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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-24
A FINE SPEECH.

There is no shame in white Re
publican, particularly if he halls from
Richmond county. They can stand more
negroism and glory more in it than
the Republicans from any other county
of which we know anything.
ut was the vilest speech ! ever heard
and / was ashamed of it," said white
Republican from Western North Caro-
lima, speaking of Whites speech.
Dockery's organ, the Rockingham Re-
public says ''it was fine speech"
There was never made in Raleigh so
vile and Infamous a speech.
1t is all Il question of taste, however.
One family did not try to take all
the Offices in the period of 1S1S-1S29.
Hon. Archibald Henderson declined q
place on the Supreme court bench be
cause his brother, Leonard. was Chief
Justice, upon the ground that one of the
name and family was enough at one
time. This fact is given in the very
valuable communication by Hon. TheO
dOre Il. Kingsbury on what Granville
County Has Done" published in to
days paper. Among all the distin
guished sons for whom the whole State
is indebted to Granville county, not
one has deserved more of the people
than Theodore Bryant Kingsbury, thu
able and versatile editor of the VIII
mingtOn Messenger. and not one will bt
remembered more gratefully by posteri
ty..
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-24
CONVENTION DATES.

Second Congressional District, Wilson,
August 31st.
Fifth Congressional, Greensboro, July
21st.
Seventh Congressional, Statesville,
July Goth
Eighth Congressional, Statesville, July
Goth.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-24

The Garcia letter turns out to be a
''fake" The correspondent who wrote
it ought to be sent home in disgrace. 1t
will be well to take many of the stories
sent home about the Cubans with many
grains of salt.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-24

an exchange. When? About the time we
take Il deed TO the "castles in Spain"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-24

1t is still plain Charles Austin Cook,
of Warren. That promise Of the addi-
tional title of Brigader General seems
to have been blown up in the harbor of
Santiago, or drowned i'm the river when
Pritchard was washed down the stream.
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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-08-11

Pittsboro Record: kThe Record
is reliably informed that at a
meeting recently heldin Newhope
township, the Rev. Charles Hack
ney, a well known ..colored par
son, made a speech in which he
demanded more Offices for t h e
race. He said that the colored
voters of Chatham are not salts
fed with their treatment by their
white political allies, and that
they must have some of + b e
county Offices. He said that they
would demand and be satisfied
with nothing less than one coun.
ty commissioner and one colOred
member of the legislature, and
that they ought to have a color.
ed congressman. This speech, or
demand was received with loud
applause by the colored people
present. Comment is unnecessa-
| nv.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-08-11
Gastonia Gazette: There is n

GastOnia Gazette: There is no
harder dose in the newspaper
mans experience than to be call
ed upon to support for county
office a candidate who isn't a sub
scriber to his county paper.
The Gazette isn't right certain
that it is going to support a n y
of that sort. If q man doesn't
take his cnunty paper, it is f o +
one of two reasons, either he is
not able or he just doesn't want
to take it. A candidate W h o
can't manage his own affairs well
enough to be able to take his
county paper is not a fit man to
be placed in charge of county af
fairs: if he just doesn't want to
support his county paper, OF
course he isn't wanting or expec-
ting the paper to support him.
In either case the candidate who
doesn't take his county pa p e
puts himself in a good way to bt
left.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-08-11
A County Ticket Suggested.
Editor Democrat. i4t "a

Having read with much in
terest the various letters pub
lished In your paper fro m
time to time, giving the views
Of different parties as to the
most suitable men for t. b g
democratic party to nomi-
nate this year for the various
county offices, 1 feeel con-
strained to give your readerr
my views, and in so doing |
feel that I am milking known
the views of the majority Of
demomOcratic voters of this
(Bald Mountain) township.
In the first place, ! think
we should be careful to 8 e Q
that our ticket ia well scat
tered over the county, and
made up Of the best material
we have, and we must have
men who can make a cam.
paign that the conditions OF
both county and State de-
mands, and men who are we'll
qualified ty discharge the du
ties of the various Offices.
After carefully considering
the circumstances which sur
round the democratic party
of Watauga county t b i 8
year, l believe that we could
do no better than to heartily
endorse W. B. Council, ir.,
for the Legislature, A. s. Ad-
ans for Sheriff, l.. G. Max
we'll for Clerk, A. j. Moretz,
tor Treasurer, T. j. Ray for
Register, and VIC. Coffey;;W.
l.. Hendrix and W. s. Earth
ing for County Commission
ers. And for Surveyor give
US Thos. L. Critcher and for
Coroner James South,
l hope our people will he
free to make known t h e i I
feelings along this line, as We
have all been invited by tho
Democrat to send our views
etc. M. NJ. WALLS
Todd, N. c., Aug. 3rd.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-08-11

