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-ft V 1.00 a Year, in Advance. "FOR COUNTRY, FOR GOD, AND EOR TRUTH." Single Copy, 6 Cents. VOL. XL ' PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1900. NO. 17, v V i I u U y Nit. CI,KVEl,AXI) Ul'OTEO. VnxeKUli Policy tan hi the Proper Amerl Attltude. A dispatch to the New York Herald fro.n Princeton, N. J , says: "Ex-Preaiddtit G rover Cleveland has clearly defined his position in regard to Mhe Nicaraguan canal question. " In spite of the criticisms of his enemies Mr. Cleveland has upheld and will con tinue to uphold the high ideals which characterized the sentiments contained A. in his message to Congress on this sub ject. He takes the standpoint of high minded, unselfish patriotism. Mr. Cleveland believes that the Unit. d States tn all her dealings with other nations is to adhere first a ud foremost to an un selfish policy. 'Dj unto others as -you would have others do unto you.' should he the rule for nations, Mr. Cleveland nays, as well as for individuals. "The Philippines, he thinks, s'aould be self-governing because they were it dependent in the first place. Puerto Rico should be a self-governing nation when her ability fjr independence if rshown. In the meantime the United States is to be in the position of a kind father, giving help and advice where advice and help are necessary. Mr. Cleveland states as proof of the fact that unselfishness is the.best policy or nations the tendencies of modern ethical schools. Evolutionary ethics and the latest sociological themes built on the basis of freehanded nes9 and kind "Twess haye proved themselves to be the best solution up to date for the lifting up of the down-trod'ien and oppressed Mr. Cleveland s idea is, in brief, the doctrine of the golden rule. The Philip pines and West ludies alike are to be treated as brothers. "The cx-President is well known as a conservative in politics. Conservatism he takes to be temperauce through the golden mean in seeking a state of per fect peace and 'harmony as the ideal toward which all nations are arriving. Why not, says Mr. Cleveland, crown the work as soon as possi Ae by applying its principles to modern political and social movements, and give the principle of ideal justice a chance to show its ethca cy ? This is Mr. Cleveland's policy in regard to the Philippines and Puerto llico, the policy of justice to the in habitants of the islands, an ideal justice which ahall place the United States in a unique position among the nations "In regard to the Hay-Pauncefote treaty Mr. Cleveland said in an inter view this evening : ' " 'I have always been an enthusiastic , supporter of the furtherment of the ca nal's construction. My position has not changed since my reference to it in my first message to Congress, which has been recently quoted to a large extent x appreciate more tnan l can express the importance of the Nicaraguan canal project. I am heartily in favor of its consummation. " 'Any right-minded man should have no hesitation whatever in coming out strongly on the side of Mr. Hay. It seems to me that the only debatable questions are the details relating to the consummation of the canal, its subse- qent management and tne general poli cy of the nation. , " 'To me it is an agreeable and at tractive sentiment tha'tthe United States should occupy a unique position among the nations of the earth as being the altruistic and unselfish brother. It is ' esneciallv fitting,. in view of the ideals upon which our Government was founded, that the whole position of the Administration should be that the canal . is in the nature of a gift to the world and a contribution to advancing civili ZSt.OU.' . "Here Mr. Cleveland defined ad vancing civilization as applying the philosophy of unselfishness and even handed justice to all, even to the lowest. ' Oar nation,' he continued, 'is not to be either a land-grabber or a money grabber. Our ideal must be to bring about a higher development of the hu man race. The opening of the canal to all nations could not help but diffuse a spirit of unselfishness abroad over the world, along with commercial expansion r suiting. A bpau'iful sentiment of al truism would be diffused from this great country as a sua in the celestial system. I wih to emphasize this point. " I understand the Hay-Pauncefote tre.vty to be modeled in accordance with tho ge peral idea of absolute and un adulterated neutralization, which is be yond all q leetion essential to the con summation of thia great project. The United S afes must insist on a policy of disarmament. There must be no forti fications; everything muet be along the lines of universal peace. ' 'Our nation must better its political life. Unless that commercialism which is ramDant. in American politics at this " hour is soon checked and crushed under Toot the future will wrap in the coils of darkness around our cherished life, and we will settle down to the same dwarfed standards common among the imperial nations of the past before absolute dis integration occurred. 