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Alt. i 4 4.4-U4.44.J.44J.44. 4 4 4. 1 your nusircsr I A Are yo letting GAZETTE rcaJ- t mi know about It? Rate far I the. asking. Phone 80 or eM. llllllllll(ll I H a HA-at J j. ' ' " , . i y ) v j r t e Ui' ! i Jn.i.i. . I 'a t i- f ? i 4. ' 1 - i- J. , mm - PUBLISHED TWICE A VrTEICTUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. a A A i 44, 4 A 4-4 4. A i i 4 .i 4 A A A 4 i ' r- f W . v . .'.".!, L, LJIJcrcnd Proprietor. Devoted to the Protection of Home and the Interests of the County. $1.50 a Year In Advance VO xvn. G ASTONI A, N. C.; TU B O DAY, -J AfN U AR Y 2, lOOO. : no. i. Sb- . - ' v- - ,1 0AST0N CCUNTr SCHOOLS. To ell our customers and friends: GREETINGS ' The year which la just drawing to a close has been , , a most successful one with this bank, for which we have to thank pur customers and friends who have made this' possible. '-- , . ' Werhope you have enjoyed a prosperous year, and -that w? have been of satisfactory service to you in bringing this about. .. The Officers and Directors individually and collec tively extend to you the Compliments of the Season, ' , hoping that your Christmas may be a Merry one, and that the coming year may bring you increased pros perity and happiness. - .' , '. Citizens National Bank ' " of Gastonla - . " , mm.: SZ- PLANT8 FOR RAINMAKINQ. - Charles M. Hatfield rraateta Tfcat . air Anaevleaat Wty WUI Hava Oaa. - , Charles M.-Hatfield, the young- mau ot Los' Angeles wbo Is called a 'Tala- maker,",, was In Ban Francisco recently o on bis way from Grass valley, where , v ne claims to have fulfilled a contract 1, to break the drought that afflicted that region for 102'consecuttrr. days, says , tbe Ban Francisco Examiner. . - Hatfield was called to Grass valley by a message from the South Tuba Water company, offering blm 250 to . break the drought, or (10 for each inch '..of rain up to lira Inches within one week. . This was about Nov. 14. The ; storm arrived a few days ago, And now .. the BouthTnUh reservoirs are full of water.. ', . - "1 succeeded all right and got my money," said Hatfield.. "When I ar- ' rived my employers sent me to Lake BpauWlng. one of the reservoirs In the , : high Sierras, at an elevntioq of S,000 feet . There I conducted my thirtieth ' successful test In California, my first. . however, out of the southern portion of ; the state.- I broke the greatest drought California had suffered from in fifty years. , . - ; - "We bad two rains. .The first was a -. fall of L10 Inches; the second was In eighteen Inches of enow. That my ex periment was responsible for the una- - sually heavy downpour is proved by - the fact that it was the heaviest In all that region. My work done, I come bere because I understood the board of supervisors of Marin county, wished mo to make a test m the vicinity of . , San BafaeL . '., '; -In April I g3 under contract from the Brli'sh government to one of its colonies where the soil Is rich In pre cious minerals, but owing to the scarce ' rainfall no water can be had. I have ; articles of agreement signed and seal, ed, and I leave here April 1." , Uatficld denies that he.! 3 a "rain maker," He prefers to be styled "rain - attracter.' do not force nature; I ' assist it 'When' there is -an unusual , . drought there must be a cause' for It v-I remove the cause and produce the . effect Nature will respond freely and willingly to any .artificial assistance. I It doesn't take much a produce re . suits. - There Is surely as much feasi- - bility in the Idea of rain attraction aa ..there is In the artificial production of k plants. ' The process of rain attraction is merely aa Intelligent means of get ting at existing conditions. Fifty yearaj from mow every state, every city in the v Union -will have Its -, rainmaklng plant" . . TINY SCHOOL MUSEUMS, Or. Wllaoa's Flu tmtertmt FnplU Dr. William P, Wilson, director of the Philadelphia museums, has introduced an Innovation la the matter of arous- - lng enthusiasm la works of travel, nat- , oral products and manufactures and history among school children, says the Philadelphia, Public. Ledger. lie baa arranged to supply the city libraries .. with miniature museums depicting the life, manners, customs and occupations . of the different countries of the world as-well as their natural and manufac- tured