THE
Citizens National Bank
OF GASTONIA
Capital.$50,000.00
OFFICERS!
R. P. RANKIN.
Prckldvnt.
C. N. EVANS,
Vice PraaMaat.
A. Q. MYERS.
CaaMar.
DIRECTORS I
ft. 9. Rankin,
<*.. N. Evaar,
B4g*r Li va,
J. A. Qkin,
Or. J. M.BIaaa,
R- R. Mayaaa.
Rakart A. Lava.
It Is the purpose of this bank to open for
business on the first business day of the New
Year, and It respeeftuliy 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
rying 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.
He to visit ua at Kic banklng^rooina_fornierl^
sccupled by the jaatonia Banking Company,
as—ring you that we will be pleased to see
yod< whether It is your purpose to deal with
us or not.
A. G. MYERS, Cashier
OF THE
CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK OF GASTONIA. N. C.
N*. 7536.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
OHice •( Comptroller el tka Curreacy.
Washington, D. C., Decrmbf.e 30, 1904.
Whereas, by satisfactory evidence presented to the under
alpned, it has been made to appear that The Citizena 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 State*, required to be com
plied with before an association ahall be authorized to commence
the business of Banking;
Now mere lore i, rhomaa p. Kane, Deputy and Acting
Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that the Citiaeni
National Bank of GastqnU, located in the town of Gattonia, in the
county of Cation and State of North Carolina, it authorised to
commaoce tbebnaineat of Banking a* provided in Section fifty one
hundred and aixtynineof the Revited Statutes of the United States
In teatimony whereof wftneaa my baud and Seal of office thi.
CVimtCT MrMtUO I Thirtieth day of December, 1904.
•kal o* tu*co«rr»o«.ta» T. P. KANE,
wtm cnaaancr Deputy and Acting Comptroller of the
TU«mr wwtiwtiiT. Currency,
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HOME LIFE
Is what we
ekMSt ts
■take tf. #
It Ian't riche* that
make* happlaaa*.
It’a the lari nr cat*,
Why not Winy th*
family ud hara a
platara taken of
thorn, poacd Jaat a*
they arc at home.
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PHOTOGRAPH
win be a priooleta
poraraataa la after
day* wkaa th* ehU
world Uriah arar It
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The Wing, of The Morning, a
splendid new story, will appear
exclusively in Tim Gahtoxia
OAxrnrx, beginning next Tuts
day. See that you do not miss
a single chapter.
Mr. James A. Watson, aged
atiicida at
YorkiHUe Friday morning, shoot
ing himself in the head with
a shot gan. The dead was
committed in tbe garden at bis
home and he had bean dead two
hoars when found. Brooding
over bu inability to get work
was given as the reason for hit
?<e to a good
fearily and was, the Raqoirer
Mye, aa apright Christian gen
tle maa.
pEGENDS OF THE SEA
I/KIRO SPECTRAL SHIPS DOOMED TO
ENDLESS VO V AO IS.
n»r flrlaw Onirl.una ml CHI ram*
Appear* la M««r KIM* ml ha Urg ]
IM**I( laluav lik'rr RrailiuUr mt
«h* Wrcrkm ml CaWalal Dan.
Among lit* multitude of aKpantl
t*ofl* to wblcli Ilia arn ti.ia given birth
not Uio legal Intorootlug are ILoa* cotv
«vtii tig weird epertraj alilpa doomed
by m i] no Irrevocnlilo decree of fata to
lull lb* tvWle laid over till rLnrnit/,
will unit hope uf ever owe cot orb v a
luubor uf a.ifeiy. L'oueplcoous an. -
tbo*a la llic Myitis DuU-luiein. or. ratv
ar. Inlying Dutchmen, fur there are Uv
uutoerebl* reralnna of Ihla legend,
" bkb hare beau colored nutl dcelgnad
to roucur with I be various fundee nod
Idem of diflrrcnt uuiu.naiitiea.
