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. , ,1 : TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1010. TIIB GASTONIA GAZETTE, PAGE five. The Gastonia Gazette PENNY COLUMN. ONE CENT A WORD , T . They Brio Results; tyr m. WANTED WANTED Load of first-class mead sov hay;', will pay market price. Inquire at Snowflake fiteam Laun dry. 15 c 1. - WANTED Two good second hand bicycles; must be in good condl ' tlon and cheap. Robert W. Bholar, Bessemer City, N. C. 22 c 3. ""Loot LOST Near Hebron Churcn, Moun tain Island, or bwtween there and Gastonia, pair gold-framed specta cles with low nose-piece. Reward for return to J. L. Grlce, Gastonia, N. C. 18 p. LOST OR STOLEN Large black male setter, white spots on neck and breast, weighs about 60 pounds, wore collar. Reward for return to L. D. Grlbble. Dallas, N. C. 18c2. mm Showing What MayNBe Achieved by Nerve and Reiteration. tf A LESSON IN PERSEVERANCE. FOR SALE. Gut Fldwers For 'Phone 90 FOR SALE OR RENT Six-room ce ment block house near Arlington Mill. O. L. Rhyne. tf. WE HAVE a good Wood Saw Outfit for sale In good condition at our store and will sell at a bargain. Craig & Wilson. 15c2. FOR SALE Seventy-acre farm and 106 acres adjoining it on Dallas and Cherryville road near Pasour's Mountain. E. M. Rhyne, Bessemer City, N. C, route 1. 29p8. FOR SALE Five-room house on lot 75 by 150, 316 Willow St. Henry Craig. tf. FOR SALE to quick cash buyer one horse and buggy. Apply "at Ga zette office. tf. FOR SALE two fresh young milch cows. 6. T. George, Ozark Mill. 15p 2. Going to Prove That Rapstftion Will Work Wondtrs if a Man Has Only the Necessary Amount of Chook to 8tand Up and Keep on Talking. Mark Twain ouce told a reporter that It a man says the same thing of ten enough people will begin to listen to him. "Now," said the great humorist, "there was that story about Hank Monk. That was the oldest, stalest, driest, deadest bit of alleged humor that any man ever beard. It had been circulated around Nevada and Cali fornia until there wasn't a man left who would even listen to It I had beard it so many times that I knew It by heart It told bow Hank Monk got Horace Greeley over the Glennbrook grade to Placerville. "I was about to deliver my second lecture at Piatt's hall In 6an Fran cisco the second one I had ever de livered. It occurred to me that 1 might begin that lecture with the worst story I had ever heard and by telling it often enough start the lec- j ture with a big laugh. 1 took that story and memorized It so that It would not vary In the telling, and I ' made It just as pointless and Just as dull and Just as dry as I could. "When It came time for me to talk I stood up and with a few Introduc- . tory remarks began that story. If I remember it went something like this: ! " 'Horace Greeley once went over the Glennbrook grade to Placerville. When he was leaving Carson City be told the driver. Hank Monk, that he bad an engagement to lecture at Placerville and was very anxious to go through quick. Hank Monk crack- ed his whip and started off at an aw ful pace. The stage bounced up and down In such a terrific way that It Jolted the buttons all off Horace's coat ! Dr. J. W. Campbell, of Clover, and finally shot bis bead clean through spent yesterday here with his b rot ti the roof of the stage, and then he yell- : er, Mr. I. A. Campbell ed to Hank Monk and begged him to go easier said be warn't In as much of a hurry as be had been awhile I ago. Receptions, Club Meetings Etc. WEDDING and FUNERAL DESIGNS on short notice. 'Phone or Telegraph us your order. Torrence-Morris Co. Jewelers. 117 Main Ave. Personals and Locals. Mrs. J. K. Dixon is spending some time with friends in Georgia. .Mr. Fred A. Cathey is now with Frost Torrence & Co., druggists, as bookkeeper. Mr. E. P. Lewis left this morn ing for Charlotte where he will spend a couple of days on business. Says today's Charlotte Observ er: Mr. W. G. Rhyne, of Gastonia, was last night a guest at the Central. Superintendent F. P. Hall, of Belmont, was a business visitor in Gastonia yesterday. Mr. E. G. McDonald left yester day on a business trip to Rock Hill But Hank Monk said. "KeeD ! Chester. OR RENT FOR RENT Four nice rooms, cor ner York and Second streets, Brick House. 