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1 1 TT "n'TT - '1 CAUCASIAN vol- v v A a W ANSWERS OF THE WILSOHS. crnor's Notice to Show Why They Should Not be Removed DLUi, AND CONFESSION. I! I 1 ,,t to Make Hweaplag Denlala, t .l Ailmlt That The Ma t.ti, f riie Charges forma I I, r inirnf Art True Maw ,th Interested In a Certala mi there Kallroad -Their f iMi'tAlon Amounte'to a Ihf l'"t'l' ", "OtrerBeer" Trya to 1 hn W llh an Atnrlavlt-The Puh- )( Await Th UoTtrivr'l Drrlalon anh itrcat latereet. ust issue of The Caucasian fhrr v... t.rl ! "' .f-.l l' Hi ft r gr I" I atfll" Q U It' Ve puliii . a letter of the Gov ernors to two of the Railway Com mission' s, calling upon them to show t i is why they had not be-eoiut-ili -i u?t!i liel to Act, and there f,ne t) i inuved as Commissioners. Uq .September the 1st, the day nitui' "1 i-y the Governor for a hear ing, thr two Commissioners appeared before h;m in the Executive office with tlit ir counsel. Major John D. Stiaw appeared as the attorney for Maj r WiUon, and Mr. J. C. L. Har ria )i'Hrt'd as attorney for Mr. 8. Otbo Wilson. The respective at torneys read the replies of their cli ents al tollowed with short speech tta. Tlie replies are as follows; Wllaou Answer. RALEIGH. N. C, THTJRSDAT, SEPTEMBER 9, 1897. for Mr. Otho l?il.An u:. , L. Tk. .- - wit-oat v mauBK ouieu i. ft r vrin NO. 42. news so by THE COUPON SENSE OF IT. the cwcata. feeling and in a e at r 1 , a. - . i a was left .nTirai-. , "5 'l.1?" r"Bk rc"ai manner and trust lection i. th.VV'.r- -ri r.?1- wl.b. recced by you a. iiuiri uicuLiunfn thai in iiittAM a. a. i ... M rU TTT-i ,7 uiiu(ju I a CUUBUIUUUD WulCQ YOU ADd I hlT6 r. vmo wuson lor his mother. Is - .in VVUIUIUUVB UU iuu taws a expounded guaran tees protection to its humblest citi zen. HOW MUCH $1.65 WOULD DO FOR THE B6Y8 AND GIRLS Abe land upon which the liound Knob property was located, belonged to John Malone, Col. Crockford and Dowel, eoo,y. , wa. tb. ?.r - J lo "oVTr'at.Sn couiuiti iur tun utui. ror T , 1 ' vr. iruwu- rery votr except as hereafter Andrews, J,000 Col Andrew's in- provided, shall be eligible to office! -'""'- mviuj; auwui UUC'lUUIkU Ul lUtJ I IV r . , tVC." hotf-I With ahnn t II) im l.n.l .J I uTi . i i . . . . va.auuau.. luo louywintr CiaSROK of nArinnt joining. Before the receipt of your shall be dif qualified for offiefi-Kint v u t had no idea that any man in all persons who shall deny 1 he beinp North Carolina seriously considered of Almighty (Jod. Second, all persons mm uYuwuiDga piece oi DrODertv wno shall hav lin tr.nvi,.A . 1 ... . I " vwa VMAV,bVVA VT A jointly witn Ivol. Andrews, and treason, per iorv. or of anv infmnna ::.) ioo. . i - .... - . ' uc,u WJ ua j 'luujr Bince 1001, ana crime,- iv-!,, tVc. aSee also Article 4 now rented by a widow, which Section 31 Also, Article 1, Section being in addition to a summer resort 19 of bill of Ritrhts. This I will was a dinner house for the passen- copy in full as it irirU.l h ger trains of the Southern Ilnilioad, freeman as a bulwark of liberty. It nuumtun m auy way ue so con 1 reaas as ioiiows: Him nn ma rn M a tr a m A w n i i I I 1 . . bviuvubo v aaia&Q uu m auv I (J r in I ill Mil commrpriios r I a w under obligations to the Houthern sppcting property, the ancient mode uawroau. inding however bv vour of trial by jarv is one of th hnt . leiier mat mere were parties whn curities of trm rights .if tha ltaAa la TaUa Acataat IWttar FabUe Sbl ACaareraatiaa Batwaaa Oaora" and tha Kdltar r taa X rr---oaorr." Mw That tk ru- CommissioDers J. W. Wilton and 8. tlelaaa aaA taa Maaapaly Wawaaa.aara Feolad HI am. We clip the following from tha Wilmington New Era. It ia an in teresting and instructive conversa tion that took place between the edi tor of that paper and & Pender County armer namea ueorge. It is as fol- owf: "Hello! George! How did vou vote on the school question." I voted against it." "Why did vou not vote for it. I L.J t .. .. "Well, says he, because I am op- "3Jn7aOUKn.M in" sfta in hAT t.. the railroads run the railroad com mission; that is a good disguise for posed to higher taxes. T . 1 I 1 . "tn, are you aiso opposed to a I term and better onger school Blfar1c,' 'Oh, no! I want to see better schools, and to prove that I am in vor of educatine children. I mav you that my wife and I are Mm lows- Ma Wilson's answer was as fol Usleigh, Aug. 30, 1897. To l.iintl h. Russell, Governor of North Carolina: ISir: Vour favor of the 25th citing me t appear before you on Wed Jay, the lirst day of September, and reply in writing to certain rumors or charges from parties unknown to me. and show cause why I "hould not l removed from tho respon sible position as Chairman of the Railroatl Commission, agreeable to section I of the Act creating this Com mission, was duly received. Ia obedience thereto I herewith sub mit this my answer to each charge to the order as given in your letter. It ia drawn by myself, and possibly free from the diction which a lawyer would have imparted, but feel sure iill carry conviction to an im f'rtial mind. First It is not true as alleged that sm "the ioint owner with Col. A. r 9 - - - lis. Andrews, ice-President ef the Southern Railway and general po litical manager of the same for North Carolina in a certain piece of lhotel property known as Round Knob." Second It is not true "that said Ba .a . Uiotel is worthless tor that purpose Vicept when designated and patron ed by the southern Railroad Com m . a aav a an eating nouse lor their aaener trains." - Tumi It is not true "that said potel property has been unoccupied