THE GAZETTE.
THURSDAY.UNI, U. MM.
BUSINESS LOCALS.
AdvcrUmocoto inaartcd in tote oolama at
I* mnu a tine (or Bnt inaartlon ant t oauta
a Uae for uach to part Inn tfcutauur.
Lovr-Islrt 8Old Match chain.
Finder please return to Gaasttx
office.
TJIOU SALE—1 food milch cow, one
■A good 9ud hand buggy, 1 good
Sod band wagon. T. C. Pronair.
OOJ> WANTED-A cord of dr^
pine wanted tbla week at Tua
0Atim offloe for oeeh or on snbecrlp
Uon.
IMPROVE YOUR BLOOD thU
spring, won’t you f Why not Im
prove your stock of fowl* ? 1 have the
best blood aDd will let you In cheap.
Barred UoCt and Brown Leghorns are
tbs reliable*. Stock and eggs for sal*.
0. MTKolm.
WANTHD-40 poles 80 to 86 feet
long eod 6 or 7 loolie* thick at
top to be delivered fa Qaatonia. Also
190 poles 96 to 90 feet long 5 to 7 Inches
thick at top, delivered between Gas
tonia and Lowell. Cedar or post oak.
Apply to 3. Robkbt Caaio, Manager.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
—Thoaa Interested in the public
school* of tbe county will Dad value,
perbape, lo tbe aohool atatlilloa printed
in tbla iaane.
—At a regular communication of
Airline Lodge A. F. A A. M. No.
900, March 11, tba tlma of tba r^olar
monthly meeting waa changed from
Tburaday to Friday nlgbt before full
moon in each month.
—Tbe (Southern Baptist Convention
meeta In Wilmington in May. Tbe
Southern Hallway will run a epeci.il
convention train from Atlanta. It
will paae Gaatonla at 0:40 p. m. May
0, and tbe rate will be ooe fore for
round trip.
— ntibop Galloway baa relieved Rev.
F. W. Bradley from UayeavlUe circuit
on aoeount of hie recent domestic
affliction aod baa aaaigoed him to Qaa
tonla atatlon to aaalat Rev. W. M.
Bag by. Mr. Bradley % family bave
remained bare all tbe while and bia
work at home will begin at onoe.
—Tba big St. Bernard dog belonging
to Mr. Geo. Oray waa killed by Num
ber 89 laat Monday nlgbt on the
track not far from Hoffman's mineral
Rrring. It la thought he bad gone to
the Avon office to eoarcb for Mr. Gray
and waa killed at he waa returning.
There waa much lamentation among
the little folk* over tbe death of their
Leo.
—There la a great revival in dog
killing circles. Be* I dee tbe two men
tioned elsewhere a* having shuffled oft
their mortal ooil, Mr. Oliver Darla's
dog waa poisoned last nlgbt, and Mr.
Frost Torrence's was killed tbe nlgbt
before. Tbl* morning early. Police
man Carroll shot a roving canine be
longing to Mr. Jenke McLaugben, aod
later It was found necessary to shoot
Mr. Jodeon Huai* Mg black aetler to
end bis sufferings caused perhaps by
potaon administered by aome designing
person.
On* day last week Mr. U. J. Davie
caught from Crowder'* Creek the big
got flah ever taken from It* water*.
It waa a seals carp, 3} feet long, and
weighed 38 pound*. A* long as tach
monster* m this Infest the creek waters
the people had better station guards
along the banka to mind the little
children awaj from the onek.
*U Man Jm Tale Milled.
New* reached here Monday that Joe
Tate, a colored man who used to live
In Gastonia and well known here waa
killed by his son-in-law last Saturday
night. They lived near Bethel In
York couuty. The eon-ln-law waa
named Wilson. The Knqutrtr lays
the killing waa on account of Tate’s
wife. The slayer escaped.
b Bmh ceegbiy
Tbs Enquirer says that there la
something not yet explained about the
alleged axrset of M. K. Reese In Lex
ington, Teen., aa mentioned last week.
It appears tbit the deputy has the
man, but won’t let the chief of police
see bim, while the chief of polio* eaya
it’s not Hee**. The loferenoe is that
the chief wants the defxity to turn the
man loose *o that he, the chief, may
arrest him ngaln and get the reward.
The sheriff of York has sent for a
photograph of the man under arreat.
t«> Vtewa.
