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irtWRRiSBROS. :o.GXnm:.73uT. CTIONS. 5 8 S What's the use putting off buying that spring outf it---suit, shoes, hat, shirts, un derwear etc. You Jknow you have settled it that you are going to do it. . . . You have also decided that Morris Bros' is the place y where you expect to purchase your equipment. In this you are right, but why not "do it now. This also aDDlies to the ladles; and our store was never so full of attractive things as now White Goods, Lawns, Batltes Dimities, FSilk Persian ancles, Moussellnes, Silk Mulls, pure linen waisting and Skirt! Our line of Parosals and Umbrellas Is especially attractive. We are now, and will be at all times pre oared to supply your needs In Trunks w w Handbatfs and Suit cases for that James town trip that you contemplate taking. We have many other things of smaller com pass and less value that would add im menselv to your comfort on a trip of this kind. So don't overlook us when getting up your equipment. s s n 'S - 5 5 S S S s s J 5 S MORRIS BROS. p Department Store ff 5 J - . ........ ... - O A special Message to Young Married Men i Do yon own a home? If not, it will pay you to see us. How easy it is to become independent by laying: up a few dollars each week or month and investing in a home. In later years you will then be prepared for any emergency. We have some nice, new, medium priced cottages, but if yon want to set one of them, better come today and see us. Yon know how difficult it is to rent a house in Gastonia, therefore why not let ns sell you one and you will feel much better than if in a rented house. We have a plan that we feel will interest you if you will come to see or drop ns a card so that we can see you. Charlotte Cotton" Broker Who Once Operated Backet Shop la . Gastonia Forf es Bill o! Lad- la! to Amount o! Sereral boasted Dollars and Disss poors.; V The item reprinted below from Saturday's Charlotte Ob server will be of interest to many Gastonsacs. The principal . in this affair, W. O. Gattis, con ducted backet shop here for several months about three yeais ago and did a land-office bus iness for o time. He went from Gastonia to Charlotte where he resided np to a recent date when he souebt somemore congenial clime, the location of which is unknown to bis creditors. - The Observer says: W. O. Gattis. local represent- attve of Charles E Johnson & Company, cotton merchants of Raleigh, and a member of the 6rmofW. A. Smith & Co., of Pineville, has disappeared from the city with his accounts sever al thousand dollars short. He skipped Saturday night, March 19tb, and bis present where abouts is a mystery. The im mediate cause of his going was the discovery Friday, the 18tfi inst., by his partner, Mr. W. A. Smith, of Pineville, of the forg ery of a bill of lading calling for 50 bales of cotton which had been consigned through Charles E Johnson & Co., to. the Erwin Cotton Mills, of Durham, and on which the sum of $2,800 bad been secured. This cotton was supposed to have been bought from W. A. Smith & Co., the bill of lading being made out in the name of that firm. While Gattis disappeared a month ago, nothing has been said in the pa pers about it because it has here tofore not been deemed a public matter. The day W. O. Gattis left, his brother, Mr. C. H. Gat tis, of Raleigh, appeared in the city and, stating that he desired to preserve the family name un tarnished, offered to make good the deficit provided nothing be said of it. This was agreed to. It developed yesterday, however, that no restitution bad been made, that negotiations between Mr. Smith and Mr. Gattis had been severed and that the matter would be carried Into the courts. Snbsequent inquiries have brought to light the fact that there were three separate and distinct deals engineered by W. O. Gattis, the basis of each of which was a forged bill of lading. Gattis came to Charlotte as representative of Charles E, Johnson & Co., two years ago. He bought cotton on the local market the first season and in this way made the acquaintance of Mr. W. A. Smith, a leading youpg farmer and merchant of Pineville.. At the close of the year Gattis said something to Mr. Smith about a partnership. He declared that by operating together in the handling of cot ton on a small scale, both might clear a snug little sum aside from his regular business. The man who owes a debt arrtl persists in spending ramA fur luxuries is spending money that does not belong to him. And yet how often it is done, ' , There ore too many boys and girls in the country and city. more in the latter- than in the former, who are prone to look upon work a$ ibeneath : theuV. There are thousands of them