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mi! the Gastonia grows greater, not less. W. f. MAISHALL, UH*w mi fwristor. DEVOTED TO THE P10TECT10N Of HOME AND THE VOL. XXin. GASTONIA. N. C.. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 90. ■ILL AITS LETTCX. Tfc* Bartow Philssopbar Talk* •a Hialary—Baa tsttia Oct i New leak ■ Mr. Arp Develop* Seme Historical Feds Not Herststore Oaosrally Accspted Dr. Co°vay ia right about James Madison’s motner. She was Nellie Conway and not Paunle Taylor. . Fannie was bis grandmother. But the good doctor is wrong about Thomas Jeflcrson. He dicL not marry Miss Martha Skeltfcn, for she was a widow and her maiden name waa-Afiattha Wales, as 1 Neither did Andrew Jack son marry Miss Rachel Roberds. She was not a miss, but a di .vprced wife and her maiden waa Rachel Don el Km. Jackson had to marry her twice in diluent states to comply with the law. Of coarse George; Washington married the widow Cnstis. Everybody knows that. It was the typo that made it ' Curtis. Dr. Conway says that Millard Pilmore never married. H* is mistaken. His first wife was Abigail Powers and his sec ond was Caroline McIntosh. It ia singular how many of the presidents married widows. Madison's wife, Dolly Payne, was a widow Todd. Hu nuuden name was Dorothy Coles. I reckon wa will get this matter straightened on( after while. Mr. Thaxton, of Tennessee, writes me that the full list of mothers and wives can be found in the "World Almanac" of 10M. • Friend Thaxton la not mad, but he is grieved that I said John son s parents were 100 poor ana ignorant to be named in the biography. That was not my assertion, bat was a bit of sar casm on the compiler, who makrs special mention of their poverty and lack of education and records that Andrew and his mother and stepfather moved from Raleigh, N. C., to Green ville, Teun., in a two-wheeled cart drawn by a blind pony, but does not give their names. Mr. Tbaxton says his wife’s father waa an own cousin to- Andrew Johnson and Andrew’s mother's name waa Mary McDonough, but he does not mention the step-father. Who did Mazy marry the second time? The bi ography in Appleton was written by James Phelan, editor of The Memphis, Avalanche, sad seems to be very 111t and favtitnbfe. to Johnson and his wife and chil dren. It says that Johnson’s father died when Andrew waa only 4 years old, and Mr. Tbax ton says his mother had many more children. Mr. Phelan say* that Andrew learned his alpha bet on the tailor beach, and his wife, BHza McCardle, taught him to read. My frittsd. Than kin says that he did not know that poverty and ignorance were- tied to gether. As a general tele they are. That second husband must have been both shiftless and ig ' norent if he couldn’t provide any better transportation for his wife and stepson .than a two-wheal cart and a blind pony for a long journey. If Mr< Tnoxton waa to see such a cavalcade as that coming down the Mg rood now he would say that poverty and ignorance were tramping along blether., But this much we have learned front Mr. Tbaxton —that Andrew Johnson’s moth er’s maiden name was Mary Mc Donough. AH honor .to Ua Who rase from poverty had ob scurity and all non or to his de voted wife iqd td his accom plished daughters Mrs. Patter son, who presided to worthily hi I the white noose.’ Roosevelt married twice ti He ought to nomas? at his elbow i4jae. I reckon be abctn a widower when he vrottlaiM slanders against for him to retract andlmplogizr. Bnt How he -Is a caridrafciand is f^tOiTnitigr for the solid 'fiastb* eni~ vote, and the Souths negroes thrown in, he won't retract If he la to be elected R, t went Miles to be with him on the ticket ice president The c m chntner and the detainer ought to he jam to work on live I men end w ether on deed ones. And here id a letter from Mrs. Irncv Harrison Gay WWtleld. of Siddotiavnie, aX., who in forms me that Willi* m Henry Harrison's mother eras RUiibetn Baaaett She is Mrs. WbiUeld's ore at* ne tt-m na mot her tad mam si w??e ofsSntfriJrx ’ signed the Declaration