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VOL. XXIV. GASTONIA, N. C., FRIDAY. OCTOBER O. 1008.
THOMSON
COI PANY
Is ready as never be
fore. Everything is
in fine fettle. We are
ready—yes, splendidly
ready—with one of the
grandest expositions
of bright new autumn
merchandise it has ev
er been our pleasure
to announce, and we
extend an invitation
to all to visit our big
stores. You will find
us prepared to fit you
out from top to toe
with the most beauti
ful creations of the
master minds of the
world of fashion, A
You will find a hustle
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gauge, wide awake,
up-to-date. We are
right in the front rank
of progressive, mer
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means much to you,
more to us. .Visit us
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the close profit principle on
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POINTS AND PARAGRAPHS ■
ON TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
Oadct tbi* b**d will b* prist** Iron tin* to U*M ■otnranbr
MtbMM olcamtl lateral. TWj will b* Ubn (ran wubli*
ascssswraresj;
•n. ntyniytt* *b>okl« wUlWBn. Bat &nmSmmiSiSHu
*« bcwiHr Madauf.
Clndwi Star.
Tho*e employee* of the Vanderbilt estate at Bill more, who, it
is alleged, stole $9,000 from their millionaire employer ware ex
ceedingly modest in view of the amount available. It la fashion
able nowadays to take at least half of the total visible supply, and
these fellows didn’t even take eoougb to be missed.
How ta Unis IsoMvaltlam.
Cbartenow Nm mm* Caviar.
The Philadelphia Record calls attention to the fact that while
"the open declaration of President Roosevelt for one of the candi
dates for mayor (of New York) would post a candidate thousands
of votes; on the other hand, it is believed that Grover Cleveland’s
open support of the candidate would decide the coolest in bis fa
vor. That is how the two men are regarded by tbe people of the
greatest city in the United States. That is how ths two men
would be regarded by the people of tbe whole country if they
should be pitted against each other in the election for President
next year. The nomination of Mr. Cleveland would mean tbe po
litical undoing of Mr. Roosevelt and tbe triumph of the Dem
ocracy. ^
•a Air #1 lajnrsd ln*acs*ca.
aawM»
Of all exasperating tbiogi in (he world it ia the scoundrel
who commits a crime and thsn tunas round and assumes an air of
injured innocence. The fellow Dewey, of New Bern, in bia letter
to the News sod Observer, poses as a martyr. He comes very near
denying that he bas done anything wrong—casually admitting only
that he may have committed errors and indiscretions; while be
is very bitter abont the false reports which be says have been
circulated and incidentally threatens New Bern people. His letter
slso indicates that he is in biding here in North Carotins and his
writing is a bold and brasen bid for a compromise; be will sur
render if he is promised practical immunity. That sort of gall is
so provoking that one can bnt think no punishment that could be
inflicted would be too severe for Mr. Dewey and his kind.
Salas* Threat Dali ad.
Mo*th CuUm BaMJat.
' The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle has been advocating raising the
saloon license in that city from $200 a year to $1,000 a year. This
course offended the saloon owners and they talked about boy
cotting’the Chronicle. They thought that would abut the mouth
of the editor, and that, in abject fear, he would bold up in bia
fight. But not ao. Here is what be said:
**Boycott?—boycott and be^—, all of you. What in God’s
name, is the average barroom worth to any other business enter
prise of this or any other city? What are they worth to the
community as a whole? Boycott the Chronicle, eh? And whik
you are abont it why not boycott every dry gooda merchant, every
shoe merchant and every clothing merchant who agrees with the
Chronicle? Boycott them? Why, there isn’t a one that doeea’t
lose every year a hundred times more legitimate trade, through
the failure of some poor wretch to provide himself or bis family
with proper clothing because si) of his money goes to your dives
for drink, drink, drink, than all of yonr dive-keepers and their
helpers sad their friends spend with these merchants in ten years.
Boycott! Do you dare stand up and draw such a weapon against
decent public opinion when you are costing every legitimate busi
ness enterprise in this community dollars where you are snendinw
dimes with them?"_. ^
Iwintal *a tbe Tariff.
Uckaoad New*. leader.
Evidently a tariff fight it developing ia Great Britain and from
tbia fight curious consequence* may coma. Ia England a large
and powerful element—perhaps. a minority, bat yet demanding
consideration and threatening to prevail—is demanding abandon
ment of tbe traditional free tntde policy of Britaia and acceptance
ia some measure of the principle of protection. In tiiia country
tbe conditions are opposite precisely. Protection ia tbe policy of
onr government bat a formidable element, apparently Increasing,
demands abandonment of tbe protective tariff principle and the
beginning of. a movement for free trade. One country under
free trade is restless and compliins of falling prestige sad declin
ing commerce. The other under protection is squally restless and
the complaint is of devouring and opreaeive treats and raised ship
building and shipping industries. It is not impossible that scat
year the battle may be fought In both countries, free trade defend
ing itself in England, protection fighting to maintain its ground
ia the United States. . This will make one of tbe most extraordi
nary situations in all political history—tbe taro leading countries
of the world divided oa the same groat and vital (sens from con
trary standpoints. And suppose tbe result'snoakl be a free trade
victory in the United States and a protective victory ia Great
Britain, ravening tbe policies of tbe two governments? The cons
msrcial consequences and complications would be enormous. Tbe
financial foundation of tbe world would be jarred.
