THE GASTONIA
_ Published Twice a Week.—Tuesdays
W. F. MA1SHAH, Editor ui htylrtof. _DEVOTEE TO._
VOL- XXIII. GASTONIA, N. C„ TUESDAY, MAY O, 1008,
Shrewd
Observers.....
find here a splendid opportunity
of buying the newest and
best of the season*s offerings;
and here, too, you
escape the risk of paying too
much and have the comfort of
knowing what you buy
Is thoroughly good.
Those who have tried us ought
to know, and that they
are still trying us proves that
they do know.
It*s a pleasure for us to please;
It’s part of our business capital,
and we aim to be good
business men.
Reliability shows in everything.
Indeed It has been
the greatest factor in our business,
the basic cause of the
great success of the “Beiks”
chain of stores. Another
factor, too, Is, we don’t want you
to keep goods that are
disappointing. The money
isn’t ours If the goods are not
what you want or expected, and
the money for every
article bought here will be
promptly and cheerfully
returned for the asking.
, Kindley-Belk Brothers Co.
Courage of Amee Owoaa.
Speaking of the life of Amos
Owen*, recently published by
"Corn Cracker.” The Yorkville
Enquirer says: It is possessed
of a certain interest that fully
warrants the time necessary for
its perusal, and a reading of it
is calculated to leave the im
pression that Amos Owens is
not a bad kind of a man at heart.
This is true. Among the in
cidents related in the book is
one with which many people of
Yorkville are familiar.
Some ten or twelve yean ago,
Amos Owens was confined in
the Yorkville jail to serve s sen
tence for violating the United
States internal revenue laws.
The late R. H. Glenn was
sheriff at the time. During the
term of Owens' incarceration,
some desperate Negroes sought to
secure their escape by killing the
sheriff, and had it not been for
the interference of Owens at the
imminent risk of his life, they
would have probably succeeded.
After a desperate fight, however,
with the assistance of Owens
and another white revenue
prisoner, the sheriff succeeded
in overpowering his assailants
and preventing the general jaril
drffvery that would have other
wise taken place.
MUec Excluded From the Church.
fMsnrtm lmSho.
The Landmark learns that an
editor in a town in this State
was recently tamed out of the
church for publishing a Sunday
newspaper. The editor hi
question publishes a daily morn*
ing paper and, as is tne ease
With all morning papers, his
p«p« is issued on Sunday morn
ing. The editor was a member
of the Presbyterian Church and
he has been excluded from
church membership for violati ng
tibie Sabbath. Tmt may be oil
right, but if ^yery church mem
ber who reads newspapers on
Sunday — including papers
printed on Sunday—-was ex
cluded from church membership
there would be a great tailing oil
in church membership in this
country.
The Press Benner is urging
the establishment of another cot
too mill at Abbeville, 9. C.
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Alauat, Bat Hat a Catastrophe.
UoaMaia Dwacnt )«.
There was - a right frightful
runaway lo oar town last Satur
day evening;. and the great
wonder is that no lives were lost
or persons seriously injured.
The Kings Mountain cadets, of
Yorkville, had been on an out
ing that day to the mountain
near here. Several of the parties
desired to go by the battle
ground on their return home in
the evening, and came through
our town on their way. As
they hurried down Railroad
avenue the train was approach
ing the depot. One of the teams
became unmanageable and
dashed shead running into
another buggy. Just st this
stage of the scene of the occur
rence the situation almost
beggars description. Both
bnggies were tossed upside
down and the' occupants thrown
directly under them. All tbs
more frightful* because there
were two or three ladies in this
horrible situation. Wonderful
to tell, no one was severely hurt
bnt several were painfully hurt
**A badly scared. The ladles
withdrew to the hospitable home
oi Mrs. lisrie Falls and a physi
cian was soon at the scene and
all was soba made comfortable
and quiet. We must say that
the nerve and courage of those
ladies had much to do with
averting a sad catastrophe.
/
Mare TreoUa lor Spain.
