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The OutonM Gagette.
BUSINESS LOCALS.
—‘ WELLS BORED-CuiB-hr* WB
W time. J. X. Smith. Agp
COR RENT—4-Room cottage. M.
r H. Skctoilp.Mcl
SN GRAVING—Leave year oeders
lor engraved visiting cards at
:tt Oa«htt« office. - :
■OB PR INT1NC —f.*aveyour ordeta
*> at The Ga«bttic office. E«iuij>
rarnt, experience, promptness, satis
faction.
DARREL OP NORTON YAKS for
G need on ths way. Also Miner's
prolific seed com, and garden seed.
J. M. Clam wit.
D1RD DOG LOST- -Black and white
'SUsrhJFzs
day. Reward for retnrn to 8am
Blusctoh. R.P. D. No. 2. Gastonia.
Jnr ii22* v
* »rom (j. l. urovti i,f£nonu«,
Barred Flymouth Rock*. Stlvcrlsced
Wyandotte's, $1 for IS nm. J. N.
Roberta & Son. McAdenvUle.M. C.
ET.ORODORA COTTON SEED—
r For sale at $1 per bnabel. Seed
are Money's stock and have been
carefnlly handled. V. C. Cams,
MM-e4 Pleasant Ridge. N. C.
UOI)SB AND LOT lor sale-1 offer
• * tor sale my house and lot on
Third Street in Oaitoiit. Six room*,
well end garden, site of lot
HxJOO. Terms reasonable.
John B. McAlxstrs, Salisbury,
N. C. am.
Node* al New Ada.
Klndley-Belk Brew. Co.—Htreilu.
Hinson A Sons— Rsnsnas at whole
sale.
Swan-Slater Co.—Yonr spring salt
is ready.
Thomson Company—A satisfying
showing of dress goods.
Robinson Brothers—lust come in
and see the swell low eats.
TUESDAY, MAR. 28, 1905.
LOCAL AFFAIRS
—Fishing season at band.
—Tine to talk town election.
—The millinery openings are
coming. Watch for them.
—The days arc growing per
ceptibly longer ana the nights
ditto shorter.
—The town tax-collector has
at last gone into the real estate
business. Delinquents and the
law got him into it.
—Rather early for snakes,
but Mr. I. A. Campbell’s son
James ran across one on the
branch Sunday and put him out
of commission.
—Yesterday Mr. E. L. Wilson
purchased the business of the
' John Little Livery Co. at Dal
las, and will continue to operate
it in connection with bis other
stable.
—We are requested to an
nounce that there will be regu
lar services by the pastor. Rev.
J. L. Vfppermsn, at the Second
Baptist church next Snnday.
—The busy season is rushing
right np on everybody. Farm
er, merchants, mechanics, ma
chinists, carpenters, bricklayers,
are trettinir bu«r aftrr
winter’s loll, all bappy to see
the open weather.
'Thjs Gazkttb’s new story
will begin in an early issue.
The date of the opening chapter
will probably be announced next
Friday. We regard it aa a re
markably fine story, absorbing,
entertaining, and informing.
—Next Monday, April 1st, is
the date for the municipal elec
tion at Dallas. As yet no tickets
have been put out. Some in
terest is being manifested in the
election, however, as was Vindi
cated by street talk at tha coun
ty seat yesterday.
—Don’t forget the big road
meeting at Dallas next Satnr
day afternoon at onr o’clock.
A note just received from Presi
dent Abcrnethy advises os that
Capt. 3. B. Alexander baa
• promised him personally to "be
with na Saturday.” He has not
Heard from Col. Cnnninghain
—The pulpit of the Associate
Reformed Presbyterian church
was filled Sunday night by R*v.
W. B. Lindsay of Memphis,
Tens., who preached a good
sermon to an interested con
gregation. At the close of the
sermon a collection, amount,ag
to over fifty dollars, was taken
for assistance (n building an A.
R. P. church in Memphis.
At an early date the town of
Dallas will have slestric lights.
Power for this purpose will be
secured from the Dallas Cotton
Milts. Tbs mill is now iuatall
ing two oew boilers in place of
the old one to enable it to
furnish this power. An arc
light will be placed at, each
comer of the square and
numerous Incandescent lights
will be put on the various
streets._
MSS Hewer*. MS*.
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, —Mr. John Walter* spent Sun*
. -day, at .Lowell an rt McAdenmllc,,
returning yesterday.
