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THE GAZETTE t will be glad to liave! you for a subscriber if you are not already on its list. Twice • Week, |1 JO a Year. W. r. MARSHALL. EdUer «s4 Freerieter. DEVOTED TO THE VOL. XXIH. _ _ QA8TONIA^bbJC^TUE8UA^JFUXE, GASTON ...COUNTY’S... INDUSTRIAL DAY will be the greatest in the history of this the greatest manufacturing county In the state. The prizes offered by Kindley-Belk Brothers Co., are certainly worth trying for so don’t fail to enter the contest for the prizes. For the best stalk of field grown corn we will give one suit of clothes, value $7.50; for the best stalk of field grown cot ton, one suit, value $7.50. All you have to do Is to bring In your cotton or corn on the morning of the 4th and the prizes will be awarded at noon on the 4th. In the meantime the “Rebuild* Ingand Reduction Sale** Is moving along at quite a rapid pace but we are going to put still more life Into It, so watch for our ad In the next issue of this paper, it will tell of the cut price sale at KINDLEY-BELK BROTHERS CO. CHEAPEST STORE ON BARTH. JOKE LEADS TO OOLD. Bow (ha Skitta County Field* Came to bo Discovered. KpdShHT. C*l.. Sp»c-t»l to BoUlaora San More than 100 mining claims have been staked within (our days and scores of miners are hurrying to the district as a re sult of the finding of what promises to be a great gold ledge at the western base of the Shasta divide, ten miles this side of French Gulch. Not less remarkable than the ledge itself is the manner in which it came to be discovered. A man told of the supposed ledge as a joke and a miner proved the joke a reality. One night last week in a French Gulch store a crowd of miners and others were spinning yarns. Martin roster, who la not a miner, told of a ledge which the knows most exist beside the county road at the base of the Shasta divide, became he had picked up a bit of quartz there 12 years ago which sparkled with gold. He meant the story foraioke. William Bills, a miner, heard the story and set oat early next morning for the spot which Poster had described. He locat ed the little gulch without dif ficulty and before night he had located a ledge which cropped out at the surface. He returned next day greatly dated and opened up the vein. The pay streak is more than two feet *b<S u,,y* from $100 to $500 per ton. It has been opened up for about 100 feet and gives no sign of pinching out. Im Ym Oof Om of Them? Orfor4 The printer’s dollars—where are they ! A dollar here and a dollar there, scattered over nrniwiuui small towns, mile* tnd mile* apart. How ahall they be gathered in ? Come home, yon are wanted, come home in single file that we may ■end you forth again to battla for us and vindi cate our credit. Reader, are you sure von have not one of the printer’s dollars sticking to the bottom of your troneert pockets. Feel down and aee if we ere right? __ The sales of the dispensary in YorkeiOe average about $0f> par day, of which the gross profits are nearly *20 Didn't Thrash the Judge. Xew York Triboor. At t term of the Nash County Superior Court, North Carolina, held by Judge William H. Shipp, the jury brought in a verdict which the Judge did not approve, and be told the jury that they were a act of fools and did not have sense enough to sit on a jury. One of the jurors was a Mr. West ray, who had been graduated from the State Univer sity, was a large landowner, and was known as the most success ful farmer in the county. He was indignant over the insnlt offered the jury and determined that for one he would not submit to it provided he could resent it without going to jail. bo at toe recess for dinner Mr. Westray approached the Judge and asked him, as a matter of law appertaining to the preroga tive of a Judge, if he, the Judge, had any authority by law to say what he did to the jury. Judge Shipp answered that he certainly did nave that right bylaw, other wise he would hot have exercised it. Mr. Westray then put this question: "Judge Shipp, if I should here and now proceed to give yon a genteel thrashing for what yon said to the jury, would you take it like a man for your part as an individual or would you faU back on yoar judicial prerogative and put me in jail f" The Judge said that in that event the prerogatives would come into play and be mighty bandy, and that he would board Mr. Westray at the expense of the county for two years. Mr. Westray then said: "Very well, Judge, if that be the case, we will forego the thrashing,” and he walked off. A Carton Stoat. Ctidoua*tmi hi. ' On exhibition at Belk Bros’, ■tom on Boat Trade street there is a large, smooth piece of soap* stone on which ore engraved a number of Confederate MO bills “Or**1* aneraved impression of the bills. The atone, which was used by the Confederate govern ment. was found by Capt. W. M. Smith, ia 1885, at a point four sod a half miles from the city close to the Charlotte, Columbia, ft Augusta Railroad. It la pre sumed that it hod been thrown from the train. Capt. Smith states that he has been offered toOO for the odd relic, but would not sell it for M.000. ■1CBEST YOUNG MAN IN AMEKJCA. Marcellos Hartley Badge, at Naw York. Worth Stt.Nt.GN. i, Stndlooe, Economical and Poa* aoaaoG ol High AapiraUoaa aaG Idoala. PhiUdrlpfcU rm, New York, June 14.