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GASTONIA, N. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1910.
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OVER GASTON COUNTY.
. Lowell Locals.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
. LOWELL, Jan. 31. Rev. C. 0
Christian, who is appointed by Syn
od to canvass in behalf of the Aaeo-
'elation for Church and Manse Erec
tion,' ppeached in the Presbyterian
church Sunday and presented the
cause,
Rev. R. A. (Miller conducted the
funeral services of Mr. James Hil
llard Culp at Belmont ' Friday. He
died in his 81st year. His wife was
burled last Saturday.
Mr. . Ambrose 6troup returned
from Charlotte Friday where he has
been at work for some time. Mr.
and Mrs. Hall Mingus have moved
Into the house recently vacated by
Mr. Lineberger. Mrs. Tom Ford re
turned fromva visit to Whltmire. 8.
C Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Cox, of Charlotte, epent the week
end with relatives here.-rMisses
Hattie Johnston. 'Martha Hilton and
Lena Bennett are among the sick
ones this week. Mies Mabel Leon
hardt was a Gastonia visitor Satur
day. Attorney A. L. Bulwlnkle and
Miss Bessie Lewis, of Dallas, visited
Miss Virginia Robinson Wednesday.
Misses Nina Patrick and Lelia Ba
ker attended the teachers meeting
In GaBtonia Saturday. Mrs. Aurelia
Stowe spent a few days with rela
tives bere last week. Mr. and Mrs.
T. P, Rankin and Roberta were Gas
tonia visitors Thursday. Messrs. R.
A. Miller, Jr., end Frank Phillips
were in Dallas on business Thurs
day. Mrs. S. M. Robinson was a
Gastonia visitor , Wednesday. 'Mrs.
Campbell moved Into the house she
recently purchased from Mr. W. O.
Cashlon. Thursday Mr. Cashion and
family moved Into the house vacat
ed by Mrs. Campbell. Mrs. John
W. Groves, was a Gastonia visitor
Thursday. Mrs. Arthur Warren
visited friends in Belmont last week.
Mr. H. S. Adams has been visiting
friends in Clover. Mr. John Gas
ton and Bon, John Moore, Jr., and
Miss Hinson were Gastonia visitors
Saturday.
LUCIA LOCALS.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
LUCIA, Jan. 31. Miss Ada Con
nell entertained a large number of
her friends at her home last Satur
day night 4n honor of Misses Aubrey
Cannon and Annie Jackson, of
Charlotte. After numerous games
of amusement the young people were
conducted into the dining room
wbere delicious refreshments were
. served. Those present were Misses
Aubrey Cannon, Annie Jackson,
Charlotte; -Miss Boggs, Lowesvllle ;
' Misses Mae Warlick, Macy Mcintosh,
Maude Huit, Bertie Huit, Lonle and
Edna Black, Laura and Annie Kelly,
Cra Davis, Messrs. Auther Hipp,
James Kelly, Rueben Abernethy,
Eugene Kelly, Oral Abernethy, Hall
Kelley, Julian Abernethy, Fred 'Mc
In tosh, Tlnna Mcintosh, El bridge
Black and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Connell. x
(Mr. James Sadler's many friends
will be glad to know that he is still
improving. Mr. John Allen is very
sick with cold at his home in Lucia
Miss Mattle Broadway spent last
week with ber sister, Mrs. Amos Ho-
vis, at Mount Holly.
MAYESWORTH MUSINGS.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
, MAYESWORTH, Feb. 1. Mrs. J.
T. Jenkins and daughter, Miss Fon-
taine, are confined to their rooms
with grip. Mr. J. J. PresSley was
in Gastonia last week. Mr. O. P.
; Stowe was a McAdenville visitor
Saturday. Mr. Weaver and family
moved from here last week to Char
' lotte. Mr. Will, Brown and mother
moved from here Saturday to Gas
tonia. Mrs. Lanier and family of
Gastonia have occupied the house
V vacated by the Weaver family.
