1 ? Ifa — taMta. Ofttwal oaly lotba flaw rinoe I Ware I aa gifted at my r, ska eoald always prepare _ IttwHn aad rtadakk I ptedteaeka aa apology. i whkb da »• It la the to tv. aftar day weak after Mtok« a*aik after Booth. The prtoter. life it oo exception. We art ap the oat aide aad ran tt off. Pktrib a*a the type, aat It apaad raa off tha ioalds. dktribats aad aat the outride aaais. Tkas tt la week la aad week to* astlt It aria driehaaliil, aad we to Shout sat work ao amhlega. **8Uea of the akeri of hkr." h» ••at week wa will taka a hoildae aad ftrpri, or try ta, that we aiaat ret era ktttha weak after. WMila the last its matha then *•• kaea we admaearet la the prises af awerythtag eeaaieUd who the fttetftaff baateeaa f«p*r. type, tek, aad area donate tka teoeas that we weep Ike dla with, aad pat tka pries . af TU fttum la tka aaate as tt baa always bees. Wa kapa tka rcadlsffl has kies ap to tbe at the toraer editor. Oar la ta risks It atm better, la year eatearlptkiaa aad taka the paper darky the last daps af Iks an ale eeth ceaKny. This la waaepaUa toto aad yam wtn want to tees aB ahatotka toadldatea. It kentirely a a hoots ptodaatka. The aoeey ax wadaitapto It aad la apaat right hers la taws. U hat pat tala tbe rich eoffectoioalaedMaatctty. Tkatotag that sack reader wfil hares Marry Uxttau aad a Happy Near Tear aad wOl toad in yjnr tabecrip Bt *m ab In* bun |U with ty GeuSitd BmpUel(tartly aftar' OohLek Ml miltf. ttadatoief Drat. Mramby white MitaimeUd wwe a greet dxx* to A*»nal Dewey. Tta rctatloa* of tta lmMa.ftr mml yeeie gen hare ton eery trtjmata and eat rung friend £*.had .glow* ay between them. S&sraxsaEwas to *M hka woiUtbey both re *wnt ta tta United StatM eerrr*l saar-i: stsr&&is towny wee thrown with hto abler PMUanSynU tta time erd acted m «d« pereeo 1 ttarsmouUvj hi taaay ■naUen el detail detegatni n> bin by S5SW5ttfSt.,li::ift£ =rawerassvtt total wta (enethlag maraakm*. Tta ton at hit (taught* durian the lat ter day* of hi* lUaeoe wtanhli a lad •n tanked with dstldam teamed tu b* tmtdlng ble work Nr the admiral The lieutenant's pr*e* at lllaen dated ftem about the *7lh ef November. tta to* Wtotnwn too* nothing wore ttaa a eoid, which buwervr failed to field to treat Boot, and eooa afterward* he went to the Bartatd Ho*p hara re wonderful la building up the barith. Only ado pet box. Sold by J. *. Carry and Company. CUPPINGS FROM EXCHANGES. The News as Gathered From SurotmdlBg Counties. Cleveland Slar: 8li«lby hae already bad an unprecedentedly targe number of marriage* tbla ee.ean, bat the uum berta iacraealag with the earning »f lb* holiday eeaeoo. Tne following an lb* marrlag** announced for Utla mooUi ; Oa December *Hh, lathe Shelby Method tat church. Hr. Bloom II. Ket> “**!• * popular and haodeoDe drug oink, will be united la marriage lo Mtee Ethel Gaffney, the faeelaailog daughter of J. Frank Uaffoey, ot thta place. Oo Deo. Shift, la Uv* mem cbardi, at a o’clock p. to., Mr. Thomas J. I Beblngtoe, Shelby* popular and cspa bja wmn* foundry mao, and Mlaalnec McFarland, tba bcaailfnl aacoon pllabad daughter of Mm. Belle MoPar Und, will be united In hole wedlock. In tbe afternoon of Deo. 30th. lu tbe um obureb. Mr. L. Nix. tbe dever ead eocoestfol *afc*m«u in tbe general merchandise store of TV. D. Nix, will lead to the hymenal altar Mine Laura Wbtaoant. tbe popular and “harming daughter of J. Frank Whlsn aul. The Nar extend* onogratul* Uoo*. la advance to eaeh of tha above yooog couple*. There will be enuob movioR muJ "cbaoglot bane'' among Shelby met eheota when tbe old year of 1899 la ushered oat and tbe new year of 1900 begins Cl. B Sulile ft Co., will more to tit* C. M. Webb stand ; Mr. Webb will Don to the room occupied by Kaodall ft Blanton tod tbe latter will move to Um atom room vacated by Sot tie ft Co. This is ooa section of tbe moving. A Dottier la ; L. J. Pop* move* to the room formerly occupied by 8caU*’ bar room ; J. W. Llnebcr Rer, Jr.. Roes tn the Pope itore-room ; J. M. ElltoUe will occupy thelJoeber ger stand ; M. A. Grtgg will move to tba room Mr. Elliott* vacates and Uipt. J. T. Gardner baa rented tbe room now occupied by Mr. Grigg for a wore house for bis tinrnmlmlnn ajar ebaot and wholesale grocery business. Another portion of tba bmluers oopn latton will move as follow*: T. K. Barnett goes to the room occupied by Mis* Belle Promo, while she move* to Ue Calvin Deem atom room, and Mr. Beam goes to the room vacated by Mr. Barnet*. Tim above are some uf the change* lu location for lOuO. There may be other* liter. All Ibe store rooms wilt be ooenpled. YorkVllta Xnqxirrr : Mr. Wad* 11. Utakilu, of UuUjrtesrlUe. who ni to badly burned recently while trying to 1 *»** a Negro child Iron a burning obln waa In Yorkvllta la«t Wednesday on buaioeaa. (la a til) baa both bands In bandages, and than are numerous slowly healing raw pliers on his head and nee. He baa had a rearful time of It with hta burns; bat Is now getting ' more comforts bis. His right hand ! was burned mors severely than hie left •ad he does not expsct to b» able in use it for quits a while ; but Ibioks b* will b« abia to take Ihi bandages i ff bis left hand within taro weeks er such a ■ tUer. Mr. ITtcklin was ant shaking band* with anybody during hi* visit. Mrs. T 8. Jeffsrya Is having built a handsome cottage on College street. The new York Drug store building la rxaoUr wbat It a as promised to be. Everybody says ll Is a beauty—lbs handsomest in town. And I be pro prieiprs aia doing all they vau 11 make the Inleeior conform to the rxlerlor. They am succeeding too, beautifully. The tar key Is Id eery considerable demand In Yorkellle Just now. lie Bnds ready salt at good prices, sod it is n question as to whether he Isas plentiful as could l.a deelmd. Tbs prluctusl trouble with him, so far as lb# raisers Uoonomnetl, is the tael tbst the time in wbleb Its must be market ed la so short. 1 King's Mouotaio Oracle: Ceulral office of the lelrphnne linn Is being moved up stalls ovtir ths Uumgardnsr beef market, ll will be Monday be fore a general connection can be made and thebrlii ©*n ring as they bass hern wool to do. We thlekoorac onmodeling Mira Lett)* must I# glad for • few days vscmlon. By the wn». we wonder If any ous tlriiiks what no extracting place it is lo be In and how such a IlUla body rah hold so much patience. if any one bit earned a nice Christmas gift shs surely has. Messrs Munro Whitesides and Neal, of Gas loo la, were In unr city on busi ness Thursday. ( Mr*. Henderson Long, uf Gaston la. iran ©\tr Iks other day to see Mrs. 1 Llxxls falls sod her son. Httlo Miles. A P*n«Bt ■■■(at. What a hard Utoe factory ohUdron hare. TWr bore to rHa at four u'okwa Or The boaa would si tkrlr Ooor In net • Aod oall there up. and iu there (ay. Tou duM cotas in rlvbt u». They have to no on out oat day in twenty. They wait adlh patkrauc for Kao-dar t» oomr. To aaa If Pa and Me won't iuc them aowr Tho merchant cornea In nr kit part. An to school. Wires Utae winds up then wo will aaa nit It never did am nyht tv too; For bum poor children to wort ao hard And ulnar's prose era never mirrad. •r»P.’' nt» Karma. , TO CiRC A ( OLI) IV PAY. Take L***urv Drono Qolniao TalOot*. Aii d< utfiriaU refund (be toouoy If It fbUp to our«. Bax Tbo smuIbo baa L. K. Q.on caob ubkt. Follow the Crowds A.2STID 0-0 Where They All Go TO THE NEW