which wealth fa increasing in
Osato· coonty aqr be gained
fro· the story told by the book»
'^r <IO the increase in tax valna
tioai is nearly $1,000,000 a year I
The increase is nearly a million
tfafa year and fa expected to
reach that amount next year.
In 16 yean the total tax vaines
lav· gone from $3.000.000 to
JMnMJOO. while the population
has not «ritt doubled, the
flthm for the fatter being
17,784 la 1H0 and 32.Θ14 is
J—a, 1900.
The luth of Kav. Sam P.
Jo—a -it sea— odd to write the
title be fore, this name which the
WWffalhlt personality of the
oet the kcr.Hi an event which
mwmlm active life one of
Ufa most remarkable and tal
ented Aacrieaaa of hia genera
tion. While on a train bound
front Oklahoma City, where he
had held a two weeks meeting,
to Little Bode. Ark., bt died
aaddaaly yesterdsy morning.
The dispatches say Ik dropped
dead. There are asany among
oar readers wbo knew aad have
listened to him who will hear of
bis death with feelings of sad
oflhe
Prot Joe S. Wray, superin
tendent of the Gaston i* Graded
S£&ri!3EiriiK2
^oo WÎ at Dallas Saturday.
B*wfc|S,P. Wilson, supcriu
tsadnt of the CherryviUe
Graded School» *M elected
*10· tweudeat. and thecoanty
Prof. F. P. Hi_„ .
-τ-ÏSH3 . **y ex-officio by
esaptaent hi the constitution
and by-laws of the association.
The meeting «ai called to
order shortly after 11 o'clock by
Prof. Hah. Be briely addressed
tbe teachers aad tftuaas pres
ent oa the obiect aad purposes
ol the association about to be
foraed, aad gave to ell a hearty
welcome. He spoke of the
teachers' need of associatioa aad
the rood social aad professional
results which would grow out
of It to then aad through them
to tbe school children of the
county. Tbe County Board of
Education, be said, wasted to
Me aa educational revival, of
which aveu tbe children would
catch the enthusiasm.
Hoa. 8 J. Durban, of Besse
mer City, who ia chairman of
the Board of Bducatiou, waa
called to be -temporary chair
man of the meeting. A coati*
tution sad by-laws were sub
mitted and adopted as published
a lew days ago.
ποια iiccua mm omcers οι tac
Awdttioa ProltuonWrar and
Wilaou mad· graceful apeecbea
of tocepUDCt. Prof. Wray felt
deeply a mM of tbe honor and
reaponaibility which came to
him with this office. He
leaded the devotion of the
«omen teacher· of the county
aad waa (lad to have his entire
corpe of IS present to-day. The
only discouraging element in a
woman's devotion to the teach
ing profession waa that she
didn't eater it to stay—if she
£a mote interesting proposi
[laogbtcr]. If the ma·
who tangbt got married, he was
just obliged to teach then by a
double necessity [Renewed
laughter]. Prof. Wrey em
phssiied the mutual advantages
to be derived from the suocia
tion. "I never talk to another
teacher," he aeîd, "whether
above ma or below me in tbe
scale of attainment without
Setting good from it." He de
clared that we do not live noto
ourselves and exhorted bia fel
low teachers by saying "Let
na put oar eoula into thia
work."
Prof. Wilson made aome com
plimentary references to the
ladiea present, who formed ao
large a part of the teaching
force* of Qaston that the work
would be aerionaly crippled
without them. He aaid it was
his purpose to attend tbe meet
ings as often aa Providence
would pel mit aad would fill the
poaiUou of vice president the
beat he could.
II· or w u..-L.it —·
to the audience the chief speak
er of th« aomifli miion, Prof.
J. B. Carlyle, of the Chair of
Latia in Wake Fore*» College.
Prof. Carlrlc'a speech «M well
nigb nonportable. Wit, wl*·
doe, philosophy, common tense,
aod sentiment, all followed each
other *■ such ever-shifting and
rapid succession that the re
porter aooa found himself a part
of the audience, unwilling to do
anything hot listen. His snb
}oct was "The Teacher*—the
God-catted teacher, which he
treated a oder the three
subdivisions of the teacher'·
(1) trials, (2) Uaks, (3)
triumph**
I· the alterooom Hoa. O. P.
^ a» _ m ·
pwwr, *1 cut I can!"
NOT as.
