Newspapers / Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, … / Oct. 30, 1906, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
KEEP YOUR BYE ON IT Gastonia PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK-TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. ι.·.1-·.1? "» Devoted to the Protection of Hone and the I ο te re· t· of the County. QA8TONIA, N. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER SO. ΙΘΟΘ. W. P. MARSHALL, Editor end Proprietor. I VOL XXVI1· Β. Τ. RAXKU> Prtinm. C. X. Uvixi, VUt-Prtt A. O. Xnu CetMtr. capital ββο.οοο THE CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK ΟΑβΤΟΝΙΑι N. C. Accounts of Merchants, Manufacturers, and Farmers Invited. Liberal Dealing along Conservative fanes. SAVINGS We have added a Savings Department, in which tee Pay 4 Per cent., compounded every three months. If you have not already opened an account in this department we invite you to do so. TIAINMEN LEAP PtOM LOCOMOTIVE. DhhiI Accident m Saatharo ■liHrty. AabcvUlt »o*cUI ta Γ,«βο»τ Lrdt*T. H. Enveloped in flames which poured from it· fire-box, and were fanned to a furious volume by the hi*h speed at which it was runoing, deserted by engi oeer and firemen, who badly burned, leaped to escape certain death, a heavy locomotive draw· ins a fast freight train on the Southern railroad, ran for over a mile aear Stateaville yesterday morning, and was only stopped by a grade which proved too much for it to surmount without proper control. For a time the accHent, and resulting out-burst of flames, were thrilling in the extreme and has had few par allels in the history of railroad ing. The freight train was ap proaching Statesville, when snddenly flame and smoke and hot steam burst from the engine cab where Engineer C. B. Oweu by, of Asheville, and Fireman Fred Little, of Old Rort, and Brakeman Karl Holt, (colored) of Salisbury, were riding. The accident was caused b y the crown-sheet bolts pulling through forcingtbe flames from the firebox. The three men were without a moment's warn· ing surrounded by the fiery mass of flames, which were fanned by the rush of the swiftly moving engine to a wild fury, and only quick action saved the three men from a horrible death. Engineer Owenby remained but long enough to cut off the steam, when he followed the other two men in a desperate leap for safety. All alighted without iujory, except a severe scorching while the h η g e locomotive bounded foward without a hand to guide it, the flames streaming out behind and enveloped cab and tender. The engineer, though badly burned on the faced and body, at once on picking himself up from the ground ran back to flag passenger train No. 21 whicn - ■ _ > 1 a_ *_ _ ! η■· wMu^imiivu w uv ι huuiu| close behind the freight, but | fortunstely had been delayed owing to tronl>l· with its engine. Engineer Owenby and the other two men wife taken to Statesville, wheie there barn· were dressed by the company'* surgeon. Mr. Oweuby was then brought to Asheville and is now in the care of a local physician, who reports that bis condition is serions. Little and Sari are painfully, but not *erionaly, burned, about tbe face and ttpper part of tbe body. It is said that Engineer Owen· by demurred about taking out the engine, as be did not con sidér it in proper condition, but, was persuaded to do SO against | his own Judgment. The Carnefle Library 1er Ihe UolToreity. SmcI·! M tb· KT»*ia« THmm. Chapel HU1, N. C., Oct. 26.