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VOA- XXV, _GASTONIA, N. C.
BOLDINA 1Q> BALES.
And (ha rilb.rt Man Wat Otlarad
Id Cant* lar Sana al U- Mo*.
Ini Aroaad—Catling Flrewotd
by Stoam—Other Itona al la.
toraal.
Filheit, S. C. Dec. IS, 190#.—
The sudden drop in the price of
cotton has caused the fnriners
in this neighborhood to .say
some unpleasant things about
themselves for uot selling when
they could have gotten a fair
price. There is any amount of
cottou .scattered over this
county und it is being held for
higher prices. One man near
here has probably a hundred
bales and was offered over six
teen cents for some of it, but
inv opinion is lie'll never get
that offered him .tgaiu soon.
Don't you know he leels linrt?
Last week must h«vc been a
good week to move. Mr. John
McCarter moved bark to his old
home abont a mile cast of town,
Mr. Calvin Ptirsley to Mr. J. M.
Stroup's in the /.adock neigh
borhood and Mr. Robert
b'vrgitson of R. |(, D. Xo. 2,
Vorkville, to Mr. Parks Jack*
son’s farm southeast of here.
Mr. Jackson and family moved
to Vorkville some weeks ago.
The .saw mill at PartoU's giu
ncry met with au accident to
day. lu some way the carriage
tumped the track cauaing the
saw to tcar through the castings,
damaging it considerably. They
will be ready to run by to-nior.
row morning.
A shooting match is billed for
b'ilbert the 17tl». Turkeys will
be furnished by Mr. David Jack
ton. Couje aud bring your gun
r.nd let ps win a turkey for
V mat.
ui me lariueiy uiunim
Here hired an engine and «hw and
cut iuto fire lengths their winter
wood. That is n very good idea,
livery family should lay in a
suppy of good, dry wood for
winter use. and have item ready
for the fireplace if possible
Ml. and Mrs. flasket Thmimx
spn "showed out ’ at f ’nion last
Sunday evening.
Miss Hester Wood spent Ibi
day night with her aunt, Mr#.
John Lawrence near Clover.
The Sacrament of the Lord’s
supper will be administered at
Union Baptist chinch on
Christinas day ut 11 a. ni.
The school ut this pLct
hasn’t oiKuc-d yet for want of a
teacher. Why don't some one
apply?
Miss Ivunna Creusiuan who is
teaching at Free Silver will
have a Christ mas tree and ex
ercises Saturday evening Dec.
Will. The public is invited to
attend. _
PLEASED WITH THE PAPES.
Sakiciiilin Renewed Alter A
Short Free Sahacriplieo.
A Christmas letter like the
following docs the editor’s heart
good "like wine," and adds
to the obligations wc feel under
to strive to be woithy of the
kindly sentiments therein ex
posed;
K. F. D. No. l. Concord, N. C.
Due. 13, 1004.
T-.i tile MlUir or Lbfl Unn-iiM
DKAK SIR;—1 enclose one dol
lar for which please coutinne
sending me Trrn G tzirm: lor a
year. Someone was kind enough
to send me the paper fur sonic
months past, and 1 like it. It
certainly is a bright newsy sliert
and reflects much credit upon ,
the publisher. Wishing >ow suc
cess and all the iuys of the Christ
ina! and New Vear season now
approaching, I am. etc.
WkK'i the Matter H i:h 30 Cents.
Kichwwl Nwrii l*«*r
One ol the mvstctics uf nlaii}*
is the obliqny cast an thirty
ceutM Why do we sny that peo
ple and things loot-ini; particn
larily alinbby and badly “look
like thirty cents?’’ Why do we
feel like “thirty cents*’ the
momiHR after. To most of ns
thirty cent* «ally fan nr re
SPtfcliihic St.n» of Uitmcy .md
many of ns have Men times
when it would nave looked like
a J. Picrpoul M.h^uii profit in a
deal in steel common. Wlmt is
the peculiar vice of thirty cents
and what scornful plutocrat ori
ginated the idea of makit.fr it
tfiiouiiuinits?
