North Carolina Newspapers

THE GAZETTE. TAPMSUAY, MMKCAUT wTtWS. BUSINESS TALKS. A4v*ttJ*mnta iBMted in tsu rommn a i»-t R. T. JUrpar ’a bourn nod lot for ule f\LP NEWSPAPERS for aal« at tin - w Gackttk Oykick. LANK MOBTGAGKS.-You wll Hod them at tba .Gaksttu office Note at Vac bed TLJONEY arc 11 rely Invented without aaA charge to I on dvr. Ww. H. Lmwis. AFKW HCNDUKlMolUrsto lend' Apply to Wx. li, Lmwis. FIVE OORDM of wood wanted. Pine, oak, or mixed. Apply quick This Uaabtt* Orrio*. TJIOli SALE— 98 acre* of good land, well limbered, 2 mile* Southwest of Geitonla Argdy to W. M. Hours aoir, Gastonia, N. C. <). t. 88— 2. rCAME, Wlmt earns. That lot of eleguut liucu «"d bond type writer papers. Call at the Gazette office. To see these goods la to order them. TOCK OV dOOTW hu islet —Bidi will be received from now till next Thursday, the 7lb of March, for tho entire stock, consisting of Hardware, Staves, Tinware, Tools Ac. a aligned to me by Jenkins A (Jo. V. M. Gam-awt, uaelgcee. Pah. 27 th WOA LOCAL MJEWS. — To-morrow Is tlx lint day of March. —Little Harry Jenkins fell while et play the oWxr day and “stove np” one at thr boor* tn hie arm. —Tbs freran has bean herd on email min. Warm rains would probably belp the crops very much. —The bHkt to amend tbe charter of Gastonia and Incorporate Belmont passed the House Mel Saturday. —Thla pretty weather haa tomed everybody out of dour*. Though la of gardroitig cook on apace. Dr. Llofl maa baa already been itlring around some lo bte garden. —Aa an aorabengctpUy remarks, one at the beet argument* you can offer for tha merits of your goods la liiai you bare tuOcieot oonUanoe In them to TOO willing to adrertlae them. —The Bessemer City Mtutnjrr haa appeared again after n lung reeling spell. The writer appreciates Tery much tlx very kind mention made of him personally la the JfssMnger of last week. —A bright, attractive, and thrllllug story will beglu in these columns as anon aa we “get Hits legislature off of our hands.'' Watch fur It. and bint tu your neighbor Hist nnw is the time to subscribe. —uia you uiiux lo mention ttr Tins Gixbttk it going to publish pi**tty ■oou another mrrial story. Onr first one »u a great bit. Tbo one wc have In viifvr Is of a different kind bat • charming story all lbs same —Mr. J. A. Smith, of Bessemer City, and Major W. A. fluthrie. of Durham, are reported to hare bad a Slight “scrap" at the Varboro House last Tiwadar morning. They were aeparated before either was hurt. —The road* haya been terribly mod dy since the thaw began. One man, on bis way home with wagon and team lost blj hind wheels iu the heavy rosda and didn't mis* lliem nntll lie met a neighbor who told him about It. —At a meeting of the directors last Tuesday Mr. Thomas Wilson uni elected Vke President of tbu First NatloiurfBnnk bihI Miss Rule Moore wss formally elected a clerk In the bank—« position wliicti she has for several week* beuii so efficiently Oiling. —Tl>* vault lock of the Fitat Nation al Bank refused to wnrk Uie other d»y aad caused a tot of work sod worry. The safe had to he tilted over ou its face and beaten on the back like a per son choked. It workod all right after that. An expert Las siuee been called In and the lock la nowO. K. —If oar butty correspondent had signed Ills Dame to his communication In reply to the "brother from Harden," It would have been printed. Let na •ay Just uooo more that there Is one thing always oertaln lo reach the waste basket end that la the communi cation which conceals Its authorship from the editor. —Gastonia catches on ether business maa. Mr. IL 8. Bowman, of Dumber land.Md,, corresponded with twenty odd North Carolina town* end out at the lies selected Gastonia ns the point be preferred to do bustimm lo. Us and