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W. r. MABSHALL. Bator uJ Proprietor. DEVOTED TO THE PROTECTION OF HOME AND THE INTEtESTS OF THE COUNTY. 1 s VOL. XXIV. GASTONIA. X. O.. TUESDAY. APRIL 7. 1003. wo. as. TWO COURT HOUSES AND TWO JAILS Have Already Been Built inDallaa—The People Should Look to Their Financial Interest and Vote ler Removal. To the voters of Gaston County: Look to your financial in* tcresj when voting on the court house question. Circulars that have been sent around against removal are not in the interest of the large majority of the citixens of Gaston county. Every voter knows, or ought to know, that the county has built two court houses and two jails in Dallas already. A new court house is now a pressing necessity and must soon be built somewhere. Where is there a voter who Would put up for himself any sort of valuable building away off from water works, if he had them all aronnd his other buildings? Gastonia lias the best of water works. You need not have any fear of your court house or jail burning up again while yon or your great-grand-children live, if you will build them in Gastonia. Think of that, voters, before you cast your ballot against removal. Gastouia has the water aud the county would be perfectly welcome to it in case of fire at the court house or jail. Voters, I say look to your financial interest. The opponents of removal are not looking to your interests but to their own. Dal las has failed to grow »u population. It is not Gastonia’s fault. Now. voters, don’t pay auy attention to any circular or letter that may be sent you by the opponents of removal; bot broaden your views and look to the interest of yourself and the entire county. • I hope you may never have to build auotber court house alter the one the county now needs so much, but you may have to build another if you vote to build it where there are no water-works. Now, voters, think of what it costs the county to hold court in a court house like the one we now have. Why, the witnesses often can’t find seats or standing room and have to stay oat of doors and be called wheu wanted. This delays the court. Again, there are times when a juryman must necessarily be excused from the court room. With preaent facilities he must be absent some thing like 15 or 30 minutes. Court has to stop until he gets back. Now, it costs about $10 an hour to run the coart, and if a juryman loses 30 minutes or a witness delays the court, the costs to the county count up mighty fast. Furthermore, it takes the jury about five minutes to get out of the court-room and about 20 minutes more to find a place to stand around iu until a verdict is agreed upon. Just calculate now how much better it would be, if you bad a cojrt house with water, light, heat, jury rooms, and water closets and all the conveniences of an up-to-date building, such as a new court house in Gastonia will be. If yon haye read Mr. Marshall's answer to Mr. Hoffman you can see there who is paying the taxes and where the money is being spent. There are other parts of the county that want some of the good things they are payiug for. Gastonia does not want it all, but is willing for other towns to get and have good roads to them. Voters, look to your own and the county's best interests, and you will go out on the 22nd of this month and vote for re moval. Citizru. * Gastonia R. F. D. No. 1, April 4, 1903. A«FS LETTER. School Bays aad Girls Want Holt —Tka Basins as Slda of Cor respondence. BIU Arp la AtluU CraiHUHoi. Kind friends, please forbear, 1 know that the time for composi tions and debates and essays is near at hand, but I am sick and cannot help you this spring. I am weak and don’t want to strain my mind. I haven’t been ont of the house but twice in three months. My wife and the doctor watch me and won't let me go. A few weeks ago I slipped off to my daughter’s one pleasant evening and had to be hauled back in a buggy, fox it it np hill to my house, and I was weaker tbfln I thought. You see 1 had a sunstroke last June and have never recovered from it. Every night, if the weather ia bad, I have to get up about midnight and sit by the fire and cough for an hour or two. Bnt 1 can answer tetters and have from a dozen to a score every day. It pleases me to answer the letters of the young folks, for many of them