S^K>pit whither that Spencer be
Aim or Bbchbani Is a matter
hap·, to-day. If Wathbura wlaa,
TO· may fcnijl «poo ft that
there will be a m-openlnc of the
raw ow the Gastooia post of
fira a ml»iT of the chanta of
neo-reaid*t»ce acaiast tbe poat
master sad of any other old
charge that aisv be lying around
handy with a promise of useful·
m mm*
S3ffi»|»ooeyoatoiabank. Ifyoo
mask the moaey aod the baah
has H to lead yon quietly pat ap
the atafl the heah want· ; then
the baah quietly writes some
fieares oa the ftfht band aide of
your pasabooh aad the thine'»
doat. No brass baod aad Fourth
•f JtUy parade afaavt that. It ia
aleieiyeelmtraaiaedoe. Mew
who build a tew·. Get buy.
• aad aufca your towa grow, le -
stem! of loearfaff around to
"watch" Others amhe it grow.
Pa yarn part.
ÎfîapftjfaritKl Syuod which is
I composed of forty-(oar clerical
^ equal number of lay
— representing Ctfftt
tfroode «ad sixty thousand com
innnicants will evmiw in m·
•ion to-day la the Dallas Luther
an church of which?Rev. W. A.
Deaton is p«tor» The Synod
win continue in session during
Ik* remainder of the wedu ·'?fo
' m misai ou ary convention
the program for the
jr.
, The synod «01 have for Its
principle business the discus
sion of the home end foreign
missionary work. Rev. C. L.
Pwwb the senior nhsiouty of
the church in Japan will he
pensent daring the session. Dr
Yoder, of Lincolnton, president
ol the synod will be the presiding
officer et this session
The other officers of the Synod
are Rev. A. Q. Voigbt, O. D., of
Charleston. S. C,,v.-President;
Rev. S. T. Hall man, of Green
ville, S. C., Secretary. aad Hon.
C. H. Du Is, of Charlotte, Tree»·
P1CH1C AHD BASEBALL.
East Gaston, Inly 9.—The
picnics at Nitnsville aad Mono·
tain Island last Saturday were a
big success. The crowds that
attended were well repaid for
their trouble.
The boys at Mountain Island
covered themselves in Clover
S beating the Gaston la boys
to t in the bell game. This
victory was a corker ia the
eyes of the on-lookers, who
rooted to their hearts content.
1 The Ladies. Aid Society of
River Bend church have planned
to have an ice cream sud per at
Open View farma next Saturday
night to raise funds for repairing
the ehnrch
Tbe fine filly Lala Ruth Carr
at Open View farm got into a
wire fence last Monday aad
eaasa near cutting ol one foot.
, She is severely if not permanent·
[ly injured.
«ίη· ι
Lowell, Ν. C.. July 9.—The
plaat of the Pudaont Brick
Company began operation to
day and ia turning ont brick
at the rate of 30.000 per day.
The plant is la charge of 1er.
A. J. McLenoon. the secretary
and treasurer. Mr. McLennon
la aa experienced brick man and
has bean la the business for
year». The stockholders in the
plant are aaone Lowell'» most
prosperous and enterprising bos*
loesi am
Mr. 3. M. Wilson leaves to-day
for Xaleigb, when he will play
tlria week with the Steele Creek
Band at the Farmers' Institute,
which meets there this «tÂ.
Mr. A. J. McLennon moved
his family here last week from
Charlotte.
To Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Work
the M> a daaghter.
The county commiaaioners met
fa JMlas yesterday to to over
the Ux listers' books, but found
that only two townships bad
•Wi books readr. -These were
JWwr Bead «14 Sooth Mat.
The Bosrd adjoarocd until aest
W0UWTA1W 1SIAHP WINS.
h · Hew hat hlmillil Suit
. IWf Vh ΤMr First Lwnl*
At Mountain Island Saturday
afternoon before the lamest
crowd that has ever witnessed a
bell came there Mountain Island
defeated the Loray team by a
secte of 10 to 4.
Dodei the management of
Mr. Rube Jenkins· the Mountain
Island team baa gradually been
strengthened aotu they now
have a good aggregation of ball
players. Their latest addition
to the team is Mr. Pat Jenkins,
who will play 1st base, and Mr.
Arthur Ragan, of Kings Moun
tain, who will play with them
the balance of the season. Mr.
Rattan and Mr. Leonard will do
the pitching and we hope, he·
cause the Mouutsin Island team
played in hard luck the first of
the season, that they will get to
gether and redeem themselves.
The following is the game by
innings:
First inning: Mountain Island
takes first bat and McKelvy is
first man up and fans, Noyse
goes ont on three strikes, Ragan
waits for 4 bad ones and gets
base, Jenkins R. strike* out.
Rhyne bits to left. Miller bits
to short stop, Rhyne out at 2ad
and Miller out at 1st, Fox out at
first.
Second inning: Davis hits to
Center for two bases, Leonard out
on pop fly to short stop, Jenkins,
Pat strikes out, Fnndôburk ont
short to firsts
Morrow and Staple* both
strike out, Nciil out at 1st.
