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The Gastonia __ ^©▼©to* to tho Protection of Homo end the Intoroete mt th County. Vol. XIX.__ Gastonia. A. C., May 5. 1898. HRS. J. L. RUTLEDGE Will lie planed to sltow 70a the sea mill's attraction* with which her mil* linery (urlois at the plrotograph gallery arc stocked. New goods constantly arriving. HUB U Ml BMUTirVI. 1.1m: or STTI.ISN SMfSRT BtCH SSIMR*. Alto her pattern list*, copies of tire latest Krcnoli design* Mog J. L. RUTLEDGE. 0V Up-ltaln next door to Mooie'a ctora. JUST RECEIVED -BY ARMSTRONG FURNITURE CO. 284 Window Shades, •even feet long, ranging iu price from 10 cents to 76 cent*. Curtain Poles any length, in Oak, Mahogany, and White Enamel. See our nice J Oak Pole and Brae, aaali rod*. Also attrac tive lot of curtain chain*. See Our Rugs and Mattings. We still keep a full line of FURNITURE and a few PIANOS and ORGANS. Call to see us. Armstrong Furniture Co. Grand Closing Out Sale of Shoes. Having decided to enlarge my Dress Goods ami Millinery Department, I will close out my entire stock of Shoes and Gent’s Furnishings. This is no fake, but a genuine bargain sale. It is useless for me to say anything about the quality of these goods, for the public knows two-thirds of this stock is just from the hands of the maker and of the latest styles. Conte quick and secure first choice. All goods charged will be sold at the regular prices. Coniequently bring your Pocket Book. Respectfully, A. C. WILLIAMSON. Entire Stock of Goods at Cost. Having decided to change uur business, we will from April I f>;h offer our entire stock of goods at and below cost. Lots of Things You Want. The stock ist LARGE and COMPLETE, consisting of DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, HATS. CAPS and SHOES An elegant line of OXFORD TIES just received and must be sold. Large line of CROCKERY and QUEENS WARE, HARDWARE, CUTLERY. TOBACCO and SNUFF. Stock Fresh and New. Our entire stock is FRESH and NEW, great deal of it having been placed in the house this spring. Our line of DRESS GOODS is new and beautiful and of latest designs. Rare Opportunity. This is a rare opportunity to supply yourself with goods for the sum mer at the same price the merchant pays for them. Come early while you cun get selections. Respectfully, Cline and (Jokneliuh. Here is What The People are Fighting About. Wa bays Just received noothar lot of percales and ealleoea that are horora®1* ONT5 J/yv OF l'RRCAI.ES, yard wide, standard goods full C Al_ boUs, not renDinU, the jjrrftMwt value* we have ever offered *t O CuD* OJYE LOT OF CALICOES, Standard goods, full bolts, elegant O Ai„ dress stylaa, at __ _ O Ct8. l>oo't forget our Shoes nnd Clothing; they have been going with ;t raab for thS past few days __ Come soon and gat your choice of thaaa lines before they are all gone. Remember (hat If anything wa ael) does not oom# sqoarcTy up to our rep resentations. cornu back and we will make It satisfactory. Yours for traalnews, Holland and Robinson. F. W. BRAW1.EY. T. A HKXRV. BRAWLEY & HENRY. (Successor* to C. J. Hum.) Having purchasheri the dock, htinm>*i, and good will of the grocery firm of Mr. C. J. Hum, we I mg tn an nounce to the public that w* arc prepared to nerve them promptly and reasonably with anything in imr line. We respectfully solicit a continuance of the trade of the old firm and invite the patronage of the public generally—all of which it shall be our aim to deserve. Very respectfully, BRAWI.EY & HENRY. . For this week we announce special bargains in HARD i WARli. Inquire about it. BILL ABF ON PENSIONS. WAN TALK IIUXUI Till: MIHJKTT TO MIND. Ho Wives NeauKIUhlln Show |nc «kv A mu Hut !