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tl M -flj - '. . s' 1 i , - ' - V. .'"li1 - 1 J VOL; V: NO: 106 ASHEVILLE, N. O, SUNDAY MOBN1KG. JUNE 10. 1900. i PE1CE 5 CENTS . r - mm i v m m mm ... " ESTREIGHER'S sale of Housekeeping 6oods. Comlencing Monday, June 4, we will put on sale 100 MILL ENDS of TA BLE DAMA3K. The pieces range in 1 ngtfc 2, 2 1-2 and 3 yards. We will .U the i. ; ,5j55 $1.39 Quality at 95c yard. $1.00 quality at 69c yard. $1.15 quality at 85c yard. 75c quality at 59c yard. In Towels we offer two extra spe cial values in Linen Huck our $1.40 quality $1.10 doz. $1.95 quality at $1.65 doz. CURTAINS. We are showing1 the latest makes of Bobinett Curtains, controlling one of th moat celebrated makes , for this market. Prices range from 69c. the pair to $10.00 the .pair. OESTREIGHER&CO 51 Patton Avenue. "Standard tie World Over." The Columbus Buggy Co.'s , M. 306 Light . Surry. CARMINE GEAR, GREEN LEATHER TRIMMINGS . A BEAUTY. IsheTille Hardware Com pany, Agents. SOUTHEAST COR. COURT SQUARE. 'PHONE 87. Kelley Springfield Tire put on in our Slubber Tire Department. MASSAGE.. AND PACKS. Treatment for: Nervoua, Rheumatio and other dlseaaea. Special: Thur Brandt Maaae for -female Disease; also Face M&asage. PROF. EDWIN GRUNERj Graduate Chemnitz College, Germany. Formerly :. ith Oakland Heights Sana torium.) Home or Office Treatment. Office hours, ll a. m. to 1 p. m., 2 to 4 . . m. 5 S. MAIN ST. TELEPHONE 20. Wood's Seeds ' for summer planting. Grant s Pharmacy. One of the best insecticides is what !s known as Slug Shot. It will destroy almost any kind of bug on almost any ind of plant. It is as effective as Pa'is green while much safer and cheaper. Sold at Grant's Pramacy. Bordeaux Mixture at Grant's. While the rain is on is a good tim Jo sow lawn grass. Get Wood's Ever green Lawn grass at Grant's. pari8 Green at Grant's. ' Can you use a Lenox Sprayer? W For Bed Bugs, Moth's and Pleas," use Columbian Liquid. It le excellent r &o cents a.t Grant's, 'if: -vt S. DM I EH rnli I IdHW ON A N. Rule or Ruin Policy Applied by Disfran chising Organization to Industries of the State. Scurrilous Democratic As sault on the Factories at Maiden. Because the Manager Would Not Yield His Po litical Faith. - Cartooned and Slandered and Re fused the Vindication of Truth. An Exhibition of Intollerant Political D imago guerj Directed at One of the Enterprises That is the Life and Hope of North Carolina. Maiden, N. C, June 9. There is much indignation here over an at tempt on the part of certain violently partisan newspapers and democratic polticians to injure the business of the cotton" mills at Maiden because of the political belief that the superintendent of the mills,, who is also their largest stockholder. The mills at Maiden the Providence located about a mile from town, the Union, about a half mile out, and the Maiden.Tn the heart of the village are the chief support of the town of Maiden. Within their well built brick walls 450 persons find em ployment. Under the management that still conducts their affairs, some eighteen or nineteen years ago these splendid cotton factories, among ' the proudest monuments of thrift, enter prise and business sagacity in North Carolina, had their beginning in a sin gle little mill, employing a few hands. Now surrounding their great buildings are a thousand acres of land under cultivation, the property of the mill company, and -a village of well built cottages are the homes of the opera tives. A reporter for the Gazette to day and yesterday visited many of these homes. He found everywhere evidences of well rewarded thrift and comfort. The houses were freshly painted, pictures hung on their neatly papered walls. Some of the houses had been bought by the workmen, others were the property of the mills, but all were alike in the character of exceptional neatness and comfort. The reporter had visited the houses of many factory people but never any where had he seen the equal of these at Maiden. Free to go as he pleased, un accompanied by any employer or em ploye of the mills, the reporter talked with very many of the operatives, and learned from their lips THE TRUTH. He also went about the mills while they were in