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VOL. X^cvi. J. _CMSrONU,
: THE
Citizens National Bank
"OaOASTONlA
Capital . • . $50,000.00
I ———— “'"* '
• I
OFFICERS:
R. P. RANKIN.
President.
C. N. EVANS,
Vice Presldt.i.
A. O. MYERS
lor.
DIRECTORS I
R. P. Raofcla,
C. N. Evaae.
• Edgar L re,
J. A. Clean.
Dr. J.M.HIun, i
R. R. Hayaea.
Rabert A. Lave.
It Is the purpofe „f (hi* bonk lo open for
business on the fltt business day of the New
Year, and It respcftu||y solicits a share of
the banking of th« community, .as well as of
the country at larc.
It will be the Alley of this Institution to
afford equal acco|,no(jations extended in Na
tional ln*titutloniof (|)e larger citiea. The
legal rate of lnter„t, g per cent, will be the
rate of discount ^tended to customers car
rying balances the hank, and 4 per cen
Interest will be f|<j on certificates of deposit
running ninety,tfyH or longer.
I
Wc_ji*ll!15Ljtordlal Invitation lo the pub*
llcJtoj^j^j^jJ^hi^fcuinlGiijj^^rooaia^Jhmnerljj
occupied by the'Gnstoula Banking Company,
aauurlnit you |at we will be pleased to uee
you, wh ihorit |a \ :>ur purpose to deal with
urn or not.
__ _J
A. G. MYERS, Cashier
OF THE
CITIZENS NAT10AL BANK OF GASTONIA, N. C.
Ho 7536.
'EASURY DEPARTMENT.
Oflie®| Coaptnilv ot ibo Carroocy.
Washington, D C.. Dkcembek 30. 1904.
Whereas, by »tsfactory evidence presented to the under
signed, it has becr„la,tc ln app™, thut <n,c ciliaens National
Bank of Gastonia, hated in the town ol Gastonia, in the count'
of Gaston and Statijf North Carolina, has complied with all th
provisions of the St^te* the United Slates, required to be com
plied with befoo .■ , association shall t»e authorised to commenc
the bqsincss “lift"* L
j«uw «, i in mi ns Kane, ueputy ana ACttnj
Comptroller of ^ Currency, do hereby certify that the Citisem
National Bank ovkhstonia, located in the town of Gastonia, in th«
connty of Ga>*t(^knd State of North Carolina, is authorised i>
commence the tineas ol Banking as provided in Section fifty-ont
hundred snd siaVpine of the Revised Statutes of the United Stales
In testimony'hereof witness my hotfd and Sea] of office this
ceiuMcv »t<r Thirtieth day Of December, 1904.
luiortncojriioiui T. P. KANK,
urrx* ctn.*cY ^P tv *od Acting Comptroller of tl><
tssawst oatowirr. . Cntrvllf)'.
HOMl; HFE
i
report
• -a? W CONDITION OF Tlf* —
Mount Holly Bank,
MT. HOLLY. N.'C.
thrcloatofbualnet*, Jan. II, 1IKM
IISWKIi.
IdMM* .art Hmi«i ..._ f IIJMU
O.rrdr.ha _ .... QM
«Mak«mr-boatc, l*/u4«r*. u,l
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-M *Ua. ...... SOjh
ath«ial llaak Not*, .art on*
»UTa. Not«a __ 3&0M
*■» «4a, tovtatfiaa all
-<U*OH. ... Ml *
. .._ .*9^,070..
UAMUTIU.
< Ifal work paid in__ I i.utwu
i V i law. rape*
A . m .i
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f lm« t-MIUWat*. nf AoaoMi_
ntmuatta ta: feet toekerk. .....
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HOWTO RESTORE PEACE
Andrew D. White’s Plan to Bod
Russo-Japanese War.
OHOOBUG OP 6E00IDB SUGGESTED
Cnll laini re? sues as Use
tscoud (Oil Jams the Csllse
«»•*•», Ue Sarsi The* AH DMn
esweo Could Do MlitacterUr A4
looted oud Aar I'.nhrr Sim4
sA«a Asortoe.
