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Vi. f'-ir-V'- •'*!£.&*&:.. '■>:'*• -Vi* -V' y>, Letters- To The S" FIGHT," SOMETIMES, BUT 6$ I COURSE WE’RE FRfENtfS. to him iirtHy a; tional i Editor ThO’ Herald:‘vU ,Al JUO ha&n&l & and , Brother Jimison on BQur doubted ider in thc last: ikaie of $& &&*&. seems sse: :t^ca£^' .#b^ Wires grossed a bit in some places, admire him, and take my hat r his stand for La Follette, and with him that a change in irs is needed, yet we must je everything, into consideration in n&king this change. r . God *l»hte khovre if this is - the* peeper \ time. Twd store perfectly right when you 'made the assertion that a new party at this tiittie might create the worst panic the world has ever known. As I see it, the workers and the farmers have been living in slavery ahd a panic for the past sixty years. Mr. Barrett, you know as well as I know, and better, that the leaders of the two old parties have forsaken not only the common people, but have turned their backs on thej true principles of both those parties, and have used their influence and power for the- purpose of hogging the government and the ipeople, regardless of panics. I have5 just about reached the conclusion that it is far better to make a change now, regardless of the temporary suffering it may bring upon the people. The only way to do it is for the farmers and the workers to stand together, fully informed that suffering will come for a time, yet fully determined to make the sacrifice for the good of our children and thieir children. I think you are doing your duty in giving your readers the facts about the matter, and not have them rushing into the affray without -a full knowledge of the conse^uehces. Tell.them thatit is a hard f^ht ahead pfus,$nd then w« will be pre . pdred to battle and fight even us those before have battled and suffered for ui; r -j ; X do hope you and Brother Jimiscm will T^ain gii*d■$*&*&&, M sfiiteof ycftct fights aid knocks about the host way to do the v<lff’ thiS# that both If yoii: are 4iy&g to to the readers of The Herald, beeause thfere is a great belief among the working people that Davis or Coolidge either are good friends to big business. X am not well informed about Mir. Davis1 record, but I do know how Mr. Goolidge stands. He has showed that he is with “Big Business” all the way. I woidd like to see you get Mr. Davis’ _ record in (public life and publish it in The Herald so the workers who read The Herald will be informed. It would be a good bit of information if you would print the records of all three men who are asking the people to vote fox' them. _ ^ — La Follette- is a great man in my opinion. I admire him. It is hard for a working man to turn him down if he has kept up with his record in Washington. He has been fighting a hard battle for the farm ers and city workers. J read your jotter to Mir. Jimison. I also read his letter to you. I believe you both are honest in your opinion of the two mefi. iNtat you said is true; but both old parties, in my belief, are “rotten.” Thfere must bb a change in this country of ours. We Shy* plenty of everything. “Thfe banks are filfed with mphey,” fei£ niitttt fadtujrers tell us. They also say the coun try is flooded with gold; and yet we have people in Gaston county who aare hungry and can not get work to do to jget some of this gold to buy food with. I was reared in the state of Carolina,: nete' knew nothing but to yobs for democrat and have always voted ifcaSfi ticket. But I am willing to cast my futore with Mr. La Fotiette as president do. Fraternally yours, g. p.~x6$$y. I am sending you a clipping from The Gazette. I believe it wHt be of interest record during the war. I believe he was honest iii his opinion. J <£> dot hoi# it agaMst bfehl I brieve there stare lots ef other ex-service men who think the same of flan as I db. I^bhjoy The ^Herald. I believe ybu get better and better every week. Best riesfcrds: to_yoa. ns b HVt.U.. :: v Gastonia, .Jf. C,, -y SMTSi Editor The ^(Krafcfcd: '\l Tihafc bluff tfley are using about what a panic wenid ct>me to America if La Eollebte should be elected :-president re mindsme of a bJank. lWJi^ by the nameof “Rock.” .A man kicked vM dbg one .day,, and knocked the hound’s ■ right eye out. Since then any little old dog in the neigh borhood can whip that hound. They just slide ujb to the old hound, ^on die blind side^ and have him before he knows what is going on. Naturally, tyiis dog is a coward now—be lias been licked so often. That is what those folks