As the lesson advances we continue to pick up bargains In aH the lines we carry, aa they are of* feted by the lobhers and manufacturers at less than cent of production to make roam for fall business. A* we buy, so wa sell—when we boy a bargain we giro it to ear easterners at a bargain price. New don't conceive the Idea that low prices, In 9mr ***** means low quality goods. You could not be more mistakes| It Is only when doods carry In trtnsic worth that we call them bargalns. Tbla week wa have Installed another lot of . f*cP*UUoa defying Pants.^Gauze Underwear, Sblrta, Men’s Clothing, Bay’s Clothing, a lot of ful ly warranted ’’Smith A Stoughton” Shoes—and, by this shoe Is In great favor with every man who has ever worn a pair of this make. In Ladles* Shoes we are offering this week some matchless Prices la warranted goods. A big line of small warea-auch as Pins, Buttons, Needles, Gloves, Mk Mitts, Combo, Neckwear, Laces, Embroideries, Spool SUk, Ribbon, Hosiery, etc., wiU be sold this week at greatly reduced prices to clean up for faU goods. f» MtWhrS tas auMc What knowledge I have of the' • of Botaay and Ento I got from the De af Agriculture ex pressly to prepare myself as tbe 0—tan Couaty correspondent of the Department. Tfc tree in these /Topics” I sometimes write in the technical name of msset or plant. The technical aaam is the scientific name. How many fanners who read this article can describe the tottna plant botanieslly? Not tight out of ten. How many of ri» can describe tbe Colorado Potato hag entomolojricaHy ? Not six oat of seven typical Gaston farmers can do it. What 1 say caa be relied upon taBS-jssu's.ra to the farmers of this county I «M* yon no rash sdrire, yMaf hat the truth. I chose «mTmljSSatmVmym ago, solamde k my nwdfnm to the fallowed both summer and winter the summer fallowing ex posing the roots to the heat of the sun, while winter fallowing exposes them to the action of frost. The most snccessfnl method is the summer fallowing. Sow the field in the fall to grain to be harvested in spring. The work should be done in July and August. Turn the soil 4-incbes deep. Run the harrow over it immediately. Rest it ten days. Turn the soil 6-inches deep. Flow at right angles with the first plowing. Harrow, plow, re harrow until late spring. LOCUSTS POPP TO EAT. WHm Chemist States That They art Adapted in Faad. •pmM to WMklagtoa M. Baltimore, Md., July 9—Dr. Gustav W. Lehmann, analytical chemist of the health depart ment, announced to-day that lo custs are good to eat; good in the sense that they contain a considerable amount of nourish ment. "I have been making analyses of the locusts” said the chemist, end I And that the insect has properties that recommend it aa «m article of food toe those who lib that kind of diet. Person ally I cannot say that I have ever tamed h, nor have I any ambition to do so, hot this docs not prevent me recommending It to others as nomisbmeat for thoae who relish dishes of this character. 1 m not quite Jkmngh with my experiment, hut I And that a goodly propor tion of tire component parte of the locust is nitrogen, end that “®rt 3* per cent, is fatty sub stance eminently Attcd to be madcioto an article of food. Dr. Lehmann soya that the w<" p’hfi'h KCIKS w m POUITB. u Gaston County turned out in force to celebrate the Fourth at Gastonia. We shall not under take to say bow many were pres ent on that glad occasion, bat the people were there from all parts of the county in great num bers, and it took no little elbow ing on the sidewalk to make one’s way from one point to another. How the immense crowd was fed we did not stop to inquire—we had an eye to our own personal comfort and en joyment, and we succeeded as well as could be expected in get ting out of the celebration all we went for. The heat was intcuse but we did not expose our person to it more than was absolutely necessary-. We were fortunate in securing a good position to view the parade. Standing on a wooden-bottomed chair we took in the "pageant" in all ita beauty and brillancy and were well repaid for our exertion and endurance. All who had any share in the make-up of the parade deserve unstinted praise for the "beauty and glory” of the occasion. It was a most creditable sight from one end to the other and a tre mendous success from start to finish. Our main object was to sec the parade and we arc glad we saw it. i nere were 8 historical, 17 cot ton mill, 24 mercantile floats, Z bands and a number of private conveyance*. The Dilling Cotton Mill and Crowder's Mountain Mill floats for taste and merit and good looking and prettily dressed girls were not behind any. Messrs. Dilhng and Baker are gentlemen who do nothing by halves—they ***. *<£»! to any occasion in their line and always measure up to a high standard. Wc were about to forget to state that the members of the J.O.U. A. M. were out in regalia and together with the King* Mountain Rifles formed a con spicuous part of the parade. We did not go to the I/)ray Park to bear the speaking by Messrs. Tompkins and Winston, but we learn from those who did go that both made capital speech es. Our return home on the 2 o'clock train prevented us from enjoying the rest of the day’s entertainment and the game of ball and the fire-works. Gastonia is a wide-a-wake, progressive and enterprising town. KtaaaMoaotala Democrat. On the occasion of the Fourth 540 tickets were sold at our de pot ioT Gastonia. There was the largest crowd at the depot that morning we have ever seen on any previous occasion. Several persous who witnessed the entire celebration at Gas tonia tell ns that the fire-works display was the grandest feature of the occasion. They, of course, praise all, but this feature of the occasion they do not- cease to praise.