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nTo ail our customers and friendsi
GREETINGS
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' The year which is just drawing toe clone has been
a most successful one with this bank, (or which we
have to thank oar customer* and friends who have
made this possible.
. .. We hope yon hare enjoyed a prosperous year, and
that we have been of satisfactory service to you in
bringing this about.
The Officers and Directors individually and collec- ||
tively extend to yon the Compliments of the Season,
hoping that your Christmas may be a Kerry ooc. sad
that the coming year may bring you increased proe
perity and happiness.
Citizens National Bank
of Gantonlo
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MISS ALICE* SVEDBW6 OOVNS!
NUaiih Per Csstly Costumes
Cum Tnm IV«w J sissy,
Chins nni Philips loss.
New York, Jen, 23.—For the
first time The American is able
to-day to present an accurate
description of the marvelous
trousseau, including details of
tbs wedding gown, of Miss
Roosevelt, wbo will be the sixth
bride to go forth from the White
House when she is wedded to
Congressman Nicholas Long
worth next month. The rarity
' ot White Home weddings has
pot every one on tiptoe’with
interest in the coming event.
They have been equally in
terested in the wedding gown
and the other dresses in ths
trousseau.
The marked individuality of
Miss Roosevelt made it certain
that she would bv no means
leave either the material, the
style of making or the garniture
of this weddinglrousseau to her
dressmaker. That it wonld not
be of the conventional type
which the average bride leaves
to her modiste to create every
one felt sure, and for once
every one was right, for Mias
Roosevelt has verified the trntb
of all these prophesies.
TUN OF THU WONDMWFU L
MUSSES.
There ere ten of these won
derful gowns mads for the most
part in the Empress or Princess
styles, as the most becoming to
the yonthfol bride, end lending
themselves the more readily to
the. rich Oriental weaves . of
which nearly all of the tronsseau
is made.
The. wedding gown, to begin
with, is not being made in Bal
timore, as reported, but in the
establishment of a well-known
New York French modiste,
where Miss Roosevelt has had
her gowns designed and made
for ytars.
The first fittings of this gar
ment were made In Washington
last week and the work of fin
ishing it will be resumed to
day.
A PVIX COUAT TKAIN.
There ere twenty-six yards of
material In this wedding gown,
* over which wiD fell a full court
train, to consist of a like number
oTyards of brocaded satin in a
graceful lily design, exquisite
in texture s«fd one of the many
sumptuous pieces of brocaded
and embroidered satin presented
to Mias Roosevelt during he*
trip to the Philippines.
Drmped in Princees design,
the wedding gown will fit cloae
Jy to the waist, then sweep sway
in a long train.
Tbr gowa is built up over a
•oft silk lining, which u finished
at tha bottom with many fron
frou ruffle* of chiffon and lace to
hold the satin out and keep it
from tangUag. Lac* finishes
tha upper nan of the bodice and
. the short sleeves, Just below the
elbow, but tbe decision ha*
been reached that no aaore lace
“Mass: rat
qnct will consist of lilies and
white orchids, hat Mr. Lung
wort b has not taken anybody
into bis confidence in iliis re
spect.
The small amount of lace to
be draped opon the bodies is
under discussion.
All stories to the contrary
notwithstanding, Miss Alice's
itwtssoan is nearly all mode up
of silks aad satins and other
presented to her
upon her Eastern trip. There
**^°°nta, plain nnd embroid
•rriicavmrt th* finest Bast
eni tilk and snake, hsnd
ensbroidersd with shawls sad
•pieces heslippers to nsateh;
rolls of that peculiar Oriental
silk tkat is not Pongee nor yet
t
quite like our taffeta or pcan-de
soie. but which partakes of the
qualities of all: there are pieces
of obi costing from $40 to $100
a yard, and these average four
yards to the piece; and a lot of
otbcT Oriental stuffs in em
broideries' from Indian mull,
silks and tbe like.
The obis were among tbe
presents of the Empress of Ja
pan.
Among the afternoon gown
materials in the trousseau are
crepe embroidered in hawthorne.
wistaria, morning glory and
chrysanthemum design, and
satins repeating tbe first three
patterns In Japanese workman
ship, with silks showing
Chinese embroideries—tbe gift
of Tsu An, Empress of Chins—
exhibiting tho mingled colorings
of roses, chrysanthemums, iris
sod lilies, blendcd,to form s har
mony of color.
BUBOPB SBKDS A SHAHS.
There are embroidered silks
and oganses for evening wear,
with French chiffons and Amer
ican satins and lace from Ger
many, Eoglaad, Prance and
Malta to put in as trimming on
necks and sleeves.
