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e !il.rary Fthe herald 1 I . a mx I BEST ADVERT1SIKB UED1DU . 6Tr rrtfY - Bsnio tous Job Prrnting: 'II Tl I'll III M .. : TO - j THE HERALD OFFICE. FInt-CIass Work tt lowestTrices. VOL XVI. NO. 15. MORGANTON, N. C THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1900. 01 a Year, in Advance- I pinasn secti:i. z III III ' 1J1I1 n a n A it . . To Put Deputy .Marshals at the Polls and to Arrest Democratic Registrars. films ii i ax Bis. IT IS ONLY BLUFF AND BLUSTER fpMlcn Ircr Wtd laattnt the Mttfcods of the Urderr of the ;err mt Kentucky This Ap peal totbe Federal AataorlU la m nr Sg That They See Defeat Mating TTm la I be race The Des prraiio or Kernbllcaa Lradtra Is Apparent - ii F. M. Simmooi, chairman of tv ivniorratlc Su;e Executive Com tree, was interviewed oa yesterday la rard to tfce threau recently mad t Lieutenant Governor Reynolds and S--a:or Franks, the two Republican Ci&d:!ats for Corporation Cotamla- !'(. to bsve United States deputy cecals st in polls, and to arrest rr;rars who refuse to register such ;- n ss weir party may wish t t registered. Mr. Simmons said that these threats -rT showed the desperatloa of the KT'-.Hlcaa leaders. It shows they defeat staring them la the face. It ti hern a custom of that party la the jth whenever they sea themselves as: to be defeated, to tarn to the K'PMtllcan national admin Is teratioo t.r trip. la 1S34 PrHchard wanted IV !rai soldiers; Mr. Holtoa Is said t hate recently Interviewed the I'r'fi.icot with reference to sending IV.lml soldiers here this year; aaa t - they watt to surround the regis. trars I nlted Slates marshals, an J f-rre them to register negro boys on- cr II years of are. negro criminals, imported negroes, aad aegroea. who tat teg once registered, la their own tin:, preseat themselves to be regis- lrr j under various aliases. They weald Imitate her la North Caroiiaa t?e late example of Kentucky's usurp ing governor, who. baring conspired t3 aaaaaainat the .man .who had tatca him before the people, sur rounded tha Democratic Legislator Ua soldiers to coerce It into recog ilxng his fraudulent claim to tha of t cf g or em or." -The mrra suggestioa of these tt: -r t-y RepuUk-aa candidate and t ; i;-rs Is aa Insult to the people t NrT5 Carolina. It ts a foolhsrdy s-t;: to bulldose aad Intimidate th t'i . r-s atd Judge of eljctiwO. Tt; are n'w upon the o!4 regltira t ""a ta names of between M t a aad esty thouasal upvt to bate no earthly right to rote, put TV re by fraud and perjury, aad kept ?'- - ly the Infamous provtsloo of th i 1 a ficrtioa Law of l&li and 1S37. Tl R'publlraa managers "nave tent f-.t crt orders to th negroes to r- rcUtraUoa and they are seek : ly these threats, to terrorix and ccrre reg!irars Into allowing every fro to register, whether ejoailfled or f'natiaulag. Mr. Simmons said that 1- had thoroughly Investigated ail t? arts of Congress bearing upon mbjecta. both personally, and t.--wigb competent attorney, aad !-: as a result ct these lnvestiga- c. h had found that there was I a' -.!-jtely bo authority cf law for wLat the leaders f the negroes pro ; He said the act of Congress. t sl la February. 1119. authorising tt appointment of supervisors of elec- t r aad th presence ofdeputy mar. iha!s at the polls, commonly knowi a i the - Force Dill." had been ex- , f'j repealed by the act of Con rr"s. passed la February. 1U4. and ther Is absolutely no warrant la s.v United States Statute for their ap- roifjaent. or for th exercise by them cf any such authority. Th deputy r.rhal undertaking to esercis any i ir-rtlsory authority, either before registrar or-at the polls, should 1 immediately arrested under th P'ctUions of our Stat laws, making it a mLidemeaaor to la aay way in t:fere wij or obstruct aa officer la ?b discharge of hl datle as regis trar or poll-holder. A deputy mar ital has no more right to Interfere : b the registration or the poiss than a private citizen, and would b a-.fnable to our Stat. Jaw, Just as tJHf private citlxen. for his acta la that behalf would be without color c r law." " la regard to the threat to arrest rrt:rars, Mr. Simmons said, "no authority caa be found la aay United Stages Statute for such arrewts. Sec tiens l'J)l. syS and 1410. whkh are by certaia Repubikaa papers acd IraJers as authority, for deputy marshals Interfering with elections. it not give Jurisdiction to aay United S tn court. A registrar i a Judicial rffu-er. acting under th authority of a taiid State law, and can no more be iarfrd with or fclndered la tha dia rharge of his duty of passing opoa tb quaiiacatioa of persons offering register, than a Judge of th So i'fior Court la th trial of a person Parsed with Illegal registration or ' cal ' voting, or any other offenc ri&it the law of th Stat. Th r tt to register and vote is a light n!cg under th Laws of the State, td outside of any Federal Jarlsdlc on. except. o cases where It appear ta; the rig U denied snder th law mply because of race, color or pr v.ous condition of senrltoda. To aay tbat a registrar. Judicially passing ?oa th right of aa applicant to be t5i.ered. la which bo question, Is txi on account of rc. but la which tie qiestloa raised I on of aoo-g r non-resldenc or other dUqoalrfl tation. aad dectding against th ap-l-i'ant. is I'.abl to arrest If th de- Lioo doe not salt th RepubKcaa or, caadldatea, la not only ah uM but revolutionary. Ther ar lr th days cf Can by or of ll aad To la thote days men went to th poUs biwewa files of soldier, aad voted at th poiat of th baronet. I Elections were conducted and super vised by Federal office-holders. All that has passed away, never. It Is aoped. to return again. The neoole of North Carolina do not propose to toierax lie unlawful aad revolution ary Interference of Federal office holders, who ar seeking by every abominable and desperate effort to have registered negroes who ar not entitled to vote, as wss don la the election of ISM and 1S5S. This" is a government by the people, and not br nnt. .