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2 V 1HE CONVENTION TROUBLE IN LOUISIANA. IProm la'e intelligence as to the Louisiana, constitutional convention now In. session it is regretful to see trouble brewing. There is much dis card In the body. The "Work 13 not ' -Bearing- completion as recently report -and there i serious antagonism XSxmt threatens to prevent satisfactory work. Thus far there is a faction that im fishtlng for a continuance of the rale of the boss. It wants to perpetu itte present conditions to a consider able extent that the corrupt machine xzaaA continue to work. This is very unfortunate, and shows a want of -.jgease, T devotion to the state of Lou is -Catna. itnd of fidelity to good, orderly sonrernment. While one part of the con vention Is seeking to be so bent as to Caztht-r the best interests o'f the state, Que other part is conspiring to keep in TtxU vigor of operation the old corrupt systctn. This gTeatly disturbs the in 3jgent citizens generally. It Is no tXesest&rie that the -New Oleans press is To&l of apprehension and warning. They tftfok that the work of the convention txin le indorsed, if indorsed at all, but t3T a. tvnall mapority. The vote in the -cfcravenlion for the suffrage clause will Hardly go through "by more than ten majority, thinks The States. The Pic ayune is seriously moved, and ominous-' IjTfrayH: - ""Should the labors of this convention &e made nugatory by the acts of its nmlers, it will have been done in the rote-rest of the maintenance of the cor rnpi politics which have so long cursed Eiruisiana, but which it has never feeretorore been possible to throw off, axxl now that the the opportunity for niief shall be wasted and rejected, the flieapJe will come to rea'lizo that they - are-in the grip of politicians that noth fn$r can loosen, save a popular violent uprising." (That there are serious complications &xtd variant contending interests Is pfcain enough. There is a clause to ollzmr nil foreigners to vote who were naturalized prior to 180S, without any test of property or education. This is orgr! 'because in many parishes where the negroes are very strong numerically this foreign vote will be rreaary to keep Sambo from "run nfng; ihe machine," and controlling re sults. Ko illiteracy can only be downed by wpeeial arrangement. Confederate asoMiers and their sons must vote, whether illiterate or no, and certain property qu-aTi fixations are added. So there are three classes of exemptions' Ha. J 90, according to the census, tttfpre were in Louisiana as follows: White males of voting age, 130,784; 3flflorcd males of voting- age, 119,815; il literate white males of voting age, 23,- SSl illiterate colored males of voting - age, 82,487. m properly owners assessed for $300 and upwards, there were 28,158 whites, axad 3,770 "blacks, outside of (New Or leans. Including the city, there were 33458 white and 4,770 Mack tax-payers. The Picayune thus analyses: -"From the above it will be seen that, . -out of 130,748 white males , o'f voting i nly 35,158 could vote on the prop erty qualification, While 23,961 would T2e their votes on account Of illiteracy. ' Of the 119,815 colored males of voting ajje only 4,770 could qualify on the prop riety clause, .while S2.4S7 would be ruled out on the educational test. lowing one-tenth of the illiterate " Whites to vote on the property tax, fnere would have to 'be deducted from vthje 23,1 illiterates 2,396, which would "iave 21,565 whites who would lose their votes by reason of illiteracy and of r-uut possessing $300 each. By a l'ike ..rule, 477 illiterate negroes would be able vote and their number would foe de ulncted from the S2.4S1, leaving S2.0O4 tiStocs who would not be able to vote . MXi any account. "If 21,565 delinquents should 'be strick en from the total 130, 7S4 white males of -voting age, there would be left 109,183 - Wtina. voters; while, ly deducting .2;00i rejected negroes from the 119.S15 rxpgpnoes of voting age, there would be IHft 37.811 neffro voters in the state." The whites in the south iXve ex- ,prded in trying to educate the. ne- sroes "570,000,000. The money to educate is mostly their money. The negroes have no moral or legal right to demand kJbOa,t white tax-payers shall impose jupon. themselves a great burden to ed- xxraJte negroes who are as free as they .are. MORMONS HAVE FIUEND3. "The progress of iMormonism in this 2faoe:sitaM old North Carolina still con tinues a topic in newspapers beyond oar borders. The