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and keen for the main chance. His
family had intermarried with the Nc
Cormicks, Of Eroadford. and these Me-
Cormicks We're the pioneers in the coke
industry of western Pennsylvania.
When the junior Fric.S came to work
in their midst he possessed some money
and "A deep faith that his fortune was
to be found in coke production. AS u
result he purchased Ilfty ovens. form-
ed partnerships, and was successful
from the start. He was worth a great
deal more money at Il than Mr.. Car
negie had been, and was fast becom-
ing the master Of the famous coke re :
sion OF Connellsville.
A NAPOLEON IN BUSINESS.
His speed of advancement was ac-
celerated by the misfortunes of two
other men who were competitors with
him in the coke fields. They were
Tintsman and Sherrick They over
speculated, dreamed of world of coke
and awoke to find world Of due bills
pressing upon them. Their creditors
and the sheriff fell upon them and
forced sales of their property followed'
Mr. Frick was the principal purchaser
He secured thousands upon thousands
of acres of valuable coal lands for nOm-
inal figures. At 80 he owned at More
wood the finest and most elaborately
constructed coke plant in the world.
When he could not buy coke plant
he leased it> II he could not buy or
lease he introduced kind of competi-
tion that drove his rivals to despair
and out of the business.
Because others had failed it was
| freely predicted that he would But
| he did not. He kept adding and add
! ing 10 his properties. He organized
| the H. c. F'rick & Company Coke COM
pany and later the II. c. Frick Coke
| company. He was then master of the
| coke regions of Pennsylvania and a
man whom steel and iron manufactur-
ers needed to cultivate. He was known
to be cold, shrewd. hard-headed. un-
yielding-an idea, commercial finan-
| cler, a perfect manager.
| Mr.. Carnegie knew of him. Mr.. Car
negie needed him. The two came to-
| sether. and they have remained to-
gether ever since. until Dec. 8, 1899.
CARNEGIE AND TOM SCOTT.
Mr.. Carnegie was not idle after tho
| friendship of 'rom" Scott came TO him
Let him tell one of his exploits him.
self:
"One morning Mr.. Scott was a little
late getting to the office and there hat
been an accident on the eastern divis
ion. To the best of my recollection q
bridge had been burned or washed
away, and the through express wa!
away behind time. There was only on
track and the freight trains We're oil
all the sidings along our western divis
ion waiting for the express. which hal
the right of way. l CLEANED the situa
ton from the kilograms ] found ant
sat down at once to do what l knew
Mr.. Scott would do IL he were there
I wired the conductor of the expires
that / was going to give the freigh
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enjoying travel, and, by his own dec
laration is maturing plans for the final
disposition of all the wealth he now
claims to find cumbersome and not nec-
essary to his happiness
His share in the profits of the Carr
negie company for 1899 was $12,2S5,000.
or a little more than he has given away
in twenty-five years. His share for
1900, if the profits are s4O,000,000. will
be $24, ,S67500. These profits are from
total capitalization of $l0,000.0O0 in 1893
Uhe Carnegie Brothers and the Car
gie-Phipps companies. each capitai-
lied for $5,O00,O0O). and which was.
when the Carnegie Limited company
was created, increased to $25, ,000, 900.
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From the Chicago Times Herald.
The life story of Andrew Carnegie
and Henry Clay Frick is one of two
men suddenly brought into juXtaposi-
ton with vast natural resources, yet
uncontrolled by capital, and aided
through legislation and the encourage
ment of wealthy friends to secure
practical monopoly of the steel coal
and coke business of nation of S0,O0O,-
600 people. There does not appear TO
have been moment in the life OF
either man when a friend was lacked,
and that friend always had money.
IN his triumphant Democracy and
all else that he has written about sue
cess in life Mr.. Carnegie presents no
rules of conduct for the poor young
man TO become wealthy and successful
who is not located at the outset next
to a coal man, a rolling mill or coke
oven. His trend of argument always
presupposes that opportunity exists.
Mr.. Carnegie was born in Dunferm-
line, Scotland, thirteen miles from
Edinburgh. in 1885, and Mr.. Frick was
born in West Overton, Pa, in 1Si9
Neither was surrounded in youth by
penury and want, and the practice of
ordinary t'OnolllcS DTouSil u tdcH
considerable sums of money long he,
fore they Reached their majority. The
self-sacritices necessary in n life such
as Lincoln's We're not present in their
own. In fact. their careers in the years
of youth are quite similar to those
thrifty ones of the elder Vanderbilt or
John Jacob Astor.
CARNEGrES FATHER.
William Carnegie, father of the steel
king. was a successful! master weaver
The mother was always close to the
home, and found time to instruct hel
children i'm reading. writing and cipher
ing. Andrews first ambition was to be
a master weaver, afterward he wished
TO be an editor. and later he was con.
tent with the mere occupation of ac-
cumulating wealth.
He was between ten and twelve years
old when his family removed to Amer
lea and settled in Pittsburg, which al
ready gave promise Of becoming {
manufacturing center. But steam loom!
were coming into use and made 1t diff
salt for his father to maintain his posi-
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tion as an Independent weaver. The
