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W. F. MAISHAH, Editor mi ft»»rtotor._DEVOTED TO
^_OASTOKTA^N. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 39, 1908. _ .
FAVORITES IN
..DRESS GOODS..
Light-weight clinging stuffs.
Mohairs, Voiles and Batistes
Are the desirable fabrics for the gracefully cling
ing gowns that are the vogue this Spring and
Summer. Almost as light as cotton, airy, cool, yet
serviceable and refined—little wonder that more
wool dresses sre demanded this season than ever
before. Our assortment of all these popular fabrics
Is representative of all the good things produced In
them this season.
“COLLINGWOOD” MOHAIR.
Black Mohair, 3S Inches wide. Lustre and finish
equal to the $(.00 grade, per yard 00c
Black Dress Goods—Under price.
All wool Black Voile, 38 Inches wide 85c
All wool Black Henrietta, 75c quality 58c
All wool Black Cheviot, 50 Inches wide. Regular
dollar quality at per yard 75c
All wool Black Batiste, 38 Inch, special per yd. 50c
NEW WAIST SILKS.
Tempting la variety and price.
WHITE WASH FABRICS.
Hundreds of yards of Persian and French
Lawns, Batistes, Organdies, etc., going out of the
White Goods corner every day and still the selling
has |ust begun.
French Lawn, 44 Inches wide, as sheer as Organdie
and “washable,** at per yd. 25c, 35c and 45c
Batiste with that light, airy look that’s found only
In the higher priced wash goods 25c, 35c and 45c
Peratan Lawns. Dainty and sheer. Nicer quality
for the price than yon will find elsewhere.
15c, 20c and 25c
SHIRT WAIST WHITE GOODS.
Lace stripes, checks, new Crepe effects. In
fact, a great showing of all that’s new la wash goods
at
Kindley-Belk Brothers Co.
|^*Send for samples.
CHICAQO FAU PATS $4Mjm.
ShamJtoldere to Qat 45 Cents
Each Alter the Law Salto ara
Settled
Cktcaco DUcsteli 10th.
The $450,000 which remains
in the Treasury of the World’s
Columbian Exposition Co., prob
ably will be divided next week
among the 20,000 shareholders.
The last law suit against the
company bas been decided and
the board o! directors bas con
cluded to distribute the money
as soon as preliminary work can
be accomplished. The dividend
is estimated to amount to about
forty-five cents a share. Shares
were sold for $10. About one*
fourth of the 20,000 stockholders
held one share each. The city
will get about $235,000 as its
dividend on the $5,000,000 bond
issne.
The funds have been tied up
all these yean by litigation
against the World’s Fair Com
pany. About two hundred suits
wen Jpought for damages, the
claims aggregating Many $500,
000 and the money was held to
meet possible lodgments. Most of
the cases wen decided against
the complainants, however,
lodgments being secured for less
than $15,000of the entile amount.
Melialay Offend Pritchard a
Cabinet Paattiaa.
WnMivm Star.
It la a matter of history, never
Pritchard a plica In his official
family. The offer one time was
made through Representative
Brownloe. Senator Pritchard
declined then, and would decline
now. He wants to return to the
Senate from North Carolina, and
is making a great fight in that di
rection. President Rooaeveh
reaUae* the situation in North
Carolinaaa to Senator Pritchard’s
«aa, and feels so friendly to the
latter tfet he will do what he
cam to help the cense of his
Mod- This assistance may not
°f acabiMt ofiee
t it will taka souse other form.
OMSI*
Editor Marshall, of Tn Oaa
Tom* Gaxrm, has greatly im
proved hi* paper. THaftAnrm
U now issued twice-a-week and
is eerily ooa of (he beet in the
CONTEtENCE » CHAKLOTTE.
Mill Mu aad Ca*iuHsU to Hto
Ter* Hast Wednesday.
CWlcHU News. IMk.
Dr. John H. McAden was
ashed this morning concerning
the proposed yarn combi nation.
