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f THE BELM0N1" BURNED. THE GUESTS ESCAPE DEATH, ?IANY MIRACULOUSLY. Tlie Fire and. Origin Los of Property to Owners, Lessee and Guests of the Hotel. Special to State Chronicle. Ashevill-e, N. C, August 25 Fire destroyed the hotel Belmont 6 miles west of Asheville this morning at 12:45. The fire originated in the laundry rocm and before it was discovered, had ma da its way to the elevator shaft, and spread to the upper stories, .s soon as the fire was discovered the alarm was sounded all over the hotel with the exception of perhaps a half dozen of the 176 quests All got out safely. The remaining few had narrow escapes from death. Several jumped from the third floor to the top of the verander and thence to the ground sustaining severe injuries. Mrs. Carne of Charleston, lost $5,000 worth of dia' monds, and another guest $3,000 in cash. A great many of the guests of both sexes escaped with only their night clothes and had to make their way to the city hotels in that condition. The hotel cost $60,000 and was insured for 825,000. It was the property of the West Ashe ville Improvement Company. The fur niture was the property of Dr. Karl Von Ruck, the lessee of the hotel and was in sured for $25,000 Among the guests in the hotel at the time of the fire were Mrs. Geo. E. Wilson and son, Hamilton, of Charlotte, Dr. Hawkins and family of Raleigh, and Mrs Green, sister to Mrs. Frank Wilkes, of Charlotte. RESCUING THE DYING. The Parksllp Mine Horors and the Scenes Around the Fatal Spot. By Cable to the State Chronicle. London, August 27. All through the night the explorers in the Park slip coal mine at Aberdenfig labored for the rescue of the imprisoned miners. Crowds of men, women and children remained about the pit's mouth, eager and sleepless waiting for the news of the fate of loved ones below. During the night there was nothing to raise the hopes of the watchers. The explorers were driven more than once to give up their work. They were met by suffocating gas which made it near ly impossible to breath. and some of them narrowly escaped asphyxiation. Still the thought of the anxious ones and of those who might be lying below stimulated their energies and prevented their courage from sinking Stupendous falls in the mine increased the difficulty of the work and retarded progress. As the night wore on and day light began to dawn without any thing from below to encourage hope, many of the watchers went away. It was noticed, however, that not one of the wives and mothers sought; resf. Tney watched on beyond the dawn and at length about ten o'clock in the morning their patience was rewarded by a joyous shout from below. Nine teen miners had been found alive and were brought to the surface. The men were in a weak and exhausted condi tion but conscious. The scene that ensued was pathetic. Joyous cries mingled with tears as women and children, fathers, sons and brothers recognized the members of their fami lies. Friends of these who had been saved fell on their knees and offered up prayers of thank?. Others prayed between hope and fear that their dear ones too, might be saved. There was an evident revival of courage after this episode. But there after came sadder scenes, when about a doztn dead bodies were brought to the surface. The&e were the remains of men who had evidently not been killed by the gas explosion. It was evident that after the explosion they had made a rush for the crank shaft and had been over taken and suffocated by the deadly gas. The work is still in pro gress. Alive in the Tomb, London, August 27. Later. Twenty-eight more of the miners have been rescued ali e from the mines at Aberdenfig and knockings continue to be heard which gives notice that others are alive and waiting for rescue. The excitement among the people at the pit's mouth is intense and every man rescued is haled with a shout of de light that echoes among the hills. Frantic Mother Scene at the Belmont Fire. Asheville Citizen Mrs. J. R- Ryan of Birmingham, Ala., was on the second floor with her child and nurse. In the excitement af.er Mrs. Ryan 'had escaped the . . . . .-i child was missed and tne agonizea mother is said to have offered a re ward of $1,000 for its recovery. Baby was found, however, uninjured and the reward was not claimed.- Neither Mrs. Ryan nor the nurse were injured. They are at the Battery Park. The Hawkins family of Raleigh, composed of six members," escaped un injured and were cared for at tne home of W. D. Houghteling, near the hotel. Perfectly sure, perfectly pure, per fectly harmless is Simmons Liver Regulator. I " . mmmmm Vance at Gombroon. Asheville Citizen. It was quite 7 o'clock on Thursday evening last when the Citizen came in sight of Gombroon, and discovered Sen ator Vance in his easy chair on the porch. The great shadow of Craggy lent additional shade to the mammoth oaks of a century's growth that surround the house on all sides, and a gentle breeze from the north bore with it that delicious damp odor that belongs only to the primeval forest. There were three of us in the plain country road wagon, drawn by two mules. Dr. M. L. Neil son, of Asheville, a brother-in law of the Ser ntor, Miss Myra Pierce, of Louisville, Ky., a niece of Mrs. Vance. The