, The Gastonia Gazette
BUSINESS LOCALS.
NICK FRUIT at Mom*'* Restau
rant at all times.
CRUSH GARDEN SEEDS at Elite
r Grocery.
ONION SETS and Garden feeds
at Elite Grocery.
TjOUR-ROOMhouaeon 3rd street (or
" rant. Apply to 3. 8. Morris.
TIOME SPUN wool yam. black and
rl white. Burg Crock*v
25 CENT CAN ol Aluminum
Paint beautifies and saves your
stove. Curry A Co.
COR KENT—Good lour- room house
F on York Mrsst. just out ol town
limits.Eu Dick soar
/-OVERCOAT iouiid. Pay (or nd.
W and prove property.
I. N. AlUXAXBIIR, C. of P.
WL GALLANT, licensed agent
for the People's Mutual Beuev
olcnt Association of N. C.
W/ANTRD —To exchange st once
W furniture for a gnndinilck cow.
Williams Foiorntnu Co.
hyfONEY FOUND—Five dollars"
Ivl Claimant rauat identify and
pay for ad. Apply ul this office.
WANTED TO EXCHANGE furni
W tare for corn. Will give highest
market price. Williams Furniture Co.
LL PERSONS having jobs of
work left with J. H. Gorman
for repain will call at Torrence Bros,
for same. 2t
f>OLD WAVE coming—Buy quilts,
v> comlorta, mattresses, ana pil
lows to-day. Williams Furniture
Company. _
FARMER BOYS, bring ns a load ■bf
cord wood sad exchange for as
express wagon. Williams Furniture
Company.
FLINCH—All the Winch you are
looking for at Marshall's Book
Store. The Kalamazoo kind, with
decorated backs, is the beat. 50
cents. Moil 8U eeats.
QBBD POTATOES—Carload Red
O Bliss, Maine-grown; carload
Rose, Hebron. Burbank. Peerless,
mixed, both in this week. —It.
P. W. Brawj.hy At Co.
Mattresses, mattresses by
the bandied. You need shall a
dozen. Coaie to-day. Bny one as a
sample. Mach comfort for the
money. Any kind or size made to
order promptly. Williams Furniture
Company.
FRIDAY, FEB. 20, 1903.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
—Shut the dooi!
—Not a bit of horehound can
dy in the town.
—Jury out all last night on
Bishop case, but no verdict yet.
—Confederate Veterans meet
in Dallas next Tuesday. See
coll of Secretary Stowe.
—The U. C. Club was delight
fully entertained yesterday af
ternoon by the Misses Shuford.
—The Narrow Gauge cars bid
us a long, long farewell and will
leave us for the last time this
afternoon.
—Gorton’s Minstrels gave a
very creditable show at the opera
house Tuesday night and had a
fairly good house.
—The Rumley Sisters appear
in vaudeville acts with the
Southern Comedy Company at
,the Opera House all next week.
—An item in Tuesday’s paper
refereed to a charge of ‘‘profan
ity” against Mr. W. H. Poole.
We are advised that this .is an
' error, and are happy to make
the correction.
—We are requested to say that
a full attendance is desired attiie
regular meeting of the I. O. O. F.
Gastonia Lodge No. 188, Satur
day night in tneir halt. Butineas
of special importance will come
up for consideration.
—Court next Monday. Th*
Gazkttk man expect* to be
there to greet old friends and
make new ones. We ate especi
ally desirous of meetiug the man
who wantstotake Thh Gazbttx.
Twice a week, one dollar a year.
—Bight bales of cotton were
sold to ghe Loray yesterday by
Mr- W. B. Adams, of Clover,
for 9.50 cents. He stored them
at the mill a month ago when
cotton was a cent lower. Storage
and insurance amounted to ten
cents a bale.
—Monday night’s storm, lift
ed the Presbyterian church at
Bessemer from its foundation
and left it flat on the ground.
