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VOL. XXV. , QA8TONIA, N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 99, 1004 ——————■■————— GLIMPSES ortai EIPOSmON. Sum UUoa Rdu by Tba OasaHa's BaprasaaUtiva t tba Grant World's Pair at St. Lull. C^r»MK>odcrr« ml U>* OUMto Ioaide Inn, Worlds Pair Grounds, St. Lonis, Mo., July 14th—In the midst of 5,000 stir ring, hustling, jostling, staring people, all in one house, is not a very good place to attempt to write anything about the World’s Pair, but while 1 im resting for a few minutes 1 will send Thk Gazkttb some random notes about the Exposition. I am quartered at the Inside Inn located lost within the grounds. It claims to accomo date 5,000 people and last night it was reported full. This is ■ very convenient and comfortable hostlery and the charges are reasonable. The vast dining room seating several tbonsaud people at one time is an interest ing spectacle within itself. To take in the entire Exposi tion thoroughly would, I think, require several weeks. This is my conclusion after being here for three days. The grounds cover 1,240 acres and it U pretty thickly covered with buildings. So far I have been able to make a casual tour of seven of them. * To undertake anything like a comprehensive description of the buildings and the exhibits WWHIU U< I V VViUUMiB* • BUS 1* be brief. The first exhibit 1 visited wts that in the Manufacturers Build ing which is 09a of the sight main buildings arranged in ran shape looking from tne Festival Haii, which crown* the moat elevated spot in the entire grounds. From this hall the cascades run into the Lagoon. In accordance with the policy of the management the spectator ia here permitted to see not only the finished product bat the process of manufacture as well. Cotton mill machinery, the same that we ace everyday in our own mills at Gastonia, is in operation weaving cloth. Handsome silk handkerchiefs and snspendcTS of various colors and patterns are "built from the ground up” be fore your eyes. The evolution of a fine patent leather shoe from the raw leather to the box from which it is retailed is an inter esting spectacle. One cannot afford to pass by the Manufac turers Building. The building of Education and 8odal Economy ia one which attract* many visitors. For the moat part it is cut up into State sections, each con taining exhibits of the work done in the State which it represents. A large section of the building ia devoted to exhibits of the work done by the students of the various State Agricultural and Mechanical colleges. All of the large universities of the United States and foreign countries, es pecially Germany, have separate stalls for their exhibits. Just in the rear of the Festival H«ll ia the Fine Arts building in three aectiftus. Not being an art critic I will leave the com ment here for another pen and will only say, in passing, of the large collection of paintings, ^rawln/M a*ul af afttaet# male at T heard other* In my boat ear— "It’e pretty;* II you come to the Bair don’t miu it. I will mention only two other baUdings now, the Palace of Liberal Arts and the U. S. Gov ernment Building. In the Liberal Art* building I devoted my time largely to section given over to printing and the allied arts. Here I saw tbs Merganlhsler Linotype, Simplex, Monotype and all the other modern type setting machine* in operation. A number of printing presses, including thoec that do color work, are also in operation here. IL Hoe & Co’s, octuple news paper perfecting prsas is on ex hibition but not in operation. It Is an Immense machine print ing 96,000 eight page papers per hour. Rapid mailing machine* snob as the Addressogrspb nod Elliot, typewriters of all make*, aod adding sucMne* are ex hibited hi tbis building, I saw many other interesting things here but time and space forbids mention of them. • The most complete and ex haustive exhibit I have yet aeon is that in the U. S. Government building. Beery department of V. 8. Mintis in operation turn tag out Souvenir coins made of brass. The method of pristing carattier la shown, the engrav ing being printed on silk instead of paper. The printing of maps and savveys from copper plate gad soaps!os* engravings is also shewn. The Amy, N a v v, Baritbsoaiaa Institute, and in fact every department of the government U well represented. The U. & Pish commission ex hibit is ia a