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t l. , ' - V .'V .. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 181.V. ;OAST03OA IS A BUSY TOWN. ?AGE EIGHT. 7 j2yi -fm id" - M'V Answer Ah Attractive lor - wl lur Home Costs No More Than Any Other House Talk With Our Architect Before You Build TO THE OFT-ASKED QUESTION', IS YOUR SALE STTLL GOING OX?" IS SIMPLY THIS: THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHOSE SHOPPING VISITS TO GASTONIA ARE SO INFREQUENT THAT THEY DON'T KNOW BY ACTUAL TEST THE BENE FITS TO BE DERIVED FROM THE LOW. OR SALE PRI CES WE'VE BEEN GIVING, AND ARE STILL GIVING. IT'S FOR THEIR BENEFIT. AND YOURS AS WELL, THAT OUR BANNER STILL FLOATS AS A BEACON TO LEAD TO THE STORE OF .MATCHLESS VALUES IN RE LIABLE MERCHANDISE. ONCE HERE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF SHOW ING OUR NEW LINE OF BOTANY MILLS SERGES AND DIAGONALS FOR SKIRTS AND SUITS, OUR NEW STOCK STAR BRAND" AND "BOSTONIAN" SHOES, OUR "RED CROSS" SHIRTS AND UNDERWEAR, OUR "AMBOCH" SUITS FOR MEN AND YOUNG MEN. OUR SCOTCH WOOLEN MILLS SWATCHES FOR MADE-TO-MEASURE SUITS. COMPRISING ABOUT 400 STYLES OF ALL WOOL PATTERNS AND THE PRICE IS $15.00 A SUIT AND PERFECT FIT. MORRIS BROS. GASTONIA, N. C. "THE PESTERING HOW SOME PEOPLE CONFESS THAT The Saturday Evening Post re cently ran a serial by Samuel B. Blythe, the foremost political wri ter of America, entitled the "Price of. Place." The story deals with tne career of a brilliant congressman, who started out with the disposition to be honest and independent, and tells of his trials and tribulations. The congressman is afflicted witb a socially ambitious wife who would climb at the expense of her hus band's reputation and salary, and keep him deluded with the idea that ner activities make for his advance ment, but whose extravagance ma; es nim take risks of ruin that his ordi nary temperament would not admit. The congressman, Mr. Marsh, has formed a political partnership wiin Senator Paxton of his state, an older politician, who is straight enough as the average politician goes; but who lias been through the whole routine, and become hardened as well as ex perienced. Senator Paxton for rea sons of his own naturally takes a great deal of Interest in Congress man Harsh and does not hesitate to advise frankly, fully and sometimes almost brutally, as to things as they are. . The attitude of the average half baked public man, or private citizen lor that matter, toward favorable newspaper mention, is well under stood by all newspaper men. The normal man who does something that is worth the while of the pub lic to know about, is mighty glad to have the public know about It, and while he has no reason to feel under obligation to a reporter Tor telling the story properly, he does trot Chink of pretending to be averse t snich things. On the contrary ne feeeps his mouth shut and lets other people do the talking. But some people with such mention literally weighing their vanity down, go round bunting somebody to mention It first, and failing in this, mention H themselves, and finally find op portunity to say: "I detest that kind of thing; hut it is one of tne penalties of being great and Im portant, and cannot be helped." Con srressman Marsh happened to be of tne latter class. He had been put forward as the spokesman of his party in defense of a certain ques tionable measure that was being pushed by the administration, and all the administration papers began to feature and emphasize his great ness. One of the big Sunday payers wt Washington printed a lot of mat ter about him. and accompanied tne aame with bis picture two columns -wide. Shortly after tbi3 Senator Yaxtoa and Marsh met again, and rhat occurred is as told by Mr. Blythe In the story J : "l see yon are getting your name m the papers," observed Senator Paxton one day wbes be and Mr. ilarsh were talking together. "Oh, yes," yawned Marsh: "the rrjortert pester .me a good deal." REPORTERS" WHICH THEY TRY TO CONCEAL "Aha!" said Paxton. "So that s your attitude, is it bothered by tne reporters! Well! Well! That, I should say, is a crying shame. There ia only one other thing I can think of that equals it for downright dls- romfort, and 'hat is not to be pes tered by the reporters. Jim, you go and take a long look a' yourself In the glass. You will observe a ratn er sturdy, amiable person, who owes cil he has to the reporters who are rcstering him, as he says. If -me leporters hadn't mentioned you you aould be back there in .Morgan ville practicing law. Don't assume wltn nie that pose of indifference to puo licity. It may go