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OA8TONIA, N. C., FRIOAY, OCTOBER 12, ΙΘΟβ.
W. P. MARSHALL, Editor «ad Proprietor.
VOL. XXVII.
X.F.SAKIUN .frttidtni. C. Ν. Ε ν AMU. VictPrtt. Α. Ο. Mnu, CmJkier,
capital, (βο.ααο
THE CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK"
OÀ8TONIA, N. C.
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We have added a Savings Department, in which we pay
4 per cent., compounded every three months. // you have
not already opened an account in this department we invite
you to do so.
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HEAISrS CHANCES NOT BAD.
Mr. Kohn at lb· Mew· and
Caoriar Tklnka Thai ha May
ba Elected. But it U No Easv
Natlar I· Forecast the Out
Ma· of a New York Election.
Columbia, Octobct 7.—Spec
ial: The race for Governor in
New York ia assuming national
proportions and the outcome i»
being watched all over the
country. New York is all ex
citement over the race. After
having spent α week or more in
New York city and having beard
politics on all sides 1 would not
care to venture very much of au
opinion on the result. 1 think
it is much easier to foretell a
primary in South Carolina; it
certaiuly has been easier to fore
tell the results of the last few
primaries in this State. When
Mr. Hearst was nominated, the
opinion was that be would be
ceruin of defeat. Λ few days
ago it looked as if be would be
defeated acid that belief was
general, particularly in the bet
ter classes.
There is, however, a very
grave fear on the part of tho*e
who ατέ talking loudest that the
wish is father to the thought.
The conditions in New York
are very much the same as all of
us bave seen much nearer home
than New York.
Huilt'f llr«BI>ih anrl Vt»«r«l '·
possible election bin (re on the
ubkiI that exists ill New York,
and for tbat matter all over tbe
country. Hearst stands lot the
poor claues. or at .least tbat is
wlflt they think. Whether it be
• (act tbat Mr. Hearst is at
heart tbe friend of tne laboring
man, tbe plodder, tbe man with
no bank account, the inau who
bas to work day in and day out,
and wbo is disgruntled became
be aces so many evidences of
wealth tbat he does not possess,
that class is supposed to be his
mainstay.
The fact that tbe richer
classe·, the bankers, the lawyers,
tbe property owners are general
ly for Mr. Hughe· baa made the
line all the deeper and bas made
the laboring man all the more
intent on electing Mr. Hearst.
Mr. Hearst may win; if he
wins it will be like a Bryan vic
tory. The moneyed interest·
will be generally against him.
Whether tbe corporate in
terests are really afraid of Mr.
Hearst or not is not so tnncb
the question, ai i· the impres
sion that they are going to put
np a good big barrel to insure
the defeat of Mr. Hearst. Mr/
Hearst, an tbe other hand, is
not counting on corporate finan
cial support, but tbe talk in
New York is tbat he i· quite
willing to pull np a good big
barrel of money himself— and
be ha· plenty—and that hi·
campaign will not rafter be
cause of the lack of a campaign
fund.
It i> entirely reasonable to
■oppose that the corporation*
interested in Mr. Hughes's elec
tion will be able to put np all
the funds nacesaary, and money
ia freely uaed io a New York
election.
All of tbe New York newxuv
pet* are agalua t Hearat, wiib
tbe exception o( tbe Journal,
which be onns, aud an afur
noon p«pcr, the New·, which I*
owned by Murphy, who ia re
sponsible for the Hearst nomina
tion.
Tbe N«w York Herald, tbe
Sua, the Times, the World, the
Tribune, tbe Globe, th· Brook
lyn paper* arc all a*ainst Hearst
aod mtbofiaiticalljr lor HoRhea.
Mr. Hear·· hM only the sup
port of hi· own motning and af
ternoon papera, and the News,
ar.d on that account hie aide ol
tbe fvht U bavin* a hard time
to get before lb· people he waats
to reach, m the tax-paying clas··
cm and the mug wump Demo
crat*. who are backing, do not
read bia papers.
The Democrats in New York
are different from what we have
down thia way. They do not
support the nominee o( their
party if they do not like hint or
his platform. Democrat· from
the South who have been voting
the Democratic ticket all their
lives told ine that they could not
stand Hearst and wonld not
vote for him. Id the flection
two years ngo, they said they
did not vote at all, but this year
tbev say they will vote openly
against Hearst.
