I I ! . 1 W. P. MAI SHALL, Editor ud Pr*»ri«t*r. DEVOTED TO THE PKOTECTION OP -"- 1 m 11 lWBg=- ■ —~= ■■■! L i'1-U- . . — LyLTWII III ■ A . ■ VOL, XXVI._ _ QA8TONIA, N. C.. TUBS DAY R. P. RANKIN. PrtiMta. C. N. EVANS. Vlca-PraaMrat. A. O. MYERS. Cxhlcr. THE CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK Of Gastonia, N. C. CAPITAL - - $50,000.00 YOUR BANKING. No matter bow small, no matter how large, The Citizen’s National Bank will give It careful attention. Tbla message applies to all alike. Call to see us, or write as. _ DIRECTORS: R. P. Rankin, C. N. Evans, Robert A. Love, J. M. Sloan, M. D., Edgar Love, J. A. Glenn, R. R. Haynes. Courtesy-Liberality-Strength. ~SUUl-! L J jL ... ... 1 J1 _ _i ui YOU AND YOUV1LLE. What’s Dalai With Oar Neigh bars Just Acress (be Liaa. Mr. J. Holland Morrow of Gastonia, visited the family of Mr. D. T. Woods this week. There are a dozen or more booses under construction ia Yorkville at this time—more than have been going up at any one time before for several years. Work on the plant of the Nee ly Manufacturing company con tinues to progress nicely. Most of the window frames have been set in tbe main building, and with good weather tbe work of patting on tbe roof will proba bly be commenced within an other week. Several cottages for operatives are well under way. The estimate of the York County Southern Cotton associ ation places acreage redaction at 19 2-9 per cent and fertilizer redaction st 19 5-9 per cent. These estimates are based on partial reports. President Spen cer believes that a complete re port would show nearer 25 per cent redaction. Kngiueer Jim Hunter, who was pulling the Ogden special, which was wrecked at Green ville last Saturday morning is a nephew of Mr. J. J. Hunter of Yorkville. He was never in a wreck before and it ia generally conceded that this wreck was through no fault of bis. The annual meeting of the Commercial Club of Yorkville, was held in the parlors of that institution last Wednesday eve ning, and after transacting tbe business of the occasion, the members enjoyed a banquet at the Parish hotel. The election of officers re sulted as follows: President, W. B. Moore; vice president. M. C. Willis; secretary and treasurer, Johtl R Hart • Iwsarrl nf nnoav nor*. W. R. Carroll, O. R. Grift, I. W. Johnson, W. W. Lewis, Dr. J. D. McDowell, B. N. Moore, I. H. Norris, J. A. Tste, W. Brown Wylie. Tributes of respect wf re adoptel to the memory of Mr. James W. Snider and Major James P. Hart, two members of the club who have passed away since the last annual meeting. There were forty chairs at the banquet tables and after due jus tice to a moat creditable spread, there was something over an hour of speech making, lasting until 12 o’clock. Lands belonging tQ the estate of the late Dr. A. P. Campbell were aold at Clover last Tuesday by Mr. W. E. Adams, executor, Mr. J. E. Beam guard acting as auctioneer. The Dr. A. P. Campbell resi dence lot was bought by Mr. k. L. Campbell for $2,250. A tract of about 100 acres was bought by Capt. W. B. Smith for $15 an acre. A tract of about 10 acres was bouaht bv Mr. W. E. Adam* for $15.50 an acre. A tract of about 90 a cm was bought by Mr. Herbert Wrigfat for $17.75 ao acre. A tract of about 100 acres was bought by Rev. J. M. McLain for $25 an acre. A tract of about 100 acres was bought by Dr. J. W. Campbell for $23 an acre. The lands of the estate in cluded nearly 500 acres and the average price was pretty close to Co an acre. Percy Boyd, formerly of AsbsvHle was foond ttneoa *“• the Williams •"IPaES*1?" 0,Bro?kI7*>. N. Y.. and died in a bospiuf. At Srat it was suspected that he was • victim of foul play. The body was test to AsdcvIUc Friday for burial. THE CRADLE OF TEARS. Slraaf* Cradla ia Which an Maced (ha Orials al (ha World. 2S5?f&,5ur?t*'T’To“ Wn,*°"'' M**» There is a cradle within (be door of one of the great institu tions of New York before which a constantly recurring tragedy is being enacted. It is a plain cradle, quite simply draped in white, but with such a look of cozy comfort about it that one wonld scarcely suspect it to be a cradle of sorrow. And this cradle is the moat naeful and, in a way, the most inhabited cradle in the world. Day after day, and year after year, it is the recipient of more small wayfaring soula than any other cradle in the history of the race. In it the real children of sorrow are placed, and over it more tears are sbed than if they were an open grave. It ia the place where