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W. F. MARSHALL, Editor and Proprietor. Devoted to the
VOL. XXVI. OA8TONIA, N.
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CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK
GASTONIA, N. C.
CAPITAL - - - - S30,000
With ample capital and Northern connection* v»
arc |in|Mt(d at all tiuii-n to extend our customers
any amount of accommodation desired at the tegul
rate ul interest, 0*. Wc never charge customer*
carrying balances with us above this rate. Our
customers accorded every courtesy and accommo
dation that sound hankinu will permit.
__ Twt IwtlatM l» rasMclIully tiWlad,
A. Ga MYERS, Cashier
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The STANDARD HARDWARE CO.
(laving purchased Kept. 1. 1095. the Stock. Merchandise and
(fixtures of The Standard Hardware Co., Gastonia. N. C.. wv beg
lo announce to the public that we will continue the said business
as TIU^ HTANDAKD If AKDWARK COMPANY and extend to all a
cordial invilution to visit ns nnil make our place Hhcad«|oarter»”.
This invitation la especially extended to the farmers of Gaston and
adjoining counties.
We beg to announce further that Messrs K K. I.incberger and
J. II. Adams will remain with us and shall be pleased to see their
friends and customers as heretofore.
Our President. W. It. Smith, is a successful hardware ntau of
many years experience and Irakis a similar position with The Smith
Hardware Co.. Gaffney. S. C. Our Vice-Prexidimt, W. W. Watt, ii
the special representative of The Suppkc Hard ward Co.. Philadel
phia. l*o.. and through this medium we are enabled to obtain aiauy
''insides* aa to pikes that many do not enjoy: naturally oar custo
mers reap the benefit. Onr -Secretary and Treasurer, J. w. Culp
has for the last six years been associated with The Lancaster Mer
cantile Co.. Lancaster. 8. C.. as Manager of the Hardware Depart
ment. and to Mr. Culp will be entrusted the general management of
our bittiness. We, bespeak for him in ndvunce courteous treatment
ami prices in keeping with the Mualily of the goods.
t)ur aim U to keep a general line of Hardware and kimlrcd arti
cles. and traat the good iw-uplr of Gaston und adjoiniug counties
Will proffer him a chance ia serving their wants, resting assured
that any business entreated to as will be duly appreciated, at the
same time receiving prompt and careful attention.
A cordial invitation is extended to one and all. and wirh re
gards. we remain.
• Yonrx to serve
The Standard Hardware Co.
GASTONIA. N. C. ^
NO BOUT IN CHARLOTTE.
PraL Os* Unable to Pert id pal*
la B*ot Scheduled lar Friday
Night.
AthrvlUs Bercial to ChulotU Obmw.
Prof. Ono,. of Asheville and
Tokio, Japan, will not partici
pate in a wrestling match at
. Charlote Pridav night, as was
announced in yesterday's and
Sunday's Charlotte Observer.
Prof. Ono i» still coufined to his
bed a portion of the time from
the effects of the butting re
ceived from Prof. Olsen Friday
night, and Mr. Hirano, hia man
ager, ia authority for the state
ment thnt Ono will not go to
Charlotte this week for a wrest
ling match. The local story in
The Charlotte Observer of yes
terday morning stating that Prof.
Ono and another wrestler of
prominence would tncct in that
city Friday night, was read with
considerable interest by Ashe
ville people.
Mr. Hirano was seen this
morning and asked if Prof. Ono
would be able to go to Charlotte
to wrestle this week. He re
plied that Prof. Ono was still
confined to hit room: that be
was sitting up n portion of
each day. but that be would not
be out for several days, and
would not participate in a boot
at Charlotte. Mr. Hirano said
that Prof, Ono’* face waa still
badly swollen and that his eye
was ent and permanently in
jured. In reply to a question aa
to whether or not Prof. Ono
would engage In any more mat
contests to Asheville. Mr. Hira
no said that he couldn't say as
to that, but that Prof. Ono
would certainly not meet so
rough an antagonist aud a man
who resorts to snch alleged un
fair methods aa Prof. Olsen.
Dr. Briggs stated this morn
ing that unquestionably Prof.
Ono’a eye waa ent and that
while lie wonld able to see out
of It, he wonld not, in future,
have the same distinct sight,
It ia also the physician's opinion
that the ebeefc-bone ia fractured.
The Dallas Umber Maaafactnr
ini Ca.
hn'«lat| W«i,'n «n4 Observer. KSk.
Tb* Dallas Lumber Manufac
taring Cowp.ny, 0| d«1Us. Gas
ton county, with $25,00(
authorised and $5,230 paid it
capital rtock, was charterer
yesterday. Th* incorporator)
are: J. C- Fnrtt, 8. A. Wolff
B. L. Wilaon, aad others o
Dallas.
