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THE GASTONIA G - - Published Twice a Week—Tueaday and Pr W. t. MARSHALL. Mtif ad Ft—flaw. DEVOTED TO THE PBOTECTIOH OF HOME AHP THE |ITT*ot«t« ftf VOL. XXIV. GASTONIA, N. C.. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 03. POINTS AND PARAGRAPHS • ON TOPICS OP THE TIMES. Undo this head trill be Tflarrrt Ira a. .late to llmt uutcwtm'ay ulititiKM •» 0*S*as* ol car re at latrrett. They *111 be take* hm public *4>lre*ac*. hooka. atiuuKi, ncnptpfra. In (set w'lererer wo oty lad tkeaa. brae Homo those selections will acenrd with oar slows aod the vlrtra nl oar rood • n. •OBttliaealho opposite wilt be troe. Bat bp reason ol tbs rubied mutter, tbs style. Ute authorthlo. or the dews repressed, sack will hart so clement ol tlasslr Interest to make It s coaapteoooa utterance. ———M—was i ai ■ — — i m ——h Onfliw tha Salosn! North Carolina Dsotitf. Sixty-two in this State have prohibition now, and some winning elections just ahead. Before the year goes out wc cxpci t to nee the list grow to above seventy. And then? Why North- Ctrolina should arise in her might snd forever outlaw the salooii Write it deep in the law of the State and have an end of tin evil institu tion for good. May God and tnen speed the day I Rosy Dlsaamiaatiea. Clcrslaad bfoOrtt. in McClure's Within twenty years five great foes of the hitman race have been shorn of their worst terrors—hydrophobia,diphtheria,lockjaw aualce poison aud the bubouic plague, that scourge ol former cen turies. Against the menace of these five stand the Pastenr insti tutes, scores of them served by hundreds of baceteriologists, biolo gists and physiologists, sided by thousands of sspirlng students, the whole admirably orgauized into departments snd subdepart ments, and tending forth sernms and antitoxins by tens of thous ands of doses a year. The food Way to Enjty • Fartane. Belt T.«Jm Cltr Tilan*. There is t world of fiction in that old saying about misery fol lowing in the wake of riches. The news of the day brings a story from Chicago which has direct bearing on this contention. Stephen B. Roath of Chicago bad accumulated a fortune of $2,000, 000 and was getting old. He said, "I have had fun gathering this money and I want to make somebody, happy with it.” So he went back to his boyhood’s home, at Norwich, Conn., and divided up $1,000,000 among hit relatives, most of whom were poor women. He can be happy now in the consciousness that he has done some good with his money and the added satisfaction of avoiding all contest over bis will; though he still has a million, be can afford to die intestate and let the law distribute the balance of his fortune according to fixed and unlitigable principles. Isn't this a good recipe for being happy thongh wealthy? And then too isn’t it a splendid way to obtain the greatest satisfaction out of one’s fortune ? Railroads and Sabbath Daaecratiaa. Omasboro CbHMUa ASvocst*. There is no doubt of a glowing tendency, even among pro fessing Christians, to ignore the law of the Sabbath. The so called soulless corporation have had no little to do with educating onr people away from the wholesome sentiment which held away so long in this country in the matter of Sabbath observance. Even ministers, in many instances, have become ’’blind guides” on this subject. It may as well be understood and recognised, once for all, that if the corporation has no soul, the individuals who com pose it have; and if there is not repentance in many places, these guilty men and women will wake up in perdition, along with the devotees of pleasure and self-indulgence, who patronise them. A thousand evils. Immediately or remotely connected with it, have come upon us through the reckless desecration of the Sab bath, and one of the crimes of the pulpit, in many places is its silence on the subject, if, indeed, we may not say that the pulpit fosters the stn. This is no time for soft or palliating deliverances on this subject. The enrse which has always fallen with blight ing effect upon the nation that tramples upon a fundamental law of God, la coming upon this nation. Tha Dream ar*e Way. Lm Aaftles Time*. "To earn a little spend a little less." Such was the philoso phy of Robert bonis Stevenson, a dreaiper. Yet he was a dreamer who spoke and wrote many wise words, among the wisest of which were the ones here quoted. They are words well worthy our grave consideration, for it may be, our happiness Dies at the root of them. At any rate, it does no harm to think them over. Sometimes, in the midst o( the "strenuous life” which is the shib boleth of this intensely commercial age, it rest* a man’s heart to be sura, to find any one in these times who wonld adopt a financial creed such as that taught by Stevenson. Yet, when we are hard labored in the strife, or when we stretch a weary Hmb or seek rest lor A tired brain in the few moments of relaxation that sheer ex haustion forces upon us, we may think, with a sigh, that the world