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Vol. XIX. Gastonia, Ni. <).. November 24, 18tt8.
MAJOR JONES TRAVELS
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
By Major Joseph Jones of Georgia.
LETTER XVIII.
Nkw Touk. July IS -To Mr.
Thompson: Duar Sir— When I left oft
iu my last letter 1 whs wlity.ain alone
iu the can at the rate of 'bout 1ft miles
a ower, on wy way to UufTsInw. Von
know ther ain’t no Kiwtn deal of ru
inanoe In u rath ode jurney. If yon don’t
happen to no inishups, siah as inni.iu
off tho track »i«l Lein tilled heel* over
bed down a 50 feet embankment, Into
a quagmire to foot deep, or pitehlu
Into the train tvhal'a givloe inther
way, and Imvln a double rest, b ick and
all. Jammed rile through your slum
rnuok In the collision, or buslhi vtr
toller and havio jour arms and leirs
sect wblrlm lu eery dlrvcllm* annmg
the tree top* In a hurrycano of ullin
toot steam. Well, m none of theao
accidents didn’t happen Ln us lo unike
oar trip tntereatln, laban't trouble you
with s very lung account of my |urnry
through this part of the gro.it Empire
State.
It is a Empire Stair, shore itinO-u
empire of cities and town', atandla so
thick that, In (lie rnllrnd* cam. It fast
seems to be onn r.verlaMin Hrnadwa.-.
with barn and thar it Hollo (irren or a
Union Park by way of vaiirty, I tried
to keep a run of the towns. br.t they
atood so thick together and the cars
went so fast, that when f ax’d anybody
the oaine of n pl.cr, before I could
make him undorataii-J sibst I wanted,
in the bomlnablx nickel. w« war lu the
middle of a-rathn town, and by the
time I could uuderatHiwI tliehaiu name
of that one we was running the chil
dren and pies off the treok, noil aettln
thodogiu trackiu aud the wlromio a
I ’oklo out of t ie winders In anollic-i.
J.wt as we R.t out o( Amsterds-n I
ax'd one of tho p iixrngar* wlul pla-n:
It was. He was re-.dli> a n*napiper.
nnd didn’t hear mn good nt lust.
"What town la this?" acr I.
"Eli?" sc* Ire.
"What place Is lUls?"
"Thiel Ob. tbU is Tripe Hill, f
blieve." aea ha.
"What Itlll?" sea I.
"It looks like Osvrnewaga," res he
"Cawne-wlilcfi?*1 aes I.
"Now see are In Fonda?" sea he. i
Seeln f couldn’t Kit no satisfaction ;
out of hlin, I give it up. And ahore
cuaff, cum to Qod out, wo had Lven
gwlne through ibtee towns while I was
trylu to And out the nurae of the fust I
one.
7'bls li a go-a-bed country, to be
shut*. 1 couldn't Imlp but tli'nk. :iv
we want dnahin along in tbo middle of
cities and towns, over lakes and river*,
through mountains and valleys, w.iklu
Ute echoes with tla- thundi-rm cung of
our Iron wheels, and relliii all Ilia ani
mal oreall jii a uaparlu over the fields
with tbe anmt of our steam enr—how
the old codgrrs what lived 11.000 or
4.000 years tafortt lha 1'unrth nr July
would he tuck a-baok If th.’r ghosts
was to cum on a jurney to the United
Stales now-hos llier obi • nutious
would havs to stand out of the wuy
before Ihe mure!) of human knowledge,
which they would nee displayed lu ev
rylhlijf around ’em. What, for In
stance. would olJ Mr. Abraham thtok,
to see mnro'n a thousand peeple, with
bag and baggage—more’u all tbejack
aaads and camels in his kingdom oould
carry—teavelln at th* rule of 13 tulle*
sower, all of 'em u* comfortable mid
snug as ir they was settin in tber own
parlors? Or, to cum down to tb* later
times, what would slob fellers ms old
fompy and Socrates, and them, think
to see K ones, sad Allien sea, and
Troys, springing up all mood ’em.
thick us Unulsiools on a fogey morale,
with no ora oouimarca, and liavln almost
as moob fnbabltsnta as the cities of
tber own day, what they used to think
ouuldn’t ba blit abort of two or tnree
of tber long-lived generations ?
1 used to think that tbe people of
tire old times hail u mnostrous sight
the advantage of ns, llvln as they did
to five and six hundred years old; but
when 1 cum to onnslder, 1 don’t know
an they was much better off thsn wn is.
For what’s the odds if we don't lire to
long as Mr. Methusleum, If we can ac
complish more In our lifetime* than he
did In hls? If st can git up a blgttvr
nation In half a century than they did
in live times us lung- -If our boys know
more about selouco and other gutters
at ten years old, than tber’s did at a
hundred—If we can travel farther and
roe more of the world in a wrek than
they could in five years—if wo can
harness up Or* and water, and make
’em pull mote caig in a train than
Feryo had chariots In liis host* -if we
C»n uako th* lightning carry our mall*
Trout on* send of the yeulli lo tbe oilier
lu the twinklln of an eyn—if ye can
print mors bonks In n day than they
could rite In n oontnry -l( we enu do
alt the** thing* and trreuty thousand
time* more than whs never <1 mimed of
In thrr Oloeofy—then wind's the nee
or our llvln a* lung ns limy did ?
I bllere Pmvtdenco tegulairs those
thing* Jest shoot as well as Congress
could If It bad tho management of 'em.
This world is only a state of prepara
tion for another kind of existence- a
sort of human cabhagopatcb, wliar
plant* Is raised from tl»a seed lo be »ot
out In th* gatdln of Immortullty—find
the higher the state of cultivation the
■ooner we cam to lb* proper degree of
human development, and of pour** the
stwnrr we Is ruddy fur Lransplentlii.
Dot a ralerode ear ain't no pise© in
fUosofiee, eo I’M drap Urn sni-Jeet and
ge on with my Jurney.