annually 1,200 foundlings are placed— the silent witness of more truly lieartbreaking scenes than any other cradle since the world be gan. For nearly thirty-five years it has stood where it does to-day, ready-draped, open. wtitie aa many thousand mothers have stolen shamefacedly in and, after looking hopelessly about, have laid their helpless offspring within its depths. For thirty-five years, winter and summer, in the bitterest cold and tbe most stifling beat, it has seen them come—the poor, the rich; the humble, the proud, the beautiful, the home and one by one they have laid their children down and brooded over them, wondering whether it were possible for human love to make so great a sacrifice and yet not die. . ^e tragedy repeats itself, and year after year, and day after day tbe unlocked door is opened and dethroned virtne enters-'the victim of ignorance I passion and affection, and a child is robbed of an honorable borne. *■11.J L. T_»_ Millard Giles of Newton was found in a dying condition be tide the railroad track at a point just south of the depot, at Con over, about 6:30 Monday mom inf. He died a few minutes afterward without regaining con sciousness. The cause of his death is unknown, though it is presumed that he was struck by a train some time during the night. Hit body was lying with in a foot or two of the track and hia head was badly injured. Ow both eyes were severe bruises, and big gashes were cut across the top and back of the head. He was last seen Sunday afternoon abont dark, coming through Conover with bis broth In-in law, Mr. Ju1e Goforth. Both men were intoxicated. Go forth’s statement it that be left 01 Ihe spot where be wo killed, and taw nothing more of him. The coroner^ jury gave as their verdict that the deceased came to his death by a blow struck by a moving train or some unknown object. At.10 o’clock Friday morti ing. the dead body of Thomas Howaee, aged 17, was found in the gasoline house of Bailey plant at Union, S. C. Howaee went to the plate Thursday afternoon about 4 o’clock to get some guoiinc and it is presumed either fainted or slipped and fen in the water pit fa which the tanks stand. When the body was found the skin strippH from it like peeling an apple. Howaee was the son of Mr. K01. C. Ho watt sad is said to have been a popular young man. "SHORTY" WANTED ROTH IN NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA Cite el Wtfeefcero Prisoner*. iUUiKh Cot. Cbaitull* OWottot. Solicitor J. K. Henry, o( the sixth j dicial dietrict of South Carolina, appeared before Gov ernor Glenn thie morning end asked that requisition* be hon ored for "Connecticut Shorty” and "Missouri Charlie," the two noted safe-crackers who were arrested at Lilcsvillc, recently. They were wanted in South Carolina especially for the robbery of the Heath Mercantile Hanking Company, at Heath Springs. J. T. Bennett, of Wadesboro, was bere as counsel for the two prisoners and in sisted that the Governor did not have the right to honor the re quisition from South Carolina, when they are held under a warrant for violation of the laws of North Carolina, the charge of carrying concealed weapons. Attorney General Gilmer was called into conference with Governor Glenn in connection with the question of law that was raised and the Governor still has the matter under ad visement. The decision is to l>c announced to-morrow. So licitor Henry says they have a tegular "open and shut" case against the butglnrs in the find ing of marked money and other articles on their peraous that were taken from the Heath Bank. R. R. Ray, secretary and treasurer of the McAden Cotton Mills, and O. R Mason, as counsel (or the company, at tended the bearing iu the execu tive office with a view to gath ering any evidence they coaid that would conuect the two prisoners with the robbery of the safe in the office of the com pany at McAdenville. However, Mr. Mason informs me that there were no developemeuu in ; vasts uucvuuu. HIM loading Eneotial to Sue* catsfol Warfare. VkilsiVlphia L*dcrr. The Japanese are to be credited with the discover) that miud reading is essential to suc cessful war. It appears that the lall of Mukdco was due to psychology. Field Marshal Oyatna having made a carefol study of the mental operations of Knropatkin. Before, during and after the battle of Liao Yang the Japanese commander bad for his chief purpose to con vince the Russian general that Japanese could fight only in the woods and on the hills; so