with horue of tne weak-minded ones, bat utter witn me. "Let me tell you something. The rose of indifference to what tne newspapers say about jou is tue first and one of the greatest signs of that political hypocriry that Is crystalized here in this Washington outfit. There isn't a man in this congrecs or in this government wno is Indifferent to publicity, wno doesn't yearn for pleasant referen ces to himself in; the papers, wno doesn't read and reread everything complimentary that is said about himself. It is the public boast of the biggest man in the- senate that he cares nothing for what the news papers say about him, and never reads them; but I know absolutely that each clipping bureau in this country has standing orders from him to send him every item it can find that has his name in it. "We affect to think that we ar hardened to criticism, and all tne time we hate it, loathe it. We smile in a superior way and say: 'Oh, well, the. boys have to have some thing to fill up with,' whenever they print a pleasant story about us, and privately we gloat over the mention of our names. Quit that pose, Jim? Get all the publicity you can. We need it. It is our staff of life. It works two ways we love it and we fear It. In the old days it was pos sible to do a good many things we can't do now, because the reporter were not so numerous and the news distributing facilities not In their present perfected state. Now those chaps are looking Into everything, and you don't want to be pestered by them. You want to pester them. Instead, or cultivate them rather, ror they can make you or they can mar you. and it's all In the day's wor with those enterprising persons. "Most public men take wrong view of the business of the reporter. They think the reporter comes to them because he needs them. That Isn't It. The reporter comes to see a public man because that is the way he makes his living. He would mucn prefer to be bating his own fun tnan to be chasing after statesmen whom nine times out of ten he has sized op to a .gnat's heel as to his intrinsic bogusness and his defects and de HOLLAND REALTY & INS. CO. PHONE 66. GASTONIA, sires. The man who gets along with the highly essential newspaper crowd isn't the man who patronizes them, which they resent, or the man who affects to consider them of.no con sequence in his career, but the man who meets them face to face, treats them squarely, tells them-the trutn, and doesn't try to weigh them down with confidences. Reporters don t want confidential information. They want stuff they can print. They are wise. Most of them were here when we came, and many who are here now will be here when we go. They know the game, and it is hard -to deceive them. All you've got to do to be squarely treated is to treat them squarely. They want no fa vors. They don't hanker Tor your companionship. Quit trying to fool yourself on this newspaper busi ness, Jim, and go out and play It straight. You need all the publicity you can get, if you are square, and you don't need any if you are not square. You can help the first and you can't stop the second . kind. That's all there is to that." Paxton walked over to Marsh and patted him on the shoulder. I'll be,t you a box of cigars," he said, "that although you are pestered by report ers, you've got a clipping of that Sunday story with your picture at the top of it in your inside pocKet this minute." Marsh blushed. He had. "Oh, well," he said, "I didn't mean ex actly what I said." "Of course not. and be careful you never do mean It. A public man without publicity becomes a private man so quickly It makes his head swim." Marsh thought a good deal about what the senator had said, and was impressed Vhen Mrs. Marsh told him Incidentally that she considered the society columns in the newspapers to be the greatest levers for social success in Washington. "Certainly!" commented Mrs. Lyster, who was sitting with them in the hotel parlor when Mrs. Mars?) made this remark. "If there Is to be no mention of a function in the newspapers a function might as well not be given. What advantage is it to a hostess to work and worry ana plan and scheme and intrigue to get distinguished people to come to their dinners or to attend her par ties, unless the world knows she Is able to snare those distinguished personages? How can she be re paid for all the expense and trouble and the jealousy and the criticism of the social ambitions that run coun ter to hers? except by having fie world know, through the kindly ministrations of the society editors, that this hostess h stained suffi cient position to drp honored