We got to Hymens* *arly In U>e
evonlo, and se w« wasn’t In t o grrtc
harry, we concluded to Mop liter all
night, mid Uhe the train the next d«v.
Tber la eslt rajrt? made In this piece,
you know, lu keep ell creation from
rullln, end I wanted to era h- w they
titled it. We druv up to Uie sall
uumna, end seed ’em pumpin ih- water,
and I eotsldn’t help bat think, when I
smd tbe rrerlaetln you of salt water
stud the plloa of tnlt In firry rilr,c<hm.
• Mini Mr*. I>nl mini been near Dili
, plus* when «li« looked pack at tiomnr
j row. 11’* * njonatrou* lilac town, with
II heap nf buliful privnto liOUWs and
high board fauuew. nil a< white u* lublv
■alt. We luck u walk round it ty
moonlight, uud then went to uur hotel
and went to bed. The next raoroln.
’hoot ’leveu o'clock. «u tuck the car*
ucio, nod, jaosidu ibrougli one ot the
laititnlrat countrh* In tlie world, «r
, rived nl Rochester. a bandanas otty
'bout ua big at Savannah and Align a ty
both together, « litih. after dark. Ilrrc
we luck aunlhei rt*t til uiornin, wUeu
we tuck tlte can wlup. not n* down in
IlnfTalovr before dinner time.
After ill'Cer we tuck n walk through
ll,e town, which is it fresh*w*ltr *e*.
port, yon know, and a prrtly consider
ble of a place. In the uturiiunii we
went nbo.ltd of a lltlla slrarobote tvljai
wag gwitia down the Nl.igary River to
the Pdli. While Hooper and me wua
nankin our eegnr* on thn dock, and the
pian-ogern wn> rumln on iKiird. one of 1
the. big lake at'-imcni aifuled ultwllh
n rlgnwet of aouerr, whxt nad laran
ordered from Hnftalow to tum oilier
place up lie lake, tonkin a mighty
grand allow with her Oar'll flyiu amt a
hand of innate playl,. "IJmiI Cuhnnby. ”
Our bell rung, and m a few minus
we war off. Hut aa uc was abiut net
tin out ul the rooutli of the creek Into
the lake. we seed « bite with foar vail
cm In it. uud u !»dy, and u little f.il
own what wiui warm hit handkerchief
In u* like he ii’Hi in Krulo iliatrnaa. Uur
Captain stopped Ida bole III the niilnr*
lowed alo'igfidu aud put the Indy and
the little lat 31:01 ubnud. lie wanted
li to give Chare lo the big bote wlial
wo* gwiue :ip the lake with the anger?,
to nut Ihe lady on It. who ni the wife
of thn Corfo-l. ufid wut l»ft by mlatake.
Tlitr bole ua* lied behind our*, uud
*w»y we went lifter liie hlg bote, at
haul ns <tecould crack it. Uul it was
no use. The big siearner who Iravlu Ui
fast, and nil the signals we could make
wouldn’t stop her. Th« lady fail ou
the neat and cried like her hart won Id
brake, nn>l the lull* fat mini cusard
and stumped about like he would kick
our miekc pipe down If lie was only
big r notf. The lady, who w*a n young
wife, juft usarrlad u few mouth*, wu*
left in lii* cliargB by tin) Uurocl to we
liei to tile bote whkio liu tended la hi*
niini; but tlio fusay old feller didn't
gtt ber tli-r lu lltuc. and the bite wa*
gout: with the Cur ml. Iriiviti the poro
ga’I to cry her pretty i>r,s nut lit tlm
Idee nf Iieln parted from lier l:n*luml
until *nmc other bote could lake her to
him.
ti tv«* m tniKU] hard c««*, und unde
me feel monstrous bad, hut ther wua
no help for II; mirt after tryiu lilt ta-el
to catch Him lug liotr, our captain had
to put her ami the old man in ther tart
tow oglu; aud lit* last l seed of 'em lb*
sailor* was pnllin in In the shore, wlrai
was about live mllee off — Hi*- old oimi
tryln to commie the pore wife, mid *hn
wlpln her eyes with her handkerchief,
«nd gnaln after the boln lliut wua fiat
geltin smaller and smaller an It bore
her husband from lier.
As wr was rnomn back to the outlet
of Uie Niacin y Hirer, I noticed that
our flag didn't have no stars, aud the
stripe* on it run cross-ways. Tldula t
that's monstrous curious, and 1 ax'd
the captain what sort of a glgar/uree
lie hud gnl up Uutr fur u dag Y
••Thalf" aea lie. "That’sSt. George’*
crorel”.
"\Vh«'* Saint Geoiget” are I; "do-*
lie live alioul three part*?’’
"Ob, nol” rc» the captain, ’'llml'a
tho English online. ”
"Tho English color a I*’ w z T. ”\Vby,
cjplnln, wlmt upou yarth la you d»tn
with tho licit |ah dag on ynnr boteV"
"Tht* I* a British bote,” **x be.
• Tim thunder It I# t” *-* t.
And thiii* muff, tbar we was.
aboard of n HrltHh bole, with a Eiig
IUIi captain, and llm British (l*g (lyin
over our bed*. Hooper nod it was all
rights but 1 onlrtn’k help but feel amt
o' qunr wilh tbut flag over me, and 1
thought of the time when the gallant
Perry made Vra pnll It down on that
▼cry lake.
