CAPITAL, $50,000._ ! THE GLORY OF EASTER Likt all other Joys of life moat be purchased and paid for. and those who an without money are without Joy. While the accumulation of money does not in every Instance bring thorough happiness, it does overcome many obstacles In the pursuit of It; therefore, to possess money you most Save it. and the CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK ofler* you the best means to accom plish the undertaking. R. P. RANKIN. President; C. N. BVAXS. V. President; A. G. MYERS, Cashier. The CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK 1 -i! ! Farmers’ ! A. J | Telephones I 2 We want 100 more farmers in Gaston 4 J _ county to take telephones in their reai- 4 2 dencea. In order to do this we are offer- 4 in* you telephone service at FIFTY 4 4 CENTS PER MONTH. 2 2 See Your Friends and Neighbors sod Get up i I a Mutual Neighborhood Line 4 | Wi mean buainea*. This price is good 4 J for three years and we know that every 1 ^ enterprising fanner will take a telephone. 4 1 Keep in touch with the world, your 4 2 market, and your neighbor. Call, or 4 2 write to os for particulars. 4 | PIEDMONT TELEPHONE AND 1 I TELEGRAPH COMPANY f | GASTONIA, N. C. 4 *************************** mi u 11 i i ..m.-nl STATE KMOCBATIC _CONVENTION. Will it ha laid at Raleifh ar Greanabera?—And What Abeat Aabavflla Twa Taara Hence? WuhlaMoe Car Charlotte Obaarrar. There is seemingly a large element of uncertainty as to the filsce of holding the approach* ng Democratic State conven tion, the matter which will chiefly occupy the attention of the State committee in a few days. If Raleigh makes t seri ous effort to secure the conven tion the contest between the Capital City and Greensboro will, without a doubt, be close. In fact, when two or three of the politically inclined were gathered together recently, and began to figure a little, they gave the two places mentioned a tie vote— 43 and 43, and one who is in .posi tion to express expert opinion on all questions pertaining to 1>®oct»«c party aSairs, said that, if Raleigh really wanted the convention, her people had better get hot on the trail of the members of the committee from New Hanover and Cumberland vvuuuc*, “ ii may t>e iouna that these member! will hold the balance of power. There was some aarprlse ex when the opinion was advanced that Asheville could get a State convention as well as not. While usually after every thing in the convention line the mountain metropolis has never pot forward any great effort in this direction. Of course the convention this year will be held either la Greensboro or Raleigh, but a politician who ia in posi tion to speak advisedly ex pressed the belief that Asheville coald get the convention two years hence, when the candidate for Governor is to be nominated, if the city will go about it ia the right way, and get soma sort of special traia service from Greens boro west. It is all wrong, said the gentleman ia question, to asanme that the delegates from the east would not want to go to Aabaville. Oa the contrary, ha ••Id, these eastern people would ba glad of the opportunity to get the trip, if it coald hie made without too great expense. «'• ^frgtftef Colletts TiUe, one of CaWwall’e best •H"* nfs* * Confederate veterso, dial at his horns on Wednesday of In* amah of partly*. Ml. C. IV. ABEUVETBY DEAD. Old Vtliru at Truest Ty»s Oooa la flta Reward. Chariot* New*. XKh. Mr. C. N. Abernetby, an aged Confederate veteran, died thia paorning at 7:30 o'clock at bia home in Paw Creek township, after an illness of more than a year. The deceased was s veteran of the truest type. He joined the army at the outbreak of the war and was later transferred to Com* pany C. North Carolina Artil lery, where be served through oat the struggle. At the close of the war he moved tq Meck lenburg county. Besides his wife, Mr*. Jane Henkle Abernetby, he is sur vived by three children. Miss Amanda Abernetby and Messrs. I. T. and Freeman Abernetby. The funenal services will be held at Pleasant Grove cburch to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock. Rev. Mr. Bradley will conduct the sendees. The interment 'eill be in the churchyard. Paacbell Imnaford, county treasurer, died iu Durham the 27th.. He was 00 years of age and bad held office 20 years. The Lenoir Daughters of the Confederacy are raising money 1 fora monument, and judging; from the amount, $U0, made by en entertainment given n few days ago, they are meeting with gratifying success. Walter Anderson, a half In dian/ourteeu-year* old, was shot and Instantly killed at bis home near Salisbury Monday afternoon by a younger bsotber. The two boys were pitying with a revol* T vWh~. 