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V I • ■I 8 Citizens National Bank I OF GASTONIA CAPITAL ------ SaO.OOO g Shrewd buliru ■«« ipyrrdiu the yragreeelva I CMMrntUe which tavern* ell the traaeecUaoe af thle beak, Inaertag ABSOLUTELY SAFE BARKINO. OFFICERS i DIRECTORS i D R. P. Reek I a. R. P. Raekla. C. C. R. Bvaaa, * YkT^niKMi. J- R. Slaaa, A. 0. Rynra, <!• A. Olawa, c**M*r- R. R. Hayoca. H Your Business Respectfully Solicited. Ejj ESCAPED PK1S0NEK ILL. S«nn4*n When AtticM by Fmr. KtUich Him A Obwmr. An interesting story comes from Wilkes county as a sequel to the escape of a federal pris oner from the iail and the action of Jndge Boyd in notifying the sheriff of the county that if be did not get another jailer no more federal prisoners would be kept there. Jesse McBweu, a Cng white man. and bis older Cher were both sentenced to jail by Judge Boyd for six months for violating the revenue law. In a short while Jesse ent through the jail wall and made bis escape. Jndge Boyd held the sheriff responsible lor the escape. A few days ago the older brother received a letter saying that Jesse was ill in Ten nessee. He became alarmed and informed the o ffr c e r a of bis brother's whereabouts. A dep uty went to Tennessee and found the young man ill os repre sented. He was brought back to Wilkesboro and he now lies in a critical condition. The disease is typhoid fever. He. was not placed in jail but la be ,ing nursed by a deputy in a pri vate house in Wilkesboro. A Sfiifrtl Raises a Chicks*. BalrighTtawa. This scemsvtrangc, but it is true: he did not hitch him, but snatched him. This is how it happened. Some small boys were pass ing through the lovely lawn of Ur. William Grimes’ reiidcncc on Halifax street' yesterday morning and heard the wail of William, Jr.’s—known by hia playmates as “Bill Grimes1'— pet chickens and on investigat ing found that one of the many squirrels that feast on the nnts on the trees in the grove had changed his diet and had concluded .to try chicken. Hia squirrelship ponneed opon Wil . Ham’s pet and hied away to hia nest id the tree, the chicken vainly protesting in the mean time. "Bill” is catching sand fiddlers down kt Wrightsville Beach and has not yet -heard of hi. i... i Penitentiary Clears IlMJM. wiiaiwai Mpwmn. It la said the state penitentiary cleared one hundred and twenty thousand dollars over and above expenses laat year, and that thia is twenty thousand dollars more than the prison authorities ex* , pected. In view ofth is fact, the Winston Sentinel suggests that i thia extra twenty thousand be need for establishing the long talked, of reformatory i that while this snm weald hardly be enough it would do to start with. While we favor the reformatory idea, we would suggest that thia extra sum be held so the penitentiary .authorities wilt not have to bor row or aak for an appropriation tn the near fntnre because of ' discovery of a mistake in tbsir calculations as to what profits the institution has made. We . arc always hearing about the prison being nelhmataioittg, hut when the time conies for paying •ccoonta instead of making fig ures as to profits tbe state has to come to the financial aid of the board._ During a thunder storm Mon r ' day afternoon Mr. J. D. White, ■ ■ a young farmer living near Scot land Neck, was trilled by light •fata while IDiif his bare with *. colored man in the ‘ j was killed also. wan about thirty years of age. ,V f* i ' 'a \ ' * J CHINA ALREADY T1KD OP IT. Said Thai She Wan Id Drop Beycelt it ii Caald ha Doaa Oracalally. AaaocinUll htfl. Shanghai, Jnly 28.—The Boy coU of American goods as the result of the demand in China for the repeal of the Chinese ex* elusion act, is continuing and ia arousing bitterness on both aides. The Chinese, however, would probably welcome any reassuring indication from the United States enabling them to withdraw gracefully from the position they have aaanmed. Frnd Salih. Orandsnn •( a Pmfhnf. Appeal* I* Harman t* Ah aides Polygamy. Aaaoclu«4 Fm. Lake City. July 28.