There U aometbin* shoot a
bird's nest which baa sn indefi
mbte overpowering fascination
ter the average boy. But we be
lieve that the boy who overcomes
this faarinafloa and gives the
•other-bird and bar tittle ones a
•OMR deal and a fair show at
Sic will be abetter and strongei
boy fork. It has been a loo*
Ham since we printed anythin*
•ore intereatin* in Uaelf than the
fi article oo pnkrrtia* the bird's
■eat written Mr. T. Gilbert
Beano*, President of the North
Catalina Andnbon Society.
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Mai amoaat la much h! Ihij
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Sk.^.^k^n^, *h
*•“ Irnmm >mk»frf^ui
Jlfcljr *flt
!«. I* htt hMteaec
SKr*Wh every lessen iog breath
how bard the game is going
Npriut them, and supremely
occupied with the business of
■feeding off the diaaolatkm of
Mol ami body to tbg last pom
•ihlo moment of tana, should
B«>t have additional burdens im
posed upon them.
census rtsmut TO JOfftU
By reaaoo of tha facts that on
■rat Friday the boaiaeaa men hi
the town will be busy with their
hooka aad collections sad the
WJowing dty is the date for the
Democratic county convention,
HUfe been suggested to us that
are postpone the census day.
This will be entirely agreeable
to us. since our principal desire
is to complete it in good time
before the Fourth of July.
As the farmers wish the
Census taken to come around
before harvest opens, we have
decided upon June Utb as
census day. Let everybody get
reedy, now, and let's work to*
gather for s complete and trust
worthy census of Qastoo coun
ty’* population. Later on are
hope to pablish « list of the
enumerators and indicate the few
simple questions to be answered.
Meanwhile, wa want several
more applications from Cher
ryvflle and River Bend town
•hip*. Remember we give good
pay for the work. We cannot
leave any township out. Be
low is a list of—
Caaaaa Taksrs Required.
DALLAS TOWHSaiP -16.
Dallas town_ 3
Harden.. . 1
Highshoals___1
Dallas Township outside of
above districts__10
Total for Dallas Township_16
CHXUWILLR township—18.
CberryvOle town_ 5
Cbetiyvifle Precinct outside
of town_ a
Caipenter'a Precinct_I 3
Riser’s Precinct_ 4
Total Cherryville Township—18
ckownsa’s mountain town
ship—15.
Bessemer City town_6
Bessemer Precinct outside of
town.-..._ 4
Baker’s Precinct___2
Dil ling's Precinct_3
Total for Crowder's Mtn_15
GASTONIA TOWNSHIP—40.
Gastonia town__30
Gastonia Precinct No. 1 out
side_4
Spencer Mountain Mills_2
Gastonia Precinct No. 2 out
side _2
Glenn's Precinct_2
Total for Gastonia Township .40
river Mien TOWNSHIP— 2L
Mt. Holly town__4
Ml Hotly Precinct outside_4
Mountain Island town_3
Candor’s Predoct outside_ 2
Stanley town_3
Stanley Precinct outside_5
Total River Bend Township_21
som Knar township—28.
Lowell town___ 3
McAdeuviOe town_3
Lowell Precinct outside_6
Belmont town___2
Belmont Precinct outside._6
Sooth Point Precinct_2
Union Precinct. _ ___4
Total South Point Township, a
iiiunig riM nscOlUE.
Seldom fa every day life doti
•*** nm acraae a am back
life-story than that of the geotie
Kentucky lad who died the other
day at High Point, a road coo
vlct with a hole throogh Mr
body to mark the path of a
vengeful bullet from the guard's
Winchester. Hal.
though clearly lacking la high
••wl perpoee, haaeeau to have
ZfT*rTr.*"r^fT, T* -
He *** Md.
paafea.lo Nflerfag. andalltte
recorded attcraaeca of the dying
her stamp him aa f innln
ameeaf the dear hmUaeta of hi.
MO who have been lucky
enough today eflefthe abalo
****** aatnmthm hawaa
Wad laa gautla Keutuahy home,
auewaalam what lathe aearet
of Wedewe-fell. Waa It heredity?
Wm k laafc of a mathm*a
discipline. Endue haiduess as
• good soldier, was the Apostle’s
injunction. Hardness is good
when endued for the good
it brings, and some hard
ness must be endued hr
-
every roomers son ot us wno
would be more than a piece of
drift-wood on a sea of sin.
There is training in it. And
training always looks to the
future, is always directed to an
hour of trial, of peril, of tri
umph or defeat. The fair faced
little boy with merry eyes and
loving ways and ever-cheering
laughter overflowing with good
fellowship, tempts fond parents
and admiring neighbors to
gratify bia every want. Better
not do that. Be good to him
and deny him some things.
