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PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK-TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS,
Devoted to' the Protection of Home and the Interests of the County.
i . D. ATKINS, Editor.
$1,50 a Year In Advance. Ingle Copy 5c.
GASTONIA, N.C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1007.
VOL. XXVIII.
NO. 73
PROFESSIONAL CARD
GARLAND & J0NE3
Attorneys and Counselors
Over Torfencs-Morrls Compsoy. ,
Gastonia, N. 0.,
S.B.SPAKROW
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
DALLAS, N. C. -
Omc upstairs over Bsnk of. DaUa
IIR3. JOHN HALL
TEACnER OF PIANO
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AND ORdA. "
JOHN 0. CARPENTER
f ATTORNEY-AT-LAW ;
v dallas, n. c.,-; t
Office over. Bank of Dallas..
t:0:dJLK A Pressly
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DR. D. E. McCONNELL,
" " DENTIST -GASTONIA,
N,'C, ;
Office Pint Floor T. M. C. A, BW'i
- - Phone 69.;
DR. T. A, WTLKINS
dentist: '
, GASTONIA N. 0.
OffictHn Adams Building
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S.A.W0LFF
V. DALLAS. N. C .
7 : TEACHER. OF PIANOS
AND VIOLIN,
Wednesdays and Saturdays in
Gastonia,N. C.' ;
DR. P. R. FALLS
I.!.,- DENTIST,. .r -"
- Gastonia, N. C. '
'Office Upstair .Boyce-Falls Building.
. Phone 86.'
;For Reference-see tuning: Htof Stein wy
, PROF. J. M. MASSEY
Piano tunine and . Repairing a
specialty; satisfaction guaranteed.
RSis.' Gastonia, N. C.
DR. S. H. GRIFFITH
J EYE, EAR, NOSE and - THROAT
,
,L Specialist.
. Graduate University of .
. - Maryland
Post-Graduate. Baltimore
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Hospital. : ' " . -
Exprivate pupil of the celebrated
- Oculist ,
Dr. Julian J. Chlsolm ot
-.;'- Baltimore. ' .
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Diseases of thesespecial or
gans treated medicinally, -and
" surgically -by." latest and : "most
approved- methods, ' "
Glasses fitted Accurately
and Scientifically. ' i :
. Dr." Griffith will be at-th e
Falls House in Gastonia on
Wednesday, September 18th' and
thereafter on third Wednesday.
; cf each month for the purpose
Vof practicing: fa i s: specialty.
Charges moderate. . 1 . .-
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Protecting the Orphan
is oaeof the offices of a trust
company. -Jx act as a guardian
snd ?afeguards the child's inter-
'.s la " every way. The little
' -ve's estate is carefully and ably
' r.i'ed to its best interests.-.
The ..' .V
ra rjccriliesTrnst Co.
-c 1 to undertake .Inch
" " ct any time. It
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NEVSNOTES
State d General
. Roraey Story, captain of . the
Carolina foot-ball team last year
and one of the best known - ath
lete in the South, died Saturday
of typhoid fever, . ; ' '
WalterWellmanwbo attempt
ed to reach' the North Pole in a
balloon, has again failed to . ac
complish his purpose, but ' will
make another trial in 1908.
"The Concorcf Wholesale Groc
ery Company made an assign
ment last week to to the South
ern Loan and Trust Company;
liabilities of $6,500 and - assets
$4,000.; -V.-;. ,;;:iv
The people of Oklahoma and
Indian Territory are to-day vot
tag on the adoption of a consti
tution, which if accepted.", will
admit the two territories into the
Unibn as the State of Oklahoma.
Fred Lipe, 17 years old, . who
lived 15 miles . from . Salisbury,
was killed Saturday. morning by
being thrown violently from
fractious horse that he was 'rid
ing.
11. w. inompson, lormerly a
stock broker at Spartanburg, S.
C, was arrested near Greenville
S. v C, Saturday night on
charge of fraudulent use oft the
U. S. mails. '
Tne Mecklenburg Progress - is
the name of a new weekly paper
published . at' - Davidson, the
editors being tW. f B. r Gillespie
and Dr. H. L. Smith. : .
Collin Gillis, of . Asbeville,
died in the surf at Atlantic City.
N. J., Friday from heart failure
He was a brother of the city
editor of the Asheville Citizen,
Donald Gillis.' " .
