...... THE
Citizens National Bank
OP GASTONIA
Capital.$50,000.00
-J
OFFICERS:
t P. RANKIN,
PmMut. -
C. N. EVANS,
Vice PrtiRtit.
A. 0. MYERS,
C MAl«r.
DIRECTORS:
R. P. RnU*(
C. N. Evaaa,
Ctfftar Li *«,
J. A. Otoan,
Dr. J. M. Slaaa,
R. R. Hayeea.
RctartA.Uv*.
It Is the purpose of this bank to open for
business on the first business day of the New
Year, and It respecftutly solicits a share of
the banking of the community, as well as of
the country at large.
It will be the policy of this Institution to
afford equal accommodations extended In Na*
tional Institutions of the larger cities. The
legal rate of Interest, 6 per cent, will be the
rate of discount extended to customers car*
rylng balances with the bank, and 4 per cen*
Interest will be paid on certificates of deposit
running ninety days or longer.
We extend a cordial invitation to the pub*
lie to visit un at the banking rooms formerly
occupied by the Gastonia Banking Company,
assuring you that we will be pleased to see
you, whether it |» your purpose to deal with
us or not,
A. G. MYERS, Cashier
- ' OF THE
CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK OF GASTONiA, N. C.
Ns. 7531.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Office el CiaKMlkr el the Currency.
Washington, D. C., December 30.1904.
Whereas, by satisfactory evidence presented to the under
signed, it has been made to appear that The Citizens National
Bank of Gastonia, located in the town ot Gastonia, in the county
of Gaston and State of North Carolina, has complied with all the
provisions of the Statutes of the United States, required to be com
plied with before an association shall be authorized to commence
the business of Banking;
Now therefore I, Thomas P. Kane, Deputy and Acting
Comptroller of the Currcucy, do hereby certify that the Citizens
National Bank of Gastonia, located in the town of Gastonia, io the
county of Gaston and State of North Carolina, is authorized to
commence the business of Banking as provided in Section fifty-one
hundred and sixty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States.
In testimony whereof witness my band and Seal of office this
Thirtieth day of December, 1904.
c*.e»cv snasAO T. p. KANE,
gear, or me Conrrwittas Dep' ty and Acting Comptroller of the
of ni cvMWwrcr ^
fRIAMRY DtPAHMENT UlfTWCy.
BITAN LAPPS Ilf PBUCANS.
Mmi PnrUa. Haaly and iha
fra all ins—Mahaa a Snick ta
Um Indiana Uflslatsrs which
la lacahrad with Applanas.
M*w Tort San.
Indiana polla. Jan. II.-Wil
liam J. Bryan arrived here thi*
'/ Morning fro it> Lafayette, and
after a short coafereuce with
leading Democrats arm to the
Stale House oa invitation of the
Legislature and addressed the
two bodies In the Senate cham
ber. He warmly commended the
statements and recommenda
tions contained in the farewell
massage of Gov. Durbin to the
General Assembly and- (be in
augural address o( Gov. Hanly.
Mr. Bryan laid particular
itrass on the recommendations
of Ifr. Durbin to prevent corrupt
lobbying’and to purify politic*,
sad commanded Gov. Hanly on
hia stand againat oAcials ac
cepting railroad paaaas aad on
tha qnaatioBol oorporata lu
flnance In legislation. Ha also
ifnrrmil hie <xnnniend«lioti of
Brvahlcnt Bonamftfar hia Stand
■ * r * - -m— — >»■ ■! ii ■■■ i - g
in favor of railroad legiilatioti to
rive the Interstate Commerce
Commission more power.
Regarding the President Mr.
Bryan said:
* He aaid be would not be a
candidate again, and I don’t
know of anything that he has
ever said that pleased Democrats
ss ranch. (Laughter and ap
plause) That encouraged me,
because 1 believe that be has
pot himself in a position where
he can be independent.
