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A GOAT PABM.
to mw Bait*
Jb B. Hunter, of Kings
s^'msBrU!
gsrisfcWK
city to-day.
Mr. Hanter, in tbe course of a
with a News re
porter Una afternoon, talked
vary entertaiaingiy of tbe goat
jndnstry diet be. Dr. Baxter
“■"S' «a* Hr. Chas. Dill in*
moaatainOBS territory, and
1°°* “ Oprtoo OB over 2.000
•om more. They stocked tbe
gjfbel tract with 150 goats.
two csr
»*** they brought
sre now.
than 1,000 goats on tbe
- kjf expected that the
_—Iber Will be increased from
time to time.
The raising of goats in North
Carolina on soch an extensive
ta rather aa experiment,
it k tbeaght £»be pro!
K «v„"„4“sw*
win*. TkQkw.Mte.bl.
s ;Viy
BUSIHISS MEW rot PAH El.
A ft—H—I Mill Man’s Vlawa—
Nr. T. S. Valawright. •! Stans
wait Mlsn, Talks al Milica
and tha Call—Mill Silaatisa,
SaTljisttsa
city yesterday. He U president
ol the Stonewall Cotton Mills,
and Is. through the sale of his
product, fa northern markets, in
done touch with the commerce
kw the commercial element in
New York, Boston, Chicago and
°”*f cities.
An Observer man ask ad Mr
Wainwright for an expression of
Ws views oa the presidential
campaign and the standing of
the two candidates in the esll
matloa of the manufacturing
and commercial element of the
people ol the United States. He
tniwfrM:
"Justice Parker is a very
popular man with the manu
facturer and the merchant be
caase of hit safety. He is a
indicia! minded man and has a
Sad head oa good shoulders.
*• Roosevelt oa the other
band is too ipuch of a rough
rider. Hia persistently rough
action towards the Indimoli
people has made him very un
h» Mississippi. It re
minded the people of the old re
construction times when mean
treatment was the rule of the
government’s conduct towards
the-Sovth. Thu sort of thing
died out under the Cleveland
NfKMey administrations
and it Is extremely disappoint
ing to see the present adminis
iv iur urn fat®
contortion methods which
McKinley bad abolished. The
refnsal to name a poatofficc af
ter Vardaman seems very small
action for any administration to
take. I think Parker will suc
ceed very easily. I believe the
commercial and mannfactoring
element North is going to go
largely to Parker.
*Mr. Roosevelt is unsafe in
many ways. We of the South
feel this way about it, but that
would cut very little figure, if
the people of the North did not
feel the same way. Consider
the strikes which are 9SW on.
Many northern people think
that the contentions and unrest
of labor is largely due to the
Roosevelt spint. His attitude
towards labor is calculated to
make trouble ratber than
peace."
"What about the Cotton
crop?" was asked.
"1 think,” said Mr. Wain
wrigbt, "we are going to have
cotton enough to supply all
legitimate demand and some
surplus. Cotton will continue
at a fair price, and at a fair
price it does not take as much
to go round as it did at five,
six and seven cents. As to
price I feel that it will be about
9 cents. It may go a treat high
er or lower, but it can’t go up
like it did this year for the Sully
boom exhibited that the world
will not take 9,000,000 bales at
15 cents. Therefore no mill
womld again follow cotton up to
speh a price because it has been
made clear that the people will
not buy the goods. They use
more linen, lute and other sorts
of goods and get along with leas
■a the prices go up. The crop
promises to be 11,500,000 to 11,
525,000 bales. The substitute
*f light good* for heavy goods
is reducing the quantity of
cotton required.
"I have just been to Chicago
and St. Louis and there are no
stock of goods there. The
jobbers said tha country mer
chants were watting. It is to
my mind useless for these mer
chants to wait because if cotton
goCs to 8 cants, goods will not
go lower than now.
"When the country does warn
goods it Will not ba possible to
get them quickly. Scarcity of
labor is going to stand in the
way of starting up the mills in a
jnury. Uns common labor is
UNCLE SAM A HORSE-BREEDER. I
To PmM* Good Stock hr (ho i
“tulwllllir Islands (ho
Sstinam Ilooll Ship* So*
lictvi Hontt
A ship load of horses and
marcs has been sent from thia 1
country (or breeding pnrpooca,
with the idea of grading up the 1
Filipino ponies and ot the same
time keeping a supply of highly
bred American bones, so that
breeders can get stallions to 1
continue and broaden this work
of improvement.
