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monday, ArcrsT, is, iit. ONCE m THE-UMEdfcHT Being Tale of Those' Who Reached the Front Page Then Dropped Back To Obscurity; , OUR THK GASTOXIA GidTS. J. v v TSy?J (nits rve i Qi,. 1 VXJ ' v V fer- "THE ONE PICE v . fciWnnWnT. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. ' Premier Carrier of the South. Arrival- and departure passanget trying, '.Southern Railway Station. Gastonia, N. C ' ' NT. B. , Schedule figures shown at Information and not guaranteed. . I"1 v . r . Arrire from IS,: New York. Washington BInn mingham - 5:15 a. m. lf Charlotte (local)-. ... 8:00 a. m. 42, Atlanta, Night Express 8:30 a. m. St New Orleans-Atlanta (U. S. Fast Mall) ....V. . . 9:12 a. m 17 NT., Washington. (N. T., Atla :,. N. O., Limited) . ....10:45 a. m. 46 Westminster (local) 12:45 p. m. 12 Atlanta (local) 4:50 p. m 45 Greensboro (local) , . 8:45 p. m . tt "N. O. Atla. (N. Y., Atla., New Orleans Ltd." . ' . . . . . 1 : 4 8 p. m ISiN. Y.-Washington, (U. S. Fast ' Mall 9:55 p. m 30 Bham-Atla (B., spl) 10:24 p. m. 43 Charlotte Night Express 11:43 t. p. m. ' i . Depart for 29 Bham., (Bham., Spl.,) 5:15 a. m 19 Atlanta, (local) .... 8:00 a. m. 42 Cahrlotte night express 8:35 a. m. S 8 Washington N. Y. (Us. S. Fast Mail) .1,9:12 a. m X7 Atla., N. O., (N. Tl, Atla., New Orleans, Ltd.) 10:45 a. m 46 Greensbor (local).. 12:45 p. m 11 Richmond (local) . . 45. 'Westminster (local) 18 N. O. Atla., (N. Y.. . Orleans Ltd S3 Atla., New Orleans Mail,. . .4:50 p. m 5:45 p. m Atla.. New . . 7 : oo. p m. (U. S. Fast . .9:55 p. m. 20 Wash., N. Y., (Birmingham Special) 10:24 p. m. 43, .Atlanta, Night Express. 11:43 , - 8. m. : For rates reservations or other Information call on or write TICKET AGENT. Phone 22. G. C. ANDREWS. Agt.. Phone 73. PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN RAIL WAY CO. I THE ELECTRIC WAY." , Between Gastonia and Charlotte, . N. C. Schedule Effective Sunday, July 9th, 1916. - 6titlon. .204 West Main Avenue, Gastonia. Lv. Gastonia 7:00 A. M. -Lt. Gastonia 9:00 A. M ' Lt. Gastonia . .... 11:00 A. M. Lv. Gastonia 1:00 P. M. lit.- uastonia . . . . 3 : uu f.u Lv.' Gastonia 5:00 P. M. Lv, Gastonia 7:00 P. M. Lr. Gastonia 9:45 P. M. Lt. Charlotte .' 8:00 A. M. Lt. Charlotte 10:00 A. M. Lt. Charlotte ........ .12:00 A, M Lt. Charlotte '.. 2:00 P. M Lt. Charlotte ......... 4:00 P. M Lt. Charlotte ......... 6:00 P. M, Lrv Charlotte 8:00 P. M. Lt. Charlotte .; , ....... 1 1 : 0 0 P. M Connection made at Mount Holly with Seaboard Air Line, at Gastonia with Southern Railway and Carolina a Northwestern. Railway. ; The above schedule flxuree and connection are, published ai lnfor nation only ana are not guaranteed. E. THOMPSON, General. Manager. C. 8. ALLEN. Traffic Manager. ' 7 .Greenville, S. C - .... FURNITURE STORE" CAMPAIGN AGAINST ILLITERACY Annual Appropriation An Expert Teacher to Mrect Work Percent age Reduced Since 1900. Under a special act of the last T islature J 2 5,0 00 per year was appro priated to renew tne campaign a galnsf illiteracy in this state. Spe-' cial schools will be established in va rious communities for teaching illit erates over 14 years old. MisS Elis abeth Kelly has been added to the state department of education and she will have charge of this special work. With some one to personally take charge of this phase of the school work the state may expect better results. The law provides that the state board may duplicate funds raised lo cally and In this way $50,000 will be expended each year. This Is an ex cellent opportunity for communities to free themselves from illiteracy. North Carolina made an excellent record since 1900. The adult illit eracy percentage was reduced from 19.5 to 12.3 to 1910. A remarkable record was made during the year 1915-16. The state maintained 994 schools and enrolled 9,688 persons. 