—Fred erick W- Smith, a grandson of Prophet Jos. Smith, end e son of Joseph Smith, present heed of the Re-organized Church of Latter Day Sainta. has started a propaganda to convert Mormons of Utah to former principals of the church as enunciated by the prophet. Smith has issued an open letter to the Mormons of Utah appealing them to aban don polygamy, commercialism and pclitica) interference. Meaqaltoes and Ooata. - SkFlbr Star. A popular traveling man ol Shelby, returning from the east ern part ot Che State .last week, stated that Shelby .was the place for him during the hot weather, every, day in the east beings, scorcher and each night a war with the mosquitoes, He says that he found one town in that section ^ of the state having a population of 50,000, made up of negroes, mosquitoes and goats. The negroes and billy goats,' the odor thereof and the swel tering heat made him long for ice and white supremacy, and the moaqmtoes at night puts longing in his heart for the good mosqnitoleis region of Cleve land. Made 93MM hr Holding Cation. SmMsfc FmL MM._ As. _ _ 9. . • ■ * I^uitcuuwy (IBS •old the last bale of tbe 1904 cotton crop and the crop has brought over $20,000 more thee, the estimated value ae given in Superintendent J. S. Mann’s report to the Legists tore last January. Hencfe the* net earn, ing of the prison for last year will be slightly above $120,000 instead of 100,000. The State farm laat season produced 1,198 bates of cotton and none of this bad been sold lest January when Superintendent Mann and tbe directors made tbefr annual re port. Tbe value of the crop waa estimated at Otf qents per pound, tbe current price at that time. However, tbe Prison authorities were wise enough, to •tend with the farmers in their effort to get s higher price sad were successfnl. First 300 bales were cold at 9# cents: 300 at 10M cent! and 319 at 107-9 cents add Tuesday tbe lest of crop, S90 bales, were sold In Norfolk for U cants. The entire crop brought Shout $55,000, thongh theJsnsarj^estHnate had been T - —| -- - - - While an excursion train to which nix freight cars were at* tsc bed next tbe engine, waa re tmruiag on the K sleigh sod Southport rood Friday night with the third Baptist SW.y school of Ralaigk, the engine and four freight care jumped the truck ind sbskiog op the excursionists, mostly! child res, in a most frightful manner. Strange to my no one waa hurt. Two of the hex cars were •mashed. * i ' • , • ' 1 s THE VOJWCtrUL ABVELOF* MEAT ON CATAWBA UVEA. *>». V. 0111 Vylea. Hm President •* tbs Company. State# That Ha Caa Foralah Electrical Fewer far the Sana Pries Ike Maaolactarara Pay laf Their Caal—Oaataaia 0 a i a ll.tM flerae Fewer, OiuMu Km SStfc. Dr. W. Gill Wylie, president of the Southern Power Com* pany, which was recently char tered under tbe laws of the State of New Jersey, wilb $7, 500,000 capita], arrived in Char lotte this morning. Dr. Wylie was seen in bia offices in tbe Trust building and asked to give Tbe News an in terview concerning the great power developments that are now and will soon be noder con struction. When electrical pow er is under discussion Dr. Wylie may he counted on to be tbe moat interesting talker that can be found, either North or South. As soon as The News man entered the handsome offices. Dr. Wylie seemed ready for tbe i fray. Electrical power la bis hobby and tbe harnessing of the | Catawba in order to develop this PO«r.» bia ambition—tbe goal i of bia life. "Yon may say in Tbe News that the Southern Power Com pany is now in a position to guarantee the delivery of elec trical power at a cost not to ex ceed tbe price of the coal used by tbe steam plants." Thus spoke Dr. Wylie, and !?“. “My sparkled when he finished the sentence. 1_ . > - -- uur years ago when I came to Charlotte and told these cotton mill owners what I proposed to do they looked at me aa if I was an escaped lnnatic. Many of them thought I had lost my r^sea. I am in a position to-day to make good all those aeemingly ex travagant statements. "If all the power needed by this immediate section is not available just now, I promise that it will be in the shortest possible time. "To-day I am prepared to sign contracts to famish any 1 amount of power to new enter prises. erect their buildings and are ready to turn their wheels. "Tbe Southern Power Com pany is now engaged in a tremendous undertaking at Great Falls, hi Chester connty. South Carolina. There we have three falls of 70, 50 sad 45 feet We are aow at work developing tbe 70-fall and aa soon ai this work is completed, we will be gin on the other two. ."This work is now being ! carried on by practically. the same force that bnilt and put ie