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V r . H ; l ! ' : 1AC OK MABtH AKD (K)OD WILL TO MEN. ., VQL- L , ' :M. f j WADESBORO. N. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1895. - NQ.22.L 4'. s I; f - 31 A i 3 : iTHB COMING DANGER, REV. J. D. BOTKIN L1FT8 A WARNING VOICE. "now Did You Vote? How Will You Vote In the Future ? Can You Not iuuuco Borne Melfhbor to Vote the People?" Spread the Light. with .ditob Advocate: -It is a fact of Universal history and experience that calamities overtake nations and men. ! Another fact of equal notoriety is that very few see the impending evil till It strikes It is strangely true, , also,ttat the few who have seen the coming danger, and have lifted their' voices in .warning, have been.derided and prose cuted by the many. It was so in ? Noah's time and during all the pro phetic periods Fifty : years ago the men who advocated the abolition of .elavery were persecuted as disturbers of the peace. Ministers who preached against slavery and warned the peo ipeople of- the coming storm were , de inouriced as political preachers and driven from their pulpits. But the fctorm came. It has. come in all ages. . It will come again. ' f . According to the census reports,made by republican officials, there were a million tenement farmers in this country in 1880, and a million and a half in 1890. In New York- city only four men in 100 own their homes 'free . of encumbrance. In cities of Kansas of 3,000 population and upward only twenty-four in 100 own their homes . free . of "encumbrance. Of Kansas farmers onlyHhirtyne in 100 own their farms free of encumbrance. Do not these census facts show that we are rapidly approaching a period when we -shall be a nation of landlords and tenants? Is not the money of this country also rapidly concentrating in -a few hands? . In a great speech delivered in the United States senate on Jan. 14, 1891, John J. ,Ingalls, criticising the finan- cial policy of this government,, 5 said: than one half of the enormous wealth of the' country, derived from the bounty of nature and the labor of all, is owned by a little more than 30,000 people, while 1,000,q6o' American citizens,- able and willing to toil, are homeless trainpsstarving for bread, i requires adjustment. A social system t which offers to tender, virtuous and dependent women the alternative be tween prostitution and suicide as an cscapef rom beggary is organized crime for which some day unrel-iiting jus tice will, demand atonement and ex piation." Since that speech was delivered many thousands of homes, in country and city, have passed from the posses of their owners into the hands of capi talists under mortgage foreclosure. .many millions of dollars, earned by the masses,5have passed into the hands of a few moneylenders, and more than 2,000,000 of men and women have been thrown put of , employment to become Iramps, beggars and criminals. 'Ctn the reader see no danger tothis repub lic when 30,000 of its 65,000,000 of peo ple own more than one half of its enormous wealth, and the residue of its wealth, under the present infamous financial policy, rushing like a floojl tide into the hands of the few'?. Can you see any danger to this republic when 3,000,000 or 4,000,000 of our citi zens are unemployed, and the number rapidly increasing? Can a republic long endure under such conditions? He is blind who can not see a storm gathering. -Who, in the light of history and present conditions, is more near ly cor rect, the man who says, "There is 'nb danger; a -plague upon you calamity howlers; you are the disturbers of the peace of society; you are socialists and anarchists, im worth v of the respect of ; decent people?" or that other man who points out these facts, warns the peo ple of impending peril and declares that unless the old order of things, under which the few have legally and systematically robbed the masses, can be speedily and radically changed the republic is doomed? - Which vote in the late election was cast in the interest of the pei-petuity of this republic? that which' helped to advance the republican party, a party pledged to the old policy under which corporate power has been enthroned, and under "which the wealth of the country has been so rapidly concen trating in a few hands for a quarter of a century? or that oter vote which was cast to advance a neRrty ' that seeks to enthrone a newlJPlicy whose best recommendation that it is cordially hated and bitterlV opposed by all corporations and by the entire money power of America and Europe? How did you vote? How Will you vote in the future? Can you induce some neis-hbwr who has I I hitherto voted wi "m. tarporatioaa j ana the money po to vole aerssfr ter with the people? A good way to do this is to ply him with our beat lit erature. There is no better educator than