are trying to do who assert that a panic wiould follow La Follette’s election. Suppose our forefathers had run into the same luck, and had allowed England to knock one eye out?1 Every dog in Europe would have been snapping at America just any old time such dogs wanted to snrp at us. ... Away with that bosh! Let’s elect La Follette and instead of having a panic, have a government for ail the people, a government that will jail crooks who try to rob the government vand the poor people. ' J. M. MAYNARD. Cary, N.JC. ——“—^-~ From Pens of Others_ TtfB FASSIFTC or A SPEENOfET MAN. Terence V. Powderly, once a figure known throughout the country as the grand master workman of the Knights of Ldb«r, recently passed away at his home in Wd&i ingtoir. 'For ihkny yeirs Powderly had bedh employed in the; Uttitidd S&afes Department of Labor, where he served with faithfulness and" credit. iDurihg these yeihs his relations with the American Federation of Labor and . his eagerness to serve and support the A. F. of L. were among the characteristics most marked his work. " Before the American Federation of Labor entered the field apd while the Knights of Labor were coming to their fleeting, height of power* TV V. Powderly was a commanding, and dramatic figure. If the order was builded along lines that could not be permanent and helped to bring into being a structure that was bound to collapse of its own weight, be cause of its own false foundation, that was not because of Powderly’s feck of devotion to the cause of the wage earners. He gave his services with a zeal and self-sacriftee characteristic of his whole life and with the sincerity of everything he undertook. As militant as any human being could be in the struggles in behalf of labor, he was in his personal relations a man of magnetic and kindly personality, thoroughly admired and loved by those who knew him. Many of the pioneers in labor’s struggle and many of those who participated in the formation of the A. F. of L. will mourn sincerely the passing of T, V. Powderly. That the movement to which he gave Ms great effort was not a movement which could withstand the test of"time detracts in no wise from the service Which he sought to give.—American Federationist. ptea^iiiraif jtt ihind. Below we reproduce exacts from a fetter jufet sexit out by the Peaslee-GauJ ^e¥t Co., of Louisville, Ky., one of 0i' largest manufacturers of paint prdduetk ih the country, to its customers. It makes mighty good reading and we pass it silefig to our readers.. Similar statements reach W in every mail from vdriibs sections of the country. Ttfe£ real«M>peep^ mg around the corner, seems evident. Here is what the letter days: . ?4>drn has advanced to #v£r one dollar isgone "to -advancing; Smeetnat kfibscribefa Missing iig fear wi£re fl^jdcd h^ve d&ije;. frobi •mum During the recent iire at The Hera Id office the file which the pajgr keeps of each Issue became dep letect. A request was’ made <k brciSr fjubseribers to: ^nd in the massing cqpies that the ftle might, be ^ kept l>v* — _ . ‘ v t! I ,-;c <‘i *?.0»fl :: -'iS i !- sTv/KJVfJ9 _ ©f The Herald’s Me*rd8 rht here in Charlotte, and from} a# the surrountiiajf tei^kk, came ?©any bundles of the papers nSggd^. ...M ' 31 this sftiowB thSt tlte subscribers of The Herald’ place sdeh a valuation upoa the paper that eaich issue is kept. This ought to mean something to the advertiser. The daily paper is read—and ealt asidej for thev next day’sjpSue. NJot so wpth The Herald; ft is preaching a gospel that means so much to the workers that they keep the papers, and read them, and show them to their friends. This is evidenced by the manner in which the people responded when The Herald called for certain copies of certain dates. The Herald thanks each and every one Wfho sent in the bundles of papers called for. The Herald is grateful, not only for the papers which were neces sary, but for that greater spirit, that expression of confidence 'contained in the fact* that The Herald’s readers had saved their copies of The Herald. Let’s fight on and on! Just so long as such spirit as that is showp there can be no doubt of The Herald’s standing v$th its readers. THANK YOU. Cotton is firm above 30 cents with a fair crop in prospect. The stock market is strong and is no doubt in an accumulation stage preparatory to a good strong upturn. “The banks are filled with money. Any established business can get all it wants at the lowest rates an years. This country is flooded with gold which by every prece dent should make fdr