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HENDERSON, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1UOO.
VOL. XIX.
NO. 15.
N joy t plea:- ur- ti:i: co -'--rji
: i! l h i v.:o'h o:r: s nib) the 1-
v.-l: ti b:tiy ;irri Who can fit.-1- :. .
tlv h ::.pin.-s ot iiiati and woman, joined
tlicv look t:pon the fragile,
1:1 v.
c i:r.t- tiia is lil'' ! c,! their bio!
nm! fli'sli of tlii-ir f1.-s!i? Ami who can
,1.., .' tin- lio;w li '.-,n -ss ami ch-jectioii
, r :ilo;it the home lure the
v .;. . :;i :'i:iM; of lrt:c.i:iii: a mother ?
,.! . proceeds from some derange
i;., ... the distinctly feminine organs.
v tli- eommoti ailments known as
' !;:!. 1!' 1 ro.i'jk s" cause it. Ir. I'ierce's
;ivnt;t'- Pn-v ription overcomes barren
i, 'iv imping out di vases of women,
a:i ! ! h' .iJin and curing ulceration. It
t -r 1 s t:i the svstem, stops drains, and
i. t'uvs strength. I)urinj gestation it
T'i' " i 1 i i s mornim; sickm-ss, ives elastic-it-.
t) tin- ov -rst rained jiarts concerned,
taakes th- hour of hahv's cominjf short
and ahno t t.ninlcss, and jives wonderful
ciwcr to the patient. Rv
TMother strong and cheerful,
iii.ii.i'i tin- littli onc h-alth', vigorous
id :".! KatMiid. Insist nion the med
i 1. '!i ih r j'ivin you I )r. I'ierce's I-"a-,:it-
I'r vrip'ioii when yon ask for it.
:'. ' it '.it-s are often dangerous.
I mi". V. r.l.n.krr. if ,!) r.-itlurine St.,
V Y -.vTit'-s- " .iiir innlicitirs havi?
-I !t 1 Lit i:k l-or v;ns my lu-alth was
h.i 1 lour iiii-.!arri.'iL;-s, hut since
I'i'-i"-'. '.'iM'.n Mi'lital Iiiscovtry
: i 1 '.;il- !t -.1 1 ipi iin ' I have much letter
1 :.: im i ii'iw I liavt- a tin- ht-althy liatiy."
1 m 1 on cent stamps to cover cost of
e!:!ii' "ii . you cati fet a free copy of
,' " i linti -il clnctor hook, tlur Coaitiion
Me. .-.1 Adviser, looS paes. illus
! I'lotli 1 .!.-.: ml . -51 stamps. Address
K V. I'tesc. , IUiIfalo, N. Y.
"iiavv's Place,"
(Ojipo-ite S. A. Station)
Restaurant anft Lmci Counter.
OYSTERS evcVryJ jy.e
ruriiish'Hl Rooms, Comfortable Beds.
K'.ft : Iiiuir s!i ictlv I'm st class. An orderly,
wel I kept place.
SALOON
K 1 id to anv in tli" State, stocked with
ii.thiuiT Imt the very Ilest and I'll rest
L'ie..h money can huy.
-I IM. ( H.AKS AND TOBACCOS
l' ' i! iM'iins in connection.
A Woman
Only Knows
what BufTerin from fallinc' of the
wnmli, wliites, painful or Trregfular
menses, or joi v ttisease of the distinctly
fi iiiinineo! i'aii-i is. A man may sympa
thise er p:'y 1 ut he can not know the
a;i.:ie s she exu ft t h roueh the terrible
sutu r:io:, mo patiently borne, which
rel'S her of beauty, hope and happi
ness. Vet this suffering really is
iiL-idless.
McELREE'S
Wine ol Cardui
will banish it. This medicine
cvircs all " female diseases " quick
ly and p. rmancntly. It does away
with humiliating physical exami
nations. The treatment inay be
taken at home. There is not con
tinual expense and trouble. The
sufferer is cured and stays cured.
Wine cf Cardui is becoming the
leading remedy for all troubles of
this class. It costs but $1 from any
druggist.
For advice in (Mises requiring
special directions, address, the
"I. .idies Advisury 1 tepartment,"
The Chattanooga Medicine Co.,
Chattanooga, Tenu. T
M K. ". J. WKST. NiiBlivilte, Tenn.,
vrite : This wontlertiil medicine oujcht
t.i t'e la every hoube where there are girls
mid women.'
al:
.v 1 .
I -n,e'
'i K. :: . dv for ull
Throut a::;i ? AitcGtions, i
I..':'.;.- -5 cents.
ham-. I w- v ;: ,-,., t.i-nitid.
rre:.s lir. i . -' r:...-.-K:Uer.
New . :
lll-li
Montreal. X
CHICHESTCIf. CKCUSH
FERHYRGYgL FILLS
lift
.l m:.l 1t lifnulne.
Ki;i !-1 (.11M rtihc bcie kji!
ix .'.'ittitiu.r.ivn. ; Mlii no other, nciuie
I I rJ ttln. 1., T..ot i.rrfjil . iraJ 1a. .a
i ;;! t r rartlrulunk, T-wtlmonlaU
U t K llrf fur l.udUm ittimr. ty p
lum -Ktail. lO.OIMl 1 r-atiinoQiftlt Sold by
PARKER'S
HAIR BALSAM
Clw.w and tn-amifie th hlr.
I'roim.tn lmuriant ffrowth.
Never Fails to Beitore Gry
Hair to it youtniui coior.
Quirt 'a'p ii ft hair talanj.
