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N.C.. FRIDAY. JULY IT 1908.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
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OAKLAND, JONES t, TIMBER
LAKE.
Attorneys and Counselors
Over Tonence-Morrii Company.
Gastonia, N. C.
B. SPARROW
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
• DALLAS, N. C.
OIBce upstairs over Bank of Dallas
JOHN 0. CARPENTER
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
fcjk - DALLAS, N. C.,
BpT' Office over Bank of Dallas.
Mrs. John Hall TEACHER OF
PIANO AND ORGAN. Pupil of Dr.
Haas, Director of Music. Holland In
stitute, Va. Lescbetliky method
of technique taught. Ten years ex
CC? perience. Dally lessons to begln
ners. During vacation Is a good
time to bogln.
Jly 21 cl m
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS.
.1 hereby announce myself a candi
PRlate for re-election to the office of
5 Register of Deeds for Gaston county,
■tfhject to the action of the coming
. Democratic primaries and county con
tention.
Bja -w A. J. SMITH.
FLAGS OF THE NAVY.
How 40 Stars in Banner Affect Ships
—Making Emblems Great Work
New York Press
On July *4 a new star was added to
the blue field of the American flag,
and each ship In the navy has dis
carded one $40 flag and several less
costly ones to make room tor the new
flag. For months past needles have
been flying in the naval flag making
establishment and the star-cutting
machine was working overtime to
supply the navy with flags of the new
deBign.
The flags for the American navy
are made at the naval flagmaking es
tablishment, one of the departments
of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Some
idea of the size of this establishment
may be gained from the statement
that the flag outfit of each battleship
consists of 150 different flags and
that this woutllt is practically renew
ed every three years. More than
50.000 flags are turned out each year
at a cost to the government of about
$75,000. The cost of each flag out
fit is $2,500, but as some flags wear
out before the three years are up,the
hundred dollars more.
The ships of the navy must be pre
pared at all times for all forms of
extras run the total cost to a few
ceremonial and official occasions,
rhey must be prepared to 'properly
greet all high rank officials of any
lation who may come aboard and
hey must be prepared to observe the
proper etiquette In foreign waters,
ts the flag plays an important part
n all of these ceremonies, each ship
nust be equipped with the flag of ev
ery nation, numerous official ensigns
tnd a large assortment of'flag alg
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There are 43 flags in the foreign'
pfnplement. These are'each 25 feet
ong and 13 feet wide.',Many of
hese bear curious designs and a tew
>f them have animal shapes and
herefore are difficult to mako and
•equire considerable 'time. The
nost expensive foreign flag is that of
he Republic of Salvador, which
:osts $52.50 to make. It takes one
roman 16 days to make the centre
ilece of this flag, which Is all done
ly hand. Next to the Salvador flag
hat of Costa Rica is the most diffl
ult and tedious. This eiisign, which
ileo has an , elaborate centrepiece,
osts $45 and requires nearly as long
. time to complete. These centre
lieces are hand embroidered with
ilk costing $9 a poud, and are exe
uted by a separate corps of women
rho do nothing else.
Next to the flag of the Republic of
alvador In point of costliness is the
nslgn of the Empire of China. The
;rotesque mythological monster
rhlch Is the prominent feature of
bis flag 1b composed of more than
00 pieces. The dragon is ten feet
ang and requires 12 days to com
lete and the entire ensgn costs $51.
'he flag of. Slam costs $38, tbe mon
ter white elephant which forms the
flag'adding copsidera
, while
of the
i. 1. 36 feet
the largest
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osts $40. Bdl’lhtT flag requiring
he longest time to complete is the
'resident's flag. It takes one wom
n a month to embroider the coat-of
rms which forms the centre of this
nsign. This flag Is made In two
Izes, 10 feet by 14 feet and and
hree feet by five feet, and in the lar
;er flag the eagle is life size. Thou
ands of wbito stars are used in mak
ng the United States flags and up to
1 few days ago these stars were cut
iy hand. They are now cut by a ma
bine that cuts in one hour' more
tars than can be used in a week.
The material for these flags comes
rom Lowell, Mass., and costs the
rhe bunting must- come up to the
■rescribed standard as to fastness of
:olor and tensile strength, therefore
lamples of each shipment are tested
jy the master Qagmaker and his as
listant, the quarter woman flagmak
sr. It is tested for durability of col
>r by first washing with soap and wa
:er, then with salt water and finally
ay exposure to the weather for ten
lays. The warp must withstand a
■train of 65 pounds and the filling
must withstand a 45-pound strain.