family are at the Falla House Ha will oocopy the Anders corner, and la now about ready to open a hargaln store. —***»■* missed it, did h*V Well, tlioor forecasts of hla were written laM fall and they root tOanrsUoualy naar the mark. The spell of weather wtitah bis almanac predicted for Feb. *i—SB oh me about a wane or tendayi aoonor than hi* calculation* indicated. But It was weather to be remembered, a ootd wave that waa a terror to Man and baatt Jest aa ha wrota It l|uit fgll. ' —Dick tforv, Charlotte'* prohibi tion champion, with hla greatest show oe earth, struck Oaetook* Tureday. Ho stood Id hit wagoo and spoke earnestly to the people who gathered shoot Mm lo eee hi* matebteae vartegitud assortment of 'tdam ealoka.” Hla lecture waa a pretty peppery mixture of putKIoa, prohf WUbe, religion srd physiology sad hygiene. —blr- P B. Rleharts, photographer, ie oat again after a severe lllneae. He will pHeli hla tent shortly In the eoort house yard In Yortvllfe. \T* notice hie ado. In the Kwnirrr have drawn the ftre of looal artist*, n* thorough |y despise* a dull time and hla great filth la printer'* lak ih**a so rx-rew*. paper man) generally kerye him from having one. Mr. Richards ha* aeon In Gastonia about ten months snd In that time lias mad* hundreds and hundred* nf doaeee of photographs He lias * blunt, short-out. western way of mak ing ptelaree to salt nr giving the b»oh»t back He le kept too busy making |rftMn*« that dn suit to argas over itw matter a minuta mxxtiwx. —Mu. G. F. McLaughea end child ren are vialting her inter, at Besaaassr City. , — Miss Bright Torrence rtmited at > Iter brother From1* a few day* Uat week. , —Mia* Lou Sufi* from near Dallas, it visiting Uiu family of Iter brother, Mr. J. T. Suggs. — Mia* Maggln Jnnkln* of Stanley, visited her stater, lira. J. X. Hugo* for several days this wook. —Mr. Martin PeRadder has re turned to bis 1 to sic In Boston on ac count of still railing health. — Mr*. Ftovd I,Ule and Ml** Mamin Uryun, of Spartanburg, are visiting their slater, Mrs. Jno. F. I*>vn. —Mr. W. C. Carrlnglhn ha* annt some of hi* Ixiusehold furultnre to Spartanburg, wtiltiier he w',11 shortly move hit family. —Miaa fail la Sboford, daughter of ex Sheriff Siiuford lias accepted the yosltlou of caaltlsr In Mr. Jno. F. •ove’a dry goods stole. — Mr. C. M. Crowell, a young at torney of Mon Ugoe, Texas, U In One ton la for III* health. His home la at Mr. I. M Alexander •*. — ilev. end Mu. C. M. Campbell gere h delightful lea lest evening nt tlie i*rsonage, comptlmenlnry to tlie young men of the Methodist church. —Mr, W. L. Gallant will leave for Florida to-morrow night, llo will canvass that Stats, Taxilslenu Missis sippi. and Texas la tlie Interest of bis barglsr alarm. —Messrs. Jno. F, Loye and Jas. F. Thompson slid Mias Resale Marts will leave next Monday night for tlie notlb ern markets. Messrs LoveaDd Thomp son will spend two weeks sod Miss Davie three weeks In the cltlee end will seWct and buy the fullest, prsulset, and afloat stylish stock n( dry goods and millinery it bus ever been their good fortune to secure for tbolr customers* —Mr. A. C. Williamson left for the dot them markets Tuesday night, la CUarlotla lie was Joined by Mr. T. L Alexander. Mr. Williamson will be away a weak or ten daye, daring which time be will visit the great houses of the nnrllwrtt cltlee ami give tile coatomera the benefit of his taste and experience. He will employ a new milliner to take Immediate charge of hla millinery itspwrtroaut. Pi •■■alee M JraklnCSekoeS Him (tar. Jna. W. Roberts, of Bessemer City, will preach at Jeakli.s school bouse no the A ret Swnday In March, which is next Sunday. Servioee will be bald at 3 o'clock lo the afternoon. Evwrylmdy la invited. *•**» »S* tonatr