I
^wipE? a
the Republic OU
^wiiia.KJE&n:
gB& fisTjfS
brnKncol duriajr th< gmt ol
th» tfaic «ooMbe ^Iocal iagaest
LglPgjrojneot the New York pro
ceedtngs were ended. He is
JtxoctS Commissioner Saw
born, before whom tbe witnesses
testified, to send e certified copy
•* ***• testimony to tbe Supreme
Court of Missouri, where it will
become a part of the record In
tbe State’s case.
Practically the lest move Mr.
Hadley me-fe in tbe case was to
introduce testimony showinsr the
dUBcuMes under which most of
Ibe Witnesses who era in any
way couacted with the Stand
tT* 051 ^o^ny were served.
He path the record the fact
that every effort had been made
to a^euetbe testiaosy of John
D. Rockefeller, but none had
mcceeaea. He Introduced copies
erf letters written to attorney* of
tte Standard Oil Company re
******* that officers of the com
service. The re
- . to John D. Rock*
« with several others.
m examination of the
rer, counsel for the
jot companies brought
oot by them, the man badge*
money (com newspapers for
stories of bis axperiancea in try
ing to serve some of the Stand
ard Oil men. Counsel declared
tbeae fact%. were brought oat to
show that there had been a lot
M ■ grand-standing” sad adver
^wn*.ebont this, and a lot of
"The only sensationalism there
baa been is this case baa been
the sensational attempts of these
witnesses to evade service of
UfKMl Fatter# la History el the
State.
Mr. J. B. Spence, referfee in
bankruptcy, will leave this morn
ing for Concord, where be goes
for the pvrpoie of miking final
•ettletaenHntbe caseofD. p!
Dayvaalt & Bro., bankrapt, who
»«■* toJke *•** January 4th,
MC5. DayvmuH & Bro., con
d,*tad one of the largest mer
cantile bosiaesaca in the State
end tbrir liabilities were $175.
000. The total aaaets, brought
***** beds, were about $50,
000. Mr. Spence yesterday
told an Observer reporter that
******* bulore in
the history of the State.
r f AfHJiJeha.
Some wholesale whiskey
hanae wrote a gentleman in the
to** •Mdng that be send them
Mmeaeftaepeople wi » would
be probable consumers of their
goods. He thought he wogld
aM a mMul Al. a
M Ik Pm*
Pam to lar.
^MIk passed**the
. ivy 8, was pee*
Ip Mr. Gardiner, of
to • sdmcI to!) of
irion. Tie
--- *139,000,000,
w-H tbe second of
& SS-S'WSS,1"*
IlM. The amount it entile*,
as Mr. Qaidtoet shows, is mo re
than twice the annual pension
«*P«dltorea of France, Oar*
many. AustriaHaagary. and
Cheat Britain combined. Ana
tria-Hangacp spends on her
*Uadiar armr of *09,771 [men
and her pension system together
km than half as much as wa
spend lor pensions slant. Yst
tsk year’s pension bill is not
•Jteepttonal. Our expenditures
in that line bays remained prac
tically stationary far fifteen
mrs. Beery year it baa been
Pmdkted that the next- year
would find « going down hill,
but although pensioners drop ofl
tie rolls at tha rate of 50,000 an
nually, there are always 50,000
naw one to take their places.
. Mr. Gw diner shows that Judg
ing by the analogy of post wars
(we are sow paying five pen
sions on account of the rnvoln
Uon, which ended 123 yean ago),
there will be sixty pensioners of
the civil war in the year 1969.
That to to say. if a child born
after tha close of tha war grew
an and had a eMM mt ik. .1
twenty-five, and that child
•hoeId have another child at the
Mae ace. and that child aboald
have another child, and that
child should have another, the
last child would have time to
K«P and pay taxes (or pen
on account of a war that
ba£ ended before his great-great
grandfather waa bora.
The civil war was estimated
40 baw coat about $8,000,000,000,
rad Mr. Gardiner predicts that
before the accounts axe closed
w« shall have paid an amount
equal to the first coat ia pen
we have speat
,227.414,578 oa that account,
here are bow more Spanish
w veterans on the pension roll
than the entire number of Shsf
tor’s army ia Cuba. In that
whole war there were 898 deaths
from wounds, 0,810 from all
cams, including disease, and
9.378 caosoaltiea of every de
scription. There have already
been filed 69,687 applications
for pensions oa account of that
war, more than two thirds as
many as were filed in the same
length of time after the civil
war, ia which over seven times
as many men fought fifteen times
as long, with the toss of over
fifty times as many live*—and it
is estimated that in twenty-six
yean from now the number of
Spaahb war pensioners will ex
ceed 152,000, or about four dines
the anmber of men that ever
heard s Spanish bullet. At that
time we may expect to hav* all
told about half a million pen*
sloaers, even If we have no more
ware in the interval. Foreign
critics who acctua ns of belli*
eosa designs do not realise bow
heavily we are bonded to keep
the peace. _
TBE H0WT1EAT SCHEME.
