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IKE FLOWERS COLLECTION mitlerfiritiii VOL. IV. NO. 19. RUTHERFORDTON, N. C THURSDAY. MVY 12, 1904. 81.00 A Y EAR. flhfortlealth 222 frouth Tcoria St., CiiicAoo, I i.i.., Oct. 7, 1902. Eight months ago I was so ill that I was compelled to lie or sit down nearly all the time. My stomach was so weak and upset that 1 could keep nothing ou it and I vomited frequently. I could not urinate without great pain and I coughed so much that it y throat and lungs were raw and soe. The doctors pro nounced it Bright's disease and ethers said it was consumption. It mattered little to me what they called it and 1 had no de sire to live. A sister visited me from St. Iiouis and asked me it' I had ever tried Wine of Cardui. ( told her 1 had not and she bought a bottle. I believe that it 9aved my life. 1 believe many women could save much suffer ing if they but knew of its value. Don't you want freedom from pain? Take Wine of Cardui and make one supreme effort to bo well. You do not need to be a weak, helpless sufferer. You can have a woman's health and do a woman's work in life. Why not secure a bottle of Wine of Cardui from your druggist to day? rJirJEJGaSSDSJD 1. F. Morrow. I. W. Smith. Morrow & Smith, Attorneys k Counsellors at Law, Rutherfordton. . C. Practices in State and Federal courts. Careful attention given to all business entrusted to them. Call when in the citv whether you have legal business or not. Office in rear of Bank of Rutherford ton. , Phone nnmber 40. tied. V. .Justice. . C. McKorle. Justice & McRorie, Attorneys & Counsellors at Law, Rutherfordton, N. C. Practice in all State and Federal courts. Rooms 8 and in Mills-Diekersou build ing, over Mills xtore. Oitice 'phoni-: Sirs. Carroll W. Downey, Physician and Surgeon, Rutherfordton, N. C. All calls, both bv day- and bv night, will receive prompt attention. Office rooms 22 and 2:5 over Carpenter & Tav lor's store. Office 'phone number 122, Kesnlence 22. R. S. Eaves, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Rutherfordton, X. C. Careful attention to details of all bus iness entrusted to. him. Practice in all State and Federal courts Rooms 1 and 2 Mills-Dickerson building, up stairs Phone number 5. W. A0 Thompson, Physician and Surgeon, Rutherfordton. X. C. Office in drug storodn Thompson-Dick-erson building. Office 'phone Xo. 81, resilience 'phone 1. Wm. F. Rucker, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Rutherfordton, X. C. Office over C. C. Reid's store. 'Phone number 112. All business intrusted to him will be promptly looked after. Matt McIIrayer. li. A. .Justice. McBrayer & Justice Attorney at Law, Rutherfordton, X. C. Room 3, 4 and") Mills-Dickerson brick block, up stairs.. Office 'phone 58. J. H. Campbell, Photographer, Rartlett Building, Up Stairs, Main St., Rutherfordton, X. C. All work guaranteed to give satisfac tion. Charges reasonable. A. J. Whisnant, Resident Dentist, Rutherfordton, X. C. Office up stairs in Thompson-Dicker on hncK bl(x:k. 'Fhone Xo. f0. O. C. ERWIN, Justice of the Peace, Office up stairs in Mill's building room Xo. 7. Will give prompt and care fnl attention to all business intrusted to him. M. L. Edwards, Attorney and Counsellor at Law Rutherfordton, X. C. Practices in State and Federal courts Careful attention given to business. J. L. Geer, Dentist, Kutherfordton, N. C. Room 21 over Carpenter & Taylor' wore, umce pnone .no. s. Solomon Gallert, Attorney at Law, Rutherfordton, X. C. Office 'Phone Number 49. E. B. Harris, M. D. Physician and Surgeon, Rutherfordton, N. C. Residence 'phone No. 7, SOLDIERS OF CZAR OCCUPY CHANG-JIN They Are Aided by Mounted Manchurian Bandits. HAVE CROSSED THE YALU RIVER Japanese Consul at Gensan Telegraphs That a Force of Russians Has Ad vanced and Occupied Chang Jin. Other Eastern War News. Seoul. May 9. Noon. The Japa nese consul at Gensan telegraphs that a force of Russians, number unknown, accompanied by Manchurian mounted bandits, crossed the Yalu far above Wiju, advanced southeast and occu pied Chang Jin. 100 miies west ot Sonng Jin. May 5. Japanese Casualties. Tokio, May 9. 