to11 it» ***** SSL
do catch to ■«.
Ooa* expect Uw mystery «f the
•tolas* tatmUM to bo oteased a#
taoaooo. There’S always be divers’
snmifarioao absai It.
•fi*SBSHHH5Se~52=to»
\'y
of Dm Piiocntte
f in Bafttlft Tnnkj
I to bold Um Stott
• tod to oiaftt
to tha primaries "all wfaite ilntnn
who latent to rate with oo ia tha
was wmmmm »n* mi*.
Oa oar iratpago la m Inisrsai lag
diagram of tea Milas, which iaaow
lying a waaak ia Havaoa harbor. Tha
forward part la to tha right. U was
s»tor Ihlo part of tha venal that tha
Thotewatd ballot tha vstesltoa
total wreck aod It aabrarged. white
tho after dsokacmaia above water.
Jert alive tbs spate occupied bp the
bsflwi ste piled greet Wes of trao
thrown there by the ferae efthen
pteelow. Bat the dtegsaa of the vse*
asl to aot Iwteedsd to shew this. bet
tha pteh of Mm ship before tbo ri| te
bone spectators ny that the Aral of
the ssplsritu tore the middle of the
Ship sad threw It epwarda. This
would leokaa If the boftere exploded.
vneftodkoa above the boilers would
then have to be explained by supposing
that a aebeequeet expteetoa took pteoe
I* the ■sgsriars aad rolled tbo Iroa
took above the holier noma. This te
•tot Ming «o scetdeotal cause. The
unite of ooersa might have
boon predaood by theeapteetew ate
sobtsarlae mice Jest eader the middle
Of the drip wbteb trihsagaintly sstot
tho fotwsod leagrrtem.
RAILROAD WAS AT HICKORY.
--
m •ounzsi ass a * s. f .
Hickobt, PtU aai_A* s oidook
^rss:«rs,js:
SVS^AfSSWS'K
»boOir.toajVS5rthSS5n» > "t^
9»«3aa A SMMKMMfm^^At^AST
u<bi, Moad«y wii.i«i, both tn»
!*"•* ** *— »«* without tbo
**• CbraUM
AKotthmUnL Tbs oOctaH i««
doUIM of Use action taken bw tbm
»o«bm. Ouarrirlao km itaoyor
Aind two out to bu plan'd oa aaa aC
Um oruotiaca, aod aa aoglaa oa tfaa
otbm. Tbtcacaaad thoaoftooitood
oo tbo oroaaiaga all day, void ocw
▼rotad farther work oo tbo ocaainpt
bat tbry coatlaaed w lay Um iraoka
•uoaok aide of tbo Caroliaa A North
wi'"' la order to nock too Hteh
Sr*KS.°!3rei*S*i‘
Ud ia tbo aoatia of ooo of lha moot
public aaraata of Hickory. Tfeia was
•ojwwjtbaakoraaMMMltia, Uretty
u
ton'beUTrimii ~The
VocthwveUrn
rnaprltad to
Tbe hand, of botb__
beak to tbe dudM. All m «.Lt
tonidMOthoeroMioM. Tbo GMntl*
u 4b w——■■Here T—■!■«■ tbo
ef theeaewy, directed tbeirhaado ao«
P“»* ■ A*ke to bo Moan, Tba
•ttewpt to rop lac i tba man «aa
5S.*fSS5K;aSSt
teeriag Uup.
Aftererrenl BghU the atty oathorl
Uj^wataf that it woald had Into a
■tMral riot, dat«f iuad to atop botb
tuada boa doing eaj work, into
way or ordered the SfwfSic n
NBaoa enough wan to aid Ua to
dlltberiot Fifty _
•Maadaad after aoaae dtOcaUy took
ihe eroaMnga to poamtoo.
