North Carolina Newspapers

The Gastonia _ __ _ n*Tota4 to tho PrvUeUon o| nwat and (ho lntuw.u ol. XV III. Gawtonla, N. C,. November 18, 18»7 ftSCftSSl No 46, MAJOR JONEi By riajor Joseph Jone LETTER XXVIII. riNKYtLL*. 3*., April Id—To Mr. Thompson; Dwt 81 r—Ever isuts I rood Urat pises In the Spirit of lh« Times whar the editor ted he would walk a hundred mile* Jest to Minks bauds with ms. I’m hen moustroui noxtuua to git acquainted wllh him. Out It’s nlch s terrible long ways to New Tork, aud cotton’s doom no low, 1 ’m 'fraid 1 woul never lues the pleaa nro of teelu him In Una world. But If I shouldn’t there'* one coosolatloo we literary coeo’i got over other people, and that la we cau ’form 'qnatntaoori and fnendtlilps by our writlna, with out ever seen one another, and, beln aa aoma or ue mint so great beaulira, perhaps If* as good a war a* enoy. rlisy aay he’* s motilrout grate, long. gauder-Ugged feDer, aod he may be ’bourination ugly fur all I kuow; but thof’a ooe thing I’m oertalo of—he mast be a (mart man, and a man of fuxt rate taste, or he wouldn't like my writlna eo uiuch. T’ve been tblokto abont wrllln him a letter one of three days, but the fact la, aenee >ail Kebu ary, I bato't h.ul much Ume for nuthln. The bsbv’t boon cross u llm tnlachhif, moat all the time sense II had the birrs, and Mary, she's hern allln a good deal, ever irnse she gH that ter rible share last month—aod thou you know Ibis llise of year we planter* I* nil a* biasy as we can be, Sxlo for the crapi .souim very uncommon natal luck place down here sense I writ my laal letter to you, only t'other day a eataa trrfy happened In our family that coot in‘.metro us uigh puttlu a rand to tbe wholo generation of us. 1 was never so sheered out of my srniri in all my born daye, and [ don't b'lleve old Mist Stall1 ns ever will ait over I1. If she was to live a thousand years. Hut I’ll tell you all about it. Last Monday morning all of ns gut up wall and aa litany aa could ha, aud 1 sot In our room with Mary, and played with the baby till brack last lime, little tblnkln wnat was gwlue to huppeo ao soouu. The little feller wss iurnplo aud crow hi an l coulda’t hard ly bold him in toy arms, and apreadlo his little mouth, and laugbln Jest like ho koow’d evury thing we ted to him. Rlmeby, snot Prissy come lu tell us breekfast was ready, and we all went into t’other room to Mi, 'rapt sister Kosiah, who sed she would tiny and take care or little Henry Clay, till we was done. Mary’s so caretul site wont tiust tbe baby nooe with ooae uf the niggers, not a single mlnlt. and she’s always drsdful oneasy when Krai ah's got it, she's so wild and ao aareleas. Wall, wa sot down to breekfast, and Keslah aha scampered op stairs to her room with the baby, lumplo it up, and ftiaaio It, and talking to it as haid as she could. “Now, sis, do be careful of my pre cious little dnrltn,” sea Mary, loud as al»e could to her, when she was gwlue up atmlra. “Ob, eatyonr breekfast, child, and don t be ao UrriOed about the tmby,” era old Miss Stalline—“you don’t al low yourself a mlnlt's peace when It’a out of yer tight.” loin a ract, — M« »Ut*r Carline, ... w£Dt *•* nobody do nothin foe little Harry bot hrraelf. I know 1 wouldn’t be 10 cniy about no child of mine. "Well, but you know ilater Klx Ik ao 5“r*l**- I’m always afraid abe'll let It a wallet something, or gll a fall some way.” set Mary. “Tut, tot,’’ sea the old woman, "tber ain’t no acute In Urlu ull (bo time skeerad to dralli about nothin. People’s got enough to do In ibis world to bear tber tronble when It cornea, without atuddylu it op all the time. Take some of them mod hot corn tmiffloa.” era tbe, ’Ihey’s mighty uie#.’