boy had to find work in order to pro-
vide support for himself. The local
telegraph company needed messenger
boys, and Andrew was engaged as one
at $3.50 per week, wages neither small
nor large as compared with what an
unframed boy Of his age may earn to-
day.
afterward:
Now that I'd got my job l was on
thorns for fear ] couldn't keep it. |
knew nothing about the streets of
Pittsburg and the business houses to
which 1 had to deliver messages. So /
started in and learned all of the ad-
dresses by heart, up one side of Wood
street and down the other. Then
learned the other business streets in the
same way. Then felt safe"
BECAME A TELEGRAPHER.
Spending all of his time around tele-
graph instruments, young Carnegie
sought to learn the mysteries of teleg-
raphy. He was soon able to read mes
sages by ear and later to send them.
He became a sub" operator and then
Il regular one at a salary of $25 per
month. He and his brother supported
the family after the death of his father
| in 1858 and managed to save money at
| the same time.
Thomas A. Scott was building the
| PENNSYLVANIA railroad at this time into
| Pittsburg and held a position as SUI
| pcrintendent of that end of the road,
| He used the local telegraph office a
| great deal, and by chance most Of his
messages were sent through young
| Carnogie's hands. This led to friend
! ship between the two which did not
| terminate until the death of Nr. Scott
At the outset he made the young man
then 10, his private operator with q
salary of s35 per month. From Mr.
Scott's private telegraph operator hc
became his private secretary and work.
! ed, with him and under him and j
Edgar Thomson for thirteen years
from 1854 to 1N1.
FRICK'S START.
During the first fourteen years oI
Mr.. Carnegie's life Mr., Friok was moi
in existence, but was born about in,
time the former started as u telegraph
messenger boy. His father was I
Swiss and his mother an OberholtzeI
of the Palitinate. On his mother:
side for four generations his peopl'
have been Pennsylvanidns. The mos
conspicuous branch Of the family un
til young Frick forged to the from
was the Overholt wing. which com
meneed the distilling Of whiskey il
1910. Later it took t.. making flour
stock raising and the buying Of land
and was wealthy when Mr.. Frick mad
his appearance.
He resided during bis youth witt
relatives who were bankers. was Civ
en- clerical employment by other rela
tives, attended Westmoreland colleg
and otterbein university, He did no
lack for money nor for opportunity {
work. He was frugal and acquisitiv
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London. writing books on free democ-
racy and discussing how he would ex-
pend his vast wealth, Frick has been
the master hand in the mills where the
dollars We're being ground out faster
than the seconds passed. 1t was Fricl
who convinced the Navy department
that Carnegie armOr was needed for
American war vessels. 1t was Frick
who developed the Harveyizing of that
armor. 1t was Frick who fought the
congressional investigating committees
when the charge was made that Car
negie armor was unsafe.
1t was Frick who fought labor ut
Homestead in 1892 and with Pinker-
tons and the state guard conquered the
angry subordinates. 1t was Frick who
faced the bullet and dagger of Berg
man the same year and recovered.
Frick twisted, turned, shifted, bent,
stiffened, as occasion required. for the
Carnegie millions, held them intact,
rode over every obstacle. and won.
Perhaps $6,0O0.0OO is sufficient reward
for such service, and perhaps it is not.
If Mr.. Frck should receive no more
he would still remain an exceedingly
wealthy man, and if Mr.. Carnegie paid
him more the Carnegie fortune would
not be impaired in the least
He Is a peculiar type of a man--one
OF the new commercial types to which
Cecil Rhodes belongs, and of which
there are many duplicates now in this
country. He is cold, self-contained,
impassive. His emotions are reserved
for use only in his home circle. The
men he employs are numbers. and so
are the rest of the individuals in the
world. He enjoys sarcasm and uses i.
frequently
CARNEGIE'S ADJUSTMENTS.
Mr.. Carnegie's enjoyment of late
years has been coaching, the writing
of books and the establishment of free
public libraries. He has gone through
England and Scotland with q four-n-
hand and written an account of the
| trip in the volume Our Coaching
| Trip" His triumphant Democracy"
| is a tribute 10 the growth of the
| American citizen. His latest book in
| tended for private circulation, is en-
titled Forty Million Pounds Sterling.
! What Shal! Do With It?" This
places the estimate of his wealth at
$200, 900, 900 and indicates his desire tn
| dispose of it rightfully before he dies.
When he stated last spring that he
intended to sell out all of his business
| interests he said:
II sold in pursuance of a policy de-
termined upon long since. not to spend
my old age in business, struggling after
more dollars. ! believe In developing a
dignified and unseliish life after 60"
| But Mr.. Carnegie was not able to sell
out at that time, and probably will not
be able to now for some time to come.
| Since his active business life begun
he has given away to public enter
prises. principally for free libraries
nearly $l2.00O,00O. He is willing to give
now wherever an enterprise is consid-
cred worthy by him of that kind of en-
couragement. He has learned golf, Is
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ANDREW CARNEGIE
AND HENRY FRICK
CAREERS OF TWO RIVAL IRON
KINGS.