--j i vuuiuiiMiuun uu aM.awwa. wr exact a i uatcv I bolder. They mar run and control I and do run aad control Republican and fusion convention but ih win not be allowed to take chares of th elections cf the peoule. If anv reels- trar la discharging the dutie of his office Is subjected to any threat or any prosecaiJoa by these Federal mar- ahals. let him continue to do his sworn duty faithfully and fearleealv: they will not dsre arrest him: (her know they bar a6 authority for snch a coarse; they ar simply trying to latlmidate him. But. if la their des- perstlon. they should arrest any regis-1 S. they nndertske to instruct the court trar. .boad will be furnished him; I bow It shall costroe the several provls cOunsel will be provided for him. and I y Prt of the entire scheme sbsll be he can rest assured no harm can come to him. Thos who thus Interfere ith him la the dischsrre of his Uw- fnl dot nnAr !! i. f th si. ill be both criminally and civilly prosecuted, for the msa who swears out such a warrant, and the man who ... . m ' jt dvU.y lUble-crimlaally becaus It ww vm sn Boiawiaj luienrreure t, i . . . . . . " -" tne juaiciai acrerioo imposea on mm - . . " " w.c, "vi . wi vnmuve such a prosecuUoa would be without P rotable cause, snd. therefore, ma, -Let every registrar act as his duty requires; rtgUter thos who are en- iiucti o regiaier unotv voe uw. rn.ua ee xnai no man wuo u not eauueq 10 register Is allowed to do so. Our Laws prescribe, as th State has a right to do. the qaalincatkm of voters. It re- ealres a certaia age; It requires a cr. tain realdeac: Il requires thst the Darte offrrlnr to register shall be a bona fide resident of the Scale, coua- I ir snd rerlnct. In these resoecls. oar elecUoa law Is not different from I the law In Terr other Stat la the I I' Lnm frAtti what haa llwin I 1 Mf-a an l not nt!flxt tt rT. I Uter simply becaus be Is a negro; a I man who haa commuted an Infamous I crime is not entitled to register slm ply beraas a is a negro; a resident mm - of Virginia or South Caroiiaa, who 1s lemporarily sojourning here, iitot enuuea 10 reg(er aimpiy ... . . . - v. i is a negro; nor is a man entitled to register more than one simply be- cause he is a negro, and waau . l to vote th Republican ticket. These ar th people the Republican candidates and leaders wish to force tha registration book. It I to get the negro boys and crimlaals upon the registration books that the desperate men bluster, aad threaten to Invoke the machinery or the t'nited State courts, and the presence of deputy marshals at th polls. Their threats ar' mer wind and fury. There is no authority la th United State law to enforce them. They need frighten no one; It la In line with Duller 's threat to whip whit men out of the State, and of Blackburn threat to assassinate white men who ar not willing to submit to the negro role of the Republican party." THE DUMPING GROUND. If the AnaeadMcnt Is Defeated Xrlb Carolina Will liecosn th Kegr Stat of the Ualoa. ' la 1S3S. IS and 1897 th negro pa Mn- nfZJ to rail 2 a! n2? StSStVSt SSI tor ISrSe. wYo per of th country began to call the den snot of th world for negroes wished equal rights la office-holding and equal participation la govern ment They pointed out, that North Carolina was the only Southern Stat that sent a negro to Congress, uai nearly on thousand negroes wer holding office, and that they served with equal authority via wanes ia tb management of whit Institutions and the public schools for tha while and colored race. They stated that whereas Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina had formerly given of fice to th negro. North Carolina alone of th Southern State offered him every opportunity for political ad vancement that th whit men en- Thla adverusemenx was ira m . a.w- tide of ambitious negroes was begin ning to turn toward this Slat when in if si. an Incident occurred that aroused th whit peopl of th State. Some of the negro offlce-boiaer naa grown impudent aasauU on wnit women grew frequent, ana uj irmuiBg nrrro editor in the 8Ul published a fool and black slander npoa th whit women of th Slate that wa so mon strous as to make the blood of every . vi.. in ha faf hnil with I FT?L-7.:i r, .m,UMt eh.vwer normal Ion. One aroused, they inn rnauiuiia ww w mm a -more terrible than an army with banners." Negro rule cam to aa mo a temporary end aa a result oc th election la 1S9S. It was the revoiaUon in w timing- tan and kindred rac trouble and dangers that arooaed th whit peopl with on vote to demand in suDmis- Sloo of a COOSUluuonsj aunenamem thai would forever max. a repeuuon of th Wilmington revolution Impos sible, reator peac and friendly reU tion between th race. Democrats. Populist and Republicans auj agreea that th tlm bad com to eliminate th negro from politic. Th paaaag of th amendment eliminate th B fro rrora politics, and bring here. it bu brought la Louisiana, purer and better politics, secures protectloa to the negro la mil bis rights, and puu an end to the terrible conditions that exist wherever the negro voter seeks. Pita the aid of few white allies, to rule white men. Suppose the amendment falls what then? It notice to ail the world that North Carolina Is the political barta for the negro politician that It alone of the Southern States seeps the I negro in a posiuoo or pouucaj equaii- I !!4Jw.::rhif,i1 negro la a posltloa of political equal!