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WAD WHDS IN DEMAND.
New York Broker Says N. C.
County Beads Art Steadily
KielBB la Vales-Balkerlerd
end Osstso Couaty issues
May be Said at Par.
CknUtt libawret. IMS.
New York. Sept. 18.—A
>*ew York broker, who is well
posted, says that Sonthero
State, couaty and municipal
bonds are growing more and
more in demand. He atated
that no 4 per cent. North Caro
lina county bonda have yet aold
at par. New Hanover offered
»ome a httlc while back and got
an offer of 94, bnt later tfaia was
improved to 97* Rutherford
county it taking bids for $100.
000 refunding bonda, which will
bear 4 per cent, for which bide
will be opened October 9.
These are to take op the bonds
mined to get the 3Cs. Railway
and tbe record of the connty is
good, tbe interest having been
regularly paid.
awnty is offering
$300,000 bond* and the basis of
SSJ** bonds ia an surpassed.
Che county baa no other bonds
oat, and aside from this, the
bonda are for budding good
roada and road bonda are popu
lar. It is assumed that money
spent for good roada enhances
tbe value of all property in tbe
county and connects up the
fanning country with market
towns in n way that makes the
payment of taxes easier.
Resides the $100,000 Rntber
ford county is now refunding
she has out $77,000 Seaboard
bonds, which mature November
1, 1907. These Rntherford
bonds are considered a good
purchase also.
If Rutherford or Qastoa get
P^Jfi'JK b^d* being issued
H will be the first esse of coun
ty bonds drawing 4 per cent,
interest selling at par. The
^caerel opinion of North Caro
na I Kinds is so favorable that
both these counties may hind a
trade at par.
Two students, one from Char
lotte the'other from Jonesboro
have been expelled from tbe A.
4 College foT "haring” a
freshman by tbe name of Weeks,
i The would-be haters attempted
to batter down the door and
threw lumps of coal through
tbe windows. Weeks wes struck
' on the bead end seriously
wounded.
msni^nmp*n
BE MADE MB tEPOET.
Pata af a Candidal* Itrlk* Ki
Du Baa,
Wuhlxha iw.
An ex-Confederatc soldier who
served in the Southern army
with distinguishing gallantry
was telling a group ia the Riggs
House some interesting atones
of the days that followed the
surrender of Lee.
MI went to Memphis to Uve,*
said he. after Appomattox, and
one of those who helped or
ganise the Ku Klux Klan. I
have never been ashamed of my
connection with the celebrated
organization foi it did a tremen
dous lot of good io Tennessee.
Gen. N. B. Porrest, the greatest
cavalry chief who eyer rod* in
to battle, was supreme com
mander of the *K. K. K. ’ and
whenever Fornst issued an
order it was obeyed to the letter,
fhe order hsd a supreme
court of which Gen. Albert
fike. the illustrious Mason, was
chief justice, and this court al
ways sifted testimony for and
against any accused person be
fore punishment was inflicted.
Two prominent newspaper
editors of Memphis were alto
members of the court. The
total membership in the regular
ly organized Ku Klux Klana of
Tennessee was not less than
72,000, and never in the history
of the world were men more
ciosciy nan Jed or more loyal to
each other.
"I«ui member of the ’klan1
for at least five years, and my
separation from it was caased
by a change of residence. In
that time I am positive that the
sentence of death was inflicted
upon but three men, which goes
to show that the Kn Kiux did
not mete ont summary ven
geance of small offenders. Nor
were its members, except in
rare instances, citizens of low
repate. On tbc contrary only
men of good character were in
vited to join, and Gen. Forrest
was particular in seeing that
only those of discretion nod
temperate habits were made
members.
"But Tennessee at tbe time of
the existence of the Kn Klnx
was in radical hands; scalawags
and carpet-baggers ruled the
land to its sorrow, and Parson
Brownlow. then Governor, bad
a law passed which made it a
capital offence for auy man to be
convicted of kn kluxing or be
longing to the order. He even
imported detectives from Chica
go, who were instructed to find
out all abont the mysterious
band which scut forth its warn
ing in letters ornamented with
skulls and cross-bones and
daggers, and whose doings
struck tenor to the hearts of
white and black miscreants
alike.
"Oue of these detectives came
on to Nashville. He was a
bright fellow and ambitions to
make a record. Brownlow gave
him bis orders, and be set out
to discover thiugs by pretend
ing to be a rapid Southerner,
who was keenly anxious to be
come a K. K. K. Geo. Forrest
learned alt about the man and
hia plans, and gave It out that
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mock initiation which would
reveal nothing of the teal Kn
Kltuc accrcta. After this bogus
ceremony tbe spy was told be
eras eligible to a second degree,
which would reveal to him
many secrets. This he took,
and a rough ceremony it waa,
but tbe fellow went through
gamely. Then they told him
that there was still one more
degree—tbe third—which would
make him a full-fledged mem
ber, with a knowledge of the
workings and mysteries of the
Klaa. He was warnsd that the
third dame waa bill of difical
ties and considerable personal
hardahio. Wauling to make
Brows low a full report tbe spy
begged to be allowed to take it.
