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. - ---- -- . . - r - . . - THE CHATHAM, tj , A Weekly 7iolu2::n jprr i: sympathy ih the mas.. r Plant jour' adverlkemeni. triJEiTLr. FOUR PAGES. 23 con. ! INDEPENDENCE, THUTII. JUSTICE, i rnicE oxE.noLLAJs peh year. the CHATHAM "CITIZEN if PITTSBORO, CHATHHM COUNTY, N. C.. FEBRUARY 22, 1899. NO. 23. want it to U-ur fruit in Chat C0KI.tV.' VOL IV. ! : m : : i . " .. . : . SUBSCRIBE FOR Chatham Citizen You want the News from Congress and the Legislature, and County affairs : : : You Can Get this; For Oiily by subscribing for the CITIZEN- .... You-want the coun ty news. You want f. it iVhnnY. " You 11 A A J "- A"!- P.-1 want to gem irmuiui. You want to get it in a paper not inclin- ed towards railroad - j corporations and mo nopolies. Have you ever Writ ten anything for -the Citizen? If not, why not? ? Farmers, write ar ticles on your experi ence with your farm V work. ! Write about tlie Alliance and the ne- cessity of organiza tion. r Teachers and those interested in educa tion, write on SChOOl Mill questions. Send us news items subscribe, and get your neighbor to sub scribe. R- B, LltfEBERRY, Editor. !Efie &halham&lizfzn. JL B. LINEBERRY, Editobajid . Ptblisheb. Published every Wednesday. Citizex Office on Hillsboro Street, Pittsboro, N. C. . SUBSCRIPTION PRICE SI. 00 Per Yer. AdrerUaics Rites on Application. Entered at tie Post Office at Pittsboro, N". C, at second class matter, Sept. 5, 18D5. Independence, Truth, Justice. Communications to be printed should be written on one side of the paper onlj. Your real name must accomp any each communication or it can not be printed. The .editor is not responsible for the views or correspondents, but wm al low nothing enter the columns of the Citizen that he knows to be false or slanderous. We want intelligent correspondents in every township in the county. 7 THE LEGISLATURE. The feature of the past week's work in the Legislature was the pas sage of the suffrage amendment. In the House six Democrats voted against it saying that they had pledg ed themselves on be campaign not to vote to disfranchise any one. The amendment as-published in another column passed, however, by a vote of 80 to 27 in the House and 1 to G in the Senate, Petitions from citizens of Chatham were presented by Cheek of Orange, to have a survey of the line between Chatham and Orange and Durham. Representative Currie of Moore county has introduced a bill to change the line between Oakland and Cape Fear townships of this couuty. There has been a big fight over re ducing salaries and fees; The Stevens anti-trust bill passed the House. There have been 1622 bills intro duced in the House, mostly, however, of local or personal nature. The Stevens bill against trusts passed the House by a good majority. This bill is aimed at the life of trusts doing business in North' Carolina, bat remember the enormity of vil perpetrated by trusts and the inge nuity which trusts have exhibited in evading law make necessary such a law. We hope that the Stevens bill will become a law and will be enfor ced. An amendment wa3 added to he bill by Mr. Boushall to exempt colleges owning trust stock from the requirements of this law. This strikes us as asking for Christian colleges to be partners in a business which has so much of evil connected with it that the citizens cannot stand it. Trusts are doins much financial ly for some colleges, ; some barkeepers may build churches, does that license a church to be a partner in a bar room? The school law as proposed by the Legislature, leaves the township sys tem and other main features of the Fusion law standing, making only such changes as are necessary to give the pie and control to democrats. The county board of education will be named by the legislature this time and hereafter by the county commis sioners. The committee appointed to in vestigate the Wilson railroad com mission, matter recommend that the Wilsons be reinstated. Democrats do not know exactly what to do. .They want to reinstate J. W. 'Wilson but do not know bow to do this and leave Otho out who will have two years vet. Judge W. L. Norwood sent his res- ? ..... , jmeto save himself from impeach- ! ment bv the legislature. It has been accepted and the impeachment with-! throat and ear bj skilled physicians is jrawn ... - j to be provided for. This a recognition of the fact that health is as necessary The Democrats are not clear on the ! as educatiou to the rising generation. penitentiary question jeL Capt. Bill i UmleJ btales Counsd Fraaktnthal . i M. ' v u m. at Berne, Switzerland, ia an ofiicial re Day has turned over to them but re- llort savs that an Enfflish iTofessor ha the courts for the office and the pav. ' lheir a?P"val a metho-J of mikin- ar- " ttihcial