The floor of the flagmaking estab
Ishment presents a mass of lines and
ingles, seemingly struck at random,
but, each line serves as a guide for
[be cutting of some national flag,
rhe flags are cut on this floor and
one of the stitching is done there
ilso. The final sewing, however, is
lone on motor-driven sewing ma
chines,' through which women opera
tors feed the strips of varl-colored
bunting. About . 50 women and a
tew men are employed throughout
the year making the naval flagB and
tor this work they receive from $1.20
to $2 a day.
The Prohibltional National Con
vention has been in session at Colum
bus, Ohio, since Wednesday.
The Southern Wholesale Grocers’
Association is in annual session at
Asheville this week.
WINSTON CHURCHILLS NOVELS
They Form an Interesting Series
Dealing With Different Periods ol
American History.
The Bookman.
We do not know that Mr. Winston
Churchill has ever avowed an am
bition to become the American Bal
zac, but there is a curious symmetry
in his literary career which suggests
the possibility of a far reaching plan.
Beginning with Richard Carvel, he
evidently set himself to the represen
tation of certain important epochs in
American history. The Crisis, deal
ing with the Civil war, and the Cross
ing, which pictured the westward
development of the United States,
completed a trilogy which fairly rep
resented the most important mo
ments in the first one hundred years
of our history as a nation. This was
in itself a scheme of some magnitude
but Mr. Churchill followed it up with
Contston, in which he set forth a
typical example of the political de
velopment of the country immediate
ly after the Civil war. Up to this
point he had never dealt with a
strictly modern theme except in his
first book, The Celebrity, which was,
so to speak, a mere by-product and
had no special relation with the rest
of his work. _
Now comes the news that his new
book, Mr. Crewe's Career, which is
to be published this spring, is a sto
ry of the present day and has for its
back-ground the political life of a
generation succeeding that of Conis
ton. Primarily, pf course, It is a
story of character, as all of Mr.
Churchill's books have been, and the
“love interest” is said to have re
ceived mote attention than in some
of his. earlier hovels. But second
arily, Mr Crewe’B Career is to be an
exposition of the polttial game as it
Is played to-day. Without doubt
Mr Churchill, who is of an observing
turn of mind, has found plenty of
material In his own experience as the
candidate for the governorship of
New Hampshire. The fact that he is
receiving his full share of abuse in
certain New England newspapers in
dicates that he has fairly qualified as
a political expert and that he has
become a factor in the politics of
his State. If only he has “let him
self go in his new book, Mr.
Crewe’s Career may be expected to
furnish an amount of amusement and
instruction greater than that afford
ed by any of his stories of the past
THE COUNTRY’S EXPORT.
Considerably .Smaller Per Capita than
Those of Other Nations.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The merchandise exports of the
United States have been increasing
so rapidly in recent times that the
per capita grows from year to year.
Fast as population Is expanding our
exports are growing faster still. They
amount now to $20.41 per man, wo
man and child of the population.
But the exports of several of the
other countries are much greater,
proportionately. Those of the Uni
ted Kingdom have a per capita of
$37, Germany’s of $23, France's of
$34, while some of the smaller coun
tries, like Switzerland and Belgium,
leave us ’far behind on the per capi
ta basis. Canada likewise is ahead
of us on this point,
s This is of no particular conse
quence except as an argument for an
extension of our trade, so as to give
more work to our industries. The
reason why many other and much
poorer countries beat us in the pro
portion of their products which they
export Is that our people consume
far more at home than do other peo
ples. In the diversification of diir
industries which the tariff system
has brought we have placed mills in
all the foreign regions, and In this
way we have built up home demand
for farm and factory products which
Is far more profitable than is the for
eign market. This Is one of the tri
umphs of Republican policy.
Nevertheless, the time has come
when intelligent effort on a large
scale to enlarge our foreign markets
muBt be made. The recent business
scare emphasized that necessity. Our
imports sharply dropped last Decem
ber, while our exports Increased.
Ever since then the imports are at
figures much below those of a year
ago, but our exports also have fallen
in the past few monts. An Increas
ing foreign market is more necessary
in times of Industrial stagnation, like
the present, than in dayB of great
business activity.
struck by Lightning.