li t m A !aa uaudea tor any purpose ior sev ral years past and brought in no eveuue to me as one of its owners." Fourth -It ia not true "that it was iBDossible to use, lease or rent said property unless some understanding, Kreetueut or contract could be made pit- tue Southern Railroad Com pany to designate and patronize ue said hotel as a railroad eating louse. Fifth It is not true as alleged that I with the other owner or own rs of sa.d property have secured an Xgreeiuent, understanding or con tact from the Southern Railroad ompauy to abandon other eating posses ad designate Round Knob Ma eating house, and by virtue of laid arrangements with said rail- a.'i that 1 have been able to lease liid hotel property to Otho Wilson, believed or pretended to believe that this was indirectly a violation of the Act, I promptly under advice of friends to avoid "even the appear ance of evil" deeded my undivided interest in the property to R. M. Brown, for his claim about $3,000, about the value at the present de- preciaiion oi property. This was done agreeable to section 1. of the Act to avoid any criticism, by even the captious, as to my conduct as Railroad Commissioner, and I have no interest what-ever direct or indirect in the prop erty known as Round Knob. Feeling nonneasinecs that you as a Judge should be so biased, as to decide that with the showing made, vou could with any pretension of justice remove me from the office now held executive Judicial powers See Cool reonlf and ought to remain sacred and in violable." See also 14th nraendinent of Con stitution of the United States which forbids any State to deprive a citi zen of life, liberty or property with out due process of law. See also decisions of our Supreme Court: Hoke vs. Ellis, 7 Jones, nacre 543. Hoke vs. Henderson, 4 Devereaux pagel. Cotton vs. Ellis. 7 JonPs.rare 545. Banting vs. Cates. 77 N. C. pacre 2S9. liransonvs. .turner, 70 N. C. 93. Howerton vs. Tate. 70 N. C 01. Legislature cannot confer f tell thinking of moving to town. That is, if I can get anything there to do, just so we can get our children in the school live months in the year." "Well, Ueorge, how many children have you, that are old enough to at tend school!'' "Well sir, we have five that outrht to be in the schoolrpom at this very moment.'' "Well, can't you send them at home to your free school? ' "Oh, my! We only have about What aa Kxcltad Organ Baya. (Asheville Gazette.) The Gazette presents in another column letters from Governor Rus- two months' school each year and 1 8eU to Major J. W. Willson and S. the children forget what thev learn utno wuson respectively, railroad from one school term to the other." I commissioners, which are astonish- "Well, what would it cost yon to int iJ anything the Governor could send them to a five months' pay. could astonish anyone. That he is m I A . 1 A page page on an by the unanimous support of the Legislature of North Carolina: for this unprecedented compliment I never before had an opportunity to return thanks. a 1 I 1 ab to me cnarges aoont my son win say mat ne is no minor as I t iW a a charged, dui is years oid and is now one of the oldest employes on the Division upon which he is situ ated. About four years ago the agent at Morganton resigned. My son was his chief clerk and in the very line of promotion. . E. Mc Bee, General Superintendent of the S. A. L., was at that time Superin tendent of that Division; he had pie viously promised my son as was told that he would promote him at the first opportunity. Mr. McBee kept his promise. I have no recollection of it, but it is more than probable that I spoke to Capt. McBee in his behalf. It would have been a most unnarural fathei who would haye done otherwise. I believe .this cov ers the entire bill of charges. But as there are other matters of rumor not in your letter, but calcu lated to prejadice your mind, I con sider it bat simple justice to state the iacts as to eaca one. it is charged that when the Seaboard system wa3 endeavoring to. give the people cheap rates that I interfered. The following is a copy of orders in the case see report of the Commis sioners to the Governor, page 213: "It appears from press reports that reduced rates have been again or dered to be put iu effect from cer tain points within clearly causing a discrimination in violation of the long and short haul clause of the Act creating the Commission. Just ice to the local business of the State requires of us to take prompt action. It is ordered by this Commission that all roads doing business within the State of North Carolina shall re duce their local tariffs of p&ssenger and freight in the same proportion as has been done by them on their through busines." It was my opinion then that our own ioiss should at least have as crood treatment as outsiders. I drew interts: Southern Railway Com- any other company or ey on Constitutional Limitations. t J. W. Wilsox. S. O ha Wllnou'a Answer. RALEKar, N. C, September 1, 97. Hon. Daniel L. Rfselt., Governor.of North Carolina. blR Replying to your notice of the 24th of August to show cause why I should not be susp nded from the exercise of the duties of my of fice as Railroad C jiumiss-ioner, I have this to say: 1 A l nave no inter. si in any way in the pany, or corporation over which the Railroad Commission has jurisdiction. i am not in any way interested in the eating house at Round Knob. I rented the house for my mother the rent she pays being repairs to the ff .1 S a. nouse tonne nrstyear, with an op tion to rent for five years at $250 per year. I