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THE GASTONIA Published Twice W. F. MAIMLUA, MHir a«4 fwyilitw. DEVOTED TO THE PE0TECT10H Of HOME AMP TIE I VQL, XXIV. _ GASTONIA, N. C.. TUESDAY, AUGUST 4. 1903. POINTS AND PARAGRAPHS ON TOPICS OF THE TIMES. Vmin thii head will b* printed from thM to lUua not*worthy uUwucw «■ jhamna 04 »mfront latrrcpt. They will ha takaa (ram public addroaaaa. *,'”*• J"—"P"\ —onaaaato. la (am whata*ar wa au M tbum. Some tlaMa dull KhctlMi will accord with our view* and the trie ant o( our md •■■•••■••o tfco a**oaha will ha true. Bat by raaaou o4 lira aablact uurtitr. •baa*ola- the aathorablp. or the vlawa aaprraard. each will hav* an alaaiaal o* thaaly latoraot to ltuka M a ooouacooua uttaraaca. FI* Dallas* With Vic*. N« Yort Time* J»ty *J Many public tnen make the mistake of using a charge nl bird* ■hot where w'.iat is needed is a bullet. * * * Bribery and cor ruption are not matters to he argued. The more one discusses them the more one rubs the orlor out of them, aud changes them from insnlts to be resented to these* to be debated. Night in New Yarfc. Tho mat T)t«ao. )t. In -Th« Oh Waataa.* The aveuue was a blase of light. Ita miles of electric torches flashed Uke stars in the milky way. * • * New York, proud imperial Queeu of the Night, seemed just waking to her real life, a strange new life in human history—a life that had put darkness to flight, snuffed out the light of moon and star, laughed at sleep, twin sister of Death, and challenged the soul of man to live with out one refuge of silence or shadow. Soma Explaining in Prnnpnc*. Chailott* Frobytrrtu fMaadarS. They are not doing auy fooling with Christian Science iu Canada. A man has just been tried, convicted and the judgment affirmed by the conrt, the judgment being manslaughter and the crime hia allowing his sixtccn-year-old boy to die of diphtheria. The plea was that the father had treated the boy according to the teuets of the Christian Science sect, bat it was of no avail. And to think that we actually license that kind of murderous (rand in North Carolina, by act of Legislature! One of our candidates for Governor will have some explaining to do along that line. Al EnafUt. tun Um Allen. In "TW Mrtk ol me Paatere. A shower had fallen early in the day aud the grass had been cut afterward. Afternoon sunshine had drunk the moisture, leav ing the fragrance released and floating. Th« warmth of the cool ing earth reached her foot through the sole of her slipper. On the plume of a pine, a bird was sending its last call after the bright hours, while out of the firs came the tumult of the plainer birds as they mingled lor common sleep. The heavy cry of the bnllbat fell from far above, and looking up quickly tor a sight of his win nowing wings under the vast purpling vault she beheld the earli est stars. Nearing the Tropica. Thomu D.xon. Jr . hi *Th« One Waua." In all this crash of brute forces I sec beauty in ugliness, in nocence in filth. Here one is put to the test. Here the great powers of Nature have gathered for their last assault and have challenged mac’s soul to answer for its life. Dark spiritual forces shriek with battle cries over the din of matter. The swiftness of progress, crushing and enriching, the mad greed for gold, the worship of success—a success that sneers at duty, honour, love and patriotism—the filth aud frivolity of our upper strata, the growth of hate aud envy below, the restlessnes of the masses, the waning of faith, the growth of despair, the triumph of brute force, the reigu of the liar and huckster—all these are more real and threatening here, as beasts and reptiles increase in slae as are near the topics. We are nearing the tropics of civilization. We most not forget that the flowers will be richer, wilder, more beautiful, and life capable of higher things. a_ _ Hon Daring Than Jasper. ChatlMSi Record. 23t<J. The bombardment of Port Fisher was the heaviest since the invention of gun powder. Many acts of heroism in it* defense have never received the praise which they so much deserve. In deed they are known to very few persons. For instance, scarcely any one haa beard of the heroism of Privsts Christopher C. Bland, of Company K, Thirty-sixth North Carolina Regiment. The flag staff was anprovided with halyards and when the order was given to raise the battle flag young Bland promptly volunteered to do •o. He seizethe flag and began climbing the staff under a heavy fire from the enemy’s fleet. Undismayed by the shrieking of shells which fell around ha climbed the staff and fastened the flag at the top. Just as he came down a shell tore loose one end of the flag, and once this young hero again climbed the staff, while sheila fsQ wound him almost as thick as hall, and again fastened the flog in its place, and strange to say be escaped an wounded. His tory has taught every schoolboy the heroism of Sergeant Jasper at Port Moultrie, when Its flag staff was shot down by the British fleet, but not a schoolboy