5 p. m. ihe official report of the Japanese casualties at the battle of the Yalu May L, shows that the guards lost oue officer and 20 men killed, and had seven officers and 127 men wounded. The second divi sion lost one officer and 84 men killed and 13 officers and 303 men wounded. The Twelfth division had three offi cers and 76 men killed and live officers and 2G3 men wounded. Loan Approved and Signed. St. Petersburg. May 9. At a meet kiS of the financial department of the council of the empire, under the presi iency of Count Solski, today the re port of the committee regarding the conclusion of a new 5 per cent loau of $150,000,000 to be issued in France, was approved and signed. It will be sanctioned by the emperor today. Baron Hayashi's Views. London, May 9. Baron Hayashi, the Japanese minister here, looks for the next engagement of the war to take place at Liao Yang. He said today: "General Kuroki probably is on the maTch to that place and General Kuro patkin should give battle there. In deed, from the signs of his concentra tion, he may assume the offensive But for his defeat at the Yalu river this movement might be very danger ous. Under the existing conditions. however. General Kuroki ought to be able to drive back General Kuropat- kla at Lioa Yang. The Russians have a central position and can strike to the left or right, an advantage they did not enjoy when New Chwang hao to be defended. In the event of our occupation of New Chwang we shall immediately appoint a civil administra tor a3 we did at the time cf the war with China, and open tBat port to all nations. "Vice Admiral Togo, I think, is now likely to dock part of his. fleet and give his men a rest from ilie ceasejess vigil they have kept up since the be ginning of the war. Our land ad vance and part of the impending en gagements must largely depend on the commissariat. This, I hardly think, Is yet able to cope with a forward movement, say on Mukden, Harbin or Vladivostock." Authorities in the Dark. St. Petersburg. May 9. 4:30 p. m. The Russian authorities are complete ly in the dark as to what Is happening in the territory occupied by the enem. except such news as comes from the newspapers abroad and originatin from Japanese sources. The report of a Japanese landing at Tatush,an and the investment of Port Dalny, etc., are not confirmable here. The Novoe Vremya this morning is greatly excited over the action cf the Swedish authorities in mining the en trance of the harbor of Slite, and the island of Geothland, In the Baltic sea. demanding that the foreign officer as certain the cause, seemingly forgetting that Slite was occupied as a base by the British fleet operating against St. Petersburg at the time of the Crim ean war. Vtceroy Alexieff refuses to receive any more foreign war correspondents. APPLIES FOR RETIREMENT. Only Survivor Farragut Fleet at Bat tie Mobile Bay. New York, May 9. Timothy Mur ray, the chief master at arms at the New York navy yard, said to be the only survivor of Admiral Farragut's fleet at the battle of Mobile bay who Is still in the navy., has applied for retirement. Murray was a powder Boy, was a member of Admiral Farragut's own crew on his flagship. Since then he has seen service in the navy the world over. For the last four years he" has been stationed at the Cob dock at the local navy yard. Ladies and Children Who can not stand the shocking strain of laxative syrups and carthartic pills are especially tond or Lame Earlv Kisers All persons who find it necessary to take a liver medicine should try these pills, and compare the agreeably pleas ant and strengthening effect with the nauseating and weakening conditions following the use of other remedies. Little Early Risers care biliousness, constipation, sick headach, jaundice, malaria and liver troubles. Sold bv Dr. T. B. Twitty and Croweli & Wjlkie r orest uuv. OUR INTEREST IN KOREA. How Snocfss of Either Russtia or Ja pan Would Affect A merlon. Homer B. Hulbert. in his "Korea, the Bone of Contention" in the May Cen tury, says: As Americans we naturally ask how the success of either side would af fect our interests in the peninsula and In the whole fsn east. .latum stands for the "open door" everywhere, for perfect freedom of religion, for the opening np of the agricultural, mineral and industrial resources of the east ern world. Not one plank in her plat form suggests a policy that would be inimical to American enterprise in any of its many forms. Americans have not done very much in Korea as yet. but this war means more than Korea. It meaus Manchuria and all uorthern China. The Russian minister in Seoul recent ly told a