Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-07-23
THE DAILY CITIZEN
FACTS AND COMMENTS.

A SHORT time ago an acknowledgements
in the Atlanta Cons tuition advocating
the boycotting of northern merchants b.,
the south, in case the Force Bill was
passed. 1t was at once commented upor
',y the northern press and none Of the pa
Jsrs could but admit that the threat
would not be without effect, and that i
the bill were passed and the plan as pro
posed were carried out it would he a Sc
we're blow at the business ccntcrs of tn,
north and one that might alone make th'
law u dead letter. On Sunday another
editorial appeared in the Constitution or
the same subject. 1t quotes from tn,
northern papers that commented on its
first and speaks again of its determine
ton to advocate such steps in case the
law is .i7sscd,
by way of giving due notice." it SAYS
"lct us say right here that when the wires
flash the tidings that the president has
signed the force bill the Constitution will
instantly call n mass meeting to organic,
Home Rule League. 1t will be the
most determined gathering of pcoplccvcr
seen in Georgia S capital, and its action
will he spontaneous, unanimous, and as
speedy as the live thunder when il leaps
from it's home in the burning ether.
"Thc boycott, with every white man,
woman and child in the South behind it,
will be mighticr than all the armies whose
marching feet once shook this continent
from sea to sea. With this peaceful wca-
pom in our hands all the hosts that hate
us cannot prevail against us.
MEN OF the north, do you comprehend
the full meaning and scope of this vast
movement? The Atlanta meeting will
he followed by similar meetings in every
community from Maryland to Texas.
Home Rule Leagues will bc organizcdev-
crywhcrc in the south, and the members
will pledge themselves to buy not dol
lars worth OF anything that is produced
or manufactured in the north. CONNER
cially speaking, an impossible wall will
rise between the sections. All the beneilt
will bc on one side and all the loss on Il he
other. The necessity of the casc-thc
home dcmand-wil, as was the case in
the blockade days during the war, stimu'
late the growth oi every southern indus
try. Manufactures will spring up every
where. Our farmers, pledged not to bu>
corn and meat from the west, wil' rails,
their supplies at home, and our dream oi
scli-sustaining, diversified agriculture will
become fact. Our long delayed dircc,
trade with Europe will come with rush,
and the flags OF all nations will luttcr H.
southern harbors. Paralysis will scin
the congcstcd capital, the industries, thu
commerce and the railway lines running
from the north to the south, and hun.
drcds of thousands of desperate and idi,
workingmcn in the great cities Of tn
north and west will hcrccly turn uponso-
cicty and raise theory: Bread or blood"
a PATHETIC story comes by way oi
pcsth and tells of band Of gypsics who
were soliciting aims near Torak Bets
when one Of the peasant women whom
they met spoke to them. Immediately u
little girl OF live years, blind and hall
starved, cried out Mother, oh, mother.
come to me" The woman started and
screaming, MY child my child" rushed
To the little girl, tore her ragged dress
open and showed a birthmark which sl,
recognized as having been on the breast
Of her baby daughter stolen from her
year ago. The gypsics, says the dis
patch. had put out the child's eyes tn
prevent her recognizing her mother or
friends. The peasants, cnragcd, would
have lynchcd the gypsics but ior the in
tcricrcncc OF the gcndarmcs. who took
the band to- prison for examination.
II is Just such stories as these that
make the newspapers which print them
ridiculous. The convenient strawberry
mark plot has been worn thrcadbarc.
and what u band oi gypsics could posi-.
bly want Of blind peasant girl goes
lust little beyond the realm oi scusc.
The whole story only leads to onc con-
clusion-thc l,ars are not all dead yet.
To ne Bcguu soon.
a joint meeting Of the stockholdcrsand
board of directors Of the Ashcvillc Park
and Hotel Company was held ut the Ma
tional Bank oi Ashcvillc Yesterday after
noon. The president, V. u. Melee, was
absent and Dr. $. W. Battle. vicc.prcsi.
dent. presided. The plans. for the hotel,
submitted by the architects in New York
were discussed. The architect will bc
here soon to explain them aud to take
active steps toward beginning work.
Dr. Battle says he thinks the plans will
bc adopted, as all directors are well
pleased. The election oi the board Of III.
rcctors. {. u. l!lnnton aud J. G. Martin
bcing added to the list. The board is
composed ofN. l.. Melee. 5. W. Battle,
W. T. Pcnnimnn, NJ. !. fngg, A. II. An
drcws. W. NJ. Hazard, 4. !. Lyman, W,
II. Gwyn, {. u. i.lnntou aud !. &. Martin,
Al the stock that il is deemed advisa'
bic to sell here has been taken. aud the
remainder will bc sold tunort hcrn parties
The prospectus al the company will bt
out IN u few days.
a clever scheme.
A birmingham, Ala. special dispatch
10 the Chattanooga Times says:
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