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The Substitute
»n WILT. N. HAHBEN,
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SYNOPSIS OP PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.
• CHAPTERS I, II, and III—tlaone Hack*
|fP K,'w iwtrtcae n) Mr. Hillyrr. ■ tfrk
**U >»tS«r la e«nt to
MSSSfeS
I oacaJPOeotpetlit murdered aliitXlkirtr
ivora Hefoer ole xorjr open*. Ta a 11 m f lot
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ifob noaW..^ss,si?sa«£rfo-rt2i. ’h’.tp
r*°v v,*•*''“«‘»i«' *i»« •
«lanabler eborild l*apeet herlaaiily pride
v-aen ehooma, A buabaad. XH-UiTlyer
rolla hi a wheat at a areal proHt and * ivea it
^Hl-tVe «feet nor vtaiu tba
IraflXooe. tryirga leei.tn power!nl rival.
I.r<l.ia aeijrtrtalila attentioa* mil ureaenU.
XI \ . I.rdia para a Malt to CcorreW mother
noil liftaer Mr trarmlr at uanlaa. Thia
«-v*vVl ui hoiw to in* lovrr. XV
J'f1 §11 Mn. liaueiou uppeala to Lydia'a
(tend. Kill* Lihlir. tnTrrJna Liar aYn to her
!h‘.,r?£ *ho,t <*«**■ Ktttr nils I.rdia
ilia! ike ouvrrnor will be a mod catch, but.
I.'lri henrrai of aomc X “.town Toluca,
lejrelorlbcaaiety id her oan Re art XVIi
rrel \Yilt qeo<(e prnrect. Jett Train. «
1.1 hi*. iiien.) Itnocom iroro the icnanart of
i. mob. I.nltn and Kill* hear the elnry re
• onnlcrl in lire pteaeuc* nl the bero XIX
l.rdiaadurea (Venice, hut mar matrr the
srrat^j Wdir r. pn
rinied. I.rjIU tnoU the (ijjuittK in Utoc
<**,rrt but IN rrctrrd lover wikcuo
prpir M'nTAs
n&?iVrx'ss'~«r ihc
V-Udi 1 au A A > .
THINK I bo I-orU bail « hand
I In irnuln' me next dour to
I Mr*. Dugan,” said Mr* Hill
* * ycr to Hiwp1 tluil menlng
of I- >• Mtni-or. "U'lmi my apertu »iuk
yvay down to tiro I go out In tk< yard
nn' tItn \*c a (banco to i-omo over ou’
tnlk. No; I uover go overtime. All 1 got
to do I* to lrt ’or *ce me, an' atie's ou m*
like a duck on u Jono bog. fdio'll bilk
jure head off. bnt she'll help yon out
of a tight whenever you give ’or tho
wink. Me nil' her together worked
Horu-nso as fine a* split silk t’other
day. Ton know, Jlra Kenuor'a Jeat
nbout oraay to pwy hla nttentbuia, uo*
»he bolds off an' won't let 'Ire act la.
I made up my mind tlx months ago
that I'd make a match out o’ that ran
terlsl, but beyond glttio’ Jim to toiler
me nit orer creation on’ her to fairly
lap up nil I IimJ to any about *lm that
was as nigh a* 1 ronie to doin' hnal
rums. It pnaxhxl tu* right sharp, fee I
Loovred tho gal had marry on her mind.
nn‘ 1 knowed Jim Kenner was jest the
thing for '«•. rinaljy I draptiod ou to
tho dlOlculty. Tou know, n steady gul
like Ilortonwv ttnowdsn sometimes baa
n regular horror of a goody goody ful
ler, nu* 1 need sbo thought he'd Jest es
caped bein' a preacher by n hair’*
breadlb an' was not go In' with gala be
cause he was of ward of 'sat. I let lira.
Dugan In oa my racket, an’ t 'lowed
she'd bare 9 flt, »ho era* so tickled.
