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VOL, XXIV._ _GASTONIA, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4.
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STORE
GOO I IN ESS
So busy are we to-day sending out goods
to eager customers that we haven't time
to write an elaborate advertisement of our
great store's contents. We |ust have to
pack together some truths that you will
rind |ust so—lust as we tell them to you.
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Our two great stores are overflowing with
good things for sustaining life and cloth
ing the body. if 1f if if
More people are learning of this store's
goodness every day. We not only adver
tise, advertise a great deal, but we are
accomplishing a tremendous amount of
good store-keeping along with It. if if
In every line stocks are standard, styles
carefully chosen, our claims and promises
lived up to. It Is money In your pocket to
learn the full measure of this store's ex
cellence. ar if if ur ur if
We couldn't say these things If we were
not absolutely sure of our ground. But
come and see and learn. if ST if
Thomson Co.
The People’s Store
POINTS AND PARAGRAPHS
ON TOPICS OP THE TIMES.
Up Art lUa hp*d pUI bp orlatrd trea hum to timr aotrvonbp utterances
•a Ihamaa of csrrpnt lntpr.pt Tbov will bP takaa from public piUrrpw*.
book*, alftimti. fipwppoprrt. In fppt prbtrrw wp map Bad them, lorn
tiMca thane -electioni will umd prltW oar elm. ui tbp pfeprs of oar rood
pro. ■omptlmm the oppontio prill bp trap. Bat bp tooaoo of tho mb)pcP manor,
tbo npW. tho aatbaohip. or tba rtrpi paprpmp4, oprh prill liw aa rltouM
of Uotlp lutpfppt to mnka It a coasppcm. uttaraaop.
Can Gal (heir Own frit*.
Cbarloitm Mm and Coarior.
It ia claimed thht the President has already secured the dele
gates from the Sooth, and yet we are told that there is "danger to
Roosevelt from the Sooth." The delegates to -he National Repub
lican Convention from this part of the country ought to oame their
price and stick to it. Somebody will pay them what they ask.
Vaat’a Waadarlal Msalary.
y«n«M Clip Jooraal
Senator Vest physically is mnch enfeebled, bnt his intellect
remains ss clear and his memory as wonderfully retentive as ever.
He is dictating a series of reminiscent articles to his stenographer.
Hit eyesight is so bad that he cannot look np references, but it is
found that every date and circumstance he gives is absolutely cor
rect. The marvelous reteutiveneis and accuracy of hia memory
were illustrated a few days ago. He had dictated an article to his
stenographer in which he qnoted in fall a letter which be received
from Jefferson Davis nineteen years ago. It was feared he might
have misquoted some parts of it, and before the stenographer
left the house members of the family got the original letter and
compared it with Mr. Vest’s quotation of it. It was found that he
had given word for word. '
Tfc# Doty •! tii« Democrat*.
Iktaoti Mwrt-lwto.
In otir view, Mr. Cleveland la tha strongest man the Demo
cratic party haa and the best fitted to be nreaident and tbc least
available.
The Democrat* who followed Mr. Bryan and accepted the free
silver doctrine and Ibe Kansas City platform have the right to
have their feelings and opinious considered. They were tanght to
bate Mr. Cleveland bitterly and to inspect him profoundly. They
learned their lesson—in our view i very pernicious and nnhappy
1 baton—-thoroughly. The nomination of Mr. Cleveland would be
an offense and a challenge to this large element of tbc party. It
would be asking them to go squarely back on their own heated bat
aiocere expressions of a few years ago. Yet, Mr. Cleveland's n«a
questionible strength at the East and with the individual voter* in
the close States made him formidable and kept him dangling be
fore the ryti of the party, an element of uncertainty, of mingled
hopes and fear*. Now he baa considered and ariaely taken him
self ont of the way and the party can settle down seriously to con
sider the remaining material. We do not think there it need to be
in a hurry in reaching tbc final decision. So hr Judge Parker, of
New York, sod Mr. Olney, of Maaaachnsatta, look to us to be the
moat promising men; bat change* come rapidly and man develop
•wiWy in this country. The man to lead the party may be linger
ing somewhere obscurely, awaiting tbn opportunity destined to
com* between now and neat summer. The pert of the Democrats
whQ* COttBlfy *° Mody the material now before It and to wait a
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QIATITUDE AND BENEVOLENCE
Tb* Tw* ar* In (fcu Ston|in
—In|r*tUnd* Ik* Nnanl *1
•U Nub Think*—Tk* Cm* *1
C*l. Mackwall.
Maura* Koqulrcr.
Col. W. T. Blackwell [who
died in Durham a few days ago]
was financially ruined because
he wsi too generous in endors
ing notes of friends. When a
fncod went to Col. Blackwell
with a request to endorse a note
the big-hearted man could not
refuse the request, and he, like
many an other endorser of
notes of friends, had tbe note to
pay when it was dne. Col.
