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The Caucasian., 1896-11-19
Rev. Mr. Hnfnam read tks foiloz.

AN-F- "a ~ "a AEA3 4ss8 s3l&R
ing ragolution:
whereas, The opening Of the
doors Of the nations ~ The preach
ing of the Gospel and the constantly
increasing needs OF our missions 81
ready established IN heather lands
require increased contributions from
the churches st home, therefor,
Resolved. That we undertsge -
raise $4,000 for foreign missions
during the present year,
The motion WAS carried nnsGi-
n1ously.
The largest and most .mportant
committee of the Convention is the
board of missions and Sunday
schools. aud it's report embodies the
work of the church for year. The
chairman of the board is Rev. J. E.
White.
The afternoon session was closed
today by Rev. ID. Hufham, of Hen
derson. He is one of the wittiest,
yet mos. pathetic men among the
Baptists of North Carolina. He spoke
mighty of the relief board. Here
the session adjourned.
The evening session was opened
with praise service, conducted by
Rev. l.. NJ. Hunnieutt, after which
President Marsh called for the re-
port Of the committee on State mis-
sions. This was read by Rev Mr..
Richardson. A motion was made
and carried to adopt the report, af-
ter which Mr., Richardson spoke on
the report. The report recommend
ed an appropriation of $4,000 for
| the State mission work. Before the
war began in Cuba the Baptist
church had 2,775 communicants
there. Mr.. Richardson's remarks
anent the struggle of the early days
of the North Carolina Baptists were
both interesting and amusing.
The next speaker was w. r. Brad
shaw, of the Estate of Wilkes" He
said: "We have a plenty OF Bap-
fists If you shake any bush they
will run o1t." He is decidedly orig
inal and pleased everybody.
Hon. J. c. Scarborough was the
next spe aker and ne spoke of mis-
slonerY work in the factories: North
| Carolina was destined 10 be great
manufacturing State. He also spoke
touchingly ly of the condition Of the
poor factory children. He said il
you take the Baptists and the Meth
odists out Of our State the balance o.
the people would be mighty lone
some. The Baptis3s and Methodist
had carried the Gospel to thu
swamp. OF Carolina. The ehildrel
should be taught to read in the Sun
day schools.
| j. E. Ray, Of the Raleigh Deaf
Dumb and Blind Institute, next ad
dressed the convention. His tall
was confined to helping missionarie
by prayer.
| Rev. J. E. White then presented
DR.. Huffman, whom some one her
today called "that old saint" 81
appealed to the brethren to raise tn
debt of So, 800 which now hangs owe
the State mission board. DurinI
his talk he grew pathetic and tear
yelled up into the eyes Of many
His contributions, pledges, etc;
amounted to over $500. With thi
the night session closed.
The Caucasian., 1896-11-19

creased number Of contributing
churches. Some Of the ministers are
gong over to the Northern Church.
sn,,It e.ort wss adopted.
\ ne43 :, NJ. Rose made an ercour-
S1syA .nsport on Union Theologica al
w s9,r. New directors appoint
-1ootao y. Arrowood, Henry Lewis
GOOD g. b. Morton, X. F. Camp
sPEr appointed: DR.. Hill, DR..
ION.
~. /Dmmlttee was appointed to &C.
cure chaplains for the convicts on
the State farm Revs. l.. B. Turn
bull and Eugene Daniel, committee.
Rev. c. G.. Vardeil reported on
Sunday schools. There are $500
teachers, 20.00Gs, scholars and 9S
churches with no ' ,nday school.
Rev. A. J. McKH0ay made r sta
tistical report of thu Synod: Minis
ters l42; churches, 345; licentiates,
Is; candidates 73; communicates,
II ,02O; contributions, $222, ,5S3; ad-
ded on examination. 1852; on GER
tifcate, 992; total, 2.244; ministers
received. II; churches organized, 9;
vacant churches, 30; average pas
tors salary, $6l9.
Rev. l.. b. Turnbull reported on
systematic benefcence: Contribu.
ted, $63, ,O95, a gain of 81 900.
A popular meeting was held al
night on home missions.
The Caucasian., 1896-11-19
Two Children Burned to Death.

