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VOL. XXXI
GASTONIA, N. C..FRID AY. JANUARY 28, 1910.
NO. 8
Personals and Locate
OVER GASTON COUNTY.
TERSE TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
Lowell Locals.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
LOWELL, Jan. 27. Mr. and Mrs.
Delambert Stowe visited 'Mr. and
Mrs. S. - J. Hand Sunday. Messrs.
Green Stowe, of Belmont, and J. R.
Henderson, of the Union section,
were in town on' business Tuesday.
-JMrs. John Brown is ill with grip.
Mr. T. P. Rankin spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Rankin, of
'Belmont. Miss Laura Featherston
returned from St. Peter's Hospital
Tuesday.-i-Mr. S. J. Hand was a Gas
tonla visitor Tuesday. Mrs. John
M. Gaston is Indisposed this week.
Mr. Qulnn Ford was a business vis
itor in Gastonia Tuesday. Miss Vir
ginia Robinson visited Mrs. Mc
Dowell at Bessemer City-last week.
Rev. G. L. Cook, of Westminster,
was the guest of Rev. R. A. Miller
Tuesday night. Mrs. Frank , Robin
son has recovered from an attack of
grip. Revs. G. L. Oook and R. A.
Miller attended a called meeting of
Presbytery in Gastonia Wednesday.
DISASTROUS FLOODS.
Prance Suffers Loss of Over Hun
dred Thousand Persons by Terri
ble Floods.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Paris France, dated January 25th
says:
The floods have brought disaster
to a large part of France. The
Seine te now a raging torrent and
rising at the rate of more than half
an inch an hour. As it furiously
rushes seaward it sounds the mes
sage of Increasing misery and de
struction. The official estimate to
night Is that the Seine will be at
least fifteen inches higher by tomor
row afternoon.
The victims of the flood number
more than a hundred thousand and
the monetary loss is incalculable.
Thousands of poor are hopelessly
.ruined and -are fleeing to , Paris. The
government? by urgent measures,
Tias requlstioned army and navy ma
terial to house the sufferers, and
boats for the assistance of the strick
en, as well as those imprisoned in
the houses in the flood centers on
all sides of Paris.
JThe region of inundation is
steadily enlarging, and villages in
scores of places are completely sub
merged, the people fleeing for their
lives and abandoning everything. In
many cases the soldiers have been
obliged to use force in compelling
the inhabitants to evacuate their
homes. Hundreds of them refused
to leave, clamoring only for food
and water.
In Paris the situation is rapidly
becoming worse, the floods sparing
neither the rich nor 'the poor.
The flood is insiduously invading
the compactly built area on either
side of the winding Seine, under
mining the residences and public
buildings, and forcing the evacua
tion of many houses. All the
streets In the southeastern section
are running rivers. Every hour
helps to complete the tie-up of the
telephone, telegraph and railroads.
The subway and tram services are
diminishing, and in every section
gas and electric lights are failing:.
Paris is practically cut off south
and west, and if the present condi
tions continue, the question of food
supplies wfll become menacing. The
Senate today unanimously adopted
an appropriation of $400,000 for na
tional relief and various " societies
are sending out calls for aid. Pres
ident Fallieres heads the list with
$4,100, and other gifts aggregate
$40,000.
The entire population of Irvy-Sur-Selne
and adjacent places which are
completely covered with water, are
In a desperate state. Only the tops
of the houses at AlfortvilFe are vis
ible, the water averaging twelve
feet In the streets. At this place
since 6 o'clock this morning, three
thousand persons have, been rescued
by boats and thirty thousand othersJ
have found safety by their own ef
forts. In many : towns along the
rivers the houses are' collapsing and
the wreckage is whirled off In the
stream. -
The river authorities early this
morning announced that the Seine
would continue to. rise until Thurs
day, and will exceed the high, rec
ord of 1802.
The feine at Colombes, threatens
momentarily to mount the parapet
and. flood the populous working
tlass suburb of Gennevlllierg, miles
A NEW REGULATION. '
Postmaster General Issues Order
Forbidding Placing of r Locee
Coins in Rural Route Boxes.
The Gazette published an article
some weeks ago calling the atten
tion of patrons of the rural routes
to the fact fha,t' the postofftee de
partment strongly urged such patrons-
not to leave loose coins in
thei matt boxes, as such a course
entailed a great deal of extra worry,
trouble and loss of time on the car
riers. The department has now gone a
step further and issued an order to
the effect that after February 15th
carriers will not be required to col
lect loose coins and those leaving
them in their boxes wfll run the
risk of having their mail delayed.