journalist that the Russians' did not see why Americans should be playing Japan's game since she is a commercial rival. He affirmed that Americans would be welcomed any where in Manchuria by the Russians today, but that if Mukden and the oth er ports were opened it would allow the influx of a thousand Japnuese. and trouble would be inevitable. If this Is so. how does it happen that Ameri can firms in Port Arthur. Dalny, Vladi vostok and other Russian centers find it absolutely necessary to carry on their business through Russian agents? The local manager of the firm must be under Russian control or he can do no business. An Independent Ameri can firm in Vladivostok recently found that it must close its doors. It would not come under Russian jurisdiction, and it soon found that when Its goods from America arrived they were kept In the customs warehouse from four to six months before the authorities would release them. In one respect the Americans would become more obnoxious to the Rus sians than the Japanese. The Ameri can merchant is always pushing for a leading place. He develops a large policy and seeks to become a commer cial and financial power In whatever community he may be placed. On the other hand, the Japanese almost al ways push for the small retail trade. A hundred of them handle the same amount of goods that a single Ameri can or English firm handles. DRY DOCK FOR CAVITE. Huge Steel Structure Being: Built For the Piiillppluvr Harbor. The body of the largest steel floating dry dock in the world, which is being constructed for the United States gov ernment at the dock department of a Bteel company at Sparrows Point. Md.. Is now above the basin which has been dug for it, says the Baltimore News. This dry dock will be entirely of steel and will be used in Cavite harbor. Philippine Islands. The dock is 500 feet long and 100 feet wide between walls, while the height of the walls will be sixty-four feet. It will cost $1,124,000. Notwith standing the many rainy days during the past winter, work has progressed rapidly, but this summer it will be pushed "with all possible haste. The dry dock, it is expected, will be ready for delivery in the summer of 190a. It will dock a 10.000 ton war vessel. which is the largest in the Uuited States navy, or a 20,000 ton merchant vessel. While the work possible for this big structure is immense, it will take very few men to man it, and a crew of eighteen men Is all that will be required. It will be necessary to tow the dock to Its destination the Philippines. In order to do this powerful vessels will be" necessary. The government, how ever, has two very powerful tugs. It will take about five months for the structure to be towed to its destina tion. The distance around the Cape of Good Hope Is 14.000 miles, and it is es timated that 100 miles a day will be covered. Made Soup of a Congressman's Beans Representative Thaddeus M. Mahon of Pennsylvania is laughing over a let ter recently received from a nice old lady residing in his congressional dis trict, says the Washington -Post. He sent a package of beans secured from his quota at the agricultural depart ment to this lady, thinking she would like to plant them in her garden. In replying, the lady addressed the Penn sylvanlan, whose name was written indistinctly on the frank, as "Mr. Mac kin." She said: "Those were splendid beans you sent me. I cooked them for dinner, and they made the finest soup I ever tasted. Thank you ever so much." Old Agre Pensions. The Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale, chaplain of the . United States senate, advocates old age pensions in Massa chusetts of $100 each. Every one of the old men for whom such pensions are asked, he says, has paid into the state treasury or that of one of its towns his poll tax since he was eight een years of age. Ask any of your life insurance friends, he adds, to tell us bow much $2 paid annually for sixty years, with compound interest part of it at the interest rates of 1850 comes to in 1904. , Alpine Gardens. On the summits of the Rigi and Pilatus Alpine gardens are to be main tained hereafter for purposes of botan ic study and for the preservation and oropagation of rare Swiss plants. Quick Arrest. J. A. Gnlledge, of Verbena, Ala., was twice in the hospital from a severe case of piles causing 24 tumors. After doc tors and all remedies failed, Bucklen's