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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-11

The numerous deep cuts IN wages
since the election In 1892 have not
been made up by the recent advan-
ces In wages--not by a long shot.
But it is worthy Of note that what
advances have been made have been
made since the people elected new
Republican congress, and thus put an
end to any further free trade legisla-
ton. Diet. Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-11

1t is announced that the relmont
Morgan syndicate is under specific
contract to protect the treasury gold
reserve until October. The people
will be glad to hear this, but at the
same time 1t is humilating to know
that under democratic rule the public
credit has to be maintained by p ivate
individuals. Globe Democrat.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-11

Some administration organs are
greatly exercised because ex-Presi-
dent Harrison is still in favor of a
free ballot and an honest count in
every state In the union. This, they
cay, means another "force BILL" the
mere mention of which throws some
people into conniptions = Detroit Jour
nal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-11

The fact that the Treasury deficit
was s28, 900, 900 less In the fiscal year
just ended than it was in the one
immediately preceding gives some
ground for hope that it will disappear
before the present year ends.-GloJe
Democrat.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-11

The democrats who used to wake
up nights during republican good
times and mourn and tear their hair
over "the dangers OF an enormous
surplus in treasury" are now resting
calmly under a Cleveland Carlisle de-
ficit, adm Mustered in full doses. -
Chicago Inter Ocean,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-11

The treasury deficit in the fiscal
year which has just ended is about
S25, 900, 600 less than it was in the
year that closed twelve months ago,
or round s45, 900, 900 in all. Let us
hope flat In the year which begins
to-day this embarrassment and dis
credit will end.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-11
Bucklin's Arnlca SaIve.

THE BEST SALvE in the world for
Outs, Bruises, Sore, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter. Chapped
Hands, ChilblaiDs, Corns and all
Skin Eruptions, and positively cures
Piles, or no pay required. 1T is
guaranteed to give PERFECT satisfac-
tion, or money refunded. Price %
cents per box. For sale by l.. Four
nier, druggist.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-11

The tide In immigration ia respond
ing to the improved condition OF
bu Siness, the increase In the arrivals
from Europe since April amounting
to IL per cent over last year. The
British immigration is about double
that OF the same months in 1894,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-11

James II. Garfield, son of the late
President Garfield, was nominated
for Ohio state senator by acclamation
in the twenty fourth and twenty
sixth joint district convention, last
week.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-11

With returning prosperity and a
going democracy, there is no reason
why the people should not be happy
over the prospect.-Nep York Press. .
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-11

The old controversy has again
sprung up as to whether the United
States as" or "are." The discussion
is all bosh, the war settled that.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-11

Grover Cleveland will now come out
in favor Of female suffrage, we sup
pose, as his wife has presented him
with another daughter.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-11
Entered In the Post Orice, at Gray
ling Mich. as second-clsss matter.
POLITICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS,

There are several Presidential can
dldates who would like to know what
Tom Reed is thinking about
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-11

1t is easy to see that the doubtful
stat cs In 1896 will lie Missouri, Ken
lucky and Tennes see.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-28

In Egypt practically all the land
available for cotton is now planted,
and it is not very probable that there
will be much increase in the produc-
ton in that country. All the crop is
exported, as there is not single cot
ton mill in Egypt
Turkestan, China, Japan and few
other Asiatic countries and Mexico and
Peru do not now, nor will they perhaps
in the near future, be able to cause us
much concern.
From these observations it will be
apparent that we still control the cot
ton supply of the world, and will con
tinue to do so for years to come, and
the prices we obtain will not depend
so much upon how much is produced
in other countries as upon the guam
tity we produce. The Southern cotton
farmers most dangerous competitor
is his neighbor.
r. NJ. ROBERTSON.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-28
CROP FOR g YEARS WITH TUE SUPPLY FOR EUROPE, 81