•Aixli.y I*. White. i)i|iU>a>ht n>Mt
•number of The ltauup intcrantioual
peace trltituial. who who recently In
ter rlc wed ut I there, Si. V.. bj Junes
Oroclmnn (or the Xur Vorfc Work!,
spoke in part ue follosri about ibe ont
I look for pome betwaea Du-stki nod Ja
Pas:
"Tba (all at l*urt Arthur crvalos a
situation in which step* can prvporly
ho tnkcu ia end the war between Ju
pau ami llus*la. 1 tidlcrc that this la
• wood lime fur an effort to oe-curo
peace. Jni-nn la lu a |n«Ittoo to show
moiternUoii am] (atruew. It la Im
probable that It oasis wiu aw another
moment lo tills war la wblvb she cm
no wall afford tm arvept overturro far •
taruiiualiuo of the airngwlo la the
field. Tha heroic ilafrtiar of IWl Ar
thur by tba UuaaUns oaj I ho groat
victory of liar Japanese ought to Ut
tefy tbs military pride of both uaUoas.
~l bet lei c that the prtnctpui of noc
ondln* lutlons ran ha used with wrest
adrautawr la an rttn.-t la end the wnr
fust dvw. It la a prtoriple contained lu
tha nrtlcl * adopt*! Iiy The Hague
oootwnar It was aagmerad original
ly from tha Aeu-rlcan Hide of the con
ference. Ur. Hulls of the American
drtotrntloo to Tba Ujigue ha<1 reed
aotncu l-en- in an uld uieguzlne a theo
ry that uuliom nt war mtidu will* ad
vantage use other nation* lo second
then. Jnst aa tbe principals lu « find
employ tec-judi.
“Coast* could riioosc France na bar
second, and Japan could choose Ilia
Lotted States as bar oeejurt It teems
to ma that those two option* are well
aaltad to tba purpose l-'rance and the
United Suites, afire cans nit lag with
their principals—and tbe rrintlonahlp
would necessarily be very frank nnfl
Intimate—could then approach each
other and soberly ul tempt to discover
grounds far praca I am a*flatted that
V tills method Is pur»ue<1 tba differ
■w» between Japan uad Hit tain cun
bo ssttefactMlIy adjusted anil further
"In my opinion term* of peace could
be amiagvd without uirljcum Hns
eU'a legltlaiutr amhltloa to bare »m
Ice free port hi Asia as nu outlet for
bar commerce. Her groat railway sys
tem and all the right* necessary to It
could also bo safeguarded. I have do
doubt tbat Japan would agree to this.
“As for Uw> contention that If Huesta
makes peace now the wlH loee presage
among Asiatics, It Is batter, to loee
prestige for awhllo than to go on with
a war which means Inevitable bank
ruptcy. I do sot bed torn K possible for
Russia to maintain herself la this
straggle for three or four years. Aft
er what boa just occurred the flossein]
world will look very coldly on pro
pose 11 for troth Hussion loans. 1 do
uot ondercstlmalc the great lasoerccs
of Bonla. but nf what use nre re
sources if they (im atm la the belly of
fhe earth*
"The suggestion that there Is likely
to be a revohtttoB la Basthi seems to
toe to be absurd. There Is no middle
deae there to rim ngatoet misrule.
Boobing bat lbs pennant* mi the ooe
aide and tlie artsy on the ether. Uns
afe has stripped her pesos ata to ttx>
boos. They ate betptase and inert.
“1* win be a bitter pOI for Roasts to
retire from Moactraris, but better that
than further disaster sod national
bankruptcy. Talk about the •yellow
pertir We might uaovo profitably dls
eate tbs Boaslan peril. That bes been
the abadear Is Asia. I do not beUare
that the presence or Japan on tho Ast
atic mala In uil will be a menace to
poser. On tho contrary, I believe tbat
It will rtrcugttnu the imspect of
peace.
, “After this war U wBI be a long time
before any natkm will v os turn to en
croach la Asia. Mar wUI asy nation
lightly risk a Quarrel with Japes. All
that wUI make fur poses. Even the
Csited Status wltl be a little acre po
lite to the Jspaneia hi the FbUtpptoae
■m umu. -mi, ion, wm rami roi
PM4M.
"1 couuot MO that Doatfo la la a Mat
hTwakli poult loo for accepting poaoo
eotrtawa aftar Um fall of Fart Arthur
than aba waa aftar tbo fan of Baraate
pel, aad It la eartalu that Japan In tbto
. near of rktory eaa afford to bo mod
arato in her tcnaa. A eoaUnnaUaa ot
, tba war would ba aiodtutt whoa Um
Mtana for poata ata plainly in alsbt
t bare no doubt that Franco end tba
United fftatao would ftdff aorro ai
mediatory aaronda far BumIb aad Ja
pan.
