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TED PBOQBBBBIVE JANUARY 3 1899 y- Proprietor. Editor . Asso P ditor. Business M'g'r Raleigh, N. O. daBSOBIPTIO:- Single Sncrlfcar, Os Year. S 1.00 Six Slot- ... ..v .W r.9 0Cj?y oa rr tra. t any ine san-i:rk" c 3f Tsa. NT EDITORIAL NOTES. The North Carolina Agricultural Soc:ety decides to held in the city rf Raleigh, a S-ate Fair and Expo? if inn during the mouth of October, 1899 and appeals to the peoole of the State, to aid in making this Exposition a sue csas. Tae Stages villo Landmark publishes a lis- cf North Carolina crimes and casualties of Chriatma3 we?k, and fills about two columns thus. ?ne?e crimes were largely a result of our Christian way of celebrating the anniversary cf Christ's birth. Mr. W. J. Bryan's 4 'The Amerfcm people have Ehown that they csn take a citj ; will they restrain the desire for conquest!" eounda rather inelegant when compared with the Biblical "Bet ter he that raleth his spirit than he that takath a city." When renewing your subscription, add 75 cents and we will send you a good $1 family paper, the twicea week Detroit Free Press, or a good $L farm weekly, the Practical Farmer, one year; or add 25 cents and get that famous $1 woman's monthly, the Gen tit woman, one year. The Wall street howlers for years have j ered at Knsas because, they said, its State officers were "cranky Populists." Now the Republican Gov ernor elect state3 th&t ho will net sign a warrant for the death of John Col lins, convicted of murdering his father, because he does not believe in capital punishment. The Progressive Farmer is glad to hear that the agricultural bill passed the House in a j ff. Even expected opposition or at least delay, wa3 not mada. It is now before the Senate and will undoubtedly receive favorable ac tion. In view cf the fact that increased appropriations were asked in several branchep, the friends cf the bill are much pleased. The amount carried is 13,695 322 The farmers pay tne taxes ana taey enouii nave s;mo or tee benefit. Tobacco truV.s, tfcpl&te trusts, ci:y lighting trusts, West ladies tru-ts, Cuban trust?, elevator trus s, pottery trusts, fl ,ur trusts, street railway trusts msa aro a fe v of the imm-mso ly wealthy combines wboee formation The Progressive Farmer has recorded within the last month. And yet the Ashevilie Ciifzan has the audacity to sjgest that there aro statutes cn the books forbidding the formation of trusts and there are flioials who have solemnly a worn to enf orce these la e! ' iTATE HORTICULTURAL SO CISTY. A meeting of the State Horticultural Bociety baa been called to meet at Southern Pine3 on Friday and Satur day, the 6 h and 7ch of J inuary. The horticultural interests of North Caro lina have been neglected, and this meeting 6hould be largely attended. Those of our farmers who find no money in fi7ecant cottcn would do well to go and investigate the condi tion of the fruit growing industry in this State and of those who are en gaged in it. The Ashevilla Citizen (Dam ) "does not balieve that the Democratic party of North Carolina is inclined to tike from the colored people of the 8tate the opportunities vhiahhave been and are being afforded in our publn echocls for their education. Ihey should," it Bays, bo given the rudiments of an education. There may be some doubts as to the ability of that raco to rise with education, but there can be none as to its inevitable decline without it." The Cbarloite Observer also announces that it has looked this proposition over with a good deal of care an I fails to find anything wrong with it. ''We can't afford," it says, 'to allow these people to rule ua, but they are here, and we ehculd do right by them, aa becomes a humane and Christian peo ple, and one of the ways of doing this i3 to give them the rudiments of aa education," without which their de clina in the eealeofbuog must; be, ay our contemporary says, inevitable." IiittIetotNewa-R: port2r fDem ): The nexc legislature would bestow a lac ing favor upon its constituents if n would psi a law imposing a tax upon dogs. Tnere are more half ftd, worth less doss running over the country jeopard zing life and properly than there ara fat sheep on the farms, the latter valuable property, the former a worthless nuisance. URS L. L. POLK, . J.L. RAMSEY, . CLARENCE H. POE, J. W. DENMARK, . THE LEGISLATURE. It cannot bo denied that the legisla ture, which