* Wa waa all ratio along—the old wo man was talk in shout her garden and the frost, how It hap nipped bet log llsh peas, and I waa Jett ralcln my oofTee cop to my mouth when 1 heard KcelaU Krwm out—"Oh, my lord! the baby! tbe baby!" and keraplaali I It come right down slain on the floor. Llgbtnlag couldn’t knocked me off my aaat qufeker. Down went Uie cof fee, and over went tbe table and all the *IU'W- aeresmed, and oM Mlaa Maillot fainted right away In her cheer. I waa ao blind I could hardly are, but J never breathed a brath till 1 grabbed It up iu »y arms and run round tbe bouee two or three timet, be fore I bad Urn heart lo look at the pore Uihig, tc aee If it waa dead. liy thla time the galla waa holt of my ooal tall, holler I n “April Pool I April Pool I” aa hard aa they could—and When I come to look, f had nothta In my anna but a bundle of raga with lit tle Henry Clay’s oluibee on. 1 shuck all over like t had the sg«r. and felt a monstrous sight more like eoteln than lsmdiln. ‘'April Fool, donation I” ace I. "Fua*» fun; trot I’m dad blamed If there’! any fan in any ateh doina,"and I waalmt gwlua to blow out a little when I heard Mary aereamla for me to come to her mother. When we got le Ike din In room, ther okl w’^ keeled orer In her ebttr, with her eyeeaot In her head and aoon neoffln atiehla la her mouth. Mery waa tufcle on at a terrtMa rate, and all the could do waa to W clap lier hand* and holler. P “<*< 1 »o*ber’» dyln ! wl"‘‘kah*bT * Oh my pc,, Mih. er I Oh, my dartle baby." t look Mary, and aplalnedllall to k*'.“4 u}!?w Quiet the core ga||. •WJ M Um •“«*•*• Rut It took all aorta of raUrin, and .▼er aomoefa ateufedliy. end mmvdre and hartatmrn. and burnt ben'a totb fT*. to bring her loo; aud then elm wouldn’t Kay brnng too omr’i a mlult before ahe'd keel oyer eels a ad I do btileya If they hadn’t brnag little >’ COURTSHIP. #, of Pineviile, Georgia. Henry Clay to liar, ro she oould sm blm and feel him, and bear him iquall, •lie never would got her senate agin. Sli« ain't mom'll half ut lienelf ylt. All the gslla kin do they cant maketxr understand thn April Fool blvjnwio. and the wou't let nobody else but hereell nuts tbe baby over sense. As soou as ! had time to think a lit tle, I was Mi monstrous glad It wasn't no worse, Uiat I nouldn't stay mad with tbe galls. Hut T tell you what, 1 was • terrible rslhy for a few ml nl Is. I don't L'lleve in this April foolln. Last year the galls deviled me almost to death with ther bone)liable nonsense, sowlnuptbe Hie legs of my trowsrs, puncliln holes in the water gourd, so 1 wot my shirt bumm all over when 1 went to drink, aud healin the handle of tbe long*, and cutltn tbe cowhlda bottom! of lbs cheers luoaa, so I'd fall through ’em when I went to set dow*. und all sloli devilment 1 know the Dlbla see there's a lime for all things; but I ihtnk the least a body has to do with fool htalecta at any tlma the bet ter It U for 'em. I'm monstrous tlrud of alcli dolns myself, and If 1 didn’t think Urn galls hod got ther fill of April foolin this time. I’d try to git a almynaok next yssr wli.t didn’t have no fost dsy of April In It. No moro from your friend, till death. Jo*. Jokes. (rne it*D.) w. X. t . ArruH. I'MMkewl tr»u Oil kj Mr. Bon*’ °l*P*a» at Bra Tor*. Aikvmic maun. Read. ™ of lliu Citur* will remember l(,»t record wm duly made of tb* nota ble fact Hint Garorgn E. Hogg* of Hay wood won prlan on apple display* lu New Votk recently. lu tbi* conoec tlon the following from tire Philadel phia Ltditr of October 2Mb la of Inter eat: "A very atnrlllng fact for our apple Brower* to ihla year'* exhibition I* tbe wonderful ditplnj of fruit sect from Ui* monutalua of North Carolina. Every tpeoimiu I* tbe blgheet type of It* kind. With than aa theelandrrd. every similar aort In Lbs show fall* kbort In color, site and general appear ance. And, unlike moat ‘picture fruit,’ they are not ‘apple* of Sodom,’ laalelet* *Ld poor keeper*, but Are a* good lu flavor and as found a* they are beautiful. “North