products. . -. ' -. . These museums, which will be pack- i ea lu Doxes, eacn Dox representing a ' country, will be- loaned to teachers of ; schoDls for two weeks at atime. On . its return a box containing studies of another country may be borrowed. The Dosea wju contain about 200 specimens ncb and dozens of up to date photo . graphs. ; Already the exhibits of ten cotutries have been completed, and in u few weeks Dr. Wilson expects to have . every country on the globe represented. HOW PERKINS. REMEMBERS. ' i ' Uaw m Dog PovMd SIO.OOO la OoMr , . Tim Instinct of a Chesapeake bay ; dog recently resulted lu the discovery - of. gold dust worth $10,000 hidden In the koine of George B. Adams,' the self ' confeed defaulting cashier of the United States assay office in Beattle, . Wash., says a dispatch from that city . to th a Kansas City Tunes. When the stsfrct service operatives entered the Adams home to ci&ke a search they . cultivated the acquaintance of the dog, which is a trained retriever. 'A few , minutes Inter be came walking up to the' operatives with a package contain ing gold dust In bis mouth. With this hifentlre" the searchers set to work wKh a will, and underneath the tons of coal stored In the basement they ' found several more packages contain - lug dust - . - '. - . In Jamaica 0,000 acres are devoted tj'tlie cultivation of bananas, snd abo'-t ttnetes are exported jeRriy. CmUlot la ScMtor IfaUioC Ro . in at a Clalrvorut. ' Senator George C. Perkins of Call fornlal who was one of the president' callers a few days ago, was met at the door of the' White House by a man whom he had not seen for twelve years, says a . Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune.' . ; ; "How do you,do, Stoae?" he. ex claimed. "You are looking better than you did the lost time I saw you." : fWell how " on ' earth do you' remem ber me?" cried the other. Mrdon't be lieve that you ever met me more than twice or three times In your life any way.? " -- .... . "Oh, It's an easy thing to remember a name or face," replied the senator, with a' laugh "that Is, If only you have a system. Now, I have one. Perhaps I cannot Just explain how my system works, for it is not always applied the same way. It Is alt by association, of course, as all systems of memory train ing must be. - I began studying the matter a good many years ago, and I suppose that I could now sit down and name a thousand men In California and give the street number and town In which each lives. "That reminds me of a little Incident that took place long before I went Into politics. 1 was 'merchandizing' then in a little store. One week there was a clairvoyant exhibition at -the opera bouse, ' and - his feats of memorising were the talk of the town. One day this mind reader happened to come Into my store, and we got to talking about the work. M 'I can do some of the things that you can do,' I said, 'and I think I can do some things that you cannot do.' He wanted to know what and I told htm to take pencil and paper. 'Now, writ down names as I will give them to yousald I. He did so, and I gave him the names of a hundred men, all citl- sens of the' place. 'Now,' I continued,' 'fold that paper up seven times In your hand.' He did so. "Now, turn around seven times.' He did that 'Now, I will read you those names In proper order backward,' I said. - H 'You cannot do it for f 10, be ex claimed. , ... , ' H 'I don't want to take your money, for it is too easy,' I said, and then I re peated the names in the reverse order without making a single mistake. - "That Is marvelous,' he exclaimed. How on earth did you do it?" "Oh, that Is my secret I said, and he never did know how. I had per formed the trick. . 'Aa a matter of fact I had not per formed any trick at alL I bad simply taken the residents of a coudIo of streets which I knew perfectly, bad gone from house to house and bad named the occupants, When I dictated the names to him I had gone down the street When I read them backward to him f had come back, t " That's all there was to It and that is all there Is to any system, just a plain, everyday association of : facts with names and places." , f 'WOMEN TOO LENIENT." j - '-'I i dilMar Jada-a Uraea Tkaa to Sat . Mas at Hltrbar Staadar. l "We want the womeu of this country to set a higher standard of respectabil ity for men," declared Judge Wlllard M. McEwen