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VOL. XXIII.
SATURDAY
STARTS THE
BALL A ROLLING
to clear out our Clothing Department. We’ve made
our plans to enter the new annex—the new home of
of the Clothing and Shoe Department with nothing
but the newest fads and fashions of the season and
we know, know It well, too, that the quickest way to
sellMone”Is to cut the price, and this we have done.
The first special lot is 100 suits,
Fancy Casimers and Worsteds,
some worth $6.50, some worth
$6.00, none worth less than $5.00
but to-morrow pick out your
suit (seetheshow d» Q QO
window) at_
For the best stalk of field grown
com we offer one d* ^ C fh
suit clothes, valued • tt)U
Hot the best stalk of field grown
cotton, we offer a *T C A i
suit clothes, valued / • OU j
-i
All you have to do is to bring in I
your stock of com or cotton on
or before noon on July 4th, and
prizes will be awarded by com
petent judges at 12 o'clock.
-1
Stock Reducing Prices prevail
In every department at
KINDLEY-BELK BROTHERS CO.
CHEAPEST STORE ON EARTH.
Cal. Wattarssa’a Plaint.
Uoulrrtlla Camcf-Iounal,
It ia a queer proceeding to
apply to the Philippines some of
the amendments to the Consti
tution, when the Constitution it
self docs not extend to that part
of our possessions or dominions.
We ore going to give them the
Constitution by installments, and
we tbegin with some of the
amendments, omitting the most
important the right of trial by
the Jozy of the vicinage. Bnt
how about the freedom of speech
and the cress? Will that nullify
those sedition laws which would
have sent Senator Hoar to jail if
he bad made his speeches in
Manila instead of in Washing
ton? And with the right to as
semble (peaceably ana petition
for a redress of grievances per
mit the Filipinos to ask Con
gress to give them some voice in
the management of their own
affair? These are question
which are embarraaing, but are
likely to be resolved by the high
er law that the administration
and its Philippine agencies can
do no wrong. ■_
May Sha Lira to Rida la a Flying
Machine.
Stltlatst* Sn
Mrs. Silvia Dunham, whose
home ia in a village near Boston,
counts her age by the successive
type of vehicle* she has seen
perfected. She was born in 1800.
At 5 year* of age she rode in a
■tag* coach, atlo she boarded a
tndu for the first time,
at ?* on V» electric car,
and at 100 she enjoyed an out
ing In an automobile. At the
age of 102 she still attends to her
household duties, works in her
little gardes, and reads an hour
every day. _
Born (■ a Pwdlentiary
laraed Than Uhr l> Lila.
*lpStf*nt v*- Otwntfi to MduBoea DU
c leva lend Booth, a negro
youth, 16 yean old, wa* taken
through this city thi* morning,
to aetve a sentence of five year*
in the penitentiary for the crime
of house-breaking, of which he
was convicted in the county
court of Sorry. The remarkable
feature about the ease i* that
Booth waa bom in the peniten
tiary where ms mother was
serving a sentence for murder,
and where *he died. He now
return* to the house of hie na
tivity to serve aod labor a* a
convict.
Bank Stocks as Investments.
Nr» York Tim
Bank stocks generally in
creased in value in 1901. But
nowhere else in this country,
probably nowhere else in the
world, did this accretion bear so
large s proportion to the per
value as in the City of New York.
Never before in the history of
the city banks baa there bceu so
great an addition in market value
as from Dec. 31, 1900, to Dec.
31, 1901.
U! all banks doing business in
New York the shares of not a
single one can to-day be pur
chased at or below par. In most
instances the stock sells for far
above par. Take, for example,
the shares of the Chemical Na
tional, probably the moat famous
bank secnries in the United
States. Their par value is but
$100, while on Dec. 31,1901, the
market quotation was $4,100 bid
and $4,175 asked. One year pre
vious the selling Drice was $3,950,
an increase of ISO points against
no increase in dividend. It is
true that the dividend on a capi
tal stock of $300,000 wns 150 per
cent, the same as for the year
before, but the bank’s securities
found other reason for increasing
in value. .The increase in quo
tation for Chemical stock was
small, however, compared with
certain others. Shares of the
New Amsterdam National Bank
made the greatest increase in
market value. They soared from
790 on Dec. 31, 1900, to 1.390 on
Dec. 31, 1901, a net increase of
700 points. This was doe to a
combination of circumstances.
The earing* of the institution,
under the guidance of President
t
year* ago iu securities which
later reached a very high figure,
and out of their sale a dividend
was last year declared independ
ent of the ordinary earnings of
the institution.