operation. There also was the same neatness, good order and evidence of prosperous conditions, not only on the part of the mills, but of the men, women and children who were at the looms and spindles. A healthier or more contented body of working people it would be impossible to find anywhere. Into these mills of Maiden from the north and west, and even from over the seas, flows annually a great fortune, that orMa tn th wealth of this state. giving employment to its people in the mills and in the cotton, fields I will not go into all the details now of the partisan political attack that has been made, with marvelous malev olence against these mills of Maiden, though I shall mention enough to show i Furnished Homes... For "all sorts and conditions of men." We can nlease you 1 I if it is possible J Also a iew uniur- j nished left. I WILKIE.& LaBARBE, Real Estate Brokers i 'Phone 661. 23 Pjtttoa Ave ATTACK C. COTTON MILL I the character of it enough to draw the moral of the rule or ruin policy of the political organization that has engaged in this assault to injure or destroy a North Carolina enterprise, and thereby to place a check on the very fountain of the prosperity that is flowing into North Carolina but I will show before I have finished with my subject how totally without any reason, except po litical rancor, there is or has been, for the attempt to injure these m--is and thier manager. On May 30, after it had already pub lished a violent partisan editorial ac cusing the superintendent of the three mills at Maiden, Mr. D. M. Carpen ter, of going through the factories and tearing "white supremacy" buttons from the coats of the employes, and giving them notice that no person wearing this political emblem could find employment in the mills, the Ral eigh News and Observer contained on its first page a large cartoon represent ing Mr. Carpenter blocking the door of one of his factories and forbidding the entrance of a body of men and wo men labeled "white supremacy em ployes." Under this cartoon were the words: "Ye cannot enter here;" and below the heading, "Wanted White Slaves," comments on the cartoon, in which comments the following is in cluded: " A few days ago we printed that the republicans of the Seventh district had elected D. M. Carpenter, a cotton mill manufacturer of Catawba county, a delegate to the national convention. Following close upon the heels of that announcement comes the news that this man Carpenter, imitating northern re publican manufacturers, regaras his employes as white slaves, whose actions and votes he can cpntrol. In his cotton mill the operatives are white and they believe in White Supremacy, ana some of them have been wearing 'White Su premacy for North Carolina' badges, as they had a right to do. What does his modern republican, who believes in white slavery, undertake to do? Every employe in the Maiden mill wearing cms button was told to take it off. The New: ton Enterprise adds: " 'Most of them declined to do so, and we are told the bosses went through the mills and took the 'White Supremacy' buttons off the men and boys and girls, and warned them not to enter the mills again wearing 'White Supremacy' badges. Our informants do not say whether or not the offending individ uals were taken into the 'tower' to make the surrender of their liberty. Perhaps they were thus diginfied, but possibly they were not even given this much consideration. " 'Wonder if it once occurred to these bosses' that it was their duty to get the consent of the White Supremacy stockholders in the mills before pro ceeding to debuttonize and disfranchise the boys and girls behind the spinning frames.' " Some further slurring remarks by the News and Observer directed at Mr. Carpenter because he had "soughj$ to put white operators on the levelyof a slave," concluded with the words: "Such attempted coercion will not be tolerated in North Carolina." Editorially the News and Observer attacked Mr. Carpenter viciously, and other papers of its political following have taken up the refrain in the evi dent effort to create partisan feeling against the mills. The effort in which the newspapers have been assisted by the chattering class of political rousta bouts, has