The captain wa* a mou*troua clever
Itltle man. and tuck a gtate deal of
p«ii a to oblige Ida pauengera. And 1f
all the British wm Ilk* him, 1 don’t
think we’d have aoy mure rumpus
with ’em.
liter wasn't many pnssengvra. anil
a* we passed down tltu river, and all
nngaenrl In conversation, about Hie In
tern tin KcniMity oil it* bonks, ami I he
grate wonder we n aa gwluc to see, « e
got pretty we‘1 acquainted. Among
’em was a tall, thin, pste-lookln En
glishman. what urnia a graeft-llncn cute
at.d trootes, wltli n high crowned,
speckled straw hat. II* was runnln
ahoal all lit* time with In* gldn b-<ok
and pencil In hia hand, axlri cviylntdy
questions, and gahbln and talkl-. on
’bouteyiy tiling. Ilk* bo we* half out
of Ids sense*. lie was ss neryvus as a
woman; and when ho first seed the ool
nmn of spray min from ttic eatUrsck —
which wo taw several miles before wo
gut to Xavy Island, where lliv patriot*
kiokeil op such a rumpu*. you know, a
few year* ago—lie rubbed Ins hands
together, and Ugno to talk pnelry llkn
a playaclur.
We was aoou at Chi paws, ttetnr tiro
ol<) iMltlegrtiond, »bsr we tuok a
a burse tallrode for tIso Kalis. The
mom was up high and btlyht red the
bursas Irullt-d ps along ever llie rode.
Kid we canid hear llm thunder of the
■Highly lorieht nlovs- the imlaa of
the car. Ws sots ad louud for tits
Cllflou Uout; hut w hen srw got within
stiout a rntla of It a man met im, to toll
us |i«t titer urns no room (bar, and al>
excelt a old gentlemen and Isro nr
Ihrve ladya whst had rooms smgsfrwl
buck to I ha 1‘aVlllloii Hotel, vrbat
stood*.upon the hill put shove the
Kails. And 1 was rtts glad we didn't
git ill live cruvd below, (nr wu found
plrtily of rrom ths Pavilion—a
good supuc-'. a obilcin laudlurd. and
excel lent ucoouicDoJalloR lu vvrv re
*|WCl.
With iho roar of m*gnry lu oar
Hf*, It was Impassible In go to sleep
without first satisfyln our curiosity,
by takln n vlow of the Fall by moon
light, so mi animus supunr was ovo.r,
our party, c-n»«tttalin of trooper, the
Englishman m.d 100, aud two uthcr
gentlemen 11"in Kiln deify, started 10
And wlist vto thaugliL tlier w,didn't lei
110 danger of mlssin
Wo soon onm to u path what hud a
gldr.bosrd to it iiud led (Ioith In the
direction of tho falls, mid folli n il It
down tho utmost pcrpccdioklor stoep.
holdio mi to Iho bushes by tho wny.
Wo didn't go for hcfois tlm top of the
precipice which we whs d.cendln shut
out Urn light of the mono so wo
couldn't ree a sign of tlm pAtli. One
struggled off omi wny and one another,
ouch fn l|n hi* way uni boldin on to
tho roots and hushes, nnd calllti to the
otheis to follir. until so fooud our
eelvie scatlend lu evry direction, un
able to gll lo one auulher, afraid lo go
nuy further doan tlie slippery, uiiery
batik. We could hardly Irear each
other 'j voices for the heavy lliuodi-r of
tlie flood below, wlmt seemed to shake
the foundation of the hill to which we
clung, ms It rolled Its gruv adits up
amoDc the dark irae-iups below.
*'l »»y. gentlemen,’' sed our Englisli
fiend."let’s commleliiiu the on" neuron
to the top of tbn 'lltio go buck lo tho
’mian for a glde. ami ire’ll 'old on ’eir
where we an*, till V cams."
"I vote for tlie ctils*,” tea Mr. Kce.
from Kiladelfy: "nut [ couldn’t let g .
tlii< l>uKh for alt crvntlon myself.’’
Them «>■ j<-st ex'ictly itiy wwtim.-nte,*
for I la-gun to fee! monstrous ticklish
llirr in tin dark mo chute lo strli a terri
ble place. Hut I didn’t sry nothin,
weilin so see :f sum one wouldn’t vol
unteer, Mr Mure whs ik-c deep In the
isuil, ’lurut tweuty feet from me and
Hooper was • n Ida lim.li and nn»
crawliti Up tlie bunk. lloo)>er was ’ter
ruined to see (lie fall by m.ainlight, mo
hack he weui and in s few mlolts ciltu
willi a gtde, wrljo, .tier nollecUti ui lu
gi-tlier mkI Relllu us in tho path which
led rite the different way fiocn what we
was gwiur, and tuc* ui down to tlie
second hank; sod then Eed us out lo the
Table Ami tliar was tlie might v
Niagary, p->uri» its eternal flood m
Uiuuder dawn into the dark, abyss,
from which cum rollin up grate col
nun.a of sunw-wliita mis*., support in a
p:!e rui'ibiw arch, at once pnvanlln
Ilia must bullful aud mult terrible pair
of itpeclacl. a (hit lev.” hvJ b«f >re toy
eyee.
He sto»:l on IIw bald Tabic lt-ick,
what juts out over the l>il>u flood below
wb:u the white foaor. though we can
gee I! dimly through tli* mist In tli*
moonlight, clvne you no Asad tdiiu uf
lislghli or d sUiii.i**. hut rather help*
the iir.HVUi iiloti 11 ixien-1 llm acrno
Opin a scale suited lo I s awful subllrn
Hy. Jfot a word was s-.aike fi>r acveral
minits—each one held his Ueulh In
*>ch u mighty luvra-nce. And tho fust
words uttered wasi xchnualh'iM to mir
Bi-lvos, that h-empd to cum from nur
mouths 'lliout our kiiourlo tt, us if tlie
very s iul within us was nnixx-d, and
wse gireii nUer.iDoe lo its emotion*,
whlls our llatcal uatero was over
whelmed iind paralyz'd hr tbc U-rriUa
display of the majesty nml power ol the
Bring that m da thu he ivt'ii* and ttie
VOetli.
