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4-U t Try a Gazette. , Want Acl They Bring Results The Paper t Read by Custon People t , t Thal AH ' 1, PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS'. : ' .'''i'.'i :;- B. D; ATKINS, Editor. Devoted to the Protection of Home and the Interests of the County. ys ; . $1.50 a Year In Advance, f Ingle Copy 5c. VOL. XXVIII. GOTONIA, N.C.. FRIDAY, AUGUST IO, 1907, NO. G , t , . . : sr i n .... "' f PROFESSIONAL CARDS GARLAND & JONES Attorneys and Counselors Over Torrc-Morrit Corapaoy. . ' Gastonia; N, 0. ': : S. B. SPARROW . ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 'l DALLAS, N.O. : Offlc . UDitalra over Bank of Dallas JOHN 0. CARPENTER ATTORNEY AT-LAW 7 " DALLAS, N. C, t- Office over Bank of Dallas, JL ' DR.- P. A Pressly . V DENTIST . CLOVER, - - - S. C. DR. D. E. ZIcCONNELL, - - . DENTIST ' GASTONIA, N. C. Office Flrat Floof T.' M. C. A. BM'i ' , Phone .69. i r " ' v " i' DR. T. A. . WILKINS DENTIST GASTONIA ,N. 0. ":i Office in Adams Building Phone. Ill f MRS. JOHN HALL TEACHER OBV PIANO AND ORGAN. DR. P. R. FALLS DENTIST. . Gastonia, .'c. ; Office Upstairs Boyce-Falls Building; "Phone 86. For Beterenceaee tuning Ht of Stein way . - at vo. . PROF. J. M. MASSEY ;r Piano tnmnsr and Repairing a specialty; satisfaction guaranteed & . Gastonia, N. C. W. H. Overcarsh's School ol . Piano and Voice. The method I use in teaching Piano and Vocal are the same as osedin the Northern and European conservatories, having studied with : some of the best teachers amon whom was the eminent pianist an teacher. Rafael Joseffy. - Mondays and Thursday in Gas tonia, other days Charlotte, N. C. Write for oatnnhlet S9clmo W. H. OVERCARSH Have you s , 7 . " read the . 'TRAITOR' Get it.- -rTI at the , , - - . . Z I v Gastonia Book Store 5 trrrtrm ' The Blan o! Money. soon discovers the advantajre of en trusting his affairs to a trust company. It takes an immense burden off his ahoulders and attends to every detail with intelligent fidelity. .The r; ; Southern Securities 4 Trust Co. acts as, trustee, jruardian, executor for the millionaire or the man of moderate means. Its services are at yourleall for any number of purposes. If you are contemplating any step involving money affairs it would be wise to call and see if the trust com pany cannot help you considerably WANTED !3,CCC$Flat pieces to launder this week. Prices right ; work -the best. .'. .V V. .', . 1. j i SrSCry w t - . 1 13! HEWS NOTES .... ,.v 4- . ..... Stale 4 General .Mr. Ed Brwin. of -Rutherford. ton, jpas seriously if not fatally icjured Wednesday in a runaway accident.! . . .,'--: , 4 .'.I The eighteenth annual meet ing of the Colored Firmen's As sociation is in session , this week at Durham. The 60th annual session of the Grand Encampment of the Odd Fellows of North Carolina con vened Wednesday -at Winston Salem. ; The Pope Manufacturing Com pany of Hartford, Conn., makers of automobiles and -bicycles. went into the hands of a receiver Wednesday. Fred Nye, a brother : of : the late ."Bill Nye" and assistant editor of the New York Sunday World, was struck and .'killed by a trolley car in New York city last Monday night. Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou, -announces lhat the government - will ': again . ' place money on deposit in the banks throughout the country to aidin the movement of ctops;)-1 Four persons were injured And a number of others badly shaken up when a crowded trailer to an electric car jumped the track near the entrance to the James . r :. J town Azposiuoa giyunuis. A plan is on foot to' open the Jamestown Exposition ' on bun' days with a small admission fee and none of the concessions opened. The government: has not yet acted on the requestVr) The'Selwyn Hotel at Charlotte has been leased to Mr. Edgar B. Moore, proprietor of the Kenil worth Inn at Asheville. r Mr. Moore will take personal charge ot tne Selwyn on August Z4th. Passenger train No. 8 from Asheville to Toxaway was wrecked ' Wednesday mornivg All the cars were overturned and went down a small embankment Thirteen ' persons were injured, but none seriously. At Susquehanna, Pa., an auto mobile wentrover a 75-foot em bankment and plunged into the Susquehanna riven, killing a six vear-old girl and seriously injur ing three other occupants of the car. xv; . A monument to Gen. Thomas Sumter.