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AND ORGAN.
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Gastonia, N. C.
Ofcce Upstairs Boyce-Falla Building.
. Phone 86.
L Tor Referetic-ee tuning- list of Steinway
PROF. J. M. MASSEY 0
Piano tnningr ' and Repairing
specialty; satisfaction guaranteed
-fSSlsi Caslonla, N. C.
V. H. Overcarsh's School ol
'Piano and Voice. V
' - The method' I use- in teaching:
- Piano and Vocal are . the same as
used in the Northern and European
conservatories, having studied with
some of the best teachers among
whom was the eminent pianist and
teacher. Rafael Joseffv. - -
' KTondavs and Thursday in Gas-
tonia, other days Charlotte, N. C.
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r . The Han of Money.
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- trusting his affairs to a trust company.
It takes an immense burden off . his
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. If you are contemplating any Step
involving money affairs it would be
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this week. Prices vright; work
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State GencnJ
More troops were sent ' Wednesday
to the race riots on the Eastern coast
of Virginia. It is thought the situs
tion is now under control. " . .
. Julius Teicn. a sillcnreaver of New
Vork.shot and killed his bride of two
months and then committed suicide
in a fit of insane .jealousy tWednes
' HarveV A.'Cassidy. 'an actor well-
known in the South during the : Past
two seasons, has been missing : from
his home in Philadelphia since last
Thursday. - v; jl
; Rev. Mr. So well, of Camden J N
J,, a brother of S. N. Sowell.of Rock
Hill, fell from m street car lastSatnr
day and sustained injuries which
caused his death. . ,."." j
, Six houses in the same section of
I Asheville were entered bv burglars
xncBuay diui idu m oniaucr vi wir
cles of value taken. The police Tare
mystineaana nave no ciue. - ?
' The ministers of Coffeyville, Kan
sas, nave formed a union ana win
charge a fixed price of five dollars
for conducting funerals of ; persons
not members ol their churcnes. j
ThrIittle one vear-old daughter
of' Mf.. and Mrs. J. W. Queen, of
Boiling Springs, -was burned to death
last .Wednesday1 in the fire which
destroyed their,home.
It is said that more thari1 2000 New
Yorkers have sold ' their automobiles',
reoresentimr an apgteeate' value ' of
$15,000,000, during the finaicial panic
of the lastlew weens , . i ; i
Robert K. TSvlor. Salisbury agent
for the Robert Portner Brewing Com-
anv. has been found short 3io in
is accounts.; and failing to make
hnni?- hna hn sent tA Jail.
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A Charter was granted Tuesday to
the Ridgeview Cotton MiU of New
ton, wun a capital ot iuu,wu autn
orized and $21,000 subscribed by H.
S,-5niith,' W. I SetzeranA otnersi
Hugh A. Leonard, formerly agent
of the Southern Railway at Salis
bury, who got away with $1,320 of
the railroads money last February,
has been1 captured in a mine in Idaho.
-A - paymaster - for 4 the ' '' Schatrm &
Uhhnger Company Machine Shops
in Philadelphia was held up near the
snops weanesaay ana roboea or o,
000, which he tvss carrying in i
satchel. , , t
The contract for the plans for the
new hospital to be erected at the
corner of Church and Seventlr streets,
Charlotte, has been awarded to P. P.
Milburn & Co., architects, of Wash
ington, d.. c..i-i s
A party of distinguished European
cotton manufacturers and dealers
will make a tour of the cotton fields
and mills of 'the Umtpd States ; in
October, and will probably - visit
Charlotte. . ,
State Senator I: Allen Holt.of OaZ
Ridge, has announced himself as a
candidate lor Congress .from tne
fifth aistrict to succeed HonW. W,
Kitchin. His only announced op
ponent is Solictor A. I. Brooks; of
Ureensboro. ' I?
Ex-President Grover .Cleveland.
who has been ill most of the summer
at Iiis home in Princeton, N. J., has
so far recovered as to be able ' to
travel and will go to his summer
borne this week. : - t f!
