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M3 lotm. THE GASTOX1A CAZKTTC TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1010. 'The Gastonia Gazette Issaed very Tuesday and Friday tfcy TU Oasstte Publlealng Company E. D. ATKINS JF. W. ATKLVS Editors tod Mgrs. 8UB8CRIPTION PRICK: Cm year tlx mentha mr months 80 Oae month 16 GASTONIA Gouty Seat of Gaston Couaty Al ter Juurj 1. I011 possibilities of Urge growth. Vow Is the time to get it. Why not go after itT ; , , Another induitrr that would pay well and which Gastonia needs III U rat-claw creamery.' On this ab ject we shall hare more to say later. No. SS Mala Avenne. rHONE NO, 60. TUESDAY. AUGUST S3, 1910. LOOKING TO THE FUTURE Gaatonlana are confident that the Carolina A Northwestern Railway a hops" will be located In Gastonia The Gaiette Is also confident and ttas reasons therefor. Looking the matter from every atandpolnt conceivable we have been unable to arrive at any conclusion other than ..v.. ia the hPBt nlace for the IDII luu - hops. It Is not necessary to recount here the many and varied advanta ges that are offered the road by our town. Talking along this line yesterday, one of Gastonla's most progressive, liberal and farelghted business men made a suggestion which appeals to The Gaiette as being a most excel Jent one and worthy of serious con sideration by our people. It was that we should have a standing com mittee of ten or if need be twenty live business men, preferably from the Commercial Club which is doing aome effective work now, and a standing fund of a few hundred or a few thousand dollars for the pur pose of offering Inducements to prospective manufacturers to locate In our town. We need a diversification of Indus tries and in this way we can, in the course of a few years, by grasping the opportunities as they appear, at tract a number of industries that will add much to the stability of oar town. Right now, stated this gentleman, there is in a neighboring town a -mall but growing plant which man ufactures a line of high-grade wood en specialties that can be secured for Gastonia by a little effort. The men at the head of this concern are de sirous of coming here to locate be cause of the additional shipping fa cilities, etc., which they can secure here. This plant at present works only ten or a dozen men but their coming here would mean the addi tion to the town of that many fam ilies. It is in its infancy and has If the question baa not already been decided earlier In the summer It is now high time to make a wise choice of a school to which to send your boy or girl this fall. Not even politics Is of as great importance as the matter of giving the young peo ple a good start in life in the shape of the very beet educational oppor tunities the parents can possibly af ford. Vain regrets in after years will follow a failure to give this weighty matter due consideration, Education is the best Investment for both parent and child. It brings re turns of value far greater than any which can be measured In mere dol lars and cents. A Mhimmdn Festival ; v Taboou is a a Indian festival n con section with the celebration of lbs month of Mobarrsm. bicb begins lb year of ibe true Mohammedan. Tbla festival ' commemorate the death of Prince Bosaeln, the grsodaoo of bammed, who met his death In battle a fte ten days' fighting against King Omar. The word tabuot. from which the festival takes Its name, means lit erally a tomb, and It Is always built lq front of the bomes of some rich and Important Mohammedans and un der s temporary shed built for this purpose. The ta boots are mads from thin bamboo strips covered with high ly colored paper, end It Is always dec orated with Isinglass. roW and silver paper, glass balls and much red and green paint On the ninth day of tbe festival of Ta boots tbe ta boots are car ried In a pottursuloo through the streets of tbe various cities In India. On rbe tenth day all the ta boots are thrown Into some river, and thus ends tbe Mohammedan festival of Taboo t. Boh too Herald. w f , Aa Early Wall Paper. On preparing a room in Bradbonrne nail. Derbyshire, In 18S2. 1 found, pert ly covered by "an did oak cupboard. considerable rematus of quite early eighteenth century wall paper, of pale green tint with a flowing pattern In darker color on It : , This paper was mads In squares of about twenty Inch as, and 1 was able to rescue two or more comolere nieces. It bad been printed on rather thick paper ' from I thl will you be offered wooacut oiocxs, sua eacn square was naueu up who coarwe iroo wr auuui I . i m . m , '' " one and a "ck umrtesy, Ample facilities, - aatety i of brown leather, so that both tack I "A ' ' ' ' 4 ' heads and washers showed jiij around W posei all three of these qualification, and in which to deposit your money, you should consider each square-of paper. It Is possible ZXZZH.'SL 'SUJX'SS cbrfiaUy inte thee contanpUtin opening iccounU to Mrs. LsFar to Entertain. Invitations reading as follows have been Issued: Mrs. David Robertson LaFar will receive Tuesday afternoon, August twenty- third five to six 318 Chester Street Mr 8. Henry DuBols Shackleford Born To Dr. and Mrs. T. A. Wllklns, Monday, August 22. 