Kuropatkin assumed that no serions movement would take place on the plains. Then, of course. Oyama did fight on the plains, after making a display further to mislead the Russians. It is not sniprising that English military men should say that the Japanese combat "commands almost despairing admiration,” and that it reveals combined in telligence and physical endur ance beyond all parallel. Oyama’s stupendous conception involved the advance of 40Q.OOO men over a front of nearly one hundred miles, and required that the movements of every unit of the five armies should be ac curately co-ordinated. During tbeae movements there were the heaviest of snowstorms, and the ice in the rivers to be crossed broke before the Japanese reached them. There seems to be no doubt that this is indeed "the greatest combat at arms in the history of the world." Mr. J. C. Caddell, formerly editor of The Raleigh Times, has taken editorial charge of The Salisbury Son. SAVED A TRAIN. A Girl (Hm Wirilof si Track ODctradtaa. Asheville, N. C., May 1.—Bat for the presence of sniad and natural intelligence of Nannie Gibson, a sixteen year old bate foot mountain girl, a mixed freight and passenger train leav ing AabeviUc this morning east ward bound, would in oil proba bility have been wrecked at Mud Cut in the Blue Ridge mountains and several Uvea lost. Nannie Gibsou lives close to Mud Cut. This morning she saw a great pile of rock and earth slide on the track at that place shortly after a special train had passed, and realising that an engineer of an eastward bound train would be nnable to see tbe slide in time to stop the train and that there was immi nent danger of loss of life and property, she picked up a torpe do, and mailing up tke track some distance placed it on the rail at tbe mouth of the tunnel. Then hurrying beck, aha found a red flag, and again started np the track when she beard the engine whistle of the mixed train. As the train came she waved tbe flag, tbe engineer ap plied the hrpkcs, and the train came to a standstill within leas than twenty steps of the slide. After tbe girl had told her story the passengers showered upon her colas, amounting to many dollars. Tha Lay af tha Baa. Milwaukee Journal. It is the season when the modest hen bss greatness thrust upon her. Three-fourths of all the eggs laid in the United States are laid between March 1 and July 1. Of robin aud blackbird and meadow lark spring poets write page after page; their praises are sounded every minute by prophets and sages; but not since the stars sang together, not since the creation of man, hss any one drawn a goose feather in prsise of the patient, profitable old hen. All honor and praise to the singing that cheers np the wild wood in spring, and the old tender recollections that bring np joy, childhood, love, and all that sort of thing; but more im portant than the twitter of the robins or all the wild medley of free birda is the cackle of pride over a new laid egg; that moth erly cluck when a brood of chickens sononad the old ben. And now the mnsic of the hens fill all the country with promise of plenty and substan tial prosperity. The hen is more tbsn a musi cian and a Droobet. Slu- h>« the magic power to turn her humble song into tbe click of gold. In 1900, wben tbe latest com plete eensns was taken, the to tal value, of alt fowls on forms were $85,795,906. These pro duced lo one year, poultry that sold for $136,381,877, and eggs that sold for $144,286,370-a to tal of $281,178,247. The invest ment yielded an income of 400 per cent. So the cackle and dock of the humble hen are far more than mere music. The lay of the hen may not be a subject for the poet's rhapso dies, bat it is a subject for the careful consideration of tbe prac tical minded. The Atlantic Hotel at More head City owned by tbe At Untie & North Carolina RsU rosd, has beta leased for the coming season to C. Gresham & Son, of Charlotte. A Matter of Health There is a quality in Royal Baking Powder which makes the food more digestible and wholesome. This peculiarity .. of Royal has been noted by physicians, and they accord ingly endorse and recom mend It. ■OTU MM WWW 0*. MW VMM PI SO AH PARAGRAPHS. A Coaflafratlen—The Sick to. proving—Notes Oatbersd by Mr Paragrapber—Ptrseaala. Pisgah, May 6.