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W. r. MAI SHALL. Editor mni bopriotor. PEVOTEP TO THE PROTECTION Of HOMB AHP THE IN1T»»«Ty OF THE COUNTY.
VOL. XXIV. GASTONIA, M. C., FRIDAY. NOVEMBER O. 1008- ' .
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THE HAN AT THE LEVEB.
What a LacametJva Enginaar kaa
ts Bomemhar.
Laos Util Ind. la Harper'* Weekly.
Officials who operate the fast
trains recently put ou between
New York city and the West are
just now facing a problem in
fihilosopby, which on paper,
ooks something like this:
"How many ironclad rules can
the hnman mind keep within
instant recall, if death is the
penalty lor forgetting.?"
The answer is supposed to lie
somewhere in the code of rales
and signals which the officials
have devised for-the operation
of these fast trains. The rales,
of which there are about 700 for
each 125 miles between New
York city and Chicago, were
made for the safety of the public,
but the public may look as
kance when it learns that one
man must remember 700 of them
and that a slip on any one rule
may mean a shocking loss of
human life.
i dcsc am rule* ure toe aver
age for each division of the chief
railroad lines ranniug west from
New York. Bach set covers the
work of one engineer, who drives
his train until auother engineer,
with a fresh set of rules and,
presumably, a fresh memory,
relieves him. In other words,
eight men, the average number
of locomotive engineers who
drive a fast train between New
York and Chicago, must keep
constantly in mind nearly 6,000
different rules, in order that
patrou of these trains may
travel without risking their lives.
What this means to the public in
24 boars’ ride ou one of these
trains can be judged from the
following list of wbat an engi
neer on a certain 100-mile ran
has to watch, while -his loco
motive is going at sixty miles an
hour.
Five hundred "cross-over"
switchlights, to learn whether
they are red or white. Pifteen
"interlocking” switchlights, to
learn whether they are red,
white or green. Seven "non
interlocking” switch-lights, to
know whether they are red or
green. Semaphore arms at
twenty-five way stations, for
possible red lights. Four hun
dred highway crossings, to know
whether they are "clear." Loco
motives of a dozen trains ap
proaching on parallel tracks, for
red or gTeen lights. Telegraph
operators at twenty-five way
stations, who may be waiting
near the track with orders. For
a tied flag at any conceivable
point in the 100 miles, displayed
as a danger signal. Whether
one or two torpedoes are ex
ploded at any point in the 100
miles, signifying "caution” or
"stop.” Whether his clearance
card Is good for each of twenty
five way stations. Whether
there is enough water in the en
gine boiler. Whether there is
enough coal in the engine, ten
der. Whether the steam
pressure is being kept up.
Whether the fireman is obeying
another long set of rules.
Whether the engine bell rings,
at 400 highway crossings.
uy any tne iwitcn ana si^nsi
Iights axe replaced by signal
boards and "blocks," the color
or direction of which must be
rend as literally as the lamps.
The engineer who notes 699 of
these signs, from ' his cab
window and misses the 700th
hat taken, in race track langu
age, a "700 to I shot" with a
t rainlood of human lives.
The public has good reason
to ask whether the safety limit
bas not been reached with both
speed and rules. There must
be a point where the locomo
tive is so large and its spsed so
great, that one human mind
cannot salelv control it, no
matter how few the levers are.
A 90-ton passenger locomotive
going at seventy miles an boor,
and operated by one man "in
side” It is as much a psycholog
ical freak as a 250-pound human
athlatawould be if turned loose
with the brain of a 3-year-old
*?•_
Mr. B. L. Duke bat entered
»« tor divorce from hie wife.
Duke, In the courts
•f Durham. fh« suit hat cre
ated a tenia Uoh.
• Mr*. L. Q. C. Lamar, widow
of tbe former MiaaitMppi Sena*
tor and Aiaodate Jostle* of the
Supreme Court of tbe United
States, died Tuesday night at
b«r home at Macon, Ga.
George W. Vanderbilt’s PIs
g*b preserve. containing about
ISO,000 acres ol land, ha*.accord
ing to tbe Charlotte Observer’*
Asheville correspondent, been
leaaed to Mr It. B. Moore, pro
prietor of the Kenilworth Inn,
as£3r5ra!ssj!*,,,“-:
BOWIE S OPPOSITION
TO THE PUSS.
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He and Other Frauds and falcss
ars Alrald el (ha Expos ora al
(ha Newspapers.
llMni Sob.
