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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 !/\??
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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.
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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 ,
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Ha ve Bargains
All the Time
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Here Are a Fev
THAT ARE "HUMMERS."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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i COL. GEOKCK JOIINSToNK, f
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^ 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.
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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
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man who has not stood to' much in
the |?"st but is awake to all the
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live issues before the nnti.m
| lion, .1. .1. liKMriui.r,
said that they,. tho livo lawyers,'
nr?; nut running against Mr. Lnti?
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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."
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