separate building and ia well worth tbe time re quired to go through it. la my opinion the government exhibit ia the most complete on the grounds. There are three good ways of getting s bird’s eye view of the buildings and'grounds; by the In Inlrsmual Railway, which makes a complete circuit of tbe enclos ure; by one of tbe World's Fair Automobile Tourist Company's cars; and from a 300 foot steel tower. The absence of negroes from tbe grounds is very noticeable. So far 1 have seeu leas than s doxen. Tbe Press Building near the Lindell Boulevard entrance ia a comfortable and convenient re sort provided for visiting news paper men. The various city papers Have their Exposition bureaus here all visiting quill drivers are made to feel at borne. Tomorrow 1 will visit tbe Ag ricultural building, tbe largest on the grounds, where, 1 am in formed, the Old North State has s most creditable exhibit. July 18.—Sightseeing on tbe Exposition gronndt is pretty warm work at this time. Many _j_x_At_j_ -«_ . • WHIIMK U«7 kiw WCCijr visitor will find himself search ing for a shady resting place, of which there are many. The various State buildings afford comfortable lounging places bnt they are nearly all in one section of the grounds. Of the thirty nine State and Territory buildings I visited only five. The Tennessee build ing is a reproduction of the Hermitage, President Jackson’s old home near Nashville. The Vlginia building is a reproduc tion of Monticello, the home of Jeffcraon. The largest State building is that of Missouri, the most massive and imposing that of New York. Many visitors are attracted to the Pennsylvania building by the Liberty Bell, which stands in the main en trance guarded by two police men. The largest structure on the grounds is the Agriculture build ing which covers 23 acres. Here are exhibited all the products of the soil, the implement! and tools used in cultivation, and methods used in cultivating and harvesting the products. Splen did exhibits ol cotton, corn, to bacco, fruits, dairy products, cereal foods, wines, whiskies and other products, together with all the latest improved farm machinery are seen here. North Carolina’s exhibit here is very creditable though it is not yet complete; the tobacco exhibit is being installed now. A very striking and attractive feature here is s model dairy in opera tion, It is enclosed in glass to keep out all dust, etc., and uses 5,000 pounds of milk daily. In a cola storage section of this ex hibit are several statues done in golden creamery butter. Thera are many things of inter est I might mention if time and space would allow. A few of them ate the Floral Clock on Agricultural Hill; the diet is 100 feet in diameter, the numerals are of flowers, the minute hand, 74 feet long, moves 3 feet every minute; the largest pipe organ in the world on which daily re- , w«|iy«u, ■ ait- , mond necklace: an array of , costly and magnlfident Parisian costume* and hundreds of other things, the bate mention of which would require much space. No article of any reasonable , length could convey to the read er an adequate conception of the Prir. It must be seen to be appreciated. I heard a few persons say that it was no better than the Chicago fair of 1895 but I beard many others say that it was far sftperior both in magnitude and In the excel lency of the displays. , *o,*ptnl ? Portion of one day in St. Louis mostly In the busi ness sections aad along the river front. With a population of 750,000 h is the fourth largest city hi the United 8tates and la a great industrial and manu facturing centre. The Union Railway station in St. Louis is the largest in the world, having been erected at a cost of $7,000.* 000. The train shed alone covers over eleven acres. Aa I wua leaving I saw In the station Dr* Nary Walker, the famous woman’s rights leader, who has gained great notority by wear* clothing. She was attired in a handsome Prince Albert sait and wore a beaver UK. ,0<* R*Hway from °* Kvsnsville, lad., traverses a magnificent farming country. The wheat and com fields of Southern Indiana and South ern Illinois were almost in describably beautiful. James W. Atkins. The Pars*aaHty si Jalgs Parksr Frifitiilri Firatr Of the home life, habits, and temperaneut of Judge Parker, the country ia now pretty thor oughly informed, but as to his political convictions, aside from his having always voted the