•* U1 by Clou rata al»tl itu UoalUto HlrllM HollUrr. MS Tfcolr TV Uiqwh AImoo till* TTFir. tall Arp lu AIluno < mt<*llutluH. Mad memories coins over ua About, tlila time. Tlie localii of Impending war osrriee ua back Unrty-sumi years, when Georgia and the South oyory w lists waa In a itate of feverish excite ment—when (be roll of drum and Die thrilling notea at the life wero hoard In allies and town* nnd recruiting campa aud men, women and children all seemed to be wild with patriotic en thusiasm. Only tlie aged men sod women were serious aud solemn and silently smothered Hair apprehensions. After tho Mtate hod acceded It waa hardly safe lor a uihu to talk foe the union. Here und there could ba heard a bold, defiant voice like that of I*eUI grew. the grrat lawyer, who, wheu asked by a countryman the road that would lead him to tlie lunatic asylum, exclaimed: “Any road, air; every road, air; all the roads, air. Tbit whole Slate la one vast lunatic asylum. The war fever ia at routaglou* ae the smallpox, aud 1* an epidemic for which there is uo cure but blood. April le a bistorts mouth. In April tlie bret g una of the war were li red and Fort Sumter fell aud aurrendeteU. In April President linontn called for 75,000 men to suppress rh« rebellion, lu; April Virginia seceded from the rebellion, and General Robert E. Leo scor'dert from las allegiance to the United Mutes army and tendered hit sword to his State and Guiilederacv. In April f resident Davis telegraphed Governor Drown for tliree cnmimnlea to inarch Immediately lu Norfolk, and m tweuty-four hours a batalllori waa on the cars and arrived there before the Virginia troops did. And, last of all, in April Ia* and Johnstou both turrendernd thou armies and tlie war was over, There Is a world of hlatory. sad, thrilling aud glorious history be tween the beginning sod the end. Who that was 10 it ean forget it F It glows brighter and grander as tlie years roll cm. No wonder tbe surviv ing veterans wish to meet once mors. For thirty year* their glorious deed* have been tossed about as treatno sod rebellion aud a crime, but these old soldiers have nover surrendered their convictions nor felt ashamed of their sacrllloe. Aud so let tliein gather io Atlanta iu July UDd hare one more emlmce and coufederalu again iu memories of battles lost aud battles won and hardships innumerable, aud at tbs last a ssd but sweet return to home and kludrvd —a home desolated and a kind rod thtuued by death. ■Every train bring* news now—news of Impending wor-but urc ore not rx citrd like wo wero then. Wb remem ber when there whs iio telegraph wire to Uoma and the dally signal came with the daily train from Kingston. If Wiley Harbft, the old engineer, gave three long, loud, cheerier whittles on hi* approach to town everybody waked up for good now* and exchanged greetings. -Lee h*» whipped ’em again,” was the watchword and the people hurried to llie depot to me»t the train and get an llie good of it. Two wblttlos from tits eugine wa* in different nnwe and w*t bad and sad. but did not come often, for old Bob Kce nud Htuoewall whipped them ae often a* Uwy got at them and would have been whipping them yet if our boy clilliirnt* bad growo up a little faster. We almost robbed the cradle and the grave for soldier*, und eveo tUeo got one for thron foes. i shall ul way* think tboy ought to have toted fair with uiaod fought as two to on* instead of tine*—don’t you K 1 wouldn’t Imre a pension that took three to one to -win—would you ? When I was a school boy I had n fight wlUi another hoy and two of my frhmds clubbed in and sorter helped we, und [ never felt so ashamed of anything in aiy life. But old Georgln lias never discount ed her gratitude to her soldlors or their widows. 