OF THE CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK OF GASTONIA, N. C. No. 7536. TREASURY BETARTMENT. Office of Comptroller el the Currency. Washington. D. C., December 30, 1904. Whereas, by satisfactory evidence presented to the under* •fROodi it has been made to appear that The Citizens National Bank of Gastonia, located in the town ol Gastonia, in the county of Gaston end State of North Carolina, has complied with all the provisiona of the Statutes of the United States, required to be com plied with before so association shall be authorised to commence the business of Banking; Now therefore I, Thomas P. Kane. Deputy aud Acting Comptroller of the Curreocy, do hereby certify that the Citisena National Bank of Gastonia, located in the town of Gastonia, in the ' county of Gaston and State of North Carolina, ia authorized to commence the business of Banking as provided in Section fifty-one hundred aud sixty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States. Ia testimony whereof witness my band sad Seal of office this —— Thirtieth day of December, 1904. coiiihcv stjRjcAu /je p KANK *nd Comptroller of the numiT mmitiiist. Currency. A YaaroIFrsUMilmi. Durham Dulua HmM. • Pfcblbition has been in force in this town for a year and all kind of claims have been made for it. We do not believe that as ranch whiskey has been sold as when we had the open saloon, bat we do know that it is sold (n many places as s regular thing, and we have yet to find the man w. w*nfed s drink and bad the price that could not get it. Of course it may be better nnotlier jjear, bat we are not looking for Twenty students of Davidson college, including four seniors, have been expelled, says the Charlotte Chronicle The charges against the expelled ones are varied. including chicken stealing and the use of intoxi eating liquors. —BggSSgBBg—g’VL. gBBg—■ A SEATING MMAIICE. Mel^aAbargh Wllaoe. ta TW (wit (M. 1 saw the trisi sod rosy maid When she began to skate; The while, with swift end graceful flides She cel a figure 8. I fell in love right there and then, A* Cupid'a victim ado; And felt convinced that we were attain To cut the figure 2. I wooed and wen the lovely girl So fervently I nought. And ever since that glad eyeat I’ve cut the figure 0. Will Springs, the negro who shot end killed Rural Policeman S. B. Cole at Belmont Park, Charlotte, on Sunday, January 1st, mi arrested at Fort Mill, S. C., last Thursday and was brought to Charlotte Friday. There was a reward of $300 for bis capture. Its $1.50 a year now. wiat wakes ny son? " Vsfatatiea and Era*, Thaaa art the SribWibm ro »h« Editor of tha Oiniui It haa always bean of great in terest to me to study about tbe processes which have resulted in tbe formation of the soils of tbe earth, and thinking that a short letter describing tha essential featnes of that formation might be of interest to the farm readers of The Gastonia Gazzttz, I submit the following: ‘For a long geologic lapse of time this earth was a mass of seething, boiling, molten rocks, it was so incandescent that rain could not fall on tbe surface on account of being tnrncd into steam. Let us go back to a time when tbe earth had cooled a month so that rain could roach the rock exterior aad when a low vege table like could grow upon me surface. Soil is the oldest thing on tbe earth. Soil is old but yet it is ever new. Soil is constantly re newing itself. Soil Is the Alpha as well as tbe Omega of a farm er's existence. In the ancient geologic begin ning, there was one principal factor to act on the solid rock exterior of the earth’s crust and produce soil. TtlAt farlnr wiaa vain Daln **« tbe first soil maker. Great clouds of vapor, caoaed by tbe intense white beat of tbc earth, coming into contact with tba cooler spaces, hovering around the earth, being condensed by the cool of the upper atmosphere fell as showers of rain. The rams of that period were not gentle showers bat were violent buncanes or deluges of water. Tba winds rushed over tbe earth in a panic, driving sheets of water strong enough to level moontains. The high places arete lorn down and strewn over valleys, and the rash jpg torrents pounded and rolled Inc heavy atones until they were crushed to powder. Tbe ultimate effect of all this was a