1910, a son. Picnic at New Hope. The annual Sunday school picnic will be held at New Hope Presbyter ian church Tuesday, August 30th. Everybody Is most cordially invited to come with well-filled baskets and enjoy the day. Bridge Contract Let. At a special meeting held In Dal las Saturday the board of county commissioners let the contract for building a steel bridge over Dutch man's creek at Mount Holly to the Owega Bridge Co., of New York, the contract price being $2,973. A Spartanburg dispatch Friday says that because his wife would not allow him to attend the reunion of Confederat veterans, J. C. Senns committed suicide at his home near here yesterday by drinking lauda num. He was supposed to be un balanced. Primitive Fire Fights As bite s tbe end of the sixteenth century In London tbe sole method of extinguishing fires was by means of contrivances known as -hand squirts.' These were usually made of brass, with a carrying capacity ranging from two to four quarts of water. Tbe two quart "squirts" were two and a half feet la length, one and a half inches In diameter at their largest part and but half an Inch st the nozzle. On each side were handles, and three men were required to manipulate a "squirt"' One ma u on each aide grasped the han dle In one hand and the nozale In tbe other, while tbe third man worked the piston or plunger, drawing It out. while the nozzle was Immersed In a supply of water which filled the cylinder. The bearers then elevated tbe nozzle. when the other pushed In the plunger. the skill of tbe former being employed In directing tbe stream of water upon the fire. Such primitive contrivances are aaid to have been used daring tbe great fire of 1GGO. Mythical Horses. Pegasus ("bom near tbe source of tbe ocean) was tbe winged horse of Apollo sod tbe Muses. Belleropbon rode this animal when be charged tbe Chimera. Sleipoir ("the black horse of Odin") had eight legs and could carry his mas ter on sea as well ss land. This sot mal Is believed to typify tbe wind. which blows from eight different points. AJ Borak rtbe lightning") was the horse commissioned by Gabriel to car ry Mohammed to tbe seventh heaven. He bad a human face and the wings of an eagle. Every step be took was equal ts tbe farthest range of human vision. According to Tberaallan legend, tbe first horse was miraculously brought forth by Neptune striking a rock with his trident teenth century data, Bradbourns Hall, In the lower peak. Is a' picturesque house, almost unaltered, of tbe time of James I, having been then fashioned from the canonical house of the .Au gustus of Dunstable. It was Just tbe place Tar from the madding crowd" where curious details of domestic decorations would survive. London Notes and Queries. Fir 3t National Bank The Cynie'e Point of View. Of course we all like to know that our enemies are vulnerable, but It la onlY rtae cmical elect who can anDre- clate with fine epicurean fastidiousness I L. L. Jenkins, PrtSL, toe glorious revelation mat tneir friends are human after all. And it Is not only the weakness of those near and dear to us, but their misfortunes and annoyances, which give a thrill of Illicit Joy to those honest contortion ists who can look in their own hearts I once beard a young mother say that there was only oue thing which gave her greater pleasure than bearing that the children of her friends were sick, and that was to hear that they were bad. No one but a brom-ldlot (to bor row the excellent root with which Mr. Gelett Burgess has enriched usi would think of condemning this young Woman for being malicious or unkind. Misery is not the only human quality that loves company. Some of her distant relatives Anxiety. Discouragement Annoyance are equally sociable. Atlantic. Gastonia, N. G. X Gaston County's Oldest and Largest Bank ; S. N. Boyce, Cathier. J. Lee Robinson, V-Pl, Expert Fitter Representing the Tailoring Firm of M. Mo: ses aon I L .7. " bmdre. Md. Bal Will be at our Store How About It, Mr. McNinch? Cleveland Star. We entirely agree with The Char lotte Evening News that It is up to candidate McNinch to answer the following questions: 1. If elected to Congress, will Mr, McNinch vote for Cannon for Speak er? 2. will he vote to take away from the Speaker the power of ap pointing committees and to give it to the house? 