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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-02-03
LATE LOCALS.

Summit county's inmates of the
Newburg asylum were transferred
Friday from that institution to the
hospital for the insane at AIassillon.
There We're 73 patients on the special
train. No trouble was experienced.
About a dozen attendants and three
physicians accompanied the party. A
farewell entertainment was rendered
the Summit county patients Wednesday
night
Chief of Police Harrison on Saturday
morning presented each of the police
officers a small folder containing in
structions relative to police regulations
and duties of officers. These folders
will be issued by the Chief every two
weeks.
At 8 o'clock Friday morning fire in
some unknown manner started in the
residence of Eugene Haltermann, of
Copley, and before extinguished, did
damage to the extent of 5000.
y
At the night school Thursday even
ing musical program was given. Mr..
Walter Harris gave a trombone solo
and Mrs X Il. Russell, piano solo.
Mr.. A. @. Holloway gave a short talk
relating incidents of the Cuban cam
paign.
Mrs. Mary Madden, who has been
visiting in the home of William Nelan,
206 S. High ST., fell down stairs Friday
morning. She was severely bruised
about the body.
| The @. A. & @. railroad company
will discontinue its practice of selling
reduced rate tickets on Sunday. The
order will go into effect at once.
| -
The funeral Of Engineer John Diday
who met his death in the wreck in this
city, Thursday morning, will be held
at his home in Gallon at o'clock Sun
day afternoon. A number of local rail.
road men will attend.
Rev. j. S. Rutledge will be a candi.
date for Congress from the Twentieth
district.
Mrs. Margaret Wiese has been given
q widows pension of $S per month.
Three oil leases were filed at the
Recorder Office Saturday by A. D.
Swan, all on lands in Boston town.
ship. The leases are for two years.
The property leased is owned by the
following: Orris w. Davis, three
acres; James Cassidy, 16G acres; j. G.
Conger, 106 acres.
Deputy Sheriff Stone and John
Vaughan visited the penitentIary Fri.
day. They found all the Summit
county prisoners in good standing.
Cotell believes he will be pardoned
soon. Vaughan tried n seat in the
chair used for the electrocution OF
murderers.
John Severe, aged So years, died at
his home at Cuyahoga Falls, Thurs
day. Funeral services were held to-
day. Interment in Oakwood ceme-
terry. Deceased was unmarried and
spent the greater part of his life in
Cuyahoga Falls.
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the Northern Ohio Traction c., for
S1h 00O dumapeS olIaoed tn hoya baan
sustained Aug. 20, 1900. A street car
on which the plaintiff was passcn-
ger collided with a freight train at
Brewster switch on S. Main st.
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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-02-03

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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-02-03

Mrs. Elizabeth w, Bender has sued
the Northern Ohio Traction c., for
$4,000 damages alleged to have been
sustained Aug. 90, 1900, A street car
on which the plaintiff was passcn-
ger colllded with a freight train at
Brewster switch ON s. Main st.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-02-03

John Severe, aged So years, died at
his home at Cuyahoga Falls, Thurs.
day. Funeral services were held to-
day. Interment in Oakwood ceme-
terry. Deceased was unmarried and
spent the greater part of his life in
Cuyahoga Falls.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-02-03
WOODLAND NJ. Z.

Corner S. Balch and Crosby SITS. Rev.
Thomas ]. Post, pastor. Sunday school
9:15 a. M; s. Kile, superintend-
ent; Epworth League, devotional SER
vice 6 p. M, leader, Mrs. Pardee. Pub.
lie worship at 1870 a. m. and I p. M,
with preaching by the pastor.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-02-03
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

PREMIUM PUBLISHING co. Of
Canton, Ohio, has established a
temporary office at No. 600 S. Main
st. All persons having business
with this company will please call
at office. Nj. Green, manager.
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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-02-03

Deputy Sheriff Stone and John
Vaughan visited the penitentiary Fri
day. They found all the Summit
county prisoners in good standing.
Cotell believes he will be pardoned
soon. Vaughan tried n seat in the
chair used for the electrocution Of
murderers.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-02-22
INDIVIDUAL REPUBLICANS FAVOR
AMENDMENT.

As we have said before the Repub
lican party, as an organization, is
controlled by the influence of the
800 900 negroes who constitute FOUR
FIFTHS of its voting strength, and
will be forced by their influence to
oppose the amendment, but, that we
are glad to know will not deter thous-
ands of honest white Republicans who
are under no obligations to the negro,
and who believe that the future of
their party is hopeless so long as it is
dominated by him, from voting and
working for the amendment. Re-
publicans like General COwles and
Mr.. Sharpe know that the negro
hangs like a milestone around their
necks and the neck of the Republican
party. and that they will never be
able to throw off the incubus so long
as they follow the DEGREES of their
party conventions, and they have
determined to put the axe into the
root of the tree and help to eradicate
the evil. When the State shall have
been freed from the menace and incu-
bus of irresponsible negro suffrage,
and their party has been freed from
negro influence and control, they will,
if they are fit to continue their al
legiance to the Republican party, be-
come the dominant spirits in its
cOunsels, and its future in this State
will be what such men as they are
shall make it.-CarOlinjun.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-02-22
A. GUTHRIE'S ARTICLE ON
THE AMENDMENT.