— J. A. Jone» of Charlotte, builder of tbe Selwyn Hotel, has been awarded tbe contract for build ing the new Carnegie library At the Uaiveraitr. His hid was the lowest of tbe nnmber received from contractors in several state*. Work will begin as soon as material can be gathered, and Jose· la under ft bond to complete it by Angnst 13, 1907. Tbe building will be contracted after plans of V. P. tfilbnrn. ft will be two stories la height and com mod I one. pressed brkk and granite will be U*4. Mort than 190,000 will be at before the building i » •pent » finished. HARMFUL STOMACH DOSIKO. Ν· N««d mt M Whea Hyintl U Um4 t· Car· Catarrti Phyxicisns and scientists agree that tbe Usa medicine one swallow», the better. It is in keeping with this idea that Hy· onvci ia recommended by lead ing physicians throughout tbia and other catarrhal sections. When tbia treatment is uaed in catarrhal troubles. there ia ao stouscb dotting, for tbe medi cine is taken ia with tbe air you breathe, and g oca right to the a pot where tbe catarrhal germa aie present, besting tbe inflamed snd irritated mucous membrane, killing tbe disease germs and entering: the blood with tbe ο XT gen, driving all ca· tarrbal germs from the system. Do not try to core catarrh oi tbe head by patting medicine into yonr stomach,—thia ia neither a scientific nor common kih treatment. Breathe the heal ing balsam· oi Hyotnei and ia a lew day· yon will notice relief, and it· continued une will result In a com plete and lastlnx core. J. 11. Kennedy & Co.. seen to many corcS made by Hyotnei amoogxt their customers, several oi them cases where alt hope oi re lief had been firn op, that they grive an absolute guarantee of care, or money will be refunded, with every outfit they sell. The complete Hyomci outfit costs but $1. while extra bottles of Hyo mei, U needed, sic only SO cents. Aaft \l»· Will Hsye a Flower Sbsw. Klas· Mouataia HerMd. The Ladies Aid Societies of the Baptist, Presbyterian, and Methodist churches arc bnsy at fancy work and making other arrangements for the flora) fair j to beneld here aome time early 1 in next month. Tbe time and ! fdace will be published in a ater edition of tbis paper. The early frost hart tbe flowers just a little, but tbe indications now arc that there will be very fine flowers. Every body get ready to patronize tbis floral ex· Newloa'· CnMwiIi ΗοιαηιιΙ Aiiortd. Newton ItntrrcrlM. Mr. George Rabb, county canvasser lor the Confederate monument, got $600 subscribed ia Hickory last week. He now baa near $1500, about half the amount desired. The monu ment is assured, and the other half will be forthcoming. We know everybody in tbe county would like to help in this noble undertaking, and wc suggest that they see llr. Rabb at court next week and put down their amounts. It ia the purpoee of the committee to give the order for tbe monument within a few weeks and bave it hare to be unveiled at tbe next reunion. New Method for Fickle* Coil··. VortTtU* tmwm. ■ A· a result of bis trip to Texas last winter, Mr. W. B. Keller of York ville Mo. 1. baa adopted the Texan method of cottoa picking, in this section, aa everybody knows, the picker male es η se of a small sack in which to put the cotton aa it cornea from the bolla, and aa the sack is tiled it ia emptied into hampers. Tbe sack is carried on tbe aboulders. The Texas equipment consists of a canvas sack, about two feet in diameter and seven or eight feet long. Tbe picker attache· a sack to hi· shoulder» by mean· of strap as iu the case of the smaller tacka; but be doe· not pretend to be burdened with the constantly Increase* load of cot toa in toe sack. Instead the aack it drsgged along the row until It has been âlled when the oonteeta are weighed together with the sack. The *ack holds, when full, forty or fifty pounds of cottoa. ι ■ A TBIP ON ΕΝβΐη Of «7. KtwiHNi' Ma· Takaa Trl| Frem CkirUUi to S»uUs kcr| m Vailed 31st·· Fas Wall. CkarloMa ObMntr. 