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COL ATKINSON
IN AMERICUS
£ CCO mpanied by tlie Cordele Atkinson
Club, 400 Strong, the Coweta
Statesman Entered Sumter,
A GRAND OVATION ACCORDED HIM
II® AddMMSd nn Imm®n«* Andie
III® Kind Reference to Gen. Evan
fie Urged Good Peeling and
Party Unity
Armrl0U3, June 6.--(Speclal.>-H<>n.
\V. V. Atkinson addreasotl an nttrl.enctf
«[ about itvo thousand here today, lie
came over in a special train on the
Savannah, Amorlcus aud Moatwomerjr
read with tire Dooly County AttE.nH.itt
Pluii, -luO strong, carrying tannm.
iar«c nmhbcr of lad.vs were present,
serai ot whom graced the speaker's
annul, sitt.ua side by »de with old
liviifejerate veteran*.
. Atkinson was eloquently tatro-
i b, lion. V.\ it. Hav/kes as the
(inventor of Georcta.
Atk risen began try calling at-
l, m.on to (lie fact that “thia was a
family contest and should be free from
all bitterness and i«nwMl abuse. A
leader should not be selected simply as
{■Liter of kiudncMS or u> compliment
hot on account of bis fitness and
Eiilcatlon. Nc.ther of nhe eaudi-
’.ares can ask exemption from an in-
Lrciion or his record. Both lmve laid
aside their business and entered the
,Utica! arena and should expect to bo
Uiotwl as politicians.
We face a serious crisis. The par
ty has been enthused with power and
now on trial before the people, anti
me nran best equipped to carry tlie
Dai of Democracy to victory should be
selected. If aaiy one expects me to
say oue word of unktadness about ay
Uoiingulsiied and lovable coinjietltor
shall be mistaken.. Ho Is a good
min rad a pure mu a, a ud lhare not
npe harsh word to say of him.
"As to national questions I favor a
tir.lf for revenue only, so levied as to
ruoe the largest portion from urt.des
lUnry. making the tieei-.--uiri-s >.r
ldf «s few as po.sa.ble fr«v from duty.
1 am ,u favor or an income lux. 1
favor the repeal of tli- 10 per cent,
tax on stale Imiks. 1 am In favor of
ir flee mail iHiliiim.il Ctsimge O, S.1-
r and gold ttism a parky. It lias
bi n charged tlr.it 1 have changed front
on the question of the ndmlnlstrat.on.
I havp mu. | dltfer with Mr. Ulove-
liml on tlm silver question. He be-
liimettnllsm by hiternatlonal
.vr-vinent: 1 want It whether the mon
arch* of the old world agree to tt or
't. Hut l do not think the way to
vm'idisli our ends Is by abuse of the
iidm.nistnnton and congress. They
haw not done what I hoped anil desir
'd. hut under the leadership of the
•! - .nan olied speaker from tills eoun-
o a id district the federal election laws
have been thrown off and a tariff bill
IMie.,1 through the house anil other
t. forms aecompllKlusl.
■ "I am eoufronted with the strange
statement that for me to mike the race
1‘ an Insult to Confederate sentltnouts
s j' I I have no right to run ugalnwt an
H I sol,>,er. It wa# all r.ght to try to
II ■ Mt an old soldier with a young uinn
who lived In Atlanta, but when the
J" l,nB man comes from nnother place
h '1 all wrong. When an old solilicr,
A- ". Cutis of Sumter, tvns a candidate
i'* th- spiMker of tho Georgia house
'd representative* It was'nil right to
dt'fcaa ir, m with Clark Howell."
' me by ine the speaker took up and
"mipletely refuted all the clmrges that
tiiv,t«,.|| nmde ngnlnst htmliy th
inemls of Gen. Evans.- lteferring to
'he pages In the Journal of the house,
that substantiates! his poaSfcan. He
m -n jvfere il briefly to the legisLltive
rowil of his opponent. Not a word
" levs.,nut disparagement was said
•nhist the general. He simply re-
tirred to the records and let tnem
»v"fc fl>r **' , ’mselve*. The th.rd par-
**‘d, eomained many goml nten.
mm — rt'ey need Is n kind Invitation
W buck to the Democracy. Th*
T , 7?™* Deh. Evans was con-
, mt where had he lifted up his
' l<v when help was ncslisl, until he
rj 'me a candidate for governor? In
, * h*d refusiil to make speeches
i” Z‘!S f of •*>" Democratic eatvl.dates.
"harged that the young men are
im/ M . ,"» ln W 'be old. Tills Is not
. that Is asked is that the
i,.'.-, m “" '** given a chance and
“ tiidosl by their merits.