the Populist papers. If each one of the readers would send some good Populist paper to the unconverted, susceptible neighbor for the next three months, that alone would well nigh insure victory at the next election. Neodesha, Kan. J. D. Botxut. FUSION MEANS DEATH. f XVe Can Not 8erre God by Comprosils- ing With the DevIL i Populists can not afford to talk fusion of parties with the democrats. ,ne leaders of that party are plainly re- f publicans, as far as their financial policy goes. There are lots of good men who vote (the democratic and republican tickets but we can not help them until they jsee;the necessity of helping themselves, and get out of the old parties. There are Jfree silver republicans and free silver democrats, and, yet the Populist party is the only avowed free silver party. The fact that they tagree with us on one ; thing fdoes not make them Populists, land we can not afford to sacrifice the whole Omaha platform for a single dish of hash We don't care particularly what kind of tariff the country has for the present. When the money question is settled the tariff question will almost jsettle: itself , as it must be adjusted to balance the difference between the financial systems of ours and other countries. - The Populist demands on Hranspor- tation can never be secured by com- fpromising with a party, whose ueaders show a disposition to fkill American workmen to protect lEnglish stockholders in robbing the lAmerican public, and oppressing their mployes. A bond issuing party will never held ,11s to secure an increase of the circu- Latinc mpilinm. air count by fusing with a party that as just made itself notorious by elec- ion frauds in the south. ; Grover Cleveland is considered the reatest man of the party. Do we ant to propagate that kind of great ness. It is dying. Let it die. It is rot en. We can't save it, and it might ttestroy us. There are place hunters in our party, course, 4but. the sooner they are rowded out, the better. The workers are the men we must ut in positions of trust to serve our principles.. j Local fusion injures the great na tional cause for which we are earnestly :ightirig.w Let is steer ' clear of all alliances vith plutocratic parties. It is as the poor man's party, the )roducers' party, that we must suc ceed, and the interests of the humblest toter are greater than the ambitions f the most brilliant politician. The record of both old parties is plainly against our principles. As rue representatives of labor, we must succeed, or through fusion go down n defeat and disgrace. And we will deserve it if we do. Facts and Figures: Daybyiday the omilists claim that railroads should pe run by the government is being ac centuated by actual tests. The North western railroad recently fell into the fiancls of the state of Georgia, being abandoned by the owners as worth ,ess. 1 The state J having guaranteed the bonds, took the road and operated it. The result was that the road last year paid all operating expenses, in terest on the bonds, and turned 512,000 into the -state treasury. Let the gov ernment take the whole lot of them ind do likewise. It is the climax ofj demagpgism to plaim that the democratic party is the k jJ 41 A. lA. il J L pame j.o-aay, tnat ii was m me aays 01 jjJackson' and Jefferson. The confiding jvoter that still clings to that , belief vith all the facts against him, is cer tainly very dull! of comprehension to fsay the least Mr. Cleveland, in his message, states! the leading issue of the next campaign. That issue is (' whether banks of issue or the Govern ment shall control the currency of the, country. An amusing instance of German red tape is recorded by the Berlin Neueste Nachrichten, A Munich citizen came to the registrar of births to report an addition to his family. Being asked, as to his religion, he declared himself a Christian. The official looked over his ist of religions, but could find no igeonhole for Christianity, and as the 1 4 x : u ri.ii u ... nVi was niiLiic:i a vcitinjiiu uuramcuit ber M jYJOLesini aenominauon m "T-fc A A. A 1- ' A at. struggle. as a grtl The la condemns ihe man r oj woman. VJho. siedk a goose fnm oil . (he common; s PLURAL GOVERNORS. ONE HOLDS THE WORD, THE OTHErt HOLDS THE JfRIGHT. The Dispatches FublUhed In the Daily Papers in Beard to Rebellion," "Bloody Revolution," Etc., In Alabama Are Mere Sensations. There is not, has not been, and will not be any violence there unless it4s precipitated by the democrats. The dispatches have caused lots of excitement, but there is ho' excuse for such sensationalism. The facts of the election; most people already understand. Oates, the dem ocratic candidate, was declared elected by a majority of 27,000 votes; but Mr. Eolb, the Populist candidate, alleged that fraud had been committed, and declared his intention of makinff