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' . ! 1 WILMINGTON N. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY lg? 1899 PRICE 5 CENTS. VOL. XII. NO. 42. J. ; ' ' - - -i ,. .-.j ,nf WHITE SUPREMACY. ; . .: i Democrats of the House Put Themselves; on Record for This Principle. THE FRANCHISE AMENDMENT To the State Constitution Adopted by a . Good Sized Majority-Mr. i JRountree Opens the Debate-He Argues the Constitutionality of the Measure-Mr. Winston's Appeal to the Democrats,.: i .' ' , House Masses the Bill for Funding Certain Bonds of Wilmington-Senate Passes the Scotland ' - : .'C . ' .' " - County Bill' v' ' . - '' founders -of this state are not affect-, ed by this amendment. The amend ment does not seem to be "at all dif- (Special to The Messenger.). j .7, SENATE. Raleigh, N. C., February 17.-The sen ates" session was tedious and uninter esting. Many purely local mils were passefl. - Bills were passed: Giving Co: lumbus eounty.a dispensary. Ci eating the county of Scotland. Incorporating ""the Atlantic ana -Yadkin railway. j The Judge Norwood matter was' in - definitely postponed, as he has re j signed. . ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ; j Bili were introduced as follows: By Mr. Rountree, to give livery men a lien on horses and mules! To make5 it- a ' misdemeanor, punishable by $50 "line;. . to work on Sunday. By Mr. Gilliam, to .amend the charter of 'Rocky 'Mount. To regulate accident insurance companies. Bills passed as follows: To incorpor ate Gibson, Richmond county. To al low Greene bounty to levy a special tax. ' - - - , Mr. Winston, on behalf of the . com- j mittee on education, made a report J nominating trustees of. the university j -as follows: K. P. Battle, C M. Sted-.j ferent from the present lain Massa chusetts, the -latter state having an amendment' to exclude foreign illit erate vote (1875) being named were .in the amendment under T discussion in, 1867 (Is named. At Mr. Rountree's request, Mr. Al len, of Wayne, read theMassachusetts lasv, and he contended:. The supreme court of Massachusetts, : than which none is abler, has decided this is con stitutional. This exception is a rea sonable one and is confined entirely to present conditions, .Negroes have not voted individually, have not ex ercised the faculty of right of voting for themselves, f.s Crosby, one of the ablest - negroes in the sta'te, informed the committee', . In conclusion Mr. Rountree said the amendment was entirely compatible With the federal: constitution and founded .upon fact and principle. The white people have- been and will be just to the-negroes; have been liberal in education and will continue to;b'e so. Mr, Rountree, on concluding, svas tt,Qt. v TT Busbee", H. C. Wall, Ben- (UUl. - ' ' " - , ehan Cameron, J. S. . Manning, J. W. greeted by loud applause. ; Fries, R. M Furman, W. A. Guthrie, j Smith, of Craven, colored, spoke T S Kenan R. II. Lewis, J. A. Lock- against the amendment, saying negroes :rt .T T3. Murohv., J: L. Patterson, Jfred Philips, J. A. : Robeling, Henry j Weil, W. T. Whitsitt, E. J. Hale, C. M. ooke, T. J. Jerome, H. E. Faison, T. 1 R. .Peirce, Jam.es Sprunt, L. J. ,Picot, " II. A. London, Frank Wilkinson and E. R." Outlaw. Next Tuesday is fixed as the time of election. j Mr. Holman, chairman of the finance . committee, introduced the revenue bill, and Mr. Craig a bill to1 incorporate the : Asheville Savings bank; also one giv ing deputy clerks power to probate deeds. J. Public printing bills were mad the special order tomorrow. -i Mr. Rountree introduced a bill:to ap point justices of the peace for the city of Wilmington. The bill passed to allow Fayettevilie to establish an electric light plant. . ' Mr. Rountree called attention to the, f let that it was time for taking up the' special order the bill ' to amend the .Constitution' as .to suffrage. -Mr. Winston read the report of the committee with the substitute, which Is. the bill. . The galleries .and lobby were filled and all manifested deep interest, as -was 'to be expected concerning the -rnost importart-sTneis"'df the entire session, a radical change of the organ ic! law ofl the state, as the speaker. an nounced. . ( '-.: Mr. Rountree said the bill was the result of most . anxious and painful consideration by the committees; ralso the result of mu tual concessions .oil the-j part of members,' but. such as-it is, it lias the unqualified approval of com- mitteemen and all .lawyers in the legis lature. It is :a measure to secure to j North Carolina for ' man years at - least, good government. It is. a just and constitutional measure. He' spoke of ." the experiment of universal' suffrage '' in the 'earlier years of this, country : It was found to be impracticable; in late i year's