3SSENGEB, TUESDAY, KOYEMBER 12, 1801
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Entered at the Postofflce at Wilming
ton, N. C. as Second CJ
Matter. April 13, 1873.
ELECTION RETURN'S AND THE
:y PROMISE.
: The recent elections were very much
in the old way. Republican states wentj
republican, and some by Increased ma
jorities. New York city went heavlljH
against Tammany rule and ruin.
"Whether the republicans and their al
lies will be able to make the city gov
ernment respectable and Just and hon
est and keep is so, will appear hereaf
ter. It is a notorious fact that New
York and Philadelphia are the most
corrupt of American cities, and the
thievery end rascality are wide-spread
and eaDrmous. New Jersey seems to
have taken up a permanent abode with1
the republicans. Maryland is in a
tangle, and which party will be able to
carry the day Is not known as we write.
Kentucky wheels back into the demo
cratic line where It belongs and should
remain. The republicans have the
north almost completely under their
control, and their great abuses and cor
rupuons tnat work so mucn or con-
stand evil, do not In the least en
danger the success. This looks bad, for
when the people fail to distinguish be
tween right and wrong, between hon
esty and dishonesty, between constltu
tional law and federal usurpation, oe
tween economy and wild extravagance,
there Is but little hope or chance for the
prosperity and success of a grand old
party of wise and long-tried principles,
that Is strictly constitutional and for
the people. A low standard of moral
right and political principles is sure to
bring forth corresponding fruit. Elect
men who are for the make, for wild-cat
legislation, for the building of colossal
"corporations and piling up stupendous
f grinding taxes, and for increasing with
out limit the expenditures of the gov
err.ment, and the country suffers, the
people are oppressed, complaints run
high and without any. possible redress
of grievances-
Watch closely the incoming new con
gren. You will see that increasing ex
travagance and greater expenditures
will follow. The trend in this country
and most unfortunately, and among al
kin's of government national, state.
mu-icipal is to greater expenditures
Alrrst every city of over 23,000 in
habitants, is a victim of this vice, this
tendency to oppression of tax-payers
The real remedy lies with the people,
but the people do not seem to under
stand the tendency, or to properly
ilue the cost of government, or to
unite in repressing all unnecessary out-
pie In all the states shall combine for!
a more economical and better govern
ment of all kinds, then they will sue
ccr! In nnttlnc th breaks unon the
reckless ligislators and then a change
most salutary and needed, will come to
the country. Good and honest govern
ment is opposed to great salaries and
enormous expenditures.
DIPHTHERIA SERUM.
The newspapers are considering the
very unfortunate experiment of St
Louis with the anti-toxin for diphtheria
Its use produced lockjaw in several,
cases, come fatal. This very serious
slip-up will not probably affect the con
tinued use of the serum. It has here-
tofore been thoroughly and repeatedly
tested, and with every possible satis
faction. Indeed it is known to the med
ical profession that of ail anti-toxins.
or serums that have been discovered
for treating diseases the one for diph
theria is regarded as safest and ieast
objectionable. -The New York Tribune
says:
"From every part of the world where
it has been systematically tried have
come tidings of a reduced mortality. In
Prussia, for instance, the average num
ber of deaths from diphtheria between
1885 and 1894 was 15.5 in every iO.OOO
people. In 1895, 1896 and 1897. the pro-
portion fell off to 9, 7.6 and 6.2, respec
tively. The use of of Behring's anti
toxin first became general in that coun
try In 1893. The reduction in mortality
from this cause in the leading cities of
America during the last decade is
something like 50 or 60 per cent-, and
is almost exclusively attributed to the
introduction of the remedy."
It is not a new thing it seems for
some trouble like that in St. Louis to
occur. It has been the experience now;
and then of localities in Europe, we
learn. In several Italian towns lock
jaw or tetanus occurred from its use.
The Tribune states that as a result a
wild panic in last December occurred.
