Vol. Xw-No.- 270$.
THK C0LDSB0K0 RESOLU-
TION8.
Kin?mK Words Endorsed By 5.000
people, Calling On north Caroli
nians For North Carolina's Make.
We, a portion of the citizens .ojt
pastern North Carolina, In mass
meeting assembled, being mindful
of the obligation "we are assuming
and being desiroas of .informing our
fellow citizens of the condition of
affairs in our section of the State, do
publish to the; . world the following
plain statements of facts;' ' "''I. '
First, The population of this seov
tion of our Stas is divided into two
distinct faces the Anglo Saxon
and the African
Second, That in some counties
the whites exceed the blacks and in
j others the blacks largely exceed the
' whites, but in all of them the negro
is found in large nu rubers.
Third, It is not claimed, even by
his white leaders, that the negro is
capible of administering a "govern
ment; on the contrary, the man
who ia the present Governor of the
State has declared in the most ems
phatic language that he is wholly
unfitted for it. '
Fonrtb, That in many of the
counties, citie3 and towns of the
east the local governments have
I been turned over whollv or in nart
;
to the negroes. Among these we
mention Bertie, Craven, Edgecombe,
Halifax, New Hanoi er, Warren,
Greenville, Newbern and Wilming
ton. In these counties, cities and
towns negroes may be found holds
ing the offices of register of deed?,
deputy sheriff, constable, justice of
the peace, school committeeman,
town commissioner, policeman and
the like. In several uther counties
many of these offices are filled by
negroes and many cf the pcstoffices
are filled bv them1.
Fifth, That counting offices of
ris'.er of deeds, deputy register of
deed?, deputy registers, deputy eher
iff a, constables, justices of the
peace, echool committeemen, town
commissioners postmasters, collecs
tcrp; storekeepers, gangers and the
:'ke, there afe nov7 in office in the
counties and -towns in eastern North
Carolina nearly 1,C00 negroes, thpre
v-inc; nrarly 300 negro magistrates
felon e.
fc-intb, That 3 a consequence of
tnrnmsj; these local offices over to
the negroes bad government bus
followed, homes have bren inyaded
and the sanctity of women endans
?cre:l, business has been piral)Zid
,8&d property rendered le33 yalnable,
tte majesty of the law has been -.discarded
and lawlessness encour
aHd. In many localities men no
former rely upon the officers of the
law for protection, ' for they are
known to be incompetent or corrupt,
tuitions have become so intolera;
iu these communities that they
co be no longer tolerated or en
dured. '
Seventh, That this negro domina-
tl0& was made possible and these des
Parable conditions -were brought
t'Out through ar division "of "the
hite men at the ballot box. Had
white men remained together as
J did for many years these things
culd not have beei; ' '
ghth, That knowing these'
CONCOWJ, N; C,
eyila came about through a division
of tne wnite men, the white man's
for months to reunite the white
men at the ballot box, where these
wrongs can be righted and these
evils remedied.
' In view of these things, it is re
solved: "First, That the Republican leads
ers'have a second time clearly detn
onstrated their inability and their
unfitness to govern North Carolina ,
; VSecondy That - the time has cpme
when those who have followed these
leaders should no longer - do so and
that all men who love their State
and their homes should unite in one
supreme effort to redeem the State
and to pi ac a honest, capable men in
office in State, county city aid
town. , ; : '
'Third; That our appeal has
- ' -.
been, is now and shall continue to
bo to the ballot box and to honest
white men . We have contemplated
no violence, but we are determined
to use all proper means to free bur-
selves of this negro domination,
which is pafaljzing our business
and which hangs like a dark cloud
over our homes.
'Fourth, that we declare it is not
our purpose to do the negro any
harm. It is better for him, as well
aa for us, that the white man shall
govern; th'at while we propose to
protect and encourage him in all
his rights and duties of citizenship,
we affirm that North Carolina shall
not be negrojzed. It is of all the
States of the Union pecnliarly the
heme of the Anglo-Saxon, and the
Anglo-Saxon shall govern it.
'Fifth, That we affirm that no
such conditions exist in this State as
'jastify- Senator Pritchard in calling
upon the President to send troops to
this State or the Governor in issuing
his brutal proclamation and He
hereby condemn in the most un-
sicasared terms the conduct cf Sen
ator Pritchard and Governor Ros
sell in attempting to make it appear
to th8 ou48ide world that the des
scsendants of the men of Mecklen
burgj Halifax, Albemarle, the fcape
Fear, of Alamance, Gailford Conrt
House and King's Mountain need
the military power of the govern
ment which they helped to create
and organic to compel the;m to ob
serve the law. The white men of
this State, above all others, are in
terested in maintaining law and ors
der, and for them to be charged by
Senator, Pritchard and Governor
Rudsell with having a purpose to be
cocae insurrectionary citiz9na ia a
fcui slander, and .we denooncy them.
They have been leaders in establiaho
ing negro domination among cs and
they are therefore responsible for
the conditions now existing and in
appealing to the President to send
troona into this State to aid them in
maintaining negro domination, they
have shown they care less for toe
honor and reputation of their State
than they do for then official posi
tion. "Sixth, That it is in the power of
the .Legislature to restore- to the
white men of the east the manage
ment and control of their local af-
fairs ; that if the .Democratic party
shall be placed in 'control of the
Legislature this will fbe .done. If
thkHepublican ' party is in control it
will- not be done. We, therefore
MONDAY, OCTOBER 31
L89&
appeal to our white brethren in
every section of the State to go to
the ballot-box on the day of election
and vote for the Democratic candU
dates for the Legislature.
