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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-04-24

2 The requirement that the haiiots
shall not be counted unless they are ue
,osited in the right box-section 20
The denial of all political partiss
raDresentation of their own seiectloh Oh
+ba election boards-sectlon H.
The appointment Of special ponce 10
reserve order at the polls-section 20
And whereas. the purpose or sueh
DrovisicIs in any election law can only
10 for stealing votes and o~verturning the
sovereign viii Of the people expressed at
The ballot box. now therefore, &c.
Here follows some amendments TO the
above sections which it is proposed TO
ask the Legislature in June.
The principal OF thsse is that the
Qualifications for registering @n eie' ter
shall apply to an elector who can prove
on oath Of himself and one other elector
that he has been a citizen OF the State
for twelve months, of the county Tor
ninety lays and is a bona fde resident OF
the precinct in which he offers to vote.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-04-24
CASE ON APPEAL SEIZE,
Solicitor Pou Desires to Give P-,
Every Chance.
WILL PROBABLY BE HEARD THIS s-,,..
Jones Killed a Woman and I've Ct.
Burned Their Bodies viii Three 0.-
Sleeping Children. Se0'--.at
by Judge Hoke 10 Ham

The statement hat has l...
to the effect that Ton Jou,
demned murderer. would Not
on the day set for his ,E...
account Of the delay cause .
the case TO the supreme co.r. ..
| denied by Mr.. B. G.. BeckHlfl ...
| demned mans attorney.
This Ease will come up .u
court during the next ten days .
expected that the court will r.
decision before adjCurninl 'M.
term.
This was stated last night by Nr E.
Beckwith. counsel for the condemn.
Judge w. A. Hoke. who is her. ..
the May term OF Wake county civil Ua-
Yesterday afternoon received from SD.
tor Pou the returned papers which #
been submitted by counsel for the t..a
with a letter 10 the judge. stating #M
on his part there was a desire fa g
lthe prisoner every chance for his +.
and. therefore, he would raise DO u..
ton TO any of h matter submitted
Attorney Beckwith. if the judge sass .
TO pass II III HldhilS up tlt atlf...
Judge Hoke wen carefully over t
matter yesterday afternoon late and COL.
pleted the arrangement OF the apa
striking out only a part of the uewsHaa
accounts which were introduced for @
defense were taken from the f.. .
accounts Of the recent trial as given
the columns of the News and O.-.ru
and related TO the actions and ma#a.
OF the prisoner.
The supreme court will Civ. 81 '
of next week TO the hearing o. 0
on appeal from the Twelfth Disfrigr q.
as these are said TO be few in uUua.
it is thought possible that the case
Tom Jones will be heard this week
The end of the docket for the eHr.-
term is May 2nd, but there are q nHmM
Of cases that will keep the court .u So.
sion for some little time after the as.
date for adjournment.
The case of Tom Jones is TelI.n.r
as that Of the recent horrible murder
a woman and her thirteen rear old 1.u-
ter and the burning OF these two ha.
together with the bodies % three s..
ing children, n of them only 81 mon
old, at Garner, five miles east sd. a.
city. On trial in superior court '".
Judge HCke, counsel for dcfcn H
the plea hat the defendant wa u9.
sound mind and on this contention .
appeal was granted and the deo.a.".
to be rendered by the supreme Dour'
The date set for the hanging OF T.
Jones is Friday. May II. and if 'ae
preme court renders its decision ...
thot t;poa opJ lnnc not ;ntayf.m. .
safe to say that Raleigh will Wjtgc
~avenging of the most horrible eu.-
the history Of the State.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-04-24
THE POPULIST PLATFORM.
Unconstitutional Amendment Will Not be a
Party Issue.