This was the climax to which
events had been tending. Tbe
third degree, weird snd teagied,
had for its main feature the Im
prisonment of a man ia a barrel
of stalwart construction a ad so
securely sealed up that deliver
ance was Impossible for the
victim, and the tossing of tbe
same into the Cumberland river.
"A few weeks later the barrel,
with a badly decomposed corpse
inside, eras Ashed oat of tbe
KlaeMppi river and never after
wards did a candidate for (dil
ation, with ulterior purposes,
try to break ia to the Ka Klnx
Klao."
The Dr. William B. Pritchard
mentioned la the New York
dispatches as phyaleiaa to
Baron Komura, is o son of tbo
late -Dr. Pritchard, the noted
Baptist preacher of Charlotte
oad Wilmington.
MAI IW UIAHOI.
Hai ShcHMi iht Sights sot
Jn» *T • laugh till I Ltltti
H*w England Tawn.
Lebanon. N. H. Sept. 17
Frotn Chicago, "the wicked,1
to this beanttfnl little city, set
among the picturesque Whitt
Mountains, of tbe Granite Stati
U guitc a jump for the average
citizen. Yet it ia but 2* houn
tide on tbe fast train.
What a change one cau find (a
this great country. In Chicago,
everything, every manner ol
vice, crime, greed, graft and
tin ran riot. Virtue ia a jewel—
a rare gem in the city on the
Lake, Chicago. While here in
|ju, beautiful valleys of the
White Mountain, tbe tumbling
brook goes lesping and babbling
on its journey—the wry sit
itself suggests freedom and
asJety from crime and vice.
The pare air, tbe beautiful
lawns, so well kept, the ever
greens and all nature .scents to
smite her gladdest npou the
people and their work. What a
relief I
We never lock tbe front door
here, so yon may come in aa
you wish, said the honest old
Yankee, with whom I board.
If was indeed an awakening.
It carried my thoughts back to
our "Carolina." To tbe days of
long ago at the old homestead
in the village of Woodlawn. For
in fboae days are never locked
the front door; though 1 could
never alip in without being de
lected.
Lebanon is a charming place
of about 5,000 population.
The visitor in immediately
struck by the many well-kept
lawns. In fact every home has
its laws as green as the
"Emerald Isle." You cannot
hot notice that every house is
newly painted—at least it looks
so. It is a rule in New Eog
land to paint a house every two
years st the most. In the center
of the town, is a square, fenced
in. In the centre u a fountain
playing at all times. Benches
are to be found conveniently
arranged for strolling lovers, or
others on pleasure bent. This
is known in tbe parlance of the
"Yankee” (when I say
"Yankee.” I mean New Eng
land people, for no where else
is the Yankee found) as tbe
"Common.” It ia a park. Tbe
property of the town and every
one has an interest in it. Facing
the "Common” is the library,
and the soldiers’ memorial halt,
wbiqb is one and the same.
Tbe library ia open all day,
from nine o’clock in the morn
ing until nine at night. One
man ia in attendance during the
day and two at night.
Let me say, by way of moral
izing, that the young people
here patronize this institution.
It would nq doubt surprise the
skeptical citizen of Gastonia to
see the number of books that are
contlnhally let out. Then, too,
the kind of literature that the
young idea of New Hampshire
are reading would cause the
least bit of a flutter of the heart.
Such standard authors as Dick
ens. Lew Wallace. Hugo,
Elliott, Emerson, and Shake
speare and tbe others as well
sre liberally patronized, which
speaks volumes for the comiug
generation of this neck of the
vnnlt
For the benefit of the "moral
ly •runted,” 1 wfll say that tbe
"rum ■hop” has been cast aside
into tbe duat bio of time as an
unnecessary industry. Tbe chil
dren are not suffering lor the
want of schools and the city
treasury is not defooct at this
writing. Nor is it likely to be.
The principal industry here is
the mannfactnre of woolen
goods. Overalls and excelsior
also are manufactured and
shipped extensively to all parti
of the country.
A peculiarity of the county in
which Lebanon is situated ia the
fact that it has three county seats,
Lebanon, Franklin and Haver
hill. The reason for this is that
tha county is so very lam, opr
court house is not sufficient.
