The Gastonia
___ DtTOtoi to ttao Prourtlon ot Homo «nd Uko lotor—to of \
VoLXVIll. Gastonia, y, September 0, 1897.
MAJOR JONES’ COURTSHIP.
By flajor Joseph Jones, of Pineville, Georgia.
LETTER VI.
fiNnvn.LS, Oct. 8. —To Mr.
Thompson-Dear Sir: That duckin
whal I got tothor Sunday glu iat a
moortrous cold, and my nose feeli Jeet
about twloa M tig ai It u*ad to before.
Cold* ia curious things, any way; no
wonder people always calls 'mb bad,
for 1 don't know nothin but a down
right fever'n «nr that maksa me ao
out o’ aorta. Whjr, 1 onn't taste noth
in and lmall oolblu, and I do believe
1'ye snorted moce'n live thouseod
times in the last twenty-four boar ne
wt I’m all the time a luctv-cheeinl ao
I don't do nothin, or I'd write you be
fore now about a coon hunt we bad
tother night, whar I colebed more cold
than coops. Hot we bad toms rale
fun, I tell yon. It wau the fust eooo
bunt, we've had this season, and I
reckon it tuclt the starch out or earn of
the boys, so they wool want to (o
agin In a burry. Cousin fete like to
ootoh’d his death.
z uu wo, ri goi two of me oast ooon
dog* in the settlement, and tbe feller*
can’t never go without ’em. Well,
Jeet after supper I heard ’em cumin,
blowlo their borne like they wee gwine
to tear down tbe walla of Jerloo, and
the dogs all bowlln aa if heaven and
Cmth waa eomln together. I’d heeu
yin OH to go to aea Mias Mery, bat
my noaa wasn't quit* well whar I
blazed it Oh that dratted grape-vine, to
I thoogbt 1 monght aa well go long
with 'em; apeelaDy aa they begged ao
hard tor my oompaov (my patience,
my no** faeie last like It we* the spout
of a hi I la tea kaule). and Smart and
Wife wouldn't trail good without me
to taka ’em. So I told nlggar Jim to
gtt soma light-wood and Ura az, and
let the dogs out, and come along.
Wall, Coasln Pete—ha's cover said
pass about the docklo I gin him. and I
with I hadn’t duos It now. for ha’s a
rite clever-hear ted feller after all, and.
Ton know, it aiu’t Ills fault causd ha’s
tot no batter aeoer. Cousin Pet* waa
along, with taro bound pupa, and Tom
Stall inn had three or four hounds, and
one grata big yaller cur. what wasn’t
worth shocks to trail, but was bomina
tion to fight. Ben Dlara had more
dogs than you cauld shake a stick at:
sod siob soother hullabaloo as they all
made! why, on* couldn’t hear blmself
think for ’em. It pat m* in mind of
what Ik. Shakespcar set about doga:
1 mw bvd web powerTnl disourd.
■Ida nrovi (hoarier.
Well, we soon tuck the woods down
towards tbe branch, and act I to Smart
and Wise, “high on!’’ ara 1, and away
they went, annffln and snort!□ like
mad. Tbe rest of tbe fellers hollered,
“steboyt aiok ’em, Towel hunt ’em,
Troup, high on! hey 1” sod part of ’em
want tare In through tbe brush Ilk*
they had a coon's tail within an Inch
of their dost*. Bat thar was two or
three yoang hounds—sad, you know,
they** tbe biggest fool* In the world—
what wouldn't badge; aad wbeo any
body triad to enoonrag* ’am to hunt,
they’d begin to squall like Ml nater.
and corns iompin about, and one of
’em licked Ben Biers rite In tbe face.
“Cine your tmperencr!’’ tea Ben. “I’D
lain yon bow to tree ooons betts’r
that,’’ and apaag be tuck him a side
ef the head with a llghtard-koot, and
Mch another mi kt-il kt-t-ict 1 saver
heard afor*. Two or three of ’em tuck
the hint and turned tall for home.
It waa a bo mi sable dark night, and
every now and than it kep aprinklln a
little. I end two or three more carried
torches, but some of ’em had none,
and waa all tb* time gittla lost, or git
tlo hug in the bashes, nod then they’d
holler oat, “hold the light eambody,
over bare,” till they got out of thar
UngWcnent. It waa a mlgbty tight of
hotbarment. It was a mighty tight of
botharment. and w* didn’t go verr
imi. you m«y know.
