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W. f. MAlSHALi. E4Uf tai ft»»rt.l»r.DtVOTEB TO THE MOTECTIOK OF XP*"—_ ____|^^5^0^IA^_N^C^I^l«IDAY^ANUARY^SK>^ CLEVELAND RESPONSIBLE. 11a Stubborn Stand far the Stan dard Manay at tka World Paved tba way far IS cant Cation To-day. A Calm DadaraHon by aa Ardaat Advocate at Free SJlvar. Yoffcvill* Xaitaiivr. 3Vth. If, without prejudice, oue seeks to unearth the real reason for the present high price of cotton, we are inclined to think that he will not have to strain his imagination very severely for facta and circumstances by which the responsibility can he laid at the dook of Grover Cleveland. We are not joking and we are not seeking to boost Mr. Cleve land. But most of our readers will remember that there was a time about teu years back when nearly everybody in thia conn try, this writer included, was craxy on the subject of the free coinage of silver. We all knew that the country was in deep fi nancial tTonble and most of us were as firmly convinced that the remedy was free coinage of silver. Great Britain controlled the gold of the world and the only way that wc could see out was to make silver the standard. So firmly was the Democratic party convinced of thia that it was ready to pass the necessary laws by an overwhelming ma jority and would have dune so had it not been for the firm, stubborn, traitorious, we then thonght, stand of Mr. Cleveland. It was the president’s influence and power that prevented os from getting what we wanted. And whet followed? More hard times, greater economy and harder work. Our manufactures were furtheT developed and our trade expanded. Then came the South African War, and as the result of the terrible expense that was incurred by Great Bri tain and the preparedness of the United States, this nation took Great Britain's place as the fi nancial dictator of the worid. It used to be said, and with truth, too. that the'eotton. market could not be cornered. Many able speculators backed by means they deemed sufficient tried it with the result that they were not rained. The reason was be cause Great Britain had every thing to lose by high priced cot ton, and having financial con trol of the world she was able to' make the price as the would. But the developments of the past two years have emphasised the changed conditions beyond a possibility of s mistake. The fact that the supply of cotton was not equal to the demand was not the shrewdest discovery that W. P. Brown and hia col leagues made in connection with the operations that sbbaeqnent ly proved so successful. A shrewder discovery than that was the fact that they could raise the necessary money in spite of this antagonism of Great Britain. The price of any com-. modify depends as much on presence of the money with which to pay for it aa upon the necessity and desirability of the article. Anyhow, it is not neces sary to elaborate details aa to the resalt of the Brown opera tions. Every bale of cotton that sold for over 9 cents bears its own testimony. But suppose old man Cleve land had not bad the nerve to stand in the way of the balance of as on that free coinage propo sition. Oar standard of value would have been demoralized to such an extent that we would have hardly been able to get it straightened out even up to now. England’* financial superiority would have never been phased, and Liverpool would still be fix ing the price of cotton as of old. As matters now stand, unless the boll weevil and other pests which have undoubtedly con tributed their share to existing conditions, work still more wide spread devastation, the south will soon become the richest section of the earth. T1» Eat attainment Felt Flat. Coneori T1m» very prominent yoong lady of Concord made extra prepara tione to attend the Lyceum en tertainment laat Thursday eve ning and after steading before the mirror for an hour or more, and thinking that evenr article of her clothing was perfectly ar ranged, started for ihe opera honse. After arriving there, however, the discovered that she had neglected to change her bed room sllnpera for her patent leather onea, and it is needless to say that she did not enfoy the entertainment. Sebecribe to Tn Oastowia Oaxctts. . “Ms J«b.M Mckmd Km LwRlf Men used to swear by their lives and honors, their hopes of salvation and their fears of dam nation. Now they swear by theiT jobs. The m .at desperate oath apparently any man can take and the most solemn promise he can give is on penalty of his iob. Where form erly a man wonld say that he would do ao and ao if he was to be damned for it, now he saye he will do it if it costs him his job. Distinctly there is an element of the pathetic in this. It ia distressing to think and know of the anxiety men