9h* t* a long ways ahead of her finer 8tales. Bast year she paid mors to thsm thaw nil tbs other cwulliern 8tatee combined paid to thstrs. Virginia paid to Iters HltO. 000, Alabama*116,000. North Caroli na $118,000, Booth Carolina $100,000 Florida $115,000. Tsnnesaee $08.COO, Mississippi 75,000, Arkansas $43,000, kemtuoky nothing and Tsxas $88,000. wiilla Georgia paid over 9600,000. Hnw while wscan boast of this yet I am frs* to tay and dart to say. for 1 am not a candidate for anything limit ed or unlimited, that our pension laws sre not just tod need reforming— Georgia has overdone lbs tiling. Pen itent ebould be awarded to the needy, and th* needy only. Tbs grand juries of tits oonnttes should distribute tbs pension fnnd end make selection of tbs poor Midlers and th* poor widow* and bo required to add 35 per coot, to die (und apportioned by the Ftato. Considering th* geoaral depression, tbs State Is paying too much. It should he reduced at least one half, and 1st tbs couullrt make up pan at uctKiioncj. wDera if uw lutUea or propriety of paying a man *100 a yrar whole worth *10,000 to*30.00(1 while many poor Invalid voldlera, who fought Juft aa hard and endured joat ee much, but did not kite eo arm or e leg, get nothin*. T ere that both At kinwiu and Hamer, In tbelr drcltra UOte. apea* of tha lewtrd* that wero promlaed the aoldlrr*. That la a m la take—nothing wit promlted nor wta anythlug ea pee ted. Tliey fought f<u tlwlr noon try and *10 a month and hard Uok and lumon or bref, and that w«a all they e*ptcted. The word pee atona waa not la the dictionary. 1 Know a widow whoaa buthaod waa killed at Ball Iluo end the doee not need her peaHoti and at tint declined bi receive It, but changed her mind end glvee It r.ll u< widow* who are nerdy. Tha grand itulaa of the omiu Ilee know wbo tbould be the beoattela rleecf the peeahm fund aad If they have lo add S3 per pent lo it they would be careful lu see that it was not misapplied. It ironm to me that a leak of at leaat 5100.UW might be ■lopped in this way, but aa 1 am not a candidate, maybe 1 don't know. Thau there la another leak that naeda stop blog. The railroad cnmoilaaiou abonld be reformed. When Campbell Wal lace MDd Colouel Trammell and Sam Baroott Ural took hold of it there waa lota of work to do and it took nearly all their time. But they hollt up a iyKcm without having a guide or pre cedent. Thoy established roles and regulation* and thean have longalnce been rroonatdnred and readjusted, and are now generally accepted and ap proved liy the railroads and the peo ple. Jfuw the cooitoiailou haa to meet only ouce or twice a month and oce competent man an cbalrmao la all that Is needed. Colonel Tramcidl, from his long experience, could run the whole business and this would save 93,POO a year, besides the aeere tary’a salary, which la Another thous and. If Colonel Trammell or bli sue eraser needed any occasional help to decide new questions be mlfbt call la the Comptroller—General and the Secretary of Htate, who would wIlllBg ly serve fur nothing part of one day lo n month: School Commissioner (iltmi haa that kind of help on Ills board and It enaU til* Stale nothing. Why oan’t we do that and save a leak ut 910,000 V Why not V l tell you, my long-safler Ing friends, the government exp*n*t» Have got to be out down Id some way; not Just a little, but u food drul. “Sine qua nnna” are bigger things now tb*n since urea. The peoploare poor- The preachers tell us that a hungry man can’t get religion and If he airraid he can’t enjoy it. If we don’t stop toe leaks the whole dam business will burst und wash away sad the null cuu’t grind nl oil. I retnem brr well when we had no pensions nur school fund, and tbe people got along pretty well. The yunug man married the youog girls and loft the wid ows for the widowers. There was uo such a word as troaaeau in tbe dic tionary, but if there were leas clothe* there was more love acd fewer divorcee. Hut wo will Ulk about times thing* later, wh« we get to tho legislature, l uj out going to vote for say men who will not pruruUn to cut down tbo lua