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W. F. MARSHALL, Uttar and Fra*rl.l«. VOL. XXIII. _GASTONIA, N. C.t FRIDAY, JULY liu 1903. __ _—_ 3 «MN ' THE WHISKY SELLER. ifya-ou n« iwni The sale ol whiskey Is tba areal ret aini It's ran aad man misery. polo and woo Thao any other crime we kaow. Caoact So «*t oot too whiakey seller. You’re rained inane a clever follow. You’ve caused (he children hitler cries: The tearelo stream Irma mother*’ eyes: You’ve made the roast ooaa weep foe brand. Whom buturrr they were sent to bed. Yoa*ve ceased Ibe lather to baat hla child. And set tie mother almost wild: When In hla drunkaa —rase at uf«M He r often put them all to licks. You've robbed the etomc man to kla smith Aad laid him In Ike mod tall lanctk. Aad left him there to swear and roll As thoatth yon cored not for hla ooal. You’ve robbed the tick man to hla wealth. Tha healthy BMW deprived of health: You've pi chad Use pockets to the pour And canard them to bca (rout door to door. You've robbed the statesman to hla brains Ajsd aa bet! luted arblaw Pales, la cutters aftea ho la loused Pact tat upwards lor the around. You’ve etaiaed the monarch's bead with auto You've AIM the land with wraakla c blood; You’ve brouabt some tmrthlr citiee low. Aad proved snaae aattoa’a overthrow We tell yon air. la roar career. You’ve Ailed the world Witt eta aad fear. You’ve led the beet to an atony. Bat lor yon there's a iadrmeut day. We ash you now to chaaec your eourur Be lore you're stooped by lean! force. You’d batter be persuaded now For potent laws will make you bow. II you refuse La be reformed. By aovarelca law yoall aaaa ha stormed. Thou la delirium tremens low To welldrarnrcd Aeetracttoo au AN AGED PRESSMAN. "Jack)*" WhaalM Celebrates Ninety Sec* ad lirlMiy. Mmmm ud Court** etk. Yesterday was the 92d birth day of John McPherson Wheaton who is probably the oldest actively employed pressman in the country. Wheaton, who is known as "Jackie,” was born in Charleston in 1610 and has passed most of bis long career in this city. He is at present em ployed ss a pressman on the Zietunsr. where be has been for a number of years, and is still considered one of the best press men the paper has ever had. Jackie has seen service on the Southern Patriot, the Mercury, the old Courier, and » number of other papers. He ran oB the first six numbers of the Daily News when that journal was started in Charleston just after the war and was employed npon the paper for a number of yean. ' Wneaton once upon a time de cided to try another line of work and accepted the position of sex ton at St. Pant’s Church, which place he occupied for a number of years, but finally decided to return to his first love, and has ever since been employed at his old work on the newspapers. THE CORONATION NEXT MONTH King Edward will It Crowned Between Angnat 11 and August 15. London, July 7.—King Ed ward will be crowned between Angnst 11 sod August 15. His recovery has been so rapid and satisfactory that the above decision was arrived at to-day. No official announcement of the fact has yet been made. The pageant through the streets and the ceremony at West minster Abby will be much curtailed from the original plan. Their Majesties will drive from Buckingham Palace to the Abbey through the Mall to the White Hall, and thence to the Abbey, the same route as taken at the opening of Pariiarment. Carolina Colony Cn^ Chartorod. a*M*rMt.«a. The Secretary of State yester day issued a charter to the Caro lina Colony Company of Con cord. The capital stock is $500, 000 and the object of the company is to establish colonies ha the State. 8pecial mention is made in the charter that tha company should have power to own real estate, establish mills and factories of all kinds, tract and maintain public buildings, water-works, electric power plants, sewerage, ate. The In corporators are Edward W. Shedd J. Herbert Shedd, P. W. Seibert W. T. Pratt sndM. H. Caldwell. Another charter granted was to the Vernon Oil Company of Latdmore, N C. The incorpo rators are J. P. Duplingle, W. L. Cotton, w. T. Crowder. The capital stock stock is $12,000. McMe d • Matter. BaUWh M. • Shelby, N. C July * — Rev. John T. (Nick) Hoyle killed himself with » rifle yesterday evening near Hell wood, Cleve land county, where he was visit lag. Hla home was at Kings Mountain. Ha waa formerly a Baptist minister but afterward joined the Methodist chnrch, bat sot the conference. The coroner is now bolding en inquest A WOMAN'S