In an address before the Chicago Woman's club the other day, says a Chicago dispatch. "At present the women are too lenient toward and too forgiving of bad conduct" - Judge, McEwen was discussing the possibilities of reducing crime In the United States, and his suggestion that the men be heid-to a atrlcter code of morals was greeted with applause by the clubwomen. " "The crimes we have most to fear," said the speaker, "come from morbid conditions In men and boys who have been depraved by ' drink," vice and drugs. We must try to check them by working among the younger genera tion. Every father should make a com panion and a confidant of bis boy in order that the information about the functions and duties of life wbldrbe acquires shall not come from polluted sources," Ihriaka-ra la Warla Wain laaatr. A shrinkage In the world's water sup ply has been predicted by M. Martel, the French explorer of caves. In a lec ture. Through the erosion and corro sion of the earth's surface, be said, the water level Is being continually low ered, and unless measures for prevent ing tills were adopted a large part Of tile world will a few centuries hence die of thirst Educational Conditions in ho . Coonly Ceyiewed by Sept. F. P. nail. . , : Followi cj; is a copy of the ex cellent paper prepared by Super intendent F. P. Hall to' be read before the State Association oi county superintendents tecently held in Raleigh: . A brief review of - the recent his tory of my county ' Is tecessary to enable yon to, understand clearly the educational ' pi oblems that con front us. . . : 1 Twenty-five years ago . Gaston had forty government . distilleries and -only two ' mall cotton mill". The wealth of ttft county consiited almost wholly of fertile farms, and practically all of our people lived in the country. V. - ' " ( To day thtre are no government distilKrles, 'as we had prohibition for several yeat. . 'bere' are, in stead, thirty-seven cot loo milU in operation, and more in course of construction, representing a capital of more than seven million do lir?. Gaston has "mote mills than-any other county ia the south Flour ishing towns have sprnog up slong the three lines of railway "that pierce the county, each station be coming a : manufacturing center. The mill , villages alone rep resent an urban population', f from fiftttn to twenty thcusand ... with a school census .f from ' four to five thousfctd. . Some of these employ ees came . . from the mountains, some from mills in other sections. but a large percent of them are our own native - people gathered in from the farms over the county. , Their coming .to the mill, and the moving to town of many f our other citizens to engage in business. have lesulted in : two grave- prob lems for the school officers to solve; v: I. How to maintain adequate schools forThe now sparely seltkd country districts. .- 2. How- to build and maintain new schools at the mills and in tbe towns. ' Tbe solution of the fist of these problt rus has taxed alike the in gennity of our officers and the for bearar ce of our people. Of course our plan has been to consolida-e tbe small i districts when pD.-s.ble. To accomplish this we have em ployed the usual arguments tbe necessity' for economy, better hi uses, and longtr terms lu the main these arguments prevailed and the people allowed these changes to be made without serious opposition. " In some in-!ances. however, persuasion and argument were unavailing and the board was constrained to make changes over the protest of some of the people Fifteen consolidations have been effected within tbe past few years. With tbe money thus saved better housts have been built ard. longer terms maintained in the country districts, and something has been left to aid the ever-growing town schools. . Two facts have aided materially in establishing , schools at tbe cot ton mills. ' One : is that- the man agers of these mills are progressive Citizens wbo are In hearty sympa thy with public education - The other Js, that the . scarcity ?f 'laW is the gravest difficulty the south ern cotton manufacturer faces to day, ana ce nas aiscovered that a good school is ; very attractive to the ret class of ; help Hence philanthropy and self interest find common ground In the ebtablish ment of tbe chool. - . i r . ' -We feel that the requirements have , been : to some exten,j