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V tCiiU ii w - 1 1 A inicn JR-EO ORD II. i. MOCKSVILLE, K. C. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1&, 1899. NO 20. V jGnirafi Kimbrougb, HYSICIANS & SURGEONS. JTICE: First floor South oi I jtel Davie I 3IOCKSVILLE, X, C. fa. B. R. ANDERSON, Dentist. I I1TCE: First door below Dr. McGnire & Kimbrongh. ffiacksville N. C, ie Asheville Gazette, DAILY EDITION: ascription: One Year, 6 4.00 We Weeks, 1.00 e Mouth, 40 nday Gazette. One year, 1.00 eekly Gazette, One year, 1.00 lekfv Gazette, six months, 50 Address: The Gazette, I Asheville, N. C. INTEREST TO INVENTORS p. A. Snow & Co., one of the " lest and most successful firms of Sent attorneys, whose offices are osite the itnited States Patent Jce in 'Washington, D. C, and b have procured patents for lethan 17,000 inventors, say that fug to the improved conditions, . the IT. S. Patent Office, patents y now be more promptly procur- 1 than at any previous time in thei' jerienee of twenty-five years." I H '. i si I it-" El rl III t I Ft 3 ! I h : Will Publish Notices At The following js?PRICE3.f iminist rater's notice -iler of Sale, - - -Je under execution -rtgage Sale - - - Notices where fees 5 ind '3, $3 and $4 respec- ,' 'I tivelvwillbeehanr- R ed. 7feeSgures represent an actuals saviuj; of :M percent and k er.as now allowed bv Si law m us before vou make a It, for we are ready to meetta "lo m peti i TIOX, & r AFJT&J&J&j&3&rj& ! i. M 1 tin 7 alley Institut -AND- looI of Business. i UoonviUe X. C. to furnish the miximum c (re at the cr" umumofcost t of to V'iris preparing for Col- fness or Teaching. Average Vrd and tuition for Jonas Only 340 GO ourseri in Book-keeping, d. Typewriting and Tele- t 12,50 per course. Spe- given to Teacher's Course. 203 students rep- lg three States in attendance t year. Fall term will open rstS, 1899. Snlendid new well furnished. Location celled. Competent instructors. Invite comparison in method, rfre of instruction, earnest tvork, Ciecs.ua success ot pupils, coiu nd moral tone of surroundings. ; for catalogue. Address, R. B. Hokx, Principal. heeler & Wilson lewing Machine. otary Motion and 11 Bearings 0 ! ! : ! n jTuiaraiKl Price List ! 1 T fit Wilson Maufg Co. At-: ! J. BOWES. Agent. I! Wiut I i. w f -! 5Y 1 ;i; C. be or 1'resitieiiL a.wlt. WILLIAM McKlNLEY, Ohio. For Governor. JAMES E. BOYD, Guilford. For Congress. WILLIAM A. BAILEY, Davie. The Davie Record, PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. E. II. MOKKIS, Editor. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : One copy, One Year, - - -One copy, Six Mouths, - . -One copy, Three Months - - - $1.00 50 25 Mocksville, N. C, August 16. A Center Shot. In its article upon the ''Jim Crow Law Again," where on this page, copied else tue Greens boro Telegram hits the bull's eye strictly in the center. The public have eojie to under stand the constant attacks upon and flagrant falsehoods about the Southern Railway in particular and some other corporations in general by a certaiu few, and simply the inspirations of personal malice, and hence such have ceased to have much effect. These vicious, mali cious assaults, made purely from base motives, and a desire and par- pose to injure, in one way if not in another, by robbery or other op- ; pression just as immoral, have i iouir since begun to disgust honest people. The Southern management, and that of other cooporation as well, are sincerely endeavoring not only to obey the lavs but to accommo date the public in all reasonable and proper ways. As business men, if no higher motive could be involved, they know that the bet ter facilities they can afford, and the greater the accommodations given the public, the greater will be their prosperity, for it is upon the public and the prosperity and patronage of the public alone that they can hope for any return upon their enormous investments. Of course they kick against bare faced robbery, let it come in what shape it may. They likewise resist illegal measures enacted rather to oppress than exact proper conduct. They do object, and have a right to object, to discriminating laws which bears unjustly upon them. When the few morbidly vicious creatures who essay to mislead the public by false statements and fig ures, statements and figures wincn they know to be false when they utter them, and insist upon depriv ing these necessary public agen cies by the power of the law of le gitimate and reasonable means of obtaining revenue on the one hand, and robbing them by unjust and discriminate exactions on the other, of course these corporations resist, and will appeal from these petty, would-be