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no. 11.
VOL.' XXXI.
GASTQNIA, N. C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1910. '
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LAYMEN ORGANIZE A AN ATTEMPTED ASSAULT
OVER GASTON COUNTY.
MR. W. W. GLENN DEAD
TERSE TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
Personals and Locals.
1 e v Lowell s Locals.
Correspondence of The Oaxette.
1LCAVELL, Feb. 7. Rev. J. . F.
Harrelson, of Mayei worth, preached
In the iMethodlit church Sunday af-
ternoon for Rev. Mr. Hlx, the pas
tor, who ha been sick for' Beverat
' day a. Mrs. Hlx haa also been quite
1 rck- for several day. Grip and
.' colds are still prevalent and quite a
"number of our people are shut in
doors. Messrs. Cicero and Robert
Harris attended the funeral of Mrs
A. Q. Kale at High Shoals Friday.
' Mrs. S. . M. Robinson and Miss Etta
v Baker were Gastonia visitors Satur-
;. day.- Mrs. Josle Johnson, of Gas
. tonla. Is visiting at "Mr. Robert
Johnson's. Mr. John Gaston and
(Miss Mamie Ford were Gastonia
:, shoppers Saturday. Mr. W. O. Cash
fon was a Charlotte visitor Friday,
He left Saturday morning for an ex-
.., tended business trip to MJComb
City, Miss. Mrs. Watt Tltman was
a Gastonia visitor Thursday. Miss
J Mabel Leonhardt attended the
PJerce-Rutledge wedding at Stanley
"; Thursday night. Mr. C. Smith, of
Concord, an accountant, spent sev
eral days in -town on business last
week. ,
' 'Misses Nina Patrick and Leila Ba-
. ker were Charlotte shoppers Satur
day. Mrs. J. Tt. Tltman attended
the funeral of Mr. Will Glenn in
Gastonia Sunday. Mrs. Lula Rouse,
i of Charlotte, visited friends here
Thursday. Mr. 'Miles Stroup and
family, of Virginia, have moved
here to live. Mr. Arthur Hallman
is spending a few days In town.
iMr. Ambrose Stroup returned to
Charlotte Sunday. Miss Mary Nett
McClelland, of Charlotte, is visiting
friends in town.
Commissioners Meet.
. The 'board of county commission
ers met in regular session for Feb-
, ruary at Dallas yesterday and trans
acted considerable routine business.
Considerable time was taken up
hearing petitions from various sec
tions of the county for road work.
There were seven sections asking
for the road forces and there are
only three such forces, two chain
gangs and one free force. These
' will complete the work they are now
engaged in within the next few
weeks when they will be ready to be
moved to other sections. An ad
'journed meeting will be held Thurs
day to take this matter up again and
decide where the forces will be sent
Mt. Theodore "Ware was sworn in as
superintendent of roads and has as
sumed his duties. Among the peti
tioners for road work was the Nims
section, where a mile and a quarter
of macadam road is wanted. The
citizens of that section had previous
ly offered a bonus of $1,500 for this
rdad and yesteday they increased
this by $1,000, making a total offer
of $2,500, this amount representing
about half the entire cost to build
the road.
Novelty Shower for Miss Fayssonx.
At the Gaston Hotel last Wednes
day afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock,
(Miss Annie Lewis Fry entertained
most charmingly with a novelty
shower r in honor of Miss Edith
Fayesoux,, a 4 ride-to-be. Miss Fry
was assisted in receiving her guests
DyMisses Alary uordon Fry and
Mary Knight. The sitting room,
where the guests were received, was
prettily decorated and in one corner
was a table filled with daintily-tied
packages marked for the brlde-4o
be. After all the guests arrived
Miss Fayssoux was told to unwrap
these - packages which contained
pretty and useful gifts. Refresh-
-ments were served in two courses by
Misses Lillian Stovall and 'Mary
Knight. The following were the
guests of Miss Fry: Mesdames Ar
nold Stovall, W. L. BaHhis, Woods
Garland, W. B. Morris; Misses Min
nie Costner, Clarice Knight; Marie
ffarddn, Johnsie Adams, Laura
Page, Bertha Long, Essie Lindsay,
Edith and Blossom Fayssoux and
Inei Frew, of Rock HI41, S. C.
