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STORE ; is teeming that are match _ ^ ^ ^ ^klbwal «lt*«M4ol w giiTytiihi*m j?i7 ___ ——u—j BitW'wvniMuunip an consKteretL The fickle weather—rool to-day and tot tomans* la not, in the opinion so we propose to lend im totns to da wheels of trade by the Wlowiag extraordinary Inducements Oin£$15*°° Suits will go at $12-00 Our I2*“ Suits will go at 9*7* Our IO-«* Suits will go at 7-" Oar &** Suits will goat 600 Oar 7**Suits will go at 5-«° Oar 6-** Suits will go at 4-»* B *-♦« Suits will go at J-M We will also make a similar cut In our Dress Goods, Shirts, Shoes, and Gent*s furnishing departments. AAA TrsMoiy* WMbtactan DiSSMcfc. 7A. Secretary Shaw this afternoon signed a Treasury warrant for 140.000,000, which will be de Hvered nest Monday to J. P. Morgan It Co., of New York, as a disbursing agent of this gov ernment, on account of the Panama canal purchase. The warrant la dated May 9, and will be delivered by Secretary 8baw personally an Monday next. This ear rant' is many times i larger than any warrant ever be* ; fore issued by this government. *uu nrp* tom previously covered by « single government warrant was lor $7,200,000, paid to Russia fat 1008 on account of the Alaskan purchase. The gg? «■ iwas:$£500,000, paid in 1070 to the British government <* aecoaat of the Halifax award under the treaty of Washington fo. infringement of fisheries rights in Nova Scotian waters. In 1000 this government paid Spain, through the French am* •ns unwanted by fear wu renUof $5,000,000 each. The •fthn claims otciriaens of this ■nd'iffSto 1 xonryi uttAicwrusnocK TO WAStHWCTOtf. In Hank mi. April Abort 75 ‘ Haw Pairs” Hailed (res OM Virginia. A Washington dispatch the othar day aaya that according to tharacoraaat the office of the marriage license clerk, Washing ton is a regular Mecca foe the young people of Virginia who have bean smitten by Cupid’s darts and desire to become man and wife. Possibly it would be surprising to the people of Virgin is to know how man;- couples come here to be nailed under the shadow of the capitol's dome. Hardly a day peases without some young man hAiling from tbs Old Do minion presenting himself be fore the marriage clerk's desk and asking for a license to mar ry tbe woman of his choice. Sometimes several couplet are married in ooe day. They come from all parts of tbe State. Richmond furnishes a goodly number of tbe applicants. With in tbe last few weeks there have been people from Roanoke, Staunton, Big Stone Gap, Bris tol, Norfolk sad almost every other prominent town In the State. A glance at Use records in the clerk's office shows tbst daring months of March and April about one bandied and fifty young Virginians were married in Washington. This, as will be noticed, is seventy-five couples, or over one couple s day. Some of these couples are still in their teens, and few are over 30 yean of age. Some of the girls are shy maidens of 18, while others are blushing widows. Son* of the parties have been divorced, and are making another effort to seen re agreeable partners. Clerk Meigs* says that next to Washingtonians, Virgianiaus are hisprincipal source of revenue. The reason most of these peo ple leave their homes and come here to be married is that it is a very easy matter to secure a marriage license here. The wo man have to be over 18 and the men 21. These together with a lew other minor points, are all that is necessary. Some of these young people have perents who object to their relations, and nothing is easier than to take a train for Washington, where no questions ere asked. Then, again, some of the couples mere ly desire to take a pleasure trip and come to Washington to be married with that end in view. BetertCoat Lawyer $54. LMlnUli. **.. Ttaaa. The appointment of Judge Stafford, of Vermont, to the dis trict bench to succeed Judge Pritchard, who has been named as circuit judge, calls forth thii story from Representative Postei of that State: "When Chief-Justice Chaae, a man of great abilities and marked characteristics, was presiding is one of.the county courts of Ver mont, an appeal case from a jus tice's court came op before him, so small aad contemptible in its origin that he ordered it stricken from the docket. The case was where a