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THE'cMLOTTE EVENING CHRONICLE; .SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1912. t - RACE'S BY days TUESDAY, OCT. 22 Children's Day 10,000 . White Children of the City and County Admitted Free. imw awesaBUB-11111 himb wwww.. nimMBirairimiT --wtj-BcroiatwaR zxe:z.'jMX s-i. u i mini wn rwciF- mow- -si w 11 m iimiw i - .mmfm ' ' TZZZriMiII MttMl I TLI JWM ir --I - . i , ra - - , n Lr -- - - 1111 1 a 1 J MA Ills! 1 WEDNESIiAY, ,0 CT. 23 7 ; . Charlotte Day ' Banks, . Stores Depots and nearly ".. every place of business close - during the afternoon. Thus drawing from city alone of 50,000;' and county of 100, 000; and additional " terri tory of 100,000. - ' . THURSDAY, OCT, 24 -'U. C. Ts" Day. FRIDAY, OCT. 25 Everybody's;: Day Run ning Races Exclusively. . - IMI .FOUE DAYS AND NIGHTS' Great Agrimliural and IStoch ; Siiows-Slbrse Raccs--Rne Mibits--ii1erry Midway FPFFI Acrol)a -c Ads by Troupe of Six-Pop!c i)og and Pony Shows.' Balloon Sensation. I ttLL; . Unrivaled AeroaautsOne, Two and Three Parachute; Drops. FREE! IMzzliiffija audi Tturilliim Realizing the Importance of Stock Raising and the Great . Agricultural Growthxdf This Section the Promoters of The Charlotte Fair have spared No Expense in Collecting the best Exhibits possible for this Big: Event and bring Additional Attractions of the Highest Order Guaranteeing to its Patrons that all Paist Efforts will be Far Surpassed This Year. i f Three Minute Schedule to and from the City Remember the DatcsOctober 22; 23; 24; 25-Fpur Days and Migfits! MBS Double Track Car Line Plenty of Cars - No Waits Ask Your Agent for Coupon Tickets on Sale all FAIR Week. He has them, so Have 165 Others- ;.. , T ' . . 1 - . ... . . I . I . " . ' : : ' : : : - m : r. : t AMONG THE INDUSTRIAL WORKERS ARMSTRONG MILL IS NEARLY COMPLETED Gastonia Soon To Hear Horn: Of r Machinery iMnot&er Jex- tile Plant GASTONIA, t Oct- 19. The . new t :In the Clara; atod Dunn' mills, there. Armstrong: mill' at .Gastonia, has about j are ' many' families that ' started , to reached completion-. v Two. car : loads of machinery have" arrived, and will be installed at 'once. Col. C. B. ' Arm- lights for the streets , of the village, and just . as soon as they can do' so, work, will begin to make other Im provements throughout the place At present, all the I laborers that ; they can afford are kept busy with the new mill, but as soon as this starts up, the people " may look forward to much in terest beihg'taken in the surroundings of the homes and thm ill itself. Al ready they have purchased a -horse andwagon','; and a 'man will be em ployed to look after the premises and keep-it in a-iat condition. -. strong, who' has been - the originator of. the mill,"-says they' expect' to start up .work some : time 1 n fNovemterr" i The Armstrong mill is ; situated in ' and .will-constitute a part .of that Village..- t.i;".AV.'r'. ... - ' h- -Mr. W. F. Kinkaid will be the su perintendent of . the new (mill. Mr. . Kincaid comes from the Flint mill and th'e Clara and -Dunn mill community, Is a maifwithiS years' mill experi ence, "i This'newhonor is worthily, be- r - stowed,:-' as-ne hasbeen a, faithful' and successful s man y in all the duties he j has performed. 6 . r - i Mr. C M. Dunn, son of Col.' C. B. Armstrong, who is now superintend ent of the two mills, the ' Clara -and Dunn, j will have the general super- ' vision ;of the three mills. - ; j Mr. Marshall JL'neberger, .who. has been with ' the Clara - mill ever f since It started to .work, and who1 has , worked up. to the 'position as. second hand, 1 has been . promoted" to the po sition of overseer , ot ' the ' spinning room of the new mill.. work there when the mill was - first built, , ana it nas Deen in 3 ; porcy or the mill to promote"' those' who have worked in the mill and earned .pro motions rather : than give them to outsiders.' -f V--5.4:.V-V :.. , ; There; is a good school maintained in this community : by J.the town, ; and th"s year it , opened with an enroll ment of 50 pupils. . ' TEXTII-E MEN WILL MEET NEXT MONTH ONE POUND OF COTTON CAN STRETCH ALMOST 5,000 MILES S Escott, president of The " TWeVClara,: Dunn and Armstrong mills are ' in. the ;- southern portionvof the town of ;Gaston'-a, . and ..' about three-auarters of 'a-miler"f roni the cen ter ' of the towti; "that is, when ' "yo'u'j ride. Of