Both Born Poor but Lucky-How
Carnegie Rose with the Help OF
Wealthy Friends and How Frick
Profted by His Opportunities and
Natural Shrewdness-A Page OF
Biography That Is Instructive.
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HOEA.

A Prominent Virginia Editor Had AL
most Given Up, but Was Brought
Back to Perfect Health by Chamber
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READ HIS EDITORIAL.
(From the Times, Hillstille, Val

I suffered with diarrhoea for a long
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CENSUS MAN AFTER AGUINALDo

A census of the Philippines has been
ordered and it is hoped that Aguinaldo
will stop long enough to be polite to
the enumerator.-DenV Republican.
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THE BOSTON BUILDING.

Finishing touches on the new Boston
building are now being given by the
contractors and the outlook is that the
big house will be ready by the goth for
the owners. 1t will be occupied about
October ! by May & Company.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-08-23

.'--~~sssfsl contradiction. that 10 issa
1890 parsss8a. nnfais. fnfAmoes. ans
sssssanslble election iAu that has ever
1issvaosd the statute hoaas Of any
| nate On the Unsoa.
We pledge ourselves 60 increase the
efficiency OF the public scbos. system
ia North Carolina, and point 20 the
FAST that the Peoples Party has done
| more for public education IN North
| 'asaiina than tne Democrats party
aver did in twice the length ~ time
I Ts he Popuilsts OF North Carolina is
\ ~ - credited the nrst gIeaf increase
1 IN the public school sysfem.
/ We pledge ourselves 20 the care OF
The unfortunate class Ia North Caro-
hsa and 70 m increase in the neces.
sAry facilities for the same. As On
earnest OF our sincerity, we point %
our past record In this particular. and
say that no .Legisiafure In which
Popuiists have had . controlling voice
has ever turned deaf ear 70 the de.
mand OF the unfortunate, or been FOL.
lowed BY an urgent appeal for addi
tionai provision as has been recently
issued by the Board Of Public ChaYf-
ties because Of the failure Of the Dem
ocratic Legislature to make such pro-
vision as seen and urgently needed q
the time they were consuming theiI
time In enacting political Legislation
and creating new Offices during IN,
session of 1889.
Labor is indispe nsable to the crea-
tion and profitable use Of capital. Cap
ital increases the efficiency and vaiui
OF labor. Whoever arrays one agains
the other, 10 IN enemy Of both. ThA
policy is wisest and best. which har
monizes the two or the basis Of abso
lutte Justice.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-08-23
ssfeas ans ARIA.