known white illitera- - -cy prevailing, and the rapid increase of the greedy apostles "of lust is giving - our staite a rather savory reputation -abroad. Some newspapers are quite iKsposed to put Mormon ism on trial : in North Carolina, because it comes as sort I evangel of good. At any rate -a, newspaper of the standing and abil . ity of the "Washington Post, puts its View thus wise: "Tnamucn as iMormonism is making .jjTOgress in aim'ost all of the states, vaod especially in the east, an honest jE&count of What it has done in North Carolina would be a valuable oontri J Station to religious, moral, and socio logical literature. What are Its truths? TSiat is the main question. How has i UL affected the lives, habits, and char--.xietHr df the converts?" Can the fruits of Mormonism be a3oawd and desirable? A false religion . laesTinang ' in New York state within vaar memory and based from the start upon a fraud, a pretense, and as it grew taking on a form of Lust quite up to Solomonic times, is cot the religion that Jesus Christ taught, and that the New Testament authorizes or allows. How oan good come out of evil, or sweet water flow from a foul, poisoned fountain? In North Carolina. Mormon success is almost entirely limited to the ignorant, to the more debased classes as well as the mere creJudou3 and superstitious. The Post is very kind and generous. Hear St: "This will be another case of Chris tian against Christian, of sending Christian ministers to counteract the results of the work of Christian mis sionaries. The Mormons are '"The Church of Jesus Christ, of the Latter Iay Saints." - It seems to regard the Mormon thing as highly 'respectable a body of "Christians." Hear Jt farther: "An unprejudiced and faithful inqui ry Would be the right way to ascertain whether or not tlhds great movement in the old North State need 'startle xhe clergy and laity of other denomina tions. .By their fruits ye shall know them." Monmonism may be a "new thing" in North Carolina, and we rejoice to say it is, hut It has a history of some fifty or sixty years. Its record is stained with violence, with wholesale butchery, with widespread lust, with violations of human and. divine law, and all In the name o'f Its own sort of religion. It Is not needed in this or in any state, where there ore homes and piety and purity and virtue and reverence for God and His law. While it is against the spirit of the age to punish or persecute others for what they hold and teach, it is the impera tive duty of the Ohrisbian ministry to expose thoroughly the wickedness, the baseness, the duplicity, the falsities and pretensions of the Brigham Young tribe of emissaries and corruptionists. The North Caroiint press well under stand it and is united in its condemnation. SPA1NS FINANCIAL FIX The Spanish finances are not in a very healthful condition. The long war against Cula has greatly eim'barrassed the present government. It was han dicapped with "heavy indebtedness (be fore 'it began its destructive war upon the insurgents. Its manner of deal ing with Cuba was so oppressive and ruin'ous that the people rose up in revolt and began their war for liber ty and independence. The financial embarrassments o'f Spain are beyond all fair question most serious, and with such 'debts it oan hardly become again a prosperous country. Spain owed $170,000,000 when the Cuban war began. It awes now over $425,000,000. The estimate is that if the country continues 'in war by the end of the present year the indebtedness will not fall much below $600,000,000. For a poor country heavily burdened with ex penditures daiUy 'that is indeed a great sum. It is stated that Cuba paid be fore the war about $25,000,000 annu ally to Spain. The annual expenditures for the last three years are placed at $132,000,000. The total annual revenue has been about $70,000,000. So in three yeari a deficit has1 been created amounting to $112,500,000. This is the difference? between regular expendi tures and income, not counting the war indebtedness. This is indeed a bad exhibit for a country hankering to whip the United States. BREVITIES There is perhaps no doubt that Mr. Gladstone has cancer of the nose. Hence his great suffering from, pains in the face. He will probably not sur vive many months. Hon. W. J. Bryan met with a tre mendous reception and ovation in New Orleans, accordirng to the city papers. The Washington Post, a gol'd paper, summarises as follows: "It seems that men of all social class es and political opinions turned out en masse to greet and honor him. He spoke to -the merchants, the bankers, the professional men, the journalists, the literateurs, the capitalists, the politicians, the artists, the musicians, 'the Willie Boys, and the riff-raff. AH' Vied with each other in paying tribute to him as a leader, a statesman, and an individual." Senator Mason has been challenged by an irate Spaniard for words spoken in debate. The Chicagoan will "fight by proxy." It is less harzardous. A long distance will make it safer. 