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W. F. MARSHALL, Editor and Proprietor.
VOJL. XXVI.
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CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK j
GASTONIA, N. C.
CAPITAL - - >30,000 ;
With ample capital and Northern connections wc
arc prepaied at all time* to extend oar customers
any amount of Accommodation desired at the legal
rate of interval, 8* . We never charge customer*
carrying balance* with as above tUl* rate. Our
customer, accorded every courtesy sail accommo
dation thst sound banking will permit.
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A. G, MYERS, Cashier
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I TAKE_NOTjCE |
The Loray Mills has set aside a Ware- Eg
house for your use free of charge and will
carry free Insurance for you. Your cotton
will be tagged and undisturbed until you
sell or call for same* They will Issue you
a Negotiable Receipt. All they ask Is that §
B you haul your cotton to the Warehouse,
where it will be weighed free of charge.
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J Where the greatest stocks of all kinds of merchandise j
. are to be found. Onr long experience and being able
T to buy in large quantities for both wholesale and retail
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T Dry Goods, Coat Suits. Millinery, Carpets. Jewelry, T
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▼ "American Lady” and "Artistic" $3.00 Shoes, +
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Tax Notice.
I will meet you at the following place* (or the purpose of col
lecting your taxes:
Union, Tuesday, Oct. 10. from 10 a. m. to 12.
South Point, Fords* Store, Tuesday, Oct. 10, from 2 p. m. to 4
Mt. Holly, Wednesday, Oct. 11, from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.
Mtn. Island, Thursday. Oct. 12. from 10 a. m. to 12.
Ucla, Thursday, Oct. 12, from 2 p. m. to 4 p. m.
Stanley, Friday, Oct. W, from 10 a. m. to 4. p. m.
Bessemer City, Tuesday, Oct. 17, from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.
killing's Store, Wednesday, Oct. IB, from 10 a. m. to 4. p. m
Meet me at the above appointments and oblige
C. B. Armstrong, Sheriff.
PITTSBURG VISIBLE TYPEWRITER.
Rapid Action.
PRICE $78.
IT KAtNES Tie DEMANDS Of BUSINESS.
Unexcelled for billing tod tabulating
Scud for catalogue.
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OAZBTTE PRINTING HOUSE, LOCAL AGENCY.
YOU AND- YOUV1LLE. .
Wl»l’« Doing Among oar Neigh
bora Jug Across the Lias.
VurtrUlt Itnnsln-r.
The Yorkvilte dispensary has
about disposed of its cheaper
grades cf whisky; but people
conlinnc to buy so long as
they cau raise the price.
The result of the votiug in
Florence gives rise to a sus
picion that probably the whole
movement mnat have been in
the bauds of the dispeusary peo
ple from the beginning.
It is well to be oa the lookout
for footpads, safe blowers and
burglars. There seems to be no
doubt of the fact that this sec
tion hns been invaded by large
numbers of criminals of this
kind from the north.
Several people who brought
cotton to market last Wednes
day morning expecting to sell
it at 10 cents or 10yi cents, on
finding that they could get only
decided not to sell. Some
stored their cotton in the ware
houses and others carried it
back home.
York county policy holders in
the State Mutual Hail Insnrancc
company are gelling together to
demand an accounting from the
head officers before paying
their notes. There is a general
feeling that the assessment that
has been levied is larger than is
warranted by the loases that
have been incurred.
Cotton farmers around Rock
uni ... _:____
not to sell their cotton for less
than 10 cenU before January 1,
next. The Record of yesterday
printa a list o( signer!, more
than a hundred in number.
Judge Purdy has granted a
new trial in the case of John B.
Moore vs. the Catawba Power
company. Moore while .in the
employ of the Catawba Power
company aa quarryman, was
frightfully injured by the de
layed explosion of a blast. Hr
sued for damages and the case
has been before two juries, both
of which returned verdicts in
his favor. The last verdict was
for $10,700. G. W. S. Hart and
D. W. Kobiuson for plaintiff;
W. B. Wilson, A. G. Brice and
C. W. Tillct for defendant;
Suspended from a wire in
midair was the unnsnal predica
ment in which Chief Kidd, a
brakeman on the . Union and
Glenn Springs railway, found
himself late Monday afternoon.
Kidd was on the train aa it
passed under the trolley wire near
the coal chnte at Buffalo, and
finding that he was about to be
pulled from the moving cars, be
cangbt hold with hia band* and
let the train pull from beneath
him. He hung suspended until i
nis strength was exhausted,
when he fell a distance of about
20 feet, and marvelous to say,
was only slightly bruised.