psHas-r.ss >~rs- u nss >.a csss j. Ass-
tAi-s 10 .~s - A-a IL >s., 10
During the csmpaiEn. many fl-mo-
rrst. pleaded for the snenanent. .ay-
irs " ~oals bei,d up twe great ~'ite
rsrties and stop the cry Of Negro
wh-n Republicans woa'd -sy th~y
were Tor IL e-eaa.~ 10 would help tse.r
party ,na s>ttl- The b-xro question.
tho Democratic papess ~"asd psshl'-h
IL aud csii them wis- and bis-~~i. Nv N
the News and Observer did. Hut al -
changed Dow.
% August LIT. In = speech NJ vii
uuinxton. the Nv ming Dispatch OF that
city. in reporting = meeting of Demo
cratic pie hunters. ssys;
Got. waodeii'- pc. for sb- amend
In~nt wa- q very earnest one Its sdssi =
tion. he argued. would end the heart
burnings. bitterness and strife Of CAV
gns It would mean ire bu ldinx up
OF two parties In North aruiina eith-r
Of which b dx in control the gov, rn-
m-nt would BE- we'll administered. ti-
urged New Hanover county Tn poll the
largest registered vote possible to-mor
row. He received thund-rous applause
81 the close of his speech which was
also punctnst-d with vigorous cheer
ing-"
After the election. on kng. sth. the
same paper says:
After the business OF the evening
II. "A 4 D.
. rs called on for q speech and respon-
dsd in way that greatly pleased bis
hearers. He called upon the members
of the club to stand by White supr~m-
acy IN National a well a. state poll.
ties. He warned them asainst petty
factions in their own membership
which might RESULT in undoiug a great
deaf Of The good already accomplished
He urged them To vote for Bryan and
by his election establish white >upr-m-
acy throughout the country and Iut
an end TO the appointment Of negror,
as Federal officials"
In its issue Of Aug l0'h, the negro
organ of the State. the News and OBJ
server. says:
The Asheville Gazet e, the Raleigh
Post and the Newbern Journal are OPP
posed 10 references in the Nationa'
campaign 10 McKinl.y's appointment
OF negroes "a pOstmasters and other
Federal officials in the South
It's wonder the coward,y negro or
gan had not mentioned the Charlotte
Observer, the Greensboro Telegram,
and the religious press of the State
which will all condemn red shirts. all.
, archy, ostracism and the squail OF ne
gro, especially by many who practice
social equality, Is the tan" among
the negroes show. The News and Oh,
server and Others. squat niger he.
cause they have not the sense or,record
to go before the people in a decenr civ
ii and Christian way. Any set OF men
who have to appeal TO the prejudic-s
instead OF the Judgment OF men, are .,
dangerous TO the Government as the
ignorant niger"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-08-23

ct received ~ votes more than the
Democratic ticket for state officers
yet the legis alive and county tick
ct was counted Democratic by TO-
At this precinct, the Democratic
judge took the tickets and seemed
TO do fair, but the count failed to
show fair Our judge at this pre-.
cinct was SO unified to perform
his duties, that he refused to act,
and a Democrat was out in his
place, thus we had no representa-
tive.
At New Hope precinct, where by
fair dealing, we would have carried
it by so votes for the Fusion ticket.
the returns show bout $50 MAORI.
ty Democratic. Here we had nc
representative, as the judge for US
first appointed, refused to act az a
Republican, saying that he was a
Democrat. bis place was filled by
an old time Democrat. At this pre-.
cinct / am told the officers refused
to deposit the tickets for our men
but when a Democratic voter wan.
ted Information they would make
signs to him. When the vote was
counted we received 59-a pure out.
rage. Many voters at this precinct
were so disguised they left the polls
without voting. The Democrats OF
course, claim the election was held
according to law, and I guess it
was-for the law is at the bottom oil
all the rascality, and was made for
the purpose
+ If We had carried the county, the
County Board Of election had plan
ready fixed up, and an excuse and
reason for the same, prearranged
by themselved or by which they
intended to throw out two precincts,
Belvidere and Bethel, where they
expected the returns to be against
them. A Democrat gave us this
information since the election, and
we suspected some such foul play
on election day at Belvidere. Our
county is shocked at such an out.
rage.