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wmTHE Gastonia Rrova KT«ater. not leta. ; ^ - „----Published Twice a Week—Tuesday* and Friday*. y. r. MAI SHALL. Mt»r ud TniHMmt. DEVOTED TO THE PROTECTION OF HOME ATTO TOT a» tw VAT yyi ir ^g=^—iii ■ pcsaac— ■ ' ■■! ___ GASTONIA, N. C.. TUESDAY. JANUARY flO. 1009. 111 ' * 1 ' —P~ n n i • *' THOMSON COMPAQ 25 PER CENT OFF! On our Entire Stock of Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Notions, Millinery, Clothing, Shoes,_ This Big Cut Sale Will Last Ten Days Only, Commencing January ■ _ - IN UKUtR to unload a great many goods before taking Inventory we have put on this big Cut Sale for ten days. We have Just received several shipments of early spring goods which will be included in this sale, such as Ginghams, In all the new shades and patterns, White Lawns, Piques, Dimities* Embroideries, Inser tlons, and numerous other goods. .All small lots, odd lots and remnants have put on Job counter and they go at “almost prices. Everybody Is invited to come, you will be well | paid for your visit. Come during the first days of 1 I the sale and get some of the best plums, I Remember that a Cut Sale by this house I somethlng THE PE< >PLE’S THOMSON COMPANY. A 6BAVE POLITICAL BLUHDEX. The PmMwt'i Beetoa mi Chirlnt*i Amialmli Coo trust ad. Knr York K«rmM. The news this morning that a colored man has been appointed assistant United States district attorney of Boston is of peculiar interest at this juncture. In the general protest from the South against the nomination of Dr. Cram for collector of the . port of Charleston stress was laid on the fact that it was South Carolina, and not Massachusetts, that President Roosevelt had chosen as the place in which to select a colore d man Xor an im portant Federal office. Hence yesterday'sappointment will he generally regarded asdne to Roosevelt's peraonalfinfluence and au a reply to his Southern critics- Mr. William H. Lewis, the Boston appointee, is a grad uate of Amherst and of the Har vard Uw School and became famous as the "centre rush" of the University foot ball team. In this one fact lies tunosed the wide difference between Mm. sechuectts and Sooth CaroWua in respect of the public and so cial sentiment electing the col ored race. It is not necessary to bring the character or attain ments of either Dr. Cram or Mr. Lewis into the discussion. The President's etrar in naming Dr. , Ornra lay not in the nomination of m colored man, hot in violating |locM sentiment and wishes and protests of the people among whom the collector would have to aerve. riiiT* of Mr. &!***!; aat&faetory to the peo of Maaaachuaettt the color of 1. no objection, and time la ao poaalbla parallel be tween the taro (aatancea of Maa aacbtuetta and South Carolina. One motion doea not aend a dip lomatic repreaantativa to aootber wit boot being first matured that the individual named ia per aonaa grata to the people to who* he ia accredited, and a ■udfiar.if nawritten, law governa rSaSaSaaV’' “ '”0B*** a It was a condition not a theory that confronted President Roose velt in the selection of a collec tor of Charleston. In nomina ting a colored man for the post he acted as if it were a mere ouestion of theory and ignored the condition created by public sentiment and local race preju dices. .There is no need of discussing the character or ground of those prejudices. That they exist and are intense is not denied by any body and their existence is a that practical statesmanship should not ignore. It is stated that the President acted on the theory that the colored race was entided to the recognition im pliedl in this nomination because the blacks largely outnumber the whites In South Carolina. The extent in which this is true was shown in any article in Sun day’s Heratd analysing the statis tics of population within a cir cuit of one hundred miles round Charleston. While the blacks in the sixteen comities thns dealt with outnum ber tba whites two to oae, the census of the adult male popu lation tells a different story, the literate whites being much more »«w**ons than the literate blacks far the tofi nffCi >t foBowa that amaiontv of a coUector far the port, tbere-for? it is clear that on the ground of mere numbers the President should have bean influenced by tba white citixens of Charleston, who protested against the nomi nation of a black man. In the nutter of culture, wealth and the extent to which the trade and commerce of the city and port is in their bands It is needless to say tba white popu lation is on an infinitely higher pjane than the negroes and should be rewarded Tn the se lection of anlomcer who ia brought into close touch with ■ commer cial community made up of white n**n- not Madka. The colored paopla of the South have ac qufred absolute legal equality •nd n theory at least, political «PMlHy. but social agnaUty (a something that cannot be crea ted by law and must be subject to the control of local