Newspapers / Gastonia Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.) / Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, … / Jan. 28, 1892, edition 1 / Page 2
Part of Gastonia Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.) / About this page
Part of Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
r. J -. .T - . . - .r-J .... , THE GAZETTE. Established In 1880, Hnterad 4 Gastonla, N. C, m econd-claes mail master. ?Z2LZBnkO BVKBF ygPIffiPAY MOKNINQ W. F. MARSH AI4 ........ Editor & Proprietor. TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS:" ONB COPT QNJB YKAB......;.........$1J0 ONB COPY BIX MONTHS ..." -.75 ONB COPY THREB MONTHS. .40 A SING LB COPY M C'Cash In Advance always. All communications should, be signed so that the Editor can kndw their source. If you miss a copy of Th Oxmrx, you couldn't please us better than by raising; a dust and making the air blue about It. ft is ur business to keep Qazettk matters straight, and we want to do it. JOB WORK ,QK ALL. KINDS. THURSDAY, JAN. 28. 1893. Wbxx TOU ask a Mason if be knows what "Qernauism" is, bis reply consists mainly of "no-sir-ism," The cttt of Chicago gets the Nat ional Democratic Nominating Conven tion. Thisjxxly will meet there June 31, to nominate a candidate for the presidency. : Tlie papers .are saying that the Morganton HeraWt picture of Mayor Isaac Arery, of that town, looks like a ..'tough" and is an illustrated Blander pn the mayor. A Morganton man now in Gastonia says the papers are wrong; jthe picture in question is a splendid likeness pf the gentleman. ' -The Orimsley-Abernethy case which caine up in the Greene Superior Court jlast week' was disposed of in a manner which was quite 8 surprise to many, though we cannot see what was at all surprising about iti In eourt, when Grimsley was arraigned for shooting J-he preacher, he plead guilty. The solicitor of he district thereupon. Xaoyed for a suspension of judgment, which was so ordered' by Judge Win f ton presiding, and' Orlmsley was dis charged on payment of costs. This shows the popular sentiment to be that GrUnIey's act was justifiable. ArTEB THE EXECUTION. We hare Jotted down under this head reral items caught' here and there Just after "the hanging." , - The expenses of the execution will be about fifty .dollars. The sheriff's fee orer and above other expenses will be ten dollars. f We wonder if any of the Military Company will be. court-martialed for talking in ranks, or for .saying "tote your guns any way you want to"? A rich and bountiful harvest of grip and pneumonia is expected as a result of the public hanging. .Hundreds of people tood nearly all day en the cold, damp ground. - The drop Jell at two o'clock. A tel egraphic account of the execution was sent jo the Atlanta Journal by a few minutes past three. The message ran off the operator's key into type and at four the papers containing the account began coming from the press. -.- .;- It is w&ty known thai Sheriff Shu ford has a humane and kindly disposi tion. He had done all lie could to save his prisoner's life, but in vain. The law ana not the Sheriff took the wo man's life. Many friends sympathized with him - in having -thus ' to per form a most unwelcome duty. The picture shown by the Journal was not exactly true to life, and as a Joca paper we did not care to use it. although it was courteously offered by Mr. King, the Journal' special report- . er. Our own photographer failed to come to time with his photograph of the scene just before the drop fell, and o we can give no illustration of any scene of the solemn day. : The two mlnisteis who were with the condemned woman till the last, pjrjng. what ponsolatiou they could, showed that they possessed hearts and feelings In striking contrast with those ot the woman's .relatives and acqualu tanees who heartlessly left her to her fata. It to said that her . on pastor w smoking a eigar and did not speak to her at all daring the day. By inquiring we find it had been many years since a woman was hanged in this btate. A Airs. lJiggins, we earned, was hanged in Morganton, be fore the war, for the murder of be husband. They lived in McDowell county, it is said. The woman had chopped