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Us idcris and 11 -an, lis and al, ih 1 so lt. i i 111 ror them t'- ii.i.l S3 not rt hap-f. mill are ai'k means whereby they may be mlti-. uqulppc Willi The ITint Cloth Mills, of the Fall T.iver Iron Works Company, at Fall Itlver, is one of the largest cotton mill plants In this country, and it is all of modern equipped with tine latest Improved -machln-, t-t: I I. a- 1 i and vIU Oovitnor JTammond of fouth Carolina, In fcls famous fi'ldre." In connection with the opening of the 8-outh Carolina Institute for the of Agriculture, the Arts and Manufacturers, contends that although it Is undoubtedly true that frailties of human ntture are more fully displayed when men congregate In 4tie and fac-torlea, hile the purest morals are fos wus last Uout.

it, ot. here I am." "You are doing well," rfold Use doctor. "Have courage and try and niako th interval a little longer next time' It was three months before the nun came back. Tha next time it was six "And now," said tis docton to the parrator, "It is nearly two years since his last call, and I have every rtfam to believe tnat he will not find it necessary to come to me again. 8o, yot see, I was quite right Id wasn't a nfrt ii.i lit" Wmurnctar-.

i Workers It Afford i.t Uua tie lsvUUoa ol I i' In a t. -rl in "ore the last meetlrg of, Dapiist Association to the Industrial progress of the v- trie following statements wtre v- v. There are four mills, grouped around a central steaim plant, No. buUt In 18S9, la 3iCxlX0 feet, 4 stories. Kov built In IS'jX Is 675x120 feet 8 stones.

i -No. '3, built in 1893, is 203x142 feet, 4 stories. No. 4, built In 1895, is J72xl65 feet, istorles. About twenty acres of Boor surface, Four triple expansion engines, furnishing 9,000 horse-power.

Forty-five horisontal. tubular boilers. Chimney MQ feet high, Production 60,000 pdeces per week. Employes 2.700. There are Ring Spinning Frames, containing 2C6.00O spUidles, and 7,630 Looms, of various Widths, ajl built by us.

Probably no mills were ever erected and equipped in this country to rapid- ly and yet so thoroughly as were these. The No. 4 Is tflie largest. The foundation of this mill was begun la May, 1S95. We received the order for S33 Spinning Frames, containing 78,488 'Spindles, and 3,348 Looms, of three widths, on May 23; on the 12th of July following we began the erection of the machinery in the the engine was 'started on October 17, when over two-thirds of the Frames and Looms were i ready to run; and the whole order was finished in Kovemhetv -t C1A8QN WORKS Industrial movement brings fcefore ve certain facts which -ar upon the work of our horn board.

1 he aurkers In the mills and factories i list oomo from the country which hu alaars been the peculiar home of our Baptist brethren, leaving th free-corn of their country life, they will be brought law Dew and arrange relation! with too great for them. They nill. be degraded from independent farmer Into factory laborera' It It remarkable that after fifty yean factory life in the South it li pos-sibie tor anyone who haa kept hit eyta open to commit himself to such an esrefflous error of judgment, that the class of persona from whom th opera' tives ml the $outh ars recruited cas, be oeraied by becommg factory labor that of men -who lived when cotton 4 THE D. A. TOMPKINS "EVERYTHING1 IN are Ageng in North and Sooth Carolina for Eureka Fire Hose.

Agents. CHARLOTTE; N. C. MILL SUPPLIES." Vf 3 VI aH ll I MAOHIfi.ttTt Accepted withput (question by ail Insurance Companies. TEXTILE MILL SUPPLY COMPANY, 4.x CHARLOTTE, N.

C. 4 -j: tnanufscturlng began to assume tmpor lance tn the South, and. who wer eminently qualified to view the subject from the standpoint of Intimate knowledge, and of men. of to-day tinvilarly enuirped. When the South came under tr industrial Impulse fifty or more years ago the question of the supply of svill labor was a vital one, and was given serious stu-Jy by Southern indus- trial leaders.

