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Notwithstanding the fact that
the Union retenuss of the Civil
••rare dying of at the nta of
5.a» per month the forthemn
lag report of Pension Com
Bagene P. Ware, ac
cording to dispatches sent oat
bom Washington, win show
that the mmber of pensioners
does ant decrease, continuing to
haddla near the million mark.
It seems marvelous indeed that,
botf years after the close of the
conflict, there should he on the
government pension roll nearly
twk* •* ®*ny persons ss them
p*w enrolled in the entire Con
ferral* army._
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***** OF HEPS.
Hr. John Charles McNeill, a
pcaaiJnant lawyer of Laorinborg,
1‘t«*rr work is known
*!? !** enthe Mate, has been
•dd»d to the Charlotte Observer’s
At a median of the Demo
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^|;|HOPE!IA 5|jp|p|f
Min Tbenia Hoyle is visiting
friends and relatives in Caldwell
county. Idn Hoyle is yam in
spector at the Modena MID.
Mr. J. Wil Brown of Catawba
county ia visiting friends in Gas
tonia. We are glad to have Mr.
Bfoni with ui.
Mr. Cane Boat of the Modena
will go to St. Loots tbe first of
September. He baa a sister hr
■f ***r St. Louis whom be
will visit while on tbis trip.
Lacy Ban Fowler, the sin
nsoutha old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. G. T. Fowler of the Loray.
died Tuesday afternoon at 12:30
o'clock of bronchial pneumonia.
Tbe body waa shipped to Cow
pens. S. C .. on No. 39 Wednes
day morning lor burial.
Mr. D, Silas Todd, who died
at Paw Creek Monday, was a
cousia of Messrs. W. E., L L.,
aod N. G. Todd of Gastonia.
Tbe Charlotte Chronicle of tbe
lSOassysof him: Mr. D. Silas
Todd, of Paw Creek, died yes
terday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Mr. Todd had been iU of diabe
tes for more than six months.
He was one of the prosperous
farmers of bis township. He
had lived In the county a great
many years and was known as a
splendid citizen. Tbe funeral
services were conducted at the
Paw Creek Presbyteran church
at 11 o'clock Ibis morning. Mr.
Todd was a member of the
Phalanx Lodge of Masons, and
a delegation from tbe lodge at
tended tbe funeral.
The Penalty ol OmtMM.
Greatness has it* price. When
an ordinary, every day citizen
takes a cake of soap and towel
and starts for the creek to take
a scrub do crowds follow him.
Be can dip sod scrub to bis
heart's content unmolested by
carious fools. Not so with the
F*** citizen. Take for instance
Judge Alton B. Parker. A few
days ago Baring headlines in
newspapers told how Judge
Parker went out to uke hi*
■wrang dip, how spectators
gathered along the bank of the
stream to watch the perform
ance. We suppose that Judge
Parker ia endowed with good
bone sense and if be is doo't
yon know that he feels like pick
ing up n rock from the bank of
the creek and disfiguring the
countenances of the "rubber
necks" who follow him? It
would be wholesome reading if
some one eoold write as a fact
»hat the Democratic nominee
became a little strenuous and
"basted" some of the fools wbo
“■"yed him by watching him
taking his bath.
Panahnira Bring at Um Bale ol
5a Month.
VuMwa
The forthcoming report of Eu*
gene F. Ware, Commissioner of
Pensions, will state that the to
tal pensioners on the rolls is still
nnderljoOO.OOO.
, the close of the fiscal year
there were 996,543 pension
**• _*■£■ Ware has not yet re
ceived the final and official fig
was for June, but from uaofficial
estimates he believes tbe record
for 1904 will be Just about what
it was a yew ago and that the
wereaas, if any, is small.
There ia only on* thing that
keww tb* total below 1.000,000.
and that ia the heavy mortality
among tbe veterans. They are
dying off at a nnid rmim hup
SOUTH TO Till F10HT.
u Skm at
National Con
JtTaJ Mnwaw.
l«ast winter the selection oi
Job a Sharp Williams, of Missis
sippi. as the Democratic leader
upon the floor of the United
States House of Representatives
attracted nothing more than a
passing mention. * Pot some
yean it baa been the custom to
select the leader from the South.
And ao man up to the present
time has dose anything as
Democratic floor leader to merit
any particular attention.
Bnt the advent of John Sharp
Williams as leader marked a new
era oi things. From the very
beginning his masterly leader
ship attracted attention. Prom
being a mere figurehead in a
semi-official position, he became
a real leader, with an ardently
enthusiastic following. Before
the .adjournment of the last ses
sion of Congress the Republi
cans fully realised that in Mr.
Williams they bad a formidable
man to cope with, who would
easily prove to be a foe worthy
of their steel. On many occa
sions he brought great discom
fiture to tbeir ranks, and several
rimes, in spite of their large
working majority, brought them
almost to the point of defeat.
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• MIVMIWU ut oil, TTUlUina
as the temporary chairman of
the Democratic convention at St.