opinion and sentiment. It is a commonplace to say that the black race in the South has not yet acquired this and the citisena of Charleston stated a simple fact when they assured the President that it would be impossible for a black collector to take part in the social functions at which such an official’s .participation is essential. The white citisena who are not only in the majority, bnt almost exclusively make Charleston what it is—and are making special efforts at this time to restore its ancient prestige aa a shipping port— who pay the taxes, conduct the government, and manage its banking, mercantile, ana com mercial affaire, are entitled to advise the Adoiinistration in a matter of aneh vital local concern. When the President takes an initiative against their protest "he not only commits a Breve political blunder, bnt also exceeds his moral authority." The boats of admirers woo by President Rooaevelt’a indepen dent attitude toward the trusts, bit spirited intervention in the coal strike, and his masterly coarse in the Venezuelan en tanglements cannot but deplore tbelll considered nomination of Dr. Crum—an act which will not only alienate the sympathy and confidanec of the entire white population of the South, bnt must work more harm than good to the race it was intended to nelt> The appointment of Harvard’s famous colored centra rush" to a place in Maasachuaetta does not change with respect to Soath Carolina. Cap*. C. B. Draaoa died at hb home In Rakieh on the 15th, Si* ^ * noted tocher, scholar and orator. For 42 yean he was a teacher, and at the time of hit death, waa sec retary of the State Board of Char Irtta. He was buried In the Episcopal cemetery at hb old home la Ffttaboro. TIE BAUTAffO BIS 1M. Tfc* CufMkikli Cruelty of Separadag Than Perpetrated bp UafeeHng Hew Teeters. kWttlW. There is an old saying that' meets a warm response in every human heart, and if it finds lodgment in the bosom of one race mote than that of another our colored countryman caa claim that distinction. That old saw is, "Love me, love my The average man warms up to the neighbor who not only loves bis dog but who sympa thises with bu love for his own/ We have insisted all along that tbe negro’s best friends were sonth of Mason and Dixon’s line. A palpable, but none the lesa cruel, ilhistratiouof this was given a few daps ago. A number of negroes, lata residents of Georgia, determined to migrate to the African land of PTom&e— mostly promise— wberla, and packing their woridy goods, not forgetting the faithful coon dog of the family, embarked in a body for New York to board ship for tbeir destination. rtHsy encountered no op. position to the doge eg members of the family and a necessary S£&5tf&2r.,t!2 s-TOan in Georgia heartily wished them. *®£luc,lD® ***• <***•• God speed •ed prosperity, not only be esnss of thsir sympathy for tbs natural attachment between the owner tod bis dog hat ns n relief to the extent of the number taken off of the sheep folds of the community. But when the colony struck the frigid atmosphere of New York sritk the "heeds" of the ! families, they were heartlcaatr told they could not talc* their dogs aboard the ship. 71m "coons" were ordered to "step aboard" quick, bat the coon dows were turned loose upon art unfeeling world, straagera to S •wsrszygsct£ of coon don? Hoar can they appreciate theta? Bat thus they are, or were torn from the only fnends in sight certainly, to be come victims of the dog pound ***th»Tbe !***■ creeteres who had reared them, who loved them for what they bed been to the family ip various ways and for what they coakl be relied upon to do M occasion oftered In the land to which they are going were ruthlessly separated from ri?e out thing that under all con dition of servitnde could be de pended upon as Friend. No Southern white ana, or ship owner, would have done so creel a thing. The darky and HtdepteCaninay asth^c^ dlad this family pride to their bosoms would have bean encour aged to chag on. and the further they wort to dbg the tighter. But those Northern folk, like the character la Kipling’s Vampire, jnat can’t understand the colored otother. And they could never «»riking illustration of this utter, nusyta /ithetic in capechy than whent.ieyao rnth lea5,v !fptrVri. **>?« ionucent than any 40 acres ind an African male can ever be. ^Thc g ir a Farhiliaa Vrnk. WewTwtfMm. Heaven forbid that any oae should countenance »ocb term* *• three, which we bear every when: "Have yoa met mj wife?" I do not know the lady.” Fetch yoar lady friend alon*.” Oh. abo'a a female acqnaintaaee of mine.” She'a one of my wo men.” "Don't b* afraid to Mac your fenlaiaer.* "Coca# up; QWaMViSE Bi-Sr' .nasUi?, b,”i.“irSa atandlno in the coaaaaky who am loyal u4 trot to their women fott. It U oa a par wkh"MlanP aad ”f*ati,M And their an ao taaay beautiful way* *tf add ma
Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.)
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