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As the Summer Advances and the Fall Season Draws Ν
We are putting forth every effort to make the coming year the banner year of our mercantile life.
ÎNew goods are daily arriving and in onter to properly arrange the stock it is necessary to continue our sale
drices for a while longer on the followinglines:--Clothing, shoes, .bleaching, cheviots, chambrays, ginghams,
f-^canton flannels, pércalës and scores of other staples, ^
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M 0 R R I S B"R 0 S .
Department Store
Gastonia, N. C.
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HOTEL CUMBERLAND
NEW YORK
8. W. Corner Broadway. at J4U SI. Near
30th St. Subway Station and 1U St. Elevated
HEADQUARTERS FOR SOUTHERNERS
Ideal Location, Near Depots. Shops, atid Central
Park. Only New York Hotel with Win
N dow Screens Throughout
New, Modère aad Absolutely Fire Proaf
Mesffttractivt ——"
Transient rates $2.50 with bath and up. Special
Rates tor Summer Months. Send (or Booklet
HARRY P. STIMSON, Fermerly with Hotel Imperial
R. J. BINGHAM, Formerly with Hotel Wtodwird
JMEDICINESHAVE
MADE More CURES
THAN \ REMEDY
KNOWN TO.
THEM ONCE. "PÂïNEIS COMING"
Frost Terrence & Co.
s ! r^JΣijiJÎ0^u KM&.4Ï OJ ' VJN
, Washington, Niagara Falls, Toronto, Thusand Islands,
Montreal, Quebec, Dpwn Lake George and Cham
plain and Four Days in New York City, at
Very Attractive Rates
Leevee September Ist-Pereonally Conducted by
Mr. C. H. Gettl*
the SEABOAXU) announces their second ANNUAL TOUR, personal·
ly conducted, by C. H. Qattis, District Passenger Agent, chaperoned by
■. O^H. Qattis, -same being nnder their personal supervision, throngh
XtBÎ-yd Canada, taking la all the principal and most attractive
Heaorts ia tfce East, leaving Raleigh September 1st, via Portsmouth—
Norfolk, OU Point Comfort, up the historic Potomac to Washington,
thence throngh Baltimore, Philadelphia and the scenic Lehigh valley to
Niagara Falls, Toronto, taking in the Ο rand Toronto Exhibition, through
the Thousand Islands, down ti»e St. Lawrence River to Montreal and
Quebec, returning via Lake George and JUke Champlaln through Sara·
-tog· and Albany to New York, where (our days will be spent.
• <lama/1 stoan
and Pnllmnn fa
transfers, hotel aecoinmodatk^u, «'«Je tripe, etc., as (glows la iîiaarary
in fact jrill Include practical)? *Ψ9Η necessary expense with the adap
tion of a few meals en route and while In New York city, and Is made at
the lowest possible amount.' ·
Jhlf route has been selected after the most careful considerate·,
tctvj/m the best advantage for ^sight-seeing at inoet Interesting points.
Nufllclent length of time will be spent at all stop-over polntH for sight
seeing and all arrangements made f< r the pleasure and comfort of the
'j ·'- . -v ·. . ...
C. H. Gattls, District Passenger Agent, will devote his entire time to
|f ;WlHity and will look after all aecresary detail», etc., for the comfort
§ad pleasure of alj, and this Is assured as the Seaboard ha# had con
siderable experience in handling these tours, as qpy one who has been
with them la the past will be glad t > tell you.
Mr. aad Mrs. Gattls will be assisted by Mr. and Mrs. James Ker,
Jr., of Charlotte, Ν. 0.
r_ For itinerary of tour write at once to the undersigned'and those
who desire descriptive literature relative to route over which party will
travel, etc., will be forwarded «âme upon receipt of request with 20
eeata in postage to cover mailing of same.
The party is last fining ap and those desiring to join should make
reaerratta— without delay.
District Passenger Agent, Raleigh, N. C.
C. H. Gattls. Jas. Ker, Jr., C. P. Α.,
j&Wr*. ' ' ·'Vv Charlotte, N. C.
What Wm Done on a North Carolina
Farm.
Southern Field.
■■r- ■ ,
"K clear profit of f 2,500 a year on
the farm In the Sooth is aa good a·
a $«,000 salary in New York City,
and far.JMre eaaily made," la the
statement of an agricultural writer.
"Not only ha* the South a monopoly
of cotton and of many typaa of to
. bacco, but the farmer her· can get
bo much higher price· tor all kind»
of live stock and dairy products, hay
and corn, that a Buckeye farmer
who recently Tinted North Carolina
(and will probably move here later)
«poke of the matter with tome amaze
meet. The average «Up 'of the
farm* in thia state la «sore than 100
acre·, hot a Catawba county farmer
cultivating only SO acres made/}2,
400 clear - profit last year raising
■ I hogs. He had three anclOMM· of
five ψη· each for lolling crop·—
one In cowpeaa, another In corn, and
another in wheat and clover; on 3S
acre· more he grew mature corn for
feeding la' thé ear. * The hog· are
marketed as soon as they weigh 180'
poundvand. of course only improv
ed, quick-fattening breed· are used."