V, tiiiil J I H'tt Pmrgit
are subject to
.peculiar ills. The
rlht remedy for
babies' llls-especlally
worms and elouiacn
disorders Is
Frev's Vermifuge
m-d children fcr 50 years. Bend
rfor illu. book about tta ill and the
remedy, as bottle iar.ci fcr S3 ceal.
LIS. Uty. Baltimore, Sd.
4 felF5
it
e-5? mar
l I.U
1 AS
MEDIATION REFUSED.
tOEBEJECTIOM AN "JET FOBTU BT
an. bai f.m n.
Urent Britain Will ot Arcrpt later-
tntlon of mi' l wrr lu Ibe Kettle 1
ment of HoalU trriran Affairs Tilt !
CorrrtpiDdriice I'.rlnr.n Rrere- 1
tary Hi y nucl nt :,i.nlor White
l.onl N.tllsburf'a . uitwrr Tbe Be
jert ion.
Tendon, March 15. In the House ot
Commons to-day replying to Mr. Wil
liam I'.nlm.jr.d, Nat:. .liiditt. who asked
whether the Oovei im.eiit of the United
States had oi-'eioi .t-: s'"id otlieeB to
Her Majesty's government with the
view of hrinsInK ahout peace in South
Africa, the Covernment leader, Mr.
Ilalfour. said: Her Majesty's povrn
tnent would not accent the lmervun
tlon of any power in the rettleii nl of
South Africa;: iiffatr. Jlr. Ba:fo!:.'B
reading of Mr. Hay's: .'. siiatf h convey
In the interv ntion requested arousa l
clieera from the Irish rnemhers.
Continuins. Mr. llaifour said: "Lo:.l
Salishury reriuestid' Mr. White to con
vey the sincere acknowledgment f
her .Majesty's Government to the Gov
ernment of the Ci 'ted States of thj
friendly tone of tl ir communication
and to Kay that Ihr Majesty's Govern
ment does not pr.ij i.se to acceit Hi?
intervention of any 1 wer in the setd
inent of South AJih..n uf'airs."
I.oud ai:d pruh i.ed cheurs followea
the statement.
We.f-hinti 11. March 15. In response
to a resolution the I'rt PitV.'iit to-duy
Sent to the S-Vi.ate the eoi 1 vspoudtlice
relating to ti.e n iu.-s;ts f -r incdiati-ri
in S' nit h Africa.
The fust docuivert is a dispatch fro,..
I'! etoi ia. (la ted :
states: "Am ol!i(
n
10th. wh!
1 . j Lit ( (! I
t:
govt 11. merits of the I ; uhl.i.s
your intervention v. ill: u vltv.
s.'Mun of hes-t i' ;l ii-s : bimi'nr
to Ul .
U. c...
r(ji'Uo
rr:al: to t t:e j 1 m i. s;, 1
jean j.ovveis. Ar-sv.-.-r. eo
L'l
hui
re.-f ip
"A.MKiUCAN C( sSUL."
Mr. li.iy r y : o d : ' V. ui- tcleRram
askitif? olTict k of !' i .-i .'Hates to br.'m"
.ibout icrsi'.tion of l. Rtilit't has I
n.ade subject of f; ieiully corr.inun'ca
ti iri to l'.:itish C.i 1 nn.cnt with ex
pression of I'lePid; ill's train-:-?' !.!;
for peace. II '.
Secretary Hay t-l'Krapl.cil
V. liite. sec retary of the Aiucita.i
b .: sy at London :
"Ily way o" friendly ooI olflrre
will inform the Hi ilish I.linlst r
I'VreiKn Afl'aiis that I um to-d
ice.-ijit of a lelepram from the i'
Cei-.sul at I'letoiia leta.rtint; th.;
. ..il
lilt
K' verninents of the two Afrier-n ::
publics rcfiiiest 1 '1 1 t id' nt's int n
tii n with a vit w to cessation -f l..--thi'iies
and that a similar rfi:.! ft it
ma le to the r 1 es. nlatives of K v.: ro
pe, n poweis. In ei in : : i; illea ti: ir this
reij.icst, I am :in tti by thf . r si-d-i.t
to expn ra l.i.' em .. s:t hi:.- :hut
a way to bring alx.ut peuce J.-i.-y hf
fi und and to suy C..at he would Ik
Klad to aid !n any friendly mai-:.er t(
pr.niKite so happy a rult. If.-VY."
Mr. White rtjiliid to r.lr. II- y uudr
date of March 13: "I communicated
yesterday to the Cjider-Secreirry f :
ForeiKn Affuiis, havii e luen utiable t
s e Iord Salisbury, the contt .itn ef
your telcpram. dat 1 10th inst iat; t"
day I have had an interview with 1.:-
Lordship wpo -i;
im to thar.
the I'm .-hlctit f :
shown l y boo a;
Majesty's -zee,.,! ;
the intervention
Mr. Hay tee . r:
IM eloi ia. v.v.di v (!.-.
folln wi:iK:
"Yovr coniiiun i
t
idly interes,
i d that H 1
; nt accs.pt
h ? power.
-WulTK."
!' ei r.sul at
I.mh lith, th'
1 I
f an
alb n of request nl
vi l i:in of I'resideiit
repub'irs f r ir t
to cause c F.-tticn .1' hostilities, was at
once conveyed to I::-:l'sh Government
with expression i'r sident's Rratiflca
tlon could be aid t promote peace.
Our embassy London replies that Lord
Salisbury thanks President for friend
ly interest shewn and adds He
Majesty's Govcrninent cannot accept
the intervention of any other power.
"HAY."
The President's message Is simply
one of transmittal.
Till Q!
sr.
Rtnlpmriit Ir -iii M nutor Pmrom
Criiioi' n i.ti I itnl Ki'turl from
Senator iiilMn" r.