Sena tor reached for his long staff used in climbing the mountains, 'and stopping upon the lawn greeted us with, "I am just as glad to see you as if you were kin to me." Mrs. Vance at once joined in the greeting, -and all were spf edily at home in Gombroon. Senator Vance is at least thirty pounds lighter then when he last visited Asheville, but there is a vigor in his step and a ring in his voice that show how rapidly he is improving in the home of his choice in the moun tains. "I bathe and revel in this glorious spot," said the Senator. "During these long summer days I sit and watch the bright sunlight as it glances and gleams through the grand old oaks, and after nightfall the mellow moonlight and songs or the katydids are so restful that I feel there is no place on earth comparable to it. And then I can chew my tobacco and spit where I please," said he, "and every day I feel the power of gathering strength." Senator Vance told the story of his present breakdown in health. "When I came to Gombroon from Washington, after the stroke of facial paralysis, I felt as well as usual every other way. I was in my garden one day watching the gardener in his work. The sun was very not, and before I was aware of it I found myself very warm. I walked to the house and sat down on the porch and began reading my papers. Sud denly I felt a chill run through my. shoulders and down my back. I went into the house and had a fire started, but the chill continued, and a severe pain set up in my hip joints. It continued to grow worse and became excruciating. I tried all my remedies, but they failed, and then I made an effort to get a phys ician, but it was two days before I found relief from hypodermic injections of morphia. I immediately started for Washington in order to get under treatment from my regular physician. The psiin in my hips went into my limbs and w hs so severe that I found relief only from morphia. Mj physician changed his treatment two or three times, but little improvement followed. I asked him one day to tell me candidly whether he was satisfied with his treat ment. He said he was. I then told him I would be candid with him and say that I was not. A consultation with eminent physicians of Washington wa3 the result and they announced that I was suffering from "locomotar ataxia," or an inability to govern my locomotion. I paid my doctor $20 for telling me a lie and started for Gombroon. I have been improving every day since I came here, and have perfect control over my limbs, although they are somewhat like the Irishman's horse, 'hard to catch and not worth a d m when you catch him.' I now have a splendid invalid s chair, good as new, for sale at cost also a beautiful pair of crutch- s " The Senator is dieting himself and is unusually abstemious. Every night for supper he gets on the outside of a dish of cold snap beans, top dressed with blackberry jam, and as a relish for breakfast he always requires a dish of fried cabbage, a recipe for . the cooking of which he will give on application. The facial paralysis still gives him some trouble, though his pronunciation is per fectly distinct except in those words re quiring a close compression of the lips. Senator Vance asks the blessing before each meal, with a beauty and solemnity that are most impressive. Mrs. Vance is an unusually bright and handsome women, and is proud of the Senator as he is evidently fond of her. He calls her "mother' and she addresses him as "husband." She is evidently a great help to him in his public life, and aside from a rare literary culture and much refinement of manner, is thoroughly posted on political men and measures, and when the Senator's memory fails him on any matter he turns to her with confidence for assistance. Gombroon is the property of Mrs. Vance, and is in the midst of a track of 1,200 acres. The house is a beautif ul one architecturally speaking, and it., rooms are finished in a variety of natural hard woods not to be found perhaps in any house in Western North Carolina. Water is supplied from a deliciously sweet spring on the mountain side, and is carried to every part of the house. A fine garden, magnificent orchard of young trees embracing almost every vari ety of fruit, and an ample vineyard of choice grapes, all the work of the Sena tors hand, give the promise of good things to come. As to politics, of course the Senator is deeply interested. It is doubtful, however, whether he will be able to make any speeches during the present canvass. It is true that "one blast upon his bugle horn were worth a thousand men," but North Carolina cannot afford to have him endanger his life. If his improvement continues as rapid - as at present, he may make a few speeches during the latter part of October. The Senator thinks there is no doubt as to iVnrt.1i Carolina's vote being cast for Cleveland. He thinks that most of those who have gone off after the third party will see that they are endangering the life of our local State government by so doing, and will come back and stand squarely with democracy before November tutiECKig miz i&nvonxtie, yugust 3U, 1892. EXC.n PREFERS THE 5EGRO. The Weaverlte Candidate Throw Off Special to the State Chronicle. Golds koro, N. C, August 25. Several prominent democrats when re viewing here