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The Gastonia
Deroted to the Protection of Home ahd the Interests of the County.
VOL. XXII. GASTONIA, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1901.
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A* Mi anw tHic Tall urn I imn
u IhaHn-OukiMaa IDaM ■■ »uM
aMlp-lK. Arp Tklahr Mha Mmn
laHtkaajr al TIM Doarai Mlptil aaM
MU hap la lataMimlr.
BUI Arp la AtlaaUluualjtutipn.
I ooofeit that t do not like Ibe night
— except whan I am alter p. of
eooree 1 mean the dark night— i-ord.i 1
go Into replarve over what we c*tl Um
twilight— that doobtful ligb twiat
•uuabloe and derkui-se and that liter
ally naans light cut lutu." It eo«a»t
to m that tliaaa twilight* grosr shor
lac aa we grow older. Win tha day
la dona the darkless dies sera la fail
from tba wings of night, and wa hast
en to light tha lamps, for darkness la
Dtw welaoma. It la an latruder and
a symbol of aeary «hl thing. «Ve sup
pose that night waa (treated as a con
trast to maka ua enjoy the day, joat aa
•yll waa created aa * oontraat to that
which la good. Tba aerlplnraa say ou
good thlug eooocrulog darkoeaa or
night, and whan deacrlblng heaean
aaya “Thera ahall be no night tlnre.”
They tell ua of wur dtrtnets and
thick darkneei aod (he black urea of
darkaeea aod dark urea tint may be
felt, Darkness wae one of the ten
plagues that waa sent upon l'haraoh.
Job cursed the day of bis birth and
lays. "JLat that dar be drrkueaa. L«t
dark seas and the ahedosr of death stain
It.” David aaltb, “Surruw eudareth
for the night, but Joy c-jmeth Id tha
morning,” and tells of llw iwelllenca
that wwlkath Is (lie darkness Tha
apostle use Hum mbol of every ca
lamity, Dirktitee novarad tha Wad
when tba Savior was crucified. The
devil to called the prince of dsrkoem.
Anetont mythology describee 3Jr*bu»
as the dark cavern through which Uie
spirits of tba damned and winked dead
shall pass o« their way to belt Aed
Hamer writes of a oouulry celled dim
mers beyond (he sea where the
son saver skinss and tbs paipla live In
dark seek* Miltou deaorlbee the dark
Dess of Hades as so dsn is that It waa
Visible. Speaking cf evil spirits (bat
haunt mankind, lie say ■ lhvy more lo
darkness, bat fear irolb aod ebustliy.
“2?o evil thlug that walks by bight id
fear cf fire— uo beg, no gbo«t or goblin
damned baa hurtful power over a ebstia
and vlrtaoua women.” Moutgnmrry
eayt, “Fight U Uw (lu>a lo weep,” nod
Shakespeare says. “In Iho dark night
Imagining tome rear, a IlUia bnah ap
pears to be a brir,” Young tiys,
"An atheist bait 1*1 lews In Uod by
night,” aod Tsooyioo says of til marl f
“I am bat an lnfsotcryrlog|lu,lbe aigbt
—an infant orytng for ibe light.”
mil mu ii »ioucii too uiese rumina
tion* ware provoked tot night a boat
mtdolgbt—tb* hour when lbe deep
■leap feltatb upon a man, but not upon
a woman. Uy wife1* voice awakened
aod startled me. 8b* said “ What I*
It Y Who li It y What do you want?’’
Than ah* callrd me aud struct a mulch
and llgbtad tba candle that wa* ueur
‘‘What did you bear f” Mid 1. "dome
body la at Uie door.” she tuid. excited
ly, “Which door T” mid I “Tble one
light here—maybe somebody Ii sick
upatalra,” tlw said. Unlocking tba
door qutokly tba light ebons into the
room oat nobody waa visible. I ex
amined the room carefully and tbao
went into lbs hell and dlnleg room
and parlor aod thence upatalra on tip
toe, but all waa illent. When I re
turned aba aald “Well 1 did certainly
hear somebody at that door, and It
waked ma, but maybe I was dreaming.
1 renumber now, 1 did liavt a Iron bled
dream, bet please look onder tba bed
before you put out lb* light,” For
some time I laid awake Iwlealng for a
uoia* and ruminating on bumnu belp
kstaeaa daring tbe darkness of Ilia
night.
