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THE GAST< Published Twice W. r. MARSHALL, E41fr »mi Pr»»rl«t»c._DEVOTED TO THE PI0TECT10N OP HONE AND THE INTERESTS OP VOL, X3CTV. OA3TONIA, N. C„ TUESDAY, AUGUST »|. POINTS AND PARAGRAPHS ON TOPICS OF THE TIMES. Uader thie bead will h# mimed Inna lime to time notewvrthi utterances mi themes nf carrem interest. They will he taken from public nddreaaea. hooka, aaauiaea. newspapers. Is (act wuereear we mar (ad then. !Vxar tiroes these acted lust wilt accord with wir views and the views of our read *.'*• ***IBtl **•« opposltv Will ha trie Bat hr reasoa of the aabjed matter, the atrte. the authorship, or the views capraaead. each wilt have an element °t Umelp late Teat to make it a conspicuous utterance. A Hint lo the Merchant*. M A. Hay*. o< Southern Rat)may. u a.lrtah. Good roads make even trade throughout the year. Oeta All That's Coming to It. T. B. Parkar Secretary. Fans**. Alliance, at Raleiah Good Road* Cuarentlo. A bad road is a releutleas tax assessor and a sure collector. Let's Try to he a Part ol the 29 Per Cent. W n Boon. Prealdrnt National Good Rood. Aaaociatloa. at Ral.leb A* to the kind of road*, I believe our bones will be under the ground long before you have 25 per cent of the roads in North Carolina macadamized. — - - j. , _i ■■ a - What 0eo4 leads Mean. pro., o T Winaton at WlD.too-H.leui. There wonld be a revolution in North Carolina if every county had modern macadamized roads. * * * Good roads mean good schools, good libraries, and rural free mail delivery. - -— .. - Oood load* aad Education. Senator V, M. Simaioat. at Wiutan Silia. Good roads and cdncatiou go together. Educate the people and there is no power In the world that will keep them from build ing roads aud you can not keep the people from becoming educa ted. _ Bonds Will Build the loads Now. W. M. Moon. rr»«ld*m National Oood Soidn Aaaociation at Rakrtch. Issue bonds. All railroad or street car systems in your State exist by reason of issuing bonds, and they would not exist without it. This method will build the roads now; you will enjoy them, and your children will help pay for them. The bonds, if not paid, will be refunded when they are due at a lower rate of interest. Organise, Organise. Organise I W. H Moore. Hrcudeirt National Good Road a Aaaoclalion. at RatcM. It is a shame to deprive the people of the farm from enjoying (he libraries, churches, and other advantages of cities on account of mnd. I hope the women will form clubs and help the men. I think they can do better than the men. Will you organize aud carry the fight into your own counties? The road question has not received support because there has been no organization. Cursing Will be Toned ta Pralaaa. Umm C. B Aycock, at WLnMon-8*l*si. We mt»*t bring the country people nearer together by good roads and then we can have good schools. We are pledged to ed ucate the people of North Carolina. We have heard from the tax ation imposed for the purpose of educating the children and to build good roads; you most raise money by levy ing taxes. Some will curse you now, but the future genera tions will sing your praises. Oaad toads Abolish Isolation. Got. C. B. Aycocfc. M SLlHtcfa Good Road* Convention. The question of good roads touches us at every point. It measures the attendance upon schools; we can calcnlate from the condition of the roads the number who go to church on Sunday; it tenches oar agricultural life; it meets ns in the industries and in commerce; there is no interest in North Carolina which is not affected by it. The great strength of North Carolina has been its love of individual liberty, its devotion to the State. Its weakness bas been its isolation. ■ad toads Taka Mara Taxes Thaa Good Ones. Senator F. M. SbDmona at wWon Balm. I am told that the general contention is that the cost of bad roads to the fanners of this country annually amounts to $900,000, 000. Bad roads cost more than good ones do. Not only the farm er is concerned about good roads, but tbe city man—the banker, the clerks, and all have to contribute to the loss of tbe farmer. Another statement is that it costs three times as mnch to banl a ton on a bad road as good one. These are the conclusions reached by men who have studied tbe question in all of Hs details. gsggBBH —as ae — ■ ■— —as ■■ ■ ■ Thera Is • Way. M. V. Smokers aailwsjr. at A*tov<llr It is not impossible to have in the South a system of roads as good as any in the world. We have all tbe conditions necessary for tbe construction of roads. The work can be accomplished in some way. Yon will have to decide how. There is a way and you will find it. I expect to have the pleasure of placing before our friends in the North another argument why the South possesses advantages to the hotneseeker, namely, that we have the