been to represent the Maid en mill man as a rough tyrant with his employes, who would force them to adopt his political views and vote his political preferences or cease to re ceive employment in the mills. The evident effort of the attack on the mill and its manager is. to provoke po litical ostracism and a partisan boy cott, to make an example of this mill in order to intimidate the owners- of other North Carolina mills. They chose, how ever, the wrong victim for their as saults. No man in this county, as the Gazette representative has proved by a careful investigation, stands higher in the esteem of his associates than D. M. Carpenter. In the three mills, of which he is the superintendent, there are many employes who have worked with him for eighteen years, and of these the reporter talked with a nqmber who, during all this time, have been democrats and ho are now of that political faith. They repudiate with indignation the suggestion that they were ever interfered with in the exercise of their political rights by any person connected with the mills. Ev erywhere the reporter went among the employes he heard the same expres sions of warm personal esteem for the superintendent of the mills, arid the as surance that they were free to hold whatever political views they chose to hold and to vote as they pleased. ' A BAKER CO., Scientific Refracting Opticians, No. 45 Patton Avenue Examination Free. Special (attention given to repairing. very large majority of the operative the reporter found, were opposed to the so-called "white supremacy" (by a wholesale disfranchisement of voters), but he talked with some who favored this scheme, and they laughed at the idea that they could not maintain their positions in the Maiden mills without changing their political views. The Gazette reporter had. the follow ing conversation with Mr. Carpenter: INTERVIEW WITH MR. CARPEN TER. Reporter What, Mr. -Carpenter, is your position at Maiden cotton mills? D. M. Carpenter I am president of the Union cotton mills, secretary treasurer of Providence cotton mills, and director of Maiden cotton mills. Are you a stockholder in all these concerns? Mr. Carpenter I am. What grounds, if any, existed for all the charges that have been published against you? Mr. Carpenter Without my knowl edge four boys and three girls em ployed in the Providence mills com menced wearing "White Supremacy" buttons, making themselves offensive to other employes by calling them ne groes, black and tan, etc., etc., until actual trouble occurred. Prior to this trouble did you know of the introduction of these buttons at the mills? Mr. Carpenter I did not. Have you to this day forbidden the wearing of these buttons by your em ployes? Mr. Carpenter I have not, although several of our stockholders, since the trouble occurred at the mills, have re quested me not to allow badges of po litical parties to be worn by our hands while at work in the mills. In your judgment, what is the cause of these attacks? Ikr. Carpenter For years tne demo ocratic machine and political schemers of Catawba county have labored dili gently to control my politics by threats of injuring my business unless I would surrender my political freedom and .be come a political henchman of the dem ocratic party. Have you any proofs of these asser tions? Mr. Carpenter I have many proofs, in numerous letters, written me by men at the head of the democratic par ty of this county, which I may shortly publish unless my persecutions cease. I dislike to publish the infamies of men, but may be forced to do so for my own vindication Unless these democratic papers when they have had time to cool off, retract their attacks upon me, I shall publish every letter written me showing the tone animus of my politi cal enemies. Among many others the reporter talked with was Mayor B. S. Whise nant. Reporter I believe, sir, you are the mayor of Maiden? E. S. Whisenant I am. Are you acquainted with D. M. Car penter, and do you know of your own knowledge how the cotton mills of Maiden are conducted? Mr. Whisenant 1 have children working in the Union mills, and there fore know all about the management of that plant. Have you any reason to believe that D. M. Carpenter tries