Tbe Philadelphia Hoard mi* of a
aucoaaafal advertUemaut writer of tba
wart who eaya that when he atarU
M» daily talk he thldka (lrat of the
tiaie of year, then of tlia waalher, and
then b* append* "the list of good*
which will appeal atroogcet to tha
pnenl public under there condition*."
Tbla la a winning plan for moat buat
aat*. If not for all. Soma men when
they go Into print think chiefly of
what they want to aall; other*, more
abrawd. think chiefly of what tha peo
ple want to bey.
rlieleiMH >U mp OnMI.
For aevaral week* tba figbt between
Corbett and Fituimoaon* for tba
world*» «hnmploo*hlp haa been every
body'* talk. Wall, raterday tha mill
earn* off at Careon. Nevada, and the
Rfht waa Fit*’*. He brought Corbett
to hie knee* and knocked him out In
(be fourteenth round. Tbe eonteat
waa la Corbett** favor up to tha
twelfth round, it waa la tbe ninth
that Fit* began to taka bold of bl*
work In aaraaat. Dy tba twelfth be
had bl* men blowing and • uikme, and
In the fourteenth he pet Mm oat.
Floaty of people wanted to *ee Corbett
llokad becaaae he had oooe npectora
ted on tha ooantenanea of Mr. Flu
almeMWt, and beoauaa, .Wo, b# hud
treated bl* lint UtO* wife to imfatth
fulle the bad to get a divorce. Bat
Corbett went Into tha rlag a favorite
becaaaa an many people didn't think
tlit other waa could Hah him.
. wHM Mauioiay
MW.* BITTH IT A M«.
UIU« H.-YMMM milMwlM
**• Hlr.tu aa4 Ala IM 1 iwwal
BX , j. A ■—rata Oailla-Tka
****«’» Brala «ul*klx Pat Bat ar
tAaWajr.
DmJw, the 11 tile »t*-yaar-oJd ton of
Mr. Miles Hnnoa was badly bittea In
Um face Tuesday afUraooD by tb*
black coin* belonging to Mr. J. B.
Heard. There was bo little excitement
at the time and not without etnas,
for the child's outcries tod the blood
streaming from hie laorrated fto* ware
oot oaleulatad to quiet anybody's
nerree or to Booths Uialr sympathise.
The Utile boy aad Mr. Beardk ebil
dreo, wbo are tile cousins, of about tbs
age, were raturulug borne. Beeler
me carrring a small bucket of kraut.
The children had toeae candy, and ue
they au and walked aloog they bit oil
email pieces aad threw then to the
dog. Ou Um aide walk near >lr.
Beard's gallary stairway the dog wae
aeea to attaok the elilld with a rialous
yelp. It was all over In a seoood, It
■eemed. Immediately the little boy
aad hie little girl cousin orled out and
blood began streaming from the
wounded child’s Sms.
Under bla right eye were two or
three perforations of the iktn made by
a plnch-blte. and above tbs right eye
extending downward and beAward
toward tbs temple was a laceration
about ao loch and a half long.
Dr. Adams took charge or the little
fallow, washed the blood sway, and
comforted him and In a few minutes
be had stopped owing. By this time
.llulB b°y’B »*her bad arrived.
With the assistance of Dr. Bold the
little patient was chloroformed and
tbs gaping wounds neatly and quickly
etltcbad up. At this writing Us lit
tle bey Is out of bed and getting along
nioely.
Tbs dog was a Jet black cotile that
would bare bean a pretty animal If be
had not bean so fat. Though be was
rather HI at times, be was stiU much
prltsd by Mr. Beard, wbo had bought
him only a week or two ago. It is to
Mr. Beard’s credit that be did what
many men would not have wanted to
do—be killed tbs bruts at onea Evan
white the doctor was washing tbs blood
from the little boy’s wounds, pistol
abou rang out which ended the
riotous dog’s career.
AH AFFAIR »P HKABTH.