Governor Pennypacker, of
Pennsylvania, may possibly be
pleased to learn that John Alex
ander Dowie, the "reincarnation
of the Prophet Elijah," alto
entertains very strong views re
garding the right of the press to
criticise public officials. Ac
cording to a New York dispatch,
the modern Elijah made au ad
dress in which he "demanded
the estalisbment of a censorship
to protect clergymen, politici
ans, judges and business men
from newspaper attacks." Of
course Elijah II is not such an
altruist as to exdmpt prophets
from the benefits of the censor
ship. Probably be feels thg
need of protection from the
insidious assaults ot a press
wbicb does not take him too
seriously, and refuses to recog
nize, without convincing proofs,
his claims' to wear the mantle of
the devout seer of Scriptural
fame. Prophets for revenue,
however, should not expect a
larger measure of consideration
than politicians or public ser
vants, who have a keen eye lor
the main chance. If they will
make spectacles of themselves
they cannot hope to keep oat of
newspapers. Tfie press bolds
the mirror up to the world, end
if a reincarnated celebrity
happens to be reflected in it, the
mirror is not at (salt. If the
"second Elijah" had borne him
self as unpretentiously as the
original seer, he Vould have bad
no cause to complain of the
publicity given to him by the
press. Since his exhibition of
prophetic greatness has been on
a Isr more ostentatious scale
than that which the ancient
chroniclers noted in the first
Elijah, it was impossible for the
press to ignbre the spectacular
phases of his mission to wicked
and unregenerate Gotham. Dnt
why should a prophet with a
message to mankind object to
the widest publicity? Why
should be wish to gig the news
papers and thus deprive the
world of revelations of the high
est importance to humanity? It
is probable that the original.
Elijah would have welcomed the
assistance of any agency which
would have borue nis words to
every corner of the globe. Why
should his self-styled successor
hesitate to avail himself of the
help of the press in the regene
ration of mankind? Elijah II
must have grave doubts about
his genuineness as a prophet if
he is afraid of the honest, troth
telling press. .The newspapers
present him to the world's gaze
tn the same form In which he
presents himself. Is the modern
Elijah afraid of-what the mirror
reveals to him? Isn't he willing
to see himself as others see him?
The Menace el Indifference.
Tkoau Dixon, Jr.
The greet dangers that threat
en us to-day are not from the
ignorant and vicious classes.
These are a minority. They are
bat a fraction of the governing
body. Our great danger lice in
the indifference of intelligen.
citizens. They have grown tired
of the bitter fights of the prac
tical political arena. They have
grown disgusted with the cor
ruption and stench of the poli
tical mob. To keep out of a
dog fight, they have deserted
and given the State over to the
dogs. Many of these people too
are laay. They are too lazy to
vote, too lazy to think. Besides,
they hope to escape jury duty by
not registering. Men are not ex
cused in the army because they
become disgusted with the filth
of camp and hospital life. They
moat ^.stand by their post.
Neither are soldiers excused for
lazineks. The man who deserts
is shot. There is no excuse
allowed. The man who deserts
the ballot has no excuse. lie
'should be punished as a criminal.
Not to the ignorance and vice of
electors must we charge the
extravagances, disgraces and
corruptions of o ti r State,
National and municipal govern
ments. We must charge it
primarily to the negligence, in
difference and laziness of elec
tors qualified to govern rightly.
The thief steals if we leave the
■afe open before his eyes. It is
his nature, his business to stesl.
We charge first the responsi
bility upon the man who left the
doors open/
The DavhUon College foot bail
defeated by the foot
vr,itUim University of
attansooo by a scorn ol 22 to 0.
MEAT WOMAN OIATOK.
Dayaloped Bar* Executive AMlIty
at u Early Age.
Wadtlniltoti tut.
Mr*. Eu»m* Moat Booth
Tucker was the second daugh
ter of Geu. William Booth, of
the Salvation Army, and was
born at Gateshead, England,
January 8, I860.
In 1880, when bat 20 years of
age, she was placed in charge of
the hundreds of young women
who were being trained for
officers of the Army at the Inter
national Home, in Londou, from
which place they were sent to
all parts of the world. April 10,
1888, Miss Booth became the
bride of Frederick St G. de
Lautour Tucker, and together
they assumed the name of
Bootb-Tucker. She went with
her husband to India, where they
lived for several years, and she
made her work widely felt.
Shortly after she returned to
Loudon with her husband they
were appointed to command the
Army in America, in March.
1896, succeeding Eva Booth,
who had supplanted her brother,
Ballington Booth, who had been
removed by the General.
Mr*. Bootb-Tucker was one of
the ablest of the children of
William Booth and Catherine
Mnlford, and showc I remark
able talent and executive ability
when still in her teens. She
was a woman of rare personal
attraciiou. A versatile and
fluent speaker, a simple yet
dramatic manner,. modest and
unpretentious, were her
characteristics. It is related
that many times iu India she
went barefoot, _ and travelled
with her foot blistered in order
to help some needy person.
A friend declared she had
enthusiasm tempered with cool
judgment and executive ability.
It was these qualities which
induced her father to send her
to the United States in 1896 to
try to bring about harmony iu
the Americau branch of the
Army. The following character*
iration was made of her at that
time:
"She has the rare quality of
perfect sympathy. Sue' is a
well-educated woman in the
sense that she can think and
write clear, good English. She
has no class prejudices, and is
just aa much at home in the
parlors of a house in the 5th
avenne as iu the one and ouly
room of a squalid family. But
it is vio the public meeting that
her real power shows itself. As
an orator she ranks above all
except half a dozen Americans."
Sam Hoaaton'a Indian Wilo.
