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Charlotte Democrat.
CHARLOTTE. N. C.
for thk cHAKixyrrE democrat.!
Newspapers.
The first newspaper that we know of
was printed by an Englishman, Sir
Richard Steele. The first copy of this
paper, which was called the "Tatler,"
wa published April 12th, 1790. This
paper appeared three times a week and
MMt about a Denny a number.
Steele wished to improve the morals of
the people wtncn were at mai, wm
Tery bad. The ladies and gentlemen
seemed to prido themselves on their
ignorance and bad spelling. The "Tatler"
generally published an essay, and the rest
of the paper was filled up with news and
advertise menu. This paper was publish
ed lor two years and then it was followed
k oCn.rHitn" and "Soectator."
kAAiann who wm & no ted writer of
that time, wrote a great deal for these
last two papers ; and others have con
tinued to multiply until now the country
AnAeA with neriodicals oi every kind.
The Youth's Companion as a paper for
young folks is the Dest, ai least x tuiu
so. It is a paper that has been published
ir., a rerit mmv veara and is taken by
boy and girls all over the world. It
generally contains a continued story and
other good pieces, and it also has a page
which is very interesting to small cnil
dren. .
There are several papers printed in
Charlotte, but they are all political papers.
The Dxmocrat is the oldest and is taken
by a great many people.
Inez Davis.
Little daughter of Capt. J. M. Davis,
published by request of her teacher.
'
Gideon's Band The Evidence of Its Exis
ten Cnnol naive Read and See for
Yourself.
The following letter from Mr. J. H
Dunn, of Vance county, to Mr. M. L
Reed, of Buncombe, has been forwarded
to chairman Simmons with permission to
publish :
IIkndersom, N. C, Oct. 22, '92.
M. L. Reed, Esq , Biltmore, N. C. :
TWrSir- In renlv to VOUT letter of
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enquiry just received, I beg to say I was
nrnoent in Goldaboro when vou were in
itiated into the order known as "Gideon's
Band" bv Mr. S. Otho Wilson, and
mv recollection confirms your statement
as to what transpired at the time of your
initiation.
T war in itiated into the order by Mr
Wilson at Morebead City on the night of
the 14th Ot August, lOJl, in ine presence
of several gentlemen, among them a
nromlncnt candidate on the State ticket
of the people's party. I notice you say
you do not remember the exact terms of
the obligation, but that the obligation
win & riHd one. UDOn this DOint I bet?
to sav. further replying to your letter,
that the following is an exact copy of
thn nhlitration administered to me at the
time of my initiation :
OBLIGATION.
It 1 a free citizen of this re-
miblic. do horebv. in the presence of God
and these witnesses, solemnly swear never
to reveal to any numan De.ng on earm any
of the signs or secrets of this order or the
existence oi the same.
That I will not divulge by any means
calculated to convey an idea, either di
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i
BUT FACTS ABOUT HOW TO MAKE
WILL, FOR THE NEXT FOUR "WEEKS, GIVE YOU A REGULAR HOLIDAY TIME IN" THEIR IMMENSE STOCK, BY OFFERING SUCH
LOW PRICES ON THEIR GOODS THAT YOU WILL FORGET THE SHORT CROP, OR LOW PRICE OF COTTON.
IN OUR
: : I W THE STATE:-:
Selling everywhere for $5.00, the price we make on these for the next four weeks is $3.75. Our 33 cts. Tennessee Jeans goes for 20 cts. Our 50 cts. Tennessee Jeans goes for 33 cts. 2,000 yards of Calico 4 and 5 cts. Wool Dress Goods 10
12 cts., 15 cts., 19 cts, 25 cts. Fine values in these. Can not be matched anywhere. Havn't you heard of our
$5.00 Blazer Suits, Made of All-Wool Flannel, Perfect Fit, Well Made, and Only $5.00. Another Lot of These Will be Here Soon.
MATERIALS IN THESE ALONE IS WORTH THAT MONEY.
Wool Stockings, as well, belong to Womens' and Girl's Wear, ire hare them for 10 cents, for the Little Ones, and for 25 cents for Lidies, Good Heary Ones. How abont 4 SUIT OF CLOTHING for yourself or jonr Boy, we eerUi'J
FIT "Z"OTJ OTTT SJVIE TOTJ ZMZOHSTZETZ".
rectly or indirectly, the name of any
person belonging to mis oruer, ur
the melfcod by which its work is con-
ducted : or any work that bas been
done or accomplished or sought to De
accomplished. L. .,."
That I Will implicitly ouey u mwa,
rales nd regulations of this order and
unquestioning carry out all instructions
and commands irom superior uuivero.