11 w" »ccidentally r'iacharged and the ball went through the heart of yonng An dcnoa. Mrs. W. P, Tavlor, of No. 8 township, Cleveland county, was fearfully burned Wednesday morning of last week, and died fnm the effects of her injariea Thursday night, after so Bering intensely for nearly two day*. The Cleveland Star aaya Mrs. Tavlor was standing before the fireplace with her back to the Are, when her clothing caught and burned so rapidly that she oould sot extinguish tbs Semen, »nd her body was horribly MICaiGAWS GOVEROOt REFUSED TUB BGRDS. Wouldn't bi Uni la Involve As* "thar State In UtlRatiaa— Oavaraar Glaan’a FUa LaMar Upaa Urn Ssbjscf. Cor. CktrioUa OWnnr. Jlat. Governor Glean ia in receipt of letters from the Governor of Michigan to himself and to the committee of North Carolina bondholders in regard to the bond matter for proposed liti gation against the State of North Carolina. The letter which Governor Warren tent to this committee is as follows: "1 beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of March 10. My reply to yonr communication has been delayed as 1 desired to secure some information from the Governor of. North Carolina before accepting the offer made by your committee. From the report made to me by Governor Glenn, I am convinced that onr acceptance of the bonds wonld serve no other purpose than in volving the State in protracted litigation. That course wonld have to be taken If anything was realised from the bonds. Aittr carefully considering the matter, I have decided to decline your offer. My refusal to do so is based upon my belief that the State woald bav€ nothing to gain by its acceptance of a gift that simply paves the way for a law suit. The State of Michigan — —— — — - WV VC IU ■ position where it can be said that it is being used to involve another State in litigation. For the reason given your offer is re spectfully declined." The letter from Governor Warren to Governor Glenn is as follows: "1 beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of March 20. I have carefully noted the contents of yonr letter, as well as the one you wrote to Gover nor Higgins under date of Inly 3rd, 1905. 1 herewith enclose copy of letter written to Louis M. Ogden, secretary of the com mittee of North Carolina bond holders. dated 24, 1906. My letter to Mr. Ogden states my position in this matter. I have as yet received no reply from the committee, but yon may rest assured that no action will be taken by this State that will cause your State embarrassment or litigation.” In connection with the same matter, the letter of Governor Glenn follows; "My Dear Governor:—Your letter enclosing one to Mr. Og den. staling that you would not accept a gift of the bonds tend ered by bis committee, as the State of Michigan did not care to be placed in the position where it could be said that it was being used to involve an other State in litigation, was received by me this morning aud it is needless for me to ssy that its contents gave me great pleasure. If placed in a similar position, I would have done at you have done, and would never allow North Carolina to be used as a cats-paw to involve a sister State in needless litigatiou, es pecially when the effort was to enforce the payment of bonds which were fraudulent and worthless, and from which the State had received no benefit. Our people will greatly appre cifttc the honorable course yots have taken. It is similar to that taken by other Gover nors, and entitles you and your poopla to the resnect of th* citizens of our State. Assuring y<*> of fay personal appreci ation of tbe position you haye taken, and trDating that the time may come when I can show to ri by act aa well aa.word how regard your course In this matter, 1 am, with great re spect. R. B. Guinn, Governor of Moith Carolina. Croditora Got 22 Par Cast. Charlotte Otamr. Concord, March 