= A Chicago Dry Goods Re
porter says: To be on good
terms with the publishers Of
local papers is a more inn
portaht consideration thar
many merchants realize. One
Of State Streets most success
fiji advertising men told NE
the other day that much nf
his success was owing to h i 8
policy Of treating the newspa
pers right. He said he was
never too busy to treat their
advertising solicitors polite.
ly, always endeavored to a.
void friction in regard to The
settling Of his ads, and in ev
erywaS tried to maintain cor
dial relations. The result Is
that the newspapers will go
out of their way, and often
do things out OF the ordina.
ry for him.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-08-11

Some time ago a little bot:
tie ofCamberlain's Collie, Chol
ern and Diarrhoea Remedy
fell into my hands, just at q
time when my two year old
hoy was terribly afflicted.
His bowels were bevond con
troll. We had tried many rem
edies, to no purpose, but the
little hottie of Collie, Cholera
and Dlarrhoea Remedy speed
lily cured him.-Wm. F. Jones
Oglesby. Ga. For sale by M,
B. Blackburn.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-08-11
son, A. l.. Stanford and Spy-
monr Taylor. (d) Literature,
Rev. s. W. Brown ~ -
500 Open Discussion.
U. EVENING. a .
500 Sermon.
SATURDAY.
a MORNING-D. g.

900 Devotional Services,
conducted by Rev. All. Bur-
rus.a 4 : 7 4At} ~ tgt
9:15 Report OF Committee
on Missions in the District.
Discussions Rev. J. p. Rog-
ers and A. J. Burrus follow
ed by open discussion.
1000 Report OF District
Board of tion-Discl,s-
sion.
Education and the Press.
Rev. l.. W. Crawford, D. D.
Hoo Address Christian
Education, Rev. John &. Kill
go, ID. D.
AFTERNOON ID. 9.
800 Devotional Services
conducted by Rev. }. E. Eng
land. ~.
3:15, Miscellaneous Busi-
ness.
| (1) Election of delegates to
Annual Conference.
| (2) Resolutions.
(3) When shall the next
District Conference be held?
900" EVENING. ,...t
500 Sermon.
9:15 Closing of Epworth
League and Sunday School
Conference. ...r
! O) Report of COMMITTEES
on the State OF our p"ortf
League and Sunday Schoo
work throughout the Dist.
| (2) Where shall our next
Conference be held.
EThe Y oung PEOPLES
Hymnal will be used through
out the Conference: Delegates
and visitors are requested tt
bring books with them.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-08-11
Brethern at Odds.

OANVAVhA ~ ~~'
Charlotte Observer. ..
The pupulist and democrat
parties in Nebraska are hav-
ing a lively fight for spoils.
There are eight or tel candl-
dates to succeed Holcomb
for Governor and he is a can
didate to succeed himself.
The fusionists will meet in
three seperate conventions
during the present week for
the purpose of dividing the
offices. The democrats now
have but two out OF twelve
State Offices and are making
q pull for the governoTshlp.
The populists, however, are
determined that the Govern
or shall be a populist and
the democrats threaten to
make trouble. In the hope
of smoothing things over,
some OF the leaders telegraph
ed to Col. William J. Bryan
to allow his name to be used
for the nomination for Gov
ernor. They pointed out to
him that by so doing, har'
mony would be restored, fu-
sion insured and a big rucus
avoided. 1t was further urged
that his selection for the ol
fee of Governor OF Nebraska
would keep him prominently
before the people without
any necessity for lecturinl
until the war Is over. Col
Bryan however replied postiv
ely forbidding the use of his
name in connection with the
nomination. The fnsionists
of Nebraska will therefore
haye to work out their saliva
ton without the aid of Col
Bryan, and the indications
are that the greedy populists
are going to have things pref
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-08-11

Walter Howard a war cor
respondent of a New York
newspaper, has just returned
from Cuba, and it is said that
he brought with him an ex-
pense account of $33, 900.
This may be an exaggerated
statement, but it is undeni-
ably true that the news
papers of this country have
been put to enormous ex-
pense in securing war news.
In consequence of this heavy
tax upon their financial re-
sources. all the Chicago da-
lies have just increased the
price of their papers from IL
to &c per copy. The Associa
ted Press alone has four dis.
patch boats, the Dauntless,
Dandy, Wanda and Cynthia,
for which it pays, it is claim
ed, a rental Of from $4,000
to $500 each, per month.
The newspapers are getting
rich mighty SLOWLY by the
war.--Charlotte Observer.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-08-11
MI. Airy District.

