THE RALEIGH POST JANUARY 35, 1900.
A POPULIST
The Men Whom
REPLIES TO BUTLER'S SPEECH
He Is to "Whip Out of the State" His
Final Attempt to Betray Is Futile Hereafter His Lot
Lies with the Negroes and Renegade Whites, Whose
Senator He Has Bargained to Be if He Can Help De
feat the Amendment.
To the Hon. Marion Butler ;
Sir: I -was not present at the meet
ing of .-tOi e Populist State Executive
Committee in Raleigh, but I nave
read an account of what took place
6i t the meeting, and your speech par
ticularly, -with surprise, chagrin and
dismay.
I went into the -Populist party from
principle, believing that there was a
distinct work for that party to -do In
the iState and nation. I have remain
ed in the parry for the same reason
though conscious that it has often
made serious blunders and that it has
laid. itself open to severe but justina
We criticism. I was content to be
lieve that its faults were such as
'with, growing age- audi strength
would be overcome, faults grounded in
circumstance rather than, in deliberate
intention. With this 'reflection J. have
You cannot deceive others 'Who shall
blame yon, therefore, for casting in
your lot with those who, alone, do not
shrink from your leadership?
A. C. GREEN.
Extract from Butler's Red Hot
Speech to the Populist Ex
ecutive Committee.
Mr. Simmoisy Reply to
Alirl!fnr Amp'p InfnmiiAXir
nuuuui o inicivicw
than they seem to know of the metal! men who still listen to Butler should
of 'Which the Anglo-Saxon is made." Itake him at his word and "fight till
that (one Issue) is settled" the Wood
would be on his hands. Will Butler
take his gun and "join hands" with
Col. James H. Young, the military
leader of this mext Reign oi Terror,
lead the hosts on to "whip this gang
Mr. Simmons said today, referring to lout of (the (State"? It will foe a fine
the answer of Auditor Ayer to his in-1 spectacle to see Major Butler and Col-
terview published in i Sunday's Ob- Jonel Young "join hands and 'defeat
server: Iforever the little gang of red-shirts and
41 notice that Mr. Ayer doesr not de- J anarchists." Which of these, blood
my thajt Bultler in his speech to the andhunder military chieftains will
Popuiist committee made the threats I take command, of the army that will be
and used the langage about wh'pp ing I sent against the Wilmington red
the gang out of the State,' atfribUted to shirts and anarchists" under Col. Al-
hiim Iby the newspaper reporters. Nor I f red Moore Waddell, caliled,iy Dockery
does he deny that the published state-1 "the RobespierreiOf: the Revolution"
ment of these reporters that this and I Which? Dollars- to doughnuts when
other like utterances of Butler were I the army is ready the leader who now
greeted with applause from the com- talks of joining hands with the negroes
mitteemen and those present, he 'being to whip them out of the State : will
one of these; nor that after these utter- jhave pressing business in Utah or some
ances the Butler resolutions were pass- other far-off State. He is now in vino
ed.' Ordinarily, men do not applaud Jfble in a small room in .Raleigh. If his
what they do not approve and eanc-1 revolutionary and "bloody advice is
TROUBLE IS BREWING
comforted myself in the past,.and have
conscientiously striven to hold it. to the
aims and ends conceived, and. embodied
an its declaration of principles, believ
ing that whatever issue of grave im
port anight arise the; Populist, party
would be found favoring the right.
Now, sir, the people of (North Caro
lina are confronted byj the most serious
crisis in their history since the time
when the State's intelligence and worth
scourged (ignorance, vice and debauch
cry from its high places, a quarter of
a century ago. It is proposed to right
i :
a wrong done the 'State through force,
fraud and.. fanaticism, at a time when
her worthy citizenship was impotent
and when her protest was considered
good cause for fresh indignities and
more high-handed outrages
aliens and renegades
net to her throat while they despoiled
her. For thirty years the .State has
wom the fetters riveted upon her ilimbs
in her hour of weakness, and has done
it patiently, hoping
they would drop away of their own
weight or would be (struck off when
the animosities engendered of war and
blood had passed away, and when
new generation in the!
conditions in a perspective not "distort
.ed iby passion and hate. The hope has
fljTeen vain, and the
taken up for herself
iriiaving the incubus
her progress and. menaced her. peace
by the
who held a bayo
Touching upon fusion, the 'Senate
said:
"We will turn to any class of men
to join us in this campaign. We will
Itreat them all fair. I am ready to join
lands with the opponents of the suf-
rage amendment and say, 'Come and
help us, provided we don't have to
mortgage our souls to you.' f we ac
quit ourselves this year as we harve in
the past, North Carolina twill again be
a free. State.
