VOL. VI. NO. 135.
GREENSBORO, N. C, TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1900.
Price FiV3 Oil,
JAPS WILL START THIS WEEK.
DETERMINED TO RELIEVE PEKIN.
."With Their 20,000 Troops and the Inter
national Troops Numbering 10,000 the
; Japanese Commander-in-Chief Will Go
Straight for Pekin The Situation is
Thought to be Improving-The Empress
Decides to Help Foreigners.
tBy Wire to the TeleRram.
London, July 10. At the Japanese
legation it is stated that the advance
on Pekin by the Japanese array of 20,
4)00 men will begin this week. It is of
ficially asserted that the Japanese have
.no intention of halting at Taku or
Tien-Tsin, but propose to advance up
on Pekin during this week. Their
military authorities express the opin
ion that 10,000 of their troops, with
;the addition of 10,000 international
troops already available, will suffice
to force an entry into the Chinese
capi,al, with the Japanese general as
-commander-in-chief.
A dispatch sent by Li Hung ChaDg
to the Chinese minister at Berlin says
that three thousand Chinese rebels
iiave been killed in the streets of
Pekin. The supposed slaughter oc
curred between the troops of Prince
-Ching and the troops and Boxers
binder Prince Tuan.
JEMPRESS SAYS PROTECT FOREIGNERS
AT ANY COST.
Shanghai, July 10 News from offi
cial sources received at ten o'clock
last night is to the effect that the Em
press Dowager had, Jnne 30, resumed
the reins of government and appointed
Yung Lu prime minister. It is said
she sent a dispatch to Pekin by a
-courier at the rate of a hundred miles
per day, thanking the vice-roys of the
Yang Si-Kiang provinces for their
loyalty and recommending that they
protect foreigners at any co&t.
Yung Lu resumed control of the
government on June 15th. Tuan with
the rebels retired to the suburbs of
Pekin July 2.
MAC ARTHUR SENDS MORE TROOPS.
Washington, July 10 Tne Depart
ment of State made public this morn
ing a dispatch from Goodnow council
at Shanghai, stating that it is given
-out by the Governor of Shantung that
the legations were standing July 5,
and that the out-laws were dispersing.
.He adds that this statement does not
obtain general credence.
Gen. Mac Arthur cables that the
OurteeDth United States infantry and
.fifth Unued States artillery will leave
Manila on the toirieenth for Taku. He
recommends that another regiment,
the first to leave the United States,
should be despatched to Taku.
THINKS THE WORST OVER .
San Francisco, July 10. Sir Frag
ile A. Swettenham, resident genera1
from the Malay State j, has arrived
iiere. He was at Tien-Tsin as late as
June 5, and says: "While the condi
tions are no doubt serious, I think the
Boxer movement has reached and
passed its climax, now that the for
eign nations have begun to assemble
troops at the door of China. The
most serious trouble at present, and
for some time to come probably, is the
insurrection already arisen, as a re
sult of the Boxer rising. General
Nich, who was the first man to go
against the Boxers, is now at Tien
Tsin helping to protect foreigners and
he is assisted by many Chinese.'
The States in Which the Campaign Will
be Fought.
By Wire to the Telegram.
Chicago, July 10. National Chair
man Jones, Ex-Gov. Stone, Chair
man Johnson, of the Democratic, na
tional executive committee, are ex
pected here from Lincoln today. Chi
cago will be headquarters for the na
tional committee. It seems to be the
opinion among local Democrats that the
-campaign will be fought in Wisconsin,
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan Minnesota.
After the Delinquents.
Sheriff Gilmer is going after the de
linquent taxpayers. A great many
have not paid their taxes for the year
1899, and these are being notified that
unless the amounts are paid within
ten days from the date of notification
a sufficient amount of property to sat
isfy the claims will be levied upon and
sold. The law is. more . rigid . tha
formerly on this point, the sheriff be
ing compelled to make collections.
WOMENlSIGN THE PETITION.
An Appeal by the Women of Greensboro
to the Voters of Guilford County and to
the Women of the County.
