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CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK ;
GASTONIA, N. C.
CAPITAL - « - - >80,000
With ample capital anil Northern 'connections we
arc prepared at alt time* to extend our cuatomera
any amount of accommodation desired at tba legal
rale of iataraat. 0*. We never charge easterner*
carrying balance* with us shove this rate. Our
customers accorded every courtesy and acconuao
dntion that sound banking will perarft.
Y»ar hiliiii U raayact tally Invited.
A. Ga MYERS, Cashier
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Why not invest yonr horse-money in some of our ^
4. splendid unbroken stock and thus save from $35 to $50 4.
4b on every pnrcbase? It is like getting that much pay 4»
4 for simply breaking the animal to harness. 4
^ During the past week we have had a good trade in 4
our unbroken horses and mules and th*ry have given X
* good satisfaction. Plenty of both broken and nnbrok- *
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BOUNDARY NUISANCES.
••Uoe House*" That Make Trou
ble For Of&ciala.
BOTH AMEEIOA¥ AID OABADIAE.
Iwklia Dan* t* l*n
*11** C..4i ■ uulaa II1MI
wki.kr-d.Tw Plan D..lwl t.
r«a map**a»Maa—*a— au.
with a view i* thaakn* c» ah tk*
•Uh »**»—.*»
'ilk* fact that "Una kcuM" ** th*
bound 11 ry b«twa*n Canada and th*
United State* bar* beam growl** la
number instead at decreasing, daapit*
the coerpatle aiaaenraa of Caaadlaa
and Ualtod State* inspectors, baa bran
brought t* lb* attantkra of aflkfela In
Washington, and (tank to do away
with tli* Milan ace am under rimaHna
tK*». aaya th* Maw Tack TrI bane's
Washington cncrrapnndaat Th* “Ua*
bona**,” to which a raabing li ilmn la
data* In atoaggkng goad* aad art ling
lUMt whisky. It* aapot-tally an th*
Mnln* sad Yanaant border* aad am
bnlit directly or or the Un* Tbara am
ahaat tftssa at dm* an the Turn ant
boundary and twenty an (he tin* be
■ twnan Main* and Canada. The pro
prietor* barn maid rad a chaw plan
by which to foi laapactocBk Th* good*
am stored in rapbeards at thclraa «a
«*»»• ••** P«'<»i1«lu* promptly alid** Ua
capboarf or thrive* with Iteuar aad
(gamhapdia* arm lata th* territory la
•EMi Ik* AlTUd* mmwamrnS mnk. — _.
victory baa no* always bora for the in
nnvtora
Tbore were about Atleea special
MgaMte employed by the Culiod States
rovmiiueiit. la addition to (bo regular
roxtoms officer*. to wateli tbo bound
ary Use between Canada and the
Vnllad State* in tba apace extending
freoi UtfdauaUirg to rorUand, M*.
Tbaas men ara efficient aa a rule, and
tbatr repocta made to beadquamrr In
Waalilngtoo abow tbat they make
aaay eatmroe In Um enora* of tba
yaar. N avert lie lea*, tba ajrttaai of eoa
trol baa aavar worked aauafactorlly.
Hrauggllag flourish at In spite at tbelr
vigilance, aud In tbo matter of {cgulat
tng tba ranging of rattle from Cana
«aa la Amrrlcan territory on farm
wbfch Ua on batb aides of tba lino It
bn* -boon laopoaalble far tba Halted
bn* to ootupel anything approxlnmt
tag a strict obaarvaaea of tba law.
WImb dm wilderness along tba baa
beranma am Ihirkly aettled. aa It la
nptdly doing. It la exported tbat tba
trouble* wtlt multiply and tba fares
wtU be utterly Inadequate. It la bow
prapasil, la rtaw af tba mini perplax
*•« qaattloaa which ara Hktly to arias
“ *—action with an force sera t of tba
bamdary rniaa all along Um line from
P* £•'**• *• «ba Atlantic couat, that
pa Halted States and Oanada abookl
W* to a >oint ramialmian to deal
with Omaoblort.
W|tb g view t* rianiag up tba "lino
NffiMk** dm aagpaotloa la made I bat
Canada and dm United States should
a (guttata a traoty which abanld provide
attbar tbat aq boons of any kind should
DB. MOTT ON BABBLE HORSES.
Tbe Easy tad GracaJul Sestkero
BeH la Saddle Harses (be Beat
laewa*
SuturUk Landmark.
Dr. J. J. Mott, of Statesville,
had s saddle horse in a riding
contest at the Charlotte fair, and
In tbe Observer of Tuesday be
enters a protest against the
barring of certain gaits from tbe.
contest. He says:
"1 went iDto.tlie ridiug contest
at tbe fair, though learning for
the first time at the stand where
the horses were assembled that
a trotting gait and gallop were
included (■ tbe classification
made by the judges. My horse
is not a trotter and has been
taught to avoid trotting and
cantering, and my information
bad been that the easy, graceful
gaits of the Sootbern* saddle
horse would be those adopted in
thia instance.
