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VOL. XXV. QA8TONLA, N. C„ TUESDAY.
'FBISCO KID AT WHITE BOUSE.
Bootblack Eajoyo Stun Moo),
Bal Folio to Shine President*
Shoos.
Wlkhincten Ho.1,
Fred Raeik, the "Frisco Kid"
ate diuoer yesterday at tbe
White House. Unlike Booker
T. Washington, be did not put
his feet under the President’s
mahogany, but he had a better
meal than he has had in many a
long day. Neither did he see
the President himself, though
he received assurances that be
wonld be able to see him today
and shine the Executive shoes.
That was tbe boy wanderer’s
ambition and purpose iu coming
to Washingtou. Having beat
en bis way across the continent
from San Francisco, with 15
cents to start and all he could
eat enroute, he was uot satisfied
to return to the Golden Gate
without polishing tbe shoes of
Mr. Roosevelt.
"There arc so many colored
bootblacks here in Washington,”
said this fourtccn-ycar-old prod
:_1 ftsL.s V _ _ /_: A T
wouldn’t do very well here, hot
it’s a swell town, and every
body’s been real good to me."
In fact tbe boy tramp, who
reached Washington Monday,
tired, sleepy, dirty, penniless,
and rather worse for beating his
way from Philadelphia, seems
to have struck more prosperous
times. When he presented him
self at the White House, where
he made many friends in a short
time, he was well groomed and
brushed, though hts shoes were
full of holes and his clothes
shabby. Secretary Loeb prom
' ised him ao opportunity to see
the President when he is not
basy.
John B. Wilkie of the Secret
Service Bureau, gave the "Kid"
souvenir coins to add to the col
lection of his bootblacking box,
and one of the proudest posses
sions that Fred is carrying home
as a trophy of bis wanderings is
an old knife given him by tbe
Secret Service officers, said to
have been nsed by one of tbe
most skillful counterfeiters ever
apprehended in cutting the
plates from which he coined
his "bad” money.
Osn. laneom Barfed la Bis
Garden.
Satl*fcary Baa.
Col. A. H. Boyden returned
this morning from Garysburg,
where he went to attend the
fnneral of bis late and much
loved friend, Gen. M. W. Ran
som. Gen. Ransom was buried
with Masonic honors and dis
tinguished citizens from every
section of the State were present.
The remains were laid away in
a plot In Gen. Ransom'a garden
within a stone’s throw of his
residence. His sou Thomas,
whose death fell so heavily upon
the father, was buried there and
it was Gen. Ransom’s request
that be be put away by the side
of his son.
99 Hb WBfl til* HiAki n#r(*nf
corpse I ever looked upon,” said i
Col. Bovden. "The old-time (
color, the perfect calm aud
gentleness of expression were ,
there and he looked to me as I
shall like to remember him in
the full vigor of splendid man
hood. I was impressed with
the crowd of negroes who were
there. Tbay knew aod loved
General Ransom.”
S. A. Quants, a tailor of Dan
ville, Va..,plaintiff in a damage
auk against t' e Southern Rail
way la the Superior roan at
Charlotte, was yesterdty sent to
jail for Iff days by Judge Allen
for contempt of court. Quants
took on too many drinks before
giiog on the witness stand.
The Salisbury Globa an
nounces (bat on November ISth
it will begin the publication of
an afternoon daily edition wiib
fall Preen reports. Mr. H. B.
Varner, tha owner, has sold an
inter** In the paper to Mr.
Carl Hammer n/ Scbnectady,
N. Y.
SPOILED A DUEL.
The Schama Senator Lamar
Warktd Ca Pravent an En*
countar.
N«w OiWni Tiacv-Pcnornkt.
During the course of a heated
debate once in the boose of re
presentatives sharp words were
cxchunged between a congress
man from New York ana one
from Mississippi. A challenge
waa delivered - and accepted and
as both were courageous and de
termined a bloody meeting
seemed imminent. Friends in
terposed, bnt in vain. Both
nren were resolute, and neither
would yield to the suggestion
of an amicable arrangement.