this evening, in the pres ence of "Governor" Exum, the good done in this State under the past and present democratic administration and the danger that threatens us in the event of Harrison's election which un doubtedly means a force bill and negro supremacy, received the following re sponse fron?. the Weaverite candidate. "I rather would prefer negro rule or anything to the rule we have had here tofore." These are the exact words uttered by Dr. Exum and will be sub stantiated by the editor of the Golds boro Headliqht'yC J. Riverbank, Golds boro ; Jas. M. Oliver, Princeton ; G. TV. Pegram, Petersburg, Va., and others. Since the utterance the Doc tor is sick, politically sick. Exum' Words. Goldsboko, N. C, August 25. Dr. Exum said on the street to-day in the presence of witnesses that he pre ferred negro rule, or anything, to what we had been having. Arrangements are being made for a big time Saturday. Democrats are thoroughly organized and determined. The third party is weakening. DAVGHTON'S ABLE WORK. His Magnificent Effort at Brown Sum mitThird Party Leader Satis factorily Querried. Cor. State Chronicle. Brown Summit, N. C, Aug. 27. Barringer led off in a strong argument on the tariff, force bill, &c, to a re spectable crowd of the very best citi zens of the community, among them some life-long republicans and several people's party men ; among the latter class was one Dr. Jones, who aspires to be a leader, and who was in their coun ty convention held some time ago. The majority of the crowd was democrats of, the unterrified order. After Mr. Barringer had concluded his remarks Dr. Jones took the plat form and read something from the platform of the people's party and said they wanted more money and reform. Said he and others had gotten tired of waiting for the "needed reform," and hence the "people's party." When Mr. Daughton arose he flat'ered the doctor just enough to get him in a good humor and then coiamenced asking him questions. Dr. Jones in answer to these questions admitted that we had a good State government and that it was democratic He,' also admitted that the democrats had not been in power in the nation since the war and that the republicans were responsible for all the iniquitous legislation, the repeal of which was the mission of the people's party, and he further said in answer to the direct question put by Mr. Daughton, that if he had to choose between the democrats and re publicans he w uld vote for Mr. Cleveland and the democracy. Mr. Daughton then in language that glowed and burned, pictured the glory of our Sta:e under democratic rule and in a clear and strong argument showtd that the third party leaders were inconsistent by their own decla rations (Mr. Butler for instance.) He showed from the resolutions passed by the convention of alliancemen and united workmen that they, as well as democrats, regarded the force bill and tariff reform something more than a "crow scare." The gallant speak er then appealed to ail good citizens to stand to the de mocracy and not divide now on the eve of victory. He told them there was no hope of the people s party suc ceeding, and that the only hope of the correction of these abuses was in the democratic party, and he appealed to the democrats not to divide, but stand together, in the name of the dear old state and all that we hold dear as Nor.h Carolinians. THE VERDICT MEAXS DEATH. JTIcKnight, the Mount Airy Burglar, Convicted. Special to the State Chronicle. Winston, N. C, August 25. Le onidas Mc Knight was convicted of burglary in the first degree this morn ing by the judge at Surry court. Sen tence has not yet been passed. Mc Knight was tried for burglarizing the house of W. S. Taylor, in Mount Airy a year ago last January, and al most beating to death Mrs. Taylor, an aged lady, whom he robbed of $2,200. He was captured two weeks ago in Virginia. The Nominees for Congress. All the democratic congressional conventions of this State have now been held, and the nominees are as follows: First district, W. A. B. Branch; second, F. A. Woodward; third, B. F. Grady; fourth, B.H. Bunn; fifth, A. H. A. Williams; sixth, S. B. Alexander; seventh, Hon. John S. Henderson: eiehth, W. R. Bower; ninth, W. T. Crawford. Extracts From the SpeeeSi DllTc-red fcy Adlal E. Stevenson, Democratic Candidate for Vice-President, In Opening the Campaign at Ills Home In Rloumlnzlon, Illlnol, on Satur day Afternoon, August 27, 1 $92. Ours is a government of the people. It is wisely provided in our Federal consti tution that once in four years political power shall return to the hands of the people. Twenty six times during the one hundred and three years of our his tory have the American people, in the exercise of their rights s electors, cast their ballots for the candidate of their I cnoice lor tne high omce of President of the United States. We are now on the eve of another Presidential election. The responsibility of deterrr.ining what line of public policy shall be pursued, and who shall be selected as chief magistrate, is again upon us. The importance of aa intelligent and conscientious exercise of the privilege of designating those who are to be entrusted with high office, can not be overstated. In the pending struggle for political supremacy, grave public questions