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VOL. XXVI".
GASTONIA, N. C FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, IQOT.
NO. 70
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
. JSARLAND & JONES
. Attorneys a.nd Counselors
; Over Torrence-Morrla Company?"''
- , Gastonia, N Or- "
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s B. SPARROW . :
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
. DALLAS, N.C."
Office upstairs over Bank of Dallas
JOIWQ. CARPENTER
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DALLAS; N. C, :. -,
Office over Bank of Dallas,
NEWSNOTES
State 4 General
DR. D."!E. HcCONNELL,
. , DENTIST
.GASTONIA, N. C.
Office First Floor T. M. C A. Bid's
- -Phone 69.' :,. .-
. DR. TA. WILKINS
-DENTIST
GASTONIA ,N. 0.
Office in Adams Building
1 . , Phone 311 .
DR. P. It. FALLS
t; DENTIST -
w Gastonia, N. C.
Office Upstairs Boyce-Falls Building.
Phone 86. 7
MRS. JOHN HALL
. TEACHER OF PIANO
. ANDjORGAN.
' DKT. A Pressly
" . DENTIST
, CLOVER,
S. A. WOLFF
,;; DALLAS,N.C.
; TEACHER OF PIANO
AND VIOUN.
; Wednesdays and Saturdays in
Gastonia, N. C.
For Reference see toning list of Stcinway
1 v PROF. J. M. MASSEY
I Piano tuning: " and Repairing a
. specialty; satisfaction guaranteed
-B&Bm - Gastonia, N. C.
: ; Protecting the Orphan ;
A 'is one of the offices of a trust
company. : It acts as a guardian
- and safeguards the child's inter
; ests in- every way." The little
'One's estate is carefully and ably
,handled to its best interests.
The . .
Southern Securities Trust Co.
is prepared to undertake such
a responsibility at any time. It
also acts as trustee,. executor or
-.i administrator. -
- The Eagls.
; According to Washington, Irving, the
Delaware Indiana nad n -superstitious
reverence for the eagle, believing that
a guardian spirit In the form of this
bird watched over them, hovering In
the sky far out of sight When pleased
with their actions, he sent abundant
crops and made them have great sno
.cess in bunting, but when displeased
he would vent his rage in the thunder,
which was his voice, and the lightning,
which was the flashing of his eye. and
strike dead the object of his displeas
ure. They also believed fhat the feath
ers of this bird would render the weaj
er Invisible and Invulnerable. " " .
'"' - 8ome Big Numbers. '
- If you fill a tiny vessel one centime
. ter cube with hydrogen Corpuscle!, you
can place therein. In round numbers,
five hundred and twenty-five octillions i
(525.000.000,000.000,000,000.000,000.000)
of them. At least so Professor Bra
shear said in an address delivered at
- Lehigh university. If these corpuscles ;
are allowed to run Qut of the vessel at
the rate of 1,000 per second. It will re ,
quire seventeen qulntlllions (1T.00O,-
000,000,000,000,000) of years to empty
It. ' - .:
The explosion-of a 12 inch
shell on the Japanese battleship
Kasmma resulted in the death of
! forty of the crew on Seotember
Judge, Alton B, Parker de
livered tne principal address on
Tuesday, which was constitution
day at ahe Jamestown Exposi
s Assistant Postmaster General
Hitchcock has agreed to address
the meeting of North Carolina
postmasters at Raleigh October
15th and 16th. J
Rear Admiral John G.Walker,
oi me u nitea estates navy, re
tired, died suddenly Sundy night
at the Home of a friend at High
Pasture, York Cuffs, Maine.
' James M. Barr, director-gen
eral of the Jamestown Exposi
tion, nas tenaered nis resigna
tion to the board of directos.
asking to be relieved of bis
duties immediately.
Argument: was heard before
the Supreme court Tuesday on
be case in which Judge Long,
of Wake Superior court, fined
the Southern Railway $30,000
for violation of the rate law.
Mrs. Cassie Chadwick, who is
serving a 10 year sentence in
the Ohio penitentiary for wreck
ing the Oberlin National Bank,
has suffered a nervous collapse
which caused total blindness.
An .automobile running -60
miles an hour got beyond the
control of the driver at Colorado
Springs Tuesday and four of the
seven passengers were dashed to
death when the machine collided
with a telephone pole; .
.""SrCr lne supreme court nas con
fanned tne sentence of Joshua
Harnsoniot Currituck county.
which was twenty years in prison
for kidnapping and killing Ken
neth Beasley, the 8-year-old, son
of State Senator Beasley. ..