A number of citizens gath
ered in the court house last
Wednesday night to discuss the
qnestion of converting the
Kings Mountain Military school
property into a high school for
boys and girls. Mayor Lowry
was called to the chair and the
sobiect was discussed in n gen
eral wav from tbe floor. It de
veloped that there was no par
ucuiar pian or procedure, and
tbe matter was turned over to a
committee consisting of John
K. Carroll, chairman, W. W.
TA £ McDow, L. W.
Jenkins, C, E. Spencer, W. B.
Moore, W. G. White, J. A.
Tate, H. A. D. Neely, Mem
bers of this committee met in
the office of Mr. Carroll yester
day afternoon, and drew np a
eubicription paper pledging the
subscribers to pay the amounts
opposite their names for the
purpose of purchasing tbe K.
M. M. S. property and turning
it over to the county if the conn
ty would agree to maintain tbe
school. If a satisfactory ar
rangement cannot be made with
the county, then an offer will be
made to the township.
Ovar On# Hand rad Casas a!
BiyMbaris.
The Black Mountain Bagla
says during the past month
there have been over one hun
dred cases of diphtheria in
Yaney county and perhaps a
dozen deaths from the disease.
In most cases, however, the
malady has been of a mild
type. As a result, tbe primary
departments in both schools st
this place suspended last Friday
until tke conditions are im
proved.
..ft* *• ®* ^yen one of Rock
Hill's moat prominent and be
loved physicians, died at his
borne Sunday afternoon, and
was buried at his old boat,
F.dyeinoor, on Monday, in
Lnfon church cemetery.
Fna lihuM li Cuua.
Ot IB* OmHUl
Prom Lebanon 1 journeyed
to Canaan. The land of corn
and wine according to the
scriptural version of the name
does not apply in the cate of
Canaan, N. H. However, the
fact that this ia a dry town does
not argue that one mav not
have bit wine, occasionally.
Com. in the sense that a North
Carolinian speaks of "corn,"
would necessarily lie lacking,
for, aa a matter of fact, no one
ia this section ever heard of
"old corn,” to aav nothing of
drinking it. In this, however,
nothing has been lost.
Canaan may not be a land ol
corn and wine, bnt it is a pretty
little village of 1,000 inhabitant*,
located in the tieaiilifnl Mas
coma Valley at the loot of the
snow-capped White mouutaina
about 50 miles from the capital
city Concord. The town har
bors a clever, hospitable people.
Several sbopa here. The princi
pal one being an overall shoo
where overalls are manufac
tured, The country surround
ing ia well adapted to farming,
mostly trucking. Dairying and
poultry raising is the principal
money producer. The land is
of a rick loamy soil and if the
seasons are favorable will pro
duce moat any kind of crop.
While in conversation with "a
man about town,” I happened
to mentiou the fact that 1 was
from the South. 1 waa at
once taken to task to know fraui
which State 1 bailed. "North
Carolina, sir, at yunr service”.
Von don't say. Shake. That
ic artior# V a nnm is {mm Anv
mao from the same State as
Vance ia welcome to anything
iu my houae. If you are from
North Carolina, you are my
[ricod.” By this time several
liad joined the little group as
we stood in front of the corner
rrocery and post office as well.
\i each new-comer came up, I
was introduced os "the man
from the same State as Vauce."
[ bad the temerity to venture
the question if he knew Vance.
'Know him. why young man,
every body knows of Vance."
For the next JO minutes I was
flooded with questions about the
liferent old landmarks ami the
many changes that have lakeu
place in the political liorison
luring the past ten
fears. My old friend would slap
me on the back and say “this
foung man is from the South—
from North Carolina, I want yon
:o meet him”. It was all very
pleasant aud in a d e me feel
pronder than ever that 1 came
Tom the "Old North State."
It seems that my acquaintance,
whose name was Gordon, has
or the past 20 years been one of
he door-keepers in the U. S.
Senate end knew all the "old
.itneTS.” I told him that in
tome parts of the South the
same Gordon, was a name to
:onjure with. He knew Vaoce,
Ransom and most of the others,
Including ex-Senator Pritchard,
Senators Overman and Simmons.
Small, Kitcheu, Kluts and
tthers. We grew reminiscent
for the next hour or so, until it
aegen to grow late end was rime
for a night-hawk like myself to
leek my viituous couch. With
» patting. "I will see yon again,
North Carolina", 1 wended my
way to my boarding place, think
ing as I went of the words of
the Poet, which ran like tbig:
"The evil that men do lives af
lci inciD, ioc ii uu coicrrca
with their bones.” In tbit case,
me thought, it is ■ esse of the
good that meu Ho living after
them. So it will be with the
Immortal Vance. Ilia fame will
continue to live on until "The
Rlegy in a country church yard
tnay hr forgotten; the sublime
song of Paradise Lost may
perish: the North Star cessing
to gniae the pilots of the sea,
shall, following lu the track of
the constellation of the Cross,
disappear from the gate of men
beyond the everlasting ices of
the Poett and the Rcnonin of
the desert shall halt hit camels
upon the disintegrated dust of
the loftiest pyramid, ere the
name of Vance shall be forgot
ten. _Josh,
Blcycls Blew Up.
