North Carolina Newspapers

1 The News ji Ii Devoted to the . Upbuilding of.. . . . s Polk County. The Nwa It Unsurpassed as ca 2 i Tertidag UedioBu M M M Rates Lo'dr. 9 ' OFFICIAL JOURNAL OP POLK COUNTY. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL, THINGS. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $i.oo PER YEAR, IN ADYAffCXV VOL. X. COLUMBUS, N, C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1904. NO. 28 J? f- r IMI i t n r i n a i 1 NEW PHASE OF THE QUESTION Race Problem Discussed By For mer North Carolinian In Intel ligent Way. A3 a constant reader of THE HUSTLES, and one who appreciates the progres- sive and liberal spirit which charac it discusses all questions of public in- lei UC3 1V uv uv imtutii. w I vu-. TV I terest, l oeg w oo auowea wj oner a lew thoughts on the very important pro- position of the white men andthe black man trying to live : together in peace, rMh is onlv one of the manv features of the race problem. . I know that a great many people will say that there Is no ucb thing as the "race problem," that it ia only scare talk used for , political purposes only, and that there is no-probability of trouble with the negro in the future. The republicans will say th democrats kick upa dustabouv him busehe usually votes the republican ticket and thedemocrausaythatth. republicans try to avoid this dust because they be. lleve In social, as well at political equality andwjnt to establish negro aommauun. .u. -H" "i- aOujOCrauft u9tttU9a uc pM iawi to disfranchise white man who cannot read and write, or who have not been fortunate enough to corner a few hun dred dollars worth of property while they were trying to decently support their wives and children. North Caro lina said she had as much right to bar an ignorant black man from the polls as Massachusetts did an ignorant white man, and while the band played Annie Eoonle, a negro was lynched in Dela ware and one in Georgia. Now the real race question doesn't hang so heavily on the right to vote as it does on other things. The average necrm Vift no mora knowledge of the eacrednessot the American ballot than In 1894. the repubUcaus always agitata a hog does of Thanksgiving, and at this J do hat the democrat, bad done, point the woman tuff ragtsts get Into the found ffctlon derpopulist leaders will game. They claim that they are being f ? Inremrn for a few cd- wronged by the cruel man because negro ia allowed to vote while they are disfranchised. Soma people think that 'is the reason a woman has h voice in so manv domestic affairs, because she is denied one in public questions. I don't kno'v where the Populists and Socialists come in, but they undoubtedly have a kick somewhere. Now all this fades into the glimmer ing distance when the thoughtful, un biased citizen considers the momentous question, "Can we abide permanently in peace with this man of black?" He is here and here in alarming numbers. Our troubles with him Increase -just In the proportion that his population in creases. He is not responsible for his presence on the American continent, and there is no doubt that he would immigrate in large numbers If he only had the proper encouragement. ; Sometimes the very best way to answer one question is to ask another. Have we lived with him in peace since he became a free man? Upon theaoswer to this question depends largely the answer to the question "Can we do it in future?" A man who has been educated in TjAttn. and who knows nothing about the nature of the negro, might possibly advance a very pretty theory on the race problem, and show conclusively that it would be the easiest thing inthe world to live in perfect harmony with him.. But after all we have to drop baek latothe school of actual experience to get 'knowledge of ' real practical value. We have had forty years of lust inch a school, and everybody has observed it closely. It is an open book w of th reaulU of actual test. The cenarous north united with the touth r - . and thev invested millions In the only , VII plan whnreby any people can be