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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-13
CREOLES LIKE THE AMENDMENT.
1t Works to Perfect Satisfaction Of the Edu-
Gated and UneduCated Whites in
the Sugar District
BY JOSEPHUS DANIELS.

THIBEODEAUX, May 1O.-"Under the Constitutional
amendment by of section five every ureducated man.
who could vote in 1867 who is grandson of such
voter could register permanent roll and vote as long
he lives provided he registered that roll by September
1893 In this parish took interest to that every Tilt
crate white registered under that section regis
tered under it myself and there very few white tetes
who did not avail themselves of this provision The amend
ment works spenddy elections fair the educated and
uneducaed whites vote heretofore and there better feel
ing III politics than for many years. JUDGE L. F. GAIL
LONETT. sly
Prior to 1873 there were no public schools here ex-
cept mixed Schools open alike to white and negro children
and as the white people would not send to Them many chill
den grew up without education We unwilling to dis
franchise these neglected men their Children the soldiers
who followed Lee the who helped rescue the State in
1876 That is why put in section five. The ilterate
white voters delighted with the amendment Hon,
THOS. B. BADEAUX
Nearly all the iterate whites registered AS an ex-
ample may mention that in ward five "a country township
there $40 voters. know every man in the ward about
one-haf of whom uneducated All registered except
about twelve. -StERIFF JAMES BEARY.
1.-The amendment has than met public eXpeCta-
TONS Our elections under closely contested and per-
ecty fair white eraes registered under section five and
voted few negroes VOTE they satisfied and there good
feeling between the races" HON. ANDREW PRICE.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-13
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
THE SHIP SUBSIDY STEAL.
New York Journal.

New York Journal
With every symptom of baffed rage
Senator Hanna has thrust his $4,000 900
subsidy steal in his inside pocket, where
it will remain until the next session Of
Congress.
In doing this the Republican boss is
said to have exclaimed: That bill must
and shall pass at the next session.
If this country is to be coerced into
presenting $4,000, 600 year to Senator
Hanna and his friends, in heavens name
let us make it in the shape of an outright
gift and not at the point of Senatorial
robbers pistol, or through a subterfuge
calculated to deceive the public.
When Senator Hanna says the Senate
shall do this, that or the other thing.
he means it. He is in position to
whip that body into line simply because
Senators are not elected by the people,
and half of them cannot call their politi-
cal souls their own.
The ship subsidy steal will doubtless
pass at the next session. along with other
subsidy schemes of evil import. In the
end it may be a good thing. 1t takes just
this kind of barefaced footing to arouse
the people into action.
And when the people take the Sena-
torial question into their own hands,
Senator's like Hanna will whistle very
small when it comes to saying what the
Senate shall or shall not do.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-13
CONVENTIONS.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.

For Governor, CHARLES B. AYCOCk
of Wayne county.
For Lieutenant Governor, W. d. TUR-
NER, of Iredell.
For Secretary of State, ]. BRYAN
! GRIMES, of Pitt.
For Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion, COL. T. F. TOON, of Robson.
For Treasurer, B. R. LACY, of Wake.
For Auditor, DR.. B. F. DIXON, OF
Cleveland.
For Attorney General, ROBERT, D.
GILMER, of Haywood.
For Commissioner of Agriculture, SAM
UEL L. PATTERSON, of Caldwell.
For Commissioner of Labor and Print
ing, II. B. WARMER, of Davidson.
For Chairman of Corporation Commits
sion, FRANKLIN McNEILL, of New Han
over.
For Member Corporation Commission
SAMUEL l.. ROGERS.
For Judge of Tenth District, w. B
COUNCIL, of Watauga.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-13
THE PEARSON OUTRAGE.