BttmiMrr, The First National Bunk of Gaatn nla hui born designated by State Treasurer Wurth as a depository for a portion of tha State funds This hank Is now Iw.li a Slate and County de imaihiry, having already received the dep<«ita o( Gaston aud sums nr its ad joining ooaoties. * m*mxy Mr. (lope Adams, of Howling Green, baa killed three wild turkeys Oils year, all on the wing The first whs a Hugo gobbler Willi a ten Inch ' beard, killed New Year's day. During tlm winter he baa killed over *10partridge*.every thing flying. In the matter of perk, tw killed lire Itogv which aggregated 1&24 pounds of meat, one of them reaching nearry 400 pounds In weight. Hay whet you please. but Mr. Adams la pretty well fixed for meal. ---*JLL JUUHS9 Fo*M,Ur Varltljr 9t Cotton. It seems that the "King’s Improved” cotton which was advertised lo these columns In 1HB3 has justified all that was then claimed fur IL Mr. Hope Adams, of Rowling Green, brought that spring a bushel of sMd and planted them. lie liss since sold to hla neighbors and they all like the out toa. Its good points are (1) It is about two weeks eailler than other cotton, (3) it is vary prolific, aud it it very may to pick. We oteutlon this here because If farmers must and will raise cotton at Are cents we want them to get all the possible advantage out of t he beat varieties. rwrdw raw. He’s full of It, Prof. ». T. Ford ta lie had a crowded house on Monday night sod a more crowded one the uvxt night. The managers for tlia Young Men’s Christian Aaoclallon, nndor whose aosploet lit. appeared, came out ‘ more than whole.** n« la remarkably free from the hlemiebe* and nouet es peolxlly the mannerisms of elocutlon iata aa (bo word guest He Jnat turns himself loose to hla work with aach si to W lolly and freedom that before yon know It you are right along there with him. But that Is pot all Ford ta fit for. He knows beer to roach the deep set springs of hnmao pathos and stir tba loftiest aspiration* and feelings of the human heart. He went to Gaffney yesterday. A Dft Mol mm woman who turn baan troubled with frequent colds, eon claded to try an old remedy in e new way, and accordingly the look a table epoouful (fonr time* lire usual doae) of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Just before going to bed. The next morn ing aha found (list Iter odd had almost entirely disappeared. During lie day *h* took a few duel of the remedy (on* teaapoeufu) at a time) and a* night aula took a tablespoonf«] be fore going to bed, and on the following mnrnlog awoke free from all symptoms of the eold. Blnoe then the baa, on mjreral oooaelnna used this ttrnedy In Ilka manner, with the mum good re sulU, and le ranch elated over her die ©overyjrfeo quick a way of caring a eold. For sale by Curry A Kennedy Druggist. Mee* Is rwr. Orttaa hrrtoOmM DM King’s Improved. Tliki la I he aarltaat ootUin, very prollOc. acd easy to pick, neighbors blgbly pleased wlUt seed I eold them last year My brother Jamas made taro balm no one sore. I reined last ytar 10 bale* on nine acraa I will sell for 90 eta par boat*), or until *5tb March will swap on* buakel for three. After that term* strictly aaah „ E H. Antes Howling Om», 8. C. OMJO. bwt» rang PA14.AH. Ka i. L nwl-Xr. Ker bort IMIamI Ham tv (MAtato ■» F<»l Wtlnalaial—4a AmUhI «• Rff.i.R. l*rtrr««H. CoCTMPMdMA* of Tk 0«ltlt* Dallas. Feb. JO-Mr. J. L. Whlte aldea, who lived about two aides west of Dalle*. died on tho 33rd, aged sixty Uiree yeaia. lie tu burled In the Presbyterian cemetery Sunday even ing. uer. J. W. Kuett ooudueted fun eral services. Mr. Herbert Holland, next to the youngest ton of Dr. B. D. Holland, wee taken tu the State Hospital on last Monday. For several monUie hU tulud hat been Impaired He waa oonflued at