They talked, and rroti about It. aad the printed recotd of that time are full of facts showing what claw of whites ta furnish the op and revealing the effects upon them of entering mills It is well known that the non-slaveholders of th South represented about two-thirds of the -f -white population. Discussing the benefits of the Introduction of manufactures Into the South and Soctliwest, an observer of this period said that the nirel non-slave holders had generally but-Tery small means, and. that their land was so ster-He that a scanty su-be'stence was al that eoud be derived from Us cuTtlva lion; that this condition depressed the moral energies of the poorer clasfes leading many of 'them to settle into hwbiia of Idleness and to become the most passive subjects of all its con-scjuerxrea He "1 lament to cay that I have observed of late years that an evident deterioration la taking place 'In this part of the population, the younger portion of it iln less educated, less industrious, and in every point of rle less, re- 4 salable than their COTTOW AWD LUMBER. 4 iWcjmake an4 Jurnish all the machiniy'f for putting into a ma kctable condition the South's great products, lumber and colton, ,11 tt i- Write us for prices and descriptions.

i iimei frnn a ti fouwopvwhii I Is mm mm lss I CHARLOTTE, N. C. BOUTHERN branch jy manufactures he argued that a way would be opened to wealth ard respectablY.ty for thesa people, ani hs added: 4 AMEIUCAN CARD CLOTUING CO, Offloe la Durham Block, tit Bom the Try on Street, Charlotte, N. -OenersJ Offlces, Ws Masa a li loth ing. BtTRFACD.

PLOT GROUND AND NEEDLE POINT. SxcluslTe American License for the Patent Flexifont Card Cloths. 0pclsJ t-tsnlkra given to clothing for revolvlp top carda Experts furnished to oiotae and start aasaa THE CHARLOTTE SUPPLY ItANTJTsvCT DBCBt OW Pure Oak Tinned Leather Belting, and gated or abolished, thus removing obstacles In the way of a better enjoy ment of school. and library facilities and ot occasions for healthy social in- terooure whach the nulls have already afforded. That the materia coalition of the operatives and their families has been greatly terttered should require argument.

The ethical and moral results cannot be sta'ted In figures. Certainly mill life has not been demoralizing, does not promise to become so. Publicity of life in a mill town tends to counteract the tendencies to lapses from virtue which. In Isolation might condoned or concealed, even were opportunity not less frequent or incli nation i not weaxer, Hon. carroji i.

Wright. United States Commlssioner.ot Labor, who has had unequaled oppor tunities to observe, asserts I hat extensive investigation In this country and abroad, teaches that unmoral lives less frequent among the factory population than among any other class the and in, the belief that lactones are graaers-up ot men and women be says: i The charge that tne factory breeds Immorality among not true, and cannot he sustained any facts that have ever heen collected. This condition constitutes the- factory important element in eo-aal nre, if or women who are there and gre working, for wages lower, than any of us would like to be paid, but which are governed according to economic conditions and law are working honestly and faithfully and living honest and virtuous lives. It must be Women cannot work eight or ten hours or twelve or more hours In a sotton ifgotary and live a. dissolute life the rest of the day." Again, steady jaoor, a prevention it self of evils born ot Idleness, by ta re wards, however small, but better than nothing, enables jrjen and women to he hetter fed, more regular in habits ard mofe decent Sn dress and househo'd than they could expect be if ihe-life of Isolation in the -nountalns should continue indefinitely.

ability to lead a moral life Is not en- ireiy ind-epenaent or naving sumcieni eat and of keeping clean and having comfortable cloihing. One more point Is 'to be considered "ellgion. iHere, loo, the assembing of he people wlthlti a small compass In- reases the readiness with anion tne Treacher or teacher nwy reach them. The task of the mountain circuit rider of the evangelist Is herculean In comparison with that of th mnister the mill town. If church organiza tion falls to accomplish what It expects the mill town, ought it not to loox vrlthln Itself for the cause rather thxn the supposed degeneracy of the mill vorkers, who are grading up in every -ther respect, and who.

after all. may not be irreligious? Is there not danger hat in fixing too much attention upon listant evangelization the more prom- sing opportunities dose at hand may be neglected and tn'sunderstood? BETTEB TBAM A rLEDQE. How Dr. John Wesley Brown flelped a Msu to Give Up tha Liquor Bablt. Clevtfand Plain Dealer.

