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VOL- XXV GASTONIA, N. C„ TUESDAY. MAY IQ. 1QQ4.
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JUBOC FAmi AT HONE.
Saaathinf Abes! the Maa Who
Nay ba Elect ad Fra aidant TMa
Fall eo tbe ismacradc Ticket.
At the very end of the road I
found hidden among the tree*
on a steep knoll, a trig fanner in
a slouch hat at the gate. With
a city man’s auperficiency I took
the man to be the overseer of
the farm, and asked him if be
could tell me where I could find
Judge Parker.
The big fellow nodded. He
made an admirable agricultural
figure,‘suited for a painter,whole*
some, red. rugged, and burned
and seasoned by exposure to the
westher. His clothes were
rumpled by tbe vigorous move
ments of a man who thought
mote about his task tbsu the
welfare of his apparel. The
coat was a blue sack, in its third
summer, his trousers were a
gray pair that were eloquent of
the farm, sad be wore a flat
turn-down collar, a striped, un
starched shirt, and bad no waist
coat. A gray slouch hat, tan
shoes, scratched and muddied
by tbe farm paths, and a tan
belt about his waist completed
bis tnake-uo.
His face was burned by the
sun as red as a lobster, and the
bair on his bauds was bnrnished
a bright gold. He was straight,
square, and with big strong
limbs that showed the develop
ment of outdoor life. His spark
ling black eyes surveyed me
with a glint of humor. For a
moment I felt ridiculous and
feared I had taken the wrong
road.
"I mean Judge Parket of the
court of appeals,” I explained:
"I was told be lived ia tbe last
house on tbe road.”
"Yes, do you want to see him?”
be said gravely. Then some
thing in the amused look of his
eyes and the broad full features
canned me in spite of native
prejudices about judges, in spite
of the funny cuts I had seen in
the papers to take an inspira
tional leap at the truth. He
smiled aod said:
"I'm Judge Parker. Won’t
ycra come op "to-the house?”
The house, a big, solid relic
of the old Dutch days, built over
a hundred years ago, faced the
Hudson. In front, the knoll
drops sheer down to the water’s
edge, s hundred feet below. The
ground about is filled with apple
trees and sown with barley. A
happy family of sheep and chick
ens and farmyard animals was
reveling in the barley. The
ground under the trees was Ut
tered with apples.
It was a simple, dignified home
not the country mansion of a
modern millionaire, but the
quiet, old-faabioned home of a
man of wholesome life and habit,
—a gentleman and judge. Many
homes like it am scattered along
the Hudson Valley. Many oth
ers near it surpass it in luxury
sod pretension.
On the wide veranda com
manding a view of the Hudson
the big judge sat down and
talked about the convention in
session at Saratoga. A lusty
yonng grandson bad climbed
upon nis shoulders, the moment
be had taken his seat, and be
discussed the subject of the gov
ernorship under difficulties.
While he talked, a heavy wag
on drawn by n pair of oxen
_ creaked down to the pier in front
of the house with aload of wood.
“Those are my oxen,” said the
judget "isn't that a fine teem?
I didn’t especially need them, I
suppose, bat 1 like them end so
I bought that pair for the men
beta to use in their farm work."
The oxen act him to talking
of hia pet bobby, bis imported
cattle, end he forgot all about
the Saratoga convention. He
took bine ribbons at the Buffalo
fair, and he has been taking
them ever since at the county
fain roundabout.
I fu mown about me nonae
and the farm with the simple
courtaev of I gentleman to bis
guest. It was in kb workshop and
library that be showed bis great*
eat pride. Hia workshop is the
big comer room on the lower
floor of the boose, commanding
• due flaw at the Hear. The
walls ere lined with law hooka.
—be has the ftoest prteata law
library la tbe Mala. Oq the
walla, too, are pictures of tbe
mat jadges of the past and of
hinc£"*A"t oftht° roo£
by tbe window is his desk, and
seated there, with Me secretary.