thi'-aJing has deepened; as to Hawaii and Cuba, there is qualified suffrage. If the people 'of North Caro '. lina had had-any doubts about tin? fu ture of universal suffrage, fusion rule of the past four years arid particular- lv of the past two yeails had swept away . these doubts. Th4 committees had set to work to solve, the question ;;in a Just Buma'ne 'iM legil way. There Mere 'Vo be lookeS after white, men yho, though unlettered, are fully ca pable -of the full duties' of citizenship. ' The committee felt that no. one should take part in control of the state unless the poll tax was; paid. It further de . Jide'd there' must be sufficient intelli , , gence to perform the duties of citi zens. -Some leading negroes before the committee admitted , candidly that the negro'es. voted en masse at the crack '! of the whip. The committee considered that intelligence co.uld be acquired by inheritance; that this right to fran chise might-be handed down from fatlw ' er to son. The committee insists that ihere :should be exception from the iile as to being able to read and write : in favor of those -whose ancestors have for long yealcs governed this country. , He read from Hare's American consti tutional government a sentence to show that the view taken by this cbm Vnittee was "correct. The question , comes up, ,he said, what will vbe done as to the Fifteenth amendment to the federal constitution; but the committee 'says; there is no' conflict, because there is. no mention ; of any . race or color, or of . discrimination as such. jSome lawyers have said this bill is. to' idisfran.chise negroes, but the; commit- itee iBayp' it is only "to disfranchise ithose negroes who are unfit for citi zenship. 'Many negroes will :baye fltanchise; ,orae use it wisely and well. II e read the .United States supreme doilrt1 -opinion as'to. the Mississippi : - flfanchise law sayiDST It did not con flict with the fourteenth amendment, ; tho ugh it was 'intended to limit negpo suffragre, and that it was permissable action. He said this decision enabled the state, to disqualify many more of one race than of another. He said that priori to 1835 a great many negroes were voters. Their descendants x;an vote; There "are also negroes who prior lo January 1, 1867,. lived in states, where they coud vote; they and their regarded the right of suffrage as their dearest right. He begged the whites not! to pass the bill, as negroes will in suph, case never believe the whites are their friends. - He predicted that in four yearsv the white people would desire to undo Nvhat they were doing today. He did not think the amendment would stand ..this test of the courts. He de clared :it was for the sole purpose of disfranchising negroes; said it was dis crimination; .gives the white people nine years of grace as to reading and writing, -,but did not give, the ' negro any grace at all. He said all noticed - J 1 r t that white republicans were not mak ing any fight against the amendment. Negroes had always been true to the whites. He added that wThile the whites were arranging to eliminate the negro voters, here came a bill from Washing ton to reduce the representation of the states in which suffrage was limited and that this would cost North Caro lina four congressmen. He added that most of the democrats here todaywere here by reasonof capital which "negro domination" furnished-in the last, cam paign. He declared property ought to control,' but democrats were fixing to get ruled out thernselves. Such things re-act. He declared that the amend ment is squarely violative of the four teenth- amendment offe: constitution and that the courts -will" so hold. . In continuing he said: Carolina who want peace, and who de sire that virtue, intelligence and true manhood shall rule f of all time to come, t ; Closing amid prolonged applause, Mr. Winston called the previous question. Some 'members gave notice that they desired to explain their votes. Mr. Carr raway, of Lenoir, in stentorian tones, said: "1 5 don't want to apologize for my vote." Barnhiil voted "no" to keep his word to the people. Burrows pro tested! in the name of his people. (One hiss, came from the giallery.) Council said in voting for the amendment he did so in the interest of all people, white 'and black; . Crumpler, populist, said as the .amendment, was to be ac cepted; or rejected by the ' people, h,e voted j'aye," (This was greeted -with applause.) ;Currie, of Mdoret-, voted "no," to keep the' pledge to' his people, and soj did Curtis. DaVis, of Franklin, said he voted "aye" because -the .people were tO; pass, on- it. Lieatherwood said he wasi always willing to leave these questions to' the people. Mcintosh's vote was applauded. McNeill said he was pledged not to vote for any dis franchisement. Redding said he was pledged not.. to ' sup'nort -any -measure of the kind..' Reinhardt said in Lincoln county all democratic speakers had de clared j they would not .vote for dis franchisement. He would keep his word. I j ;'' .,-''.'