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The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1900-04-21
Two Great Objects.

"They say" remarked the very Gym
zeal person, that in this corrupt and
superficial age the great object is not
to be found out"
"That shows you have very little ex-
perience with bill collectors" answered
the impecunious friend My great OBJ
ject is not to be found iD."- Washing
ton Star
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1900-04-21

Unmarried women are called spin
stprs or spinning women, because It
was a maxim among our forefatnelS
that a young woman should not marry
until she had spun enough linen TO fur.
uish her house All unmarried. old or
young. were then called spinsters. Il
name still retained in all legal docu
mems.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1900-04-21

Teacher Suppose you had one pound
CT candy and gave tWo-thlds TO your
little sister and one-fourth to your lit
tie brother, what would YOU have your
self!
s.~ao!ar Well, 4 guess ia have tie
measles or something soS-i wouldn't
feel much like eating Puck.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1900-04-21
Boarding HOuse HumOr.

Landlady threateningly,-1l give
You piece of my mind one of these
days if you're not careful
B0ardpr-l guess | can stand it if It
isn't any bigger than the piece of pie
you gave me.-Detroit Free Press.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1900-04-21

musSpd up. Have you no janit17I
Euikleigh- We have one. bi;t sire
he became a faith curist he has been
giving the office absent treatment. -
Baltimore American
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1900-04-21

A story first heard at mot hers knee
is seldom forgotten and the same may
lie said of other things received at
mothers knee. which will readily recur
to the rpaGrr.-Chicag0 News.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1900-04-21

One of our exchanges.
notes the advent of the noise
less carriage, wireless politics
wireless telegraphy and
cysterless soup. Now we
wonder how Ions it will be
before we have noiseless boys,
flirtless girls, scentsless whis-
ky and rainless days when
we want ocelebrate.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1900-04-21
Just The Thing

To give health and increased vitality to
an invalid from the North.
A farm of 63sacres, near Southern Pines;
House, Barn, Out buildings, 30 acres OF
wood land, balance fine bottom land,
good for gardening, fruit, berries, etc.
A fine spring hear the house Price
away down.
P. POND.
Southcr Pines, N. G.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-09-29

such basis of appointment and tenure as
will render 1t still more serviceable to the
nations increasing trade. E-.N :
Americans to Be PrOtecfed
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-09-29

VIII you marry me now, Lena?' Ev-
erybody heard lie reply: Yes, I am
ready to marry you at any moment, but,
Fred. I am afraid that you are crazy"
He was not at all crazy. Those who
know. him best say that he is very
sible young man. He is Industrious, tenn
perate and honest, and in every way
worthy Of the estimable young lady
whose heart he had won long before he
made his foolish jump from the Pecos
bridge. -E'>~
When the story of this extraordinary
occurrence was first repeated in Del Rio
and other towns near the Pecos people
laughed about it and treated it with in
difference, but since then Mrs Merry,
the chaperon of the the picnic party, and
other estimable ladies and gentlemen
who witnessed Mr.. Darmon's wonderful
leap, have declared that they are ready
to make an affidavit substantiating the
facts as they have stated them. There
Is no room to doubt the word of such
people. Fred A. Darmon most certainly
jumped from the Pecos bridge into the
river and he is alive to tell the story of
his foolish feat.
From the ground below a full grow man
standing on top of Pecos bridge looks like
a small boy. Railroad trains run yerv
slowly while crossing the lofty structure
and very few people are capable of sum-
moning sufficient courage to take a Sec
ond look from the windows of the passen-
ger coaches. With the exception of the
stone pillars upon which. the great steel
columns are placed, the whole bridge is
composed Of iron and STEEL An ordinary
photograph presents a very poor idea Of
the colossal structure. Columns beams
and braces that look like mere threads in
the picture are probably from five to ff
teen feet in diameter. It is one of the
sights of the Sunset road, an travellers
from every part Of the world often STOP
TO look at 1t. Great engineers regard it
as one of the grandest triumphs of me-
chanlcal genius to be credited to the nine
teenth century. 1t is believed that 1t will
Withstand the action of the elements for
many centuries 49,.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-09-29