- many of th best white men In the Stat to seek homes in Slates where whit supremacy is permanent aad at the same time, will make North Caro lina the dumping ground for the ns grocs In Virginia. South Carolina and other States who ar denied equal power la making and executing the laws. That is th future thst Is in store for North Carolina if It deliber ately refuses to eliminate th negro by th adoption of th amendment. How do you like the Idea of North Carolina becoming a Black Haytl? Look at Mr. Jeenett's msp of bow the 8tate will look il th amendment la defeated and the Fuslonists are re turned to power. If you wish to re store negro rule, or to Jeopardize white supremacy, vote against the amendment and make North Carolina the Black State oa th map of the United States. I . . ... ... r-. . I er nrpiwirw Ar. .c- I The Republican managers have Just I rotten out a circular la whlcn these I words occur: I "As a separate and distinct proposl I tion they abolish Article VI. of the I present Constitution, which guarantees I to every mate citizen oi me ovaie, wr I twenty-one years of age. the elective I franchise. After abrogating this con- istltntlonal guarantee, they proceea to I adopt aa entirely new article to the I Stat Constitution, providing for an I grsndfather clause. Then, by section decrared unconstitutional, all shsti ran togemer. cieariy mamum Leglslstur seriously spprenenaea in.. I the grandfather ciaus wouia o uc red unconsUtutlonai. it ro".w ZCr.il " rc ,n TWUU of the proposed amendment regulat- f5 ff? JfS i in rm u -m iiuvu muj i . . .w. .v .nr. i a lyiia vi htt Bf han inrorii1 wax vr. as uLia w - w - - i.. . WM ,r- th Le,uutur i .,, mt It will and dlSCr. J JZL,'.a . nMMrr. du- fltlallncatlona with I nf tt- Reoublican managers I BaTe ane and intelligence enough to i EOOW ( M court should bold mat me I ,vn.i it ,.t Lnnal amendment is nncoa I ,ututlonl. that the attempt to repeal I arMHa VI of th present Constitution I VOQi4 be Ineffectual, and that Article I TOaid rentala la fore. It does not re I nitr a lawver to know this, for every I kii man lih thimble fnll cf brains knows thst If .th amendment I fTi that th section or U wcicn rv- Deals Article VL will fall as a part cf il Wnowlnc this, as of course they do. K rflf titMC IrlCBSterS ISfU Ull' I a that inner convicts them of a low. DCttT PUrPOS SDQ aesire lu r celv th people and fool them into voting for th negro. It would oe chsriuw to ii nflait - M wm aa aata 1 IVWiai rtlSI Bill B. B 21 We IVC --- - pablican manager, a r. B'V , ih nit mini in uie iuvau . "I V T.- .v- . 1. Anrinm tM M .w. hild-faced " . ? ,'X, 1- 7. r nnnrftlsated mtiA unblushing display mjia UUU1U.U1U. V J " " w demagognery and knavery of all their ffnrta in this direction. This circular U probably th produc lion of Ab Mlddleton. th cunning, ne tra DoIiUclaa who Is asiUtlog Chalr- rosn Holtoa In running th Republican ramoalcn from Creenaboro. eniy v. has all th ear marks of negro compo sition; User is nothing white about IL li la black, bungling and stupid. Th purpoe of th Republican man agers to mislead and deceive the peo- ri la farther evldenceo oy in lowm. rot ther are Indulging In concerning th in at ructions to .the court. They know perfectly well that ther Is abso- nnfhlnr in m amenamcni jo the natur of Instructions to th court. On haa onlv to read tb pro visions of th first aad fifth sections of the amendment to see that there is no instruction, but a clear and emphatic and unmistakable declaration of the Intent of the legislature In submitting it and of the people In voting for it- It is a well known principle of law, thst if th intention of the maker appear from th context or from th language of an act or Constitutional provision, that the court must observe It If tha itrentteiS Ji MttM&lntnt. If tJrt mn.t follow th Intent of the makers of a law when It appears from th context ther Is all th more rea son why the court must obierv It when It Is expressed In the law itsei . Before the amendment was changed, the Repubicans claimed that the Intent together that It should stand or ran was not clear. Now that It Is made 1 clear, they mak th ridiculous argu ment that this expression oc intent is an Instruction to th court A man who aacerts that thi clear expression of intent la an Instruction to th court if he knows what he is talking about either stultifies himself or confesses his purpose to deceive. PROGRESSIVE FARMER Oa Changes la AsneadmeafBays as It Haw Blaads It caa aot Dltfraa- chla Whit Me. Th changes In th Constitutional amendment-are fully explained else where In thla Issue. The most 'im portant Chang Is th addition of a section whereby the people. In case of It adoption, declare quH plainly that th amendment could not o "passea at all except aa an entirety, and that their ceneral Purpose would be de- fated were it held valid a to some - - lease and void aa 10 iuuw the conditions, according to Judge Cooley, all sections most stand or rail together. Th Progressive anner. In view bf th opinion of Judge Cool ey and th decision oc Jungs KOhisaat in th Illinois anu-trusi caa. naa tor som urn oeea vl -ur vyuuuu ui. th sections would stand or fall as a rhoie. It is well that th legislature baa mad this clear la order that the amendment-may b considered upon lis merits that voters may pass upon It last aa it Is without fear