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The Southern herald., 1896-04-03

ata bis pebble esIsh h5aiian. mililsfl
q |snd civic. nndsr naiionzl ausuiess
q An critics ssy The asius viii s.
e best oi iis kind sl he Nations
capital Ihs dale iog lhs losms.
anvsiling has not been definitely
SCI, but IL viii be on or aboaiNay1
Gen. Hancock had many snibusi.
aslie admirers and they will all be
glad Of an opportunity 70 honor
D bis memory.
The National advisory board Of
the A. P. 4. held a secret meeting
here this week, il is said 10 agree
IS to which Of the republican can.
didaiss for President shsuld re-
esivs the support Of the organi-
Ealion.
Gen. Thomas Lincoln Casey, U.
). A.. retired, who has been in
charge Of the con.truelion Of The
Congressional Library building
since II was begun, died very sud,
denly Wednesday afternoon. Gen.
Casey was the engineer in charge
of the erection of the State
War and Navy Department Build
ing and Of the Washington Monu.
msnt.
Senator Davis, Of Mimi, is one
Of the most disgusted men in Con.
gress. 0feOurse be didn't expect
TO get the Presidential nomination.
but he did hope to get second place
on the ticket, if an eastern man
headed il. Now his hopes are dead.
$e
The GulfporI SUOIhward gives
the following information regarding
The progress Of the Ship Island
Railroad:
Trains on the Gulf OF andShip c
Island Railroad are now running 10 i
near Saueisr Station, and by the J
end Of the week will be at the end l
of the track. Track-laying will Y
oegln trOmSaucier's early next week d
and be pushed rapidly toward "
Hsiliesburg. Bowles and Dearborn a
have taken the contract to olay abou, o
twenty-five miles of track, and il
will now be but a short time before Y
he trains will be running to Nc Ia
Henry and Perkinslon. ci
Tho bridge gangs that built le
bridges from Ten Mile Creek and n
'oing north, are at Beaver Dam NJ
ridge, only six miles south of "
Black Greek. NJ
"A force Of men are setting up lh
he telegraph poles, going about ag
Wo miles a day, and by the middle tb
i April the wires will be up to in
'erkinston. III
The contractors working on the it
rlesian well struck a fine flow of tn
'ater OF over one hundred gallons th,
minute. ior
"Superinlenent Marshall, Of the Br
ou sville and Nashville Railroad bel
as here onWednesday, consulting cit
llh General Manager Bulls about ! C
ork in which both roads are inter. ito
tied. Mr. Marshall stated that by
Ie crossing was being made and 40
'on as finished would be put in, "G
that the G. and S. /. Railroad the
uld begin on their wbarvss and act
ers IN the Gulf, which are TO ex. vOt
nd out $500 feet to where there is ma
depth of l2 feet of water. apr
~ Is expected that work will bod
gin soon on the building for the put
ion depot. The telegraph office incl
j be moved to the Offices of the crat
and s. /, Railroad ill this build. theI
is erected and finished. ron'
The freight receipts on the L. that
! N. Railroad are constantly in. the
asing, and now come in by the Bro
load" Plat
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Il i not generally known tba
he Goddess Of Liberty on the sill
YER dollar has a real living original
The clipping below gives some in.
tsFesting facts about this parsonage,
whose early marriage is reported:
"Miss Williams is q decidedly
modest young woman. She resides
- Spring Garden street, not far
rom the school IN which for years
ehe has been instructor in philo.
sophy and methods in the kinder,
garden department. She is slight,
y below the average height, is
rather plump, and IL fair. She
carries her figure with a stateliness
'aFsly seen and the pose Of the
psad is exactly as seen on the silver
aellag- The features Of Miss vii.
hams are reproduced as faithfully
e Il : good photograph -Ex.
The Southern herald., 1896-04-03

Gen. Harrison and party left In.
alAnapclis Tuesday. for New York,
g his wedding With Mrs. Dimmick.
e only members Of The party
WsTo Gen. Harrison, his private
secretary and Col. D. 81 Ramsdell.
Ihe guests will be very few, and it
ls doubtful if even members Of his
former cabinet will be invited.
The ceremony will be as simple as
possible. It viii be performed in
g Thomas Church at noon, April
Alter sbe ceremony a wedding
tsaklass win be served at the home
Mrs. Dimmick, and her sister,
Es. Barker, and the party will take
Ss evening train on the Pennsyl.
'1nla for Indianaps''s, superin.
IaviDg rendered
.hs journey. Gen.
dgen will not attend
4
The Southern herald., 1896-04-03

Chm Dem. Ex. Com.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-10-20
L. r MASON,
County Chairman.
r F. GORE, Secretary.
COUNTY ALL
ANCE MEETING AND
OTHER THINGS.