GREENvILLE, N. c., Nov. IL
Yesterday in the northern por-
tion of this county, Mr.. Wyatt
Meeks lost by fire barn contain
ing seventy-fve barrels of corn and
five bales Of cotton. Just after the
fire the terrible discovery was made
that two Of Mr.. Meek's children,
aged 3 and years respectively, had
perished in the flames. It is sup
posed the children went in the barn
to play, and, setting fire to some
shucks near the door, ran up on the
corn, piled IN the back of the barn
There charred bodies were found or
the pile of corn after the building
had burned down.
The Caucasian., 1896-11-19
THE REPORT OF GEN. MILES.

Recommends That Coast Defences be
Observation-Disclosures N. o.. Mem |
toned and $I25 900 to be Allotted. |
WASHINGTON, Nov. lin his an
nua] report to the Secretary of War
Maj. General Miles, commanding
the army, says that fortunately dur
ing the year the army has been call
ed upon only to a limited extent to
act either against hostile Indians or
against bodies Of men engaged in
violating the laws of the United
States, or international treaty obli-
cations. The personnel of the army
was never in better condition, the
percentage of violations OF discipline
has been exceedingly small and the
standard Of enlisted men is constant.
ly improving. The care exercised
in obtaining suitable material is
shown by the fact that of 40, 24O ap-
plicants for enlistment during the
year, only 1865 were accepted as
qualified.
Gen. Miles again devotes a large
portion of his report to the consider
alton Ofquestions of coast defence and
he renews forclbly all of the recon-
mendations on that subject made in
his former reports.
he says the appliances of war
have undergone SO great change
in thirty years as to make it imper-
atively necessary to change the en-
tire character Of our Notifications
and their armament as we'll. The
estimates that Gen. Miles says are i'm
peratively required to be allotted
for the next year for the work of the
ordin ance, engineers and quarter
master departments at different coast
points are as follows:
Portland, Me, ST. 1874, $50; Ports
mouth, N. H., $393, ,925; Boston,
Mass, ST, ,O7S $50; Narragansett Bay,
| $642 S25; Long Island sound, eastern
entrance, $913,600 defence of New
York, southern entrance, 81, ,299, 600;
Philadelphia, Pa, $625 OPS; Balti-
more. Md, $67l ,450; Washington, D.
c.. $577 1925; Hampton Roads, Va.
$6l9, ,325; Wilmington, N. c., $685.
525; Charleston. S. c., $3.50, ,925; Sa.
vannah, Ca, 1898, 1926; Key West
fla., 9l0U, ,4UU; MODlle, Ala, 2loU,f ,fUO
New Orleans, La, $4S9, 400; Calves
ton, Texas, $157 1925; San Diego
CAL, 5000, 1925; San Francisco, Cal.
1902, $50; mouth of Columbia river
$566, 1925; Puget sound, $764, ,050.
Gen. Miles, suggests that the en-
enlisted strength Of the army b
fixed at one soldier to every 1000 o.
population as minimum, the maxi
! mum strength not to exceed on
soldier for every 1000 population
) strength to be determined withi1
, these limits by the President accord
I ing to the necessities and require
ments of the nation.
The Caucasian., 1896-11-19
IT'S ONLY TOO THUE.
ABLE ARGUMENT sAS0RikG THE GOV.
ERNkEkT OWNERSHIP or RAIL
WAYS

