_The Gast6nia
®**oted to the Protection of Home sad the Interests of the County.
Vol, XXI. ' {«,,»• GASTONIA, N. C., THUK8PAY, MARCH 29. lftQQ.
he Talk of T
About The Big: Show of New SPRING
HE NEW YORK RACK
THE PRETTIEST IN TOWN.
Our line of all over Embroideries,
Puffing, Tuckings, all over Laces
for Waist Fronts and Yokes are
acknowledged by all the Prettiest
in town.
Ask to see our line of white figured
Piques, Lawns and Dimities «yid
many other pretty summer Dress
Goods
Those Marseilles Counterpanes
from $1.75 to $2.50 are beauties.
We have the Dog Collar and Pul
ley Belts, also all the latest
Novelties in Ladies Neckwear, etc.
OUR CLOTHING DEPT.
Ml of New and Nobby styles of
Men’s and Youth’s Suits with
double Breasted Vests.
NEWEST THING IN HATS.
We have the Golf Hats which are
the newest out in all the light col
ors from $1.25 to $2.00 Big bar
gains in Men’s Stiff Hats, worth
from $2.50 to $3.00 my price,
$1.40.
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Our Stock Much Larger and
Full in Every Department.
WE ARE REALLY
too busy, to write an advertisement
So all we ask is a call and our prices
will do the rest.
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED
thousands of yards New Embriod
©ries, Laoes-and Bibbons of which
are the beat values ever shown.
Also latest Novelties in
Girdles and Shopping Purses.
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— COHE TO SEE US.——
HBW YORK KA0KET- ^ out for the Red
^ Q»» .HOW W,^ ^P- T- HEATH, JKB SAOSjTMWT.1
IKS. AMIS FLORIDA.
bill DE8CRIBE8 THE OLD LADT’B
DEPARTURE FROM HOME.
Arrival »« iMkafanili-itf *U Mia
*» TMIlkr tArtM rmm-Trlv la
r»—*» *M*k aM Other riaaaa.
DID iff In AHiatt GaostttmJon.
Going, going, goo* t For two weeks
it bad been tbe family talk—will tbe
maternal aoeealorgo u> Florida or not.
Her posterity down Ux.ro bed ,bten
selling her kmg sod frequently end
flnelly sent her e liberal obecfc where
with In provide a suitable paraph-rse
lie end pay her way 10 Jaefceooville.
It was aa awful struggle. Tbe girls
hinted that If she wu not golog »he
ought to teed the shack bask, aud
when at last abe bought the beautiful
•ilk aselmir Henrietta Marl* VaadetU
or word* to that effect sad I urood It
over to tba dreaanuker It looked Ilka
aba was oartelaly golog, bat 1 bad my
doabu. She wanted me to drefcto tbe
anomentoni queatloa, but 1 looked eol
auiu end malataiued a dignified neutra
lity- **M yon are going,’’ aald I, “of
soars* I will go with you, fur where
tbow goeat 1 will go, but yoa must
*urt next Toaedey eva and atei a week
only for I have got to go to Caroline
■gala tbe laat of next week,” StlU abe
hesitated and gave ao oartelo alga.
Tbare w*u posterity at bgmg that Mis
feared wools fell Into a well or get
bitten by a mad dog, or gat ran over
so the street, or eeloh Hie contains or
something etaa, end every Ua»e they
mm to great bar. her eyes would get
watery at th* thought of leaving them,
neighbors aad kindred argeri bar U> ge
tor abe bad not bam as far aa Atlanta
la Ira raera, end needed e ebenge of
air and water end aseaary. And ao
we sraorted bar to ilia depot and there
wars ao many to klsa end so many
parting lojsosUons shout the oh I Id ran
that aba had liked to bare been left
after all For Ira miles abe never
■eld a word bet looked out of the win
dow and ramlnaud.
At a«|Mlr>uno« at Ua Mr oawo
forward aad that rnllrod tha raonot
oaf aad wa acrt to Atlanta to duo lima
aad aft* a abort (tag Ml for Florida.
Wow wa ara both alad that wo oaara,
far wa candn oar k fad rad happy and
wtH —>o ijot *ora happy whao wa
gat bank. Tbla arm In* wo rial lad u>a
oauleb far*, tba Florida coo, whidh
of Itaatf la worth a ^lp to Jaokooo
Mb
f wlah that all tha riilldran eon Id
tlall It for It la a Wggrr thlni than a
ntreoa or *oaogarla; U la taaah largrr
tha* H waa two yrara ago, for bow.