vaUd. christianized and eniigntenea that of intellectual development. i.n . . - m avenue of opportunity hat been cleared nf apf nHttaole. and he has been encouraged onyery hand, yt instead of the high moral and intellectual to which the government no doubt honestly believed that civil liberty U connection with these, would .lift him, we have . forty yean record" of the blackest criminal offenses ever known to man. And tne nrst ten yeara rowru Vs v. Ana Vinnrllpd fold in UH UCCU lUtl WW vuv the last ten of that period, until now we haye to barricade our homes in order thawlf. and daughter may be pro- jouwtfTh..numlr of lynching, itiAMtt tnet .In tha orooortion tnat " - . a . th. naoeroi crime. lned. . I don't believe there Is a right-mind ed man in America who actuully be lieves m mob violence under a "govern ment by. the people; such as we have,1 whose old flag ttandj the world over for liberty and commuted against the defenseless WO- I c" U1 "1S "un"T. so shock the hu- man mind that the voice of reason fail to appeal. t deplore theTact of a mob, B 1. 1 . .... I wnetner.it be in . . . i ... ueorgia or Indiana. I fear the ultimate results of its work. i w:so tbers wa3 a plan to wipe from the face of America the crime which creates it, and I cannot think' of a bat- ter one than that sup-P-estpd kv tha i-r . , ... - . .... - . J 'ZTZ 0up mvp.n " f ron;i 1 !,VeSm1!nt Is Spendinfir mil t," fU, .Sr'Cy: " "r r V. , -wiULxuu ul a piuuioui lnnnltfilV mnrA tmnnit.(lnt- anil !. I hri 7Vi,1k -"muoi we nanus oi me responsiDie people " v.isu. i The mean'negro element of our population is menacing. It hinders the advancement of the better one3. They will make little surro6undl Tbe mean negro cannot be reformed by Qtle mQans op 0therwib8i He 9 multiplying rapidly, He u tbe racause of lbJ ,steace 0f lawleMnet3 d r t say awfty withhim. If our government would invest some an everlasting benefit en all concerned. This is no sectional or local issue. It was once bounded by geographical lines, but now so now. The time will come when the whole country will say that the mean negro must go in some way. N. B. HcooiNs, Fort Mcpherson. Ga. October 17, 1004. The Era of Fusion or the Second Advent of The Republican Party. ral and state offices. ' Tn that vu- and mia in 1898. fusion . ... wit A ' J ' Between wiexepuuucannuu r.Fuu3 pa. w was succesful, and the government in the . 6 . . ... state, in the counties, ana in tne ciues, nMd .,nt of hands of the democratic party: andacaiu the negro -became the dominant factor in the east, and in the control of the party In power. Thev constituted two-thirds of the " ml voters, who had made fusion successful, and upon which it had to rely for con tinuance in power. Conscious of their nower. the neero demanded a division of ih nfflcpg. and eaual participation in government. It is needless to say, this demand was heeded. As a result again as In the days of reconstruction, the local oitairs or many towns cities and counties of the east were practically turned over to the negro poli ticians of that section. They were sent to toe legislature, they were made magisira- ftnnatahlea. Dolicemen. deputy sheriffs, registrars of deeds school committeeman. w - - Thev were not contented with .filling municipal and county positions, but de- manded state and federal places as well, Ia some localities they were placed on com- mtitees to select teachers for white schools, w . and to visit and supervise white schools, Thev were made diiectors of state instiu- T , Raleigh. aboutne At one time during fusion thousand negroes were holding offices in North Carolina. Uuder these circums- tances there was, of course, a repetition in . . the east of the conditions which existed under reDublicai rule during the recon- .t.nAUn rurin - In the cities, towns, ana eoun L,ntAlU(1 the same lrrt3oonsl- . . ,r,rtrtmTUtJ.nt rorrnnt crovernnientr 1 uiO ,i4d.iuj7v.t - - r - a " 1 hnTht riutrraee nnon the state B v.. n w . r wben tbe Republican party was in power durin- thc 60's. Life' was not safe, wo- I - ... manhood was not safe. It