He informed a Hews man that a
conference will be held in Char
lotte next .Wednesday, at which
time the mill men will hear a
proposition that is to be offered
by the New York capitalists who,
it is said, represent a combina
tion of wealth that aggregates
$90,000,000. Just what this
proposition will be, Dr. McAden
does not know.
At the meeting next Wednes
day, representative mill men
from both North and South will
be present and it is said that
something very interesting will
transpire.
$M Proa Hydrophobia.
SIwKw Spacial.lJtb. to Cbartotu Oturwr.
Two weeks since, as Mr.
William Patterson, a farmer liv
ing two miles from Shelby, was
returning home from town he
was attacked by a rabid dog,
which bit him severely on the
Jj** Hp. Three days after this
Mr. Patterson went to Charlotte
end had the loadstone applied.
A few days after his return he
showed symtonu of hydrophobia,
growing worse each day, and
died this morning in great agony.
In his sane moments he would
beg his frien4$ to kill him and
thus end hi* suffering. Mr. Pat
terson was the son of Mr. P. A,
Patterson, was unmarried and
was a worthy, hard working far
m*r* _« -
The Washington correspon
dent of the Charlotte Observer
says that North Carolinians have
$5'*t*1bjtied their portion to the
McKinley ammonal fund and
Senator Pritchard will promptly
the • amount . to the
ewnmittoe. In fact.
North Carolinians have evinced
ssiwatite.’a,x
Twastvar Than.
The biggest kickers against
the new court house so far heard
from are th* fellows whom the
commissioners have released
front taxes.
HAMPTON AT FAYETTEYIUE.
HI* Band *1 Daring la a North
Carolina Taw*.
FuwtrriU* OtMtmr.
The tradition ol Hampton's
killing a Federal soldier, down
Gillespie street near the Town
House, just as Johnston's army
was leaving Fayetteville on the
11th of March. 1863, and Sher
man’s was coming in, nsed often
to be repeated, and with varia
tions. In the sketch of Hamp
ton's life which appears in Sat
urday's Columbia (S. C.) State
ts the following account of the
incident:
Historian Wells in his volnme
relating to Gen. Hampton gives
a striking instance of his person
al bravery and acumen. He says:
"Early on the morning of March
11, 1965, Johnston's army was
crossing the Cape Fear at Fay
etteville, North Caroline. The
inlanby, artillery and wagon
train* had nearly effected a cross
ing while the cavalry were not
acmes. Sherman's forces in par
allel columns were pressing up,
Gen. Hampton eras near the
hotel in the town when one of
his best scouts. Hugh Scott by
name, galloped up and told him
that the enemy were close by in
the parallel _ streets, a company
of them having come through a
byroad that Had not been picket
ed, and that more were behind
them. The situation was crit
ical. If the enemy succeed
ed iu wedging in between the
retreating army and its cavalry.
tne rear guard would entail dis
aster. Toe cavalry would thus
be cut off from covering the re
treat and the bridge across the
river which it was essential to
bum after the crossing was com
pleted, if left intact, would afford
the Pederals the opportunity
of swift pursuit. Not a moment
was to-be lost. The cavalry lead
er must be able to both think and
act with the rapidity of a flash
of lightning, and that Hampton
did on this occasion. He
realized that an ounce of pre
vention is worth a pound of
core in war as well as ra disease
and that one man’s services in
the nick of time may be more
valuable than that of a thous
and a few minutes later. So,
calling to the scout and two
members of his staff to follow
him and picking up three
privates from Company K,
Fourth S. C. C. (Charleston
Light Dragoons) m and also one
man said to be from Wheeler's
command * * * the general'
dashed around the comer
and gave the order, "Charge.”
Hie seven followers ■ there were
no others in the charge—obeyed
with alacrity and all, the general
lading, flung themselves upon
the Pederals, who -were drawn
up ra the street. These fired a
volley with their carbines, but
by that time the Confederates
had struck them and confused
by the suddenness of the attack,
the fier i assaults and the pow
der sm^ke they did not realise
the small number of their assail
ants. So they tried to wheel
about to ran, out among them
were pistol balls at close quar
ters, and the hack and thrust of
sabres. Leas than a hundred
yards down street waa a tom at
right angles to the left into the
byroad by which they had enter
ed the town and by which they
were endeavoring now to escape.