It «U iritUriai to hear otic
wbo ha* limita ι over North
Carolina m much as Ptoltnor
Carlyle ho dose «peak in terms
of high commendation of the
interest ia public education
mealiest ok every hittd ia Oas
ton county. That aierabcra of
the board of éducation ahoold at
tend a meeting of the county
teachers was aa index of present
interest and a happy autrery of
fatnre good. The impress which
advanced interest in Gaston
county was making: upon educa
tional progress in the State was
indicated in the wise selection
ΟI superintendent P. P. Hall as a
member of the sub-corn misson
for the selection of text-books
for the public schools, oi which
commission he mad· a moat
valued member.
One feature at least of the
Teacher's Association will prove
a popular one. It is the arrange
ment made by superintendent
Hall whereby the salaries of the
teachers of the rural schools
would be paid monthly to those
who attended these meetings and
would be paid on the day of the
meeting. The announcement
to the teachers that their salaries
awaited them at the bank, where
they were requested to call after
adjournment, fell pleasantly
upoa the ear. The salaries of
the graded acbool teachers are
paid Dy the local authorities of
their respective tow as and are
usually paid monthly; but ία
case of the rural schools it has
been the custom to pay tbe
teacher at the end of the term.
Now the rural teachers who at
tend the county associstion
enjoy the same terms of pay
ment as the town-teachers.
Only one criticism of the
meeting of Saturday suggests
itself. That it the failure to get
a ^speech ont of Mr. Stonewall
Durham, chairman of the Coun
ty Board of Education. This is
an omission which may Dossibly
be remedied at a future meeting:.
In Mr. Durham*· home town of
Bessemer City, where Prof. P.
P. Rockett is the accomplished
and energetic superintendent of
schools, there was au education
al rally Priday night. The Bet*
semer band tnrned out to furnish
music and the people turned out
to furnish the audience. Speech
es were made by Proi. J. S.
Wray, Dr. D. A. Garrison, and
Mr. Durham, which added to
the interest and enthusiasm of
all present. There are folks
who wsut Mr. Durham to meet
the teachers of the county aud
repeat his. speech.
The teachers aud visitors en ·
joyed at dinner the hospitality
of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. White at
the "White House."
NEWS ROTES.
A telephone message from Mr.
C. C. Tharpe of Net, Iredell
county, to the Statesville Mas
cot says that there was a good
•iced fall of soow at that place
Thursday morning. Mr. Tharpe
•aid it came down thick and fast
and lay at places where (he frost
bad sot all disappeared. He
said that it made bim think of
rabbit bunting and that it looked
Hke the dead of winter. A mes
sage from Hampton ville aays
that soow fell there this morn·
log also and that it did not come
very far south of Net.
«m **UUJVC(IMU IpCClftl Iftyi
Andrew Oxeodiue, a Croatan,
wae killed Sunday afternoon by
John Locklear, also a Croatan.
The killing took place about 11
mile* from LombeTton, near
Bale, Robeson county. Lock·
lear can· to Lamberton in com·
ρ any with Will Balccr, at timaa
a deputy aberiff, anrrendered to
SberiS McLeod and waa lodged
la Jail.
Hazing ia aboliabed, root and
branch, ia the announcement
that comes from the A. aad M.
Collate, «bet* every claaa in
eoUeae baa met aad voted naaai
mooaly tbet the college ahall
have ao mote bariar »a
ao mote nasta* ia atur
tr, abaoe or form. Thf«
olaaa action baa been followed
09 by a written pledm which
baa beea «if nrd indÎTÎdnally by
•vary atadeat ia the colle ape.
Tie Democraia bad a graod
rally aad torch light pro wi n
In Hieheqr lea* TaewSey whea
#%.
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Hitkmry,* 00 «*· Mrtvta"*,
' «
A Wadaabeca apeclal aeya:
.0 Monraa v·. Dr. H. D.
la Uataa mm. My.
'4.
NEW QUEER OF RIVER
The Big Hcndrick Hudson jicd
Her Maiden Trip.
FOTED UP LUCE AS OOEAÏ USES
•eeateae ·» Uttt Τηκ·> Mu III
a»»li» n< ou >ΙΙΜ··Ι«»Ι« t in
Tfcil—li |»nm<n OWrTlti#·
Km· «4 u Kiniutr η·«>ι·ι
•w "mH BIiIm >m ι·ηα»Μ
, kr num.
After * lapao of *» fori the ml ley
of (be gnat North rtTer gnra wrlcomti
rccwlly t» η tccotul rtcudriok Πικ1»οι>;
gave a ttlllerent trclcorac to ■ br, far
different BcuUrk-k riudoon (τόπι that
a«turntoe njventorer who for Dutch
fold da nxl (he upper futuwi of tit·
atreani tn η roaboot. Tt>· new net»·
<lrV-k «Cadaou. «U aiorlca tall and 400
foot Irta?, la α κfaut of a river steamer
—the hlgertt and finest· of dayligbt
ateamtr* a Boat—and the rci-eptloa (hat
washer· from ■ downtown (Uer In Man
buttau to railroad wharf In AJU»ny—
the Day Uao route— tra» properly that
•f a new queen of tlw riref.