As a last resort Senator Lamar
was called in to save the situa
tion. He realized that no ordi
nary methods would serve his
ptrpose, and so resorted to
strategy. The principals in^the
proposed dnel are still living, so
T will call the New Yorker Jonea
and the Mississippian Smith.
Senator Lamar called on the
New Yorker, and after the usual
civilities hsd been exchanged
he said:
"Jones, I’ve come here to do
you a friendly turn. . I know
that you aud Smith are de
termined to fight aud that uotb
iag will stop you. I have not
come as a mediator, but simply
to mitigate, if possible, the
horrors of a fatal end, so far as
yon are coucerned. As to Smith,
1 have no fears. He is a dead
shot aDd can take care of him
self, but he is not an unfeeling
man, and is inclined to respect
auy partiality you may have in
lavor of auy particular part of
your anatomy. Some men en
tertain a mortal dread of being
disfigured after death, aud if the
choice were left them would
perfer not to be wonnded in the
eye or mouth or check bone.
Now if there is any particular
spot that you would like to have
Smith's bullet euter he has com
missioned me to say that your
withes will be respected.
This extraordinary proposition
staggered the New Yorker.
Even his undoubted courage
did not staud so severe a test,
and be paled visibly. After he
recovered his composure he re
plied that he would confer with
his aecoml and Mr. Lamar,
after an impressive farewell,
took his leave.
The tip was given to friends
of the principals and new
negotiations entered upon. The
duel did not coiue off. Lamar’s
d vice bad succeeded.
Mm aad the Farm.
John BarrMiU*.
It is a common complaint that
the farm and farm life are not
appreciated by our people. We
long for the more elegant pur
suits, or the ways and fashions
of the town. But the farmer baa
the most sane and natural occu
pation, and ought to find life
sweeter; if less highly seasoned,
than any other. He alone.
sinewy speaking, haa a home.
How can a man lake root and
thrive without land? He writes
hia history upcn hia fietda. How
many lies, how many resources
he hast Hia friendships with
hia cattle, hia team, hia dog, hia
tree*: the satisfaction in his
growing crops, in hia improved
fields: hia intimacy with nature,
with bird and beast, and with
the quickening elemental forces;
liis co-operations with the cloud,
the son, the seasons, heat, wind,
rain, frost. Nothing will take
tke various social distcmpera
which the city and artificial life
bred out of a man like farming,
like direct and toving contact
with the soil. It draws out the
poison. It humbles him, teach
ea him patience and reverence,
and restores tke proper tone to
hia system. Cling to the farm,
make much of it, bestow your
!?•**"«' r.0nr "Poo it eo
that it shall savor of you and ra
diate your virtue after your day's
work is done.
now 718 rural frea
■ait delivery routes ia the State.
SOME EVILS PKOM DIVORCES.
Oeorga Meredith’* Flea Bata Net
Find Favor With Americas
Thlaktra.
lb* Inn latK MoaMsla.
2u spite of George Meredith’s
announcement that in the courae
of time marriage would be made
or contracted only for certain
periods, msuy of the ministers
of this country do not seem to be
discouraged in their crusade
against the growth of the di
vorce evil. A number ot them,
of different denominations and
from all parts of the United
States, have made an agreement
not to marry divorced persons,
unless it be shown that such di
vorces were obtained for causes
sanctioned by the churches.