The building stood about four
feet off the ground. The tower
was also slightly damaged. Mr.
J. T. Spencer went down yester
day to see the extent of the
demage and make preparations
to repair the building. So far
as can be learned Bessemer City
•Detained no other serious dam
age from the storm.
_ —‘The General Manager of the
North Carolina Mutual Aid and
Home Protective Association,
Mr. W. H. Lewis, informs us
that inquiries and application*
are coming in with n most sntis
factory degree of rapidity. Tbi*
is a home company giving life
insurance and received Ha char
ter from the present legislature.
An extended notice of its organ
isation sad plans appeared in
those columns last week. The
company realism the value of
Iudictous advertising and Ismah
dg itself known to the people
through the advertising columns
cf TnOtitm.
PERSONAL MENTION.
—Dr. H. G. Chreitsbexg went
to Charlotte yesterday.
—Mr. B. M. Holland was a
Charlotte visitor yesterday.
—Miss Gossie Beatty returned
yesterday from a trip to Florida.
—Mrs. M. D. Wilson has re
turned from kichbofY. S- C
where she has been visiting for
several months.
—Miss Mamie Love returned
Wednesday nigbt from Henri
etta. where she went to attend
the Love-Hayncs wedding.
—Messrs. J. K. Dixon, John,
L. Bryan, A. K. Loftin, M. A.
Thompson, and B. F. Houston
were Charlotte visitors Wednes
day.
—Mr. Roscoe Douglas, now of
High Shoals, came down ou the
C. & N.-W. lost night on busi
ness. He returned this morn
ing. His old frieuds here were
glad to greet him again.
—Mrs. J. E. McLaughlin and
Miss Grace Brown, of Concord,
are the guests of Mrs. J. H. ,Sc
park.
—Revs, R. M. Stevenson, of
Clover, A. T. Lindsay,of Pisgali
and A. G. Kirkpatrick, of All
Healing, went to Charlotte yes
terday to attend theDay of Prayer
services at the First A. R. P.
church, yesterday being the day
set apart for a Day of Prayer over
the entire Synod of the Sonth.
—Mr. P. S. Carlton, of War
saw, N. C., who is thinking of
locating here for the practice of
law was in the city Wednesday
and Thursday looking over the
field. He left yesterday on the
evening train for Raleigh and
will probably return within a
few days. Mr. Carlton is a grad
uate of Wake Forest College,
class of 1899, and has just re
cently passed examination before
the State Supreme Court.
The Waathar.
Yesterday’s bureau dispatch
says: Friday cloudy and warm
er, probably rain by night.
A Phan* Chang*.
Connections ^etweeu the Pied
IP°nt Telephone Company and
the Gaston.Telephone Company,
of Stanley, were severed last
Monday morning. This sever
ance applies to Gastonia, Lowell,
Mount Holly. Stanley Creek, and
Lincolnton. The Piedmont Com
pany has pay stations at each of
Uic points named above, but no
longer gives connections over
the Gaston Company's lines.
Lost $450.
Wednesday’s Charlotte Ob
server stys that Col. R. L.
Abemcthy, owner of the Open
View Farms, lost a wallet con
taining $450 Tuesday enroute
from River Bend to Charlotte or
alter his arrival in Charlotte.
Col. Abcrnethy drove from his
farm to Mount Holly, a distance
of five miles, Tuesday morning
and took the train there for
Charlotte. The wallet con
taining the money was in his
cost pocket. At last account
he had not aucceeded iu recover
ing it. ____
Chaags of Dot*.
The Old Polks’ Concert to be
given by the Ladies Aid Society
of the Methodist church and
which was announced for Tues
day, the 28th inst., has been
changed to Tuesday. March the
3rd. The change was rendered
necessary on account of the
Southern Comedy Companyy
engagement for the opera house
next week. The ladies are
actively engaged in practicing
and the program promises to be
an interesting one. The par
ticipants will appear.in colonial
costume* and many of the old
favorite songs will be sung.
