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1 6 SAM JONES' SERMON. Extracts, from a Sermon Preached in the Frst Presbyterian Chnrch, vllle Xemi. Nash Text: "And Speaking the truth in his heart. Psa. 15:2. A man is never better than his heart A clean heart, is the need of every Clriristijin man and woman. This be the crv amd the plea and the earnest object of everybelieving child oflGod "Create in me a clean heart, 0 God!' Thank God that it is our privilege. Thank God that many people seelc obtain it. I don't care what you and call it. whether the second or third or thou sandth blessing, it chans out and then cleans up purifies the heart, cleans up the life, and, thank God, so benign and wonderous and so needed a work of grace can be possessed by men and wo men. I welcome it under any njime, and have profound contempt fprjthe spirit which would depreciate the people who possess n, or me great grace wnicn has come to them. You" may say what you please about the holiness people, but I want to say this I have never seen a holiness man that wasn't a prohibitionist from his hat to his heels. I have never eeen one who didn't vote for prohibition -always T 1 j and every wnere. i nave never seen one that didn't fight liquor, card play ing and everj phase and form of world linss m the church, l nave never eeen a second blessing man or woman that believed in or gave card parties indulged in punch slinging, went to the the are or aanciqg paruee, or engageu in or encouraged any phase or form of deviltry that is cursing the church today. I have never seen a second blessing man or woman that wouldn't pray anywhere and everywhere when called on, and that wasn't ready to stand up and testify for the Lord when ever opportunity offered. I never saw a second blessing person in my life, man or woman, at the head of the family, that didn't get down night and morning and pray for the children jn that home and for God's guiding hard in all things pertaining to their sacred home responsibilities. j 1 well tell you another thing: I never saw a preacher in my life that was fighting the holiness crowd that wasnjt a dead dog in his pulpit can't bite. You may watch it. Every little preacfcj er that you hear fighting the holiness people is a fellow that hasn't had a revival or a conversion in his ministry for years, unless he got somebody else to hold the meeting. God don't honor any such a preacher. You neyer see a man in the pulpit who fights the holi ness people, but what if you search him far enough you will find him wrong in j his life or rotten in his character. 1 will tell you another thing: Whenevsajrou hear one of the sisters in church just pitching into these "second blessm fanatics7 as she calls them, you mayi set it down she is one of them old galsj that either has .a 'bunch bowl in her house, or she slips across to her neigh hors and iust "takes a little", or leids in some form of worldlinees. Sometimes folks have said that I "fit" the second blessing people. I want to say here and now, it is not true. I never do any. such a thing. I don't fight 'em; I just trim them up some times like I do all other gangs, and they need trimming-just like the balance of you folks need trimmfng; and you will find that all the fellows that have got blessing don t mind the trimming, The Second blessing people are right in heart: some of them are wrong in the head. There are black sheep in that flock as well as in your flock. Some second blessing people, so called, haven't got the right spirit, and maybe don't live light. I can say this such folks haven't got the second blessing, and if they ever had it they have lost it. And I can say that some of the crowd that is everlasting fighting the second bless ing folks mav have had the first bless ing when they commenced the fight, but have fought and fought until they have lost the first blessing. You have got to have a clean heart if you wish to have a clean life, and God desires both; and yet some of your wordly gang in the church are whining "I just cant live without sin; I just have to sin every day; I am just a poor human nature is so frail that I just cant live without sin." Well, now, just tell what sin is that vou are compelled to commit everv dav? Just sit down and write it out on a piece of paper and look at it, and see which of the com mandments you have got to break every day of your life. What sin or sins have you got to commit every day of youi life w oat a lib 1 on vour Saviour I What a slander on the atoning blood of theLamb! For what was the Lambskin? Why did the crimson tide flow from" the side of Divine Innocence if it was not to cleanse us from all sin? Where sin abounded did not grace much more abound? No, brother, sister, thank God it is false when you say you have got to sin; you 8in because