I went close <>n tile edao of ihs reck,
whur tho water dastied oral- n low
Inches from my feet, and looked, fust
upon Die waves of the wide lln r, as
thry cuu> lex pin and s'llmmeiin In ttie
moonlight, like mountains of silver. to
the vergo of tigs precipice*, whur thev
suddenly melted Into a tlood of liquid
emerald, fiovled over with llakrs ol
enow, us 1 hey dashed down lulu the
deep, cloned torment uf waters below
—then upon llm niiely cavern tint
yawned ut roy feet, wli.ir the wave*
that ray eyes hud fullered in ther dtv
aceut, in the f am uf liter lath, was
li-iwllu, ne.d c alio, and eurctn Bko
trpuilcd »tilriix wltbio ther rocky con
linea -and then uiwin the pale bow that
apituurd the dismal vortex, eheildin a
calm li -In of etlmral buty over lha
stupendous eccuo of terrific horrors.
Ko one mu rihxions to leave Uie eje.it.
or to disturb the meditation* of lira
other*. After a wltllo we gradually fell
ii>* i couvsitallon Our Engli--.lt freud,
who we I tad hy this ting* found out lo
lie a perfect gentlemau. and a man uf
excellent good Mine, sett he had
travsls.1 lira best part of bit life, and
that lie had teed the grate waterfalls
uf 3w11norland and itonlli America,
but flits was the waterfall of the world
- It was tin* grate feature of America.
He trad irawr seed anything capable of
produolu giicli sublime emotions, nnd,
»ea lie. »**lf I wa* Ui dy to night, It
would be a gratotuutee of oousolallon
lo know that I had lived long enuff tu
the world lu ere Its grail ext wonder.”
After speudln a coupi* of hours on
the tabic Bock, w» returned lo our
hotel, nnd soon sfu*r we went to our
beds, t*i dream of Klngary. and tu
nwuke In tho nori-lu to explore It*
magniUcoot wonders. I will tell you
how It louL* by daylight In my next.
H i more from, your fraud UI detli.
Jo*. Jo XT’S.
(To la* continued next week )
. - . ft —»
Umitttf W*H n itb O.* UMrbtr***
AbflOVltW OllHrMti.
An Ailirf lllo man who i»,o( coaite. i
Democrat, win silting at botno cbc
ttou iiljlit whim a mighty ■limit waa
borne upon I ho Wind* t<i him. Ho oon*
eluded thou that III" Ifc-nineraU liad
won. nod tetliDiigtit him or provrrba
11:10.
C~-1'"TI ' ' B»J»
\ Kura Ml.ni u( 1 rwa j>.
Hoarseness m a cldl.l that hi snbji el
In croup ia a attre Imllof lloti i f t lm
uppr.iaoh 01 tha dismue lr Ob.iicbt r
laln’a Cough lleicedy is ulvim ai anno
aa III* chib! b*vom«t laiarwe, ur mrrii
arior Urn croup? eoiuii 11 .a apiawrud.
It will pfvedt tbo attack. Man?
mothers aim bare rroiipy children al
ways keep ibis letnmiy at band and dad
Hint It »"»ea them much trouble aad
worry. It can always to depvi.dud up
on and la pleaaart to toko. Ker isle
by J. K. Curry and Cocupuny.
HEGRO AS CITIZEN.
*»**• m;x. or join* iiofiiiwm. a*.
AI.YXCm HIM rill.UK.
Mktrly Win VhuorirnlwI-anillN*
lit Slnraltiy Mw« ikt War H«-Kt l« Im>
» Urawo.Mrk la |*olHltal an* Karlal
I'rvrtM—laker ml MI«imh
BfMclul Onr. nr lloklmorv Han.
WimWOTOH, X. O , NoV. IS. - Om*
of Hie Oral tt.lug* to lie onn.ildeml in
ooouBClI.'U with llie recent oulWvik In
Wilmington U wliat lad to Ilia out
break. Tho trim history of thj* Im*
never barn given, us up to this ttnve
the lender* could not dltolo** I heir
plant without danger to thrmwlre*
and to their cause.
Now Ihut llii- end Imb been reached
the men nt ibe head of affairs elmoae
tbs Htm us tlw medium of placing
theUMClVrs bcf.no the World. Tills lias
been the drllbrnito c.mcJualoo of oil
those interested. The n**gro louder*
Intro alt* given thair neUmony, with
U.o remit that for the flret. lime tho
liin*r history of the outbreak is wnt
Itn.
Two years ago the election of Uus
st'll a* Itovtrnoi umrkrd the beginning
of Ilia lust et-.gr in the movement for
while supremacy in North Carolina.
The first ilagr* ure mu'In't of history.
It U a well known tact ihat einmclpa
tt.ui guv., to the negro opporlnnllirs
which ha wuk uiiohln to use. Tbit la
not denied by any jisrty or seek
The first effect of the new M arty
was disastrous. Tho aecroes unused
the privileges they had received—from
Ignorance of thnan p.irllegcs or from
• he propensity to overindulge.:Ca that
I* tho common fault of those t» whom
great riche* suddenly come.
Tin* rplrtt of overlolulgrtiee led to
int'ixieotlnu. fntnxicatod with tbsir
oewly grunted impnrtiac**, they were
carried away by i»-r*u**lou of tie*
harpies lbut ruilied t<m the North to
gorge Pu .iiselres on wliut w»* sup
|kw«1 to b» a feist . Thun misled titul
b lte>e<l, the i.egru whs hd lu o n.it
rogo and criuia, hot more lurticuhirly
into such use of h.s strength A* prsa
l.cdlj to lliruit tlm white m.u fr >m
any voice lu the government of which
lie was the sole suppor'.
oxttino rid DK -rut; cAtintT-s.vo
UKUS,
Snell h flair of alfalra, courMnind
trim any standpoint, irut !• tokirnbie,
and in lime the while mm uuierled
luneklf and regain ml control nf ihu
.Stall'. Aided liy llit: new goyeio
uinolal o:I'dnIzill'Mi lie In great pul
rid lilmarlf of iln> "carpei-iaiacer”—:a
grval pvrl, but not completely, for llm
operation "f tho I'V d' rll 11*1 fotsli.il
on and ha* lualnlmned lu tlie South a
lioai of tmit Ih-l are u »i In sympathy
with llie -Smith.