Aps Com psrisen ef The Medas Op<randi
Drawn by c. r. ni< ses
efrrisH,s o~nsrahip ~ Cemp~rsa To
Cnels Sam. Facilities.
st, Louis JoarnaLi
IL yon wish TO send a letter 10 any
part of this country, or even To any
part Of Canada or Mexico, ali you
have to do is 10 put two cent STAN p
on IT. Uncle Sam" does the rest.
The two cents pay the cost of the
service and "Uncle Sam asks no
profit. But If you want TO send Jour
message by wire, that is very dif
ferent matter. Then you have 10
go TO IL private company, submit 10
their terms and pay their price,
which Arrays includes profit 70 pri-
vste individuals and interest on fic-
titious capital.
II is a package inste sd of a message
that you want to send, then you
must go TO an express company. and
the cost includes profit TO private
individuals and interest on fictitious
capital, and If the package has to be
transferred from one company to
another In transit, there is an ex-
ira charge for each transfer. Not
SO with letter, for there is only one
postal company, and that is conduct
ed by Uncle Sam, and not for pri-
vat profit or interest on fictitious
capital, but for the service of all
the people.
If you want TO 60 yourself, the
conditions are even worse than send.
ing telegram or an express pack.
age. If you agree to go and return
by the same route within a given
time generally short time) you are
charged certain price. If you
wish to stay longer you are charged
more; if you wish to stop on thu
way, you are charged more. Trav
ellers frequently have to return be
fore they wish, else their ticket viii
expire. A postage stamp never ex
pires! The more we think of Uncl,
Sans way of doing things, in com
parison with the way private com
panies do, the more we are attracted
to Uncle Sans way and the more ",
wish Uncle Sam would do it all.
Railroads seem to make stud,
of how much they can hinder an,
embarrass railroad travel. Judgin,
from how Uncle Sam carries a let
ter, we may infer that he would re
lieve railroad travel from every pos
sible inconvenience and embarrass
ment. Railroads have msde
feeble attempt to reduce inconver
fences by selling mileage books; br
they are good only on the roa
issuing the same; they expire at th
end Of year and you must buy l, ,O(
miles at a time. If Uncle Sal
were doing it he would issue mileae
books on any Of his roads and goo
until Used-and at cost of about
cent a mile or less, for he would n
, issue fictitious stock for the trave
ers to pay interest on.
We can get accustomed to nearl
anything, and we are so accustome
to the unnecessary inconvenience ,
travel that few realize that there
a better way. The better way wi
never come to US without effort G
our part. Capital will cling to pro
its, both present and prosperity
whether just or unjust. 1t has I
conscience. 1t cares all for prof
: and nothing for humanity. No i
: dividual has any capital invested
o our postal system; so it is free to 9
r ist for the service of a man at CO
q and not for profit. Our other pu
q lie utilities should be taken (on ju
! terms) and operated in the san
way.
The Caucasian., 1896-11-19
Salaries is EessDs.


ioSuaAob-l
The royal family OF England cgsts
the British government. in rdupd
numbers. 5000. 900 aunu.lly OF
this sum the Qseea resolves nearly
s2 600 900 year, besides the reve-
nues from tn. duchy OF Lsncssssr,
which amounts to . quarter of .
million. The Lord L'eutenAnt of
ireland receives 800. 900 . year for
his services and expenses. and the
Prince of Wales 500, 900 . year.
The President OF France receives
$240, 900 . year for salary and ex-
pepses IN enormous salary when it
Is remembered that the republic IL
sweating under . stu pendous ma
tionAl debt Of over e6 .000. 900 600
the largss. debt ever incarred By
any natlon in the world Italy can
have 10 600 men slaoght<red in
Abyssinia and still psy her King
q, 600, 900 . year. The civil list Of
the German Emperor il sbont ~ 000.-
900 . year, besides large revenues
from vast estates belooging % The
roya! family. The Gear Of oil tbs
Russi iAns owns in fee simple I. 900 900
square miles Of cultivatsd lead. aud
enjoys IN income Of tl2 900 600.
The King Of Spain. little AlRon %
XIII II Of saving disposifion. vill
bs one Of the richest sovsrsigss In
Europe when he comes Of age. The
State allows him ei.400, 900 . year,
With IN additional eG00, 900 Tor Ian.
ily expenses.
The Caucasian., 1896-11-19
To Rsarportion Kansas.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Nov. Wien
the Kansas Legislature conyenes this
winter the first thing or the pro-
gramme after the election of Uni
ted States Senator to succeed PETER
is to push Congressional reap
pointment bill through. The plan
of the Democratic Populist members
who will control the Legislature is
to divide the Stale into eight dis
tricts inste ad of seven, as at pres
ent, and to so arrange the districts
as 10 make seven of them safely
PopuiIst. Far-sighted politicians
see in this an opportu nity of elect
ing a Populist Senator to succeed
United States Senator Lucian Ba-
ker, thus gaining both members of
the Senate and all but one of the
Congressmen. The bill il said 10
now be in course OF construction.
The Caucasian., 1896-11-19