To the Editor of the Telegram:
The following appeal has been sign
ed last night and today by 539 Chris
tian women of Greensboro. The women
of the city have joined in this appeal
almost unanimously:
"We, the undersigned Christian
women of Greensboro, are deeply in
terested in the welfare of our boys and
young men. They are in many re
spects the most important, as they are
the most easily influenced class of our
people. The saloons and hotel bars
offer to tbem numerous and power
ful temptations not offered in the
dispensary. These places of vice are
made as attractive as possible. By
every imaginable allurement of night
hours, secrecy, treating, pictures, music,
games, and the like, they 6eek to tempt
young men to entr their inviting por
tals. Social drinking, which is the
custom in open saloons, and especially
hotel bars, and which is so com
mon a beginning of moral ruin, is per
haps th greatest of the many evils
which accompany the saloon system,
but which are not found in the dispen
sary. Since the overthrow of the dis
pensary means a return of the saloons
and hotel bare, which would
be nothing short of a moral
disaster to our community, we,
therefore, the Christian women
of Greensboro, do most earnestly be
seech the men of Guilford county to
vote for the dispensary as against the
saloon. We also appeal to our sis
ters, the good women of Guilford
county, to assist us in every way pos
sible in this our struggle against the
powers of evil."
STILL, IN DEATH.
Col. J. I. Ease Passes Away After a Brief
Illness.
Col. James D. Kase died at his
home, 427 Arlington street, last even
ing at 8 o'clock, after an illness of
three weeks. It was not generally
known that he was critically ill, and
the news of his death carried sorrow
to many hearts.
The funeral will take place at the
First Presbyterian church tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock, the service be
ing conducted by Rev. Dr. E. W.
Smith. Interment will be made in
Greene Hill cemetery.
Col. Kase was born in Northumber
land county, Pa., September 21st,
1834, and would have been 66 years
old at his next birthday. With his
family, he moved to Greensboro nine
years ago, coming here as manager of
the North Carolina Steel and Iron
Company. He was for many years
engaged in the iron business and was
an expert in his line.
Coming to Greensboro as an entire
stranger, he soon made many and
lasting friends, who were drawn to
htm by his affable manner and genial
disposition. These feel a personal
loss in his death.
Col. Kase leaves a widow and six
children Mrs. Voorhees of Albany,
N. Y.; Mr. Walter Kase, of West Vir
ginia; Mrs. Carrington, of Virginia,
and Misses Nellie and Mabel and Mr.
DeWitt Kase.
A Truant Boy Found.
Chief of Police Scott yesterday re
ceived a letter from Mr. T. J. Habe, of
Salisbury, asking him to look out for
his 16-year-old son Willie, who left
home in company with another boy
Sunday. The truant boy was found
this morning and taken in charge ly
Chief Scott. He will be sent home this
evening.
The boy grew tired of the monotony
of home life and says he started out to
gee the world.
A Fox Hunt.
Messrs. A. F. Brooks, S. E. Hudson
and W. C. Whitworth had some fun
last night chasing a fox on Mr. Cone's
farm, east of Proximity. The chase
was kept up from 10:30 until past
12 o'clock, when the trail was aban
doned.
The fox was shipped to Mr. Whit
worth from Tennessee some time ago
and escaped last week. It is a large
specimen.
Cotton Market.
By Wire to the Telegram.
fift. York, July 10.Cotton: Avg-
.ttst,865; tto?ember..830; September,
,B : jjctoqer,
NEGRO AND THE AMENDMENT.
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A CALM STATEMENT BY O&IS OF THEM.
Prof. Dudley Protests Against Charging
up to the Race the FoolishUtterances of
Individuals, Which are noMore Repre
sentative Than Brutal Aets of Whites
are Representative of the Race The Ne
gro Recognizes the Superior Power of
the Whites and Defers to It They Will
Vote a Dignified Protest Against the
Amendment, and Many of Them Will
Quietly Seek Other Homesi .
To the Editor of the Tel0gran:
I'trust it is pure 'and simple super
erogation for me to assure jour lead
ers that the sentiment actuating such
expressions as made by Wharton
"that if the constitutional amendment
is adopted every house in Whltsett
will be burned, babes will be taken
from their cradles, and white men shot
by unknown hands," fiad'ho lodgment
in-the breast of the negroes of the
State. Permit me to suggest just two
reasons why ngroes would not con
sider such cruel and bloodthirsty
methods.
By heredity, by training, and by en
vironments, the negro, of all people,
is possibly the least vindictive on the
globe. In the past they have shown
this as no other race has done. While
it is true that there are individual ex
ceptions, still, these no more represent
the natural disposition and feelings of
the race than did the captains of the
tugs, during the recent holocaust in
New York harbor, represent the hu
manity of the white race whea they re
fused and beat from their decks white
men and women who in their efforts to
escape death, were climbing up thrir
gunwales, but who unfortunately had
no money to pay spot cash for the
privilege of having their lives saved.
The cruel sentiments of the one and
the heartless actions of the other
shock rather than represent the hu
mane feelings of either rape.