"The negro question I know con
fronts us, and it must be 'settled, but
we can't .trust the man who has lived
on the negro for thirty years to settle
it.. We've cot to settle it. We are the
folks who, at heart, want it' settled
not they. We want it settled so they
can no longer use it as a scarecrow.
The Republicans also are anxious for
its settlement, and they'll help to settle
it in the proper way."
Having thus disposed of the negro,
the Senator proceeded with his injunc
tion:
'Let us join hands and defeat for
ever this (little gang of anarchists and
red shirts, who try to take by violence
that which they cannot, win toy fair
means.. But it takes something more
than a red shirt to scare a Populist
In the eastern counties in the cam
paign of recent years the Populists
haven't been running. They have been
in more danger there than anywhere
else, but they have stood true as steel.
"We have got to fight, and we had
as well make up our minds to it,
believe there are enough votes in favor
of free suffrage to win in the campaign
in spite of their ballot-box stuffing and
red-hirt lawlessness. But to do it we
have got to be on our guard. The elec
tion law of 1894 was wide open, and I
wouldn't ask anything easier than to
State has now
the .work 6f re-
tliat has delayed
tion.
"1 notice also (that Mr. Ayer says he
and his asociates want a campaign of
calm argument and discussion.
"There is in this campaign practical
ly but one question, and that is the
question of white supremacy or negro
domination. If 'Mr. Ayer and his asso
ciates think this is a debatable ques
tion, 'I imagine they will find but few
white men who will agree with them.
Two years' experience with the black-
and-tan regime that thrust Ayer to tV.e
surface, and the constant menace of
taken, he will be invisible. ,
GREENVILLE.
R. B. Jarvls 6c Co. make an Assignment
Town Talk Centres About a Pro
posed Cotton Mill Democratic Exec
utive Committee Hears Favorable Re
ports.
Greenville, N. C, Jan. 24.
Correspondence of The Morning Post
R. B. Jarvis & Bro., general mer
nco-iiKln. . vuaula nci uaci! vi ttS3iSiiiucui
o Ai-L w Mv. creditors reserving exemptions allow
ix iW ed.by law F G Harding, a member
IVllUU. I il J J, TT J! p 1 TT 1.1
i I Ul III limi OL X1MI llilltr lY. ri MrmUiT.
"There are some things white men attorneys, is named as assismee. Their
always discuss dispassionately, and liabilities are about $1,900. witlTassets
tnere are others they cannot, if they of about $1,500.
wash, discuss with equanimity. There is much talk here of build-
Mr. Ayer and his associates cannot ing a cotton factory. This point is a
reasonabily expect white men to cal'f.ly I good one for a factory. With a little
discuss the Republican and fusion pro-J enterprise it could readily be estab
position, that the negro has the right I lished
noon. His address was a pleasing
oration and he was the recipient of '
showers Of praises from the ladies
present. At night a splendid banquet
was held at the Littleton hotel, where
Durham Stirred AbOUt Nick" 11 delicacies of the season were
strv eu. . i
Two car loads of convicts were ta
ken' to Tarboro today from the 'North
ampton farm to begin, work on the
-' Snow Hill branch of Atlantio Coast
NOW IN THE NEWSPAPERS1
! accidentally shot last Sunday whilo
carelessly handling a pistol. He died
the following day from the effects of
el-in-Slot Machines.
the wound. (He and several of hi 3
"An Anxious Mother" Opens the Rack-
T.Tlni, Pl.tnii. H..)tlnAn a Co .
friends were together, and it is stated
loon Raised an Uproar The Pro pri- that in passing the pistol around it
etor Got Out of the Wet When He H accidentally discharged.
j v. x. ixerriii, n wen Known xarmer
Heard Thunder Editor Bailey Lec-1 iio lived near town, died suddenly
at his home yesterday. He was
stricken with paralysis and expired
before medical aid could be sum-
Durham, Jan. 24. Special. A. few Quhe a heaTy freshet has been iri
days ago four of the bar-rootm men Roanoke River this week, but no dam-
put in what was called living picture a-f 'yas done
machines machines of the nickle-in
tares on Mrs. Browning's Poetry
It is learned that Roanoke Haoids
will have one of the largest paper
mills in the country. It will be anti
trust and will supply paper at old
figures. .