than 10 cents per day. Now she has
finished her dresses. She consumes
the following time in producing 36
yards of wooden goods for mems wear,
" yards to the pound, 80 inches wide:
Washing and teasing wool, 20H hours;
spinning and banking weft, 100 hours
getting bark and dyeing thread, 6
hours; sizing and spooling warp, IL
hours; quilting welt. warping, beam
ing. Harvesting and sleying thread,
29M hours, weaving the cloth, 80
hours making "A total Of 337 hours, or
a fraction less than - days. The wool
was carded at the factory and the warp
yarn purchased. Cloth sells at 40 cents
per yard, SO yards, Sl4.40; deduct cost
of material used which will be $3.50,
leaves an amount OF wages received to
be $50, or a fraction less than 4 cents
per day.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-28
COTTON AND PRICES
THE SOUTHERN COTTON FARM
ERS MOST DANGEROUS COM
PETITOR HIS NEIGHBOR.
COTTON In OTHER COUNTRIES

In India The G. nditions Favor an TX
tension of Acfease--Egypt Fracti
caiIg tultiyaIes Ali Ats Land Avaii-
able for Cotton THE United States
still and Probably will Tor Some
time TO Come Control he worlds
Market.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.-(SpeciaD
There has been and are now damag-
ing errors prevalent among cotton far
mers, to wit: list, The price of cotton
is low because there is systematic
scheme among dealers to keep prices
down, and they do it; End, Other coun-
tries are crowding us out of the mar
kets.
This is simply a great mistaks.
Dealers desire high prices as much as
farmers do We are not much endan-
gered by competition abroad.
/ propose in this short article to give
the facts in the matter, and | hope to
render the farmers of our State some
service if they will be guided by facts.
My figures are based upon special in
vestigation made by Congress and up
on the Consular reports of the govern
ment. These are our highest authori-
ties.
The cotton production of the four
principal competing countries of the
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-28

ton to note that previous to 1860 the
United States had furnished about rs
per cent of the annual importation in
to Europe, and that in that year 1T sud
denly reached 50 per cent. In con-
sequence of the civil war we lost con-
troll of this trade, and in 1870 we Turn
ished Europe only 50 per cent OF her
cotton. Since that time we have stead
lily recovered until in 1891 we furnish
ed IA per cent. Since that time (1S9l)
we have about maintained the percent
age of that year, which would seem to
indicate that we are losing our want
age ground, because if we do not in
crease our expectations and do in
crease our production we must carry
a larger and larger surplus each year
unless consumed by domestic manu-
facturers. The crop of 1890-'91 was alb
normally large and was the beginning
of the falling of prices.
The probabilities of cotton produc-
ton in the principal countries that
come in competition with us ought
to give us some idea of the future of
the staple with us as profitable crop.
We have little presently to fear from
Brazil. it seems. The excessive rainfall
III tnal country deuuctSs IdI StIy rom
the profits on account of damage to
the crop; then. too, there are other
crops more profitable, perhaps, besides
being better adapted to the country.
In India the conditions invite an eN-
tension of the acreage. While India
will perhaps put less of her produc-
ton on the market on account of the
constantly increasing number of mills
established there by Englishmen, this
increase in manufactured goods shuts
up heretofore good market for manu-
featured goods, and we will feel her
competition in a two-fold sense. India
manufactured % per cent. of her crop
in 1865, and 81 per cent in 1898.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-28