in all stationa of life aud in all peru of the country undergo now and again regarding their jobs. Their <ob means so much. To the young ster in the flash and glory of young life and first love the holding or the lots of it meant the happiness and delight of marriage to the girl *or whom his very heart is achiog or the bitter disappointment of long postponement or permanent separation. To the man begin ning to be careworn, bearing upon him tbc burden, some times grievous, but always glorious, of little mouths to be fed and small bodies to be clothed, the job means every thing. Probably no other bitter ness or sorrow is so heart-search ing or harts qnite so keenly as that of the man who sees his children suffer while he is help less to prevent, and who realizes that be has helped to bring into the world those whom he can not mqke reasonably comfort able and safe. Thousands of homes throughout the country live perpetually under the shadow of a threatened job. The great corporation managera and owners and big politicians meet in their offices and plan changes, consolidations, al liances, this or that; and scores and hundreds of anxious men on the outside, whose jobs depend on the decisions listen hungrily for scraps of rumors snd behind careless or stolid countenances carry sick and heavy hearts. The great Presence that is every where and the Merciful Omni science to which all thing* are known mutt yearn sometimes over the beauty and the mourn fulness of the man and wife conferences by humble firesides, when the wage-earner has carried home the dark uews ot a1 job lost aod no other in sight. Sometimes, like a lightning stroke, striking and blighting and withering entire commu nities, sometimes, after long and deadly alternations of hope* and fears, collapse or change or •bake up comes. The com mercial giants, striding onward or struggling with esch other, crash the hearts of hosts of people with as little concern as they would tread on a colony of busy, hopeful and cheerful anta. The inventors work obscurely in their shops and presently esrn fortunes for themselves by producing machines which carry the distress of enforced idleness and the bitter pangs of helpless poverty to families through the civilised parts of the world. It i* one of the pities and penalties of the advancement of civilization and the ever-chang ing conditions that men con stantly become dependent on each other. The race becomes stronger, it achieves more and as a mass is uplifted by the process but with these good results the misery comes band in band. Practically it is im possible for any man to be inde pendent or secure in civilized life. In primitive days the farmer could be ineependent, for he lived on his own land and bartered with his neighbors; but now the poorest and moat frugal husbandman must boy many things. The needs for family life have increased, the ap E,i*n j** /°r. production nave diminished and now there s dependence on the money lender, the merchant, the course of events in the worlds of poll tics and commerce. The man who is moat nearly independent is the maw who has made himself necessary to his employer. That can be done. It is not *asy to do, bat man or boy who tries sincerely sad persistently can do it. Em ployers long always for people about them who will make themselves necessary, who are ready always to do a littls more than the contract of the strict line of doty requires aad to do it intelligently sod sincerely. Kvvnv y**r rood men lose their Jobs through no fault of their own. Great employ™ collapse or go out of basinets, ■trikesand Area, new discoveries, •cores of causes impossible to foresaw briag misfortnaa aad wretchedness neither intended nor deserved. Bnt the great mass of those who cling precari ously to their jobs, not knowing one day whetber they can hold on to the next, are the medium good or bad, the people not notable one way or the other, who do tbeir work decently and nothing more, who earn their wages barely and stop there, who drift along in a moral way, not remarkably bad and not to be depended on always to be sober, straight and' rigidly honest. These always have been and will be; and all through the history of humanity they have had leaaon to be afraid of their jobs or skins, whether they were hinds, vassals, farm bands or decorated with titles aod tested in larger affairs. Man, boy or woman who, without servility or fawning or working shop or office politics, can be necessary to the em ployer. can be as part of him, misted when absent, not easily replaced, depended on iffiplicity to do the right thing, the right way at the right time, may al ways be reasonably independent and secure and sure of holding the old job, getting a better one or landing in case