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PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDRY, Vol. HI-Ncx 55. KINSTON, N. 0., SATURDAYS JUNE 9, 1900. Price Two Cents. THE NEGRO IS OH TOP .When Republicans Rule in North Carolina. A Brief Chapter From i the History of Republican-Negro Rule Four Years Ago. The negroes dominate the Republican party in North Carolina. As a result most of the white men hare left that party in the hands of a few white and many negro office holders or office-seek ere. ' -i'-;V' Pritchard and a few other Republican bosses deny that there is any '; danger of negro rule in North Carolina. The future has to be judged by the past. By a fus ion four years ago, the Republicans again succeeded in getting partial con trol of public affairs. " Let us see what the condition then was: In New Hanover county, 40 negro magistrates were appointed. Bertie county got 16 of these dusky dispensers of justice, law and "equality.' Edgecombe got nearly twice as many, or Craven county was blessed with '27 o! v the ever faithful. ; , . ' Halifax, county was particularly ob noxious, having produced "Buck" Kitch- in, who did not believe in negro magis trates, got 29 of them. Granville county got 17 while you Wait. Caswell county, which had not done quite so much lor our cause," received seven. In all, there were named by the legis lature of 189o 800 negro magistrates in North Carolina. - . So much for the dispensers of justice at the homes of the people. . Was there not a flavor of negro dom ination in that? But the negroes were . - - i J t t If . . A not concent witn mat. iears : ago ine negro did not aspire to the county offices In that year, however, Craven county was given a negro register of deeds and negro deputy register and -three negro deputy sheriffs, a negro coroner and a negro commissioner. - - A negro was elected register of deeds in New Hanover, negro constables - and deputy sheriffs were appointed., x ren, and indeed, in all the black counties of the east, negroes were elected or ap pointed to public office. x k r A iff IhAM won nna nttirwk t.ha naimt was particularly unfit for, it was school committeemen over white children; and yet throughout , the eastern ; counties there were hundreds of negroes appointed school committeemen over white chil- .. dren. " . -. ' Nor did the municipalities escape. The charters of the towns were amended to favor the neirroes. ' Wilmington was protected by naming 14 negro policemen and one of the mem bers of the : finance committee was neirro. 7- .'.. ;.' '-'v Negro policemen and aldermen were cnosen in nowwru. Greenville was gerrymandered in such a way that the negroes were' enabled to elect four of the six members of the board of aldermen. ' - Was there not something of negro dom ination in that? . In State affairs: ; The negro James H. Young was made chief fertilizer inspector, and a director of the white blind asylum. -A negro was appointed collector of cus toms for the port of Wilmington and 25 neirro postmasters were named in sundry towns of the east, at the solicitation of State Republican leaders. A negro dep- nty collector was appointed for the fourth district and numerous storekeep ers and gangers. . ; , For two years the negro was on top. He" controlled the Republican party, and the administration of affairs was in his interests. . , Then the election of 1898 came on. . . In the second judicial district a. negro was nominated for solicitor. Ia the second congressional district a negro was nominated for congress-end was elected. x la Edgecombe county three negroes were nominated for the legislature, two in Halifax, ODe in Granville, one in Vance, one in Craven, one in Pasquotank, one in Northampton, one in Warren, and others in other counties. ' In Craven county negroes alone .were named for the legislature, registers of deeds, treasurer, coroner, county com missioner, standard keeper, and the can didates for sheriff and clerk promised to name negro deputies. In all the great negro counties, the darky ran riot over the white man, and whenever the negro voters had any strength they were given representation on the Republican ticket. Thin was in toleral.le. A crisis had com. Tbewhite people banded together in White Suprem acy dubs and met the isue at the poll. Tl,e wLit people of the State paw the etii cf uch an' administration and pat .t ;r f )Dt bearilj down tpon it. Ia riesv rf the facts, it is jlp.in that tie rfirro bis become much more i a 1 3 rr.t'al'in dominating the IVpullsn party t! an La c--d to t. ar. 1 it is i-luia in t'..e t i-' rn cr-;-,t of tl," Ft.it- L is r.' "tfT t' 17"' Y.o.Tt r'irtj. 1 :.t i t . . tl t! i n ,' '.: - ' ' - : - 1 :. ; ;t It is t'l X-.