aud we wilt talk about tba pension business when the veteran* meal In July. I was ruminating about that day—tin.' auuivenuuy of the greatest battle ever fought and Die grvaUel victory ever won by Confederate sol diers. It whs a small affair oompsred with Gettysburg and Shiloh and tho Wilderness, but Its im^reasjou nu the country aud soldier* waa more pro found than any other. It was like n young mother's drat child—oonv that came after ever created so grsat a sen sation. How vivid are the scones, tint rapid night march from AViocbealsr, tbs crossing the dhanaodnah hy torch light, wading up to the armpits with guns and cartridges held up. 1 can see Jimmy Smith, the little drummer hoy of the Eighth Georgia, and little McKuedrr. bobbing up and down over the deep pUcea with water running Into their mouths, while taller soldier* behind them held litem steady. 1 hear the shouts of Stonewall Jackson’s men us they cams through tlie woods and turned the tide to vic tory. 1 tee the willow glade end tba little bra nob where. Dr. Miller aud bis assistants worked all night with their knives and probes and bandage*, and everv little while said, • nest," like the barbers to their customers. 1 see tho dead in the pine thicket aud the wounded planed In ibeainbolauoe* and hurried to the Lewis house fur s hos pital. I tee the New York Zounvea In the Held oear tho old stone bouse oo the pike. How thiok they laid upon the ground—how fat they teemed neit morning us the burial •<]> ads rolled them iuio the shallow trenenes. They had swollen In form and feature dur ing the ulght until their oorpsea filled thehr loose clothe* almost to bursting. Uut when we all meet on the 21st we will talk near the misty past and rejoice with those wbo rejoice ar.d weep with those who weep. A tea of tears 1ms already been sited, both North and South, but atill the ohalloes aro not empty nor the hearts of tbo veterans neared uvor by the Iron hand of time. as . _l._uw_ u.J ■■ Unui'i Hrtr te Be eo Iswxaius, Wmnnslou Dispatch, !W. Tbo tfcnaio to-day passed Uut bill to restore to eiUrvnship In the United States Mrs. Neills Grant Hortori*. who forfeited her oitissnalilp by her mar riage to a subject of Oreat Britain. When the IPII was taken up In the House Mr. Pearson explained that there waa no precedent forsook notion, but In view of the distinguished «cr vlosa rendered by Mrs. ttartorls’ father. General Grant, and the further tact that she had a son who had entered hta services to tho country under Kit*, hugb lose, on the latter'* staff, he thought Uui bill should be pasetd, and It was passed. The Wilmington Mt*m*rr *V that ‘•tli* value of the etrawtarry lodoatry In Xaatero North Carolina la deooa almtad lo the remarkable faol that land* that tru year* ago would have sold for tl per acre are now product eg »JOO to TOO par acre In benlea.” l. i_a ■ ui"a»aw» Many old aoldlen oow fa*I the •ffretaof tho bard aarvlca they on durad daring the war. Mr. Gao. S. Andemon. of RomvUIo. York oouoty. Feun., who aaw the haidost kind of aerviae at Ilia front, la n»w freoneut ly troubled with rhNiaaUiia. ‘ I had a aavara attaek lawly," ha »»r*. “and procured a bottle of Cliambartaln'a Pain Halm. It did an much good that I would Ilka to koew wb*t you would oharga ®c for on* ddaen bottle*.” Mr. Alid«r*on wanted It both for hla own uea and to anpply it to »«*• friend* and neighImra. aa every family aliould have ■ bottle of It In their noma, not only for rlwutnat lam, but laaaa beck, sprain*, twallluga, cut*, brulaee and burn*, for Whloh it la unequalled For tola by J. K. Carry * Co. OYER $2,000,000 CAPTURED. "i tu wmj.tr rnornrriMue RAKLMM Ik RtOCHABniO fUCBT. Admiral tampmi nad Ml* Odwn •*»».« Mad* Komi* Alrtadi la KM* ; IlM AA'air rro«N Tfedr Boon Ska Ho. aaalaiWr •< TkaJr llm-TAp Brin noocjr Aa Froraad Aiaang lh« m. «««aI Bom Aooordliur l« Ttotlr I*ar la (At Hrrrlor. J. H.Colacuiu AlUnoi Jounul. Kby Wi»i. April 20.