Yon can find very lew people
in New York whe do not tbiok
that Hearst waa elected mayor
in the recent election. They
openly sav that McClellan and
his friends took the office bnt
that Hearst woo it. It may be
well enough for folks to laugh
at Mr. Hearst or to enss biin,
bnt he has an immense following
in New York. The laboring
classes swear by him. You can
hear his praises sung on all
sides and it wonld not surprise
me in the least to see him elect
ed, and if be is defeated it will
be largely because of the ter
rific fight that the combined
newspapers are making on him
and the money that will be
flooded into tbe campaign.
Tkt Women·' Memorial.
A*1mti1)c GoHit-Nm.
Tbc form of the raemoml to
the women of the Confederacy
has been decided on and each
state of the Confederacy, under
the wise plan adopted wiH have
a monument of tbc highest artis
tic» design, to mark its appreci
tion of these gloriona women.
The plan selected is that sug
gested by Gen. C. IrVinc
Walker of Charleston, which
was presented formally at the
New Orleans reunion by the
committee of which Col. James
Mann of Norfolk is chairman.
It is well thHt this point is now
settled, for the South can know
exactly what it is working for.
The plan had most mature con
sideration and waa adopted as
it would give general satisfac
tion aod waa most thoroughly
practicable.,
The plan u to aecure from the
very beat artiata a model or de
sign, showing in the most em
blematic ana highly artistic
form what these women did and
suffered, portraying it in simile
statne or group of statue*. In
bronze. It is the artistic work
which is the large cost; the
casting from the model is
comparatively inexpensive. Tbc
committee will bay the model
and from it will have cast, la
bronse, enough replicas ao that
at least one can be placed in
each of the Confederate states.
All casts being from the one
model and all delivered at the
■■un nine, all will Οβ Original·.
Γ· each state, at each place aa
may be hereafter decided, the
itataea will be erected on
appropriate and baa c! some.
nrdestala. These pedestals will
ί vary, but all will be similar, la
that tbey will be crowned with
the tana statue. All through
i ont the Sooth can be seen tbeae
I splendid memorials aud the very
uniformity of tb« crowning
Ktatnaa will show, as they
should, that tba South as a
whole united in paving thta
tfiaffuificrut tribute to the
wtur.rn of tbe Soatb as a whole.
Ί he plan hss been accepted
sad endorsed by all tbe state
cooveotioo· of Veteran* and
Soas to which H baa been aab
mitted. by the Confederate
Vetera Ha at tbeir New Orlesns
renoion and oow decided by the
approval of the committee of
tbe Boa·, to whom it was re
ferred at tbo same reunion.
MONUMENT TO HcIVZI.
A»esl (· tha Fuopla af Narth
Carolina (· Bract Β traie
lraoxa Stale· la Paryatuata
Bla Memory.
To the People of North Carolina:
Dr. Charles D. Mclvei de
voted bis life to the service of
his people. No man of our day
has rendered greater and more
laating service. Moved by love
of his people and consciousness
of his mission and duty, at great
financial sscrifice. he rejected
tempting offers from time to
time to leave the Slate and to
enter the commercial world at
home. His life stands out per
haps tbe highest ideal in this
génération of North Carolinians
of unselfish civic service. We
believe that the people, wbopi
be served in so many ways with
so much fidelity, ability and
love, will deem it a privilege
and an honor to contribute to a
fund for tbe erection of an heroic
brooxe ttatne to perpetuate his
memory. The undersigned
committee, therefore appointed
by the Kovernor of the State,
earnestly appeals to every citisen
of North Carolina, who lovca
his Sute and honors unselfish
service, to seud at once * liberal
contribution for this memorial.
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Λ. UV «tBIUC BUUUIU WUIl.il y
of tbe tnan and his people. It
is hoped, therefore, thst at
least $15.00Q may be coottibuted.
Fifty tneu and women in North
Carolina could easily contribnte
$100 each; one hundred men
and women $50 each each; two
bond red men and women $25
each; two h nod red men and
women $10 each, and a boat of
men and women will, we be
lieve, gladly contribute smaller
amounts. Let all express their
gratitude for unselfish service
rendered by a contribution to
this worthy cauae. Tbe com
mittee will make every (Sort to
raise the necessary funds within
the next thirty or sixty days.