Blmaby on* of Uta dug* opened, and
wa nil stopped to llktao.
‘‘Ougbl ough-ougbl” In about two
alnlts morn w« iienrd him agin.
“Ough-oagb! oogh-oogbl ougb-ougal”
"That's Major'! Smart,” aa* Tom
Stall in*.
"Hate treed,” aea Baa BUra.bot hate
way lotbar aid* of oraatton."
"Ho, ha ain’t treed, bat bate on a
warm trail,” tea I; for I know'd by
Iba way ha opened.
"I wouldn’t go wbar hail for all
the cooci In Oanrgta,” tea Coasts
Peto.
“Stop,” tea I, "maybe ha’ll bring
lha trail op tbla way.”
Shore enough, be was comlo Ilka a
•team ear, every now aad than bio win
off—"ough-ough! ough-ough! ougb
ougb!”—glttlu faster and louder aa
tba trank warmed. Than old Wla*
struck la, with hla voice about three
pi tehee higher than SasarVa, and
Troup aad Touse, aad the whole paok
of ’am jlned la, keepiu op a most onda
etoua racket. On they ooma, aad
paaasd right by us, gwloa «p the
btaoeh towards old Hr. Myriok’a corn
Oald. Wa all turned sod took after
tea, but they didn’t go far before they
an ooma to a atop, and old Smart gin
oat hla loud bull dog, "oagbl ougbl
ougbP' which m loot aa moot aa to say,
"berate yar coon!”
Whan wa got up to ’em, thar they
all was, friskin' about one of lha btg
geat kind of poplera, sloes to tba
broach; all barkin’ gad pantin' aad
lookin’ up late the tree Ilka they sasd
the noon run up. Sometimes tba
yeoag ones would git In tba way of
the old dogs, aad the fast tniag they’d
know, they'd git aloag aora'a tlx root
late bawbee, but they'd give • yelp or
ao sad ooma right back to git served
tbs earn* way agio.
Well, I tell yon what. It tuck a fatter
mighty wide betweaa the am to
lack la that trwa, for It was a wbupper;
bat off mate, and at It w« went, and
by tha time nlgaar Jim got hla Area
kindled all round, se tha oeoa couldn’t
run off without our seein’ him, the old
tree Mama U feat weak la tha kaev*.
"floGl the do**. boys, abate gwloa to
wave,” aa* BaaBUrs
I Tha scat mlalt. keralaahl waat tha
old ooplar. rigbl Into tba branch, mak
la tba muddy water Qy In every dlreo
tloo, and before the limb* waa all dnoa
failin’. Id want the doga. All waa at 111
for about two mlolca before anybody
Md A word.
’’Tbsy’ve got bla!” tea Den Biers,
who waa slandlD’ with bla mouth wide
open alt tbe while; “they’ve got blml
burnt!"
Then tber waa slch aootber lipplu
and tearlo, and barklo and sboutln,
and runnln among tbe doga aud fellers.
“Horral take him! bite blml sick
him. Towel lay hold of him, Wlsel
shake him, Smart!” and ail kinds of
enoouragsesent waa hollared to tba
doga, bat every now sod theo one of
'em would came out pantln sod wbloia
end bold in bis head a-nne side, with
tils care all allt to rlbbooa.
Tbe oooa had tbe advantage of tbe
dogs for be waa down In tho brush
and water, so tnore'n one dog ooaldo't
fit to blm at a liras, nohow, and If
one of ’em happened to take bold of
tbe bltla eend. In tbs dark, bo waa
nearly licked to death before be coold
get loose.
Cousin Pete waa on lop of tbe log
with a torch In his band, coaaln’
oc tbs dogs as hard as bn could.
“Here, Wolf," aes be, “hers, here,
taka bold of him, good feDer, shake
him!"
Tom Stallinsea big car Jumped dnto
tba log and tbe next thing 1 koow’d
eouala Pete's light, was out. aad tbs
dogs bad blm down under the log with
the coon.
