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Directory; ATTORNEY - AT - LAW, Roxboro, N. C liTO Dr. E. J. Tucker, SURGEON - DENTIST, 'kt. f. up stairs in W. J: Johnson & C ' "v building. ... .Roxboro, N. C.. . . . - W. E. B. Newell, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Roxboro, N. C E- J TEAGUE, M. D, Having located in Roxboro. offers his nrofessional ser vices in the practice of tnedibine iD alrits brancnes, to the people of Jtiox boro and surroundinir countrv. Sne cial attention sriven the treatment of diseases of nose and throat Office over Louis Goodfriend's store. . , ; C. T. WILLSON & CO. . -General Insurance Agents,. . : . . .Roxboro, N. C Life, Fire, Accident and Surety Bonds. Safest and most reliable Companies rep resented. Give us your business and we will giye you real protection J. S. ME1UUTT. WM. p. MERR1TX lerritt feierritt, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, .. ..Roxboro, N. 0. . Practice in all the State and Federal Courts. " Special attention given . to cases in Caswell, Durham, Granville, and Orange counties. ' Office over Peoples' Bank, W. w 'WTOHlN, A. V. KITCIIIN. KITCHI1TV& KITCHIN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Roxboro, N. C... Practice quired. Wherever services are re C.S. WINSTKAt) W.T.BBaD8HER Winsteal & Bradsher, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, r Roxboro, N. C - . . ' Special attention given to Federal practice, both m theV State ai?d at Washington. Attend-regularly the Uourts oi Jferson and Caswell. All business intrustea to our care will receive prompt attention; , BOONE & -BRYANT, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, . Durham, N. C," .v. A Iwvr attend the Superior Court o i rson county, aud will go there jiX v jch other times as the business of - nts demand. HOTEL DOWDY; - v f Roxboro, N. C. R. H. DOWDY, Proprietor, : The best Hotel on the border of N. C.'or Va. Tabled supplied -with the best. - Your e very want supplied if in he power "The Old Man.r. NEGRO RULE IN THIS STATE. ; v . . 4 ' ' ! SHALL IT LAST LONGER INi NORTH CAROLINA? Craven's Black Officers. A Vile White Man Running for Clerk of the Court The Comity Court House Looks Like Colored writ ing Schools, So Thick are the Ne gro Clerks A White Lady t of Newborns Slapped in the Face by a Negro Who had, Crowded "Her Into the Street The Negro Ticket For County Officers Will be Uu doubtedly Elected in Craven. Correspondent of The Charlotte Ooserver. Newberne, Sept; 6. The lands of the county of Craven are among the most fertile in the country. For the last decade thousands of dollars worth of truck have been sold on the Newberne market. Lands that were once considered worthless have been converted from swamps to . pro ductive fields: However, in "the last year or two, this trucking business has not progressed as rapidly as it bade fair to do five years ago.. ' There has been an obstacle placed1 before the wheel. The people that compose the popr "1B leel tunevv ulation, amount to about 4,eUU, j 2,000 white and.2,800 colored peof pie. " There are no better people than the whitepeople of Craven county. They are of the best class of men and women. They are telligent" and kind-hearted. But within the last two years they have been thrown from power and a . low class of white men and negro poli- f.imana nut, in their stead. lnat 16 why the county is not what it once bade to be. The" class pf white men that belong to the Republican party in this nart of the State are not as good as the average negro. Some of the negfo officers here are well mean- ing men, but they are not competent, Hence, upon the whole, the govern- ment of the county affairs is in the hands of a bad crowd. Unless there is suuieimug uuuc witmu jcai w county who knows him ana his ca two property will fall low in value. reer would say are his. It is a no Good white citizens were not made torious fact. In former days Car to be ruled by a few incompetent penter was a pension agent. But he white ;men and negro politicians. has been disbarred from the practice But at present the case seems a hope- before the Pension Department on i i. . '. . mi. t vi:-. - - . . t; less one nere. me xiepuunuaiio have put out a ticket that is sure to be elected. There is no way to pre- vent it now, unless the earth cracks open and swallows about 1,000 ne- groes. LOOKS LIKE A NEGRO WRITING- SCHOOL. . Come and ' go with me to the county court house of Crnven and n - tnVinf 'to Vi rivet a oaan anw . rlftV in the week. To glance at the place as a whole you wonld