gold watch at depot
getting off train No. 41, Au
31st. Return to Mary McLean,
N. C. tf.
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J. Flem Johnson & Co. tf.
Almanacs at The
cents a copy.
PERSONAL MENTION.
—Mr. J. M. Wilson, of Lowell, was
In town Saturday.
—Mr. W. C. Abernethy spent yes
terday in Charlotte.
—Capt. Preno Dllling is over to
day from Kings Mountain.
—Mr. S. C. Cornwell, of Dallas, Is
In Gastonia to-day.
—Hon. 0. F. Mason was a visitor
to Charlotte yesterday.
—Mr. John M. Craig, of Charlotte,
was a Gastonia visitor yesterday.
—Mr. R. B. Babington made a bus
in ess trip to Blacksburg, S. C., yes
—Mr. Clyde Armstrong left thia.
morning for Oxford to resume his
studies at the Horner Military School
—Messrs. Charles and George
Leeper, of Belmont, were business
visitors In Gastonia Saturday.
—Supt. Joe S. Wray left Saturday'
for Shelby tu spend a few days with
homefolks.
'_Mr. Wash Holland, of Mount
Holly, was a business visitor in town
yesterday.
—Mr. R. L. {Swan returned Satur
day from a three weeks' business
trip to the North.
—Mr. L. S. Caldwell, of Maiden,
spent last night in Gastonia as the
guest of Rev. J. A. Hoyle.
—Mr. J. W. Stowe, buyer for the
well-known firm of Stowe Brothers
at Belmont, is in the Northern mar
kets purchasing the stock of fall
goods for his firm.
—Mr. J. F. Armstrong, chief clerk
for the Southern Railway here, left
to-day for Concord where he will
represent the road in the capacity of
agent in the future.
—Miss Margaret Crawford left
this morning for Chicago where she
will take a course'in the Moody Bi
ble School. Miss Crawford is a
daughter of Mrs. John Crawford who
lives near Pleasant Ridge.
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—Mr. T. B. Brown, manager of
the J. M. Belk Co’s, store, left yes
terday for New York and other
Northern markets to purchase the
fall stock of goods for this firm. HO
will be absent from town for ten lays
or two weeks.
I
U* Tnhn T Hroon fho nVintnP’
rapher, leaves to-day for Greensboro
to attend the annual meeting of the
Tri-State Photographers’ Associa
tion. Mrs. Green will accompany
him part of the way and will go to
Davie county to visit relatives. They
will be absent about a week.
—Mrs. C. S. Goza, representing
the Argo Red Salmon Co., with Sou
thern headquarters in Atlanta, is
giving an exhibition of the many
ways in which this article may be
made into tempting dishes. The ex
; hlbltlon is at Yeager’s and will con
| tlnue through Thursday of this week.
—Mr. P. A. Costner has accepted
a position in the dry goods depart
ment of the J. M. Belk Company
where he will be pleased to greet all
of his friends. Mr. Cpstner has had
large experience in this line and is
thoroughly at home when using the
yardstick.
—Mr. J. J. J. Robinson, of Hick
ory Grove, York county, is spending
a tew days in Gastonia with friends.
He lives on the Broad river in the
extreme western portion of the coun
ty and says that dBMng the recent
flood this Btr'eam^as 83 feet high,
the highest ftiihas .lfljeh within the
•memory of any living inhabitant of
that part of the country.
-—Mr.- ■‘Ftfbmafl-fttaham. of Tale
quah, Oklahoma, left Gastonia last
night for his Western home after a
visit of several weeks to relatives and
friends in Mecklenburg, his old home
county. He was accompanied by
Mr. Oscar Kirkpatrick, of Charlotte,
who goes to make his home in Tale
quah. Mr. Graham is associated in
business there with Mr. J. W. Reld(
formerly of Gastonia, who has also
been here on a visit to relatives, hav
ing returned home last week.
NOTICE.
All members of Gastonia Lodge
No. 188 I. O. O. P. are requested to
be present Thursday night, Sept. 3,
1908. Important business to be
transacted. Don’t fail to come.
J.E. MCALISTER, N. U.
