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The Gastonia
Dorolod to fho Protection ot noma and ll»© In tore it ■ n I til County.
Vol. XIX._Gant on lit, N. C.. October 13t 1808.
MAJOR JONES TRAVELS
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
By Major Joseph Jones of Georgia.
LETTIiR XU.
Fti.uAi»i:i.PV, May.
To Mr. Tlmmpton : Dear Sir—I
told you In cay last latter Unit I was
swine to the opery. and Hint I’d tall
you what I thought of Vm Well, to
toll yon the truth, I like the upery
well enuE, all but the eiuglu The
scenery Is very huudsutu, the iictln Is
good, and the fit dim is fuit rate; liul
so much ilngm spiles every tl'.InR. The
opery wbst 1 went to see <U the (.‘luul
nut btrosl Tlmuter, wus the Rohomiau
(tall, and the aclcre wits the celebrated
Hcgwln Troo*, ns they oaII ’em, and I
'spose they dono It up as well sa any
body die could do it; but acunrdin to j
my notion, there’s monstrous little
sense In any such curry In on. Ifopn
rvs didn't euin from I'arls, whnr ell
the fashionable bonnets and ever thing
else comes Irom, and It wasn't con
sidered unfashionable nut to ndmire
'em, I don’t blieru tbcv’e msuy perpls
In this country what would be wllllu
to pay a half a dollar a ulghl to bear
slcb a everlatlin eatcrwaullu as they
do malct.
A» eoou as I gut «uy las, I went to
tlM theater, what ain't a grata ways
from my bjtel, *ud after huylna tlok< t
of a man In a hula hole outside ot the
green dotes, I went Iu and tuck a seat
on one of the cusblourd benches wbnt
they call bores Tlier was a food
many peeple In Ihe theater, am! ever
an many wlcats In, nil dtrard ont as
One as Ui«y could Uu. and snm of ’em
jookin monstrous handeum.
Uimeby one of the Uddlrrs d <wn In
tbe place they call tho orclwalry, tuck
up bla Addle-stick and rappjd un his
desk, at which every mmiuinuer
grabbed bla instrument. Then the
man with the Addle-stick, after wavlu
It UP and down three or four limes,
gin bis Addle a scrape or two what
aoesned to set the whole eC ’em ngwiiw;
and sioh anothvr hurra’s neat 1 never
did bear before, Surnames all of Vm
stopped but one or two; liven limy all
struck up agiu us bard ns they could
rip It. Surnames tbe muelck w.is low
mid soft ua the voice of a sick kitten,
and then It was loud and terrible, aa If
vll Hid lloos, bulls. Jackasses, and
jitenuys In cremshun had got together
and was tiyln to eee which could make
the biggest racist They aeemed to
bava evry thing in the world that
would make a noise, from a huso drum
to a Jewtbarp; and every feller tried to
do Ida best. One old feller had u grate
big fiddle nf about one hundred horse
power, and tbe way ha did rear sod
pilch and pull and J«rk at it was really
dlstressln. The old fuller ae<*med to
have the bigbsterlcke fur fear bn
couldn’t make as much noise a* the
rest uf ’em, and he rolled Ills rye* and
twisted his month about enuff to
frlgbUn all tbe ladys out of liter
senses. Biueby they all blown! out,
nud at tbe rlug ot the bell up went the
curtain.
Then the opery commenced, but for
tbe eool of me I couldn't hardly mike
uut hed nor toll to it, though I list
eued at 'em with all u>y ears, eyes,
„ month and uoae. * The fust thing waa
a grand singio match by a whole l«»p
nf Bohemian sogers sod wtmmln, ’bout
nobody could tall wtmt. Then thar
was a big fat feller Darned Thadeus,
what the Mil sed was a Polish exile,
what had ron away from hLa country,
com on and sung a song 'bout hit
troubles, but be pat eo many dlmmy
siuimy qalyers la It that nobody
couldn't: understand wlist hurt him.
'liout this time ther was a gnng of
Xforrelito looklo pcri-le, what they call
(ilpoeys, made ti er appearance. The
hed ui»n among them »ns a old feller
named Devil-hoof, what had Iho
whitest teeth I ever seed In a white
man’s hed. This old cut sot to roMilu
the fat Polander the fust thing, hut
his wife, who seemed to wnar the
trowtera, wouldn't let him, And after
a little tingln tho Olpteya agreed to
take tbe fat exile Into ther gang, and
hide him from his pursuers. Then tba
Olpteyi went to wnar the Governor of
Bohemia and lila peepte waa. and while
tliry was all singin and carryln on,
■umbody com lu acd told them that a
wild bog or tun other varmint was
■bout to eat up Ibe Governor's babv.
Then ther wm* rumpus—Ills Exed
leney and all his sogers run about tho
stage and looked at one another aa
much n» to ssv. •'Grain Ilurmnil
whst'a to be dons,” till lira fat Foun
der luck up a gun what waa lvaidu
Hglu Urn hoaao, and run uut and shot
ll,« varmint, whatever It wae, and
brung lu tho Insby safe nnd sound lu
It* mammy. Tbeu Urey hed anolbtr
■login match. The Governor wsa very
much obleeged to tho fat man fortavlo
his baby, and sung to him If he
wouldn't take tiimtlnng to drink Mr.