Carolina lie* much tucun Ulnuui land, and, between tbe efforts made by capitalists arid tbe teachings of the experiment station fruit grow ing Is being given increasing attention. It all meapi that fruit grower* who uow hold tbe market must do belter or be coolant with second place.” WW Ike SUU rslf I*. •VMkml BaraMrr Failure I* a cbarltsble won) lo use of tbe recent State fair. It waa not only a failure, oa it baa bean for yaare, Qoanciatly; but It waa a failure in all oilier rcspeote—ecoept at bereluafter •liowu. It waa a success fur tbe sa loons, for tbe fakirs, tbe faro gambler* tbe Him Hammers, tbe aide show* and all that mike ruble crowd of fair-follow ers whose busli.es* It I* to foot those who are weak enough to fall Into their trap. And by the same tokeu It waa m shame to our Slat* whuae mousy It spends anil whoae name U bears We proteat that Uw gentlemen wbo bare direction over ths fair ought to aban don It or elevate It; and that tbe (Mate whleb patronizes it ought to keep oat the gamblers and fakirs or withdraw from It. As It Is Uw Institution serves iu main purpose a* an Instrument of humbugs, and worse, of gamblers and knave*, and a feeder for saloons. If It bea the pomlbiUty or good lo It. U Is more than oft sat by the evil whkh it covers, nurses and feeds. Gambling, against tbe law, went on openly at the recent fair under tbe patronage of the State of North Carolina. Waa there ever a more wretched refleelloo upon the State T The saloon* ware opened *1) day and all night In tlw capital city in honor of the event; was there ever a Onerevidxuue of Lite degradation to which Uw fair baa oome t It Is a prlvtte institution In esesoee; run by a corporation; proHte, If any, fur the stock holder*. It Is publle In that it reeelvss an appropriation from tbo Slate, oue of those appropriations tbe imalloess nf which soothes Uw wenk consciences of the legislators who throw It away; but It It not too suwll to save. Swiss for OsetraMS Mss. Koitrun Journal. D14 you if«r think I row a um arra»d mnn could wash bis band ? This area n panting question fur n loeg time to y»3og Ur. likhard Iltlms, of Mt. Carmel, wlro had the misfortune to low one of bis arms soma year* ago. He sat to work lo study up sots* swans to accomplish this sod. sad bassao oeeded In lavMtlng a devlas that doe* tha work exactly, with a sponge. It worked an well that he made mother one and sent to Mr. John Richardson, wbo bad to have some one tie* to wash lb* only hand he baa for some tweet* odd years. Now tw one do It himself. ARP AND THE INDIANS. A HISTORY OF THE TBIBEB *• T*(J ■»! r«l»nn, ml ai. Usk, • vary Lnrai* ud lilMrM a«. lltaiM.- AaaMtr InlrraaHag let ter *■ lh> Bad Baa. DIU Arp In Atlanta CowUlulion. It aeams to me that [ am ha an tad by Indiana. Tbo other night aa I game «•*» “»»n A® Atlanta ay friend Judga Hal], introduced m toDr. P«. irrauo, of 8t. Louis, a vary lea road and cultured gentleman, wbo was con. uected with the ethnological depart ment of the government and was en gaged In examine Indian mounds and lu writing op tbs history or Uta Indian tribes, especially of lbs flva tribes known as civilised, vl*. Lb* Cherokee#, Creek*. Chickasaw*, Choctaws and tvmlnoles. A* these were our Indiana I baeatn* much Interested In hladia '““r*- for bi had bean careful and dlllgtol In bla research, and wbat be know, be knew wall. We talked eboat Dety'to and how, with a hand ful of brave soldiers, he overrun ibis country nod took caiklra ns maay In dian girl* as bl* wtr* wasted. “Why dul not then Indiana nvar wlislm Desoto and liU band hi I of fol lowais snd extinguish thsmP I asked ’‘Dacauss.” said tbs duotar. "Ibay ware paralysed with fsar of this new and aggressive r*a* of ptupie—Just aa the Peruvians were paralysed by PI*, arro, who overran sod conquered Pern with lam than a hundred man.” The doctor list