are at issue. Upon the correct dterinination- oi these questions through tne peaceful methods prescribed by law, will depend the welfare of the people. It is all- im portant, then, that the determination at the polls be the result, not of prejudice nor of misrepresentation, but of honeet and intelligent discussion of the issues involved. During the short time I shall detain you, it will be my endeavor to suggest some of the reasons why Mr. Cleveland should be elected President, and the democratic party restored to power. The four years administration of President Cleveland was confessedly an honest administration. None of the pre dicted evils of which democratic triumph was to be the forerunner, followed his inauguration. In the campaign of 1884 the people were told by republican speakers that democratic success would bring blight and ruin upon the commer cial interests of the country. Those who predicted evil from Mr. Cleveland's election proved false prophets. The democratic administration ending March 4, 1889, has gone into history as an econo mical and able administration of the government. No scandals attached to any of its appointments to office. Under it the rights of al1 property of all sections of all the people, were recognized and enforced. Under it the bonded debt of the government was paid at maturity; trust funds were not used to avoid a treasury deficit ; and the gold reserve was not menaced by threats of invasion tp meet the current expenses of the go.ern mentr Under that administration no ad ditional burdens were laid upon the peo ple. At the close of President Cleve land's administration the surplus in the treasury exclusive of the gold reserve, was, in round numbers, eighty-three millions of dollars. It will be remem bered that during the latter half of his administration the important question was, what shall be done with the sur plus revenues. In view of the fact that the annual revenues of the government were then one hundred million, in ex cess of its necessities, the question was one of practical interest to the American people. What is the condition that now con fronts us at the end of three and a half years of republican administration ? On the basis of revenues to the govern ment, as estimated by the secretary of treasury, for the present fiscal year, and of the liabilities of the government on account of the annual and permanent ad- propriations for the same period, there will be a uencit of hfty two millions of dollars. Upon the assumption that the law requiring forty eight millions of dol lars for the sinking fund will be com plied with, there is no escaping the de ficiency I have mentioned. And this, too, notwithstanding the fact that the administration made default in provid ing for the sinking fund to an amount exceeding eleven millions of dollars dur ing the last fiscal year. The bankruptcy which now threatens the treasury is the result, first of the enactment of the Mc Kinley tariff law, and, secondly, of the lavish appropriations of the Fifty-first Congress. Tan ii It is worse than idle to speak of its benefits to the American farmer. What he demands is both a foreign and a home market for the products of his farm. It is mockery to tell him he is protected against the corn and wheat products of the old world. While he is compelled to sell in the open markets of the world, he should be allowed the poor privilege of buying what his necessities require withont paying high tribute to the pro tected classes of his own country. To the mechanic and laborer no less than to the farmer protection has proved a de lusion and a snare In no instance has it opened to the farmer "additional mar ket for a pound of meat or a bushel of grain." Has it in a single instance given to the mechanic or laborer increased wages? The present high tariff adds largely to the cost of articles necessary to tha comfort of the wage earner. How has he been benefitted ? Has it increased his wages? Has it in any manner bene fitted his condition? Recent events con nected with the most highly protected establishments of this country sad ly attest the faet that a high protective tariff affords no protection to those who earn their bread by daily toil. It was never intended to benefit them. Long enough has the wage-earner been deluded by the cry that high tariff means high wages. Tariffs have no ef fects upon wages, except to diminish their purchasing- power. The higher the tariff the less the purchasing power of the wages. Wages are governed by the great law of supply and demand. If the claim of the protectionist is well founded, why have not wages increased, as tariffs have increased? Why con stant .reduction of wages in the most highiy protected establishments in the land? To the toiler the McKinley bill has i " 1 ' - .... 