Washington. March 13. "I assert
ivi st emphatically that when the Sena
te i says 1 to'd h.ii.i I should not speak
or. this subject, he dots not state the
truth."
This was the scnsnlh !.:' retort made
in the Henate to-day by Z'.i: Gallinger,
Kepiibliean. ef New Hampshire, to a
statement just made by Mr. Penrose,
Ueoublican. of Peiifsyivaria. who was
s-ei-- ItiK - r; i. It ration of the Quay res
olution. Pt naters v.fie astounded, and the audit-
i . in tie Kalleries ,ulvered with ex
eitt n nt. There had scarcely been the
sH.ebtest intimati; n that the debate
woo!,! take stteh a turn. For nearly
thtee hours the Senate had had under
discussion the bill appropriating $2,095.
CeO for the briiet'.t of the people of
Porto Klco.
"I do not know whether I do speak
the truth." hotly replied Mr. Penrose,
"or whether the Senator from New
Hampshire failed to tell me the truth."
Mr. tlallinRer retorted that the whole
proceeding: of Mr. Penrose was unmanly
ai.d beneath his notice.
The proposition to tlx a time for
vote was postponed until to-morrow.
but it was some time before the excite
ment subsided.
The debate on the Appropriation bill
developed a decided difference of opin
ion. as Mr. Jones, Democrat, of Ar
kansas, offered as a substitute for the
measure a bill to return the duties of
those who had paid them and providing
for absolute free trade between the
T'nited States and Porto Rico. The
bill had not been disposed of when the
Quay case was called up.
THE HOUSE.
Washington. March 15. The District
of Columbia Appropriation bill, carry
ing $6.608. 37S. was passed by the House
to-day. The bill was first read for
amendment under the flve-mlnute rule
and its consideration occupied prac
tically all day. A few minor amend
ments were made. At 4:30 p. m. the
House adjourned.
CONVICTED OF MURDER.
Baxter . Ga., March 15. King and Lewis
Goosby wre convicted of the murder ot
Mr. Dan Minis, a prominent farmer of
this county, and his child, on March 6th,
and seiiu-nctd to be haneetl Xmtil 6th.
To an honest mind the best per
quisites of a place are the advantages
it gives a man of doing good. Addi-
swn.
That is why so many men want of
nee, tne opportunity ol doing good
to themselves.
"STEER THOU MY BARK.'
(Albert 11. llodges, in London Methodist)
The night is dark.
The track I cannot see,
And mpo llim.the Light of lights, I piay;
Steer Thou my bark,
A pilot be to me,
Turn Thou my darkness into open day.
The waves beat high,
And break upon the deck.
And unto Him who slumbers not 1 call,
Hear, Lord, my cry,
My little bark protect.
Or else beneath the angry waves 1 fall.
On rolls my bark.
Upon the billows wild.
My strength and patience, Iord, are al
most gone;
Lord, while 'tis dark,
Be near unto Thy child,
And biing me safely to my friends and
home.
Thus prajed my soul,
When, lo ! the dawn appears,
The light of heaven breaks o'er all the
sea,
Waves cease to roll,
Dispelled are all my fears,
My Father through the sunsine speaks to
me.
DR. LAFFERTY ON SUFFRAGE.
The Fifteenth Amendment a National
Scandal Which Ought to be Ex
punged From tht Statute Books.
Dr. J. LafTerty, editor of the Rich
mond Christian Advocate, who is one
of the best anil brainiest men in the
United States, has the following edi
torial which bears on the negro suf
frage question in the South. It is
worth reading and studying:
"A commission of wise men were
sent to the Philippines to learn and
suggest the best government for the
people. These scholars and states
men let us know that the population
of the largest island, of which the
city of Manila is the capital, have in
telligence, decency, and many fine
qualities, that there are thousands of
refined and cultivated citizens, quite
a number educated in Europe jurists,
scholars, authors, physicians, states
men, merchants, up-to-date people.
One correspondent reported that the
latest magazines were seen in their
libraries.
'Shall such a people have control
of their country? Neither the Presi
dent nor Congress dream of allowing
this nation to manage its own politi
cal affairs.
"Contrast the Congo slaves of the
South, barely a generation or two
from cannibalism (for a living Vir
gisian anthor relates that certain an
cient negroes, early importations,
used to smack their lips when they
passed by a fat black baby) with these
brave, patriotic intelligent men who
drove a Spanish army from their
country and cooped it up in Manila,
who established a government, with
Congress, Cabinet, courts and war
department, ammunition factories,
who have fought our forces of sixtv
or seventy thousand for a year or
more.
These plantation negroes, with
the mud of the rice swamps yet upon
their 'ebon shins and gizzard feet,1
were made the rulers over the cul
ture, wealth and civilization of many
commonwealths! The decrees of Con
gress for the government of Luzon
by a semi-military arrangement is an
ndietment of the 'Reconstruction
Kra' and a confession before the world
of an infamy never paralleled in
modern centuries. How can brilliant
men of letters, the wealthy citizens,
the refined classes of Manila be turn
ed over to the rule of the bayonet.
while the low grade Africans of the
Atlantic coast hold the 'balance of
power1 in great States? Is there not
enough political honesty in Congress
and the President to say that negro
suffrage is a crime against Anglo
Saxon civilization? This wrontr has
been a national curse. Poor old
Sherman gnashed his toothless gums
and blasphemed because rotton beef
Alger bought the negro delegates to
the Republican President Convention
wnom Sherman had paid lor months
before. So, a iob of veual ex-slaves.
sold and re-sold, determined the
Chief Magistrate of this Republic.