'What is urging on the United States at this moment to the posses-ion of new lands but the graspijg spirit of economic plunder, the curse of every nation which has gone down tjthe yawning gaps of obliviou ? - Therefore 1 ara in favor of the ratification of th Hay-Pauncefote treaty, the construction of the canal and its maintenance as a free highway to all the nations. " 'The views I held in 1888 and gave forth in my message to Congress are in principle what I believe at this time. The same larger political and expansive, j abundant national life sweeps through the principles, which I believe ought to be proclaimed today in even stronger tones. America is the flower garden of the world to sweeten with the wafts car ried from our shores the dreariest, darkest spots of the earth. We have enough aroma in the way of benefits to co around the globe, like the loaves and fishes of an ancient but true parable of the world's greatest teacher. I am con vinced that the nation which docs the same thing grows larger when thia giv ing is done with intelligent direction. " I detest the flamboyant methods of the war party of a nation, but I have as great a di9gusf for the namby-pamby dwarfs who are afraid to face tne lion of war when that war is just. A na tion like Venezuela, for instance, ought tojhave the support of a stronger coun try when the righteous cause of the weaker is imperiled and their liberty is endangered by tne unjust assaults of a greater and tyrannical power.' "Mr. Cleveland," concludes the Her ald's correspondent, "is ready for his two speeches on public themes to be delivered on the evenings of April 9 and 10. He will probably touch on the Puerto Rican and Philippine questions." Prohibitory Policy Pays. Topeka Capital, Sheldon Edition. One of the arguments the prohibition ists have constantly to meet is the finan cial argument. The claim is constantly advanced that saloons are of great financial value to a city, provided they pay a license. Topeka, the capital of Kansas, in Shawnee county, has for fifteen years refused under any circumstances to ac cept a whiskey revenue, and during most of that time the prohibitory law has been well enforced. Leavenworth, situated on the Mis souri border, has always, except during the administration of Goyernor Martin ignored the constitution and pursued a policy of license. During most of the time since the prohibitory law went into effect Leaven worth has had all the open saloons could support, all paying part of their profits to the citv. Under the auspices of the State Tern perance Union tables have been pre pared which throw some light upon the comparative values of the two policies. From these tables it appears that Leavenworth receives a revenue from the saloons (collected as fines), $36,500 where Topeka receives only f 400 legiti mate naes. xet the rate of taxation for city purposes in Leavenworth is half larger than the rate in Topeka lopeka spent more for public improve inents than Leavenworth, employed more teachers in the public schools paid them better wages, enrolled more churches and ministers and charities than Leavenworth, both in gross and per capita. The information upon which this statement is based is from the published reports of the United States labor com missioner, Carroll D. Wright. Should Noc Criticise Cblna. Discussing the murder of an Eng hsh missionary in China by natives and insurgent "Boxers," the New York Herald declares the events which are now exciting Virginia and Ken tucky should prevent American criti cism of civilization. "In no remote mountain fastness," comments the Herald, "but in the highly civilized State of Virginia, the ancient 'mother of Presidents,' two men are lynched by ft mob composed of 'American citizens.' The men were prisoners in the hands of and under the protection of the constitu ted officials, so that their seizure and murder was a direct assault upon the majesty of the law and the authority of the Commonwealth. Yet the Gov ernor of the State withdrew the troops from the scene, and the shenfi re ported to have requested their with drawal and to have offered no resist ance to the mob permits the prison ers to be taken out of his .hands and done to death. "Not in any remote provincial vil lage of Kentucky, but in its capital, on