Those Interested in the proposed
ihoat line fmm' IVrfflnn Ia Vrvnfnllr nnd
matter raised such a howl that the Baltimore will meet Friday night, at
saloon men decided to take them out, which time subscription 'books will be
and last might the machines werejoP11- It is proposed to raise $100,000.
Of this amount Weldon is expected to i
the-slot kind. In these machines were
pictures of white women in semi-nud
condition and one of them was place-
in the colored side of a saloon. The
given a place in the property rooms. '
But this is not the only kind of
slot -machines 'that are stirring mat
ters up here. The regular nickle-in-the-slot
machine, which plays for
money, is the subject of much bitter
controversy. In one of the papers
here a communication was published
signed "An Anxious Mother," in
wnicn these machines came in ror a
scoring. The party Offended came Out
in a communication rattacking the wri
ter of the x?ard and making a personal
subscribe $2o,000, Roanoke Rapidsi
$25,000, and the remaining $30a00 to
be distributed among other points.
WARM FOR HUNTING
Northern Sportsmen Trying
Their Luck in Guilford.
i"""' i. inraiu ixui utu. attack on fh pdlfnr nf fhA unnpr Ttvf
to rule over the white man in commu- There will soon be two tobacco fff!r .
Ji! n i . I t - , 1 t""U UUO CCL LilC LJ VY 11 Ll 11 1 il.lJ.KA
Sr WnCTe De mPpmW oumumoer TOrenOTScs in course " the end is not yef Just what VUI NEW COUNTY PHYSICIAN
IMr. Ayer and his associates cannot awui ma
ly discuss the Republican and fusion
proposition that the Ignorant negro if
as fit to vote as the tineducated white
man, and that if the ballot is taken
from one it, should Ibe taken from the
other. -
"'Mr. Ayer and his associates can't
reasonably expect white men to tilm-
ly discuss the .Republican and fusioi
mV,A ,11.-, (D P T T ,TT.. r" .v-i-i., nviuitu ai iuc iiiin.
Iees birthday last Friday afternoon. L SP.hnlnrUr vna A fon.i
a A 1. i , . - , i I wiuu i UU VUt UA UA il LTCAA 4X, L1V7AA. IA1 .
ve oi xue eounxy me. nere yesieraay. Bailey. is an pnhusiastio lover of no-
wnship being represented 5ood re- is familklr wit3l a wide range of Eng-
hl f l T lish literature, He showed his aoili-
; T Precincts. The outlook t t penetrate' into the depths of po
is that the constitutional amendment A n . i ...
proposition that there was no negro KviH be carried bv a handsome malor- J ' inen. in m.
domination in Eastern North Carolina. htv. but dl a-reed that it wmilfl tk '" grapmc sKeicn oi
. .. urs. irowninsrs lire. lnterDretinz it
Two ITIore Cases of Smaljpox In Greens
boro The c Disease Breaks Oat at'
ReldsTllle Action of Durham Au
thorities the Subject of Finch Talk
Rusiness Goes on as Uusual in the
Gate City,
Greensboro, Jan. 24.-J.Special.Your
in Wilmington, Greenville a New hard work during the coming cam-l St or Se iiSedTnp correspondent has a case of vaccina
Bern, fin 1S07 and ISftS ninth aTtoii aicrn nhA ;-m .m;,, 4VlQ Ki1 J" xne nsnt or xne poem eanea ne . . . .. . .
i5e.rn, an lU7 and 1S, nyith; a-tttou paign. The time for holding the
sand negro aldermen, policemen, con- county convention to select delegates
stables, magistrates, postmasters,': etc. to the State convention, wa set for
domineering over the white men and Saturday, March 31st, the township
white women in that fair section of primaries to be held the previous Sat-
the iState. " . urday.
