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.A-'S.V. PAGE FOOL THE GASTONIA GAZETTE. Opera House ' ' Thursday March 31st W. F. MANN Presents Miss Dixie Lee Miss Crystal Vizzard In Temnest & Sunshine Dramatization of Mary J. Holmes Famous Novel. Read See The The Book Play PRICES 25, 50, 75 and $1.00 Seats on Sale at Torrence's Drug Store. Second Successful Season The Gastonia Gazette. Issued every Tuesday and Friday by The Gazette Publishing Company. E. 1. ATKINS. Editor. J. W. ATKIXS. Business Manager. No. 23 Main Avenue. PHONE NO. 50. (iASTOMA County Seat of Gaston County Af ter January 1, 1011. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: One year 150 Six months 75 Tour months "v One month TUESDAY, MA I tCH 1, 1010. The Gazette regards the growing tendency in Gastonia toward placing retail businesses on a strict cash ba sis as a movement that augurs well for the future of this section. As noted the first of the year the J. M. Belk Company, one of the largest re tail stores in town, inaugurated the cash system. Prior to that time several other establishments had taken the same action. The latest firm to Join in this movement is the Gastonia Ice & Coal Co. which, as will be seen from its advertisement in today's Gazette, has placed Its Ice business on a strict cash basis. Last "week a gentleman who operates a small general merchandise estab lishment in the outskirts of town in formed us that he was going to put his business on a strict cash basis at once. A gentleman who re cently began business in East Gas tonia began doing an all-cash busi ness and Is, we are Informed, doing well. It Is the proper way to do business and The Gazette, for one, is glad to see the beginning of a change in the manner of doing bus iness in this section. The old cred it system is expensive, uncertain and works a hardship on those who do pay cash. Let the good work go on. When every retail business in Gastonia is on a strict cash business we will have a more prosperous town. , A Stumper for Sure. To the Kditor ol The Gazette: Can you tell me, through the col umns of your paper, why it is that :i ten-cent wild-western melodram atic lilood-and-thunder show can lay to a full house in Gastonia ev ery night iu the week and at the same time a free lecture on a sub-i-'-t of vital importance to the life and health of the community can scarcely muster a corporal's guard. Is it because the ground hog roams by moonlight and not by day, or why? Please let me have an an swer as this question is a puzzle to me. GERMS. P. S. Where were all of Gasto nki's prominent citizens Friday night? A GREAT MEETING. (The editor of The Gazette is un able to advance offhand a theory that Is satisfactory to him; hence we pass the question along with the hope that some of our readers will enlighten "Germs" on the subject.) Sunday was an ideal Easter day. It was, according to some of the old-timers, the warmest Easter day we have hatPin many years. Mrs. J. Frank Ilarrelson and little son, Bain, accompanied by .Mrs. Harrelson's sister, who has been her guest for a week or more, left this morning for Cherryville, where Mrs. Harrelson will spend several days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Harrelson. Chicago has passed an ordinance forbidding women to wear long bat pins in public places. IMPORTANT NOTICE. The publishers desire to call to the attention of all Gazette subscribers the fact that the paper is now op erated strictly on a cash-in-advance basis as far as subscriptions are con cerned. Every paper is promptly discontinued the day the subscrip tion expires, this rule being applied with impartiality. A postal card no tice Is sent every subscriber at least a week before his time expires in or der that none may fail to have knowledge of the exact date of ex piration. If you do not want the paper discontinued please see that your remittance for reritewal is In our hands not later than the date of ex piration of your subscription. Re mittance should be made by postof flce money order, express money or der or check. It is unsafe to send money through the malls and the subscriber takes the risk when send ing It. Any failure on the part of subscribers to receive the paper promptly should be reported at this office and the matter will be thor oughly Investigated. Three Hundred Ladle Attended the Annual Meeting of the Woman's Missionary Auxiliary 'of . the Bp ttst Church at Oxford Last Week The Work Accomplished the Past Year. (Reported for The Gaiette.) The delegates from Gastonia who attended the annual meeting of the Woman s Auxiliary or tne Baptist church at Oxford last week were Mrs. W. H. Reddish and Mrs. W. J. Clifford, of the First Church, and Mrs. J. J. Beach, of the East Bap tist church. Gastonia ranked among the first in all departments of fhe work. The meeting was an inspiring one and the three hundred Baptist wo men from every part of the State, attending it returned to their homes with great enthusiasm for the work. These women give to home and for- a1 T I ! 