will bo in Ee sion ia this city before this item i3 read by the ma jority of cur readers, i3 an ablo one. Indeed, we are much surprised to find that in the heat and passion of euch a filthy campaign as wao that of '98. men: of such character and ability were eelected as party leaders. Many, very many, gcol men wto were legislative candidates were defeated in tho recent election, and it eeems that all parties put forth enly their beet me a ai legi3 lanve candidates last year. This plan should b encouraged and we hope will be adopted in 19C0. Toe legislature, too, ha? had its full quota of advica, acd though a few hot heads may attempt something rash, we are sure that; wiser counsel will prevail. The advice of the Djmocratic prcei?, giveu eo freely and in suc'o quan titiep, has as a whole been very good, though wo havo noticed with shame their cowardice on an important qac-s tion Buch as Superintendent ilebane's p-an to tax the gross earnings of rail roads for ihe ben' fit of puolic schools. Bat tho legislators will, we hope, re- member that the people will excuse no cringing to monopoly and no neglsct of the 000,000 boys and girls of the State. That radical changes in our suffrage laws will bo made i3 assured, and it is very likely that the school law will also be worked over. As to election laws, it hs leaked out that the Louisi ana law is much liked by the Demo cratic Executive Committee. This practically establishes an educational and property qualification for negroes, but not for whites. This is done by demanding an educational and prop erty qualification for all voters, except, those who were entitled to vote in 167 or their descendants. (The negro had not then been enfranchised ) We do not understand how suoh an open vio lation of the Fifteenth Amendment to our National Constitution can pass tho scrutiny of our courts, though we con fess that the ?orth now seems to have less love for the negro than the South, and will doubtless take no hand in the matter. Altogether, thia session of tho legis lature will doubtless be a stormy one. Much is expected of it and to the peo ple it cannot bean ordinary one; it must be a great failure or a great tuc C2?B. Iiik Progressive Farmer will as usual give a full account of ttie acts of our new law makers at d greets them with too hope that they may Ricgcuc a slowly dying came. And arcient forms of party strlfo; R-ug m the nobler modes of life, Wish siveocer manner, purer laws. Pleasa do not full when writing us to enclose names and addresses cf a 1 yoir acquaintances who you think might be induced to subscribe. We wi?h to send them sample copies. A'sd s'ate in what way you thick the paper may bT improved. IMPOK ( ANT. The Riilroad 0 -mmtesion meeta in Raleigh, January 10th. President John Graham and Business Ag; nt Parker, of the 3tate Alliance, will go before the C :mmi33ion and ask that the minimum car load of fertil z r be reduced frcm 15 to 10 tons. Other farmers who are interested in this matter are earnestly requested to join them. THE OVERSHADOWING REFORM The initiative and referendum is pure J ffersonian, Jacksonian and Bryan democracy, and pure L'ncoln republicanism, and yet not a Domo cratic nor Republican nor Populist paper in the State has y6t endorsed our plan to have the next legislature propose an amendment to our State Constitution, providiogfor this reform. Not another paper in this State, eo far a3 we know, has told its readers cf South Dakota's new constitutional amendment of this kind. How com pletely plutocracy controls the great dailies of the country is ehown by the fact that the press dispatches have never yet mentioned the matter. For our part, we consider the initia tive and referendum the overshadow ing reform now before the American people. We favor free silver, govern meut control of railways, etc., etc , but would support a party avowedly hostile to these but in favor of the in itiativo and referendum, rather than one favoring these and hostile to the latter reform. As Mr. K'dd, the father cf tho South Dakota amendment, said last year: 44 iVo wiillc?e nothing if rethrow tho .fli:e3 to the crowd, and wnilo they are fitting over theoa we prcc-ed to secure this great weapon Tnen wo will be able tr fight: cur battles with out organizing a new party every cam paign. "I care very little who have the cfia s this year, if wo the people get the initiative and referendum." The initiative and referendum I secured, party passion and prejudice ' would no longer be a stumbling block in the way of reform, aod the misrep resentation and lying common to po 1 litical campaigns would largely disap pear. Give ua then the initiative and referendum. 