best roads in the United States. Will you substantiate this argument? Will Fall la Uae When they Consider. M. V. SlckaHU ol SpXfctn ltilwtr. X Asbovlti*. Th«ra is « growing demand lor better roads; tbe present dec ade will peas Into memory as tbe good roads age. People in ell parti of our land era alive to tbe suoiect; they era going into the question upon practical lines ol action. Tbe m^re its merits art studied and the better it is understood, tbe greater the interest. True, in some sections, there are inlnential citlnna, landowners and taxpayers, who have not sa yet awakened to the importance of tbe betterment of the public highways, but it can be very safely predicted that aa soon as they give tbe matter due consideration they will loll in line and give their aid. . Seed Baade Cast Nothing. M A. H»r*. x *"**«*■ lallmr. at a*M«k Q*o) *»<•• The greatest »a* the people of tbe nation b*ve is bad ro«d«. ffoongb money bss beeu spent in repairing bad roads to build Cd ogee, Wbeteve* you spend In bnlldinggood roads will some k in tbe increased value of your farm land and the growth of yonr Industries. If yon increase the valne of yonr farm lands in this State one dollar an acre by making Improved roods, tbe total increased valne would be $13,000,000, end that would more than build all the good highways you need. Tbe increased value of form leads, however, would be ranch more than $1 an acre. I A WA8 TIME LETTEK. WrUtaa by Dr. JeJui D. McLaao Ta Bla Uncle—Seas Interest lot Family Biatary. A letter shown us a few days ago by Mr. Lean McLean Is pub lished below. It was written in tune of the war by liis father, Johu D, McLean, who after wards became a phj sician. He died when hia sous Lean and Robert were small boys. The letter was written to hia "Uncle Johu,'' who was tbe husband of Mrs. M. E. McLean and father of Mrs. C. E. Adams. It was written in a very clear and uni form hand on four pages of let' ter paper. The matters to which the let ter is devoted make interesting reading at this day for the rela tives and acquaintances of all with whom tbe correspondence is concerned. Camp Near Orange C. H. Va. January 31st, 18M. Desr Uncle‘John: I arrived safely at Camp last Friday evening and reported im mediately to Colonel Hyman who told that the reason tuy pa pers had not been forwarded to inc was because the certificate was disapproved by General Scales;' that both he and our surgeon had approved the papers and forwarded them as is usual in tnch cases, and that I had not been reported absent without leave, and that my reasons for being absent were entirely satis factory to him. 1 aui now engaged in closing up my unsettled business in the 9uartcr-Master’s Department. his will require some month or six weeks and then 1 will return to my company unless Capt. Hill is assigned to duty outside of the Regiment, which he is now tryiog to effect. He is Re ceiver of the Forage Tax in kind for Gcueral A. P. Hill’s corps at this time. There was some little excite ment in csinp when I returned in consequence of a cavalry raid of the enemy. I do not think it will amount to any serious affair. The troops are pretty comfort ably housed and much better clothed than I exp.cted to see; and in finer spirits than I ever saw them. Our regiment re-en listed yesterday for the war with out one disseuting vote. This does not look much like our troops were at all disposed to think of giving up the ship, but are more than ever determined to fight to the bitter end. The weather is wet and dreary and the roads exceedingly mud dy. There is little probability of fighting for some time. I saw Robert Ratcbford this morn ing. He is well: seems to be engaged among the ambulances. I imagine he has been assigned to tbis duty in order to make it light upon him. He limps con Uencral Scales is at home on a furlough and Colonel Hoke is in command of the Brigade. Has Pa been to see you since’ I was at home. He is more than ever anxions to procure some filace iu your neighbood. After eaving your house he suggested the idea that possibly you would sell him the Mill Tract of land and seemed sorry that he did not mention the matter to you. He says be be perfectly willing to let you retain your interest la the water power and mill seat and pay you a fair price for the land. XI yon can at all apare the land I would be very glad that you would sell to him. Pa's health is now not at all good, and he baa no neighbors, no range for hia stock, no chance to schoollhls children for mother, can't possibly teach now, and attend to her weaving and other matters. Another great reason for changing his place of living is the health of hiis Negroes. I am satisfied that another five yean residence on his place will deprive him of all of them. All these things cense him a greet deal of uneasiness and render him