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VOL. XXIV. GASTONIA, N. C., KHI13A.Y. SEPTEMBER A. «on.q
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POINTS AND PARAGRAPHS
__ON TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
tinder this head will 1>* printed trvm lime lo time noteworthy ulitiancr*
°® theme* of cement tnixicai. They will be taken from public n*l.lre»*ea.
book*, maentmea. nearanapera, i»a fad wherever are may find them. Some
time* them aeleetUm* will accord with oar view* and tkc yI«w* of oar teail
•"»- •omctimci the opposite will be true. Bat by ream of the anbfect matter,
tba ityla, the authorship, or the rlfwa capreaard. each will kav* an rletarnl
oi timely latere at to make li a conaptcnous wttecencv.
Tba Do-Somsthlofs and Blood-Sucker*.
Cyflnrr, 9. C.. Lydyyr.
It beats Bobtail bow people who do something are missed and
discussed by those, who vampire-like, eudeavor to stick the blood
out of everything they coine in contact with.
Hepe and Happinas Above Glory and Gold.
Ri-flavtnoi Bobtrt L. Tyytor. of Tyyoyyyyy
I would rather be the humhlest among those who have given
hope to tbc hopeless, and happiness to the distressed of my race,
than to live in history as a conqueror with my hands stained with
innocent blood. 1 would rather have my name written among
those who have loved their fellow-man than to wear the laurels
which encircle the brow of the Iron Hriuce. I would rather
sleep in some quiet church-yard unknown and nnreinrm
be red, save by those in whose hearts I have scattered seeds of
kindness and upon whose lips I have conjured smiles of joy, tbau
to be coffined in a sarcophagus of gold with desolate homes as my
monument and widows and orphans as the living witness of my
glory.
The Infirmity of Envy.
Xlckmood Nr*»Lc«<lct.
And as a matter of cold, calm, hard fact, we cannot afford to
envy anybody who is not dead with acconnts made up and books
balanced. Kvcry heart knowctli its own bitterness. Ten chances
to one, the people we cat our hearts out with envying have inis*
erics and burdens oi their own and we would hesitate to exchange
places with them if we knew all they have to carry, the fears they
mnst face, tbe terrors they feel. They may be down presently rs
suddenly as tbe falling of a star across the sky. All of us who
have lived at all have seen these changes of fortune—have seen
hapginess, wcolth, position, and emiuence sapped and undermined
and tumbling in a dismal heap of nothing. Why uot turn our at
tention honestly and with love and pity and kindliness to fhe peo
ple who may have cause to envy us?
Twe Men.
Bouck White (n Qoo VadHI*.
A man's creed is as bis life; and there are many "in the land
to-day sceptical as to heaven, who have no donbt that there is
a hell.
He who moaned, "VanitasI Vanitas!’’ was he who gat nnto
himself bouses and vineyards, servants and maidens and cattle;
men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of
men.
Another, who |had been in hunger and thirstings, in stripes
above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft; ship
wrecked thrice, a night and a day in.^the deep:, in journey lugs
often, in perils and weariness and watchings, could say: I know
whom I have believed, and am persuaded.
Barth has seen many sorry sights. But never has sbe seen a
man who kept the path of duty, lose faith in God and heaven.
A Kora BaaatUal Coentry Life.
Ckartottc Cbmolclr.
A gentleman who has traveled over a large portion of the
epuntry recently finds that along the-inaeadam road and the rural
tree delivery routes the people of the country are greatly improving
the appearance of their homes by painting their houses and out
houses and by cultivating grass plats and lawns and yards around
their houses, and otherwise beautifying them with flowers and
shrubbery. So much for good roads and rural free delivery. So
long as people live an isolated, shut-in life, it is natural that they
should often be careless as to the outward appearanec of their
homes, but good roads and rural free delivery bring them closer
together and work marvelous changes in many ways. People who
have given thought to the subject are of the opinion that good
roads and rural free mail delivery can be depended upon to check
tbe influx of rural population into the towns and cities, and thus
save the country people to themaelvea.
Widening PnUtkn.
IMmwd Nm-LMte,
We rather welcome the nomination of Tom Johnson by the
Democrats of Ohio, for governor. There would not be any chance
of electing any Democrat anyhow, and Mr. Johnson is likely to
bring before the public discussions and questions which are in
structive sad valuable. It is well to bave the minds of the people
taken now and then from the immediate grubbing of small politi
cians for small jobs and the everlasting consideration of making or
saving the almighty dollar to larger, wider and cleaner subjects.