THE Republicans OF the United States.
tnrough their chosen representatives, met
IN IN national national cor convention looking back upon
looking forward into a great field of duty
and opportunity and appealing to the judg-
ment Of their countrymen, make these dec
'"The expectation in which the American
people, turing from the Democratic party
lntrusted power four years ago to Re-
lican congress has been met and satisfied.
Ssnen the people then assembled at the
Ro o after term Of Democratic legisla-
disastrously impaired. The country's cap
@ltal was hidden away and it's labor dis
lressed and unemployed.
s. Credit for Tariff and Gold Laws.
The Democrats had no other plan with
which they had themselves produced than
TO coin silver at the ratio of Is to /. The
republican party, denouncing this plan as
sure sure TO p produce conditions even worse than
tnose from which relief was sought, prom
ised to restore prosperity by means Of two
legislative measures-a protective tariff
and a law Law making gold the standard Of
sued to the Republican party a commits
sion to enact these laws. This commits
ean h nromse IS and the Repgb
more general and more abundant than we
nave ever known has followed these enact
mentS.
''There is no longer controversy as to tho
value OF any government obligations.
Every American dollar is a gold dollar or
It's assured equivalent, and American cred
Capital is fully employed and everywhere
labor is probably occupied.
On Prosperity and the War.
"No single fact can more strikingly tell
the story of what Republican government
means to the country than thisSthat while
1870 to 1897. there was an excess of ex-
ports over imports of only $685., OPS, 497,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-09-29
Officers of Afro-American Council,

The National Afro-American Coun-
Gil elected the following officers at
indianapolis August 80, 1900:
President-Bishop Alexander Wal
tiers, of New Jersey.
Vice Presidents-T. Thomas For
tune, of New York, w. A. Pledger, of
Georgia, Ernest Lyons, of Maryland,
Harry G. Smith, of Ohio, O.. M. Woods,
of Missouri, J. R. Marshall, of Illinois,
Bishop G.. w. Clinton, of North Car
olina,- w. H. Steward, of Kentucky,
and Mrs: Lillian Thomas Fox, of In
diana. -.
secretary-Cyrus Field Adams, of
Illinois.
Financial Secretary. Frank Blag-
burn, of Iowa.
Treasurer. w. Thompson, of New
York.
National Organizer-Mrs. Ida Wells
Barnett, of Illinois. sl
Corresponding Secretary-Dr. I. B.
Scott, TO Louisiana.
sergeant-at-Arms j. w. Wheeler,
of Missouri.
Assistant Corresponding Secretary
J. Silas Harris, of Missouri.
Chaplain Rev. j. S. Caldwell, of
Pennsylvania.
Directors Of Bureaus Education, w.
G. Jason, of Delaware; Legislative, f.
l.. McGhee, of Minnesota; Ecclesiastical
Rev. J.. w. Alexander, Of New York;
Business, w. e. b. Dubois, of Geor-
gia; Literary, DR.. M. C. b. Mason, of
Ohio; Newspaper, A. T.. Manly, of
Washington, D. c.; Emigration, Rev.
j. r. .Seabrook, Of Oregon; Lynching,,
j. B. w. Barnett, of Illinois.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-09-29

protected in the occupancy Of their own
markets, their constantly Increasing knowl.
edge and i, skill have enabled them finally
to enter the markets of the world.
we favor the associated policy Of re
clprocity so directed as to open our mar
kets on favorable terms for what we do not
eign markets. -,
On Immigration and Convict Labor.
"In the further interest of American
Workmen, we favor a more effective re-
striction Of the immigration of cheap labor
portunities of education for working chill
dren, the raising Of the age limit for child
labor. the protection !of t9freeH labor as
fective system of labor insurance.
To Protect Home Shipping.
"Our present dependence upon foreign
shipping for nine-tenths of our foreign car
rying is great loss to the industry of
this country. 1t is also serious danger
to our trade. for its sudden withdrawal in
the event of Europeon war would seriously
cripple our expanding foreign commerce.
The national defense and naval efficiency
Of this country, moreover, supply a com
polling reason for legislation which will en-
able us to recover our former place among
the trade-carrving fleets Of the world.
For Liberal Pension Laws.
1.-THE nation owes a debt Of profound
gratitude to the soldiers and sailors who
ernment's duty to provide for t. sur WV
ors and for the widows and orphans Of
those who have fallen in the country's
wars. The pension laws, founded in this
just sentiment, should be liberal and
should be literally administered and pre-
ference should be given wherever practi
cable with respect to employment in the
public service to soldiers and sailors and to
their widows and orphans.
Civil Service In the Islands.
We commend the policy Of the republ,-
can party in maintaining the efficiency of
the civil service. The administration has
acted wisely in its efforts to secure for pub
lie service in Cuba. Porto Rico, Hawaii
and the Philippine islands only those
whose fitness has been determined by
training and experience. We believe that
employment in the public service in these
territories should be confined as far as
practicable to their Inhabitants.
Against Restriction Of the Ballot.
Tt was the plain purpose of the fifteenth
amendment to the constitution to prevent
discrimination on account of race or color
in regulating the elective franchise. De-
wees OF state government. whether by stat
utofy OF constitutional enactment to avoid
me I! purpose Of this amendment are reyolu-
stlona u and should be condemned
Public movements looking to perma-
nent improvement of the roads and high
WAYS OF the country meet with our cordial
approval. and we recommend this subject
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-09-29