'Dr. Joyner, the state superintend ent of education, thinks that with the hearty co-operation of the people illiteracy can be wiped out with in a few years and thus free tne state from the curse of adult illiter acy. He makes tne touowing state ment: "What a blessing it would be If the 1920 census should show whole counties and the entire state free from illiteracy. With 150.000 per year available for teaching adults to read and write, with hearty co-oper ation of the teachers, of which I feel assured, with the active support of the county superintendents and all other school officials, with the as sistance of generous and patriotic cit izens, of social, industrial, patriotic and benevolent organizations. It ought to be possible to wipe out Il literacy in every county in North Carolina during the next few yea'rs." COMPANY B, OASTOXIA, ORDERED TO GREENVILLE. Charleston, S. C, Aug. 8. Imme diately upon his return to Charleston General Wood issued orders direct ing Company B of First North Caro lina Infantry; Troop A, of the Norm Carolina State Cavalry, and Compa ny I, of the Second South Carolina Infantry, to proceed to Greenville as an advance guard for the organiza tions that will move into the encamp. ment there from the two states. Ev ery regin:ent will be asked to de tail a company to go as an advance guard. Pity the Poor Wheat Grower in Ca tawba. Hickory Record. Mr. J. W. Shuford flashed a check Tuesday afternoon, but he is not in trouble' on account of it, though he said it was a shame to be forced to sell 43 bushels of wheat Tor such a tiny sum, especially since the wheat was grown on two acres and cost a bout $20 to sow and deliver to the mill. A number of friends of Mr. Shuford sympathized witn him, but they could not help him he had acted too precipitately. The check was for $118.23 and his wheat sold at J2.7G a bushel. Only ninety-odd dollars of that good money was vel vet. HAD REFUSED TO BE EXAMINED - United States Marshal Ernest Wil liams, of Charlotte, was in the city this morning for the purpose of taK ing into custody Sidney Friday, who was wanted for evading tne selective army draft. Friday, who is a son of Mr. Mike Friday, living near Dallas, was summoned to appear one day last week before the Gaston County Exemption Board to be examined fdr army service, his number having; been drawn in the first 428. He re ported to the board but refused to be examined. Marshall Williams was notified and went to the young man's home the following day to arrest him and found that he had left. Mem bers of big family, however, offered to get him back right away. It was understood that he had gone-to Roa noke. Young Friday returned to tb county voluntarily and surrendered to Marshal Williams this morning. He was recognized in the sum of $1, 000 to appear for examination by the board this afternoon. - Three members of the exemption board No. 99 in the heart of the east side of New .York were summarily removed Friday by . Deputy Attorney Conkling. The members of the boards are Louis I. Cherry, Dr.Henry M. Groehl and Dr. S. J. Bernfleld. Jt is alleged that exemptions were bonght. They have examined 666 men and of this number 235 were exempted and 176 waived exemption.! All cases acted upon by the old board I will be re-ppened by the new board. ALM JENNINGS. - V Alphonso J. Jennings first saw the light o( day in a deserted school house In Virginia, where his mother had fled to escape a' battle raging In the vicinity between the forces of the North and South. His father, who at the time the war broke out was operating a large plantation just over the Tennessee line, felt that his home would soon be in the line of battle and advised his wife to flee for ber mother's homo in Virginia, tine nad started on her journey when the fortunes of war forced her to seek shelter in the deserted buildfng. Meanwhile the elder Jennings, being by profession a lawyer, surgeon and clergyman, "turned the plantation lnto( a field hospital and enlisted as a surgeon in a Virginia regiment. Time flew by and the war passed. "Judge'' Jennings, as he was known, moved to Manchester, O. After a trivial quarrel Al ran away from homo and drifted West. In Okla homa he was noticed as a small boy by Jim Stanton, a ranchman, who took the youngster home with him and proceeded to make a man out of him. Time again made several changes in the life and habits of the Jennings family and "Judge" Jennings and the other four children (three boys and a girl) settled in Oklahoma, where Al was a practising lawyer with a notched gun stock. In 1889 Al Jennings opened a law office in Olakhoma City, but competi tion was so keen there that he moved to El Reno, where in 1882 he was elected County Attorney for Canadi ian county. When his term as County Attorney had expired, he went to Woodward to visit his father, who was then practicing law in that town. While there he became engaged in a quar rel with Temple Houston, son of Gen. Sam Houston, which resulted in the slaying of Ed Jennings, Al'a brother, by Houston and one Jack Love. The slayers were acquitted in a trial for murder and Al Jennings started out to secure justice