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Russellville, Ky., July 11.—]
arrived in Russellville Wednes
day morning after a ride of 31
hoars from Gastonis by way ol
Atlanta, Chattanooga and Nash
ville. Leaving Nashville abonl
day-break Wednesday over tbc
Nashville and St. Louis division
of the L. and N. (Ellen N), wc
passed through the finest fann
ing section I have ever seen.
Vast fields of wheat with tba
golden grain shocked sod ready
to be threshed stretched away
on ench side of the track almost
as far as the eye could sec.
Fields of magnificent corn and
tobacco were also numerous in
this section from Nashville to
Guthrie, Ky. I talked with sev
eral farmers along the route.
They told me that the wheat
crop was the best in years and
that the prospects for corn sad
tobacco were unusually fine.
Saturday night and Sunday 1
spent on a large tobacco (arm
situated in the fertile bottoms of
the Red River twenty miles west
of here. Ur. Joe Prince, the
owner of the farm at whose
home I was a guest, kindly ex
plained to me the processes of
raising^ caring, grading and
marketing tobacco. A descrio
lion of the operation of a large
tobacco farm would probably be
of interest to many Gastonians
bat I have not the time or space
to eater into details here. Lo
gan county, one of tbc largest
in the western half of Kentucky,
is one of the largest, if not the
largest, of tobacco producing
counties in the entire state.
Tobacco, however, is not the
farmer’s only dependence.
There are three staple products
in this section and rarely does
more than anyone of them fail in
any single year. ' These are
com, wheat, and tobacco. This
particular season baa so far been
favorable to ail and the farmers
are consequently in splendid
shape..
Russellville is one of the old*
eat towns in Kentucky, having
been laid oQ in 1790. thongn
prior to that date it was a small
village. Its A r s t settlement
' easily dates back 140 or 150
years. It ia ona of the prettiest
towns I have seen. The broad
macadamized streets are lined
with bandaome old-time resi
dences sad the shade is magm
Acent. Within the past eigh
teen months the town has made
rapid progress as is evi
denced by the erection o( a
handsome new $40,000 court
house, a $20,000 opera house
sod about 4 miles of concrete
sidewalks in the residence
portions of the town. The
shops of the Owensboro
and Nashville Railroad are
located here as are also Logan
College for vonng Indies,
owned by the Louisville Con
ference of the Methodist church,
and Bethel College for men
owned and operated by the
Baptist Association of Ken
tucky. Both of these colleges
have bandaome massive brick
and stone buildings and cam
puses made inviting by a wealth
of bine grass and shade trees.
The atmosphere here is cool
and delightful, being several
degrees lower than at Gastonia.
Among the many travelers
whom I saw bound for St. Louis
were Dr. and Mrs. D. A. Gar
rison of Bessemer City whom I
left at Chattanooga.
. Our party oi eight will War*
to-night for St. Louis to spend a
week taking In the eights of the
Exposition. - We will be
quartered at Inside Inn on the
World's Pair grounds, from
which point 1 will send Thk
Gacstts some random notes on
the Exposition.
On my return from the conn
try yesterday evening I found
Friday's Gazkttx awaiting me.
I noted with interest that Bob
Adams has reached home after
six month's of globe-trotting,
bringing with him trnnlca-fnll of
souvenirs and tanks foil of ex
periences, the relation of which
will be a source of pleasure to
his friends for months to come.
Mr. Tompkins' article on Gas
tonia’s celebration was excellent.
I noted also with pleasure that
Prof. Wray has secured a
Lyceum course for Gastonia for
the coming winter.
Jas. W. Atkins.
Subscribe for Thk Gastonia
Qazbttk
Hypnotist Is Ioivit.'
A Rock Hill apccial of July 5,
to News and Courier aaya: Wil
liam Irving Payaaonx, tbe eigh
teen-year-old boy of hypnotic
and clairvoyant powers, baa
been here several daya giving
exhibitions. In the carriage
drive yesterday afternoon a bad
accident waa narrowly averted.
As it waa, an awning in front of
a store was torn from the curb
ings and the vehicle in which
Payaaonx and a committee of
citizens were seated waa com
pletely wrecked. This gave the
sceptical an opportunity to get
in their work and numerous
"told you so'a," nevertheless it
was vetv evident that it waa
from no fanlt of the blindfolded
hypnotist bolding tbe reins that
the accident occurred. It was a
plain case of very excitable
horses running away. Mr. W.