•eligfclM "At BMC OtTM 1M m
Ov t»*«lw Ay Mr. M4 In PlM
TlfWMA
A merry party of their friend* waa
handaomely entertained tut Friday
nlgbt by Mr. and Mr*. Kroet Torrence
at their beautiful borne on York
•treet Across tbe softly lllomlned
hall waa a onrtalncd areb which divi
ded it into two apartment*. In one
the young led Ice were assembled. In
tbe other tbe young men. Little
Marie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tor
reuoa, waa a pretty Cupid with golden
corla, who brought the young men
arrow* containing their names. These
they shot from s bow across tbe our
taln partition. She nearest whom the
missile (ell waa to be tbe oompenion of
the arober for tbe evening And tbe
lottery resulted ea follows:
Dr. Frank Wilson end Miss Leila
Shuford, Mr. T. L. Oralg and Mill
Carrie Boyce, Mr. Jno. F. Holland and
Mlaa Ora Lee tichell, Mr. A. O. Man
fum and Mlaa Lowry 8huford. Mr.
w. L. Allen end Mien Muse.
Mr. Flem Johnson and Mist Mery
Bradley, Prof. J. M. Douglas and
Min Bright Torrence. Dr. It. M. Reid
and Mlaa Lillie Johnson, Mr. W. Y.
Warren and Min 8u*!e Ho Urn an, Mr.
J. H. Kennedy and Mrs. Draft* Gil
pin, nod Mr. J. L. Robinson and Min
Alda Sayre. Other guest* were Mrs.
W. H. Wilson, Mr*. B. P. Smith,
Min Shelton Welle, Mr. and Mr*. J.
E. Curry, end Mr. and Mrs Edgar
Love.
▲mating parlor garnet wtrt pro
rldad, among tbem a game of broken
heart*. In the (viewing eontaat, lb*
number of petal* on the row vu oor
rwUy named by Ur. J. K. Cnriy, who
bit upon twice thirteen.
In the dining room there were Use
ful and attractive decoration*, and
light refrttbBMoU war* served ao
oording to tbs following appropriate
meun printed on a heart-shaped card;
«nr.
Ooqottln of Two aotet.
CrMimn. Bound Hoarta. Lara-Koota.
hroem Hxni Baud in Um, Apple*.
Vroaw Uw, load Hoart*.
Huipeodad above tb* table was •
•*r** red row of paper eoncmllng a
tiny bell. From tbe row ribbons were
anapaedad reaching to each plate. But
only oai ribbon was attached to tb*
bell, which would be tbe weddlog bell
ef tbe gowt who ahoald ring it. One
by one the ribbons were timidly polled,
but thare was no tinkling rtapont* on
tll Ur. John Holland’a torn earn* and
tba welcome fairy cbimea fell soothing
ly on bis anxious ears.
Tb* feature* of awterlalnaaaet were
unique, and were elevedy carried out.
It wae an evening of rare plaware, for
whleh all the guests will long feel
Indebted to their moat agreeable boat
and boat***.
JMEfa HTtn BUV1M,
M*a >■«» My rmW Wrldaf Mon.
>"« *■ CWoam'l OnHl-la UM
"I'M* M* MIC III > and a D«r.
Last Friday morning Jnaepb Bluer,
a wall known German elUien living
near Crowdar’a MouaUIC, wm found
dead In Orowder’i Creek. He wne last
••no oo Wtdneedny night. Fie and n
friend were drinking eon*. The
friend cum borne with the Herman
and want bank to bla boom at Baker*1
mill. Tba frtaod anyt Ullmrfollownd
him an far an tba road In tba darknem.
but that ha did not aaa or banr the
man again. It U nppoaad he wanted
to me hla frtood nnfn neroan tba foot
log or elm wm going oil tor mom
whlikay. He waa bitUo noma week*
•go by a dog thought to bam bean
mod and home think be tell Into tha
omak la n gpaam of hydrophobia. Ho
•ameat tearoh waa made until Friday
morning, bln people thinking ha waa at
aoma of the neigh bura* bourn*, drink
ing parbapa. Soma of tha neighbor!
remembered rnalng algni on Um creek
bank near the nroaatag M If *ema om
bad fallen Into iba atruam. The body
wne then found In tba water about
walat deep, only n tow feat from tba
dUc« of drowning. Tba body wne
burled at P legal) chnrnb amt day with
Bomnn Cnthollo service# condoned by
"Priaat from kt. Mary • at BUmont.
*** •
Md kind hearted rntiaan. bla falling
batng a toea ter drink. He aoma here
•teat Id rear, ago with a Patman
ooloay that tattled on Orowder’i
Creek.
^ SOLID FOR REMOVAL.
