MR, SI MlVlUftb MAKES REPLY, My entire estate including proper- defiant, asking no quarters'and giv-J 'Lest .We Forsret, Lest We Forget."
Answers in Detail Charge Referred I'kelonging to mJ wife, vrould not ing none. I ask none now, but there MessesV -Editors:- For the past
urn no hin os 1 1 , i -1 t i i r i .. .n . o - .
to in a Letter Prom J. D. Allen.
j. D. Allen, Esq., Falls, N. 0. V
Dear Sir: I am in receipt of
your recent favor, in which you say
it is being charged against me, as an
aspirant for the Senate,"
First, That Senator Vance opposed
my confirmation as ' Collector :. -upon
grounds derogatory to my personal
character. " .
Second, That I am charged with
being a secret agent of the Southern
Kail way Company, and that it and
other corporations have Veen, and are
now, and are now paying me s large
sums of money to protect their in
terests as a lobbyist and otherwise:
and you express the opinion, in which
I concur,, that as I am a candidate
for their suffrage,' the. people are en
titled to know the facts in reference
to those charges.
In reply, I beg to say that Senator
Vance's opposition to my confirma-
sion wa8 not base! upon personal
grounds and no -charge against my
personal character was made in con
nection with that matter. At. the
time of my appointment as Collector,
Senator Vance, together, with the
other Senator and all the Democratic
Congressmen from North Carolina;
favored me. The subsequent oppo
sition of Senator Vance to my con
firmation arose out of the complica
tions .connected
ment of the Collector for the West
ern District of North Carolina. The
records of the Senate and the dele-
gation in Congress from this State at
that time will bear out these state
ments.
IT? . 1 M i
vvitn rererence to ; tne second
cnarge to whnh you reier, 1 beg to
say that it is not true that I am at
torney or agent, either secret or
otherwise, of the Southern - Railroad
I have never appeared for that rail
road in any capacity. It has never
paid me a cent-in my life, except
contribution made to me as Chair
man of the Committee in 1898, which
was spen t for ; the ben efi t : of ; the
party. 0 u, the contrary, I have ap
peared aud am appearing against it
in
years
law
prooaoiy sell for more than seven- hs a difference; between injustid from
teen or eighteen' thousand dollars, foes and injustice, frorri friendsThe
and it is encumbered : hv
- ' - ' . J 1 Vm.. j & , " -
mortggages of over three years stand- ference; the latter is sharper :;thari a
ing for eleven thousand dollars.' Even serpent's tooth; . t -J". , !
my home is -mortgaged for about My Democracy is without qualifi-
half its purchase money. ' - . . : cations. I stand .straight, square
I do my.banking business with the andflatfooted for every principle
Citizens National Bank of this city, and declaration in our platformsj
and its books will show I have not State and National',' and ' for Mr
had to my, personal credit at any one Bryan, the great leader of bur hosts,
time during the last two years as' There is a well defined and largely
much as one thousand dollars. successful movement in certain barts
When the campaign of this vear of ihe State to organize, against me
closed, the Committee was very much and in favor of one of . my opponents
behind.; There were a: number of certain interests and influences
urgent bills to be met, for . which I which, though usually acting -with
W s responsible. I borrowed, upon the Democratic Party, are - out of
the endorsement of a friend, from sympathy with and actually hostile
Commercial & Farmers Bank of this to some of its principles andrpolicies
city, one thousand dollars and gave, and more or less unfriendly to" our
it tothe Committee as my, contribu- candidate for the Presidency. 1 ! have
tion to the campaign. v no apologies, to make to anyone for
Painful as it ia(o do so, I deem it my advocacy of the "principles of t be
proper to make this statement about Democratic National platform ' nor
my private affairs that the people of iormyearuest admiration.andVsup-
thxs btate maV See how Uninst and rinrh nf Mr "Rrvan f s-nrl fnr thftRft
cruel are the charge with ' which it principles separately and collectively
is being sought to injure ana .destroy not for a 'part" of them, but for
my reputation. each and everyone of them. I am
During thejast three years I have glad that my position in these , re-
given to the Democratic Party a gards is fully understood in North
year of my ,ti me without any ; 'com- Carolina, because I do not 1 wan.1 to
pensation, haying actually borrowed secure any man's , vote; upon .false
lmoney,to pay, in part, my expenses pretences. . , .
while engaged in this . work, andI s Very truly yours,
have, also given-tmt. this ryear more - F,M. Simeons. :-.
than one-seventh, of my, net fortune. Denies That Bryan's Illinois Date
I have done this ungrudgingly and Have Been 6anolled
if my State should ever again fall Chicago. Sfpt..22. Senator J. K.
