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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
. GARLAND, JONES 4TIMBEH
r LAKE.
Attorneys and Counselors
Over Tonence-Morri* Coodmt.
Gastonia, N. C. •
S. B. SPARROW
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
DALLAS, N. C.
Office upitalrs over Bank of Dalla*
JOHN 0. CARPENTER
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
DALLAS, N. C..
-j Office ever Bank of Dallas.
Mrs. John Hall TEACHER OF
PIANO AND ORGAN. Pupil of Dr.
Haas, Director of Music, Holland In
stitute, Va. Leschetixky method
of technique taught. Ten years ex
perience. Dally lessons to begin
ners. During vacation is a good
time to begin.
Jly 21 cl m.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS.
—
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for re-election to the office of
Register of Deeds for Gaston county,
subject to the action of the coming
Democratic primaries and county con
vention,
***■«*--^ A. J. SMITH.
FOB COUNTY TREASURES.
I hereby announce that I am a can
didate for re-election to the office of
County Treasurer of Oaaton county
subject to the action of the Democrat
ic primaries and county convention.
J..1I. SHUFORD.
FOB COUNTY TREASURER
I hereby announce myself a can
didate for the office of Treasurer of
-Gaston county subject to the action
of the Democratic primaries and
convention.,
J. H. RUTLEDGE.
June 2nd, 1*08.
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. - FOB SHERIFF.
I hereby announce myaelf a candi
date for re-election- to the office of
Sheriff of Gaston county subject to
the action of the Democratic primar
ies and county'convention.
T. E. SHUFORD.
FOB SHERIFF.
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"•^"Thereby announce m n.rfth
dldate for the office Sheriff of
Gaston county, subject *> the actlqa
of the Pemocrstl(^^*^iariee end
^SHRM'JLENDID cuancl.
HAVE ONE SAMPLE BAR
REL OF THE VERY BEST ELAS
TIC BLACK PAINT THAT THE
LINCOLN PAINT COMPANY, OF
PT.TCVT.aND. OHIO, WIBHE8 TO
HAVE THE PUBLIC TRY. WE
WILL MAKE A SPECIAL PRICE OF
87 CENTS A GALLON ON THIS;
THE REGULAR PRICE BEING
81.25. WE GUARANTEE IT TO
i "GIVE ABSOLUTE SATISFACTION
OR YOUR MONEY BACK. PRE
VENTS RUST OR DECAY FROM
' ALL KINDS OF METAL OR WOOD.
GET A SAMPLE OF IT—YOU WILL
NEVER REGRET IT. IF YOU
J, NEED A-CASTING OF ANY KIND
OR MACHINE WORK, IT WILL
PAY YOU TO SEE US.
GASTON IRON WORKS,
Gastonia, N. C. ‘
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DIED IN ARKANSAS.
Mr. W. Clarke Bryson, Native of Gas
ton County, Expires Suddenly at
Cabot, Ark., Sunday—Left Here
In 1869—If as Many Relatives In
the County.
Mrs. J.’ R. Warren received a tele
gram Sunday bearing the sad intel
ligence of the death of her brother,
Mr. W. Clarke Bryson, which occur
red about 10 o’clock that morning at
his home in Cabot, Ark., some 20
miles from Little Rock. The mes
sage did not contain any details of
the sad affair but a letter received
by relatives here brought the infor
mation that Mr. Bryson’s death was
entirely, unexpected.
On the day previous, Saturday, Mr.
Bryson visited his daughter, Mrs.
Edna Kirkland, in Little Rock and
returned home Saturday night ap
parently in the best of health. He
slept well Saturday night, ate a
hearty breakfast Sunday morning
and assisted his wife in doing some
light chores about the house. He
had Just entered the smoke house
and was coming out the door with a
sack of meal when he was stricken
and fell in his tracks. His wife as
sisted him into the house and sum
moned medical aid but he died in
less than an hour and before a phys
ician could reach his Bide.
The funeral was held Monday
morning at 10 o’clock at Mount Car
mel church, the services being con
ducted by his pastor and interment
was made in the Mount Carmel cemte
tftrv.