YORK RACKET For all kinds of Holiday Goods and Bargains in all lines. WISHING ONE AND ALL A Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year. DON’T FO RQ ET YOU R K E YS And bring them in for the next opening of Money Box on last [[Saturday fin Dec. Yours For Business, THE NEW YORK RAGKET. OAKLAND HIGH SCHOOL. MALE and FEMALE, OASTOITIA, UST. O. SPRING TERM OPENS JANUARY 2nd, 1900. Graded Courses, Five Teachers, 134 Students, Five Departments. BTnLDINO. THE FACULTY : -y.y: Oakland Solicits Patronage of Gastonia and Surrounding Country. t':’ •* •' -»■»* ’ ■ _ _ f . STATISTICS. , } Ouum High School «u patahlWiail to fandah * preparatory to tho fMa cod boys, ■D cod TO vac Iodic* of cod tic aarrouadta* *■*»!< I* koc just flood the Mi tarn Of It* fourth scholastic “**•«* C^PotsOHsaro^ *1*2«erj N*"» «od*Vy"c'rmcntl'hnprtjTe 1«PS *H Imaa. The cote * total ___to battalia iMasai By ttspafe*j IfttbM neapafstotr of tit It is Um object oftbo prsa •psaMHt to keep tic school i pa* record, aadithasno Csig atahs todos^sloca ' ; prapanitfaa and Mpi '7-■»»WStwaawailm»>Waai> toaaaaaasswai LOCATION amo BUILDING. Oakland High School ia situated in Oaatonia, on tha Southern Rail road, i> mile* tooth of Charlotte. Oaatonia, with a population of nearly 5000, 1* the largest, moat progressive town in Caaton County. Her rithtens are thrifty, generous and hospitable. Tha moral and religious atmosphere is not anr paaaad by that of any town of its ■iaa in tha South. This claim finds Ita cauee in the fact that the town ia free from tha blighting corse at the barrooms tod thebfiltanl sa loon. Oaatonia ia a town of churches and of schools, and her people are a chard* going people. The main building ia a large, oomfo»table, two-story, brick budd ing of ain room*. The moats are an famished with the bant modern furniture, patent desks, chairs, tables and recitation benches. Dor log tha year we have added jj nave tingle desks, giving us a seating capacity of 175. GRADED COURSES, five Departments: Primary, Intermediate, Academic, COURSES. English Branches: IiStln, Greek, Mathematics, History, Science, Music, Art ' r Prepares Per College or For tife. OUR CHIEF AIM. In this day of nigh-cuts, policy: and materialistic ideas you are spti to lose sight of the real aim and essence of education. He who re gards education as a purchasable commodity and as a means of ac quiring wealth, has a misconception as gross as the idea which he seeks to instill into his students is low and commonplace Education Is a means, not an end. It is and should be a means u> teach man how to think, how to act, how to live. Our chief aim it: i. The thorough instruction of our pupils. » To teach them the art of self application, thereby rendering them the better qnalified to do their own thinking. j. To teach them that the Christ idea of things is the highest wisdom. COURSE OF STUDY~ The work is divided into three departments, the Primary, the In termediate and the Academic. In the Primary department we hare three grades; in the Intermediate, two, and in the Academic five. The course of study given below is thorough and practical. It has no nigh cuts to offer, no dap-trap ideas to catch students. In foct, we are not in the student catching business We believe see offer aa good a course as can he bad in any similar institution, and to those who arc willing to apply themselves, we have excellent advantage to tier. In the outlined course of study the pupils are strictly graded, ant are advanced to higher grades horn session to sesaion, by the merits of the work done in the next lower grade. For Illustrated Catalogue or any information address, JOSEPH H. SEPARK, Prin.