GASTONIA POUJSHED TWICE A WEEK TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. Deveced t Um Protection f Hobm and the Interest of the County. $ UH A YEAH IX ADVANCE. INGLE CV'Y .5 CKNTS. GASTONIA; N. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1910. NO. 1 VVOL, 3UXI y;: To'" t IkaVo ii ii lL li f4 ,;i aenoi and Locals.?;. " 4A yol ting it mo. ' s ; , ' 'Z . fr'Long. "or 6peneer, " , vai here y.' iy on business." iiD. IJhall and Mr.: F. ,8. ColoTif uUtt, spent Sunday here. , -rMr. flfwn Willi! spent Sunday , with friends at Rulherfordton. ', V - j-Cottooa seed dm advanced to -BO'oents on the local market." ;. , Mrv Arthur Wlnget spent Sun ;;day at Plnevllle. :i; fj'A ; Mrs. George Wr. Wilson spent - yesterday In Charlotte --A " V 'Mr W. , O." Ruddock, formerly with the Torrence-Morrls Co. has 1 4 to CharlotU Jo workv:" v; 1 f 'Mr. . D. Relief, of Mount Hoi. V Iy, waa a business visitor In Gasto 'Bia Saturday. 'i jv'f AZ; '-Mr. Ralph Rankin wll return to. Chapel Hill this week after spending the holidays with bomefolks here. . Mr. C. Buff, of Llncolnton, was here on a visit to his' daughter, Mrs. X T. McLean, laat'wwl'-..rv- V J &. -Mr, " M. C. Arrowood. of Kings Mountain, route one, .was a business visitor In Gastonia yesterdays ; '. t - Mr. Robert Lore, of Chester, S. C. was the guest Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. John c. Moore. - . - Miss Bessie Johnson Is visiting , Miss Cora Smith and Mlas Jennie Hoffman at Columbia, 8. C. "" : . -There are fewer business .changes in Gastonia than usual for the first of the year. t . Mr. 0. B. Robinson left yester day for Hickory ' to resume his studies at Lenoir College. Good morning: , Are you still wearing jour New Year's resolu tions? , Miss Agnes Puett, of Lenoir, " 1 Mfl been visiting Mr. and Mrs. lahn for the past two weeks 11 this morning to her home. s Pauline Gwaltney, who has feuest of Mr. and Mrs. John -t.ui uejjyeieraay to net Yorkvlll.'. ; V;.; . 0. rv. Robinson returned If to Hickory to resume his jit Lenoir College after spend (lolidays with homefolks here. tsrs. Haney Stroup and Will I Lowell, left Saturday for tdlle, Ga., to enter the Mllf. llTelegraph School. . Vhia early In the year there If that 1910 will see sever- raslness . houses adorning t I John Lewis Is building a I comfortable cottage at Bel. I.lch he will occupy as soon jieted. " " - , .' ' W. D. Babington, of Shelby, tsterday In Gastonia and left i . ... j arcenoon ror Charlotte on pi Benjamin W. Atk Ins left Ly for Barboursvllle, W. Va ending the holidays here with Iks. , H. B.. Johnson, a welKo-do and a magistrate of Bethel Bp, York county, was In town by. i . oat ef the young folks who lome from college to spend the t have returned to their ' ra le' institutions and are agar down to work.; : . ' Burt Detter, a freight con- on 'the Southern running be- Charlotte ; and Greenville S. IT visitor In Gastonia yester- meetlna of the stockhotdera of "onla - Mutual ' Building and Relation will be' held at tne (1I on ' Thursday afternoon, 6th, at 8 oclock.v A t Hallie Torrence, who has ;nding the. Christmas holl iier home here,; win .return (rsday to Spartanburg to re- studies at Converse College or -the best serial stories ev. & in a newspaper will be fourth Estate" which' coti- " in iaieue .next Tuesday. Dont fall to read IL J.' L, : Pettus, a welWo-do route one, Belmont, was a VGastonla yesterday. Mr. Vrly Uved ln the Bethel 5f York county., . V 1 Pegram left yeeter amlet to resume her duties her ta the graded school af ling the holidays here with ta, Mr. and Mrs. F. "T. Pe- Cora Clarke left yesterday for Llncolnton. where She will spend a few days Vlth friends. from Llncolnton she will go to Pan- dridge, Tenn., where she expects to spend several months 't i: ' Mr. Charles Adams, son of Dr. Charles E. Adams, who haa been spending ' the holidays here, leaves today for Staunton.' Va., to resume his studies In the 8taunton Military Academy.