Secretary ana treasurer fayeJteFiIle
Cotton Mills. Fayetteville. \. c.
that would float in one of the creeks
and see it go straightway and cross the
other.
The waters of these two streams
have been factors in the industrial life
of Fayetteville. For many years they
kept the spindles in the old Mallett
Mills i'm operation But the mill at
this point shared the fate of every cot
ton mil in the country save one, and
were reduced to ashes as a result of
Sherman's torch.
Major 4. A.McKcthan, ira was made
Secretary and Treasurer, and the gen
eral management Of the mill was
placed in his hands. Mr.. Mcclellan
is the surviving partner of that well
known firm OF buggy and carriage
builders, ~ a. Mcclellan q Son, which
has been part of the business of Fay
etteville for nearly half a century. The
reputation for honest and square deal
ing that this firm built up throughout
the Cape Fear section is in itself a val
liable inheritance for the Mcclellan
descendants.
Major Mcclellan, many will tell you,
is the most popular man in Fayette-
vile, and that is saying a very great
deal Major Mcclellan is a man of
strictest integrity and high order of
business attainment, and under his
and Mr.. Thompson's supervision it
is not a wonder that the Fayetteville
Mills have been successful.
The mills are equipped with $500
spindles and make standard yarns, 2, 3
aud ply SIS to 2Gs and single ply
warps. The product Of the mills is
first class in every particular and finds
ready buyers at controlling prices.
This mill is only the forerunner of
many others that ere long will have
their home in Fayetteville.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-28
PRIMITIVE WORK IN MANUFAC-
TURING COTTON.

There recently appeared IN the
Press-Visitor an article contrasting
the new method Of manufacturing
cotton with the primitive methods. 1T
was based upon information gathered
by Mr. John w. Thompson in an Off
ciaI visit to those sections Of the State
where primitive methods still prevail
The statement furnished by Mr..
Thompson reads:
Mr. Smith, we call him, raises his
own cattle, stock mad hogs, tans his
leather, smooths his hides, makes his
nails he uses IN making the shoes at
his own blacksmith shop, makes his
lasts from the block Of a maple tree
By hand. And now I'll attempt 10
show you the cost and time consumed
in making one pint of shoe-pegs from
the time the tree Is cut. Going to and
from and telling a maple tree, thirty
minutes; then thirty minutes more in
saving the blocks for pegs, splitting
the wood. trimming the points and
making the pegs viii consume Just
iiijic HUNTS. nldNlB8 III an ten IibhIS. III
one day. producing one pint of pegs,
they selling for 10 cents per pint. Mrs.
Smith works at the "Old loom" while
Mr.. Smith Is making his shoe pegs.
Now, lets see the time required for Mrs
Smith to produce thirty yards Of cot
ton cloth, used for women's dresses, 81
inches wide, 2 yards to the pound. Pick
ing cotton by hand from the seed, and
carding the same, 100 hours; spinning
and banking weft S. hours; getting
bark, dyeing and sizing thread and
spooling the warp II hours; quilting
weft, II hours; warping, beaming,
Harvesting and sleying thread, 10 hours
weaving the cloth, rs hours; making
a total of 800 hours, or SO days, in pro-
ducing the above quantity. Now, this
cloth is worth, say, Is cents per yard.
Thirty yards would be $3.50. The
warp, necessarily, had to be purchased,
and the seed cotton, we will say, is
worth $1.00 leaving a total for the 80
days work of $3.50, or a fraction less
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-28
FAYETTEVILLE COTTON MILLS, FAYETTEVILLE, N O.

stretch up and down the two sides Of
the Cape Fear river grow great acres Of
fine fruit, vegetables and field pro-
ducts that find a market in the good
old town. and as honest. rs clever,
brave, chilyaIrous and as hospitable
people as live under the sun make up
her citizenship.
The people Of Fayetteville don't ask
others 10 go there and attempt to
do what they themselves fear 10 at
tempt. They know that the town
offers inducements to manufacturers
and they prove it by building manufac-
turing enterprises and successfully
conducting them.
In 1890 few of the enterprising men
of FayetteyL-e decided to rededicate
this historic spot to industrial useful
ness. Such men as Mr.. A. A. Nc
Kethan, Jr., Mr.. j. p. Thompson, the
McMillans, DR.. II. w. Lilly, Charles
haigh, DR.. Sedberry, w. G. Cooke, w.
j. Mcdonald, j.. l.. Pemberton, George
A. 0yerbaugh, and others concluded
to build new cotton factory there,
and in a few months the factory was
built, the company was incorporated
under the name of the Fayetteville
Cotton Mills" and Mr.. j. F. Thompson
became its president, and Mr.. A. A.
Mcclellan, Jr., it's secretary and treas
urer.
The selection of these gentlemen as
the managers of the enterprise assured
its success, for they don't know how to
make failure.
Mr.. Thompson is one of the younger
of Fayetteville's prominent and sue
cessfui business men. He learned the
rudiments of business behind the
counter, and he knows the value of
energy, honesty and economy. He
merits the confidence that his asso-
ciates have placed in him, and has
demonstrated the wisdom of their Sc
lection of him as the official head of
t. is enterprise.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-28