On accouut of strikes in seve
ral shops, more . than 70 fur
manufacturers ' in i New York
yesterday morning locked their
doors; throwing 7000 men out of
employment. ' ;
Ji-F. Tbomassbn, special con
stable for,' the Southern - Power
Company at Great Falls, S. . C.
was snot ana Kinea aasi , pnaay
by Jeff Murphy, one of a party
of negroes he was attempting to
arrest. . . 'T
Mrs. Minor Morris, ' who was
ejected from the White House
two yeats ago when she insisted
upon seeing President Roosevelt,
has become insane and is in a
St. Louis hospital.
Andrew Carnegie has not paid
taxes on his New Yok property
for three years, claiming the as
sessment is too high. He has
begun proceedings i n - the
Supreme Court asking a reduc
tion the assessment.
Mrs, Carrie Myers, of Spring
field, ; Mass., ' a ' professional
aeronant, fell from a parachute
000 feet and - was dashed to
death in view of 8000 people at
Olean, J, Y., last Saturday.
Pitcher Wilhelm. of the- Bir
mingham Southern League
team, has broken the record by
pitching 59 innings without a
run being scored against' him. r
The monster steamship Lusi-
tania arrived in New York har
bor Friday ' morning, having
made a trip from Queenstown in
days, 1 hour and 23 - minutes.
This was 6 hours and 29 min
utes better than the trans-Atlantic
record held by the Lucania,
of be same line.7, . ;
' An excursion train on the Con-
cordDivision of the Boston , and
Maine railroad collided with - a
freight train Sunday morning,
killing-25 people and injuring a
arge number of others. : The
freight crew ? are supposed to
nave misunaerstooa tneir oraers.
The jury in. the case of Mrs.
Ethel W. Blair, charged with
the murder of her husband, C.
W. Blair, a conductor on "the
Columbia; Newberry and Lau
rens railroad, brought in a ver
diet Sunday convicting" her of
manslaughter, with a recom
mendation of mercy. Tne crime
was committed last January.' x
Dispatches of yesterday morn-
ing stated tnat ex-rresiaent
Cleveland was seriously ill at his
home in Princeton, New Jersey,
and that iis family have very
slight hopes for his : recovery.
While be may live for some time
he is not expected to entirely
recovrr Irom his illness.
Train No? 10 on the Asheville
nd Spartanburg division of the
Southern was wrecked"' near
Tryon last Wednesday night.
The entire train -was derailed
and the engine, tender, express
nd t":e cars overturned.
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SOCIAL.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Durant
Shelton announce the appoach
ing marriage of their daughter
Jessie, to Mr Fletcher W. Fink
October.tenth, nineteen hundred
and seven, four thirty o CIOCK
GastoniX N. C. Owing to the
recent deaths in both families
the marriage will be a quiet home
affair, witnessed only by the
relatives audi a. few intimate
friends. 1 No in vitatious will b
issued. '"'-.". :r;
' One of the prettiest a.ud most
daintily appointed afternoon
functions in Gastonia for some
time was . ' an announcement
party given Friday afternoon by
Mrs. D.'A. Page and Miss Laura
Page, at the former's "pretty
home on North Marietta street
for Miss Emma Page, the object
of ; the occasion being Jo - an
nounce the tiODroaching mar
riage of the latter to Mr. Joseph
Lee Rhodes, of -Montgomery
Ala. . The nuptials will be cele
brated November 12th. There
was a little touch of . romance to
the affair, the announcement be
ing made exactly one year from
the date on which Miss Page
and Mr. Rhodes first met.
-Assisting Mrs. D. A. Page and
Miss Laura Page m receiving
were; Mrs. J. A, "Page and , Mrs.
C.: I. Loftin. .An interesting
eame of -, progressive bunco"
hearts was played in the parlor
which was beautifully decorated
with ferns and Pink roses, Fol
lowing the: game; the . dining
room doors jwere thrown open
and the1" gtrssts were ushered
in.. Here they enjoyed an eight
course dinner. . The color
scheme of decorations' in the
dining room - was white and
green, the colors ' of the U.SC
club. of which the bride-to-be is
a member. These decorations
consisted of white and green
hearts." Festoons, of white , and
green hung from the ceiling to
the corners ; of the table. The
centre piece was a large green
heart covered with t wane . roses
and ferns. The, place cards .and
favors were)t also i hearts on
which were written, M Rhodes
Page, Nov. 12, 1907.5 These
bore two gilded rings interlink
ed and to each ot ' these were
fastened two little doves. Thue
were a number of toasts, Mrs.