has probably ever heard of this more daring feat of Christopher c. Bland. Ufa's MMX sad IlddMaf. Immm Lai AIM. la «Tb» JtWtW *t (he mUMw" Whsn we fall asleep, ws do not lay atida the thoughts of the day, as tbs head the physical work) nor upon awakening return to the activity of tksos as H to the renewal of its toO, finding them undisturbed. Our moot piercing insight yields no deeper con ception of Ufa than that of perpetual building sad aabaitdiag; aad during whet we call ear test, it is often moot active ie executing Us inscrutable will. All along the dark chimneys ol tbe brain, clinging like myriads of swallows deep-buried end slumbrous in qeiet end In east, are the countless thoughts which lately winged the wide heaven of conations dsy. Alike through dreaming and • through dreamless hours Ufa moves among these, handling and couaideileg each of the unrvckoaable multi tede; and when the morning Hght strikes the dark chimneys »hnt have eotered young hove ---J ** Ms hrifam, max •* which have dropped la sloglyleme m companies; aad young broods flut ter forth, unaccountable mstliags of a night, which wan not fa yestdriny's Woe at ell. Then there am the lining ihnii that 1 fa with tbe rert hJLnfahl fan hot warn struck fmm the wWls ; So ell am MW, for while we have slept we hove still I to the i amoving energy of the world which ineee raaemutm ns- -deuhle mystery of our panne It BECIEB. UNO OP POBOEBS. Ha will Walk oat a! Saa Qnantln Prison, la Cslltsraia, Naxt Manth-A Crimlaal far Party Yaara—Blf Chocks Ho kas Forged. Nmt Nork Sun.I San Francisco. July 20.— Charles Becker, known to de tectives the world over as the king ol forgers and to criminals as "the Dutchman," will walk out of Sau Quentin Stale prison on August 10, after serving a seven-year sentence for the forgery of a $22,000 check on the Crockcr-Woolworth National Bank, of San Francisco, which was cashed at the Nevada Bank. His term was reduced to four and a half years by his good conduct. Becker has been t model pnsouer and bos never betrayed the wild beast that Is under his calm exterior except at times when be has talked with James Cregan, his psl, who squealed. He has amused himself while in prison by drawing designs for entertainment programmes, and other ornamental work which shows plainly that hia hand has lost none of its cuuning. To look at Becker one would never imagine that he was a criminal. He baa a well-shaped bead, a full intellectual fore head, German features, and hands that any woman might envy for the long supple fingers and the artistic nails. ah one need do is to mention Cregan. Then in a moment you get a glimpse of the real man who has dominated some of the fiercest and inoat desperate criminals in this country, whose reputation for nerve and skill places him-among the masters of criminal craft. There was a report a few months ago that the American Bankers' Association would pension Becker liberally when he came out of San Quentin, but James R. Branch, secretary of the Association, denied this, as he said the . Association de pended upon its detectives to protect its members and not upon subsidising criminals. Despite tbe denial several detec tives here declare that Becker can command a handsome salary if lie will agree not to forge any more bank paper. When a man is so expert that be can turn out bank bill* better than the origiuals or can raise a check so that only the bank expert with powerful glasses con detect tbe frand, he is worth bribing to restrain his skill. Tbe crime for which Becker has just paid by fonr and a half years in San Qocntin was the raising of a check from $12, to $22,000. Frank S. Seaver. alias, A. H. Dean, was tbe crook who planned the job. tie came out here from New York >o December, 1895, and with him were Becker, James Ctfegan, of New York, and Joe McCnster. Dean had about $2,500. He opened an office in this city, de posited most of his money in the Nevada Bank, drew small checks, made new deposits and in a skillful way became known to the bank officers. Then he went to Woodland, near the State Capital, and bought a $12 draft from the Baak of Woodland, drawn on the Crocker-Wool worth Bank of San FrsncUco. This draft he brought to San Francisco and it was turned over by Cregan to Backer, who in $ve days altered the date end raised the amount from $12 to $22,000. On December 17 Dean de posited this draft at the Nevada Bank to his credit, and oa the following day drew a check against it for $22,000 and re ceived the entire .mount In cash, Thera was no suspicion excited by tneh a transaction, as Dean was supposed to be a mining man and many such men paid their hands in coin and draw much larger sums to meet the monthly pay-roll. The forgery was only dis covered at the end of the month, when the Crocker-Wool worth Beak sent its monthly account U the Woodland Daok. By ♦J}«* U«M the spoil had beck .