F10HT. U41h tl New OHmum Making Straanaaa Straggle te Save Sanitary Fond Fran Omit at Spoil Ornhfcara. He LmIi KtvaUtc Ail friends of good govern ment and of honest dealiug in municipal matters will be in earnest sympathy with the women tax-payers of New Orleans, who are now engaged in a desperate struggle to save a $14,000,000 fund from spoliation at the hands of political sharp ers. Some three years ago these women tax-payers, who, strange to say, are in the majority in New Orleans, organised a woman’s league in the interest of pnblic sanitation and public health, their especial aim being the improvement of the sewer age ana drainage system of their city. Through their efforts in the election of 1899 there was voted a special two-mill tax for sewerage and water. This tax on property owners, the women themselves being in the majority in this class, amounted to $14, 000,000, and, under the State Constitution, the tax-payers were given the right to designate their own board to handle and disburse this fund. wow, However, tne politician* of New Orleans are striving to secure this rich plum for gang benefit. They have formulated a bill which has passed the House and is now in the hands of a Senate Committee, and this bill, while recognizing the right of the tax-pavers to tax them selves, denies them the right to name those who shall handle the fund thus raised. The claim is made that the State Legisla ture can change the hoard or remove it entirely, placing the money in the control of any persons whom it may designate, thus leaving the property owners who taxed themselves helpless at the mercy of spoilsmen. The women taxpayers of New Orleans are vigorously opposing this attempted violation of right and announce that they will fight the case to the Supreme Court if necessary. Public sentiment throughout the Union will be heartily en listed on the side of the women of New Orleans in this signifi cant fight. They certainly have the right of the matter at issue sod should ultimately triumph. To the country at large the incident furnishes another il lustration of the evils of municipal government under the spoils system and sounds a fresh call for honest and decent citizens to - participate in muni cipal politics. A Chicken-Eating Mule. Charlotte Obtamr. Pth. " This is to certify that F. O. Landis owns a mule which I work as his tenant; that yester day the mole ate 15 young chick ens, and that the mule has been eating chickens for 15 years to my knowledge.” A paper con taining these words and signed by a tenant of Mr. Landis’ farm at Mangum waa brought to Char lotte yesterday by .Mr, Landis. "I intended to tell yon about the thing and I knew yon would think I was a liar unless I had the affidavit,” Mr. Landis ex plained. "I myself saw that mule eating chickens. He is a good mule, willing to work and uas no had habits, but the one strong passion of bis life is for chickens. _ He will just reach opt and grab any she chicken, bite it to death and swallow it." A Fight la the Saldler's Horn*. XateisS Special. 74. u> Cluftou* Obwrrcr. At the Soldier’s Home this morning two of the inmates, Janies Pittman and Pittman Hams, cousins, from Franklin county, had a fight in which Pitt man cut Harris’throat. The in jury may prove serious. Harris is in the hospital and Pittman la confined to Ins quarters until the result of the injury is ascertained. The men, each nearly 70 yean of age, quarreled about a lead pen cil, which one accused the other of taking. Harris, the larger end stronger of the two, had Flttaum down, when the latter ***"%**&*" knife and did the cutting. It is the first serious light of the kind and of course caused quite a sensa tion among the 90 inmates. A Bacord Breaker. ■•tMMKmMiOkMmrKk. Lenoir, N. C. July 8, Mr. J. G. Ballew of Lenoir, Is 82 rears of age. He has been a Justice of the peace (and is still acting) •lace 1848, continuously. He Is a kale hearty, humorous old gentleman end thorooghly knows how to conduct his courts. ■ANOEB AT SALISBURY. Fleming and Caalay Paid Bectli Paaalty ter Their Crimea Iteath Imalaewi in Bath Caeca. ■(Mcial l* Cbvteu* ObMiwr. MU. Dick Fleming, rapist, and Arch Conley, murderer, paid the penalty of their crimes this morning, both necks breaking at the drop. It was an entirely successful execution and death, or what i« death ao far aa the power to feel is concerned, must have been practically instan taneous. Only a few scarcely perceptible twitching*, the result of reflex muscular action, gave