The platform adopted yesterday by the
Populist convention, when tripped of it's
boasting clap-trap and campaign bum
COmbe, is as follows:
l. Re-affirms the platform adopted at
st. Louis in 1896 M instructs the dele
gates to the National convention at Sioux
Falls on May 9th to vote for Bryan.
2. Condemns the Democratic Legisla-
ture of 1899 for: % It's expenditures, f2)
its legislation, go passage of the Consti-
tutional Amendment.
In concluding it's deliverance on the
amendment the platform says:
The Constitutional question presented
by the proposed amendment is one that
must be determined by the judgi. mt and
conscience of each Individual voter.
Therefore, we do not make it a party
question. We state the evils and Ian
gers and leave the voters or all PARTIES
to pass their verdict in the light of these
facts. The question is above party and
no one should be more active and anx-
.Ons in our judgment to defeat it than the
rank and file of the Democratic party
SUBSTITUTE FOR AMENDMENT.
Then after declaring that the Populist
party lis and has always been more dis
tinctly than any other party in North Car
DINA a white mans party and is more
anxious than any other party TO solve
the race problem the platform goes
on to propose in lieu of the amendment
as "the best solution of the race CUES
ton that is possible as long as he 18th
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States stands" the following:
Amend Section V, Article 6. OF the
Constitution of North Carolina by insert
ing among the disqualifcations for Office.
enumerated therein, the following, viz:
"All negroes and all persons of negro de-
scent to the third generation inc,usive.'
Touching county government the plat
form has this to say:
I'VE pledge the Peoples Party to the
system of local self-government in all the
white counties. towns and cities m the
State as established " the General AS
sembly of 1895, and at the sane time TO
provide and maintain a legislative system
of county government for all the negro
counties of the State, so thai there can
never be any question that the white peo-
pie shall always lave full and complete
control of every county in the State"
TIL election law is denounced as ..the
most partisan, unfair. infamous and in
defensible election law that has ever
disgraced that statute books of any State
in the Union
An increase in the efficiency of the
public school system is pledged. also can
increase in the necessary facilities" tn
care for 1.-The unfortunate class" The
Democratic legislature is denounced for
failure ito make such provision as was
soon and urgently needed"
n resolution reported by the com
mlttee ana adopted by the convention
find many glaringly unjust provisions ;.
among which it notes the following:
J l. The County Election ~Board-section
10. eo'ion
z. lhe W given to the registrar
section II.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-04-24
FRUIT AND PRODUCE CoMMIssIOE EES
Meeting of the Association. Official
Wilmington Endorsed.

Wilmington, y. c.. April 21.-Th.
annual meeting of the America
n Produce Travellers Associa'
Guided a two days session here
Officers for the ensuing year W.
ed as follows:
President. G.. Thompson, O
delphia.
Vice-President-A. ]. Carly, o.
land.
Secretary and Treasurer. z
lin, Of Baltimore.
After a spirited contest as to
place OF meeting, the matter va
the Executive Committee.
The Association has become q
tent factor in the fruit and pro-
mission business and has a me
OF about two hundred leading
sion men in the East and West.
The Carolina Fruit and Truc
ers Journal, of Wilmington. "
dorsed unanimously as the Off
OF the association.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-04-24

IN vhoon the bows UP and prevent a
show of strength Thompson spoke Con-
Guiding his speech he moved 10 table
SINNERS resolution and endorse the
| platform as presented by the commit
tee. The motion prevailed, the vote be
axe by rising
Nominations for Governor were now
declared IN order.
DR.. Cyrus Thompson. of Onslow, the
present Secretary Of State, was nomi-
mated by a rising vote, there being no
other names before the convention.
The other nominations were as above
printed. all but two Of them being made
by reclamation. These two were chair
man Of the Corporation Commission and
Commissioner of Agriculture.
For chairman Of the Corporation Com
mission there were three candidates
voted for the ballot resulting: A. S.
Peace. of Granville, 1852: j. T. Paschal,
of Chatham. 20: B. T. Person, of Wilson,
5712.
For Commissioner of Agriculture there
were also three candidates. The vote
for them stood: J. NJ. Mewborne. Of
Lenoir, 474; Hill E. King. of Wake, 2S6;
R. A.. Cobb, Of Burke, 1872.
PLEDGED TO BUFFERS REELECTION
On completion Of these nominations the
convention, at 6 O'Clock, adjourned till s
O'clock for supper. On re-assembling at
that hour it finished the appointment of
committees and then passed a resolution
declaring in favor of the election of Uni
ted States Senators by the popular vote
and endorsing the course of Senator But
Ter. 1t was introduced by the Hon. w.
J. Leary, of ChOwan. and passed by d
rising vote. This resolution pledges the
party to 1.-The earnest and cordial sup
port" Of Butler lin an honorable effort to
secure his reelection to the Senate"
AS this vote was being taken a short
haired delegate mounted the rostrum
and proposed three cheers for Butler, and
then gave a wild whoop. But nobody else
whooped and SO he too stopped.
This done, the meeting came down to
its real purpOse-giving the nominees a
chance to exercise vocal plants.
In this Improbable performance DR..
Thompson led off. He was followed by
abused the Democrats, called them
Glars" and "rascals" and other things no
better. Thompson pointed his gun partic-
ularly at the Amendment. Schulken
picked out the Election Law as his
mark.
NO POP. DAILY NEWSPAPER.
Then the Hon. Hal Aver came forward
with a mellow, ox-eyed proposition that
the convention establish here a daily
paper. But the convention didn't some
how seem to take to the idea.
How many of you will pledge your
selves to get twenty subscribers to such
a paper"
e will" said one man.
'Who else?"
Nobody answered.
All right. if you don't want it, very
we'll
And down Went the Populist daily paper
idea like McGinty in the song.
The other candidates accepted the
nomination, most Of them taking advan-
tage of the opportunity to abuse the
Democrats pretty roundly. Seawell the
wOuld-be Attorney General said, for in
stance:
THE gentleman from Columbus. Mr..
Schulken, called the Democrats raseals
and then sort Of %apolgized for the ne
cessity for using rough language. Why
that's about the mildest language he could
have employed for such people"
Evidently neither candidates nor dele
gates were in the best Of humor at the
end OF the convention.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-04-24
Culbertson's Resolution

