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THE GASTONIA GAZETTE.
flARTOWIA IS A BUSY TOWN.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1013.
The Gastonia Gazette
TUESDAY, DECEMBEK 23, 1013.
PATTERSOV DRAMATIC SPEECH.
- Ex-Governor of Tennessee' Indict
ment of the liquor Traffic.
At the recent annual meeting of
the National Anti-Saloon League In
Toledo, O., ex-Governor iMalcolmn R.
Patterson, of Tennessee, whose re
cent conversion from a life-long
alignment with the whiskey forces to
the ranks of the prohibitionists,
caused nation-wide astonishment,
made one of the principal address.
, The following is an exrerpt from his
speech; the introduction being from
the November issue of the American
Voice, which carries a full account
of the meeting:
The dramatic incident of the en
tire convention came when former
Governor Patterson, of Tennessee,
told the story of his conversion and
his antagonism to the traffic after
having been recognized the country
over as a leader of the liquor ele
ment. Patterson is a finished plat
form speaker, and his address mov
ed the great audience to tears and
cheers. It was the feature of the
convention. When he closed the
nail was swept with wave after
wave of cheenng, and hundreds
crowded about him to shake his
hand. The sceno wbs that of a great
religious revival, and will never be
forgotten by those who witnessed It.
He detailed bow circumstances
"while he was in Congress and in the
governor's chair ed him to take the
wrong view of th liquor question,
and then how, after the traffic for
which he had pledged had wrecked
his home and struck at himself, he
had turned to Goi and became a
changed man. Concerning his own
experiences he said:
I have seen the trail of liquor In
the criminal courts where I have
prosecuted crime. I know and have
been a participant in its paralyzing
and corroding influence in the social
life and public life of our national
capital. As the governor of Tennes
see, I have seen it a veritable and
raging center of storm around which
gathered its defenders and assailants
and from which sprang divisions tn
parties, disputes in families and- dis
tentions in churches.
Going through life, I have seen it
drag down many of the associates of
'. my boyhood, blasting their hopes and
consigning them to untimely graves.
I have seen Its forked lightning strike
my firstborn the child of my young
manhood, and I have borne with htm
. the suffering and tried to help him
In his brave but sometimes melan
choly struggle for redemption. At
last I have felt its foul and stealthy
blow as It turned upon me in its
deadly and shaming wrath upon
me, who had pleaded before the peo
ple for its very existence. Men have
called me strong; and while I could
. see its barm in others. I thought mr
self Immune, as thousands before
my time have thought and buffered
for the thought.
' All this I knew and felt without a
, revelation of the deep pathos . ana
meaning of it all. L needed help, for
I was groping and my feat were
stumbling in the dark. Deep in hu
miliation, tortured and condemned
In my own esteem, which is the se
verest penalty a man may inflict up
on himself, I thought of the ort-re-peated
phrases about personal liber
ty, of the power of the human will
. to resist temptation, with which J
Aad beguiled myself, and I found
them as unsubstantial as the fabric
of a dream.
7 When logic failed and reason gave
. ao answer. I cast aside all pride of
opinion, all thought of what the
"world might say or think, and went
to the throne of Almighty God.
"There on bended knees. I asked for
tight and strength, and thev came.
.The curtains of the night parted, and
the way was clear. I arose a cnang
d man. An invisible hand aas led
me on to where the vision is unon
cured, and the purposes of life
stand revealed. From a critic or
others, I looked within. Prom an
accuser, I became a servant in my
own house to set it in order. From
vague believer in the guidance ot
Divine power, I have become a con
cert to Its Infinite truth. From an '
unhappy and dissatisfied man out ;
of tune with the harmony of life and '
religion. I have become happy and
content, firmly anchored in faith, and
ready to testlfv from my own experi
ence to the miraculous power of God
to Cleanse the souls of men. I
Out of this has come the Dro-
j SAVES DAUGHTER
Advice of Mother no Doubt Pre
vents Daughter's Untimely End.
' Ready, Ky. I was not able to do
anything for nearly six months," writes
Mrs. Laura Bratcher, of this place, "and
was down in bed for three months.
I cannot tell you how I suffered with
my head, and: with nervousness and
womanly troubles.
Our family doctor told my husband he
could not do me any good, and he had
to give it up. We tried another doctor,
but he did not help me.
At last, my mother advised me to take
Cardui, the woman s tonic. 1 thought
it was no use for I was nearly dead and
nothing seemed to do me any good. But
I tool: eleven bottles, and now 1 am able
- to do all of mj work and my own
washing.