on the threshold of maturity who retain the same views tnd habits which found encouragement in their earlier years. What be comes of this class of people? Some of them awaken and after o desperate, straggle overcome the habit and learn to work, to save, and to prepare for the In evitable rainy day. Many ; - of thetn, however, drift and drift until they become acceptable recruits in the hobo army.'Then they speedily reach the" con clusion that things are mighty unequal in this world; that the advantages are all with the rich, and tnat a poor man has no show. ... ' : ' -. v- Bill Nye, the humorist'' once had a cow to sell, the story goes, , and advertised her as follows: "Owing tp my ill health, I will sell at ' my resi dence in township 19, , range 18, according to the govern ment survey, one. plush, rasp berry cow, aged 8 years. She is of undoubted courage ' and gives milk frequently. - To a maq who does not fear death in any form she would be a great boon. She is very much at tached to her present home with a stay, chain, but she will be sold to any one who will agree to treat her right. She is one fourth Shorthorn and three fourths hyena. I will also throw in a double-barrel shot gun, which goes with her. -In" May she usually goes away for a week or two and returns with a tall, red calf with wobbly leg?. Her name is Rose. I would rather sell her to a non-resident." a'- ; 1 1 Gastonia Insurance Realty Co. jj " "TGaston Metal & Jioofing Company INCORPORATED DEALERS AND CONTRACTORS FOR EVERYTHING IN ROOFING T ; Don't f aii to gee our new ventilators, the Gaston We also have a nice iine of grates just In ; Phone 217 Davis Block THE: GAZETTE'S Jamestown : . Exposition Contest 10 votes' For Miss-- District No. Oto. 1 Crtoali. No. 2. Address - . remainder of CaaUm county. Ktaga Mta. and Clover.) , . . . --- TkU ccvpM. wfcea properly tttM att 4 krf at r amall e4 t Catesi Dept. f Tk Gasette,ceate 10 Vete. ;r:ct Mr. Smith knowing Gattis' con nection with Col. Johnson, and confident of his ability as well of the good faith, agreed. That Mr. Gattis bad bis plans perfected for a swindle is evidenced by the fact that on the very day the partnership agreement was made, he forged a bill of lading for 65 bales of cotton which he claimed to have bought from W. A. Smith of Pineville for Chas. . John son & Co., and consigned to the McAden Mills, at Lowell. The bill of lading was sent with draft attached to the office of Chas. . Johnson & Co. What became of the $3,400 he thus secured is not known for no further record of it appears. He evidently spent it himself. This may be styled forgery No. 1. On or about January . 14, a second forgery was promulgated. This time the fictitious bill of lading called for 67 bales. ,. The cotton was suppose to have been purchased of W. A. Smith & Company for Charles E. John son & Company,' and, again consigned to the McAden Mills. The proceeds the 7 attached draft which amounted 1 to ap proximately $3,500. were appro priated to the covering np of the first fictitious deal. This is styled forgery No. 2. - v Unable to provide the needed cotton and without the means to protect the second forgery, a third was necessary. This was fixed up on February 6th the fake bill of lading representing 50 bales of cotton which were supposed also to have ' been bought for Charles E. Johnson & Co., from W. A. Smith & Co. The imaginary cotton was consigned to the Erwin Cotton Mills, of Durham, and the attached draft honored by Charles E. Johnson & Co. The proceeds, which amounted tp approximately i,8UU, were csed in covering forgery No. 2. Gattis doubtless having enough of his own money to make up the difference. . - Saturday ni?ht Gattis skinned. leaving for parts unknown. He knew that his game was up and he decided to get away at once. He has never been heard , of since. : - . ..... , . That Americans love to be dnped is often remarked and the same might truthfully be said, of I Englishmen, Frenchmen, Span iards, or the members , of all nationalities.' The fact that people have been dnped once by some slick artist is- no guarantee whatever tbattbe very next suck artist that comes along will not have smooth sailing, The Scrap ! Book for June contains an inter esting article under the caption "Some Famous Frauds" in which the reader is made acquainted with the i workings : of some - of the most widely known -fakes of recent days,, such as" The Frank lin Syndicate " of ' Brooklyn", IThe Woman's Bank in Boston", "Two English Chapters of Fren zied Finance," "The - Arizona Diamond Swindle", "The Hum bert Case in Paris," and ''The Strange Career of Mrs. Cbassie Chadwick". If all makes mighty interesting reading as does an- other article in the. same mag azine and along somewhat the i same line under the title "Un claimed Estates" in which it is shown that hundreds of people - or America nave oeen swinaiea by foreign concerns which pro posed to secure for them a large estate left by some supposed and usually imaginative ancestor. Even, when estates have been left and the persons in America are genuine heirs, states the writer, in the majority of cases the workings of the statutes of limitations render their efforts fruitless. Magazines nowadays nave a mania for "discoveries.? 