I remember when 1 bad ao unwilling
fear of gbuot* that 1 would not ac
knowledge. 1 got It from lbs awful
•tori** that our negro** told ue chil
dren for there waa a faicicatlou about
them that draw me to tliair oubltw by
night and l lUtaned to their mad* op
tala* of gboaU and witches and Jack
O’Lao tarn* and raw bead* and bloody
bonne until l waa afraid t« look around
behind ma aad kad in be guarded to
tb* big bouM door whan I left. Bnt
this childish tear passed away and
long lino* I have realised that tbara
at* no spirits in haunt ua and that on
ij QU It Vllt.”
Mr wife Is oot a timid woman, but
aba U cautious sod will not oonsaut fur
ma to kMP a pistol In oar bed room
for foot I might bar* a bad draam and
shoot somebody through mistake. She
oarer Bleep* very sound. A mother
who has oaraad tea children saver dots
aod the crack lug of tba paper os lb*
wall will aroose bar' 8b* I* happy now
for tbara la another grandchild not far
away, and aba goat there every day.
Pretends she gas* to help Jeaale. but it
is (sally «to nurse and fondle Jeaats’s
baby boy, for lb* maternal Instinct
caver die* and has oot forgotten lb*
lullabies *b* MSI to bar ohildrvc In
their mfancy. 1 remember hew my
sgsd mother, when an bar last bad,
dreamed »w*y bar loving Ilf* Imagin
ing there waa a baba at bar brgnat and
whisper lag a song to it juet before she
died. 8b# round two In heaven when
•b# got tbara. Ob, y* ymng nsan wb»
linger aad Jaat in the saloon or • round
the gamine tablet or freqoeat dtorapot
able piacea, ttep and Iblnfc. Htop and
think, and rtwwmber tba long and
watury night* tlwt a motbei watched
with yoo aod never cowphlsed. May
be bar tpirlt to watching yon m* aud
reaming ovor yon In tb* tpirlt land.
Far bar oak* atop aad think and asms
book ta tba linooeoon of your eh IVI
bead.
. *■« »f» mm HUla MOB
UMt 1 too. rnwotat and allTl
mb (tag U> iho IttUa fcrlpWra trattloa
iMopi aod aootha tbra to aiaap aa 1
»a)t tba room My Iiuia baby aaaga
art rtaagatri*'*! la jay mamury ta4
bay* ta*o band*! Aowa lho’ not B
Mabgd or TWy m a
aaMoltM bmm? •T'Brb.br. boot
&*,'• Hob ay fmr, Ha am iM
■la a bar. Jallaana lobeaoa. *a»'1 ye*
ary, **Aad **1( a« tw Jotdaa."
and m forth Tbry aro all la tba mm
aaaar and Aomtaif Mo on*, aaotkar
■i'4 Just fo round, monotonous sod
mournlul, ddUI tha child has tu go to
alerp lo keep from linulog I hr is; oeeer
Ihlras. It Ik a fret that 1 oac get a rick
child to ritrp wbeo It* mother oao’t—
and aomatlmm away la the dead of
night, *a f walkad the mom la my
night shirt. I liars not only gut the
child lo sleep. but the motltrr, inn.
Bat I am having aoma little dues ratio
trochlea that are disturbing my
traoqalllty. Night before last 1
jllpprd the kvj* i.ff the nail lo the
back room and wrnt lo I be pantry in
iumo oloa apples I U«d hid away
tiier* for a surprise to tlaw family Just
before btdllme. 1 Ilk* llwie little
■urprlere and »i do they. 1 fuuod the
cal looked op In tit* pantry and put her
out, and then push'd tbe dour lo to
kerp hrr out while I waa getting lbs
apples. It la a otirtoui dour lock, fur
it baa nn koob on Ibe Imlda, and 1
aouu found that the eat waa locked out
aod I war locked lu. I nipped aod
banged for awhile fur eomeludy to
hear mo aod ooma. but uot>*)y ratne
Then I knocked harder and halloed
louder, but to no 'rffret, Then I
kicked lit* door and mad* all aorta of a
racket, but nobody came Ho I con
cluded I lire heard me. but thought It
waa good fun In keep ms lu prison and
give me time to regret on oiy peat Ilf*
and the value of freedom to Ibis laud
of liberty.. Bot I didn’t Kinder long
oo thee* tilings I waa perplexed bul
after a while ihoutbt of my knlfa aa a
screw driver and soon had the hasp og
aod wa» out nf prison. “Don’t you
you all brar me? 1 n autrad. Yea we
heaid you kooektog What were you
doing out there P” said ay wife. They
thonghl l was dtlng or meedlug soma,
thing. a< d did aot bear my voles, for
Ihrra #• rv two rooms and a hall h»
lween ua and all the door* shut, t
dIKMbaled lha apple* and everything
waa roon calm and erreoe, but X have
ail Increased horror of boieg pul lu Jail
aod 1 am going to tebava myself and
horn oo t.
