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THE
Citizens National Bank
OF GASTONIA
Capital.$50,000.00
OFFICERS!
R. P. RANKIN.
Preside at.
C. N. EVANS,
Vice President.
A. O. MYERS,
Cashier.
DIRECTORSi
R. P. Rankin.
C. N. Evans,
Edgar L:va,
J. A. Glenn,
Dr. J. M. Sloan,
R. R. Hayoaa.
Robert A. Lava.
I__ __
We wish to express our
grateful appreciation to our
friends who have given us their
business since we opened.
We extend a cordial invita
tion to the public to do busi
ness with us, and promise lib
eral treatment. Will make
loans at the legal rate of In
terest, and pay interest on
time deposits.
We want your business and
will extend every courtesy and
accommodation consistent
with sound banking.
. Call to see us or write us.
A. G. 'MYERS, Cashier
charter"
OF THE
CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK Of GASTONIA, N. C.
N., 753*.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Oflica •! Comptrollar ol Ika Currency.
Washington. D. C., Drcrmrkm 30, 1904.
Whereas, by satisfactory evidence presented to the under
signed, it has been made to appear that The Citixen* National
Bank of Gastonia, located In the town of Gastonia, in the count*
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 authorised to commence
the business ot Banking;
Now therefore I, Thomas P. Kane, Deputy and Acting
Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that the Citizens
National Bank of Gastonia, located in the town of Gastonia, in tit*
county of Gaston and State of North Carolina, is authorized t«
commence the business of Banking as provided in Section fifty-om
hundred and sixty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States.
In testimony whereof witness my hand and Seal of office this
i-uiax'Hcv srisAc Thirtieth day of December, 1904.
g*ALorT»*Cottrrsntxa* T. P. KANE,
Deputy and Acting Comptroller of the
TiwAscsr psrAaTMxwT. Currency.
HOME LIFE
Is what we <
choose to
- make It. ft j
i
ft isn't rich*# that
opakea hspplneaa.
It’s the loritir care.
Why not briny the
family and h«v* •
pittar* takea ivf
them, posed jaat a*
they arc at home.
THE
PHOTOGRAPH
writ ha a price lea*
pnasaastsn in after
day# when the chil
dren ass grew# and
gone net in th*
world, think over It
Green A Mullen
PWm Wf M4 I4f
r>w« '»• V^MOwmiMan.
TAKE TIME
-ro
se* my ea capita, it frill pay you.
Suita made to measure. Clean, prww
and alteration, at reasonable price*
PIScdrn C. C. JOHNSON. Tailor.
.IN
Professional Cards.
A. L. BULWINKLE,
Attoruey-at-Law.
PALLAS. N. C.
dr. o. e. McConnell,
DUNTIST.
Office flirt floor Y. M. C. A. Bid'*
OA9TONIA. N. C.
Phone flft
Me. 0. ANDERS, M. D.
OASTONIA. N. C.
Special attention to diee&aea oi
Children.
0«aa Terrene*. Dne Mara rtan M.
a»e44eeee M
8Subscribe for Tn Oajtonia
Airrm, $I,50 a year.
CKdPTRn II.
IIIOT the Slnlr.r pnrtwl »tnkl
l In; door or tba Minin
lieu red up III the cantor with
x Iiilubtr rraaU of reading
vxdwirt i,ad Irou. ilcn and woaivu.
i > i sluin'.led to aoi) out a prayer, warn
p.K-tiod lixxlixng into ebaua. Ilia, torn
fro.‘i tbt.- torrllbtd grasp of bar maid,
fell through a corridor am) would bar*
S o.x dawn with the thlp had got a
Mtil-ir. clinging to a rotupflnlna ladder,
rniuld lire a* aha whirled along tba
steep slope of Iba dock.