have paid my board for my self and family, and have not and am not to receive one cent from the profits of the house. When at home I have rendered my mother such service as 1 could in managing the house, and the same services Lave been performed by other members of the family. The arrangements to have the trains stopped at Round Kuob for dinner was made by the railroad authorities upon their own motion, and is determinable by the Southern Railway Company at any time. I have been owing my mother sev eral hundred dollars borro wed money tor several years, and 1 have pur chased furniture and supplies for the Round Knob house and charged same to her in part payment of my debt. I have no knowledge of the dis continuance of dinner houses at Asheville and Hickory. They were not closed in consequence ot an agreement with my mother to make Round Knob a dinner house. That a month before the notice of the Governor was received this affi ant had seen Messrs. Wynne & El lmtrton. of this city, relative to renting: a house for the purpose o his mother through the said ptho the order and would do so again under "m J XwE frlsou for profit." similar circumstances. It is also J ?f m b? 51 Sixth - It is untrue as further al- ed that I have a son in the em Payment of the Southern Railroad Lompany at my request and that he rs atmointAd over others entit d by promotion under practice of the company pus w&9 don a for mv accom odation and at my request hereby denounce these allegations m.i1i r a-vrt Km ' m a t r narOAfl a" iv f uu u v waui LcaavuA that "Ala . and demand the proof. In t aiilanation I will state iv. . . . - . : F i . Col. Andrews and my- r"tmilt this hotel at a cost of about Is it not worthless as stated. a la a most convenient and beau- ul hottl with 30 rooms, closets and fttn on each fioor: and was leased al ... . a. r note, tor several years with no . . i . supplied to passengers. I he 'uperty iiad not been unoccupied years &s charged but had been ed up to last year at an annual ru"i ot 9,A)0 ner annnmto a resDOn nartv. with n nndflrstJindincr J kind with the Sonthern Rail Pd Company. '"J Ci.ilHl ennrofcitiriTi with Air. chartred on the streets that the Sea board system was unfairly dealt with by me in the matter of their proposed chance of line at Gaston. The facts are. that the order as given was the drawn by Capt. McBee, General Sa and perintendent of the Seaboard Air Line and in his own writing now on file in this office. By his request the Board adopted it as their order, believing it to be a fair solu tion of the matter. At least the Seaboard should be estopped from objecting. The charges as made aorainst me are so frivilous, that they would have passed them un noticed, had they not been consid ered as of serious importance by one who holds the exalted position that you do. It is also eharged, that my lnnaence daring the session or me Legislature was exerted to prevent a reduction of rates. The last an- "Otiiwii'i- Ha Say A What Tfca Ttte AaU raaa Ta llraa Ta Aaaaalt mm WUaaa Charlotte Observer, Monopoly Im.) The movement arainst BAilroad nostra tveitiar ! Allfftoas arainst tha and fiviar th nttd xt wek to answer thm atton al- Ufd. Tho Utters appaar laowber ia today's Lm se lf tho Govorvor bad smmanly re moved tho ofictrs witboat a bear ing, ho would have aobiecttd him If to j a st criticism. Tho investi gation ought to bo a fall a nd fair on. Otho Wilson, told of in tho News and Observer yesterday, is the ontfrovt oi nothing, ot course, except spite ana hatred. The Governor and tne senior senator haye failed to control the railroad commission. ana .t suits their malevolent pur- poes to stiargo that some one else! is doing so. They accordingly un earth a law under which they hope to oust the majority of the commis sion, the idea being to replace with their own creatures the commission ers wnn they retire. It is cheap . a l Va 0traai' Raat. Salisbury World .oM-lL It. Off a.) Tho WiUons have filed their an swers to Governor Rossell's allega tions against them and both aeek a complete vindication. A very dsgni fied course to have panned, it seems to ns, woold have been to completely ignore the Governor's rant. An im- feachment at his hand would be an onor to any man. Tut iuocs it rest mi Pttm fca OMU-0 ummt We r1 mi a 4aa aaOa aa lata r taw aa-A Aaa Vanllaa-All aaa mm a S LETTER FROO' CABARRUS. 4 ika rM t aaaa SENATOR PRITCHARDS SHOT. BtOTMtR While la Ihe Altaair' ArrvallaK iXw4 DeeperaAa, Wka la Tare Waa Skat Killed by Depaty Itlalack. A apecial from Cloudland. N. C knows to be true, that no influence ,J,: George C. I'ritehard. brother of their own desire to do so. The Ob server has to say, however, for Maj. J. W. Wilson, what all the State is strong enough to induce him to do anything wrong, while as to Mr. 8. Otho Wilson, he is Senator Butler's own representative on the railroad commission, and seeking to discredit him, the Senator but discredits him- 1 m mi a . sen. xne wnoie business is bnt a Senator I'ritehard, of North Carolina, who is the .Sheriff of Hitcbell court j. was fatally wounded to-day while at tempting to arrest Monroe Garland, a noted desperado, near Cloudlan. Sheriff I'ritehard had a warrant for Garland, and with a deputy wnt after him. Toe desperado fired at the bber- Hw. KerriMm 0al3wH Writti lKnt Sewti-te Rnla KnaaA tf Altav. NC l.r IT to? " 1 . ' r ' I a raM4 V... j- . . . I vwwia. v. i a-B vctiiti cup mm ia4- lowtae fmaa tta Kii. r.ai werMor jeet.y. wck u pmuuC "HE SPEECH AND ITS EFFECT elasaa iaterview wlU Aeaator Pat. I ler: Seoater Mariea Latle.aorm