Blackwell "stood’' for his friends
and while he was doing tbe
standing the men who should
have paid the notes lay down.
That is frequently tbe way of it.
Did those friends of former days
thank Col. Blackwell when he
went down into his pocket
and paid money for them? Not
a bit of it. Tbe man who leta
his friend who endorses a note
for him pay it ia forever against
the man who does tbe paying.
If you endorse a note for a
friend just for his accommoda
tion and that friend is honest
and pays the note himself, al
though he has to make sacrifice
to do it, he will thank you for
your kindness and will hold you
in high esteem as a friend, but
If you have to do the paying,
that fellow for whom you en
dorsed is your enemy for all
time. He never has another
good word lor you. Strange,
but it is as true as if it had beeu
read from the fifth chapter of
Matthew. Gratitude is s rare
yirtne. anyway. There is pathos
in Col. Blackwell's saying, "I
remember when people used to
rush across tbe street to speak
to me. Now nobody notices
me.” And yet. Col. Blackwell
was living among the people
whom be nad befriended ia the
days of bis prosperity and for
whom he bad paid money when
there was no possible chance for
him to be benefited by that pay
ment. We venture the aaaertion
that very few, if any, of the meu
for whomJCol. Blackwell "stood"
ministered to him in his last
sickness and stood by him in his
poverty. Ingratitude I The
meanest of all mean things.
Tbe good God, says a fable, had
all the virtues to assemble be
fore Him. In the splendid
courts of eternity the meeting
of the virtues was held. Truth,
Justice, Honor, Patience; Mod
esty, Benevolence, Gratitude end
all the other virtues assembled
and held a great jubilee in their
Pather'a house. Noticing the
fair forms of Gratituae and Be
nevolence passing and repass
ing and not recognising each
other, the good Goa called these
two virtues to Him and putting
the hand of Gratitude in the
band of Benevolence, introduced
them, for never before since the
world was made, and that was a
long time ago, bad Gratitude
end Benevolence met.
Working Backward.
CtenVuid Mala Dealer.
"Did you aak her father?”
"I did."
"What did he aay?”
"H*said yea."
"Then that settlea it.”
"Not mncb it doeaat. Now
I’ve got to aak the girl.”
Oeed Caaae Par Thanks.
Oxford Ltdaer.
The editor thanks Mr. R. T.
Crews, of Tar River, for a nice
gourd, the handle of which is
over three feet long, and a mess
of nice Irish potatoes, which
were planted the last day of
August, along with a beautiful
sample of mahogany wrappers.
Mr. Crews la a capital fanner
and a true Democrat.
Paallaga From the Oraaga Oh*
terror.
Onaac. Va, Okarar. «
The bicycle now givath place
to the icicle.
Old 1903 ia rapidly (pending
it( last quarter.
The buckwheat cake, after pa
tiently waiting its turn, is now
in our tnidat. *
The dentist fa a fanny man, by
bis profession shown—he works
on othet people’s teeth to And
work for his own.
Speaking about Congressnten
at-large,the daily roll call shows
that a good many of them are
that way all the tints.
There ia only one sure way to
stop a small boy front asking
a neat ions, slid that in not satis
factory if yon have any further
nse for tbe boy.
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Oajurtb.
BI1EI PATCH CHAMPIONS.
How Uncle jamas Scagglaa
Settled Ola at Pate Wadnsrs
land.
J. U a. la YorkTilU kasalm.
As tbe Enquirer from time to
time presents the familiar names
aud faces of persons we have
known for a long time—ever
since our childhood—a rem
iniscent spirit is aroused and we
often feel that we would like to
add something' that has ap
parently been omitted.
Tbe n line and face of Mr.
James Scoggins, as it appeared
tn last Tnesdsy’s paper, recalls
several incidents tost might in
terest many of your readers, who
may not be familiar with bis
earlier life—only one of which I
will mention now.
In his earlier days Mr. Scog
gins was without doubt one of
tbe fiuest specimens of physical
manhood in Western York and
he always bore the reputation of
a man who bad the courage to
maintaiu his natural precedence.
The incident of wnicb I am
going to apeak took place at
what is known as tbe "Brier
Patch" muster ground near
Smyrna church, a short time be
fore the beginning of the Civil
war.
It was customary, on muster
days, to have liquor on the
grounds. It might be a candi
date's or some one who wanted
to turn a little booze into money.
In tbe letter case it was not
looked npon as it now is for a
man to sell liquor. In fact,
some good men—men of means
and character did it. Anyway it
was always convenient for those
who would do so to get tight,
ami sometimes pretty drunk,
just as tbe spirit moved them in
that direction.