While some may not accapt such a
statement in reference to the charac
teristics of the nero, still all of your
readers should know from observation
and otherwise, that the most ignorant
and worthless negro recognizes the su
perior power and advantages of the
dominant race on the one hand and
our own helpless on the other. The
more ignorant class of negroes appre
elate and stand in fear of that, fact
more than the others. If it is admit
ted that we understand our weakness
and inability to cope with the white
man, understand our inferiority
in numbers, intelligence and wealth
decisive elements in any sort of a con
test there should be no disposition to
hold us as a race responsible for
the senseless utterances of a mad man
or a fool; and of these we unfortunate
ly have our share. We beg therefore
to protest that the mouthings of those
who talk without thought of the conse
quences which their utterances may
bring upon themselves or their people,
be not taken even' in the heat of a cam
paign as voicing the sentiments of the
negroes of the State, or of any signifl
cent portion of them.
While the negroes understand that
the constitutional amendment is an
openly expressed and plainly intended
discrimination against them, and while
all are more or less pained and dis
couraged by the hostility and bitter
ness often manifested against them by
public speakers and the press, still all
will not regard the adoption of the
amendment as an unmixed evil. We
have been the bone of contention in
political campaigns so often that some
of us will welcome the adoption of the
amendment as an improvement in our
material condition and a relief for our
wounded and crushed spirits. There
are others, however, who regard the
adoption as a precursor of still greater
deprivation which are now slumbering
in the lap of the future. Be
cause of the descrimination which the
amendment carries within itself, and
of the further deprivations which
some fear will follow, many negro vot
ers, where allowed to do so, hope to
register a respectful, manly,
solemn protest onelection day, against
what they feel is an injustice about to
be imposed upon them, and after their
vote has thus been deposited, they will
sadly and peaceably gather their fami
lies and move to other sections where
they hope to find a welcome as cordial
as is usually extended to foreigners of
every land and clime.
This reference to tljeir probable poll- ,
cy is made solely- tatishow that the
plans which the most exercised
negroes are now discussing and con
sidering excludes every feature of vio
lence and every feeling of malice.
Nor should there be attributed any
purposes of spite; for to those' who
propose to remain, believing that the
adoption of the proposed amendment
will conduce to better government,
kindlier feelings and a brighter era
for all, and to such as may leave the
State, the land of our birth, the land
hallowed to us by the tears, prayers,
and toil of our ancestors, for centuries,
the land which holds all that remains
of oar loved ones of former years, will
forever remain sacred. N-
J as. B. Dudley.
July 9th, lfOO.
THE CONTRACT LET.
A Half-MIle Race Track Will be Built at
the Fai r Grounds-The Work of Improve
ment to Begin at Once.
Toe executive committee of the Cen
tral Carolina Fair Association held a
very satisfactory meeting and trans
acted some important business last
night: The attendance was good,
showing the interest of the stockhold
ers in the enterprise.
The contract for building the race
track was awarded to Stewart Broth
ers, of Rock Hill, S. C , who are to
begin work at once. It will be a half
tuile track and will have a width of
forty feet, making it oue of the best
tracks in the country.
The committee decided to have the
thirty-five acres of land purchased
surveyed and a deed made for it at
once, when the work of making the
necessary improvements on the
grounds will be begun.
Stock in the Association to the
amount of over $6,000 has been sub
scribed. It is desired to secure about
$15,000 of stock.
The date of holding the first fair is
being discussed and will probably be
decided upon in the near future. v
THE CHAMPIONS OF THE STATE.
The Southsiders and the Eagle Juniors
Leave for Wilmington in High Spirits.
The running team of the Southside
Hose Company, the champions of the
State, left this afternoon for the fire
men's tournament at Wilmington. The
team is composed of the following
young gentlemen:
Captain H. B. Donnell, George P.
Crutch field, Ed. Mendenhall, Eugene
Stack, Claude Ross, Will Ross, Ro
ber Watson, Marvin Hunt, Zeb
Crutchfield, George Kirkmah, George
Kirkman, Jr., Charles Brower,
Charles Mendenhall, Charles Short,
Herbert Reynolds and Will Reynolds.
The boys were accompanied, by sev
eral of their friends and carried along
their horse and appartus. They fully
expect to bring back the championship
belt. The Eagle Juniors, the champ
ion junior reel team in North Carolina,
left for Wilmington this morning,
going by way of Goldsboro.
Result of the Civil Service Examination.
As a result of the civil service exam
ination held at the postoffice in Greens
boro on June 2d, thefollowing appli
cants for positions as clerks and car
riers passed, the result having just
been announced:
Clerk9 Arthur H. Stack, Joe D.
