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I THE fg|— CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK GASTONIA, N. C. CAPITAL - - - - »qO,OOQ With ample capital and Northern connection* we ar* prepared at all tinea to extend our customers f any amount of accommodation desired at the legal rate of interest. 0* . Wc never chare* customers carrying balances with ua above thla rat*. Oar customer* accorded every courtesy and accommo dation that sound banking will permit. Kwt bcitaa— U f lydfalhr larked. A« G* MYERS, Cashier -J 11 PIOSPEUTT AND MONET MADNESS. The Tract at Bard Timas ta Check the Ealdastc. Suggest'd aa Peeelhly DeelraMe. PkilMctphU North Amtitcn. That an ordinary shameless politician, who must live by bia wits, sbonld want to steal, or that a forlorn wretch, who has little or nothing, not even the fag-end of a conscience, should be tempted to rob his neighbor, is comprehensible enough. But why should a man who has more millions than he can count, more income than he can spend or even give sway, s mss who esn satisfy every rational desire of s human being, and yet have enough over to support 10,000 people in comfort—why should such a man be willing to com mit crime to get money? The answer is that he has lost bis mental equilibrium; he has become money-mad. lie is in precisely the same esse as the nan who, because of infatuation for a wanton, gives up his wife and children, bis home, his re ligion, his reputation and hia money; and that kind of a per formance is recorded in the newspapers nearly every day. An evil passion nas goi posses sion of tnc soul of tb« money mad man, just as alcohol or opi um gets possession of the body of a man who is a drinker or a doper. Why did Napoleon, hav ing all the rest of the Continent of Europe at his feet, and liter ally drank with glory, want to conquer Rnssia and then Asia? Because be was ambition-mad. He had lost bis balance. He had parted with his tense of the right proportion of things. The money-mad man ia sim ilarly a victim, bat of another mania. An insane person is one who is no longer able to per ceive things as they are. Ev erything ia distorted as be looks at it. Always he exaggerates his own importance; invariably he gives n false value to some other person or thing. The multi-millionaire who is so hot for more dollars that he will plunge into criminal projects and cover bis hands with filth and his name with ignominy to reap a harvest of money that he wants no more than he wants If toes, is a man who has lost bis head. The police might fairly collar him, bnt h i • rightful guardian ia an alianist. If, indued, it be a fact that be and hia kind are multiplied, and their pasaion for spoil is made hotter by prosperity, may me not consider whether, as are look around upon the increase of graft and development of mon ey-madness, this country could not obtain soma benefit from a brief spell of hard times? la St. Louis the other day m girl expressed disbelief to her sweetheart that astronomers oonld possibly calculate the boar and minute of an eclipse of the son. The yonog man as* sorted they could, and that the pending eclipse would eventuate to the minute. •Konseose/ said the gW; Til make yon a bat. If the eclipse occurs on date I will marry von at once; if it doesn't 1 won't marry von at all I" Of course the eclipse was on schedule time, and so they were marriad. Smart girl I It is a safe wager that she knew about eclipses and the ability of the scientists to eaten* lato thorn accurately than the TO**C»o* did, and that she Subscribe for the Oastonia OASgTTB. A % BeeeeveH h Um World'. Stag*. WuMacto* Port. Envy itself—and the beat of n* have all the envy the moral law allow*, and more too— would not deny that at tbia mo ment Theodore Roosevelt oc copies first place on the world's stage, where move the world’s public men. When Oliver Cromwell was Protector. Eng land yielded him obedience Scotland be bad chastised, Ire land he bad crashed, France ceded him Dunkirk, Savoy paid him indemnity, and battle, on land and on sea, laid victory at bis feet. He was the firat per sonality then living, but Cram f^mecy among the world’s politicians in 1657 was Cromwell