. Botb nada began to '-iraii tbair
fmea, eattl there ware fully aba baa*
d/ad aad fifty oo oaab Mde, Tbe police
toy "Mjnawaaad aod tor a walk it
farther trouble betwan**!the* fceadbof
the two toada. Tba aok waa after
awbila divided, Tbe goal bare aw
— "»da, tba Carolian
A Forth mate rn on tba other, while
w^aatHlra ac a hundred offioan Mood
After the work bad been
the Southern placed an aogloeoaooo
of tba mart ago and refundto M tba
Car»llaaAKarthw«atan>puA Vhtto
at the other eroaalag, tba rSta wan
too ap. Aa the rewill ef tbbttbo pmk
SSSSt*w1, bw**’ **•, tod to ba
Tbe Southero fnrapleinad to thooitv
jjMborttin ttwt uSrSbnoedm 2
tboir right of way had tha* they re
fund to ant tbair engiaa or let ibo
fttolea A Forth weMerp lay the hr
Irooe beak.
Tba Sou there aa* held tbe fort
aatil $ o'clock ihle evening, when they
neaind orton fro* Oeaarmi Bead
MaMar Dodooa, who had eoaia to view
tbe tKoetioo, to let tba Carolina A
North we* urn proceed.
Tbo people ban an la aywpetby
with UwCarollaa A North weeterii.
The anfe — - ‘
Owe-* Merle*.
Tba dreedfal diaaator to tbe tieie.
macb aa It baa «fcen all hearts. bn
aot amah affected buatoan. OnlyTa
lha stock DtrtM, whan there waa
•Wo* Wadaaaday by epaealatonoe
tbm wargfae, but lu ua utter wisouh
Hr* market, waa aa affeot fait, oor la
£***» baelueae. Nothing lua oo
Wrrad to eteek tha laoraaae la pm
dnotioa ar lo working ter an.
Tbo proposal of a *aaaral strike la
aottae wiUeto aupporttba Vow Bed
tod mrthere^ daaa ^aol Urns fer seam
An odvaneaot 10 pareaaL'la nan
by aaiM OogaMo aUaaa la •xeeouTto
ba geaafai ibnagboM tba Laia nariaa
•rnprlog tba MaaaM district, and
prtowaf on fraar tba othar raagn
tblo year haw been at Termed U par
ntd., with oa allot went af •,000,5*0
Migy c—b atlaea, wblob
aeaeMaawa.0* * "*** togeat
Oa Tnodey avralaa owe o/Ueeant
hufil law raged um Ihw —
tt&'ttXSS'JZls
ttealMpnent t(Uttrna(a
IlnMi. Tba aord wood bent bar
toagJ to OtortnMttw aaUCbarila
■UL Cbarito^Uea Mh^toranil
tMd jaaeh traabto lo aan Ida Availing,
ttaImbarlagbant aadar thabaoM
Durta* tba wktar Obartaa PMar aad
*■« mi'MMBbaiwt
and bml, -orahta naatadaiilNa
Dr. IlordMdthadartortaa totaka
>ar tta load oat at ooahalf tta
*Md aad tta bh tt aalt tta attar
half to Unoa, bat tba daptot waa oat
to t» raaoootetta for tta wood >a eaaa
adOra. Tfcto laavaaoovball melon
on tta bays aadthaottar ootbaBa
tonxtoa enmi. Btowen ttte 400
«wda aad Mlan ttat Dr. Bocd
bad out oa tta balanoa of tta mm
tract raa a road aad tbte road wttt
wba work tta baada rated da aand
tta doctor* wood. Obaa Oataa bad
baraadabruah pttooa Moadav night
aad Taaadaj wban tta wind aroot
waat aad wteand oat tta An left, aa
ha thought, but while tt kto dlaaar U
broke oat aad there waa aa •»rr*Ta
Tklo Ion oartaluty fteto heavily oa
toon noa aa they ban gat la the via
tor* wort ttave. White aoderno ob
ligation to do ao, the doetarlafkma
n that ha will captain part of tta
loaa.
