The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-07-28

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on eve thoasand dollars These nEur-.
may not BE- precisely accurate. bot
since you are after information. cup |
pose you search the tax list for TIE /
, EAR lss5 and i>s-s. and suppose you /
GET some statements, OF estimates, as TO |
the net rents that 10 was paying IN
those y~ars. could 1~t Stem. IL
had the time. suppose that you have
both the time Aid the camnsiEn fund
IL 10 the or, MON Of most Of the farmers
OF Anson that this Was anose~r case of
. Democratic job put upon the state
for the sake Of "G God Government
Then again there was the Castle
Hayne property Your party bad this
property rented. or leased. Your party
rented out the convicis to the North
Carolina Phoe phate Company. which
tad the IN digging for phosphate rock.
Instead Of collecting the money for the
rent OF the convicts, your crowd TOOK
the notes ri the phosphate company.
Tn individual stockholders 81 thi.
phosphate company were reputed rich !;
'hey sr- =" regarded now. You irok
the paper 81 the Phosphate Company
without ever having obtained the en-
dOrsement or security of these rich
| stockholders, who were really g-tfir &
the labor of the conNicis for
| hem ls-.. when the people dis
/ pensed with your Good Government
you dumped upon us some $4,000 vi
the WORTHLESS paper OF this insolveut
corporation.
There are three other plantations on
the Cape Fear that have been rented
by the present management for the
| cultivation of rice. Two OF these
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one Of them for $500 and the other fol
$3.50 year. One of them Was rented
from Mr.. Borden Of the Navassa Guam,
Co., for some $500 or $3.50. am tOlt
that some slanderers have circulate,
the report that Governor Russell own
these places, or had some interest il
them. In this there is no truth. Tn
Governor had no interest Whatese
in these properties. am reliably in
formed that there are respon
sible parties who would b
glad enough to take these thre
plantations from the State at an I'D
} vance on the rent which the State
paying. Suppose you SEM out som
! of your heelers and find sonnet body VIII
will give US One-half to One-third G
the rent which we are paying for III
Halifax farm and Arson farm.
You want to know about the sales {
cotton Of the crop of 1897. 1t woul
give me pleasure to answer this or an
( other of your questions to any ma
: who asked them in good faith and Il
an honest purpose, SO far rs ! have ii
knowledge or means OF acquiring
shall not trouble myself, however,
i, my bOOkkeeper, to answer you, but
II you want to find out how much cote
e was sold from the crop Of 1897 N
~ha. price it brought, and whether ,
e not it brought its value, you can a
y the men who bought it and the me
sold by my predecessor to Mr. Arno
20 Borden Of GOldsbOro. This WAS fro
u he Roanoke farms. About 27U bal
6 were sold from the Alison farm bef0
J. | came in. The purchase rs we're Wade
g, brro cotton buyers. l sOlddabout 4
> bales To Barbee 4 Co. of Raleigh, n
D. 800 bales to Barbee & Co. and Johns
D. & Thompson Of Raleigh. The boo
OF of these gentlemen will show WI
he they paid, and they know about (
ID quality and the value. They can t
al you if they choose. The pc nitentis
books also show all these transa ctiO
all of which you will find embodied
my printed report at the end Of t
present pres mt fiscal year; l am not . ava
Of public In advance of the printing
he the report of the operations of I
IL. penitentiary.
Now, since you have SO much 10
and affection for the interrogati
mark, suppose you take look ut q 4
of them. AS you are asking questio
of me, propose to ask some OF you.
N. What do you know about the Sc {
-, OF Stanly county bonds and the So ,OOl
Wilkes county bonds that were unlo,
Us ed on the L University Of North Carroll
e. resulting in q lOssOf $l4, 600 to the L.
ng versity and the tax payers of I
It's State? All men know that these Dor
/ were worthless. Who sold them
re Chapel Hill? The Richmond & Ds
ev vile r. X. Co., Chat is the SOuthe
no Ry. Co.. are supposed to have Rott
~ the bonds. They were sold to ,
w University at about SO or 80 cen
'ot Did the money 60 to the Origin
"a holder, the Richmond & Danville X.
cir Co.? Ii not, who got il? Did N
body purchase them from the origin
ed holder? II so, who was it? And wi
no was the price paid? This whole thi
We was done by the Democratic mana
~. ment In the days Of "gOOd COVER
y ment." Our poor old University m
ns struggle on and stagg.r under
ny loss. Who put the loss upon b.
Ill Were they F0siOnists? Now stand
er. and answer like a man. Were Il
at FusiOnists9
ma You were Chairman of the Den
,ot cratic Committee In 1892. How ma
"a votes did yOnr party steal in the ell
ou ton OF 1899! As to the negro W
IN you need not mention them in y,
In schedule; tell US how many VIII
IN men your party robbed Of their suff
dy ages that year?
nd How many Of your secret circul
at did you circulate among the electl
~ rOgues who held the ballot boxes
" 1892? How many of your secret {
VI culars have you got left over?
we POpulist and Republican Commit
MI are running short of them. How 0s
or of them will you furnish for use
lat souvenires in the present campaign
.th what do you know about the Oys
cir Fraud Cases? Were you ore of
lawyers who tried to get those clai
rm paid out Of the State Treasury? II
how much were you to get rs v,
no part Of the swag! II you were ons
Id the lawye rs, who were the others, 4
hit how much were they to get?
The Democratic convention of ]
est declared for Bryan and free sill,
no How many days before the asseu
10 ling OF the Democratic convent
was it, when you, being . .Clevela
nu 0ffice-h0lder at four or FIVE thOuss
ne dollar salary, printed it in the Wa
ss. ingtOn Post that North Carol
ees would certainly be for Cleveland q
IN gold?
tx One more question. You are q
ss clamoriDg about white mans COVE
no ment and negro rule. 1t has been ii
and time again publicly charged t
'lo the Democrats of Craven county fu
IN with faction of the Republicans 4
Re- put out coalition ticket along in
GU sos, on which was the name Of on e
rol more negroes. How many of tn
IN. we're there? What were the names
IA. these negroes? How many times
-, you vote for them? / should not b,
-, thought you would have done it.
''e' Another question. You went to G.
gress once from the black district, q
reDPesented nv 0no Geopoo II WI