Investigation showed "that all of the
anti-toxin whose use had been attended
'with such unhappy consequences be-
Irmirprl tr n sinclA lot of 205 tubes. It
had been manufactured at the national
bacteriological laboratory, in the man-
flKmpnt of which a chansre naa recent
ly taken place. It was made in Sep-
tember and distributed late in Govern
ler. But as. soon as its chaiacter be-
rAme evident steDS were taken to re
cover all which was yet unused. It was
assArted that this narticular lot of anti-
rvrln was the onlv one which had everi
made mischief in Italy, although the
same Institution naa previously sent
nnt -no less than 2S0.OOO tubes. And since
that time no further complications have
been reported.
Death of Captalu Anderson
TVflshfntnn. November 7. A eable-
rrarn T-eoeived at the war department
today from General Chaffee at Manila
jiTinnnnrpq the fleath from pneumonia
of Captain Robert H. Andersan, of th
Ninth infantry.
Captain Anderson was appointed to
tfie army In 1884 from civil life, being
credited to Georgia.
A Powder Mill Explosion
Removes everything In sight; so do
drastic mineral pills, but both are
mighty dangerous. Don't dynamite the
. delicate machinery of. your body with
calomel, croton oil cr aloes pills, when;
"Dr Kinsrs New Life Pills, -trhteh are
gentle as a summer breeze, do the work
penecuy. cures Heaoacne, constipa
tion. Only 25c at R. R. Bellamy's drug
AN ACCOMPLISHED NEG ROE'S
VIEW8.
During the late campaign in Mary
land some very striking articles were
printed in the Baltimore Sun from con
tributors. On the 3rd Inst, one on ne
gro suffrage appeared. It argued that
the negro should not rule Maryland or
this country, and that it Is the great
est of questions at this time. The con
tention was that the negro was unfit
for social equality and was wholly un
fitted to govern the white race. The
writer of that paper quoted at length
from the admirable address of North
Carolina's present governor at the re
cent annual colored fair at Raleigh.
He said of it by way of. commendation:
"These words of the distinguished
governor expresses the sentiment of the
southern white men toward the negro
race. It is these sentiments that tho
democratic party, today is seeking to
establish and make permanent in Mary
land. But the republicans say: "No!
We must take the negro our brother in
fact as in theory." Thus say the repub
licans, who love the negro for the sake
of the vote which is his today. But the
leading negroes do not desire social
equality." .
The writer reproduces fifteen extracts
from a northern colored author relative
to his race, showing the complete infe
riority of the race. We think the view
in some particulars extreme, and unjust
to a considerable number of the negro
race. But the extracts are from a skill
ful pen of one who has been in close
touch with his people and who is be
yond doubt one of the two or three most
accomplished negroes In this country
a man of much higher grade as a writ
er, as a stylist, than the over-puffed
Booker Washington, who is practical
with much of the common place.
The writer of the excerpts is, we
think. William H. Thomas, who pub
lished a year or so ago a book on
"The American Negro." He probably
understands the negro quite as well as
Teddy Roosevelt or any other negro
phylist In all Yankeedoodledom. If
not, why not? He writes with consid
erable scholarly elegance, and why
should he underrate or malign his own
caste? Clearly he believes in what he
writes, for he has more to lose than to
gain by applying the scalpel of criticism
rather than the white wash brush of
blind laudation. Of sentiment about
Sambo he says:
"There is a disposition among well
meaning white persons to sympathize
with, apoliogize for and condone his
gravest shortcomings under the plea
that he is ignorant of his duty and re
sponsibilities to himself and society.
It should be needless to say that this
attitude toward the freedman does no
good and is productive of infinite harm.
What he needs is less sentiment and
more sense."
We make a few extracts thatwe take
to be from the same pointed pen:
"The negro not only lacks a fair de
gree of intuitive knowledge, but so
dense is his understanding that he
blindly follows weird fantasies and hid
eous phantoms."
"The highest aspiration of negro am
bition is not to acquire the essential
spirit of knowledge, but to imitate me
chanically what he only succeeds in
caricaturing."