'General Blanco says he will resign unless the torpedo squadron is sent to Havana. Uncle Sam talks of capturing it if it is sent. Then there will be a muss. The news from "Washington is re peated that both houses of congress are united in favor of "free Cuba." i War in Cuba has been renewed. The peace talk between the generals is off. The total loss on the (Maine is 266, or efght more than reported earlier. The Havana relief station feeds 12,000 people every day. (Mrs. iF. H. 'Burnett, the English nov elist, who married, a Tennesseean, has sued for a divorce. We have not had much respect for her for two or three years. Dr. Burnett and wife do not agree. Bucklen'a Arnica Salve The best salve In the world for Cuts, Lruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, 'fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup tions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refund ed. Price 25 cents per box. For ba'a by. R, R. Bellamy.. ..diuxUAialU ALLEGED BANK AYR ECKEPS Mehrgan and Latham Taken to Raleigh. ImportnntTcrm of Wake Criminal Coart 31 ore Federal Prisoners for the Peni tentiary. Messenger Bureau Raleigh, N. C. March 24. 1S9S. This morning- Sheriff W. L. Stallings and deputy sheriff J. W: Wiggins, of Bdgwombe, arrived here, having in custody James G. Mehegan, president, and H. T. Latham, cashier, of the Citi zens bank, of Tarboro, who stand charged with wrecking the bank at AVoeviile, Ga. The Georgia detective who took to Tarboro the bench warrant of Associate Justice Walter Clark for the arrest of Mehegan and Latham, also returned with the party. Mayor Holton of Abbeville, who procured the vench warrant, did not go to Tarboro tut to Charleston, S. C. It is claimed by him that M'ehVgan and Latham "loot ed" the Abbeville bank and L'ot some thing like $12,000. This afternoon, at the supreme court room, Mehegan and Latham were given a .hearing before Judge Clark. It appears that the re quisition by the Governor of Georgia will be honored, but that there will be an application for a writ of habeas corpus ty determine whether it is a proper case for requisition. This is done to hold the matter up until Gov ernor Russell returns from Wilmington tomorrow. The arrest caused some surprise at Tarboro, though for some days the sheriff and chef of police had been receiving telegrams to have an eye on Mehegan and Latham. Abbeville is a little town of 1,000 people. It had only theone bank, a private and un chartered one, which Mehegan and Latham bought February 1st. March 13th it was closed. Messrs. Donnell Gilliam and Henry A. Gilliam came here with Meheg'a.n and Latham as counsel. It appears that Louisiana is being sued to test the legality of the fertili zer tax, just as 5s the case here. Ex-Judge Robert P. Dick has gone to his home at Greensboro from a Balti more hospital. He is weak but much improved. The negroes complain that their White republican friends are stopping subscriptions to negro papers. One of the country Baptist churches has expelled several of its members who joined the Mormon church. Mor mon elders say they are working in seventy counties in this state. H. F. Browning, who .'had 'been in jail here a month, was given a hearing yesterday on the charge of killing his father-in-law, a farmer named Strick land, in the eastern part of this county. He was allowed to give bail in 500 for his appearance. He confessed that he had seduced a young sister of his wife. North Carolina still keeps the lead in the matter of odd names. One just discovered is that of Bugaboo academy in Wilkes county. . The supreme court today finished the very light Seventh district docket. C. T. Bailey, who it seems is to get the Raleigh postoffice," is here, having returned from Washington. He ap pears to be quite nervous, for some reason. At next week's criminal term of Wake superior court there will be an unusually large number of interesting castes. Among th'ese are governor Rus sell's eight suits against u.. B. 