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W. r. HA1SHALL.Eilter m4 ftartfr. DEVOTED TO THE H0TECT10H Of HOME AND THE WT»^m OF TP CHlE
VOL XnV. , . QASTONIA, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30. 1903. . : Ji?.- ' p,v
BIGHT NOW
at THOMSON COMPANY’S
EVERYTHING at ITS BEST
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Right now In the heart of the season when
fashions are at their prettiest Is when this
store Is at Its best. There Is a certainty
that what we sell Is correct and what you
bay will please. The foundation of our
store-keeping Is to have the right thing at
the right price at the right time. If you
will drop In our big store you will see that
we are head-quarters. A A A A
It would be a difficult task to adequately
describe the great possibilities for advan
tageous buying that await you In this store
these days. Every Item even to the small
est detail that goes to make our stock
complete and our store service perfect
has received the most careful attention.
Nothing useful has been omitted; the new
est and the best of the season are here In
the widest varieties at the lowest prices
possible. The shopping centre of the
people. A A A A A A A
Thomson Co.
The People’s Store :::: Phone 46
York County I tuns.
Yorkville Baouirrr.
Mr. George Glenn of Gasto
nia, was in Yorkville on busi
ness yesterday.
Min ‘taamie Lou McClain is
visiting friends st DaIIbs, N. C.
Mrs. Fannie Morrow of Gasto
nia, is on a visit to Mr. and Mrs.
D. T. Wood.
Mr. J. L. Beal of Gastonia,
spent Friday in Yorkville on
badness.
Mr. L. R. Williams, proprietor
oftbe York Implement Company
is exhibiting s specimen of the
"stock beet," of his own raising
that weighs 12)4 lbs. This beet
has been recommended princi
pally as stock feed, and while
Mr. Williams has not had a great
deal of experience with it he is
not inclined to think it is as val
uable even for that purpose as
the regular sugar beet. The
yield per acre, however, is quit*
heavy.
Last Saturday was the busiest
dsy of the present season in
Yorkville. The dry goods peo
ple had about all the trade tbey
could handle and people in other
lines got a satisfactory share of
what was going.
The new Southern schedule is
proving of undoubted benefit to
Yorkville in a business way. The
increased patronage from both
the west and east is qaite notice
able. There were quite a num
ber of shoppers in' town iront a
distance last Saturday.
The C. 9l N.-W. has lost its
reputation of late for coming in
on date. This applies especial
ly to„ the south-bound train.
Formerly this train .arrived al
most on the minute indicated in
the schedule. During the past
,*ey> it has been anywhere
from thirty minutes to an hour
late. Inquiry develops that the
timeia lost by waiting on the
Seaboard at Liocolntod sad ou
the Southern at Gastonia.
Schwab ad huVathads.
CmrrilU Mm.
Serious charges are made
against Charles M. 8chawb, lata
president of the Steel Trust, by
Daniel Leroy Dtesaer, who clalnH
that he deliberately planned to
Fdsok the Shipbuilding Trist,'
involving enormous lost to in
yeetors. The revelations which
have coma forth daily have bees
startling, and they give the pub
lic u concrete Idea of the math
odi adopted by these kings of
finance in their efforts to form
peat combinations. After draw
ing from the confidiug public
nearly twice the valne of his
Bethlehem Steel Works.Schwab.
according to Dresser, proceeded
under power of bis mortgage to
get possession of all the other
plants of the shipbuilding com
pany itself. "Dummy directors,"
who represented nothing, were
produced in court by counsel for
the creditors, and further proof
of the Schwab scheming was
given. These fake directors did
not even know where the plants
in which they were financially
interested, were located, nor
could they tell from whom they
hod received blocks of stock.
They did not pay for it, and they
were'merely the toola of a man
who sought great power and
wealth by fleecing the army of
investors, willing to put faith in
a venture because of bis p4st
record which appeared to be hon
est.
This Dresser version of
Schwab, however, is not in ac
cord with, what the public has
been familiar. Unless be was
anxious for unlimited control or
was determined to >even old
scores with his business enemies,
it is difficult to understand why
he should have resorted to dis
honesty. If be was not the prime
mover himself the testimony is
sufficiently clear to indicate that
be was a willing party to onder
h*«d«d practice, the purpose of
which was to send the shipbuild
ing concern into bankruptcy, so
that all the profits and benefits
would accrue to Schwab.