Thadetit Mowed he didn’t cere If be
did, sod tho llckor was sot out; but
Hi* Oovamor didn't have no better
•ante tban to propose sum political
•eolimtol wlutt didn’t Set well on the
stuetmlck of Dm fat Polander, who
tbrowd down hie glaaa aud spilled tbe
Ikker alt over the floor. Then tlier
WM * tertlble rumpus agio. Tba
Governor made his sugars grab tbe
man wbst splllsd tbe lloker—with
that, old Dwvll’s-hoof foil to stnglu
and rearln and abinln, train to git his
friend out nf the bands of the sogers—
but they song as loud aa he did. and
tuck biro, Uni, and put him lu Jail
with Mr. Tlmdeue. Itut while lhe
Governor and hie rrendt was elngln
about >li "W Devil’*-hoof got Out of
I!* Jill aad stole Uie baby wbst the fat
Polander bed saved, nnd rue off with
It. They eaw him v lth Ibe baby In
hlaartna, but Has Sogets wua afraid to
aiiootsf elm for fear of killin’ It ; and
-ban the old rases! got sores* lit*
bridge no took out hi* laok-knlf* or
• utsthing »«»d «"ljt down, so they
' Vln’t foil nr him. Then sll fell tu
5*g|g sgln SO bail) aa they oould. Ilka
a barnyard full i.f dilckciie whrn •
hawk baa Jeet carried off one of ihcr
llu.lv one*. >Vbon they wti about out
of bi-etli they let the curtain down for
’em to rear.
Well, thinks I, If ihav'a what you
call a 0|M*ry, I'd a mjnetiou* sight
rather see a genuine old Ueorgls corn
■Jiuckin frnlliok, what Iher’a sum eenoe
lo.
line emta imidea lue was a teller
wlUi three or (our galls, whul kcp all
the time U> •khi’ round the house at
the p-eplo, with a kind of dnuhle
barroled spyglass and gabblein and
elialtnrlivltkaa p«rtel ->f gMM. They
waa all dr*a*rd within a Inch nf iliei
liVi'*, and Ike chap had a red and blue
morocco cap on. wliat eot rite (lie
down In hit lied like a hall-cover, lie
hud a umnetrnua atn.ili heJ, und wlwu
he bail the spyglasses up tu hla rye* he
looked Jett like a duiibla-birrcU-d per
ounsioo pialol, und I had half a mind
jeat to lap him ou the bed with toy
cane to tee If be wouldn't go off.
"Now, Isdn-a,” hi l», ‘•we’ve gut
to watt till that baby grow* to be a
woman before we sue any lours of the
opery.”
"Du.r me,” »es onu of Uie galla, “I
hope they won't keep us waUtn SO long
’tween the acta as they always do; for
I’m *o much delighted with the opery.”
"And me. loo,” tei another onu.
"It’ll so rvfraehm In In-ar stub delight
ful melody; I shall he very Impatient ”
•'ll'* exceedingly foln,” set the ful
lur with the percussion Cap. lo.ihl:i'
round ilia llieater with hi* spy glass**.
"1 neviw heard Scgwln In tv-ttcr tune.
Kwnztu ls pwefrclly delightful. Hut
I muat hrg tlui lad Ira to bo pnlieui.”
Thinks I, I’ll bu luouslrnn* apt to
bo iu old Georgia agin huforo that baby
grows to bn a gull: but I can set up aa
lung uaaijy of you, and. au I've puld
my mouey, 1’ui 'tenuiued to ere H wit.
But 1 Uadu’t b-guu lu gll uleepy
before up w*ut tbe curtain Hgln, aud
i be racket commenced, rihure nnnff
tliar wua (lie b iby grow’d to bn u grate
big gull, aud Mr. Thsdeus, as fut as
ever, was tbar slugtu leva tu her.
They've both been with tho glpseys
ever sense, and she's fell In lnv» with
the fat Poland er. Tbe queen of tlie
glpseys agree* to the mutch, und the
roggymnftiu* has a grand frollick nod
dance on Lhe uccaalun. 'I(out this
time a Mia* Nancy sort of a feller,
what's sum relation to the Governor,
cornea prnjeclln about among the glp
seya, falls In love with the Bohemian
gall, mid waul* her tu have hits. The
glpsey queen, who tecum to have sum
■pile ugm the pore roll, steals a medal
from tbe bouby lover, and pats It nu
her neck; when the feller, Qndln he
can’t git h cr to have nothin to say to
him. lias tier luck up for stealing und
carried before the Governor. The
Governor, alo/t bad tba blues like the
mischief ever sense he lost his baby.
1* ’bout gwhiR to puuisli bur, wIihd he
finds out by some mark that site U his
owu daughter. Then ho sing* to Iwr
a heap, and she alnga to him, and he
take* her home to hla palace, mid
wants her to munry Ills booby reh.llou.
But she’s gut butter servee; besides,
she’s hard und fast in love with Ur.
Thsdeos, und won’t have nobody else.