J. A Page acting as toastmasfer.
Miss Mamie Huss gave ;a t toast
is behall ot the U. Ctub.
The, bride-to-be responded vety
graciously. Delicious frappe
was served while the toasts
were being given. The guests
were:; Misses , ivmma i'age;
Laura Page, Mamie Huss, Mary
Gray. Sandifer, Susie Hoffman,
Lottie . Blake, - Pearl Gallant,
Ethl Gray, Mrs. J. A, Page and
J. H. Moss Dead.
Mr. J. H. Moss, aged thirty
years, died fnd ay afternoon at
1,30 o'clock at bis home in Mci
Arthur . Row from consumption
after a lingering illness. Fu
neraV services .were .conducted
at the home Saturday ' afternoon
at 2 o'clock by Rev. R. C. and
A. S. "Anderson and the inter
ment was -in Shiloh Cemetery.
A wife and one child survive.
Mr. Moss recently moved to the
Mc Arthur Row from the, Lotay
Mill. ' ,
-The Latest la Minstrelsy. '
The best singing heard ' wiih
any minstrel : attraction, the
latest novelties, ; - the : brightest
music, the newest ideas in cos
tumes ; and ; scenic features.' in
fact an entirely new attraction
throughout, new people, songs,
stories, vt comedians, dancers
and bea'dline vaudeville, features,
everything reliable v and first--class,.
every season with "J. " A.
Coburn's s. . Greater Minstrels."
Doalt miss them Wednesday
night at the opera house, "; r ; .
S1.G00 Accident Policy Free.
Bv a singularly good streak of
luck Mr. R. L. Swan, manager
of : the Swan-Slater Company,
the leading . clothiers ' of. Gas
tonia, has secured 250 accident
policies of $1,000 value, Jn the
North American Accident" In
surance, Company, of Chicago,
and is making the unparallelled
offer in Gastonia to give; one of
these policies with every suit of
clothes worth $10 . or upwards
sold from hisstore as long as
they last. The policies are
good for twelve months-from the
date of issuance. We predict
that they will not last long for
such an offer is not often made.
Each policy is ' in a handsome
leather card case which contains
compartments for cards, bills
and other papers. Mr. Swan is
a most ' enterprising , merchant
and if there is anything good
goinz he is sure to get it for his
c-rt? crs.
LINCOLN LOCALS
Organization of Lincoln Llthla
Club Completed-Bsnkrurtcy
.. Proceedings Bank President
Of signs Personal Mention.
Ltoooln Connty Kawt, 13th,-
V.Mr. C. H. Shull was in Mount
Holly Wtdnesday on business
Miss Margaret Yoder is visiting
Miss Lucy Hoover at her home
in. tue , countiy, 'Miss jjessie
ckhion, of Clover, b. t... was
he guest of Miss Sue Lander
this week.- Miss Sue. Lander
left Tuesday for Due .West,
where she will enter Erskiue
College, Miss . Bertha Lackey,
of Morganton, 'is visiting her
parents, Mr. , and Mrs. J. M
Lackey. Prof. B. P. Caldwell
superintendent - of the' graded
schools, returned Tuesday ,,
a visit to his parents at 23
Jje
West, S. C Dr. and Mrs. -R
A. Yoder are spending severa
days with relatiOs in Hickory.
Mrs. R. C. G. Love, of Gas
tonia, who has been tbe guest of
Mrs. C. S. Little and Miss Flor
ence Rhyne for several ; weeks.
returned home Wednesday,
Mr. Ambrose Costner has re
signed from bis duties as Presi'
dent of the County National
Bank," and bis resignation was
reluctantly accepted at the -reeu
lar meeting of the Board of - Di
rectors of the Bank September
2nd. At a calLmeeting of the
Directors on the 9th inst. Mr. J.
M. Rhodes was elected Presi'
dent of the Bank to succeed Mr.
Costner,:":'- ":cjX t'Z'X;-
Mr. W. C. Ervin, of Morgan-
ton, referee, held (.a. hearing
here Tuesday in the bankruptcy
case of F. P. Cauble in which
the creditors all agreed to sale
of the jewelry stock, bicycle and
harness shop of Mr, Cauble.