Arnica Salve quickly arrested further inflamation and curod him. It conquers ache and bills pain. 25o. at T. B. TwUty'i and Thouipons ft Watkins, EXPLOITS OF GEN. FUKUShiMA One of the Japanese Army's Men of Iron. YEAS IN SADDLE ON LONELY TEIP Oaefc Made a Journey of 5,000 Miles on Horseback, by Emperor's Order. From Berllu Overland to Japan. Temperature Sometimes fO Below Zero, and He Was Often Frostbit ten. William Dinwiddle, a staff corre spondent of the New York World, sends to his paper from Kobe. Japau. the following sketch of one of Japan's famous officers. Major General Yasu masa FukushiniM: A strong man in the Japanese army j is. Major General Fukushimu. who has the distinction of being the broadest traveled and the best informed man on mutters pertaining to foreign ar mies in the Land of the Rising Sun. General Fukushima occupies a posi tion nearly similar to that of our ad jutant general and bears directly all the executive burdens of the military organization. For this he is well fit ted through his long continued official connection with the Japanese army, having been associated with it in ev ery stage of its upbuilding from the very inception of its organization on foreign lines to the present smooth working machine, modeled strongly after the German, but withal partak ing of the best from other continental armies and adding finally their own clever adaptions suited to the people and the environment. Asa man Fukushima is a little above the average height of the Japanese, broad shouldered ami sturdily built. His hair is iron gray, and his rather heavy features are suggestive of the Mongolian type. However, iu conver sation his face lights up, and his eyes have a twinkle, seemingly characteris tic of most of the active Japanese thinkers and leaders. General Fukushima ia noted for his remarkable memory for details and every day astounds bis military asso ciates and subordinates by accurately recounting numbers of men. supplies, ships, contracts, prices and what not relating to uie management of a great army. He also knows the geography of most of Korea and Manchuria per fectly, and from his previous travels and campaigns is able to discuss intel ligently the disposition which should be made of troops iu any particular section to the best advantage stategie ally. This man. who now works night and day, with an average of six hours' sleep in the twenty-four, has perform ed some marvelous feats of travel in years gone by which required a sur prising degree of courage and an al most superhuman capacity to with stand physical collapse.,.. Eleven years ago, when he was mili tary attache at Berlin, he received public instructions to return to Japan overland, through Russia and Siberia, and secret orders to investigate the military situation in those countries and to be in a position to make ex haustive reports on the physical char acteristics of the region, the roads, pos sibilities of transportation, of obtain ing food, and, iu fact, everything re lating to moving troops for purposes of aggression. ai mat time any ordinary man would have felt that such orders put the seal on his death warrant,, and it may be that even General Fukushima felt some qualms, though he talks to day of that journey over 5.000 miles of empty loneliness, of barren wastes and emerald valleys, of the burning heat of summer and the darkened, sullen cold of winter with a smile and modest depreciation of the hardships. It took a year to travel the entire distance on horseback. He left Berlin In the middle of summer, with two horses, the clothes on his back, and such small things as he could readily pack in his saddlebags. The Russian government hesitatingly granted him credentials, which they could not well refuse diplomatically, and after two months and a half of riding through the comparatively densely populated territory of Russia proper he launched out on the lonely 4,000 miles across Si beria, a country unknown to him, ex cept as portrayed in terms of the hor rible sufferings and living death of exiles, human degradation and barren blankness. In this long, silent journey for he could speak only a few words of Rus sianhe was passed from station to station by Siberian officials, . usually accompanied by a small bodyguard though often having nothing more than one guide, and on a few occasions ab solutely alone during the dreary rides