Balilr* orar a baadrad aatriabaa tba
Piagrtaton hato waay rarlrtka of tba
•oat baantifal Mraa la tba world.
Thar o< aagaMta plowagr- phaaa
anta, daoha, par rota, paH"—■ crmoaa
aad thara ara daar, *oakrya, araeadllra
attara aad »any othtr oraataraa A hat
ara Mr* mm traraliag araand aad
ara tut ago of baauty that would dallakl
tbaltttMMka. My wl*» aaya lbat n
la iba baat ab*w for a «a*rt«r Unit aha
fprr wttaraaad. It to worth, that to
aee tbe JUera playing In I be nur.
TbU too 1e aa eetabllabed auoocaa and
a epecialty for Jacksonville. Crowd,
vialt It every day end tba tourl*. boy
feat ben and agge moat liberally.
Toe street oar lafeta you there for a
nlekal and they are alweya full. We
are goto* to Pablo Beach to morrow
nod to St. Augoatlne next day, and
| Keep on tbe go all tbe time aa King aa
tbe latter, fro® borne tell oa that all
ate well
‘ What a wonderful change baa come
oyer tba olty aloqa I drat knew It. when
there were about 10.000 people hm l
waa uodrr die ban—a a napoot — a home
for paatllraue, and the toerltta hurried
LbroogbK to aafa Havana. Now there
are 95.000 people and during the winter
half aa many more. The city haa been
thoroughly lowered and drained and
la aupplied with tbe purrat water and*
the atreeta aod walk* all paved and
everything looks oiean aa a parlor.
Tba pmtUaaea that walkerh at nooo
day will not walk liere any more.
And then what a change of diet bea
aoma over oa. Barly vegetables, early
oyatera »nJ abad and tomato, and
strawberries for deeaart even day. 1
aent aoma orange btpmomahotte yeater
day but requested tba glrlt not to get
■anted until wo return. My wife
and I are rrjuyBoated Pine elotbee.
Boa diet and nothing to do hut receive
attention, will regenerate maternal
anceatora.
Aod It haipa tba veteran* loo, 1 feat
thl* morning ttta I can Jump oyer a
twe-rail fanee and eat tba ptgaon wing,
a mall ptgaon.
Bat 1 oarer «a)d aoylhlag about oor
kctaf *Uy In tavasoah, that grand old
elte that Georgia la proud of and It la
atm tha gloat beautiful and lotwaut
iog oily lb tba aoutb. lie parka alaua
••• a moouaaaut to Oglathorpa. lit
)*®®* atraata and ihadn tiara sod
flparera are thing* of beamy. Ita
ohursbsa awl public building* are tlo*
boporad aod Impraaaive.
Kow Joat powder It for a moment
wbaol my that I taw Horanaab tot
trho drat Urn* alitrwrtn yrata ago I
•*® ®0li,“W—®.l®®T* *** * buadird
pauple llrlag who aaw It before tbeo.
By vawrta and brother aod myorlf
tolled from there to Boston In 18BB
W* (Warned to Oaorgt* by lead to ■
oatriaga. It took us two mouth* to
make Ik* long J<ornay, and wo uaear
Ham a raflrxd for tharo woo wow* to
oroao. Row to that for antiquity f
Aod yrt 1 am tba bur, the only bay
•beat the h«u#e, and whew Mrs. Arp
eelto me I mar* towards tier with
a I rarity And so let Anno Dtmlrl
roll on. Yesterday I mat a young law
yer hare b* the waaae of Marks, and
whan ha laid ma whoa* sen lie waa. I
rtmember ad that I waa at Mr grand
utpthar'a wadding, thoaah I was than
a I Iti la sab sal bay wearing my Brut gel*
•barn- Bat I rarity bailer* I oeo abop
mar* wood In a day thaa Marta eaa
•odlteald outran him bat tor my
OOfpottUllf.
Tte Sabaidy Bill* m; ootH ptewd
•mi IMMr pMMffa Hi UNtWH iMIl out
■mmm. Tfca rrp«MtMa4 (Mr to at
MftttatrMmMMtMM**
rtMMI AID ronsu.
NBCBMrttMe rnn Maw Tsrk MnisrX.
*■* a rrigi.t for kuwlnmn.