.. ..''. The I vote stood ayes; 79, noes, 29. The populists voting with the- demo crats j were Crumpler, Johnson of Sampson and Tarkehton.lf The follow ing democrats voted no: Barnhiil,' Cur rie of Moore,. Curtis, JLteNeill and Rein hardt: j Patterson, oi; Caldwell, did not vote on the second reading, but voted "aye" on the third. ' The bill passed its' third reading . 81 to 27. j-.' The house took a-recess. ' ' The i house met at 4 o'clock. Bills passed; third reading " as -follows: To allow voters of Union coupty, to vote "on. a dispensary- To prohibit live .stopk from running at large in Cross Creek townsnip,, Cumberland county. To in corporate the Bank of Cumberland at Fayettevilie. "To incorporate the Com mercial and Savings bank aat Golds boro. To incorporate the Raleigh Bank ing 'ano; T.rust Company. To incorpor ate the ; North Carolina Emancipation Proclamation "Association. To prohibit the sale of liquor at Bryson fcity and establish a dispensary there. To better drain low lands in Lincoln and Gas ton. Tp amend the charter of Red Springs seminary. To amend the char ter of Huntersville, Mecklenburg coun ty. To I amend the charter of the Pied mont Toll Bridge Company. To fund certairi bonds of Wilmingto. To regu late cotton weighters' fees at States-ville-To establish a public ferry across the Yadkin riverin Yadkin- and ; For syth. To regulate .liquor licenses at 'Wilkesboro so as to require the matter to be left to the popular vote. To pro hibit hunting-in, Rbwran, save by con sent of land owners. To prevent rang ing of live stock in Graham county by non-residents. To amend the charter of Elizabethtown. i By Our Senate on Death of French President. i Separate Taxation of NAVAL PER80NNI L BILL "Rcises are red, violets are blue If you disfranchise the nigger, won't love you." he Adopted by tfae Senate Xliree Notable Paintings of Revolutionary War Scenes Presented toj tbe Senate Tne House Refuses to Recommit tlie Sun dry Civil Bill So as to Attacn to It the Nicaragua Canal' Rill Rouse Takes " Up the Naval Appropriation Bill - .; ' ' SENATE. ' ' ' : .. Washington, February 17. 'At its ses sion today the senate (adopted a resolu tion instructing the vice president of the United States, as president of the senate, 'to express to the governmnt and the people of France.j the sympathy of the senate" in the bereavement that has fallen upon the French republic in the death of President Faure. The naval personnel1 bill, for which the narVy department has been con tending for so many ears, was passed by the senate this "afternoon. It was under discussion, for several hours, but was passed practically in the form in which -it was reported by the senate committee. ' i ' . . , The remanider of the day?s session was devoted to the passage of bills on the private pension calendar, seventy four in number and to the reading of the Alaska code bill. The agreement under which the Alas ka bill was1 read provided that no other business than the formal reading should be transacted. ' Senator Tillman presented to the sen ate a letter from Octavius-A. White, of New York , city, offering to the-senate three notable paintings of revolutionary war scenes by Mr. White's father. Sen ator Tillman said he had referred the matter to the committee on library of the senate, which had considered the, subject.' The paintings had been sent to this city and were pronounced to be- really, works of art. Senator Hansbroiigh, acting chairman of the library committee, offered a res olution accepting the paintings and providing for suitably: hanging them in the senate wing of the capitol.. - The resolution was- adopted. Senator Hawley, chairman . of the military affairs commit tesave notice that on Monday at the close of routine business he would move to take up the army reorganization bilL The senate adjourned at 6:15 o'clock, p. m. .- L . HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. In the house today a bill was passed authorizing the president to appoint five" additional cadets at large to the naval academy. During the course o the brief de bater upon the bill it developed that one of these cadetships was to go to a son of Captain Gridley, iwho commanded Admiral Dewey's flagship at the battle of Manila, and another to a brother of Ensign Worth Bagley, of North Caro lina, the hero of the torpedo boat Wins low's ene.ounter with the masked bat teries in Cardenas harbor, .Cuba. 1 he "regular order was then de- th Races. PROPOSE AMENDME Otho fVllan's eau, ; IEGISIiATIVE COMMITTEES 4 - I Hi ma tters Before Them Yesterday Flgh er Amendment ot the Pilotage - -w. - Fire ! Fire! , ' Speclal to The Messenger.) ' e committee on propositions and W Ki W11.1jM1NUUJ1 TJlJli JDUIIUM UU 1 PRIOEjlQIl THE NEXT WEEK IN -S .i4. -: J . ..