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W. F. MARSHALL. Editor *od PwrittBr. DEVOTED TO THE PROTECTION OF HOME AND THE VOL. 3CXV. GASTONIA, N. C.t TUESDAY. JUNE IA. THE GROWTH OTA CHURCH. A CoofiHtd Historical Sketch si Mala Street Methodist Church From Its lacoptiss to tbs Prsssnl. The past week ha* been a memorable one iu Methodist circles in Gastonia, the occasion being tbe dedication of the hand some church edifice erected by the congregation of the Main street church. Iu view of this fact a brief resume of the history and work of this church uity not be inappropriate at this time. Long before Gastonia was even a village Methodism wn represented nere hy some ex horter, class leader or travelling preacher. Sometime during the early forties there was organized a Methodist society knowu as Shiloh, located in the eastern part of the town near the pres ent. site of the Modena mill. Thia was the second society orgauized in the county, the first being Betbesda church, located some five miles south east of town. Shiloh more than held its owu for upwards of a quarter of a century. About two years before the outbreak of the civil war the sharp agitation then rife in the country caused a split in this church, with the result that in 1859 or 1880 sev eral nnion sympathizer* with drew fellowship trom the church. It appears that at this date the church had only 25 or 30 regular members, though the attendance was always large. During the ’70s there was opened up on these grounds what was kuown as Shiloh camp-ground. A large brosb to the present. Shiloh at • church came to an cud about the nim roer of 1881. By this time the old academy had been built and the Methodist congregation wor ship there till about 1885, when the brick church was built. At thia time Gastonia bad grown to be a ueat little village. The first substantial M. K. Chutch South built here was the brick church erected at the corner of Main .street and Oak land avenue duriug the pastor ate of Rev. S. J. McLeod in 1884. The building was com pleted iu 1885 nnder the pastor ate of Rev. J. B. Carpenter and was dedicated by Bishop W. W. Duncan in 1868. The cost of this structure was about 91,200. So great was the enhancement in value of this property that at the time it was tom down to make room for the present hand some structure ft was worth four titnea its original cost. It was uot until 1995 that the Main street church was made a sta tion, this being during the fourth year of the pastorate of Rev. C. M. Campbell. It was also under his ministry that the present parsonage was bnilt at a cost of $2,500. With its beginning as a station new life was infused into it along all hues and from then till, now the history of the church has been oue of marvel ous spiritual and material growth and progresa. Rev. C. M. Campbell was suc ceeded by Rev. W- M. Bagby who came to the church in 1896. ilia three years’ pastorate were years of great usefulness. His energies were directed, during his first year’s pastorate, to the building of a Methodist high MAIN ST. METHODIST CHURCH. Hey and my highest joy 1 prhe her heavenly ways. Her su eel communion, solemn vows, Iler hymns of love and Praise. arbor was erected to accommo date the laTge crowds that as sembled annually for the meet ing. The fame of tbia camp meeting ground spread far and near to the extent that within a few years it drew attendance from all over Gaston, Liucoln, Cleveland, Catawba, Mecklen burg and other adjoining conn ties and even from South Caro lina. In the ’50s Shiloh chnrch, then a little log building, was burned but so great was the xeal of the members that they rebuilt it within a week's time. This building stood till about 1881. * Before the war the services were conducted largely by ex school with the mult that a commodious two-story six room brick building was erected and furnished at a cost of uearly $4,000. This building was sub sequently *ol J to the town and is now used as the central graded school. In • 18V7 he conceived the idea of extending Methodism in Gastonia and built the West End church at a cost of $1,200. After having served the church for three years Mr. Bagby was succeeded by Dr. G. H. Det wiler. The work already inau gurated waa carried forward by Dr. Detwiler. He gave great service to the school, a renewed impetus to the church, and crowned his work here by build THB OLD BUILDING. 