POINTS AND PARAGRAPHS
ON TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
Uadcr this bead will be printed tram time to lima mot*worthy uttornacu
«• tteaaei ol currant lourcvl. Tbty will be token (ram public addreuaea.
”°*a, maaaimaa. newspaper*, in (net wlretreat wa amy Sorl lHem Some
time* them ■election* aril I accord with mit el ewe and the view* oionr mad
**• •0UO'|t* Will be true tsal by naan ol lb* mbket matter,
tbcalylr. Ore authorship. or the view* expressed. each will baee as elemeat
O* timely lalemd to make it a cvaayicaoaa utterance.
When ■ Woman's Beauty ia Gane.
Ladles' Hotur Journal.
Iieauty often goes early iu life, and there are f^w more
pathetic figure* than the women who have lost it ami have nothing
to put in its place. The wise girl lays up a -lore of attractions
against the time when those with which she started out lie lost,
and there is no better wsy of making one’* self an agreeable com
panion for others and for one’s self than by constaut reading of
good books. One of the finest compliments ever paid a woman
was the remark of au eminent man concerning a well-lcnowu
woman of his time, that to know her was a liberal education. No
woman can have the quality of mind which makes association with
her not only delightful, but stimulating, and educational, unless
she is well read; and the well-read woman must read constantly
and with intelligence.
Satisfied that Ooad Beads art a Ffacasaity.
Archibald Job—oa In Charity aad Children.
Wednesday morning we procured a team and started for Mars
Hill. The only thing we could get to ride in was an old hack,
big enough for a picnic party, and so we took a seat each with
many others to spare. Roads I You never saw the like. It might
be well for the good roads people to send a few of their "enquiries”
which they are wasting ou the newspapers to these mountain
folks. That ten mile stTctch from Marshall to Mars Hill is enough
to vex the soul of a saint. We tuade it after fonr hours of tugging,
and discharging our driver; nfier a hearty dinner wc set tail after
a little black male nud in a rickety buggy for tbc Association. We
encountered some more roads. Prof. Cullora was the Jehu, and
he is a careful muleteer but the rocks and holes and hills and
valleys wore us all out, though the mule fared much the worst of
tbc three. We made the nine miles in about five hours, and
gaiued admittance into the third house struck, where we were
kindly cmVed for. •***•*•
Instead of going back to Marshall we drove through tbc
country to Asheville, a distance of 18 miles over a beautiful road.
We are now thoroughly convinced of the necessity of good roads.
Our experience of the past two days is very practical. It is a
positive pleasure to drive to Mara Hill from Asheville and a very
positive pain to make the teu miles between Marshall and Mars
Hill. We would ratheT ride to Portland, Oregon, than take the
latter trip again.
Baubling.
Raleigh Biblical Kecurtlcr.
In a recent article in this paper describing the character of
the inhabitants of the Philippinea, a writer declared that the
Philippino ia by nature a gambler. In this respect at least he
eotnes to us well-prepared for citizenship in the United States.
There may be more and gteater gamblers somewhere, but we
doubt it. To be sure in some States, uotably in our own. gam
bling is forbidden by law, and the police of our towns must swear
every Monday morning that they know of no gambling; but gam
bling goes on as rifely as ever.
We do not lay this especially against the police. The difficul
ty in prohibiting gambling lies in the difficulty to define it. The
police look for poker games, horse-races, faro banks, roulette
tables, etc., aad it is no difficult matter to keep out of their way.
These forms of gambling are the smaller forms. If gambling were
confined to these, there would be occasion for but slight protest.
They are the mint and cumin of gambling? Against these we all
thnndcr, while the weightier matter ia accepted withont protest.
The nation struggled mightily to get rid of the old Louisians
State Lottery. It is now dead and gone. Bnt there are a thous
and lotteries in ita place, from Boston to Bill Fife’s pious games
in Texas sad California. The papers and the mails are closed to
lotteries, but races and stock-margins are dealt in from one end of
the land to the other. There are great concerns that offer daily
to make fortunes for the foolish on the New Orleans, St. Loni*.
and New York race courses, while the laud is honey-combed with
backet shops. One can bet on the races from the remotest ham
let or deal in margins from the heart of the back-woods. Here in
Raleigh mothers and fathers, who were astonished that Mr. Dew
ey (of New Bern) played poker in the Atlantic Hotel—and that,
too, with a gentleman high up in the State’s service—think noth
ing of putting money on the New York market in cotton, wheat,
and pork margins. There are two bucket-shops—gambling dens
running wide open on 'our main streets, and be who runs may
■ink his money in them.