of lade His mother was _r, aa aaat of Robert believe that soppHea all some rtoh . • a and racy reading—the reply of Horace Greely to the committee who summoned him to trial for signing the bail bond of Jeffer son Davis thst released him from prison. There were twen ty-one who signed it, but Greely was the first and the only Re publican abolitionist. He volunteered to do it and did it willingly, going from New York to Richmond lor that purpose, and it raised a howl all over New York and New England. The (northern extremism de manded that Mr. Davis be tried' and bang far treason, or for the assassination of Lincoln, or for something or anything, so he was hang. Greely belonged to the Union Club of New York, e powerful organisation, and they were outraged and enraged at his signing that bond and cited him for trial. His reply is a long one and some pans of it are most delightful sarcasm. "You any you will give me reasonable time for reflection. I want none, nor shall I attend your meeting. It is not my habit to take pan in any discus sion that may arise among other gentlemen as to my fitness to enjoy their society. That it their affair, and to them I leave .It. No, I shall not attend your meeting this evening. I have an engagement ont of town and shall keep it. 1 do not recognise you as capable of judging me. You regard me as a weak senti mentalist. I arraign you as a set of narrow-minded blockheads who would like to be useful, but don’t know how. Your attempt to base an enduring party on hate and wrath is like planting a coiony on an icetverg tnat had drifted into a tropical sea. The signing of that bail bond will do more for, freedom and humanity than yonall can do though yon live to the age of Mathnaaleh. I ask nothing of yon but that you pro ceed in f. frank manly way. Don't slide off into a cold reso lution of censure, but make your expulsions. Make it a -square stand up fight and record your judgment by yeas and nays. I dare yon and defy yon, and 1 propose to fight it out on the line 1 have bad ever since Gen eral Lee's surrender. I giye you fall notice that I shall urge the pardon and reenfranchisemeut of all those engaged in the rebellion and those now in exile." Well, they didn’t expel him nor censure him. They were afraid. Th« phamphlet to which I have herctofca-ealluded is now ready. It contains Henry R. Jackson's great speech on the "Wanderer” and Daniel Webster’s speech at Capon Springs, Va., the last and greatest he ever made. There u also a brief biography of Gen eral Jackson by Joe M. Brown and a few remarks by myself. There Is enough la this little phamphlet to establish the faith’ and stimulate the pride of every Southern man. According to Jackson, the Scmttf was not re sponsible for slavery and accord ing to Webster we were justified in seceding. And so the north ern saints were in the wrong for violating the constitution and precipitating that moat unright eous war, and ought to make apology and restitution to ns. They owe to our people millions and billions of dollars,. They owe to .me right now $20,000, damages, and if Roosevelt don’t retract end apologise I think 1 will attach his trunks end bis beer guru when he comes in *wwh. ;.He did not do the steal ing, but be is an accessory after the fact end that is just a*, had. Now I haye no Interest In the sale at that phamphlet, but I want every young man and wo man to hires, one. ' The price is only 25 cents, postpaid. Apply * my friend fed. Holland, Atlau ta Ga, care of Franklin Printing Company, But I have a book in press—a new and handsome book—my last and best. It ceutains my letters and .ruminations from the uncivil war to date—1881-1903. Price, poetpaid $1.2J. Write to C. P. Byrd, Atlanta Ga. Mg 1 . . ■— Baking Powder . Makee the bread ■ere heeltbM* Safeguards die food eVffT|r I ; * . ?1ST And the tide of holiday beauty I* flow* Ing at Its flood at Marshall9* . • _ • t GASTONIA BOOK STORE ON THE CORNER. »• THERB'S PLENTY here and it’s all good. When yon want aonctUeg beautiful yet poa* •eased of Intrinsic