The Wilmington daily Republican., 1891-12-19
letter from Dover.

! Correspondence of the REPuBLICAN.
Dover, Del, Dec. 1S.-Every day the
evidence aceumulates of the Increased
prosperity that is assured to the coun-
try under the Mckinley tariff law. We
are going to have another pearl but
ton manufaetory In Dover. Peter
| Smith, who was once very extensive
manufacturer of buttons at Newark,
N. j., and Philadelphia, Pa, but who
was forced to relinquish that business
from inability to compete with i'm
ported goods previous to the passage
of the Mckinley bill and was, until
tho Mckinley bill became law eking
out miserable existence on farm
near Hasiettvile when the Dover But
ton Manufacturing Company started
their factory, and gave him employ
ment therein.
! Now MIR. Smith is 30 thoroughly
persuaded OF the profitable conttnu-
ance of this industry that he has rent
ed the 'Oid Academy sold his farm,
and will invest at once the proceeds of
the sale In the pearl button business.
The Dover hutton manufactory has
more orders for buttons than it cun
well execute, and the only difficulty 1t
at present has is paucity OF help. MIR.
Il. |. Jones, the secretary and treasur
er OF the concern, informs your cor
respondent that the quality of the
goods produced Is such as to com.
mand the highest market price, In
reference to this pancity of hands sui.
table for ths button and other factor
les, It Is to he regretted that owing to
race preiudices the colored population
cannot be utilized as it should he.
The old democratic idea that the
Negro" does not belong to the hui
, man family that white trash refuse to
work Them In the same employment,
and managers OF concerns who co Id
and would employ the colored people
dare not do so for fear of giving of
fence to their white employees.
With all our hlgh-toned social ant
educational advantages We are sadly
behind in many things. In fact an!
person from reading the present pub
lished ordinances of the town o
Dover would imagine that slavery
was still unb OF tho Institutions OF til,
. State, for on page ) we read in refer
!. ence to the election OF members o
Council ''At such election ever.
free" male citizen, etc"
Free to the popular mind mean
white, and consequently those of I
different color are not considered free
and therefore it. is that at our elet
tions the colored man is bulldozed i
some way OF other out OF the right t
vote.
W. L. Griilenburg, late captain @
Company \. the renegade Repu llcal
who entered into contract with tn
9 Democrats before our last State elec
ton to deliver forty colored votes, ila
decamped to parts unknown. leavin
= Company E., to mourn the loss OF "a
cash and other creditors various sum,
Our respected townsnan, w. L. ke
lum, is again confined to bed wit
sickness.
The Okema, club OF this town, hel
very recherche bali on Wednesda
evening under the patronage of Mrs
S. W. Hall and Mrs. Holiday. Th
music YVES furnished by OSelsby
band. The gentlemen were in flu
IS dress and the ladies We're dressed @
l. follows:
@ Mrs. Holiday pink silk; Mrs. S. v
Il !. Hall black silk; Miss Anna Cannon
green silk; Miss Neola Rowan, whit
faille, silk and null; Miss Berth
= Wallace, blue silk; Miss Mabel Fisher
white silk; Miss Amy Ford, white Ii
dia silk; Miss Minnie Jester, CHR
silk; Miss May Culbreth, white crepe
Ia Miss May Rodney, white silk; Mi!
b Edith Chnmhers, white net: Mi.
r; Emma Pennewell, white China sill
and gauzc.