that the courts will so muuiax u u to ais- fnnchlM thos whom 1t expressly I say shall not b disfranchised. A REPUBLICAN CLUB UCCUrCS TOT WflSIlIflllOflai AmenO. fAiUKl.AU WIlllC aUrKCfflAlI. Tbey Ar Against The Blag" and Kegro Bl -Tired of UfeUss OfH- (llenderscnvUle. N. C Hustler.) Whereas. There does now exist much hidden dissatisfaction among the non official class of the laboring white men. of the white Republlcsn. of our coun try by reason of shrewd management of political machinery, by which oar government. State and county officials, ar selected and continued La domlnat log positions from youth to old age and whereas, such conduct baa a ten dency to dltbcarten. Wnder and p re vert ycjng men. poor men and whit mm fiam making the necessary pre parations for ao educated manhood, and indirectly ignores our Ood-given riKhts as freemen of America; Therefore, be it resolved, at upward. Henderson county. North Carolina, by the white' Republicans of our club. that to stimulate and encourage a high er erade of citizenship among the whit race and to further secure a re fined and educated suffrage, we, the white Republicans cf Upward, do agree- to lay aside all prejudice and partisan collars and vote for the proposed con titntlonal amendment, and we will work together as a club of. whit Re Dubllcans who ss.-oclsto with white women, white girls snd white children. snd tosether we will record our maig nsnt protest sgainst nlgger-rui ana bo?s-rule. Thst there are only two prominent State issue in North Carolina thai Concern our people. That politics has no part In the summer campaign; that there ia no politics until the national camoalan in November. That the two if at iaue3 before the people are "black suDremacy and "nng-dooaie combinations, and these two issues are twin evils and ar riveted upon us ty the same class of malicious, office seek Ing politicisns. who are "black-Repub lican" to the core. There ar only two kinds of Republicans In our Bute, rountr. and settlement: First, white Republicans: second. hiacK iiepuou I nm That the white Republicans are composed of white men, with Anglo- Saxon blood. Thst the duck KepuDii cans ar composed of the black-skin ned and white-skinned ' Republicans. thst there are about 123.000 black-skin ned blsck Republicans and aoout it. 000 whit aklnned blsck Republicans. and the remainder number from 8.000 to 12 000 white Republicans, who are bitterly opposed to black supremscy in any whitewashed or galrsnixed ois guise. We are opposed to negro represent stives, magistrates, school committee men and negro postmasters in itenaer son county, Bertie county, Ysdkin, Forsrth and Folk counties, and in an other counties la oar Stat. And we will belo demand that a majority of the white men of our . country shall make ail the naws for our county. Stat and national government, and we are tiling for a majority of th whit vot ers to select tne men to execuie uu enforce them, and to secure this end we call upon white Republicans from Cherokee to old Currituck, to vote for Bronod eututltuUonal amendment Hri.e. from nerro dom- and thos rid ourselves from negro dom ination from the seaboard to the monn- tains. For the time has com when ail I the white Republicans in our Stst to call a halt and ce where we ar at l . a i We must ao our own reaamg, uiuims and voting, and refuse to be any fur ther Insulted by the black Republican, office seeking politicians and their ly ing henchmen, who falsely proclaim that the amendment will disfranchise white natives of our Stale or any other State. . We. the common people, must read and use our own practical, experi mental, common and every day sense. and carefully not the exact wording of the amendment and not confuse the positive disfranchising section with the exemption clause. We must not close our eye to th eight year nroviaion. for the exemption clause doe provide for the secure method of enfranchising all our lathers, grana- fathers and thirteen year old boys thai are natives of fair Columbia's land. W must catch the exact letter and spirit of the amendment from an Anglo-Saxon standpoint. That there are three efseotiai quali fication to Justify full suffrage: First, physical manhood; second, practical, experimental education; a reasonable share of the refined sentiments of bu manitr. A thirty year practical obser vation, from a. strictly business staad- point, ha. .umcienUy convinced aUiKO- gresslve-mlnded American, that the dusky "fun-rker." od fons o iiarr. and Cacain. have proved them- e-ives slugglf hly deficient of th prim elements of a Justifiable rrancnise. a patient thirty-year effort to develop their capacity to govern themselves haa exhibited no special sign of tnv provement till forbearance has almost teased to be a virtue. These modern sons or canaan. oi both colors, are obedient to all million aire nrolects. trust company combina tion and all laws that make both mil lion aires and paupers. They lunmaa.- ingly cast all their vote to make the i-i -h man richer and th poor man noorer. Thoee black Republican candidates of Henderson countr are running this moonahlne -campaign' with bluff, false sayings, nigger votes and tne Republi can canteen smellers. They have prov- n themaelves In more way tnan on that thn entire court boos gang of nominees are black supremacyue. and yet they go to the uneducatea, honest farmer man, that would shudder to do a single thing thst could be con- aimed In any way. by any one, as a mean trick, and ask these good men to re-employ them to register our deeds, when we know that tbey promised to run a new ucaei; wnen ue men ui both parties know that th present register of deeds did promise inat ne never would run. What an Insult to crippled men.