a test of the matter. It was noi Mr. Kolb's purpose to use force. He simply de clared his purpose to take the oath of office I and be, sworn in and protest against usur pations He asked his friends to. cot. tion. The step was taken advisedly by Kolb as a technical one, and he carries with him in his peaceful efforts wo thirds of the white people and many of the colored people of Alabama. J J. C. Manning, the leader of the Populists in the legislature, says they will ask for a contest law to settle j the title of office now in dispute bef6re the general assembly. If this is: refused, which it doubtless will be, they will appeal to the general government with a petition of 150,000 Alabamians for for a republican form of government in that state. i i ! A bill was introduced in the state legislature "to prevent usurpation," and was aimed at. Kolb, but he will violate the bill in; order to get' a chance to test its constitutionality. If such a bill were passed it might react to im prison Oates instead of Kolb as a usurper. - ; ' j Oates was inaugurated with all mili tary pomp and display, while Kolb took the oath before a justice of the peace and made an address from a wagon. The proceeding's were opened with, prayer. A Populist clergyman mounted the wagon, and at his motion the crowd uncovered their heads. It was skid to be an impressive scene. Every man in the crowd was a plain countryman many with home spun clothes and high top boots. In simple language the clergyman in voked the blessing of Godupon the as semblage, "a plain people" he said, "who are; here to secure; an honest government." And if the Lord is on their side, as they earnestly belive, the eternal truth of God proclaims that nothing can stand against them. CONTEMPT OF LAW. Worse Than 'Contempt of Count" Is Contempt of the People. On the twentieth page of the United States journal, first congress, third session, enacted June 16, 3794, is the following law: i "i . "Any person holding an office or stock in any institution in j the nature of a bank for issuing or discounting bills or notes to bearer or order, under the authority of the Uilited States, can not" be a member of either house while he holds such office or stock." The bankers have never taken the troble to have this law repealed, show ing that they do not consider laws that were intended ; to apply to them of am' force. They have had legislation in their own hands for years, and might have had this law repealed but they like to show their contempt "for law and the people, f That law says they 'can't" but thev do, -.Hundreds of bankers have held seats in both branches of congress since that law was signed by George Washington. ' ' ' But turns ihe. greater villain .cose, YJho Sieas the common From gse The leader of the senate is a banker, the President of the United States recommends a banker's financial scheme for the country, and the secre tary of the treasury wants to place the financial affairs of the country en tirely in the hands of the bankers. George Washington and other pa triots of his time foresaw the danger of bankers assuming control of legislation. A little longer at the present rate and they will have a ma jority of the membership in congress, and operate the financial affairs of the country at their own sweet wilL As it is already, they have greater power than all other classes of business. It costs them a little more to buy votes, perhaps, than it would to secure spec ial legislation from a congress com posed entirely of bankers but they get the legislation and- they want all the seats in ; congress only to reduce the expense. They strike at the heart of govern ment, when they plan to obtain control of the! noney. j ' Give them j what they ask in the Baltimore plan, and they will control .every v business transaction 01 tne with private' banking infetitu- tions. The function of furnishinc a medi Of exchange is so important en into the hands of a few to be usurers. The whole j people through their own government only should is sue money and regulate the value thereof. The government must do its own banking. That is a part of government. To "promote the general welfare," the government must protect itself against usurers, defilers of law and robbers. The people "must take charge of the government, and then take charge of the bankers, and try to make useful American citizens of them. They are beginning to think they are the gov ernment, and it is time that they were made lo feel that their Uncle Samuel is a lot of able bodied honest hard working, healty minded men with families to support and, homes to protect. . NEW SOCIAL PROBLEMS. May a Man Conduct His Business as He Pleases? Carroll D. Wright says in the cur rent Forum that a great many valuable lessons will be learned from the Chi ,cago strike. While studying its