We believe that the more the tariff Is discussed and considered
and understood tbe ptrongtr the causa of free trade will be. The
logical, tbe moral and ethic*) as well as the spend commercial ar
guments appear to as to be that way. Therefore, we shall wel
come the battle on both sides of tbe ocean. t
Probably one of'the strongest and most effective arguments in
favor of free trade Ip America—by which, of coarse, we tp— n tu.g
gradual progress toward free trade aa will avoid lajorions shock or
chill to tht commerce of our country—will be tbe protective tariff
movements In Great Britaia, Germany and other European coun
tries. One weakness of tbe protective principle la In the fact that
the value of protection is destroyed by retaliation. It la a game at
which ail baods can play. When we find that our products arc ex
cluded from’ the ports of other ooeatries as their products are tx
claded from ours we will begin to understand that protection Is a
bmssbag and a result of short sighted political quackery and char
latanism. The ultimate result of the upheaval on tbe tariff ques
tion. wa believe, will be a general arrangement for fair reciprocity
and general agreement la the direction of hoe trade and for com
petition among all tbe peoples of the world la the world's open
un STOBT OF HILL IE AMI.
William Parry Browu, whose
marvellous success fa cornering
the world's cotton supply has
made him a multi-millionaire fa
a few mouths, Is a Mksissipplaa
■ad was practically unknown in
New Yon six mouths mgo. He
was born in Lowndes County Si
yean ago. His father, J. C.
Browa. was a Sooth Carolinian,
who want to lfissiissippi with
his parents when a boy, became
a prosperous plaster, a gallant
Confederate soldier, and dfad
when W. P. Brown was about 15
yean of age.
Prom bis earliest boyhood the
bull leader has been connected
with cotton fa one way or anoth
er. He received the education
to be had ia the rural schools of
those days, and while still in We
teens be started to work oa a
cotton plantation. He saved up
a few hundred dollars, which be
invested ia a general mraebaa*
dist store, sad for the next
few years be gave Us attention
to the beildlng up of that bust*
nc wu raw ptrucuiiny rac«
ccssfnl, and when the store
burned down ooe day Brown
lost everyth! on that be had in
the world. Then he went to
Columbus, Miss., where he
worked in e st .re, having charge
of the cotton department. It
was there that he organized the
cotton firm of W. P, Brown ft
Co., end moved to Mew Orleans
eight years ago.
He secured oftces half a square
torn the New Orleans Cotton
Exchange. The ofice was much
smeller then many other ootton.
offices ia New Orleans. Even
to-day when be is the moat
talked-of assn in the cotton
business, be still occupies the
the modest second floor apart
ments, consisting of aa oftce aad
a sample room. He has been
boiling the market all them
years, aad his success — be
even beyond Ms expectations
for not even be can accurately
estimate just what is his wealth.
. His wife brought some capital
into the partnership aad became
a member of tbc firm. Since
their marriage Mr. and Mrs.
Brown have been re riding in the
upper section of the city, bat
Mr. Brown is now having a fine
residence built on St Charles
svenne. There ere three chil
dren ia the family, all bays.
In personal appearance the cot
ton king ia or about the avenge
height but sturdily boilt and
well proportioned, la dress be
is perfectly plain, almost to the
point of carelessness. He is a
tireless worker. Often he teach-'
ea him office before him clerks tad
be never leaves in the evening
until nil the day’s work has re
ceived his personal attention.
He ia quick ta his move manta,
aa in hia speech, aad yet ex
tremely careful in every under
taking.1
"I have been ia the cotton
business nil my life, but I don’t
know how much longer 1 will be
in It," Mr. Brown amd recently.
But hia late exploits are not
hia only successes. He is the
man who last year conceived the
ides of merging the Union Na
tional Bank into the Southern
Treat aad Banking Company,
aad later consolidated the Gu
bernia National with the Soutb
«n» Trust Company, and finally
consolidated these banking «n
•titirtions into the Hike mi iiBsnk
aod Treat Company. Through
his efforts New Orleans beasts
the largest bunk sod trust com
ply in the South, wHh *1,000,
He tan Southern mas whose
lata achieve am uts are the afifti
ration of ooe aection of the coun
try and the astoniehmeM of the
other—the first and only South
erner to engineer a successful
comer In the world’s greatest
staple.
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