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GAZETTE PRINTING HOUSE. LOCAL AGENCY.
AOIN THE CUKVED BALL.
Captain la tan Says Ike Art of
Thrawiog a Carrag Ball Waald
be Worth a Mtllioa to a Maa,
II ho Coaid go Id
CbutMH Ofewnm. 2Mh.
Capt. G. K. Bason is still
thinking about the absurdity of
the curved ball. When he came
down staira from the club be
thought he would peep into the
city office of The Observer aud
see if anybody was idle. The
captain evidently wanted to talk,
and he never encounters too
busy a squad for an audience,
as toon as he stuck hit head In,
the typewriters subsided and
everybody welcomed bim. He
accepted a rocker and leaned
forward in it, with both his
bauds on the bead of bis cane.
He went at once to the curved
ball illusion.
That there is no such thing
he still contends.
"Why man,” said he, "if 1
could throw a s u r e enough
curved ball it would be worth a
million dollars. Yes. air. I’ll
tell yon why: if a man cam throw
that kind of boll with his hand,
he can do the same thing with
machinery, and if he invented a
machine to throw curved spher
ical projectiles he’d have a mil
lion before he knew it. Yonr
enemy—what would be do? Get
behind a mountain? Dern him!
That wonldn’t do bim any good.
You just put the twist to your
curving machine, and—d c r n
him!"
"But wouldn’t there be some
danger to the roan who did the
shooting, captain?” asked an in
terested reporter. "Maybe be
would shoot clean around the
mountain and kill himself.”
This possibility amused the
captain to much that he hadn’t
got through laughing before
some one pot another cross
quest too.
"Bat, captain, how about the
people who ait behind the pitch
er end eee the ball curve?" .
"Just think they see it," he
answered. "Think they see e
crooked stick in a pool, when
it’s n straight stick. I have
squatted right behind the pitcher
and I know he don't make the
ball curve. The batter misses it
end says it curved, and that is
.all right; it excuses hint, haw,
bawl And the great trouble
about the dera nonsense is thn<
everybody believes it's so, jn.l
you can’t convince em.”
Another listener here nut s
question about tbe coinbinaihie
of forces which, being brrm-H
to best upon tbe ball hv in*
wrist of tbe pitcher, shoots it <>fl
with the effect of s missile ih.ii
is not a sphere.
The captain laughed a long
time before he employed tlie
fallacy that anybody could take
a piece of slate and make It sail
of in all aorta of a curve. "But
I’m talking about a sphere," h«
dooffea.
"Iam *t liberty to quote yon
about this[important matter, am
1, captola* asked n reporter.
"bay anything you please,
anytMug rett dero pic.se" said
he, "sod H stand for it. (oat sc
it's ag'lu' the curved ball.*
HUBBAH FOB THE HEN!
Ia Sixty Daya Sba Caa Produce
More Wealth Thaa All (he
Gold Miaoo.
Charlott* Ckmalele.
Not long ago Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson got up a
composition ou the American
hen which, it was believed,
would stand as the price win
ner. It was rather lengthy
and fall of figures, but was the
work of a scholar. However
in a short speech before the
House committee on agricul
ture. Tuesday, Congtetsman
Dawson, of Iowa, took the
laurels from Secretary Wilson.
He spoke in favor of an in
creased agricultural appropria
tion and grew eloquent when he
came to the subject of the ben.
He is quoted as saying: "Poets
may sing of the glory ot the
eagle, and artists may paint the
beauties of birds of plumage,
but the modest American hen
is entitled to a tribute for her
industry, her unselfishness and
her productivity. The Ameri
can hen can produce wealth
equal to the capita) stock of alt
the banks of the New York
clearing house tu three months
and have a week to spare. In
less than 00 days she can equal
the total production of all the
gold mines in the United State*.
The United States prondly
boasts of its enormous produc
tion of pig iron, by far the
greatest of any country in the
world, and yet the American
ben produces aa much in six
months os all the iron mines of
the country produce in t year.
In one year and 10 months she
conld pay off the interest bear
ing debt ol the United States.”
The ben is a great institution.
She would be still greater if sbe
and her offspring were not so
inclined to upset the chicken
grower’s calculations by taking
the cholera. Mr. Dawson's fig
ures are fascinating, but all the
same, we advise him that it is
safer to draw hia salary in Con
gress than to embark in the
chicken farming business with
tbe idea of pnttlng the banks
out of business.
