! piece It goes without
■£$*.1. Ml to ArWtt.
| eompcratlvoly strangers
toned their trade
they too wHI be surprised when
■ ■
•techs off Clothing. Shoes,
end Gent's Furnishings and
name ffor high grads goods.
WKk'tol«».rMMtaoU*e .«**«.*.
CMtowro to trade with ns at least long enough to
liability, we are actually giving away FREE OF
CHARGE a large assortment of tbe celebrated
WALTER PRATT NATURAL FLOWER pEr
FUMB8 AND TOILET ARTICLES. These per
fwmes aad toilet articles have an established repu
Will for purity and dnttgbtfnlaenn of ador, and
need no cammeadatlaa from us.
Upon tbe following conditions we are giving
away FREE tc all ewr easterners i
Aa soon an you have bought $5 worth of aay
good* la oar store wo will present yon with soy 50c
article contained la display esse In frost of store.
A parebaaa of $7.50 wtl eotltle yeu to a 75c selee
^Hpiu mi asms. Please bear In mind wa make no ad
vance la tha price of oar goods on account of thin
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and ties. That Is 24 pounds are
deducted bom a 400 pound bale,
and SO pounds from a 500 pound
bait.
The American bale is the
clumsiest, dirtiest, and most ex
pansive and wasteful package
which cotton is pot np in. It
has no friends, either among
manufacturers, buyers, shippers,
or insurers.
The Beosonette system
deserves mention, aa it is trying
to remedy the above evils.
m BX*SONUTTS, OB ROUND
mm.
Tha Bensonettc press ia a aell
feeding device, which receives
the lint as it cornea from the
condenser upon a huge smooth
spool between two heavy rollers.
The friction of the rollers rotate
the spool, sad winds the lint
epos it so tight as to peats out
■early all the air, and to form
the toll into a package of 35
pesmdt to tha foot (cubit). The
pressure exerted is 25,000 pounds
to the bale against 5,000,000 by
the rinanu, Ia the com pres
one ana den Mow of tre*
mendons force acts upon
the entire bale sod drives the
mesa of cotton which stood 54
inches bbk to 7 Inches. It to*
doccs all inch bale 47 inches
by tha 5 million pound pressure
exerted. When tha pressure in
the compress ia taken off, tha
elasticity of the fibre causes the
bale to swell «p again to a thick
ness of tt inches. In tha round
bale, the bale ia entirely covered
bp a thick doth, and tha ends
&r&&S!2£ %i
l
gyircvu a
- -li.' lasssssasm
will not be
MOUTISO TH* HUT.
After the cotton is baled the
■ext step is to place it upon the
market. The transaction with
the luannfsctnrer on the cotton
•ill is very satisfactory. The
daily paper informs both parties
as to the price. The fanner
brines bis cotton to market.
Several buyers bid on it, and
the purchasers settles at the
_
KUMAUIIOK.
Only such information U given
in these articles ss is deemed to
belong to the agricultural side of
the question. We consider how
vast are the interests involved in
the cotton industry, and find
much more can be accomplished.
We realise the total inadequacy
of the efforts thus far put forth
to solve the perplexing problems
that confront the cotton planter.
Wonderful results baye been
accomplished in tbc choosing of
halts end vegetables; but two of
our great tuples, cotton and
wheat have been neglected.
Corn baa been crossed, hybrid*
and pollinated until it has degen
erated, that is, it is going back
to first principles or will "run
oat," as tbc farmers say. Corn
most be brought back to a stan
dard and kept there.
Much remains to be done in
improving cotton. This plant,
by cultivation, baa been brought
from a perennial to an anneal.
In studying the history of this
plant the writer went back 1200
years Before Christ, and traced
n down to the present day. In
1500 B. C. we find that India
was the centre of the cotton in
dustry. In 1708. we find that
cotton wesfirst planted in North
Carolina, [Lawson’s N. C. His
tory, page 142.] In 1722 Chares
vont found "wool growing on
trees in the valley of the Missis
sippi." The first planter who
attempted cotton culture on a
large scale eras' Nicholas Turn
bull, who resided 3 miles bom
vQln^ (Savannah, Ga.) where
The first attempt in South
Carolina was in 1788. 127,500
lbs of cotton wool eras shipped
to Borland that year from South
Carolina.