"Knowledge, refinement, truth and
honor are to the negro's mind acquira
ble vestments that may be put off or on
as occasion requires, but which in no
sense work a reconstruction in the na
ture of a man."
"The negro is Immoral and lazy. Ills
conscience is dead; his intellect dense."
"Not only do negroes lack the ability
to acquire clear and concise knowledge
of ideas and things, but in that which
they appear to understand there is for
ever wanting judgment in its use."
"No negro comprehends the meaning
of the word 'virtue. With him it is a
vocal pound. The same is true of words
like truth, honor and integrity."
"Negroes are only influenced by flat
tering appeals to passion and vanity;
they stubbornly resist everything that
opposes their tastes and inclinations.
He treats all racial criticisms as accu
sations. His preference for low condi
tions of life and living interposes seri
ous obstacles to his speedy redemp
tion." "The negro has a brutal and morbid
instinct and a domineering spirit, which
utterly unfit the freedman for rational
self-control."
"The negro has neither remorse for
crime no contrition for wrong-doing."
There are a great many of the race
of whom better things might be affirm
ed. Even many of the blacks are free
from and above some of the opin
ions expressed. Many of the half
breeds or even higher breeds are better
and nobler because of the white infu
sion of blood. But the man who wrote
the above estimate is no doubt a very
close observer. President Roosevelt
may fraternize and walk arm in arm
and entertain negroes if he will, but his
example will be regarded in the south
more an indication of social degrada
tion and low standard of taste than an
evidence of noble character and supe
rior penetration. He may say the negi
shall rule, but if so it must be over sue
as he is, and not such as are his kins
people in the south. "You pays your
money 'and you takes your choice."
TIIE VACANT JUDGESHIP
The President Considering Names of
Candidates for the Position
Washington, November 7. The va
cant Virginia judgeship caused by the
death of Judge John Paul occupied a
good deal of the president's attention
today. The names of democrats as
well as republicans are being presented
to the president, but he has not yet
reached a conclusion. A delegation
consisting of William R. Trigg, Dr.
George B. Johnston and Egbert S.
Leigh, of Richmond, today presented
the name of Daniel Trigg, of Abington.
Mr. Trigg is a democrat General Ros
ser. a friend of Judge T. L. Lewis,
formerly a member of the court of ap
peals; John T. Harris, a law partner of
George L. Sipe, of Harrisonburg, Va.,
another candidate, and general John E.
Roller of Harrisonburg, who is himself
a candidate, also saw the president. J.
Hampton Hoge, the republican candi
date for. governor of Virginia, Is said
to be a candidate, as is L. L. Moore,
of Radford. The president, it is under
stood, has consulted Thomas Nelson
P iz?. who is a personal friend, about
life appointment. ' -
GLEANING AND COMMENT.
The relations between France and
Turkey are so strained the outcome
may. be a war. It Is also known that
the relations between . Germany and
Europe are becoming somewhat strain
ed, more so than a year ago or more
when there was an Impression thatcor
diality has gone and in Africa Germanic
influence would be felt The German
newspapers are sharply critical In dis
cussing British ways and manners and
business. Some German writers prod
the English remorselessly. British pa
pers are not silent but strike back
with John Bull vigor. The Baltimore.
Sun says that the "German government
preserves fairly good relations with
the British government, and the Em
peror William's relations with King
Edward are intimate, but the two peo
ples seem to regard each other with
growing antipathy. England has done
something, say English writers, to se
sure German confidence and good
will. Mr. Chamberlain
not long since in a public speech de
clared for an alliance with Germany,
as a slanderer, for saying recently, at
Edinburgh, that in case "severer meas
ures" are required with the Boers in
South Africa, they can be borrowed
from German practice in the last war
with France, from French practice in
Madagascar and from Austria's prac
tice in Bosnia."