need help, i know that I did when I was •way off at school. My father was an old school teacher and knew how to help me. He wrote nearly all of my junior orator’s speech and I got credit for it, though I only crossed the t’s and dotted the i's and put my name to the end of it. But there are hundreds of boys and girls who have no help and I am sorry for them and so for many years past I have tried to help them. Some of them inst want help a little, a few ideas, but others want the whole thing. In fact, one boy aaked me to write him two so that he could take choice. Many of them forget to enclose a stamp sod my postage acconnt got to be snch a burden that, ss Rip Van Winkle said, "I swort oB’’ and quit answer ing such letters, ft is bad manners to writa to a man on business that does not concern hittt and expect him to pay the return postage, f receive many long manuscripts with request to read and criticise and return and tell where to have published and what the writer will prob ably get paid for tbam. I have two on hand, just received—no •tamps enclosed—one is a gram matical curiosity. Hardly a line that does not contain bad grammar or a misspelled word. It takes nearly half a lhte for tbc word "spectacles” and it has fourteen letters in it. The word angel is spelled angle, and yet the writer expects to get paid for the story. The other manuscript is an inquiry into the race problem—no stamps— and it contains seventeen ques tions for me to answer. Another long letter on fool's-cap writes of the good old times and says in conclusion that if I will an swer it he will write me again and pnt his name to the next letter. There is no name to this. He is an Irishman, I reckon. One other request I wish to make about letters. Please place your postoffice address plainly at the top and your name plainly at the bottom. Many a time I have passed a letter all aronnd the family trying to deci pher the signiture. Sometimes I have cut the signature off and puted ft on the back of the re ply thinking that probably the postmaster at the writer’s home would recognise it. * If the post office address is omitted and the postmark on the envelope is blurred, as it frequently is, it is impossible to kuow where a re ply should be sent, and If I guess at it and guess wrong it goes to the dead letter office. Now, yon young people must not forget these little things, for they are important, especial ly the stamps. Sometimes we literary men are greatly per plexed to know what to do with some letters. One more re quest. Do not write to me at Atlanta. My home is fn Car tersviUe, and I thought that ev erybody knew It by this time. I have been living here over twenty years. And now let me ask the good charitable ladies who seek to do something for some good cause to rend no more cudless chain letters to me. They are a nul sance and hAve annoyed nie greatly. I thought that when that common cheat and (wind ier, Joe Smith, of Montieel lo, Pla., waa broken up and arretted the endless chain business liad stopped, but of late it has revived and 1 re ceived three last week. One of them started in Canada fox a so called missionary work aj<I got all the way down to L,ouiai om and from there to me, want ing me to copy two tetters and j *eo cea** Christ’s name •nd under no circumstances to bwtk the chain. Well. I broke it and shall break every ona that comes to me, and shall burn the letters fur they never contain any return postage. Some years ago the good ladies of Fredericksburg, Va., wrote to me saying they wauted about >300 or $400 to place head stones to the graves of 260 Georgia sol diers who were buried there. I ! made an earnest appeal to our people and asked for a dollar from each good man or woman, and i raised $300 in three weeks. Adjutant General Phil Byrd sent me $2 all the way from New Brunswick. I bought the mar ble all lettered nicely, froiu the uortheru men who own the works at Marietta—bought them at one dollar each, whicu was less than cost, fur the company said they helped to put onr boys there and they ought to help mark their graves. The railroads shipped them free. There was no end less ebsin in that business. Three thousand neglected con federate gravea, at Marietta I Our boys, our dead, buried on our 9oiJ, died in defense of their homes, their state, their people. On the