course, .it -one undertakes to walk that distance; it isjfurtherj - Work is now being lone through- Mr. G. Mill News, and also . secretary of the Southern Textile Association, is now yisjting the mills in the western por tian - of 'South Carblina in f the interest of his paper Mr Escott will go to Chattanooga before returning home, and while there will make arrange ments' , for "the next meeting of the association, which is to be held on November 29 and 30 ' The last meeting was held In Greensboro last Summer, where the whole "association was the guest of ihe Cones,, and the mill, men are look ing' forward to another good meeting in Chattanooga. During the recesses from business . fmeetlngs, there are many places' of 'interest around the city that p,can be -visited, and it is expected hat the next'meetlng will ' be one of the best that has been held out file village of .-. repainting the ' in recent rea rs! bouses TnM'JB'Qone auuut evtry two VearS. ISOl Olliy aic .vjr imn..u5 uw Commercial Agent. Ralph M. Odell, bouses look-new. from" the outside but Presenting ;the Department of Com the brush is also going" through" the merce and Labor, ris' about to return bouses. 5 The' plastering.:--; is; .-.being 1 totneJSear- Jdast-to continue his In patched and 1 the 1 walls kalgomirxed-ini vest'gations of marfietsfor American tu ff tints and picture, molding is be- j textile goods... He wiH be in New York lUS put" UP- These improvemfintHwai' j until October ' 19, when- he sails via mean a good deal to the "inner life" Marseille for Syr'a, Red Sea coun- tti ooeratives- Buff tints are rest- j tries an dEast Africa, Business men OX vile .V' a. - .!.,: V-UlllHlUUlCdlC W'tU iV.il. Odell ,may address . him care Hotel Astor, New York, N.-Y., up to the date named, and thereafter communi cate with the bureau of foreign and domestic r commerce Washington,- D. in regard to details ? or. sugges tions " " ."V-. f i-kr. , J ful-to the eye y- molding now. where pictures can .be 'suspended, there is no need for, the plastering to be-marked up with un . rightly nail "holes ;or-operwISeem- isbed. -The mill company: furnishes electric tjons. A&tOnishlng Fact in Regard to Avail able Iugth of Fiber That Is Found 'in a Single Pound of Ordinary Cot ton. ' ', - - .'.. ' ' " '- t There are some things that are hard for- peQplertp. conceive, -but .then. yith the development In the cotton indus try within . the . last !0v. years, things are happening' every day that might have seemed impossible 20 years ago. If we- are to" believe-" the following story, that one pound jof jcetton "was traveling some distance . or rather spreading itselfto' ra considerable ex tent?'" : -"-' ; ' ; "Ten years ago a. mill man would have been astonished if he was told that it was possible to spin out one pound of .cotton' a distance of almost 6,000 miles. Today the thing has been accomplished Over in . 'Lancashire, England, there .was .spun: not' so very long ago, a 10,000 count yarn. measur ing actually -,775. miles" from ' one pound of cotton. ' While tthis' yarn can not be said to have much" commercial value, nevertheless- itshows ;Justhow far spinning has been developed With in ; the ..last few, years.'-,"' i;?-- When we think of, one : pound of cotton , being spun into' a thread that would reach from Englariato Ameri ca and then have a few miles to spare at each end; -it seems a little incredu lous. 7 But there is" the " spider,', the original ' spinner, and possibly one of the best and most expert spinners sind artistic 'weavers in -existence 'is: able to spin a .thread ; so fine .and sp light that it .is; sa!d that it would require enough to go ar'ountT ,'the'". earth .four times' to -weigh- a pounl, . while- one: pound '-of' cotton in the' 10,000 count would only reach,- about one-fifth, of the distance around the .world. . . AVON ; GASTONIA, Oct. IS.Mr. and Mrs M. ' M. -Moss , are here, visiting -.his mother,: Mrs. S. - E; - Moss. : : ' '. J .'. . The little 'daughter of Mr; and Mrs. B. M;- Gibson Is very slcft with. rheum atism. - - tt . - V,t - Messrs. George and ' Andrew : Han cock spent: Honday. in King's ' Mouhtr; tain . . , - f ' , 1 . , 't , "Misses Iiaura and Mary-- Hanks left. Sunday for Old' Fort. ?They will en ter school as pupils.4 - - '". . S . Mr. and 'Mrs. G. -. F4 Falk . are hre visiting' Mrs.' M.' "J. Slanders. J-J-' :r . Miss Lillie Harrell ,1s : here .visiting her sister, 'Mrs.: W.; B. Arthur. . - .. ' . (Washington Herald . . "A thing, of beauty Is a 'joy forever", remarked the husband , as hav; surveyed her gown. . ".You, can't'. Jolly me - into wearing t thisdress- another ' season.'" re-1 sponded the wife..'