1 think Cardui is the best medicine in
, the world. My weight has increased,
and I look the picture of health. "
If you suffer from any of the ailments
. peculiar to women, get a bottle of Cardui
today. Delay is dangerous. We know
it will help you. for it has helped so
. many thousands of other weak women
in the past 50 years.
At ail druggists.
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Advisory t&OL. Cnattanoof. Tar.n., lor JncuU
Mrtrfki on our cs ana 64-pu t kjK, ' riorr
TruinwiH tot WsKcan." in pain wtwi; H.C.J89
TALKS ON
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THE IMPORTANCE OF
CONFIDENCE
ONCE a man's confidence is
galued hi trade is assured.
This is a business rule that is
almost an axiom. To gain this
confidence it uecessarily follows
that the merchant must first
make the acquaintance of the
customer. After that It is a
question of cive and take
IT IS CONFIDENCE LONG
AND CAREFULLY FOSTER
ED THAT HAS BEEN ONE
OF THE MAINSTAYS OF THE
MAIL ORDER HOUSES. The
only weakness in the fabric has
leen that the trade relations of
buyer and seller were to a great
extent impersonal. Naturally,
there Is no commercial confi
dence quite as firmly based as
that which exists between the
Individual merchant and the in
dividual customer, who deal face
to face.
Now is the time for the local
merchant to develop this confi
dence in the wider field which
the parcel post has opened to
him. He can reioh customers
within his zone at less cost and
far more expeditiously and sat
isfactorily than any mall order
bouse. Once the buying public
becomes aware of this fact it
will speedily transfer Its alle
glance from the mail order
bouses and deal with the man
near home.
ADVERTISE YOUR WARES
SPECIFICALLY. C, I V 1 N C.
PRICE LISTS. AND THEN
BACK UP YOUR PUBLISHED
CLAIMS TO THE LETTER.
The rest will follow as the ulght
the day..
found conviction that on the ques
tion with which I had to deal in my
public career, all my arguments and
all my conclusions, so far as they ex
cused or justified the moral right or
policy of the state to legalize the
sale of liquor, and thereby give sanc
tion to its ravages on society, were
only the empty and hopeless state
ments of propositions which had no
verity or application to a thing whol
ly and essentially evil, and concern
ing which no principle of right or or
der or liberty should ever be evoked
for its existence.
I favor Prohibition in any form
that will either reduce or destroy
the liquor traffic. I favor it person
wide, town-wide, state-wide, nation
wide and world-wide.
State Baptist Statistics.
Biblical Recorder.
In our 64 associations there are
2,054 churches with an aggregate
membership of 24 5,539, a net gain
during the year of 33 churches and
6,871 members.
From 1,370 churches there were
reported 13,264 baptisms last year,
an average of 10 for each church or
of one for each 18 members.
By 1,760 churches contributions
were made to one or more of the
seven regular convention objects,
the aggregate being 1189,756.71.
which Is a gain of $24,254.01 over
the previous year. The per capita Is
now 77 cents, which is a gain of 8
cents within the past 1 2 months. The
average contributing church gave to
an oDjects during the year Si 07.82.
More churches gave to the Orphan
age than to any other object, the
number being 1,552. There were
1,504 churches which contributed to
Foreign Missions. 1.501 to State
Missions, and 1.407 to Home Mis
sions. The number contributing to
all objects has not been ascertained.
The Sunday school record shows
1.934 schools with an enrollment or
190,686, a gain of 10.98ri. in r,2f
church"! the Pundav school enroll
ment exceeds the church member
shin. The educational work owned and
controlled by the denomination em
bra'e 'hrp rollers and Ifi second
ary schools which last ynr h-d 1-,
teachers. 3.882 pnnils and property,
including endowment valued at Ji,
440,194. Five other institutions un
der nrfvate Baptist control had 40
teachers, l.nno pupils and property!
worm i4S,uou.
HAS RECOPH Vnji OLD rE.
Half of the Residents More Than 71
Years of Age Their Combined
Years 2,306.
Binghampton, N. Y., Dec. 13.
The returns of the state school cen
sus disclosed that Vestal Centre, a
village ten miles southeast of here,
has a record of which tne Mtizens
are very proud.
The village has 63 Inhabitants, 1 r
being school children. Thirty of the
inhabitants are more than 70 years
old and the aseregate ages o' the
latter total i 2ffi years.