1 1 - eign missions, 10 me i,uuiaviiiB Training School, at which young wo men are trained for mission work, and to the support of the Margaret Home, which is located in Green ville, S. V. In this home the child ren of missionaries are placed for the purpose of attending school and have all the care that could be given them by a motherly Christian wo man. These several objects came up for consideration at this meeting. The funds raised by the women for State missions during this year will go to the building of churches in destitute places. Among the visitors were a num ber of returned missionaries. These were Rev. W. C. Newtop and Dr. and Mrs. George V. Green, of China, and Mrs. X. Maynard, of Japan. The addresses of these missionaries were interesting and instructive. Dr. V. I. Masters, editorial secretary of the home mission board, gave a very in teresting illustrated lecture on the work of the home board. The wo men began their organized work in ISSii. At that time there were forty-one societies in the State and now the number is nine hundred and seventy-six with a membership of about thirty thousand. There Is a central committee located in Ral eigh through which the work is planned and who send out the lit erature to the societies. Last year the women took as their aim $30,000 and they went two dol lars beyond this mark. The cultured town of Oxford ex tended very gracious hospitality to the delegates and showed them ev ery courtesy possible. IMMIGRANTS COMING, The Citizens National Bank Gastonia, N. C. The bank that is not so large or old as to be forgetful of its customers' wants and needs, and is as strong as any of them. Is the designated depository of the great state of North Carolina. It makes loans at the legal rate of interest when satisfactory balances are maintained, and every accommodation and courtesy lex tended customers in keeping with sound banking. We invite you to open an account. XL P. Rankin, Pres. A. G. Myers, Cashier. Capital and Surplus, $75,000 Friday is All Fools Day. Mayesworth has another case of smallpox, Mrs. R. L. Ray being the victim. The city schools resumed work this morning after enjoying the Easter holidays. Mrs. W. E. Todd and children returned yesterday from a visit to relatives in Mecklenburg county. Mr. Rawlinson McFadden is here from Spartanburg, S. C, on a visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. R. McFadden. A ten-word ad In The Gazette's penny column, inserted twice at a total cost of twenty cents, sold six Brown Leghorn hens for Mr. W. E. Jenkins. They pay; there's no doubting the fact. . The laying of the first floor of the court house, which Is solid con crete, will be completed In a day or so and the brlckmasons will then start the walls up toward the second story. They are at present working Miss Susie Love has as her guest for the Easter holidays Miss Hattle West, of Helena, Ark. Miss Love and Miss West will leave to night for Spartanburg, S. C, to re sume their studies at Converse Col lege. Messrs. Robert Price, T. A. Stewart, Hampton Ferguson and Medlln, of Mayesworth, were in town Monday to attend the trial of Robert Price against Penley & Barnes. Penley and Barnes were arrested here Saturday on the charge of the theft of some fish from Mr. Price. The defendants gave bond for their appearance at trial here Monday evening, but when the hour for trial arrived, the accused were not to be found. It is gratifying to Gastonlans, and especially those of them who are members of the Baptist denomina tion, to know that the Sunbeam So ciety of the First Baptist church stood third from the top in the mat ter of contributions for the cause of missions the past year, as shown by the report at the meeting of the Wo man's Auxiliary at Oxford last week. Mrs. W. J. Clifford Is the efficient leader of this band of enthusiastic children and It Is no secret that she is proud of their accomplishments. Mrs. Clifford made a talk at the con vention on "The Ideal Sunbeam Mother." Tide Which Once Ran the Other Way 7'.;- Has Turned. - ' Asbeville Citizen.- When seen by a reporter at the Battery Park last night. Col. M. V. Richards, land and Industrial agent of tfhe Southern Railway, spoke en thusiastically of the great immigra tion Into the South of people from the Northwestern States. "While," said Col. Richards, "there seems to be a number bf peo pie leaving Western North Carolina this spring, It will be found that this i emigration is decreasing annually, and on the other hand people are coming in, in enormous numbers, from the Northwest. In former times practically no people come fn j from that section of the South, but : now the tide has turned and Instead j of the great emigration to the West, j there will be thousands wending their way from the cold Northwest- I em climes to find new homes in the great Southland which Is endowed by nature with every advantage to be- j come a land of plenty and prosperity. As soon as the people of the North arid West learn more of the great possession's of the South, more of them will find locations in the South. 