Silver knight Watchman.l
The campaign that has just drawn
to close, IN which Senator Butler
occupied q most difficult and trying
position, presents to the country in
the person Of the young Senator
from North Carolina an example of
exalted patriotism, coupled with a
bold, wise, and discreet leadership.
The situation in which the chair
man of the national committee of
the Peoples Party found himself at
the outset was beset with difficulties
and dangers, to overcome which re-
quired a broad mind, steady nerve,
and a strong hand.
Failure to measure up the require
ments of the occasion meant not
only disaster to the Peoples Party,
but to endanger the success of the
principles upon which the party was
founded.
Regarding the duties of the hour,
the convictions of Senator Butler
were both positive and profound.
With consummate skill he protected
the interests of the whole people,
leaving nothing undone to advance
the candidacy Of Mr.. Bryan, at the
same time securing for his party
such division of the electors in
each State as would give its candi-
date for the vice Presidency the full
strength of the party in the cleo
toral college.
As q result of his efforts union
tickets were agreed upon in q large
number of States and the election
of silver Congressman and Senator.
promoted in all the States, of which
the Peoples Party secured its full
proportion.
That the battle for the Presidenc!
is lost cannot be blamed on to th'
Peoples Party. With the preserva
ton of the Peoples Party continue
the power which will force the issu'
in the future as in the past.
| The political leaders of all partie
entertained q profound respect 70
integrity, courage, aud ability o
Senator Butler, and while be re
mains leader of the Peoples Part
the leaders of other political partie
will undertake NO political NOV
without giving due weight to tn
Peoples Party as . factor that mui
be considered.
The Caucasian., 1896-11-19
Madden Want. tn Suer ell y. ner.

TOPEKA, kans., Nov. l0.-John
Madden, who WAS defeated for Con
gress in the Fourth District by
Charles Curtis, Republican. an
nounced his candidacy for United
States Senator today. TO succeed
PETER. Madden is one Of the strong
est Popuiists in Kansas, and made
greater gains for his party than
were ever made before by an oppo
sition candidate in the Fourth Dis
trict. The multiplicity of candidate:
is regarded as favorable for the re
turn of Senator PETER.
The Caucasian., 1896-11-19
QUEER PENSION LIST NAMES.
Uncle Sans Curious Go llec ction of Vete
ans of Various Wars.