home, but became so vio lent It was necaeiary to carry him to Morgantun. Mr. R. O. Coatndr has been eiok for aome time, butte thought to be slowly Improving now. Mr*. W. H, Cornelias returned to her home lu Iredell county last Fri day, after a week’s visit to her parents here. Mr. K. L. Mason hits gone on a visit to frteode and relative* in Morganton. Mr*. J. F. Long, of Perry, ta with her daughter, Mr*. J. A. Jonkina, for a fear Java Mrs. Ueu. Devi* And children are netting lu Mt. Holly. Among the visitors In town Tubs day, wore Mr. E. I- Hag nun, Mr. and Mra Jack Jenkins of Stanley, Mr. H. II. Moore »f Gastonia, also several drummer*. There will be a Titnporaoc# lecture In the eourt house to night, by Mr. R. H. Morse. Mr. Beverly Wilson will dose hi* srbool at Morris' Academy, two miles north of this place, with a “concert and picnic" next Thursday. Rev. J. R. Paterson met with a pain ful accident, a few weeks ago, by fall. leg from hla bam loft, bla many friend* are glad to hn >w that h* waa unk seri ously hurt and will aoou be able to tie out among them again. CW—per wire lannun. U is certainly needed. We made a calculation the other day. If we were to stick Ire jto our printing offloe and boni It bodily up every 10 years and buy another outllt brand new, It would lie cheaper tliao paying current tnaur anoe rates. The Southern Stock Ma tas! I nn iranoe Cum pan y of O reonatioro. Just chartered, lime taken a step In the right direction. IU rates are those of the other oompanlea, bat the policy holder* are sharers In the profile. The premium* re tea la in local banka until needed. Xo stock 1* insured—only the bnUdlagn. Mr. A. W. McAlister, the Secretary and Treasurer, was In town test week and appointed IT. H. Lewi*. Reg.. local agent. Premium* on insurance In thl* company are not sent out of tha State but are deposited here in Gastonia until called for by the boose office at Orreoihvc. Of this new coapaoy the Charlotte Obttmrr of Sunday Feb. 17th, siaraks as follows; Tliere appears In this paper tbi* morning an advertlscment of Uie newly chnrlered Southern Stook Mutual In aarsnoe Company, of Greensboro, Sod attention is invited to IU pUn and to Uie list of it* oSorr* and director*. Fabulous rami go out of Xnrth Caro lina yearly for Inaarahoe and for oUier purpose* —money which *hmihl bo kept at home', but till* statement would not be worth n moment’* consideration liy a biitlnsaa man In eoutemplstlng the claims ufa local IniuranCe company unless ejcoe rich stale men la as these could lie made about It: Tint the capi tal of this new company Is glOO.OiVi, subscribed br twenty capital 1st*, each of whom teetlfles that be Is worth not *••• Umm' ®a»000! that all profit*, except 10 per cent,, wliidi Is set aside for a reserve food, are divided amoog the pultay-holdert; Ihal policjf-buUltin nr® nonassessable. These feature* maku the company as good a* the best. It Is a dangerous thing fur hd individual or a newspaper to give ndvics to tha public about matter* in which money Is involved; botltho Obttrvtr, without the slightest reservation, gives Its eo donement to Uio Scuthern Slock Mu tual Insurance Company. Csxlltfi Slmrta Lnhnnot rvn>mn« all Hard. Son ue iWluiawl Irina pi mat IHumlahe* Tmm %ssi^mfssraajst ikssy-sst SMimtrira AUxMlwim, Wo, H. Lewis —Money to lend: tee business locals. Wni. 11. I/ewls—Money securely In vested for tenders; see business local*. Sarah Friday, Mortgagee-Bala of lends under mortgage given by J. A OotUDger soil wife. F. M. Gallant, Assignee—8tock of Tinware, Stoves Ac., for sale. B'da received till March 7lh. See business locals, Jno. F. Love—Dry Goods and Mil linery. Announcement of managing salesmen and clerical force. Spring announcement In no early issue. Southern Stock