'An drews, of the Southern railway, for $5.00Q for refusing to answer rail way oomm'ission questions; suits against the Southern and Seaboard Air Lane for giving free passes; the trials of Young1, the Petersburg and Raleig-h burglar, and Langdon, the young Philadelpthfan who forged and swindled here; the case of Jim Booker, colored, who three years ago blew out the brains of Mahala White, also col ored; and the Glass divorce case. Reports stata that there is a malig nent type of diptheria prevailing in Yadkin county. There are now in the penitentiary 204 convicts, of wlhom fifty seven are women. One of the last arrivals is from Wilkes county, a white man who is to serve fifteen years for murder. Strange to say, he was one of the very first prisoners to enter the peniten tiary, when it was opened in 1S70 and he served ten years. Five federal convicts from Missis sippi arrived at the penitentiary today. Twenty convicts were sent to a state farm today and a like number will be brought back and put to work in the shirt factory. DYNAMITE JETTISONED By Filibusters to be Recovered Significant Naval Orders Key West, Fla., March 23. A number of Cuban filibusters, residents of this city, have awaited upon Captain For syth, commandant of the naval station, with the information that they jetti soned thirty-nine tons' of dynamite from a filibustering schooner when in danger of search and capture, some seven weeks ago. It is understood that they dumped it overboard in the vicinity . of Sand Key Lig'ht, seven miles south of here. Commandant Forsyth recognizes the great danger to American warships if the stuff remains there, and the tor pedo fleet will try to locate and recover it. The commandant has just received orders from Washington to refuse to give out any information regarding movements of the fleet. The order is very emphatic, and does not mince words regarding reporters. Coming at this time it is very significant- The se lection of the oattleship Iowa for the commander-in-chiefs flagship is re garded in the same way. W. S. QUIGLEY. Charlotte News: Daniel Lyles, colored, one of the hands at the North Carolina Cotton Oil mill, happened to a very ser ious accident this morning. Lyles wai working with a portion of the machinery known as the "cake crusher." His left hand was caught in the cogs of the wheels, and before asistance could arrive his hand from the wrist to the end of his fingers was terribly ground up. Like biliousness, dyspepsia, headache, consti pation, sour stomach, indigestion are promptly cured by Hood's Pills. They do their work easily and thoroughly. Best after dinner pills. 25 cents. All druggists. PollOs' Prepared by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. The only rill to take with Hoo A'a Sarsa par ilia. XOHTH CAROLINA. The stack has been subscribe.! for the erection of a wooden mill at Boonviile Yadkin county. The old Salisbury Watchman hajs sus pended. It was one of the very oldest of state papers. Kinston Free Press: The acreage in truck crops in this vicinity i about double -what it wa?. The cabbage crop of some of some of our trucker are very fine, while others are not so good. Charlotte Observer: Mr. Reece cham pion is employed in the Southern freight yard as car-coupler. Yesterday whilen the act of coupling two cars, they came together suddenly, catching hia hand and crushing it and his wrist. Statesville Landmark: Mr. if. L. who lives near TToutman's. was at work in a well on a Mr. smith's place, at Moorsville. last Saturday, when he met with an accident which came near cost ing him his life, if indeed It does not prove fatal. Lumberton Robersor.ian. A well post ed gentleman told us Monday that from present indications the tobacco acreage in Robeson county this year would be five to seven times a3 large as that of last year or the year before. A twelve horse power engine and other machinery have been purchased for a plant at Cam eron, Moore county, to manufacture grist mills from the stone taken from quarries near Deep river. Mr. Lentz was in the well removing the curbing and this was being drawn out. A piece of the curbing became de tached and falling back struck Mr. Lentz on the head, fracturing his skull. A small strip of the curbing was driven In to his head to the depth of nearly two inches, making a horrible wound. It was at first thought that Mr. Lentz would die but he was living yesterday and his physicians think there is a small chance for his recovery. The Greatest Discovery Yet TV. M. Repine, editor Tiskllwa, 111., "Chief," says: "We won't keep house without Ir. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. Ex perimented with many others, but never got the true remedy until we used Dr. King's New Discovery. No other remedy can take its place in our home, as in it we have a certain and sure cure for Coughs, Colds, Whooping Cough, etc." Itis idle to experiment With other remedies, even if they are urged on you as just as good as Dr. King's New Discovery. They are not as good, becau3e this remedy has a record of cures and besides is guaran teed. It never fails to satisfy. Trial bottles free at R. R. Bellamy's drug store. STATE PRESS. Yes-we have no faith in fusion. As has been .said, the populist party is essen tially a party of opposition. If It should be accorded a co-operation, it would sig nally fail to carry out its part of the bargain. The most permanent and abid ing idea in the populist brain is a deep and undying hatred for the democrats. Smithfield Herald. The situation among the republicans is more or less mysterious as well as amusing. There is not the slightest doubt that more or less secret work among the self-constituted leaders is go ing on but among the masses there is evidently but lit'Ie doing. The feeling among the leaders is anything but har monious though the more powerful are hoping to whip the rebel'ious in line. The one thing among many others that both ers them just now ts the new colored paper with its plain notes of warning. Winston Journal. The Washington Post says that every effort is being made "to minimize the influence and participations of congress in the matter" of the questions growing out of the Cuban war and the Maine disaster. We are told that the president. Speaker Reed and Mr. Hitt, chairman of the foreign affairs committee, have put their heads together to prevent any vote in the house after the report of the in vestigating committee is made. The present plan is to pigeon-hole the report in the foregn affairs committee, and leave the determination cf the country's policy to the president alone. Raleigh News and Observer. The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle gravely generally bays, chesmuts or browns; and observes that "winning race norses are for every hundred bays among them there are fifty chesnuts and thirty browns. There i'3 no record of an impbr tant race being won by a pie-bald.". He loved, you are a mile behind. In the Old North State Forever there Is a pie-bald breed that can outrun honesty truth and justice, hands down. The.se pie-bald take no training, either; they are born runners. They ran into office, and now they're running the state. You've never heard of Daniel L... have you. who runs against railroad trains, or Romulus Z., who was content to outrun a mule? Then we boast of Charles Henry, who runs on wheels, and Senator Butler, who run.3 the governor; Otho, run out, and several who might well be run in. Better post yourself before you deny that pie-balds can run. Charlotte Observer. When a man 13 suffering with an aching head, a sluggish body, when his muscles are lax and lazy, his brain dull, and his stomach disdaining food, he will, if wise, heed these warnings and resort to the right remedy, before it is too late. "Parker's Sarsaparilla," the "King of Blood Purifiers," makes the appetite keen and hearty invigor ates the liver purifies the blood and fills it with the life-giving elements of the food. It is a wonderful blood ma ker and flesh builder. Sold by J. C. Shepard, J. H. IIarU& and II. L. Fen tress. Raising Cotton's Price (From The Manufacturers' Record.) The Philadelphia Enquirer believes that the new plan of bonded cotton warehouses as described in The .Manu facturers' Record will result in better prices for cotton. Commenting edito rially upon the plan The Enquirer says: "It is a movement of importance to both the north and south, since It can hardly fail to help establish firmer prices for cotton; and as cotton is still the chief American product of export, better prices for cotton mean greater wealth in this Country, a quicker ab sorption of the American securities held by European capitalists, a prompt er establishment of American indepen dence and CTeater freedom from the dangers of English financial panics, to which our habit of borrowing subjects this country, often with disastrous re sults The bonded ware house will provide the farmer with the means for raising working capital, while it takes away the necessity of breaking the market for cotton as soon as the crop is ready." Arrested for Murder (Correspondence of The Messenger.) Red Springs, N. C, March 23. 