THE GASTONIA
. 0
Published Twice a Week-Tue»fJ
W. P. MARSHALL, Editor ul Prorl«(*r. DEVOTED TO THE PROTECTION OF HOME
=*—■ iw ■ i • namsagnmnni ■ so— m i , ■ -
VOL. XXIV. GASTONIA, N. C., TUESDAY, PEBRUARY-3. 1809 7 ”
i ' i*"* ’ " i i i I
NOnHEINEBSVISlT ABP.
Aid BUI Tolls Thsm Seat Hit
tsry ol the Civil War.
MiU Arp la Atlanta Couttinmoa
A little scrap from the Kew
York World put me to thinking.
A certain Englishman usined
Hobson lectured Sunday night
in Philadelphia on ethics and
asked if it was right to accept
charity from ill-gotton gains or
from such men as Coruegie,
Rockfeller, mud Rhodes, who
made their fortunes by monopo
lies and trusts crushing out the
smaller dealers.
The editor of The World an
swers, "If charity moqey is to be
scanned and diriufectea, where
shall the process atop? Shall
we boycott Fancuil ball, the
cradle of liberty, because it was
built from the profits, the blood
money, of Peter Faneuil's slsves?
‘The Jolly Bachelor’ and from
his slave trade and selling beads
and watered rum to the Indiana?
These were the bases of many
New England fortunes now
being used for generous pur
poses. We are inclined to any
let charity have what it can get.
The more sinful the channel
through which fortunes have
come the better it is that it
should be diverted to good uses.
Luther aaid it was folly to let
the dew have all the good tunes.
That is good doctrine." "God
sent it, but the devil brought it,"
has good foundation. But I
dident know the cradle of Am
erican liberty was built with
money made in the cradle of
American • slavery. Appleton
says that prior to 1776 New Eng
land had brought from Africa
over 300,000 slsves and sold
them further south, and for
awhile they were in such demand
that the negro traders in
Massachusetts seized and sold
the young Indians who had
strayed too far from their wig
wams and they actually stole
and carried awav and sold the
son of King Philip, an Indian
chief, who was at peace with the
whites. Bnt what would not a
people do who would burn or
drown women as witches as they
did at Salem ?
My friend from Oregon seems
anxious to handle my book and
sell it, bnt insists that I shall
make more proof that General
Grant was a slave owner and
hired them ont until the sur
render. I referred him to Grant’s
biography, written by General
James Grant Wilson, who was
chosen by Grant to write it. If
his people will not believe him,
neither would they believe if one
rose from the dead. The trouble
is that most of his people are
either foreigners or of foreign
birth and don’t know anything
of American history. The
truth is our people are profound
ly ignorant of the history of
their fathers and forefathers.
Not one in ■ hundred knows
that Georgia was the first state
that prohibited the African slaye
trade. Pennsylvania sold negro
slaves at sheriff’s sales as late as
1843. New Bngland abolished
slavery long before, but con
tinued the importation from
Africa on the sly until 1861.
Our people bought them be
cause they were profitable in
the cotton fields and in the cul
ture of rice and sugar cane. Por
twenty years before the war our
best people' wished to abolish
slavery,not as an act of humanity,
but because they were increas
ing so fast and were in the way
of poor white men and were
demoralising to the sons of the
rich and their amalgamation
with the whites was a visible
curve in many families. And so
Joseph Henry Lumpkin, our
chief justice, began a correspon
dence with Henry Clay about
his scheme for gradual emanci
pation. My father and many
others co-operated who the pit n
bnt the malignatft threats of the
abolitionists smothered it In its
birth. The other day I had a
social call from tome northern,
gentlemen and as the subject of
tne war Incidentally came np a
solid veteran happened tomention
something about Fremont and
•aid he knew him very well, for
he waa the first man he ever
voted for and that be served under
Him daring the war. "Well,"
•aid I, "do you know where be
was bora?" No, he did not—np
aorth somewhere. "No,” said I,
"ha arts a Georgian—born in
Savannah, educated in Charles
ton. His father was a French
man. his mother a Virginia lady.
The boy was a fine scholar, bnt
unruly nod disobedient. Be
came a tutor in mathematics,
waa appointed lieutenant of ea
gfnaefs and with Nicolas Nlcolet
made a topographical wmy of
Cherokee, Georgia, in 1*38, the
first that ever wes made.
