The Qutoila Qesetle. BUSINESS LOtAU. WBLLS bORKD—Cash or o, W fame. J, y, Bxrr* Afli 0W.y VODR HOUR—8. M. H. i '“'.KB- O*. will help you ti> bu; gabas^’** piRD DOO LOST--Black aad wklti •ay. Reward lot rrtam to Bai Rllixotok. R. 7. D. No.>, Gastonia F0!1^.^ cE*VJr £££ Barred Hrmooth Rocks. Bflveriace. S^^n.o.. manafactnrers of hosiery of Pndncbo, Ky.. and blast back from a ate weeks’ trip through West Vbffiaia. Ho 1 wee there doria* the recent ex treme cold weather. Ice was I ten inches thick and the Ohio river was frocea from bank to i bank. At WbseHa* he saw > loaded warns driven acrom the i Ohio aad also saw several haa* r dred people akatlaff oa the fftVIft * ft •* FLAO AMO BIBIX. Jnhlii Order Valla# American. Keckaalca Present* Flag aa# WUa la LeweU PaMte SgM -M*nn by Stale Ceaadler Smith-A Oreat Oceanian Lowell was the scene ou Sat urday aitern oou of an interesting occasion when tbe Lowfll Coun cil of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics presented to tbe Lowell public school a handsome flag and s Bible. Before 3 o'clock, the, hour when the exercises began, tbe school bouse was crowded and many wen unable to get inside. The Lowell Council of the Ju nior Order United American Mechanics, together with a num ber of representatives of tbe Gas tonia ana McAdegville councils, about eighty in all, attended in n bedy. Tbe meeting was called to order by Mr. Hagfa Long of Gas tools, wbo was master of cere monies. After as opening prayer by Rev. J. H. Bennett, pestor of the Methodist church, Mr. Long stated briefly the object of tbe occasion. In a brief bat very appropriate speech Rev. R. A. Miller, tiulsr af the Pr*iKv. terian choreh, then presented to the school a handsome Bible, the gift of the Juaior Order. Following the singing of "My Country, 'Tto of Thee" by the school Col. Z. P. Smith of Ral eigh, State Councilor of the or der, was introduced. His ad* dress was the principal feature of the occasion. Besides being State Councilor Mr. Smith is also editor of th.e American, the national organ of the order, which is published at Raleigh. He to a young man of strong physique and a commanding presence. He spoke for an hour and held the closest attention of the entire audience. Mr. Smith began by saying that the Juaior Order to distinct ly a patriotic organisation as in* dicsted by the red, white and blue ot the liveries. None but native bora Americana are eligi ble to membership. While not, so well knows nor so old ss some other orders be said it filled a distinct place of its own. He told of toe organisation of the order fifty two years ago in old Concord school bouse at Ger mantown, Pa., and depicted graphically the shooting of young George Sheflcr while car rying a flag through the streets of Philadelphia. A monument was erected in Philadelphia to this young hero and the story of hto life has exerted a great in fluence for patriotism. The speaker refated vehe mently the charge that the order to a secret political organisation. We are nationally political but non-partisan, he said’. In this connection the speaker told of the recent successful opposition of the order to the establishment in this State of an immigration bureau. Mora stringent natur alisation lews are also sought by the order. A Urge portion of Mr. Smith's •damn «u devoted to the pub lic school* of the country. The Junior Order has ever stood as the protector and advocate of the public school*. They com pose the corner stone of the United States; they constitute the grist mill of the nation which gathers np all claasemTand turps out future citizens of the republic. llr. Smith spoke interestingly of the growth of the order in North Carolina during recent years. At present then an 11. 