Democratic ticket, practically nothing ia known. Declaring that a fudge should not feeddle with politics, be has maintained an nnbroken alienee throughout the campaign and not until his tetter of acceptance is read will bis personal views on the great political issues be known. Bven during the convention last week, he stayed on his farm at Bsopus and appeared to be aa ranch in terested in the crops as in poli tics. What is really known of the Democratic candidate may be ■nmmed up iu this fashion : He is s mao of unblemished char acter sad so trusted that at times the Republicans have refused to nominate s candidate ia opposi tion to him. Born near Cortland, in mi, ne worked on bis father’s farm nntil be was six teen years old, when he began teaching. He intended going to college bat the financial con dition of the family won Id not permit it, and be obtained only a legal education at Albany Law School. Ia 1884 he was chair man of the Democratic State Executive Committee when Dav id B. Hill waa elected Governor. A Supreme Court judge dying, Hill anpointed Parker to fill toe vacancy, and he has been on the beach ever since, having nothing to do with politics. Judge Parker is a real fanner. Says James Creel man : "At the end of every week and daring the summer vacation Judge Parker is to be found on his picturesque farm at Kaopns. which overlooks the Hudson River. He has three farms In New York State—one of 150 seres st Cortland, another of 150 acres at Accord and still an other of 90 acres at Esopna. Ha manages these three farms and makes them, on the whole, pay. He Is no dilettante stranger to the country, playing with agri culture as with a toy, bat a real farmer, who directs the work, superintends the plowing and, in harvest time, goes out in his ihirt sleeves to work with his men in the bay and sorghum." At St. Louis a few weeks ago, we asked a distinguished New fork Editor—not a Democrat— is to the general impression in New York as to Judge Parker's character. "Parker," he replied, 'ia a man whose integrity no >ody doubts, and who ia also -egarded as a man of real itiengtb of character. I do not ;bink that bis silence is due to :imidity or that be will be under he datamation of Hill, While le will be governed by hia par k’s platform of principles, he will have no personal boss if ha a elected President. In fact, :he lawyers tell me that ao far from being a tool, he measures ■ore nearly up to Samuel J. rilden's remark about Cleve and when Cleveland waa just beginning to rise—‘a man who i»a rather do a thing his way, even if the wrong way, than lo it the other fellow’s way, even if it ia the right way.’ * Four hundred and twenty hens ook part in an egg laying com >etition in Sydney, extending >ver twelve months, in all 68, 172 eggs were laid, and the >rize was won by a pen of wyandottea with an average of 118 a ben. A woman can twist her hns band aronnd her finger as long u she feeds him wall and loesn't try to reform bins.— Exchange. '■ > •*« ‘V,-. \ BAST 0ASTON SOSSIP. TlwAw art at Work—Crep AaaJ (lf-awtng Na<^, wvva oni UTvwlus ■invraa TIm •! SatraiUai at Hatm —Other Items al Interest. amm— of um a—am Baat Gaston. July 20—W i notice that the Correspondent! of Tun Ou*to are getting i move on themselves now, and art writing pretty freely. W« want to commend them all, snt aay keep op the good work. I it gets too much Tor the Bditoi to publish, all that comes is, then let him throw oot our perl and take up that of others. We feel sometime* that we are tak ing up too much space but we cant help it; we live ia such a good section and our people tell .us so much that we just can’t help sending it in. The protracted meeting that has been going on at Hebron Baptist church near Mountain Island, for two weeks, has proved to be a success. Something like a dozen joined the church and were baptised last Sunday by the able pastor. Rev. Mr. Beaver. The threshers are ia Bast Gaston now. At this writing they are at Uncle Sboog’s, one of the moat hospitable places is that section. Tbe thresher men report* very good turn out, the only thing in the way is that tbe farmers did oot sow n great deal Inst fan. Crops la Bast Gaston were acver better, and to demonstrate this Lee Cannon says his com dm grown to be • nuisance, it is growing ao fast that its popping keeps him from sleeping. "Uncle Shoog" says that’s noth ing, that his potatoes are