—Miss Hoke Beil returned
from Clover, where
she visited friends and relatives.
—Mr. B. W. Craig has been
out a few days after a long bard
aeige of pneumonia.
—Miss Kills Lindisy returned
yesterday from Kings Mountain
where she visited friends for a
week.
—Messrs. John and Grant Pa
■our, of Dallas, were welcome
visitors at Tint Gazette office
Saturday.
, Mr. J. p. Culp left yester
day for a trip through Kentucky
after spending a mouth at his
home here.
Mr*. Pauline H. Sigmon
and Miaa Belle Wilson left Sat
urday for Salisbury to visit
friends.
_hi_ « a / • •. * warn .
—UBUll, VI W UO‘
ingtou, wu the guest hr a few
days la.t week of her sister. Mrs.
P. T. lleath.
Mr. J. Grier Love of David
son College spent Sunday and
yesterday here with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Love.
—Mrs. L. D. Henderson and
two daughters. Misses Jean and
Bain, of Mount Holly spent Sun
day .with Mr. W. C. Abernethy’a
family,
—Mrs. C. E. Mason of Char
lotte was the gnest Saturday
and Sunday of her slater, Mrs.
J‘ A. Glean. Mr. Mason also
spent Sunday here.
„ Mr. W. G. Separk, travel
ling for the Old Dominion Paper
Company of Norfolk, was gnest
Sunday of his brother, Prof. J.
H. Separk.
—Mias Mary Ragan came
home Saturday for a brief visit
to her parents, Mr. and Mis. O.
W. Ragsn. She is attending
Converse College at Spartan
burg.
~Mra. R. T. Smith, of Ashe*
yille, is visiting her Gastonia
friends. Mr. Bernard Smith
came over from Davidson to see
lus mother and will return this
morning.
—Rev. W. H. Reddish,'pastor
of the First Baptist church, left
yesterday for Lincolnton to as
sist the pastor of the Baptist
church in condncting a meeting
there thb week.
—Mr. and Mrs. Giles Wilson
left yesterday for their home at
Snarl.nVittri. .h« • .J.!.
to the families of Mayor J. K.
Dixon and Mr. E. N. Line
berger.
—Mias Lowry Sbuford, Mias
; Mamie Love and Miss Emma
Page attended the Old Maid'a
Convention at Kings Mountain
Friday night, returning home
Saturday.
—Esquire Taylor Glenn went
to Hickory Saturday to visit his
daughter, Mrs. D. L. Russell,
who has been unwell. He re
turned yesterday afternoon, leav
ing Mrs. Russell much improved.
—T. P. Stewart, of
Back Creek, Mecklenburg conn
,M» town yesterday, the
giest of Dr. J. C. Galloway.
He was returning home from
Bethany. York county, where
be preached Sunday.
—Mr. G. M. Shives. of Mt.
““■li w#* m town on business
Saturday and waa kind enough
to call on Tint Gamtit. He
says the farmers in ms section
see well np with their woik,
and some are already planting
COfO.
, “ “r; ?• W^Hatcher. grand
the Masonic order
in North Carolina, is here and
will bewith the Gastonia Lodge
No. VS A. F. and A. M. for
w*aka. During hit stay
maetiMa waibe held daily and
•» night fa the lodge kali.
Mayer's Caart.
Mayor Dixon disposed of five
court ycitcr
day afurnoon aa followa: Venrie
Delton, a young white man.
di nnk and diwdwly, fined $2 j6
“d ccrtj Luther Turner, a
young white man, carrying n
concealed weapon in tin ahape
<rf a raaor, bound to court in
the amn oiteS; J)m Smith,
colored, carrying a concealed
weapon in the ahape oi n raaor.
bowtdto ecwt J, the autn o)
sa*«ear.4«H* «d du.
A 9500 REWARD.
A reward of Woo win be paid (ar
the capture, with eeideoea toconrict
<Xtb. >h.ef ?>thUrW who broke tba
lock aad robbed the aaie of the Me
Aden Mflla oe Raterd., eight, the
«b iatt. Alao a rewart oi WOewd
no gueatloua asked lor the retara oi
-W W» bekmgleg to
•aid arika and a taiga pocket book
erataioiug win a«d baak etoche
with tha a awe of R. R. Kay printed
Iheraeo. Thera pepera art oi no
ealaa eraepi to the owaaia wad will
deektliaa be thrawa away by tha
thiaf who committed tha rabbaiy.
