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SPECIAL NOTICES
- J. E. BOBBINS 80X8
Practical Well Drillers. Twelve
mr HnHnie. All work guaran
teed. Call on or address at No. 313
1 B. Franklin Are., Gastonla, N.
Phone 4S2-L.
SAM SING LAUNDRY
115 South Street
HAND WORK
FIRST CLASS
ShirU 10 cenU
Collars 2 cent
NOTICE TO
TAX-PAYERS......
. Tour 1915 Taxes hare been due
and payable since October 1. I will
be In tbe Auditor's office at the court
tinuRA Saturdav. October 23. Please
call and settle.
T. R. McARVER, Tax Collector Gas-
innlt Townshln (Outside.) tf.
City Taxes Due
fc City taxes for 1915 are now due
and payable. I am in my office
at the City Hall every day. Tax
payers will please call and settle
promptly.
R.A. Ratchford,
City Tax Collector
rers
Take Notice
'Notice is hereby given that your
State and County Taxes lor the year
1915 are now due and payable,
will be at the court house until fur
ther notice for the purpose of re
ceiving taxes and issuing receipts
therefor. Please call and settle.
W. C. ABERNETHY,
Tax Collector for State and County
. Inside Cltr Limits. tf
PROFESSIONAL GAUDS
Frank L. Costner
REGISTERED PHARMACIST (14TB
YEAR)
R H. Jordan Co Charlotte, N. 0.
Telephone aad mail orders receive
prompt attention. Nurses' Register.
W. B. MORRIS
REGISTERED OPTOMETRIST
Eyes examined aad glasses properly
fitted at
Torrence-Morris Co's. '
; LILLIAN J. ATKINS
Teacher of Piano and Stringed In
struments Studio 323 E. Franklin A venae.
Season 1915-10 Begins Sept. 9th.
Mandolin Lessons in club of three
or five. 1 hour week, $2 per pupil
per month.
VERY LOW ROUND TRIP FARES
Via Southern Railway Premier Oar-
rier of the South.
$84.15 Gastonla, N. C. to San Fran
cisco and San Diego, Cal., ac
count Panama-Pacific Exposi
tion. Dates of sale March 1st
to November 30, 1915. Final
return limit three months
from date of sale, except that
these tickets will not be good
to return later than December
31. 1915.
For further information see,
A. A. SUTHER, T. A..
' Gastonla, N C.
' B. H. DeBUTTS, D. P. A..
' ; Charlotte, N. C.
Bright Idea.
-"Ladies," announced the president
of an afternoon bridge club, "ladies,
It has been moved and seconded that
there shall be no conversation at
the card tables. What shall we ao
with the motion?"
"1 suggest." said a sprightly little
blonde, "I suggest that we discuss it
while we play."
" COUGHS THAT ARE STOPPED!
..Careful people see that they are
topped. Dr. King's New Discovery
Is a remedy of tried merit. It has
held Its own on the market for 46
years. Youth and old age testify to
Its soothing and healing qualities.
Pneumonia and lnng troubles are of
ten caused by delay of treatment Dr.
Kin ga New Discovery stops those
hacking coughs and relieves la grippe
tendencies. Money back if It fails.
SOc. and 11.00. . .1
laxpaj
FARM CLUBS FOR
BOYS MID GIRLS
IV. CANNING FRUITS AND VEG
ETABLES.
Prepared by United States department of
sericulture.
THE test of a canning method to
be used In canning clubs, ac
cording to the United States
department of agriculture's
specialists, is based upon fire points.
as follows: ' First, will It save la
bor over the old method? Second.
will it save time? Third, la it com
paratlvely easy and thus possible to
adopt the use of the method in every
club member's home? Fourth, will
the resulting product be true to flavor,
color, texture and of good appear
ance? Fifth, is the method econom
ical, saving of heat, product and equip
ment?