at nrst taKe it to be a negro writing, school. .." The first office to the right belongs to the sheriff and his crew of depu ties. Joseph L. ilahn, a white man with a black heart, is the sheriff. By his side are four negro, deputy, sheriffs, Northern A Cobb, who is also the jailer; J. H. Fisher, Wallis Pettipher J. E. Pavne and C. E. Rhyne.; There are other nezro deputies .throughout the county. V Not a white man is on the list. THENEGRO "PRESSING. THE ,BUT , ' TON." " Two doors below the sheriff's of- nee. and to the left, is the register, deeds-John B.;Willis, colored. He has for his clerks twonegfos A. W. Witherington and one of his own1 colored. .Five of the - white men brotheis. Witherington is the ne. crm that made a vhombastic SDeech in I o - the Republican convention - here the other day: Being elated Mover the progress the negro has made.in . Cra ven county within the last few years, he pictured in glowing terms what the negro was now able to do Among other things, he said: j "In 1896, we pressed the button and behold John B. "Willis, register of deeds, came 'forth! Again we pressed the button and Robt- Mose ley, county commissioner came forth! We pressed the button and deputy sheriffs came fort! We pressed the button and. magistrates came forth! ' "And now, in this convention, we have again pressed the button, aud behold, C. C. Roach, for county treas urer, is before yon, and, with the past and present before us, what shall the future give to us?" This was meant for a cut at the white Republicans. They negroes want all. The should have all the Republican can get here, for there are but about 63 white 4 Republicans in, the county. : As a special force to list the taxes I j ' - ii. : . a . . ... courr nouse3 prepanng, uiC;; lh lls , . ;.. , , ; Hahn and Willis are Candida es for sheriff anJ register, respectively, m this campaign. . In the candidate eor clerk. :,; In tbe Republican conveution, held here a fewLwerks ago the following ticket- was nomina- ted: For clerk of the Superior Court, E. W. Carpenter, a white man. I would rather he any negro in Craven county, than to be Mr. - Carpenter. is an old seasoned carnet-baffffer. of all the candidates in the field he is the most degraded. For years he nas lived with a iiegro woman and today she has a house full of. chil dren that every good man in the account o frauduQent nractjees. ne n0w acts as agent through Va negro named E. D. Cox. -This is the character of the man who is going to be elected to the office of clerk of the court in this county, vv - - Dr. W. L. La8Siter, a pegro, is tne present coroner of : Craven bounty, and he was nominated the other day for re-election. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ROACH. ' The : Ohnstopher ColnmbuS I , Witherington as being nominated w treasurer.of the county, is a sa. on eper. iie is a Lnoruusuu.cv. egro. . . . f . S The white lady , school teachers that teach in Craven, county. next year will have .to draw their pay from Broach. f He is . going to be elected: ' -y ; " ; , ; "The standard keeper of the county is James uuaiev, coioreu. ; -uu AUi nonnr.v Rurvevor nooouv was uuiui- Dated. .There is not a Republican in the" county that is cable.!6f being surveyor; R. P; . Williamson, John Bittle and Bob Moseley, colored, are of the commissioners of the county, This town has ten councilmen seven of who. are white, and three were appoiuted by Governor . Russell and the other two were elected, by the Democrats of the townv The three negroes ' tvhs elected. They are: ; James B. shepherd, a drayman; William H. Johnson, a' bartender, who has been indicted, in court for, selling whiskey on Su nday, and Ellis Hayes, a carpeuter. ; R. W. William son, colored now. a , 'candidate for solicitor of the second . judicial dis trict for. the Criminal and Superior Courts, is the city attorney. . Judge P. Stanley, colored, is constable of the towusqip. He has arrested a number of white ladies and taken them to negro magistrates for trial ; since coming into office. , A PLAGUE OP NEGRO OFPICIALS. In the township there are three negro road overseers George Cooper, A. B. Koonceand C. H. Smith. Each has white men to work the roads uu him. ; Craven county has twelve negro school committeemen. The colored police force of ' New berne are: Isaac Richardson, R. C. Baker, Henry Pasteur, A1., A. :Bryant and RobertHbseley. Craven county has her share of negro justices of the peace y here 27 of them.