunk
ards, another part thieves, and all
the rest ignoramuses, a mongrel and
motley horde, without the instincts or
interests of North Carolinians, the
cum of a senseless revolution, turned
op by chance and bent oa plunder and
destruction.
"The truth3s that no man can in
sult that legislature : ' .
WITHOUT rXSTTLTZXe XHX STATB ITSXUr.
Tbey came straight from the .body of
of the tmot it vlf.
Our New leader LadW TVwjt!i !.
ton; tylrs, I'lain Opera Toe, 11a
mon-Senc Toe, tnrra 1 oe yinn 7 3
wkllht. D. v. and llEl aire. ; to .
Our New Ijeadcr Ladies' I )ofu-'.b t ti
Lace, Opera Toe I'atent Tit; i(!iU,l!.
K, and EE; sizes, si to 8.
Our New Leader Ladiet' Imrr''a T
ton. Spring Heel, Qrarnon-Srri Ia
Patent Tip ; widths, D, L, and LL; vx
s to 6.
Any o! the ahoeeaer!Se! Vei n
us. Send for complete illuvtravJ cat
logae of all grades of lioots and tbon-
free rleaae. mention thts paper.
POSTAL SHOE CO.,
Boa 26B7 Boston, Mats.
NAVASSA GUANO COMPANY
w 1 1 iTvnjsr&Toisr., nsr. c.
jBEEN IN BUSINESS LONOEU THAN ANY OTHER FEKTIUZEK
COMPANY, AND
Elake tbe Best Fertilizers.
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IMPORTERS OF KAINIT, MURIATE POTASH, SULPHATE
OF POTASH, NITRATE SODA AND ALL
ri-ullLUlAU UUEUIUALH.
Hew Goods, Ilemr Eschicery, Urar Prices. Established Reputatisi
Jlcadquartors fortho Oest, Only
OP TUIZB TrI33vK! v
TlUi FOUJOWWQ VABIRTl&Sl
Ifaimnotii fironas aad White TT nThwl Tin! r n fff '
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Light Brahmsa, Indian and Pit Games, Bof Cothiaa.
SUveLaced Wyandottea, Whits Gafaw lYkis Backs,
Muscovy Packs, Pea Fowls and Fan-tad figeooa.
Fcrb td Ec3 Fcr S2I3 tl AflTctt
Bnofssaire and Dorsut EVsaonteflnworteJ
Kan W tmnaml --. fc-t find fCacS
Essex and Red Terser PtvC Beat Mnn uihnU f Me r-tffe. Son3r Bri
Colts and Fillies, fine as split silk. Yea Got ftflfrass Sta If Yaw Bay Ue
XVEMYTMUiO GUAMJJtTKZD JLM MZTXZSZSTZIk '
OCCOITEECarXi: FAEIL,I)UllHAtL 5 c
VAST
Nov. O, r curscl 8.
:FAIR
There will be an abundance of choice Agricultural, Horticultural j
Household Products. Implements, IXaebShery and JJre Stock. Fastest
Horses. The Closest Eces. The Best Band of Music
. CHEAP RATES OH RAILROADS.
Thugs to Amuse and Instruct all kinds aad conditions of People
Something New and Novel all the Time. The Best, Most
Useful aad Beautifnl Prod actions of Industry and
Skill, and everything planned to secure the
Highest Comfort and Convenience to
Exhibitors and Visitors.
Senator Marion Butler
WILL DELI VEB THE ANNUAL ADDRESS THURSDAY, NOV. Tra.!95-
CO TO EE FAI3 ID llEM I'll
For Premium List and Other Information Address tbe Secretary
WALTER WATSON, President. O. W. LAWRENCE, 5errrfr,
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