Subscribe for Tn Gaarowta
GaSKTTK, Gaston coonty'a lead*
UX utwidff. U par year.
York Cawly llama.
York Till, Bnqulrtr.
A municipal election will be
held on May 17, for the purpose
of selecting mayor ana alder*
inen to serve the town of York*
ville daring the next two years,
three trustees for the Yorkville
Graded school and three com
missioners of public works.
The Woodmen of the World
unveiled a handsome monument
to the late T. H. Leslie at
Bethany, Wednesday morning.
The address of the occasion was
made by Hon. Louis Dorrob of
Greenville. There was - large
crowd in attendance.
Mr. W- Henderson Carroll a
well-known farmer of Cherokee
township, Cherokee connty, was
seriously injured lost Tuesday as
the result of a runaway accident,
which occurred while he was on
his way home from Gaffney. At
first it was feared that bis in
juries would prove fatal, but he
is now thought to be out of
danger. Mr. Carroll is pretty
close to eighty years of age.
Two children of the Bethany
neighborhood, named Kiser, one
aged six and the other ten or
eleven years, were bitten by a
maddog last Tuesday afternoon,
and Mr. Wm. Bigger was in
Yorkville this morning soliciting
contributions to a fund that is
being raised to send the children
off for treatment. Tbe mad dog
that bit tbe children, was killed
shortly afterwards.
A stone crashed through a
window of tbe northbound pas*
senger train on the Southern
railroad just after it pasaed Tir*
xab last Monday afternoon, and
bruised the hand of a passenger.
It was thrown by some malicious
person whose identity bss not
yet been definitely established;
but tbe proper authorities are at
work on tbe case and in a fair
way to make an arrest.
Tbe Enquirer has a large bald
eagle that was killed near King's
Mountain battleground yesterday
morning. It weighs nine pounds
and hat a spread ol aeven and a
half feet from tip to tip. Mr.
Robert Paris killed it with a
ahot gun and we are indebted to
him for having it iu our posses*
siou. We are an-anging to
bare it properly atnffed and pre
served.
In the case of L. H. Sutire
va. the Western Union telegraph
company. The issues were like
this: The lather in Rock Hill,
sent the son, at King’s Moun
tain, N. C., a dispatch telling
him of the death of bis mother.
The message was sent Sundsy
afternoon during Sunday hoars;
bnt did not reach King's Moan
tain until after the office was
closed and was not delivered
until the newt day. Consequent
ly the son was unable to arrive
in Rock Hill until after the
funeral. The plaintiff claimed
damages in the sum of $1,000.
The jury took the papers yester
day afternoon, and after remain
ing out all night returned a
verdict for the plaintiff in the
sum of $300. Wilson & Wilson
for plaintiff; J. H Marion and
W. B. McCaw for defendant.
The total shipments of gold
from the United States assay
office in Charlotte during the
past months amounted to $23,
189.S9. Thia is said by the Ob
server to be above the monthly
average and is dne perhaps to
the uamber of new mines recent
ly opened in that section.
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JUtr SAYS GUILTY.
Mas A ceased •( Ociriidlml tbs
Oevenunant foand Onllty and
Sentenced.
The jury in the whiskey frauds
case in the Federal Court which
for the past ten days has been
on trial in Greensboro, brought
in a verdict of guilty for all
three defendants.
^ Judge Boyd fired B. F.
Sprinkle $5,000 and imposed a
sentence of two yean in the
penitentiary at Atlanta.
T. M. Angle was fined $1,000
and aenteuccd to one year in the
penitentiary.
A. J. Davis, a government
officer, was convicted three
weeks ago of false returns In
these cases and was sent to the
penitentiary for IB months and
fined $1,000.
William Young was sentenced
. to six months in jail and ordered
to pay a fine of $1,000.
OASTON COUNTY CROPS.
ROflrt tor Waak EMIalNir 7lL
Ts tki S<l!tor of is OuMUi
Cotton nearly all planted;
coming up alowly.
Coro planting practically con
ftlcted. tome up, growing alowly;
ow-land corn being planted.