Caesars, unto Rome where their rights are guaranteed, the constitution and law of their country- ) This resistance to unjust and dis criminating oppression constitutes the head and froni-af' their offeil- fa against these people. But, as we sav, the honest citi zenship of the State wajnt all inter ests, corporate as well as individ ual, treated alike, justly, fairly. And those who by downright false hood and other infamoils means are attempting to bring about other wise, will soon realize, if they have not already done so thu the people have caught on to their Jnalevolent purposes and schemes arid estimate them at their true wortlt. Let Justice to all prevail and let the people work together in up holding their enterprises upon which they so vitally depend, and put down the miserable demagogues who would injure anything or ruin all to gratify their malicdor to se cure rewards which thdy cannot hope to enjoy save only a a result of their deception and Sishonest appeals to prejudice and ignorance. Morning Post. The above editorial from the Post of the 12th, receives our un qualified endorsement. The dem agogic hue and cry raised by some pipers against everything you call i a corporation, is too thin to long deceive the people. Corporations, like individuals, have lights, and should receive the protection they deserve. "Where they violate the law they should be prosecuted. Our cor.tempory forcibly says, "Let nsut e lu 1111 FACliJl- iu J. ..11 77 ri'hAon i . our sentiments exactly. This reminds us of an iustauce recorded in history, and it would ; veil fr s5:uo of our Democratic friends to take it, digest it, and be governed by the spirit of it: The Romans had invaded Britain, and alter capturing the king and devas tating the "-country, returned to iwmie with the captive monarch. As he was carried in triumph through the city, and beholding the mag nificence of the city, its wealth and its Deautitul palaces, his thoughts returned to his humble cottage in Britain, and he exclaimed: "How can people possessed of such mag nificence at home, envy me, my humble cottage in Britain." How can you, my Democratic friends, you who possess wealth and education, and the good things of 'his life, envy, and even now are planning and plotting to deprive the poor and unfortunate of North Carolina of a voice in its govern ment. Think of your one sided partizan election law. Think of your unjust discrimination against the poor and unlettered, and how you are trying to fasten a political machine upon the State in order to make the state everlastingly Dem ocratic. And in conclusion, just re vert to the sentiment of the Post, "Let Justice to all prevail and let the people work together in up holding their enterprises upon which they so vitally depend," not a part of the people, but all the people in behalf of good govern ment, law and order. You can't endorse that election law and the above sentiment and be consistent . Who Owns The State ? The danger of too much yielding to the party lash of giving up the control of the state or any part of it to a few 'professional" politi cians whose dictates become the "principles" of the party is very clearly set forth in the speech of S. G. McLendon, of Thomasville, Ga., before the recent meeting of the Southern Industrial League at At lanta. It is the duty and the priv ilege of every citizen to have a voice in public affairs. If the po litical party with which he has vot ed become corrupt or adopts a poli cy that in the mind of a voter is harmful and wrong it is the righ t of the voter to protest in such de cent ways as he sees fit. To do otherwise it is to encourage corrup tion and mismanagement in politics and government. There are always crafty and self-seeking men ready to seize the opportunity presented of obtaining control of a politic;-; 1 party when the vast body of the voters that compose it have ceased to think for themselves or to act independently. It is on suca oc casions that a "hurrah" campaign, on anv issue that excites prejudice, can throw the State off its feet and achieve for the campaign manipu lators a "grand victory." Such grand victories are sure to be fol lowed by an effort of the victors to make themselves secure in their position. Having accomplished their own promotion by shrewd methods, by sileucing opposition and frank discussion and subduing all fair reasoning, they more bold ly go in to win still greater pon ers by still more corrupt "methods. From this scramble of politicians for spoils of office the real states men and men capable of adminis twimr the affaiJS-ot the state hon estly and" creditabri withdraw. Insults are heaped ujW-fche