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VOL. XXVII. GASTONIA, N. C.t FRIDA
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*Fortuar* wh**l lunubw tor him- jL
If wc bat knew It—
Who slirar* put*, witb all hi* via.
HI* shosldcr to h."
1 And the main impetus of making the wheel of
Fortune roll (be way you want it is Saving. T
lint there are ways sad ways of saving. T
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I. r. D. KOUTES.
Sen* Vary Bslptxl Hints ta tha
■‘bays Wba Patthfally Carry
Ysor Nall Each Bay.
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The following bits of advice
are gathered from exchanges
and art printed to aid Rural
Route Carriers:
Yon win be doing your car*
rien e great favor if yon stamp
your mail before potting same
in box or use government
stamped envelopes with return
upon left hand corner. This
will guarantee delivery or return
of letter. If you should not hap
pen to have stamps or stamped
envelopes, wrap amount op in
paper. Remember that in cold
weather, if the money ie put in
tbe box loose the carrier has to
get off his gloves or mittens to
get bold of these loose pennies.
Always stamp upon the npper
right hand corner.
When addressing a letter to
one who is not a regular patron
of a rural route post office, yon
should mark on tbe envelope in
whose care the letter or pack
age should go.
In addressing your letters do
not write above tbe middle of
the envelope as the address may
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9C puiuj U1U1ICU WJ
■truck with tbe post marking
stamp.
Ia regard to boxes, help yout
carrier by having a good one in
a good easy place to drive np
to. and always have your mail
ready.
If you have visitors who are
expecting msil, yon should give
the carrier their names.
Any mail matter deposited in
box is subject to ordinary post
age rates.
Packages should be well
wrapped and securely tied, sad
nil valuable letters and packages
should be registered.
The mail boxes are pro
tected by tbe government.
Anyone tampering with them
not interested should be re
ported at once to yonr post
master.
Don't let yonr neighbor hitch
his horse to yonr mail box post,
so that yonr carrier baa to $et
out of bis wagon to pat mail in.
Don’t forget to clean soow
drifts from your box.
Dont let your mail box post
lean half way over.
Don't set yonr box on yonr
picket fence. If yon do. don't
blame tbe carrier if be hnba
yonr fence and tears off a dozen
oc more pickets.
Don’t pat letters in box and
forget to raise flag.
Don't forget that the flag
means mach to carriers in tbe
way of saving time.
Don’t forget to nail your box
on the post when yonr neigh
bor's cow mbs it off.
Don’t forget to haul a few
loads of gravel and put around
your box, so that the carrier
can get to your box without
miring down.
iaw i uf iirim io meet your
carrier a ball mile aad gat yoai
mail while the roads are bed
(especially where be bee to re
trace). He will more Ate re
pay yoa when yoa get busy
with year crop.
YOU AND YQKKV1LLE.
What's Msf Asiasf aar Nelfh*
bars Jaat Acraaa tha Llaa.
T«Mlk lanutr.
Mi** Georgia Richards of
Stanley, N. C-, is the guest of
brr sister, Miss Beulah Rich
ards.
Information has been re
ceived in Yorfcvflle that the
Southern railway is now having
the lumber sawed for the new
freight depot at this place.
Work is to begin shortly.
Little Pearl Marion Sanders,
nineteen months old son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. Sanders, died to
day of an attack of dysentery
following measles.
Bullledn No. 40. Just issued
by the Bureau of Census, gives
a detailed statement of the cot
ton production in the various
counties of the south in 1905.
The total product of York coun
ty amounted to 37,342 bales
against 40,267 bales in 1904.
The largest cotton producing
county in tbe state is Orange
burg, with 75,355 bales to hei
credit. York is tbe ninth larg
est cotton producer in the state.
Mr. J. D. Davis has tendered
kia raeintisliAM am a/ iL.
Southern mil war in Yorkville.
Mr. Davis will leave in a lew
days to work for the Seaboard
Air Line as agent at Waxbaw,
N. C.
Mr. B. A. Correll, for several
years past assistant agent st
the C. & N.-W. depot, has giv
en np his position and' left this
morning to take a position in
North Carolina. Mr. Correll
his been succeeded by Mr.
Luther Minges of Newton, N.
News from Washington is to
the effect that the Federal court
bill will probably not come up
again at this session. Because
of the rivalry between Rock Hill
and Chester as to the place of
holding court, it is practically
certain that the bill cannot pass.