At toe dine of which we speak
the crowd was pretty well
liquored op, among them Tom
Lanier and Tom Whitesides,
(who, to distinguish him from
several other Tom Whitesides,
was called "Bad Legs."_ How
or where he got this sobriquet I
never knew, unless it was from
inst such occasions as this, wfieu
kis lower extremities afforded
such a poor means of locomo
tion.) Mr. Whitesides though,
was a first class gentleman, and
related to some of the best fami
lies in Western York. But, like
many otherwise good men,
liquor sometimes got the ad
vantage of him.
The shooting match was a
very-common pastime with some
people, and Tom Lanier made it
a specialty by wliicn to increase
bis income. He was acknowl
edged to be one of the best
marksmen in the country, and
many time* he was employed by
others to do their shooting at
the master ground matches
when they had bought chances.
On this occasion Toon Lanier
claimed to have won e very fine
gun from Mr. Whitesides.
(Whether Mr.. Whitesides had
ever wagered the gun or not I
do not know). But be was
shooting with the crowd and
Mr. Lanier undertook to take
the gun away from Mm by force.
A tassel ensued, which was
fallowed by blows, and finally
the two men fell with Lanier on
top. The crowd gathered around
and cries of "Hauda off; let ’em
fight it out " "Don’t part ’em
men; don’t part ’em. Let ’em
have a fair fight,” while all was
guiug the same way—against
Whitesides. Mr. Scoggins wss
always a quiet mao and never
took stock in any such carous
als. Yet, be would not stand
by and see a man imposed upon
when he was unable to help
himself Pressing into the
crowd and seeing into what
bands this traveler from Jerusa
lem to Jericho had fallen, Mr.
Scoggins stooped down to pull
Umar oft him, when Pete West
moral and, who was a stout,
heavy-set man, a blacksmith try
trade and as plucky as a bald
hornet betides, struck him such
s blow ill the back of the head
that Mr. Scoggins said that he
"could see stars all over the
ground." Pete had struck snob
a blow that the force of h had
staggered him back a few step*.
As Mr; Scoggins raised np he
*yes flashing fire,
while be said with an oath.
"Pete’s s boss." Just then hi
made another lunge, but as Kk
got within proper range he met
a blow from the aledga hammer
fiat of Jiin Scoggins which sent
him backwards with a momen
tum somewhat similar to that of
a pair of old fashioned winding
blades that had lost their equi
librium while running at a high
speed.
This broke up the fun and
ended the chapter.
Btta Jane, S. C., Nov. 20, *09.
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Qtsgrrg.
TIE 9VRKI OF US
wdl dressed young sum
mounted the steps of the Sab
Treasury about 4 p. m. yester
day and delivered a lecture on
finance. He soon suceedcd in
gathering a crowd. He pointed
to the statue of George Washing
ton sad then to J. r. Morgan’s
office remarking that when be
thought of two each great own
Mag in each close proximity
this thought always came to
him:
"George, yon are the father of
pur country, bat yon are not in
it with Johnny Morgan—be is
tbe owner of it."
The crowd laughed sad ap
plauded. but a friend took tbe
lecturer by tbe arm end led him
away. ~
The Pecan Tree.
BUaabrtfc City Tar Mart.
Tbe pecan trees planted twen
ty years ago in the const bones
lawn by Col. Creecy, bays come
into bearing tbia season for tbe
first time. The natural age of e
pecan tree is fourbnndredyeara.
MaMaHarsM.
Mias Loveylipe—He said my
month was like "a cleft honey
comb." Wasn't that sweet?
Mias Cbellna—M-m, yes bat a
honey-comb d^aan't look very
neat or pretty when it's split
open you know.
A f estate «ttt
WsnkiOloa Star.
"Do you regard money as the
supreme test of success?" asked
tbe man with the artistic tem
perament.
"No," answered the practical
person, "bat tbe absence of it is
a pretty sore sign of failure."
LAVISH SPENDER OP MONEY |
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TMDKamsumrmm
HERE ARE THE
NEW THINGS IN
LADIES’ WEAR!
Purs $1.25 up.
This will interest you: We
have a Me lot of fun that we
win olcr at $L25 each, fa
brown and black. Such val
or* have never before been
•een on this market.
siSSS?ss
ITM.UM.tHM.taMm
f*aaf
Ladles* and
Misses* Coats.
Misses' and chOdrea’s coat*
at ILM. CMI. $2.75. $5, $4.
WMl |5.
Ladies’costs at SUMUfc
$7Jl. IBJk tWII. ftZJt.
These ate the season’s 1st*
est styles, very beeatifhl end
scuucuve.
New Collars.
Another Me let of those
stylish new collan in cope sad
stole effect*. Prices 50c, 75c,
MUMLMfMJL
Trimmings.
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faata are attt in tbc land—
refca* ttJ* «J& ffjfc *
sal IUL Thay an cartaMy
■lag • widening mpalarllj
la oar triourigg dopat*
point oar figlgi areadarecfc ■
importance to every lady. W«
especially invite yoo to see
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