North Carolina Newspapers

THE CAUCAOIAtt rVaUillKlt K VERY THURSDAY lit TUB C4tCl! PCBLUHIHO CO. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. U.1B YtaiC IX MONTHS... ... TURK H MONTHS 11.00 .10 Entered at the Toil Office to Rsleif b N. C. as serf,i d r lass n.ail matter IF lj-PtM II'OM WWMB OX IS OUKCU. We notice that a number of the machine Democratic newspapers are attacking the Supreme Court for Ua decuion ia the case of Abbott Ta. BeddinRUeld. The Kaleigh Poat char arm that tbe court has made oat of - the famous decision of Hoke Ta. Henderson "a rentable rubber-neck to be stretched as partisan vicisitudes mty Basalt, &nl made to coyer or discover a multitude of sin." The Pott and other machine bal lot-box stuffing organs should look back over their files and see what they thembelves said about Hoke ts Henderson, and also about the court when this same court in the case of Wood vs. Bellamy applied tbe aame doctrine as applied in Abbott vs Beddingfleld to put a Populist out of fiflie.H and put a Democrat in. These aame D.mcratic papers then thought that Hoke vs. Henderson was a great decision and they even went so far as to praise this present court for upholding that doctrine. It seems now that thise papers bad no conviction cn tne matter, but all o their praise was due to the fact that the decision fut a Democrat in cffice. Their howhug seems to depend en tirely upon whose ox is gored, with utttr disregaid to principal, justice, law or coubiattncy. liut it is not surprulng that a party machine, headed by a man like Simmons which doesn't htaitate to stuff bsllot boxes steal votes and commit perju ry to get an tflice, yea, which will go ovm further, as this party ma chine did in the last campaign, and deliberately shoot in the back and murder innocent and imffensive vot ers to get a few offices should have its newspaper oritan to slander and villify the bupitnie Court of the State, even when it had rendered a consistent decision but which result ed in keening a Democratic heeler from getting an cilice. Tuk Caucasian has never thought that the doctrine laid down in Hoke ts. Henderson was good law but it does not lie in the mouth of any Democrat to criticUe this court for re-slliiming that doctrine now. Let it be remembered in this con section that when this court rena-r ered its fiut decision upholding this doctrine in the case of Wood vs. Bellamy which resulted in putting a Democrat in cilice and keeping a Populist out that not only did every Democratic paper in the Siate en dorse the decision of the court, but also that Judge Clark who now dis sents, then indorsed the doctrine and concuired in the decision of the court making it unanimous. TI1F SCUtfcMK tUCUT VS. SIMONTOl. Somo weeks ago Judge Slmonton decided that tbe Corporation Com mission Las no power to ass 1 88 tbe railroads for taxation, and granted an injunction to prohibit them from enforcing the taxes against the railroads. Judge tilmonton hold that the Revenue Law Imposes that duty and power on the Kail- road Commission, which was cre ated by the act of lbUl. lie held that this act was repealed by the last legislature of 16UU. 1 his crowd of lb'JU. in its anxiety to grab for ali the cilices that were in sight, or that they could create, repealed the Itallroad Commission law of lbUl, and thenr re-enacted the same thing and called it a Corporation Com mission. They either in their blind racing lor the offices forgot to chanuu the revenue law so as to couier on the new Co-poratiou Com mission the power of assessing the railroads, or they intentionally failed to do so, by way of paying back the railroads some of the money which bought their seats in the Legislature. Judge blmonton 6ays that, whether they did so pur p.bely or not, they' have done it; that they have repealed the old Railroad Commission by repealing the act of lb'Ji which created it. The supreme Court, in the case of Abbott vs. lieddingiield, holds that this is uot so j that the act of It&l cre ating the Kail road Commission has not been repealed; that tne Legis lature aid Oo through the motion of repealing it and then enacted it over again under anotner name, and that they did this only for the purpose of getting somebody out oi oilico and getting some of their own crowd into ollices. The Court decides to follow the decisions of Judge Uaston and Judge Kuflin when they held that property could not be taken from one man and given to acoiher by acts of Assem biy. Wo the Court says that Slmonton is ail wrong in holding that the Itallroad Commission has been abolished. The Court says that it exists and that only its .name has been changed. From this decision, it follows that the Corporation Commisbion had and has Uie right to assess the railroads, and tney must pay their taxts. Judge Clark dissented from the . decision oi the Supreme Court and agrees with Judge blmonton. 