Mr. Johnson is an impracticable man in some respects and we sus
pect him of some streak of the fakir, but he forces Into prominence
subjects which ought to be and mast be faced sad studied.
Of coonc when the ordinary citizens begin to study (be high
er elements of political economy and sociology he is in strange and
treacherous ground and likely to fall into labryintbs and quick
sand. That is one of the inevitable results of widening intellect
and advancing thought. People blonder into follies, fanaticisms
•nd crimes of many kinds. All advance and, in fact, activity of
•very kind means danger and blundering and stumbling for us
blind and falHMe human creatures; but we must go forward or go
backward. We are forbidden to staud still. The man who goes
ahead too fast and too far is dangerous and usually invites and en
counters disaster, as does also the man who holds back too long
and too stubbornly and insist ou attempting to check human pro
gress. One of these extremists is as necessary and u dangerous
aa the other. The great results are accomplished and safety is
won by the man of na who hold to the middle ground between
the two and advanced, following the rash pioneer but at a distance
and carefully and comprehending our own mistakes in time to
amend them.
Ohio politics la distinctly loul, unclean, small. The introduc
tion of some purity and new. clean, high thought sad purpose,
even if the thought be transcendental and the purposes impossible
mast do good and help to cleanse the atmosphere.
ROOSEVELT AMD CALHOUN.
Seme Strlklal Basemblancoa in
Thslr Caraari.
HI Loati Brpubltc.
Republican protectionist pa
pers do uot fancy the Republic's
recent citation of a passage from
a speech of John C. Calhoun.
Mr. Theodore Roosevelt’s career,
if these papers insist on berating
Calhoun, may be contrasted with
that of the Caroliniau, who was
State Legislator, Congressman,
Secretary of War, Vice Presi
dent and Senator. In several
features these careers bore strik
ing resemblances, which make
the point of divergence and
antithesis but the stronger. The
men rose iu rank through not
dissimilar gradations; Roose
velt serving as police commis
sioner and Governor, where
Calhoun came up by way of the
South Carolina Legislature and
Congress, and Roosevelt being
assistant Secretary of the Navy
whereas Calhoun had held the
portfojio of war. Thus they
came into the Vice Presidency
by almost parallel paths.
Then occurs the striking com
parison aud counter-thesis—
thence the two young men
carried the banners of success to
opposite peaks, Roosevelt to the
peak of ambition, Calhoun to
the pinnacle of principle and
truth.
These careers approached
great climaxes in the same
manner, and the climaxes oc
curred when each aspirant,had
attained the Vice Presidency
and waa seeking electiou to the
supreme post. The crucial
moments arrived under similar
circumstances and involved like
states of facts. Identical iaaues
were presented for dcciaiou.
Action binged upon the same
considerations. In cither case
fidelity to principle involved a
sacrifice ot political opportunity.
Up to the time of the crisis
which csllcd for his supreme
fortitude Calhoun's success had
been undisturbed; esteem, af
fection and renown had been
his in great abundance; through
out tfee country his popularity
was uppermost; with the poli
ticians he was in high favor, no
breaches having occurred. The
Presidency fairly waited to drop
in hia lap. Then came the
hour of trial, when character
and purpose were put to the
test of fire. The tariff Act of
1828 was on passage—the "bill
of abominations.” Politicians
had taught the people to cry
"protection" oh behalf of special
manufactures and moneyed in
terests, and those interests were
making capital out of the popular
clamor.
The tar in Act was s p e c
ially designed for their
benefit. Calhoun knew it and
perceived that it was an attempt
to mulct the people, but he
knew equally well that to fight it
would be to incur the full tide of
a sectional displeasure and the
hatred of capitalists and politi
cians. Disaster and the end of
political advancement con
fronted him. He made a clean
fight. "Protection, indeed I” he
cried. "Call it tribute, levy,
exaction, monopoly, plunder!”
He had counted the coat and
bore the death of his aims
philosophically. Malice, slan
der and uncharitableness came
upon him in torrents, and he
only remarked calmly that "he
who-sets honestly seems to be
the greatest deceiver."
How did Mr. Rooeevelt face
this crisis? He had often
shouted that he would "die fori*
principle. How did he face the
issue when it was fairly pre
sented last year?