'Jim Owen, a -white man, came to town with Deputy Sheriff Barber ve- terday and called for mail for both of them, xne deputy round a letter from Sheriff J. W. Hall, askmsr him rr ar rest Owen for murder, and he tlJd so. Owen's home Is said to 'be in Harnett or Johnston, arid he is accused of mur dering a man in Randohh Tr itas j kept under guard, here last night and i will be taken to Asheboio today. I did not learn the particular as to the time, places, ravse, vtc, ot the murder. THE (BEST WASHIMQ POWDER The Worth Company, Successors to Worth & Worth, Wholesale Grocers and Commission Merchants. EXCELLENT SEED RICE. Fine Rice Straw at Very Low Prices. Seed Oats, Seed Potatoes, General Groceries. The Worth Company. PENNYROYAL Aok for U. . LIOWS PEBTTYIJOYAzj FIZs ana iae no otnor. ?SiSnd ford- ar. ITlce $l.ut per box, boxc. fur :,.OU For Sale by W H. Green & ESIDE3 the dangers ond dis figurements of Blood Dis eases, the Burningand Itch ing Skin Eruptions are among: the most acute tortures. The strongest systems soon collapse under such agonies. PH T CUppman's Great , J7 0 Jt Remedy) is a safe and certain cure for every Skin Disease, whether torturing-, disfiguring, humiliating, itching, burning, bleeding, scaly, pimply or blotchy in fact, from pimples to the most distressing eczemas and every humor of the blood, whether simple, scrofulous or hereditary. Pjy "I) Purifies the blood, 9 X 9 X builds up the weak wjs-..- and debilitated, gives strength to weakened nerves, expels diseases, and in sures health and happiness where sickness and despair once shut out the light of life. - . Sold by all Druggists. $i a bottle ; six bottles, $5. LIPPMAN BROTHERS, f: Sole Proprietors, Ijppman BI.OCK, SAVANNAH, GA. TORTURE For Sale bv R. R. BELLAMY. GEO. O. GAYLORDy THE BOTES FOE THE WILfflNGTIffl'S BIG BACKET STORE Has just returned from rise northern markets. He visited Baltimore, Phil adelphia and New York, and I must say I have bought the most complete line of goods that I have been able tj choose. I can sell you new Dresa Goods in Plads and. Checks, stripes, figrured, fine lace Organdies, 34 inches wide, black ground colored Flowers, worth 15c, a big Job at 8c per yardl Colored Plad Lures Suitings, 30 tnche wide, at 12VbC wool, new tytes, J inches wide, at 25c: 33 Incties .t 3?r. BlacK Ece Sttuing. zt inches wfde. fct all o2I Filling, worth 25. A Job in 9ne ali -wool GAusmere. 38 and 40 Inc&e. slightly damaged, worth 40c. at 1 per yard. A fine ptoc of Black Flannel $0 inches wide, worth 40c. damrd, at Beautiful White Goods tv v- Lawns, at 4c. Bookfold Tn.it- n.i Bookfold in ,u TTr FtoftL"!ft? from 5c to 23c Fine White Onrandfe? yard. White and colore BrSidT Finl Lace In Valenciennes, from 13c Our Sailor Hats re a lnning O. GAYLORD A Headquartoro ever offered to Ladlea. especially recommend ed U married Ladies. MICAL CO, Clvidaix, Ohio, IH TIGIE OF PEACE Prepare for War" arul nevor sit down irr i.'emtoi$r s.-uri-ty and call your home-yMir own, with out It is properly insured. Nefirllfrence 8erns to invite dlsaMpr. will in sure you in the Carolina Insurance Company at a low. iirvmium .and that you jret your tnuney promptly ia case of fire. Willard & Giles, AGENTS. "Vie bought or-Iot of new fine Sailors. i:x all color?. -y;!t. black, brow, red rd tan, nieff silk bands, worth SOc bow our pric is 35c. Fine whit- Milan straw Sailor,, worth 75c. now Xc. a b beautify goods. We ha.xe at least iW Laster Hat, trhnrrted, and thy arc also very tteaj We watac you to rxsnemVer we are going to navo the grands Bpring Opening tWs season we ver had. We expect t tfhow the finest pattern IIas and the targest quantity amd the lowest price. ,rU?ILtmer our 3entlren'a Suits, in aU srjrUrs jd colore, from 1X00 to J12.50. AH grde of odd Pants, from 25c up ta 3.2o. Boy's Pants from 20c to 50c. Boy Suits from 69o to J2.25. t Mn'a Hats of all kinds. Beautiful Strw Hats for boys and men. Liaen i . "ai3 Troea 250 to 60c YItk to U.ML Cot. nian iiaxs from 25o to FVv Vin,. on nais irom 15c to 45c. Fine new Ihinlap style Ierbies at JL23. Come and see us or write for samples and get your card punched and get a tine present for nothing at 112 North Front Street, at Wilmington's Big iiacKex store, opposite Orton Hotel. PILLS. torBorgainQ
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