It la net Improbable Hint tlie original
flying Dntcbujao mu licit described
In the old Nurea tradition of a viking
who had aacrlkirlooaly Mule* a ring
from lb* goda, and wltoer akidatog wag
ever afterward (ecu' anted nu the
mainmort af a black apectrai atilp cw
v*lopaJ In Ore. to babokl which fur*
hodad wreck and dim rear, a Utar Daw
lab rertatlou of tbla atory no doubt hv
aplred Laagfetlow'a Unaa dewrlblng
A ablp af Uia eoad ifcal eaila the ***
Aad le eelUH Uw bnamun. • • •
* • • In tempeata alio uppeura
V/ltboui a Ualmanuie lima.
T radii toe any* of tbla alilp that a hid
eon* faced nolillu invariably aat oo the
bowsprit smoking a horrid pipe Ollad
wKb n tool's prruldoue weed tlise to
barco. and III batkla tba luck leu* Treat!
that encountered her. fur—
Over brr decks Ilea eeas will k-s*
Wm Bluet so down 1st* the deep
And pertob inuue* eng men.
ana moat cntmiuj accepted raralua
ef the Ply lag Ihtiriimau. however. la
Uiat of tbo platMudcd Dutiii cuptola
wLip mere be would round the Caja at
■tonus la tbe laHh of o terrific bar
rtcauc. Hla (ataoua dutarmlnaclao
■cured (be crew out of tbolr wlta and
culminated lu t Incite of mnilny.
eventually they bore me obetrepcioaa.
but the bold aktpper. not daunted,
eUnchad Button by throwing a few of
them overboard aad, terrifying the re
mainder. rdf cm led hie oath with
treble violence, Tbea ua appertitoe
aadaarorcd to tarn him from bto pur
poae. to receive a moat Impolite, tot to
■ay IrTcrermt. reception. It doggedly
paralatcd and ao enraged the cupteln
that be fired at It with bla rurolfur.
But laataed of liurtlag the ghoat U>*
baH lodged la hla own um. at which
utlafuttnoe he. not unonlornlly for a
Bailor aad a Dutchman, became area
■are aaafleglooa la bla oxprcathmi
Ha waa forthwith coodomnwl to navi
gate bla weasel forever aad ever, with
gall to aaanage hla tfatrat. radbot troa
for Ma hunger, forever alocplcaa and
without hope of anivlag at port. By
the aid ef Us friend Bajan ha waa able
to bring about disasters aad tempests,
sad hla ship waa "the harbinger of
wrack aad woe" alluded is by Scott la
“Bokefay."
Tbo French equivalent of this ship
waa the Courier IIol) ends la, which waa
■aid to anil nrooad the world la twatra
bourn, with terrible Ulaaatan follow
ing la bar wake.
German tradition is rich la phantom
ahipo aad telle or o«m os board of
which waa a nobleman who had beta
forced to lean bla fathoriand because
of a great crime aad who waa altogad
to teas dim with the devil for hla owa
aoal. While another Teutonic creation
waa a death ship which wn supposed
to bo chock full of mordorars aad erlnv
taala of too lowest order. A skeleton
hotdlag aa boerxUae stood la a coo
■Pirnone position, and—
__\
Aad ndwl at tMr CUtta* hmU,
which undoubtedly moat bar# bam a
grewaoam spectacle to raa
aad eomothlng ukia to tka ap>
paornaoaea An Hatato* day af the souls
•f aaUora drowned daring (ho year, a
belief which waa prevalent la tbto
eauatiy. It waa said that la tbo darto
aom af tbe night tbo watasbaMu oo tha
wharfs would obaarro a boat ttttfa
halt. and. ba*toning to east It a Baa, *
would disappear, and rimaltaoaoeaty
frightful ahriaka would rand tbo air.
•f tlw Dnl tod gtataa. waa aHemd ta
bora Ma gheatly aWp. which, rWng la
thma pyramidal flams tato tha npra
aaatatlaa of a ship, waa aappuaad «a
ba a parpetaal reminder iff tha wkhaA
aaaa at Ita termor InbabMaata, who ta
tha Moaial dare cruelly hired am laa
atfgraat ablp on ta tha rack* wtth
graat taaa af Me. and thou tooted aad
kwratfl B.
