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w-y-- ■ - - SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS. VOL. XXIX. PROFESSIONAL CARDS % —-----— ~ GARLAND, JONES£> TIMBER LAKE Attorneys and Counselors Over Torrence-Morris Company. Gastonia, N. C. S. B. SPARROW ATTORNEY-AT-LAW DALLAS, N.,C. Office upstaire over Bank of Dallas jJOHN G. CARPENTER ATTORNEY-AT-LAW DALLAS, N. C., Office over Bank of Dallas. Mrs. John Hall TEACHER OF PIANO AND ORGAN. Pupil of Dr. Haas, Director of Music, Holland In stitute, Va. Leschetizky method of technique taught. Ten years ex perience. Daily lessons to , begin ners. During vacation is a good time to begin. Jly 21 cl m. ANNOUNCEMENTS. FOB SHERIFF. I hereby announce myself 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. I - . ' ^-hereby announce myself as a can ^ dldate for the office of Sheriff of Gaaton county, subject to the action of the Democratic primaries and ““7 convention. W. C. ABERNETHY. FOR SHERIFF. I hereby announce myself a can didate for the office of Sheriff of Gaston county subject to the action of the Democratic primaries and con vention. T. B. LEONHARDT. FOR SHERIFF. I hereby announce myself a can didate for the office of Sheriff of Gaa toh county, subject to the action of /the Republican convention. If nom inated and elected I promise to fulfill my duties to the best of my ability. 4 Respectfully, JOHN N. HANNA. fc- tf. , ---- ruiv IU!iUI0iaiV w l/Biawo. I hereby announce myBelf 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 tention. , A. J. SMITH. FOB REGISTER OF DEEDS. I-hereby announce myself a can didate for the office of Register of and county convention. W. O. GARDNER, Mountain Island, N. C., July 2, 1908. FOB COUNTY TREASURER. I hereby announce that I am a can didate for re-election to the office of County Treasurer of Gaston county subject to the action of the Democrat ic primaries and county convention. J. M. 8HUFORD. If, FOR COUNTY TREASURER I hereby announce myBelf 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. 1908. -w( ___ cm) ni'Pni'aRVTATIVK. mjtoT ' ' - _ • I hereby announce myself a candl i- V date for Representative In the Leg f ' 1 stature from Gaston county subject to the' action of the Democratic pri maries and convention, N. B. KENDRICK. FOR RKl’JtESE NT ATI V E. I announce myself a candid tc for xne nomination for Repre e’ tut We from Gaston county to the next leg islature, subject to the Democratic primary and county convention. DAVID R DELLINGER. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. From Crowders Mountain township. I hereby announce myself a can didate for county commissioner from Crowders Mountain township, sub . , ject to the action of the Democratic primaries and county convention. J. T. R. DAMERON. ANNOUNCEMENTS. FOR COl'NTY COMMTSSTOW15D*—« ^Thereby announce myself a candl daU^B^WKigotionas county com missioner, subject l" "lit! —at the Democratic primaries and coun ty convention. O. G. FALLS. FOIl COUNTY' COMMISSIONER. I hereby announce myself a candi date for re-election as county com missioner, subject to the action of the Democratic primaries and coun ty convention. J. W. KENDRICK. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. I hereby announce myself a candi date for re-election as county com missioner, subject to the action of the Democratic primaries and coun ty convention A. R. ANDERS. FOR COUNTY' COMMISSIONER. I hereby announce myself a candi date for re-election as county com misssioner, subject to the action of the Democratic primaries and coun ty convention. TOWN F DEEPER. FOK COUNTY COMMISSIONER. I hereby announce myself as a can didate for county commissioner, sub ject to the action of the Democratic primaries and county convention. W. C.-THOMPSON. FOR STATE SENATOR. I hereby announce myself a can didate for State Senator from Gas ton county, subject to the action of the Democratic primaries and coun ty convention. W. T. LOVE. for representative. / I hereby announce myself a candi date for Representative in the Leg islature from Gaston county, sub ject to the action of the Democratic primaries and county convention. R. K. Davenport. 1 FOR STATE SENATOR. I hereby announce myself a can didate for State Senator from Gas ton county, subject to the action of the Democratic primaries and coun ty convention. ROBERT L. ABERNETHY. Mount Holly, N. C. Lawn Party. ' The ladies of the Associate Re formed Presbyterian church will give a lawn party next Thursday ev ening, August 13th, on the church grounds, beginning at 7:30. Ice cream and cake will be served, the proceeds to be for, the benefit of the Ladies' Society. The public is cor dially invited. Police Court. Quite a number of cases came up for trial at Mondaymorning’s session ■ " e police court. Jesse Steel was $7.50 and the costs for being drnnk and disorderly. Bob Jenkins, drunk and down, was given $1 and the costs. R. Ml Honeysuckle, for an assault on Pahl Wilkes, colored, paid a penny and the costs. Ed Wil liams, for