of an accident. An employer can judge from the tone of an applicant’s papers and records whether be la con sidering one of a crowd or one conspicuously useful and likely to be necessary. It ia the peo ple who are necessary, but who forget to show that they think so. who live and die in good jobs and without fear: and we know nobody else who does. Asythlag la Ik* Shape el Cetfen MofiilUMci. Moonnllk RnUdriH. Every cotton patch in this neck of the woods is being stripped of every boll that has the appearance of containing cotton. The cotton taken from the fields at this season of the year is badly stained, bnt told to the gin nets at about four cents a pound. One boy gathered two sacks full of cotton from the cracked bolls and marketed same for $4.80. Ia other years this cotton has been considered worthless sod left in the field to rot. How Many Acres Shall we Pal •a Cottan. C. W. IkukcH. ia Framain Finwr. We wonder how many people have asked this question this year. Bnt now what are we go ing to do about it ? To me, it ia not so important bow big the acreage ia going to be, bnt how well the wont ia to be done; not the extent of the crop, but the couditioo of tbe soil and the tnanner of cultivation. These are the important factors that should control the situation. Don’t you think that a good many of us are inclined to at* tempt to do a little more than we are really able to do? We see good prospects on every band of money in cotton: we look tbe situation id the fac$ and flatly and sqnsrely decide to do more than we have done before. But kind friends, had we not better go a little Slower? Would we not in tbe fend profit ourselves more by not attempting quite so much; and wbat we do. that do well and thoroughly. Maybe I am wrong, bnt I have always felt and experienced that 25 acres well taken care of, will mean more than 40 that are scratched over, hurriedly plant* cd, and poorly cultivated. And then again: Don’t yon think that a good many of ns are going to forget nearly every thing else in our eagerness to grow cotton. Isn't hay going to be a little scarce this year? Or corn, or -pork? Don't yon fee) sometimes that are are going to neglect soma of the other crops that art paying ns just as well as cotton? I feel this way. I feel that jnst now is a pretty good date to raise some pota toes, for in a year or so otu neighbors will want some seed. Yes, bays will take a climb shortly and we won't have any to sell or even for onraelves. It looks this way to me. And so I am really anxious to see a few more bogs, a few more sheep,--a good many more cattle and com and hay raised next year than ever before. we can do these things, you •bow, and at no expense to our regular, standard crops. I hope many of ns can smogs to grow more bay aad livestock this coming year. Let o» remember that safety comes with diversity. Easy fa “Be.” Urt Hm Herald Every travelling man on the can will tell yoa that Rock Hill is a good town. fOVCttrs LOWEST EM. FpIIm to Tokya aa hw They . Hire Bcdclafhta Fna Right to Night. load— Dally Hail. Deeper thau ever plummet sounded in the ocean of poverty and human woe have I descend ed here in the metropolis of the far east, and found the world’s poorest poor. Besides these starved subjects of the Sou of Heaven, who cower outside his palace walls, the submerged tenth of London are boos viv ants, nod the grovelling Rus sians of Gorky’s night refuges the spoiled children of fortune. Slumming in Tokyo is for tht regulation traveler the same as if in London he went to Soho without exploring the east. None bat regiona of comparative pros perity arc shown, because tbs Japanese are proud of their uni versal reputation for cleanliness, for artistic surroundings and for s poverty that is always smiling, well-washed, and safely removed from actual want. In Tokyo not fewer then 200, 000 people seldom, if ever, know of a certainty where the necessities of the next day will come from, and throughout the land the great majority are too poor to eat rice. The high grade rice grown in the islands is ex ported. almost to a last sack, and inferior rice imported for those who can afford it. Rice is not in every bowl, as the tour ists fondly imagine. Tokyo is so vast, it is such an immense sea of sbeJs. that from the highest point on the clearest day one can see but a fraction of its area—but here are fifteen districts of mean streets. The crasy structures called houses, which are in reality sheds, are strung along hi a series of dil apidated and filthy compart ments. To folk as poor as those who live here, cleanliness, so dear to the average Japanese that it is above Godliness, is out of the question. The most tumble-down of these abodes may be rented at twenty to twenty-five pence per