"WO. my uwui gti ooll call off tba
dogil bring a light feller*!” holler’d
out cousin Pate; but before we could
git thar tbe dog* like to uaed him up
clean, Tbe big dog he wea enllln
knocked him off the log lo bla burry
ment to git at the oooo, aod bsfore Uio
otbar doga found out tbe mistake they
like to tare all bla elotbea off bla baok,
they aod tbe brush together. By this
time Umi onon tuck tha bank and triad
to mako off, muat of tba doge bain out
of tba notion of try in him again; but
Tom Stelllna' big our, aflrr a heap of
ooaslo, gin him one more hitch. The
ooon bad no frianda In tba crowd, bat
the other dogs was perfectly wlllln lo
•how him fair fight; and If anybody
don’t Ultra a oooo'a got nature l pluck,
ba jeat ought to aeed that aame old
ooon, tba way ba Ok So mat 1 mas Wolf
would gather holt of him like be wea
gwlne to awoliar him whole, and m-«i.
him all loto a cocked bat, but It aldu’l
aeem to have no effect, for In leu than
no time, he’d have tha dog rite by tha
oheek or by tbe ear, aod lie wouldn’t
lat go UU tba bide gin way. It waa
tha hottest eight’s work aver old Wolf
undertuek, aud It took a mighty
chant* of boUerln to make him stand
up to the rack as well a* ba did. Tbe
other doga kept runnin round aod
whlnin mighty anxious, but they tuck
good rare to keep out of reach ot the
oooo. Blmeby I seed old Wolf drop
hit tail, aod kind o’ wag It, when tba
coon bad him by tba jowl I know’d it
waa aB day with him then. "Shake
him. Wolf! lay bold of him, old feller!
bite him I” aaye Tom. but It want no
nee, tba dog waa clean linked, and tha
fuet thing aa know’d be waa gone for
home, kind o’ whlatlln to hlnualf aa be
went—and If nigger Jim hadn’t foteb’d
my piatoli along with bin, tba ooon
would got away after all.
Cousin rote, who was terribly down
in tbe mouth, and aa wet aa a Ground
ed rat, wanted to go, so we gin nlggsr
Jim the ooon and • tar tad for borne.
Some of tho dogs waa along, and tbay
kap a mighty anorttn. Ilka they’d
coteb'd a monstrous bad cold, and eva
ry now and then they’d Rod sum new
place about ’em what wanted llekln.
We waa moat up to the corner of
our Reid when the dogs started up
something, and run it a Utils ways aod
stopped, Tom Stelllna and Ben Klara
and one or tiro more, ran to ’em, be
fore I could git thar.
"Thar it te-that Mack and white
thing—an that log,” asa Tom. “Ste
bor; Batch Mm I” see be.
Ben ran np with bis light, and the
fuel thing 1 heard him say was
"Pa-u-gbt thunder and llgbtalal—
look out, fallenl it* a polecat''1
But tba wanin' was too lata for Bea
Biers: ba gut aoant enough on Mm to
teat him far a month. The doga gut
ehook fall, an waa rolltn all about la
tha leaves, white Bea eteud sad earned
■•rate would blow tbe roof off a meet
In-bouse.
..11 vraa moot day before we got boms.
Cousin Fata aod Ban Biers ray they
wont never ga ooon hmatin any more,
dowa that wav, anyway. No more,
from yvar friend, till death,
Joe. Jobbs.
P. I—I tell von what It Is, old Toi
ler. I btleve all’s right between me
and Ulan Mary now. She told a young
lady tether day that I waa tbe only
real distinguished young gentleman In
PioevlUe, and if my thografy was only
as good aa my raterieh. I’d do fuet
rata. Drat larnln, say l —genus cornea
by nalur, but everybody kin I era bow
te spet, you know. What knocks me
all In « heap Is, how upon yea LI i am I
gwtna to “pop tha quantum,” aa thar
eaU It. or ax oM Mira Wallins for bar
daughter. Gracious! It makes me
fhel all over sort o’ falnty te think of
Ik I’m a grate mind to ooma to Med
leosi, and am yon about It- -aa I know
you’re a partlckler friend of mine, and
would tell me tbe brat way te do.
LETTSR Vlf.
Pnt* villk, October !i7.
To Mr. Thoapooe: Dear Sir—larrlr
barn laat night, all aafa aa a crate of
warranted cup* and eaueara Mr
ooU'a cot a good deal batter aaaaa I
toft Maoleoe. Hi •coordlr to promt*.