tresspassing on a train, was given ten days on the roads. A young man named Fields, for being drunk and staggering, was fined a penny and the costs. Bela Hanna, for an assault on his stepmother, was fined $1 and the costs Will Millings, colored, was taken from Jail at Brighton. Ala., Tuesday night and lynched. He was accused of taking part in tbe dynamiting of a non-union miner's home. The commissioners of Ashe coun ty have been asked to call an elec tion for Sept. 12th for a vote on the issuance of $100,000 in bonds for the construction of a proposed rail road from Troutdale, Grayson coun ty, Virginia, to Jefferson, Ashe coun ty. - I ' ' - •- •• -v . DIVERSIFICATION OF INDURTRIES 7r«idenrwnr.'fi«4«y» °i the Southern Railwny, Writes of the Limitless Possibilities in STore for-lye South. ^ To the Editor of The- Gazette.: w It has occurred to me that it jH'.y not be improper for me to address you and other representative editors in the Southern States on a subject which I believe to be of great import ance to the future prosperity of our section. My duties require me to keep in touch, as nearly as possible, with business conditions throughout the country, and especially in the South. Since the beginning of the business depression from which the country is now recovering, I have been great ly impressed with evidence which has come to me that, while business all over the United States has been unfavorably affected, the effects of the depression have been felt most severely, as a general rule, in thOBe communities the energies of which are devoted principally to the pro ft# n oi n crlo OAmniftHilV A r A f a few commodies, and that business has been relatively less affected in those communities in which produc tion is more diversified. I have been impressed especially with the fact that the business depression has been relatively less severe in those Southern localities in which attention has been given to the growing of fruits and vegetables. There has been a steady market for these products, and, although prices have not In some Instances been as high as in other seasons, I believe they Jhaye generally yielded profits to the growers. The press, of the South has already accomplished much by advocating diversification of agriculture and manufacturing, and, looking back over the past twenty-five years, we can realize that much has been ac complished in thiB direction. I be lieve, however, 'that the time is es pecially opportune for continuing our efforts in this direction and for urging that each Southern commun ity shall make the most of the oppor tunities which a revival of business will open ,to it. Nature has favored the South with practically inexhausible resources of great variety, and the industrious and resourceful Southern people have shown their ability to take up and carry to success new lines of in dustry. I believe, therefore, that you will agree with me as to the de sirability of encouraging still great er diversification of industry in the direction of utilizing to the fullest extent the natural resources of our section. Without attempting to enumerate the lines in which progress in agri cultural prosperity might be advanc ed by further diversification of farm ing, especially in the direction of pro ducing the fruits and vegetables best suited for each locality; that live stock and dairying might profitably receive more attention in some local ities, and, that in connection with a larger production of fruits and veget ables, there are many localities in which canning and preserving indus tries might profitably be carried on more extensively than at present. Industrially, I believe it should be the aim of the South to add to the profits' of producing raw materials the profits of manufacturing, by con vert in g Southern raw materials, as far as possible, into articles ready for use. As Indicating what may be done along this line, I may *efer to the cotton textile industry. Although the South has a substantial monop oly in the production of the most "widely used textile fibre In the world, some of us are old enough to remem ber when it was believed ixi many quarters that cotton manufacturing on a large scale could not be estab lished successfully In the South. The Southern p'eople first demonstrated their ability x to make the coarser grades of cotton fabrics, and they are now demonstrating their ability to make the finer grades as well and to bleach and finish the products of their mills. I think we may look for ward with confidence to the further development of this great industry and of industries defending upon it. such as the manufacture of cotton goods into articles of clothing ready for wear.