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
1 wish to say through the Alliance
organ that Mecklenburg County Ali
ance, Or rather the Alliance in this
county, is not dead. The County Ali
ance met with Sharon Sub-AlliAnce
October the 8.h, and was called to or
der at IL o'clock. The roll call showed
a majority of the Subs. represented by
delegates. The minutes of the last
meeting were read and adopted. There
being no unfinished business, new bust
ness was in order. The m~anufactur
ing enterprise at Hillsboro was dis,
cussed at some length by the brethren.
All seemed to be anxious that the shoe
factory at least should be started.
The discussion wound up by the fol
lowing resolution being offered by the
writer Of this article and adopted:
Resolved, That we )in our Alliance
brethren in other parts of the State in
requesting our State, President, DR..
Cyrus Thompson, to call the State
Alliance together, with the State Exec
utive Committee, on Wednesday, the
28sh day of O;tober, 1896, for the pur
pose of devising some plan by which
to operate our manufacturing enter
prise.
DR.. J. B. Alexander, J. R Utley and
]. P. Sossaman were elected to repre-
sent the county if the call is made.
At 1 o'clock time was called and din
ner was announced We took a look
at the table with one eye closed, and
thought we would write something
about it. but concluded that we could
not do it justice. We will state, how
ever, that it was prepared by the
wives, daughters and sweethearts of
Sharon Alliance, and the ladies were
out in full force. A County Alliance
meeting without the presence and
smiles of the ladies is no meeting
worth speaking of. Think of a dinner
prepared by a job lot of old, dirty fin
gered hayseeders. Would you attend
it, Notwithstanding all this and all
the fine dinners that have been pre-
pared for the past ten years in this
county by the ladies for county Ali
ance meetings, and Notwithstanding
the fact that M~ecklenburg county has
more pretty country girls, farmers
daughters, Alliance girls, one of Sha
RANG host Oitiz mo o1A tr1,oot AI1ioroo
men is a bachelor, and he is so stiff
necked, hard-hearted and rebellious on
that line that he will neither court the
girls or allow them to curt him; he
will not heed the entreaties of his
friends or the j9ers of his enemies, but
seems to be determined to keep in the
middle of the road, neither looking to
the right or the left.
Two o'clock the Alliance was called
to order. The afternoon session was
taken up in speech-making for the
good of the order. Q lite a number
of the brethren engaged in the discus
sion. Lecturer J. r. UCley made one
of his best talks, showing the breth
rem the necessity of keeping the Ali
ance in good working order, and en-
joing every member to use all endeaV
ors to make the Alliance stronger in
members.
After assigning the visiting brethren
for the night and naming Huntersvllle
for the next meeting place, the Ali
ance adjourned.
Truly yours,
p
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-10-20

reduced interest to six per cent, re-
stored local self government and gave
ia an honest election law, a party that
holds the welfare and happiness OF the
country paramount to party policy as
shown in the nomination of Mr.. Bryan
and proves that patriotism and love
Of country is the true North Polar star,
but should it's columns become de
ranged they will rally around the
whiIe plume of Thomas E Watson of
Geogia. ). q. roy.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-10-20

going forth to battle doing heroic SER
vice for the good of the Order. 1t
each member will strive to be a true
man 1 feel assured that before long
our beloved Order will rally and grow
to such magnitude as to fill its mission
and become a blessing to us and our
%posterity.
s L BANKS, Lecturer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-10-20
NEW HANOVER COUNTY POPU.
LIST CONVENTION.
Correspondence Of The Progressive Farmer.
WILMINGTON, N. @,

Correspondence OF The Progressive Farmer.
WILMINGTON, N. @,
O ;tcber 6, 1896
The Populists of New Hanover county
held their County Convention here
to day. There was a large and enthusi,
astic meeting.
The Convention was called to order
by County Chairman l.. B. Mason.
The roll of precincts was called and
IA out of IS precincts were rep: esented.
The Chirman declared the Convention
ready for business L L Mason was
elected Temporary Chairman, and r
F. Gore, Secretary. Resolutions favor
ing fusion with the Republicans on
county Offices were adopted, and the
folio wing gentlemen were elected as a
Conference Committee, with full power
to act: j. r Melton, L r Mason, R.
L Gore, L. 81. Bryant and G. w.
Rodgers.
The New County Executive Com
mittee reported to the Convention that
it had elected L. R. Mason County
Chairman, and r. F. Gore, County
Secretary, for the ensuing two years.
This action was unanimously endorsed
by the Convention.
L. R MASON,
County Chairman.
r +. GORE Secretary.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-10-20