you want to sin, and you insult your Lord and misrepresent the atonement when you seek to cover your guilt or apologize for your loye for something forbidden by plead ing a necessity for sin. Let's suppose a case: Here is a man who has a fine ten-room house which he sells to a friend; makes him a deed iu fee simple; receives the cash in pay ment and turns oyer to him the prop- erty giving him the keys to nine rooms, but retains the key to one room. The buyersays: "Well, hello, friend, didn't you say there were ten rooms in that house? Whv dont vou crive me the kev to the tenth room? '"Oh," says the o oth er. "I'vfi cot RnsiIrM and I inn a lnnlrftd - - - - - UP m that room, and I don't propose to turn that over to you." "Well, but didn't I buy the whole house; and didn't you deed it to me, and. pledge yourself in the deed to daliver the same and to forever warrant and defend the title to the same to me; and do you 8ul'P se I am going to move my family into that house, one room of which is filled with snakes and lions to endanger my family and the lives of my children?" Now, brethren, you know that you would break up the wbole transaction on the spot. There ain't a man in Christendom who would stand any such a piece of fraud as that, and yoknow it; and yet there are lots of you folks that profess to make a full consecration and with a heart thoroughly empteid to invite the Lord to enter and take full . . . . . possession in au nia cleansing power, and you know there is a nook or corner in your heart where you won't let him enter, and which he has never entered because there is that sequestered nook of your nature, you are nursing the hissing serpents of envy and jealousy. Roaming around in that dark region are the snakes and lions of hate, malice and spite. You know as well as you i ..... Know you are iivmir that there are tempers, carnal passions and a thousand things unexpelled from your nature which keep your Lord from a full and absolute supremacy in your hearts. And yet you have professed to have turned the whole thing qxejr to Him ' Oh, brethern and sisters, you have got to turn loose, laying everything on the altar, and sweep out into the ocean of God's infinite love. Thank God that I ever did that. Some of the sweetest memories of my life and the profound- est experience of my Christian career are connected with these holiness breth ren. Never shall i forget an associa tion with a holiness preacher down in a Georgia town a few years ago. That brother had preached this great blessing with all the earnestness of his soul. The tidal wave of salvation fras h weeping over the people. He was urging a full and uncompromising consecration of all to God, and that accompanying supreme act of faith which procures the downpDur of the Spirit in all his full ness. We were walking alone after one of the services had closed, and turning to me he said, "Sam, why in the world, brother, don't you turn loose every thing that lies between you and God's fullness and lay hold on this great blessing? I said, "Brother P., every thing that stands between me and my God and the uttermost which he can do for me is not worth more than a nickel. I would not give a nickle for anything under the burning sun that 1 wouldn't turn loose in a second that stands between me and God's fullness." Brother P. said, "Then, Sam, you are ust within one nickle of the blessing." '. replied, "Well, a nickel shan't split such an important matter." When I got to the church at the next service the meeting had commenced, and this brother was praying as I entered the church and knelt down, and he truly bad hold of the horns of the altar. - Such praying I never heard since I was born into the world. The very windows of heaven seemed open- I felt the very presence of my God ; heaven and earth came together. It was a time of heart-searching, heart-surrendering and heart-filling. At that meeting, in that solemn and never-to-be-forgotten hour, I turned loose the willows that over hung the banks, and swept out into the very midst of the ocean of God's infinite love; and the joy of that moment lingers sweetly and ineffaceably today. It's memory and power have swept over the lapse of years, and it has been my solace in a thousand sorrows, my strength in a thousand struggles, my star of hope through a thousand nights, and like a sheen of glory will canopy with it, light and peace and triumph my dying hour. Thank God, there is water enough in the River of Life to cleanse every heart from all sin. No Labor Unions for Nortb Carolina mills. Wool and Cotton Reporter. The "Proximity' mills of Greens- poro, JN . J., wnicn recently lociteu out, the 500 operatives in v preference to - n 1 1 t 1 1 1 J X. treating with the representatives of a new labor union just formed among ;hem, anent an increase