Cherryvile Eagle, 15th.
The house occupied by W. H. Dix
on, who lives just below Cherryvllle.
waB struck by lightning Monday af
ternoon doing considerable damage,
breaking dishes and demolishing the
house. It Is stated that the light
nlng rods broke and the lightning
first entered the living room, shock
ing several members of the family se
verely; however, all soon recovered
from the shock.
^SUICIDE AT SHARON.
•York.County Farmer Takes His Own
lilfe.
York^fe Enquirer, 14th.
Mr.Tron C ^Whltealdi^a fanner
of thevSharon neighborhood, com
mitted Suicide last Friday afternooh
by shootfng himself in the head with
a shotgu^ The deed is directly at
tributable Ip mental derangement.
About a year ago Mr. Whitesides
began to gi.e unmistakable evidence
of serious mental disorder. The de
rangen ent was of a decidedly homi
cidal tendency, and it was deemed
prudent to send him to the State hos
pital. Aftir a few months there
were evidences of improvement that
seemed to Indicate that he could-be
brought home with safety and this
was done. But of late there have
been renewed manifestations of the
old trouble. *
On Friday afternooh Mr White
sides picked up his gun and started
out of the door. Mrs. Whitesides
did not notice him until he had got
ten past her and then she attempted
to follow. He raised his gun, point
ed it at her and told her to go back
hi the house, saying that he would
kill anybody who attempted to fol
.low him. She turned back to the
house and he fired his gun; but it is
not thought that he fired at her, be
cause had he done so and missed, the
charge w<;uld surely have taken ef
fect in the house.
After leaving his wife, Mf. White
sides went up toward a cotton house
About a hundred yards away and af
ter a few moments there were two
reports from his gun. First there
was one report, then an interval and
then another report. It was a sin
gle barreled gun, and had to be re
loaded after each shot. When found
a little later, the unfortunate man
was lying insensible with a part of a
charge of shot in the back part of
his head. There were a few scatter
ing shot about one ear; but it is be
lieved that the first shot must have
missed entirely and that the fatal
wound was produced by the Becond
shot. He lived about six hours af
ter the shooting. _
Mr. Whitesides was about 46 years
of age. He was not especially well
to-do; but was in comfortable cir
cumstances. He leaves a widow and
eight children. .
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NOW 3T.329 R F I*. R0UTE5.
Department Has Nciv Nearly 1,AOO
Petiticns Before It.
Washington, July 12.—The July
report of rural delivery, made public
by the fourth assistant Postmaster
General to-day, shows that from 67,
464 petitions referred, 15,943 ad
verse reports have been received;
39,929 routes established—600 of
which have from time to time been
discontinued, leaving in operation
39,329 routea Of this number 38,
66^render dally service and 661 tri
weekly service.
The 39,329 routes were being serv
ed by 39,195 carriers. On many tri
weekly routes one carrier renders
the service by alternating the trips,
thereby earning the same pay he
would receive If serving a daily de
livery route of equivalent mileage.
After deducting assignments for
establishment of rural routes on Au
gust and September 1, there will re
main for action nearly 1,500 peti
tions which department officers say
will be disposed of as rapidly as
possible.
It was recently Indicated that the
exigencies of the rural service would
require carriers this year to com
plete their leaves of absence by No
vember 1, but Assistant Postmaster
DeGraw is authority for the state
ment that no change Is now contem
plated in the standing' rule under
which carriers after twelve months’
service are entitled to fifteen days
leave of absence with pay,-"to be
taken at any time during the year
when postmasters can best spare
them,” which rule, Mr. DeGraw ad
ded, is essential to good administra
tion, as it enables carriers on diffi
cult routes to obtain relief during
periods of intense weather—hot or
cold—thus enabling recuperation at
times when it Is desirable, and in
many caBes, quite necessary from the
viewpoint of health.
GOVERNOR IN NEW JERSEY.
To Deliver an Address in Baptist
Church at Asbury Park Sonday.
Raleigh News and Observer,
Governor Glenn on hiB return from
the Denver National Democratic
Convention, went to Washington, D.
C., and from there he will go to Aa
bury Park, N. J., where he will de
liver an address next Sunday morn
ing in the First Baptist church on the
subject of “Conditions In the ftew
South.” The Invitation to speak' at
this church was extended Governor
Glenn six months ago, and he prom
ised to accept it some time this sum
mer. The pastor of the church where
Governor Glenn will speak is Dr. M.