Jonn Goodenoutrh. 85 yearn old,
heads the list and, Samuel Harris.
84 yearp and 11 months is seconc.
Mrs. Phoebo TIbbry. rj( ranks
next.
All except two of the 30 were
born in New York state, one having
been born In Switzerland and the
other In Ireland. Ten of tne men
are veterans of the civil war and 10
of the ?0 live on the same farms on
whlrh f bey were born.
All but two still are actt" a jn
marjir ranes carry -on- their farm
work wph the same routine as they
have for the last 50. years.
J CHRISTMAS
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Editorial on the Meaning
Great Holiday "Festival
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SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT
DURING CHRISTMAS.
By Rev. N. C. Williams, pastor
West End and Ozark Methodist
Churches.
As many of the ministers of the
town have written articles on the
meaning of Christmas, I wish to sug
gest a few things that we ought to
think about.
First, let us remember that It is the
festival of the nativity of our Lord
Jesus Christ. We realize the more
fully why Christmas should be a day
of rejoicing, when we consider the
condition of man when Christ came
into the world. . When God created
man He breathed into his nostrils
the breath of life, and man became
a living soul. When man sinned,
j that life became corrupt. There was
no available remedy, by which man
could elense nimseii or tnis eorrup- j
lion. nis very nature was corrupt,
and all that our forefathers had to
transmit to the generations to fol
low was this corrupt life. So man
could cleanse himself of this corrup-
than the Ethiopian could change his i
skin or the leopard his spots.
The only remedy was a new lire.
And the mission of Christ was ro
bring into the world a new life.
Why, God does not hold ns
responsible for being descendants of
Adam . We can't help that. We
had absolutely nothing to do with our
coming into the world. Hut He docs
hold us responsible after we have
reached the age of discretion, for
how we choose this new life.
Therefore, it seems to me that
Christmas should be regarded by all
people everywhere as a day for the
singing of praise and the giving of
thanks to God.
CORN AM) TOMATO CLUBS.
Results Prove the South PouliarIy
Adapted to I H versified Agriculture
Records of Southern Boys and
Girls Far Ahead of Those of the
North.
Special to The Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Jl. Com
menting on the statement issued by
the United States Department, of
Agriculture, showing the results at
tained by the boys and girls who
won prizes in the Hoys' eoru Cluns
and Girls' fanning Clubs in their re
spective States in the season or 13U,
President Harrison, of the Southern
Railway Company, said today;
"While the work done by the
boys and girls in all ot the Stales
was remarkable, it is very gratify
ing to me to note that tirst honors,
both in the Boys' Corn flubs and
the Girls' Canning Clubs, went to
States traversed by the lines of the
Southern Railway system. The won
derful record made by Jerry .Moore,
of South Carolina, who grew 228.75
bushels of corn on a single acre in
1910, directed attention to the great
advantages of the Southeastern
States as a corn-growing locality.
Now comes Walker Lee Dunson, of
Alabama, with a record of 232.7
bushels on a single acre, setting a
new mark for the members of the
Boys' Corn Clubs throughout the
United States. The superiority of
' the Southeast for corn production is
demonstrated not only by Walker
Dunson's remarkable record but al
so by the fact that the yields ob-
' tained by the prize winning boys in
each of the StateB of Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida and Tennessee exceeded the
hihgest yield obtained by any boy in
I a Northern or Western State.
"No less remarkable than the rec
ord made by Walker Dunson in the
corn club work was that made by
Miss Clyde Sulliyan, of Georgia, wno
grew 5,354 pounds of tomatoes on a
tenth of an acre, surpassing by 1,
374 pounds the highest record made
by any girl in the North or West.
Other Southeastern girls did re
markably well, notably Miss Lizzie
Kelley, of South Carolina, with a
refold of 4,3".") pounds on a tenth of
an acre.
"Taken as a whole, the records or
the Southeastern boys and girls de
monstrate the superior atrrlcultural
and horticultural advantages of the
.-'ontheastern f-'tafes, not only Tor
IMircly Southern crops, such as cnt
'ton and early fruits and vegetables,
"but also for crons which are usually
associated in the imb'ic mind with
the North and West Thev demon
st'ate that the ?tates south of trio
Ohio and Potomac rivers and :i?
of the Mississippi offer iine!r'nscd
advantages for the man scoMns to
ove-.ico in profitable diversified agri
culture." FAMOUS SCOUT DEAD.
Archibald Powand. Last of Sheri
dan's "Jesse Sconts" Passes.