* 1 heard a Congressman tell
an interesting story of the Booker
Washington dinner incident at
Washington a few years ago,"
said a Charlotte man wfaohas
recently been North on a trip.
* This Congressman said that
President Roosevelt bad told a
friend that him theory about the
Mgro eras good be thought, bat
that it would not do to patio
practice. He invited Was bin gton
to dioe with him, believing that
it waa hia owe afiair and that it
was all right; Ms collage train
ing had taught him that.
" But ten days after the inci
dent, as President Roosevelt waa
on bis way back from a little
tour, he saw a white train hand
knock a negro steamboat porter
down lor putting his hand on his
shoulder. Roosevelt saw that the
man who struck the blow waa a
brake nr an on bis train, and, after
leaving the station, he sent for
the young fellow and asked him
if he was hum the South. The
fellow said that be was from
Pennsylvania. When questioned
about stnkiug the negro, he said
that it was in bis blood, for any
of hia people would have done
it. Ha would not permit a negro
to put his hands on him. Tbit
•od other incidents convinced
Roosevelt that, ii his theory
about the negro waa right, it
was not practical, and could not
be lived up to in this country.
* Then, too/ the Congress
man added, the President heard
of a negro catching a little whit*
girl by the bands and holding on
to her, saying that he was as
good as ahe was, for President
Roosevelt said so when he dined
Booker Washington.*
■In other words, the Roose*
vtlt idem would brio? do eod of
trouble and bloodshed, for the
reason that the negro waa not
prepared, if in any wsyqnalified,
for such treatment. The Presi
dent has realised this.**
LARGEST PEACH ORCHARD.
L. McLean, president at the Spokaao
Carnal company. alee at tha Ustbow
Valley Canal company and one of the
teamnat promoters of Irrigation proj
•ate la tbo state of Waahinstoa. re
oaatty paoaod throngh Wenatchee.
Waah, oo Us way np to* Columbia
rtrar to Uo ranch opposite Chelee
Falla, where ha win begta Ota trrtga
don of a tract of load npoo which bo
will begin the ptentlng of the bugaet
peach orchard ta the world, aaya a
Wenatchee correspondent of the Seat
tle Timas. The trod comprises 2.000
acres of aoma of tbo tnoot land in the
Columbia valley, (be eofl ranking la
pvoductlveaaaa even above that of the
tamed Wana tehee valley.
Accompanying Ur. Mellon Is A. Van
Boiderbeka. eg-ooinmleolreifir of born
culture for tbo stele of Washington,
who goes to eosunn the active sums so
meat of the pianttag of tbo trees aad
who win also look after the construc
tion of tbo bow Irrigation system,
which will be Installed aa needed.
There la now enough water coming
from tbo springe to irrigate 400 acres
of land. This win be utilised Immedi
ately. To provide tor the huge acreage
Isoldes tbla some rsoervotni will bo
made. Sold Ur. Van Holder bake:
“Tbo drst year wo expect to get
about SOS aereo of brass planted. Koch
subsequent year a Uke acreage will be
planted until (he whole tract le plant
ed. Aside from tbo sides of the hills,
which win bo Btiitoed for grape culture,
dw whole tract will bo given over te
P— <*—• Boohtoo being the largest
poach orchard to tbs world. It wtil steo
bo tbo Urgeot orchard of any kind la
the atote of Washington, tbo ante ar
chart approaching It in Ha* m tha
Mite Mag tba Blalock orchard, near
WaBawmMa. which contains 1.400
HI8 FIRST IH YEARS.
to a nMlw
iMahMhi.
Maw Yack want
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TO COST OVER to.W0.0O8.
Programme A|mf H Ur Maw
SUm tor Oar Hm-Aiw
MtotUa aoksd tor to 99UM..
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Wllrnfawtoa Star.