MeAdaa MtUa.
MaAdawetlla. It. C
MR. RUFUS PARHAM SCAB.
Pmm« Away Sunday Night d
. .ftMHtel. CgufcrHHdd Tan*
“tarday at fSift dtanaL -
Following quickly tbe death
of his brother. Ur. Fred Parham,
which occurred on Monday, tbe
20tb, Mr. Kufos A.' Parham died
Sunday night at 9 o’clock at his
home near Crowder’s Creek
station after Iras than a week's
.illness. Mr. Parham suffered a
chill on lost Tuesday immedi
ately after attending his broth
er’s funeml at Obey. A severe
attack of pneumonia followed,
proving fatal. He bad been in
ill health for more than a year
and his physical condition was
not snch as would enable him
to combat the disease' success
fully.
The funeral was held yester
day at Tate’s Chapel. The
funeral party left Ibe home ai
11 o'clock and the services at
the church were held at 1
o’clock.
Deceased was (about forty-sev
cnyeara of age. He leaves a
widow, who was Miss Laura
Pails, daughter of the late Mr.
T. L. Palls, and two sons Otto,
aged 6 years, aud George, aged
about 2 years. Five brothers
and one sister survive as fol
lows: Messrs. Tburlow, John,
Sam, C. W., and C. H. Parham
aud Mrs. John L. Wood.
fm. — M _ t »* _ A_a
• **V lauui; VI tub UCVCHCU
desire us to include with? this
notice an axpreasion of their
heart felt thanks for the sympa
thy and kinducss of their neigh*
bon in their great bereavement.
Mr. Parham reaided at the old
Parham home place, one and a
half miles from Crowder’s Creek
station. Mr. M. C. For be* and
Mr. Tliurlow Parham were in
town yesterday morning to pro
cure the coffin.
vnr«paa Satarday.
The fixtures and furnishings
for the new Dallas bank arrived
Saturday and are being placed
in the building. It is expected
that everything will be in readi
neat for tha opening of the bank
on Saturday, the Slat.
IU With PaasaMaie.
Mr. Rozxell Stroup, who lives
near Crowder’s Creek, has been
ill a week with pneumonia, in
one side. Me was taken down
the same day with Mr. Rufus
Parham. _ Yesterday morning
pnenmonia was found developed
in the other ling, and his con
dition is not so favorable as bis
neighbors would be gisd to tee
it. _
Mrs. L T. A vary Dead.
Mrs. Lillian Walton Avery
died at her home in Morganlon
on Monday, the 20th inst. Mrs.
Avery was the mother of Mrs.
Clarence A. Johnson, formerly
of Gastonia bat now living in
Raleigh. She visited her daugh
ter here and the news of net
death is heard with sincere re
gret by many friends in Gasto
nia.
Dallas Faratfure Factory.
The Dallas fninitarc factory
has been organized and it is un
derstood that the erection of a
building will begin at an early
date. Land for this purpose has
been purchased from the Dal
las Cotton Mills. The capital
stock is $10,000. The board of
directors is composed of E. L.
Wilson, J. L. Rhyne, John C.
Poett, J. D. Moore, H. Clem
mer, S. A. Wolff, and S. T.
Wilson. Mr. M. A. Carpenter,
formerly register of deeds sod
cashier of the Dallas bank, is
acting secretary and treasurer.
It is understood that St first the
company trill limit its output to
Bash, doors and blinds.
On PrssMactsf Am
"Tbit word Avon," said Capt
ain George F. Bason as he
sat comfortably by the magazine
table in the library yesterday af
ternoon, "has been bothering a
lot of folks latelx, I hear. Some
call it Av-von, some say Ay-voo
[accenting the -von]. Why, you
just as well call me Uayson [a*
centiug the -son) as to call that
word Avon [with the stress oa
-von]. To settle the matter, I
Interviewed two Englishmen
about it. They had lived in
Stratford oa the Avon, know si)
about it—one of them ia (a town
here to-day. Both said it was
A-voa [long s, accent on a, with
the o nearly shut oat of the
g*me]--ye», A von, jast like my
name’s JU-son. That’s it Bnt
I'm not satisfied about alienist.
Fellow that swipe* my pocket
wot is jun u bqcd an Ruetw
m one of these distinguished el*
Nttttmi.dPt.