Aaatfcar phantom ahlp. ao tha atorr i
taaa. appaan ocraatonally off Capa
dTtepolr, la tha bay of Onaiw, la tha
galf of St Lawraana. Sha la iwawSai
with eoldlera, ceanplcuone among I
wbaai la aa afcar pointing afcoroward |
wtth aaa hand aad aapportlng a won- i
aa wtth tha other. Suddenly the llfbta
§• aat there la a ahrlll cry, aad tha
■Up alaka. TUa to euppcaed ta ha tha
gboet at a Srttlab trooapart which waa i
toil at tha tlaaa of tha Augto-»Veaot
ware ta Oaaada.-Loodaa Globa.
•DMwwt.’
The abaaa ta wMcb tha word “differ.
oaT ta aahlact from wrttara who to.
aglae that 'two different man" maw
aa thing More than ’two men" waa H>
tootreted by the tallowing aaatema
from a report to a daily prweaapw at
a iMltbto powder Mill expleeton: Two 4
toaai hoada ware taaad la (ha ntoa
af tha Mitl. They are aenaaaed tahare ,
bateagad ta two dlfferoat employ tea.’
,f m ba poor, da aat town pea* V
ran woaid aeeM tnaatt aa well aa and
faring. _
Ssbaeribg to Tuff OAutTm.
A TARTAR TRICKSTER.
**• W«l «e Mi a Valla* «
• r«r*i(M>,
At Um uuuosl fair in Kijiii Novgorod
I slapped with • —.•»-tt,"i
rrtand into a saddlery, where ha trhb
M to parch* a* a value. Hu picked
out aw* for whirl) Uu> Tartar oier
chaat named a prlee that we* evident.
If toueli hi none of lt> real vahm My
UmA was making tha usual fclut un
•f MCh circumstance* of learlag the
■tore when he uoUcad that the deator.
wtlh a rapid movement. wtuck a paper
la the ootaldo pocket of lib v*iu*. Mot
being * groenliora in Russia, Is kbew
tmmedlatoly what the Tartar was op
Co.
“Dot. barla," said (be Utter, -m-g
blta back, "eota*. Look at tho leather
and the Uolag, all* all through. rises*
araratne it curafuOy." He t»<nutsd the
nllM again te my friend aad —
back te ble stock, apparently looking
tar ether aetcbeki to show. With a aly
wink toy frtead extracted a tea ruble
tote from the eotae pocket of the va
■to and bid It la hb band. Than be
••Id: "DooT trsobto youreelf amj long
to This van** a asms to be what rn
■•y It la, aad t will taka It."
The Tartar grtatod broadly as ba
Into around, aattadad that Ida imh
trick bad suoossdod. Than while nay
tttood pretended to count out tba pup
toaaa price ha took told anoa mat* of
tba valise In order accidentally to dto
sovar tha bank note in It. I iUI uov
ar forgot Us eyas, which bulged out a<
•* *ba petrified a mile on
hta foes whan bo (baud hla maaay
goosL He arms a* bowildarad that be
atammerad Ilka a drunken inn.
“The fellow really ought to get a ba
ton," my friend said to me in German,
while ba kept the Irtekstw tu mnpMma
far aararal minutes before handing
Urn hack tha bank note, together with
tba valise, which tha dealer new of
fered for lam than half of what ba had
tan and ad before—tugmuod Krona In
BeoktovatW klageutae.
CONVERSATION "PONTB.”
Soft lodslgo la psrsoosHW. They
terartaUr rotarn worse than they
Dsat turothm family trod*, u am
bsmaaes the Ihlasr, and yoa ire maw
to racist it
Don't talk of the coat of things. It
gleaa the rich a chance far boastful
saw and may be emborraariag to the
poor.
