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GASTONIA. N. C, FRIDAY. JANUARY; 25, 1907,
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" CAPITAL aSO.OOO ' '
THE CITIZENS . NATIONAL BANK
. V dA9TONIA,-N. C.
. Accounts ot '"Merchant Manufacturers and
?TV ' JFarmersInviled.
, '"'J' Liberal Dealing along Conservative Lines.
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Weltave a'dfed a SqvingtJPeparlmenttin which we pay
4 Per cent.i compounded every three months. If you have
not already opened an account in this department we invite
you to do so. ..'',
, IN THE "LONETAIT STATE
' Mr. C. L Stowe, a Native Oaston
Coontlan and Now a Promiaen!
Basfprti Man r Sherman,
. Texas, ; Writes Intereitlotly o
People and Events ol the Lonf
Afo Oastonia and Sherman
r Compared.
, Recently Capt. W. I. Stre
sent to a nephew, , Mr. C. I.
- Stowe. at Sberman. Texas,
copy of the Gastonia handbook
issued bv the Gastonia Uommer
cial Club. In acknowledsins: the
receiot of the booklet Mr. Stowe
..' wrote quite an interesting letter
which is reproduced to el o w
, through the courtesy of Capt
Stowe. It will be J read with
nleasure. we have no doubt. by
many and especially by the older
citizens.; The writer is a nanve
of Gaston county and Was of
I that ) number who went West
; early in life to seek there their
fortunes and grow ? up with the
country.. He. has been most
successful in the Lone Star
State. He is president of the
Grayson Oif & Cotton Company
and is . prominently ' identified
with other business ; interests of
. Sherman, which is one of Texas'
most oroeressive. ero wine and
wide-a-wake towns.
Following is thte letter; --
Sherman, Texas,
"" Jan. 16, 1907.
Capt. W. I. Stowe, 'r --:.
: - Gastonia, N. C: '
Dear Uncle Will: A The -mag-
' nificent specimen of enterprise
and progress .of your citizens, as
shown in "Gastonia Its fresent
and Future,"- received ! from you
by mail yesterday, is fully ap-
predated' and affords me more
' gratification than anything re
centlyfrom mynative county.
- Its illustrations io'dex plainly the
well-written facts and figures tilt
I feel as if I had again been in
.- person in your ; wonderful town,
" meeting men who have made
good, with, whom in the early
sixties I was a boy. ' '
W. ,Ragan and I were in
: school together at Wright's old
school houseV neariNewHpe
church. He andyf, too, heard
together from that old saint; Dr.
Halt, the plain andstaple Gos:
' pel which I am glad to. believe
is , Ibundalion for ; both , or our
hopes ;for a peaceful eternity.
George Gray was my genial play
fellow at Stowp's factory ;JlMany
were the days 'that we would
hurry through our dinners ' that
we might have a swim together
before the mill Started after the
: noon hour. It was George who
lead th way' when I made my
first dash from the sprffig-board,
located just above thThead of
the rmH face, the place where I
learned to-iwim. You have on
yonr boafd of J school . commis-
, siooers Ai t'A. McLean. If this
is Gus, son of Dr. John" McLean,
he : too was with . Wash Ragan
and myself at school,' a younger
sprig tban iwe.- t.T C. Pegram
and Jl. : H. and CI E. Adams
werewiib me in school one year
at High Hill. Academyir- Miss
Ruth fSIoan Was the principal
teacher.. .'..
The following pames amongst
your- citizens i are well rernero
bered, many of each f amily well
known, and some kinfoIksby
blood or marriage; Holland,
Craig, Kenrwdii., Hunter, Jenk
ins, Hand, amyre, . Moore, t ot
rence, Love, Glenn, Kolen, Ran
kin, Jackson, ; Wilson, Keid,
Falls aund Armstrong. . These
na'pes are in, your booklet. I
stfppose many othefs living in
Gastonia have -names as familiar
as these. My mniory of boy
dayj, people and objects ; is
plainer than like matters of later
years. . .i . ' . . - .'.