Her father won’t consent (or her to
marry a wanderin glpsey, und thars
the mischief to pay, with slngln snuff
for a dozen camp meetings, all mixed
up so nobody can’t tell lied nor tall to
It. ’Bout this time Mr. Thsdeos
shows the Governor bis hast tailor’s
bill, or *uioltiing else, that prove* to
lil* Kxeellency that be was a gentle
man once, and lie gives hla consent to
tlie match. Mr. Thsdeu* und tho
Bohemian gall is monstrous happy, and
old Devil’s--hoof and tlie Governor and
all of ’em I* takln another alng, when
Hi* quuen of the glpeeys puts up ona
of her vagabone* to shoot Mr*. Tba
deus that Is to be; but the feller, be In
a monstrons bud shot, misses tier and
kills tho qoeeu, which puts a atop to
li*r slngln, though tbe rest of Vra slug
away til the curtain draps.
"And mars me eeoa or me upery ot
the •‘Boliwmiau Gull.” I beln’l got
the aqueelin and bowlln and acitechln
of them boinlooblo gipaeys out of my
lied yet, and I blteve if 1 <u to llvn to
be a hundred yean old I wouldn’t go
to auotber apery union* It was ana Hist
didn’t have no Itoglog Id It. 1 like »
good song, aa well n aar for mntlek as
tbe tint miu, but I haln’t got no no
tion of hearln JO or W men and wlui
Hln all single* together, in n perfect
lierryenoa of noisy discord, ao a body
can’t tell whether they're aingin “Hail
Columbia" or “Old Hundred." Ther
la atoh a thing aa oyerdolo anything;
and If you wuut to ag>llu the beat thin?
In I he world that's me surest way to
do it. Well, for people what ain’t
■nod for much elm but innate. Ille tbe
Froneb, German and Italians, a opery
full of solos and duetts and quartern
and ebor usees, aa I hey sail ’em, would
do very well, If they would ooly talk a
little aow and then, so a body could
know what they was eluglu aboot
But to sing aery thing, ao (bat a obar
aeUr can’t say, "Come to supper, ydur
Kxcellrncy,’’ without bawling out,
"Co-ho-ho-nia to-oo-oo sup-up-e a-sr,
your-r-r Kx-cellan-cy,’’ with about
Ova liuudrrd dlracny almmy quivers,
ao nobody can't tell whether ba waa
culled to supper or whether ha waa
told that hta daddy waa drd, I: all non
sonae. I .at ’em ting wl.ar ther la nuy
aewliment—anything to ting alxmt—
but wlteu lber la naly a word or two
that la necessary to the uadsnlandlu
of what oomes after or goes before;
and whar ther ain’t words euaff to
make a stare of muatek, what’s the
naa nf dlsg tilalu N in so that liter ain’t
iiCltfoT senes nor mualok In ’em.
A bod? What never send a opoty be
fi e would awar they waa eery uoa
Itlwr drunk or Craxy as krona, if they
was In sea 'em In una of U>«r grnad
long leailn. car bust In lilowoats. Feat
one bcglua singing and mskln sll sorts
of motions at another, then the other
one nets In am) tries to drown the
noise of Ibn fusl, then two or three
more lakes sides with the tusl one,
and then sum more jliies In with mus
tier two, til Ulnseby the whole crowd
gits at It, naoli uue tryin to nut-squall
the other, and U> make more motluus
than the net. That sets the Bdtllrn
a-Ru)n harder slid harder—tbn ringers
straiten out thcr nicks and open thcr
mouths llko si many corpet-lMgs—the
tiddlers scape away as If the? was
gwlne to MW their fiddles tn two. wak
ln up tho ghoala of ali lbs eats that
ever was made into flddlostringt, and
makin tho awfulnt fa cos, ns if it was
then own eulrela liiay was sau in on —
Urn olariuetsrs and liam|ieters swell
aud blow like bsllowses, til their eyes
stick out of liter Iwdt liko lirnss but
tons on n let tier trunk, and tho drum
mer nocks away aa If his salvation
depended on noekln In the bed of Ids
drum. By Ibis lime the rosnu temp
est of wlim ni.d sound surges and
sweaps through tho house likes equlo
oelial Imriycniie. rlsio higher sod lilah
«r and gHtln louder ami atrougsr. Ill It
almost blows the roof off the blldln.
and you fert like dodaln the fallln raf
ters. For my i»rt I shall hare to go
to alngln-achool a Im.g lime, and lorn
the keys from too plsiilaalmu of the
luusketnt'a trumpet, up to Mm crash to
fortissimo of n clap of tbundor, before
I shall have any laals fur a grand
upery.
I've always had a groat curiosity to
ne« bow tlto free Diggers git along In
tbe Northern Bute*. So alter brrek
futt Uili mornlu, I ax'd lbs man what
keeps thn honks at tba hotel wbar was
tbe best place to see 'em; for I’d heard
gi-ntlrinen what bad Uwen lu Fillodslfy
Mr that liter was whole squares In till*
city wbar nobody but nigger* lived.
Tlte bookkeeper tol l tun II 1 wanted to
sec tree niggers In all U.er gloiy. 1
must go down Sixth street til I coma
to ’em.