(A Cleveland man tells this pathetic tnd characteristic story of the late Rev. Dr. John Wesley Brown, the incident oocurrlr while he was rector of Trln- ty church In this city. The story was told the narrator by the doctor himself. One evening a stramgor called at tne rectory on Superior street adjoining the church, die was a well dresssd, appearing man, Dut evidently in deep trouble.

Dr. Brown, he said, "I have come to you for advice and assistance. I am victim of the drink, habit. I have an excellent position I em, cashier for a wealthy corporation and I know I cannot retain It unless I reform. I want vou to draw up a pledgs for me make as strong as you can.

please and I will Sign it, and you wal witness tt." -Dr. Brawn leaned back ana tooked ilthe man. ''How long have you been drinking to excess? he asKeo. The man told him. it was five or six years: ever junce he CDtoinea -pres ent position.

He only drank to excess when he was wrtn his mends, ne nev er drank at other times. -Wnen the was with his. friends he would forget him elf and overstep the limit. Sometimes he didn't go on a spree for a whole month, but the attacks were growing more frequent. IHe seemed to he losing hie wBl power.

friend." said the doctor, lon't need a pledge. I see in you a vic tim of good comradeship. Tou are far from being an ordinary drunkard. If you signed a temperance pledge and broke it as you undoubtedly would 1c it would still further degrade you In your own eyes. I do not.

advise the pledge. The nwn looked aumorounaea. "Bu what am I to he gasped. The doctor drew a card from his desk and rapidly wrote a few lines. "There," he said, "read that." This is what Che man read.

"To my friends: I find I aim becom ing a victim of the Hsuor habit. If I 3o i am sure to Qosrtny position and ruin myseir. Clod's sake, don't ask me to drink with you." There." said Dr. Brown, "sign that and I will sign it as 1 -witness. All 1 isk of you is to show! the card when temptation Is at your elbow, and if you tall come here and tell tne about It.

There! Good night." a It was a lull month before tne man returned, worried and dejected. .1 expected you lonjr oerore said the doctor, as he greeted the flranger. "Tflll nre about-it. Did you show the card?" Tea." replied the anaft.fThf nwi time was the very next night after I ailed on you. A good fnena, a rail road man, came into the office aad at-'er I had cleared ud his accounts, said: Come Chlirlle, lets go over to tne uye- ter -House and have a drink Weil, was reaching for my hat I 1.

1 and handed it to him, I thought would ntever finish reading it. Hfl looked at me and he looked, at the card. And ihi-n slowly put his arm down on the cminter and saJdlTbftlllieil hand ffThan askyou to drink well, sir, 1 ehowad that card several times after that, and every blessed man I showed It to tont it seriously. Sometimes they said, -'All right, old Bometlmea they laid it tered by rural nevertheless, tne oompensatJpna of aasociatloas. were great- (Sme of these compensations were described by him as follows: According the best calculations which, in the absence of statistic facts, can be rnede, It is believed that of the 300,000 white Inhabitants of South Carolina there are not less than 60,000 whose Industry, such as It is.