of wages, has igain started up with about half a brce of hands, but are adding others daily received from other points in the State, none of whom are identified with any "union." A considerable percentage of the old operatives re nounced the union and returned to work after two weeks of idleness, when they became convinced they could do sjo oriho other terms. But a consid erable numbe refused to do this, and many have left to secure work at other mills? -The fight attracted much interest among the inill owners and operatives throughout the State, as it Was the first demand made by the "Sunion" which northern labor agita tions recently succeeded in organiz ing at a few mill towns. The defeat of the operatives will have a very discouraging effect on the growth of the "order" in North Caro lina, where none of the mill owners will tolerate organizations of this character, and have several times succeeded in killing them out by this method. In this case the Messrs. Ccne(whoare northern men) stated emphatically that they had removed their business the South chiefly in order "to be rid of dictation by labor organizations," and utterly refused to deal with any representative of any latjor union, etc. At Burlington, N. C, where a simi lar demand was made by the opera tives, the mill men bridged over the tro ible in this, way: they notified the nndrativfifi fatter a lew days' shut down) that the mill woulcL start up at a certain time ; that only those who returned to work at that hour would again be employed; that after opera tion s.were resumed the management wot Id consider the request for an in crease of wages, and that if found to be just would be allowed. .Nearly, an the hands returned to work, and the next pay day they received the ad vance scale of wages. Thus the mill officials avoided being "dictated" to by their operatives, while the latter accomplished their purpose and are perfectly satisfied. MCKINLEY'S COLONIAL BLUN DERS. Charlotte Observer. In a spirited colloquyjyith Spooner the other day on the Senator Senator noo Eugene B. Hale, of Maine, inti- I X 1 A. 1 A- l .1 - 1 . I t T -iL mated that he had serious doubt whether or not theUnited States government mtended to carry out the solemn promises by Congress of ultimate inde pendence to Cuba. It is not pleasant to 8ee leading statesmen so pessimistic as to our national good faith. Certain it is, the spirit of imperialism has taken hold of the United States, the idea seeming to be that in olper to extend our trade we must get and hold all the colonies we "can. Why we could not exercise a benevolent protectorate over all the new possessions that have fallen into our hands, just as we are presumed to do in Cuba, does not seem to be seri- OU81T considered. ine country is so tar committea to imperialism, however, that we never expect to see a different policy. But one thing is certain. If we are to acquire colonies, we must give them good government, else we will alienate them and bring discredit upon ourselves. There is no doubt that Mr. McKinley is a good man and means well. But he is in the hands of his friends and his friends are men like Senator Hanna, who have political henchmen to reward. When, therefore, a number of the isl ands oi the sea fell into our hands as the spoils of war, there came with them a l&TSe amount of patronage. They re- quire governors general and governors postoffice officials, customs officers, etc., etc. The present administration has fallen into the error of appointing small politicians men who demand office because of dirty work in elections to these important colonial positions. Rathbone, for instance, in Cuba, is one of Mark Hanna's election managers. The result has been the serious thefts of postal funds in Cuba by American officials. The Philadelphia limes, m discussing this matter, says: The President cannot be excused on the ground that he was imposed upon in the appointment of officials for Cuba who seem to have run riot in dS&auch eryandt eft. That was the beginning of his colonial policy, and when he hearkened to political leaders who pressed political henchmen upon him for these most responsible positions, he was simply forgetful of the highest duty to himself and the country. No man who was urged on political grounds for any position in Cuba should have been entertained for a moment, and it is solely because the President did not thu8 perform his duty that we have now a floodtideof scandals to shame the nation and enormous embezzlements to deplete the Treasury There can be no temporizing with thieves and speculators who seem to have largely taken possession of Cuba. They must not only be summarily dis missed and brought to justice at any cost, but politicial appointments for such positions must be absolutely ended now and forever. The