It is rather worse to win or lose two hundred per cent in cot
ton than it is to play poker at one dollar limit or twenty-five cents
straight. In the one case you can lose $100 a minme, in the latter
you can lose about $23.00 a nlght-vritb bad luck and worse play
ing. And yet the margin gamblers shudder at the poker players!
We have established the low standing of the poker-player, but oar
most influential men are permitted to gamble In margins; and
where dollars are lost at poker, thousands are lost at margins.
Moreover, all aorta of schemes are in the papers. These gness
ing contests—one now in a North Carolina weeklylarge sums
offered by the American Tobacco Company for guessing the a
inount of taxes on tobacco in o year;—gift enterprises, in recogni
tion of the brilliant power of some child or poor fool who with
much labor worka ont a pnsate that is aa plain as reading;—these
more than take the place of the dead Louisiana Lottery; and the
vice of gambling stands forth Vs St should— a racial, not a section
al vice.
It in said that Cashier Dewey stole $135,000 from the New Bern
bank that he wTtcked^becauv he had learned to gamble. He was
a good man to begin with. He could not stand success. There
is a certain moral quality-—s will to be true—requisite to enduring
success. It la probably as trying as poverty. Mr. Charles M.
Schwab had the presidency of the greatest corporation in the
world, the Steel Troat. He stood in that dsatliag position only a
few months to prove that, having withstood poverty and labor and
having overcome all obstacles, be could not endure success.
Gambling got him. The lesson la plain. Be then ever so good
and strong, there Is that in gambling which will wreck them. If
a business man gambles, mark him for a moral and a financial fall.
And aa you love your child, keep him from the games that tempt
tajjamhllng, and give him the moral fibre that will resist this pe
CATAWBA POWEI COMPANY.
IfflBtiM Plant at NmIt’i Far*
nr. Which Caat ll.MMM
Dealined to ha the Oraataal
Factor (■ Upholding York
Caaaty and the Adjacaat Sac*
does.
Chari*Alms KrwaA Cmirtor
Rock Hill, August 17.—The
majority of Rock Hill’s citixem
realize that In the Catawba Pow
er Company there is o factor
which will do more for the
growth and upbnildiug of this
section 'hsu anything which hat
heretofore been developed. In
fact the outcome which is pre
dicted to follow this is hardly to
be estimated all at once. It is
firmly believed by the foremost
business men of the city that
it will double the population of
this city and increase the valne
of real estate from 200 to 300 per
cent in five years.
Dr. Gill Wylie, the eminent
New York specialist, who is a
native of this State, ia the presi
dent of the company and has
been since its beginning. He
takes the greatest interest in
this great enterprise and is here
frequently.
l»**t week he spent several
days at the works and in the
neighborhood making arrange
ments for placing the surplus
power which they will have after
furnishing tbe mills already at
Rock Hill and Port Mill.
The plant is an immense afialr
and is at the point on Catawba
River formerly known as Neely's
Ferry. On the South side of tbe
river there is a high bluff, which
is of almost solid rock, and it
was from this point that tbe
stone was obtained with which
to bnild—the foundation of the
the power house being upon
solid rock. In the building a
derrick rigged between reached
around and was loaded with tbe
stone just where it was blasted
out, and when tbe arm swung
around again it was over the
point where it was to be placed.
Nature conld hardly have done
better in providing a place and
materials. The location is sev
en and one half miles north of
this city. The drainage which
is here collected comes from au
area of some three thousand
sqnart miles and represents the
country to a point about half
way between Marion and Ashe
ville on the northwest; Lenoir
Taylorsville and Statesville on
the north; Charlotte, Lincolnton
and Dallas on tbe west. The
pond, which will be made when
the dam is completed, will be
anywhere from eight to twelve
miles in length according to the
stage of the water and the back
water will of course, extend
much farther up.
Immediately above the plant
there is a broad, deep valley set
between a range of hills. On
tbe west two branch valleys lead
out, affordiog additional water
storage and creating two smaller
ponds either one of which will
be larger than anything of the
kind in this section of tne State.
The width of the pond will be
about one half mile, making au
immense lake one lislf mite
in width by ten miles long. Tbe
total length of the dam is
1,236 feet, and is composed of an
earthen dam with masonry core
wall constrocted on tbe east bank
of tbe river, with necessary abut
ments and winga to properly fill
the earth, in all, 295 feet Jong.