br husband up with an axe, put the pieces in the fire, and sat up. keepjng a flre over them all night. V f - How many -people were present? That would be difficult to tell. Mr. C. F. ffing, of theAtlanta Journal says that the cowd would number about (hpe thousand. It seemed to us that tbi dnjjely packed gathering covered more than an acre of ground. If in stead of bejog. closely packed, each per son bad occupied a square yard o? trmjum. an acre would have bad on it exactly 4,840 people, We believe that 5,000 would '"Wbuwe nearly correct - : - -. than 8,000 as an estimate or me num- ber of people who wanted to.aee the BabUo. xecntion of a fellow teing. Wonder if Mr. Mason did'nt tell Caroline what to say on the gallows? That was a conjecture of may who beard the prisoner's last words. We have it from Mr. Mason himself that he bad given her no hint or suggestion as to what she should say. In fact, he bad had no conversation with her, we understand, since the trial. Neither one of the ministers, so we are told, gave her any directions as to what to say. She seemed nervous for fear she would not be allowed to make a last statement. Rev. B. F. Martin asked the sheriff about the matter and as sured her she should l ave ample time. We hope that Gaston county will never have another publis execution. Of course we do not wish for an exe cution of any sort, but if hereafter they must come, let them be private. Every argument is against making a public show out of the death by law of a criminal. We have heard only one man say that he thought the effect of the public execution on Friday would be to deter people from committing capital crimes. We do not think so No matter what the penalty, the crim inal has made up his mind and sees his chances to evade the law before he commit? the crime. The authorities hereafter will not order a public exe cut ion like that of last Friday except over a powerful protest from the best citizens in the county. - . . It Is curious what wild superstitions people, entertain about doctors, and what utterly groundless rumors can get afloat about them. One man beard that the doctors would take up the body at eight o'clock that night. ' An other .judged that they were going to take it up that night because they were "supping arouna with 01 other" in Dallas that evening. It was also said that the doctors had "got in with 'em" and managed to have the grave dug "mighty shallow." Now.it is a fact, ' several times remarked by parties present, that the grave wa3 unusually deep. And those supersti tious people who hare lost sleep watch ing the grave to see if the hyena-doctors would come, have doubtless had the cold comfort of undisturbed night watches. The body was unclaimed and if the doctors had wanted It, we suppose they could easily have secured it from the proper authorities. traafclnvtoa Notes and Gokaip. Speaker Crisp is himself again, and the hew rules for the House being ready it is expected that the House will now begin to get down to the seri ous business of the session. The Re publicans are making much of Mr. Mills having declined to serve as chair man of the Committee on Commerce, and they have made that the basis for 9 lot of cock and bull stories about his intending to antagonize on the floor of the House the separate tariff bills that may be reported from the Ways' and Means committee. Mr. Mills is too good a Democrat, proved by long and arduous service, to antagonize any policy that may be adopted by a Demo cratic caucus, and there is little doubt that a caucus will soon be held for the purpose of outlining the party-p4ics;JL during the session. It is probable that a joint caucus of the Democratic Senators and Repre sentatlves will be held lo , discuss the Chilian correspondence and Mr. Har rison's message thereon. The message is lengthy and the; correspondence, and accompanying documeBts voluminous, and Senators and members are ehary of expressing opinions for publication until they have had an opportunity to carefully study and digest them. It is hoped and believed that Congress will act as a unit when it does aet. Foreigners should be made to under stand that however much we may dif fer on matters of internal