-Our brother tanner, Mr. J. Prank Jackson, wbo is au alderman la Gastonia, bad the misfortune to lose rtoat 20 cords of wood by a forest fire lam Friday evening. Mr. Jackson’s bands were engaged iu burning off a “new ground” when it caught out into the woods close by; aa there was a slight brerxc a going, it aooa got beyond control and burned oyer 12.or 15 acres, possibly 20, before it waa again under Con trol. Scattered through the woods there was stacked op over 125 cords of wood; some waa barned to ashes. The children of Mr. Boyce Whitesides wbo were sick with pneumonia are recovered. Mrs. Miltoo Howell has been quite sick for a few days. To day she Is better. _ Hisses Laura and Margaret Bell, wbo were the guests of Mrs. John A. Morrow for the past 10 days have returned to Gastonia. There must be a suicidal mania ^.sweeping over this country. Every large daily and semi-week Iv nfrimiMpr rnnnila nnan* - cases of self-mtuder. This tend ency to self-destruction is a mys tery. While I was writing the above « bony stopped at my door and a fellow called ‘‘Hello!*’ Be wanted me to anbecribe for the Atlanta Constitution (drily) “The Black Cat*’- a monthly magazine, and a fans paper—all for two dollars. The city paper to come every day. the Thomas cat ooca a mouth, the farm paper to come weekly. He was a fat gent and had on two pain of spectacles; he was so sorry that I was going to deprive my children of the **i" His pity was watted, for we get three weeklies, four semi weeklies. three monthlies aod one semi-monthly at a cost of $8.50. 1 have little use for ■genu or peddlers. One earn to tee me 250 miles to sell a lightning rod, another with a patent fire kindler, one with patent medicines, one with stock liniment (which was turpentine, hartshorn and red water.) Be ery one of these fellows is try ing to make an easy living at the expense of his patrons. I guarantee all of these articles coold be bonght in regnlar trade at leas money than agents sell them at. tonia boys at Gastonia Saturday evening. .It was the wont ex. hibition of hall that has been witnessed in many a day. Every man to the bat hit the ball with a "sickening thud,” Gastonia’s plan seemed to be to fill up the bases and then bring the whole boneh in bone with a three-bagger. The resalt was, Pisgah 11, Gastonia. 2. 11 to 2 is decidedly too mnch of a xood thing. Pisgab’s remark, able score in the game with Gas tonia, waa not well liked by the ObyS*lhe«egghnnf given kv Sunday school proved *4«lW>tiul occasion. After a diligent search, scats were fonnd containing gorgeous vari colored eggs. The nests were ingeniously hidden in out-of-the way places around the cbnirb yaid One boy fonnd a hen ® w wane* hont wM owe of the delights of and birds and butterflies and mofauitoei J“2***^-Mor,ow-» of Piagah, bnt who has been Hriogln Huntsville, Ala,, for ««IP**® y**[«, has returned to Knoxville. Tean., and ac cepUd a position on the L. and N» Re R. n- s». Koeinnnri lu openad shop at Loray. Mm. Wffl Whitesides formerly of Kwh mw of Lorav haa been rich for Minetime. She is re covering* The Union Grove meetings n*ver cUZtfL rhe pastor Rav. R- L. If ikon was satiated bv R«r. H. L. Williams of AsbJ vUle, Rav. H. F. Lowe of Coo ••d **v. HcSwain. at Locay. There was quite an sc cession to the church. The yornst ladles of Uswood will nfv-s aolca cream rapper on |t8d 7TZ ward Y W. C. A of Lin wood. Hurrah (or Gaston and food roods. The sacrament will be held at pnaohea unlay. (Saterday). I • ' V; ' “ '■ ■ 1 -" . 1 — Rev- A. T. Lindsay preaches to- I morrow. Cotton is growing: fine*—so is I grere. Corn Is doing well—so is rsg ' MM. ____ i Blsst bs ths Tls. Bishop Potter tells n story of j n yonng minister who cnnm to < Brief while delivering Us first ' ■ersso*, says the Philadelphia Ledger. He had dressed trader n grant deal of excitement previous to entering the church and nag W flown Moiod. Daring the coarse of Us set* oae in the congregation noticed hie predicament and smiled radi. antly at the situation. Con eluding Us remsrks the young miUstcr, sparring for na oppor tnmty to adjust the tie. said. "Let ns tola in singing hymn Mo. SB. y Bs bad aaaownced the hymn ■t random, not knowing the na ture of the words. The congre gation turned to the hymn, then gave a gasp and nearly strangled. The hymn mad: "Beet Be the Tie that Binds. ^ _ _ The commencement exercises of Davidson will take place on Tuesday, the 90th. The annual address will be delivered at noon 1 on that dsv by Dr.Cbas. W. Kent, ”58 preach the becenlsarente sermon on Bondsy morning, the fitlh. SYMPTOMS THAT INVITE GERMS. Uttfa AUM»fkall*MMte Lm*«4 Aft*r N m» VartatolM* *«*• MMtcate a weak atomech mwA a ' tabUt*