If I 'am notv mistaken ft is
about five ' miles from Gastonia
to the old home of my parents,
where I was- born'It is .even
nearer to old Olney,' the most
sacred spot to me o.n earth.' My
mcther's grave you know-how
many others,, dear and revered
by us,! lie there. : Of onr im
mediate family, my parents and
eight children, I am alone on
tins' side of the river. My
father, sister and two brothers
are: buried t in this; great new
country. : ; My i mother and' four
babies are in GdtTs acre at old
Olney. On these days I think
much ; I will not try to sermon
ize these thoughts to yon in a
letter I have three manly sons.
each an honor to our name and
to the stock, inherited from their
Carolina forefathers. Much bet
ter than I merited, I have fared
all these 57 years I ' have lived.
I have 4 been blessed twitir;
spirit by which fr gratefully love
my God and my fellow-man. In
younger life I often made narrow
escape from disproving this con
SOliniT faCt.-:-:L '.'.;-''r:r'.:v W-.V
rrComparing t h e ! substantial
condition of -Gastonia and of
this, my home town : Your cot
ton mills are more than we have
in" all-Texas.' The scarcity of
mill operatives IrfSdelayed mill
bnilding here. Now, during the
last five years, cotton mills are
paying; dividends and new ones
are being built Cotton seed oil
mills now 'number: in this btate
161 i? oil refineries nnmber 1Z.
Youc banking4 facilities to one
out ; ftere appear insufficient.
Your report on churches is first
rate... On schools . you are not
up in line with Texas towns of
yonr size and apparent wealth
I. don't believe that 1 have ever
read of a community the size of
uasionia inai nas uiujzca pre
sented opportunities so fully and
reaped : such" marvelous returns
as your people have in thecot-
ion manuiaciUTing inausiry.
The opportunity I have through
your courtesy I will use often in
the near future to read and ex.
hi bit Gastoma's excellent printed
report of her work to prominent
men, : manufacturers oL. cotton
products 1 in NorthrTexas and
portions of . the newState, of
Oklahoma, in r which I have
friends - interested To' your
friend and editor, Mr. Separk,
I am mailing some of Sherman's
printed advertising-matter. We
have often gotten out. probably
semi-annually, matter advisable.
Mr. Separk's effort in behalf ot
Gastonia is the best I ever , saw
from - a town of 8,000. In the
year 1900 we got out one as ex
tensive. I sent yon- one at the
time. To yourself " and family
and - our mutual friends please
accept - ray affectionate regards.
.1 Yours Sincerely, K i
' " C. L. Stows. '
11, A NEW CONCERN.
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Qaston Metal Roofinl Co., Ap
'piles lor Charter-Will Take
Oyer Bosiness of J. A. Spen
car;.;3 W.A-'l
The Gaston Metal & Roofing
Ov. is the name of a new con
cern which will be v incorporated
to do a ' business0 in - roofing,
plumbing,' - electric ' wiring.
architectural r drawing ;,v. and
buildtrs-! hardware sundries.
The capital stock;. paid in is
$5,300 and the charter, which
has been applied for. will give
the privilege vofTincreasrng to
$100,000. The new company
will take over the ; leases, con
tracts,, material and offices of J.
A. Spencer, contractor.
The incorporators, are: G. A,
Gray, J. L. Robinson, 'S. S.
Morris, F. L. Smyre, B. H.
Parker.' W. N. Davis. J. A..
Spencer, J X. TLong and
others. As soon as the charter I
is received the organization and
election of. officers , will, take
place. Tber company expects
to be ready for bosiness Febru- j
ary 1st. . Mr. S. S. Morris: will
probably be secretary and treas
urer of the firm and ' Mr. J. A.
Spencer will be general man-
'A- charter Jias been granted
the Piedmont Mantel and Show
case Co., at LincolijtoD, . capital
stock $25,000.
Subscribe for Thk GA2ETTB.