such basis of appointment and tenure as
will render it still more serviceable to the
nation s increasing trade. =
Americans to Be Protected.
"The American government must protect
the person and property of every citizen
placed in peril.
1--WE congratulate the women of America
upon T., the eho splendid record Of public
as nurses in camp and hospital during the
recent campaigns of our armies in the
Eastern Pans and Indies and
works of education and Industry. -. - :.
President Mckinley has conducted the
foreign affairs of the United States with
as fedt to the
condition Of European alliance for the
government of Samoa his course is especial
~ to be commended. By securing to our
Dor in the Southern Pacific every nv, American lean
interest on has Ha ID ,sa anG ard ho.r.
eve approve the annexation of the Ha-
waiian islands to the United States.
1--WE commend the part taken by our
government in the peace conference at The
Hague. We assert our steadfast adherence
trine. The provisions of The Hague con
yentlon were wisely regarded when presi-
dent Mckinley rendered his friendly Offices
Britain and the South African Republic
While the American government must con-
tinue the policy prescribed by Washington
affirmed by every succeeding president and
imposed upon us by The Hague treaty, Of
non-interveDtion in European controversies
the American people earnestly hope that a
way may soon be found. honorable alike to
both contending parties. to terminate the
strife between them.
As to Cuba and Philippines.
In accepting by the treaty of Paris the
just responsibility Of our victories in The
Spanish war the president and the senate
won the undOubted approval of the Amcri
can people. No other course was possible
than to destroy SPANS sovereignty
Philippine Islands. That course created
our responsibility before the world, and
with the unorganized population whom our
Intervention had freed from Spain, to pro-
vide for the maintenance of law and order.
and for the. establishment of good govern
ment. and for the performance Of interna-.
tiOnal obligations. Our authority could not
be less than our responsibility. and where
ever sovereign rights were extended it be-
came the high duty of the government to
maintain its authority, to put down armed
Instruction and to confer the blessings of
liberty and civilization upon all the rescued
people. The largest measure of self-goy-
eminent consistent with their welfare and
our duties shaiLbe secured to them by
law. -
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-09-29

The Republican National Platform.

and commerce enlarged. The volume OF
money in circulation was never so great
Firm Against Tree silver.
eve declare our steadfast opposition to
the free and unlimited coinage of silver
NO measure to that end. could be consid-
cred ere which was without the support Of
world. However firmly Republican legis-
lat1on may seem to have secured the coun-
try against the perils Of base and dis4
cratic president could not fail to impair
the country's credit and to bring once more
into question the intention of the Ameriea1
people to maintain upon the gold standafa
:. '"The Democratic party must be cons
WINGED that American people will never
tolerate the Chicago platform
- Favor Laws Against Trusts.
1--WE recognize the necessity and pro-
priety of the honest cooperation Of cap
it1al to meet new business conditions, and
especially esp to extend our rapidly inereag
spiracies and combinations intended..t8
restrict business, to create monopolies
limit production or to Control PRICES aS
restrain and prevent all such abuses, pr0s
tect and promote competition and secuFe
the rights of producers. laborers and All
merce. ~ q
Reciprocity to Aid Labor. IS
eve renew our faith in the policy OF
protection to American labor. In that
policy our industries have been established.
diversified and maintained. By protecting
the home market the competition has been
stimulated and production cheapened. OPP
portunity to the inventive genius Of our
people has been secured and wages in every
department Of labor maintained at high
rates, higher now than ever before, al
ways distinguishing our working people
in their better conditions of life from those
Of. any competing. country. Enjoying $the
cure in the right Of self government and
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-09-29
Comfortable Footwear.