Monday nlglit wa haaid Mia Sheri
dan alng and It Waa 4 fatal. «Va Li.ru
koowo her from her childhood, when
aha won pnoleletla and plnafuiea aud
•rot to aebuot la Home with By chil
dren. I onuld not nalike that LUa
•at or avee bad bean Util* Sarah Mr
Donald Who uard to play and mnip and
aeieam like olbee children, tint In her
ear y ynuvh the beard a prim, d-mita
alng and reaoleed to he a great atoger,
too. The Scotch-trial) blood waa la
bar vrlua and aha auraaeded. Her
father and Bother were poor, but that
made no dlfferrno*. Tbey had faith
—rellglnua fallli—aud named thair
fuor boy. Matthew, Mark. J.uke and
John, and their three daughter* Mary,
Martha and Sarah. Mark and Lube
are living in Rome yet and have proa
peied S trail chanced to vlait Phila
delphia aoma rear* ago and by ivqoeet
sang on* Sabbath at a little inlaalnr
church that waa founded by Joliu
Wanamaker lie way there and
be.rd bar aod took a gieut llblog to
lier and helped her to vialt Europe to
have bet voice trained. She torn
found other frluuda who have bo
frirodtd ber aad lavlalied upon tier
tbelr aid \nd bleaalng.
Aa I HMened to her aluglng vlioan
aweet old ScotUah aooga 1 wondered If
then were not auu; jual aueb female
*olcaa In that audience and all- they
lacked waa culture and deteraalnalloo.
I recalled Qray'a beautiful lloea—
“Full many a gem of iieraal ray to
nne
The dark, unfathnmed carat of
ocean bear;
Full many a flower ia born to bluah uu
neon
And wnata Ita iwcatneaa on the de
tect air.”
Twin iBMiair.
St. Inoli HcpubUti.
Senator Veal again repeats hit In
tention to go out of public life nt the
rxprratioD of Ills present trroi of often.
He Informs the people of Missouri
Anally and defloltety that the duty uf
cbooaing bis succeaaor moat no* be
ovufiooied as Imperative.
Thia Is not s doty to bo discharged
lightly. The high distinction of Vest’*
services In the United States Senate
demands that (he Missourian elected
to succeed him shall be of flrat elaes In
character and ability.
Missouri has been fortunate lu her
Senator*. The standard set Butt be
maintained Toe mao wbe lakes Vest’s
place as the colleague of Cockrell most
ha Intellectually acd moially of the
Veet aud Cockrell jail bar.
Missouri Democracy le fortunate In
having do lack of excellent material
from which to choose. De At mood.
Stooe, Champ dark and other Demo
orate mentleaed as probable candidates
have ably and faithfully served the peo
ple of their ostive State.
There need be so fear of an an wor
thy successor to George Graham Veet
being named by the neat State Legls
laton*. The task now faced by Mte
soorl Democracy Is that of select log
the beet of numerous good men Sited
by net lire and trailing for Um high
o«o* aooo to be made vacant by the
retirement of Senator Vast,
i eamBmmmmmwn
manna OMilaeflea
mane*. ▼*.. onaaever.
They have taken up the carpet* ;
they are beating them with olehs ;
from the merging till the trap tag, bow
tbo boey boas* wife aerobe 1 Oh the
aamll of paint and varnWi, haegetb
henyy on the elr, and la human habits,
tlcna eheoe relgustb everywhere.
^f?®*** AM *nwn to eat, there Is soap
mtir* '■ "■ *»■«
nUWMKO
K. M. Ao*»ln, a alrll war yrtara*. of
WloahraUr. lad., wrftrai -||y wlfa
*n *leb a Iona llaw In aptt* of wood
daauw*a IraaUaant. bat waa wholly
•arrd by Ur. Kina'* Maw I.tfa Pm*,
wblab wot toad wonoar* for bar baaHb."