I*oois was an honor and a dis
tinct recognition of merit, as it
is foe the temporary chairman of
the national conventions, in
their speeches of acceptance, to
sound the keynotes of the com
ing campaign. This was done
by Elihu Root, of New York,
for the Republicans, and was
auch a presentation of the Re
publican side of the argument as
to call for the most able exposi
tion of Democratic doctrine.
And Ur. Williams, of Mississ
ippi, was unanimously chosen
for the task. How well he suc
ceeded can be learned hy a per
usal of bis speech. Suffice it to
say that it is one of which every
Southern man should and doubt
less will be proud—proud of the
fact that In the person of Johu
Sharp Williams the dear old
Southland baa again come to
tbe front, the positjon having
been gained by the Mississippian
as a recognition of brains, abil
ity, energy, and indomitable
pluck. We congratulate Mr.
Williams, of Mississippi. We
congratulate the South upon the
fact that she has such a man
within her borders.
Chatnp Clark, of Missouri,
was permanent chairman of the
convention, and our own John
Warwick Daniel chairman of
the committee on resolution*.
We hail the return of Sonthern
prestige.
GET SSM.OM.
#«w*y U4 His Man lacaiva
Prise Nanay Per Captnre at
Ben Jiao de Austria.
nalctf! Port.
Washington, July, 25.—After
a battle of several years. Admiral
Dewey and his men who fought
the battle of Manilla are to re
ceive their prise money on ac
count of tbe capture of the Don
Juan de Austria and other Span
ish property.
In the supreme court of the
District of Columbia to-day Jus
tice Gould signed an order con
firming the report of the auditor
in the case, overruling all ex
ceptions filed by either side to
tbe report. The amount of the
property captured was finally
fixed at $1,657,355 a knm consid
erably in excess of wbat the
government claimed to be due.
One half of tbe amount will be
paid to the captors, whila
the remainder as provided by
law will be placed to tbe credit
of tbe navy pensioo fund.
tag- aA_am a_.a-n to_*a_a m
H * uw IVVW • IMJ.
WmMuinM.
*1 want to ret a place ■ few
day* aince for a young man in
whom 1 waa inte etted, making
application in bit behalf to the
general manager of a big cor
poration," aaid M. 8. Cudlip,
of Chicago. "Tbe general man
ager waa a friend ofmany year*’
ataodiag, and waa quite wilting
to do all be could for me, prom
Wag tbit if poaafble he would
gJ'Bgg, «*■
the applicant'a adacational
equipment, which I waa forced
to admit waa not of the highcat.
whereupon my friend ahook hi*
JW- Von know.' he aaid, ‘that
I aqreeH bad hardly any achool
& “*** by- dint of
hard work, climbed ap to a
Matty pood place in the world.
1 want to tell you that here
•*ter there will ha very tew of
“* »ho will aehteva any
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Bad Eaten (be Details.
Sen Kmuctico Bulletin.
The editor of q country news
paper is often his own repor
torlal staff as well, and some of
his experiences wheu out after
news wonld make interesting
reading. The editor of a
flourishing journal iu a northern
California town recently called
at the "home of the bride’s pa
rents" the day after the wedding.
He was desirous of telling his
readers all about the event and
wished to give the young couple
» good send off as well. The
bride’s mother met hint.
"Good morning, Mrs. Jones."'
said the editor. "I've called to
get some of the details of the
wedding."
"Goodness," replied Mrs.
Jones, in dismay. "They’re
ail gone. You ought to have
some last night. They ate
every scrap."
A Mfsuudorstanding.
Vurkriile Htxtnircr.
James R. Young, insurance
commissioner of North Carolina
narrated, at a banquet in Raleigh,
some of the vicissitude of ah in
surance man’s work.
"An agent in Wilson,” he
said "told me the other day
about an experience he had with
a cotton planter.
"Tbia planter having decided
to inaure his life, was filling in
the usual printed list of ques
tions.
"When be came to the stereo
typed queries, ‘age of father, if
living,’ and ‘age of mother, if
living,’ he tbonght a little while,
and flieo pnt down his father’s
age at 117 years, and bis moth
er’s at 119.
" By Jove,’ said the agent, *yon
come of a long-lived family,
don’t yon?’
"Why, no: not particular,’the
planter replied.
"But your father and mother—
"Ob, they’re dead,’ the plant
er interrupted. ‘They died
young. Hut tbe paper aaks for
their age "if living,” to that ia
what I put down."
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NOTICE.
Bxaininitious for entrance to
the Peabody College for teach
ers at Nashville, Tennessee,
will be held for this concess
ional district at Charlotte, N. C.
August 4-6. 1904,
They will be conducted by
Miss Sallie Boyce.
SOCIETY TO UPLIFT LABOR.
Order P«>«i«4 St a* ItlluoU an
to B* NniIc National.
flmw' It. ('ruler, it miner ot Div
iinnlh. III.. litIN gnllli.l itmuldrrablr dla
tlnerlnn by rounding nn order for (he
rillfrliu; of profile in general nod mia
»)'* in purtUul.ir. aujn u tliapnleh from
|iot|UOlil. "II rmrlint men,'* nays Mr.
4'cults’, "Hint tlir rlturt-liea can't rettrh
anti that rite aecret aorteflo* won't
Imre."