was a period of dlBOrder and lawlessness, of wild excite- uulvsrsal terror. The wors of fetiug existed between the races. Race rnlHsions were comraonxfvery where and race war was a constant menace. atrrrmander Cities ta glre sjegra miaarltlee Caatral. - . The people doubtless remember the clues Or?nvllle. New- Bern and Wilmington, and the counties of Craven, liew Han- , j oyet. Bertie, Halifax, Granville, Warren, I ' - - and other eastern counties, it mign De It might De well to recall oneny. now t .u. Lent, of 'usionle Uerrjma.aerdl I 1 a. m.m WaaaV VM M iW IB in (Will MI1HI WT.tm warai, two my mom m-- order tb. h., mlghr b. co .Dy - - ipHvii if 1.1115 uuiai sn iimu larae white majorities. The negro ; waras large wnut ujjui- , a were glyen two alderman eaca aou white ward. on. alderman: each. Under this fusion charter, : at the town election, wards elected tions, one of them being made director oi dence, a negro Durgiar, was capturea ana report current for several days that he will brought in touch with the . people and its by their original charters- but the demo the white deaf, dumb and blind hospital at held by the ladies until a police officer ar- a ya for the United State Sena- field of usefulness enlarged. -1 was brought cratic board, in pursuancoof thepoUcy plpctArf va TpV.io iMmi. rr I.. I .nv iihhv UH. U . V UB BUI O I the four negroe8 on the board outvoted tbV two whites; and they elected as offleers of ovnu whit m.. I w ww OTsCa. MAXmj Vft f f UAVU I rftI?ir.ihlAfnf I - . v-vw M . MW1 V . VIV ene Ce negro day policeman and a negro nightl policeman. The first mavor and chief of police elected by this regime were during their first term Indiatfld fn mmhltnir I m. l:- t. j . ... XUOT VOUIO lUhU UUUlfc aUU aUUUVbCU , ViltSir I notwithstauding these facts, they lu fcUOir resptacuve Positions in thewensulng eIeotion May, 1898. auuxew xera wer o - cnangea Dy.ine legislature a io lane the control and management or the affairs - of these cities ...i .j i. . ".i ... . ana inrn mem oyer ta tna tenner mprripu . -, . ox loetusum governor, Llanlel h. KusseU, by placing in the hands of the governor the power to appoint onV Alderman in each ward, while the voters elected only one In each ward. This was a direct : blow at the theory of self-government. And it was done by the fusion legislature in thcinterest of the negro, while loudly proclaiming themselves in favor of government by the people; and boasting of their purpose to aintain self-government In North Caro lina. The result was absolute negro domi nation and its attendant evils, lawlessness, arrogance, corruption, Insult, robbery, burglary, InceDdlarism and unberable to conditions as it is to be of race strife and riot, such hoped may never be a hoped may never be seen again in any part of our grand old state. Sample af Ilepaeliean Bale team Saetern City. It Is only necessary to give the result of fuslon government is one city. That wilU the governor gave as the reason for making er it addressea itsiif to this work of- hu show what fusion government meant In the the transfer tfiat there was so much manitv, and by rigd economy in all public east. Wilmington is- selected because it wfjs the home of Governor Russell. It is well known that ia that city Governor Russell absolutely controlled the Republi- con party. The condiUons in New Bern, The adraini ration of the penitentiary andimproved Insane assylum f ,rthe whites; Greenville and other towns and cities In under Governof Russell was a disgrace to g0 to Goldsboro and see the insane assy the east were but little better than in thetate. It shows the; character of the lam for the blacks: at. to Morj-ant.m and Wilmington. An extract from the sworn statement of Hon. John D. Bellamy, a resident of Wilmington, and now represen- tatlve of the sixth congressional district, i vim snow tne ainu 01 nureruuicuw xusiou n that city- Tlus tesUmonyWASj I . . . n . T ... ' ' . 