It la interesting to note that
this is the first time our Govern
ment has taken any part in
bone-breeding. And even now
it may not be proper To say that
it is taking a part, for tbe pres
ent experiments arc made by
the civil government of tbe
Philippines, and the expenses
arc paid ont of the Philippine
revenues. If the experiments
succeed, however, it will uot be
wonderful if tbe Federal Gov
ernment should establish a
breeding plant of its own, so
that cavalry and artillery horses,
of tbe same types conla be ob
tained. . France, Germany, Aus
tria, and Russia breed horses for
military tue and also to foster
horse-breeding.
I was chosen to select the
horses that have been sent ont.
In a general way, 1 will say that
I selected only snch horses and
mares as seemed to me to have
a similarity of blood with tbe
Filipino ponies. All reproduc
ing horse-types ate founded on
me aisd anu u«n>. oo speci
mens of any of tbeae types not
made utterly dissimilar, by rea
son of site—tbe Percberon, for
instance—appeared suitable.
Available in America were tbe
Morgans, the Dentnarks, and
the thoroughbreds.
I secured stallions of these
three types and also a tew Arab
stallions which had come to this
country by way of England.
The brood mares were all
bought in tbe Blue Grass region
of Kentucky, while some work
and brood mares for tbe agricul
tural experiment stajjcjj »ere
bwgfrt i«j .Missoari. The im
mediate purpose is Jo breed
American and Arab stallions to
Pilipino mares, keeping, how
ever, a supply of strictly Ameri
can mares and horses as a kiud
of parent stock, on which later
to draw.
Of course, thia mingling of
American and Pilipino horse
blood is an experiment, and no
one can tell with absolute cer
tainty what the result will be.
That tbe progeny as individuals
will be an improvement over
tbe native horses is tolerably
sure; bnt the experiment cannot
be considered entirely success
ful unless tbe mingling of blood,
aided by infi^iom of Arab
blood, resnlta in reproducing a
type of sturdy horses suitable
for work on the farms and fit
also for use by the army and
constabulary. This can no
doubt be accomplished in time.
Haw to bn Happy. The nth on i
Ratal Porch.
FT»/p»f-« WMIr
Don’t talk of the cost of
things; it gives the men a
chance for boastfulness and may
be embarrassing to the poor.
Don't discuss children; if yon
have any, the chances are yon
are boring those wbo have not.
If yon have none, you are sure
to be mortally wounding those
wbo have.
Don't discuss dress; tbe lady
whose abort evening gown yon
an scoring may have come direct
from Paris, wearing the newest
thing, and the whole subject is
a hopeless one, anyway. Gener
ations must pass before mortals
will have the courage to wear
any thing beautiful, or simple,
or useful, or healthful.
Don't discuss diseases or sur
gical operations, Without a
natural pathological taste or a
trained mine’s experience, it is
sptto disgust people.
Don’t mention family feuds.
It embarrasses the listener, and
yon give your dignity a mortal
stab.
Don’t indulge in penonalities.
They Invariably return worse
(ban they started oat.
But, however many "don’la"
the manual may contain, the
laat and best and final one mast
bn: Smile bravely and don’t
apeak at all._
tpitfUadira Rat Vadted fa
Unfaw.
Soma oaa asks If than will be
eny political sneakier In this
county dnrlug the campaign. We
do not know and we suppose w*
voice the sentiment of about 99
par cent, of tbe people when wa
aey wn do not care. Pofhieel
speaking ban laat its charm far
folk* In these porta.
W*A j
ft lathe sentiment of tha aanc '
people of Huntington to make a
reformation of oar belt room 1
ethics. This knggin-nmggie i
danefoc la beenming retry obuoa- '
Whm. The wav boom of our boys
and girls—not gentlemen awl
bdiffi^hiv# oI ww#t1if)« m tb«
■Mr ibonM by il «hii bt
iiOHilfm,
1 ,\M r ?'■ r* r
w/ % •? .
aa—apB wtmmmm juwHgp—ip*
IEU AND DOGSAS FRIENDS.
Calibrate Olya a laataocaa
Where They Have Played and
■mi Together.
iutlord Tliov*.
In the town o< Orovillc, Cal.,
low a notable gold-dredging
tenure, where I live, 1 recently
taw a fawn, atilt in its spot*, no
toncernedly rambling shout the
uain street; dogs that were in
aowiac accustomed to it went up.
i me lied it, as is their canine
tuslom, and passed on. The
fawn was perfectly unconcerned.