"Shackle the trusts 1" he had
cried, and bad loudly proclaimed
against a perverted protection
which sheltered the trusts. He
had led the people to believe
the revision would be bis weapon
againat the trusts. Observe that
the people were against the ex
isting order of tariBs—they were
not beseeching help for the
privileged manufacturers, as
they bad done in Calhoun's
time. The people were ready to
stand solidly at Roosevelt's
back) should be defy the monop
oly and party alliance and make
* c!**.“ •tana lor bis principles
and pledges. What would John
C. Calhoun have done under the
circumstances? What did Mr.
Roosevalt?
His mountain was ambition,
hi. goal was the Presidency, anti
be found the treats and party
leaders blocking kU path, cry
ing "Stand and delfoerl" &
yielded his principle to the poli
tical highwaymen It waa a
compromise and a moral col
ls pee. The results are patent.
"Revision is not * remedy," Mr.
Roosevelt declared in his Decem
ber message. The trusts were
no longer to be "shackled;" the
•haltering schedules were not to
be disturbed to tbc trusts’
damage. The trusts and politi
cians no longer block the path.
Mr. Roosevelt complacently
continues his way up the moun
tain—but principle, fidelity, and
fearlessuess shall uot be writ
Itfge iu his history, ns iu the
history of John C. Calhoun.
town Sentaaced la Hanf Thla
Tine.
Ceorartoaa, Kr.. IM+tleb Aar. W.
The third trial oi ex-Secretary
of State Caleb Powers for
complicity in tbe tnardcr of
Governor William Goebel
in January, 1900, closed
shortly before noon to-day with
a verdict imposing the extreme
penalty of hanging for tbe dis
tinguished prisoner, who has
been in the penitentiary for three
years on life sentence. Tlie jury
was polled and each man de
clared the. verdict of guilty to be
his finding. Powers sat un
moved while liia attorneys asked
for time to make a motion for a
new trial,
Arthur Goebel, tbe brother of
tbe victim, and a prominent
merchant at Cincinnati, who lias
•pent his time and fortune for
over three years in tbe prosecu
tion of those accused of being in
a conspiracy to kill his brother,
broke down from the strain upon
bearing tbe vcTdkt. Powers has
been convicted twice before, this
being the third trial in which the
jnry brought in a verdict of guil
ty against him.
Ou his previous trials, be es
caped with a sentence of life Im
prisonment, as the evidence was
not sufficiently strong against
him to lead the jury to inflict the
extreme penalty. All three of
the trials were held at George
town and in each of them he had
tbe assistance of the most able
lawyers who could be procured.
The last trial was distinguished
by the fact tha Powers ad
dressed the jury in bis own be
half and in a long review of tbe
case showed himself to be a very
competent attorney, while bis
eloquence in pleading for his
life astounded those who had
watched him carefully in the
past trials of the case.
Powers bad nothing to say re
garding tbe verdict except to ex
press bu surprise that such a re
sult could be reached from the
evidence presented and to an
nounce that be would take an
appeal and continue the case to
the last resort The mbtion for
a fnew trial was overruled and
Powers was sentenced to bang
November 23.
Wailing in Wall Slraat.
VorkvUU Uaaalitf. »rpt 1
Frequently, daring the past
thirty or forty years the country
has witnessed periods of business
and industrial depression that
have seemed to envelop every
body in gloom and discourage
ment.
Whatever may have been the
cause of these periods of depres
sion, a large percentage of the
people have been disposed to
lay the blame on the gamblers of
Wall street, New Yoric.
Of course, Wall street has been
held responsible for many sins of
which it was innocent; but still
the gamblers there have never
been too severely abased. That
is, they have escaped just con
demnation about as often as they
have received it, and generally
spealdng they have fared pretty
well.
Again, while there is unques
tionably ranch evil in the street,
there is undoubtedly much good
and it is not the habit of the pub
lic to discriminate between the
good and evil. The legitimate
traders and upbnilders of pros
perity are too often put in the
same category with the non-pro
ducing gamblers and leeches on
the body politic.
Bnt the gamblers have over
done the thing during the past
seven or eight months, and are
feeling the effects of the medi
cine they have so often adminis
tered to the county at large.
There has been a shrinkage of
something like fonr thousand
million dollars in the value of
paper securities, and half a do*,
en big gambling houses have
gone down with losses sggrega
gating shout $20,000,000.
A law yesrs ago it would have
bedn denied incredible that such
a thing could occur without ere
•ting t condition of panic
throughout the entire country;
but since the balance of the
country was never more prosper
ous than it is now, than is rea
son to hope and believe that it
is no longer so completely under
the domination of this great
financial centre.