1 • I?! h van » *»« Mt the platform
• T'?. 0,11 ira n '>d oume over to
is.' 0, . ' ,r - Atkinson. What guaean-
r , ' ,h " r " 'bat If tusninateil he will
r , h i./wer the state In Joint debate
hk'fivm^* ** 00 th<? ,hlr ' 1 ,mnjr
t f' -r,-rr r>' 10 h: * well known public
rue', hi* reconunendatlon hi hi*
rlalni T, l1 J e uoiaiiint on. He dbl not
d l-J? «*<Mt for what has loom
claim to bare tided iu
, I ; 1 * h,n * » great deal f,.r tie
• teof lienrgta.
r,,,... A'kltwm wa* frequently Inter
tVl„.„ . w th tmrnmdovM applause.
ro>is,i h 'e ro *‘ to "Peak He could lit!
ti* .i" for several mhntte*. owing to
i "“'S r* that arm ■ I hi,,, u ,
kluaou man. stated that Stewart was
•'-ale for Atkinson. Senator Fitzgerald
was soon and asked about It, wto is
an ardnit supporter of the general,
and he stated that Stewnrt was prob-
nljly very dose. Gen. Evans, however,
who has just made his third speech
there, says he feels coutideut SJowart’s
vote will be cast for h.m.
A MODEL OF ELOQUENCE.
The Coweta Statesman Is a Man of
the People and a True Democrat.
Cot-dole, Juno 5.—Mr. Atkinson's
spr eh in Amerlcus was a model of
eloquence and practical force. It was
a vote-winner anil Sumter will pell
a great many more Atkinson votes
than it would have done had not the
speech been made.
Dooly is two to one for Atkinson,
anti today's big excursion show that
Atkinson men an- reithuilnstic. He
was very much pleased with the show
ing. Upon arrival at America* lac
club mnovhed to the Hotel Windsor,
a brass band headed the procession,
followed by u carriage drawn lty six
horses nnd occupied by Mr. Atkinson
and others. Several hundred Sumter
county Democrats had met the crowd
at the depot nmd they' also marched
Up. Three banners were carried In
tlie proeess'on. li scribed as follows!
‘‘Bill Atkinson for governor."
“pooly pay* no county tax—$23,070
surplus."
“Dooly County AtkLnson Cbtb. 0R7
Rtyong."
“Atkinson's record against Evans'
llilftlllf-ltt to Itfl vollna tin to date"
At the Windsor three cheers wrr,
given for Atkinson nnd the crowd dls
js-rsett.
THE REPEAL BILL
WAS DEFEATED
Many Den. *ts Joined Forces With
the RepuL^/oos to Defeat
the Meaauie.
THE VOTE STOOD 102 to 170
Til® Repeal or Tax on leauev of CertlP-
cutee Itefenlri! Uy a Viva Voco
Vote — .Hue'., Contusion
rrovalled.
OHIO REPUBLICANS.
They Nomlrtntc State rtlflcers nnd
Adopt a Platform.
Columbus. June (1.—When the Repult-
llcan state convention met today mat
ter* went smoothly. S. M. Taylor was
renom na!>d for secretary of state—no
opposition. John A. ohanek of Day-
bin was nominated for Judge on the
third ballot, over ihief Justice E. J.
Dlckimtn. candidate for renomination,
and John A. Price. Q. E. Groce was
renominated for board of publ,c works
anil C. T. Carson for school comrnis-
'sinner. Most of the speeches were to
the effect that Eoraker Is favorite for
United States senator and McKinley
for president
These are the tariff sections of the
platform:
Ik—We recognize the tariff act of
istsi. known an the McKinley act. ns
the ahlmt expression or ttie patriotic
principle of protection yet enacted and
condemn nnd denounce any attempt
to repeal or amend It. which does qot
have for its object better protection to
American labor anil American iuter-
eats than is secured by ft.
(1. -Wo denounce the unjust and tne-
qi in table tariff measure known as the
Wllsoa bill and the senate snhstlbites
tlJsrefor and nmi intment* prnposml
Vhen'to ns unpatriotic* favorable to
ims's and -<-il ir. iheir provls
ioni and .01 subservlveof tli 'prosperity
nn,l happiness of t'ne petqiie of-tue
l’nlid States. The change from sp,*-
rifle to ail valorem dttt.ru would pro.
mote undervaluations, fraudulent in
voices .tint Increase Imps-tatton* with
a Ins* of revenue to the government of
many millions and result In a constant
ly Increasing annual deficiency which
It ts proposed to meet by the resort to
such war measures as income tax and
Increased Internal duties.