Pact Cibcon Poet.
A movement is on foot to re
move the r e m a l n i of the
Cherokee wife of Geo. Sam
Houston to Port Gibson, to rest
in the national cemetery here.
She was married to Sam Hous
ton at Port Gibson, where her
people resided, not long after hit
arrival from Tennessee, where
he resigned the office of Govern
or of that State, which move
ment is shrouded in mystery so
far as history is concerned. Miss
Rogers is said to have beeu very
beautiful, and that Honstou
knew her in Tennessee before
her removal here. Chief-elect
Rogers of the Cherokee nation
ia one of her nearest relatives.
Mrs. Heffnsn, landlady of the
Treat Houae, la alto a relative.
Both have conaented to the re
moval of the remains which now
lia at WUaoo’a.Rock, on the Ar
kansas river, about twelve miles
from Muidrow. A suitable mon
ument will be placed above the
grave in the national cemetery
at Port Gibaon.
The city of Durham in an
election held Tuesday, voted out
saloon* try a majority of 348, and
voted against distilleries with
393 votes.
WE OLD RELIABLE
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ML BITAN'S LEOACY.
Mr. Bsamctt LsU IHim 99MM,
th* WMew Obladn and Mr.
Bryan Contests tar the Manny.
ChaxUHU Ubttrm.
Mr. Philo S. Bennett. a rich
old man oi Connecticut, became
enamored of Mr. Win. J. Bryan.
He visited Mr. Bryan’s Horae at
Lincoln, Neb., and daring this
yi»it made a will bequeathing
Mr, Bryan $50,000. Mr. Bryan
drew thew the will. In the
course of time Mr. Bennett died.
His widow objected to paying
Mr. Bryan the $50,000, hence the
court proceedings in which Mr.
Bryan was called to Connecticut
to testify, the postponement of
his European tonr and his fail
ure to take part in the Kentucky
campaign,' Fifty thousand dol
lars it a big stake and no ooe
can blame Mr. Bryan for aban
doning other affairs of business
and pleasure to look after the
main chance.
Where Bryan comes in for
criticism it his manifest indis
cretion ip himself drawing the
will of bia frieud Bennett, he be
ing tbe chief beneficiary. Cer
tainly it would have looked more
"regular" if the instrument had
been drawn up by another law
yer. It appears that there was a
clause iu the will referring to a
sealed letter which was to be
opened by the widow and which
directed her to pay oyer $50,000
to Mr. Bryan himself. On this
point the New York Sun save
n There are all sons ot time
honored objections to lawyers
drawing up wills fortheir friends
or clients by which wills they
are themselves to become the
beneficiaries. Mr. Uiyan as s
lawyer, was asrare of this, and
his wav to get aroaad it was to
have the testator sign s separate
iustrument or letter of instruction
referring dulv to tbe same in bis
will.. Tnereby he proposed to
Vindicate his delicacy aa a law
yer versed in the ethics of his
profession as well as show him
self, in case of inquiry or com
ment, to be n man of nice con
scientiousness.”
The widow, however, did not
take kindly to the instructions
given her In the sealed letter and
refused to be bound by it. Con
sequently, "the whole affair was
precipitated into the conrts; s
most distressing publicity en
•ucd, and Mr. Bryan allowed
himself to be betrayed into writ
ing an outbusrt of persona]
‘rankness to the widow whiefa
she did not choose to regard as
confidential and which
her lawyer, with undis
guised brutality, promptly spread
upon the judicial records." This
in brief is the story of Mr. Ben
net’s will and Mr. Bryan’s con
nection with it. Old man Ben
nett’s sincerity in devising the
money to Mr. Bryan will scarce
ly be doubted, and the Peer 1cm
should and will probably get it,
but be made a mistake la him
self drafting the will.
Claim* at Being Bmk Vary Of
ten a Sakirfala.
Moofoe Kngtlnr.
We put very little faith in thia
claim of "vat drunk and did sat
know anything about what I waa
doing.” Jnat try giving some
drunken fool, who claims that
ha doe* not know what he is do
ing, a licking and aee if be doea
not remember it the next time
he »ees you.
Or. Bassott Criticised.
OmiIoIM OtWfUI.
Durham Nov. 2.—The utter
ances of Dr. John S. Bassett, of
Trinity College, on the negro
question, first published in the
South Atlantic Monthly, of
which be is editor, has stirred
Durham from centre to circum
ference. The expressed opinion
of the People on the streets to
day indicate that they are not
any mote iuyznpetby with Dr.
Bassett in hts position, than they
were with President Roosevelt
when be dined with the negro,
that the learned Dnrbam educa
tor says is the greatest man born
in the South in 100 yean with
the single exception of General
R. B. Lee.
All over the city yesterday
and today citixens—preachers aa
well as laymen—have denounced
Dr. Basset in no uncertain terms.
Lcsrocd and conservative men
seen by your correspondent to
day say that the position taken
by Dr. Bassett will do nothing
but add fuel to the racial troubles
that have been stirred up by sev
eral attempts toward social
equality in the recent past.
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