Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-10-04

suit in the cutting mania ! Wednes-
day morning when | went to get my
my daily supply Ct newspapers, the
newsdeaIer ruefully pointed at the
''Pricc Two Cents" on the Herald.
"This is an outrage" he said, 'but |
am resolved not to put up with it..
Just See what an amount of handling
a paper like the Herald requires, and
shall now have to sell three of them
before | can earn one cent. | shall
get Just enough Herolds to supply
my regular customers, and sell as
many Tribumes as l can. They treat
ed us we'll, for although they reduced
the price of their paper Il cent they
did not cut us.
This cutting Of prices is growing
to an alarming extent and does no
good, for as all the paper, eventually
will do the same, they will all be on
the same plane and artificial increases
in the circulation will melt away. IT
stands to reason that savings will
have to be made 81 mewhcre, and the
effect of this will be the looping off
Of men in the Office and the cutting
of salaries. The World has already
reduced its staff On the H|yo|d and
Times the men are hourly expecting
the knife of the gulllotine to fall,
and on the Tribune poverty has long
held such supreme sway that instead
Of bread and cheese there will soon
be nothing but bread left for the
daily bill Of fare.
We are rapidly developing meth,
cd of police work which resembles
very much the secret service so pop.
ular in Russia and France. When
the frauds IN the Water bureau were
discover, d, the police centred on Da-
vid B. Aitkcn as the one princi pally
implicated He WAS arrested late on
Saturday night and taken to Police
Headquarters, the intention being to
keep him locked up for several days
to thus force him to make a confes-
sion and not make known what 9TH
ers were in the frauds He WAS not
even taken to Police Court az the
law requires. Unfortunately for the
manipulators Athens son came to
Police Headquarters late on Saturday
night. A reporter who was acqnaint-
ed with him ascertaincd the reason
of his presence and then the whole
story leaked out. The police were
very much Disguised and charge the
papers with spelling their case.
While philanthropists and theor-
lists are discussing the condition of
the negro and devising plans to raise
his physical, mental and moral status,
the mem bers of the colored race in
this city at least are developing rap
idly in wealth and influence. was
speaking with colored clergyman
the other day on this subject, and ne
tells me that there are at least a
thousand members of his race in this
city who are worth all the way from
$50 900 to 100000. Most of those
started in life as walters, caterers or
BARRIERS. They were thrifty, indus
trious and we'll behaved, and thus
they got people interested in them
who gave them points in the stock
market or other speculative fields and
thus they progressed. But in spite
of their wealth, those people find
much difficulty in living decently.
In any good neighborhood landlords
would object to "niggers,' and neigh
bors would despise and annoy them.
i For this reason a scheme is now on
foot among the leading members Of
the colored community to form a
stock company for the purpose of
buying and improving real estate,
thus enabling members Of their race
to live according to their means and
pleasure. The scheme is yet in its
infancy, but the capital stock will
probably be fixed at $250,0oo.
! Another project on foot among
them is to establish first class club
house. Over 100000 will be sub
scribed to purchase house and fit it
up properly and thus we will soon
have the delight of seeing full blood
ed colored swells ogling dusky beau
ties from club room windows, an oc-
cupation which after all seems to be
the main delight Of young thorough
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