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i&r The Gastonia . m MSTOHIA OAZCTTC •_ Published Twice a V. P. MAI SHALL, EAJur u* Pr«ri«Ur. DEVOTED TO THE PROTECTION OP HOME AND m— — 11 =—- zz^.tr=^:. s...j.-.r-n i- r ^ as--. - -■ '. . VOL. XXIII. ' • GASTONIA, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE tt, 1M02, Crowd Drawing Prices prevail in each of onr doxen de partment*. Every- item priced to arrest yonr attention and appeal to your buying economy. This series of "Stunners” will follow each other in rapid sncces cession and the purchasing power of yonr dollar expand* in this great expansion saleofonrs. This, the greatest stock in this section, is fast disappearing bat the constant stream of purchases by onr bnyer in the Bast from, mills and factories, countless looms, working mill ions of hands, a vast array of the new and de sirable. combine to tnake a steady stream that keeps onr stock np to the "top notch" in everything seasonable and np to now. If you are looking for sty lish fabrics or ready to wear garments or shoes you cannot afford to overlook or pass by a single item in this big store of ours. The goods ore cloqudntin their own praise. We risk your patronage alone on the tempta tion of the fabrics or garments when you see them. We merely mention that something of vast importance to one sad all is on view to-day at KINDLEY-BELE BROTHERS CO. CHEAPEST STORE ON EARTH. CMuuacMnit at Daa Vul The commencement* of Bn kine college, Erakine theological seminary, and of the Due West female college arc near at hand. Due West is su ideal college town. Situated a short distance from the railroad, it is a quiet, undisturbed place for students. The commencement exercises -will open by a recital given by the stringed instrument pupils under the skilled management of Miss Martha Howard Watkins, a musician of rare talent, and a favorite pupil of Valentine Abt, the greatest living mandolinist, and to whom Mr. Abt has lately dedicated his choicest produc tion "Carnival de Venice.” Fol lowing the recital an art recep tion will be held in the college chapel, where will be displayed the work of the pupils for the year. Friday evening June 6th, Miss Nell Suck, instructor io the de partment of expression, will pre sent two of her pupils Misses Boyce and Nickles In a gradua ting recital. Saturday evening, June. 7th, graduating exercises of the theo logical seminary. June 3d, 11 a. m.. the baccalsureate sermon will be delivered before the students of the two colleges by Dr. 8. L. Morris, of Atlanta. Ot., -corresponding secretary for home missions of the Presbyterian -church. Dr. If orris is n brilliant speaker and the colleges axe to be congratulated upon seeming him for tbit occasion. Sabbath evening a sermon will be delivered before the theologi cal students by Dr. W. L,. Press ly. president of the seminary. June 9th will be devoted to the societies of Erakine college Ex ercises will beheld in both halls. Rev. W. W. On-, ot Charlotte, N. C., has been secured as medal orator for tbe Pbiloma thean society, and Mr. N. M. Dele, of Camden, AM., for the Enpfcemian society. Something good is expected from both of these speakers. June 10th, graduating exer cises of RrsMne college. Speeches win be delivered by 13 young men and an address by college president. Jane 11th. 10 graduating exercises of the female college. Tbe large auditorium, with a seating capacity of 1,200, is al ways crowded upon coatmeace meatdars. The students, in their pure white uniform, present a lovely picture upon this day. Essays will be read by 16 young ladies. The music for the occa sion, under the direction of Misses Edwards and Pressly, as in the days gone by, will be a musical treat. At 3 o'clock. Jnne 11th, the alumnae of the Due West female college will meet in the Y. M. C. A. hall of the Brskine college. An in teresting programme has been arranged for this occasion. The alumnae essayist. Miss Margaret Giffen, from Cairo, Egypt, of the class of *96, also a graduate of "The Western" js a young lady of rare talent. Wednesday evening the an nual reception in the parlors of the Female college. This is a titae of farewells for love and lovers, a parting of teachers and pupils, a time of rejoicing and weeping, a time of hearty good wishes for all. What Berth Carolina Oats Oat *1 tha Uror aad Harbor BUI. Wtahlastan DUpateb. Mas Htb. The conference report on the river and harbor bill gives the following; amounts to North Car olina: Inland water route, Nor folk