POULTRY SHOW A SUCCESS:,
Oaston's First Annnal ExJhibU
tloa of : Fancy. Fowls . Excel
lent Attendance Good The
Prlza Winnera. ' ""V"'.. " ,
The first annual show- of the
Gaston Poultry Association is a
decided success, this- being the
unanimous verdict of all - who
have visifed the quarters in the
Davis block ;where . the fowls
are on xhibit. The show 1 be
gan Tuesday morning and will
close to-night. There were
24? ' entries , altogether," the
majority .being, Gaston county
products. Two or three out
side fanciers bad birds in the
lot. V"- l:fJiX'
Mr. R. L. Simmons, of Char
lotte, ,i completed his work of
judging the ; fowls . Wednesday
afternoon and . returned to his
home. A list of the prize-win
ners is given below. To the
Gazette-man Mr. Simmons said
that the exhibition ' was a re
markably good one for a : first
effort and he expects great
things trom the uaston associa
tion in the future. It .is better,
he said, than the first State
show held at High . "Point sev
years ago, both in point of nam
bers and in quality of the fowls
exhibited. It is the intention of
the association to make this an
annual event and one that will
be looked forward tomtit h no
small degree ot interest.-
4 The following prizes were
awarded by Judge Simmons:
; Barred Plymouth Rocks B
S. Davis, Charlotte, 1st; 2d and
3d cock, 1st cockerel, 1st, 2d and
4ttrhen, 1st and 3d pallet and
first pen? J H. McDowell, Gas
tonia, 2d cockerel, 2d and 5th
pullet: W. L. Ormand, Besse
mer City, 3d cockerel; W.' A
Robinson, Gastonia, 4th cock
erel, 3d and 5th hen, and . third
pen; E. P. Lewis, Gastonia, 4th
pullet i J. N. Roberts & Son,
Lowell, second pen. ,
:-. White Plymouth Rocks: W.
L. Ormand, Bessemer City, 2d
and 3d cockerel, 2d, 3d and 4tb
hen, 3d pullet and first pen. .
Butt Plymouth Rocks : J. - P.
Lewis. Gastonia, 3d cock, 5th
cockerel and 3d pullet; W. .
Jenkins, Gastonia, ,3d cockerel
and 4th pullet; Clarence
Ramseur, Bessemer City, 4th
cockerel; J. N. Roberts & Son,
Lowell, 2nd and 5th pullets.
Black. Minorcas: George. L.
Dooley, Charlotte, 3d cock, 2d
cockerel, 1st, 2d and 3d pallet,
2d hen and first pen. . .
White Minorcas : A. B. George,
Bessemer City, 3d cock, 2d and
4th cockerel, 3d -and 4th hen,
1st and 4th pullets ; Lawrence
Allen, Bessemer City, . 3d
cockerel, 3d and 5th pullet.
White Wyandottes: W. L.
Ormand. Bessemer City, 3d
cock, 1st,. 2d, 3d and 4th hen
and 2d pen; D. S. Thornburg,
Cherry ville. 1st and 4th cockerel.
1st, 2d, 3d, 4th and 5th puITet
and 1st pen; P. D. Hopper,
Dallas, 3d cockerel.
Silver Laced "Wyandottes: J.
N. Roberts & Son. Lowell, 2d
cock, 2d and 4tb hen, 2d, 3d .and
4th pullet; Henry Rockett, Gas
tonia, 3d cock, 3d and 4th hen;
P. i D. s Hopper, Dallas, 3d
cockerel p W. Ci Abernethy,
Gastonia, 5th pullet, ;
Partridge Wyandottes : M. B.
Albea, McAdenville, 1st cockerel
and 1st pullet. .''i-j,:t-:.
Single Comb Brown Leghorns :
John: P. Greene, : Charlotte,
First 'and Second cock ; First
and 2d cockerel; 1st, 2nd,3d
and 5th hen; 1st, 2d, 3d and 5th
pullet; 1st and 2d pen; D S.
Thornburg. Cherryvill, 3d
cockf J N.; Roberts & Son
Lowell, 3d . cockerel . and 74th
pullet: J. L. Beal, Gastonia, 4th
hen., . 7 ' i - " ; . , ?;y
' Single Comb White Leghorn:
R. H, Merritt, McAdenville, 1st
cock, 2d .and 3d cockerel;, 5th
hen, 1st and 3d pullet 2nd pen;
J; N. Robert & Son, Lowell, 1st
cockerel; 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th hen
and 2d pullet and 1st pen.