Trlaity Collage Catalog*#.
The annual catalogue o<
Trinity Collejre for the year
1905 1906 has fast coma from the
press. It makes a volume of
162 pages, well executed from a
typographical standpoint, and
-'ting forth tally the ednca
imI work of the college. The
•Vucu departments of the college
xMprr now offer 115 fall yeer
canines, and, in addition, the
••-crn'ly established school of
I <»• offers twenty-three conrses.
The professors, instructors aod
idminfstrative officers of Trinity
College are thirty-three in num
ber, and the Trinity Park School
employs vvi-n masters, making
a •'>•!»* I forty. There an en
roll'd to Trinity College 287
atadeats aod in the Trinity Park
Sckool 190, making the total
number of students on the Trin
ity campus 477.
Coocord is to have as Ice
dail"1 * c*p*clt>' ot W lMU
DAILY RATIONS FOB 349.440.
Statement Giving aa 14aa at lha
Magnitude o( lha Task at San
Francises—Slaps to Pravaal
Whataaala Orakblag—Gao4
Soppllas al Freak Meat aa4
Frails.
Cbuttollc Chronic lv
Ssn Prau cisco, April 26.—An
idea of the task wbirli con
fronts the food committee may
be gained from the fact that
throughout the city rations for
349,440 persons were distributed
yesterday. This is an average
estimate based on reports from
a few of tbe food depots. At
one point yesterday provisions
were given out to 672 persons
an hour for ten hours. This
station is neither one of the
largest nor one of the smallest
and so its reports were used as a
basis to strike an average.
All flour that was received in
sacks is exchanged at tbe
btkery pound for pound for
bread.
Almost all the bakeries in the
burned region have opened, and
are selling bread at five cents a
loaf. There is no danger of a
meat famine. Representatives
or the Western Company, tn
South San Praucisco, reported
to the relief committee this
tnoruing that there are now in
the yard* 1,500 cattle, 3,000
sbeep and 500 hogs.
More than 200 cattle are killed
and dressed daily and sheep and
hogs are put under the knife as
f**t as they strive. The foil
quota of employeea is at work.
The Southern Pacific ordered
all cattle cars to be rushed to
San Francisco with precedence
over passenger trains.
Wholesale grabbing of sup
plies by some while others are
in want hss caused the military
authorities to order s uew system
in the distribution of food. Be
ginning to-morrow, kitchens and
mess rooms will be established
where meats will be supplied to
all who apply, but no food will
be given out to be carried away.
In the distribution of clothing,
precautions against fraud will be
taken by sqnads detailed to visit
each tent or each shelter, list
the occupants and tabulate their
wants. Orders will be given
ont entitling the holders to the
needed clothing, bedding or
other stores.
Pitiful stcrics of suffering from
exposure, ignorance and help
lessness are flooding in from all
_ r\i a L . _ J a
camps, that in the Presidio,
which ia under government con
trol, seems most thoroughly sys
tematized, and that in Golden
Gate Patk is most disorganised,
though it is rapidly assuming a
habitable basis.
Many tons o( fresh fruit were
distributed yesterday and to-day.
Bunches of bananas and boxes
of oranges were given unspar
ingly to the people who flocked
from the tents along the beach
and about Fort Mason.
Will Probably Malta 11 Dally.
York rill* Baeslrcr.
The Carolina and North-Wes
tern railroad people are very
much pleased with the manner
in which the public is receiving
their new passenger trains, Nos.
7 and 8. There was consider
able hesitation altont putting on
these trains. It was not thonght
that there could be any direct
revenue from them. The best
that was hoped for was receipts
amounting to something like
actus) expenses. The receipts
have been rather larger than
was expected and now the rail
road folks are considering the
practicability of giving still bet-,
ter service by making the trains!
daily. This will probably be
done next month. And there it
a possibility too, that the trains
will be in n d e a permanent
feature of the road’s passenger
traffic. This, however, will
probably depend upon a Hula
asiiitance from the government.