The only question is, does this sec
ton ''deny or abridge' the right to
vote con account of race or color?n
Are negroes debarred by it? Then
white men who come within these
provisions would also be debarred.
Where is the discrimination? Take
the case of an illiterate son or grand
son of an unnaturalized alien, he can
not vote under section ), for his an
cestors didn't vote prior to January
1st, 1867. Take the case of even
naturalized foreigner who cannot read
or write the English language and
never voted prior to January LIST,
1867, it matters not as to his race or
color, he could not vote under section
), nor can his illiterate lineal des-
pendants vote under section 5, to
whatever race they belong. The
question of race or color does not
enter into this enabling qualification.
The question under section 5 is,
whether the voter himself or his
ancestor voted prior to January LIST,
1867.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-02-22
THE STATES RIGHT OVER SUE
FRAGE.

This is the qualification and the
manner of proving the possession of
it by the voter, and every negro who
can show either in the ONE or the
OTHER of these TWO WAYS that he
POSSESSES it, is entitled to VOTE
under the AMENDMENT.
Certainly, there can be no success
full denial of the right Of the State to
base the right of suffrage upon the
voters ability to understand the
nature and the effect of the exercise
of the suffrage. This right of the
State is equally as clear as its right
to impose what is commonly known
as an educational qualification by re-
curing the voter to be able to read
and write, for this is itself in effect
nothing but an understanding quail
fication. The object in requiring the
voter to show that he can read and
write is solely to prove his capacity
to understand, and certainly this
may be proved just as we'll and just
as satisfactorily in other ways.
The Mississippi Constitution, which
has recently been upheld by the
Supreme Court of the United States,
not only imposes an understanding
qualification but even goes to the ex-
tent Of permitting the registrar of
elections to decide arbitrarily whether
the voter sufficiently understands
+. NJ. Simmons.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-02-22
COLORED LEADERS.

The intelligent colored leaders in
the South, like Bishop Turner, adj
monish their people to make friends
with the white people. The South
ern white man is a better friend than
the Northern white man. The Civil
War was fought not for humanity's
sake, but for commercial supremacy.
President Lincoln disclaimed any in
tention of disturbing slavery even in
1861. "All slaves are all Free was
the cry. Free labor could not COM
pete with slave labor, and the strug-
gle was to the death between the two
1t was not a sentimental war. Free
labor triumphed, and the North soon
showed that it preferred white free
labor to black free labor. Now at
Eerdin and Pana, Illinois, short
time ago. men armed by the State
with Winchesters, backed by Re-
publican Governor, shot men down
whose only otfense was black skins
and the desire to exchange the mus
Gle of black free men for the money of
white free men. Thirty-tivc years
ago these same men were bathing our
Southland with our blood and their
own to free these victims of their
wanton butchery. Are these the
boosted friends of the negro? How
many negroes from the Northern
States have sat in Congress? ANY in
the cabinet? Any in foreign diplo-
matte service save Hayti and Liberia.
where only a negro will go? 1t is
time that the colored man was waking
up to the fact that the Southern peo-
pie are his friends. "A d. Cowles,
(Rcp).
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-02-22
WHITE MANS RULE.
NORTH CAROLlNIANS WILL NOT
LONGER SUBMIT TO ANY OTHER.
Adoption of the constitutional Amend
ment Will Forever Settle the Status
of the Negro in Poiitics-Ignorant
and Vicious of the Race a Menace to
Good Various Opinions
on the Subject.
TURN ON THE LIGHT.

Those who favor the adoption of
the amendment have a right to expect
that they will be met by a discussion
of its merits rather than an attempt
to frighten the citizens of the State
with such suggestions as we have
been discussing.
If discussed fairly and candidly as
its friends are determined it shall be,
we are confident that the people Of
the State will ratify it by large
majority. The year 1900 will mark a
step forward and upward by the peo-
pie Of this Commonwealth which will
give new hopes and inspiration to the
Young manhood and guarantee a
sense of peace and security to those
who have weathered the storm.-H.
G. Connor.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-02-22
IN THE NIGHT.