Uncle Sans Curious Co ilectfon of Veter-
ans of Various Wars.
The Washington governmental
bureaus have always possessed the
happy faculty Of turning out various
orders of freaks and queer ideas,
but the latest production in this line
is list of bona fde pensioners or
applicants, whose names, if origi-
nality alone were considered, would
leave that of the imaginary King
Geranimoseadolphushi of Africa
away in the background.
The peculiar idea seems to have
entered the heads of the three OFF,
cials of the pension bureau at
about the same time, each unaware
of the others intention, and for ten
or twelve years they made entries of
peculiarly odd names that came be-
fore them officially. Whenever, in
looking over the rolls, a name Of I'M
usual pronunciation or construction
appeared, it was Immediately jotted
down on pocket list to be kept for
personal pleasure. But the other
day the three became acquainted of
their mutual curiosity for gathering
names. snd a consolidated list was
the resuN.
Some of the names appear so rid
iculous as to seem impossible for a
human being to be designated by
such a conglomeration of letters, but
their authenticity is vouched for, al
they appear upon the very rolls Of
the United States pensions are paid
or applications are as yet pending
with these freak inscriptions upor
them. None of the names was alter
ed in any respect to give them thu
appearance of uniqueness. 1t woulG
not be possible for anyone to make :
parallel list, as the collection repre-
sents many years of the pleasant
task of looking them up. Then, too
the perusal of the pension lists by
law.
AS the oddity of the names will b.
better illustrated by means of as
sembling them into characteristic
groups, the three officials took pain
to have this done. First upon tn
list comes Preserved Island, NJ. J
Yankee, Mexico Washington an
Alfred Constantinople. Then fol
lows a few in the hardware line, sue
as Minerva Hatchett, John Hamme
and George Ak.
| Peter Belts, James Beam, Susa
Gale, John Garlick, Daniel Mustar
are associated in tho pension ofic
with John Meats. John Ham, Tho,
Tongue, w. 81. Lamb, David Mu
ton, w. T. Kidney, Samuel Hear
William Fish. Samuel Crab. Willia1
Oyster, and Jacob Herring. One I
the most peculiar-and its pecul
. arity is more pronounced as it
written clearly with q hyphen-
, Adam Buzzard and along With Il
Buzzard comes George B. Swallo,
The Caucasian., 1896-11-19

NiS~uAroiIs. Lad. Nov. ii-tt
sas announced to day that The
trssrd. of john Lird. su.ioa eassi-
date fer Governor. viil deEAsd .
recount Clougk's majority 70 nev
aeou, = cco. The hasa. for a.. do
mAnd 10 alleged fraad. is tho norfA-
western par; OF tie STATE. and ts-
fact that . large ala.bsr % the bal
lots Vas srror-casly nsrksd fcr
both the Bryan and Palmer electors.
Ard vsr- thrown 90, VIXEN they
shcrh have e~sn counted as 60 TIE
rest OF the ticket. Thes~ ballot. 4,
70 said. we're almos; all. n NO, en,lrs-
iy ell. for Lind. In this tHennepirl
county alone some 500 OF thes. bal
lots we're discarded. The Demo
cratic Stat. committee is invecigat-
iDs the u after.
The Caucasian., 1896-11-19

MONTGOMERY, Ala. Nov. 10
Both houses otrhe legislature we're
called 10 order a; noou today. Moth
irg was cSue IN either house ,rcert
10 swear n the members Organ.
zsuon will be completed tomorrow
by the election of officers selected
by caueuses. Voting for tb. Sepa-
tor will not begin unIll the 2ith, the
second Tuesday after organizing
Senator Pugh. Gov. Oates, Gen
Pettus, and Hon. John II. BAukhead
are announced candidates for the
Senate. All four have opened head
quarters and their friends are work.
ing like beavers.
Il would be wise man wko could
predict the outcome of tte race. Two
weeks hence may put dn'
ferent phase on the question from
what the surface now shows.
The Caucasian., 1896-11-19
SLrfroth beat. the Es cord.

DENVER, Col, Nov. l0.-The ,ffi-
cial returns show that the majority
for John A. Shaforth In the First
Copgre District is 5i.373.
This is tie greatest majority ever
given member OF Congress since
tie foundation of our government.
The Caucasian., 1896-11-19
.r,iss -,rvsmss.e-. th- f.s- 10
WORTH eooesrtisr urss-- cAsrissss
Ch~rr.r.


LorIsyfi.Ls. Nv. Nov. il.--if .
fusd car 30 rsssse ey r-ora.sr sas
srripitsa The silver p-ao~ssss 90
ksntrcsy viIi eee;..s The sls e;ses
Of tic Mekiaisy slsesar.- Aa se-
peal fer fnsd. "a, 90 aiss, tsszs4
by Sesr.iafy Riehara.sn.
The Caucasian., 1896-11-19

D0If you are not subscriber to
THn CAUCASIAN you should become
one. Subscribe yourself and get your
neighbor to subscribe.
The Caucasian., 1896-11-19
POLITICAL poT-eouRsi.
Sssde>ssS s.~ss~. .f whs. v.-sA~ Ars
sasi~g ssa Whss r.ssa.. A.s n~sss.
sssss Msa.y n-..sr.s. r.s-s g. 60.
tlEes Assten-