Canrict Becaptursd.
Wednesday morning Superin
tendent W. P. Bddleman, of the
county roads, returned from
Yorltvllle where he went to
get Joe Page, a negro who es
caped from the county convict
cainp about two months ago.
Page was sent np for stealing a
soft oi clothes from another ne
gro, and had served the major
part of an eight months sentence
when he skipped out. His es
Swat made possible by his
a trusty. He had just 6n
•arvlog a abort term on the
chain gang at Rock HU1 when
Superintendent Bddleman got
him. f
Monday Night's Storm.
The severe wind storm of
Monday night did some damage
to property here, none, however,
of a very serious natare. One of
the large sine trees in front ot
Mrs. Pannie Morrow’s residence
on Main street was uprooted but
did no damage in falling. The
colored Presbyterian church in
the northern part of town waa
blown from its foundation. Al
most numberless fences, signs,
cbimuey tops, and light and
telephone wires were blown
down. A namber of the street
lights were oat on account of
broken wires. This storm which
waa general, doing damage at
many points, was the severest
Gastonia b«» experienced (a
quite a while.
The Kntltr Slater*.
The Southern Comedy Com
pany. featuring tbe clever
Kntnlcy sisters, under the
management of Mr. J. k.
Wright, will appear nt the Opera
House all next week in high
class vaudeville. The company
consists of nine mem!>ers. all of
whom are artists in their line.
The Rumley sisters were seen
here a few weeks ago when they
were the bit of the Peruchi-Belde
ni Company. Their clever work
alone will insure large crowds
next week. Fine presents in
silver ware will be given away
each night to those bolding the
lucky numbers.
At the residence of tbe bride's
Earcnts, Mr. aud Mrs. Rawley
laynes, at li«nrictt« Tuesday
at noon Mr. Robert A. Love, of
Lincolnton, and Miss Sarah
Haynes were netted in marriage.
The ceremony was witnessed by
only a few relative* and inti
mate friends of the contracting
parties. Mr. Love is the young
est son of Capt. K. C. G. Love,
of Gastonia, and is n successful
young business man of Lincoln
ton. He has a large number of
friends here. Tbe bride is the
pretty and accomplished daugh
ter of Mr. Kawley Haynes, a
wealthy and prosperous cotton
manufacturer of Henrietta. The
bride and groom have gone to
Florida on their bridal tour and
on their return will reakle at
Lincolnton. Mita Mamie Love,
a sister of the groom, and Mr.
John L. Bryan, attended the
wedding from Gastonia. Mr.
John L. Bryan acted as best
man. The bride was given away
by her brother, Mr. Kawley
Haynes. The reception hall,
where the ceremony was per
formed, was handsomely decora
ted with holly and evergreens.
Mrs. S. C. McArthur Dead.
Mrs. Sallie Wilson McArthur,
wife of Mr. Samuel McArthnr,
died Wednesday morning just be
fore eight o'clock, aged 35. She
liad been ill several weeks with
peritonitis and complications,
but was believed to be getting on
well until Tuesday night, when
pneumonia set in and caused her
death twelve hours afterwards.
Her death leaves three little
children motherless and a hus
band sorely stricken in heart and
home. A daughter of the late
Thomas Wilson, she is the third
member of this family to die
within less than twelve months,
her father having died in Decem
ber and her sister, Mrs. Robert
Falls, in March last.
Mrs. McArthur was a member
of the Associate Reformed Pres
byterian church. She was not
only a devoted young wife aud
mother, but a woman of noble
character, of many virtues, and
of marked piety. Her fnneral,
attended by a large concourse of
bereaved relatives and sorrowing
friends, was held at the Associate
Reformed church yesterday af
ternoon at half past one o’clock,
and was conducted by her pastor,
Dr. J. C. Galloway, after which
her body was laid to rest in the
city cemetery.