Musical Instrument. 'Mrs. Browning.
said the speaker, suffered great things,
and she has touched the heart of the
world by her woman's heart. It was
a masterly lecture.
Mr. W. W. Mason, of Chapel Hill,
was siworn in here yesterday and ad -
tion, caught in the new way,' and is
satisfied that he has "all that's com
ing to him."
A party of Northern hunters went .
out among the Guilford fields today
to take another whirl at shooting
Mr. Ayer and his associates can't The Sub-Rosa iSociety, an organiza
steal 50,000 votes under it. m pew r11: trT !r mitted to the bar as a practicing at-k?... mw0
lpMinn in, i -ro Tin txro'in (vxrin i uiscuss me itepuioiican ana tusior uits, gave a masuueraae nop in tne . tt ca . vt
in spite of it, and of Simmons aifd the proposition that the parties who put opera house last night to their gentle- Slipreme CkxiH last .September. He
red shirts. these negroes in office in 1S9, and loot-J man friends. . is a son of J. B. Mason, sr.
"The Republicans are in this fight to r1 u i1" ouieuuiu-xiie.v
the death. Let us loin hands with vtre. 11 Ullty rouirrt,;r..V a"
thm and hpln thm ,hi this mn- People in' 1898, shall in 1900 be
out of the State. iLet us announce to aain restored to the control and gov
the w-orld that North Carolina will no . enxment of the State and its white
lonrpr ihft -nrWI bv nnnrp-liista. rpd People. .
shirts and a little gang of toadies men "If. MJ; Aver expects white men to I unanimously resolved
A Significant movement.
(Philadelphia Record.)
V. At the annual meeting of the Penn
sylvania Editorial Association at Har-
nsiDurg on vveanesday last it . was
CONCORD
Presbyterian Church Secures a Supply
Mr. J, W. CannonISntertains a Par
ty of Friends Series of Sermons 'on
Old Testament Characters.
Concord, N. C, Jan. 23.
them, and they carried along some
fine looking dogs. The weather is
superb, but rather warm for such
sport. It is believed the hunters will
have splendid opportunities to burn
powder.
I see this morning that Winston,
has a case'of smallpox, and that Dur
ham has quarantined against Greens
boro. The latter has vcaused much
iiii m I t i v in 'iiii? 1 1 1 1 1 1 -1 I j i k i 1 1 sii it: i r in" m " - . - . . , . - , . - .
3ms a. rtjtht to eJt tot waJ. .H tfayed everybody and .f1? ,ili are estly. organiz-
m-ho has nursed at her breast VTill-stande-verytlung. . , "ZZTtJ, "XT ..re?uee exposes, ana conse-
i u n i.j j n ifcrii, t Jin i "--iJ. iruoino, jl lVu iui I uuentiiv me cost or nroaucts. rnev
Under such conditions what do I find to take the lead, go ahead and hold a f' AlSlSi L?S!iS T ZL !"T ' "L?
is the attitude of the Populist organ- convention and name a ticket. They 2r.m hiTt J eu cnu vuu v" " Tr ""'K11 1 t- acuu ol luo
i ration T do nt ivl wirtv of which will helD us elect it. Of course there eJ T ' . . to them by Uie government; and that terday wnth Judge Timberlake presid- Durham authorities. If such a meas-
robustdenuncia- Congress ought to repeal such tariff ing, and Hon. AViley Rush Solicitor, ure could effectually shut out the
jvn, ..i. '"i . x' . " TlOn OI tnese IUSlOn DrOOOSltlOnS ano I dmHos wm ,rrnt&rt Ti tnnfs rt msps nf intAWisr v imnArtiinw UliiM nf nonnlo Tlnrhflm irnnM lil- in,
1 r.o T 4?t-i.h 4hoif lof t-ahi itifnoLimnr Tus. wk vn-n tinrJ a I lnm rwTfi t ivvm .. . - .. I A - i . . . vi., i""!"1- .x nvum imvur
acti. . x mm tuan at jvui iix.,av r .-j o . , " " t ..heir OTODOSerS. flnO VlffOrOllS flOtlOn tr . n tTiolr iTtnrfiAnflto h.n no-oc haro -ect rvrvtr. nn fr.r frntil t10-r.a K. .nn Ulnbm
that organization has adopted a res Vu- Will join in this anti-amendment fight. Lwoorn,- 'w .i. rrZ ITaZ. "Tr "V rw:- "IT; U ,1 1" J" "V.-.t"1:
iou puang iu iii iiuuu e rf? ,c"u, bilities of Mr. Ayer and his associates movement is the exorbitant orice of number of friends at his elesant home for business . and will thus work nn
Gmsm to those who would right this crats, ana 1 tninK u possiuoie tnax one th,e n h e t lrri and bear lt the Yvrlntino- tia.ner. the nrodnction and in Main .street lust ve.ninff. Thaw in inlnrv. fftvw hn -iva.-nf tm
J ii, T I yrr. mnrn ,h,arr moir fTiii- 4-n l.-zi o I w I -" . c a- I ' "
viuiia oa iuui) ah v,-, " " best thev can. sale of whieh are oontro,ned bv a attendance were Messrs B. E.t.IIarr s.
