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Tl'ESDAY, JULY 2. 1900. THE ASKEYILLE DAILY CITIZEN. 3 UNTERRIFIED DEMOCRACY OF HUhUNl A Great Political Demonstra tion Monday. ' HUNUHEPS TURN OUT TO HEAR JUDGE MERRIMON AND HON. T. CRAWFORD. Camller, N. C. July 23. The stalwart and untpriifled Democracy of the Hom iny faction is Justly triumphant today over one of the grandest political tfi onstratlons ever seen In the couifty. The sterling and high class people of this g"od section turned out In great numbers to welcome those time-tried Democrats. Judge James H. Merrlmon and Hon. W. T. Crawford, and to show that in this y tar's contest between the white man and the black man that they stood regardles sof party where their fathers stood. And their demonstration was a sur nassniK success. There were 600 peo ple, at least, present, and very likely S00, and they gave the speakers an en thusiastic reception. The meeting had one sure sign that the people of Hom iny, Upper and Lower, are going to stand for white supremucy, and when that is named it needs no argument to convince any one. Jt was the presence of lalles In large numbers. They were enthu.-iastie, and brought great baskets of eatables and delicacies, cooked In the v-ry bi-st style, as they know how to cook, and they distributed them to everybody. -AH enjoyed themselves, and a great quantity of good things were left ovtr. Willi Uione ladle fur the amendment and Democracy, no one need doubt how the Hominies will vote. Everybody was made welcome, Itetuib livane as well as Democrats. The Dem ocratic can lidates were on hand, and as they are all popular men and well liked in this sictlon, they, like everybody elsi, utiv ,i;iYen p! nty to eat, und they woik'ed manfully, but had to leave a lot. The pj.-.aking was opened by Judge Mtnim. n. His arguments were learn ed, fill at the same timo very under standable. Judge Merrlmon is highly esteemed here, and when he stated that t In- while men bad everything to gain by the amendment and nothing possibly to lose, and that they should, in his opinion, all vote for it as patri otic citizens, we became convinced that the objection to the amendment is all a worked up scheme by officeholders, and we shall vote for the amendment. Our Congressman Crawford, whom wo elected to represent us in congress, and whom the Republicans turned out to please Mr. Pearson, and thereby threw out our votes, made a grand and unanswerable speech. The people of the Hominies are not the fools the uliieeholders seem to think, and we are nut going to endorse the unseating of f.....l 1,,. .-..i..v C.t. U.i.i o,,r. i.iieivi i-'j v uniig kvi xi-uiowiio ou porters. The rain interrupted Judge Merrl mon's speech, and we are sorry to say that some of the ladies got wet. The Weaverville band was present and made good music. The speaking was held In a beautiful grove on the banks of the creek near Gaston's store. "3 i!S MX ' s S!5 THE SUPERPOSED TURRET Gruesome Sights in Philippines K3 m s. Letter from Ben. S. Curtis, in Camp at Cotta Bata Si A letter from Benjamin S. Curtis to his brother, Zeb. F. Curtis, esq., dated Cotta Fata, Philippine Islands, May 29, says that his company has been there three weeks as a support to the Third battalion, but they have had no hostilities, though they are dally ex pecting an engagement. "We are sur rounded," he says, "by a class of peo ple whom we regard as very treacher ous. Their religion alone makes them suspicious, and we keep vigilant eyes on them. Should we ever relax our rigid military discipline they would at tack us at once. "This faction with which we have come in contact is known to the Ameri cans as 'Masso8.' Mahomet Is the god whom they serve, and they are pro foundly religious In their superstitious Ideas about the Supreme Being, The more men they kill in battle .according to this Idea, the greater will be their reward. The 'Massos' resemble the American Indian, having high cheek bones. They wear a peculiar headgear, which they buy from the local mer