"ft wni ba fortaaata for Bnaala U *
. la trno that tbo taar baa roaUy calM
Da WMta back to pawar. Ho k <
itraas aad tana mlalator. not tbo Boo
alan ayotata la ao aUpabod and an fat
t afjMhxw Maapbadca. aot to aay aay
, thine aboet corrupt too. that the pabra
„ an«oo ta tt Fatwaburg la Hkaty torn*
, rid af take at any moment. Poor Xu
, fnttal Aftar atralgMantac oat Um
. dnaaoot of tbo raiptro and aemwalat
i Me anab a aarptaa (bat bo bad a rich
, M aapaat that tbo gotdan dnya area
oooitoe to bk country ba bad ta ataai
w aftda aad pat tba raaatta of bla wwrt
\ owopt away by tba laeimp manta wtx
anooaadad to power. I bare mwat fatti
In Do WKta. aad If tba caar baa realt
• robed bta* ta bk Mda It k a bapafa
Book elnboyatwr twppor tonlpb
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Side Lights on Public Men In
Washington.
SPEAKER CAMOS’S TELKPHOSR
bywtekM mi mm DU«c> Wkr
Sum to Tam la tmmlr Jit.n«r.
•1 Tnllmabl for tearSar ■».
raw* mi NMImt—Pmlilnll Twt
Willw-atrmnlailn I karin Car
Ita* Mwartrr.
A Hi.m ,<v<.i-ti;r camic fr.aa 1 mania io
ana fia-tu J«a Cannon. kjenUrr of rlta
boiiaa. naj-a tlia Wkablngtoo corra
•poodcat of tl* SI. I^nlc PoatbLa
|wU-li. Tnela Joe « na not to Uui apeak
■'a room nor bad be readied tbo cant
toL
"111 call blto on the plicae,- «M tba
nan.
Ila goC tUa lioaaa aarltrhbuanl. -I
want Speaker Can nan.- be ratal
-C*o‘t get him.- ratal n»a niteralor
4m AhImJ *
“WUat'a 11m luaiwrV asked the man
“Hfiwi't be a tvtaphon* In hU hover?"
“Oh. rea." repliod Ota oprrnlvr. "lmt
jm can't can hint up!"
The man meditated. Then bo called
(nr tho Information clerk at tbc trie
pbetic headquarter*. "1 wont) like t*
bn coaaccicl with thr lcle|.lxtM u»
Speaker Canaou'a boaac." lie aoM. *T
do uot Sad tbo o amber la tha bouft.’
••Sorry." aahl tbo Information Clark,
“but I ennnot glv* you that trlephoa*."
Tkc man incdltntad again. Then Lm
tall ad tbc guueral manager of tbo tHa
pbou* company. “1 want to talk with
Speaker Canaan at Ida boaac." be Mid.
"Plane ben in* conart-lol with bio
triepboau.”
"I regret." tbo general manager r*.
plled. "to l<- obliged to Infant you that
nr* hava poaltlrc lastrurtloM that no
body la u> rail Ur. Canaan on tho
pltouc who aloe* not know hie number.
U If a private Mepboat."
"Well." on Id tbo man. "leU m* tbo
number." "That la taapoaalblr." tbo
gen oral manager sold. 'Wcluiv a i lt
Im order* ta do bo ouch thing "
Tbo man meditated again. Then bo
experimented vorae. Ua called tho
While douac and got It l(c called
Secretary Morton and got him. Ha
called Senator ration and got him.
Uo called up a docen other adtclala
and got them aU. Then ba tackled (ha
ipraerai manager. "Do you mean to
tell inte." lie vakl. "that ( bar* got to
go away up to Canaan's boaae to ask
him ouo qanilaa when ( can talk to
tbo White Uouao and tv everybody
rise la Waablugtaa from this very
"That * about It.” replied the general
manager. 'IJe speaker ordered It »"
“Goslr.” aan Ue inati from I moots.
When senator Jntlaa C Itunwws ot
Michigan. returning from Lansing,
whore be bar beeu ro-elected. entered
tbo senate chamber the other day oud
sought hi* desk lie was confronted by
omo ot tbo moat elaborate Oocal de
adens ever exhibited ta the chamber,
flays tbe Washington Poet. H woo a
flip tn flowers of tbo catm state of
Michigan and coastUated a testimonial
from admiring friends because of bis
■rr she year's honors.
Tbo body of the state was shown ta
Immortelles and tbe lakes by mirrors.