Well, 1 stinted, tttid sura Snuff, 1
Uudu’l gone tuniy square* before 1 bo
gun to suiell ’em, and never will 1
torgit tbe eight 1 Saw down iu Small
street, and sum other Street* iu that
neighborhood. Gracious knows, If
f-nybody wool* logit liter sympathies
dotted for the pore trigger, nil they
have gut to do Is to go to tills part ut
l-'lll idelfy. I'VS been Ou the big rka
plaotasliuns lu Georgia, and I’v* arad
large Range of niggers that had the
Meanest kind of masters, but I m-ver
seed any rure creator* tit such a state
of retched w-as in all my life. I couldn’t
help out (eel sorry for ’em, and ir I
was able, I’J boon willi-i to |Mtid the
pursngu of tbo whole generation of 'em
lu Georgia, altar they could git good
masters that would make tint young
or.es work uud would tukft oare of Uia
old ours.
Thar they wss, covered with r*g»
uud dhl, livm ill bouses oud csllaiv.
without hardly nuy furniture; and sum
of 'em without dares or wludvrs.
1‘ore, miserable, eickly-looklu crecUrnl
it was enoff to wuiko a ubollttooisl’s
hart uko to see ’em crawllu out of the
damp straw of tha cellars to suo them
selves on the cellar dorrs til they got
able to start out to beg or steal sum
thing to eat, while lUetn that was able
was cuwtn and righliu about what
little they bid. You couldn't hardly
tell tlw men from the wlniwln (or the.r
rags; and many of Vm was diseased
uud bloated up like frogs, and lay
spiawliu about hkn so inauy coolers lu
n mud-hole, with thor led eyes peepin
out of tlier dark rooms nnd cellars like
11* irds In a pile of rottou log*.
This, thinks I, Is ulggtr freedom;
this Is Uie condition to which thn aiau
thrupiMt of the North wants to brlsg
the happy black people of the South t
Well, one of two things Is eciUiti —
either the abolitlonlste Is • grand set
of himionltioal acoundrals, or thsy are
totally Iguurant of tliu aondltlon of the
slaves wlial they wank to glL uway
from liter oiatu-rs. Materially eon
aidered, tbo uiggi re of Gnnrgla Is us
much bettor oil than the lingers of
I’l-uiinylvanis a* tlis pore peoplv of
Araorios Is better oil than the pore
people of Ireland; sod, morally con
sidered, tire advantage la equally great
In favor of the slavee uf the doulli over
the pore free niggers of the North.
Fur wbar social equality emnot paasi
bly exist, ths black people are misera
ble Just lu tbe degree that they so
pronen to iquality lu wealth ,\ud tdica
tlnu with tiro whites nod in* enabled
to uudersund their degraded position.
What’s the use U> talk about (quality
when 110 such thing exists V There is
as much prejudice agio coler lien) as
■ uywiiar else. A body sees that lu
(her chinches, and theaters, and courts
and averywbar ulaa. Nobody bsra
that has sor respect for tbemtolves
treats a digger as Uver equal, except a
few ranuytlcks. ood they only do It to
giT« tbs lit to ther own feeiine, sod to
Insult the feelitia of others. At the
South the relation between the two
ruoce Is understood by both paitlea,
and a whits man ain’t at all jealous of
ths pretensions of bis ssrvauts; but
here liter Is a constant Jealous enmity
axIsLm between the whiles whose oc
cupations brings 'am lu eontuot with
’em, and lt.o niggers, who is nit tbs
time aspirin to a social rquality whet
they never can attain til their wool
grows strait and ther skins fade while.
Tha mcee Is. naturally, social antago
nists, and it Is only In ttm relation of
master end servant that they can exist
peaceably togethsr. Then, uutew Uia
-ibollllonlaU can phi ’em Kick Into
Africa, what they coma froai. In n
Kilter condition than they was whan
they round 'em. or ualess tiny Is wlltln
to task* ther turn betn servants, (bey
Iwtter lit ’em ntonc.
For my part, I've sot ns much firllu
for the r.ifgeis aa anybaly can ba»e;
but ecu** they urn Imre among us, and
1'ea got to lie* with Vnr. I prefer Lein
maste r myself ami troatlu Vm noil, to
lettin Uiam be musters and lakla Hmi
chaiiort of Ukt iieitln me well. Hat
on# thing is monstrous oertatn-lf my
niggers wrsol better otT and happier
ou soy ptsnut ion than three Northern
free ulsgsrs Is 1 wiMlidn't uwu Vm a
ample day longer. My niggers bss got
plenty of I log and Imwilny te eat, and
plenty rf good comfortable oktthes to
wear, and no debt* to pay, wltb nn
more work than what la food f-«r thcr
I l.elth; and if that uin't bellai than
freedom, with rag*. dirt, atnrvatlon,
; doctor'* bill*, la we ntta and the five
thousand other glorious privileges and
I responsibilities of fnsi nigger citixen
eblp. without the linpn nr over lurila
white and iteeomln rguil with liter
•uperlore. thru I uin't no flloaufer.
After look In into snot streets that 1
wouldn't risk my life In gwlne through,
and seeln scutes of destitution uud
misery eiin IT to make one'* very hart
•iek, 1 went back to my Loir!. 1 spent
the rest of the day lonklit about over
the city with Mr. More, who wauled
me to go to the opery with hiai agin.
But I couldn't stand that, and alter
lea I paid my hill and got ell reddy to
leave Tor New York to morrow morn
in. bright and early. In a few hours 1
will be In the great Gotham. No more
front your frond til dsth,
doe. Joxm.