reeled I Dj ( wpwau Ibrr4. eeptwd at toe ML erneo llefal laat BigliC I t J were ea I heir eirle 1 eeree. a - I waere Mebalor lletler ap4e t-dy. ne poie ai wlea natordar. a4 Mr. Shuftfrd aaa be had the largaat crewd that e? rr turaed out to a H.tlie eprek I rig tbyf. "i a what hoe do torn peorxtaa tel make your rampaif oeat jear?"tbe world aekrd him wbea be came out from supper. ertain lire iMues deve'eped ia the iaa igisiaiere,- be replied ; "aamelj : the nioety-aioe tear leaee: atepoioc oi I fee pasM; the red act lee or Ireight and pasaenger ratee to the rvld iUb- I uard level; the prevention or geld notes being taken: the action of rer I tain corporations who do bnalaeee in the State by courtesy of the Mate no- i ng on to federal court aodlniuac-l tiont, denying that they ran get Joe- tire in Mate court, for examnletbe Me I ha Caaaattaaa a4 Iha haaaaati ea Oaaalaaa eaa rala aa aaM4a4a a4 laitHM't atot tka ti .! m4 O aaaaa. a Maaaaalf Uoa Ta ( Maaaatlaaae Ma. rtt fae a aaa Mm. tai ran aaA taitaMa. To the 1.4 4 tor of 1mm Ct !. The tear of heaater Hetlrr tk West waa a tnampbaat ptweeMioa whieh gathered coarae and eatba aiaaa at every atop. The ro J tkat greeted him at Caeoid came net from Cabarrna alone, bat from ar ronadisg coartte. anj never before ia this cosaty. dul oo maay Iemo erats eome to hear a 1'opahat speech, and some who "came to moek re aaatiitd to pray." The pilr f tLa. Moma Hooae was fttled with trtre- bit of cheap demagogy, inspired by lt one ball penetrating tbe lunga and! railroad commit ion reduced telegraph Iseatativo ropaluta frt.tu eterv malice and having for sonal, political gain. its end per- a not her pasaing through hia neck. Gar. land, after he had abot I'ritehard, I turned on Deputy lilalock and began firing, but lilalock waa too quick for him, and ahot him twice. Garland died in a lew minutea, and i'ritehard waa taken to a nearby house and aurgical aid sought. The following letter from Senator I'ritehard to hia lawpartner.Capt. J. M. Gadget, ia no doubt the moat accurate account of tne recent Mitcbel county anootlng. The Asheville Gazette aiya : Senator I'ritehard, of courae, will ex-1 school!" getting desperate in his determina- P0? apuuuuger to aeicna tne ner- sue tne noutnern 'It would cost me, sir, $25.00." would do it 11 1 were save nauw ana some wno nave Ten- mere is a cuiun n not, and none of my geance to satisfy or who are, or hope re M follows: Mom in a position to pay to become beneficiaries of hia power, fiL1?,.1!1, Ljit. : .l.iLj h oaam. iaa-.;Ai x i T i.' the life of a deapera "Well, would it not be wise for you to send them to a pay-school, since you have no free school worth speaking oil "Well, sir, I would do it if I were able, but I am neighbors are or the schooling of their children. So you see, we are all in the same boat and our only hope is to either move to town (and then our farm goes to nothing) or to let them grow up in ignorance and trust to chance or their later education." "Well, George, how many hundred dollars do you pay taxes on'" "On $909. "Well; let's see! How much ex tra taxes would you have to pay un der this local school taxi" "I have not figured it up." "Well, how much is it on the $100!" "Fifteen cen'.s." -"How much on the poll?'' "Thirty cents I believe.'' "Well sir, then your extra taxes to give you .a five months good schooling at home would have been only $1.G5P What! Only$l.G51" "Yes, that's all. This small amount would have enabled you to at least tion to bulldoze everything and ev erybody in sight into servile sub mission to his will and domination is iff in case of recover and prosecution for the killing of (iarland. The letter waa written at Uakcraville, August 2'J: I arik-f vMfjtvHa v ar nniin I n1 evident. Deserted by his own party found riMrn aorinual eound'd. The save those who fawn npon and lick I doctors say that it i a possible for him him, and condemned by all others I to recover. 1 will remain here until save Butler and some who have Ten-1 there is a change in him. The facts Monroe (iariand, a boy has been leading desperado for aome time. and within the last year be haa abot tolls from 35 to IS cebLa. The Wes tern Union denies the power of the State to decide on fair ratee and also denies the power of State eourta to alt Inequity. Realizing the ugly light in which this placed them, tbey have their mouth-piece today announcing that the reason for thia action ia that one number of the Supreme Court bench ia prejudged against them. I not the federal court prejudged the other way, even granting that their contention la trnef Aa aa example In the case of the private citisen, should Kxpreaa Company he seems determined to throw dis cretion and the. dignity and high character of his office to the winds and distort powers conferred, and des troy character if necessary, to ac complish his own selfish schemes and establish his personal authority. We have been told that the gover nor wanted his brother to be clerk to the railroad commission. Maj. Wilson wanted the old clerk who was honest, efficient, faithful; and the old clerk was re-elected. Can it be possible that the fact that Major and wounded six different persons, one of them beinr a woman. In most cases he did tbe shooting from ambuah. The last person be shot waa Sirodge and tbe grand jury took the matter in hand and requested tne judge to isaue a warrant, wbich be did, and George, accompanied by Lem ttiaiock, went out to the head of Bear's creek to arrest Garland. As Garland was leaving the bouse, where he had eaten bis break fast. Geonre walked