Postmaster B. G. Bradley has re
ceived the following letter, which
explains itself:
January 25, 1910.
The Postmaster, '
Sir:
In view of the extent to which the
practice of placing, loose coins in
boxes 'by rural patrons has grown,
and the delay in the delivery and
collection of mail and the hardship
Imposed on rural carriers incident
thereto, you are informed that, com
mencing February 15, proximo, ru
ral letter carriers will not be re
quired to collect loose coins from
rural mail boxes.
Patrons should enclose coins in
an envelope, wrap them securely in
a piect of paper, or deposit them in
a coin-holding receptable, so they
can be easily and quickly, taken
from the boxes, and carriers will be
required to lift such coins, and,
where accompanied by mail for dis
patch, attach the requisite stamps.
This should be properly announc
ed to the rural patrons through
whatever means you may employ,
without expense to the Department,
and you are at liberty to give the in
formation embodied herein to yoty
local papers for publication, if they
so desire. i
Respectfully,
P. V. De GRAVV,
Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen.
Aslievillc to Have Institutional
Church.
Gazette-News, 25th.
Last evening when the official
board of Bethel Methodist church
met in quarterly conference, it was
decided' to build an annex to the
present structure and do institution
al work. The congregation has been
increasing of late, and the members
are becoming so enthused that it is
believed the project will be a suc
cess. A considerable sum of money
has been subscribed toWard the
building. It is planned to install a
steam heating plant, put in shower
baths, a reading room, a lunch coun
ter, a barber shop, a new lecture and
Sunday school room and some other
departments.
A Pointer for Retail Dealers.
Merchants' Journal.
The retail consumers of today can
not be held long in any section of
the country by past favors or ac
commodations. People are too pros
perous and independent, and "all
debts cancelled" conies pretty near
meaning they will go where they
please next time, and where they
please means to the man who gets
the nearest to them through wide
awake methods (advertising) and
plain talk which tells of goods to
gether with an up-to-date way of
showing them.
A "High Society" Stunt.
Monroe Enquirer.
Senator B. R. Tillman Is again in
the lime light. As the Wilmington
Star says, strange the social trans
formation sometimes worked by po
litical success. A few years ago Till
man was a "one gallus" farmer in
high top boots; now he is defendant
in a suit of habeas corpus to recov
er the grandchildren of an aristo
cratic Governor and Minister to Rus
sia. The "highest" society in New
York could crave no more than that!
northwest of the center of Paris.
This place has a population of about
7,000.
The military authorities have tel
egraphed to the generals in the pro
vinces to hurry pontoons, bedding
and sappers to the points where the
floods are most severe. l- '
J WEDDING ANNOUNCED.
MIms Kdith Fayttsoux Entertains
ttann Kouci and S. D. Clubs With
Party Announcing Her Approach.
lug Marriage to Mr. Walter Hal-
elgh Jones. -
At her home on Long avenue
Tuesday afternoon from 4 to 6
o'clock .'Miss Edith Fayssoux delight
fully entertained the members of the
Sans Soucl Club, of which she is a
member, and of the S. 'D. Club, of
which her sister, Miss Blossom
Fayssoux, is a member, together
with a few other friends with an an
nouncement party. The occasion
was also in honor of Miss Blossom
Fayssoux seventeenth birthday.
As they arrived at the Fayssoux
home the guests were greeted by the
Misses Fayssoux and were shown in
the parlor. Later they were con
ducted to the dining room where
progressive hearts was played, fur
nishing much pleasatnt amusement
for the guests. As they entered the
dining room the "wedding march was
played and they departed therefrom
to the strains of the recessional.
The score cards, which were dainti
ly done by hand, were in the shape
of two hearts fastened together with
ribbon. On one side was the an
nouncement reading, "Edith White
Fayssoux, Walter Raleigh Jones,
March 2, 1910." On thejsame side
also appeared the words, "BloBSom
Fayssoux, 1893-1910." On the re
verse side was an appropriate quo
tation from Longfellow.
Under the cards were the ring,
money and thimble . which were
found by Mrs. W. B. 'Morris, Miss
Louie Fry and Miss Lucy Boyce re
spectively. Delicious refreshments
were served and the entire occasion
was a most interesting and pleasant
one to all present.
