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R0XB0R0, . KORTH CAROLINA, WednESd Evig, Oct. 28 1896
No-9.:
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- . WILL 3 PEA K AT-: : ;-. ,' . .
Mori ah, Friday; October soth, is'ge
Everybody-who can do so . should; go out: and' Hear
Mr. Kitchin. He. wiU discuss tissues of .the nam
paign in -a clear, conservative, and able manner:
Go and , hear hin'i.
C. B.; WATSON
TO THE PEOPLE.
ISSUES A RINGING AND
" SUPERB APPEAL v
FROM HIS SICK BED.
.Will Not Be Able to Enter the Campaign--'
Expresses His Regrets At not.Eeinq
Able to Canvass aoain. '
Hon. C. B
Watson, 'Democratic
nominee for Governor,
has issued
from his sick bedside an - eloduent
and ringing appeal to the people' of
North Carolina. It is a- clarion call
and every, good citizen ' should re-
; spond. Though unabie to meet them
face to face the fearless champion of
Democracy has. made an appeals
characteristic of the man that will
not fall on---dear:-.earsOwins.;:Ho
tne lateness of the- hour when 'the
letter was given out Wef are not able
to give the full text. Most of ; it' was
reproduced. Mr. Watson will not
appear in the campaign again unless
it is at Winston on the day preceed
ing the election.- .. - :. -..
My Fellow Citzens: ' . -
On the 25th of July, in the city of
Raleigh, the Democratic'party in con
vention assembled, called me from its
ranks and told me I, must ' be its can
didate for Governor.
I asked no man for the commission.
The vote of the convention came to
me unsoaght and unbidden. Many
stronger and abler hands might have
received the party's banner and car
ried it to victory. Heeding the earn
est solicitations of my lifelong friends,
and hearing the expressed will of
that great convention, and being ac
customed to obey, I accepted the
trust, and with an eager longing to
have the honor of being " the chief
executive of the million and a- half
and more North Carolinians, whom I
esteem as the perfect bloom of the
earth's people, I tookjny position on
the front of the "battle deck. Al-
though mindful of the arduous and
incessant labors of the campaign to
be undertaken, I was not deterred by
its promise of unceasing. toil, and fts
manifold exactions, because I' have
known eyen from childhood and
through all the years ef iny.life't that
the highest honor that could: be "at-"
tained by a North Carolinian was to
obtain the s liff rages', of the ' freemen
of his native State for this high and
responsible office. ' ' ' .
According to the custom" esteemed
for its usefulness, as welt as its antiq
uity in Iorth Carolina, I desired to
meet my opponent, ;lMr. Russell in
joint debate upon all -the questions
in this cajnpaign. but he rejected bay
challenge and declined to stand up in
the field with me before the people.
A joint discussion with mesa's sought
by Major -Guthrie .of rthe" People's
party.: I cheerfully accepted the J re
quest, and after filling some appoint
ments of my own, we entered togeth
er on a canvass Of some of the wes
tern counties. By mutual agreement
we parted at Wilkesboro, and-1 con
tinued my regular appointments
through ,the state. - From exposure
and fatigue I have , been, stricken
down with sickness, and am now con
fined to my home.. Though much
improved and feeling myself growing
daily stronger, I am advised that I
H'. E. WEBB,
Oh'm'n. Dem.. Co'." Ex:. 0om.
may not be able to again enter the
campaign.. Fearing.'that this may be
true, I write tliis letter that the vot
ers in those sections of North Caroli
na that I have not been able to reach
inay k,now that my hearths with them;
that I wish I was able to speak to
them in every county, in the State to
ask their suffrages for the gre"at party
that has presented my name for con-sideratioo,-and
to - meet ' the" "people
face to face and talk with them in re
gard to their necessities and the pol
icy ot the Government. There has
been no time since the establishment
of our Government when issues have
been presented for the' consideration
of the plain people of the land which
more strongly involve their rights,
their liberties and their homes, v
it was my most heartfelt w sh tn
, present to the, good, people of North
Caroling my views on the great issues
1 presented by the Democratic party
to the American people, and to speak
to Jthem of the burdens which; they
have borne so - long and patiently,
and to rejoice with them in the glad
hopes of returning life and -prosperity.