Mr. Bryson was born In the Union
neighborhood of this county April
-86, 1860, and moved West In 1869.
Since that time he had visited his
native heath only once, spending the
months of June and July, 1879 here.
He Is survived by Sis widow, who
was Miss Lavlnla Wooley, of Arkan
sas, and one daughter, Mrs. Kirk
land, of Little Rock. He leaves two
sisters here, Mrs. J. R. *Warren, of
Qastonla, and Mrs. Martha Ratch
ford, of the Union neighborhood, and
one brother, Mr. John F. Bryson, of
Qastonla. together with a large fam
ily connection in Qaston and adjoin
ing counties. To all of these the
news of his death brought great sor
row
URGING PRITCHARD TO RUN.
Strong Pressure Being Used to Get
United States Judge to Oppose
Kitchln for Governor.
Charlotte Observer.
Asheville; June 89.—It was learn
ed to-day that strong pressure 's be
ing brought to bear on Judge Jeter C.
Pritchard, of the United State Cir
cuit Court, to induce him to accept
the Republican nomination for Gov
ernor and make the race against Rep
resentattve W. W.'.Kitchln, who was
nominated ,by the Democratg^Lgl^ar^
lotte Saturday night." "WElle Judge
Pritchard will ndi' discuss the mat
ter with newspaper representatives.
It is gpt-believed that he can be in
duced to accept. It Is said by bis
personal friends that if Judge Pritch
ard was financially able he would bp
greatly tempted to resign ffom the
bench and again enter politics and
make the race against Mr. Kitchln.
It Is known that since the nomination
of Mr. Kitchln Judge Pritchard has
received letters and telegrams from
Influential Democrats who are op
posed to Kitchln and also from lead
ing Republicans urging him to re
sign from the'bench and make the
fight. ;S“ *
Republicans here profess to be
greatly pleased and enthused with
the nomination of Kitchln.
REUNION OF STATE VETERANS.
The Twin City Will Entertain Them
In Munificent Style on August 10
and 20—Nearly Two Thousand
Expected to Attend.
Charlotte Observer.
Winston-Salem June 30.—At a
Joint meeting to-night of the Nor
fleet Camp,Confederate Veterans and
a committee from the board of trade
August^9th and 20th was selected
as the date for the annual reunion of
the veterans of the State. A cen
tral committee composed of Messrs.
F. J. Lelpfert, R. C. Norfleet, Z. T.
Bynum, MaJ. T. J. Brown and Dr. J.
A. Blum was named. It will require
13,000 or more to entertain the vis
itors as there will be about 1,800
here, and a large portion of the a
mount was raised at the meeting to
night Mr. B. F. Transou was nam
ed as treasurer. The Twin City will
provide abnndant entertainment foi
the visitors and purposes to give
them the time of their lives..
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Thirty gauging stations are being
’ maintained by the United States Go
. ological Survey and the State Burvej
t co-operating, on the principal riven
! and streams in the State which daily
measurements have been made of the
height of the river surfaces; and oo
casional measurements of the flow
and volume of water have been made
. by means cf electric current meters
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FARMER’S INSTITUTE.
They Will be Held at Dallas and
Lowell July 22 and August 3rd—
Several Experts Will Deliver Ad
dresses—Institutes Also for the
Women.
The annual Farmers Institutes
for Gaston county will be held at
Ixiwell and Dallas July 22 and Au
gust 3rd, 1908. - There will be two
or three speakers present, furnished
by the State Department of Agricul
ture and probably one from the Uni
ted States Department of Agricul
ture in addition to local speakers.
These Institutes are for a free and
informal discussion of every day
farm problems and no farmer can at
tend and take part In these discus
sions without receiving more than e
nough benefit to t>ay for the time
Bpent.
Under the present management of
the Farmers Institutes no attempt is
made to lay down hard and fast rules
for farming and no lecturer at these
institutes is expecte'd to discuss or
recomnjend any practice which he
himself has not done successfully or
that dozens of farmers in this part
of the State are not doing success
fully at this time.