1UAT STOKS CrO TBTB KOCVTAlX Home months afro the Democratic Machine thought to quash all op position to their proposed suffrage amendment by a stupefying aeries of grand popular rallies from tbe mountains to the sea. The first of these great rallies In behalf of the amendment was to be hell In the county of McDowell, from whence the hot breath of popular enthusiasm was to blow with Increasing force to blight and blast everything of opposition. This cyclone centering In tbe great white, iberty-lovlng West, was to gather violence, and healing for Democ racy, In the foot-hills and over tbe piedmont knolls, and wither and sweep away every Democrat wno felt that he had been deceived by the solemn campaign lies of his party leaders, and every Populist who bad dared predict In 1898 dis franchisement In the event of Dem ocratlc success, and every Republl on who had sought to wrest a piece of political pie from a Democratic mouth. The Lavoc that this mad zephyr from out the West should work In our eastern lowlands and along our sandy coasts was terribly and Joyously gratifying for these Itod-Shlrts to contemplate. Bo the meeting in McDowell was held ; and It proved te be the first and the last of a broken series Oh, that mad wind of enthusiasm, that would not enthnse beyond its inception I "The wind bloweth where it listeth," but this only at Marlon, where the Democratic Ma chine listed. We know whence it came, but who shall declare whither It wentf It travelled no further East, it did not go West, there is no trace of It North or South ; aud not being found at Marlon, it is gener ally believed that it whiffed "up the spout." ! The morning after the meeting at Marion, and before the Democratic press realize? that its failure was too signal to be lied into life, the news papers spoke of this "first of a se ries" in headlines (written before the meeting), that were as bold and ju bilant as a bridegroom in spring And it was no mild breeze as tney saw it, but "a stone," broken loose by pop ular upheaval, and rolling down the morning side of the mountain, an ir resistible slope, to gather volume and force, convincing, converting, crashing, and crushing all opposi tion in its wild rush to the sea. But the first was the last reference to that stupendous rally and outburst of enthusiasm in the west. We know not whether tne stone fell nat, or lodged for inspection in some free man's mountain cove, or just would not roll for ali the slope from the BKv-lanu oi McDowell to tne onen I-.,!. Kift- isiuve ftVSV to This "stone," you observe, was not touched eff on the sunset side of the Blue Ridge; even the machine did not expect It to roll up hill on its way to that great salt creek called the sea: but at Marion on this side. They found that it wouldn't even roll down hill. The illiterate white voter, even in the ranks of the Democratic, party does not intend to run the risk of disfranchisement by voting for this amendment. The man at the plow will reckon with his party in 1900, even if he cannot "read and explain any section of the Constitution." AbTUMSUlNO t The News and Observer in a bit of editorial correspondence said in Sun day's issue; "A few days ago a Republican was heaid telling an uneducated Demo crat that the submission of the amendment was an insult to Vance's memory. (Strange, isn't it, that these red-legged grasshoppers seek to con jure in the name of tne man they always sought to defeat!) And among other tninsrs he said: "As long as Vance lived no amendment like this could be submitted. He would never have permitted it. In fact once he had to read the riot act to prevent it.'' Well, now, admitting the strange ness of such conjuration, we feel bound to confess that it is hardly more strange than that the party of Vance, who as leader of it in 1875. never sought, even by a Constitu tional Convention, to disfranchise any man, white or black, should now seek to conjure in the name of Vance and to disfranchise the illiterate white and black, and that too, in open violation of solemn campaign pledges made by the head of the Democratic party; and through a head, furthermore, that could not be its head if Vance were livicg, to wit: Chairman Simmons, whom Vance would not permit to be even a "red- legged grasshopper" as long as he lived. VICK-PBESIDEMT HOBART. The f nneral of Vice-President Ho- bart at Patterson, N. J., on laet Sat urday was a marked and notable tribute to the dead statesman. Not only the Presideut and his cabinet and the Supreme Court of the Uni ted States were present, bnt more than fifty Senators, and a large num ber of Congressmen gathered from every part of the Union to pay their tribute of lespect. Vice-President Hobart was not on ly a man of spotless personal integ rity but he was probably the' ablest and fairest and most tfaeient Vice President who has ever presided over the Senate; he was not only a fine presiding officer bnt he was also a strong and positive force ia legisla tion. It is said that he not only had the confidence and esteem of men of all parties, but that not one of his rul ings as presiding officer of the Sen ate was aver critisised by any Sena tor of any