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Vol.1 LINCOLNTON, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1907. . No. 13.
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The Popular Disease
An ache in the back and a jmin in the
head
That's the grippe!
A choke in the throat and a yearning
for bed
That's the grippe!
A river of heat, then a shiver of cold,
A feeling of being three hundred years
old,
A willingness even to do as you're told
That's the grippe!
An arrow of pain, now in this place,
now that
That's the grippe!
A feeling of doubt as to where you are
. at'-' '-';'.'. .
That's the grippe! ,
A stupid sensation of course, wholly
new! '
A foolish depression why should you
feel blue?
.A doubt as to whether this really Is
you
That's the grippe!
Strange visions at night, that deprive
you of rest
That's the grippe!
A taste in your mouth, and a weight on
you chest
That's the grippe! :
A tired sensation that runs through
your veins,
A queer combination of aches and of
. pains,
A vapid admission of absence of brains
That's the grippe!
A marvellous weakness, come on a
day '."'.
That's the grippe!
A petulant wonder: "How long will it
stay?" ;
That's the grippe!
A season of fever, a season of freeze,
A quivering weaknessthat's felt at the
the knees
Say, if ever there was a cuss-ed dis
ease, .
It's the grippe!
Prom the Somerville Journal.
The Wife's Influence.
Every married woman, no mat
ter how limited her life may seem,
"no matter how shut up she may be
-in the nursery or the kitchen, has
. a means of contact with the great
world in the man who goes out into
it has a means of influnce on it
. through him. Seen or unseen, it
is there. The man who is happy
'. in his home carries the atmosphere
of it with him he is himself more
in touch with others because of it.
In this day and age, when so
many women are seeking scope for
their powers in arts and professions
and business careers, there are
some who realize that in their
' marriage there is the very widest
scope women who put the en
thussiam, the brain power, the
artistic perception, the clear-sighted
effort into their profession as
. .wives and mothers, misstfesses of
households. These are the women
- who use - their . brains , and . their
souls to love with, as well as their
hearts, and who wield anr extraor
dinary, far-reaching power, all the
greater because that po wer is the
last thing they are thinking of, or
seek to attain. That intangible
thing that we call the Spirit of the
Home walks abroad with every
member of it. The "nice"; chil
dren in school gravitate instantly
toward the children of that house
hold as those children gravitate to
ward the house itself, because
there is something there that they
need. Harper's Bazar.
"Grumblers seldom work; work
ers seldom grumble.' The reason
is not far to find. Grumbling
makes a great demand On strength
land energy and impairs the ability
to work. Work wTieni'ighlly
done requires so much energy and
strength that there is no place for
grumbling. Grumbling is ' like
pressure on a nerve. If it is not
relieved it causes pain or deadens.
Work is like a tonic that revives
and refreshes. Learn to leave
grumbling out of your life, and let
love sanctify your labors.
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Look out for the serial story
"The Castle Comedy," by Thomp
son'liuchanan, the first installment
of which will appear in our issue
of TuesAay the 19th. ..
LETTER FROM MRS. THAW.
Captain Smith, of Greensboro, Who is a
Cousin of the Elder Mrs. Thaw, receives
An Interesting Letter and Gives it to the
Press For Publication.
Greensboro Ga., Feb. 9. Cap
tain K.B. Smith has received a
letter from Mrs. Mary Copley
Thaw, the mother of Harry Thaw,
the noted slayer of Stanford White.
Mrs. Thaw and Captain Smith
are relatives and the former ad
dresses the latter as "My dear
cousin."
Captain Smith is a native of
Pittsburg, Pa., who came south
before the war, married a southern
girl, and when the war broke out,
took up arms for the south and
headed a company as captain. He
has been county school commis
sioner of Greene, : '
!' An interview purporting to be
with Dr. Allen McLane Hamilton,
in which he stated that all of Har
ry's people were against him and
his mother, appeared in a New
York paper.
MRS. THAW'S LETTER.
In speaking of the interview,
Mrs. Thaw, in her letter, among
other things says: ;
"This interview at once changed
my point of view as to Alice. Har
ry and I were all along against her
coming, for no one is more intense
in her devotion than she to this,
her favorite brother. So I cabled
her to arrive about the 18th.
"These outside disturbances of
the nerves do not affect the deep
underlying confidence we have.