By official order of Gaatonii
U>dge No. U, K. of P., law io
Mvifliupffi
Monday night, April 3rd. for tin
disc union of important business
S. A. Robinson,
_K. of R. and S
Oaafh of Mr. John Unit.
At hia home in Mount Hull)
on Sunday, the lfch in*., Mr,
John fonts, an need and highly
respected eitixcu uf that place,
P«»ed away «t the age of «
year*. TTie body was taken tc
Mt. Pleasant, bia old home, foi
barial. Surviving the deceased
ara a widow and five children aa
MJowr: Messrs. Albert and
Paul fonts of Mount Holly; Mr.
fowson Lena of Mt. Pleasant;
"f*-b. J. Rbyue of Liocolnton;
sod Mrs. Rdwmrd As bury of Al
bemarle. Deceased had resided
tn Mount Holly for about fifteen
years and was held in high es
teem by all who knew him..
Vielst Lauchens.
^Tbe^bosaeparty of Mr. and
Mr*. T. L. Craig enjoyed aa
elegant complimentary luncheon
given by Mr. and Mrs. L. L,.
Jcukiua at two o'clock Saturday
afternoon. A profusion of violets
lent the season’s tender beauty
» u decorations, while tbe
strains of music from tbe orches
tra fell pleasingly upon tbe car.
The luncheon was served in
»Mght courses. The guests were
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Craig, Mian
Maude C. Morgan, Mias Carrie
Marshall Drown, Mias Lillie
WjXf «• Mr. Phil MncMabon, Mr.
William Moon, Mr. John M.
Craig.
Hall*cenl Coins. ~
w Money is mighty scarce, hot
Mr. J. M. Aberdctby carries one
of the scarcest samples going. It
is a half-cent piece. United States
coin, having date of 1828, and is
about the sisc of the more
common two-eent coin. Mr.
Abernethy says it was found ia
Gaston county a few months
ago between Lowesvillc and
KozaeU's ferry, and that be paid
ten cents for it. He knows of
only two other similar coins;
both are owned by Mr. D. M.
Carpenter at Maiden. One la a
Canadian half-penny found near
Roubardt’s furnace, the other
is a half-cent United States
coin found near .Maiden on tbe
Boyd plantation. These are
rare coins. How many others
do yon know of?
Retailed la Tin.
If one may judge by Friday
night’s spelling bee, Gastonians
arc becoming more familiar
with Webster's bine back. Th.
br»t spelling bee, held some
weeks ago, resulted in a victory
for the town at the dote of an
bourU apelliog. The one Friday
night mailed in a tie after two
boura or more of spelUng. Prof.
Wray waa again master of cere
monies. He began at the last
word in the book an I went
through to the finish. Mr, J. F.
Bradley beaded the town forces
and Miss Hattie Hanna the
school forces. When the bee
was declared a tie Mr. Bradley
and Dr. D*B. McConnell were
standing on the town aide with
Mi»* Hattie Hanna and Miss
Zoe Kincaid on the school side.
A small admission fee waa
charged and quite a large crowd
was present to see the fuu.
A Sunday Sheeting.
A young negro named Pasour
who works at the White hotel
«hot Sunday bight
aboot 9 o'clock by Jesse Barrett,
a young white man. The bullet
struck the. brim of the negro's
hat which waa in rued up, went
through the band of the hat, and
ploughed some distance through
his scalp, inflicting a painful
but iot a sarioua wound. Barrett
tbe ho“« °*
Smith Monday morning and an
officer went to arrest him. The
man succeeded, however, in
making his escape. The shoot
ing occurred near the railroad.
Pasour and several other negroes
were coming from church; some
rocks wtre thrown, words
j»saed, and the shooting lot
Are Your Kidneys Weffl
M*M's DiiMM.
madam, Ooat .Grav
Eras:'
HckKkhMr*.
3=£srsS*<fiW£*3
J~Tr«jb1«. ufSil m.1
AMI ft*
etacSSjgttSfer
Baaaoa* at WMesale!
Another carload of one
cotniu to-day. We get a ca
“°fd “cat «J-hk 7,8 am
••hand be ache* each week am
can «aye the fralt dealer* U
Qutonia and neighboring town
■oney by boying from na
STCS:SQw55t18S
HINSON A SON
PHONB lot.
CAST OASTOlf ITEMS.
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• inacotiwt at lha
Bast Gaston, March 27.' i
have ueeo trying to *
pear that era wan i
road bonds. They an_
We favor bonds for some things
and oppose them for others.