Two years ago there was an
ilher deer, over half grown, in
the same town, which had as
its companiou and safeguard a
large Newfoundland dog. These
inimals were often seen playing
together at their own desire.
[)n these .trips the Newfound
land . teemed by instinct, to
know that the deer was at the
mercy of other dogs, and saw to
it that no dog molested the deer.
The family owning these two at
tractive animals has moved from
Droville, taking its interesting
friends.
Auother nearly grown doe 1
mv last year (adjoining the
tame town) standing in a little
creek with some cattle. I was
told that it came and went to
pasturage and to milking (of
coarse the deer was not milked)
daily with the cows. In 1897 1
w is at Eden Valley ranch for a
month. A wild, rough country
in Mendocino county, California,
environs this gem. Dig and
small game is sbundsnt there.
The wild csttlc in the "roughs’*
are the most interesting features
there.
A lie v.aiuc uuvg, wuu
bear dogs and deer dogs are
taught to attack and pursue tire
lessly. The most excitingchase
and fight I ever witnessed was
between these dogs and a great
wild bear iliot succeeded'in rip
ping two out of six of the larg
est and best trained dogs. The
bear was finally secured alive
and dragged into the corral at
the tail of n data snubbed to tbe
horu of the saddle, of -the chief
vaquero,
For a month I saw a male and
female fawn move with perfect
unconcern among these dogs,
and all lap milk from the same
trough (the fawn docs not lap,
but drinks like a pig, and much
like a starved pig.) It was
laughable to see them poshing
each other while gulping milk.
These doga that rau off the
mother doe were first to discover
her young, but did not seize
them as they would have done
the doe. When strange dogs
passing this ranch house on the
roud espied the fawns in the or
chard or the meadow they natur
aly "weut for” the fawns. I ex
pressed apprehension, hut T was
told by the wife of tbe proprie
tor that tbe home dogs kept a
sharp lookout for strange dogs,
and always protected the fawns.
I saw evidence there of this.
I know a man in Virginia
whose shepherd dog chased a
deer all about the grounds at
top speed, to the infinite delight
of both animals.
After tbe race deer and dog
would come up to their master.
(taming Farms; Farm Stationery.
Wallace Farmer.
No first-class, farmer should
think for a moment of going
without farm stationery; that is,
letter heads on which is priuted
his name, the name of bis farm,
tUe postofSce, and the utimber
of the rural route, and return
envelopes with his name and
address printed thereon.
Every farm should have a
name which should be part of
the address. The name of tbe
farm ahonld be a matter for a
family council. It should be
short, if possible significant of
the character of the farm, and
should be different from the
name of any other farm in the
neighborhood*.
tni _c_ i j _ a . • -*
IT »»7 BMVWU Wl ■■ UC UVliVI
Pint, it mikn the men himself
end his family feel better. The
cow is all tbe better lor having
s name: tbe horse most have
one of necessity. The farm
should have a name. A man
thinks more of a farm property
Darned than be does of the same
farm without a name. It will
not brings bushel mors grain
per acre, nor a pound more of
nay, bat nevertheless tbe farm*
»r will think more of bis farm If
be goes to the trouble of giving
it a dame.
The mao who receives a letter
written on os per with the name,
poatofflce, and rural roota print
ed thereon Is always more fsvur
sbly Impressed than if written
on a piece of blank paper. Ha
isya to himself, that tbe man is
more than an ordinary fanner.
He .understands bia basinets
He lakes pride in his farm. His
stationery shows this.
Tbe object of a letter is to
neke a fayotsble impression,
md the printed letter-head and
stationery help* to Stake this
mpnrtsion. The receiver will
si ways give the farmer credit
lor being a better business mm
fberseefvtt from Mm a letter
•Him 9i ippropmif iarm at*
Sohweribe to Tn OasTomia
i as err*.
wBffgawg—gasBggBswggg*"
Tha Omasa ml Shan.
The Republican campaign of
■ham fa being rapidly revealed.
Mr. Roosevelt’s managers—and
that means largely Roosevelt
himself—for.a year or more have
tried to make It appear that be
was opposed by the trusts. It
was all stuff and non esc use and
coold fool do sensible person.
Ooe or two things will show
how hollow and hypocritical the
whole thing is. It the President
has ouc particular friend H is
Blihu Root, who recently left
bis Cabinet to become counsel
for the interests represented by
J. Pierpont Morgan in the
Northern Securities Company.
