ry Opening
Saturday, Sept. 21,22,23.
TO THE LADIES
Ur Gastonia and surrounding country: You are cor
dially invited to oome and see our display of all latest
ftild newest things in Millinery. Our Milliner spent
six weeks in the Northern markets getting all the latest
teds of the season. Don’t fell to oome, all are welcome,
no trouble to show yon through.
- ‘ to Beat the Band.
We have the largest stock of Dress Goods ever brought
to this city. Pan suit any and everybody, and prices
tpck bottom. We only ask you to look through pur
Dress GoodslDepartment and they will do the rest.
Shoes for All.
From the smallest little tot to the giant we fit
tjj*?**1 oamo old prices, while the prices are today
lu to 80 per cent, higher than they were one year ago,
but we are always on the ground floor and our customers
always get the benefit
Clothing in All Shapes.
Stouts, Slims, Extra Sizes, Regulars, etc. Can fit any
body and our prices are sure to interest you if you want
to get a suit A big line of Fancy Vests, don’t miss see
ing them, always glad to show you through, oome before
the rush.
Carpet Department
Is more complete than ever. We have a separate
room for Carpets which enables us to carry a much
larger and better stock than ever. We have some
beauties too. Would be glad to figure with you on a
Carpet
Hats and Furnishing Goods
Are in the front rank. Our Furnishing man thfaira we
have too much for this market but we know prices will
move them in a hurry So you needn’t bother your head
about price b. They are right Glance at them some
time, well be delighted to show you.
Last But Not Least.
-^^OROCERIES AND CROCKERY.—
This department speaks for itself, just drop in for a few
minutes, it will pay you. If you haven’t time to come,
just give an order to our draymen, they are always glad
to get an order. This department is our hobby—every
thing fresh and pure and the best the market affords.
Best prices paid for country produce. Always ready to
serve you.
GRAY & LOVE.
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IF YOU WERE EDITOR.
How would you ran your paper ?
What department of Th* Oaotti are yon most interested in ?
What articles or items do you read first ?
What do you read in Th» Gazkttx that you would like to see
more of?
Is there any class of reading that Th* Gazxtt* baa too much of ?
la there something yon would like to see and can't find it in Th*
Gazxtt* ?
Is there anything you find regularly in Th* Gazkttx that yon
think ought to be omitted ?
We have mailed the above questions to quite a number of prominent
ladies and gentlemen and hope to receive their answers at an early date,
which we will publish under the standing head, "If You Were Editor.”
want an eaaay written on the subject and these questions to serve
! only as heads.
•taply tone aw l preetioally •
■tnuiper to tha eotfuty except thi* la>
wiWati neighborhood. Bat that la
aottheaaae wltha rery large parent.
•( the aahaalbart of a ooaoly paper.
Thor want the news of the ooooty,
want to taov what haa happaaat la
tha laat weak all orar It. Aod ladead
that la ooa of tha alaa or eoda that a
caaatf paper haa to ala at.
A la raa/Hag Tn OAawrra I like
to mo arttetaa that abow the adraaeo
■aaat aod daratepaaaat ofOaatnala aod
Oatoa Coeety. We bare a treat
towa, than la ao q matin aheut that,
and we Moald let the world kaow that
wohara It. He one Uuaka laa at
htowWqt aod > rape laa thaa I de ay
mU. hat who kaowa hot that by a IIV
■aia talk aod paah tar wtr town we
aoold ha ahta taladMaaoajroodMMi aod
oaptui froa othar aaatieaa te aaat la
thatr let with aa aa they bare dooa la
ttaiaa paaA S. A. Pwwwlt.
1. to the later eat af the peopl*.
I. The gaaaral nawa.
* The looala
A Tha latter*.
A It haa hat.
A Bo.
7 Bot aoythma to ml Jutgioiat.
L. V. Lomu*,
laetgy, A C._
/mi mm nmui.