Older· bf mail for lob Prfatieg re
cetve proapt atteiUoa at U* <Λφ>
Β· .Η. Harrlman, the well-known
New York financier, who bag been in
Europe in search of health, since the
first of June, has returned to the
United States, having landed in New
York last Tuesday.
«100 Reward, *100.
The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there Is at least
one dreaded disease that science hil*
been able to cure In all It* itagep,.
and that la Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh
1 Core is the only positive cure now
known., to the medical fraternity
Catarrh being a constitutional dife,
ease, require» a constitutional treat
ment. Hall'à Catarrh Cure Is taken
Internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of Hi
system, thereby destroying the foun»
dation of the disease, and giving UW
patient alrength by building up th#
constitution and aaaistlng nature la
doing its · work. The proprietors
have ao much faith In its curattnt
power* that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any caae ttyst^tt fail*
cure. Send for list of teatimonlals :
Address F. J. CHENEY ft CO., Toi
ledo, O.
Sold by all Druggists, 760. - ?
'Take Hall'* Family Pill* for coe
stlpatlom.
Personals and Locals.
—Summer ends next Tuesday.
—8oon will the picnic season be
over.
—Mr. Lewis Carroll, of Newton.
Is here this week.
—Mr. R. B. Bablngton spent yes
terday In Shelby.
—Mies Ella Lewie, of route two,
waq'ln Gastonla yesterday.
Mr. Hugh Miller, of Lowell, was
a Gastonla visitor yesterday.
—Sheriff Thomas E. Shuford, of
Dallas, was In town yesterday.
—Mr. W. L. C. Killian made a
business trip to Charlotte yesterday.
—Mr. H, W, McGinns», of Kings
Mountain, was a Uastonia visitor yes.
terday. . ·
—Three weeks more and the
school children will again gather up
the books they threw away last May.
—Among yesterday's business vis
itors In the city was Superintendent
F. 'P. Hall, of Belmont..
—Attorney John G. Carpenter, of
Dallas, was a Gastonla visitor yes
terday.
—Attorney A. L. Bulwlnkle, of
Dallas, was In Gastonia on business
yesterday.
—(Messrs. David P. Delllnger and
C. C. Beam, of Cherryvllle, were In
Gastonla yesterday on business.
■—Mr, 'Robert Gardner, superin
tendent of Baker's Mil) at Çrpwçlerg
Mountain, was In Gastonla yesterday.
—Mr. Sam Glenn, of the Bethel
neighborhood, was In Qastonla on
business Wednesday.
—Dr. W. H. Hoffman and Mr. M.
H. Shuford spent Wednesday in Char
lotte attending the State Confederate
—(Rev. R. C. Anderson is having
hi» oottage op East Franklin avenue
enlarged, repainted and otherwise
improved. It will be occupied by
Mr. Lacy Todd whtn completed,
—Mr. W. W. Jenkins returned last
Tuesday to his home In York ville af
ter spending several day· in Gastonla
as the guest of his daughter, Mrs. J.
Y. Miller.
—LI in wood College begins its next
session September 16th. The new
bulldlpg now being erected will not
be ready (or occupancy, however, for
several weeks after the session start»
—An early fall and a bard winter
is ; the prediction ope hears oftea.
Just what the signs are on whlolj
'these predictions are marte we do not
know, - φ Τ*
—Mr. J. H. Carpon. carrier on ru
ral routé number t#o. resumed lija
work yesterday after a fl.fteep days
vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Carson have
just gone to housekeeping.
—Dr. W. E. McllWaine will preach
next Sunday morning at the First
Presbyterian church. Dr. Mcll
walne was formerly pastor here, and
will be welcomed by bis former par
ishioners.
—In an hour's drive down the Un
ion road a few days ago the reporter
counted eeventeen two-horse wagon
load· of wood coming to town.
Somebody's getting ready for cold
weather.
—Mr. Hugh Miller, The Gazette's
young Lowell correspondent, will
leave In a few day· for Westminster
School, Rutherford county, where he
will pursue his studies the coming
year.
—Mr. W. N. Cooper, formerly with
the Yeager Manufacturing Company,
was In Gastonla yesterday for the
purpose of shipping his household
goods to Burlington, N. C„ where he
resides.
—The Gazette le inj receipt of a
copy of the North Carolina anti-trust
law as amended by the last Legisla
ture, mailed from the office of Gov
ernor Kitchin. We shall give our
readers the full text of the law In a
subsequent issue of The Gazette.
—A small house belonging to the
Loray Mill and occupied by a colored
employe of the mill was destroyed
by Are Wednesday night between β
and 10 o'clock. Being" outside the
city limits and out of reach of the
Loray flre department, the house was
entirely destroyed.
—In the police court Wednesday
morning Will Sutton, colored, was
placed under a bond of $25 on a
charge of stealing two pairs of pants
from the store of Mr· P· Lebovitz.
railing to give bond he was sent to
jail to await his trial at the next term
of Superior Court. Paul Partlow, al
so colored, was fined $1 and the
costs for an assault.