Mutual ins. CJo._ Cheaper Fire Insaranoe. Capital #100,000. l’ollcy holders share In rjls, but are non assessable. Win. Lewis, Local Agent. Both of the legs of Mlse Bra Donley of Boston were amputated at the knee rsoehtly to save ber life. They wen poisoned by the dye In red stockings whtoh she had been wearing. Kings Improved Lotion seed for sale by B. H. Adams, Bowling Green S. U. Thla notion yielded two bales on about on* aer* and ten bales on ulna acre*. Advertisement elsewhere will appear ouly this week and next. Inman Bros. - Special sale to-morrow and next day. Prices to prevail for thogedaysmily. See quotations lo sew advertisement. Also a Ulk on hew to drskswMI for a little .ooey. But don’t forget .pedal low prlee sale for Friday and Saturday. J_ - l WWW—ft Tha experience of Mr. B. D. Whit ley, an Influential and prominent clUssn of Martlndale, North Carolina, will no doobt be perused with Interest by people In all perU of the country For year* be has been subject to violent attacks of Inflammatory rhen matUm; on the drat of February He had ait attack, which settled In one of hie knees and caused almost unlwara ble puln. for two days lie obtained H bottle of Chamberlain>s Pain Balm from W. M. Houston A Co.,merchants a* Mecklenburg City, M. U. He write* that It gave almost Immediate relief arid fives Chamberlain's Fain Helm the highest praise sad advises all per son* tronhted with like efljtetlow* to nse It and get relief. For sat* by Cur ry ft Kennedy, Gastonia. If. O. mm»r viw*. T'f 'VIIto*boro Ckronfclr My* th* Wrl to* a tamo oor*s o Pert rid gee which com* right OP to Ih porch and rat tholr meats from th cruoAx. J%R W. Winston hu resigned and A. w. Graham, who wa* d«f*atei for Cocgrea* by ha» been ag pointed to aocoMd him. Jodg* Wluetoi win praction law la Durham. Itor. W. ft. Jfoyill*. FrMbytsrUi D“*to* »l Yorkslito, I* *0 not is* work er in bohalf of Nebraska suffer*. Hi bas boa* tocoatifal In raising botl supplies and mooes tor ttuw# deotltuti people. One day tait weak a dninkdn nagn wa* pot off the train at Slmaood, *asi tlx Jfraeof. Boom oolorarl bretbrci t««>k him In charge and laid him tot doae to a atose l0 the depot, ao that one of bla feet was nearly bunted off Tlx JTmr* iay* that Hi. J. B. Arm •*»» a ’poiaom track near bk In State* title. Ha followed Ux trail a alvort distance to ao ok •tump. Aflsr toartog away • |art o! the ntamp and some dirt, they found two large fat ’poosuma la a bole. Fredrick Dougina, the groat mulattc nogro orator sad lecturer. died lu Wellington City Ust Wednesday night, His death waa sudden. Ill* moths* wa* a negro alase, bla bather a whit* mail. Id* wlf* a white wumon. It wai In bi* honor that th* North Carolina Legislature adjourned last Thursday. wTh,*, wuka»bon> Chronicle learnt that Mr. llama Whittington who had been married about a week was oarryin* some wood aerou th* riser on the Ida Ip carry log a large groan atlck, he fall tbs stick of wood falling on bla bead cutting u> the U>ae a gash four mobe* {nug. Blood giulied from hi* noas and Mra. and hi* brain wa* *o Injured that ha i* in a Tory critical condition. The Concord llnrt learn* that on lost Friday London Hall, a colored •an Using on Congressman Harder son’s plantation ixar Salisbury, went borne from Salisbury drunk. His hor*s and wagon wet* found Saturday aorn Irg. and later Rail’s body was found near tbe road, wh«r* to bad frost* to <to*Ui. Another cam tliat dispute* th* common Ulna that wblaky warm* up tba body. Lexington 1s iB gnat excitement. Dr. K. L. Payne, 8r an old and wall kiiown ptojraioiau of that town, waa aUln oo the streets taat Moodny by Hr. ltaxtar St-amwell, a druggist. Bad blood existed bet wane 8bamwstl sad Dr. tt. L. Payne, Jr. Dr. Fayas, Sc., tnad la