8 81. Opening devotional ex-'
crcises conducted by the Pre-
siding Elder.
1000 District Conference
Organization.
1890 Call OF charges for re
ports. :'t y F."
100 Sermon, Rev. A. j.
Afternoon e. L. & ). 8. c.
800 Devotional Exercises
LMducted by Rev. j. p. Lam
ming.
3:15 Epworth League and
Sunday School Conference.
Organization, followed by
address of welcome, etc.
400 Reports from charges
with reference to the condi-
tion ofEpworth League work
4:3O Discussion, Lea que
and it's work.-Rev, H. K.
Boyer,
IS 4:5O Open discussion.
EVENING.
500 Sermon. =
THURSDAY.
MORNING-D. e.
$50 Devotional services,
lead by Rev. W. J.. Dawson.
$50 Discussion, Spiritual.
ty the great need of the
Lhurch-how can wepromote
it? Revs. 7. H. Pegram, II.
G. Sprinkle, W. L. Dawson.
1890 Open Discussion.
HOO Sermon.
AFTERNooN-E. L. & 8. S. G.
800 Devotional Services,
lead by Rev. j. P. Rogers
Discussion. the League
az an educator. (1) The ad.
,vantages of work in the Lit
erary Department. ~ Social
features, etc, Rev. FL. Town
send. ...
3:45 The League as a pas
tors helper advantages Of
work in the department o'
charity and help, Rev. d. e.
Sprinkle,
4:3O The Devotional feat
ure of the League. (1) Its i'm
portance, (2) How TO pro
mote it. Rev. H. K. Boyer.
500 Open discussion.
EVENING.
500 Sermon.
FRIDAY.
MORNING-D. G.
900 Devotional Services
conducted by Rev T. H, Peg
ram.
$50 Report OF CCmmitte'
on Quarterly Conference Rec
Ords-Discussion.
9;45 ~ Applications for
cense to preach, ard renewa
ot license ~ for recommen
dation for admission into tn
travelling connection. (3) Fol
orders.
11:O0 Sermon.
AFTERNOON E. l.. &. s. s. G.
800 Devotional Services
conducted by Rev. A. l.. Stal
ford.
3:l5 Report of charges II
reference to the number ant
state OF Sunday Schools.
3:45 Discussion; (D Th
Superintendent in the Mode
Sunday School. ". M. Gun
diff and J. W. Ashby ~ Tn
Sunday School a Missionar!
Society (a) Its Importance
>(b) Not a Society in orof tn
school, Ic) A bureau OF infOr
nation, Revs. W. l.. Nlchol
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-08-11

The overture for peace may
not lead to the desired end,
but it. likely will; and it is,
therefore, timely, to look
backward a little. 1t was
Feb. 18th 1898, that the
Maine was blown up in Ha-
vana Harbor and 263 OF our
soldiers killed. March 9th
Congress, in a great and al
most unparalleled outbulst
O. enthusiasm, appropriated
$50, 900, 900 tor national de-
fense. April 21st war was at
hand. May LIST Dewey as
founded the universe with nn
uneq 1aled victory at Manila.
May 18th the engagement
off Cardenas occurred in which
Bagley fell. Cevera entered
Santingo May 10Th, and on
June 3rd Hobson sunk the
Merrimac in the mouth OF
the harbOr. June 10th mar
ines were landed at Guantan-
amo, June 22nd Shafter's
army landed on Cuban soil,
July 1st and End the battle
of Santiago occurred, and Ju-
~ 3rd Cervera's fleet was de-
stroyed. July 1st troops Ian
ded at Cavite, near Manila.
july Goth troops landed on
Porto Rician soil. July 26th
Spain made an overture for
peace. The war has mooved
more rapidly thanwas hoped
1t has not been a great fight
ing war, at least all the
great fighting was on one
side.-Bibllcal Recorder.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-08-11
What It Cost TO Run The Last state
Senate:
StaDl'y Enterprise.