U<- did not keen a bat bad bippaa
rd. tVlth the luatbict of self presura
tlou bo •cited tbt Maml support
wbtu tin- TXOM1 struck. It tru tba
mate itapnlw of rurdy balpfulmaaa that
amxrtl him to •tn-tcb oat hi* left arm I
oti<l Ua*)i the glrf* waist a* abc tat far
ed |null. IIy Pile chance tb#y were on
the port side, and Iba atrip, after paus
ing for one awfol fell over to
■Carbon nl.
flip man win not prepared far tbia
wcaml gyration. Ereo u lb* stair
wny coined be lost hla bale are: tboj
wrrv both ihrowu Violently through
tl:e <n>*n hatchway and swept off 1st*
Uw 1 Mil 111*4 mrf. liuder such condi
Uocs tbought ItsHf wns Impossible. A i
series of Impressions. ■ number of fin
toalk- pictures. were received hy the be
numbed faculties and afterward pals
fully sorltsl out by tlie memory. Fear, '
anguish. nmaremcat -auno of I bus
ranld exist. All bo kucw was that the
lifeless farm of s roots—for Iris had
hapnlly fainted-must bo Ixtkl until
death Itself wrenched her from hiss. ,
Ttieu there tins tbe headlong plongs
Into the tnlrllsg sea. followed by aa
Indettu I* period of rasping oblivion.
Hotaelhlng tbat felt like a wiring rock
runs up loue^tb hi* feet- Qe eras drtr
an e'-aar out of tbo water nail seemed to
rocsAnige n familiar object ruing rigid
nthl bright dose at band. It waa Hi*
pluuaek pillar, screwed to a portion of
the deck which cam* awny from tbo
chart ,’uture. uud waa rent from the up
per ftiunework l>y caul act with the
reef. 11* se'icd tills cslooksd far sup
port with kin disengaged hand.
A uniformed figure—be thought It
was th« captain—strctchc-il out an mv
availing arm to clasp the i^uecr raft
which supported the anilor and tbo
girt, but a Jealous wnro row under
tbs ptatfonn with devilish onerpy and
runted It completely over, hurting tbo
mnu with bis inanimate burden tote
tbe depths lie rose, fighting madly
for hfct lira Mow Rarely he waa da am
cd. But again, aa If human existence
depended nn naught more* serious than
the spinning nf a coin, bts knees rented
no the same few ataoch Umbers, new
the ceiling of the music room, arid ba
wna given n brief respite. His great
eat diBculty was to get Ida breath, aa
dense waa the spray through which
kc waa driven. Been In that terrible
eminent bo kept Ida senses. Tbe girl,
otterly unoocaciou*. showed by the
convulsive hearing of her breast that
ah* was choking. With a wiki effort
bo swung her llead round to shield bar
from tbe flying send with hla own
form.
The tiny air spare than provided
gave her tome relief, and la that tn
atnnt the sailor teamed to lecogales
bar. He araa not remotely capable at a
definite idea. Jest oa be vagaely reel*
land the identity of tbo woman la tala
arme the unsteady support oa which
bo mated toppled over. Again bn re
aewed tbe unequal contest A strong,
raoolnte man and a typhoon eea wras
tied for aapretnary.
Tbla date lila foot plunged against
oaaaatblag gratefnRy solid. Ha waa
dasbad forward, still battling with tba
ragtag turmoil of water, nod a second
ttma hr felt tbo same firm yet eaaeotb
surface. Ills dormant race) Una awoke.
It waa aaad. with free a lad despera
tion, buoyed bow by tbs tnaptetog hope
Of safety, he fought bio way onward
like a maniac '
Often be Ml. Three times did the
backwash try to drag hlta to the
swirling death behind, bat ba ataggmed
blindly oa. ee, until even tba tearing
gala canned to ba laden with tba a«Sa
eatlog foaut. aad bin faltering toot
aaak to deep soft white aaad.
Than ba fall, not to rise again, lftth
■ Rat weak dicker of oahanatod
atreogtb ha draw tbo gtr) closely to
him, and tbo two Ry clasped tightly
together, beodiaaa now of all things.