other side of the railroad are about as many who were trespassers on onr soil—vandals who came as invaders with arms and torches, and their graves are marked with costly marble and adorned with gTavel walks and flowers and evergreens, and there is a grand cutraoce to their city of the dead, all done by the national government, and a keeper employed. And yet it is now settled we were right and they were wrong. Oh, liberty and union! what Crimea have been committed in thy name. But Secretary Root seems to be a good man and is going to help us make up the roster, the master roll of our living and our dead. Maybe he will get a little closer to ns and help the Mariet ta women to make the confeder ate graveyard jnst as elegant aud ornamental as the one on the other side. Why not try him? Dead soldiers are uot enemies to each other and if theirs could speak maybe they would say, "Give us your hand, brother." Is uot about time for our women to make an appeal to the govern ment for aid »n this patriotic work? Not only for Marietta, but whereever our soldiers are buried. Marietta has many northern visitors who spend their winters there, and it seems to me if they brought along a heart and a soul with them they would go to these ladies and say, "Here are teu dollars. Please mark ten of those graves for me." But I reckon most of them just bring their bodies and leave their hearts at home. Why uot do as onr Mr. Grang er did? Just as soon as onr la dies started a move to build a monument to General Young and our Bartow heroes, he was the first to ask the privilege of subscribing $25 to the cause. He has gotten it all back already in our good will and gratitude. He brought his heart with him when he moved down here and his wife brought her whole soul. She is always doing something for somebody. Pay ve. Principles. .Yew York World. While both contestants claim victory in the finding of the coal •trike commission, it is a fact that the miners got tbe substance of the award. They sought 20 per cent increase in pay; at one time Senator Hanna said they would compromise upon S per cent; from the commission they have now received 10 per cent, ad vance. including back paymenta irom last November. Yet the victory is not complete. Besides more pay, the miners struck for exclusive recognition of union labor as a principle. The commission thus faced a condition and a theory. The con dition they have alleviated; to the theory they have replied I by a ringing reiteration of the I right to labor as the essence of human freedom. That both par ties to the controversy are satis fied with its termination would seem to show that tbe operators tactily admit the fairness of the new wage scale, that the miners see tbe justice of the commis sion’s insistence upon free dom of contract. The commission's sward and report as n whole constitute a great and memorable achieve ment. President Roosevelt started Wednesday on a lengthy tour of the western states. The first annual aUtement of cotton production issued by the Census Bureau was made public Wednesday. The aUtement shows the toUl crop to be 11, 205,105 commercial bales or 110,827,108 500-pound bales. North Carolina'! crop footed 502.884 bales. LINCOLNTON IS ALL BIGHT. Lively Court Hone Tewa With Brightest Prefects Ahead— Plaaty of Arguments lor Bo> aoval, but Folks Needn’t Throw oH oa Lincoln! on. *•••' hlilltor of LhB (kMttt: The writer has watcher! with considerable interest the war fare that is being waged in Gas ton county over the question of moving the court house; and while lie was in the thickest of the fight in 1897, he has not wished to get into it at this time. But be has just read in The Gazette a long article from Hustler up at Bnsyville. While l do not propose to an swer liia article in any sense of the word, I situ ply rise to say that some of hit statements in dicate that he is not much of a bustler; or if a hustler, not well posted on all facts. When he rates Liucolnton as one of the dead towns of the State, I am sure that lie has been cither too busy with his chickens aud bogs to investigate, or has trav eled iu some othcT neck of the woods. Lincolntou has never boasted of anylhiug she has done; her people ore tbe most reserved and conservative of any town in the State. I simply state facts when I declare that Lincolnton has