THAT IB, IF OAflTOVIA WILL BBim
ALL BPma.
4 *—1,‘— aon* IW m» CNNUf-DM.
I
To the Um Of Tin OMUi:
1 btn firmly made ap » mind to
rM>do a elUaan of Giwon eouoty and
» rtnMaat of Blvar Hand. Foaling
that wa ara In aa good a oouaty aa la
*■ lb* BtaW, oooipoaed of aa nod poo
P*»» w.ltb *rml manafeeturlag
Interests and a damoeraUe oounty gov
ernment, wa moat lodasd ba prondT
I am always la fall fawor of building
up oar oounty. To do ao wa mail
bava wide awoke town. Qaatoola
being the bustler of oar oounty. ska
u » Ntew to
ball* bersalf ap by getting tbs Court
House and Jail moved from DoUm
into btr midst. Now wbOe I aa at
all lima tn favor of tbs rrsatast good
to tba greatest number, by bulfilug
up our oouaty, yet to build up one at
tba expense of anotbas I am opposed
to. I belters that tba removafoftbe
Court Hoorn to Gastonia would be a
butlntas move for our county, and
would oertolnly bolp Gastonia; and aa
Dallas baa for many years bad tba
Pleasure of tba oourt house and not
having taken odvaetsga of bar oppor
touitv, aba baa no atrlous reason to
complain exoept as to loos of Talus in
property. Wed, the minority ought to
submit to tbs majority and tba two
oomMoed moke e gnat an km. and
after tbla baa been doss Gostoste will
be one of tba loading ctUei of the
State. In times past people did not
look ao muck to oonveatanoo. Now
we mast have a canter, and getting
this. It ought to be tba businaas polnk
Now Gastonia being all tbla, It Is
naturally the place for the oouit house
and Jail.
A* the towns tn snore Interested
then the country, we smut know
whet Gastonia propomi to do. Does
■he propose to betid houses end pur
chase site entirely with the WsTooo
to be rnieed by Issuing bonds, or <ioes
■he propose to expend nlneh more aid
hare onr people trad to rake the
balance ot the amount f If no, l be
ll**. the so borne will all fall. I don’t
believe our people are willing or able
to vote on additional tax oo them
selves. Our oooatiymes are la a
•$»!» sad are not at* to meet present
obligations. If Uasloola wanto the
ooart house and ll wining to build it
and meet all the expense ot anma I
believe our people wl& vote for her to
ret It.
On the other band if she ref mss to
matt an the claims 1 believe our peo
ple will vote to let Use —-Utr stand
for a while.- We want to know lost
wbat Gastonia is going to do and if
she will erect the ncwbeildJaga I be
lieve oar section will solidly vote to
live Gaston is the court house. Mil and
all, and evao than I think aha would
make tbs greatest investment of her
life.
Wishing Tub Gasbitb sad lie
many xcedcra much ■ dooms, I am
Very Heepactfully,
,, , Boot. L. Abbobbtoy.
*tn. Mtaj «. C., March 16. WOT.
pvbmc icbmu or umi.
Hwmtw X oTconly —---n n,
jut w. Mae.
Dalow era gives oome aUUattoa of
Um publio acboola of Geslon county
Id the 7oar ending Jana 30, 189&.
Tbe flguno ore slf token from the
the State Saparln
taodeat of PnbUo Inatruotloa.
The county aofaool fond wie *10,
683.00. Tbe amount actually dta
buread wai *10,110.34.
J2MSR "w*"d *ow-“i
.Tbatoeal number of white ohtlaron
ot •£****? waa.MTd; colored 1,407.
Tbe total eoroUmaot of white chib
dreo waa 2,812; colored 1,3*8.
The average attendance of white
children waa 1,888; oolored 68L
Time were taught 81 white acboola
and 83 oolored.
Tbe average length of white acboola
waa 63 dayr; oolored 73 dan.
The average eatery of the white
mde teaobec waa *84.08; white famale
J® 7®; male *23.08; oolored
female *9LO0
Tbe white acboola have 64 frame
houses and 11 log hones*; oolored 31
fracas and 7 log.
rotate aebool1 property of tha whites
It valued at 89.110; oolored *8,088.
Tbarw were 70 white teeebera end
20 colored—a total of 106.