(To be continued next weak.)
TI1K toss KUCTlnS,
Oflen hn this paper urged the
importance to the county of good
public kcIuxiIi and good public ro.id*.
Right at lbl» time \rn wwat U> hit u
few to are licks iu the same spot lu be
bait of Improved roads. There is (Ida
much about It: Uetler roads arc
needed. If we ryer get them we oawL
go down in our pockets for money end
build them; It ia certain that no»«dy
Is going tn build them and pay for
them and mako us a present of (hem. i
With the regular election oeit j
mouth there will also he beld in Css
ton a road vleotlou, xs will ha learned
by reference to the publislied notice of
the county commissioners. The qimo
lion in a nutshell Is, whether or not
Gaston wants the convict sy«teui
adopted In the uialnteiiatjcc of lor
public roads. The tax-rate designated
by the commissioners Is a small ooe In
deed— oiily Ore cents ou ItwllOO wuitli
of property and Qflcrn cents on the
pull. For putting llie cunvlcl system I
into effect, then, upon onr public mads j
a usu w ho lias uo property sould be
expected to pay only 15 cents » year.
If h« owned SlfK) worth of pioporly,
his tux would be only flve cents inure.
The man owoing $500 worth of pio
pcity would pay a quartrr on It for the j
convict ayitein; on (1,000 the tax j
would be 50 ceuis, sits $5,000 $3.30.
Surely tln-ie is nnlhtog In - he lax rain
to deter a eltiten from voting for bel
ter roads.
The revenue thus raised is lu form a
toad fund. If is lu he used io defray
ing expenses of working the convict
lores. The law provides nut unly for
the employment, uf its own contacts hy
any county, but nqubos tbn board of
directors of tbs Stats penitentiary to
furnish, upon rt-quisltl-u of Its com
missioners, from 20 to 60 cunyicta to
any county which maintains 11s roads
hy the convict system, the county lu
pay tritnrpuitatiiMi both ways and iUu
the coat of atainlenimce of said con
victs while in setvlre.
Lust week eight convicts were sent
fiom Gaston tn tins mads iu Union
oounty, and two more prisoners were
sent to the psultcutisry which could
have been utilised ou our own roads
If we had a system provided for work
ing them. This iMrfiirmance Is tw
pealed nl every oourt, whits our
ckltsna go along working roads Oisoid
nu fashion way and paying llielr court
costa too.
We lrull nil our people will give
Claia mailer some thought before
election day. If ere get belter roudi
we must make them, nobody I* going
to build llitrn Si.d giro Lbeui lo ue.
Guidon l* one o< llie wsalthloet counties
in lire 8tato; Its mamifaelurlf.ii here
ornado It so. Its town*, end especially
Its mill loan.*,afford excellent market*
for the produce of the unrounding
country. The farming people near and
far need tbs beet roadt they can get to
tbelr market*. The farmers Urn and
the town* next would be benvBuvd by
Improved roadways. The obtervailoo of
Mr. tt. M. Asbury In * road meeting at
Dallas a gear or eo ago Is strikingly
true—good roads more a man half way
(O town. _
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l.lka Hr Saknc I'aanwlm.
lll«h«K«d O'wpatt'H.
The contest lo North (Carolina re
minds us very conch of that mighty
effort Hie Democrat* of Virginia made
In ISfCl tu throw off Uie yoae of Mabonc:
that campaign when Mr. Harbour «c
copied tlia chairmanship Of our party,
and which waa followed by FM* !<*«’*
heeonsiiig Governor and Daolol's and
flaibuur’s going to the Dulled States
Sonet*.
Th* North Uarollnloo* nre engaged
Inanottmr such struggle- They are
trj log to ovor throw the ‘ ‘fuslonlats,”
arid are liophig to regaio power foe the
DeaeooraU. We set so much almost
new; ability and detennloathm in thrlr
campaign wa cannot but la I leva lira
day* of the Koalontete ate number id
The North Oarotlae pt»«* Ik doing
glorious work. Wo don’t Ullcve i iK
I enemy can viand before the halteiiee
they have opened apon Uw«, Vo say
nothing of the splendid rtussp-euMkltig
to which the voters of the Old North
. tttsle are Irving treated.
OM PathInna In 4raaa (MT >*• ravlvatf,
Out no oM-lMhloned m*ltat»a eon ra
plin Ohamharlxin’. Cot'a, CM»n
•■4 Ulwrium KMMdy. t'or til* Uj
J. K, Carry ai»4 Oo»|mfif
LOS PRICE OP COTTON.
•til rnvui'iTiai man aikihium.
itcrijeo Mixt-is im
Prlr* Nila In *—Ini
Table nr riaam Ompllml by u»»
Treaaary.Bureaa »r*laibul*»—cfentp
•rCailrn um|>.
N*w Turk, Oct. 3-A special to
Tht 2Tn»r« Crum Washington biro:
Tim phenomenally low price of col
Urn rtiorullv reported, laid to be the
lowest point leached for many jwn,
lauds ap«cUl Inbimat lo a serira of
Ublea just compiled by tho treaeurv
bureau of stutielics, ahowtoglU# re
markable Increase on cotton produc
tion and coincidental fall In prices.