The lad the guard*! rifle killed
had everything he wanted when
he was growing np. And wheu
the choice was presented to him
of denying his pride or forging a
check he was weak on self
denial and strong in the oppo
site direction. He bad not been
trained for the test and the
whisperings of evil won the con
flict. Temptations, trials, 'many
perilous hours will come; woe
to him who goes to meet them
in bis crude untrained strength,
more woe to him who goes with
his powers already dominated
«__!l _-7* s swat v. .
* uc ncuicw
lad in the courts of Babylon was
disciplined before the hour—he
had thought of it, he had “ pur
posed in his heart that be would
not," and he didn’t!
Our people are accumulating
at a rate they have never before
known the material things of
life. Parents are better able
than ever before to gratify every
want of their children. But it
ia a good idea not to do it.
Teach them to work. Occupied
with their work, they forget
many foolish wants, and that
brain which when idle is the
devil's workshop becomes at
once a trysting place for all of
life’s good angels. Teach the
boy thrift, that is all right;
thrift ia a good word and the
word represents • thing that is
filled with self-discipline, self
denial. Teach hfm thrift, with
honor to balance it, and one of
these days somebody is going to
be proud of the boy. Mothers,
don't (ear to see your darling
boys get their garbs mussed up
at work. Don’t be afraid to
have them come home at night
hungry and may-be Bred, tooj
fin honest day’s work has never
ret kart a boy, and if it takes
moagk of the soap out of kim
l® keep him off the street at
rifffct and send kim to bed
tarfy. yon ought not to say,
“Poor little fellow I” The
rather yon ought to say,
“Hurrah for the day’s work!"
rbe snap will all be back tbs
sent morning Bat if yea pet
ind pamper and indulge aad
beeaimsjrw have the
aank enough yourself to prefer
the eaaa of gratifying them to
tnMac W the rtrtoc of who
hoW. tkn m boot only to go
hr eaoogta «M» it is ordor to
W 0 heart acb« that aotWog
hot hooooo ooa help. Loot iota
four lktlo bo/a fair, bright hoc
Md U«cs to the
moh of leogbtor h hh twmi
who, aadlfyoocaodoaorthhg
h the way of tfoialsg—bord
tahkf, U ootoooary to hoop
hhi (no ffhi lo o otraaga
hoi. h ah—o otriped tmx
meats, among strange people,
bia thirst growing greater ns his
wounds bleed more, his dry lips
wet with cool drafts from the
hands of pity>smittcn aliens, sud
from crying at the last. "The
way of the transgressor is hnrd,
hard, bard!’1—if you can keep
your darling little hoy from a
late like that by discipline, by
training howsoever hard and
stem, hadn’t you better do it?
TUB CHOP COMMIT US BAB.
Pmllsnl C. C. Haora Baclares
TUI Um Cation Ontlaak Is the
Vortf In Year*—Slate tadoo
Um la Across* Sana Par
Cast.
Charlotte Uhaenrer.
Tbs condition of the cotton
crop to dale in North Carolina is
the worst in viars," declared
President C. C. Moore to an I
Observer reporter yesterday. "I
have just returned from Raleigh,
and the reports that have been
received from 28 cotton pro
ducing counties the crop is
estimated to be SO per cent of
the average, la others, 75 per
cent. The estimates vary be
tween these two figures. These
reports come from the secreta
ries of the county organisations
and are as accurate as cjn be
had. There are 48 cotton pro
ducing counties in the State.
With few exceptions those pro
during the major portion of the
crop have been beard from.
The other reports will be re
ceived later.
"I have been all over the
State and have taken much
trouble to find out the exact
status of affairs. I believe that
the condition of the present
crop, up to May 20, the date of
most of these reports, and of my
own investigations, is the worst
that I have ever known."
Mr. Moore was asked about
tbe decrease iu acreage over last
year. He could not answer pos
itively, not having received all
of tbe reports, but estimated
that the redaction would be ap
proximately seven per cent.
ACREAGE REPORT JUNE PIBST.
Pint Official Bap art ot U» South
ern Cotton Association lo bo
I—nod Than—President C. C.
Moan Leaves.
Cbulott* Ot«mr.
President Charles C. Moore,
of tbe North Carolina division
of the Southern Cotton Associ
ation, will leave this morning
for Jackson, Miss., to attend the
conference of State division pres
idents, which is to be held in
that city Thursday, May 31. A
meeting of tbe executive com
mittee of. tbe association will
also be held at the same time
and place.
Cotton men all over tbe South
are interested in the outcome of
this meeting, far the first official
report on the acreage of the crop
of 1906 will be issued.
Tbs report will be issued Fri
day June 1, thereby preceding
tbe government report. Rela
tive to the issuance of the South
ern Cotton Association’s report
in advance of the government,
President Moore stated that it
was tbe purpose of the officials
of that body to demonstrate to
tbe world tbe fact that the
proper source for information
about tbe cotton crop was with
the producers, rather than with
tbe government, or any other
agency. The future alone will
determine,” said he, “the ques
tion as to which of the two is
the most accurate.”