'To some, the act itself seems more important than the object found. Apple ton's Magazine has made what' some . periodicals ; would acclaim a distinct discovery. v few people naye Known! a more remarkable ; career : than Alexander Irvine.': BonHn ; the humblest circumstances, he worked for a time in a coal mine in Wales, later served in the British navy and also with " the army in the Sedan. At the age of ' eighteen i he could neither read nor write. y Hearing ; a sermon by Rey. Henry Drum- mond, author, of "The Greatest Thing in the World,": he was moved to become a preacher himself. He went to Mr. Drum- mond, who1 gave him ' aid and put' him n a path that "led through Oxford University, where he took a degree, r He then came to America -and entered the Yale Theological School, where he graduated. He held various pastorates in the slums of : New York and eventually .secured a pulpit, in New Haven; u.. '- '-' - :v ' The experiences of a man who bad gone so rocky a road as he, however, had so filled his heart with understanding and sym pathy for the toiling classes that wnen ne heard the hrst. rumors of the peonage scandals in the South he determined to. throw his whole soul into a crusade against the evil. He. had. just previously . sold to Appleton's Magazine " certain, manuscripts, of which they have thus .far published the story, f-Two Social Pariah s," in. their January num ber. It is a profoundly moving 1 human document, and reveal j all the best qualities ot th writer's art. It concerns those who, ii the author's words, nre at "the bottom rung of the Hocial ladder." Those who slip through at this point land in the Potter's Field . or in the penitentiary.? When, then, Mr, Irvine pro posed a secret personal investi gallon of the t peonage system. Appleton's Magazine was only too glad of the privilege of com missioning and funding . the enterprise.,;. ": '..v; ,. Perfectly disgnised-as a com mon Jahorer just; arrived ; on these shores, Mr, Irvine was accepted and sent South under specious promises in a gang of unsuspecting ;; wretches. After sufficiently enduring the con ditiont oi ms nrst iron mine in Alabama, he ran away-ffor this was necessary, as .the laborers are; held in practical slavery. He then , visited another mine and Iran .away again: In' this way ne . went through various peonage camps in the Alabama iron region, the turpentine fields of Georgia,, and the lumber camps of Florida. He collected a mass of first-h an J information which he is rapidly transcribing in a brilliant , written series of articles, f His revelations can not but have a profound effect, The people under whom he worked . bad no suspicion- that he was "a chiel amaug them takin notes ? :;' ' , ; ' ; This is : the "first story of peonage from the inside, from a writer who has been of it, has seen and suffered, and who writes ' only ; i what 1 he ' knows. This is not a melodramatic compilation ' from - inaccurate newspaper : accounts nor the dilettante impressions of a literary dandy who' has never known manual labur. It is the record of one who knows labor; knows literature, knows where of - he writes. - Aside- from the great value of his articles as exposures of -conditions that are attracting the- attention of i the Federal - Government and up heaving the governments of various states,' the' articles give one a contact with real life as it is really "lived, and they are written with a literary style of wonderful vigor and vividness. They begin in the June, num ber of Appleton's. Charles A. Edward3, secretary of the Democratic congressional com mittee at Washington, last Thursday stabbed Alajandra Garland,- attache of the Peruvian lejrattion at the capi tal, and the latter is in a precarious condition. They quarreled, it is said, over a woman, Edwards made his escape. - " " - Subscribe for THE GAZETTE. ' ) m ffw s THE OLD AND (Being a little frUndly Ulk with our cuitomera and other ) To the Citizens of Gsslcr.lj and Surrounding COU n try: Ve Uk this, method of thanking you" for your ' liberal patronage and co-operation in. asstinr us to build up the best livery business eyer.know in this county. We hope to still further improve the business, until it will equal anything in tin S juth. T6 Our. Lady Customers: We wnt always strive to please you ia style, price and quality. You know what you had in the shape of livery four years ago and what you have to-dayt Take the case, ladies, end render your verdict according to the evidence and merit. JOHN F. DAVIS & SON ' ; LEADERS IN' LIVERY " Gastonia, N, C( - T Phone 52 R E A DIE S T A T E - Purchasers of Gastonia real estate are invited to consult our lists at all times." We always have some attractive properties at right prices. We are now offering the most "attractive unimproved lots in .town. , ' - . t . v - . . ...... 