month, but there are houses so fine that they cost as high as a penny, or even three half-ptnce, a day. To afford one of these expensive residences several families club together, not alone, for economy hot also for warmth; in winter ail hands crowding to gether on the mats. Charcoal is not always to be afforded aad heat ia a great luxury these cold days. A whole block will some times take turns in warming bands at a bibtchi wherein a few ebnnks of charcoal smoulder iu a bed of ashes. Suppose a pipe-cleaner has had s good day and returns to his borne with, say sixpence. He will expend this in farthing purchases of raise, a kind of soup stock; oil, fuel, tobacco, and perhaps a little fish, which, if he feels reckless, he will eat raw with horseradish. He buys in driblets, and like the very poor in all the cities of the world .pays enormous prices. Had our pipe-cleaner returned empty handed he would have hurried to the pawnbroker, al ways near at hand, and raised a few farthings on bis precious bran pipe, his bibacfai, or hia few poor garments not in actual use. The pownbrokers fatten off these wretches as in no other land. It is impossible to escape them, and they never relent. Anything worth above five-pence can be pawned. Until this time of the year, or even until midwinter, one can exist without bedclothing, bat when tbe nights get cold, with the fearful frost of a Japamse winter, some covering must be had. Now appear* aootaer plunder of the pods in the guise of the capitalist, who rents quilts by the night. He charges, and invariably collects, from one farthing for a shed of dirty, patched old rag to a penny or even taro-pence for a foul, bat heavy coveriog. Then, too, there arc frayed silk quilts for bridal couples, but these are too costly to be rented by many bridegrooms. Rent must be paid in advance, and before the family go to sleep tbe collector comes aud gets either tbe money or tbe quilt. With the refine ment of cruelty he does not ap pear until the lessen has turned in, and the loss of hia covering will be doubly feh. There are heartrending scenes when penni less mothers strive to hold tbe quilt to protect their beMes from the chill and damp. Like tbe pawnbroker and tbe' money len der, the quihlender ia linty hearted. Pew of tbe Inhabitants ever Qeeosgb money ahead to buy clothing, and the ghastly tragedy of renting ia re-lose tad ■gala and again, for winter after winter. When then are ao many children having bat a few cotton rags, the winter mesas acute misery. Yoek Cosmty Items. YofkrltU KMUirw SOU. The case of Mr. W. T. Slaugh ter of Hickory Grove, vs. the Sontbern railroad for injuries i sustained at the Fishing creek wreck was compromised last Sat* urday, through Messrs. Me Dow Be Lewis, Mr. Slaughter's attorn* neys. The railroad agices to pay Mr. Slaughter $5,000 and expenses. Mr. G. L. Riddle continues to get along nicely, sad is pretty nearly able to sustain half the weight of his body on his broken leg. He is not disposed to be imorndent, however, but cow* dopes as he bas been all tha while, as patient as possible. Mrs. W. P. Yoangblood diedat her home at '8baron last Friday morning aged abost thirty-five ywan. She was a daughter of the late Dr. Joseph D. Smarr. Sue leaves a husband and five children—three little girls and two little boys. The Loan and Savings bank found ready sale for the stock It put on the market recently with s view to increasing its capital to $50,000. Investors banted the stock up and took in as much of ft as they coaid get. There is a flattering demand for the stock of the First National bank also. As a matter of fact, it is nowa diffi cult matter to get a share in either of these institutions, even at a liberal premium. There was quite aa interesting and enjoyable reception to the old soldiers at the residence of Mrs. J. J. Hunter last Friday night under the auspicies of the Winnie Davis Charter U. D. C. Some seventy invitations were issued; but owing to unfavorable weather, many, of course, ware prevented from attending. Them was an interesting programme consisting of music vocal and in strumental by Mrs. M. L. Car roll, Misses Marie Carroll and Blizabeth Hunter, and recita tions by Misses Holds McNeel sad Daisy Hart. . Light refresh menu were served, asd the oc WM very much enjoyed by all present. Mr. T. T. Davidson died at his home about five miles south of Yorkvitlc this morning at 8.10 o’clock, of Bright’s disease, aged sixty-four yean. He bad been a gnat sufferer and has lingemd at the point of death for mauy weeks. Mr. Davidson was wall known through-out his neighbor hood and to a Urge circle of friends, as a genial,lighthearted upright citizen, of kind and gen tle disposition.He served through the war as a member of