1884—1900. The trend of many a noitelett foot Tkmi to Ur Mi thy nit let, it o'er. hortcra and claaa leader* with an occaiional sermon by a travel* inf preacher. It waa then a part of the old Lincoln cir cuit which embraced a icore or more of cborrbet and a territory now covered by a score of preachers. During the '70s and a part of the '*>1 Gastonia was a P«n of tha Dalle* circalt, which embraced Dallas, Concord church. Kelly’* Chapel, Land a Chapel, Lowell, Gastonia, Bet bead a. Moat of these or ganisations have remained intact ing a magnificent $20,000 church. The comer atone of this strncttire was laid in May, WOO, and the building was rapid ly pushed to completion, being formally opened foe public wor ship on Sunday, Dec. 30th, 1900. The opening sermon was pieached by Bishop W. W. Dun can who dedicated the o I d church. He was followed on Tnesday night by Dr. John C. Kilgo, who preached one of the | profound sermons for which he Its noted. During hi* ministry Dr. Det wilcr added largely to the inem bership of tbe church and raised, in addition to the $20,000 which represents tbe cost of the church, a Twentieth Ceotnry fund of more thau $1,000. it was tbe pleasure of this church to enter tain the annual coufereuce in the fall of 1901. Dr. Detwiler was succeeded by Dr. H. F. Cbreitzberg who came here in November, 1901. The same con ference sent to the West End aud Ozark churches Rev. John H. Bradley, who greatly bnilt up tbe West End congregation and built a new $1,000 frame church building at the Ozark mill. Dr. Cbreitzberg gave the church two years of good service. The present pastor of West End and Ozark cburcbcs is Rev. J. W. Ingle. Rev. b. u Uam was appointed to the pastorate of this church iu November, 1903. In seven mouths' service he has shown himself a preacher of power and consecration and has labored diligently for the spiritual and material good of the church Within the two quartern just closed, that is within six months, he has liquidated the indebted ness on the oarsonage, (there lias been no indebtedners on the church since the day of its open ing in December. 1900), an amount of $3,600. Besides this there has been rasied during the quarter just ended for other church purposes $3,400, in ad dition to which $1,400 is pledged to be paid by November, which will make a grand total for the year of $7,400. In six years this church has raised for all pur poses $40,650, an average of $6,775 per year. The membership of the three Methodist churches is as fol lows: Main Street, 350; West End, 227; Oxark, 169; makings total of 746. Kach church has a flourishing Sunday school and other auxiliary societies. Tbe board of Stewards of Main Street church is as follows; J. H. Separlt, chairman, J. K. Dixon, treasurer, R. B. Babiugton, sec retary. A. R. Anders, Geo. A. Gray, B. T. Morris, S. M. Mor ris, C. M Nolen, R. P. Rankin, J. A. Glenn, \V. II. Jenkins. BISHOP WILSON'S SERMON. Dedication of Melhodial Church Witnessed by Largo Congrega tion — Splendid Sermon by Biahop Wilson. The large auditorium and the Sunday school room .of Main Street Methodist cbnrch were filled Sunday morning before the hour for dedication services to begin. Bishop A. W. Wilson of Baltimore preached a magnifi cent sermon and read the dedica tory service. A pleasing feature of the occasion was a duet by Capt. Robert L. Durham of Spartanburg and Miss Mamie Chreitcberg of Winston-Salem. Bishop Wilson’a text was Matt. 22, 37-40, which is the re ply of Jesus to the Pharisaical lawyer who had heard how the Master had put the Saddncees to silence and who thereupon came to him and in a cosnistic spirit enquired, "Master, which is the great commandment in the law?” The Bishop said that, because this was a crucial ques tion among the Jewish legalists, it is probable the passage in the tenth chapter of Luke, although the subject of conversation be tween Jeans and a certain lawyer ia the same as that recorded here, refers to an altogether dif ferent incident. After giving a luminous his toric setting to his text Bishop Wilson entered upon a noble dis cussion of the primacy and su premacy of love, showing that back of all law, ceremonial or moral, love was the element which gave it its worth. Law is a device for repressing evil, and he who loves God with all hit heart and soul and mind lives in msAwamoFHEAmt a different region from its ope rations. Against such there i« no Law. Cod'* fatherly love for hit children was described beauti fully. Whatever the outward c?p.reM‘on ro*y b* on the part of the child and however child ish the love, yet the father de lights In It. So God delights in His children’s love and in loving his children. We do not want to analyse love, we want to rev el in it. However limited hia capabil ities, the man who loves Cod with all the strength of heart and mind and soul he has, pleases