harbor to Albemarle sound. $23,400; Bdenton bay harbor, $8,000; Beaufort harbor, $3,000; Scuppernong river, $10,000: Pamlico and Tar river, $36,500; Neuse and Trent rivers, $20,000; North East and Black rivers $10, 000 Cape Pear river at and be low Wilmington. $150,000: Up per Cape Fear river, $56,000; Fishing creek, $2,000; waterway between Beaufort harbor and New river, $9-500; survey for in land waterway betwaan Chesa peake bey and Beanfort inlet, $5,000. The following surveys are also PwMed for in the State; Lock wood’s, Folly river, Livington ®jeek. ledtan Island slough, Carrot Island slough. Neuse riv er. from New Berne to Golds boro; New Perquimans river at and near Hertford. Theftria was fro Baurty. We »re sorry that one of our county candidates gave the cam pafon grip so sevme to a good citisen of the Unionville com munity that he almost Jerked his arm o«t of place, we aU know that the good fellow didn’t mean any harm but wanted (ha gentleman to recognise the grip. MBS. Airs B1BTHDAY BUI*a Vila hat Benched Three Scan aad Taa Yearn. »Ul Are Id MImM CoMimioa. Birthdays are very common things in this snblnnary world. There are sixty millions of them every year and that means about one hundred and fifty thousand every hour. Just think of it— every minute one hundred mor tal souls come into this world— to live and die, for good or evil —for happiness or misery. As far back as we have any history, sacred or profane, kings ana princes have celebrated their birthdays with {easts and wine and song and even the hntnble and the poor take note of their annual return. Pharaoh cele brated his in Joseph’s day. It was on Herod’s birthday that the daughter of Herodiaa danced before him and asked him for the head of John the Baptist I was ruminating about this because to-day is a notable birth day in my family. The maternal ancestor has st Isat reached her three-score yean and ten—the allotted age of man and woman kind, and from now on every day she lives will be one of grace. David says that the days of our years are three score yean and ten, bnt if by reason of strength they be four score yean yet is their strength, labor ana sorrow. Poor old man, he did have a troubled life. He sinned and repented in great anguish, as he exclaimed, "My sin is ever before me." Solomon saith, "The day of one’s death is better than the day of his birth.” And Job said, "Cursed is the. night when I was born.” Jeremiah’s life «u one of la mentation. The maxima and precepts of these old prophets and preachers are wonderfully beautiful and have never been equalled, but great men are not always wise, and even Solomon fell from grace and died accursed. The man who said, "Rejoice in the wife of thy youth and be then always ravished with her love," forsook his own and con sorted with a thousand others of all nations, creeds and colon. He reigned eighty years and died a disappointed, dishonored, degraded and miserable old man. But old age is not necessarily unhappy. Forthe poet speaks of, and another poet says: "The world is very lovely. "Oh, my Ood, 1 thank Thee that 1 live.” Our old age is very ranch what we choose to make it. It is a sad thing to be weary and tired with the weight-of years. It is pitiful to look upon an old man who never smiles, who has out lived all social pleasures and whose company is neither sought nor desired. For the sake of our neighbors and friends it is our duty to be cheerful in their company. We should sometimes smile even if we have to force it. Let us grow old gracefully. I have now in mind just such an one—a hale, healthy old time gentleman of four score yean, whose pres ence is always welcome and whose children, grand-children and neighbors ana friends give rind greeting when he comes. He will be missed when he dies, for the world is better that be lives in It. His Christain laith, bis moral conduct, his good example and his cheerful dis position are a benediction to the community. But I was thinking about my wife’s birthday. There are thir ty seven birthdays in our family, and she knows them all and never forgets them. They average abort! three a month, tmt this one of hers is a very notable one, for she Is the maternal ancestor, and this day fulfills her yean ana crosses the line. Seventy years ago she was born, ana not long after that the stars fell. Of coarse they did. Seventy is a numeral of sacred significance. There were seventy elders of Israel and seventy wise men compiled the Old Testament. The Jews were kept in captivity