Spain, top, is having trouble
with a beef trust. It was found
“♦crosajy la Madrid to issue s
coysl onlef direr ting that reforms
be Instituted in the slanghter
houaea. Such abuses as monop
combinations formed
with the pur nose of extorting
illegal profits save for some time
been apparent in all of the larger
cities of the peninsula. In con
sequence of the hard times, civil
strife, and the beef trust, the
average price of beef to-day in
Spain is ft cents a nonnd. Wheth
er a royal order will have more
eJFect on the Spanish treat than I
State sad Federal laws have had
on American trusts is a question
to which fix answer probably
wHI be swift in coming
A H10HT IK JAIL
Dr. Tihu|« htyri tor i Inf
lar Who Had Boon Shot White
"There are some who have ex
pressed a doubt aa to the sincer
ity, the true Christian spirit, of
the late Dr. T. DeWitt Talmage,’’
said David J. Roberts, foreman
of the first division of the gov
ernment printing office, the
othefr day, "but some years ago
1 had ample proof of Doth. Ia
1890 I was chairman of the com
mittee on entertainment of a
teachers’ institute being held at
Osage City, Kan., and had se
cured the services of Dr. Tal
mage as a lecturer. It chanced
that the night before the doctor's
arrival there had been an at
tempted burglary in the little
city, then consisting of 5,000 or
6000 inhabitants, in which a dozen
or more seats were exchanged
between the burglar and the cit
izen whose house eras being
robbed. There was a lamp burn
ing dimly in the room, and when
the citizen's wile woke her hus
band saying, "There is a man
in the house I" he began shooting
the first shot extinguishing the
light. The only shot that took
effect desperately wounded the
burglar in the groin, though six
ballets perforated the pillows or
the bed. The wounded burglar
was carried off to jail.
"Dr. Talmage arrived the eve
ning before bis lecture, and about
10 o’clock I asked him if he
would like to go and see the
wounded prisoner. He assented
and we went to the jail. The
prisoner would give no name but
Jim.’
Here’s Dr. Talmage, Jim,’
ssid I, and he wants to know
your name.’
" \Jiin,” said the prisoner,
"that’s enough.”
"Would you like to have the
doctor pray for you?” 1 asked.
"Yes,' he said, and then turn
ing. to Dr. Talmage, he added " I
know yon, doctor; I've heard
you preach in Brooklyn often.'
"The doctor knelt and prayed
fervently for the prisoner for
fifteen minutes or more and later
we returned to the hotel.
"The next morning 1 went
again to the hotel about 8 o'clock
and asked if Dr. Talmage bad
yet arisen.
"He has but just retired,' said
the hotel clerk. ‘After you left
last night he went back again to
the jail and stayed until 7 o'clock
this morning.
I was satisfied that none but a
true Christian who believed
what he tanght would thus sac*
rifice a night's rest to succor and
console an unknown criminal.
"After his engagement with
us the doctor went on to Win
field, Kan., where he had another
lecture engagement. On his re
aas the train stopped at our
city, the doctor leaned out
of the car window and asked
a youngster;
"My boy. did the burglar die ?”
"Yes sir,’ answer the boy, and
then added, 'Say mister, was
that your brother?”
The ResnbHcan Party.
CkulMln New* ft Cmln.
"The Republican party," neya
the Norfolk Landmark, "ia full
of discord—on the tariff, on
colonialism, on departmental
management, on the throttling
of individual legislative efforts
in Congress. Republicanism is
carrying the load of the Schley
scfnia]. of the Miles affair, of
anti-Boer discrimination, of the
atrocious war in the Philippines.
A strong and united opposition
can win."
But think of all it has "car
ried" lor forty years or more. It
is a thoroughly bad party, be
yond a doubt. It was conceived
in pin sad bora in iniquity and
grew up in rascality and lives
by general cussedness. The
trouble with it, however, is that
it faithfully and acceptably rep
resents tbe biggest part of the
nation. Most of the voters of
the country arc in it and approve
its policies and doings. Where
ia the stronger opposition to
come from?
A Ramarfcahl. Iff.
CsaeorS Tiara, la
We published an item last
week saying that R. C. Black
welder had shown us a very
Urge egg which measured
9Kx6H inches in circumference.
It was laid by a black miaorca
ben. and was larger than a goose
»t- Since our paper came oat
. Blsckwclder has broken the
egg. and found therein a per
fectly developed egg with hard
shell and of normal rise. The
age also contained two yellows
sad whites hi proportion. It
was certainly a remarks bk egg
hi every respect.
Nebraska City, Nebr.. April 30
—The remains of the late J.