Notices of New Ads.
Abernethy-Shlelds ' Drug Co.
Moving Into our new quarters in the
Reality building. : -
v Citizens National Bank Not , so
large or old as to be forgetful of ft
customers' needs and as . strong as
any of them. . :
Swan-Slater Co. Spring tallor-
r?ng opening today and tomorrow.
Son of Mrs. J. P. Glenn Passes Away
After Brief Illness In Savannah-
Body Brought Here for Burial-
Funeral Sunday Afternoon. ,
Following an illness of only
three weeks duration 'Mr. William
Wallace Glenn, son of 'Mrs., J.
Gleen, of Gastonia, died in the St
Joseph's Hospital. Savannah, Ga.
Saturday ; morning at 9 o'clock
With him at the time were his
mother, who left Gastonia the Mon
day morning previous In response to'
a telegram announcing his critical
Wlness, and his brother, Mr. Robert
L. Glenn, of the staff of The Evening
Star. Washington. ' His death was
due to an attack of acute Bright's
disease. He had been in good
health up until about three weeks
ago and consequently his death
came as a shock to his relatives and
friends. He was unconscious during
almost his entire illness, never
having regained consciousness after
the arrival there of his mother and
brother.
The body, accompanied by the
mother and brother, reached Gas
tonia on No. 39 Saturday morning
and was taken to Mrs. Glenn's home
on West Mai A' avenue. The funeral
was held from the home Sunday af
ternoon at 3 o'clock, the services be
ing conducted in the presence of a
large number of relatives and
friends by Rev. R. C. Anderson, pas
tor of the First Presbyterian church.
Interment followed In the family
plot in Oakwood Cemetery. The
pall-bearers were Messrs. A. G. My
ers, D. A. Page, H. F. Glenn, W. B
Morris, Lean McLean and I. A
Campbell.
William Wallace Glenn was ama
tive of Gaston county, having been
born near Lowell on February 12,
1873, and hence would have been 37
years old had he lived a week Ion
ger. When he was about eight
years old this family moved to Gaa,-
tonia and here his boyhood and
young manhood was spent. A num
bef of years ago he went to Atlanta
where he was for a time engaged in
the undertaking business. Four
years ago, after Bpending some time
In Gastonia, he went to Savannah,
Ga.. to accept a position with the
Atlantic Coast Line Railway, with
which corporation he continued un-
tlll three or four months ago when
he accepted a position with a trans
fer company in Savannah, being in
its employ when he became ill.
When about eighteen years of age
he joined the Presbyterian church in
Gastonia, being actively Interested
In its work. He was a young man
of genial disposition and made many
friends here who still Tetaln many
pleasant recollections of the big
hearted, generous and lovable Will
Glenn. In late years he had been In
Gastonia very little, bis last visit
here having been four years ago. At
the time he was taken ill he was
making his preparations to come to
Gastonia to visit his mother and
sister. His plans, however, were in
terrupted by the suddenness and vi
olence of his illness.
Surviving the deceased are his
mother, one brother, Mr. Robert L.
Glenn, of Washington; and two sis
ters, Mrs. S. A. Kindley, of Gastonia,
and Mrs. Stella G. McElhannon, of
Washington. Mrs. McElhannon ar
rived Saturday night on No. 35 and
returned to Washington on No. 44
yesterday morning. Mr. Robert L.
Glenn wiil probably return to his
home the'last of the week.
Expert cutter and fitter from
Schloss Bros. & Co.