30,—The final meeting of the attorney*, credl tora, trustee and referee ia the O. P. Dsyvault ft Bro. bank raptcy proceeding* was bare Ibis week. Mr. L M. Mon heimer, the trustee, will be dis charged in a few days. The liabilities of thi* firm amounted to about $175,000, and the as sets to about $<2,000, or about 22 per cant. Twenty per eeat. be* already been paid the credi tors and the two per cent, will be mailed them to-day and to morrow. Messrs. W. C. Max 71D- "*d Bwink ft Bwink, attorney* for the true tee^wuro allowed altogether $1,000 as tbelr fees. Thu was tbe largest failure that ever oc curred in North Carolina. Wilmington ia shipping lettuce and radishes north by the car load. YORK AHO TOUVILLE. What’s Doing Among osr Hslgh bon Jast Across the Liu. YorfctllW Kaiqairtr. Mr. R. T. Castles, carrier on Rural Free Delivery Route No. Smyrna, adds the following to the honor list that is being made up of the naves of the overseer» who pot on their respective roads the full time prescribed by law: "K. D. Darwin, W C. Spencer." The personnel of the brass band now in process of organ* nation Is as follows: Hugh G. Brown, leadar: R, F. Carroll, J. C. Morrow, Daniel Whitener. Charlie White, Fred Morrow. M. ?.• J.eB2Ll.D?B* Wilkeraon, Meek Dickson, Brice Dickson, James Campbell, Lather David •on, J. R. Carroll. R* H. Dob •on. Ben Carroll. W. B. Keller, J. W. Moorr, Mason Wilkersoo. John Gordon. In addition to the already mentioned candidates for the ap pointment to fill the vacancy in the office of {superintendent of eduction for York county, the Fort Mill friends of K. B. Tborn well. Esq., are moving in his behalf. The matter of Mr. Car roll’s successor will hardly be settled before April *0. Senator Tillman baa the ap pointment of two naval cadets and requests the announcement that as usual his selections will be made by competitive exami nation. the same tn hr K-M Columbia, beginning at 9 o’clock on Tuesday, April 10. 1906. The examination will be under the direction of Superin tendent of Bdncatiou O. B. Mar tin, and two assistants. The physical requirements prescribe that applicants most pot be over twentv or under sixteen, nnr de (®**n*d or afflicted jn guy way. Along with the principals two alternates will be appointed; but these alternates must pledge themselves to make every rea sonable effort to be qualified to take the places of the principals should they be called upon to do so. York county has a larger num ber of rural free delivery routes probably than has any other county of its area in the state; but the outlook now is that she iatoloa: s >me of item Rep seseutative Finley, who la a member of the house committee on pos.office* and postroada, baa just received a letter from Mr. DeGraw, fourth assistant post master general, confirming the report. He gives a specific in stance of the catting off of routes or the disposition to do it. "Yon will observe,” says the letter, af ter giving the number of mail pieces handled on routes in York cou>?^r* amount of mall handled on these routes is l*LS5low l^e avenur* per route, 3,GOO per month, and below the minimum which it is thought a »hould handle per month, 2,000 pieces.” • Mra. laosevalt la the South. Washington, March 29.—Mrs. 5S?3!Z“’ accompanied by her children, Ethel, Archie and Quentin, the cbiidtcn’s gov erness and Mrs. Roosevelt’s maid left Washington F&! nandina, Fla. on the Florida limited over the Southern Rail way this morning. At Fernan dma they will board tbe May flower for a cruise of about in Wert Indian water*. Mrs, Roosevelt is taking tbe trip lor tbe purpose of securing a test and does not aspect to be entertained by tbe people either in Cuba or Porto Rico. Prnni Order Against Coacw* Ctiotfi, Wartl-atw C«r. ChwlMt. O W, SIM. A fraud ordar was this after noon issued against the Reece P. Boger Specialty Company, of Concord. It is charged that the Bogar Concern advertised that $2° for pennies of 1880 end that when people an swered the advertisement, they were told to send ten cents for a guide book. When this was an swered they were told to send 50 cents for further information was •ought, ao the story goes, those seeking the $20 were told they would get their mosey when they scat on I860 pennies. This CMe "i'U* Ukennp at the next