- South Carolina's .' rev olutionary hero, was unveiled at Statesburg, IS. C: Wednesday. About -3,000 people from all sec tions of the State were present at the ceremony. ? The commission recently ap pointed to determine whether Mrs.: Eddy, head of the Christian Science cult, is mentally com petent or not, began hearings Tuesday at Concord, New Hampshire, . : 'r;.w v The situation remains prac- ticaily unchanged in the com- mercial ' teleCTaoher'S Strike.! te,tt!Lw Postal companies claim ; to have plenty of men to handle all bus iness with nsual dispatch. It is thought that Standard Oil interests were at work to canse the great decline in stocks which occurred Wednesday,! their pur pose " being to frighten the ad ministration and ptevent further proceedings against the Stand ard OU Company. ti&l&'$& . The . 21st annual meeting - of the North Carolina Farmers' 'Al liance was in session at Hilla- boro Tuesday and Wednesday. The attendance and representa tion was larger than U has been for many years. J. E. Peterson, of Goldsboro, was elected pres ident for the ensuing year. r.y, J. D. McAnulty, - engineer at the Southern Railway pumping station at ' bausbury, nas been bound over to court on a bond I -of $500 to answer the charge of killing R. W. Owens.' keeper of the Kowan county pest house. The evidence r against V. Mc Anulty is purely circumstantial. - United States District Attor- ney A. E. Hoi ton was stricken with a sudden attack of acute indigestion while in the . dining room of Battery Park Hotel at Asneviile Monday mornmcr. His shreiks of pain almost caused a panic among the guests who feared some tragedy was being enacted. - - - Union defeated Bethel at baseball on tne latter a diamond Monday afternoon to the tune of 11 to 0. The" batterries were: Union Sparrow mam A A m...i A . n.il 1 ', . . t-eisei i.;.jer, iueeK tndftewart. In-itu an- In- a I'" If '. t. ; ! - r : a r WITH THE CITY FATHERS. : Ponds are BeinX - Advertised and ' Elds will be Opened Oct. 1st. Work to Cetin at Once No 01 ; . tlclal Action Takan0 i hoc 'vl Easiness; .v V " The board of aldermen of the town of Gastonia met in regular session in the city hall. Tuesday nieht and received the report of the committee appointed to visit other towns for the purpose of looking into the streetsavwg business and . ascertaining just what is wanted mXJastoma. The report of the committee which I recommended the acceptance of the bitulithic . pavement' w a s practically j accepted,;, although no omciai : action . was taicen. Thecommittee was continued for the nuroose of setting, con tracts from different sonrces and companies for the -work in Gas tonia. Mr. William fannei, a representative of the Atlantic Bitulithic Company, of Ric mond. Va.. was present and an nounced his intention of making an estimate: and . submitting a bid at an early date. The 5 per cent 30-year bonds are being ad vertised in a number of , leading periodicals and "; bids received will be Opened by the board on October 1st. In the; meantime contracts will be '. let and all plans will-be perfected to begin the work as soon as can possibly be done. .. cC-- - a . . . - ;ReVi "J. A. Hoyle and others appeared before the board ask ing that the lighting system be extended ,to : the Loray 4 village for the purpose of lighting the Baptist and Presbyterian church es afc that i place. t This ? matter was referred to Attorney G. W. Wilson for an investigation re garding the; town's right to ex tend the system outside the cor porate ' limits." " - : .street commissioner morns was ordered to open up Second street from Franklin Atenue to the Union road. " Also to drain the place in the rear of Mrs. J. C Latham's residence. Superintendent H. Rutter was ordered to make some extensions to the sewer system on South Narrow Gauge street for the purpose of allowing a number of residents in that part of the town to connect. A ten days leave of absence was granted Mr. Rutter. The light committee was in structed to purchase. 