*t,|CT,3 teMad n Sen Franchco The cntTfe couiu dc a them. They were go to Onsfemsle, jho. l^ appeal to TVosoopoo Becker and Cretan »« averted to Newark. NTT eod wSe hrooght here for trial! McCustcr was acquitted as nothing could be proved against him. Dean turned State’s evi dence, and Becker aud Cregan, on the first trial, were convicted of forgery and sentenced to life terms. # On the second trial the jury disagreed, and otr the third Cregan "squealed” aud was allowed to go free. Becker saw that the panic was up and pleaded guilty, with the stipula tion that he was not to get more than seven years’ imprisonment. The Court kept faith with him. Throughout his last trial he maintained the same calm as In previous trials, except on one occasion, when n newspaper artist attempted to get a sketch of him in Court. He became wild with rage when he saw the artist drawing outlines of his head, and, picking ap a Urge inkstaud, threatened to hurl it at the offender unless he stopped his work. He was quieted by his couusel, who feared the effect on the jury of thin savage out burst of rage on the part of his client. Becker is proud of his skill os • draughtsman, but it was only an accident that made him a forger. He was born in Germany sud came to New York with his parents when be was 10. That was in 1857. He developed so mnch skill at school with pen and pencil that he was apprenticed to an en graver. He soon developed peat skill, bat the criminal was in him. for he was in love with a girl and be forged a check to buy her an engagement ring. His father was able to square this and because of his youth he escaped prison. But his sweet heart deserted him. his sister whom he loved, died and he consorted with a gang of desperate criminals. His first exploit was in 1872, when with Joe Blliott he succeeded iu robbing the Third National Bank of Baltimore of $150,000. Becker fled to Prance, where lie met the very girl for whom he forged a cheek to buy a ring. She had married a rich jeweller, but Becker Induced her to elope with him and together they went to Turkey, where Becker and several others, including Joe Chapmau, of London, spread forged paper in many cities and cleaned up a large sum. . They were caught and placed in prisons, but all escaped ex cept Chapman, who waa basely deserted try his pals. They had the nerve, however, to return to London and seek the hospi tality of Chapman's wife. They told her a fairy story about her nasDatKi being putin a dungeon, and a few days later she wns found murdered in her rooms and all her fine jewelry gone. Becker returned to New York in 1876 and married a Brooklyn gin. who has remained true to him ever since. In 1877 he robbed the Union Trust Com pany, of New York, of $84,223 by one of his famous forged checks and was caught withhia pals. He saved himself by turn ing State's evidence. Then be went abroad and left a trail of forgeries in Italy. He returned to New York, but was caught while forging a 1,000-franc note of the Bank of Prance. When one of these notes was sent to the bank it wns declared to be more artistic than the original.. He got and a half years for this ofience. Becker has a genius for manipulating bunk checks. With acids he erases any writing or figures and with specially pre pared paper pulp be filb up per forations, ironing the paper afterwards so that often the change cannot be detected with a magnifying glass. He also was able to imitate water-marks in paper and to reproduce the most Intricate lithographic de signs. Becker has described in ooe pretty sentence how he has risen to the head of the craft as forger: "A world of pittance, a heap of time and good ink*—that’s the secret of my success in my profession.” What Becker will do when be leaves San Quentin prison is a problem in which all American bank presidents are very much interested.. The man is so skill fnl that be can outwit any pay ing taller and be has a way of using lesser criminals as his tools which makes it difficult to ranch him. That he will reform ia not believed by any one who knows him. For thirty yearn he has been the king of his profession and to Inaa into obaenrity would butt Els vanity and pride. He has aauud nothing out of hfs recent forgeries, as hfa legal ax WW --+--A • ••s wssovnui . IS IT CUPIBJMMUIBMTT? Pacta About Marrlaga Sat Path by a Oaaaalaglat. C1iIm» locrrOcna. •The marriages of a family are a good guide to go by in deter mining its characteristic#." said a woman whose business it is to hunt tip pedigrees. "I should warn any girl who has many old maid aunts and bachelor uncles not to dally with her first propo sal if she would not be an old maid herself. Likewise, I be lieve that a girl's chances for re marriage, if widowed early, can be judged pretty accurately from the annals of her family iu this respect. " J jst as a certain sort of aye brow or check or chin formation is to be traced* throughout an entire family, so the attitude of the family toward marriage seems to be handed down. •When in tbe course of my J5®rk I in in doubt about the identity of a family 1 am guided a good deal by the character of the