Asheville Citizen.
The crime has been committed Will
liam T. Crawford, honestly elected by
the white men of the Ninth district of
North Carolina has been unseated in
order to give place to Richmond Pearson,
a man for whom the people of the dis
trict have no respect and to whom even
the Republicans of the district gave little
support in his effort to steal a seat in
Congress.
1t is an act entirely worthy of a par
ty that stole Presidency, that gave the
negro the ballot to humiliate the South,
that gloried in the crimes it committed.
in the days of the carpet-bagger and
would yet commit if it were not for the
manhood of the whites who must eternally
stand on guard.
1t must be little comfort to this po-
litical What-isIt to recall that he slipped
in by a close shave when the party he
, pretends to belong to has a comfortable
majority. He has been the means of dis
franchising the white men of the Ninth
district but what cares he for that? He
has the seat, and that is all he is con-
cerned about.
AS for the Republican party in North
Carolina, il can no longer shout DIS
franchisem6nt' at the Democrats. The
Democrats propose by peaceful lawful
means, to prevent the ignorant negro from
prostitutng the ballot, the Republican
party has by d foul crime DISTINGUISHED
the white men of the Ninth district On
this one issue alone the, party will go
down in overwhelming defeat in the next
election.
AS to Mr.. Crawford, The Citizen has
this to say
For Congress:
WILLIAM T. CRAWFORD
Of
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-13
THE VANCE TEXTILE SCHOOL

We are glad to see that the South
ern Cotton Planters Association
T. adopted resolutions at their recent
: convention in Charlotte, favorino the
. establishment of textile schools III
I all States that have textile industries.
The need of Il teN.i,e school in North
Carolina was clearly seen several
years ago, and the matter was agi-
Meanwhile, the idea has been caught
up by South Carolina. Georgia and
Mississippi. which States have all es
tablished textile schools approprla-
ting for that purpose from thirty to
forty thousand dollars each Louisi-
ana is about to take similar action.
Doubtless Alabama will follow. There
is no doubt that Texas will soon have
one or more such schools.
We ought to have a school in
North Carolina, we'll equipped and full
of textile students. Every moments
delay is detrimental to our best in
terests. A bill establishing such "a
school as a memorial to our immor-
tai Vance. passed the House of Repre-
sentatives of the present Legislature.
The Legislature should complete it's
work and enact this bill into a
law. The school building should be
erected. The machinery requisite for
instruction should be obtained and
the Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege will be unable to accommodate
the young men and young women
who will apply for admission into the
Vance Textile School,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-13
THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OBSERVED
Children's Evening at Oxford Seminary. A
Beautiful Program Rendered.
For Congress:
WILLIAM T. CRAWFORD,
of Haywood.
Especial to News and Observe

Especial TO News and Observer
Oxford, \. c., May 12.-Last evening the
fiftieth anniversary of the Oxford Semi
nary opened with The Childrens Evening.
With the scenery painted for the occa-
sion. the rostrum beautifully decorated
with ferns and flowers, and the little chill
dren fitting about in their varied cos
tunes the scene presented a picturesque
one Every part of the following program
which held the closest attention of the
large and appreciative audience for two
hours was beautifully rendered and re-
Elected great credit on the teachers.
PART l.
Chorus and Tabeau-Little Boy Blue
Little Boy Blue-Berkeley Spencer.
Recitation-The Little Dutchman--Ivey
Day.
Duet-Piano-At observation-disclosures
Mamie Register and Annie Hoover.
Recitation Wish l Was a Grown Up
Merrell Peace.
Recitation-Who Made the Speech p
Lizzie Hancock.
The Story of Our Flag-Class.
Recitation-The Ride of Jennie McNeal
Oracle Switzerland.
Solo-Piano (a)-Message of the Flow.
ers-Hackh
(b)-Picnic -spindIer-Mamie
Register.
Recitation-Hu Back Polly-Allene
Cooper.
Visitors From Story Land
CHARACTERS:
Fairy God Mother-Cammie Brooks.
Red Riding Hood-LiZzie Hancock.
Little Silver Hair-Fannie Webb.
Jack the Giant Killer-Tommie Spencer.
Cinderella-Sula Broughton.
Goody Two Shoes-Pearl Taylor.
Little BoPeep-Jessie Calls
Prince-Luther White.
Announcing distinctions.
Minuett-Schultz-M Baldwin, Eta
Peace Zua Mitchell, Lille Critcher
PART H.
Operetta-Queen Flora's Day Dream.
Characters:
Queen Flora-Emma Steed.
Stella-Allene Cooper.
Bundle Bee-GibSon Howell
Chorus of Lilies-Pearl Cheatham Edna
Spencer. Mittie Lee Taylor, Oza Taylor,
Mary Webb, Fay Parham
Woodland Fairies-Cammie Brooks.
Sula Broughton, Mamie Royster. Oracle
Switzerland, Pearl Taylor, Fannie Webb.
Little Daisies-Josephine Brown. Lizzie
Hancock
Flower Song-Mamie Royster Edna
Spencer, Mary Webb
Tableau
The Story of our Flag" deserves espe-
clal mention, being both instructive and
entertaining and was frequently inter-
rupted with applause.
Tomorrow morning at the Baptist
church Rev. Dr. Tudor, of Richmond, Va,
will preach the sermon before the Maggie
Mutt Missionary Society and'at $3.50 Rev.
Dr. Penick will preach the baccalaureate
sermon.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-13