Wheat doing well, small, italic
short.
Oats heading low.
Rye growing finely, fair con
dition.
Gardena backward.
Fruit prospect promising.
Peaches promise light crop.
Injury to fruit by cold weather
and frosts not extensive.
High winds, fences blown
down.
Showers light and scattering.
Day temperature normal,
nights cool.
R. D. Martin. Crop Reporter.
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Tannyaoaiaa.
tklBaaf Xcwa lauki.
la the spring a young man’s fancy
Hatty turn* to ibougtita at I ova.
In the spring a newer crimson tints
the breast of burnished dove;
In the spring a woman's fancy turns
to bargain sales and stores,
And to paper hanging
Painting the kitchen.
Hall mattings,
New curtains.
Putting up her screen*.
Getting her husband to plant
flowers,
Wondering if the iceman it Hou
ett.
Going visiting when she gets
that new dresa,
Finding the lawn boae.
Having the porch painted,
Mrs. Nexdore’a bonnet.
And about ten thousand other things,
in addition to saying that she
doesn’t nee why thnir landlord
won't put In hardwood floors!
An Enaili to Other Camillas.
L*no4r Nm.
Gaston county has let the con
tract for a $6,000 county home.
That is a move in the right di
rection, and other counties
shonld follow suit. It seems a
great injustice to home crimi
nals in $10,000 jails and let poor
unfortunate paupers live in di
lapidated ahanties.
Governor Aycock fixes June
15 as the date for the execution
of three men convicted of mur
der in the first degree, whose
sentences the supreme court has
affirmed. The coodemed are
Adam Hunt, Pearson county;
Archie Lipscomb, Granville
county, and William R. Munn,
Cumberland counlv.
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Nature Lends
Every one knows that Royal Baking
Powder is absolutely pure. Hence the
housewife uses it with implicit confidence
and without question, and she is justified
in so doing.
But how few realize that Royal Baking
B°w'*elr ■ ita chief ingredient h a direct procf
net of the healthful ana drlicioui grape I This
*!Tjc?T*!iliMjmd *STJ
to an impalpable powder, n the cream at tar
tar which forma the active principle of every
pound of Royal Baking Powder.
Frail properties are indispensable to the
haakhfubew of the body, and those of the
grape aa used in the “Royal ” are the mod
valuable and healthful of all.
Hence it is that Roval Baking Powder .
produces food superlative both in flavor
and wholeaomenesa.
BUTTE* 43 TEAM OLD.
Juf Baca Recovered Pram tbe
Spring in Which U Wnn lonl
S411I Sweat.
CliAiiotte Chronicle.
A atone jar of bntter that had
been buried for 42 years was
found tbe other day on a farm in
nort county, in northeastern
Nebraska.
Forty-two years ago a family
by tbe name of Decatur lived on
the place, aud oue day in sum
mer ibis jar waa packed aud
placed in the spring. A few
days later, when one of tbe fam
ily went to get the batter it was
gouc and no search unearthed it.
The Pouca Indians roamed the
neighborhood, and the supposi
tion was that it bad been filched
by some of them.
The Decaturs lived and died,
and tbe farm baa changed hands
several times since then. Two
weeks ago a man was pnt st
work excavating for an out-build
ing close to the spring. At a
considerable depth be encoun
tered a stone Jar.
On being exposed to tbe sir
the jar crumbled to pieces and a
four-pound roll of batter fell out.
It was mouldy on tbe outside,
but yellow and sweet inside.
The batter _ was brought to
town, and neighborhood tradi
tion soon established that it was
tbe self-same roll put in the
springbonse forty-two years ago.
A member of tbe Decatur family
recalled the circumstances fully.
Au investigation of the spot
disclosed the fact that tbe bot
tom of the old spriug was in
ouicksand, and it is supposed
that tbe weight of tbe jar and its
contents caused it to drop to a
firmer bottom, where it was kept i
intact all tbeae years.