STANLEY.
j
CUJIv»pOBfl4QC« O* U»» (kMtt*.
Peby. 18th.—Stanley, being in
the pathway of the peat storm,
received its part of the blow.
The most serious damage was
done to the new Wesleyan Meth
odist chnrcli which was lifted off
its pillows and dropped on the
pound. No dwellings suffered
damage other thau that resulting
from demolished stove fines.
Many of our citizens who were
sleeping in the upper stories of
their houses hastily moved to
the ground floor.
A few of them braved the ele
ments and stood out of doors,
gazing at the hurrying clouds in
the west, the bright stars over
head, and the vivid flashes of
lightning in the north.
A vast quantity of timber has
been blown down in the forest
and many fruit trees have been
uprooted.
Mr. A. Rhyne, living near here,
had a part of the roofbiownfrom
his bouse and a large cedar tree
blown against the dining room.
Mr. Harvey Peterson, of
Kings Mountain, was in Stanley
on Monuay soliciting signatures
to a petition for the new county
of King* and| Queens. Many
signed the paper without reading
K and others refused.
Good roads ia the word with
our people at present and also
"that Dallas if an ideal place for
a court house in Gaston, the
couuty that we love."
The Omly Answer Is a Sigh.
RtnOd.
Charlotte is to have a home
lor fjulen women, but we arc
afraid the benefit! to be derived
frooj such an. institution in the
smeller cities of the South are
doubtful. After these women
have been reformed, what la to
ba done with them?
Ceorte Bruce Cortelyou, for
merly secretary to President
Roosevelt, was Wednesday sworn
iu as Secretary of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor, a
newly created cabinet office.
Win. Loeb, Jr., succeed. Cortel
you as secretary to the president.
FRIENDLY NATRONS
_ ENTERTAIN.
Brilliant Recaption cl Rn'iiaci
#1 Hr*. L. L. Jsaklas in Nanai
•! Firil Anniversary—Music
ky Charlotte Orcbaatra—Onl
ol-Town Oaeata.
_ The first Anniversary recep
tion of the Friendly Matrons
clob was given at the residence
ol Mrs. L. L. Jenkins, on Mtri
etta street, Tuesday afternoon
from 4 to 6 o'clock and the oc
casion was a biillimit one in
every particular. This organi
zation, which is the married
ladies' club of the town, has
just completed a most auspi
cious year and it was particular
ly fittiug that the rveut should
be marked by so memorable an
occasion.
A hundred and fifty invita
tions were issued. The guests,
ss they arrived, were greeted at
the door by Mrs. Jenkins, little
Miss Lola Jenkins opeuing the
door. Assisting Mrs. Jenkins
iu receiving were Mrs. J. H. Sc
park, Mrs. S. N. Boyce, aud
Mrs. J. A. Page in the parlor;
Mrs. Eugene Cross iu tue rear
ball; Mrs. W. J. Clifford iu the
sitting room, aud Mrs. L- V.
Wetzell in the dining room.
A very effective color scheme
of red and green was carried
oat in the decorations, these
being the colors of the club. In
the hall and parlors were hand
some potted plants and cut
flowers. The diningroom table,
from which Mrs. J. H. Gorman
and Mrs. R. M. Reid, assisted
by Miss Helen Jenkins and Mias
Blanche Gray, served cake and
cream, was prettily decorated
with red and green ribbons and
in the centre was a vase of
American Beauty roses, these
decorations being augmented by
a profusion of smilax. In the
sitting room, where Mrs. Clif
ford received, Mrs. H. Ratter
presided at the coffee Uble, as
sisted by Miss Kathleen Boyce.
The orchestra of the Academy
of Music, of Charlotte, fur
nished mnsic for the occasion.