business expansion. We have two candidates for the presi dency who are conceded to be the best available. . The country will be safe in either the hands/ of Djjavis or Coolidge. Conditions in Europe are improving every day. Our e^orts are inereasmg iii almost, a startling h&nner. One of these fine days soon Europe will furnish us the old market she used to, and then ■■ ■ rnr\ " “So far as can he seen there is not a condition noran issue confronting business which is not in the process pf evolving to the satisfaction of everybody and to the vapid return of prosperity. Any man with vision, with an analytical mind, and with a wide acquaintance with facts should appre ciate the fact that ujfe> have struck' bottom and will proceed to dlimb from now on. " “We utgfe o*r patrons to join us in an Qbtimastic outlook, in a conviction that the careful, agjjfressive and efficient organiza tion will find plenty of business and can make an adequate return on its investment. We are glad to say that our own business for July is 40 per dent ahead of last* year.” —Gastonia Qazette. QUESTIONS AND ATTEMPTED ANSWERS. Stop, Lcok and Listen! Editor The Herald;: What is the most dangerous crossing in the city of Charlotte, insofar as the motor ist^and the pedestrian are concerned? FOOTSORE. Dear Footsore: Any corner where there is a traffic officer is just about the most dangerous crossing in Charlotte.. By the time a countryman gets his two arms to waving-in the same direction, most of the drivers and all of the foot-walkers ate in a quandary as to just what the poor devil means. Beware when crowing a comer where a traffic cop lie stationed. , The Pressmen, ef Coarse. Editor The Herald Who are themeanestmen in Charlotte? Bootleggers, gamblters, grafters, auto driv ers or hypocrites? SQUEZUNK. Dear Sque^unk: 7 w - You failed to even suggest the meanest man in Charlotte. If you had ever^ pub lished a newspaper ybu would hot ha^e to; this question. T&e meanest man, by far, that *®ter lived; Mire or any 'Wbere ^else in the whole w*d£ worl# is a pressman, a waste* of paper, a contrary, coutenticois,: fellow^ wha>,ne^r buds things right and ever finds fault. He is the meanest man in Charlotte, without doubt, and his sins are many and his punishment sure and certain. ' * 6 May lie So, Brother, Maybe So. Editor The Herald: Is it possible for a banker to enter the Kingdom of Heaven? SOUR DEPOSITOR. ; ©ear Sour Depositor: W£ cannot answer your question because •Mrei have never been to heaven. It is ostr honest opinion, however, that when a hanker applies for admission to the Holy Land lie hears about the same questions that he himself has been asking all his life.' #irst, hear"St. Peter say: ~ What’s your business? How iniich did ! yo# y&ar? wpKtp are ^our assets? Howi much did you lose? Who did you marry, arid why? Do you ever expect tp .die? Have you ever had the stomach ache? Who ar.e your endorsers? Why the heR drid yriu come up here without proper endorsers? All we can do is to take eaxs of oar depositors. Take your carcass down to Hades .where you have been doing business. Why come here to cash in when you have been ^doing no busi ness with us? 7 In imagination we can see the-banker traipsing off to' hell, where he has been making his deposits all through life. THE WAGE SLAVE. The negro’s free, but in his place the wage slave bows his haggard face; The power of gold is in full control, it owns each victim’s life and soul, It owns the mother worn and wild, who cannot feed her starving child, It owns the woman gaunt and thin, by want dragged down to ways of sin, It owns the masses of toiling men, it fills each lowest and vilest den, ■ Where vice and crime and sin and shame Are stamped on souls with brands , of flame. .* It gives the rich the power to rule, the * toiling millions are but their tools, The helpless tools of cunning knaves,t who make free men their cringing slaves; The men of labor who should bO free, yet bend to gold their servial knee Antf cast tftfeiri eyes in silence down before their masters’ haughty frown. Oh, men of toil on sea and land, who feel - • the tyrants’, iron hand, ' Yield no longer your manhood up, and groaning drink the bitter cup While your masters take from you the just rewards that ^ire labor’s due. You are not babes, but men full grown; arise and take what is your own. Hie negro’s free on the southern plains, v Let the white wage slaves now break ^ their. chains." £*: ; L. IT. 825, Philadelphia, Pa. ~
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