”1 had paid tbe entrance fee
and remained in tbe contest,
feeling that [ would be shat out
from among the winners, but
granting to see the operation
under the atrenuoos clips that
were introduced, which I could
better do by participating,
lbere was but one horse in the
exhibit trained to the four gaits
given oat in the instruction* at
the stand. This horse, a very
fine one, could go these four
gaits, but was quite common
place in all of them. There
were horses in the coutest that
could greatly surpass him in
any one of them, l>ut the gaits
selected happened to hit hia
case exactly.
"1 am an American out and
oat, but this end of the country
has done most to produce the
saddle horse, and 1 want to tee
him preserved in his integrity.
There is nothing more char
scteristic of the older South
than the saddle horse—a horse
that did not keep hia rider im
modestly heaving np and down
in the saddle to avoid the jolt
he would get at every step in a
trot, if he failed to hoist himself
at the given moment.
"The movement of a horse is
more or less disturbing to the
rider, as there is no exercise of
the muscles like it. A trot is
the most agitating of all the
gaits. Why it should have been
introduced into the list of
saddle gaits is passing strange.
Manifestly the trotting gait, so
different from the other gaits,
must diminish the character and
quality of the others font as the
inordinate development of one
faculty dwarfs another. The
body of an even graceful ambler
or pacer is distorted by an adop
tion of the trotting gait. There
is a difference in the sbspe of
1_ __a • . •
— — • ww*#ya, miM Hi tUC BUHUC
and play of the joints and in the
attachments of the mnsclea.
Cases can be cited where
the same individual baa been
a great pacer and a great trotter
also, bat be excelled in one or
the other, but waa the best in
neither.
"The trotting gait is not a
saddle gait and should be ex
cluded in all exhibitions of aa i
dle horses. The fleet foot walk,
the trot and the gallop—any man
could ride it from John Cilpin
down, but it is a bottle-breaking
pit. The gait came over here
from the contineut of Europe.
Wide stretches of country sad
no roads poshed our American
ancestors into the saddle, and
into thought and search for an
easy gait. All sorts of endeavor
in combination of breeding has
resulted in the American saddle
horse—a prodigy in beauty of
form and graceful action. He
skims the earth as a seagull
skirna the ocean end with as
much precision, and touches it
“ h* swings along with the ar
tistic lightness of a dancing girl.
"As the South increases in
wealth the old popularity of the
moom not*® wui revive. Al
ready (here la agrowing interest
in bin.
•Let those who are inclined
to adopt the trotting gait (which
under the saddle means the flex
ing of the front knees with a
neryMs Jerk, a a d a sodden
sledge-hammer lick of the feet
back to tha earth again, causing
a report that can be heard across
Albemarle aoiind) have a close
of their ewa. Thera is no poe
try in the trot."_
Celling HilHoaa el S m • 11
' Change.
WsakkaaSaa Mavan*.
Flee million nickels, four mil
lion pennies and three million
dimea. ead nearly a million quar
tern were added to the drcnle
tiott by the coinage of the mint®
during the month of October.
The fetal raise of tba silver and
minor coins ininted ware |1,056,
150. and the xold coin wei val
and «t $1,132,500. The mints
**.<»> pneoe for
the Philippine (overament.
A COM IRQ COUNTRY.
WIUm* la lb* Trtaailien firlW
—A Comparison WUb Santo*.
CbAilKlf CWtVtl.
Rondo, Nov. 4,—Wilkes conn
tv is nndonbtcrily going forward.
The mcrease iu assessment from
$2,000,000 to $4,000,000 from
1902 to 1905 is euongb to show
the above statement to l»c true.
Th« figures illnstrsite the better
for being mode in round num
bers.
It is true that part of the in
crease is due to the little visit
Mr. Rogers of the corporation
committee made when he in
cteased all assessments some
thing like 30 or 40 per cent.
But even after taking this in
to consideration the increase is
very great.
The county is iu a transition
period. Sums people, some
farmers in particular, are not so
well off as they were when the
Yadkin Valley bad no raitrpads
•3d. "*»*“ distilling went on
with far less interruption than it
does now. The distilleries
made a market for lots of corn
at a good price. The gentle
men who do bniiiiMc *
outside the Uw are rarely ex
acting in the little transactions
they have with their neighbors,
and those establishment* which
were observing the Uw strictly
seemed to use more corn in old
days than they do in these
modern times since the railroad
and Judge Boyd have pot in an
appearance. When Statesville
was tlie nearest railroad station
and market, times seemed easier
on fanner* and money more
plentiful.
The railway has done much to
drain the country of labor and
this is bard on the farmer.
Some years ago there was a
regular exodus to Indiana.
Many think this never would
have occurred except for the
railroad.
It seems a pity that the rail,
road should be blamed for tak
ing these people. away whereas
the better conditions elsewhere
is what took them. They went
to a country where there was
something better to do than turn
corn into liquor by the light of
the moon. Gaston county bas
traveled the identical road which
Wilkes is now traveling. Gas
ton has passed the transient
period which is now upon
Wilkes. Distillers were once as
completely intrenched in Gas*
ton as they ever were in Wilkes.