"Ihe tifteenth amendment ought
to suffer the fate of the Jackson reso
lution in the United States Senate-
expunging by a black parallelogram
of heavy pen marks drawn around in
a veritable colhn of ink! Let the
parchment be purged of this national
scandal.
$1.50 Versus $150.00.
Messrs. Wooten & Co.. rn.mii, X. ('..
sjivs: )ne ol our customers, a prominent
man in this community, suffered with
liver complaint. He consulted several
physicians but thev failed to benefit linn.
We prevailed upon him to try the Ramon
I ills and Pellets. He soon bought im 111
and in now a well and heartv man. and
has trained in flesh. He savs the Pills
saved his life and the six boxes cost him
only $1.50. while lvjs trip to New York to
consult the doctors- cost him ?1.0. 0
For sale by Dorsey Drug Co.
The beautiful new town and winter
resort. Southern Pines, is a communi
ty of Northern people almost exclu
sively. And all are Republicans in
politics. The Free, Press, published at
that place, says scarcely .without ex
ception, the people of that town,
while in no wav renouncing their Re
publicanism, favor the adoption of the
constitutional amendment, realizing
from their experience and observation
that it is best for all. The Post has
insisted all the while that every good
citizen, regardless of his party affilia-
t i a ri rvt" tiia ria u-lirt hoil trio eilfiTo
f m ci.io .ml oil w nunnb nt
heart, must support this amendment, j citizenship than the other negroes. ! popular government, depend upon in
And every day gives evidence that ; It may be doubtful whether thev ! telligence, who believe that education
it is fast coming to this point. Ral-i should'be permitted to vote, but the not a machine but a strong vital
eich Post. amendment gives them the benefit of . force, must supjwrt this amendment.
" ! the doubt ' Erv man who believes the negro to
If Assistant District Attorner Spen- It thus appears that the exemptions j be capable of any improvement who
cer Blackburn succeeds in getting in from the qualification include all who recognizes the fact that negro suffrage
some of his work-the like of which ' are clearly competent to vote and all 1 fbeen a failure and a detriment Jo
was practiced on Governor Goebel in ! whose cases are doubtful, while ex- ! both races, who desires the negro to
--4 . r c...i'-a ..imiirn. oil hrt .r. An rl r i n en m - h a. ve a fair chance to ht himself lor
iveuiuiK) auu 11 .u i . uuua a uiau , viuu.u ... .......... .... 1-
- ..!.. c
a. 1 J 1 . tVU
drive the white people out of the!
Stste, together with some other
schemes That have been suggested, ;
are attempted, a hot summer time !
may be expected. Lexington Dis-'
patch.
FOR THE GOOD OF ALL.
AMENDflENT DISCUSSED FROM
EDUCATIONAL STANDPOINT.
An Able and Interesting Article by a
School Teacher Why Edcators and
all Interested in Education of the
Masses Should Support the Amend
ment Will Stimulate Education
Throughout the StateThereby Prov
ing a Blessing to Rising Generations.
One of the best things in the pro
posed amendment to our Constitution
is the educational qualification. It is
so arranged as to prevent temporary
injustice to anybody, and to accom
plish lasting good for all. By pro
moting and stimulating education, it
will prove a blessing to the rising
generation. Meanwhile it takes away
the ballot from nobody that is worthy
to vote.
The educational qualification is con
tained in sections 4 and 5 of the pro
posed amendment.
"Section 4. Every person present
ing himself for registration shall be
able to read and write any section of
the Constitution in the English lan
guage." This section makes reading and
writing a permanent qualification for
voting in North Carolina. If it stood
alone without modification or excep
tions, it would disfranchise all voters
who cannot read and write. But very
many voters in our State, although
illiterate, are qualified by character,
experience, political education and
general intelligence for the use of the
ballot. They grew up without oppor
tunities for education. It is not their
fault that they cannot read and write.
They have already demonstrated their
fitness for suffrage by intelligently
and courageously exercising the right
of the suffrage. They are justly en
titled to vote, ami their children who
have grown up under similar condi
tions are also entitled to vote. There
fore all persons belonging to this
class are exempt from the operation
of the oducational qualification pre
scribed in section 4. 1 hese exempted
persons are carefully enumerated and
generously provided for in section 5,
as follows:
"Section 5. No male person who
was on January 1st, 18G7, or at any
time prior thereto, entitled to vote
under the laws of any State in the
United States wherein he then re
sided, and no lineal descendant of any
such person, shall be denied the right
to register and vote at any election in
this State by reason of his failure to
possess the educational qualification
prescribed in section 4 of this article:
Provided, He shall have registered in
accordance with the terms of this suc
tion prior to December 1, 1908."
lhere are two parts to the educa
tional qualification. First, the qualifi
cation itself; second, its exemptions.
Let us look hrst at the exemptions
and see whether all classes are ex
empted that should be?
1. uneducated whites (natives).
All uneducated whites, natives of
North Carolina, who are nov twenty
one years old are exempt.
All uneducated whites, natives of
other States in the Union, now twenty-
one years old, who could have voted
under the laws of those States prior
to January 1, 1867, are exempt.
All uneducated white boys, natives
of North Carolina or of other States
and over twelve years of age, whose
fathers were entitled to vote, are ex
empt. Thus all uneducated whites who are
now voters and all uneducated whites
who would become voters in the next
nine years are exempt from the educa
tional qualification. This exemption
is both just and generous. It includes
all those who have demonstsated their
fitness for the ballot and have grown
up under conditions unfavorable to
their education. It includes also the
children of such men, who may have
grown up. or are now growing up,
under similar conditions, and who for
some reason may be unable hereafter
to learn to read and write. The only
class of uneducated white natives who
will be disfranchised are boys now
under twelve years old who shall not
learn to read and write before Decem
ber 1, IMS.