today before her brighter prospects than any small town tn the State of North Carolina. Her business is in better shape: her people better satisfied, and have better reasons to be satis fied than almost any town with in our knowledge. We are not as large as some, not as active as others, bat we are ou a solid financial basis, with a much belter court bouse than our sis ter county—Gaston, and are doing more towards building up our towu and county than wc are getting credit for from the outside world. We ouly ask a visit from Hustler, or any one else, to verify these facta; and if Hustler has not any better argu ment to use iti favor of removal than throwing off on Lincolnton, he bad better let up; for there are many good arguments iu fa vor of removal, and no outsider need be thrown off on or niade light of. In my humble opinion tbe county seat will be moved to Gastonia, or else the scriptural injunction is untrue, for the Bible says, "Unto bim that bath shall be given, and from him that hath not shall be taken even that which be hath.” This is a day of progress, a day for a new order of things. Dallas with its conservatism and its lack of progress was good enough for the "daddies,” but the new age of progress de mands a change. Dallas has slept on her rights. Her lack of progress has kept her down, and for this reason she has not kept pace with the progress ot the county. As surely as the Americau Indians were driven from their banting ground, so surely will Dallas lose what she now has. It is conceded that Gaston county is one of the most pro gressive in the State; and it is a farther fact that she now has about ..the poorest building in the way of a court house of any county in the State; and there can be no honest citizen in the county who would rise np to ssy that she does not need a new oue. What justice can there be in making the progressive ele ment take care of those who an not in favor of progress, nor are willing to exert themselves to bnild np their own town? I be lieve when the court house is rcbnilt it should be at a point where there is good police pro tection. If there is one nui sance that is greater than any other, it is the nnisauce that is to be seen on a court week in a amall town with inadequate po lice protection. It Is demoraliz ing aud disgraceful; and if the moral element had no better reason than that, that ought to be sufficient to cause them to vote for the court house to go to Gastonia where they will have none of this. I did not intend to get iuto this argument at all; and while I oner no apologies for having written the above, I simply want it understood that I.in colnton is alive and not by tiny means the dead town she was pictured by our friend in Btisy ville. Here is hoping that progress may win and a good, substantial conrt bouse be built in Gasto nia; that Dallas may still live, and peace and prosperity reign supreme in Gaston county -bnt say, don’t throw off on Lincoln ton, for We are all right. Yours truly, Bdqar Lovn Lincolnton, N. C.. April 23rd. The Middle Man. *lcfcrooo<1 Mo»ljtS«ti . The middle man la getting it in the neck all round and finds the upper aud the nether mill stone squeezing him more close ly year by year. On one aide the trusts are consolidating pro duction and concentrating dis tribution and getting basin ess into their own hands. On the other side labor is perfecting its organization and making its de mands more striogeut constant ly. The merchant is threatened here by the trust, which tells him that he must bny of certain persons and certain brauds of goods or he will be forced oat of business; and there by the labor unions, which tell him that be must respect the union label, must have all bis work done by union workmen, must provide his salesmen with union cards or suffer the boycott. Ouc mighty power will refuse to sell to him and the other will refuse to buy from him. . These conditions ate peculiar ly distasteful. They incline ev ery man in active basinets to feel wild now aud then aud give him the impulse to throw his arms shroud and tear loose, as if I be had actual maunacles on bis wrists. But it is all part of the life of to-day. It is part of the mighty change, the yast move ment in commercial condition* which is chaugiug the whole face and method of bniiness, weaving us more closely