seventy yean. The Lord sent out seventy of his disciples to preach ana teach the peop e, and seventy yean is the allotted age of mankind. But the wear and tear of the war and anxiety while fleeing from the foul invader, with six Httle hungry children tagging after her made years of months and weeks of days. But women, especially mothers, can endure more distress and suffer ing than men. The maternal instinct keeps them np. They can suffer and be strong. It looks like the motherhood of tan children would wear a wo man oat, but they seam to thrive on it, and lata la Hfe they taka on flesh and round np all the earners. But they never stop work. My wife has made over five thousand little'gurments and is still making them, for the lit tle grandchildren keep coining on. Her reputation for nice needle work and making bottom holes has long been established, and she is proud of it. She never stops sewing until she loses her spectacles, and then she borrows mine. No, she is not old. James Russell Lowell add of Julia Ward Howe on her seventieth birthday that it was better to be 70 years young than 40 years old. It is this endurance, this cheerfulness in adversity that makes the wo men outlive tbe men. There are three times ss many widows hi this community aa widowers. There ate seventeen in our little Presbyterian church sad only four widowers, and the war was not the canae of it. Maternal love is a preservative of health. It ia a promoter of digestion, a panacea, whereas a man will pur sue money until he loses his dices tion. St. Paul aald that "The love of money ia the root of all evil," but he bad no thought of apply ing it to women, for the has no love for money. If she gets any she is not happy until she spends it. The girls ssid their mother wanted a new bonnet so they bought one for her birthday, and all I had to do was to pay for it. She always lets me do that. She ia a free trader and will keep me in decent clothes whether I want them or not. She always wu a tree trader, i was s merchant before we were married end she was my best customer. She never asked the price of anything, but just bought what she wanted and trusted me to tote (air and deal justly. Good gracious 1 What a long time ago that was. and bow trim and beautiful she was to me. She wore No. 2 shoes and stepped like a fawn and flashed her Pocahontas eyes bewitching ly when she said good by. She can flash them yet. Seventy years old and gwine on 71—try ing to catch up. Maybe she will when 1 am dead, but not till then. I remember when. I was twice os old as she was, fOT I was 12 and she was 8, but she keeps- gaining on me. 1 remem ber when she was in her early teens and wore short dresses and pantalets and rode a fast pacing horse while her long black Indian hair bung in tresses down her back. She was a daisy then and she is a daisy yet sometimes. But she cau’t climb ’riminon trees any more. She is 70—the mother of ten children end twenty grandchild ren, and they are scattered from New York to the hells of the Montesnmas. She irfitrdubled now about her baby boy, who lives tinder the dark shadows of Popocatepetl, in Mexico, which means the * smoking mountain and is smoking now and maybe will bunt forth in these volcanic times and destroy the people as at Martinique. Two weeks from to-day will be my birthday and ahe will give me something, I know—not a bonnet, but perhaps a summer hat from Porto Rico. A bird in the air whispered that to me. BtfwMi Winter. New York Trlbrae. A man from North Carolina who waa visiting in Philadelphia the other day daring the cold •nap expressed surprise that nothing waa said about the dog wood winter. "What do yon mean by dogwood winter?" asked the host. "Don’t yon really know what dogwood winter is?" demanded the man from Hickory. N. C. "Why, we’ve been hav ing it for the last three or four daya. There is always a spell of it in May. when the dogwood tree is in bloom. For several days there is a cold disagreable, cloudy weather, sad often a touch of frost. Down oar way it never fails, and wa call it dog wood winter. I thought' the phrase was general." A Unique Cham. WmMisM real Dangling from his watch chain and anllfully mounted in gold,' "Jim" Moody, of North Carolina, has a unique charm. It ia a Mack, oval - shaped stone, smoothly polished. This charm came to Mr. Moody in a unique manner. One of his constitneuts, Mr. H. C. Jones, once went Ashing in the French Broad River for black baas. Ha got a whopping big Ash, in whom stomach he found this