Washington, April Ex-senator
son today introduced a resollti0.
senate requesting the President
ply the Senate with information
ing the various commissions III
by him in reference to the fore
tons of the Territories OF the
states, or to inquire into the cor
the war with Spain. giving the
sation paid each commissioner
cases and the total amount paid T.
all Of them.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-04-24
w. s. TAYLOR GOES TO NEW YORK
His Purpose to Consult Lawyers About H.
Case, It Is Thought.
(R4 tie Associated

tBy the Associated Press
Washington. April 21.-RepublIc.'
ernor w. S. Taylor, of Kentucky. .
been in Washington for some tim.
preparing the papers in his appea.
Supreme Court has gone to New
He Will return to Washington a.n
middle of next week. The friend ~
ernCr Taylor say they have no in.
ton as TO the Indictment allegcG .
been found against him in x.
They say, however, if he has eer
ed, he will return to Kentucky .
as the Supreme court hears the c0
will meet all charges without h.
1t is understood that Governor .
visit to New York is for the pUr
consulting lawyers regarding the o
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-04-24
Butler Dictated the Platform
That Was adopted.
AND He NAMED THE ENTIRE 1lCKtl
Iastk Was Devoted to ExeTcis.
ing the Vocal Plants of the Can
didates. Butler Makes One OF
His Characteristic Speeches.

CFrom Thursdays News and Observer
The Populist State convention yesterday
nominated the following ticket:
Governor, CYRUS THOMPSON, of Ons-
low couL-y.
MISUNDERSTANDING, a. c. SHUFORD,
of Catawba county.
Secretary Of State, ]. B. SCHULkEN,
Of Columbus.
Treasurer, W. H. WORTH, of Gull
ford.
Auditor, H. w. AVER, of Wake.
Attorney General, II. F. SEAWELL, OF
Moore.
State Superintendent of Education, \.
C. ENGLISH. Of Randolph.
Chairman Corporation Commission A.
S. PEACE, CT Granville.
Corporation Commissioner, ]. T. PAS
CHAL, OF Chatham.
Commissioner Of Agriculture, ]. VI.
MEWBORNE, of Lenoir.
Commissioner of Labor, ]. Y. HAMRICK,
of Cleveland.
Judge Tenth district, l.. L. WITHER-
SPOON of CataWba.
Electors at large, r. B.. DAVIS, of New
Hanover, and VIM. D. MERRITT, of Per-
son.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-04-24
DELEGATES AT LARGE.

CAPTAIN ]. H. Sheriff.. of Catawba J.
Lawrence. of Iredeil; W. j. Leary. Jr-.
of Chowan; J. B. Seavy OF Sampson; T.
T Garrett. of Vance; II. NJ Wfllhorne'
of Ashe. ]. B. Lloyd. OF Edgecomhe; }. }.
Jenkins. of Chatham: Marion Butler. OF
Sampson: DR.. Cyrus Thompson. of ons-
low: B. F. Keith. of New Hanover: John
F Fowler. of Sampson: w. II. Worth. OF
Wake.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-04-24
SKINNER MAKES TROUBLE.