Nun.
Joseph Watkins not Ell Whit''
ney invented the cotton gin in
1790. Whitney stole Watkins
patent. The first cotton gin
was ran by water-power on
the farm of James Kincaid, near
Montecello, S. C.. in 1795. The
first cotton mill was erected near
Statcsburg, S. C., in 1796 using
water power. It possessed all
the features of present day «nill«
—carding, spinning and weaving
This plant was exhibited in its
entirety at the Atlanta Exposi
tion in 1892.
In Chapter 3 and addendum to
Chapter *■—the word "variety,”
as used therein, refers cxclu si ve
to 'the varioQS forms which are
called varieties by cotton plant
ers aad is not restricted to the
marked and permanent types
recognised by the botanist. Of
botanical varieties there are 16—
8 sea-island and 10 np-laad. Of
agricultural varieties then are
49. In many cases the records
of some of them have been very
defective, and it baa been im
possible to secure accurate data.
Of course the origin of many of
the verities has been lost in ob
scurity. The most frequent
methods by which varieties orig
inate are: 1, Selection of indl
vidnal plants for the new stock;
2, saving of seed from the earli
est maturing bolls; and 3. Chang
ing the name—a very siinpie
process. Every fanner wifr
grows cotton in Gaston has no
ticed the great difference to be
keen among plants in his field,
though the seed all come from
the same source. The plants
witl vary in height, vigor of
•talks, length and dire coon of
Hmba and arrange men! of bolls
on the sulks | and any of theta
characteristics may be perpetua
ted by saving the seed produced
by sndfc pUnts. and growing
them in n Arid In themselves to
prevent cross fertilisation. In
giving censes or new varieties
we forgot to mention the fourth
canae—cross fertilisation. Cross
fertilization fo botanically thus:
One side of the unopened tower
la split fongthwlss, and the sto
mens removed; the next day the
pistil will be ready to tvcslvtd
pollen from another plant; with
• camel hair brash take the
pollen from the plant selected,
cany It to the owe randy to fan
cross fertilised, dust the pollan
epM the treated flower of the
otto- which la deaired to wee In
the ernes.** By far, the
^rflbenamaeof
of other names. Changer
ia era eammqwly made by
TBf FIMKSSOF WOMAN.
And Snm al Ik* krsadfnl
traits that Maat Chm at It
CMwflttaM.
Mias Nettie C. Peterson ii
now starting out on an examina
tion tour for the National Civil
Service Commission. She is
the first woman who hai ever
been on inch a tour. Miss
Peterson will conduct examina
tions in St. Louis, Kansas City,
Topeka, Denver, and other
points in the Southwest. She
will be a novelty. From what
people aay about her she will
also be a success.
Bat how unhappy some men
will be 1 There was a time when
women's ignorance of the kinds
of work which men do eras
pretty complete, or rather, com
plete and pretty. Men liked it.
It pleased the expert accountant
to have his wife regard expert
accounting in the same way as
the regarded the conservation of
force, the precession of the
equinoxes, the nebular hypo
thesis, metempsychosis, or any
other great mystery. She then
looked at him with tile same ad
miration with which a savage
looks at a telegraph instrument
or n cow looks at a cornet.
Wasn't Jack wonderful? There
was admiration on both sides.
Jack admired Gwendolyn be
cause she was so helplessly
ignorant. To have charge of
such a lamp of ignorance, or
rather of such a bnneb of igno
rances, filled him with the great
est appreciation of his own
powers and with a tremendous
sense of responsibility. Mean
while Gwendolyn kept on ad
miring Jack because be did such
wonderful and incomprehensible
things down town. Could there
have been a better argument?
wnat is tbe arrangement now?
Gwendolyn may have been
through a business college her
self. At any rate, the has been
through a high school. She
knows that expert accounting,
while a difficult and honorable
thing, is not a superhuman or
even a superfeminine ac
complishment. She could do a
little accounting herself, if neces
sary. She has eaten another
apple from the tree of knowl
edge. Another Eden is lost.