Mt.' and Mrs. Charles McCorkle, of
:-' Charlotte,' are visiting t the borne
' ' of J. F. Jenkins. Mr. Beaty Mor
row and Miss Verona Harrelson, of
' Cherryville, spent. Saturday night at
the home of Rev. J. F. Harrelson.
Mr. Archie Robinson, of Belmont,
was In our village Sunday. Rev.
-" J. R. Scroggs, presiding elder of the
1 Shelby district, preached here Sun
day sight Mr. A. A. Armstrong, of
Belmoht, was the guest of Rev. J, F.
'Harrelson Sunday afternoon. Mr.
. J, B. Boyd and son were 4a Cher
1 tott Saturday. Z. . Holsclaw and
wife spent Sunday with Mr. Hols-
MISS HARDIN ENTERTAINS.
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Delightful Dinner Party Given In
' Honor of Miss , Fayssonx by Miss
Marie Hardin. 9
At her home on Falls street on
Friday evening at 6 o'clock, Miss
Marie Louise Hardin entertained at
an elaborate course dinner a few
special friends of the bride-elect,
-Miss Fayssoux, whose engagement
was anounced Tuesday, January 25.
The dining room tevealed a color
scheme of pink and green, carna
tlons and asparagus fern being used
profusely.
The lights from the beautiful
candelabra shed their rays upon the
exquisitely arranged table. The
guests were assigned their places by
dainty hand-painted place cards,
bearing an artistic snow scene, and
an appropriate quotation from
"Evangeline" "List to a Tale of
Love in Acadie, Home of the Hap
py," this being suggestive xt Cana
da, the bride's future home.
Several delightful courses were
served, and while the guests linger
ed over the final course, beautiful
and appropriate toasts were offered
to the bride-to-be. This always
charming hostess, acting as toast
mistress selecting the following
toast: "Here's to the prospective
bride for the Canadian Plains, who
won the coveted prize by her many
charms and much pains. May this
tie be united by such a firm knot,
that neither can get rid of what the
other has got." The bride respond
ing with a. toast that we all knew
came from the depths of her heart:
"Here's to our hostess and her
charming guests, thanking each one
of you for your lovely toasts to me,
and hare's hoping that In the near
future, I shall have the sweet privi
lege of giving similar toasts to eacb
of ye."
Many toasts being offered and en-
Joyed to the fullest extent, the
guests retired to the reception room,
where coffee and cheese wafers were
served.
The following guests reluctantly
bade their hostess good-night after
having spent a most delightful even
ing: Misses Edith White Fayssoux,
t
Annie Lewis Fry, Ellen Blair Har
vie, Johnsie Adams and Martha
Moore. Messrs. George Alexander
Gray, Jr., Charles Dowd Gray, Rufus
Grady Rankin, Frederick Scott Wet-
zell, Thomas Mills Fayssoux, Jr.,
and the Rev. I. H. Webber-Thompson
of Fernandina, Florida.
K. of P's. Entertain.
Gastonia Lodge No. 53 Knights of
Pythias entertained in their hall last
night with a delightful program of
reading and mu9lc. The families of
the members and a few others had
been Invited and all thoroughly en
joyecTthe occasion. Because of the
cold night and the fact that quite a
number of the members were con
fined to their homes hy sickness the
audience was not as large as had
been expected. The feature of the
evening was the reading given by
Miss Eva L. Dunning, of Columbus,
Ohio. She rendered the beautiful
-story or Damon ana fytnias in a
charming manner which won for her
the hearty applause of her auditors.
Between the renditions of the several
selections which go to make up the
BtoTy, orchestra music was furnish'
ed by Misses Bertha Long and Lil
lian Atkins and Messrs. Kenneth
Todd and Fred Stowe. All who had
the pleasure of being present are un
der obligations to the Pythlans for a
splendid evening's entertainment.
Mr. Charles Ford was in charge of
the arrangements and contributed
much to the success of the enter
tainment. Index to New Ads.
Abernethy-Saields Drug Co.
Rubber goods at special prices.