bvtu to Easluro North CUrcllna Investigating the tribe of 4,000 OoaUua over there. They were originally called flattens Indi ans, but About three hundred years ago Sir Waller Raleigh planted a colony of Bugllali and Portuguese on Roanoke island aud put them la charge of Gov ernor Jiiftn White, a wry practical and ecoomplisbsd rmtlMsan. A. fair days Governor White’s da ugh ler. Eleanor, who bad married a Mr. Dsrv, gave birth to a child and aba was named Virginia, and so Virginia Dam was the first English child boro on A merican soil. Let tbs boy* and girls remember that. Hut no man knows anyibiug more of her. Governor WUIU end Sir Walter went hack to England for supplies and farming tools for the eolooy and on their retain trip got In to a fight with some Spanish cruisers and lost tbslr cargo aud many of MiMr men and had to go back to Kogland. and It was several years before they made another vesture, and whan they arrived at the Island the colony was nowhere to be found aod littls Virgin ia has never been beard of. The colo ur left some marks on a tree pointing to au Indian town called Crostau, but Ibc town waa deserted. The doctor’s •uveatlgstlao* have satKQad him that the colony did not perish nor wen they killed, but Ural the maa wanted wlvee and went Into the Interior and co-hablted with tbe Oroatans—for It was found a hundred years altar that these Indiana were of mixed oolors end ““7 °( i»**« broken or mixed Kugtiah sad Portuguese, although thsy bad no Intercourse with white people until the colony came ncr for a Imu dred years after. lie believes that Virginia Dare probably grew up with tboea Indians and bee descendants are now of mixed blood. ii leeoi taat uwa Croetaoa were never Americanized until the last eltil war, when many of them cam* to Ui« front wllb their goni and said they wanted to Bgbt aome. They were ae oipted and enrolled and did fight for Uie Confederacy. Durlon the war there w.*a an eiacUon held in a oounty where jo me of them lived, and they were persuaded by an ambition* ctn didate to go to the poll* and vote for him. Tbeir vote* ware obaUeoged by the other fellow upon the ground that they had tome uegro blood la tbalr vein a. They wera very Indignant and aald. “When you want ua to fight for you, we are war m white folka: when we want to vote, you aay we are nagdra.” And ao a committee of four doctor* waa appointed to examine them and aay what they were. The committee took them out to a candy place in the road and had them taka off their almrc and make track* bare footed. Klve of them made very fair Angto-SMon track! and win accepted but of Ike other two uta report waa that the bellow of their feet made bolea to the ground, and they wen in jected. There an tome of them Croa tourn on Hewnea’a rtdga, tn Teoace aev. I remember that, aom* yean ago a party of na were riding ia the nmro “f ®11 the, *Ute road, and whan wa reaohed Klngatou s colored oonwntion of preacher* get aboard nad claimed tbe ear. Sanford Dell ordered us out and wo retired, of oouruy, bat om man did not move. He waa a dark, eeda varooa lndiridoal, witk black eyes aid bleak hair. “What an yoar'aaked Sanford: “are you a white man or a nemo ?" He am tied and aald—- Mine fader a PoriaQt-e, mine madder a ea ger." Sanford looked perplexed and, turning to one of the colored preach’ era. mid: “What mart i do with himf" and Im mid: “Lei him atona, l reckon." I learned after ward a that lie I waa a Croatia. Ann BOW 10 I«rp up M* Indian mumUoo I am reealelng pw from tha terrlion tliat aeqtaUat aw with the peculiar altuatlon of tha trlbaa oaat ibrra. What ahull be dote with thalr laada la th* great qawtloa. Tha Uawaa oomalmloa appointed by ooo greaa waul* to divide Uw laada per Py*0* U»K» to Uw white aian If thee etwoae. The (Iboctawx will gat 7u0 acr»«, aod afamtlj of Ur, will Uwra *■»7-<W