-. . ' . : Mr. R. "C, Williams, an expert engraver and Jewelry, repairer, has accepted a position with the Tor- renceMorrls Co. and went to work the first. Mr... Williams comes from Monroe. He and Mrs. Williams are boarding at the Pegram bouse. "- Rev. John Hall will preach for the congregation at Chapel Lutheran church east of town Sunday, January 9, at 11 a. m. At this time the con gregatlon expects to choose a pastor to succeed Rev. W.' A. Deaton, who recently resigned.' . ?i ' ' Miss Ethel Baker, of Greensbo ro, baa assumed the duties of chief operator at the central office of the Piedmont Telephone tt Telegraph Co. Miss Lillle Brown has been add ed to the operating force at the cen tral office also. . , ? Mr. C. L: White, one of our good subscribers at Kings Mountain, In re newing his subscription says: think your, paper shows marked im provement for the past, half of the year."- Such words as these are highly esteemed by the editors - Rev. C. Y. Love, of Statesvllle, who haa been secured, by the Asso ciate Reforemed Presbyterian church to supply their pulpit while the pas tor, Rev.: Dr. J. C. Galloway, takes a needed rest, preached a most thought ful: and delightful sermon Sunday morning. , ; Miss .Marie Torrence spent Christmas week in Greensboro as the guest of Miss Sadie Royster, who en tertained a number .of her young friends ! With a house party. The week pVevlous shs attended the com- ng-oui typif OI tt'ss Katnenne imer at Charlotte which was quKe an elaborate holiday social event. The merchants who will do the biggest and .best business In Gastonia during the year 1910 will be the merchants who advertise persistently In Theyjazette. i It's the only way they can reach the baying people of Gaston county. Try it, - Mr. Mer chant, and you will find that we Know Just what we are talking about. Miss Bryte Baker returned tc her home at Kings Mountain Satur day' t&ter being the guest for a few days of Mrs. W. J. Clifford here. Miss Baker delighted the audience at the second production of "Alice in Wonderland' at the school auditor ium Friday night by her recitation, which was one of the several attract lve and Interesting specialties put on. v Prof. ;"E.vM. Wilson, of Haver- ford College, Ha verford. Pa.; Prof. .Wilson, of Guilford College; Dr, L. . Wilson, librarian of the University at Chapel Hill, and Miss Alice Wilson, of Lenoir, visited their brotherr Attorney Geo. W. Wilson, last week. Dr. L. R. Wilson attend ed the annual meeting of the South ern Educational Association at Char, 'orte and read a paper before the con vention. ; ' , ; Hon. Clyde R. Hoey. of 8helby, Iipent Sunday Jbere with; bis sister, Mrs. R,, Cv Warren, returning home yesterday . morning. Mrs. C.,1 R. Hoey and Capti S.; A. Hoey, who spent Several days here with Mr. and Mrs. Warren, returned to Shelby yes terday afternoon. : Mr. John E. Hoey Df Faison, also I spent Sunday here with them. ' He is a cousin of Mrs. Warren. ,'. iSr. lL Schneider Is having the 'nterlor of his store rearranged and will in the future occupy, the second floor as well as the first with his re- tall business. This was rendered aeoessary by the addition of the large stock -of goods tf the KendrJck-Tor- rence Co.. which he recently pnrchaa ed. ." The clothing department win be moved upstairs ' and . the ' downstairs will be need for dry "goods, notions, etc.: '- ' - v , . - ... Mr.' and Mrs.; W. L, Coon's two little girls, Lucile and Regina, Tare under quarantine at Hickory. They went up to spend the holidays with their grandmother, Mrs. W; E.' MU ler. and while there Mrs. MUlef war stricken with smallpox. 