The Institute lecturers this year
will be selected from rfmong the
State's most successful farmers;, the
workers in our State Department of
Agriculture; the United States De
partment of Agriculture and the fac
ulty of the North Carolina College of
A irrlpiilfiiro ’’
Do not forget the date of this
meeting and see that your neighbors
know of it and attend. ,
In connection with the regular an
nual Farmers Institutes for men to
be held at Lowell and ballas July 22
and August 3rd, 1908, there will al
so be held a meeting for the women
from the farms. One or two women
speakers will be furnished by the
State Department of Agriculture and
these will be assisted by the men con
ducting the men's ' Institute. As
this meeting will be held on the same
day and at the same place as the far
mers institute a Joint meeting of the
men and women may be arranged
for the afternoon.
The women have greater and even
more perplexing' problems in the
homes than the men have on the
farms. Why should they not come
together and discuss these problems
and get inspiration and help in solv
ing them. We have heard of no wo
man attending such an institute who
did not become interested. #
Those not familiar with the pur
poses of the institution being held by
our State Department of Agriculture
ior the benefit of the women from the
farm homes may be Interested in
knowing something of the class- of
subjects discussed at these meetings.
Any or all of the following may be
^Jscqssed if those present desire.
^ 'The Farm Fruit Garden.
The Farm Vegetable GaYden.
Farm Poultry.
Farm Butter Making.
Beautifying the_ Home Surround
ings.
Home Conveniences.
Literature for the Farm Home.
Home Making.
Home Nursing.
‘Cooking Meats, Vegetables, etc.
Bread Making. -
Educating the Girls on the Farm.
These are a fair sample of the
questions that may be discussed at
these women’s Institutes; and surely
they are practical subjects and an in
telligent discussion of them cannot
fail to be of much benefit to those
who attend.
Do not forget this meeting for the
women.
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INVENTOR OF SWITCH DEVICE.
A Citizen of Asheville Has a Patent
for Which He Has Refused $40,
000—The Invention an Automatic
Street Railway Switch. ,
Charlotte Observer.
Asheville, June 30.—Mr. Calvin F.
Christopher, a Pennsylvanian by
birth and a North Carolinian by pref
erence and adoption, has Invented an
automatic street railway switch
which bids fair to revolutionize the
present methods of throwing switches
for the passage and repassage of e
lectrlc cars from one track to anoth
er. The device fits between the track
and when the motorman desires to
throw a switch he simply places his
foot on a push button on the floor ol
the car near the break or controller.
A lever is pushed down and pressing
against a steel plate the switch fa
thrown. One of the switch-throwing
devices has been tested by the Ashe
ville Electric Company here and It U
Bald works most. successfully. Mr
Christopher was granted letters pat
ent by the government patent offlM
June 2d. He has stready been offer
ed $40,000 for the Invention. Th<
offer was refused. Mr. Christophei
Is the inventor of the “Automata
Computing Scales" and also othei
useful Inventions. He said to-daj
that he had been at work on thi
“switch” device for the past fom
years.
TO NATIONAL CONVENTION.
North' Oarolin Delegation to Stop
Over in Lincoln, Neb., With Mr. W.
3. Bryan on Way to Denver—The
List of Delegates by Districts.
Charlotte Observer.
The delegates from the ten North
Carolina congressional districts to
the National Democratic Convention,
in Denver, Col., July 7th, held a
meeting at tl.e Selwyn Hotel yester
day at noon tor the purpose of mak
ing arrangements for the trip. A
sub-cor:ihlttee consisting of Mr. Jo
sephus Daniels, of Raleigh: Col.
Paul B. Means, of Concord, and Mr.
George A. Mebane, of Spray, was ap
pointed to select the route and per
fect all other necessary details. This
committee heard a number of rail
road men representing the different
roads, MaJ. C. H. Gattls. of Raleigh,
traveling passenger agent of the
Seaboard, and Mr. R. L. Vernon,
traveling passenger agent of the
Southern, appearing for the initial
lines and the following-named repre
senting foreign roads: Messrs. E. J.