2. Uneducated whites (foreigners).
Uneducated white foreigners and
their children are exempted from this
qualification, precisely as uneducated
white natives, if they have hail the
same experience of our political insti
tutions as uneducated white natives.
Otherwise thev are not allowed to
ml
vote, unless they can read and write.
An uneducated white foreigner who
e"
was a voter in any State prior to Jan
ary 1, 1SC7, or whose father or grand
father was a voter January 1. 1-SG7, or
prior thereto, and who thus has grown
up as it were into citizenship, is en
titled to vote, although unable to read
and write. The same reason exists
here as in the case of uneducated
white natives.
3. Illiterate negroes (slaves).
Illiterate negroes once slaves with
no educational qualification and with j s3. t will arouse popular interest
a record that shows unmistakably in education and will strengthen and
their utter unfitness for the ballot,! develop our whole educational sys
will be at once disfranchised. ; tern. It will not only guard and pro-
4. Illiterate negroes (old free ne- 1 tect the ballot, but will accomplish
oroes), illiterate negroes formerly i mo for the moral, social and material
free, if thev were voters January 1. i elevation of our people than any other
1867, or prior thereto, and their de- j agency that can be devised. Every
scendants will be exempt from the , teacher, every preacher, every intelli-
qualification.
These people have had lon-er ex-
I norinnw find shown more tit ness for
tnnt
Let us now look at the educational
qualification, as it will operate after
December 1, 1908. Two important
facts must be remembered in consid-
ering this qualification.
1. All who are voters December 1st.
1908, will remain voters the rest of
their lives.
2. All persons coming of age after
December 1st, 1908, that is, all per
sons now under twelve years of age,
must learn to read and write before
they can vote.
2. Ihe qualification is not exces
sive, it requires ol a voter only the
ability to read and write. There is
no examination in arithmetic, geog
raphy, grammar and the like. Noth
ing is demanded but the ability to
read and write. Surely it would be
bettor for every man that he should
be able to read and write, and better
for North Carolina that not one of her
citizens should be unable to read and
write. Boys who cannot now read
and write, if older than twelve, are
exempted from the requirements; if
under twelve they will have at least
nine years to learn in. Our present
school facilities are not very good,
but they are sufficient to teach every
boy in North Carolina to read and
write within the next nine years.
2. The educational qualification will
stimulate boys to go to school, will
stimulate teachers to do better teach
ing, will stimulate political parties to
promote education, will stimulate the
State to enlarge and multiply school
facilities, will give education its proper
place as the foundation for suffrage,
and will set up iu public life for the
youth of our generation a nobler and
n loftier ideal of life.
3. The promotion of education will
be a promotion of material prosperity.
It will develop skilled labor. It will
train the hand ami the brain to work
together, and through them will de
velop the unlimited natural resources
of North Carolina. It will supply
native talent, trained and educated in
skilled labor, for the proper utiliza
tion of our timber, minerals, cotton,
tobacco and other raw material, and
the profitable employment of our
water power, fisheries, soil, climate
and other natural resources. Let us
educate our boys, and we shall cease
to be hewers of wood and drawers of
water for other States. We shall
cease to produce only raw material,
whose protits are enjoyed by other
States with better trained and better
educated workmen. We shall become
a State of educated laborers, skilled
workmen, enjoying the profits of our
own resources, and working up the
raw material of other peoples, whose
lack of skill ami lack of education
will make them our servants.
4. Education will mean more hap
piness and more knowledge in each
household, better order in each com
munity, improved health, comfort and
morality throughout the State. It
will cause a more general diffusion of
knowledge and a more active intelli
gence among all classes of our people
and in all lines of industrial activity.
Farm boys will read more and learn
more. Mechanics will keep abreast
of the world's progress in their lines.
The whole mass of the people will be
lifted up and strengthened for the
ceaseless struggle of life. Popular
government will daily become strong
er instead of weaker. Popular de
mands for reforms will be based upon
intelligent comprehension of evils to
be reformed, and will be made with a
power that will defy resistance.
5. Even the negro recognizes the
advisability of an educational qualifi
cation. He knows that it is best for
even negro bovs to learn to read and
write. There are some who maintain
that the negro will outstrip the w hite
I boy in the race for education and will
outnumber him at the polls; that an
educational qualification will ulti
mately disfranchise more whites than
negroes. This fear is not conlirmed
by statistics. The percentage of ne
gro children enrolled in school to
school population is not so large as
the percentage of white children, nor
is the percentage of negro attendance
at schools as large as the percentage
of white attendance. It is an insult
to white children and to the white
rac to say that the white boy will
not learn to read and write as eagerly
and as quickly as the negro boy. If
education shall fit the negro to vote,
it will be cause for rejoicing, but if
education shall not fit him to vote,
the white race will again protect it
self against negro suffrage. The
North Carolina white boy needs edu
cation, not to compete with the negro
bov, but to compete with the educated
boy iu Massachusetts and Connecti
cut. These two great States are mak
ing more money from cotton (although
they do not raise an ouuee of cotton)
than North Carolina. Massachusetts
has the largest average of wealth per
capita of all the States in the Union.
It has accumulated this wealth by
educated labor.
The educational qualification im
posed upon the boys becoming of age
after 1908 in the proposed amend
ment requires only a minimum of
education, to-wit: reading and writ
ing. It thus deprives no one of an
opportunity to become a voter. But
while the requirement is small, its
moral effect will be tremendous. It
creates an educational ideal, and
starts a popular movement that must
and will produce most wholesome re
; geni man wno ue?ire tue propei .