—A fln* fleet of Spaulab prim Hdo at aoehoOo Kef Weal harbor aa a result of the ylgll aoeo oC the Koith AUaulic squadron mid Ilia effectiveness with which the Porte of Cuba are now blockaded. lu round non.ber» th* captuics of thia squadron up to tbis lime, Monday noon, at a fair valuation will tuna) $2,214,800 in ships and cargoes. In my cablegrams to tbe Journal, whlsh no thanks to the government censor, at this point, are vary brief and always greatly delayed, lbava told of lb see captures aa they were. But a recapitulation of them will no donbt prove interesting. The Urst capture was made oo the morning tbe fleet started for Caban waters twelve miles from Hand Kay ilylit. This prize was taken by tbe gnn-bost •'Aashville.” It waa Uie Buena Ventura, and a low valuation nf lbs ship without hrr cargo, which hclongs to n llolluud Orta and rhero fore cannot bo couCscsU-i, amouuta to T300.0W. Tbe wound capture ma* that of tbs eUel stPumshtp Prdro, of Bilbao, by tbs flagship New York, on April 42, tbs afternoon ot the day tbe Busna Ventura was captured. £oslgu Brum by. of Georgia, was lbs executive officer ut Uie prise erew pul aboard tills ship. Ue told me slit was a (lue unw tillp. aid easily cracked off twelve knots an hour on tbs way boca to Key West. Tbe lowest estimate' to be piloted on tbe value of the 1‘edru Is *310.000. Ttie third capture was made on April 28d. by the Dorter, tbe flag-ship oftlie torpedo boat squadron. TbU was lbs little schooner Matilda, loaded with rum and sugar, the prise crew of which Naval Osdet Du Bono, of Geor gia, commanded on the rvtorn to Key West. Tba value of tbe MatiJde la placed ut 55.000. On April 24th CamllU, a little Span ish schooner was captured by tbe gun boat Wilmington. Her value Is placed ut 51,000. On the earns day the torpedo bust Porltr rounded up suotber captive In ll* ubupo oT a small Spanish sohouner. tbe Sofia, vessel ana cargo amounting to about *5,000. On the morning of the 2uth the pro tected cruiser Butroit took under her wing the splendid steel Sjxtnlsb steam ship the Catalina, with a rich cargo. The value of tills ship and the mer chandise she carried la nut worth a ernt Ina than holt a million dollars. The sows may be said of Uie capture mod* by tbe gunboat Helena on the morning of tbe 25th of the steal Bpan isli ship the Miguel Hovar. Experts value the Mlgoel Hovar at a Ugure not lest than $400,000. On the momlng of the 25th Uie gun boat Now port brought into port the Spanish schooner Plrineo, valued at 32,000 aUd the sloop I’aquete. valued ut $000. Tbe I'aquete, It will be re mom her ed, was told of In nun of my previous dispatches. She is a little bailing achoonor sud was previously cipturcd by tba flagship New York, but tbe Spanish captain plead so pite ously with tbe admiral, tbe lutler bc nuvoleotlv turned him louse. The tilggw* CAjituro Of the war «ud tho m-rvlest was that of Um: splendid steel protected auxiliary cru liter and puaenger vessel, tha Panama, brooalit into purt this looming by tbe light house tender Mangrove. Tim rains or the Panama U 9I.O0U.0O3 or more. Some of Uie details of the oajrtura of i the Panama were told of In my cable seut back to Key West from the fleet by steam tug. Uow much If auy of it got through I cannot know. The Mangrove, it moat be reoem bural, is not a cruiser, but e govern- 1 ■neat tag used as a UgbtUoujj lander, i soil when she caotured the Panama twenty mileo north of Havana was en gaged to the delaoteble purpose of cut ting the Havana cable. Tbe only armament of the Mangrove If it deeurvea that distinction, It taro six poamlera. The crew recently im pressed end with no aide arms, amounted to only thirteen in number. These two etx-ponndtrs on the Men grove ore so arranged that after she had fired the