Walker, S. E. P. A.. N. C. & St L.,
Atlanta, Ga., H. H Hunt, T. A..
Rock Island System, Atlanta, Ga.,
R. H. Bowers, T. P. A., C. & 0. Rich
mond, ya.; R. 0. Beam, T. P. A. Un
ion Pgdlfic, Atlanta, Ga.; J. D. Car
ter. T. P. A., Santa Fe, Atlanta, Ga.;
I. E. Rehlander, T. P. A., Missouri
Pacific, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Egbert
Blair, T. P. A:, Wabash, Atlanta,
•Ga.; and T. W. Robinson, T; P. A.,
Burlington, Atlanta, Ga.
The Southern will start two Pull
man cars from Raleigh Wednesday
afternoon. July 1st, to be handled by
way of Asheville. K.noxvme, uiui»
ville, St. Louis, and oh over the Bur
lington route to Denver.
The list of delegates to the Nation-,
al Convention by districts Is as fol
lows:
Flint—s. C- Bragaw, Beaufort,
Walter Jones. Hyde.
Second—Plato Collins, Lenoir: T.
W. Washington. Wilson; E. L. Trav
is, Halifax; J. O. W. Graveley, Edge
combe.
Third—G. B. Richardson, Craven ;•
L. A. Bethune, Sampson: H. L. Gibbs,
Pamlico; E. M. Koonce, Onslow.
Fourth—J. T. Ellington, Johnson;
John W. Thompson, Wake.
Fifth—George A. Mebane, Rock
ingham; B. S. Graves, Caswell.
Sixth—J. D. Williams, Columbus;
J D. Bellamy, New Hanover.
Seventh—Frank Armfield, Unicn;
R. R. Ross, Randolph; S. W. Finch,
Davidson; J. R. Blair, Montgomery
Eighth—Col. Paul B. gleans, Ca
barrus; E. F. Lovell. Catawba.
Ninth—Jas. A. Bell, Mecklenburg;
J. A. Redmon, Madison.
Tenth—John C. Mills. Ruther
ford ton; W. J. Cocke, Buncombe.
The committee has arranged for
the delegation to stop over several
hours ln*Llncoln, Neb., on the way
out in order that a visit may be paid
Col. William Jennings Bryan. This
will be on the Fourth of July, Inde
pendence Day.
Aside from the district delegates
\here are to - be four delegates-at
large selected by the convention.
CONDITION OF COTTON.
Status of the Crop is uiven oy me
Crop Reporting Board of the Agri
cultural Department
Washington, July 1.—The average
condition of the cotton crop in the
Uhited States on June 26th was 81.2
per cent, of a normal, as compared
with 79.7 on May 26th last: 72 on
June 25th a year ago, 88.3 on June
26th, 1906. and 81.8 the average of
the June condition for the past 10
years. This was the announcement
made to-day by the crop reporting
board- of the bureau of statistics ol
the Department of Agriculture based
on reports of the correspondents and
the agents of the bureau.
The condition of cotton .on June
25th, and the 10-year average respec
tively bj States follows:
Virginia 92 and 84; North Caroli
na 89 and 83; South Carolina 84 and
82; Georgia 83 and 81; Florida 84
and 85; Alabama 82 and,81; Missis
sippi 84 and 81; Louisiana 80 and
82; Texas 80 and 82; Arkansas 85
and *82; Tennessee 89 and 85; Mis
souri 87 and 84; Oklahoma 64 and
84.
The -condition of the cotton crop
monthly for the past 10 years showi
an average of 82.3 per cent, on Maj
26th, 81.8 on June 26th, 81.4 on Julj
25th, 73.9 on August 25th and 47.6
September 25th.
Took a Postal Card Nearly Tex
Years to Travel 25 Miles.
Watauga Democrat.
On July 12, 1898, J. C. Fletche:
wrote a postal card to Mr. J. A
Walsh, of Dark Ridge, on a matte
of business. Last week Mr. Fletch
er received a reply, after a lapse o
9 years and 11 months, the card hav
ing been answered as soon as 1
reached its destination. The dls
tance covered by the little mlsslv
in all these years was only 25'mll'ei
and the wonder la where’ it has bee
In hiding daring this long periulj^j
CAME SOUTH IN A BOX.