15 or 20 arc lights and other necessary ap pliances for the extension of the light system. , The town treasurer was in structed to borrow $2,000 to meet current expenses. Messrs. V. E. Long, J. M. Sloan and S. Mi : Morris were ap pointed a committee to investi gate the removal of the cotton platform to a more suitable place. Mr. M. L. Mauney was re-elected cotton weigher. Bills to the amount of S2174.8S were referred to the finance Cfm mittee for payment.. Boll-Dof Case. tr ' T ' TXt Ttinrnhnror nraa fin. led a nennv and cost in the may. or's court ; Wednesday morning far nllntDino' a h,nU.Ancr tn rim at case was conunuea irom mow day's court, Mr.' Thornburg hav ing- appealed to the. Superior j court from a like fine , imposed by the mayor for not returning his dog for taxation, at the first hearing. . Mr, Frank Bell Dead. Mr. Frank Bell, ge 29, died at bis. home near Long Creek Wednesday night about 9:30 o'cVck -. of " tuberculosis. Mr Bell bad been sick for more than a year and his death was no sur prise; to-his mends. The fun eral exercises took place at the Gastonia Lutheran church yes terday afternoon at 5 o'clock, Rev. John Hall, the pastor, of ficiating. The remains were in terred in Oak wood ' Cemetery. The deceased is survived by a wife and one child, also by a number of brothers and sisters. Death el Mrs. Aostin. . t Mrs, Sallie Austin, the young wife of Mr. Harry Austin.' of Charlotte, died at the home of her lather,': Mr., G.C. Hopper, in Gastonia Wednesday at 3:30 p. m. after a brief illness with typhoid fevers Mrs.Austin wai only 19 years of age and her many friends are greatly grieved at her untimely death. She was before her marriage some time a go, a sales lady in the Baltimore Racket store. She is survived by ber husband and one child only a few months . of age.' The funeral services were conducted at, the parents' home - yesterday "morning at 9 o'clock by Rev. W. II. Reddish and the -temains were taken to Grover where they PERSONAL LIENTTON. Mr. C. E. Whitney, of Bes semer City, was in town Tburs day, .' :, - v''o ' --Among the Gastona visitors In York vine yesterday was Mr P. N. Glenn, ' r . .r ,v J -Among, the visitors here Wednesday was Mr. W. E. John son, of Belmont. . : . Mr. Harry Neill, of Clover was among the out of town vis itors here yesterday. U Mr. George h. McKee, South Point, was in the city Wednesday on business. .. Prof. J. M. Costner. of Ral eigb, is spending some time with bis brother, Mr. F. A.' Costner Dr. P. A. Pressley, the pop ularand promising young dentist of . Clover, was a Gastonia vis itor yesterday. - - Miss Clara Armstrong re turned Wednesday from a visit to her friend Miss Gene Robin son, of Charlotte.- Among the Lowell visitors of the Jamestown Exposition this week are Messrs. Hall Hand and Thomas Rankin. i Mr. John Falls, formerly with the depot force.has accept ed a position as bookkeeper for F. Torrence &,Company. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Bush and Miss Callie Withers returned Tuesday from a ten days' visit to Mr. Bush's relatives at Hudson N.C. Mr. J. A. Hunter and Mas ter John and Miss Lavinia Hun ter returned Tuesday night from seeing the sights at the James town Exposition. ' Mr. Reece: Hutchinson, o; Lincolnton, was in town y ester day shaking hands with friends, He accompanied the Lincolnton baseball team to Charlotte. Mr, and Mrs. R.W.Carson and Miss Blanche are visiting Mrs. Carson's sisters, Mrs. J. B. Car son and Miss M. E. Carson, of the Pisgah neighborhood. Mr. Joe Carson and sister. Miss Sallie Carson and Miss Mattie Craig left Tuesday for a trip to Jamestown where they will take in the sights. Mr. A. M. Whitesides and Misses Margaret, Ola aud Mas ter Francis Whitesides are among the Gastonia visitors