chants, paying anywhere from tt to $10 for the hats. They wear nothing but this headgear and a girdle. At one time they were an organized band of robbers' arid terrorized the whole com munity. I fear they would loot our commissary should it ever be located here. "We move tomorrow from our pres ent quarters to our new camp, which Is on an elevation Just outside of town. This Is a magnificent location, there be ing a very cool breeze at times. It is the most commanding position I have cheapest way for the natives to bury their dead, and that Is generally their last resting place. These are facts, anil can be verified by 600 Americans who use the water dally. "The rainy season hag get In, and It rains as often as the night comes. "The only thing we have had for breakfast for a month bag been boiled rice, a small bit of bread and a little ba con and gravy, which would more prop erly be called "bill-board paste.' You Just ought to sample It once. Our cooks are very poor. We get pretty respectable dlnnera and suppers fequash, beef, tomatoes, prunes, , etc., constitute our bill of fare for these meals. "I feel satisfied with what I have to eat when I look around and see what some of, my fellowmen are living on, or rather starving to death on, and It teaches me a great lesson of gratitude. "There Is a class of people here who have been taught that the more phys ical pain they suffer on earth, the greater will be their reward on the oth er side of Jordan. At one time they were a very Industrious people, but they gave way to thjeir foolishheath enlsh religion. I have seen as many of them as 100 at one time for they go In gangs with the look of agony on their thin, bony faces. 1 have given them something to eat at times, and they would die while eating It. This may sound unreasonable, but It Is true. One instance I recall was that of an old man who had become too weak to eat. and three of us picked him up and car I rled him to the shade nearby and Just I watched him starve, for all human aid I was gone. When we came to his yet seen to be unfortified. At one time ! rescue ne could do nothing uut turn th Snanish Quarters were here, and , "ls B'assy eyes upon us, lor ne cuuiu they resisted an awful attack, winning one of the most celebrated victories they ever won for the number of men engaged. "1 feel safe at this place during the day, but night attacks would be very disastrous. The 'Massos' are very brave, and, as I said before, very treacherous. On the northern part of this island they attacked the Fortieth regiment of U. S. V. negroes and kill ed several of them while asleep. Night attack ls a favorite method of warfare with them; they cannot stand open tire. Their only arms are the b lo, spear and arrows, which are all very danger ous in hand to hand conflicts. "The health of our regiment is ex ceptionally good, though we expect sume malaria. We have not 1st a man from our company so far, though I cannot understand how any of. us live. Just think of it! Our cooking water conies out of the Rio Grande river, which Is the only fresn water in miles of us, and it is not uncommon to see a dead negro floating down the stream. Some times as many as a Ji.zen a month go floating by. This is Uie not eat what sympathetic and lender hands offered him. Such scenes oc cur frequently, and the only reason we do not see them daily Is because they arc too ghastly for human eyes to be hold. These poor people have no homes, but simply wander from place to place in droves. The government of the United States does as much for them as is possible. They are given a quart of rice per day and 10 cents for what little work they can do. Two southern negroes can do as much as 40 of them. They cannot exist as a class much longer, unless It be by inter marriage with the 'Massos,' and this will hardly happen In our generation. If American missionaries could only see things as they exist, they would not think their work was done. Con ditions in Cuba were nothing compar ed with the conditions in the southern