gradual cooHag of the earth's crust and a disin tegretion of the rock.' ...Tbe first soil maker was raia. We often think that rain ia a soil destroyer only. Raia destroys not a grain of soil though it franspotts a great deal. Rivers! *• *U11 filling op with transport ed dirt and sand. Note after a raia came vegeta **£■-. The rocks in eooliogform ed times by contracting and nun filled these fissures with wssbings from broken rock. This formed a Httiesoil for moss fro* .to- Tbe roots in grow ing pried oil and broke tbe rock isto send grains. Tha roots la decaying left an acid that had a coroding effect upon tbe rock, and so further prepared a aeed bed. j It was vegetable decompo*. tion that gives the toll it’s dark would have been white like sand. , I have purposely delayed writ, log about tbe third soil maker— frost. It expanded tbe moistures “ JtVrtct «*k 110(1 crooked oflf pieces time and again natil a fine powder resulted It penetrated and disentegrated racks, it loosened tbe aoil so that '•toconld aiak to a greater depth. The oroverb: "Don't look for a big crop anleas yon have a deep freeze." is scientifically trae. M, D Mahttm. The Sooth U practically a new country in itsagricaltare. Scarce* ly one-fourth of ha arable lands are in cultivation. wnatada* -mr Because six cents cotton does not give the Southern farmers money to bam they have con cluded to born the cotton in* stead. _ _ Wild LUa In Oregon. Citikia Caaent. Wildcats and coyotes are once more roaming at hearts’ content along the Sandy ridge, eves coming ns. far inland as Terry, where a abort time ago a bout came to the door of a noose and chased the domestic feline from its dinner. -L- - f-iuBssmaaammmmmmm ■»w a Im rdt t Soaafor. W^»rrWUlJmMi,«a.W«ldT*0.7. . ,JTha truthful to toM la of the ball of dm How of toy rescntatiyci la theCeajtolai Stalebad bees stirred by acon test for tbs Democratic nomi nation for the geoomorahip. r&SSS&f tioa nambetisf « tboosood alrM was the result and so Uttar the foeHep that the Democratic lead ers feared irreconcilable divide* fcAruEpusi ga-'sjtfss reft's voice raae oat. "No man,* aaid he. ‘Stfll taoce loyal ly support tbc aoodaee of the convention than myaeU. No man wui tnw Ms Bat biener for Charley Hardin tfaaa wUlL5 tlmll*B>l>lwlr|raM Another weed, bat tbs hlloaiai iprist General Cockrell bacnaae United States Senator hr the unanimous vow of the Democrats of •Gssoart For five snccessive terms, ainoe March 4.1S7S, with never a Democratic vote acafaut him. he has been elected to tbc gsa'&rs.ssan!: Senator from bis State has sor pnaaed this record in leneth of yean and node baa coasted h, save Thomas Hart Benton, the treat Mlaaoniian If k had not been era think some have made tardea. i i ! i nHMBB&EBMEnflHBB 1,-~*TiO! 1 «*——■=g=i ■ ■■^■—agg^MOMWM—ra——— I Wisdom’s Way^The P I' I 111*. 7*^* l^rfco,,B ■“11 **• uakmr el Ida own destiny. TUs destiny depends open the mm Meia| fa wnmoranM- tUl wy* H#r* •* d*ee are eppertnnities te preserve the "hard earned I ~ MILL E 1 WHICH WE SHALL INAUGURATE ON THURSDAY, Mill ends In Woolens Om lot entirely new mill ends in wool •TL25c, 39c and 49c Worth coming mile* to tecnte. 1000 Yards Outings Good quality. Often run aa a leader at *c>. *• the lead era oi _ and oiler ’em at__OaC 5000 Yards 40-Inch Brown Sheeting Made at our Gaatooia mill. In ahort ends, at per ywrd_DC 7c would be considered a a low price on tbeae. 3000 Yards Avon Bleaching Bqaala Lonsdale Cambric In count, and ordinarflv we’d ask 12tfc yd., but we girt It direct and are going to a~, sell to yon at yard_iOC We have earned the right To our name “The Peoples Store,** and haying earned It ‘ we purpose to retain It. We have earned It by fair dealing, courteous treatment, good goods, and reasonable prices. The people largely have shown themselves wise as Is shown by the patronage they have showered upon us. They real- - Isa our advantage and our store has become the Mecca of the shopping town and conn* try folk. They are building us up! And we to deserve all this and to evince our appreciation are ever on the alert to save . the people** pocket book. Our watchfulness has boon rewarded. We have fallen upon soma rare bargains, and we are going to give the people the advantage of them In this sale beoinntno tub i2