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■osma Ktnil
Tba Bay. Sr. Joafaua Young, who
oilalalad at tba (aaatml of Joba Snag,
U lfriag at Proof* Ncok. Be. Belay
gated to ralata tbe looldaoU ooanrct«d
Wllb hla atuadlac tba fuonrul of forty
year* ago, ha replied: “l bed nerer
mat Joba Brown, bat <rat a Bra aboil
tlootat and thoroughly la aympsihy
with bla parpoaa. Tor alerea yaara 1
waa a number of tbo rlgilaaea com
mlUaa aod belonged U tba aWUtloo
aobool at tba Uma tba foguUew glare
tot waa aader oowoldaraltoa in Baton.
In BotUogtoo I waa wbat waa larovtd
tba *aUUooharper of tbo oadergrouad
railroad,’ taking a part lo tba traoafer
of lugaUve stare* from one SUta.lo
another. I harbored at mv bout many
a tiara. It waa oot diffloult for me to
raoder aaalafenee to aeoaptag ataraa.
tor It waa ran near tha Canadian
border.
“Aftar Browa’a execution, aad I
learned that hla body waa to be brought
to bla boau at North Riba, 1 wat dr*
tern*lord to sttood tba fttamml, I wsa
accompanied oa tba Ulp by Mi. L. O.
Blgaiow, ana of my Bwriugtoo periab
loaara, am aathaaUatia abolitionist. It
waa a kmc, bard, midwinter Joarary.
Wa alerted la tba uldat of a non beast
tala, and when wa readied there tt was
aowwtog bard. Wa Uaraied by osrt
xod^naorty |£rfetad^rro<a the 'oekL
Had I oot baas a yowag aod rigoioae
maw 1 acvu would bar* wlthatood the
rigota of that Wag aad pariioaa ride.
"We reachedNorth Blba about ft
o’alaok la tba mare tag, aad Iba hurt* I
look ptoaa at 1 oVslook la tbo afternoon.
I happened to be tba only minister
theta, aad at tba oaroort ragaaat of tba
family 1 urformod tbo aaaal tasarsl
aerrtaa. Than war* yriwat at tba
•arrlao tba wldawa of Bur mantbara of
Brawab party. Wbaa tba raoulae
»dsfes.»£&>s:
»Jr-i56»wsSi:?siE:,,s;
MrtTlai aaif acted tba widow of (k«or
At Um gruw jobw Brawa’a widow
ESS
abuaned bm oa Uia streets, Bad mm of
my partahocen would pare me without a
sign or recognition. My professional
brat bran volunteered tba oplnlou that
I bad raload for lifa my ehanoaa aa a
mm later of tba goapat, and I waa in
formed that some people ur the town
bad expressed the sentiment Ural I
ougU to b* at rani up aa bigto aa old
Jnbu Brown.
“4 dissolution of my rMatloua with
I h* chunk at Burliogiun waa an out
class of ay connection with tba Browu
fum-ra), but 1 continued lo tba min
istry, despite the predictions that 1
could never again dud a pastorale.
Tba feeling against tba aboiitlonlau
waa aa strong tu aoaaa portions of tba'
North la thaaa days aa It waa In lbs
doatb. Tba aaotimaat waa atrautar ta
Varmoot than in Massachusetts. far.
awlog to thalr aearnaas to New York,
Vermonters naturally followed lo New
York** trend of sentiment, rather than
patterning after the people of Uiaa
ohwtti.
•*I waa wall aoqoaietad with William
Lloyd O arrisoo. 1 wl to eased tba ran
dittos of the slave, Anthony Burns—
a abamaful day for Maaaaebusatta. U
wlU ba remembered that Job a Brown,
just before hi* execution, wrote on tba
margin of a paper In bit oefl : ‘L
Juba Brown am oow gaits certain that
tba srtcaaa of tMa gatlty land win
never ba pargad away but with blood.