Warrants were issued Wednes
day for the arrest of fourteen
men who are charged with fraud
in connection with the Pennsyl
vania capitol building All-gave
bond, some , being required to
rrvt tfirt nfin nrli - . ' . V,
Returns from Tuesday's dec
tion in Okhthoina indicate that
the constitution was adopted by
3 to 1; that prohibition carried
and the whole Democratic State
ticket was elected by a good
majority. - "' -
Mr. J. H. AderhoIdTr-lf. New
ton, "has returned from Quebec,
He failed in his efforts to recover
the body of his sou, who perish
ed in the great bridge disaster.
The body is wedged : among the
wreckage in 180 feet ot water
and cannot be recovered.
Miss Carrie Wallace, and 18
year old daughter of J. B. Wai
lace, living near Concord, fell
from a. second story 'window
Monday night while walking in
her sleep and broke both arms
just above the wrist. She had
made preparation "to leave Tues
day morning to enter Due West
Female College.
- Joshua Harrison,' whose sen
tence rto 20 : years in prison
for kidnapping the 9 year old
son. of State Senator Beasley, of
Currituck county, was recently
confirmed by the Supreme Court
committed "suicide in Norfolk
Wednesday afternoon. T h e
Norfolk police -had ; just been
notified to arrest Harrison, who
was out on $3000 bond, as a
fugitive, from justice, but before
they could get . access to his
room at the Gladstone ; Hotel,
he took his own life..
Charters were granted Wed
nesday Jo , four new corpora
tions: The Dunn Manufactur
ing Company, of Gastonia, capi
tal stock authorized $200,000,
paid- in ' $50,000; - The Broad
Shoals Manufacturing Company,
of Taylorsville, capital stock
authorized $100,000 with. $30,000
'aid in; . The Utility Manufac
turing Company, of Goldsboro,
to v manufacture and'- deal inJ
lumber, capital stock authorized
$200,000,paid in;50,000,Leicester
Telephone Company, of Leices
ter," capital stock authorized
$5,000 with $500 subscribed.
CHAIRMAN LECPES TELLS
- v "ABOUT OASTON ROADS.
What Has Been Done With
$3C0,C00 Bond Issue The
Bridilnf of the Catawba Not
Popularin Many Parts of "the
, County. , -; ' y '
Charlotte Chronicle. ' .
v Mr. John Leej?cr, of the board
of county commissioners of Gas
ton county, was in the city to
day on business, and while here
be was asked for, an interview
for The Chronicle about the' ex
perience of his county in road
building. . Mr. Leeper having
given much time and study . to
the subject, and. having also had
a large amount of practical
knowledge of the . work, was in a
position to talk ; witn "certainty
and plenty ot common sense
about the efforts of Gaston coun
ty to establish a system' of good
roids. - v
-There are in the county of Gas
ton according to Mr. "Leeper,
about 25 miles of macadamized
roads, finished and in use, and
an equal number' of miles of
road already graded and ready
for the macadam as soon as the
road forces can get to that part
of the county where the grading
is completed.
Gaston sometime ago voted an
issue of $300,000 for good roads,
but up to the present time she
has had occasion to utilize only
$100,000 of the anfount, the re
mainder of $200,000 bonds not
yet having been issued or sold.
as tne county nas a per
cent road tax Gaston has been
able to take care- of one tbird
part of the bond issue by
using the road tax money fo
take up the bonds, meet the in
terest due, etc., so that the
work of financing the road
building in the county has as it
were been made to work auto
matically.
The situation of course results
from the general growth' and
prosperity of the county where
by there is a sufficiency If
available tax money, each year
to cover the cost of . taking, up
bonds, paying interest, and
leaving a balance last year of
some $10,000. This is one of
the best financed road-building
undertakings that has ever been
attempted, it is claimed by many
people.
BRIDGFS NOT. VERY POPULAR
ftir. ieeper says mat there is
not much to be expected from
Gaston in the matter of bridging
the Catawba, as far as he has
'been able to grasp, the situation
It appears that there is a larire
. .'
section ot tne county wnicii is
opposed to bridges, and their
strength is sufficient to make
any attempt along that line
futile, it is believed, There are
many people in the county who
want to see one or two good
bridges built across the Catawba
between Mecklengurg and - Gas
ton, but Mr. Leeper thinks there
will be little accomplished in
this line for some time yet.
The county of Gaston is ex
periencing a good deal of trou
ble in getting rock for macada
mizing, on account of the fact
that the farmers do not think
it worth while to haul rock at
the price paid, although it is as
high as that paid by other coun
ties of the section. The work,
nowever, nas not suttered seri
ously on this account, enough
macadam being available to keep
the road forces pretty busy.