- - -.-, To the State : Constitution Allowing Each Race to Tax Itself for Increased Sehool Facilities The Legislature Favorable to Dispensary Bills Leave Obtained to Bring Suit Against jsuv perintenaent - j vay Resignation, -. : .Messenger Bureau - Raleigh,- N. C, February 17. The legislature is now working 4lth great rapidity., (Most of the -great vyyta. u, uunevei, uuue ill 'Wie ue cratic caucus.' ' - - v?pe fights .oyer dispensary bills con tines, but it is significant that neirly all such bills are being passed.! J: The executiv"ecommittee of the pen itentiary has obtained "leave to bing suit against W.1H. Day to try his itle' to the position of penitentiary superin tendent. The c4se comes up lii thesu perior court her and will Tbe advanced in the supreme $ourt.j ' f ' The special or-uer iii the house toay was that most Important of alljmatlers before this legislature, the limitation of the right of neg&es-to vote. j The committee on constitutional amendments mantes a favorable report on Stubbs' amendment to section 2, article 9, of the Constitution by striking out the words ;but there shall, be! no discrimination in favor of or to jthe prejudice of either race," and insert ing in lieu thereof the .following woihls: ."And the general assembly" shall pro vide for an equitable distribution of jthe school fund between the- races: and; in addition to the .ifund raised under jthe general law, fov school purposes, tthe' people of any rice living in any coun ty, city, town, township, or territbfy may, upon bein first authorized by he general assembly, levy for educational purposes of tha race an additional lax upon the property of ; that race' if- -a majority Of the fiualified voters of said race shall at an election held for that purpose, under .fetich rules and; regula tions, as the general assembly may provide decide fo- levy said tax. Oiiat the same shall; be levied unon the nron- erty and poll of the citizens of that race alone in the t same manner as other taxes are levied Sand collected. In levy ing said tax the,' same equation between property ana rxfli sftall be observed l hat .at the next general election, in this state this! amendment shall The submitted to th qualified voters of ithe whole state, Trfose in favor of it shall cast a DailOt PTOT school fund amohd ment," those opposed shall cast a bal lot "Against scgool fund amendment.' xnai ii a ruajority of the votes' cast De in ravorj it shall become a part of the constitution of the state." : This bill is nt a democratic caucus measure, DUt li as said it will pass, j A great thaw set in today. The coun try roads are ltppassible. . No . country people com4 In Except on trains, ' i The slaughter of game continues.!: It is oenevea tbatv.a large proportion! of gmvances deferred decision on the tilnsboro dispensary until tomorrow Th;Vvote is likely to be, unanimous and f ty,a. Mil V .' litexiT'JSOGHTW DAMAGED teirpent of the iMorganton hospital, ask ed sthat the . appropriation be increased fr' $90,000 to $110,000. Dr. Kirby. of fhlf icentrai ; asylum; Goodwin, of ithe M4?an ton deaf and dumb school, and Rsuperintendent of the school for wh! blind, ' wanted appropriations of $6g, $47,000 and $93,000 'respectively. Winston's bill to combine the Agnl- cS feral and Mechanical college expe B1RNITURE - T Si if Y FIRE AND, WATER 3 i-S;- t: It will blour loss if you fail to see what and Agricultural depart- w qQ g:oilliritO bflfer. COME QUICK. manded. This, was the vote upon the tTE'f geSF rished by reason . The smallest things may exert the flreatest. influence. DeWitt's Little Ear ly. Risers are unequalled for overeom- S .constipation and liver troubles. Small, pill, best Dill, safe'.pill. R. B Bellamy. - . This brought down the house. Smith made the greatest speech of his -life. -iSaton, -of Vance, colorecU atsospoke agLUTsttheiajloption. of the amend ment, contending it was unconstitu tional, as negroes not only were citi zens, of the .state, but of the TJni States. He said in 1831 the legislature cut off the negroes' "charices for ac quiring education by enacting' a law making it a crime to teach ( them to read and write. He said there were. more signs than ever before of the dis integration of' the negro vote.1 He de clared the amendment vouid not dis-' franchise young negroes,who were dis liked, but would strike old negroes, who! were so faithful to the white peo--pie. He called attention to what, old negroes had done in peace and war for the white people, and declared that to