Time was when a feed was a feed
regardless of quality, but the skilltul
feeder has been able to get results
which are a mystery to old feeders,
lust as the skillful breeder has de-
veloped the marvellous type of excel
lence in cattle and other stock which
have astoniehed the world.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-10-20
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

|, 8. D. Griffin. having this day crarre.s
Administrator Of Dolphin Griffin. dr"r ".- as
hereby request all persons indebted to May 40
ness, either to me or my ATTORNEYS paoafy57q
Maynard at Raleigh. N. and all persons sIS g
ing claims against the estate will present tbei,
th9, l2'h day OF September, 1897, or this lore
will lie lead in bar OF their recovery. -'|ce
81 GRIFFIN
Eagle Rock, Nc
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-10-20
A NEW SONG.

Mr.. J. P. Tingen, o. Al, N. O., has
written and set to music a new song
entitled: Free Coinage of Gold and
Silver at Is to l." Tue words and music
are good. The price for a single copy
is 40 cents; two for IS; 50 for a dozen.
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act, stimulated the Populist element,
already powerful - the heir and politi-
cal successor Of the Farmers Alliance
In the Western and Southern Democ-
racy, an element only deprived by the Su
preme Court Of startling victory In the
income tax, Populist dogma fllched de-
liberately by Mr.. CLEVELAND from the
Peoples party platform. Here was the
smell and almost the taste OF blood for the
packs which had been hunting "plutoo-
racy," and the master OF the hunt was
GROVER CLEVELAND.
BY his success in blundering, by his isola-
tion from the leaders of his party, an isola-
tion due in every case to his disreRard OF
the interests of his party, his impatience Of
any other opinions than his own, or his dis
engaging manners, MIR. CLEVELAND in
creased Democratic discomfort and made
many Democrats careless Of party ortho-
doxy and willing to look tolerently upon
now and alien doctrines. The Democratic
Populists were perfectly logical and justi-
fed In denying that the man who had made
the first raid into populism and brought
back the income tax, had right to re
prove them for making another raid and
bringing back FREQ silver. In many Demo
cratic minds opposition to silver began
to mean CLEVELAND and to have as deep an
unpopularity; and later, when some of the
persons whom THOMAS CoRwIN once do
scribed as "the minions that feed upon
tho fiy-blown remnants Of the Executive
shamblos" began to howl for third term,
and to set up GROVER CLEVELAND as tho
one and only and necessary, inspired de-
L. 30 Ill ~,
silver won an advantage in which fanati-
cism had not always moro part than
patriotism. Mr.. CLEVELAND, who possesses
in a singular degree tho arts Of holding
his peace when he ought to speak and Of say
ing nothing when he speaks, kept silent
while the silver men, whose best ally he had
been, were carrying State after State. At
the tail of the game he put forth an utter
ance, absolutely useless to the defenders of
the gold standard, actually helpful to the
Sixteen-to-O Ones because 1t was purposely
ambiguous about wishes and opinions as
to the third term, though these could now
have only historical, biographical, or mo-
nomaniacal interest.
Mr. WHITNEY has q rather hard row to hoo
at Chicago Still, he will do what he can do,
and 30 will the rest Of the New York Demo
Gratis and almost all the Eastern Democrats
at Chicago. They will all have to struggle
with the fact that they are trying to undo
in three or four days what GROVER CLEvE-
LAND has brought about, by what he has
said and done and by what he has not said
and done, In the last three years and half
The cause is worthy Of the most intelligent
exertion, but the time is short and Mr..
CLEVELAND has had O long start.
The sun., 1896-07-07
Summer Theology at Saratoga.