Dark, dark the night, and fearfully l
grope
Amidst the shadows feeling for the way,
But cannot find it. Here's no help, no hope
And God is very far off with His day.
Hush. hush, faint heart. Why. this NAV
be the chance
When things are at their worst, to prove
thy faith:
Look up, and wait thy great deIivelance,
And trust Him at the darkest unto death
What need of Faith. if all were visibly
clear?
lis for the trial-tims that this was
given,
Though clouds be thick its sun is Just as
near.
And Faith will find Him in the heart of
Heaven.
lis often on the last grim ridge of war
God takes His stand to aid us in the fight;
he watched Us while we rolled the tide
atar,
And. beaten back, is near us in His
might.
Under the widest night, the heaviest Woe
When earth looks deSolate. Heaven dark
with doom
Faith has q tiretlaSh of the heart to show
The face of the Eternal in the gloom
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-02-22

that they lack in that pride OF blood
which makes the white man every
where cleave to his kind.
| believe that the self-res pecting
Populist will resent as an insult this
attempt Of yours to persuade him
that it is not necessary to transmit to
his offspring undiminished the pres
tige that comes to him from his fore
fathers.
You ask for the 'names and post
office addresses Of six active and re-
liable Populists' in my "township
who can be relied on to assist in other
WAYS later" In what do you expect
these Populists to ''assist later? DO
YOU think to make them parties to
your plan to ''whip out Of the State
the men who are determined, at any
hazard, to preserve its civilization? |
trust there are no such POpullsts in
nv township. | feel sure that half
dozen can not be found who will be
parties to any scheme to perpetuate
the danger Of negro domination in this
State by resort to violence. If such be
your purpose warn you that it can
not succeed. You, may stir up bitter
ness and ncite to bloOd-shed. but as
Populist, warn YOU that self-re-
specting Populists will not follow you
in this matter.
Icannot forbcar, sir, finally, to point
out to you how YOU have warped the
PopuIist party from its original pur
pose; how you have betrayed its prin-
ciples and sold its opportunities for
song; how under, your leadership
what was once a mighty army, 10000
strong, has dwindled to Il fourth Of
that number of discouraged and dis
heartened followers to whom you are
leaving no alternative save to give up
their party or to become accomplices
with YOU in the bascst attempt
against the peace, happiness, pros
peritv and civilization of the Com
monwealth that has ever been made
in its history.
Speaking for myself, my choice is
made, I'll none of it.
Very truly yours,
j. j. MARSHALL.
Vienna, n G.. Feb. 9, 1900.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-02-22
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
Call Issued for Meeting on April nth
1000.

State Chairman Simmons has issued
the following call:
To the Democratic Voters of North
Carolina:
BY order of the State Executive
Committee, notice is hereby given
that the next State convention Of the
Democratic party will assemble in
the city of Raleigh on the 18th day of
April 1900, for the purpose of nomi-
mating candidates for State offices. the
selection of delegates to the National
convention and the transaction of
such other business as it NAV deem
proper to consider and determine.
Each county will be entitled to elect
one delegate and one alternate to the
said convention for every one hun
dred and fifty Democratic voters and
one delegate for fraction over seventy
five Democratic votes cast therein at
the last Gubernatorial election.
Notice is also given that the time
of the call of the State convention
your Executive Committee passed
unanimously the following resolu-
ton:
''Resolred, That the question of
primaries for selection OF a candidate
for United States Senator be referred
to the people in the call for the next
State Democratic convention for such
action as the convention may deem
best
F. NJ. SIMMONS.
Ch'm'n Democratic Elk. Com.
JOHN W. THOMPSON.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-02-22
STILL RENILING.
Wilmington MpSsenger.)

Since the scoundrcl Manly fled the
State after so foully attempting to
besmirch the characters Of the white
women Of North Carolina, the negro
George White, a disgrace to the State
and to the seat he holds in the Federal
house, is probably the meanest negro
left in North Carolina. He does not
emulate the desperate example of the
trifling fellow Manly by splitting
venom upon the good name of the
white women, bnt he Wiley attacks
the character of the white men, and
seemingly ustiiies or paliates the
assaults of the negro brutes who rape
white women because perforce white
men, as he says, make assaults upon
negro women. This is fOolishness
and mcndacitv run mad. No negro
women are raped by white men and
he knows it. The subject is too vile
to handle. but an unconscionable liar
and slandcrer can not be allowed to
pass undenoudced by the Democratic
press. We have not seen the report
of his second attack The Raleigh
Post has seen what the ranter and
falSitcr said. and we copy as follows
from its editorial cXcoriatinm the
black and tan wretch:
lin the speech of yesterday White
but emphasizes what he said the other
day, practically justifying violent as
saults upon decent white women as
retaliation for the voluntary self
degradation of negro women. Ger
tain colOred women consent to make
merchandise of themselves, hence the
bruteS of his race must use force to
degrade white women, and thus, if
possible. bring the white women thus
assaulted upon the level of those of
his own race who, of their own Volt
ton, enter upon lives of shame. AS
infamous as was the SANDER of the
negro Manly, for which he was made,
or rather allowed, to leave the State.
it was no worse than the statement
now made by the negro Congress-
man. White refuses to draw a dis
tinction between willing debaucherv
on the one side and brutal violence on
the other, and implies strongly by
his argument that the latter is but
the Arrangement of the othcr.h
a good word is an easy obligation,
but not to speak i'll requires only our
silence, which costs.us nothing Adj
olson.
Advice is like snow: the softer it
falls the longer it dwells upon and
the deeper it sinks into the mud
Anon
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-02-22
HE GAVE IT AWAY.