The dam proper, of stone and
concrete masonry, extending
across the river bed, 585 feet.
The power bouse of stone and
concrete masonry and with brick
snperstnictnre 196 feet. A stone
masonry wall joining tbe power
house with the western bank of
the river, 150 feet.
The actual height of the dam
varies from 35 to 52 feet accord
ing to the depth of the founda
tions.
The head of water for which
the dam la constructed is 25 feet
above mean low water, and it is
built to stand the great floods.
The power house which forms
• portion of the dam is 30 by 195
feet and la constructed of stone
masonry, with brick snperstruc
ture. It is bnilt to receive eight
units of power, each flume hav
ing: ithree 54-inch water wheels
■ud generating one thousand
“onm-power.
The plant will be fitted with
i1** ^proved genera
tors- 750 kilo-watt; three phase
machines, with revolving field
one generator for etch anit. In
additlpf there will be all modern
appliances for Insuring ths safe
ty of the plant and to avoid any
interruption of its servlet.
Tbs eight thousand-horse pow
•r.'tbns generated will ba dis
tributed to the neighboring
towns. Rock Hill has contract
ed through the mills slrssdy in
operation for sufficient of the
plant’s output to make this the
distributing poiut. Ah wax re
cently stated it is probable that
another, a large mill will be
built here immediately upon
completion of the plant.
Work on this plant wus begun
iu the summer of 1900 and since
that time work has been carried
ou as nearly continuously as pos
sible, but has been very much
interrupted by flood. During the
year 1901 there were many floods
about fifty. During the year
1903 there were only about a
dozen, and this year they have
not amounted to tuything on
account of the work having risen
above them. The force uow be
ing worked is something over
400, and thiugs are progressing
rapidly. The two wings of the
dam nave been built and it uow
remaius only to put in the short
connecting link and finish the
superstructure of the power
house. The whole affair from
one side to the other is bnilt up
on rock bottom and is put there
to stay.
In this connection it is slated
that a flood like the great one in
May, 1901, which carried away
the Air Line Railroad bridge,
and which was the heaviest in
the Catawba since 1878, would
pass the overflow of the dam
without displacing a stone or in
terrupting the working of the
plant. It is estimated that the
completed plant will have cost
$850,000, but it is quite probable
that when all is told tbe figures
will be nearer the $1,000,000
mark.
As to its size, some idea may
be bad when tbe stateuieut is
considered that in the world
there are only twenty-five others
which exceed it in height. It is
now expected by the manage
ment that the plant will be iu op
eration by January 1, 1901.
THE COSTLY YACHT RACES.
The Enormous Expenditures is
volved ia This Contest (sr tbs
Coveted C«.
FhiladrlpkU fnu
Whether he wins or loses. Sir
Thomas Liptoo will have reasou
to feel a sense of relief when the
yacht races which are to begin
next Thursday are over. The
New York Sun has been making
a calculation of the total cost of
the race this year to Sir Thom
as, and it places his expenditures
at nbont $700,000. He says that
he does not know the cost, as
be is aiming to win regardless
of the expense, which ia evident
from the circumstances.
Thirty-three vessels, includ
ing launches, and 205 men ace
employed by Sir Thomas Upton
to help win the America's cap,
which has now been in posses
sion of American yachtsmen for
fifty-two years No such costly
race has ever before taken place,
though each race has cost a
great deal of money on both
sides in necessary expenditures.
The Irish baronet alone bears
sll the expense on his side, while
the cost of the defense is divided
among sixteen of the richest
men of this country, including
some from Philadelphia.
The Upton .fleet includes the
two Shamrocks—old and new—
the steamship Brin, he Ocean
tng Cruiser, the steamer William
Fletcher, a houseboat, a barge,
launches, and so on. The total
cost of his new yacht, including
its various sails and experiments,
is placed at $450,000. Like
Shamrock II, the new yacht ia
valuable only for racing purpot
ea.-and if it loses U cannot be
sold for more than a small share
of ita cost. Shamrock II has
been stored in New York tad
offered for sale dating the last
two years, without eny satisfac
tory offer for it being made.
As to the resalt of the races,
the fact that beta have been
made of two to one in favor of
the Reliance indicates that its
chances are the best. Very little
is beard of what the Americans
«« ss compared with
Sir Thomas Lipton but they
have not been idle. Sir Thomas
says that he will come back
again if he loses this time, and
flu be it gettlsf to be an ex
perienced yachting man and
expert, he may some time, with
favorable weather, take the cup
back to Bngland. Whether the
races have advanced the art of
shipbuilding in any degree ia
pot quite clear, but the general
belief Is that they have been in
that way beneficial.
leal lacs Snidde hangar.