! of the State, who knows that popular
i happiness and prosperity no less than
. i
ths hallnt t n n who wihes neace ana
; menusn.p oeieen tue
; of enmity and war. must support the
amendment. Sghool Teachlk.
i
. A baker is really a dough-mess-tic
man.
TO PUSH ON TO PRETORIA
LOBD BO BERTS TRUMiriUI,
i mabcu iarro bi.okmfo tkim.
BIi Sneeesa la Il. ndllnc tbe ( Ivil
Problems of ibe lly and ihe Mani
fest Equanimity With TYbleb Ibe
Residents of I lie Op til ef ibe
Orange Free t t- Arc pt the Trlt-
Isb oeenpitiiou e iip-e iu interest
the Military SUn lion.
London, March 1G Lord Roberta
success in handling the civil problems
at Bloemfonteln and the manifest
equanimity with which the residents of
the capital of the Orange Free State
accept the British occupation momen
tarily eclipses in interest the military
situation. It is believed here that the
commander-in-chief ef the British
forces in South Afr'-- will goon push on
to Pretoria, hut Gnat Britain .3 quite
content to listen to a few days to the
acclamations of the j eople of ll'.oem
fontein and permit the troops to enjoy
a few days' test hef:e expectirp fur
ther success-. Lou! Roberts made a
quaint speech to the Guards at Bloem
fontein to-day when. In his Vist con
gratulatory words he expressed pride
in their splendid march of thirty-eight
miles in twenty-eight hours and gave
ample assurance of his ultimate design.
"Through a small mistake." said Lord
Roberts, "I have not been able to march
into Bloemfonteln at the head of the
brigade, as I intended. I promise you,
however, that I will lead you Into Pre
toria." General Gatacre is holding Bethulie,
and the whole line cf the railroad south
of Bloemfontein is now in the hands of
the British, and. General Brabant's col
umn having crossed the Oranere river
after a forced march at Aliwal North
on Sunday, and General Clement's col
umn being across at Vanzyl. the three
columns will firm an army of 12,000 to '
15,000 men. v. hit h is expected to re
place the fences 01 Lord Roberta at
Bloemfontein as he pushes northward.
Just where the Boeis will attempt to
oppose that march is an important
question, but it can ot be easily an
swered until Genera Joubert is more
definitely located. l'uiher news has
reached the outside world from Mafe-
king, dated Friday, March 9th, showing
that though the gar; son was in hard
straits they were 1 uoyed up by the
knowledge that their plucky fight was
appreciated at heme.
General Roberts reports that he found
seven British officers and forty-three
men wounded in the hospital at Bloem
fontein and that they had been well
cared for. lie adds: "I rejoiced the
wounded by telling them they will be
allowed to proceed to their homes. In
stead of beint, made prisoners, as soon
as they can leave the hospital."
Bloemfontein, Maich 13. As Lord
Roberts was being conducted to the
town to-day by the deputation of offi
cials who had gone . it to meet him he
was greeted by great crowds of people,
cheering and waving handkerchiefs and
displaying the utmost enthusiasm and
cordiality.
Lord Roberts first entered the Mar
ket Square, thence proceeded to the
Parliament House, and from there to
the Presidency, which he entered from
the front. The garden of the late Pres
ident's pretty house was instantly en
tered by the crowd, which broke out
with tremendous energy into "God Save
the Queen." All stoxl rigid, the civil
ians removing their hats. Then the
cheering was renewed.
Meanwhile I,oid Ceorge Scott b-nt
Lady Robeits' pretty union Jack v ith
a four-ltaftd shamrock embroidered in
the corner, to the halyards, and as it
lose over the Presidency the crowd
caught sight of the grim-looking cav
alry escort befcte them and spontane
ously roared the songs, "Tommy At
kins" and "Soldieis of the Queen."
Immediately after the ceremony was
over Lord Roberts appointed General
Prettyman governor, and then visited
the Jail, where he released four prison
t rs who had refused to fight against
the British. Then that portion of the
; : oops necessary to man the northern
' fights began to march through the
town amid the die. s of the people.
When the horse batteries passed, the
ntrast between the well-fed citizens
'.d the exhausted and worn-out gun-
rs who sat on tht r horses ami cais
s-ns witnout u sign or emotior. was
most striking. By this time the plain
jtside the town was gradually r.lling
v. ith lnfantiy regiments and Immense
transport convoys, which seemed to
overrun the ground like water, (trad
e.illy out of tht chaos order emerged.
h brigade and tra: -port establishing
iii elf in Ho purer position In long
stiaight llies miles in extent. From
tl " higher kopje near the town to far
! yond could be Be: n the long yellow
!-;:--nt representing regiment after
regiment of khaki-clad troops marching
en the town.
General Joubert was expected here
early in the morning, but the blowing
up of the line north of the town pre
vented his coming. He remained at
Biantford with luGO Xatalers.
General Piettyrr.an is succeeding ad
mirably as goveiii-.r of the town. He
issued a proclamation to-day request
ing the burghers within a radius of ten
n.iies to deliver up their arms, assuring
them they would he aid for the confis- !
cation of their property.
Lord Roberts is about to Issue fresh
prcclamations. which, it Is believed, will
have the effect of disarming further op
position on the pait -f the Free Staters.
Mr. Collins has beei appointed Land-drn--t,
vice I'a; i e:.f t- deposed, and Mr.
Kiiizer will act as '' "yor.
Groat quantity s f storeH captured at
Wasserfall have Irft-n recovered. As
the result of Hurler's and Weston's
line cutting the British have secured
twenty-six enpir.es nd the line has
been cieared to tj.e KafHr river.
Rumors are current that former Pres-lJ.-nt
Steyn i .. oling to surrender.