EX-Congressman Skinner, it later de-
velOped, was that trouble. He had de-
clined to swallow without question:, But
ter's automatic, ready-made, reversible
platform. In fact it seems that he held
slightly different views from the Sena-
tor and he had dared express them and
finally to threaten to bring in a minority
report. For four hours the committee
had tried to persuade him to
swallow the Butler medicine and failing
they finally sent in the platform just as
Butler had given it to them-not dotting
an | or crossing a T.
DR.. Fox Person, Of Wayne. presented
the platform for the committee and the
Hon. H. w. Aver received and read it to
the convention This platform and the
resolutions adopted are printed elsewhere
; this paper.
AS soon as the reading of the platform
was completed ex-Congressman Harry
Skinner, a member of the Platform COM
mittee, arose and said:
Il have a minority report that l desire
to present."
Thereupon he read the following:
The minority report submits as an
amendment to the resolutions and plat
form reported by the majority as fol-
lows:
4. That the delegates to the National
convention at Sioux Falls, May 9th, be
and are hereby instructed to vote for
the nomination of the man of PopuliStic
principles, William j. Bryan for Presi-
dent; and to show our earnest faith we
name Dan Hugh Mclean and Lee S..
Overman as the Bryan electors at large.
so. AS a substitute for the commit
tees report on the amendment we rec
ommend the repeal of the 14th and 18th
amendments of the Constitution of the
United States and the exercise of the
States reserved powers on suffrage on
racial lines"
Mr.. Skinner spoke in favor of his re-
port and DR.. Thompson opposed it. Their
remarks are printed in another col
umn.
The debate which was of a most SEN
satlonal nature, Col. Skinner charging
Butler and Thompson to their faces with
political dishonesty and trickery.
Thompson replied in a fiery speech
whose real intention was to avert the
calling of the roll of the adoption which
a number of delegates had requested.
When this call for the roll came. But
) Ter, Thompson, Shuford and Fowler
rushed protesting to the chairman who
) was about to order a roll call; and finally
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-04-24

Ninth district. Purgason. w. I. Bum
| eardner. ". F. Plat. John Anmons T.
/, ]. Jervis, ", T. McCracken, W. c. Con-
! nell.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-07-17

county has proven to be an advantage
to the city also. A spirit of mutual
helpfulness has prevailed and the same
privileges should be accorded the
training school as long as it desires it.
The great benefit to US, however.
will come when not only our teachers.
but also our citizens grasp the fact
that there is best way of doing every-
thing, even in teaching school. The
effort of the board of education to put
none but competent teachers in charge
of the destiny of our school children
will some day have the support of our
entire people.
There is another reason why we
need competent teachers now more
than ever before. Our school system
has grown so large that it is impossible
to look after weak teachers closely
enough to keep their work from being
failure. So long as superintendent
is asked to look after the business and
the bookkeeping of the schools, and
the time-cOnsuming details that arise
whenever new building is erected,
just so long will it be impossible to
give that close supervision required by
every school system of seventy teach
ers and 5000 pupils, in order to secure
marked results. The year 1899 1900
has been especially exacting in the
multitude of minor matters that re-
quired the attention of the superin-
tendent, while the vital problems of
pedagogy that arose within the school
rooms had often to be neglected,
While our city is growing rapidly il is
especially desirable that only the best
teachers be hired, for the time of the
superintendent will necessarily be
diverted again and again.
Report of Committe on LITERARY
Selections for the Grades.n
In school methods today no one
presumes to impose upon us what he
calls his way of teaching, but all are
humbly searching for the pedagogic
laws according to which the
soul of the child unfolds. The cry
now is, back to nature and to the laws
of God. We are also asking of society
and life what their demands are upon
the schools. Out of this is coming
wiser methodology
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-07-17
WAUSAU'S SCHOOLS.
supt. Mathie's Annual Report a Most In
teresting One.
SOME GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS.