Bonds that are issued for pri
vate concern* we ere opposed to.
Bat when it comes to rmH
where everybody can get free
use of them, we sing another
song. Bven la this wa want
them right, and more especial
ly do we want them paid when
dne, and act ran on and on till
new bonds have to be loaned to
redeem the old ones. Again we
aay we cannot be too particular
in getting thorn matters right.
We favor a man’s baying
moles and horses on credit ana
making them pay for them*
selves, but we want him to have
his papers fised right so that
he can some day get his males
and bortes paid for. Boada for
railroads and poblic roads ate
both hoods, but with a wide
difference between them. One
everybody gets the use of free
while the other von have to
•tend is with to get (rat use of,
if not yon have to yank np the
staff or foot it if yon go.
Another point in favor of
thorn road bonds is that to will
release the people from having
to work on the reeds free for 90
years. This is good, far not
many like to won anyway, let
alone on public roads free.
Another point in their favor is
that it will n<* raise tenet any.
and the people will have good
roads to travel oyer.
It is true they will make a
debt far our yonngcr generation
to nay, bat while they ere doing
it they will have good roods to
travel over. To Imoe them
will pat roads all over the Cana,
ty, so everybody can get the
mc of them, instead of building
them ia one aectfaos, and other
sections be taxed to pay far
them. B^xsl rights to *11 and
special privileges to sow is oar
motto. We stead far this ia
every evocation of life. We
know this is right, end we
would rather be on the right
side of any measure with 90 per
cent of the people against ns.
than to be on the wrong side
and have them with ns. Hence
we warn the people against
hollering for bonds till they un
derstand them, sad we wars the
people against hollering
against bonds till they under
stand them. * What ia beat
should be done, and next Satur
day the ball will begin to roll,
when a great crowd will be in
Dallas to attend the Cotton
Growers meeting, end the good
will be addressed by able men.
lliea Ella Abcrnethy and Miss
Beta Paraor, went over to Char
lotte last Thursday behind Col.
Abernathy’s blooded mare
BofalaC. and spent the dey
•feb lh* Esq. a H.
Hilton. They had a good time.
Prof- Eatledge has closed bis
school in Bait Gaston, and all
base gone home to work tiH
school opens np next fall, and
we want to say that oar com
mittee can do uo better thy
get him again.
The happiest man in Bast
Gaston it Hack Henderson.
It’s a boy.
Tbe people of this section
will wake op again before long.
It is whiipered aroond that the
street cars are conriag. There
will be happy times in East
Gaston when tbe gongs begin to
sound so we cen hear tbsm f mm
oor own homes.
Tbe wey Cap*. Bddlemao has
moved things on tbe rand for
tlttlarttwo or thro* weeks fa a
, Yn. let Mas Mali «p
to Lacfa, and connect the Hah
bet wets Mount Holly sad St.
?Sil2X.“Lh.^S
b«ve a belt. Yoo folks over
there wake np, k it to your in
terest to do ao.
The faraicra are breaking
thefe lands bettor this spring
than ever before. Good weath
er aad fine seasons are the cause
of tWa. Everybody that we
b*ve heard aay anything abort
ft “y they are catting down
their acreage for cotton and
their fertilisers accordingly.
Mrs. N. P. Farm spent last
Soaiay at Open Vicwfarms the
Mother friend. Mrs. Aber
g^Jn. Parror is‘one of
of i_
at leak,
fl Qolt* a
have placed with
nathy orders for
chiding Prof. F. P.
K. L. WBmi of t»u. ^
bjrto »eed» a« well m
blood Hock.
vOfc hM arid quite a atuaber of
«alk chopper* ia this aeetkm
££ 2S*«£j ^rgss: i
have to blow in for tUa STaf '
a>"wirs
Pecltar Valdha MS,
tJ^lUlled the biggest hag te
the towasWp abntwmb £
w." *aid Mr. Geo. M. Strive*
Saturday. He m* of tbeO. I.
C. breed aad wdahod J» O
pooada. It waathoWcgeatbor
fa Rivet Bead towwabip aadthe
Slfaaotimr a* tjST* The 200
£dj» pmred Maa i. trig
8abactibe for Tug Qastokia
OAscrnc.
STATEMENT OP CONDITION OP |
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
GASTONIA, N.C. I
At the Close of Business March 14, 1*04. (
CONQBWSBD PROM REPORT TO THB COMPTROLLER OP THE CURRENCY. (
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