service the power plant for merly known as the Catawba Power Company. With the de veloping of the three falls at Great Falls our capacity will be augmented ' by 60,000 horse power—this, too, at low enter. "When tbe work at Great Falls is completed, we will move ou up tbe Catawba to Mountain Island and there, begin the de velopment of that property, which will add about 20,000 horse power to our supply. •It may seem a fatty atory to ■any but tbe probability ia that ac company will sot even stop Mountain Island. I am in dined to believe that we will contiflo* on up the Catawba Hickory, where theiela a fall of 50 feet that would greatly increase our capacity, fl A -Lm._«_a „ ... . ory we will bo la * position to ttnrn every piece of machinery in tbe vert ««» that Includes upper South Carolina end the bordering: counties of ’ North Carolina.” ’ Owet Pa 11a, where the de velopment is now under, way la Wateree riw. Which in North Caroline is It k about 8 miles from Lancaster U mjlea from WlnnabSSfM~ 10 aiilea from Chaster and about 10 miles from Heath’s mOLlt uthe purpose of tbe Southern Power Company to distribute d«vel°t>«* at Great Pa!U ia tfaa towns and cities In Sooth Carolina, or at least aa mneb aa may bh takas. Camden will want some, Columbia will iJlHSj0'?001°r“ Power. Then, 10,000 horse (power will be bronght to Charlotte, thereby increasing the actaal amount of home power to 22,000 for Char lotie. ^It la also the intention of the company to dlatribute 10,000 Jtowc. power in Oastonia and that immediate aecttoo. In thi* connection Dr, WyHe matte that tbe principal dlatri S2SMT1SS - - ---- ■■ II,. i . To complete this gigantic un dertaking the company has now on its pay rolls a Urge force of bands. The somber will be in creased just as rapidly as the help can be engaged. Another big undertaking that will soon be launched by the Southern Power Company is the building of a railroad from Great Palls to one of two points, either Bascon villa or Port Lawn, S. C. This will connect with the Chester dc Lancaster, at either of the above points. Dr. Wylie states that the out put of the plant near Port Mill, formerly known ns the Catawba Power Company, has been practically, enraged. The capacity of this plant may be In creased by steam power to the amount of 10.000 primary, and 4,000 secondary bone power. The district to be traversed by the electrical power from the different plants of the Southern Power Company » about 150 miles in length and 60 to 80 miles in width. This embraces the valley of the watershed of the Catawba. In connection with the loss of power in transmission. Dr. Wylie states that when his circuit is completed and the different plants are sending out their electrical forces, the loos entransit will oot amount to more than tyi per cent. Be aayfc that some people imagine that a great deal of the power is lost on account of the distance it comes. With high voltage the loss will be reduced to a very small per cent The officers of the Southern Power Company are as follows: W. Gill Wylie, president; U. H. Duke, first vicc-presidest; W. S. Lee, second vice-president and engineer in charge; Richard B. Arrington, secretary and treasurer; W. H. Martin, as sistant secretary and treasurer. Oiitoa. Ckartotte Ckraaiclc. 29lh. The Chronicle has received a copy of n small pamphlet ilined by direction of the board of commissioners of Gaston, for tbe purpose of advertising that county, which, as we noted some days ago. baa made a very marked material development in recent yean. In all respects Gaston is one of North Caro lina’s moat progressive counties —it could not help being so, having the progress!vencas of its neighbor, Mecklenburg, for inspiration. Claims la bs Ahead. Th* Gastonia Gazette says that Tboa. L. Rhyne, a farmer of that community, waa in its office July 19th and said he bad *weet potatoes at home as large aa a chair post, bat not as long. Now, we would not tell about oar own potatoes were it not for tbe fact that Thx Gazette so often brags about what is raised in Gaston county. We do sot wi*h to appear to be bragging at All, but fa .the moAt anofteatA* tioas way possible we beg to any that tire editor of the Cotn ®oewealth had a nice little dish of fried potatoes for breakfast Sunday morning, July 16, and sft irwsssj; a tioos Ure statement wo can prove by a number of good