at the Jamestown Exposition this week. Mr. Charlie Rheinhardt, who haa been for some time employed by the Crown Bottling Works, left Wednesday for a short trip to the Jamestown Exposition. On his return he will enter the Piedmont High School at Lawn dale. ? Mrs. J. P. Glenn, Mrs. S. A. Kindley and little son, have re turned from a pleasant trip to Washington, D, C. They were accompanied by Miss Roberta McElhanney who will make her home with Mrs. Glenn. Miss - Ethel Nichols, of Chester, S. C and Miss Leja Sturchi, of Knoxville, Tenn., returned - to Chester yesterday afternoon after spending several days here the. - guests of Miss Margaret McLean. , , ( Prof. W. H. Overcarsh left this week on a vacation trip to Jamestown and Washington City, During" his absence his pupiis will of course enjoy a rest from their work. Prof. Over carsh will return and resume the work of bis music class on September 1st. 5 ' H-Miss" Sadie King, who has been employed as bookkeeper for the Singer Sewing Machine Company in Gastonia . for the past eight months, has resigned her position and will return to her home in Elliot, S. C- She will be succeeded in the Singer office by Miss Cora Costner. Miss King has made, many friends here 'who will regret to see her leave Gastonia, and hope that she may at some time re turn.; -r,-. ;.::, -r yJ-'J:'; ;' . 1 Business Chaste. . . Mr. W. J Stimson has sold his interest in the Gaston Iron 'Works to lm partner Mr. B. F, Norris and will move his family to Winston-Salem, where he will make bis home. The deal . was made . Tuesday. Air. Norris is now sole owner of the works and business will be continued at'the same old stand with but very few changes. It is not known just yet who will succeed Mr.. Stimson as foreman of tb; shops, but a foreman will , 1 - selected at an early date. has been -a resident of Gasto for some time -J ti ; friends- will regr ! leave- to make 3 ;rankint6wn news. Miss Bertie Lee Rankin Enter tains ; Baseball Team Some Old Honsea and Their History . Personal Mention and News Items, : - . s'f: ::.r:::t: Crrrepondenc of 'Th Gasctt. " Rankintown, Aug. 14.r-Rankin Hall, , now the property of the Davenport Hutchinson-Rankin Springs Company is the old est home in Rankintown. Samuel Rankin settled there in 1740 and ' erected a log cottage which was remodeled a hundred years later by bis grandson, Richard L. f Rankin, now of Charleston, W. Va. The next most interesting place is the large brick mansion now oc cupied by Mw Albertus Rhyne. Built in the brick of one of the gables is this legend "T. R. 4-1792," the initials of Thomas Rhyne and the date. About the time that this house was building William Rankin, a veteran ot tne Kevoiution was courting Mary Campbell, a sprightly young widow, relict of James Campbell, who met a tragic death near the first of the war. William and his wile set up housekeeping in a house now occupied by Amzi and Hannah Rankin (colored). This bouse was first covered with boards which were pegged on with wooden nails. The pegs still rtmwn in tne latns. I be chimney to this house requires wood :eigbt feet long for fuel. This remarkable structure stands in the back yard of the Richard Rankin home. But it is not in the past that all the interesting things in Rankintown transpire,' Miss Bertie Lee Rankin entertained the Rankintown baseball team at an ice cream supper to-night in recognition of their recent victories over Dallas and Clem mersville. Lumber is being placed for the erection of a general store by Mr. A. L. Baker on bis place near the school bouse. Miss Macey Blackwelder, who has been visiting Misses Wixie and Beulah Rhyne, returned to her home in Hickory yesterday, much to the sorrow of her host of friends. Miss Willie Rhyne. of Dallas, is yisiting at the home of L. P. Rankin. The Sabbath school under the guiding hand of superintendent John Mobley is planning picnic at an early date. Mr. F. B. Rankin, general secretary of the Y. M. C. A. at the University, who is spending the summer at his plantation, "Willowside" returned Saturday from a business trip of a week to Durham, Greensboro, Chapel Hill and Charlotte. Mrs. T. L. Adams and daughter, ' Miss Sarah, of Statesville, are visiting their uncle, Mr. A. Rhyne. Mr. J. H. Bisaner leaves to-day or a stay of several days with his nephew, Dr. J. H. Spilman, in Charlotte. Mr. and Mrs Charles .A. Moore, of Stanley, are visiting Mrs. Moore's parents. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Rankin. Mr. Coatsworth Abernethy is re covering from a slight illness. Miss Kathleen Rankin is at the home of Mr. Arthur Rhyne. at Mt. Holly. - Born. '. To Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Mc- Iean, Wednesday, : August 14, 907, a daughter.;, To Help Students. Correspondence of The Gazette. . Chapel Hill. N. C, Aug. 12M be Young Men's Christian As sociation of the University- of North Carolina wishes to an nounce that the use of its build ing ana information bureau is open to all students for the first ays of tne approaching term. Especially does it offer its services to those attending col- ege for the first time. ' ' . . ' The secretary? and officers of I the association will be glad to present young gentlemen com. mg from churches to the pastor of their denomination here and aid. m any other way in getting comfortable in their new enviro- ment. Pastors and parents are invited to write Mr. Rankin, the general secretary, letters ot inquiry or information. He is employed by the Christian students and professors . and" friends, of the University to aid in the develop ment of the Christian life of the student body and will welcome any advice or t id offered by 1 tne promo- a cf Cl.r: itia:. 7 ftneng'the yc " j cr t t j Vr: k fully time . refnl .ires Fr,,t We are prepared to extend our customers every accommoda tion and courtesy their business will warrant. If you have tod account with us we invite you to open one. :" : t SAVINGS ,We pay interest on savings deposits at the rate of i and compound the interest quarterly. : : : : ; CITIZEHS mime Vur P. Rankin, - President BANK ROYAL WORCESTER CORSETS We make a specialty of the Royal Wor cester Corset. It's the standard of quality as every woman knows. When you have a Royal Worcester you know you have the very best that skilful artisans can make In the shape oi a corset. Don't take any other. From $1.00 to $3.00. . . We have the Dowager Corset, made by ine Royal Worcester Company, which U for stout ladles. The price is $3.00. Don't forget the place. THE YEAGER MFG. CO. v r GASTONIA, N.C I a 1 111 in . i ,mi mm i jiim 1 " Mm. . ivi Allii M Tfl 1 IBiKf P Every summer you read of somebody's barn being struck by lightning, no insurance total loss. Here is the remedy Cortright Shingles are not only lightning-proof and storm-proof, but they are easy to put on, never need repairs, and last as long as the building itself. Adapted for residences, churches, schools or any other kind of building. Drop in and see samples, or send for 5 6-page book, "Rightly Roofed Buildings." LONG Exclusive Agents Subscribe for THE GASTONIA GAZETTE. READ WHAT THIS DOCTOR SAYS ABOUT F0NTICELL0 LITHIA WATER (Spring Chesterfield County, Va.) Landon B. Edwards, M. D. Editor Virginia Medical Monthly and Prof. University College of Medicine, Richmond Va. : "Fon ticello Lithla is pore water, ot marked value la dyspepsia, torpid kidneys, etc. I am constantly prescribing it, and pleaded with its effect." SOLD BY . WILLIAMS DRUG COMPANY : eeesses THINK A Don't you kowthat Gastonia is growing rapidly? If not, get oui and look over the city and you will decide that she is making rapid strides in every direction. - You most certainly know what a large increase in pop ulation will do for real estate values. " .,. : 1 Then get busy and invest in some nicely located prop erty which we are offering at a very reasonable price, aad watch ''profits erpw., I " J . ' " ' : ' ; Gasfc DEPARTMENT A. C. Myers, Cashier. BROS Gastonia, N. C. MINUTE t. 1 : :r. .-rr-1 rt Antioca ennrca. where.
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