'kept the word of proraie to the car. but broken it to the hope." In hi BTeat speech agiicsi the high tariff corn law m the Britih Parliament in 1S43, the matchles orator, Daniel O'Coonell, said: "But what U the rar&n ing of protection? It mnct aa addi tional sixpence for es.cn loaf ; that it the Irish of it. If be had not the protec tion the lof would sell for a shilling; but if he has protection it will ell for one and six-ieDce. Protection is ihe English for sixpence, and whit is more, it is the English for an extorted sixpence! The real meaning of protection, there fore, is robbery "robbery of the poor bv me ricn. - - Thf Forre 11111 Another issue of great moment in the pending contest is the Force bill. The magnitude of this issue cannot be over stated. It may mean the control of the election of representatives in Congress by the bayonet. The republican party, by its acts in the Fifty first Conirre&V. and by its platform, in it-s late National Convention, stands pledged to the pus- sage of the Force bill. That It will pas this bill, when it has the power, no sane man can doubt. To all of the people all who desire the peace and prosperity of our common country this question is important. To the people of the South ern States it is one of transcendent ira tance shall they still have peace and the protection of the law ; or shall the horrors with which they are menaced find their counterpart only in those of the darkest hours of the reconstruction period? Felloic Citizen: I firmly believe that your interests, the interests of all the peo ple of these United States, are bound up in the success of the party that came in with Jefferson in the very infancy of our Republic; the party which for more than century of our existence has stood at the helm of State; the party which in all periods of our historp has been the bul wark of our Constitution and the faith ful guardian of the rights of all the peo ple; the party under whose broad ban ner the men of all nationalities have been welcomed to share with us this God given heritage;' the party which, from the beginning has been the foe of pro scription, whether on account of birth place or of religion, the party which knows no privileged classes, but de mands equal and exact justice for all; the party which, under Jefferson, pur chased the great valley of the Missis sippi, and extended our domain to the gulf and to the ocean; the party which, under Madison, bore our Hag to victory in our second struggle with Great Brit tairr, and which, under his immediate successor, established firmly for all time the rights of the American nation, by the declaration and maintenance of the Mon roe doctrine; the party which, in the early morning and in the noon of this century, gloried in the leadership of Jackson and of Douglas, the undaunted foes of special privileges and of unjust taxation. Under the matchless leadership of the man who gave you an honest administra tion of the government: who wrested from the grasp of those who had robbed you of your heritage eighty millions of acres and restored it to the public do main; whose principle in action is, "A public office is a public trust " under bis leadership the democratic party con fidently submits the momentous questions at issue, and will abide by the determi nation of the final arbiters at the polls. IUNN AND A It Eli SPEAK. Princeton Yesterday tlie Scene Lively Debate. Special to State Chronicle. of a Princeton, N, C, August 27 Bunn and Abel spoke here to-day to a large number of democrats, repnblicans and a few third party voters. The speeches of both gentlemen were able and to the point. At the conclusion of the speeches. one W. B. Rein, chairman of the county third party executive committee, thought that the speakers had left and jumped upon the stand and began to riddle Abel, as he thought. This gentleman was un well and Lad not hurried back, conse quently was resting at a short distance away. He astounded Rein by approach ing, and at the couclusion of his speech, replied to him, tearing him up in fraz zles. He asked him if he would support a man who preferred a negro. Rein re plied "No." He had not red Dr. Exum's recent declaration. When this was read to him, he was caught and was unable to get out of the hole. I( KMCillT MtST II AN;. The Burglar and Would-foe-ITIurderer 71 ust Pay the Penalty. Special to State Chronicle. Winston, N. C, August 27. Leoni dias McKnight was sentenced yesterday by Judge Melver, of Surry county, to be hanged October 21. Every effort was made by the prisoner's lawyers to save him. Motion for new trial was made, but denied. An appeal to the Supreme court also overruled. McKnight will be hanged unless the governor interferes. ALLISON, THE 7IIRDERER. If the Case Is moved From Sorry Lynching Is Peared. Special to the State Chronicle. Mount Airy, August 27. Allison, who shot Brown on the streets of Mt. Airy last Saturday, asked the court for a continuance of trial, which was grant ed. It is believed now that the case will be moved to another county for trial. The citizens of Mt. Airy are still excited over the matter, and it is feared if Allison is removed from Surry jail there will be trouble. For a sluggish and torpid liver, noth ing can surpass Ayer's Pills. They con tain no calomel, nor any mineral drug, but are composed or the active princi ples of the best vegetable cathartics, and their use always results in marked bene fit to the patient. DEMOCRACY OF WAYXE. It ED LETTER DAY AT HO WO Y FJTKHD t Y f.OLD- Carr, Jant. Sandrlln, nil, rMkr mud a Democratic Flas Utlwd to tar llrffm. Hp-il to tfce si: chronics. Gor-Xvr.oRo, N. C, Augutt 27. At o early hour tht morning people bejrn to come in town, and by 12 o'clock there were at leMt from 2tSi6o to 3.vi people htre, noec