- ; c PEOE. ' ISAAC H. SMITH. Prof. Isaac H4 Smith,- Republican candidate for jfche Legislature from this county, is. the greatest freak of naSlf e What ;'thTs caEQignas brought out. He is a negro, a poli tician, a-mohey-lender and a swell 'society' man. Truly, he is ' the. Mark Hanna of this section; I- the shylock of Newberne, and the Beau Brummel of the negro population of North Carolina. In the "society world he has measured swords with George H. White, the negro Congress man of the second district. And next year he claims that he will be on the turf for Congress. He : has skinned the toughest of 5 dead beats, and he has outwitted the shrewdest of politiciaus. Prof. Smith wields a facile pen and uses an oily ; tongue, Truly, he is a very smart negro. He is unique in looks, and in character In business he can fleece the -pertcst of men. Many are the men he .has skmned alive True, he has done deeds of kindness. He was one of the first men to contribute. to the Vance monument fund. He did it because Vance had worked for the educational interest of the ; ne- gro I saw Professor, Snrth atf his office. Pha fitat time T nailed I asked: "Is The fiist time I called I asked: "Is Smith, Isaac' Smith, in?" - A . bi. Jburly-looking fellow, vanswering to the description of Smith, told me that he was not in. "- I then -asked wVipti Via wnnld he. and was told hat? it would be the next day at 10 o'clock. I left at once and returned at the time named. , I found the same man in the chair behind the desk, but this time I asked if "Pro fessor" Smith - was in. : He said: "Yes, he is .-in , I am "Professor Isaac Smith: The trouble -before was that I had not called him "ProT fessor." I said to him: "I have heard that you were com ing down from the ticketfe :.iu Craven county.;!-there any truth in it?" His reply was: . . "Who are you?" . ed Hands, Chilblains, Corns, ana au Itold;him. He then offered, me Skin eruptions, and, positively cures , . , . :4.a11j: TTa Piles, or no pay required. It is guar- a.ohav and began to talk. He ea tb glYe perfect satisfcetion or said:, ,r ; ; - money refunded.; Prico 25 cents per : iNo I am not coming down tnlesslboUle For ale by J. Do Horris. . Royal makes the food pare, ' , 'wholesome and delicious. Absolute! Pure ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. the people want me to. They , nom- -inated me and they can take me ; down if they wish to dosoi" But.-I-. am going to run and I am going to be elected." ' - : . In conversation Smith . is - a very entertaining talker. He .is sinart,' shrewd and mean. Many of his own people cursed him for his method of doing business. ' He lends money and charges outrageous interest' - for it. - For instance he loaned ' a -negro ni$iL$10 and, made hirnpay : paid back; and in this case the time WOiiS U Y CI . BIJL. ; XUUU tUS. - - J-LC ,uaa xc u out $10 and collect as much as $100 for it: . .These are his' methods. ;: In- r deed, he is the boss usurer- of the a business standpoint. Je was heard say the other day that this Republi can business was like a stock com- . ; talking of itakini him down. He said: , ''This'is a stock company.: The negro, has 95 per cent., and the white man 5 per cent. Who shall say what I am going to do?" . -"'. THE PEN CHEATED OUT OVSIOTH. . Smith has been convicted before juries twice for forgery, but on ae count of technicalities hev was let off by the Supreme Court. The first time he got off feecause the solicitor ' in prosecuting the case had. abused his privilege in using the following language - in - addressing the -jury. ( . .:x . -' : . . The defendant was such a scoud- Te that he was compelled to move his trial from Jones county, where he was known."- ; And aain: "The bold brazen-faced rascal had : the impu-y dence to write me a note yesterday, begging me not to ; prosecute and threatening me that if I did he. woaid get the Legislature 'to im- if Qtt hVi KTnrfh peacn me. ' ; oeventy-nuu .worm Carolina Reports, 306. -' He was again convicted' and ap pealed id the " Supreme Court and was allowed a new trial on the grpund pf the variance between . the hiU of indictment and the evidence exDressed by the Supr erne , Court as follows: -.- , ' ' ' "On the Crial of an indictment for forgery cHarging the defendant i or having forged an order for $60,07. Evidence that the defendant had for- a 'der for any other amount l ffhe two orders in evidence in this I case being for 60 and $60.27, re- v - - . - . Continued: on page 5. Brt -Arnica SaTve, : . 1 Bmise3t Sore8t ulccrSf Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapp- ttUUflU
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