These tables slmw that tho United
Stale*, the chief cotton prudneer of tbs
world has duadruplwd her cotton pro
duction since 1HT7J. uad Umt tlie price
or eottun In the same peilnd has fallen
to about one-fourth that wbleb
prerallod In that year.
in ini win conun crop ot ine
United StaUt is ahowu tv bin beta
1.384,UB4.M9 pound*, with un average
price of 33.19 cent* per pound; ia 1808
lb« crop is reported nt 5,007,372,1/51
pounds, with an average pries of 0.31
eeots psr pound. Ttios Ih* production
of 1803 la tnoro than four times the
•mount of 1872, sad the average price
a little orcr one fourth of that year.
When u le considered that the othar
portions of the world that grow cot
ton have not all reduced tliel/produc
tion, meantime it Is apparent that the
lncre»*od cotton supply or the world
in the quarter at a century under con
sideration. lias been very great aud far
In advance ot Lho increase of popula
latlnn of consuming power.
Twenty-Aye years ago in# Uullvd
Stale* produced 70 per caul of live
cotton uf the world; Ueluy she produces
85 per cent of Uw world's cuttmi.
Tills liierea^e lu the perceuiage haa
boon, nut because of h reducllna of the
cotton produced In other purl* of tin
world. but simply on account ot the lu
ereuss lu oar owi . The average cot
ton prodnctlon of other countries from
1873 to 1H78 was 1.518,000 bn lei per an
nual and from 1800 to 1807 was 1,6*4.
003 bales NniitD. showlug that User* baa
also a slight growth la cotton pro
duellun In other parts uf the world,
wlilti: our own production has been
Incnauluf enormnualy.
Xut only lisa the price of cotton
fallen at about the unit rule that the
production baa In created, but there baa
also been n corresponding fall In the
brie* of clo'Jies insiiufactured from
onttun. The reports of tbe buruan of
alaUstlc* show that onttou 'printing
cloths” arero (]noted ut 7.88 cent |«r
yard iu 1872, while reports just pule
Ihslied show un averags rale (if 2 17
cams | c,r yard In llte cotton year 181)8
for the same grade nt cloths, the fail In
the pries of the manufaotuiod article
thus having, lu thta ease at least, near
ly or quite kept P*ee with tlw fall In
Ihn pneo uf r»w notion, und llie ln
CTSHtr In production of that article.
It la proper to add that the title**
quoted for tlie earlier year are ba*rd
upon the currency values uf that period,
and If reduced to a gold basis would
be slightly leas. Cotton “printing
cloths'* whoso prices arc given In the
table are of lbs quality manufactured
fur use In piloting calicoes aud socept
i d as s standard grade by which mice*
are constantly quoted.
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The Hepuhl loans would be Justified
In taking dowu llialr candidate far
Congress In tba seventh district on tba
ground that ha is an Ignoramus. Ilia
atatnoaat at Statesville. jenterday,
that Justice Hhiraa.ofthe Supreme
Coart of tba United States, la a Demo
crat, appointed by President Cleveland,
draioualrates that hr neither knows
nor carva any) liing limit Ike faeta of
surmnt lilatory. And he la a lawyer,
tou ! Nfcti man tn be IMohing sboot
going to Congress.
thru- DMlfirfl Im f
rrftim WwOamHi KituUkL
hew roil are tick, wbat you tike
brat la to ha olioarn for a aaedloinoln
the flrat place; What experience trill
yu la trtM, to tie I'horrn in the aeoond
l-laer; arliat rnwu (I. ft. Theory) aaya
1* brat to be cboacta In Um ladt plane.
But If you cau grt l)r. fai-Ko-tHim, Ur.
Krpr.-irncr and Ur. Brute* to hold a
onMoliation logeiher, they will give
you thi beat ad doe that euo betaken,”
When rw here u bad onM Dr. In
clination would reoemrarnd CtwMber
lain’* (lough Ilnur dr bmmiaa It la
j pleasant and tale bn take. Dr. Expert
, tin would reooanMond it kaannaa ft
uarer (alia to Oltrot a anuady and pet
waiieot cure Dr. lloaneii would
rrouaaoaaud It bee* mm U la prepared on
•denude prniciplee. mo4 aete ou na
tare’a plan In rrilevtug lbe lunge open
ing the eemeUowa anil cratering tlu
•yatrm to a natural and healthy oondl
lion. Kor aale by J. K. Curry A Co.
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TIM M h« (a llw M«ur
l««ln>, on. 14. MM. TltMfwl—
rma the Kan KrlUurlf.
auriby Mar.