up behind and demanded him to surrender. Garland at once wheeled and Bred at George, they would at once run off to tho Ked. era! courts, and make it ao inconven ient and expensive that the rititea could not proaecute the suit. Thia moat be atopped. These foreign cor porations must be made to respect aod aunmit to our Male eourta. These in the main are tbe issues that will be presented to tbe voters io tbe next campaign and I feel conn dent that tbey will aweep tbe State. "Hot bow are you going to explain to the people the increased taxea that your party haa put on them?" I ask ed him. "Dotbey object tn increasing taxea foracbool purposes?" he asked in re ply. -But in tbe extravagances of the legislature, in the matter of public printing and questions of tbat nature where tbe money waa not applied to education or any other application made tbat would redound to tbe good of tbe people? Thia query he waved of with some a. - . . mm raa . a a. . a a a aa a - a tit: i a rv l a i i f Ka Kn iia va wi w w Atrajir rvi w na viirnr a w ani m pm w m rai v w rta m m rwr a w iison ana VOi. Anarews nappen to I uuue ----.- - iau i yj -. - w I linra of trusts. With owntneitoundivnob : note;, and that "TE r.J " irRVl with in th impassioned elcqt eace ho MV ?i I IfhA W 1 I arT'a VMAthoe evia mmm.tr m-m-mm9 - I w -" I X . at - 1 . m . ahont tha aeme time I neit cimniirn." I thun eskrd him. I agaiuai law pouej oi I'arnji ai i .!-. IGeoree nred me same anainai passengers on me .hoot1nr Garland sou are through from the left to tbe right side, picked up I Sonthern railroad stop there for meals, is to be made the excuse of the governor to remove a majority ot the board, in order to give his brother or some Other personal hench man a J0D7 What a spectacle for honest men a a a.V a - a a nonest xortn Carolinians we care keep your children five or si months not what their party s filiations may I gred ODe Bnot at the deceased. in school during the year, staying I be J I reason Blalock did not shoot at his pistol, which had fallen in con sequence of his arm being paralyzed. and emptied it, and nred two more shots from bis pistol, when he fell from exhaustion. Four of the shots took effect, any one of which was fatal. "After George ceased firing lilalock Tne him paign? "If he is an honest roan" said Sena tor Butler, "he will fight for tbe is sues wbich I have defined, all of wbich be favor. I believe be ia an honest man and will be with me "How do jou and I'ritehard stand now?" Juat aa we stood last winter," he said." Senator Butler says tbat be is only speaking now by invitation." .Now 1 wish to say to you. Mr. Edi tioa within a reams of teeait five or thirty mi lea. As tbe writer gtd npon tbat groap about Marian But ler and saw ssch champKre of re form as I o ranee, I'eJaon, Kay, Rob inson and White of Iredell; aaeb war-hone of Popaliam aa Heard. McLean, Phillip and Karabardt of Rowaa; each sons of Htan.y, f Meek leaburs and ef Cabarrus a consti tute tho bone and ust as wall as theflwerand chivalry of this sec tion, all of them from tbe Catawba to the Yadkin, the defendants of snch patriots and heroee a te "Black Boy of Cabarrna" who d- streyed th King's powder, and maay of them lineal descendants of tie signers of tho Mecklenburg federa tion of lodepeedanee as gaud up on that scene. My mind reverted to Napoleon and bis marshals. A tbey listened to the message ot their faith f nl leader, I saw in their fares a cour age that will eairy tbe cauae of the masses against the classes, and de termination that means political death to the enemies of reform in North Carolina. For two hoars and a half Senator B a tier enchained his auuiene with his invictive, his wit, and his elo quence. Cicero s denunciation of Catalin s conspiracy agaittattbe lib erties of Rome was not more fearless or forcible than was Mr. B a tier ar raignment of th gi-U u-1 )ie- vtgoroas aud protested ttiag Ue trusts to dictate th teathicg ia onr colleges and unit emties. ttb a master hand he painted the nypoe risy of tho Charlotte Observer aod of O. Li hostler in tbe last campaign in endeavoring to prevent tho n of the electoral tiekt containing both Populist and Democratic electors. He declared boldly that tbey were both helping Mark II anna to aleet MeKinley. Thia charge has not been on the fax in at that, where you could I Senator Butler is the close, confi-1 before, waa. tbat George was between I tor, tbat all the Populists around here! denied, but both, tbe Observer and raise your own supplies, which is I dentiai triend and any ot the gover much better than to be dependent nor. How happy this must make him and the deceased. Garland in a few minutes. died That since that tima and before the notice of the Governor was received the contract of renting was com pleted and the affiant and family are now living therein. That affiant and family went to Round Knob for the summer-be- cause his wile had been in bad health and the family physician ad vised this change for the benefit of Mrs. Wilson. Wherefore I say: First: That I have not become agent or an emyloyee of the South ern Railway Company. Second: That I have not acquired any interest in any way in the Southern Railway Company. Third: Not having any interest m any way in the boa-hern Kailway Company or any other company or corporation over which the Railroad Commission has jurisdiction, 1 have on the cold charity of the city. Be sides, when you go to town, your poll, city, state and county taxes are about $ .00 extra. So if you are opposed to higher taxes for school purposes, you better