My northern Mend was amts* d .
No. we don't know very much
until we get too old to make oar
a
knowledge useful. Freuiont was
a very remarkable man. As an
explorer be never had an equal
on this continent, not even Lewis
and Clark, nor Kearney com
passed half the territory nor en
dured half the perils that be did.
When his men died or deserted
him he got more. When his In
dian guides refused to go farther
he went on without them. He
was called the Pathfinder be
cause he found uew paths. He
was too restless to wait for orders
but, like Andrew Jackson, just
went ahead. He ascended the
highest peak of the Rocky moun
tain. It ia named Fremont's
peak and is 15,500 feet high. He
quarreled with Phil Kcaruev and
Kearney bad him arrested aud
sent to Washington, where he
was tried and (onnd guilty, but
President Polk pardoned hitn.
Soon after this numerous friends
began to groom him aa a candi
date for President. He accepted
on the abolition platform and was
beaten. When our civil war came
on be was put in charge of the
Missouri territop’. One of his first
acts was to abolish slavery iu that
state. This made General Grant
mad and everybody else who
lived there and owned slaves, so
he was reported to Mr. Lincoln,
who annulled his proclamation
and ordered him to Washington.
He was offered other commands,
but refused them and retired
from active service. AfteT the
war he concluded to build a rail
road from Texarkana to B1 Paso
and got the state of Texas to
give nim a liberal grant of land
along the entire route of 80O
miles. He went to Paris with
this grant and agreed to come
back aud issue bonds on it and
get th+ United States govern
ment to indorse the bonds The
French bondholders never found
this out until their money wus
all spent. Then they had him
arrested and bound over to court
to be tried for the fraud. When
the court came on be did not ap
pear, but forfeited his bond. How
tt was finally settled the record
does notltcll. He was a wonder
ful man and never got tired
of the excitement that nourished
him, and his wife stack all
the closer to him during his
trials. She was a wonderful wo
man and was beloved and ad
mired by all who knew her.
Channcey Depew said be knew
of one school where twenty-sev
en girls were named for her.
On the whole I am obliged to
admire Fremont’s character, and
he was a Georgian.
Julia Day.
Ctorrlud Plats Dm tor.
The rumored intention of
President Roosevelt to appoint
Judge Day to the vacancy on
the supreme bench caused by
the retirement of Associate Jus
tice Shirms has been confirmed by
the announcement of Judge
Day that the position had been
tendered him and had been ac
cepted by letter. The distinc
tion is well merited, and there
la no question that the position
will be filled with marked abili
ty. Judge Day has held impor
tant posts since President Mc
Kinley called him to Washington
at the beginning of bis first
term, and la every one of them
acquitted himself with signal
ability. The "Canton lawyer,"
as he was dubbed by those who
were unaware of his real caliber,
worked industriously and ably
at every task assigned him, and
accomplished it without preten
sion or self-glorification at hia
success. He made no claim of
brilliancy, but proved himself in
each position to be safe and suc
cessful.
President Roosevelt made a
wise choice of successor to Jus
tice Shlrss, and the supreme
bench receives a valuable mem
ber in the person of Judge Day.
Coatectecn Bare Tb sir Troubles.
Kattwllk lUadnnk.
. It i* no wonder that the pa
tience of a conductor on a local
passenger train is at times ex
hausted. When one of the trains
on the Western road stopped st
the station n few days ago ftba
first passenger to come out of
the rear door of the second-class
conch was a middle-aged lady.
She waa evidently moving here.
She stood on the pletfora be-'
tween the first and second-class
cars and handed oot her baggage
to the conductor, who was on
the ground receiving it. An in
ventory of the woman's baggage
mu taken end showed a crate of
chickens, a paper hag, a three
gallon tin backet, a .two gallon
dish pan and a large dinner bas
ket all filled with household ef
fects; also a gallon bucket of
molasses. Tbs kind conductor
transferred the property to the
ground in n good natared man
ner. The other passengers were
then sbte to get oat.
; WHERE MARCONI WORKS
Description of Sending Appa
ratus at WeUflcet, Mass.