There are a number of methods em
ployed in canning fruits and vegeta
bles, but the one recommended by tbe
experts In charge of canning clubs In
the northern and western states is tbe
"cold pack" method. There seems to
oamroia clcs msmbem, ouhtaih high
SCHOOI4, KXOX COCHTT, TKKM.
be more or less misunderstanding of
tbe term "cold pack" method of can
nlng, It being confused with the "cold
water method." Tbe cold pack method
simply means that tbe food products
are packed In tbe containers, Jars or
tin cans in their fresh state and that
all sterilization or cooking is perform
ed after the pack has been sealed. The
cap is never removed until the product
Is to be eaten.
Tbe cold water method, with which
the cold pack method is often confus
ed, is the one often used by house
wives for canning rhubarb, green
gooseberries and a comparatively few
other sour and highly acid vegetables
and fruits. Tills method, however, is
not recommended for tbe reason that
the products will need to be cooked
anyway before they can be used, and
It is a saving of labor to do it at the
beginning, when the product is canned.
Cold Pack Method Recommended.
If the housewife or club member
does not own a regular commercial
home canning outfit, one which will
accomplish results can often be picked
up about tbe bouse. A hot water bath
outfit can be made out of a wash boil
er, galvanized vat, washtub or other
receptacle with a fairly tight fitting
top or cover. Any one of these recep
tacles can be easily transformed into a
home canner by equipping it with a
false bottom, with handles for lifting
it out of the hot water. This false bot
tom may be made by tbe use of a
coarse wire screen. Thin keeps tbe
cans from coming Into contact with tbe
bottom of the receptacle and thus be
ing broken by the best Only a suffi
cient amount of water is put into the
receptacle to cover tbe top of tbe high
est jar. Id computing tbe time that
tbe cans should remain in the hot wa
ter bath tbe canner begins counting
from the time the water begins to
jump.
Tomatoaa Easily Canned.
In canning tomatoes by use of the
cold pack method tbe tomatoes are
washed snd graded for size, ripeness
and color, then scalded in hot water
enough to loosen the skins and plung
ed quickly Into cold water, after which
tbe skins and cores are removed. To
matoes are packed In the containers
whole, adding a level teaspoonfol of
salt to each quart. The rubber Is
placed In position on the csp and the
can partially tightened. The can of
tomatoes is then put in the homemade
hot water bath outfit, described sbove,
for twenty -two minutes. In some oth
er canning outfits less time Is required.
For Instance, tbe water sealed outfit
demands only eighteen minutes. In
the steam pressure outfit the steam is
left on for fifteen minutes at five
pounds of steam pressure. Tbe alumi
num .pressure cooker requires ten min
utes under twenty pounds of steam
pressure. After the jars or cans of
tomatoes hsve remained In tbe outfit
the proper length of time they are re
moved, the covers tightened and the
cans Inverted to cool and test the
Joints. . ; , '
In canning sweet corn on the cob It
Is Important to do the canning tbe day
Chat the corn Is picked. The bosks
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and silks are removed and the ears
graded for size. Blanch the ears by
placing In boiling water for ten or Of
teen minutes and then quickly plung
ing Into cold water. Place the ears.
alternating butts and tips In one-half
gallon glass jars or tin cans. Pour
over them boiling hot water and add
two level teaspoonfula of salt to each
gallon.
Place the rubbers and the tops In
position and partially seal the cans.
Place them in the hot water bath out
fit for one period of three hours. If
the wster sealed outfit la used It will
require only one hour and a half, and
If the steam pressure outfit Is used
sterilisation should continue for an
hour at fire pounds of steam pressure
or In tbe aluminum pressure cooker.
under twenty pounds of steam pres
sure, for thirty-five minutes. The Jars
are then removed, covers tightened
and joints tested. When sweet corn
Is taken from the Jar or can for table
use remove the ears aa soon as the Jar
or can is opened. Heat the corn,
slightly buttered, in the steamer. Do
not allow the ears to stand In water
or to be boiled In water the second
time.