adopt the amendment would show the greatest I ingratitude. He wanted' to know if the negro was the real cause of trouble; that they were being'made a scape goat, to bear the sins of fusion combine. But all. white men ,who led negroes- into trouble -are, under this amendment, given the right to vot.?, whne the negro is put with atheists' -and felons. He declared the amend ment to be contrary to Anglo-Saxon traditions. . . - descendants can vote. He went on to say that seventeen states north of this .had qualified suffrage. Descendants of motion made just prior to adjourn ment yesterday to lay upon the table the appeal from thej decision of the chair wherein the speaker ' ruled that Mr. Hepburn's motion to recommit the sundry civil . bill with : instructions to incorporate in it the (Nicaragua canal bill amendment was not in order. No quorum having developed upon the motion yesterday . the- ytjte- -was aga-i taken Dy ayes and noes. , The .chair was sustained and the ap peal laid upon the table 155 to 96 and the sundry civil bill was then passed. The house then went jnto committee of the whole and took up the naval ap propriation bill. The; bill as" reported carried-$44,168,605, exceeding by $8,485, 546 the largest bill evej rjeported by the naval committee, but being $3,765,300 less than the estimates. No general de bate , was demanded upon the bill and its reading for amendment under the five 'minute rule was immediately com menced. . An' attempt to defeat the "provision for a. joint arrangement between the government and the Fitchburg Railroad Company at the Boston naval 'yard failed. A point of order against the j provision in the bill relative to the re arrangement and re-construction of the i THE COURT OF ENQl'IRV j To Investigate Cieueral ITIilen' Charges Convenes 1 lie Scope of Its Work Washington, February 1 17-. The court of iinquiry to investigate the alle gations bf the major general of the army in' respect to the quality- of the beef furnished the army during: the war with Spain met today at the rooms formcTtybccupied toy the" war investjr tion commission in the jLemofl build ing. A full membership was present and the court went into secret session to discusaihe preliminaries . of the pro- riWQ -.nfl t cnvnr tn eVptrh nut i wuuuings at me navai acaaemy '"B" "" v" v.- - nvfr lint 1 tnmnrrnw . the line of inquiry to he pursued. ' At 5 o'clock the liouse took a recess i-uhtTTs o'clock, p. m.,ithe evening ses- of the Intense Jptda arid deep snowJ tm- imruae- uumucFS ipj roDDins are in his section.l Yesterday a man killed 1480 and another killed 310. i ' The great weight of the snow crushed the -roof of Kgerton & Wood's tobacco factory at Loujsburg and wrecked -the ouuuing. rne-oss is $10,000.-' ' - i coigiiu uir ui umu wnson i as in way commissioner has for tHrw weeks been in'Hhe hands of SneJkPi- Cennor. It is ris to date in HankS fin that the 'date iff n be inserted as spon as tne dim is r passed restoring. Wilson to omee. I IXC SNEED GO ... 1 . - sr-rr We ToW i - 4 - : ' v. ' . - You Sa l A. V&yv Qood Overooatsllljoit" Come Inland Ci-et One. rfpt station nef under one board of management watf vitnarawn toaay. ' Sf'nator Osborne gained the assent of theienate judiciary committee to post- poijs consiaeration of the TStevens anti trust I bill till Monday. He said he had letirs from .a. number of Charlotte mepliants, requesting a hearing in op posttibn to. the bill., - I Sjljator Daniels' bill to increase the per'ianent school fund by giving con- Itdlto the board of education of $136,4 5!So'j ber cent, "bonds, is favored by the illicaitipiial committee. ' Y ?ur correspondent hears that Rep resentative Rountree desires Thomas fS 'ilon oo To aa-ford put in police commission bin Having Gotten Our prders for Dress Suits Complete We are Now forsWllmington.' i - f fight is to be made by some mem ber; of the house on-the revenue bill, oh fjhe ground that it is too. much like theSusion revenue act of 1897. R.untree's bill to abolish' compulsory pillage for Cape .Fear river and bar wa before the committee' this after- rioo'i. Several i pilots appeared. Ire-? deliVMeares also appeared for the pilots P j.: Manning appeared for the Na-' Vaj& Giuano Company, .which wishes thei pilotage law amended. Manning saw1 he - did not advocate Rountree's bilftbut' favored the Georgia pilotage laft which fixes an annual license tax of bents per registered ton on coast vy;jt ressels, after such fressels have pat- pilotage inward.' . iTf house committee on propositions anfjgrievances unanimoualy endorsed th f bill to f provide a dispensary, at Chrlbtte: - - ' j OAly. forty-seven were present at the , joii jcaucus tonight, eighty-six being neMssary for a quorum. Discussion va general and no action taken.. I: T.f.Open for New Contracts. '-" : " " v ' . - ' : h . ' '"' .''" '; New Goods Coming in This Week. y , M UISON & GO. BIG SAL-E THI - f -A.T- THE CfW. POLVOGT GO'S -4 r As'! DAY KESIGNS erlntendent of the Penitentiary. : Tp Take Effect February 20th ,:ff:fe jCSpecial to The Messenger.) tlpeigh, N.. C., February . 