the very steps of the State Home itself, William Goebel was assassinated and the testimony now being taken indicates that his murder was the re suit of a deliberate plot among his po- htical adversaries. Armed and law less desperadoes were brought from distant home? to at least intimidate the officers of the law, if not, as is now testified, with the distinct pur pose of entering the legislative hall and there killing enough members of the opposition to give their own party a majority. This is not in the bcot- and of the Middle Ages, but in the sovereign State of Kentucky. Bul)y"8 Wireless Telephone Plan. Chicago Inter Ocean. The Rev. Ca'se Davis1, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at War ren, III., has a daughter nearly three years of age who is very particular about saying her prayers before retir ing each night. One evening last week her mother was detained from hearing her prayers at the usual hour and little Louise waited patiently some time. Finally patience ceased to be a virtue with her, and she climbed upon a chair and taking down the receiver of the telephone, shouted into it: "Hello, Central! dive me heaven. I want to say my prayers." DECLINE OP THE CI1CKCH. IH Cause as Described by a Methodist Minister of Ohio. Cleveland Plain Dealer. At the Glenville Methodist Episco pal Church last evening the Rev John F. Fisher, presiding elder of the Cleveland district, spoke upon the general topic of the decline of the Church. "A grave condition," he said, "confronts the Methodist Church. There has been a decline of 21,000 in membership during the past year. We congratulate ourselves that in the Eastern Ohio Conference there has been a gain of 2 per, cent ana in tne uieveiana- district a gam of 4 per cent. "The reason for this condition of affairs is a spiritual famine in the churches. The gulf between capital and labor threatens us on both sides On one side 'not many mighty, not many noble are called.' On the other strange forces are alienating the poor The labor unions organized most compactly are much influenced by men hostile to the church. Their gatherings are generally on the Sab bath, thus keeping the men out of our reach. The submerged tenth has been allowed to pass out to other agencies. "We seem in some places above our business. One border of this Church has been frayed by thin specu lations and vagaries of Christian sci ence. The powerful camp meetings of our forefathers have been super seded in many localities. The litera ture found in our homes is too often too light to nourish strong religious character. Books that furnish the reading for our youth are not selected with the same care with which we choose their friends. Amusements are sought after as if they were, a ne cessity; Like little children, people of all ages think they must be amused "The moral and spiritual forces of the church necessary for the building of great and Christlike characters seem to be side-tracked. In manv places the spirit of the world is domi nant instead of the spirit which is of God. With some of our people the services of God's house seem to be at tended when it is convenient. This has been brought about by self-indulgence. The spirit of self-indulgence which characterizes France has struck this country, and there is no use of denying this fact. "What we must do is to hold to the Word of God as the law of the Nation, and when sin threatens stand firm against it. One Object of the Amendment. There is only one object that is de sired to be obtained by thia amendment and that is to cut off a portion of the ignorant negro vote and prevent a re currence of such events as transpired during the last campaign. If I did not believe this was best for the colored race as well as my own I would oppose it, but I am fully convinced that it is best for all that it be made impossible for vicious colored men ever again toj dominate Eastern North Carolina Those who were there during the last campaign know that our people stood on the brink of a racial riot which seemed at times unavoidable, and if it had come would have been bad enough for the white race and awful in its con sequences to the poor deluded negroes ouch, a condition must never again occur. We have the race problem to solve. We must face it. The respon eibility is upon us. The adoption of the amendment will solve it and will settle the whole question quietly, peace' ably and without one drop of bloodshed It will be a spur to the coming genera tions, both white and colored, to secure an education, to improve their minds and fit themselves for citizenship. It will be a blessing to the whole people and its beneficent effects will we at