In canning sweet corn cut from the
cob nearly tbe same directions apply
as to corn on tbe cob. After the husks
and silka are removed the corn on tho
cob is placed In boiling water for ten
or fifteen minutes, then plunged quick
ly Into cold water. Tbe corn is then
cut from tbe cob with a thin, sharp
bladed knife and is packed tightly into
the Jar. One level teaspoonful of salt
Is added to each quart and sufficient
water to fill. Place the rubber and
top hi position, partially seal and steril
ize for the same length of time as Is
required for corn on tbe cob, as named
above. Then remove jars, tighten cov
ers and test joints.
Can Fresh Vegetables Only.
In canning such vegetables as lima
beans, string beans, okra, peas, etc.,
the best results are obtained when they
are canned the same day tbey are pick
ed. They should be carefully graded.
blanched in boiling hot water for five
minutes and plunged quickly into cold
water. Tbey are then packed until the
container Is full and boiling water
addad to fill in around the vegetables
One teaspoonful of salt la added to
each quart. Rubbers and tops are
placed In position and tops partially
sealed. The cans of vegetables are
then placed in the hot water bath for
one period of two hours, removed, tbe
covers tightened, inverted to cool and
test tbe Joints.
It is generally considered that in the
home glass Jars are more economical
than tin cans. Aside from their being
more attractive, they may be used con
tlnuously from year to year if given
good treatment If canning for the
market, however, tin cans are used
largely because they are less expensive
and can stand transportation and cart
age much better than the glass.
Use Proper Cans.
Certain substances in some foods can
attack the container and dissolve tbe
tin, which then enters the food and Is
considered harmful. Tbe use of lac
quer lined cans prevents this solvent
action to a great extent It Is not nee-
xt a ELUirs or caithino cxOb or blacx-
VTLLX, a C, WITH BO ICS OF HKB PROD
UCTS.
essary, however, to use lacquered cans
for oysters; but on tbe other band.
such products as rhubarb, berries,
pumpkins, squash and beets exert a
strong corrosive action on tin and
should be packed In the lacquered
cans or In glass. Much experience In
canning vegetables and fruits is nec
essary before the canning of meat
products Is undertaken, and the opera
tion should be thoroughly understood.
Meats, unless thoroughly sterilized and
properly canned, are liable to produce
highly poisonous products.
Proper blanching, sterilization, etc..
of course are essential to success In
canning any kind of fruit vegetables or
meats. 9
If products are to be canned In tbe
home and sold within the state there
are certain legal restrictions placed
upon the sale of canned products and
these should be observed.. Informa
tion concerning tbe state food laws can
be obtained by writing to the state
board of health. If the canned prod
ucts are shipped in interstate com
merce Information concerning the laws
should be obtained by writing to tbe
bureau of chemistry. United State de
partment of agriculture, Washington.
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Tbe Western North Carolina Aannal
Conference of the M. E. Churcri,
South, Meets at KeidsTllle Novem
ber 17th Some Interesting Facta
as to the Growth of the Confer-
ence.
Methodists of Western North Car
ollna are looking forward with inter
est to the meeting of the annual con
ference which Is to be held in Reids-
ville, beginning Wednesday, Novem
ber 17th. Gastonla Methodism Is es
pecially Interested by reason of the
fact that a strong effort will be made
by the churches here to secure t&e
1916 meeting of the conference for
Gastonla. In regard to the growth
of the conference during the past 10
years this week's North Carolina
Christian Advocate gives the follow
ing Interesting facts and figures.
compiled by Rev. W. H. Willis, pres
ident of the conference board of mis
sions:
"The Western North Carolina
Conference, the largest in the con
nection in point of membership, ex
cept two, includes one hundred
thousand Methodists. This organi
zation of Christians raised last year
more than half a million dollars (to
be accurate $584,652.) They own
property (churches, parsonages and
schools), valued at $6,185,892.00
Each individual Methodist may be
Bald to own $61.85 worth of church
property.
'"The church paid last year its 245
ministers in salaries $216,176; the
average being $882. Ten years ago
211 ministers received $127,330, an
average of $603. The average in
creased in ten years 45 per cent.