! Pittsburgh, Pa.. Dec. 16. Archi
bald H. Rowand. 68 years old, the
last but three of Gen. Philip H. Sher
idan's famous "Jesse Scouts" In the
war between the states, died in his
home here last nleht. Ha wb
warded the rongresslonal medal of j
honor on recommendation of General
Sheridan for his darine work in the
Shenandoah vallev camnafen
Mr. Rowand was 17 years old !
when he began his hazardous work '
and for three years spent most of j
his, time within the Confederate
lines. He served under General
Averill. Milroy. Hunter and Sheri
dan. He served two terms as clerk
of courts of Alleghany county. Since
1885 he had practiced law. His son,
H. H. Rowand: is first assistant dis
trict attorney of Alleehany county.
Aside from te nrtrertierrtenffc it
rnrrlos The Gazette give its romlcrs
more than tvtl" as mnch readlns
matter for , th money nn any
other paper pnhlished in the county.
Had yon thought about It?
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and Observance of This
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We should be the more thankful,
when we remember how we have
been conducted through so many
dangerous places. As some one has
asked; "Has not the voice of the
wild beast shaken us with alarm?
Have we not trembld on the edge of
the pit, and been sad in awful loneli
ness? Remember the Deliverer."
Let us think, too, of another
Christmas which hastens the second
advent of the King. His appear
ance will be wondrously different
at the second coming. It shall not
be in weakness as before but in
power! "Not as the shining or a
star in the world's dark night of sin,
but as the rising of the sun in the
morning of the millennial day! Not
in the manger with the lowly. beast of
the stall, but from the transcendent
glory of the highest heavens! Not
then, the worshipping magi and the
wondering peasants watching their
flocks by night, but the acclaim of un
told millions of the heavenly host!
Not then, as the lowly Servant or
Jehovah, or the rejected son ot man,
but as King of Kings, and Lord or
Lords! Not as the suffering Lamb ar
Cavalry but as the Lamb in the
midst of the throne! Then shall
the song of the, great company of the
redeemed swell the full hearts of
the glorified. Then shall be heard
the mighty anthem swelling above
the sound of many waters: 'Alle
luia, for the Lord Cod omnipotent
rcijineth.' and the host of heavens
shall become the leaders In the
triumphant chorus: "The Kingdoms
of this world are become the King
doms of our Lord, and of His
Christ: and he shall reign forever
and ever."
NEILL C. WILLIAMS.
BUSINESS SUICIDE.
How the Abuse of the Credit System
Places an Intolerable! Burden on
Many Business Firms "Strictly
Cash" the Only Remedy.
Rock Hill Herald.
A local merchant was telling us
yesterday of a Rock Hill man to
whom he sold a bill of goods in
1908, of which he has never as yet
been able to collect so much as a
dollar. This delinquent can be seen
any day riding around in an auto
mobile. Of course the local mer
chants are largely to blame for such
a condition. The giving of unlimited
credit has been th very means or
enabling some people to enjoy owner
ship of automobiles the very pen
pie who are really not able to own a
car, but who flaunt themselves by
the hard-working and honest debt
payers. There ought to be a reme
dy for this condition, and The Rec
ord believes there Is one. It merely
requires a stiff backbone and a deter
mination on the part of ALL the
merchants in Rock Hill to refuse
credit to those people here who have
become notorious for not paying
their bills. It Is nothing less than
dishonest to contract bills one can
not or will not pay. It 1b all very
nice to give receptions, card parties
and swell luncheons and splurge
around town in "my car" that ts,
looks fine! But who is paying the
bill? One merchant told us tne
other day that he had over $30,000
on his books: another that he had
over $10,000 in the same predica
ment for predicament it is. The
wonder is that all the local mer
cantile establishments have been
able to stand the strain. This much
abused credit system has long been
the curse of the South not only to
the merchants but to the customers
as well, because the very fact that
one can get credit at any store leads
to extravagant buying. If the cash
system was strictly enforced the
temptation to Duy would have to be
stifled until the cash was In hand.
And the merchants and their custo
mers would all be better off In the
end. As it is now, many credit cus
tomers are staggering under debts
they find it hard to pay. and the mer
chants are carrying a line of credit
that is absorbing their capital and
driving them to the banks as bor
rowers. In other words, the splur
ger is having the tlm. of his (too of
ten "her") life, and the merchants
are paying interest to the banks on
loans for the privilege of carrying
the splurgers on their books. It all
looks like buslpeps suicide. That is
just about what it is.