17. Bill Day 'rei?red this afternoon as penitentiary superintendent. He was ;.out of the citTJnd when he got here went before theutodiciary committee. : iTi-e was quite a passage at . arms betH'qen him and Senator Glenn who sai( !lay- had promised to resign and thlyhe Glenn) . had told the demof cratic caucus. He -said Day had not re sjgfjed. Day said he had promised thi coitfi'ittee he' would resign March 1st ,ah fee . would keep his word. He at ohf signed the resignation, the paper t l TOwETHEK WITH THElxt a-lain "Weels: . .. ;"( ' -"';-, '.-''" -: will be continued froSit Monday, February 13th, to Saturday, February 18th on account of the hayd rains-and extr eme cold weather during the past week. Those who did not 1 jave the opport unity last week to visit us must not fail to do so this we$k.i Additional B argains are displayed. . ' .' ' .-'-'' ' . .": "-.;,' , Outerms CASH, For This Big Sale. ; jHE C. W. POLVOGT CO. 1: Sole agents for iM Wi B. Corsets and the Standard Paper Patterns. H in-- Horrible agoy -is caused by P isurng and Bkih Diseases. These ware of worthless imitations Bellamy. . ' f I; , - , ''" 'x ' - : rr j R. IJNRAVELiaj G THE M YSTEKV Af-h 1st, and then at e s suggestion xo les, are make the" date Fo- J-uary 20th, made that change. Sen ate Osborne announced that Day! had 0 1ST TLmT' SIX - of that sample lot of trunks; --' !: ..-''" ' All 36 inch Must Close-This Week, at ! oet for a B rt v ( 0 S CO VI - Oi- immediately relieved and quickly cured c?!?fnea wim au n,s Promises ana haa R. . to lbruary 20th. !, -itHore is the paper he. signed: j M'fRaleigh, N. C, February 14, 1899. hereby promise and agree to sur ren9er, to the. executive board , of the boaydj of directors of the state's, prison of Kqrth Carolina as constituted under the-act of the general assembly, rati-fieiji-jranuary '26th, 1899, on the 20th day of flbruary, "1899, all and any ot the H. I. FENIBLL 22 N. FRONT STREET ITIonday's luvtlgation ; Expected to DUcIose the poisoner of Mr. -Kate u right, of Warren, also colored; spoke against the amendment. Mr. Hampton, republican, of Surry. said the amendment would T disfran chise 80,000 negroes and cause a loss cf $100,000 in poll taxes;' that if is a vio lation of the fifteenth amendment, and violates all democratic pledges made in the last campaign. : Mr. Williams, of Yadkin, republican, spoke along the same- line as Mr. Hampton. He argued it. "would dis franchise many honest white men af ter 1908. He said republicans .entered their protest against the passage of such amendment; that' it was, in a sense, to tax a class of people without giving them representation Mr. Winston, in closing the debate,' said thai the white men of North Car olina said: "''Give us liberty ;or jive us death." He said he understood chore were Vhite men . here representing white people who hesitated to vote for this billi He declared, it was a time' to sink the: conscience n the public good. He made a powerful appeal in support of the ancestral future of the -bill; said in future years men In North Carolina would be proud that they were descendants of men who in-this legislature had dared Jo vote for this bill. He said in the name of the wo men o" If ortn Carolina (tremendous applause), he . Dade these doubting white men rise .to the height of their own manhood. (Great applause.)' He said he brought to these doubters' a At 1 o'clock Colonel Davis, the recor der, gave out a statement a& " to the court and its work. ' Today . and prob ably all of tomorrow, he said, will.be occupied, j with an examination of re ports of regimental and other comman ders who participated in the Cuban andPbrto Rico campaigns.,' the object being to4elect witnesses to be sum moned. - In addition to - these reports the. proceedings of the war investiga tion commission will be looked to for suggestions of witnesses. The" taking of testimony hardly ,will begin before Monday. The sessions then will be open. General Miles is expected jto .testify first, presenting his charges and .their foundations. The investigation will he limited strictly to canned j roast beef and refrigerated beef, but the. scope of the inquiry will be so i comprehensive as to follow the heef jfrom the packer to the private soldier.i so that the action of the pack ers and nail war department, officials' connected with the beef supply will be investigated. Colonel Davis said the inquiry would continue indefinitely and he could give no