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ThevGastonia; Gazette
CASf ONIA, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1907.
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COMMERCIAL CLUB'S
SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING.
OIHcers and Five Members ol
' Board el Ooveraors Elected-
' Committee Appointed to' In
restitute GastonU's Bailroad
Facilities With View to Barln
' Them Bettered.
The i e cr u 1 a r semi-annoal
meetin? of the Commercial Club
"was held in the ; clnb parlors
Tuesday nieht at 8.30 o'clock.
Two meetines are held yearly.
the April meeting; being the one
. at which officers and members
of the board of governors are
elected to serve for a full year
- Following are the new officers
President, Mr: T. L. , Craig;
first vice president. J. O.White:
secpnd vice president, J. H.
Separk; secretary treas
urer. J. K. Dixon, Jr. The
board of irovernors consists of
ten members, five being elected
at each semi-annual meeting,
The new members are Messrs.
C. B. Armstrong. S. A. Robin
son. W. W. Glenn. W. L. Bal
this and J. H. Separk. The old
members who bold over are
Cant. G. F. Bason. Dr. F. G,
Wilson and Messrs. E. F. Wil
son. S. SShuford, 'and Dr. L.
N. Glenn.
The most important action
taken, by the club was the ap-
oointment of a committee, com
posed of Messrs. T. L. Craig,
C. B. Armstrong and J. H,
Separk, to investigate Gastonia's
railroad- facilities and make a
reoort at a meeting of the club
to be called at some future date.
The object of this investigation
is to set in motion a movement
lookinc- to the securing iox Gas,
tonia of better railroad facilities,
especially as regards depot ac
commodations. The, present
depot facilities, both freight and
enureiy . inauc-
ARREST RUNAWAY GIRL. ,
Cbarmlaf Kios Mountain Bra
nette, 16-Years of Ae, Ar
- rested Upoa Instructions of
' Father Reported Married.
SDt'tatfbnrr Spceiil, 8ih. to Columbia
Somewhat of a sensation was
created here to-night on the ar
rival of the southbound train
from Washington. ; The police,
acting upon instructions trom
the parents of the girl, arrested a
beautitul young woman. Miss
Gila McLaughen,of Kings Moun
tain, Nf C.
This charming brnnettei who
seems to be not more than 16
years of age, irsaid to have run
away from her parents and tbey
requested I the police to detain
her. The police were very re
ticent, but from the young, lady
herself it was learned that her
parents had suspected that she
was running away to meet a
voung man. named Abbott whom
she met while she was at Greens
boro, N. C. Her destination is
not known, but it is. supposed
that she was en route to Ashe
ville, N.- C.
The romantic part of the af
fair is the rumor, as yet a neon
firmed, however, that Miss Mc
xanghen and Abbott were mar
ried secretly at Clover last week.
Capitalized at I1C9.CC9.
Raleigh. April 10. Two cot
ton manufacturing companies
were granted charters to-day.
one the lireen Kiver. at Iake
wood, f Henderson county, to
make cotton and woolen goods
and develop water powers, cap
ital stock $250,000, S. B. Tan-
net: and J. A. Durham, of Char
lotte, and J. Or Bell: ' of Hen
netta, stockholders; the other
the Dowell Manufacturing Com
pany, of Cabarrus, to make yarns
and cloths,, capital stock $100,
Giro Their Lives for Passeof era,
YerltTille Enqu rer.,' ( 1
The murder of the young
flagman, Millen, on his train by
a ; negro ruffian v last Saturday
afternoon is very well calculated
to briug home to the general
public a not too commonly ap
preciated danger to which rail
road men are constantly sub"
jected. All kinds of people are
to be dealt with on trains, and
tbey include not a few drunken
ruffians. If these . ruffians
could be segregated to them
selves, it would be easy for the
trainmen, who could Aery well
afford to leave them to fight it
out among themselves. But the
trainmen have to protect peace
ful passengers and in so doing
not infrequently give up their
lives. Young Millen sacrificed
bis life in answer to the call of
duty..
Subscribe for THE (JAZETTE.
THE WONDERFUL FIRE. RESISTING PAINTS
Rftofinj and building: materials known as GIBRALTAR, manufactured by
the Gibraltar Paint & Roofing; Corporation, Norfolk, Va.. and now being;
tested by fire throughout North Carolina and endorsed by press and fire
departments everywhere: tested at Gastonia March 30th. before hundreds
of people; are on sale by the Gastonia Hardware Company, Gastonia, N. C.