- - , Bacon They, say that much- of - a man's Interest In woman is due to his unability to understand , her. - Ksbert If that's so I can't. ;understand why he-;3hould over lose Interest. . ' . . . HILL PEOPLE NEED TMN!NG SCHOOLS EdqcalidQ Of Practical Character Is Coding To Be The ! : V"eW, Demand 1 : No boy 'or.' girl, in, the State of North Carolina ?. should- be -reared - to - manhood or womanhood without-, a. certain amount of education, and. with the good schools scattered throughout the State,- It is not necessary. No. child -should be kept from school even-for , a day just for a trifling -excuse maybe .because the parents think -the clothing not quite as good as' they ; would wish It to be. r The children In the mills have a much better opportunity for attending schools than the boy or- girl on the farm 'that is possibly a mile or so from the school, because most of 'the mills are situated In the towns where the city schools -are open to them-, or, If they are in theoun-. try,-nearly every;' mill furnishes a school for 'them, : arVcf in most - instances .'they pay the -teacherf' and defray all expenses of the school. . ' ' ; The other afternoon ' the writer found a little .fellow In Mount Holly, 'Master Boyd Baumgarnei1, who is Just a mite of a boy, but one 'who has a steady little head. He goes to school every day and works in the mill In the afternoon and makes . anywhere ' from 25 to 30, cents a day. .'-'.1 vK-'.'.v.'.:-- ' it is much better." for -a boy to be em ployed and learn a trade' s.' ng with his education, or rather form the. habit of Industry, ,than to be like some that . are seen-hanging . around - the. stores after school hours, growing up In Idleness. - Among some of : the - worst citizens in the country are 'the educated idlers.- A boy? should learn to he active and,-work as weli as get an education, and one of the greatest blessings a boy can have Is to be so placed that ' he will not be kept;idle. may be poverty or 'A-atch-ful' sensible' parents, but ' In " either case they are a . blessing . if they" mould his character .Into 'one jthat desires' to'v be active and keep moving. , ( ,t ( Along, the ifne'.'o .industrial education Professor . Kirk of . the , . Missouri State Normal ESchooi aays:,' , . - VIndustrlaL education .alters . the trend of scbQol life. It rescues boys and g'rls from Indolence and Ipdifference. It opens their eyes - to. the possibilities of ,a. life worth Jiving. ..H . awakens a motion to do: - things that :have- -value to the., doer, and to- the -community. - It stimulates the constructive activity. - It transforms dull dreamers into active ' producers.- It vitalizes the school community. ; ' "Most of the - girls- and ;boys- above the plxth grades have no object In -Lfes -They iave no Idea of -doing anything or being anything.'- ,They see no definite good in the - school: studies. They live in a land of dreams. . Industrial education gets hold of them, -Bodiiy exercise affects brain: action. - Acquirement of skill in doing' things modifies . the, nerve centers. :'Indtu8trlal education la .-not . routine, not -a mere exercise, not copying, not imitation. It is brain" work..: It is hard and : energizing thought work- ;It .keeps the hJy ."and girl .making. comparis9ns for -themselves.1 It hits jthe slow laggard with things -that he-cannot avoid, evade or dodge:- His -.work is visible,! tangible and measurable. r It can" be got at. .j He must do -bis ownr thinking' and- invent .;:: ::;: : mm i - , ; ( " "s' ----- ' - """ x '- - v...--.T.-A..sv.-.-.v..?'.:.v.!!:.:-: . . V - ' s n-- y I .v-ii - city Graded School at the Loray Mill, Gastonia. ; This building was erected by the mill and turned over to the some time ago. ; v ' ? . ;-.;..:...-.;--:.'-.......