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THE CITIZENS NATIONAL BANKJ
OABTONIA, N. C.
Accounts of Merchants, Manufacturers, and
Farmers invited.
liberal Dealing along Conservative Lines.
SAVINGS
We have added a Savings Department, in which we pay
4 Per cent., compounded every three months. // you have
not already opened an account in this department we invite
you to do so.
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LOOKING AHEAD FOE TIES.
Rm4i Plant Timber tar (Jae
Twenty Yaare Hnct.
N«w Yoah Timn.
The moat perishable of the
factors that enter Into a rail
road’s "maintenance of way" ac
counts, the ties, are in modern
practice, reckoned for furthest
ahead. The Atchison is the lat
est road to adopt the plan of
growing ita own ties, which
means that about twenty yean
from now the construction de
fiartment will be cutting its own
umber, provided, of coune, that
in the intervening generation
ties of steel or sleepers of stone
or concrete, after the English
fashion, have not come into gen
eral nse.
Dispatches from the West dur
ing the week announced that the
Atchison bad paid $100,000 for a
ranch in California containing
8,659 acres on which to grow
eucalyptus trees to supply the
road with ties. It takes the tree,
which is a relatively rapid grow
er, about twenty years to arrive
at a diameter large enongh for.
the purpose, and each tree will
then furnish from six to eight
ties. In order to give the road
a continuous supply about 450
acrea will be planted each year,
and at the end of twenty years,
when the first plsntation is ready
for the ax, the planting will be
gin all over again. The railroads
of the Middle West began the
planting of the encalyptns groves
some years ago, and there are
now in Kansas several snch
plantations of a fair growth,
though such has not yet reached
an age anfiieient for cutting. If
the present rate of consumption,
which has been estimated at 80,
000,000 ties a year, continues
they will all be needed.
Keller ad tba Qohler's Stomach.
Concord Tiltut.
Dr. J. P. Bonn yesterday per
formed an operation on a turkey
gobbler belonging to Capt. J.
M. Odell, by cutting into his
first stomach and extracting
therefrom an accumulated mass,
confuting of wheat, corn,
gravel, glass, hay, rags, etc.,
weighing eleven pounds. This
mass has been accumulating
there for the last three or fonr
month*. The turkey, aa soon as
' released from the table, began
fighting another gobbler that
• was loose in the ysrd. He is
doing well._
Week End ■•tee—Senses 19*.
The Cerolios end North
western railway has leaned the
following notice as Joint-Circular
No. 7:
To All Agents:
This will be yonr authority to
sail Ronnd Trip Tickets be
tween at] Stations on these lines
at a rate of One Pi rat-Claes Pare,
pins twenty-five cents (15) for
the Round Trip. Tickets to be
sold on Saturday of each week,
good, returning on Monday fol
lowing date of sale.
The above rates will go into
effect on Saturday, April 7tb.
1900, and are effective until and
including Saturday, October
77th, 1906.
. Use regular Local Tickets,
marking across fact of same,
"Week Bod."
Acknowledge receipt of this
Circular, below.
Approved:
L,. T. NICHOV.
General Manager.
S. P. Ram,
General Passenger Agent.
Chaa. B. Robinson, proprietor
of the baggaas delivery com
pany of Aabeeille. mas kicked ia
the chest by a horse Saturday
morning and almost iostaatly
killed. The horse's iron shod
bests struck Robinson over the
heart.
OIEAT SOLDIERS’
LOVE LETTERS.
Ia Some Cum Worth Mart Thao
la Otharo—Hopokoa and Nal*
aaa a LIU la OnMatai
Tttaim.
"Those who scoff at the idea
of love long surviving matri
mony.” aaid Lord Roberta recent
ly, should read some of the
letters written by the world’s
greatest soldiers to their wives
after years ol life together. For
tenderness and deep affection
these letters penned by men
whose life, one would think, left
little room for sentiment, msy
well challenge comparison with
the effusions of the most ardent
lover in the halcyon daya of
conrtsbip." How true is this
statement by a great aoldier
who is himself still as ardent a
lover of his wife as he was
nearly 50 years Lgo. the follow
ing examples will prove:
To his last day there were few
more devoted hosbanda than
Prince Bismarck, that grimmest
of soldiers, who to the world,
was known as the "Man of Iron."
Indeed, the letters written to
his wife, many of them amid
scenes of carnage and all the
horrors of war, are among the
moat beautiful in any language.
"My beloved heart,” "my dear
heart,” "my love," "my angel,"
"my 18-year beloved heart,"
"my aweeteat, dearest heart,”
"my heart’s Nanne," "my
beloved Nan,’’ "my little dear"—
bis letters are crowded with
these and coantless similar pet
names; while every letter, to
the very last, breathes the most
charming and tender devotion.