owed lu position to a penius for command, to for tune in battle, to a capacity for the grasp of practical things, to an infallible conception of what •»* real and what was apparent; but Roosevelt's position is due to other causes than these. He lives in a more civilized age. in an age when public opinion is so strong that even the sword itself supreme »n Cromwell's lime—must respect it and even bow to it. Cromwell eras the incarnation of physical force; Rooaevelt, also, is a representa tive of force, bnt it ia the force of moral suasion, to which the nations have become subject *»d that ia daily and hourly gaining in strength. ioc rrewaem it indeed • fortnnate nan. The Chief Magistrate of the most powerful, the most opulent, and, perhaps, the most enlightened people in the world, he is yet a^yonng man in years, and a tnncli younger “■i, hi physical health and physical strength than his forty •even summers would indicate. . , ao enthusiast, brave, im pulsive, audacious, and what ever his hand finds to do it doeth with all his might. For tunate, too, has been hit friend and came to him with both hands Ml. Who would have though! the day Roscoe Conk hng assailed him with all the malevolent sarcasm of his scor pion tongue that this then yonlb, ere he was fifty, would be the foremost man, not only of Amer ica. bat of the world? When the German Empire waa re created ia 1871, Bismarck and von Moitke divided the world's stage. In 1905 a new power, a first-clau power, dominates the East, and has Just emerged victor from a tremendous war, on land and on sen; but are Ovama and Togo la the places Blsmark and von Moitke bald? No* ft *a- One gigantic per sonality overshadows them and their nation. The result of the Portsmouth convention is a victory of peace more renowned than war, and the civilized world baa rec ognized in Theodore Roosevelt the commander of that occasion. Pate seems his ally. T« *• Untwlaili? MwT«rtW«U. Harry Gil fail, the comedian, Wte£uLti£* HP • Ajttk girl whose personal appearanoe was objected to by bar fallow pupils was star borne by the teacher sod told to in form her mother that aba could not return to school until aba had bren properly bathed sad dressed. The next day the 14> year-old slater of the girl ap peared at the school and, ad dressing the teacher haughtily, said: 'u If you are Mary's teacher, my wants to know if Mary cornea hare to be karat or smelt." WAT JO Pit AT 1AM. Dutfar that Larks la Pracdca af Jia Jilaa. Tba attempt to introduce Jap anese Jin jitsit (jew Jits) Into this country as a sport promises to do a lot of harm, jia jitau is not a sport at alt, although it may be a most effective method of attack and defence in cases of .life and death. The sooner this is understood by the Amer ican people the better it will be, fc'r they will then go about picking up knowledge of the Japanese style of contest with s different object. ah American scxaiera ana ■allots should bavc tome knowl edge of jiu jitsn, for H night b« of great service to then in a hand-to-hand contest, and the average American citizen con Id well afford to give up some time in acquiring knowledge of tkia Japanese art for nseln case of unexpected attack by a foot-pad or other evil-disposed person. But soldier, sailor aud citizen ■bonId first learn the American accomplishments of boxing and wrestling, for in many ways either are of infinitely greater advantage ax a means of self protection than jin jitsn, and bavc the additional advantage of being comparatively safe for a contest with a friend. A bard-bitting boxer could with ease repel the attack of a jiu jitsn profesaor, unless the latter alto knew something of the bit-an-get-awsy game, for a boxer can knock out an op ponent at arm’s length. Wrestling, like nu jitsn, re quires close work to be effective, and, while in some ways more daogerou. than boxing, is notb isg like so fiendish as jiu jitzn. for the reason that foot bolds are barred. The Japanese game is to at tack all the weak poiats of the humaa anatomy-bend joints backward and twist them in place of the way they were made to bend and break bones where careful study has taught they are the weakest. They also gouge, shut