Here they became jammed to
gether in confusion, all organi
zation lost and their pursuers
cat and thrust Hke devils incar
nate, as they probably thought.
Eleven Pederals were killed and
12 captured and-the rest, many
of them wounded, fled in wild
panic carrying consternation to.
their friends with excited tales
of hundreds of men in buckram,
as the -best will do in such cir
cumstances.” The only Con
federate casualty was the killing
of a fine mare. Thus was the
crossing of the river secured to
the Confederates. Hampton had
grasped the situation and had
solved the problem.
Maaatflr Tortle.
VwWMH.pfa,,
i?Yi*Ji.aS£4.pt5'a3
that Mr. W. R. Thomaaaoo, the
ferryman at "Wrlghu," a few
days ago captured a loggerhead
turtle that weighs 21 pound*.
"Thla,” said Mr. Smith,1*ia the
large* turtle I have ever heard
of on the river except one that a
Negro captured on nry place a few
yean ago. It weighed 23 pounds.
Mr. Thomaaaon caught hit turtle
iaadropnet. My Negro jumped
on the hack of hie la the creek.”
Mr. Smith fay* that flatting has
Mt been very good «t the ferry
^■riag the pa* few weeks.
Ateinl Schley will viafeJack
Kjv&iES;."”* ■*
ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.
Three Handsome Prises to he Awarded
for Three Largest Clubs of Subscribers
Sent to The Gazette by Saturday,
Nay 3rd—Particulars of the Contest
•
Th* Gaxh i HI is onej paper is Gaston county whose circulation
ia growing greater and not less. It is now issued twice every
week; it is printed throughout from new type, neat, clean, attrac
tive ; edited with care in every department, it endeavors to be re
liable always, to print the new, and tell the truth, and is devoted
to .the protection of home and the interests of Gaston county.
These things, together with the aid of its friends, are ««Hag the
paper go at a rate which eclipses all its pervious records.
But we feel that our very Id ad friends are entitled to re
ward. Therefore, encouraged by the results of other similar offers
made to our subscribers in the past, we have, as previously an
nounced, decided again to interest our friends who have helped us
and are helping ns now to make Tut Gaxcttb what it is to-day.
There are taro important points to note: first, Tint Gaxirrnt is
offered twice a week for a.dollar to all who get the doiler in by
Saturday, the third day of May; second, to the three persons who
bring as the three largest list* of new subscribers by that date, we
aril! give three handsome prises.
now tor me particulars conferring the contest and the prises:
FIRST PRIZE—To the person who brings in the largest list
of new paid subscriptions under this offer by the date named, we
trill give a choice between two handsome twenty-dollar prises.
1. Choice number one is a fine new improved Columbian
Phonogmp^ now on exhibit at Torre ace’s Jewelry Store. It is not
the small kind with a cylinder record. It is an improved load in
strument with n circular record like a dinner plate, and can be
heard easily across the street. This fine and *ix records
(three large and three small) make up this outfit.
2. Choke number two is s most beautiful ladies’ Mahogany
Desk, with chair to match, now on exhibit at The Gastonia Book
Store. The'desk is Macey’s make inlaid with white holly md
mother-of-pearl, a lovely piece of furniture, as every lady who sees
it will testify. The chair to match goes with it. Bring the largest
list of new subscribers and trice your choice of the two superb
prises described above.
SECOND PRIZE—For the second largest list of subscriptions
under this offer, the prise will be a choice between a very large
and handsome new five-dollar hammock and a five-dollar Water
man’s Fountain Pen—both at The Gastonia Book Store.
THIRD PRIZE-“For the third largest list of subscriptions
brought in under this offer, the prise will be a fine three-dollar silk
umbrella or a beautiful three-dollar rug at Thomson Co.’s store.
Anybody is a new subscriber who does not now »-ke die paper,
with this limitation: a mere transfer of the paper from one member
of a family to another or from one neighbor to another for the sake
of getting s name on the list is not securing a new' subscriber. Of
course no honest person would resort to a scheme like that.
