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HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER I, 1894.
"NUMBER 44
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III
A STIRRING
APPEAL.
YoieFor the State Democratic
Platform.
IIL'FJIAM ON SILVER.
A Iv ; ;i trsc Letter lr;i Mr. 1 hon:us fl. Huf-
;). iJe Advocates t!;e Std' Platform.
:: I'iiKAXiiCA ii o r i a:-; ':
'j .. it "..11 e elections lit Catawba
,... , : .1 ifr"-;; ! of i:.-'t Nvcuiber.
I ij win.
a Tiii' 1 "emoc; ac 1
. t
1 . .
,:; in tho contest of t iaylei
' unmindful oi to struggles
Very many important
involved in ..-his" contest,
tions of great moment ami far
rm hing in their requite will soon be
".. Among the g; a vest resp:'n--;!.:;:;;
-s resting upon Cm Democratic
v , . it Catawba, ivih- naming of
I "; .;.'.! States Senato: s at t lit- primary
j.-u. it lias been suggested that
V"-
Oil .
Ifiy Catawba's eii'v-: may. fall up
candidate -v.-h. though justly
dis iuguished by reason of im, ability
ami public service, is out of harmony
.wit a the .Democratic platform of North
Caflina. Worthy gent kmem tried
aiai ti ne Democrats, ;ol!owing a leader
wh-. has served Ids State faithfully,
1 1 ; ; ! y et bring upon their party disas
ter and ruin such as all the combined
Sol. vs of Populism and Republicanism
could not have wrought. Only those
who favor tho doctrines advocated by
the people ought to hs placed in office.
There is no other way by which the
Intentions of a party may bo deter
mined than by their platform. In it
they proclaim -their principles. A
platform is a 'proposed contract a
1 1 1 i : i to be done, for a consideration.
The people are to entrust the party
with their government and the party
in power must procure the enactment
of tiie laws required.
The Democracy of North Carolina
have irrevocably pledged themselves
to the free coinage of silver at a ratio
otif.to 1. Their platform in 12,
plainly and unequivocally declares
tin tact. The people signified their
approval at -the. polls. Eight out of
North Carolina's ten members of
Con .tress voted and worked for free
cohaige, during the special session of
IS? :.. The last Democratic State con
vention reaffirmed their adheranee to
the position taken by the party two
years ago. Such being the ease, what
views upon finance should the Demo
cratic senatorial candidates entertain?
Is 1 he Democratic 'Party sincere in
mi p port ing the free silver planks in
serted at Raleigh? If so, they cannot
consistently elect a Senator who refu-
i o stand upon their platform. It
i- 'a ami absurd to say the contrary.
i' n the other hand they adopted
i Iv, r clause merely as an election
Le to win votes, every just and 011
hgiaea. d citizen ouht to pray for
tat-a- vt!eejly overthrow. Are we asked
!.;. rr that doctrine of infamy
ih -party is not bound by its plat
!;;'! ; 'Political parties should be the
a--!,'is tiiroah whieli princi'iiles are
e a;.i;::eti. At; 'organisation forfeits
ria-lit to public confidence if it
Ma ,-itld be found e nsideriny: not how
th interests of the people may best be
- r si, but how its . rap . upon the
u hir f power may most easily be re-
a si.
Nithin that i.t rijr'at c:iu
dient. It wo-ild b. well to 1
i-hier tnese thin-s b ftire Ti:e
tate
pi i traanpled in the dust.
Nrth Carolina remembers that when
Tie
p,!: eur
O-ad of the Sherman a -t was
hi. ,4 the gold-bug press heap-d
.n her and that t:;- mmev
- . Vv'all Street t::so!ently at-i-"
- t. buiiv her uepre-seataii ves
- 1' aei-oj. Nor has sbe frrt.t
m a who stood 'auisliakeu.
uaterri!ie;l. braving
in
t
i . .
m
'''mentions
of combined '
'-". reiving the Threats
"atjve displeasure, proving
eh.r faithful in discharging the
which the DeuHK-raTie party
'. si-i;e had made to the people.
.I ta- icui--nits at this late d;fv
a u noii their recti?-.!" (,. tlui-
tie-;
P . ,
a 1
he 'h ::i-!i;!s of flee silver aid At tlie
m e- time place in tiu United States
Senate an enemy to free silver? What
position will the party then occupy?