of! blood lu big arteries, cause dizziness and in sensibility, and in fact fight in a foul manner all the time. tz 2_ __ __- a _ V "T *• war, ana an American going into a con test with a Jap wonld be haudi capped unless he had made np bis mind to forget humanity for the time. The record (of a few contests held In this country be tween Japanese jin jitsn pro fessors and Americana of late may not bear out thia statement, for the reason that tbs Japs have always been handicapped too much. In the first place, they were giving exhibitions, and did not want to seriously hart their opponents, and were also up against fearful odda in the way of weight and strength. At West Point, where an ex hibition was given recently, the Jap weighed 100 pounds, while Tipton, the foot ballplayer, who threw hits, Upped toe beam at 200 pounds m condition. Tip too.whne knowing nothing of iin jltin had little of wrestling, had been carefully drilled in foot ball tackling, and simply played foot ball iritb tbej.p* throwing him every time he tried without difficulty. Such an unequal contest in no way demonstrates the merits of no Jits* any muse than it wonld the relative menu of box jyq* riwntliy were Danny Dougherty and I>nmk Gotch to be matched. The difference in rise and strength would decide the «>»*est. irrespective of the skill of the an. All talk of willingness on tba part of boxers and wrestlers to most a Jap at his own game in a jmblic exhibition is foolish, for the reason that there is no place, in this country at least, where such a contest wonld be «• Hamper MM ludutli. Cm*. CMtUm owZ^T^ France. Watte, and iodu.tri omB farmer of CaUwbe county, was in town today with 100 hamper, or cotton, baskets made *«« MbM Of hi* bouae boM. Thia ia the second lot b* has brought la Ibis year. Tbe balk eta are madt oat of epUt Whit. oak. aad ase mad. to bold from two and one-half to three bushels, or about 60 to 70 pounds of cotton. Tbe baskets were readily sold to ike mer chants bars at 90 cents sack. Watts and two other mad. mors than 200 boskets ia a period of about tbits sad s half weeks, receiving a round $100 for their product. v,Tke total circulation of National bank notes at tbe close of business Aug. 91 wan SlXtSSSSS'-**'■ A BCCAOEOP WAIS. What Thar Caal la Haa ut Naaar. ut What Thar Qalaaf. Nmt YarfcKait The agreement at Portsmouth cloaca a decade of almost con tinuous warfare. Ia the last ten Years there have beta five great cooflict*. The ernpi es of China, Great Britain, Japan, Russia, and Turkey, the king doam oA Spaiu and the American republic nave ell tried the arbi trament of the sword. Out of a total population of about 1,» 400.000. 000 war haa been the Nearly 3,000,000 men have sees service in the field. About $5. 500.000. 000 bus been sacrificed in(indemnities and war expenses. Japan opens as well as closes this sanguinary decade, la its war with China, which was con cluded by the treaty of Shimon oaekl April 17, 1195, it pot •0,979 men in the field, and fust fPM»* about $75. 000.000. and collected $1-40,000. 000 in iademnity. China bad over 100,000 men ia the field, and lost about 30,000 in killed and wooaded. «u acciarea between Greece end Turkey, April 1, 1697, end concluded in thirty one days. Turkey put 200.000 men in the field and Greece 100. 000. Greece paid an indemnity Of $16,000,000. The United States declared war against Spain April 24,1666, and signed the protocol August 12. 1896. It bad 200,000 men under arms, of whom 2,910 lost their lives, all but 906 of disease. It spent $165,000,000. Tbe Spanish forces at Santiago num bered 23^500, in Porto Rico 17.000 end at Manila 11,000. Spain’s war losses, direct end indirect, amounted to $000,000, 000. Its losses 4o killed aod wounded were about 3,000 men. It bad already lost $374,000,000 aod 100,000 men in atteinptiug to repress the last Cabas re bellion. Great Britain aad the Boer re publics went to war October 11, 1899, and concluded peace May 31, 1902. The Boers pat 75,000 men in the field, of whom 4,400 died of wounds and disease, and 32.000 were captured. Great Britiau put 448,000 in the field, of whom 21,942 lost their lives io battle or from disease. Tbe war cost it about $1,090,000,000. Russia and Japan went to war February 8, 1904, aad concluded hostilities August 29, 1905. Rus sia sent 840,000 men to tbe front, of whom it is estimated 192,000 have been lolled or wounded. Japan sent 700,000 men to tbe front, of whom 154,000 bavtf been killed or wounded. The expenditure of neither power is definitely known, but their Joint war bills will be about $2,000, 1000,000. As a set-on to all this waste of energy and human life and wealth, the United States baa laland possessions—an "empire," as some of fra people call them —Great Britain has assured it self an empire in South Africa. Turkey has shown the small Balkan powers that it would be fatal to provoke its anger, Japan has settled it that farther Asia ■hall expand under its leader ship rattier than that of China or Russia. It is worthy of note that tha only important group of civil teed States hi the world that has been at peace ia the last decade la that over whose destinies the •o called "war lord" presides. The triple alliance baa not drawn the sword. It bad enongh of that la the generation preend lag our own, when Russia con ducted three wars, Austria three, and Italy throe. Haw Trade la la Raw lark. «*• Tot CmBcitW. It it inspiring, these days, to walk ap and down Broadway, through the shopping district* and M and oat of the great wholesale eetrtere. Bayern, ^jssiJnE la all har history has New York swarmed with outside merchants and trad* folk as now. Seven teen hundred and fifty oot«of gattsJ&KU! la the past wank, and hundreds at oar hotels With thair wives or '■ k>Iks" coanted, -T--t- no doabt four tturns and ol them ia tows this morn ing. Last year was considered an exceptionally good one, bat tbs number of oat-oMowu merchants now here is iuDy 25 par cent greater than twelve months Ugo. It is estimated s&sjs-syjA'at Figure it og' 'Sad then rvast to wonder why New Yoric i. prosperous and rich and grant. No. J. U. OaUra n. Mmnte Oates. ■ - Not plaintiff. Campbell. No.W. L. Da via vs. BUa Davis. Nor plaintiff. Mancam. rncasDAV, imuiu 14th. K^^Hsn WUte. rs. .. N. ./or pteiatf. Borwell * Canaler. “Elarasu.*^’ wn~ *» « P-1, nl a c, BaSa*'* . w For Ho. JR—_„ Mills vs. O. F. Ivvjr. satobdav, Kmrtiuw 10th. No.4J.-W. L. ftp., w. Sooth Ho.4l.-J. N. Sakfc vs. Thoous dtuobls, Sr. For plaintiff. Man*.*. •wws&rr -“s.u1trTW— For plaintiff. Maaxnm. No. J.—J. A. ftattttcfc vt. **——. mtr Minis * “ For plat a Ksors a Co* No- »--Croi|C ft Wilson vs. M. J. and I- K. Simpnon. For plaintiff. Wilson. Vcr defendant. Bnnrrll ft Can • _ No. 30.—J. C. Anthony vi I.H. O arret t. Tht PevoF Sksoier. 1 t 1 b i 1 I b long ud wick* cd, and is filled with deadly jatce sad yea needn't tty to dodge it. for h won’t be say use; ‘ • k will chase yoa ap tad catch yoa sad with woe will fill yoar cap: oh. the ateg omyIt’ll get ns 11yoa doa’t cleat ap I toe world la to aec a young war saajssnAjBia know how. /net watch one In a street car mM day. In the •nt place, he never get a squared iatn the seat properly, for he baa an idea that tfhe ait* ceaa (ortably birawlf It went be pek el poker*. One usually gets trader the baby'* neck Kunewbm M tbe head falla beck aed the mouth flic* open. And the other? Well, that tort of grab# on tbe draw aewe Jbf« ■*•*, the waist Hae. Tbb gives tbe infant’* legs a chance to go of on a couple of JS^riassrM; sSVijra a: smfirlRzxs nothing, can wake It op—ant even the terrified, belpleaa etr jNMW^Mlht face of ita youth* Snbaoribe far tha Qaavoxta OasOTrc. future. While virtually: • Mi MHMHV VI «AVSB ticipate im the St. position in any as Japan not only)____ orate exhibit, but applied for Uw space originally allotted to its enenry, tans significant. Kora recently the vEtofa party o4 Japai experts to Ant lo atndy tbo ■ad potcbaae railway ajplts offwsa rnifria n. Aiwa4 %£? swatfAr Js Russia make peace now at n year later, aed no .matter how iS&cBf veiopmonf dbnil go an, and While wn ate keeping Issmsaas ■notes In tba field wt bnra iteyg-.f'jjyg. ~ building for oar new commerne. So tar nor best engineers nod boot waritman bare not had to go to the battlefield, bat they nave pot heen allowed to remain
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