The Free Stateis south of here are
reported to be ia; iuly returning to their
Ia! rr!S- ...
,eneral croi.e.ea. is attempting to
eE' 8pe. ' '1 .r.".r', "e a,S 15'
tx . 0 1
tiei. ate that the Staters will offer
no -esistance
DECLARED HIMSELF DICTATOR.
New Orleans. March U The steamer'
Anselln brought pan-sTs from Port
LInson and cjrejtcwi. to-day, who report
that President IkUsUb, of Coata Itlca,
rr-n issued a proclamation suspending- tht
on.-titution of the republic and declar-
" himJ,tl1f du talor "n U' r!"rMn!
"-ireatened invasion en the part of Mora
.'ccurs or lias i .muuiieru. i uc v.urr
-litution hu Lctui et-oue&ded for two
.vt-eks
4 Safe Bind, Safe Find." Fortify yourself
now by purifying and enriching your blood
and build int? np your system with Hood's
Sarsaparilla and you may expect good
health throughout the coming season.
All liver ills are eared by Hood's Pills.
25 cent-.
SEABOARD'S NORTHERN LINE.
The Rumor That it Will Connect With
B. and O. Revived.
The Baltimore Sn revives the
rumor that the Baltimore & Ohio is
to handle the Seaboard Air Line's
business North from Washington, and
the Seaboard will take charge of the
Baltimore & Ohio's Southern freight
from Washington. The story has
been several times printed. Each
time it has been denied. But it has
j not been denied since it became prac
ticallv assured that the Seaboard
would hare its own tracks into Wash
ington and would not have to enter
that cfly over the tracks of the Penn
sylvania. The Sun says:
"The gap between Washington and
Richmond filled in would remove the
physical barrier for an alliance with
the Baltimore & Ohio. Up to the
present nothing has anneared to show
that a contract has been signed be- 1
tween the Seaboard Air Line and the
-l VI U. Villi. l3 Vk, vuiu 1
officials are especially well posted
aoout me auairs 01 ine eaooaru, ami 1
there has been some quiet investiga
tion and figuring going on about j
handling trains between Washington
and New York for this new line to
the South. One official when asked
about the possibilities of an alliauce,
sententiously replied: I haven't
seen the plans for a bridge across the
Potomac as yet.' It would not take
long to get at these plans, as the
engineering department of the Balti
more & Ohio is thoroughly informed
on the situation.
"In straightening out the legal at
tacks which the opponents of the Sea
board combination have sprung, the
law firm of Cowen, Cross & Bond is
conspicuous. Of this firm, John K.
Cowen is president of the Baltimore
& Ohio. Mr. Cowen is also a mem
ber of the executive committee of tho
board of directors of the company.
He is also a member of the executive
committee of the Continental Trust
Company, which is the depository of
the greater Seaboard syndicate. Presi
dent Cowen has most emphatic views
about the future of the South, and
looks for a tremendous development
in the railroad traffic to and from this
section. He is thoroughly posted on
the Seaboard plans, and several
months ago, when fierce attacks were
beins made by interests which do
not want to see the symtem perfected,
declared that no financial or legal
means could be found to stop it.
"The theory that the so-called mu
tuality of interests' might effect such
a consummation is repudiated by
those having full knowledge of the
letter and the spirit of the under
standing between the dominant trunk
line interests. It is said that, on the
contrary, it favored such an arrange
ment, as a division of tralhc was con
ceded, and inasmouch as the Balti
more & Ohio is entirely out of the
Southern through "business, the Sea
board plans are assumed to provide
for its share of traffic in this terri
tory." FREE OP CHARGE.
Any adult suffering from a cold settled
on the breast, bronchitie, throat or lung
troubles of any nature, who will call at The
Dorsey Drug (Jo's will be presented with a
sample bottle of Boscliee's German Syrup,
free of charge. Only one bottle giyen to
one person; and none to children without
order from parents.
So throat or lung remedy ever had such
a sale us Boschee's German Syrup in all
parts of the civilized world. 1 went.v years
ago millions of bottles were given away, and
your druggists will tell you its success was
marvelous. It is really the only Throat
and Lung Remedy generally endorsed by
physicians. One 75 cent bottle will cure
or prove its value. Sold by dealers in all
civilized countries.
Inter-State
Conference
Growers.
of Tobacco
President J. Bryan Grimes, of the
North Carolina Tobacco Growers' As
sociation, has appointed the following
as committeemen from North Carolina
to meet and confer with the repre
sentatives of the Virginia and South
Carolina tobacco growers: K. A. I.
Cooley, of Nash, chairman. John S.
Cunningham, of Person, li. K. Cotton,
of Pitt, J. V. Price, of Rockingham. T.
L. Lee, of Yancey.
The following letter sent the above
named by President Grimes explains
itself:
"Gentlemen: Acting under a reso
lution passed by the North Carolina
Tobacco Growers' Association, I have
tht; honor to ask you to act as an
Inter-State Committee to confer with
the tobacco growers in Virginia and
South Carolina and endeavor to secure
the co-ojM-ration of the planters of
those States with the North Carolina
Tobacco Growers' Association. Will
be glad to have you take the matter
up at once. Chairman Cooley will
advise vou further. We would like
and hope to have all county organiza
tions perfected by April 1st. With
good wishes,
Yours sincerely,
J. BRYAN (RIMES,
Presd t. N. C. T. G. A."
It in very hard U ntnd idly by and
our dear oiih suffer while aw uitiriir tit'
sirrivfil of the doctor. An Albuny. N. Y.,
dairvinun called nt u drutf "tore there for
a doctor to come and see his child. tl-ii
v -4.k wjtn (.B Nol finding the
i d.W In. he left word for bin. tocou.e at
! on on
! lA Uian.ljerlain h tyugh Iteniedy
whic h he hot-ed would give some re.M-f
! until the dx tor should arrive. In a few
hours he returned, wiyinjf thedoctor newl
not come, ah tbe child wan iuuh lttor.