AMWbtm-m weH-derekmed youth,
n Nlutto Mk Mrwliw, b lw MraM
eatoaghiedo what by bto Mg atm be
might be expected to do? He hoa
rapidly grown; be It Umnrfors pw
eeety made. Fell to outline, ti« la
stutowaUUbMamn teSmOm'ltoul
Wodly to bud work; be to graecora
ami affectionate.
UM ansk helpful youth of fourteen
or Moon yews of ago grew ao rapidly
that hid proportion imitated tbepeo
o* a maa of tweaty-ikSl
Vet after aB In regard to bto aodar
aaoa, wak a tod ought not to ba urged
Jaa mweraly toat ha fall adder tba kwh.
Fall Id girth of I hah aod cheat, be
(joeae a.vortb.lme frail la Uaeua.
Ctoar la hto noavtoUoas aqd aa regarda
imps torn aad motlvea taOre maa than
bay; yet with ability to to correspond
tog to the limited ability 'of boye of
hto own age, bo ought not to be
with a mao's burdeoe or epmoMd
With a man's duttea. Ctoorly. dwpiu
bto wtBlagaaee. hto react ability to
do ajeaeto work, and bto frailty mart
TortnUe ---T -
Tharo to a aortaln farmer near York
rllto who to aot troubled byhoantoot
toa, acreage radeettou aad ao4ortb
He oaUa bunaalf a poor man. Lest
year ha boapfet ao acme of toad on
Pinkney read, about two ‘teltoa south
wuet of York villa, Ha ratoed raves
belu of eottoo aad bto wife sold it*
pounds of batter tort year aad baaldm
ba ■oodapiaatv of torn and moot to do
bto family and atoek thto year, an
without hiring aay labor. Ho to haSd
working and frugal aod thefrultohf
hto toil matter hla - --—
F*^*UoS^Ia.
Ha baa paid far hla bra aod there to
no debt on it of aoy kind. He to a
modoet man and would try to keep ua
bum printing this if ba knew our la
tentioo, bat hto example to such a
worthy ana that we teal joatlOed ia
gtrlng bia noma-Mr. E. F. Lae. n
•Mar.va mm Urn Bangtaa Sal la
ei».
UUdii JaaraaL
..^•wo"" received bare ’ tost week
that Bill Smith, of Ht. Airy, a former
wrll-known ehaneter ia these “dig
glne,” was dead. He is the same aim
**•* ■°*ndmk during Urn war. waa pot
aodar the toduenca of Khar l.y the
phy rieton in chart* “ that they coaid
perform an operatioo. He awoke be
*”• r**,<vw»*100 .wra oomptotad and
raw bm Hum haagtog out on a fenra
SJf**** *5 Men told thto
blaeeif aad aflhmed It wra tba truth.
Jmbeiw we bare evidence of a mem
Hying without a liver.
Frank Sherwood wee down town to
day.the km time alaeo be bad hie
tomato with ebotora morbda. Re mje
be drove thirty miles altar be waa
taken, aad never came ao arar dying
In hto Ufa. After thto whan ha gem
ant to the enaotoy ba wIM taka a bottle
of Chamber tola's Colte, Cholera aad
UraTteae Eratodir with blm.-Jfte
raoel Valley (fowa) Times. For sale
by J. H. Carry A Oo.
MMlatntTwnaM.
lOar. »HI» WMararar lax rat.
*>*• )W5P* “* wh” "°*od at the
puling aiill got aa a 'tan1' last later
*»f mgbt aod painted the town rod eg
around the Dfaloghllt Bat It io a
leaf Mae that baa no tan aod ao la
Ihla oaaa. The law b^pui lie aide of
UM glag Moodoy oad SST »r tha bon
woroMogbtoad paid about (13 ooob
“U two others toed# good their eaaego
•j**1-*1Umo Mag. They era abaigad
adtti Oirawlag neks at hoaan, tearing
oC Dletato and eerslog paotHa Tin
*"• —1«»«M» fSpainuiotS
uoaun qmpwi
nrnnm
. A aagn fW aaariy grow* > m
bwood lodoatoon Me. Dnal plgto,
ErSS&si?'