turkey had trespassed upon the garden of a neighbor aad got wot for his depreda tions. The owner brought suit to recover damages, and (ailing before the justice had. appealed the case. Judge Chaae was an gry. and when he ordered the case from the docket, said: "The lawyer who consented to appeal this case ought to be thrown from the window of the court-room. Why didn’t be have the cash referred to some af the honest neighbors for settle meat?" "Because, your honor,’ retort ad the attorney, getting hot un der the collar, ‘it was-our inten tion not to let honest people have anything to do with it" "True this was a neat retort, bnt it coat the lawyer just an even $90 for contempt of court. Ms tfcin WIIUmu mi Tea WOMAN IftBULL FISHT. Mn. ItmlMlIIMtiw Animal Wham Attack ad. Oufta^Huald. 4tk. ' Mn. J. B. Browning, who lives some three miles west of Durham, adjoining the planta tion of Mr. R. M. Jones, engaged very unexpectedly in a fight with an enraged ball yesterday at noon and she was not loug in dispatching his bullship. She ended hia life with a well directed shot gun, which, fortunate for her, was close at hand when she was attacked. The animal, it la said, be longed to Mr. B. N. Duke and was of very fine stock. He bad broken away from "The Mead ows," Mr. Duke's farm near University Station, and had wandered as far as the home of Mrs. Browning, when be came to hia auddeo death. Mrs. Browning went out about noou to look after her cow, which waa tied near the home. She wore a red shirtwaist. The ball waa coming that way and teeing the red dress decided that it was a challenge to battle and accepted the challenge at once, charging towards Mrs. Brown To gaip safety in flight Mm. Browning did not have time, so ■he decided quickly on what course to pursue. Her husband had a shot run in the field, close at hand, which he bad been us ing to keep crows away from his corn. Mrs. Browning remem bered this in the moment of her peril sod she used it with a Quickness sad directness of aim that would have done credit to an old veteran of mtny battle fields. Grabbing the gun, she raised it to her shoulder and fired both barrels at the enraged ani mal, now but a few paces away. The entire charge of shot struck the bull fairly between the eyes and he was a dead fighter in leas time than it takes to reckon how it all came abont. Bat for tbe gun being close at hand and the promptness with which Mrs. Browning acted there is no doubt but that sbe would have beeu seriously, if not fatally hurt. _ f—It Presidential Election. New York Coamrelal. What the addition to the total number of voters in the country is likely to be this year is very hard to conjecture, for the reason that between 1896 and 1900, so far at the election re turns show, there was practical ly no gains in the number of electors. Prom 1876 to 1880 there was again of 800,000; from 1880 to 1884, a gain of 1,000,000; from 1884 to 1888, a gain of 1, 300,000; from 1888 to 18%, a gain of 500.000, and from 18% to 1896, a gain of 1,900,000. Be tween 1878 and 1896 the popular vote for presidential electors in creased 65 per cent, or from 8, 400,000 to 13,900,000. Apparently owing to the fact that a vast multitude of voters did not go to the polls at all in 1800, the total popular vote in that year was only 40,000 greater than it was in 1895; and, if any thing like a full vote U polled next fall, there should be an enormous unprecedented in crease in the total vote. Itr the eight years ended with Novem ber, 1896, this vote increased <?,• 400,000, and, as the population of the country has been steadily expanding since 1896, the total vote this year should show a far greater increase than that of 1888-*96. A thing that renders it ex tremely difficult to forecast what the increase in this vote may be Is the fact that an exceptionally large number of immigrants have landed on onr shores in recent years. In tke eight years ended with 1903 over 3.500.000 foreign-born persons were added to our population and i con siderable proportion of those persons is now naturalised, and they will take part in the next election. What the proportion may be however, it is im possible to judge. It is none too early for politi cal leaden and managers to grasp the fact that "first voters" are likely to