S. S. MORRIS, Secy.
LIST OF ATTRACTIONS.
Manager CavU. of the Gastonia
Opera House, has booked the follow
ing attractions for the coming sea
son. The list Is only partial, aB he
expects to secure other good shows,
and Is not In the order In which they
will appear:
Polk Miller and Quartette, Sep- 17.
Coburn’s Greater Minstrels, Oct. 1.
Uncle Josh Jenkins, Oct. 3.
Black Patti, Oct. 6.
The Clansman, Oct. 7.
Buster Brown, Victor's Band,
1 'rshua Simpkins, The Governor’s
Pardon, Was She to Blame, A Texas
Ranger, Midnight Flyer, Durno, Cav
eny and Shungopovi, Demorest Com
edy Company, Williams Comedy
Company, Uncle Hex, Under Two
Flags, Dixie Minstrels.
Gastonia Cotton.
These figures represent the prices:
paid to wagon Aug. 28.
Good middling.>. ....10di
strict middling.10%
Middling..10%
cotton seed . 18c.
LOWELL LOCALS.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
LOWELL, Sept. 1.—This beauti
ful sunshine makes us feel Joyful af
ter such a long rainy season as we
have' had.—Miss Janie Baker has
been visiting Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Ba
ker for the past week.—Mr. Law
rence Wilkerson, of Charlotte, was
in town Monday to see frienls.—The
South Fork river. rose very high
Tuesday, lacking about two feet of
reaching the bridge.—Mr. Earl Pe
gram, of Gastonia, was in town Tues
day on business.—Among the visit
ors from Gastonia Tuesday was Mr.
W. L. Balthis.—Miss Bessie Costner,
of Dallas, Is visiting friends in town
this week.—Mr. Lester Dameron who
has been visiting friends, returned
home Tuesday.—Mr. Hall Mingus is
visiting friends in High. Point this
week.—Messrs. J. R. TItman, M. A.
and G. A. Teague and W. F. Hug
gins attended' the Republican con
vention In Charlotte last week.
Mr. A. R. Leonhardt, mail carrier
on route No. 2, could not get any
farther than Spencer Mountain Wed
nesday and Thursday on account of
the heavy rains.—Mr. Mitchell, our
new barber, was in Charlotte on bus
iness Wednesday.—Miss Mabel Leon
harlt entertained a number of her
young friends at her home Thurs
day efqntng from 8 to 11. Every one
naa an eujuj'auio —uwoo "***'
Hudson left Thursday for her home
hear Charlotte after a week's visit to
Miss Virginia Robinson.—Mr. Colt
Robinson was a Charlotte visitor
Thursday.—Mr. T. P. Rankin waB in
Gastonia Thursday- on business.—
Messrs. Jim and Dave Mitchem were
business visitors to Gastonia Thurs
day.—Mrs. Mary Glenn, of Charlotte,
is visiting Mrs. G. A. Baker, and Miss
Jennie Baker, of Hopewell.—Mrs. A.
R. Leonhardt and Mrs. T. P. Rankin
were Chariotte -visitors Friday.—
Messrs. Will Baker, and Colt Robin
son will leave for Davidson College,
where they will resume their studies.
—Mr.L. E. Rankin attended the Re
publican convention which was held
is Charlotte last, week.—Mrs. Tom
Ford’s two sisters, who are from
Whitmire, and Miss Mary Wilson are
visiting Mrs. Tom Ford.—Mrs. Sarah
Reid has been confined to her bed for
several days.—Mr. B. T. Leonhardt
was in Charlotte on business Friday.
_Mrs. B. F. Leonhardt returned
from the hospital at Charlotte Sat
urday. She is much improved.—
Mr. Gilmer Leonhardt was a Gasto
nia vlsitor-Saturday.—Mr. S. L. Bal
lard, a tank contractor, was visiting
friends iff' Lowell Friday.—Mr. Geo.
-Ford attended the picnic at Bethes
da Saturlay.—Mrs. Tom. Ford had a
lawn party Saturday at her home.—
Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Rankin visited
friends In Belmont Sunday.—Mr.
Rob Adams, of Gastonia, was in
town on business Saturday.—Miss
Myrtle McRnlght, of Lincolnton, is
visiting Misses Aure and Pearl Ford.