20U. Wedncaday afternoon t h c r < were tlevcn man on 97, tlx famous fast mail train betwwi New York and New Orleans the subsidy in «apport of wbicl came so near being voted dowt by the laat Congre··. The elev en men comprised six mai clerk·, ■ conductor, an engineer, a fireman, a flagman, and an Observer reporter. Τ be reporter got to take tbc rid· by tbe courteous permission of Supt. P. L. McManus. He crawled npon (be engine during the biief atop at Char lotte, sat upon tbe fireman'a box, got him a good hold on tbe oar row window sill with his left hand, and wsited, white engineei Bd Webb «an here and there •boot his iron horse, thrusting in his long-nosed oil can be tween tbe wheels. Tbe gresl high-wheeled, "clipper-built" lo comotive wn ao packed with •team that her coughing msd« her «hake and tremble. Some negroea were looking at her ad miringly, and one of.them, trans lfltina h»r h&tFU #«»1·ΐη·ΐίηη· I said. "Can't, can't. can't-stan'· •till!" Tbey filled her with «Ti ter and dumped a «coop *i coal into ber tender. Conductor Β Β. Laird came forward and read the orders to tbe engineer. The latter climbed to his place, looked back lor tbe signal to go. pulled,the throttle open, and old 97 gave « great snort aod moved out. Sbe was lightly burdened, having only three mail cars be hind her. Sbe was not long, therefore. In finding ber pace. From Charlotte to Blacksburg (a junction stop.) and from Blsckeburg to Spartanburg tbe engineer said no word, but strained bis eyes forward; some times leaning out of tbe widdow. The fireman spoke bnt once. He bad no time to speak. Os mond Barringer at a conflagrs tion was never busier tbau be. There did not elapse, white tbe train was running, more tbau tbrea minutes, if so much, be tween hia shoveling·» of coal in to the flaming furnace. The or dinary citizen has no dream of tb· amount of fnel a big engine eats up. Besides this, the fire man had to keep bis attention on the steam-^auge, aud do other tricks wbtch the reporter did not understand. One would think that tbè en gineer might pull open the throttle and let her rip. But no; now he'wonld sbove it oat a notch or two, then draw it back, sometimes «ver so little. Every time bia hand toncbed it the en gine responded eagerly. He was constantly unscrewing and in screwing certain little brass knobs that connected with the boiler, and at every whipstitch he reached up for the cord and made her holler for a road cross ing, a station, or for block sig unis, uuc cik saiu inox bis ma id from Spencer to Greenville; surely he conld not endure the «train οί suçh alertness longer than thtt. r These observation· were mere ride glances. When yon «re riding on the engine of one of the fastest traîna at all, you don't feel inclined te watch the autumn field· and woods or to study your neigbbora in tbe cab; you are fascinated tc wbat'a ahead, and all yon can do is to bold yoUr grip and look toward, with vo«r eyes hall closed against tne wind and cin ders. Tbe fascination Is - to know «bat Is just around tbe enrve; it is on the long straight reschea that you relax and look about you. It was nearly sunset at Cbar· lotte, and nlgbtfall at Gestosis. I Tbe electric headlight waked up somewhere about tbe lattei place, and it lit np the crowd al tbe station to see 97 drivi through. Tbe re is no use in ssying thai it was a trying experience on ι teodeifoot's nerves. AU Um other trains were sidetracked te let 97 pass, and every time a headlight biased in front the tenderfoot'· heart got into bli tbroat with dread lest it wss ι train coming and a collision When tbe train struck sharp curves Η seemed that the tbini would certaioljr torn over, ad at time· tbe wheels did make tbe rails scream with friction And, when rounding tbew curve·, the headlight, of course went off at a tangent and blase* it· path through tbe wood· oaaking Η seem that the enghx left tbe track. But Η was aa thrilling as l< was dreadful: that bug*, ram paat moeater, without fear aw witbont fatigue, bending when ■be took ber curve· like · ball ι that lower· one born lor attack ι , snorting a cloud of smoke mad , fire, and yet answering to tbe touch of a man's bead. Had you been iu tbe reporter'· , place you could not have helped imagining a bead-on collision and reflecting upon the con· tingcucie· an engineer must go up against aun tbe profound