Kecr'ons 7 to 13 denounce the nation
al administration for various sins of
commission nnd omi«rion.
14.—We favor bimetallism sliver as
well ns gold ns one of the great prod
ucts of the United States. Its coin
age nnd Hs use as n circulating medi
um <iould be steadily maintained and
constantly encouraged bv the national
government: amt we advocate snch a
policy as will, by dl*crlm : nttng leg
islation or otherwise, most speedily
restore to silver Its rightful place as a
money metal.
ILLINOIS MINERS. *
They Wage War on * Min* With Fa
tal Results.
. Washington, D. C.. June 6.-After
quickly dk<pasin]j favorably of the New
York and New Jersey bridge bill and
also a bill for a bridge across the Mo*
n'ogahela river, the 4°use proceeded to
tlie consideration of the bill to repeal
the stute bank tax under tlie arrange
ment of yesterday. Mr. Turner (Dem
ocrat) of Georgia apoke in favor of re
peal. He contrasted favorably to the
ftnat th*. «wallahti;»y „ nf j .UM..KIII4.. q*
state bank and national bank issues of
currency. What was more vital to the
wCS» iRtCTcSU Of tuo cuuiitty, in Siis
opinion, however, was the passage of
the tariff bill, and he pictured n hand
impatient to put 1A motion the ma
chinery that would prbduce an era of
prosperity of the country.
Mr. Meikeljohn (Republican) of Ne
braska. speaking of’the probable con
ditions under which state bank issues
would be made In case the system were
rehabilitated called attention to a bank
law passed by the Georgia legislature
last December in expectation of the re
peal of the . state bank tax. That
law. he said, authorized a bank with
one-quarter of its capital In
national bonds, one-quarter in state
county or municipal bonds of the state
nncV one-half in currency to issue upon
the depo3lt of the bonds with the state
treasury notes to the amount of three-
fourths of this security. The subject
was further (IIbaubwI by Mr. Ring-
hum (Republican) of Pennsylvania, Mr.
Hall (Democrat) of Missouri, Mr. Rob-
iiubn (Republican) of Pennsylvania and
Mr. Cockran (Democrat) of New York.
The latter denounced the national bank
currency as the worst that could be
conceived and ought not to be allowed
to stand. But as long as It did exist
Mr. Ccckran said he did not believe
In attempting to make a tributary sys
tem. Believing in the plaiform’s de
mand for - a repeal of the stale bank
tix. he did not believe in doing so hap
hazard. Present conditions would have
to be changed before it could be done
mfely.
The dsbnte closed at 2rlo and :i vots
mmitto* o! the whole take up the
■m *, i r priution bill for the year
‘ding l ir •• 1895. Agreed to. And
r. O'N't ' i (Democrat) t>f Mr tchu-
t.s took • !i» chair. Mr. Holman asked
that th*» first raiding of the bill be d'.a-
pens.") with. Mr. Ray (Republican) of
\. w Vt.-l ned.
The It rl<; be^on the task of wading
through th** 13S printed pacr.R of the
document, but had proceeded only a
little way whe nan agreement was ef
fected by which Mr. Roy withdrew his
defoant! for the reading of the bill and
Mr. Holrntn promised that the house
should adjourn It then being 2:66. When
th^ committee hml risen Mr. Holman
found it difficult to carry out his agree
ment. many of the members objecting
to the adjournment at that hour. On
division the house voted 82 to 52 to r/l-
journ. but Mr. Bynum (Democrat)
Indiana demanded the yea** and nays
and the vote resulted yeis 104, nays 9*5.
So the heutio at 3:25 adjourned until
tomorrow at noon.
THE BRAWLEY BILI*.
The Brav-ley bill a« originally intro
duced in the house contained a pream
ble totting out that whereas certain
banking ^associations, for the purpose
of relieving the financial stringency,
“have issued what have been denomi
nated clearing house certificates and
other note* and forms ot indebtedness,
which were designed and intended to
provide temporary relief for evils
caused by a dearth of currency nnd
wliich in many cases have been effec
tual to prevent greater calamities; nnd
“Wherea*. It has been claimed .that
such certificates and notes are subject
to the tax Imposed by law upon nil
notes other than national bank notes;
therefore it was proposed to suspend
sections 3412 and 3413 of the Revised
Statutes'In regard to all such notes is*
sued between August J and October 15,
1893. Succeeding sections of the stat
utes impeded upon the censmieslorer nf
intermit revenue the duty of assessing
these takes and of collecting additional
penalties in the case of failure to make
returns. The initiative wan taken by
the Internal revenue office for the as-
Kesament of a number of banks, princi
pally in the Southern states, who hnd
been lees guarded in their isaue and
use of their clearing house than binks
In the East, and had apparently com
mit ted a technical violotlon of the law,
but w^en apoeal was made to congress
these proceedings were suspended.”