The announcement of the ap
proaching marriage of Miss Fays
soux to Mr. Jones was heard with
interest by their many friends here
and elsewhere. The bride-to-be is a
young lady of many charms of per
son and character. Df rare beauty
of person, she is accomplished and
attractive and has a wide circle of
friends. 'Mr. Jones was formerly a
resident of Gastonia, having until a
year or so ago held a position with
the insurance department of the
Gastonia Insurance & Realty Co. He
is now engaged in the real estate
business in Western Canada but is
spending the winter at Greensboro
and Mt. Airy, his home. He is a
promising young business man and
has a large circle of acquaintances
and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Jones
will make their borne in Canada.
Serving Oysters.
Don't forget the the ladies of the
Woman's Betterment Association are
serving oysters, cream, cake, etc.,
this evening and all day tomorrow
in the Kendriek-Torrenee building.
Don't fail to patronize them and
thus help to increase the fund they
are raising for the improvement of
the s hool grounds.
James If. Cu!p Head.
Mr. .lames 11. Culp died at his
home in Belmont at an early hour
yesterday morning rem t'ae infirmi
ties of old age, being between 80
an1 SI years old. Mr. Culp'3 death
followed in less than a week after
that cf his wi'e, Mrs. Mary Culp, an
account of whose death last Friday
night appeared in Tuesdays Ga
zette. Mr. Gulp's funeral was con
ducted at the home at 2 o'clock this
afternoon by Rev. R. A. Miller, of
lxwe!l, and the body interred in the
Belmont cemetery.
Notice of New Ads.
Swan-Slater Co. Money saved is
money made.
Tucker & Springs, Mount Holly
Big removal sale of general mer
chandise. T. E. Shuford, Sheriff, Notice to
taxpayers.
First National Bank Who is
your financial physician.
Frost Torrence & Co. Old En
glish floor wax and Brightener.
Rankin Furniture Co. A little
reflection.
N. P. and E. , R. Cannon Fine
platntation .for 6ale.
Mr.; Earle Morrow, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Pelham Morrow, of Ham
let, was married at that place last
night to Miss Mirjorie Page. Mr.
Mrrow formerly lived in Gastonia
and his many friends will be inter
ested in learning of his marriage.
REV. DR. JAMES BOYCE DEAD.
Prominent A. R. P. Minister and
President of Woman's College at
Due West Succumbs to Fatal Ill
ness of Week End of an Active
and Useful Career.
Reij. Dr. James Boyce, President
of the Woman's College at Due
West, S. C, and a brother of Messrs.
W. ht and S. N. Boyce, of this city,
who suffered a stroke of paralysis
on Monday night of last week, and
has since been hovering between
life and death, succumbed to the ill
ness at 3 o'clock yesterday morning.
The ews of his death, which reach
ed Gastonia early yesterday morn
ing, brought great sadness to the
many friends of Dr. Boyce in this
his native county, who have been
hoping for the past week or more
that he might rally from the effects
of the severe stroke suffered last
week and recover.
For more fchan nine years Dr.
Boyce has been president of the
Woman's College at Due West, and
under his guidance the institution
had prospered greatly and made
most gratifying progress. Dr.
Boyce was one of the most promin
ent ministers of the Associate Re
formed Presbyterian church, and in
his death the church suffers a great
loss.
Funeral services in memory, of the
beloved minister and educator whose
passing casts such a gloom over the
college community of Due West
were held in the Associate Reform
ed Presbyterian church at that place
this morning at 10 o'clock, being
conducted by Rev. Dr. F. Y. Pressly,
president of Erskine Theological
Seminary, following which the body
was aid tenderly to rest in the Due
West cemetery.
Dr. Boyce is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Rachel Boyce, of Gas
tonia his widow. . four .daughters,
Mrs. J. P. Pressly, of 'Morehead, Ga.,
and Misses Bessie, Rachel and Mary
Boyce, of Due West; three sisters,
Mrs. R. C. Burno, of Greensboro,
Mrs. James H. Kennedy, Gastonia,
and 'Mrs. W. F. Wideman, df Long
Cane, S. C, and two brothers,
Messrs. Samuel N. and W. Meek
Boyce, of Gastonia.
The following sketch of Dr.
Boyre's life is taken from the Cen
tennial History of the Associate Re
formed Presbyterian Church:
James Boyce was born in Gaston
county, January 25, 1860. His
father was 'Rev. E. E. Boyce and his
mother Miss Rachel E. McElwee. He
had good educational opportunities
in his youth. When 1 3 years of age
he spent some time at Elk Shoals
Academy. The influence of the
teachers, especially Rev. W. B.
Pressly, the principal, was very
great, and was a blessing and great
factor in the formation of his char
acter. ITe graduated from Erskine
College in 1878. During the three
years spent In college he lived with
his uncle, Dr. James Boyce, and en
joyed the best of opportunities for
the development of character.