Tbay a I way* 4a, Try thaai Only Ma
•> I. ■. Carry A Co’* drag Worm
chii.w ten an mMm.
m»y r<Mf (MX W4 pi*mi* it 4 u* to*
lll« ■ailwr.
Ctooaau gxskaaa*.
*'Yoar llottor. I want Util eate tried
at oom."
Juatloe Underw»>d retard bla eyre
from the open U* look lo front of him
end looked alviit ih«. thirty Ofth Slrert
coart mom. It* e*w noboa* io no to.
qatellorial attitudr. »od deeply pusaled,
opened the dooi behlod him, expecting
lo flnd'tbrtpokeaman lo Lbe bell.
“I'm right here lo front of yoo,” the
aneipecied pecaoo rteumed, "and I
want tlili man fnioUbed.”
The mystery of the voloa waa now
olaar to tba ooart. tie Pent uaer the
bar at the aouad of the childlike ootea
aod theieby deaerled a lad aearcely
more than three feet tall. The young
iter bad aUuok an altitude of dignity
that would have done credit lo a lawyer
erltn a liceoae
wimt can I do for you. ary liulo
®*oF" inquiisd Justice Underwood.
-My nuani weabllleo by Joe Pow
ers' big dog. ant) 1 want him pgnlahsd
end lho old car •hot." laMsted ttw
youthful pleader.
Then welter Welsh. 4 years old. who
live* at 1»|» Thirty-fourth piece, told
how hie mother, Mrs. Usury Walsh,
wua uttucked e.id ervandytbllUn by Um
rulorui keeper's pet.
-Well, you're the smallest Uereir I
r-rer laid my eyas on.”said the J nature
”Tou Just sit up her* to that 1 eta get
> good look at yoe. ”
Aldermen LUslugcr appeared e*
Towrr*’ counsel, but the the weight .if
hie legal knowledge did oul counter
baler ce the child's Inborn tee* nod
•hr. wdnm Thomas L. IVueori, the
regularly deputised elty i-roeeeuior was
on 11nod to irralgo Power*, but hr*
service* were not needed.
“I got** that Attorney Walter Waleb
can awing ibis e»*a uloun,” eutd tb»
Coait. 'Tnu cud go oats Tom, sud
take • walk around tk* bl^uk."
Mia Welsh wee nulled, nod under
Wnllrr'e dtft questioning made outk
clear case again*! Power*. Stic told bow
the ealooo.keeper had bees, repeatedly
warned .if hi* dog's savage disposition
and how od several oceaeloua ah* w*a
Ureateord with attack. Wlieo abs
wn* actually bitten, lb* animal cam*
up.* bar a., uusspectadly.ahcdaolarcd.
that_tb« had no opportunity to naps
“Did that dog give yoa a ehance to
gel awayT" Icquiied Waller au the ex
amlner.
no, ncniM el me likes wild]
animal and Muck hla fang* Into me be- <
for* X had Lime u> ihtok abru'. getting I
away.”
"Ha. tbe nrzt Lime you meet a dog
like that joa ought to have bullet-proof
aooka on,” Walter remarked," aed the
court room waa convulsed with laugh
ter.
Tbe precocious HUokstone announ
ced that ha mould like to be awurr
bi itself as he wished to corroborate Ilia
story uf bl> mother
*1 don’t believe that young uian ea
tltnatea tbe value of an oatb,’’ re
marked Ur. Xaalzinger.
“Wall, IK'S aea." oheervcd tba Judge,
“Weller, wnat’a likely to happen to a
b’>y or girl If ha or aba awears falselyf"
“Well, if it'a-e boy he'll go to bell,"
waadlte ivply; -If it’aagirl aha guea to
pargatory"
“l guea* that will do all rlgbt”
Waller waa permitted to rvlite hla
Kory, and when ho concluded Justice
Uudarwood entered up a Qua of It
egaloK tba defrodai.t and ordered that
the dog be aliol.
Tha PriM*ru«ar
Vnmrllla Vsqulfrr.
It la a generally conceded fact that
the price of lands In this section have
bat-nabowlug an upward tendency dar
ing tlie past half a duxaa yams or more,
and that a’ this time land la ahoat tbe
moat popular iuvealmeol known to our
people.
