Mr. M. L. Buchanan took
charte of the postoffice at Coo*
coxdutTkandiy, relievinglfr.
George L. Patterns.
Secretary Woodell, of the
Graad Lodge of Odd Fellows,
«Π that the order h> the State
hM ptned the 13,000 mark.
Paal Koliht, a bachelor of
Wilson, committed an ici de
Thursday by taking laudanum ia
whiskey. Despondency was the
eta se of the deed.
The ten negro boil ding and
loan associations in the Sute
have been organised into a
State league, with Jantes B.
Dudley, ol Greensboro, as presi
dent
A Dutchman by the name of
Love Laambreecher, employed
in the granite qearry near Salis
bury, waa killed last Wednesday
between two cars heavily laden
with granite.
The State Supreme Court last
week confirmed the decision of
Guilford So Deri or Court iu the
case of Dr. J. B. Matthews, con
victed of nardfrinv his »î<»
Matthew· mut serve a life sen
tence in the penitentiary.
The Secretary of State baa
granted a charter to the Helms
K.triau La in be r Company, o!
Monroe, with a capital atock of
$123.000. and the Columbia
Pish & Cannery Co., of Mantoe,
with a capital atock of $50,000.
The latest census figures show
that the rate of increase in capi
tal invested in manufacturing
since lyOO haa been larger in
Winston-Sale m than in any other
town in North or South Carolina
or Virginia.
The Seaboard Air Line Rail
way haa under consideration the
advisability of erecting t Y. M|
C. A. building and the organiza
tion of an association lor the
benefit of its employees nt
Monroe.
Mr. R.B. Simpson, of the At
lanta division of the Southern
Railway, has been appointed as
sistant superintendent of the
Asheville division with head
quarter a at Wlnstou-Salem.
Mr. C. C. Crow, a well known
insurance man of Rakigb, was
found dead in his chair in his
room early Thursday morning
by his son. Mr. Crow bsd been
dead several hours, his death
resulting from heart failure.
J. W. Hill, who bad been in·
dieted for murder in the first de
gree lor the hilling of Marion
Burgees in July, pleaded guilty
to aaanslaagbter in Union Su
perior Court last week and waa
sentenced to five years in the
penitentiary.
Prank Roberts, a white man,
an operative of the Revolution
Cotton Mill of Greensboro, was
found dead by the track of the
Southern Railway Thursday.
Roberta' body waa badly bruised
and waa probably struck by a
train while on bia way to the
«ill in the early morning.
The comnJissary of Strum
& Dillard located near Li ο wood,
where the Southern has a large
force at wu«k laying the double
track, was destroyed by fire
Wednesday. The fire |was
caused by a cigarette being
dropped into a can of gasolene.
The lose waa $2.000?
The North Carolina Christian :
Missionary Convention convened
in Dunn Oct. 90th and Nov. 1st.
Til· MftfMta » It*
•bows the miidoMry work of
all dapartaeaU of thii denom
iaction which *m born ο ο
Awikn «oil to btiai wry
pnwptroiM condition.
The SUtMvill* Realty sad
Iamtant Coepanν of Statei
villa baa baa» onraoic«d with a
capital atock of $90,000. Tba
eotapaay will do a general
iaearanee bnaineaa and «ill also
be engaged fa tba mal estate
aad lea·baaineae.
Qoiclt work on tba paît ai tba
Charlotte Β re ana prevented a
dliaatjaai Ira ia tba factory of
ZEBRA TESTING SCHEME
Rarest Bptdatai Imported For
Experimental Purpoee·.
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Vytc* wits tfca Dake of Bedford. ou
af the rlcbwt paw· of England, «bee·
|mt aetata Mer Ionian centaine btaa
blooded pctae stock aa wtO u wtM
■nlBtala of ran apectaa, Werner U.
Ten Kordaa, ttw beakar, bee bought
for We tdk stock fan at Ry·, N. T..
Err w·*»» rtpmnttai tba nrut ipw·
ι vu mi of tb· (aaU/, sen Ο» New
York WorW
Two sebrai of the Behlmll ctaas
came froo tb· South AfHcaa aoontala
fa»tan··· Jest aorth of tb· Tnueraal
Aooflar cam· from tb· dark eoentry
of ▲byastala. This on· Is said to be
the reraat sp«emea la cepttntr tad
«oat Mr. Tea Nordea (ft.000. Tb· oeat
of tke flr* Mbrai, locludlns that of
brlngta* them from tbalr farawaj
beta··, win b· around I2S.000 Three
ara already twtajled la Mr. Taa Nor
dea1· attUtk Tb· other two wlU be
dell fared aarly aext spring.
Matching tb· handaom· colaalll borna
of New Task*· Brat chief Jostle*. John
Jay. whleta Mr. Yea Korean purctuiaed
•boot e jeer age, · bom· for tb· aatae
ble ealmal· la Ma* nlinnaé trr AnM·
Met Frank Book?. Everything that
will coafenu to the habitat and nooee
aitlee of tba animal· win bo Install*!
ter th*<r health and contort. There
will bo a large paddock, with a drink
lag pool In tha conter. AH the build
logs will I» steam heated and the tem
pi rature regulated bouxljr.