He joined the church, under the
pastorate of his father, at Bethany,
York county, S. C. He was received
as a student of theology, September
2fi. 1 879, by the First Presbytery at
a called meeting at Union, S. C. He
received his theological training at
Erskine Theological Seminary, Due
West, S. C. He was licensed by the
Firpt Presbj-tery at Philoh, Lancas
ter county, S. C, September 7, 1881,
Dr. I athan officiating. He was or
dained by the Kentucky Presbytery
at Hinkston December 1 6, 1 882. For
one year after licensure he assist
ed Ma father, who at that time had
rhnrre of Risgah, Bethany, Kings
Mountain and other congregations.
The Synod of 18S2 appointed him to
work in Louisville, Ky. He was
twice Invited to return to Bethany.
He was called as the pastor of the
Seventh Chestnut Street church,
Louisville, Ky., in 1884, and was in
stalled October 3. The church pros
pered under -his ministry. He de
nutted this charge in October, 1896,
to a.cept a call to lluntersville, N.
C. He was installed there February
1, 1 8 97. ' He demitted this charge
April 1, 1899., to accept the presi
dency of the Due West Female Col
lege. October 17, 1883, at Head
quarters, Nicholas county, Ky., he
was married to Miss Jennie Isabelle
Thompson. .Rev. James Boyce had
been stated 'clerk of synod since
1890 and assistant clerk of First
Presbytery since 1897.
Breezy . Ilrlefs Bunched for Busy
Readers A Concise Chronicle of
North State News and Miscellan
eiAin Matters.
The three-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Grover Shoffner was
burned to death at Burlington Tues
day. A three-days session of the asso
ciation of city school superintend
ents of the State began at Durham
yesterday with a large attendance.
The city and county authorities at
Statesville have issued an order for
the compulsory vaccination of all
persons who have not already been
successfully vaccinated.
At Rock Hill, S. C, Tuesday the
real estate holdings of the late Capt.
W. L. Roddey were sold at public
auction bringing a total of $240,000.
Most of it was bid in by his widow.
Sixteen Congressmen have intro
duced bills calling for an increase
rn the pay of rural mail carriers. If
these bills are enacted into law it
will add $6,000,000 annually to the
expense of the Postofflce Department
Yesterday the State Board of Ed
ucation met at Raleigh and appro
priated the $100,000 which is annu
ally appropriated to the "pauper"
counties in order that they may be
able to keep their schools open dur
ing four months of each year.
Spartanburg is to have a large
new hotel. Mr. J. T. Gresham, pro
prietor of the St. John at Charleston
and of a large number of eating
houses along the line of the South
ern Railway, is interested in the new
project.
The Newton graded schools have
closed down on account of smallpox.
Senator Overman Tuesday intro
duced bills providing for $60,000
for a public building at Oxford and
$30,000 for improvements at Reids
ville. Davidson county citizens are
kicking because so many railroad
dam&ge s'ults are transferred to that
county from Rowan. They cite as
an instance the, case of Lane vs.
Southern Railway, tried at the re
cent special term of Davidson court,
which is estimated to have cost the
county $285.
A slight difference of a week's
misunderstanding between "Bass"
Browning, in charge of a large sheep
ranch in Haywood county, and Al
len Green, constable of the town
ship, resulted In the killing yester
day morning in the First National
Bank at Waynesville of Browning by
Green. The men had been life-long
friends.
Henry Allen, aged 35, and Turner
Shreves, aged 23, two white men,
were instantly killed and their bod
ies 'horribly mutilated Tuesday by
an explosion of dynamite. They
were digging a well six miles from
Reidsville and had placed a blast in
the well. It did not explode and, af
ter waiting a reasonable time, they
descended into the well only to meet
instant death.
Within ninety-days, says The
Charlotte Chronicle, the large new
hydro-electric power plant which
the Southern Power Oomrany is
constructing at Ninety Nine Islands
on the Catawba river near Blacks
burg. S. C, will be completed. This
will give an additional equipment of
24,000 horse power, making this
concern's total horse power 105,
000. Under a new regulation in effect
January 21, important changes .have
been made in the requirements for
the taking of patbs in English courts
"Kissing the Book," a custom which
has been enforced in England for
many centuries. is no longer obliga
tory. Scientists assert that the
practice is likely to result in the'
spreading of disease germs, and ex
aminations of many Bibles used In
the law courts confirmed this theo
ry. An increase of 96 per cent in the
amount of mail handled on rural
delivery routes during the fiscal
year ending June 30 over the fiscal
year of 1905 is shown in the annu
al report of the fourth assistant
postmaster general P. V. DeGraw.