Among the guests invited
were the hnsbanas of the mem
bers, who came about seven
o'clock and were royally enter
tained till eight, when the roost
brilliant ana notable reception
ever given by the club came to
an end. On leaving, each mem
ber registered in a dainty little
book, made especially for the
purpose, in the club's colors,
red and green, aud which will
be preserved as a reminder of
this first anniversary reception.
Among the guests were the
following from os t of town:
Mrs. W? A. Falls, Mrs. A. R.
Rudisillf Miss Winnie Redfern,
and Miss Katie Garrett, from
King's Mountain; Mrs. J. E.
McLaughlin and Miss Grace
Brown, from Concord; Mrs. L.
N. Glenn, from McAdenville;
and Mrs. E. W. Mellon, from
Charlotte.
Confederate Veterans.
BTlie annual reunion of Con
federate Veteran* will be held
at New Orleans on May 19-22,
1903, and in order that William
Gamble Camp U. C. V. No. 1184
be entitled to representation, a
called meeting of said camp will
be held at Dallas on Tuesday,
tbe 24th of February. 1903, to
elect delegates to represent our
camp at New Orleans. We
would like to have as many as
can conveniently attend to be
present at the meeting at Dallas.
W. I. Stowk, Secretary.
This Feb. 16th, 1903.
At tfa* Churches.
Lutheran church— Preaching
at 11 a. m. Sunday by the pastor
Rev. C. I. Morgan.
A. R. P. Church—Preaching
Sunday morning and evening by
the pastor,(Dr. J. C. Galloway.
Baptist church — Preaching
Sunday morning and evening by
the pastor. Rev. W. P. Watson.
Presbyterian cbnrch- -Preach
ing Sunday morning and even
shl w p**tor’ **ev’ U< McG
Main Street Methodist cbnrch
—Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7
p. m. by the pastor. Dr. H. P.
Chreitsberg. Tbe morning
sermon will ha the completion
of the sermon of last Sunday
morning on "Growth in Grace]*
—The work of remodeling tke
interior of Curry Ac Co's drug
store is aeariug completion. Tke
handsome steel celling, newly
papered walls, new shelves and
soda fountain give it a most at
tractive appearance.
IfaticM at Raw Advartlaanaofa.
Crabr ft Wilton-Anoth*r ciMoad
o* male* and boraaa Jaat reeafaad.
Williams Furniture Cs.-Tota Mr
and id that pretty baby of yoara a
aow pK«rt.
. Tboataoo Co.—Not oaty dry goods
hat groctrios as wall—areirytblng
tnot,* food to wti
MaratietVs Book Store-Bred
■CMlV-Mk .Btttkm 0>. - *
treat Importance to rvary mot bar
Wtar *° “
Sabacriba to TnOtom.
Bread Osage ia Sight
Agent C. it. Nolen yesterday
received aider* from headquar
ter* instructing him not to load
any more narrow gauge freight
cars and tu have those already
loaded or partly no empty by
noon to-day. This ia takas to
mean that all the freight cars
will lie taken of the road at
once und tliat it is a matter of
only a very few day* until the
broad gauge will be in operation
between Cheater and Lenoir. Aa
noted in Tuesday's issue it is
the intention of the company to
pnt the through passenger ser
vice into operation Monday.
Tbe days of the narrow gauge,
a familiar tight for more than
a quarter of a century, are num
bered, but no one wtU regret to
see it give place to a well con
structed broad gauge line, which
will furnish much better accom
modations both for passenger
and freight traffic.
_ I
AccUaaf at Iran Works.
