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j Citizens National Bank
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\ OFFICERS i
| R. P. KANKIN,
J PwMiA
) C. N. EVANS,
| VI## Pr«#M##t.
A. O. MYERS.
| Cukl«r.
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• . $50,000.00 |
DIRECTORSi |
*. P. Raakla, g
C. N. Evaaa. |
Edgar Lav*. |
J. A. Glaaa, I
Or. J, M.SIaaa, (
R. R. Majraaa.
Rakart A. Lava. ft
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ACCOUNTS j
SOLICITED {
No account too large '
for our facilities and V
none too small for our (
courteous attention f
and appreciation. We J
have no “special custo* ‘
mers". All are accord* |
ed the same treatment f
HThe legal rate of la* I
terest Is charged at all }
times. Interest paid 1
on time deposits. A A \
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| A* G. MYERS, Cashier!
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WANTS OOOB tOADS.
Cttisaa al Tatfc frapsaad te Ma
cadamise Twe Milas if tha
Cemmlssleaert Wonld ds tha
Grading.
Yortrlll* Kaqairtr. loth.
Captain F. H. Barber of Rock
Hill, one of the most unique
characters in York county per
haps, and a gentleman who is
held in- high esteem by every
body who Knows him, was in
YorVviUe Wednesday with a
rather unusual proposition to the
county commissioners. He
wants taro miles of public road
pat in good shape and proposed
that if the commissioners would
do the grading he wonld be per
sonally responsible for the ma
cadamizing, which he was will
ing to gnsrantfte would be done
forthwith in first-class ityle,
"Some people might think I
am n crank,” said Captain Bar
ber to the reporter; "but, hello,
man, what I want Is a good toad,
and I 4m willing to pay for it."
Captain Barber explained that
the chain gang bad worked the
road from Rock Hill toward
Leslie, a distance of about four
miles oat of Rock Hill, and bad
pot It in first-class coodltiou.
About three miles from Roek
HID, tha nubile road forks and
goesbr bis place to Lancaster
over the river bend at Indian
ford, and this is the road he of
fers to macadamise if the com
missioners will do the grading.
* Do yon know what it costs
to macadamise a mile of road.
Captain BstW?" asked a by
I danno," *u the old ng
tlenut'l reply, "and I don’t
earn. All I know U I can do
wbat 1 said 1 would, and I’ll do
it if It takes ball my plantation.
Hello, naan alive, wbat we aeed
in this conntv it roads. We’ve
lost a hundred yaan, aad it is
tins we are gettiae down to
work. The only way to get
good roads la to Mild thorn, and
I am wilHag to do my share.”
"Rut that will be a Uttle more
than poor share, won't It?” was
alright about that "the
oM geaUsassB replied. "Wh.t
I waat ie a good, level, hard
read to my place, aed I’ll ’cadam
every teat the commissioners
will grade. Yea, air, Ml do It II
it takes the whole plantation.”
"Oa past roar place to the
river?"
1 Right ea to the river, Jost as
*,f will go I'm with them,
apd if they will do their do. I'll
give them bond to cany oat ay
P«rt of the contract. Why. hello,
man alive, yon can't do any bus
iness over those roads. We have
watted more than half oar lives
trying to poll loads through the
mnd, and we have killed enough
stock end broken np enough
b“«pe# and wagons to fix the
ro*?» over and over again."
The commissioners took Cap
tain Barber a proposition under
consideration and have not yet
given ■ replv. He insists, bow
*vct, that if the grading is done
he .•« to it that themacad.
«Ud will not be long bebind
Triad te Kill Cockrell.
KnuuCItv jMn.1.
"* deliberately tried to kill old
Pr*nb Cockten dariog the war.
bnt I d give my arm to-day to
—* bi» elected to the Senate,”
•o fervently exclaimed Veteran
oiUwim 8U
tion. to the Clinton Democrat.
ft •» the battle of Port
Gibson , continued the old sol
r *b«loDf*d to the Elev
enth Indiana Zonaves, and wa
were out on skirmish duty. The
rebels charged us and drove os
back over the hilt; bnt before
we retreated we gave them as
*,rrai * recaption as we coaid.
My attention was directed to a
gallant rider on a clay-bank
*«*• with white mane and tail.
With deliberate aim I sought
once, twice to kill him. Both
shots, I am glad to know, failed
to lay him Tow. After the bat
t,e<l. went to tbe bull pea and
aakad a prteonar, a Missourian,
who was the man on the clay
b,nk *n<J he told me it
waa Prank Cockrell.