This is undoubtedly the oldest
roil of butter in the world, and
steps have been taken to pre
serve it for exhibition at the St.
Louis Pair.
From Kings Mountain.
Kln«» Mountain Harald. Ml.
C. E. Russell has accepted a
job of selling shoes with the
Kenmore Shoe Co., of Fred
ericksburg, Va., and leaves this
week to travel the state of South
Carolina.
B. O. Jenkins came in this
morning with about 20 bales of
cotton. He has held ■ little too
long, bat realised a very fair
price anyway.
Several of our trutbfnl citizens
report to ns tbac on last Thurs
day morning early they saw a
little anow fall and we were not
surprised at it.
A 14-yesr-old son of Frank
Gains was drowned last Satur
day evening in the pond at
Lawndale. It is supposed that
while fishing he went to sleep
and fell into the water.
Mrs. Faires, mother of Hd
and Sam, and Mrs. Dixon,
mother of Mrs. S. H. Faires,
came in yesterday to see a child
of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Faires
which is very sick at this writ
ing.
Mrs. Beverly Patterson re
turned on Monday from Atlanta
where she has been for the past
month for treatment. We are
glad to note that she is ranch
improved and the physicians
say she will only need reat and
quiet now to restore her to good
health.
C- B. Neialer informs ns that
he feasted ou strawberry abort
cake last Monday, made from
strawberries gathered from hla
own garden. This is the first
we have heard of in our town,
and you can listed out for his
first peach pie aoon.
w. A. Mauuey, Bia., of our
town seem* to he looking up in
the minds of many persona as a
candidate to represent Cleve
land county in the lower house.
Several prominent men have
mentioned his name to ns recent
ly itf this connection
Wc are glad to note that the
health of Mr. Rnfns Patterson
has about regained ita usual
state. We are informed that ba
has almost recovered from
bruises received some time ago
by hit fall from a wagon. He is
one of our oldest landmarks, and
relates many incidents of long
ago and remembers them well.
Cast an Hoasra HaraalL
*ci»e» imsn Kersis.
The people of Oaston county
did themselves honor in their
primaries least Saturday ia nom
inating Dr. O. O. Palis lor coun
ty commissioner. He is capable,
aad will make a public servant
that ia worthy the trust.
Hickory hat organised a mili
tary company with fifty members
under the name of the Hickory
Rifles.
SOUTHEM PtOMOTIOHS.
S. H. Hardwick Sactiiii t» Pig.
Um af Praaaat Traffic N»
«w.
w«»ii msu* mt
The Southern Railway has to*
noanced the following appoint
ments: S. H. Hardwick, now
general passenger agent, ap
pointed passenger traffic man
ager. with headquarters a t
Washington, vice W. A- Turk,
deceased; W. H. Tayloc, now
assistant general passenger
agent, appointed general pas
senger agent, with need quarters
at Washington, and Brooks Mor
gan, now assistant general pas
senger agent, with headquarters
in this city to retain tba same
title, with headquarters at At
lanta.
These appointments, all in
the nature of promotions, take
effect on May 1.
Mr. Hardwick, who succeeds
to the place of passenger traffic
manager made vacant by the;
death of Mr. Turk, has been
connected with the Southern
Railway since its formation, and :
for twelve yean previously was
with the properties now forming
the Southern system. He has
risen from the position of travel
ing passenger agent, and was
for a number of years assistant
general passenger agent at At
lanta. He was born at Mont
gomery. Ala. Mr. Hardwick
was at St. Louis when his ap
pointment to succeed Mr. Turk
was made by the management.
.Mr. Tayloe is a native of
Mount. Airy, Va., and has been
with the Southern Railway sines
its formation in IBM. He started
es clerk in office of the assistant
general passenger agent at At
lanta. He has a large number
of relatives and friends here and
in Virginia.
Mr. Brooks Morgan has like
wise grown up with the South
ern and is regarded as one of
the most capable young railroad
men in Lbe country. He came
to Washington from Louisville,
siid has made many friends here
while serving his road with
marked efficiency. Although
his headquarters will now be at
Atlanta, be will continue to be
in close touch with Washington.