Mr, Cauble made . petition , for
release which was taken under
advertisement by the referee.
The bicycle shop was sold Wed
nesday to Mr. A. P. Setzer,' and
the trustee; MrJ E. T. t Childs,
was instructed to take bids for
ten days on the harness shop.
The jewelry stock will be . sold
from the store at cosUUhe Sale
beginning Saturday, the 14th.
Every person interested in the
welfare v and future growth of
Lincolnton will be glad to know
that the coinpleti ; metnberhip
of the Lincoln Lithia. Club has
en secured and its organization
will be perfected immediately.
A charter has beeu applied ; for
and i prtliminary - meeting of
tocjcholders will be held in a
W days : Upon organization
e club will take over the entire
property of the Lincoln Lithia
Water Couipauy and proceed to
convett the place into a thor
oughly modern and up-to date
country club.
Lincoln Lithia Club.
Charlotte Chronicle. "
The Lincolnton News- reports
that the membership of the JJia
coin Lithia Club has been com
pleted. The club will be orga
nized in a few days, when it will
take over the entire property of
the Lincoln Lithia, Water Com
pany and proceed to convert the
place into a thoroughly modern
and up-to-date country club.
This means," says The News,
the gathering in Lincolnton,
through various : seasons of the
year, of the leading business
and professional .men of the
State, with their families, which
will add much to the social life
of the town." s From what The
Chronicle has learned, the Lin
coln Lithia Club will haye the
most finely equipped social re-
soit in the South. , , v
DYSPEPSIA and INDIGESTION,
Constipation, Sour Stomach, Sick
Aeadache, Malaria, Billiousness,
Torpid Liver and Jaundice are
quickly relieved and permanently
cured by Father ; William's , Indfan
Herb Tablets. They act directly on
the Liver and Digestive organs,
causing: . perfect assimilation and
Digestion ot tne tood. . Cleanses ; tne
Stomach. . Reeulates the Bowels.
They are only 20 cents per box, and
your money cheerfully refunded if
not as we represent them. For sale
only by Frost Torrence & Co. Gas-
w Did you ever, see a man
set bis watch by a railroad bul-
etin board?" asked an Observant
citizen of the reporter. "Well,
saw that very, thing with my
own eyes at the depot a few
moments ago. Sauntering up to
the board,' the man pulled out
his watch'and remarked to two
companions, iioys, i haven't
set my watch in a long time.
'm going to get it right.' Act
ing on his word, he turned his
watch from 5.26 (which was
very nearly correct) to 5.37, the
hour for No. 12 to arrive as
noted on s the bulletin - board.
le replaced the watch in his
pocket and . sauntered away.
caving a dozen astonished by
standers to gaze at-him. He
was in earnest all the while.
low does that strike yea for
: McADENVILLE MATTERS.
Correapondenca o( Th Oaiette. .
McAdenville, N. C, Sept. 12
Wilkie Abernethy, of Alexis,
N. C-, was a pleasant visitor - io
town last Friday. J. M- Sloan,
of South Point, was here .Satur
day with a big load of very fine
water melons. Mr, Sloan says
he has marketed as many as 500
melons which weighed 55 lbs or
over. -He has one iit'thc fijld
uuripe that weighs 99 lbs. This
is the largest North Carolina
tn'lon we have heard -of this
season.""-" Mr. . Sloan .. thinks , of
sending it 'o Junestowu. Good
for : little' Gaston Miss
Jane Johnson has been
sick, the past week j. but is
well again Mrs J. B.
Mary
' quite
about
Reid
has been sick since Sunday but
she too , is out agin Little
Miss Olive Reid, . daughter o)
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Rtid has
been sick but is about well
again. Miss Effie -.Mitchell, of
Columbia. S. C, is visiting her
aunt, Mrs. J. R. Shields.
Misses Pearl and Buna Pasour,
of Gastonia, spent Saturday
night and Sunday in town.
They were guests of Rev. and
Mrs. J. F. Armstrong and F. Q.
Brittain's. Their many friends
were delighted to see them.
They were reared here and only
moved to Gastonia a few weeks
ago. Miss Pearl Councill, ' of
Keystone, W. Va., is visiting
Miss Lottie Albea. They went
to Charlotte yesterday to spend
a few days, accompanied by Mr.