value, something nice to own yet easy to buy, something your friends will bless yon for giving them, you will find it here in our foil flowing sea of pictures, games, novelties, and stationery. Here yon will find a lot of beauty and elegance and good at a low price; in fact more beauty, taste, fitness and elegance at less cost than elsewhere. We hav* prepared for the holidays by providing the things that will help you prepare for them. Here are n few bints: — ■■ ■ — ■ ■ ■■ - - ■ For. the Children. Picture books, Toy books, Animal books, Unco books, A. B. C. Books, Story books— from 5 cents to $1.00 each. Pretty Medallions for 25 cents. Lagomacby, Flinch, and many other games—5c to 50 cents. Game Boards. In great abundance. Archarena No. 1, 50 games. Areharens No. 2, 55 games. Crown Combination, 65 games. Complete outfits with every board. Hxtra sets Carrom rings, 35 cents, Books. ’ Here are the new books like Hearts Cour ageous, Mississippi Babble, Bsgle Blood, Con fessions of s Wife,—the $1-50 land, n long list of them at onr popular price of only $1.38. On books we are at home. Come see them. Charming collection of Riley Poems, with Vawter and Christy pictures, including that wonder of pretty book-making and sweetest sentiment, "That Old Sweetheart of Mine.” Hundreds of others from 25c upr. The Poets* Padded editions from $1.10 to $1 JO. Beau tiful editions of Longfellow and Tennyson, not padded, from $1 JO to $1 JO, the latter snr paaaing In beauty, pant, and illustrations. Goldsmith's Deserted Village, the mpWi-w new Harper’s edition, with illustrations by Abbey, $S.OO. Flinch. This popular game in the best form yet put on this market. Pretty box, thin smooth cards, decorated backs. Only SO cents, by msti SSc, and only about two down sets left. Medallions and Pictures Our $5.00 picture by Christ, "That Old Sweet-heart of Mine," with the massive, mag nificent frame and mat of.green is admired by every visitor. Medallions, the desirable kind, with a name and sentiment, the worthy Mil j0 reach of yonr pocket-book with that aboat them which adds an air of refinement to yoar home. They are here and they are worth yoar atten tion. Be sure to aee them and get prices. We haven’t nude a beginning to tell yon of all on: attractive lines. .Come and you’ll be pleased Have yon seen our pretty nor paper garlands for decorating purposes? W. F. Marshall & Company. the -amLEHAH” nunttiiwQ. Official Society la Chartstta AwU CeailsU the Pares ml We Escape by Lleafifag kla When ba Kstaraa. StataarUU Laadmrk. If Bishop, who killed Wilson in Charlotte last week, really stayed' at a hotel in Charlotte until next day after the tragedy and. then walked through the streets to take a train oat of town, as he claims, the affair ia certainly mot creditable to some body. It haa been said that public sentiment in Charlotte is in Bishoo's favor. We prefer not to believe this, but granted that public sentiment U with Bishop, the police have shown themselves. utterly incompetent (provided he tells the troth) in their failure to find him. Surely the officer* of the law in Char lotte are not ia sympathy with this man. According to the reports, Bishop seems to regard the whole matter as a joke: and if he has been treated with the leniency which > the circum stances indicate be has grourids for the belief that be la in no danger. In order to make the farce complete the officials of Charlotte ought to meet Bishop vtth a brass band when be return* there end accord him tha freedom of the city. Vkm Prosperity On*. CMmip Nti They raised his salary taro years ago last May, The aaid increaae amounting to thirty cast* a day. Since then they’ve raised the prices Of corsets and of beets, ' Of floor and of meats.' Of corn and coal and fruits, Of babies’ little tx*>u. Of potatoes, milk and cheese, Of the prodoct of the bees, Of hats and socks and coats, Of all that sinks or floats, He’s paying out the money that he saved before bis raise. The President has appointed Rlcbmoad Pearson to be minin' I I- --- - 1- .1' fl—. Stadias o( (ha