LIKE THE EGYPT OF OLD
V I
Country ,Has Seen Little Change
While the'Rest of the World
Has Been Advancing.
In journeying to Assouan, from
Thebes the traveler cannot fail to be
impressed by tbo t\v^o'beautiful tera-^
pies ol! Edfu and Kom Ombo. The;
fcsrmer, situated, almost midway in
the journey,- is-pf special interest be-!
cause it is the best presei-ved oC all the ' ^
Egyptian temples. It was a center ol ^
the cult of Osiris, whose death and :
rising again was celebrated every :
spring within its close. The festival i
began with deep mourning. Proces-11
sions of priests marched around the;
walls deploring the death of their god : j
in the contest with the evil one. In I ’
the sanctuary lay the mummy, person^ j!
ified by a priest, while a priestess who ! j
represented Isis _wept over her dead ^
lord and begged for his return. At l
last the resurrection morning came, |
the mummy arose, and joy reigned \
among the worshipers. Again proces- i
sions formed upon the walls and, '
marching with banners and musical
instruments, proclaimed the risen lord
to those who stood about.
A few' miles away is Kom Ombo, the
beautiful temple of Sebeic, the croco
dile goji, whose devotees hated the i:
worshipers Of Osiris as fiercely as in I r
later times the followers of the prophet I
hated the Coptic monks whom thev : ■
found before them in this very valli
Like Edfu, it dates from the days af
the Ptolemies, who built both build- -
ings on ancient sites. The rulers of i
that time were Hellenists, but their •
architecture was that of ancient
Egpyt, so firmly rooted in the land
■wore the old dynastic traditions. Per
sian, Greek and Roman came and
carved their names upon the temples,
but left no mark upon the unchanging
spirit of Egypt. Not even today is
there any alteration, for still the
houses in the villages are'built as of
old, and over them rise the pigeon
towers, veritable pylons, exactly like
the towered gatewa,ys of the ancient
temples.—“Royal Temples of the
Nile,” by William Warfield in Travel.
GRAKD OPENI3STG OF THE
INTERNATIONAL WOOLEN MILLS CO.
The Largest Custom Tailors in the World, at the
Lebo Department store
THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, DEC. 2, 3, 4, tPltJ ^^SS
Displaying the largest assortment of Woolens ever shown in Gastonia at
1^0 MORE
NO LESS
S15.00
Stop Slavery In Papua,
Our attention is called by the Anti-
Slavery and Aborigines Protection so
ciety to the fact that following the
publication ^)f an article by our Mel
bourne correspondent in the Daily
Chronicle which declared that slavery
w’as flourishing in Papua (British
New Guinea), an investigation was
made by the Australian government
and severe action haa-now been taken
to bring:.an end to t^e conditions we
described,.
Among the allegations made were
that native police threatened men
with the destruction of tlieir villages
If they refused..to sigii on for a term
of years; that many “boys” in one !
division were actually handcuffed for j
declining to come av/ay at th^.bidding |
of certain professional recruiters, and
that all of the able-bodied males of one
village had been captured.’—London
Chronicle.
Largest Steamship Cargo. ':
On its last trip to the Pacific coast
from Oriental ports, the Groat .North
ern’s steamship «^Iinnesota carried
W'hat its owners say was the largest
cargo ever shipped in one bottom in
the history of shipping^ The total of
the cargo is estimated at nearly 30,000
tons. Includeii were 37,500 bales of
hemp from IManila bound for Chicago,
and 2,730 bags of peanuts for the Pa
cific coast. Prom Kobe came 37,500
chests ©,f tea for overland points via
the Great Northern road, principally
Chicago, New York, Montreal and To
ronto. There were 43,430 bags of
Manchurian maize and more than 5.-
500 cases of porcelain from Japanese
ports. From Yokohama was shipped
treasure amounting to ■ 1,500,000 yen
In gold coin.—Wall Street Journal.
Center of Population.
. ■ For more than a century a careful
calculation has been made every ten
years to fix the exact center of popu--
lation, When the census was taken
In 1790 the center of population was
found to be near Annapolis, Md., well
.east of Chesapeake bay. A decade
. later the center had moved to a point
just above the city of Washington.
Throughout the history of the country
the population center has moved
steadily westward at the rate of about
,100 miles eve'ry ten years. The cen
ter of population of our 1.00,000,000
lies in Ilfl.nois near its western boun-
■davy. Ill another decade it w’ill prob-
,ably cross the Mississippi river.—
■Christian Herald.
IN ORDER TO INTRODUCE O JR VALUES WE Yj'ILI, GIVE AWAY
FREE, ABSOLUTELY FEEE, A$10 GUARANTEED LADIES OR GENTS DOUBLE TEXTURE RAINCOAT
vViTH EACH ORDER FOR A SUIT OR OVERCOAT. A WRITTEN GUARANTEE GOES WITH EACH ORDER AND IS
BACKED BY MR. LEBO, ENTI .E SATISFACTION IN EVER if WAY OR YOUR MONEY RE ’UNDED.