Sterling Morton, former'Secre
tary of Agriculture, arrived in
this city from Chicago early to
day on a special train. At the
station a committee of prominent
citisens met the funeral train
and escorted the remains to the
public library where they will lie
instate until 11:30o'elocV. Gov.
Savage and his staff came from
Lincoln on an early train, and a
large number of former associ
ates and friends of the deceased
arc also here from Omaha and
other parts of the country to at
tend the services.
The business houses are draped
in mourning and by request of
the mayor business was general
ly suspended daring the funeral
hour. Pitting resolutions were
passed by the city council, which
attended in a body. The Louis
iana purchase exposition Nebras
ka commission, of which Mr.
Morton was a member, alao at
tended. A memorial service will
be held probably next Sunday.
Rev. A. B. Knickerbocker, of
this city, officiated at the funeral
service, which was held at Arbor
Lodge at 12 o’clock being assis
ted by P. W. Bason, of Lincoln,
and other clergymen of this city.
The remains were laid beside
those of bis wife and son, Carl,
in the family plot.
By direction of the President,
the flags on all the executive de
partments were displayed at half
mast yesterday out of respect to
Ex-Secretary Morton.
Tht Tia ir»N« Caraar.
vaiwMto.
The efforts on the part of
member* of the Houae to pin
one Another down to direct an
swer* reminded Representative
Capron, of Rhode Island—one
of the best story tellers in the
House, by the way—of an ex
perience in the last campaign.
Mr. Capron was very much
bothered by a man in the
audience who insisted on asking
question* to which he demanded
either "yes” or "no” for an
answer.
"But there arc some ques
tions,” finally remarked Mr.
Capron, "which cannot be an
swered by "yes” or "no.”
"I should like to hear one,”
scornfully commented his an
noyer.
•Wen,” said Mr. Capron, "I
think I can prove it. Rave yon
quit beating your wife? Answer
"ye*” or "no.”*
The* crowd saw at once that
Mr. Capron had his imn in'a
trap. If he said "yea” it was a
confession that he had been
besting his wife; if he answered
"no” it was an admission that
be was still indulging in the
pastime.
Kins* Uonttla Dmuns, 1st.
A grass widow, daughter of a
Mr. Hawkins who farms out on
Mr. Rush Harmon’s place, while
visiting another married sister
at the Bonnie mill one day last
week, in the presence of her
sister drank an ounce of laud
anum. Dr. Hord was at onca
summoned and by means of his
stomach pump removed most of
the drug. Sne was only some
what stupified by the dose.
Some family trouble had caused
the rash set, aa we learn. She
had given o«t her intention to
drink the laudanum. She waa
taken out to her home that
evening by her father.
a ueoe }|||NUH.
Rluk Kout.li X«*fe
Why should we be shipping
aO our lumber to be worked up
and sold back to ns at fabulous
prices? The timber is here, the
capital is here, the labor is here.
Why not build a furniture fac
tory for a starter to greater oper
ations and investment along this
Has. •
Mr. John R. Morris, who has
been undergoing treatment at a
hospital in Baltimore, has about
recovered. Us numerous friends,
in this State will be glad to learn
and has returned to nis home in
this State.
■aiinucEf -rocu «am.
VuUagtM Mm rgrtmi Km
».TJ!lV— ■*--rprhlri farm
WuUaitM ta.
Mason, N. H., April 30.-Tbe
WQsob Homestead, said to be
birthplace ad the original "Uncle
Sam," was aold at auction ibis
afternoon for $1,500. The par
chaser was Capt. Orrcn A.Ham
blett, of Washington. "Unde
Sam" was Samuel Wilson, the
eldest of twelve children born on
this farm. During the second
second war with England, as the
story goes, ha and his brother
Edward were contract on for
to label their beef end pork peck
ages "U. S." and aa Samuel
Wilson was generally called
"Uncle Sam." the army quickly
referred to the supplies as "Un
cle Sam’s." This title quickly
was applied to the government,
and after the war used every
where ia that sense.
Samuel Wilson died in Tray in
US4, aged eighty-eight. The
farm was sold to-day because of
the death of the laat member of
the family. It was owned by a
Wilson for 122 years,
Mr. Casmetla’a fhilisephy.
A basketful of bonds is the
heaviest basket a young man
ever had to cany. 1 would al
most as soon leave a young man
a curse as harden him with the
alnughtjr dollar.