between posts. It was not until winter came on that his real hardships began, but with the chill of autumn, sleeping on the open wind swept plains became difficult and when the frightful rigors of win ter closed in and the thermometer fell to 40 degrees below zero, and, on oc casions to GO degrees below, it became a fight against the elements for exist once itself. Advancing on schedule as he did. it was necessary for him to take grea risks in going on. and again and again he rode with freezing face and fingers and toes in blinding snowstorms, the party sometimes losing their way so completely as to necessitate their bur rowing into snow banks to protect themselves against the piercing winds and cold and waiting for the cessation af the storm. Nov? and again their food gave out, ind on tine occasion they rode forty eight hours in a starving condition, melting snow with a tallow candle to slake their thirst. At the time the general made this trip the Transsibe rian railway was only a magnificent conception, but in a general way he followed the proposed route from end to end. One of his horses met with a serious accident which necessitated its being killed, but the other safely accomplish ed the journey and was brougiit by the general to Japan, where it was care fully looked after until its death a few years ago. The skin now stands stuff ed in one of Japan's museums. It should also be noted here that all the travel stained fur garments worn by Fukushima ou this remarkable jour ney are on exhibition in a glass case in the military museum near the war temple at Kudau. Tokyo, aud it is in teresting to watch the attitudes, al most of veneration, taken Jby the sim ple country folk as they crowd around the doors and gaze upon these relics. After the Japan-China war. iu which General Fukushima took an active part, he again began official travels for his government, going through the western countries of Asia, and once again at the close of the Peking cam paign, during which he distinguished himself as a brilliant fighter and an able field commander, he took a long journey through China, Manchuria and Afghanistan, skirting the Himala yas to the north of Tibet. All the mountain traveling was done, of course, on the backs of hardy native oonies, and altitudes of Mi.000 feet were reached where the vegetation was often soi scanty as to afford in sufficient forage for the animals. The seminomadic fanatics of the region were distinctly hostile to this invasion even of men related to them racially ind it was only by the greatest dis play of diplomacy that the party suc ceeded iu completing their journey. While iu the high mountaiu country the general fell ill with one of the dread pestilentia'l diseases of the ori ent, and for several weeks his com panions despaired of his life. At the most critical stage of the fever this brave man urged the others to proceed, as they were almost without food, say ing that the chances were he would die anyway, aud it was far more im portant for them not to endanger the lives of the entire party aud thus per haps lose all the valuable fruits of the expedition. His fine constitution pulled him through, and, weak and emaciated, he mounted his horse as soon as the rack ing fever left him. and. by clinging to the saddle, he rode on and on to the end of the journey, gaining strength slowly as he traveled, though the food was scarce and unsuited to the needs of an invalid. It is said he has never quite recovered from this terrible ex perience, but his present unceasing ac tivities seem to belie the statement. KISSED BY KUROPATKIN. Russian General's Gallantry to an Old Soldier's Little Girl. A touching story is told of the Rus sian General Alexei Nicholaviteh Ku- ropatkin. who is now commander in chief of the czar's armies in the far east, says a Moscow cable dispatch to the New York American. During his overland trip to Harbin his train stop ped for a few minutes at the small station of Baranovka. A large crowd of poor peasants had gathered to greet the popular hero and offered him icons and 'amulets. Among these was a pretty little girl in a red hood, who held in her hand a basket of eggs. The general called her over to the car window and told her that he would be very glad to accept her gift. The girl refused to take any of the money which the general offered her, and Kuropatkin then lifted her in to