Norman and Mr. Levi of that
city, Dr. Taylor, after an ab
sence of two weeks, is on our
streets again. He reports a
most delightful stay at James
town and surrounding cities.
Perhaps the most welcome visi
tor of the week was the rather
heavy rain of Tuesday and Wed
nesday. Rev. J. : F. Armstong
preached at Mayesworth Sunday
afternoon,'1 The mill authorities
there have furnished a good
school house and chapel, for the
purplfce of conducting a day
school and religious services.
Mr. Armstrong will preach for
the Congregation again on the
afternoon of the fifth bunday
of this month. Mrs. S. EI Lowe
and daughter Miss Ruth were
shoppers in Gastonia, Tuesday.
Mrs. J. F Armstrong visited
in Gastonia Monday aud Tues
day of this week. Mrs. J. B.
eid. Miss Erne Mitchell and
Mrs. Reid's little girls went to
Gastonia this afternoon.
Quincy Brittain, youngest son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Brittain,
came in from Gastonia yesterday
quite sick.
EXPOSITION PIES DEDICATED.
Mammoth Structure, Beatiiully
Illuminated. Awakens the
Applause of the Multitude -Pier
Cost the United Statea
$400,000.
Associated Press.
ttorfolki Va.. Sept. 14.
Twenty thousand spectators
witnessed the formal dedication
and first general illumination to
tiiaht nf , the oreat p-ovemment
pier, erected by the United States
at a cost of 5400,000.
"The mammoth -structure ex
tending over two thousand feet
into Hampton Roads, shimmer-
ing'in the rays of thousands of
incandescent electric lights, aud
built of pure white concrete, was
picture that called for a de
monstration ' from the; crowd.
The Mexican: national band,
tandinc beneath the ereat arch
of the pier, and Phinneys band
at the end of the Raleigh court,
rendered national airs., '
E. E. Gavlord. in a brief
speech, turned the structure
over to United btates Engineer
R. Wheeler, "representing the
completed 1 work to President
Tucker, representing the expose
tion ; company. Mr. Tucker
made a ...brief address, i The
ational salute announced the
opening of ' the hre works, the
battle between the Wernmac and
Monitor. . V , : ; ' ' . -.
The parade by Coburn's
Minstrels will be given to-mor
row afternoon at 5 o'clock, in
stead of at noon as advertised. ;
November 13th is the, date
or the next annual session of
the Western North Carolina
Conference of the M.E. Church,
South, wbich-meets this year at
Salisbury. This session will be
of unusual interest by reasod of
the fact that ' thirty or forty of
the ministers have served, their
four tears and will nave to be
moved to other churches, . ac
cording to the laws . of the
church. 4Rev. E. L. Bain is
serving his last year as pastor of
. . . , r . 1 a:. . i L.
Alain oirees oicioouisfc. cuuku
here and there will be general
regret that his pastorate will
come to an end. -, .
Tv e Ci:' f-r -5t-c!as rf!rt'rg.
We are prepared to extend our customers every accommoda
tion and courtesy their business will warrant. If you have
no account with us we invite you to open one, Y "
.SAVINGS DEPARTMENT, "
We pay interest on savings deposits at the rate of 4 and
compound the interest quarterly, : t : - s
CITIZOIS
R. P, Rankin,
President
AaUuaaaUAMk
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ROYAL WORCESTER CORSETS .
We make a specialty of the Royal Wor
cester Corset. 1 15 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 of a corset. Don't take any other.
From $1.00 to $300. :
We have the Dowager Corset, made by
the Royal Worcester Company, which Is for
stout ladies. The price Is $3.00.
Don't forget the place.
THE YEAGER MFG. CO.
GASTONIA, N. C.
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no insurance total loss. Here is the remcdy-rCortright Shingles are not
only lightning-proof and storm-proof, but they are easy to put on, never ;
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The irand lory, in Its report Satardiy to Judge Ferfasca. rec
mended that it be replaced, wlthoat delay, by a modern asJ c:r.
yenraft strnctnre. v ; . ' "
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takintr a rest in the mountains
or at the seshore, youjwant to keep
posted on what's doing- at ' home.
There's one safe way to o it have
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cents a mouth. Our phone number
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