'Seventh, That a learned and pure
judiciary is necery to the presers
vation of the rights of the weak, as
well as to the strong . The Demos
oratio candidates for this high posi
tion are men learned in the law and
of eminent fitness- for this great of
fioev We, therefore, appeal to atl
men who desire learned and pure
men tb bi t urn 4the" bench to work
and to yote for the Democratic can
didates...' ; ' - y
i u 'Eighth, That the president and
secretary of this meeting are hereby
directed to cause this statement of
facts and these resolutions to be
published in all the papers of the
State, and that the Democratic ex
eoutiya committee is requested to
give them the widest possible cirs
culation among the people."
PERSON XL POINTERS,
-'Mr. Deems Carpenter, of Char
lotte Supply Co, spent yesterday
twith his aunt, Mrs. J L Boger.
Mr. Ed. Hislop, of McAdens
ville, spent yesterday with his
brother, Mr. Chas. Hislop.
Messrs. Frank Cannon and
Charles Barrett spent yesterday in
Salisbury. .
. Mr. Jas. Webb, of Hillsboro,
who i attending school at Chapel
Hill,spent Snnday and today here.
A FRESH SUPPLY- OF
ul 1 1 il jiULj
Rfcceived. They are fine. Try them.
Ervin & Morrison
0R0CER5
CITY
estaurant;
R. WILL JOHNSON,
Proprietor.
Kooms opposite Court House. Open
at all hours. Birds on toast, fish, oys
ters, etc, sei ved in, nicest styJe. Every
thing clean and attractive. We cater to
the patronage of ladies especially We
will keep only polite and accommo
dating attendants. '
China Grove's Sew Factory, u
Some time ago it was mention
t mt Ohm Grove would have an
other cotton mill in the x ear future;
The enterprise is by no m;ans dead,
though very little can be found out.
The deed for the forty acres en this
side of town on the east side of .the
railroad has been made oat by the
oner; Mr . Goodnight. The papers
which were dra wn np some time
ago say that the'; wyork is to com
mence this comingBpring and to be
finished about August, 1899. A
test for, their water supply has ah
ready been made satisfactorily.' Most
of the grtiea connec ed with . this
enterprise are J citizens who live in
and near China Gro Ve . . '
WAFERS
And Cahes
Look
On
T
his
Vf e don't sell every suit and every
overcoat we have for 30 cents each.
We carry a great variety of fine
goods as well as an immense stock
of cheap goods. One of our friends
who liad i ordered; an overcoat
from New York s epped into
our store with a package and
asked us to pack up foi him to
return to Rogers, Peet & Co., N.
Y., Neither oyercoat fits. 'Alright,"
our obliging salesman answered,
certainly, glad tp serve you, but
why not let US sell you a coat ?"
M You rave nothing as good, as I
want."
"Why rot? answered our sales
man, we'll sell you as fineoat as
you have for $5 less than price you
are to pay and make a fair profit be
sides, v
"Let's see it."
On went a "Crackajack" $22,50
silk lined extra superfine beaver
overcoat that fits perfectly.
"That coat is alright. I'll take it,
jl aian t know you had such a coat
as that."
Find the moral.
Cannon & Fetzer
any.
Picttare
Comp
COTTON CUTS , NO ICE WITH US ;i
i , ;' " ': "
Give us your ear and we wilHell yov the reason why.
FURNITUREis the burden of our song. W J study it by
day, we dream of itby niht. . Our highest imbition in
a business way is to give the good people of Concord and
country for miles around the advantage of a FURNl
TURE STORE EXCELLED B Y JVOjYE and EQ UJlLL
ED by few in JVorth Carolina )
Buying in car lots for spot cash from the best factories
iithe United States gives us a long lead in'the direction
that interests buyers. We have- the BES2 STOCK . th c,
best prices that has ever been our pleaeure to offer our
customers- ; " ;
We ihanh our friends ior the splendid trade given us
in the vast' We hope; bylclose attenii6utohjour interest
to merit it in the future
L Dont fail to see tlwse handsome u Golden Oaks' Come
and see us, we will do you Qood .w '
Bell, Harris Compaey,
Whole No 1170
Glove Sale.
A BARGAIN. .
A KEAL HELLiae UWOEK VALUE.
That's the
GLOVES today. The aakr
is the man who looses but hie
loss helps hiin to a qnlck ad
justment of his bnsmess.
: HEM ARB THE GLOVES I
Fosters fast black four bait,
ton jeTsey gloves only 25c.
Every pair is Heece lined and
fasten ts with either white . or
smoked pearl buttons. These
gloves were made un to p1I
for 35 and 40 cents a pair.
Foster's fine SILK GLOVES.
fieece lined, a real Tc. value
ior 4yc. a pair.
A full line of Foster's KIB
GLOVES for ladies in black
and colors only 98c.
Eyery pair of Foster' gloves
are warranted from jerseys to
fine kids. You have to see
theee gloves to appreciate
their value. Lend us
hand.
your
H L PARES & CO
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