Will Abandon th« Uw.
Spartan bars HarmM.
A few days ago, the editor of
this paper beard a young attor
ney ,a graduate of one of the old
est and most famous law schools
in America, a brainy and ambi
tions young man, say that on
account of the gross miscarriage
of Justiee in the Tillman case,
and the utter disregard of law
and evidence which prevailed at
that trial, Be thought he would
give up the practice of law. It
was discouraging to him to re
alise that lawyers of high atand
ing, prostitute honor, truth, pa
triotism to the earning of a feT.
This young man1' father was a
Mtoug supporter of BenTtllmaa,
Of the way.
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tCMNANT OP COXETS AKNT.
Sc*re ar Nor* Still Employed aa
Mala Wkacktrs a* tk* Canal.
WaaXinatoo IM.
Provided ore had the time and
(acilitiea, it would have been an
interesting -bit of sociological
stndy to have found out what be
came of tbe army of tramps, ho
boes and ne'er-do-wells who fol
lowed the redoobtable Coxey into
Washington in 1894. It is known
that for a time a considerable
body of them "squatted" over in
Jackson City, but this did not
last long, and no donbttbe great
body of them returned to their
old hannti in the West and
North.
It is, therefore, a matter of no
small interest to know that some
thing in tbe. neighborhojd of
twenty of Coxey'a soldiers set
tled along tbe Chespeake and
Ohio Canal, working aa canal
boatmen and fishermen np even
to the present day. Speakiogof
this little known fact, an old
canal boatmen, a veteran of thir
ty-five years service,said:
When Coxcy's army came
through Maryland en r o n t e
for the Capital in 1894 they en
gaged boats at Cumberland,
making a part of tbe trip by
canal. While the great body of
tbia army was made np of tramps
who were not seeking work un
der any circumstances, still
there were a few men who were
fairly honest in this matter and
who joined the army in the hope
of finding something to do.
Many of hit soldiers were from
the West and bad never seen a
canal before in their lives, and
for some reason or other tbe
canal life appealed strongly to
the Bohemian propensities of not
a few of them.
v.ou»equcnuy, oy ine iirae
the army arrived in Washington
there were some twenty of them
who had hired out as laborers on
the canal boats. They remained
with us for several years and aa
late aa 1902 there were still three
or four on the canal, though
these, 1 think, have since left it.
"One member of Coxey’sbody
guard, a Western tramp got
bred marching and dropped out
at Cumberland. There he took
up quarters in an abandoned
aback on the banks of the canal
where be baa since lived,
earning a living by odd jobs and
catching fish, which he sells
about over the town. Every
body in Cumberland knows him
as ‘Coxey,’ such being the nick
name given him by the residents
of that town.
'Another venerable hobo be
longing to this motley horde
dropped ont in Montgomery
Connty, Md, at no great distance
from tola city. He is known to
every one as ‘Peg Leg/ he be
ing a cripple. Leaving the army
be built a hut by the tow pstn
ont of old erbootiea, roofing it
over with such boards and other
material as be could pick up
about the neighboroood. This
hut is one of the sights along the
canal, being a remarkable piece
of ingenuity.
"I am not certain,-but I think
there are some more of these
tramps now leading honest lives
along the caosl, but at any rate,
these few have remained prefer
ring life on or by the canal to
theTr former nomad existence."
Part at Vaadeebilt’s Batata May
la Lasted fa a Hunting Ctak
Nf* Tort Duottck
Part of George W. Vanderbilt'*
vMt Biltmore estate, io North
Cardins, is about to be convert
ed into sa exclusive hunting and
fishlog preserve, which will be
controlled by a clnb having in its
membership some well known
men. A proposition was recent
ly submitted to Edgar B. Moore
of Kenilworth Inn, now an all
year-round resort, whereby 130
000 acres of tbe Biltmore estate
will be used by the club. Tbe
plan does trot include taking
over tbe 10,000 acres surround
ing the private mansion of Mr.
Vanderbilt. A feature of tbe
new club will be a number of
lodges and camps, which, will
be provided lor tbe use of mem
bers in various sections of tbe
♦©rest. When the preserve is
bpeued. President Room vs It will
be invited to Bill more for a black
besr hoot. "1 expect to organ
iM a sportsman’s dob- of from
75 to 100 members, said Mr.