3. Will he vote to reviBe the tar iff again, so that it will represent on ly the difference In wage cost of pro duction between the United States and foreign countries? SSIJURId yfiEMfrNT WHO HAS I THE MARSHALL FIELD clerked in a store when he was a boy. He put in the bank enough out of his salary to start a small business of his own. Today his establishment is the finesttin the world. His two grandsons will get 400 millipns each when they are given their share of his estate. .V1 ' Make OUR Bank YOUR Bank Begin an account to-day with the bank that will -giVe you the glad hand. We welcome new accounts. : Citizens National Bank of Gastonia H. P. Raskin, Pres C N. Erins, VicPrei, A. G. Elyers, CssLier. A Japanese Anthem. Tbe majority of national anthems are not conspicuous for beauty, either of words or music. The only one com posed by a musician of the very first rank Is the Aastrtaa anthem, for which Haydn Is responsible. And la no country has the composition of a realty great poet been adopted except In Nor way, where BJornson's stirring lines beginning Tea. we love this country.'! serve as tbe national antbeni. The Japanese hare a daintily worded an them which Captain Brinkley trans lates as follows: Until this grain of sand. Tosaact by each warstof a freak. Grow to a cloud girt peak. Towering abova the tend; Until tns dewy flak Beading this blossom's atU Swell to mlcMy lake . Am open ass nntold. Jor to Joy manifold Add for our sovereign's The Forbidden City. Peking has been a city for like 3.000 years, first as the capital a small state, then destroyed, again re built and finally molded Into the form In which' we now know It, with Its Chinese, Tartar. Imperial and For bidden cities, each with Its inclosing wall. Nobody has ever yet attempted to tell the full tale of Its Intrigues. Its cabals, plots and counterplots. Few know anything about them. No one person knows them alL If only the bricks that form tbe walls could find a tongue, If only the pavilions on tbe Coal HUI could produce the sights and sounds that have fallen.to their lot to see and hear, there would doubtless be a tale to tell which might vie in Inter est and dramatic force with anything that ancient Rom or Babylon has giv en, even through the medium of Ac tion. Shanghai Mercury. Friday and Saturday, Aug 26 and 27. - . :' -.. ..." . ; : - something He will have samples of all the latest capital of I :.. ' 1 V. 1 - , . . ' styles and fabrics. Come in and let him take your measure, for 'that fall suit 1 t 11 ( v wnicn you win soon Thomson Mercantile Gastonia, N. C. Co. A Dirge. She laid tbe still white form beside those which bad gone before. No sob. no sigh, forced its way from her heart, throbbing as though it would burst. Suddenly a cry broke tbe stillness of the place, one single heartbreaking shriek; then silence, another cry, more silence, then all silent bat for a gut tural murmur which seemed to well up from her very souL She left the place. She would lay another egg tomorrow. Princeton Tiger. Reversed, An East Boston, doctor told of tbe experience of a druggist the other day who sold some alcohol to new cus tomer. After the man had signed tbe book as required h said: "Now. don't get that name twisted. It la Michael Sullivan and not . Sullivan Michael, same as they turned it around ta the directory." Boston Journal. A Light Retort. "How did the trouble In the family atartr - The wife. It seems, got tired of her husband's heavy wit" . "Why didn't she simply xgake a light retort f "She did. She threw the 4amp at i mm." Exchange. A Puaale. -Mother (reprovingly to little gfrt just ready to go for a walk) Dolly, that hole was not in your glove this morn ing- Dolly (promptly) Where was it, then; mamma? ' CouldWt Risk It. Husband Did you hunt tip the new coots references? Wire No, John. X didn't I was afraid they Bright prove prejadiclaL Ilarpera Baxar. , - Napoleon and Waterloo. There Is nothing to the result of the Waterloo campaign to show any de cline in Napoleon's powers of mind. The plan of the eampaign as laid down by the emperor was a most brilliant one, and bad it not rained on the night of the 17th of Juno Napoleon would In all likelihood have kepi bis throne. Had It not rained and made tbe land miry he would have bad bis artillery In position four hours before he actual ly did. and Wellington " would ' have been disposed ef long before Blucher's arrival Even as it was. the Iron Doke was pretty well used up when tbe Prussian came up on his left Napo leon's genius never shone more bril liantly than It did In bis last campaign. Be was defeated by the elements and by the unaccountable stupidity of some of bis lieutenants New York Ameri can. , : Assyrian Seats. The ancient Assyrians nearly 8.000 years ago put in moist day their seals, engraved in Intaglio upon precious stones, on chests and doors. In order to prevent their being opened. There were no locks or keys In those days. If they wished to send a private tet ter they would often seal It with a hippo griff. which , fabulous ' winged horse was regarded as the emblem of secrecy. Centuries later the Greeks and Romans adopted similar devices for the same purpose. He Whistled. Old Lady (to grocer's boy) Don't you know that h is very rude to whis tle when dealing wlfh a lady? - Boy That" s what the guvnor told ma to do. mum. Told you to whistle?" MTesm. lie said If we ever sold you anything we'd have to whistle for the money." 