emonu, matters evar. Thar •ere made worse and a shooting affair resulted, bat no oo# was hurt. Man day Sham well overtook Dr. Payee, Sr. and his eon and shot tbe former tn tha breast. Be died la tweuty mlnotee. Feel lug rum high. Hon. 0. B. Wat too *|l) defend U hem well. Hew. R. L. Briar. (Meter of Steals Lreak Associate Reformed Presbyte rian Cbureh, and M**s Jaanie Marshall, of Kock Hill were married but Wed nesday night. The Yorkvillc Enquirer •aye tliat after tbe marriage, s sumpto ona «upper erne served to tlie friends of tlis young people. Mr. and Mrs. Brier left tbe ease evening for tlietr I tome In Mecklenburg, and they arrived at the merle Creek mimae, they found thut the members of the eongregatloa bad prepared for tliem a most elecant re ception. Many farmers complain Hist they have to pay Ova or eight per cent, a month for money to get it from the banks and then must mortgage several times tbe valD* Id real astute to get It. The trouble says Uia Norfolk Laad runrt, is that they lave gotten Into the bands of tbo money lender*. It Is better to live an Cold potatoes and crusts than to borrow money for specu lative farming. Better eat locos is and wild honey ond wear* suit of cotton bugging than to mortgage the goal and •atate to the DevU. as Tom Walker did. A writer in the Gaffney Led/jtr hits the following to say about cold arralh er lu old time* "Seventy-nine years s*o, 4810, |s known as oold year. Frost and lea in August In New York. The Ice was an tnoh thick, com froae op, not enough made fnr seed in our atate. There w»a frist every month exoept two In that yeur. My father, •s executor for the estate nf David Lipscomb, sold corn at 'public action, lu tbe spring of 1817. at $40.00 per barrel, which waa $8 01 per bushel, and their seed eora waa of the year of 1816. How will this do for cold weatbei f In Ike thirties. It was so cold that treesburvted open'” *r»K« Mn. Tn* BwrSAfcv* In the world for CnU, Bralw*, dorr*. Ulcer*, Salt Rheum, Freer Sore* Tetter, Clumped Hand#, ChllbUi**, Oorne, nnd all# kin Rrnpttone, end poeltlrely antes Pllre, or no pay required. It le guaranteed to gire prrfedi retlefrcUon, or money refunded. Price U oenta per box. Foe mle by Ourrry * Kennedy. LUT or jpaMM. The 9rm of Hanna ft flrotliere Iim dhwolyed, #. M. Oetllnger buying tlw Interest of J. I*. Haniut. ftU eoeonnu dus the nM Brm not te tied within* SO dan will b« plaead In the bund* of a ooOeetnr. OsetonU, F»h- ®, ISO*. -?^ggg*SBBBgBggSg. ■ ' ■ fin , i [Poor ': Health 1 , 'means so much more than < I i ’you imagine—serious and* , 'tatal diseases result froml i ,'trifling ailments neglected. < | i’ Don't play with Nature’s^ , , 'greatest gilt—health. i Browns : Iron : Bitters | It Cures 1 Dyspepsia, Kidney end Liver . . Neuralgia, Trouble*, , ' Constipation, Bad Mood , 'Malaria, Nervous iSncetii ' Woneu's 1 lr i:h adiW 1 •,tsss '. « fSr'vTrJI'.Ls , , MOWN CHCMICU. CO. IALTIUOaa.ua1, 18 * ^ m * *■■*!* U *U~I_|T_ ~ A Du^TM *■ am odor thing ocearred white I wm at Yokohama, —ye a wwoUj re tw»rt traveler. An adtetel nottee of »U government had been jwblUWl In the J»p.n«ae newipepw. mying that ■11 Cblneee who dartre I to depart ant do aa hg a eartala dato, or aim remain ■a til the war wee over. THerenpea, Ah Sbtag, a Mg clothing dealer ef M Water afreet, called oH tee Chlaeee to §'**“'•■■* they all agreed logo. They got their goode to the doeh, and tnaliy ■hoard eteamer, with IhemartvaaiUt ateaamr palled oat. At the la aalnatelt wae ktmd that the wealthy aiwnhiat bad bald Ate poklwS dfrvad beek to the etty. Be —onm gaggasjg&gsag teghi rtebaabeea— <dthegre—be—■ Camlet wme Am* madThi England during (he rtifi of KUmheth. Ilwas ■a celled not, ae iom aappoae, from tte Udng made of carnal'* hair bat from the Etrar Camlet, la Montgomery tUr^ca which the drat factory vie s JWeta M4 mat a catarrh, Hett*a Catarrh a tt.