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MORG ANTON, N. C . THURSDAY, FE BR UAUJ 15. 1900.
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3VCO.NSIimiO.NAL- AMENDMENT.
A Conversation Between a Business
hhn and a FirmerNo Properly
'Qualification
Coaciaird Tnx Last Week.)
Farmer: "That seems to-be so. tt
not only does eot deny anybody the
right to vote bat It seems to m rather
to roofer open certain persons the
right to vote."
Busin Man: "That U It exactly,
tlut let ns. la this connection, examlse
iKtkm 4. That Is the only section of
the amendment that bridge the ne
groes' right to rote, as you w HI see by
reading It- That section does not al
low say negro to rote nnlesj be ran
read and write. That is a clear
abridgement of the general right to
rote; clear deaial of the - right to
rote to all negroes wio can not read
and write; bat the denial la because of
the lack, of education on the part of
the negro; because be cianot read and
write, not on account of his race, color
or previous condition. So that we see
by reading the two sections that It It
not the 5:h section which denies or
abridges the right of a negro to vote,
bat It Is the 4th section, and the- 4th
section denies and abridges his right,
not became of bla race, bat because
he doe sot possess certain educa
tiooal qualifications, which the State
hss a perfect right, as ererybody ad
mits, to Impose. Now then, we bare
Mn that teither of these two sections
violate the Constitution of the United
.StiT.es when taken separately. Of
tourse. therefore.'- if when taken to
artier they should violate thatCoa-
a:i:atioa. the unconstitutional element
would be In the combination of the
two as J no! in either taken eeparaie
lr. anJ of coarse both would hiTe to
fill toeihr.
Farmer: "Well, really, that seems
to be clear from the reading of the two
erricta. No. X would like to aak yon
If there U any probability of tie two
e -lions taken together being held to
b unconstitutional?" . - .
Business Man: "None In the world.
I am net a lawyer, bat I base talked
i;a a great many able lawyers about
this matter and I hate read pretty
m-s.-h all that has been about It. and
1 Bad Oat ery lawyer of aay t tana
lag who baa investigated the amend
meat has reached the conclusion that
i: is constitutional. I know some law-
yen wao taougnt i: wis not consti
totioaal when they first read it. bat a
oca as they investigated It they
changed their minds. I understand
that our amendment is a ropy of the
Louisiana amendment, and that that
was prepared by two' of the greatest
lawyers the South has produced, after
long iarestigation. and that they pre
pared it so that it would cot be open
to vaili constitutional objections I
know Butler aaJ Pritchard say that it
is unconstitutional. But neither of
them has any reputation as a lawyer.
Indeed, one of thorn baa Just got his
license. -Senator- Morgan's opinion
upon this subject. It seems to me.
ought to be accepted as settling this
question. He is regarded as the big
gest maa the South baa produced since
the war. and is the ablest lawyer In
the United Sutes Senate, and be de-
tared in a speech delivered tn tbV
Senate a few days sgo that he bad
carefully Investigated it and it ' was
clearly constitutional. In fact, be said
the Supreme- court of the United
States had already. In a rasa from
Mississippi.' decided practically the
legal principle Involved In favor ot
the constitutionality of the amend
ment. All thia talk about the amend
ment being unconstitutional is simply
to scare the people. Have cot yoa no
ticed, every time the people want to
enact into law any great reform, the
opponenta of the people raise the
question of its unconstitutionality? If
the people were to listen to these
demagogues they would never changt
their laws In any Important p art! co
la rs."
Farxaer: "I never took aay stock
la the suggestion that the Grandfather
clause would be struck . out of the
amendment and the educational clause
would be kept In. because It was al
ways plain to me that whoever voted
for one of these sections would have
to vote for the other, and that If It
was not for the 5th section the people
woald not vote for, the amendment at
all; and that the court would see that
the people voted for the amendment
with the 5th section in It, aad if It
should strike that oat It would be fore
leg upon the people an amendment to
their eonstltuUoo. which they did cot
vote for and never would hare voted
for. Bat the Republicans are trying
to frighten the people by telling them
that the present Republican Supreme
Court of this State will have the de
elding of this matter, and they will de
el ie it with the Republicans. I always
thought that when a Question about
the Constitution of the United Sutes
wns to be settled, that the Supreme
Court of the United States waa. the
only court that could settle it; is that
not so?"
Posiaess Man: "Why. certainly.
Joj are entirety right about that. The
decision of the Supreme Court of
North Carolina on this question would
eot Jbe binding. The' Supreme Court
or the United States alooe can finally
settle a question of this sort, and Sen
ator Morgan says It baa already settled
It la the Mississippi case la favor of
our amendment."
Farmer: "Too said the Louisiana
Constitutional amendment waa tha
same as ours. Has the Supreme Court
of the United sutes ever passed upon
tie coot: tut locality of that emeai
meat? Basinets Man: 'No. neither theSa
preme court of the United State nor
say other court- When the Louisiana
amendment waa before the people for
Business Maa: "Tea. every one that
wanted to re liter.
Farmer: "Wert the naedooated ne
groes allowed to register?"
Business Maa: "No. Bone of them."
Farmer: "His there been any elec
tion under the Louisiana law?"