1 : ,;7.; -.:., Her ftweeptna Abilities. Mrs. Neurtcb Did yon notice how grandly our daughter swept Into the room at Mrs. Puppson's reception last night? ' , C . :. v: ' wv-V Nearlcb Sure t did! When It comes to sweeping Into a room Mamie wins In a walk. But' when It comes to sweeping out a room she goes lame,, ' " Wanted H Plain. Mrs. Toungwtfe I want to get some salad. Dealer Tes'm. Bow many heads? ' Mrs. Toungwlfe Ob, good nessl I thought you took the heads off. X Just want plain chicken salad. According to a statement issued by the Postofflce Department vonIy two lOBtmasters in North Carolina have made application for the es tablishment of postal savings Banks end seven banking Institutions have astfd that they (be made depositor ies. The Innocent seldom find an uneasy pillow. Cowper. Appearanoea. Magistrate If 1 remember rightly, this Is not your first sppearance In court Prisoner No, your honor, but I hope yon dont Judge by appear ances.. . . ..-" Home-Cbming Jubilee and Reunion. Thousands of North Carolinians have migrated to all parts of the country. This State has played a great part in the winning of the west and in the development of all sections. North Carolina, virility, pluck 'and ability have proved nota ble factors in many other States. People from the Old North State have set their mark everywhere but have never lost their love for their mother State, North Carolina. Com plete arrangements-have been made for a great "Home-Coming Jubilee and Reunion" for all persons born In North Carolina; this to be held at Raleigh during the fiftieth State Fair, October 17-22. Mayor J. 6. Wynne Is chairman and Fred Olds secretary of the committee which has this matter in charge and they desire to obtain the names and addresses, as far as possible, orany people from this community who now reside In other States, in order that invitations may be sent them. growing pays la that section. There Is a large area of such land In that portion of Alabama, and in other r portions of the south, Improved pla ces, which can today be bought at prices which will give the Investor a splendid bargain, and on which the Introduction of alfalfa and the kind of farming which goes with it will greatly increase the value. . ' An Alfalfa Story. , , Southern Field. ' v. In February, 1907, fourteen gen tlemen at Unlontown, Ala In . the black belt region ' of Marengo coun ty, formed , the Canebrake Alfalfa Club, to experiment with alfalfa and especially to learn if alfalfa would pay dividends. The club rented 80 acres of land which, had recently been sold at $25 an acre and which was then offered at $4 o . When the club was organized $350 was paid in for the spring sowing and a like amount later for the ' fall sowing. Otherwise the crop paid its own ex penses. In the fall of 1908 a div idend of 60 per cent, was paid and In 1909 104 per cent, was declored. The lessee of the land made , as much.. The original lease was for five years. At the close df 1909 the farm was sublet for $700 a year for the remaining portion of the lease. At the present time the land cannot be bought and part of it rents for $10 an acre: . Evidently alfalfa REPLY TO JUNO. Now, Juno, I perceive that in al things you are : too superstitious. Tou should ' not be too hasty to whoop "nigger," for in your last primary we did hear a rumbling sound like many negroes coming in to politics again, but it tickled us Radicals nearly to death to know that they were coming into your grand old party, as you call it Now,, Juno, it seems that you should whoop for -"niggers'' too or not let them vote with yon... Mr. Juno, I told Tou tlmt there was something: wrong in ' your, valuable,; top story . and now, you should think so your self If you have a mind for thinking. But crajy people jaever think, but keep on being crazy. Now, ; Juno you must ; get your mind well bal anced and stand fast and onmova ble and quit waverinr or your party will lose confidence in you as a lead er., You. will have - to , atop your tongue from rattling" or the ginger will all be out before the November election. :-. f , :- Now, Juno, you said that I held on to the negro vote as long as T could, and now I see that you are trying to hold on some too. ' If ,1 have jeen holding on to them why? don't you let me hold on still.- But no, when the race is hot, in time or' heed, you are willing for the negro to vote with you in order to get your, choice heroes In. office. No. " JmuL. 1u19 lor you to taxe to a tree, for you have been undone by your own. communication in The Gaiette of August, 12th."1- Now Juno, you wanted to know how much our mlir had actually run under Republican prosperity We, have run fourteenv years with the exception-of about three ifcontha ' under Rennhllean - rule. You said "Mary Ann" was- coming to North Carolina to tall Radicals what and how to do. I do remember that' he said that under the present administration we far mers would get fifteen cents for our cbtton, and you know that is true. ' JIMBO. V 4
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