1 J I crlTftn IA US lOWWIKUamr WOUieSWa - - - wection case: . .w.. ..u. "i statea mat as a ruifc oi . legislation the city had been put under negro coatrol, substantially; that although the white people owned about 97 per cent of the property and paid that much or the taxes of the city, that we had a board of aldermen, with a white man tor mayor, who didn't own a foot of land in the county, and paid comparatiyeiy little or no taxes; that three or f ur of . the board of aldermen were negroes; that forty of the magistrates were negroes; that from four teen to seventeen of the thirty on the police force were negroes; nearly all of the deputy sheriffs in the county were negroes; that the register of deeds of the county was a negro; that every health office of the city, a very Important position, was neia By negroes; mar. one ui vue lureo wuV Lmissioners was a negro; ana tne result oi u i . . . . I was that horrible state or misgovernmsni had been brought about; that night after . I . - - . I J night burglaries and robberies tooK place in town without any aetecnon; mat wunin about eight nunarea ieet or tne cuy nan six burglaries had been committed within I .. ... . ... . , - ten days without a , detection; mat one burglar had been arrested iu a iaay;s resi- - . mW punishable by death! and not bailable, he was let off -n his own recognizance, or a straw oona, x nave rorgoueu now wmvu, i . : j . AUat .Mtt.AM ni ana me negra escapea; vufc iuuruci8 uu crimes of all characters were of constant accurrence: that within arjout a year six I munlers had - taken place in tne county; 1 . . ., . .. . I I a " ." 1C a.& for and defiance of the law; that the city anthoritles. in the exercise of their dlscro i tion nnon sanitary matters, . had located a 1 .- hospital for infectious diseases on the out- skirts of the town, and the negroes, severa 1 ... t : i hundeea in number, a complete moo, ru ed with guns, pistols and'other weapons, I wtou.tkea,.hUn?tibarnedH e down, and the mayor and policeman, al- I dowo, and the mayor and polic though remonstrating were powerless. to resist It, and none or saia nsgroes were ever arrested or tried for the oXTense; that in tne J trial of the causes in the court-house It was impossible to convict a negro of crjme a Question of credibuity arose oetween white witnesses - and negro witnesses; tnat I 1 . the juries, composed partially of whites - I - . ... . .. and partly of blacks, would retire, and partiy ot Diacas, wouia retire, auu - nung jury wae - , ! Z in ,,,'ML';" Si"" (.. -.-. bBBBB1BB B. MUm Bt BI BV WW aUBMIW ww u, w . i uiuaw-"" r - - Btrue county .iCCu v j mU'I,. mi in tv." 7r 7WM Mmm or Edgtcombe got nearly twic. as many, or thirty-one. f Craven county was blessed wita twenty- .... l. - " . "7. T: : ' i " ' i - , .. ... .. . HalifAT mnntv was rtAi-timilarlv V noxious, baring Produced "Buck- Kitchin, who did not bclieVe in negro magistrates, got t went v-nlne of them. - af ' f : " Granville oountv eot seventeen. while! i. O 7 I -ot"walt .1 r Caswell county, which had not done 1ulw 80 much fojr "our cause,'' received eeven..:: I " VJv uoiuvu - Hiv it.glDlo K hundred negro magis- ---"-----;"- ' much f?r dispensers of justice at s . negro uiu u aspu-fj " year, now Iin.. Prnvan iMl.itn I w'"',r " j . - -. - - I i ui ucbjuuu "wtiu ucpukr xckiowcib i fcl"oc . I "" a ner and a negro commissioner. . ;f ner WM eieciea register or deeds in ?ew an0Xer! : neSro constables and ae? 8enfft,f appomted- - Jn Ha-ifax Egecombe, Bertie, Warren asd, "indeed, in sjil the black counties of the east, negroes wre elected or appointed to publie offices. p ; And if there vas one office the negro was particularly! unfit for, It was school committeeman lover white children: and yet throughout the eastern counties there were a great many negroes appointed school committeeman over white children. Aalllaatrati!