and com pensated as It Is not, in the present oonlltlon, of things, and does not prom ise to be hereafter, adequate to procure them honestly such a support as wery white person in this country Is and -feels himself enUiled to, And this, next to emigration, Is perhaps the heaviest of the weights that press the springs of our prosperity. Most of these now, follow agricultural pursuits us feeble yet Injurious companion wl.h slave Some, perhaps, not mors from Inclination than from the want of due encouragement, can scarcely be said to wot at all. They obtain a pre-carious subsistence by oaslonaj Jobs, by hunting, by fishing, s6raethrr ty plundering fields and folds, and loo often -by -what is in Jt effects far worse, trading with slaves and aeduo ing them to plunder-for their benefit If tha ancient philosopher had the slightest grounds for saying that It would require the plains of iRsoyion to support in ldleqess roMlers and their families, we may Infer how enormous a tux It is on our resources to maintain to the extent we do now and are likely to have to do, directly an Indirectly, our unemployed or Insuffi ciently employed poor, From thli class of our oitlxens 35,000 factory operatives may certainly be drawn as rapidly as they may bs called since- boys and girls are required in large proportions for this business. iNor -wlli there be any diffi culty In obtaining them. Experience has shewn, tbst contrary to general expectation, there exists no serious orrtudlot against' such labor among our nan ve citizens, and (hat -they have been prompt to avail themselves, at moderate wages, of the opportunity -t affords of making an honest and comfortable support and decent provlsj in for the future.

The example thus set, continuous and systematic tndus'ry vnorg those to whom it has heretofore been unknown, cannot fall to produce the most beneficial effects, not only on their own class, hut vpoa all the wo.k ln classes of the Bearing upon this subject a.rC the words of Robert s. Howtson In his hit ipubllsihed in 1S18. as follows: 1 It is with pain we are compelled to peak of the horrible ctowl of ignor- are that rests vpon Virginia. In th) "astern section th-Jre are J0.6C3 and in the western 28,921, making a total ot white persona over twenty years age who cannot real or wrlte. Trws however, la not all.

It Is computed hat there are In the State 163.000 chll dren between seven and sixteen yesi axe, and therefore fit for school. Of these, about 2S.C00 poor children attend the free, and Lancastrtaa schools an averaxe of twelve wet'ks -In- the year for each child. Twelve thousand more hiUren are sent to colleges, acade mies and classical SJhoois, re- tnalnlnK ICtLOOO attend no school at all except what can be imparted by por and Ignorant parents, Th-s deplorable oorxVtion has long been felt and de plored by Virginia's most-virtuous sons. feffort have oeen made to ameliorate It. Education conventions have assembled, and many anlma.ed debates have taken place.

The Le-gls ature has moved from time to time, and during the session of 4845-'t its movement was decided and beneficial Nevertheless, the evil remains almost untouched" 1 Testimony thus tar quoted has been from southern men. It is reinforced by that ot such an intelligent observer aa United states -Senator Charles T. James, ot Rhode Island, personally in terested. In Southern induatry. Writ Ing from experience and observation about the prospects of cotton munu "aoturing In the South, he said It Is not to be disguised, nor can It be suocessfully controverted, that degree and extent of poverty and ce tltutlon exists in the Southern 8tats among a certain class of peoplo almost ucanown in ine mac manuring ois trlcts of the North.

The poor while man will endure the evils ox plrching poverty rather than engage In se-rvle abor Under the existing state of things, ven were offered -aim, which Is not general. The white female Is not wanted at service, and if were she would, however hum-ol In the scale of society, consider- sue service as a degree of degwiiatlon to which she could not condescend, and the has, therefore, no resource hut to suffer the pangs of want and wretch tUneea. fioys and girls by thousands, destitue both of employment and the means of rrnw un tn irniir. ance and poverty, and too many of them to vice and crime. This picture do exaggeration: It Is strictly true in all its details.

The writer trnowrfrom personal acquaintance and observation that poor Southern, pjr- tons, male and female, arezlad avail themselves of individual efforts to pro cure a comfortable live mood 'la any mnlovmont dwmivt resmvtshlA for white persons. They make applications to cotton rnius. where such perrons are wanted In numbers much bey on 1 the demand for labor, and when admitted there they soon assume the industrious habit and decency in drers and manners of the operatives in Northern factories. A demard Xoir la: I bor in such establishments is all that Is necessary to raise tits class from want and oeggary, and, too frequently moral degradation, to a state of com fort, comparative Independence and and social respectability. Be sides thousands-, of such would naturally ome -together as residents -in manufacturings villages.