She got her sewin' an* romp over, ah’
wo tuck chain nigh Ilorlensr, an* Mrs.
Dagan begun. Tou'd 's’ Ihougkt ah*
was oa tli* court boose at* ml aweartn*
In a murder case, oh* was no err ton*.
She led- np to It as gradual oa a man
dritln* n school o' Dab uperream Into a
ad t think ah* give ever'body lo
Durley n atap or a dah In pastin'. FI
ually ah* said It was lb* men that
laid low an* that eviTbody thought
was to steady that wn* ilie regular
devils on tho sly. ‘Now, Ihsr's that
long, slim shanked Kenner.’ sold ah*,
floppln' out the sheet sbo waa hem
min'. ‘Folk* think* he** so Innocent,
but. lo me, he's tho terrtldrot But la
ecven state*. no buy* cotton all over
the country nn* has a gal in every town
be hit*.'
•• *Tiwi OKI aJF thorn 1 it.Li * *■ li 11 m
better'll that, He’s «nr roan that don't
rare for women.'
” T«'tl that to lha maroons,’ lira. Da
gau sneered. Than aba reeled off a tala
aba saM Dob ttaakar wife told '«r about
a bet Jim Kroner an* n whole pa salt
o' fallero bad nude, that thay waa cats'
ta him a certain gal whether av a*.
Rbe said tbe gal was Under aaft, nay
way, an* they all gat a whack at bar.
hot that when Jha Konaer gat threagb
with ’er aha had tha backache am' aald
ha waa tbe wait aba’ll aver seed. I
was a-worehia* nartcoaa on t a* tha ear
ner o' my eye. ft ha got fort white erf
then red, Irat aha kept ’or ears open.
I don’t know all Mrs. Dugan didn't
■•y. bat Urn boat thing waa whan aba
aoM no ordinary woman ceeld make
any Impression on a man o' that damp,
t seed Hart caa* sorter Mm 'ar Op arf
atratghlan up mra aba waa mailin’ a
resolution. And after Mm. Degaii bad
you* home she art around lihe ah* was
•U af flat all at ouee. You know a
woman will kinder con at on a nan’s
regard, an* frail on It arf lent drift
without lookin’ ahead. EC the'* sheet
•f hla adaitmtlnM she'd a hoop <f IIsma
rnther bare 'to at arm’a leoatb than ta
be rookie’ art* ar rob bin' far 1m nr hla
brats. That's whar iTaeMaea waa ft
hhrfa k not ed a few married wen nrf
had sotlced how plamb crary they waa
about tbrfr wiree after tbe haaaywann
waa over. Hut nothin' a tan amoofh h>
tbte world, au* why Mould married IVo
be an abceptbmt Arf than Hertmao
totes to to called a aid maM. Well,
ta rut my tala off, gn(—a Jaat coma
out Sat that avastrf arf aald. *Whaa
saassw
SEVERAL SUICIDES,
Serna Reflect lee* Abent the Mas
who Killed Hiaeell Beceme
he w» Oat el Verk ud Ms*
cooreged, ud the Mlllleoelre
whe Hanged HlaaeU Became
he wm D lea main led and
Bered with Life.
KlchmunU Nnm-I^Mkr.
Taking over a New York
newspaper the other day, we
were interested in the daily
ghastly parade of suicides be
cause it presented one or two
unusually vivid contrasts.
There was the customary array
of men who killed themselves
because they were out of work
and disconraged. Then came
the case of a retired business
man, a millionaire, nearly 50
years old, who went into a barn
and hanged himself because he
was tired of living, disappointed
and disgusted and without an
abject.
tmppose the millionaire had
interested himself in giving
mine hope and comfort to some
»f the workmen who killed
themselves because they could
not find employment or the
means of earning their livings?
Suppose he had undertaken
leriottsly the work of doing
lomelhing f o r somebody?
He would have found his life all
too short, even if it had stretched
to a century, and his days
:rowncd, busy and happy.
