, 1865-10-11
NORTH CAROLINA CONTEN-
TION.
The Situation In Western North Caro-
lana-Whites and Negroes In Conven-
tfon-Doln=st OF the Frecdmcn-Rlrxt
Days Of tho State Convention,

uoN-DosuES+ OIL tnc Ffecdmcn-Elrk
Days Of the State Convention.
From Our Special Correspondent
RALEIGH. Oct !. 1916.
In South Carolina and on the Charlotte aud
South Carolina road, the railway tarc Is from
eight TO nine cents per mile, and the rnte Of
travel from ten to twelve miles per hour. On
the North Carolina roads the fare Is about six
and one-fourth cents per mile, and the rate OF
trarel about fourteen miles per hour. Thus,
the distance from Salisbury to Raleigh is one
hundred and thirty-flve nliles, and IL il made
In nine hours and 1alf, at an expense OF
eight dollars and hall, and d nights sleep.
Sleeping cars are an unknown thing on South
ern railways, and bid fair to be 80 tor soule
time to come--if one may judge from the
terms on which the North Carolinn road pro-
posed TO allow one 10 be run with their night
train. One can't help wondering, sometimes,
how It Is possible for my one to be 50 stupid
y opposed to comfort, as large numbers OF
Southern persons are
II sun and compass were both at fault,
general observation wonld give ample assH-
rance that had moved northward Much Of
the country through which one travels on
this North Carolina road Is suggestive of
Pennsylvania, though occasionally there are
oak openings like those Of Minnesota md
high plo1ns like those OF Iowa The country
abounds In small firms rather than in large
plantations and corn, not cotton, is the
principal product. There arc apple orchards
nnd many peach trees, aud the Treasury
Agent at Greensboro said there were licenses
out for over one hundred smn1I stills In his
,rr% <1rn ht1uH NJ fEnr
persons were stilling without licenses. Fences
also Indicate movement to the Sorth-therc
are none In South Carolina. I even found
quite ftourishing schools in Salisbury md
Greensboro. The capacity OF cooks for ruin
ing catablcs In the process Of cooking Is also
something less up here than in the low couu-
Try, though they labor to their utmost crcn
In this State- Salvation for any one from the
North lies In the fact that the average white
Of North Carolina is less Intelligent than the
average white Of the other State, aud there
fore the effort to ruin the negro cook has not
progressed as far here as there.
One other fact strikingly marks progress
northward-1 begin 10 meet rebels. II Is a
mistake TO suppose that this class of creatures
is confined to South Carolina, even a mistake
10 suppose that It resides In that State In any
considerable numbers. There are half .
dozenherc to one down there. Sherman visi-
like demon Of devastation and destruction.
No pen could tell how the pride aQd beauty.
thereof arc laid In ruins. Yet that treatment
was wl.at the hauEllty little State needed.
let no 1nnn ever extenuate or apologize for,
his course. Less fire would have spared more
properly, but also more rebellion More IRE
would hive made moro healthy spirit In
this State. The people IN the western part
scarcely know, so far Us their material inter
csts nrc concerned, TINT there has been war.
They suffered by the rebel conscsiption, and
not n few Of the farmers mud planters bad
their Properly destroyed; but the burning
oil hnli OF each Of dozen towns out there
would have been, In the end, wisc peace
measure. In South carolina every man was
rcndy to tnke The oath he made no profess
ions Of Unionis1n, but he owned that H. had
been fairly beaten, wanted peace andpriyile.c
Of trade, and would sincerely obey the Gov.
crnmeDt hereafter. Here there Is great deal
OF talk about .'our rishts,' great d.al Of
complaint nj the action Of the Government,
md great deal Of TINT spirit which still
refuses either to acquicsce or 10 be comtortcd.
The manner Of speech there in regard to the
Yankees" thereby all tho people
el The NoTth-was respectfully appfeciatiye
With tue rebel population Of the western part
OF this State, q ''iank" " Is spoken Of In terms
not only Of disllke but Of contempt.
THE FREEpMES's CONVENTION. -
"IIave you been into both Conventions 81
seid l TO an cx-Congrcssman from the North
whom met hero last evening, referring 10
the Frccdmen's Convention Just closing, and
the Constitutional Convention two days old
HYes, Eve attended two sessions of each.
stopped down at the other hotel when got
here. ind / took some care to talk With good
mnny Of the delegates 10 the Governors Cou-
rcntion.'' .,-
"Well, how do they talk about things In
general and State affairs In particular ="
"Therc Isn't loyalty enough IN that whole
house to hurt anything and as toT 6sams,
rican church,n
TLus said The ex-Copgrcssmnn, who has
national rcputc and is moi chased among Inc
so-ca1led "radicnls."
In sober truth, the Frcedmen's Convention,
which closed four days session yesterdny,
was body of which the negroes Of this o.
my other Southern State might Well be proud,
and which no Northern man could see without
feelings Of hearty respect. 1t was called
Ing Of leading Freedmen held at
iaycttesillc. Tho cali provided for ms many
delegates from each county rs It las mesnbsrs
OF tile legislature, which would have given
au aggregate OF la5 member Very few or The
counties IN the western half OF the State were,
however, represented. In some / presume the