In Scotland county, just prior to
the recent Republican State Conven.
ton, three or four white Republicans
met in the back room of a store and
organized the Republican party. The
negroes, who compose the party, held
an Indignation meeting. If the ne
groes had fitness for suffrage they
would carry their resentment to the
polls. Instead of doing that they will
be found voting solidly as the bosses
direct. The negro vote must be
eliminated.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-13
A MONSTER DEVIL FISH.

Destroying its victim is a type of Con-
stipation. The power of this murderous
malady is felt on organs and nerves and
muscles and brain. There's no health
till it's overcome. But Dr. Kings New
Life Pills are safe and certain cure.
Best in the world for Stomach, Liver
Kidneys and Bowels. Only % cents at all
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-13

The Fayetteville Observer publishes
in full the address delivered by Hon.
Daniel Hugh Mclean in that city on
Memorial day. 1t was magnificent
Grafton and reads well. Delivered in
Mr.. McLean's eloquent style, it
charmed the audience in that town
where every memory of the Confeder-
acy is held sacred
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-13

'I had stomach trouble twenty years
and gave up hope of being cured till 1
began to use Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. 1t
has done me SO much good l call it the
avior OF my life," writes w. R. Wilkin-
pom, Albany, Tenn. 1t digesfs what you
eat. Bobbitt Wynne Drug Co. w. Ii. King,
Adams & Moyc, Wn Simpson.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-13

The Cotton Spinners' Convention
nj Charlotte endorsed the Hanna
Payne subsidy bill. When we go into
the business of subsidies, let's go the
whole hog, and give subsidy to
every business and a bounty upon
every product. 1t is robbing Peter
to pay Paul, special privilege of the
rankest kind. and has no warrant in
the constitution or the Jeffersonian
creed. ,aai}s
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-13

The Chadbourne Messenger says that
in the adoption OF the supplemental pub
lie school tax, Chadbeurne is now as
sured an eight months school term.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-13

Sheriff Beary, whose acquaintance
embraces every voter IN the county
said: Nearly all the illiterate whites
registered under section five though
the Republicans tried to persuade
them not to do so. There are $40
voters in ward five. About one half
are illiterate. and get less than twelve
failed to register under the grand
father clause. The illiterates who
registered land that includes nearly.
alb are delighted with the amend
ment. Heretofore the negro vote
could be handled. Under the amend
ment negroes who can vote cannot be
handled. There was no opposition or
intimidation used here. The negroes
were deferred from registering for
two reasons: l. Because they knew
they were in IL hopeless minority: ,.
Because Republican leaders and can
didateS were claiming to have white
mans party and therefore couldn't
appeal to the negroes. They knew
if the negroes registered and voted
their ticket it would drive away white
votes These two things account for
the fact that the negroes who can
read and write took no interest in
the election. You can tell the white
people of North Carolina that the
amendment will not deprive single
white man of his vote if he will reg
lister under section five. In the sixth
ward alone Everything here is
ward and ward in the country
stands for townshipl there are
176 white voters who registered I'M
der section five. They are pleased
and you may say that the amend
ment here is a perfect success. The
iIliterate voter and the educated
white voter are both perfectly salts
fed"
Mr.. Price said: The amendment
has more than met public eXpecta-
tons. Our elections under it are
closely contested and perfectly fair.
white illiterates registered under sec
ton five and voted, few negroes vote.
they are satisfied, and there is good
feeling between the races. There has
been no complaint whatever. no sug-
gestion of fraud. 1t has made the
greatest difference in the elections.
There was perfect quiet and sharp
contest at the election. The courts
protect the negro fully. good schools
are open to his children, the negroes
work well, are doing we'll and are
satisfied. There is no unkind feeling
or prejudice between the races. The
white people encourage the negro to
advance in every material way, and
help them to prosper. but are unwil-
ling for them to rule"
= y
/ could multiply this evidence in
definitely. but these statements will
suffice. In the eighties the elections
through all the country We're attend
ed with great anxiety and TOW the
amendment works like a charm. in
1880 and along then Republican
represented this district in Congress
and up to 1883 in some parishes Il
white could hardly press his way
through the crowd of negroes to
vote. They were very obstreperous
in some places. Now all that is
changed. There is White Supremacy.
clean government by white men, the
negro is protected in all his rights.
and Louisiana has rest from political
turmoil that has retarded its develop
ment since 1868. Why should not
North Carolina go and do likewise?"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-13
w. II. HAMILTON.