met when welnaintain a school for four or . five . months i' in the' average country district where all of the children can attend simultaneously,- but nothing short of eight months is sufficient at tbe mill, since the children above '12 years of age have to alternate in attenda ce. To secure a term of this' length dona tions have been, made and special taxes . voted. We hve not been universally successful; we have met occasionally with . refusal and defeat,- but many liberal contribu tions have been : made and eight special tax ' districts including twenty-two cotton mills have been established. -- '.. - ' V To illustrate' our method take the f chool at the Loray mill This ?a a , million dollar plant wi h thousand employee- and a cet bus of 6ix 1 butdred ic m ol children. The county authorities proposed to contribute $300, and borrow (600.00 from- tbe state cn the credit of the district, if lie mill would donate lot and ompltte a suit able boiWing. The mill accepted tbe propisition, .gave a lot worth (600 and completed the buildlpg at a cost of :r ,ooo so the county -secured 1 plant worth $i,5x at an actual outlay of. only $300. ' ' - -; . We have four teachers in this scho.l - whore salaries .aggregate $140 per mojth The county pays this for four months and ., tbe mill for four making eight mon.lu of public school. - , Other mills have been almost as liberal. ' In . f-ct, there v are only seven mills In tbe county whee a long term, free to all the employ ees of the mll( is not maintained. ' ' " In regard to teachers I am glad to report that our schoo's wtre never so 'well maoned as the : are this year. ' We are in hearty sym pathy with every, movement jfor tbe improvement of teachers, but a-e impressed aitb the fact it is safest to purchase; the best article the market affords at the outset': We have raised salaries, in some icsta.ices, somewhat out of prop -r tion to nur means to Secure s rong, entburi -stic teachers for otr schools. : We have ntver been atle to secure a sail factory attendai ce owing, to the fact thit so many boys and girls work in the mills. This is no one's fault, but simply an muvuidible conditioi, a man with half a dozen children moves to a mill. ' If three of these chil dren are sent to school the . others must htJp support the family . Tbe manufacturer furnishes a bouse with the expectation of secuting hands. If too many bands are with drawn he must demand his house or shut down his mill. Compared, however, -with previous years our attendance this session h phenom enal. Some schools have ii.e eased from 25 to 50 per cent. Tnis is party accounted tor by a pro-p-.r-. ous year and an increased popula tion, but it in 1 rgely due to mo e attractive schools and a genera awakening over the county Our schools are yet not in' all resp cts what we could wish th, m to be, but there is a blight futun. before u. There is a healthy and growing sentiment in favor of pnp lic education.' This i an omen of better thing Our rapidly increas ing wealth means a larger revenue, hence longer terms and better teachers. . Our commissioners- are now weaving 8mt ork of 01 e hun dred and twenty miles of macadam road over the county. Tis will open up our resources and facilitate attendar.ee. An electric poer company with unlimited capita has iuv .did our .borders and ere long will harness the Cataw'i. river to the mi Is cf the county Cheap and abundant power wiU develop a multitude of new indus tries. All this means an era of great material prosperity and along with this properity there is coming such an educational revival as we have never dreamed of. . 1 ARCTIC WEDDING TRIP Novel Honeymoon For Cincin nati Millionaire and Bride. ' TO EUSI BIO GAME Ef TAB. HOETH DO'S AND DON'TS OF FOOD. ' Motor Toarias Cu Coateat. . It has been arranged to hold a con test, for motor touring cars In Sicily next year, when Slgnor Vlncenzo FJorio will offer a trophy for the best car, on a dlfflcnlt course ftoft ml leu in lemrtli. Hake Your Grocer Give Yea Guaranteed . . i Creiimoi Tartar Daliinrl Powder Alum Baking Pow ders interfere With digestion and are. un heallhful. Avoid the alum. Expert Waald AbolUa Soon, Pie, Taa. aakea, Tea aad CaSeo. Abolish soup from the dinner table, eschew tea and coffee, beware the ge nus pancake, be not lured Into turning traitor to your stomach by America's common enemy, pie; be tranquil and cheerful at mealtimes even if you are nursing a chronic grouch tbe rest of the time, and never, never go to bed with your stomach filled. Dr. Edwin B. Tenter, a noted expert j on foods and their uses, recently told this to the Chicago Medical society. 