President Moore will hardly
return to Charlotte, before June
10. It ia yery probable that he,
in company with President Har
»ie Jordan, Secretary Richard
Cheatham, Mr. E. D. Smith, of
South Carolina, and five or six
<*hew. will make a 10-day* tour
of Texas, perfecting tbe organ
isation in a number of tbe large
cotton producing counties of
that State.
Fat Children.
Grady Harvey, who lives near
Saffney. S. C„ weighed 285
pounds when he was 11 years
aid and the other day when they
celebrated bis twelfth birthday
lie tipped the scales at 900. Hit
aldest sister weighs 900 pounds
iad he has two other sisters
whose ages range front 14 to 90
rears and these three sisters
combined weigh nearly 900
pounds.
Steady Improve asent is re
ported in the condition of Mr*.
Jefferson Devin, who has been
M dangerously ill in New York.
I • •
The Big Sale
•t WMtBoM’a will continue for too deya.
ffco toode are moyfng out at the low
net price. Be aura to ooo am Hne of
htfiTTi iwyiB| ilmjim
Whitfield Dry GccJsCo.
Have
You
Noticed
The air ol refinement whkh
properly built clothe* kn
I*«rt to the man who wears
them?
Stylish cut—excellent fit—
reliable materials—superior
cons tructlou—th st's the se
cret.
All these essential* are
embraced in
SCtlLOSS BROS.
A *.
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dlttoa. tb* price*
last right.
It will pay you to get ac
quainted with these clothes.
Come in and we'll introduce
you.
Krfcq Ringe frca S$ to SM
Swan-Slater C.°
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Mm sad lay*.
NOTICE.
Slate of North Carolina. \
Deportment of State. f
CERTIFICATE OF DISSOLUTION.
Ta all wiom tktu Praitutt may
coma— GRKE 7 /JVG:
Whrhxab, It appears to ray satis
faction, by duly authenticated record
of the proceedings for the voluntary
dissolution thereof by the unanimous
consent of all the stockholders, de
posited in my ufllra, that the Lurt
Trust Company, a corporation of this
State, whose principal office is situa
ted in the town of Gastonia, county
of Gaston, State of North Carotins
<Rol>N A* Love being the agent
therein and In charge thereof, upon
whom process maybe served,) has
complied with the requirements of
Chapter 21, Rcvtsal of 1905. entitled
"Corporations." preliminary to the
issuing of this Certificate of Dis
solution :
Now. THxaaroan, I. J. DRYAN
GRIMES, Secretary oi State of the
State oi N'-rth Caro linn, do hereby
certify that the said corporation did,
on the 22nd day of 51 ay, 1906. file in
roy office a duly executed and at
tested consent in writing lo the dis
solution of said corporation, executed
by all thcstockholdcrs thereof, (kbich
said consent and the record of the
proceedings aforesaid are novron file
in,raT ,a'o office as provided by law.
In Tkstixowy Wim* non, f have
“Sfrto set my hand and affixed uiy
official seal, at Ualeigb, this 22nd
day of May, A. D. 10M.
J. Bryan Grucxs,
_ Secretary of Stale.
North Carolina, 1
Gaston County. /
Filed and recorded in Record of
Iwiiporstions Hook No. 1, page 313,
„ , C. C. Cornwell.
Clerk of the Superior Court.
—T18co.
TOWN TAXES!
Property and polls taxable In Gas
tonia, N. C.. must be listed with
toe undersigned during the month of
June, 1906. I will attend;
Osark Mill -_Junc 5 _.Forenoon
Mndena Mill-June A. Afternoon
nuunV- —June 6 ..Forenoon
Old Mill -fune 6.. Afternoon
Trenton Mitt-June 7_ Afternoon
LorayMill-Jane A. Afternoon
City Hall--June 8,12, 14,14.
Separate retains must be made to
the undersigned, in addition to the
return that is made to the lister for
County and Stale taxes.
. Jwo. F. Ukadlkv,
List-Taker for Towa of Gastonia.
TORRENCE BROS.
Columbias,
Ramblers,
Racycles,
rhe Beat Bicycles that are Made
at Prices that are within
Beech of All.
Alao Poll Line of
Bicycle Supplies and
Base Ball Goods.
Respectfully,
Torrence Bros,
Plumbing, Heeling, Bicycles,
Sporting Goods, end
Rubber Buggy Tires
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T banks In summer are our stacks of «2»
sL ncw white goods. Everything to T
Please, to charm, to meet the opening V
sfs spring and summer with In the way of gfc
«L r",tc dre88 Hoods and trimmings Is T
hcr« In profusion. We Invite you to 4*
a£» see them. i
Persian Lawns J
j* Linen Lawns
4* ‘ India Llnons J*
*$» 4*
We ere also ahowlnga vast variety
“ and big lots of i
4*
^ Brown Linens
Embroideries
^ Val Laces J
Torchon Laces
T •*
Our third shipment* Enormous
4» stocks. Yon will be pleased to see Js
them. Come.
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