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[WITHE GASTONIA I ieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeJ_Rul>ll»lied Twice a Week—Tuesdays and Friday*. W. r. MAiSHALL, Miter asi froarirtar. DEVOTED TO THE P10TECT10W Of HOWE AKD THE MTEIESTS 9T THE COUHTT. VOL. XXIII. GASTONIA, X. C.. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER aa. 1903. - K,' TOM JOHNSON'S POLITICAL CIICUS. A Naval Method of Campaigning to Ohio—A Millionaire Politi cian Uaoa a Big Circa* Ten I With All (bo Laieet Improve* manta. <Jlcv«Uad,0. utapuch. 14th. Mayor Tom L. Johnson'* cam paign for control of Ohio, which began a few days ago, is without doubt one of the most pecu liar ever attempted in this or any other State. It partakes of all the features of a circus—the tent, seats, wag ons, band of music and horses. The scheme is original with May or Johnson. First he ord ered a tent with a seating capa city ol 6,000 persons; then he ordered another of the same tire to be prepared in case something should happen to the first. The second tent is held in Cleveland ready for shipment on an hour’s notice. Next Mr. Johnson visi ted a factory where circus seats are made. There he ordered a platform, hoards for scats and 500 settees for women. He in vites the fair sex especially to attend his meetings. A wagon maker was next seen and in a few weeks the shop turned out 10 huge circus wag ons. 20 feet high. "This is to be my circus," said Mayor Johnson, when all these things were ready, "and it shall be run just like a circus." He selected for his manager C. J. Wagner, of New York, wno once managed a big show. Wagner hired a canvas man, boss animal man and bos* seat man, all of these experienced workers, and they in turn hired men for their different depart ments. Next a tailor was con sulted, and in a few days neat khaki suits were delivered, also blue shirts and campaign hats. Everybody in the show was thus uniformed. Meanwhile SO horses had been bought. Then Mayor Johnson scut for Mr. Wagner. "Circus all ready ?" he in quired. "Yes. sir.” "How many pieces in the band ?” "Haven’t any band." "What! Going to run a cir cus without any baud ? Go get the biggest one in town—a union band, of course." Mr. Wagner hired a band of 40 pieces and then announced that the show was ready to take to the road. Great banners were painted, and streamers on the sides of the horses bore the leg end: Tom L. Johnson Will Speak in The Big Tent 'To-night. The caravan set out from Cleveland. - At it* head in his big, red automobile. "The Peo ple,” rode Mayor Johnson. With him were his son. Loft in, who acted as chauffeur, and his valet. Next in line was a small run about, in which sat Manager Wagner. Then followed the 10 huge wagons and in the rear was a tally-ho carrying the band men. Mr. Johnson tried to get automobiles for the entire cir cus; but no. factory would agree to build them within six months. Aa soon as the caravan reaches the town in which it is scheduled to appear Mr. Johnson has con ferences with his Democratic lieutenants. Meanwhile the small tents in which the men live are put up and Manager Wagner inspects the food he has ordered by telegraph. Soon the cooks are busy, and, encouraged by the savory odor, the men rush work on putting up the big tent. Tt is done as systemati cally. deftly and qniekly as in any big circus in the conntry. All the latent machinrTy is used, even to the electric wiring, al though the power is secured from the local electric tight company in each town. The men are experienced and know their business. After dinner the band parades the town, not to gather the crowd—for that gathers itself— but to "make some noise,” as Mr. Johnson puts it. When the concert is over the "big show" begins. With Mr. Johnson are the State candidates, who travel by train. Local candidates are also invited to speak. After the show Mr. Johnson seeks a hotel, the circus men go to sleep and the caravan takes the road again at daybreak. It is scheenfed to keep on nntil November 3. Mr. Johnson is bearing every cent of the expense. The outfit cost him $125,000 and the cost c«ch day is estimated at abont $2,500, but Mr. Johnson is worth $5,000,000 and can afford to turn politics into a circus. Race FrtJMlci ia the Narth. B alii more Bub Race hatred and prejudice seem to be getting so bitter in the North that brunette girls may be compelled to use com plexion powders. It is only necessary’ to be suspected of relationship with the negro race to be subjected to all kinds of indignities. The other day in Bostou the door of a trade union was closed on all black faces. Then in Chicago, at the North western University, the head quarters of liberty, a young colored woman who had entered the school was turned out into the street. As