himself. Summoning his brother, Fred, from Kansas City, Al took the trail and threw In his lot with the remnants of the famous Dalton Gang, then op erating under the title of the "Long Riders," from Duck Creek county in the Oklahoma bad lands. Through loyalty to the "Long Rid ers," Jennings refused to clear him self of a charge of robbery which had been lodged against him by Borne of Houston's friends, and this resulted in his being declared an outlaw. For a time he engaged in a Beries of train robberies and In October, 1897, in company with his brother and some of the "Long Riders," he held up a Rock Island train near Chickasha, Okla., and brought down a large posse on the band. On December 1, 1897, the robbers engaged in battle with the forces of law and order, at the Spike S rancn, on Duck Creek, from which they made a miraculous escape in the face of a withering rifle fire from hun dreds of deputies. They were finally betrayed and captured, badly wounded, by Deputy Marshal "Bud" Ledbetter, a ramous officer of those times, and Al was sentenced to prison for life for rob bing the United States mail, which it was afterwards proven he did not do. His sentence was cut short after three years and four months by a pardon from President McKinley through the good offices of Mark Hanna, hwo had become interested in his case. When Theodore Roosevelt came into office he gave Jennings back his citizenship. The ex-bandit went back to Okla- homo and started to regain his good name and law practice. He was elect ed to the office of County Attorney for the second time and later ran for Govenror, being defeated by a slight margin. He became converted to Christian ity ana in Jih came r.ast as an evangelist, making many friends and converts. lie is now a prominent, resident of Oklahoma and a power for clean pol itics. His regeneration has been complete and he lives for the pur pose of cleaning up the State and putting its government on a firm ba sis. Those who knew Jennings both as a bandiand lawyer in the old days are perhaps his staunchest admirers. Friend and foe alike agree that the dynamic force of the ex-outlaw, now diverted into worth-while channels, will make him one of the foremost figures in the history of the State. 13 "BIG BILL" DEVERY. Some 50 years ago the family of William Devery, living in a tene ment district of New York City, re ceived news that their favorite son's name had been added to the list of members of the New York police force. That was back in the old days when "Boss" Tweed ruled our first city, and "Big Bill'" for as such was young Devery known, received his schooling in the tactics of the police under the man who later served a prison sentence for graft. "Big Bill" Devery was adroit men tally as well as physically, and his advancement on the force was swift. i ear by year he stepped a rung higher until at the end of 15 years he won the highest niche in the de partmentthat of Chief of Police, under Mayor Van Wyck. Mayor Van Wyck was what he termed "liberal-minded," and al though the administration of police affairs nnder the supervision - of 'Big Bill" rapidly grew in disfavor with the better elements of the town, he was fond of characterizing the po lice head as "the best police chier New York ever had." New Yorft didn't bold the same Idea, however, especially when citl- zona watched vlrtimllv the whole iutrW from Fnnrtepnth tn Fprty second street became a restricted area where vice abounded. Their protests were unaeeded and "Big Bill" continued In office. Mean while his bank account grew month ly more plethoric. Attempts at re venge of disgruntled lawbreakers, ir ritated at being forced to divide their money, were futile. "OfT with their heads" was the order and they soon were no more dangerous. The end finally came, however. Of ficial investigation of Devery's reign brought before the public the fact that the cite' was suffering from im morality such as had not been wit nessed since "Boss" Tweed's heyday. Tammany was unable to save Dev ery, as it went down to dereat at the next election. He was indicted on numerous counts, but the charges were dismissed, and, while further evidence was being sought, Tamma ny was victorious' once more and Devery again became chief. In 1901 he was legislated out of office, but was immediately appoint ed Deputy Commissioner. In reality he was actual head of affairs, as the Commissioner was a physical wreck. Just when he had started to place the Tenderloin on its old basis, Tamma