God. and shall be able sometime to comprehend with all saints God’s immeasurable love. A large congregation was present at the cloning service Sunday evening to bear Dr. G. H. Dctwiler, a former pastor of the cbnrch, and the prime mov er in the erection of the build ing dedicated ou that day. His text was Deuteronomy 33, 27, "The eternal God is tliy refuge nud underneath thee are the everlasting arms.” The sermon was an eloquent and earnest dis course and was listened to with rapt attention by the entire au dience. At the morning service hand some souvenir programs, con taining half toue cuts of the old and new churches, were distri buted. TO THE OfUVO POE CONTEMPT. Charlotte Negro Wasted to Smeke asd Veer Hie Hat Is the Praeesce el the Cesrt Clarion* CItroindc. Beta. Lawyers may say wliat they please of a Superior Court judge and a newspaper editor may impugn the motives of a United States Court judge without suf fering the penalty of an at tachment for contempt of court, but the game cannot be plnytti with impunity in the recorder’s court of Charlotte. A negro who was adjudged in contempt of court this morning was sent to the chain-gang for 30 days, in addition to another sentence of equal leegth for disorderly con duct. 1 he prisoner who was made to feel the power of tbe law is Sain McDonald, coloted, who was in tbe recorder’s court to answer a charge of disorderly conduct. The negro met Of ficer Brown last night and acted as if be would like to walk over the policeman. When Officer Brown spoke to McDonald, the negro replied: "Damn yon, I would as soon walk over you as anybody else.” When the policeman at tempted to place McDonald un der anest, tbe negro resisted, and it was not until assistance was called that the obstreperous prisoner was placed behind the bars at the police station. When the negro was brought out for trial this morning, he took his seat among the other prisoner*, and Without remov ing bis bat, proceeded to smoke a cigarette. When ordered to remove bis bat and throw away tbe cigarette, tbe negro spoke insolently to the recorder. Chief Irwin then took a baud in the affair and ordered the negro taken from the room. Bnt Sam had no idea of going—at least not until after a struggle. After a little confusion, two or three officers succeeded in taking him liack to a cell, where he re mained until the cases against the prisoners had heen disposed of. When brought back into the court room, McDonald was sen tenced to the chain-gang for 30 days for disorderly conduct last night. The sentence, was re ceived with indifference, the negro remarking that be would "fix things" when he got off the roads. Headache Powders Dangerous. Krws. Lea* than a year ago a young woman ia Warren County waa fatally poisoned by taking bead* ache powders, and in Camden this week a little child wa* killed by its parent, who, with the beat intention*, gnve it a powder to cure it of the headache. The drag market it full of beadaebt powder* of every description. The great majority of them are composed wholly or in part of one ot more of the medicinal product* of coal tar. There ia a large variety of these products, but their use ia dangerous ex* cepting under the advice of competent ptiyatciaos. Nearly every one of them, if not the whole variety, act* noon tbe heart, at time* with fatal reanlta,, and for this reason should he taken or administered only by a doctor's order or advice. Pisa AH PEJVCIUH0S. Pisgab, Juue 11.—Business en gagements hindered ns from at tending the commencement ex ercises at Jones Seminary, much to our regret, as we wished to feast onr eyes and cars on the pretty girls aad their entertain ment and be prepared to write it np. The largest crowd present at the Seminary in several ytara assembled there on Tuesday of this week to witness the closing exercises; we are informed that the declamations, recitations and other exercises were good. Rev. A. T. Lindsay Is principal. Farmers are basy plowing cora-iaud cotton. lir. Oscar TotTcnce has pur chased a new baggy—what next? There will be something doing ere the "flossy” leaves of the "chainy" tree casts its foilsge tills fall. Mi. Geo. M Howell has sold over one hundred dozen onions this spring. Mr. Howell has the finest onions in this part of the vineyard. He has set ont some thing like 2,500 sweet potato sprouts and will set ont about one thousand more. Col. R. D. Martin has received • very urgent letter from the American Humane Society re questing him to organise a band of mercy in Gastonia or Gaston county; there is no initiation fee. All interested in the work of prevention of cruelty to ani mals