Waihingtou, March 27.—The
House Committee on Naval
Affairs decided to-day to report
a building program me tor new
snipe m tbe navy as follows:
One battleship to coat, exclu
sive of armor aiid armament,
$6,000,100, tbe ahip to be of tbe
largest type, tbe tonnage to be
determined by tha Secretary of
tbe Navy; three torpedo boat
destroyers to coat $750,000 each
and $1,000,000 to be expended
by tbe Secretary of tbe Navy for
submarine boats in bU discre
tion.
Tbe naval bill will carry a total
of $99,750,000. The current law
aggregates $109,000,000.
I n reaching its decision regard
ing tbe sise of tbe proposed bat
tleship the committee favored
tbe recommendations recently
made by tha Secretary of the
Navy, that the ship be of 19,400
tons displacement. Private ship
building firms are to be asked to
sbbmit plana for the new ships
to be used in connection with the
plans of naval constructors, in
determining the features to be
incorporated in tbe structure.
Tbe idea of the committee is to
have the largest ship practicable
constructed. The amount ap
propriated is regarded at suffi
cient to cover tbe cost of a 20,000
ton ship.
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• Hte to WIM IMIII V« piBLL U U l LC 111
ol $100,000 in ibc bill for the re
pair of the old ship Constitution.
A floating dock for the Atlan
tic Coast wm authorised and
$1,000,000 appropriated to begin
construction. The cost of this
dock is estimated at $1,400,000.
REVOLUTION IN FLOWERS.
Cornell FreOflw* Telle el Drmjnrlae
Fleet* to oalekem Materttr.
Flo wen and vcgrtaliUM ntv ili-nagc!
with ether noweday*. Tbry an pnt in
air llRltt dmi* end fed on ether toe
twenty-tour or thirty-six boars until
Ihoy became so permeated with the
tome* that they uisture lu shoot hslf
the Owe It takse them to develop nats
rally. say* tbo Xsor York Herald.
Stately Kostrr llllaa treated for twen
ty four boors bar# pot forth magnlfl
osnt blooms with tbo bdp of want
ae sty lens light at night, and oamlmus
Stoats havo doubled the star of their
Sowars after spending e day and a
half In the den.
This remarkable method of forcing
both do wen and vegetables to mats
tlty baa boon developed In the horti
cultural deportment of Cornell driver
•tty, Ithaca. N. Y. It was told to tbo
public for tbo a ret time the other after
noon at tha winter exhibition of tbs
fanners* institute, in the American In
stitute at Haw York, by Professor
John Craig, bead of the horticultural
branch of Cornell.
“It means a revolution in flowers
and vegetables, this new way of farc
ing them, because they seam to be
stimulated to n more perfect maturity
than when they develop naturally."
Professor Craig sold. "By expertu»*»t
In the nnlranlty we found that the
ether administered In on air tight box
or dsn for twenty-four or thirty-*tx
boas bad a most rstnarkabt* vitalis
ing effect on certain kinds of flower*
and vsgstables and that whoa to addi
tion to betas kept to the annJIght dur
ing the daytime they were exposed st
night to the light from acetylene bum
era. which .-eem to have a spectrum
similar in effect to the real tonuhlne.
they grow ihmt rlolonely.
"Lilac*, for tort*nee. trill be to bloom
at least tan days sooner under this
treatment than when they develop nat
urally or by the ordinary moan* of
forcing, a* tW alas ■«»>*»» and rho
dodendrons. When pnttiag (lie root*
InNi (K* ritisr Ih* i i ■■ igai rflPA ahflaM
bo token mi to lee re thorn hi the atha
Dieting atmosphere more than thirty
etc or forty-eight bourn, or the drug
win hove (Ur opposite effect, and In
stead of befog forced to mature they
will die as toon aa fonarat"
ARMORED AUTO TOR GOLD.
T. ■. Sari Orders Oat So Carry
Tesasu Thai— b Too** Coon try.
la erdar to It—re (be safe padeage
of gold front Me mleae |p Mexico. Tor
m M. Hart of Cambridge, lisas., baa
••bead aa erdar bar a* aeteraahlla
which win u» plated with a near and
wtl carry In Its to—can two Oathag
faaa far boo m eaae of attache by U
diaas. soya a apodal dlapateb from
Barton to the Kew Torh Thnae. la-'
etdea toMUllug tbie purpose the ante
mobile wW to oeed to aaatoy Mr.
Raft abort kh pr—erttaa.