-lt ;a t'. r that the negro should crush the life blood out of the white communities of the east ern counties, if thereby the negro is kept a voter to help the Republican party in power. 7,; ; WHAT SENATOR PRITCHARD PRETENDS. It is all right in their eyes that the in fluence of the negro should be potent in the administration of public affairs when the Republicans are in power, if thereby the negro voters are kept in line and by their vote and aid the Republican party gets control. They, therefore, pretend that there is nothing at which white men should com plain ia all this. And they insist that there is no negro domination; that there is no negro rule; that there has been none and will be none. Senator Pritchard stands up in his place in the United States senate and so asserts, and he and his aiders and abettors so declare on the stump. They declare that there is no negro domination; that there has been none and will be none-If having negroes to flu all those offices we have mentioned does not make negro rule, what does it make? If it don't put the negro over the white man, who does it put over the white man? If it is not odious and op pressive and tyrannical and cruel to the white men to place neerroes over them. and to have all the public offices filled by negroes what is it? But it is all the same to Senator Pritchard and bis polit- cal clique because they think it is all right. " ,' ALL RIGHT TO THEM. Thevars the men who did it. They have no fault to find with it. And it is to be expected that tbey would pretend that there is nothing wrong in it, and that the white men ought to submit with gladness and cheerfully to having the ne gro over them, because senator rntcnara thinks it is for his political interest that it should be that way.: But whatever Senator Pritchard may say, the fact is, whenever that party obtains power the negro is , dominant.. The white people know that, and it was because the white people came to an understanding and realization of the actual condition of af fairs in this State that they determined tjfo years ago on having White Supre macy. BUT THE WHITE PEOPLE DEMAND WHITE SUPREMACY. They, therefore, united and elected a legislature which, as far as the legislative power went, applied a remedy to the evil of negro domination. And then thia legislature, representinor the white voters ofNorth Carolina, with a determination , to eradicate the foul blot and stain upon our State, and to remove the possibility of negro domina tion of white men hereafter, proposed a constitutional, amendment that would settle that matter for all time. This amendment was not proposed as a party measure. It did not come from the Democratic State executive commit tee. It came from the sovereign people of the State, acting through their repre sentatives in the general assembly. It was proposed as a measure calculated and intended to suppress negro domina tion, and it carries with it a nope that when adopted and put into operation it will have a most salutary effect in remov ing race differences, in settling the race question, in rendering it impracticable for the negro to aspire to office, and in lead ing the negro to look to industry and abor for support instead ol making him an agitator and political factor. - WHAT THE AMENDMENT WILL DO. And it will have the effect of putting an end forever to negro rule in some ol the , airest counties of the State and imbuing the white people with hope for future Brood rovernment and progress. When the incubus of negro domination is finally and effectually removed from these com munities, they may te expected to range themselves abreast of the more progres sive and prosperous portions of the State and to make rapid advancement in in dustrial lines. To them the adoption of the amend ment will be the signal of hope, bringing with it peace, happiness and prosperity. KRUGER IN A RAILROAD CAR Says Boers Will Continue the War. Boers Took All Artillery Out of Pretoria. , London, June 8, 3 a.m. The executive officers of the Transvaal government are in a railway car which is shunted on a switch