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THE GASTONIA
Published Twice a Week—Tuesdays
y. r. MA1SHAIX, E4IIW mat Proritkr. DEVOTED TO THE
POINTS AND PARAGRAPHS
ON TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
Under thlt heed will be minted Ira n time to time noteworthy utterance*
on these* ol currant lutere-et. They will be taken (root public addraaora.
bonk*, ninilm. newtrwiDere. ie (act wberernr we m*y dad tbciu Somt
lie*** the** • election! will accord with our view* and Ike deer* ol oar read
er*. *en*elimr*th« oppomte will be true. Hal by reaewi ol the eablect matter,
theatric. the autberahtc. or the view* cx»m**d. each will hare an element
el timely 1 niece at to make It a coaapleaeu* utterance.
Principles More Important Thao Mon.
Grover Cleveland, in letter to J. J. O*boroe.
It teems to me to be much more patriotic aud profitable for us
to be studyiug methods of return to sound political principles
rather thau to be indulging in speculation concerning individuals
and the places they should occupy in our party's activities.
The Difference.
New York Time*.
It has wittily been said that the Northern man is n*ually friend
ly to the negro but not to a negro, aud the Southern man reverses
the attitude. As a matter -<f social and industrial adjustment the
Southern seutiinent is realty more helpful than the Northern.
The Mm Whn Can Do Things Well.
Walter U. Pace, at A. ft U. Col lee*
A man who does a thing well—makes a buggy, builds a house,
preaches a sermon, or tills an acre—he is the wise man and the
only wise man, and the only useful man in the state. He is saved
—he saves himself—he is the only inau worth saving. He saves
the community. He is the only man that makes the community
worth living in.
Plea tar a Greater Navy.
rrtsMcsl loomelL at the Unircniljr of YinrtoU.
I hope and believe that <vc shall uot as a Nation, in our time
ever have to go to war, and the surest way to invite war is to be
opulent, aggressive, and unarmed. Now we are opulent and
aggressive. Let us avoid being unarmed. Let us so conduct our
Governmental affairs that it shall never be said that we made a
threat which we were nnable to back up. Do not make threats at
all, but if it becomes necessary to say what in a certain contingen
cy we are going to do, say it, and then do it!
Forty Voles (he Limit lor Clark.
Savoyard In Washington Post.
Mr. Bryan’s suggestion of a Judge Clark does not amount to a
Parkerism. It was a yawp of despair. It would dignify it to call
it "ridiculosity.^ We have uot passed the place where men are
nominated for the euemics they have, and we have
come to the place where men are also nominated for
the reputation they have made. This is a reading people
educated iu politics by the newspapers and not by the
stump-speakers. The chances are that the audience has dozen* of
men of more sense than the orator. It was not so in 1844 or 1852.
Andrew Jackson made Martin Van Burcn the Democratic candi
date for President iu 1836: but Mr. Bryaa is not Andrew Jackson,
and on a wager, he can’t give Judge Clark two score voteB in the
next convention to save bis life.
1! New York Wants Cleveland —
gfronrj Wt«at—tim hm.
The Democratic convention of next year will be intent on but
one thing—the discovery of a man who can carry New York, if
such a man there be. The President has made the South solid, or
rather, everything Southern is solid. In tbat!respect that dial in
dicates what it did twenty years ago. Some future McKinley may
rise to repeat the work of the dead McKinley; bat William Mc
Kinley’s Southern policy is as dead as the nun who set it in opera
tion. And so the South is in no condition to stand any nonsense
from any quarter. The one question is, "Who can carry New
York?” If that man la shown to be Parker, or Hill, or Gorman,
oi Gray, or Olney, the one so shown will be nominated.
If that man be shown to be Grover Cleveland, he will be
nominated, and the party will not take no for an answer.'
As goes New York—not the delegation, but the people—as
goes New York, so will go the convention, and so will go the
country.
England and America.
Undos Btntiat.
Jaat now the United States is indebted to Europe because of
its eagerness to get back its securities and to carry out great
schemes pregnant with far-reaching results in the future. But it
is to be recollected that if matters go on as they are going at pres
ent the United States will each year have an immense balance due
to it from ns on account of our imports from it of food and raw
materials. This immense balance will enable it gradually to re
deem its debt and in the coarse of a comparatively short time that
debt will be wiped out, and then the whole immense balance will
be at the absolute disposal of the United States. It may leave the
money represented by it to Bnance operations in London, or it
may insist upon being paid every year to the uttermost farthing.