Three registered mail sacks con
taining about a quarter of a million
dollars were stolen rrom aKurungton
train between Denver and Oxford,
Nebraska, last Sunday night; and no
trace of the thief has yet been found.
J. Allen Anderson, under sentence
of life imprisonment for the murder
of iThos. F Drake, escaped from the
Anderson county,' South Carolina,
jail Wednesday. A reward of $1000
is offered for his capture. -t f
An electric car on the fourth floor
of a car barn in New York suddenly
came into contact with the current
and ran through two brick- walls in
to a six-story, tenement house,- but
came to a stop before injuring anyone-
.
L: Coroner C. A. Separk has issued
warrants for the arrest of Chief Dis"
patcher B. P. Ketchum and Victor
Parvin, of Durham, Conductor C. M.
Oakley, of Greensboro, and Engineer
W. W. Rippey, of Burlington on a
charge of etoss netrliirence and care
lessness which resulted in the death
of two men in the wreck at, Auburn,'
August 6th. nv';: !.
Robert A. Pinkerton. head of the
Pinkerton detective agency, died on
shipboard last Monday, while on his
way to England and Germany for
his health. He was a son of William
Pinkertonroriginal founder. ot the
agency, and his death leaves the
entire management, to his . brother,
William Pinkerton, :V s-aj; ' -
TheV Hope Jdflls - Manniacturing
Company, operating, four cotton
mills, 'at Hone Mills. ' Cumberland
county, has pooled its holdings with
the Abefoyle " Manufacturing - Co..
of Philadelphia . and Chester, - Pa
Capital of the new company is $1,
600,000.. The capital of the Hope
Mills company was S312.000.and $150.
000 preferred stock, . with a bonded
debt oi $100,000. .. -.--; u :
Frederick Dettmerinsr." a German
80 years of see who has -lived in
Greensboro for many years, attemot-
ed to commit suicide by hanging
himself in an old mvevard is that
city Wednesday. He Wss foand and
cut down, however, by the sexton,
m ume iu save nn we. uomesnc
trouble growing out of his recent
marriage and his children's objection
to it the cause of his act. -
; CAM crTCAKXS. r :
To all those whose . tvtnrjalliy
and services were sokindly tend
ered in the hour cf enr bereave
ment, I cc::.i ti h'.::d cy
s:cc::
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YORK AlTD Y0RKVILLE
What'i Dote Amonf oar Nelh
bori Jast Across the Line.'
YofWQleEnqnlrtr. 20th. . t j ',;' !
' - Miss Hazel Grist spent Sunday
in xseinei wun relatives ' ana
friends. Miss Josie Fewell, " o
Rock Hill, is the truest of Misses
Bessie i n d "Mary Williams.
Mrs. O. E. Grist and children
are spending a few. days at White
Diamond Lithia springs. :Misses
Mary and Delia Do well, "of Caro
leen.' N. C. spent Monday as
the. guests ot Mrs. H. C. ' Glenn
Messrs. ' Walter Fanning, o
Henrietta, N.x C, and : Leon
Gaffney, of Gaffney, are guests
of Mr. Glenn Allison. Dr. J, B
Bowen spent Sunday at Morgan
ton. N. C..:and on yesterday
accompanied by' Mrs., Bowen,
left for a visit of two weeks to
New York and other cities north
Messrs. Aldrich & Gravis, of
Cleveland. Ohio, have installed
mining machinery on a prospect
between King's Creekr ano tne
White Diamond Lithia springs
and expect to do some extensive
development work oq what they
think is a first-class mine. 1
A hecro woman named Kelly
Jackson died in the jail yester
day morning of heart failure.
She was committed during the
morning at about 10 o'clock S for
innacv. and was very , violent.
She died in a. few hours. The
physicians say her death was
doe. to heart failure. There was
no inquest; v. '.'