The county is making great
strides in all industrial commer
cial Hues, however, and it is not
improbable that Gaston will in
a few years have an excellent
system ot good roads running
through the county like a net-
woric, anoraing mgnways pass
able at all times of the year with
out inconvenience, and offering
every facility for easy traveling1
WEDDING
furnish
. ' ? A SHoht Error. - ' '
A prominent surgeon, lecturing a
class of students, said: . . ."
"I was so excited at my first opera
tion that 1 made a mistake.' r "
"A Forions one,, sir r asked a'stov
fie:.,' ... ' '
-. '-. ti-V t'J surgeon answered. 1
0' "'- t cT V 9 wnrj Iosr.w fan An
invitations We can
them, either printed
on nice stock or, engraved, at
rensonable prices od promptly.
Give us your order. Gazette Pub
lishing Company, Gastonia, N. C. tf
Tb Oasette- for" first-elase printing: -
iOOKKEEPERS and business men
who have constant calculations
to .make ran obtain jrood unruled
scratch pads, ust the rijrht size for
the purpose, at The Gazette office at
6, cents'the pound. ; - - ti.
Charter Granted.
ine secretary or btate on
Wednesday issued a charter to
the Dunn Manufacturing .Com
pany of this city. The object
of the corporation, as'fet forth
in the charter, js to manufacture-yarns,
cloths and all kinds
of cotton fabrics. The au
thorized capital is $200,000, with
$50,000 subscribed. -The incor
porators, with number of shares
taken by each, is as' follows.
"Shares being $100 each : C. B.
Armstrong, 200 shares: C M.
Dunn, 50; W. T. Rankin, 50;
R. L. Swan, 50; R. P. Rankin,
20; G. A, Gray, 10;'S. S. Shu
ford, 20; Long Bros., 20; A. G.
Myers. 10; Eli Kendrick, 10;
W. H. Adams, 10; M. T. Wil
son, 10; E. L. Little, 20; S. N.
Boyce, 5; J. Lee 'Robinson, 5;
J. Lean Adams, 5; L. L. Jen
kins, 5.
Governor Glenn will deliver a
temperance address in Salisbury
on October 6th,
TLOBADORA COTTON. ,
IT DeWltte Martin Sends Gazette
Sample of Lonjf, Staple Cotton
Orwwn Ibis Season Claims It
v Can b'e Raised to Adraniale In
" Gaston. "
Mr D VVftte Martin, of route
No 1, vkboin addition to being
offi :al government crop reporter
fot Gaston County, is something
of a farmer himself, has been
experimenting -Nrith Floradora
long-staple cotton and sends The
Gazette a sample of some he
grew thjs season. . Accompany
ing the sample, he writes The
Gazette as follows:
"Find enclosed a boll, of the
now famous Floradora long
staple upland prolific cotton. It
can be demonstrated beyond the
shadow of aNloubt that long
staple cotton can be
successfully produced on
the sand hills of Gastofa county.
Floradora cotton is a remark
ably" vigorous grower and on
good soil will reach a height of
ten feet. It is not branchingjn
habit, but throws out straight
limbs loaded with cotton.
Floradora is enormously prolific.
The bolls are 5-locked and the
staple is equal to Allen's.
"This boll was picked lrom a
7- foot stalk and the fibre meas
ures from one and half to 1 and
M. iuches. U. S. measure. The
lint is snow wbitei of fine silky
texture, and can bed.stiuguished
in the dark from the short by
its silky and fluffy touch. It
sells in Memphis, Charleston
and Savannah at 20 to 30 cents
the oound and in Gastonia at a
couple oi cents higher than the
regular market price.
"The writer has been growing
long staple successfully for the
past three years. Last season a
stalk of Floradora reached a
height of nine feet and produced
586 bolls. The lint can be de
linted on the common saw-gins
in use in this county."
To Study Dentistry. r
Mr. Frank Anders will leave
today for Baltimore, Md ,
where be will er.?r he dental
l-.'partiTitnt f Hie Un:VfTMtv of
Maryland to r.n rure lnm"lf for
he dental pvofesMon Mr
Anders lias hern for s tn e
months with 'lie William Ding
Company. He is son of Air. A.
R. Auiiers.
EVERY HOUR OF THE DAY.
Frost Toirence & CoT, the reliable
Druggists of Gastonia, are having
calls for "Hindipo," the new Nerve
Tonic and Vitalizer. Cures Nervous
-Debility, Insomnia, Restores Lost
Vitality, that tliey are semnpr unaer
a positive guarantee.