Dean tall year parsem.1 Interests,
occupations, hopes or aspirations. No
body wants to bear them, sad you gt*e
year dignity a mortal stab.
Don't discuss children. If yea hare
•ay the chances are yoa era boring
thcne who have not If yon hare none,
yau are sore to be nwrtmny-~"rc
those who hare.
Dost discuss drees. The lady whose
craning gown yea are mHi may
bees coeae direct from Paris, wearing
&e aewcst thing, end the whale soh
Hct Is a hopeless one ssyway.-Jlar
W« Weekly.
Korean is a diacaJt*toogaage to
■torn. Tricing errors are Hfcely to land
• foreigner Into great «ahummw.
It arse only the anullsat —m.v. «w
ltd aa Impassioned preacher to warm
rii eoagragatton that anlme they fa
mated they weald he lalegated to “a
NUsr,” the Korean words for —«i»»
Ud the Briber world being! almost
Identical. In Uko -rrnntr the stray
ri Lsxarua, who Ml sick, waa told to
s Sunday school rises with ea anaa
^totoed^rodbag.^The satire (mm af
■ad by a trifling —■faetoi tbs teacher
waa made to declare that Laxants ea
e bottle.
aWxh Is thirty tunes the Dm of the
Dated Kingdom, to Gibraltar, thantaa
If which Is two square mile* Thusrii;
SSt tones that ef thrall tod*Ku£
tom. while the eras of the self peroro
■g eetoelm eieoe to nearly sixty rimes
-London Globe. oomotix
Of tba Aiwa that maka toe
MM eemalitt • ••
Meed, win
. . earaeT Ate the heart aad'eE of
PM eaet dawn by bit tar flftipiMil
Matt Would jrM leave UaO.lt only
l» » hear. and eoa»e back with a Mr
Minted view) than epee tba eeraM af
1 leat^lMai the "Maetai'a Yldk.*
•Maft IweMilL
"Ob.** Mneyad the mU important
dWjw take waa eroaa eueUaiec. TM
Ifttok yea kaw It alt. dn't jrenr
He* o*tk"
1
C<MtMt^lSw?Mb <£n. ma!E
MW. Oeaar—there Ol deaaa. aor Ol
Mnd the m<we ye bav M ata the more
ttMaathere latawaat^-MeoMyelMk.
-*r -'•‘‘r—t'"r'1rTrrnatlM Mr
Maeeltthf thla meat Prioooor-OI had,
reeb—ae. Ho medal taMhtl raM
Twice a week. $1.50 a year.
mut- _
A LIVING SWEETMEAT.
1
•^ees—-an.1 sj . 'j» -ejwi jus*
QiiwsssmMtiSwfciSiiHa
Expect a good long, useful
Hold rWSSi ^thoughts per
sistently. "
Simply refuse to (tow old by
counting your years or naitici
patincr old age.
One of the best preventative*
of age is entknsiaravand interest
in affairs of the day.
Keep in tbe sunlight; nothing
beautiful of sweet grows or
ripen* In the darkaess.
Avoid fear in all its varied
forma of expression; it hi the
greatest enemy of the human
race.
Nature is the great rajara
nator; bar spirit Is ever young.
Lire with her; study her; love
her.
Avoid excesses of all kinds;
they are injurious. Tbe long
life must be a temperate, regular
lHa.
Contemplate beauty ix|all its
forms and you will drive every*
thing that ia ugly out of your
HftT
Keep mental cobweb*, dust
and brain ashes brnsbed oH by
frequent trips to the country, or
by travel.
Don’t allow voumlf to think,
on your birthday, that yon are a
year older, and sa much nearer
the end.
Never look on tlw dark side,
take sunny views t«f everything1
WSSXr**1
He a child; Uve simnlv •«/
naturally, aod keep dlteJl «
c«fc,‘2i*Ka.“4 “m,"i
Cultivate tbe spirit of content
Wff&sjKs&TE
poroow ol MUblnbin* vertr
woA*aud electric eianu.
tttft&janiS
■ tad eoatmcti everted Tk.
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