once perceptible. Life and property will be safe, capital will seek investment, good government will be assured and a better feeling between the races fostered. E. C. Beddingfield. "Almost" Is a Poor Excuse. Here is some practical philosophy from the pages of the Inland Printer which can be read with profit and ap plied with advantage by all. There are men in this world who are successful, almost religious, almost hap py, almost well. But a missis as good tB a mile. A recruit who ia 5 feet 9 inches in height when the standard is 5 feet 10 inches is rejected just as surely as if he were only 4 feet in height. It is of little avail how valiant, how strong, how experienced and how willing to fight he may be. He is not up to the standard and so is rejected. If you run and jump 7 feet after a ferryboat leaving the dock and the boat is 7 feet away, you fall into 'the water just as surely as a little child who jumps only one foot, and you sink just as deep, for you both go to the bottom. Almost is a dangerous word. It looks so large and is realy so weak. What you require is a certainty. You want to be assured. You want definite answers. You want dennite things. Capt. Benjamin H. Marsh, one of Salisbury's wtll known eitizn8, at? , Oil lv n, ' ' mm J '. i c J um Aur,juaj t,UVSL dst about 10 o'c ock. Both the ri . . suits auu uie luugue wtro jmiun z :u - . :.i I iu. i i. I for awhile be was in a very sr condition. DR. PJSAUSO.VS HVL.ES FOR I.I VIVO lOO YEARS. Chicago, April 2.--Dr.D. K.Pearsons, the octogenarian philanthropist, who has given away his entire fortune of $3,500,000 and who declined the other day. to serve on the Dewey committee because it would involve the loss of his after dinner nap and possibly in terfere with his plan to live to be 100, gives these rules for longevity: "Most men dig their graves with their teeth. "No pies or cakes, no pains oraches. "If you overwork your liver it will tell on you to your brain by and by. 'Live like a farmer and you'll live like a prince. "Men can live without eating ten days: they can't live without pure air hve minutes. "Don't get angry and don't get ex cited; every time you fret you lose a minute of life. "Let a man abuse his stomach and he'll get fidgety, cross to his family and go to the devil. "Doctors say, 'don't sleep on a full stomach.' I take my after dinner nap just the same and I'm 80 years old. You can't believe all the doc tors sav. "I curea a man once by telling him he was a 'damphoor because he lm agined he had a dozen ailments. "If you catch a cold, lose your qui nine and eat an onion. "Give away your money; it's exhila rating and tends to longevity. The idea of giving while one's alive will become epidemic as soon as men dis cover what fun it is. I'm happier than any other man in the world. "There a lot of fellows down town who tell me they want to live a short life and a merry one. I want to live a long life and a jolly one in my own way. Some men like their clubs and society. That's all right. I don't belong to a club, and they couldn't hire me to wear a swallow-tail coat. "A. lot of men have a fine time with midnight banqueting and speech making. Let them go. I've a room up here on the hill, 200 feet above the city, with the windows open at the bottom, and it's as good as a pic nic to me to go to bed there at 8 o'clock every night. "I don't drink either tea or coffee; they enter the heart. A vegetable and a fruit diet will help a man to re main young. It's better than the fountain of life or the medicinal baths." A Proposition to Regulate Marriages. Charlotte Observer. The Governor of Colorado is credit ed with a purpose to include in his next message to the Legislature a re commendation that there be estab Ushed in each county a board with power to examine all persons contem plating matrimony, with authority to refuse license to such persons as it may find physically or mentally unfit to get married. We all talk more or less about paternalism, but this is government taking charge of the citi zen right. All States, perhaps, have laws forbidding the marriage of insane persons underage, and this, of course, is altogether proper, but further than this the State has nothing to do with the purposes of those who may be matrimonially inclined.. That is strictly the business of the contract ing parties,their parents or guardians. If the right of government to regulate marriages to the extent suggested is conceded, there would be no limit to which it might not invade the rights of the individual. We believe that in years long gone it was a rule among the Moravians of this State that when a young man concluded that he want ed to get married he