That 1 will, without any evasion or
mental reservation whatever, speak the
exact truth when conversing with a
brother of this order under the $ ,
That I will immediately, upon receipt
of any information which leads me to
suspect the fidelity to the cause or integ
rity of any brother, report the same to
my superior officers.
That I will not make or preserve for
my own use, or gratification, any
written or other evidence calculated
to convey the names of brothers or
signs, passwords or other secrets of this
order.
That I will never propose any one for
membership who is not honest, faithful,
true and devoted to the cause which we
espouse.
That I will labor for the accomplish
ment of industrial freedom from raonopo
lis tic greed.
That I will, upon any and all occa
sions, defend the principles of this or
der and the good name of the members
thereof.
To all of which I most solemnly
swear ind sign my name, binding my
self under no less penalty than that
of being held up to the contempt of all
mankind.
And I further pledge my life, my
liberty and my sacred honor; and should
I wilfully break this oath, I hereby sur
render ray body to the just vengeance of
the members of this order."
I consented to become a member of
the Band of Gideon after being assured
most positively that it had no political
significance and that I could retire at
any time I saw fit. I should not have
joined the order if I had supposed it was
the purpose to use it for political objects
or to improperly direct or control the
councils of the Alliance, and as soon as I
became convinced thai it was being used
to further political schemes and to influ
ence in that direction the noble order to
which we both belong, I at once severed
my counection with it.
My first suspicion that the order was
being used in this way was at the speak
ing at Henderson by Mr. Marion Butler
and Col. Harry Skinner, when I received
a sign from a gentleman which I recog
nized to be a sign ot the order known as
"Gideon's Band." It is not necessary
for me to detail what this gentleman said
to me subsequently which further aroused
ray suspicions. These suspicions were
strengthened and confirmed at a meeting
of the Alliance delegates to the Demo
cratic State convention of 1892, held in
Raleigh the night before the convention
assembled. In this meeting Mr. S. Olho
Wilson suggested and advocated the re
tirement of the Alliance delegates when
the convention reached the election of
delegates to the national Democratic con
vention to be held at Chicago, and I op
posed the suggestion. During the discus
sion Mr. Wilson gave a sign which J
recognized as a sign of the oider, and a
delegate touched me and I stopped and we
retired together when he suggested to me
that I should cease from opposition and
let the thing go on.
I then became thoroughly satisfied that
the order was being given a political
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YOU ARE AWARE, NO DOUBT, OF THE FACT THAT ALL YOUR WANTS CAN READILY BE SUPPLIED
OLD RELIABLE AND WELL KNOWN
NINETY
In the next four weeks, down
significance, and on my return home I
surrendered to Mr. Wilson his papers
and I have had nothing to do with it
since.
I send you a letter written to me by
Mr. Wilson, in reply to one written to
him by me.
I make this statement because I am
satisfied that my duty to my State and
fellow citizens imperatively demands that
I should break silence about a matter
which seems to me a serious menace to
the peace and good order of our people,
and because I believe it is my duty to the
alliance, whose cause is being ruined by
this secret order. I am still an alliance
man, and I joined this order to serve the
alliance cause, but I am now satisfied that
so far from serying this cause, it is de
stroying it, and that my duty as an alii
anceman, as well as a citizen, demands
that I should take these steps to secure
the suppression of the "Band."
'iours very truly and fraternaly,
(Signed) J. H. Dunn.
Here is a copy of the letter referred to
by Jtfr. Dunn :
Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 29, 1891.
J. H. Dunn, Esq. :
Proceed to appoint 1 in each T. S.
who selects say 2 to 4 more to work with
him.
Collect and' hold dues of $2.00 till
further instiuclions. Truly,
Wilson (G).
Of course "G" stands for Gideon.
There being over 1,000 townships in the
State the collections Wilson bas been
taking up amount to quite a snug for
tune. What has he done with the
money? We have 6een the original of
this letter. Ed Raleigh Chronicle.
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Cotton and Cottons.
The Amoskeag Mills directors, having
declared a 10 percent dividend, and hav
ing eaten the good dinner with which
they annually celebrate their prosperity,
have served their yearly notice on their
wage-workers to vote the Republican
ticket.
The Amoskeag Mills are cotton mills
and this rejoicing over 10 per cent, divi
dends and this annual declaration that
the business is dependent on taxes wrung
from the people recall the surprising fact
that the country that raises tho largest
part of tho raw cotton grown in the
world is beaten in the markets for cotton
goods by a country that imports its raw
material.
If there is any branch of manufactures
in which the United States ought to
excel it is the cotton goods trade, on ac
count of the fact that it raises most of the
raw cotton of the world. Under the
circumstances the condition of the trade
is nothing else than discreditable to us.