J. Roddey, who was one of the
committee and waa sitting on the
seat by Payaaonx. stated posi
tively that the latter was pulling
with all bis might to keep the
horses from running into tbe
sidewalks. After the wreck
Passyonx was anxious to com
plete the drive even with the
same team, but the town au
thorities forbade it. Tbe hypno
tist gave a very enjoyable enter
tainment at Friedbeim's ball
last evening to a full boose and
will repeat it tonight.
tattler Bites a labbU.
Ckdkia beard.
Salem Mitcbell, a Danbury
colored man,- recently observed
something very re mar k a b 1 e.
While at work Monday on tbe
farm of Capt. S. B. Taylor, a
mile sooth of town, bis attention
was attracted fay a rabbit jump
ing from the bushes near him
and falling over dead. Mitcbell
became carious to know wbst
could have caused tbe rabbit to
die so suddenly and after looking
around a little he found a large
rattle snake rigbt where tbe rab
bit bad first jumped up. Mitch
ell says tbe rabbit did not live
more than one or two minntes
after being bitten. The snake
was killed and had ten rattles.
Tbe first Parker club of tbe
State was organised in Wades
boro last Saturday morning. T.
R. Tomlinson is President, W.
T. Rose, secretary and Lee
Griffin treasurer.
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POWDER
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•Mia Wla.
WllmUcMa Star.
If we have acid anything
against Col. Bryan that we are
sorry lor we are glad of k. Not
that we love Bnran leas, bat that
we love the Democratic party
more whan it makes itself wor
thy of canrying the election the
8th of November. We are stock
on patting Roosevelt oat of
business, and we don't miod
committing assault and battery
on folks who stand pat on fool
ishness.
State Auditor B. T. Dixon sod
Mo*. C. B. Watson hays baau in
vited to Button and will probably
go to attend tbs encampment ol the
Grand Army ol the Republic which
meets there in August.
NATURE'S OWN BEMEBT.
setae Bm4 With (vary Baa
The unusual way in which J.
H. Kennedy & Co., Gastonia's
moat reliable druggists, sell Mi
o-na, emphasizes the fact that
this remedy possesses unusual
merits. The guarantee that
give with every package is
Ei and positive—"If Mi-o-na
not core yon of dyspepsia,
we will return your money."
Mi-o-na contains remedies that
soothe and heal the inflamed
liaise of the stomach. It helps di
gesttoa aad Uas relieves the diges
tive system of wash and strain. It
gtvea port, rich blood aad strength
en* the nerves, so that the whole
system is built up aad vitalised
while the dyspepsia is being cured.
JjU-lS
25 Per Cent Off
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Embroideries for 75c on
the Dollar.
Our complete magnfflceat stock
of embroideries will be sold straight
through st cue-fourth off. The
usurer's worth will he sold for
Baby Caps for 50c on
the Dollar.
Oo our entire line of these charm
ing little articles we have cut the
price half In two.
Sailor Hats for 50c on
the Dollar.
Listen! This Is an opportunity. AH
children's sailors sod all ladles*
halT^cL*-* *■* —
Clean sweep prices pre
vail on all ready*
trimmed millinery.
Crushed Leather Belts
—Entire Line for i Price
many Short Pieces*
Remnants, Odds and
Ends will do at
Half-Price
Just 50 Walking Skirts.
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Reneaber this
and ends Saturday algfct,
JAMES
A BIG GATHERING Jl
AT THOMSON
of SMALL LOTS, ODD LOTS, SHORT LENGTHS, and A GENERAL
SWEEP CLEAN SALE OF ALL SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS
We have Just finished taking Inventory, and all of the small lots, odd
have thrown out on bargain counter at one-half price, and some lots
that. And to make this clean-up sale more Interesting we have
throughout our whole line. This clean-up sale Is going to be eque
Interesting, than our June sale; so don’t miss It. All are Invited to
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part In this money-saving sale, if If If Remember
WE (NE8DAY, JUL
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At 8 o’clock, A. M., our doors will swing open crowds
Everything will be In readiness for you at E BI
THOMSON I
I Dry Goods Phone, 247 The PEOPLE’* W®
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