WMkhwtM M.
Mlaa Ruth Bryan, the dangb
ter o! the Nebraska statesman,
baa decided to work among the
poor in Ckicsra’aa a member of
the Hall Houae force which bee
done to much within the last
few yaara to batter the condition
of the poor in the Western me
irouolin. Miss. Bryan has for
siiveral years beeu making a
study o/ conditions in the life of
the submerged tenth iu the great
cities of the world, and has be
come convinced, sS must any
one who gives the subject more
than a passing thought, that the
greatest danger to citizenship of
the nation Ties iu the lack of
proper facilities for the education
and instruction of the (amities of
the poorer classes who are hud
dled indiscriminately into tene
ments and squalid quarters in
the large cities.
The importance of the work
tindertakeu by Miss Bryan is
emphasised by investigation re
cently made by Arthur T. Flem
ing. an Amcricau sociologist,
who has beeu making an ex
haustive study of conditions in
the tenement districts in New
York City, Philadelphia, and
Chicago. Mr. Pleming has
spent fifteen years in malriag bis
observations, and the results can
be nothing less than startling to
students of American social con
ditions. Mr. Fleming asserts
that folly one-fifth of the labor
tog population of New York,
with only a smaller fraction in
Philadelphia and Chicago, live
in a herded condition in tene
ments, crowded into insufficient
rootn and almost wholly without
facilities for securing sanitary
conditions. In these quarters
for the most part, there is no
privacy for families, and the
morals of tbc residents are as a
«sul» iu a deplorable state of
degredstion. Boys and girls are
brought info closest contact with
vice and dissipation as soon as
they leave their cradles, and the
moral filth of the communities is
only exceeded by the personal
uocleanliucas of the Individuals.
Marriages are a matter of form,
and the sexes intermingle with
the greatest freedom both before
and after marriage. Children
are numerous, and they are al
most iuvaritbiy neglected and
UJ-nourished, if not diseased.
They sleep in quarters that are
cramped like kennels, do not
know what pure, sweet air
means;are strangers to the bath,
play in the gutters in the day
time, and have no relief, day or
night, from the unwholesome
surroundings. They grow up
without educatiou an/ without
hope, having no ambition
other than to eat, drink, anddis
sipate.' It is this condition, iu
the opinion of Mr. Fleming, that
i> more than any other factor
the cause for the oppression of
labor by employers. The sweat
shop thrives on the poverty of
its workers. Labor is cheapened
by the very conditions that cre
ate the alums.
Mr. Fleming assures ns that
bis picture is not overdrawn in
tthe slightest degree. He re
orts the conditions jnst as he
as found them without making
any effort to place the blame or
suggest a remedy. His statistics
emphasize the importance of
•nch work as that undertaken
by the Hull House, which seeks
to secure better surroundings
for the families of the toilers,
working in a practical way to
break up the abuses of lbe tene
ment district, to better the sani
tary and social conditions of the
youthful poor, and give .hem
encouragement and assistance
in their efforts to rise shove
their present surround!* gs and
become useful citizens. There
is room for more Hull House
communities and for earnest, in
tdUgent and conscientious work
ers like Ruth Bryan in this grant
neld. ,_
■•rtk TmM ler tenfcc Me
Hum Mm.
Mr. Cornelias Wheeler, while
on his return one evening l^et
week from u>.\ n to hi* home on
Buck Creek, come in eoni,S
with * huge venocion* snake of
the mountain tribe which coiled
arouad hit lower limb sad in
flicted two severe gashes with
its fangs when Mr. Wheeler ww
trying to extricate the reptile
from his leg. Oae took elect ia
his right leg jastbelow the knee,
■ad the other » bis right bend.
He went immediately to the
residency of "Aunt Jennie Sim
mons,” who has the reputation
of removing all poison injected
into the flesh by any poison
snake and her application of
treatment seemed to have good
•Sect, though at several time*
J^nVhrtdridT Ed-22
trouoa nu DCQ-tiae aux not
think be wonld live through the
night. After be was bitten by
tharaake He says that be drank
about a pint of whiskey, one
kali P«t spirits of turpentine,
one quart of blackberry wine and
■t« two end one-fourth plugs of
fct •Jtrf Elephant” Pte>&eo
and within twenty-four hoars be
wss able to sit up and be is still
improving.
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