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? | mmi ||,|i n N " ' " - ''" #. | A #hnUy Nruxrpapor : For Um Promotion tf ifcd Filmed, rttnszi, *|j-'?Tyf n rf'ft?rliW fat i mm j ' WAKSSt ~ T* ? I M I I I " ii - " ' 1 " . ?.. ?.1 ' .i.i'b.. ? .. ,. TH... 1 "&.TT- - . ? - - ._? ??? II. ; , vSW >iUYVEkKLY- . L A N O A I K it, S. < A 1' G U 8 T 0, 1 9 0 2 KSTaBLNHIKD 1852 U/iln/vu {? I/,ll~ U?.J I II- I -Ai *- ?" I IttlWft 111 (JULIjf nuua, The Convicted Murderer of Nellie Cropsey Suys Ilo is Enjoying Good Health. Elizabeth City Economist. A reporter of The Economist cnlled on James Wilcox yesterday at tho county jail and held quite u lotwviVtvr noniinn^nl !/\?? ? ) vumui cunuii Willi 11 I l (I He wuH looking well, with his hair nicely brushed and had just been shaved, lie said his health hud been very good all the summer. A'hen asked by the reporter if it was not very hot in jail lie said some days it was, but when he got very warm he resorted to hhs bath tub and "covered up in water." Wilcox conversed very freely on different subjects, and seems jolly and in good spirits. He r said among other joking remarks, "L intended going down to Nag's Head last Sunday on tbe excursion, but it was so hot 1 didn't want to dress." He was asked if he was annoyed by visitors, and said ho t.idn't mind to have people call that ho knew, but ho did not like for strangers to call just through curiosity. Ho said bo had a card printed and put on the cornor of his cell with the words, "the side show is' closed," und kept it there about a minth for the beuetit of strangers. He eats ami sleeps well, and ho spends his time mostly reading. lie said he had read over one hundred and fifty hooks besides newspapers, ince he bus been in jail, lie still has that very indifferent uppearance us to bis pending fate. Wilcox's case will be.taketi up by the Supremo Court on tho lust Monday in this month, when it will be decided whether ho will get a new trial or not. Ail is Vanity. Beautiful Exposition Buildings Sell for a Song. Special to Tbo State. Charleston,. Juiy 31.?A num*. ber of buildings, iron and terra cotta pipe, cattle sheds and other ' property of tho exposition coropa ny were sold today at auction at the exposition grounds, in accordance with theordei of Judge Cage of tho court of common pleas. The property brought $9,216.50. It was a groat sacrifice sale and many bargains were struck in the way of building material. For instance, the beautiful palace of commerce, whose construction cost $35,000, brought only $105. it is trn>- that the exteiior of the building is all staff work and of little .value in its prosent condition, but the building was very substantially erected, as were the other main buildings, and the lumber and other material which wore, used and are now perfectly good, are worth many times the t.-. price for which the buildings sold. The art building which is of brick and also very Substantially built, sold for #450, The building will have to bo removed, but the bricks are worth many times the soiling pride. The stubles and dairy buildings brought proportionately better prices for the reaa >n that thoy cin the more easily and cheaply be wrecked. T.t Cur* A < hi in One aft. Take Lixative lirom > Quinine Tablets. A.1I daijgiju refund in >n sy if 1^ to cure. $; W. i>rove' signature is en each box. 95c. W . 'Ai/L' >/ *r j*,' ' v- ? inr Liuuier is ine Target at This Time. Candidates for the Souutc in His ."Territory."?The Meeting Getting Spicy. Special to The State. l'ickerts, Aug 2.?The meeting was culled to order by County Chairman T. ,J. Mauldin, at whoso request tho Kev. S. A. McDaniel asked God's blessing upon the meeting. Hon. A. C. Latimer was the first speaker. It was hero that Mr. Latimer made his first political speech 10 years ago. He told about being called from the plow handle to take up the light of the farmers. Latimer deniod .Johnstone's as sertiou that ho was defeated by Lati jner on the" sub.treasury issue. Latimer went on to say that ho was in favor of tho sub-treasury or of .something better. Livingston of Georgia introduced tho sub tnoasury bill in coDgress and ho (Latimer) supported it. Ho admits that at the time he know very ! little of finances. Latimer told j at out that Pennsylvania railway bill with which ho was charged of favoring. Ho denies that he ever voted to g've a foot of land to that railway company. 