Mr. Sprincer from the banking com
mittee reported "the relief bill back.say-
ing: “The committee has carefully
considered the question Involved and
being of the opinion that the penalty If
legally incurred should not be enforced
in the present instance, reoommend that
the bill do piss.”
The defeat of the bill would seen to
lav the banks once more opt»n to the
nss^-fment of the penalities provided
in the law.
Mr Co?*# amendment to thia bill,
which was defeated by so decisive a
vote, provided for the total repeal *of
the law instead of a mere suspension
of its provisions. No division was tak
en upon either the committee substitute
for th* Brawtey bill nbr upon the orig
Inal bill. Both were defeated upon t
iva voce vote.
HOKE SMITH'S
GREAT ORATION
To the Students of the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Yesterday.
MEMORIAL NALL WAS PACKED
'I* Speech Was Thoughtful nnd Elo
quent and Produced ii Profound
ImpreMlon Upon the People
of ilia Kativn State.
P , > rlint zm-t.'.l him. ,
I ■ ■ "»IS blinqueu of fl.»w.TS fi,.m
I*, r i «*t»i -to h« nr bl
k ' I' " fmm half a .Viz. u ,
" ,r J tt,® rv>w,*n
'■ •miil.'t.'ly (uptlir. 'l
" nriin
l** 1 i riilar.
L’ ,,nr .''. hilt j| ^
^ !I will „n
' r " l -h Amorict
Peoria, n.. June (.—On* deid body,
eeveral men on th* very® of the irrave.
a numtior seriously Injured. 130.000
worth of property absolutely destroyed
and many homes mide desolate wa*
th# re.ul: of an attempt made today
by the miner, of the Peoria district
to dees the mine operated bv l.itilo
Bros. In Taaewell county, a mile or
more beck of Wesley city
Dead—Edward Blower of Bartonvitte;
married; shot An side of neck and
killed Instantly.
Injured—James Little; shot twice In
the body, thought to he fatally In
jured. Peter Lktt*. aecretary; shot In
the left eye and in ri*ht arm. se
riously Injured. Peter Little. Jr., ehot
In the lef: side. William Dixon, col-
nred: shot in rleht arm and through
left shoulder, may die.
Several miner,! were shot, but they
were taken atvay and no one could se
cure any Information from them about
anything. The tracedy wVa the sequel
of the meeting held at Bartonvllle the
other day, about which there waa so
much secrecy. No one got the faintest
inkling of what was done st the meet
ing. Now everybody knows. It was
decided at that time thhl the Little
Bros, mine must close. There could
be no equivocation, no quibbling, no
half way measures. It must close and
remain dosed.
In consequence of the conclusion ar.
rived at at that meeting about 409
miners started out of Bartonvllle at t
o'clock this afternoon. They came
from nearly all the mine* In the dis
trict. Without anything having been
Mid on the subject, except In the ut-
moet secrecy, every man wa* appar
ently armed. They were desperate and
ready to use harsh mean* to soeom-
nlisli desperate ends.
TROOPS ORDERED OUT.
imbue. O., June (.—Oovernor
nicy ordered out 1,100 state triop*
11 to prevent the interference
he one ration of the train,
n Ohio by s'riklng coal mi
has been going on for several
The troopa nailed out eomprt
-uh. Fourteenth and i nn cor
•he
r*n»al lh« 10 par rant. Mt nut rich t.
The vole was announced as yens 102,
nays 170. Tho announcement was re
ceived with slight applause.
VOTE IN DETAILs.
The following Is the vote in detsll
on Cox’s amendment to repeal the 10
per cent, hank tax law:
Yeas—Abbott, Alexander, Arnold.
Bailey, Bankhead, Beil of Texas, Black
of Georgia, Bland, Boatner, Bower,
Branch, Breckinridge of Kentucky,
Bunn, Cabanlss, Campbell. Catchlngs,
Clark of Missouri, Cobb of Alabama.
Cockrell, Cuopif m Florida, Cooper of
Indiana, Cooper of Texas, Cox. Crain,
Crawford, Culberson. Cummings, Da-
vey, Dearmond, Denson. Dintmore,
Edmunds. Ellis of Kentucky, English
of California, Knloe, Eaper. Fittdan.