I have tech up ay pea to lira you a
■mount of ay trip to your leva.
JUI told you. I loft my hoaa la
Warroatou oad tuck tfaa aara at Una
aok for Madloao. It waa boot teraa
o'clock fora the dratted tblar cocao
. aJeog, aa4 whan R got thar It aada
|ataba booeleable biowia aad anortlo
that I «u more’d hair a mind not U
ranter la no slch outlandish lore oi
ooatrtvaaca. I’d heero a grate dral
about etaam log I us, bat if tba Hsminy
nole logins Is any uglier, or frlghUloi
Utaa they ts, I don’t wooder nobody
wants to tank’ to. Why, stcb otlmi
nog-wheels, cranks, and ooofluUwaenU
I new did aaa—and than thay’r an
apltafa), and makes tba Ora fly ao, I
couldn't help fa’tlu sort o’sheered of
It all tba Iliac, Mud [ wouldn’t lieea
that feller what nd on tup af tba
cussed critter, and fed and watered It,
nut for na eonaidaraabun. 1 waa
lookiu round It a little, to try to git
tba bang of It. whan the feller Jaat
techcd a little brass flzln, aud rsugb
b-b I It went right In my ear, and Ilka
to Mowed my brains out with hot
steam. -Hello t" sea t. ‘-muter, what
mad* It do that ?’’ “Ob, It was Jaat
bio win IU nose,” sos be, and be tuck
bold of aootbar tiling, and the Infernal
orttUr aot ap a yell like a panther wltb
a grindstone on his U1L Tbondera
tion, bow the ataam did fly 1 mougb to
blow all creation to Hally hack.
‘All aboard'* tea tba man—tba bell
taliped, and la about a mlolt everybody
was stowed away and waltia. Chug,
want something, and away X goes
right over tba back of seat. Itjsrkad
onus more, and then It began to go.
Cbow, chow, obow—chaw, chew, obew
—ehe. eba, cbtt-tu, chlt-to, nt-te, flt,
lit, lit, cher-r-r-r-r; and tba whole
bllin of di was gwioe a long with a
perfect wills, end l he way tba Ora flaw
waa mlracul us—grata big aparks now
and than dudgln all around a feller’s
faoa Ilka a yaller-J«ekat, and tbeo drap
pln right down Into Bli busts. For
aoma time it woold tuck three mao to
watch tba aparka off ooa. and they
ooaldo’U
Wall, wa wool hummlu along jest
Ilka lied tbuoder, ms kin more noise
nor a doaeo eoUon glna all gwlne at
onoe, only atoppln unw and then to
Pi la °a lighten and All up tba bliers,
and Ui drap a ptaseoger here and (liar
on the rode.
They was tba slaepyeat aat of people
aboard that X ever did sea. Thar they
was. all scaUerad about In th* seats,
hearts and heels together; here a pair
of boots stlekin straight upwards, and
lhar a feller’s face, opened wide enough
to a waller a sawmill, dome of am was
monstrous troubled In liter dreams, and
kep teasin' and twistin’ about as bity
aa ball yaarllna in flylleia. wbila soma
blgf.xiled fellers lay sprawl’d out on
the banobea, quiet aa a mldlio’ of meat,
soorin a perfect harrycane.
The fact was uo resistible. aud the
foal thlag I koowd 1 dido’t know any
thing to pertlckler, ’eept that my ayas
fall monstrous gritty when I tried to
open ’em wide
“look bare; muter—master I”
“Hellul” seal. “Jim. what’s tba
matter ?’’
'I Isn’t Jim. toaster." aea the Bigger
feller what *»t *hakin' ma toy tlie
oollar, ‘you better go to the hotel, the
passengers Is all gone long time ago.”
I sooo seed how It was, sod not
hsvln’ no baggage but jaat my saddle
bags, I tuck the road tl* taller pintad
to, aod want along down the bill, wbar
I like to fell over lota of cotton bag*,
till I oonse to • place whar tber was
more wagons than I oould count In a
hour. It arms so dark I couldn’t make
out nothin’ but wagons nod a lot of
feller* aaUlo’ round • fir*. Tbloka I. i
Madlaoa ain’t such a ding grate eltf
as t thought It was, after all; and as I
felt sort o’chilly, I jln*d the feller*
round the Are.