Mr. Van ΜμΊμΊ lore of Ana stock
la sot the motive for b!a purchase of
the aebraa. He aecurod tbem for pun
ir acteoUflc experimental purpoeea
Carrying out the theories of W. Bwart,
profeaaui or natural kiatory In IMLn
burxb unlreralty, be will try to snb
atantlate certain theories of heredity.
The sabras ara the moot perfectly
striped ever seen to the United F ta tee
of purest white, with gloesy black
bands In on broken Bnsa to'erlmi the
entire body. The common sabras aeon
In circus parades and menageries, la
contrast to the btna blooded spedea.
are of a yellowlah brown, with broken
banda of black, «standing only part
way around the body, with little kr mo
■tarWaga on the legs and head.
rrofeaaer Kwart contends that the
product of a bone and a sebra will re
aemUe la color eome dletlnct coodm
ancestor and neither of the natural
parants.
The apeclc&tc Mr. Van Norden se
cured from Abyssinia la as rare an ad
Teat la the United Butes as a aoutb
aaa lalander would-be la the north pole.
It has long been coveted by the man
ageoeot of ecological collection· all
ever the world. Dr. Hornaday at tha
Bronx Zoological gaTdena has long
wished to add ooe or more to their
growing collection of rare exhibits. It
waa only ptocuied after aa expedition
aaat oat by Ha gen back of Hamburg
had vent some mootbe in dlBgant
sssuh aad perlions adraoturu,
Because of Its ssdoded haanta, often
ttmes la the moat daaferooa mountain
heights, and becaoae of Its ronalng
siiinnssa and agility It Is one of the
neat difficult animale to captura, it Is
tha largeat and hsadsoaisef of the «P·
dea and moreover la said ta he almost
eat! net.
Per this raaeon Mr. Va» Norden will
experiment In ralstog soma la tha TTnlt
ad SU tea. aad. although hs baa not
promised, fie may taring Joy to tha
hearts of tha "sear" collector· who have
bean toagtag ta giasin ae gnat an
animal rarity.
Mr. Tan Mordes'· sebra a ara o»era
babea. betug only etx years old aad aa
frisky aa yneag celts, for. as Mr. Van
Kordea explained. tha Ufa of a sebra is
Bore than twice that of a horea, tha
age af fifty years frequently betng at
tained. The animals were kept by Ha
geoback 1» Hamburg for a few aaoothe
to domesticate them, aad Mr. Vaa Kor
dea has bee· aaaurad that they are
on· *f Dm ttw rich an of Knr Tort
who do Mt κ· In for «atooMbllM. H·
Mn >oo4 hero··, tat hi· loro for
«rtrlaf ku Mt n* tollII—0*1 him to
rUk Ma lifa brttnd ι torn mil pair U
M«ratai
The Mni captvad by the Bifo
b«tk iqMIM tar* b—a «τίΜ ta
Uiw Mr. Tu Mortal u4 tta Dak·
•r Bedford. Tb· Utter
Far InrlT Wfilll Mn.
It bo toooa Mid tb· wadAng
ttmr II iMfotowlf oat of data ni that
ao· baa to iwd How-to to kaeir that
tljar* rrar wu aa·, Uia tar't net »
proajr «M vmM after il, hf U «■
■amr «Τ th· wrn/a mt to· ilMt wyi
the tattot Mm to for tb· beat m to
. to happr pair o·
«ta tat toi· ar tta n4to« trip.
"Λ· aaΜ aT booar baa tar (bar· of tta
far tt >■ "ap ur har to >11 tta
I Ν M» Ma a
PRIVATE AUTO TRACK.
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CNIN M Hit BiliU.
Wltt wlil b· IL· only privât» motet
racing track la tie «orkl la te cour··
et couatroctlM at W«ytori4ge, la Bng
ta&a. oo tbe eatate or H. P. Lock*
Klac. aaya ■ Loodoo correoiMMjdeut of
Uw Cbk«*o Paat
Mr. Kl a# U oo ardout aotouioblllat.
aa<J it li tri· lor· of the \YhU-fc hu
Induced Ulm to Had a track for «p«od
trial· and racing wtileh will be uu·
e<iual?d la It· arraugeuieuts r.aj eltua
tloa. Π» la, a« lte blmaaif dcacrlbea It
aaxtoo· to "Imiwova tbe breed of aa
tomeblle·" anaowbat lu the αα· way
ta tba Jockey dab baa improved Uie
qaattty of race bora··. II· chi>1:1bi
that that· la at preaaat do oyfi art soil/
of conatantly taetlug all the poaalMU
tie· of aa automobile. aad » coorae
mcti a· b· I· making aiU probably
bava aa Important effect oa the auto
■aobito building of the future.