How can its professions be reconciled
with its acfe? Thelarin discrepancy
between them will suggest a most sig
nificant comparison. This financial
question recalls the greatest crime in
all history. There silver constituted
the' chief inducements to commit the
act, which, by the way is not the first
time that a good thing has been put
t o a bad use. When the wretch whose
very name has become a synonym for
vileness, betmyed his Lord and Mas
ter, what means were employed to ac
complish his sinister purpose? J)id he
come openly .and boldly, sword in
hand and deliver hl.- victi;uto torture
and to death? Or did he not rather
witli deceitful words of affect ion and
hypercritical caresses conceal foul and
treacherous murder hi his heart?
How reads the record'- '"Ay id he said:
hail master and kissed him.v
Tnos. !tf. Ilri'iiA:.!.
The Gr a
Wa Iter. Ij. .lain'
flaiii Show.
Circus; and Menag-
lie, America's ia rgest and best show,
exliibired in tin's city Qef. ith, pre
senting the a-UingCireas, Wild Train-
ni;aal Sho wAV" orld's Fair Midway
'ft
the rdaicIiK-ss Idenaa-eri:. The Nasr-
idii(:!.t . ii ippoilro:!e. The Wild East
and Yv'est specimens of man and beast.
iiiilie Za:'X:l, the snake enema n tress,
stands pre. eminent in her special1 line.
She handles the most dangerous rep
tiles with . utter abandon. Ilcr
presence seemingly so cows them that
tliev .sab-nit themselves readilv and
without tho slightest protest to be
toyed v. iih just as Millie Zai'.el pleases.
a v, ,- ,- ' ':: ,vrhi',T 1 outids.
when bidden, ;ippr;;aciies tlie enciian
tress with head erect, and, to the
uninitiated,' it looks as if. tli-? d:ir iug
Avoman wii! be insta.nvly made a
maugk'-a mass of bones and ilesh witii
in the deadly coils of the loathsome
serpent. But not so. It enfolds her
body as gently as the clasps of a loving
child around a mothers neck. Should
; stranger dare enter the den of these
snakes, even a John L. Sullivan, his
life would instantly pay the penalty of
his rashness. However, tliQ enchan
tress handles them with impunity; but
to see her surrounded by fourteen of
the hideous hissing monsters, with
glistening eyes, shooting tongues, or
mouths wide open in their, apparently,
frenzied gyrations, is a sight that will
linger in one's memory forever. In the
museum and annex the rooster or
chestra is the jrreat attraction. No
fraud about this feature of the show.
Roosters in reality play upon musical
instruments. We say it is simply an
automatic performance. Do we know
it? Hut let that be as it may, all
should witness the performance. The
wonders of creation are sign-boards
erected along man's pathway, point
ing him ever onward and upward to the
God who created him. Fred Defrates,
the wild man from Australia, with
claws like a bear, and flowing hair as
heavy asthe mane of a Shetland pony,
should by no means be overlooked.
Madame Minerva, the mind reader,
ami Zela, the magnetic lady from the
World's Fait, are features of the show
most interesting to us and well worth
observation. The latter will hold a
chair aloft and defy any four men to
pull it dow n. If you doubt it, select
your giants, four in number,and accept
her challenge, and your lords of crea
tion will slink from her presence,
forced to confess they were vanquished
by a woman.
Walter E. Main is unqmst ioaably
the Au:oer.it of American amm-emerit
enterprises. If we had the leisure, it
would be a pleasure to ar-v a e mq!ete
birds-eye view of everything boeen
bmeath his imiv.i-: bat duties call us
elsewhere. Evervon
that can shou! I
patronize this great show.
Ministers.
ladies and ail clasVan an :td with
f
out the ItMst sterol. v .it dignit v o
r
delicacy. Tli, clowns perpetrate no
obscme jers on the auditors, no,- will
profanity at.d ob.-crtdty he uttered
auy here about t k gi oands. Tlie e:i
tire face is a Uiesp! u:-d t s Chaste
miral ot Walter L. Main that no hn-
propr:;::e
lu-evi be appri Iif-H.eii. Ii
otisv traveling sti '.-- we
hav
e
overseen lha? w.s in realitv
lit fos
d vent neonle to'vi-dt.
