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THE GASTONIA GAZETTE
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1010,
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While we are daily receiving new Spring Goods for every department we are not neglecting the matchless bargains we have and
arc still giving in Dress Goods, White Goods, Men's and Boys' Suits, Men's, Ladies', Misses' and Children's Shoes. Underwear for all
ages and sexes. Fine Shirts wifh and without collars. Neckwear, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Hosiery etc.
We want to say in addition to this: We have the very best and prettiest line of new Shirts that we have ever shown, and per
haps the most attractive ever shown in Gastonia. Ask to see our "Red Cross" Shirts.
orris Brothers' Department Store
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It's Wrong to Let the Children
COUGH
It's Wrong to Cough Yourself
V.u know Ik w a couiih racks yu. Vou know how It weakens
your cntiic tem. You know !i w u t'uli ran quickly ter
minate into v, ricu liM-a- of i ! Lungs llroncliiul 1'n.ssa
Si. j. I 'i. Children ( ouali-. at one giving them a few
does of
Syrup White Pine and Tar
Thi a f-.nedy r'.irHl from ; :d old reliahle well known
inured i nt- that have Ix-en unl i' r years by the Ix-st liji( ians
in the w rlil. It is sM-eially ire;Mirel for fresh winter (Vuhs
and it at very ijuitkly in unim relief to all who have Coughs,
O.ULs or linmhial Troubles.
Vou ran w ti r yourself that it is eoiiiN:s(l of safe ingredients
lliit euiinot do you any harm an I eaeli one is easy to take and
tjiste p . so (here w ill In- no tri ubie in giving it to ehildren.
Always ke. . a Ix.tMe en hand. 'r!y U.V. the !ottle.
Abernelhey-Shields Drug Company.
Phone 130
L. D. No. 2.
The Gastonia Gazette.
fkidav, n r.! i i;v IS, nn.
Death at Kins ,lt uniain.
Tlie follow ii;p is from the Kinss
Mountain cor!-i ni.lcn -e of The
Charlotte Obs ivt under tint- of
the 15th ins;.: "Mrs. Margaret BUir
Brown, widow of ;'ie late 'apt I W.
Brown, died a: !. home early Sun
day morning following an illns of
several weeks duration. Mrs. Br in
was a native o: Mfi-Uenburg county
and came to this .!a:P with her hus
band and children about twenty-s-v-en
years apo fruo the Steele rrek
section. The iV is survive.) uy
two brothers aiot '. o sisters. Mrs.
Adeline Cathey iwi'l Mr. John B! i:r.
of Mecklenburg. Mit Sallie Weiwr
and Mr. Wilfe Blair, of (leoren T!ie
children surv;v:fg ure: Mrs I l".
Patrick. Mrs. f. '. O'Farrell and Mr.
Mott Brown, all '' Kings Mount. tin.
Mr3. Browns h'.iaml, Oapt 1 W.
Brown, died at Ih pla-e last Mir !i.
Hf. was one of the old residents of
the tow n and v. us for many y- n's
post master.
began to circulate and her husband
then disappeared. So far efforts to
locate h i in have been futile. Her
father. Albeit McCain, a highly re
spected old negro, is very much
wrought up over the matter and is
advertising in the hope of obtaining
some information as to her whereabouts.
Photos, regular price 81.50, going
at $;.." per dozen at Green's.
McAdenville Ha Mystery.
The negro population and the -tl-jacent
territory is verv much exer
cised over the dappraranre of A'rna
McCain from her home a short dis
tance from the town north of the
river. She myufn-iouy disappeared
from her home some time in the
night of January 1st and so fir not
the slightest trace of her h:i3 l.en
found. She had betn cook in? In
Charlotte and fane home during the
Christmas holidays On the first day
of the year she and h'T husbind hi J
a difficulty. That night she di-ip-peared.
Nothing much was thouzht
of it at the time but recently whis
perings of the possitiity of foul p'ay
(iastonia's Debaters.
Messrs. Judson Shannon and Fran
cis Whitesides have been chosen to
represent the Pierian Society of the
(lastonia high ahool in the debate
with the Shelby high scool at Shel
by tonight, they having been chosen
as the result of a second preliminary
debate held last week at the Central
school. They will leave this after
noon for Shelby accompanied by a
number of friends and members of
the school faculty, including Prof,
and Mrs. Joe S. Wray, Prof. J. B.
Warren. Misses Nell McLean, Clara
Armstrong. Violet Rankin and possi
bly others. They will return to Gas
tonia tomorrow. The debaters will
be entertained by the Shelby boys
and the young ladies of the party
will be the guests while there of
Miss Klva Wray. Prof and Mrs.
Wray will be the guests of her par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Barnett.
Wednesday's Charlotte News con
tained the following account of the
wedding: "The marriage last ev
ening of Miss Mary Hicks to Mr. J.