- Tbee pale-faced black supremacy nominees, who go to nigger club at Flat Rock and other place in our coun ty and encourage both color of black supremscyite to vote for a Henderson county magistrate at Flat Rock, one "Frank Brown." a colored man. against Jame Brookshire. a reputable white man. and by the liberal aid of whit vote the negro was elected. That this same set are now asking the whit Re publicans of Upward to vote for them. without any apology, to mak them high sheriffs and low sheriffs, commis sioners and lawmaking representatives, to mess about nigger tint In our own county And in the black Repbllcan cau cusse mt Raleigh, ct men as black as soot. Those black supremacyltes that hfimMM T'nararrt Rfnnhllrjini St IOna tw. who want to represent us at Kai- Ieign, ought col to run moonsnme eim palgna snd cowardly shufl and evade tlTHr1tt ALona-inna- TheT diSCUSS section A falsely and condemn section liberal Proviso for white men. They ought to corns before white men in the day time and squarely meet th real Issue: and If they cant face tne men who ar concerned about the race ques tion In their presence-we. the white Republicans of Upward, can't afford for such men to reprefent us In our ab sence st Raleiffh. That if these candidate are afraid to discuss the race question upon the true merits of the proposed amendment with Democratic opponents, they as hereby now challenged to come to the 'Republican club at Upward, Hender son county, N. C,"- and discuss tha amendment with whit Anglo-Saxon Beoubllcans In a Republican club of whit men and.Q. A. R. men, before white ladies and while children. In a community that lives not a black man aay nearer than- three miles In all dl rectlons. When any candidate desiring to rep resent white men can't risk himself to defend itln side of tho only Issue in rlnh ot white ReDublica.ES here and elsewhere all over the old Rip Van Stat to halt, about face and vote xor white men. regardless of any and all former parties. By means of the search light of history we learn that the orig inal mark of old-fashioned Republican. Ism was a constitutional union of all the States in one political compact. Now the mark is "Buy Spain's old shoes' that she has worn out In Cuba snd the Philippines, and give millions of dollars for the privilege of waging an uncertain war and maintaining a standing army of 63.608 soldiers and 2.11T officers at the enormous expense Of 1130,00 each day, or $47,450,000 a ir for a lonr time to come, with no definite algns of peace Ull th year 1914:: and all this for the implied pur pose that some of the modern Canaan He may hsve lifetime Jots In th great radflc. The orlmal motto for Repubajcans was "Slick to the Old Flag." Now it is "Stick to the party. sUck to the nigger and stick to kinfoik who killed the bear after It was already dead." White uniihiiMna must awake from ineir thirtr-vear slumber and speak out In no uncertain tones by their votes in be half cf whit men, white women ana whit school children of Eastern North Carolina who can not help themselves from nerro dominstion ss long as tho black supremacyites or any coior ruie any portion of our tsiate. The rooer way to test our candl dates and see which make themselves blsck Republicans beyond any oouoi is to watch their talk and not in com pany they keep; and if they hold up for niggers and get msd at the very mention of disfranchising the negro and ra And club with negroes and en courage th negro to run for office and for their votes club and caucus at ine fitatn eanltal and help appoint irom five hundred to eight bunorea niggers to hold Oc over whit men, whit wmn and their white families: that to collect and 'expend white people's iitm arcordinar to their own liking; If anv of our candidates do this, we must reprove them by Young xor men woo will not vote for negroes to noia omce to hector over the white race. This nstlon hss hsd to pay on great bloody national debt on account of the national sins of our government about this race of servants. Ag&in It seem that we ar on the eve of another great sectional war on account of this same race of fun-makers, who have always been meddling with the weakness and nakedness of certain individuals of the th line and all white men must strip HimiwItm of -all disguise and lino themselves where they belong and our watchword must be "White men wUl rule the white man's country. God Is nor the author of confusion." Modern Babvon fcas fallen. Come out of her. my people, and be no longer a partaker of her sins. . W. A.CAULJS, Chairman Republican Club ELI AS GIBBS, Secretary. Upward, N. C, June 16. 1900. A M.lc Bex I tils Riot. The most charming little ring and Interesting little curio In the world la the properly of Mr. TeiNle of Lon don.