—Mrs. Lloyd Summerville, of Char
lotte. Is visiting MrB. D. H. Cox.—
Mrs. T. P. Rankin will leave for
Greenville, S. C„ Thursday to visit
her sister, Mrs. A. B. Julian.
POLK MILLER QUARTETTE.
Manager Cavls has an opportuni
ty of securing the celebrated POLK
MILLER and his QUARTETTE for
one night, Thursday Sept. 17th, un
der a guarantee. All who are Inter
ested and will subscribe to one or
more tickets please call at TORREN
CE’S drug store as-early as conven
ient aB this offer Is only for a limit
ed time. This was the most talked
of attraction that has ever played
Gastonia, and when here last only
had a very small audience, and as so
many have expressed a desire to have
Mr. Miller here again. There ought
not to be any trouble In securing
this date, as Mr. Miller only plays a
town once in three years. This may
be your last opportunity to hear the
greatest delineator of the old South'*
NEGRO dialect and his Famous Quai
tette. Mall orders from out of town
patrons will have prompt attention
and will be reserved in the order re
ceived.
_AttenJ the Bryan-Kitchln Clul
meeting at the city hall to-night at 8
o’clock.
BRYAN THEIR CHOICE.
M.ih -ch in (lie North Enthusiastic
Supporters of Democratic Nominee
—What a' Gastonia Man Saw and
Heard in Northern Cities.
Mr. R. L. Swan, owner and propri
etor of the well-known clothing and
gents furnishings store of Swan
Blater Company and one of Gasto
nia’s most Enterprising and public
spirited business men, has Just re
turned from a three-weeks stay in
New York, Baltimore and other
Northern market centers.
When seen at his store, corner
Main avenue and South streets yes
terday, he was busily engaged In
opening up new goods Just from the
fashion centres but paused long
enough to tell The Gazette man
something about his trip. In re
sponse to a question by the newspa
per man as to how things are going
in the North politically, Mr. Swan
replied emphatically and without hes
itatlon, ’’Everything is for Bryan."
During his stay in New York he saw
many evidences of the strong and
growing hold that the Peerless Ne
braskan has on the laboring classes
and the middle classes; in fact on all
save the possessors of predatory
wealth—the trust magnates and the
capitalists.
"The folks who labor for a liv
ing,” continued Mr. Swan, "are tired
of the Roosevelt reign and the full
dinner pail that Isn't full. They are
tired of his demagoguery. They
have lived to realise that all his rant
ings against the truBts and grasping
corporations are but the vain vapor
Ings of insincerity. With all the de
nunciation of the trusts they have
heard for the past seven years they
have not seen a single octopus put
out of business.”'
"Then again they don’t like this
panic and.none of us are particularly
pleased with it as for that. All the
previous panlcs*In this country have
been laid at the ‘doors of the Demo
cratic party but the burden of this
one must be borne, they say, by the
Republjcans. They look to Bryan
and. the Democratic party as their
only means of salvation from the
present deplorable condition - of af
fairs. And they are going to vote
the Democratic ticket. Bryan’s
chances, as conceded by nearly eve
ry man one meets In the metropolis,
are splendid for carrying New York.”
"In Baltimore, while I was there,
there were several Bryan rallies and
the enthusiasm, displayed was .an un
mistakable evidence that that is a
Bryan city. The traveling men are
almost a unit for him and they are
spreading the good news everywhere.
My prediction is that Bryan will be
our next President.”
While Mr. Sw»n was talking poli
tics The Gazette man had his eyes as
well as his ears open and took note
of the fact that his firm Is opening
up a swell line of fall goods. In
fact, he was thoroughly convinced
that Mr. Sjran has purchased for bis
fall trade without a doubt the-very
best and most varied line of goods
the firm has ever handled and that
is saying much when the fact»ls con
sidered that the firm of Swan-Slater
Co. has one of the nobbiest and most
up-to-date stocks In the State. Mr.