faith he must diatribnte among hundred· of men: dispatcher·, block-signal men, fUgiueu, con ductor · of other trains, tele* graph operator·, switchmen—a failure of doty on tbe prrt of any of whom would ditch him and cruab bim to death. It takea a good roadbed and nervy men to stand for 97, a train scheduled from New York to New Orleans including half an hour's stop in Washington and all other stop·, and which, when late, must make up its time or pay forfeita to the government. In strenuous times it mmt run as much as 70 utiles an hour. "At Blacksbnrg the conduc tor invited the reporter back to the mail cars, and in tbem he rode the rest of tbe way. The •«porter, bv the way. bad aet out for Atlanta, but got home· sick at Spartanburg. "Where do you get into this thing?" asked the reoorter. Harrying up tod down the short length ol the train. "Climb into the side door," Mid the conductor. "There are no steps to this train." The reporter scrambled up and nodded to a mail clerk. "Do yod let a fellow amokc in here?" he inquired. "We bora don't have any authority in hare," said the clerk. "You can do as you pleaae, ao far u we are cou· cerned. You're with the con ductor." The conductor came up about that time, aud the reporter re marked to him that the cleTka seemed buiv. "Busy I " «aid he. "1 should ■mile they are busv. They don't aee a minute of rest. To keep up with their mail is what they are bouod to do, and if they don't finish between here and Atlanta, the other crew won't take it aud ielloms will have to finish the job, if it takea them till three in the morning. They are the busiest people von ever saw." The head clerk, Mr. Yaodle, a grayhaird man, was shoving letters into pigeon holes at the speed of 60 to the minute. He said he had no lime to talk aud explain, but he was charmed, etc. But Mr. G. S. Coark, who had for the moment caught up with hi* work, showed the re porter something about bow the thing was doue. The front car has a certain quota of States and foreign countries to "work." and the hindmost cçr another quota. The middle car is for storage. When α sack to Mexico City or Brazil is completed, they throw it >nto the middle car and take no further thought of it. Many of the sack* are shipped com plete from New York and Washington, and get to ride all the way, unmolested, on the storage. But the current work ia great : they have to keep up with the îocai poscomces siong to· main Hoc and bave to know all the postoffices in the Southern State· and the termini of the railroad· that reach them. There are pigeon hole· labeled, "da··," "Landis," "Newell," and so on. The mail to these places m tut bs sacked sod kicked off on the fly. When the flagman would cry, "GaUneyl" a clerk would drag a sack to the door, clap his (ace to the wind shield, and at the second when bis crtM grabbed the Qaffney ■ack off its gsllows, kick hi* sack out. Another clerk wu keeping record of registered packages and letters, and an other looking after the news papers. They have reduced (be business to a method that mini mises the labor, but the mini mom is a caution. They took time to akow the reporter a pigeoa hole full of defective and illegible address ee. Many letters bore the ad dress of bo poilofice, and UUf more were simply scrawls, which geuins could not hsve de ciphered. Those clerks mora , than earn their money. As a whole that trip h a rerv exciting snd informing experi ence, but when one go·· a hun dred or so miles io that (ashioa, be will be inclined to ·(*** with Ht. Tom Pegrsm, of SUtesville, in his ssyiug that than arc time j thiaes ho doesn't want to do: climb the highest tree, fall iato the deepest well, ot tide on the ' engine cOT, 1 Subscribe for the Qasstt·. lull ·< V. ·. Blalack KLiti Mmwiifi Htfild Mr. V. B. Blalock. eon of Mr. and Mr·, Lc« 8. Blalock, died lut Wednesday at uoou, after * lone aud tcdiou* Uloeaa from typhoid fever. Hi· remains were