Moore, to-day, "and incInJe in
its membership some of tbe most
prominent devotees of the rod
and gnn. ’
Gen. M. W. Ransom’s sword
presented to him by officers of
tbe First North Carolina Regi*
meat in 1881, and the 8aa of the
Fourteenth North Csrollns
Regiment have been placed la
the hall of history in the State
museum at Raleigh.
“PRESIDENTIAL TEAMS."
The TradUien •( Bad Hark ala
Malar* Elactioa a ad Ua Maaia.
KnYiitM.
There baa been rather more
talk than naual, tbia week, of
the probable bearing of the com
ming '* Presidential year" on
trade aad finance*. It fa re
cognised tradition of both stock
markets and commercial markets
that Presidential year* are apt
to be unfavorable. Tbe main
reaaona it tbat uncertainty
usually exists until the campaign
is ended over contested questions
of public policy— usually cur
rency or tariff.
It is admitted tbat tbe money
question will not come up in
formidable' abapa next year.
How far tbe tanfi question will
figure tbe financial community
does not feel certain. All are
convinced, however, tbat tha
trust questibn will play a lead
ing .part. Tbe recent Wall
_.4_a _ _a _ a
buu iuc ucavj
losses by thousands of small in
vestors are believed to make this
a political certainty.
Precedent is rather odd in
this matter of "Presidential
years." In the majority of them
circumstances have been such as
to disturb the markets, quite
irrespective of political uncer
tainties. Thus 1900 was a year
of violent reaction in the iron
trade, not in any respect con
nected with the politics! cam
paign. The money question
did, however, cause some un
settlement and was the one
cause -of the bad markets of
1896. It could not be said that
the electoral campaign was a
dominant influence in 1892, the
controlling force in finance and
business that year being the
currency tangle resulting from
the Sherman Act. On the other
hand, 1888 was ■ year when
t a r i ff discussion seriously
checked business, the rather
unusual (act being that both
parties demanded a radical
change which made planning
for the next trade season difficult.
In 1884 campaign itself was a
minor influence, the depression
following Wall street's May
collapse being the year’s real in
fluence.
. Taking the record as a whole,
it is safe to say that, while an
election canvais never helps
business, it does not always
have the single and overshadow
ing influence which is ascribed
to it.
A vfafuaUag Shew.
RJchao»d N«v»Mtf.
What a pity that religion and
temperance, holy, beautiful and
sacred, are represented before
the mob by "Elijah* Dowie, Car
rie Nation and Dr. Parkhnrst.
All over the world thou sands of
bumble, zealous strong men aud
women of beautiful lives are
working for those causes ob
scurely and faithfully. In the
country churches and in barren
and difficult mission fields heroes
and heroines, pure and brave as
the kindling eyes of the angels
have ever looked mpon, are toil
ing for their Master, content to
accept poverty, hnmiliation, suf
fering, dauger and death for His
sake. But all tbla la forgotten
by the mob when mountebanks
and vulgarians—blatant, offen
sive, greedy for gain aod mated
by lust for notoriety— postnre
end play clown and tough in the
name ot religion.
We do not know that the an
archists or the crazy element of
the socialists and all the vicious
elements of the country ■ com
bined can do as much harm in a.
year aa an exhibition like this
may do in a day. Here we have
Dbwie advertising himself as a
representative and expounder of
Christianity while a moat ob
vious fraud and fakir; and this
bawling and squalling Nation
woman desisting from her traffic
in ten-cent souvenir hatchets
long enough to put herself once
more prominently on exhibition
and advertise her own show: and
In the midst of it wades Dr.
Park hurst, actual occupant of a
respectable pvlplt, to engage in
a most unseemly and undignified
match with
Unfortunately there U no law
to prevent people from bringing
religion into contempt in tbia
way aod no possibility of mak
ing one. The only remedy is itfr
repudiation of sack performan
ces by decent and intelligent
people everywhere and remind
er* to the common sense of the
masses that theae persona do not
represent the religion* qr the
temperance seat!meat of the
country. In the! work the news
papers can do much and they
should express their contempt
for tbe entire outfit without spar/
lag.
eras* m m mbit.
b»
Cm*
Am a matter of fact, the Coo
great erf the United States is its
own lobby . In nine esses oat of
ten the lobbyist sks iw the
Senate with his State behind
him. or in the House of Repre
sentatives with his district and
bis Senator behind him. Also,
in aloe cates oat of ten the
Senatorial or Representative
lobbyist acts and speaks for trims
great corporation which is seek
fog vast special privilege which
is antagonistic to the public in
terest and to which it has no
moral right.