islands of this group. "We have not had an engagement since my last letter to you. Our colonel was not convicted before the courtmar tial at Manila. "We have three men from North Car olina here." YOUNG WOMAN PUZZLES THE CENSUS TAKER HER STRUGGLE TO FILL OUT THK SCHEDULE. From the Baltimore News. Braced and buttressed and superposed An I eased in a caik of steel The s. as may roar and the wa'Yi may pound And the hulk that bears me le I, Hut I am strong with the strength ol iion. And. u. for the voice of .n-" When they swing us out to thy battle line On tho breast of the bound;!';; sea! cue iw o three four, Boom and the death-bol'.s ily. l:- I and racket and ruck and rj.ir To tiie dome of the bending sky! Swc f and swing, with the uarter i b ar, And the engines throbbing true. I am the lourfold thunderbolt, The Maine and the lightning, too! Wtii and rivet and bolt and bar, Gaidon and post and beam: it' 1 to the deeps where the swivels ; 1 1 - A'.i I the superstructures gleam; Strong with the strength of the quad- And uiiied with the four way sight, V;ii; i ;(,d to care for the stripling bold Tli.it swings to me In the fight, li: nadsble on or straight ahead, Strike, or you die!" 1 say Gunboat, cruiser or armorclad, Skinned to the bone for the fray; With four for one and a double quick, -' death Is the song I sing When the sights are set and the grooves are wet, And my gleaming batteries swing! To crush, to shake, to rattle and rend, 1 ioai upon the foe. The deeps aduwn and the dome above To echo my thunder-throe. I land a hard, and the plate is pierced; A shell and the deck is swept; Amther, amlj 0 for tne red.apj.u.j foa m, And the deeps where the dead have ftepped! A starboard blow and a blast to lee, Hiding the column down, nder the sun and the stars I roam, And gather them 'neath my frown. snips of the line and the Jabbering fleet. What are they all to me mountain and mould of the thunder throne As 1 crush them under my knee! Swung and swivelled and set four- 'iuare, J"h my steel-bored guns to boom, "nen the lookout calls and the foe ap pears On the path of his utter doom; nung to hurl welcomers with ton for ton, trt'k'1'!llV(r anl rend them, too itn heaven to care lor the iy that tare Stone dead In a swirl of bluel One-two-three-four. boom and the lightnings leap! n .1 and aft ,n th roundelay fu.i h'thu"Je,"onRof thedep! Bas "J buttressed and luperp I tWpfn tn v- .. r 5,rAmln th of IW rrtect the arts of ie'l! From the New York Sun. The young woman who boaided in the house was the only membei of the family at home when the census man came. He had called in the morning without rinding any one, and had left Several large blanks to be filled out. The young woman was wrestling with one of the blanks when the bell rung, and she greeted the niild-inaniiei ed i eiisus-taker w ith effusion. "You've come just in time to save nn tottering leason," she said oiimai- !y- "Hey," said the census man, who evi dently wasn't used to being netted with airy frivolity. "I've been trying to fill this thing out truthfully, and it's so hard to be scrup ulously truthful. Now about my color. You see I'm in a transition stage be tween my winter color and my summer color. My freckle's aren't very bad j yet; but 1 guess brown and lemon color would hit me all right." j .ne looked very serious and sadiy ! puzzled, ami the census man, whos" j sense ol humor wasn't his strong point. Hastened to explain. "(h, you tb n t need to do that, i d jus; i all you w hite," he said. "No, would you'.' That's good of you, she murmured gratefully; "but there s Something else that bothered me. 1 don't know the year of my birth." The census man looked weary "Could you give a guess at your age?" he asked, apologetically. "Oh, yes, I'm 33, but I can't sub tract." "You don't look It," said the man po litely. "Well, I don't know. 1 may look a- If I could subtract, but I'm sure I don't look as if I could divide." "Have you got a profession, ma'am7" "They say being charming ls a wo man's profession. You might put