Another very large increase
during last year wasln the stock
of .the Fifth Avenue Bank. It
Sid the same dividends as iu
DO—25 per cent quarterly on a
capital of $100,000—but its stock
appreciated iu value from 2,800
to 3,255, an addition of 455 points.
Interesting, again, was the in
crease in. Chase National shares,
which were quoted In December,
1900, at 475, and in 1901 at 720—
an appreciation of 245. The
total dividend of 12 per cent on
a capital of $1,000,000 was no
larger than the dividend of
the year before, but—what was
very important—it was uuder
stood that during the year an
alliance had been formed with
the First National.
me case ot the Hirst National
in 1901 was unprecedented and
unique in the history of Kew
York banking. At the beginning
of the year shares of the Institu
tion were quoted at 3,000, and
the capital was $500,000. For
many years this institution had
been making very large earnings,
and had accumulated an enor
inons surplus. It was decided
therefore to declare a stock divi
dend of 1,900 per cent., increase
the capital of $10,000,000. and
enlarge the scope of the institu
tion, allying the bsnk very close
ly to the Morgan-Hill interests.
The market value per share de
creased to 700 by the end of the
year, but the man who owned
one share at the beginning of
the year, for which hepaid $3,000,
having received as his stock div
idend nine teen additional shares
with a market valuation of $700
each—a total value of $14,000.
In addition to all of this good
fortune for the holders of this
bank’s stock, a dividend of 20
per cent on the new capitaliza
tion was declared at the end of
the year.
Great interest always attaches
to the shares of the National
City Bank, this institution and
the First National standing at
the head of all the banks in.point
of deposits, sud the City Bank
being especially notable os the
banking institution for the Stan
dard Oil syndicate. Its capital is
$10,000,000 and its deposits
about $120,000,000. Its annual
dividend rate of 6 per cent, did
not change from 1900 to 1901,
although its shares went upward
in market valuation from 535 to
595—an appreciation of 60 points.
Another institution to increase
its cspitnlizstion in 1901 wsa the
Garfield National—one of the
Charles W. Morse banks. At
the beginning of last year this
institution bad a surplus of $1,
300,000 and s capitalization of
$200,000. Capital was increased
to $1,000,000, and there was a
dividend—part of it in stock
equal to 50 per cent, against a
cash dividend of 12 per cent, the
year before. The shares were
quoted at the beginning of 1901
at 1,725 and at the close of the
year at 500.
In the course of the year there
was an appreciation of 225 points
in the stock of the Liberty
National Bank, although this
institution declared no dividend
at all. The stock went from 320
to 545. Then, in the State Bank,
with a capital of but $100,000,
there was increase in the quoted
value of its shares of 150 points
—from 360 to 510—although the
dividends for the year were only
3 per cent in excess of the 10
per cent, for the year previous.
kaaty Hi Bar la a Vardlct.
O'. *ml Olseateh
' The Supreme Conn of Mlnne
•ota has decided that a girl’s
beauty is not to be counted
against her, and that if a jury is
influenced by tbe comeliness of
a fair plaintiff it ia not for the
courts to deprive her of her oat
ural advantages. This ruling was
made indirectly in the case of
Kmma Koplitx against the city
of St. PsnJ. The girl was iu
fured by an accident while on a
coaching party and sued the city,
alleging a defective road.
She waa awarded a verdict of
$300. The city appealed, alleg
ing that her beauty had in
fill enced tbe jury. The Supreme
Court denied a new trial and the
verdict stands.
Another lemsdy lor Pitah Bags.
Morratoa S«v*-Rrr>ld.
Mr. D. C. Stronp called a few
day ago and gave us the follow
ing recipe lor killing potato
bugs. "Chop fine the small
branches of cedar Qmba. Boil
long cnoagh to get all the
strength —• some four or five
hours After cooling, spray
enough to wet plant." Mr.
Stroup says be has triad this
and it is sore death to potato
bugs.
THE NIGHT
BELL BOY.
A UNIQUE CHARLOTTE CHAR.
ACTER.
Ha la • Good Servant, bat Sayer*
atitlMa aad Unlettered ~HU
Exaerleacee aa Porter aa
Southern Railway, Ratwaaa
Ckarlette and Vaabladton—
Weald aat Stand aa Perter
When a Ceryee Rang ler Ioa
Water.
H K.C. n. la OuiUu.Obwtvn.jHa. Mk.
To learn the good things, and
some time* the bad oom, about
your neighbor* you must go
away from home. If I were to
publish all the stories that 1
hear abroad concerning Char
lotte people, I would not be
permitted to rctnrn home.