How long the uaan remained prow
trite ba eoold only gnaw eebeoqwisOy.
Tba dlrdar struck saga after day
break. and tba sailor awoke to a hagy
aaaadouaarn of hR surround lags to
fkvl ■ abaft of auashloo dickering
tbroagb tbo e loads beaked ap la the
east Tba gale was already passing
away. AMbeogb the wind atm whto>
tied with shrill rloUaoo. It wpt more
btostnrlag tbaa tbronttaitog. Tba saa,
too, though russlag very high, bad re
treated may yards from the aped
where be bad finally dropped, and Ra
r?M»£,«2l"£»lnfnil* Ho rate** U»
W •mirnt p—tara, for bo «u
MM u4 MIC. With bh an* mar*
Mt bo tMM rtotmfty m. lb ho*
•wtltotrad math MR wmtor, ul K
**« Mt mri tho Rtin Of ‘ f-ir
hMhMMdthat ho tbnacbt of tho Ctrl
*0BMt M fml,’ h* HIM;
W»wf fMhlp tryta* to lift bar.
“■mlr RmUUoeo wool! oot tool
^r.offtr MMh m •moo.Wh.t a
treak Ihqiai I > im > frivr m ui
tb« l i*l »Mn»c«ii: I »ii) »b.c eli- ira-i
llrlde wbcu we pat ttulr.tv. VThin rM
<wrtb c»n I do to rrvlre iw.y
I'orpctf’il «>f bl* crtra artilnt llcjln In
UiU Iiowlintw oat letr. it* »aMk on mn*
knaeatnl pmtl.v |/Ilia*->1 Irf.' bead f»i*l
•booklet* ou I be oiber. Her «>e* trest
cloacd. ber Him a ad Ux-tb »ci—<1
£»el III »t bttli the anj-nj/tcJij- otrod
ber life, cl** *be would bare I two k/
focatad — and tbr pel lor of lx i* »klo
•ecoed to be that terrible MoxUom
hue wbk-b Indicate* death. 'J'bn titr.a
llrx)/ lit ibe until'* face relaxed, and
■omnltju* blurred lit* t-t*lon. He w»«
weak from <Ttr.***fl„u mul wunt of
fowl, for tbo moment bl* emotlo:/*
wrrr caalljr moused.
"Ob. tt U plltfnlP Ur iiluidpt wbUn
pnrej. “It ctinuut b«r
U'ku n KWttuo of dr*pair In- drew
the *I**t» < r hi* thick Jcrtcj «crr-w hi*
•fet to clear tbem fpwti the x«:i —rtna
Ut staffgrrcd IMndly on.
Bin. Tbeii Is irerntltnglj- m.denvor*d
to open the seek of boi dross. Ho wu
startled to Cml the girl’s eyes wide
open sod imrreyJmr him with shadow/ I
■Isrm. (Mm> woo quits cot.sckraa.
"Thanh tied!" ha fried Imaftotr. I
“Yon are nllro.“ I
Hfr rotor cams back with remarks- !
hie rapidity. Bbo tried to assume a tli- I
ting posters, sod Instinctively bar .
hands trsratal to bar dUarrsnwd com j
tamo.
“How ridiculous"' ebe oold. whh 0 !
mu* note or annoyance ja her '•oloo. |
which hounded curlotaly hollow. But
her brace rplrit could not yet command
L*r enfeebled fro roc tio wan perforce
compelled to rink back to tb* rapport 1
of hie bnt and ana.
"Do you. think you could lia quiet un
til T try to Dad nomewater?' b* (alip
ed a melon dy.
She mUnl a childlike nct|til«*ceac*t
and tier eyelid* ML It wn* only that
bar eye* amort ad rirmdfntly from tha
aalt tcnler. hm tha salkir wn* ran
that Uii* waa n premonition at a lapoa
to uaconadononneii.