In Um white aobools there wan 300
ehildnm 0 yearn old, 1M tee nan old,
181 Ofteen years old, and 80 twenty
rear* old. Than an aota white
papila In tha tac-year-old column tbaa
in any other.
la the coiond aphools than ware 104
children 6 year* old. 11)8 tea nan old,
OS fifteen years old, and 18 twenty
tad. There are more colored
pwplla lS year* of an than of any other
age. tbe number betog 188.
The amount aMorUoued to white
•ohools waa *7,86*60; adored 00.23814.
Tbe amount of tana paid by whites
wm 88,883.76; colored W6.44.
Ooatoa county la below the enrage
for the State 1* salaries paid to colored
Xri!£££** *ho'°" m'*Lbm
lo the average length of the cobota
term Qaatoo county la one day above
the anraga tor tto State. The white
schools arc 6 days below the inrgl In
tcrigUi and Um colored oebools 11 day*
iOOTI.
utnuuuu.
->*■r- w. Utyw wan any m-aln
•b. F****r"
Lo*tu, Marob IT HwIiIui tha
uonnl aarrlora at tha rraatiilailan
obuiah on tba I rat Honda*. Mr.
ObarJao Stow*, ton of Mr. i. JU Mown,
waa laatalWd daaaan la Um ok a rah
bar*.
Mr. *. W. Iwaaar baa baan artUaallv
in tar tha paat 15 da*a and la oat yot
oonaldarad aauraty oat of daagar. al
though bopaa art artartalaad of hi*
•art* rnooaary.
Mtaa Laaa Raaktn. baa baan at bar
Mr. T. w. £*ap*r<a. tar lha
Uat taw day*.
Mr*. Matt M. Warm waa atrtahan
with paratyat* tbla nanlng. Dr. Rob
taaoa waa aatlad to wait apou har.
At* waa atrtahan only on on* alda and
I BMJf NtffW*
wra anncu nunnlut
mm* «■ u« iunr*u wwmimmI
n.
r» tha mu tor at m» aeeMtai
Ubaaofieo bwo raid that there la
look la ob odd Bomber. Wo knew that
•mm people will oot aat a Iku on ao
rs-sstt. aj.asBusw.jfa:
•V good. Wa ara aware that tha
vnoia bamao laaDy U more orlaaa
. gJTao to aapantltloa aod wool* not,
thanfore. purpoaaly ba fbnad teaabit*
tba priDclptaa of abaaoa or look. Maay
tbloga, bowaver, that aomeaallfaat*
otbara oaU aaperetUloe. You know
Msapeoplo will not plant tholr pota
to* “• tka light of tkemoaaor eat
jhetr plot la tbe dark of the moon.
*mm regard ibteeaaa otaaaraad feet
«bU* Mtattteraeeank ebowelttobe
a fkka. Bat tblr t«by th» way. We
•aat to (It* yoa aome obarrmUoni In
regard to oaatben.
Tka aamber three aeem* to ha an al
■MMt perfect namber. W4 eee It la
?}Mo*t everything, U eaten Into aaooy
aad Mbolaec Bible bUtory.
The eoaroe of all ariahea. lathe flat
fdnoe, le oonetltoted *f three, the Trto
My. Bible undent* remember Uwt ten
Hebrew taheraeale eoneleted of three
parte. Three Ilmen a yaarthe Jew*
•MMrtlad at Jeraaaloia to oteorra
their fhatta. Three fitooue king* rnlad
at' Jtrataietn. Janab waa la the
*h*1*’* bally three day*: UbrlU prop be
Med that Pater woom Jeoy Mm tkrira
Jftoia the oock ebeoM craw; three
Uae* Redirected that femora quo*
tion to him; Cbriat waa oroolfled to
gether with two other*, making three;
He remained aader the poward death
to* three day*; He bow perform*, aa
we hare bate tanght, a thremMd of
floa toward hie people. Thee* are oaly
a few laatanom that oeald ba maaUoaad
la tba Bible
TEH adamant mu to actar largely
into oar bodily make up. ThelbraU,
tbo Important part Of man, baa three
divisions—the loleitaot Um emotion,
ud tbo win. The nervous; the maseu
lor, and the otronHtory ayctaaa oom
S*SES. fGSSLtSy^S
mo cannot atacd bat tbrse ooogesUvs
dhlUala —iiialun. end we aU know
that three weeks work the torahw
PotntloneoaUotMdmaOof fever. In
deed ell nature eeecoa lo make oket
mooeto thle number. The material
»ottd arrangee Itself into three grant
kingdoms,—mineral, vegetable, and
•nlmel. In examination of the relief
^ aU Um continents reveals three
divisions- two bleb Ms. sod S oao
trsi dsprsssluti. Those la often a triple
arrangement ef leaves oas stalk or of
oo s flower.