These yero surrounded by n border of
rooea. orchids and earnsttoo*. tbs
whole design being surmounted by tbs
words “All Yours.” Mr. Burrows was
generally congratulated upon making
his appeamace.
rnaldeat Bsswrdt baa give* up
horseback riding for the winter at
least and subs mated walking as bh
faronto exorcise, soya tbe New Tort
World* Washington cortespuudeat
Ho bos found that walking keeps bk
waist aa trial oo riding. and bo h
tramping many miles across the rant
try oruiy afternoon. Ho bos two rag*
Mr routes, which he boa styled On
"abort” walk nod tha "long” sou.
The “abort” walk rams shoot eight
mum of bard tramping over htlM sal
through ravines, {.xtsfcWrlag tbo Um
tied ttsan tbo president bas far osar
dm. tbo “tear* walk lo wall nomad
for it to sixteen miles in length. Thi
roe bo follows tbe itauMjrtaw* rosti
out put tbo Rural observatory, wheat
the prauMeat tamo off iuto the mm
try. ssakm a Mag swtng uromafl aaf
ssmos buck by way of Oeesgstewo.
Whenever Mr. Boosuwrtt hm time ht
tikes tbe king walk, n* Is a fast
walker and covet* tbo real* to about
three boat*. When Ms ttme M limit*
be takes the short walk. When tht
weather to particularly bod or When to
has only u rsry little lime be gear
down to tbe mmdwsy stung tbs Feta
tom and cover* It three or four times
apnflway ii • bum ana a quart*
HiJmplUtira Cliarlaa Card* a
Sanaa* taM u Mm. o*y* tha Wad
layton Feat, of a recast dieorarr Me
US* vary laay man:
rt waa tmeaUny mat as a CMcay
train Jaat attar canyrma adjornmad la
MS* hohdaya. In Ita dlnlay car waa i
grain waiter. For Uaafcfaat i ordara
laaa ebaataat ham and eyym. Mad a
hath atdaa Wbaa tha wattar brmyk
1 (ha order tha ayy* arara fried as ha
E asaatda
"*I wuh yen would tan thorn an
> o*ar/ aaU I. That la tha way I s
dared than ’
E Tha waiter dlaappaarad, hot rerun
> ad aa gatefly I knaw thaaa had at
> bean tima to fry them. Bo had ate
' pty tamed them orar. lata my hranl
• that after that with rateynattan. baete
haavd tha groan wattar remark aa I
[ paaaad down tha alala that (ha yarma
• *0 (her m* tea hay to ton Ida an
tip aid* down.**_
t Twidd a weak, $1.50 a year.
ECHOES FROM THE WAR
Features of Wfattor Quarters ot
KttfopotUn't Array.
DtJOOUT OROIOimSIillTCi
'!%* Russian a ray 11 aimed? la win
Ur oBarter* around Makdta aad atara
th* dba rirar aad Ike pcatttea treat er
th* railway. **ye Richard B. Utt*.
apeetel corr*xpoud*ot ot th* Chlaa—
Km, writing fro* Mokdaa aader th*
dee* or x*t. ul ■
UaachtuU U a traateae ngUo, cow*
poratlTcly apwkiag, bat the Ifo—Ia a
a«Miere tor th* awat part at* (aaaa the
•eta* sort at reentry, aad they haRd
thrir winter Quart*** J wt a* they belW
thetr pea*aal home* aa th* great tnw
kea plain* of eoutlwro notes er Who
rta. Thee* hut* that th* atedUa* here
eeaetracted an what are called Hap
OOU" to th* Dakaeu aad MU aaa tea
aad kwh very mark Mka tha Wmm beUt
by the aewly arrived f*na«re la tbaa*
«at«*. tkeri Otealty they at* aot an
Urge.
Tame <lo*oau
ap to • single alght tor
dhatUoa iromt
that it down t taka i
night to IWId on*.
If for « email dugoat tt It Mh
arid* and night to*t Mg *ad
top. Than a trench tar* fast arid# t
taa tow Jaap to i
pf this first cuantiw
glow a ■ half of earth os
th* k*t rh*NOM*W
O***od of thtol
to th* baaaawMt ti tt* MT
rotation under leina'ltai Is !
ovar. sad a ddnimpr It wads
formca la ptacad to l
work to Wit ovar tha
th* rxSU. which la wads hp
lag hack on to th* i
aarth tai
Is mow
acted Clilasee
arho bar* totted to
eaqae cottape
•to
TI
Uka prslrto da
rtae. and tha
thaw aad dlaeppaar back toto
acMu toe an the woeM Ilk* prairie dow
ed on th* aura* genera] principle*. Bat
to sow* of thaw real window* ax*
put is at th* aad* or a* (be dta.
dome aro aristocratic sSslxm. with a
wain hnUdtng end wings aad an L «r
two oanaaeted. the whol* fonntog
quite an aiteaslr* nndwgreaad estate.