Now, Gaston has none, but in*
stead more cotton factories than
any other county in the State.
Some of the labor which has left
Wilke* hat, in all probability.
1““' uaston has
booked up her water powers sod
is making these do more work
than multitudes of meu could do.
Wilkes hat more water power
than Gaston and it is as yet
practically all running to waste.
It has better soil and better all
the-year climate. Gaston is all
right for wbat it is doing but for
finer goods and superabundant
water power the mountain
country is the coming country.
Wilkes is an average type of the
mountain coquties sod has un
touched resources, capable and
unlimited developments.
The raise in the tax rate hasn’t
hurt. It wouldn’t hurt if it was
raised again if it wera raised
equally on all. The rate would
be correspondingly lower and
each man'a actual taxes the
same money as now paid. The
better assessment shown would
make a belter showing and give
a better ontaide financial stand
ing for the county.
The transition from wagon
wav to railway conditions Is well
under way. ,
Within a month a double dally
train service baa been put in
operation. Here again the real
progress is shown. The leather
m.
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«*,Nortb Wilkmboro is
tl» big pioneer of maonlactar
tog «tM others arc coming on as
tor example the match factory
•t Honda, and the cross arm
factory at Roaring Rim. II
•one of the new enterprises
come slow or with halting step
nevertheless they are coming
and as time goes oo the pace
wHJ mend anti the halting strp
will become more firm and
regular.
. I*!1* n«w hope of the farmer Is
,0.w*^LyioU % 00X0 be *o
sell to the distiller to the factory
operative. Henceforth this new
market will grow and as it grows
the farmer will find more and
mote sale, not only for staple
products, but for all perishable
farm prod acts, such as vege
tables, fruits, milk, butter and
practically everything which
grows on a farm. If there are
some dark spot* now. these will
gradually disappear and the new
prosperity wifi be of a higher
order end far more lasting than
lit* old.
Up the Yadkin Valley there
have lived some great people.
Names abound which an his
mum; in me state, borne of
these did Ugh service is the
war of mdepeadence and the
dependent* of these wilt, in
many cases, again be the lead
era in inaugurating modem eon
emioos of progress and civilian
tion as their lorefathera ent
loop from old political associ
ations and tradition* to help in
augurate American liberty.
The old fight waa a hard one.
while it lasted, but the old
fellows made sacrifices to keep
it up to the point of victory and
gave modem America to their
dependents. And as these suc
ceeded so the modern citizen of
the mountain country will stay
by his work and duty until the
bad conditions of the past and
present be changed, conditions
that will not only be better, but
far more secure and lasting.
YOU AXB^YOUVIUE.
Wkai'i Being Among our Helgk*
ben Jut Across the Liu.
YotlvUI* KDOUlfTf.
The cotton receipts np to date
aggregate very nearly six thou
sand bales.
Mr. Jas. F. Thomson Is mak
ipx extensive improvements on
the Watson house, recently
purchased by him.
Miss Emms Norman, eldest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hose
Norman, died at the home of
her parents Sunday afternoon,
after a lingering illness of
eczema.
Rer. R. A. Rouse and Miss
Lola Dameron an to be married
this afternoon at 5:30 o'clock at
the residence of the bride's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. X* E.
Dameron on West Madison
street.
Mrs. Sarah Garner and son,
Ur. Louis Garner of Union, are
visiting the family of Mr. Jas.
V. Thomson.
Eleven cents was offered for
cotton last Saturday; but there
was none sold on this market at
that price.
The horse traders had a great
day yesterday. There was lots
of trading stock in town, and
business was booming In the
back lots from morning until
night.
Mr. C. W. Moorman of Cohns
Ha is visiting his stepmother,
Mrs. Janie Moorman, who is
critically ill at the home of Mr.
Withers Adickea.
Mr. William Carson of the
rwltshfte 1.. J LI.
hip brokenrecentiy u the malt
of a fall and hu since been con*
fined to hie bed In a helpless
condition. %
There h general complaint
•boat the high price of lumber.
We have only to remark that
the country will ace lumber very
much higher before It goes any
lower. The splendid financial
conditions now prevailing will
tend lumber booming.
The papara in a $12,000 real
estate deal were fled in the
clerk’s offlee yesterday. The
block that includes the Loan
and Savings Mask, Ferguson A
Clinton s store, and J.Q. Wray’s
dote was sold by Md. W. B.
Moore to Mr. James M. Stroup.
Rer. W, K. Mart, on lust
Sunday tendered hit resignation
as pastor of the Yorkville Baptist
church. Ha will continue ia
charge of the Union, Clover and
P.non churches. The YorkvtUa
congregation is considering tha
idea of having a pastor for his
whole time._
The dispensary was voted out
of Spartanburg county Tuesday
by U majority of Dearly fifteen
hundred.
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