The lueltioda by which while au
prciOiiey ««« emmet were cianclm.
lulimidutlon and fraud. Till* Is the
pla.n Ifu'li nud no mint In* denied,
tjiiuli taulltnda were not- ]ieonil:ir to I lie
South. but have floiiriithcd at l.ohm in
cyety eecilou ol the UnlUul Stole*.
lint till* prevalence did ini*. nltvUln
Uie consequence* of the lo*»rc*l Kan*
d.ird nf political morals, it led Ilia
negro In distrust the lletnociat'C par
ly. It t-.ugUl hid) ihal (lie election
laws did liol prd« d the i.esm in tin*
exrrclun of tils fratitihi-e. Too negro
did not h .va lira ainhly ur coiuprc
hensnm lo grasp ihe reason* (or III*
pracllo*! diaeufrsncillarmeiit.
Tim eiTeel of illegal ela -uoo prac
tices upon tlie white uian was demur
silting aud led to grave abases. It
weakened Uls moral (loro and perpetu
ated the evil uracliee through this
wsakuea*. This is the fact and It ml
milted. Tho Southenmr la not Mli.d
Ui It, uud canin lo a reullfillon nf it
earlier than other tuition* of coun
try.
tiikn AXOTHieii CtlAKSIB.
ily reason of lliese realig n inns a
chango camo over pnlltlc.il methods
lu ll«j til)'*. Tho negro rroi'lved a
greater mid greater deg me »f practical
pnlUical freedom. Krmid gave place
to fairness. with th" rnxult that In tbd
00’*, lira Iiepnblican party h id gained
great svailaffie strength; nud eul nod
man appeared not only l i Ilia h*glsl»
live hall* of the Stale, but >>f tliu ua
llou. The while Republican* obt«lue*l
coulrul of lira higher office*. and Dual
ly. lo 18117. the Oorarnot of North
Carolina. one United State* S**nnti*r
and eewral United Slates Itepreoenla
llve* Were Republicans, am! llw a use
parly eoulrolled the Stain UegUUiurn.
Tim control nf the It 'publicans
meant tho imiignillon of the n*-gm,
lu fact as well »a lu tli»»r/. l,*rg«
nuinbeis of the whtlu oflljrliohleia.
federal, State, couuty ami municipal,
were turned out of ofltoa to giro plac*
Ui nvgroca, in>*l of wliorj wer e of au
utterly wurtbles* cbnmcusr. To tMa
direct control muat lie added the in
direct control liy negro women over
whim UcpnbliCan*, for it is .in open
and notorious fact that such ocituec
Ilona existed. No mure recent case nf
such Influence can be given titan one
of the late liepobllcan official# of Ibis
oily.
RKOROKS IVA8T*r> MOOR AXIS >1011*
Tit* enjoyment of office cnvu to the
ticgro a orating fur morn, nod, with
blind *e]flatiu»-». be dlaiogarded the
fact that Ibe while* nay <>y«r ninety
I per cent of the u«< of Hie Ruto.
I conduct nil Important Irani imm enter
i prlara, are Vbe land owner*, and, lu
I fiiot, foi malt all the bmlu* nint |iroo
• jwrtty of tba country. All the ncgio
• wanted was office—other Internet* llutu
I Id* own bad little or uo weight.
Atllmth* itegfu hail lie«n *atl*a«d
i wnti aulxrdluata position*. with ,,f.
Ike* In which the *etvlc* wa» mauiid,
1 but b* uotgmw tut* cloa* of work and,
encouraged by Hi* nolloti of ill* federal
au: hoi It lea Id pulling neuron* lo urn
le idhijt pustltoua, kusll *a collector of
lb* putt wud other rceenuo uAt-n-a, UN
rank and HI* of thu raw demanded ibc
lil*lae ulaa. of place* hitherto reouryed
ft the white*.
a thak-pokmatiow in inituitn.
During this period of Uilily years
that ha* Jsat paaetsl them lias beou n
gradual change tn the non-poducal
aide of Ui« uogre's character The gift
of freedom coming on lit* heels of*
limuutlDi war thiew hordes of ua
cm,[mlIcl negroes anon too enramu
Blty. Tliem would not, in iwur ip.
suiters, wuik. and it was no easy
msttor for liman who dsatrsd work to
Bad Immediate lucrative employment,
for tl« fmaser employers of labor had
In ob jut enact been ruined by Ibe war.
Many* fair pUntntion lay desolate,
for the Ifcurter bad won deathless glory
uad a told hr'a grave.
T.'iv hahlts <X tlio negro changed for
the worse, ll>o propensity uf the roc*
to coutluucd if tenets, littbertu eli-ck
ed, mu now without control. This
Inherent idleness ha* nevnr been
brought under control and is to-day
one great factor In Ibe raoo question
Mist Imt never been conshlcivl by
writer*on the negro problem.
A OKCLLNX IK XOUAUTT.
Hie slati-mcat that strict morality
did nut im-r.ilt In llis negro quarters
before tli* civil war Is not open to ar
gument, but it It likewise trus that
the state nf morality then existing
w.ia infinitely superior to that oom
mcnaing dirtetlv after the war. Then
III llm general demoralisation the
bounds set by Ur# customary law were
broken down xod from that period
brgms the moral degenninoy that Is
al ways cniisidt-mi by writers upm, tbs
subject, bat wliloh tuts bwen birarl
ably dated beforo emancipation. Ua
snatch r evenly the fact that Ui« great
Iburrnss dates from the fsw years rui
lowing tbs war.