&s'h~u-
NEw lokx. Nov. 10 - IA sads, ss
has been issued 20 the Honest Nor~y
Democfssy 90 ;bs nation BY ID.
Democratic Sound Money l.eawu. Of
America, over the sgnAtar~ es
John Byrrc. th. president.
IL asks the soand money orgAni-
cations throughout The country To
Keep up their <ork fer the present.
wltb u view 10 n.e;lnr the threat
.n.i attack o; The stlver forc.s. Co
,xt.rd rhS.r work ard ibilas &c. iEto
the States which, through lack os
time ar "a. ars. were not succs sstal-
J.. ooyer.c daring the campaign,
and TO ronttnE- ia communication
with ;h,s hcdy which wall remain IN
tho av.J -aIi- Ih,r- - woik to DO
done.
The Caucasian., 1896-11-19

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The Caucasian., 1896-11-19
Tariff Bill and Trusts.

SIox FALLS, s. D.-Nov. 10
Senator Pettigrew opened the cam
paign Of 1900 last night aud al
dressed one of the largest audiences
ever gathered in this city. 1t was
announced as the beginning OF the
bimetallic fight of four years hence.
The Senator said that he would rem
der Mckinley every aid possible for
him to demonstrate that the taiifi
was what allied the country, bat
wanted to put himself on record by
saying that he would resist every
section of tariff bill that provided
fot tariff on any article controlled
by q trust. This created q sepsa.
tion. and the demonstration that fol.
lowed was tremendous.
The Senator received q great re-
eeption atthe close of his speech.
The Caucasian., 1896-11-19

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. 10 Char
man Blydenburg, Of the Democratic
State committee, today issued q
statement giving the situation in
the State at the present time IN
which he says that he has received
complete unofficial returns from ten
counties and from all but twenty
two precincts in the remaining three
counties.
His figures show the Bryan ell, c.
tors to have $50 ms jority; Osborne.
Democratic candidate for Congress,
4Ol majority. and Corn, Democratic
for supreme judge, 4Oi majority.
He estimates that the precincts to
hear from will increase these ma
jorities. No returns were received
today.
The Caucasian., 1896-11-19
Not Often The Case

Nobody acted any whittier. after it
was all over, than Mr.. Luther, .
Democratic candidate for the lower
house of the Legislature in Bun
combe. His Republican opponeot
was one Gambler. His name on many
of the tickets read Chandler. |"
There were enough Of these Chand-
ler tickets to give the election to
Luther, but, realizing that the in
tent of those Who cast them was to
vote for Gambler, he declined to re-
ceive the certificate Of election. Ol
course he did right, but everybody
doesn't do right all the time and
when . man does 20 under rather
The Caucasian., 1896-11-19
Bran Electors Ahead In south D.as,s.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Nov. l0.-Noth-
ing but the official count will show
positively who is elected in South
Dakota, but from the best Informs
ton obrainable from all sources aI
Pierre to day the indications ard
that the Bryan electors will have q
ms jority in the neighborhood Of 100
Tie white Republican State ticket
with the exception Of the Governor
will be elected by small ms sjorities.
The Caucasian., 1896-11-19
THE BAPTIST CONVENTION.
the MISSION WORK or THE CHURCH
DIR. HuFHAa WANTS TO RAISE
$4,000.

Fine Addresses by Many .f the Leading
Recorder and Its EdItor-Praise for
Observation-Disclosures Of Various Conn.,
mittees.
The Caucasian., 1896-11-19

80 H'r''''~n EducA vote
KEytsry Divided Src:te tc.:e
Icer, Bear the Name Of
!, q
O., Nov. 11.-This
- hands of the Pres
ioS bod of North Caro-
tative body of the
Isf this State being
PEhe majority Of the
Een Tuesday evening,
were met at the two
|n to the Presbyteri-
h, u small building
hurch, which comes
"