Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-01-31


most solemn L accept the honor with
joy; | accept the responsibilities with
resolution to face them bravely. /
here pledge, that while, like all men,
l nave my personal ambitions, | shall
always Try TO serve alone the interest
OF my State and l here invoke the aid
Of the Almighty to enable me TO keep
this solemn pledge
Senator Simmons was greeted with
an ovation that would have warmed
the hearts Of any man. At the opening
and all through his speech he was
generously applauded.
The Senate hen retired and the
House resumed its routine business.
adjourning at 2:30 p. m, to 10 o'clock
Thursday.
Twelfth Day.-Speaker .doore con-
vened the House at 10 o'clock. Prayer
was offered by Rev. Mr.. Butler.
Mr.. Craig moved that the hour Of II
O'Clock be set to hear Dr. Curry on the
subject Of education Mr.. Graham
moved that the Governor and other
State officers be invited Adopted
The Speaker appointed Messrs Craig.
Graham and Wright to wait on DR..
Curry and the State officers.
The hour OF having arrived, on mo-
ton Of Mr.. Cannon the House ad-
jOurned until Friday at II o clock
DR.. CURRI'S SPEECH.
Dr. Curry said: The only measure
I ever lobbied for in Congress was in
company with that grand man there
(pOinting to tue picture of Vance,
ZebulOn Z. Vance and we were plead
inG for help to meet the white mans
burden in the South and give US help
to educate and because they cruelty
refused We have had to work OUT own
slow and burdened way for all these
weary years.
4 was over in the Senate this morn
ing and heard members talk very ex
citGIIy about whether Northern peO-
PIE should come down here and kill
out birds; they were almost as excited
as | see by Tie papers some members
in It's house got over the false report
that I had lobbied for certain man
n Congress.
II is an honorable thing to be a
member CT the legislature I was
proud when | began my career a. p as
L member in Alabama. | can give you
a recipe to promote the best interests
o ycur constituents that will never
Ear: Have ,ouraga'
: a. Cl2d slavery has been abolish
-. hrt ! lc2ret shat It's curse CT ig-
''o'0nCc. stupid, uElDtelligant labor re-
''To-day Spain is bankrupt because
there are only 25 women out OF 1C0
that can read and write and Only 80
men. With all her gold and silver
Spain is not rich, because her people
are uninventive and ignorant.
Il learned last night thai since June
last 81 new cotton mills had been built
in North CaCrolina. That means
more Intelligent labor, more progress,
more wealth in grand old North Caro-
lima. The Adirondacks do not begin
to compare with western North Caro-
lima in beauty of scenery and delight
full climate.
What is needed Is for people, in
stead of standing at the railroad sta
ton with their hands in some one
eIse's pockets saying there is no one
hire, to go to work; for industries to
open up to Give employment to these |
people.
1T is we'll understood that you can
measure the wealth-producing power |
of a people by the advantages of edu-
cation they have enjoyed. Massa-
chusetts is rich; she gives seven years
of education to her children; North |
Carolina gives two years.
I'm Wurtemburg here is not single |
pauper. There is not one in one hun
dred there who cannot read and write. |
In North Carolina there are %. Why |
wait five years 70 do what we shall be |
compelled to do eventually at a great |
deal more cost? We are too poor to |
wait.
God never did create two babies |
quail. There never was a government |
on earth that derived it's powers from
the consent Of the governed. Nobody, |
white or black, ought to have the right |
Of suffrage unless he can read his bal
lot and has paid his poll tax.
Government, free government, is |
dependent on intelligence and virtue.
Anybody who would cheat negro at
the ballot box would cheat his neigh
Dor in a trade You must prepare the !
people for voting. You can only do
by education. Suffrage is not natural
Or inherent right. 1t is a conventional
right. This humbug was invented up |
here in Massachusetts to put upon us
here the unspeakable wrong CT the ne
gro vote There is no hatred between
the white and ColOred youth of this
country and | have no sympathy with
the doctrine that there is.
There are two remedies for the ne
gro problem: One is diffusion and one
is colonization. | do not see how It
would be feasible to do either. | am
probably the Oldest man here and | |