Swan spent three weeks in selecting
his goods and, taking his time, he
was enabled to get the very latest
ana UtJot iu iue uiai ftct, iuid ***»«
evidently of the opinion that a reviv
al-of business to a very marked de
gree Is coming along with the elec
tion of Bryan and they are prepared
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Mrs. Gunness.
The wholesale murderess of Ba
Porte, Ind., whose crimes startled
the world, will be portrayed in life
motion pictures at the AmuseU this
afternoon and night. The most sen
sational picture seen here.
—Attend the Bryan-Kitchin Club
meeting at the city hall to-night at 8
o'clock.
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John D. Rockefeller .has offered
Richmond College, at Richmond, Va.,
$160,000 on condition that the Bap
tists of the State raise $360,000.
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well-dres»t|| 'man'J|H
you meet, where he bought his
new fall suit. We are reasonably
sure he will say at THIS store
=sr*si&imm
Our large stock of HIGH ART CLOTHING for men is at
tracting scores of them hereevery dav. The
patterns please one, thfe fit another, the
style a third, the workmanship a fourth
--each chobsing for a different rea- f i
son, yet practially all for the
same reas ojj>^ ~~ :^Sh|
The all-around satisfaction that a h,GHart8UIT invariably.gives
HIGH ART CLOTHING*is stylish, *weii-made,
perfect-fitting and guaranteed to give you service.
Combine that with our moderate prices and you
will have on the tips of your five fingers the rea
sons why HIGH ART CLOTHING is sqfely worth buying!
J. M. Belk Co.
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SCHOOL OPENING POSTPONED.
Much Sickness Among Children of
Dallas the Cause—Misses Puett En ,
tcrtuln—A Revival. -
Correspondence of The Gazette.
DALLAS. Aug. 31.—Misses Bess
and Corlnne Puett entertained a num
her of their friends very delightfully
last Friday evening. An Interesting
contest was held In which several of
the contestants were successful. The
prize was, however, drawn for and
won by Miss Ellse Hart, of Charles
ton, S. C., who was the guest of the
Misses Puett. At the conclusion of
the contest dainty refreshments were
served in the dining room, beautiful
hand painted place cards being at
each guest's plate. The remainder
of the evening was enJoyably spent in
playing games and listening to both
vocal and Instrumental music.
To-day was the time appointed for
the opening of the graled school; but,
owing to the fact that there is at
present much sickness among the
children of Dallas, the members of
the School Board deemed it wise to
postpone the opening of the school
for two weeks.
A revival meeting was begun yes- j
terday morning at the Methodist i
church. The meetings will continue
throughout the week. The pastor
will be assisted by Rev. Mr. Ware, of
Gastonia.
Mrs. Miles Hoffman and Miss Sa
rah Hoffman have returned from a
visit to relatievs at Caroleen.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ramsaur, of
Lincoln county, were the guests last
week of Mrs. Ramsaur’s mother,
Mrs. Jonas Hoffman.
Attention Fanners.
We are now ready to gin your cot
ton. Electric power; new saws; new
bagging and second-hand bagging.
Mr. Carson is with us again. Gas
tonia Oil Mill. S 25 c lm.
Mrs Gnnness.
The wholesale murderess of Ba
Porte, Ind., whose crimes startled
the world, will be portrayed in life
motion pictures at the AmuseU this
afternoon and night. The most sen
sational picture Been here.
An Invitation.
We are having a demonstration on
Argo Salmon at our store. Will be
glad to have every lady in town to
call and get a sandwich.
YEAGER MF(J CO.
—Mr. W. G. Separk, of Raleigh,
representing the Old Dominion Sta
tionery Co.. Is here spending a few
days with his brother, Mr. J. H. 8e
park. k.
‘ \* . £ . ■ • . * £a ’ smnK
——^■
Attention
Farmers
We Are Now Ready to Gin Tour
' Cotton
Electric power; new saws; new
bagging and second band
bagging; Mr. Carson with n#
aeain. * 1§?3S
Gastonia Oil Mill
—-—v
Gastonia, N. C.
Sept. 25clmo.
■_m
Owen by-Thornburg.
At the home of the bride’* mother
at the Modena Saturday night at 8:
30 o'clock Min Llnnle L. Thornburg
wpk married to Mr. John C. Owenby.