wonld be Just as happy and we ourselves as well ofl if the mad pace follow would slacken up a bit aod the dreamers had their way. ' The fierce struggle for wealth in which most ot us are engaged, and which, it wonld seem, we make onr aole object of existence, it a poor way to spend a lifetime after all. The rewards of a Ufa ■ so spent, even when the object of it hes been attained, are not nearly ao great as one wonld suppose. And if we do not attain the object then our defeat is without one soothing memory, for the reason that wa have missed the best that life offered us while we ploaged madly and blindly across the wasted years. The secret of tba trouble lies in the adoration of mere material wealth, which has long beset the world, end the early ideuleation in the minds of the very children of sveh false doctrine. Sven though the possessor of wealth may claim no other qualifications— those of heart or of mind—we worship it the feet of the golden calf, just the same. We forget that mere money does not make a man rich. What sort of i heart has tba rich man. What qualities of mind does he possess? Whet does he do for the good of human ity? Is be honest is ha kind, Is he brave, is he true? These are the crucibles in which he mast be triad, and if any other man pass successfully the same tests, it matters not how few ths pennies in his pocket. The race for wealth—for great wealth—is a hard raoe. and yet not worth the fanning. The coining of a song, the minting of a good dead, the spendtbriftry of helpfulness sad cheerfulness ie worth shts than all the gold in the world. And, anyhow, since wa cannot all grow rich, 1st ua be content with the dreamer's way —to Barn a little and spend a little leas. WATCH THE BIG STORES THOMSON CO. Most of oar fall goods are now open for Inspection and oar sales sra growing every day. Everybody In this section ssd surrounding coun try knows we are headquarters. We keep every departawnt at Its best the season through. We are always on the alert for bargnlnq and with experienced buyers always on the lookout. 444 WITH THE COLD CASH they are landing big bargains nearly every day. Our shoe depart* raent Is at the top notch. You never get a stale or out-of-date shoe at this store. We clean up In earnest each season and start with new fresh goods with the next. + 4. 4. 4 4. 4. 4. In no other quarter of the store Is there any greater activity than among the milliners. Returning buyers have brought Inspiration In the shape of smart street hats for early fall wear showing the new fashions that are going to be worn through September and October. Chic and smart Ideas In all thevup-to-date styles. Stop at your leisure and see them. 4*4>‘fr‘fr + d*4>d’ THOMSON CO. :: :: The People’s Store. :: :: PROSPERITY OF SOUTHERN CITIES. Cheerful Reports Cents treat all Industrie] Centers la the Seath Ctalctxo Triboot. It is the season of the year for taking account of stock in the , larger Southern commercial and industrial cities. Two of them already have made reports of a most encouraging character— New Orleans and Galveston. The Timea-Democrat, of* t h e former city, says there has been improvement tn every line^—iu cotton, grain, coffee, sugar, rice, and lumber; in foreign imports and exports; in receipts of pro duce and in return trade; and in the coastwise traffic. Financial prosperity has been even greater than commercial. The outpnt of manufactures has been largely increased, more has been done in building than for many years past, and a great system for draining and purifying the city baa been inaugurated, which haa been made possible by the FMVHW women oi mil city. During tbe year two rail road* have established terminals there. It has become the cotton center of tbe cotiotry; has re Elined tbe coffee trade of the isaisippi Valley; doubled its floor trade; gained over 12 pet cent in tbe foreign export trade, and 32 per cent in bank clear ings, which were $859,472,835 for the year closing September 1. Galveston tells tbe same en couraging story of advancing prosperity. It bsa moved into (bird place among exporting cities of the country. Its cus toms receipts increased 118 per cent over last year, and its ex port vain* $5,000,000 over 1902 aod $7,000,000 over 1901. Its coatfwlae trade has more than doubled, Its elevator capacity 10 “O" than 4, 000.000 bushel*, and it has fifty, thne Unas of steamships to fortlgu por.s. On* of the most remarkable Illustrations of its enterprise is the manner In which It has recovered from tbe diaas* tar of September 8, 1900. It wasthe general opinion at that time thM it «u doubtful wheth er Galveston could ever recover, and et that the attempt should be sbsndoned, as the dty was liable to afl inundation at any time. Tbe paopla of Oalveaton did not share the general opta* lou. They not only resolutely set to work to rebuild bn tbe old site, but to make a safer city by taking precautions against an other invasion of the sea. A grest sea wall is being construct ed to extend a