to control by un fair means the votes of his employes at that plant. Mr. Whisenant I never heard of him doing or attempting to do so repre hensibly. I am satisfied the accusa tion is false. Do you know in what estimation D. M. Carpenter is held by his employes? Mr. Whisenant Yes, in high estima tion. What is your opinion of the accusa tion brought in several newspapers ; against D. M. Carpenter. Mr, Whisenant They are false. What is your occupation? Mr. Whisenant I am a Baptist preacher and farmer. What do you regard as the true rea- sones for publishing false accusations against D. M. Carpenter? Mr. Whisenant I think the charges were published for political purposes and for political purposes alone. Here is a talk with one of the em ployes: Reporter Are you acquainted with the management of the cotton mills of Maiden by D. M. Carpenter? S. A. Williams Yes, it is just eve i (Continued on fifth page.) WISDOM CARR AWARD DISTRIBUTORS, 13 South. Mais Street Thane 253. BOBERTS VICTORY AT PRETORIA INCOMPLETE British Peel Disappointed and Blame Him For It. London, June 9. There is great dis- ' appointment in ministerial circles over what is regarded as the incompleteness of Lord Roberts' victory in Pretoria, and there is even a disposition to blame the victorious ffeld marshal. Few people doubted that the capture of Pretoria and Johannesburg would be followed by a wholesale surrender of the Boer forces and capture of big guns. Instead, the Boers are still in the field and scarcely a gun worthy of the name has been captured. Boer stategy has upset the political calculationns. July may come with the war still dragging along and it will be necessary to re consider the plan of dissolving parlia ment. The cutting of Lord Roberts epm munications back almost to Kroonstadt has particularly exasperated the coun try. NOW ON OFFENSIVE. London, June 9. General Buller has at length taken the offensive and man oeuvering hae .secured a position west of Laing's Nek by which he believes he can make the .Boer position untenable. Presumably he will immediately follow up his success. After an action fought Thursday. June 7, the Boers offered to surrender conditionally, but General Buller re plied that their surrender must be un conditional. TELEGRAPH CUT. London, June 9. General Forrester Walker cables to the war office from Cape Town, under date of JUne 8, as follows: Kelley-Kenny at Bloemfontein reports that the telegraph line has been cut at Roodeval, north of Kroonstad, by a body of Boers staid to be about 2,000 strong, with six field guns. He is send ing strong reinforcements to Kroon stad, and I am reinforcing from Cape Colony. I hope the interruption will be only temporary." A STRONG POSITION. , London, June 9. Ae yet there is no indication whence came the strong body of 2,000 Boers that have arrived at Roodeval, unless it is the force men tioned in a recent Boer dispatch as having started from Standerton with this object in view. Roodeval i6 a fairly strong position, 25 mile north' of Kroonstad capable of giving General Kelley-Kenny trouble should the feder als elect to dispute its possession, as General Kelley-Kenny cannot be over burdened with cavalry, with which to threaten the burgher line of retreat. The newTs somewhat discounts the flat tering deductions the Britishers have been extracting from Lord Roberts' si lence, as it indicates that the menace of the Boers to carry on a prolonged guerrila warfare is not simply a threat and President Steyn is still capable of creating serious, if only temporary trou ble. A parlimentary return issued toaay shows that 36 members of the House of Lords and 28 members of the House of Commons are serving with the Brit tish troops in South Africa. POSTPONED TO OCTOBER. New York, June 9. The appeal of Roland B. Molineaux from his convic tion of the crime of murder which was to haye been heard by the Court of Appeals at Saratoga this month, has been postponed until next October. THIRTY THOUSAND MORE New York, June 9. The executive committee of the committee of one hun dred on Indian famine relief has cabled $30,000 more to Bombay. Courtney is selling Hanan's Tan Shoes at $4 for cue week. The person who got the wrong hat at Odd Fellows hall Thursday nieht will please return it to Wilkie & La Barbe s office. 