18 c 2 FOR RENT Dwellings at 213 W. Franklin A v., 317 E. Third Av., W. Fourth Av. and 217 S. Oakland St. Gastonia Insurance & Realty Co. FOR RENT Four-room dwelling, 416 W. Franklin. Ed Whitesides. tf. FOR RENT Dwellings at No. 114 S. Oakland St.. 213 W. Franklin Av., 317 E. Third Av., W. Fourth Av. and 217 S. Oakland St. Also store room at No. 215 W. Main Av. Gas tonia Insurance & Realty Co. FOR RENT Three large offices, Becond floor Long Brothers new building. Electric lights, sewerage, water in each room. Most desirable offices in the city. Long Bros. f. MISCELLANEOUS. SEED SWEET POTATOES now, and Plants of Best four varieties early .in May. Ask for circulars, Wakefield Farms, Charlotte, N. C. M 15 c 2. GOOD TIME to plant fruit trees. I have a splendid stock, special low prices on many sorts; among them 20th Century Peach, while they last. Call or phone, J. M. Hampton, Phone 232, Gastonia, N. C. 18 c 2. NEW RUBBER TIRES put on your baby carriage while you wait at Rankin Furniture Company's. 15c2. EGGS FOR HATCHING, from Low ell Poultry Yards. White Leg horns, Black Mlnorcas, Rhode Island Reds and Barred Plymouth Rocks. Selected White Leghorn eggs, $1.25 for 15, others $1.00 per 15. J. N. Roberts & Son, Lowell, N. C. A 26 p. STATE Warrants added to our list of legal blanks, 25 cents per doz en. Mail orders receive prompt at tention. Gazette Publishing Co., Gastonia, N. C. TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1910. 2y'af: 71f EB Qf H tya f 2THC Weather Forecast:: Fair Tuesday; Wednesday fair and warmer. your seat Horace, and I'll get you there on time!" And he did. too what was left of hln "Now, that was all there was to the story. It was bad enough to begin with, but I made it worse In the tell ing. I droned It out In a flat, monoto nous tone, without a gesture to mar its depressing effect The people received It in dead silence. I bad Insulted every man In the audience I had 'graveled' them with a story that was not only stale and pointless, but one which they had heard at least a thousand times. I waited a few seconds for the laugh ter, and then I began to hem and haw and shift my feet. I tried to appear Just as embarrassed as I could, and after floundering about helplessly for a few sentences I cheered up a little and said that I would tell a funny anec dote which might be new to them. It began: " 'Horace Greeley went over the Glennbrook grade to Placerville' "I told it in exactly the same miser able, pointless way that I had told It before, and when I got through I wait ed a longer time for the applause, but there wasn't any applause. I could see that several men in the house were growing quite indignant. They had paid money to hear a humorous lec ture. I took a long breath and plunged In a third time, more embarrassed and flustered and worried than ever, and by and by I worked around again to the ,tlme when Horace Greeley went over Glennbrook grade to Placerville. "This time some of the smarter ones began to laugh, and this encouraged me so much that I thanked them and started right in to tell the story over again, never varying the delivery so much as a pause to take breath. The fourth time fetched 'em, and at the end of the story they stood up and whooped and yelled and cheered for some time. "You see, I thought that If a man had sand enough to stand up before an audience and tell the oldest, stalest and most uninteresting story in the world he could make people laugh If be had the nerve to tell the story often enough. The rest of my lecture went very well. They were willing to laugh at my anecdotes the first time I told The City Hospital moved yes terday to its new quarters in the realty building. The family of Mrs. Maggie White is moving today from here to Bessemer City. Mr. and Mrs. Wade Stowe, of Belmont, spent Sunday in the city at the home of Mr. and Mrs. N. G. Todd. Her many friends in Gastonia will regret to learn that Mrs. J. W Kirkpatrick has been quite ill from pueumonia at her home in Yorkville. Mr. B. B. Ferguson, of route one, returned last week from Bar tow, Fla., where he has been spend ing several months. Mrs. W. G. Rhyne went Satur day to a Charlotte , hospital, where she will remain several weeks for treatment. Mr. T. T. Green spent Saturday night and Sunday here with his son, Mr. J. I. Green, and daughter, Miss