"kHH^EJh^Me^Thursday, Friday and Saturday, December 2, 3, 4
COME AND SEE THE LARGEST DISPLAY OF WOOLENS EVER SHOWN IN YOUR CITY.
'^'he informal suggestion of'the En-
. ate powers that China join the allies
iiC! lIjus solidify chc near east, has not
■n v/ell received by President Yuan
-laikai who is not w^illing to aban-
,-:-i neutrality and sacrifice Greman
Coal From the Arctic,
A few years ago, the idea of getting
coal from Spitzbergen, one of the most
desolate islands^;, of the Arctic ocean,
was a topic for romancers of the Sun
day supplement type. Now it is a fact
of considerable moment in many of the
world’s markets., A. single company,
financed chiefly by American capital,
mined nearly 40,000 tons of coal from
Spitzbergen last; year. The deposit
of fuel in the far North is said to be
singularly easy to work. It comes in
a single seam about four feet thick,
stretching along the coast for 30 miles.
The surrounding rock is so solid that
timbering is not needed. The temper
ature is always below the freezing
.point iu the present \forkings, which
does away w'ith the .need of pumps.
In fact the only real ditficulty is that of
getting men—and motion pictures have
gone far to solve that problem. Yet
for every ton of coal in Spitzbergen
there are ten in Alaska of at least
equal quality, closer to a hungry mar
ket.-- The arctic zone won’t make a
real dent in the fuel market till our
big northwest territory gets in action.
Gov. Ferguson of Texas and Gen.
Venustiano Carranza, head of the de
facto goverment of Mexico, have
pledged the co-operation of their for
ces in mainting order and evolved
_plans to rid the lower Rio Grande Val-
-ley of outlaws.
Solid Comfort
A PIPE, a book and a handy lit
tle Perfection to keep the cold
from creeping under the window
and up through the floor—there’s
comfort for you.
It takes the PERFECTION SMOKE
LESS OIL heater just five
minutes to make you cozy and
warm. It’s light and easy to carry
^portable comfort for bedroom,
bathroom and den.
The Perfection is inexpensive, too
—a gallon of oil gives ten hours
comfort. Why be chilly when
comfort is so cheap?
Use Aladdin Securiiy Oil or Diamond
White Oil to obtain best results in Oil
Stoves, Lamps and Heaters.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(New Jersey)
BALTIMORE
Washington, D. C.
NorfoJk, Vfl.
Richmond, Va.
Charlotte. N. C.
Charleston, W. Va.
Charleston, S. C.
Look for the Triangle Trademark.
Sold in many styles and sizes at
sll hardware, furniture, general
and department stores. Look
for the Perfection Cozv Cat
Eight-Year-Old Kills Two.
Huntington, Pa., Nov. 24.—Howard,
the eight yea^okl son of John Prough,
a farmer last night shot and killed
his brother 4 years old and his little
-iiste-.' 5 years old, in the absence of
his parents, at Calvin, a remote ham
let. The father was hauling logs and
che mother had gone on an errand
to a neighbors.
The eldest son obtained a shotgun
from an adjoining room and, return
ing to the Icitchen were his brother
and sister were playing on the floor
pomted the gun at them and pulled
the trigger.
The charge of heavy shot entered
the heads of the children and killed
them instantly.
Emi»eror William to Make Peace Of
fer, Says Report, Well Founded.
London, Nov. 23.—A Pall Mail Ga
zette* dispatch frcini Berne ;says,:
“'i^re is declared to be' undoubted
fouridation for the report that the
Emjleror o.f Germany will make an
open offer for peace through Pres-
denj; Wilson after the emperor’s
rtatti entry into Constantinople.
Made Over Again
Mrs. Jennie^fi'vliner, Davidson, Ind.,
wi’ites; “I can truthfully say that
Foley’s Carthatic Tablets are the best
I ever used. They are so mild in
"'-Ction. I feel like I was made over
again.” They keep the stomach
sweet, liver active and bowels regular
They banish constipation, indigestion,
bilousness, sick headache.—Torrence
Declares Against the Preparedness
. Idea
Durham, Nov. 25.—Declaring that
the idea of “preparedness” was ill
founded, in fact since it was unscrip-
tural throughout, the North Carolina-
V-rginia Christian Conference placed
itself squarely on record against Pres
idents Wilson’s preparedness program
today. The incorporation of a res
olution condemning the program was
among the closing ats-- of the con
ference.
President W. A. Harper, of Elon
College, secretary of the conference
was authorized to memorialize Sen
ators Summon" and Overman and the
other Congressrflen from this state
relative to the measure, and register
the protesc of the Christian dei;/mina-
tion from the two States. Tke resolu
tion as mtdoi-sed was. »iUrodW®IP^!^r
J. O. Atkinson, editor of th^'-flhi'istian
Sun. Prolonged discussiori"^ followed
the introduction of the resolution, but
the conference voted almost unani
mously c?gainst military preparedness
Locating the Trouble,
ache, rheumatism, lumbago, bilious
ness, sh;:.rp 'p^ins, sore muscles, and
stiff joints, it 'is not always easy to
locate the source of trouble, but nine
times out of ten it can be traced
to overworked or diseased kidneys.