^ Truly it was a gala day Stag* Moan lata New*. King’s Mountain was largely represented at Gastonia on the Fourth. Nearly six hundred tickets were sold at this office for that occasion. Many also went by private conveyance. Cktfiyrllk Cor. Mill Nnr>. Nearly all of Cherryville went to Gastonia for the Fourth. The Gaston mills were represented in the parade by a handsome float. FOUND MASTODON’S TOOTH. Gtaat Molar of Extinct Animal • UmotUmA at Vtecfcootar, IU. I Oxulmll. LoaUk*t»kltc _ . . . , HELB OFFICE UMPEI JACKSON OuthMViltaMante. Jodie. Orrer—r. mi Starter Elect. Wuhtnstoo CMtlOth. Syracuse, N. Y.. July 9.— Judge William Marvin died at his nome in Skaneatcks this mocaing aged ninety four years. He was appointed United State* district attorney for Florida in 1835 by President Jackson and was appointed United States dis trict judge at Key West by Pres ident Van Burcn. He held conrt at Key West until 1883, and it was a Union conrt with the American flag floating over it, though every attendant of the coftrt room from district attorney to crier, joined in aecessiion. After the war President Johnson appointed Judge Marvin provis ional governor of Florida. After the government was established he was elected to the United State* Senate, but was not allowed to take his scat because negroes had not been allowed to vote. Judge Marvin returned to his home in Skaneateles in 1887, where he had since lived. He had written several works upon maritime law and upon theologi cal subjects. He was warden of St. James’ Episcopal Church at Skaneateles and deeply interest ed in church matters. He voted for every democratic president from Jackson to Cleveland bnt bolted Bryan hi 1896. Judge Marvin was the father in-law of Clen. Ludington, quartermaster general U. S. A. A Vale* «(the Clarions Fearth. Wm. 1. lamttM. is July Cosmopolitan. I Am the Fourth of July, And I'm big enough To be the other three-fourths, Rut I'm modest you know. Aud I don't claim all my share. Ain't that fair? Of course it Is; ft's my biz To have a (air And equal divvy everywhere. That's how 1 got my start. Hooray for Me A ad the Americas Eagle And tkt Declaration <1 Independence Aud the Star-Spangled Banner And Unde Sam And G. Wash.. R'goah. t 'm the birthday Of the greatest Nation on earth. And once its birth The world has seen better days, And it docs not raise Such crop* of kings Aud their underlings As it used to raise In tfas old time days Which is owing to me. See? Before I was The freemen's cause Was in a slump And going lame. But, Friends and Fellow-Citizen*, When 1 got In the game I made a jump; For T. Tbe Fourth of July, Had come to stay. And well they knew The Red, White and Blue Would float forever as a sign That tyrants were no more divine Than were the people; they who stood As slaves to their own master hood. And to no other Man and Brother Was my creed As set forth in the Sacred Creed The Declaration which unfurled Tbe Flag of Freedom to the world: Its lines were red With blood of patriot* *hed To make it stand Tbe firm foundation of the land. Bat what of that ? In blood, Not mod, ' Are written all the deeds That Uft mankind to loftier things. And what is lasting In all creeds Has borne the cross of sufieringa. However, that is done. And now we're having fun. Belli 1 Veils I Hoys I Noise I Fin! Whizsl!! From lake to gulf. Prom sea to sea, The pare white light of f.iberty Beams oat beneath our Flag un furled That stretches half way rouadf tbe And I Am the Fourth of July, 'Hie birthday of a Nation that Know* exactly where it’a at. And stands out clearly, boldly, so All others in thepush may know. Gee wtrial What a glory of glories The Glorious Fourth is. iear-Preel Wifm Im the Tel MitoiitKrw, The bear-proof meat-wagon is a necessity nowadays ia Yellow stooe Park, owing to the greatly increased number of bean this year. They are much wore numerous than ever before and ordinary wagons cannot be used to transport meat over tbe Park roads to the hotels. Hence tbe hem-proof wagons. At fust glance they might be mistaken tor government ammu nition wagons, aa they are built along bomb-proof lines. The wagon beds art about three fact high and am covered with heavy •beet iron gratings ow tbe ends to provide ventilation. An ordinary wagoa-bed with a wooden boa would be tom to ptocea fat a single sight by the bears sad tbe meat eaten or car ried away- It ia doubtful If even these bear-proof wagons would stand tbe teat, if esposcd too long to (be attacks of the ani mals, owing to tbe ursine strength swd ingenuity. While they are mfnrhlevoa* they am many becoming quite taw. coming down to the gar bane pies, beck of tbe hotels. In liUM d — — V nrai NHPPV IPi IMn If!" ■tag ami. Has* tfca tmrimcNm iin*‘i idV'irl r • i J *1 :'y \rrJ- i • ; Poor Soils^ die made rich er and more productive and rich soil* retain their crop-pro ducing powers, hjr the us* of fertiliser* with • uDcrai percentage of Potash. Writa trw car book*—Mai /nr— wklck all ikodl*. nsaxAN kau vomu, >J *«"•«. Mrm Yak Cay. gut near enough to lake snap shots with their cameras. The bears do not encourage trespas sers, however, and a low growl is generally warning enough to the too venturesome, Bands of elk have strayed from the Yellowstone Hark and are roaming the bills around the lit tle mining town ol Jardine. Some time ago the people de sired Major Pitcher, the superin tendent of the park, to have them driven back into the park, but they ore to be left alone and will be protected by the people. Major Pitcher suggested to them that the elk were as well off where they were, and their ab sence from the park ranges would leave the i>ark ranges in betteT condition, as well as give •he settlers an opportunity to obtain legitimate buntiug during the open season. The logic of this was at once apparent, and the settlers will observe the law and protect the elk as the law directs. Preparatory to haviug city de livery of mails, Statesville has had its houses numbered and new street signs put op. 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