. .a '!. :g. t t i.e -"lia,. rfVr.t
la.eir tea-e . ,v, t.?v- .,a.lhe.ai H.-.U-va
freil. dt u . at ..sr.vihe was
f eand jo ,. in. i ii swthlhig
auu !o ir I .a!-.l .: and f.ui.- "h.tiity
ears we:-' o:s-u:a. ti ! v 1 1 e t'afet-s.
Ne: ! her fi -igii t :..r . i v. .-r favt- I
Loss esti.uau d ut v.s. in
sured.
HERE'S OL'R OLD FRIEND.
t ne rsews i-rom jacoo s rorK Ana it is uemo- 1
cratlc. j
For the 'Press and .Carolinian: It I
has been sometime since an article ap- j
peared in the columns of the Press
from me. I thought that it was again
time for one to appear, that might be
of interest to the many readers of your
excellent paper. There are so many
things afloat in t his neck of the world,
that it is impossible for me to enumer
ate them all.
The greatest question is the polit
ical issues of the day. Which is now
the great conversation at home, abroad
and at church, and everywhere else
by these new mushroom statesmen
who think they know it all. I tell
you that they are some pumpkins in
tills great light. They-make many
plausible and sophistical arguments of
very weak points if it were possible to
deceive the very elect. -
Democrats be on your guard, and
stand (irm and fight bravely and man
fully for your cau do your whole
duty at the ballot box, and" elsewhere
til your motto be victory! Victory!
You know that wo have to fight for a
rightous cause. vre have to contend
with the negro vote that is the balance
of power in the State. They can con
trol matters in this state at their will
by electing their men. Have you even
thought of this? That this good white
men and hard 'laboring tax payers in
the State. That their doom can be
fixed by this class of voters. Good
men remember this, and stand up like
valiant men and acquit yourselves
and then our eause will be crowned
with glory why sir those latter days,
mushroom and great would-be . states
men, stand up and say to the negroes
with great emphasis, ''vote for the
liiea who freed you !'' There is noth
ing too low down for them to stoop to
and make false represensations of the
present governmental affairs. And
charges the Democratic party that
cotton only is worth five cents per
pound, it is a wo;.der that., they dont
charge them for the rabbits to peal
the young fruit trees during the win
ter months, and for the crows to in
fest the water-melon patches during
the summer, and for the milch cows to
get the wolf in their tail, and the hol
low horn during the winter months,
and charge them with many other
things that this world is subject to.
I might give you a great deal more,
but I forebear for the present. My
advice is stand firm and do your whole
duty on the election day, and we will
hear a good report from the good old
Democrat v. T
a slick: citizen.
He Works the Masonic Racket For $25.00
In Hickory.
Last Monday morning Mr. A. A.
Shuford entered his bank and said to
Mr. Menzies, the cashier and Mr.
Crowell, the assistant cashier and
book-keeper, not to cash a check for a
man named Smith, David R. Smith, j
if he should come in. That Mr. Bryan
Jones had informed him that a man
passing under that name had been
working some crooVed rackets up the
country somewhere. Sure enough
after a while here come along Smith
with his
check for '2r..Q0 on th
iwf,!l VH,v- H.nt ToM,v;n- V,
The check was endorsed by a mer
chant here in Hickory. Smith was
told he would have to get the en
dorser to come to the bank and state
whether it was his endorsement. The
merchant came and said it was his
Mnitnro
Later he became alarmed and went
back to the bank and paid for a teh.
gram to the bank on which the check
was drawn. The bank is a place o;T
of the trail road and no telegraph office.
But eventually the repJv came that
, 4 .
the check wis not teo.xi on that Umk.
It is uiidersttwvl by us that tlie mer
chant got hack pnrt of tn's money' le
fore th man left town. A!o, that
Siuith workevl tie Masonic racket.
Ye jrabhsh it to warn pei-p! to watch
out for thic t; a -m:th.
loiter Sri:;tli v,a i-rrerfed and was
under cu.-Titdv in Hiekorr esterdav
Tlie charge Hgaitst him is obtaining
eaonev Under false tort-Ten- s.
Two mail trams collided at 'Hender
son on the -Tlh ult. The engines of
both trains were damage' 1 and several
passangers were hurt, but not eri
ously. A misunderstwH! train oider
was the cause of the colli: ion.