11K IS THK ONLY FAKMKR. in this ruco and has five of tho ablest lawyers in the Stufe to con tend with and he must leave_ his ea->e with the people. He and his forefathers have always been Democrats an<' ho never could ho anything else, lie spoke of his work for the people in this, the Third distr ict, in obtaining $54,000 for freo rural delivery. This is the best he could do, get the matter started, even if ho is charged with getting morerthan any other congressman in the 5>tate. Ho is a Tillmanite and has made this assertion the last two or three day8 and does net believe in cussing out Yankees. He told about his inability to do anything else for his people except to get ap' propriations and seeds and the soil survey. Nothing like this had been done for the people until a farmer had beep sent to congross. Again he reiterated that he was nothing but ufuimer and never had been anythin^else. He denounced the statement that he was tainted with McLaurinism in the most emphatic terms. He told of the young men he had taken from this district and secured positions for them in Washington. Ho may ho ignorant on many subjects from Johnstone's standpoint but his people know differently. He stands family on his record and closed with an appeal in his own behalf'. EX GOVERNOR EVANS, said bo is always ready to discuss questions that intorest the people and he is not tbe man who always looks out for himself and if there 1 u on vfKinir lafl f hun fKo ?w?r*r\l a IO IIU J tuill|^ IV* V I I1VU blJV He is prepared to tight his own battles and is now appealing to the poor farmer to eovor up his ignorance. He told of his former campaigns for this oflico and cold why ho is again in the race. He told or AlcLaurin's nullification of Tillman's every vote'. It is not statesmanship to get hand and glove with the robber Republicans and secure an ear of corn and bring it to South Carolina and tell lluse people we must not antagonize these YanSses for fear they will gfrve us no more. If it is only so^d you want , 4? . * - * * # , I * * '4' i Ha ve Bargains All the Time 'E" B h a in me?j i inc 0s __ Here Are a Fev THAT ARE "HUMMERS." W mmm* -mm MBEBRMO aBKU* 1000 yards striped and checl ed Dimities, worth 12 1-2 c now 8 ets. 1000 yards Ginghams, wort (> ets, now 4'ets. O 1 ' ^ i * ^ o ur am -pieces vrreiiaueiX' newest thing for ladies miliiit skirts, former price 25 cts, no 15 ets. 10 pieces Point de Brnxclle former price 30 el s, now 23. 30 pieces Scotch Lawns, fai colors, cheap at 5 cts, now 3 1i cclits. SHOES! SHOES We also .have a lot of slur that we have thrown ononrba gain counter and are selling at sacrifice. -I !IIH'!H'I|U' llflMilllliid I II milium! iiiimimii tui - - ? : && ' \ V" - v I pick out a big, black nigger and i send him to Washing and you will 1 get more seed than ever before. i Latimer's policy is exactly like t McLaurin'a when ho first begun 1 monkeying with the Republicans. x There is always an opportunity to ^ sell out in congress and get rich and come back an-l boast about it. ?< 1 i COL. GEOKCK JOIINSToNK, f k i * ^ denounced tLie assault mr.de upon 1 him by Latimer, who seems to ' have a peculiar desire to rido into ' tho senate upon his back. It was * iho sul) treasury issue upon i ' which Latimer was elected over ! ' him 10 years ago, yet he did not f introc^ce a single bill in congress 1 looking to its establishment. For f tho funding of the State debt 1 from ?7,000,000 Latimer is un- f ^ willing to give him ('Johnstone t j any credit. Latimer is trying to ? " turn this canvass back to the issu- s cs of 10 years ago and revive fac- h tionalism, which was buried in the f constitutional convention. ''And I cursed bo ho," said Johnstone, 1 "T "who will endeavor to open afresh a y those wounds and to arrage broth- t * er against brother for his own self s aggrandizement. n Johnstone made his tariff e speech. In the nudist of his ar- v gument somo little boys in a win- 1 dow above the stand commenced c to talk. An old gentlguian look- s e<l up to tho window uud called 1 out, "Boys. Boys," when John- 1 stono turned to him and said: "Re buke them not, my Irieud, for of snch are our future statesmen t made. j lie favors putting trusts'goods s on tho frco list thereby defeating | \\ the object for which they were h created. The tariff is tho father N of trusts, Another remedy sng- | gested is to withdraw fioui their [ use tho United States mail, as N Oj done in tho case