wsra. aad win ba tampdad to aall moat of It. Tha full »«»t tb# land# divided, but Uw mixed blood• da aad they era in a large majority, aad an la a fE t eaietl>e Indian'a autonomy win ba —■* far*wr ha will ba min gebtwd aa a ward ef Oa oat loo. la a few Jreara Uw (ea cl rlined trlbw win low thalr Idea Illy and Uulr laada wui ba absorbed la the mettled mam ef American heoaalty. Thla la what I •Vt ood they are eNj •ditad. Whet » aad finale teaonoe proud, rich and happy rue of people. T^PWre tail of an 180,000 et.el ind a 81*0,000 Meal, and say that sow A elf railroad ooipgraUon bxi cot a Bomr In Urn ala £d thTiStanZund muae go. Enough votes arlll be bOD*h.t.!? en“*rvea to force the allot maut MU and then will ootae a aeooud Oklahoma. In apeak log of theea Ik Inga. Or. Peterson got exalted and Tb*« natlaa la a natieu of rob bars and It Is aad alway* baa been a (BAXlai of Adi1o<(Ukoq utopia — “Thatthey may lake who harolhe power. Acd they may keep wbo oan.” Speaking of Indiana haunting me, 1 naeleed a letter from a northern gen ii?®?0 a great feror to gat for Mm an anelent ante-bellum powder born—on, with a history If PosalMe. **11, they are aata-bullum. end so I found one that bad bees laid aside for half a eenlary— oo« that ear rlad powder to Jackson’s war with the Seminole* In Florida, end Ku the odor of dead Indiana aud bo donht has bc#n in it the death of linart and pad* theremud wlldeals InnumaraMe. Ire member when these powder home bed raokaod eland log in the bones and children looked upon them with fear end rvreranoo, but one day the per oueelon lock mm# along sad eooa after the breech-loader came along, aad tlie powder horn was bang cm a high Bell r'Jw *77} there ever etaee. Elko the ludlan's bow end arrow. It bat eurreodered to the march of pro gress and civilization. rH* *rni: rur. rulnau. SITM bT Laker Coalv r ■MrtrL Aa»«vUlo Utlaun. <*• Y. Hamrick, oommlaetonar of La bor Statistics fur tbo Bute, i* here on ofleUl basinets. u making an effort to ascertain the qaaniity of to baoeo and apples raised In snd shipped from the various western coentlea dor Ing the past season. Basing hla figures upon Information galliornd from correspondents, Mr. Hamrick estimates that 1000 barrels wsre raised in end shippsI from this county, while Haywood hands the list with so estimated 3i,(X>t barrels Me Man Mould St Allowed ■ Xooopolr •fleal or Waive. lUlilaoro Hon. Io Washington in 188b Mr. CHorge (tbo late Henry George) spoke before the Howard University. A* la well known, be always, after a speech on hla beloved topic of tingle tag. wanted questions from bit hearers, to which lie replied. On this occasion a large num ber of Congress cnee wars present and one from a far WreUru Bute said: “After all. Mr. George, you advocate a eytum of confiscation of properly. If 1 should uke wild land sad oultir.it* and beautify it, ( would have won un disputed title to the land ILsulf. and you should recognise my proprietorship In IL'* There was loud applause. Mr. George replied: “1 thought that 1 had explained that all ImproreasnU ought hj right to be long to tbo improver. O.i that we agree. I go farther. All that you prodooe out of the laud by your labor ahould belong to you. If I should saa yoo sitting on llie seashore Ashing, and should tee yoo catch a large Ash, or, In other words, bring forth or produoe that flab, I should maintain your right to It as your property, to use. to sell, lo give or bequeath; bat I'll be hanged, sir. It I’ll agree that you own theooaaun from which yon prod coo that fltb. )<Md stands In the was relation to man." The sppItuM after this sally waa deafening. ——ana—P—1 Tkh Waaia Ctan'l r*«M. Boatoo Traveler. ▲ nloe young mao resolved tba otliar day to pnwtit hit beloved girl with a nice pair of ehoei. He eooordlngly *a cured her measure ar.d purchased a #4S0 pair. In order to