The '. annual picnic at Gold
Hill was held last Friday, near
the residence of Represntative
S. H. Epps. There were pres
ent 800 or 1.000 people. Con
gressman Finleyand Mr. Thos
F. McDow were; the speakers.
The day was spent pleasantly
and was very much enjoyed by
everybody, '?':( . p. . rj: ;
Mr. John F. Oatea, Jr., son of
Mr. : John F. Gates. Sr.; whose
death occured on August 6, died
at his home in Chester yester
day j afternoon, f after a, pro
tracted illness. His death was
due to pulmonary trouble. The
deceased was in -the -53d year
of his age. For some years past
be bad been engaged in the
hotel ; business . with ' Messrs,
Gresham & Jamison, the well
known proprietors of. railroad
eating houses. The deceased
leaves . a mother, brother and
three sisters. &n ;"!- V' ?
Tbs4 was a rferious ' freight
wreck on the southern railroad
at Gikbore's creek, about three
rriiles north of Chester, yester
day morning. The engine and
fifteen cars went off the ' track
within about thirty feet of the
trestle. Wells Blandon. a brake
man jumped to - save himself.
and was instantly killed , The
fireman was seriously hurt, and
two other men - were injured.
The track was blocked all day
yesterday as the result of the
wreck; but trains are now run
ning; again as usual. -
Ltwn Party. '
Miss itelia iRhvne will enter
tain a large number of her friends
at a lawn, party at her home Friday-night.
Falls'Jenklns. ' ' i '
Mr. Ji C Falls and Miss Ma
mie Jenkins were married last
night at 8 o'clock at the . home
of M the bride's, brother, ; Mr.
Arthur Jenkins, at the Lbray,
Rev. J, . A, Hoyle performing
the ceremony, ' ,
AR. P. Picnic v
The sabbath School picnic of
the Associate Reformed" Presby
terian i church ' will be held; at
All Healing Springs" .to-morrOw
instead of Tuesday as first de-
decided. ' The picnicers ' "will
start from the church at 9 o'clock
to-morrowTnorningv , t -
Befonla Defeated.
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, ,The Union baseball ttam w6U
a victory over the Begonia team
at Union Monday evening. The!
score was 5 to 6 and ten. innings
were necessary , to decide the
game. ..The game was interest
ing throughout, the pitching, of
Riddle and the batting and .Base
work of ' Horsley . deserving
special mention. Batteries for
Union were Riddle and Sparrow;
for Begonia Meek and Brandon.
Increast la EereBoo.
in spite of the "decrease in
taxes, the revenue this year for
taxes will - exceed that of last
year by $3,500 ior ' more. . , The
total retnrned prpperty for tax.
ation this year is. approximately
$2,000,000 an increase of about
$400,000 over the amount return
ed last yeaf. The total revenue
from - taxes - this- year will be
close tcr $30,000, and the receipts
from the water and lijht rentals
t - r ---' p- 'if r-"
CLEVELAND CULLINGS
Hams ot Interest From in Ad-
. jolnlnf Coonty. ; V
Clwland Staf. 20th. -i '""
' E." lV CamobelLrEsq..! 4 o
King's Mountain, was a Shelby
visur ruday. Mr. ana Mrs.
C. F il unter. of : Cherry ville.
wet : Sin 1 by visitors last week.
Mr A. T. DelUnger. Cherry
vilk tectriciaoi was in the city
last week, Mr... and . Mrs, Jt H.
Hurt have returned from. a visit
to friends in Gaston county,
Mr. D. H. Alexander, of Cherry
ville, No. 2. - was a pleasant Star
caller. Saturday. Miss , Iva
Smith, of Rock Hill, is an at
tractive. visitor .at the .home of
Mr. and Mrs. ; h B. Murray.
Judge J, L. WebO , returned
Thursday from holding court in
the counties of Moore and Nash.