A Wealthy Northern Woman Haa
Strange Ideas and Keeps Herself
Boxed Up—She Came to Salisbury
to Escape the Damp Northern At*
mosphecr.
Charlotte Observer.
Salisbury, June 30.—The people
of Salisbury were treated to a very
unusual sight at the depot yesterday
and the fresh and enthusiasts espec
ially were given something to think
about. Mrs. Wiliam Tyson, a midi
die-aged wealthy woman of Fitch
burg, Mass., arrived here comforta
bly tucked away In a large box with
glass front, having made thgjrip In
tue baggage car. Mrs. Tyson has
been a sufferer of bronchitis and
nervous troubles and for the past
year had lived in a very close room
imagining the slightest draught
might aggravate her condition. TO
avoid the cold, damp climate of the
North she decided to come to North
Carolina la the hope that the climate
might relieve her.' The box in which
she decided to make the trip on the
train is a large, long affair with
glass front and having windows
which may be opened and shut at
will. She' was wrapped In heavy
blankets and It Is needless .to say
that with the thermometer outside
at 90, perspiration bathed her face
and she looked pale,'thin and worn.
The Interior of the box, according to
her Idea, was comfortably arranged
with books, thermometer, papers,,
clock, eft.
Mrs. Tyson is accompanied by her
husband and an attendant and win
remain In Salisbury If desirable quar
ters can be obtained. Her case has
attracted much attention and The
Salisbury Evening Post received a
telegram from The New York World
requesting 400 words about her ar
rival here.
A Legal Aid Society Being Organised
In Asheville.
Asheville Citizen.
An organization deserving of
much credit and of local support is
that of the Legal Aid Society which
Is being organized. The society will
be composed of yonng lawyers a
bout town who have the Interest of
raising the standard of the profes
sion at heart, and who are desirious
of seeing justice done to an.
The society will be run for the
benefit of poor people who, through
their Inability to pay a lawyer, are
often Imposed upon by sharpers and'
others. The services of the'society
will he free to any one who can show1
that they are unable to pay for the
services of a lawyer, and .are being
made parties to a civil suit or are
being prosecuted criminally and up4
pear to be innocent.
Five yonng lawyers, who wish their
names witheld for the present com
pose the society so far, bnt It la
hoped that the organization will be;
completed by the middle of neit
month, and the membership lucres*-;
ed to twenty or more prominent at
torneys by that time. The most
prominent attorneys In town, whd
are not able to spare the time to
appear In the courts, will he asked
to act as advisory counsel In compli
cated cases, and the society Intend*
to make It possible for any one whose
cause Is worthy to .have the service*
of an attorney, and be protected aa
far as possible from fraud.
The Csar’s sister, the Grand Duch
ess Olga, is intensely democratic.
She Is especially fond of-Americans,
saying they are “the only people
worth cultivating.”
The largest lightning conductor In
the world is on the Lusplte Weather
Station, in Bavaria. It run* down
the mountainside for three and a half
miles to a lake.
REAL ESTATE I
DEVELOPMENT |
After making an extensive development, we
are in position to offer about forty verv desin
bnilding lots on South, jYork and Fifth stn
ranging in price from $$00 00 to $2000 00.
All of these home sites are on water,
sewer lines in a rapidly growing, residential
tion of our city. ! .
An opportunity to show yon this pro
is all we ask, believing that we <
one anxious to secure a home site or invert
DON’T WAilT
until the choice lots .
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IpiHAl SH AtL l
A Frequent Question
If you will take time to yisit our store we will be glad ti
any opportunity of inspecting a large stock ol
Silverware. Cut Glaaa etc. All at reasonable
sistyou in answering the somewhat difficult
SHALL I GIVE*? We have a present for all
price for every pocket book w ' .
Don’t forget our Repair Department when
wrong or you break a piece of Jewelry. I
TjORREN C E-MORiH'S
Expert Repairing Artistic Em\
Jewelers fc Opticians
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