"t’leaao lr,v not to faiot a gain," ha
told. "Don't yon think I had batted
looacn tin.-** IhloarV Ton ran breath*
room cwatly."
A (hart of a rnille fllrfcrrod on bad
Up*- "No—tin" *!«■ mnrroarad. “My
ayra hnrt me-thal l« all. 1* them—
any—water'.
Ha lahl bar tctn'erl) on llw aaad and
tone to hta feat. Qta drat elanco wo#
toward the m. Uo now wattUil
which mode Urn blink with aatoolab
mat A bcary raa waa ■till mala*
ovar the barrier real w&lcb indented a
I . .I1-L . H-. . ——
ataej> Japnoa, ttm oontroat nira
tb» bare* commonon wet* Ida and ta
coof»ratira<r «aoo*h aartaer of tbe
protean* pool m rw matted. At
law tUr tue 1*1060 wao ■ I au*t earn,
placaly located ladaad he ■—>—f
only a Perea ml* Wcw*t from
tba uortlitran mil aaable too nta
Jolaap tba tort, ura trbaro a atrip at
broken water, inrylnp far tato the
■mail netwoj barter, betray ad tba po
•Men ot tit* tiny eotroncc.
Vet at ibia vmt mint a da* «dce*MU
pahn reared It* atattly column ltlpb to
Blr. otol U» I Mg. tremoloue froada wen
MO*, swlnaloff wtiety before tbo pair.
Vraui wb*:e bo ot»od It rr—urt |*
bo urowlap la tbo rnidot at tba aoa.for
kayo breakan completely bid tbo coral
ombeakmenf. Tbl* a^oUaol af tba load
kM a weirdly loiprewira HEeot. ft
* bo only dead ob)act la tba wutt
of fwtut eni-pad wera*. Not a raadpa
of tlia HbxUr rtaaluol aeon-aid. bat
tba ooad wo* Utlmd wub wreckapa.
tod—mournful apoetodo-a i oililma
bio nrabtr of looalmata hnataa tanm
lay bnddiad ap amid tba rote of tba
ctoomor.
Tbit dlaeorery atlrrad Uia to action
u« ranod to tin-ray tbo load oa which
U «• ctraodcd with hit hotpifra com*
poaloa. To hu gnat robot ho diocoe
oi*a that it wto lofty aid trot dad.
Ho know Uut tbo nhlp could not hn
dHfitd u» Bon *®, which ttin lay tar ta
tbo tooth. ruit mat ba ooa of tha
UOMlrnli uf (blitthla aMA Hm4 «!>*
Cbtiu vca tud proud# rmrti for Hal
nan fiabcnnan. notably It waa la.
habited. though ke thought K atnwo
that none ot tbo Mandm had pot ia
an cpoeitmoce. In any ernnt water
Hat bofm adtSc « uSTtiST^St
two tltinpe demanded attention. Tha
|trl moat ba removed rrma bar pant
poaUkai. it would ba too hnmfcia to
ponult bar firm ivutdoo* gua* to root
spot) iboao trampled Wbjet-t* mi the
bench. Common brutal.r Imtndtll
toot that be should bottlly
aadt <d tha bodiaa In rata Ufa waa mol
wholly extinct.
Ho lut brat over tba slrl. aoUuc with
aaddau wonder that, week ca aba waa,
aho Usd aaanigad to rafortra port ot
bar bodice.
“Too taunt permit turn to carry yon a
Httta farther Inlaad," ha (explained
*ttnJy.
Wlihopt a cot her word ha lifted her
ta hit urtat. mirreilnc somewhat at
tba ttruugth which coma of nocotatty,
end bo x tier tome little Oittanee util
a otordy rock Jetting out of tbo
offered the;tor from tba wind and pom
tectloo from Uio ten and It* reacts
nous.
"1 am so ealil and tlrwt." —named
in*. -I* tUera any water? >ly throat
hart* me"
u* pressed hack tbe taagted hair
flora hrr forehead aa be might aootha
a cli I'd.