Miss Brvte Rudisill. j one o
Kings Mountain's fair daughters,
spent Thursday here the guest
of Mrs. Will Harris. Mr. W. L
Plonk, of Kings Mountain who
is one of the valued members of
the County Board of Education,
was in Shelby Friday. . '
Mr. Stough; Wray. who has
been spending the summer, here,
leaves to-day for Mauder Ukla
homa, - where he is engaged in
cotton buying and ginning,
Hon. E. Y. , Webb spent last
week in Madison county, return
iog by Newton, where he at
tended the unveiling exercises
of the monument to the Con
federate -dead.-Tbe Cleveland
Guards, or as . they are officially
known. Company G. First Regi
ment. Cant. Max Gardner com
manding. arrived here Saturday
night about 11 o'clock on their
return from Morehead City and
Jamestown. y-4 : i
The following party from
Shelby leave to-tay via the Sea
board for Jamestown: Mr. and
Mrs.' T. Paul Webb, Mr. and
Mrs. O. M. Mull, Mr. and Mrs.
L. P. Holland, Misses Elva
Wray, Wray Snttle and Mr. Joe
Wray. ! Miss Frances Suttle, of
Asheville will join them; in
Norfolk. - I ,
We note that Mr. ' J. A. Mc
Callum. of Gibson, has made a
fine profit from the culture of
cantaloupes. He planted two
acres of this delicious melon and
has shipped 1300 crates, making
a clear profit of $750.00. The
season is not yet over and! he
confidently expects to increase
his bank deposit to $10UU as the
net proceeds from the two acres.
Trip to the Noon tains.
Messrs. R. Lee Falls, C. M.
Faires. J. E. Russell and A. K.
Robinson returned" last Friday
from a two-weeks' trip to? the
mountains in a wagon. During
this time they visited- Blowing
Rock. Lynville Falls, Grand
father Mountain and other points
of interest. They struck no fruit
until , they- got below Marion,
where they found some peaches.
A Lynville Falls they, report
that there was a frost nearly two
weeks ago.
Funeral o! Mrs. Meacham. :
The funeral services; of Mrs.
J. B. ' Meacbam. of Pineville
who died in St. Peters Hospital,
Charlotte, ; Tuesday, morning,
were conducted in the Main
Street Methodist church Wed
nesday afternoon by her pastor,
Rev. C; i M. ; Pickens: of Pine-
ville, . assisted by Rev. J. ; C.
Galloway. The , remains were
accompanied here from Char-
otte by the husband and a num
ber .'of relatives. The pair. bear.
ers were Messrs. D. E. McCon
nell, H. F. Glenn, A. M. Dixon,
h. C. Pegram, S. S. Shu ford
and W. Y. Warren The flotal
offerings were profuse and. beam
tiful and the jmouudL aboye the
grave was covered with those so
typical of th4ife just ended. ; .
milyeonion. - . ""-l
Thi rennion at the old home
stead of the late' JaeoVHRhVrie;
now occupied by.Mri WN. well,
on August Zlst, was a jdeiightful
occasion fahd ; was greatly ien-
royed - by" air the -relatives Sand
Friends - nrekentr "; The ' rnorriin?
hours were made pleasant : with
mtuir1 h'v ', Mralr tl.'. C'". Elmor.
after which all marched to "the
grove nearby, where dinner was
served on tables prepared for the
cccasion. " Mr. rHaynes , was on
hand with hisamera and got :a
good picture of ; the company.
There were present 77 children.
grandchildren and. great-grand-;
children, as well as iu. or more
friends and neighbors..; In the
afternoon emlonade was served.
Mr.,and Mrs. W. J- XrowelLi of
Charlotte, and - Miss Brown,' of
Columbia, were , visitors from a
distance. ' - . .' ! r1
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Terse News" Notes from Gaston's
: Nbrthernmost Town.,,
Cherrrvlllt Baxle. '. , ' ;
: . Attorney' J. ,G. Carpenter jour
neyed through our growing town
Sunday. J.D.Neill,a successful
citizen of Gastooia, spent a jfew
days here , this . week r with j bis
mother, Mrs. Fannie Neill. N.
B. Kendrick, J. Bv Houser and
Claude Harrelson, all representa
tive citizens of Cherryville, were
Dallas visitors . Saturday. Miss
Mamie. Beam,' an attractive
young lady -of, Groverr is ;the
guest of her cousin. Miss Emma
Beam, John K'ser. a prominent
mill owner of Kings Mountain,
was in town .yesterday. Miss
Alice McCoy returned yesterday
from a pleasant visit to Lincoln
ton ohd other points east D.