—So far •a his enormous wealth ia con cerned Marcellus Hartley Dodge, by many millions the richest youth in the United States, probably attracts less attention among those who do not know him than any other student in terested in the commencement exercises at Colnmbia University this year. He is still under 20 tall and slender in appearance, with dark eves and pallid complexion that shows his devotion to his books. Alfred Gwynne Vander bilt received nnder his father’s will, after all other bequeaths had been paid, about $54,000,000. Marcellus Dodge received [up ward of $00. 000,000 under his grandfather's will a few months ago. His riches have not changed his manner of life one iota. He still lives in one room at the lower part of Madison avenue, just as he has done since he first began to prepare for college. It is too far for him to walk to Colombia but wherever he has to go, within two or three miles of nis home, he walks-, simply to save car fare. He is economical almost to the point of penury. He dresses well, as befits an undergraduate, but never showily. About the only extravagances that he has are clothes and books. Among other possessions that came to him from his grandfather were a dozen or more blooded horses. He sold them because he consid ered it a useless expense to keep them although they were one of the old man’s hobbies. UOW HK COT HIS MONKY. Not even Marccllns Hartley’s fairly intimate friends in the many busiuevi enterprises with which he was conuected believed that he was worth a tenth part of the money and securities that his will showed he possessed, i Among the pall-bearers at his funeral were Andrew Carnegie and Chaunccy M. Depew. It is said that Mr. Depew remarked at the time that the contents of the will were likely to prove a surprise, but not much attention was paid to it at the time. To the great majority of persons who knew anything about Mr. Hartley in New York he was the proprietor of a large and popular sporting goods store in lower Broadway, not far from Chambers street. It was as well knowu as any place of ita kind in the country. Very few persons knew that Mr. Hartley took any personal in terest whatever in industrial en icrpnacs. Nevertheless be was president of the International Banking Company, which was formed to handle the Chinese indemnity for the United States; a director in the Remington Arms, the United Metallic and Cartridge Company, the Bridgeport Gun Implement Company and the M. Hartley Company. He was also vice president of the Western National Bank, a director in the German-American and the Lincoln National hanks, in the Manhattan Railway, the Mercan tile Trust, the Equitable Life Assurance Society, besides several other important institu tions. Everything he had, with the exception of a small bluest to Mrs. George W. Jenkins, of Morristown, N. J„ went to his grandson and namesake, Marcel los Dodge. The old man's life was bound up in the boy. TAVORBD COLLMOB SDOCATIOK. noting ijooft* grandfather was a great believer in a college education for a young man, even if be was not intended for a mercantile career. Interviewed about the matter not long before his death Marcellos Hartley said: "The great chances in life ate not secured by young men who lack mental alertness and the ability to grasp opportunities that are overlooked by the mnltitude. A college education makes the right sort of a man self-centred and progressive. It knocks nil the conceit out of him, makes him alert, capable and likely to compel recognition no matter what line of life be it I in. Employers are on the look-! out for suck man. It ia hard to find the man who can do original thinking, but when he is found he ia the man for big salaries." That is why Marc ell ua Dodge had a college career mapped out for him. Fortunately m la a stodioua youth—a trait be in herited from hie mother, who Our friends are still kind enough to be sending us con stantly new subscribers for the Twice-a-wekk Gazette st one dollar a year. We do not ask them to work for ns for nothing, hence we offer three handsome prixes during the month of June. They are worth working for, and as it is but little trouble to get snbscribcrs for The Gazette (twice-a-week for one dollar a year), we trust that they will tec what they can do for the neat four weeks. One dollar get* The Gazette a whole year; 50 cents six months: and 25 cents three months. Send the subscribers ss you get them, but If you do not send them before, bring them whan you come to the 4th. of July celebration. Here it what we offer: 1. Poe the largest club of new subscribers brought in by July 5, we will give as a prize a $5 hammock or fountain pen at the Gastouia Book Store. was a daughter of Marcellus Hartley. She is dead. At college and elsewhere the boy millionaire is usually seen with a big bundle of books under his arm. He Ls devoted to his studies and cares little for society. For years, so it is said, young Dodge has known that be would come into possession of his graudfather's fortune, al though he had no idea of the extent of it. Habits of economy have been drilled into bim. WILL AVOID WALL 8TREBT. Not long ago somebody asked young Dodge what he would do when be left Columbia. "That will not be until 1903,” he said, "when 1 have attained my major ity. I intend then to get right down to the serious problem* of life. While not so rich as Ur. Carnegie, I do not intend to let worthy demands on iny charity go unheeded. I shall go into business—precisely what it will be I have not determined—but I •ball keep out of Wall street. "It shall be my earnest effort to make my name a synonym for the highest honor and business integrity. I am willing to say that I am not going to forget my fellow man because peat fortune has come to me. Sports I care little for. My re creations are yet to be developed. I want to