8#(near RMMn, of Alba ootiaty
baa baae agpdatad aadetaat DMriu
attoraay, bat Mr. Oavtagtaa nfaaaa to
to reeixe, oWtalag lo fee yroUoUi by
ainl aarrloe. It will to Aoataatadla
tba court*.
Married, la dorar on February 19th,
at tto boast of tk* oMdatlag oOaar,
■»«»ia»«|to B W. ilaraafsr. lfr.
Joerph OtaaMaar aad Mlaa Ltota Mo
n. c.
—York Tils* raatw.
It la not aanalalaa that Oct. Baa
aail of North OaiulToa, atould Indig
aaaily raaaat being nin aaialad a* la
taadla* to defy lb* Catted fttatae 8a
preca* Quart. No na like* to to
aaade to poaa aa a Coot.—Pawtockat
(R. (.) Qa**tU <t Cbroasris.
Tba Columbia ttaU of laaf 8*turd*y
aaya tbare an aaarly 100 etoaa of email
ri lo the HlU* BiUt town of Felha**.
C. aeeoog the oporaU***. Tba rnlll
autboritie* bald to tb* chlatoa-paa
theory u*.tli to* dlaaaaa baa aaauaad
aueh largo proportion* that lb eaaaot
po^alblyTi# mbtokan. It waa oomad
to Folium by tha mm* negro who oar
fted It to Groan Till* from AtbmU.
A nmtalJToh. lath, from royatto
▼lUoaaya: Thla aftaraooa, «ro aowa la
vary dial reeling. All toe ho nan to* a
been deetroyod at Lakewood except
tto dab bona*. Alas MeArtboft
reel dee oe waa dwtrajaiL Arab Mo
IMartald loat trtrytblag. Airttoawm
amr ootiage* at Bottoa-a eprtog* were
burned. Pin la raging aorth of bare
TteGa»l« Lantarn say*: ■ Rev. J.
8. Moffett will mo4 a w7* or two in
*■» Vlrgtale about u»# flm of Maioh.
under the dlnetieu of the board of
bom* mlaotow of hte ebureb. Hie
pulpit will bo applied by Bet. R. G.
■filter, of Sard I*. H. C., and Bor. J.
C. Geltoway. of Gaatenie. Mr. Mof
fett will probably run over Into Ohio,
white be la four to rtelt the home of
bit boyhood.
ft wilt ba * groat smart**, oo dost*,
to the poopkiwha heard Sam Jo*** la
Gastonia a (hort white ago aad Ms
denoaetetteu and ridicule of poUtke
aad poilttotaaa. to know that h* baa
announced blmaolf a for
Governor of Georgia. Hte platform te
■Imply that of a •feettemnn". neither
a Democrat, Bopubiloan or Pops Rat.
Be aaaore* tba pakUc that be “will
not ba tha bind dog lo the roca.”
| teiea Praocaa 8. Willard, proatdoot
1 of tba Womaak Chrlatian Tempannna
Uotoo, died at 18" 18 o'clock Friday
morula* at tba Hotel Kmwira la Mow
York CUT. Mist Willard bed boon Ul
three week*, aad a week ago it waa
reported aba waa dying. Sh* rallied,
bo wooer, aod tern thaa U hour* before
aba expired it waa reported that ber
raoovury was oely a question of a few
day*. Her death was wholly unex
pected.
8om* bar* eriUciead Mia. JeOonoa
Darla aad MteaWInnia for living la
tba Morth la (bead of tba Soath. Tha
reaioa givao far their preference la.
that oa aaeouat of frabau, flood*, aad
the low prio* of cotton the Bono voir
phtatattoo did not aflotd thorn a living
aad that it waa oroaaaary, tberuf ora.
for them to work for a living Si do*
Uterary work te bat aofted to their
taeta* they prefer rad to lira where they
oouht do thia work to bast ad van toga
in Haw York City. Mrs. Darla, test
year earned about IBOO with bar pan
and Mtea Wlaala earned about SI,200.
hwr led beWovedfee*.
aellebery Son.