Let tbe responses be prompt.
Send all contributions and
pledges to J. Y. Joyner, Chair
man, Raleigh, N. C.
J. Y. Joyner, Chairman; W.
H. Osborne, Josepbtis Daniels,
P. P. Venable, Miss Gertrude
Mendeohall, Mrs. J. Lindsay
Patterson.
AdvaatisO la Jill.
SUtetvill· Lun<lm«rk
Meurt. W. M. Saunders and
John S. Gibbous were in the
mayor'· court Sunday charged
with Sabbath breaking· The
men are Seventh Day Adven
tists, are painters, a α d are
charged with having worked at
the old Béll bouse on Pront
street, which is being remodeled
by Mr. Geo. Anderson, on Sun
days in defiance of law. Bach
of tbein was fined $1 and the
cost· in each of the three differ
ent casea againat them. The
fines and costs amounted to
about $10.50 each and in default
of payment the Adventists were
sent to jail. They may be sent
to the chain gang.
Manitft a! Liacolnteo.
Cards are out announcing the
marriage in the PirstPrebyterian
church of Lincoln ton Wednesday
afternoon, October the nine
teenth, of Miss Katherine Boger,
Hoke, of Liucolntoa, and Mr.
John Hall, of Wilmington.
Both of these young people are
popular ia the realms of society
and well known throughout the
State.
rot THE TEACUEIS OF ΘΑ9Τ0Μ
fwwil CenatUillaa «1 tb·
6aaloa Couaty Tiiehtri' A··
■•elation.
1. The officer» of this associ·
ation ahall consist of a Presi
dent, a Vice-Prealdeat and a
Secretary.
2. The President and the
Vice-Preaident shall be elected
annually from the tcacbera of
the county, but the county
superintendent «hall be Secre
tary, ex officio, and beoce, not
eligible to tbe presidency or tbe
vice presidency.
5. It aball be tbe doty of tbe
Preaident to direct all meetings,
maintain order, and perform all
other dutiea usually required of
a presiding officer.
4. In the abaence of the
President tbe Vicc· President
ahall preaidc and perform all tbe
duties of tbe President.
5. It aball be tbe duty of tbe
Secretary to keep a record of all
meetings, conduct all cor
respondence, and aftex full con
ference with tbe officers and
raembera of tbe aaaociation
arrange a suitable program for
each meeting.
6. If at any time a majority
.ι .V- 1 _!_.«■ · ··
I — —» "«ι ι m\j ukbtUC|
tbe president shall appoint ·
committee of fivtf member· to
arrange the program.
7. The mcetingg of this as
sociation «ball be held moutbly
on Saturday·, at Dallas, begin
ning at 11 ·. in. and closing uot
later than 4 p. m.
8. Every white teacher in
tbe county engaged in public
school work, aud every white
teacher holding a teacher's cer
tificate .shall be considered a
member of this association.
9. The exercises shall con
sist of reporte from the schools
in sessiou, illustrations of the
best method· of teachiog, regu
lar lessons in tbe various sub
jects tanght in the pnblic
schools, the discussion of school
problems, and lectures by noted
speakers on subjects relating to
school work.
10. No fees shall be collected
from the members for auy pur
pose.
.11, The mles governing tbe
delibcrationa of this association
shall be such as are of the ap
proved parliamentary η sage.
12. Amendments may be
made to this instrument at any
time by · two third vote.
W.nw* β nb« ΒΛΠλ.
Orfanlsed With 959,010 Capital.
A special from Lenoir Mon
day» says :
The Pint National Bank of
Lenoir was organized' Saturday
with a capital stock of $50.000.
were elected : T. j7LoU. J. P.
Cofiey. R. L. Steele, H. T.
Newland, J. B. Atkinson, P.
P. Moore, A. A. Kent, O. P.
Lute, D. J. Craig, G. W. Henry,
L. P. Henkel, w. D. Hickman.
The directors then elected T. J.
Lut* president; J. B. Atkinson,
vice-president: O. P. Lots,
cashier; S. S. Jennings, as
sistant cashier; B. P. Alias,
teller.
Pire in High Point Monday
night caused a loss of several
thousand dollars at the Victor
Chair Company. The location
of the fire was in the finishing
room oa the second floor. The
fire burned rapidly, destroying
almost one eaa of tbe balldiog
before it was subdaed.