soon as it was dis covered that she had negro blood she was expelled. But the must extraordinary thing happened at Evansville, Inch A girl with a dark complexion entered at one of the public schools, and at once all the other children left and the teacher was confronted with empty benches. Truant officers were scut after the children, but their parents said they should not attend school with the dark faccd girl, whom they suspected of being a negro. The board of investigation took the matter up and after an investigation dis covered that the girl has no ne gro blood. She is simply a brunette and her parents are French. It will be well here after for brunette girls, when they enter the public schools in the North, to use some kind of complexion powden. It is really painful to note the ex istence of such prejudices in the minds of onr Northern brethren. Kings Mountain Ilemi. Ktwrm Ills News, lutb. David P. Dellinger, Esq., has sold his furniture business at Chenyville, and has entered the depot and will learn the railroad business. Mr. Silas Keller died Monday morning. His remains were ta ken to Maiden Tuesday and bur ied by the side of his wife, who died about a mouth ago. Misses Emma and Agnes Nor ris, who have been running the Mountain View Hotel very sue • successfully for thenast two years, have purchased the above property from Messrs. Mauney, Plonk and Williams and will continue in the hotel busi ness. Mr. J. A. James, the Obser ver’s telegraph operator, made a recent locomobile trip from Char lotte to Spartanburg and back. The trip to Spartanburg was made in 17 hours. On the re turn trip, which took 9 hours, Mr. James passed through Kings Mountain and iust in front of the beef market nad the exqnisite pleasure of scaring a horse bitched to a wagon almost into fits and causing him to make a break for dear life. The horse came out of the scare without injury, but the wagon was laid up for repairs. The owner of the wagon would not mind his loss, tf bis feelings had not been hart by the driver of the locomo bile showing that he was im mensely tickled at the runaway. He does not think that it was the time to laugh. A Model Mill Owaer. Charily aad Chlldrw. We have a mill owner in this State who fcela no better than the lowliest child in Jus employ and who by his friendly interest in the welfare of the operatives has convinced them that he ia their brother and friends. He worships in the same church with them, in their business affairs encourages them to be frugal and industrious, and pro vides excellent school facilities for the children of the village. In addition this good man has fitted up a library to which all the employees have access at every leisure moment. The villagers are happy and prosper ous. Many of them own their own homes, and all of them have the greatest respect for the brotherly owner of the factory. His influence is a constant benediction throughout the com munity. Por such as he no law la necessary regulating the em ployment of little children, bnt all factory owners in North Carolina are not snch si he. There are some who wish there were no Sunday so that their profits might not be cut down a seventh. The law is a necessity for men like these._ The many friends of Greens boro Pemale College throughout the State will be gratified to learn that this excellent insti tution has had a fine opening for the fall term with bright prospect* for a prosperous year. AMERICANS SWEETER EVERT YEAR. People of United States New Ceaatme 8 Times as Mach Sugar as They DM last Can* tnry. WuklnrUn ftcwcUt IBtb to X. V. World. The people of the -United States now cousame 8 times as much sugar per capita as they did in the first quarter of the last century, four times as much as the average per capita during the decade ending with 1850, and twice as much as they did in any year prior to 1870. In the yean immediately prior to 1825 tbe average consumption of sugar was abont eight pounds per capita, in the decade 1800,! about ten pounds per capita, in the years immediately prpr to 1870 the average was about thirty-two pounds per capita (oinittiug tne war yean, in which the consumption was light), from 1870 to 1880 it aver aged about forty pounds per capiu. From 1880 to 1889, fifty pounds per capita; in 1891 the figure was sity-six pounds per capita, and boa ranged from sixty-two to sixty-eight pounds per capita since that time, the figure for 1891 bctng68.4 pounds. The steady growth in tbe per capita consumption of sugar is shown by some figures which the Bureau of Statistics will present in tbe next issue of its annual volume, tlic Statistical Abstract. The per capita con sumption has been a matter of record during recent years, but it has not been before practical to compare the per capita con- j sumption