term of Charlotte Federal Coart. The headstones for the thirty thousand graves of Confederate soldiers who died in northern prisons will cost $2.13 apiece end trenspoTUtion and hsndling win sdd $1.15 more to each. There wen 2»),000 Confederste Bwld at the north and 126,840 Federal prisoners at the •oath daring the war between the states._ Subscribe for the Gasstts, TIB BLUB ITltH WBITCB. rnste Crosby, Author ot Mlf Mil Hymns. Cslohrotw BM Wrihdsy Aanhrsraary. Chulattc Chnoicls. Bridgeport, Conn., March N, —PaoBir i. Croiby Vaa Aletyoe. better knows aa Fanoy Crosby, the blind hymn writer, is cele brating her 88th birthday to-day and to-morrow many churches throughout the country will celebrate the day aa Fanny Crosby Day. Hymns composed by her will be sung in many hundreds of churches sod ser mons ou hymnology will be preached. Although totally blind, Faony Crosby enjoys ex cellent health and hu not only her faculties to x remarkable de gree. but also bar aweet dis position. She is celebrating the day at her home aa quietly and unostentatiously aa. her nomer ona friends and admirers would allow. Letters and telegrams of congratulations began to poor in early and all day visiters came to see bar and ofer their best wishes for the day. Panny Crosby was born in Putnun county, N. Y., aad baa K* sightless from birth. Her bliadaeta is said to be due to the error of a physician, who ordered the application of hot poultices to her inflamed ayes when she was six months old, thereby destroying the optic nerves. The affliction did not, however, prevent her from en joying the pleasures of child hood. and la hex own words, "she could climb a tree or ride a uorse as well as any one." In after lilt aba was able to overcome tbe handicap of her visaing sente to an astonishing degree. Her other senses de veloped the remarkable acute ness usual in such cases. She judges people by their voices and bar conclusions are said to be remarkably accurate. She is extremely sensitive to discords sad false notes jar bar so that Ut*v waken her from sleep. This peculiarity was once turned to account by a man wbo wanted to obtain an inter view with her and wbo was told that she was asleep and could not be dlstorbcd. Finding out wbera her room was, for she at a hotel, he simply •trolled up and down the cor ridor,singing a by an horribly out of tone. The poetess awoke ah once and the interview was gTanted. ^“ny Crosby is tbe author of folly 3,000 hymns and poems, some of tbe most famous ones bring "Safe in tbe Arms of , "Saved by Grace." Blessed Assurance." " Rescue the Perishing,” "I am Thine, O Lord,” "Just a Word for Jetna," sad "Jeans. ' Keep Me Near tbe Cross.” She composes with great rapidity and always has her verses complete in her mind before committing them to pa per. Several years ago Phillips Brooks gave her 73 topics, and asked her to write verses based on them. She composed every one of tbc hymns before a line of any of them was placed on pa per. "Safa in the Arms of Jesus," which is one of her most popular hymns, was writ ten in 13 minutes. Mrs. Van Alstyae was edu cated at tbe Institute for the Blind, in New York, and taught there for 12 years. She was samed in 1858 to Alexander the Mae school and they had one child, which died at aa ■a Vaa a ffanhara Maw. Musa's WmUs. A nun from the North who recently visited Washington be came possessed of the desire to visit Mt. Vernon. Bonrdinf the electric train that rent from the Capital to the bona of WMhington, via Alexander, tha Victor btd comfortably ensconced himself hi one of the tear seats of a compartment, when the conductor rapped him on tha Mjriop, excuse me. bat this compartment is for colored osen." This stm tha Northerner's «P«rience in a "Jim CW* car. "Why,” said ha the scats forward are all oe copied.* "Can't help that, sir,!1 was tbs "El?* •ncatn't sit hem.* The Northerner smiled, "Sea here, conductor,” said be, "I'm from the North and baveat tha preindicc of you people in the 800A. .1 dom’t mind sitting herewith t nefro.” "Maybe yon don't," replied the conductor, "hot the nigger might object.*1 Sobeeribe for tha Oaptovu Gkaam ■ , ' % ¥ -. ‘-hf A • Wash Goods. In this line tbe materials for eoetame* will be piqnes Mi 8mm of every wight from sheer linen lawn np to bear