It wai almoet twenty year» »lace
such a triumphal procréa· had itlrrvd
the Hndaan'· bank·; aot «lut·* the New
Tork made bec H ret trip In 1S87 bad
the folk of the rlrer tewu» bad lucb op
DortiuiIlT to rhcex a ateaniar wltoeo
cfcrirtedux roi» wai «till white, laji
tbe Npw York Ptmi Otl>er hoe new
Heats had eoujcht tbo plaodlt» of tha
tuTIcj people, bat all bad unfortunate
ly pe»»*d la the nl-ht. The coming of
the Henrtrlck Iludson. a 4ay Ugh ter cot.
w·· Hide a aort of boiklny from
ipuyteo Uoyrfl to Albany, for eight
lioura tl>· biz boat paaaed Uauka lined
'with cheering folk. Ton*en had tkoo
aasda of It» folk waring welcome to
the now Itucr. Haverstraw and Nyark
.were fringed by crowda that made &
aort of FVmrth of Jnly effect. Mon
burg turned ont practically all of Iti
populace. Flabklll did tbe tame on the
other aklA, l'oogbkcepele dropped to!
to sec the big boat land, Kingston
crowded down to the Cataklll railroad
wharf, aad Albany wai stirred Into
building booflrea, waring torche» and
firing skyrocket*.
Nut York'· WAVrtma \*β· In tfta h·.
tor* of a nactlcal oefcbraHoc, for the
tooting of «unm orrer c*«s«l from
Ueahroeaea ntreet to Ou H end red and
Twenty uluth llmt Tbe Hcnarlck
Hadaoo iru oabcred Into d* ilatar
hood of tbe rlrrr «Ht ft noiao that be
gan In th· dlapaaon «f β llaer'i bellow
οβ Oraawkli village ud come to a
brief halt la a aptottor of atrara from a
tiny ire m tar np tbe river. To cock
and all. «toaniboat. locomotlre, hv
mill and branch. tbe Heodrlck Hndaon
niuwered cuurteooaly with tor·· deep
whittle·.
The enthcuiaam that lined eren tbe
Ttaejrardcd bauk· of tlie Uodaorv'i
BbUieland with cboerinit throngs waa
Aeeerred. The tlendrk-fc Hodaoa la an
•ccan iiotr rtrer boat—that H. die, M
aa much Ilk· an «ρ to date ocean Uiier
aa η rtrer boat cnu be. Rbt· ts Qtted
lDBlile with the good tute and tlie lux·
tJrjr of the newer Atlantic yreyliounj·.
and the carrtee more peiacncer* than
any of these boa ta.
With accommodation* fur 0.000 poa
aencrra and carrying no freight all tbe
■vac· oo the Heudrtrk Hudaou la glren
orar to their nae nud comfort. Πνβ vce
ael |a 400 feet long, η feet brood over
the mania and haa 14 feet 4 Inches
depth of hold. There are di decks, tbe
hall la of ateel nud crcry pert of the
boat U stiffened and h*M rigid bj ateel
framework.
There are ofaacrvatlea room· I rath at
the bow and etarn. a woman'· lounge,
• barber etiop and amoklng roout for
tbe bib, a dark room for the uae of
analaor photographer·, an oeereauey
hoepttal with a aorgeon la attendance
and aereral other decided I on oration·
là rtrer «teambootleg.
In tnieb and In tntrrtor dccoratkw
the Ileodrlck Hodaon ataude Dooe In
tbe orthrtlc treatment of tbe rations
ailoooe. Moral palntlnga by «Oil known
artteta are aer In tbo walla and the
Jap· n—e brosse fountain In the main
aaloott brought to thla coo·Try for the
new boat la ft beoatlfnl epoctrara of
eealem art.
tbe pMHHtm tho engine room la la
etoeed la |Um ami tke paddle wheel
bo χ ce bevo glaaa paaea at Ike top from
wblcb an lb· Inalde the treat wbcoh
can be mm turning.
The dlotag roam to φπιηκΜ aj
moet octtrety by plat· glaaa, miktnj
tbe room appear like a glaaa tndoeed
reread*. Tbara are aLity large win.
dewa, each of wlileb can be ratoatl *
lotrued to aoft wind and weelber, The
rtetra ftvn trarj part of tbe dining
raw·, which cantata* afxty tablea and
will acat 333 pereeee, an onobetracted
aa all aMaa.