Several grntleaian, all shrewd busi
ness man of long "xparlaaea, wars dis
CQaalug tha sal’J nl In tlie aCbx of Lite
county treasurer a few day* ago. and
during tha discussion Boms tutereeUng
Mean warn advanced.
■•There will he no more cheap Uodj
in ihla chanty,” observed one gentle
man. “1 siean, of coarse,” he non
tiaued, where they are at all acoeaslnie
M town or railroad oouvaolanee*
Wlars the location la andaatrabla,
laoSa will eootlnse abeap, sod will be
left largely In the bands of Negro**.”
"1 know ot a place of land osar Ca
tawba J a nation." remarked another
gentleman, "that baa doubled in value
la the peat ten year*. It la ordinary
farm tend, and them are alioot 90 acre*
of It. lean than Ian years ago that
Uod void for $000. It changed baada
again aosM years later for 3800, then It
aold far tljOOO, aud not loog ago It aold
for #1.300 I would not my that It la
*s>y better or tnora prodnotiv* now
than when it aold for MOO.”
Several other ensra of the asune kind
war* mentioned, and finally tha aroo id
apeak*? remarked to tba drat speaker:
"I aanoot aea that tba Income from
tba land Is any bait#* oow than It waa
tea year* ago, or at any lima bat wean,
and I would Ilka to have you aoooaut
for U)lo appreciation of v*l**e."
"In my opinion It just amount* to
tbla,” waa the reply: "Per several
yam* there baa beso a tendency to In
vest In action menu featuring sod oth
er antarprwaa. So many of Ibaaa have
mat with disaster, that Investors have
has* frightened off and there hsa bean
a tendency to I a vast in land aa the beat
thh'g Is eight."
A »w» *|rAwy,
It It t aytlert why women endure
Haekaebe, H»*d«elw>. Nervoameaa.
Rarplennem, Melancholy. Falollo*
and Dtcty Hpalt* wlieo tUonaando hat#
proved Umt Oaetrle Hitter* rill quick
ly aor* aooh tree Me*. "T tntervd far
tear* with kidney treuMe,” write*
Mr*. Phebe Cher ley. of Iktrnw, la.,
“and * lame hark pained me a* I aould
not dr*** myttlf, hot Kleotrto Bitten
wholly oared me, *ad, *liho**h 78
pear* old, I now am a Mr to do alt my
non**work.” U ovweomeo Uonellpa
ttom. Improve* Appetite, m*** perfect
health. Only Mo at X. iL Oorry A
Oo.to dm more.
r
JUw York, Yovcmbvr 10. — Dr.
Char. T. MkDviM via to day
ovMdod 110,000 ■ jrar by Jo nice
Clark, Id tba Hyrtaa coart, for lb«
R'T-f •ilnlanaoco and ana of Mr*
*da M. Fierier vbo baa for a eobtMar
■bla period beau a patient In Um doe
tor’aaacllerigm. Ue vaa alao allow'd
•5.000 for bla aaivloea aa eomalUro if
Mra. Fleeter1! person. Tbls vaa dona
upon recommendation of Ur, MacDon
aid that Mr* Flagler ■ boo'd be placed
la a poalttoc which in accordance with
ber iooome aad the maaerr in which
ab« vaa aecoatoiord le like, aha could i
maintain her own eeUblUbmeot. Mn '
Flagler woe uolil reorntly Il>e wife of !
Henry M. Flagler.
Justice OUrb. upon Ibr application 1
nf Charles F. 8 hour dr* bUphan C. !
bhnurdea, and Mr* Mattie A T,iboa-.o
the tern brothers aad alater of Mr*
Flagler allowed them 94,000 a year each
tu be paid them out of her Icoreae,
The reason given far asking lhta
•llowanor la that Mr* Ftagtar w«a lo
Ua habit nf Baking vale whin prvtrate
to lier bro<bera end aleteip. who erw
"•* lo affluent elrcueaelanora, eod
that tbry in whom the eetete will re
vrrt uimn Mn Pugin’s daath ara la
need of aa allowance from her eeWlo.
MuaNieairrar »il.
Prudere ■*<■* diuhimim
•a Lara* qiuwUlln.