Annie Green. He returned to his home at Gaffney Sunday night. Prof. S. J. Honeycutt, principal of the South Fork Institute at Maiden, will fill the pulpit of the East Baptist church next Sunday morning and evening, in the absence of the pastor, Rev. J. J. Beach, who left Sunday for Delway, in the east era part of the State, to conduct a meeting at Dell School. Mr. S. A. Shetley and his son, Mr. Melvin Shetley were in town Saturday on business. They live on route two from Bessemer City. Mr. S. A. Shetley had the misfortune last July to break one of his legs while doing some hauling and has not been able to get out much the past win ter, his visit to Gastonia Saturday being the first he has made since the accident. Mr. R. J. W. Moss came up from Smyrna, S. C, Saturday afternoon to attend an old-time singing at the DO YOU KEEP A SAVINGS ACCOUNT? Everybody knows the wisdom of depositing money in the banks. Sav ings Banks pay interest on deposits and the money is just as available at all times as in other banks. Ours is the Only Savings Bank in Gaston County! We pay 4 per cent interest, com pounded quarterly, on savings de posits. We solicit out of town business. Mall us your checks or money orders and we will open you an account. GASTON LOAN & TRUST COMPANY., Gastonia, N. C. J. Lee Robinson, President; Thos. L. Craig, Vice-President; E. G. McLurd, Treasurer. Real Estate and Insurance. List your real estate with ns!( Farms and 'towns lots are wanted! We represent million dollar in surance companies. GASTON LOAN & TRUST CO. yesterday afternoon a stiff wind from the west blew in a biling cold and the thermometer stood about 5 degrees below freezing early this morning. Sunday morning there was a heavy frost. Some of the fruit trees were In bloom but as to whether the fruit was seriously dam aged we cannot say. A SAVAGE WITCH. them. Maybe they were afraid I would i nome 01 r- 'Tank spencer on tell them a second time. I route one Saturday night. The oc- "I felt so sure that I had discovered ' casion was a most delightful one and Fire at Mayesworth. A telephone message from Mayes wnrrn Tins mrrrninK hihipii injti annul 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon fire broke out in the house occupied by Mrs. Hill and family. Despite the mill fire company succeeded In put- zing me nre out veiore nj oi ue nearby houses caught Practically all of the household goods were sav ed, but the burning of the house en tails a loss of about $500 to the mill, fully covered by insurance. a new phase in human character that I tried the same thing in New York years afterward. There was an au thors' reading bee one afternoon, and most of the authors read selections from their works. I sat on the plat form beside James Russell LowelL He asked me what I was going to read. I said that I wasn't going to read anything. I intended to tell an anecdote? "la it a funny one? he asked. "1 said it would be if I lasted long enough. "I started out without any preamble, and I told the Hank Monk anecdote. There was an awful silence at the end. I took a drink of water, mopped my forehead and told the story again. Same effect. Young man. I told that a tory five times before I landed 'em. When I sat down at last Mr. Lowell whispered to me: T 'You have cost me dear. I have been sitting here, and wasting sympa thy on you. " That's the point, young man. Repe tition win do anything if a man has the sand to stand tip and keep on itlk- lng. New York American. was greatly enjoyed by a large num ber of invited guests from that com munity. Mr. Moss is a well-known singer and bis presence added much to the event. Mr. J. H. Separk spent Sunday at Lincolnton where, at 11 o'clock In the morning, he filled the pulpit of the Methodist church, delivering an address on the Methodist laymen's convention held recently at Dallas, Texas, which be attended as a dele gate from 'Main Street church, Gas tonia. He was heard by a large con gregation and it is safe to assert that he entertained and Instructed his audience. Despite the prognostications and observations . of some of the weatherwise (including Dr. Sloan and Mr. Craig Smith) the ground hog held on pretty well to the very last of his reign of forty days, which ended yesterday. According to some It is six weeks, in