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£ aC*^‘^QBKM3F^?PIFKBnifc‘firdiPRSBBr^t'fftK3n5CK3 Citizens National Bank f OF GASTONIA CAPITAL.SSO.OQO | Shrewd business men appreciate tha progressive n ctawnallaa which govern* all the transactions ol K this beak, la oar log ABSOLUTELY SAFE RANKINU. OFFICERS t DIRECTORS i OS I R. P. Rookie, H. P. Rankin, .J. Sfi J c. Nrr*e^.. C H vice-**r»«ia«*t, «• “• sioaa. Hi A. O. Myers, J. A. Claaa, Q C*»M,r _R. R. Hoyaa*. g Q Your Business Respectfully Solicited. II PAITB1D6ES IN CAPTIVITY. The Siicom of Prof. Hodfc'i Experiments ip Massacha utli. Boston TrmMMCrttH. Dr. Clifton I*. Ilodgc. pro lessor of biology. at Clark Uni versity, is haviug tcmarkahlc success in his efforts toward domesticating the ruffed grouse or partridge. The latest achieve* meat is the raising of a second ' generation of the birds while they are in captivity, five strong, healthy hints having here hatched two weeks ago hy the mother partridge. More could scarcely be de sired than to have a pair mate and produce their youug in the back yard oi a city home. Sc far as is known the birds have acted exactly the same as theii brothers in the woods, even tc the curious act of drumming They are just os large as those in the woods and are lively one contented. One of the old male birds seems to be especially de lighted wbeu Dr. Hodge enter? the enclosure in which they art kept, and plays with the bird a: one would with bis pet cat. Tn no case, so far as is known, hat this species been anywhere neai so perfectly domesticated. Dr. Hodge began these expe riments in the spring of 1903 when he obtained some par tridge eggs from the woods nnc hatched them out under t bantam hen. At the time h< was laugnea at lor trying it But, after the chicks wen hatched out, and it was seen that they were being raised, s member of the Massachusetts Pish and Protective Associatioi who resides in Worchestcr re ported the affair to a meeting o the directors, which then voter $200 to be given to Dr. Hodgi in aid of bis experiments. lie is nshiif it iu enlarging hi: enclosures with a view to aulini such work as the association ir doing, especially by eventually setting the birds free iu thi covers of the State and perliap in our city parks. Dr. Hodge’ purpose in the expcriincuts, *< far as bis own work is con earned, is rnbre especially ti study scientifically the bi ological relations of the specica its foods, habits and instinct and the possibilities of it domestication. Tint CiAZKTTK Printing Hon* for all kinds of neat job print iog. _ Medical Coo.oll.Hon ia China. UalUUa. A physician has just return* from China, hcayily laden will stones of Chinese medicine. " Medical consultations ar carried to their extreme limit i China," he said. "There, wire: anyone becomes seriously ill, consultation of fifteen or twcot doctors fill the house with the! arguments. They make a much noise On n political con vent Ion. "But such a consultation a that would lx* considered ssna ami futile if a great man mandarin say, of the third etna —were to be lU. To consult o his case at least 100 doctor would gather together. "A member of the royal fair ily was taken sick while I wa in Chinn, and my Chioesc ho* told me with a gdod deal t pride that the largest consult* tlon huowu to history had bee held over the sick man. No lei than 318 physicians, he saic had com* from every nert of th kingdom to study and diecui the case. "The royal patient, l hear afterward, died.'* 0 Subscribe for Tun Oamtti HOLE TllBOUOH HIS HEART. Yet the Patient is Alive and the Doctor* are Marveling. New VntV San. Unable to trace the course of a bullet by means of the probe, lh-s. Urady anil Kosxfwd, ol St. Vincent’s Hospital, Staten Island, put ou the X-rays yes terday aud found that the ballet bad entered and passed through the heart and was hnried in the lung of Harry Nowok, of 178 Chrystie street. He started out for a dny of pleasure on Tncs day, but while crossing the bay on the ferryboat Castlcton, he was hit in the left breast by a bullet from n revolver which Max Dascbcr, of 533 West One Hundred aud Third street was displaying to a friend. It looked as if Nowok would not live until It he ferryboat got to Staten IaUud, but he appeared then stronger and better, having rallied from the first shock. The fact that he was alive with a bullet hole indicating that the bullet had eutered his heart, caused