A. h-SeapSanon, la Msautsolnrm RscsrS,
Coinpatad with two waaha ago, apdl
oottou closed today otm-balf oeot high
«r belt and IbreowlgUtba uf a'penny
blgber la Lleerpoul, white Now Tori
futures ar# Iblilywevan to arty-flee
hundred ilk of a enot blgbor for ibis
erop. and Ihiricoa to sarsnlreu points
higher for the next crop.
Tbo highest quotation* of Ilia aaeaon
were reached oo the Oth lost., when,
spot oHtoo waa une-elghth of a cent
blglier ben* sod one-eighth of a peftay
blgbsr tu L’ferpuol than today, white
lha highest sales of ruturra for tbia
crop wsio tiiuatesu to forty-one hun
dredths oesr today’s vlostog priors
Tbs sharp react Inn ao.1 decline bar#
and la Uearpool on 7th and 8th wera
psrfeotly natural aftsr tbs ooettanl
and rapid adranca which had uoearnad
It waa remarkable that the motion did
not Oouo aoonsr, as It waa lueelwHs.
The alioaUoo Id respect to ibe pros
l«ol awl prospective supply of oouoq
aud tba (Jvuiaod f ir the staple la prac
tloally ouebaaged. The receipts uf owr
crop ia Match have beeo liberal, and
will probably cnnltoue no a fairly lib
eral soils for tome weeks It maybe
aafely attorned, however, that only a
am.ll proportion of the receipts will ba
for sale, «a tba bulk of the cotton will
hg simply going forward la feMUrnot
ut aolea previously mads
Whatever tba crop may ba. It la per
frally avidant that that a baa U-rn ao
uusqaal distribution of It, loaamaali
as Ursat llriuto aud tba Cjmloeoi
base not raealvad thalr share of It ao
c-irdli g to (be capacity of u>etr mills
and Ilia rxlent of Ixjalneaa they are do
ing. (I rest DrUlen ia 10 the wuaaa
condllion lu Ibla respect than the Oon
llneok
Tba qntaUty of eettonoow hi Mm
paoi nod at am for Brltleb porta la
1,063,000 balm Iraa lhao a year ago,
•ad my moeh below tba eorreopoed
leg tlan of any IW alooa 1000 (1
eireedt that year by lbe trtfllug waiter
of 07.000 baler hat the prumnt an nan!
ouoMwptlnn of tba Britleh will* la luat
■00.000 balaa (of 800poaoda not) great
»r than to tho aaaaon oa 1888 M down
paoplo hero aad la Kurupe who wlota
ootUm to doollno are nlrcalallag
i P*>vaMr and pabUoly all klada of
puoaiugly devtaad Ogam to akuw that
| low eotton will be leaded by tba wUle
thaw UM large aotawa of thalr ban turn
would Induce Um pabtle lobaliero A!I
the Sgarrs of thaeWaaraat itatlai ralar.a
will not odd a btln of cot too to the
•mpa of Um world eor mum Um wiita
thto mum to eocauD- a bale Uue
thaa thalr full Mousily to tong aa they
eaa aall ihatr p rad art
▲ large ruduoUoo lo the aapgly of
oottoo oauaad by wrtoai shoring* in
the a rope of A Manor nod India nmr
i lag jow whoo tba wllk ware generally
1 doing ao uapeaaaadlnglt largo awd
; protMbln boat new canard o grml ad
Knaa in axurn. ThU mak wo* prr
Klt togioal aad It Mawa to wu
I rgnolly star that good prhwa far apM
coilon should neutrally prcrail golit
Um supply of cotton exceed* llw leg ill
mate demand for H. Tbit can hardly
■>cour be* or* October 19 U> November
1, though If lathe tunavr ilia urw
crop prmlaoa a lance yield, fnuir* eon
tract* for Deer-crop delivery would
prob-ably decline, and might avra to
oon*id>-raUy lower without ata-rrially
efla eting tba prion of (put col loo.
Thete Mat recently beep totna dissua
sion In Uie paprr* of the Idas that
Southern farmers tboold tHI on lb*
basis of Mew York futures fur Septem
ber and Osiobea delivery their crops of
ox uni wliteb bav* not yet laceu planta-d.