few who dare protest against tude of the self -asserting political rulers. The state in which one po litical party is supreme in which all opposition has been silenced and but a small part of the voting population go to the polls is in variably ruled by iuferior men .and corruption flourishes, because the offender has no one stronger than himself to mete out punishments to him. Says Mr. McLendon: "The history of civilization is the record of. the battle between private and public right. Govern ment is the repository of public right, and while its powers are measured by the surrender of in dividual rights, it ought to be the guardian and guarantor of the res id urn of private right, which is civil liberty. The very idea of government is inseparable from the idea of burden. In its last analy sis, the great burden of human government is the determination of your right and my rignt. "Time was when great political and economical questions were freely discussed before the people. The leaders of thought and of meu, entertaining opposing views, were heard in joint debate before the masses. But in the presence of; this problem this is no longer practiced or possible. The temper of our people is pitched against it. I would ask is it not true that un der such conditions our statesman Ship is becoming dwarfed, our iu telecv ual independence and freedom of speeoh are being destroyed by ourselves? May I not ask if we have not already reached the state in the South where it is no longer true that error is harmless when truth is left free to combat it. This is a serious question and is serious 'y asked. Are we not making this burden more serious and expensive than we onght? Can we afford to pay the cost! Do not our present conditions silence wise conselors, encourage ambitious weaklings, and close to us the treasure house of ex perience? I know not what answers others may give, but it seems to me that it has brought upon us the day of small men. "Cleanness, consistency and courage are proscribed, while truth falters on the lips of the brave, that dreams and theorizes an4 nonsense may be freely proclaimed by the tongue of the cowardice, ig norance and imbecility. Public opinion, resting upon the narrow base of party platform is intolerant and weak men quake at its mutter ings. Our public men too often run great risk of injuring them selves in their mad rush to get on th e popular side of questions, about which the public knowledge is ne bulous." In this State we cannot afford to allow any political organization to become more powerful than the people. Civil and political liberty must be preserved to the individu al, and the policies and acts of our public men must besubject to the cheek of the ballot in the hands of the people. Suspicion must rest upon the men who invoke the aid of unfair election laws; foi nothing is aimed more directly at the de feat of the people as the power that alone should rule the state. Asheville Gazette. The above question asked by the Gazette, a Democratic paper, ap peals to every thoughtful citizen of the State. It and what follows should appeal to your thoughtful consideration and make you exam ine carefully, each for yourself, the great questions put before you, and upon which you as sovereign peo ple will be called to pass upon at the next general election. You should not be biased or prejudiced by partizan, self-seeking schemers for political preferment, who have set the trap, and will expect you to walk in, even at the price of your rights and liberties as citizens. The above article is in stronger aud more forceful language than we can put it, and it shows you the danger ahead. Whenever a large number of the voters are disfran chised, as proposed by Simmons and his crowd, you will begin to realize in truth and in fact, what boss rule, with all its bitter preju dices, its imperious intolerance means. You lose your rights, you sacrifice your liberties with your eyes open. The".ssue has been made, political serfdom, or an equal voice in the affairs and administra tion of your country. Think of these things and weigh the matter carefully before you are lead to your own destruction. Remember that when you cease to vote, your infiuer.ee as a citin is gone for ever. You may raise a hue and cry about ring rule and bossism, but you have no voice in conven tions and elections. You will be politely informed that you have nothing to do with it "that you cannot vote" stand aside. 'Now, rienKs- your minds of liberty th polls and vole t tors and trickster livion. Read and think The Western Union Telegraplv comanv paid taxes last year on 750,050 in Xorth Caralina. The corporation this year assessed it on 1,000,000. Jndge Simontou's re straining order makes it .