In another place The Messenger re
fers to the corruptness In municipal
government in New York and Phila
delphia. The tax rate in the these and
other American cities is simply unbear
able and it is growing. The public debt
of New York is $83 per capita of the
population. Baltimore is $60 for the
same. In New York the salary list is
most enormous and absurd.. New
York papers have been comparing the
salary list of New York city with that
of the Federal government. It seems
that New York judges get $17,500 a year,
while the chief justice of the federal
supreme court receives $10,500. The
corporation counsel of New York city
gets $15,000 a year, while the attorney
general of the United States gets $8,000.
There are 446 officials who receive $4,
000,000 and upward each year the ag
gregate is 3,022,000 a year.
The mileage of all railroads in th
United States at the close of last year
was 194,321 miles. The gross earnings
were $1,501,695,378. The net earnings
were $483,247,526. The stock aggregat
ed $3,596,581,122. The funded debt was
$5,551,216,655. Investors may study the
figures and act accordingly. Railroad
ing is a tremendous thing now in this
country. Nearly or quite 1,000,000 of
men are employed, and the number of
persons killed last year was over 6,000.
The Buffalo Pan-American exposition
Is an object lesson of value. It warns
against great expenditure and it also
teaches that people are not so crazy
for shows of this kind as formerly.
Their frequency has taken off the edge
of curiosity and dulled the enjoyment.
It winds up having lost $3,500,000, and
owing about $500,000 to the contractors,
and there is no certainty of pay. The
Philadelphia Record says that the man
agers hope for a congressional appro
priation, but this Is by no means assur
ed. The Record says:
"Congress did not see fit to aid the
enterprise in advance, there seems to
be ho good reason why an ex post facto
appropriation should be regarded with
more favor. Even the most prodigal
of legislative bodies would hesitate to
practically certify to exposition pro
moters that they might go ahead in
full assurance that the government
would stand the loss."
It is plain that parties are not as
solid and united now as in the years
back. There are signs of division, dis
agreement, and lots of voters are look
ing around to see into which lap they
shall fall. Of course the unselfish,
simon-pure-party men who act from
principle and not from policy or per
sonal hope of benefit will stand four
square as is usual with them, but there
are tens of thousands all about who
wear their political garments very
loosely, and are so little wedded to fiix
ed convictions and steadfast belief in
great fundamentals, that the transi
tion is easy from where they are to
some other party than the one they
have affiliated with. Issues are becom
ing mixed and in the next three years
some strange things may happen in
politics. The New Orleans Picayune
notes some party differences:
Once there was a time when free trade
was strictly and exclusively a doctrine
of the democratic party and high tar
iff protection was as strictly a policy
of the republicans. Now there are free
trade or reciprocity republicans and
strong protectionist democrats. Form
erly the democratic party was the party
of territorial expansion and annexation,
and this was particularly the case with
the southern democracy. Now the
democrats are badly divided on the
annexation Iquestion."
United or not the republican party
has its mighty grip upon this country
now.
SOUND AS A DOLLAi;
That is the result of a couris:.:
of treatment with Scott's Emul
sion. We have special refer
ence to persons with weak
lungs and sensitive throats.
Scott's Emulsion does some
things better than others. This
is one of them. It has a pe
culiar action on the throat and
lungs ' which gives them
strength and makes themtough.
That's how Scott's Emulsion
drives out coughs, colds and
bronchitis. It keeps them out,
too. '
Q Well send yon a Efcle to try, if jroa Eke.
CCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Pearl street. New York.
Dunn News Note
(Correspondence of the Messenger.)
Dunn, N. C, November 7.
Yesterday at 12:30 o'clock. Mr. W. A.
Leggett. a popuiar young druggist of
Edenton, N. C. was married to Miss
Jessie Herman, one of our town's most
popular and accomplished young ladles.
The marriage was a quiet one and took
place at the home of Mrs. P. L- Her
man on Broad street. Rev. W. A.
Forbes performed the solemn ceremony.
The happy couple left on the 1p.m.
train for the home of the groom ia
Edenton.