She appreciates her bos baud’s
work now because it is what it is.
And the old relatioasbip of ap
pealing ignorance on the one
side and imposing knowledge
on the other has to be aban
doned.
Tbe ultimate result—one can
not help shuddering at it—wiD
be that women will have lost the
power to attract men by the
baby stare and men will be un
able to attract women by their
superior knowingness. A man
will have to find something to
like in a woman besides her cu
rious and lovable feminine ina
bility to understand, and ■ wo
man will have to find something
to like in a man besides his
strong and convincing mascu
line hold on the facts of real
life.
Isn’t this dreadful ?
A Butina*! Brtafir—
A properly worded ad in The
Qaxettk.
Tk« B—Iklufc Mri Um Critic.
NwTmkhM.
Here la a story that is being
told about William Winter,
dean of dramatic critics. Mr.
Winter’s locks are long and
gray. While crossing City Hall
park one day last summer he
was approached by a bootblack.
"Shine, mister. Sbiae."
"No, my ion," replied Mr.
Winter, nod then notiug the
grime on the face of tha urchin,
he added: "I don't want a
shine, but I’ll tell you what I’ll
do. If you will go Oyer to the
fountain there and wash your
face, I will give you five cents."
The bootblack looked up at
the old man, sneered at the
pro Be red nickel, and said, dis
diadainfoQy:
"Say, boss, yer better keep
that nickel ter pay fer a hair
cat."
Unci* Reuben Say*:
Detroit Piw htu.
It waa Deacon White, of onr
church, who waa gwine to sell
his mewl an' send de price to de
benighted heathen of Africa, but
be was saved de trubble by some
benighted heathen of America
steaun’ de animal an a wheel
barter to boot
J. Pierpoat Morgan lost $8,000,
000 in a LonUvilTe & Nashville
deal in New York last Friday.
The citizens of Hertford are
preparing to erect a cotton teed
oil milt. Enough seed is pro
duced in the connty to keep tbe
mill running during the cotton
seed season.
Professional Cards.
R. B. WILSON,
Attorney at Law.
GASTONIA, N. C.
P. R. FALLS,
DENTIST.
GASTONIA, N. C.
Office over Robinson Bros. Store
Phone 86.
dr. d. e. McConnell,
DENTIST.
Office first floor Y. M. C. A. Bld’g
GASTONIA. N. C.
Phone 99.
Notice el lefiitratioD end
Election.
Notice u hereby given of the
regular Iowa election to be held on
Monday, tbe 4th day *1 Ray, 1WJ,
and of the opening of the regiatra
tion book of the Town of Gastonia,
for the registration of such persons
“,5re.nf* already registered, for the
said election.
Tbe said registration book will be
kept open by W. I. Stowe, the
registrar for the said election duly
•PPowted by the Board of Aldermen,
at tbe Town Hall in Gaatonia on the
(pur Saturday* next preceeding the
day of the sard election as required
by tbe charter of the Town. The
jadgea or inspectors for tbe said
election duly appointed by the Board
of Aldermen are M. H. Shnford and
G. W. McLaaghea.
By order of the Board.
B. G. Bxaslby, Mayo-. ,
V. E. Loire, Secretary.
March idth. IMS.
Mortgagee's Sale el luL
I Comtnisataner'a Sale of Land.
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Spring is Coming
Which
means
walk
this
way
to the
BEE
HIVE
It is with pride and confidence that we inform
our friends and the public that our spring col
lection of fancy Dress Goods, Millinery, No
tions, Shoes, Clothing, Hats, and Fnrulshings
is now ready for your inspection and consider
ation. We ofler goods that are worthy of the
money that you are going to spend or In other
words we sell you better goods and for less
money than you can obtain in other stores.
See us before baying as we can save yon money.
THE BEE HIVE,
Cheapest Store In SMtonla.^^o^H, SCHNEIDER, Prop.
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laces, Chains, Secret Dockets—all the Novelties—
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prices. Come and see the pretty things for gifts
and favors.
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