Jones, chairman of the natidnal
from which it has been rrescued. and Democratic committee, today denied
again wish my services, I .shall not theStory that dates for speeches; in
answer not now, but at a more pro-, illnois and other Western States by
pi tuous season. I have notmade, Wm -j. Bryan had been cancelled
ana ao not mtcna to mae any ae- and that the , Democratic candidate
mands upon tke party for thesft sac- jn Wnrry.to.NeW York. '
rifices. A party has a right to ex- ' Senator Jones declares that Mr.
pect, in time and money, sacrifices Bryan will sp?ak. in New -York on
f rom its adherants, but no party ez- 0ctober 16th, as ongnally ainnnounc.
igencies can require the sacrifice of d d tbat the pans have no wise
a murrfl nharnnrpr. Npif.hpr pan II. i ' i
believe that any man's candidacy. for --r -
nffinn will bi nromoted bv the assas Killed the Negro for Assault
sination of an oDDonent's character. Albant; Ga., Sept. 22. Mose
nniWfhe last three veara the Ingram, a negro servant in the house
many suits. During the last three . . sia have..heaW UD0U me a hold of in Dougherty county, was
o, pi uuiuuiuuu..! Fiac degree pf slander and vituperation killed by Mr. xarver lor criminal as-
lu maieign, i naye oeen oi coun- , .
sel in recoyering a number of judg
meats against it, one of them for
six years, Democracy in the State of
Nortk Carolina, has been straggling
to recover its lost supremacy: .
- Sinde : 1894, when Butler and
Pritchard , succeeded Bacsoni and
Jarvis in the U. S. Senate, the Dem
ocratic party ; x has aroused " every
faculty, stretched vevery n'ei ve and
energy, and called: together all of its
latent forces to redeem Ahe State
from the hands of thfr Populists and
Bepublicaus, and not only , do this
but make, it possible, when . the', time
should come, to sendl Democrats 7to
represent the 01d:North State in the
Senate of the United States.' V
By means of a " great, and sfc
leader a man of the highest coue-
Wants Cleveland back iu the Party.
'The Iroquis Club .has asked. Gro--
yei' Cleveland and Richard 01 ney to
speak, here; soon; under its auspices
against McKinley and for Bryan.
;Mr. Olney has promsed tb .do so.
There is doubt -as 'tor Mr Cleveland
but tnVclub. has, it! is intimated,
encouragement to believe that it will
"hear from him." .
" It has been represented ; to Mr.
Cleveland that he " "'cata put himself
and his followers back in ' to" the
party most fitting' through the Iro
quois Club, which fought for him in
the West before ne .was nominated
thelast time,5 stood with him ; du ring
his second term and went down with
what he represented in 1896. '
as
which never before fell to the lot .of sault on his 13-year-old daughter.
any man in the State. : I have borne Have you a sense of fullness in the
thpRp'assaults with natience. count- stomach after eatinp?
uiucu as aixtyatnree nunarea aouars, . WlmatA thili r waa coll. T. nl cp wpfUpd hv nRin
aud I now appear of dounsel in quite gidered Wortby.to gnffer m the nam0 obamberlain'a : Stomach and , Liver
a number of eases -against at,', in 0f tje canse for which I was strug- Tablets. Thev also cure belching and
Whlfih m v plionfa flflim 'flatYi!l3rPH for . . . j"t 1 .1 i rni.
j rt r izn , " ,p annse nas neen airecceu sour stoiuauuc. . j. ucy icauiatc tuc
from thirty to forty thousand - dol- " - n0t 0Qly aS an individual bowelstoo. Price, 25 centsr Sod by
rs. i am also ot counsel againsc u . , , - i W. K. iHamoncK.