guests to her houce? . the news pane's were to oboH-"' the society columns the number of social ar fairs in this town would dwindle to nothing. And that means every kind of social affair, from the big gest down to the most modest, ex cept, of course, family dinner par ties where real friends are asked In. "It is amusing to watch their ef forts." continued Mrs. Lyster. "One month I kept track of the various paragraphs sent In by herself of course about a young woman who is In what I call the near-cabinet set, the wife of 8n osgistant secreta ry, you know. Well, in the thirty one days of that month there were exactly forty-two items about that ambitious social leader, detailing her every movement. If she expect ed a guest then the expectation was announced: then the arrival: then the fact that the guest was there; then the projected departure of the guest: then the actual departure; and then on the following Sunday a resume of the entire matter. And there are dozens Just like her. The society columns in the newspapers may be predicated on society, but more than that, far more, is society predicated on the society columns. We slmnly couldn't exist without those aids to our advancement." Marsh looked at his wife and grinned. Mrs. Marsh said nothing, but when they went upstairs ene asked: "Curiously old-fashioned Ideas Mrs. Lyster has. dont yon think?" "Oh, I guess her views are open to argument," Marsh replied. NORTH CAROLINA SYNOD. One Hundredth Annual Session x Be ing Held In Greensboro This Wiek Rer. Mc. G, Shields, Former Gastonia Pastor, Elected Modera tor. . ! , The one hundredth annual meet ing of the North Carolina Synod, of the Presbyterian Church convened Monday night In Greensboro. At the first, session officers were elect- 110 E. Main Aye. ed as follows: Rev. Mc. G. Shields, of Greensboro, moderator; Rev. E. L. Siler, of Montreat, recording clerk; Rev. J. E. Summers, of Con cord, reading clerk; Rev. D. I. Craig of Reidsville, stated clerk. Tuesday was given over to a cele bration of. the centennial of the or ganization of the synod, the services being held at old Alamance enured, six miles from Greensboro, where the synod was organized on October 7, 1813. Ministers and delegates were taken to that place of meeting from Greensboro in a long line of automobiles, and two services were held simultaneously, one in tne church and another in the grove, the day being marked by a number of very able and interesting addresses on the developments of a century. Routine business, including the hearing of reports, was the order or the day Wednesday. The report of the board of missions showed a sub stantial gain over the. preceding year. The chief topic of discussion at yesterday's session was Education. Addresses were made by Dr. W. J. Martin, president of Davidson Col lege, Dr. W. W. Moore, of the Union Theological Seminary, and by Mr. R. Murphy Williams of the Barium Springs orphanage for which Mr. Williams this year raised an endow ment fund of $50,000. Synod is still in pession tod!v. but will nrot ably adjourn tonight or Saturday. U. D. C. OFFICERS. Elected Yesterday at State Conven- tlon in Tarboro Mrs. Williams Again President. Charlotte Observer. 1 Tarboro, Oct. 9. Reports of the various committees and the election of officers for the ensuing year oc cupied the attention of the North I Carolina Daughter of the Confeder acy In sei1on here today. Mrs. Marshall Williams, of Falson. was re-e'eted President; Mrs. M. O. Win step -I. of Pocky 'onnt. second vice-nrfx-'dent : Mrs. Thad W. Thrash, or "vrborn. recording secretary; Miss 'in'fred Faison. of Faison. corres ponding secretary; Miss Margaret Ffheridge, of Selma. treasurer; Miss Carrie ranger. 0f Mooresville. his torian; Miss Hettie James, of Wil-nine-ton, rnaniqin. pnd VV Cordon V'vgt. of Charlotte, director of Children's Chapters. The newly elected nUrero pre "'- Frank Hneeins. of Wilmington, first vice president: Mrs. H. A. Rlg oro 0f wir.toT'-:!lem. third vice nw.Mont: Mrg. Felix Harvey, of Kinston. registrar, and Mrs. H. L. Ped. of Linco'r.ton. recorder 'of crosses. Mr. William Dorsey Pen der, of Norfolk, Va.. an dMrs. J. Brvnn Grimes, of Raleigh, were unanimously voted honorary pr nts. M. Fannie Ransom Wil liam of Newton, was endorsed as candidate for the recording secreta ryship of the General Division. DISEASE OF CATTLE. Valuable Information for Farmers Concerning Sore Month, Etc. We are beginning to receive re ports of some disease that spread over the entire State last fall, Hy cotic Stomatitis, or Sore Mouth and Feet of cattle. This is a disease caused by cattle eating feed