The drugfrrint, Mr. Otto Sc holz. nays the
faniilv ha nine reeonimended Chandier-
iajn-B' Cough Keniedv to their neighbors
an,i fnd until he'ba a conntaiit de-
d for it from that part of the eoun-
trv. For Kale bv Dorey Drug Co.
The amendment is somewhat like
I ih. itnrlr law. Some difficulty is
found in adopting it; but once tried
no one will wish to alter it.
All the talk about testing it in the
courts will vanish after the election.
Acquiescence in negro suffrage is quite
different from open advocacy of it
reinstatement after legal suppression.
Morganton Herald.
I If a Woman
O warts to put out a firs she doesn't
JJ heap cn oil and wood. She throws
on water.knowingthat waterquenches
fire. When a woman wants to get
well from ti.seases peculiar to her sex.
she should not add fuel to the fire
already burning her life away. She
should not take worthless drucs and
pet. ens composed ol harmful narcot-
ics i.:id opiates. I hey do not check O
tii disease they do not cure it thev
simpiy add fuel to the fire.
Bradfield's Female
Regulator should be V
cr girl who has the
if 1 shghtest susp cion of
Uh ny of the u:l-
nu-ntn which af
flict women.
htry will kintply
be w sw tig tunc
umrl tbt-y take it.
The KriMilatoi (
u p u r 1 1 y I B k ,
g-l ". 'i. iSvg$
Mrrn ifiniuiDii
im r.htruaiion; and by doitiK
ail thiK (trivet awav the
lmndied and otic acliea and
pair.s which drain heullh
and beauty, happnuks ami
b;tnul tt-mpi-r fioni many a
woman's life. It i the one
remedy above all other
which every woman fchould
know about and use.
I
1
l.OO Ix-r tx.ttln
at any draff (tore.
Send for our free
Illustrated ttuuk.
The Wridfietd
CD 1.1 S"
AtUnt. Ga.
H. H. BASS,
Physician and Surgeon,
HKNDKRSON, N. ('.
tFOflice over Dorsey's Drug Store
Henry Perry,
-Insurance.'
A st ron inline of doth Life and ft'lre '
panic represented. Policies Vsu-'d and
risks placet' to oest advantage.
Office in Court House.
DENTIST.
HENDERSON, N. ('
WOmer over K G
Street.
Davlf' itoie. Man
lati . l-h
J. "
ItlC I i M1KICM.
ATTORN KY AT LAU,
J KMIK ltr-tt "M . . . - t
O.'Iiee: In Harris' law tiulldinir 'i.n
ourt house.
FRANCIS A. MACON,
Dental Surgeon,
Parlors in Parker building:, oppo
site Dorsey's drug store.
Office hours 9 A. M. to 1 1. M. .1 Ut 0 I M.
sidence Phone 8H; office Phone 2.'..
Estimates furnished when di-lted. No
charge foi examination.
..SIX REASONS ffSIT
FIRST.
URS. JOE PERSON'S
Tkla Is
a fa rem
REMEDY
edy for all
Should be kept in every
IMSEANKH
home in the country
READ THEM
..SECOND..
It la a sor
remedy for...
over and if you know a
DYSPEPSIA.
..SUFFERER..
THIRD..
wont you do your duty
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. i -
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ia IMS. T0U may u U the beat reined
bv doinn thia 'or...
INDIGESTION.
..SAVE A LIFE.,
..FIFTH
WHY MflT "' Known reined for
FEMALE TROUBLES.
..DO THIS.
TO-DAY.
....SIXTH...
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order, of the......
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MANUFACTURED ONLY BY
MRS. JOE PERSON,
KITTHIXL, IV. C.
J. L. CURR1N,
Real Estate Broker and Auctioneer,
Henderson, N. C.
FOR SALK-IMPROVKIJ IjOTS.
8 toom hou-te, Iiurwell aveand I'lie-ifntit ht
5 room liouv, iaitutt ttreet
5 room house, Southll avenue.
4 room house, Notithall avenue.
8 room iiou Orange treet.
4 etory Bi ick Factory a splendid build
ing for Tobjcco Factory or Kniitii g Mill.
Large lot ahd convenient tenant houte.
7 room dwelling on Church tieet latge
lot and splendid dhade and fruit ttcev
Brick rtore house on Montgomery tret.
5 room cottage on Mot.tgomeiy tdreet
about 10 acre and Is offered v. ty low.
Factory building on Wyehe n-et. Well
located for carriage factory.
UNIMPROVED.
90x100 Garnett street, 200x250 cor Mont
gomery aul Rreckeniidge street.
90x210, cor Y'oung, Chetitnut and Church.
400x 500, Cbavatse ave, 7 acres near college
3 lots near Fair Ground.
If you want a good Farm see what
I have before you purchase.
Term Eaay. ReaU Collected.
J. L. CURRIN.
DROPSYisHp
,BmVr" ealleil bopeleaa. la tt
(air. at leaat two-third. .f all .Tniptoma nmor
ed. Testimonials and Tta DATS tnriaent ttjaa.
ML 1. 1. EXU MM. Bo K. Atlala.tta.
fc V nt the motsof the J!
Fi-. . 1 I diNrnse and curra !c
I ferr-4. I I the cause. It dr not drutf JJ
j P-V" ' k. f I j the pain, it eradicate it. JI
tf.- vv. 1 1 ion 1 3i.iiiu)i' me A
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