$000,000, the motion to make the restraining order an injunction to be tried by him at Asheville on September 13. Judge Simon ton seemingly always decides in favor of corporations, regardless of the merits of a case. He appears to be a willing tool of the big corporations, Lexington Dispatch. "Equal rights to all, special priv ileges to none," is Democratic doc trine, yet we constantly see such articles as the above in those papers. Does not a judge have to decide for plaintiff or defendant? Then why abuse him aud attack his honesty j ust because he decides in favor ol a corporation sometimes? Have cor- Do they not stand on an footing before our tribunals! eqnai j Such! stuff as the above is fruitful in its effect in bringing . . i OUr COUrtS intO. disrepute. No one should attack the character and honesty of our ; m m IV judges without good and sufficient cause and proof. Corruption and wickedness should be exposed by all men, but much harm comes from this indiscriminate suspicion arrayed against our judiciary. Ar ray elasa against class, foster dis content and anarchy, and then repent the folly when too late. "Be sure you are right and then go ahead." Clerk Hall says that the Consti tutional amendment, if adopted, will debar Attorneys Reece and Peryear frOni voting, as neither one of them can write a section of the Constitution so that it can be read intelligently. Ripple. Our triends, Jac b Stewart and Thos. N. Chaffin, had better go to thinking, foi they aie in as much danger as the gentlemen above mentioned. Vote right, Jake, or you are a goner. Bright Prospects. The Gazette believes that the time is near at hand when Western Xorth Carolin(, will experience a great industrial revival. The con ditions of the country are now such as promote the expenditure of cap ital in directions tiiat promise safe investments and nature in this sec tion offers a field of great produc tiveness. In the last few months there have been some notable movements for the development of some of the resources of the conn try, including gold mining in Hen derson county and graphite min ing in McDowell. The latter ven ture promises importan4 results, owing to the large and increasing demand now for graphite and the vast quantities of it that exists in this region. In gold mining for the first time in this section mod ern and scientific methods are to be applied to the work. The cost of mining the precious metal will be so reducedthat it is believed it will be profitable and a thorough test will be made of the possibili ties of gold production iu Western "orth Carolina. The construction of a great power plant for the de velopment of electricity near Ashe ville, with a capacity far in excess of all the power now needed to run the mills, furnish lights, and the motive power to trolley and rail roads here will doubtless stimulate the building of more mills and the increased use of power in all ways that are wealth producing. We are not inclined to take too serious ly the many plans, of which the air is full, of industrial enterprises that are to be launched, but one thing is certain that there is much investigation of this locality by outside capitalists, and it behooves those here who are interested in the development of the city and its surroundings to encourage such en terprises as it may be to oar advan tage to locate here. This is a work in which the Ashvilie board of trade may profitably exploit itself. Asheville Daily Gazette. Wilmington. We are glad to see that our brethren of the press are taking up the subject of the promotion of Wilmington as our chief sea p)rt. To many of them the fact that Wil mington is the only seaport of the State which lies upon a river pene trating the interior, and that the Cape Fear is the only river in the State which flows directly into the sea, as the Durham Sun expresses it, seems to have come as a revela tion. It is a vej pie of the different sections of Xorth Carolina together in the field and in the sympathetic work which grew out of such a condition. Un der these influences the old sul racial hostilities between the Albe marle and Clarcnden, between the east and the est, have disappear ed, and the time is ripe for giving an expression to our Noith Caroli niauism in benalf of Wilmington such as our neighbors to the North and South have long been doing for the benefit of their chief cities. The united efforts of the press can effect wonders in this matter. It is not only a patriotic duty, but there will bean important and ever increasincr reflux of material bene fits to the interior of Wilmington commerce as aspiratious.