3t Clothing reductions for one week. at Courtney's Boys' Wool Suits at cost for one week at Courtney's. We are headjuarters for cots and cot mattresses. Styles to suit Werybody. Mrs. L. A. Johnson, -43 Patton; avenue. n: llHHmIOillW L n '4 4s Agency "R0CKBR00K FARM" CREAMERY BUTTER. In Strawberries Peaches Cantaloupes i Watermelons As well as Groceries. " 4 o O a U 4 D Q Q q a s n n CLARENCE SAWYER Successor to W. 3 Snider. NORTE COURT SQUARE. p. 8 QQQDQQDjQIO DEPOSE THE DOWAGER And Restore the Emperor by Combined Force is Only Solution. Chinese Question Can Hardly be Settled Peacefully. Tung Chow Station Near Pekin is Burning. Chinese General's Troops on Vergp of Mutiny. INTERVIEW FOLLOWS: CHINESE DIPLOMAT AT SHANG HAI PROTESTS AGAINST PRES ENCE OF LARGE FOREIGN FORCES AMERICAN MISSION AT PEI TANG CHOW BURNED, BUT OCCUPANTS ESCAPE. London, June 9. English and Euro pean opinion is rapidly ciystalizing in favor of forcibly deposing the dowager empress of China and the restoration of the emperor by the combined forces of the powers as the only solution of the Chinese crisis. The British uneasiness is increased by today's South African news indicating that the Boers are still active and that it is not likely that any . large section of Lord Roberts' forces will be available elsewhere for some time. Few believe the Chinese problem can be solved peacefully. The Times correspondent in a letter to that paper says ithat the consensus of opinion is plain that war in the far east is inev itable, that it cannot be long delayed, and that it is only deterred by the un-: preparedness of Russian and the Yact,, that Japan musf'go sldw so long as the British forces are tied up in South Africa. TANG CHOW BURNING. London, June 9. A despatch to the Central News from Tien Tsin says; "Tung Chow station, near Pekin, is re ported to be burning as a result of the boxer raid. A rescue party is going from Pekin, and Minister Conger has ordered a detachment of American ma rines to march to the scene. It is feared the Tung Chow Christians .will' be massacred. The Chinese troops who were despatched against the boxers are returning to Luy Tai. The Chinese General Nieh's troops are on the verge of mutiny!" DON'T LIKE MARINES AROUND. London, June 9. A despatch to Dalzels news agency from Shanghai of today's date says: "The tung li yamen (foreign office) protested to the foreign diplomats against the presence of large foreign forces. It says these forces cannot be only for the protection of the legation; they are really the es tablishment of a garrison in the capital of an independent friendly state." The American mission at Pei Tang Chow was destroyed on June 8. The missionaries made good their escape. Pao Ting Fu is now burning. The Tien Tsin railway has finally ceased operations. SHIPS AVAILABLE. Washington, June 9. Admiral Remey informs the navy department that the gunboat Nashville, with a force of ma rines aboard, left Cavite yesterday for Taku. She is a light draught gunboat of the same type as the Helena and it is presumed that she is sent in place of the latter. The Monocacy, at Shanghai, has been ordered to join Ad miral Kempf at Taku. LESS ENCOURAGINCr. Washington, June 9. --Minister Con ger's report on the boxer situation is even less encouraging than usual to day. The gravest fears are entertain- (Cbntlnued on fifth age . ) For No Reason is Ashevllle more pre-eminent than on account of it- fine cli mate all the year round. It is America 'a fire; reeort, because perenniall ivigorating. it ia the same way with Ash ,villej famous prod t WHEAT-HEARTS' It is the first' breal ?ast . f xd for all the year; it ia always in vigorating. WHEAT HEARTS is prepared for serving in two minutes because we've . milled the wheat, roasted the glutei and converted the starch to dexi trine before it reaches you. WHEAT HEARTS makes a tempting dish with which- noth ing else compares If you bnt try it once youH understand wb "It'Swheat-Hearts we Want." The Wheat-Hearts Comp'y, ASHEV1LLB -1 1 4 4 1 v it , I: h 4 ! j V 1?' a! i 1 "ft! 1st 'It t, 1 1 5 f ' p- r N,J 'h ' . i ' 1
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