While it ii true that even it
thia position were taken by all
cburchcatbey could not prohibit
divorces or atop the marriage of
divorcees, still U plainly snows
the attitnde and disfavor of
these churches iu regard to the
question. Their action may also
help to turn public sentiment
against the growing evil, and
perhaps influence indirectly
those who are prompted more
or less in their actions by pub
lic opinion. While being actu
ated by no better motives would
not be of great credit to the peo
ple themselves, still, an enforc
ed regard for marriage Jaws
would be better than a growing
laxity with respect to them, in
ultimately lessening the number
o( divorces, and thus remedying
or preventing the evils that fol
low.
i_»ne example ox me latter it
ahown in a statement made by
tbe superintendent of the com
pulsory department of tbe Chi
cago school system that divorce
is responsible for much of the
truancy add juvenile crime in
that city. He says that in Chi
cago there are about 35,000 di
vorced persons, the parents of
about 40,000 children, and that
a majority of the boys and girls
committed to iustitntions of cor
rection belong to thia class.
Another is given in a report of
the truant officer si Des Moines,
Iowa, wbich shows that of 108
investigated cases of truancy in
that place, in a majority of tbe
cases the parents were either di
vorced persona or druukards.
Tbe divorce question is one
of growing importance, not only
with respect to the cause of the
question itself and its preva
lence, but in respect to toe uiaoy
evils directly or indirectly re
sulting from such s state of af
fairs.
Ths Democrats Sbaald Hava ika
Hasas at All Hazards.
Charlotte Obaarrar.
- There is a chance, a hope, a
good hope, that Judge Parker
will be elected. But, while we
of the South must and will con
tribute onr efforts to this end,
we should direct our thoughts
to matters of more immediate
concern. If tbe Democrats of
every state will safeguard their
own local interests the Parker
interest will lake care of itaell.
We are told that in olden time
the Streets of Jerusalem were
kept clean by every man sweep
ing before his own door. The
Southern people want to take
first care of their State govern
ments, bnt there is particular
reason at this juncture why they
should look to their congression
al delegations. II Mr. Roose
velt is elected, with a Congress
in both branches in political
sympathy with him. he will
make it warm for tbe Sooth.
Mark that dowu and remember it.
The argument is addressed to
the-people of North Carolina.
They should spare no effort to
send ten Democratic Represent
atives to the next Comrresa. A
Democratic President will need
the support of a Democratic
House.
If by had chance Mr. Roosevelt
should be elected the South will
need a House to protect it
against him far more than it
would need a friendly He us;
with Judge Parker An Presidt nt.
But in any esse it it of the
highest importance that, what
aver else befall, the lower house
of the next Congress be Demo
cratic. And our friends of the
eighth and tenth districts ol
North Carolina will please take
notice.
I The will of the late1J. S
Spencer, of Charlotte, was filed
for probate in the Mecklenburg
Superior Court last Wednesday,
Mrs. Spencer ia made sole exe
cutrix of the property, valued ai
over $290,000, moat of which ii
in bank and mill stock.
Former Governor W, Murraj
W. Crane of Massachusetts hai
beau appointed to fill out thi
unexpired terra of the late Geo
F. Hoar ia the United States.
RUSSIAN LOSSES 4M*.
Close of Savaatli Bar's FUfcUag
FMi lbs Battle Between Fer
es cr sad Pnrsnad Still llfiif
Mi the Casoelltfes Brewing
All the Time.
Ch*cl*t«» Otorm, 17rt«.
At the close of tbc seventh
consecutive day of fighting be
tween Mukden end Liao Yang,
tbe battle waa still raging, the
Russians offering a Stubborn re
sistance to the fierce onslaught
of the Japanese. Tbc sacrifice
of life baa bceu appalling. Es
timates of tbc Kuasian lasses
alone in killed and wounded at
the end of tbe sixth day’s fight
ing being conceded 30.000, while
it seems not improbably it ag
gregated ai that time 40,000.
Japanese official reports estimate
that 10,000 Russian dead were
left on the battlefield ap to the
night of October 14, and claim
that tbe Japanese losses are
■mall by comparison with those
of the Rusiians.
General Karopatkin’s report
to Emperor Nicholas depicts the
dead crate character of the fight
ing and praises tbe valor of the
troops, indicating, however, that
he is hard pressed, with the re
sult still in tbe balance. All
hope of succoring Port Arthur
this season baa been abandoned.