Its merits are becoming the talk of
the town and everybody, wants to
try it, and why not? It costs noth
ing if it don t do you good not one
cent.
Thev don't want vour money if it
.does not benefit you, and will cheer
fully refund the. money. 1 ry it to
day. 1
Colporteur Chosen.
At a meeting of the Gaston
County Pastoral Association of
the Evangelical Lutheran chureh
Tuesday Mr. Henry Von Ohsen
of Orangeburg S. C, was chosen
colporteur for Gaston and Lin
coln counties, which this as
sociation covers. He will alsaj
probably work in other adjacent
territory under the direction ot
another pastoral association.
Mr. Von Ohsen will confine his
work strictly to the Lutheran
congregation in his territory.
The next meeting of the associ
ation will be held at Dallas No
vember 4th.
DALLAS DOTS.
(Crowded out of last issue.)
CorresDondonc ot The Gazette
Dallas, Sept. 16. The gTaded
school openecTlast Monday with
an enrollment ot J.OJ me nrst
day, an. increase of more than 50
on tne enrollment oi me nrst
day last year. The prospects
for a prosperous and a profitable
school year are very encourag
ing. ; -.- :. -
Misses Olive Scoter and Em-
raa L,ee carpenter, ot; tiaram,
have come to Dallas to take ad
vantage of the graded school.
They are both rooming , in the
graded school - building. Miss
Louise Mason, of Lowell, is vis
iting" her--ancle, Mr. O. ,F. Ma
son. Mr. L. M. Hoffman re
turned Friday from a yisit to rel
atives and. friends in Arkansas
and Missouri. v .'...
Electric lights have recently
been put in the Holy Commun
ion Lutneran cnurcn. r n e
arge chandelier in the center of
the church is the gift of Mr.
Ralph O. Fordham, a member
of the congregation.
- ROYAL ABCU MASONS.
Chapter Meeting Tuesday Alter
noon Banquet at The Tails
. House at NUht -Three Candi
dates Initiated.
There was a meeting of the
Chapter of the. Royal Arch
Misons at the Masonic Hall
Tuesday aftcrnoun at 5 o'clock.
There were several visitine com
panions from Charlotte. Lincoln
ton Chester and Bessemer City.
A banquet was served at the
Fall House about 9 P. M., after
which work was resumed and
continued iulo the wee small
hours.
This chapter of Royal Arch
Masons opens under mott prouiis
ing conditions. It has petitions
from 34 Master Masons for mem
bership at this time, who are
among the best citizenship of
the county, and many more to
fallow as soon as they cau be re
ceived. -Mr.
Alexander B. Andrews,
Jr., of Raleigh, is Most Excellent
Grand High Priest of North
Carolina. The officers of this
chapter, who were installed
Tuesday, are as follows: Excel
lent High Priest, R. B. Babing
ton; king, S. N. Boyce; scribe,
J. O. White; captain of the host,
A. G. Myers; principal sojour
ner, W. W. Glenn; Royal Arch
captain, E. G. McLurd; masters
of the vails, A. A. McLean, W.
N. Davis, and A. M. Dixon;
treasurer, R. L. Swan; secretary,
W. Y. Warren; 'sentinel, James
E. Falls.
Three bouncing, bucking pil
grims were led through the hot
sand of the desert and over
their perilous journey safely to.
their Mecc? Tuesday night.
The visiting Masons were: Dr.
F. M. Winchester, R. L. Kees
lerandH. M. Day, Charlotte;
W. T. Beamguard. F. E. Clin
ton, Thos. Tf B. Williams,
Clover, S. C; D. A. Garrison,
S. J. Durham, Bessemer City.
New Baptist Parsonage.
Work was commenced this
week on the removal of the
house now-standing on the cor
ner of South Stteet and Frank
lin Avenue to make room for the
handsome new parsonage which
Mrs J. D. Moore is to erect for
the First Baptist church. The
old building has been sold to Mr.
E. L: Little and he is moving it
to his lot on Oakland Avenue.
As soon as this is doue, work
will immediately be commenced
on the new parsonage, which is
to be a two-story building of 8
or 10 rooms, in modern style and
elegant finish, and will be erect
ed for the church at the cost of
Mrs. J. D. Moore.
We are prepared to extend our customers every accomnto3a
tion and courtesy their business will warrant
If,
you
v
hav
no account with us we invite you to open one. : v ; ; ;
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
We pay interest on savings deposits at the rate of 1e and
compound the interest quarterly. : : : .
R.
P. Rankin,
President
CITIZENS
IAUK
A. G. Myers,
Cashier.
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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 o! a corset. Don't take any other.
From $1.00 to $3.00.