VHBLBI8 WAVS IT THUIDEAKH.T
mwrlrta lyuU HUM »w»rt 14k*
Utkoiif-fiMaiic ■>«»*. kin
mn«, It Muo BUi*r NoUmu
Tku Cm* Ik* Atb*atlc-A Ha*
c** »*»U»» »«w* is Daily Pnpere.
Signor Marooul Onlaiiwl Ub experi
ment* I work at tba wlrcleta telegraph
staOou la WoUfloet. Uaaa. early tha
other forenoon and left for New York
on tlie afterooon train, aaya the Kew
York World.
For the first doe that day Uarooni
consented to take the newspaper corre
spondent* into tha operating moat and
explain the pcocoa* by which the Hert
sUo wares are started on their way
th rough the ethor. Tbo roots k aboat
thirty foot oqaare. Koar the doer k a
raked platform apou which the opera
tor standi while eaadlag. The key h
*u a shelf, sod on the wall ttkra Is a
switch which turn* on or abate off the
Power from tbo dynamo.
Firs* sending* by tbo wireless meth
od ware dooo by means of a wooden
hear which operated pump h«"4«»
fashion The sew key darted hy Mar
conk while acrcral (km larger than
the regulation telegraph key. k like K
In many respect*, it la aboat twelve
Indies In length, made of brass, boa a
guttn perch* button aod baa pit dams
contact points. Tba pky between tha
contact* was about an Inch. This, of
cornea, can bo regulated, but a —said
arable play la namesry ta prerant
stlcklag.
The greater part of tbo operating
room floor apace k occupied by coo
fionoere. They are aboat wnkt bigb
and form a square la the room. Cross
ing them from corner tn corner are two
pieces of short the aboat a foot wide
and tan or twelve feet long. At the left
rod of tha room from the aotraneo are
the electrode* with three square oil
tanka for cooling purposes and two adi
vary gtotics aboat the kit of a croquet
boll.
Them to a gtct at about row Inchaa
**waeu these globes, aad It to the
cregdug of tbo eiectrtdty over this air
bridge from one Hurt rods to the edur
that gives tha “apart" and tl>e land re
P<*t» whao tha operator to boay with
tha kay. One of the electrodes, ha ““
wan connected with the aerial wires
and the other with tha ground. Vbcn
the electricity was switched Into tha
coodcaasra, U gathered force, paaaad
to tbo outer wires and down to an
electrode.
Tha opening end etoatng of the kay
annned the wires to charge and dto
ebarge nod tha Jumping of the enrrant
actnas the atr apace from one electrode
to the other gave the paisatlooa which
tha atttar took up nud cnrrtad to tha
other aide of tbo Atlantic.
Assistant Kecnp turned the enrrant
<• at word from Marconi, and the
quirt opening and ckolug of the k*7
wee responded to by a spark between
the electrodes almost bunding In vivid
nan. The reports were like the cme
klo hoard whan lightning atrlka at no
groat distance. The letter "P" or tha
nuniara) la Amarican Mora eng
gaotad machine gnn Ora. Daehea warn
n kind or “ifp,” a running together of
dots. .
Baforo taking bold of tha key Mar
eenl stuffed lila sere with cot too to
deaden tbo sound and told tbo visitors
that eventually operators would have
a sound proof booth to wort la.
Tbo receiving Instruments nr* la tbo
mmo room. Tha ether wares whan
they arrive from Glace Bay or Poldhn
are rather feeble, but Marconi's mag
aatlc detaetor rej evens tee tha dad vfr
brations 'and gives theca through a
tatapbooa malar or on a recording
tape in dean ent dots and daehea.
•peaking of hto latest aad gmatoat
Prttoet. which Is nothing ton than the
establishment at soma eaatral petal la
the United Mates gt a wlratam atntton
from which tha news now east over
wires may ha aaat direct sod totaalta
srs to •7*r7JT,*,p*T "****»*
with Marconi matvtag apparatus. Mr.