Tty to tie still for a eery few mte
al**." be aaid. ‘Tea have sot tea* «o
attf*er. I w'll rotors Itainttlintety."
Ill* oren ttireal atol petal1? wa*a on
dr* owl tor (j th* brfn*. hot l-.e diat
hurried l«A to ihe edge of the lagoon.
Tl-oro were fourteen Indies la all. (hiae
women aad e'erca tan. four of tbe
latter bring LaMar*. Tbo woman wain
salooo patseegsn whom be did not
knew. One or tbe man waa the m
!«», another lb* drat eater, a thM
8lr John Toaer. Tbo n*t ware pamra
•era nod member* of tbe crew. Tbm
ware an dead; seme had ban peaceful
ly drowned, other* ware fearfully
»CTS*stl by the rorkr. Two of tbe Lin
ear*. bearing ilcn* of droadfal bjartet.
wera lying ca t cln*irr of low rocks
o car ha aging <b* water. Tbo muted**
raatnd on tbe t tad.
The setter exhibited no TislbJ* amo
tion while be coednctad Ills wd sera
tiny. Whan be was nmored that this
•Pent company waa beyond mortal bolp
ha at owe strode away toward tbo
noaiert belt of trees. He cootd not tad
bow hmg the search ter water might
be protracted, oad there woo gnadsg
need far it
brnabwoed be Mbitd • a»Hgfciod ex
etamatJom. Tima, gruwtug la prodigal
Inxortanco. wo tba tMMdeeat pltdwe
Plant, wboea bin# caned op loaf, ahap
ad bka a tramp, art ooljr balda a lot
lag quantity of rot* water, bat Meat
tbaroarttb tu own palatable and nat
ural Jnlfw*. .
Wttb lilo knife be aorerrd two of
tba lea to* and boatonod to IrU wkb
tba pmjo-u bcrerage. 8bo beard bto
and utanacnj to ralao boraolf on an el
bow. Tb» I«r»r giiTe ejrra gUatonod at
tbo peooiwvt of relief. Witboat a wort
(COXTlXTgI> OK KOCSTH PAOK.1
■---U'-. -a ■«-x_ ■ ..
A Matter
of Haatth
There is a quality in Royal
Baking Powder which makes
the food more digestible and
wholesome. This peculiarity
of Royal has been noted by
physicians, and they accord*
ingly endorse and recom
mend it.
WMl MinQ »OWM* 06 KtW VOW.
Shirt Waist Goods
«!d then scarcely make a beginning in deacribinwtkSrilmNSL
Iwnuty and variety. This season will be the_-_
known (or shirt-waist good. foTsSt „£* ^ VS^lSh
prepared for it. One new spring goods arc aireidv emwdlnw <•
npon nsiog^nt prohsaioo. TOi^n^t^SSrStS
yon the absolutely newest things. “* ** **<Mr
White Goods, Je to SOe
Suitings for Shirt Waist.—special. . 15c
. While we are specially strong oo wash fabrics for ootiv mriaj
waiau, do not fail to note that we hove also a greet HneoT
'.. Rlbbooso^v^^ ''%/.
including every kindland polity from lc yd. np. Onr ten end
fifteen cent idler* an fascinating number*. All colors.
• Real Linen Laces.
Lover* of real linen ken wiU bo efcannod with onr line of real
htSld fiST* *•*** * fciad Very beantifnl—every
Onr Ume of TeMe Umm and Bed Limp won •
never mere complete thee now.
JAS. F. YEAGER
IT WOULiHT VBITC.
!*■
Manufacturersof fountain pens
Have tHefr trouble* as well as
thoK who use them. One of
•He most prominent makers of
this style of pen baa • complaint
Herk to whom those who have
trouble are seat to have diffi
cultira righted. Sometime* the
clerk will find that it is simply a
case of dirty pen. aad the thing
u soon adjusted. A womaa
came in the other day and went
at tbe deth like a Turk.