The great curse of national
legislation is the campaign con
tribution. That has irresistibly
resulted in the growth of the
new system whereby Comrh
•• own lobby, fa Vftnsi.
den rial or Congressional election
the great corporations pick the
candidates and the party to
whom they feel they caa look
for favor*; then they contribute
enormous sums to carry the
eiecuos. Frequently a definite
bargain la made with the national
committee that something «lul)
be done or another one not done.
It is a cold matter of business.
Commercial acumen, which has
built np vast fortunes in a gene
ration or two like those of the
Stalldard Oil crowd or of Car
negie’s coterie of young men,
can nsnally pick a winner, or
make a winner, in a national
Campaign. It did so in 1888
when it turned its back on Clave
land and contributed to the
Harrison fond for M. S. Onay to
spend. Again H did so in 1892,
wbep it switched from Harrison
back to Cleveland and gave the
million to William C. Whitney
and Don M. Dickinson with
which they swept the country.
It coaid not choose in 1888 and
1900 because William J. Bryan
was running for President on a
platform which made the corpo
rations quake, so commercial
acumen emptied a sum equal to
a king’s ransom at the feet of
Marcus A. Hanna at the behest
nf such men as Cornelius N.
Bliss, Senator Aldrich, Senator
Allison and Senator Quay.
Tha Lawn Are Eaiarcad.
YottWUc Bwnimr.
Although Gastonia has been a
prohibition town for assay yearn,
under the operation of the Watts
law It is more so than ever. No
whiskey can be shipped into
town except from without the
*n<l the druggists are pro
hibited from selling whiskey ex
cept under the most onerous re
itnctious. The laws are en
forced.
A Seed Six *4 Fiah.
Chariots* ChroalcU.
Mr. O. If. Sadler, superinten
dent of the Southern Express
Company, received one of the
surprises of bis life this mom*
log, when the Florida express
brought him a consignment'of
llsfa from Mr. Charles A. Moseley.
The fish were packed in a lam
wooden box which looked as If
hold the corpse of •
500 pound man. Instead ft held
an immense fish which weighed
just 350 pounds, to say nothing
of another fish weighing 75
pounds and a bunch of beautiful
blue fish. The consignment
came to Mr. Sadler from Pouta
Gorda, Fla., and was shipped by
Mr. Moseley as a protest against
the more or less severe strictures
that have been passed upon
banters and fishermen in gen
eral. .
Wednesday was Confederate
V.eLCTf’!* Ld*’^tt‘the Fair
at Raleigh. Over a thousand of
the State’s old soldiers were fa
line sod the parade was cheered
by thousands of people.
TJBEOiM MBMBLE
Ladies* Coats.
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COLD WEATHER
price from |l.50 up.
slhS .^Fu^oVthe •SSSir^SSSSi
JAS. F. YEAGER.
There is Bat One Stetson Hal.
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GOOD NEWS and
BETTER NEWS!
Since the last time we made mention
ctived two cnf'loada, (SO) Alky ktal of d
horwa, and wt can now abow yen the ba
bad at aay ooa tioaa is a jraar. TInn^v.
selected by oar old hkadud beyer. ika A.
•on City, tena^m. And beke£mhl.h
u» 14 cardoada ol stock, aukia* a total of
IX raontba. We bay* disposed af AOO of
two fresh can of AO bead to alar yea. A
oka mated aad matched teams ar pain, seitaM*
heavy wayoo use, and almost any kiad ol a mnW<
warn can be loeod at oar a
cash or oa time, aad every
•old. It k useless to aay tl_
for when wa aay that wa bay*
the past year, aay rwimibb_
were satisfactory. Alt wa ash is s —
to plasm yea, both la stock and prioa. Call aad aaa i
roa are readv or a«* to bay. Oar bitofciag lot below all _____ 1
to an, drive ia and feed.
When yon art it aaad of a wood baggy, oka tetter, ar otw
rW«e of toy Had, we can famish it to yoa at a low pcfaeT
We also carry * fall Itac af fism ted tptfam wtgeaa, drays, aad
several-hinds of me koras wagons, all anas biwaaaa, saddles. eal*
CRAIG A WILSON
The Gazette Job Office tor Neat
j Printing.