I bad, aa oow I thick, vainly battered
myself that without much bloodshed It
tnisbi ha dona.' How soon this pro
pbsey waa faldllad 1 It la Impossible
lo ted lu an history so illustration of
a more oobia, self sacrificing Ufa than
that of Julio Brown.”
The ifov. Or. Yeung la a native of
rundolplk. Me,, a graduate of Bowdota
oner*, el am of MIA. and of MM. Ten
year* ago Bnwdaln College onufarrad
><u him tba dame* «f due tar of dlvla
Itr. Last February ba sad Mrs.
Yonag esiebnUrd thalr golden wed
d>N< ..-■
Harr mat.
>*w rwvtuf
w
the Nation's bare, Admiral
tba Huatharn Bailway wlfl mil lew
round tun ilotece (rum all aUttooi ta
Haw York eeS*ptemto«r*)tb sad 17tk,
with Anal limit October Atb taeluetve.
Tba wires st tba Hare af Maude Bay
ta Haw Yarn will undoubtedly ba the
grnadast nUkratlii ever area la Ute
re aay other eons to.
Law lUlm will also ha asid from all
point* ta Wadhiagtea teptamhar Mth
and kOOi, tlihaU limited to rat era Ot
tuber Atb, taMarlva. Grand prtpara
inma also hat eg made fee a reei'palnu
and drmapatnu lua. Washington, ba
I g the Uwptaal any • f tba Unit'd
dulse. will make * V*wy yriivBhii for a
ant *Ubursts >ar»tf I suit
Ppf rata*, mays, aahadatas and is
format lea, edt wa •* addin** nay agawt
agawt af the duuibsru Btiiwty. or
8 H. Htustut, AiawUat Uaaarai
Passes gar Agawt. Atlanta Georgia.
Jq HOLLAND * OO.. are w
. aaivtec tbatr Fail ataak af llata.
ikaaa. dntbfag ate Dram Oneda.
00 to CRAIG & WTL80N,
GASTONIA, N. C., FOR
Wagons Buggies and other Vehicles.
-$-The Pickling Seasons
la now on. Good housewives are preparing for the winter season.
You need the best vinegar for pickling purposes—you’ll find it
in our "Elko"—pure apple vinegar, four years old; And
you'll need'whole mixed spices. I have the very best
in j and 10-ceut packages. Fourteen kinds of
apices in the assortment. : : ;
Agent for "Patteraon Woolen Mill*;” "Charlotte Steam
Laundry” and “Qaatoala Bakery.**
You'll want good Bread and must have *t —
JOHN C. MOORE.
Lowell High School,
roai i»nl» aiau.
Next SmlM Op*m Aug. a 8th
AttaoOon *1 rm to ail maaoo aad
blgbor brraatea. Boya and flrta pro
tend tar ooltrga or tar bualaaaa.
Tteaten eorapau-nt, pataoUbtax rad
daraud to tte haal lotaraat of Uw
poplti ptaaad aodar ttetr training.
Bataa faarratoad to rail tte Uaaaa.
f.naalloa baattby.
for tauter particular* apply to
A. W. lAlWBY. B, A. ITtoolnal.
Uwatt, K. C.
BIBLE SOCIETY DEPOSITORY,
OmIm (fc, Bible Mety.
fte Uaaton Craoty Rlt.W haataty
haaodapeatbary at Ur. J. A. Uratar’a
Bara dura wtert yoa ara pat Btbiaa
aad TteUnroU of tte Aaorioaa BIWa
teatey bra at aaat.
raiUir.
Oakland High School.
-MU am* PI MALI,
Prep**** tar Cottage or tar Me.
Ste Tee dure. _____ 100 Student..
Five Dogert—H: Prtaary, hrteraedtate,
Aradealc, ttaek eed Art.
Ttrttten fl to ft per aeoth. Mueic >2 50,
Art ft,a>,
»eard and tumtahrd raea f7.S0 per anatti
Pam. Tcam Oeene arrr 4r».
Catalogue, addreea
AO*. H.<tO»AHK. M*tM.
UmimUtnUr'i todee.