silk by treating linen thread Good news comes from Washing . with geUtin. He claims that his melh ton that CorgrVhas'passedabill to odwiU produce artificial silt at a cost . , xv , i u of U 5 a pound. The present price of reimburse North CuoIica and other , fa ffom o a fctatesfc? moneys usei in fcpanisu war, j - - i I WASHINGTON LCTTEI?. (From Our IlrguUrConerpouutut.) IV icntviw.v v IT IRfW ' '.. ! n extra session of Congress u now absolutely certain, unless eitLer the President or the Democratic enatora whare opposing the Hull army bUl make a sauare backdovru. Pef ore leav ing for Boston the President repeated his assertion made the tirstof the wee!:, that he would call an extra sS"ion if the army bill was not passed, and the Democratic Senators still say that they will not allow the bill to pass. If the Senate kills as much time over every thing else as it did this week ovtr the McEnery resolution, other measures besides the army bill are likely to fail. The warmest fight of the session, iu the House, took place over the Hepburn Nicaragua Canal Bill, which .was offered as an amendment (to the Sundry Civil BUL Tarty lines were not drawn. It was a fight aeaiust the leaders of the majoritj, all of whom opposed the amendment. Representative Hopkins of Illinois, who was presiding, sustain ed the point of order raised p gainst the amendment by Representative Cannon, and the House by a vote of lit to 103 stood by the decision. The action of the senate in passiDg the bill for the admission to the aval - Academy as a cadet of Oscar. W. Deig- nau. of Jowa, one of the iJerrimac he roes, gives general satistaction. It is a deserved recognition of the common ailor. ' News of daily fighting in the Philip pines continues, but it is all one way; the Filipinos can't staud before Ameri can troops any " better than the Span iardsdid. The military Court of Inquiry: order ed to investigate the charge of Gen. Miles concerning the issue of embalm ed beef to the soldiers, did not meet this week, as ordered. Some of its members were snowed up on their way to Washington. Those who consider the McEner resolution, adopted by the Senate, with an attendance only three La excess of a quorum, by a vote of 20 to 2 J, to have a distinctive mtauing will have a hard time proving that meaning by the vote on the resolution.' It was supported by aixtceu Republicans, including Senator Hale, while it was opposed by eight Re publicans, including Senator Hoar, who said of the resolution: It contains lit tle that is good and a good deal that is bad." The Democrats, silver Republi cans and Topulibts, also divided on thv resolution," six Democrats voting fur and eleven against, while Senator Kyle and Teller voted for and 1'ettigrew and Stewart against. It is very clear from the vote that Senators differ as to whether the resolution may be consid- eredjf ivorable to expansion or against it. Lots of them do not hesitaU to sny that it is neither; that if it were adopt ed by the House and signed by the ltesident it would have absolutely no effect in determing the future policy of this government towards the ,Philir- pines. It would be difCcult to make anything more ambiguous than the Mc Enery resolution, which follows: "That by the ratilication of the treaty of peaCr? with Spain it is not intended to incor porate the inhabitants of the Philip pine Islands into citizenshiu o the United States. Nor is it intended to permanently annex said islands as an integral part of the territory of the United States ; but it is the intention of the United States to establish on said islands a gcvernment suitabe to the wants and conditions of the inhabr itants of said islands, to prepare them for local self government, and in due time to make such disposition of said islands as will best promote the inter ests of the United States and the inhab itants of said islands." Whether tLe House will act upon this resolution will depend largely upon the wishes of the President, but the chances are that it will not. . , The real sentiment of the Senate to wards the Philippines was very near to being shown in the vote on Senator Ba con's substitute for the .McEnery reso lution, which pledges Urn government to deal with the Phillippines just as" it is now dealing with Cuba--merely tak ing charge until a permanent local gov ernment can be set up. The vote was 29 for aud 2't asraiust it. the dtciJin? vote against it being cait by Vice i'resi- deutiiobart. Progressive meiicar.s unquestion ably are we can learn something lruua Europeaus- The Department of State has just been officially iuformed that the ciiy of Wurzburg, iiavaria, h;is r- ranzed to Lave the teeth of children in ' public schools examined ami kept in ! their parents gie their consent, and that if the exi-eriment proves