I afterward lived at Warrens
-.T? 2.nd £**£*"'' JWUacquainted
with Cockrell We often talked
over the battle of Pott Gibson,
end he told me bU horn was
J®11.bBt “•“•fed to carry
“ffJW *■*? lb« brash.
To-day Prank Cockrell has
»® beU*r Mead than I am. I
would make any sacrifice for
him- He is e gentleman, a sol
dier and a statesman.”
Til BTk*' Hmm Cooat ruction
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P1S0AH PARAGRAPHS.
Nnmli and Other llama o
lateral Gathered by Mr Pan
firober—A 8Iula| ia tkt
Cavalry—A Marriage Piagah
March llth.
o<nwmdim of ta« Oo—t>i
Mr. Jim and Mia* Clara Lewii
delightfully entertained a fea
friends ah their borne last Salur
day evening to a do-ra-me-fa-so
singing. The guests are grate
ful to them for four hours o
pleasure.
On Wednesday evening the
first of March, Mr. Edgar Lea
ter Crawford, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. Alex Crawford, of Pis
gab, led to Hymen’s altar. Mist
Nannie Isabelle Pnrguson,
of Crowder's Creek, the ritet
of the Associate Reformed
Presbyterian church befog
solemnly performed by the Rev.
R. M. Stevenson, pastor o!
Crowders Creek A. R. P
church, pastor of the bride.
The daughter of Jim Harper,
colored, was badly burned Tues
day. Recovery is doubtful. II
was burning tbe dry grass and
weeds in the gardeu when its
dress caught fire.
Miss Zada Rankin, who is
teaching at Spencer Academy,
spent Sunday at Belmont with hei
parents.
We are informed that ltfr. C.
W. Chancy has bought Rev. K.
W. Bradley’s homestead near
Loray. Rev. P. W. Bradley will
erect a cottage on his lot oeai
his son Wesley.
Mrs. Milton Howell is in s
seriong condition. All of bei
people and bis own have been
notified to come at once. Fri
day Drs Sloan and Wilson nd
at the residence of Mr. Howell
and removed a tumor from the
patient.
Theodor* Price, "the cotton
bear.” wanta prices on Gaston
cotton for immediate delivery.
Price says be wants cotton. But
will Price pay the price ?
The cotton growers have the
varne in their own hands. All
they have to do is to keep down
the production by limiting the
acreage. If the acreage is re
duced 25% in comparison with
last season’s acreage of 1904, we
shall have 24,000,000 acres plant
ed in cotton and from -this we
should effect gn 8,000,000 bale
crop which with the 2,000,000
bales carried over this year
would be sufficient to meet the
world’s-demands. The redac
tion of cotton acreage will en
able the fanners to devote more
time to min, bay, and other
crops ana to cattle raising and
stock. The labor supply In the
cotton fields is not sufficient to
harvest successfully more thin
10,000,000 balcsa year.
US._• . . . Z s
TT t LIUUUl IW IHUU^iy UI^C
upon oar Goat on farmers the
vital Importance of the cotton
movement which baa been inaug
urated by the Cotton Growers As
sociation. It does pot pay to trow
cotton sod soil it for less than
it costs to raiaa it.
Mt. Holly. N. C. March 10.
Catawba River Bulletin: Dan
cer line, 15 feet at***, 2.8 feet
(2 feet 8-10tha) Rise, 2'inches
since last postal sent to yon.
Weather, partly cloudy. Wiad,
S. Rain 0.00. k. K. Grant, Ca
tawba River observer.
Spring is about arrived and
the crocus is in Moons.
Moat of our Pisgsb folks are
tearing their gardens up.
-Mr. Wns. A. Palls has pur
chased a piece of land from Mr.
T. W. Wilson, of Gastonia, in
Crowder's Mountain township.
Mbs Lenoir Morrow is on
fits an extended visit to Mr.
D. Bradley's.
. Tbe paragraphs bos been
quite busy this week and did
not have snack time to get np
tbe items.
Mrs. 1. N. Davis was a visitor
to Mr. Bob Wilson’s Tuesday.
Mr. John W. Hawkins, Jr., Is
vary Ml with conan mption. .
Tito NlWIJIf 9T
Of*«mTltto Mm.