No farmer oould sell ble crop ea llm ;
baai* of prices for September sad Oeio
ber delivery nuleae bn egreed to deliver I
It darlug those mouth*. He oould da-I
liver only a email proportion of lit*
crop by that time. aa picking usually
Roeg on until December, and (otuelluia*
muoh later Be oould noly aril with
safety for dolivnrv in November cud ,
• rears ber ami New York foturao for
then# .month* am nearly half a evut
lower ttmu far September delivery.
Tba preeant pries for November deliv
ery would Uare tbe former, after pay
ing fraigk.cnmmtsatona and other
charges, about seven evut* pot pound
fur middling notion. Thl* sbould n>x
bn regarded a very templing price,
staoe It has been exceedad during every
oaletnWjsar, wl|h only bbs exception.
dhooid ib* farmer Ml now fur de
livery oart fall or •Inter, and print*
before then should alraao* from any
reason, he woold haee lo make a de
paalt of mmj equal to lbs adranoe,
and the raising of tbla money might
prate Inoonteofaat and expensive. If
tbe farmers should sen mure tbso bis
crop turned oat to be, be would iheo
bets to bar <rf bit wish ho re to make
op tbs quantity. la the atsat of high
•r prices rating at that lima than ha
had sold St, ba might -thus suffer a
oonsldsrabls leas,' besides bating to
part with all of hli own oropat a loser
price than b» neighbors were reams
In*.
Tbe olaaslOostloa of OMtaa Is wtuob
•rrleter here tbealo "touthern markets,
■>nd especUUy lo tko small towns, sad
this would dps rats to Umdlaadteutaga
of ibs farmer la dal I ear log hlaeoUo*
up«* New York eoetrsoU for futuraa.
if MM ora aaod* of faturra bora
•fuioat a faraaat'a amp, Uw Uttar pWo
would to lo toll U* apot ooilon spun
U« attrlu In U*a oaanat ban* uwtM
M mh 100 boM aM nody, anj to
corrr Iba aalaa la Maw York aa faat aa
(Ha actual cotton lo aoM.
Tbb largar portion of Ua Cfap la
fruwo by Corawa rowing lata Uian 100
MW*, aud aa tht* W 'bo Waal qaai.uty
fur wbtab a contract for futnra dally,
cry la aada In Maw Yurb.lt fulWara
that ooty taa Urmm who raw* euur a
bundrad biWaaouW anil rut a rut aga loat
• bak eropa.
For a far art lo a»ll futatua for aort
IVto bW crap would ba a purely *|mw i
lotlua traaaart lo* to Uw aatooa af tha !
vsoaaa.
If, fron thaeuodWIuH In* crop lata
In ua auaaarr, u«a i*mar Mould WH
rnoanaa><ty ountdrut of noting HO
bataa of ooltoa. it would b* vlar/per
hwpa. to r«U 100 ImIo» fur Ninamler i«r
Dooeraher detlnry againal hie crop if
ibe price wag aallafaetoiy. Thla wi«M
ba aafa and perfectly lagltlmate, «rd la
frequently dona through tbo Southern
factor*
The ok) ndggr that 'a aboaouker ’
ritnuid etlek to Id* laat,” though vcrr
limuaty, la irerertlialaM trwa In a go acr
al way. tha axeeptiona bat earring to 1
piwro tho rale. A furmre about* not;
try t» ba n apeeaUtor. UU training. i
bla eorlrooraeot and hU famine* ara !
all egalnat bla auecex and haodbiap
him lo ibe itruule with man of keener ;
wlla, greater m-po riant lea an* baa In
uata iioDOaf y
Let tbe farmer uaa batter and more '
aelootlOe wmthraw. atudylnf o’neely lha
oeadr of bla aoll »> <* to gat tha groat
aat yield at ilia beat ooat of prodoc
ti»o. Let liim bay nothing arhtoh can .
ba prtduoed at home.
Mora oaratal culllraltoo and Urn
proper a*laetton an* more liberal woe of
feetlllnera would gtya far better renal t*
11 lha cotton grower* than th* Urge
Inciaoae la acre***, which la now an
fewer ally ex pooled.
[M>ynM On*nil
It If tbo Irony of fata that a two mo i ;
or* known beat by •tblmnniti tlwy i
Have valued Uad. The U«rt]u|i of
Qooenobnvo, whan a aeboolboy drew ap
raloo to roauloU aparrkag Wmtehr*.
They hate baas gouorally adopted In
iba evanapnoaot of prtaa flghu and an
ooMed lira Merqato Qooaoatury rate*.