- 1 il ill t-i iHv 5yVI.- " I " . - ' I ' " I . '
3 our speetju xo tne wuiuiiuw uu it Tn nerro auegH011 in irth Caro- ffisantic trust under cover of the B. cr Earnhardt. J. C. Gibson. J. C.
lina has rjassed the stace of discussior I tariff. iSmall as are the dnties on Wads worth. J. P. Allison. Dr. W. II.
rfrrum tht .Strifci" Wh a . "otitic " Air. I ' j 't i 1 1 jj n,i :x: j t,mi i t-i i, ,t I t t
,Jti -" .... 0 0, , , unu 'ixsivneu Tiiit; WLH'irt; ii seiiwuieut i piiniius pa er in cmuiiJarisuu wiinuiiuv, w dii 'uuseuuuiv, xvj x. jlu
(Butler, ds it that you i propose to whip bnairrnarl OlMimOnS Oil DUL- and if the settlement prooosed bv th? the protective rates in most sched- nan, Dr. R. S. Young, P. B.
from the 'State ? It is the men whose
i saaiiis f a i - m- v m w - - cz mj 7 . tzj i
plans of Mr. Ayer and his asso I enough to defeat foreign competition Your: correspondent had the pleas
forebears have made the State great!
in peace and terrible in war, from the
day that it was carved from the wilder
ness and claimed from savagery. Did
St occur to you, when you were utter
ing 'this jaunty threat, that ese men;
Qiave never been "whipped" s all their
his tor v? They are mortal and may be
killed: thev cannot be cowed. Their mons was interviewed today regarding
number is limited and they may be the action of the Populist State com
overoowered: thev cannot be whipped, mittee last Thursday nlA. He said,
And who. sir. combose your cohorts substantially: "Judging from Senator
that are to go gaily -forth to wttnp the Butler's speech at the committee meet-
men and the sons of the men who mg, ne eviuenuy wamis
and if the isettlement proposed by the I the protective rates in most sched- non, Dr. R. S. Young, P.
lor'c Qnoonh tn tha Pnnnllct 'White people interferes with the inter-j ules of the Dingley act, they are high W. G. Means and F. L. Smith.
.101 o Vriuuii iu tiio "r" est and plans of Mr. Ay
Executive Committee.
Fitzer,
Observer Bureau,
- 16 West Ilargett Street,
Raleigh, Jan. 20. .
Democratic State Chairman Sim-
elates, so much the worse for them I and to enable the combination of man- lure of meeting Mr. Walter L Gaboon
and their plans." ufacturers to dictate their own terms, of your stair here today. Hie reports
in consequence or the i operations or ousmess gooa ana xne t-ost s sua-
L. . A n 1 A.T. A X i . . i. . - I .! !. 1 i .-- - - n 1 ? 1 TT- f nAlf I .TV nil
JUnlNINYi btl YUUn bUIN per has been steadily jrising until it along the line. A large number of
has become a heavy !b!urden to pub- new names nave neen piacea on tne
lishers. One newspaper in the inte- Concord list.
rior of. the State (The Kittanning Tri- Rev. Dr. Bridges, of Charlotte, fill
bune) has announced an advance in ed the pulpit at the First Presbyterian
the price of its yearly subscription, Church at both morning and evening
and others will be obliged to follow service Sunday and . created quite a
Butler Proposes to Join Hands With
Republicans and Whip the Gang Out
of the State
(News and Observer.)