> oely pnailrr mn knova to tba n. d^fralorultr. Catena bang a enaeUtu **»•«' ^Waami e*jtkne a onuatitotioaal uem waut. Hall a Catarrh Cara ta tattin biUaaoUy g*y ^vaottr oa tbo Mood aid muaua aur* Jtoca Of the frtteia, thereby daetrmlng tba toandimoB of tbo dlaaaaa. and at vine Iba pat ‘fit a ran atk oy building ,m tba coaaUto (loo and tanibna nature In doing He voak. the proprietor* hum au math farm ta ta WkHaraaealaat. Carton la, N. C„ Feb, If, 1896. Mr, A. Spring* wither*. Manager „ for N. C. YarkvUJe, 8. C. Dkak 8rs:-1 acknowledge tba r» ortpt «>f Check No. 9179 on tit* National Park Bank of New York, for tS.000 In full payment of Policy No. 83974, lo aned to ay lute huaband David Jeo kloa, by Ute Mutual Keanjve Fund Life Aaaoelatlon of N»* York. Pleauae oonvry to Preaideot Harper end oilier officers of your ootnpetty, ay thank* for the eonrteey extended lo ma, and for the prompt aeulement «f my claim aa It la not yrt legally do*. I cheerfully reeomanend your company to any one detiring safe toaurauo* at moderate cost. Nawct E. Jranfnra. 1>. H. If the late Mr. Jeuklo* I tad taken a policy Ip ac Old System Co., and paid the aaroe amount In premium* that Im paid the Mutual Beservw, hi* heir* would only have motived 1949 00 inilfid of HOOO. Gain bv living lotnrad In Mutoal Rater ve 81,06ft. ■ear* Tabaaa* M w »■«>* Tom Tba truthful. an iSLWrta k. amrvm, akxKliM ?->.»—> gain iif wwils ^ -AT TUB GASTONIA — JEWELRY AID MUSIC STORE I . You will rno ; a wood i.iaa or i ! i i WATOUU, CLOCK*, ' ' JEWKLKT, ULVKKWAKZ. | | arBCTACLM AKB > ! XUUCAL OOAM. ‘ ___,_i • j | 8MZJSC1 WHAT j * TOV WAJTTi ;; ova raioaa \; do thk aaar. <^ „ AO IM< of llllWl MAf IM MAt mmu. ATTENnONf I am folly ptwparwd to do all kind* of Wood and Iron a REPAIR WORK, a I bay* a Orat-elam workman, aad wiartfrily aollelt a don of yoor work la my lino. Horn* (booing alwaya a ayaolatty. 1 do thot myoolf. B. C, W&BBU, Blaekualtti Southern Stock Intotl Insurance Cwnpinj, _ -or oRXBXtfBoso,». a. omss- r • CHEAPER FIRE INSURANCE 1 By waklii* rvory «olicy-4to)dor a abarcr In U» iirotto. AU Moilffimst a "/,A i— —*--—-■* — **~t r~t*ir hr Mm i' CAPITAL $100,000.00. ‘ Scbasrltadby <mr Ft*a MUUom DIR^TOJW:0/. f JWUaUwytS, R5TS*od 1_ Edwta Siarar. F, J. Murdock, L. Jlaako E*^’ wErtSo. M°“’ *’ ** Wortto’J- W- * w. *• *•^*—«■ * »«3agBET- ~se :? ■ JNO.F.LOTE, DRY GOODS, CLOTHHG, SHOES. Special Millinery Department. !Jaa F. Thompson, Jno. L. Dry an. Miss Bessie Davis, Milliner. Miss Leila Shoford, Cashier. Oar Spring Opening will be announced loan early issue. YOU NEED NOT Boreryeld to nawl« tbs Urea wbosRoMt Ms of reoeay to Stm mSt Hot as now. Umbo to uo ud yoa wfU bo aarprhad to know bow woB mm ££7{3.’g‘,iS££““ mm~“ ” “ The Line of Suits wtotob wr urn oftartag; frost H.uO to f7 *0. la our Jsdgreaat tbay an worth s great deal Bora, bat if yea dw.ibt it ooom nad Masbeoe stalk WiMi worn. oftar which wo think yoa wffl ogree with ml ^ We Claim to Know ■ jby w. MSgno to bon poor too ot J; log: Ootac to day; to Borrow Bar ha too laSa. OwaMa»oaat)^i, ptOlML •” . — ’ Just In. AnoUiar largo shipment of Show. Oar high Cot, AH Mi Omlain Xtoo are |rapid sailor,. Nothing to mm wtth It akwwhsn.Ou5TfB«3 SBH>.anvfiSte£S«SS lSSr1^?&'^8b(r!5l8!’ *" 6ot<1““ '•oOZmu When You Want. * Tto* **•’ **•’ •*»"»» eo«* a Uo piaoo Where yoa know yoa can and It. ‘ A Next Friday and Saturday, How lei con cln* Ion Muwyai Intend to Inaagarete a aala for neat FRIDAY and SATURDAY. March let and Rod. wbkoAwtU ka iaysto ka rimaa Is rad. Wa will an the dates Mart sail anything In nor store at Booh lowrryriow than hare bean Hitherto offered. 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