I attribute most of my success
in life to the fact that trouble
runs off my back Hke water from
a dock.
Men who ia old age strive
only to increase their already
great hoards are usually the
■laves of the hkbit of boarding
formed ia their youth.
At firm they own they money;
later in life the money owes
thrm
College graduates will usually
be found under-salaried, trusting
subordinates.
It is not from the ions of the
millionaire or the noble that the
world receives its teachers, its
martyrs, its inventors, its states
men. its poets, or even it* men
of affairs. It is from the cottage
oi the poor that all these spring.
It will be a great mistake for
the community to shoot the
millionaires, for they arc the
bees that make the most hooey,
and contribute most to the hive
after they have gorged them
selves full.
Money is left by millionaires
to public institutions when they
must relax their gram upon it.
There is no grace, ana can be no
blessing, ip giving what cannot
Hav HIM 74,291 Sega.
mvTutta.
There are few men in New
Jersey outside of regular em
ployees in slaughter houses who
can approach the proud record
which Henry Hankins, of New
Egypt, Ocean county, has
attained as a hog killer. Henry
Hankins is a veteran in the Civil
War. having distinguished him
self in the Fourteenth New
Jersey Volunteers. In 1879, on
the 20th day of September he
began to kill bogs for his
neighbors and since then has
sent 74,299 boa to the pork
barrel, the smokehouse ana the
table. He has worked 45 days a
year and avenge 50 bogs to the
kflHna. Hb biggest day’s
record was 205 in fiv ■e boors, for
Hooner ft Bros., at New Egypt.
The heaviest hog he ever killed
weighed 1,335 pounds, but be
has killed a number weighing
from 1,000 to 1,200 pounds each,
and it does not make any dif
ference to him bow haavy they
are, for he has abandoned the
practice of throwing and stick
ing them end kills them with a
rifle bullet. His sou, Harley
Hankins, now does most of the
shooting, and k is said that he
baa a score 98 out of possible
100 hogs killed with tketrst
shot. _____________
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Hanna is sticking to Rath
bone, which recalls a remark
that Ratbbonc made when he
was put on trial. "If I am de
serted J will poll down the col
umas of the temple." He was
one of Hantta’s lieutenants, and
Hanna doesn't propose to have
the "columns of the temple
pulled down."
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01 those depot
Fooo Shirts just i
arrived. They m
will go m the
others went— 1
quickly, to lot
buyers.
Musi la Underwear.
Wc have k
in all the
uut or saparaxe piece*, meet from 54.00
down to 25 cent* each.
I m«lune*yi
See oar apodal 50-ct aad Ooa Dollar
Sailon, in black, dead white, aad roach
straw. Trimming il apart nil lit nuhed. with
I otdan aad taoridoc over tea.
, J.. F. YEAGER,
finalilw ■ tfmMty.
Corn, Cotton, Tobacco,
Selling High I
Likely to continue to s«U high!
PIANOS AND ORGANS
PAY CASH AND GET WHOLESALE PRICE
For 60 Days the Best Makes
are Offered at Wholesale
Prices for Cash*
Stieff Piano* arc Ac only world naunuod butnwnt
aold direct from factory to rurttiacrf
1 am SticTi factory aaksmaa and ham nwtkfa« t»
tdl yon. Listen!
For 60days 1 will sail a piano or organ to say one at a
....Straight Wholesale Price on a Cash
I handle three other atthta of good instnuaants which
I can aaO yon lower than the lowest.
Aim ham on hand a lot ad nice second-hand piano*
and organa, received in exchange, which go from $U to «BS
me and I’ll ca|l on you, and what’s more, will save yon
~”rW. D. BARRINGER,
OA»tOWA. w. c.
HAMMOCKS
WUhyoawonkl eoanimand-oae the
They trill rarely “catch yon food." T^jjp
« unoaoally pretty, the colon and
makin* are all that coold bo lulnl
THE NEW BOOKS ALSO
an hare with their chartnia* coven, pictarea, and muhw of in'
«A:sEr%.as55ni£5;as
to yoax heart'* content.
PASSE PARTOUT.
. Have ytm learned? We here the ontflt* ad free hatshetJon
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MARSHALL’S BOOK STORE,
On the Corner.