+. Co.. 18th y. c., Ramseur's Brigade.
Chm. State Elk. Com. Pension Asso.
All State paper friendly to the Con-
federate veterans please copy.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-13

Hon. Thos. BadeauN, a member of
the constitutional convention from
Lafourche. a leading lawyer who was
connected with the school board on
the return of the Democrats to power.
said: THE Democratic-the party OF
the white people control Louisiana,
and will do so for an hundred years
TO come In the convention, Mr.. Price,
Judge Caillonett and myself stood
earnestly for the grandfather clause
because many illiterates had had no
chance TO 90 to school prior to 1876.
Before that they were mixed public
schools, and our people would not
send their children to mixed public
schools. In 1876. when the Democrats
came back into power and began re
establishing schools, it was four or
five wears before they were on good
footing. We could not disfranchise
men who had been good soldiers and
who had not enjoyed an opportunity
of securing an education. Only Il
day or two ago a good citizen of this
parish. himself unable to read and
write. donated ii lot on which a pun-
lie school is to be built. He wants
his children educated. We did not
deprive that intelligent citizen of his
vote for he is registered under sec
ton five and his vote is guaranteed
to him for life. There has been no
complaint of the amendment. The
negro is treated fairly, he has good
schools, and we have the more honest
and peaceful elections and primaries
ever known.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-13

crate voters not to register under
section five. They knew very well
that if the illiteraies would refrain
from registering, it would create such
n revolution i'm the country that the
amendment would become very UNI
DoDular. If. for instance they could
nerslIade the old uneducated father
not to register under section flVe,
they saw that when his educated son
went to the polls to vote. he would be
in a spirit ripe for revolution at the
exclusion of his father who had been
voting intelligently for half cen
tury. The Republicans wanted re
volt against the amendment and II
they had been able to keep every illlt-
crate from voting, they would have
made a revolution. But they failed.
Every official and nearly every law
yer here registered under the grand
father clause. In our constitution
registration under section five
was limited from May 10th,
1898, until August 31st, 1898.
ment differs from the Louisiana
lister until 1908). 1t cannot be SAID
tnaI no negro can register ullIitI IIldU
section for fourteen have registered
under it in New Orleans.
Il am familiar with the conditions
in the parish of Terrebonne which
is in my judicial district. Prior to
the adoption Of the constitutional
amendment the negroes had voting
majority of about 800 or 600 out OF
about 1900 voters. In the April cleo
ton only A negroes registered and
the Democrats carried the parish by
over 500 majority. Th election was
perfectly fair.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-13

The telegraph operator. who had
evidently before never heard the I'M
musical name given me, sent the tele-
gram all right. but signed itas'Jose-
phine Daniels" Now ifsssome men
had received a Telegram from Il party
named Josephine it would have
made trouble III the family, but the
only trouble the mistake created was
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-02
Imp 90 DO Retired.