8ome party, we feel sure, will in 19 00 advocate a South Dakota amendment; for North Carolina, and that partyt whether Democratic, Re publican or Populist, should, and we hope will, triumph. WORKAT HEADQUARTERS. Chairman Denmark, of the State Alliance Excuiive Committee, re turned Saturday from Hil?sboro,whee the Committee met Thursday acd Fri day. He aeks us to say to tho breth ren that their budntsi there ia being properly manbged and the Busines3 Agency eho7a larger assets and area 1 r liabilities than tit the State Alliance mating Tee Hillshoro Sub has adopted a new regalia, cheap, but inexpensive, which the Committee recommends to the various Subs in the State. Write Bro. J. T. B' Hoover, Secretary-Treasurer, at Hilieboro for further informa tion. Do not fail to order from him a EUppty cf nQvr rituals also. Tae new ritual i3 a decided improvement on tho old, being shorter and more impressive. The shoe factory shut down a week for Christmas, but is at work again and is turning out shoes cf the best quality. If you have not tried theso shoes all prices for men, women and chil drendo not fail to order a pair before the factory closes down temporarily (30 daya from now) If you have tried them, we are euro you are so well p!ea?ed that you will not fail to order another pair at once. Remember to order at onoo, as time is limited. The writer and Bro. Denmark are wearicg S3m9 of the 12 75 brand and find them superior to $3 ahoes made by other factories Bro. Berj Irby, of this city, is convinced that they are superior to 4 shoes made by other fac tories. NEW REGULATIONS AS TO THE CATTLE QUARANTINE. The annual regulations of the United States Dopartment of Agriculture con cerning cattle transportation in North Carolina were issued Dec. 19, 189S. The quarantine line in North Caro lina U "Beginning at the southwest corner o? the county of Cherokee, thenco essS along tho southern bound ary lines of the counties of Cherokee, Clay, Maon, Jackson and Transyl vania to tho southeast corner of the county of Transylvania; thrnco north westerly along ihe eastern bouniary ot Transylvania county to tho south west corner of the county of Bun comba; thence oisterly along the south ern boundary line of Buncombe couity to the summit of B.ue Ridge Mountains; ihonco in a northeasterly direction, following the said mountains to their iaterseciion with the northern bcund arv line of the State of North Carolina " i From the first day of January, 1899, no cattle are to bo transported from said area south or eat of said Federal quarantine line in North Carolina above described to uy portion of the United States outside tho quarantined area excepting: 1 When carried by rail or boat for immediate slaughter. 2 Cattle originating in said area may af tsr having been properly dipped under supervision of an inspector of the United States Department of Agri culture, be shipped without further restriction, ex:epting euch as may be enforced by local authorities at point of destination. Provided that applica tion be first made to this department, and permission granted to establish dipping stations, and that after being dipped the cattle are certified by an in spector of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry and that the cattle when dipped be shipped in clean cars and not be driven through the infected district or unloaded therein except at suoh point as may be duly designated by an order issued by this department. 3 From November 1 to December 31. inclusive, cattle from said ar a, which are found free of infection upon 1 i8pection by offi :era of this depart ment, may be moved north of the quarantine lino without restriction other than may be enrorced by local regulations at destination. If evidence of infection ia found upon euch inspec tion the cattle must be dipped in ac cordance with the provisions of section 2 above before being moved north of tne quarantine line. 4 Notice i hereby g'.ven that cattle infested with the B.:rphi'iu3 boats or Southern ca-.tlo tick, di?seminata th9 contagion of splenstis or Southern fever (Texas fever); therefore cattle originating cutid of the district de scrioed by this