of recent years with | that of earlier years and to -note the very rapid Increase in the quantity consumed by each indi vidual of the country. WOULD 9 CONSUMPTION. This growth iu the consump tion of sugar is evidently not confined to the people of the United States. The increase seems to have been equally rapid in other parts of the world, judging from the figures of total production. Figures recently published by the Bureau of Sta tistics in its monograph, "The World’s Sugar Production and Consumption," showed that the sugar production of the world was eight times os great in 1900 as in 1840, the figure for 1840 being 1,150,000 tons and that for 1900 8,800,000 tons. This increase in production, and consequently in consump tion, has come largely through the development of the beet sugar industry, which increased from a production of 50,000 tons in 1840 to 200,000 tons hi 1850, 831.000 tons in 1870, 1,402.000 tons in 1880, 3.633,000 tons in 1890, and 5,950,000 tons in 1900. During the same time, cane sugar production increased from 1.100.000 tons in 1840 to 2,850, 000 tons in 1900. Beets in 1840 supplied 4.35 per cent of the total sugar product of the world; in 1850 they supplied 14.29 per : cent; in 1800, 20.43 per cent; in 1870, 34.40 pcT cent; in 1890, 63.70 per cent, and in 1900, 67.71 per cent. The per capita consumption of sugar in the United States is greater than that of any other country, except .the United Kingdom, in which the annnal consumption ranges from 85 to 91 pounds per capita, against from 60 to 68 pounds in the United States, the figure of con sumption for 1900 in the United Kingdom being 91.6 pounds per capita. IMTEUSTINO TABLE. The following table shows the per capita consumption of sugar in the United States and the principal European countries in 1900, the latest available year: Sugar Coa xmmpfios Per Uatted Kingdom_..._„ . .Bi e Switzerland__ 50.3 Denmark— Sweedea and Xorway_ Fiance. Bterr~ . -14.0 .. 304 Moum aula—. 74 Oiecee—..- jj Italy----....4.1 . The Statesville Landmark says that Thursday Revenue Officers Davis, Kanlpe and Sams destroyed two illicit distil* leriea in New Hope township, one near Grade, and the other near Myers' mill. The one near Grade waa not in operation. The other was in fall Mast and the officers seised 800 gallons of beer, the still ftxtares and a two hone wagon and team. York Cnity Hams. Yufk.ill* Kiuwt»r.Mlb Cottou seed have been Wing ing 24 rent* a bushel ou the local market since last Monday. A telephone message fioui Mr. R. B. Riddle, of Zeno, yes terday , informs us that the con dition of Mr. George L. Riddle is improving. Misses Leona, Ruth nod Blanche Thomassen. of Belmont, N. C., have returned home after apleaaant visit to their aunt. Miss M. C. Thomaston. Rev. sod Mrs. J. K. Hall, of Bethesda.passed through York ville oa Thursday morning on their way to Lancaster to visit relatives and friends. Mias Amanda Clawson re turned to Yorkville on Tuesday evening, after spending several days with Mr. C. B. Spencer's family at Blowing Rock, N. C. Messrs. J. J. Keller &. Co. now have the brick work on the graded school building up to the second1 story joists ana ex pect to finish laying brick with in another week. Rev. J. S. Moffatt writes that Mr. R. A. Lummas, of Snapping Shoals, Ga., haa accepted the pnncipalship of the Presbyterian school that is to open at Bethany on October 1. He arrived in Yorkville last Thursday. A private .letter from Mr. Geoige W. Williams, at Pasteur Institute, Baltimore, informs his relatives that be will remain in Baltimore for about three weeks. No serious consequences from the dog bite arc anticipated. Mr. John M. Smith, of Clover, sold 25 bushels of home raised onions in Yorkville Thursday afternoon for $25. There is a market iu Yorkville during the year for at least 1,500 or 2,000 bushels, and most of them come from abroad. General E. M. Law arrived in Yorkville from Bartow. Fla., and will remain until next Mon day, when Mn. Law, who has been spending the past two weeks in Yorkville, will rettirn with him to Bartow. General Law has sold his military school to the state of Florida; bnt will continue in charge of it for the present. Mr. Jolin W. Miller, carrier on R. F. D. Route No. 5, out of Yorkville, showed the reporter on Thursday an apple that would likely prove something of a surprise to those people who have an idea that this fruit will not flourish to perfection in York county. The apple came from a'tree owned by Mr. John A. Campbell, of Bethel township. It measured 15 laches in circum ference, and weighed 18 ounces. Rev. J. B. Bozeman, formerly pastor of Yorkville, Union and Clover Baptist churches, and who accepted a call from the Second Baptist church at Gaffney Inst fall, has resigned the latter field and accepted an invitation to take charge of the church at Campbellsville, Ky. His special reason lor going to Kentucky is that he may be near the South ern Baptist Theological Semina n\. Louisville, in which he desires to do some special work. Hoi* in Heart Sowed Up. Ucknund Nm. Montgomery, All., Sept. 18.