That was a blood-and-thunder speech Uine examole unless, a repeal of the favorable impression upon his hear-
to stir up that Butler made to the pie-eaters whr duties on naoer should destroy the ers. He will supply this church until
marched up to the redoubts at Gettys- strife and inflame the negroes to vio- gathered in Raleigh Thursday night to power of the monopoly. Canada alone it secures a regular pastor.
n' o ixT-x. fln(1 Aia e vfio lent resistance of the wiirnose of the try to find a way to keep their places I -would be able to sunnlv this country Rev. J . A: B. Fry, pastor of Central
iUUJUUC ii.C4.AAA. X.XJIV IU1V V. k-U-i , r XT , , , , j . , , I ' XT A. --r , - v . , -
. I t ft i . t j i . . --mi . i ei 4- ,V wmj (-ai r I in att 'h'ftoiwn tnti I lit. a x ' . jt x I T TV I ' V- i - 'Ti.rv otto m n ti f c j-v r c r-r
Pooulist ipartv - They are white men wnuxes to aisrranonise xnem. laere - 0.01 "wnu. wica lminiwse quanxiiies 01 paper a 1 -- uuuivu, U(.na'u a. uc ui uci
and will stand with their brethren for will likely be no race troubles in .North sentence an -November, lSJS: liiov
. nrwo man'B ,rh f mi n whi Carolina next time. If there are they art weighed an the balances and found
,rw va.ri ?o w iwnn tiTiif." A nd thev haV been ever
imflTi'a rnTp 'i nw nrp nonoru n' t rriPTi. i v m tuc vun.uuic mc iiivcimiai .. 0. d
J ' ' - - 1 -. - 1 ,. .... 1 t n . t 1 1 1. 1
and will stand for Ithe State's good speeches of a'gitators like 'Butler to the mce waiting ror xne xranisnmenx xnai
n n ivii; on,i tipetiws. Tf tronblfv rorne-k sneih mra will be pronounced against them all
ll lLlt O. XX. 0-lT7 lUUOU,UUL 'iOJ-xU.. UiU. 1 I " , Li! 1
.;n favnH wtt-h a" irA nn willl be held responsible for it. The m xovember.- They met, hopeless and
i. "'. .4. !-p iCJ-i. lTrwvr mrc'criiiffrl npxrm .bp th'A oTPJlt-I depressed
'11 1 lie LV -111 lie iJVi. v-triii 101 'U-itj o lo-lc a iu- ---"-jo ..p,. . . - o- j
I I "I 1 A " T!l , .1 i.! ; I A r,V" I-V,V 1
telligence. They are free men, and est suuerer, ioux ix is niKeiy tne lnsmgu-
A Good. Law.
When Butler looking every inch a
to
1 s-4 , .... k J ,3. , s.
a .s . u. i, J j.-u I itvne mmil I nv acarrhp nti WMt.h rarhifll VjHJllUPUlnruL djvcuuc uuuc v.auao
chattels of a petty cabal that bargain they will -provoke by their inflamma- 'Raleigh, he saw that noordinary ha
01 :.sf,M Wn,r r- of. torv anneals. The white oeoPle are de- rangue would put faith m his bench-
V I. -1 111 J I W -V.-T-
He decided on heroic measures.
reasonable cost if the restraint's upon mons Sunday evening on the charac-
importation should be removed. ters of the uw estament, commenc-
mg witn Aoam ana -jyve.,. tiis nrsc
sermon was a masterful one, as all of
his sermons are. A.s an evidence of , the
The South Carolina House of Dele- interest manifested by our people in
The bill provides that after January her full capacity Sunday evening by
1, 1901, it shall be unlawful for any a most attentive congregation,
person to sell for use upon the public Mr. T. M. 'Rogers, of Philadelphia,
highways of sthe State any wagon one of the directors of the Odell Man-
having less width of tires than speci- ufacturing Company, who has been
fled in the biH. The tires are to be ouite ill at the home of Capt. J. M.