V. McDuffie, well known in this
State. ,
BRYAN’S PROPERTY. ,
Not a Ilich Man, Tlmugii Ho is Fair
ly Comfortable.
Indianapolis Star.
According to the hasty estimate
made by the county assessors, W. J.
Bryan stands eighth in the list of Lin
coin's wealthy men. Mr. Bryan’s
possessions as estimated in the list
Uled in the court house, total the
modest sum of $84,000. This total
is made up of the following items:
One Hundred and thirty-five
acres of farm land (fifty
acres, worth $8,000, in
the name of Mrs. Bryan).$29,125
Houee at Fairvlew . 2V000
Improvements, barns, etc .. 2,325
The Commoner .:.19,250
Personal Property ..12,800
The latter item is made up of the
following as returned by their owner
Household goods . $3,500
Jewelry ............ .... 400
Twenty-cne head of cattle. . 1,200
Dogs .. 40
Cash on hand April ftt — . 2.100
Piano .. ........ 500
Pictures and engravings . .. 1,000
Agricultural tools . 150
Four horses . 800
Notes . l'.OOO
Firearms . 150
Diamonds .. 300
Six vehicles . .. 600
In Nebraska the law is that every
thing shall be assessed at its Cash
value, but as a rule the valuation
made represents about three-fourths
Of the true value. If this rule holds
good in the case of Mr. Bryan, his
possessions in Nebraska, real and
personal, are worth actually slightly
in excess of $100,000.
NEW PUMPS.
Electric Pomps and Additional Filter
Tank Being Installed at the City
Power House.
The city water and light station,
or power house, la quite a busy scene
these days. Workmen are busy in
stalling the three new electric pumps
which are to take the place of the
steam pumps now in use to supply
pressure to ' the city water mains.
Two of these have a capacity of 50#
gallons per minute each with a pres
sure of 50 pounds,* while the third
furnishes 500 .gallons : per minute
with a pressure of 100 pounds. The
steam pnmps will be kept connected
np for use ln_case the electric pumps
should get out of running order.
The filtering system is also being
Improved by the building of an ad
ditional filter t^nk in the north room
of the power house. * A sedimenta
tion tink, constructed of'Florida cy
press, will be built on the outside of
the power house, through which the
water w!ll~be run before it enters
the filter proper.
The city has only recently com
pleted the laying of a twelve-inch
malm from the Intake on Long Creek
to the Btatlon, and when the im
provemepts now under way are com
pleted, Gastonia will have a water
system which will bear comparison
with that of any city of Its Use in
the State.
CITY COUNCILS MEETS.
New Policeman Elected—Important
Ordinances Passed.
The city 'council met in regular
session for July last Tuesday night,
at the city hal! with all members
present except Dr.' J. M. Sloan, who
is out of the 'city.
An ordinance was passed forbid
ding drays to stand on South street
between Main avehue and the rail
road. An ordinance was also passed
requiring alt owners of houses of all
kinds to p'ace the numbers which
have been assigned to them by the
street commissioner within the next
30 days.
Mr. J. Ralph nankin was elected
to succeed Mr. W. C. Abernethy, and
Mr. S. E. Mauney was elected to suc
ceed himself, both for the term end
ing May 1st, 1909.
Bills to the amount of $2,461.34
were referred to the finance commit
tee for payment.
CRUSIER PRAIRIE ARRIVES.
Naval Reserves Embark To-Day for
Cruise in Chesapeake Bay.
Charlotte Observer.
Beaufort, July 15.—The Observer
correspondent, from the ramparts of
old Fort Macon, watched the auxili
ary cruiser Prairie come in this
morning. She let anchor three miles
from' Beaufort and near the sea
buoy. Six divisions of naval reserves
go aboard to-morrow about noon.
The Beaufort division takes 36 of
ficers and men. Adjutant General
Robertson is here to look after the
embarkation. The cruise will be in
Chesapeake bay and will last ten
days at least.
Born
To Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Jenkins on
Monday, July 13, 1908, a daughter.
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; If you will take time to yisitour store we will
i any opportunity of'inspecting a large stock of high
Silverware, Cut Class etc. All at reasonable pri
1 sist you in answering the somewhat difficult
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• price for eTO^pocket book
Don’t forget our Repair Department
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REPAIRING.
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