Bret shat serose tbe bows of the Panama, she was forced to turn around again before another allot could be Ored. Tho Panama is a steel protected res sol, carries two big, barking fourteen pounders, besides a crew of seventy two. Tbe Mangrove lies a tiered of about mvm knots un hour ami Ute Pauamm fourteen. Tho Panama ooald have either out-rougbt the latle Man grove or eut-rao bar, but the breve Captain Inevadu, who euraed the "Atraricsn pig*" as be left his dock In Mew York lest Wednesday, after the seoond shot from Ibis little light house tender had been Qrvd across hie bows, hauled down Ids flag and serrrn dtrtd. Attracted by Urn shots from the alx nenuders on tbe Mangrove, the battle ship Indiana set sail for Uia scene pud when the capture was affected wee thren wiles away. When the lltUe Mangrove came tooting alongside with her captive twenty times tier else. Um o nicer, aed sailors on tbe Indiana obtarred aed cheered sod obewvd again until their throats were loo tired to longer express their ad ml ration for the starting pluck nt the craw of tbe ttay "mod pumper." as the lisa been do ’ naively eulied. The Mangrove b*s bran eo slightly eoualdnrvd by tbe Duet, liubs-tl tbet she was nut ever reckoned a part of It, bat from Uih» day forward she will be thought end spoken of decidedly more respectfully, Tbe Meegr.iv,-, new wee on smelt that a prim eraw for the ** ****i m ■ m i -—— big SpnWi »Mp had to be drafted from the Indian*. While lit* navel folks prefer real fighting to Lb* dialing of ttpaalsh aj*r ehutt ships, they are eat a ran* to cap turing thew on account of the piaatigv nod U>* greet trade of pries money that borne to Umi oflloera aud men on board. Tot Instance, of the (3,214,000 worth of pries ships sad cargoes lc Key Wait Itsrbor this erasing, the admiral and bis flag ofBeare rtceive 30 par c*nt», or !u round amaher* (400.000 to ho pro rated according to the pay of the liag officers of the ship. The total proceeds of a prise ship go to tbe men on board the warship that captures par mines the 90 per cent, that goes to the admiral and hi* staff. Ths little Mangrove with her crew of 18, and the lodlan* with her com piste rnsot of £M nwn. will divide the 31,(00,000 that will coma as a resqlt of capturing the Taoams. In this division i:o oao Is left out, but tbe prise money Is prorated from the o* plain down to the messenger of ths mam. according to tbeir any rating. The element of chance enters largely Into these capture* aud thee* u Cor re on “ lucky” ships bid fair to ooam out of this war with tedependeat fortones. Admiral 8empaun has made enongli already to keep the wolf from hie tauui ly’s door fag the rest of bis lift. The wen oo Lbe torpedo boat*—they carry crews that rang* from Uiirleon to tweatywiM men—would bavs the beet chaocs for prim money. Their a pood aud tbeir abllltytn go about practioslly unobserved to daylight sod absolutely at night gives them a groat opportuni ty to erven up ou a mrroliant unob served. than after the eopturo hi made there is toe l no get division to be found In the navy. After tones Spanish ships have beau condemned by the prise Commission they are said at suollou. It is moro tiwo likely tost the goverumsot wtU buy scrotal of them. The i'anama and Catalina would moke ercelW-ut auxiliary cruisers and too Pedro, tbe Beans Vontur* and too Miguel Hover will make excellent transport ships, «-*cU of Unto botog aids to carry at least 1,000 soldier*. There will h* no lack of bidder* for tlw schooners sad sloop*, aud with their cargoes toes* ships will all bring Um figures 1 have named or mots. ’The blockade of Oubsu ports on the north Is uowcomptotnly effective, ft is Imp jsritde for ships to go in or eoase out of lb* ports of 11*vsu*. ttsUsns, Cardsaas or Mariano. A* slated to previous dispatch forwarded from tbe fleet by a steam tug to Key West and from tlieuoe to Miami, by tit* *tc*m ship toe City of Key West, the drat ivally Offensive actlou awaits Ojly the arrival of h troopship with marines aboard of her before the stuck nn ths forttOaslIan* at Malanias is made. »VAI. WAlfAttC. I*w IT»|M»r I Iih» «r KrelnWIUlV i (Mm* mma lairiitr Witlwal <!