grow ing ao fast that they are quarrel ing with each other for room, and that he can hear them say "Lac over, and gim me room.” The beat com that we have beard of is "Clod Smasher’s” <J5 acres over the creek. That •peaks well, but he is one oi the beat farmers in the county. We want him to quit clod smashing now nod report some for Thb Gazette. The feeding of the convicts in Mount Holly one day recently was Just like those good people; for as we have said before, they are not the People to talk about doing things, they do them, and they not only do them, but they do them in great style. They never lag back when the time to move cornea. The boys have laid of n base ball ground on Open View Parma. If they will taka dam to practice they will have a nine that will be hard to >»«« _Sast Gaston. Cattaa Saad Meal—Queau. CkwMta Cknaida. ISA. "How do yon manage to get your Irish potatoes on the market so much earlier than anybody else, and inch fine ones, too?” The query was addressed to the thrifty farmer. He whispered, "cotton seed meal.” At another time the same sort of query was addressed to the farmer who came earliest in tbs market with the biggest toma toes, and be answered, "cotton need meal." The man who took the premium on butter ex plained, "cotton seed memL” The eow gave good milk and much milk because of "cotton seed meal.” What a wonder, the eottoa crop I What a wonder, the eottoa aeedl Not long ago the eottoa asad was despised and a nuisance. Now the oil is a wander, the ball is n wonder, but the wonder of wonders for bringing wealth out of poverty is the cotton scad meal. It hastens crops to taka advantage of early markets, it stimulates soil aad cliauts to maka better aad bigger pro ducts, It takes the place of labor, and works lor the farmer. If cotton is King, cotton aaad meat is the Queen. The people of the Sooth are rapitfy lading out about this new Oners of l*Ua uJI daily. Citizens of Awioe, Scot land. Robeson, and other earn Uoa Jo that atetton of th» {State made .tha acquaintance of tha lady yean ago aad under her patronage they have alwaya prospered. Peal Kruger, former president of the Tranevaal republic died at Clarcos, Switicrliad early Thoreday nomine from pneumonia aad supervening heart weakness, Ha lost eon aciouanese Monday. Tha body was embalmed and tha remafasa placed in a receiving vonh pend ing the funeral arrangeemnta. Application will he made to tha British government for authori ty to tiki the ramalas to tha Transvaal. The Woodmen of the World have loot their celebrated suit brought against them by • dti xens at York who claims that be mas injured in the initiation. The anpreme court yesterday handed down a decision affirm ing the finding of the lower court, which awarded the plain dffl.OOO. The cnse attracted attention nil over the coentry and was oi particular interest to all secret £B2s£rz«mjsr£Ss oat by the trial. The oak was SR&au&K the order n geet ares used that SSiand Urn permanently. The Woodmen, throngb J. W.Leech, who was an officer la the order, coate ad td that he had net beea injured to the extent set forth in the complaint, bat the jury re tamed n verdict for *1,000, aad thesopreme court to which the of testimony, affirmed the lewer court. , Who. ont wUh the working Eon the (rounds of the Hospital last Header. on of the patients. Miles C. Hta rick, ot Cleveland connty, threw hitnsali in front of a traction SuMO? Jisyi has been *a innate of tbe iasti> taboo lane then three months. ^Tht^ Mmpmwtin* at the sraafesr*32 rAimrnwWimi. «h.MVn Manor Mali W. tmilr 0 CVa. pare basins Ml-o-na, satnre i care tor dyspepsia. _WAtMWli. IT’S GOING ON NOW, Yeager's Busy Sal «oTh«^ MMS8aoSl*^uSr(<S^ it>«&Sftlif'«£S^ REMARKABLE REDUCTIONS ’• /UftlBSf/.Vw^xriukMRnUBkAfli ** we adeertiaa them below. •t m advertised, and that means a foun muf of §**1 WMoy to CASHJS WHAT COUNTS IN THIS TWO*WEEKS SALS Embroideries for 75c on the Oar complete of embroideries through at usual golfer's 7ft cents. Baby Cops for 50c on the Dollar. On onr entire line ef these charm* lag little articles we have cat the price half In twa. Sailor Hats for 50c on the Dollar. **—# Clean sweep prices pre vail on all ready trimmed millinery. Crushed Leather Belts —Entire Line for i Price •ad aada Saturday night, Ju”30, and tenumcoSu ■nr»*"C- *•» JAMES F. YEAGER ■■■■■ ■ ■■■ n i
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