in thp oaomonf naapi , DUU 1 nave UetU -ucuuuuicu uw
It is not tmp. that T am. or
have enemies of Democracy for everything
at any time been, a Secret agent, or done by the Democratic, Party which
attorney for any corporation or, per- has nqt pleasea them
son, nor that I am. a .lobbyist, nor
GOTO WASHINGTON.)
it for the grand excursion . to
Wa ahinrton over the N. & W.. - via
It now' seems 'that these charges Lvnchburpr, and the S -uthern By.,
" v - - . . ' r imiTLi'wiiAV .it ii riinrin. ei nr.n. ' n ii in
that I have at any time been :in re- made oy tne msiomsw uayc uewi ainrcm E.OXBORO tolWASHING
ceipt of any personal . income- from revamped and 'are being circulatea TON. "KiSr g
any source whatever excent such as to my aeenmeut uy men u mj uW ft-aoarm., and will retum leav
comes legitimately, to any ortn parCy, o u
VJaro na lawwr pninvinp a moderate way or. ine moiuuu i x.uilre. , ,,,.'.- knowc-S4.25. This
practice. I neither lobbied in tne ao oe.uiiuim',; j r,
last Legislature, nor discussed with Othersyea thousands of others, have
ib members snbjects'connected With felt the maiecuiana o powex
their duties not pertaining to general brooiss no opp
ledskfmr, nnha '"fil nnnstitu- blishment, of its purpose, and which,
W """J MUWM". W . WMW I- -. , 1 .
Uonal Amendment. the Election thongn It was nut wjp w
W t " k-v. nf4pntlv . become in ; this t country a
the Legislature of 1899 will dispute power pigh tier than "the man - him-
this statement. ' - self. ;
unrincr fha loaf fhvoa uPftrs. since I - Mix v v
For three years the enemies of pern
inrficv. with eyil and,ifcon8;;.ejci
have tur&d the searchlight of in
" ' . 1 p . M mk. mm mm AVAH '
ily, although re lit' economi-Upcction upon my u-
ally. . , . ja tcstniostoi if au x "u
I We been living, in Ealeigb, , my
thole income from all sources has
barely sufficient; to support nxy
is
the best opportunity ever offered our
neODie w) visit tuts iia.biuua.1 uauiiui.
Train stops at all stations from Box
boro to Rustburs. The manager has
RActnred for the benent of those wno
o-o on his excursion a rate of $2.00 a
day at the Metropolitan and $1.50 at
the Howard in; Washington. Go and
Tiq va a. crood - time; . xms wui do xne
last opportunity . you yrm nave to
visit Washington tnis season at sucn
a low torice. 'Remember thedate--
October lotn. or iurtner iniormation
address the the manager. . .
D. F. HANKINS,
' -Houston, Y a.
age and ability, our hopes , have
become realities, and all these things-
have been' made possible, and. that
leader was Hon. F.' M. Simmons.
Yes, the Senatorial fight is now on,
a fight no longer between -the Demo
cratic carty oh; onev. side and the
topulisrs and Republicans oh. the
otherj but a fight inj. the' Democratic
party alone. After having" passed
through such a political; crisis and a
return to -power by the Democrats,
Jbhere should' be no" fight in ourparty;
It is not t)nly un wise but more -it is
not just and right. ; 5 Democracy frcm
the seashore to the mountain's should
rise up with one patriotic voice1 and
send F, M. Simmoas , to7 the; United
States f; Senate to succeed 4 Senator
butler. 1 - '
FTM. Simmons is pre'emlnently
fitted for the position, "and, if par y
seryices are to be considered" then he
is most en titled to .1 the ?. honor.; His
strongest opposition Sfems to come
from-General Carr and his friends.' I
am willing and do. ascribe: all honor
to Gen. Oarr for his seryices to' the
Democratic party and his gehetosity,
b,ut he has no right or domain; that
for. one moment can be weighed
against that of Mr. Simmons in this
fight. . 't - J
Four years ago, after Democracy
bad been subdued and tits banner
was trailing in the, dust of defeat, at
he call of his party, like an armed
warripr, Mr. Simmons, opposing fus-
on with Butler,, rushed to " the"
aid of his party, picked up the trail-
ng flag, and hero-like, bore it aloft
n the thickest of; the fight, tu,ntil
ioday jt waves triumphantly in ; every
county in the State. r S . ..