From tbs very nature of Uweabjeet
they are treating, sU ethical writers
>t Dcoaaaary to oas s ttrss-tsld
dlvtsloa. Tbs rslslioa of mao to bit
Ood. to himself, sad to bis fallow man
la known by oo otber name then the
three great relatione. Nearly all recog■
nim the scramble, tbs perfect, and the
right as tbo three form* of tha good;
sad around these cantor, of neeso
■Uy, our system of etbloa.
. Oar coversment win not be fouod
bebled, aad haems ooosUtntas tbs exe
entire, tbo jsdlclal and tbo kgWative,
satboWleof bar organisation. Oar
laws allow a man tbrse days ef grace
In which to pay hU debts after Lbey are
really doe.
It la perhaps carrying Um thing to
aa extrema to ataatlon multiples, hot
von know that three aad eerea are the
Ivoky aombers, aad Just pat them to
gether aad yon have a mem at bis
majority, yoe have the number of aaa
turtee from Um omUoq of man to the
Cl Ting of the law, and again to the
birth of Christ: maaaara that scene
from the birth ol Christ aad you Dave
what mama to be ram liliis
tooal point la the world's history. Vow
some of thaae observations may eeem
far-fetcbed. 1 mast aonfeae, but m
aaredly tbs frageeat ooeurreaee of tha
namber three is e remarkable test end
perbepe throws asms light oaths fa
miliar maxim: "Tha third Ua» Is
the charm." J. W. Camos.
Daa West, Bl C., March 15.1897.
WM.
which be Head) aad tor asm yean
prior to that an older la Hew Hope
ohnreh. Poor children eorrlre Mk
and two of (beaaara nfflnwi In the
ohnxeb, one u alder at Otoey tad one
a deaoon at Union. Al] are member*
and allot Mm grandchildren that are
old womb. Hie character wee a
ggvs ajgjra
leepeeted by all who know Ida. His
*P*t ta the aerrioa of the
lCaatar whom be loved. Aadaabe
paw older ha grew gentler aad mom
Par aoiaa year* before bw death be
waaaa Invalid, nattelng that hta ptl
grtmage on earth waa nearly ended,
not ha wee ready and named to be
only waiting—
And bow If wa oea jo<tg« anything
fram a l-mg Uft at faith aod truat aod
Kbaterld^ttm'awl'^h^Sr^tha
gladMaa of Hla Home, a eiitaea of
that City Wheat maker and baUdar ia
Gad. A abort whllo baton hla death
bb patter vtalted him and bead him
raagy and watting. Ha read the Mtb
OhapU of Matthew and talked tohlia
of the raoarraetten of Chrlet. Let aa
hope that hla long awl netful Ufa,
■eaat la tortag aarrtaa to tho Matter,
end hlr triumphant death whl taaaa
tMptrattoonetaloaato Mi family Ma
•haroh, aad brodhar .odtoara, hot to all
who knew aad tend him, aad aoaa
kaaw hat to ten hlai. At a meetlog
of Uaaaattoa af whlah ha waeYmr£
ter appropriate raaolatteaa ware
•doated. apraad eppa tba reeord, road
In the oharah aad ordered printed.
Wo thall mbr Bra. hr ohm with hie
Godly ooeemlaad geotte, lortag way*
la ear eamba room. Then wfllbaa
TMaot ahalr hara oa earth te ha OUad
la Uma kg roan owe aba, bat wa met
not mormar. God bar granted him a
nrtlioab efdimobatea from bb
Barthty eberea to aatta with hb
gaanaly. H»*«*e» alter at If nr
Hope, aad Uatea ha mbtoea
jgtrjj^lh* oharah of tea New
*noomatteetl
Ptnea.
I
naarauumti.
-Ml* XJda Adam la vWliac
frlaadi at tftealay. ^
—Mia. A. B. Qroiar. of Blobonond.
