Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-24
WHITE SUPREMACY
Ex-GOv. JARVIS ON THE PENDING
ISSUES IN NORTH CAROLINA.
This, He Declares to he the Over
shndowfng One In His State In
This Campnign-Butler's Rocky
Road.


Road.
RALEIGH, n. c.. August 23.-(Special)
Ex-Governor Jarvis and wife are here,
after having been at Piedmont Springs
a month. lie tells me both are in better
health than Tor several years past. He
Is q member OF the Democratic State
Committee, and when asked for his
views on the coming campaign. said:
while I am n friend TO the negro, and
always have been, and have done all /
could to help him, yet it is clear that
the white Republicans cannot govern
North Carolina without negro support.
They are utterly incapable OF giving
good State, county, or municipal gov
eminent. They are the creatures Of the
creature to rise above the creator. All
other questions fade into nothingness
when compared with this oyermastering
one of white supremacy"
Speaking OF Senator Butler. ex-Gov-
ernor Jarvis said: He has a rocky
road to travel When a man deserts
principle and goes for pie, he j. bound
to strike rocks"
Ed. Chambers Smith, ex-State chair
man OF the Democratic Committee, was
also interviewed, and said 1T looks
now like Our platform In the State ought
to be short; ought to reafiirm the Chi
cago platform, and ought to condemn
the rascality and incompetency of the
Republican-Popullst administration. I'm
questionably, the great issue VIII be
the control of the State by the white
people. This Will stop the outrages
which are so largely committed while
the Republican party is in power our
party must make a clear-cut fight. We
have given the Populists every oppor-
tunty Of showing some devotion to
principle, yet they failed. l am especially
inclined to a straight fight after read
ing the address of the Populist State
Committee, and of letting them stay
where they say they want to be-in the
middle Of the road"
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR REY-
NOLDSS VIEWS.
1t is said that such Republicans rs
Lieutenant-Governor Reynolds and At
torney-General Walser are in favor Of
cutting loose from the Popullsts, and for
q straight fight.
Republicans freely speak Of Governor
Russell as "Populist." and say he
could not now be elected to Con-
gress from a district in the State.
Some of the minority Popuists are
making the queer statement that T. w.
Babb is to run for Congress from the
First District. Some of Babb's close
friends say so. He was a devoted friend
OF Congressman Skinner last winter.
The State Auditor I'm reference n
his remark as to the large increase Of
the taxes on certain property by the
State Board Of Equalization. that he
meant to say the increase was 800 per
cent. as compared with the percentage
OF the increase of taxes on corporation
property by the same board.
The Daily Times, the new afternoon
paper here. will appear next Saturday.
II. A. Womble, c. f. Cook, q. w. Mitch
ell, and G. y. Jones, all printers, Will
publish It.
a son of the late Chlef-Justice Merri-
man IS arranging to go to the Klondike
country. one North Carolinan is now
there, having gone from Seattle.
The rains Saturday night and yesterday
were fine, were unaccompanied by wind,
and have delighted the farmers. They
assured a good crop of late corn, and
they were exactly right for cotton.
The Southern railway will put 90-pound
rail on its line from Charlotte 10 Moores-
vile, and the same will be put down on
the link between MOoresylle and MOcks-
Vile. orders are given that the latter
must be ready for use January 18th.
A native Of Rutherford county, who is
here, says the dispensary system is found
to work quite we'll there. The dispen-
sary is at Rutherfordton, which had for
years been a dry town. Sales are not
very large. There is some "blockading'
in the county, but as long as there is no
disturbance the county authorities are
not bothering about IL. When Ruther-
fordton was dry" blind tigers were plen-
tiful.
GONE AFTER INCONSISTENCIES.
A revenue officer has gone to the
banks" the extreme coast line Of the
State, in the Chiamacomico section, TO
look out for moonshiners. No one not IN
that line OF business would ever expect
TO find them i'm that desolate place, which
Is harder TO reach than any part Of North
Carolina.
Two white men are in Jail at Graham
for burning a large government whiskey
distillery not far from Burlington.
Michigan men have purchased the great
lumber plant and timber tract and water
power Of the Catawba-Riyer Lumber
Company, which a few months ago went
into receivers hands.
The officers are after the negro who
was with Ed. Purvis, the tramp, when the
latter murdered Flagman Blackwell on
the Atlantic-COast Line. Purvis is In
Jail. The negro is known, and Is from
Fayetteville.
Lum Haynes, the negro convicted or
assassinating young John Lee and wound
ing his mother, at Whlteville, is 10 be
hanged September oath.