Portland Oregonfan
in Portland, though the old Indian moe
casin may not be much of a curiosity
SO when an Arizona man appeared with
pair on his feet he attracted some at
land of cactus and hot sands who is in
the city never wears any other shoes
The uppers are regular Indian-tanned
buck, the so1es are of sole leather, and
he says they are just like stocking to
the feet. Although bucksEin is suppos-
ed to be a lasting material, buckskin
shoes can not be worn in the wet and
they would not do in a p1owfield or the
harvest field. The buckskin came from
a deer he killed in the Arizona noun
tains. and he paid SO to have two pair
of shoes made. He thinks people who
box their feet in stiff calf skin are miss
life.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-09-29

to the earnest consideration Of the people
and of the legislatures Of the. several
we favor the extension Of the rural
free delivery service wherever its extension
may be justified.
Arid Lands and New States.
''In further pursuance to the constant pol
Icy of the republican party to provide Free
homes on the public domain, we recon-
mend adequate national legislation to re-
claim the arid lands of the United States,
reserving, control Of the distribution of wa
ter for irrigation to the respective states
and territories.
3. We favor home rule for and the early
admission. to statehood of the territories
of New. Mexico. Arizona and Oklahoma.
Reduction in War Taxes. I'm.
'1The Dingley act, amended Ito provide
sufficient revenue for the conduct of the
war, has so well performed it's work that
1t has been possible to reduce the war debt
in the sum of 40.OOO, 900. so ample are
g 4hsspnblic confidence III the integrity Of it's
ber cent ~-Donds sell at pre-
sspseting and t viii be the H policy Of the
republican party to bring about reduction
of the war taxes.
Z .szs - Favor an Isthminn Canal.
I'VE favor the construction, ownership,
control and protection of an isthmian canal
by the government of the United States.
New markets are necessary for the in
creasing surplus of our farm products.
Every effort should be made to open and
obtain new markets, especially in the
orient; and the administration Is warmly
to be commended for it's successful efforts
to commit all trading and colonizing ma
tons to the policy of the open door in
China.
''In the interest Of our, expanding COM
merce we recommend that congress create
q 0ana rtmanf of industries
in the charge of a secretary with seat in
the cabinet. The United States counsular
system should he rcorganizei under the
supervision of this new department upon
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-09-29

there has been in the short three years Of
the present Republican administration an
Of exports oxss in the
And while the American people, sus-
tanned by this Republican legislation, have
beer! achieving !Iig these splendid triumphs in
conducted and in victory concluded a war
for liberty and human rights. No thought
of national aggrandizement furnished the
high purpose with which American stand
ards were unfurled. It was war un-
sought and patiently resisted, but when it
came the American government was ready.
Its fleets were cleared for action. Its
and signal triumph of it's forces on land
and sea bore equal tribute to the courage
Of American soldiers and sailors and to
statesmanship. TO fo6ooooo of t6e HUMAN
race there was given "a new birth of free
dom,' and to the American people a new
and noble responsibility. u ....-
Indorse All Mckinley's Acts.
eve inlorse the administration of Will
lished in wisdom and in patriotism, and at
home and abroad it has distinctly elevated
and extended the influence. of the Ameri-
facing Tespons6ilitfRea Pree
dent Mckinley has been in every situation
the true American patriot and the upright
ment, firm in action. always Inspiring and
deserving the confidence of his country
men.
I'm asking the American people to in
dorse this Republican record and to renew
their commission to the Republican party
we remind them of the fact that the
menace to their prosperity has always re-
sided in Democratic Rrinciples and no less
In the general incapacity of the Demo-
cratic party to conduct public affairs. The
prime essential of business prosperity is
public confidence in the good sense of
the government and in it's ability to deal
5intelligently with each new problem of
administration and legislation. That con-
fidence the Democratic party has never
earned It is hopelessly inadequate, and
the country's prosperity when Democratic
success at the polls is announced halts and
ceases in mere anticipation of Democratic
blunderS and failures.
Favor New Monetary Legislation.
1--WE renew our allegiance to the prin-
ciple of the gold standard and declare our
confidence in the wisdom of the legislation
of the LVIth congress, by which the parity
of all our money and the stability of our
currency on gold basis have been Sc
cured. #
eve recognize that interest rates are a
potent factor in production and business
equalizing and of further lowering the
rates of Interest we favor such monetary
legislation as will enable the varying needs
of the season and of all sections to be
promptly met in order that trade may be
evenly sustained labor steadily employed
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-09-29
MCKINLEY ENDORSED