laid his case be fore the church council and it selected wife for him. That was a large waiver of personal rights; at the same time the applicant made it volunta rily, or if he were not willing to make it he had the option of quitting the communion, indeed, it is lurtner told that a young Moravian named Waugh did not like the girl selected as a wife for him, and in consequence seceded from the church, and, after the fashion of Romulus and Remus, founded a city of his own the pres ent Waughtown. The Governor of Colorado would, however, arbitrarily forbid marriages in certain cases, though both parties were willing, and capable of making the contract, which is going a step further than was ever known before in history, civil or ec clesiastical. Mecklenburg Day, Baltimore Sun. An unusually spirited observance of Iecklenburg Declaration Day, May 20, ia being arranged for at Charlotte, N. A partial canvasa of tbo city a few daya ago resulted in the sub-" -f;on,of noil in moot. fh PTnenur'" I casion, and Una sum will " " - . ... afAmant win a.iiI - creased. Indeed, it hauu?er.BluV" v mined to make it a carni OI CQamy I0r ginning with May 20, ant"8' J am which promises many attr3 ful lv variet-i of entertainments Mebae, b" , 1 4 UEHEUAL SEWS. Aguinaldo, the rebel leader, is reported to be in Singapore. The papers there publish interviews with him in which he declares that he is going back to Manila. The Board of Governors of the South ern Cotton Spinners Association has decided that Southern mills should be advised to maintain present prices of yarns, as there is no prospect of a de cline in yarn goods. A mineral water has been discovered in Georgia which is guaranteed to cure the most violent spell of sea-sickness in j. few moments. Because of its won derful powers of relieving this dreadful affliction, the water is allowed to enter every seaport in the world free of duty The so-called "strike" at the Green wood, S. C, cotton mills, 'the Grendel and the Greenwood, has collapsed, and those plants are again running on full time with a full force of operatives i ne agitators wno attempted to cauee trouble have returned to Augusta, Ga. very much diBgusted with their failure The confidence of Democrats to de feat McKinley and the trusts i3 growing The claims for Bryan now include the solid South, Nebraska. Kansas, the mining States, New York, Illinois, Indiana and others. The question of platform is an all-important one, so far as the convention is concerned. Gen. Louis Botha has been appointed to succeed General Joubert as commander-in-chief of che Transvaal forces. A military authority who has had oc casion to read through all the reports of the German military attache with the Boer forces says they all go t) show that General Botha has the greatest military capacity on the Boer side. A Complete Answer to the Talk of Re publicans About the Fifth Section. Q. The Republican politicians say tne court will Hold tne oih section or the grandfather clause, so-called, of the amendmentuncon8titutional,andtbe4th section, or the educational qualification, -Constitutional. Is there any truth in this statement? A. Absolutely none whatever. This is altogether the most absurd position the Republican politicians have taken against the amendment. Every tyio in the law knows that when several sections or provisions of a law constitute parts of one general scheme of legisla tion, so that those voting for it would not likely have voted for one part or section without the other parts or sec tions, the whole must stand or fall to gether. Moreover the people are going to vote for one amendment, nor for two - or three separate amendments. They are going to vote for the whole amendment, and not for detached parts or sections of the amendment. The courts cannot say to the people: "We will make you take half of what you have yoted for, but we will not let y m have the other half, though you voted for it as a whole, though you might not have voted for one half without the other half, indeed would have votpd down the half we force upon you, with out the half we deny you." Tbat would be the court amending the constitution and not the people, and no court has the authority to amend the Constitution. So it is too clear for argument that theBe tvo sections of the amendment must stand or fall together. Republicans Will Vote for the Amend ment. Western Republicans especially are showing independence. This week's Shelby Aurora contains this card from a life-long Republican : Editor Aurora : I have been a Re publican for twenty years and want it understood I am in favor of the amendment . I believe if we drop the negro our party will be