I* at tba Falla Horn for a ftwwoeS
—Mia. Floyd Lila, of Spartanforg
to rtelUag for alatar, HrEjaoTV
MV9»
“Mr. L X. Alagadar. #f dxnrar,
waa In town Monday ■nllin foil
“Mr* Droato Gilpin, (naa Dtohl) la
3S'55£,’SS.‘~* •*
MtooStn^ <*"MoldS^fnaf'amJa
towa ahopptag Friday.
-Mr. J. C. MoBIroy to baak again
■fterapaading aevml weoka with Ma
awtfor la G rewrote, & 0.
. -Mia Man Warm rfonraad Tata
&S^a,A.'£7!X£? “
Bleetetool^ifoTinfo? tornado waak
or twa with for brother iir.BIghaai.
—Mlam Alloa Gotbrle aad Xllaa
Tfoy arrtrad Monday.
—Mr. W. F. Haggle*, of Harfoa,
will anaha QaateolTSla headquarter*
fora while. Bala handbag platan
fraam for a Charlotte bouoe.
■—Ml* Foarl Dlron oammlroa
EUgto Mono talc yoaterday mvalag
aod la (pending tfo waft with tfo
tonally of for facotfor, Mr. B. L. Dnr
—KaqolreJ. M. Haft(Mlor, of Be
fool*. waa la town la* Friday for tfo
■rat turn In two mootha. HJa fninft
w*a pi** a to mhl* oat again after
hto anon alehnaaa.
—Mr. J. A. Bobtaaoa, day operator
awsfiftA-ssns
Grawto. 8. 0. Tfoy will taka room
at tfo Falla Hour.
-Dr, aad Mr* Hay. of McAAoo
rilla, apast a ohort wbUa la Gantonla
Friday. Tfoy warn an roeta to Altoa
dato, Bobwoa ooenty. wban tfo Poo
tor «m locate for tka prnfolw of Ma
■AKVB1, MWU —IIH*
Tha Batelgb JT«m <t Obwrrcr of Son
day eonUiMd ptotorM and brief bioc
rapblao ot tba Deiwoarailo members ot
tba lata Legislature. Wean iliinrt
to espy totow tba akatab of Gaatoo*
Baptasso tally*;
Ur. WUaoa, tto mambar of tto Boms
from Gaatoo soon ty, waa la age pro
tofaly tba father of tto body^at ta
dIUgeut, earnest aod effective service,
to waa aa vooag as any of Ite members.
Hawae always In hB east, a elan
llataoar to everything that eras going
on, and qntek to'detem a propoaJd uJ
wholesome law,
Mr. Wilson waa bora la Gaatoo
county io 1888 (Lt was Lincoln coun
ty then.) Ha waa born and raised oo
• Cara aod baa apent bla life aa a mer
chant and plantar. Ha baa baoa a
annramfat bosinem mas, and enjoys
tto eonSdram and esteem of an tarn s
elmtoof friends nanny use ta bla
ooonty. Ha baa boons Justice of thn
peace, earring hit people in that capac
ity far yesra and years.
Ha waa chairman of tto Board of
Ooaaty OoaHBtaalooars of bla aouaty,
nod by bln study Inertness qualities,
bis eeonomlonl management tort the
aAUn of tto ooaaty In good ooodiUoa.
Ho wan MHWtantnd far tto Homo la
lBOt. sad eoneeated to make tto Ogbt.
Largely bamam of bla personal popu
larity tto ooonty wan redeemed, nod
Mr. WUaoa wnaataotad ovarnfaaleo
Mr. WUaoa baa baas twloa marriad,
ud both tlmm to married (or lore.
His Best wtfs waa MBs Sarah J. Lavs,
of Gaston ooonty, to wtomto was
married In 18K She died In 1879.
He was waa amrried again la 1676 to
Mlm Sarab A. Love, a sonata ot tba
tost Mrs. Wltaon. He lives near
GaaM poat-odloe In Gaston ooooty,
where to enjoys tto ptaaanrm of aoom
fbrtabta Imam much mors than to daaa
tto boMmeoa aemioo of a fusion Lac 1
tala tore.
«r A*W UnritouMM.