A Now Proposition.
F«ltkfotk#i » Frvnrtkioi
One of the Commandment*
*ecm* to declare ** Ihoi* shall not
covet." rnd a friend of ours who
has had some experience sug
gests that some of the good
church folks do not heed the
command. He aver* that not
only do they covet—but they
actually steal the cook. He
goes on to relate that ‘‘the
snatching <n a stiff, even though
for the purposes of science t* a
crime in every penal code"
while the stcaliutr of a live one
seems to be only sportive post
lime with many women.
And this in too true. We
know ol instances where people
have been fortunate enough to
obtain the services of a good
cook, and no sooner would
things get to running smoothly
until some neighbor would pro
claim it abroad that So-aml-So
now had an exceptionally fine
servant—and )o and behold,
thi* next door neighbor would
take it upon Uerscll to assist in
stiatchiug the cook and landing
her at the home of her trieml.
Another proposition is that
those who have the means will
... -I _I t* _
wage* -do anything and every
thing to upset the machinery ]
<»f tjie household that otherwise
is in smooth running order.
VVlict her this is covetousness or
downright contemptible con
duct, we do not know—but wc
do know it to be a fact, as our
friend points ont, that many
times and oft, Horatio, busy
bodies have put in their oars
and deprived women of their
servants and left them witli the
dinner to cook and the baby to
hold. Vet for all this, those
gniltv of this kind of conduct
cam i|Uote Holy writ hy the run
ning yard and never tumble to •
the fact that they arc guilty of a
real sic.
....
Why Polka Are Hovlal Sooth. )
Veit V,.ik Snr.. >
The cotton crop in the last!
five yeat* has exceeded ui value *
the five proceeding crops hy »
billion dollars,and tin- cotton of
the South is now bringing about
$*150 000,0*1(1 n vear. liven in
1U!I0 tlie total value of All South
ern agricultural prodncls wo* on
ly $773.000.(XT); this vear it will
exceed $1,700,OX),000 Add tv
these the iiiauuuctured products
and - the mu put ot the mines,
and the total value is now in
creased to $3,500,000,000. as a
gainst only $1,100,000,000 in
WHll. though meanwhile the pop
ulation has inert used only about
b0 per ceut. The Smith is ui.
longer dependent on the West
for its corn, hut is raising its
own supply with the couse
(pteucc that the enormous sum
which.it obtains from its cotton
will hereafter remain in the
South.
That is, the South is now rich
and it will grow steadily richer.
l;ire at Miuueapolis, Mitui.,
early Wednesday morning in
the business section de
stroyed property to the extern
of $5,000,(jrjn.
THE EDITOR’S WIFE.
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Letter from [III not* Niwupa^r
M*a that U Well Warth ReaOlag.
The following letter from S
H. Duncan, editor oi the Sea
ton. Ill , Independent, shows
tltal there la at least one editm
who wauls to help others. 11*
write* n* follow*
"To the Editor of TllKtU'/.ETTK:
I wish you would print the
i'illowing »nd thus help me to
»l«» .1 kindlier.* to >»«nr readers.
My wile has tnvn * great suffer
m with stomach tumbles fot
the pat! four years, and ihe last
two years practically an invalid
Nothing seemed to help her
until 1 procured a box of Mi-o
nature’* cure for dy*p.-p*i<t
This gave her so much relief
that she continued using th»
remedy until now she enjoys
her meals, is relieved from all
pain in licr Ktoniuch and has in
creased in flesh. 8. H DlAVAN.
Kditoi of I millin'Ullcnt.Mr
J II. Kennedy & Co. haw
the local agency for Mi o n*
and their faith in it* nicriis
equal* Editor Dnncan's.