Uraumnat. Trx, Nor. 10 -Tu day
»*> a record breaker f.ir abipmeut or
oil by rail. Oa* hundred-and fourteen
oar* aaal out of tba IV-ld, lo Tela*
end Lou talas* point* Tblr brio** tlm
total afalpaasals for tb* mouth lo 1 MO
C*»M14.8M tmiral*.
Anglo-American Oil OUmpaoy
brought Id a-wall to-day on in* pr.m
any of lb* Taua* Ladi**’ Oil Cnm
paay, ttm welt being a Joint .BUrprlat
of tb* two oompaoioa. Aoeordluc to
a carefully revised coant. tbla I* Urn
Lbsaieety oloto goaher lo Urn kid.
Tba Sac Oompauv'a ataamer, l’arn
?<**/. t* expected lo a/rtr* December
0, to engage Id the ireutpurteMoa of
01 Tba »*oml will carry fc.000 barrel*
alojg tit* Golf sod Atlantic coasts
araramTamawromr
AUenta J*m**i. I
Tba cod gram which waa steeled last
November wUl moot and orgastic on 1
Monday, Dootcobar M, sad alt aa long
aa it pleaaea, ao It does sol go beyoud
tlm 4 tb of March IDOL
Tbla eoogreta Is remarkable already
for non Ui log llioagh It ba< never
asvemblod. It has the amalleat per
centaga of now members that auy cjo
greas baa bad lo many years. Ivory
oo* of tba eleven member* from
Uvocglt were rs elected aurl many
other suit* returned t'rnr delegations
without change. Comparatively hw
new men entered tb* aeuale last
March.
Toe cougreas tliat It noun to go to
work im* the advantage ot a great
majority of members who ere familiar
with the question* that ere likely tu
00*0* before ll and with III* method*
of federal legislation.
Tbeir experience should oondue* to
tb* orderly atid expeditions of busi
ness and make an early adjournment
powlblf.
Many of tba mam bars win weak tu
get lioaav early next summer aa Ike
eongresiional election* are to be held
in November, lBOi. and m< at of tbam
will w*ut to look after Umir feooaa
But Ibara will be a large amount of
Proi**?! at Urn approaching aea
■ Ion ibc Nicaraegua canal project.
Which Urn apparently assured retlSca
tmn of lb* new treaty with Great
Britain gives brighter prospects than
It ever bad befiwe, will b* ana of tb*
most Important matters lo oom* up.
Tlm platform* on which both of tbs
great partis* mad* tbeir Contest* last
yaarvoouia wrong demands for tb*
early oooatrocUrm of aa Isthmian
canal, the Democratic platform equal a
ly Indoraiug the Hloaragua r.»«io
All lb* aignt point at present tu
provision at IM next session of
eongrtts fur tb* oonstruetmn of lb*
canal aoroaa Nicaragua.
Tb* fact that tba Chin*** reclusion
act will expire by llaltatiuu n«xt May
make* early action on that iihjeet
neoeasaiy.
Though there Is a trail organized
•Sort to place Chinese Immigrant la oo
the avat* plan* as lima* from other
Countries, it baa BUI* nhanoa of a a*
Cam, rrenactment ef anmethlpg very
Ilk* tlm present draatlc Gear law may
b* expected. Tb* reciprocity qoratlon
will comr In for a large nmnaure of
attention and lire uncertalatlna that
annound It hwootus more sartena an
lit* lloi* for the expiration nf our
orwomarelal trnatlaa with several of lb*
grant nations approaches.
Tb* cuoilderalloa of reciprocity will
nceoanarlly lavolvn Iba entire tariff
question.
It la Idle to bop* for any direct legis
lation fur a material reduction of our
ooaruut and r*i reaaly* dot!**, ns tlm
trust* fur whoa* beoeSI they work to
well nr* mere strongly aotranebad
than aver I* tlm favor of tlm party In
Vowvr.
luonnai u in* Of
rwiloo at lilm u4 floor trad* fro*
• tolproolly lr*»tlee, bat nothing of
much to loo lu Um woy of legUlatloo
Urtff roform will bo woo aatll o fold,
rd etioafo om bo wrought in tho log to
ut It o ond ozreallTO brooch* of tbo
goYorntoent.
Cerronoy reform U odwlttod to bo
bedly eroded end oougm* will tod
oerorml pWno ready for Ita oonoldero
Uoo.
A lUuog effort for tho repeal of tho
boukrnptny oot will bo maade And tbo
pro*poet for IU etieor* oro*a to bo
tend.