Tba mao wh* now misgovern tha
State mast, m much aa lisa within tbo
proviso* of tba Hovumbar election, bu
eradicated tram tba offlee*. To do
thia the Democrats most have tbo
LtgliUtur*, aad. If w* are allowed a
a agnation, |a order to aooeapinh
that and there should ba ao eqnlvoea
•ton as to principles, there should bo
ao overtures mad* to any party or
Parties, aod tbara should ba no coat
proateaa. A airtight lio* oa State
tetaca aboaM ba marked, aad by softy
rtetory will ha aMy.
inCimOM Waive V
Th# Haw Orleans Fteoyuar thinks
that orowda prodaoe bad manners. It
■y»: “How few of aa ibow any real
•ourteay to moo aoalataoU, who rut
have to malatelo a ■wiling faoa ajpd
SU ua raffled demeanor, loalted aa
they may be half a-dosaa tlaaaa a day!”
Bot the orowda do aot aaaaa tha had
■•aaera They merely draw tha bad
muaars to the aarfeoa; and they liko
wjae draw oat th* innate cjurlrwy.
They am tooohatouaa for tbo test of
S^Mtor, aod And fraqnoot appliea
ttoo to tbam pro-Denton days
_ No. 861bo Nortbbouod
>■■»« mu. tbi» rooming, Ihoro
"•*" qSu • Booibor o# roe roll*
M Uair *ti Irmb flouUwro wtloo, lo
Un Kit; TorrU «l PurtMMOtb, whoro
"HI roomer opon ooUto Mnlot
for UonelaSem
_ »—x r-m^m 1
Tub Bar mm Hi ttao world tor
Cota, So no, CHoero, (to*
^asar&Sfs.'SrsB
b> flvo porftot milotooUoa, or bom
SfStV®£f£2T
'WooMi** boro oil tbo Joxortoo o*
•**- Wo MO oow^«B|ofto« omr
Dl»«Uj torIC. osd boro Pl)od op a
bgSt OfSi.00O.00a- PblladotpbU
Eg:
Uuy. tbol.lbO
aTlho poUoo<p la
wUb that mmf— PMU*I
OPERA HOUSE
Friday Night, Feb. 25.
—THE—
CAKHIYAL OF COXIBRCE.
—A—
Grand Entertainment
—KKPKB8KNT1XG—
Thirty or forty of the meet
prominent Gastonia
Arms, institutions,
and factories.
THE PROGRAMT1E
is rendered by 40 of the
most popular young
people of Qastonia
trained by an expe
rienced conductor.
Ticket* now oo sale at Torrence's
Drag Store.
ADMISSION:
Reserved Seats-35 Cta.
Adults-28 Cta.
Children_15 Cta.
J. A. HUSS&SON.
UMK,
CEMENT,
SHINGLES.
LATHES,
FRAMING LUMBER.
HAY.
CORN.
BRAN.
SEED OATS,
FEED OATS.
Field Peat bought and
sold.
Call on na.
J. A. HUSS A SON.
Falls Bonding.
Gastonia, N. C
Furniture
Bought Away Down,
Th» plant of the Loooir For
nitere Ooofu; awon toko
•oM at rmlrn't aoctioo.
2B Per Cent. Off.
I have |st returned from thU*
hetory, where 1 bought n big
lot of foraltare 96* lower
than It wee eyer before aotd.
CnntomerH Benefitted.
Thla lot eoaataU etalaiy of
Bedroom Salta, Urdataada and
Batmua. Our euatomera get
the becwdl if they oome quick.
C. B. Akmhtkono,
Mavaoib
Armstrong Furniture Co.
JUDSON BOSS
—HAS—
Peanut Brittle.
Walnut Brittle,
Pecan Brittle.
Almond Brittle.
—try thru—
Always frosh 11m of
Fancy Qroccrtss.
Raflmd no lassos In
quart cans lor I Sc. Noth
in* sloor for brsaktast.