Hade, atcfcwad Mnr*. Now Coloael Theodora Roose velt may have toe battle of his life. The Social Parity section of the Woman’s Christum Tem perance Union threatens woe be cause he has hung in the White House the famous picture, *Ufe and Love," presented to the United States government twenty-five yean ago. It hnug in tbs White House in President Cleveland’s first term, bnt the obese bachelor yielded to the pressure of the Social Purity section and had the painting sent to the Corcoran Art Gallery where it could be seen by about fifty times as many people as could have seen it in the White House; whereat Social Purity conceived that it had attained a vast triumph. As we understand, the picture includes some very beautiful nude figures of both senes. Ex actly why if should corrupt pub lic morals in the White House and be harmless in the Corcoran Art Gallery we are not iaformed. Probably tsars is some hasy idea that some llrind of insult or de gradation of the picture is con veyed in the set of placing it in a public gallery instead olio the White House where nobody can ace it bnt the President and bis family and friends and visitors. in tneee mattcra am are always reminded of the famous reply of Doctor Johnson to awotnaa who asked him if apicture waa is* la everythin*. Those who are not looking for It arc not likely to inspect It. It la entirely con ceivable aad, wa think, entirely tree that them am people ia the world who can look at a nude fijrnre without salacious thought. Whatever elm may be said or thought of the Jtooaevelta, no* bodv doubts that they art good, well-bred, clean-minded Ameri can people. In such mattcra we dent win be bombarded by retm lutions and protests and Us ac tion will be the occasion Jar the discussion by many very good womexf of subjeAs of which they do not know and should not know anything, but “which they are likely to leave a very unsav ory taste in the public month. If harm Is done by such things, much more can be and is done by discussion of them before miscellaneous audiences and in the newspapers than possibly coold be done by say number of node figures, snob as we under stand those in "Life and Love,* to be. . Our President has been down in Virginia to shoot wild turkeys end did not find one.. We are glad of it and hope he win neyer try i t again. Hundreds of thoo \ of killing and wounding that have never injured Utu an inspired to do tha sense. Oar readers wiU remember bow three •mall boys in Augusta. Maine, hired a ahot-gun^aTabSnSv; cows, killing two of tW Neither President Lincoln nor President Grant (who, by tha way, would never go to sea a hone race) found any sport ia wounding and killing harmless animals. / Tl— far Imwil. .The WJowlar b illustrative of ready wit of oar "Sties* Arabs:” sH&a&i a shabby pah of patcat loaiWr, bcifbt-eyed bootblack, the outlook for bmlnru, aceoetad Km with UUuaaaP,blM^a« up, air?" ja.1. ^•.k?sk2 %y&rrtaEh. "*•* bat I think tha patent has a boat expired." Subscribe for Tk* Qaurrru, one dollar a year. For Holiday (ft ■■h Walking Skirts from $3.50 toi$6. Dress Goods, Walstlngs, sod Ladles* Jackets, MU going at under prices. Most a c ce pts M e Gifts may fte selected from this Ustt Ladles^ Handkerchiefs, Tame Covers, Bureau and Washstand Scarfs, • new lot'of Neckties, Belts, and Belt Pins |o*t arrived. We esrry s« ——ipmsd Has of iWPAWFS CAPS, PURS lo the newest styles sod quality. MILLINERY. gjssifcgp ”* JAMJES'F. YEAGER. — w***™*™ * tncuirt. READ! READ! GOOD NEWS FOR YOU! For MM fta« stock *1 „ The people cases Sock. ^ea, we’ea beaa scUta* has of i „ I * tQOe Now, we have }aat recriwsd a j walked through the _ car-load of horses si — ^ oimaay from the .erne State, auUa* la all man • head saw teWJSSiS'&'WSSa.lB 2 & NolllmBNl-W* n uxieu to dM n om fwr1* hot* acss la order to make a aew »tart; with toe aew year, and or oa thM. ^Stochwfll serefrjm kiy»jgwfj«™^ REMEMBER we guarantee every animal aa represented to sttttEE3gttt&av& I Ing from ua. Yoon etc. CRAIG A WILSON.
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