constitute a more important factor in the ap proaching campaign than ever before aud, aa a consequence, that they are likely to prove a greater unknown quantity than has even been the case hitherto. Evidently both of the great political parties will need to do • vaat amount of missionary mock If they hope for victory in November. "Jt *• worM eke triptom i rabbit drive hi eeetern Oregoa," mM J. F. Me Knight. of sStSi. •The fanam drove 10.000 rab Me lato a apace no lereer than that lawe at ewe I aow a Eger ra 5 it: Foctlaad Hotel. "The caaoery Pfopfa P*ck oat the beet, cat ofl thefr heads with a clearer aad take them away. They da not «m aon thaa 2S per eeat. of the whole aawber, bat they kill the rapt of cheat aad the lanaere load then to the boge." Tkm Oaaem H a year. THAT PRINTING YOU WANT DONE Let It come rlflht along to The Gazette Printing Home, where there»a •omethlog doing all the time in the printing line. Folks who are particular about their printing bring It here, and pleasant recollections of the satisfaction we give are retained long after the prlcje Is forgotten. Come to us for LETTER HEADS. ENVELOPES. CARPS. NOTE HEAPS, TAGS, PAMPHLETS. BILL HEADS, CIRCULARS. PROORAMS. * EVERYTHINC In the JOB PRINTING LINE. rW/>D A VIWP 0rder* received for engraved ElMlKAYIllll work *uch *» visiting cards,. wedding invitations, and the like.' We are In touch with one of the best engraving houses In the country, have handled numerous orders for our customers, and have yet to have the first com plaint. A A Your business Is respectfully solicited. Gazette Printing House Bet Be Oats Thar*. Himrd LasDooa — The Jap ne'er seems unduly rush'd \ et quickness be contrives— Hs’s not so slow ss others who Are Russian sll their lives. North Carsllnlans Honsrad. In the election of officers ol the American Cotton Manu facturers’ Association at its clos ing session Thursday in Wash ington several North Caroliniani were honored with positions ol trust and responsibility. Mr. R. S. Reinhardt of Lincolnton was elected President of the As sociation and Mr. R. R. Ray ol McAdenville was made Chair man of the Board of Governors. Mr. J. C. Smith of Newton, Mr. J. P. Leak of Rockingham, and Mr. W. C. Heath of Monroe arc also members of this board. The next conventinn will be held at Knoxville, Tenu., in May 1905. Professional Cards. A. L. BULWINKLE, Attoruey-at-Law. DALLAS. N. C. A. K. LOFTIN, . CONTRACTOR. Cotton Mill ud other heavy Con struction* a specialty. GASTONIA. N. C. dr. d. e. McConnell, DENTIST. 0*c« firat floor Y. M. C. A. Bld’g GASTONIA. N. C. Phone Aft DAVID S. L. JOHNSON, **e*e Teacher —* Teeer, EXECVTOrS NOTICE. Going! Going! Three Times! And Gone. + The season for handling stock is drawing rapidly to a close. Our fine stock of horses and mules is now "going,” "going " and pretty soon it will be "three times and gone!" Our last shipmeut for the season was a car-load of horaea and a Mt-loud of mules received last week—we have only 100 head in all. In this lot are some unusually good stock fbr farm purposes, and especially is attention called to some fine driving and saddle horses. This stock is from our old reliable Tennessee dealer, and of conrae we guarantee every animal to be just as represented. Come along quickly and get your choice, we are winding up the season. Cn ig & Wilson North Carolina Hast. Aaberlll* Cittam. In State convention aasembled, tbe Democracy of Indiana in structed tbe delegates to vote aa a nnit for Judge Alton B. Parker (or president. This is the state where Hesrst is alleged to have extensively used bis check-book to secure endorsemeqt of his caodidscv. This goes to show that as far as nominations are concerned, money "cats no Ice at all." North fCarolina is next on tbe Hat. The eighth annual session of ths American Cotton Spinners Association met in Washington Wednesday. BICYCLES! BICYCLES 1 « We hive theta in all the best makest Colombias, Hartford!, Recycles. Ramblers, Crescents and Eagles. We carry a foil Hne of snpplies. We have a first class Repair Shop. We put on rabbet carriage and buggy time. We put on rubber baby carriage tires. We do sanitary plumbing. We went your bneiaese. Respectfully, Torrence Brothers PLUMBERS —AMD DKAUtaj IK— BICYCLES
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