idea is to the time of its termina tion.: j j I ' Speaking further of. the investigation and probable testimony, Colonel Davis said the; court was not limited in its sittings !to Washington; but under the order convening it, it could travel! from place to place. This statement is considered significant; for, while the court has announced no determination to go elsewhere, there is a possibility that it w:ll visit the Chicago and South Omaha packing houses where the beef in question was prepared. . ' , The list of witnesses will include many civilians as well as army officers. Suggestions, as to witnesses from any quarter, ;t Colonel Davis said, would be considered and all would. be summoned who, it might seem likely, would throw any light upon the controversy. :A sion being devoted to legislation. private pension IfeEMEMBER New Tork,f .February ; 17. Without ... 7- 4 i- making very great progress toward jthe solution of the mysterious Adams property, real and nersonal helnne-inj? OUR pROUND HOG Mr. S, A. Fackler, Editor of the Mi canopy (Fla.) Hustler, with -his wife and children, suffered' terribly from La Grippe. One Minute Cough Cure was the only remedy that' helped them,- 1 acted quickly. Thousands of others uar poisoning case.fi the coroner's ; inquest this afternoon! adjourned ver until Mon'day. The., most important develop ments connected with today's session 'were the testimony of John D. Adams, the secretary; bjC , the Knickerbocker Athletic Cluby-vyjho went upon the wit ness stand ahdi told how' he happened tnis remeay as a specinc for L,a Grippe -to mention jttpiana ts. Moameux m con- ana its exnaustmg after effects. Never ,w .a;- ' i.'-I tails. R. R. Bellamy.! I "VMW" . ; . iw.uiuu seltzer to Cornish i by recognizing! a Injunction Against Orantlng a Rail way Charter J. Atlanta, Ga., February 17. A petition was today presented jto Judge John STi Candler, asking the' court to restrain Secretary of State Cook from granting a charter to a railrosid, which the du ties of his office require him to do when applications are legally correct. The application for 'injunction in this unique case was presented by Attorney Haden, of the -Tifton,! Thomasville and Gulf railroad, asking that the Georgia Northern railroad, be not allowed an amendment to its .charter to extend' its line from. Moultrie tos Thomasville, Ga. Judge Candler refused the injunction, but a rule nisi was granted,"calling upon the secretary, of state to show cause why the injunction should not "be is sued and the hearing; was set for Feb ruary .22nd. --'A-- ' -' The attorney -general laughs at the petition, but has - advised Secretary Cook not to issue theicharter, although he says he has a perfect right to do so. La Grippe is again ! epidemic. Every precaution should toe taken to avoid it. Its specific cure is One Mitaute Cough Cure. A. J. Sheperd Publisher Agri cultural Journal - and Advertiser, . El den, Mo., says: 'x4othing will be disap pointed m using One Minute Cough Cure for La Grippe." Pleasant to take, quicK to act. it. k. Bellamy. y similarity in the handwriting of Moli neux and the person who sent the tot- tle containing Vthe poison to Cornfsh; the request of Cornish ; to again i go upon the standi and the statement of Dr. Hitchcock j that, if he were again put upon the stand "he could clears up the mystery of i-the two glasses. i fahortly after' the noon recess today Harry Cornish 'sent & friend to Coro ner Hart, asking for a private confer ence. The coroner sent back word to the physical v director that he sawj'no need of a private conference, and that he could tell pjublicly all he knew; by resuming the Isvitness stand. Cornish annbunced his immediate readiness? to testify again. "What I shall disclose will help immeasurably in solving Jthis mystery," ne said, it is very probable he will give his evidence on : Monday, as Coroner Hart and all concerned pro- tess to have not the slightest objection iu ma. resunuiig ine sianu ii ne to jd state's" prison of North baro- lip'and all convicts therein confined,; expressly reserving, however all and evef, my legal rights to the office of ; surlintendent of the state's prison, as. clamed by. me and to the salary and emments thereof, and to institute anjj)rosecute any and ail actions and proceedings for the purpose of asserting andanforcing the same, and also for the purpose or testing. tne consntutionaiity of fald act. . W. H. DAT." AND ORDER ". " h. . .: ' ' '-" " . . . i 4i Coal i and ;l' ; 1!' - ,1 : ; - U- . - i ' ' ! H ' Wood THE REVENUE BILiEi Four Cliildren Burned to DeatU ir-nuaaeipnia, eornary 17. A. spe cial dispatch to The Evening Tele graph from Dubois, Fja., says: A dwell ing house at French; Run, thirty-five mues ast or uudoi, Deiongmg to a woodsman, named