j VOL. XXVII.
*.r.iwU*fNfc tEBTWfcWN* A. 0.N7OT. CMtter
Citizens National Banir
Oilers to its patrons
•▼ery courtesy and
accommodation con*
•latent with sound
hanking. 0 # *
Your business is solicited
g_.■ sm 1 ■ =2.
AN ODD BEQUEST.
m«*wM> un |imw m ii»wn
Iwttwm le ■senses.
A. W. Cameo, so* of the oUnt eem
pepor moo of eoaBsreot Missouri, who
loioutty AM it JopUn. Mo, bequeath
ed 110,000 (or the dWeemmottoo of
Mark Twain'• “Bow to Be t Cap Us
man" among tho Tooog Ueo’e Chrts
tlan aesoutiUoo* of the north, say* n
JopUn (Mod dlepatck to tho Mow Toth
Tlmon. Ho mid hi hM will, which wne
opened the other afternoon, that In the
•oath the young men did not heed (he
goad advice contained In Mark Twain's
^^evk.
Mr. Cameo came to JopUn from Buf
falo. Mo., to *n. He left an estate
vetoed at about too,000. the hoik of
which win go to Mi gtater. Mrs. Sarah
Hunt of Mew Tech ctty.
Bopraa ante tire Blchardaoa at Ale
bams was recently trying to get
through a MU fee a dam somewhere
down la hi* etate, and Sereno Payne,
the Beer leader of Me BapuhOeaae,
did not Jest understand whether there
wee a concealed Bthleplan or not, eaye
tho Washington correspondent of the
Mow York Times He wee asking
bothersome question* a* to the necaael
ty of • special act. and Richardson did
not Ilka It Finally the. Alabama man
broke oat, “ire one of those canes that
the general dam law does not cover.”
“Oh. I aee," aaid Payne. “Bo we have
ta have a apodal dam law."
The laraaet field or corn In the Unit
ed States. If not In the world, haa re
cently been harvested on the Adame
farm In Sac county near Odeholt, la,
saya aa Iowa City correspondent of
the Bt Paul Dispatch. On* hundred
end flva men working with M0 horses
and thirty-seven coca cutter* have
Shocked corn to the esdma^l smeant
at BOOMO baskets. Mr. Adams, tbs
•wtasr of the farm, a pends the meet at
his time la Chicago operating his large
(arm by expert forsnna.
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Tbe Met at Ill-fattra Wealth.
Omirtwa Ttkiraa.
Tbe New York Sub print* tba
following letter from a correa
poudent:
To tbe Editor of Tbe San—Sir:
Many years ago I came here
from a country town, poor as
suy boy could well be; fobnd
employment in a large concern,
bettered my position year after
year; became a partner, then
tba head of tbe concern. Made
my fortune, a large one; now re
tired.
"When 1 die I shall leave my
children each a fortune, but
when I think it over day after
day 1 can only be ashamed of it
all. 1 suppose 1 was no worse
than the others; 1 know some
were woise than I. 1 could al
ways mv, 'It’s good business,’
bnt I forgot that there' waa snch
a thing as a square deal. If I
could get tbe better of an asso
ciate or a customer or an em
ployee. I did. Auything that I
could do to attain my own suc
cess was good busiueM. and I
did it.
"I have given to charity, head
ed subscriptions, bnt it doesn’t
satisfy me. I know what I have
done wasn't manly. Last night
I sat with other so-called suc
cessful men. 1 studied them.
When they can’t help thinking,
they think just as I do.
"Tbe modern success is rank
failure. It has made this country
rich; it has made it great; it has
made its people Mlfish and un
principled. I would give all I
possess to-night if 1 could My:
*1 have given every one a square
deal. I have done no one a
"Think it over; it will mean
a lot to you tome day."
A whole volume could not say
more, and if human hearts were
all laid bare to the gaze of tbc
multitude we donbt not that on
many a heart would be found
written the tame words.
We are too prone to look
merely at results—to count suc
cess or failure in dollars and
centa, forgetting that luxury and
power are after a.l but poor and
sorry things when they repre
sent the sum total of a llfe’i
work.
The aquisition of money is uol
in itself either a crime or a dis
grace. It may well meau tha
behind it the long years of earn
eat toil aod frugal living. Btr
on the other hand it la often tbi
case that wealth is bought at th<
same price paid by the 8nn’i
correspondent, and brings witl
it tha same hollow mockery o
happiness which he admits it
his portion.
For money ia not averytbing
And the highest, truest, greates
measure of success may go han<
in hand with comparative
poverty.