R. T. Patgett Some fine bargains
in made-to-measure clothes.
Frost Torre nee & Co. Sale of
toilet goods.
J. M. Belk Co. Just received a
big shipment of new skirts.. .
F. S. Royster Guano Co., Norfolk,
Vs. Therms snore to a fertilizer
than analyses.
H, A. Rhyne, Trustee Sale of
Stanley Creek Cotton Mills. '
claw's parents la the country. Mrs,
C. H. Boyd Is spendiag this -week In
Gaffney, 8. C. W. L. Smith was a
Belmont visitor Sunday." .
SHIPP HAILED AS HERO.
Biggest Crowd Chattanooga Ever
Saw Welcomes Home Sheriff Who
Had Just Completed Ninety Day
Sentence In jail at Washington.
Chattanooga. Tenri., Jan. 30.
With bands playing "Dixie" and
"Home Sweet Home." Captain Jo
seph F. Shipp was greeted here at 6
o'clock this evening by at least 10,
000 of his fellow citizens when he
alighted from the train that bore
him to his home from Washington,
where he has Just completed a sen
tence in prison for contempt of court
in connection with the lynching of
Ed Johnson, a negro. It was the
most unique reception ever accorded
a private citizen of .Chattanooga,
and probably one of the most unus
ual occurrences in the history of the
country.
For more than an hour before the
train arrived the terminal station
was crowded to its utmost capacity
and the streets surrounding the sta
tlon were Jammed with a throng of
peaple such as has never before as
sembled in this city.
There was nothing else talked of
but Captain Shipp! As trains pull
ed into the shed the eager crowd
burst forth in cheer after cheer and
necks were craned for a glimpse of
the old soldier for whose coming
they were anxiously awaiting. When
it was finally announced that lis
train was late there were murmurs
of impatience. At last the Washing
ton train crept slowly into the shed.
Immediately the band struck up
"Dixie." and instantly the surging
throng was in a state of frenzy. Men
wept, Bhouted and laughed almost
in the same breath; women became
frantic and all made desperate ef
forts to reach the side of the grlz
zled veteran, but so dense was tne
mass of humanity that there was im
minent danger of panic and possible
injury of women and children.
As Captain Shipp walked slowly
down the length of the shed he was
greeted by his aged wife, who sob
bed quietly upon his breast-'for a
moment as she embraced her hus
band who had been so long absent
from her side. This greeting over,
the., bands played "Home Sweet
Home," and again pandemonium
broke forth. The strains of the pa
thetic music were drowned in the
wild cheers that were sent up.
Captain Shipp was so moved that
he was unable to speak. He raised
his hat and bowed right and left to
his admiring friends as officers o
pened a way for him to pass through
to the waiting carriages As ne
passed along the streets the crowd
closed in behind the carriage, the
deafening cheerB continuing until he
reached his home.
Ex-Deputy Sheriffs Nick Nolan and
Luther Williams returned with their
former chief and they too were giv
en considerable attention Dy tneir
friends.
A delegation of seventy-five Chat-
tanoogans went to Knoxville this
morning to meet Captain Shipp and
accompany the party back to this
city. At all stations along the route
vaBt throngs gave the party rousing
receptions. At the smaller towns,
country folk had driven in in all
sorts of vehicles and the stations
were swarming with people. When
ever the train stopped there were
loud demonstrations and at several
places Captain Shipp appeared and
acknowledged the greetings of his
friends.
V
Capital Stock Increased.
The Secretary of State has grant
ed an amendment to the charter of
the Flint Manufacturing Company,
of Gastonia, increasing the author
ized capital stock of this corpora
tion from $150,000 to $200,000.
The actual Increase at the present
time is from $150,000 to $180,000,
the sumof $30,000 being issued as
a 20 per cent stock dividend on the
former capital stock. The stock cer
tificates for this amount are being
Issued this week.
Death of Mrs. Cross.