-. I might enumerate a long list of mtnnrtn niHoa fnr fho fnrttiPr /IpvpI opment of manufacturing. It would include the conversion, on a larger, scale, of southern-made leather into boots and shoes, harness and belting, in Southern factories, and the con version of the products of Southern forests and mines into a long list of articles ready for use. I have said enough, however, to suggest to you the point I wish to make, which is, that I believe that all of us who have the prosperity of the South at heart should do all In our power to encour age the diversification of Southern Industry and the conversion In Sou thern factories of Southern products into articles ready for use rather than their shipment to other sec tions in the form of raw materials or of partly manufactured commodities. I need not assure you of my great Interest in every movement for the advancement of a Southern commun ity, and you know that this Company, through its Land and industrial De partment, stands ready at all times to co-operate in every proper way with individuals and communities a long its lines for the establishment of new industries, the promotion of such immigration as may be desired by each community, and the general advancement of Southern prosperity. Yours very truly, W. W. FINLEY, Pres. Washington, D. C„ July 31, 1908. LOWELL LOCALS. Correspondence of The Gazette. LOWELL, Aug. 7.—About four hundred people witnessed a game of ^all between Bell Park and Begonia on Bell Park diamond Wednesday; J. Price for the locals was in fine firm and pitched excellent ball. Ti e visitors could not find his curves, only a few hits being secured. The locals won a khut out game off of the visltcvfr4Le-score being 8 to 0.'Bat teries: Bell Park, J. Price and R. Price; Begonia, Johnson, Meek and Kendrick. Mr. E. L. Stroup, of Salisbury, is home for his vacation this week.— Miss Mabel Leonhardt was a Char lotte visitor Saturday and Sunday.— Miss Petty Steele has returned home alter a two-months stay with her sis ter, Mrs. Frank Robinson.—Mr. S. J. Hand was a Gastonia visitor Monday. —Mr. John Gaston attended the Farmers' Institute at Dallas Monday. —Mrs. P. W. Hand and Mrs. Frank Robinson were Charlotte shoppers Monday.—Mr. S. J. Gaston was in Gastonia Monday on business.—Mr. L. E. Rankin was a Gastonia visitor Monday.—Messrs. W. A. Jenkins and Kalpn jenKins auenaeu me raiuieio Institute at Dallas.—Rev. W. V. Hon eycutt is spending his vacation at Connelly Springs.—Mr. Andy Arm strong, of Belmont, was in Lowell on business Monday.—Mr. Jenks Mc Laughen, of Gastonia, was in town Monday on business.—Mr. A. R. Leonhardt and Mr. C. H. Hand went ever to Charlcjtte Tuesday to see the ball game between Greensboro and Charlotte. Misses Bessie, Ada and Lottie Cox are visiting' Miss Lois Williams, of Matthews.—Mr. Arthur Ford, of Great Falls, is viBiting home folks this week.—Mr. Coit Robinson and Mr. P. P. Murphy have returned from Montreat, Webster and other mountain points.—A picnic was held at the Lutheran Chapel Wednesday by the Sunday school. All enjoyed themselves very much.—Mrs. B. F. Leonhardt has returned from a week's stay In Charlotte, where she has been visiting friends.—Miss Leah Clarke, of Belmont, is visiting Miss Frank Leonhardt.—Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Julian, of Greenville, S. C., are visiting Mrs. Julian's parents, here for a week or two.—Miss Joe Rhyne, of Dallas, has been visiting Miss Ma rynett McClelland for the past week. Messrs. Sim and Arthur Fcrd and J. I. Hammett weie Salisbury vis'eors yesterday.—Mr..Robert Cox, who has been visiting his parents for the past, week, returned yesterday to John son City.—Rev. and Mrs. R. A. Mil ler, Mrs. S. M. Robinson aDd Miss Nellie Roseman attended the Sab bath School Convention - at Mount Holly yesterday.—Miss Alice Jen kins entertained a number of her young friends at her home last night. All had a very enjoyable time. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely de range the whole system when enter ing it through the mucous surfaces, such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputa ble physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F J. Cheny & Co., Toledo, 0., con tains no mercury, and is taken in ternally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur aces of the system. In buying Hall’s Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It Is taken internally and made in Toledo, Ohio,.by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. Sold by druggists. Price, 75c. per bottle. Take Hall’s Family Pills for con stipation. A. Judge Boyd signed a decree at Greensboro Wednesday authorizing LttCSttl t/UUC) I CV.CI V Ol, IU ocn bankrupt property of the Odell Man ufacturing Company at Concord' on September 16th. The indebtedness is about $420,009. Two million gallons of whiskey were destroyed by a fire in Midway, Kentucky, Wednesday night. The fire is supposed to have been of incen diary origin. The government lost two and a half million dollars In un paid taxes when it burned, as it was in government bonded warehouses. If Bun STOVE. An Old Legend Tells How It Found Its Way to Ireland. THE MAGIC OF KISSING IT. Origin of the Quaint Belief That It Im parts to the Lips That Touch It the Power to Utter Honeyed, Coaxing and Delusive