at Machadorp station. President Kruger caused the interior of the coach to be reconstructed some time ago with a view to contingencies that have now arrived. ' Kruger says the British occupation of Pretoria does not end the war; that the Boers will never surrender as long as 500 armed men remain in the army. Nine hundred British prisoners arrived TueJav at Nooitacht. Tbey are penned n a barbed wire enclosure of four acres on the open veldt. According to a c. snatch from lxjrenio XIarquj-s, dated yesUrday, Lord Roberta s report-J to cave inleTepted two trains f'j'l leanr? lie vicinity cf Pretoria, Tie fort at Pretoria wtre foand di- manti-M.tLe ioers getting away wita aa the art..;ery. Tfc Eest Prt!crl;!!ca f:r Ct:"i fw b a of Cxt'iTrrji Cnx . It u J. a can CODHTY COHVEHTIOt An Harmonious and Enthusiastic Assemblage of Democrat. The , Ticket is a Splendid One! Hon ' ClaudeKitohmSpeakstoaLarge Crowd. . . . . J: For House or Rkiuksentativcs : W. W. CARRAWAY. For Sheriff: JOHN C. WOOTEN. For Register of Deeds : W. D. SUGGS. For Treasure : JOSEPH B. TEMPLE, For Coroner : R. W. POPE. , For Surveyor: , ELIJAH P. LOFTIN. , For County Commissioners s ' W. CANADV, A. W. WHITFIELD ndD. WOOD. ,;" At 1:20 o'clock this , afternoon Mr. J, W. Grainger, chairman of the Democratic executive committee, called the conven tion to order and made a short, but timely speech. " v The court house was filled with intelli gent people Democrats earnest and enthusiastic for the success of Democracy and white supremacy. , iv. o. Herbert was requested to act as secretary. . - . Upon motion the temporary organiza tion was made permanent. : v. The chairman announced the conven tion ready to proceed to business and asked how the convention wished to nominate candidates. : - Mr. Y. T. Ormond moved to Vote by townships and nominate candidates in following order: House, sheriff, register, treasurer, surveyor, coroner, commis sioners. Carried. ; :; y nor trie house the louowing names were placed before the convention: H. E. Shaw, Geo. Turner, W. W. Can-away and JN. J. House. .. ' . Mess. E. B. Lewis and R. F. Churchill were requested to act as tellers. . i . - xne first ballot for the .bouse was as follows: Shaw 15& Turner 17, Carra- way 2Z, Rouse 18. , ' The second ballot resulted in the elec tion of Carraway. the vote being as fol lows: Shaw 3, Turner 18, Carraway 37, iiouse .-y, f Capt. Carraway made a dice speech. thanking the , convention for the honor conferred upon him. It is indeed a high honor, being the first time the Democrats have sent the same representative to the legislature. , - On motion of H. E. Shaw the nomina tion of Capt. Carraway was made unani mous by acclamation. . ; ' SHERIFF. For sheriff the following were placed before the convention: JobnC. Wooten, John 11. Dawson and Geo. L. Hod tree. The first ballot was an follows: Wooten Dawson 1G. Hodges 3. wooten was declared the nominee. The nomination was made unanimous by acclamation. Sheriff s Wooten came forward upon being called and , was greeted with hearty cheers.. He ' made an excellent speech calculated to allay personal feeling and to make mends. : - REGISTER OF DEEDS. The following names were placed before the convention for register of deeds: ha S. Pittman, W. D. Suggs, Geo. L. KU- pa trick and Joe F. Bar wick. Snggs was renominated on the nret ballot, the vote being: Suggs 85, Pitt- man 18, Kilpatrick 8, Barwick 5, The - nomination of Suggs was made unanimous by acclamation. ' , . . aa to clerk. ?, Dr. H. Tull offered the following resolu fion, which was unanimously adopted Resolved, That the Democratic ex ecu tire committee of the county be in structed to carefully consider the question as to whether a superior court clerk is to be elected hi this county in August, 1900, and in the . event it shall be de termined by them in favor of a nomina tion, the said committee is authorized, directed and instructed to nominate Plato Collins, the present incumbent, for that office. TREASURER. . Cpon motion the rules were suspended and J. B. Temple was renominated by acclamation, unanimously. ; COBOKER. R. W. Pope, of Contentnea Neck, was nominated by acclamation. Capt. Pope made a humorous speech accepting the nomination, saying if elected he would try to have as few patients as possible. SURVEYOR. E. P. Loftin was renominated for sur veyor by acclamation. COUXTT COMMIWHOlfERS. The following nam werejlaced bt fAre the converitlAo: f-'hade Wooten, B. W. Carady. A. W. WLitf.eld. R. E. Bland, D. W. Wood, E. P. Loftin. W. A. Jones, S. II. Ar v ott and W. I i- ia-'v. B. V.'