PORT PI SUER.
wiwvn iv vriuuii I HIM*
•M Association at Wilmington
M Iba l*fa.
Chmriotte Chrailel*. Mtk.
Ib Mecklenburg. Cabarrus,
Gaston and perhaps other ad
joining counties are a number of
•arriving defenders of Fort
Fisher and as many of them as
can do so will attend the re
union in Wilmington on tha
18th. The object is to organise
a veterans’ association and to
have an annual reunion in the
future. A movement is on foot
-*aud it ought to succeed—to
SV*J,b? government convert
Fort Fisher into a national park.
Thia was the last fort of tha con
federacy to fall and through
its protection of the blockade
runners, gave the Federal gov
ernment more trouble than any
other iu tha South. Its de
fense was for a long time main
Jyiu the bands of the youth of
Wilmington. Mere boys manned
it through the wur and up to
the fiuul scenes when Confed
erate troops were forwarded
there to resist the -great assault
by the Federal fleet. The bom
bardment of Fort Fiaher was the
greatest naval demonstration in
history. Mote metal was thrown
by the Federal fleet, than was
thrown by any ships in any en
gagement of the war. The
as*salting ships were lined up
«*«t the open aes and after the
engagement, the beach for a
stratch of two miles was piled
with empty cartridge and shell
boxes that had been cast over
hoard and brought in by the
tide. Certainly tha fame of
Fort Fisher deserves com memo
«V» an lira*. A uiA COUIO
be done in no better way than
by the oouvereion of the fort In
to a national park,
A reunion of tbe aorvivora of
the Port Piabcr engagement of
*he civil war will be held at
Wilmington the IStb Inatant.
Tbo railroads will give a rate
of one fare plua 25 cent*, tick
eta to ba on aala the 16th tad
17th with final limit thu 21at.
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ASHEVILLE TO BE HEATED
■T ELECTI1CITT.
Chat. E. WaAdall la Haw Work
lag aa Schama far Waarar
PawarCa.—It la HapsA Thai
EUcfrid Baal Will ha aa Cheap
as Ceal aod lamara Smoke
Halaaocs.
AshrvfUc CiUica.
There is a prospect that Asha
ville may be relieved of the
smoke nuisance which has
proved so greatly detrimental to
to the city in winter.
The relief is expected to
come from a source of beat
hitherto not considered and in
a way which would be the great
est advertisement to Asheville—
electricity.
It is learned on good authori
ty that the Weaver Power com
pany is now working on a plan
looking to the furnishing
of heat to the businesa blocks
and offices in the central part of
the city at a price which will
make electric beat approximate
ly as cheap aa coal. When seen
yesterday Chas. E. Waddell,
engineer for the company, ad
mitted that be was working on
snch a plan but was not ready
to disease it at all.
A man in a position to know
said to The Citizen that there
were hopes that the plan might
be carried out and indicated the
great advantages the substitu
tion of electricity lor coal
would be to the city. He
poioted out that the smoke nui
sance was a serious detriment
to the city and said that its
source was almost entirely the
heating plants o( the stores and
offices which had no tall chim
neys like the laundries and that
it would . be recognized that
electricity was much the best
heating power even if it cost
most because of the resultant
cleanliness, the saving of re
pair bills to furnaces sad the ex
pense of firing them.
"Consider," he said, "what
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to Asheville. It would get rid
of most of tbe smoke end at
tract universal attention to the
city because so far as I know
there is no city which baa
electric beat. Tbe cost, I am
informed, under the plan pro
posed, will be less than tbe beat
from soft coal. It will be even
cheaper than soft coat beat if
the cost of maintenance of fur
naces and econom* of operation
in tbe long ran be considered.
Tbe success of tbe electric
heating plant recently installed
at Biltmore House led to tbe
idea of fnrnisbiug the same beat
in Asheville. As Tbe Citizen
has stated in the case of tbe
part of Baltimore House which
use electric heat tbe apparatus
consists simply of tanks of
water which are heated by elec
tric coils and pipes to carry tbe
hot water through apartments to
be heated. It is hot water beat
ing, the best of all heats, at leas
expense than running the plant
by coal. The plant is simple
and self working.
It is said that tbe Weaver
company will be able to fornlah
this novel heat because of inci
dental advantages to itself. In
winter a great volume of water
nows over tbe dam and as there
tie leas street cart to run in
winter a great amount of power
Roes to waste. It is planned to
install another machine at the
power bouse and it will be used
to fnrnista tbe electric power
necessary for the healing of tbe
business part of the cky in
winter, while in summer the
machine will furnish auxiliary
power for other purposes. The
company expects to make no
profit by the heating.
KILLED THE DEAR.
..Tirade.!! la Bad PtMhl
Bear All Bay.
W.rrmlll* Coartn.
Meaara. O. N. Palmar and A.