The people of York coffnty
se«m to have almost lost all in
terest in politics. At least they
are not allowing themselves to
get excited over the situation,
and it la probably because they
have nothing especially to com
plain about.
Thomas Chalmers, only son of
Mr. J. B. Pegram, died last Sat
urday night at 11 o’clock after
an illness of about six days. He
was attacked with membranous
dysentery on Monday and grew
rapidly worse until the rod.
The Uttle.fellow was aged four
years and two days. The funeral
took place from the Presbyte
rian church Sunday afternoon,
the services being conducted by
Rev. B. B. Gillespie and being
attended by s large concourse of
people. Mr. Pegram having al
ready loet two sous suffers this
last heavy .low all the more
keenly. He has the sympathy
of many friends is bis sots be
reavement.
Franklin Bagging Cut.
CWilma Minin.
Columbia, S. C., May 8.—In
an opinion filed to-night the Su
preme Court decides the famoui
Franklin bugging suit against
ihu Southern Railway in favor
of the toed. Chief Justice Pope,
however, files an interesting dis
senting opinion. The decision
of the lower court is reversed.
Mias Soda U Franklin was i
passenger oa a Southern trail
when hi was hogged by a bold
bad wee, who appeared to havt
some whiskey in him. She ap
pealed to the conductor, bat the)
official did not pay ranch atten
tion to her. telling bet N efteci
to forget it. Bbe brought isl
et Greenville for $25,000 and tb<
Jury wee very liberal toward bar
awarding her the fall amount
MAIKCT F0» CQTTOW GOODS.
Augusta, Os. Hill* Sailing Mock
•1 Tbtir Qaods ia Asiatic
Turk ay—Haw Iba Merkel Wee
Opened Up-A Machlaary
Aden! Talks.
CbarloUc Obtcrvn Btb.
"I was in the shipping rooms
the Enterprise Manufacturing
Company, of Augusts, Oa.,
several days ago,’ declared a
well-known machinery agent to
an Observer reporter yesterday,
"and I saw there something
that made me open wide my
eyes. There were piles sod
piles of goods, heaped every
where. all bearing strange ad
dresses, some being marked to
Smyrna, some to Beirut, some
to Constantinople and others to
unbeard-of cities of ‘Asia and
Asia Minor. Nothing was con
signed to the Far Bast, the
present foreign market of Amer
can cotton goods. Oat there
were stacks of cases ready to be
shipped to Asiatic Turkey, a
market which heretofore has
been controlled by tlis English
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"A very interesting story was
told of bow this bad come about.
Three years ago, the Enter
prise, with one or two other
Augusta mills, sent a representa
tive over to Constantinople for
the purpose of advertising their
goods. Thia representative
carried with him tome 3,600
bead-ends, each bearing the
address of the producing mill.
These he carried to the jobbers
iti all tbe Turkish cities. Thia
agent explained tbe superior
quality of the goods, spoke of
the importance of the American
factories and asked that samples
be kept for future reference. Be
ing a lolly good fellow, efficient
snd up-to-date is his work, this
representative made a fine im
pression upon the jobbers, who
did not fail to speak to the
smaller commission men about
the Angnsta mills. In the
coarse of a short time, orders
came to the Enterprise and
other mills for one and two
cases each of sheetings and
drills to be shipped clear to
Asia Minor. These orders were
carefully looked after, and
were a h 1 o p e d with the
proper expedition. On each
piece of jtoods sent over, the
name of tbe mill was printed
and fnll particulars were given,
showing how similar goods
might be ordered. This was
iIaMW BA that fltM sntallu-I
chants might order direct from
America and thus save the
middleman's profit. After the
first small shipments were re
ceived and inspected, the Turk
ish jobbers duplicated their
orders, quadrupling their sixe.
This continued until now the
Enterprise, as well as the other
mills in the association, sell
moat of their goods to Turkey.
Sight drafts on a London bank
are attached to the bills of
lading and are forwarded with
the shipment. This expedites
the payment which seldom re
quires more than 20 days. The
process too, is absolutely safe.
The commission merchants usual
4 per cent., together with the
discount sad other fees, are thus
saved and there is a profit on
every hand.
"The orders are frequently
very large. Some time ago an
order was received for 10.500
cases of sheetings sod drills.