party. ( We give below an edit trial which I recently appe&rd in the Norfolk Landmark the largest Democratic daily in eastern Virginia, with re ference to the dishonest methods of tbe Kentucky Democrats in trying to reverse the verdiet of tbe ma jority of the voters of that Common wealth. We give space to this editorial from the Landmark and from other Democratic papers with reference to this Kentucky affair for the reason that the Kentucky fight is to be repeated in North Carolina next year and it is well for the Toters of this state to know what Democrats and Democratic papers outside of the Machines in the dif ferent states think of such dishonest methods. The Landmark's editorial shows that paper to be so much in favor of honesty in elestions as in everything else that if were publi shed within the boundaries of North Carolina, Chairman Simmons would discover that its opinions were bought and the Democratic Machine papers would proceed to read out of the party. The Landmark says: "It was predicted that events in Kentnoky would shape themselves as tboy are doing now if tne ttoebel ticket should be defeated at the Dolls. When the wretched election- law with which the State is burdened was pending in the. Legislature, there was a tremendous protest from every section of the oommenwealth. The people knew just what was meant, and strong -fords came from that portion of tbe populaco which valued its franchise and wished to keep Kentucky out of the clutches of an unscrupulous ring; but the bill was driven through under the influence of the lash which Mr Ooebel, then State Senator, had al ready learned to wetld so well. Just after the passage of the law, the Loaisville Courier-Journel, which saw fit to support Goebel in the gubernatorial campaign, declared that the men who had been respon sibe for the adoption of the iniquit ou8 statute would soon be stmt into oblivion by the votes of an outraged and wrathful people. That the returns Tuesday showed a clear plurality in favor of Taylor the Republican candidate, is not to be doubted. All disinter ested an thorites agree as to that. The bulletins of the Associated Press and of the Western Union Telegraph uompany, compueu inaepenaeniiy, Atm m a.. rum a mat qcbstios. showed practically the same result.'. . . . , , . .. j ! Rnt tha Ooebel forces vociferonslvl but what ele does a lKled pool refused to admit defeat. Tbeyime&Qf And to us it seems that this great champion. They hinted at - A 1 I fPU.. L!.a.J .a( wrongly-cast ballots at this, that, and the other possibility by which Taylor votes might be thrown out. Yesterday's news brought the an nouncement that an effort was made Monday to throw out the en tire vote of Lewis County, which gave Taylor a plurality of six hun dred, on the ground that the paper on which the ballots had been printed was "too thin." Friday or Saturday the Election Board had thrown out the vote of two Taylor precincts on this same pretext, and when the board met Monday there was a crowd of two thousand angry citisens gathered around the courthouse in an "ugly" mood. When the multi tude was informed that the vote of another Taylor precinct was about to be thrown out, the demonstrations of wrath became so fierce that the gentlemen of the Election Board were frightened and proclaimed that they had reconsidered their action and would count the entire vote of the county as it had been cast. Just as the Republicans did in the esse of the famous (or infamous) Tilden-Hayes national election con test, the Goebelites are doing in Ken tucky now. They are clearly beaten on the face of the returns, but they are claiming everything in sight, crying fraud in louder tones than the other side, and moving heaven and earth to drag the vote of Taylor precincts before their Goebel? zed election boards for examination, re vision, and so forth. The distin guished statesmen who had the im mortal Z&ch Chandler at their head in 1876 succeeded in robbing the country of a Democratic President who had really been elected. It is a question, however, in view of such incidents as that Vanceburg Mon day, whether tbe Ooebelites in Ken tucky will succeed in reversing the will of the voters of that State so easily. It begius to appear that the people of Kentucky are not going to permit tne returns to be counted as they were not cast. It begins to appear that there 'will be serious and immediate trouble for those who undertake to apply the delicate ma chinery of the Ooebel law to the ballots by which Taylor has been elected. The Democratic party in Kentucky is going to lose the respect oi tne people oi its State to such an extent that years of purification will be required for it to win back its lost prestige. Tbe same thing oe curred in North Carolina It occurred with certain differences, in South uarouna. it is going to occur in Virginia unless the election-law which Ooebel took as his model is" wiped off out statute books and re placed by one which guarantees honesty. The question of fair "lec tions ia the great