'Among the "do's and don'ts" of the doctor's gospel of eating are the follow ing, says a Chicago dispatch: ,. , 'Sat regularly. Bat moderately, never j to complete satisfaction. Sat slowly. Eat rational combinations of. simple 1 foods. Masticate thoroughly. Perform no hard mental nor physical labor Just before eating. Be cheerful at meals. Anger or any other emotion may sud denly stop digestion. Meat once dally la sufficient; have It boiled, broiled or roasted, never fried. Avoid wine and beer .with meals. Avoid pies, pancakes and puddings. Spinach, asparagus, let-1 race and onions are the best vegetables. Caloaal Max FleUeaataaa aa Hla Brlda, With Faw rrtaada. WU1 Start Pram at Xarwaa-laa Part Xazt Joaa Taa Tbraa Uaatara WIU Oraaa ' la Whlta, Em ta Baa4vcaa-SIaar Pietaraa to Ba Talcaa. . 1 ..... .,....... - - Colonel Msx Flelscbniann of Cincin nati, tbe young millionaire clubman and patron of sports, and Miss Sarah Hamilton Sherlock soon after their marriage will take , a - wedding trip which will cover a period of ten months and Include excursions through four sones, ranging from the Orinoco river, In South America, to a point as far north Inside the arctic circle as the ice floes will permit, Says a Cincinnati dispatch. Colonel Fielschmann Is a brother of Mayor Fielschmann of Cin cinnati and Junior member of the dis tilling and yeast making firm, of which Mayor Fielschmann Is tbe head. Jan. 1 the couple will sail from St. Augustine, Fla., on Mr. Fletschmann's brigantlne, the Haida, for Trinidad and the mouth of the Orinoco. The bride will be tbe only woman on board. Aft er a season of hunting and fishing tbe couple will return to the United States about April 1 and on May 24 will sail from New York on a Hamburg-American steamer for England, accompanied V Dr. C. B. Holmes and wife, the lat ter a sl8terf Mr. Fielschmann. In England Captain Noel Learmouth, formerly of the English army, will Join the party, and the five will go to Trom so, a northern seaport of Norway, where they , will board the steamer Arctic Laura, Captain Magnus K. Gra ver, about June 15, for a voyage to the northern bunting grounds of Spitsber gen, Jan Maya, Frans-Josef Land and Greenland. They will hunt polar bear, musk ox and walrus, and Captain Gra ver will land them at any point where this big game can be found In num bers. Tbe three hunters will dress in white, even to headgear, so as to con ceal themselves as much as possible from the game. Each member of the party has been sent specific directions bow to dress to meet tbe rigorous weather that will be encountered. The two women will be armed for birds and small game. The men will make excursions far inland, while the women will remain on board the vessel. The Laura took out a similar bunting party last summer, three German no blemen, and they brought back twenty six polar bears, one live specimen, with a number of musk ox and walrus and a lot of smaller game. The Laura will be stocked with can ned goods, and the party expects to kill game enough from the start to furnish fresh meats. The crew of eighteen men will render assistance whenever neces sary, and three extra hunters will be left at Jan Maya to hunt for a year and be picked up In tbe fall of 1007. The first stop will be at Spitsbergen whaling station, where they will en deavor to capture a wbalc, after which the party will proceed. Dr. Holmes will act as physician of tbe party and take tbe place of tbe company's regular physician. All three of the men have hunted big game In many lands, but this will be their first trip Into the arctic regions. Arrangements have been made to take many pictures, part of the ship being equipped for it and also with all con veniences for scientific wosk, mounting specimens, etc.. Dr. Holmes is an ama teur taxidermist Mr. Fielschmann had before bis en gagement planned tbe arctic trip for this year, but be modified his plans ia deference to his bride, who wanted to accompany blm." The party expects to reach Norway some time in October. The Love Trust Co. Insurance in standard companies. Real estate handled on