K. Scott was intended by the young
couple, to be a surprise, but love,
like murder, will out. It was gen
eral knowledge by noon, but in def
erence to the bride s wishes the no
tice. already in type, was held out
until to-day. The marriage took
place at the residence of the bride's
parents. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Hicks,
4 00 East Oak Street, Rev. Dr. Hul-
ten performing the ceremony. A
pleasant company of relatives and
friends were present. The bride is
an attractive young woman who has
many friends. She. was one of the
most efficient and popular clerks at
Purcell's. The groom is winning his
way in the West, where all men's
chances are even; where success
rests with the Individual. At pres
ent he is court stenographer in Fort
Worth. Texas. He is studying law,
and will soon be admitted to the bar.
Mr. Scott is a native of Spencer, but
formerly lived in Charlotte, being in
the office of Yarborough & Bellinger.
He and his bride went to Spencer
last night to visit relatives. They
go through here tonight en route to
their Texas home.
Goes to Mayes worth.
Mr. Edgar Iewis and family
move next week from Gastonia
ill
Examining Water Shed.
City Health Officer B.
W, Craig
to i began yesterday his first quarterly
Fancy sheet pictures, Fishers,
firefe's, Vnderwood's and Hender
son's. See them at Green's.
Mrs. Padgett's Sister Weds.
Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Padgett and
little daughter went to Charlotte
Monday to be present Tuesday night
at the marriage of her sister. Miss
Mary Hicks, to Mr. J. E. Scott. Mrs.
Padgett and child remained over for
a visit of several days, Mr. Padgett
returning to Gastonia Tuesday night.
Fine Photos, $6.00 folder style,
now $3.00 per dozen at Green's,
Progress on Court House.
The work of buidling the concrete
foundation for the new county court
house on South street is about com
plete and it ia the intention of the
contractors to begin laying brick
early next week, provided the weath
er will permit. The concrete foun
dation is now being built for the
jail, just in the rear of the court
house. The contractors have on the
grounds a large quantity of brick
and some of the stone to be used for
the trimming and expect to proceed
steadily and quickly with the con
struction. Gastonians and Gaston
countians generally will watch its
building with interest and anxiously
await the time when it shall be com
pleted and ready for occupancy.
Mayesworth where Mr. Lewis will
have charge of the farm and store
of the Mayesworth Manufacturing
Company.' He will also fill the posi
tion of shipping clerk. Mr. Lewis
has held a clerical position with the
Loray Mills here for the past sev
eral years. He will be succeeded
there by Mr. Stacy Boyce.
Fisher-Ballard.
At the home of the bride near the
Avon Mill Wednesday evening Mr.
J. V. Fisher and Miss Ella Ballard
were married, the ceremony being
performed by Rev. J. J. Beach. The
bride is a daughter of Mr. Alfred
Ballard.
Special cut price on frame mould
ing and ready-made frames- See
Green for prices.
New Hotel at CherryvHle.
Mr. T. B. Leonhardt, the popular
proprietor of the Commercial Hotel
at Cherryvllle. has just completed
the erection of a handsome new ho
tel building containing eighteen
rooms, into which he expects to move
next week. The new building is lo
cated on Main street on the opposite
side of the railroad from the build
ing now occupied and used as a ho
tel by Mr. Leonhardt. The new
building is nicely finished up and
well furnished, and when occupied
Cherryville will have one of the best
hotels to be found in a town of its
size anywhere in this section.
MORTGAGE SALE OF LAND
By virtue of the power of sal
vested in me by a Mortgage Deed
executed to me on the 7th day of
December. 1908. by George Dye and
his wife. Elizabeth Dye, and regis
tered in the office of the Register of
Deeds of Gaston county in Mortgage
Deed Book 7 4, .page 18, default hav
ing been made in the payment of the
bond secured by said Mortgage
Deed, I will sell to the highest bid
der for cash, at the court house
door in Dallas, at noon, on
Monday, March 21, 1910,
the following described tract of
land lying within the corporate lim
its of the town of Gastonia, Gaston
county, State of North Carolina and
bounded as follows:
Beginning at a stake on B. G
Bradley's line, 75 feet eastward
from a stone on the east side of Dal
las street near the northern part of
the town of Gastonia. which stone ia
the southwest corner of the land
Mack Bradley bought from M. F.
Rnyne November Huh, 1897; runs
with B. G. Bradley's line N. 86 E
50 feet to a stone; thence N. 1 W
105 feet to the south edge of an al
ley; thence with the south edge of
said alley S. 85 2-3 W. 50 feet;
thence, S. 1 E. 108 feet to the' be
ginning; being lot No. 2 of the tract
which M. F. Rhyne and wife deeded
to Mack Bradley on November 15th.
1897, surveved and divided Into lots
by John F. Bradley in October, 1904
This the 18th day of February
1910.
T. E. ROBINSON, Mortagee.
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NOTICE TO OWNERS OF HOGS.
Owners of hogs within the cor
porate limits of the town of Gasto
nia are required by law to have
floors of pens at least 18 inches
above the ground. A penalty is
provided for non-compliance with
this law. Notice ' Is hereby given
that all owners of hogs MUST com
ply with this regulation.
B. W. CRAIG, Health Officer.
F 18 c 1.
examination of the watershed of the
Gastonia water supply, a survey of
which was made for the city by Mr.