Fyan, Geary, Gorman. Grady, Hall of
Missouri, Harter, Heard. Henderson of
Northr Carolina, Hutcheson, Izlar,
Jones, Kyle, Latimer, Lawson, Lester,
Livingston, Maddox, Maguire, Mallory,
Marsh an, McCullough. MdDearmon,
McLaurin. oMoMfilln, McRae, Meredith
Money. Montgomery, Morgan, Moses,
Nel.l, Oates. Ogden. O’Neill of Mis
souri. Paschal. Pattlson, Paynter, Pen
dleton of Texas, Price, kich'irdson of
Tennemee, Robins, Russell of Georgia,
Sayers. Shell. Snodgrass, Stallings,
Stockdalt, Stone of Kentucky, Strait.
Swanson, Talbert. Tate, Terry, Tra
cey, Tuckor, Turner of Georgia,
Turner of Virginia, Turpin of Wash
ington, Wheeler of Alabama, Williams
of Mississippi, Wilson of West Vir
ginia, Wise, Woodard and the speaker
•102, all Democrats.
Nays (Republicans) Adssr.s L_
vanla, Aldrich. Apsley, Babcock, Baker of
Neft Hampshire, Bartholdt, Belden, Bing
ham. Blair, Bowers, Broderick, Broalus,
Cannon of Illinois, Chlckerlng, Cooper of
Wisconsin. Cousins, Curtis of Kansas,
Dalsell. Daniels. Dingle, Dolllver, Doolit
tle, $>r.iper. Kills of Oregon. “Punaton,
Glllet of New York, Grout, Grow, Hager,
Haines. Harmer, Hartman, Haugen, Hep-
bum, Hermann. Hlckii, Hitt. Hooker of
New York. J. Hopkins of Pennsylvania,
Houk, Hullck. Hull. Johnson of Indiana,
Johnson of North Dakota. Kiefer, Lacey,
Linton. Loudenslager, Lucas, Mahon,
Marsh, Marvtne. McCall, McCleary, Mel-
klejohn. Mercer, Murray. Northway,
Payne, Perkins, Phillips, Pickier, Post,
Powers, Quigg, Ray, Reed, Reytourn,
Robinson. Settle, Khow. Smith. Stephen
son, C. W. Stone of Pennsylvania, W. A.
Htone of Pennsylvania. Sweet, Tawny,
Taylor of Tennessee, Thomas. Updegraff.
Van, Voorhla of Ohio. Walker, Wanger.
Waugh. Wheeler of Illinois. Wilson of
Ohio, Wilson of Washington, Woomer,
Wright of Massachusetts-*?.
Democrat*—Baldwin, Bar wig, Brets,
Brtrftiner, Brookshire, Brown. Bryan, By
num. Cadmus, Capebart. Causey. Cannon
of California. Clancy, Cobb of Missouri,
Cockran. Coffen, Conn, Coombs. Cornish.
IN THE SENATE.
In the morn*
Ing half >
il local
thf
nl private It. i.-»
Mr
»d
ind a re
I;, i n!.
i by
'•i S o'"-! f :
appointmem ot a seiect cummiiice vf
five senators on the existing public
dlstr* s j. and to which shall 'be re
ferred tho petition of Mr. Morrison I.
Swift and ^others and all other peti
tions' for measures of relief from such
distress.
At 10:30 the tariff bill wu» taken up,
the question being on the tobacco
schedule, and was discussed until ad
journment.
Chapel Hill, N. C.. June 6.—The nine
ty-ninth commencement exrcises
the University of North Carolina were
held today. Secretary Hoke Smith was
the principal guest and orator of the
day.
Secretary Smith was given an ova
tlon when he arose tt> adrresa the
throng of 3,500 people that packed
Memorial Hall to its utmost capacity.
He spoke for an hour and his speech
was warmly received and heartily ap
plauded. His allusion to the fact that
i1«V®fy find rAunTMtrnoHhn hind h**n tho
twin evils tha*t had retarded the mate
rial prosperity of North Carolina and
the South was received with many man
ifestations of approval.
When he said that the South loved
the negro and there was no room here
for Coxeyism the audience broke
forth in great applause. In the course
of the speech he incidentally *n<itn.tted
that the new tariff bill would become a
law by July 1, and the Invincible Dem-
ocracy present received this news with
great Joy. The speech made a profound
impression and old timers dec lire that
It was the greatest oration delivered
here In a Quarter of & century.