any suggestion of remaining life in either. The drop fell at 10:54 and the attending physicians pronounced Fleming dead at 11:05 and Conley at 11:05>4. The bodies were taken down at 11:20 and a careful examination, followed. When the black cope were removed by the pliyiuciain it was seen that there were pres ent on the faces of the dead men none of the frightful marks left by a death iu which even partial strangulation plays a part. Both were composed and natural in their expression. The sheriffs present from other counties joined with the physicians in the opinion that the execution uaa been earned out with signal success and congratulated Sher iff Julian accordingly. Conley's body was placed in a casket pro vided by his relatives and will be sent by express to them at Owensboro, Ky. Fleming was buried this afternoon at the county home. MEDAL FOB A. OKAHAM BELL. Awarded Washingtonian by (he Leaden Society el Fine Arte. wuwutoi nMt.au> Minneapolis, Minn., July 7.— The London Society of Pine Arts has awarded to Alexander Graham Bell, of Washington, D. C.t its 1902 medal. Mr. Bell, who is here in attendance on the national educational conven tion, received word of the honor to-night. The decoration is known an the Prince Albeit medal aod each award rcqnires the concurrence of the Prince of Wales. Selection is made each year oi a person who has distinguished himself in promoting art, manu factures. or commerce. Mr. Bell is the fourth American to receive the medal; Capt. James B. Eads, Thomas A. Edison, and David Edwin Hughes hav ing been selected for the honor heretofore. A letter conveying an an nouncement of this year's award followed Dr. Bell from Washing ton here. The Serf el Reformat* ry V* Need Moo roc Uaqninr. We believe that a good old fashioned strapping applied to the back of a young thief will do more reforming than a whole year at a reformatory. The re formatory advocates may harp all they please about reforming the young criminals by reading stones of good little boy* to them in expensive quarters and keeping them for months, but when ft cornea down to cold, solid facta a good whipping is worth more than all your re formatories. But, says the re formatory advocate, "Whipping would be a disgrace to the young criminal.” Yea, it is a disgrace, but the young rascal has dis graced himself when he steals or does any other deviltry. We do not care to discuss the matter further for we believe that the great majority of the tax payers of the State are opposed to a re formatory for young criminals, or rather they are opposed to es tablishing a farm for feeding and schoolingyoungthieving ‘coons.’ Apple ta Horse’s Threat. CsasssS. TrtSwM 7tk Dr. B. I>. Griffin Friday per formed a very difficult surgical operation upon a horse belonging to Mr. Luther Cline. An apple about the rise of an ordinary hen's egg became lodged in the horse’s throat and could not be moved either up or down. The horse waa taken to Dr. Griffin, who cut Into its throat and suc cessfully removed the apple. The apple was in the horse’s throat shout twenty-four boors. The horse is getting along all right __ A dispatch from Beaumont, Texas, states that the Jane shipments of oil from that point amounted to more than 1,200, 000 barrels, the largest amount •hipped in say month since the field wss opened. Dunne the month the water-shipping facili ties have been increased. J0U1WET TO EHOLAJtt IH VAIN. Washington Harbor Unable le PreeMt King Edward leek el Heir. WwfatmaUM, ISmL mu. _ Lewis Butler, o colored barber eighty-two year* oi age, who Uvea in this city at 901 E street southwest, hat just returned from a trip to London, where he went in the hope of witnessing the coronation of King Edward. Butler was very much disap pointed that the coronation bad to be postponed, because as he explained, bis was a personal mission and he intended to see the King privately, as he had known him years ago. When his majesty was here in 1861 he on one occasion took a trip from the city down the Potomac River on the mail boat Powhatan, which then run from Washington to Acquis Creek. Butler who was a steward ou the boat, was told that the Prince required his tnnsorial services. He accordingly decorated his •hop in regal style, and when Prince Edward appeared, said very humbly: "Ah invite yo' to enter ma' shop, aah.” When ratber a long lock of the princely hair fell to the floor the barber picked it np, saying he would keep it. "Nobody will believe H came from my head," laughed