success. : ful. free treatment of diseases of th j pound, while natural silk costs 6 pound. ' I ' ' i f TT " ! !l '. I i . - - ' " ' I THE WHISKEY TRAFFIC. As an act of friendship to religion, educational institutions, commercial channels, sad and desolated homes, V"-". . . i, ; . . , " .in- kind of every condition, do I appeal unto the authors of philanthropic agencies of America to exercise their whole iutluence towards the exterpa tionof tbe whiskey traffic, whichJs a national sore of depravity. . j Never will onr country succeed in advancing civilization until a higher estimation is T fixed on man,truth,and justice; then let every man fly .to the rescue, and eschew nothing destined to place man on a higher plane of ex istence! We oppugn the now existing system of whiskey legality. First, because it is entirely antag onistic to virtue, truth, and an in justice to an eminent God-established plinciple, on which our government is said to be founded. ) Where 'wine 6peaketh and giveth it3 colour in the cup', it often allures panshoners and even clergymen; hence arises a prodigious conflict, f Not long ago a great ecclesiastical court assembled in New York, and resolutions arraigning strong drinfc were offered and clergymen with stroutr drink on their tables, and strong drink iu their cellars defeated the resolutions by speeches. threateninc It is a demoralizer of society and even the family circle. The Bible dissuades from Etrong driuk as a for midable adversary, ultimately des troying both soul and body. What could be more terrible?. J Secondly, it destroyes man physi cally : paralyzing;the nerves, weaken in?: the muscles, impairing the diges tive organs. It deteriorates theentire physical system, observation demon strates this fact Docs nature exclude divine will and mandates? Far from it! Why doc3 the physical construc tion and mental constitutional facul ties of man war against alcohol, when imbibed? Were it consistency. the two would act in harmony with each other. "All thius' work together for g-ood to them that love God." Thirdly, it is a mental diminishe cloadiug, the judgment, enlarging the catalogue oi lunatics ana iuiois. The ceutre of thought is overpower ed and the - raind is a ch&os. One moment the father or husband's de votion will be kindled and instantly, vice versa beating his child or wife. Fourth, it is an expense to the government, producing thieves. brav: lers, desperados, profligates, and mur derers, crowding, prison houses. It makes paupers and orphans. J Now government is man's body guard, protecting him and his prop ertvthat no earthly power dare safe ly interfere with him without his con sent, and he can live in perpetual peacewith an amiable wife and dear children ; but, attached-to this gov ernment, there is an offensive, ulcer o is and unnecessary evil, which breeds rottenness and destruction over our fair land; and persuades men to partake of corruption and bow 'ne.;;th the indecencies of life. i Man i3 the originator of this sore, consequently he must suffer the ef fects thereof. Men's unjust gatherings have en abled them to wear rare ornamepts, and even to build towns' and cities, much of which was secured by deal ing in whiskey, then if a poor child, made orphan by a father's (Jepravitv, were to call on the barkeeper for iiid he often would turn, from that child with a frown, even though parti of his onulence is that fathers lust earnings. Do vou know what God savs? Listen: Woe to him that build eth a town with blood, and establish eth a city by iniquity." Uabakkuk 2:12. - How shall it be with any goyern ment perpetuating a fiendish ci?v in order to seenre revenue? Listen! Methiuks lean hear the sobs of some man's wife, occasioned by the! mid night return of her husband, (under the ipfluence of alcohol his tyranni cal command forces her to vassalage almost breaking her tender J heart. The filthy whiskey worm crawls in to peaceful homes aud devastates fireside happiness. W herever there 13 effect there is cause. Man approves the cause of selling whiskey by granting license, then coiademns the effect, authorizes the poison then puts men inl prison because the poison worked. An effort to demonstrate that alcol ol is harm ful would be as preposterous as an effort to prove an axiom. j The voice of America is not tne voice of God. Were it so (as it now existsj ine e-iiect oi aicoiiui iuma act in hanuony with the Christian truth, because all things work to gether for good" if we strictly con form to nature. Alcohol and virtue are antithetical principles ; and both canaot be right. . r How can any niau assuming the pariihoncr's sacred pledge tolerate and perpetuate detrimental and dia bolical influences? It is enough to make angels tremble and shed tears of grief, (could there be grief in