About 2:30 o’clock Saturday
afternoon, just • abort while be
fore quitting time the workmen
at the Gaston Iron Works were
a tattled bv the crashing sound of
falling timber. The large water
tank, bolding between 15 and 18
thousand gallons of water and
standing 40 feet from the ground,
bad Just been filled up. One
corner of tbc structure on which
the tank stands rests on the
around near the edge of the well
from which water is secured for
the worka. Tbc continued rains
had softened the adjacent
ground to such an extent
that the walls of the well gave
way thus precipitating the tank,
with its contents, on tbc engine
room. The tank crashed through
the roof end damaged the en
gine to qaitc an extent. The
fireman, Mr. John Johnson, had
a very narrow escape and bad he
not been hurled aside by a falling
plank, would probably have been
killed. Mr. J. Lawrence Beal,
the Manager, was standing with
in five feet of the engine bat es
caped injury. The damage to the
engine and the building amounts
to about $250. The tauk will be
rebuilt at once.
A public meeting was held at
Pembroke Wednesday to take
final action in forwarding peti
tion* asking for au election on
tbe removal of tbc county seat
of Robeson county from Lorn
berton to Pembroke. The pro
posed site ie between Lu ruber
ton and Uaxton at tbc junction
of the Seaboard aod Atlantic
Coast Lines.
TOTE
FAIR.
Yon an not toting lair when
yao drag that predona little
baby arooad aider year ana
or an year aho older; ha lad
tbia ia entirely eat el atyle
aiaco we hare fatten each a
beaatiiol line of 9e-Car1a. d d
L__ Jar ant ease htte patterns
Tang father, yang adwr,
fry one. They are fast aa
essential ta year ceahit aa
year caak stave sag sawing
auchiae. EMer aethers,
shave that eM style carriage
Mawny hack** sag get aa np
(••gate depart. Tea aeeg
net expect mpttwsnts ler
year gear little aaee anlees
they rMe la a Mhrt beaght
•las. Prices affrays right.
4 4 4 4
WILLIAMS
FURNITURE
COMPANY.
tbe style*.
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Splendid olive green. Mack
and gray mined anils, 4 to
IS years. Former prices,
1141, $2. $2.48 end IS.M.
For Saturday on
ly your choice of #| y|0
tke entire let....fl»70
OUR SECOND SHOWING OF NEW SPRING FAMES
Beginning to-day we Invite year Inspection of
oor advance styles of tbe heavier .weaves of wash
fabrics for early spring wear. Our WaahlOoeda
section has always been an attractive factors «M
Gastonia shoppers la the past sad this aoaaoa we
will show a Mae of wash fabrics that wM represent
the highest embodiment of advaaced skill la fabric
making.
-— ■ ■ 1 i ' .....I .W
aim.
JS_
Xia. plain soft
weight for
Shelf-emptying *nd counter-clearing price* prevail throughout tin.
entire store, *o cone la a ns for the good thing* are os tba go at
Kindley-Belk Brothers Co.
CHEAPEST STORE ON BARTH.
PRICES REDUCED.
. pHESBf
THE Aamrlcaa Tin Plate Company
reduced price* os Tie Plate la
December neatly a $1.50 a beater
20x2a.
We are feat getting In a car teed ef
140 boxes at tbe new prices, end can
give yon tbs benefit ef tbte reduction la
Tin Roofing. Valley Tie, Tin SUagfea* nr
anything in the^Hn line. Tbe price on
Galvanised Iren has alee been minced.
Write no teifprtcea on anything In tbe
way ef Roofing. Guttering, Spouting.
Galvanised or Tie hefore'yoo place pear
order.
*
LONG BROTHERS
imi.Carto.1., W. C.
AND NOW
THE RUSH IS OVER,
We retnrn again to out old love, namely, to onr :
tegs H
The Holiday* and sotn* ol ^ __
we go back to work with the gratllcatloo that to
aided in making many heart* happy. Thia may bare
delayed watch work, and U behoove* u to tani oor
attentlea again to the work beach. t *1 . »
I II yoa hove a Watch. Clock, or Jaweby that oeeda
repalrln g, Diam onda to be r* tot, or 0 alto BOeaftM
or other eagravine to do. wttohar that wvwtDdok
Up-to.Date aai at the Prayer Prices.
TORRENCE, The Jeweler.