order, or amendments ttiereof and which are inteatad with the Boophilus boais ticks shall be con sidered as fectioua cattle and shall be subject to the rules and regulations governing the movement of Southern cattle. TREASURER WORTH'S REPORTi The State Treasurer's R3porfc for the two fifcal years cio?ed November 30th, 1898, now m press, will show that the Treasury had at the b- ginning of the period ?m traced in tho Report a bal anc $88 353 03 to tho credit of the Public fund. The Receipts were for the two years $2 646 244 21 and the disburse ment $2 549 317 33 lvin? a balance November 30. o, 189S o? $185, 279 91, an increase or $30 926 88. The &C3cunts have been divided into two classifications; firjt, the funcs re. ieived to be disbursed on specific ac counts raised received for certain speci fic purposes, and to be used for no oiher purposes, sue 1 as Tonnage Tax on ITertihzers, which can only be used by the Department of Agriculture, tho Pjni;entiary Earnings which go only to the Penitentiary, the divi dends from &tok in tne N. C. R R. Co , whic& go only to pay tne interest j on the 6 per cent, bonds, and the U. 8. appropriation to the Experiment Station and the A & M Coiiege. Th f e c m&titute the specific accounts. Wmle tne funds raised for foe purpose of maeixnjc ma Kuarai uruiuarv tijsusca i of the State government, interest on the 4 per cent, bonds. Pensions and ap propriations, is called the ordinary fund. Toe Rjport shows that the or dinary receipts for the two years were $1,828 321 46, while the ordinary Dia bursemeuts were $1 807.605 73, showing net receipts above expenditures ot this account of only $20. 715 73, while in 1897 the receipts were less tnan the ex penditures by $17,557 81 Reipts were in excess in 1898 by $38,273 54 leaving the net balance as above. Funds received cn tho specific ac counts for the two years were, Total $817.922 75, and Disbursements $741, 711 60. Leaving a balance gained dur ing the period cf $76,211 15 to the credit of the specific objects. The principle item of the "ordinary" payments during the two years, other than expenses of Stare government proper, were: Penaiions $204 507 50 luterest cn 4 per cent, bond-? $274. 911 94 Permanent Improvemeuts: School for the Deaf and Dumb, at Mor canton, $20,000 Institution for tbe Deaf, Dimb and blind at R deigu $57, 000. Capitol Square $2 500. Coat of General Assembly of 1897 $70,660,75, and supplemental appropriation to public echools $10 856 70, making a total of $640 526 89 Deducting this amount from toe total expenditures of the ordinary fund $1,81 7 605 73 leaves $1,167 079 84, and average of $583 539. 92 per year for nil ordinary expendi tures. Covered in this however are tre annual appropriations to the varicu-j Institutions, for maintenance as fol lows: Icsanft Asylum $55 450, State Hcspitul $90,000, Extern Hospital $10,000, Criminal Insane $3,000, Ox ford Orphanage $1500, University cf N C $25,100, Geological Survey $10, 000 Tne um of these items is $394, 45). which deducted from the $583, 639 92 the annual expend iture for all o: dinary purpcecs leaves $199 08D, to cover all the expenses oi the State government, including the Judiciary Department, which akne cost $62, 646 89. These are interesting figures, and notwithstanding the fact that so much has been eaid about tho extravagance of the present administration, it will be seen that every dollar appropriated by the General Assembly of 1897 has been paid and the Treasurer holds a net increase in available balance of $96 926 88, which is a matter of con gratulation and constrains ua to say to our excellent Treasurer : 4Well dene, thcu good and faithful servant." The daily papers for saveral days back have been full of the news of election rioting in North Carolina. Many serious altercations have occur red at Wilmington resulting in the death of many negroes. The question of white supremacy has been raised by the politicians, and much bloodshed is the result. Tne Mercury is not pre pared to take the side of the negro in the present controversy in the old North Scate. Tae ffct of his suffrage on the South hs been a baleful one be cause of the evident fact that it has been invariably exercised m the inter est of and hid vote ever recorded with the oppressors of the plain people. His environments untie him for an in teiligf nt use of the suffrage, and hia vote is an additional weapon placed in the hands of the classes to further op pre&s the masses, and the sooner the etatesman8nip of the Nation is apprised of this fact the better it will be tor the Nation. But while this is true of the negro, it is also true cf the proletariat, ana where the line of dem&rkation Bhall be drawn is a problem f cr saga cious men to answer. ..uch coLflicts as nave been waged in North Carolina for a week back cannot be permitted to continue to periodically snock the Na tion and to arouse race antagonisms. , What shall we do about it? Dallas (Tex ) ilercury, (Pop ) Nov. 1898. ZKE BILKINS, H. A. i 1 IT4iX? ' fill I 1 J 1 I.ME ..