In any event, our money market will be under the absolute con
trol of the capitalists-of the United States. Just as at the present
onr capitalists are able to send gold from London to Buenos Ayres
as as to avoid sending it direct from London, in the future Ameri
can capitalists will be able to send gold from London to any part
of the world they desire, no matter what tha consequences may be
to the London money market. As the United States grow in
wealth the present movement for buying np the national securities
o< every kind will gain strength. Thirty yesri ago or so a very
large part of the government debt of the Uuited State* was held
in Europe. Now the amount of the debt so held is hardly worth
talking of. Ten years ago the amount of Industrial securities of
all kind* held in Europe was enormous. Now it has been im
mensely reduced. In ten years more the remnant that will still be
held by »«rope *U1 all probability he quite trifling. Lastly,
the United 9tates in another ten years will be a great ship-owning
country. Thus the United States will own its own securities and
••■d ita goods on board its own ships, and wa shall not only have
to pay lor the goods, but we shall ha vs to pay freight, ins.) ranee
and commissions likewise. When our imports from the United
States exceed out exports to the Uuited States by 100,000,000 ster
ling or more, what will become of our money market, and bow
shall wb make the payments wnich somehow or other will have to
be made?
HER MEMORY OP
PRESIDENT DAVIS.
Story ol a Girl •! tb« Cauladaf
acy. to Whan be Gaya Ma
Picture. »
Oaa TarpUr CuM. In Ifca Coolcrftmu
Valeras.
In the day* of my childhood
Mr. Davia wait a frequent and
much-honored guest at the home
of my father, in Jackaou, Mia*.
Business often called him to the
Capitol, and as they were warm
personal and political friends
they were much together, and
some of the most vivid memories
of my life are connected with that
great and good man.
Though but a little girl, I
would sit for hours listening to
their talk of the serious times
that were upon us, and of what
the future might bring. They
were both slave owners, kind
and merciful masters, and the
question which waa agitating
the entire country waa often dis
cussed between them in a way
to interest even a child. Mr.
Davis was a brilliant conversa
tionalist; every word of his was
chaste and elegant, and such a
fund of information was under
lying all he said that it was a
liberal education to be with him.
He was a type of the Old South.
nearing in ms personality its
culture and refinement. Hia
fine breeding was "always pres
ent. but never obtrusive." To
children he waa lovely, listening
to them with attention and sym
pathy. Kind and gentle alwaya,
he fulfilled completely my ideal
of a Christian gentleman, for Ue
loved bis Cbnrch and was guided
by its teachings in every action
of hia life. His comiug was like
sunshine to all, and to me, who
had shared a warm place in hia
heart from my earliest year it
was pleasure unspeakable.
I beard iny father say after
one of his visits: "Mr. Davis is
the grandest mau 1 everkuew:"
and I have letters of hia while in
Washington, when Mr. Davis
was Secretary of War, telling of
the high esteem in which be was
held, aud predicting a future for
hjm that wonld overshadow even
his fame in Mexico.
It is not to be wondered at,
theu, that we were full of pride
and delight when he waa chosen
President of the Confederacy,
confident that this choice had
fallen on one entirely worthy.
He spent a day with us on his
way to Montgomery to be inau
gurated. He bore bis new hon
ors with his usual calm dignity,
was full of interest in ottr little
circle, speaking little of himself,
but much of the cause we held
so dear. Ob, those golden days
of hope, I see them through a
; mist of tears!
wnen toe cannon Doomed ana
the crowd gathered to escort him
to the depot Mr. Davis had a
little boy upon his ltuee trying
to mend s broken toe. He pot
the little fellow down, saying in
a tone of voice that touched ns
all; "This is my last day in pri
vate life; to-morrow I belong to
the people.” Just before he left
he turned to me, saying "Daugh
ter. 1 have something for yon,”
and left in my hand the picture
of himself that accompanies this
sketch. For many years I have
preserved H carefully, burying it
with my jewelry daring the war
at the approach of the Federals,
as the discolorations around the
face still show.
When the war waa ended and
Mr. Davis free be came to Jack
son as the guest of Governor
Humphreys. We had not seen
him since tboae fateful days. He
had suffered much and we longed
to do him honor. Alas! our lit
tle city was garrisoned by Yan
kee troops and we dared not
make a demonstration for fear of
barm to him. The young people
gathered at our house and
planned td "storm" Governor
Humphreys and greet his dis
tinguished guest. The Governor,
that dear old soldier, grasped
our meaning instantly, sod I
have his note beside me aa I
write, saying: "Storm on, young
ladles) I am ready,”
My mother and 1 were invited
»o receive with the Governor's
family, and I can never forget
the deep emotion with which all
met Mr. Davis once more with
years of suffering and disappoint
u,‘ Un- Davis
was with him and displayed ex
quisite tact. Hearts too full for
utterance would have broken
down but for her timely word or
smile.
Mr. Davis came to our home
on bis return from Scotland We
eonld have no reception, for the
Yankees were with ns still, hot
ft was whispered among his
friends that ba was there, and
when evening came there eras a
constant coming and going la
our home lor hours, sometimes
only a few words or a handclasp,
just enough to let him see that
the hearts of the people were
with him still._ It was* wonder
ful demonstration, so quiet, so
full of feeling.
After the crowd left we gath
ered orouud thefire end for noun
Mr. Davis talked in his charm
ing way of his visit to Scotland'
and the kindness he bad met
there. His lore for Scott was
intensified by his visit to Loch
Katrine, which, he said, Scott
had described so vividly that
when it burst upon his view he
could hear Fiu James’ horn and
see fair Ellen push His shallop
from the shore. This evening
he was altogether like himself
before the storms of war and de
feat had beat to fiercely upon
him. 1 aaw but little of Mr.