Business Man: "Yes: not long since
the election in the great city ot New
Orleans was held under this amend
ment L j
Farmer: "Did the uneducated white
vote In the New Orleans election?"
Business Man: "Tea, all of them
who wished to."
Farmer: "Did. the uneducated ne
groes vote In the New Orleans elec
tion?" Business Msa: "No."
Farmer: "Then there has been both
a registration and an election nndet
the Xouteiana Constitution, and von
aay tha Republicans Lave not taken a
single case before the courts to test it
const Hutlon al I ty.
Business Man: "No, not a single
case, and It shows conclusively, does
It tot, -that all their talk before the
election about Its being" unconstltd
tlonal was mere wind- and fury, in
tended to frighten the uneducated
white people and keep them from dis
franchising the negro."
- Farmer: "I am very glad to have
had this Ulk with yoa. I knew yon
were thoroughly posted, as yoa gen
erally are upon such Important ques
tions, and I wanted to find oat the;
truth about these matters. We peo-
to defane white women. Desperate In
deed Is the plight of a party which will
make neb statements. The white Re-
puMIcana have brought White up;
they have patted him on the back; now
they curse blm and rail- him a
h.reljnc-
The Republicans as to this negro
question are like an untidy house
keeper, who sweeps a lot of trash un
der a lounge or table aad because she
thinks It blddsn affecU to believe thai
It la net there. But It la there all the
same. Jiut ao this year the white Re
publicans aeek to pat White and the
other negroes aside, but all the world
knows too ' negroes are not gone,
merely half-hidden. The white Re
publicans this year fear the negro In
a doable sense. Tbey have raised a
devil and now seek to exercise It. but
cannot.
The Republicans will bare whit may
be - termed a double-barreled head
quarters this year Greensboro one
barrel, Raleigh the other. Their
chairman. A, K. Holtoo, has all along
wanted Greensboro to be the head
Quarters. He baa never regarded Ral
eigh as congenial. '
The regular Democratic headquar
ters here will not be opened until
after the Bute convention, April II.
Meanwhile, however, the Democratic
missionary work goes steadily on. The'
people In the country are being reach
ed In all posalble ways.
In about a fortnight the fusion daily
I here, with Republican money back of
ple la tbe country haven t yet awhile ., ,. . c , ,..
4 . -f.,i,. t ,w. nJlr. It will be Senator Butler a paper;
really It will be Collector Duncan'.
hsd an opportunity to study the Ques
tion as closely as yoa bare; we haven't
bad as much reading matter about It
as yoa bare had. but we'are going to
study It like we did the great issue ot
White Supremacy la the last cam
paign, aad we are going to learn all
about It. and before the election wt
will know as much about It as the peo
ple In the centres of population. Ton
know la the Last campaign the country
people were better posted before tha
election cam on than the town peo
ple. This question of the amendment
Is an exceedingly important one- to
the white farmers, and I feel certain
when they thoroughly understand It
they will go to the polls almost to a
The latter la the "Boss Piatt" of Eait
North Carolina and Is the enroy ex
traordinary of Senator Pritchard to the
j machine Populists. He In-pecta sll the
news before they ere made and the
J Populist machine mores only after he
; baa said "O. K." .
, The Republicans here two or three
I weeks ago began to offer to bet that
' Richmond Pearson would be seated la
j Congress, and Crawford unseated. So
! sure were they ot their game thst
they offered odds. Tbey knew what
! waa- going to happen, and Tnrs lay
the telegraph told the story thst by
; a strict party vote the committee had
! decided In Pearson's favor. And now
MR. TAYLOR -TALKS.
Positively Refuses to Sip Louisville
Arrtement.
COURTS MUST NOW DECIDE' IT.
Toy lor Disbands the Troopsand Calls
the 4slatature- to Re-Coavene at
Frankfort.
the Republicans are offering to bet that
gro In politics: they don't Intend eret j J,1. wlU UMl 3
again to be bossed by him; tbey'" -
never want again to have to go through ; .,.,. .
the terrors which darkened their. ' niU Spec Ch.
homes duricx the past two years of; A special dispatch from Washing-
Besrro rule In North Carolina. It ton gives the following sccount- of
seems to me If anything we oeoole In ' Congressman George H. White's
the country are more Interested In this ' Ph there Mondsy:
question tbsn yoa are la the town.; The negro Congressman White made
Ton ran rely upon the country to vote . another exhibition of himself tn the
wait this 'year." - : houa la rljlnjt to a question of
Business Msn: "My friend. I iB'P""l privilege to reply to an edl
mighty glad to hear yoa Ulk that way. ! torial In a Raleigh paper (The News
The white people living out In the , o4 Oteerveri. He again flaunted in
country are indeed deeply Interested I the face of the people of North Caro
le this question. The ratification ofjiina iftat wnite women are as InrmoreJ
the amendment means more to them. ' negro women, and thst white men
ss yoa say. than It does to the people ;re more criminal than black men cf
lirtnr In the towns, but It meena great criminal aaaaalu. Among other
good to all of us. Whether wc lire It, things, after having the editorial read.
the country or tn the town. Person . ne saiu.