The propQna.ty of Urt criminal ■,*.
gro In ante bellna days led him to
pulty thefts, and to iteil a whole hog
whs a erltne Indeed. With freedom
came tlio Iriorcasu iu variety and iu
teoslty of crime tbit is such a marked
characteristic of negro development.
On the other lit >«l, ibe imwer of the
negro to heiji himself *4 largely jn
ert-aied. Tlio Inellnatloti to do no waa
lacking in must cases owing to the fail
ure .in development of the |tower uf*
latent self-help nit tided to in ray former j
Articles.
umrmcTiYt: udvcxtioh.
The Dm attempts is educating the
race wen eaueeJiogiy crude. The dot
•ducnliiri were in is sat cases either
utterly uu icoHaluted vrlUj Ui« negro
character or autlUed to teach. Educa
tion war, therefore, ineffective to aid
tiifl .idr*'-e« of liie negro race. Uy and
by lit- 11»« of mmul oduoaliou gained
a di-w rvi d |n ••muieuce. and this was a
loin; slip forward.
Ti> sum up the matter of education
for I be |airpj-ie of line leltor, it has
tom dofecti*.- in qn dity and quantity.
The me] hod has iewt deplorable.
Within tiro last to:> year*, however, a
groat change for lira totter lias b.i*o
apnarent.
Under Uioac conditions the race In
(lie Sooth must to ata lied ami no cu:i
elusions whose U isps d > not include
the*', conditions are sound.
LRADKH* FttOU tlllt l.-iWXIt MTUATA
Theie ca-l hw uo qu-atlun lliat, de
spite the (ils.idrr.li taEm uniter which the
metro Hue rod, in- race hi* pr aluonl
hundreds or imm Oiled to o-ip~ with lira
iluUcuklai uf life and oapatiV. uf benoin
im; good anil r.-apcolod oiUt ml This
at'ilmunnt Ulay to 0'.)Je«:toil tu, but it le
easily pron J. Iitv oerry mao think of
one negro that I* an linocal, sclf-rea
jyvclluil cllirsn aud iheu Und the sum
uf these.
Hut all negro leaders Were not of
On* stamp, nod many of this oias*
were wholly muulnoated. Sumt of
them cannot read and will*. Moat of
them are old or of middle age Ex
tremely few are less limn twemy-8»*
years of ago.
Among the more futeltigeut negruea
wo Uud lawyers, doctors, ministers *ud
touchers. These men are at the head
of ilie race movements of race ncelivl
Ue* Uiiforiatnsiely for the negro, of
liiw.0 profeselmial uieu a large nombr
Ol lawyer* nr.: persistent nmon-snrkcr*.
Uofortnnatoly for him, lie eras forced
In many ousts to iotp.it Lins moral
character of hu past-ir, and lira Igirar
mice of loany negro tore!iart was a
roand.il.
A SOLID t’AflTT VAM
Ue we* Hum deprived of many of hie
■mtnral gu'd-w. lie tnnied l-i in-mi
cute* to ike whiles for wdvloo, and as u.
general rule the advice w.m K'xyI and it
was folio we I with ouu exception -that
woe in politics. Tb" negro would l ike
*17 advltti from a Dem-icr.it but ho
would not vote the Democratic ticket
Tho nogru race was therefore,
thrown iu hulk Into the hands uf the
Itopablicau iMrtjr, nud It was at the
mercy «l tt» lender*. The question
then arises. did thn polittenl loaders
betray tli* trust ?
Kor years the ir.-gro was kept not of
-once by bis while allies, but tlio tin*
Coma when ilia negro Jauiauded recogni
tion. He got It. nnd with Ua reoocui
lion he wo* Imbued with ambition*
and drilre* that bnve led to unexpected
result a
This bring* us up to HWJ. at which
polut I date the baglnamg ul the Wil
mington riot*, t will take up the sub
ject again U my next letter.
OUV Caii i.ktow Leg.
TM Hawaii Sa4 Jnrl* < aesllna I'mn.
OuHl-aarr. Hoa.
The Adeslolatratluu of President
Herr Ison ***t*t-id ■ petty a I eerily of
American* at Honolulu to subvert tbe
godemment of Queen I.tlloukahsnl,
•case 9,000 Amertoan* taking |>o»ars
sion «f the eollre Uawrilan group of
Inland* against rise will or the 4.5,000
Kanaka native* ond Ike ttO.UtW Porte'
giisee. dapsueer, (Ihliww, etc. After
tills minority of white*, with the brio
of Coat'll OewTil Stevens an I a partv
of marine* from the Boston, liad ex
cluded from p-dltlMl power the black
and yellow rams* they proene-h-J to
frame a uniwiltnU.-U Which virtually
excluded tim litter fmm tiw pills and
from tb« efdees. It was llw rutop gov
ernavesl under ihi* constitution Hust
Mr. McKinley dealt with In entscxlng
Hawaii to the United dVstea Having
the* recognised Ike right id whit*
America** In overthrow cotnred gov
•earnest* and frame nunttitutieu* that
exclude eoinred race* from iwilUa*.
PreeMeut McKtaley minuet. eansbtnii
ly Interfere wHb the movement In
North Carol bit.
THE DUKE MATTED SETTLED
TUB TB1BITV rOUBM %TBBTCBB
•urmr lurnm.
Or. atllgw *w Brawl aa* Baa By la
Auewer «a*slleaa-lle liyUM the
MawiTUr. I>abr>«in^la« Maw
Hr. Iff/ Waa Btatad-TBa Inuma
Mara MallaBaB mmt (ha Ini Xrlra
Hualagr Waa taw.
tuiftwta Obawvr'a Kroon. Ink, of w. .1. C.
ConCcroaavat WllisUm.
A mullet of UterMt and pleasant
surprise to tUr Conference her# «u
rracbed, uamrly, the all laiporUat
question of Trlully College, dlaeuaaed
and muled lu a most pUaraat manner..