Heaven,) to behold so many men and young boys rapidly approximating the precipice of ruin. It is time for -'each and everv one to arouse from his state of Blujrrsbnosa and crash ' the "cursed EluSJ Moral persuasion lis almost ont of Lthe question, v We I must enact laws to aid us. The rum tii7 ... se rllvr'e hearthas been tried, palefaced j ives and wrinkled-browed mot hers' wi have appealed to them : dear children with sparkling eyes, silky tresses and rosy cheeks mantled with purity and bathed in tears, have cone to them aud begged tbeint with angel-voiced sweetness to "pleaso don't let papa have any more tci drink," when he would be so inhumane as to break her little heart and "send her awav crying, by telling hen ! will attend to my own business." Oh, what a time the Judgment Day will be! . We implore humanity to meditate and see if the man who licenses, the rumselleris not just as guilty as tbe man standing behind the bar. If you think this declaration too much to bear remember God made it so, and not I.! Procrastinate not, for tomor-, row it may be too 'late! and dare you permit so serious1 and significant a matter to appear before the just and hnal Judge unsettled! Through all the long dark nights of ; years j . The people's cry ascended; The earth wa3 wet with blood and ! tears, 1 j Ere their meek sufferance ended. This wrong shall hot forever sway; The many toil jin sorrow, The bars of hell are strong to-day, But Christ shall reign to-morrow. F A. Johxson-. ; Bryant, N. C, Feb. 13, 1899. SUFFRAGE (AMENDMENT. An Act to Amend the Constitution of North Carolina. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enacti : , Section 1. That Article VI of the Constitution of North Carolina be, and the same is hereby abrogated, and in lieu thereof shall sj substituted-the following Article of said Constitution:-: j ! AKT1CLE VI. Suffrage aud Eligibility to Office uiiucauous oi an Elector. Section 1. Every male ierson born in the United States, aud every'inale person who has been naturalized, twentyone years of age and possess ing the qualmca Article, shall be tions set out in this entitled to vote at the people in the any election by State, except as herein otherwise pro vided. I Sec 2. He snail have resided in the State of North Carolina for two years in the county six months, aud in the precinct, ward or. other elec tion district, in which he offers to vote, four months next preceding the election: Provided, that removal from' one precinct, ward or other election district, to another in the same county, shall not operate to de prive any person Jof the right to vote in the precinct, ward or other election district, from which he has removed until four months after such remov al. No person who ha? U-cu convicted, or who ha3 "confessed his guilt iu open court upon indictment, of any crime, the punishment oi wnicn now is, or may hereafter be, imprisonment in the State Prison, shall be permit ed to' vote unless the said person shall be first restored to citizenship in the maunerpfescrited by law. - Sec. 3. Even! person offering to vote shall be at the time a lerallv registered voter as herein prescribed and in the manner hereafter provided hv.law- find the itrpnerul Asemblv of North Ceroliua fchall enact general registration laws to' carry into effect the provisions of this Article. Sec. 4. Everj person Tenting himself for registration shall be able tor cad and write any section of the Uonstitution in the tugiisn language; iwly Ldfnrn Iu shall Jjc entitled to : vote, he shall have paid, on or uerviH the first day of March of the year in ! which he proposes to vote, his toll tax, as -prescribed by law, for the previous year. Foil taxes shall be a lien only on asiessed property and uv process shall ; jisjue to enforce the collection of the same except against assessed property. Sec. 5. No male person, who was on January 1, 180?, or at any time prior thereto, entitled to vote under the laws of any JState in the United States wbereiu'he then resided, and no lineal descendant of any such per son shall be demeU the nht to reg ister and vote at any electron iu this State by rt-.uwu'of hi3 failure to pos- sess the educational qualifications prescribed in section four of this ar- i tide: Provided, he shall have regis- tcredin accordance with tbe terms oi this section prior to" December 1, 10JS. The Udaeral Afsembly shall thousand niue huadred and eight; aud all such jrsons shall be entitled to register and .vote in all elections by the people in this State, uuhss disqualified ihhIct section two of fhis Aiticie : Provided, such persons Ehall have paid their poll tax as re quired by law.1 , cc, C. All elections by the people shall hi by ballot, and. all; elections provide for.a permanent record of all t persous, who register under this fcec-' tion. on or before November first,oi:e by the ueneral Assembly shall U viva voce. . Sec. 7, Every voter in North Caro lina, exceptiisin tkiiJktiicfocis'ina!