7 As a result hey will not be able to return home nntU the quarantine against them Is aised. In a conversation over: the phone with Mr. Miller Saturday Mr. Coon was Informed that there' were eighty cases of smallpox at Hickory. ' ! BINGHAM SCHOOL ROTES. -; Personal. Itus--DiUsulsh4 Wa, ; ; deals -New Student. Correspondence of The Gaiette, . ME BANE. Jan. 1. The Christmas holidays have been very pleasantly though quietly spent ' at Bingham 8chool. Messrs. Wheeler, of Okla homa,' Delaney, of Florida, andGotds by of Arkansas, remained at school, while Mr. Cabral, of Brasll, went to South Carolina visiting relatives of Major Hobson. : President and Mrs. Gray with sev eral of the children spent sevetal days in Greensboro shopping. They had a pleasant time and speak In warm terms of the excellances of Hotel McAdoo and its management, where they stopped. Miss Margaret Freeman, the school stenographer, enjoyed several daya vacation at her home in Burlington. Capt. Mau gans, the commercial teacher, re turned to his borne In Maryland for the holidays, taking cadet Joe C. Long, with him. Capt. 8. B. M. Ghiselin, teacher of science, French, etc., returned for the holidays to his home in West, Virginia. Miss Juanlta Noblitt, of Old Fort, has Just arrived at the school to help in the work of shorthand, bookkeep ing and teaching. . Miss Noblitt Is spoken of In highest terms by those for whom she lias worked In the past and it Is expected that her presence will be a valuable addition to the working force at Bingham. . . The students distinguished in stud les and scholarship on the last re port, which was mailed yesterday, are as follows, the names being giv en In the order of their standing: Isabella Gray, Eugene Sykes, Paul Gwyn, Carey Dowd, Herbert Gray, Albert Holmes, Ralph Holmes, Ger ard King. James Holmes, Leonard Wessell, Kessler Cobb, Bruce Camer on,, Wall ter Killough, Miles Goldsby Lacy Morrow, Olin Caldwell, Robert Guthrie, Carl Moore, Edgar Wood ley Nathaniel Cabral. Harry Gardner, Bingham Gray, Preston Gray, Joe Long, William Ralph, Bessie Craig, Robert Franklin, Frank Jones, Fred Morton, and Donald Powell. It Is expected that almost if not ev ery one of the old boys will be back in school after Christmas and no doubt several new students with them as there has been considerable correspondence from prospective pa trons in regard to entering their sons. Among others, Mr. Otto Frye who entered Bingham school some years ago from Central America and who Is now living in Brooklyn, N. Y., will return. Another old patron greatly pleased President Gray by writing that he wishes to return his wn after Christmas to the Bingham School near Mebane. since, after, try ing two other schools and one cot- ege, he had found the conditions at Bingham more to -bis liking' thany tny where else. Lowell Locals. Correspondence of The Gazette. LOWELL, Jan. 8. The surveyors of the trolley line had their head quarters j here' last week. Mrs, frank Robinson entertained a num ber of friends Saturday evening In honor of her sisters, Misses Emma, Treddie and . Flossie ; Steele, - of Mooresvllle. Messrs. Coitv Robin- ion and Gilmer Leonhardt were In Qastonift Thu rsday. Miss . Bessie Cox was the guest of Miss Estelle Rankin, of Gastonia, last week. Miss Grace Tltman. of Lowrysvllle, vho has been visiting Miss Myrtle ritman, returned home Thursday. Misses 'Mamie Ford and Kate .Ford were Gastonia ; visitors Thursday. Mrs: W. H. Holmes visited relatives n 1 Bessemer City last week. Miss Mary Wilson, of the. Union section, waa the guest of Miss Myrtle Tltman ast week. Messrs, John C. Rankin and Lin wood. Robinson "were Gasto pia. visitors. Thnraday. Mlas Nannie Warren, of Mount Holly, spent a few iays with' her brother, Mr. Newton Warren, last week. Miss Grace Cochran, of New Hope, visited Miss ellle' Tltman rurlng the Christmas holidays. Mr. P. W. Hand and Mr. T P. Rankin' were business visitors n Gastonia Friday. " v . " Dr. and Mrs. Hall Hand. of Plne- Jlle, who have been visiting rela- ives. returned home Monday. Mlss aura Featherstoa, who underwent successful operation at St. Peter's ospltal last week, is doing very welL Mr. P. P. Murphy spent the Christ; mas holidays with ' relatives at At kinson. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Allen, of Lucia, spent the week end with her: sister, Mrs. Long. Mr. D. W. Mitch em was a Charlotte visitor Saturday. Mr. D. H. Stowe. of Belmont, vis ited Mr. and Mrs. 8. J. Hand last week. Rev. W. E. Mcllwalne, of Charlotte, was the guest of Rev. R. A. Miller and preached in the Pres byterian church Sunday night. The Mines' Thornburg, of Bessemer City, were the guests of Mrs. W. H. Holmes last week- Mr. John Broom visited relatives in Yorkvllle Satur day. Mr. Dan Jenkins, of Charlotte, was In town faturday The waste house at the mill caught fire Sunday night but by heroic efforts it was. soon extinguished. A MESSAGE TO FARMERS. Dr. Knapp's Address at Charlotte, N. C, W1U Deal With Rural Proper ty. A great deal of Interest has been manifested, editorially and other wise, throughout the South, in the coming tour of Dr. Seaman A. Knapp of the Department of Agriculture in January, and many inquiries have been received by him asking what topics he will discuss on this Journey. Dr. Knapp has very kindly consented to furnish the press, and through the press the farmers, with the subjects of his addresses. At Charlotte, N. C, where he will speak on January 11, at 2:30 p. m., his topic will be "How to Make a State in Which the Rural Masses Will Prosper." His object in this address Is to impress upon the farmers of North Carolina some definite line of work, which, if consistently followed, will make North Carolina, with all its natural resources, a great State In which the rural masses will be pros perous. The same general method will be pursued In the addresses In the sev eral States, outlining in each such policies as are most Important and applicable to the rural population. JURY LIST. Names of Jurors Chosen for Feb ruary Term of Gaston Superior Court. The following are the names of the jurors drawn by the county commis sioners at their regular January meeting to serve at the February term of Gaston Superior Court, which convenes at Dallas on. the 28th p February: .FIRST WEEK. J. R. Ross, Mount Holly. E. B. Brlttain, Gastonia. C. E. Tucker, Belmont. A. F, Henry, dherryville. E. L. Little, Gastonia. J. W. Bumgardner, South. Point. W. H. Crocker, Cherry vllle. T. L. Craig, Gastonia. Math Qulnn; Crowders Mountain. J. H. Garrett, Crowders Mountain R. G. Brown, Cherryville. .B. F. Ormand, Crowders Moun tain. " George Wright, South Point. W. E. Farnsworth, Cherryville. J. W. Capps, South Point. W. S. Stowe, South Point. Lee L. Bryson, South Point. R. H. Thomas, South Point. - ... W. V. Ramsour, Crowders Moun tain. J. W. Atkins, Gastonia. W. M. Boyce, Gastonia. 8. C, Sipe, Cherryville. J. A. Hager, Cherryville S. Elmer Spencer, Gastonia. W. S. McKee, South Point. J. Boyce McGHl, Crowders Moun tain. '. J. O. Rankin, Gastonia. I. P. Brlsoo. 8outh Point. R. L. Rector, Dallas. . P. R.. Falls. Gastonia. .- D. A. Roberta, South Point B. T. Morris,' Gastonia. B. F. S. Austin, Gastonia. Perry -Dover, Gastonia. R. B. Shields, Gastonia. SECOND WEEK. 1 8. W. Wilson, South Point E. O. Webb, Dallas. Charles Llneberger, Dallas. J. D. Cole. River Bend. t L. A..T. 'McGInnas, Cherryville. E. Hope Adams! Gastonia. J. A. Smith, .Crowders Mountain. P. R. Hnffstetler, Gastonia. . S. N. Craig,' Sonth Point J. H. Curry, South' Point f Georgw F. Beam, Cherryville. ' ' John R. Hallman.' Cherryvnie. . W. EC Gardner, Cherryville. - W M. Costner, Cherryville. ' W. D. Crawford, Gastonia , -R. A. Lore, Gastonia. j. u. wuiiams. uasxonia. 