The output of the mills is said
to be aold for a year ahead.”
a himi MUiawi-SMMir
l«II*y • Pmnttoi.
fimr
"1 pray for the time to come
when we shall have a new stand
ard to guide our children; when
ere shall teech them that justice
is better than power, and lead
them in the ennobling lakh that
truth shall conquer falsehood in
every home where peace abides
and in every land where men are
free. Uaaer the Influence of
higher ideals. and more no*
selfish aspirations all hats and
envy will yaniah from our
minds, and the only evil thought
which still moat vex ns will be
the malice which the bad shall
forever feel toward the good
When conduct instead of for
tune is made the rule by which
are judge all men, every boy in
ntl the land, no matter how
humble his parentage or how
Hmited bis opportunity, will
feel the thrill of hop*, and the
carpenter's son will know that
if only ha is just and brave tnf
honest ha will be more re
spected than the son of snj
millionaire who ever wasted bu
father'a fortune in idle dissipa
tion or aoiletl his father's name
by gross excesses.”
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BESSCMEICITY ITEMS.
Municipal Officer# Elected—
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Uetacmer City, May 10.—Mrs.
J. W. Lynch la at St. Peters
Hospital, Charlotte lor treat
ment.
Bishop J. M. Horner, of Ashe
ville, assisted by Rtv. JL>. T
Johnson, of Laocolotoa, con
ducted services at the Episcopal
church Snudsy at 3 o'clock.
The improvement in progress
whereby the pestilential and an
sightly pood near the Southern
railway, and in front of the Post
Office, is being Hied with earth,
promises to become one of the
moat valuable and acceptable
improvements which h a s yet
been made in onr health rtgu •
lationa.
The New A. R. P. chnrch is a
model of architectural beauty
and will be an ornamental mon
ument to the live interest in
cbnrcb work in many waya dis
played by that faithful member
ship at this place.
A aeries of meetings at tbc
Baptist church, are in progress,
and have resulted in much
growth in spiritual strength.
Several dwellings are in course
of construction and we leant
that there will be several more
tvimucijccu in ioc near iuiurc.
Mr. J. A. Smith U preparing
to make a large quantity of brick
which will be uacd in the coa
atrnction of hla finishing works,
as well as for local market. This
enterprise will snpply a ranch
needed building material.
The citisens of Bessemer City
arete some what agitated by the
report that information had been
conveyed to the county commis
sioner* to the effect that Bes
semer City sad vicinity was op
posed to the bnilding of the
macadam road to connect Bes
semer City with Gastonia. Such
information was without foun
dation in fact, and on the con
trary the people of Bessemer
City are as anxious for the build
ing of the road mentioned, as
any community has been or can
be, for the conatiuction of tnch
a road from ha limits.
Election of to am officers for
the ensuing year was held on
Monday of this sreek and re
united in the election of the fol
lowing gentlemen. For mayor:
Robert C. Kennedy, Henry W.
Counts, Cornelius C. Clarke,
Junius L. Phifer, Jas S. Car
penter. For treasurer: H. N.
Garrison. For marshal: Caleb
G. Robbins. The election passed
ofi quietly and orderly.
PtHln el tha Church and the
Since reading Rev. llr. Bain's
sermon of a recent date I have
been thinking that more such
warnings are needed, as young
Christian, naturally drift into
wordly amusements uotbought
edjy. Every danger should be
pointed out. for, as Milton baa
said, " What boots it at ooe gate
to make defence and at another
let in the enemy?"
I believe that fully one-half
the enormity of the moral evil
which infests -and afflicts the
church is due to the passive si
lence of those whose doty it ia
to apeak out. If I were going
to sum np my advice to young
preachers io a tingle sentence I
would say, "Stand in the ways
and see and aak for the old path,
where ia tbe good way and walk
therein and ye shall find rest for
your soul."
There is new light to break
forth but it will break bom the
old lanterns and not from some
will o-tbe-yrisp of the marshes
of wbat they call new thought.
There may be oew applications
of tbe old gospel, but no new
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K'wKwii SHaiinw IU IUIOT
logs, their mode of dress, their
mode of life, their mode of
thought; bat they ere horn the
tame at they ever were, they
have the Mat hanger that noth
lag hut bread eaa satisfy, the
mom tins sad sorrows that noth
ing bat Jesus can core. And
watt is needed is the seme gos
pel that was presetted by tbs
prophets sad a potties, sad is
bow preached by men who be
lieve it in its plain simplicity,
men that taka hold of the truth
with e mighty grasp.
I believe ft was Archimedei
who said, "Give me a place tc
oa end a lever long enough eod
I will move the world." Wbai
la wanted to-day it man whom
feet are established on the rocl
and whose bauds taks bold ol
the layer. Let the church mu
are uo to its whole duty, tbei
we need not fear that the en
toy's tares can choka oat tin
wheat. J. R. Kxkcaid.