1 lot corner 3rd and Marietta streets. - " ' 1 . ; 2 lots on 3rd street between Marietta and Oakland. ' 2 lota on Narrow Gauge street between Elm and Third. - , . 1 lot on Oakland street, f -v - . J " , Choice of 22 lots in that beautiful block of ground -between 4th" and 5th, and Marietta1 and Oakland, .... $250.00 and up. A bargain In house and lot, 'Well located and in good condition on. West Airline street $1000. 00 .Terms made to suit purchasers. 4 room house and lot near cGray Mfg. Co's.? Mill; 'size of. lot J00x209X; price on application i Gaston Loari & Trust Co. Savfnifs Bank V " 1 Real Estate Insurance THE WONDERFUL FIRE.RESJSTING -; PAINTS Reofinsr and buildinr materials known as GIBRALTAR, manufactured bv the Gibraltar Paint & Roofing Corporation, Norfolk, Va' and now being tested by fire throughout North Carolina and endorsed by press and fire departments everywhere; tested at Gastonia March 30th, before hundreds of people; are on sale by the Gastonia Hardware Company, Gastonia, N. C. Paint are for all purposes itt all colors for decorations inside and outside work; roofing paints for tin and iron. Guaranteed five years. "For shingles best on earth; is a creosote and asphaltum mixture; shingies cannot rot or decav where it roes: looks like slate and resists fire: : the verv. thin? for farm buildings, factories and fine homes. Prices reasonable. Inquire color cards. - - - . , GASTONIA for HARDWARE Gastonia, COMPANY. 1. 7, ..N.. - - 1 . Julylc3mo. FOR REIST itooms "for rent;;.- "For par ticulars apply to - ,.' ' GASTONIA 5 n4 10 CENT ST0IE tn8clmo .Opposite City Halt - Subscribe lot Gastonia Gazktt? - ... Lost On February 26 in Gastonia depot or orf train between Gastonia and Clem son College, S. C. leatherback ed pocketbook containinjr two $5.00 bills, a due bill in favor of "Jesse H. Harden from W. , Aa Harden and other papers, also photbjrraph. - Re ward for return to Gazette office or to Jesse H. Harden, Lowryville, S. C m7plmo. THE GAZETTE PAYS ALL THE- BILLS The Gazette will send two young ladies, one living in Gastonia. tbe other one living out. side of Gastonia in Gaston County or in Kings Mpuntain or Clover, S. C, to the Jamestown Exposition, paying all their expenses for a ten-day trip, including railroad fare, Pullman and dining car fare, board, street car fares, incidentals and admission to the Exposition grounds. Tbe trips go to the two young ladies receiving the largest number of .votes in our contest. Two valuable second prizes will also be awarded as follows: To the young lady in Gastonia ' receiving tbe second highest number of votes a handsome oak sideboard, which is on exhibition at Williams Furniture Company's; to the young lady in district. No.; 2 (outside of Gastonia) . receiving the highest nnmber of votes a handsome solid gold lady's watch on exhibition- at Torrence-Morris Company's.. - ' ;f HOW TO VOTE . Votes wilfbe allowed on all subscriptions to The Gazette, a larger per centage being allowed, - for money paid to advance subscriptions than for evening up arrearages. The contest, will be -divided into two periods of four weeks each. Following is the schedule of jates: " - . Length of 1st Period end-. ?nd Period end- Price ' ' Subscriptions, ing May 21st. I ; ing June 18th. '..'" - 12 months - 200 - 150 . ' . 7 : $1.50 " 6 months . 80 - 60 . .75 J t' : - 4 months ' 50 - ' " 30 . .50 r&: Z atolth " 20 15 ' .25 i y i ii Wheti Voting Use This Coupon .The Gazette Jamestown Exposition Contest Coupon; TO THE CONTEST EDrTTJR OF THE GASTONIA GAZETTE ' - Enclosed find This entitles me to cast.- . i.-.of . .for-i--- .i i-subsenption to tbe Gazette .-votes and I hereby cast them for Miss' '-- New Subscription. -. 6ld Subscription If you are anol subscriber, cross out the first line. 3s- SO r H W a a. 20 5 rs o . o CD Address all Communications to Contest Djepartment Gazette Publishing Company Gastonia. .- . -v - Contest Closes at Noon, June 18th. .Vote for your favorite to-day
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