togeth er and making us more depen dent on each other—we people of all classes and degrees and conditions and avocations. Tbe middle man loses much of his independence, but be will remain tbe ultimate power, the court of last resort and final ap peal after all. because he has the canting vote and the balance of power. When the trust rep resentatives, combining the dol lars, and the union representa tives. ■ combining muscle and skill, confront each other, tbe great middle class between them with the power of its bal lot will tip the balance one way or tbe other aud determine tbe issue. . Therefore, tbe rights of the middle man must be regard ed, and his power must be re spected and lie will be able to take care of himself at last. /EL TYPE OF WARSHIP8. Untn • *±m Will Dn{ll Vmtli Llkv BlHl, Hot Flak. Lmpercr William-* nary kai a» ijnlml a;: invention destined to rerola (kn.hw llw trliota ay *1 sin of snarl MS ■trorliou uud to molta lisa German war alhpi tlw a-.rlftaat fighting craft a Boat. * 7» n apcrlnj Berlin rnbla to tbe Ckr» Lu-d Plain Dealer. Tbo Larontiae la credited to ITorrexor Korvtxscbmar, cb.cf of ooaatroctiou to tbo Imperial u:ry. who entirely rejects tbe Iradl Jcl.,1 tyiw of ship patterned after tlsa fish and substitutes for It ana In tbs foi as of a> aquatic bird. By annihilating wars resistance the iww form augments the propelling ca pacity of tbe screw SO per cent. thus ii nklug n eorroepoodlug acceleration of M*wd without Increased expenditure of power. Kerutaachmer's theory rests oo tbe supposition that a rosnel should be built in the shape of a o nature that monos cn tbe surface of tbe water taataad of being patterned after tbe hati Which i. oves i, .. ath tbe water. It U stated that the uuw type of bust will make lo warn or commotion of any glad, trot wti; glide along tbe carfare with tlic oh 17 motion of a dock. The Lli-ruma nasal aulhorttlsa be Here their latest ecqalattiuu la a trees*..don* adrancr la tbe direction of lao jalng tbo flghtlag efficiency of sranh^a Trehetd Core »im Inn:. With ti.» ojJi ct of diwoverlag a nn for typhoid f»v»r a remarkable experi ment la ! vine -oudncted at Aaa Arbor ■ulrora: r. Michigan. tlx Mg tanks bnva baai! ivnatructad, with a layer af galatlu, and on tbana 144 egoare last af tba fever grama are grown at a time Tbcoc living germs are scraped off, killed and bottled up. Tws oaucea af tbou would ktil TQjOOO guinea ptgn Tba object to If gtaalbli ta axtxnnt tba patsoa tram tba gam bodies, toad sto mata with It and try to dtowm nn an tidot* ' • : •.•••• •- ■■ . . . •..» •••« *• *•* ***** yeaterday ao<f before la an evidence of thla. 4 4 4 4 4 ... _ ....._...__ CRAIG & We have ju«t received another HO R8E8 AN D Wc uqw have a lot of Moles sad Homes that any one «nay select from, and get suited. In all we have about's seventy-five head ia our stables. Now is the time to come and buy a nice Mule. We guarantee satisfaction wbcu you buy from us. Our tanas mad prices am also made to suit you. Now is the time to come and boy a brand new Vehicle. We now have the nicest lot that we have had in our repository for a long while.' .* .* RAIG & WILSON PUNCH PUNCH PLINCH FLINCH PLINCH PUNCH PLINCH FLINCH PLINCH PLINCH PUNCH PLINCH PUNCH PLINCH PUNCH FLINCH PUNCH PUNCH PUNCH FLINCH PUNCH FLINCH FLINCH PUNCH PUNCH FLINCH FLINCH PUNCH FLINCH PUNCH PLINCH PLINCH PUNCH FLINCH FLINCH PUNCH PUNCH PLINCH FLINCH PLINCH PUNCH PUNCH g}g$gf PUNCH FLINCH PUNCH PUNCH SSggJ FLINCH f b b a * i . — _ B PLINC I SSS81 FUN CM ! PUNCH •NMeti FndMtJBirirtptM* PUNCH PUNCH 2 piiwrl^ PLINCH MivcH^i PUNCH H pumS PUNCH 2 PLINCH | j m punch 31 m rim k! PUNCH S H rasa-;' . ggs ■; PLINCH % punch ^ PUNCH I % pump® PLINCH Suffn PLINCH---- .-...bb b. b,... PLINCH PLINCH PUNCH PUNCH PLINCH PUNCH PUNCH PLINCH PUNCH PLINCH M FLINCH PPINCH PUNCH PUNCH* v PUNCH PLINCH PLINCH PUNCH PLINCH PLINCH PUNCH PUNCH PUNCH PUNCH PLINCH FLINCH FLINCH PUNCH PLINCH PLINCH FLINCH FLINCH PUNCH PUNCH PUNCH PUNCH PUNCH PUNCH — - -.--- ---:_ Ptof. 8. P. Venable, superin. Undent of public instruction (or Buncombe county, died at tW Baker Memorial riotpital. BIU •nore, Sunday. Re erne one moon* the moat prominent edu cator* of the State. • *. ««»mm «*v a* mi M «*..<•••
Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.)
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