the Prince. tfatier persisted, however, and placed the hair in a small flat bottle from whicbt he says, he has never taken it since that day Upon his majesty's arising to leave the shop, Butler said the time might come when be coaid show the lock to the Prince in later years. He always carried the bottle in his pocket after that and would allow no one to take it from him. A month ago he set out for England, having saved enough money at last to allow him to show the Khig the long-treas ured hair. He eras, of course, unable to do so, bnt he still has hopes of making another trip to London, as he says he is tore the King would receive him and accept the hair ss a coronation gift. * EGYPTIAN CGTTTON. May Work a Bavelatlas ia Cut* tea ladoatry. Washington Poat. Egyptian cotton is being in troduced in Texas and promises to revolutionise the cotton in dustry in the South,” Mr. C. S. Austin of San Antonis, Texas, remarked last night at the Raleigh. "It is much more de sirable than the cotton raised in the United States now and is even better than the sea island cotton. The Egyptian cotton has much longer fibre than other cottons and its seed can be re moved so easily that it is not necessary to cut np the cotton in ginning it. A series of saws which work between rods is used in ginning ordinary cotton and considerable power ia required to tear it loose from its seeds. The Egyptian cotton can be separated from its seed by a series of rollers, which do not cut the cotton and destroy the length of iu fibre. The depart ment of agriculture haa distribu ted the new cotton throughout the South and it will soon be known whether the Egyptian product will flourish in all the districts devoted to the raising of cotton." A Joka M Ik* Bags. P«rtM CO Ctaartont Otann. ' What waa thought to be a bold attempt to commit crime turned out a huge joke on the blood hounds of Mr. Hudldns. At a late hour Saturday night Mrs. W. H. Caython went to the door and turned in, aa she thought, her husband. The man went to a room that la seldom used and she- followed to see what he wanted. As she did so she faced a strange man. He was neatly dretaedand did not speak a word, only uttered a grunt., Mrs. Cay thon went to the back part of the house and the intruder left by the front door. Soon after this Mr. Caython returned aud when he heard the story he seat for the blood hounds. A great race followed—a race that lasted for many hours and considerable ground waa gone over. It now develop* that the man who en tered the house lived nest door aud got in there by mistake. After leaving the house he went home and went to bed and did not know that there was a chase uatil yesterday morning. The navy department ha* de cided to materially decrease the site of the Asiatic squadron. Very few of the larger vessel* will be recalled, bat a good many of the smaller one* will be brought home. Yeek Canty llama. York villa BuiaUaf. Rh. Captain Rom, ot tbc Carolina and North-Western, said last Friday night that he handled about 700 passengers during the day on account ol the celebration of the Fonitk. The Fourth of July was s quiet day in Yorkville. the only diver sions being baseball and a dance arranged by the York Cotton mill operatives for tbc entertain ment of operatives visiting from Rock Hill. There has been a little Ann)' in the local cotton markctduriug the past few day*. Uy reference to the market report In another column it will be seen that tbc figures are materially higher than thoae last quoted. Alter looking into the matter thoroughly through their attor ney, the town council concludes that it has s right to require a commutation street tax of $2.20, and Hie same ha* been imposed. The tax is considered necessary. , There were several candidates m Yorkville last Won day, but oot a great mauy. Ordinarily there is a good deal of politics to be seen in Yorkville on the second salesday previous to tbc primary election; but this time the situation was remarkably quiet. xne teicntn in attendance cm the state summer school in Rock Hill, are having a great date socially. The young men of Rock Hill are attending pretty regularly in the evenings, taking what they call "campuscourses.” That means that they are getting special instructions from the teachers on the lawns. Mr. Wash Bowlin said, Mon day. that be had been down Fishing creek during the few days previous, looking at the crops. Generally speaking, he ■aid crops looked well where they had been well worked; but much