and grvwiog ques tion in the South today. Mark that down and "emember it.'' It has been. a matter of surprise that a legislature composed of so many lawyers should make such a botch of the laws it attempted to pass. But this is what the last legi slature did, and as a consequence the state has been made laughing stock. We jedge, however, that that little error of failing to confer upon the Corporation Commission the power to assess railroad property was due to the fact that more time was given in considering who was to fill the jobs of the Commission than to the duties that were to be per formed. If Congressman Roberts is expelled rom the House for having three wives he might find a good field for location in Suluand in time return to Con gress from that new acquisition 'of Uncle Sam's. In as much as lie Kinley has guaranteed protection to this style of matrimony he would probably be allowed to retain his TBTB APPALACHIAN XATIOVAL There was a large gathering of representative man from North Car olina and many neighboring 8tates in Asheville on Wednesday of last week to take steps to get Congress to establish a err eat national park In the mountains of western North Car olina. The meeting was a decided sueeess, an organisation was formed to gather the necessary data and push the project vigorously before Conrress this winter. There should be a free! national park somewhere east of the Missiisippi river, and there is no location in the whole country that does surpass western North Carolina for such a park. A park can be laid out in the Blae Ridge or Smoky Mountains that will not only preserve the magnificent forest and preserve the head waters of manv of our most important wa- ter courses, but a park that will be w I - runted and enjoyed by ten times as manv doodIc as will ever be able to Ti.it r.Uow 8T N.ti.nal Pk. The Caucasian hopes to see Con- - m gress take favorable action at an aarlv date to establish this arreat Art- palachian national park. Ex-Senator Call, of Florida has asked the Senate Committee on Pri vileges and Elections to investigate the manner of the election of Senator Taliaferro to the Senate. Senator Call claims that the Standard Oil I pnmn.n. ... ro.nnn.iVla nr h was . . . mi-. i election of Senator Taliaferro, and ' I bunt it. K f num. wi tuuuojr i to accomplish this purposes, . ..nt n anma l --.sx-r.i-.-r. I Charuroa of thin kind huvA hfifln tatt frpnnent in the last few veara a nd frequent in the last few years, and o I me scanaai iais mus creaiea can have nothing but a demoralizing inflaence. The opportunity for such 0gnHila chnnlil ha mnnil mnii I o t li.,t.. r, i- Senators elected by the People stead of by the legislatures. Ono r thA miioiio kiii Vi aa I of the measures which has v aau wa, iuv aaavaatKMA. v vr via Mesa I for sometime been pending before Congress, and which will be pushed at the coming session is a bill pro viding for a legalized pool of railroad interests. One of the main objections advanced by many to the government ownership of railroads is that it will ., .nh Aanfrtiit;An nf ni.. I for the public good than in the hands of a few men whose interests are ex actly opposite to those of the great public which the roads serve. A determined effort will be made at the coming session of Congress by the gold standard men to put through a bill legally establishing the country upon the gold basis. The measure has already been pre pared And it is now understood that it will be offered to both Houses dur ing the early part of the session. It remains to be seen whether the Republicans will be able to pass the measure. They hey have a majority of . , ' . , but can they hold in both houses line some of the Republican Sena tors who have strong silver consti tuencies? It is to be hoped that they cannot. The News and Observer and other papers of its kind are giving the Supreme Court 4 'fits" for following a precedent laid down by Democratic courts. Iu this case, however, the decision ousts a Democrat from office and when you hit the crowd that ran the last Democratic campaign on the question of office, you touch a tender spot. xne unaroiptie upserver in an fll . i editorial "The Negro and his Vote" says that the Democratic party has not left untried any means to win the political favor of the negro, but that it has failed to do so. Is this the Observer's explanation for the campaign that was carried on in North Carolina last year? Where are the Anglo Maniacs in these days of trouble England and the United States are having with their "rebellious" subject f It would seem to be a fitting time for an Eng lish-American alliance to hasten the suppression of the uprising in Luzon and the Transvaal. We call attention to a communica tion from Mr. H. P. Harrel, of Kel- ford in another column of this issue. Mr. Harrell writes very interestingly . a .uuw Wl .u .ma i ummianon ana commission of the last lamented legi-l slatnre.. News is again being received from utis oi tne aowntau or tne Filipino T i mi: a. i xbapuoiie. a. am