1900 A OOOD YEAR. Gaatonla Haa Made Good Progress Along Many Line General Ilol Bens Has Beea Good and Outlook for Future Is Bright, Gastonia has no kick against 1909. The year which died Friday at mid night was a good year for the town and was a good year for the county. The business men generally, we be lieve, have been well pleased with the volume of business, the recuperation from the panicky days of the year previous having been as rapid or more so than had been expected. The aame is doubtless true of every town In the county. Tbe farmers, too. have had a good year. The cot ton crop was considerably off in quantity but the price received for the staple was such as to largely off set the deficit In the number of bales. Every product of the farm corn, wheat, hay, truck, poultry, eggs, but ter. In fact everything the farmer produces has brought a good price, there having been a steady Increase In the selling price of practically ev- evry article mentioned and others beside. In Gastonia the year just closed has witnessed a number of improve ments and forward movements which foretell even larger things for the fu. ture. Among the number a few which come to mind as this is written this does not purport to be a com plete catalogue of them by any means are the following, viz: Gastonia -was made the county seat by a vote of the people; a site was purchased, the contract let and work commenced excavating for the foun dation. Dirt was broken for a street rail way system to be constructed by a $300,000 corporation which had pre viously been granted a franchise. This line will eventually connect Gas tonia with Charlotte and the inter vening towns. The new auditorium at the Central graded school was completed, giving Gastonia one of the best school aud itoriums In this section. Free city delivery of mall was es tablished. A handsome $45,000 office build ing was begun and almost completed. The premises of the Central graded school were laid off by a landscape gardener and were graded and oth ?rwlse put in shape for the grassing his entire work having been done by he Gastonia Woman's Better Asso iatlon which has. taken a valuable inJ active part In the upbuilding of the town. A large number of new structures 'ncludlng residences, .store houses, jtc, have been erected. The building permits for the year. 1909 exceeded those of any previous year In the Mty's hlatorY.'v!:' The Southern's old water tank Was removed from York street -crossing. Aside from things material the town antf county has progressed sat- Isfactojftly along other lines. There naa sefTi a steady increase in the gen erttfi-lnterest in the county in educa tional matters. Several school dis tricts have evidenced a desire for better facilities and longer school terms by voting special taxes upon themselves. Mount Holly has built a handsome and commodious graded school building.- An experiment In conducting night schools for the ben e&t especially' of the young people who areemployed in the mills has been Inadgurated. While no figures are at hand to substantiate the state ment, it is doubtless true of religious matters as of those educational that they have claimed an Increased amount .of interest on the part of Gaston people. "That the year Just beginning promises to equal and not only so bnt to outstrip the past year In all these lines Is the general belief and expectation of our people. May It even be so. Miss Gertrude Glenn HL Her many friends will learn with profound sorrow that Miss Gertrude Glean is critically 111 at the City Hos pital, suffering from pneumonia which she contracted after coming to Gastonia 'from Greensboro, where she Is a student at the State Normal College to spend the Christmas boll- days here with her father, Mr. W. D. Glenn, and her sisters and brothers. Misses Carrie and Eala Glenn, Sr. L. N. Glenn and Mr. W. W. Glenn. An other brother. Prof. L. C Glenn, of the faculty ef Vaaderbllt University, Nashville, Tenn.,' Is also here spend ing the holidays and la detained here at her bedside. Her condition this, morning la quite. critical. but her friends are hoping for the best MR. A. J. GAMBLE DEAD. Gaston Loses Another of Its Aged Cltlaens Who Succumbed to Long Illneaa Served Throoghont War In Confederate Army Funeral and Burial at Piiigah. Death again Invaded the ranks of Gaston's aged citizens and those of the Confederate veterans