that down." He shook his hea 1 with uncompli mentary decision. "Don't you do anything else?" "Oh, I paint poor pictures between times," she admitted. "Are you single, ma'am?" "Do you suppose I'd make a profes sion of being charming If I weren't single?" He admitted the force of the logic. "Now about the ludy of the house, miss?" "She's out." "Yes, but you can tell me all I havf to know." "She's awfully white; but I don't know how old she Is." "Can't you guess?" "Oh, yes, I can guess. Thirty-five's a good respectable uncompromising sort of an age. Call her 35." "Where was Bhe born?" "I don't know. She's lived In Wash ington and Denver and Boston and Co lumbus. O., and Jersey City. Tou can take your cholc." "Tou don't know In which of them she was born?" "No. I know where she'd rather have been born than anywhere else." The census man cheered op. Where? "Virginia. Fhe Just pointedly does ndore Virginia." "All tight. I ll put her down In Vlr- 'tlH." That'll be a real comfort to her," i.ld the boarder. ' What's your servant's name?" "Hei first name's Nora.'' "linu'l you know the last'.'" "No: and sin's gone out. What d you think her name ought to be after Nolan? Murphy would be all right, wouldn't It?" "Why. yes; I guess i ll put it Mur phy. 1 don't want to come back again. i ..u sec. 1 ain't making much out Pf my district. The families are so Ml, .11." He looked distinctly abused, and the boarder promptly apologized. "I'm awfully sorry there ain't more of us." she said humbly. "Oh, it can't be helped." he sUlud. "Now, my cousin, he's over in the '.m ement distiict. 70 and mi folks in o.:e t.euse; and. if they ain't In, you cun put them in. Folks will believe any thing about a tenement house. 1 toll my cousin I wasn't doin' very w . 11 that there was only private hous-s a a I furnished room places in my dis.i'c; am1 he says. 'Why, furnished rooms !: a cineh. You couldn't do b. tter ex 'id in tenements. Mix up German ami h is'i names,' he says, 'and scatter I hem aiound in those furnished rooms and nobody can jump mi you.' Hut they old pet jilii'I -d on i.nce. for that sort of business, and 1 guess I'll just t what I (an on the square. There's so many maiden ladits and wi lows lunning these boaidins and loon) . l i-.s tbi ir !i. ar.l th y've s i touchy ; bom tl-o-r u---. I w sh I'd bad a i . -n - -.ti--n t district. " i wish y u had." sai l the l:i: I"-, wit o !eep s inpathy. You've In en real pleasant an.) le 1 tnl. Th. r ain't manv thill's as b",p- fui as you. "In such a , ..ns. ieiuiousi the hoarder 1 assist the i!o this valuable REDUCTION SALE The Reduction Sale of last week will be continued this week with an entire change of program with each item a world beater in value and price. All Over Hamburg and Lace, the fad of the hour, at a sacrifice in price. All new, clean and beautiful designs. All Over Embroidery Fine quality of Swiss and Nain sook, very desirable, values 1.50 to2.50-- AOp Reduced to.. yO All Over Lace Fine enough for the finest organdie, sufficiently strong for use with ginghams. Values, 75c Clf, to 1.00- Reduced to OUC Remnants A large assortment of Mill Ends, fine qualities White Lawns and Chambray, at about one-half price. 35c quality reduced to 18c 15c quality reduced to 10c 25c " " 12c 10c " " 5c Two to 9 Yard Lengths. Remnants Chambray The best Manchester goodspink, blue and drabs, in plain and fan cies, value 1 2c Reduced to 7c White Quilts. Good quality White Quilts, full size, value 75c Reduced to 49c MEA.PS l 33 S. MAIN Full Assortment Narrow Velvet INext Wee Chinese Women. Chinese women ami a few women in Asheville are alike (but we are happy to say a very few), that is, neither like Improvement or anythiiiK above the ordinary. The Chinese Hoxeis hate Humford Baking Powder be eause it elevates and Improves. if you do not like to have your Hour or health Improved, why you had better not use Itumford. noi.il cause 1 couldn't y be anything else." saiil oftilv. ' It's a privilege t i ii-iimi"lif In nnrissiiitt information." all 1. Yes'ni." said