Tbo Kitioeel Aoosolotloa of
H Her ore la Boabraptey lo oow polllag
1 the beet nee* wo of oaory port of tbo
man try ou this Qoretlee and tbo pra
poodormaoo of tbolr oyteleoe will bay*
11root, weight with oeagnoe.
SPECIAL, SALE
DRESS GOODS, COATS, PERFUMERY,
TOILET SOAPS, etc.
Wc arc now poking a opcclol offcrtag. mt io«ocod prtcoo. of WloiHf
Dicm Goods in 50-inch Cheviots.
45- inch Armure.
46- iucb Caledense.
38-inch Albatrosa.
36-iiicli Venetian.
46-iucb Stripe Suiting.
45- inch English Suiting.
48-iuch Silk Melville.
44-inch Mohair.
46- iucli French Whip Cord.
36-inch Cashmere.
42 to 44-inch Silk Warp Cashmere
44-inch Cork Screw.
48-iuch Silk Warp.
Pesu De Soic.
48 to 56-inch Skirt Patterns in
Grey, Brown, Black and Check
ered.
48-inch Plaid Dzesa Goods.
36 to 45-iachtBUclc and BlneSerge
36 to 44-inch BriUiantine.
All the above goods arc going
at reduced prices while they lost.
CLOAKS mn4 JACKETS.
Ladies' in Black. Gray, Blue,
Tan and Mode.
Misses' and Children's in Red,
Blue, Mode and Black.
All going at reduced prices.
PERFUMERY Hi SOAPS
We have a lot of the finest
Perfumes and Toflet Goods, such
an Toilet Water*, Tooth Powder*.
Cnuhed Hone* end Fragrant
Cream for chapped hands. Milk
of Almond. Quinine Bair Took.
Curling Fluid etc., all going at V
reduced pcicaa.
Soaps in Cashmere Bouqet,
4711. White Ahnond, White
Rose, end many other kinds.
We are closing oat our lino of
wish to discontinue*these gauds
to make room for our regular
lines.
There ere bargains here In thesS stylish new dress end toilet
ertlclM. Somebody will get them, why set get your share while they ere
going 7
J. F. YEAGER.,
LADIES’ FURNISH INOS A SPECIALTY.
-- -
tndonbt/dly aaaBorae far I In ra
il riot Ira ai4 regulatlooe of traata
alllba prrariilad, lial m jet ibate
m-m* to Im ho oooortl ot action ibn
jaotalar* n-tulla.
Tba onanlry »«ail* »Mlt daati
ot treat the aieoMffa «4 Pireldanl
Itooaardt. He la »i a-lf oinddent aoJ
lla* a way ot til iking oat directly that
aotwdy MHBI 10 forecaat with any
Hrre* ot aataranoa a hat )|i.aa be all!
taka in hi* ms jib o> nodal ion a It l>
»*t* to | redid, howryer. that hi) Ant
wt«M|e to eoafreer will Dot be a lama 1
Jrrlaratlou.
Padillas* 1—WWW
I ad laoapo. i* tratlnd.
Mr. llryan Inm a n-fieihiug »■/ «rf
aulog Straight. t» lira point )u bb dis
cussions of public questions, and be
certainty due* ao lo bli nmarlu oo
Durbin's dlsrrgsrd of law. Ho ooa
qucatluua that tba Uorbet n saesioatioo
was purely pollUcal Goebel was the
only drmooral Involved in tt Tbs
sssaaslas wsi* republicans; Ilia ben*
nciarlts were republicans; tba suspect
ed and Indicted accompUoc* aru nil r*
publican*. A* Mr. Bryan says:
If tW reasons nr. srtilcd by Governor
Du role arc saaudtd. tben H b perfect
ly sofa foe * republican t» kill any
dewnoratlo ezrcullvs and tnio s is
polillcau state, and If dtmucistlo gov
eriiai* act opoa tba same prltcipal
It Is safa for a democrat to kUI a tu- '
publican official sad then lee lo a
dem< orstle Male, ta other word*, the
pnsiiloti taken by Governor Darbla, If
acoeplod aa a precedent, I a vllas a reign
of Iswlessacss and ooaht to alarm tbs ,
friends at law sad order, regardless of
political s(Dilations.
