Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-28

all enlist as high privatcS in the rear
rank, and if later corporals are to be
ais.
''The destiny of this town 10 not in the
hands of cocksparrow fellows. but In
your hands and mine, and whatever of
work there is to do must be done by us,
the Woodworking. bread-winning men of
the county.
direction. let us be true to ourselves and
be natural, calling an instant halt to this
copying spirit of extravaganza and dis
play which is fastening on our vitals.
''Fruga1ity and honesty, with the
courage of convictions. are our character
istics and inheritance. For heavens sake
don't let us be further beguiled into APP
ing foreign follies with their Jack-a
dandy, bag-wa9ged breeches and craps.
''As men of affairs and business men. it
behooves us to set an example to our
sure than to boom ourselves; better to
smoke our own pipe in ones own chin
ncy corner and know that we have
dollar hard by for rainy day, than to
stalk the streets in patent feathers, puff
cigarette smoke in women's faces and
suck silver plated walking sticks.
North arolina has just adopted a
motto. Let Asheville be the first to raise
it aloft and show the young men of the
State that tits better To be. than to
seem to be-"
Living Too Fast
Hon. H. A. Gudger was the next
speaker. Said he: ''One thing hereto
| fore overlooked in Asheville is the mat
| ter of having manufactures. 1 take no
| stock in the assertion that factories
ould have hurtful effect. The serious
! thinking people of Asheville ought to vie
with each other in building up these
| est blishments in the midst of us. First,
the factories induce capital to come here
second, they bring labor here and give it
employment. Just how we are to in
dnCtA rA a n fn
| with their establishments is a serious
question.
THE trouble with us is. think, that
we are living too fast. l have had
| people ask me what does it cost to live
in Asheville p and L have had to say
| that living in Asheville is very expensive
| if one undertake. to live as others live.
We put on too much style-we live just
| a little beyond our means. In this mat
| ter of manufa lures we must come to-
| gerher and express ourselves freely.
| heard a man approached the other day
| and asked to take place on the Alder
| manic ticket, when he took occasion to
| curse out the administration and swore
| he wouldn't take the place tor a million
| dollars year. We want to see the very
best men rally to the support of Ashe-
| vile. and then we will see her go onward
| and upward
Hon. john w sstarnes
The next speaker called was Hon. Johr
w. Starnes, who declared himself il
| favor of manufactures every time
Every man loved to look at nicely paved
streets and flower yards. but more thar
these were needed-Mr. StarneS wante(
| to hear the sound of hammer, trowe
and saw. He wished he might hear thu
footing of 100 whistles along the river
and railroads here. He hoped to Sc
some means adopted at this meetin,
whereby manufactures would come here
Col. Davidson.
Col. A. T. Davidson, said he did no
agree with Mr.. Gudger altogether. as tt
living too fast. He had been a long OBJ
server. and Asheville had always kept
little ahead of the rest of the countr,
a bout her. The country around is buoy
i'm. Ashcville up, and we must "bow ou
backs"-keep we'll in advance in th
march of progress. He was ready t.
| Continued on second page.)