Tlu‘ order In kuown jt* tlie Knight*
pisl I adio* or Hie Croa*. and ao fruet
tin* litrn ln> micro** Id Ixiquotn that
Mr. ( 'rods hue tlecUlotl to aetad out geq.
*n:l orgiiltitrr*. Tit# order baa 340
UitnulNtra. 30ft of xettoui ur» ininert. Tb*
mriuUT. Iiluft thcraaelro* to meet their
fellow member* a* equal*. not lo Injure
onn of them. not to gamble or curry con
c<'.ilet[wMipou*iindtiiuim llieirlnllurnre
again*! the one of alcoholic drtoks. Mr.
Center say* few of tbo me tuber* full,
anil that when tb*y do they are helped
up nn-l on ngan.
OnlMdcm nl Duquoln are astounded
si Mr. tVitler** micectts In mUtng men
from the gutter, nnd hr is nluiMt all
ohpect of worship by th* famine* of
many men nm) by th* men tbemMlre*
whom he ba* helped to thrlr feet,
There ure three tlegreea iu tbe order
-Faith. Hope sod Ckartty-th* Crm ef
wbk-b I* public. The order malnltln*
a pci.lie rending roam at • coat of
81,31X1 h ycur. which to paid from vol
antary contribution* and money ratMd
by giving social* and entertainmouta,
,\'n tinea arn naked of tbe members and
there I* no Initiation foo.
Mr. Cenler'a peraonallly to out ef the
ordinary. He began work In a coal
mine at 8t. John's, north of UoqiKWn,
thirty-eight years ago, when be was
eleven year* old, and mining has been
kla life work, lie la new manager of
two ml urn owarp hr a coal and coke
eoBtpnnr,
Mr. Fletcher Fink of Concord
has been appointed by the U. S.
Government to a position on the
Pauama Canal purveying force.
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A Great Sale
Prudent Men
It's our plan never to let seasons lap—good plan, eh?
With summer past the middle of July,
we reduce prices thus:
Genuine Scriven Drawers - - • 60c
Two regular 50c Negligee Shirts for 75c
ALL CLOTHING 25 to 331 PER CENT OFF
Swan-Slater Co.
OUTFITTERS FOR MEN AND BOYS
People Who Save
come out in the etui with plenty of
tuonev
All classes can protect themselves
against sickness, loss of employment
and othet luiforseen misfortunes hy
opening a
Savings Account
with us and depositing regularly a
small portion o( their earnings, we
pay 4 per cent interest.
People living away from Gastonia
may ao their hanking by mall.
Call or write to ns for information.
Gaston Loan & Trust Co.
«. t. I«W PmUm. 11 Mari Imum
Sale Closes
Sc turday!
REMEMBER our ODDS AND
ENDS and DISCOUNT SALE
closes Saturday, July 30th. This
sale Includes not only remnants
and odds and ends but everything
In our big stores. Prices have
been slashed right and left
throughout every department.
We have many new attrac
tions for this week which will In
terest everyone who visits our
stores. Among these new attrac
tions Is our first fall shipment of
new dress goods. They are on
exhibition now and are Included
in this wonderful cut price sale.
You are invited
to our big stores.
Don’t miss this
cleaning-up sale.
THOMSON CO.
The People’s Store
This is the Greatest Sale of Stylish
Summer Clothing We Ever Had
Our entire line of Men’s, Young
Men’s, and Boy’s Clothing, Fur
nishings, Shoes, and Hats, is in
cluded in this clearance sale at
COST FOR CASH
J. Q. HOLLAND 4 COMPANY
“THE BUMMER CAPITAL BY THE SEA."
The Atlantic Hotel and Cottages
MOREHBAb CITY. ft. C.
The largest and nnt fashionable Seaside Resort In the Sooth. Three
bandied rooms, single and ca-miite. Private batba. Hotel greatly im
proved and mad* more attractive than ever. Lighted by electricity New
piers, large pavilions. Hurst bathing, sailing end fishing on the coast,
largest and aioet beautifully decorated hell room la the Sooth. Music by
the faatoua Lav in Orchestra. Beautiful sad varied electric display on the
pier, Cuitiae and service Brat-clan* In every reapeet.
The ideal place for teat, pleasure aad recreates.
B pedal rates to iasaillee Write tor diagram and booklet
Owecra A. A R. 0* ft. ft* A. J. COOKB. Maaegae.
FULLER’S BARBECUE
THE REAL THING
Bessemer City, Saturday, August 6
Hotaktaii by Jaba Hawaii. Ham ft. ft. Diana baa
flyaakiac by Coa*raaamaa Wabb. two* lavhad atao.
FOR THE BARBECUEi
rwa fat Saga, to* fat abaay. mm* tbaaa fat kaam.
Mnak rxpretad by Cantoni* Corset Hand sod Ba ana mar and
Cbarryvillt Stria* Hand. Had nerd rate* applied for bet wars Char*
lotto and Spartan bat*. EVERYBODY COME.
C. W. FULLER, Bessower City, N. C.
(a raw opinions or
SEVEN BARKS
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