ally. I am going to rote for It because ; r. Speaker. I desire to glre that
I believe It Is a Just measure; because vile, slanderous publication the widest
I believe It will be better for the ae- . possible circulation. I desire that It
gro. as well as the white man; because hall go out through documents of this
I think the white maa la entitled b house that the world may see whst
right snd by superiority of " Intellect ; the poor colored man In the Southland
and natural eanacltr to control the at-. has to undergo from a certain class.
fairs of the Sute; because I ro mi . making tnis statement It Is proper.
want to see any each conditlsas again
aa we had la North Carolina In KJ7
and 189S; because I believe whea the
negro Is eliminated from politics he
will become a better citizen, mure do
cile and more industrious, aad will
cease to be aa element of discord,
constantly breeding strife and con
filet between him and the wh'te man; ,
because I believe the adoption o: tcis
amendment will bring 'about a new
era of prosperity; because it will draw
to Nertb Carolina both capiul and
Immigration, which will never rorri
while there is darger of negro rule;
because it will drive I a to ooscurlty a
lot of mean, worthless wh'ts men who
preyed upon the prejudices of the ne-
Mr. Spesker. thst I should exonerate
a very large percentage of the white
people of North Carolina, my native
Sute. No better people lire any
where on God's green earth than some
cf them. But unfortunately men of
the type of blm who wrote that article
' are now in the ascendency. I desire to
repudiate as slanderous aad wholly
untrue the utterances there attributed
to me.
"I did. the other day' while my col
leagoe (Mr. Linney) was rpeaklng in
terject a remark to too effect that from
tho lnrestigation which I made last
rummer, as taed in a paper' which I
read before a local organization of this
city, I bad found that leas than fifteen
gro that they may secure offices tbey J per cent, of the assaults committed
are on2t to flIL . . upon women, not in tae south, but in
Farmer: "Well, our talk baa helped
me mightily. I feel like every white
man la North Carolina ought to put
bla shoulder to the wheel for this
amendment. It looks to me like a
mere question of white man against
negro.? Just like It waa in 1198. It
seems to me thst any white man who
rotes against the amendment will Just
simply be voting for the negro against
bis owa race."
i
A GOOD SUGGESTION.
Proposition to Amend the Amend
ment Favorably Rec.lvcd.
(Special Raleigh Correspoadsnee.)
the entire United Sutes, were charge
able to the crime of rape. I repeat
that utterance. I did not Justify the
commission of assaults by black men
cpon white women on the ground that
white men did the same la regard to
black women. I said that there were
assaults occasionally committed upon
women and that tbey were not all com
mitted by black men npon White wo
men, but were also committed by white
men npon black women, as evidenced
by the gTect numbers of mulattoei ia
the Southland. I eald that then; I re
peat it now; and If any man here or
else Where desires to verify the truth
fulness of that f tatement, he thas but
to make a visit thtouzh the Southland.
Frankfort,' Ky., Special. "I hare
only this to aay: After mature de
liberation and conference with my
friends from every aectlon of the
Sute. I have, concluded to allow thia
controversy to take Its due course,
vigorously contesting every Inch cf
ground and upholding the rights ot Che
people to the . uttermost If those
rights be destroyed the responsibility
for thst destruction must rest with
those who sit In Judgment. It Is doe
to say that the eminent gentlemen, my
friends, who secured the propositions
resulting from the Louisville confer
ence, acted in good faith, from the
highest motivaj cf patriotism and did
the very beet they could."
The above waa signed by Governor
Taylor and Issued as a proclamation. ,
The decision not to sign the Louisville
agreement was reached by Governor
Taylor Saturday afternoon. For over
two hours he bad been In conference
with fully 150 prominent Republicans
from all parU of the SUte. The meet
ing was secret In the extreme, all those
who came from the hall before Gov
ernor Taylor fclmaeif, 'refusing to say
anything about the progress of the de
li be ratloca. The members of the cont
ference. with the exception of Gov
ernor Tsylor, gathered In the legisla
tive ball usually' occupied by ' the.
House of Represenutlres. Governor
Taylor stated to the conference that
there were two courses to be pursued.
First, to sign the Louisville agree
ment; second, to quietly withdraw the
troops, allow the legislature to recon
vene In the capltol In Frankfort, to J
rail off the aeealon now being held in
London and to Ignore the Louisville
agreement entirely.
Several speeches were made, and it
was soon apparent that the sentiment
of the gathering was very strongly tn
fsrer of the second course, and this
was adopted. This action was decided
npon at 1- o'clock, and the first infor
mation of the decision was given to
the outside world by Governor Taylor,
himself. He came rapidly through the
door unattended and locking nervous
and haggard. He walked hastily to
ward the capltol aulrway, repeating
aeveral times to the newspaper men
who stood In the ball. "I don't sign."
"I dont sign." "I don't sign." From
the capltol he passed to the executive
building, where be at once made up
and signed the following proclamation,
reconvening the Legislature at Frankfort:
"Frankfort, Ky., Feb.' 10. .
"The excitement recently prevailing
In thia city baving to some extent sub
sided and tbere appearing now to be no
necessity for the General Aasembly to
remsln In session In London, I do here
by, by this proclamation, reconvene
the same In Frankfort, Ky., on Feb
ruary 12. 1900, at 12 o'clock noon.