which case his time is not out until tomorrow. Late His Life Was Saved by the Chief of the Quiah Tribe. The author of "Hemes of Modern Crusades." the Rev. Edward Gilliat M. A at one time master of Harrow school, says in Mm book that be bad years ago the privilege of meeting the king of the Quiub country. Tetti Aga masong. at Harrow. The Quiah king had been educated at St Augustine's college. Canterbury, and was able to lecture to the Harrovians in good Eng lish. In his lecture be told a quaint story which brings one nearer to the weird lives of the Quiabs. a small ag ricultural and trading tribe of inof fensive characters on the west coast of Africa. "In my country," said the king, "we have no prisons; therefore If a cul prit is brought to me 1 must chop off something an ear or two. a hand or a foot and be goes home a sadder and a wiser man. Just before 1 left for England a chief came to my hut. bringing a prisoner. "'What has he done, friend?' I asked. " 'He Is a dangerous witch, O king, ne caD turn himself into an alligator.' "'Pooh! Nonsense! I don't believe that old fashioned stuff.' " 'Oh. but we saw him do it down by the bis river.' "indeed: Well, chief, tell me all about it. You saw him yourself?" " 'I did. We were buntiug by the banks of the river with our- rifles when all at once we saw a big alliga tor lying on a rock In the river. The witch man was lying asleep In a ham mock some fifty yards away. Oh. the dangerous creature he Is! " 'Well. king, do not laugh with your eyes like that, for I am speaking the truth. I put up my rifle to shoot the alligator; but, to our great fear, as soon as I fired this fellow rolled out of his hammock and fell on the ground and rubbed his back and swore he was hurt "Now. O king. If this witch bad not been inside the alligator how could he have been hurt when I fired? "Gentlemen," concluded the king, "I see you are laughing with your eyes, but it is very difficult to rule over a people untaught and given over to superstition. "What did I do? Why, If I had left him free they would have killed him as soon as I had gone on my ship, so I saved his life by chopping off his left ear." GET THE HABIT Of putting your money in the bank, in small or large amounts, as may be most convenient Like all habits, the habit of saving money becomes easy once it is ac quired! Make a weekly deposit, however small, and you will be surprised to find how rapidly it grows. All accounts will receive courteous and accurate at tention at The First National Bank Gastonia, N. C. Gaston County's Oldest and Largest Bank, L. L. JENKINS. PRESIDENT. R. R. RAY, 2ND V. PRESIDENT. J. LEE ROBINSON, 1ST V. PRES. S. N. BOYCE, CASHIER. EasterSlippers We have 2,500 pairs in Men's, Boys', Ladies', Misses and Children. The snappiest styles in all the leathers and at prices that will surprise yon. Come in and let ns show yon the new things. Robinson Shoe Company Fresh Lot HECKER'S Buckwheat Daily Shipments Good Bread SLICED BACON & BEEF Homemade & Porto Rico Molasses Poole GROCERY Company Phones 107 and 224 Gastonia, N. C. Gastonia Real Estate If You Desire to Buy or Sell Talk With Haithcock! Office Upstairs in Glenn Building Main Avenue. See, Phone or Write George E. Haithcock Am often out of office moving around over town. Phone No. 288 or S. G. Fry's residence No. 204. Try Office . Thursday, the 17th. is SL Pat rick's Day; Sunday; the 20th. is Palm Sunday; Monday, according to the calendar, is the first day of Spring; Friday, the 25th, is Good Friday, and Sunday, the 27th, Is Easter. Annual Missionary Meeting. The Daughters of the King of the First Presbyterian church have ar ranged a very attractive missionary program for their annual missionary service to be held in the church Fri day evening of this week, the 18th,) at 8 o'clock. Special music, recita tions, and an address by Rev. C. F. Hancock, missionary to China, are some of the proposed features of the program. The public is specially In vited to attend. An offering will br Middling ..;,.:. . . : . ; in' 1-4-taken for the cause of missions. J Cotton seed 3 1 Gastonia Cotton. These figures represent the price: paid to wagons,' March 11th: Good middling .... .... ..14 1-jf Strict 'middling ...'.14 J-sJ i ! I i !
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