It is hard to say whether the
man who has the tncaus of
ratifying every physical and
transient need and has nothing
in that way to desire or the
man _ who hss nothing but
privations in his life is the more
miserable. About all money
pan buy after all, ia food, driuk,
lodging and clothes. The only
t_a_ «
ilkU HHU
boor it in the qualities of these.
Even when men move ou to the
higher things snd devote them
reives to intcllcctnsl and artistic
pursuits, satiety and stateness
come after a while. Most of
Ltiose of ns who arc rich go ou
like spoiled children in a nursery
playing and experimenting with
me toy after another. Some
tneti collect pictures, others
books, others again, stamps or
vases of hoot-straps. The news
papers told us yesterday of an
btaglishman who had speut hun
dreds of thousands of dollars
collecting fleas. He fitted out a
ship aud sent it to the Arctic to
reenre specimens of those
insects from bears, foxes, dogs
md deer. _ What a shameful
waste that is in view of the hnu
d reds of able-bodied men wilh
families to support, in all parts
pf the world to whom a few
scores of dollars would mean
happiness aud comfort and
peace replacing gnawing misery 1
Not only is it true that the
noblest study of mankind is
man, but the one sure path to
heart-filling pleasure on<[ com
fort in life is tu honest effort to
ptomotc the welfrre of man
kind. If the millionaires and
retired business men would
devote their lives to helping iu
the thousands of ways they esu
help tnen, women and children
who need aid of one kind or
mother, they would not be
hanging themselves iu barns,
drinking thetnaelvcs to death or
exploring the world, tired and
disgusted, seeking amusement.
Nothing in human experience
a wotse than a quest for the op
portunity to earn a living with
«>me helpless people depending
i»« the results for their neces
sities and comforts. It stings a
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%»%* t wuvie. ism iMivniai
.•Sections arc sources of agony
to him, bis oalural and proper
pride and manhood are hart and
he is tempted to desperation and
despair. Yet, even in those
circumstances there ia comfort
•or the man who knows that he
has done his best for his fellows
snd comrades and who can con
tinue to spare some thought at
least and some words of coro
•ort and sympathy from his own
troubles to those whose condi
tion is even worse.
With the field so wide and no
near, with human misery and
wretchedness and need so
constant and urgent and ever
present. it is hard to understand
bow or why any man shonld
have the time to be bored or
tired end weary of life or desti
tute of occupation for his hands,
his thought, bis heart or his
money. There is so mneb to be
done, so little time to do it In.
The First National Busiueas
Show, the only exhibition of the
kind ever held In the United
States, began in Madison Square
garden. New York, Monday.
Office goods and ail time end
labor saving devices are ahown
by the mannlactnreTS.
Tint Gastonia Oaxkttk—
twice a week, $1 JO a year.
TOO MANY_ WIVES.
Thar Cam* ta CaortFbuUa*
lha Card* Stacked Agalaet Ria,
Lawyer Threw (If lha
Shu*.
Vofkvlllr Kmnircr Kib
■r,J'i a young North
Caioltuiuii who was airested at
Blacksburg lost week on the
charge of bigamy, was oo Wed
nesday cumrnittcd for trial at
the next term of the court of
general sessions.
. Teeter had asked for a pre
liminary examination and the
flame was to have been held on
Wednesday, but be changed his
inind about tbe matter. This
was because of developments
which seemed to make tbe pre
limiuary examination entirely
unnecessary.
At the appointed hour Con
sla'de Peters went to the tail
after the prisoner. Teeter began
to sssurc the constable of Ilia
Innocence, saying that he had
lived with soother woman in
North Carolina; but that she
was not hi* wife, there had never
been any marriage ceremony.
"Ob, well, that's all right,•
replied tbe constable, "she’s here
to see you."
"She'* here, you say?"
" Yes, she's here and her father
is here with her."
