Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-05-22
The Old North State Will Send
800 Sons to Louisville.
A JOINT DEBATE DECLINED
Chairman Simmons to Chairman Holton-
Holton's Reply Great Crowds Will
Hear Gen. John Ii. Gordon ut Oak
Ridgo-Factiona1 Fight on in Craven
unty-Conmoncements Mt Peace In
stitute and a. and Nj. College.


veterans to the Confederate Veterans
reunion at Louisville. Raleigh will send
about ten or twelve veterans. but they
will be accompanied by drum corps
OF ten members. About forty will go
from Fayetteville, forty from Concord
and thirty from Durham. The other
cities and towns OF the State will gene
rally send very respectable sized dele
cations.
Among the Raleigh men who will go
nre: Thos. S. Kenan, a. Il. Stronach,
j. 5. Allen, o. r. Smith, c. NJ. Busbee
r. III. Brooks, w. II. White and w. S.
BARNES. They will leave here on the
800 Southern train on the afternoon OF
May 18th, and go by way OF Knoxville
The Courthouse in Louisville has been
designated as headquarters for the
North Carolina delega ton. On Friday
the North Carolina headquarters flag,
the battle flag OF the Ffticth North
Carolina Regiment and the flag OF the
Bethel Regiment were sent to Louis
willie to be used at the North Caroli4ia
Headquarters, in the hall decorations
and in the professions during the re-
union.
The following circular letter has been
sent by Acknowledgement and Chief of
Stan George Norman to all veterans:
My Dear Comrades-The corrcspon-
dence at headquarters. and all indica-
tiocls point to n very large attendance
at the Louisville reunion on May Both
10 june I'd, probably the largest we
nave ever had ut any previous reunion.
There is everything to induce the old
veterans TO attend this great reunion,
as all OF the arrangements made by the
oliIerent committees for the care and
comfort of the old soldiers OF the South
are or the most satisfactory character.
and are gotten UP upon an elaborate
and magnificent scale
THE members Of the Louisville Re
union Committee We're splendid soldiers
during the war. and are OF the highest
type or citizenship in Peace, and their
nrSt care has been for the comfort and
pleasure of the old veterans Every
thing else is to he made subsidiary to
TINS. In addition to this ii has been
their care to see that the sponsors.
maids OF honor, sons ana daughters of
veterans. military escorts accompany
Ing veterans and all classes of visitors
viii be properly provided for and looked
after.
Board can be had ut any price de-
sired. Information of any character
VIII be gladly furnished by Colonel Ben
'iNte - iOuiiS. tildlIllltn OF reunion
Committee, or by any member of the
Reunion Committee.
The reduced railroad rate applies to
any member of your family, or to any
one not veteran. You are. therefore.
urged to attend this great reunion and
take everyone you can with you"
REPUBLICANS DECLINE JOINT
DEBATE.
There will be no Joint debate between
the Republican and Democratic nomi-
nees for state offices, us Republican
state Chairman Holton has sent n let
Ter to Democratic State Chairman Sim
mons declining to accept the PROPOSE
ton.
Chairman Simmons letter Chair
man dolton Is given herewith:
Democratic Headquarters
State Executive Committee,
Raleigh. n. c., May I, 1900
Hon. A. e. 1lolton. Chairman Republic
can State Executive Committee, Win
ston, n. c.:
Dear Sir-Thc Republican party, in it's
state convention recently held in this
city, In its platform declared in une-
quivocal terms against the suffrage
amendment submitted for the ratificn-
ton OF the people by the present Demo-
cratic Legislature and endorsed bv the
III.
well as In opposition to the position of
the Democratic party upon many other
questions of vital Importance 10 the
State.
The people desire and are entitled to
hear these issues, made between the Re
publican and Democratic parties. dis
cussed in joint debate upon the hustings
by the candidates for State offices OF
these respective parties.
I will be pleased 10 meet Won Mt an
early date, at such time and place as
you may designate. to arrange the ne
cessary details for q Joint discussion.
Respectfully,
f. NJ. SIMMONS,
Chm'n Dem. State Elk. Com.
Chairman Holton, in concluding his
long letter of reply that exceeds a
column in space. says:
With such unthroned reason and law
less threats l deem it best for the peace
and good order OF the State TO decline
your proposition.
Now withdraw your threats, pull off
your red shirts. lay aside your ehotguns.
recant and atone dies far as possible for
the violation of your solemn pledges by
repeating your DISTINGUISHING scheme
when your Legislature meets in June
and save the good name of the State by
enacting fair - d Just election laws
which will insure to every qualified
elector the right to cast one ballot and
have that ballot counted as cast Do
this and we will meet you on every
stump in the state and discuss dispas-
sionately the vital issues pertaining 10
the welfare OF this great common
uenlfh Thor, Whatever the result tho