Now, Root is to be nominated
by the Republicans for Governor
or New York and, as the repre
sentative ot special interests, is
to be put forward as a candidate
for the presidency in 190b.
In the meantime the Morgans
and the Rockefellers and others
of that crowd are to whoop
things up for Roosevelt. The
New York World says:
The men like Morgan and the
Rockefellers say the reason they
will support _ Roosevelt, even
after his anti-trust campaigns
and all hia demonstrations
against capital, is that they dis
trust the Democrat party. They
say the Democrats, (while
gradually coming to a sate and
sane basis, are not to be con
sidered with the Republicans as
conservators of their interests.
They hold it will be a bnainess
calamity to elect a Democratic
House of Representatives, for
although the Senate is Republi
can for four years, they think
bnsiness would be disturbed by
the continual nagging of a De
mocratic House st a Republican
Senate.
Now. is it not rather ridicn
lons to bear about R<y>sevelt's
"anti-trust campaigns" and "his
demonstrations against capital?"
The plain truth is that he and
his party have been, are now,
and will continue to be the firm
and unswerving--support al...tbtv
system whicb allows the A
meriraujpeoplc to be preyed upon
by tbe cormorants. It is time
that the mask of deceit and
fraud should be dropped. Roose
velt is to have in this campaign
the aid of the most banefnl and
p e r n i c i ous influences. II e
knows it and everyone else
knows it. Behind bit opponent,
however, is the conscience of
the American people, and Judge
Parker must certainly win.
KoatBcky’s Tribute te Hour.
liMifirillc Timea.
In do other part of the coun
try has tbe news of Senator
Hoar's secminly fatal illness
been received with greater re
gret than in tbe South. The
years that huve nassed since the
days of Reconstruction have
served to bring the great Sena
tor from Massachusetts and the
Southern people into a fuller
knowledge of the virtues of
which both are the possessors
and the better understanding
bos developed a mutual friend
ship and respect that is as deep
as it is lasting. Seldom in ac
cord of late years with his party
on questions of international
policy, Mr. Hoar has still re
mained n strict party man, and
yet has preserved for himself the
admiration due to splendid in
tellect and nnswerving integrity
of purpose. Though not always
on the winning side he has nev
er failed to impress ' his person
ality and the honesty of his views
on those who differed wilh him,
and bia death at this time will be
regretted, without regard to sec
tion or party.
Newspapers hi the Campaign.
Btltimor* Americas.
The daily paper now take* the
place o( oratory. The spell
binder and the parade still nave
a place, but they are ornamental
and spectacular. The average
American citiaen reads bis paper
with care and forms his opinions
—not in the excitement of tbe
hustings, but in the serenity of
his home. His paper gives him
the issues freed frqm fringe or
any sort of ornamentation. With
his mind at ease he haa only to
read and digest tbe reports upon
both sides of the questions to
determine which is beat for bis
own interests and those of the
country. When this is supple
mented by the fund of informa
tion sent out Iroui the party
committees, more or less deftly
selected to meet tbe view* or
ambitious hopes of particular
Sslides, the crop of votes la
dy for the harvest.
W. P. Fite, Jr., son of W. P.
Fife, the evangelist and min
ing stock seller, was married
August 20th at liouldcr, Colora
do, to Miss Octavia Elizabeth
Sheltoo, daughter of Judge Wil
liaro Shelton of Marlin, Texas.
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Professional Cards.
rn i. r.LTn,-aj=a—w ■ ■■
A. L. BULWINKLE,
Attorney-at-Law.
DALLAS. N. C.
A. K. LOFTIN,
CONTRACTOR.
Cotton Mill sad other heavy Con
structions a specialty.
QASTQNIA. N. C.
dr. o. e. McConnell,
DENTIST.
Office first floor Y. M. C. A. Bld’g
GASTONIA. N. C.
Phone «»
DAVID S. L. JOHNSON,
Mule ThcHw «M Tmtr,
has tuned for A. D. Jones & Co.,
St. Mary's College and many
Gastonia families. He rooms at
Dr. E. F. Glenn's (dentist),
whose telephone call is 82. sm»
MISS MARY F. ATKINS,
(CtSCUtPATl OOMSSBVATOBY Or UC*IC )
Teacher of Piauo, Voice and
Strings.
T«rm ZtMonbh. Vor HnlnUn illnn
P.O. So. MS
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