(Bepablicaa JJlanag taentof Stat Iaatttatian. Juhn a. Smith had been aDDolnted I superintendent of the penitentiary, but there were s nany scandals in the ad- I mmt8traUon that Governor Russell trans- ferred him to had of the agricultural de- pattment;. and It was rumored .abroad that I peculation and Ihieving at the penitentiary that he wanted o get Smith away and into a place where he would uot make any more of public propetly. men. who werin charge of the state dur- ing the fusion ra. For scandal, indecensy, and downrightcorruption, and dishonesty it is unique, jr s ,h ecu me xvcpuuucau party wus, uuarc t the penltenaary, it was self-sustaining, f .. ..H... . . . . . UUnOI me Ume ll Ma COnirOl OI. H. It 7 - . cos ine staie .w. xne aemocrau. h, nn h. r .nntmi - Af it imir Onr. - - .1, " rnor Aycoca uiue over tnree years, aou during that tine it has not only paid ex- penses, but ha turned over $100,000.00 in, to tne treasury;; The story orstne scandals which m con- nection with tjje republican management of this instituOen is too Ion? to be reciied 0 he-e. . One ortwo instances, however, are given by wa lof illustration.- Handbook. TAG fa ART AT HOME u v thi Outlook ls Favorable and Parker Will Win. Indianapolis Oct. 20th. Thomas Tag- i gart arrived here this morning and was met afc Qnv Hotel by a number of party . . - i leaders with whom he was in consultation most of the T 11 " generally Under9t0Od ri to look over the situation i that he is her wltb partici reference to the legislature, : . . r. . . . will man nnt .. I tho flmnnirnfhv which n lmnen to elp.r.t a r-rg r majonwy on joun uauow iu iak ouuy. a I " ' ,-.!. r.biP should the country, go republic; and the gU C!' .NT7- mnrnmri won ran vh iiihl iiai iihi nri Lniif 11111. - pi oeing a canqiuate.. y . m.-iwtuwiucuw i" 1 s j o,ki. ... r.n..Ki 1 u ucwmi, uuv -aiu ccjr vuiujj nos iau.uc I a AA Maaiv In ilin Aaaf anjl tkat Unm VavIt rtieaw arwiv.i vv pxl w i rtri ti i h aiHrv anu hui i Delaware, together with Indiana, would certainly give their electoral votes to Pari er.n I do not care to give any forecast at this time," pe said " nut will probably give out statement early next week. I will ft ' sayjn a general way, though, that the out- look , dth Parker will win." , Register At Once! The registration books 'have been open since Ihe 6th day of October. They 1 I 111 a. ' 3 9 A ' "a.l ' AA win ciose aaiuroay nignt, vctoDer : jTbt registrars will register all j voters wbo aDply rfor registration untU that time, but can be found at the polling 22nd and AUvoterswho wer. not reglsUred I M - m . T m T --M A. a-a' ior tne election item .wo jrea Kvt ur who beffiiTed irom preoi?cts ln : ': " anrtaa if i nav 6 - J desjre to yote. . - It is heedless to nrge upon the Demo crats the necessity of registering. . ob-1 AN INTERESTING S10RY. Some Facts Which Indicate the 7 Importance. of Keeping the x Democrats in Power. .'. ... -' Th Aaylam for the Unfortunate. - jChristianityjind civilization demand that the unfortunate men, women end children 8ball provi(Jed foJ at the epen8e of the state or the communities in which they liye North Carollna wa9 one of the Jtat'of erection of an assjlura for her insane and . ..j fop "thgcnnfPff: dumb and bHnd children 1-he : wrecked -. fortunes and desolated, homes caused by iuc oi muiupucu mc iiuiuutr-w wune i, w:,ij .1 insane persons, who were obliged to relv gtAte lngtltutiong f or treatment. The insm d af, dumb and blind of the colored race bad hUhert0 been Drovided for bv their owners. After the freedom of the gIavea these also became a charge unon the state. The asylums for the treatment and care of the insane, the deaf, thejdumb and the blind were therefore wholly inadequate for the demands upon theni. During? the years of republican rule that party had splendid opportunity to do something J these unfortunate people. Tne rate of tax ation was high, bonds were is iued by the mllliona. the unfortunates wert incarcer- ated in jails or confined at home. The afflicted annealed for helo. but no heln came. . x & ' - r The Insane were left to their fate,' and the deaf, dumb and blind cbil In n, white and black,' were left to get on in the world as best they could. ' k when the democratic party came in now- mattra it twwMpH oaoviiima (7r th !,, 0f b,th races, and schools for the deaf, dumb and blind, both races-with.