He opened Ms speech with a refer
ence to the years of his childhood spent
at Chapel Hill, while his father wan a
member of the faculty. He then stat
ed that he came with no speech of pre
pared sentences, but with a heart full
of hope and longing for the material de
velopment of th- ■ rath Md i
to rested in the ruture weirare or North
Carolina. He called attention to the
vice given by Horace Grecly years
for young men to go West. No one hnd
doubted that the ndvlce was wise, but
Inquiry should ba made to «1<
why It was wise. He said: “As a loy
al son of this Union, desiring the pr. s»-
perity of It* every state, county and
home, I mny still «:iy that in the South
at this very time could be found land*
ns fertile, mines ns rich, n cllm:tt«* more*
gentle and n section upon win- h r-
I • I . v t . , WOI , f li in f\ory
North Carolina's 26.71. Massachusetts
perientaze of Increase of maJiufac-
turr l product waa 40.72; North Caro
lina's Increased In vulue 105.63. Ho
aid:
The lesson to be learned, to bo .
followed in the future, -was one which
would lead to the development of tho
individual strength, the individual
thought of every citizen of the state,
especially of the laboring maiisea of
the state, the freedom of all the peo
ple, the education of all the people.
Speaking of the future growth of *
the section he said that much was to
be expected from the emigration of
home-seekers, much was to be expected ‘
from the Investment of foreign capital
in Southern manufacturing industries;
that the people of the South would
welcome both and treat both with per
fect frankness. That while the South
would always revere and honor its
dead heroes and statesmen, it was as
loyal to the Union as any portion of
the Union, and he rejoiced to know
that from one end of the South to tho
other condemnation had came for tho
fuuiiim Bpveuh uiiered one week ago
at Richmond. He said: “The people
of the South should be sectional with
out animosity; but sectional in a de
termination by Individual effort and
enthusiasm to make a great section.”
He urged “the sectionalism of tho
broadest patriotism, the sctionallsm of
the deepest Jove.”
Referring to the local agencies which
would develop the section, he said that
the Immediate work must be done by
the masses of the people; that tho
leaders could only furnish inspiration
and encouragement. Their work waa
to be In the development mentally-and
morally of the masses. Therefore it
would not be the lawyers who in per-
wwiim ueveiiqj iuc nui«, uwr miuiu
it be the statesmen, for it was utterly
impossible to Increase the actual val
ues bv changing the mode of measur
ing values. You cannot increase quan
tity by increasing the size of a bushel
measure, nor can you increase value
by depreciating the worth of the cur
rency through which value is esti
mated. The direct agencies of future
development would be the teachers in
the school houses, the farmers whose
devices for tho utlizatlon of their soil
each teaoh lessons of thrift, and pro
duction to iheir neighbors. The manu
facturers and machinists who change
the raw material of the section into the
fabric ready for use. The geologists
and miners, who uncover the hidden
resources of untold mineral wealth. In
this connection he mentioned that one
mountain in North Carolina had with
in it the ore for the creation of suffi
cient steel to equip the railroads of
the world. He stated that the mineral
resources were more varied than theso
of any other state in the Union, with
possibly the exception of Colorado.
He then turned to the young men
of the college and asked what part
they would take In tho future growth
of their state. He said that from a
careful study of the resources of tho
c .untry he <• .u;<l .i.lvi-*- y mim-.; :n-i
seeking homes to g.» i-iouth, and tv»
could advise the young men of North
Carolina to stay at home. K was »
great mistake to suppose that the cli
mate of the South Interfered with tho
,u i. y f -r ni-u »1 ■ - I m «t*Ti i'.
4l.-v.-hVjmi"rit. It h i 1 ri >t t/n* cli
mate which In the p.i?*t had i-h-vk-d
W)
Hit
it
it. Their fall
WEDDING BELLS.
Port Valley Hid Another Delightful So
cial Event Yesterday.
Fort Valley, June f.—(Special.)—One
of the prettiest home weddings that
ever occurred In Fort Valley was sol
emnized yesterday evening st « o'clock
at the residence of the parents of the
fair bride. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Houser,
when their only daughter. Mt*s Evelyn,
waa made the wife bf Mr. William C.
Culler of 8outh Carolina.
The ceremony waa Impressively per
formed by Rev. Dr. W. I. Greene in the
presence of a large number of rela
tives and a very few chosen friend*.
MJss Houser 1* well and favorably
known here, os thia hgs always been
her home, and the many friends she
has show* In whst e*tecm she la held
by those who know her well.
Mr. Culler, the groom. Is a prosperous
bu*iness man of North; a flourishing
little village in South CaroHm, und is
held In high esteem by a large circle
of friends as well as a large business
acqualnirnce. and everyone who hat*
•etui him feels ■UMtm iuai ii® *»•••
prove himself In every way wbrthy of
the fair bride he has won to share his
Joys and sorrows.
The Welding March was beautifully
rendered by Mias Eva Grady Edward*.
Miss Fannie Branham* was maid of
honor and Mr. R. L. Houser was best
man.