politician who would seeK reward for political services in colonial appointment, might be safely assumed to be a reckless peculator of one in search of plunder; and it is one of the indelible .stains upon the ad ministration that a number of the first officials appointed by the President to colonial service in Cuba .have made Spanish theft comparatively respectable, If the President would command the confidence of the country in his colonia policy, the mere politician must be en tirely eliminated from the colonial ser vice. Not only should these appointments be made on the strictest lines outside of mere political prefer ment, but there should bo an entire ab- sence of favoritism to any of the swarms ot speculators which sees to possess valuable franchises in Cuba and in our Spanish possessions. The country can stand embezzlements and debauchery to some extent in our political appoint ments at home, but it cannot and will not tolerate incompetent or dishonest officials in our colonial policy. This is a true bill. President Mc Kinley must take his share of the blunders and scandals of the beginning of our colonial policy. The people, already disgusted over his backdown in the Porto Rican tariff matter, are watching closely to see what he will do to bring the Cuban postal thieves to justice. It he succeeds he will be doing well, but it will take nerve. It is said that Rathbone who secured Mark Hanna's re-election to the Senate, has threatened, if he is punished, to "give awdv the true inwardness of Hanna's election, and that Hanna cannot afford to let him be punished. All these things are water on the Democratic wheel. If the Democratic party managers rise equal to the occa sion. by adopting: a piauorm that tne people have confidence in, they can give the Republicans the fight of their lives in the presidential election. Reflections of a Bachelor. New York Press. You can generally have a lot of fun with the girls that are always saying they do so hate spoony men. A man ought; to be made to do his courting when the girl's folks are having the house wall-papered. Half the women you see either have some money in their stocking or have a bill pinned to the inside of their corset. The children that their parents have got to wishing for a little baby brother would generally rather have a dog af ter they see it. When you catch a girl playing the hose on the side yard, she always acts as ashamed as if you had caught her with her shoes off: The state board of health - will begin an especially active campaign against smallpox. It finds from reports that the disease has increased 400 per cnt. in North Carolina during the past twelve months. ECLIPSE WAS SCBERB. Ideal Weather In Jtlanr Plaees for Seeing sun Darkened. . Ba'thnore Sun, 29th. Seldon has a total eclipse of the sun for occurred under better conditions observation than the one which was visible yesterday in parts of North America, Europe and Africa. Clear and beautiful weather prevailed throughout almost the eetire belt of totality. This not only afforded the astronomers ideal conditions for making scientinc observations, but heightened the effect of thewonderful spectacle on the millions ofpersons who gazed at it merely as a sublime phenomenon of nature. Astronomical parties were scattered thickly throughout the totality belt, which began in the Pacific ocean just west of Mexico and extended through Mexico, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ala bama, Georgia,' South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia, thence crossing the ocean to Portugal, Spain, Algiers and traversing Northern Africa to the Red Sea, where it' ended. The belt was 55 miles wide. The United States Government had three stations for obserying the eclipse in this country. These were at Pine hurst, N. C. , where the station was in charge of Prof. Aaron N. Skinner; at Barnesville, Ga., in charge of Prof. Stimson J. Brown. Capt. C. H. Davis, superintendent of the Naval Observatory at Washington, was in communication with these officials by telegraph. Remarkably successful results were achieved. The conditions at Pinehurst were particularly favorable, though hoped-for observations of the periodicity of shadow bands cjpuld not he taken. The work of the Pinehurst party is des cribed in a special dispatch to The Sun from Prof. Joseph S. Ames, of the Johns Hopkins University. At Barnesville the corona flashed out in double fan-like form of great beauty. Several solar prominences were distinct ly observed. The United States Government also had a station in Tripoli, Northern Africa, where excellent results were ob tansed. At Algiers a weird effect was produced. The color of the sea changed from deep blue to gray and the trees became purple. The corona and shadow bands were observed under rarely favorably