ia ids same news that the public beeme accustomed to a few months ago. HERE ARE SIX DEMOCRATS Wbo Will Not Vota (or the Constitutional Amendment. Editor of the Asheville Gazette. Tv o: T 1. i consistent democrat, bat I have at laat realized the fact that h- democratic party in this state will not l?Riwf of the common people.. The proposed Constitutional amendment will disfranchise thous - anus oe wnites in tnis state and 1 shail do all in my .power to secure its defeat. I take tuia opportunity of announcing in the future I shall ot? the Tstraight reonbWn tSS a t w V- 12?. F Mfkel and I have five sons who will do likewise, mere are many demo - erats on Spring Creek who will vote against the proposed amendment. xour paper is doing a great work ..V ST-'J Saffi :-wlu J 'tZT'irnuJt lU&blaVil. ,llT..n.. Oat Ka. al spue OMk, h, c, Nra; Cor.stpatlon, Headache, BHlouincss, Heaitburn, Indigestion. Dizzinecs, lsdtcaf Jtl.tl jour Dm Is oat uf order. " Tbe best medicine to roast tbe llrcr and care aQ tbne ins. l fcxiTxS to cent. Sold by all medidna ovalare. THE LCCI&LATUEX CF IS9t. s mm m Valla Tatar It DM aa DM Ha Sunll Writ, ml it la hla Csaal la mU Way. For Taa Caccastax. It met, controlled by an oligarchy of n three score attorneys. the declared purpose to destroy . - . . I "e future all opposition to the dominant party from without After having laid a sure and firm ; - - y - 3. Ijonrned. j.i: m In one day it ground oat 286 pages Of caurua Jaw. but left the RUt an 1 I ... J T T AA Aft- oout a. in w one ivuu tney win a tend to this. In the meantime it will I rave soared and the rats spoiled it. I a the great barbecue to bo given in llang Dog township before the An gust election next year, they will need tnis gnat. Can tbe people swallow it, and if they do. will it not sour still more oa their stomachs as they take the fool's march of fifty . a. i i . . ieei, one oj one, oeiween tne "ropes i vi unto, iv vvi- awaj VBVir uufr lies T I xvupeB or dsts: vminous worus, typical of hanging by the neek or n . I peeping from behind bars of iron I - . 1 a . wnen our "gnia as ireemen are gone, Ia tW did the ,eaderg COMnlt eng)ir. man Jones or Mr. Bryan; or was it Chairman Simmons and affiidavit Pou who meant to disfranchise no body t Tbey knew not what they did. On that fitef id day they rtiieied the. R. Commission Act to Uke effect at once, and then attempted to confer I . i . . . us oeiunct powers to assess railroad 118 QeiQnc.1 Powers to assess railroad . . . I property lor taxation on tne Corpo-1 upon mm wane upon me sunu 10 ration Commission created on that I know if he would make an afflda daytotake effect the 5:h day of.i t that fTi.t. H nuhlirlv A - - J l :n: j - ii l worth of railroad nrooertv troe taxlsiTO w free. Strange that they did not on that day legislate the State into a Corporation Commission and turn X' """"l They anpointed their pet attor- neysjastices of the peace and set aside as to them Section 27 of the .... - I in violation of the Constitution of w " the State, they appointed men to of- affidavit had made good his cam flee who adready held one lnerative oalsn declaration, and fool tbe vo- 0,??eVan.d rack out pftrt ot.tLe take to shield them from penary. In violation of a law of the State they allowed the owners of the At lantic hotel in Morhead City to sell liquor after the question of focal cp- tioa had been decided by a vote of th people and license refused. They appointed from three to five or more "discreet" County Commis sioners in many counties to rule out those nominated and elected by the dominant party. And, sad to tell, after getting into office under the cry of negro domina- tion. thev aoDointed a nesrro on tha Finance Committee of this county. . u " r u ri j n i , Ae home of thai Brand Mogul of the white government unions, establish ed and held on Friday nights in the school houses, where great jags of whiskey were exploited, and a dram and a eracker offered to those whose eurioBity led them there. Sadder still, on that day. the Goe-1 are allowed to vote on the amend- .w.vm wvwv MUTT "'J1 j? hem. question of their ever voting again Shall I speak of the solemn march of 50 feet on a fool's errand, to be taken one ly one, when they must not speak or make a sign to any one but their masters, the poll keepers, who are sworn no more as they had been lor lzu years, to put the ticket m the proper box. and if the wrong for these 120 years pastf Sball I speak of the amendment that places the educated negro above the uneducated white man who has been taxed for thirty years to edu cate him and fit him for this posi tion T Shall men, in the exercise of tbe right of - self-g overnment wrestf-d from Ueorae the Third by their fathers with guns in their hacds, be told by a tyrranical legis lature, when, where, and to whom they shall speak. Ropes and bars. aud speaking to no one smacks too much of the tyrrannieal edict of the Csar of Russia that no one by voice, clapping of hands, or movement of tbe feet shall manifest applause in any theatre in