W. L. Law. of Rock Hill, S. C. sev
eral months ago. The regulations of
the State Board of Health require
that this examination be made every
three months and a detailed report
submitted to the department at Ral
eigh. This work will require a con
siderable amount of time as the wa
tershed is fifteen miles in length and
several miles in width, covering a
pretty large area or land on each
side of Long Creek, from which the
city derives its water supply. Ac
cording to the survey there are 296
houses on the survey, outside of the
towns in the territory covered but
Mr. Craig says the number will ex
ceed that figure considerably. He is
required to visit every farm and ev
ery house and on his first round will
leave at each residence a copy of the
State laws regarding watersheds.
CATARRHAL ASTHMA,
One Bottle of Pe-m-ua.
I!
MR. F. L.
St.Littl
Pig rug and drugget sale starts at
Rimkin Furniture Company's Satur
day. Don't fail to be there.
Scratch from Mule's Tooth Makes
Blood Poisoning.
Monroe Journal.
For nearly two' weeks, Mr. Bryce
Rushing, son of Mr. A. E. Rushing,
of Lanes Creek township, has been
very ill from blood poisoning. The
trouble came from a scratch made
by a mule's tooth while Mr. Rushing
was trying to give medicine to the
animal, which had pneumonia. The
mule died, and in a day or two the
scratch on Mr. Rushing began to get
so bad that a doctor was called in.
He saw it to be a serious matter and
went, to work. Mr. Rushing is now
improving but for ten days he was
confined to his bed. a very sick man
A dispatch from Washington Wed
nesday says: Senator Tillman of
South Carolina, was taken suddenly
ill on the steps of the Capitol today
and had to be carried to his room by
two Capitol employes. Later he was
removed to his home, where he is
now under the care of a physician.
Rest Axmlnster druggets, sells the
world over for $25, to go during our
big sale at $17.85. No bigger bar
gain ever offered.
Mr. J. C. Plonk Vice President.
Charlotte Observer, 16th.
Mr. J. C. Plonk of Cherokee Falls,
C, was elected vice president of
the Chadwick-Hoskins Company at a
meeting of the directors yesterday.
Mr. Plonk is one of the most aggres
sive and successful cotton manufac
turers In piedmont Carolina and his
election in this Charlotte concern
was a most fortunate one. He takes
the place of Gen. W. F. Draper, re
cently deceased.
MR. F. t BOULLIOUN.
BOULLIOUN, state
l I J ... I. A r Ir wvltM)
'I have been a sufferer with the asth
ma for. about four years, and I tried
different kinds of medicines and could
not find any relief for it.
"1 tried your medicines, bought a bot
tle of l'runa, and after taking about
half of it I must say that I have not had
tlieasthmasince. Beforel took the med
icine I did not know what it was to go
to bed without having the asthma."
Systemic Catarrh.
Mr. Samuel Burden, 701 Springfield
Ave., Summit, N. J., writes :
"In the fall of 1!HX) I had repeated
attacks of cold, which developed into
iy.-Uemic catarrh.
"It left me -very weak and all ran
down. When I got up in the morning
it would take about an hour to get my
head and throat clear.
"It also left me with a very weak,
all-gone, empty feeling in my stomach.
which I thought
was dyspepsia, for
which I tried dif
ferent remedies
Weak and All
Run Down.
with very little improvement.
"I finally decided to give Peruna a
trial. I felt benefited with the first dose.
After taking three bottles I was en
tirely cured. I cannot epeak in too
high terms of your wonderful discov
ery, Peruna."
Perun is manufactured by tha
Peruua Xrug Mfg. Co., Columbus, Ohio
WANTS HIGH LICENSE.
Over 50,04)0 Names are Signed to a
Vetition Asking Amendment to
Oklahoma State Constitution.
Guthrie, Okla., Feb. 15. An in
itiative bearing 59,486 names and
asking an amendment to the State
constitution striking out both Feder
al and State prohibition provisions
and substituting therefor a system of
high license and local option was
filed with the Secretary of State
here yesterday by Dr. John Thread-
gill, president of the Oklahoma local
option and high license league. The
Anti-Saloon League will oppose the
granting of the petition toy the Gov
ernor and will carry the question to
the court 3.
Big S'P
& (Mr
cial !50ay Ru&and Drugget Sale
BEGINNING SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19th, and CONTINUING TO MARCH 10th
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We have just purchased tie largest stock and biggest assortment of Druggets erer handled by a Gastonia firm, and we Bought them at such prices that we are able to
offer them at prices heretofore unheard of in Gastonia: BIGEL0WS $30 DRUGGETS for $25. SMITH'S AXMINSTER DRUGGETS, $25 kind, for $17.85. This is one
of the biggest bargains in draggets you're ever heard of. They are beanties and we bought them at a low price. DELT0X DRUQGETS, worth $11 to $12.50, to go at
$8.50 to $10. Big lot of INGRAIN DRUGGETS going at bargain prices. Don't fail to come in and see these. Now is the time to buy that new rag or drugget which
yon wiU need for spring cleaning time.
Rankin Furniture Company,
Gastonia, N. G