This we all feel—this we al
know, but the frankaess of lb
unknown writer of the common
(cation wa have reproduce!
brings home the subject in i
most forcible manner.
He who buys wealth at sack i
price day after day will Hve t
regret it._
WbWttox was recently laired eceS h
te the OtaSey ertool eervtaae et M
•rath Congrexetlaul church te Dee
pelle, Mem., eeye a (serial Sfcpetrt I
•e Maw Tart TUnaa. A weU bam
kyaia wae riioeen. and attar Ibe occhn
tra has stayed the air every ante, wt
waa aad ctshl who cmM whhrtlert tt
tana The waataal Sirartor. Charier 1
begaa that aei tnlfht tMak ft# eel
ed seeeBar. tat tb« ebfertera eealS w
be am am rterteS tbae were tb
empafatleae at toes a«e wbaa the
teat heart the etralae at a pipe ornsa.
YOU Am YOUVILUE.
Win’* Mag Am Mg *w Neigh
bars Jaat Acraaa tba Line.
YoikvllW ItMMkM.
Hon. Wm. A. Jeffries, one of
the best known citixens of
Cherokee county, was found
dead in the road between his
residence and Gaffney last Fri
day. He bad died of heart
disease and alone. Mr. Jeffries
had been prominent in bis sec
tion for many years. He was a
member of the Wallace bouse
and aas the first senator from
Cherokee. He leaves a sister
and five children.
The Standard oil company an
nounced a cat of a cent a gallon
in the price of kerosene last Sat
urday. A Red C men came
here e week or ten days ago
and sold-Yorkville folks a ear or
more in barrels. He Bold at
about the same price as the
Standard was selling perhaps a
little under. It is said, that the
Red C people are arranging to
inatajl a tank here.
During a visit to Columbia a
few days ago, Mr. J. C. Wilborn
took occasion to make a call oa
the railroad commissioners. All
three members of the board
were in the office at the time,
and among other things the
subject of tbs Southern’! freight
honse at Yorkville was dis
cussed. It seems that the com
mission has served notice on
the “railroads as to conditions
here, and gotten acknowledge
ment of the receipt of the notice,
with the promise that the matter
will receive consideration with
out unnecessary delay.
The far nun of this county
generally seem to be very ranch
interested in Me. Mclver Wil
liamson's corn experiment.
There were quite a number of
representative farmers in town
last Saturday, and the reporter
heard of at least three, Messn.
J. C. Blair, D. M. Hall and W.
S. Wilkerson, who said they
would try to follow out Mr. Wil
liamson's experiment. All three
of these gentlemen have estab
lished reputations as first-class
farmers, among the best ia the
county, and they have devoted
particular attention to corn all
their lives. The probability ia
that along with Messn. Hall,
Wilkerson and Blair, there will
be at least a hundred or more
othen to see what they can do
along this line.
Yorkville is to bsvc another
hotel building and it ia to be
something especially suited to
the purpose. That fact devel
oped yesterday when Mr. G. H.
O’Leary purchased the Cart
wright property adjoining his
new buildiog. The second floor
of the O’Leary building was
planned without s definite pur
pose as to what should be done
with it, except that the rooms
— -i. j.'^w^gg8..j, u. _~■■
were arranged in a manner ad
mirably suited for hotel purpos
es. Hotel people have bees ex
amining tbe rooms reeeutly, and
they raised tbe objection as to
tba necessity of barring to do
their cooking in tbe building and
also to the lack of suitable sam
ple rooms. Mr. O’Leary first
began to figure on the idea of
erecting a kitchen a ad sample
room in the rear and then be de
cided on an oveiture to Dr. Cart
wright. The deal was effected
without a great deal of palaver,
and now the hotel is an assured
thing. Thera will be an office
and sample .rooms in tbe down
stairs of tba Cartwright buildiag
and a kitchen in the rear. In
the two buildings there will be
about twenty-five guest rooms
and altogether a most desirable
hotel can be gotten out ot the
arrangement. Dr. Cartwright
has not yet decided on what be
proposes to do. Hr baa not bad
time to fully consider the mat
ter; but it is a settled fact that
he will remain in Yorkvilie, and
it goes without saying that be
will soon build.
So bee ribs for the Gswrra.
MOW THEY LOOT THEIR HAIR
»• * was Thais Tsaa.*
*f Uw c bancs* af tbrir wspiopmcwt
Ccor dram wan, ah aid ha* frliali.