government we stand shoulder to shoulder as unit ed Americans on all matters pertain ing to the foreign policy of the United States, and everybody should adopt the motto of the renowned patriot; "My country; may it always be right, but right or wrong, still my country." Senators Voorhees and Turpie have made their fight against the confirma tion of Judge Woods, of Indiana, so vigorous that even the Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Com mit, before which the matter now is, bare agreed to await "the arrival of a number of witnesses, before disposing of the nomination. The charges in volve the judicial integrity of Woods, as well as bis display of political par tisanship in his decisions, and the In diana Senators say they will prove them by incontrovertible testimony. - The breath had hardly left the lxxly of the late Justice Bradley, of the Su preme Court, who became so widely known iu connection with the notor ious 8 to 7 decision of the Electoral Commission, before Republican Sena tors aqd Representatives began to make combinations to control the nom ination of successor. The hopes of Attorney General Miller are again raised, but-itjs not believed that the new Justice wilj be selected outside of the third district, composed of the States of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. Representative Qa'tes, of Alabama,in in earnest about his bill authorizing ' National banks to loan money qu real estate, anp, ne maae a strong argument' - - t w iw tavor netuie mo uu uuuiuiii,- teeou Banking and Currency, taking i Ute ground tbat it would largeJjr iu- crease the volume of currency in cir culation, increase the value of real es tate and cause many people, particu laily in the South and West, to find profitable employment who are now without it. He also spoke in favor of the bill to suspend the 10 per cent, tax on the circulating notes of State bank ing association. Republicans can seu a great deal better that Democrats if they can, as they profess to do, see where any one of the gentleman who have len named as protiable ctudid-ites of the Demo cratic party f-r President will lie sptv ially heiit-fiited by holding the Nation al Convent ion at Chicago, instead of at some ot tier city. Nn of tli mem bers of the National Committee, nearly all of whom your correspondent talked with, regarded the selection as having any connection with any Presidential candidate. No matter what city had been selected the same cry would have been raised. Secretary Foster's illness was very convenient, as it enabled him to get rid, temporarily at least, of appearing before the House committee on Wavs and Means and answering awne ques tions as to the country's finances. His place was taken by Assistant Sec retary Spaulding, who made a state ment about on a par with the state ments usually published by the Treas ury. He was not subjected to much questioning:, as it is the Secretary that the members of the committee want to get at. " There are indications that all of the Southern Repi esentatives elected- as members of Farmers' Alliance will soon be openly acting with the Demo crats, believing that more will be gain ed for the organization they represent by such an alliance than by going with colleagues from the nohj i Many of our most teautif ul and ac-" complished ladies die before they have reached the prime or life, or those who live to middle age only one hun dred and ninety nine are sufferers. Why is it? Self-neglect, The shatter ed health can I restored; the hom made happy, and your life lengthened if you commence at once. "o JSuda" have oeen used ror 5ju year? in the private practice of one of the most eminent phy? iciaint of Paris, and the following diseases and their distressing symptoms yi-ld to them like- magic: Ulceration. Congestion aia Falling of the Womb. Ovarian Tumors. Dropsy of the Womb, Bearing down Pains, Rupture at Childbirth and Mis carriages. One package of "Rose Bnos" will mate a new woman of you. (Leucorrhea or Whites are generally cured by one application.) Price per package (one months treatment) S1.00 sent by mail post paid, securely pack ed. The Leverette specific Co., 330 Washington St., Boston, Mass. What lie