when It claimed Mr. Andrew Jackson Gamble Sunday evening about 7 o'clock at his home on West Franklin avenue. The end was not unexpected as Mr. Gamble had been lu a critical condi tion for several days, having been confined to his bed for the past three weeks. Last March be suffered a se vere attack of grippe followed by pneumonia and since that time he had never been well, though able to be up and about the house a part of the time. The funeral party left the resi dence at noon yesterday and drove to Plsgah Associate Reformed Presby terian church where funeral services were conducted by the Rev. A. T. Lindsay, Interment following in the cemetery at that place. A large con course of relatives and friends of the deceased was present to attend the services. A number of relatives and friends went from Gastonia. Andrew Jackson Gamble was a son of John and Annie Gamble who came to Gaston from Ireland. He was born March 22, 1829, at the old Gamble home-place on Crowders Creek and was hence In his elghtty first year. His father and mother lie buried in the old Plsgah cemetery near Baker's mill. With tbe excep tion of four years spent in the Con federate army and the "pastv. three years spent In Gastonia, his entire I'fe was spent at his birthplace where he engaged in farming for many years. Three years ago his health failed to such an extent that, he was unable to give proper attention to his farm and it was then that he ' troved to Gastonia, renting out his property in the Pisgajh)t neighbor hood. After coming to Gastonia three years a'gone yaa'ever well enough to le ;uipt fcwntl -, Deceased was the Jast member of his family, lils'four brothers and five sisters having preceded him to the grave. He leaves a large number of relatives, however, in ''the county. Col. R. NVWHson, of Gastonia, was a full couslnl - . ... , w,4 February 27, 1873Mr. Gamble married Miss Rachel Walker Carson.4? a daughter of the late Andrew Car son, and she survives. Mrs. Gamble is a sister of Mr. K. W. Carton and Miss Margaret M. Carson, of Plsgah. Mr. Gamble served four years In the Confederate army as a member of Company H, Forty-Ninth North Carolina , Regiment. He a awcontln uous service and was atTApj&ntattox when, the surrender was made.' He was never seriously wounded. Deceased was a good, citizen, an k industrious farmer, a loyal member of the A. R. P. church and was held in the highest esteem by a very large number of friends and acquaintances. His widow and other close relatives have the sympathy of many in their bereavement. ADAMS-GORDON; Mr. Walter E. Adams, Gastonia Boy Now Living in - St. Lonis, Weds M ! w i-' I Charlotte Girl. 1 t . . At the home of Mr. and Mrs. J H. Mayes on East Morehead Street, Char , lotte, last evening at 6 o'clock Mr. Walter E. Adams,' son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Adams, of Gastonia, and Miss Alice Marian Gordon were married. The 'wedding was a quiet : home affair, the vowa being taken In the presence of relatives and a few close friends of the contracting par ties. Rev. Gilbert T. Rowe, pastor ; of Tryon '.Street Methodist church, " performed the ceremony. ': . ? 'v Miss Gordon, says The Observer, la one of Charlotte's most beautiful young ladies and haa endeared her- self to a host of friends there. The groom is a Gastonia boy who la snw- holding a responsible position as liu-. . ; otype machinist with the firm of Bux ton A Skinner; printers and manutse- turing stationers, at 8 1 Lou la where he haa been since last May. - Prior fe ,." that time Mr. Adams was connect? I ; with the mechanical department of The Charlotte Observer la a e!r t capacity. ., He Is a young man of - ergy and ability la his chosea line and his scores of fri- ods here will learn wltnvery'freat . Merest of his marriage. Mr. and Mr a. Adams left last night for SU Louis where thy will reside In the future. A . . .....

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