•« at Bxiir-Thrrr IVn< Mmn I He ; phu«.u:phki it-T xc\. There “7" many new pcoltlcai In connection with naval warfare waltiug U> to aidved, at iwrUaiu they will be In tli* flret great tight between Orel daat modern war ships manned by thoroughly com ye loot com mauler*, eugluecri and eeameu. Pew persons realise what radical Change* have taken place einue tba civil war in all | tb* machinery of warfare. Lord I Charles Hcrerford aald in a recent i|«ecl) that aiuco lie joined the navy “tlie proportion of non onat>at*ut« on hoard u ship of war line rlseu trots 7 per cent, to 67 per cent, because of the ! increased use nr machinery," and that "in a ship of the type of the Msgnlfl cent there are 07 single eoglutw auU 78 double eaglaes, to that the Impor lauceoflbo nou-combatenis I* obvl uua.” These statement* present a new | thought In the ethics of modern war . *■**• . **<>*• thau one-half of tb* men f who risk tbclr live* In oombat In ioat Ing flgbtiov m sell Ices not only take no part fn the actual flghting, but a large pro portico of them are not able to see tlie battle or to know anything with oetlately regarding Its progress. They are lmmored between steel walls which are liable to Instant dretruo t»on, and they ore Intent only on watching stun gauge*, shoveling ouol into the hire or performing other oac vreory work—raopteiag, of cuurso, ) brief orders, but bavtog no further dl j met connection with the rortunc* of tba eoutending ships. Courage under noc'n ctreumataaoeu 1* altogether different from tba bravery whleh is awaited by tb* excitement of direct personal aooouocer with oa eoa •7- J»b« oa Intense strain there must be upon the nerves of the officers and men at work down In the depths of a huge war ship Hi nation! They bear lit* booming of the great guns, tjw rattle of shot nod shell, tba r-xpk> aloa of torpedo**, the piercing of steel nrmor plates by banter Mast projectiles, nod Uis srvr-changing orders, the cauai of which can o»ly be surmised. They ere la constant peril from uneeeu dan gore. U is dlffienlt even to Imag ine the strain a Don men to allotted, sad Lord Btresford it appreehsUve of tb* foot, u tb* speech referred to above be aald that It bad brew lib lock to command vernal* la two small ae tIona—ones oa board Urn Coodor and oore on tba Soils, up the Nile. On oeeh occasion bs ordered tb* satire ship's company to -fell fft>< trter tba dghl, and united for three cheers for }U« engineers, whueo Importaet datla* .liad been preformed wKboat any chans* of participation la the "feu" of tlM light. m ... IlMidalluW _j nwlf __ -jsaa C%*»lwfUln’» Ouaali HrmAj. 1 did M»: think tint nay modw-iaa won id h»*»p Mot, bm n(t*r (twin* him a f»w <"••• "* thal roiMriy l nnUwd nu \m yMvaaMMii,.and otm baulk on red Mai cntlRly. tv la tha laac M»afh m-dl aloe I a»*r Imd In Uta Ktoaa—J. U. iJ&»*t*«ssrra*"'*• ^ ii ' miy WARSHIPS II CHEAT PERIL x4Mw«r nriftMnr* or ri.%. «« miWBn. On board tbo fligslilp , _ fortm* Monro*, April 3*—Tor u™ .lx tour, the flying aqudron w»» Jt abt. to ooflUBQotanM with (tore. TT* «ori« .book Um camt Tatttley eight. mom np Hampton Hood* UhB * (my. It wliUd«dM>tbente erf ninety bUIm bb boar through Um gnat ennenii nn tan of Um dagdilp Brooklyn ud wb'pprfnp UmmbmT ttotSTwhlb loan brag. In bag. nwiw over Uta dock, of the UubcLumm Mart um Ttxm. The heavy draft of Um big wm rmmU made Jt ImpnodbU tor then to get Into etnoatn eutrorf ; Ihey had to Mood Um brant of U* •torin. morning Um storm in created iu violence and a* too tide turned Sood, the lookout on