conditions. Crowds of sightseers went to Norfolk, Va., for the great spectacle. Among them was President McKinley, who made the trip from Washington on the dispatch boat Dolphin. The tempera ture fell, and at the period of totality there was a drop of degrees. The corona, with the planets Mercury and Venus shining near, was seen to great advantage. As the sun was darkened a weird ef fect was produced at many places. This led to some Bcenes of excitement, col ored people in the South being especial ly affected. ITIr. John L. Odcll Killed. Salisbury Truth-Index, 26fch. . John L. Odell, for many years a resi dent of Salisbury, but recently boss in the weaving room of the Southern Cot ton Mills at Bessemer City, was fatalty itabbed yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock by a former employe m his department. The particulars or the tragedy as we heard it from an eye witness were about as follows : Mr. Odell in his capacity as foreman in the weaymg room several days since discharged an employe named C. M. Davis. Yesterday Davis went 1 3 the mill and was ejected by Mr, Odell three different times. For the fourth time Davis entered the mill. and nesran taiKing with mr. uaen. in a flash he drew his knife and stabbed Mr Odell. The jugular vein was penetrated but Mr. Odell did not realize his condi tion and started in pursuit of his assail ant, who ran as soon as he had com mitted the murderous assault. Mr. Odell had only reached the railroad track -when he staggered and fell for ward on the switch dead. The entire male force in the mill lm mediately turned out in pursuit of Da vis and he was captured and immedi atelv iailed. There was strong talk of lynching. The murdered man was highly es teemed in Salisbury and was known by nearly all our citizens. The entire com munity was shocked to learn of his tragic end and many expressions of sympathy for both the deceased and his family were heard on the streets when the murder was first heard of. Mr. Odell was about 39 years old and was a nephew of Capt. J. M. Odell, of Concord. He h&d been in the mill business nearly all his life and had gradually won promotion by industry and attention to business. For a long time he was connected with the Salis bury Cotton Mill and it was during this time that he became known to our peo ple. He had never moved his family, consisting of his wife and eight children, from Salisbury and still regarded this as his home. A Miner's Story of the Disaster. Cumnock Sanfokp, N. C, May 26. It would seem that no great amount of credience is given to the theory that a broken gauge in a safety lamp causea tne re i 11 cent explosion at Cumnock mines. Two miners, who were working in the west heading at the time of the ex plosion in the east heading, were here today and stated that a negro miner named Harrison, who was injured in the explosion, claims that in attempt- ing to snoot tne dynamite toe eiecinc . i . i it... machine was found to be ineffective, whereupon an ordinary fuse was sent down from the top, and lighted by means of a match, which caused ;an ex plosion of gas. These men also state that the locks of safety lamps were 'often picked by the men and the open light used, and that some of the miners had keys with them in the workings. Everv dog has his day, but like men, they always want two. THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR, Baltimore -Sun. 25 lh. Ird Eobert., ,ccording to the latest advices, will cross the Vaal river today or tomorrow unless unexpected oppoai tion deyelops. His outposts on Thurs day night, when the last news was sent from the front, were near. Erstegeluk, which is 26 miles south of thg,Vaal. General French, it is believedis already reconnoitering the fords of the river. Afl trt whofHor tho "Rrif laVi arill finrl tYic passage of the Vaai contested, London experts are not sure. The Boers, at last accounts, were retiring to the north side of the stream. If they fight at the Vaal their positions may be flanked by over whelming numbers, but in the moun tains south of Johannesburg, it is said, they could make a stand without being at such a great disadvantage. Troops are believed to be approach ing or about to approach Pretoria from five directions. Besides Lord Roberta' army advancing along the Free State railway, General Buller is about to move from Natal, General Hunter from the neighborhood of Fourteen Streams and Vryburg, Colonel Mahon or General Baden-Powell from Maf eking, and Gen eral Carrington from Rhodesia. Under these circumstances the Boers can do little but retire to a few localities where they can fight to the most advantage. Lleven thousand additional British troops will be sent to South Africa next month. The London War Office is con- sidering means to stimulate recruiting. Baltimore Sun, 28th. Lord