the Empire. Shall 1 speak of the $3 to $7 tax laid on the small dealer in fresh meats (I suppose to pay the expen ses of the August election next year) wnen tne large .dealer who shins I thousands of cattle, sheep, and hogs 1 ine imre cities, pay no w this tax on the small dealer laid to pay the freight on the large dealer's stock f Now the small I dealer is abusing the sheriff he help ed to elect, and the people agree with him aa rn thA ininaliMt nf that fa v But I must desist for pen cannot I do justice to this incompetent legia- laiure. am ininx iocs will agree 1 ..... ... with me that it was a dismal failure lust winter and will be again when it meets next June to provide for the assessment of railroad property. amend the amendment, and give the people an nonesc election law. H. P. Habbkll. Kelford, N. C.t Nov. 27, 1899. BOBBED TBE GRAVE. A starling incident, of which Mr. I John 01siTWor Philadelphia, was the object, is narrated by him as foltows : en, tongue coated, pain continually in I hmak and aid, no annatifa 1 growing weaker day by day. Three 1 pnysieians naa given me up. Fortu- nte,Jt friend advised trying ,1Si"-rio Bit ten ; and to my great Joy nd, Wias.the first bottle made eoide1 improvement. I continued tblr " "ree weeks, and am now a well man. I knowthev aa.ad m 1 life, and robbed the mn of annaha I victim." No one should fail to try I them. Only COot, guaranteed, at all I wugowrea. Anew year in announced by Brnn- '" o FCTS COME3 IFFIOMII. ONE OF HIS METHODS OF FO0LI5O YOTEBM IN THE LAST CAMPAIGN. HX MAKES AFFIDAVIT THAT A rttOF OemOX TO DISFRANCHISE UK OBOES ASP tlXITERATS WHITES WOULD XOT BXTtlYB A !OLF. DEMOCRATIC VOTER lit TBE LXOU LATCRB AltO DEXOCSCt TIH'SK WBO MlKK TBE CBARUK AS iTtAK- WO FALSELT AND TRYIVO TO FOOL THE PRO FUR. From Caucasian Oct. 1 The following affidavit mado by James H. Poo, ez-Chalrman of tbr Stato Democratic Executive Com- mlttee, during the last campaign, win oe a a a a Interesting reading. Oor readers will remember that when ever and wherever It was charg-d In the last campaign that if tbe Democratic machine under Sim mons got control of the Ktate, that they wonld offer a scheme to dis franchise lllltterate votes, that the charge was Indignantly denied and denounced by every I K-m ocratlc speaker as being Infamously false. Even Mr. Simmons, the Democrat ic State Chairman, Issued an offici al statement to the voters of the 8tate( branding every such charge ' ""'" ' m a 1 I. tntn. Mvlno that tnf ja. vauiuaiKu no uou t-wu vubiko. , t . aural nat th Dprnorratie rtartv be- - - I " fore, and that the charge was now so old ana so raise mat no ono would believe it. Mr. James H. Pou, the ex-Chair man of the State Democratic Com mlttee. In his speeches made the same declaration, liut it seems that in one of his speeches In Mcore county, some members of his audi dlence expressed doubt of tbe truth Inf kla I nl t rrn a n f rlonlal anrl a1lor1 . - a ai a a . a S a w - " - i - Thp result Is the affidavit below. made at Raleigh, dated Oct, 14th, 1898. It will be noticed that Mr. Pou, shrewd, a.,ck .nd cunning m ne i8 attempted to word h's aflida vlt so as not to say explicitly what he had said publicly on the stump, AW a"aM Mil fa-A tMalPA If 0. AO. ff V A V Kid tern into accepting his statement "... . . The following Is a true copy of the affidavit: State or North Carolina, ) County of Wake t James H. Pou, being duly sworn, deposes and saya: "I have ntver said that, If the Democrats regained control of tbe State, tbey Intended to disfranchise thenegroes and illiterate white vo ters. I never have said anything like this, and I know that such is not the intention of the Democrat "I"' i never nearu a bib gle Democrat give utterance to such a sentiment; and I do not be- ic party. I have never heard a sin lieve, if such a proportion comes before the General Assembly, that it would receive a single Democrat ic vote. I believe that a majority of the uneducated white voters of North Carolina are Democrats. The supremacy in the center west and of this State. They are responding In restoring It In the Eastern part to our appeal, and to repay them for their aid with a disfranchisement of their votes would be folly and ingrattlude Indeed. The man who makes these charges know they speak falsely, but their cam paign this year is run upon the ku.. vu - I u isJi. u. rr"l"rr. "r" mentn hrad nnon truth." Signed James H. Pou. Sworn to and subscribed before me this October 1st 1898. Signed Gxo. W. Thompson, Notary Public Notarial Seal, Geo. W. Thompson, Notary Public, Raleigh, N.C. i Two five cent "documentary" rev enue stamps attached. A Wife Says: "e hav fear children. Tith the finl three I suffered almost unbearable pains from 12 to 14 hours, and had to be placed under the mfhwncr of chloroform. I toed three bottles of JJotficr' Friend before oor last dtid came, which b a strong, fat and aakhy hoy, doing my tmavworfc wp to withm two hours of birth, and auf- icredbutafew hard paint. Thai fkkV meat is the giand- l tflncdy ever