The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-04-06
OUR HICKORY LITTER.

d. v,d there is yet pl.nty of frui'.
T. 9 iruit crop is n big thing ia on
section. The weather seems TO bav.
ia red, aud our truck growers An.
farmers Gao fnish preparing tner
lands and planting their crops. Th
roads will soon be 80 mill men ca,
get their lumber to market. II,ckor,
is quite y lumber market. We hav.
several factories which prepare and
sci buI'drDg msterial Of all klud..
More goods are shipped to and
from Hickory than any town from
Salisbury 10 Asheville, While W.
only have about 3 500 Inhabitants.
yet We have good f,rming country
around us. Our cit ps are OF like
those imposing most s ,nthern
towus' They are broader, more ma
tiouai in their views. One reason,
they are from nearly every state 10
the Union, especially Noriherp
stt'eS.
II ckory is dry town. Not had
open bar rooms here in s years
We had them before. About tina,
time the Farmers Alliance organ
10 d a strong alliance in the town,
and us numbers resolved TO vor.
them OUT sud DID. And tho anti
bsr-room sentiment has g sined eve,
since. Dry N OF all parties would
fuse aud wet men OF all partie,
woll fuse. The vets m4y nor ruu
q ticket tins spring, though the elsc-
ton Is ouly a month of, yet we have
heard very little about the election,
showing tat"ur p. oplo are too busy
to mess with politics.
In spite Ut all tn. n VS. and Obser-
y,r can say, opposition TO the amend
nj az seems to grow. The Ooserv-
tr's saying it will not disfranehis @ a
single white mau, increases the sus
plclon thar il will dlsfrauchIse Atty
thous-sd. For II said IN the cam-
paigu, hat 1t the Democrats won
they won Il not give Us tn. l. ujsana
FL cuoa Law. Sin III us, every speak.
,ra,d very pap'tsa'd We were ly
j. z VIII u We said ST.. Tney said it N
ord,r to- get the negroes TO woe with
III N, and they mus have done so,
rs lhe y, III crats made their CIR. at
est galus IN nsgr" counties. SO the
peuil- hav. lrsrn' d tn t n par,
that all lie to carry Ihe election,
will lie ~ carry amendment.
Tue y 'serv r as We worked last
fall to have 100 600 negro 10 ti'l
the votes OF l2 900 white meu. For
tw ny year, We have heard of this
12O 900 negro woes. Wny IS II tina,
tue number does not increaSt7 Fr, N
what We can see, ,hrusauds # ma
la'oes have bee, ms of age since
then. 1T the race has not increased
II can't I've the white mas fsu =
Perhaps that's why they want them
out ot politics, 81 they can incr.ss
them faster. We voted n, d work.
last fail SO that white men could G.
aud vote I'll err n,iments and nav.
Int a l. u
voted for The same thing last fal
that w. d d in 1876 when we votel
for Bryau. the sal a rr!uci plrs.
We can't sea boSa negroes vot'
always hills a whlte mans vote. l
that b. tree then tho ID mocrat!
iIjed o kili l20 coo white votes las
faOI. They crm~ II ar voti all th'
negroes. la III 1li'ax and ot7er coun
tbs that Lave a IN j"ity Of negr'
voters, always give n big NJ ] 'rlty
What white votes d, they k,ll. am
who Is responsible for ii The ID N
oerats carried every negro township
aud county ia the State. Thy dill
by o.lng the negro and baviug hin
Kill some white man $ vote. 5 D-m
oeta's are mesner than W., rs the
H1ned against light and Knowledge
1t may BE- they are foolish enoug
TO believe the amend ment Won't DIS
frAnab .pA khx
why they gave US al electi,u la
that will. They Lad one b fore ihs
tid. Tu.y made no d # renee b,
tween negro and whi'- mau tha'
aid they won't nov. II nsgr
would vote the Democratic tickle
they would treat him rs white N ~
1t a white man refused the D, M
cratic tick I. they called him and b
family n.groes and tr.a,ed them >
sne'. J,- Daniels and the crow
that I'D bat then. will do it ag4i'
IL not the n~.ro they are afraid y
out us the whites.
We have said it and will say
again, hat 'taxstiou WITHOUT rep,
sentauon is u, 49," AID that VI
wllte man in this part of the s a
who pays taxes vii vote and W
have that vote counted as VT.
Iney say so, and We believe m. m.
j. T. G
IN Favor OF sn l. rly ate Cow mt {