marriages act down. For theae illustrate the dominant family traits, which govern as much in love matters as in other concerns of life. "In some families early mar riages predominate. The men invariably marry before they are 2S and the women at a corres pondingly early age. Again, late mpmages will be tbe rale with members of either sex. "Some family trees show few second marriages aud rarely a third msrrige, no matter bow soon the married state came to an end. Other records are re plete with second and third aud eves fourth marriages on tbe pert of widows and widowers. "Often it occurs that in fami lies of nine or more brothers and sisters only two or three have married and the descendants of those two or three displayed a similar prooeuess to bachelor hood and spinsterhood. uur family are not great on marrying," a girl, one oftear du pe sister*, remarked to me lately regarding the family likenesses she was showing.all grouped to gether on one wall panel. "And I could not but feel that that array of contented looking single entities among her kina people mast exert some influence on her own matrimonial pros pects. "Some families display a marked tendency to marry their kinsfolk, or the con nections or relations of their kinsfolk. _ Others again seem by common impulse to have gone as far from home quarters as possible in search of mates. "In records that go back oaly a few generations there are in stances of men who have taken three dsters successively to wife and of women marrying their brothers-io law and cousins-in law. or their stepfathers, the same tendency to race affiliation mopping out again and again in the line. In otheT families living in the same neighborhood and environment not a single instance of marriage with relations or re lation s-in-Law occurs. One comet upon families in which an unmarried member of either sex is ■ great rarity,, and families in which marriage seems to have come eerily, and, as a foregone conclusion, and in which none of the widows or •widowers stayed single for any length of time. "In studying oar relationships to quaintly old-fashioned com munities one runs upon families that seemed bound to marry aft cross purposes, as it wars, both as to the age and standing of the dally never occurs. "I think fortune tellers coaid add to the effectiveness of • their prophecies in knrs matters H they could have the advantage of scanning the family annals of the applicants. "There is no phase of genea logical research so fascinating as noting the record Implied by the marriage on a family tree. Sit the genealogist of the fature II have more complicated work in tracing out lines and traits tkaa exists sow, on account of the divorces figuring In the mat ter-" „_ HiAlwkfi M—i 8m lor Train CtaitetM Nm Ooaton county (a mfaf to trot* next month on n three bon* 4rtd thonuad dollar bond Um>e for mod roads. If the people of Keckleoburc wait to keep ttp their trade with the ereatera r4»*%mvsrsi ratda at oaea to the county line. It is Your Chance, FOULARDS-wThave a few Foulard patterns left. They are worth 76c to $ LOO. tort wear* ctoatef them out. They are yoars far, aseh . . Me PANCY WAIST SlLKS-A few patterns, regnlar |Mk«l7leto9l2l,MaMly . . Me to 76c WASH SILKS -Pretty lisa at yard .... 36c WHITE LACE STRIPE WA1STINGS—Regnlar price 26c per yard. . To doae oot they will go Hgfct away for only, par yard.Me SWISS EMBROIDERY-Besutlful toe, popnlarnt the regnlar prtee, lie and 66c par yard, now closing sat at only, per yd.<16 A 12 las. wide) 66c FANS—Very pretty, la Mack. .kite, m* aaian, ..Mete tl THEY MUST GO. Onrrnleand cnstoni to carry an trimmed Hots over gives yon yet an nmnitnnHj to please ro«r. self at a mere trifle of expense. WUe they last, we ere offering heontHOI trimmed Hats at 76c to 61. J. F. YEAGER. Put Tour Sayinfft In Our HnA» aod they will be safe, useful, usd within your reach at any time. 1 The Gastonia Savings Ban i U ‘ c-‘-1 ~ > for the purpose of helping tbe man, [•head by saving. Only one dollar is required to open an accoMt, Mdl we pay interest on savings deposits. Isn't that better Ota to have your money at house, insecure and idle ? GASTONIA SAVINGS-BANK; L. A. JUNK INS. Pm. L. L. HAM DM, CuUtr. We’re Selling the —FURNITURE— « The unexcelled quality of ear Furniture coupled with rack bottom prices to moving U out. Wo hove the laved sal mod complete stock of Furniture ever men ia Qestoals. Mew goods arriving almost daily. Finest line Bed Room Suits ever shown here. $12.50 to $300. Just received a large number of hand some Parlor Lamps which are going st the right price. Big line of Extension Tables. China Closets. Sideboards, and Dining Room Chairs. W# have something special to offer you la tila way of Ima Bed Steads. See oar Use of Mattresses, Hall Racks, toother Morris Chain, sod Leather Coaches. Always open to oar friends. Come and let us show you through our atom. WILLIAMS FUBNITUIE CO. FhoM 211. f > wn— TnUftaf C*AIG< WILSON.
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