art requested to write to him st oocc. Let a man spring into the public view and he is beseiged with all sorts of re quests for charitable purposes. Our Union Grove brethren held a baptising near Mr. J. Frank Spencer’s Sabbath even fog; quite a Urge crowd was there to see the ceremony. Mr. John A. Morrow has been quite sick this week. The law gives the first 20 days of June as the limit for listing taxes; failure to list is punish able by doable taxation; read tbis paragraph twice. Col. Henry Watterson, the gifted editor of the "Courier Journal" baa sent ns his address ou "The Editorial. Page," which takes up 13 columns of the Cour ier Journal and requests an ex change. The address was de livered in St. Louis st the World's Press Parliament and International Press Congress. Our esteemed contemporary is mistaken, we do not occupy an editorial chair. The following have been sent us by the United States depart ment of Agriculture for the li brary ; Wide-tire laws for road vehicles; The vanilla bean; Rus sian cereals; the bog industry, part 1, pages 1-100; the hog in dustry. part II, pages 101-199; the hog industry, part 111, pages 200-299; Egyptian wcotton cul ture; The Arizona date palms. Total volumes in library on ag riculture June 1, 492. We suggest that Governor Aycock and Hon. Stonewall Durham be in the automobile during the parade July 2; let all other automobiles in the connty be here. Mr. C. W. Lindsay, a drum mer of High Point, died sudden ly in tbe police station at Char lotte Saturday afternoon of heart disease, superinduced by drank* e no ess. IT COSTS YOU H<mnH8. J. H. KtMMSr • c*. wnt Better* Vmr Heavy W Dr«t Net Cara Yen. There are hundreds of Deoplc in Gastonia who were not the least bit surprised when they read in "Th* GazkTtx” that /. H. Kennedy & Co. are selling Mi-o-na on a guarantee to re fund the money in case it did not cure. This marvelous dys pepsia remedy will cure tbe worst case of Indigestion, head ache, dirtiness or the general played out condition tbat aflicta every one suffering with stomach trouble. Mi-o-na does not simply re lieve; it cures, J. H. Kennedy & Co. can tell you of many well | known people In this city wkom this remedy has restored to ‘ ive of U l»a prniitc 01 a picaoM euatomar And thrra art hundred* In Gnatonfa to day praialtig Ml o na t-acaawt It eorafl thaw. A ftw month* ajro ihay ^onkl tat nothin* wMmWt wondarln* what tha ran ait won Id ba. 8hw* natn* Mi o na thay tat what thar want and whan thay ***t with mo tear cd ouflartn*. Thla madlclna la t* tha far atnall taMat, vary pWaaant t< and coat a only »V a bos. J pwra modklwa that anaadtly pyrwanantly cam all form* atowaah trwwbta awd la tha only owa that can ba aoM aadar a pod yaaranta* wtthont any r* to rtfawd tha woway IF It etna. QUALITY plays a leading part in good when quality la found cer'm tba combination of ladies furnishing Roods. Just Umbrellas. As tbc sunny days aad tba *»»«*» c««« *he demand far a m •ol. Pull assortment bar* la black aad aad up. Neckwear and Betts. Complete line in tbc as west designs. 2Sc. JJc, aad 50c. Corsets* Hosiery* Underwear. COR8ET8—New models. 50c. 75c. $1 00. liAUZE V88T8—OMc to 2Sc each, MUSLIN UNDERWEAR—Complete line from 25c up Trimmings. Oriental laces, all widths and prices. . Silk and wash baads. 10c, 15c, 25c. 35c. 50c per yard. New vals and torchon, Sc. 7c. 10c, ISc, 20c. 25c and np. Embroideries, yard, JKc, 5c. 10c, 15c. 20c. 2Sc. aad up to 75c. Dress Goods and Wash Fabrics* Colored Uvu and Dimities, a beautiful liar, yard, 10c and 15c. White Lawoa, 5c, Me. 15c. 20c. 25c. . Btnbvoldmd S wiss, bctvtUal deiigai, in colon* yard, 25c. Waah Grenadines, colon, par yard. 50c. C«ai*lete line of Wool o«4 SHk Dresa Good*, sheer and light for MMMT wear, 25c, Me, 75c, 90c, $1.00. Ribbons. are marvels of good quality at the prices charged, ti it’s ribbons you want, come to US. Millinery. , T5J* Cihoi^!*t tW,l®» b» abundance. Oar Use of kata far son oes are diatinct leaders In their '■n^SS&£MkSfSS& that our made-to-oeder products am always examples of the high est style and art in fashionable millinery. J. F. Ladles* Furnishings WHEW YOU CO AWAY You will seed some toilet arti cles sack as Vlelet Ammeala, Bath Tablets, Talcum Powders, Sponges, Bath MRs, Flesh Brashes, Tel let Scope, Smelling Salto, heat Extracts, Heir Dress Inga, etc. Oar stock la complete. Yoa will seed these articles whea yea go away os vacation. Remember them end as fast be . for* yo« leave. AAA Adams Drug Co. BUGGIES! BUGGIES! « 1 "P'1,1 JJUI',1 .'ll11- ■■■■■■■-.. « - /• >-> —> r-. CRAIG & WILSON
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