-J; 'ill ' I JAW V . " ' i i 'f B "HeFo! Mr Editor." R Hello I Mt?j r. Hope ycu pulled through the Christmas holidays all right." B "Ye?, I got along purty well. I've put ui m ost ov my titue a epruc in' up ter go tor RaieiiUi next; week ao' j bombard tne legislature for a piece ov pio. B3tsy ti z cin brushin' up my clothes anruobia' plenty ov taller into my shoes. I'm goia' ter pus on a new I necktie that will parttlizevar dudo in Raleigh, an' I'm try m7 t r barrow one ov them tail churn na's Batsy mz bin talkin' sorser discouragin' ter me erbout my chancea.bus I'm not scared. I've done bin ter R ilaigh and picked out my j ob.an' I'll camp on the trail ov any feller what tries ter cut me out ov my nte3. I'm goin' ter carry my gun erlong fer business. Betsy gays they'll be at least 120,000 patriots there in person or by proxy ter grab up the jobs, but I don't care anything erbout numbers, its a ground hog case with me. The low down politician that gits my job will hev ter fice fer it. Betsey sez I'm not eligible ter cfnc9 under this legis lature, but 1 11 show 'em who'd who. Give me cflia or give me death iz my slogan an no one must dispute it. Gudebye." CHANGES AT THE TIARY. PEN I TEN- One of the most surprising of recent political events in this State is thus de scribed by the Associated Press in a dispatch from Raleigh, Dec. 28 ;h: 'A s;3nsition was created here this morning by the announcement that J. M. Mewboorne, the fusion superin tendent cf the penitentiary, had re signed and Captain W. H. Day, a Dem ocratic lawyer, had been named by Governor Russell as his successor. Mr. Me wborne's resignation takes effect Jmuary 1. Not even the mo3t inti mate friends of the interested parties knew of the contemplated change in management. Captain Day has ac cepted the position and today an nounced that he would fiil all tho sub ordinate offices with Democrats. He has already appointed J. R Tiliery, of Halifax county, as manager of the State farms, and F. B Arendell, of Raleigh, manager ot the central prison. Gove nor Russell only two weeks ago appointed a Democrat as, Adju tant General of the Ssate, and since then he has made the beard of direc tors for eeveral of tho institutions Democratic." SOME ONE SHOUL D SUFFER. The war investigating committee has discovered some tell tale facts in their efforts to learn why ten times &s many American soldiers died in camps as did on the field ot battle. Brigadier General Viele says that the meat given his soldiers "wes a miserable apology for food in a hot climate, a slimy looking mass of beef scraps, unpalatable to the taste, and repulaivo to the sight. Competition for the contracts placed the price eo low that only tailings and scraps were used for canning." Chief Surgeon Daly is reported by the dailies of Djc 3Ut as testifying as follows: Wnen detailed to take charge cf the transport Panama for conveying convalescents to the United States, I obtained 2,000 pounds of iresh beef from the commissary at Ponce. It looked well, but had an odor similar to that of a dead human body after be ing ir jicted with preservatives, ai d tasted when first cooked like decom posed boric acid while after standing a day for further inspection it b: camiito bitter, nauseous and unpalatable as to be quite unfit for use. I was therefore obifged, o-viMg to its condition, and '-to just complain '.s of the eick about it, and the disgustingly sickening odor it emitted when being cooked, and its mawkish, flat taste when served, and the safety of patients, to throw 1,500 pounds (ail we hai) overboard ; cocso quently the convalescents were entirely without much needed freah boef." Perhaps there should be a difference between the punishment accord 20 toe man who kills with neglect and tae j man who kills with a knife, bus v. e j are