OUR FRIEND CAPT. BOST.
1 He is for Free .Silver and Solvation. The way
t set It Is to Vote For Wilfonj: and
then For Jar vis.
Near Newton, N. C, Oct. 27, '04.
CoI.'M. E. Thornton,
Hickory, N. C
Dear sir;
1 am much pleased with your posi
tion as to candidates for the U. S.
Senate and the free and unlimited
coinage of silver. Our Senators should
be in perfect harmony with the State
Democratic platform on tho coinage
of silver. We cannot afford to elect
men Wedded to goldbug ideas. Iam
for Hon. T. J. Jarvisfor the long term.
I do not believe that he can be swerved
from his present free coinage moorings
as our representative in the State.
YW have no other politician in North
Carolina embodying so ..many of the
best qualities of the lamented Zebulon
P. Vance as are found in the character
of T. J. Jar vis.
Your other, candidate Judge A. .C.
Avery, is in my judgment the best
selection that could be made for the
short term Senator. Both of these
men are w ith us on all the great finan
cial questions now attracting so much
public attention. Silver, the money
of the Constitution should be restored
whethet or not England consents.
While we appreciate the ability of our
Congressional represenatives to secure
Federal patronage, there must be no sus
picions that it was obtained by a sur
render of vital principles of the paity's
faith.
It is always unfortunate for a Sena
tor's convictions to change and
iftcr-
wards find him loaded to the guards
with patronage from a President to
whose faith lie Was so suddenly con
verted. Senator Jarvis and Judge- Avery,
would make representatives in the
United States Senate that-would be an
honor to North Carolina. They are
in thorough accord with the Democra
tic platform, and 1 now appeal to all
Democrats and especially the ex-Confederates,
with whom I battled for
four bloody years for home rule and
human freedom, to join with me in
their support. I also appeal to my old
comrades in arms and my old Demo
cratic friends to cast their ballots for
the Democratic legislative ticket
Costner and Mcintosh for the Senate
and WYlfong for the House.
Respectfully,
R. A. Bost
Some Scriptural Suggestions.
Ed. Press and Carolinian.
My Dear Democratic Friend: I
desire to make a few remarks about
how our Rep-Pop friends treat us
over in this corner of good old Cataw
ba, and I ask you please to publish
this in your next issue. Last night,
Oct. 2Gth, Mr. J. Frank Coulter of
Connelly Springs, came over to make
a Democratic speech at "Spt-ckeled
College"1 a school house near here, and
quite a crowd had gathered to hear
the speaking, but when tiie iteps and
Pops lound that only a JK-m wu. tntae
to speak they all hit t-siv. onej hi a
blinding hail storm ratner la.niftay
and listen to the truth.
They seem to stick to their party
more iinpriety than Jeptha, when ho
, t
i e oeaf to hearing any Hung, toey
i seem to love their ne.v!y u ,..,
party more than they fear 'death,'
there is no more reasoning with t, em
; than there is milk in a Republican
steer. Oh! how noble is reason. Oh!
1 Irieuus " w Bi,uulu uwur:ili;
as yourselves? how would it fare wv-t !:
f vnur lfii.irred souls'? Saiij-tii.e..
wOUiaul love -and meekn-ss is be
coming Christians, such .mercy is-no
bilities true badge. I liotH they, will
sleep in Abrahams bosom. Ituniou-i
stubomess shows a will incorrect to
heaven. 1 would we wre of one mind
and that we could do as we. did 'in
days 'gone by. w alk up to the iol!s and
vote the Dc-mccratie ticket. My
friends repent ye 1-efore it is forever
too late, remember the times from
1S,0 to 1?TC when we had the Repub
lican yoke on us.
Your true and r;ed.
I. Mux Williams.
Mull Grove, N. C.
A man more often marries a wife to
aid him in takiug care of his ttomaeh
than in takiug cure of his mjuL
Tnoiuasville Sun.
What nonsense: Marriiie is the
soul's elTort for a couqwinonship purer
than that prefTered in association
with men. IIiminate that aspiration
from the heart of man and he will live
and die a bachelor. '
............ ..... .,... . w T.
I oaaaiJ dVLi-jis ji:dnWoC jm. hip
novelty there is in it.
A Black Eye For Fusion.