We have the Dowager Corset,, made
the Royal Worcester Company, which is
stout ladies. The price is $3.00.
Don't forget the place.
by
for
THEYEAGERMFG. CO.
GASTONIA, N. C.
An Injustice.
Mr. Robert Hare says The
Gazette did him an injustice in
Tuesday's paper by the state
ment that he was discharged by
the management of the Loray
Mill. He says that he walked
drtyoluntairly and did not in
tended return. He says that
he understood, after he had left,
that the mill management would
not take him back; should he
desire to return- to work. The
statement in Tuesday's paper
was made on good authority and
was printed merely as an item
of news without any thought or
intention of doing an injustice
to anyone. In justice to Mr.
Hare, The Gazette gladly gives
his version of the case.
Cures Blood, Skin Diseases,
Cancer, Greatest Blood Puri
ler Free.
If your blood is impure, thin,
diseased, hot or full of humors, if
you have blood poison, cancer, car
buncles, eatinff sores, scrofula, ec
zemas-itching:, risings and bumps,
scabby, pimply skin, bone pains,
catarrh, rheumatism, or any blood
or skin diseases, take Botanic Blood
Balm fB. B. B.4. Soon all sores
heal, aches and pains stop and the
blood is made pure and rich. Drujr-
Kists or by express f I per large bot
tle, three bottles for $2.50 or b bottles
for $5.00. Samples free by witing
Blood Balm Co., Alanta, Ga. B.B. B.
is esDecialltf advised for chronic,
deeo-seated cases, as it cures after
all else fails. - F J18-8.
Every summer you read of somebody's barn being struck by lightnings
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 56-page book, "Rightly Roofed Buildings."
LONG BROS.
Exclusive Agents
GastonIarN. C.
NOTICE TO TAX-PAYERS
I will be in the following places on the dates
named for the purpose of receiving your taxes for'
the current year: f .
Thos. R. Patton, of Philadel-
phia, who died recently,' left j
over, a 'million dollars to the j
Pennsvlvanin Grand Lodge of
Masons for the erection and
maintenance of an orphanage.
Library Hours Chanted.
The directors of the Gastonia
Library. Association announce
that the hours for keeping the
library open will be in the future
as follows: From 10 a; tn. till
12 coon ani from 3 to 7 p. m.
These hours prevailed un
til a few months ago when a new
set of hours was made as an ex
periment For the past few
months the library bas been open
from 9 to 11 a. m., 3 to 5 p. m.,
and from 7 to 9 p. 'tn. Careful
records have been kept and it is
found that the hours originally
set and which are now reinstated
were the most convenient Jor the
largest number of people, hence
the action of the board.
'The Quell for flrst-cUss. printing;
Gastonia
Lowell
McAdenviile
Belmont
Mt. Holly
Stanley
CherryvIIIe
Diiling Mill
Bessemer City
Dallas
September
October
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25
26.
27;
30;
2t
3
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5
7
T. E. Shuford, Sheriff.
CATS'
WHISKERS.
Thcca Sensitive Oroane Ara a Ralte of
. Jung!e Days. .
It Is perhaps not generally known
that a cat's power of discernment, es
pecially 'at nltfbt, U due almost as
much to his wnu&ers as to his eyes.
To any one who goes to a menagerie
and looks at the slant cats of the for
estthe lion and his like the purpose
of these ribrissae, as science names
fhe hairs that project from the muzsle
and 'from above the eyes. Is evident
enough. ,
-They, are delicate organs of touch.
"wonderful mechanisms of - warning.
Each one grows from a follicle, -or
gland, nerved to exquisite sensibility.
Its slightest contact with any obstacle
Is distinctly f:t ly the animal, .though
the hair Itself la tongh and Insensible.
Tbo!e exaggerated whiskers on the
mnule often project to each sit! of
the animal so far that from point to
point tbey stretch to Just the width of
his body. 1
Imagine. n-w, a Iloa stealing through
a jnns at n'.sht tracking his prey,
where tlie stir of a twig gives alarm. ,
Ills long hairs Indicate through the
nicest nerves any oliject that may be
in his velvet itii. ' A touch stops him
short before pushing through some
close thicket where the rustling leaves
and boughs would tell aloud his presence,-.
Wherever his bead may, be
thrust i without a warning from ibe
vibrissas there bis body fflay j am
noiselessly, and It Is their aid. la con
junction with the f ft cushions of bis
feet, that enable him to travel as si
lently as the snV. -Scrap Book.
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'Totf vs been making love to om
ether girl."" - -
"How do yon knowT
"Because you've Improved so." V.'i.
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