They in (act, ofler to pay for
Mi-o-n.t (hrntselves in any ca*e
where it doc* not give satisfac
tion. i Did
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NEW GOODS
Ot»r bmuu. i* picket fu’l and Mill they torn.-. Come and
act oor price* mi«1iif we itnift prove that *r can heat the
• State clurt t lM»y; J2 ftpnnl* Urn «d lot 9c: 09-iacli all wool
dr«*a «roo<l* worth Wh- i very where, rnir price only 4Mc. Chil
dren'* heavy nImic* worth HSc. our price only 24c while
they last. Onr atoek I* complete. (Jive u* a trial’ before
h'r,’VmTnELD DRY CZ DDS CO.
*1. 8. Whitfield, Mgr.
THE NEWS OF EAST HASTOH.
Eaay far Fanners fa Slap tha
Tresspassers — Catiln Bat*
latffa Saccaada Eegnlre Hal*
land—Other llama el Interest.
»,• of I ha tttsaltt
| £\hm Gaston. T»ec. lJ.—Jft. J.
iU. Bradshaw. with his family
[ left this section last Monday for
Arkansas where they will make
their home iu the future.
Mr. John Slick Rankin aays
lie will remain on the Sidney
Cannon farm another year.
John is a hustler uud it seems
that he did well there this year.
It is unlawful to bunt on the
lands of another without per
mission. . Simply having a gun
or u dog is evidence enough to
convict of hunting. The
penalty is not more than fifty
dollars uor more than thirty
days in prison. It is also un
lawful to ship or take partridges
out of the county lor sale or
trade. We hope the farmers
and land owner* of tbe county
will have this law observed to
the letter. At they neither have
to have their land* posted, nor
do they have to give advance
warning, it is easy to iimlecl
themselves.
Novel Anderson, « well be
haved and hardworking old
colored inun of ibis section died
last Saturday after several weeks
severe affliction. He was
buried at Cold Hill in Lincoln
couuty on Sunday afternoon.
Caul. Uddleuian has put the
finishing tonch on quite a
stretch of the new rosd through
Mount Holly. It is good in
deed. It is said that he has
even fifty convicts now.
The recent stamp in the price
of cotton is a bumper that the
farmers will not forget soon.
Looks like the wave of pros
perity has blown over us and
l« lt a streak of hard times be
hind it.
Col. Abernethy and Capt \V.
<». Rutledge of Stanley, two of
the recently elected magistrates
lor River Itend township have
taken the oath of office, and
Mr. J. \V Holland, the third
man that was elected will tak<
(he oath in a few davs and llic<
resign iu favor of Prof. W. B
Rutledge, who will be ap
pointed to fill the vacancy. Prof
Rutledge is an old war horse in
the business and understands (■
well.
a Beautiful Prayer.
One of the prettiest things I
ever read or heard, savs a cor
respondent of the Brooklyn
Kaglc, wax a little poem written
ou lire prayer, "Now 1 lav me
down to sleep,” by a mining
prospector, apropos of the
circumstances and place he
fouud himself one night. Thia
man was once in quite comfort
able circnmstauce*, but pos
sessed of a strong desire to
prospect for mines, started ont,
and tiecomiog finally n tramp,
financially, walked many miles
east to Wichita, Kan., and
stepping iulo the office of a
newspaper applied lor work on
t;ie reportorial staff, saying that
be had worked on newspapers
from the bottom to the top as
editor, but his appearance being
against him from hi* long walk
and impoverished condition, he
received no notice, much less
cticouiageincm. amt on retiring
laid on tht editor's desk the
poem, saying if it vo nnv use
10 him lie was welcome to it.
At the editor’s leisure he picked
it np and read it, and at once
seut out to liml the tramp, lint
no trace of hint could be found.
Tint PK.Wlttff
Now I lay me down to sleep.
1 pray the l/int my soul In keep;
If I Kliinkt die Indore I wake,
I pray the l/>rd my mini to take.
"Now 1 lay »<• down to steep,”
Near IIk- i-ainplirc'ft nlfkaring tight.
In wv htanket bad I lie.
<taxing throngh the- shitth-s of aight
At the twinkling ntarjt on high.
C'ar me spirits In the air,
Kitcnt vlittS svytu In krvp.