000 members in the State. At the close of Mr. Smith’s address the school sang "Co lombia.” la behalf of the school and its patrons Prof. F. P. Hall, county superintendent, accepted the.flag and Bible in a brief speech. The program was dosed by the singings of "Tha Star Spangled Banner,’’ after which the audience repaired to the outside when the flag was raised over the school buildinp. A photographer from the studio of Green and Molten was on band and took pictures of the Jonion and the building. Thu occasion was altogether a- most pleasant one, —Mrs. M. S. Davis ’returned Saturday from Lfcacastor and la ill at the home of bar son, Mr. J. F. Davis. She was accom Gnled by her daughter-in-law, n. W. A. Darla, who will be goest at Mr. Davis’ for two or tone weeks. rbe YorkviUe Knquirer of lest Friday says that there was quite a sen one ftgkt between horse trader* in Norris'* hitching lot on Wert Madison street last Tuesday afternoon. Several white men ware engaged and at leaat two of them were bedly cut about the beads and faces, hav ing been struck whs stone*. Dr. W. H. Wakefield OP chahlottb IMPORTANT LOCAL « UOf STATION. a «•*..** * — ■lil« Passed By Mm Utfalatan -■Kill Oaalenta sod the f*«*0 T*w CltciUa Every T»u Teen—A Tews Clerk— Treat Ce. Chartered. Ftwa Senator O.* F. Mason the reporter yesterday obtained a brief ramcnary of the bills en acted by tbe recent Legislature effectiug Gastonia and Gaston county. Chief among these bills, of coarse. Is the Road Bond BiU granting an election on the ques tion of issuing bonds in tbe sum °: *300'000 tor the improvement of the county’s road. Tbe text of this bill has been gives ia fall in a previous tssna of this paper. Aaotbcr member was added to tbe beard of county commit aiooera, making the total six in* *t»*d of five. Mr. John C. Pnett of Dallas was appointed to 111 this new position. Tbe bill pro vides that, incase of a tie, the Register of Deeds is entitled to a vote. A bill was passed prohibiting for five yean tbe hunting of quad in Gastonia, Crow den Mountain, and Cherryville town ships. Gastonians will be interested to know that tha town charter was oo amended aa to call lor an election of town officers only ooce every two yean instead of once every year aa has been the cane heretofore. Tbe board of aldermen was also granted tbe power of appointing a town clerk, prescribing hia duties, and fixing An amendment to tbe charter of the town of Dallas increases the rate of taxation from 23 cents to 50 cento and strikes oat a pro vision which prohibited the town from issuing bonds or otherwise placing a debt on tbe town for the pnrpoM of making improve ments or for any other cause. Tbe following justices of the peace were reappointed: N. B. Kendrick, Chenyville; M. D. Pridgr, Dallas; C. W. Nipper. A charter was. granted the null company oi irftlCO* nia. capital $$0,000. The offi cers of the company will he as follows: President John P. Love; Vice President, Edgar Love; Treasurer, Robt. A. Love. The charter is a broad one, granting tbe privilege of doiag a general loan and trust business,—buying, selling, and renting real estate, -receiving trusts, acting as guardian and administrator, handling estates, and storing cotton. A charter was granted Un wood Female College, of which Rev. A.T. Lindsay is president. AOEB LAP* DEAB. Mrs. Mary Bradley Vaa Oldest Member of (few Baps rraahj Mrs. Mary Bradley, widow of the lateMr. Albert Brafley. died Friday at the home of heir son, Mr. T. M. Bradley, ia the New Hope neighborhood at tba ad vanced age of seventy-eight yean. She was tbe oldest anot her both in point of see and in doration of membership of tbe New Hope Presbyterian church where her funeral was held on Saturday. Rev. J. B. Cochrane, tbe pastor, conducted the servi ces. Her husband, Mr. Alfred Brad ley, died March 8tb,l»4. Only one child, tbe son with whom she lived, survives. She also leavja two Maters, Mrs. Minerva Ford sal Mrs. J. N. Hanna, both of whom live In the asms community. Deceased was a erickbFPid°f thC Ut* Mr* Fr*d' Deceased was held ia high es teem by all who knew her 9 be was a women of strong Christian character and axartad a great inluence for good in the com munity where she lived and died. Her death ia mourned by meay frit odi, '^1 ■HJ m. * -■»||| wBBBBiBj Sumptuous SQks I Obc* PooHoette. the new sOlc I far shift waists sad fait J ***«*"«■ 98c J For tbil week_#1 Hawchina silfcsatlcal- m on, splendid »il«_40C '