Mrs. Sarah Cross, wife of Mr. Les
ter Cross, of Huntersvtlle, died at
herhome In that place Saturday,
aged about 25 years. The funeral
and burial Cook place Sanday after
noon at 3 o'clock at Bethel Presby
terian church, near ; Huntersrille.
The deceased young lady was a
daughter of Mrs, Annie Potts, of
Hnntersvllle.' and a sister of Mrs.
John M. Best, of Gastonia. Mr nA
Mrs, Best attended the funeral Sun
day. . ' V
COUNTY TEACHERS MEET.
First Session of New Year Held fn
Gastonit Mr. J. P, Cook, of Con'
cord. Makes Plea for the Bad Boys
Dr. Henry N. Snyder, of Wof-
ford, Makes Splendid Address.
The Gaston County Teachers As
sociation held its first meeting of the
year in the Central school building
in Gastonia Saturday, January 29th
at 1:30 o'clock. In the absence of
Pres. J. B. Henson, Superintendent
Joe S. Wray acted as chairman. -A
particularly good program had been
arranged for the afternoon, the first
speaker being Mr. J. P. Cook, chair
man of the board of directors of the
Stonewall Jackson Training School
at Concord. He gave an Interesting
account of the work being done
there and made an earnest appeal
for aid and sympathy in this great
work of reclaiming bad boys. His
effort is to secure "subscribers for
The Uplift, a paper published at
Concord at small expense, and in
this way raise money for a new
building.
Miss Stuart was prevented by ill
ness from teaching a primary class,
as planned, so Mr. Cook was follow
ed by Miss Mabel Bulwlnkle, of Dal
las, president of the Gaston County
Woman's Betterment Association,
who made a most encouraging re
port of the past year's work.
'Mr. J. H. Separk next introduced
Dr. Henry N. Snyder, president of
Wofford College, who delivered an
Inspiring address on "The Teacher
and His Ideas." In clear-cut and
polished language Dr. Snyder set
forth the Importance of the teacher
as part of a great social movement
and the necessity of his realizing
this. In speaking of the specific
work of the class room he impress
ed the fact that there must be a
definite aim in each recitation,
special stress being laid on the fol
lowing points: Information, train
lng. Inspiration. This delightful
discourse was 'brought to a close by
a happy reference to Ian Mclar-
en's "Dominie" as typifying the spir
it of the true teacher In his constant
endeavor to discover latent genius
and give a chance to every "lad of
parts."
Those present displayed much en
t'huslasm and felt that the meeting
has supplied inspiration In a mark
ed degree.
FUNERAL OF DR. BOYCE.
Remains of the Beloved Head of the
Woman's College Laid to Rest at
Due WestHis Grave Banked
With Floral Tributes.
Charlotte Observer.
Due West, S. C, Jan. 28. The
funeral service of Rev. Dr. James
Boyce was held this afternoon at
30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Dr.
F. Y. Pressly, president of Erskine
Theological Seminary. T'ae funeral
was to have been held this morning,
but owing to hard rains it was post
poned. With a drizzly r-:!n falling
this afternoon the body was carried
to the grave and services concluded
in the church.
Appropriate talks concerning the
ife and work of Dr. Boyce were
made by Dr. Pressly and President
Moffatt of Erskine. Dr. Pressly said
death's harvest was unparalleled In
the history of the community, this
making the third death of preachers
within little over three months.
Notwithstanding the inclement
weather a large crowd attended the
funeral. The faculty and students
of the colleges attended In a body.
While the body was being lowered
the college cboir sang "Cast Thy
Burden Upon the Lord." Rev. L. I.
Echols offered prayer at the grave.
Beneath a mound literally covered
with flowers tributes given by
friends and alumnae of the college
in the quiet and peaceful cemetery
of Due West the mortality of Rev.
Dr. Boyce awaits the resurrection
morn. Many friends throughout the
Carolinas mourn' -with tbe Woman's
College in the untimely taking away
of Its head.
Death of a Child.