retidecu of Goldtboro, (iter come in on evtry train frona di tnce,)Tbe fic pole ra to have been up at an early hour thi morning, but it took a little locsrer to rase it than ru at rlrt thought. It wv up, howcTcr. bx 12 o clock una the i now tl .t- ing to the hreezvft oep hundred fret h'vlx. At 12 ochck the mcmlKT. of the Cleve land Carr campaign club ( hich, bj tho way, will curator about 400 of repre sentative men a I ever aw) met at tho court h UM and marched to the Kennon hotel where a long pnxvion a fonrseI headed by tiov. JarTi and Cnrr, Dr. Sanderlir. and other dUtinuUhed citi zens. That procession was made up of dem crats of all the evocation of life, doctors, hoc maker?, lawyers, fartm rn, merchants, mechanic, anil it moved in a two and three abreast column down Wal nut street to the court ard where a nice. comfortable stand had been erected U- neath large hade oak. Bmchea were arranged around the stand o as to pro vide every LhmIv with a corufot table neat. On the north side of the tnd sat .juite a numlH-rof the fairiex, and on it facing them was stretched a piece of cloth uimn which was pasted two of the tinct oil portraits of Carr and Clcvelard that I have ever seen. .Mr. Henrv Ia v in a very appropriate focech. in which he 1 ------ that the democratic feast win to day spread and invited all to come and par take introduced our next irovcrnor of North Carolina, Klias Carr. .Mr. C-trr beijau by saving "I want to congratu late you (as it looks to me) tlie 'Urgent crowd that we have yet had ;" he spoke of the responsibility of any party that in power; he asked that if the a!lunc5 had gotten control of the IIoue, Senate and President, would they not have been r.sponhible for what thev would have done, and like if the detno- cratiohad have been in power so would they have been responsible ; and he asked if this is s,o of these parties, now is it not so with the party thnt has U m for over twenty-tive years in power, tho republican party. He showed plainly that is tho only party that has had the power ami therefore were cer tainly responsible for all the ills Hnd grievances that the people were mf- fering from; he proved that the policy cjf the democratic party had al ways been in the interest of the mames. against the clashes; he said that anv vote cast for any other party but the demo cratic party meant a half vote for the re publican party and Harrison; he said from the Ocalla platform what the al liance advocated the rep-l of the tarill and circulation of money a:nopgthe peo ple; in the St. Louis platform the tarill resolution, was left out; he said that this was more a sin of omission than commitfcion. He then thoroughly discued the tariff, and proved that by voting for democrats, and ettin them in power once, the would be re lief and reformation that the people wanted would certainly come. His speech wa well received, and the Gov ernor has done here, as he does wherever he goes, made friends. Editor Joe Robinson, of the Argun, in a very pretty little speech, next introduced Dr. George W. Sanderlin, State auditor, in chase lanuaye and with that oratorical ability foj which the doctor is so well noted, he firsts poke of the restlessness among the people, and the cause of this restlessness. and the sub jects, of interest that had disturbed the masses, and said just so long as theM) great questions remained unsettled; just so long will ihis restlessness continue. Said the people were in the dark; told a about the members of a band asking 'where was Moses when the liht went out," the soprano wanted to know, the tenor asked, as did the bass, and the basso prof undo, and all with one accord said, "in the dark, "and so it was with the people, (Iaughte. and applause); and so it has been for yeara; he said that the full light should be turned on; he showed the farmers that the denvxratic farmers were their friend, and the republicans theirenemy; he spoke oil the alliance and compared it to Samp son, and the democratic party to the temple, and said the great danger wa that by leaving the democratic party :md voting the third party ticket, they would tear down the temple. At this point in the Doctor's speech, when he asked are not the democrats your friends, a big voice came from the crowd fron a big man (Capt. Bill Caromy) said you are right. It is impossible to begin to trive Dr. Sanderlin's most excellent speech justice, sufice it to say, for about two hours he preached a solid democratic sermon. It was a tel ling speech and has done great good. About 3 o'clock the old war hone of this campaign, our beloved and honored ex-Gov. Thomas Jarvis, was introduced. For about three hours he spoke to these people as if each was a son or kinsman; not a point was left out. The whole ground was covered and every isaue of the campaign ably discussed and demo cracy held up in Its true light as the best and only friend to the whole people. We would be glad had we time or space to publish the whole speech, and only regret that every third party man in North Carolina was not present to hear him. There is no doubt about it this has been a red-letter day at Goldsboro for the democratic party. The people have carried much food for thought home with them, ond the re sult will be seen before next November. II. B. II.