-'..' avenues : out of his own7 difficulties. . J -!The typical farm boy always out does the typical : town . boy in school studies because the farm :boy . has quired skill c In meeting '' difficulties arid the habit .ot' tackling without hesitancy the job; that omes next, whether it is easy or difficult." On several different occasions The Chronicle representative has run across boys working in the mills who, want -to. know what : kind of books ' to ' get - In order'-to ""leam. more,. about' "mllh. work and better equip themselves for a more useful, life In the mill.. - ' "" . . Below is ."given a list of ssomeiofthe best books that will be of use to a mill man:" ' - ' v . , . Cotton Cll ! processes and Calcula- : tlons, ' ht' H, - A. To.mpkins . ..... . ... .$5.00 Cottbn "Mill Commercial Features,- . D. A. - Tompkins 5.00 Carding-Iesonsr For the MiU, Boy,-,. ; Vaughn --- J-00 Chan ge .Tables ' For Dean r Warper Machine; Eugene -Cross.";..... '...-... 1.00 Cotton Spinning " Calculations, ' Cook -w. 1.00, Cotton' Spinning, Charles C- Hedrick I...;.'.. 3.00 Dyeing and Textile Fabrics, Hum- m el . . J, i ........ .. ; 1.75 Knitting, :. M. -A. Metcalfe. 3. 50 Loom Fixing, G. F.,Ivey.... 1.00 Machine : Shop WorH, -Turner 1.50 Practical Carder, James A." Greer. .."1.00 Spinner,: Carder and Weaver,- Charles - M. Newton :. 1.00. Students -Cotton Sp'nnlng, Nasmlth.- 3.03 Textile books B. A.. Posselt: . ' t . Textile 'Machlnery,"relatingto weav-"' ing, . Part .1.... .-. . ... . . . : 3.00 Jacquard Machine, analyzed and ex- plained .......'.. T..:,... 3. CO Textile Weaving," relating to weaVn ; ing, part'2 3.00 Cotton Manufacturing, Part 1... ... . 3.00 Cotton ; Manufacturing, -Part - 2;.'..... "3.00 Wool,. Cotton and Silk From Fiber :to--.-- Finlshed Fabric;. ... . . .v ... . . 7.50 Textile Chemistry. -and Dyeing, .Iouta - " VA. Olney ...3.50 Textile Design, . Fenwfck Umpleby... 5.o0 Weaving, William Nelson'... . ' . ... .V; 3.00 Weaving, Plain and Fancy, Thomas . Nelson ........ . ... . .................. ... 1 .CO Weaving Room Calculations . in,-, "a ; Nutshell,, Kniveton ; : '.. . . : : ... I.'OO 'Any of the above-books can be secured by . --placing an ordef with The Mill "News of .- Charlotte, . or a letter- addressed to The" Chronicle enclosing .' the '.proper amount for the book will be sent to' The Mill News.-:...-- - ty.'Z'- : Every: dollar Invested In a book that will, teach a boy more about the jwork-: ings.; of ; a mill and how to become a better mill, man will he a good investment,- for every man wh- has learned anything, about j the - mill, or, . at. least, more than, the men working, by his side, has.; been rewarded to, a better and more paying position. . : In -no other . vocation in life are boys ' better ; able to., be, promoted than in a 1 miU, and the -boy. who has learned something about the mill wiU not always have; to ..work.-on , low. "wages. Sooner: Or later he will be found out and the re-" ward: for his efforts will come. r ? f;.r : HIGHLAND PARK. t. ". ';,( Special to The Chronicle.) i HIGHLAND PARK. Oct- , 19.--essrs John Nicholson : and 'Ernest Peitz spent Saturday and Sunday with the - latter's. mother .in Lincoiriton. They returned "Sunday evening. - -. : Mr. Duncan. Covingtot. -and -wife h'ag. gone to housekeeping. M.r. Cov ington is 'operator? at the North Char lotte ' depot.' They " were married re cently.; and ' have many " friends -in North Charlottes- : - The revival, conducted by. the Texas evangelist, Rev.- J.- P:. Black: of 1 Dal-las,- Texas,' at the r North Charlotte Baptist church ' came' to a' close last Wednesday evenine resulting in additions to the Church. The bap tismal service took plape last Sunday morning , and was witnessed by " large crowd.' Mr. Black left Thurs: lsi-0""v f-n ' fnntMiim( Avcrv : COUn& to the people of North Charlotte. . k Miss Odessa Martin entertained number of. her young friends ;ast a ' urday evening, celebrating ser teenth birthday. She was the redrS; freshmen's were scred. Those in" ' crl-TOoro tho fnllnwfne- rtamed: AdrliA - MarcarAt and Jessie . Beulah. Addle and Lula and E If Austin, Ruby ' Reid. -Reba I'McClellJ Kerns, . Willie . Moss Ila . Martin. Jan Watts; ' Messrs. " Liawrence and Claf .. - . .. fit' ence Hope. Howard McClei an 'foil McClellan, Vernon Gilbert, J Nicholson. Floyd Bruton and Ern Deitss. : - . - ". ' JV1J.SS ADIlie IjOU DW"""""1 sick.. ; , : '; TriTtonoivB- imnpnvfments are terian church', ? on ihe inside. benches have been placed the w nave oeen paiuieuuuu a j built.' , i:."';.'-;"' v '. . " ; The'.Baraca and Philathea cWj. nVtiirnt. nin 'rToio'hrjii'A tomorrow ev ing the",22d. anniversary of their CT . . iL"'i-': w--o been n U I .ne.U1mllgir will le
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