The beginning of It wag the annoKuee
msot that Um president of Trinity Col
lege. Her. 4. C. Kugo. D. D.. waspree
got, and waa irady to submit Um re- j
port of Trinity Collage. Dr. Kllgo
came laslda lha oliuooel ralllog and
requested that Im be permitted to read
tbe report of the trustees aad hltnaeif
•nd hi* n quest was granted. Till* rs
port was Dixt encouraging from every
•taudpoiot. showing the oottaga to be
in a better condition from a flaaaelal
point of vlear, from the u a tuber of
stodculi la atwdawoa *n<l the number
composing U a faculty than at any time
wlUttn Uhi history of tbe ctillage. The
calatoBuea aa far bask as ISTt iiad baea
conrulted. but nono any farther back
b«d beau preserved on III*. Eer. R. II.
Parker and P. dtikelrather wateraeoa
cnti led as trustees. I»r. Kllgo then
■t ic on sued Hist ha was road/ to an*
Nwernwy questions ragtrding tbe col
lege Which any or the member* of Uto
Conference might desire to art. fie
•aid he area ready to furntab informa
tion which the Church might dmlrs for
leguleian iwrpw,. but he mid that
he did u**t think nay io«n should hawk
Church business In public, lie stated
that lu December, DO, Air. Waahlnglon
pd**- "I Darimm. nude u girt «f
8100.000 to Trinity College, aad again
‘J‘ Jttr*. *W. bn gave an additional
8100.000. aside fr .in the other munlfl
Oont gift* of himself and Mi son to thte
liisiituthm. Thu dlscaMluu of this
matter tlien took U»t* f irm i>fq>i**tloa<
nnd sum* cm b-Uwn the msmbsra ef
the Conference aid Dr. Kilgu.
Dr Unity: ••Unw uthla tncnuy lu
vested ?*•
Dr. kilgo: Brit $100,000, Unit
given lu December. -po, «u |Bv*et«d
*’• preferred atoek lu the Aioerieta
Tobacco Company. amoocUng to 910
alum uf aaid atoek. Till* I did not
know imr did (lu trustee* know It an
ti! September, *»7. When the doeu
maiit coutvrrluf ttia ftft wu banlad
to me L placed It In ike ante without
examining It. In September, ir7, Mr.
I) ike Cuba t*> ra- nud voln itclljr aetil
that to beM^ve 1 l*u w mi I uhaig- the
Invrstroent of tli- st-et*. an tie thought
It might las mure an'-lifnulo.y (<> (hn
Church for him to d i an. Thi», li >w
I'ver. till *i-«m:it of IuhIiik** meiiur-.
or for mito i other o nnw, iiu.lil not do
until a year later. About S-plembvr
3. of tl»a prevent yewr. Mr. Duke wired
Ilia linker in Xew Xork to ohaags ibc
form uf Inv-f.tDr’nt and supposed the
change Woe laidii at mice. Upon tliie
anppaattlmi W. Its Odell luld Dr. Ivey
tlut the college owund m> etock In Mm
American T-Hmioi Company. *nJ up in
thle luforuiellon Dr. Ivey ncud wbeu
Im wrote tlie editorl.il in the A-.lroaiU
disclaiming amii ownership.
“Mr. J. II. Moathgate, president of
Ilia board, luvoallg ilel lira m t>r and
found that Ilia transfer had not W»o
mad*, and *o pnblinhrd on tf-pteuiber
23. The forui uf th« gift wm, boweycr,
changed on 5fai>*eui'a*r id, three days
before his artiCM appeared, bat with
uut bit knowledge. Tbli #100,000 ■
uow invested lu the Virginia Chemical
mi:l tinanu Company."
\Y. II. L MsDaurla: "Why baa
tlila information n it lieen furniaUrd be
fore 7”
Dr. Kilgo: it IlM not
bmti asked. ”
Dr. UjrJ: "I a>» an of to*
tooeo. but n friend of Trinity College,
ami J)r. Kiljro and t do not wish to to
misunderstood in till* mutter. I am
not going to oppose l»r. Kiljro’s adailo
IStratton boeansa Ha uses inbaoen. but I
uni glad tills change has hreu rfiCsetsd
In tlxu form of this gift.”
Dr. Kilgo; "Any Information re*
girding ibis matter Has loin furnished
gladly to preacher* and layman for
right purposes. bat far Uia mere par*
pose uf publicity and uuitclousoe** it
h*s not torn furnished."
Dr. Creasy: "Tba fknUarl. of this
hi*®*. U Urn median through which
publicity to till* matter Was glean and
that without proper laformatlon, bat
which loformaUon was glees whas
written for in the interest of the
Church.”
Dr. Drrd: “How much doss the
other 1100.000 yield f”
Hr. Ktigo: -It.is pot iovs*t-d to my
knowledge, but yields ft per omit, inter'
“•l* *• 1»W to w by Mr. Doha.
Hr. U. K. Duha la p OSS'S par of the
cmnuilttaa an lavastment, lad has a
voice In it.”
l>r. Wood: "1* our Church to Mortis
Carolina Ip nay way Winterer now son
nee lad with Us Americas Tnbaooo
Company ?”
l>r. Kilgo: “In no way saea tba
»’-«* *ud laymen take la It
Individually.”
Mr. Arnold: "1 desire mors aueclio
Information regarding this »Vu*T
(H* reviewed aeveral at the ouestlocs
and was answered l-y Dr. Kilgo ) I
am now autleOad.”
Dr. Kilgo: "I am sorry Dr. I ray
wroie as Ins did hi the Adrerwfr. tot ha
wrote according to hia Ipfarmatton.
Dr. Herd: "Hhuald Mr. I>uho die,
wnnld the money to oura.”
Dr. Kilgo: “Vee."
l>r. D. Alhl "This a*i<) anal loo
la aaltaraatury."