Buff Leghorns: ; S S. Smith,
Bessemer City, 1st and 3d pul-
ets. .
Pit. Games: Robert Francis,'
Gastonia, 1st cOck; I. N. Alex
ander, Sr., Gastonia, 2d and 5th
cock; 1st stag; 5th pullet; 2d
and 5th ben; B. . L. Smith,
Stanley, 3d cock, 3d stag,
1st pullet; 1st, 3d and 4th hen;
J. R. Grigg, Gastonia, 4th cock ;
JB. C. Best, Bessemer City, 2d
and 4th stag; 2d and 3d pul
let.
Indian Games:
get, Gastonia, 2d
4th and 5th hen ;
Lowell, 3d pullet;
Gastonia,' 1st hen.
Single Comb R
M. Forbis.King's Mountain, 1st,
2d, and 5tb cockerel; 2d, 4th
and 5th pullet; A. F. Newton,
Lawndale, 3d cockerel; 1st and
3d pullet and 1st pen; J. H.
McDowell, Gastouia, 4th cock
erel. Rose Comb, R I. Reds:
Erskine Boyce, Gastonia, 3d
pullet.
White Pekin Ducks: J. P.
Lewis, Gastonia, 1st drake and
1st duck. ' -
There were 242 birds entered.
J, S. Win
cock; 2d, 3d,
T.. H Ford,
J. E. Stubbs,
I. Reds; J.
I5r. Kendrick's New Work.
Mr. Thomas N. Kendnck,
who has been for the past year
connected with the firm of the
Swan-Slater Company, has sold
his interest in the above firm
and will, on February 1st, as
sume the duties ot deputy or
ganizer of the Improved Order
Heptasophs. Mr. Kendnck will
make Gastonia his headquarters
but will spend the greater part
of his first six months in Meck
lenburg county. He is hot a
new hand at the business, hav
ing the office of assistant deputy
organizer about a year ago,
when he added many recruits to
the Gaston Conclave, making it
one of ' the largest conclaves in
this section of the country. Mr.'
Kendrick will go immediately to
Charlotte where he expects to
increase the membership of the
lodge there from 50 to 500.
tOWELL LOCALS. ,
' trtoondeice ut the U&sette: ,''
Lowell, Jan.. 25-Mri ! P,. P.
Murphy, .formerly night super
intendent.of the, Lowell Cotton
Mills, who some time agd gave
up his work on account of bis
eyes, has ; returned . to .Lowell
from his home in 1 Garland, N,
C, to take dharge of the Peer
less Mill wbicb is now - placing
its machinery. V
Miss Sarah Hoffman, of Dallas,
is visitiing Miss Virginia Robin
son. ' ', ;.
Trof. E. G. Carson went to
Lin wood College last .nighbt to
attend the oyster supper.
MrArthur Perkins and Miss
Annie B afford were married at
the residence of Mr. Jos Feather
stone Sunday morning by Squire
C. -W.--Nipper.. .The marriage
was-a surprise. The happy
couple are spending their honey
moon in Gastonia.
' Mr. J. N. Roberts, of J. N,
Roberts & Son, poultrymen, is
in Gastonia this week - with his
fowls attending the poultry
show.
Ten cottages belonging to the
Pilot Cottou Mill at Raleigh
were burned Tuesday, entailing
a loss of $ 4,500 Spencer also
suffered from fire the same day
to the" extent of about $5,000.
TO ENJOY A GOOD DINNER.
How to Ayold Distress and Indiges
tion After Eatlog.
Let us tell you how you can
enjoy a good dinner, so that the
heartiest meal will set well on
your stomach and cause no un
pleasant and disagreeable after
effects.
We will show you how to re;
gain the appetite of your child
hood and the enjoyment of food,
so that it will taste as well as
when mother cooked the din
ner. , There is .no hard work neces
sary to do this; no need of a
rigid and self-denying diet list;
no call for nasty and liisagreea
b'e medicines. Simply take a
Mi-o-na stomach tablet before
each meal and- before going to
bed, and it will so strengthen
the stomach that before long a
hearty meal wilKgive. you grat
ification and comfort, without
the least fear of distress and suf
fering. -
The strongest proof we can
offer ot our faith in this advice,
is the fact that J. H. Kennedy
& Co. give an absolute, unqual
ified guarantee (applying to two
50c boxes of Mi-o-na), that your
money will be refunded unless Mi
o-ua cures. A guarantee like this
gives you confidence in Mi-o-na.