MONTH’S TRIAL PIKE.
Breathe Hyemel Three ar Paw
Times Dally a ad Ba Car ad af Ca
tarrh.
J. H. Kennedy & Co., one of
the most reliable bnsioeas firms
in Gastonia, have seen many
instances of the remarkable pow
er of Hyotnei to core catarrhal
troubles and other disorders of
the respiratory organs.
Results in this treatment have
given them so much confidence
in Hyotnei that they will give a
month’s trial with the positive
understanding that if at the end
of that time a enre is not effected
or enough relief gained to war
rant a continued use of the treat
ment for a while longer, the
money will be refunded.
Hyomei is the only treat
ment for catarrh that has ever
been sold under a "no cure, no
pay" plan, and the only one where a
months trial treatment ia tree anltss
it cures.
llyowei is not a pill or liquid.
Just breathe it through the neat io
batcr that cornea with every outfit,
and benefit will be seen from the
first day's use. breathed in this
of the lungs, • and drives catarrhal
germs and poiaoaa from the system.
The compete outfit coats but (1,
and extra bottles of Hyomei may be
obtained far JOo.
Remember that if Hyomei done not
cure you after a*aaoath’a trial, J. H.
Kennedy & Co. will refund your
money and the treatment will be ab
solutely free. -10-10
CeaUseisn by a Catawba Caaaty
Newton Batorvrtac.
John Bd Carter, one of the
men in jail for stealing Mr.
Leather-man's money, has made
a confession. He says be sod
Fraley both went into the boose
and got the money and that they
were also in Mr. Milt Wilkinson’s
boose at Malden and stoke eggs
sad other things to eat. He
says be met Fraley ia Concord
about a week before the theft
and that they left there specially
to make the raid on Mr. leather
man's. Fraley had heard of the
money and where Mr. Leather*
man kept it. end failing to get
another man to go, approached
him end they started at oaee for
Leatherman’a. We have no way
of knowing whether the man (%
telling the truth or not.
Large numbers of pheasants
are being raised • at the United
States poultry experiment farm
at Raleigh, these embracing
Mongolian, English tad other
rarities. Pheasants are sUo
being raised at Mr. Toft’s poul
try yards at Pinehurst.
Ribbons i Ribbons.
.. Wilh Taffetas lor annimrf wear, all shades imlbin tmrm
No. 40's to iO'a, 10c, 15c, and 20c per yard. flMBOOO from
Satio Taffetas. 40’a to 100, from 20c yard u p.
yXc^aoSuWcf*^*0*** WUU’ btack "* 0#k,»* U. ffie, Se.
COLLAR, CUPP AND BELT BANDS.
u.^Sg*5 SSAftSJT&SB. !T>£g
not easily resisted. r
NEW SILK SHIRT WAIST SUITS.
I*
ivanes* to the cooda. nnmmrmanc*
geoin an tikbc the load for skirt waist salts for summer wear.
BELTS AND NECKWEAR.
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Every kind and deacriotion. All tfat newest lada.
S™*"* if&S&tobJS*-*** X*. mi 75c.
J&kSlXitSiS&SLar* *75l*“4
!%•**i. W *fc. 35c. and 50c.
wit of Wash Fabrics and Dots Goods, conplctfl*1'
Millinery still a specialty. Expert attention toall orders.
JAS. F. YEAGER.
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ROLLING UP DOLLARS
ia best accomplished by placing
what you have in a good raving
bank. At toon aa they an de
oodted they rntammca tolling
up more for von. The more you
depoait the latter they rolL
TK GA5T0WA SAVINGS BAM
i* prepared to start your dollar*
rolling at once. It la not occea
■ary that you tbould have a large
auai la order to begin. Start the
account with what yoe have,
evee if It la oeljr oae dollar.
GASTONIA SAVINGS BANK,
L.L.lBMKIMS.rm. L.L.HAADM. ftJJ!
Town Property
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