the doctor to think the wound superficial, and he was allowed to rest nutil yesterday afternoon before a serious at tempt was made to find tbe bullet. The doctors say it is the most remarkable case on record. Last night the patient seemed Iwttcr and stronger than at any time since being admitted to the , institution. There was no in dication that a change lor the worse was likely to occur. The doctors have taken steps to prevent NowoL from moving or , beiug excited. i -- - - How a Dentist Collected his HU. WmliUisum Port. "Nothing look* so small to a s jn«" when his tooth aches os a *10 bill, and nothing so big after i Jbe demist has finished with : “**“• *®y® * yonng dentist. "There’s a man here in town ’ who has owed me five $10 bills for more than a year. He ii , perfectly able to pay the bill*, ( but he won't do it. He says it’i , *£n outrage to charge that much . for filling only ten or a iloseu , teeth. Well, last month he broke . a tooth and came to me on the • jump, with beads of sweat on his i brow. The nerve of the man , made me mad. He wouldn’t Say what he owed, but he came or-foot to take up my time the , unnute be needed me. I pm him into the chair and patched • np the tooth. Then, while I hnd him gagged securely withrubbci dams and things. I got out tb« biggest drill I own and waived il before him. He looked scared i and gurgled. , "Sit still,’ T said, holding hii head— I’m twice bla sire. Sil . *tiH; I'm going to take the gold j out of these two beck teeth. 1 , want to use it,’ * "You never heard such a yelf t M went np from that man. Hs r P«wed at his pocket and dragged , out a roll ia mad baste. I lei . him peel off IV) before I laid the drill down. Ha waa scared , bine, Md I whs mad enough tc 1 . f ; 110 Ifold oat in earncal j if ha haan t pakl up. He won’l » wait to he scored Into paying af i tar this,because he knows that il » !*. .d?*" i b People how 1 held him up for that fifty.’’ • ..... ->-■ ■ i« .. ■ > i a Clark's Commentary an Iks t Weather. f BlnWmrlll* tanUntarli, July 4th. ' Now it came to pass that or '* the Aral day of the month, rail) I in theiuorninc, the long drongln ^ that has prevailed in this aecliot * was broken, for the heavem * were opened and rain, genth . and peaceful, fell steadily unti far up into the day upon flu parched and thirsty earth, to tin great delight of much people I. both the just and the unjust. REWARD FOB HEROISM. Southern Railway to Educate Nannie Glbaeii, The Mountain Olrl Who mvo4 Passenger Train From Wrack an Waalers Division. . ... A>hcvillr Cot. Oki:1ctI1< Nannie Gibson, the' 14-year old mountain girl, living near graphite, who recently so vert from wreck a mixed passenger and freight train of the Southern Railway and the lives of many passengers by flagging the train before it reached a slide, has been rewarded for her act by the officials of the Southern. A short time ago one of the officials of the road went to see the girl and presented 'her with a check for $25, and asked her if there was nuytliiug else that she desired. The girl informed the official that she would like an education. He told the child that his company would, in all probability, grant her wish, and upon return to the city took the matter np with the head officials, with the result that an appropri ation has been made and ar rangement* perfected for her to attend the Normal and Col legiate Institute, of this city. She will come to Asheville and cuter the institution at the fall term. She will l»c given n iwn ycars’ general nchooling and tuvii u uumucii tumn. A representative of the Char lotte Observer recently talked with the girl near Old Fort, where she lias mined since the wreck. She is a bright-looking child and has s remarkably strong face aud a sweet aud womanly disponitiou. Her mother died two weeks ago aud Nannie is now the "mother'' of n large number of little brothers ana sisters. In conversation with the newspaper man, she said that on the day of the slide ■be wsa at home with her invalid mother and the younger child ren; that when she heard the noise she knew at once that a slide had occurred, aud, realis ing the danger oi passing trains, called to her yonager sister, a little girl of 11 years of age, and told her to go down the track and dag any west-bound train. Nannie then ran breathlessly up the track in the opposite direc tion, knowing that little lime must be lost if she would