con taining irritating fungi, which caus es an inflammatory condition of the jnouth, tongue, nostrils, udder and teats. The disease Is the result of cattle eating feed containing irritating fungi, the fungi Is usually found tn the grasses during an unusually hot, wet season. Immediately after heat and moisture being conducive to its growth. , The first symptom usually notic ed is a dripping of saliva from tie mouth; Inability to graze, sluggish ness of the cattle, a slight stiffness of gait and Inclination to lie down most of the time. Upon making a careful examination, - the v mucous membrane would be- found Inflamed and red, or. If the disease has pro gressed far enough, small ulcers may be found. The first portion usually affected is the dental pad, which takes the place of the front teeth In the npoer Jaw; this becomes inflam ed and raw, consequently, the cattle are unable to graze, hot being able to cut the grass blades, but could eat feed already ; cut.- Prom this point if not properly treated, the In flammation will 'spread until the ' en tire month-and tongue are Involved, becoming raw, making it Impossible Tor the cattle to eat anything. In some cases the outer portion of .the lips and nostrils are Involved.." . In milch cattle, there Is great N. C. THE UNITED STATES HAS $50,000.00 ON DEPOSIT WITH US. A National bank must operate under STRONG RESTRICTIONS for safety, laid down by the Government at Washington. Before the U. S. GOVERNMENT granted us a charter to do a banking business, they sat Isfted themselves that there was Doth money and character behind our bank. They wanted to INSURE the safety of oar depositors. Do YOUR banking with US. Under control of United States Government Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, 9111,371.81. Citizens National Bank Of Gastonia Andrew E. Moore, President. A. G, Myers, Vice-President. W. II . Adam's, Cashier. decrease in the milk flow, heavy milkers may completely dry up In a few days. Small red spots may ne seen in the udder and teats. A temperature of 105 degrees F to 107 degrees F. is frequently seen. If the feet are examined carefully small red spots or ulcers may be seen at the top of the hoof or be tween the toes. If the affected animals are on pasture they should be moved to some place where they can be prop erly treated and fed on bran, bran mashes, or other easily masticated food and given plenty of fresh wa ter. In each gallon of water put one teaspoonful of chlorate of potasn. The mouth should be well wasnt-G two or three times a day with , a three per cent water solution oi carbolic acid, or creolin or some otn er reliable antiseptic. The catue should be kept in a dry, clean place, in order to keep the feet 'as tree from dirt as possible. The feet i should also be washed several times a day with an antiseptic solution. One of the most Important things is to Bee that the cattle get something that they can eat. If constipated, give a pound of Epsom salts dissolve ed in one quart of warm water, n properly treated, the loss should not exceed one or two per cent. liETTEIt I1ARIES CONTEST. State-wide Campaign for Better Ba bies at the State Fair Valuable Prizes. Final plans and arrangements have Just been made for a State-wide Better Babies Health Contest to be held at the State Fair at Ralelgn, October 20th to 25th. This health contest will be under the manage ment of the State Board of Health. There will be none of the old-time beauty show or voting contest con nected with it. The babies will be given a mental test, then weighed and measured and given a thorough physical examination by a corps of the best specialists on children tn the State. At every examination tne child will be graded or scored, the total score for a perfect baby being 1,000. ( While the State Fair Association, the Woman's Clubs, the Woman's Home Companion and others have contributed somewhere between $4 00 and $500 for prizes for the best babies, it is pointed out that by far the greatest value of the con test will be in having the experts point out to the mothers any defects they may And in the babies, and tell them how to remedy them. There is no entry fee or charge whatsoever connected .with -the con test. It Is open, to any white child in the State between the ages of 8 months and 36 months. Careful ar rangements have been ma3 to have everything provided for the care, protection and comfort of the moth ers and babies. Test tents' with cots will be provided for the sleepy ba bies and tired mothers, and one or more trained nurses will be in charge at all times. Any one wishing to enter tne