■at at (ha dinasr tsbi* af tha Dockorp
hntM. hi KirksTlUa. Ma, tha aChar trts
lag, aajra .tha houses dtp Itar. After
eor«al handshaking thap aat tewit aad
hagaa dteraistagth* aMkhpif tha
ttactlp bald, hut this was hat tha bngbt
tag arark of tlm*. Th*p wore as ears af
that aa that tha arttdaa thap aaM wtra
—»«Hpr *a aajrthlag af tha aact aa Aa
market No. 1 felt celled apes U amks
thl* dear. Ha aaU what a lad ha had
a* uaaaoaUp aavaia attack of tha mss
•laa. daring which Mi knlr had cathalp
Inatil tala bead. Later, however. It
Bava aa tndleatloa af ntmtag back, aad
ha hoped soon to have a fall caver.
No. 3 said that while traveUsg la Oaa
trml America ntaap pears age ha placed
a magnificent bead of cnrlp brown bah1
at tha atarep af a nstlv* barber In
aliampno and that aeon after Ms hatr
pending tnwatigatVm
Tha three victims af poathfnl intafor
tana paossd msdltatlvstp a few ns
draaasd Ka. 4: "** *
•*Kaw, Jits, iff up to pan."
Jim was the baldest ana of (he granp.
If he had pdoa to deep ta g daaatt sow*
MdoMrteas ostrich would csrtalalp have
alighted od hit head la the hopes af
adding to bar progcap.
"Bopa." he eMd. “t know mp head
plot* looks Ilka a Hunting rink far Man.
bat It ain't mp fanlt I was inroad
that wwpr
LOCALS riOM LOVELL.
hnlar Mu to Itolimy
IwoMit it to» Trim ef
*ii rn ■ihimiJmm'H if the Qmgtftk
Lowell. N. C.. Feb. 19.1909
Intereat ia tbe Lowell sebool
library condones eeabated. oea
of tbe popoiar books is "Black
Beauty." The older pupils who
are interested is astronomy will
Cad "Starland" by Ball eery in
structive. Children should be
taught to read the beat litera
ture and to discriminate between
good reeding asd wnrtbleee teed
iog. We Ware that Bniusu
Franklin was greatly aided in
GS3L i thoughtful *mSog
of atanderd wont. Of coarse
Us experience is only one of
HMUy. An organ has bees pur
chased far the school.
Siscc Clyde ia the hosu of
one of Gastonia's fonaer sad
most popular teachers. Miss
Louise Mason, the following
written by ooe of the sebool
ri win be of interest. "Clyde I
situated twenty-ooe miles
west of Asheville and between
Canton and Waynesville, four
miles from Canton aad six from
Waynesville. It is ia a braati
fni valley oa tbe Pigeon river.
It is a pleasant summer resort
crowded with strangers daring
tbe hot weather of Jane. Jnly
end August. The Murphy
breach of tbe Southern railroad
runs through tbe town. My
boose is out on the railroad just i
s little distance from the depot
end fa the prettiest ia town.
Tbe valley ia surrounded by
beautiful mountains with small
bouses hi every Httle cave asd
some high upon tbe mountain
sides surrounded by beautiful
fruit trees and dear springs of
water bubbling up near the
Balaam is a statioa on tba
Balsam Mountain, a few miles
west of WsyusTtllt, and is the
highest railroad statioa east of
the Mississippi river. Waynes
ville, the highest towa, is noted
for its beautiful White Sulphur
Springs. Jousloska is the high
est mountain near Clyde. It bat
a hotel oa top of It called
Eagle's Meat. This is a groat
resort for summer visitors.”
Rev. R. A. Miller is beautify
ing Ms residence by the addi
tion of a piazza.
Mr. Robert Precman of Steele
Creek, is teaching a singing
school ia the Presbyterian
church. A luge crowd attend
aad aeeai very much interested
in the school.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Cornwell,
of Dallas, spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Leonhajdt.
Mias Emma Cornwell, of Dal
las. is spending a few days with
friends in town.
Misses Ota Sloan of Belmont,
and Lillian Clinton of Gastonia,
visited Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Ran
kin this week. Mrs. Rsnkin
gave a dining Saturday in honor
of her guests. 8ba is a charm
ing hostess, To be a guest in
her hospitable home b synony
mous with pleasure.
A pedestrian party consisting
of the following young ladies en
joyed a stroll to MeAdtovilla
Saturday afternoon: Misses Ob
Sloan, Littiaa Clintoo, Carrie
Cathey, Zada Rankin, Nellie
Roseroan, Berths and Mabel
Leonbsrdt, Emma Cornwell,
Aurelia Hand, Kate Reid, sad
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