"Well, say,” returned the pris
oner in great agitation, "jnat let
me stay here in the jail won't
you. I don't want to go up
there."
" liut they sent me after you,"
explained Constable Peters, "and
I pncM you'll have to go atoug
with roe."
Dejectedly the priaoner accom
panied the constable to tbe office
of Magistrate Comer, and on be
ing placed on a bench opposite
wives Xos. 1 and 2. lie declined
to raise bis head to look into tbe
faces of the two wronged women.
wc waive onr riffDl 10 a prr
liminary,” announced K. fiarle
Thoinwcll, who appeared for the
defendant, and that was about 1
all there was of it. Magistrate
Comer recommitted the prisoner
in default of a bond for $550.
The defendant bad evidently
intended to make a fight, and
bad retained Mr. V. I*. McCain
for liis defense. Mr. McCain
haviug been suddenly called
away got Mr. Tbornwell to take
charge of the case, and as soon
as the cards had been stacked on
the other side, Mr. Thornwell
threw up the sponge.
Marion H. Jennings represent
ed the prosecution, and was well
prepared to make out a prims
facie case by proving both mar
riages. Tu the case of wife No.
1, he bad the marriage license
and two witnesses to the cere
mony and in the cose of wife
No. £, the magiatratc who per
formed the ceremony was on
hand in person.
Stay-at Homo Missouri an a.
Vew Voile Ruii.
Missouri is one of the largest
States in the country and the
most populous of the States
beyond the Mississippi. Into
it have gone by tbonsands each
year immigrants from other
States, but from it few emigrants
go, and a "man from Missouri”
is, therefore, a rarity in most
parts of the country, particular
ly in the Eaat and along the
Atlantic seaboard.
There are only 3,300 natives
of Missouri in the State of New
York, a smaller number than
there are natives of either
Georgia, Michigau, California,
Illinois or the lnstrict of Colum
bia.
oiuall as is the Missouri
colony in New York, it is larger
than in the Missouri colony in
any other city of the country,
with the single exception of
Quincv, 111., which is near
enough to the Missouri boundry
line to get frequent accessions
from that State. Missouri peo
ple do not come Bast, except
for brief visits, and lew go to
the Northwest, though that is
largely mode up of newcomers,
not ouly from Kuropean conn
tries, but from other American
States. Moreover, by the last
census there were only 400
natives of Missouri in Calvestcn
sod only 1,200 in New Orleans.
Id the latter city there were
2,000 natives of Virginia.
The people of Missouri have
not much of the migratory dis
position which characterises
the natives of most other States.
They are satisfied to stay at
Itome or to move from one part
of Missouri to another. The
Missouri Society in Xew Yoik
has in recent years been re
cruited by many men dis
tinguished hi professional or
literary life, yet, while the
colony baa become important,
its membership continues small
er than is the case from moat
other large Statea.
It’s 11.50 a yenr now.
YORK AND YORKVILir.
WkH'i Dalai Aaiaag aur Neigh
bor* Jaat Acraaa tfc# Llaa.
OltaMd Iron The Enqulrar. HHK
Mr. James W. Snider, the dis
penser, died Ian Wednesday
morning, and the dispoisary u
closed until his successui can be
chosen. Under the law. ZU days
notice nmstbe given. The board
* c?R*ctt^ t0 Meet January 13th
U> fill the vacancy. Dr, J. H
Ssye has resigued hi* commis
sion as a member of the dispen
sary board becanxe of his elec
tkiu to the general assembly and
Mr. James K. Barns of R. F. D.
Xo. 1 Yorkville, will probably be
appointed as his successor.
"I wish it was forever instead
of until January 13." said Dr. J.
H. Ssye. chairman of the county
board of control, when be learn
ed that the dispensary will have
to lie closed until a new dispenser
can be elected. And the doctor
said it with an emphasis that left
no doubt of his sincerity.
The C. & X. W. is Uic first
railroad company to pay ita taxes ,
to Treasurer Neely this year, i
Agent Bray on Wednesday turn
ed over a check for $1,600 20.
