- ■ Mo loyd citizen ran fail to
fed jest pride in the growth of
■I the county's town*. Among
rapid or wore sabetantfal prog*
Rwtluahn Bessemer City la
the put lew yean. Aa eel*
deuce of the acSdhy of it*
rapid nil ipoc *wi nl fa found in
the fact that te hep outgrown
ita race at 3-room graded school
building and is now preparing
to erect • separate foorcnowi
building far school purposes.
The town’s spirit, growth, and
^enterprise impress, thewsehre*
even npon the pawing observer.
iae Wt cor it ia to leave the
wwwtil a Mi item^A
the location ai bullet which
hod bam shot into a man’s
body. The aaa was taken to
the hospital end the bnOct was
located, bet the ‘Correspondent
didst any where it was band.
Now ben coeses the Elizabeth
City Tex Bed and tells about
a mother wing the life of her
ch&d. who had eaten cat poison,
bf «H«t him an effective an
tidote which worked ioataotace
eaaly. Sot It didst tell what
the antidote was that the lady
•Md. And time was a very im
portant part left out of the news
and xoedyed back in loaaaa $ll.o
922,806. Whereupon it teaaotM
that if hoard cewpsdaa had been
dung tnoagh in all these years
to tarry baH efthawibka. the
mmmmmtmmmrnmm
i «» •omeawt to tki
£sSa*&S
after noon Mr. Keener Joy wa.
returning from Mountain bland
iSaSlt.iP tftsas
!"£h«?,£iR nttol wtcdubt
left the Island that be ibook the
o® the atone. A* Mr. Jor
ialigbted to pick op the lid,
"J. B. began to indulge hla
fleet desire of breaking the
record non the Island to town.
He came with web leaps and
bounds that be attracted the at
tention of all be passed by and
long before ha reached town be
bad~gieat crowds running to Uw
road sad rubbering jut to see
him pass by. He was going
like No. f7, tbe fast mail. As
he neared Main street every man
PtMblr was out in tbe 'highway
trying to lag Mas down, bat aft
to an avail, until he came by
Mr. Dunn’s Kvery stable. There
Mr. Tom Damn did a dating act
and caught blm by tbe reins.
It Is said ha mada tbe ran of
three antes in eight minuter.
Mr. Dunn was asked to-day
what the pika of "J. B.» was?
He said bo was not tor sale. In
the entire race there was not s
thing broken and not a life lost.
The Masons held their usual
UMttfag tost night in their ball.
»«*; present with them
Mr.T. M. Fsyseoox of Gastonia,
•nd Mr. Jesse Oldham of Char
lotte. No new members were
admitted bat tbe lodge is to a
ins State o< growth. It is a
young lodge and it is said it will
soon be one of tbe best in tbe
state.
Miss Mayme Dana entertained
tbe LePlaisir Club at bet home
FtMw sight. Thom present
aay that it u one of tbe most en
joyable meetings tbe ctob has
held in tbe past year. Coo teste,
refreshments and other things
«ne indulged to, making Ha
most enjoyable evening. During
tbe meeting, officers were elected
tot the ensuing year and H is
proposed to make the meetings
more pleasant in tbe next year
and in different nv,
Baikal at (be Oath.
AibnilteMMcU
Asheville, April 18.—Satur
day afternoon a young man
named Holt, front Gaston conn
tv. appeared at the register of
deeds' office and applied for
license foe himself and Miss
Mary Dnnn. In reply to the
usual quest km be said the lady
in question mas 18 years of age.
When asked to take oath to this
effect be balked. He aald, bow
ever, that be would swear aim
bad told him she was 18. This
was not satisfactory. He hesi
tated at the oath proposition end
inquired wbat would be done to
him did be swear the lady was
18 if sbe was not. He waa told
that the lew would be a plenty.
He then inquired the distance
to Waynesvifle and Henderson
ville sod receiving this infor
mation kit. Sunday Mr. Holt
end Mias Dunn eloped and it is
presumed Oat they went to
either Hendersonville or
Waynesvilk or to 8outh Caro
lina and wars married. Mr.
Dana said yesterday that that
he did not know wbei e Urn ooeple
bad gone.
LABI SLAIN BY
LIGHTNING MIT.
■fteraoM, UfihUJnc~ attack the
chimney of one of the Uny
cottage* between the Park and
the mill which was occupied by
Mr. Daniel Lowe, causing the
death of lln. Lowe who waa is
the closet by the chimney. The
Lowe family had Jaat moved
into the boaac yesterday mom*
Jog bws Bessemer City. The
bolt did not cause any damage
to the chimney or dwelling.
Mr*. Low* was her husband’s
second wife. She leaves a large
family of children. This sadden
and extremely sad death la oae
to elicit very general sympathy.
EMflT MBS UTlHt.
Mrs. Soui Lewis whe had Three
Sew la Amy, hes Eight new
Living in 15 Milan of Each
Mrs. Susan Lewis, who was
mentioned in last issue as hav
ing had two sons in the Confed
erate army, is living with her
daughter, Mr. Miles Rhvne. She
is 81 years old. bat la in feeble
health since the was attacked by
paralysis some time ago. She
docs not have good use of her
body, but manages to move
abouttbe bouse.