, j - ' .J1-t, :
dejLietJ abovelain'thiugs'to speak
to the peopfe of the trusts and un
lawful combinations which, are threat
ening the destruction of v'the com
merce and business of the country-r-Combinations
of menby which the
very necessities of Jife ; were placed
undei their absolute control to be
dealt out, to the consumer at prices
fixed by illegal means andunder the
operations of which small dealers with
limited capital are being driven from
business. ' ' -
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In my speech to the July conven-r
tion, I declared then that the situa '
tion tendered the issue as to whether
the people should be left free to : ex
ercise their own choice, or whether
the power of Hannaism would not
in a stealthy and deceptive' manner
hood-wink them through trusted
leaders and endeavor to defeat their
aims. v -. -
My declaration has been verified,
for Hannaism has entered the rooms
of our opposing committees and sub
committee in Nation, State. V county
and township, and has at' least be
clouded the minds of our opponents,
and they warted them in their ex
pressed purpose to - see the people
united in securing 'the' control "of
L their financial system, which they so
much desire. - " , -' f -
Bryan like the Chevalier "Bayard
approaches likethe grey-hound, - de-,
fends himself like the Iioh, and. like
the wolf retreats only with -his face
towards his, foes-1 '
7 Hanna carries a dark lantern.,
J should feeUmy fallow citizens, in
my present weakness a great despair
if L thought that' these, vital - ques
tions were to be presented to you by
me alone; if Tfelt . that the us&ues of
this battle developed upon any man
and that man was myself. But I feel
that the cause is above any one man
of set of men. . It is the cause of the
people. : They know their needs. The
plain people of the land haye studied j
out these ! questions, for themselves-.
They have felt penury and want. In
to the homes of the professional man
and merchant 'have come the shadows
of want - and . poverty... The - people
need no messenger to bear to them
the story of. their present condition,
Or to tell them the history of legisla
tion which has brought ruin and dis
aster to their business', and f which is
constantly and ever increasing with
each day and follows the night : Ne
cessity : has . made; them study, and
they have found out lor- themselves
the terrible cause.,. .They found it in
i egisiation w t ich struck d own half of
the money of the country, : thus
doubliug .in Rvalue '-the- other hal
which -was founjl'in the coffers of the
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fellow citizens, to enter every county
ln iNorth Carolina and. see' you ier
so n a I J y. h ai I migh li no vv, y o u n d
that jou might know me, that in' the
viuaui 4uu - i lit . respuusi uie
duties of Governor of North Carolina
I could represent the interest of every
section, knowing no man' above an
' t ' i ' t :'. . . ..-... . "-3- - v.. .
otner, out aoiug justice to all. And
now from my be.d of sickness X send
yvu iuv j-'rreung,' ana rne iuu assur
ance, that i I should , be by ' your
suffrage elevated, to the high position
tor .-.-which. the Democratic iparty.i has
presented ore as its candidate, I 'would
ask'no greater honor. th'an to so. ad
minister the duties of, my high office
that my Conduct woul d- 'mee if w i t h
approval of. you all." V.
I write to you because'! cari not
come.to speak' to you. T wish that
every letter in every word, of this
might be a tongue to- shout in your
ears? the warning that comes from
the surging depths of thse anxious
days a warning against the blow to
the liberty of the masses of the peo
pie that hreaetns us in the cjenched
fist of Mark Hanna. vMv own vctice
cannot be raised in your hearingj.but
let the voice of this letter plead with
you; not for,myself, but for my name
on the ticket and for the names Of
my comrades not for myself or for
them for our own sakes, but for us
and our names only because the canse
we represent is the righteous cause of
a, righteous, .long-suffering, people
yourselves who cry for 'deliverence
and the gold of the palace," but who
seek only to, dwell, as : their fathers
intended they shouldsunder their
own vine and fig tree,- where none
dare to molest or mak afraid.'?
". : ' C. B. Watson.