not prepared to acknowledge it. 1 The men who are to blame for this con dition of affairs in our army should ba made to Buffer. STATS NEWS. Cream tl tlie State Press Drops -t Turce utt&Ina of Rice from the East Ciuste ? IT Qirsipes sad Tobacco Sterna from -! uiaiiio wrain.9 0 v"?aet, from the West Peanuts vt .1 Cotton deed from the Sont , The Duke cigarptte factory vrili this year make 7.000.000 pound3 of CJ- ettes. Eight prisoner?, all colored, escaped from Fraoklin county jail on Tuesday eight of last week. While felling a tree m R indole county last Friday, a man natned Dsq. ny Allred was kiiled by a limb. The Danville Roister hag been purchased by John R Weheter, cj. R idsvilie, N. C. The prico paid W $4 050. S John W. Starnes, a prominent citi.' z?n of Asheville, who onc3 represen ted Buncombe county in the L3gje3. ture, died last week. It ii a-sorted that in the legislature 8 not 25 votes will be cait against the bill requiring the provision cf 3ep?.rat cars for whites and blacks. Articles of agreement were lass reek filed with the Secretary ot S,ato fer! v the J. Van Lindley Nursery Company at Pomona, ia Guilford county. Wako jil is quite crowded, aDd the arrival of Tom 8mitb, tho mur derer from Johnston county, last night brings the number of murderers up to eix. The consecration of Rev. Junius'" fcloGre Horner, as Bi?hop of the mis sionary jurisdiction of Asheville, 0c curred at Trinity church, Abhevill Dec 28 .h. The people of the lower or eattern end of R chmond county will appyto the legislature for the formation of ? Scotland county, with the county seat i at Laurinburg. It is regularly reported and as regu larly denied that the 3rd North C&roli- i na Regiment (negro) which is com manded by James H Young, is to be muatered out of service at aa early date. Tae Winston Journal eaysthafcDr. B. J. Sapp, of Kernersvilie, killed a turkey for Christmas that weighed U pounds, and after being dressed, 31 1 pounds. Oae gallon of oil was taken: from it. Governor Rissell has appointed ilr. W. N. Jones director of the school for . . tho deaf, dumo and blini, vice Jamea H.Young (col.), resigned. Tse beard now stands: two Democrats and five Fu8ionists Pos:: Hon. D. H. Caldwell, died December 30 ch at Greenebtro, N. C.,v after an illness of over a year. He was stricken with paralysis eeveral months ago and had a second stroke a few days ago. Tag Charlotte News issued last Fri day an industrial edition of 64 pages. It comprised an illustrated write-up of Charlotte, Mecklenburg county and surrounding towns and sections. Ihe Farmer congratulates the Ne.vaupon its enterprise. ' Charlotte hs put a 5f 0 iax on tho e ?' who sell firewcrks and a $50 tax 00" thoae who use them Sinpj reaaiDg reports of the damage done by fire works in other cities, we areiocliaedi to believe that she has acted wisely. The next legislature will asked to ; amend the Railroad Commission act v so as to give the Commission power to fix rates for the Pullman Car Com pany, and make euoh changes incrcEfl i igs as the safety and convenience ot the public demand. A Durham correspondence of tbe Raleigh Post says: It is learned au thoritatively that several schools in tbis county whose teachers receive from $25 to $35 per month, have been runmog for some time with an aver age of three scholars and less. Fayetteville, Doc. 29 -The Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad was sold here today under an order by Jadge Simon ton in tae United 8tates Circuit court and was bought by tie Atlantic Cost Line for $3. 110 000. Tbe road was sold as an entirety. Post. Tuesday night ot last week Arctic Ktnsauls, charged with murder, taken from the jail at ClintOD, Samp son county, by a mob, and has doJ been heard cf sioca. It is believed that the mob was composed of friends of Kmsauis, who desired to release him. Murphy Bulletin: While Cherokee cmntyiynot by any means clear cJ indebtedness; it is probably ia best financial condition ever before ic its history. . Chereofeee bonds are is demand at a good premium, and tbe county has no debt now due that e cannot pay on demand. At a Christmas entertainment Rose of Sharon church, in Lenoir county, on the night of the 22sd, fc; altercation ensued between sever, young men in which Jacjb DaugbertJ was bo badly cut that he died ei. day. Jim Eubanka was arrcflsc charged with the cutting. f
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