"Pastors and presiding elders re
ceiving as salaries $1,500 or more
have grown from eight in 1904 to 31
In 1914. Only two charges, West
Market and Central Asheville, paid
their preachers then as much as $2,
000, and no districts: now there are
five districts and eight charges that
equal or surpass that figure. Four
of the latter, West Market (Greens
boro), Centenary (Winston), Central
(Asheville), and Trinity (Charlotte),
paying $2500 and Tryon Street $3,
000.
"At the bottom of the column,
however, there are eight preachers
who received less than $400 each
last year.
"Our property holdings during the
decade have advanced 160 per cent
from $2,385,892 to $6,185,892. Per
capita giving has gone from $4.15 to
$5.8o. North Wilkesboro stands eas
ily at the head here. Each of her
240 followers of Wesley, under the
head of that financial wizard. Parker
Holmes, gave an average of $40.80
to all purposes. West End ( Win
ston) stands next, with an average
of $2o.50. In contrast with these.
the members of three charges, Ar
arat, Mars Hill and Glennville, fell
below $1.00 per capita for all pur
poses. Last year the largest total
was raised by Centenary (Win
ston), $21,647. West Market and
Tryon Street came next with $19,-
629 and $17,021 respectively.
"Our missionary giving, home and
foreign, plus the work of the women,
has grown in the ten year period
from $34,273 to $81,204, which is
136 per cent. This increase is to be
accounted for largely by "specials. "
The fact is, that the number of
charges paying in full assessments
for foreign and domestic missions
has fallen from 173 in 1904 to 88 in
1914. In other words, 146 charges
now appear black on the conference
chart, against 27 charges ten years
ago. For this period forty pastors
achieved an unbroken series of suc
cesses in paying missions in full.
With a similar uniformity fifteen
others have met failure.
"Toward' the end of each Confer
ence session, a chart exhibiting the
standing for the current year of
each charge on salaries and mission
ary collections is displayed on the
Conference vail. People attending
the Conference will find this an in
teresting feature of the coming ses
sion." Had to Catch the Mule.
Zeke had gone to town with the
mule and the light wagon, says The
New York Evening Post. The mule
balked just in front of the doctor's
office, and Zeke spen a half hour
and all his Ingenuity in trying to
make him start. Then the doctor
came out with a small bottle in his
hand.
"I'll make him go, Zeke," the
doctor said. Zeke smiled broadly.
"Less see urn, sah."
The doctor poured from the bottle
some vicious acid upon tbe mule's
tail. Presently all they could see
was the mule going over the hill in a
cloud of dust. Zeke's look of admira
tion shaded into concern.
"You got mo' in dat bottle?" he
asked.
"Yes," answered the doctor. Zeke
spoke a trifle reluctantly but duti
fully.
Well, sah, I reckon you d better
spill er ta se on me. I s gotter cotcn
dat mule!"
The Gazette from now till Janua
ry 1, 1017, for $1.50 to new subscrib
ers.
THE 8OTJTHERX RAILWAY'S MAG
NIFICENT NEW TRAIN.
The Southern Railway will inaug
urate a new train between Augusta,
Columbia, Charlotte, Salisbury,
Greensboro and intermediate points
to Washington, Baltimore, Philadel
phia and New York on fast and con
venient schedule:,
SCHEDULE AS FOLLOWS:
Northbound New No. 82.
Leave Augusta 1:15 p. m.
Leave Columbia 4:25 p. m.
Leave Charlotte 7:45 p. m.
Leave Salisbury 9:05 p. m.
Leave Greensboro 10:20 p. m.
Arrive Washington 7:00 a. m.
Arrive New York 12:57 p. m.
Southbound New No. 31.
Leave New York 1:08 p. m.
Leave Washington 7:00 p. m.
Leave Greensboro 3:55 a. m.
Leave Salisbury 5:30 a. m.
Leave Charlotte 7:00 a. m.
Arrive Columbia 10:05 a. m.
Arrive Augusta 1:15 p. m.