Mother's Friend wn do far every woman what it &d far ths mother who writes the above kt Ptot to taw it daring pregnancy b a to he paid far ia pam and sufferm. Batim' Friend cqips the pancnt with a bsdy and dear intcllact, which is rs Imparted to the chfld. It rcla castntaKlnaad aSewsmcm to anan. all the far the final hoar, so that rheactaal EM JVWTfLA.faf a" s short aad fMctfcafly patnlrai. Da gsr of rhtog 'or hard breatte it shngathei avoided, saw seesvery is mardr a matter el afawdaya, 1 to KrjSr Oa, Agx,' fc ta i U1UmJ S i a u m at llmmmm. The eorrtMpcSvi-at of tbe Char lotte Ubmr, writ iag to that fnm Fyettt?ill. undtr dat t March 4ta, saya: The Observer erretly gaagva isb lie r&timtt.t ia throwraf est a ! of warning acaicst tattic ft gtasl WI la rarryiaff at tie btllot b- a of the nffrage eoaa'ttaticaal asoad mat. It will rrqoira lard w k fro so tb task a&J rll atd laadeta of ta pariy. Tbrre is e rtaiely a I - on the title of tee Capo Fear I si orcy to ortbc-dij, del iho ri;i issorrriard at tbe assaWr of hid itg 1 mocrata whom b se-ta or pv)rd to tie amendmraU TLeclasi about tb "grand a n tit bis gratd- lamei is t-spialir drrri aa a mootroos absurdity. Tbe safffsga am-ndaamt rcfrrred ti abjve( abiih was adopted by ttr lat lrislatuie. is aa follows: thk svrrsuos smkxdbkxt. Stcti. 6 1. That Article VI of tt Constitution of North Carolina tr. and tb- aan ia brry arrora"d, ! and in ht-u tb-rrf abll br urt;tat ed the following Article of Said Con stitntion: ARTlCLt VI. Huflrage- and Eligibility to OlSrv (jialifications of aa Kletor. Section 1. Every male terson born in the Uciud S atea, acdavtry male pertoj wbo baa been natural. e-c, 21 yeara of age and poaaeaaing tbe qual ifications set out in this Article Lall be entitled to vote at aty election by the people in the State, except aa herein otherwise provided. See. 2. He shall have reaided in the Bute of North Carolina for two years, in the county nix months and in the riecinct, ward or other elec tion district, in which be offers to vote four months B4.xt preceding tLe election: Provided, That removal from one precinct, ward or other election diatriet to another in tbe same county, shall not operate to de prive any praon of the right to vote in a precinct, ward or other election district from which he has removed until four months after aarh ruial. No p rson who has lecn convicud. or wbo has confessed bis guilt inopen court upon indictment, of any crime, the punishment of which now is, or may thereafter be, imprisonment in the Bute prison, shall be permitted tc vote unless tbe said person shall be first re stored to citisenship in tic manner prescribed by law. Sec. 3. Every person offering to vote shall be at the time a 1'geKy nuisrered voter aa herein ort-s-.-'hed and in the manner bcreiuafitr pro vided by Uw, and the Umtial As sembly of North Caro!in' aball enact gentral registration laws ta carry in to effect the provisions of this Ar ticle. Sec 4. Every person prerentiog himself for registration shall be able to read and write any st ctior of tbe Constitution in the English language; and, before he thai! be entiUed to vote, he shall have paid, oa or before the Cist day of March of tbe year in which he proposes to yote, his poll tax. aa lire. - a scribed bylaw, for tfce previous year. Poll tare shall be a lien only on as sessed property, and no process shall issue to enforce the collection of the same except against assessed prop erty. Sec. 5.J No mtlc person, who was on January 1, 1867, or at any time prior thereto, entitled to vote under the laws of any State in the United States wherein he then reaided, and no lineal descendant of any such per son; shall be denied tbe right to reg ister and vote at any election in this State by reason of his failure to po sess the educational qualifications prescribed iu section 4 of this Article: Provided, lie shall have r giatered in accordianco with the terms of this section prior to Dec. 1, 1908. The General Assembly shall pro vide for a permanent record of all persons who register under this sec tion on or before November 1, 1908, and all such persons shall be entitled to register and vote at all elections by the people in this Bute, unless disqualified under aection 2 of thia Article: Provided such persons shall have paid their poll ux as required oy law. Sec. 6. All elections by the people shall be by ballot, and all elections by the General AesemMy sball be viva-voce. Sec. 7.1 Every voter iu North Car olina, except as in this Art. disquali fied, shall be eligible to office, but before entering upon the duties of the office he. shall take and subscribe the following oath: "I, , do solemnly swear or affirm, -that I will support and maintain the constitu tion and laws oi the U. S. and tne constitution and laws of horth Caro lina, not inconsistent therewith, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of my office as So help me God. Sec 8.1 The following classes of persons shall be disqualified for of fiee: First, all persons who shall deny the being of Almighty God. Second, all , persons who shall have been convicted or confessed their guilt on indict ment pending, and whether senten ced or not; or under judgment sns penned, of any treason or felony, r any . ther crime for which the pun ishment may be imprisonment ia the penitentiary, sines becoming citisens of the United States, or of corruption and malpractice ia ofllee nnlees an eh person shall be restored to the rights of etuacsxaip !at day taw I I nc eminent ruaney m mm a . . a mt ftr-lM at t a la Bia LaWvatarr. TVra u a t.ifm v!':rC raaauy t?l Crfct l. uve a S tjtr. Wary tiJMi c-a'Ki a ca.tr, t rttkrart cmk. le .