P. Rhodes and family, of Lin
coln ton, visited old friends here
Saturday and Sunday. R.i A.
Counts and wife, of Bessemer,
were interesting guests' in the
city Sunday. Mrs. John Ken:
drick, of Shelby, visited relatives
here this and last week. Mr.
and Mrs. D. A. Rudisill, Miss
Julia . Rudisill and her .friend,
Miss Mary McDougle, left yester
day for Jamestown where they
will spend the week in sight seev
ing. Miss Belle Miller, a charm
ing young ' lassie of Lincoln
county, is the guest of the at
tractive Miss Vida Mauney. this
week.1.'. . , .
Sidney Beam was in town Sun
day on a visit to relatives. . .
The Carpenter reunion and
picnic will be held at the home
of Noah Carpenter, Esq., hear
Lander's Chapel on . Saturday
before .the 2nd Sunday : in
September. - This: is a yearly
occasion, and, is always, looked
forward to with great interest.
Everybody is invited to take part
and bring well filled baskets,
The show has come and gone
an dthe majority- of the people
were very well pleased with it.'
The manager of the show esti
mated the crowd here :at 300O
people. ; Wagon ,' and buggy
loads were coming in the whole
forenoon from every direction.
The throng the largest crowd
tnat ever assemoiea in unerry
ville was fairly law-abiding and
peaceable, only a few arrests be
ing made. ;
' 4 The series of meetings in pro
gress at Cherryville Baptist
church. ; is being .. attended. : by
large crowds and - much interest
and enthusiasm is being 'mani
tested. Rev. R. L. Pruett." of
Charlotte: is a wonderful divine
and is 'delivering masterful ser
mons sermons that are both
interesting, and helpful and
doubtless will .remain in the
hearts of his hearers for all time
to come. Jie. is doing a great
work and even larger, crowds
should ' flock ' to , hear; him.
Services in the afternoon begin
at 4:30 and at night at 8:30.
Everybody is cordially invited.
. .; ' ' 1 1 i i nil . Hi
Twenty few Llthts.
As a result ' of the 'inspection
made of the town this week by
a committee ot the .aldermen,
eighteen or twenty ' new arc
lights will be added to the street
lighting equipment; " The cost
of lighting the streets when the
new lights - are ? added will be
approximately ' $3,700. ; ,;;
Sent to tht Eosds.H :- - n
Rethi'bhildersiof , the River
Bend township, was on trial be
fore Magistrate W. I. Stowe
Wednesday on a charge of aban
doning a crop ..belonging' to J.
M. Skidmore. He was a crop
per on the. larm oi Mr.. j. ;m
Skidmore, who had. advanced
Childers and his' mother about
$40 in supplies and Cash. ' About
July 1st Childers left, his: crop
and went to Dallas to work in
one of . the mills and later Came
to Gastonia and worked inlhe
Old Mill. His whereabouts "Was
all this time unknown to Mr.
Skidmore,1 who only succeeded
Wednesday in locating Childers.
Papers were issued by Magistrate
A. P. H. Rhyne' at Dallas and
Childers was arrested by Con
stable J. M. Kendnck ! a n d
brought before Magistrate Stowe
for. triah The penalty for this
offense is a fine of $50 or 30 days
on the .rokds. .- The prosecutor.
Mr. Skidmore. was - not inclined
to be severe on Childers on ac
count of ' his youth and for his
mothers ' sake.' - and offered to
withdraw the charge if the de
fendant 'would give a cote - with
good security lor the amount be
bad advancedf but Cbilderr rr-
used to accept this c . . ;
and war sent?
the cour
Seoatoi
iea
) wo call -a
vho want to
i !ency.
We are prepared to extend our customers evtry accommoda
tion and courtesy their business will warrant,' If you have
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compound the interest quarterly. : : : : ;
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President '
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