save the train. On her way she found a torpedo and also a flag. After going a short distance she beard the train coining and placing the torpedo on the track started back down the steep mountain side waving the flag. The en gineer of tlie mixed train heard the report of the torpedo, and. looking down the track, canglit a glimpse of the child and the waving red flag He applied the emergency brake-* and brought the train to u standstill within 10 feet of the slide. A collection was taken up nt the time and a neat sum given the child. Nan nie said that she considered it only her duty and appeared sur prised that so much ado should be made over lire affair. She expressed her appreciation of the Southern's offer of aa educa tion and expects to thus St her self for life's battles. Or earn villa’s tick Negro. Ilnnrlllc New*. In the condemnation proceed ings instituted by the Southern Railway Company for lire pur pose oi purchasing certain lots near the passenrer station from Henry Moseley, colored, the jury summoned to assess the valne of the property, met at the site yes terday and found a verdict for $6,250. The laud consists of several lots in that part of the city just across the Southern Railway yards from the passen ger station, and is nearly two acres iu area. There arc one or two small buildings. The com pany will use the property in the development of its yard fa cilities, n iron which work is soon The verdict gives su kin of what a negro can do it be is re liable nud hard working. This laud does not represent by a rood deal, ail ol Henry Moseley’s holdings in real estate in this city, which has been advancing in value every yeoT. There is more properly adjoiulitg that is nJUccleil by theprocrcdings.prob ably ns valuable, bcakles other buildings and lots about the city. In speaking of Moseley yes terday , a prominent citizen said: ■ Moseley is not only the weal thiest. hut he is tbe best negro in Greenville. He lias worked faithfully end made his money', lie is a good citizen.” Moseley expressed satisfaction with the verdict. His friends on the jury had treated him right, be was sure, he said. Sura See Em. Sum*/ City <CoSu.) Cruet te. Wbeu women leave home for a short time nowadays and leave note* for their hnshands they make sure they will see tlic.slips of paper by weighting them down oil top of the refrigerator with the family corkscrew. Suppressing a Scandal. Sugar CUr (Col.) CaaaUe. The "calico row” which took place one day last week in the west part of town has been suf ficiently aired, so we will not give tbe affair any further pub licity by reciting the harrowing details. 1 -- -i-Xl-IJ.,' ■ -gC Interesting Lew Case. Vnrkrttl* Swlwt Tbere has just been tiled with tbe clerk of tbe court for York county an order by Hon. O. W. Uane in a cose that was heard by him at tbe spring term of the general sessions, and wb ich seems to involve a novel and in teresting question of isw us to tbe value of an inchoate right of dower. The title of tbe case in which tbe order has just been issued is J. M. Cherry vs. the Smith-Few ell company. Mr. W. J. Cherry represents tbe plaintiff and the defesdaut is represented by Spencer & Dunlap. According to the complaint the defendant sold the plaintiff a plantation on Catawlia river, knowu as (be Campbell place, and gave a general warranty title which along with other things covered all possible con tingencies as to dower. After pwcluudng the property the plaintiff learned that Mrs. Jen nie C. Hutchison, wife of Mr. W. C. Hutchison, who had formerly owned the land, had not renounced her dower. The plaintiff forthwith demanded of the defendant that H extinguish this dower. The defendant re fused; whereupon the plaintiff himself purchased the dower from Mrs. Hutchison, paving her therefor (he sum of $200 00. After having acquired this dower the plaiutiff demanded reim bursement at the hands of tbe defendant and the demand be ing refused the pieintifi entered suit for damages in the amount in qaeictioo, with accrued inter VH. The defendant dcmnrred to the complaint in the caae, set ting up that the plaintiff had failed to stale facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, and also claiming that as the alleged incumbrance could not mature during the lifetime of W. C. Hutchison, who ia still alive, the plaintiff certainly has not been damaged up to this time. In the order just filed Judge Gage overrules this demurrer and gives his reasons is full. "It has been decided by the courts of this stale," ssya bis honor, "that the inchoate right of dower is neither an estate in laud, nor Is it an fnctambrauce thereon; but it is defined as a ‘substantial right of property.’ sucb aa a woman way sell lor a price. The substantial right of property arises out of the con current seizure of land by a man, and bis marriage thereafter to a woman. "So the right is inseparable from land and proceeds ont of it, if it ia not an estate in it. A substantial right of property of that character has value, and value U always capable of ascer tainment. Such an ascertain ment is certainly bad iu the common transactions of life, sometimes by judicial processes, more frequently by mutual agree ment between the woman claim ing the right and the person claiming the land. The fact that tho right ia uncertain of fruition or dower, and therefore of doubtfnl value, ia not conclu sive against its existence, or Its trflltip Manv riolitc r*si in 1IVa uncertainty; but ara neverthe less subject to a practical attain ment. The covenant of general warranty is such a contract at will indemuify tbe land owner against tha widow's claim of dower and that although the claim was Inchoate when the covenant of warranty was en tered into; bnt became ripe and was asserted thereafter. "Tbe existence of tbe right of the wile and the existence of the covenant of warranty, are the two factors which have superin* duccd that which might be mis takabty regarded as tbe prema ture assessment of dourer; but it is no such thing. Dower is a specific interest, determinable sctually. and is always the same. The inchoate right of dower is altogether uncertain of fruition. Therefore of valnt; it must be assessed by a inn’ upon all the testimony, and moat, in the na ture of the case, be of less value than the dower." . His honor goes on to say that in thia case it will ba proper fei the jury to decide what was tbe real value of the rights of Mrs. Hutchison InJWa property at tha time thos^ rights srere ac quired by the plaintiff. Ha doei not lose sight of the fact that il Mrs. Hutchison should die be fore her husband, tbe clain question will be wiped oof; fa on the contrary he argue* that !i Mr. HatcWson should die firs) the amount tbe plaintiff would have a right to claim of the de fendant would be all tha greater On overruling tha dtnMrr.'i his honor grants the defendant twenty days from tha filing o the order in which to flit Hi answer to the complaint, ant that the caaa will eventually go to the supreme court seems to be a foregone conclusion, for it involves very important issues that have never been passed upon before. ■ m_a ss , » vVDICTb alflkJUUBNIlBils UF«mii <Aiio) Mkatac, One of oar best dtisens is laid to have surreptitiously borrowed one «rf our village fixe ladders la* fall to pick apples over tow ard Avondale and then forgot to bring it back. Marshal Car ter found its whereabouts, and Mayor Stonefaarner towed K home. Like other towns, we’ve act some forgetful people. This forgetfulness Is a bad disease. The afflicted don’t foe! Hkc work in the daytime, and at night they don’t sleep well. CU1FSVIH HTTSfeUKQ. Girls Mia* be by fclSaad Mnr Vwk Tiaats. Pittsburg, Penn., Inly A—For the fir* time in fifty years the cnrfow bell tolled in Pittsburg to-night. There were two curfews, one for gills at »:tf. the other for boya at 9:45. A fow arrests were made before midnight. The curfew idea was revived by Chief Wallace, because too many children were hanging •round the streets at night. The law is aa old one wbichhas been on the ordinance books of the city many years, bat has been disregarded. win irrutN TO THE Atcnc. New York July U.-SaiHnc Heater Mooch too, of the Arctic exploring etcemer Roooevelt. k authority lor the statement that the mysterious millionaire who haa offend to be on* of fve to contribute a hundred tbousand in response to Commodore Peary's appeal far money to equip and start tb* poke dash of the Rooaevett, U ooae other than John D. Rock feller. Two thousand cases kerosene oil tod I seventeen barrels lobrtcatlof oil hare also been put aboard the g—} “ • present from the Standard Oil Company. The •tart for the ice Kid is ex £B*3fc"£ BEGINS TUESDAY, I8th. i i ! I ! [ i
Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.)
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