litres lui Luruucivc.-, w cuhu "T I . x , , TTom flro cyvtyip of Tip blood-otirdJinir l nea 3Q 'mil. xne tires are xo oe quite ill at tne nome or tapx. j. j
selves Avith the price of her pros titu- this year, and they are not to be de- He rare so me of .tt e Mood-curd mg than two inclies nor more Qell is reported much better today,
rpi! cT-n. iiisi .mipn a nwi terred from this Turrxse by thinly- sentences he nuriea at xnem. - ,i . v .- , ,r v
therefore -will fight with those who veiled .(threats of negro Wrreotion, ,5 the character of the vehi- handsome
have always protected the virtue of maoe py a igang ox wwwy wmie - Tj X. X, T.-Tt, t?
v. ,J ri ,f nfflskPTs. The decent whdte Teo- "'Det us join hands with the Repub-
X"mc"' .tvulr "V1"4" " "ir f -hT,Qrh rr, rffn,. Iteans and Whip this gang out of the
lzu,uw negroes omcereti loy xne uew i w v. I-q,
avhi tP rmPTi, -who have lived bv trradins tne negro xnan rne men vaio seen ru-
. 4-hot nnV fihiiM Kp nhnnt men think they can deceive the un- "In the eastern counties in the cam-
Durham will go unless there is a solid
line of muskets placed around the
city .
There are two more cases reported
here today, one white and one colored.
Dr. R. h. Pierson succeeds Dr. B.
Y. "Best as county physician. At a
sxecial meeting of the county com
missioners held last evening ; Dr.
iBest's resignation was accepted and
his successor elected." - Dr. Best cites
in his resignation that he takes the
step for lack of "moral and financial
support." He says the commissioners
have not aided him as they shotdd.
About that there are two tales and a
difference of opinion.
A 'phone message received this
morning from Re ids vi lie says small
pox has made its appearance there. It.
is not known how many cases there
are. The city authorities - will act at
once.
Capt. Z. B. Vance was inquiring
this morning if Raleigh had quaran
tined against Greensboro. He saif
his business would call him back
there tomorrow, and he hoped ho
wouldn't be held up at the depot..
'Business operations here are so far
not interfered with, and it is not be
lieved they will be. The city Is quiet,
and if the dispensary is doing a very
flourishing business there are no sign
of it in the streets. Even the police
cannot furnish r a hungry reporter a.
on their -otes and who aire naturally use him for selfish purposes. If these "We have got to be on our guard
- jt 4. . i i niv,vt LmOTi f"h1-nlr 1ipv in dwivo the. nn-l "Tn thp eastern oounties in the c
OT1TTI 4 1 I 1171 I .111V V I T I Nl n m II 1 'IWT ILLRJUb .7 ' . 1
rfv-v onr! 4-h.ii- -tmflip oTfxs and rene- educated white people and use them to paigns of recent years the Pcpulists
cade whites Mr Butler may do what bolster up and continue ignorant negro haven't been running. They have been
British veterans failed to do and what suffrage in iNorth Carolina, they greatly in more danger than anywhere else,
the battalions of Grant never did but misunderstand and underrate the white but they have stood true as steel."
I doubt it "i ' people of the State. Although many "There is one issue, and but one, and
You are at liberty,1 sir, to sell your- poor white people are uneducated, they we must fight till that is settled."
self if you can find a purchaser. There are not Ignorant, nor can they be made Fight! fight! fight! That was the
are some who believe your search in the tools and dupes of these dema- keynote of the clarion call to arms. In
that particular has been rewarded; , it gogues.. They are generally well .post- the last campaign Pritchard threaten-ls-
no wild inference from your con- ed, and beforethe election they always ed to send Federal troops to overawe
Lj. -xr kn - -nnhrt understand the Questions upon which the people of 'North Carolina. Then
UUtl. 1UU UclUliWl. irrpxt 1110 ' l , ... . I,,,
compose the (Populist party.' You may they are to vote ana now tney win ar-
attempt to betray -them; they 'have feet their interests. The threats of
come to expect that at your hands. You such men. as Butler, Otho Wilson, Gar-
cannot lead them within the lines of rett and Ayer to take the negro and
vour ne"To and renegade army. What drive the advocates of white suprema-
in-ice Mr Butler, has been offered cy out of the State .will be greatly re-
vnii' The SenatorsMp again, doubt- sented by the respectable people of the
less, when you have
white men "out or
"whipped" decent State, and ithe attempt to execute this
the State." You threat may pux xne -ooox ou uue omr
wlH not get it until you
aocomplish leg. When these men attempt to em-
t hat undertaking, and none-would then ploy an army of ignorant negroes to
hp more eminently totted xor tne posi- co iuytu -uy j..