"Whar'a tlie hotel t” am I.
“Thar sio’t do hotel beie," ses one
feller wbat waa single'
“UHv* my van* sloe* thu road:
Kerry twain and a Imavy load.’
“Won’t you taka something 7” tea
be, drawin’ a old junk bottle of rum,
that (mailed strong enough of Ingun*
to knock a man down, and plottn It
right ondar my nose before 1 koowa’d
wbat he waa up lo.
"No, l thank you,” let l. “l'» *
Washingtonian."
"Who’s they 7" aea he; "turn of
your d—n Klurnoy preachers, I
spot* 7’’
"No,” *** I. "they** ravolutlocera*”
"Bavolutlonanl” aea ha, "why, my
grand-lather waa a rwvolotloner. and
At agio the British at King's Mnuntlu,
and halo’d to lick tyranny out of the
country.”
"Well, that wa* right,” ess I; “bur
rs for the ravolutloners.”
"Come take something,” see be, and
lie pin ted the bottle at my nom agio.
"No,” sea I, “I’m a rernlutloner,
and go agio Klog Alkohol tooth and
tee nail.”
"Kin* who ?” m he,
“Kite Ham,” in I; “that very
tyrant that’s got you by tbs gnzile
now. and ha’ll have you choked down
yar kneea to him the fust thing you’ll
know, It you don’t revolutionize on
him and quit him.”
The feller stopped and looked down
tu the are—than at mo—than at the
bottle, and then ha tuck another look
at the Ora.”
"That’s a fact,” era ha, ‘it’s bad
oar oo my back afore lo-alght; bat
somehow I can’t—yes I kle-tod bare
goes, mister—d—a all tyrants—I’m a
revolutions, too, a Washington revo
lullonar. forever I” and with that ha
throw'd the battle of ram smack la the
middle of the Are, and it biased op
blue aad yellow Ilka a trail-broth, as It
la
“Give meyerhand, roister I” saa 1,
"I don’t want bo better proof of yoor
manhood than that; etlek to It Ilka a
true Washing ton revolutions."
tttlek to It. mists »” sss he; “why,
I oesr broke my word when 1 was
sobs In my Ilfs, and new I mart UK a
lie before | kin get drank. Stick to
UI 1’va baaa wanitn to revolutionItv
long sad now I’ve done It, aud I’ll
oam knock under a* long as I live I”
aad ha shock my hand, aad a tear
sblaad la tba Irellght I doat hi leva
tbrt wagooer’ll res git stalled agio,
oa a good rooe, as loag as be lives.
WHI, afts a while, before It was
elear light, I started to dad the town.
"Goad morale," asa am* falls, aom
In out from ameug the wagoua with ■
qaare look In gimlet aad some tags of
eottea la hie band. "Would you llha
a bid fee your action this morels?"
“I don’t kcor,” am I: "I'm alwayi
wlA'iS/°r “ t"»da.'
Whar la It f" see ha, and before!
bad time to answer him, anolbar fella
• Upped mo on tLc shonlder on totbei
■Ida.
. '!£* ** Prime now, neighbor T” Wt h*
1 U glvo yon tba top of tba market.
Is it prime now. ekf”
‘•Haver mlod,” see tha fust. “It's ai
good aa sold.”
“Bag pardon,” ace lbs other feller:
”1 woa’t In tender*, thro.”
“Whar la It T” aaa the fuel oliap,
pnttln hla arm in mine; and walklo in
among the wagons: ••aquars or round
hales, ab T”
‘•Stop, stop, mlatar.” aaa I; “yoo’t
mlitaken in tli« mio; you
. “Oh. let's have a sample, and we’tl
talk about tli« pries: Is Ibis it ?” and
lit goes Ula glmlst, "I always sampls
from both eond*,M m ht.
“llut atop, mister,” art l “I haint
gut no cotton bare; my cotton la In
llneville, and slot mor’n half gtiinad
out ylv I haint got no-”
’•wharf” sea bs.
“Way down In riaevllk. la-”
'r*»hl” aes ha, “bag rae pardon —
thougtt you was In the market.” and
fora I oould ax him about Madison or
you. bn wan half a dossn wagons o fl.
borin’ hla glmlst Into soother hag of
sot tow.