(Signed) "W. S. TAYLOR,
Governof.'j
Orders were at once Issued to Gen
eral Collier to prepare for the depar
ture of the troops, and In a very short
time a large number ot them were
ready to leave. Six companies' left
Saturday nlghtt, only a small deUch-
ment will remain. These will be re-,
talned only as a peace guard and will
In no way be obtruded upon the pres
ence of the Legislature.
NORTH
II
The executive board of the' penKen-
tlary hare decided to eatablfcil aa elec
tric light plant at that institution to
supply their owa lights. Heretofore
they hare 4eenD&tronlzlng the lltf
companies in Che city, though the ad
risabillty of the penitentiary baring
Its own plant ham often been discussei
by the board. Now It baa been deft
nitely decided thcrt it would be econo-v
fry for the lnsUtotion to furnish 1U
own lights. To this end the executive
board has employed Mr. John; P. Cilley,
aa electrician, to determine exactl)
What Is seeded and to ask bids for the
necessary machinery.
D. F. Mclver, for two years chief of
police of Mt. Airy aad at present the
tax collector of the town disappeared
on the night of the fifth instant about
8 o'clock under circumstances fhat are
conatdered its suspicious. Absolutely
not bring baa been beard of Jain Btnce
he disappeared and town officials think
that be is short la his accounts wfch
the town to the amount of $1,500. At
tempts are being made to ascertain his
vjhrereabouu. .
The North Carolina Experiment Sta
tlon baa discovered a new I'.lly ahirh
It teas named "Lilium MasJ'" I"
honor of Prof. W. F. Masseyj the horti
culturist of the station. It is found In
Che high mountain meadows of this
State an July and August.
Cholera feas made its appearance
where I lire. I repudiate aa much as
The decision of the -Democrats ti ! any maa can any one", whether he be j
amend the constitutional amendment 1 white brute or black brute, who com-
by providing tnat it saau sun a or r oaks an assault upon aay woman.
f 11 mm aw vaI i ax sa m 9 wslr as tVMMiias)
a.4Mg aaat am w wav u mm auwvat ea jjrvitt
chord. The Progressive -Farmer baa
whether white woman or black wo
van. I think auca a man ought to be
to aay of It editorially: "It now seems banged banged by the neck until
certs In thst the legislature at Ita June dead; but K ought to be done by the
session will pass an amendment to the i courts, not by Infuriated mobs, such as
proposed Constitutional amendment. ; the writer of tiaat article would Incite.
lUs no Clew. .
London. By Cable The War Office
still maintains. silence regarding the
situation at the seat of war, announc
ing at 11:30 Saturday that no further
news had been received and none baa
come from other aources which would
give a rlue to General Buller's move
ments since he recroesed the Tugela, or
to the present positions of the forces. .
providing that tn case one section Is
declared unconstitutional the entire
amendment shall become . Inoperative.
This In response to a Just and rapidly
growing popular demand."
A. S. Peace of the Populist Sute
Committee, or rather of that part of
It (the 9) which met here aad de
nounced the amendment, and who In
fact himself prepared the address to
the people containing the denunciation,
said alt the Populists, no matter bow
tbey voted la 1 85 S. were now solidly
against the amendment. The wish
was falter to the words.-When the
Populist convention meeU committee
man Peace will discover bis error. A
result is brewing new against the ring
rule of "the nloe."-
Josephers Danlela, Democratic na
tional committeeman for this 6ute,
was asked bis - view of the statu
of affairs aad replied, "The trend to
ward the amendment Increase daily.
Three-fourths cf the PopulIiU. 10.004
Republicans aad all the Democrats
will support it.'
"Mr. Speaker, this article is but the
evidence of what we have got to con
tend wfth un absolute perversion and
slanderous misrepresentation of .the
truth preparing for aa election to be
held In August; aad the world J noti
fied that those whom the Constitution
of these linked Sutes, by the four
teenth and fifteenth amendments, have
been enfranchise J. are to be reduced
once more to the condition of goods
and chattels if such men aa the one
who edlu the Raleigh piper In qoes-
I tlon can bare the control of affairs in
f Wh Ct 1 n a S t all.l htart. T
want to giro the tallest publication to
the utterances of tttfs Tile sheet; and
I want my colleagues in thia bouse
both Democrats and Republicans, with
Populists thrown In. to Judge my char
acter aad my conduct ' for the last
three years on this floor, and say
whether or not It has conformed to
the desniptloa glren by this fellow
who edlu a Raleigh paper and pol
lutes the country with such literature
as bis been re I rt the desk."
Telegraphlc Briefs.
Richard Croker writes from Scotland
that bis broken leg Is healing and be
expects to throw away bis crutches by
the middle of this month.
The Atha Illingsworth Steel Works.
at Harrison, N. J., were burned Satur,
day night
Information reached Norfolk Satur
day of a fatal shooting affray, which
occured at Norfolk, Va. The . victim
was Wm. J. Jenkins, a- well known at
torney, and John Warn pier Is named aa
the man fired the fatal shot. The
shooting wss occasioned by a dispute
orer a piece of land which Sam Wax
and Warn pier sold John Bates. Wax,
It la said, waa wounded, and Bates is
implicated.