Stanl'y Enterprise.
The last Legislature Of
North Carolina was q remark
able body OF men. In look
ing over the Auditor'sreport
we find many inter esting l.
TENS. In one charge there
seems to be some false econ
emy. 1t IL for soap for va
riOus departments, $40. 1t
must ha We been a lack ofsoap
that caused so much dirty
work in that brilliant body
of men. In the State Senate
there are 50 members. The
Senate chamber is not larger
than our court room in Stan
ley county, yet 1t took 20
men, working at $3.50 per
day, to attempt to keep It
clean. Besides these 20 busy
men, Is boys (pages) at 81
per day were necessary to at
tend the wants Of the High
Lords. Let the tax payers
consider this; sixty five dol
lars per day to hire help to
attend the 30 Senators and
keep in order a room notlar-
ger than our court room. If
you doubt that it took so
much money, when you are
in town we will show you
proof Of these facts. The Au-
ditor's report further shows
that the amount paid during
the session of 1897, was as
follows, viz: Salary Senate
members, $14,142,S0; for
employees IN Senate for, sess-
ion 1897, $11,592,28. The
employees in the Senate lack
ed only $2,550,52 of receiv-
ling as much as the Senator's.
The question is, what did all
OF the employees do? The
question to the voters ls, do
you expect by your vote to
allow a continuation of such
a state of affairs.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-08-11

No knife; No Burning Out.
Highest references and endors-
ments of prominent persons sue
cessfully treated in Va, Tenn.
and N. G. Remember that there
is no time TOO SOON to get rid OF
a cancerous growth-nO matter
how small. Examination free,
letters answered promptly, aud
satisfaction guaranteed.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-08-11
ty much their own way. Dem
ocrats always get the worst
of it in a ticker with the pop
.ulist. :"


any thing but call the recent
killing of a negro near Scot
land Neck by it's right name.
Tie evidence is, from this ais
tance, that it was murder
not lynching; and not for the
usual crime, but for grossly
indecent conduct, which nev
er the less did not merit
death. We are not going to
shift the responsibility from
the shoulders of the murder
ers, nor are we going to con-
done the crime. But we do
declare that the action OF
Congressman White, Senator
Pritchard, the Postmaster
General and the President OF
the United States 1--WE take it
that the first named is the
prime mover and that the
Others are responsible be-
cause they have the power to
prevent) in appointing ne
gro postmasters in our East
ern counties is not altogeth-
er to be separated from the
disposition OF negroes to be
flemish or from the tlisposit-
ION of the whites to. lynch
them. 1t is almost an incen-
diary act to appoint a negro
postmaster at Scotland Nsck
mot that it is illegal; but
it is in the .ruest sense vim
dlctive and immoral. Yet
this has been done twice re.
Gently. Congressman White
Is a negro, and his attitude
can be understood; Mr.,
Pritchard's might be explain
ed upon the ground OF polit-
ical obligations; but howcan
one believe that the Presi,
dent Of the United States or
the Postmaster General are
also bound to a most repre-
hensible policy by so mean a
consideration? Indeed it is
hard to believe that the Sen
ator can be SO unfeeling, in
considerate and short sight
ed, not to say vindictive and
base.--Biblical Recorder,
L
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-07
Issa0uah, May 6, 1885.