If Miss Alice, is to have any
taffeta petticoats, she has not, as
yet, revealed any such intention. I
xu oi son niK ana music,
band-embroidered, arc being
purchased and made very elabo
rately, some 'of tbe lingerie
petticoats having as many as
four and five 1 ace-trimmed
flounces one above tbe other,
tbe two upper flounces entirely
covering tbe under ones, and
tbe whole forming a foamy
mass of lace at the bottom.
Nearly all the underskirts have
double and triple flounces, since
so many of tbe gowns are crept
and pongee and these require
considerable fulness.
A Maw Insurance Baling.
Charlotte Chmaicte.
Wilmington, Jan. 24.—Di
reeled by D. V. Taylor, special
representative of the South
eastern Tariff Association, tbe
entire State will receive new in
surance rating. Tbe re-rating
will commence in Wilmington.
Mr. Taylor has arrived in the
city from Charleston and will be
gin his work at once. Buildings
in which gasoline'is used for
lighting purposes will receive
special attetation. It is said tbe
rates on such buildings will be
very high.
Bikri Hen la JaU.
Crmnillt Nm.
A big baked ben, a small bole
and a hungry negro • fiorded a
ball an hours entertainment to
the inmates of tbe county Jail
yesterday.
Lewis Willis, one' of tbe little
darkies Charged with robbing
several local stores, received by
express yesterday a baked ben
as a present front bia mother,
who lives la Asheville. The
Jowl arrived all right, bat a prob
lem arose when aa attempt was
made to pass the package
through tbe little wicket in the
amve grated door. The longer
fl*rky fumbled with the
awkwardly shaped panel the
more iantolisiagiy the delicious
aroma of tbe onion-basted ben
tickled bis nostrils, so that in
flnsl desderation be tom the
ntseTayrri*
leaving mom or leas of it on tbe
gratings.
Little Willie was the most
popular prisoner in tbe jtil as
long as the (tea lasted, sod alter
tbe feast Jailer Noe foaad a still
hungry prisoner scraping the
gratisgs where tbe fowl had
been banled through, and .lick
ing his Ups in a rtmielacent
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WHEELER PASSES
T&RO* THE OATES.
At One Sinking lain ■ Prefeand
Sloop—flls Lorotf Oiei Moor.
York dirpoUb. XMk.
General Joseph Wheeler, the
fsmoas Confederate cavalry
leader and brigadier general oi
the United States army since
the War with Spain, died at
3:35 o’clock this afternoon, at
tha home of his slater, Mrs.
Sterling Smith, in Brooklyn.
The veteran of two wars, wss
68 years old, bnt in spite of his
sgc. there was hope until yester
day of his recovery from the at
tack of pneumonia which caused
his death.
It has not yet been decided
where the body will be buried,
but probably it will be in Arling
ton cemetery, near Washington.
Announcement of the plena for
the funeral will be made to
morrow.
General Wheeler was taken ill
rix days ago, at bis sister’s
home, where be baa been living
recently. He contracted a
severe cold which developed
into pleurisy and pneumonia.
Prom the first his age told
against him, but the family did
not give up hope until last
night when the disease was
found to have affected both
deneral Wheeler’s immediate
relative* were *11 with his. Hi*
daughter, Mr*. W. J. Hanii
•nd the Mieses Anne, Lucilc
aod Carrie Wheeler, bad been
summoned from the South aud
arrived early in the week. Hi*
•on. Maj. Jo*. Whaeler. Jr„ U.
S. A., now stationed at West
Point, was also present, as well
as General Wheeler's sister.
Mrs. Sterling Smith, and her
son.
The family were summoned to
the bedside of the patient at
aiidnight last night, when the
doctors, in consultation, con
cluded that the end was but a
matter of hours. The general
was then awake and conscious
and bis mind was apparently
active. He seemed to know
that death was approaching,
and thongh too weak to apeak,
be succeeded-in giving signs of
recognition and encouragement
Later tbe general sank into a
peaceful slamber, and at tbe
request of the doctors, tbe family
quietly withdrew from tbe .sick
man's bedside.
General Wheeler was never
•gain more than semi-conscious.
He lingered until this evening
*ad passed sway quietly.
Sane# ter Ooote, Sauce ter
Omtfer.
CbMluton Nm uS Conriti.