Mora next time._
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uwrie nCMUN oud,
London, Sept, lfl.—Georgi
McDonald, tbe novelist, died
yesterday. He was bora is
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, ii
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New York. Sept. 19.—The
the illness of Baron Kotnura
which baa proved so puatliag t<
the physicians, was really ty
phoid lever, is no longer doubt
ed, as the doctors Hava agreed
upon this diagnosis. The her
oe’s case It a mild and irragula
one, however, and be is rapid);
recovering. It Is now believei
that he wDl be able to leave hen
ao aa to sail for home from Tt
coma on September Nth.
spiti_ _ssmBmmmmmmam
The Bible injaoctioa "Thou
•belt love thy neighbor U thy.
•elf," wee beautifully pat Into
execution yesterday,
, Mr. N. J. McManus, who lives
in Cabarms county, jut across
the line from Clear Creek town*
abip. baa been greatly afflicted
few months. Right
of Ms family are now ill with ty.
pboid iever, and only a few days
•go a daughter died of the d»s
mae. Knowing the peculiarly
distressing conditions the fam
ily baa been laboring under,
about 93 of the neighbors and
friends of the family gathered
at the McManus home yesterday
and at once set at wotfc to pick
the cotton and gathering the
fodder end other roughness.
Squire C. P. Mnngo, who in
formed the News of this act of
charity, says that the crowd
picked bales of cottoa, and
gathered fodder from 25 acres of
corn.
" And” said Squire Mango,
"every one oi that large crowd
brought rations for themselves
and chair stock.
Mr. McManus was completely
overcome by such an exhibition
of brotherly love and kindly
sympathy.
Iredell
SUUvrilk InWirt. latfcT***'
It is understood that a small
hosiery mill, with 98.000 or $8,
000 capital stock, is practically
assured for Statesville.
Otto Ostwalt, 9-year-old ton
of Mr. and Mrs. F. K. Ostwalt.
was killed at his fsther's gin at
Ostwalt. a station on the A., T.
aad O. Railroad last south of
Troutman, yesterday afternoon
about 4:30 o'clock. The boy
was caught iu a belt aad nearly
every bone iu Us body was
broken, death resalting almost
immediately.
Yesterday about 12 o'clock
Mias Sal He Johnson, daughter
of Mrs, Mag. Johnson, who
jives near New Stirling church,
in Shiloh township, committed
suicide by jumping in the
well at her home, and was
drowned before she could be
rescued. The young woman
had been in bad health for
some time sod this is the only
reason that can be assigned for
the suicide.
Mr. David Augustas McNeely,
son of E. M. McNeely, of
Mooresville, died Saturday of
consumption, which he had con
tracted three years ago. He
was id his 35th year and his
father, four sisters and three
brothers survive.' He spent
nearly two yean in Colorado
and New Mexico ia the hope
of regaining bis health, return
ing to Mooresville last January.
Geo. Weaver, colored, about
55 years old, fell a distance of
49 feet by actual measurement
—into a well Friday morning,
and lives to tell the story. The
sum total of Us injuries aie a
small scalp wound, a slight
fracture of bis skull, and a few
bruises. No bones were broken.
It is learned that Cbma. Doan,
who was on trial at Burnsville,
Yancy couuty, last week for
kilfing his brother, was con
victed of murder in the secood
degree end sentenced to the
bate prison for five yean. The
killing occurred on Chestnut
mountain,in Ysocy county. Chaa.
Doan, bis younger brother, a
amall boy, and a companion had
gone hunting. Charles Doan,
it la alleged, shot at a bird and
missed. The brother and corn
pauion laughed, whereupon
Charles Doen rammed a paper
wad in his gun and pointing the
weapon at hie brother fired.
I*be wed struck the victim in the
heck of the heed, tearing a great
hole in hi* heed and killing him
Instantly
The students of Salem Fe
male Academy celebrated Tues
day, the Wth, in fine style in
honor of the fiftieth biithd.y
Anniversary of their loved presi
dent, Dr. J. H. Orwell.
W A. Belhnne a prominent
young lawyer of Aberdeen, while
getting out of his boat alter
shooting Ash In Ray's Pond,
palled his gun mnnle foremost.
V*d the entire contents went
through his head, death result
• lag Immediately.
While trying to save her pet
; from being ran over. Mrs.
i Susan Williams, aged 73 years,
• we* struck by the engine of e
r local freight train from Rocky
r Mount, and Inotaatly killed at
I Medors, three mllea north of
i South Rooky Mount on the Ah
• lantic Cosat Line Railroad Fri.
day morn lag.
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Fww babbling waterfalls
U aaradowswhsn tat faeir aeedi
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At art, cool Shadows (all
Across the gardes Wall.
A”4 gUto plastered grapes to
A“«^wl7 vap^W
Along the eastern sky, .
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To fly from frpat aod snow.
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