- This gentlemsn Is ' nephew of the celebrated Sir Richard Temple, and the ring In question is a highly prized old family heirloom. Inside of this tiny circle of gold are tb works of a perfect little music box. Yon touch a spring and hold the ring quite close to your ear. Then you bear a sweet, weird miie tune. This ring was once In the possession 0f one of Mr. Temple's ancestors, who Uved In France. He wss a st.ngh Roy. .nd ta the of tbe re tlon be valiantly espoused the cause of the unfortunate Louis and his lovely, doom ed queen, Marie Antoinette. He was ar- rested, thrown Into Jail, where he lin gered for days and weeks. One of his few pleasures In tic gloomy solitude of his dreary dungeon was to listen to the voice or tune of tbe little musical ring, which be al ways wore on the third finger of his left hand. He had Inherited it from his grandfather, -who bad it manufactured in Genoa at great cost One day sullen faced men, heavily armed, came to his dark dungeon, and told him he must follow them. He knew that' this meant the guillotine. He stepped bravely out to meet his fate, determined to die like an English gentleman and a brave man. And he did. A strange fancy took possession of him just before tbey led him to tbe block- He touched the spring of bis little ring and lovingly held it to his ar. It sang Its little tune merrily and briskly. In tbe course of thne tbe little ring fonnd Its way back into tho Temple family, but It was silent Its present owner took it to a London Jeweler, who fonnd In the musical mechanism a clot of blood that for years had lain there and Impeded the working of the ma chinery. This was removed and the little ring sings again the same weird little tope. Kansas City Star. Time and Money. Guest What I Five dollars a day! Tn only charged me three when I was her two months ago. " Hotel Clerk I know, but the days are j longer now. Philadelphia Record. H FREEMAS, Acknowledge 1 Leader of Populists of wiianat r'MMBtr. Declares fur the Amendment. ." DK, FREEMAN. Popullat K-Memv h. v,arlalnfarn From Wllsoo County For Amendment Supports It on Account of It Edi- atlanl Features. Say All ALU- saetMes sod Populists Should Vote For It, Taylor. N. C. Special. Mr. Editor: I was asked a few days ago by Mr. Claud Kltchln to state why I was in favor of th amendment and with our permission, I will do so through The Post. I am in favor of the amend ment because, as far as it can. it stops the black man from voting, and as far i it goes and can, It educates the ror white boy and girl. The edu cation of the girls is the foremost and biggest question of this sg. Because, it disfranchises no Whit man "hot is-,vtimulous to all white people to better prepare" theuiadrrs for voting and for the life they have to live. One should vot 'wlth a party because of the principles for which it stands and for' men because cf the principles they advocate, and not for party feeling and party prejudice. So you see It takes some education to prepare one to vote for principle. The amendment will help along this line. But the greatest good will come from the education of the thousands of poor bovs and girls all over the State, whose fathers, being unedu cated themselves,- are opposed o or are indifferent to education. All true alllancemen, Populists and Democrats, cant refuse to vote for the amendment for education is one of their funda mental principles. This educational clause, if passed and becomes a law, will be the big gest thing for the country people that has happened since the foundation of this government. We need men in I every county and township In North Carolina to fill the places of govern ment. There are hundreds of town ships in this State that need better educated men for justices of the peace and school- committeemen, but they have not got them. The black man should not vote In the United States, and especially in those States where he is so numerous as to hold a balance of power. The white man, God's best and highest production, does not need black men to help make the laws, by which he is to govern himself. He is not needed in this capacity as a citizen, and if he was needed, he is not fitted. I some times need help in -my professional work, but I do not call on any one who may be passing, because they are not fitted for that work, so I have to ask help of those who have prepared themselves for the work. The black man Is not prepared to fill the high position of the American citizen in the exercise of franchise, nor can he ever be eo fitted in the United States. It is not only a drawback to the best and progressive political life of the white mans government lor tne black man to vote, but from every point of view, it is' destructive of his own best interest, it unnis mm iur the life he must live, and for the work he must do. It tends to bring the black man In contact with the white man in our Dolttical life. This eauality in no phase of our civilization will ever be tolerated by the white man. The white man votes or should vote for prin ciples, snd the black man never does. The white man, with his high ideals bor. votes for the principles which h thinks will best maintain these ideals. On the other hand, the black man has no conception of principles, but is used as a tool to carry elections in the interest of party.- This condition of things has held in check the high and progressive forces of our Southern life long enough, and I want to see a change. When the amendment is law, it will not hurt the black man, but will be of the greatest good to him. It will be the best that has been done for him since the war. Now, Mr. .Editor, we realize that th9 political fight is now being fought cn the amendment for party's sake. We know that the party which controls this, colored vote expects to stay la power: now, if for no other reason the black man should not vote in this country. There is, and has been, since the ' war, a contention over the black man, and the parties have been dragged along all these years through this dark mist minus principles, until tbe young manhood of the South is a kind of party slam. He is not so well fitted as he shoujd be to appreciate a hlah Ideal of government and stand on principle, regardless of parties, and fight for its perfection. Let the amendment pass and thus keen the black man along in that sphere of life for which the old black man was so well fitted, and help the young black man to adapt himself to that position wherein he may become as well fitted as his father, and all will go smoothly between the whites and blacks. H. F. FREEMAN.