Tbs saxt feller (mst was right at
me to buy my cotton: bat I Inch him
* °°s side and explained Ullage oon
Aden Hally to him for* ha weofao far.
“la this Madison.” am X, “whar the
Southern Mtseallany la printed *•’
“Oh, no,” aea be. “this Is Heaver
Tall.”
••Beaver Tall 1" tei I;“why, I never
beam of that place afore,” and 1Jsat
begun to bits up a Pula “I lock my
P*»*s«s Xor Madison,” sse I. “and paid
the mossy, and they’vs gone sod
drapped aaa in Baavsr Tall! Now,
that's a way to do btslnaaa; Uiat’s tba
way travelers U tack in, bp these in
fernal eorperaslinoa. If they don’t
Ax It all to my saltsfartlon. I’ll prese
nts tha company aa long aa thor’a any
law In Georgia. Heaver Tall!” see t.
Veo,” ass he. "this k Heaver Tall,
which it to Madison aa tbs ‘Bay’ Is to
Seveonab, ’Wall street’ to New Vorh.
the 'Exchange' to FiladalXy, or tba
•Blalto' (whar merchants moat do eon
gregato.) to Venice. This It the bisl
naas part of Madison, do yo under
arena r ■ set no.
"Yde. but I want logo to Mad Ison
to ••• Mr. Tboapeoo on pertleklar
bltDMS."
"This la Mr. Tbompeon'i place of
bUuew; you'll dnd him that.1’ am he.
piiitln’ to a big open brlok house.
Well I went tbar, but be vu tha
rmlerode agent, what heaps tbe books
of tbs con asm. "Ob. no," Jr* 1, “It’s
tbe other Mr. Thompson what l want
to toe.n
"Well, tbar ho le," see ho, ‘‘thirt**
Mr. Thompson, Jeat ooma down frost
Coviagton.”
When I weot to tbe mao he plnted
to be axed main wanted to take a
contract no the rode ? “Lord, no,”
*«a I, “I want to CM Mr. Thompson
•bout a very differ at. t kind of • Ma
ne as.”
"Perhaps you will And him over In
that billin’,” am he.
Well, over I went.
"Kin we Mrve you this morulo’,
sir ? Do yon with to store your cot
ton ?” eve he.
"Ho, no,” ere I "1 weot to see Mr.
Thompson what edits the Mlaoallany.”
"Oh.” see be. “that Mr. Thompson
—my name’s Mr. Thomason You’ll
And him at the Planters’ Hotel, tbe
; Aral good-lookin' man yon see with
BpeoCudtC 00.”
Good gracious I think* I if tbe old
Frenchman bad lived In Beaver Tall
be would hava found monsieur Tom
eon* enough to kill him several limes,
us ha says In tha play.
Well, 1 pet out for tha Planters' as
fast as I could— whar you know 1
found you at laat-<I hope you won’t
be riled at wbat I say) if it hadn’t
been for the apeeka I wouldn’t a
Icnowed you by Mr. Thomason’* de
scription.
I needn't tell you agin how oauoh 1
is bleeped to you fer T*r kludnaas and
advice la that parttokaleriy delicate
bleoees on which we conversed. Taklu'
everything Into coneideratlou, 1 am
wry much pleased with my visit lo
Madison; and aanao 1 wont to Maooa
and your town I’m mors than ever la
favor of travel In.' 1 think the writer
wae about right who usld: "Tea
world la a moastras big bock, full of
plotera tad good ivadlu,’ but bo that
never travels only nods tbe title
page.” I believe I’ll go to the city of
Yon know bow I tuok dinner at the
Plantar*’ with yoo T Well I waa pet
a little to the onpluth by that oM nif
Jar what wait* on the table thar. I
Ida’t know wbat to make of the old
roller. He flaw roood me ilk* 1 waa
Mr. Clay, or aoae ether crate oharao
ter.
“Will you hare eomo of the Dark
ahlre ham,” tm be, "or tome of the
Durham beef—feat rate. Mall fed, air,
|eat imported."
"Why, uneia, you ain’t cot Kngllab
beef lieru, la yoe." aaa L
"Certain, matter; we don’t feed peo
ple on nothin’ elae at the Planter5*—
pure Bogltah. la f reaeta atyle."