the car and kissed her, asking her name. She replied that it was Klimoff and that her father had been the general's orderly when he served under Skobe leff at Plevna. Hearing that the old soldier was employed as watchman near the station, the general sent for him and presented him with a gold piece, saying, "If the soldiers I am going to command are only as brave as you were at Plevna there is no fear for Russia." Happy Days. Oh, the hours of wild elation that have come upon the nation Since the good old baseball season blos somed out in glad array! How we've reveled in cessation of each duty and vacation. Giving every threadbare reason from our tasks to get away! In our wild intoxication we have sacri ficed relation Sisters, cousins and grandmothers, most too numerous to state And each trifling obligation that exists in every station We have passed along to others while we watch the Giants fate. How our pulses bound and tingle as with thousands we commingle On the stand if we have -money or among the "bleacherites!" How we go in droves or single where the soda glasses jingle And perch on the benches, sunny, where we best can see the sights! How we foster laryngitis and acquire en docarditis Through our long continued bellows and that rapture none can check. While the peanuts bring gastritis and. of course, appendicitis. As we watch the other fellows get It swiftly in the neck. Iurana W. Sheldon In New York Times. Too'Great a Risk. In almost, every neighborhrod some one has died from an attack of colic or cholera morbus, often before medicine could be procured or a phvsician sum moned. A reliable remedy for these diseased should be kept at hand. The risk is too great for any one to take. Chamberlain s Colic, Cholera and Diar rhoea Re.redy has undoubtedly saved the lives of more people and relieved pain and suffering than any other med icine in use. It can always be depended upon. For sale by Dr. T. 9. Twitty Proggist. WENTZ MYSTERY AT LAST CLEARED UP His Body Has Been Found Af ter Many Months. ALL SIGNS INDICATE IT MURDER Dody cf PhiSadelphian Who Mysterious ly Disappeared Last October, and for which Large Reward Was Offered, at Last Found. Big Stone Gap. Va., May 9. The body of Edward L. Wentz was found bout 1 mile from the piace where his horse was found after his disap pearance. The body was unquestion ably identified. The clothes were slightly scorched by. the burning of the leaves in a re cent mountain fire as if the body had been covered. J. F. BullTtt general counsel, and E. J. Prescott, auditor ot the Virginia Coal and Iron company, which Mr. Wentz was general mana ger, have gone to the place. They have wired his brother. D. B. Wentz, at Philadelphia. A thorough pest-mortem will be held ud indications point to murder and concealment, and the body in m suffi cient state of preservation to disclose this. The body was accidentally found by a small boy. while out hunt ing cows, Jying on the side of the XDWAP.D t. WENTZ. mountain, about a quarter of a mile off the trail, at a point which was passed and repassed many times by searching parties shortly after his dis appearance. It was near Kelly View on a spur of the Black mountain, and only a few feet from the track of the Louisville and Nashville railroad that" Edward L. Wentz mysteriously disappeared Oct. 14, 190;J. Two days alter the disappearance of Wentz the. tidings were communicated to his parents, Dr. and Mrs. John S. Wentz. of Philadelphia. The parents hastened to the scene on a special train. Daniel B. Wentz, a brother, became almost Irantic and in a day or two a thousand men were scouring the mountains. The belief at first was- that he was either kidnaped for a large ransom or murdered by moun taineers and his body concealed. A few days afterwards a reward of $25, 000 was offered for the recovery of Wentz, dead or alive. It was subsequently increased to $30,000. Body Fulliy Identified. ' Louisville, May 9. An Evenin Post special from Big Stone Gap, Va., Bays : The body of F. L. Wentz, although partly decomposed, has been fully- identified. His clothing was intact The front teeth are missina:. His revolver ha three shots missing and his eye-glasses were found about 20 feet away. The body lies near the Blackwood road, about a mile north of Kelly' Cave. The space adjacent to the body has been roped off and a guard place around it. The rela tives have