Paints are for all purposes in all colors for decorations inside and outside
work; roofing; paints for -tin and,ironGuatanteed five years. For shingles
best on earth; is a creosote and asphaltum mixture; shingles cannot rot or
decay where it groes; looks like slate and resists fire; the very thing; for
farm. buildinits factories and fine homes. Prices reasonable. Inquire for
color cards. . . : -.
GASTONIA
Gastonia, -
HARDWARE
COMPANY
N.
Julylc3mo.
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Sale of Realty for Town Taxes
On Tuesday the 30th day of April, 1907, I will sell at the door of the
, cty hall in the town of Gastonia at 2 o'clock p. m. the following
f real estate, for the purpose of collecting; taxes due the Town of
Gastonia. : : : : : -: : : :
To wrr: .
J. D. Brumfield residence Airline St. Amt. Tax - $15.00
Albert Irwin (col) store house Happy Hill amt. tax 7.7S
Sampson Faires (col) residence Happy Hill amt. tax.. 4.43
Eli Rhyne (col) residence near Modena Mill' amt. tax 12.99
W. A. Turbyfiil vacant lot amt. tax , 1.05
I. N. ALEXANDER, Tax Collector.
ngiunewf. ar
qnate and not at all in keeping S. M. Robinson, of Lowell,
with the amount . of business and otners stockholders
done by the railroads bere.
This committee will make a re
oort and outline a mode of pro
cedure, the adoption of which
it is hoped will result in increas
ed facilities as regards depots
and possibly other things as
-well,
S30.CS9 Profit.
Catawba Conatr Mcwf . v
We hear that our townsmen.
Messrs. Yount and Shrum, have
sold their cotton mill near Con
cord at a profit of $30,000. We
congratulate , these gentlemen
uDon the splendid business trans
action and hope they will take
, stock to make a new mill pos
sible in our town.: . , v
The mill referred to is the
Bala Cotton Mill, purchased a
week or so ago by Mr J. H.
McDowell, of Gastonia; ' Mr.
John C Rankin, oi Spencer
Mountain, and Mr. S. M. Robin-
son, of Lowell. It has been re
otganized under the name of the
Dowell t Manufacturing ; Com
pany. ;; w ; : i : A '
Cotton mill men here say they
learn than on an. average the
. mills in the State have about
enough cotton on hand for the
' three months' use.
" Chairman Russ, of the Bagley
Statue Commission, says it now
seems that the unveiling cannot
take place May 20, but will most
probably be May 28. Richmond
Pearson Hobson, the orator of
the occasion, -is now attending
the educational conference at
vPinehurst., ;
The American Realty and
Auction ' Company, of Greens
boro, is also chartered.
The Uses of Adversity.
A poHricianHwho -was -once
making a canvass of a county
of Arkansas, stopped at . a, cer
tain ' farmhouse for a drink of
water, says Harper's. Said he
to the woman who answered the
knock: -' ; .
"I observe that there is a
great deal of ague in this coun
try. A great drawback. It
must unfit a man for work en
tirely."
Gener'ly it do," said the
woman, "sun, wnen my man
Tom has a right hard fit . of the
shakes we fasten the
dasher to him, and ' he
the ' butter, inside of
'minutes." .
G.'A. GRAY. Prea. J. t. OBltf SON. V-Prea. S. S. MORRIS. Sec. Treaa ,
Gaston Metal & Roofing Company
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Davis Bock
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' dot Steals a Ride.
Boatoa Herald,
A sagacious dosr is able to
beat the railroads and the anti-
pass legislation if men cannot.
A story , is told by railroad
men about a doe which boards
passenger trains on the Boston
and Maine and, concealing him
self under a seat, ' rides to
Boston. After -a run about the
streets of the city, frequenting
his favorite haunts, Jie returns
to the North station, plays his
trick once again and lands home
safe and happy. How he is
able to pick out the right
trains and why he does not get
carried by his home station is a
mystery.
Special Message to
Young Married Men
Do you own a home? If not, it will pay you to see us.
How easy it is to become independent by laying up a few
dollars each week or month and investing in a home. In
later years yon will then be prepared for any emergency.
We have some nice, newf medium priced cottages, but if
yon want to get one of them, better come today and see ns.
You know how difficult it is to rent a house in Gastonia.
therefore why not let ns sell yon one and yon will feel much
better than if in a rented house. ' .. .. .'.
We have a plan that we feel will interest yon if you will come
to see or drop us .a card so that we can see you. .
Gastonia Insurance 4 Realty Co.
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