— A negro boy. who wo* stabbed through the heart yesterday afternoon, will live.- say the sur geons who late in the night per formed a remarkable operation on the patient. The operation was performed by Dr. L. L. Hill, aaxiated by Dra. R. S. Hill, Mitchell, Wil kinson, Robinson and Washing ton. The boy's chest wu opened and the heart brought into view. The knife wound was seared up and the large amount of blood that bad poured into the heart sack was taken out. As soon as the operation was completed the patient, though dying when the operation eras begun, immediately showed symptoms of recovery and H is declared that the boy will re cover. _ Great preparations are being made in Dallas, Texas, for the reception of Rear Admiral Win field Scott Schley on Saturday, October IB. One feature of the entertainment is to be a gather ing of tb* school children, every school, public and private, in the State having been invited to join the schools of Dallas in making tha day a notable one. The Boone Democrat says that a few days ago a shotgun cartridge exploded in the hand of the eldest son of Marshall Triplett, of Elk, Watauga county, tearing the hand almost into fragments. The hand was am putated above tha wrist. "Millim I THUR5' ' FR i? Sept. 2 ii. . You •» respectful^ Invited to be present and Inspect our autumn display of the newest and most fashionable Millinery, Purs, Ladles* Coats, Dress Goods, Walstlngs, Trimmings, and all the latest designs of Appliques and All-overs. JUST RECEIVED Another shipment of Walking Skirts la Mack sad gray which win ke aa display. Alsa the Pec* Skirts wklch so easily taka the lead aaraag gor aieats of their doss. Remember the dates—next Thursday and Friday, and be sure to visit us. We shall be happy to see you and to place ail the courtesies of our store at your service* JAMES F. YEAGER, Ladies* Furnishings a Specialty. Pritchard's Preference. ButcwriU* iMtet Senator Pritchard and Mr. Locke Craig have arranged their dates for a joint canvass of the State. The canvass opens at Kinston on the 22nd and States ville is on the list lor October 8th. Senator Pritchard and Mr. Craig are quite chummy. Per sonally they seem to be very fond of each other, and they have agreed to conduct a high toned discussion free from per »?nsUt*«s- It is an open secret that Mr. Pritchard’s personal liking for Craig is the reason for his selecting him from the half dozen senatorial aspirants as his real competitor. Pritchard, it is said, thinks this canvass will help Craig by giving him promi nence ana it is further said that the Senator desires, in the event be fails of re-election to the Senate, that Craig shall be his successor. iMfanM'i Pall Bm. VstMlto Kasaliwr. The reporter asked Congress man Finley yesterday for his view of the fall down of Speaker Henderson in Iowa. "It means” said Mr. Finlay, "unless I am very much mistaken, that the treats which control the Repub lican party, have all the law they wanton the trust auestion, and they ate willing to let the'Demo crata have the next house in or der that there will be ao further legislation on the subject. If the Republicans should continue in control of boose, senate «« presidency, they would have to aoswar to the people tor trust legislation; but aa they do not want any treat legislation they are willing to turn the house over to the Democrats, sad it win be their policy to prevent anything from being done and try to make the Democrats share the respon sibility.”__ A Waut that to Fall. Dutualu. 11 The "fall dinner pail" la credited with having a good deal to do with Republican success in 1900. The "meatless dinner pail," and the "coaUeas scuttle,” may prove a factor in 1901. Do You Need Any Furniture? W# acll (to ktod imomM to tor. It* BBt maim tottor. towHatl to tottor ■ H* tto but. It* tto Htl (tot* M BBod u M« «to tto Bttof Uad to ntor tor (to myall «to». Try to tor yam ant "-*•-*—"* trurtirn «IBi ton s»trgt*4"D | afiwaaass&fiKss ast^^cowHM i —ht-sssf WILLIAMS FURNITURE CO. Pavla Block. _QaaOowla. N. C. Oar Mr. Craig km last retaraed from Tenses* see where he selected « car load ef extra alee Horses ead Males for oar trade hers. They wfll be here by Saturday aad among them we bees several pairs of Matched Males as well as Geed Slagle Oaes sad the Mad te salt ear farmers, sad some Good Family Horses te salt slmsst say easterner. Come sad see us at eaee sad get whst yes west*. Craig & Wilson.
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