Adams Drug Co., J. H. Kennedy &
Co., Loray Drug Co., Abernethy
Shlelds Drug Co. Chestol, a valua
ble external remedy for croups, etc.
R. T. Padgett. Tailor Fine new
fabrics for spring and summer suits.
Merchants & Farmers Bank,
Stanley Statement of condition.
Bank of Belmont, Belmont
Statement of condition.
Bessemer City Bank Statement
of condition.
H. Schneider Two page ads of
great combination sale; lota of pri
ces.
Philadelphia Life Insurance Co.
Statement of condition.
J, M. Belk Co. Put Belk's at the
head of your shopping list.
Frost Torrence ft Co. Zecoma,.
only guaranteed remedy for eczema
and itch. ,
Queen
City . Marble ft
Granite
Works, Cfcarlotte Marble
and
granite monuments.'
Missionary Movement Takes Deflln
lte Shape In First Presbyterian
Church Enthusiastic Meeting
Held Sunday NIght When Organ!
aatton Was perfected. -
At the First Presbyterian church
Sunday night the laymen of that
congregation met, at the regular
hour for preaching, and organized
the Laymen's Missionary Society of
the First Presbyterian -church, this
being the first definite step taken by
a local church growing out of the
general laymen's missionary move
ment which is now spreading over
the entire country. There was
good attendance and enthusiasm was
in evidence on all hands.
Mr. J. Lee Robinson presided over
the meeting and short addresses
were made by ilaymen of the congre
gation, among the number partlci
pating in thia way being Messrs. A
M. Smyre, C B. Armstrong, C. E
Adams, A. C. Jones, J. E. Page, H
F. Glenn, John F. Love. S. A. Robin
son. Frost Torrence, P. W. Garland
J. H. Kennedy, W. T. Rankin, T. W,
Wilson, J. Q. Holland and possibly
others.
A permanent organization was ef
fected by the election of the follow
ing officers: President, A. M.
Smyre; vice presidents, J. F. Jack
son, T. vv. Wilson, j. u. wnite, r. u
Craig, C. B. Armstrong and Frost
Torrence; secretary, Arthur Winget;
treasurer, W. T. Rankin. A com
mittee of 24 men was appointed to
solicit contributing members to the
society. By action of the church
session taken last week every male
member of the congregation above
the age of fifteen is considered a
member of this society.
Tonight another meeting will be
held at which time the work to be
taken up will be mapped out and
committees appointed.
A VICTIM OF WORRY.
The Man Who is Always Expecting
Some Kind of Trouble.
Success Magazine.
There is always a cloud on his
face because he is constantly expect
ing that something unfavorable is
going to .happen. There is going to
be a slump in business, or he is go
ing to have a loss, or somebody is
trying to undermine him, or he Is
worried about his health, or fears
his children will be sick or go wrong
or be killed.
In other words, although he has
achieved quite a remarkable success,
yet 'he has never really had a happy
day in his life. All his life this man
has 'been chasing rainbows, think
ing If he could only get a little far
ther on, a little higher up, he would
be happy, but he is just as far from
it as when a boy.
I believe this condition has all
come from the habit of unhappiness
which he formed during his hard
boyhood and which he has never
been able to overcome. He has learn
ed to look for trouble, to expect it,
and he gets it.
I have been his guest many a
time. He has a beautiful home, a
very charming wife, a most delighful
family, but there is always the same
cloud on his face, the same expres
sion of anxiety, of unhappiness, of
foreboding.
A little properly directed training
in his boyhood would have changed
his whole career, and he would have
been a happy, joyous, ' harmonious
man instead of being discordant and
unhappy.
There Is everything in starting
right. What is put into the first of
life is put into the whole of life.
Our Next Story.