Any nan can take a new*
paper. It ia tba cheapest tbiai
be can'buy. Every time a baa
clacks aad has laid an tn hii
paper ia paid tot that week. Ii
costa less tbaa a postage stamp,
less tbaa to receive a letter. 11
comet to yon every week, rail
or ahtac calm or stormy. N<
matter wbat happen# it eaten
yoor door a welcome friend, fnl
of sans bine tad cbeer and in<
tercet. It opcna tba door of tlx
fleet world and pota yon faci
to (aco with its people and ki
mat events. It shorten* th«
loot winter night*. It la yow
advisor (oaaiper, aad friend.
No mao la jest to bis eblkiret
wbo doea not five them tba lock
P,C«. I. to hiaueli
*h« does not take aewapapera.
THE NEORO FARMERS.
[ Will Follow tho While Moo’i
UM !• A* Honor of Cotton
Crep Redacting.
1 Chariot* CSroalct*.
, Atlanta, O*.. March 10.
Huudrcds of negro 'farmer*
have agreed to reduce tbeii
•ereage, and aa in many State*
i the negro "cropper or tenant"
«»«ts In large numbers it is very
gratifying to the officers of the
Southern Cotton Association tc
know that the negro baa fallen
inV* ,*ne *°d baa resolved tc
abide by the raaolutlona of the
New Orleans convent**to and
the various State conventions.
Realising that the white farm
ers knew what was beat, and
be*ng assured by their landlord*
that other staples would be ac
cepted In lieu of cotton for rent
the negro In nearly every State
has entered the movement to re
duce acreage with a seat and as
a result the hue and cry that
has come from the North about
the negro farmer refusing to
join in the movement has been
dispelled.
The negroes are encouraged
as much as possible to
reduce their acreage and it
seems to be no doubt now bat
that the cotton crop of the
South will be reduced fully 25
jrer cent, for the year 1905.
This is sure to cause a deficit in
the amount needed and the
price is certain to rise.
A DAN8EB0US HABIT.
OtodMOM'a Pfejraldaa Olrti
AgdMt a Orewtaj
AMrkM VBltf.
The growing habit amongst
Americans of taking a mint
tablet or some other so called di
gestive after eating a hearty
meal, is some thin* that Sir An
drew Clark. Mr. Gladstone’s
physician advises strongly
against, saying, "It is absolute
ly dangerous to take into the
stomach remedies which are
popularly supposed to aid in the
digestion of food."
There is nothing known to
the science of medicine that
can perform the work of the
human stomach. Drug* do not
and cannot digest the food.
They simply decompoee it.
what can be more revolting or
disgusting than the thought of
taking something into the
stomach that is going to tarn
the good food yon bhve eaten
into a mass of corruption.
The only way to overcome in
digestion and its evil eSects is
to remove all irritation, conges
tion and inflammation from the
stomach liver and intestines, and
«known
When* Ml-o-na tablet it taken
before each meal every trace of irri
tation and inflammation ia removed
from the stomach and digestive
- system, and those organa will ex
tract from the tood all that goes to
make good, rich blood, Arm amscle.
■tendy nerves and a sound healthy
I.
re
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syg-g’dgSr- at v i
ssss^xtingmsits
dy fa shows by their offer to return
*** 5®?** V, «"* give
complete satialaetion. MIS-MJS-All
A lacsrd'Arua king Flack of Bans,
"I’ve cot forty hens and I am
getting oa an averace of twenty
Ooaca eccs each week," said
former County Commissioner J,
B. Watt, this moraine- "Not
bod. eh ? They are the atl-fired
•at hens I ever knew of. Thera
is pretty good profit in cm,
too," continued Mr. Watt. "TTjs
market is now 15 cents, whole
sale, and there are no indica
tions that-it will drop below.
ffi*proancinf ami. .
SEAICMNO THE SEAS FOtOOIJ
Treasure* That Davy J..M
When Davy Jones mm gets
treasures of rold solely into Ms
locker he guards then non {sat
ssfc. i" ■m&r*' 'amu
And yet, as Edgar Allan Poe
once wrote, one night el most
trace one's way to these sunken
boards by "the trail of boon of
those who have failed to find
them." Five expedition, have
tried to ran the so-called «Kre
C’s millions" to their lair on
Teoedot reef, and the last of
them com the lives of twenty
eight gallant men.
One might fill volumes with
stories of these rainbow chaser*,
many of them startling and dra
matic. Noons has ever yet found
the Sfn Pedro, the five-decked
SpaMah gal eon which sank in
the Margarita channel off the
Central Americas coast nlnatr
!TtX„
weiatwo cheats which held over
£6,000,000 in donbloons; there
were gold images and precious
Mosm almoM beyond umber.