-! ineu, snail be eluiDJc lo o.Tke. but before entering ujxju the duties of the j office he shall taket'.ud subscribe t!n - following oath I CO . solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will Support and maintain th fnnclIiM-l tion aud laws of the United Stales ! . - ..... ana me uonstitutiou and laws of North Carolina, not inconsistent therewith, and that I wiJ faithfully discharge the duties of my office as . So help me God." Sec 8. The following classes of persons shall be disqualified for cilice: l.':..... ii .... i i it , .t a net, an 1K.T&0U3 wno snail uenv me being of Almighty God. Second, all persons who saall have bee a convict ed, or confessed their guilt on in dictment pending, and whether sen tenced or not, or under judgment suspended, of any treason or felony, or any other crime for which the puu ishmcnt uiay be imprisonment in thj penitentiary, fcince becoming citizeus of the United States, of corruption ; and malpractice in office unless such person shall be restored to the rights of citizenship in a mauncr prescribed by law. : tec. 9- That all of the provisions of the Constitution relating to suffrage, registration and elections, as con tained in this act, amending the Cpu sti.tutiou, 6hall go into effect on the first day of July," 1902, if a majority of the qualified voters of the State so declares at the next general election. Sec. 10. This amendment shall be submitted at the next; general elec tion to the qualified voters of the State, iu the same manner and under the same rules and regulations as U provided in the law regulating gen end'elections iu this State, and in force May 1st, 1899; and at said elec tion those persons desiring to vote for such amendment shall casta written or printed ballot with the words "For Suffrage Amendment" thereon; and those with a contrary opinion shall castn written or printed ballot with the words "Against Suffrage Amend ment" thereon. " - Sec 11. The said election shall be held and the votes returned, compar- . i . ,i .1 l it eu counteu, auu cauvas?eu, aim iuc result announced, under the same rules and regulations as are in force for returning, comparing, counting aud canvassing the votesf or members of the General Assembly, iu force May 1st, 1899, and if a majority of the votes cast are in favor of the said amendment, it shall be the duty of the Governor of tbe State to cer tifv said amendment under the seal of the State to the Secretary of State. who shall enroll the said amendment so certified among the permanent records of his office. Sec. 12. This act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Greensboro people had a primary vote on the diensary last week. There were 531 votes for dispensary aud 2 against it the opponents of the dispensary did not vote except two men. ine expansioaiiia no are no mix- ious to give the Fhiliippines . the .... - i - : .i i. wnent oi our ru:cirics oi govern- meat are now, no doubt, highly grat- iSedat our rapid progress iu this line having adopted the rapid plan of shooting natives o:tr principles into ti;a A bill ivi:: :reer.s'oro a dispenty ! "e l " : j afra l ot 1 Ll i tl u :sl:-"; j s hard frotM. : DRINKS CALL tea. ; - Manritius they make a tex of the ieaTe5 cf an orchid. in ptru thy drink mate, a ta made irom a if i.niir. in Sumatra coffee leaves are put hi ine icapoi. o-um mo excejlent. Te Abyirinian make a tea from, the leave of the catha eduils, which has such stimulating qualitie that to chew a single leaf will pj-ocLace all the effects- of a strong cup ci tea. It is most valuable to travelers. The Tasmaniani are said to be the lucky owners of no fewer than IGO '" kinds of leaves from which tea can be made, while the Tonkicese have tea from berries, le-ares, woods-and barka of trees. j to cntr.A t oi.u i: o.r. u v Take Laxative Iiromo Qnicizio Tablets. All Drugdsta refund ihe money if it f-il to Cere. 25c. ih genuine ha L.-!:.'2 -.; f-a !. tablH. ri he ffl AN DSOn Et ES 1 GN. jtjt QUALITY OF MATERIAL 15 A-i S though the price !s somewhat less thoa b chirired for Trerk cf tLIs Our woric lias u up-to-date attachsxects. Open-head, brass-bushed springs, Iust proof s.tlh oiling axles, EridUr siaft shackles, etc Ask onr dealer to show yoa one of the MONARCH t Vehicles. It will speaic for itself. Beautiiui looTte and name cf dealer nearest to application. ZJXOIVAXtCII ' COLUMBUS, tiiili RAILWAY. TlfKiSTAND.U.l) IIAILV... THE SOUTH. The iiircx! Line U .III Iv f . FLORIDA, CUSA AKO Stricilj IVi:- :i. l"p: ;.;-. Through an t ial Tr.t's; Palac-5Sle,'pi''ge:ari:n .n"i. 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