In last Friday's issue "The Fourth
Estate" was concluded. It was a
strong, thrilling story, teeming with
human Interest, and many Gazette
readers no doubt followed it with in
tense Interest. Because of delay in
receiving the plates our new story
does not begin In today'a issue but
will start possibly next wvek. It is
"Truxtbn King" a story of Graus
tark by George Barr McCutcheon,
author of "Graustark' "Beverly of
Graustark," Brewster's Millions."
and other stories.' Everybody who
read that immmensely popular novel
"Graustark" will be anxious to read
the author's . latest story. It is a
story of love and adventure, a charm
Ingly written tale of exciting episodes
In a little kingdom of nowhere In
which romantic things still .happen
and the spirit of the age of chivalry
is not dead. Don't fall to read it.
Two Negroes Make Dastardly At
tack on Mrs. George Goodson
Sunday Night and Were Only
Foiled by Appearance of Husband
on Scene Made Their Escape.
One of the most dastardly at
tempts to assault a woman ever at
tempted in Gastonia was made Sun
day night about 9 o'clock when two
unknown negroes seized Mrs. Geo.
Goodson as she was entering the
yard at her home, corner Page av
enue and North Oakland street. Her
screams brought to her side quickly
her husband who was on the porch
only a few feet away, this fact alone
perhapB saving her from "becoming
the victim of a dastardly and cow
ardly assault on her person.
Mr. and Mrs. Goodson had been to
the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Locke Shelton, on Page avenue
and were returning home. As they
entered the yard, which is unfenced,
Mr. Goodson preceded his wife to the
porch as he. was rolling the baby
carriage. Mrs. Goodson went to the
corner of the house near the out
side entrance to the cellar to get a
bucket of coal -which had "been left
there in the afternoon. As she
reached the corner of the house two
negroes ran out of the cellar and
one of them grabbed her by the
shoulder. Fortunately she had on a
long cloak and the man's hold was
on that garment. She quickly threw
it off, thus escaping his grasp, and
fled screaming toward her husband
on the porch. The negro with al
most unbelievable boldness,' pursued
her. Mr. Goodson made for the ne
gro and struck him" in the face,
knocking him to the ground. They
grappled. The negro threatened to
cut Goodson's throat and made as if
to carry out his threat but It was.
very probable that he had no knife
In his hands. In the course of the
struggle the negro made good his
escape and he and his companion
fled swiftly down Page avenue to
Marietta street and disappeared in
the direction of Happy Hill. Mrs.
Goodson's screams attracted the at
tention of neighbors and In a mo
ment a number were on the ground
but were too late to be of service.
The police department was noti
fied at once and went to work on the
case tout ihave bo ifar been unable to
get a clue to the criminals as neith
er Mr."Goodson nor his wife could
give any very definite description of
the men. The place where the at
tack was made was pretty dark and
there was not much chance, in the
excitement, to observe the men
closely enough to descrrbe them mi
nutely. One was said to be a mulat
to and the other a dark negro. The
one witfh whom Mr. Goodson grap
pled was, he says, a rather small
man. The only clue the police have
Is a handkerchief which one of the
men dropped. The fact that one of
them had a handkerchief in his
hand is taken to indicate that they
probably meant to gag ti.eir victim.
This occurrence, almoct in the
heart of the town and ast.n'shlng in
its boldness, has created much talk
and considerable feeling. A prom
inent citizen, in talking with The
Gazette man this morning, express
ed the opinion that Gastonia should,
like Charlotte has done, inaugurate
a strenuous warfare oq vagrants.
There are not a great many of that
class here but those we have, he
said, should go to the chalngang
and this is the sentiment, we be
lieve, of every law-abiding citizen of
Gastonia. I
Since the occurrence Mrs. Good-
son has been under the constant care
of a physician, the shock having so
unnerved her that she is, as yet, un
able to sleep.
Public Debate.
The iboys of the Gastonia High
School will give a public debate to
night at 8 o'clock. The subject is
"Resolved that the United States
should subsidize ' her ship lines to
the extent that they will 'be able to
compete with fhe lines of foreign
nations." This is the last prelimin
ary for the debate with Shelby
High School which Is to take place
February 18th. Two speakers will
be chosen for the Shelby debate.