The report also points to an unpre
cedented Improvement of the roads
traversed by rural carriers, due to
the Intelligent and well directed In
terest of postmasters and carriers.
During the last fiscal year the total
expenditure for rural free delivery
was $35,661,034..
Col. C. ,B. Armstrong returned
yesterday afternoon from Florida.
Mr. O. M. Gullick, of Belmont, i
was in Gastonia on business Satur
day. Mr. H. Aubrey Costner, of Har
din, was a business visitor in Gas
tonia Wednesday.
Editor C. A. Eury, of The
Kings Mountain Herald, spent yes
terday in Gastonia.
Attorney George W. Wilson left
yesterday afternoon for Lenoir on
business.
'Mr. L. H. Long, Sr., of Kings
Mountain, came up Wednesday af
ternoon on a visit to relatives.
Register of Deeds A. J. Smith
of Dallas, was a Gastonia visitor yes
terday. Mr. W. K. Wolfe, of Charlotte,
was in Gaston'Ia yesterday after
noon on business.
Mr. T. B. Brown, manager of
the J. M. Belk Company, went to
Charlotte on business Wednesday af
ternoon. Mrs. J. M. Hampton and two
grandchildren left Tuesday for Lau
rens, S. C, on a visit to Mrs. Hamp
ton's brother, Mr. iMcCord.
'Mr. J. W. Kirkpatrick, of
Yorkville, passed through Gastonia
Wednesday afternoon en route to
Charlotte on a business trip.
Mrs. Henry Cleveland left Wed
nesday for Spartanburg, where sho
will spend some time visiting rela
tives. Mr. L. C. Arrowood, of Besse
mer City, was a business visitor in
Gastonia Wednesday and paid The
Gazette office a pleasant call.
We are carrying in our adver
tising columns today on page two
the annual statement of the Gasto
nia Mutual Building and Loan As
sociation. The Building and Loan is
among the most important and ef
fective factors in the upbuilding of
our town and its continued growth .
and prosperity Is a sfturce" of prld's)""'
to its management.
Misses Maude and Grace Brown
wiM entertain at euchre next Friday
afternoon at 3 o'clock In honor of
Mesdames Separk, Barkley, Bern
hardt and Morris. Concord Times;
Tuesday.
Rev. W. H. Reddish, pastor of
the First Baptist church, left this
morning for Maiden to attend the
union meeting of the South Fork As
sociation which is in session there.
He will return tomorrow afternoon.
Mr. James H. Moore, who has
been until recently secretary and
treasurer of the Catawba Mutual
Life & Health Insurance Company,
leaves today with his family for Jef
fries, Va., where he will make his
home In the future.
Junalta, the fifteen-mont'hs-old
daughter of 'Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Wil
liams, who live at tlje Loray, died
yesterday morning at 1:30 o'clock:.
The funeral was held at the home ,
this morning at 9 o'clock by Rev. J.
C. Harmon and interment followed
in Shiloh cemetery.
Misses Zoe and Selena Latham,
went to Lincolnton yesterday morn
ing, where they will spend some
time visiting Mrs. J. L. Lineberger.
A reception was given in their hon
or by 'Mrs. Lineberger yesterday ev
ening. An important meeting of the
Gastonia Conclave No. 391, Improv
ed .Order of Heptasophs, will be held
tonight. New officers are to be in
stalled and other business of im
portance will be transacted. A full
attendance of the members Is de
sired. Mr. J. R. Swan, of Marshall,;
State oil inspector for the ninth
congressional district, was in Gas
tonia on business Wednesday and
paid the Gazette office a call. Mr.
Swan Is also owner of the Madison .
County Record, a staunch Democrat
ic paper published at 'Marshall.
Three young white men, 13d
Campbell, Ollie Cook and Sampson
Hudson, were tried in the mayor's ?
court Wednesday morning and
bound over to court under bonds of
?200 each for breaking Into Mr. R.
W. Edwards store on East Airline
avenue some nights ago. Campbell
wa3 arrested at Lowell by Chief f
Police Hall 'Mingus. while the Gas-!
tonla officers rounded np Cook and .
Hudson In the woods back of Mr. Vf. .
P. Bell's place. Nearly mil the stol
en goods were recovered,. Falling
to give the required 'bond, the de-
fendants were taken to Dallas and
placed. In "Jail to await trial. " " " .