A very remarkable and a novel factor of
Saratoga life during the remainder of this
month and large part of August is to he
the Summer School of Theology, which
opened on Monday. 1t is! under the
direction and instruction of distinguished
theologians of tho different Protestant
churches and professors of the great uni
versities and the leading theological semi
naries. The names and connections of these
learned teachers and lecturers indicate that
the theology inculcated is to be Of the con-
servative and o!d-fashioned kind, and not
the new-fangled scientific variety with which
we associate the name OF DIR. BRIGGs.
The school seems to be intended both for
students proposing to become professional
theoloRans and fo- ministers and laymen
desirous Of improving their leisure at the
famous springs in acquiring information as
to Biblical and Church history impaired by
professors and dvines of distinction In those
specialties The lectures began on Monday
with a course on Ancient Israel Among
the Nations" by Prof. MCCURDY of the Uni
versity Of Toronto. DR.. BoARDMAE, a Bap-
remarkable theme of Corporate Society,
or Christian Sociology Surveyed from the
Standpoint OF the Bodily Organism" DIR.
GOULD Of the Episcopal Divinity School of
Philadelphia will treat Of "New Testament
Literature" Prof. STEARNs, an archeolo-
gist, will give information on the always In
terestinR subject Of "The Roman Cata-
combs" Prof. FERGUSON of Trinity Col
lege will lecture on The Christian Church
and the Roman Empire" DIR. STRICKEN
BERG OF Cambridge will point out and dis
cuss Present Theological Tendencies"
This last Is very fruitful sub
ject, but II it were handled with
honest thoroughness and with philosophi-
cal truth at Saratoga the consequences
might be disastrous to the School of The
o!ogy, so far nS its harmonious progress
was concerned. What. for instance, are the
The sun., 1896-07-07
Transfers ON Railroads.

To EpIToR or THE suS-Sir: read in to-day's
srx tho story OF man who was elected from city
cable car, with his sightyear old son, because tho
conductor claimed the transfer tickets he held from
n connecting line had been punched" eight minutes
before being offered. and she passenger refused to
pay the fares in cash.
They order these matters better in Minnesota In
the autumn OF 1899 at tho West House, In Min.
ncapolis It first visit to that beautiful city.
made trip by the trolley limo to ST. Paul Return
ing by tho same route, received at tho junction
transfer to the city railroad tho main
ing the West House. stopped few minutes to
make purchase at store before took ths
street car. The conductor refused tho transfrr
and demanded nve cents. My New York dander
mp | was not rOing TO be imposed upon In n
Western town. l told the conductor was stopping
at tho West House and intended To so there without
paying another cent for tribute though was ruaIy
hot. when lady psssenEer s!Snalei 20 stop the car.
conductor pulled the bell ami shouted West House !"
sef my nrnntst, looked at the rctreatinf car
smile his face was puzzled to ind the entrance
the hotel. horrid suspicion crept over me. rs
This tue West House 7" | asked paSseT.by. mo"
was the reply, the West Hous IL teh bockt further
up" Then understood the conductors quiet smile.
II iucEy for that minion of grading CORPORA
tIon perhaps II wns lucky for me-that he Was DO
yOud reach. l.
The sun., 1896-07-07
EsHrosy.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Str: There II
but little danger from leprosy In civilized ooun-
tries 1t 10 disease of racial degeneracy, and
belongs wholly TO tho lowest stratum of human
ity. There is no reason for enactment OF other
legislative measures OF suppression and proven
tion of leprosy than those 80 we'll known and
already In force, viz, isolation and the improve
ment OF social conditions Of the races which
produce lepers.
As q leper race advances in civilization, pdrf
pdasu, the disease. OF Its own weight. sinks from
view and cases to exist like many other dis
eases which tho world once knew, but which
are now unknown.
Regarding n possible danger from leprA, DR..
Havolburg, an eminent leproogist OF Rio ia
nerio, recently wrote me: "Cultnre States take
duo regard of hygiene and protect themselv yes,
they 40 not understand tho affair"
may add that DIR. Goldschmidt OF the Fun
ohal leper asylum, Madeira. recently discussed
with me the advisability of the convocation of
q leproky congress for the enactment OF strin-
gent measures for the suppression OF leprosy,
such measures to be enforced by all civilized
Governments.
There Is but one dangerous leprous centre in
tho United States.'six miles below W hitc Castle,
La, across tho Mississippi River, where there
are twenty-fonr lepers whose case Ia ptiful,
The danger from them lies In the probable
contamination OF our Southern negro race
ALBERT =. AsHMEAD. NJ. ID.
The sun., 1896-07-07
A Disgrace to Civilization.