St. Petersburg bas an unconfirm
ed report that the Japanese Gen
eral Nodsu baa been seriously
wounded. A question of inter
est in St- Petersburg, is tbe fate
of General Kuropatkin as a fac
tor in the Russian military situ
it ion.
Nr. Cleveland's Advlcs.
L'htrlatu Otnrr*<T. 13tk.
In an article in Tbe Saturday
Evening Post, ex-President
Cleveland urges those who are
about to ca»t their first votes to
ioin the^se-united Democracy.
He tell* how be cbo*c his own
rarty affiliation in 1856, and st
ruts that the party to-day "has
recovered its old-time aggresivc
ness and sturdiness, through the
recuperative ministrations of its
conservatism.” Though con
servative, says Mr. Cleveland,
the Democracy is by no means
reactionary or dull ir. compre
hension of the varying needs of
the people. “Those deficien
cies could not possibly exist In
a party whose length of life
nearly measures the nation’s ex
istence and whose highest claim
upon the people’s preference
has always been it* servitude to
the people’s welfare.” It be
lieves that new necessities shook!
be met by the application of
broad constitutional principles.
In governmental action at home
or abroad, the Democracy, save
Mr. Cleveland, believes that all
things should ire done "decently
and in order.” In conclusion
Mr. Cleveland says:
“The young men who fight
for Democratic success in inis
time of political conflict will in
after years have the proud satis
faction of remembering that
they fought lor safe counsels iu
the administration of their gov
ernment, for the protection of
our national mission against in
terruption and perversion, for
the increased comfort of the peo
ple iu their homes, and for the
defense of their interests against
the encroachments of organised
selfishness and greed.”
Commenting on the ex-Prcri
deot’a advice. The Greenville,
S. C., News says:
“Truly, these are brave words,
bravely spoken, There is uu
man to-day for whom the mass
es have greater admiration than
Mr. Cleveland. He has retired
from public life, but be la keen
ly interested in the welfare 01
bis party and his country. And
his words ought to carry weigh!
and bear fruit. ’*
Tb« words of the only living
ex-Prcstd«nt will doubtless have
modi weight with voters.
Above everythin* else, the peo
ple regard Mr. Cleveland as an
honest man and one wboae con
victions are his own. He has
not weathered the storms of m
cent years for nothing and it is
not visionary to think tbat any
thing he may say or do for his
party in the present campaign
will have much weight, when
Grover Cleveland has anything
to say, people of alt classes lis
ten. The ex-President’s appar
ent enthusiasm is s good omen
for the Democracy.
1UMIAWS LETT j&g MU*.
lepetf Sealing With Casualties
lacnfvnd at T*U*-2JM
Sadias to Print d Caatrs
Amy.
Cterletw Observer. ITih.
Tokio, Oct. 16, 1 p. n>.—A re
port dealing with the Russia*
casualties received here at mid
night says tbat, according to a
report from the centre army at
midnight, ISO prisoners were
taken on October 13. The Rus
sian dead under investigation on
that day will reach 500. On
October 14 the enemy’s dead
totalled 1,000. One hundred
prisoners were taken, together
with rifles, guns and wagons.
Under investigation, the total
Rnssion dead left in front of the
centre army ate estimated at
2,500. The enemy’s dead al
ready investigated, ths report
total at 8v550. but the enemy's
losses during the two days of
fierce engagements on October
14 and 15 are not inclnded in
tbit oumber. Moreover, there
are some undiscovered dead by
all of the armies, so that the
enemy’s dead left ou the field
vriU reach a total of over ten
thousand.
Dr. J. Bren ton Wise, a promi
nent dentist of Chester, died
suddenly of apoplexy while sit
ting on his froot porch Tuesday
morning.
CHANCE FM THE
GAZETTE BEAKtS.
C«um Worth Ut. m P. ■—teg t
*«»■» Dm Co's Mon.