When there is but one right road
to follow, and one is certain they
are on that road, a few rocks and
thorns now and then are as noth
ing after. the first shock is over. ;
"I determined that the dear
public should know that,' so far as
his direct brothers and sisters
were concerned, they stood exact
ly with their mother, and so I
cabled her, and can well imagine
no New Year's message or gift
would bring her more satisfaction
than to know that Harry and I
think she should come. The noto
riety we wished to save her from
would be less than what would
come te her should she be suppos
ed (as some might) to share that
unnatural view. Harry is her fa
vorite brother, and she has written
him twice a week, and has so wan
ted to come over and be with him
and us all.
- ','Harry continues wonderfully
cheerful and patient. , He writes
in a note Evelyn brings, that-Mr,
Brasher made him a visit this
morning and brought kindly greet
iners from Mr. and Mrs." Andrew
Carnegie. There are hosts.of kind
ly friends who come, or send mes
sages to him, and so the time,; as
he says, is neither dull nor tire
some." "Let me say that we know that
many of the outrageeus lies are
built with a purpose. Few of
these affect us, one way or another.
LUCKY NUMBERS FOR THAW.
"For curiosity, let me mention
how many lucky numbers we have
clustered about this time and the
trial.. Since the scriptures recog
nize 3 and 7 as numbers of perfec
tion, - it is, .you will see, not all
mere heathenish superstition. Mr.
Hartridge was the first to " wish
that we. could have January 7,
1907, as 7 had always been his
lucky number. ,
"Well, it is 1907. The numer
als of this added together make 17.
"Letters in January, 7.
"Date of trial, 21st 3 times 7.
x "Twenty -first comes on the third
quarter of moon.
"Alice sailed on the 9th 3 times
3. 7 -:'..,-
"January 1, Edward's age, 34
twice 17.
"January 2, Alice 17.
"January 3, Margaret 30. ,
"Three lawyers engaged.
"Letters in llartlidge, 93 times
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"Letters in Gleason, 7.
"Letters in Delmas, 6 twice 3.
"Mary Copley Thaw, 14 twice
7. ' . .
On New Year's eve, when all the
pandemonium of, whistles and bells
were at their height, at) midnight,
our sitting roomi bell rang, and
Margaret took in a big special de
livery envelope, in which were
letters for herself, Evelyn and me,
from Hairy, wishing all a happy
New Year, and filled, with a pleas
ant chat on a variety of matters;
and again saying how very nice
that Alice was coming and that all
would lie together. If they had
been written from some Fifth ave
nue mansion, they would have
been more au fait in every respect,
including the seals, on caeh. They
were written that evening on his
knee, on a pad.
thaw's noble qualities.
"I have never known man or
woman to show so many and so
varied noble qualities of head and
heart as he, and to be always so
forgetful of self, as this prisoner in
his narrow cell.
"Yesterday I went to hear Rev,
Hugh Black, of Ediuburg. He is
preaching here for three Sundays,
and the church (Fifth Avenue
Baptist) is but one block away.
We were shown to a pew about
half way down. The services had
begun when an elderly- gentleman,
whom I guessed to be John D.
Rockefeller, came into the pe w in
front of me. His gentle, childlike
expression, the utter absence of
any. sense of importance, struck
me, and the gentle way in which
he declined a hymn-book a stran
ger in my pew handed him and
one or two other indications of a
mind at peace with the world and
itself was the most conspicuous.
His wig is a success, looking like
gray hair cut short."
(Alice, as referred to in the
above, is the Countess of Yar
mouth. Edward, as referred to, is
Harry's brother. Margaret is an
other sister to Harry, and Evelyn
is Harry's wife. Editor.)
THAW JURY AND THE FIGURES.
Apropos of what Mrs. Thaw says
abot the lucky figures, 3 and 17,
one will find from counting letters
in the Thaw jury the following.
Juror No. 1 Deming B. Smith
12 letters in name, 4 times 3.
No. 2 George R. Peafe 12 let
ters in name, or 4 times 3. .
lsTo. 3 Ceorge H. Feche 12 let
ters in name, or 4 times 3.
NofiOscar Pink 9 letters in
name, or 3 times 3.
No. 5 Henry C. Harvey
12
letters in name, or 4 times 3.
No. 6 Harry Vr Bearly 7 - let
ters in Bearley.
"" No. 7 Malcolm F. Frazier 15
letters in name 3 times 5, or the
name has 7 letters. '
No. 8 Charles D. Newton 14
letters in name, twice 7.
No. 9 Wilbur F. Steele 13
letters in name unlucky number
for Thaw.
No. 10 John S. Dennee 11 let
ters in name weak for Thaw.
,No. 11 Joseph Bolton 12 let
ters in name. 6 letters in Joseph
twice 3; 6 letters in Bolton, twice
.No. 12 Bernard Gertsman 15
letters in whole name 5 tiniesT,
and 7 letters in Bernard.