where, with very Jittie trouble and expense, they might receive a common school education Instead of growing up in profound The industrial progress or the south was wlely Interrupted by the but when the pace was again set the same -lass came forward to take their places in the mills. The supply has not teen exhausted. Hf we can rely voon the statemajts Tmadeltr vthf JasTT: wo or three years fcy of authority, of of of In in ilent a fact with other j-eopie thruu he dally newspaper and the t(. i Tji has nevT connected with the mountains, There are cities, of course, and smaller towps along th railroads with ail the advantages of communication, but the vast billows of mountain land are still an unannexed solitude. When you catalogue the new Ideas born during the nineteenth century, the Inven tions and mechanical adjustment of natural forces, such as the application electricity, the new doctrines of Ml.

Qvoiution, and the whole realm oJ sociological around th fa therhood of Ood and the tmnherhood man," and then look into the mountain life and thought and mark the vacancy, you can appreciate the moaning of uNorth Carolinian, mmse-u moun fain-born, the Kev. Xr. Robert V. Campbell, In a statement of mission work among the mountain whites in Asheville Presbytery, not In criticism the great body ot neglected popula tion, but in agitation for retiet ox a part of It, salld; r-f There are large sections or country which hundreds of people live without the care of a physloian. Old women administer their herbs and quacks practise their superstitious arts.

The physloal isuffering in these regflons, much of which might be relieved by simple remedies and surgical opera- Uons, is "Profanity is common among men, women and caiuren. Mothers are (ometimes hea-rd calling oo Qod to damn their own children's souls, The women and children do nearly ail the work. A majority of the men axe kite most the time Their most serious employment Is hunting or fun- lno- or runnlns Illicit distilleries and imbibing the blood of John tBarleycorn. in some regions a young man has reached the summit of his ambition when he haa learned to pick the banjo, owns a dog and carrl3 a pistol and a hot tie of wh.isxey.jj hm In -many horres there were seen no evldeiices of affection between differ ent members ot the family. Children are goveme'd by brute force until they beoonte strong enough to right their own way, The aged are neglected ana despised.

"Many children learn to use tobacco before they can talk, and are stunted their growth. "Bastardy is common, and ri account ed no disgrace. Laxity in such matters discounts a man's character no more than In some of the fashionable city circles." In a re jen address before the State Normal College of North Carolina Mr. Walter H. Page made the following testimony: "Let any man whose soul Is not hard ened by some wornout theory of poll- tics or ot eccleslasticlsm go to the country In almost any part ot the Stats away, from the towns and make a study of life there, especially the life ot tha women.

He -wilt see thin women and wrinkled In youth from lll-pre pared food, clad without warmth or erace. living In untidy houses, work Ing from daylight to bedtfme at the dull round of weary duties, the slaves of men of equal slovenliness, the moth ers of JoyMss childrenall uneducateu it not liberate. Jet even their condi tion' were endurable if there were any hope, but this type of woman Is en crusted In a shell of dull content with her lot; she knows no better, and caa never learn "betternever point her children to a higher lite. If she. be in tensely religious, her religi on, tls ouly an additional misfortune, for It tcaohet her, i she understands It.

to be con tent with her lot and all Its burdens, for they only prepare her for the life to ome. Some men who are bom un der these conditions escape from tnerr a man may go away, go where life of fers opportunities, but the women are forever helpless. "And this sight every one of you have not i.n the countries whither we send missionaries, but In the bordeis of ttw State of North Carolina In this year of grace. Nor Is It an infrequent fignt. incre are 'thousands and tnou- rands of such women in our popula Hon." Juatlileation for these extended ex tracts is had In the necessity for a claar understanding, particularly at this time, of th? past and present of a class upon which so much of the future of the South depends.