the census man. nr. -fi! the 'loor behind him. THKKK 0KI:AT SPEAKERS. lie Southern Railway The North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN Agriculture Stock-raising, Horticulture, Mechanical, Civil and Electrical Engineering, Textile Industry, Chemistry, and Architecture. PRACTICAL TRAINING IN Carpentry, Wood-turning, Black smithing, Machine-work, Mill-work, Boller-tendlng, Engine tending, and Dynamo-tending. Tuition, $20.00 a year; Hoard, fH a month. Next session opens September 6th. Kntrance examinations in each county court-house, July 28th, 10 o'clock, a. m.; also at the college, September 4th and 5H1. For full information, address PRESIDENT GEO. T. WINSTON Raleigh, N. C. Hon. W. T. Crav. r.nil. H ni. J. M. Cu.lger. Jr.. ami Judjt" J- 11. Merrl mon will speak as follows: Big Sandy Mush brick church Fri day. July 'JT, 2 p. 111. Spring Cieek. Seiuin.11 y-Satui day, store, Grove, July 2i. at 2 p. 111. I Fines Cn-ek Near NoIuihI'b s Monday, July 3u. at 2 A. 111. Jonathan's Ci e -kS.ia.iy G Tuesday, July 31, at 2 p. m. No one should miss hearing notable speakers. DONALD 01 I.LI S, Chairman Dem. Sen. Com THE ONLY ESSENTIAL. these From the i;o?tn Transcript. Greene What's your idea of a rum tner house? Lan Oh, any kind of a buildi'itf that can be made to serve 'ts a 1 1 -Ki:ik' for a piazza PUBLIC SPEAKING. Additional Democratic speakings are announced at the following times ami places: Falrvlew college Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, July 27 Judge Thos. A. Jones and Louis M. Bourne. CASTOR I A For Infant! and Children. Tht Kind Yoo Have Always Bought Bean the Blg&aturt of ML: STANDARD RAILWAY OF THE SOUTH. THE DIRECT LINE TO ALL POINTt TEXAS, CALIFORNIA, FLORIDA, CUBA AND PORTO RICO. Strictly first-class equipment on all through and local trains; Pullman Palace Bleeping Cars on all night trains, fast and safe schedules. Travel by the Southern and you art assured a safe, comfortable and expeditious Journey. Apply to ticket agents for time tables, rates and general information or address R. L. Vernon, F. R. DARBY, T. P. A., C. P. A.T. A. Charlotte, N. C. Asheville, N. C. NO TROUBLE TO ANSWER QUES TIONS. Frank S. fiuaoi, J. H. Clip, W. A.Tirl 3dV.P.AQen.Man. Traf. Man. O. P. JL Washington, d. c. Asheville Ticket Office CO Pattoa avenue. Transfer offlcs same building. Baggage checked through from bouse to destination. i Summer Excursions! The Queen & Crescent Route forms cIomj connection at Cincinnati with the Rrefjt trunk lines Pennsylvania Lines, (J. R. & I., Uitf4 Route, C. Il.& D., . C. & O. ami Erie railways, handling through traffic expeditiously to all summer resorts of the North. Special Low Excursion Rates Are now in effect daily from all points South over the Queen & Crescent via Cincinnati, to Chautauqua, Niagara Falls, Thousand Islands, Put-In-Bay, Petoskey, Mackinac and all other mnntner resting place on Mountain, Lake and Seashore A New Ticket to Mackinac. You can bur a ticket to Mackinac now, at excursion rates, that will take you to cnicap;o, thence oy me paiauai iteamer Aianuou 10 macainnc, re- g turning via D. & C. iteamer to Toledo or Detroit and C. II. & D. Rj. to 2 Cincinnati (or the reverie.) A hner tummer trip was never onered. The famous resorts of the South are also open now. The sea son at Rock Castle Springs, Ky., Cumberland Falls, Ky.and Rhea Springs, Tenn., promises to be the most successful ever known. Queen A Crescent trains are palaoes of trarsl. Through Pullmsn sleepers dally from all southern elites. Parlor, observation and chair oars from Chattanooga, Rome and Attalla on dar trains. Frae reclining chairs from Chattanooga on Bight trains. Fast schsdules. perfect traek. "No sssolta. mo mt. dadara," . Mend for free Information as to summer maorts and Uumd A Crescent semes to O. L. Mitchell, D. P. A., Chattanooga, Tens,, or oali upon jrour Ucket ag anU W, i. MURPHY, General Xaaaget. W. C RINSARSON, Osn'l Passenger Agent CUtOXMATL ' llflffflll KM
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