Mr. J. M. Davis, of one of Harnett's
best families, was united this morning
in marriage to Miss Kate Elliott, of Ra
leigh, at the home of Mr. Franklin Mc
Neill. They wil reach Mr. Davis' home
this evening. Miss Elliott is a sister of
Mrs. W. L. Wiliams, of Cumberland.
and Mrs. McNeill, of Raleigh.
Harnett court convenes next Monday
at Lillington. Judge Robinson and So
licitor Jones will preside.
The Dunn cornet band is making
music for the Cumberland fair this
week. The band is composed of the
cleverest and best young men of our
town.
The price of cotton continues to de
cline and in consequence business' is
not as good as it was last fall. Many
of the farmers of this section are hold
ing their cotton. The cotton receipts on
our market are only a little more than
half what last season's were.
Mr. M. T. Young and his manager of
the south Dunn furniture factory, went
to New York this week on business con
nected with furniture sales.
The large two story brick building on
Broal street will be finished this week
with a handsome opera hall in the
second story. On Thursday evening,
November 21st the Herald Square
Opera Company will give the first en
tertainment. This will be a new fea
ture for our town and I predict a large
crowd for the opening of the hall.
CONFESSED TO EM HEZZLEMEXT
Supreme Finance Keeper of Knights of
the Maccabees hort $57,000
Port Huron, Mich., November 7. By
his own written confession Charles D.
Thompson, supreme finance keeper of
the supreme tent, Knights of the Mac-
1
cabees, and a prominent vessel and tug
man of this city, is a defaulter in the
sum of $57,000. Mr. Thompson, however.
was heavily bonded in the National
Surety Company, of New York, and the
Fidelity and Deposit Company, of Bal
timore, and the order, therefore is pro
tected from loss.
The first intimation of the shortage
came last Tuesday afternoon when Su
preme Commander Markey and Su
preme Record Keeper George J. Sigle
were checking over the finance keeper's
books. An error was discovered and
they called Thompson s attention to it
He said that he would take the books
and papers home with him that night
and look it up.
Wednesday morning he came to Su
preme Commander Markey's office and
confessed that his accounts were short
$57,000. He then and there signed a
written confession of the embezzlement.
An examination of the books followed
and the shortage was disclosed.
The companies on Mr. Thompson s
bond were notified of the shortage to
day and representatives of each com
pany are now on their way to Port
Huron. Thompson is at his home
awaiting their arrival and whatever ac
tion they may take. He is not under
arrest, but says that he expects to be
arrested and prosecuted and is prepared
to pay the penalty of his breach of
trust.
TIIE ASIIKVILMB SHOOTING
Particular of the rtirYtlr Mis Slairle'
Statement -Visited in fler Cell bv
Friends Who Offer Afeistance
(Special to The Charlotte Observer.)
Asheville, November 6. Great ex-
excltement was created in the central
part of the city this morning by a
shooting affair. The person who did
the shooting was a young girl, Mary
Slagle. The victim was Houston Mer-
Irmon, assistant cashier of the Blue
Ridge National Bank and son of ex-
Judge James H. Merrimon..
The Bailey street car had reached
the court square at 9 o'clock. In it
were the two persons concerned. As
young Merrimon started from the car
the girl fired, but the shot only took
effect in the side of the car. When he
reached the ground three other shots
were fired. One entered the left arm.
splintering it, and the young man par
tially fell. As he rose, the fourth and
last shot again sent him to the ground.
The bullet entered about the center of
the back and passed almost through
his body. The injured young man was
carried at once to the Mission Hospital
and a number of prominent physicians
summoned. He may recover.
The whole tragedy was enacted in a
few moments, and no one could reach
the girl until she had accomplished her
purpose. Chief of Police Fullman rush
ed through the crowd, and was aston
Ished beyond expression when the girl
a mere child, said in a clear voice: "I
shot him. He ruined me, and I wanted
to ruin him. God told me last night to
do it." Even then Chief Fullman would
have turned away, but in her hand was
a 38-calibre blue steel revolver which
bore evidence that she spoke the truth.