Roberts' main army crossed the Vaal river yesterday and is at last on the soil of the South African Republic. A dispatch states that the only fight which marked the crossing was a skirmish, in which four British and twelve foreigners serving with the Boers were wounded. . The Boers, it is stated, have retreated to Klipriversberg, 30 miles north of the Vaal and 21miles south of- Johannes- berg. They are expected to make a stand there, as the position is one of greath strength. The place where Roberts crossed the Vaal is Viljoen's drift, on the northern side of which is the town of Vereenig- ing. ne railroad also crosses there Other bodies of British troops made a flank move and crossed respectively at Parys, 30 miles west of Vereeniging, at Lindique's drift, 15 miles west, and at Wonderfontein drift, near Parys. These flanking moves by large forces of troops rendered resistance by the Boers useless. While the main Boer army has been compelled to retreat before the im mensely superior numbers of Lord Rob erts, parties of the burghers are active in a number of directions. A dispatch from Newcastle. Northern Natal, save the Boers in that section are "very ac tive" and have been reinforced. Their front extends from Laing's nek to New Republic. The force which retired from Mafeking when the relief column ar rived has rallied well within the British border. It is reported that burghers have reoccupied the town of Kuruman, Bechuan aland. They have also occu pied Heilbron, 50- miles east of Kroon stad, in the Free State, where they can threaten Lord Roberts' line of com munications. Baltimore Sun, 29th. Lord Roberts cabled to the London War Office at 5:25 p. m. yesterday that he was then at Klip river, in the Trans vaal, 18 miles from Johannesburg. His troops had marched 20 miles -during the day. The Boers, Lord Rob erts states, had prepared several posi tions, but abandoned them as the Brit ish drew near. It had been expected that the burgirers would make at Klip riyer one of their biggest stands of the war. A Cape Town disj.atch says it is rum ored there that Gen. French has already entered Johannesburg. At the time Lord Roberts sent his dispatch Generals French and Hamilton were beiived to be engaging the Boers 10 miles to his left. As no stand was made at the Klip river, the safety ot the JBoers at Taing'8 nek will be seriously imperiled, for there will be little to prevent Lord Roberts from seizing the Johannesburg-Laing's nek railroad. It is already reported that the railroad has been cut. H. J. Whigham, a correspondent of the London Daily Mail, who visited Pretoria jn disguise, says the Boers are demoralized and that many of them are singing "God Save the Queen.'' Baltimore Sun, May 31st. Pretoria is td fall into British hands without the firing of a shot. It is be lieved in London that Johannesburg will also yield. The news from the Transvaal capi tol comes in a dispatch from that place dated yesterday. It says that "all the forces have been dismissed from the forts around Pretoria.. Presi dent Kruger is now at Waterval boven." British officers, according to the same dispatch, "are now at Jo hannesburg dictating terms of sur render." Further light on the situation is shed by the London Daily Mail,which publishes a dispatch from the Earl of Rosslyn, one of its correspondents who was a prisoner at Pretoria, but who, as a civilian, appears to have been released. The dispatch was dated at Pretoria, 11:40 a". m. yesterday, and said: "Pretoria will oe occupied in about two hours, without resistance. Everything is quiet, but crowds are waiting, expectantly in Church Square . . v-k til 1 for the arrival of the British." Bur gomaster de Souza, the Earl states, was authorized to receive the British. Watervalboven, to which place President Kruger has retired, is 140 miles northeast of Pretoria On the Delagoa Bay railroad. It is near the junction of the Delagoa line with the road to Lydenburg, from which it is 40 miles distant. The latest move of President Kruger therefore seems to indicate a decisf6ii6 transfer his capitol to Lydenburg," as it has-been ?Jh. JK described as in ah almost inaccessibly mminrniMM... - i i ' - - -uuuuvamuus region ana wonaerlully well adapted to defense. For some time it has been rumored that the cannon and provisions at Pretoria have been in process of transfer there. TART, TERSE AND TIMELY, TVlO X7n . mil. luo wnr m ine jrniiippmes is over, but ine Associated Press goes right alontr cpinuK u&ujr ngnung, ana every few days an official list of casualties is pub lished. ; ,: y Not the least of the offenses of the Republican party is the cowardly ad journment of Congress without action upon important matters, such a a re duction of the war taxes. How popular the Boer cause is in this country may be judged from more