Tho following U Uio card, word tor
word, written by Mr. Peeler In IMS to
bln fellow-cllUooa In (Bevaland county
•lid throughout Uro State:
••Some work* ago the Peopta’a party
or Cleretand cjuoty In ooaeentioo
aaarmblad. did toe Uto honor to name
»M tliolr candidate for ahoriff. I
furl deeply Uta houor that they did mo
and am grateful for It. JJat a oarefol
itudy of iIm political aUoation leada
mo to withdraw from Urn raoa, aad to
retaru to thr Diiooc ratio party. It la
nut J oat to Umt who honored mo with
tl>« nomination that 1 i boa Id ttau‘
frankly my raaeoni for Uita netlcn aad
I do oo, no briefly aa poialblr. aa fol
low*:
lat. 1 reraaMbw Um oonditiou of
MorUi Carolloo aud her poojdo tu Um
dark day* from *08 70; bow Um Hut*’#
orodlt waa bealmipted; ber tneuary
plandued; Um right* of liar althuo*
idimuFleosly sad wantonly trampled
under foot; capital driven from her
border*; her matchis** rMoorooa
kicked up; Um school feud taken to
pay UM per diem of igeeraut and vt
elooa nan wlio loaded down tbaetatuta
book* with eeaodalous laws. I re
member how lu Uxaa dark day* no
man’* life, Uoarty er peaeperty w**»*f*
and Uma wan bo public school* for
the edueatteo of ear people. When 1
contrast LUta with the wlee, pur*,
economical, apd henefacat rule of Um
Democrat! eluce '7B. aad me that Um
KepuUio koa an endeavor lag ro taka
advantage of tbe People's Party
movement and main conirol o! Um
Sul* government, I reel that It la my
duty as a North Carolinian and a white
man to withdraw from tbe movement
eud joiu Um Drmrxjrarle party la Uw
Ught for the salvation of Um State.
Snd. I see clearly that tbe fight it
between Uie Democratic and tbe lie
piildloao paruva. The People’* party
eaiioot hope tu ear<y either the State
or the National i-WctUm. It might
help the Republic uie win, and la that
event; I ami u eo.tiuuaoc* of U>* tiu
from whioli the ugricullnral da**** am
now *o grievously auSenug; 1 Me
Ui« force bill OMuaclog tbe Urngties of
people, I sec ibe slindow of orotratiiv
nun threatening; l mb among tbe
evil* sure to folio*, in llM nation, laws
permitting Uh: In ter-marriage of tbo
raov*. mixed school*, and lu ibis BUM
a repeal of the county government
ejsirm Mi>d thirty-two of tba beat
couutira lu the State surrendered to
uvgro domination end tba liorror* that
will follow Inevitably,
3rd. 1 have evidence uf tba unholy
iredo iliat ha* been made by Duller and
Kx urn to nr 11 die Simla to the Repub
lican* for $00,001). 1 have Um bast
reason to le-lh-vo that a cutrapt bur
sain exikt* h-t wwti tba Waders of the
People’* Party aud I’m RupubHcao*
whemby tbu rauk and tile of tbe
People’* Party la betrayrd into further
itia the plan* ot the ItviHibllea’i patty.
My Itaart revolt* against such
Urvcln-ry iti.d corruption, and l will
not allow myself to be made a party to
any such movement.
4th. 1 am a while mau, I loy* my
iace. 1 believe la while supremacy, aud
the interests of mv State aod my
people are far dearer to m* than Um
offlee of stMTilH, ttMrefors I withdraw
from llm J’.-upla * i-arty and am no
luBgi-r lo bt oimitdcr.nl a caiidid.il* for
the olAse of ahi-rtB.
I dcelro before I cl-«ae the appeal to
Ilia good meu who hare alloaed them
selves co be persuaded Into the People’s
Party »utmm>U, to jotu me In this
action. A thoughtful ami palastakiog
review uf the polltloal altuatlun ha*
convinced me of the fact that by
Independent political ad inn at present
w* cau expect nothing but a cotiUoa- •
nnce of Republican rule aud that'
character of legislation of which we ao
Justly complain. Let ua Uwn. aa true
North Carolinians, Join the Democrat*
In lighting our com toon enemy the
Republican party.
As for my self 1 propose to vote Die
entire Democratic ticket from Grover
Cleveland down, and 1 bop* that my
friend* will Join me In It.
Retprctfally.
A. D. Pjdu.au.
October 10. ia».
Mr. Peeler waa honest then. 11* la
a Republican-Populist candidate for
the Slate Senate now and that doea not
•peak wall for any mmo’s honesty or
•sir-respect. \V# are sorry lie had
backslidden again. When be wtm
non verted six rears ago and ietaroe«i
to the fold of bemunraey. w* thought
he would be able to bold oat, bat !ta
haa been tempted and has fallen. Oil
reference to lb* dark Republican day*
is mere true now than It was wtsn
written. His tears about negro dom
ination hate bean (ally realised—It*
•aid ft* counties would be lu control of
the negro and there are now H coun
ties In that Ok II i* Information about
Butler's trade was correot—bebae sold
the Populists tor a aeat lu Ik* Uslted
Senate. Mr. Peeler's skin la the tame
color It waa wbea when be wrote the
above latter, eyes If hi* principles era
considerably darker and somewhat pfa
bald. The appeal be mad* then would
be peril neat now. Let hi* followers
read hie words kero end eootraat lima
with tbe words of tka oflVe seeker
Peeler of tn-day. Will Mr. PcMwrl
not recant f Doea bo brand hit own
statements aa I lee T Will he tern kta
bank on the people who hay* blue eyea,
straight hair and wbtta skia, for Uw
aasoelathm of the kinky headed brother
hi Mack T Let him aanrei!
Tire .Star will gladly uoUWi hie
withdrawal now If he deeMeato enlt
tlm rasa for the Heaat* sad repudiate
Uo "unholy trade.” dead la your
withdrawal, Mr. Peeler?