Dr. Charles H. Mebane. the Bute; Lust week at Pi tu burg. Pa.. Whit
Superintendent of public Instruction, t figured la another affair. A presa tele
no -a one of the ablest and moat zeal- gram says
ous of all the freloa officials, will not; "WaKer EL Billows, a colored at-
aaugonlte the amendment. He will ) torsey of this city, entered suit
not go on record against it. He Is not : against William H. McCarthy, a
rau&catioB the Republicans ta that I la politics, nor has be been since his prominent restauraateur for five thou
I talked Jaat like they are talking here, j incumbency, but he knows the amend
. urj aaiq i wu naCODSUlUUOOSI. SB.J
i the court would so declare (tt; that
? the 5:h section would be stricken oat.
rhe court would so declare It; that
sort of thing. Just as they are saying
a ere. out ins people paid no attention
to them down there, aa they will not
do here, and ratified ' the amend
ment." Farmer: "Has there beea aay regis
tration a oder the Louisiana amendment?"
j Business Maq: Yes. a full rg!s
J tration oeder It."
Farmer: "Were the uaedocated
tlte people allowed to regltterr
meat is something really above mere
politica. Dr. Mebane's Influence In
this matter, as in educational matters.
Is for good. There sre other Popa
llsu who will make their Influence felt
and on the right aide also.
The Republicans are now trying a
new tack la regard to George H.
White, the negro Congress man who is
denouncing white women In speeches
made In Congress. They are saying
that White Is hired by DemocraU to d-
hU dirty wcrk. This charge- Is In
sbaardity and falIty eqoal to tbat the
Republicans mads la 1S9S as to ths ne-'
gro Manly; that Demorcau paid aUa t
aand dollars lama tea for refusing to
serve Cosgrefrman Ceorge H. White,
cf North Carolina tsxd himrelf vKb
dinner. BUlcws claims - that Me
Carthy offered to serve them elarwher
tban la the general dining room but
they demanded an eqoal felting with
white perrons and left ths plare."
During the third quarter of 1890 ths
rainfall in England was io mches below
the average lor the preceding 84 years,
and the temperature, which wss exce
ive during sll the three months ot the
quarter, hi 3 degrees FahrcnhrrT
aUiw the average for the previous isS
rear
Tobacco Hands Fight.
Norfolk. Va., Special. At Martins
ville Thursday night, there was an in-'!
clplent rict. The tobacco rollers at!
Spencer's Tobacco Factory are on a
strike, and. 'one of them. Joseph Fin-
ney. broke bla pledge and agreed to re-.
turn 10 won on ne 01a terms. A bun-- buui .n iectric car line
dred negroes gathered around the fac- i Tllle. "
tory to glre Finney a beating, and he . CoMresnmia Bellamy a bell for a
opened fire oa the crowd with a pistol. bridge across h Lumber rrver was
Nineteen ot the rioters were arrested! Tte&T Psrxi 1a bJth iioufea.
j . , Alj te companies of the First Regl-
British Again Drive 0 Back. I rocot are now enmed 'save those at
among bogs at Aurora. It as thought
that It was Introduced by - imported"
stock.
lifra. VJckers. of Wilkesboro, dis
covered an egg about the size 'of a
quail's egg, with a bard shell, inside of
a large ben egg. j
D. 11 lUgler ot Charlotte Jumped
from the window of the fifth story of
a building in New York. He hod gono
there for surgical treatment and be
came mentally uabalancedj
' News cocnes from Gastonla. that a
big cotton mill, which will have a mil
lion, and a quarter back of It, la to bfc
erected .there. The ground is now be
ing broken. Mrs. Jay Gould is a large
stockholder la the concern.
A letter from High Point etates that
at least 300 persona bare left that city
daring the past week In order to es
cape compulsory vaccination;.
Wm. Ttueadale, colored, was banged
In the Jail yard la Charlotte Thursday
for the murder of bis sweetheart a
year ago. Ha had to be- Uken- to the
emffold, being overcome with fright
lie protested bis Innocence to the last.
The Salisbury correspondent of the
Charlotte Observer says that "the city
baa decided to help the county bear
the expense incurred during the small
pox epidemic The coet of the epi
demic la this county will reach $5,000
Salisbury will likely pay 11,000 of this
amount."
(Juliaa 8. Carr. Geo. W. Watts and
L. A. Carr, all of Durham, : applied to
tha Secretary of State to be incorpor
ated under the style and title of the
Durham Telephone Manufacturing
Company. The business to be carried
on is the manufacture and Bale of tele
phone, switch-boards, . electrical and
mechanical appliances, and "all kinJj
of - electrical supplies generally." The
company ako baa the power to buy
sell, lease and convey lands, to hold
and use patents and patent rights and
to enter Into contracts with Inventors
or owners for the purchase of such
rights. The principal officers will be
located at Durham. The capital stock
la $12,000 and a charter of 0 years la
asked for. . .
' The "Independent Steam Boat Line'
files articles of Incorporation with the
Secretary of State and asks that
charter be granted it with permission
to construct steaimboaita and navigate
the waters of Neuse and Trent rivers
and the waters ot Eastern North- Caro
Una. to carry passengers and freight
for bire. at eoale of tariffs to be fixed
by the offlrere of the company. The
principal officers will be at Newbern,
N. C. and the charter win run 6" rrxrs
The Incorporators are Jease J. Lasai
ter, Ellen Lasstter, Nicholas W. Jobes,
and Emma Jones, all of Newbern. Tba
capJbal stock I $3,000 with prlrllege ot
Increase to 125.000.