ny found out it could nut stomacn him, and In 1903 Devery was ousted for good. With the Idea of vengeance upper most, Devery ran for Mayor on an independent ticket and was badly whipped. His last chance disappear ed when he publicly' stated that ne lost his position because of a quarrel with a Brooklyn politician over the share demanded by him of graft money In Brooklyn. Thus politically buried, Devery at tempted to break Into society. He purchased a large house on fashiona ble West End avenue, only a block away from Riverside Drive, but his attempts brought pnly ridicule from the newspapers and the public. So he gave up and moved away. He could stand criticism but not satire. Baseball was the next objective of the former police autocrat, and he bbught stock in one of the major league clubs. His association with the national game hurt, rather than helped, and his interests were quick ly purchased by a group of men. Since then he has been out of the limelight and lives modestly on his farni at Far Rockaway, on the out skirts of the metropolis. GERMANY THREE YEARS AGO AND TODAY A Comparison of Present Conditions With Those Existing When the War Regan' A Record of De scent From Cillvization Into Rar barlam. Manufacturers' Record. Three years ago Germany was re joicing in abounding prosperity. Its commerce encircled the globe; its In dustrial activity was the wonder and admiration of all nations; its scien tist3 ranked among the world's fore most leaders in achievements; its people were honored by the whole world, even though some of their peculiarities caused many thougiitful men to regard with some degree of fear the future of a country where the teaching that "might makes right" had been sapping tne moral strength of the nation. It was not realized, however, that tno microbe of this disease had so thoroughly penetrated the whole body of Ger man life as to have made it rotten to the core. Outwardly Germany was fair to look upon, and until the rearrul day when Kaiser Wilhelm and his fol lowers unloosed the spirit of Evil upon the world, Germany ranked among the greatest and most hon ored nations on earth. Today, Germany is not merely hated, it is regarded with the most supreme contempt and loathing by every right-thinking man on eartli. Germany, the once rich and pro gressive country, is today staggering beneath a load of indebtedness whicb bids fair to wreck and ru:n the Gov ernment and the people of that land and of Austria as well. From a country of civilization, Germany has become a country or barbarism. From a land of prosperity. It Has become a land of almost endless pov erty, where woe and want and gaunt hunger are everywhere In evidence. Millions of its ablest men are dead Every family throughout Its Dor ders has suffered the agony o( the three years of its hell-born, unjusti liable war. The very flower of its life, the men whose abilities would have carried Germany to still greater world pre eminence in commerce and industry, have, with their bodies, fattened the fields of Belgium and France and other countries. It was left to Germany to lead the world in murder on the high seas, in the outraging of women and in the murder of women and children with its hell-born work of dropping de structive bombs on unfortified cities from the air. It was left to Germany to make the submarine a crime unspeakable in its atrocity against the world. It was left to Germany to write on the pages of history the blackest stains that ever marked the history of mankind. Hundreds of millions, of people In the Allied countries, as In neutral countries, will, for generations to come, look upon the crimes com mitted by German soldiers with a loathing which no human words can express. From its high estate of esteem and prosperity three years ago Germany has fallen to the lowest depth of human degradation. And for what? In order that Kaiser Wilhelm and the military spirit of evil which sur rounds him might destroy democ racy and on Its grave build a world domination of autocracy. In all the expierencer of mankind there is nothing with which to com pare the record of Germany's descent from civilization into ..barbarism, from prosperity into woe and want. from the abounding healthfulness of its peopletnto the awful toll of death BANK S XTRAWGAfJCET CRUSH foil AND KEEP YOU POOR f EXTRAVAGANCE IS A HABIT SAVING IS A HABIT IT IS AS EASY TO PUT A LITTLE MONET INTO THE BANK EACH PAY DAY, AS IT IS TO FIGURE ON WHAT PET EXTRAVAGANCE YOU CAN INDULGE IN-BUT YOUR EXTRA VAGANCE WILL LATER BECOME A GREAT BURDEN-YOU'LL GET THE "DEBT HABIT." YOUR SAVINGS WILL SOON SHO'W A BIG BALANCE AND YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO SOMETHING WORTH WHILE. 