A bill bas been introduced in
the South Carolina Legislature
to prohibit the tale of any pqtent
or proprietary medicine or other
secret medicinal compound uu
leas plainly labelled with the
name and the amount of each of
ita ingredients. Tbe committee
to which the bill was referred
bas recommended that it pass
with an amendment providing
that it shall not apply to-drugs
compounded nuder the prescrip
tion* of licensed physicians in
ll.h“ P**“ •«ar»est
«« m inn uni iv pauea in
thU fond any licensed physician
in the State can get up a propri
"fddne establishment
*•* W« medicines without
such label.”
•Why not "tote fair?" If it ia
necessary to ham proprietary
medicines or secret medicinal
compounds manufactured in
other State* to advertise their
ingredients on all tbeir labels.
w°l *" exception be
made in the interest of licensed
physicians of tfaia State who
shall engage in the manofactore
of such medicines? The bill to
which reference has been made
ia pretended presumably for the
protection of the people. * The
restriction or abolition of the
trade ia so-called patent medi
cines would deprive many per
sona of one of their greatest
MUi'G'xrss
ifow before the Legislature Hit
ia to be pasted at all oagbt to ba
passed to that it will put all
Identical interests on the same
footing.
Why permit drag* compound
ed under the prescriptions of
licensed physicians in this State
to be sold witboat requiring the
mac and the amount of each
ingredient to be plainly labelled
sod require that drags com
pounded apoa the prescriptions
of physician* or chemists in
otiiar States shall contain such
advertisement of their eonstit
oeot parts? It does net matter
what condition* the law shall
prescribe for the eels of modi
dove to long a* the same coodi
*PPW *Hke to all persona
or concerns engaged la the same
^"‘^uugBi—q’wwi —i-—«
IS SHE PAULINE WEBSTEB?
Toni Vmm Clalafnff to fa
NIm Pul las Vsbsfsr Arroatod.
(Whcrlspw.
' Tbe following press dispatch
received is tbe city Tuesday
morning naturally caused great
excitment, owing to tbe in
tense local color given the story
by tbe statement of tbe woman
that abe waa formerly from
Gaffney. In an interview with
a Ledger man, Judge J. E.
Webster, wbo tbe woman
alleges is her brother, slated
that in Us opinion tbe wo nan
was a fake, he pointed oat dis
crepancies in tbe woman’s tala
which would show that she was
not tha one she claims to be.
On the other hand tbe tale is
fairly straight and the whole
matter presents a very com
plicated appearance, especially
in view of tbe fact that if her
tale aboultLprove fine, and she
turns out to bo the Pauline
Webster, loog thought desd, it
would cause complications in
onitc a little property deal in
this city.
toe following u the dispatch:
Kansas City, Jan. 22.—An in
vestigation to-day at police
headquarters into John Allsins
Whitman's marriage last Friday
to Mha Marietta Jeiley. a res
taurant keeper, provided Whit
man is a woman, and Whitman
thereupon confessed she is in
reality Mias Pauline Webster, n
native of Gaffney, S. C. She
will be prosecuted.
Hia irony.
“My father, Noah Webster,
was a big South Carolina
Mason,” she said to-day ia the
presence of Chief Hayes
When be died, eight years
ago, be left some money to me
mad my two brothers, J. E.
Webster nod J. R. Webster. I
did Dot thiak 1 got my ibire« so
nfler quarreling with my
brothers 1 left home. 1 worked
ip hotels, and reatanranU, un
til about three yean ago, when,
one day in Dallas, Texas, beard a
cook was wanted by n theatrical
company, traveling in n private
car. The owner of an employ
ment agency told me, if I was
a man I could get $00.00 a
month. I bought a cheap suit,
cut off my hair and next day re
turned to the agency, and was
hired. The employment agency
did not recognise me. I talked
little and took no one into my
confidence. I have been mas
querading aa a man ever since.”
snu Lovjtn him.
"I loved him and thought that
with his money and my little
savings we would buy a testae*
tut ud nalu a wood living,”
sobbed Marietta Jeiley to-day in
her home at Sheffield.
I cannot believe he or she
was a woman. I think it is
gpod though I did not leave
Kansas City, with him or her,
cj I don’t know what to say.
wanted toe for my money,
little that it was.”
Mr. Chan. Amy Will Abended Urn
MMabiy Basin ass
1,4 ** Cfcwtan* Ob
Mr. Charles Arey to-day an
nounced hia retirement from
business and will sell his saloon
fixtures aa soon aa he finds
n bidder. All of bis effects be
offers at 25 per cent, discount.