It I* aotd that Utalr oat hoc hover at
toudad but on* priiVOtM which bo i
•oqh withdrew dlaguited. Bntbooanaa
or tbo aaaonUtlona of hU naan with
tbo wnrtiag fraternity bo waa ohoni.od
by tbnao whnao ooiamny ha daairod and
fought, by tteoo wbow bn ilnilnl
Ho died rroanUy owUttemd and firry
Pointed. Tboro an ion* thing* wblab
nyon when hrrbhm la thowwtvaa, It
la eater tn lot alone.
■e—teaMBWMBOye
Tin.t»r cat bntwooa Ootebor and
April ten gmater ytln aapoolally tor
water reofeting purpow* — Ibaa I hot
fatted In •• rawer, an MMM of the
•tarob wblab Ilia llw Mfla daring tba
period of mat and wakaaih* woof
clooa and Iwpoootrooto. Tbo atarob
partiolon do hat appear la tba wood le
nawwor. A Oerwan Qtiawlat point*
out that tbnanonan who* tbo Unbar
woo out way bo dotatwhaad with Ml an
aa UiU torwa atarob vlotat aad aolora
other porta of tte wood yellow enaafng
light yollow -wafotam rate to appear
«a imniMti troao. while winter
hown timber la alwiye tod reeled by
Uw dart atripaa of tba atarob raya oa
Un ywbw gmnad._
All Mm Wi taW BiallVw, af
WM MMm. o . »f*ar aatarlac lA
aataUta fro» Haoral FlaCaU, ha woatd
dta aatroa a aoally tymtlaa araa par
lora«4; tat ha aarad Mon* aHh tya
ho»ra nf Uactlaa'a Aralaa talar, I ha
'tanat Ma «<*«a aa taith, aad tha MM
aalra la ita World, M aaaU a taa.
•tadbf 4. tf, Carry A Oh., DriyMa
H»*» MtiurwuMuwL
Bwiw UrilHto Uw to Umi.irf
n*rmm Own • (!■■■■ la Priaa.
WaablnatMi. Mtreb. 10 —At the
ibMrt luf of the Judiciary CoWUltte* of
Uni Uoum to-day. ■ Chairman Bty ae
p lilted lha anb-eoanaiure of maa*
wblab will Uka up Urn a«iWHim
i4 tha Mtyret of trueta.
Th« oitfihMi tf Uit NbotfsalttH
ara Uamra. Bay u< Kajr York, Jaaklna
«f TVIeeooeia, Oeecttrret of Indiana.
I4u.lrfl.kl of U*W Parry of Afftaaaaa
L a bam of Trxaa, rod Billot of float!)
Carolina.
Htraoontatlr* Fltiparald of Uaaat
okamitta today tntrodoaad armatettoa,
wiikdi araa irhnrd t>» tho Mleltiy
Committee. It propoaaa to ftt tka
Attorney (laooral to laaUtnte yrmwl
t"M sfaloat tha mandat'd Oil Caapaay
under the Bhetmaa aatl-traat law.
Kr. PttMaralfl la led la take tMe ea-1
Ooe if km belief that the wot ia
c rented dlttoaod af tha (Maedard haa
beat to#dlreot raaalt of aa lncrtem otj
8 oenla a f»llon In. the prlo* of <iil. j
Tim raaolattoe follow*:
"WbutM, ItMHnniMltoit
piblla Mori that tka gWiMOB
CteMHpiU la IktOHtKlW Yard j
aa Uun it, 1000, tea aw* of • 17.00 >.
300, tala am«at.tnla« aoiiut tlrl
daod; to addition te tea cagalariy dial
daad «f 18,0001)00; aad
“WtanM, Atoa aittotl aaWto
rwnd teat tela toat to flaMO
000 la raaaaaof tea laat taHUd) «f1
daad paid bp tMa oorparaitoa; aa*
•~wVna—, It to atoa Matter ot pahMa
mart teat tea artoa at toaraaaaa aU.
iba aato —aaa af llgattog aaattip tea
tortai tea parlataC Mat totowa tea
MiMHat of teaaa Itolnk. aai
laoraoaatO aoato paraaKoa liwtota
Uapataxon a*a*f baowta tea toat t
tharafota, halt
“Baaotrad, That, la te» eytatoa at
fimiiiaa. tela anilmi at tea Buatait
OW0o«p«ay tola dltaatalalatlaa of
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