Marrani rocantty said to a Bow Tart
Evening Joe real reporter:
i naoiMflir tbl* tha yrooft appara
taa I bora rat coa tamp la tad. if it la
Mntad oat u at praoaat phased tbaro
WIU ba a eaatral nation at aa/. PL
Loola, or aom otbor coat rally eltaatod
dtp. To tbto point tbo fortdya aowa
rathomd at may point* and coaeop
tnM at London aril) bo aooc and tba
aowa af rartooa locoHtm aa land ymtb
orad aa at ptaaaat oaropt tbat tba
wlralaaa atattooa artU bo uaad. Tba die
Mbatloa to all tba acettared potato ad
tb* ootapaaa wboro dally tmwapopon
an pabUabad will ba dot* (tmaltoao
ooaly. Brary pop or will rocolro Ha
orwa at tba aawo InateaL*
Aaatbar Maa of MareonTr lo tbat at
oqolpptny bomoa. and at trad pnar
nayad boon tba aowa eoald bo no lad
off for tbo dolootttloa of oaboarlbota. It
woaM bo tbo wlroloo* tMfcor, dotwy
***y with oil moabaakal or Itrloy oo
to*11*1** wbatonr. oroopt tbo oa«to
l« tbo ooatrol Motion and tbo ro
******* tot tbl* la mo wild draaaL H
******* Harrow hltnaolf aaya H to
*°* *d tba tbtoye andor aortoao oootod
ttrnvT bo pot to tba
Sdbderibe (or Th* Gahtte.
EXPERT OK MOTOR MRS
Fournier Comperes American
and French Automobiles.
mu m OLIVEE IKITATOU,
OMfnr far* (W hlul
•totes Will Ua4 World la
U—oto storing ialNwMIw la
Tkree Yeare-Be Ceoeiaera ■-—
U< DM «m.
Hour! Foundar, boot known of cJ«aof
feurs on both Ndee of tbo ocwin, took
Urns from U»a demand# or Imtnw and
tbo Importunities of que#tioo#n at tfeo
antomobUo show In UodUon Square
Oordoo, Now York, tbo other ulgUt to
dJocnoo tbo French and Aniertcau au
tomobile Industries and to ttpraoo
tome Interesting opinion* of tbs com
parative advance each baa mode dor
to* tba last two rearm, wgro tbs Now
York Herald.
The Parisian autoawbiUat ■ to tad em
phatically that In two ar time gnus
America would overtake and pate
France at the proaaat rats of pnpw
both an toaklas. Koormlcr con.ldsro
Aatarlcaao ctovar Imitator* and that
they an only behind tbo origins la be
cause tbo lattar got oat tbo now tblaga
a year to adranea of tbo former. Tbo
Preach aotomeMUst thinks that rac
ing la reopoualbto for most of tbo tor
Mgn me boss in aotoinobtlo handing. .
*1 hare hasp to ovary one of those
liodloon EqoAra Golden shows" said
ha. "Tbo one two yarns ego was noth
ing at all, laat roar's not macb and
this year's vary much." to qnate his os
act words
"Last year yoo Americans triad to
copy, and yoo dkl act copy. TUs year
yea copy very well. Tlio oochinas
show a great Improvement. You mkt
iae bod loo, as bsadoom# bodies ss wo
bava m Parto-porfoot bod as.
"Yoo do not catch up with no because
WO understand be Sore yon understand.”
bo coo Quoad. -Wo understand dm
and carry amt ear toms, and yoo wait
to see what we 4a aad so yoa art al
ways a yoor behind. Yoor pragma,
(bough. Is far taster than oars la two
or three years you will bo show] of as.
ao feat Is U and aa pood are year mo
cfteislck.**
Fournier then drifted, ae might bar*
been expected, into a dtornealoa of tun.
togas a factor la automobile Improve.
“Whtt you need are good roads and
taring." be resumed. "If yoo can’t
tore races on good rands, have them
ca bad reads Come over and race
with aa, Just as Wlotoo did. nod learn
aemcftilng What has made VTInton
bat raring 1 Who woald bare regarded
blgfaly the Kapisra bad not Ur. Kdge
.woo a race on oust
"Why are the liore and Panbards at
the head to Prance but because they
win raeast Tliey «U0 not become great
tram riding eighteen mil** an boor.
You remember the Ucycto yearn ago
cost *123 and weighed forty pounds
Oaring mrmatlm mad* It light.'’
Fburmler wme now thoroughly want
ed op to Ida aab>rt and became eto
Qoent.