Hardly a day passes that some
wiseacre does not ask: "Did
yon hear about Mr. So and So,
or Mrs. So and So, or Miss So
and So, of your town?"
If I admit that I have heard
of it. the subject is dropped,
but if' I declare my ignorance
the cheerful informant opens
his eager mouth and speaks.
He tells in detail the story of
some highly flavored sensation
or of the bard-lock of some
poor devil. But this is tommy
rot 1 I have two interesting
yarns to spin on Bntler, the
unique old negro bell boy at the
Central Hotel in Charlotte.
The stories come to me from a
reliable traveling man and be
vouches for their truthfulness.
mere arc but tew people in
Charlotte who do oot know
Butler. He is one of the rare
characters of the town and not
to know him ia to be behind tbc
times. In kind, Butler is one i
of the oldtype darkies. He
would have been a fine in
dividual before the war. Chi
the block he would have brought
a big price. He is large, mus
cular and active, kind-hearted,
amiable, obedient, faithful and
respectful. No better or more
agreeable servant ever lived.
He is always willing, active aud
thoughtful. But. with all of his
fine qualities, Butler baa faults
and weaknesses. He is super
stitious, unlettered and dull of
recollection. There are but few
men that he does not suspect
of supernatural power. His
best fnenda are often considered
dangerous. He would not per
mit any man to walk aronnd
him three times. As a rule he
is polite and gentle bnt if you
wish to rouse the devil in him
attempt to circle around him
thrice. A lion could not cow
him under such circumstances
and if he is not allowed to fly
in peace he will go regardless
of consequences. Dead bodies
hold no charms for him. He
may be a friend of a person
while he Uvea but os soon as
breath has left the body Butler
bida farewell to the remains.
If the corpse was not dressed
until Butler did it the former
friend would not have a decent
burial.
Butler never forgives nor for
gets ■ man who tries to throw
s spell over him. Though-the
old darkey likes tips as well as
any otheT member of his race
be would not accept money from
a person who had tried to trick
him. I know of several travel
ing salesmen who bear the ill
will of Butler because of at
tempts at conjuring him. One
sought to walk around him
while another endeavored to rub
him down with the dried ear of
a lynched negro. If time and
space permitted I should relate
the story of what happened
when the last mentioned gentle
man called Butler into his room,
sent him to the rear corner of
the room and announced that
be waa going to tonch him with
the ear of a dead negro. Suffice
to say that Butler's nostrils
iew open like those of a hone
when be scents a poisonous
snake and that the man who
perpetrated the ioke had to buy
a new bed for the hotel and re
place the demolished door left
In the wake of the frightened
ncirro.
These details are given so
that the reader may appreciate
the character of this sketch.
Picture him in your mind—tall,
six feet and better, raw-boued,
large, angular, black sad full of
fear but obedient and faithful.
This is Butler. He wears'a bili
lsaa cap aad noiee-leas shoes
when on duty. His upper lip
ia covered with a circle of kinky
mustache, and a pair of "side
buns" bedeck his Ugh cheek
bones. Butler is the eight bell
boy at the Central. He baa
held the position far years.
The hotel may change pro
prietors but Butler is a fixture.
A »core or more years ago,
Butler had a railroading ex*
pcriencc that he will never tor*
get. Some conductor on the
Southern Railway knowing hi*
capacity for work, engaged his
service* aa porter
train between
Wayhington. Bauer waa nappy,
tor he had a]way* desired to be*
««■* • „ railroad man. He
bonght a fine suit of the regula
tion cut and started oat wfch
fifing colors. All of bis old
friend* at the hotel hailed him
with delight and made him feel
certain that he was in the right
place. Bat before ten days had
passed Butler waa in deco water.
Bang dull of memory and il
literate be coaid not remem
ber the station*. The conductor
labored with him in vain. He
couldn’t leant the umci of a
holf-doten stations along tbe
line. The conductor becoming
annoyed with bis persistent
appeal for help, refused one day,
to give him tbe name of a
station and dismissed him ab
ruptly, declaring at the time:
"I shall not tell you and if you
do not call oet that station I
will fir* you.” Butler was in
the closest place of bis life.
He liked his job and did not
wish to lose it. He did not
have but a second for thought,
lor the whistle had already
blown and it was time tbe
station was called. After
scratching hi* head a moment
Butler harried back to the first
class. cor, opened the door.
stnck Jus bead to and shouted:
"Bow! Wow! Wow!” Some
drowsy traveler who sat near
the door jumped to his feet sad
asked: "What in the name of
the Lord was that you said,
nigger? What station is this?”