In order to test The Ga
zette's greet circulation and
its superior advertising valor,
we have made arrangements with
Adams Drug Company the pop
ular druggists, to offer one of
their best selling medicines at
half price to any one who will
cut oat the following coupon
sad present it at their store.
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This oooooe Ortltm Uw bolder to oat
SOc. Hrtm of Dr. Rmit'r iptcMc
lor Ikt can of nartlpariaa and droop
M at WI-pM. 2*a. wr »U1 rcfaad
Uw owner to any diaaallaM nilSlnl.
AtonaDranl’oamnny.
TWIRTTflYI CWT».
Dr. Howard’s specific lor the
cure of constipation aad dyspep
sia is not an unknown remedy.
It has made many remarkable
cores right here in Gastonia and
so positive Is Adams Drug Co.
of its great superiority in curing
dyspepMa, constipation sick bend
acbo and liver troubles that they
will, la addition to sellingit at ball
price. refund the money to anyone
whom it does not cure.
II yon cannot call at tbeir store,
cut on* the conpun sad stall it with
29 cents, and a 90 cent box of the
specific arm be sent yon by mail,
charges paid Do nod put ft ofl.
"Ooe^ to-day is worth taro to-mor
This la a great opportunity for oar
readarato obtain a popular remedy
at a small price. There are sixty
doses la a very package, and uolika
ordinary coaaripatton semediea. tbs
dose la decreased after the first few
days. 04-11
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ROYAL
Baking Powder
Saves Health
The use of Royal Baking Powder is
awitial to the healthfulness of the
family food.
YeM fermeate the food
Ah»n baiting powders are iajuriota.
Royal Baking Powder saves health.
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INVITING.
No other word oo well describes the enticing
qualities and beau Ufa I appearance of the new
goods now crowding oar shelves nod coasters In
autumn's lavish abundance.
MILLINERY.
The season's most charming creations are hate.
The popeiar colors, the proper materials, sad the
latest styles approved by fashions decrees are hare
In brilliant array* We are prepared te meet aO
your wants.
JACKETS.
Ladles* sad Misses* Jackets, all thn
styles. The largest sea a rt meet of _■
and styles we keys ever canted.
Novelties and Notions.
New keifs, new neckwear, latest styles, new
Cloves.
Ladles' aed children's silts and get* Cloves, Me
Me, 25c per pair. Kid gloves fl to $1.50. Handbags.
Newest things out. .Boys* Mease belts. Me each.
Dress Goods and Trimmings.
Newest things shewn on the market. They will
delight yea. Be sere to see them before making
your selection.
Jas. F. YEAGER.
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COME ONE! COME ALL! |
We h«ve • alee lot af RUBBER TIRE^BUG- II
GIESonhand. Any one wishing to pore hnaa ■
one will do well to cell end see what we have
end get oar prices nod terse. We will be I
glad to show yon whet we have end wUi use H
our best efforts to satisfy you In Quality H
nnd style. We have In stack new vehicles, 9
prices ranging from *25 to $1I7.»0. Case I
la and gat A BRAND NEW BUGGY. II
Wear* aEatn ready to aapply yoa wUb —■-^ hwi«. H
only a fewdaraaro rerelvad itvMtl Mock (rare II
Trareaane Tbea* Mock wore aofectrd by oar old boyar Mr. I
Creo. A. Andrraoa and wo,i* tire* vtre will fiod ware «*lra«fe, II
paira o! nwlti and a few rood horaca to aolt itaM mow H
wiahior a rood antaul. Call and are oar atork bHorn baytar D
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The fore-ronner of King Winter hu wade hi* appearance
to warn oa of the cowing of Old King Winter, no that we &
may be prepared to defy him again** hfa cold wind*, Meet
and aaow. To be folly equipped you ah sold knee year
body profited with warn underwear. We can equip you
In jnat whet you need, whether it bo wool, cotton or mixed,
any alte, any kind, plain or ribbed at price* that are right.
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Men’a Furnishings.
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