SOME GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS.
GENTLEMEN:-I have the honor to
submit herewith my fourth annual re.
port, AS required by law.
There were enrolled during the
school year just closed 2,S72 pupils. an
increase of 100 boys and l07 girls, or a
Total OF 237 pupils. This is an increase
OF per cent. in one year and is by far
the largest growth under my superin-
tendency. This growth is quite
general throughout the CITY being
especially marked in the Ist. 3rd. 5th'
9TH and 9th wards. AS the new high
school Is Ia the 9Th ward and as rooms
w re made available in the Washing
ton school by the withdrawal from It
OF the high school, the growth on the
east side has caused no Inconvenience,
but the 9TH and 9th wards of the west
side have not been so fortunate and
every building except the Columbia
has been overcrowded. The Lincoln
and Grant schools particularly have
suffered from this congestion and
something must be done to relieve
them for the coming year. When Won
consider how little progress pupils can
make In overcrowded rooms it becomes
evident that the city is not getting
value received and the pupils are being
led into bad habits whenever such
conditions exist,
An increase of 237 pupils annually
means just this, that we must add
each year five new school rooms and
five teachers. This fact should not he
lost sight of at the time of building or
adding to school houses. A small
school house is bu. a temporary relief
The whole number of days attend
ance was 37S,762, an average of 2l71
daily. AS compared with four wears
ago, the attendance has become little
more regular, the improvement being
a little over per cent in regularity of
attendance.
The school census for the year is as
follows:
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| group, the commercial; but for the
third, the Industrial, we are DOING
nothing distlnctively its own. And vet
statistics show that the third prour, Is
everywhere the largest in number.
From our city directory member of
my sociology class found that 7. 4 ner
cent OF the workers are professional /:
1913 per cent are in some form of busi.
ness, while 1873 per cent are in the in
dustries or are performing uuskiIled
labor. Should We not do as much for
the 80 per cent as for the Z per cent?
This phaze OF the problem was dis
cussed at some length in nay report last
year, so need not be extended.
The statistics of the federal census
Tor 1870, 1880 and 1890 enforce this fact
In another way and show that education
and training are becoming more neces-
sary every year. The following fcar
groups about which the federal census
gives statistics, comprise about 33A per
cent OF the total population. This fact
should be kept in mind as it explains
the apparently small figures of these
statistics.
These figures are given to show that
the number OF professional men, propri-
etors, agents, clerks and skilled labor
ers are steadily increasing while un-
skilled labor is decreasing.
The first group, consisting of farmers.
bankers, manufacturers, merchants and
professional men. constituted 1917 per
cent OF the whole population in 1870;
LIZ per cent in 1880: and 1877 per
cent in 1890.
"A second group, including agents,
clerks, bookkeepers, &c, constituted
less than per cent in 1870, rose to II
per cent in 1880 and reached IL per
cent IN 1890, having more than doubled
IN ~ years. The statistics for these
two groups, which include all in. bust
ness pursuits, show that the commercial
element in our population is constantly
increasing in numbers We know, too.
from recent history, how much it is in
creasing IN the management of affairs.
The same statistics show that skilled
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labor, Including all trades, constituted
DOB per cent OF the whole population in
1870. In 10 years the percentage in
creased 20 1.l6 per cent, while another
ten years made them 81 per cent of the
population.
Each OF these groups is increasing
faster than is the population. hence
their needs will grow more and more
important relatively This is the group
that would be aided most directly by a
manual training course.
But now comes a striking factl The
fourth and last group, which includes
uraymen, hostlers, miners, ordinary la
borers, and servants, group usually
called unskllled, shows an actual de-
crease. In 1870 liis element comprised
N per cent OF the population; but in
1870 less than 13} per cent. During
tins same time the other three groups in
creased from 1857 per cent to 20 81 per
cent. The demand for unskIlled Labor
Is not Increasing as is our population.
Machinery is doing much of the lifting.
drawing and pounding once performed
by unskilled laborer while more of
the laborers are entering the ranks
OF the skilled workers. But skilled la
Dor requires preparations and educa-
ton. The significance of these facts
to any board of education is evident.
This brings up another consideration.
the change IN the methods of produc.
ton. have in my possession "a Wan
dersbuch, or journeymen book, which
speaks eloquently of the changed con-
ditions. IL comes down to us from q
time when a boy could pick up trade
by helping his father at home, but now
the father works away from home in
the factory while the boy is at school,
and when the boy gets home there IS
often little to do that will develop his
skill as manual worker. There Is no
water to get from the well, no COWS to
milk, no wood to chop, no garden to
keep. no lamps to clean, no horses to
care for, no trade to learn at his fathers
side. He either makes up his mind to
enter one of the professions or else get
into store, mill, or factory as soon as