Out of a crop of 3,500,000,000 pounds
there will be 2,300,000,000 exported and
1,200,000,000 consumed at home. The
United Kingdom imports from us more
than we use by about 550,000,000 pounds.
In 1891 the United States exported raw
cotton to the value of $290,712,898 and
cotton goods to the value of 913,604,857.
In the same year our importations of cot
ton were valued at $29,142,330, and the
amount of tax paid on the goods by the
American consumers was $14,852,697.
The people of this country grow the
cotton, send most of it abroad, and pay a
tax of $15,000,000 on goods made in for
eign countries from their own staple, in
order that the American manufacturers
may grow rich by partly clothing them.
On the other hand the British manufac
NO POLITICS
THE DOLLAR GO
armcJii
WE HAVE
$90,000
to a low point and we know
turer buys his raw material of us, and
sends us back $12,000,000 worth of goods,
we paying a tax of between $6,000,000
and $7,000,000 on oar inability to com
pete with the distant Englishman in the
manufacture of our own product.
Of course this is not the whole story.
Our cotton mills control the market by
the help of the tariff, make what suits
them, and out of which they can realize
the largest profit, and we tax -ourselves
$15,000,000 a year to help along their
enterprise and shrewdness.
The cotton-goods trade is a remarkable
example of the extent to which the
robber tariffdegenerates commerce, limits
manufactures and burdens the consumers.
If the American people cannot spin
their own cotton into cheaper and better
goods than can be made by the English
from imported American cotton, what
basis is there to boast of our institutions
and our ingenuity? The truth is, how
ever, that American ability and skill are
burdened by a tax imposed for the sole
purpose of enriching men who are willing
to contribute to Republican campaign
funds in return for legislative favors that
are very expensive to most of their fel-
iow citizens. non. uonn ue win Warner,
in St. Louis Jtepublic.
Alllancemen Have We Been Sold to Make
S. Otho Wilson Rich.
What are we gaining and what are we
about to lose. I strive to ask ourselves
why are we to have a secret superior to
dictate to us his own despotic will. As it
now appears through the Gideon's band
that S. Otho Wilson is chief. First let us
consider what will be his advantage over
us. To run our alliance to carry out his
cunning designs ; second, how easily he
can make himself an easy fortune while
wo are trying to carry out an honest re
form movement. Wilson tells Mr. J. H.
Dunn in his letter to "Proceed to appoint
one in each T. S. (T. S. we suppose means
township) who selects say 2 to 4 more to
work with him. Collect and hold dues of
$2.00 till further orders."
Now to be organized in this State un
der such instructions would simply give
Chief Gideon Wilson power in North
Carolina .even more dangerous than that
of a European monarch over his subjects.
The Ku Kl ux or Union League has never
yet more dangerously threatened the peace
of our State. One Gideon chief in each
township with from two to four more to
help Lim control the alliance meetings
will simply not only give him control of
the alliance, but control of any political
meeting in every township in the State.
You all know bow easily two smart men
can run mo6t any meeting, order or club.
and to allow a chief to thus control our
alliance in North Carolina will reverse
the power from the members to a despotic
cniei, anainsieaa oi toe alliance members
planning and carrying out such a policy
as wouia assist and educate us as to our
conditions and advise our leaders, who
should only be our servants, to carry out
our wisocb, we now nave a chiet Gideon
who tells his aids what to do in each
township, and then secretly moves on
with and controls any order, whether for
good or bad, and cunningly bas the
lodges and townships to recommend his
own despotic will, thus changing all
power of government from the peoplo to
a despot more dangerous than the Czar of
us8ia. A'lianeemen offtorth Carolina
consider the danger of the loss of our
freedom.
Now secondly, what else has Wilson
made besides being our despotic ruler
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FURTHEST AND WHERE YOUR HARD EARNED DOLLAR WILL
N.
-BESIDES THIS-
CONCLUDED TO REDUCE OUR
THOUSAND
how to do that effectually, ly
simply an easy fortune to have one chief
in each township and four to work with
him as he allows and also dues of $2.00.
Each ' makes a revenue of $10 for
him in each township, and 1,000 town
ships in our State simply means a fortune
of $10,000 a year that S. Otho Wilson will
get from his shrewd designs and under
the name of reform. Honest men be
watchful.
With best wishes to the alliancemen of
North Carolina, I am
Very sincerely,
Dal M. Hardy.
Raleiah Chronicle.
Comparative Cotton Statement.
The following is the comparative cotton
statement for the week ending Oct. 28 :
1892. 1891.
ports, 285,780 348,639
1,407,785 2,029,656
Net receipts at all U. S
Total receipts to date.