- Wlnfar 0aa Hatha. The fad of taking a plunge In tha waters of the ocean ana bay during tb winter has. It seems, taken a firm hold on some of the residents ia the suburban sections of Brooklyn, espe cially those along th shores ol Gravesend Bay, at Bath Beach and Bensonhurst These two hamlets now boast of three residents who never fail to take a cool dip in the bay every day In the year. All those who would doubt It can go down to Bensonhurst and make Inquiries for-John Richmond, a good natured Englishman, who owns a little place on Bath avenue.near Tnir- ty-flfth street Where he conducts a florist's business. His wife prides her self on being the only woman in tb city who takes the Icy plunge- It has been said that a mysterious woman did make her appearance a short time ago at Bath Beach, and, after pmraenadina the beach for a time, she plunged into the water. . Th woman, however. apparently satisfied with that one di; and has not been seen along the shore, since, while Mrs. Richmond i tners veryday. New York brokers loan $13,000,000 France." Aad stand ready to loan A Germany, Russia and the whole for eign outfit Money talks tbe one uni versal language. FIRE AT IIOBOKEN. Four Ocean Liners Burned to the Wa" ter'sEdjje. - THREE GREAT PIERS DESTROYED. A Fir Thai Starts Is Biles of Cotton Results In Fearful Loss of Life and Properly. ' " ,' New York, Special. The four great piers of the North German Lloyd Line in Hoboken were totally destroyed by jfire Saturday afternoon. The passen ger steamship Saale, the freight and jpassenger steamship Maine and .' the Weight and passenger steamship Bre men of the North eGrman Lloyd Line, were burned to the water's edge. The Hamburg Line steamship Phoenicia, a passenger steamship, was also burned to the water's edge. Campbell's storage warehouses on the opposite side of the street, fire big buildings in all and each five stories high were also burned. Tho loss at the present time is roughly, estimated at $10,000,000. ' - From what can be learned the flames started among a large pile of cotton bales on Pier No. 2, of the North Ger man Lloyd Steamship company and spread with such remarkable rapidity that in fifteen minutes the entire prop erty of the company, taking in over a third of a mile of water front and consisting of three great piers, was completely enveloped ina huge blaze that sent great clouds 'of smoke high up int the air. The flames started so suddenly and gained snch headway that the people on the piers and on the numerous vessels docked were un able to reach the street. There, were great gangs of workmen on the piers, and these together with a number of people who were at the docks on busi ness and visiting tha ships scattered in all directions. As all means of exit were cut off by the flames ithey were forced to jump overboard and no doubt a great number of people were drown ed. At the docks for tho North Ger man Lloyd were the Saale, a single screw passenger steamship of 4,lbo gross tons; the Bremen a twin screw passenger and freight steamer of lfi,- 526 tons and the Main, a twin screw freight and passenger, steamer of 12, 200 gross tons. - They all caught fl re ana were ournea to tne water s eage. The Kaiser jlhelm der Grosse, which had just come dn, was the only one of the four big vessels at the dock that escaped. . : The fire was discovered by a watchman on the pier at four o'clock. He saw a small 6treak of fiame'shoot from a bale of cotton on Pier No. 2, at which was docked the steamer Saale. He immediately sent in an alarm. In a few minutes the flames had ex tended to the steamship and were com municated to the adjoining pier on the north. Here wefe docked -the Kaiser Wilhelm der Gross and the Main Tugs were immediately made fast to the big Kaiser Wilhelm - der Grosse and she was" gotten out into mid stream with safety, although badly scorched at the bows. The steamship Min, however, was doomed, as the flames had already become so fierce on the nortbside of the pier that no tug could approach the Vessel. Then, by a shift in the wind, the flames were sent in the direction of Pier No. 1, which was to the south end of Pier No. 2. To the north of Pier No. 1 was the docJcof the Hamburg-American Line, at which, the steamship Phoenicia, a twin screw passenger steamer of 7,761 gross 4ons Was docked. The flames got a good hold on tho Phoenicia, and she was towed out into midstream -ablaze. The officials of the Hamburg-Amer ican Line then decided that the only J way to prevent a total destruction of their , great pier was to. blow up the side of the dock at which the Phoenicia lay, and this was done. A number of barges decked at the pfier also took fire, but in 4he effort to. save the other property, no attention was paid to them and they were allowed to burn. It is feared that the less of life In the holds of the vessels was frightful, and it is said thaf many of the crews who were asleep at the time were imprison ed there. The worst .tale will come from the steamship Main,- which was unable to be towed from th pier. The vessel had only arrived in the morning and some passengers- were still on board, and when the cry of fire was raised a number of them w:re seen W represent tha heading companies the lowest late. Among the companies wo represeni are. . The