With a steady step and dry eyes she
walked to the police station with the
chief, not once losing her nerve. In
fact, the girl exhibited a self-possession
that is past all human understanding.
She will not be 15 until next month,
and in a few weeks she will become a
mother, but not once has she shown
a trace of nervousness.
The girl was at once placed in a cell
at the police station, and everything
possible done to make her comfortable.
Apples and other eatables had been
taken to her and It is said a number
of ladies will fit up the cell in an at
tractive manner. Sympathy Is usually
with the girl in such cases, but in this
Instance the sympathy has been more
pronounced, partly because of the ten
der age of the girl, and partly because
the opinion prevails that she has been
very much wronged by Merrimon. The
girl lives near the Merrimon residence
on French Broad avenue, with her
mother, and she has at various times
been employed to do light work at the
Merrimon home. The girl claims that
Merrimon took advantage of her pres
ence in the house and enticed her to
her ruin. Among those who called on
the girl in her cell today was J. G.
Merrimon. brother of the young man
who was shot. Mr. Merrimon told the
girl that he would be glad to be of
service to her in any way, and would
aid her in making a bond for her re
lease. Able counsel has been employ
ed to defend the girl.
At the hospital the bullets which had
entered Mr. Merrimon's arm and back
were extracted. The one which entered
the back was extracted from the left
breast, it having lodged under the skin.
Late tonight the physicians say that
Merrimon has an even, chance to re
cover. ,
FIRST HEAVY FROST
New Colored Church Oppolt Capitol
Squre-w Portrait In State Li
brary Octobor He port of State Board
of Health
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, N, C. November 7.
E. L. Travis, of the penitentiary di
rectors, says the cotton crop at the
state farms is turning out better than
was expected.
To show the poorness of the cotton
crop in this section it may be stated
that in this county east of here there
Is only one-third of a crop.
The first heavy frost of the season
came this morning and whitened the
ground like a light snowfall.
The first car-load of exhibits for the
Charleston exposition was shipped to
day by the agricultural department.
There will be five more car-loads. The
exhibit is in four classes agriculture,
forestry, horticulture and mining and
will be shown, collectively, in the for
estry building. There will be 120 speci
mens of woods, half of them in discs,
highly polished. This is the first use
of discs by this state.
The state authorities here are ad
vised that there is trouble in Yancey
county regarding the public school
fund. The county authorities have al
lowed only 40 cents per capita for
school children. The state superinten
dent will go there and investigate.
The foundation of the First colored
Baptist church here is being laid, at
the southeastern corner of the capital
square. The building is J.o be of gran
ite and brick and is to cost $30,000. It
is to be finished in a year.
In the state library five new pictures
were hung that of Captain Otway
Burns; Dr. Caruthers, one of the his
torians of the Revolution; R. E. Lucas,
a lieutenant colonel In the United
States service, the gift of Thomas S.
Kenan; Colonel Stringfield and his
Cherokee Indians in he Confederate
States service from North Carolina. A
picture of the court house of Pitt in
1770 was also hung today.
John M. Wilson, the founder of the
saw mill Interest at Wilson's Mills,
Johnston county, and widely known In
that business, is dead.
The October bulletin of the state
board of health, issued today, reports
scarlet fever in 32 counties; diphtheria
in 17; typhoid fever In 65, malarial fe
ver In 44. pernicious malarial fever in
6, hemorrhagic fever in 8 (2 each in
Craven and New Hanover), smallpox
in 8. It also reports hog cholera in 10,
spinal meningitis In horses In Randolph
and staggers in horses in 2 (one of these
New Hanover).