Mr. Mart, wtoaw boat a— aa aa it
taraay hasps Mai to Mew Torh a Urge
gait af (to ttoM, baa itoadta mining
giagwtUa hi Mnlaa He tod snffarsd
ec—slenaby from attocka by the Ta
OW 3. CAII COMMANDEl,
Ms* aai Gray Perm Parmaaant
Organ! j atlas—Nerth Cara Una
la liatni
Ai testa Issml. Mwch STO.
Formal organisation of the
veterans association of the Blue
nud the Gray, and their sons,
was effected to-day at the second
day’s session of the State or*
ganisations of the civil war
veterans. The officers elected,
alternating between Northern
and Southern veterans, were the
following:
Gen. Julian S. Carr, Durham,
N. C., commander-in-chief; vice
commander-in-chief. Dr. W. H.
Cyras, Palstks, Pis.; jnnior vice
commander-in-chief, D. B. Mull,
Fitzgerald, Ga.; chaplain, Rev.
E. Henry Byrons, New Haven,
Conn.; surgeon general, Dr. H.
A. Mnrpbv, St. Petersburg; Pta.;
}«#*« advocate general, W. H.
Williams, Abbeville, Ga.; adju
tant general, Capt. A. M. Clarke,
Southern Pines, N. C.
Members of the committee on
constitution aud by laws were
appointed as foliowi: B. Henry
Byrons, New Haven, Conn.;
W. H. Marston, Fitzgerald, Qa.,
and X,. P. French, Southern
Pines, N. C.
The following representing the
several campa were elected a
council of administration: Capt.
William Friend, of Fitigcrald,
Ga.; Harry Burns, of Macon;
J. B. Bucbanau, Manley, N.C.;
JohnW. Woodruff, Atlanta, Ga.;
Judge J. Meuse, Port Arthur,
Tea., and Gen. J. F. Chase, of
St. Petersburg, FIs.
The afternoon session was
4 am. L_!_i _ J J_ a
veteran* from various aectioos
of the country, North aad South,
aad final adjournment was
reached with the close of the
session.
HARRIMAN’8 HOT BATHS.
i«Hrni awsa i>m km cu*
■•'* Rather Se Cmeea
*• R- Hnrrtmeu, Um |>r*«ldout gf tte
Dolon Ptriflc railroad, bar la* euiokod
elcara until bis bruin eu In • whirl,
was reesutljr atiM by bis physlcisn
ta try tte rest cur* st Lakewood.
R* with s tow bath* thrown la.
•ay* th* New York World. It looted
rood to tte magnate, eo ha w*at down
to tli* Jersey pin* retreat tte otter
day. ruglaWrlug at tte Lnkswood hotel,
wltb Ut* remark that te wanted *u tte
raat than waa In tte uetgbborteod aad
that be would stay a month or ao to
absorb It
“Aad above all thin**." bo contin
ued, “don't let in* amoks. Doctor aaya
1 must cut It out Just r*at aad lota of
baths for me."
Tte oast da# they be*ao to *1t* tbs
bstte to him. First they wrapped him
In bands*** up to bis ear* and «h*"
locked him lit a little cabinet with hla
bead sticking out The ttsuni was
turned on la tte cabinet (ml soon B.
H. UarTlman was etc win* hi a temper
ature of 302. It was kept going until
te felt Ilk* s Union raciflc a tram en
gine. He oarer perspired ao much to
tteUr*.
“Bay, what la this darn buatnaasr* te
demanded after te was nearly cooked
through.
“Ihia I* our famous hydrotlierapy
hath." replied tte pollt* attondant
“Anybody that aurvlrwe it never has
any more nsrrousneaa."
Despite tte eiewlre teat Hr. Har
timao grow pal*. Tte attendant's
words bad struck terror clear through
tte bands*** end to bis heart
“Let me anti Yon are frying ms
ahv*r te yelled.
Tte ataam was turned off. and tte
railroad mao was led lato another
room, wh«r* tter* waa a baas.
“You’ll te all right In a Bloat*."
■aM tte attsmdaat aa ha began play
ing leu cokJ water on tte railroad mag
nate.
Hr. Harr!naan gasped aa th* drilling
stream root shiv ere up hi* ipha But
tti ■ ■ HMdsat mm* rnstelUsi and «km
lea water (natamt pragroaead aatll
Ur. Harrtman nfnartad that he gneae
ad ba Uhad tba steam a Shade batter.
Wlien It was all ortr the railroad maa
waa told to ran around tbe lawn for
twenty minute* wittiest stopping Ha
■ntahad thirteen laps sad gate It Bp.