-F; A special from Louisville, Ky., says a serious.breach in the nation al'Democratic ranks will be precip- jitated if Bryan appears in Ken tucky to speak for Goebel, for John p. Altgeld will in that case take the stump for the anti-Goebel ticket. The managers ot the ant i -r'.i.-iivol artirsiiorn received a letter v. w . f - .- .Urt,l,l cn.rliownnlrKrla,!. llv help in the movement against corruption. rv uniioi-iHM! n the mecca of our taonsneu near ieiga j ' f "V- frslivities slU(l announced well as our patriotic s given ou. u eu, u, ,l . tone to the H(lmi ayettevilleCbserver.itl"uuuu;a mdl r lu .V," that -bin Chinese servant had, I. I Let Us Rejoice and Take Courage, We believe it is conceded that iron is the barometer of .general business conditions. When it is in demand and sells for a good price business throughout is generally prosperous. We, therefore, do not take umbrage at the almost daily announcement that iron, of all con ditions, is "advancing in price," and that the "demand is greater than the supply, and prices are likely to advance." We take it the "barometer" i3 promising of better times in general, if not eve rything in particular. We are the more gratified and encouraged at this sign of the times, knowing that for several years prices have been so low that neither iron nor other commodity commanded a price to justify large production or assure employment. We realize that, since iron and other products have ad vanced, that thousands are now employed who were idle then, and the volume of business has increas ed even beyond what we have boasted as the most prosperous yeais of onr country's existence. And. notwithstanding this enor increase m the volume of and production, all siems mous trade point to a continuance of such con dition for some time to come One of the most intelligent gentle men of this county said to us the other day, in speaking of values, that land was the last thing to feel the collapse which overtook not only this country but the world in 1893, and the years immediately following, and that he thought it would be the last to recover, but he believed that it. too, would get I back to a poiDt nearer its value thau it had been for several years. I All things will not jump at the' same time, but that is no reason why we should do aught to retard, much less to denounce, any evi dence of improvement, or move ment toward higher prices for pro ducts, for wages, for service, let it appear when or where it will. Encourage such everywhere, along the lines, and it our time has not come today, we certainly will have greater re;ison for expecting it to morrow. At all events M'hen others prosper our chances are necessarily improved for more favorable oppor tunities for ourselves iu our par ticular line of endeavor. R; Post. ilcigh Cotton Condition Tne monthly report of the Statis tician Of the Department of Agri culture shows that the average con dition of cotton August 1st was 84, as compared with 87.8 July 1, 01.2 August 1, 1898, 85.9 at eorrespon- date 1897, and 8a.8 mean of August averages for the last ten years. There was a decline in .Ju ly amounting to five points in North Carolina, ten in South Carolina, six in Georgia, Alabama and Tex as, four in Tennessee aud two iu Missouri. . On the other hand, there was an improvement of one point in Louisiana, two in Virgin ia. Oklahoma and Indian Territo ry, three in Florida aud Mississ ippi and four in Arkansas. Averages of the different States August 1 were as follows: Virginia 88, North Carolina 83, South Car olina 78, Georgia 79, Florida 93, Alabama 82, Mississippi 8(5, Tex as 87, Arkansas 80, Tennessee 84, Missouri 80, Oklahoma 80, aud Indian Territory 93. The Texas report includes the conditiouiu the recently submerged region, a spec ial report on which is almost ready ior publication. Chewing Gum Industry. Another new industry is added to Greensboro's list of manufactur 38. This time it is ma u u- is to be con - nsive scale. 10- W . Kestler & Sou pur- uased a complete mauulacturiug j outnt and a well known ami popu They will put the machinery in place at once, and it is hoped to have the lactory iu operation in a short time. j The summer school at the color red Agricultural and Mechanical college at Greensboro, closed a few nights ago with a literary and mu sical entertainment. The school has been well attended. During the session addresses and lectures have been delivered by a number of the State's best aud most popu lar educators. Mr , A. F. Page of Moore county, some months ago 6,000 to ave county as the lumber and railroad " "I mm and large property owner iu Raleigh aud elsewhere. He has always been considered a man of. srood sense and now in his old age he is adding a crown to his recoirl of life. Fx. "This is more than I exp ctcd." murmured the young woman when ! her suitor with a hand half as big ! as a dried codfish proffered her. Boston Transcript.. it to li vv can inaKe i " nt:n' khha forward IU ine :c . i. : thfi iwernornst orouauace rHiiuir es- I . . m- . . -V t I. I Captian J. W. Cooper and others are to have a roller mill iu opera-. tiou at Murphy in sixty days. Salisbury will hold an election on September 4 on the question of issuing bonds for public improve- Lments. -.