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SUPPLEMENT Gastonia , -. i '' ...... Gazette II HE 3 GASTONIA, N. C, FRI DAY, MAY 31, 1907. v i, V- YORK AND YORKVILLE Whit'i Dolnf Amonf or Neih. bort Jast Atross the Line. YorkvlUe Enquirer. 28th. ' . Mr. John W. Simriidied at bis home at, Ebenezer last Thurs day afternoon after a Ion? ill ness with heart disease. He had been confined to his bed about a month. The Itinera took place at - Ebenezer on Fri day, the services beinsr con ducted by Rev. Dr. J. H. Thorn well. Mr Simril was born September 17th, 1854, and was well known tnrougnout tne county as a man of much force of character and eood judgment He leaves a widow and three children, one son and two daughters, William Simril and Misses Carrie Belle and Louise Simril. He . also leaves three sisters, - Mrs. Virginia Glenn Mrs. J. A. Matthews and Mrs D. A. Lumpkin. The Carolina and North Western railroad, through its attorneys. Messrs. Wm. A Barber and J. H. Marion, are proceeding in the United States circuit court for the western district of North Carolina with a view to securing an order of in- , junction against the North Caro Una railroad commission in the application of the rate law recent- ly enacted by tbe general assem bly of North Carolina. In tbe , bill of complaint is set forth a detailed statement showing tbe .gross and net earnings of tbe road as a whole and in that part located in North Carolina, and making it appear that while the road is now. abie to pay its fixed charges and have left over a small surplus applicable to contingencies and improve ments, that if the operation of the new law is not interfered with, the revenues of the road will be reduced to an aggregate amount, inadequate by several thousand dollars, to meet fixed -charges. The proceedings have been commenced in the form of a bill of complaint in equity, and the court, after being fully advised as to the condition of the road, the showing being ex parte, of course, is asked to grant a restraining order to hold until the matter can be. settled upon its merits. The Southern and tbe Atlantic Coast Line Toads had previously moved in the same case and the probabi lity is that, the Seaboard Air Line and other roads will insti tute proceedings looking to relief along tbe same line. Dr. D. G. Thompson, a well known young physician, of Fort Mill, committed suicide in a vacant lot near his home in that town at about 1:30 o'clock yes terday morning by cutting his throat with a razor. It appears that Dr. Thompson had been working hard all the day before and had visited a number of patients. He returned home shortly after 1 o'clock and asked his wife for a razor, explaining that his corns were hurting and that he desired to trim them. Upon procuring the razor, he went out the back 'piazza, turn ing on the light as he went, and nothing more was heard pi him for perhaps half an hour. Mrs. Thompson having begun to grow uneasy in the meantime went out to the piazza; but seeing noth ing of her husband aroused a lady boarder and the two insti tuted a search of the premises, until the sound of groaning led them to their quest. They found Dr. Thompson crouched against the fence with his life blood oozing from a ghastly wound in bis throat. Dr. David Glenn Thompson was a son o tbe late E. D. Thompson, the Point section of this county and settled in Fort Mill, soon after procuring his license to practice medicine some eight or ten years ago. He was not slow in building up a good practice but in the course of time lost much of what he had gained as the result of the failure of his health, brought about, it is un derstood by overwork and the drug habit. Dr. Thompson was about twenty-eight years of age He was married about six years ago to Miss Effie. daughter o the late T. G. Culp, and his married life has been entirely happy, both he and his wife en joying to an unusual degree, the confidence, respect and esteem of all their acquaintances.. Dr Thompson was a Mason, Odd Fellow. Knight of Pythias and Woodman of the World. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon. Lincoln Locals. Lincoln County New, 23 h. Mr Fay Quickel, who is just back from the West, reports having seen Col. John C. Tipton last September in El Paso, Texas. Tbe Colonel is on tbe staff of Tbe El Paso Times, and seemed in good health and spints. Mason Pressly and Victor Fair saw an immense bird soaring high in air over the Ramsaur Roller Mill Sunday afternoon and think it must be an eagle. The bird was larger than a buzzard, was grayish in color, and held a steady course due north. Mr. E. P. Heafner, of Emma, Texas, has moved his family back to Crouse and will be in terested in a new cotton mill soon to be built there. Thi3 will be called the Heafner Manu facturing Company. Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Yoder had a reunion of all their children over Sunday. There were present, Mrs. Hall and little daughter, of Gastonia: Mrs. Robinson and son, of Hickory; Mrs. Stroup, of Leesville, S. C: and Miss Margretta, just home from school, and also, Mrs. Yoder's sister, Mrs. Ed Smyre, and daughter, of Newton. vi m it ntj r -a 0 n rues up via vei ror neauioat Charlotte New. MMMfafeMtfl The Bee Hive's emolovM have done a generous thing in pre senting " an old Confederate veteran, Michael Wilhelm, of Gaston, with a spick and span uniform, hat and shoes ' thrown in, witn wbicn to attend tbe Richmond reunion. The Bee Hive crowd considers Mr. Wil helm as their representative at the reunion. Mr. Wilhelm was in Lane's Brigade,' Seventh North Caro- ina Regiment, A. P. Hill's corps. He joined the army from Concord and was in the great-' er parr of the Virginia . and ennsylvania battles. The neighborhood around Fox nostoffice. in Grayson county. Vir ginia, is in a great state of excite ment as the result of a remarkable performance by anine-day-old baby. The child in question is the baby of Mr. and Mrs. Leftwich Brewer, well-known people of that section, and beCan talkinsr when nine-davs- old. .The child is now dead. The story is coroborated by Dr. G. B. Halsey. a reputable physician of the same section. A Berolationary Belie. Lincoln County New,. 28th. Mr. Joe Bacon, Superinten dent of the Wampum Mill, picked up a 2-pound cannon ball on the battle-field of Ramsour's Mill Sunday. While there was no artillery used in this battle. Lord Cornwallis camped on this field for several days and had his army' destroy a lot of wagon trains there. It is not unlikely that this cannon ball belonged to Lord Cornwallis' ordnance corps. The Gaaett (or Orit-cUuu printing. 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Julylc3mo. GASTONIA Gastonia, o6o4oftft4ft&o&ftft6fto6fto6oftoft&oftftft6o6o6ft4 v ittiriirGrCtrirCiirrCrCrCrCiirCrCrrCirrrt i do -3 a t t CI 0 fro ti tto ft to ft a 3 a ti t When Butte Was A Barren Desert www For five weeks last winter the city of Butte, Mont., was a barren desert. It was the driest place on earth. The water supply was all right, but owing to a strike all the newspapers were suspended. Butte's experience proved that in this day and age the local newspaper js a public necessity. Nobody knew what was bappamng. J; alse rumors spread like bad butter. Fake stories about citizens circulated by word of mouth until several duels almost re sulted. There were no newspapers to tell the truth about things. Business suffered worst of all. Merchants tried handbills, which didn't fill the bill. They work ed the billboard over time, but only bored the public. The people cried fdr newspapers as babies cry for (See ad.) For once in the his tory of the world it was demonstrated beyond peradventure that a town without a live newspaper is a dead one. stores could not do business without properly advertising their wares, and they could not advertise properly without news paper spape. ' " Butte merchants are now advertising to make up for lost time. Business men who didn't think much of advertising before hare learned its value and are using newspaper space. The experience of Butte carries a lesson for every other town this one, for instance; am v 4rCr(r(rlrrCr(rCrCrCr(rter(rC I)- o "f D- i U- a- I)- 4- 4- 4- 4- J J 4- 4- 4- s 4- 4- 4-4- 4-4- 4 4 J 4- s 4- 4- ADVERTISING PAYS ITS OWN WAY. 4- . ff o4ooooooooeoooVw9ooao9
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