buried os Thursday at Bctlile hem cburch, after the preaching of hi· fanerai by Rev. A. H. In. Mr. Blaloch wsa about 22 .year· old aod was highly respected by all who knew him. He waa * young miu of each energy «ad vu atartine out well m life. The bereaved family bave the sympathy of the entire commun ity m his death. Carl·*· 0I< V1U. TmMIU Hx»m. W. W. Lewis. E»q ., has bees engaged ia looViug up aome an cestry information for a client to Honolulu named Dickey. Amove other places to which h« has been, is the office of the probate judge. There he found the will of one of the ancestors «boat whom information waa wanted, aod quhe a curiou* provision in the will made it the duty of ooe of the sons to carry grists to mil! for bis mother as long as abe should live. Mr. Lewis found also from Draper's King,· Moun tain and other source a that tb« Dickey in which the Honolulu man is interested waa a patriot soldier in the Revolution. Sta Janes Was Vailty. Lmiacton Mwkk. Kev. Sam P. Jnnn wtin diml lut week, left «α estate valued at $250,000. He owned valuable properties in Atlanta, Carter»· ville, bis home town, and in other place*. Re sold oat a fine Kentucky estate because ba could not give it necessary at tention. Property belonging to Mrs. Jones was some years ago in Atlanta, for $80,000. His income annually from lecturing aud evangelistic work was ba· tween $35,000 and $40,000. He annually gave away about two· thirds of this sum to charities. His benefaction* were so num erous, varied and widely scat tered that even his family did not know of them. He rarely spoke of what be gave away and sought to keep the knowledge from the public. His life was insured for $75,000. A Dead (hat Win Live. LexfcWlM Diipatc*. The death of Mrs. Jefferson Davis has revived a beautiful little story tbat ought never to be forgotten iu the South, and as long as men and women love the land of cotton, its heroic past and ita heroes, this story ought to be told around South ern firesides and treasured' np with our crown jewels. It is simple brief and touching. When Jefferson Davis lav a helpless, manacled, brutally* treated prisoner in Portress Mon* roe, baled beyond all reason by the republican leaders, Mrs. Da· vis went North to work for his release. Her counsel told her thst there was but one thing to 'do, and that was to get the land ing man of the republican party to sign Mr. Davis* bond. This man was Horace Qreely, and to Sim Mrs. Davis went. When be had told bcr story, Mr, Grec ly extended his band and said, "Madam· I will sign the bond." Ha did and Mr. Davis was set free. But tbat noble act of Greeley's cost him a seat in the United States senate and.be suffered a lues of more than thirty thousand dollars besides. Ha knew what it would do for bim in the North, and the sacrifice waa deliberate. His name ought always to be treasured along with the mem ory of the great Confederate chieftain. FURS AND COATS COATS» EAST «ASTON ITEMS. But Gtstof, Oct. 29.—Mr. N. P. Pimr, one oi ottr most re. •pected sod aged eiliuu «bo vu paralysed tout daw back Is slowly improving Mrs. Blmore, of Gutoois, sad Miss Bnuiee Mendenhall, of Plessant Rite, spent sever si dsys lsst week at Lucie visiting th· Mclntosbes. Miss Ottie Hipp Ims returned home after spending* week la Charlotte vbiting friend·. The protracted meeting re ceully held at Hebroa Baptist church wss a complete (access. The wsr that has bee· waged on the liquor sellers of oar sec* tion for ιοαχ tine has had good effect, bat recently we notice some effects of its beiag sold, sad we can only say to the boy· aa w* bave before said "look ont, os yon will be in the banda of the law before yon know it." Mrs. Laura Lowe, of Char· lotte, and her daughter, Mr·. Edna Wallace ofTaapa, PU., spent a few days laat week at tlicir old home ta Lowesrill*. Hod. Beriott Clarkson made a ronaiag speech to the voters of Liacota county at Lowesville last