itlon 'Xeroes and mistaken wihites rortn aiuim w uiC
would perhaps find you to their (liking. land domination, they will learn. more
Ithere were congressional elections and
was possible. This year, in August,
only State officials are to be chosen,
and not even a threat of Federal troops
can be made. Therefore the junior
iSenator calls noon his followers "to
join hands with the Republicans"
(nine-tenths negroes) "and WHIP THE
GANG OUT OF THE ISTATE." By
"gang" he means the White-Supremacy
advocates. "Whip this gang ou't of the
State." That's the talk' of an anarch
ist, ' a red-handed revolutionist, or a
blatant phrase-monger. If the few
Mr. Z. A. Morris has moved into his
new residence in South
cle. Section two provides that any Main street.
person who shall produce before Jan- Mrs. Elam King and Mrs. Geo. M.
uary, 1, 1903, a certificate of the town- Ixre will entertain their married lady
ship board of assessors, that he uses friends at Mrs. King s, Thursday af-
vehicles with tires not less than four ter noon from 3 to G o clock. A large
inches wide, shall be exempt from any number of invitations have been is
road duty and from the payment of sued
the commutation tax. It is further Mrs. Roht. S. Young entertains
provided that after January 1, 1904, few friends at tea this evening:
it shall be unlawful for any person to
use vehicles not having wides tires.
It is hardly necessary to explain that
this is a measure in the interest of
road improvement.
WELDON.
Mr. Thos. Sessoms, one of the old
est citizens of Cumberland county,
died at his home at Stedman Sunday.
He was an uncle of Messrs. David
and Jeff Sessoms, and father of Mr.
Neill Sessoms, Mrs. Ringold, Mrs,
Wm. Maxwell, Mrs. T. F. Hall and
Mrs. McR. Autry. The deceased was address on
htehlv respected in his community movement in the Methodist Church
and was an honored member of the here, to a crowded house. The
Methodist Church. He was born on speaker was at his best and the ad-
the 8th of November, 1806. 'His f ath- dress was a literary treat such as is
died one of the oldest citizens of rarely afforded to this community.
Captain J. W. Gnzzard publicly in-
Dr. Kilso Lectures on Twentieth Cen
tury aiovement Accidental Shootln
Results Fatally Promoters of Pro
posed Steamboat Line Getting Down
to Business.
Weldon, N. C, Jan. 24.
Correspondence of The Morning Post.
Dr. J. C. Kilgo delivered a splendid
the twentieth century
North Carolina, being more than one
hundred years bldv-JFayetteyille Ob
server, -
bit of news.
tinpd the officers of the Masonic
lodge at iLSttleton last Monday after-1 of Viola, $6.
Washington Notes.
Washington, Jan. 24. Special. Mr.
Thomas introduced a bill to pay Wil
liam Foy, of Jones county, and Mrs.
T. B. L,ane, of Craven county, $147,-
000 for supplies taken during the
late war between the States.
Mr. At water has introduced a bill
to pay C. H. Dupree, of Garner, .$855
for supplies taken at same period.
Mr. Atwater has returned here after
a most pleasant visit home.
The contract for carrying the mail
from Venus to Obida, has beea
awarded to J. M. Brown of Venus.
Jas. P. Carter, of Angeline, has been
granted a pension of $8.
W. C. Nesbitt has been appointed
postmaster at Stone Mountain, Mc
Dowell county, vice J. S. Mothtt re
signed. Ohas. A. Cook, of Warrenton, N. C,
has been admitted to practice in the
Supreme Court.
Henry F. Allen has been appointed
a stamper and William Sheeban a
substitute letter carrier in the Wil
mington postoffice.
Alfred Joyner, of .Pervis, has been
granted a pension of $8; Asa Anders,