Ordinary travel is lighter in the
winter than in the summer and
expense* are heavier. Tor that
reason, it was not contemplated
at the start to cootinnc the new
trains beyond next fall. But al
ready the mail possibilities of
these trains hsa bean shown to
be much greater than was at
first contemplated and if the
government will only allow a
■mall appropriation fora poatal
car and clerks, the way of the
trains wilt be much smoother
and tbe accommodation to the
public greatly increased. The
benefit of Noa. 7 atd 8 to York
ville end other towns in York
county la too apparent to be a
matter of tbe slightest doubt.
Wilmington merchants have
aabacribed $700 for tbe Southern
Cotton Orowtra Association
fund. President C. C. Moore
was In the city this week.
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DID SII^CAUSE IT?
Vm Sm Francises Destroyed fsr
its Wickedness?—Ths Scrip*
tares Quoted.
IUatt*vlllc ).*ndin*il.
Of course the imarher who aaya
the eaitlutaakc lu Kno l ratiduro was
a "divine diaitcnaation" Ima been
beard from; tliat it mt destroyed
for ita wickedness. In which enst
whnt would bccomv vi a flood iu*By
of ua ahuuM the l,ord deckle to iiv<
os our just deaertv?—lircenaboro
Record.
Yea, for in tbc conrseof justice
none of ns would see salvation.
Those people—end they arc
many—who constantly ace in
the calamities aent on individ*
nal* aud communities the judg
ments of the Almighty, should
turn to Luke 13 and read the
answer of the Master when they
told bitn of the Galileans, whose
blood Pilate had mingled with
their sacrifices. "Suppose ye
that these Galileans were sinners
above alhtbe Galileans, because
they suffered such things? 1
tell you, Nay; bnt except ye
repeat, ye shall all likewise
perish. Or those H on whom
the tower in Siloam fell, and
slew them, think ye that they
were sinners above alt men that
dwelt in Jerusalem? 1 tell yoa.
Nay: but except ye repent, ye
shall all likewise perish.”
YOU AND YOIKVILLK
What's Doing Amaof oar Naigh
hora Jut Across ths Liao.
Yorfcrtli* Usonirrr. 24tt>.
Mrs. S. A. Gilfillan of Gas
tonia. is visiting relatives and
friends at Sharon.
The Jasper Light Infantry baa
received an invitation to attend
the 20th of May celebration in
Charlotte.
Visitors to Yorkville this
week have had many compli
mentary tbiugs to ssy shout the
town—the shade trees, the side
walks, the hotel accomodations,
the stores and other things.
Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Frew and
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. McKIwee
and two daughters, Misses Mar
garet and Katherine, of Rock
Ilill, were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Pegram this week.
Prof. J. II. Witherspoon has
been re-elected superintendent
of the Fort Mill Graded school
st sn advance of salary over
last year. The Fort Mill people
require a high standard ol effi
ciency in their anperiolendent
and tneir attitude toward Prof.
Witherspoon is to be takeu as
highly complimentary.
Mrs. W. B, Williams of York
ville, bad a telegram a few days
ago from her non. Lieutenant
Geo. W. Williams, of the
United States navy, aanounc
in* his safety. Lieutenant
Williams it on duty in Ssn
Francisco waters sod at the
time of the disaster was in one
uuicis mu was aesiroyea
by the earthquake.
,**®v*, Oliver Johnson, pastor
of Neely's Creek, is quite ill
with a stomach disorder to
which he has been subject for
several years. The trouble only
conies on periodically bnt is
very acute in Its aatnre. He
went to the Presbyterian hos
pital at Charlotte yesterday for
treatment. Several members
of the Neely's Creek congrega
tion who were here in attend
ance on court, have been very
much concerned about him.
Tobe Burris was arrested a
few days ago aud committed to
jail on the charge of having
burned the depot at Guthries*
viile soma months back. Bur
ris is jou* of tbe negroes who
was bruised up In the Pishing
Creek wreck some months back,
and who got what was for him
liberal pay from the railroad
company for his experience.
He spent his money rapidly,
and it is thought that be burned
the depot because be wanted
some wore. The cash drawer
is said to tnve been rifled, and
it Is claimed that the evidence
as to Burris's guilt is strong.