Third inning; Jenkins P.,
and McKelvy get first on 4
balls, Ragan gets base by being
fait with bell, Jenkins R. safe at
first on errpr of Morrow and
Jenkins P. scores, Davis hits to
first and on error of Miller is
sate, McKelvy scores, Ragan
and Jenkins R. both -score on
passed balls by Long, Leonard
gets 1st on 4 bans, Jenkins Pat,
hits to center for 2 bsses and
Leonard and Davis score. Mc
Kelvy hits to left, Jenkins P.
struck out and Jenkins Pat was
thrown out at 3rd.
Long hit tu right, Welsh hit
to short and Long was forced
out at 2nd, Burnett hit to right
for 2 bases and Welsh scored,
Rhyne atrikes ont. Miller din
oat to 2nd*
Poarth Inning: McKelvy bits
to center. Noyse hits' to short
tod forced McKelvy oat at 2nd,
Nor·* steal· 2nd, Ragan bit· to
left and Noyse acores, Jenkins
R, ule on 1st by error second
baseman, Davis bita to Rbyné
and « doable follows.
Pox, Morrow and Staples ont
short to 1st.
Fifth inning: Leonard gets
1st on 4 balls, (Long gets finger
hurt and MOler goes behind the
bat and Long to 1st) Jenkins j
Pat flies oat to .Long at first.
Pander bare hits to Rhyue and
Leonard ont at 3rd, Jenkins P.
oat at 1st. j
Neil! and Long oat 2nd to 1st,
and Welsh ont on fly to short.
Sixth inning: McKelvy hits ;
to 1st aad is safe, Noyse strikes
oat, lfcKalvy tries to steal 2nd
and la oat, Ragan bits to center, j
Jenkins R. oat pitcher to 1st. '
Burnett hits to left (or 1 base, <
Rbyne hits to short and reaches ,
1st, Miller flies oat to left, '
Pox pat at 3rd and Burnett
thrown oat at 2nd.
Seventh inning: Davis gets 1
1st on 4 balls, Leonard reaches
1st br stopping ooc of Morrow's <
fast balls, Jenkins Pat flies ont j
to 1st, Panderbnrg gets 1st on ι
error of short stop, Jenkins P. j
safe at 1st on error short stop ,
and Davis scotes, McKelway <
gats hit with ball and Leonard j
acorea, Nayse flics out to 3rd, \
Ragan hits fast one through ;
shot and is safe at first, Mc- ,
Kelvy scores Jenkina R. hits to <
Sad ud foveas Ragan ont. ι
Stapiea reaches Lit oa 4 balls, ,
Naitl flic· oat to center. Long <
hits to second and forces Staples j
also out at 1st. ι
inning: (Ροκ re· 1
otTow, who goes to ι
short) Davis hit* to enter for (
1 base, Leonard hits to Pox, j
aad Davis aad Leonard out oa a
·—1 ' — -
out Long
ttgfath
Have* M
catcher to irW. ·
WtMkfutoriiktfor^UM.,
Bmtt «μ out to phcbcr.
*^rm· Mu to ceetw and WeUh
•cora·, Miller kit· to pitcher tod
Is Mit ■! let os error, Po* IHu
Horn* kha to
ri
. _ at 1M
M
Sisat
•Λ ». HatÔw 2ad STut
loth lonln^: P«
to kit nibtiii
hit» to Ml «I la mI· M Iwf,
b«t tries to atral 3rd and 1· oof,
JciUm P. «ad McKalvy atrlke
Struck out hv Morrow ·; by
US Ζ
kit br Momm 1; t hiai kki.
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Owner, These
CWIw tM«UI
(live ■•«Irtf
«•H-4KU.4 dla
tlacUMt. M M u
Cerne her* to» yo«r new
Sut ami Furnishings—
we have ali tbe latent
styles from socb fine
maker* as SeLlass Bros.
Λ Co. or Baltimore and
other great *tyie-le*der».
Specialties in twopiecc
and three-piece 8u4t· (or
Hot-weatlter treer la Bine
and Grey Serge·, Howe·
•pen, Flannel and light
thin Tropical Wonted·,
quarter and hall-lined—
I he coolest thin*» made
tor summer weather.
21 PU CENT Off
Swan-Slater Co.
Mk M ♦etlUsu
Μμ >ti ■
BASE Mil.
rhrM Nor· Omii SeMilad it
th· Le ray M-McAdutUli
VIII Play Αι*Ι· m th· 21st.
Three importent garnet are
icheduled to be played at the
Lor*y ball park thin mouth.
ISro trames will be played this
week and one next week.
Th· base ball team from
jricr's, S. C., will be here lor
wo games to be played Friday
ipd Saturday. The Grier's
:eam bas a good reputation as
in aggregation of ball players
»nd all may be assured of
food games. The Oastonia
team will be especially prepared
to meet this fine team as all
their players are again in shape.
Morrow and Temple will do the
twirling for Gastonia in these
lames.