A chiilicothe. Ohio special Of the 10Th says:
Whom Imp. the black daughter of Wagner
is brought home from the East next month 1t
will be TO be retired for good to the farm
Of her owner. Uncle Dan" Harness at High
Bunk. Nj Harness has announced positively
that he will not permit the old mare to
eu Or on smother campaign, but she wall be
given 3 good rest and then bred.
II Was not ia favor OF sending Imp out
this season" said Mr.. Harness., in talking
over the matter. ~ believed that she had
earned rest. and was IN favor OF keeping
her at home and breeding her But her coH-
dltion was so good last spring, and her
chanees so promis.uB. that 1 consented 10
sending her out for another season. She
will be kept out few weeks longer and
started Ia some OF the big specials which
close the season in the East and viii then
be brought home TO stay. She is being
placed In condition specially for these races
and NAV yet pull down stake or two before
she IL retired. Imp has been good horse.
one OF the best this country has ever pro
duced, and she has tairly earned a good, long
rest"
Whether or not the mare will be given a
reception When she comes home this year has
not yet been decided. No, withs sndlls her
defeats size is as much the Ideal Of Ross
county as ever
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-02
FIrz OK JErFrIEs.

Expresses the nptniou That oorbett
Can Du Him.
New York, August 51.--The Horton law
is dead, At the Broadway Athletic club
tonight after the Cans Hawkins fight this
passing of pugilism was signalzed by the
singing OF Aud Lang syne" by the crowd
led by joe Humphries, the clubs an
nouncer.
Other clubs mourned the law in much
the same way. II Is estimated that
since the passage OF the law in 1896. 1890
lights have taken place in this state. The
majority in Greater New York The total
rece pts are placed at about S2.S05 600
The Erno- McGovern fight drew tho big
gest crowd and the Corbett- Mccoy had
tho largest receipts, about $50 900.
Preparations are already being made by
the lrci promoters to secure nearby club
houses In New Jersey.
Robert Fitzsimmons said tonight Of
James ]. Jstiries' proposal to fight him
81 Carson City four weeks hence: NO,
1effrles can maEe all the bluffs he wants
10 now. Byery one knows that tried
to get him 10 fight me tonight (Friday).
He knows that have retired from the
ling and this is iinal, TOO. No more fehts
Tor the Old man. Let Jeffries fight Cor
bert. guess Jim can take care OF him
after the form he showed against Mccoy"
Corbett said> tonight: ''I am going 20
take little rest end then will hold
Brady to mis- word He said last Monday
that Jeffries would meet the winner OF our
fight last night II Ftzsimmons retires.
Fitssimmons says he will do no more
hghting. so 1t is now up TO me-"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-02
NEW ORLEANS STAKES.
They Range In Value from s4oOO TO
S1A,OOO.

New Orleans, September The FIRST divi-
SION Of stakes for the Crescent City Jockey
club winter meeting. which is scheduled to
begin on Thanksgiving Day. November 20.
we're announced Today. They ranse IN value
from $4,000 10 5000, as follows
Inaugural handicap. for AL ases. six fur
longs Magnolia selling Stakes Tor dYcar-
oias and W. one mile. Palmetto handicap. o.
year-olds and up. one mile and s.XltgulA
preliminary derby for --year- olds, s.X lur-
longs, Crescent City hGudleap, iog all ages,
mile and a furlong, Christmas hand cap, Tor
all ages, one mils; Now Orleans handicap,
for all ages, one mile, New Orleans haual-
cap for 3-year-olds and up. mile and SOW
enty yards; Audubon handicap, Tor 4-year-
olds and up, nile ild a sixteenth; jackson
han Heap, Tor 3-year- olds and UP, mile and
quarter Gentilly handicap. for Agar
olds ard up. SIX and a half furlongs; Live
Oak handicap, nile and a fuI. ong Cotton
selling stakes, for S-year-olds and up, seven
furlOnEs, Merchants handicap, for 3-year-
ods and up, mile and q sixteenth; Club house
handicap, for 3-year-olds anu up, mile; De
Soto handicap, Tor 3-yeaT Odds and up, sevtl
furlong5; George Washington handicap. FOL
A-yeSl -o,cs And up, one milo and seventy
yards. Speed handicap, for 3-year-olds and
no. mile and quarter; Busch Cup handicap
for 4-year-olds and up, Two miles and
quarter; Crescent Guy Derby. for S-year-
olds, NIL aud 4 furIOng.
The second DIVISION OF stakes for 2-yesr-
old, snd otne tgcc.h features will be an
nOunced Saturday,, January s.
The meeting II run 100 days