Tint Oastovta OAstern is
Gaston county's leading paper.
Twice a week, $1.00 per year;
cash in advance.
EVOLUTION •ITBE EMBCZZLO.
StaaHag Nanay la Ordar ta Oiva
It tor Chari table and Baser*.
laal Uaaa.
K«w T««* hnt
Thrae or foor weeks ago the
thief of half a million had made
unprofitable investments in real
estate. A week or two later
the aanctimooioua scoundrel
who looted the fund for disabled
preachers of the Gospel had
some specious plea in extenu
ation concerning the excellent
intention he had when he took
hundreds of thousands of other
people's money. Now we have
the pnblic-spirited embezzler of
bank funds who.stole at the rate
oi $5,000 n. year for ten yean
the praise-worthy motive of
fulfilling his social obligations—
"to maintain my prominent posi
tion in the society of Red Bank
and Asbury Park" is the way
the oeniteat cashier puts it.
Thus do the fashions in em
bezzlement change with the
swift march of progress. Tae
Alvord tad Willie Schreiber
style is out. Bank cashiers
seldom take the road to rain
with slow hones and fast women
or fall from grace through the
bottom oi the stock market.
Wall street, the race track, the
gambling den, and the Tender
loin, it seems, discharge their
functions as nurseries of crime
bat poorly. The up-to-date de
faulter should be "respectable,"
should "move in the best
society," and the motive for bis
theft must be almost beyond re
proach. If possible he should
nave a lovely wife and interest
ing children whose happiness is
his only thought when tie com
mits the felony, and for whom
perhaps there will be more sym
pathy when the collapse cornea
than is felt for the other poor
women and children whose little
boards are lost when the bank
shnia its doors. If this sort of
thing goes on the process of
evolution in the science of em
bezzlement will bring us to a
time when bank cashiers and
"confidential men" will steal
millions to found hospitals and
endow universities ("steal" be
ing used in the statutory sense)
or filch a few paltry thousands
a year to pay pew rents and
leave a margin when they an
gone to have monuments built
for them or masses said for the
repose of their souls.
TW Wc»Pt»iMmct.
Nashville luwf
The Minneapolis Times sug
gest* tint the national party
convention try the plan of forc
ing the Vice-Presidential norai
tlons upon m>n of big caliber.
That is a good idea. There is
too much of a disposition upon
the part of the public to regard
the Vice Presidency as an office
of small importance and to ac
cept the notion that almost any
reputable person will do aa the
"tail of the ticket." And there
is too much of a disposition on
the part of men in both parties,
who have attained prominence
in politics nod public life, to
look upon the office of Vice Pres
ident as a position of secondary
consideration, which is beneath
their lofty ambition, and which
if accepted would lessen iheir
chances far greater preferment.
Seward's (food Bargain.
*Muan»bte avMfaw Mima.
Alaska has often been called
Unde Sam's back pasture lot,
worthless except as a source of
ice and firewood aud too distant
to be practically available even
for these. It is amusing at ibis
day to read the criticisms once
current on the folly of its pur
chase.
If Secretary Seward were slide
now he would easily have the
***** o* Ws critics. Our
Alaskan back pasture is pro
ducing every year several times
its entire com. As an invest
ment it has proven immensely
profitable. A few, items of
recent production are worth
citation.
Seward agreed to say $7,800,.
000 for Alaska. The valoa of
the salmon catch of last year
alone exceeded this amouat.Tbe
Alaskan output of gold previous
to 1907 was $15,000,000. Por
the years 1901 and 1908 the gold
product was $33,545,000, mote
than four times what Alaska
cost. The fishery product of
1897 rsacbed $68,000,000 nine
times the cost of the whole
country, end the fur product of
the twenty years coded in 1890
was $33,000,000. The gold
mining industry la Increasing
rapidly, and people are learning
that the agricultural possibilities
oHbe Territory are of no mean
If the United Statea never
makes a poorer invest meat than
the price it paid for Alaska,
there will be no danger of its
having to go into banknintrv
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KING’S MOUNTAIN MILITARY ACADEMY,
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Yorlcvllle, South TimHar
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Member* of faculty with tbafr aad the cadet* all
live together aad live well. Each cadet rec££ tSU *
closest peraonal attention and individual iastnictisn. The
cadets as well a* the faculty demand that a yoon* man
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Col. W. G. STEPHENSON, Sopt.
CSAIO 4 WILSON.