The figures 3 and 7 appear in all
names of jurors but two. Jour
nal, Greensboro, Ga. -
Look out for the serial story
"The Castle Comedy," by Thomp
son Buchanon, the first installment
of which will appear in our issue
of Tuesday the 19th. ';'
"You seem to like his attention.
Why don't you marry himl"
"Because 1 like his attention."
BILLS TO BE INTRODUCED.
Authorizing the Issuing of Bonds for Sew- )
erage, Lighting, and Water Works
Improvement Changing the . Graded
School Committee From Three to Five
Members Authorizing the Sale of
Vacant Lots Owned by the Town.
A bill to lie entitled an act to
authorize the town of Lincolnton
to issue bonds and levy a special
tux. '.:.:;: :.:.;';
The General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the mayor and
board of aldermen of the town of
Lincolnton are hereby empowered
and authorized to issue bonds in
the name of said town, in such de
nominations as they may determ
ine, to an amount, hot exceeding
thirty-live thousand dollars, paya
ble at such time, not more than
thirty five years, and at such place
as they may prescribe. That said
bonds shall bear interest at no
greater ' rate than five per centum
per annum payable annually or
semi annually as the board of al
dermen may prescribe.
Sec. 2. That said bonds shall
be signed by the mayor, attested
by the treasurer, and sealed with
the corporate seal, of said town;
that each of said bonds shall be
numbered and shall have attached
thereto coupons bearing the same
number and declaring the amount
of interest they represent, and
when and where ; the same is due
and payable That said bonds
shall lie exempt from taxation by
said town and coupons representing
interest due thereon shall be receiv
ed in payment of all town taxes.
Sec. 3. That for the purpose of
paying said Ixjnds at maturity and
the interest thereon as it becomes
due, the board of aldermen of said
town' are hereby empowered and
required to levy and collect each
year a sufficient special tax upon
all subjects of taxation under the
charter of said town, now embraced
therein or which same shall here
after be embraced therein, and in
the same manner as other taxes are
levied and collected by said town
under its charter; the said special
tax so levied and collected to be
applied to the payment of said
bonds and interest thereon and for
no other purpose: Provided that
the special tax herein authorized
shall not exceed fifty cents on the
one hundred dollars valuation of
property and one dollar and fifty
cents on each taxable poll.
t Sec. 4. That the sale of such
bonds and the- proceeds ai ising
from the sale thereof shall be used
by the board of aldermen of - said
town for the following purposes
and no other, to wit: Maintaining,
extending, enlarging and operating
the water works plant of said town
and making necessary changes
therein; building, constructing,
enlarging and maintaining a sew
erage system; providing electric
lighting and obtaining all fran
chises to be granted for the pur
pases of maintaining and operating
such plant for supplying lighting;
for grading, macadamizing, curb
ing, paving and otherwise improv
ing the streets; providing, control
ling and caring for a public cemete
ry. Provided that no franchise
granted to any person for the pur
pose of operating a system of elec
trie lighting shall extend for a pe
riTnr of morc than 'thirty-years.
That the purchasers of said bonds
shall not be required to see to the
application of the purchase money.
Sec. 5. That the town of Lin
colnton, through its duly constitu
ted officers and agencies, is hereby
empowered to do any and all things
necessary and proper for carrying
into effect the provisions of this
act according to this true intent
Sec 6. That this act shall be in
force from and after its ntilica
tion. All acts and clauses of acts
herewith are hereby
A Bill to be entitled An Act to
authorize the Mayor and the
Board of Aldermen of Town of
Lincolnton, N. C, to convey cer
tain lands belong to the Town of
Lincolnton,
The General Assembly of .North
Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the Town of
Lincolnton,' N. C. are empowered
and authorized to sell and con vey
and make title to certain vacant
lots of land belonging to the Town
of Lincolnton. The sale shall be
made publicly after due advertise
ment and upon such terms as the
Board of Aldermen may decide
and the title shall be executed by
the Mayor of said town and the
proceeds of such' sale shall be ap
plied for. such purposes as the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen
shall decide to be to the best inter
ests of said Town.
Sec. 2.r This act authorizes the
sale of all vacant real estate be
longing to the Town of Lincolnton,
N. C, viz: The Washington Place,
and The Potter's Field, both sit
uated in the Nortlfcast Ward
(No 1); The Union Place (near
the Spring) and the Lot near the
Piedmont Cotton Mills, both sit
uated in the Northwest Ward
(No. 4)in aforesaid town.
Sec. 3. This act shall be in
force from and after the date of its
ratification.
A bill to be entitled An act to
amend Chapter 3 of the Private
Laws, of 1905, creating The Lin
colnton Graded School District.