The figures in tha above table indi-
cate that when we furnish the smallest
percentage Of the supply for the mills
of Europe and the United States, that
we obtain the highest price. This is
at least true until we reach 1890. Since
that time we furnished a smaller per-
centage of the supply and received
lower prices This is undoubtedly on
accouRf of the great increase in the
production Of cotton in other countries
and ought TO be warning 70 our far
aFs 10 plant less cotton and more
com Another interesting fact is the
equality Of Liverpool and New York
prices. a penny is equivalent 10 two
cents Of our money, and if we double
the figures in the Liverpool column we
will find them to be almost exactly the
same. Liverpool controls prices.
1T will be interesting in this connec-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-28
FAYETTEVILLE MILLS.
BUILT OV THE DEBRIS CAUSED
BY SHERMAN IN HIS MARCH
TO THE SEA.
ON FAMOUS CROSS CREEK.

The GOOD old Cape Fear Town is MOv-
ing In the Realm of COtton mlgls---
The Fayetteville Mills, Built on the
site OF the cid MaiietL MilIs~-- II : :.
j. T.. Thompson, us Efficient Presi-
dent, and Mr., a. A. McKetkan, it,
Prudent and Popular Secretary ana
Treasurer.
Fayetteville has been making histo-
ry for a century and a-half and it has
made some mighty interesting history.
1t is one of the quntette of towns, that
had almost the exclusive right to
call themselves towns, away back be
yond the days Of the Regulator and
the Tory.
These towns were Fayetteville in
the sout-., Salisbury in the west, Eden
ton in the northeast, NeWbern in the
east, and Hillsboro III the centre.
These were the centres of trade and
commerce for all the balance of the
State. They were the centres also of
intellectual and moral wealth in those
days.
FAYETTEVILLE was the market place
for vast area of country lying ON
both sides of the Cape Fear river and
stretching as far west as the Blue
Ridge mountains. Fayetteville has
never learned to do things with 1t
great rush. 1t has kept pace with
other towns in intellectual, industrial
and moral development.
She has seen two revolutions and left
many of her best men on the fields of
both. She has builded in a steady sub
stantial sort Of way, but not iii n
great hurry. She has advantages that
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-28
COUNTRIES.