very much dissatisfied and also have a bad influence upon hia health. If be could obtain a place in your immediate neighborhood I feel satisfied that hls^eakh would be better, that bin Negroes' condition would be improved, that his importunities for educating bis children would be greatly bettered, and that he y*rr “wb better aatitfied in every particular. If I conld be at borne with him all the lime be would not miss his neighbors as much as he does, but this can't be. Of coarse neither Pa nor my self would want you to dispose of thia piece of lend if it would Inconvenience yon in nay way, but, at the name time, if yon can apart the tract without Injury to yourself, it would be a great favor conferred to sell it to F«. He would prefer living there to any other place in the neighborhood because he would then be near to Uncle Robert and yourself, and because he prefers that neighborhood to any other. Please write soon to me and in the mean time remember me to Aunt Martha and the children. Your Affectionate Nephew, John IX McLean. Sail fer Slander drawing Oat el Mehalfay Cana. Ntwtoo News The hardest fongbt case dur ing the whole sitting of the court was the case of Minnie D. Setter va. Lee M. Setter. The plaintiff, Minnie Setter, alleged that Lee M. Setter had slan dered her in that be charged lxer with receiving money for testify ing in tlic case against J. T. Mebaficy during the Pebraary term ot court. The plaintiff was represented by Messrs. Witherspoon, Gaither, and Me Larklc and the defendant by Self & Whitenrr and W. C. Pleimster. The witnesses on both sides counted up about twenty and it took a day to get m the testimony. Speeches were made by all the attorneys and the judge charged the jury late Friday evening. No verdict was rendered until Saturday morning, when the jury brought in their verdict for the plaintiff, assessing the damages at $100. The defendants have given no tice of an appeal. A Mat at Baakar Washington's Saaakiag ia Beat on. ha<* Jnlr JO. An attempt on the part of a half-dozen colored persona op posed to Booker T. Washington, president of Tuskecge Institute, lo ask questions, at a meeting which be was addressing to night at the Zion church, almost resulted in a Hot and 25 police men were called to quell the dis turbance. Several arrests were made, one policeman received a deep slab from a hatpin, while a man. Mid to be one of those op posed to Washington, received several razor cats and is now in the hospital. After the arrests, Washington was allowed to pro ceed, and spoke for neariy two hours Both factions at the close of the meeting issued statements. Washington said in his state ment that the colored people of of Boston should not be held re sponsible for a few riotous indi viduals, while William Moore Trotter, one of those who was arrested, stated that the canse of the rioting was the absurd ruling of Chairman Lewis, in or dering the arrest and ejection of any person who hissed or mani fested any objecHon to the speaker of the evening. Taltpbenes and Faria era. CbutatmvilU Cbraalcl*. Have you ever thought how many hours out of every week can be saved for yourself, your family and your teams by tbe as sistance of the telephone? Have yon ever calculated tbe minutes that can be gained iu case of sickness or business emergen cies? Have you ever thoug ht of the dollars that yon might gain were yon only in dose touch with markets? Can yon con ceive tbe pleasure to be derived from having in your home meant of immediate communication with relations, neighbors or friends though situated miles away? The telephone will pay for itself by getting better market prices. It will save several dollars every month by avoiding need less trips to town. It will deliver and receive telegrams and important mes sage* immediately and without extra expense. It will keep yon Informed on weather prediction*. It will order repaint instantly when machines break down. It will do the visiting and make social calls without the trouble of " dressing up” and making a dusty, sultry or freez ing ride. It will get a doctor on a moment's notice, and maybe save a loved one's life. It will get election retqrna aa soon aa they are in. It will keep away insolent trampa and prowling burglars. It will keep the boys on the farm, and also the daughters. . It will make home happier, brighter and more delightful in a thousand different way*.’ Progressive farmers through out the ceastry on installing telephones in their homes, SM In the near fntnra every agri culturist will have a direct means of communication with the out aide world. MisEirsjnuiMi. Tha Uat Lagiaas af Mffea Orth Abyss" la Laadsn. London's wraith ia ever before us, says Men nnd Women. It takes care that it shall be. But Londou’a poverty ia hidden away in vast areas of agony, with which rank and wealth and fashion are as niffamiliar as they are with Franc Joseph Land or Central Africa. The moment that a small contingent from the mean streets of working class London reveals itself to the eyes of the West there to an outcry, Fashion turns shuddering away, and complains of the men with the begging boxes; weslth but tons its pockets, and rails upon the authorities to witdraw their countenance and the body guard of police from "a pack of impos ters". And fashiou and wealth are, perhaps, wise iu their pro test. If these nnemploye I workers are allowed to parade iu search of sympathy, we -may one day see all the lost legion of "the great abyss” crawling forth from the alleys and the stalks to give the West an object lesson iu the poverty that the great city hides away in its nooks and crannies. The women and the children, the one room helots of unspeak able slums, the diseased and des perate outcasts of our great guilt gardens may form up in one mighty mass of misery, and surge into the crowded thorough *»**» *®d aristocratic streets which fashion regards ms its own. . Picture, if you can, Loudon given up for one day, sot to the gay pageants which on great oc casions gladden onr eyes and make our hearts swell with pride at the vastneas of our Empire, and the splendor of our Court, but to a dead inarch of London’s lost ones. Crowd balcony and windows with rank and fashion with the world of wealth, and the middle class well-to-do, give to the fair maidens and matrons, who lead a life of pleasure and of ease, the front places ou the* hoe of route. Then let the mil lions of Misery Land creep by! Such a spectacle, if it could be an-auged, wonld be a revelation which would shock the national conscience as it has never been ■hocked before. Prom the win dows and the balconies the wo men of luxury would shrink back trembling, white faced, tenified. And the men, the busy gather ers of gold, and the idle squan derers of it wonld feel a shame that no written story of tbc city’s want sud woe has ever made them feel before. Even us one pictures what such a scene as this procession would mean one feels the honor of it. For the comfort of the prosper ous citizen that sort of thing must be kept within its own area, to be looked upon only by those who are the company of woe. A Lena Occapaat of a Flab Food. Ncwtaa Hlanrtm. Mr. Aleck Yount ha* a fish poud with one fish ia it. It is a huge carp, 17 years old. A pair of carp were pat in th~ stood seventeen year* ago. Thty ate op all the other fi*h, but the carp tribe has not is.-reined. One of the original pair ba I a S* of flesh uickad -oat of bis k by a hawk a few year* ago and died. The caress* was thrown to the bogs, but waj so toagk that they coaid not tear it, even ia a teg of war mv.ch. The lone occapaat of the pond was caught about three years ago. It loeaaured a inches ia length. As it was aot very tenmtiMr to the appetite, it was put back into the .water. Sarto Soprwne ftatttL newlMdMrrtm Rome, Aog 4.—The conclave, after being tn session four days, to-day elected Qaiseppe Sarto, patzisreb of Venice, as Pope to socceed Leo XIII and be now reigns at tbe Vatican sod over the Catholic world as Pina X. To-night all Roma Is Illumina ted in his honor. The Pope, yielding to the pressure exercised by foreign rardlnsls, who are desirous of rtturning to their respective countries as soon Ss possible, has decided that his coronation shall take pIsoe*next Sunday. 79MM Spindles Idle. Pall River, Aog. 4.—The Pilot Cotton Mills will be shut down for two weeks on account of the •trike of doflers and the cotton •waetiAu, In all TSS.OOOspfndlei am idle here. Sebacrlbe lor Tmt Gautomm G/utnmt. \ IS5.00 IN GOLD FREE 1 We will Rr« Fhre Balm la Retd to At pam nWaf A* UrfMt Tartly traai ml ba«A #f a*. Ceataat daaaa RtceaAtc I*. MM. » » • # We hare Joel nctini a bwh aayyly a( eM TiifiAa o! Tornip Seed. ##)### Hava yea tried ear Velvet lot Croaatt yet? H atl yet tee At Itaar. I v f f 9 9 FROST TORRENCE < CO. - .—» ■ 0 • • 1 IT*.——— KING’S MOUNTAIN MILITARY ACADEMY, m4 CWhatl Yorkvflle, South Carolina. A high-grade school with a first-class patronage. Teacher* and cadets live together M one family. A real home ached. Stmmdt for (he best and nothing but the b**t. Faculty all active Christian asea, who live la closest contact with the cadets. Col. W. O. STEPHENSON, Supt. GASTON LOAN A TRUST CO. SAVINGS. Pays interest at 4 per cuut. per aanoa. compounded quarterly REAL ESTATE. Sella and rents house* and other real estate on commission. LOANS. Negotiates loans on first moit t»t» real estate security. ■a-’gaggga.D* an. U “WB WILL BOND YOU." . Amu for Million Dollar Baad init Company. GASTON sLOAW_A TRUST CO. A MODERN HOME tow Iwmm NEW IDEAS IN FURNITURE ill S mm ’MSm b-ryx'p ■ * H
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