ladies along tbe street between home and our "tatar patch" that they saw as bringing the ales potatoes homo Saturday • after noon, July 15th. That’s all now. The Kurina and Japanese peace savoys art to meet Au. S sad take lunch irith the Pres ident at Oyster Bay The Tar Heal, weekly, and Elisabeth City Economist, daily and weekly have consolidated their interests and in fatnretbe two newspaper proposition! will be cboduted under a single management to be known as the Carolina Publishing company. ' Wednesday’s Ntwt and Ob server says the friends of es-Gov ernor and Mra. C. B. Arcock wOl regret to learn that^hrii eon, Prank Daniels Aycock, hai appendkitia. Mra. Aycock, S0 «.mpMled by bu brother-la law, IA. Albert Anderson, ol Wilton, went from Goldtboro to WUeon with bar spa, who will be treated at the Wilson Sanita Him. Mr. Thomas DUon, Jr.t writes swTffam Claneman,” prfll have its Initial tS»h*U*- * * A CALL TO THE OAUOH TKSS Of tASTML Pittsboro, K. C., July 14,IN* To the ladies of Qastonis: It fa earnestly desired that the ladies of Gastonia and surround ing country shall organise a chapter of the Pongbtars of the Confederacy, at aa cariy day. The object of the North Caro lina Division of the Doited Deaghters of the Confederacy is aa follows: 1. To give assistance, when needed, to snrvivora of the war. and those dependent upon them. Hooor the memory of thoon who fell io the atniat of the Confederate States, and to re member gratefully those sur vivors who bays served faith folly and saflared, and remained loyal to the Confederate cause. 3. To collect and preserve relics, incidents and objects of historic vtluc. to record deeds of mms w nee asm g was awwam an aspens# heroism of Southern men and women, and to units wkfa the Confederate veterans in the da tcrurination that the portion of AaMrican history relating to the lute war shall be property tanght in the public schools of the State, and to use its iofloaaoo towards this object in all private schools. i mow* women eoucieo to membership art tbs widows, wives, mothers, sisters, nieces sad lineal descendants of each men as served honorably ia the Confederate* naj^uvy, or ttted for active doty who loyally cave aid to the casse; also women aad their tinea! de scendants, wherever living, who can give proof of personal service and loyal aid to the Southern canse daring the war. Seven or morn ladles who art eligible to membership under the shove list, shell amet. anise chapter desired to be chartered, sign their names to the paper as “Chatter Members" sad send it with $5.00 to Mm. Henry A London, State Pm rid sat, Pitts boro. N. C. She will endorse it and tend it to tl)e State Treas urer ia New Bern, and Record ing Secretary of U. D. C. in Nashville, far charter. With the chatter will be sent 100 membetahip blacks to the now chapter president. The organi sation moat be perfected by the election of officers aad their names most he seat to the State President and Recording Secretary, Mrs. P. M. Williams, of Newton. Every application must be signed by a Confado rate veteran who knows of the services of the soldier under whom the applicant b joining. There are now is our North Caroline Division 10 chapters and U children's chapters. There were many Confeder ate veterans who performed wonderful acta of valor; hnt in our eyes, every nmn who wore the gray ares a hero! We honor them all while living, aad marl , and decorate their graves urith flowers, when dead. Oar aK*to is “Hand Obliviseendtim" Nevertobe forgotten." Thb chapter of Daughters of the -M- — -1 ■» AI_ veteran* hi bavin* their county reunion*; will -give these ' Croaaes of Robot" la rana* ounce oi ineir oraee oteot* nod &hejp to the alck and needy. daughter* of the Prated eracy trill impress it oa the y®?** «»—*■**«■ that their fathers were patriots rad set traitors, as the Northern bister teaamridbasathem believe. The DsBchtan of the Confed eracy win racoartte the nt> erara to recount their rape*I sr&&azsrurs;. CBd the cause* that brought it OB. And they will listen gladly to the veterans, . Por -not jrrar&M is irati ia TLf'&i have set sail cm thltdlowhn a: ■^sus."iJA2s sawssfitssasr __,¥*•• H**»» A. London tcaa&naas! 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Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.)
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