The track la to bo a circular ooa αt
three mil··. 100 faat la width. aad It*
cod·traction wltt ba an engineering
(aat of no moan ordar. A great part
•f It la bdug cat through > thick wood
Jut* below Mr. Klnflkr rrttdaoca. and
giant oak «ad dm ttwna ara brtag n[v
rooted. ondargrowtb cleared away and
barued. rati a·» bridged or Htlad op
aad bill· laralad or cot through.
Tbara will ba only ooa «loi» In tba
track, aad tba raat of It will ba par·
feetly Ural It will ba laid In cement,
aad tba banking will be of rock a
height m ta allow of racla* at a max
ime· (peed of ninety at lea aa hoar.
At oaa comer, on a kill NO feat high,
aa elaborate boo·· for tin dab wblcb
la to bo formed will ba built and from
bare a fine τ lew of orer η mil· of tba
track will be obtained. All racaa ara
ta Aalafc ta front of tbe clabbooaa.
Tba track wlU b· aituated ineef
aaaa of tbe lorelleet eceaerj id Bur
ray aad for tk· greater part of Ita
length will run through aa aronoe ef
taa old In»· Tba Automobile Club of
UINÎ UIIIU1U I ■ «nues κι*» Η1Ι·Γ·Ι
la tb« venture and la helping Mr. IClng
with advice o» mat tan of detail.
Continental clubs ira alao to b« In
vited to meuibfahlp of the org toïxa
tloo which win govern tb« coor»·, and
it U protabla tbat the Weybrtdge track
will become tha KtM of eu·/ of tbe
imt trial· aud racaa of tbo aotouo
Mie world. The track. It la expected,
will be completed In If areb ont
A RAILROAD WONDEH.
Am Atr Use Wklek tau IU·»
■nal · «»■< Bear Mile·.
Tbe lataat and blggaat project of
David H. Moffat, tbe Colorado railroad
■at. la an atr Una from Denver to Bait
Lak· City ever tbe continental divide,
midway between tbe Union Paciic oo
the nertb and tbe Klo Grande oa tbe
Mitt, m7a the Mew Tort Sua.
Dare lloffat Uaa dog dowa Into hi»
own pocket and built ae«eral railroad·
which nobody etee bad tbe courage te
tackle. He meile money every time.
Bat the present proportion la tbe atlff
•at 00» be bai eacooatrnd yet. ii
•eon ae the scheme was broached It
■tot with opposition from tbe read·
that would be affected by M. When It
was negated that lleCat was at lut
op agolnrt a Job too Mg for him and
that be could not get a route, one who
knew him well remarked confidently)
"A right of way block Dave UoffatT
I mw not If therar· no other chance
he'll en·· a right of way tkroogh."
lie didst have to go to luch an az
tretne, bat he did have to fornlih the
money for the building New York
capltaiuta whom be vtalted refneed to
advance any money for tbe building. so
k· asld: "Never mind. niVmlld it
myeeif. We have a Dttle money eot In
Colorado. I and my friends. We can
all chip in. and I goaaa among oa we
aaa make Bp a fair alsed pat Tide
road la one of the plum· of Colorado,
hat itll take a Utile ahaktng to bring
It dewn."
It took mora than a fair alaed pot; as
(he preliminary work far the atrvey·
eoet a quarter of a cal LI loo doll·». The
Battngton had triad to get ov«r tbe
aiomitatna and had become frightened
when a million dollar* had been pot
Into the work and brought no vialble
reeulta, and Moffat bought the light·
the Burttngton had acquired. The first
fifty mil·· at road eat of Danvar coat
9*0,000 a mile, and the thirty-five mOee
«ρ the foothill· to the liai* Bang·
tonnai coat $100,100 a all·, all this for
grading before a atngl· tie was laid.
la eleven mllee there are twenty-nine
tanneia through solid granite, and the
rend has every conceivable aort of
carve, from · herseehoe ta a tennis
racket Bridgea and fill· eoet · mfl
Hoa dodara. Β team fihovel cat. through
rtxk. is 2,200 feet long and avaragae
forty feet deep. The Mala Rang* tan·
met, nearly three mile· In length, la on
Am» Immtmm a* ··> ·Ιμ·Κο η»
MOO feat, lad eeet $780000. WlOtaa
Creek, wheae era kt4 the contract tmf
kalldlQ· oh of tbe wont iilBa·» β*
ft»· read, took ten 14000 <mb(e yard·
ef grasfta with eaa bU»t aeUc MOO
k»g· of bkek [wwdir ud flftm btfia
af drnatt· to da It.
T*t wont part at tbe read, the way
ftarooati the mooat "
aad What
■tirai/ MQ.
to of ataadard «Ufa, S.OOO baavy
M Km tlaa to (be alia, laetaad a*
bmuI UN, aad oighty peaad rail*,
an nftiawt Mead far heavy
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GASTON]
COUNTY
Is growing every day.
One has but to keep his
eyes half open to see
this· Cotton mills are
going up on every hand,
the finest system of ma
cadam roads in any coun
ty in the State, probably
in the South, is being
constructed at a cost of
φουυ,υυυ. ι ne farmers
a e prosperous and hap
py. The spirit of prog
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