-mtincraa ing taxation. Go to Raleigh; see the large gee that splendid assylum there for the whites; and at Morganton and Raleigh, see the assylums provided for the deaf, dumb and blind of both races, snd learn so ne- i unng oi tne uemocratic numanity ana aem- cratic management. These fine institu- I I I tJnn 01yTrt-a-mnnmontji tn- omnAwt n ' . . . --"r""v wisdom, humanity and integrity; and the .nji.... . - -k .uu.., u cu ,ne gtate government under democratic rule during the years these great improvements were being made, and these grand build- lugs were De;ng erected, were much less than they are now under republican rule when there is nothing of the kind going on. a .1 . ' -, . xne uemoerauo pariy oeueves in euuca- tion. Jefferson, itsgreat founder taught that for a people to be strong and powerful and truly sovereign, they must be intelli- gem; ana to ue inteiiigeni, uey muai uavc 8cho08 Hence he set himself to work to establish universities, colleges, high schools and oommon schools. No service he ever rerdered his country has been, worth more to the generations that have come after him than the example he set his countrymen in the cause of education. ' : ' The democratic party, upon its advent to ln 187 addressed itself to thegreat work of providing schools for the training, preparation and education of the children. I c-'-'i'eucu io-iuiwueu, uuu buuiwu Tit J the university. The career of the tnstitu- I . . -. .. . . tion ander democratic rule "became agaia useful, progressive and noble. It was I - " ' . . - - in run accora aXa sympatny witu an oiner eaacaiionai ineuiuwious. ano ueuume a vo- - . ' , . .li...! . 1 - - ker iu an enlarged life and usefulness or tne common scnoois. xnsteaa oi oemg, i . a a .1 . t ..ia..ji ,lsUMi unuer raUiai regime, uiuieu Incident," It again bewms ths pridt.ef our itate. Appreciating the importance of having i - ' the democratic party, established normal schools at various points In the state for the training of these teachers. It began, as we now remember, with the normal school at the university for the white teacher?. - and I aaA MAavMal alivAl at IPatTamf 4 atnl 1 1 A ' efia, "'" t t ., . . , xucc e luuuweu sta e for each race, aud these, in turn; were followed by the teachers institutes in most or all the counties : of the state. These efforts at training men and women to tsach and to work resulted In establishing tht state nor - mal and industrial school for young ladies at Greensboro, the agricultural ana me- chanical college for young men, and tht colored normal and industrial school at Greensboro for the colored race. .The fund for the support of the oommon schools was increased as rapidly as the con dition of the people and their ability to pay taxes would allow,, and every dollar collected for schools wks expended for schools was Improved, better teachers pro- ed in tbese colnmns'beforO that of Mist vided for them, longer terms taught, and violet Leland Erektne , .and . Mr Mac attendance of children increased. In mbs dermid Parish Watson at St.' Clensent of the larger cities and towns graded schools were established a. part of the common school system. ? In brief, an impetus was given to in. cause of education under democratic rule, that made itself felt in every -section, in every school, and among all classes in the stale, and every college in the state ha felt the good of our efforts to promote the cause of education; As a' result the liber ality of generous friends was stirred by the zealous activity of our efforts tovadvance education, and increasing numbers of stu dents' were attracted to the colleges to profit by the splendid endowments that have aid ed in making these, eeilsgVs so useful to the people of the state ; ' - " " v , The record of the party; in ; referenoe to education during this period, like its record in other things, is a noble one, and, stands out la bold contrast to that made by the re publican party, and should Mtlsfy; all rea sonable men that the vital interest of the people is safest in democratic hands; " The Gavernor's 3fanla aad aapreaaa , Caart Balldla;; During