The bonded debt of North Carolina
ta 16 570.000. and the valuation of
property Is $269.S67,000. i
1L D. Cow 1. clerk of the ,United
Stertes Dir -let Court's, fcaa beem at
WaeWIngton trying to block legislation
Co give CHsriotte a sepaTade clerk rot
the United States Court, located, there.
CowgreqCTan Bellamy expects, Jaspite
Mr. Cowlea efforts, to got the same es-
toblfcubed to a very short time. He eays
ft 1s an outrage that a city of tha size
of Charldtte is without a resident clerk,
A new vegetable canning factory is
contracted to be built at Winston.
' Congressman Small has fin trod treed t
bill to Increase the appropriation for
the public building at Elizabeth City
from $50,000 to $80,000.
Through the efforts of Congressman
Kluts the postmaster at Salisbury will
be allowed en extra, clerk WKti a, salary
"of $300, the department granting the
request yesterday.' j .
The -SCate onarbara tJhe Harriet Cot
ton Mills at Henderson, capital $150,.
000. D. T. Cooper, George Badger Har
ris and others etockbolders. The mill
will both apln and weave.
The report of in9celaineous factories
ia fo!s Stale, whicn the labor oommia
stbn will make, will ahow a great in
crease In all eave tobacco factories.
There are now 20S students at the
Daptist UnSversCty In Raleigh. It is a
pronounced success. J
The Secretary of SUte says that re--cetily
very few corpcru'Koos have do
mesticated themselves. The last to do
so are some fraternal orgtaDlzatloits of
minor Importance. . j
A franchise tea beea granted to
In Fayette
ARP ON ABBOTT. I congressional.
1
Gcorria Philosopher on the Higher
Criticism.
WERE PLENTY (P RESOURCES
Bill Differs with Lyman Abbott in His
Remarks About the Autnenticity
of Bible. '"
A great lawyer whose chief business
was to defend criminals was asked the
secret of hie suocese, end be replied "It
Is to deny everything, and call for the
proof."- New England agnosticism and
higher criticism of the scriptures seem
to have a like maxim. The deeper a
man goea into science the more Inclin
ed is die to call for the proof: esDeciallr:
if be baa more learning than brains.
ana nas to strain his mind to solve the
mysteries of life and nature. - i
I was rumlniatinz aibout.thU." for T
bad Just read the preas dispatches that
Rev. Lyman Abbott, t who succeeded
Henry Ward-Beech er. bad in a nubile
address to Boston, declared that the
Book of Genesis was a myth a legend
written before the flood by some un
known prophet and that It was Im
possible for Moses? to have known ofthe
thing? that transpired 2.000 years be
fore be was bora, and be asks: "What
were his resources If they were not
legends and myths?" - ,
I know that it does not become me
to teach theology or the infallibility of
the scriptures, but K occurs to me that
If Mr. Abbott can undermine the Book
of Genesis be will overthrow the whole
structure of Biblical authority that
has withstood the wear and tear of
time for all these centuries. The
Biible Is the standard of the ages the
headlight f the nations, and It must
stand as a whole or fall ai a whole.
The reverend gentleman professes to
believe la the new testament and part
of the old, .but if he is really a Chris
tian he must believe as much of the'
old testament as the Savior and His
apostles did.' It was Christ who said
in the parable of Dives and Lazarus,
"If they will not believe .Moses and
the prophets, neither will they believe
though one rose from the dead." This
as that Moses who predicted the com
ing of the Savior when he was giving
the laws to' the children of Israel tbat
Moses to whom God Intrusted the
tables of atone that contained the coin
mandmentarand who wrote the most
beautiful song in the Psalms of David
that Moses who appeared In glory on
the mount while the Savior was trans
figured that Moses of whom Paul eald
he waa faithful aa a testimony of those
livings which were to come Alter. Re
ferences are too numerous to quote
all showing that 'Moses waa the ylce
gerent of the Almighty, and was a
prophet Inspired , by Him. 4
No, Mr. Abbott cannot uphold the
new testament and pull down, the old.
tie must eusUra or demolish alL It is
the same old attack of science npon
miraclee because they cannot ba ex
plained upon any hypcfchesls of human
reason; Wben the truth Is that Mr.
Abbott (himself is a stupendous mir
acle, and cannot tell how he thinks or
where the power of thought or the
faculty of memory is located, nor bow
be can at will raise bis hand or close
bis eye; nor bow he took form and
shape fa bis mother's womb. All na
ture Is a miracle; the leaves of the
trees, Ahe color of the flowers, the
fligtht of (birds, the infinite smallness
of matter and germs, the infinite mag
nitude and boundless extent of the
heavens amd of space, and in all crea
tion there Is nothing that has pride,
vanity and self-conceit save man an
agnostfc or skeptic or an Infidel "The
loot (onlyj has said in his beart. there
Is no God." " . . . .
I have recently -visited the good old
city of Columbus and received Ita hos
pitality and benedictions. It ia Just
my age, amd through all these years
boa moved steadily and surely forward,.
manuxactunng . with serenity and dig
nity the character its cultured men
and women gave it In the beginning.