Hartford, the JEtna, the Continental, the Hamburg-Bremen, th Phoenix, the Lancashire, the Caledonia, the Virginia Fire and Marine, th Virginia State, the Delaware, the Pennsylvania, and North Carolina Home all first class fire companies with assets aggregating MO.OO&OOfV , Wo also represent the Penn Mutual Life, the Phcsnix Life, and the U. o. Fidelity and Casualty Co., and Standard Accident Co. Can write you. any kind of Insurance yon want to any amount; and. we also represent Standard Guarantee Companies that will write all kinds of for public officers, contractors, receivers, and all persons who have to git bonds to any amount- Call on ns for rates or other information. Office in Hkbals Building. AVERY, EBVIN & CO., Agents. . BURKE - COUNTY - BANK, MOKG ANTON, N. 0. RESPONSIBILITY, 8300,000,00. CLEMENT GEITNER, President. ; K. a MENZTF.S, Vic-President Does a General Banking Business. to run to the burning decks. Most of them jumped overboard, and, save for she few who were picked up by the tug not cue has been heard frdm, al- . though, evfy hotel and hospital itt th ,; city of Hoboken is crowded with .in- jufed. - Some of the passengers of he Main tried to escape to the pie?, and it was almost certain that they punished in the flames. There was panic oa- each of the ships. Many persons Jumted ovefboara and the water for some disv taiic along the docks was, lined. with people. jbeV were clinging to the piers and even to tne rudders of the burning vessels. Some were picked - up; many were drowned.. Peter Quinn, a justdco of the peace in Hoboken, tells a story of having ceen at least 30 people per-' ish. He said: ' ' "I was standing on the end of one of tho Hamburg-American LineJJiers and saw about thirty people crowd under Pier No. 1 of the North German Lloyd. - They were calling to some of tine pas sing tug-boats, but their appeals were ih vain, and when the flames got near Ito them they dived into the water. There was no assistance near them at the ime, and I belie v.e everyone was either drowned -: or perished in the flames." ; ... . About 200 people were rescued at tho Haxnburir-Amenican Line pier. -They . were much overcome from exhaustion, but soon revived with stimulants. By 7 o'clock the three piers of th North German Lloyd Steamship oCni- , pany had been burned to the ground. . The Souftiern end of the Campbell stor age company building, consisting of five structures caught nre ana tne flame shot from every window from' the two floors In but a few minutes. The buildings, being filled mainly with lute and whiskey. . burned rapidly. The firemen were unable to go within fighting distance and the fire had pret ty much its own way ere. In these buildings great loss wm ua sustained. , ; INDIANS' DEEDS TO PENNS. j Old PennaylT.nln Parchment t Harris burg. . . 1 All the old parchment colonial deeds- ' and records -in keeping of th state department at Harrisburg have just peen put through a process of preser-. jvation by Secretary of the Common-' jwealth Griest, gays the Philadelphia -Record. For years these records have 'been kept in tin boxes, and, as -they, . were occasionally searched, the result was much confusion in the arrange ment of papers. .Many of the old wax . seals were lost, and the crumpled pa pers wer more or les3 damaged. Pe culiar interest attaches to the Indian signatures, which are yet quite dis tinct on many of the documents. ' A parchment contains the treaty of wlth the sachem of the Schuylkill Indians, and embraces the transfer of all the tracts of land . or lands lying . In or near tha River Schuylkill and its branches, under date of September 7, 1742. The con sideration for this land, as stated on the deed, included twenty brass ket tles, 100 blankets, sixty linen shirts, twenty hats, six coats, twelve pairs of shoes : and buckles, thirty- pairs of . stockings, twenty guns, twelve gun locks 300 pounds of gunpowder, 4 609 pounds of lead bullets, sixty hatchets, fifty planting hoes, 120 knives, 160 pairs of scissors, 100 tobacco tongs, twenty-four looking glasses, forty to bacco boxes, 1,000 flints, five pounds of paint, . twentyfour dozen garters, six dozen small silk ribbons, twelve dozen rings. 100 pounds of tobacco, 400 pipes, twenty gallons of rum and 60. There -are several large deeds transferring land from the Indians to the Penns, all bearing the peculiar signatures of the Indian chieftains, representing all manner of animals, reptiles, fishes, birds and insects. The most Import- ant of these deeds is that conveying to the Penns the territory controlled .by the Six Nations, for which a con- sideration of $5,000 was paid. The sig natures of the Indians to this docu ment give the Indian names and their English signification. - ; The thug society, whose oaspeakable deeds hare horrified the Christian peo ple of "two continents, is said to have a membership running up into millions. The scene bf its present outrages ia the maritime province of Shan Tung, which lies south of the Chinese capi tal city. Sban Tung -has an area of 56,000 square miles, almost the exact size of the state of Illinois. Packed within this space Is a population of. not less than 35,000,000 subjects of the em peror. - These figures Indicate against what odd 4 our Christian missionaries have to contend. Fire Insurance Life Insurance Accident Insurance Steam Boiler Insurance. Employers' Liability Insurance " of th world, and write policies at A. M. INGOLD, Cashier, O. 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The News-Herald (Morganton, N.C.)
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