of tho Louisiana f lottery. )ft MR. HK.NDEESON. \ f t f l % j>i r. nciuicrson was introduced \\r as the Aiken Demosthenes and 1 1. well sustained his reputation, 1 holding the attention of the and- 1 icnce from begining to end. He I pleaded for tho introduction of :l S, new blood in the halls of con- 1 gross. He believed that the poo- ^ pie of this grand old country will 1 not be influenced by the little ( bickerings between Latimer and ( Johnstone and that they will go 1 ~ further and investigate the qtial- 1 iticsof all tho men in the race. 1 ile is a lawyer, not a half farmer 1 and half lawyer, it was predicted ' that ho would drop out of the < campaign beforo it was half over, i but ho was hero still and expected i to be in the second race, lie has I never been defeated and his roc- < old is clean and delies any man t<> V touch it. lie told of his work in the c?m-i stitutional convention and tho general assembly. This election is| not going to be settled by the veiling boys at the campaign meetings) but by the men who are reading, thinking and keeping their own counsel. . Adr. Henderson again detinod ' tho duties of a congressman an I senator. l>y unaggressive policy only can a Democratic president be elected in 1904. Nominate a i man who has not stood to' much in the |?"st but is awake to all the . . 1 live issues before the nnti.m | lion, .1. .1. liKMriui.r, said that they,. tho livo lawyers,' nr?; nut running against Mr. Lnti? : ' " i^':' ' -,V nor. The truth of the matter is Latimer is trying to got his job, vhich ho (Hemphill) has had his >ye on from tlie day he was born. 'That's tho ttuth, the Lord's ruth," cuino from several iu the rowd. Mr. llemphill spoke ou tho inernal revenue system of taxation. lo declared on the superiority of Mountain dow over fust X sold >y tho dispensary in the city. I'his proved a catching card with lis mountaineer audience. He poke of expansion and went over nto the Philippines and fed his icn* on cracked ice to keep them roni laying boiled eggs. He apleuled to the patriotism of his udience and discussed tho colonal policy in an interesting tnannor reo from the attacks on his semioiial competitors. The past is Iways an index of the future, aid Mr. Hemphill. Tho people iad elected him to the legislature or six successive years and then o congress for 10, and if in these 0 years the people bad known nd trusted him it is a good indox hat he is qualified to go to the enatc. He is emphatically riming as the Candidate of all classs. A man's heart makes him Hint ho is, not his profession, le touched on commercial Denis icracv and said that our people oon saw tho^iuiquity of Kopublitnidem ?i n d Kn<?l? iv.hi* i 11 nuu V/iiiiiC ut4v.i\ iiiiu liiu )cmoci'atic ranks. HON. WM. ELLIOTT Twitted Mem}?hill because the oroo l?ill passed the house over lis protests, but was killed in the cnate. Col. Kl'.iotl does not hoievc th it the country is in such a % >ad condition as some would have oil believe. Taxes aro derived argcly from revenue upon the uxuries, such as tobacco and vhiskcy and goods imported from oreigu countries. All the talk ibout the sufferings of the jioor armors is done to catch votes. Col. Elliott told of his work in he black district, which consumed lis whole time, and that is why ho s in a measure unknown to this mil of the Democratic fold. Ilo ilso told what ho had done for the natcrial good of his people in tho vay of appropriations and he daims that he has done his whole luty as a Democrat on the floor >f tlie house. Ho denies that .here are bickerings in Wasliingon among the Democrats on the loor of tho house. Ho denies there are bickerings in Washington among tho Democrats.This ;ry comes from the fellows that u e on tlie outside and want to get in trying to make tho peop'e believe that if they aro elected wonders, would ho accomplished. Messrs. (1. E. l'rince, E. M. ltucker, R. L. Smith, Wyatt Aiken, W. J. Stribling, W. N. Graydon, I. II. McCalla, candidates from this, the Third congressional district, then address cd the^meoting after a recess of an hour. Th is is Mr. Latimer's old dis.. triet and perhaps thoro is more interest in this contest than any oilier in the State as the distributor of nut grass roots and pimpkin seed. K. 1. Cooper. CANDY CATMARTIC^ ?* UMKCCieta Genuine stamped C. C. C. Never told In bul^ Beware of the dealer who triet to tell "tomethinjt just as good." A * t- ; . .. a.