make tha prev ent appear more valuable, ho marked •0 upon tha eolee of the ehoei, nod. *r bit request, theihopman, who was a friend of bit, put a receipted trill of 90 Into out of ibam. Tba presentation waa made, and the lovtrt were happv, aa lovera should ba. Hat mark the teqael: The girl examined the thoee lo daylight and was not euitScd. Slit waa eonvtiaeed her lover had baeu cheatod is tha pnrobaee of such a pair of ahooe at that price. She decided to go and ohanre the eboea and obtain a bettor bargain. Tba next day (be ap peared In the abop sad selected a pair of ihoaa. price 84, aod politely reqeet ted the clerk to take hack the shoes for whieh aba eald her boebend had paid •0. The receipted WU wee produced Ic proof, end the boot Otau found it in possible to go •‘behind tbe returns ” The smart girl took her 84 pair of those end obtained |2 la money end weat home heppy and aatlehed. The boot •slier eent a trill for 84 to the young man, who promptly pal# the dlfhvesae, bat be tkioki that girl e little too Heart for him. Mr. 8mb Colmt ha* qnita a remark. aMa agg. It la an ordinary looking ban agg axoapt tha a mall andar aix«. It waa takas out of a naat a few dan ago with a lot of othm* and whaa laid dawa It are* fooad that it would only llo In a aprwto poaltioo. It alwrataa liaalf aimoat aa onaan*—tha aaaall and of tha agg—and whaa laid lo nor otbtr . otbar poaruoa Imaaadlataly wklrla bank to that point aa If tbara waa aoma niagoatlaaa at that «d. Tha agg la vary llalit and apparently la nothing bat aball. It la qalta a eartoatty. NEGROES WANT WORE ME. DOUfOS Or THSIB BBOEBT OOB vottio*. CIMtJM Ibvtr Mbmn (tit* Mha, «h» Pntnt-Tkw Will So* nay Aay War* relax t*«y Hava riaM-a a« lb# — '1v.ui Untie Maaa. *Mrm tv A. 1-aMlr. awl a rtcki. “•hhrti Wrwt mimi rMjvenror. Kh. nclffUltg euou*n pw. '•/Srooirwi further. Thai If we don’t get more i>ir, we’ll klek ibe table over.” If theae ineuiutteeebiid been adopted by the cvwro aob veullon In the court* liooet l*n night, tb-y weald eccuntte ‘'*t,lo*d tb« H^rtt that act Dated llie auetlne. IVriuauait aSeere wrre elected ea follow*: ^JE. A. JoIiomo, of BaMgli, chair l)r. A. M. Moore, of Durham, aro retery. John eon wat twccrUd to lb* chair by Koakor, of UreavNI* and Leather wood. of AklwvlO*. ■oxrrnixo «u«m. On taking Um chair. Johnson said i •“ *» ■T'npaUjy with any move lowt in Norili Carolina that wan in llm Intersil of Um negro me-. ••Tha nagro lu North Ctroliua la a freeman he’s a fireman in Oollou. m«u>1 ha'a a citicen or ha a nothing. Now If lm* „ ottlaeu lie* entitl'd to ail the rights and cool union t* Uiat any other man in North Carolina has. If that call there ia e»r raet, time the efforts of T-lno-da to emancipate us has been In ntlo. Thera la eoatathlng a Mug. W» vote to put others la oUee. Why shouldn't wo bold some ol the offloea. Auyo-H tired man who can't coma Into a cm r^u?*? *" remedy this evil, ia no rrieod to Uia race. Why is It, If I'm ’ -1 »«™»t* got aa much rwt.l to hold an office as naybodv else? “*• not competes! I've no right to liold Uiooffico: neither has a wblU, mau. The color I to* ought not to be I drawn In Um ItepnUtcaa parly. *•* ,™r* jan* to coma here and l}?*^®* *■!?** doctrlhe, let them £? wl’1 1,0 popular some day. Tha fellow who's afraid to have his cams put hate oa ibis roll either ima an office or bae been promised our. and lie don’t want to help anybody rise get ooe. I haven’t got an offloa and I doot want one’ “ W# want oflloei, not eotlraly for llmlr money value, but fur the ta.