"The second thing that en
couraged me eras hi* recommen
dation of legislation that would
make public the contribution* to
the compaign funds. 1 was glad
to see that and it is a far-reach
ing suggestion. No man can
uggeet that legislation if be un
derstand! ghat ft means without
really dealring to fid this coun
try of corporate domination. No
corporation eap make a Urge
contribution to a campaign
fund and have it known without
doing the party that receives
the contribution more harm than
the money can bring good to the
third thing that an
coursged roc was ihe recom
mendation be made on the
matter of railroad legislation—
bis recommendation that the
powers of tbe Interstate Com
merce Coal in Union be enlarged
and that that commission be
given power to regnlste railroad
rates.
"Ism glad that the President
has token tbe position upon that
subject that be has, and I hope
that every Democrat in toe
Senate and tbe House will sap*
port him to the utmost, and I
will ssy in advance that 1 shall
recommend the defeat of every
Democrat (or renominstlou who
does uot stand by tbe President
in bis efforts to bring about
these recommendations. [Ap
plause.] I believe tbst tbe De
mocrat who helps hu country
mast help bis party most."
As Mr. Bryan left tbe Senate
Chamber be was accompanied
by severs) prominent Democrats,
including John W Kern. No
tional Chairman'Tsggart, Mayor
Hohsman and others, and they
went to the Clsypool Hotel,
where they were closeted for
more tbsn an hour. Mr. Brvan
was the principal talker. He
declared that there is not now
and never can be sty community
of interest between the men who
arc trying to be Democrats bat
whose sympathies arc with the
Republicans, and those who are
Democrats because they love
Democratic principles and de
test Republican policies.
nt expressed me convicltou !
that the next campaign would
find the Democratic party ad
vocating many reforms which it
dodged in the last, and that this
would test tbe senlitneul of the
country, and show better results
than had been accomplished in
190*.
It is said that National Chair
man Taggart admitted that tbe
late campaign was conducted
along mistaken lines, and ex
pressed himself as convicted
that there is no hope for the
party except in the advocacy of
principles tbst will bring thu
masses to the party standard
even tit tbe risk of alienating
certain elements which it was
thought was wise to cultivate in
the last campaign.
It ia aaid that Taggart gave a
ready acquieaence to all that I
Bryan said and thus pm him
self in line with the Nebraskan’s
utterances and made the senti
ments his own.
AOEirr DIDN’T MOW.
Editor. LUo insnrance Solicitor,
rad Odor of SMI lor ra
Article.
W. K. I«ki. U Worts s Work.
There ar* to-day some thou
sands of varieties of life in
surance policies, each of which
baa a technical name and ia
capable of being made quite un
intelligible to the average man.
Some unscrupulous agents trade
on this: many do not really un
derstand the meaning of terms
themselves, but have learned
their lesson, parrot-like: and
moat of them apparently find it
unnecessary to describe in plain
English, to those about to insure
what they are contracting for.
Tbe result ia a mass of misin
formation and coufuaion about
the whole subject.
1 «■ - — - A_M
“ *u mvuv wmm u/*
ing lo insure an ran or on some
new plan. The editor had a
theory that aby fact could be
put into plain every-day Eng
lish, if the man behind the fact
really knew what ha was talking
about. After listening to an in
volved flow of "premiums," "de
ferred dividends,■ "cask surren
der values," and "option
choices " he said gravely:
"See here, I don’t understand
wbet you're talking about. But
I’ll tell you what I’ll do: if
yoo'H write that proposition oat
in ordinary Bngilsb, so that an
ordinary man can understand it,
I'll not only take a policy, bnt
I’ll pnbliah the explanation as
an article, and pay you a hun
dred dollars for it-"
"Will I? Sore, I will," ex
claimed .the overjoyed agent,
thinking he had indeed struck
an easy iob. And he departed,
adjuring the editor not to for
get,
» m mm. hSi
A WCCK 0MKU WT. 4 HC
•gent celled' up on the telephone
to mv that he *u working on
the thing. There waa leu ex
ultalion in bit voice.
' Two weeks wore elapacd.
The editor bad forgotten the
whole thing, whan the agent's
card came in oaa day. It waa
followed by the man himielf.
"Well," aaid the editor. "Got
my article?"
"N-no." aaid the agent sheep
ishly. "The fact la. 1 gum, I
can't do it the way you want it,
after alt, Let’s call it off.”