Absolutely
Pate
DI8TINOTIVKL.Y A ORIAM OF
TARTAR BAKINQ POWDER
Royal doe· not contain an atom of
phoapftailo acid (which is the
producjt of bone· difeeted in sul
phuric add) or of alum (which te
on*-third sulphuric add) eubetan
cn adopted far other baking pow
der» because of their cheapoc—.
TOIK All YOMVILLE.
Whafa tain* Amtmg ttrMnifih·
km Jut kmi fei Um.
T«rk*nu Kaaalttr.
Rev. and lira. W. A. Hafner
of Bowling Green, came down
tbii morning on a abort visit to
Mr. and Mr*. Will Fewell near
York ville.
Μη. Μ. Ε. Russell, who
reccnlly bad the misfortune lo
break Her thigh, baa since been
in a critical condition and Ή la
not thought that abe can re
cover.
Everybody passing along the
country road· are remarking the
whiteness ol the cotton fields.
Many of the fields look as if
every boll is open, and the lint
is hanging down in long clusters.
Nobody hss ever seen the Hke
before on such a large scale.
The ootlook is that we are to
have quite a taste of bad rond»
this winter. The wet weather
of the summer has put the ronds
in a fearful shape, and if winter
is accompanied by its usual
characteristics there will be no
opportunity for the roads to get
any better.
l ue cnaiogaug ι» bow located
on a road leading from Hickory
Grove and Broad river. Super
visor Boyd «aid yesterday that
he was preparing to at voce take
op the work of improving tUe
old Hickory Grove and Blacks
burg toad, c»pecialiy the ncction
paralleling Guionmore crcek.
There is very little reason to
doubt the fact that the nfgro
women propos· to quit doing
the family washing as well as
other work (or the white people.
Just what their reason is we do
not know. Poaaibly it is be
cause they do not like to work
much anyway; but all the indi
cations point to their intention
to get oat of this kind of work.
Jklrs. L. A. Avery of Norfolk,
Va, who baa been speeding
some time with the family of
Hr. T. P. Moore, left last week
to viait friends in Anderson
county. Mrs. Avery is tbe
widow of the late Capt. Wil
liam Avery aud is tbe owner of,
a big plantation of eight or
nine hundred acres, about three
miles east of Yorkville. The
plantation has been under tbe
management of Congressmen
Ficley for a good many years
past. This is lier first visit to
Yorkville for quite a long time.
Messrs. Black Bros, have
decided to discontinue the opera
tion of tbeir cotton gin until
farther notice and the reason
tbat Mr. Arthur Black gave tbe
reporter yesterday is interest·
ing: "Labor is too high and
the mice we receive for ginning
is too low. The fields are white
with cotton and we've got to
pick it. As matters now stand
we can sell tbe fuel tbat we
nse for steam to other folks at
a greater profit than we can
hope to get out of tbe operation
of the κΐη under present con
ditions.* The oil mill people
say that they would not operate
their gin except for the oppor
tunity it aflorda to boy ootton
seed.
A Unn^aii—i ■ ·*■«*■■ ft Ia AW —
mcnary of th« Ittt S. C. David
son was unveiled at King1*
Mountain Chap?} lot Sa η day
by the YorkvilU camp Wood·
mm of the World, assisted by
Btabm of lb« Filbert catnp.
Some seven ty-Bve Woodmen
participated fa the cérémonie»
which were interesting tad iai·
rrcttin. Mr. J. A. Tate of the
Yorkville camp presided, and
the religious Mrvicti «ave con
ducted by key. Β. K, Hardi·.
Congressmen Kinley made a
short talk. Thera waa quite a
(area fonrrjgstion present,
Kin·'· Mountain Chapel being
filled to its capacity and many
people having to ravala oat·
aide.
A Large Malan.
CharVAM OVatrwar.
The Observer offered the daily,
one year, to the person who sold
the largest Mecklenburg raised
water melon on the Charlotte
market this year. Mr. W. X*.
Clark, of Berryhilt township,
Simmon Ridge, woo by bring
ing la one that weighed 91
pounds. This was not a good
year for large melons; there waa
too mach rain. Mr. Clark sold
about $150 worth from one small
patch. Ha received $2 for his
largest melon. It mi bought
by Mr. 8. Witts ko waky and
shipped to New York. The
others ia the contest arare Mr.