D. Pinny were trapping for
bear some few weeks ago fit the
Lost Bottom Yellow Patch.
Mr. Pinny went to the trap and
there was one old bear in the
trap and another old bear and
two cabs lying bealda the one in
the trap. Mr. Piany snapped
his rifle at the old bear that
waa lying there, bnt hie gna
failed to fire. So the oM bear
took right ap through the Yel
low Patch. Jnst as quick as
Mr. Finny could kill the one in
the trap he took after the old
bear, which went about a
quarter of a mil* and jumped
into another Mg trap. So Mr.
Pinny laid that boar out. Ha
aaid after be got that bear killed
that he waa aa tired aa if be had
fought bean all day. Ho does
not know when the cube want
to, and I don't gusts ha cared,
for he bad all the baar fight ha
wanted for that day.
Dl. CHAS. 0. McIVEB MAS
Saccate to Attack il Amter
While m Bryan Special Train
at Sark a.
Cfculstte Otamt.
Durham, Sept. 17.—Dr, Chaa.
D. Mclver, president of tbe
State Normal and Industrial Col
leg*' at Greensboro, died sud
denly on tbe Bryan special train
at 4:40 o’clock this afternoon as
tbc result of a stroke of ap
oplexy. The cod came when
tbe train was but a abort dis
tance from Durham en route to
.Greensboro.
This afternoon, after I had
•ecu tbe crowd in tbc Academy
of Music at Durham and heard
Mr. Bryan begin his speech, I
walked back to the train and
west into one of the first-class
coaches, where I saw Dr. Chaa.
D. Mclver sitting on ths front
seat with his feet on the lounge
seat ahead. When asked why
be did not attend the speaking,
he said; "I have an acute at
tack of indigestion and am suf
fering considerable discomfort."
He looked pale, bat not enough
to cause any alarm. We talked
about different thinga for several
minutes, when State Treasurer
B. R. Lacy came up and mat
down by Dr. Mclver and en
gaged him in conversation about
bis school.
A few moments later Dr. Mc
Iver Upped bis chest and said
that he was suffering there from
indigestion. He tossed bis head
toward Mr. Lacy and whispered,
"Call a doctor; 1 am desperate
ly ill." Mr. Lacy called for
help aad Mr. Walter Marphy, of
Salisbury; Mr. A. D. Watts, of
SUtcsville, and Mr. P. D. Gold,
of Greensboro, responded and
helped to stretch the sick man
on tbe long sent. Tbe end had
come already. Dr. Mclver was
dying when he called to Mr. La
«*w _f _
wu on the train and rendered
what service he could, but bis
patient was beyond human aid.
The aaddhn death of Dr. Mc
Iver cast a gloom over the train.
Mr. Bryan, Senator Simmons,
Governor Glenn and all otbera
on board were stupefied at the
aaddennesa of the summons.
The ladies secured flowers and
made two Urge bouquets and
placed one on either aide of the
dead man's face. The remains
were brought to Greensboro on
the special.
The Champion CaUaa Picker.
Charlotte Observer, ISth.
•Squire C. H. Wolfe, who
lives a few miles east of the city,
has on his place a negro tenant
whom he declares is the
champion cotton-picker In the
county, or this section of the
State. The name of the negro
is Joe Redierq and he picked
542 pounds of the staple last
Monday. Joe has a six-year-old
daughter who picked 63 pounds
the same day.
Dorham FaruJabee Medicine tor
Panama Paver Flflhl.
Charlotte Obssrwr,
Durham, Sept. 18.—A Dnr
bam concern is furnishing
supplies to t/ncla Sam on the
Panama Canal work, at least is
furnishing medicine in the fight
against fever. There went from
here to-day n shipment of medi
cine manufactured and put up
in this city. The shipment went
by way of the Durham & South
ern rood oad then on the Sea
board, south._
SOMETIMES IT BOES!
» nf«i JBVIM ncTCf
Ati«y ar Matrasa.
A hearty tneal should give a
tense of gratification sad com
fort. It should never annoy or
distress. If you have indiges
tiou aad discomfort after eating,
it shows that yonr . digestive
organs are weakened sod they
cannot properly cate for the
food wbick has been swallowed.
If yon cannot eat and digest with
pleasure and comfort three good
square, hearty meals each day,
you need to use Mi-o-na stomach
Jtblnts, aad you should go to
. H. Kennedy A Co., for a box
at once.
Mi-o-na is as unlike the ordi
nary pepsin digestive tablet as
tbs electric light Is asots valu
able than a tallow dip. Mi-o-na
cares indigestion or stomach
trouble by strengthening aad
regulating tbs whole digestive
system, thus enabling the orgeat to
tab* fare of the food yon eat without
any dtstraau or dieeomr ‘.