little more than three miles along tbe ocean front of the city. It rests upon a concrete bed laid over piling driven down to clay foundation, sixteen feet thick at the base snd five feet at the top, with a riprap of granite rocks to pro tect the foundation. The wall will rise seventeen feet above mean low water and nearly two feet above the highest point reached by tbe water in the hur ricane of three years ago. When it is finished the city will be graded np to the height of tbe wall snd will then rise seven teen feet above (he ocean. New Orleans and Galveston are not the only fortunate South ern cities. Cheering reports of prosperity couie from all the in dustrial center a—Memphis, Nashville. Atlanta, Birmingham, Savannah, Mobile, and Charles ton. They are making great strides ahead, which of itself moat invite closer commercial relations with tbe North and larger investments of Northern capital. This may conduce toward better social and political conditions. a lussiAif eucutiow. (•markable Suf FroU of i a Desperate Crimlail oa the S caff* 14. WutMinroa. Some tima ago a Ruaaian crim inal was executed in St. Peters burg. He had during the last two year* mnrdtted twelve persona, U»« *“* °®« ***»» * pHeat. The law did not show this murderer any mercy, bat speedily con densed bim to death. BteManakl was the same of this wholesale murderer, and he hoped to the last for denies cy. When tha death warrant was raad and tha keeper Informed him that be had bat six hours to live, be raged and swore to re venge himself In the moot terri ble manner. After bring left •loot in the cell the first thing he did was to break bln lamp •ad, procuring some matches, be act fire to the ou. la a mo meat the Santee broke through the window and tha entire build ing was for a time threatened with destruction. Fortunately the fire was discovered in time snd gotten under control before mnch damage had been done, but in the meantime a terrible struggle ensued between the £e^p?r*.5nd the criminal, who had fortified himself with an iron bar, taken from the bedstead. The first man to enter the cell was knocked senseless, and it was only after being almost suf focated that the prisoner was finally overpowered. Next morn ing the execution took place. Ttaa condemned man ascended the scaffold with mnch bravado, tude a thorough examination of declared that the rope was too abort. "I cannot get my head i i the loop,“ be said, "and tliouKb it will cause me some irconven fence to wait, I will s-nuke a cigarette while yoo'are having it He lighted * dgaret r-and, turning to the executioner, nude a speech, pointing out the de testable in hi* profession, and as a condemned criminal in Rns fr V* eertain rights, no one dared to interrupt him. The executioner, who really was a tend-r hearted man, be came visibly ..fleeted by tbe mor allslag words of the murderer, snd tandamto the crowd as ■ erabled before the scaffold, de clared that his conscience did not dlow him to proceed or to take a fellow man's life, and ks there resigned bisposi tioniend departed amid the shouts of tbs assemblage. This closed great confusion among the representatives of the Isw, for where could they in a hurry get aaother execu tioner? The question was however, solved by tbe coo denned man. who declared that ha woald execute himself aa soon as he got through imolring. He started aa iaterasting con versation with the priest during the lye minutes or so which he had left, and recommended that he read count TolWoy'. laie.t h<x>& which contain* some •tfflring remarks about the rela tion of capital punish incut to toachlugs of Christianity. He hen threw a kiss to a pretty Pfc* •'“SV ‘Pastors, stuck bis bead in tbe loop and kicked •way the trap beneath hk fast. Subscribe for Tm» OsmxTTX. Our Lines Complete. The Season’s Newest Creations. millinery." We are prepared to serve the tnde with all that is new from ^sSygjg^rsgaScag care of all orders for street or dress hats. ■»«■*. ear raitmai n that they wfll receive the latest arhieviia—ts offashfam’s art. DRESS GOODS. Oar tiaes consist of the latest and daintiest weaves, both ia smooth sad rough finish. The product Ions whichspecSiy attract the tasteful dresser are our Zibeienea, plaia aad Beared Me TsSets.^iit7 prices SS“J^^l!^i_25e up. WAISTIHOS. These we have ia chaming variety *~i til thi aiat mm mercerised aad plda, as well as the silk aad wind fabrics. CORSETS. .«! 5?S35 aad sises, and guaranteedfor thirty days. Newest ^things In Dreaa Trimmings aad Laces. Onaacate - JA8. F. YEAGER. A W O R D w. km M Room Suit*. He)} Rock*. Sideboard*, baa Bed*. ibttitHU. Carpet*. Mattiag*, tm b»^b>ct eawytMag t» ba^fcaad fa u -|-1~ trg« tar let HdUrrm Sarny* auvnidtkklp'tiN* PA. Don't UUtom tie tie* PALLPDBKITUBR. *rnMm^mm^_SSSaH Williams B:r_”_je Comp’y nnem. Crtlf, i Vital BaMlaf. DON’T ALLOW MONEY TO LIE AROUND. I I I . GASTONIA SAVINGS BANK, L. L. JMNKWS, Arm. ' L. L. HAKDIN. CteAtor. | CRAIG < WILSON. |
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