With a calm smile upon his
face Butler looked at the pas
senger and answered: "Boss
man. you heered what 1 said an’
you better git off, too.” After
that the conductor never failed
to tell Butler the station
he made a good porter until
some fellow dosed him too
heavy on fire-water and his job
slid from under him.
It was iu the days of the late
Eugene Dawson that Butler
fared worst. Mr. Dawson had
had a way of making life mis
erabls fur hotel negroes and
Butler was one of his pets. One
night a decade or more ago a
corpse was left at the Central
over night. It cante from
South Carolina and was de
posited in room 70, where it
remained, all alone, behind
locked doors. Butler was night
bell boy as be is now. Mr.
Dawson had a room in the
Neighborhood of the dead body.
He purloined a key to the room
and about 2 o’clock in the morn
ing when all was still and at
peace about the town and hotel
Mr. Dawsou slipped into the
room of the corpse and rang
the bell twice—for ice water.
Butler left his easy chair in the
back part of the office and
walked to the board to see what
room wanted ice water. When
his eyes dropped on "70" hi*
courage left him and hia limbs
quaked. His eyes spread «nd
his month dropped open. He
was paralysed from head to foot
but when he saw the shadow of
a gown on the wall at the head
of the stain and beard a feeble
voice say: "Ain’t ye goin’ to
fetch no water to seventy?" nil
his strength came back and
carried him out the front door
half the door going with him—
and to hia home tn Brooklyn.
It was a week before he could
be persuaded to return to the
hotel. He nrguad that he would
starve before he would work
when dead men rung for ice
water. People living along
East Trade tell, to this day, of
the strange noise that Butler
mads as ne passed along that
night. It was like the singing
of the wings of a fast-flying bat,
wierd and uncanny.
But with all Us short comings
Butler is a good fellow.
Prof. Henry N. Snyder, pro
fessor of RngHsh at Wofford
College haa been elected presi
dent to recceed Pr.J.H. Carlisle.
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RoVal
Baking Powder
Safeguards the food
ijrikiffr alum*
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For Summer Wear
We era showing a Uae of Ladles* Vasts that
will certainly attract tlie attention ef care
ful buyers. They go at 10c, l*je, 25c, end
50 coats. We wish especially to direct year
attention to the I2jc kind-superb values.
The Very Thing
For Children Is ov "ideal” waist. It yon haven't
dose so already be ease to cs? end eee them.
Still Going. Pri~,,c"te
Oor Millinery, Dress Trimmings, and
ere still aeUsftrd—J~”tr*-|ffi>7iasl.
aad we have e good etock from which you cea nuke a
•election to delight yoarscli. Cone to eeo tu. We
ere always giedtoeee those who ere food of "beaatL
ful things to wear." for we away* have soowdring to
pleese them wtth.
. J. F. YEAGER,
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Wickless £'•
Oil Stoves
•re the best. Indlspen*
S«bie for Ironing, boiling,
end baking.
You can do all your cooking with one of these
stoves and not Icaow they eve In thrhoaar no three
the beat la concerned. See them at
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Long Brothers,
Wholesale Agents.
GASTONIA. N. C.
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McCormick Harvesters.
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Pot the season of 1902 the McCORUICK HARVESTING
MACHINE COMPANY oders to the world's agriculturists a
new up-to-date binder for harvesting their grain crops. This new
binder possesses many novel and distinct features. It fapweents
all that is newest and beat in binder Manufacture, while oar
celebrated right band open elevator binder has bess the Most suc
cessful machine that has ever entered the harvest leld and we con
tend that it will give aay farmer perfect satisfaction.
Your* for bnsineas,
Craig and Wilson- '
We Sell the Hamock,
-You Do the Rest
Dkak HocNMonma:—
That hammock—vou
it. It w«l helpywBrmrtTgt the _.
Wfcauymit
stretch o«t at four eaaa In one o< ottr'ooinfortabfe
leam what debgbt it is to fael "that tired feeling*
from vou. It ooses out of your tired body, trickles oi
your frtasled nerves, la bona alter away on the even!
and leaves you seated aad rsixasbad.
It’e a hammock you need aad wa wish you had oae. Don't
pay two prices or three prices or installment prices, bat cant to
Marshal ra book store ok the comer SETwjKariTtU
economy price-end get the beat hammock value to he had fcryonr
Yea, come to tea ns tight away. Wa can please yon.
; Hammock*from Me opt* If.
MARSHALL'S BOOK STORE.