No Rltrht 10 Uc:llnes
The woman who is lovely in Cace.
form and temper will always .:ave
friends, but one who would be attrac
tive must keep her health. If she is
weak, sickly and all run down, she will
be nervous and irritable. If she has
constipation or kidney trouble, her im
pure blood will cause pimples, blotches,
skin eruptions and a wretched com
plexion. Electric Bitters Is the best
medicine in the world to regulate stom
ach, liver and kidneys and to purify
the blood. It gives strong nerves,
bright eyes, smooth, velvety skin, rich
complexion. It will make a good-looking,
charming woman of a run-down
invalid. Only 50 cents at R. R. Bella
my's drug store.
TIIE DKAD CIIINKsK STATKSMA
Closing; Scenes or It Iltmcr Chntiaj's
Life Chinese Riles
Pekin, November 7. The end of LI
Hung chang was quiet. His vitality
slowly ebbed. For a time he lost con
sciousness; but he showed great tenac
ity, rallied at mid-night, became semi-
I conscious, partook of nourirrliment and
appeared to recognize his relatives.
The foreign doctors left him early
yesterday, saying that nothing more,
could be done. His personal physician,
Dr. Watt, then took charge.
The controversy between the torelgn
and Chinese doctors had no effect on
the patient, because he was already be
yond hope of recovery.
The flames of the procession of pa
per effigies, chairs and horses, burned
in the court yard of the yamerj to carry
his spirit to heaven, told the crowd of
officials who were gathered in the nar
row street outside the yamen that the
end had come.
Soon afterwards a procession appear
ed behind a costly coffin of teakwood,
beautifully lacquered. This coffin Li
Hung Chang took on his trip around
the world and he brought it from Can
ton when he came to Pekin to settle
the "Boxer" troubles. Since that time
it had been kept in a temple here.
The body will be placed in the coffin
tomorrow morning with the customary
rites. On Sunday there will be a cere
monial corresponding to a lying-instate,
and all the Chinese officials will
pay their respects. A separate day will
be designated for the ministers ot the
powers.
The Interment will be at the birth
place of the deceased statesman, a little
village in the province of An-Hui. The
time has not yet been decided upon.
STATE PRESS.
The president proposes tr- apologize
for his negro social equality perform
ance by inviting more negroes to eat4
with him. If he gets scarce on negroes
we can send him a few and we warrant
them to cat every time he Invites them
and to give entire satisfaction. Wllkes
boro Chronicle.
Mr. Turner was absolutely fearless in
the denunciation of men and measures
of those agonizing times. He represent
er the state In the senate of the con
federate corgress and after the war
elected a representative in the United
States congress, but was not permitted
to take his seat. We are Informed
that he has considerable valuable man
uscript in regard to the events of the
civil war period and that immediately
following. Burlington News.
The white man of the south will never
meet the negro on social equality. He
will not; he cannot. On the other hand
the north knows the negro only as a
mere human being who must be treat
ed in the same manner as any other
member of the human family. They
are Ignorant of the real negro in the
south. There can be no objection to the
northerner's making the negro his so
cial equal but we do not think we are
asking too much when we insist that
our northern friends shall respect the
dearest traditions that we have when
they come Into our midst. Rocky
Mount Motor.
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MUTINY" OF PRISONERS
teONFINEO'lH THE FEDERAL PRISOM AT
LEAVENWORTH.
TWENTY-SIX MAKE THEIR ESCAPE
By Rusb Over th GuajrtSft mt th XW
rloa StockkeOne Convict KtUed
and Two Youndl-Thr of the
Guards Wounded Th Convict Mak
ing for the Rough Country-Divided
Into Small Parties Farmer Betofr.
Robbed ot Horse and Clothing
Leunvenworth. Kas November 7.
One man was killed, five others dan
gerously wounded and twenty-six des
perate convicts are at l.in; as a re
sult of a mutiny la lev this afternoon at
the site of the new United States
prison, where 400 prisoners from the
federal prison, in charge of thirty
armed guard?, were at work.
When the trouble began the rebellious
prisoners had only two revolvers. These
had been secreted In one of the walls
of the building by -some unknown per
son. Two walls are partly cornjleted
and the remainder of the Fite of the
building Is surrounded by a high wood
en stockade.
