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, r—nw~ i-" --■— -- 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. THfe-"* - PHOTOGRAPH win be a priooleta poraraataa la after day* wkaa th* ehU world Uriah arar It * Green A Mullen www nr wrf My The date printed on tbe paper with your address shows the time to which yonr subscription has been paid, Hxamioe tbe date sud tee U it needs chang ing. The date printed on the paper with yonr address shows the time to which voor subscription been paid. Bxamtae the pate and see if it ueeda chang 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 ?* 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»