phases, its origin, its course, and its close, two very far reaching ethical economic questions have been con stantly in my mind. These are: First, shall a man conduct his business in his own way second, shall the savings oi labor be considered a reserve frork which labor must draw in order to eu able it to subsist during periods of de pression or of adversity, while the re serve of capital is kept practically in tact under like circumstances, or, if drawn upon at all, in less measure than labor draws on its savings? Society has long since answered these questions in some important particulars. It says to the property owner, the manu facturer: "You must not so conduct your business as to injure, the property of your neighbor, nor must you conduct your business in suqh a way as to in jure the health oi your neighbor. No property owner can do anything that will interfere with the rights and privileges of his neighbor, whether these rights and privileges come under the head of right of freedom from 'in jury to property or the privilege of living without damage to health." But the question which is much more far reaching, and which will inevitably be answered by society, relates to condi tions of men rather than to their ma terial surroundings, and this question is: "Shall a man or corporation who does not, or is not able to, conduct his or affairs so as to avoid public dis turbance, obstruction of trade, loss of wages, or the lowering of the stand ard of living, be free from the inter, ference of society?' The Times. DdAa hi mi k YEAR'S PROGRESS. WHAT THE SOUTH ACCOMPLISH KD IX 1HO-. I A Steady He-Establishment of Confi dence and a Steady Up-Butldlnjr of 'Manufacturing Interest A Statistical Comparison. Baltimore, Md. In its annual re view of Southern conditions the Manu facturers' lecord says: The industrial situation in the South during the past year was marked by a .steady re-establishment of confidence and a slow but solid up-buikling of manufacturing interests. Prevailing conditions during the year have not encouraged unusual development, and the general tendency has been to fol low a conservative policy. The year carried over as a legacy many of the adverse conditions which were features of the previous, year. Legislative problems of national moment hung in uncertainty during the greater portion of the year. The panicky feeling of the two previous years occasionally made its iufluence felt, and the attitude of foreign investors towards American securities continued as a depressing factor. The year has been more a period of recuperation than of progress, yet there has been a movement which, conceived with cautiousness, and a lib eral application of business principles, possessed of all the elements of health f illness. Capitalists have been slow to foster new enterprises, and only those enlisted their support whose environ-, ment bus offered the most encouraging and legitimate prospects. The investor became an investigator during the year, and well-planned industries benefited thereby. Enduring good resulted to the South from this movement, and its significance is already shown by a wider and more personal acquaintance with the investigating, public and its resources. The record of progress made during the year evidences a well defined pre ference for Southern investments, and reflects a more general existence of fa vorable impressions that, with the full restoration of confidence i a the busi ness world, will influence a considera ble tide of capital towards Southern ChffnueJtiS; and-as-the jeo- for the new vearare more cheerful than those which ushered in 1894, it is a per fectly reasonable deduction to look for greater prosperity and greater progress in 1$95. The faith of Sonthevu men in the future of this section, gains new emphasis from astudy of the controll ing jart their capital and enterprise played in the advanceineat made dur ing 1894. Nearly 600 more enterpris es were established in the South dur ing 1894 thaa is the preceding year, the total number being 2,829, as against 2,293 for 1893. A pronounced feature in the build ing of new factories during the year has been the aim to establinh a class of industries that will retain at-home trade heretofore supplied from distaut points. These new industries have also been marked by the adoption of modern ma chinery aud the employment of skilled labor and improving methods. The aim has been not only to successfully provide for the home and neighboring trade, but to invade dibtant markets for their patronage. This je illustrated in many lines of industry, particularly in the building of machinery. Southern made machinery is now found in many Northern aud Western factories and figures to some extent in international trade. Southern flour is exported to Europe in large.consignmehts, and is winning