To the oast, to th* foothilto and toil
tatoa. stum seen la grow mmt af th*
grand os they do la New
end there th* huts are made of town
aad Itoad with stone* as
la awn* places tha hats and dagoats
in mentor order and bare i
pdatety named Ivy the aoMUera. Thorn
to always a Kera pcoaptct. Karopat
kts avenue alao f« common. Other
streets am nrraad after cities and
town* In Kneel*. One tbrtvlng dupnpt
city down near tba Japanese position
stoop (ho tot river has a street railed
Bhdmona arnat Car painfully apparent
reasons, and ansthar unpopular atraal
la called Bhrnpoai road..
Ufr to nmtot la the dnyopt etttos new
that the cold weather ban set In.
Incidents of thei
tors been fteaaed
hy noMtatn to the 1
Tbs fuRowtng i
the Lap dan News:
Aa unpleasant bat i
the defenders' paint of Wear.
Chinese epue. Corporal I
"We have Uio
enr hands aa
Bead thing and i
not to hetrey pa. One 1
«toning be fan to
ant- Oaa aiarwing ha cams tote Chi
a toady with ■ atong feta tt
>1 the room. Thai sent hla
• I ttoo4 Is rknllkC tnrrvrh tfbv ifi tfa
I viMii wso ms ss s« vs v ^
I WfaMpot tk# aorsiatTttttdi
One Special lot at yard 1..
One Special lot at yard 10c.
Beats anything
ever put on this
market. "‘Straight
regular goods, too.
On Sale To
- ~ '*■ '‘ ****%&£ ‘ } ^ '
JAS. F.
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^HjKXtaj
mgkm
Sad LUe •( Circus falk.
IMmmUmIIMhIm.
To dtnt people the circus is
e very serious thing. When a
bsrebsekrider stipe to the ground
after a somersault, or a lofty
tumbler misers the shoulder it h
his business to land op. the
audience is all sympathy, aa if
h-elfog itself bow it ta to fall be
lore so many people. Very
. little the performer cates for all
, the vast multitude. Hi* mind is
i on the superintendent, bis par
ticular superintendent, who is
’ wntching him at the side of the
areas, and who, when be goes
; if, is sure to ask very pointedly
how his eye happened to be m
, accurate or hi* muscles infirm.
i There la no piece hi tbe circus
i Kven the clowns look a little
» bit set lout behind the scenes.
Hat perhaps that is only he*
; cion the black lines they paint
‘ on their whitened visages art al*
" ways so elum end solemn. And
[ » hat a wild*, roe™ of inn-making
, -nupl* there are in the,letter*
i Jay circus I The Biepklo, the
> Loon, tkt Harlequin, the
I Oriinocer. the Meny Andrew,
► .be Anstrlan Looby, the Zany,
- the Pierrot, the Punch,, the
• i Motley Pool, and finally the
' German Broad Pace, whose
• name la Paddy Burke! Ova o!
, the clowns was sitting on hii
‘ 8S»jr.:rsSi.,“!
robbing it on Ms cheeks so ai
• to make a moat funereal expre.
r •l®“- JP? boy aaked bla
l »Mlt kind of a clown be area
He saM that he «as)wt "Puani
"H. Pridcev. Clown aal CM*
edian," ana it had a heavy gold :
rim. which made li very fag*. ■}
sjUK&ssss&s
8t.^wyaaTB
reached the fomr comera oi the
card. Until yon saw Me many
capers hi the ring, yen never
canid believe that a ana with
stub a acrtoM face and seek an
imposing visiting carl could be
either hinny or malcy.
' 'kZzsssi* &&&&&
Oov. Donglaa, of iMeean*
chnaetta, baa a good memory. .
Ha sent an favfatlow~SjC9h:: .
Inauguration ceremonies to the
denghter of the mni who tanght
bitn to make shoes. It la to be
hoped that he didn't overlook
the men who taegbt him the
benefit, of persistent and liberal
MVt9%lliOf •