strengthened in the South. I believe in white su premacy and the leading principles of the Republican party. I am a subscriber of the Aurora. Walter Lankfokd. The Wilkesboro Chronicle says edi torially : "A Republican who has been prom inent in Wilkes politics and has held office in the county, told us last week that he was not opposed to the amend ment and would support it. He said that some of the revenues had tried to get him to join an anti-amendment club, but he told them that he would not do so, that there was enough of the hired revenues to run their clubs u-itlinnt. lnm That, is lri H'v talk it. Let the re -.:ol onrl rnrolnn negro suprenv- - h;t man -th rrinuy1T,a ml tcturing his skull. Boone passed They; ; f;ne coiorej part, yelling:. Whit'" . ,!., l,;liJ K.irvrl n,K;a men I Vll .nd now I'm going to slaughter niggers." Eight or ten white men with drawn pistols followed him. He turned and ID' o fired twice. Ten shots were fired iu the coach several etriky -"""vine, fatally, " all wound ; l --- 5 m. y' tr&i" f TART, TERSE AS O TIMELY. The Democratic party owes the ad ministration thanks for jamming the Porto Bico tariff through Congress. 'Twill make thousands of Democratic votes. Senatora who recently visited Cuba say they found a universal sentiment among the Cubana in favor of the early establishment of the Republic of Cuba; but Mr. McKinley seems in no hurry to do it. Whacks for' the administration are coming from all quarters. The Japa nese newspapers are accusing it of hav ing broken pledgee in Hawaii. The president of the Porto Rican To bacco Company says that 15 per cent tariff will shut Porto Rico tobacco out of the United States. That isn't a very nice way to treat our new territory, but it is what the trusts desire. Represent itiva Hay, of Virginia, thinks th-3 best way to head off the im periali8tic tendency to set up a big standing army, ia to encourage the National Guard and make all citizens between the ages of 18 and 45 liable to service therein. He has introduced a bill appropriating $4,000,000 annually for the equipment and support of the National Guard of the several States. Tom Reed's latest name for President McKinley "The Emperor of Expedi ency" deserve to stick. It is a per fect fit. Having got their second wind, the Boers are making it plain to the Eng lish tbat the war is by no means over, and emphasizing the information by the capture of English guns. liive Mouse In. an April Fool Eg(f. Binghaniton, N. Y., Dispatch, 1st. As the result of an April tool joke, Edith Walrach, of Camden, who ia vis iting friends here, is said, to be dying. Miss Walrach is 19 years of age, ani a sprightly young lady of very nervous temperament. She came to thia city a wrfck ago to visit friends, and in the family where she is stopping i8 a young man very fond of practical joking. He and Mies Walrach were fast friends and he determined to have some eport at her expense at the breakfast table. Procur ing a small live mouse he fastened it in an egg, covering the opening with plas ter of Paris. Thia was brought in with the breakfast, and when Miss Walrach broke the shell the liberated mouse made its escape. She gave a scream and fainted away. On being restored a spasm occurred, and during the day she had three nervous fits. The physician who was called pronounced the case one of acute hysteria brought on by the sudden fright. Indications are at present that the cotton manufacturing industry will con tinue very prosperous during 1900, and it may posBibly continue so during 1901, as there ia no evidence of any accumulation of unsold goods anywhere at present. Exports of cotton goods aies falling off somewhat, however, al- , though the southern mills are still very busy. It is simply a question of time aa to when production will again over take consumption, and there will be another glut of goods, a falling tendency in prices and reduced profits. "Good morning. How do you do this morning?" said the duck, meet ing the hen. "None of your business," replied the hen. "You are no doctor." "Quack!" squawked the duck, an grily. "That's what I said," cackled tht hen. Look in Your Mirror Do you see sparkling eyes, a fcealtay, tinted skin, a sweet expression and a grace ful form These attractions are the result of g;ood health. If they are absent, there is nearly always some disorder of the dis tinctly feminine organs present. Healthy menstrual ornu mno oeaixn Wins cf Gasdzsi I takes av? ay all terrors by stren' "tlnj; , the vital organs. It fits am X baby's comlnsr. By revitaUzik X nerve centr' xti? Trou,-,.- a. (crowing y, ' '""W" weak gro. 'nod- I J
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