This is » lerfrotly .eldaat imposi
tion, and It i.pieruntaiMrtly tba eon
ditlon of ll* South A mat lean r> pub
lic* ohk* nukes llielr situolloa so de
pbratle. HooMdbconttated politician
start* a revolution to CoimubU. tor ex
ample. Possibly lie aevueainalas the
president os some Hber Important
rffiebl. Haverses «v*e, sad ha lias to
Baa the country. Us guea lo Vrne
taela and Vaotsaeia protest a him.
Then some recrimination*, leprlssla,
war.
Governor Durbio baalotrodooed tint
system beta. In hie labeled etort to
prove that hb aOtoo la not polities! bo
eon femes that it la pa>a*y political.
Hie chief lessees for My lag that (ha
rower* trial was unfair seaa that the
Juiy was “composed of Goebel demo
crats,” and bb declared Meal of a fair
Jair was one composed of dr moor Ms
and rep a hi baa*, hall aud half. Of
euuree the pretu«uptk>o ta that such a
Jury wuisM not oouvtct for politic*I
oSsnaea, and tba very statement U
this asaculbd to a "fair trial” sboaa
the Wap of Darbio'* mind.
II* snyate Kentucky: "Tea must
Klye republican* what I aonsldsr a fair
Irlsl. 1 am not lutereoisd la ffiiw
orstic fugitives, but whew a repubii
CIO is Indlotsd for assassination them
most bo republicans cm Jary that trie*
him or the trial la cot tatr. if repnb
ileaaa cos sot be tried by members of
tbelr PoHllaal party, I win prateal
them from Irml at alt, no matter wkat
tba *ri«M with which they me
sharped.”
That la Ocrmor Durbin's ooaaly
avowed positlao, aud aa Mr. Bryaa
truly says. It ley*#a a ralfa of law
lessors*. Indeed tt Is lawlseaaesh.
The arlma that was da deed ta prodasa
rapabileaa oootrol of Kaatoeey has
pweaned the ntmnapbara of ludbaa,
and tba reremoe nf tbs atate b now
iu moat ouasp loads* Is* breaker.
Mil MM1 «<W k Rut,
B«ll*r W«»lr «h conplaurty Mtftfea
itf Hwri. uioiefca* autf pinftaa Ml Mm
«eetf Uaokbu’t A rules Halve. Hare
Mry vaaWkatf u will all BmyUoas,
r»e»r H»t-. Bolls, Ulesrs. OsrtoasUe
wtf relsua Trees tie use. lafalMWe ter
Cali, Oftt#, Baras. Ifcaltfe satf mas.
Oaragasrsataatf. Me at J. B. Carry
Do Not Read This
If You are In Love
with Mias High Price
Or Engaged
to Mia. Old Style.
TheM two Ladies are not favorably disposed toward as, save
refused to employ them.
We are allowing the finest line uf wj
Solid and Plated Silverware
Rich Cut Glass,
Fancy Clocks
Art Good<s etc,
. Soluble foe Wadding Presents. Ko old stock or bigh priew
'We. Only the newest and moat artistic pattens at lowest prices.
TORRENCE, The Jeweler,
The Old Reliable.
Your Millinery Needs—
are our special study. Millinery Is our only Une
of business and ws aim to cans! in every partic
ular, even to the smallest detail. Our experi
ence. our knowledge of the proper goods and
latest styles, and our capacity for disking be
coming combinations are aM at your disposal.
Let us serve you. Complete stock, prompt work.
MISS CYNTHIA RUDDOCK.
gSJ-UP-STAIRS at morris brothers.
The Gastonia
Door and Sash Factory.
THE PAOB COilPANY Proprietor*.
Gastonia. North Carolina.
DEALERS IN LUMBBR.
Manufacturers of Doors,
Sash, Blind*, and ail kind*
of Interior Plniab.
PRICES RIGHT.
“The Medicine of My Houiehotd.”
From the President of tha North Carolina Railroad Co.t
„ _ «*£.»*. *• C- ^ 15th, ryot.
Vm Maetnt Sntno Cowfaxy,
Oen Demon.—Yoo will pleaae ship Mother barret of Vade
Mecam water at ooce and ehip alao a barrel to my brother at
Charlotte. W« have all derived ao much beaeit ftom drinking
the water that we d» dot like to be wHheotH. rthtbeBBST
medicine aver uted ia my finally.
/■' Yourt truly.
v, i A ,yW. O. CHATHAM. .'•■V