con test should write the State Board of Health at once, being sure to state the day they will be at the fair, so a time can be named for Judging the baby. v' TH. COTTON BOLL WORM. Don't Confuse the Cotton Boll Worm With Boll Weevil How to De tect and Deal With the Boll Worm. Special to The Gasette. . WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 10. The Department of Agriculture Has recently received numerous inquir ies about. InJurr by the cotton boll worm, especially In the eastern part of the belt, In ir.cny cases this In sect has been cent used' 'With jthe boll weevi., e rnl erroneous reports about the occurrence of that nest In new reglons have thus .be come prevalent. ' . . . . The boll worm Is the larva - of a moth, and la only very distantly re lated to the weevil which belongs to the large natural group of beetles. The worm when first hatched Is very tiny, but grows rapidly, becoming finally a little over an inch long, and ' greenish or brownish in color. The weevil is white and found only with in tne cotton square or boll. It nev er exceeds one-half inch in length. In the case of the present out break the Injury began so late in i the season that little can be done to protect the present crop. Neverthe less, a farmer can insure the crop of the coming season against injury by the pest with comparatively little trouble and expense. The action that should be taken wherever in jury has occurred this year is to pick the cotton as quickly as possi ble and Immediately thereafter, to plow and harrow the fields." ThIs work will result in the, destruction of the immature stages of the worm which have passed Just beneath tne surface of the soil. . In addition to the effect in destroying the insect the plowing and harrowing of the fields will have very great value in the way of preparing for the crop of the following season. Methods of control of the boll worm which are applicable in differ ent seasons of the year are describ ed in Farmers' Bulletin 290. Hundred Years of Railroads. Popular Magazine. This year marks the centennial of the steam locomotive. From a cu rious, crude mechanism drawing a few tons of coal at a rate of five miles an hour, the steam locomo tive has pushed its way into every continent, and today trains de luxe are flying over superb tracks, across wonderful bridges and through mountains, in lands which were un known or uncivilized 100 years ago. The locomotive has made possible our great cities and seaports; it has created states out of vast vacant ter ritories. Without it the products or the world practically remain where, they grew, and only a small frac-' tlon of what is raised would ever be grown. The greatest working instru ment of industry in times of peace, it is equally essential to modern warfare. It Is the shuttle whlcn weaves the fabric of a nation by reason of easy and constant Intercommunication.- It has become In these days the pioneer, and people, pulpit and press now follow in its wake instead of blazing for it a path. So dependent upon its serv ice have we become that to utterly paralyze its operation for long-would mean death from cold and famine to millions of our people. Let us, then, think kindly of this magnificent machine, for It has done vastly more .good than harm, and, while often used as the Instrument of unscrupulous financiers in the past, it really deserves better treat ment of our lawmakers than has been accorded in these latter days. Mrs. Fannie Morrow is spending some time at Hamlet as the guest of her sister. Mrs. Pelham Morrow. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Jackson, of Clover, are exrtected tn nrVtva in city next week to be the guests of '.Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Loftln ' at their home on West Third avenu Suiry! Fowler, a colored man' who had been a familiar figure around the Craig & Wilson stables for many years, having been in . the employ of the firm for probaly 15 years, died Wednesday after an ill ness of some time and was' buried yesterday. Moore's Royal Blue Eels Shoe Store, now located in the Realty building, will be moved next week, probably Monday or, Tuesday, to the building recently vacated by Padgett Saunders, opposite the postoffloe. The room vacated by Mr. Moore will be used for the o flees of the Clara Dunn, Armstrong and Monarch Cot ton, Mills, now located In one of the . rear rooms on the first floor of tne bnllding. - ,r The Caret- , the only eeml weekly news; published tn . the county. Yon mast- read If X get the ' news wnue n is rresn. .: . i .
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