D.% Kilgo: "Mr. Duha remarked to
•iv on M'Widay, ‘If Ito Chwichdooa not
want usy mm my. give It hack to mo,
»"d I will eaUblMi a soilage second to
none Iw Ito South.’ Tine atowe Me
loterert In edoowUou."
Dr. Kilgo and several other mtaistsn
apofeo of tto platy, liberality and morel
xsgm
•km imwiM n htkl MK gotor^
2i*T,E!5!fV5?.J“2‘ft22?
•od Wiled d'aoaxalon waa JS8BgBI^
W matt?. Tho report or Trinity Cot
i *d»»- __
Wmn
MwMao Hevaaad
The State oraa. 2S®
oatmo dm white
preaeln* 1 a v 1 UUo n__
to join lo ('•Wring white
Tte Democratic --
open to all white «__
taro make a white uak
teko In all tW white P.r_awd
•hko ItepuWlMsa. law mob oovstr
taottt tW prientry ayotoao, and Imm «
Mate primary for cowoor.
and other State oflkwm. and alaa for
k*l olWt pooillona
for which ttaro to a oloa* oootett. to
South Carolina ml otter
i»w<j by Uwtem^antatoUMSEE i
nemtio party rirtually att IW Site ,
mm In thorn State* They am that a
nomination by white am to egalraleat
tn no oteoUon and in order to ham a
mtoe lu the mention «t public oMon*^
«"?«* fWy mam ^ |*to the Drtao
cmtio prlaurW \ primary la Ooer
jn» exeitea amra latomm than an •toe
dim. It will te *0 In Sorth Carolina
wlnm tW oondltloaa Wro am UW them
diet preraU la toeomte
mmm* Capon r*x« vs*.
nUMtUawK.
TlttcxpMM Of breadstuffi, cutton.
provision* end niaml stile htet mouth
•M" valu-d at I70.A5A.1M states*
f77.4U7.40l in OotSbar last year. The
total shipment* but moo lb were lanrsr
than fur any previous Booth In IMS,
and If Urn experiences of most former
veers should be repeated ths* ate like
ly to aiiew farther substantial salarae
-««t Uila month and next. These
axrlcji'lii ral exporta in the ten mouth*
euded nltll October 51.1W«, axarees
ted S1U.U M13, whlnb was a lame in
over the total tor the correspond m*
period In any rcicvut year. Tlss ooss
pleU Mr ores of the furelxu trade
movement hi October leat win*u»<v a
larye addlUoa to tbe torn of merehan
dlse credits axainst Rumps, which
at Um close of September amounted to
tta 031,884._
Hay Tk*lr THMSomal
Chatbem Ituseri. .
Out! blessed remit of leak weak’s
(h-ctkoti will be the in ipaneinn sod
death of e a umber of the so-called “re
fbrai” newspapers. th.t Imre dome ao
maoh to deaelre tbe people end atir op
prrjodtce* end imaslon. While profee
«ini to In* •■reform” papers, most of
tiwm iieve not only been eneadtadhr
bitter and virulent bet utlerly !Sn
scrupulous end at.principled, end a
disgrace to North i^urnlta* Journalism.
Most «f them were eflUe holders' or
r»u» and their editors did last ee they
were ordered. And Indeed lbs editors
of aeerly ell of them were thm*al*ea
office-holders, sod tome were so (Mdv
lbet they wm not mltsfled with only
one or two offices bat held several
o aloes _
■•II** rtnriM Mime *■ -Trifi
ON >**•'« IU-?wrJ.
ru* deceit or tb« BeyuWleaM and
Fution IMpalteu *m atHklagly ilia*
tr»i«d teat errok by their ticket*. How*
»f their ticket* bad at the top in huge
WUen, Um words “Reputflc.a Tick
"V1 and theee ticket* were banded t*
BepnWIeaoe. And other Usfeeti wlUi
exactly the iuw u<im on then, bed
•t the top lb* Wptds •• Popu 11*t Ticket,”
and tbaaa ticket* war* kandud to Pop
ulate. Ia other word* tiie uegron
wen made to believe that they wan
wottn* the eualgbt KvpabUean ticket,
and tb* PopnlMa wen made to beUeVa
that they weie voting the straight
Popoliet ticket, and yet *« wen voting
roteractiytbeaama caadldatae.
Bln Mil* rroveU —- ‘--r
«*rrtl« ClttM.
an biting tbe rtory that the
BepaUic.n* sent their cawnalgo fund
fur Clirmltw to Murphy In *10 .nd WO
Mila Tbe flMrahMjtethereabout* Maud
of the arrive! of the feed that wee ta
bo pi Med where it would do tba meat *
«uod. tog they deejde* tHtw WllfMI
ohenge the tulle. The reeatt wee that
wlioa tbe election ten on the ■»*»■»
were rushing frantically about the
town, try tag to get eoeoeane In "break
up” their bit bUfe. It » probably th*
MH tteeo the Mopubltaeaa widened eat
to* la big deeuntaatSu**
rmMia WHk Itote * — i
Alton Ulo CUlM.
A om*«l in the CM*m office th*
other day ijltanatal the ceatpalga eer
ried no la reeapt ynere by eoeee of the
raioMoniutea erat oot by the ReneWl
cm petty. One of tba atortee told aMe
on bo Iuiported nglmihotOor, who wa«
rmtyhig to n ttaaeoerM who audit
that there area a tariff of « par eoot.
m> Uo. "Saw, Woe eHbwae, yon
know that la not eo. Wby.yoneengo
dnera here to tha hardware eeoreaad
gwt a greet big tin hnohet fer 1* oeeta."
And Hie crowd yeOed._
eSSTwiwiir
it uwnUMfygtatHptagto the pub
lic to knew e( ooe ooneent la the and
wlw ore ooe afraid to be eeneieee to
arys*ggvSas
far OnetowpUon, Cougho aad Celd/
. have given away ovrr tea •linen trial
' b°%tt*ihe< oT41*1 w^**
i
orybatua gaaiaattH, «•*(•* **»
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