lSSa0uah, May o, ISIS.
To the Editor: In answer TO the dis
patch from Issaquah, published in your
paper this morning, permit me to say: /
am Kentuckian by birth. and that for
generations my family Is native born, and
furnished soldiers to uphold the flag Of
our country In three wars. My mother Is
now a pensioner OF the civil war. / men,
ton this in confederation OF my emphatic
denial OF the accusation made against me
In the article published as coming from
Issaquah. / am not guilty OF the charge.
The whole thing is the viiest piece of spite
work. 1t viii not accomplish its purpose
to drive me from Issaquan. Politics is
at the bottom OF 1t al, but the politicians
VIII also fail. / mean TO fight it out on
the lines they have chosen. Aiienisyn pre-
dominates in the mines al issaquaa. And
these Aliens, under the lash OF boss!sm.
give Vent TO that which their conscience
condemns. Il is easy when mems bread
and butter is at stake TO have them say
YES or no to the wishes of the powers
that be.
The only evidence against me land that
Is entirely false) is that or two boys
whose testimony in a court OF justice
could be shown not worthy OF belief. One
OF them is actuated by spite because some
time ago / made him c;.gorge il-goiten
gains. made him. 10 keep clear Of the
pefGtsAiidES. give up 6nDtnet man = prop
erty. he IL now, so he says. getting even.
/ was the first ore to talk about raising
the flag. but / was not much enthused at
It's being raised over an institution that
by acts and management was and is alien.
and over which / said a Spanish flag
woUsd best represent the feelings OF the
inmates From this. with the lying
tongues OF tile two fellows above alluded
20. aided and abetted by bosses. reso!u-
tons were passed that majority OF those
present condemned. but out OF fear OF los
ing their Jobs did not object 70. Many OF
them came to me afterwards and ex-
pressed their sympathy for me and their
disgust NJ the action of the so-called COM
nittee. Leave the whole matter to a vote
OF the people OF the town and they will
acouft me- OF the charge for they know il
Is not true. II may be necessary later 20
mention names times and places concern
ing some OF the parties active In this reso-
luton matter. In fact. some OF them may
have an opportunity TO prove their case
In court, and some OF them may go TO Jail.
Tina. which most hurts NE at this time Is
tha; an alien sa.ooukeeper, aided and
abetted by an alien ssorekesper. under tne
protection Of a great corporation. con-
troiled by allen money lenders. should
make men drunk and then invite them TO
violence agains. my home and person.
W. l. NEWTON.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-07

Perhaps Lseut.-Coi Lewis Is only wait
ing for regiment OF colonies to Be formed.
-. ~ -.
Admiral Dewey's reticence may be due
to the fact that he has been quite busy.
~ ~ ~.
Hon. w. c. Jones Is ssill busy on his
explanatory notes to his great wheat-silver
chart.
~ n. y.
Gen. Blanco still regards the typewriter
as the most effectuai and deadly imple-
ment OF warfare.
n. ~ p.
It appears not TO have occurred to Ad-
m!ral Dewey TO sever the numerous
grapevine connections with Manila
n. n. -
The Spanish newspapers continue to
give u exclusive descriptions OF the Span
ish valor in the late Philippine trouble
~ N ~
The Oregon election occurs In June.
and ex-Gov. Pennoyer has already begun
to hear some pretty loud firing just below
the horizon.
-. p -
The Boston Herald says the women OF
that town are wearing red. white and
blue garters. TIE Herald has extraordi-
nary facilities for getting the news.
-. ~
The administration may deem IN prudent
20 release the captured French steamer:
but it should be understood that our apos-
ogeiic mood includes no xetTaction Of COM
ment made in the late Zoia trial.
y. ~ ~
The enterpriSing agents for the Can
allan transportation lines can see Span
ish privatesr in the distance every time
they run across a prospective passenger.
They ought to throw in with their stories
a lash OF chills and fever music.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-07

A Dispatch says that the citizens OK a
town In Spain testified to their love Of
country and their determination TO uphold
the honor Of their race by smashing the
town hail windows. destroying the contents
OF the court house and letting the prison
ers ont Of Jail. We must be careful not to
permit our natural prejudices against
Spain at this time TO blind IL to the fact
that q mob in Spain Is no more made up
OF representative Spaniarcs than wou.d
an American mob be q criterion OF Amer
lean conduct. The man who wants to
manifest his independence by smashing
things IL a rascal who should receive scant
mercy in any country.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-07

cfvflised community How far . mans
knowledge should extend into history
or how familiar he shall become with
general literature depend upon saste
and opportunity: bat man cannot be
a rood cftizen--that Is, an active. intel
isgent cftizen-who does not read q
newspaper.
Perhaps IL might be too much TO ask
Of the government At FIRST that even
HIS newspaper should be delivered to
the farmer instead Of the farmer max
ing q trip 70 the postofIice. Nearly
every farmer needs 20 go 10 the post
office town for other purposes than the
Newspaper at regular intervals He at
least knows on what day I'm the week
the paper viii come and can have one
OF his boys or even one OF his girls
ride over and bring IL In with the little
purchases from the country store. But
he never knows when . letter may
come. No matter how urgent that let
ter o. on what day II arrives It must
now lie waiting TIL he makes his
periodical trip
We would have letters always de-
iivereE within a reasonable radius or
a country postoffice. The farmer IL
compelled 20 receive vast quantity OK
useless literature, much OF which ID
calculated deliberately to swindle him
out OF his money. II 1t were not Tor
the loss TO the postoffice department oc-
casioned by this misuse OF the mails,
vhe rural delivery system couid at once
be VERY literally extended.