keep out of the city, especially when you and your neighbors, who are too poor to send then children to a pay school at home. You have thrown away the only opportu jity you have ever had to give your children at home as - good a. school as they could get in the cities at the graded schools, and at much less cost, ton have voted down a local tax that would not have cost you more than $1 G5 extra, and would have kept your children in the school room five to six months in each year." "Well sir," says George, "I had never viewed it in that light before, but I must admit that 1 have acted the fool and in away that my f utnre generation and my community may feel it forever. Had I taken a com mon sense view of the matter I could have seen it was the co-operation of all the tax payers that could have given us longer school terms for such a small increase of taxes cheaper than any other way that I can ever possibly educate my chil dren. Yes I have acted the fool, or rather I have been fooled. At first I thought I would vote for the school tax. For awhile Senator Pritchard can party. The supreme court will doubtless take a hand in this attempt of the governor to degrade the powers of the executive into an instrument of personal vengeance and oppression. Then possibly something farther may be developed. and theRepnbli- CONFEDERATE ROLL OF HONOR. Effort Bales Made te Preaerva the Names of tbe Soldier ef the South. Richm osp. Va- Sert. 2. At a recent i meeting of the Confederate Memorial Literarv Society it was resoivea to were not with you. Senator Butler or iu p&rtiep enmenU Kestler hay !:ur"s:JDt "f " it! abnaed BuUer since qu.f severely. a-- aav w.aaar., via w v.. vua.-a.. a . J a : . a : -.. . 11 . . ivu iuu ijwot. ucy u u laic a-K ui , www a, , , . , . . are rainine ever dav. But 1 want I speecn at vvucvru, ids voaerer " - . i v i ' l i . . . v : 1 1 : . you to reply to what tbe Salisbury ipuuiieuew ymvuvyutmyy aiji-. Worldsays about tbe extravagance of 1 an interview oi neauer, wnerem u tbe last Ierialature. We feel aure tbat I modestly declared that be bad no .. wr . . Senator Butler did this in his lnter-l atwlories to rive for aidmr in over- . e f a. 1 . . view, ii ne nau oecn quoiea rignw r throwing Bntler nationally. are all very much pleased with the last . w . a . . I eai ia aasa v ci w uj uvu uica a. m w a i press forward the work of register! ng two iMUM of the CAVZMttA tne names OI onieaerse oiuicr iuu sailors in a "roll of honor." to be pre served in tbe Confederate Museum for all time. Tbe books are now open, and it is urged that those who feel an interest in this work snail sena mine names and rank of their friends and comrades promptly, with such mention of their record as they may deem proper, and as far as possible a verified report of the various commands to which tbey were attached tbe names not only of those who died for their country in tbe A Schema to Gale Populist. Lexington Dispatch, (Monopoly Dem.) In order to advance their own sel fish ends, Daniel L. Russell, who once said that a black man smelt like rank guano, and Marion Bntler who has always made good trades, have hitched themselyes in harness to gether. They make their first pass at the Railroad Commissioners. The apparent object is to make an im pression on tbe people that they are I iarned the not less heroic lesson of fighting corporations. It is anything living for their country in tbe hour of to gam popularity. The fact is, distress. Your truly. A Port-list. Tbe $120,000 a yesr which Governor Carr and his Democratic adaaioistra- tration robbed from the Stat and gave to tbe Southern Railroad on tbe mid night m year lease would cover two or three time all the so-called extrava gances to which the Saliabury World refers. Aa large a loss as f 1 20,00 a year for tbe next 99 years is to tbe State, The next day the Observer pub lished an abusive editorial which was merely aa echo of Keatler, but no attempt to palliate or deny tbe grave charges of political hypoeraey. ttaeh silence is calculated to strength en the conviction tbat the Observer is favoring not only gold-bugirm in all its hideous forms, but is now guilty of trying to divert the public mind from the real issues in North Carolina, and for the benefit ot the Southern Kailway Company and oth ers are endeavoring to get op a "nig- hope of victory, but also of those who Jet it f hu a basateUe compared to gar scare" and revive the tariff these two worthies have lost east with the people. The Populists, or at least a great many of them, nave declared against Butler and his cunn ing dark ways, while the vindictive and rerentf ul Russell is by no means Mrs. James X. Dunlop, chairman of tbe Memorial Committee at Richmond, is in charge of the work. ALABAMA'S COTTON CROP. areaucuonot not become disqualified to act as a nual report, ; bu teJ I by the Com- impartl&i judge or Commis- mission, with no difiereLce of views - r by the ComioiMn, , ge e In support hereof I submit the "".rrir " . statements of my mother, Mrs. Mary luervu vj u - a J T'V. Zi-Z, J- Wilson, Col- A. B. Andrews, Maj. Die.' luaupvu.i ui v v,- i T --T- ttt-i, it., tt t.-ri .: , ' urJQ mJ recollection is mat p" 'r;?