The house was artistically decorated
by Mrs. J. D. Kendrick with ferns and
rare hot house plants, which added
greatly m the beauty of the bridal
party. An el.*gint reception was ten
dered the bridal party last evening st
the home of tho bride, which was very
much enjoyed by every one present.
Immediately after the ceremony the
happy pair left via Macon for their fu
ture hr m* in th* Palmetto State, where
they rill constantly be mirrounded by
the good wishes of a very large circle
of Georgia friend*.
ATKINSON MEN MEET.
a Large Gathering of Distinguished
Men In the Kimball.
Atlanta. June 6.—(Special.V-7-Tbcre
„ rv „ . , wia a big gathering of Mr. Atkinson's
Covert. Dunn. Dunphy, Durborrow. Erd- f^nds here todav. rhey met at the
mao. Everett, Fielder. Forman, Gel men- K imbtl! house and discussed the cam-
halner, Goldsler. Orlfftn. Haines, Hall ot! t».t H-d not hi nr to rive out for
Minnesota. Hammond. Hare. Hayes. Hen- —
uiU, Holman, Hur.Ur, Lane. Lspp-
bxm, Layton. Lynch, Magner. Martin, Me-
DannoUS. McKttrlck. dcGann, McKatg,
McNagny. O'NV 11 of Ma-nchusetts. Pear
son, Pendlet n of West Virginia, Ptgott.
Raynor. Reilly. Richard*. Richardson of
Mich-an. KiMi:.* Rusk. Ryan, S 'ley.
Sickles, Si;." St.- s —rry, Mpnf.g.-r.
- ■ i.- • .»*• -tt. T i r r."\. Tj\ I r ..f In
; i' i NN irn - W • . I • k. NS ill.:tm-»
!!!:«>' •' NV'dver ton ii
I' ;• ■ I ■ *k • "f K.«:.vii, | ! . f
I ' i\ • IlarrUl, li j<Ji n, K* r:i.
M K u~- in, ■ *i
pubhvttftoils Among those here were
ftoMdton Jcneral Hairzni .aunip—m,
Charles Bntnd. Marcus Beck. Oeorze
Ilmira. Pri e Hubert. Bewrlr Evan,
an*l Mi -r- W. 1: Simmons. Th-imss
••nil! n<m .ml strenv i ■ m i -J
... SaSFM •nSS'-xrfew g»-ig-ng5
i bon.l igr. T i' lr <• mr , im! th
Or
m l R.i
fell from oondltlon.i similar to those
which we have overcome.
He arsed that the exceptional sd*
wan! K' J of the youns men who were
allowed the opportunity to pa3*
thrnuith the University of North Caro,
lln* should mske.them ao to their
homes with an Inspired zeal to let
their live# shine forth upon their com-
munltles. devntlns their time un-
selfishly to the urowth and develop
ment and -wise service of thelf fell"—-
citizens llvlnk around them.
He closed by ur*ln« the cultivation
on the part of the younz men of vir
tue, courage. Industry and truth; not
for the benefit of the young men alone,
but for the good they could accom
plish In the service of their atata and
In the service of their fellow men. the
great object after all of material, de
velopment being to furnish universal
opportunity for the mental, moral and
spiritual.
The secretary Is accompanied here
by hls family end Josephus Daniels,
chief clerk of the Interior department.
Last nlitht Secretary Smith and wife.
Vuidsted by the ladl-s if the fai-ulty,
held a brilliant reception.
Th* university has confernvl tho de
gree of I.L. D. upon the secretary.
CADMUS IS THE MAN.
Crenshu*
Ciun'.y. i
Ilsrt. II
y special a it**
rill Ih-1
Burke
. of Jackson, John
Hutchlnaon, Juhn P.
I lamp McWhorter.
ItfloM. Col. Will Kav
othoti VII th .e are
ten :i 1 nn secret wa*
••■ :.*h( o. u ish It was
looting wits the result
ingemont. During
. k was very high
HHUIOnONT.
• 6 —Loiti Claire.