In his speech in the Senate on the
amendment Mr.. Pritchard said: 1T
is plain that it is an attempt to
deprive the colored race of the right
to vote Senator Chandler then
asked him if he knew why the date
January lst, 1867, was fixed" In
answer to Mr.. Chandler. Mr.. Pritchard
said:
1T was fixed, understand, with a
view Of caring for the white men OF
the State who We're entitled to vote at
that time"
After this. the Senator is estopped
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-02-22
FIVE THINGS THAT IT WILL DO.

The Democratic Executive Commit
tee of Cumberland county has issued
ringing address to the white men
of that county on the Constitutional
amendment. In conclusion it thus
tersely sums up what will be gained
by the adoption of the amendment:
Il. Rule of white men by elimi-
mating the great body of ignorant ne
groes.
-. 1t will insure decent and eco
nomical government of cities, counties
and the State
%. 1t will stimulate education.
Il. 1t Will insure every white man
a life time right to vote-whether he
can read or write or motif he will
register by 1908.
-. 1t will insure peaceful cleo
tlonS, free from race antagonisms.'' =
Wilmington Star.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-02-22

Let all those in favor of a clean
white mans government work to-
gether shoulder to shoulder to secure
the adoption of the amendment at
next Augustus election. Minor differ
ences can be settled afterwards. The
one important point is for us to make
our State secure from further govern
ment by the dirty horde who have
done their best to disgrace it and put
shame on its manhood and woman
hood. While such vital interests are
in the balance the man who attempts
to stir up dissensions in the ranks of
the white people should have no
mercy shown him. Let no other
issue cucumber this election.-The
ArQOnaMt
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-02-22
NEGRO DOMINATION RUINOUS.

The political ascendency Of the
class who control the negro vote in
the South has always, without sim
Gle exception, been characterized by
scandal, corruption, peculation and
the States disgrace. The negro is
kind, docile creature, but he is con-
trolled by his passions and follows
the leadership of those who will
arouse and appeal to his lowest preju-
dices. He is vicious partisan in
politics. He looks upon one who
quits the party ranks as a renegade
and a deserter to be ostracised and
prosecuted. He will know no party
distinction except color. and recog-
nizes no principles except the passion
of race against race. To make this
numerical strength the basis of his
political power is ruinous to the
State. This power should be taken
from him until he can learn to eXer-
else it in the realization of the re-
sponsibilities of citiZenshi p.-Locke
Craig.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-02-22
fiOW'S ThiSr

We offer one hundred dollars reward
for any case of catarrh that cannot be
cured by taking Halls Catarrh Cure
F. }. CHENEY IL CO., propr'S,
Toledo, Ohio.
We, the undersigned, have known F. }.
Cheney for the last l. years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in in all business
transactions, and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West IL Truax, wholesale druggists, To-
ledo, Ohio.
Walding, kinna1 IL Marvin, wholesale
druggists, Toledo OHIO.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price, 10 cents per
bottle Sold by all druggists
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-02-22
THE DIFFERENCE.

The Citizen has frequently men
toned the fact that in North Carolina
there are two distinct classes Of Re-
publicans: national Republicans and
Black-and-Tans. In any discussion
of the amendment this distinction
must be borne in mind. The national
Republicans are Republicans from
principle, because they believe in the
policies of the Republican party. The
Black-and-Tans while calling them
selves Republicans, are not Republic
cans: they are merely anything for
office. They care nothing for Repub
lican principles, nor any other prin-
ciples. Their whole political faith
may be summed up in three words:
Anything for office.
The national Republicans are not in
favor Of negro rule in any part Of
North Carolina. They have enough
sense to know that negro rule is a
blight: that negro rule means rule Of
both the white man and the negro by
the negro. They have enough man.
hood to say that they want no negro
rule for themselves and do not wish
to see other white men under negro
rule. They have the business sense
to know that there can be no progress
where there is negro rule.
Not so with the Black-andTan
They are filled with lust for office.
SO long as they can have office they
care nothing for the people who pay
their salaries. They know that with
out the negro vote they cannot get
office, and as long as they can use
the negro to climb into office they
care nothing for the progress of the
State. Without principles them
selves, they cannot understand prin-
ciple in others -Asheville Citizen.