How broadly beautiful It waa laid out;
now bountiful is its shade; (how green
the grass on its public grounds; how
beautiful the river that gSrdlee ft Not
for a single year bas there- (been any
retrograde in the manners or monais
of ita people. Considering its climate,
society and prosperity I do not know
a city that I bad rather live in. It Is
already large enough far moral safety.
for Jefferson spoke a truth when be
said that great cities were pestilential
to good ihealth and good morals. Of
course, we favor the increase of an in
dustrial population that keep the
wheels and spindles - turning and the
wolf from the doorand the beggar from
the streets and if every city cared for
operatives in the mills' aa Columbua
does, there would be no object lessons
of misery to be carried before the
legislature. J visited thecrung men's
club rooms of the Eagle and Pbenix
mills. Yes, club rooms for factory
boys where they can spend their- eve
nings and read and write and bathe
and exercise Instead of going to the
saloons. The beautiful library baa
2,000 volumes of standard books and
the reading tables eTe furnished with
the best newspaper and magazine
literature. I cannot enumerate the
pleasant and . attractive features of
these rooms. They are all free or
nearly so to the factory .boys who be
come members. Colonel Gunby Jordan
is the blg-(hearted promoter of this at
tachment to the mills and tre mill
owners pay all the expenses.
Daily Dolors sf the National Lswmik-
-. . ers. " ,
. SENATE.
- Fortieth Day A Joint resolution, au
thorizing tha president to appoint one
woman commissioner to represent the
United States and the National Society
'of the .Daughters of - the American
Revolution at the unveiling of the
statute of Lafayette at the exposition.
at Paris, was passed.
A bill was passed to erect a public
building at Selma, Ala., at a cost of
$10,000. . .
Mr. Cattery.' of Louisiana, then re
sumed his speech'on the Philippine
question, at the close of which the Sen.
ate adjourned.
Forty-first Day. Mr. Vest, of Mis
souri, proposed in the Senate an amend
ment to the pending financial bill, pro
viding that the secretary of the treas
ury shall have prepared $200,000,000 cf
treasury notes." Tihey shall be full le
gal tender for all debts and shall be
loaned by the secretary of the treas
ury to anybody who may deposit uni
ted States bonds for them, the note to
bear the same interest as the bond de
posited. A Joint resolution increasing
the limit of cost of the new govern
ment printing office by $429,000, on
account of the Increased price of build
ing materials, was passed. Mr. Till
man, of South Carolina, offered and
had passed a resolution calling for In
formation from the secretary of the
treasury as to the status of the claims
of South Carolina for moneys ' paid
out by the SUte In the Florida war.
Fortv-second- Day. Almost fanme
diately after the Senate convened dts
cussion of the Financial measure was
resumed. Mr. Allen (Neb.) concluded
his speech" charging the Republican
party with breaking faith with the peo
ple on bl-metalllsm. Mr. Cockrell
(Mo.) analyzed the Financial bill. A
house bill was passed granting- tht
New Orleans Levee Board authority to
move the existing lines in front of the
United States Marine Hospital in New-
Orleans.
Forty-third Day. As no . Senator
was prepared to proceed witih a dis
cussion of the financial bill the Senate
transacted only routine business and
adjourned early to enable members
to attend the obsequies of General
Lawton. Mr. Allison presented the
credentials of his colleague, John H.
Gear, re-elected Senator from Iowa,
for a term of six years from March 4,
1901. The credentials were filed.
' Senator Jones, of Arkansas, Intro
duced a free silver coinage substituto
for the pending currency bill. The
substitute provides that "from and
after the passage of this act, the mints
of the United States shall be open to
the coinage of silver, and there shall
be coined dollars of the weight of 412
1-2 grains troy, of standard silver 9-10
fine, as provided by the act or January
18, 1837, and upon the same terms
Forty-fourth. Day. A reaoliriaon ex
pressing sympathy to rtlhe Boers in
their struggle against Great Britain
and urging mediation on the part of
the United States 'between the beiug
erentts, was adopted by tha Senate in a
fit of temporary aiberraJtton 01 aitten
tkn. The resolution wis offered by
Mr. Alien, of Nebraska, and went
tibrouKh without attracting the slight
est comment from amy- one of the doz-
n or mare Senators present. A min
ute laSer, however, at tbe request of
the chair (Mr. Frye), Mr. Allen con
sented to a reoonEl derail on of - tlhe Vote
by Wbioh tie resolution was passed
and tbe incident closed, amid much
aught er. The financial ' debate was
conttfmued by Mr. Chandler, Who up-
posed the gold standard amd strongly
nnrpd the doubte , standard. Mr.
Money, of Mississippi, also spoke.
bridge across the LumDer river in Koo
eson county, N. C.
Forty-second . Day. The house was
in session only an hour and ahalf and
only minor business was transacred'.
The Ways and Means Committee bill
establishing tariff rates upon goods
from Porto Rico Into the United States
and vice versa, was reported and
Chairman Payne gave notice that the
bill would be called up next Thursday.
The debate upon It will run for a week.
Mr. Richardson (Tenn.) presented the
views of the minority and Mr. McCall
(Miss.) presented a separate dissenting
opinion.