I.INCOLNTON. Oct 27 J. E. O'Hara.
colored, whoso home is down east, was
in Lincolton last night and was here
for a purpose. It was not known by
many that he would be here, hut at
the ringing of the court house bell
several hundred people, the negroes
in the majority, assembled to hear
this noted colored ex-Congressman.
He began his speech at about $ o'clock
spoke for about one hour and a half.
His' speech was strictly . Republican. '
He said:
"I bring to you no new doctrine.'
Old Republie:tii ideas have faded out
in the minds of the people. The only
great and progressive, party is tho Re
publican party. I do licit propose to'
discuses tariff, we will let that sleep
awhile. The Republicans have sur
rendered to a band of ofaco seekers.
Do men ask protection f:rn aha; id of
ofilce seekers? That is what tlo lea
ders of the Populist 'party are. But
ler shows his picture first in the Al
liance white man in negro, out. The
name of his paper, Causeusian, means
white. He is after a fat. office. He
could not get it front Mr. Cleveland;
he has tried Populism and there is
nothing there for him. lie now makes
a leap for the Republican camp and
wants to fuse. How any Republican
can join hands with Populists and itd
vocate their principle.-? 1 cannot see.
If the Populists want to change let
them step on our platform. . We are
about S-,000 strong and they claim 45,
000 in the State. If they are Methodists
we will take them in on six months
j trial; if they are. Baptists we' will take
them to the pool and dip them and
they can then sing 'Whiter than yow.1
"One, two or three men sha no
set themselves up as dictators. In
stead of peace, strife is boing engen
dered by this Populist ic move. If the
Third party succeeds there will not be
a greasy spot of tlre Republican partp
left. The Democrats are a good peo
ple, but in y advice to you colored peo
ple is to vote the Republican ticket.
Keep your fingers out ot this fusion
pie. It is not wholesome diet."
FOUND A FORTUNE. -
A Jersey Geoloeist Unearths a Chest Full
of dold.
Newark, N. J., Oct. 24 In a search
for amethyst crystals today Frederick
M. Steel, a Montclair geologist, stum
bled on a fortune in the JMontclair
mountains. He unearthed a box, IS
by 8 inches, bound with steel bands.
The box was easily opened with a
spade and was found to contain gold
nuggets which had been melted and
broken. A letter, crumbling with age,
was found in the box. This letter
was written by Israel Van Geison,
who disappeared from . "West Bloom
field in-lSW. He subsequently died, in
California. The nuggets, as. claimed
in the letter, are worth about $13,000.
Yaa Geison had no heirs and the gold
will be appropriated by the finder.
DIRECTORS ELECTED.
TXietinf T the Southern Railway Company.
Stockholders at Richmond.
Richmond, Va., Oct, 23. A stock-holders-
lueeringof the Southern Rail
w ay Comany was held here this morn
ing, ni v Inch di rectors were elected
as folio as: Charles. H. Coster, H. C.
t-a iae tuck. Samuel Spencer, Samufl
Thou as, A. J. Thomas tind J. Hood
Wrigtit. of New York; A.I. Ikulware.
Pi- -sklent iA the First National Ikink
of Richmond, and Skipwith Wilmer. a
promnient lawyer of Baltimore.
Subsequently the Directors elected
all the former oHIcers of the Co, from
Samuel Spencer as President do wn.
During the month-? of July, August,
a:id Scpte:i ber, the L". S. mints coined
ht'H a- follows J4:lyt - iOOO;
August, .ZZ&.). and for S'ptember.
itroC.OTi In a letter on the .'ubjeet.,
SevTctary Curlih stated: My au
thority for coining silver h conferreel
by that Mt-t ion of the Sherman act,
which provide that J,-03,0i ounces,
of bullion hall leoinel each month,
until July 1st, IM'I, and as much
thereafter a may In? ne.?esary' to pro
vide for the nV.e::ipt:on of Treaury
tiot-." So, ii i! seen from the above
tateuji-nt of Mr. Carhsle. himsf, that
ti e present cwiuage of silver lias not in
cre;ts d our volume of currency. Pa
Iers that elami it ha tuake -tch state
meiit to !- eitv tlie peopi and inak
Tl:tm patietit mihr tl: continue-1
wr mgs ilone sdv r by the goklbtigs.