piau't Like. Free Press ' Fuldres (nodding toward pretty girl with a dozen men talkinst to her) "Yes she's deuced pretty and smart aud rich. but there are some things about her don't." Tuxedo--"Indeed? What are they?" Fuld.es "A dozen men!" Ob, flfkat at Cottffti. Will you heed the warning. The signal perhaps of the sure approach of that more terrible disease Consump tion. Ask yourself if you can afford for the sake of saving 50c. , to run the risk aud do nothing for it. We know ' from experience that Shilo's Cure will cure your cough. It never fails. This j explains why more than a Million hot- : ties were UM the past year. It relieves croup and wnooping cough at once. -Mothers, do not be without. For . lame back, side or chest ue Shilo's Porous Plarter, Sold by W" .. Tor : rence druggist. ' j How AnrrttvauiiiK' . Mudge; What an aggravating habit Wickwire has of answering a question by asking another. j Yabsley: I never noticed it. J Mudge: Now, for instance, last night I asked him if he would lend me $5; : he didn.t say whether he could or not, i but asked me if I tool: bjm to be a foo. DvPPiav and I. Iyer Cwui plaint. : Is it not worth the 6mall price of 156. to free yourself of every symptom of these distressing comuUints. if vou think so call ac our store and get a bot- , ' "JT . haa u nrinuMi CHMruiirpp mi il. Curdillgiy aDd if it does you no good U30 AU ' it wni cost you nothing, old by W. J, j Tcrxeuoe dxugguK , f JOHN WILS0JL THE STATE TEHPTED 11IT1 AMD HANGED III TI FOJt VIEl,UI.i. The Awful Crime Committed by IVortu i'uroltns I n Talking hia Life TbeTalk of The Minialera. Correspondent State Chronicle. Asiieville, N. C, Jan, 16. If your correspondent were of an aesthetic temperament, he wou'd notify you that he pmpiwit d to tell y.ur renders about a wretch who "Stie c-hI Ilemo." or whs '-Jerked in J,l." or was " Vankii into Eternity," or some otiiei of these Beatitudes of English liiguaae. which are now popular SB-c'ieUc journalists; but being only a'-i'l .in blunt man" he will relate a portion of the :ife and cir cumstances of the death of oue of North Carolina's citizens named John Wilson. He lived in Yancy county. During his youth he received an injury ty fall ing, which fractured his skull, and the pressure upon a portiou of the hrain nf fected it to such a degiee as to render him peculiarly liable to the exciting in fluence of drink. Thus for mouths or years tie would tie perfectly t.iie, and attend to his outies. bnt the moment whiskey entered ids lips he In came a frenzied lunatic. One day in company wit :i a frirtiri. he attended a turkey th-oliiigf rolic. N-ar the scene of sport, was the "place of business" of a man whom North Caro lina had licensed to sell liquor; under authority of this license he presented the fatal cup to Wilson, urged him to buy it, succeeded in doing exactly what North Carolina had licensed him to do, the result was exactly what reputable physicians had foretold. Wilson lie coining frenzied shot, not the turkey, but his friend against whom he had nei ther grudge nor eiieinity. I first saw Wilson at Burnsville, dur gin his trial before Judge Armfield; a more humane, honorable, upright judge never occupied the bench. The court charged that unless the ju ry believed the prisoner to have been insane prior to the drinking, the act of drinking being a voluntary one could not be pleaded as n excuse. N boubt this was good aw. No doubt the man was sane, un- 1 North Carolina, in the person of her icense, tempted him to do that which ust inevitably render him insane. Wilson was conyicted and brought -re for safe keeping, and in Asheville il I became acquaiuted with him, I und him as I thought . feeble of ind. and certainly sick in body, to bch a degree that I could not restrain ie wish that a merciful Father would till his child to his presence and snve by State from the crime of his "taking ff." : : ., . .. I at once started a petition for com putation of sentence to .life impfison- bent. Many people signed it but many thers refused, and ohT horrors! certain ei'sons started au opposition petition, nd boasted that Wilson's own natur- l"brother, brother!, had signed this pa ler. 1 was totd that tins oroiner