There seems to be absolutely ■
nothing in the way of rapid and i
mbstantial growth for the town i
>f Yorkville. General conditions ;
have not been so good in fifty !
rears and the prospects are sfl l
that could be desired.
Tue dissolution of the pnxtorsl ’
relations between Rev. Dr. W.
1». Neville and the Presbyterian 1
Church of Yorkville, takes effect 1
mi January 1, 1905
The large hog belonging to ,
Andy HaU was killed Tuesday. !
It weighed 695 pound* gross. A
inmber of hogs have been killed '
n this section which netted over
MX) pounds.
Mr. Alunxo kom wants to put ,
id a handsome brie* building on ,
;he Kuykendal lot recently pur* .
chased by him. He has made au .
ifler for tbe lot fronting on Hast
Liberty street and purchased ,
we time back for municipal
purposes. It is his purpose, if (
ae enn get this lot to use it as a
near entrance to his Main street (
ot. Should he be able to carry
>ut his idea, the reanlt will Ik a .
most desirable improvement.
Capt. W. B. Moore worked
for months to secure the cstab
isliment of h knitting mill in :
Yorkville. and had the capital all
ant raiaed when he learned that
bit brother, Mr. T. P. Moore,
was running around the country
with a wad of $35,000 looking
For a place to bnild a spinning
mill. Captain Moore talked the
matter over with a number oi his 1
knitting mill snbacribera, and
most of them agreed to divert
their subscription to tbe proposed '
•pinning mill. Other people of
lered substantial aid ana the
raising of tbe necessary capital
proved to be a comparatively
easy undertaking. Of conne,
the people of Yorkville are de
lerying of commendation for
their prompt appreciation of atich
an Advantageous opportunity:
hut to Captain Moore, more than
to any other one man, belongs
the credit of having secured this
enterprise for the town.
At Washington Monday the
committee on privileges and
elections of the United States
Senate, took up the case of
Senator Keed Smoot of Utah.
Twenty witnesses are summoned
to testify in tbe case, some oi
them ex-Mormons.
Thk Gastonia Gaxetth—
twice a week, $1.50 a year.
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TIN Ht IN SOUTH CAROLINA,
Ooveramtnf Bolletln lliyi
Where ll ia Ft and.
Vvrtrrtlc Kaaaim. lQlfc,
The deposits of tin ore ia
South Carolina, North Carolina
and Virginia are discussed in a
bulletin on the tin industry of
the country just issued by the
ecological survey. This bulk
tin aasra that 43 per cent, of the
world a production of tin ia
consumed in this country, but
that none of the metal is pm
duccd in the United States.
Tin baa been discovered hi
various states bat no attempts
have been made to place the
industry on a prod active footing.
Tbc most notable deposits are
in South Dakota, South Caro
lina, North Carolina, Virginia
and Alaska.
What may be called tbc Caro
lina tin belt extends from
Gaffney, Cherokee county.
South Carolina, in a general
northeasterly direction across
this county, across the south
eastern comer of Cleveland
county, North Carolina, and
across Gaston and Lincoln coun
ties, North Carolina. The tin
deposits found in Rockbridge
couuty, Virginia, may ba a con
tinuation of the Carolina tin belt
across Catawba, Iredell, Yad
kin and Surry counties. North
Csrolioa. The principal locality
iu Sonili Carolina where lie ore
has been found is about one
mile north of Gaffney, on land
belonging to Capt. S. S. Rosa.
Other deposits are known in the
vicinity of tbe town of King's
Mountain. North Carolina, on
the southern end of Chestnut
Ridge, about Hi miles north
east of Kings Mountain; and on
tbe John !?. Jones plantation. 7
miles northeast of Kings Moon
lain Tbe Southern railway
traverses a considerable portion
of tbe tin belt, and any com
mercial deposits that may be
developed will have good rail
road facilities. Tbc report coo
tains many interesting details
concerning the geology' of this
district and the mincralogicml
and chemical character of the
ore.