I took a piece ef ike Durham.
"Hare a little of the eeeeuoeT" aee
be. puttin’ warn gm*/ on It. "ffhaU I
her* your pla’e apllad with a piece of
reel-real Durham -only 19 year old f
Tako tome of the Iriahmana, air T A
pieoa ef the terkey-wlld turkey,
eotohed wild In the Okefe hoky—fed
rate t Soane peach aaa, aande out of
the large KugUah white ranei >« peach -
ea, wbat grow Mg aa your flat, air T"
and far* 1 knewed what to aay, be had
aiy plate piled up with good thing*, uc
I couldn’t dear H In a hour, hard
notin’at that.
“Here another plate, Mr ?’* aa* be.
I had dooe eat more’n I wanted ibeo,
but ererjrbody. aa fer ae I ooald aee.
00 both aid**, waa flttln’ clean piatae,
ao thleke I, here go**.
"Hare eeme of the krambery tar to,"
ae* the oM fkOer, "what jgfewa an
grape-rlnaa, or torn at the Worth (Jar
ollaa blank her rye, anaowd deter to the
i gjortwryT KuaUrd. air-taler kua
I tard, made out of tbo Mggrat kind <
: yam#? Hera's a hot one, dr, right
out of the moatb of a rudbol oven!
Havu son* milk, sir—Dorbaas oew’i
inUk. If yon Him. rich as cream?'
Aad that’s the way Ibe old feller wont
oa, never crackle a smile all the time
ud 1 like to hutted jest ostia to Msrgi
him.
In the afternoon I took a look al
yoor town—and a mighty smart town
It Is—but I nrudo’t tail you nothin
about that. AC topper. I bar waa that
old fellet egiu, fly to round the Iona
tabla, with liia cheek apron on and a
tartar 1u one hand.
"Will you have a hot bisklt," aes he,
"made out of the beat Canal flower
from Imported wheat? Take s rqaars
toad wsffel, dr; hem’s swaHer-tailed
one*, If you like 'em better? Past
rale Ulo ooffee, dr, some Muskevadn
•utar to give a piaaaant taste to It?
Cold bam? lulled ditto warn Durham
■leaks, briled fow—Euglls-’i breed—so
leader they wont bare Mtin hard. Lat
*ply roar plate with a very amall
pises of tbs bueum of tbla pulllt?
dome of ths reserves, air? any kind—
qolmon, pare, big CogUsb peaches.
Taka another hot bisklt, air— and if
I'd sot thar, he’d kap me satin till this
time. Tbs oata was rsady to itart. I
pstd nr bill at tbs Plauisra’, and was
•eon whlrlio on tbs stay borne.
“I’ve been tblotln arm aanas of
your advice, aad I’m satisfied yon eras
right. 1 ahull ax Hits Mary fast, and
by that time i'll ha morn need to it,
and wont ha to akerry of her mother.
Hot lt*a the worst job I over undertook
any way I ran fix it. I’D tell you all
abost It. Ho mom from
Your friend, till death.
Jim. Jovitt.
(To Uu Continued Next Thursday.)
rWH WATS »g TSig CATAWM.
■AlktAtItrUMUM UdMMan o»
atllaUMw! T
CbtrletU Itwt.
Unw. Berwell. Walker and Can
slrr and McCall and Nixon are look lag
into the oonatltutioiialitj of chapter
413, laws 18OT, antitied “an act to re
move obstruction to Osh In Catawba
rivar, a id to provide Ash-ways.” The
act creates a jury of seven men “to
view the Catawba river from ibe State
line lo the oroeelng of tbe CO eater and
Leimlr Bnilroad. aud designate the
places where obstrmcUoai should Be
removed and the width of tbs 0th
passage.” Section 3 of the set pro
video that the water power of mill*
located on aald river ahull not be In
jured, but aald Jury la to decide wheth
er or not Injury to water power would
follow from the removal or obstruc
tion!. Section 3 provides that said
Jury shall bear ell complaints and net
tle all diflkoltiee arising from Uie
opening of Osh pasmgea aud section 4
provides that the Jetulno of said Jury
sliali be Anal. The aot further pro
vides for the compensation of said Jury
aud whatever necessary help tln-y may
employ.