Smm Xasulnr.
An explosion like a innflled
pistol shot was htard a day 01
two ago, and to the surprise ol
every one in the yicinity, a pufl
of smoke waa sees banging
above a Iona and innocent look
ing bicycle standing by tbs
curbing on the court house
square. A crowd collected and
It was discovered that the noise
like a young cannon was only
the bursting of a tin. Not only
was the tubing torn up bnt the
heavy wooden rim as well bad
been splintered. The hot sun
donbtltae had caused gas to form
in the wheel.
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A COLONY Ft! A1HN COUNTY.
toMfaa m4 Fellah Fifain (•
Settle These this Whiter.
Columbia, October 5.- Com
missioner Wilson has received
s telegram from Aiken to the
effect that the purchase of 2,200
acres of laud near Montroorenci
has been concluded, the land to
be settled immediately—as soon
s* the present crop is off—by
Polish aud Russian farming
families. Last week Cootatia
Watatro went to Aiken
with Messrs. Charles Wrintraub
and Morns Latterman, whom he
succeeded in interesting in
booth Carolina last spring.
These gentlemen were the rep
resentative* of "The Incorpo
rated Agricnltnmt Association,"
an organisation formed for the
purpose of colonixing the many
farmers who arc leaving Russia
and Poland, expecting never to
return, aud bringing their all
with them. These gentlemen
selected land owned by the
Messrs. Coward, and it hat been
purchased by the representa
tives of the Association.
The colony propoees to en
gage in general farming, truck
ing, fruit raising and poultry
raising. Being located within
seven miles ol Aiken, there will
be excellent local markets. The
land obtained is admirably suited
.for the purpose and the pur
chase, which was concluded to
day. carries with it the pur
chase of all fanning imple
ments. horiM on llu nlao*
The land is to be divided into
small i facts and will be operated
upon the most approved colony
basis.
Sweet Potato States.
Vara tad luck.
The Southern Stales grow the
sweet potato to the exclusion of
others—Xew Jerscy excepted.
The following are the princi
pal sweet potato States, with
their production in bushels, as
furnished by the last Govern
ment report:
North Carolina_5.865.391
Georgia-5.616,317
Texas- 5.505.452
Alabama-4^,170
Mississippi-3.207,125
South Carolina..3.063.040
V irgima-2.616,011
New Jersey-2,254.344
Tennessee_1,973.635
Louisiana-1.912,060
Arkansas-__1.822.980
Florida-1,749,679
,Thw States, with the others
ot the Union, produce in round
numbers 44,000,000 busbcls a
yem. Vermont, Rhode Island
and Montana raise no sweets,
while Wyoming furnished but
five bushels and New Hampshire
but six; North Dakota’s crop
ageregmtes but forty bushels,
and all the other States and Ter
ritories of the Uaion raise one
hundred bushels at least.
The canned sweet potato is
finding au appreciative market
in all parts of the country to an
extent as to surprise many.
Nansmond is the variety moat
used for this purpose. The yield
of this variety is satisfactory hi
all of the Southern States. It is
the beat shipper to Northern and
Western market*, because its
flesh is firm and mealy. -The
very angary kinds of potatoes
are not relished by any but our
Southern markets.
Comptroller General Jones, of
Sooth Carolina, lias discovered
that J. T. Patterson, treasurer
of Edgefield county, is short in
hi* account* «otnething over
$4,000, and the governor has re*
moved Mr. Patterson pending
further investigation. It is not
thought that there it anything
crl initial in Mr. Patteraon’a
shortage; bnt that it is rather s
matter of incompetency.
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Baklan Powder
Alum Baking Pow
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digestion and aie un
healthy.
Avoid the alum.
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Kim oca Cloth 10c to 15c yard
Crepe Flannel 10c to 15c yard
Datings 5c to 15c yard
Flannels 15c to $1.00 yd.
Gingham, apron 5c to 10c yard
Gingham, dress 5c to 25c yard
White Linen* 25c to $1.25 yd.
Sheets, ready-made
flOe to $1.00 each
Undershirts, new styles
Ur to $2 00 each
Uudmtkirts. silk
$5 to $10 each.
Children’s Union Baits
25c to 50c each
Ladies’ VeM,special value, 25c
Ladica’ Pants, « " ZSc
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Table Damask. aJI Linen
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Pretty line Plaid Waist Silks.
Walking Skirts from $1 to$10.
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