extended popularity at home. The products of the Sonth's stove foun dries, canning factories, carriage and wood-working factories, etc., are as well making reputations at home and abroad. Broad-gauged business meth ods are wiauing success, for Southern manufacturers and enhancing the pres tige of Southern industries. Comparing the year just closed with 1880, the statistics gathered by the Manufacturers' Record show the fol lowing increases: Railroad mileage, from 20,612 miles in 1880 to 46,900 1894; annual yield of cotton, bales, 5,755,000 to 9,500, 000; annual yield of grain, bushels, 431,000,000 to 600,000,0100; coal mined annually, tous, 6,049;000 to 30.000,000 ; annual pig iron production, tons, 397, 301 to 1,560,000; number of cotton mills in operation, 161 ,to 425; number of spindles, 667,000 to 3,000,000; num ber of looms, 14,323 to 68,000; capital invested in cotton mills, $21,038,712 to $107900,000; number of cotton oil mills, 40 to 300;; capital invested in same, $3,504,000 to $30,000,000; lum ber, dressed, value of product, $46. 938,100 to $114,746,674; capital invest ed, $26,992,644 to IS92.604.375; farm, assets, $2,314,000,000 to $3,182,000, 000; value of farm products, $666,000, 000 to $850,000,000; capital invested in manufacturing, $257,244,561 to $800, 000,000; valqe of manufactured pro ducts. $457,454,777 to 31.000.000.000. Chas. Yeager, a printer, aged 35, was found dead in a viaduct in Forest Park, St. Louis, Monday nightl A letter on his body explained that be had killed himself because type-setting machines had driven him to want. He leaves a wife and three children. He was in sured iQT $2,000, Georgia Helps the West. Macox, Ga. Georgia is the first Stat in the Union to respond it the rail for help forth' Nebraska enffereTS Tbe GeorfiU Southern & Florida Rati road, musing bftween Macon and Pa latka, Fla., with headquarters in thii city, wired R. H, Edmonds, of the Manufacturers' Record, Baltimore, through Receiver W. B. Sparks, that the road would cotributet carlpad ol corn nd asking for directions as to the shipment, Mr. Edmonds responded as follows: ' Yours is the first contribution. Will advise as. to shipment later.," Both the Georgia Southern and Macon & Northern Railroads are sending on! circulars to stations on their 4 line asking for contributions and pledging the roads to haul them free of all charge. . The Georgia Southern & Florida Railroad alone will send a train load of grain and provisions tc the sufferers, much of which will be contributed by Macon merchants and planters residing here. Notwithstand ing five cent cotton, Georgia emoke houses and barns are full to overflow ing and the people have enough to spare for their suffering brethren in the far West d Ex-Governor Northern is get&ng up a car load at Atlanta to send West. Earnings of the South Carolina & Geor, gia Railroad. New York. At a meeting of tho directors of the South Carolina & Georgia Railroad Company Aebbum Hull, of Augusta, Ga., was elected dU rector to fill a vacancy. The statement' for the six months ending December 81, 1894, partly estimated, shows: Gross earnings, $613,452; net earnings, $214,044; in terest and taxes, $156,260; surplus $57,794. . I By a recent act of the Legislature the company is authorized to purchase, lease, own and operate a line of steam-; ships between Charleston and New) Ybrk and between Charleston andfor ein ports, and is also authorized to lease or purchase .-wharves and 'eTect elevators and cotton presses and lease orf consolidate ' with any railroad in South Carolina or adjacent State Made Two Months By It. Raleigh, NC. Governor Cnrr is- j Billy McDaniel andt Henry Webb, at c ' i -' A Asnevuie, luarcu iiu. 1U 111 ) ed a, man. a few months ago because ho iWent home with a woman. They were sentencedrto be hanged Jan r.aiy 1 1th. -They appealed,, but had no case and .the supreme court affirmed fho dccis-s ion of the superior court. L . 1 :n TUT L 1 rri. Murdock Wins the Championship. Asheviii.e, N . C. John A. Mur dock, of Aehevile, won . the State checker championahip from Howard C. McNalr, o Robeson county, by a score of eighfrto four and fifteen draws. Thirty games were to be played, but as McNair-could not have won if he had beaten all three remaining games 1 it was agreed not to play these. t j A Virginia Journalist Dead. Lynchburg, Va. A special an nounces the death of Chas. W. Button, one of the oldest journalists in Virgin ia, at his home in Appomattox. His death had been expected for some days, as he had been in a very critical condi tion from a severe attack of pneumo nia: Light narrow gane railroads arc", aeaiu being tried in England and France. - , S. A. L. - Seasoard Ai Llfic. SCHEDULE. In effect July 8, 1894. Korthhodbd. South round. Dally. No 402. Daily. 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