this democratic period a conve nient and commodious residence for the governor was built and the supreme court and state libraries were taken out 'of the cramped-up rtoms in the capital and placed" tne new supreme court building on the same square with the agricultural building, where the court is now held and the libra ries are open to the public In a splendid lding that is a credit to the state.' The Penitentiary. '( When the republicans undertook the lo- catl6n of penitentiary they set ;agoing . a Puuuu 8canatu ima Iorcea a ca& 01 location fr.m Locksville t3 Raleigh. Those familiar with these times will recall the scandals attending the attempted purchase of a site at Ipckvllle, and how the contracts were repudiated. Those scandals were still fresh in the public mind when the demo crats gaiaed control of the legislature and became res onsible for the legislation af- fectingthe management of the penitentiary. It was during th denircratic administra- tion of the penitentiary that the great build ings of that institution ' wt re constructed, and finally completed, and it was also un der this democratic administration that the expenditures ftr the support of the peoi- I tentiary gradually grew less and less every year till the institution finally became self- supporting in 1896, the last year before fu sion control in which it was under the con trol of democratic officials. ' - oa vnHiwiH.u rS1..A n .11... J. .... - mm M IMI. mm- - - ilea of tn. Il-llrd.. - p . - ? Government has its burdens as well as hlMo5n(rfl Tu hn.n. .,tha. t r 77 " . ZnZrr dPnn "ZanV-At 0 " - r " ; " V 7 of government as light and the blessings as M Powible, and to call upon all spe- fcies of property and upon ail classes of gb&re Q both1 without discrimi- Dati0n as to any. When in power it im- burdens upon all according t0, their abiUty to bear them, and- required- . trlct CX)mT,uAnc,e with the law on the nart of all. Hence" when it aooeared that tnaTA WAra Cart .;n Miiroarl In the state which bore no part of those bar- dens and that some corporations were in some instances not obeying the law, and were misusing the powers given them by the state, the democratic legislature estab of tbe8e matters, to place all raUroatW eft on the tax listf an(, to compelJTco lished a railroad commission, to take charge erty on the tax list, and to compel all cor porations to do justice to their patrons and the public generally. Some of the roads resisted the efforts of the board to put their, property on thdiax list for taxation liko other property, claiming they were exempt I vnuvi uivvvi v v viMUaiiua wuv w ev wa v vavVtt' tb&t ny 8hould be taxed 'alike. i j .1 1. .. till they succeeded In placing all prop- evtr on the tax list; thus adding miDions of to tbe taxable bTOnerty of the state. m ' Irru.u rd also fixed anassenger and freight . a passenger and freight i rate, which was consldsred at the time fair I and equitable to both the corporations and 1 - - ,. . - . r f justed; an J so long as the board remain ea I under the excluslvi control of ' ths 'demo- cratic party, it was absolutely frea from I scandal or suspicion.- 1 Peaaiene ta Caafederate alalere. 1 r. . - " a " 4J1! il l 11 1 ' nV ' A 1 '!m af was aunng mese years pi aemocrauc i edminittration tnat tne soiaiers' nome was established and provisions made "for the j poor and needy Confederate soldiers." The sjate also ' made liberal appropriatlont to the Oxferd orphan Mylum for the white children and Ukewlsejto the one for the 1 colored children. Hand Book,' " ' Recent Marriages. . The two following , marriages .will interest Tryon people. Mist Grace Augusta Bagley and; Mr. Fredeirck CornelinsHLettecey- were' married in Haverhill Mass. on Monday ; Oct. 4, at home after December the vfirtt 20 Auburn St. Nashua N. E. MifU'Bagley spent the last two winters in-Trycn and Danes' Church . in , London ; Eng. ' on Saturday : the thirteenth of Angust. They have arrived in" this country and are at home at Villa Faverita, Lewtrre i xeuxers. a. x. - i t '4 t. K r t ' -S. it'.. tkere are eevtain