She bad three sons in the
army, instead of two. They
were Frank. Bmanucl. and
John. Frank was killed in some
of tbe fights in Virginia. His
thigh was broken in battle and
he waa never heard of again by
bis family: it is naturally sup
posed he died of the wound.
All of the Sons of Mrs. Lewis,
except Frank, who was the old
est, are still living. There are
eight of them, in the order of
their ages.** follows: Kmannel,
John, Sam, Robert, Perry.Ru
fns, George and Tom. These
eight brothers of this well-known
South Point family art all good
and nsefnt citizens and. live
within about fifteen miles of
each other.
ABackfag.
Monday was a cold soap day,
bat that didn’t prevent the boys
at one of the Gastonia mills from
ducking a stranger in the
reservoir. Ha was there, they
said, from a distance endeavor
ing to entice the help away.
The Bearing SchaeL
"Yon may say that the danc
ing school is a fixed fact-” was
the reply of Prof. W. H. Allmon.
when asked for the news shout
bis work. "It's a fixed fact;
sew pnpils are constantly join
ing; nad they will all be taught
properly in this desirable branch
of elegant education." Prof.
All moo also said that he would
teach Dclsarte and physical
culture without the dancing,
when desired. Parentsof pupils
are invited to visit the school on
Monday, Wednesday, and Fri
day afternoons at 4 o’clock.
laafaltfag Haw lager Mill.
Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Chambers
arrived Saturday night to spend
a few weeks in Gastonia. Mr.
Chambers is a machinist travel
ing for tbe J. M. Case Mill
Manx factoring Company, of
Louisville, and will install a
new roller mill for Messrs. B. H.
Parker & Co., as soon as the
machinery arrives. Tbe Louis
ville company has shipped to
tbe Gastonia firm a fall fitty
bsrrel mill, consisting of 8
stands, four sifters, and neces
sary appurtenances. Tbe ship
ment is now due and expected
every day. Mr. Chambers says
be will, with proper help, bays
tbe mill nssnf in two weeks
after the maduoery arrives.
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BARK AMD HOTEL
FOB BESSEMEB.
Tka New Mill Will be Bull! West
•I WkeMiei Niwtih, S««tk
•I Ball rend—Hr. J. A. Salih
VUlBnM Finish lag Ftaal
SlgXaX Beetle Wtrkaha*.
Btmntt City, April 25.—
When I sent yon some item* a
few weeks ago I thought then
that I was at tbe end of my
writing for a while. But 1 read
in your paper last week a piece
with Bob Peak’s name to it and
was ao badly fooled when I
noticed that it wms copied from
another paper that I resolved to
try again and see if I could
not stir up Mr. Bob to write for
our paper, Tn Gasbtt*. At
the Pan-handle and Bessemer
City are soon to be connected
by a macadam road, we shall
feel increased interest iu what
be may write, especially since
Bessemer City down between
two mountains will be tbe
Pan with three thousand in
habitants to receive alt the good
things the Handle can spare.
And Bessemer is stUl spread
ing out. We are now preparing
to go over oa the west side oi
Whetstone moantain to build a
cotton factory sooth of tbe rail
road near the Devil’s workshop.
By the way, Mr. Editor, if you
have never seen that freak ol
nature it will be worth your
while or anybody rise’s to come
sod take s look X it. Mr. J. A.
Pinch back or Mr. J. A. Smith
can show or tell you all shoot it,
as they have done a great deal
of work there raising ore and
shipping it. Yon will fin I
rocks, iron ore, sod different
metals that look like they have
been melted In time. Some
pieces are, say, about an inch
thick and anywhere from three
to right inches long, it was re
ported that they found an old
woolen pump in there that na
one in this settlement knows
anything about, and l am also
told that there is a tunnel in the
bill.
Mr. J. A. Smith is going to
make brick and build a finishing
plant. A three story hotel also
u to be bnilt, in which one room
will be provided for a bank.
South Fork Institute.
May 3d and 4th are the com
mencement days of this school.
A very pretty invitation an
nounces that Dr. W. E. Sikes
will deliver an address Thursday
and that Dr. B. Cade, will
•peak Friday. Thnrsday and
Friday nights will be devoted tc
exercises by the school.
Sale.
A letter just received by Mr,
D. W. Padgett brings the good
news that Mr. and Mrs. N. F.
Furr are safe. They were al
Los Angeles during the earth
quake, but the shock there was
not severe. They are now
on their way to Salt Lake, Kan
sas city, and other points, with
the intention of returning to
Asheville.
Seat Fluent Kemerks.
Although Mr. Felix McLcaa
enjoys a good shower-bath as
well as any one, it would be
well for those people who handle
the Oil Mill hose to take ad
vantage of the good rates of
fered by bis Life Insurance Com
pany of Virginia before they at
tempt to give another exhibition
similar to the one enacted Mon
day. .When the residence of Mr.