In this subscription contest the prises are awarded not for the
largest number of names bnt for the largest number of paid «"»"«!
subscriptions at one dollar each. Pour 3-months or two O-months
subscriptions count as one annual subscription.
The contest is to end Saturday night. May 3rd, so that we can
make up the awards Monday for the paper coming out on the fol
lowing day.
These are the conditions of the contest, and we hope our friends
will get to work and forward subscriptions as test as they get them.
Everybody who knows ns knows that these prises will be awarded
just as we say. If the biggest list contains no more «>»■» one sub
scriber, the person who brings it will get one of the twenty-dollar
prises.
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Tha fnutnu South.
Bcatea JoaraaL
We axe prosperous here. We
are holding onr own, and more.
But we are not moving with inch
giant atridea as South Carolina
or North Carolina or Georgia.
These Southern States are hav
ing a splendid demonstration
these days that the national poli
cies an made for them as wall
as for ns, and, indeed, that un
der present conditions they are
really securing the larger pro
portion of the benefits. All this
Is right and natural enough. It <
is the legitimate result of the
Ism natural wealth of the South.'
ana of the growing ambition of
its resolute people. The time
will coma when the protective
tatif add the gold standard,
which have been ntiUaed so
favorably for Massachusetts, will
be upheld quite as strenuously
in South Carolina. The North
has always insisted that these
policies meant just as much to
the South, if the Sooth would
only take hold and turn then to
advantage. Now the South has
done so. It ia challenging oar
old supremacy in many Unas of
manufacturing. It ia diversify
ing its industries. It is attract
ing North era capital and North
era skill. The North ia fnrokly
glad of it It is not enough that
a few States or own should be
prosperous. It is best for all of
us in the long run that prosperity
should be difluaed evenly
throughout the nation.
Treohfa In Setting Material.
Mr. B. H. Overcash, tha con
tractor. says tha work an tha
Catholic church at Gastonia has
bats delayed on account of ia
abfflty to secure material. Just
as aooa ss the material can be
gotten together the work will be
The
Statistic*compiled ia the office
of the Superintendent of Public
Instruction show that there am
ia the State 1,716 auk public
school teachers holding first
grade certificates sad 1,773 fe
male teachers with first grade
certificates. The number hold
ing second grade certificates is
90S males and' 863 females.
Thwe are fil males sad 13 females
holding third grade certificates.
Warren and Bdgecombe coun
ties have each only, one <—u
teacher holding first grade cer
tificates and two holding second
grade certificates. Taken the
State over there art 300 fewer
holders of first grade certificates
than ia 1900, bat more
there were a year ago. Of the
20 counties which no aid
out of the second 3100,000 ap
portionment to provided mouths
trrms fcw the schools 13 have a
majority of female teachers.
On Iks tatMard fisMlegrs—d.
MsJorJoseph M. More brad, of
Ore ensboro, who has been mak
ing strenuous efforts to havs the
remains of Gaa. Greene, who
commanded the_
troops at the battle of _
Cotut Hoaae, takes from _
oah for interment on the_
ford battle-ground has received
a letter from a gnad-daughtar
of the General, a resident of
Rhode Island, heartily commend
ing that movement. While she
would prefer Rhode Island, his
native State, she hr yields to
the Guilford
"where he did his J
In Burke Superior Court J. T.
Lackey, formerly of Aknander,
was convicted of stealing a mule
and sentenced to seven yuan ia
the peoiteBtiery.
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We still have a Am let ef well
broke Herseie aad Melee car elegy se
lected by ear Mr. Craig to salt the
pace sad fled just thcaaha si yeeaaat.
BUGGIES I BUGGIES t!
Oar trade cells far eon haggles
We sMotloe the Bebcesfc aad Aether
pose better af their klad—bet ay
' have etharo, aad tee aeB yea a baggy.
• geed baggy, froai If j>i eg. .
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HAMMOCKS
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Price* 44c np to *€.00.
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