CRISP IS 'DEAD.
s
Georgia's
G reatest -. Statesman
Pases
y - ' Away. . ;
Atlanta, Ga., Oet:23. Hon. Chas.;-
F. Chrisp, late Speaker of the U. S.
House of Representative, and.present
(ypngressman; died here 'at three
o'clock this afternoons
Heart failure was the cause of his
death. He had been quite sick , for
some time, but his. death was sudden
and unexspected. - v ' '
Mr. Crisp was the leading man in
public life in Georgia, and one of ; the
.most popular men in the State, -
He would have undoubtedly : been
elected to the Senate by'the Legisla
ture at its next session had he lived
Horrors of the Massacre in Eastern Turkey.
Boston Mass., Oct. ' 26. Advices
from Harpoot, Eastern Turkey, re
ceived here" con firms the dispatches
to the Associate Press' in - regard to
the extent and barbari'ty of - the re
cent massacre at JSgin. These advices
state .that many of the dead were left
in the streets for days as theiood for
dogs, and large numbers were thrown
into the Euphrafer. :, The bodies. were
seen floating down the river forty or
fifty miles below, he city. In - some
cases whole families were obliterated;
Exact statistics of course, cannot be
given nowV'but it is feared that 2,000
is an under-estimate. ' All the testi
mony at hand concurs' in showing that
the massacre was official and that
was wholly without reason. .' - t .
it
; - He x)ects a Revolution. .
Washington,: Oct. 28 The regis;
tration of SecondLieiitenant Jos:j
Binns, Second infantry; has been ac
cepted : to take . effect .immediately.
This officer tendered his : resignation
in a long letter setting out his belief
that a collision between the people
and theUnited States army will fol
low the election in which case he
wrote that he cannot conscientiously
serve against the former.. - -
Dr. Tanner Burned fa Death..
i Akron, O., Oct. .23. Doctor Tanr
ner,. the ' famous long ' faster was
burned to death at Whitmore Robin
son Company Wednesday. - - ;
Highestqf an in Leavenmg Fower. Latest, TJ.;S. Gov't Report.
IN; BRYAN'S FAVOR.
Great Jumpcf Odds in Setting Circles in New
. ' -!- ' York. '. v , '
. ew York, Oct. 26. Betting- about
the Hoffman and Gilsey house,vwhich
has been generally, two Or three to one
on McKihley, has changed in favor
of Bryan, . :who is now brining even
moneys Also" bets are. even , that he
will now .'carry JNew . tYork.- They
have-been as laigi as: five to one.'
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Old Hustler Agairr. V . :
Dear, (Courier . , : . x
' "Under ,the circum
stances I think you ' will agree' that
"Hustler's snrvip.HS nr -iiru i n A
ed.
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I euu8 informed . that ; thV yourig
mail who lost his -collar, last " week
happened to the accident by it3 slip 1
ping over his" head. I' think I ,can
saf ely say that he hasirt got the bTg
h'eadi as I have heard said, of 'some
fellows. ' V , ' ..-V. "'". '
I know yon have heard about the
riot at Winstead on the 22nd between
the whites and the negroes and of
the damage' that was done: but T ner-
hapff you did not hear of .the'fuunV
part of it;;. .I;wili;givyknSQjmet.'of
ffiS Jioifif'dne .of ; iWborb'sex-
j7cxii uiujunoiis wuo uaupeneu to oe
present when the fight began, moun t-
ea ms wneei ana rode off about -a
hundred yards and looked "on until
a pistol; was. fired, then he .mounted
again, and on his way he passed
school madam,: and as he; passed he
began to say 43 men" killed . at Win-
stead." He. was travellins: -at ' 'such
rapid speed it is said he was a,, hun
dred jards away, before he could 'fin
ish, the sentence. ; Seeing: an account
or the" trouble next morniusr in the
xt4ieigu iMBwa auuv voserver it - was
supposed, that vthe expert - rider ran
inrougn to itaieign and carried the
ucwo.-, . j.u io feaiu mat, tne , tires on
his wheel got so lot by fast running
that'you could smell ..burn t rubber
tor a' mile. -: - -
lJwp of . the tallest men in ;tbe
crowd crawled under the : store "and
did not make their appearance .any
more 'until about dark, wtien one of
them poked out his head and ' asked
if the negroes hadall gone and if
kuc iwuao nau. quit nyinsr.; , xney
cameout after being 'assured -there
was no danger. -; V: . '
One fellow locked himself "un . in
the. back room of the store: another
got nhder a goods - box: ;a deputy
u r.:jse -i ii. -i.---i
siikiill goc so ciose oenina a- large
pine tree if you had . seen ; bim per
haps you would r haye thought he
was a part of the ree; so,me-hid be
hind a corn crib, and a certain miller
who happened; to;lLve close, by ran in
his house, locked the door aad era wl
jed up the chimheyv -X
Wh?n the pistol fired oue of . our
county candidates jumped l oyer" ' a
buggy and" ran c, off, and, the next
time I heard from him he was at
Bushy-Fork asking the people for
their support on the 3rd day of Nov,
V- .Barbecue The " Bryan,'
Kitchin and Free Silver
clubs of Person county ; will
give an pld fashioned bar
b e cue in JRoxb oro on Mon
day No v.. 2nd.. Hon. John
W;: Daniel, .of: Virginia,
and :Hon. W.r A. &j th erie
have , been : invited and
will deliver addresses.