Co, Seventeenth regiment, and his old comrades remember him as a most excellent soldier, always cheerful and willing even undW thd moat trying and discouraging circumstances. Since the war be has acquitted himself a mod el citizen, and be enjoyed the respect and esteem of his fellow men to on unusual degree. He was a member of Betbesda church. He leaves a widow and two children, a son and daughter Mr. James Davidson and Mrs. Janies Beofteld. The interment will take plaoe la Philadelphia cemetery tomorrow at 11 o’clock and the funeral will be conduct ed by Rev. J, K. Hall, assisted by Rev. O. A. Jeficoat. Yaalh and At*. Itahap WtMitt to Cwlraptfirr Acvtow Tba farther I get from youth the more I appreciate it. Wla dom I see does not cotnpensste for the lou of enthusiasm. Will Adsms, the negro who is accused of the murder on Friday of the wife and two childrea of Robert Bridget, colored, was captmredoem Raleigh Saturday. He denied hit guilt bat there ■terns to be convincing evidence that he la the guilty man. j THE OLD RELIABLE TTb« Garette Printing Honse makes check-books. It prists the checks, perforates them, and binds them in to books of SO. 100. 300. or other numbers as desired. Our checks are neat, elegant. atyHsb; our books are good books, better then the usual kind. We solicit an opportunity to figure on your next lot. lAed won't yon be pleased to give us the opportunity? When yoe •eat yo*r money o« to pay far that Job df work yoa had done in Philadelphia, or Richmond, or BaHtmore, did yon think to Idas it good-bye ? Yon o^ht to bare done ao. for It will ha a long tfma before yoa see it mmfa. Os the other heed, dm money paid far prfatfag does by the Garette Printing House la spent at boom; yoe have another chance at It( yoa may most Ufa yoar road again the day after yon let it toons at the Gazette Printing House MONEYED MEN first deposit in a bank. It Mens to encourage thrift and taftOMs the owners business methods. . The Oastoala Savings Bank will start an see snot with a de posit of $1.00. TVs gives you s ■tap, sad^wfll^Bonrag^yoit^to In addition totheenconragemant lalsTisl*nn aariajTsiTiiaiilT *** GASTONIA SAVINGS BANK, ■ ■ ----* _ _ _ • Mat Fuauy to Ihs Nit whs Ma> lUhrrfltt UWnit The Gastonia Gazette tells of a very amusing incident which occurred at Begonia, Gaston county, a few days ago. A num ber of people wan standing la front of a store and one person was standing by n boggy. In the buggy was a laprobe and a lighted lantern. The laprobe canght fire from the laatcra. The man by the boggy scented the odor of burning cloth, and thinking his clothing was afire, he, without an instant’s hesita tion, divested himself of his bat, coat, vest and shirt. Before he could shock off his pants, shoes •od socks the -fire was located and bis saxiety relieved. All this was Blighty fussy to the on lookers, hot to the poor man who anffered the agony of tartar while he harriedty and publicly dis robed on a winter’s day, ft was aot comedy but tragedy—for the time being at least. Vm It Whale Sad? Tosfcvttte tMtar. Mfc. A North CaroMna cotton min recently aold its entire stock of sr&:« zssss^ thu one half the capitalisation of the corporation. The man* ■temot figured that the ted recommended i tael I in various ways. Among other things it was argued that the profit hi sight was already greater thaa coaid be expected from opera* Hon. la this view of the ritua tioo, the management decided to continoa to operate from an even market ao long aa this policy Gtoi.'TsS.’sEishi the right of the management to do a# U pleases ia matters like to con •ider it« action wise or baafasee like. The profit the* has bean 5«*«d is certain enovgh: bat since tbo tale, the price of raw materall has already advanced aa additional coot, sad fast as the i mill people here a right 40 eon aider their 195.000 made, they have also a right to consider this additional advance loaf. They would have done better to bold their cotton to the end, end amice oat of it all them was tail. That it the wav moat of the mflls am doing, and the probability ia that many of them will be able to show «a hotter la the end than the mill referred to showed op. Babocribe for Tx* CaoTokia OAXgTta. **— » * «— ■-*—•—ini Frtinitf There bu never been a time in tisCMemory^ of aay. craa the portending evil. Always, every where, tendencies have ben* pointed oat which wore interpre ted to be <r*agtt with dhrTSn Mqoeecce. However bright the we*ern ,ky and falrtheiSSln, 22 !3ffito*885SJ5 •no. There is a prooaaeas to tee pointers to rati. The Ua tory of oar coentry la omda ip asesms ered in oa annals of on j ! I tiooa of seers and an are aa mot to-day in paintia* what willnot be, ss aforetime.
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