Tbe mala aaleon. oa tbe eeeeud deck,
h «M or the moat beaettfol apartneete
•ear ballt es a ateacnboat. Tbo aartoa
at day pariera ν «le dMk le a fee tare
«MU wM appert te tboee wbo deelre
pHwrjr and yet wleh le new tbe
Tbe Hodeon la aa remarkable ooder
water aa abeve. WHIe ahe tew en Ire
bit* atertae abera the water aad orer
rtiotfewe tbe Ο rand fcefiNte aad tka
New York, gba *Ma dews ealy eerea
aad ewe belt (eat Me the water. Oar
great batght la (be lenN of new
EARTHQUAKE RECORD
The History of Seiami·: Shock*
Show· Awful Loss of Life.
A1B OF ΒϋΒΡ&ΙΒΠΙΟ ÏREQUKIûY
Atmmmt » Tkowul IVirlMwkm fta·
»■»<«* Aammatlr %7 J·**»·-** kmlm
■Mlwtlul twIrtr-Utw "thrr tui
I» Ctoklln I·» Mail Ν·.
1U» erwl l.lrt·· DUttin.
Tbo total Dunbar of eartbqiuUe· of
wtkb Utoturlo rcconl bM liven kept
reacbe· the cuonnooj Itgoro of 131.ii»
altboogli tba rwonU wore very lucoo
ptata ostU rocaat ywtr*. Data eu»
earning all tbocks, aran fee laatf
nlflcant eartb dtaturtmucwi. ara no*
i being preset-rod, liawwor, by acttntlOc
1 aorlotlaa la all etrlllzci) countries of tba
\totU and fteeurate olacrratloua lielnf
taken for tba un «r ratera students ot
tbo earthquake «object.
Rarthquakes bave been oua of tba
moat terrible cuvmlen of mnu In all
time·, a lui tbo oouiliar of penoua killed
bj quakaa tvaclic* mi a.ipaOluf flKU.f.
•a r* tba Clilnago Βrowd-Herald. So
human foraalitiit, so buman sÎleaco «r
learning «tui cuarù ajcelmt or foretell
an aarUxioik», and by muni of tbe
T»ry poireriewueaa of au«n ngultut tbia
trouendons natural dbiarbnsce tba
earthijuaJie take· rank with tba aaoat
rrtpUUut forma of calamity.
«7 tbo η*· of I tie moat dotlcata in
struments tile Uiaat tremor of lb* eartb
la now recorded, and Uia modurn taatr»
menta now used aiisiv toot qnakea are
of stnprtalug froquonej. Tbc Japanree
Selsmologlcal aoelcty, for laitance, re
cord» almoat ο ttioauiitl earthquake·
annually, or roar»ο Uie-ie uOAkae ara
tor tbe most p.irt m allgbt a* to be ua
noticeable envjit Uirvcgb lite extnm»·
ly délicat» accentIlté Instrumenta, bat
tbe fact routine tint In tbe realms of
tba mikado akxio lit· earth's ami faec la
disturbed liy quakes almost lUrce tUaea
• day, year in tad jwt out In other
port (ana of tit· irorid la tbe carlhqnnke
cone minor trrmors of tha ear! h are
UTOportionately frequent.
Rarthnnktrn* ··»«· ·"
deration end rba racler. 'ΓΙ»β number
at aiiocks tu α qnnke luxl Umj temrth of
the tixn· Interval belweeu ttxm nrtn
between wUo limits. Tbe cttlum of Ce
ra caa. lu 1&12. aud Usbou. ta ITU. were
êestroyed In a few m laites apiece,
white the CaLibrlan earUmuake, begin
nine lu IT®, conttnoe.1 for four years.
Earthquake* «re by do means eon·
flnetl to continent*, sud many originate
under tlm sen. The plu cm in ttw aee
bottoms ι l;o.x the uatcr shows great
variation lu l'.epth srr Horttcutarly late
ly to exparieoco eartbuuak· shocks.
When an earthquake orrnrs beneath
I ho ses ths vertical movements of tbs
•en bed Keueratc s great ware, which
reaches ttw land anor arrival of the
earthquake Itself. In the open sea thla
wave Is so broad that It esauot be per
eetvad
When tt tudii shallow water near
tba ahure. tunrarir, It rah» forward
as an Immense breeker, sometimes
sixty feet or more la height, and orer
wltdma ererytblug lu Its coursa. Tbe
valoetly of tbeae great eee ware· la
much greater than the ordinary wares
raised by the wind. A submarine
earthquake near the cnaat of Jupan la
ISM gt.ro rise to aea war· wUkch
traveled the whole hiendth of the ra
cine at a rate of aboul 370 tnlWa an
honr. At Kliaoda. Japan. the ware*
were thirty feet high, while on reach
ing San I>tego, Cat, they still measured
six hKhee.