It la hardly too orach to aay
that this it typical.
COTTON IN C0NQKES8. -.
Hr. Mini, at Sauth Carolina.
OtMiacM an AUagtd “Sn*
(•malic" Eilart, Unfortaaale*
ly Saccaaalol. to Boor Bows
(ho Prko ot Catton.
Washington. January 11 —
Daring the debate on the arm}'
appropriation Mil in the Honae
to-day Mr. Johnson, of South
Carolina, niide i thort speech on
the cotton question. He called
attention to wbat he said was a
systematic clinrt, unfortunately
successful, to bear dawn the
price of cotton, and asserted
there was no iostification for
suck s brutal campaign of de
ception and misrepresentation.
"! know "be said, *'tbera are
aome kid glove gentry in New
York, who would not know a
cotton patch from a pea patch,
who are undertaking to tell the
world that the Soul hem farmer
can make cotton at 4}6 cents."
it he had the power he said he
would haw every mat: who
gambled in cotton ou the New
York Cotton Exchange and who
■aid that cotton can be produced
at cents go down in<l with 1
his own naked hands pall the’
bell cord over a mole and make j
cotton at that nrice.
Mr. uougiass, ot New York,
interjected tbe remark that
most of the nieu speculating on
the New York Exchange were
Southern men. which caused
Mr. Johnson to declare that
whether they were Southern
men or not. they were enemies
of the Southern people and of
good morals everywhere. The
'people of the South were hold
ing cotton which they had uo
more idea of parting with at the
present price than the owners
of United States boo da had on
aelling them at 25 cents on the '
dollar. He predicted that be
fore September 1, 1905, thou
sands of spindle* in tile United
States and abroad would he idle
because of their inability to get
cotton to spin.
Mr. Johnson argaed that it
would be perfectly right for the
Southern collou growers to
agree among themselves to a re
duction of the cotton crop to
the extent of fifty per cent.
Mr. Slayden, of Texas, said
that a curtailment of the cotton
crop in this country would on
ly encourage the greater pro
duction of it in other countries
He warned the Southern
members that they should not
be deluded by tbe idea that the
South possessed theonly climate
or soil which could produce cot
ton profitably.
THE Wire AS SUfPOtT.
A Sngtaatlra ikM Isn't fc Mach
ol a Jake, AUsr All.
Cbtcato Cbnmicl*.
Mr. Ferris’ advice that a wo
man should not marry nntil she
is able to support a husband la
uot to be pasted oQ with a smile.
There is sound common sense in
it. The time was when it was.
said a girl ought not to marry
nntil she nnderstood bow to care
for a household. Times are
changed now, and it is not
necessary for a woman to brew
and bake, wash and iron, and
attend to the hundred and one
things that were once done '.Tt-1
clusively by women. But she
must be competent in other di
rections
More and more women arc
coming to have the same pay as
men lor doing similar work.
More and mote women are dis
placing men and securing the
places considered moat desir
able. Emergencies may come
that will compel the woman to
be the breadwinner. It is fortu
nate for her and her family if
she has made and kept herself
competent to meet thin adversi
ty when it appears.
it «««» iikc reversing the
oornisl order of thins* to have
the wife the mainstay.
The instinctive chivalry of the
American husband rebels at it.
He would aud in the main docs
bear the burden of providing for
the family, but that family is nn
the safest foundation where in
case of need the wife is able to
meet the reqairemeots and kerp
tbe children and her husband, if
accessory, from depending on
charity or the grudging assist
ance of relatives.
A woman is none the less wo
manly for the consciousness of
latent strength, for the thought
that she can be relied ou in
times of troobte and disaster.
Her peculiar sphere mav be tbe
home, but when tha home itaelf
ia dependent ou tbe success of
tr efforts outside the home abe
to be counted hsppy that abe
baa tha energy and fitness to
come to tha menu.
■Subscribe for Tit* Gaotomia
Gosrmt, $1 JO a year.
P1SGAH PARAGRAPHS.
Marrlafs at Mitt Show and
Mr. Lynch—Caiewfca Rlvar
Valar Siin-Mm tba
CsHu Acmfa—flednfc Far.
souls Etc.