None of us can ever forget the
fight, ;and '.the victory . won. :Shall
we forget the gallant i leader, ,F. M.
Simmons. ; Let us make our recent
victory complete and permanent and
recognize; honor , - and reward v such
services and not let the hre of grati
tude die out. lest we drift back, to
defeat. For internal factions are
morei to ;be dreaded than all the com
bined forces of our enemies, and this
is not the time . for dissension and
factions, inf .the Democratic party;
The enemy may be sleeping, but it is
not dead, and the day may come
when the services of Mr. Simmons
may be needed. -Don't let us ignore
him now. , ,
"Lest we forget, lest Tve forget;
' -c R. Hw Dowdt.
Roxboro, K. 0., Sep. 25. ?
to a
Campaign
t -Especial interest will attach
special article in t the
umberof : licClure's Magazine,
entitled'The ' Strategy of , National
Campaigns. x This article iii the
Op.tflViAr lHSnp will ftanTriho . enmo 1 rvF
the. most striking strategic measures .
adopted i by Presidential campaign
leaders during the past twenty five
years, concerning whidb almost noth--Tng
has hitherto been .divulged to
the public1 'at "large. The author, ;
doubtless because of tbe, .prominent
part he has' played in the struggles
describes, prefers to;write anpny '
monsly.' Mr. Hambridge's portraits
lllnstrating the articles are of ; unus- .
ual originality and merit.
: f Magic ChiUerine, the positiYe
absolute cure and.: pemaiisnt ; cure
for chills and fever, -at Jlczzitfto
dxuz store. No cue. no pay, 4
The following good- advice J3
dipped'f rohl i an observanf exchange:
"My1 son, follow not in the ' footsteps
of the loafer and' make no', example
of him who is born tired, for 4 verily,
I say 4into - thee,, their "basihes3, is'
overstookedinnd the seats on the cor
ners are ' all ; taken and whittling
places are, all : occupied; It is better
to saw wood at two bits a cord than
to Whittle in a loafing ) match , and
curse the gorernment. My son, while
thou has left in thy skull the 'sense
of a jaybird, break away from-, "the
cigarette :Inbir, for , lo, J- thy breath
stinketh' Jike. unto a. glue .factory,
and" thy whole appearance is i less in '
intelligence , than a. stone dummy.
Yes, thou art a cipher with , the rim
knocked off. - . V. ' !
r Mt. Tirzah Paragraphs.
J. G. Reade iost a, tobacco; barn
and contents Saturday .evening. 7.';. :Mr,;
Reade had the same misfortune ' last
year. '- ' ' , . : ; '
; Dr. A. C. Boyles is having lumber
t 0 story resiaence on the hill above
the Academy. -: : e V,
: Mr. William Speed and Miss Mbllie
Speed, of - Durham, spent Saturday
and Sunday with relatives and friends
hsre. ,' -. ',:'-x " ? - : "
; ;The best sewing machine on tha
market is the new light running
noiselessBall Bearing New Home
They last a life time and are sold ca
easy payment plan at . Morris Drug
btore. xUia macnines tanen as psrc
nav. ' Get the best. ' '
X J ' . -
325 acres of land at $2.25; per; acre
cash, by ' -; . ' - , '
3t ' ; -.- Ulackstone, va.
Fino Cfov7 For Sale. ; . J
.71 have a fine young Ijerrqy cow,.3
jcOT"oldf'cecoxid;,c'foslD the
pahi giving 21 gallcsa cf milt which I
willfcelltfiTcfjocc,ble pricc.:Apply
.. : lit Tirc:0u
$17.90. High-grade Ne7 Ideal
sewing machine 011 3Q days trial at
Morns Drug Store, ,
Sewing machines cheap at Lawccn
Bros. Co., Harmony, Va. , , -
v- Finest line new Stationery at Mor
ris Prng.Stcre.' ;
New lot ficcct Czi rt Herri:
DrctStcra