Stewart Berryhlll, JS pounds,
J. C. Bigistn, SO, etfl, «nd J.
B. Watt? 8S at >150.
A Spencer special says: The
strike situation here reuiaine «a
changed end all of the man who
left their latbes in the SoQthero
Railway shops yesterday nsorn
ta* at 11 o'clock ara aftiu ont.
LADIES, MISSES
AND CHILDREN
LONG GLOVES
I· Lm| Gloves we llM carry u complete line of Silk ittd
Kids, all in the lesdi ng «hades. m «cil m la black and
whlte-e, 12 and 16 battons.
We have for this season's a»'IHng one of the largest, beat
aad most complete «elected stock of Gloves τ» Iiav ever
carried—ία fact « can supply your want· aa a kiove
store shonld. . *§«
—
Our "- pthel " Leader
This Glove haa oar owe special label, and la a leader at
the price of One Dollar. This is a Dreaaed Kid O'.ove. <
guaranteed, and comes in black, while and color·. Τ hie .
is a special aad aa oaaaoal clove value which we arc en
abled to otter by reaaoa of the apedal large quantities are
bar aoder oar own label.
Caeal te be I
YMMlb
It hes been finally decided
that the Psaama canal will be
completed by contract. Presi
dent Koosevelt ia known to anp
port the commission la ita posi
tion that the work can ha done
more satisfactorily by coo tract
or* than by the government. He
had a long conference with
Chairman Shoots today oo the
subject, and the varions argu
ment β la favor of the contract
system were ducswd folly.
This change ia the plan of
building the caaal will is no war
a feet the employment of Chi
nese labor. Proposals lor fnr
niabiog the Chinese labor were
made under such coodttioas that
they caa be transferred to con
tractera and the terms can be
fulfilled in such a manner that
the government caa give (be
coolies just aa each protection
«s it could if the govern oient
were the direct employer.
It is likely that ao disposition
will be made of the Mda for
aapplfiag Chinese labor aatil
the retara of Secretary Taft
from Caba, aa be assisted ia
drawing the specifications nnder
which proposals were offered
sad ia mucb interested in the
conditions under which the
Chinese arc to be takea to the
isthme·;
President Roosevelt still it!·
tAds to visit the isthmus this
fall aad naisse there be some
change for the worse ia the
Cobau » h nation will probably
leave for Colon a short time
after the election. Chairman
Slionia. of the caaal commis
sion, will be ia the isthmes at
the time of the pceeideat's visit.
Tk Bum UwuUy · Cewwieeâ
' ■ 4 > t · lli···· ι'Ή
Vtrtkl«N.
Mmn* UmiIwi.
Tbe htm it uavally « coward
and tbe aitht of iftto or · knife
make* bin akip oat. Tb· fool
p the blacking bruah I· ·
hard propoaition la «Il eollefee.
Uc needa killing. bet no oae
waatfto it ale their handa I»
bloodl. The ham a* β rat· est·
the Uiftat awalh dorlnr hie
Sophomore year Id acbool, «ad
! about tbe only time la life ba
play* the put of neater U the
time be takaa advantage ol e
Gee freahmao—away iron
ne for the drat time—and
lorda It over him. Tbe bieeter>
inf haw werka for eaother asan
alter he ienvna aehool.
M'y·' < ·'
%v
iSo® OQeW.Qrf Th·
sffi^ssssïu'sass
punUhmenL Looking at hi m
•ternJy and !a fTneïr '
3^τ"&τΐ·Λ«δ a
think then were condition· m
extraoidiaary u to warrant the : '
bineine of tbe offender. He s;
He MiJhe did not believe any- m
tbiRjc could make htm «aunt to 'u
HCh a verdict.
. *Bot will vonr honor let om
explain?* Mid the <JU«juaJifi#d
jWjjfefl'd like to the ^
court My reaaon*."
"I don't wish to beer any «χ.
planatioo from yon. Oo and «it
•own.* :f ·>.·.*«;·."' ^<'ïrîSK:
"Β*™ me. jndee, but yoa
mutt bear my reaaon."
/Well, then, give it, and ro
STffiS ****·■
fifcat wasn't fittin' to «et." '