!■■■ its «•;:>•
itri-k Mejl-y. and
■ced to the
released to-
by the gov-
k.rm In so Was*
BoothT" He called attention to the
fact that th* South w.ie -cttled it
about the same time os the East. As
nn Illustration he made » compnilscn
between North CaroUna ind Massa
chusetts, showing the superiority of nat
ural resources of North Carolina and
the fact that In 1735 North Carolina
had 290.000 Inhabit mu. while Massa
chusetts had but 387.000. With every
natural advantage In favor of North
Carolina. In 1880 MiasuchiMOtts. with
one aeventh of the area, possessed e.x
time* th, wealth. Be then naked:
"Whv his the tide of population mmreu
Into the Wisd: why ha* Massachusetts
outgrown North OtrollniT I nsk there
questions not for the purpise of creat
ing Jealously bn the part of North Car
olinians for anv eectlon. but because I
desire to Impress u> truth from which
future action can follow.” He attribu
ted the advantages of the West and the
superior growth of the Eist over the
Snuth to two causes. First, to the In
stitution of slavery: second, to the leg
islation Incident to reconstruction. He
claimed that the institution of slavery
divided tli. people of the South Into
three classes. First, the rich slave
owners who had no Inducement to ex
ert thcmeelves for material gain. Bec-
oml, the poor white*, who, brought
Into competition with slave labor, had
no opportunity to aecomplleh results.
Third, the slaves them wives, who la
bored without aspiration, doing only
that which was forced upon them. It
crested an agricultural system which
was calculated to gradiidly exhaust the
so4l, while It wa* productive of waste
an4 had. nn tAndmny tn develop re
source* other than those of an agricul
tural nature. He urged tbit th** foun
datlon of Ri^t^iial growth must
upon the Intellectual vigor nnd creative
faculty bf the common people, of tho
great laboring masses of the people,
and tbit the institution of slavery took
from the South the possibility
growth based upon such & force,
characterized the plan of reconstruc
tion as legisKtton criminally stupid. It
not only freed a large portion of tho
population who had been slaves, but It
gave to them the right of suffrage with
out first requiring preparation for suf
frage. As a natural result they fell
under the control of whites who came
Into the South with nothing but their
carpet bag*, with no Interest In the
seotion except wbit they could prepare
to take out bf It. While there wore
some few men who came Into the
South In thi* way who subsequently
proved themselvea to be excellent cttl-
icns, a great majority of the white
politician# who Invaded the South be
tween 1M5 and 1870 nmc with no pa
triotic purpose, but with the desire to
use the ignorant blacks for selfish ends.
For the first ten yens after the war all
over the South the energies of the beat
people were devoted to the preserva- others presank. Mr.
tlon of what little they had from Irgi*- j with emphasis that If he had learned
Uttlve thievery snd at the same time
to the creation of decent local govern
ments. By 1880 a change had come.
The blicks had improved mentally and
a portion of them had'hegun to acquire
property. -They threw off the control
of the carpet bsgger and realized that
their white neighbors were to be tbetr
best friends. The percentage of whites
largely Increasing over the blacks
and the dread of s rice struggle hsd
cessed. The number of school house*
were Mnx largely Increased and their
beneficial effect was reaching the
masses cf the people.
The speaker then called their atten
tion from a criticism of the past to a
consideration of the bright prospect*
for the future. He showed that with
every man free, with the evils of re
con-.ru i largely overcame, vi:h
•cho»! hrzust* liberally scatter*-1
throughout the state. North Carolin i
from two to 1840 had surpassed Massa
chusetts in her percentage of i
wealth, m t-'AchuMttr percei
Gtoston Tells to Whom He Said the
Tariff Bill Would Not Pkss.
Washington, June *.—Under
sure from the sugar Investigation com
mittee Gaston, the wire manufacturer,
today told the committee that It was
Representative Cadmus of New Jar*
aey to whom he had told the story -*f
whit he ovsrbeard at the Arlington
hotel. Cadmu* was sent for and ap
peared promptly.
Cadmus said that Gaston had met
him in the hotel ©orridbr on the morn
ing following the night of the con
ferences, and had slapped him on the
shoulder with an evident show of sat
isfaction, saying: "Cadmus. I don't be
lieve that tariff bill is g>lng to pi s.”
He then related to the congressman
how the loud discussion had continued
throughout tbs foregoing night. The
details «s given by Cadmus were con
firmatory of those Already given by
Gaston. The main point of them was
that they appeared to have led Gaston
to the conclusion which be frequently
repeated, that he felt (satisfied the
'tariff bill would not pass.
The committee asked Mr. Cadmus
to give the names of those present At
the confeiwnce. He answered that he
he did not recall that Gaston men
tioned the name^of any public men or
Cadmus added
any names he would positively decline
to give them to the committee.
OATE3 DENIES IT.
Washington. June 7.—The story of
the alleged Interview between Presi
dent Cleveland and Representative
Oates of Alabama, In which the former
•was represented as saying that he d‘.d
not know what to do respecting tne
financial situation, especially with re
gard to silver, baa brought out tho
following statement from Mr. Oates,
with a request for Its publication:
”1 i.ave not hsd any conversation
with the president upon the silver
question In months, and when 1
mas about the aeniorage bill,
as reported ”
INDICATIO:
June (.—For