--. r.M or ipesiexf H'rm tu5 t4 k-.'.r irJ- If kwlrr t4.t: is a" t i vance tS k'intf vlcrei t -.i -i a" vital cckak. at tha s.ir.rs t . twak d and irt as fHrit". Thca tfce rch:as r4 t .3'.t a Vj- Wktoat anl '.He swf t s hr f Hs Dta, the c-nt farm c kiir-, t-t Dr. Kiimer s5-ampho th t c ccvary U the true frc3c ts & :-ry. I aal wnnarr trovt it hs cwmA t. !.is c4 aypam'.t h car. a!'t aU cV-e-tcrts Lara (:isl. At ctitr-t ' - 'f-' xa and Co'IaJ ajea. A -.! I" art.t tr rr.aiL al a book tt l.r.r abojl ra-i- Roc aad fla nt.ZetU c -rs- A4i-ia Dr. Kilmer Bi Co . t-taj hasten, n. T. mJA mactton ibts paper. -: . Ibfct !!! tl.r 1 1.. irs of it Cuuiatua t'lita; i snffrsc". r-rirat i jo ai4 !ct:t. is r 'Mil jJ in srf. aian'u c thm CBlitatie, tl all c iot fit .a tbe flrt dT of Jul jr. 1 f a mj'f ity -f tb qjl!i'd i't ! th Kat so ? lra at Ibf cut fra a rrai s-intTion. .r. 3. TLi atoidai tX !.; t uSoi;ttd at bm uat tctral n tr B to tbe ami Cfi votrs f tbe h at in tt mw n.at.ut aiil nod t t h- raui rul atd tiocs aa is priridWI in tti . U t t u latti g gn-ral -lwiiua in lbt sti.-, end ia f. rr !y 1st, IKK k4 at aaid -l-ctin ih' s iba lruitir to rota for aucb am-D Jntit ai.aJ rnst a wtilt o r ptintod bal! i L tb orJ "Kr Stffnff Atu. vi-m-nt tb r on; rd th M wnli a trary opitiiuo -kall cast a wnit a prinud ball t wilb tha win' "Agaicst SoffrK Amndiutfa theron. S t. 4 T"" l-?V't held, and the vta n-' urt.d, nti, pated. coa&ud aed riLnM'ti, A th r salt aticjti- d, ribd r th riui rulrs and regulation a are in f re for rtturnit-g. r.tKfiu c, oouttir aLd rantaspiutr (b vuta for mmi bers f il -i-tral A-mUy, Msy lat. 110. atd if a rnsjtri'y f tit vrt-a real art in fr r of i. id ametdmect, it a.h.11 tlr itjty t.f the ii(.v-rram i !h tt ! r rti' v stid am' n!m-iit. '.t.t t ! ( the hrat-. u$ t - S iar -f uo -bf'l un Jl 1h a-i tid -wttt rr fid swntr if runbtit r crds ut bia ffl . rt-c 5. Tbi art ha11 n in 'r fr'm anJ afir itratiction. ItitinVd 2Iat day ,f (Mrnar.r A. D.. MM. 1Mb llatir ta Cntfa Inlh. Be ur an u- that uM 4 it. fried r-m-!r, VVix.l,' nih- ix rvrr fr I iUr- te.tl.ii.a- U itti- tie l i!!, tfflena 'lie gum, allsjs all ain, core vu ! r-Ur at. 4 la I tie b-at r-fur4l) for ciai tjiuea l:i-ia per bot?Je Mrtam.! In t Etl.l. c . Fobt Worth. T x . Nov. 1W The rMd rn in tVe Trinilv li.wtr bs a-&um-d -rious Dftrti'riB. Mnch daisaire to froerty and cattle has n rored. and toirebt r.rd comt-a tr- m tij. eoan ty iuitndtn? ly cor n or r rt worb that teveral familiis are btnm(d iu by tbt Lg waters, witt ilitle uritt t imtnedi ste rccca. rir.r is ateadily risine. Tbe poller lumt, D'tified families liinir alos g h river b ttow oi tbe danirrfnm inut dti'tn. ar.d p'epar- aliocs are b it: made far a harried scramble f r afetr. A THOUSAND TONGUE Could not ex pre. tbe rapture of Annie E. hprinirer. ,f mi Howard at, rbilad-lJ ia, r. ho be foi.J that Dr. Kinar'a New I-oerr for Conutnrtton hal compieteU rur-d ber of a ha kirT a h tLat i.r mot jetr bal omOe lfe a burden. All other remedie and d rt4 r r. a;d rite ber do tH!f bot she bts of ibi K.sl Cure t Mn rrrr.urd U,e t.am tn biy cbeat atd I.ratt i. ateo wiidU. aumrtbinr I can t-r.rc-iy rewrut-r doing before. I feet like a,,indinar it praises tbroorh'oot the Uriterse" rW whl every one ho trfrt Ir. K iew ucoTery ir at t rouble of the i nroac. fullest or Iuncs rrije fcuc. Snd $100. "I rial bottla .'ree at 1ruar uteres; erery bottle guaranteed. Three mil's an h' ur i ib ut the av rag-) aj eed of 'be Oalf 8 ream. At certaia plaea. Loer. it at tains a spd of 21 m.les an L"or. tLo extraordinary rspidityof I he current Kiritig tbe tarfac-. wbe-i the tun is hicinr, t '.e appearance of aheett-f fire. Ex. hELF I'BESEHVATION lth- first law cf Nature " For this rea-ia evert one wbo iillde res ta b-cotue well. 1btt uw bare im pure or imporeri'bed blood tarn to Hood's Ssr.aparitia. tecstia tbey know it will enrich and purify tbe.r blodd snd an re lbm rood bealth. Ta take tbia medicine no tbe Crt appear a ace of Impure blood is an Important atep toward self preaervation. - Hood's Pills cure indigestion. eick beadacLe, A Chaatea (?) W la MadaU TbeGx-tte mill present a medal to any Drinocratie nwaparer that will explain how an boa at e'eetioa eou!d be held unir tb ttianmona or tbe,Goebel eirction law. Asheville Gatttte. IrlUuiiarSar II minmts a. at lu7coV m .V.a. Va) ara fiaa 0 DROPSY CTXra mk egsaSl r-a - -t.at 41 gift