of the cotton has suffered seriously for want of work. "I noticed," said Mr. Bowlin, "aa an almost Invariable rnle, that the largest cotton was to be found on the biggest roads.” The opponents of the special school tax for Hickory Grove district have come forward with another petition for an election for die repeal of the tax. The petition wad filed last Mon day. The first petition, it will be remembered, did not contain the required number of names; but this time there are names enough end to spare, A meeting of the county board of education will be held this week, and the election will be ordered. The Enquirer was pleased to receive a call on last Saturday afternoon from Mr. Baxter John son. of the Gold Hill neighbor hood in Fort Mill township. Mr. John had not been in Yorkville since 1876, when as a boy he visited the town as a member of oae of the Red Shirt clubs of his township, and was very much surprised at the substantial growth of what be had beard some people designate aa a dead town since be was here 26 years ago. There have been complaint* during the last week that cotton, which haa heretofore been look ing unusually well for thie sea son, hasput on a sickly appear ance. The present condition is variously accounted for; but Mr. 3. M. Inman gives an explana tion that is probably not far from correct. He attributes the trou ble to the wind storm of two weeks ago, which spun the cot ton around, forced the soil away from the stalks and thus broke the surface roots. He considers the injury quite serious. Granite Falla N. C. Manufac turing Co., has presented to its stockholders an annual report rixming a profit of 11X per cent A dividend of 6 per cent has been declared, and the remainder carried to surplus. The ninth week of the anthra cite coal strike has passed and the situation seems to be about the aansc. Several attests have been made. _ RoVal Baking Powder jjuuThntfv? Safeguards the food against alum* .w —. 111,11 rn. II III II— 1—p—PIMP, y MILLINERY! ■ I,. ^ All Triauaed Hats at reduced prices, re wrier lag Thursday morning, July 3rd. We das hare a lloe of Dimities, Lawns. Chaiebrys, etc., which ere golag at reduced prices. Children’s Ideal Waists, the thing for hot weather. Price lie. EMBROIDERIES, Laces, and White goods In pretty designs end newest styles. NOVELTIES. Neckwear, Belts, Cemka, Fancy Pins, etc., always a complete line. Fans, Parasols, Umbrellas. J. F. YEAGER, LAMBS’ FURNISHINGS A SPECIALTY. — ■ ' ' - McCORMICK CORN HARVESTER AND SHOCKER. isj jii vp, 1 1 >.V• r -r- ..-??y£J> PR several year* the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co., has experimented with a machine for cutting and -*rirrhiin corn, and for the season of 1902 istbic to offer the McCormick corn harvester and shocker to those com growers who prefer to harvest and shock their com without Wading it into bundle* As u corn shocker the McCormick is unequalled in lightness of draft, and its operation in the field is as simple and rapid as is possible with such a machine. When the shock is completed k is necessary to stop the machine, after which the shock is tied by fcfd, ^ ^th the aid dr a windlass, which forms part of the shocker, the driver raises the shock, swings it to one side, and places it on the ground. A frame around which die stalks ate placed la drawn from the cen ter of the shock after it has been placed on the ground. With e little practice the shock is nnloaded in as short a as is re quired to form it, thus making the capacity one-half of the corn binder. This machine will folly meet the requirements of the agriculturists who prefer to hash their corn from the shock in the field and then bind the stalks into bundles by band. If. however, the com is to be drawn from the field, stacked, fed nnhoaked to the stock, loaded onto and nnloaded from a wagon or fed to a shredder, it will be found most economical to cat it with the Mc Cormick vertical corn Under, as the labor saved will more than pay for the twine and shocking. Par sale by CRAIG & WILSON. FIRST! f&jm & 5* Plaat l'P*"» rwiii»hiw«iilii null pwrimranc H«ST ALWAYS THE GASTONIA GAZETTE Twice • week Oae MUr • yeer * Charlotte Private Hospital, lifer* OwdiStoMl. :*f Charlotte. N. C. ' Medical and Surgical caeca treated. Trained Nonet. Modern Equipment- X-Ray Machine* and Acreaoo rie* for giving Electrical Treatment. Hospital Staph: JOHN R. IRWIN, M. D. C. A. MI8BNHEIMRR, M. D. ROBT. L. GIBBON, M. D.
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