Nr. Howard Caldwell, accom
panied by Mr. Carl Hart, made
a record breaking run from
vuiunmi 10 i or k Vi u c W iu
automobile last Tn*«day after*
aoon. They left Colombia at
1.13 o'clock and reached York
vilie at about 7.30, having
mopped a tittle more than an
boor on the way. The entire
dutaace waa made at the rata
of about twenty milea an hour
which, couaideriug the all
kinda of condition* in whleb
they fonod tbe road*, waa
good. lit. Caldwell'* vfalt waa
on account of tbe condition of
bi* mother, Mrs. It. J. Caldwell,
who waa eerlmiily in with an
affectation of the heart; bat be
area gratified to fiod her very
much improved*
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HI. i. HAIVET WILSON KAI.
Pm«*4 Away al Prsabytartea
■•syital Friday Horning—Had
Been Uawalt ler Six Waaka.
Ourtour Ckroulclt. Avril 27lh.
The death of Mr. Joseph Har
vey Wilson occurred this morn
ing at 8:15 o'clock in the Pres
byterian Hospital.
Mr. Wilson bad been unwell
for some time. Aa operation
was performed several weeks
ago. and it was eeea from that
time that his recovery was im
possible. He was a man of 67
vests of age- All of bis life be
had made Charlotte bia home,
and here he leaves many friends.
For the past tew months Mr.
Wilsou, in search of health, hid
been farming in the eastern part
of the State. Some time ago,
finding that he did not improve
he went to Chester, the home of
his son, Mr. Frank Wilson. His
brother Mr. George B. Wilson,
went to Chester and brought Mr.
Wilson to the hospital here,
where every attention was given
him.
When the civil war broke out,
Mr. Wilson was in Philadelphia,
under medical treatment. In
some way be managed to break
through the line and. coming
South, entered the army as a
member of Company K, 42nd
North Carolina Regiment, of
which the late John B. Brown,
of tbia city, was colonel.
In 1874, (Mr. Wilson was
married to Mrs. B. C. Line
betger, the daughter of the late
Mr. J. C. Rankin, of Gaston
county. The widow and one
son. Mr. Frank Wilson, of
/>i_a_*- *_a_an_i___
VUsihvi i »wv *w »Mss usuiva
J. W. Moore, of August*, G*.;
and Charles U. Johnson, of
Koleigb. and s brother, Mr.
George B. Wilton, of this city,
survive.
The tetnsins of the deceased
were removed this morning from
the hospital to the residence of
Mr. George E. Wilson, on South
Tr yon street. Prom there they
will be taken to-morrow morn
ing at 10 o’eloek to tba Pint
Presbyterian church, where the
inner*! strvicea will be con
ducted In Rev. Dr. M. D Har
din. Dr. Howerton being absent
from the city.
The Mecklenburg Camp of
U nited Con federate Veterans
will taka charge o! (be body and
•nil accompany the remains to
Elmwood, where the interment
will be.
Ha Scavenger
rwi«M»*u fsSlk i«v„.
Bgs3sB3&>
Jeha Temple Braves Withdraws.
Cb*rlMttUP*sr»r.
Atlanta, Ga., April 25.—la
tba frat tons of bis new daily
paper, Tk* Georgian, John Tem
ple Graves to-day announces Us
withdrawal from tba race against
SenatotA. O. Bacon, for tba
United States Senate.
A Big Show Coming
Frank E. Griswold's Railroad Pav&Bon
Ten Nights In a Bar Room Co.
Under a Large Waterproof Tent Fitted Up
In Grand Opera House Style Will Bxhlblt In
Gastonia, Thursday, Hay 3rd, 8 P. H.
Positively One'Night Only!
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owapaoy cam*. SO p*.>p>« A carload of all apacla] acanary. On
of tha bast bands travel la* A aaparb attidn aad ■^rapbiias oaasMta,
paranoa^pUy^^asd'hss MySUl'aiSttLT*1- *****
Nothing aheap hat tha prteee—AdeUealea Si eta
far Adalte aad Ift eta far Cblldree. Children an
dar 6 years free. €**» aad bring tha Whale family.
Uaa’t fait ta htar Llttla Margaartta, tha child actrasa. as “UtUa Wary
MM*aa.
Praf. Hally Rossenyn's MIHtery Bead will give
two of their papalar free head concerts at aaaa
aad 7 p* ei. Don’t miss It!
Remember Hie Date
Gaston la, Thsrs. May 3rd, 8. P, M.