see the world and I do not care for the usual ex travagancies of the very rich." Neely Skipped. Vorkmlt* Ynau, June M John G. Neely, who hu been conducting what be called a mutual insurance company at this place for some time left the town Tuesday afternoon and his whereabouts are unknown. Ef forts to locate him have proved unavailing. He had been sued by the heirs of James Duncan on a policy issued to him, and several war rant! had been sworn oat against him alleging fraud. One war rant waa issued by Magistrate Barron Monday but was not served immediately because it was thought necessary to have additional witnesses. When the magistrate and a deputy went to hit house early Wednesday morn ing he waa gone. Neely has been operating here since early last winter. While the amount of money collected by him is not known it is thought to be in the neigh borhood of two thousand dollars. Tha "insurance” ia generally regarded as absolutely worthless, and efforts to recover are regard ed as wasted time and energy. Much sympathy is felt for the innocent ones who are made to snfler in this matter. As ts Ncftnysr sad Jostles. CkuMH Otanur. ML Judge Boyd informs sn Obser ver reporter tbst Mr. M. Mc Brsyer and Mr. B. A. Justice, the lawyers, who received from C. D. Wilkie, $1,900, which rep resented one-fourth of Wilkie’s prodts la the Amos Owen Cher ry Tree Company for 17 days, have agreed to return this sues to the court and that then the cases against the attorneys will be dismissed from the docket. THREE DESIRABLE PREMIUMS More Prizes to be Awarded for Largest Lists of New Subscribers Brought in by July 5th. 2. For secood largest, a pair ot $3 shoes, for lady or gentle man, at Robinson Brothers’ store. 3. For third largest a $2 guaranteed bat or $2 picture at Heath’s One Price Department Store. We have made the date Saturday. July 5th, iu order to give yon the full week, includ ing the Fourth, to round up your work in. The awards will be announced in the paper of Tuesday following. The unparalleled popularity of Tkk Gazette is unabated. Twice s week for a dollar a year. Prints the news and tells the truth. First iu the mails, first oo the streets, first iu the homes, first with the news, first in the hearts of the people, first everywhere, first always. Mention it to yonr neighbor, get up a club by the fifth of July, and be first yourself when the prizes arc awarded. What Edward Thinks*! the Bean. WukiadaB Pml Once more Edward VII has earned the admiration of the civilised world and shown him self to be a gallant and chivalrous gentleman. In replying, three or four days ago, to the addresses of the lord mayor and the London county council, he took occasion to speak of the Boers as "a brave and determined people,"'and to compliment them on the good faith in which they are accepting the situation. Looking back to the early days of the war in South Africa and recalling the comments then made upon the Boers by our Anglomaniacs at home and the subsidised Americans abroad, how mean and pitiful their utter ances seemed compared with the generous tribute England’s King has just paid to the greatest and most splendid fighting men the world has ever seen! We recall the vile campaign of slander and detraction, of brutal and con temptuous disparagement, of cruelty and false witness, waged against those indomitable pa triots by the emissaries of Cham berlain’s pawnbrokers and by the chorus of eager American toadies ready to sing toany tune they thought would pleasure England. There was nothing too false or venomous or stupid to say about the Boers in those disgraceful days. They were barbarous, dishonest, swinish, cowardly. It waa a duty to the cause of civilisation and human progress to exterminate them. They cumbered the earth, and England bore aloft the white banner of righteousness in her enterprise of conquest and exal tation. Why, the mere memory of that carnival of wickedness u sickening, even at this late day. Bnt the King has now shown them how gentlemen feel toward s gallant foe and has set the ex ample of chivalrous speech con cerning him. If it be possible to inject knightly grace into a flunkey’s soul—ol which we have strong doubt—this utterance by Edward VII should benefit the generation. Only Farmers Caa AIM M. thipilatjovraal. Our fanners spent tbeir straw berry money last year destroying gross and are now seen daily, spending their berry money bay ing hay. Bat only oar farmers can afford it. RoVal Baking Powder if. m Inml oaieguaras me locxx o£Ahnt nhitiii *2 *?*-«*«• ***** W>8| $1.50, each, the beet val CMrfwtftrChNm. ' Ideal Waists the best things for Jhfcy Tritilaga, Another lot hist arrived. The very thing foe thin goods. •V/s-; Don't forget OUT Embroideries, Leeae end White Ooods. We hove them that win please the 5 eye. MILLINERY •till going and we are prepared to serve the trade, though it be late la tbe araaon J. F. YEAGER, LAPSES’ PURHI8HWQ6 A SPECIALTY. BUGGIES! Wagons! Buggies! Come mc, come all. and buy you a brand new baggy, and beta the big rally on the 4th of July. We haveoa hand baggies t© salt ad. sad oar terms and oar pvleaa are right, too. CRAIG & WILSON FIRST!. L nwiwnn ranunn THE i GASTONIA GAZETTE MaanU Perfection Wickless * • i Oil Stoves w ,-v# • ->1 i'\v)L', ~/* ■ •re Hm Nat Misses. ••Me for (rests*, beiliaf, •Ml teklag. '&V'.‘ tom can do oil yoor cooking with non off tkono* stoves and not knowtkey are la tbokoooe eater aa the heat Is concerned. See them st Long Brothers, Wholesale Agents, twtSsjl GASTONIA, N. C.
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