left Philadelphia on a spe cial train, and are expected here today when the inquest will be held. The body was discovered by a party hunt mg missing cattle. Wentz was found lying on his back, his head resting on a log. DIED IN TERRIBLE AGONY. Excessive Drinking of Pop and Smok ing Cigarettes the Cause. LaPortw, Ind., May 9. Howard Fo gle died today in terrible agony from meningitis brought on by excessive drinking of pop, eating popcorn and smoking cirgarettes. He was 15 years of age. A Sure Thing. It is raid that nothing is sure except death and taxes, but that is not alto get her true. Dr. King's New Discov ery for Consumption is a sure cure for all lung and throat troubles. Thousands can testify to that. Mrs. C. B. Van Metre of Shepherdton, W. Va. says " had a severe case of bronchitis and for a year tried everything I heard of but got no relief. One bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery then cured me absolutely It's inf alible for croup, whooping cough grip, pneumonia and consumption. Try it. It's guaranted by T. B. Twitty and Thompson & Watkins. druggist. Tria bottles free. Reg. siates 50e, 11.00. Bank of RJIieribrdton, Report of the condition of the Bank of Rntheifordton, at Rutherfordton, in the State of North Carolina, at the close of business March 28th, 1504. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts. . . $28,192 78 Overdrafts, secured . 500 00 Overdrafts, unsecured 505 26 Rutherford county bouds 2.000 00 Banking house, furniture and fixtures 5.000 00 Other real estate owned 1 7 00 Due from banks and bankers 825 18 Checks and other cash items 359 It Gold coin 57 06 Silver eoin ... 3, 1 36 84 National bank notes and oth er U. S. notes. . ." 2,563 00 Rutherford county and U. S. claims 1 541 81 Total $87,895 42 LIABILITIES. Capitol stock paid in $10,000 00 Surplus fund 3,000 00 Undivided profits, less expen ses, and taxes paid 472 05 Individual deposits subject to 1S.580 61 Time certificates of deposit. . 5,842 76 Total . . . $37,895 42 North Carolina, Rutherford County. . . l. J. v. Dorsey, acting cashier of the Bank of Kutherfordton, do solemnly swear that the above report is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief . J. W. DORSEY. Sworn to and subscribed before me. this 6th day of April 1904. J. F. FLACK, Notary Public. Correct Attest : T. C. Smith, D. F. Morrow, J. C. W ALKEIJ. COMMERCIAL BANK. Report of the condition of the Com niercial Bank of Rutherfordton. at Ruth erfordton. N. C. at the close of business on Mai-ch 28th. 1904. RESOURCES Loans and discounts 37.677 16 Overdrafts 904 40 Furniture and Fixtures ! ,000 00 Dne from banks and bankers. 29,238 06 Checks and other cash items, 105 9 Gold com 2,402 50 Silver coin 49 83 National bank notes and oth er U. S. notes 2.SG3 00 Total $73,735 92 LIABILITIES- Capital stock paid in Surplus fund $10,000 00 2,500 00 Undivided profits, less expen ses ana taxes paid Due to banks and bankers. . . 824 90 59.530 52 109 05 Individual deposits subject to check Cashier's checks outstanding Total , $73,785 92 State of N. C, Rutherford County. l, J . J? . J? lack, cashier of The Commer cial Bank of Rutherfordton, do solemnly swear the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. J. F. FLACK. Cashier. Ssubseribed and worn to before me this Cth day of April. 1904. li. 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Sole agency for the famed Rock Hill Buggy and Taylor Wagons. Ex amine our prices on anything before buying elsewhere. 'PHONE NUMBER 83. A. L. Grayson, Books a.ndl Stationery, Rutherfordton, Nr. C. Newspaper and Magazine agency, full supply of text-books for the public schools at contract prices, Testaments and Bi bles in various styles of binding, school and office papers, a full line of deeds and other legal blanks, blank books, religions and secular books, works of fiction, fous tain pens, inks, pencils, writing tablets, current, literature, works of art. etc. THE ONLY BOOK STORE IN TOWN. J.C.Walker&Co Carry a general line of merchandise, ir eluding Dry Goods, Notions. Grocer ies, gents and ladies Furnishing goods, farm Supplies, and in fact almost any thing you need to use. wear, eat or seil. Fertilizers in season. Call and be con vinced "Once a customer always a cus tomer" is our motto. tffi!K' Earty Ilbcro The famous Mttla pEU i i-f ( . . .
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