The le ward ef Cockrell** Career.
Kuui.Cilr Mir.
The tribute of rcsnccl and af
fection which was paid to Sena
tor Cockrell by his associates in
the U si ted States Senate yester
day was not limited by any party
affiliations. Republican and
Democratic members alike, from
nearly every State in the Onion,
crowded about tbc Missourian's
desk and expressed their regret
at kis retirement.
Francis 11. Cockrell has some
times been charged by the poli
ticians with a lack of shrewd
ness. But now it may dawn on
such persons that it is pretty
wise after all to so conduct one
self in public life that every year
adds to the measure of a man's
estimation.
The involuntary manifestation
of confidence and esteem which
greets the Missouri statesman in
his last session of Congress is as
fine an illustration of the profit
of a worthy life as any incident
that has been recorded. "Old
Frank Cockrell” woo that ova
tion by patient years of faitblnl
service—by being too much of a
patriot—and loo much of a gen
tleman—to batray the people’s
trust.
Littleton Hosiery Mill*. Little
ton, N. C., arc reported making
arrangements to enlarge their
present plant.
Home Made
•.• ,
Have your cake, muffins, and tea bis
cuit Home-made. They will be fresher,
cleaner, more tasty and wholesome.
Royal Baking Powder helps the house
wife to nreduce at home, quickly and eco
nomically, fine and tasty cake, the tailed
hot-biscuit, puddings, the frosted layer
cake, crisp cookies, crullers, crusts and
muffins, with which the ready-made food
found at the bake-shop or grocery does
not compare.
Royal is the greatest of bake-day helps.
4. m««o wwm eo., nrw %«•».
( PECO PETTICOATS 9
F _■, ,Jt>tt urf55ivfd* to of otir celebrated :4 ruffle I’ero V
§*km«, which we have been aellioe for fbenart 11 month* ft
1 lnct ZSffh’I.iS? **« price- they arc richly worth it ■
ua.iS? ^S?v«£“‘r "* ..«
i MILLINERY. {•
O gsts i
Q M a»dfr. b°t i mair «hst y»n.r nUHcrr Suut 1
) J a m e s F. Jlf eager);
eeeeweee^eee^aea^g
WHEN CHRISTMAS IS OVER !
YOU WILL NOT REGRET THE MONEY YOU SPENT }
HERE. . j
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THE PHOTOGRAPHS
We produce grow mote attractive every
time yoa look at them. The likeness
is no speaking, the pose so natural.
Have a dozen taken, give eleven array
and kctp out. Yon will find yonreclf
admiring it more every day. Yottr or
ders for framing shall have oar prompt
attention. Ilaone 137 is Davis block.
Phone 147 la Groves bailding.
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GREEN AND MULLEN,
SooCMMrt <o T. K. Stanford.
Street Surrey
"~~ -*—'" ll'11"'-'*-—--J.UJ— *■- ■■■-.HI——Bag •' ,/.
1 keep if bitched op ready all the time. Jt i-> ready at
jour call for nay little trip. If yon want to vlrit von* neigh
bor or go vyhoppinjf my nice Mirrev- i* uniting to take wi.
l. arry you anywhere in town lt>, ‘jS cct»U; short rifetM*-**
for less; rcaaouable rates, outside od town.
Call* left at Phone 101 will have prompt and proper at*
tention. Try H. Sorter will also meet all
sight.
Iw.if* TeIlIvi
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Profeaatonal Cards.
A. L. BULWINKLE,
Attorney-at-Law.
Dallas, n. c.
dr. d. b. McConnell,
DENTIST.
Office fin* floor Y. M. C. A. Bid's
GASTONIA, N. C.
Pkoae #
Me. 0. ANDERS, M.l>.
GASTONIA, X. C.
Special attention to Hlneeaea of
Cbildran. ^