gave lis reason "that John had got religion. now and be had better'die quick liefore he lost it." Among these good people who refus ed to sign my petition, were five Chris tian Ministers. Although widely of fering in 4lOCtrtnrvX-Hhi sure rnctr oj;e uf these gentleman waft earnestly desi rous to piesnit the Christian religion in such a way, as to win earnest. (thoughtful logical men to embrace ' it. Let us Christians of whatever denomi nation deci le whether their course xvm calculated to produce 'this effect . The Episcopal minister visi'ed Wil son prayed with and for him by sprink Img and left him piooimy smisnea that he had done all in his power for his soul's welfare, and in effect saying now let him lie hanged." The Methodist minister visited the prisoner, prayed with and for him. and wot.t. hia wxv in etfe-t SaviliCF the same that his church brother had said. At my next call I found H ilson possessed bv sundrv tracts wiucn reconcile", me to the fact that the fellow bad never been taught to read The Presbyterian may have called but 1 am not aware that he did . L do know that he is an advocate of capital punishment and thinks I am .endanger ing the Christian religion in trying to get it abolished. I'ossioiy ne inougns, if Wilson was predesunea to nang, no man could prevent it and so far as my feeble efforts were coucenied, his pre diction was lamentably conect, for I failed entirely. Oue cold, black, snowy winter morn ing I stood before the jail. My mind is not disturbed as to the condition of mv ooor brother's soul. I know it to be in the hands of a Father all merciful, a Gd all wise, who for his own purpose had created it and placed it in that body, there to remain until he called it back to him! North' Carolina had not given Wilson his life, conseauently it could not le forfeited to the State. North Carolina had given him his liberty and that should have been forfeited to his State for the good both of himself and society. No, I troubled not myself about his soul, but oh I his poor emaciated body sis ti. chained hand and foot, was brought from the stifling hot cell and fvnnaed to the winter blast, was lifted into the rough open vehicle and drag ged over rough frozen roads for forty 'miles! ' ' ' . On the way a Baptist clergyman met him. "Ahl Wilson have you been baptiaed T" Yes, by an Episco pal clergyman." '-Stop, stop that will never do! Sheriff take him out. I will break the ice in this river and immerse him." Oh! poor feeble body, who can tell the agonies you endured for the residue of that freezing ride? The next day Wilson was hanged in the presence of a great mulittnde. The law was vindicated. North Carolina punished her child for having yielded to the temptation she had placed be fore him. for having fallen into the trap she had set for him. Olil glorious land! Oh! disgrace to my dear old State of North Carolina. sicietv demands that the law be vin dicated. Was Society protected by this vindication? Listen ye who urge the ! execution of the negro Dawns in order j to stop burglary; within one year three homicides were committed within five milfH of that awful snot, and I believe all of the participants had seen that execution and been brutal iz d thereby. Dear Christian brethren of North ' Carolina, let us not "venture to judge each other, but asK ourselves upon our bended knees are we as a Christian State proving to -our dear friends whom we so long to have with us, that our laws aie consistent wt'h the teach ings of Him, whose follq were we pro fess to be? . Eespectf ully yours, j T. W. PATTOK. J. D. Bnfii i fisto THEMSELVES IN ESSION OF OVER POS- IN uTQOnEB0t9iiieJ The ?..! iooils mm sip mm We are Prepared TO MAKE I t To meet the Neces- sities of the hard i times, j Money to Lend. . ; . Loans of $.300and upwards negotati ed on Mortgages aud Trust Deeds uiKin improved, productive farms. Rate of interest 1. ; . O. F. Mason, Dallas, N. C. Office in Setzer Building. . 314 SPIRITTINE. TTSE THE THREE PIUITTISE UKMSDIE'S, Nttture's own remedies, a pure extract of the cedar and pine tree. Testimonials will con tirm the astonishinir results obtained in casts I Of fjuO-lM'U Infill mm 'Jl it -A3 tlO tHVCUj vincecl ot it moms, f or aai- ny an ariiKJfifis. Manufactured onlv lv .