Following are the speakers for to
night: Affirmative, Thomas Plyler,
Dana Caldwell, John Elliott. Pat
Reid; Negative, Francis Whitesides,
Edgar McLean, Jodson Shannon,
Otis Llneberger.
Slum is the word Jjast now.. What
kind of 'mum? Chrysantehmiim.
Breezy Briefs Bunched for Busy
.Readers A Concise Chronicle of
North State News and Mlscellan
eous Matters.
Davidson county is now free of
all indebtedness and has a surplus
of $2,500 in its treasury.
King Gustave, of Sweden, under
went a successful operation for ap
pendicitis last night.'
The attendance at the Mardl
Gras festivities In New Orleans thla
week is said to be the largest on
record.
The next meeting of the Southern
Textile Association will convene in
Columbia, 6. C, on Saturday, Feb
ruary 19th.
Two cases Of small-pox were dis
covered yesterday in the Rowan
county Jail at Salisbury, both pa
tients being nego,es. The sheriff
and Jail attendants were at once
quarantined.
An aged white man named Ben
Goodwin was burned to death at
Chapanoke, N. C, Sunday morning
He was said to be an escaped in
mate of the Norfolk, Va., county
home en route to Edenton, N. C
where he had a daughter residing.
Wade H. Ellis, of Ohio, on yes
terday resigned as assistant to the
attorney general of the United
States to accept the post of chairman
of the Republican executive com
mittee of Ohio and to assume charge
of the Ohio campaign thiB fall.
Terry Smith, a young Wadesboro
man of good reputation, was held
Saturday for the murder of Henry
Thomas, who was found dead on the
street Friday night in Wadesboro
He was released on bond. Smith
had been fined some days before for
striking Thomas. The latter is be
lieved to have died from the results
of the lick combined with over-ln
toxlcation. There is a difference of
opinion among the lawyers as to
whether Smith can be tried again
and convicted of the homicide.
Judge Shepherd Dead.
Judge James E. Shepherd, former
chief justice of the Supreme Court
of North Carolina, died at the Pres
byterian Hospital in Baltimore yes
terday morning. He had gone to
Baltimore to undergo an operation
to remove a small bone that had
lodged in his throat. Judge Shep
herd's remains were brought to his
home in Raleigh this morning,
where the funeral and burial will
take place this afternoon.
Vital Statistics.
Asheville Citizen.
There Is a rare opportunity await
ing some legislative representative
at the next general assembly in the
introduction of a bill providing for
the recording of county vital statis
tics births, marriages and deaths.
As conditions are now in this coun
ty marriages are recorded, but no
particular pains are taken "to keep
the records straight" in the matter
of births and deaths. Most of the
states in the union, we believe, re
quire that a strict record of these
statistics be kept, and every county
in North Carolina should see to it
that the register of deeds keep such
a Tecord. 1
The law should require every
physician to report all births and
deaths to the register of deeds with
in twenty-four hours. This would
Impose no hardships on the profes
sion, nor would it be giving to the
public information to which it is not
entitled. If for no other reason
than that a man might, at some per
iod of his life, be called upon to
prove his birthplace, the records of
births should be kept by the proper
official, and other reasons should
prompt similar action in the matter
of deaths.
While on this subject it Is inter
esting to note that Governor Noel,
of Misslssipi, a few days ago sent a
special message to the state legisla
ture urging the establishment of a
bureau of vital statistics, and his
recommendation was favorably act
ed upon. North Carolina cannot af
ford to be behind in this matter, and
The Citizen believes that the next
legislature can pass a law along the
lines mentioned with a credit to it
self and the State.
Greenville, S. C, has raised $40,
000 of the $50,000 desired, for a T.
M." C. A. building. It Is expected
that the remaining $10,000 will be
raised by Saturday night. -
Rev. J. L. Shinn, of Dallas, waa
a Gastonia visitor yesterday.