LadlM goU watte obaln loat. Viad
« wm plaaaa ratnra to GAum
odtea,
L Janktaa, prcaidaat. poUiteaa
atetemant of ooadlttoa of FtrU Wa
tlocal Bank. »
C. k. Nolan tea boat Mood aad
favorite attain* la pool try. State aad
*M*Coraala. Baa teataaaa Tim fa
teirtTu1ssr srwara;
Baldwin aad RaaaatTippSrat tt oai*
par pate.
A. G. WUHamaon ahowi at "Gaa
tawla>a Bazaar” naw aprtng good*
“for teaate, Apia, aad oteapnam n»
■wrpaaaad In tte State.” To aaa la to
appraotateL Toa ara cordially lavlted
to aama aad aaa tte atplaa.
Speaker Aabreee HUeaan thought
fmlMnoamitfSTaiki
m to a* the Auditor If bo <SB «o m.
And Auditor Ayr my to him, ~tro«.
“Mo, you oeuaob.”
Ooooruar BeneU wot id thooo dl
rootoro from the Morth OmIIm Beil
rood who w«e hootUe to hlw ow the
leeee queeUau. Bet the rotund dt
l ejMotlogjwitiedy ell the
leJueeUee prrmeeeiuf
Ib ftml City, Bulhortoud eowety,
b lew daye ego, u lKUe two-yeereU
on of Jeo. fl. Long wee net to the
■tor® which la ebon 100 jmrdn freer
**• ho,T' £»Ob
hie way hook to the houee the —t-vn
la mom way ooaihfc In whtefc at ooee
eat lie to Ha dreea aod before aey
tMageooM hedowe the ohttd ween
•rrwely heraed that he died aext day.
There li talk la Wnblegtoa to the
aad Prltahard are oo uppuStoMdau of
UH Bqoeqoantou, The Mot H to pot
VIGORS
in
BUGGIES.
Oral* nd «am km|« rantntu
Carload
-or—
OLD BICIOEY VISORS,
—AWV BATI A
0-A.RXOJL3D
-or—
BUGGIES 01 THE VAT.
—ROMIOTBS A
|ood MnctMtorUoato m hud.
Com ud talk rati Mm wlUi us.
Guanos.
Tm, wm handle Ugh pg ter
tfliaan. A Leo Kalnita ud
Craig and Wilson.
—
-- Twm>oe Bro><
Bed ud Hinson,
OAtTOVU, X. a,
Foulrj 111 Mubin Shft
BTOUnM AID AU KHW Of
MACHINERY THOROUGH
LY REPAIRED AJfD
OVERHAULED.
now mxuiM ayd GAirrufea
or all kotos.
REPAIRING 00170* MOL ma>
CUIXERY A SPECIALTY.
- - - __
“Gastonia’s Bazaar.”
- - - ■ v ' - ~<f
Our new goods are now open tear Inspec
tion and sale.
For Beauty, Style and Cheapness unsurpassed
in the State*
To be appreciated will have to be seen—
therefore a welcome awaits everyone.
We bid you, come and see what the etyle wiU
be this season.
__ A. C. William son.
-—-sssbswbhSBHP
CLOTHING!
W* an new piwpand to It job I* •» mtoa hU of
SPRING CLOTHING.
A flood Wool Suit.-45XN).
A First-class Business Sult.-$6.50 to *10.
**■ amn mcx mam rat Amro.
-AXSO
New Spring Dry Good* and Notion*,
-JUST ARRIVED.
Call and m u*. ,
McPlil, Pressly A Co.
TIIIS SPAOE
to reserved for
J. D. MOORE & CO.
Watch for announcement next week.
MUI' WH—J'■ "Pi'-1-1 -
Prices Reduced.
are (Hriag Sptetal Bargaim laaU nr Itowaf wtator gaaia, U
70a wrt to baj a mM at atottaa mw to Umta* to gat S aka*.
—GROCERIES.—
ArbuokU?a Cojfee 16 cents per pound*
Fancy Patent Flour ftJSS per 100 lbs.
Mr. Jno. W. Bryson
l uT?^ a^L to gtot to
lUllvMad _-to ^ - . . w a_ J*
wwMAA wiifrm rrMipuy iqi MSHlOttHl iMiWMIt
Vary ■upaWtoBy.
Holland 4k Robinson.
TEARS AGO
-*» Asomn m motto mt~
“The Best is Always the Oheapeet"
iJ^^ss^R&ranr
rsussauttajir
Editor Lave * Co.