Scboolfield ajad Terry D. Sharp, of
Greensboro, and Victor P. Hammer,
of Westminster.
Carriers G. C. Smith, of Greens
boro, and W. M. Montgomery, of
McLeansville.
A Clean City.
To the Editor of the Telegram:
What can be said of a city which
will do as much to advertise it, offer
as great inducements , to settlers and
capital, as that it is clean, free from the
causes which produce contagious and
deadly diseases? Can the same
amount of money which it will require
to do this be expended in any other
way to oring back such returns and
give universal satisfaction?
R. K. G., M. D.
' '
Executive Commltte Meeting-
The following members of the Dem
ocratic executive committee for pre
cinct No. 4 are requested to meet with
us tomorrow morning at 11:30 o'clock
At .T. R. Ttonnell's store: R. A.yGH--
mer, C. C; McLean and J. ' Qn
hell. " T.-T BBOOKS,. Ohma; -
B: G? West; Sec.
LAST NIGHT'S MEETING.
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The Women Becoming Interested, in the
Dispensary Fight They Ask . the Men.
to Vote for it as Against Saloons
The meeting in the court house last
night was fairly well attended, there
being quite a number of women and &
few men present. Rev. Dr. Smith" was
made chairman and opened the meet
ing with prayer.
Rev. L. Johnson read the call for
the meeting and welcomed the women
who had come out to enter their pro
test against the reopaning' of saloons
in Greensboro. He said there were
three classes who opposed the dispen
sary those engaged- in the liquor
business, those who affect to believe
that a dispensary is against our ma
terial interests, and those who are
ardent advocates of temperance. He
added that he was an advocate of the
dispensary system, not because it was
what he wanted, but because it was
preferable to the saloon system, both
from a moral and financial standpoint.
Mr. Johnson stated that he did not
believe the time was yet ripe for total
prohibition in Greensboro, but that
public sentiment for it wa3 stronger
th an when the dispensary was opened.
Rev. Dr. Smith followed in a few re
marks in which he emphasized the
great ditferenee between a dispensary
and saloons. The reopening of sa
loons in Greensboro, he said, would
give a blow to religion and morality
from which they would not recover in
twenty years. He stated that, since
the dispensary cuts off three-fourths
of the allurements of the liquor traffic,
an observant person cannot fail to see
the decrease in drinking and the im
provement in morals.
The women present signed a peti
tion, saying a return to the saloon
system would be a public calamity,
and asking the men of the county to
vote for the dispensary as against sa
loons. TO PICNIC AT THE BATTLE GROUND.
A Large Crowd of Excursionists Prom.
Danville Will be There on the 18th.
A large picnic from Danville, Vs.,
will visit the Guilford Battle Ground
on Wednesday, the 18th of July. It
will be composed of the best people
from the churches and community of
our neighboring city under the super
intendence of Mr. H. C. Fitzgerald.
They will pass Greensboro on a spe
cial train, 9:30 a. m. of that tiay. The
president of the Battle Ground Com
pany hopes to be able to join them
here and to add what pleasure he can
to the occasion.
Our neighbors have visited the
ground? ;before and left a pleasant
memory behind tbem. The company
will extend to them a cordial welcome
Advertisers.
Ladies hair-dressing at residences
3 barbers. See ad. of W. & N. Bar
ber shop.' ,
New dinner sets at Caldcleugh's.
A wise man provides for the. future
You might be sick with typhoid fever
or some; othef disease. "Insure thy ,
time against the ills of the flesh."
Murray Bros, pay your doctor's bill
while you are sick.
.InC. O. Porbis ad. on the third
page of this issue will be found some,
thing of great interest to those con
templating the purchase of a couch. .
Odd prices in china and glassware at
reduced prices at Brown's. ...
Wrights' Epsom Llthia Water, car
bonated, at Gardner's. Corner op
posite postoffice.
Thacker & Brockmann have shoes
that will keep your feet cool. See
their ad. on last page.
The report of the condition of the
City National Bank at the close of
business June 29 appears on another
page of this issue.
North Carolina Poet Here.
Prof. Henry Jerome Stockard, who
is now professor of English literature .
in Peace Institute, Raleigh, is in the
city. ; He will be here for two . or three
days in the interest of his institution.
Prof. Stockard is. a writer and poet of
Kitchin by Acclamation.
Thft'Demoeratic Congressional con
vention in Durham this afternoon nom
inated Hon. W. W. Kitchin for Con
gress 5 'aedamatibnl i; Ma: WK W .
Suthrie ' was" minatei : for1 elector, ;
airbWacclamation.5 : -N ' J