Mr. and Mrs. George Ballard, of
Dallas, have theaympathy of many
friends In the bereavement' they sus
tained by reason of the death at
their home this morning of their
two-monfhs-old daughter, ; one of
twins. Mrs, Ballard is a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs, H. C. Berkley, of
Gastonia..''.
TERSE TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
Breezy Briefs Bunched for Busy
Readers A Concise Chronicle of
North State News and Miscellan
eons Matters.
Monroe Is to have a. handsome new
up-to-date hotel. Plans are' now be
ing prepared for It.
Mr. J. M. Heston, a resident of
Ashevllle since 1878, died there Sat
urday, aged 82. He was a native of
Doyleetown, Pa.
The "meat boycott" Is gaining
ground in Ashevllle. says a special
from that town to the Charlotte Ob
server of Sunday.
Dr. Wood row Wilson, president of
Princeton University, will be put
forward by New Jersey for the Dem
ocratic nomination for President In
1912.
A bill has been introduced insthe
Legislature making it a misdemean
or for any newspaper in South Car
olina to print an advertisement of
anything that will produce in toxica
tlon.
Bishop Cyrus D. Foss, retired, of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, one
of the best-known clergymen In the
country, died Saturday night in the
Hahnemann hospital at Philadel
phia, from a stroke of paralysis
which seized him while riding on a
trolley car on January 18.
Saturday night three bold highway
robberies were committed in and a
round Goldsboro, one of them, a far
mer, being robbed of $500. The
work was probably that of profes
sionals but so far no arrests have
been made.
Senator Cummins, of Iowa, Pres
ident Alderman of the University of
Virginia. Governors Mann of Virgin
ia and Ansel of South Carolina will
be the speakers at a banquet which
the Manufacturers Club of High
Point will give in March.
Manley Thompson, said to be a
member of a well-to-do family of
Ashevllle, having a brother in busi
ness also at Biltmore, was shot by
bandits at the Seven-mile house
near Portland, Oregon, Saturday
night. His life is despaired of.
A special from Columbia, S. C, to
Sunday's Charlotte Observer says:
'iDeclded sentiment is manifesting
itself here against Senator Tillman
in his contest for his grandchildren.
If the Supreme Court decides against
the mother and makes a literal con
struction of. the act a poll of the leg
islature showB that the act will be
repealed and a new law enacted."
Nine committees are busily en
gaged in preparing for the confer
ence in Dallas, Texas, February 19-
22 of the Laymen of the Southern
Methodist Church. It is believed
that the out-oMown attendance will
not be lees than four thousand. Of
this number, the greater part will be
business men, representatives of the
entire South.
In South Carolina couples can be
married without a license, but once
married they can get no divorce. A
bill has been introduced in the leg
lslature of that State providing that
marriage license must be produc
ed before the ceremony Is perform
ed. This "Innovation" was prompt
ly opposed and the bill was reported
unfavorable, although a fight will be
made to get it through.
Arthur Goebel, brother of Gov.
William Goebel, whose murder in
Kentucky during a bloody political
campaign several years ago is well
remembered, died January 20 at
Phoenix, Arizona, and was burled at
Covington, Ky., Sunday, that day
being the tenth anniversary of the
asaaslnatlon of his brother. Com
monwealth Attorney Robert B.
Franklin, who delivered the oration
at his funeral, declared that the bul
let which killed William Goebel,
broke his brother's heart and event
ually caused his death.
J. F. Smlthwick, a wealthy cotton
merchant of South Creek, Beaufort
county, this State, has been In a
comatose state for sixteen days In a
hotel at Toledo, Ohio, says an Asso
ciated Press dispatch of Monday.
The physicians are very muckpux
xled over his case. Smlthwick went
to Toledo to marry a woman whose
acquaintance he formed through a
matrimonial agency. When found
unconscious In his room a gas Jet
was open -and It was supposed that
his condition was caused from lnnaL
lng the gas. As he has remained In
ths same state now for sixteen days,
nowsver. the physicians seller that
the cause lies elsewhere.
Personals and Locals.
'Squire C. W. Nipper, of Low
ell, was a Gastonia visitor yesterday.