The undersigned members of the Nation
al Afro-American Press Association unre-
servedly endorse the foreign and domestic
p s}ne{y,o of the Rational Republican Admin
ests OF the country at large, and the Afro
Americal people in particular will be
served ser d, y consistent support of Mckin-
Cyrls Field Adams, The Appear, Chi
j. q; Adams, The Appeal, St. Paul, MINI.
~. ~: Thomas Fortune, The Age, New YORK
r. R. Cayton. New Age, Portland, Ore.
s,, Il: u. Zones, Arkansas Appreciation, Fort
S. W. Starks, Advocate, Charleston, w.
{: 4; Handy. re RE A As;o4ln; Sa; St.
NJ: B; Scott, $. W. Christian Advocate.
c. W. Merriwether, The Bee, Paducah
~. F.: Steward, American Baptist, Louis
W; Calvin Chase, The Bee, Washington,
g. H. IT, Bowman, Advance Citizen, East
~, +: T: Healing, A. NJ. E. Church Review,
D: R; wilkins, The Conservation, Chi
4. r. Ward, The Defender, New Castle,
T. P. Mahammett, Enterprise, Omaha,
W. E. King, Express, Dallas Tex.
:. Avant & Rogers, The Enterprise, Ok
George L. Knox, The Freeman, Indian
T. T. Allen, The Forum, Houston. Tex
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D. G. Hill, American Guide, Little Roct
J: c. Duke Weekly Herald. Pine Bluff,
Herald, -Langston City, Okla.
pa u; ); ~, Brown, Peoples Herald, Little
H. c. Binford, The Journal, Huntsville
Ala. '
R. R. Wright, College Journal, Savannah.
1d MagnuS 1 L Robinson Is The National
Rs =; II; MMq G Afro-American Ledger,
,,R: D. Littlejohn, New Light, Columbus,
ton D. s !. C Jenkins The Messenger, Charles
L. c. Williams Observer, Kansas City.
"; "; TAYLOR, Utah Plain Dealer, Salt
p 13s J; Sawyer, Pee Dee Educator, Ben
J. W. Wheeler. The Palladium, St. Louis,
T. T.: Fox, Preacher-safeguard, Kos
1,c j; Henry en- oden, Pulpit and Pew, St.
F. l.. Barnett. The Progress, Omaha,
D. J. Sanders, Afro-American Presby-
terrain. Charlotte, N. c. -
John c. Dancy, A. NJ. E. q. Review,
Charlotte, N. C. ~ -.
James Lewis, Republican Courier, New
Orleans, La.
Geo. ?. Stewart, The Recorder, Indian
apolis, Ind. III -"
: R. T: Berry, Kentucky Reporter, Owens
boro, Ky.
Geo; H., White, The True Reformer,
P. E. A. vannoy, The Industrial Search
light, Chattanooga, Tenn
- R. c. o. BENJAMIN, Standard, Lexington,
J: II. Deveaux. Tribune, Savannah, Ga.
w. f. Patterson, The Tribune, Rich
W. II. Noble, Jr., The Weekly Times,
Galveston, Tex.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-06-05
oregon legislature win Be Close.


Portland, Ore, June Sill a. m.,-
Incomplete returns from the state in
dictate the election of Wolverton, re-
publican, supreme Judge, and Baily,
republican, food and dairy commis--
sioner, by S,OOO~to 10000 majority. In
the first congressional district, Tongue
republican, Is elected by 1900 to g.
600 majority, a gain of from 500 to
1000 over, the last election.
Portland, Ore. June 5-Returns
from yesterdays election are very
slow. Moody and Tongue, republi-
cans are elected to congress. At dem
ocratic headquarters 1t is claimed
that the entire fusion legislative tick
ct OF Multnomah county is elected.
If the claim holds good. the next state
legislature win be close with probably
small republican majority. For
mayor. of Portland. Rowe, republican,
is slightly in the lead.
In the second congressional district,
Moody, republican, for congress, is
elected by 5000 majority. Conceding
the democratic claim that the entire
fusion legislative ticket Of Muitonom.
ah county is elected. the republicans
claim the state legislature, which viii
elect a.successor to Senator Mcbride
win have . republican majority OF ten
or eleven.