Ksnulre J. T. R. Dameron, of
P-essemer City, route one. and his
son. Mr. Craijr Dameron. and famitv
evi.ect to elave Boon Tor Roseland,
Moore county, to make their home.
They intended to leave this week,
but have been delayed on acronnt. of
the illness of one of Mr. Craig Dam
sons small cmidren.
Subscribe for The Gazette.
RE WARE OF OIVntEXTS FOR
Catarrh That Contain Mercury
as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely de
range me wnoie 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. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.,
contains no mercury, and Is taken
Internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of tne
system. Tn buying Hall's Catarrh
Cure be sure you get the genuine.
Tt Is taken internally and made in
Toledo, O., by F. J. Cheney & Co.
Testimonials free.
Fold by Druggists. Price 75c per
bottle.
Take Hall's Family Pills for ton
stipatlon. Adv. ; -. . . . ' ;
We wish all our friends and
patrons
A Merry Christmas
and
A Happy and Prosperous
New Year.
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'Twas The Night Before Christmas
And there were lots of Gastonians who had not bought all of
their Christmas gifts. Postponement usually means disappoint
ment in getting what you want, so buy now.
We have for "her" approval Mary Garden, Morris and Guth candies,
Hudnut's toilet water and perfume and Mary Garden Perfumes.
For "him" we have cijrars of all kinds in boxes of 25 and SO. Pipes
of all kinds, combs, brushes, etc.
orrence Drug Co.
"On The Cornet"
WARNING
LAND POSTED!
All persons are hereby warned
not to walk, ride, drive, hunt or other
wise trespass on this tract of land.
The law will be duly enforced
against disregard of this notice.
This,
day of.
The above shows that the form and size of oar land-pMted notices.
Price, 1 dozen, 15 cents; 2 dozen, 23 cents; 50 for 50 cents; 100 for OO
cents. Three cents per dozen additional by mail. All mail orders have
prompt attention. Gazette Publishing Company, Gastonia, JX. C.
NOTICE OF SALE.
' Under and by virtue of an order of
(he Superior Court of Gaston Coun
ty, Xorth Carolina, made in the spe
cial proceeding entitled, "John E.
Cloninger, Administrator, vs. Lannte
.Quinn, et al," the undersigned com
missioner, will on,
Tuesday, January 20th, 1011, at 10
O'clock, A. M.
at the front door of the Farmers &
Merchants Bank In the town or
Stanley, Gaston County, North Caro
lina, offer for sale to the highest
bidder for cash, the interests of Lan
nle Quinn. and her husband, John
Quinn, which is one twenty-fourth,
Katie Sadler, which is one forty
eighth, and John Derr, which Is one
fifteenth, in and to the following -described
tract of land, lying and being
in tbe county of Gaston, and State of
North Carolina, and In Rlverbend
Township, more particularly de
scribed as follows: v
Being lot No. 1 of the division of
the lands of John Sadler, deceased,
which division was made on the 15th
day of , 1843, beginning at a
white oak and runs S. 14 W. 120
poles to a persimmon tree; thence
X. 70 E. 81 1-2 poles to a stake;
thence N. 45 V. 18 poles' to a, pop
lar; thence X. 68 poles to a pine;
thence to the beginning, containing
30 acres "more or less. (Less - 12
acres heretofore conveyed to Robert
Rhyne by Elizabeth SadlerL. Henry
Sadler is the owner of the other In
terests in said land,' having obtained
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same by quit claim deed from the
other heirs at law of Betsy Sadler,
deceased, as more fully appears from
the petition in this cause.
This the 20th day of Dec, 1913.
JOHN E. CLONINGER,
T'J 13c4w Commissioner.
NOTICE.
I have sold my entire interest In
the Peoples Furniture Company and
am no longer connected with said
firm In any way. This la to give
notice that I am not responsible for
any accounts held against said
company by anyone.
R. W. EDWARDS,
Gastonia, X. C, Dec. 16, 1913.
TJ6-4W.
The Southern farmer needs a
horse with sufficient weight to pull
larger plows, disk harrows and other
efficient and labor-saving Implements -This
heavier horse may not be ablo
to ko as fast an onr He-hte atnek .
but they can more than make up for'
this lack of speed by doing more
work each time they cross the field,
The Progressive Farmer.
Alde from the advertisement ft -carries
The Gazette gives it readers
more than twice as much reading ;
matter for the money " mm any
other paper published ia the count v.
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