Mr. (Dave Craig, of Statesvllle,
was in town Sunday and yesterday.
Mrs. W. T. Adams Is quite sick
at her home on route three.
Miss Jane Torrence is quite ifl
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. C.
Davis on route three from Gastonia.
Mr. S. N. Craig, of Belmont,
was a business visitor in Gastonia
Saturday.
Mr. W. L. Mason, of Charlotte,
was a business visitor in Gastonia
yesterday.
Mr. L. L. Todd left last night
on a ten days 'business trip to Phil
adelphia and New York.
Prof. Hugh Long, of Spencer,
was a business visitor In Gastonia
Saturday.
Capt. S. A. Hoey returned yes
terday morning to his home at Shel
by after a brief visit to his daugh
ter, Mrs. R. C. Warren.
Mr. J. H. Allen, after having
served as substitute letter carrier
here for a week, has returned to his)
home in Charlotte.
Mr. J. M. Davidson has moved
into the Whitesides house on West
Main avenue recently vacated by Mr.
J. E. Lindsay.
Mr. John J. George, of Besse
mer City, returned yesterday from.
Columbia, S. C, where he spent sev
eral days on business.
Mr. J. F. Thomson moved yes
terday from the Mason house oa
Oakland street to his new home on
West Main avenue.
Mr. J. W. Klrkpatrlck, of York-
vllle, passed through Gastonia yes
terday afternoon en route to Char
lotte on business.
(Mr. R. B., Babington, general
manager of the Piedmont Telephone
and Telegraph Company, spent yes
terday afternoon In Clover on busi
ness.
Mrs. C. S. Stone, of Charlotte.
and Mrs. F. S. Starrette, of Moorea
ville, who have been visiting Mrs. T.
P. Rockett, have returned to their
homes.
The Gazette is requested to
state that Rev. A. S. Anderson, pas
tor of the Loray Presbyterian
church, will preach, at the New Hope
Presbyterian church next Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock
Mr. Duck Faysssoux is confined
to his home, corner Oakland street
and Third avenue as the result of a
alight stroke of paralysis sustained
last week. His friends will be glad
to learn that his, condition was con
siderably improved yesterday.
-At Dallas yesterday Mr. O. P.
Mason, as commissioner, sold
at public auction the Laban Qulnn.
lands situated- on route three from
Gastonia. The tract consists of about
sixty acres and was bid in by Mr. A.
Smith, register of deeds, at $35
per acre.
We are carrying elsewhere la
this issue the announcement by Mr
John G. Carpenter, of 'Dallas, of his
candidacy for State Senator from
Gaston county. Mr. Carpenter
exceedingly large number of friends
in the county will be pleased to
learn of his decision to make the
race.
-Miss Pauline Orr, of Charlotte,
returned to Gastonia yesterday and
resumed her work as one of the
teachers in the Central graded
school after an absence of several
weeks, having accompanied her fa
ther, Rev. W. W. Orr, on a trip to
Pennsylvania, where he conducted
several successful revival meetings.
Mr. W. P. Morrow, of route two,
Bessemer City, was a visitor In Gas
tonia yesterday and subscribed for
The Gazette for his eight-year-old
son, Master G. A. Morrow, who wants
the best paper In the county and re
quested his father to subscribe for
The Gazette. The little fellow pays
for It himself and we .hope he will
enjoy getting It twice every week.
air.- Thomas C. Abernethy.
bookkeeper for the Thomson Com
pany, has accepted a similar posi
tion with the Wampum Department
Store at Lincolnton, and. will leave
the latter1 part of the present week
to assume his new duties. Tom is s
hustling, energetic and capable
young business man and his hosts ef -;-friends,
while regretting very inca " '!
to lose him from Gastonia, wish for'
him much success in his new home. V
He will be succeeded here temporar- ,
lly by Mr. Star Wood, of the York
vllle store of the Thomson Company. .