Mr. Arey fans b.*en four years in
the business end quits with the
good will of Salisbury* He is
recognised aa a gentleman of a
high type, ia scrupulously
honest end fair and bis place
has furnished no reproach to the
city. He stops with clean
hands. Mr. Arey haa not de
cided whet business be will
enter. He has large property
interests here, but will go West
shortly and put hia fine busi
ness capacity into other fields.
TORE AND YORKVILLE.
*kh*» Doing Among oar Neigh
bors Jest Acres* fhn Use.
YwfcrlU* Mmmlmr.
Cotton receipts are too light
to be worth considering. Only
■n occasional bole is reaching
the market them days.
Mr, D, W. Smith is
his household effects with *
view to returning to the west.
He has been in very poor health
dace coming back to South
Carolina.
Policeman J. M. Gamble, who
killed Section Master P. N.
Edwards at Fprt Mill on the 13th
instant has given bond in the
turn of $1,500 for bis appearance
St the next term of the court of
general sessions.
The physicians, the mail
carriers, and others who are
compelled to travel the public
highways whether they want to
do so or not, say that conditions
me simply horrible. Moet of
jhe^physiciens are traveling
If the poetofice department
should carry out Us aoggaatod
thmat to discontiune the rural
routes on which the average
□ambeT of pieces of mail
handled does not agregat* 2.000
a month. Yorkville will loss at
least two if not three of her
seven routes. It is hopeful,
however, that no sacb condi
tion will be enforce!.
Sampson Steele, colored, of
Betbesd* township was brought
to jail this morning by Constable
Marshall Da slap and committed
on the charge of murder. He
killed soother negro named
James William* last Wednesday
evening. The killing was done
with a shotgun and. Steele
. 7 " w oeco icci
dental.
Mr. PfalHp Hambright. a well
known citlren of King's Creak,
waa found dead in a aew ground
la* Wednesday afternoon . at
about 3 o’clock. He was in Ms
nsaal good health * dinner and
went to the new ground some
200 or 300 yards away to cot
cord wood. He was found by
his wife and little grand child
who went to the new ground to
look for him. It is thought that
Mr.* Hatabrigfat died of heart
disease.
It is only a question of time
until there will be no shade
trees along the electric light
liaea. Several trees were killed
even with the low voltage cur
rent from the Tavora mill; bat
the current from the Catawba
Power company la fax more
powerful. It is said that when
the wires come in contact with
the branch of a tree the limb is
quickly severed. A number of
brunches that were from two to
three inches through have been
cut off in thia way.
. "I have only one prisoner in
jail now,’’ said Sheriff Brown on
Wednesday, "and I calculate
that he will either be turned
loose or sent to the chaingang
before to-morrow evening, when
I will throw the doors open.
The jail will then be empty tor
the lint time since I have had
charge of it." The jail was
empty once or twice daring
Captain Crawford’s incumbency
of the sheriff’s office, and also
during the incumbency of Sheriff
Logan. It b a rare thing, how
CVII.
Ashmtt*
Bean arc said to bm mere
plentiful in Haywood county
this year than for many seasons
paat. '
A farmer from Crawford
Creek section of the conaty de
cleres that after the big enow of,
last week the beats i»»tfce Crew
ford Creek vicinity migrated
•cross the valley to a distant
rang* of mountains and that the
tracks in the scow showed 27
bears had croaatd the valley in
ooe night. A number of kanttof
parties have gooe oat from
Waynetvilla during the prescat
•eaaon, and tha bear hnntcrs
have had unnsually good lock.
Clanaaaaa All light In Way Wh
Mr. E. W. Tamer, bf the firm
of 8 moot Bros, sod Rogers, bee
retnnmd from New Yo*k City,
where be apent a week purehs*
jfoSfcs. ftjysri;
"The Cite.man" which be says
was pl.>ed to a tremendous
edvaoce sale oi
admissions, has been enormoas
aod he says persona who are
going to attend the show30 days
hence have purchased tbeir
tickets. He says too that the
enjoy It
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Victoria, B. C., Jan. 18.—
With only 33 of the 154 ptnooi
on board, known to be safe ut>
ton kte hour to-night, the
llf*C•ubuierped*1sod* btSSn'^S
the Vancouver coast flee miles
from Cane Beale. Only a pac
tion of a mast staads above the
water, and the fleet of steamers
and tugs to day tamed thptr at
tention to pntmlMag the coast
fat the hope of fladio* boats,
rafts of wreckage still afloat
with survivors. But the belief
vnssr^^zh
of the 55 persona definitely
accounted for. and them donSt
inclod three men, belkwd|pX
anmvcw. seen On shorn by the
whsling vessel Orion, sin barn
been taken on the Salvor,
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