A* I Irra iifii- m\ xhlMInvnl s prat et.
■ Now t lav mu -kwn !•» sleep.
Si.liHi/ illnrr tli.» l>lnet.ouw.ill
In live Imhip)im ol yonder ire**
wtwniiwrtr I ho dancing rill
Hum-tin the midnight tm-lody
ronnvn way Im lurking mat.
in the canyon dark nnd deep;
l/nr I Wntltc In Jeana' t*nr,
” 1 jiroy tlw l/ml tny «onl to keep.”
'Mhl the rtitrn ime face I act- -
One the Saviour enlled away.
Mother. who, in infancy
taught my tutu- li|>* to |»rar.
Or*’ awcet api'h hover* oyor.'
... *.n l™’ lonely mountain faake.
l *ke me lo licr. 8m l»»ttr ilenr.
”11 I nhonhl die Iwfmv I wake "
1’ainli r Krona the dickering Until
Fin the air with aaddenfag erteaj
Over me they acem to err,
'Von may imtxr mtm- awake:"
»/*w 11 lap, *lf t ahotiM die
I pray the T<r*rd my mwil to take.”
Trinity nntl Rmidoluli.Macon
Coil**™ will hnv* tb*ir annnal
debate at A ah ley, Va., in 1** bin
ary
STAWTOW-rOlD.
Pretty Bom Vaddipg t Bethel
WitintiT Might.
At tbe home of her brother,
Mr. J, B. Ford, in the Bethel
neighborhood Wednesday even
ing *t, 8:31} o’clock Mu, l.tila
Ford wa* married to Mi. (i**kcl
G. Stanton, a prominent young
farmer of the same community.
T^ie wedding wa* a pretty home
affair and wai witnessed by
<juite a number of the relatives
and friend* of the contracting
parties.
Iu tbe parlor where tlw cere
mony was performed the color
scheme was pink and white and
tbe floral decoration* were of
ferns and pottad plant*. Under
a wedding bell suspended by an
endless bow knot from the two
silver letter* '*8" and T* the
bride and groom met und the
word* which Joined their lives
were spoken l>y Rev. W. B. Arro
wood. Before the entrance of
the bridal party Mi n til* Or
mand sang ’Because f love you"
to the piano accompaniment by
Mi«a Kinma Ford and the violin
accompaniment by Mia* Isabella
Arrowood. A* the party entered
Mis* Elizabeth Hunter of York
ville, at the piano, and Miss
Isabelle Arrowood. with the
violin, played Mendelssohn’*
wedding march.
ur. ike Campbell ol Clover
and Mr. F. H. Jackson of Met be)
were nsbers and Miss Koiily
Dulin of Bethel and Miss Rstner
Ford of Clover were flower girls.
The bride's gown wax crepe
dc chine with Persian pearl
trimmings; sbe wore n hand
veil caught op with nrangr
blossom*.
After the ceremony a re
ception wsx tendered ihe bride
and groom from H to 1) o'clock
at tbe home of the groom** fath
er, Mr. D. C. Stanton. The
house was handsomely decorated
with evergreens and | tolled
plants. A sumptuous lepastj
was served in four course*.
The bride and groom were
the recipients of a large number
of handsome aud ns« tut presents
trout friends
. Mr. and Mrs. Stanton will re
ride at the Hope Adams place
which he has recently jnir
c based.
Tbe guests from a distance
were; Misses Beulah and
Bessie Barrou of Rock Hill;
Misses Mary Bose and Itli/abeth
Hauler of Yorkville; Mr. and
Mrs. Little and Mr. and Mrs,
Anten of Chartotte; Dr. H. F.
Gtenn, Mr. H. f. Stowe, and
Miss Janie Jackson of Gastonia;
Miss Lottie Barron of Kbrart.-t; '■
Miss. Mattie Caldwell, Miss
Bessie Adams and Mr. Herbert
Wriglu ol Clover.
Both of the contracting par
ties btc very popular in Bethel
aud their marriage was an event
of interest (o the entire coui
mnnity.