Exports for the week.
173,634 273,511
715 972 929.118
921,073 1,080,955
116,233 160.599
1,006,000 646,000
Total exports to this date,
Stock at all U. a. ports,
Btock at all interior towns
Stock in Liverpool,
American afloat for
Great Britain,
275,000 350.000
Total Visible Supply of Cotton.
New Yokk, Oct. 29. The total visi
ble supply of cotton for the world is
3,292,127 bales, of which 2,896,825 are
American, against 3,167,833 and 2,781,833
respectively last year. Receipts at all
interior towns are 215,785 bales; receipts
from plantations 360,739 bales: crop in
sight 1,815,162 bales.
Here's Profitable Cotton Raising.
The statement is often made that cotton
cannot bo profitably raised at the present
prices. 1 bis may be so with themsiority
of farmers, but there are some who make
money at it. Among thera is Z. Frank
Foster. In conversation a few days ago
Mr. Foster gave an illustration of how he
makes cotton raising pay On one part
of his farm be planted six acres in cotton.
He put on the land fifty one horse loads
of stable manure and six sacks of guano.
He has sold six bales of cotton from it,
from which he realized $204. He has
picked out 1,100 pounds and is sure of
getting at least three more bale, making
at least nine bales. From the eclton, at
present prices, he will realize $304 ; from
the seed 138 ; total $342. Here u what
it cost him to mako nines bales :
Fifty loads of manure, including
cost of bauling.
$
41.50
11.25
15.00
5.00
8 00
40.95
1.00
Five sacks of guano,
Hoeing,
Plowing,
Preparing ground,
Picking,
Seed,
Total cost,
$122.70
Profit $219,.30, or $36.55 au acre.
Greenville Aetrs.
Faults Told are Not Eradicated.
To reveal the faults of husband, or
wife, or friend, is but to reveal our own
shortsightedness in choosing such an
one ; to reveal the faults of kindred is to
find fault with the blood filling our own
veins. Faults told are not eradicated,
and there may come a time when, to our
longing eyes, all those faults have disap- i
peared, and we, seeing only the lost
larger good, the faithfulness and tender
ness, would have our world see what we
do all too late. Christian Union.
IN THIS
Brother
DOLLAR
giving extraordinary good values
ROGERS &
PRICES :-: LOWER :-: THAN :-: EVER.
THE BEST VALUES YET!!
Fall Trade Opens w ith Big Opportunities.
We are ready tor you with the largest slock of Men's, Boy's and Children's Clothing, HaU and
FurnUbing Goods we have ever had. We are going to fell theae eooda cheaper than they
have ever been sold in this city. Do you believe it ? Let us prove it to you.
Men's Sack Suits at $3 00 and $3.50, not shoddy. Men's Sack and Frock Suits at $5.00, some are
All-Wool and are positively the best suits for the money ever sold in this section. Fine All-Wool
Cheviot Suits in Sacks and Frocks at $7.60 Their equals are not offered for less than $10 00
Elegant Tricot and Worsted b'uits at $10.00 and $12 SO When you see them you'll wonder how
they can be sold at these prices At $15 00 we offer the best values in Fine Clay Worsted and
Basket Cloth Suits ever offered in the State They cancot be matched in any Clothing House in
North L'arolioa for les than $20.00. You know our reputation on
BOY'S AND CHILDREN'S CLOTHING.
Our Prices This Season Will Extend This Reputation.
Knee Pants Suits, agts four to thirteen, at 50 cents
Knee Panis Suits, ages four to fourteen, at $1.00 and $1.50.
Knee Pants Suits with Doable Breasted Coats at $2.00, $3.50 and $3 00
Fine Tricot Knee Pants Suits at $3 50, worth $5.00.
For the larger Boys from fourteen to nioeteen years we have a splendid line of Suits at $3 50
Colors guaranteed not to run. Some at $3.00 and some with Doable-Breasted Coats at $5.00.
BOY'S SUITS AT 87.50 AND S10
That beyond doubt the be values on the market Lots of Hats here at half price. The entire
IMICIDO
Carried from last Season at Half Price. Clothing and Hats in this stocji We say that we have the
BEST FIFTY CENTS WHITE 8HIBT IN AMERICA,
And we believe it. It is made of New York Mills Muslin, reinforced front and back, has Linen
bosom and wristbands and will wear as long as any $1.00 8birU
OUR NATURAL WOOL UNDERWEAR AT SEVENTY-FIFE CENTS
Is the $1.00 kind at other stores. Look at it. Remember WE KEEP EVERYTHING FROM A
NECKTIE TO AN OVERCOAT. Come and see as.
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