Urn for. ward bridge of llie Brooklyn «uV nouiicafl that tlie skip «u dragging iu anchor. ThooBkarof Uic deck situ ulianeooely reported that the Brook lya srae getting to deagmooc proximi ty to the UtUmhip Miteachutetw. Captain Cook and executive officer Maaon weet to Um tadga lasted lately end ordered the second anchor down Attnie time the wind wteUow^gi Bcreet/.the men ooaM kanJlyiSsa their A*t 90 dock. Tfle rncood anehoV ran out atout tmsoty-fattons of okatu and struck and the big ship stummd and tor a abort Urns breasted the wind end tide. Bat la a (bar minutes aim hegan to back slowly and it was evi dent that there was an bold for the aoehorSL Tha signal was immediately tf***1® fTE*" *? I*1 “■der way. rater and (aster she went back. Iter big brood side swinging toward the dangerous rasa 00 the prow of the Maeaebasotu. The Utter was sig n«Hod to pay out bar cable and drm, away and she did ao. ta the amau u** ®«> Brooklyn toe men In charge of too forward oomportmeot* weot to their stations, nosing the water tight comportmeuu and prepar ing without any oaluaid evidence of excitement foe the exported collision Tho Maoaeliuseus cleared away ktr ?**, ******? f« thoom listen, not daring to ebip the «*w lor feat of ntunlag hcradf so to* eead Vur In close proximity or drifting into toe Texas. Faster and faster sreot toe Brooklyn toward toe battleship and Ute men at tbo station* 00 both Teasels stood uufflnclUngty, ready to wrform the special duties assigned them .to ease of collision. These waa nooxjtositiu. On toe bridge with oool litfldW' tbary muI aoilv» otiIqi were CapuIn Cook and his exrcHLiv. rdtomr. while on the after-hrld«e. not interfering with toe metiegement of the oOicere of tlie ship Mood Oommo dotw -Schley and hie deg lieatenaut Searo. watching with interest, bat with as little excitement a they would a prwctloe orntse, toe big chips coming together. A conflict of ordsurs woojrl lints mciuit (tiiuutr. but tbtr# V4.V nOD€. Viucr rrooi uie captain and oaa °f big micltofj comae rattling op •»d tlte «ki[i drlfu on * little tutor toward l.a CyU«t fate. Then. etedleuce to Ilia balta, the Mem, noir nlBMt aonplng Um MmeehaWto' bow awiugs out and tin bead ptrJr cuntrollud by tlieanubor awing* ay if It i» within a few yard* Of the hug* battleship and all ant awaiting the «ra*U. Captain C*ok look* OTor tbe part aid a of ttt* bridge and titan says shandy, “Full luted •ewra.’ Tl>*r» 1* a clang of balkk a thlrer aa U>* big engine* tun and then the cruiser tlldw rapidly clear ef tha MastaohusetU with barely a luod *° *•***• 'CiaTtrly dona,” aaya Cotn “ h* doarc to - .**?*i*V,,p* P*1*** dlaelplino aud cool-headed Jedgaeot tad nrart ad * dlaaater, “Thh abip obey, bar tagjldi parfactly.u .aid Captain Otek. ■meetly, after ha bad aaehorad fur ther out. Toward the afternoon tlte atann th* Id laky I iDQCincd, ^ r»ir r*c I«r««!r; Hmkr. KDtiiDor* Nn. ■> The national K.ircrunarat pan for tetetnr awrlo* at the folk, wine rat* • Booth.' Prtnie..,.t uoo Oorporal.... m Mr He meant.JfMli. K«0 Firat aargaaal. SjUO r. 93 Ou HoeptUJ atMirard. U00 H«o«« lt*«M»PUU.1.IM 07 Firat UtMMwt..‘.199 W‘ Emlm«ntal <(u«rt*raMat*r..UlMU iS®SS!S,r^--:r::::}ss “ BS Lieutenant colonel..\\\\’ 990 on Uallewed$100a year in addition to «fM» taad; aa aldedeetBp to a brigadier general 9130 additional. ^“^■sr*"7 •* -"*• -SSWS^;"'* uKr-aii&sr "*.*•*■ 'ssssssi“2***s“®sc I bate been a anCater front etnah ijawhoeamralaentbt wer and Mt* aaad a.f Main af atelielaea for It At laet I fewad ea» wady that had Wn I a aaeeiaa a* • aura, and than la Che*. I b*rtain<a Oalle Ouotara and INanVna I JbMMdf. -P. g. Oriahata, Oan La. For aala by J. g. Oaor A Oa.
Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.)
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May 5, 1898, edition 1
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