Davis after this. Our homes
were far apart, but when sorrow
touched us a word of sympathy
always came.
As I write s vision of his kind
and gentle face rises before me.
and I wonder how some should
call him cold sod indifferent.
Too noble for bitterness, too
grand for revenge, he bore "the
slings and arrows of outrageous
fortune" with a quiet heroism
worthy of such a man and the
cause he represented.
POTENCY Of LOOSE CHANGE.
U U Iki Ntokala and Dimes Ikat
BolM 09 Ora at Farlnaas.
Ckicaco Journal
Wlieu the crusaders against
policy made the aUtcwenls that
the gross daily receipts from the
game iu Chicago aggregated
$30,000 the community was
aatonnded. Thirty thousand
dollars in pennies and dime*
gambled away each day—im
possible) But such is the trntb.
Most persons never stop to
think of the power of loose
change. They hold it so lightly
that they fling it about reckless
ly—and that Is the chief reason
for its power.
l he pennies and dimes give
chief support to the churches of
the uatiou. The* magnificent
contribution of the millionaire
dwindles in the proportions of
the widow’s mite when com
pared with the great total. It is
the loose change carried up to
the altar rail which meets the
mortgage, pays the pastor's
salary and sends missionaries
from fonr corners of the earth.
Go through the books of the
big charitable institutions and
yon will find how dependent
they are on the small given—
on loose change. Prom Sunday
school claaaes, sewing circles,
church collections, church enter
tainments' and the penny boxes
which stand in tne drag aud
grocery stores comes the greater
portion of the revenue. The
millionaire philanthropists of the
nation would be appalled at
their responsibility if the sup
port of the small given was with
drawn from the charitable insti
tutions.
Dividends on $55,000,000 of
National Biscuit ptocks are paid
in dimes and nickels.
Close to $14,000,000 a year in
nickels flows' into the cotters of
the local traction companies and
creates a business to attract a
Morgan or a Vanderbilt.
In the end it is the house
wife’s nickel which pays for the
harvests of the millions of acres
of golden grain.
It is the loose change which
keeps the wheels going and the
world moving. But how loosely
do we throw it about.
•SEAT TEMftEAHCE MEETUW
Ontlinu Pr»|rm ef Ilia Tw>w
uce Ceavsotlem la Ba BaM la
Baleigh, July 7, MM.
OEOANIIATION.
Temporary organisation 11:30
a. m.
, SutSP£nt °* Porpoaes, Condi
tion*, Call, etc.
Permanent Organisation —
Election of President, Vice-Pres
ident*. State Committee, Exe
cutive Committee.
Appointment of Committee on
Declaration of Principles, Poli
cy etc.
QUESTIONS THAT WIU SB DIS
CUSSED.
I. Law Enforcement. The
Watts Act. Hoar Shall we Sup
press Illicit Distilleries?
II. Elections in Cities and
Towns.
III. Practical Workings of
State sod Local Anti-Balooa
Leagues, as understood by gen
tlemen wbo have been engaged in
the work in Ohio.
IV. Whet Shell be Done with
the Druukard?
V. Shall wc have a Field
Mas?
These questions, and perhaps
others, including the Dispensary
question, will be submitted to
the Convention, and discussion
will be free. lUcb oitk^oWill
be introduced by soma one wbo
has given it special attention.
TH* OBJECTS OF THE COKVXN
TIOH ABB.
^ To form a policy is the
work of advancing the cauaa of
Temperance in North Carolina.
2. To aaaiat in the enforce
ment of present laws.
3. To improve local and
State Laws.
organised
work of Saloon men.
5. And. therefore, to effect a
substantial and permanent organ
ization.
6. To encourage thorough to
cal organisation.
It it the moat important Con
vention in the history of temper
ance work in North Carolina.
Every friend of the canse should
be present.
J. W. Bailbv, Manager.
St. J aka's CiltkcatiM.
St. John's Day, Wednesday,
Jane 24th, will be celebrated on
the ground* of the Oxford
Orphan Asylnnt. The Grand
Lodge of Mason* of North Caro*
Una will meet at Oxford on that
in address will be delivered
by Hon. W. W. Kitchen, of
Roxboro.
The children of the Oxford
Orphan Asylnm will add to the
pleasure of the occasion by their
sweet ringing.
MftnjP will bring baskets sod
enjoy an old fashioned basket
picnic dinner in one of the moat
beautiful, oak groves in North
Carolina.
Barbecue dinner will be sold
on the grounds.
. A favorable opportunity is of.
fcred by these annual celebrations
for Masons and all of our people to
visit thir institution, which hat,
since it* establishment <hirty
years ago, conferred its benefits
upon more than 2,200 destitute,
homeless, orphan cbildivd and
which to-day la caring fur over
250 boys and girls.
Special railroad rates.
Major W. H. Gibbs, who b
add l > have trad the first shot
S&VJ'** '**T Fot* Sumter,
died Pti! ty at Charleston, 3. C.
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