Gus Parker of Armoro, I. T.. one of
the ringleaders ofthe mutiny, under
pretense of a necessity, walked to the
corner of the stockade, where the re
volvers were concealed and under cover
of some weeds secured them without
being detected. He returned to the
gang and passed one of the revolvers to
Frank Thompson, a negro from South
McAlester, I. T., who secreted it about
his person.
When T. E. Hinds, superintendent of
construction, and three unarmed guards
prepared to round up the men at the
end of the day's work, the two armed
convicts covered them with the revol
vers and, encouraged by the other mu
tinous convicts, forced the men to walk
before them to the northwestern corner
of the stockade, where they expected
to make a rush through the opening.
On the outside of the stockade was an
armed guard and the convicts were met
at the opening by C. H. Burrows, a
guard, who fought them back, but who
received two shots in the neck.
The convicts then rushed over to the
south wall to another opening and were
met by Arthur Treelford. an armed
guard who is In charge of all the con
victs. Treelford resisted the convicts
and was shot twice, but not dangerous
ly wounded.
Defeated in their attempt to escape
at this point, the men rushed to the
guardhouse, a temporary frame struc
ture where the arms are kept. The
guards from the outside rushed In at
this point and drove the convicts away
from the guard house. J. P. Waldrupe
a guard shot and killed Ford Qulnn,
from Ryan. I. T.
The prisoners then made a grand rush
for the main entrance and twenty-six
of them !uccwdiwl In excuii'.ntt. Moul of
the escaped men are from Indian ter
hitory. Closely followed by the guards the
men ran to a nearby forest and suc
ceeded in evading their pursuer?. The
men went in the direction of Easton
Kas.. and it is reported that they have
held up many farmers, taking horses
and clothing.
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N'OBTII CAROLINA;
Monroe Enquirer: A b'irglar broke
Into Mr. C. F. Lowe's house last Satur
day night sometime between dark and
10:30 o'clock. Mr. Lowe's family Is
away from home and the burglar had
easy work in making a raid. An over
coat, a gold watch and a pair of shoes
were taken. Mr. Lowe prizes the watch
very highly as It was his father's.
The dispensary did a staggering busi
ness last Saturday. Receipts amount
ed to about J500. That does not sound
like hard times. And of course the
men who patronized the dispensary did
not need the money for anything else.
Last Sunday afternoon Mr. H. L.
Price who lives at Prices' Mill, Sandy
Ridge township, lost a large new barn
and all its contents by fire. Loss sev
eral hundred dollars.
Gastonla Gazette: One day last week
little Mary Costner, four years old.
daughter of Mr. F. A. Costner. was
badly burned on the face by hot greese.
tne was playing near the stove when
some of the other children upset the
pan. rhe upper part of her cheek and
the scalp near her forehead were the
worst burned places. Her eyesight will
be saved, and it is hoped that the scars
may in time disappear. The srosoel
meetings conducted by Rev. R. P. Pear
son at the Presbyterian church main
tain their great interest and atten
dance. The subject tonlcht will b "A
Message from God." There have been
many professions of faith and there is
a deep concern amoung the unconvert
ed. Ills Life Wan Savd.
Mr. J. F. Liny, a prominent citizen
of Hannibal. Mo., lately had a wonder
ful deliverance from a frightful death. v
In telling of It he says: I was taken
with Typhoid Fever, that ran Into
Pneumonia. My lungs became harden
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up In bed. Nothing helped me. I ex
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when I heard of Dr. King's New Dis
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I continued to use It, and now am well
and strong. I can't say too much in Its
praise." This marvelous medicine Is
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Happy Youncr Men In Norway
The young men of Norway are jubi
lant over a law lately passed in that
country providing that in future any
woman who desires to get -married
must present to the proper authorities
a certificate showing that she is skilled
in the arts of cooking, sewing, knitting,
and embroidering. The young women
are wondering why no certificates are
to be required from men which shall
prove that they are able to support
their wives. New York Tribune.