-piririne (lliemionl Co., HASSKN & SMITH. M'rr.f'ts, Wit-ninton, N 0 Watson & Buxton. AttJirnevs at Wins on, N. C. Sep't 18. 1891. Jas. H. Webb, Sec'y. ; j 1405 New York Avenue, - . Washington, D. 0., I T)kr Sir: I have been nsintr one ot your Eleirtr. (poises for four years, upon a Hitle In valid son. who has been efflic ed with a pul monary trouble and droficsl tendency. I have found great relief for him In the use of the Electropoise. When the doctors had tailed to irive him any riermanent reuei, na i am eat isfld that but for Its use we should have lost him. '-. 1 have never seen it tail tfl reauce ins reyer. or to bi-ir.K sound sweet sleep. I would not be without It ror many times it cosi. - Vours trtny, ' J. C. .lUXTOH. Mr. Buxton is also President of the First National Bank, Winston. N.- C, and is one of the foremost m-n of the South. . For all inform- tion address, ATLANTIC KliKtrl KU f o IS r I.U., 1495 H. Y. Ave., Washington, D.C. p 10-92 A GGld Watch and S204J That is what every agent receives who gets up a club ou our $1 per week plan. 1 I Our 14-karat gold-filled cases are warranted for 20 years. J Fine Elgin or Waltham movement. Stem-wind and set. Lady'Srfr Gent's size. Equal to anv 50 watch. To secure agents where we have none, we sell one of the Hunting Case Hatches for the Club price $28 and send C.. O. D. 1 by express with privilege of examination before paying for same. I ! Our agent at Durham, N. C, writes: "Our Jewelers have confessed they dont know how you can furnisn such work for the money." j One good reliable agent wanted ' . for each place. Write for particulars. Empire Watch Co., I 48 and 50 Maiden Lane, New York. nr m 41-92 I. 1 -4 . Scientific Americas -f- Aaency for i .9 j CAVEATS. trade marks, eSSION PATCNT3 COPYRIGHTS, eto. For Inf ormatloa and free Handbook writ to MUNN & CO- m BROADWAT. NJW TOEJ. Oldest bureau for securing patents In America, . v.ar. n&tAnt. tatrun suit tiv tiA ! broueht bexora the public by a notice given free of cbarga la the - Xjanrest cHranlatlon of any adentlflc paper in tba world. Splendidly Illustrated. No lnrUIgen man shouJd be without it. Weekly, year; $1.60 six montbs. Address MUNH It OX, PUpiasHxaa. 361 Broadway. New York. , PATENTS Caveats, and Trade Marks obained and all Patent business conducted for MOOERATb Foint OFFIC IS OPPOSITE C. S, PATB7 OKF1CB. We have no sub-aencies, au busl neaa direct, hence can transact patent business in leas time and at LESS CpdT than those re mote from Washington. -. Sfnd model, drawing, or photo., with qe scription. Weadvlse if patentable or not, free of vtibrtce. Our fee not due till patent U se- , Ahoot. How to Obtain Patents," with ref : : j I w i r WW "TTtfl f prenoes to actual clients in your state, county, or town. sent f reoj. Address Oprtit Patent OfHre,WkijMrre,pi.C ' ;- i ' 1 - -? - ; I - .. HORSES, MULES, BUGGIES :, TANNERS, MANUFACTURERS OF COLLARS AND HARNESS , Of all 'kinds for the WHOLESALE and RE TAIL Trade. Craig & Wilson - . i Gastoma, w. Oi v Uiltn. Island; 3T. C. Are.now attractive oHiiilay Their line is complete .' and revert one can find something with which. to make. laxithe hear t of a friend. ; J. D Moore, President. No. FIRST NATIONAL BANK ..... ; t . ..... Of gastonia, N. C. Capital . . . Surplus . . Average Deposits Commenced Business August 1, 1890. Solicits Accounts of Individuals, Firms and Corporations. i Interest Paid on Time Deposits. Guarantees to Patrons Every Accommodation Consistent with, Conservative Banking ,; y Banking Hours E. M. Carries the LARGEST STOCK of V : : ; FTJBNIT URE pi ANOS AND OB - : ; ;;;GiANa; B to toe Found in the State. BABY : CARRIAGES : AND : TRICYCLES. 1 Buy in Large Quantities Direct fron Factories and Can and Will Give - You Low Prices. : :' ' . ; GOODS EXCIIANQIOV IF XOT SATIbPACTORT E. M ANDREWS. ! 5 ! DEALtBS IN x. J also y. y LIVERYMEN, very 4377. L. Jenkins. "' ' Cashier. $50000. 2,750. 40,000. 9 A. M. to 3 p: M. a: Cliarlotte, N. v difepBying some v.:-- "to ' . V v -y i ...... . "
Gastonia Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.)
Jan. 28, 1892, edition 1
2
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75