Mr. FrKx Beach, of Rock Hill
S. C, spent Sunday In Gastonia.
'Mr. George O. Glenn Is a busi
ness visitor in Lincolnton today.
Cotton seed has dropped to 30
cents on tbe local market.
Mr. H. F. Forbes, of Crowdem
Creek, was in Gastonia on busines
yesterday.
Miss Cora Smith, of Lexington.
S. C, is visiting her sister, Mrs,
George G. Glenn.
Miss Adelaide Erwln, of Mor
ganton, is the guest of Mrs. A. If.
Dixon at her home on Chester streets
Mr. Robert Riddle, of the Betn
el section, was in town on business
yesterday. Mr. Lamar Pegram was able to
be out yesterday after a week's con
finement at the Gaston Hospital.
Misses Zoe and Selenah Latham
visited Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Lineber
ger at Lincolnton last week.
Mr. A. G. Kirkpatrick, of An
derson, S. C, State agent for Northi
Carolina of the R. L. T. Co., was in
Gastonia on business Saturday.
Mrs. Mary Kincaid will leave
tomorrow for her home in Lenoir af
ter a visit of three weeks to her
daughter, Mrs. E. N. Hahn.
His friends will regret to learn
that Mr. S. B. Sparrow is seriously
ill with pneumonia at his home In
Dallas.
Mr. J. L. Henderson, of Lowell,
route one, was a business visitor in
Gastonia yesterday and paid The Ga
zette office a call.
Mr. V. E. Long, of GastoniaJ,
was in the city Tuesday on businesst
He was looking after his property
here, and for a vacant lot. Lincoln '
County Times, 28th.
'Miss Aii8e Tuttle, who has been
the guest of her brother, Mr. Ed Tut
tle, for the past several weeks, will ,
Teturn to her home in Lenoir to
morrow.
We are glad to be able to state
that Mrs. J. B. Beat, who baa been
quite ill at her home on East Air
line avenue for a week or more, fa
now very much better.
In this Issue of The Gazette ap
pears the advertisement of the P. 4L
Royster Guano Co., of Norfolk, V
which will be of .interest especially
to our farmer readers.
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Long, Sr., of
Kings 'Mountain, have been spend
ing a week or more here with their
sons, Messrs. V. E. and L. H. Long.
and their families.
Mr. Clyde Forbes, of Granite)
Falls, returned home this morning
after spending a few days with hi
father, Mr. H. F. Forbes, at Crowd
ers Creek.
Messrs. Morris Brothers have-
recently had the interior of their da
partment store repainted and oth
wise fixed up, which results in a
greatly improved interior.
In this Issue of The Gazette wilt
be found an advertisement of the
sale of the Stanley Creek Cotton
Mills by the trustee, Mr. H. A.
Rhyne. The sale is scheduled for
March 3rd.
It was reported here yesterday
that both Crowders Creek and Pleas
ant Ridge has each a case or two o
smallpox, the victims in each case
being negroes. None of the cases,
so far as known here, are of a very
serious nature.
Work is progressing on the con- '
crete foundation for the new court
house. It is very probable that Feb
ruary weather If it Is the usual
brand will make the progress of
the building slow for the next thirty
days.. However, the contractor
have on the ground a large quantity
of brick ready for use at any time.
"Mr. I. W. Lineberger, of South
side, spent Sunday here with Ida
brother, Mr. Lester Lineberger, re
turning to bis home yesterday morn
ing. Mr. Lineberger Is connected
with the company store of the Sooth
side Cotton Mills, with whom he has
been for the past Are years. '
Deputy Sheriff J. M. Kendrtcs
Saturday sold at auction In the ctty
park the effects of "Rev." J. isV - ,
Dudley, colored.' under attachment .
proceedings Instituted by sis bonds-:
man, Sam Hetherington. Ths "Rev i.
1. M.,m who was pastor of a caarek
hers disappeared soma time age te
evade arrest oa one or more seiioes
charges and his whereabouts Is sta
anknown.
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