They show that the mill employes before the war were recrultcl from that element of the population most hampered by the Institution of s' a very, of the sam? stripe as the (New who, free from such a bane, built up the industries of their section. They might be regarded as independent if tnde pendence meant lack of opportunity to gain a healthy living, to enjoy having elementary Instruction or the benefit' of systematic, organised religious work. Many could be called farmers and the children of farmers only- by violent strain of the Imagination. Their willingness to take work when and where they could get It showed what kind cf stuff they were made of. They were roc idlers by nature or sunk In list lrssn-ss and vioiousness.

Their ability to secure employment brought them. In some cases, in close touch uah Church and school, and. certshnly ftave them an education not necessari ly confined to book-learning, but com Ing with th widening, of tbelr rl rs of. v.lfjNin and nntar'l al-h thplr 'ows. In addition the mountain' and hillside people are now.

flocking to the rails and finding their first op portunity of regular employment, there are thousands ot eminently respectable poorer people, some of whom have been tenant farmers, some, perchance, who have failed to make a living, though owning a small farm of poor soil, and others found lu and around every town to whom the cotton mill comes as great blessing, as it opens a new field tor work which they had never known before. 'Und-ar the new regime as 'tha moet casual observaflon of conditions in the mill, centers adjacent to- Baltimore, at Charlotte, Spartanburg and other points in the Caxollnas, Georgia, All bama and Tenr.esiee, will show, the cotton mill has given tlhe chance to of hoys and girls and men aid which they needed 'to start them noon the road to better physical and mental conditions, even though the growing sit a Upd ormpuisuryeducaUoD, chlldr-en finds many parte of the Bouth racing a tack of funds and other facilities if or proper education, even of those willing to go to school. It shows mmy a man. who has i advanced far up the graue, ana bis own native tal ent, has taken, ft position-advanccdbo- yond tbait -of the masses, eharlng his willingness to work, and in smaller de- iposeioiiities in this oirection still, exist Thousands of Southern whites -are and Is fornrltif at many point the center for the exertion of influences which workv for There are evils connected, with the chang? from the isolation described fcy Rsv, Dr. White.

4ut thev can hardr nni rrom me asoiauon described by Rev. I Ijr- White, 4vi they can hardly equal those accompanying' such UoJaiion hero ard ampiu.iads,:tom.-of tn the habit of worthless men remalnlns i.nj and be aw in sne in the so. ot of in a Dealers in Cotton Mill and machine Shprj Supplies. pledge he needed." A DOCBLIC WKDDIKO. The Misses Chandler, of Milton, to Marry-High Point Merchants Ilate Fins Trade.

Correspondence of The' Observer. High Dec, 2t Your correspondent called upon most of the merchants hers to-day to ascertain hov the holiday had been with them. Without a dissenting voice they said business this sfason had been better than any previous year of their residence v.u 'w MUs Kate Smith leaves to-morrow to attend a double wedding at the, old home of the prospective bride, near Milton. Two of her friends, Misses Daisy arid Bessie Chandler, are the ladles who will 'be united in, marriage, There will be 36 attendants. A crew ot men from the Asheboro A Aberdeen Railroad now have charge of the train from here to Aberdeen, instead of Southern Kail way employes, as heretofore.

They made their Hi trip this morning. With the exception of one or two, all tha factories have closed, as is the case every Christmas, to repair machinery, take Inventory, etc, Prof. C. Tomlinson, superintendent of Winston's graded srlhools, Is here 3 spend the holidays. Prof, Geo.

H. Crcfweil, superintendent of the High Point graded schools, is spending Christmas at his old home' marie. ri Christmas exercises were held to night In the Baptist church. The programme consisted of songs, recitations, appropriate for tlhe occasion. After exercises the children and teachers of the Sunday school were given a To-morrow night the Methodist Episcopal and Presbyterian churches hold tbelr exercises and on Wednesday night the Metlhodlst Protestant cttureh will do likewise.