Speeches. The blarney stone takes Its name from the village of Rlaroey. In County Cork. Ireland, near which stand the ruins of the famous Blarney castle, dating back to the Gfteentb century, and the groves of Blarney, which en joy an equally wide reputation. A riv ulet flowing through them bears the same name. The name Blarney is from the Irish “blalrne,” a little field, the Gaelic form being "blalr” or “blar.” a plain. The village Is four miles north west of Cork and has a few hundred inhabitants, in the groves of Blarney stands the ruined castle. In one tower of which is the world famous stone, the kissing of which is reputed to endow one with the gift of coaxing, wheedling and flattering. The true stone is declared to be one in the castle wall, a few feet below the summit of the tower. To reach HUU UOkUIUIC Ik *k w „ to be held over the parapet by the heels. But so many persons traveling In the Emerald Isle desire to report that they have kissed the real blarney stone that one In the top of the wall Is held to be sufficiently near the real thing for the fiction to be maintained that It Is the true stone with all the. powers of the original. And even to aged and Infirm persons one near the castle entrance Is declared to be the original. On the true stone, near the top of the tower, a half effaced In scription reads, "Cormnck McCarthy Portls Me Fieri Faclt, A, D. 1448,” Of the blarney stone Father Prout, the Irish poet, declared that It was the palladium of liberty for Erin. He de scribes the stone and relates a number of legends regarding It, one that It was brought to the Island by the Phoenicians, who are reputed to have ■ colonized the region, and that it had long been In the custody of the Cartha ginians, who from It gained the rep utation for Insincerity which is trans mitted in the phrase “Punic faith," and that before that it belonged to the 8yrians, who were credited with speaking with double tongues after kissing It According to the story, some Carthaginian adventurers be came enamored of the stone and ap propriated It They set sail for Minor ca, but being overtaken by a storm, were driven Into the harbor of Cork and left the stone In that vicinity un til It was made use of in the construc tion of the donjon tower of Blarney castle. As to the origin of the belief in re gard to the qualities secured by kiss ing the stone, Crofton Croker says that In 1002,'when the Spaniards were urging the Irish chieftains to harass the English, the owner of the castle, Cormack McDermod McCarthy, who then occupied It, concluded an armis tice with the lord president on condi tion of surrendering it to an English garrison. But he put him off from day to day with specious statements, fair promises and false pretexts until the lord president became' the laugh i._lAsh a# ihn tnfnfafora rtf OnoPTl Elizabeth, and the honeyed and delu sive speeches of the lord of the castle became known as mere “blarney.” The word found Its way Into litera ture In the last century. In the “Jour nal" of Caroline Fox, which appeared In 1835, there is this use of the word: “Mme. de Stael was regretting to Lord Castlereagh that there was no word In the English language which answered to their 'sentiment.' 'No,' be said, there" Is no English word, but the Irish have one that corresponds exact ly—blarney.’-" Samuel Lover wrote "The blarney’s so great a deceiver" In one of bis Irish novels. President James Buchanan wrote, “The general has yet to learn tbut my father's coun trymen (I have ever felt proud of my descent from an Irishman*, though they themselves do blarney others, are yet hard to be blarneyed themselves.” Washington Irving In “The Traveler" wrote, “So he blarneyed the landlord." James Russell Lowell In “The Fable For Critics" says: The cast clothes of Europe your states manship tries And mumbles again the old blarneys and Ilea l The name of the old time castle and town him added a noun, a verb, an adjective and a participle to the lan guage. The most comprehensive defi nition of the noun “blarney” Is “ex ceedingly complimentary language; flattery; smooth, wheedling talk; pleas ing cajolery.” As to the origin of the word, one lexicographer quotes Grots as crediting the derivation of It from the phrase “licking the blarney stone,” “applied to Incredible stories told of climbing to a stone very diffi cult of access In a castle of that name In the county of Cork. Ireland.” But he added that Dr. Jamieson derives It from the French “balweme.” “a lie; frleolous talk,” and defines It “gross flattery; unmeaning or vexatious dis course (Low).” But the word seems to have outgrown this restricted mean ing since the latter part of the eight eenth century. Every Irishman south of the Llffey Is popularly supposed to have kissed the blarney stone, and It moreover, he has had a dip In the Shannon he Is reputed to have the req uisite amount of Impudence, or what the natives call “civil courage,"—New York Tribune. 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