smoothly polished stone. "The supposition," says Mr. Moody, "is that the baas took thla stone for a big bug and snapped at it. The stone re mained In his stomach the re mainder of hla daya, till my friend Jones caught him ia the French Broad River." PUCK AT UST. At last, terms of peace have been agreed upon between the British and the Boers, and all the 3^Sfifc&&V£ occasion to rejoice, because no other event that has occurred during the life of the present generation was so paralysing to all the best interests of civwsa* cion as the pest two and n half years of this erael war. The Boers loec their independence; 5£ VEPIS! terms, which arc as follows, in* dicat* that they still lacked e great deal of being entirely con* queued. 1. The Boer forces lay down their anus end hand over ell the guns sad ammunitions of war ia their possession or control. 2. Greet Britain is to return all prisoners of war to Sooth Africa as soon as practicable, riving them liberty £dallowW them to retain their property. 3. No action i# to be taken against any prisoner except upon charges of violation of the rales of war. n. vtucB it to M taught in the public school* when wqniiri by parents and used in the courts when necessary. 5. The Boers are to be allowed niea for protection. 6. Military occupation is to be superceded by seif-goveru merit as soon as possible. 7- The Boers are not to be taxed on account of war expen ses. 8. Great Britain is to provide the sum of 815.000,000 with which to restock the Boer farms. 8. Cape rebels arc to be sub ject to trial under the laws of the colony to which they belong. They may be punished by dis franchisement and imprisonment bnt there can be no death pen alty. cosTLiarr war ik history. British Losses. Deaths is South Africa.-21AM Utaatag and prisoners-9.363 Seat hone as invalids.... . 71.248 Boer Losses. Prisoners (estimated)-..40,000 Deaths (eati meted at) 7.000, or 10,00u British troop* engagsd about 500,000 Average nomber in field siacs Jenuary 1, 1800-223,000 Total Hoer Army (estimated) . 53,000 Average number in Geld...10.000 Direct cost of war to Greet Britain up to «JSEta S eluding bringing troops homeland grritSlas-.1.000^00,000 British National Debt-.—5,730,030,000 Increase in debt sine* first year of the war- 364,110.000 TkiHiuilwa. Prom a source of information which is positive, it can be said that the "boom” for Senator Hanna as the nominee for Pres ident in 1904 is not merely the exuberance of a few Ohio poli ticians. There arc Republican leaden at Washington who are also in the movement and just as seriously. It is hard for a good many Republicans in Mas sachusetts to take the Hmm boom as anything bat an empty compliment to the Ohio Senator; but members of both branches of Congress and other prominent men at Washington are already pledged hi one way or another to Hanna’s support, althonght the campaign is yet two years away. ________ J AOngSUctraa4. One of the cheapest foods that can be grown for stock, and which can be cut and -used at almost any stage of growth, may be-secured by sowing corn in raws (not using too orach seed) and cultivating it oat way. Should the pasture grass ran short the young com may be cut down dalle. In sufficient quantity as required, and fed as green and succulent food, which will be highly relished by stock. --- 'warn ' with the newest thing. Alw*r* « »e lead - JSSLSStl SILKS!!! ,Se<s U** *-»nch Taffeta*. 80c, 90c, fl.2S, and *1 JO per V*rd- They arc beauties. AU Waist Silks is Pattern taW.? reduced price*. 3Mocb Wash Silks in white andba^Tfcs^ald w. have JS522SL. S22S&* m JT JAMES F. YEAGER. McCormick Harvesters. TV ft^etwsfaqBgdwaratai* . - — — -*■ -w • J” For the muod of 1902 the McCORMICK HARVESTING MACHINE COMPANY often to the world’s agriculturists a sew up-to-date binder for harvesting their grain crops. This new binder possesses many novel and distinct features. It represents all that is newest and best in binder manufacture, while our celebrated right hand open elevator binder has been the moat suc cessful machine that has ever entered the harvest field and we con- , tend that it will give any farmer perfect satisfaction. Yours for business, Craig and Wilson. Cheap Roof. Two-ply Tarred Roofing, Including caps and nails, $1.00 per square. . V-crimped Steel Roofing, Includ ing strips $3.00 per square. Also Valley Tin, and Tin Shingles, as cheap as anybody. . . . . . . Long Brothers, GASTONIA, N. C. -You Do fte Rest. 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