Am tba patient want back to the hotel
Us ratst stepped forward with a hex
at etgnrm. Ur. Hantaan regarded the
smoke* foadly aad started to reaefa far
aaa. Thsa ba raaaambarad the dootot'a
Inj tract Ion aad sadly warad tba ralat
away.
They atnrtad Is again tba noxt day
aa tbo hydro, ate, batba. Mr. HarrV
aaa submitted aatll thsy fetched tba
hats aad tea duel*rod H was all off.
Td inibar ba aarroaa than Ue abet
to death with a tea boaa,” ba said aa ba
stead for Ida MB.
Mr. Harrtmaa left Lakawaad saaa
afterward, putef away aa a cigar.
What aanraamaaa wasn't aattad oat ad
MBs by tba steam beater aad tha baas
win ba atteadad to at baste
EWQRAM8 FOR POLICE.
rrr t itna a Aiaia fat nu «•
■Obo «te (ton TMah.
■ PwJ KabWc. teirf Of polite sf Oeea
•aad, o, raeootiy eunouarad that ba
wwMJMaaa apfgtaom dally to (ba
ruiaibere^ af tba pollee force, says a
*«aad sdrlae k asaalty ,
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Professional Cards.
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Me. 0. ANDERS, M. D*
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Permanently locked in
Gastonia fat General
M a d 1 c a 1 Practice.
Office Torrence1* Drug Store.
dr. d. e. McConnell,
DENTIST.
Office firatfloor Y. M. C. A. Bld'g
GASTONIA, N. C.
Phone 69
Or*. FALLS A WILKINS
DENTISTS
GASTONIA, N. C.
Office in Adams Building.
Phone 86.
THE CROWELL SANlTOftlUM COMPANY,
IlnCOkroaATIDI
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
forth, treatments! Wttikktrv. Knavnms.
C»C*1NK. AMD SltHVOVB UlkKAMU.
" bkiUlinks equipped with rmrtoajl
Pro
Dr. J. M. Hunter
Rock Hill, S. C.
MaVea a * pee laity of Cancer., Tu
mor*, Chronic Ulcer*, Scrofula and
VhpflfnatiaiM TYlaaakaa aI T i
Kidneys, Dyspepsia and Indi
gestioa, and disease* of the
Gentto-Urinary Organs.
Ttaaia wMhtal ffi* kail*, laas *1 blast, aad
HUa pals t* paUant Tama *1
inilaHl aaUataateiy.
29 lean at Practical Experience
1- i■ i i ~ •' IHIf ■ ■' —
Announcements,
rot SHEtirr.
. 1 hereby announce myself a candi
date for Inc office of Sheriff of Gas
ton, county subject to the action of
the Democratic primaries and county
Convention. Jobk O. Rankut.
rw SHEllff.
1 respectfully announce my sell n
candidate for the Democratic nomi
nation for the office of Sheriff of Gas
ton county, and will abide by the
will ol the primaries and county con
vention. It nominated 1 will use my
beat endeavors to be elected, and if
elected will try to make a faithful
officer.
Maxtik L. Rtroisiu..
rot SHEtirr.
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for the office of sheriff of Gas
ton County and will make my can
didacy subject to tbe action of the
Democratic primaries and conven
tion. I solicit the support of my
mead* fa all part* of the connty and
will appreciate any favor they may
be able to show me.
Jno. D. B. McLsajt.
rot sHtturr.
1 hereby announce myself a candi
date for the office of Sheriff of Gas
ton county anbject to tbe action of
the Democratic primary and County
Convention. I cordially nol.cit the
support of the voters of Gaston
county and If elected will preform
the duties of the office to the best
of my ability.
Thomas E. Shupobd.
For Tmi Mrer.
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for re-election to the office of
County Treasurer of Gaatoo County,
auWect to the action of the Demo
cratic Primaries and Convention.
J. M. SuirvoaD.
roriaguiar at Dsetto.
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for re-election to the office of
Rcgriater of Deeds of Oastoo countv.
aubjeettp the action of the
erstie Primaries and Con vert ion.
__A. J. Smith.
FBB CLEKK OF SUPEIIOICOUBT
SUSP** *T»#lf a can*
r u!v*2 ,k* °®'« of
Ci«*ol tbs Superior Court for Oas
♦S rffiySfl-iifo* *2 ,b* nction of
convent! mi°C prim*ri** a*d county
_ C. C. CoauurgLU-*
NOTICE!
NOTICE.
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