Maced on baud for safety, from
churches; ^ there
were millions of treasnte to pay
off the garrisons and Spuiu
warships along the American
Ill all, the treasures of tbeSaa
was formed to rescue thcae rich
es from Davy Jones’s clutch;
fortunes were squandered oath*
search, many lives wan sacri
ficed in the chase, hot all to so
ns purpose. Davy fa still gloat
ing over his doubloons sod gold
en images as be gloated first
nearly a century ago.
■T*'a* there is tba Hnaaar. an
English man-of-war, which
sailed away to the westin 1780
••den with gold to pay British
soldiers and sailors. It Is said
tbeHosav had nearly £1,000,
000 aboard when she ran on a
rock and sank in seventy teat of
water, lets than 100 yards torn
the shore of the Bast river. Per
more than a h usd red yean ooe
attempt after another baa been
made to snatch this treasure
from the deep, bat so far not
even the locker baa been found.
Not many years after the
Hoasats disappeared under the
water of an American river the
sloop of war DeBcaak want to
the bottom in a gate off the Del
aware capes, taking with her a
rich spoil of two captured Span
ish gal Isons laden with gold and
gems of fabulous value. Govern
ments and private- individuals
have vied with each other for a
century in the chase of these
treasures, but they still remaiu
M zeauctrye and elusive a Ian
as when Davy first laid greedy
hands on them.
if any one who sacks lor treas
ure nearer home it iato be foaad
not many mile* from the Lizard,
Ip Cornwell, where they aaf a
hSW&'iesraB
the sands and rocks where the
richly freighted vessel waa bat*
tend to pieces by the fierce At
lantic waves." Although many
companies have tried in vain to
recover this submarine board,
there is nodoahtof its existence,
for coins an constantly being
waabad up by the tide as tantal
irinr evidence oi the richness of
the coders from which they hive
drifted.
In a cava in the Auckland
Islands mar still be recovered
all the gold that the good ship
General Grant ana carrying
when she started in 1866 on her
voyage from Melbourne to Lon
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A Matter
of Health
%
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.
mm
.Ayi
*M, with • MfMtr Hat of
&%££££&
stasttss-as
UM^Mkndalhiwmitf
the Znyffer, Zee. a Mule over a
century agoshe look 330 bars of
gajg
foundering Z53.000 bad baaa re
covered ; 50 year* or OMta later
•he gave op another £50,000,
was iasurcdfana raead^l JOO(K
000-«be Kill karpa a B
bold.
And again—a* evidence that
Davy Jones it not qoit* *o bad
oha te pictured—of the tea
boxes of gold that meat down
Krtb Aa Alfonso XU, off the
bane been recovered**0 Davy
keeps the teath.
Tbe situation is not _
•enow it is shandy
and it is solemnly miwi to-day.
Tbe rrest depreciation is cotton
dsrisy tbe psst abc^ nsoraW, fa
mbtfea s cud
But tbs victory new *»—■
•tarty won. A bale in the hands
of the farmers ia wrath two bales
on tbe market. Cotton la the
hands of Um farmers to-day has
•giftgfc; than the entire
5S wiUb*t<act>witb dta£tloi!!
Tbe rale of trade is. "Commo
dities in quantities far bSSd
the need of the “* - >
a naiaenee.".
If gold lay l___|
n». and tbe wotid was equally as
wtU supplied—it would not be
picked up. Inst ao.
80 it is with cotton, if theta is
ferttagaUteo? Junto MMnc^
the expectaacy of the future.
Ia other wotda, the siae and
prospect of tbe east cotton crap
gM/jetermine tbe price, and
tha tendency will not be to base
caloelntSou op what has been
■town in the last season. Of
foetae, we may acninsra n ktwe
crop, bot h Is not probable, for
tha incentive Is lackiny.
tiling is the Sooth, It takes
&£**»■* - ^.
• tank with ot_
to-day with it aellfam at
noitet price. I wiah he>d
■ahia name.
M'siwtggxzs
afttafiss isuss
ftygjftfV »Ult a^ fa
through the rant dhftitet, the
news paper* are derating
colnma* to dbconioo of^the
nmMtn an pot into cold type
2E
££E,S§l5
toke U to market receive
cream—*ood prion fren 9 to 11