>ntl influenoe of tlieutt apjo Um ndvenon mont of the race. Had you rather bava the offloa* «*pan or listen to soma boas or heater who save keep aulet * (A voice -Open them.’) V ' “There U only one offioe In North Carlins that the negro now lute that we didn't have befoiw-ihst la thn. clerkship held ia tba Agricultural do- : partis uni by Jim Toung. ' A voice-” And that ain’t tha hun dredth part of what was promised u».” ‘During tire campaign Um ttepub llcau and l’opulist leaders aaUI Lhe horse that pulled Um plow ought to rat the fodder. Well, I tell you Um old filly ain’t gvtllog tha foddar. Site’s not even getting the ooro-tlalkt. The negro caat two thirds of the votes and ho gel* one measly little clerkship. They say a negro ootbt not to ask for aa office. Certainly he ooght to ask for so office. I'd ask for one If 1 saw oos I wanted. Bat I don’t want say office they’d glen mu.” (Applause.) raa rancour leaou*. The report of tbe rreolutlon commit tee wee now toad by lie*. B. U. Leek. Tbo meet of lbe reeolrei wee that title organisation eliell be celled tbe Lin oola HepublloMD league end that It ‘•will not vole for any man or ney aet of m«u wbo ere not lie frleoda. ” Provlilon wee made for I bn orgaul stilon of eubordioete league* of from , en to co-oporeto wltb tbe Stele League. Tbo Governor te denounced foe hie effort to hare tbs penitentiary leased to ocUide partleu. | admbi to tub rniuc. Tbo following addrean to tbe colored rotrre of tbo Slate wee elao iaeoed: ••Wo call upon ell RepabHeaui in North Carolina to obeerre tbe follow ing rule* In their voting l>«raafLei: “1. tV» rule fur no maa wbo la op poted te glvtog tbe negro hie full end dee recognition. •*d That before any mao le nom Innted to an ofDee we tboeld exeat from him n written pledge that be Will give one half of bla clerical form te colored Republican*. '*•. Tbat all nominee* U> offio* ■hall glen e pledge In fayor of Mgro ednr ition. ••4. That we **e to It that tboee colored m«i wbo ere willing to trade liielr moe off for office, ere net nomi nated by m.” wir.LiAnaoir arBAKt. /ohu Wllltamann roM to opoak to tho reoatatlona. “Ur. Cbalrnoa,” aaU Footer, of Qraneilla, “1 want to kaow if Mr. WlUlamoa la oorrcotW reportad la Uilo aaornlng’i Fiat 4 Oknrrrr V' “I wao,*1 retried Juku. "Than you Haro do pleeo la thla coo “l h«T» boon fleeted by tlx propla of my county to rtanoaoi lbeaa lu thla cooeratioa, and 111 bet that’ll aaoro than my frlowJ Fuotar waa." ' “Thai’* right,’’ aald Footer amid groat laughter. “I don't ear* If poo watt atari ad forty Uni. yvaYa a Donotrot and too oogbt to bo pot oat,** mid feat hart, of Wok*. Crtaaof “Pat him oat, put Urn out.” “I don’t care oh.I too eoy Lock Hart. I know yoo. Voo’eo got oo aoama aad oarer had any. At for OMt Fuotar. kola a monntotmnk >• Tka aad of tho row waa that John WOO. Tho otuUmaa goto him Oeo mtaotoa Uam to eoyrms hU rlowa, •Mob )>« jwoaoodad t0 d0 la th#ino,t that ‘ted SiHaytti »«y. >tew» oaot >'Ietol»r r^f. ’fpinl Wa. •* JA. >teutdtut hUT •‘•^•catlaat” at kJKi&«■ • ttetewttetud oSSSSSi wS •thk rraiiT. “!'• (m |aad • nlutr fat mu or Wto ten. H*Mm lNttmb * f«*> •»<<OfWtt r**t*l % a Zaniy kuk. Ite attapablieao.bat hgHt * lto|t«Uta*a that will ga around «n. lo« out and orioglaf aod bavin* pw. ft “d for Ule* • I t» »«t wiom Mif-mpaet. I «uhi itak tte tead that aaltaa aw, arm Uotuh J* •*»*■« fo ba a Bapabllean h*ad (Auplanaa.) ™ Itepaoiloan* and Punu'.lrt got In-what did they do 7 Piled tlielr Ibooeeode of office with broken dm peBoereu, fool BefuMiaaee, Parallel ?•*«*pul*!■ * «■■*te the for Ullm dapotaear. (Applauu eed laughter ) "we were rcweletd the atylaa et Uoldaboro. Whet dM they do 7 Pot loDr. itatodtr.i wtrito-batred wM “•hed the penitentiary-wh«t dM you de wttb that 7 Torerd It Into a aewdybouet tret thing. Aed yet yen (pointing to Fleteber Lockhart)-you infernet old eooeadret—you ooutlaoe to stick to them.” At tkle lioekherV, leu fiat sway, enae sad went tec John. Tney gut In ooe Ilek —* * - tooted.” The tumult wee greet aed tbe bead, whleh wee la Ibe taafl,pl*yed •■There's e hot Uao lotto Old Town to-elght." Whee the bud oeaeed playing John attempted. emM a shower of otijeo