commission. . , Trusts executed. i . ( ' Savings draw maximum interest. Cotton bought and sold. , And Banking, too. With the welfare of our town and county ever in mind, we strive to succeed and help others to success. Your business solicited. The Love Trust Co, HELLO, DELINQUENT TAX-PAYER! : j. " NOTICE! . The Town Tax Collector Is required by law to pro ceed at once (0 collect all poll and property faxes re maining unpaid for the year 1905. See section 25 town charter. This is last call; see me quick and save costs. TO THOSE WHO STILL OWE TAXES on REALTY for the YEAR 1905: The law requires the Town Tax Collector en the first of January, 1906, to advertise for the collection of taxes all reslty on which the taxes remain unpaid for the year 1905. See section 26 town charter, fie quick; the time is at hand. This is last notice. Tis truly. I. N. ALEXANDER, Tax Collector for the Town of Gastonis. o special Bargains in 8 HORSES and MULES 0 O o o o o o o o o 0 o 0 0 o o o o o o o o o o o We have during the past week received two car loads of Tennessee horses and mules. Some ex tra good broke combination horses, suitable for family use and plenty of fine mules, all sizes. We also have a few unbroken horses left. In alt we have fully seventy five head in our stable. Now in order to make room for a big lot of stock that we are expecting early in January, we will from now until Christmas make VERY CLOSE PRICES ON ANY OR Ai,Iy of this stock. If you expect to buy a mule or horse, NOW IS YOUR CHANCE TO SAVE MONEY BY BUYING CHEAP. We mean exactly what we say. If you fail to come and see us before buying you will lose a bargain. Look out for our January advertisement. We hope to have something extra good to offer you as our Mr. Craig will spend 10 days on the wholesale market, and return early in January with a big lot of all kinds Hi stock suitable for our trade. : ;? Thanking you for. past patronage and soliciting your future business we are Respectfully, Craig & Wilsion 8 o o FARMERS TAKE NOTICE r I I The Loray Mills has set aside a Ware house for your use free of charge and will carry free Insurance for you.' Your cotton will be .tagged and undisturbed until you sell or calf for same. They will Issue you a Negotiable Receipt. All they ask Is that i. you haul your cotton to the Warehouse where It will be weighed free of charge. U n - Xa-alna- af Weeka Haw FaaV ' Harry Lebr has suggested a new fad that of naming frocks, says the Hew York rress. . Those who are the proud possessors of endless gowns may find that it's really not so easy and will re quire quite as much thought.as finding appropriate names for a large racing stable. Many a woman may be oblig ed to go in for a system of mnemonics IT she is not to be round wanting in a reply when asked for the name of tbe gown that graces her for tbe moment Borne one baa said that an appropriate name for a somber morning frock would be "the morning after bridge." . COMMISSIONERS SALE.' By virtue of a decree of tbe Saperior Court of Gaatoa county made in the raaeof C. A. Strouf, and others v. Loyd Stroop, defendant." I. aa commiaaioner, will sell at Sublic anctioa for cash to the aig-hest Old er, oa the premises near CherryvUle. . ea SttaraaT. Jaaaary alk.10i. within lecal hoarv the fol lowing described ml estate, to wit : That tract deeded A. W. St roup by Peter Neal and otbera oa Jaaaary 27th. 1897. the metes and boanda of which are as follows: Betrinmna at a rock on Hoaser's line and runs with it S i K. 51 Kles to a rock at Carolina Central Kaiiroad ak: thence with it N. 7a K. UH jpol-s to a rock : thence with the line of lot No. 2 N. 43 W. 53 poles to a rock in old line: thence S. 62 poles to the becia nine, contain ing four (4) acres more or lesa. - This NoremW 3th. X)5. -4 J.W, Sraocr. Commii-iooer. Notice to Cretan. Having qnaliSed aaeseentora of the1-t will ana testament of tbe Inte i-'r-- . r I 1 Leeper. the nndersianed her by smm credit) ul deco lors of the estate of the 214 day ef Deeeaaber, 1105, present their claim lor payment oa ui b lore t or this notice will be pleaded ia bar of ars r recovery inere"i. W. X. aUNM.K T flaa-Cta tnr a- t TYPEWRITING r script co -rs, and carbon sl.e-.-ts t GaiettkcI" cc. r t o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Subscribe for The Gazkttk. i
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