•'.lOKWct 44 Ul BIMW.
Plagab, Jan. 14, 39Q5.-Mt.
Holly, N. C.. Jan 9. 8 a. ■».—
Height of Catawba river 1.0 fact,
being stationary duiing past
tweuty-four hours. Weather
cloudy. Wind. Calm. Rainfall.
R. k. Grant, Mt. Holly.
A farmer said to your corres
pondent yesterday, "The farm*
era of tbe South nave the mat
ter in their hands and can be
come master of tbe situation if
they will organize and stand to
gether and act with a determi
nation to raise the price of cot
ton to 10 cents per pound.
Borning will not affect tbe
market. i
The im«t important social
event for tbe week in Pi scab
was tbe wedding of MLu Erls
Spencer to Mr. C. Gwin Lynch
Wednesday night, which was
celebrated at the beautiful coun
try home of Mr. Caleb A.
Soencer.
fiverythtag contributed to
make this crowning • event ia
the lives o( a beloved pair, one
fall of joy. not only to them
selves. but to the roinmnoity of
historic Pisgah.
Tli* borne was brilliantly
illuinitiated and lavishly decor
ated with ivy, liolly and other
evergreens.
Lovely women and the starl
ing men of Pisgah, old and
young, thronged the rooms,
inakiog until a Istc hour, a oever
for gotten scene of beauty
mid merriment.
' Tlic marriage ceremony was
performed by the Rev. Archie
T Lindsay, pastor of the Pisgah
A. R. P. church.
The groom is a well known
young man aud a nrominet
termer and lives near Bessemer.
The bride is a young lady of
fine appearance and ia held ia
the bigest esteem by all who
know her She is the oldest
daughter of Ifr. and Mrs. Caleb
A. Spencer of the Pisgah neigh
borhood.
Toe Paragrapher joins a host
of friends in wishing the newly
weded every possible enjoyment
in life.
One thing is sure, there will
be no cotton burned in Gaston,
ss the farmers will hold for 10
cents.
vour correspondent bas with
in the last few days talked with
a number of farmers on the cot
ton situation and without an ex
ception they expressed their de
termination to use less com
mercial fertilizers and to cut
down the acreage.
_ Organization or no organiza
tion, the farmers of Gaston are
going to greatly reduce the cotton
acreage and curtail the fertilizer
bills this season unless they
change their minds before plant
ing tittfe.
Mr. J. W. McReady was a
visitor to King’s Mountain on
business last week.
Miss FslHe Weir was the
Siest of her sister, Mias Annie
ay Weir, Loray, Sunday night,
returning to Delles Monday.
Mr. John W. Howell of
Croker, N. C.. was the guest of
his son, Mr. G. M. Howell, Mon
day, 9tb.
Quite a large crowd of
PiHgahhes went to Dallas Sat
urday, 7th. Among the party
were Messrs. John W. Black,
W. Jack McReady, Joseph W.
Blackwood, Boyce Whitesides,
I. Alex Crawford, Willie Craw
ford, and all of them were for
25% decrease in acreage.
, Mr. John W. Hawkins. Jr., is
ill with tuberculosis at Mrs.
Sarah Carson's.
Mr. h F. Oakley bu re
moved to the house vacated by
Mr. Will Clcattncr who ha*
•Moved near Jones Seminary.
We are informed that Messrs.
Will and Pin Bradley, John
Frank Spencer. Caleb A. Spen
cer, and Cha* W. Boyd conten
t-lute having ‘phone* pm In
their country home* by the
Piedmont Telephone Co., of
Gastonia. That1* the thing,
gentlemen. Rural • phoue line*
! are a great convenience in thia
and- automo
Mr. and Mr*. Haney Bradley
of Smyrna, 8. C,. are the guest*
of Mr. and Mr*. C. A. Spencer.
They came up to attend the
Lynch-Spencer nuptial*.
Mr. Jam** C. Anthony haa ra
turned from near Tiraall. S. C.
He haa been visiting hi* daugh
ter, Mr*. Monrue Onte*.