Mr. 0. A. Gray. Director.
It is n matter of current rumor,
based upon reliable information,
that Mr. George A. Gray, the
well known cotton manufacturer,
ia to become a director of tbc
First National Hank. This is
the result of some changes that
arc to be made' in the near
future, the details of which were
ml available for publication
yesterday. Mr, Gray is one ol
Gastonia'*' strongest business
uten. having (or years been
closely Identified with the Cot
ton manufacturing business
here. His election tu the l>oard
of directors will l»c a strong ad
dition to an already strong in
stitution.
Fire destroyed the Hotel
Davie nt Mockavilh Wednesday
morning, entailing a loss nf JS.
000, noltiauranee.
y- - v i MM9 Hi.11 i un i.
Bead the Whole Bible la On* Day
fu ita Mtn of o» >taira»i
How uMoy boat* docs it take
to read the Bible through? Tbe
late Dr. Russell Bigelow Pope,
one of the meat remarkable men
America has produced, trad it
tau'Ufh oKct tk "h* day The
editor of. the New Vorli Advo
cate aays that -tbi« statement
may seem unbelievable;" but it
i* not. Tbe whole Bible from
out- end to the other can he
read a load distinctly in fifty-six
houts, and It can be read with
out voicing it by one familiar
with it in leas than ball that
lime." To teat the accuracy of
these statements, which at first
seemed incredible to me. I read
skmd some pages of my Bible,
and found that with distinct but
rapid reading I covered a page
in two iniuutca or thirty pages
an hour. Theae are 1J06 page*
my Bible. Dividing
this number by thirty, tbe uiim-'
her of pages read an bonr, yon
get the resalt forty hoars end
twelve minutes. Fifty -six bon* I
for voicing is easily within tbe
tnith. 1 found that for am the
time necessary to read a page
without voicing the word* was
between one and aw ball
minutes and one and three
■planers minutes, line and
three quarters minute* a page
would require about thirty boars
lu reading tbe whole Bible. I
act convinced that oue whose
powers of endurance nrc auflU
cicntlor the strain and whose
familiarity with the Book is
tn*t. can read tbe Bible
thrnngh m twenty-fotir hours, j
H. I*. Bain. j
glLlS CATAttq WtJfS. j
Br««(bc mm4 be CwH ef j
Caterrb -CmIh JMMif If It Fell*, j
llrr.ithe Hyomei for a lew
minutes foitr lime* a day throngh
the neat pocket iahslcr that
couK-t with ever)' outfit and
benefit will Ik* wen at once.
Conti tine this treatment lor a ,
•h«rt time, and yunr er.Urrh
will have been cured by Hyomei.
This treatment has been so
successful, caring W tier cent
of all who have used it. that
llyouiei i« now sold by J. H.
Keuuedy & Co. under an
absolute guarantee to refund
the money if it docs not benefit.
\ou mn no risk whatever in
hnymR Hyomei. If it did uot
possess unusual powers to core,
it could not be sold upon this
plan.
The complete Hyomei outfit
costs $1.00 and ci mprises a
hard rubber inhaler, and a
bmtle of Hyomei and a dropper.
The inhaler will last a lifetime:
and additional bottles of Hyomei
can be obtained for 50c.
TH MtUrltMI.
The fancy vrorie bazaar ope
rated by the Epwonb League of
the Methodist Church opened in
the Heath building last night
ami will continue through Sat
urday night. There arc fire
(tooths, aa follows: Faucywork,
[ in charge of Misses Lowry Sbu
ford. Mamie Hum, Zoe Latham;
dolls, in charge of Mim, <>*ie
Shuford, Miss June Morris, Mrs.
ft. If. Parker; candy and fruits,
in charge of Mrs. D. A. Page.
Miss Carrie Moms; miscellan
eous, Mrs. kiwi Prichard, Miss
Kliac M. Stokes; curios. Miss
Salinu Lnihuiu Mrs. J. II.
Sejtark, president of the league,
is general manager of the bazaar.