—Manager Bablngton, of the Pied
mont Telephone & Telegraph Com
pany says lots of folks haven't yet
learned to get a long-distance call
through. When you want an out-of
LUWII pari,/ van twi mug u·»»»»·".,
give her jour call then bang up the
receiver and go back to your work.
It's not necessary to stand and bold
the receiver. The company hae a
special long-distance operator whose
business tt Is to get your party and
then cal| yoi). Usually if takes only
a few minutes to get » call through,
If the operator cannot get your par
ty within twenty minutes she will no.
tlfy you. You simply waste t time
standing at the phone and your call
Is not hastened any.
—Several hundred people attend
ed the annual union picnic of the
Gastonla, Kings Mountain and Bes
semer City and Plsgah Associate Re
formed Presbyterian Sabbath schools
at Linwood College Wednesday, dys
tonia was well represented as were
othe towns. There were no edrresses
the entire day being spent In simply
having a good time. Many of the
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1 . ; i\
picnicers climbed to the top of Crow
ders Mountain, a feat that requires
; usually several hours. A sumptuous
dinner was spread under the trees on
the college grounds. The ladies so
ciety of Pisgah church had a booth
where lemonade, Ice cream, cigars,
etc. were dispensed, the proceeds go
ing to their church improvement
fund. Altogether the da; was a
most delightful on·.
Billy Sunday, the famous "base
ball" evangelist, was' injured In an
automobile accident at Laporte, Ind.,
Monday
The first frist reported from any
part of the State this season occur
red at Blowing Rock, forty miles
northwest of Hickory. Monday morn
ing.
Editlr J. A. Thomas, of The Frank,
lin Times, died at his home In Louls
burg Tuesday night at 11 o'clock af
ter a long Illness.
APPLICATION FOR PARDON,
of
» πτττ * ητ AVrXiniTP
C. W. COSTNER.
Application will be made to the
Governor of North Carolina (or the
pardon of J. Will Cloninger, convict
ed at February Term 1908 of the Su
perior Court of Gaston County of the
crime of manslaughter.and sentenced
to the roads of Gaston County for a
term of three years.
At the time application will
be made to the Governor of North
Carolina for the pardon of Charles W.
Oostner, convicted at the February
Term, 1908, of the Superior Court of
Gaston County of the crime of man
slaughter and sentenced to the roads
of Gaston County for a term of one
year.
All person^ who oppose the grant
ing of the said pardons are Invited to
forward their protest* to the Gover
nor without delay,
This the 20th day of August, 19Θ9.
ROBERT CLONINGER,
ELI S. COSTNER.
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Gastonia, North Carolina
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New Arrivals-Ladies' Coat Suits at Clean Sweep Prices
Go to Lebovitz' Clean Sweep Sale
Il V t vrir
Special bsrgalnitleiljr, People wondering and remarking, **How
can goods be sold so cheap" ? Come see for yourself. We sell as
advertised. ÀII goods marked In plain figures. ^ Don't miss this
great money.saving CLEAN SWEEP SALE.
DR. FRANCIS S. PAC
OF GREENSBQBertftT
Expert Physician, Surgeon and Specialist
Will Visit Gastonia, Friday, Sept 3rd., and every
fourth Friday regularly thereafter
WILL BE AT THE FALLS HOUSE
m Day Only-Mr" HoiliS: ttfri*
BrltishCanadian
Midioal Expert, !?. ^
Surgton led BHntmt >f
TlagnoilloUn. j/gj ^ Um, ViMa
Consultation It Examination
at all timeé FREE end
Invited.
Χ eura t· «toy tmi «rary "M I **"
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gSj™ « Ohio·
reform, without detention
Plea aura.
Thia North Caroltaa I*etor, re«late»*lnnd
fisBJsîntt* su»
ew»aibiUty. H· tree ta the foliowin» Umm
only: AU Nerroua Dteeaaea ench *1 Nimi
pivplea, etc. H· want» to meet all ale* per
■ona who Buffer from Ohrqnio Oon'tipatlon,
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protruding or tat«r*elln
-worm, Diaaaaea of the lirer.
Diaaaaea of the Urer, aneh aa ao
It dlaplacempnt, or oountUm.
■aib bardante» or enterrement. Dieeae
Sratemic. Thl« eefemy of the human race.
He ia now able to eure in a abort time by
in original and aaw method of OamoaUer
tbaorptioft. Aethma In all tta forma. Con
sumption of the menr etarea. A Curejuar
anteed If la the early Sttiaa, before daetrue
tion of titinea haa aot in. beeSueaa oauaed
by It I bar· eared traraçrtly in #0 min
ute a. Sometimea aoMMMlad by Head noi.ea,
Cured to etay Cured. Diaeeaea of Timi,
Uterine or Oeurian ara moat aueoeeafelly
•«ted. Diaplacementa in any torn ara ta
H*4 *erer been kwnnk 1» itwwdi ||'i
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w*k Mme. iîurle who flrat auapectad
that quelttlea of uranium and draw
her Jriiaband'» attention to the tab
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