Foley Kidney Pills have benefitted
thousands O'f sufferers.—Torrence
Drug Co,
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PERFECTION
5
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ever Chewed jry
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5c. the packet or two “Bobs” for a
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OBS^’ is the boy
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Candied over with peppy
peppermint—-the heart of
the heart is the gum. Itgets
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‘‘Bobs” is One Good Get!
PREVENT FIRES IN flOME
Numbisr of Simple Rules That if Fol*
lovyed Would Practhally Elimi- •
nate AIJ Fir««-in !4ctrrf59. r^-
Fires in the home ^re easier tp pre
vent than to extinguish.'
I’ractically every fire originating in
a dwelling houpe is due to caielcsRne^w
or neglect,
The attic, cftllaT, and all clothe^
closets should be cleaned at least once
a year and atl useless maiei-ial aud
rubbish removed and burned.
In storing^ clothing, remove all
matches and other material from the
pockets. Do not hang clothes near hot
■ chimneys.
Do not go into clothes closets with
lighted matches or candles.
Use only safety matches and keej>
them away from the children.
Never throw burned matches on th«
floor or into waste baskets.
.Do not use infiammable shades ou
lamps, candles or electric light bulbs.
Coal oil lamps should always be.
'1 by daylight. They should be
kept clean aud A
dirty lamp is unsafp
Especial care sliotllcl be taken in the
nome to prevent fires from starting, be
cause when they do start there is sel
dom a man about to extinguish them.
Where women and children are hous
ed, the utmost vigilance is necessary
on the part of those responsible for
their welfare.
A fuse is the “safety valve” of an
electric system, and should never be
replaced by one of larger size or of
any other material.
Do not allow paper or rubbish to ac
cumulate behind steam coils or radia
tors.
Gas stoves should never be connect
ed up with i-ubber tubing. Gas pipe,
rigid and secure, is the only safe con
nection.
■ Rags and cloths saturated with
cleaning and polisliing oils may ignite
spontaneously in a few hours. Burn
them at once.
Be careful of ashes. Do not deposit
them against wooden buildings or
fences. See that there are no live
coals. Far better to pour a pail of
water over them than to take the risk
of a strong w'ind carrying live coals
and starting fires.
Never allow little children to carry
lamps, and never set lamps on a table
cover. Children may pull them over.
SCHOOL EXITS.
The best means of escape in case of
fire for a school building where most
of the pupils are small children is, in
my opinion, a horizontal escape
thrtiugh-^n upnuuig iii''a"
secting the building, the opening
properly protected on both sides by
self'closing fireproof doors. There
should preferably be on one side of
the opening a sliding door held back
on a fusible link, and on the other
side a self-closing swinging door. This
means of escape is the most efficient
not only for a school building, but
also for any other kind of a building.
II' a vertical escape must be provided
Instead of a horizontal escape, a Phil
adelphia fire tower is best. If this
cannot be provided an interior en
closed stairway is next best. Outside
iron balcony fire escapes are subject
to serious objections.—J. D. Hammltt.
UNSAFE FLUES.
Statistics show that at least 26 per
cent of the fires in this State are
caused by defective chimneys and
flues. Of course all of these fires could
have been prevented and should have
been prevented, if the parties building
the chimneys and flues had foUowed
our building laws governing these
matters, especially in regard to lining
these chimneys and flues with fire
clay lining. There is no question in
my mind as to the advisability of lin
ing chimneys and flues with fire eiay
lining.
In our state we are requiring Uiis
now in our State' building law, and
practically all of the trouble is coming
from chimneys and flues built prior
to the enactment of this law or where
it is not fully enforced.—James R.
Young, Insurance Commissfoner.
A FABLE FOR BUILDERS.
i
» Last summer a GOOD CITIZEN of a
I f*ertain town, not over a hundred miles
! from almost EVERYWHERE' built a
i WOODEN house for a WOMAN AND
; HER CHILDREN. HE built the
\ chimney of BRICK because HE HAD
TO DO SO. The chimney was able to
STAND ALONE, so he did not have to
PROP IT SVITH WOOD. But the
FLOORS of the house would not STAY
UP without props. The GOOD CITI
ZEN SAVED A DOLLAR by using the
chimney as a SUPPORT for the floors.
He nestled the ENDS OF THE FLOOR
JOISTS nicely into the brick of the
chimney. He then COVERED UP
THE JOB and GOT HIS MONEY.
The rains fell and the winds blew in
the most Biblicar manner aud Winter
came after its usual fashion. The
chimney SETTLED a little and there
was a tiny crack.
One morning the WOMAN woke up
vlth FIRE ALL ABOUT HER. She
tried to GET TO HER CHILDREN.
IF she got to them. NO ONE EVER
KNEW IT. The GOOD CITIZEN who
built the house, WAS NOT ARREST
ED FOR MANSLAUGHTER. He U
still build^ig OTHER HOUSES of
the SAME KIND for OTHER WOMEN
AND CHILDREN.
HE MAKES HI8 LIVING BY IT.—^
Kfttlonal Fire Protactloa AssocUttem.