. C -a!yti'-l fit led; J not I are tl t.r i r-rve. scd f:rrte3 the r. .-cf H. Tu'.l. t-eversd ir.;te-i on : - -( ' t. . ?i ; v. 1 to t C " 'r acclamation. Fie was thus elected by ac clamation. The name of S. H. Abbott was with drawn, by his request. The names of Shade Wooten, Dr. Tull and R. E. Bland were also withdrawn. The first ballot resulted: A. W. Whit field 46, D. W. Wood 82, W. F. Stanly 22, A. T. Dawson 10. W. A. Jones 11, E, P, Loftin 5. Whitfield 'and Wood were declared the nominees. The wort ot the convention was com pleted at 3 o'clock. ' Mr. Kitchin was conducted in the hall He was introduced in a fitting manner by Capt. J. W. Grainger, 'and addressed a great crowd of enthusiastic white men GENERAL NEWS. Matters of Interest Condensed Into Brief Paragraphs. A dispatch from London says that the Duke of Wellington died Friday morning at Stratbneldsaye, the famous old family seat. - ; . United States Ambassador Choate's residence in London was seriously dam aged by fire early Friday morning. The fire was confined to the upper story. While at work on a steamer at Jack sonville, Fla., Thursday, four colored men were struck bv liirhtniner and killed and 14 others were shocked, some quite seriously. .'. The entire business and most of the residence portion of Virginia, Minn., con sisting of nine blocks, were wiped out by fire Thursday. Loss estimated at f 500, 000; insurance about $125,000. - The Connecticut state Democratic con- vent inn nnftnimnnsi v annnren Rnionnrm naming William J. Bryan for president. instructing delegates for him, and pledg ing support to tbe piatiorm or the Kan sas City convention. The refinery and Boap house of - tbe Southern Oil company's refining plant at Savannah, Ga., were destroyed by fire Thursday. The loss will be upwards of 1150,000, fully covered by insurance. It is believed the fire originated from a stroke of lightning. f ; . J. T. Brice, of Savannah, Ga., killed Jamaican named Constantino at Santiago de tuba in a fight growing out ol a re mark by Jirice that u tbe Americans, in stead of the English, had been fighting the Boers, the Transvaal war would have terminated long ago. Brice claims that be acted in self-defense. . ; A dispatch from Manila says that Capt Frank Crenshaw, with 40 men of the Twenty-eighth infantry, while scouting near Taal, was led into an ambush by a guide. Capt. Crenshaw was wounded badly in tbe head and one private was wounded. Tbe ambusbers were scatter ed, leaving 10 dead and thaee wounded on the field.' II w Peary Retrieved Wild Dacks. Lieutenant It. R Peary, the arctic explorer, was bom in Maine. He pre pared himself for entering Bowdoln college at Fryeburg academy In Frye- burg, In the western part of the state. The following story of Peary's early days shows his method of overcoming obstacles: , One of his fellow townsmen while out hunting one day in November dis covered a flock of ducks In a pond about two miles from the village. Tbe man wanted the birds, but knew no way of getting them, even If his shot were elective, for he bad qo dog, and there was no boat In the pond. On bis way home he met Peary and told hint about the ducks and why be had not fired at them. "Now, said Teary, "let' go back to the pond, and U the ducks are stUl there I promise to retrieve all yon kill.,V ". .' They returned to the pond; the ducks were undisturbed. The weather had been cold for several days. Ice had formed around the shore of the pond. and the ducks were bunched out in open water, but within range. Merrill fired and killed two. Without . more ado than If he were about to take a dip In the old swimming bole on a hot July day Teary removed his clothing, broke tbe ice with a heavy stick and swam out, picked up the dead birds and brought them to land. Saturday Evening Post . A Storr Paps. There Is a moral In this little story of child life. "Mamma," . asked little 3-year-old Freddie, "are we going to heaven some day?" . "Yes, dear, I hope so," was the reply. "I wisb papa could go, too." contin ued the little fellow. "Well, and don't yon think he wlUT asked his motber. "Oh. no." replied Freddie; "he could not leave his business!" Does the rnnn wbo worries about Llmself ever tLIak that be is worrjlnj: el'cut a thin; of which tLe worM c-.tkes llttlo cote? St Lru!s Star. STATE NEWS. Interesting North Carolina Items In Condensed Form. - Tli TnnithorA' Aaocmlilv nimtfi tn linn. head City June 12-17. We are glad to see that Hon. H. A. London, editor of the Chatham Record, has been nominated for the senate from Chatham county. I. D. Hargett, negro ex-postmaster of Rocky Mount, convicted in Raleigh federal court, was on Thursday sentenced to 12 months in Wilson county jail and fined $842. Greensboro Record: The board of education of the city met last night and selected tbe officers and teachers for next year. rroi. unmsiey was re-elected superintendent without opposition and there was very little cbange made in the force of teachers. : Lexington Dispatch: Oue hundred and sixty-four hawk heads were present ed to Clerk Phillips during tbe month of May. Under the present law the county Eays 25 cents for a hawk scalp and on fonday the county commissioners were compelled to allow the neat little sum of $41.00 for tbe slaughter of these pests in May.;. .7 , Winston Sentinel: ' Some of the negroes seem to have an idea that the taking of the census is in some way connected with tbe Proposed constitutional amendment in this State. It Is said that several have asked if this is not true. One thing that makes tbe neirro think there is some thing in it is the question as to whether they can read anp write. Hickory Press: Joseph Cornell, of near Vilas, Watauga county, met with a ter rible accident last week; which resulted in bis death. Mr. Cornell was working at a saw mil', and in passing near the running saw, in some way slipped and fell on it, and was terribly mangled. Ilia arm was severed from his body and his body cut nearly in twain. : Raleigh Cor. Charlotte Observer: The Republicans are said to be working now through the census-takers, ,1 This was today said to be quite widespread. They are sending out newspapers in great numbers. It is said that all nrevirnin circulation of Tbe Caucasian has been doubled. . The Asheville Gasette has a really immense circulation, paid for out of the campaign fund, of course. There are some Democrats who actually fear or the success of the amendment, so active and so unscrupulous are its ene mies. . , ' ' Rev. Dr. Vann, the new president of of tbe Baptist University at Raleigh, has a remarkable personality. He is one of the brainiest Baptists in the State. In the course of a chat witb a Raleigh . re porter he said that his health is not good and that be really wanted to live a country life, but that the trustees had unanimously elected him and be thought it his duty to do his best. Dr. Vann's modesty is equal to his goodness. He lost both arms in a cane mill, when very young, yet has remarkable use of the stumps. He uses a gun well and can kUl partridges on the wiDg. He is per haps one of the most wonderful shots in State. : " s - ' - A. & N. O. R. R. Passenger Department,! Newbern, N. C, May 81, 1900. " RATES TO MOREHEAD. The following special rates of fare (sea son 1900) from stations named to More head City and return. In effect June 1, 1900: SEASON SATURDAY. STATION'S. TICKET. Goldsboro ...4.00 NIGHT. ' 2.00 1.80 1.60 1.40 1.30 1.00 .00 .40 LaG range. 8.50 3.00 2.75 2.70 20O: Kinston ... Dover........... Core Creek.... Newbern ...... Riverdale 1.75 Newport ....... .60 TEACHERS TICKETS. Special rates of fare round trip tickets (including one membership coupon of 2) to the meeting of the North Carolina Teacher's AsoembTv at MoreheadCKv. In effect June 12, 1900, to June 17, 1900. Tickets to be on sale from June 9th to June 17th and good to return with final limit to July 25. 1900: Goldsboro. f 4.40 Core Creek f 4.00 La Grange 4.25 Newbern 3.25 Kinston 4.15 Riverdale 3.10 Dover 4.00 Newport - 2.45 RATES TO SKVKX SPRIXGS. Summer excursion tickets (season 1900) from A. 4 N. C stations round trip tickets will be sold to LaUrange to parties visiting the abme Springs at tbe following rates of far for the round trip: Goldsboro $ .70 Newbern 2.2" Kiss ton .60 lUvrrcale 2. Dover 1.05 Newport 3.45 CorpCreek l.W) MorvboadCity 3.S0 Tickets on sale June 1st Ticket good o return to October 31, 1000. S. L. Dill, G. P. A. Wlite's r:.vk liniment It r V - - Wi:t's r.?uk U: jtualorlc It c- 'a to l'r-. f c: cf t:.cc ty cc: ; i t v J. 11 I : - :. A:.c tctt:ef--rl5c I. 111:. ....
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