"It to abeam to rid* at eighty mOes
an bow." be continued, “bwt If a matt
er cannot make a that eau go
at alghty writon an hour ha cannot make
a good machine. Tour endurance runt
ar* no good as teats You allow earn*
Potto** to go bat fourtaen miles an
boor and the poor machine baa as
much cbeuce aa the good one."
Qoeatlonod aa to electricity, be eadd:
“Mr. Edison showed me hla battery.
I waa mrpriaed at Ra beautiful works
Electricity to a wonderful power, bat
I like t* try * thing before I belter* la
!L You make better looking electric
Totoclee than w* do. but you make
them ao weak that they ar* suitable
<*dy for riding la the park. There
to a* reason why tbay should not bo
toll to go tor oat into the country."
The Frenchman** prejudice against
stoom aa a motive power waa atreog.
"Steam vehicle* are ado* to took at"
ha said, "bat these to too mock for the
driver to watch about them, home ra
fitoea are perfoct Your staaao iriililo*
far ootaumbar oars in n rids around
rads you will see too gasoline at
cMaea where yea are one Oerdiner
■eepollet, ear only steam voblri* worth
BNudoniof,”
rounder baa a poor oplalcn of email,
"W# bare ae ehaap automobiles
Those that are to dmaaad bring Ugh
Prices and thorn that the ootbuataata
don’t went bring low figures Too are
willing to take your profit frouf many
fit cheap prices W* seek oar* from
tow at good prices To aty mind cheap
automobile* are pear aotoowbOes" •
And the aanrteooa Frenchman taraafi
pnttoatly to Ua next totarreguor.
■wtaM'i In at UMk M la War,
Mr. Chamberlain** aettow la dadar
lac that tba ffafflr chtefa wba foucht
•a Mr aide again* tba Baara ten >•
oatre artali marka tba «od ef a leap
bypoerlny, aaya tba bate apeak*.
Up tm tba alaat at tba war tba par
aramant Wrtatotrlj Pentad that aay
oatlrw bad foaght far aa at ad. If
tkay did aat Idht wbjr reward tbatr
battery» It. aa tba atbar baad. tey
wara aeaeombatasta. ta baataw medal*
«t all la ta l baa* a aerated dMlaotlea.
Bat If tbay ware combatant* tbaa Mr.
ttexnharlala^reavVU bie pareraaaaat
la af worn a matter at blatmy that
tba aatteea dM dpbt ae mm dda tad.
farter, that tbatr «m dayman* waa mm
at tba twa mala entiaen that tadoead
tba Baara ta nwnlr.
tm, it. T, baa Jam hraml a aaw qr»
It la teamd tet tba |kaa «aa ba
lower>4 w rataad ut aaaaw fan off.
Tint Oassttb 91-00 a yaar.
HEROISM OF WRWES
Ome Hurts Powder Bap While
Flames Roar.
- t
miUJIg DBED3 0M BAXTLBHSEP
•M Guwr UaUnU C«rM mm
■MalM With Wirm mw SflW
>«*■■■ Trim Motor* la Cats Others
Belli ml tto told. Inter i1i|nllsi«snl
report retalvrd at WoahJjwtao at tha
fetal arHdeut an tba Cal ted gtatae
eteejueblp Maeeecttaaette off Cmtebra.
Porto ntoj lice a etory ot berotsm act
data -muted hi Usury. aoye tha Xow
York terrain* Jnurual. Klor of the
pod aiilp'e jarkh*. rnwy oue of tbam
BteB-bnreior tto gas crew. He ta palm
alielfared grove* *e a raanlt of tba aa
tutropbo but areaad tbo mat of aaeh
mmm la tatwlned a wreath of glory that
fete boraerert aurree mrm apaektag af to
day la wfaleprtcd toora.
Tha nary drpertsmat kaowe that the
eta (board aft eight inch gnu tat set af
tba btg battteatdp arge temltetiail. aad
la tha Hat af tke dead are tbe aa/nea af
the afae wttb.fear rattefyertMtay
commend*ticu for bravery.
It la for tl«a bring metaa at them
arbo with their arm taogbt the Memo
of bow to die Lke mu to take up tha
•ton and teH it to tbo world 4a al He
detail of aabllise tom:T. Not ‘
ware the teat oooa hrmea. b
werr othna oa the boat who. j 1
to help their dying coiamdaa aad ears !
the aUp. raebed tote the very laws of
death aad only through ahaoat a adra
ele weta aparrd.