- The cotton nulla of the state are to give $20,000 toward establishing the textile department at the Agri cultural and Mechanical college at Raleigh. The attorney general has gran- -ed permission to Charles B. Ay cock, on behalf of the Democratic officials x Green county, to insti tute quo worrento proceedings to determine who are the legal occu pants of the dfliccs of the county. Lieutenant Settle, the recruiting officer on duty in Raleigh, received a telegram Sunday night from the war department instructing him to enlist volunteers for several of the new regiments which have not been filled to their maximum strength. The trustees of the Agricultural and Mechanical college, Raleigh, have decided to put the college un der military discipline. Women ' will be admitted into the textile department and as special students 1 other technical aud industrial lines. The Mt. Airy News says: The old wood burning engines hereto fore used on the Cape rear and Yadkin Valley Railroad, have been changed to coal burners since the Southern bought the road. We have seen our last big smoke-stack at Mouut Airy. Ex-Congressman Jerry Simpson, of Kansas, will be a candidate for U. S. Senator to succeed Senator Baker. Renublicau. The Letrisla- ture elected next year will electthe Senator. Jerry is opposed by ex Goveruor Leedy and the Populist machine, but he is preparing to fight it. It is reported that the Southern Railway, tired of paying 'heavy trackage to the Atlantic Co;ist Lino upon the tracks of the Nortork & Carolina Railroad, by which it en ters Norfork, has bought the At lantic ami Dauville railroad. The latter is report ed to be in bad con dition, and if lought by the South ern, has probably been Cheaply ac quired. Herixrt S. Ellerbc, brother of the lale Governor Ellerbe, of Sduth Carolina, was either Rilled and his l)ody placed on the track, or killed accidentally, by the train in Ma rion, a. C, Thursday .night body was torn all tOipiecC different Ihhios and pieces of flesh were found along the track for many miles. The coat and trousers were found on the engine when the train reached Charleston. It is thought by many that ke was mur dered and his body placed on the track. John Wilber Jenkins, of Char lotte, In speaking of the load press iu the Chariot Ic Ncws'pays1. "The local newspaper is the strongest factor in the upbuilding of any town, and its influence w more far reaching than that of lauy other force in the commuuity.; And yet many personn who Hubscrilic and advertise in their columns regard the money ihey pay to the newspa per as money given to charity, when iu fact they do not get as great returns from any other ex penditure." ( A Washington ilispaHhof the 101 b says a statement wll Wiudb rates that the War Depa-nit of ficials contemplate the possible ne sKitv of Kendiuir General Utis a ieriuiueu bv Quartermaster General d'iiurtoti ami will be submitted to Secretary Root tomorrow. The statement gives detailed infonua tiou concerning all transports in the Pacific aud significantly add.s plans for extra tfips of trans ports after tuoops at present intended for Otis have reached Manila.' It is gratifying to the American heart, says an exchange, that the many utories told of Ad mini Dewey jail tend to confirm its admiration ! for its great hero. Certainly the j happy faculty of discerninga bright side where others may we only a dark one is worthy to c cultiva ted. It is said at Trieste, Austria. Julv20. where a most enthuhiastio reception was given lum, nis ec- nnuM, in ral :,i.11.tl l,...i.vui III W III a nun ' r .,7. non ,n. , f V yl"Tr ?"a Z '. tn me wonu ui inwic, ! h"uv the sea. It was a thrilling momeni. Evervbody expected the admiral to to order the Chinaman put in irons. Instead of that, he lay back iu his chair aud indulged in laughter lorn?, loud, aud severe. "I'm glad of it," he exclaimed. slapping his knee joyousiy. -j. won't haT e toanswer thoce letters Tli S 7 umjck; lanrcr force thau already cic- J "Lau 4
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