The Jury constats of Mr. J. M. WU
sod, or Mccklouburg; Mr. I). A. Bar
tley. of Iredell; Mr. J. T. Iledrlek. of
Alexauder; Mr. C. T. Plowere. of Cald
well; Mr. J. W. Lawreooe, of Cataw
ba; Mr. D. A- Lowe, of l.incalo; Mt. J.
M. McIntosh, or Qaaton,
Already these gcmtlemen have com
menced Idling out contracts for clear
ing llie rlvrr and building Osti-woTS.
Mr. O. W. Bowman was in Charlotte
today. He bus seemed the eontr.vot
to arrange the Aali-way through
Mbyte's dam, near Mt. Hotly, and he
itaU-a Ibat he will begin work at oooe.
It la estimated that the eoat of clear
ing tbo rlvrr and opening three Hall
way* will bo at least *1,800.
Tiie Uw providrs that the counties
bordering where this work is done
•ball hear equally Uw cost of sauta.
An interesting question arises as to
how the oomiotasioners and their em
ploysa shall be paid for their senrtara,
provided the Supreme Court shall de
cide the aet unconstitutional.
It BIMSk Lika a BarpemL.
gew* and Olacrvtr.
In view of tbe coca premia* of Uw
bonds voted for a railroad In Onslow
eouety; the mighty kick that goes up
svury year In Wllkaa county; Urn 11U
gstloe growing out of Uw bend issue
In Staoly county; and the had taste
left In tbe mouth of the psopte of most
eoeatleo that vote bonds to baud rail
roads, tbo following extract, from a
droloioo by Justice Brewer, while oo
the K scans Huprome bench, on Uvs
validity of bom buods Issuad by a
county lo aid of a railroad, wUI have
special Interest;
"If be (lha Justice) may be permit
ted to paraphrase the words of tbo
wisest of men ho would say to every
one. 'Look not upon the voting of
railroad bonds whoa It >• now, for at
last it Wtctk like a serpent sad stlog
eth like an adder.»»_
■•Utr nninmil WUk Wlhn.
lUMtb Oar. WUamnw Kwmwr.
Senator Bailer and OUw Wllaon, hi*
right band mao, are at odda. Boiler
la dltptoaaed with Wlleon aod tbo rail
way ooaamlaalon for oot redoaViR ratea.
Ha la alao dlaplaaaad with Wllaoo’a
haring a railway eating hooao and baa
Mid no. Mow wilaoo Mila Holler to
mind hie own buaiaeea. There are
plenty of algae of a popollet break-up;
•igeeof dlaluteg ration are plaoUfol.
( JmnUM, PrmUtmL J. 0. Koou, Catkin-.
First National Bank,
OF QASTOXI4, m. c.
State aud County Depository.
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Wm, H. Lewis,
—ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.—
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u—i»o»«HA»g now maw muit
W. H. HOFFMAN.
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W Odlo* over Pint National Bank,
c. M. mu, XII. K. X. in, M B.
Adams & Bred,
PHYSICIANS AMD SUBOBONA,
OAtTOWZA. M. V.
Otto* at J, ICwrykOt'i Urngntor*.
ROJTT. L. DURHAM,
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GASTONIA. K. 0.
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-ATTORNSY-AT-LA W—
•AITOXU, I. O.
Will praetSe* In tha ooarto of Gaato*
and adjoining oouaUan and
tntbn Pndnrnl Court*.
F. O. WILSON, M. JD.,
G**tOtola, S. O.
PHYSICIAN AND SUftGEON.
VOfite* at Tumroco’* Drag Slot*.
_Phono Ho. 10._
W. H. Wilson, M. J>.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
L. I.GkDi, I, D.,iiMcUUPhjilclUL
Day Pbooo 1A Night Pbooo Si.
J. M. Sloan, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND 8UBOIOK.
Pay Phono 1A Night Pbooo SO.
Drs. Glenn & Coffey,
—Deaton.—
Thooo with tog work don* io oar
lhto win pleuo call at our oOet at
ooor. Dr. CoSey wlU tear* for Nov
York City Oet. lot to taka a qunlal
ooorao of all Urn high grad** of work
and win bo gono arrant month*.
Adnlsbtratsr*i Mice.
Sale of Real Estate.
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