Osa Mi-o-na for a 1 [
the aervoasaesa,
general debility aad i I
Matanst
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JAPAE HAS TEC SIMPLE UR.
Oeltafia Prab^T tad Vila cm
Live on mt a Year.
Cbutntsa NmatCoutv.
A land where a collage profess
or—educated in America—-caa
support s wife and save money
oa a salary of $400 a year say
b* said to have achieved the
simple life.
'nc house in which the pro
fessor lived la Klota is described
by a writer iu the Craftsmaa
as a wooden structure twenty
four feet by twenty-five, on a
plot of land thirty feet front and
fifty feet deep. It was shat in
by an artistically made baaaboo
fence Aye feet high. The fence
was solid, so no prying eyes
ought see in.
Stepping down from the rick
shaws we passed through the
gate to the vestibule. There.
we entered the boose in stock
ingfeet.
The first room, a six mat osc,
was pine by twelve feet. It was
divided by sliding acieaua teas
the one next the garden, a
coroar room twelve feat wide
sad at that time twenty-four
feet long. Through the centre
of (bis large room were the iron
groove* in the floor and over
head for the sliding screens that
at night would divide it into tiro
sleeping rooms, but as the day
was warm and fair the screens
had been lifted oat and stacked
sway, leaving an unbroken
spscc
Susking to oer knees on the
soft cushions laid on the law
we ■waited tbe arrival of onr
A patter of light feet,
tbe sliding of a screen and she
appeared. Rearing onr cat
spread hands before ns on the
straw mats we made deep
reverences in response to her
bows of cordial eroding.
Having brought with ns as a
gift a box of sweets, tied with
the red and white gift string
and tbe ihp of paper folded like
an arrow’s sheaf, we slid It
gently toward the little lady.
She received it graciously, but,
according to etKjueUe, neither
touched nor opened tbe box.
When formalities were over
and we were pleasantly chatting
in walked the husband ana
professor, just back from col*
The little wife drew out her
tiny pipe and took her three
pufis from it, while the pro
fessor smoked his native cigar
ette as we talked.
"I pay twenty yen (110) n
month tent,” add Dr. Hagai.
"That is high rent fora pro
fessor, but we are so near tbe
college that I can walk back
and forth, saving the cost of n
rickshaw and of getting my
luncheon away. To balm such
a house as this would cost about
9600, and the land is valacd at
|300.
"Onr one servant does all tbe
work, and we pay her thirty yen
a year. To be sore my wife
gives her a kimono now and
again, but they coot only a van
apiece. -8he lived with my
wife’s mother, and is trained so
she can make up ripped gar
ments and do all necessary sew
ing. When my wife has guests
she prepares and serves the
meal so well we need only buy
sweets.”
"Can she wash?” I asked.
"Onr walk is so smalt she can
easily do it," be replied. "With
yoa it would be necessary to
•end yonr clothes to a laaedry,
as I do my foreign garments.”
Then I remembered that in a
Japanese bootebold then are no
tablecloths, napkias, sheets,
pillow esses or curtains to be
done op, for none of these ate
nand. Tbn meals are served on
individual lacquer treys, and
each person carries in his sleeve
* he nVoTl ed ^'* *** U d**"*®*
The bedding consisted of
fa tones, heavy wadded com*
fort able. One laid on the floor
•arved as a bed erf a second
one famished all the covering
aecesaary.
Pillows were carved wooden
Mocks or hard rolls of rloe bosk,
and ever three each night was
tied a sheet of fresh white
Wi. The Japanese take so
many hot baths, two s day bring
the aaaal number, that their
garments do not become soiled
as do ours. Whan their kimonos
See ditty they either w«ih then
iatnet la tiny tabs before which
they crouch or rip them op erf
•rash out the pieces.
Their drying process takes the
place of oar ironing, lor they
never urn an iron. The ripped
piaaaa, vary wet, are spread
smooth and flat on long boards.
These boards are then stood
against tba side* of the boom In
the sen and air. Whan dry tha
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material ia carefully pulled off
and will be as .tiff and smooth
as 11 it had been starched and
ironed. *
"Do tell me what your other
expenses are," 1 asked.
"Fuel,” be answered, "costs
about twenty- five yen a year,
light tan yan, and tarn yan 1 pay
to the Govern inent for my henna
tax;
"Than there is Che item rf
clothes. Mine are expandve,
for I mast have both fardgn and
native, but my wife waa so well
provided at oar marrUge Oat
she baa bought nothing since.
Lad year I spent fifty yan on
clothes.
: "Oar food coats us abowt a
haadred yen. Yon know there
ia never any waste ia Japanese
kitchen. and every morsel
cooked is satra,
"Font haadred and sixty-five
yea. Yea, that b close to what
wa spent last year, for my
salary b 800 yea a year, and I
paid of $200 yen of my debt.”
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