"I bought this oen tome time
ago and I have never been abb
to use it at all. I thought this
ws* so honest firm, and if it b
not. I should at least think it
would not attempt to cheat a
woman. 1 want my money
back."
"ket toe look at the pen." said
tbe mild mannered cleric.
"Here it b." snappishly said
the woman.
The clerk looked at it aad
with only a casual observation
*aw tbs! the ran had never been
filled. Then he said:
"I think, madam, if you
«onld fill this pea you would
find that it worked all right.*
He then filled it aad handed it
to her, and she said sheepishly,
the ansp having all disappeared:
"Oh. I didn't know you had to
put iak ia them.*
Waitrmelon la Water.
Mawtaa Bmoariw.
Ur. A. N. Bridge* of Cald
well township brought work to
a standstill in the Enterprise
office last Saturday morning toy
stepping into the office with •
watermelon under bis arm. It
looked as fresh sod natural as if
it were mat off the vine. It bad
been kept is a chest since Octo
ber.
wurrn eatim sums stom
at
Think for a
extra strain yon
stomach in the
hearty food, the late suppers,
and the lack of exercise and out
door life all weaken and strain
the stonisch.layinetbe founda
tion for poor health and safer
Chronic stomach trembles, ner
vous irritability, sod aeriooa
bowel and kidney diseases have
often dated from a weak of extra
"good living." Nearly everyone
ia bothered with mote or lean
headaches and backaches, furred
tongue, poor appetite, dry, back
ing cough, heart born, spots be
fore the eyes, dizziness or verti
go. sleeplessness, lack of energy,
eseded "to repair
ssu**
•ad wW
to sate*. ,
before each raaal erlll move
utfon, iota mm* ton end oca .
suss^Swift.js'j!
«ts;."ssWffsrsC“Si *;
SfifwSy»l“S
*eetton edit Tvhmd toor
rracc of tbesceace ratMaci* 4
oar unwilling Mention fa tEE
instance. In the West, where
22?**^ ocd« vie
wafc each other in promoting
the happiness of peace-loving
-hickthe »3m £22&|.'<
subdued East are compelled to
< **•* *p' *“vt only to reach
tortfe telephone receiver aud a .
nwrul wagoa. isattbe door fee /
tew minute*.
Here we boar the shoes of the
»obWoj| .UmjjPvT.:
We touch a ••
ootton. the burglar alarm rp-r .
spoud* and tbe porch cKmfcr
falla into the arms of a civil
service policeman. -
Here wa ait down by a wrtlna P
]*»P. in front of a cheerful
R|«te.*nd read from S to 20:30
ooock without fear of intenup"
Wp'*1 ** «*tnM«r? Snrmfyl
wayfarer is. giving up hia money
?°d , wolty to some ataocniHr?
friend of pure politics and good &
government, bnfcj we are un
oMmbad beeausenre know that
oar patent iastcacrs are the test
the market afcrds. even if the (§
dog should be.poiaoued. •
But iu tbc far wilderness of
Conuecticut, and particularly 2"--'”
Wrested, things ire difcrent.
There a man carters the iflaiaa
room of >Cre.- £llen M. piejpi"
tb«ista a loaded revolver into
Ste&T-is.aSir.a
Around the left wrtotof the
intruder U wound a riunr shot.
In . belt at hi* waiJ to a
marderou* knife with atwclve
lodi blade; in hi* pocket is an
other knife of the Bowie ye
"1 in the • vender of the
Holyoke Valley: by the Great
Waterbary. I woold have gore!** i:
:asKs33*81
nTx£j?16
Ut in Con
real'nrrlu>,her® ll»«h i« little
?k&^iKW».8X£
to tba asylum. l'lm
the asylum! \Ve havr our uwn
iittie trouble*, r.a dohht, but we
.*» i™"* Mw ti~ *“1?:
f
0*1* plate or Mr