-'? lhuton, and Dr. A. W. Goodwin. yoKa or tlia verv desirable Droo- the Union, was maae anu puunsucu - F'J Wtlih waa than vaMnt ttialVVfl Vfltfl SVOIll CfllCerS ADd mAde WUU'h vii than r.Mnt. ttielWe Were SWOm o Friscardand Comnanv. hav- this report with due regard to the H expired, and savinir that the su- solemity of our oaths. During the f 'intendeat of the road had sent session of the Legislature the mem- J word if a n.n I Kara . tha rnrnmiasion were invited Q(i kef t n. orn.. Vnr.ca k v.niri I tn annear before the ioint committee Plvtf if a Hinnu. Un-... a'k k...l . I rkn ULi1rar1a .nrl crive their Views as llory was then closed and my im- to the jastness of the rates now in r8sioa U that Asheviile was not then force. Two of ns responded, I for reguUr eatintr honse. bnt of thia one and was given a most respect n not sure. Mr. WiUnn ramarVa.i fnl he&rinir by the committee. In f t hia mother was looking around my argument the report of the Com- rr boar.ino r..- o r.n..;M miaeinn waa n8-.ined bv facts and f . - ft UUU CaiaU yvHIWIJ I a-awawa. " - iu m;ght suit her and he would go figures. Nothing snce has been examine the property; this shown to convince, me tnat-i was f aid; ou his return expressed him-1 wrong. The charge that it was ar t at greatly d1 e.A .h nt aaid the irned bv me before the committee f-ttHfr u. a , . . . . I . l . . 1 .W vf va. ab , - 'Mooisnw leu the property I mat iu reuumuouu a uuaugo vra f Uad condition and vtt riirtv. I would be a reflection upon the Com mission is not warranted by tne facts; nothing of the kind was ever alluded to by me in this I am sure I will be sustained by each member of the committee. In justice to my self will say that I never entered tho walls of tbe Legislature daring aa aware Qf th,3 aad hed th.t 'vols acRoun it v.;i i j i ,i , - - - a uia IUUIU WUU1U tna m . : 1 1 ) , " aaa (JUUU ICUAU KUU uaTB It tha , u itiis much for th A ma.aa.a It an, i a r- -akiuir Don ie was year free of tne prone aa to me about not intended And in addition to this sworn statement of facts, I respectfully refer to my record as Commissioner as proof conclusive that 1 am not and have not been influenced by any railway company or any other com pany or corporation over which tbe Railway Commission has jurisdic tion. I suppose that in due course of law, after reading the absolute and .l.ain.. i f Hr aw v-w UUU UUIiCU u;uum v(. una ouonvx. supported and corroborated by the affidavits herewith Hied, mat the unsupported charges against me oi a partisan press ana malicious mea dlers. will be immediately dismissed &s without foundation and wilful and maliciously false. If I am mis taken in the view of your decision, then I demand to confront my ac e.nfters and cross examine the wit nesses against me. Very respectfully, S. Otho Wilsox: (Continued on third page.) some scheme whereby they may ben efit themselves. Tho .man that everybody seemed to be in f ayor of swaps horses with Bntler will get it, but soon my party newspaper cheated and the man that displeases came out against it. It said that Russell will tret a eussinsr. Just we had to pay more taxes now than w&teh Russell and Bntler; there will we could afford to pay. i Knew mis i cheating and cussing. was true, so l did not stop to inina. 1 see now that It IS saving money IO tTbe Squeal ef m Little Moaopoly Oreaa, pay $1 65 in extra taxes than topay s.mMOII D-m0crat.l iP-J 1UI IU1UUU aa a yaj "vuwvi , ,, . . a a :v. e.m;i-r " l jouuer ana Ausseu see uu meir ur LU IUUVO IU lunu mui. iuj aaiauij. in harmony with the rank and file of ma output wiu Ma 30 Par Coat- Leee his party. Thaa i isso. It is no more than natural that Motgmbbt, Ala., Sept. 2 Reports these two outcasts should come to- bave been received at tbe office of crether. They have a fellow feelinsr Commissioner of Agriculture Culver and if possible thev will hatch up I from fifty-four of the fifty-six counties I roadj rob from ttem eacb year. In this SUte as to tbe condition of cot ton. The output lor tne state win not exceed 70 per cent, of ia year s crop. There have been heavy losses during the last two weeks on account of rust. Tha Railroad Commissioners, wno have been over every railroad in tbe state recently, estimated tbe crop even I lower than the above. These are facts as to the cotton crop of Alabama. what tbe people of this State have each year robbed from them by the railroads. They .take from tbe people in high freights and fares about $3,300,000 each year more than a fair profit. This is more than twice all tbe taxes which our people pay to aupport tbe SUte Government and run our schools at. So if tbe last Legislature bad eiuao dered or stolen every dollar of tbt pub lic money, they would not have robbe4 the people of half aa mnch aa the rail- When TO PREVENT UN'ON PACIFIC Slf . m;w " I Bntler and Russell see w:.u !,;, n, .i;.;r h Vr. hold upon the people, and therefore La..,, Harrt. Ke tt-ete to wshiatei viBJ,.B r r- I .iwa.a . Thai, I ... tent to which he had been fooled) be- m - . t. Attea w-ain. ... to warm up. Continuing he 71"' Tf.""..! Lawbbsck, Kak. Sept. 5.-L'nited wiuuu wicjr uiajr iuiu w iuw avu Sutes Senator W. A. Uarns departed advantage. They want to form a toda. for wasbiogtoa to attend a party, the platform of which will be meeting of the sub-committee on Pa- ')- th tn tha railmarli 1 Thee AT .:. ... Iarla IIm1 hf Senator ForA pect to live npon the prejudices ker for September 7th. Senator Har whieh they hone to arouse in the ris states that determined effort will people against railroads and other ri1 corporations, f aumg to maae tne Railroad Commission, which is com posed of men of some spirit and in dependence, prostitute their offiees to aid them, these designing dema gogues want to remove tne two wii gan said: "They also told me that I would be put in jail if I did not' pay my taxes by a certain day and then asked me if I could afford to vote for any more taxes to increase my chance