Forty-third Day. The House was In
session scarcely an hour, adjourning
early to permit members to attend the
Lawton ibsequles. When Mr. Payne,
of New York, moved a recess until
night Mr. Sims, of Tennessee objected,
on the ground that it was unfair to
cut out the consideration of private
claims, the regular order, and then
devote the evening to private pension ,
legislation. After a motion by Mr.
Loud, of California, to adjourn, in
stead of taking recess, bad been debat-
ed and voted down, the House by a
vote of 107 to 15, recessed until evening.
fiOATS LEAD THE SHEEP.
Two Or More of Them with Every Big Flock
00 the Mexican Ranres.
HOUSE.
' Fortieth Day The Philippine ques
tion again occupied the attention of the
house, Mr. Williams, 01 Mississippi,
presented an argument against the
annexation of the Philippines, which
attracted much attention. It was de
voted almost entirely to the commer
cial aspects of the acquisition, (holding
that the absorption of the islands
would 'be ultimately ruinous to the
American producers of cotton, rice, to
bacco, hemp and sugar.
After some remarks by Mr. Smith of
Michigan, supporting the Boer side of
the South African contention, the
house at 5 p. m. adjourned.
Forty-first Day. The House finish
ed the diplomatic and consular appro
priation bill, passing it substantially as
it came from the committee. There
was some desultory discussion of tha
Philippines question and the war in
South Africa, the principle feature be
ing the speech of Mr. Shafroth, in fa
vor If the mediation in the British
Boer war under the provisions of the
Hague treaty. The diplomatic blllas
passed carries $1,743,908. The House
passed the Senate bill authorizing the
Southeastern railway to sonstruct a
"An average Mexican sheep flock
numbers about two thousand, ana
there were ten or more billy goats with
every flock I saw on the range," said
A. C. Grimshaw, who recently return
ed to New York after a six months
stay In Mexico and" the West. "I
learned that the goats are kept with
the flocks as leaders. Being venture-.
some and intelligent, they will go any-,
where the shepherd directs, and the
silly sheep which might otherwise balk
or stampede at some trifling obstacle
or alarm follow them "unhesitatingly.
The goats set pace for the flock, and.
as they are brisk, antiring walkers,
keep the sheep on tbe move, saving
the shepherd much trouble. , K
"The Mexican shepherd also has hla
dog, though not a true-bred, clear-cut,
handsome animal like the Scotch col
lie. The dogs are mongrels, In all var
ieties and degrees, the only point of
uniformity among them being their ex
treme ugliness in appearance and In
disposition towards strangers. Some
are shaggy beasts, with pointed muz
zles, and might at a little distance be
mistaken for wolves. -But, ugly and
mean as they are, the Mexican shep
herd has the art of training them so -that
they are as serviceable as is the
collie to the shepherd of the Scottish
inooorlands. t.The Mexican sheepdog is
loyal to his master and quick to under
stand. Many a Mexican shepherd
owes his life to his dog, who notified
blm of the sneaking approach of hos
tile Indians or of their ambush in bis
path ahead. ,.
"Returning to the original subject, a
pair of goats once led, a flock on a
long journey. A shepherd of Valencia
County, New Mexico, herding a flock
of wethers on a range remote from the
home camp bad the misfortune to lose
bis dog through the attack of a moun-.
tain lion and to break his leg on the:
same day. v Had the dog been alive he
could have sent him to the home ranch -to
summon assistance. As it was, he
bad to see the sheep wander away,
while he dragged himself to the place
where his provisions were stored, and
waited for such help as chance might
bring him. Five days later the sheep,
led by tbe corporal goats, appeared at
the borne ranch, eighty miles away.
They had! crossed two mountain ranges - .
by paths of their own finding, and out
of a flocfc of 1,900 sheep only seven
were -missing. There was, of course,
much good luck In this, for a dash of
timber wolves among them would not
only have meant the killing of many
sheep on the spot, but would have
scattered the rest of the flock far and
wide. The marvel was the Intelligence .
of the goats In returning by an unfa
miliar path to the place where they had
been bred, and the implicit faith of tho
sheep in their leadership. Of course, -the
arrival of the 6heep at the home '
ranch led to the sending out or a
searching party for the shepherd. He .
was brought in on a litter rigged be
tween two donkeys, and, though bis
injury had become very painful from
neglect, proper surgical treatment
brought him around all right. New
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Bridge, By Cable. The position takes
corth of the Tugela river proved a dif
ficult one to maintain. The regiments
sent across as re-enforcements . went
Into the front liqe of trenches, but ow
ing to the great strength of tbe Boers
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further rke, Cdtosn sold tare, yester
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t Is. very sharp. - Farmer lure very
little. mercCiaat'ta being the largest hoi
dens. Every advance ia pctce now
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acreage tibia year, -! .
Shakesneare eays: -"The evil that
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oft interred with their bones." 1 would
reverse that . expression, for good
deeds and their influence last longer
than evil ones and nowhere has tbl
succession of good citizenship prove-4
more palpably than in . Columbus.
There Is still wealt without ostentation
and bospitality without a strain. Not
a shyster among her lawyers nor a
quack among her doctors. -Not fancy
preacher among - her clergy, nor a
venal partisan among feer editors. For
tunate city, hippy people! 'Bill Ap
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