■ mil I ^WJ'I
AlUtitloa to oaBoA to tb* teot that
unJ«r Uw 0*w clrcOon taw Tatar* outf
R(Uw owly aw hatanUy* hrtwaaw
n«a hour* of 9 a. UL wod 4 |v a. Than
remain, then fore, 0*1; (oar rrgUtr*
tlan d*;i before U* ejection. a* ; .
folio or: • •.</. . Si h .v' ■
Milurdsy, Oot. 8, V a. ra.to4p.ra.
Matarday, Oct. 10. 9 a. a. to L v.m.
S-d unlay. Od, SB, 9a. ra. to4 pa.
Mutardap. Oak ft, not within Leoar
poratad towns, 9 a. a. to Id m.
Saturday Oct. SO, within Incorporated
towns u a. m. to 0. p. at.
M.uurdsy Oot. 39 la known a* oh«l
Ikojc day. Wttbfn Incorporated lowna
lba rectalraUrai book* win he kept
open on that day from 0 a. ra. to ‘.I p.
bat at inaetooU not wttbJn Irwxvr
po rated towns ‘ tbe ragtatiwUua 1 looks
wtU be (M at 19 o'clock, wran, Uiat ■ &
<»*y.
But wIk Liter within or wtlboat In*
corporate*! town*, tba books an oprw '
to nil frora V n. ra. to 4 p. ra. for pur
poars of challenging tbe earn# of nay
Person written tbwvlo. KpeoUto cant*
or eansva at ebaUwga must he stated
upon iMarts. Written notice roust
U set red a poo tba parson rhsflmged.
and tba Jadf«« are required toaararatda
at Uw trading plana oa Batarday. Mo
vember M>, to boar mod decide Ura
challenges. Tl» oOoer who rarrea Use
notice of clralltoye Is swlUMd to a fra
of SUT esats tbrrefar, wbtob will be >
raturaad by Uw eo Italy if Ura fiatlima
la sastslnad.
If a person wbe voted fa Gaston In
in 1600 cbangs* hi* raoldaoM frora atw
pwnlnat to ssstbar, he woat present a
certificate of erasure iafnrraar precinct
before ba c m register and Vote to tba
latter. If a voter bra laaMad m the
Stela 16 manU»a aad la Uw eooNty of
Gaston 90 days be baa tba resrrasry
rssldeatlal qaallgcstteoa eaUUtag ntai
i« vote. Aa to naterau in tbs pre
cinct, tba Uw docs not prescribe any
definite lam, bet doss provide Out ba
re list be a bout dde resident of tba pse
duet w lisie be prop lire to vote 1 afore
ha la eutlUad to register aad vote
therein.
And lastly, tet us nols that a new
regislrelliM <4 AM, voter* is required
throughout Crowder's Mountain town
ship aad 111 Ml Holly precinct of
Klvar Urnd tuwaahtpt
IM'I.IS Miw; ARMS.
Wii*u iipplm ate worth in tba market
tu>t oyer SO cent* a dozen, there I*
anmet king wrong In thn govern mental
machinery Unit make* a oounly piy
•10.00; apiece for them. But that’s
Um figure the county paid for half a
doaau apples a Bigger boy stole la Gas
too la bat spring.
Dove that *
It was this way. Two boys wrra '
arrcaled for larceny of U* apples. Tba
eaaa bring without tbe magistrals'*
Jurlad letfoti, lw bound tliem am on
the evidence. They went to Jail and
were boarded atUra county’# expense
null! court— about five meatha. Wall,
court came. The boys warn brought
la. Ooa plead guilty-Um other was
acquitted. The guilty one, atooe ha
1 bad tala la Jail five montha already,
waa liberated by Um jadge an having
been uribdenlly punished; altheagh bo
hadn’t suffered a Jot oe tittle ef pun
ishment n»ore than lb* lucoosut hoy
bad suffered
Now. ounut up.
Tim Jalh r 1* allowed •» a month for
feeding a prisoner. Two prMourn
would com* to glH a month, and flee •
months.would make It (MO. The other
costs In tba eaaa would ran tba total
to $100 or beyond, hat any IUU. Mg
apples far tlM gives a rate of MOO a
dozen, or •10.001 apiece.
Thera were ether petty esses at
court la Um same class with LbM; note
My a watermelon eaaa, aad a ahlobess
eaaa which hung tba lery aad kept tba
Jadge ap until away altar arid-eight,
la aeJUwr, perhaps. did tba valaa at
tba stole* property exceed a qaartat of
a dollar.
Thesa things lend to She
of a stare proOutd* or a bn
teal method «f dealing
criminate. Two peaatbtalm
are suggested: (1) ealargwaeat
magistrate's jurisdiction, (J) eouvlet
system of working the pahite route.
U both time* reforms were te “*
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Um cent term of cant.'
best gW a dcosa far a
of sight, wooMat Ik T
Jlut even U magistrate’s Jertedletiu*
■ ware aot eulargml, the convict aystam
ef werktag tbe reads might foraltha
i partial cent too ef tbe twaUsm. Par
i fr Qaafaa bad a convict ferae real
> bandy, the Jadge mightier ”30 ««
darsoo yowr county roads” ta many .
asm wtwrn, without scab tyetaw.be
would farina gverateatosandbrn aw
•Bender ton distant eooaty laruaiy*
abort term.
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