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A woman living In Port Wayne. s.tys: Mother's Friend did wonders for' Praise God for your Read this from Ilunei, Cat. Mother's Friend is a blessing to all women who undergo nature's prdeaj of -i 6rt Mother's frteod at the" THE CRADnHD RLC11AT0R CO; AtianCcsy Wrhs lis easine UlMttw) beaA, Bebn UabrUBora." A SdCCt patTOnagft 01 DrOmiS --'Apply (ot cata Guro Guarantooa SEXTON tit ROBBIES COr1PAIMY CHARLOTTE, N- AGENTS ron Brooks Doxey Improved a Drawing ff1 1 SOUTHERN ELECTRIC COMPANY ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS. 1 Eectrleal Machinery. Supplies and Construction, Dynamoes, Motors, Lamps.

Wire, PriTats Telephone Systems, Call Bells, Annunciators, 1 Bps Revolving Flat Cards and Frames. 1 1 .1 "I I I' i ooea Correspondeno. solicited, i Receiver's Said. r4 Under and by "virtue of an order of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg county, State of North Carolina, in the case of H. B.

Parks General Firse liqul.nent Company, pendmc in said court, I wIlL; 0- 7th Pay of I80lf sell to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction at the court house door. In the city of Charlotte, at 11. o'clock noon, the following describe Jof of, land in the city-of Charlotte, situated In Ward 1, block No. bounded as follows: Begtnnnlng at frasler's corner on East Seventh Street and runs back a 1th Prazler's line 200 feet to a stake; thence parallel with Seventh street in an eastern direction 100 feet to a Stake in the line of the railroad property; thence with the line of the railroad 200 feet to a stake In Seventh with Seventh street 100 fL to the beginning, subject, however, to "By such a change the wealth and rrwrai pcw-er of the Southwest wou be Increased to an almost Indefinite ex tent, the sources of human comfort wou2d be greatly enlarged and the lib eral arts the refiners of tnaa would abound In the land." 'William Gregg, South Carolina, tirgicg in 1845 the erection of steam cotton said that they wou etnp.oy ths poor aid needy of Charles totvand hundreds who to nave else to do than follow ou military parades through the streets," ana tn this state, "our poor and half. starved population, wboae condition could not but be inr working up a part of our cotton Into cloth." as serted that hundreds of women might be i aund In.

Charleston in wretchel poverty unable to--, procure work by nhkh they wouVl be glad to earn a de cent living, and added: i "Shall we pass unnoticed" the thou of poor, Ignorant, v. degraded white people among us who, In tr.u land of plenty, lire in comparative nakedness and starvation? Many a one is reared In proud South (Carolina from wnh to manhood who has nove. passed a month in which he has not some part of the time been stlntei for meat. Many mother is there who will tell you that her children srt hut scanaly supplied -with read, and much more, acantuy iwith meat, and if the be clad with comfortable raiment It is the expense of thetr soanty allow ance of, food These may he startling statements hut they are nevertheless true, and if not believed 4n Charleston, the members of our 1s1slature who have traversed the. State In election eerlng can-jpaigns caa- attest their truth, "It Is anly necessary to build a man vtactui jig village of abinties in a healthy location In any part of the State to have crowds of these poor p-soptOv around you seeking employ ment.At half the.

to the operatives at the North. It Indeed painful to be brought ttt con tact with such ignorance and degradation: but. on the other hand, it Is pleasant to witness tha change which soon takes place 4a the condition of those 'Who obtain emolovmenL Th ma dated, pale-faced children soon as sums the appearance of robust health, and their tattered carmevta are oc changed for those suited to a betUr cvncition. If you Visit their dwellings ou will find their tables supplied with wholesome food, and oa the Sabbath, hen, tha females turn out in toil. fay-colored yju will Imagine yourself surrounded by groups of city w.iles.

How easy would It be for tha proprietors, of, auch. establishments, kh only small, share of philanthropy, to make good use of the achoo. fund in ameliorating the condition o( this class of our population, now but elevated. above the Indian of the 1 rent. The cause of this degradation poverty will hereafter be noticed; is an interesting subject, and pne at ought to engage tke attention ot ry plitlantbroplst and Christian.