world is given below. | mean by com
peting countries, those countries that
go into the European markets with
their products.
The crop of the United States in
1898 was 1925 900 bales. We furnished
rs per cent. of the supply, and the
average price in New York was about
sA cents.
The above figures do not include the
production of those counties which
consume their entire crop, nor about
$4,000 bales exported from Turkey and
Peru into Europe. The total produc-
ton of the world for 1893-'94 was 49,
$4,000 bales, or 2,529, 600 bales in ex-
cess of the above figures. These 2,529,-
900 bales were produced in Japan,
China. Mexico and other countries
which consumed probably all they pro-
duced. The production OF the entire
world cannot be given for the years
previous to 1893 and the averages for
comparison are therefore based upon
the figures given in the table, and are
entirely fair for that purpose.
1t will be seen from the above table
that the production in the United
States has about doubled since 1880;
India and Brazil have more than dou-
bled; and Egypt has increased eight
fold. of course it must be borne in
mind that the active quantity of cot
ton produced, and not the relative in-
crease, should be our guide when we
consider prices as affected by the crop.
1t is next to impossible to compare
the worlds cotton production with the
worlds population, for the reason that
we have no reliable estimate at hand
of the population previous to 1871, and,
in fact. since that time different auth
critics vary considerably III their esti-
mates. 1t is certain, however, that the
rate of increase for the cotton crop far
exceeds the rate of increase for the
population. In this connection it must
not be forgotten that as civilization
advances, the consumption of cotton
increases; nor must it be overlooked
that on the other hand the consump-
ton of wool also increases under mod
ern conditions
The safest estimf te that | am able
to make, which is based on populatlve
estimates by Benin and Wagner and
Levasseur, and upon the annual pro-
duction of cotton in the four countries
that supply the worlds markets, gives
the per capita supply of cotton for the
world to be about as follows: In 1871,
pounds; in 1880, 3 pounds: and in
1890, pounds. While / do not claim
that these figures are correct, / feel
safe in saying that the proportion is
as nearly correct as can be arrived at
and that the conclusion above noted,
namely, that the cotton crop has in
creased much more rapidly than the
population is a correct one.
Below is given table in which is
shown the crop of the United States
for the past thirty years by decades to-
gether with the total supply for Eu-
rope and the United States, the inn
ports into Europe from other coun-
tries than the United States, the pro-
portion of supply furnished by the
United States, the average price in Liv-
erpool and the average price in New
York.
CROP FOR 3e YEARS WITH tt
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-28
@2Hen E152@z=EEn2E5ga g21 El2 Eas9n2n1z.

Fayetteville was the second town III
the State to build a cotton factory, and
it built it when this century was very
young. About the year 1918 what was
known as the old "Mallett Mills"
were built and successfully operated.
1t was located on the South fork of
Cross Creek, on the Southern edge of
the town. Its machinery was turned
by the waters of this stream, a short
distance above the point of the ia
nous phenomena which gave the creek
its name.
At this point in olden times
the two creeks came together, and
instead Of their waters mingling to-
gether and flowing down the same
channel, they crossed each other at
nearly right angles, and each went it's
own way towards the Cape Fear. You
could stand, so | am told, on the banks
of the creek, drop any little thing
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-28
j. 7. IHUMPSUN,
President Fayetteville Mills, Fayette-
Vile, n. G.

few towns possess. Situated at the
head Of Cape Fear river navigation,
her boats ply daily between the town
and the sea coast, adding cheap trans
portation 10 that furnished by her two
great lines Of railroad. the Atlantic
Coast line and the &. r. & Y. v. main
line
Salubrious winds gather ozone
from the forest Of long leaf pines that
surround the town, and give health
to her people. On the broad area Of
gentle undulatine loamy lands that
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-28
PARK LUMBER COMPANY
RALEfG II. r.. a..

Manufacturers OF SASH, doors, blinds
pouldines and turned work. and All lziDSt
= tuildtnR materials
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-28
RARE GOOD FORTUNE.

From Judge.
How did Grassgrow do with his
book on success in farming?'
"SplendidIy. The book paid for all
he lost on the farm.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-28
HOW THE EARTH is DIVIDED.
rom Harper's Round Table.

From Harper's Round Table.
Teacher: Can any one explain
how the earth is divided?'
Willie with very important air):
Between them that's got it and them
that would like to have it,
air n. l.. Alspaugh, of Taylors-
vile, Alexander county, will shortly
bud and operate a cotton factory in
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-28

Already the ground is being broken
for the mammoth mill recently
planned by Mr.. Walter l.. Holt and his
associates, which will be one of the lar
gest plants in the State.
You may keep your eye on the old
Cape Fear town. 1t is coming and
coming at "A lively gait.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-28
JUST HIS LUCK.

There's no doubt that Jones killed
himself?"
None whatever"
"What caused him to do it?"
''He got a divorce from his wife on
Tuesday, and on Thursday she fell heir
to $3.50, 000!"
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p S.-We look solely after the interests of
the buyer, and charge moderate commits
sions We are thoroughly posted on values
ana through us tie buyer gets the lowest
possible price. c. NJ. IL q Co
Caoie Aoure
"COLiN, RALEIGH"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-03-24
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