John Grocer caught fire Mr. Mc
Lean was among the first on
band. Alter aiding in tb« re
moval o! the furniture, he took
up a position on the high em
bankment next to the Oil Mill
fence. A ad he was meaning of
no barm and hoping of no hard
feelings against anybody: be bad
•imply perched upon that vantage
fraud to get out of barm's way
sod to see such sights as might
exhibit themselves daring the
set-to between the fiery elements
and tbe water supply of the town
of QoatonLs.
Now tbe Oil mill just across
tbe street had with its own hose
bean tbe first to deliver a strum
neon tbe lames. When the
city fighters came into ploy,
tbs Oil mill hose was withdrawn
in order that It might net inter
fere. Bat in withdrawing the
base, the Oil mill Mbs doubled
tbe nassle beck any old way,
with tbe result that Mr. Me
Lws got n delightful wetting,
am a iSW minute* afterward*
kfcLrttn ifldrtfKd tbe bote*
men in question witfr « few very
profit IN iBlpfffMlTf reworks,
bet as the words he used «r«
neflnewr dllMi—y. we dmsl
kilt fittiiT m was Anns
lev life, ire or oeushy in
NfNNr
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Just
IVien’s
Clothes
Quality ia the keynote of
draaaing wall. Without
quality there can aot be
style, lor style depends
upon a duxen details ol
making that we sum up
ia one word-—
quality
The test of a suit —be
yond tha trying on, the
touch aud feeling ol cloth
and the approval of the
reflection in the minor
—ia Use real wear aud
satisfaction of the gar
ments day after day. We
would like to nhow yon
our elegant assortment
for Spring and Summer.
Swan-Slater
Company
Haad-to-foet Outfitters
for Man aaf Boys.
■tiersraoMussEMEB. -
Hm Mn and Pertaoali la
Short Paragraphs.
CutimulMo o4 \hm Quttta.
Bessemer April 26—T b e
Graded school closes Friday
afternoon. Prof. Jat. Avent and
wife will leave for Maxton in a
few days ior the vacation.
Hon. and Mrs. S. J. Durham
returned to-day from Rocking
ham, where they attended the
Dnrham-Cole wedding.
The town election this year
teems to be uncommonly quiet.
Mr. John Lindsay, who has
been sick for some time with
pnenmonis, is recovering.
Miss Vick Elmore, who has
been spending several weeks
with her sister, Mrs. James, at
Henrietta, returned home Mon
day reporting a fine time.
Rev. J C. Gillespie will be
gin a series of meetings at tbe
Baptist ehnrcb Sunday night.
He will be assisted by Rev. Mr.
Edmiaon, State Evangelist from
Raleigh.
Mr. T. R. Simpson is now
director of the Bessemer Band.
The boys are improving very
fast. We have been looking for
them to come ont in their new
uniforms, which we learn they
have just received
We are very much pleased
with the progress the Southern
Railway is making in filling up
tbe excavation near the depot.
Rev. J. C. Gillespie and fam
ily are visiting Mr. Gillespie’s
parents at Caroleen this week,
but they will return Saturday.
Mr. W. R. Odell, of Concord,
president of the Southern Cot
ton Mills, was in town to-day
looking after the interests of the
mill. He was accompanied by
his son, Mr. Ralph Odell.
Miss Lillian Kiser haa had a
severe attack of measles. She
is still confined to her room. We
hope to see her ont soon.
We Thank Ysalll
We take this method of returning
oar thank* to the citfsens of Gas
tonia and surrounding country for
the libernl patronage given ua in
building upt the beat lively in West
ern North Carolina. Wa none to be
able to merit your continued confi
dence and future patronage.
M9co _Davis fit Son.
Tkaaa Maka 32.
Add to tbe list of living par
ents who bad tons in tbe Con
federate Army Col. L. A. Ma
son. of Dallas, and Mrs. Sallie
Smith, aged 83, of Gastonia.
These ran tbe list up to 22. Are
there any others?
Ickaialaa an Another Una.
Mr. Geo. A. Jenkins, tha
popular conductor of the Lin
wood Monday special, was off
duty several days this week with
out leave of absence. Whan the
special came in Monday with a
new man in charge, all inquiry
as to Mi. Jenkins whereabouts
failed to gain the desired infor
mation. It later transpired that
he wanted a longer ran than
usual and had driven the two
bronchos to Statesville, falling
to retarn In time to make the
Unwood trip. It la understood
thnt regular runs will be made
between Gastonia and States
ville In the near future, and It
would be wall for all prospective
travellers in that direction to see
Mr. Jenkins and get on to the
eohedalee. The round trip ean
be made in sixteen hours, hut
the longer roe stop over is
Statesville, the batter you will
plaaaa tha conductor. _’
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for every fabric can be closely exam*
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The vogue for these soft, light weight,
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Nothing that la desired Is missing
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Underskirts
Muslin Underwear
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Sheets and Pillow Cases
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