It i Uaits not generally known that are 29,000 white persona in this above the age twelve can neither read nor write; this Is one la every five at the white i It any wonder that 'Idfi Gregg ad it tha- industrial' mfrlwiBM l.e set In motion "'will our mlier. Mr hite population at onte rise Ignorance and J. 0. Gamble, i arguing ttha i i mills in the cotton -field, erne of pianufactttrlrig fi--: naa another aspect i itself to the favor of 1 i i "anthropuitamd Chris- I tion htates there is a si: population scattered and subsisting Trr'rfng From con ii ion they cannot is or churches, and --i; row up I-without "-ant of even the al curse can be i 13 than an lg- i -u i-opulatiouT the fate of Southern States i 1 found. That I by the ercc Fraxler linn tn tho Int In lh rar Thr clsi attention td wlrinr reside Sale of The Properly of In pursuance of a decree ot (he United States Circuit Court rendered on the ith day of November, 1900, In the suit of ft.

T. Marsh and J. M. Julian, 'com plslnants, against the Gold Hill Coppei Company, respondent, the undersigned special master, appointed by the couri to make said sale, will sell at PUBLIC AUCTION, to the highest bidder, at th, court house door, in the TOWN OF SALISBURY, ot, MONDAY, TUB 38TB DAY OF JANUARY. 130L at the houi of 12 noon, all the property of the Gold Hlil copper company, real and person a of nine hundred and nine ty rl our acres, more or less, of land, ol which seven hundred and twenty-Dim acres, more i or less, are situate, tt Rowan- and, two hundred and sixty-five acres, more or less, sltuats It Stanley county.

The personal property consisting of engines, boilers, and mining machinery, working tools of ever) kind, and situate thereon Will be sold with ihe said estate as-ar entirety. No bid wtllte accepted foi a less sum than thirty-six thousand dollars (136.000). and the bidder wll have to deposit, the amount of 136,000 as evidence of Ms ability to comply smr the bid. Terms of sale cash, W. MURDOCH WHIY, 9pcM mis tor; fo'vembei? MHtiE tv .71 Aotoing- more appropriate for a Christmas present.

Nlckle-plat- ed soap cups, towel racks, tooth-- brush and tumbler holders, bath tuhseats'iKll every article corn-inbtt: si ijttxto-daW bath-: room. tMC tK dovvd mnQ. T'lumblnj and Lighting. 0-40O0000-C0 ir s-ivcrcu larse ones Duiiainas on one above described especially suitabto manufacturing purposes. The seaboard and Southern Railroaas run along one end of the property.

-On the same date at 11 a'clock. .1. i win fpm jir nitmin auptinn at rue nin.ni im valid I ire -ajui- HM remaining unsold. Terms cash. pilvaie sale all the stock and machinery or every, description, office furniture, etc.

1 Persons charge "will Show yod over the premises. JtHiHinMHniKJ 'forVlwr. spv irw ssys sw isssa IIVvHI I VII This December 1900. lyrom sympathetlei 'standpoint the'gree his adaptability Industry, The HORNER MILITARY SCHOOL ivev. jonn w.

vnue, 01 tuueign, owre soonoing secrerary or tne ortn voro- Una Plate Baptist Convention. pre-lpable of realklng them, and this he-pared a litti- pamphlet not lonr ago cause the cotton mill has come atv iQXiORD( N. oorJE nEAi3 ijtiobb ton allcsops. 1 Is especially fine jfor trowlnf trass wheal, etc 4 Granulated Bone Is highly reoom mended for poultry food.1 i W. W.

PHIFEXt, NCollega i I i rOUnded, 1551. TC 'hlgQCSt Standards 01 Scholar I -t on the Southern mountain region, not ncludlnr West Virginia, in area. 150. 000 rqoare miles, with a population ot people, correcu many statements as to their character, asseru that they are not desraded. but hare simply not been --'The, utnwst that, can said th other people Ss explained In iuii iiwaru 01 iw wa isolation, I CofloecUon-iia-4h-ul8We -world, Wtp jnlntamed.

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