This elegant new train will con
sist of all steel, electric lighted
equipment, carrying through Pull-
Xalifonua
San Francucd and San Diego, California
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
PREMIER CARRIER OF TH SOUTH
Very Low Round Trip Rates
Dates of sale March 1st to November 30th. 1915. Final return limit
three months from date, of sale, except that these ticket will not be good
to return later than December SI, 1915.
Low round-trip fares from principal points as follows:
Charlotte $84.15
High Point 84.15
Mount Airy 86.25
Salisbury 84.15
Greensboro 84.15
GASTONLA. 84.16
Fares from other points on same basis.
Fares to Seattle or via Portland and Seattle at higher rate. These
tickets will permit of diverse routing and will allow stop-overs on both
going and return trip within limit of ticket.
The Southern Railway offers choice of several routes of historic in
terest from which to select; going one way and returning another.
Through connections and good service via Memphis, St. Louis, Chicago or
New Orleans. Through cars dally via New Orleans and Sunset Route,
Special car parties now being arranged, affording opportunity to make
trip without change and with select company on outgoing trip; returning
at leisure via any route you may choose, stopping off at your own pleas
ure, thereby avoiding all the discomforts of going and returning with
large tour parties, being compelled to follow the crowd. In going Individ
ually or with special Pullman car parties you spend your own money, atop
where you please and go and come to suit your own convenience and
save money paid tourist agents for escorting you around.
For further Information apply to Southern Railway Agents, or
R. H. DeBUTTS. D. P. A.. Charlotte, N. C.
man sleeping cars between Augusta,
Columbia and New York, Asheville
and New York and Charlotte and
Asheville to Washington. Day coach
es to Washington.
Excellent dining service, serving
all meals en route.
This new train service should be
particularly advantageous to Char
lotte, Greensboro, Winston-Salem
and the entire North Carolina terri
tory on account of the convenient
schedules.
New No. 32 will connect at Salis
bury with Asheville Division train
12 from Asheville, Hickory and
Statesville, and will make connec
tion at Greensboro for Winston-Salem.
Durham, Raleigh and interme
diate points.
R. H. DeBUTTS, D. P. A..
Charlotte, N. C
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Premier carrier of the South.
Arrival and departure passanger
trains, Southern Railway Station
Gastonla, N. C.
N. B. Schedule figures shown as
Information and not guaranteed.
Arrive from
29, New York, Washington Birm
Ingham special 5:20 a. m
39 Charlotte (local) 8:00 a. m
36 New Orleans-Atlanta (U. S. Fast
Mail) ...i 9:21 a. m
37 N. Y., Washington, (N. Y., Atla.,
N. O., Limited) 10:42 a. m
11 Richmond (local) .. 11:30 a. m
46 Seneca (local) .... 12:45 p. m
12 Atlanta (local) 6:00 p. m.
4 5 Greensboro (local) .. 5:45 p. m
38 N. O. Atla. (N. Y., Atla., New
Orleans Ltd 7:46 p. m
40 Atlanta (local) 9:38 p. m.
30 Bham-Atla., (B., spl) 10.16 p. m
35 N. Y.-Washlngton, (U. S. Fast
Mail) 11:17 p. m
Depart for
29 Bham., (Bham., Spl.,) 5:20 a. m.
39 Atlanta, (local) 8:00 a. m.
36 Washington N. Y. (Us. S. Fast
Mail) 9:21 a. m
37 Atla.. N. O., (N. Y., Atla., New
Oleans, Ltd.) 10:42 a. m.
11 Atlanta (local) 11:30 a. m.
46 Greensbor (local).. 12:45 p. m.
12 Richmond (local) ... 5:00 p. m
4 5 Seneca (local) .... 5:45 p. m
38 N. O. Atla., (N. Y., Atla.. New
Orleans Ltd 7:46 p. m
40 Charlotte (local) 9:38 p. m
30 Wash., N. Y.. (Birmingham
Special) 10:16 p. m
35 Atla., New Orleans (U. S. Fast
Mai) 11:17 p. ro
For rates reservations or other
Information call on or write
A. A. SUTHER, T. A., phone-22
G. C. ANDREWS, Agent, phone-73.
PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN RAIL
WAY CO.
