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—
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<ui whom
** d*ed. Admiral IViaey wu anrn
tottlag in bm attentive* to him until
hta condition braema preoarioa* and
rial tom wen not allowed to me him.
oome day* ago Mr*. W. I H«yw*rd, of
^totoa, Ow, n slater, area (utniaoned
nad Thuradaj aha wu joierd by tar
ba*tand. tath re era lain# wiih the
totenant until be died. Tta lienten
aat'a aged mother m still itrlog In
toriaST Oa. Tta father, wta ta
tod,waneootonriod the Fourteenth
Georgia Bagtmaot la tta Con federate
••■7.
Lleat. Brumby was 44 yean of m
“* Da waa appointed a
■anal aadat from Ownli, anterior the
•atyma oo tea aotb at Korember. 1873.
awd Ma gain aommtmloo due* from
tha yam Aagnak, vm. Pr**ic«£
•B tha Uma daring tba Mat two jams
ha haa baan with Admiral Dewar,
.friary* of the hams at Manila.
Admiral llawey a poke in aery eowpll
laaatary tarma of tha eereioeaaod gai
ety of Ua dag lieuteaaot Ud
nimamaiM that ha ha *4raoeed
aoma aomhaaa aw tha Ust at Iwotao
aota. His reoommeadallom waa
^apted bp tha Xary Dapartaaent and
tha naaaa aaal to tha Boosts, bat to
■ethar with a number of other promo
Uowa made hr Urn Doparuaaat, failed
to ha acted upon. Tba pro mot too rec
OS.™** Ihml him about U oo the
Mat of lira tenants and bad it baas eoo
flrmed he «oald ha in lea than a jeer
from anw hare readied the grade of
li~aeut °ocna«4ir. The lUuteo
Mlb death la tha third of thorn who
««a closely aaaootaled with Dawty at
> hara <M
Opt. Grid
«d Llntn
preaeotad a
il Georgia oo
remained tn
Lkat and re
rat the aid
«umu MUir run.
fsuwIMsw Allium M Mkuiaa
| Pursuant to nodes there a bend
■eeUng In Wm U. Lewis’ La* oillos
last Friday night and the following,
aaoog others wets present : Prof. ».
hchal) of Charloile. who la tbe pit*,
peettse teacher of the bead; Mean.
T. M Ftyseoux, V. 0. Crier,
Star Wood, Fred Wilson, Cbarilt Ford.
Wyha T. Johnson and Mr. Will OtUr.
Tbe meet tog had been ealted for
JW". <* tookteg lata the
frsMUmy of organising a Brat alam
oornat hood In CaataoU, which span
cee so Hello* and (llacaseiou «u ooo
tMerad practicable at this time, pro
Tided Ike aottPMit out secure Ibe co
oocimtkio tad support of ibe ciUmos
of tbe town.
Jt was argued that a good Cornet
band it la many ways • public bsneflt.
awi In some carat almost a ocoseslty.
Among those who gave their names
to Join an tm of the brightest young
•*1 af lbs place. They are known to
fasmwi flits mneical talent; and should
U*y ®ss* with lbs Deoratary eueoor
•Jtaaaaot from lbs elliaena. It eppeeni
that Gastnota will hose a band that
aay city ought to be proud to own.
Althe mcsilM. Messrs C B. Arm
Mroog, Wm. H, Lewis aid W. F.
Marshall wars appointed as a commit
tee to solicit aubseriptlooa to purchase
which, when bought, are
tobetbe property of tbe town. Tbe
ffaretary eras Instructed to prepare
three ■abeerlptloo I lets, with as many
lists of tbe members of the band and
end famish mess to members of the
committee, with request to eerve nod
help on the enterprise ell they oaatd.
7^£ tt’V,we**r* «ya.be *»*• faith
fully performed.
Thu onmmIUee era raqaeatad to iu
portat tbe next meet lug, which wlU
be Friday night week.
We believe In bicd*- comet beads—
sod, when the poet said :
He probebty mcmat band music. We
.T? ■ to "crybody subscribe
liberally and make the baud a gnat
"•rto-lmm Mah! MU may.
Tta Daria* and mlghtteat little thing
¥*£ VZ *•• nu4e '• Dr. Kids'! N»
lUfa Pi 11a Ewj pill 1* • tugar-eoated
global* of health, that ehaogee weak
aom teto strength, llrimim. Ul,
energy, brain fag Into mental power.
Tb*y>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 <a before dar-llafct.
AM they IMy itwm lu till aityf narhr.
±f they yet alee aod don't oorov In.
They "wrra to think it B i ala.
If I he little fellows do tbetr two*
Ther never want lo at hits rut
Svtasa they bare aaadt h-vuuvtr,'
it wad >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<l the pratohers claim a rUttil tun.
I don't hardly think chat this Is rurht.
I*ut If 1 any anru*n« ril nl a Il»h7,
no 1 yucM HI have to keep the rum
If my Children never not lo a > 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.