than one hundred .and fifty cities having sent pressing invitatione to the Boer enyoys to visit them and hold meetings. South Carolina meets a claim made by the Federal government for $250,000 for stores seized by Gov. Picttfens at the opening of the civil war with a counter claim of double the amount for sup plies and transportation going back to revolutionary times. The Boers fought well in English ter ritory, but they will probably fight bet- tr now that the war Is transferred to tn.eir own territory. Yet, their fighting win not save their country, unless other nations call a halt on the British grab. The efforts of Republican editors to prove that the administration is ' not re sponsible for the stealing of its Cuban appointee is a waste of time. It is a good law and good logic to hold the principal responsible for the acts of his agents, and the people will do it. No wonder the iudgment of the House on pensions should be Questioned when it pensioned a man for "total dis- ability" who draws salaries aggregating $3,000 a year for work performed. To that the House added $72 a month . Amendment Constitutional. One hundred and seventy members of the No?h Caroi bar have signed a paper reading as follows The undersigned lawyers, members of the North Carolina bar, after having examined and considered the provisions of the proposed amendment to the con stitution submitted by the- Legislature of 1899 to the people for ratification, give it as our opinion that the said amendment is not in conflict either with the State or the Federal Constitu tion. We further give it as our opinion that the 4th and 5th sections of said amend ment are so connected in subject mat ter, each so clearly dependent and con ditioned upon the other, that both must stand or fall together, and that it is too clear to admit of a doubt that the 4th section carfnot stand if the 5th section -should be declared unconstitutional. It is clear this amendment, if ratified will not disfranchise, either now or hereafter, atiy person who was himself entitled to vote at any time prior to 1867, either in this State or any State in the United States in which he then resided, provided he registers once be fore 1908 and does not thereafter be-. come disqualified by crime. The signers are the very best lawyers in North Carolina, and among them are such men as the following : Judge Shepherd, Judge Burwell, C. M. Sted man, Lee S. Overman, John S. Hen derson, Theo. F. Kluttz, A. M. Waddell, B. F. Long, M. H. Justice, C. W. Til lett and Ham C. Jones. The Entertainment of The Legisla ture. Raleigh Post. Some time ago with the spirit of hos-i pitality characteristic ot. Raleigh, the Chamber of Commerce appointed a committee of its body to take the neces sary steps to entertain the Legislature at it's adjourned session In June, as, un der the law. the membership of that body can not draw per diem for f this : session. With this end in view the committee, of which Mr. C. M. Busbee is chairman, put itself in communica tion with Mr. Speaker, .Connor and , . other members, and these, gentlemen promptlyTesponded, thanking the com mittee and citizens for their hospitable intentions, but declining the offer, as suming, and The Post thinks correctly, that while engaged in the performance of such public duties it would not be proper for them to accept courtesie s of such character from a community or from indiyidnals. . " A Fatal Joke. Montgomery, Ala. , May 26 . - A Monroeville, Ala., special says: Yes terday afternoon Mr. Samuel Bussey, a prominent citizen residing six miles from here, sent bis fourteen-year-old son ' to the cabin of an ignorant and supersti tious, but trusted negro employee, to ' deliver instructions about some work to be done by. him. The boy thinking to have some fun at the old negro's ex pense, put on a comic face, disguised , ' himself otherwise and 'entered . the negro's cabin. The negro became frightened at the r boys appearance, seized a gun and killed him instantly. ( No arrest has, or probably will be, made. i r" ii r i - -- " To Aid Bryan's Campaign. New York, May 26. James J. Coogan, president of - the borough of ' Manhattan, and a leader in -Tarn many -ball, today contributed $100,000 to the , Democratic national committee with ' the stipulation that the gift be rescinded if William J. Bryan-is nH renominated. The committee will be allowed to make use of this fund as it may see fit. This , contribution gave rise to the story in political circles today that Mr. Coogan would be Colonel Bryan's running mate on the national ticket this summer. ' The total value of imports into the Philippine' Islands from August 13, 1898. to December 31. 1899, was $5, 90r,453, of which $567,266 worth were from the United States. . r ,
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