They take the whole risk, and
the remedy Will , not cost you a
penny unless it cures.
Mi-o-na is not a mere digest
ive, giving only temporary re
lief, but a specific for all diseases
of the stomach, strengthening
the digestive organs and making
a permanent cure.
The Winston Vehicle Com
pany has been organized wi(h
$125,000 capital to manufacture
and sell all kinds of vehicles.
Two serious runaways occurred
in Iredell Sunday as a result of
which four men were seriously
injured, one of whom may-die
They were John D. Hartness,
Martin Gibson, Robert Hart
ness and Mac Robb.
T
In England and France the Sale
of Alum Baking Powder is pro-
hibited by law because of the in-
;juriou? effects that follow its use.
; -The law in the District of
Columbia also prohibits Alum
Jn food
( jllli ft P i
s w 4
: ;.'Yoit may live where ; as yet "you have1 ny protection against ;Alum
'nonlyTsureTuaioH : agnst ; Vttn': fe7w Baking Powder is fa-
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'Ka::.:v-;.::',::Uvi'
' ' ROYAL is, made from Absolutely Dure Cream of Tartar, a pure Grape
" product; Aids digestion adds tothe healthfulness of food. J ' ;; :
Jenkins, Pres. -; s.'n'.'bovce. Coshicr '
t The First National Bank i
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GASTONIA, N. C.
With sixteen years successful banking experience,
capital, surplus and profits of over one hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars and deposits of
Over Half a Million
we are in a better position to serve our customers
than ever before in our history. ' : : : :
We Invite you to ooen an account with us.
DIRECTORS :
G. A. Gray T. L. Craig
R. R. Ray Andrew E. Moore
H. M. McAden J. O. White
L. L. Jenkins
A. A. McLean
J. Lee Robinson
j. K. Dixon
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COOK STOVES
' I TO j' ?'
BURN COAL
'i ; ' ;' i
We have just received a Car Load of the
Favorite Stoves and Ranges
fT if made specially .to burn soft coal if if
1
Come In and let us show
you the best that is made
LONG BROS.
Tinware, Stoves and Ranges
GASTONIA. : : : NORTH CAROLINA
FARMERS SUPPLY COMPANY
We have a niceitlfe of staple and fancy groceries,
feedstuffs, etc. which we will deliver promptly. - - -
We not only expect to supply some of the farmers,
but.hope.to get a share of the town trade. We respect
fully solicit your patronage.
Ph
Phone. 300
Masonic Building.
Gem Restaurant
19 S. Tryea SL Charlotte. N. C.
Best in the City
DIKING 100M Open 6 a. m. to 1 2 p. m.
';. LUNCH EOOM Always Open
Seating:apacity three hundred.
A lunch counter unequaled in
the South. Special attention
to out-of-town shoppers. Local
and foreign markets supply our
tables. .'. .. .. V. ;
Flo Clears F- ncy Fmlts
E. F, CRESWELL, Mgr.
FOR FLOUR
" :;;"Meat
Molasses vor anything In the .
GROCERY LINE
go to .
J. Y.,M1LLER 4 CO.
Crier ttf&ht . Gastonia, II C
MANUSCRIPT COVERS for trpe
- Written documents. Variety of
colors by dozen or box at Thk Ga-
office. - - .
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BEGIN WITH THE NEW YEAR!
V Open. an . account with us now.
- The past year has show n a most
.' gratifying growth in our business,
particularly in our savings de
partment,' which la
'OUR PARTICULAR LINE.
I We-pay-interesT at rate of . 4 pr
r We can make loans on Real Es-
Ttate Security. . This should be of
particular interest to wage earn-
ers and prosr'v bomt pur
' chasers. .
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CARD MOUNTS for r''- y
etyof colors at Gazkits c
Grays, green, wine, rc !. Ii
sheets Sizes ctt to '
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