Sataidsy night. Mack good was done for the caase of Democracy. Mr. Panl Lents our efficient mayor of Monnt Holly, spent two day* at I«acia lut week. Mr. Robt. Nina, of Tri* anple, the largest «m of lia coin eonnty passed through Hot Gaston last Thursday on hia was to Charlotte. Mist Bnlah Mcintosh, ud Mr. Brnest Kdly, two very prominent yoaar psopW of Lwta, were quietly married lut week *t the home of tltt bride's parent*. Mr. nod Mr*. J. M. Mcintosh. , We wish far them η happy and successful career in fit·. Miss Stella Rankin, of Mt. Holly, spent last Wednesday night at Lucia, the carat of Miss Mayball Mclatosh. We are sornr to note that Mr. and Mrs. Will Canaler'a baby bas been very skk. Col. and Mrs. David Ales· ■tider Lowe, of Loweaville, spent one day last week in Bast Oastoo visiting Mn. Low·'· mother, Mr*. Rani· Henderson. Mn. Ahetnathy. and two yoanr sons apent last Batarday and Sunday with Mrs. Aber netby's sister. Mrs. T. L. Rbyne, two ail·* froa Dalle·. Mi»· Aubry Cuits, of Char· tout, baa returned borne after ■pending aeraral day· in Eaat Ont on viaitiug bar aiatat. lira. W. T. CoûmIT. The many friend· of Mia Mania Smith regretted to m her leave Mt. Hotly for Gawooia, but are elad to know tbat tbe popular Mia Mamie Dana baa taken bet place at tbe central telephone office. Mir. Edifir Picht wa» painfully burt with a mowing aachioea few day· a*o which will cripple hitnttia «id lor life. Open View far·· came oat with quite a a tri ne of premium* to her credit ait the recent Mecklnburg Pair, txtweea$80.00 and . $90.00 ia ca«h premlaaa was woe betide* teverel diplo mat. Thi» exhibit COaaisted of horse· and hoga alooe, aa the quarantine law· prohibited tbe taking over of ·»τ cattle. ι Mia Meyball C Woe, of Char lotte, aad Mt. Mitcbal caae over last Sander asd spent the deâlol hay by the Mr'inau» £Ώ£2εμϊη φ cc«odu goto* to fall abort of a W* Ctep. ' · *>·;.·. - A "y^'.(y-·: - ÔS Ialaad Min haa M again started after several days f.- v stand «till on iccout of making **S£V M. Mclntoab i> now ginning oottoo to beat the haid <* his new outfit receotlr put Bp. Mr. Brevard L'.ueberger, o' Mount Holly, starts ont tbii week to shred core (or tb· fana era in onr section. ♦ Bach BIO*· Uér Lawyer. ^ »Mh HM Cot. TMhrtila Soaaim. Miss Fannie Wilson, a grad uate of the law department of x°S^\?rs5îs?u· office in Washington. where ihe ^grfi^iSfc'SS «■Tall HMflAMktajn. r iSîtt μλλ· ■>, ..■» — — « w«*s«<k wwj«r HOI will undoubtedly snccced. Abe '· is the daughter of Hon. W. Blaekbma Wilson of this city and a graad-danghter of tba late Col. W. Btaekbnrn Wilson of Yorfcville.* [w*v ■ ·.1 m wk**SSSF^*''■;■ ** 't.· γ.-'-νw·^ Will Cannon, a y000g negro who wal·tried at this torn·! Cabatras court for the killing of a comrade. Calvin Taylor, the 4tb of July, was yesterday aeu tmctA to eight years in «MOpeni itentiary. \y.sf i* γ/~\ · $0 1 .A j |jj •trtkint the-side of the car aid tbe ball entered hi. right kip. making ft acrioM wwind. Hfl j was alto badly hurt ift tte bead by falling from the nt. The wounded youftg ««a »M re moved to a hospital in Salubmrp» where aa operation wti per· j formed. He la expected to H· cover. - >:-> Newton Tillitsoo. fl acta 20 of; the SoUhMllAN»''«Magnolia street croHlar in Sotrtinlnirff died Thursday moraine M the re sult of in}ntfeft sustained Wed nesday by being hit by trftln Mo. ps He attempted to pmtlt · team from crossing ahead of ftp incoming train and hia offerte to save the Urea of two aged oc cupants oi the vehicle resulted in bis own death: The net of heroif«n was wUneaoed bp · crowd of people at the atation wHo agTfted that TUlltwm receiv ed the iftUl iujurits iu order to •ave the othera He araa St years old sod bad Seen employ ed by thft Bouthern foi tUim years, it OM time being baggftg* tnaater at the depot.
Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Oct. 30, 1906, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75