Wheu tbo tarret Wow tv with a rat
mate roar aad tbo ntao lay rraaUy tarn
aad burned la the Uttte *au>ka aad
Sa«c Sited deathtrap. Roatawala Mato
Sonetuan aad fJautouaat WUhaae a
Oote. at tha HA of their Urea, aaeeead
tbo beU-Uke place with a Use af hoaa.
to Sood It Tkate ware tame af r
la daagarom proximity to tke a
Uttte darts of On me. aad If a
ttet exHugnixtied tbo a
was dooc.e-L
Cnptala Barry Lae of the marine
earpa knew ttila and. thro wine off hit
rword, b* teltowed Innimin aad wtta
throw oat th* pawdm. ****** **
I liatanaat Bughea aad Qanaar Kaht>
wata twthoaplit thamaatra* af th* map
ado# batow th* tarrat aad taro dews
to the band of tba ablp ta amb* It rofh.
All tide waa tbe work af only a tear
aeooada. Then lb* ngootead erha *r
th* wsasded could ha beard. Oaa af
th* dytag Jacfciaa. with the feat of hi*
■traagth. lamtMd lota tbe aro. Be waa
kroiigfct back by th lurinjorcd mataa
and laid oa tba deck to die wtth th*
aChanL
By rttt* Oat* the awful ebock of the
aaptoteoa do longer affected the hoya. !
It waa th* gaping wounds tha brokaa
boon aad th* tortartog bona that
competted the groan*. Aad hare waa
wharo the etethaa earned their right ta
feme
Edcb af Ute doomed mm kaew Mr
death waa near, aad wbaa the
eaaro ta aaa* their pala each
with 11 mn not ta waate flaw
bat to loan vat for room* of i
wfco aright lira."
Aad a* they dML on* attar th* eth
er, until tba nloo had gaaa aad all
Cottad graro* drapad la rod. whHA Mae
and—black. Oaaa beoawd. tba aaaad
af "tapd" Oaa tad near th* inattimii aaa.
aad It wna an aror except tor (haaa
who car* t* traaaar* ioataacaa af th*
heroic heights mankind may sseaad ta
Th* acctdoat bappaood while tha
Ifimacfaaaetto waa aff aa a target prats
tie* trip. There aro twa eight hmh
gas* la th* aft ataihaaed tarrot aad
«a* *f them waa hatag worked by th*
aaw ardaroaalgn. Ward K. Wertmaa.
All atoag th* todm of the *Mp dm big
gaaa belched teeth, aad than, a* the
ahtp twang »round, the atgaal tor the
total (hot oama.
Tba gan was fitted with aa ilium
aad a parroateao primer, (a It waa a
of UO pound* of atow burning
Powder. Throagh aa error to* broach
of the gaa waa left partially open, aad
•be lanyard waa pa Bad. tha nralt bo
lag that th* fall ehaega of tha Mg m
waa thaowa back late th* tarrot
TO SAVE SOULS OT THE RICH
**i win go after than. IMa S
what tha hatratteaiate tea Catag.
"W» hart aat gaaa aaaag tha Rah.
bat that la aot far a*. Sat** Jay that*
win ha tScat* apaRaRr traiaaC ta sa
aataag tha Rah. a ad than arts ha a
tteae whaa tha Shtaattaa Anay «■
■I
A atwraaaaat la aa foot ta Oaaaa far
a augaih laooaawat ta tha 'Thiiagaai R
Mamie." a« tha aa hara aeea* ta ha
Artec arlia aaltec with OailhaMI aa
tha UataRealeaiteCItlaawhtehaaSadto
tha Caarafhh af tha WRHaa Saaihaaa
aji tha iVpote r.aawaa. Aa a taaaR
of aettaa takro hy Uia rtty tha gaaara
laaat will tr.hr atflatal aattea la aagyarl
of tha aetata*, hlgnar SaaarSadl hi ta
Shbacriba (or Tn OAxrmt,
COAL FAMINE POINTERS, j
I HEW TWO CENT STAMP. |
Tn Quart* $1.00* y**r.
-• • *. • r. v -. l«v
ffe
hm
Iha