On Saturday July 21st the
invincible Price and the Mc
&denville team will be hereto
slay another game with the
Loray team.
BTAMOmU OH TDK COOXTY ΤΒΛΙΙϋ.
Won Lost P. C.
tfc Aden ville 5 1 .833
Loray 4 3 .571
Mountain Island 1 S .1(7
Dcmemer 0 1 .U00
McAdanvill· Wlaa.
The ball game at ldcAdenville
Saturday was characterised by
tbe phenomenal pitching of
Partner fur McAdenville. Only
Î7 of the Bessemer men faced
iitn in the entire nine innings.
Df these only one made a hit.
Promptly after reaching first,
le was retired by a double olay.
iicAd en ville played an errorless
tame.
SUMMARY.
R H £
dcAdenvitle—1 0010023 7 S 0
)cftemer — 00000000 0 1 α
Batteries: McAdenville, Cott
ier and Bumgamer. Bessemer.
Lindsay and Honeycutt and
Uden.
Struck out by Costner 8,
loneycut 3.
Osston AmoI the Foremost.
Jwhlli 0>«tmi.
Τη* Gastonia Gazhttr has
lone the patriotic work of hav
ng the census of its county
•ken and tbe re»ult is published
a its isaue of yesterday. It
ibows the county to bave a
wputation of 32,677, against 27.
103 in 1900. Tbe town of Gas
on ia has 4,907 people and tbe
<oray, Gray and ArHugtoo mill
attlement 1,815—a total of
(,722. The town ood country
topnlation of tbe county almost
ixactly balance. Gaat'on is one
Λ tbe foremost couatie* of the
Nate and Gastonia one of its
Boat substantial and most rapid·
y developing towns. Iu recent
irogresa has been quite remark·
ible sad in this section is a sub
set of general nommant.
Klatfa Hantatn Meaumeat.
Tbe act providing for tbe
trectioa of a monument on Kings
fountain battle-ground puts tbe
rork of selecting a design and
ionstrncting tbe monument un
let the snpervition of tbe see·
war.
have been some sug
ftstions to tbe effect that tbe
■omoMot sboold be erected at
irat ose pineaaaid then another ;
mi this la all gratuitous. The
mI ftjaaa the battle ground aa
be plana as* the»· «as be no
Aay«t there bas beeunoooo
etary of
There
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Λ JNO· P» LOVË I The Peuple'· store I JNO. F. LOVE
I
Big Slice Cut from Prices
for July Selling
The following big price reductions give a hint of the opportunl·
tie· which buyers at thl· «tore will-have:
I
MILLINERY
All Trimmed Hake
33i per cent off
Ladle·', Misse»** and Chll·
dren'a White Can·
vas Oxfords
' 33ï per cent off
Ladles' Belts, 25c, 50c, 75c,
$1, all to gc
at
10 cents
Men's A Boys* Summer Suits
33i per cent off
Men*s and Boys* Straw Hats
33* per cent off
Men*s, Ladles* Miftses* and
Children's Tan
Oxford·
33Î per cent off
Ladlea* White Dress Skirts,
Cream Serges, Mohairs.
P. K., Duck, all go
33î per cent off
r
«Reduced price* at this store means regular goods at less than
regular prices. These special offerings enable you to supply your
twarm weather wants with less money than you expected to spend.
^ Everybody cordially Invited to the people's store.
JNO. F. LOVE, Inc.
■ -I ι IISSg
Programme t! Ik· Seatk Park
Aaaociation Unite.
The fifth Sunday meetings
will be held with the Brning
ton Baptist Chatch on the Sea
board Railway, eaat of Lincolu
ton, N. C., Joly 2&29.
Thursday, 8 p. m.—Introduc
tory Sermon, by J. J. Payaenr.
Pridsy, 9 a. m.. Devotion·];
9:30, Education, J. L. Vipper
mao; 10:30, laissions, General,
J. J. Payaenr; 12 αι.. Dinner on
the Grounds; 1:30, Asaoclatlonal
Miaaiona, W. A. Graham.
Saturday,9 a. m., Devotional;
9:30, Soma Reasons why the
Members of all ο or Church··
should cany their Membership
with Them, W. R. Qwaltney,
W. A. Graham, W. H. Reddish;
10:15, The Sundny-ScBool as a
Factor in our Church Life, C. R.
OrTender, W. H. Reddish; 11,
Sermon, é. A. Hoy le: 12 m.,
Dinner on the Grounds; 1:30,
The South Pork Institute and
ita Relations to our Churches,
W. B. McClure, J. T. McUitl;
3, Woman'a Work. W. R.
Owaltntv.
Sunday, 9 n. m„ Sunday
School Masa-Meetinf ; 11, Doc
t rlnal Iwaoa. W. R. Gwaltney.
Tbo·· mentioned an to ope·
each anbject for discaaaiou and
the brethren at· expected to foin
freely In the disenmfons.
Tmio. B. Davib,
Per tlw Committee.
Subaeribe for the Gajtowu
OMUIWl
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