5 PER CEXT. INTEREST PAID ON. CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT COME TO OUR BANK The Citizens Natl. Bank Officers: ANDREW E. MOORE, Pres. - H. ADAMS, Cashier. Depositary State of North Carolina City of Gastonia Gaston County and suffering and Badness which, like a fall of darkness, spreads over the land; from its high place in the world's esteem to the loathing witn which it is now regarded- by the world. In all the record of human history there has been nothing to match the tearful crimes committed in behalf of Prussian militarism, and Germany, like all others guilty of unrepented sin, shall yet learn that Its sins shall find it out and lt shall yet pay the fearful penalty of the unspeakable crimes which have stained its course beyond the combined crimes of all other countries of all other ages. On August 6, 1914, at the very be ginning of this war, The Manufac turers Record said: "Humanity may be staggered by the horrors of Europe's war, but civilization will not be destroyed. Millions of men and billions of treas ure may be lost in this devilish work; thrones may totter and new maps of Europe may be necessary before the end is reached; but mankind will, on the wreck of these ruins, build a bet ter civilization one in which the people, and not a few unscrpulous men who feel that they have been Divinely appointed, will rule." Despite all of the power gar ev?I which Germany has been aoie to muster, we have an abiding faith in the overruling providence of Al mighty God that Germany shall be conquered and made to pay, as Tat as it is possible for human helngs tn this world to atone for sin, for all tlie fearful crimes and all the misery, all the death and all the sorrows and all the money loss of the last three year?. Civilization would indeed be a fail ure if this should not prove to be tne case. Fair Warning. The following appeared as an ad vertisement In the Adams, Ga., En terprise: The next cow of mine that's killed by an automobile won't die alone I've just bought a new shotgun. J Wilks. KEPT HER AWAKE The Terrible Pains in Sack and Sides. Cardni Gave Relief. Marksville, La. Mrs. Alice Johnson, of this place, writes: "For one year 1 suffered with an awful misery in my back and sides. My left side was hurting me all the time. The misery was something awful. . v I could not do anything, not even sleep at night. It kept me awake most of the night ... I took, different medicines, but nothing did me any good or relieved me until I look Cardui . . . I was not able to do any of my work for one year and I got worse all the time, was confined to my bed off and on. I got so bad with my back that when I stooped down I was not able to straighten up again ... I decided I would try Cardui . . .v By time I had taken the entire bottle I was feeling pretty good and could straighten up and my pains were nearly an gone. I shall always praise Cardui. 1 con. tinucd taking it until 1 was strong and well." If you suffer from pains due to female complaints, Cardui may be just what you need. Thousands of women who once suffered in this way now praise Cardui for theif - present good health. Give it a trial. NC-133 DCOTXET A. G. MYERS, (Active) Vice-Pres. C. R. ARMSTRONG, Yice-Pres. In the Spring our --VJ Sweethearts' fancy quickly turns to thoughts of Block's CHOCOLATES 80e. $1.00, $125 ana $1.50 the lb. Made daily in the largest and most sanitary factory in the South. For SoU hff J. L. ADAMS DItUO STORE fire and Just as Relia ble. Oinwsltc Xew Postof- or tea CJASTOXIA-DALLASTRAXSFER LINES. Lv. Gastonia . . . . 8:00 a. m. Lv. Gastonia 9:05 a. m. Lv. Gastonia 11:05 a. m. Lv. Gastonia 1:05 p. m. Lv. Gastonia 3:05 p. m. Lv. Gastonia 5:05 p. m. Lv. Gastonia 7:05 p. nr. Lv. Dallas 7:-30 a. m. Lv. Dallas 8:25 a. m. Lv. Dallas 10:25 a. m. Lv. Dallas 12:25 p. m. Lr. Dallas 2:25 p. m. Lr. Dallas 4:25 p. m. Lr. Dallas 6:25 p. m. Saturday afternoon cars run every half hour until 7:05. Last cars leave Gastonia at 9 and 11 p. m. Cars leave from J. M. Belk's store, West Main Avenue, Gastonia, and. from Dallas Cafe. TODAY VIOLET MERSERKAU in "SUSAN'S GENTLEMAN" and ON E REEL ATLETHIC production. TUESDAY CARLYLE BLACK WELL and JUNE ELVIDGE , in ' . "THE PAGE MYSTERY." i v m v I r. -
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