JUDSON BOSS.
STILL THEY COME!
Who Conies?
The people that know a good thing
when they see It. Coming to buy
our Clothing and Shoes at
CLOSING OUT prices. We also
have other attractions, too numer
ous to specify, in our daily receipts
of New Goods of every description.
On last Saturday our store had the
appearance of a veritable “Carni
val of Commerce."
MORRIS BROS.
GARDEN AND FIELD SEEDS.
Now is the time to select your GARDEN SEED and it is
most important to select THE BEST. We handle 1>. I .an
dreth’s, Burst's, and Wood's—there are none liettcr.
—Also -
YELLOW AND WHITE ONION SETS. GOLDEN DENT
AND EARLY ADAMS CORN—Selected
—Field Seeds.—
KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS, ORCHARD AND HERD
GRASS, TIMOTHY, LUCERNE, and RED CLOVER SEEDS.
SETTING HENS.
Do not fail to use Lambert's "Death to Lice” in your hen
nests and thus save your little chicks. Sold only by
J. E. CURRY & CO.
Don't Vant to Tickle Yuo to
Death, Bnt Just to Open Your Pocket Book.
With this in view, we have placed on sale
5,000 yards of Embroideries 1
Almost give-away prices.
Beauties, too.__
See them.__
This sale noxout any previous efforts.
A. C. WILLIAMSON. ~
mwL
“Woods Seeds Are Oood
Seeds’* •
k tea hatoaay cl tea ~*r via
tan acorn, and am SI acnaim team
f "waodVowKrtptlv* Catalogue
k a meat vahahi* kafetotea hawj gae
SiSCASa
aD Saada, Tima far Ptutlac. Baa*
Method* of Cottar*. DtacitfUcu,
arSlln inalladfcaa iijim n“ aSi«
T.W. WOOD & SONS,
SEEDSMEN, . . RICHMOND,VA.
THE UMDT Sira H«UI ■ TIM Mm.
Tba Planok that ettoel hi paint of ... .
_ tknt IJMIO nkloh rrally makaa
Tone, fe^ggaesanssa;
8TKJJ
PIANOS
Manrantaat narfaaMmi In
TValr aaat la inora iiaaanakta tkna any otkar
jaoaptano. kit a nan aoM by Ika manularturar
wwi.
SaiUbk Couuleit Tim.
BTANlMgO OMAN
-1*o WorMa Dam.
CHA8. M. 8T1EFF,
ms^sm
----
I
Something New
in Gastonia.
At roy etrlotly flrat-etaaa res
taurant, Jn.t opened over my
Jiiarket. ladle*. gentlemen, ,nJ
children may take thair meal,
at a place which cater* axolu
■Ively to the feeling* and wl«ho. ,
of the boat clam of trade. They
may /eel aure that 1 ahall not
Knnlt them to ho annoyed l»v '
isteroimor otherwlae offenalT.
penuma.
I guarantee to all the value of
tbcfr money In good tiling* to
eat, well prepared, and neatly
aorred. ( all, won't you ? J
M. A. Thom petty,
Btlll Mond((uarter* for yre»h
ACc*t*.
W. ft. Davis. M. u. Buffalo*.
Davis A Biffaloe,
Moat Market.
««rwu,».
Having UKMMhfd with M, Mr. M.
C. Bnffalop, t will conttnno In ibw
markn biwlntaa at tba awma stand aa
liwrrtoforr. ^ W- K Dikviil
W* shall I • |>7aatsd t« rtevlta ordtra
ft>f «njllluf In mtr II*-, sod Momlaa
O-l tbrj shall bn flllad with oar aaual
promptnraa and with lha bast raaala to
bo had, diPasad with owr wnlt-knowa
wvw * iiiriun
POMONA BILL BOffiEEi^
POMONA. - - M. C..
•wrdmwawa
•***•< *»< IMPIW «-|,|,
- !IWII*> TVwaSw..*,
•ui^KSnSKT- y hr -v
... trwitiM
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