THE ELECTRIC WAY."
Between Gastonla and Charlotte,
N. C.
Schedule Effective Sunday,
1915.
Aug. 29.
3tation. 204
Gastonla,
Lv. Gastonla
Lv. Gastonla
Lv. Gastonla
Lv. Gastonla
Lv. Gastonla
West Main
Avenue,
:00 A. M.
00 A. M
. 7
. 9:
.11:
. 1:
.. 3
00 A. M.
00 P. M.
:00 P. M
Lv. Gastonla . . . .5:
Lv. Charlotte 7:
Lr. Gaatonia 9:
00 P. M.
00 P. M.
00 P. M.
Lv. Charlotte ......... 8:00 A. K.
Lv. Charlotte ......... 10:00 A. M.
Lr. Charlotte .... ... . .12:00 A. M
Lv. Charlotte 2:00 P. M
Exposibons
North Wilkesboro $87.85
etatesvllle 54.15
Hickory gj.
Morgan ton 82.10
wlnston-fialem 84.15
ehelby
52.10
Lv. Charlotte 4:00 P. M
Lv. Charlotte 6:00 P. M.
Lv. Charlotte 8:00 P. M.
Lv. Charlotte 11:00 P. M
Connection made at Mount Holly
with Seaboard Air Line, at Gaatonia
with Southern Railway and Carolina
a Northwestern Railway.
The above schedule figures and
connections are published aa Infor
mation only and are not guaranteed,
E. THOMASSON, General Manager.
C. S. ALLEN. Traffic Manager,
Greenville, '8. C.
CAROLINA & NORTHWE8TERN
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Schedule in effect Sunday, October
10, 1915. Trains arrive and depart
from Gastonla as follows:
NORTHBOUND.
Train No. 10, Chester to Lenoir,
arrives 9:14 a. m., departs 9:24 a.
m., daily except Sunday.
Train No. 8, Gastonla to Edge
mont, leaves 3:10 p. m., dally except
Sunday.
Trains No. 4 & 6, Chester to Edge
mont, arrives 9:14 a. m., leaves
9:24 a. m., Sunday only.
Train No. 52, Chester to Gastonla,
arrives 9:05 p. m., dally except Sun
day. SOUTHBOUND.
Train No. 53, Gastonla to Chester,
laeves 4:15 a .m., daily except Sun
day. Train No. 7, Edgemont to Gasto
nla, arrives 10:55 a. m., daily ex
cept Sunday.
Train No. 9, Lenoir to Chester,
arrives 4:40 p. m., leaves 5:00 p.
m., daily except Sunday.
Train No. 3 & 5, Edgemont to
Chester, arrive 4:40 p. m., leaves
5:00 p. m., Sunday only.
Connections: At Chester with
Southern Ry., S. A. L., and L. ft C:
at Yorkvllle with Southern Ry.; at
Llncolnton with S. A. L.; at Gasto
nla with Southern Ry. and P. ft N.
Lines; at Newton and Hickory with
Southern Railway.
For further information apply to
ticket office.
A. A. SUTHER, T. A.
Gastonla, N. C.
E. F. REID, O. F. ft P. A.,
Chester. S. C.
CATAWBA COUNTY PAIR
Hickory, N. C.
November 3, 4 and 5, 1915.
Account of the above occasion the
C. & N.-W. Railway will sell round
trip excursion tickets from all sta
tions between Gastonla and Edge
mont to Hickory at the fares given
below. Dates of sale Nov. 2 to S.
Tickets limited to reach starting
point not later than midnight of No
vember 6.
From
Edgemont $1.30
Mortimer 1.25
Collettsville 90
Lenoir 60
Hudson 50
Granite Falls 50
Rhodhlss 50
Conover 50
Newton 50
Maiden 50
Llncolnton 76
High Shoals 1.00
Dallas 1.20
Gastonla 1.33
For further information apply to
A. A. SUTHER, T. A. Gastonla, N. C.
E. F. REID, G. P. A., Cheater, S. C.
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