The General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That section two (2)
of Chapter three (3) of the Priv
ate Laws of 1905 be, and the same
is hereby amended by adding at
the end thereof the following:
"That from and after the first
Monday in April one thousand
nine hundred and seven, the said
Graded School Committee shall
consist of five members in stead of
three members heretofore. The
said two additional members to be
elected by the Board of Aldermen
of the Town of Lincolnton at its
first meeting after the ratification
of this act and to serve, one until
June 1910, and the other until
June 1911. From and after the
rati fixation of this act the term of
office shall be five (5) years lor
i each member, - t
See. 2. That all acts and claus
es of acts in confiicnicrewith are
hprebv reDealed. That this act
,7 1.
shall be in force from and after
the date of its ratification. :
Perplexities of the Pope.
The Perplexities of the Pope
continue to multiply. The explo
sion of a bomb in St. . Peter's not
long ago had been preceeded by
an order for special prayers for
the foes of the Church, in its pre
sent "sorrowful condition,"
"fought and oppressed by many
of her own children who have be
come her enemies." The German
Poles have been seeking to dis
tnrb the relations between the
Kaiser and the Vatican. An open
break has occured between France
and the Pope which-betokens Jhe
warning of the power of Rome.
Revenues of the Vatican are ; re
ported to be much less than in
former veal's. The Literal party
in Spain is seeking greater freedom
and progress that cannot long be
denied. The day for recognition
of the Pope's claim to be Christ's
Vicegerent on earth has passed,
and the sober sense of mankind is
insisting on entire separation of
Church and State. Christian
Observer.
in conflict
repealed.
That Memorial Hall.
Mr. Editor: ;
If we require Legislative au
thority to use part of our useless
public square for a. site, it is time
our Representatives were '.'moving
in the. matteiy What a source of
improvement and pleasure, during
long! winter evenings, jf we could
take visitors and guests to a Pub
lic Hall and show them portraits
of men and women whose lives and
thoughts and deeds were worth
while where we could see and
handle and study memoranda that
would stir the brain and warm the
best blood in ou" Young People to
enterprise and hopeful endeavor to
foster a healthy county spirit and
be moved to exercise their own
gifts in, developing our resources
and not wait on strangers, to' come .
in and do it for them. ' Nearly all
progress in the world has been
made by imperfect human instru
ments. A Memorial Hall might not show
us that Lincoln County ever pro
duced a Hercules or a Pizarro; but
our memorabilia is rich in examples
of human effort and failure that is
worth preserving and helpful to
study. The mistakes made by
men of enterprise, and influence
and wealth during the forties
are a warning to us. Lincoln
county and Lincolnton were at the
front then when internal improve
ment struck our State and Rail
Roads came to open up this Pied
mont country. But the men of
that day quarrelled about divid
ing the county and lost their ad
vantages. Their mistake should
warn usnow when we are coming
to our own, not to quarrel. "There
is always trouble aliout money, or
without money." V e are wasting
time, energy and opportunities.
We do need a Public Memorial
Hall, not a costly Y. M. C. A.
building (our young men have in
past years made efforts, in vain, to
run a Y. M. C. Association) not
more churches, but a Hall on our
public square belonging to the peo
ple, where they can meet and en
joy uplifting entertainment and
get acquainted with each other,
without asking leave from civil or
church officials. Much that will
enrich such a Hall will soon be (
lost. .
Mr. Editor: Don't let us forget
this matter. Keep it before our
eyes till a Leader can take it up
and show us we can have a Hall if
we will. R. Z. J.
Feb. 15, 1907.
Old 1 imes.
Children are greaty interested
in the events of their pareTit'searljr "
lives. "Distance," in such cases,
"lends enchantment to the view."
The grandmother often renders
inip()rtantefvIcetothechildren -by
telling stories of old times.
Those early days have romantic
fascination to the little ones whose
life has but recently begun, if
the story be one of pioneer life in ".
the olden time, children appre
ciate it ' intensely. They become
linked to the past by weaving the
chain of memory for them and
they gain a sense of ' solidarity
with their ancestors. The family
traditions, ideals and sentiment
are conveyed to them and perpet
uated in their thougts and actions.
It uplifts children to i be brought
hitouch with the line of heroicmen
and women, who stand out on the
distant horizon an ideal and beauti
ful figure. We can not estimate
the effect on the character aud
standard of children when their
ancestors are exalted before them.
It is 'true- that such may have
been ordinary men and women,
but when idealized they
become the saints by whose deeds
children are impressed and ele
vated for life's, struggle. The
Watchman.
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