Ήιο extent of eonutry effocted Uy an
earthquake aliock alto varie* greatly,
9ohm oarttiqnakee are but purely loos I
affairs, while others are fslt tor hun
dreds of miles. Tho Lisbon earth
quake. which threw down tba greater
part of the city hi six mlnutoe and
killed 60.000 persona, dlatorbed an Im
mense aroa. It bolng folt In tho Alpa,
Qreat Britain. In the Baltic sen and la
northern Germany. Tho f.labon ecrtb
qtuako waa fait also at AJgtera nod Fan
as severely as In (Spain and Portugal,
while tbe effects of tbe raa wares
caused by It were noticeable at enor
mous distances.
PeHisps no earthquake, outside of
the IJ«bon disaster, has been Mt over
a wider land area than tbe quake
whlrh partly destroyed Charlestos, I.
C., hi Augmrt, 1880 That quake waa
obeerved from tho Carolina coast
Qeorgla and Florida, northward to
eouthers New Fiaglqml, aeroee Mow
Tark to Ontario. Canada, aud west
ward to eeatem Lwwaie, Arkaneaa,
JCleoorl and lews, altogether an ana
800 π Ilea wide by ijOOO from north to
laiteH t· C»< TtaaWr.
Indian· an the ttamalae· inflLno
WW Hill» at TmImob. Wli . will be
allowed to Λα tbatr owe to«EtUf til»
am·, aad If titer make η aoaeew of
Κ tbtrjr win bava occupation for many
jraar*, aa it M «UaaM that there
are tOUjtOOjmt feet of timber on the
lean u«e*. The lad la ne will be give»
190 a thooeand for nWn| the tataber.
Of tkla f tt will be paid them and *8
plaead IB tbo tatted Butae traaaury ta
their credit at 4 par rant totaraat
I
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Great Lines
Λ
5
S
1 1
f October Is here end with the month we open ·
I the greatest lines we. have ever carried |
w ο F
I Millinery
( Trimmings !
Dress Goods I
Furs and Cloaks
Shoes for men and women '
'
Clothing for men and boys \
We say the greateat lines we have ever j
carried. That la putting It atrong, but not
g too atrong, for It la true. : » : » .
Special attention Is called
to our wonderful line of lat
est style ready-made hand
some men's suits for only
=$IO=
All our lines are fresh
and full and at their
best. The Peoples
Store Invites you to
see its great lines of
new autumn goods :
jJNO. F. LOVE\
PAY YOUR
Town Taxes
The tax books for the year 1906 are
now In my handa for collection.
Please call promptly at tax collect*
or*s office City Hall and pay your
taxes.
I. N. ALEXANDER, Tax Collector
Dr. J. M. Hunter, Specialist
OF ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA
WAKES a upedalty Cancan. Tumor*, Chronic Ulcéra, Scrofula and
JV1 Kbeumatiam. Uiaeaaca of the G«nito-Urinary Organs. Treat· without
the knife, loan of blood, and little pain totpatlent. Twenty-five ycari of
prtcilcil experieoc·. Consultation free.
RBPBRBNÇB TO A PEW CASBS TREATED—CUREt>.
UXXTWdBBm.
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Mtm. w it xaïi.T c«w oT.SAu3S ^ '
*»ι·*μ^£
Weak lai KKn-Smm· 19H.
The Carolina and North
western ι ail way haa iatued the
following notice aa Joint-Circular
Ko. Ζ:
To All Agenta:
ThU will be yonr authority to
Mil Round Trip Ticketa be
tween «11 Stationa on tbeae linea
at a rate of One Pirat-Claaa Pare,
pin· twenty-five rente (25) for
tbe Round Trip. Ticketa to be
aold on Saturday of each week,
cood. returning on Monday fol
lowing date of aale.
The above rates will go into
effect on 8atnrday, April 7tb,
1900, and are elective until and
including Saturday, October
77tb, 1908.
Uae réguler Local Ticketa,
marking acroea face of aeine,
-Week Rod."
Acknowledge receipt of thia
Circular, below.
Apoeorad:
L. T. Nicdol·,
Général Meaeger.
B. P. Run»,
Oenetnl Paaaenger Agent.
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