; Let every silver man
make it a point to be pres
ent at that grand rally;
it t ' i it t i .
Populist Candidates Resign to Form a Fusion
Ticket ln"West Virginia. ;
Wheeling, AV. Va-, Oct, 24-Three
of the.men.on the Populist State tick
et have formally resigned and it'.is'
supposed the others will soon', follow.
The three who resigned are; - "
Kolenitz Gerald,', candidate" for
Governor; W. C. Miller, candidate for
Auditor, and I. H. OfTner candidate
for treasurer. . AlLresign . in favor , of
the Democratic nominees and for the
good. of the cause of free and unlimi
ted coinage of, silver. " - '-s,
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Fine : Dress Goods; &
r.' ' t'r Notions.. ;
7 :Faate this in jour bonnet short .
sentence, ''plain chat, .butv all '
r . naked truth, aad ahdut hot styl
: , ish stuff. Digest; jt and you'll 7
y ; purely profit .thereby. - ; '
. ' - VVe haye a, nice s line of ' . '
DRESS GOODS : : -
:";Orthetest'eVrtheiiev- v '
; . nobby Freitch" patterns, ' in- all
; the new 'ahades. Blue and black'- ' :
Serges, and, Henriettas. . . V I
Cashmere, 36 ihcheop'; V
only 20 eents. , : ;
Good IVorsted at I Gets.; :J-
. We have'a full line of t v J ; "
TRIMMINGS .V. S : : ';'"-vV: - :
Consisting of all the ne w Gimps' I l, - :
? .small, and .large V buttons ' to '
, .match, silks,. velvets; etc. "
' ' Our heavy . , , ' "; ; ; S ; '
dry goods " v ;;v
Department is complete in . . '
C .which vou will .'find-'-some'- real 'I c
bargains .'in Percals, ; Outings, "":: 1
. CalicoesCheviots Plaids, Pant c ' '
;;' Goods, and Domestics. tfJn flan- . ;
S nels, don't, say a word, .'but -:
come and see our prices. ' They - s
are regulag Cold Qtahd- :
a fd prices - : ; . , ;
;, vWe have a big line of ' - - ' .
CAPES AND JACKETS
for ladies aad misses in Astra
' can. Seal; Plush and Ladies
Cloth. : Also a line, of children's
cloaks cheap. , V
- Call, and see our stockbefore -.
buying, and. we - will save yori -
- some money. . . - r , . ? -. v '
' Miss-Pallie - rancey is' still- with 'i
; us with a full line of Millinery
aiid . will be glad ' to have, "her
frieods to call."
YOURS TO SERVE, . !
A. R. FOUSflEE & CO.
At Woody & Yancey's old stand.
MY MILLINERY IS
. STILL AT. MY,;
' OLD stand:
- "I Have just returned, from the :
Northern markets where I have
bought , a big line of Milliner3r,
consisting of imported hats of
the nevyest designs. ; I- have t a
big line of Misses hats, also
baby caps ; for all the kids . ?
Come and see me when "you
need any heard gear. -
Dresses made to order in the.
latest style by an experienced
dress maker. - , -
MISS PAELIE YAITCEY,
" AtVccdy & Yancey's Old Slsnd,
' tlQvi A. R. Fcashss & -. Co
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