Prof, and Mr*. Robert Mom,
of Smyrna. 9. C.. am visiting
relative* and friend* in this
community. They alto attend
ed the Lynch-Spencer wedding.
Mr. Boyce Whit*»idea T*
erecting a abed around hU barn
and putting other improve
ments lo it.
The ralnt have made the
road* almost impassable. Oar
R. F. D. carrier arrives at this
end of the rant* about taro boon
J*hhxJ »cbedDle time. That'* ao
feu It of W«, but the roads ant ao
tough that the bones can
scarcely poll the vehicles
to rough the mod.
TOWNSHIP ASSOCIATION.
Csits* Gr ewers of Gastonia
Ta wo ship Organized Saturday
—StoW Sidaer* ft Baaaln.
tiaat.
A large number of represen
tative fanners and cotton grow
er* of Gastonia township gath
ered ie the city ball Saturday
afternoon at 2 o'clock for the
purpose of organizing a Gastonia
Township Cotton Growers As
sociation as a branch or subdi
vision of the Gaston County
Cotton Growers Association.
The court room where tbe meet
iag was held mu full to over
flowing.
An organization «m speedily
effected by the election of Mr.
John Frank Jackson as presi
dent and Mr. Prank Whitesides as
secretary.
The convention rot down
to business at once and an
agreement arms drawn op which
was signed by slaty of the
largest cotton growers in the
township. The agreement was
ss follows: "We. the under
signed members of this associa
tion, agree that wc will hold alt
cotton of the present crop now’
in oar hands until price* agreed
noon at the State or Cotton
States’ meeting have been
reached. We also agree to re
duce the acreage to be plapted
in cotton and fertilizer bill for
same crop 23 per cent-” .
While the signatures were be
ing attached to the above agree
ment the convention heard
speeches from a number of gen
tlemen on tbc subject of hold
ing eotten aod reducing the
acreage for nest season. Among
the speakers were Mr. John H.
Craig aod Capt. R. C. O. Love,
both of whom are largely inter
ested hr cotton. They advised
the farmers to bold their cotton
aud urged them to reduce the
acreaae.
A committee competed df tbe
following gentlemen was ap
pointed for tbe prnrpoM of se
curing signatures to tbe agree
ment of farmers in the township
who were not present at this
meeting: Meek Crawford, Dock
PaHs, O. W. rails, Puett Hoff
stetler, W. G. Rhyne, Com!
Robin boo, William Robinson,
J. R. Shannon, Sam Lewis, S.
F * P*Lewi *** a*»d
"There was no oatbnrst of en
thusiasm bat ea air of determi
nation pervaded the gathering.
It was atnetiy a business moat
ing and It was apparent that the
cotton growers of this town
ship meant business. That thay
will stand by their agreement
and, in oo* Junction with the
united cotton grower* o{ the
Sooth, finally succeed in forcioi
the price of cotton back to i
normal figure ia Confidently ex
pected by the public at large.
lu a fire which destroyed tb
arV rLv; w? of M' ,L
at RackioRham early 8ctarda
motoiug thirty horaes ond mule
rt burned to death. The an
Ure lota am o'.) n ted to $18,000
only burtlally covered by in
inrance.
SST'SESr™
ncy. Their nominal assets art
stumtsif.s&
$11,000 and $12,000. It iaander
•tood ^that^they were doing^a
tha heavy ilomp in cotton de
vc.oped. Even then. Am.
would probably have been
U» pnll throd** jr 1|
creditors became ,
m order that there
preferences, they
into baa k rnptcy.. , _M
WHIM EAnMtUUS STOW
“Heehttetmerni Mead «t«.
•a.- nnya 4. N. Kennedy * Co.
Think for a moment of the
extrajoraio you pot npra the
****1 *?»?. 8n lMe*mp)Mrs!
sad the lack of exercise m*4 dor
door life all weaken and strain
toe stomach, laying the fonada
Chronic stomach troubles, ner
vous irritability, and actions
bowel and kidney diseaseThave
«fUt> d*.led from mw“k °* ***rm
I* hot h e red with more 01 p
tCr A- A
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