A Congo missionary, Mr.. e. v. SJoBLoM
Of the Baptist Missionary Union, Boston.
writes to that society of the atrocious NAL
treatment Of natives by agents Of the Congo
State. He says that while he was preaching
recently to q crowd that had been collecting
rubber all day for the State, some soldiers
they intended to shoot him because he had
brought In no rubber that day. bound him
hand and foot, and shot him through the
head. At another village, q day later. Mr..
SJoBLoM says that several persons were
murdered by the soldiers because the set
Element had not been able to bring in the
full amount OF rubber required. He adds
that moro natives are ill-treated or mur-
dered In the far interior than elsewhere,
because there are no missionaries there to
mako these crimes known at home.
This Is merely the latest testimony. These
Congo atrocities have been going on for
years. They are committed by the direct
command of the white agents of the Congo
State, who, until this summer, have re-
ceived a percentage upon the amount of
rubber each turned over as part Of the
revenues Of the Government. Tho laws of
the State for the protection Of tho natives
are all right, but they have been almost
wholly disregarded by white officials in the
interior. The Government has either been
shametully negligent or it has winked at
the crimes Of its agents.
Numerous protests against these horrors,
coming chiefly from England, recently com
pelled the Congo Government at Brussels to
manifest some interest in the matter. A
few cases OF outrage were investigated, and,
as q result, the Congo State has ceased to
pay q premium to it's agents for the colleo-
tion of rubber.
The world wants the millions Of Africa
protected from ignoble and criminal exer-
else of brute force. Agents of white Gov
ernments must be taught that they cannot
kill and outrage with impunity, even In tho
depths Of Africa Let all responsible men
who know of these crimes proclaim them.
The verdict of public opinion upon sys-
tematic injustice and inhumanity will DO
one that no Government can ignore.
The sun., 1896-07-07
The Voice OF the Golfer.

To EDITOR OF THE suS-Sir: Iappeal to you
in the Interests OF the golfers using the links at Van
Cortlandt Park to your Influence in the endeavor
10 have the links kept In good order. The way they
looked after at present is, to say the least slip
shod. The Grass is kept moved toleraby short. hut
the putting green's are slnost useless account of
receiving ordinary amount Of attention. Mon.
day aud Tuesday played over the course. and the
greens useless account OF the length OF tho
grass them. A few hours' work with lawn mower
would have rcmedied the trouble.
on the day OF the review OF the seventh Regiment
game OF baseball was in progress the third green,
much TO the noy OF the many golfers ho
then playing whilc to-day horse and buggy were
driven over part OF the course. This kind Of thing
should be stopped and stopped at once. and hard.
hear complaints from nearly all who play here, and
they many. especially on SATURDAYS AMI holidays.
This Ia the only public links near the city and II IL Is
to bo mainta such IL shonld receive proper at
tenton. The game has 10 stay and the ranks OF
the devotecs are Increased by the hundreds daily.
RVEnpAlE- July g. J, u. JAMES Jr.
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Mr. Whttney's Dimculty.

The Hon. WILLIAM COLLINS WHITNEY has
the gift of plausive manners and persuasive
speech, and he would have been rs distin-
guished as diplomatist as he has been rs a
political and business manager. He has the
good wishes of New York in the commits
sion upon which he has been engaged in
Chicago since last Friday. The Republicans
of the State bore an honorable and a most
important part In the work Of forcing a
straightforward gold platform upon Major
MCKINLEY's engineer at st. Louis The
Democrats of New York are anxious to have
their influence felt in the Chicago Conven-
tion on the side of civilized money
and Sane finance: 1t is possible to
suspect, however. and with no in
gratitude to Mr.. WHITNEY, that some
other of the New York Democrats at Chi
cago, such men as Senator HILL the Hon.
ROSWELL PETTIBoNE FLOWER. and tho Hon.
HUGH J. GRANT, may be In a position to do
better and more successful work OF argu-
ment and persuasion among the silver en-
thusiasts than Mr.. WHITNEY can do. He is
likely to be seriously hampered. no matter
how Rhrewd are his methods, no matter
how general Is the respect for his abilities
ana MS BorVlcoS, no Hatter now BenWl ana
debonair Is his address
AS the subtlest and cleverest hand In the
great game OF intrigue which brought
about the third nomination of GROVER
CLEVELAND at Chicago in 1899, Mr.. WHIT
NEY may be regarded by many Democratic
delegates from the West and South as
not without his share OF innocent COM
plicity In the disaster and confusion
of the Democracy which have come
from that event Mr.. CLEVELAND and his
second maker have gone different ways, the
latter with a smiling contempt, the former
in the serene self-consciousness OF consecra-
tion, a state into which tho vulgar emotion
OF gratitude does not enter. Mr.. WHITNEY
cannot be blamed for the doddering perver-
stiles of Mr.. CLEVELAND, yet in winning tho
nomination for him in 1899 Mr.. WHITNEY
unconsciously prepared the way for results
which have very much to do with the
present condition, or want of condition, of
the Democratic party. BY Hopping into
populism Mr.. CLEVELAND, following the
bent Of his previous denagogic word with