» At 1 o'clock to-day and tc-mor
row a business men's lunch will
be served. Dinner will be served
each day beginuiug at ft p. ro.
Iv. mldiliott to regular dinner,
oyaters, cream, anil cake will be
served in Ut« evening. The
proceeds will be used lu fur
nishing the Kpworth League
looms in the church.
*"' —. i I.
ROYAL
Baking Powder
Saves Health
The use of Royal Baking Powder is
faentia) to the healthfubess of the
family food.
Ytm tanum d» food
Alum Ulung powdm art rajurkx*
Royal Baking Powder saves health.
•wtm >*mnq rowo«« new ratm.
• . “ *• *• . . , ’ ; *’l v ‘ \ r .«
{ELEGANT MISSES’ JACKETS
Th.l .old for >«, SS.SO ..d SS .re
(«•!»« tor N, Sl.50.il.ftS.
LADIES JACKETS that were !
) gtS&fKtft
| 12.50 now g_ _ for 8
| I* now tolat tor K>
\ PECO PETTICOATS
X' at r’5c That U still tbs price—they are richly worth it. 1
0 «e.*&Zt£ffgtrHb* 01 P*COtf*crrmt ,iry 0
( MILLINERY.
o i
Q Item* to specify, bot no wetter what ywrr millinery wiml* 1
A m*V bJ.w* *** prepared to nive yon, in anythiotr and SL
M everythin*. special and aurprisin* values. Tn and O
|J a m e s P. Yeagers
eeoe^eee^aee^o ses^.g
I«w Paster at lailiaw.
Mr. H. W. Clark, of nmeaer
L'ity, was in tlastouu on buti
**** Wednesday, lie iafwsu us
;bat the Baptist church of his
own has called Rev. J. C. CHI*
csoic, of Shelby, and He will
Bove to Bessemer City the first
■>i the year He will give ltcsac* I
aier three Sundays in the month I
»nd Poplar Springs near Sheiby
>ur Suudav.
Houston Bond, clerk in a
Nashville, Tenu.. hotel, rc
* check Tuesday tor
slft.OOO from an old gentleman
»f Evansville. Ind.. to wIkmo he
rendered timely assistance in an
accident four yearn ago.
,\« Atlantic Coast Line pns
RCitEcr train ran into an open
iwitch neat Warsaw Tuesday
killing Engineer O. F. Horne
and his colored fireman. No
passenger* were seriously
injoted.
rw'.J .x...' ji
Neaiimlleaa are to Order.
>'tuiar a^U.'Vl'-.rt’i.
Tn» i Ji«
right. The »iron> i> not ovr/.
Hive caudidatee are already un
nounccd mr Speaker <>i xh^
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WHEN CHRISTMAS IS OVER
YOU WILL NOT REGRET THE MONEY YOU SPENT
IIFRF.
THE PHOTOGRAPHS
\V« produce grow mure atti active ovi}
thne you look at them. The itkt-neaa
UM» (peaking, the pone so natural.
Have a ilotcu taken, give eleven away
and keep one. Von will 6nd yonraetf
admiring It more every day. Yonr or
der* tor (raining shall hare oar prompt
at tent ten. Phone 1.T7 It# Davis block.
Phone 147 tn tJrore* building.
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GREEN AND ImULLEN,
SucCUtoHra In T. K. ShttlMd.
ijWifr htiijliiiau^ i-(. . . i |. ... ..
I ±-J- » Va^A.ia Vi■
Street Surrey
...t. * . «< .. ..
I keep it hitched np nearly all the lime. It is realty v.
yowt call f.ir any little trip. If yon warn to vUlt your aeifch.
l»or <>1 go n-thoppiDR iny nice «mrrey is waiting to ukc yen.
Cam yon anywhere in town for 25 costa; short dfatanco. *
tor leaa: reasonable rates ontaidv of towc.
Call* left at Phone 101 will have prompt and propt: At*
tendon. Try it. *Wy will at* meet all imius day and
Ught . V-, JOaw*
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W. F. ELMO
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