Pleasant Ridge, May 8,1906.
LOCALS FROM TOE LOBBY.
Fires FesI Like
wurteg Isr Children’*;
Tucspsu Mae oo Ball Tsw->
Mew lesteesces Mag Up.
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Loray, Mtr 9.—Winter, loath
to leave us, came beck this week
and aat down rather heavily la
the lap of spring making that
fair maiden blush. Fir* screens
were set aside end bright Bras
reminded na of Christmas times,
although the trees were clothed
in green and the Rowers in bloom
but we can console ourselves
with the thought that we will
soon need our fans again nod lay
overcoats and wraps aside for a
few months at least.
The Loray school enjoyed a
holiday end picnic last Friday.
The little ones had a delightful
time with their teachers aa
guardians.
The delegates to the District
conference at Clay Bill rein reed
home last Saturday aod report a
gbod time. They mast have
produced a good iropressioa for
thoRF nfnnlf arhial'v nalre^
them to come back leun.
Tbe Sunday school at West
End is making preparations to
observe Children's day on the
third Sunday. The program
has been arranged, which con
Bints of song* and recitations by
tbe children. They will meet
to night to rehearse.
Kev. I. M. Dowunm is con
ducting a scries of services at
the Arlington school boss*.
The protracted meeting at the
Wesleyan church cloned Snndar
night niter running for nearly
two weeks. Tbe preaching was
earnest and forceful and many
were converted as s result of the
meeting.
We beer many comments on
the game of ball st Me Adcnville
Saturday evening in which our
boys were victors. They nay
they went with s determination
to "win and they won bat they
are st s loss to know bow the
report got out that their team
was composed of Tocspsu
players; as there was no founda
tion for this report whatsoever
for there was not a Tucapan
mao on tbe team. Tbe Loray
team baa only recently been
organised and baa not had time
in praciice ioi«Der mac a; oat
they know bow. and will no
doubt make improvements by
practicing.
A number of our people have
fine gardens and no donbt will
soon be independent as far as
vegetables are concerned.
A number of oar neighbors
from McAdenville were in town
to see os yesterday; they were
enjoying a holiday while the
recent break down was being
repaired at the McAdca mill*.
Oar end of town is grossing
sod is patting on a metropolitan
appearance. Rev. P. W. Brad
ley’s new residence is now tak
ing shape and from the looks of
the frame work it ssill be the
pride of this end of to sen.
Mr. Mack Bradley’s brick
stores are nearing completion
besides the row of nooses recent
ly buih by the Loray mills and
two bandsoma cottages built by
Mr. C. B. Armstrong and the
three new churches to be built
this manner, all these srill make
it a desirable place, and if the
up town people want to take a
drive for pleasure or health let
them come oat on the boulevard
and enjoy life.
A number of families have
moved in this sseek and others
haw made arrangements to
come and ssill be Ik in a few
(MSB.
MB. JOE HOUSE HAPPY.
F-rce. Payment ol IS Accent
After 11 Yeare* Tn«Mi A»
IliCrilllll uT9*y«
Cktrlotta Ok MOW. am.
Mr. Joe Klonae «u fa a very
happy mood when he accoated
la Obaerver reporter in the court
houee yaaterday morning. At
o*ttal, be waa la bit ebirt
alee vet, a broad amile waa on
hie face end be caiticd in faia
bend a new $5 Mil. Ha abook
it before tbe eyea of tba newa
peper man and declared: "I
bav* been wait i n g in at 15 vaara
tor that bill. Away back In 1IU
a marble cutter lived in Char
lotte and ran an account with
me at my market. He left with
out aettliug the bill and I have
been trying to collect it ever
alnce. 1 have writtgM. letter
after letter. 1 have offered tc
; cancel it for even • email part ei
' the principal, I have never been
able to aecnte any aatUfactfon
My debtor it now a member ol
1 t marble firm la Maeon, Qa.
i Several weak, ago bo aold as
> $900 monument to a retidtat oj
i tba covaty and bad it ehlppef
to Charlotte lor delivery. 1
learned of tbit nod forth will
The Love Trust Co.
Real estate haodlod os commission.
Trusts executed.
Seviacx draw naximn istentt
Cotton bought and sold.
Aad Banking, too.
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With the welfare of our town and county ever in
■lad, vc strive to soccood aad help others to mrrrss
Your basinets solid ted.
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The Love Trust Co.
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