Carlton, was burned this morning. Carlton was away from cabled at midnieht last home, but his wife and five little chil- w dren were in the house. The mother was awaKenea oy tne noise or crack ling wood, and had just time to grasp her baby; and jump frOm a second story window Into the snow. She was then obliged to stand and witness the burn ing to death of her four other little ones agea iz, 7, 6 ana 2 years respectively. Tne Ireldent' Mesaage of Condolence Washington; February 17. The fol lowing ; was night: i Department of State, i-i Washington, February 16. "PORTER, Ambassador, Paris; . , " "The: president. of the United States desires! you to cowey to the family! of the president of the French republic the expression of his heartfelt sympa thy I in: heir irreparaJble hereavement. The -whole world mourns the loss j of one. of its greatest statesmen and this country! has an, especial share in theM sorrow of her sister republic. ' ' .;-"-:T-:'! '! JOHN HAT." ; The secretary of state also indited a personal letter to M. Thiebaut, charge in tends to throw some light upon' Ithe mysteries of the case. ' A report emanated today, from ithe district attorney's office to the effect that tne persons who had murdered Mrs. Adams an"d. Henry C. Bar net were known and that the state had suffi cient evidencaf'to convict them. This evidence has.gjot yet been -submitted ,to the grand jury, nor will any of the lawyers at the' district attorney's oC- nce or Colonel Gardner himself. v plain the delay. Despite the time which the investigation of the case is taking, Assistant District Attorney Osborne td- day said that. Mrs. Roland B. Molineux would ' certainly be placed -Upon the witness stand; i This probably will !!be on Monday r?ext, to which day ad journment hals been taken.. i I , E' ! Coughing injures and inflames . sore lungs. One Minute Cough Cure loosens the cold, allays coughing and heals quickly. The best cough cure- for chil dren, r erfectl harmless. R., R. Bel lamy. -s '' ! "5 Cbfjf Feature of tne Bill Introduced In I r-i-i- tue juesisiature xeateraay i - -tR'Ueigh, N. Jb., February 17. The revenue bill, introduced in the legisla .torj. today, fixes the rate of tax at 43 eenT jS on property and $1.29 on the poll, thej. .e heing no change in the pension ani;,school taxes. The merchants' pur" Jhiiej tax is made a license tax, i grad-. uat d', on- investment, $500 and under, $l,ind so on upward. The insurance jax'emains 2 per cent., besides - the iic se tax. Railways are taxed ad va lorta and also an income tax, starting wiii S per cent, on gross earnings on 2,0 a mile and so on upward: The ;hgkey tax is unchanged. The license taxon lawyers and doctors remains 15. f'he tax on hotels charging $2 a (lay, or more is fixed at 50 cents on each ?oo;aj and those charging under $2 are tax&d; "25 cents on' each room. ; s !: - - TJie Saratoga' Laat Trip to Havana : Charleston; S. C, February. 17. The transport Saratoga sailed from ! here" J. A. SlPRlNGER &v Gon We Gk Supply Your Wants fewelry it' DINGELHOEF Jewelers and . Opticians forHavana batlion of neel- and a oday carrying th second the Third Volunteer engi- cargo of lumber, supplies and iniscellaneous articles for the troops "in Cuba. This is probably the lastrip which the Saratoga will make frojir Charleston, as the vessel has been ordered to New York after completing its present voyage. i "i" of the French embassy here, expres- message f ronn the white men of North 1 sive of his sentiments. - n North Georgia Fruit Vrop No t Hurl . t Chattanooga, Tenn., . February ' l7.-r A telegram received - from the Fruit Growers' Union, at Menlo Ga... states that the peach crop in that section-has not been injured bythe recent freeze. and a full yield Ja expected. The state ment from the state entomologist to ; the effect that the entire Deach cron la Georgia hal been i destroyed- did hot apply to tne mountain protected Menlo fruit district osjknorth Qeorsla. ' , j Mat &es the food more deliuous and wholesome OVM wntw POWDgg o., kew vown. ' " 1 J KSf H O E ; Slocuml Assignment5 'Stock MUST BE SOLD WITHIN THI RTY DAYS RERDLESS .OF OOST. , 10,000 Pairs Gents, Ladies', Misses' and Childrens' Fine and Cberl.p Shoes, All New and Fresh. FlAvificr nnrchas id from the assignee the above large andeleean assortment of Shoes; 4t a great sacrifice, I will sell same in lots to suita ' "W"lioLessLlo or IRoteuil, Regardless of the Or iginal cost, for CASII ONLY. Must be disposed inside of the next tl rty days. , r ' Open on and?alter Thursday morning at 10 o'clock FRAK HAFFNER, Manager, 120 MARKET STjjEET, - - - SLOCUM'S OLD STAND V V 2-
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Feb. 18, 1899, edition 1
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