tjone. U» prooeed wHb Ills eeeeelr. The(tolraen told him he wouUtoto Uw janitor put Me out If he dM not ewes*. Be set down and the resolu tion* ere ns adopted. anise ncatru mu WM It Um WMy Tta raerat notion ot tbs student* at Um Oelveratty, that retolted in thn « pulaloa of tbren nf their number, da wryan Um highest comtneudetiuo end imUoatw a high standard of manly abaractsr moat creditable to thorn and to that vtueobU htttliotlon nf Mara lag. It atoms that three BladesU, In Vlo UUoa of the college rulm, determined to litre some of the Freshmen by Masking them—a brutal ayetam of Muling that, years ago. waa Indulged iTLi®?1 'o'Mge* witii imimaUdr. AU tlielr victims quietly aabmlttadTv being Matted, except one, who tutimi fuUy irsMcd bat in his straggle with tnprrtor aambeti was tern tally beaten. Whan this outrage became known next <5*7 a cues meeting of the ttadenU waa held denouncing it, and a oommlb l** ®f 5h«<r number waa promptly ap polnted to Investigate & matter. Their Investigation resulted in the immediate expuMon frem the Uoiver •It7 of Um three guilty student*. That wa* exactly right end these stadmu should he oammeudad for thm promptly purging themmdm of would Drib* disgrace on their Moved alma mater. Stadeute at colleges should he taught that bru tal tuning Is a “relic of barbarism" end will no longer be tolerated among young men, who call themselves gen tINDtD. ■MMttofkMVal r' 1T1 ■tatonrllts LwtaMHt Xagroea are funny. They had quit* a gnat meeting In Kalalgh last wsak —the weak of tea Colored state fair— and mate a soil xr dnalaratlon of lada paodsnea of the HspoUleao party. Tnayaaldtbe nrrroaaao tbs Toting wbltolha white Itescblteaui get tbs oflaea and that hereafter thsywtllds ■and a written pledge fro» arary whtea KapabHean aaadidata that ba gtra tha negro half of the oBom at hia dlapoMl. All tbU to interaatteg hat pad Important. Tha oe arose always talk this way In tlx off jmra, bat whan dost Ion tlma ooasaa thay Uaa op as nasal. Howarar, aa wniu ItoyatU pan uor anybody ales objects la thslr balding aneb maatlogs as that teat wm». It gtvaa thaw pJeuura and dssaa't do anybody nay harm. TM rnmmmm Why. Ctofy Kook. TMt ia tba raaaoa why nittekaa. OMUT. tom aoiuae of a naeapapar aonulMi 1,006 to JMMXXj dlaUoat piaaaa ofnwta] awarding to ttoa ait* of tba ttpa. Dlkpiaeinf oaa of tbaaa ana to error. Ia it aiur woadar that artvra aomttiaaaa orearf Still aaato people tblab II awful to aaa ataUka In a bare aad Monro oiiarehw to Suadat Pat, 1 jib a Mama a> 11 a. oiTat Wadtoboto at 7 p. a. Rata. J. X Harrell aud T. 3. Aldan aod Ildar 3. W. MawA hata bewtoaaleeleeed bp Man rortlaea._ 1 1 m <1 m I i v drlllwmasMa1 o0 Of tp(| ■Sul*' OAFImw IpST Ha aatal aadappaaaad to' be_ ter seal] ortho Mad hTwaa aMalrtr Magao didn't atap to knock, hit «1W rl«h lototWMoothTftotd nmto jawSTbohMahaafesd Col^Plaq/plohSf** pen-bolder and aoM Uta. • DM r»u wrtU tbla ban about mm f Mf Sana'a f The oulooet rtowfc-rTI a*d roaa up aa if ba had baao i obaatMi coatrhMMMa^af atUtnod'tU faUtSSbt Uw^to^ofbto had waa *U teat tbraa loahaabon thataor. mad* up of bow After ha had af his eallar ha u **T«s, I wrote ( pact to have about you lo i ••Wait," said Mam, “I’d Uka to jSg&S m'*onIar «*■ "•thenpaidth«prfaa aad nMlil af toa fast that ba wSw 5SirTteomr*°rt "* *Mttoan ia WMiala(*UiormatoSt>tlw<naStaf that tom. W Mntra* JourmaL Mr. Valter Hall ma killed fay the ■witch engine at Abates* last wash Monday afurooea. Ue was yard na» tat at that plaoa, aad ittamptlao to pa oo toa engine *a ttamte’MTawd Vi9 ftio crer. Hit body vu ourM &wff£s2“ar?SS:: EUvS1?.tM «* *te daaamd maths sasaKsSfe little over tsrsoty-oaa yarn of am aad too posldoo white ba haU at Uw of hiedeath was proafaf Use? argy aad ability. Ba daaity laved hla two statera, aad was Unix price leal npporu They have tba pcatoSd sympathy of omr paapla.