of going to jail. X see now that if I have to pay $25.00 for the tuition of my children or go to the expense of moving to town that I will run more risk of not being able to pay my ta;es than I would if I had to pay only $1.65 a year to edu cate my children." "Have yon seen a line in your so- called Democratic paper (which by the way is owned by the railroads) about people being put in jail for not paying their taxes since the school election was overt" "No, since you mention it I don't remember to have seen a line about it during the last three weeks. . Is it possible that the whole matter was hatched np to keep the people from voting for the school law! "Exactly! If yon had voted for this school tax. the railroads, and other corporations would have bad to pay part of it. Besides, the cor tbe People's Party tried to pass a bill In the last Legislature to save tbe peo ple this 12,300,000 a year, a msjority of tbe Democratic members and a major ity of tbe Republican members "fused" to defeat tbe bilL This amount of money would pay for tbe public print ing at extravagant prices for a hun dred years. Aod yet these machine politician who help the railroad to rob tbe people of millions dare to talk about extravagance. We will refer to this matter at more length at another times Eo. Th Csccasux. COTTON 6CES UP IN SCQXf. Over l.e Union Pacific before uongres con vene ia order that the government may not lose by the transaction. u'e eftbe Steele Baiaa4 I See Yerfc. Nw Yoek, Sept. 5. Twelve hun dred and eighty nine bales of eom presj cotton, .which arrived from the Souto by the Morgan Line and were to have been shipped East by RocsroBD, IUUSept. 2. Tbe Bank .ar t - -M f.ilaj , aaaa it. t-fa ffA. fU luriuu wm aw -w- a .--at, t. - - 1 a " , - . . - a - al.-- I w..la. A Vnrtnn faihla, I U( UltV OI I All JCMVCr. WCrO DUrnOQ SOnS ana appoint two SUC m iiieir amy J?rir-T7.Tia- t.in tha lighter Metie Llnnr. .t..M hnm tha n hm to USItl SDQ RDHV nuaaB" w iu.M...wai . """.. nl' he. disanneared. He is said to bave Th Charlotte Observer declared that "possibly as many as two hun dred were present'1 to bear Senator Butler at Concord, and tbe New and Observer pathetically asks: "Can it be that the Senator i dUeoaratrtd by tbe cool reception he received ia his lone campaign in tbe West f JSow, tbe Concord Times, a Demo cratic newspaper admits that the eourt bouse "was crowded with Pop ulists, Republicans aad Democrats. A large eourt house crowded by tbe presence of Republicans and Demo crats to hear a Populist speech fif teen months before an election! Does that look like a "cool recep tion I" or a "lone campaign io tbe West 1" This "lone campaign in tbe West" was undertaken for the ex press purpose of exposing and de feating a nice little scheme laid by Col. Andrews, which tbe twin Ob servers vrfrtw in the act of hatching ont when Batler seared them ff the seat, btnee all f his cackling ou the part of the two Observers. Doubtless tbe editor of tbe New and Observer, wben he penned thia pathetic inquiry did feel somewhat "cool" over the news from that "lone campaign in tbe West ' for lo the lone Knight that went forth to do battle with the Gal rath of the po litical Philistines, with three little speeches at Wadeeboro, Newton and Concord has eaased the hoots of Populism to shout with victory, and has made the Philistinos to stand dumb with dissasy. uoncuov CaLPwctx. Coneord, N. C, I jag. 20, 1337. personal advantage. A Paper The met Knew Wbich War Jmmw News and Observer. The report circulated ten days ago tarred the names 01 prominent iarn- en to twenty-eeven note for various amounts. Tbe bank had despsists of about 130000. but a time-lock is on the safe, and cannot be opened until side the Fall River Line pier on the North River front. Loss, $25,000. Which is worse, impriaonmeat for life or a life-long disease, like aerofnla, for aa example? Tbe foraaer, certain ly, would be preferable were it aot that health, strengb, aad Lapptnea. norttinr. Vnrfnn la thirtT-siX YCATS Old. And i,.t aAnm Ranall eAntemtlLtadl nrnmininent in church and busi-1 AVer's Saraaparilla can always MmMi..wsof the Railroad Coin-1 neu circle. The bank, a private one, I to th rescwe aad give tbe poor offerer missioners on tbe charge tnat tney 1 na -"- - aOOU M BO tW mr a-1 " .. . . vawM ara ttinMB i a i mat a ..a. llt .mt mmmwimA ml ataitwS WHS aim nacaeia aim aaw w. iw mm sstehel wben be drove away las I Paovionca, B. L, Sept. 2w Preai- ieht. - I dent Andrew said today taa were so connected by business ar rangements with the Southern Rail way that they are not fair Commis sioners, seems to have had 'founda tion. : - . YestoTdty tha Governor . wax let- .. ' Am tars to ea ot tnese two it. takan ntjr oaaaidflntiM tha ree ThbCaucaoav oa year and the I of the Crews UaiversiXy CerscrcUeei Ccsiis-1 TJorld Almanae, $L15. v IttrJbe witJbdraw tdsimirn-iioav. , Poctmaster General Gary ha lust re. eeived from tbe Poemater (-eneral of Canada a fall explanation of the oav. logs bank sysCem fa vogno there Ue receiveo letter la regard m J tern from prominent cere all country, aad farmer espe cially, as baaaiag facilities for th ut ter are em am sly limited. The Post master General i gathering all tbe lm formatioa weesfM regarding pootal savin- haak, aad it I believed ia hi aaaaal report will call attention to tbe beet feataecs of the systea of tho va ri ma eoaatries feaviag each beak, aad win rmonnri 1 that Conjre aathor ise tha srtT"--wst of nastal savlo-s ia te UcUn r:Ttas. A (Continued on fourth page.) . - . " ...... - . - ; r - . , '-" ' ...