'The State immigration depart ments have been the agents that have brought about this emigration out of the Northwest and their campaigns in this direction, conducted in the most advanced manner, have receiv ed the valuable assistance of the railroads in the Pouth. which have spent vast sums in advertising. This advertising has been placed to great advantage in all parts of the country where prospective Immigrants re side. "The Southern Railway ever since its organization has conducted a model department which has had wonderful results in attracting ini migrants to the South, and at pres ent it is doing splendid work. Last week 2000 hotne-seekers crossed the Ohio river and today are scat tered throughout the South looking for new homes, and it will not be long before they will be among our molt valuable citizens. These peo ple come from the Northwest and Wesc and 510 of them were on two trains. It will not be long, however, before the few home-seekers' trains now operated will become many trains. It will be necessary for Southern communities to do individ ual advertising in order to secure the colonists who have been attracted to the South by the State departments and who have been brought in through the railroad industrial de partments. To show what can be done by individual work, I have but to mention that a land company which has an office in New York brought in a colony of seventy per sons last week from the North, all of Whom will buy valuable Southern lands. , "During the panic the Southern 9 e.( y- Place your money on deposit We will pay you in terest, and you can get your money on call. You can doubtless loan your money at higher rates of interest to private parties,' but can you get your money when you want it and when you need it? The First National Bank a Gastonia, N. C. Gaston County's Oldest andLargest Bank, L. L, JENKINS, Pres't OFFICERS: R. R. RAY, J. LEE ROblNSON, Vice-Presls S. N. BOYCE, Cashier Our Biggest and SHOWING OP SPRING AND SUMMER MILLINERY THAT'S THE COMMENT HEARD ON ALL SIDES FROM HUNDREDS OP PLEAS EI) AND SATISFIED CUSTOMERS. OUR TRIMMERS ARE BUSY AS CAN BE BUT NEVER TOO BUSY TO SHOW YOU THE GOODS. IT WILL PAY EVERY LADY TO COME AND SEE THE HATS AT OUR STORE BEFORE BUYING. OUR SHOWING OP SPRING DRESS GOODS AND SILKS IS ALSO THE BEST IN THE HISTORY OP OUR STORE. ALL THE NEW FAB RICS AND COLORS. BIG ASSORTMENT TO SELECT FROM. Railway had to reduce expenses and as a consequence its land and indus trial development suffered greatly. Today, however, this department is in fine shape and its work has been greatly increased. Following out Its custom of the past the Southern Rail way will make exhibits of the South's resources and industries at all the large fairs In the North, and North Carolina will be well repre sented in this exhibit, especially in the apple department, and also with her mineral and timber resources. These exhibits never fall to attract the attention of the Northern and Western people." rhomson Merc, ompany Gastonia, North Carolina. winking and nodding to his honor, but it was to no purpose. He didn't get introduced. "And the next day, after Mrs. Langtry was gone, the mayor, when Tom reproached him, gave a loud laugh. " 'Was that you, 'he roared, 'nod ding and winking all last night? By Jove, I didn't recognize you, Tom, without your whiskers! " Subscribe for The Gazette. A Tragedy of Whiskers. Philadelphia Record. Simeon Ford said the other day, apropos of whiskers: "I have shaved off my whiskers and it makes me look younger. Peo ple now eye me more appreciatively than they used to do. I, unlike poor Tom Angus, have gained by this fa cial change. "Tom Angus was an arcitect of Tombstone. When they expected Mrs. Langtry in Tombstone, Tom was appointed to decorate the rail way station and the streets. He did so, and he made a good job of it, and after the mayor had congratulated him, he said: " 'Well, Mr. Mayor, since you like my work, introduce me to Mrs. Lang try at the banquet, will you?' .1 " 'Sure I will.' said the mayor; but you must knock that spinach off your ,chln first Mrs. Langtry Is a, lady and she could never stand for a rusty alfalfa field like yours.' " 'But,' stammered Tom, 'but, Mr. Mayor, the king' " Cut down the alfalfa crop,' the mayor Interrupted, 'and 111 introduce you. Vice Versa,' he added very de cidedly. "60 Tom removed his rich whis kers, and that night among the ban queters his white, nude , chin was a conspicuous object. "But the 'mayor didn't introduce him to the beautiful Mrs. Langtry after an. ' Between every course and all through the speeches Tom kept An Excellent Lecture. Those persons who, heard the lec ture on "Germs" at the Central graded school Friday night by Dr. L. N. Glenn were well repaid for the trouble they had in going out The crowd was small but appreciative. Dr. Glenn spoke for about an hour and gave his hearers some very In teresting and valuable Information regarding the subject of "Germs," a subject which, by the way, in this day and time Is a very absorbing one. He began by reviewing brief ly the history of the development of the germ theory and the progress it had made. He then took up sev eral germ diseases somewhat in de tail, among the number being tu bercle bacillus, the most devastat ing of all germs; the pneumonia germ and several others. He dwelt briefly on the malarial germ and gave some practical ideas on the prevention of malarial. A very in teresting feature of the lecture was the examination, by members of the audience by means of the micro scope, of specimens of several germs. In this demonstration he was assisted by Dr. L. N. Patrick. A specimen of the tubercle bacillus was examined with considerable In terest by a number of the audience, as were also two or three others. The lecturer exhibited a thorough knowledge of bis subject and the Information he Imparted to bis hear ers cannot but prove of benefit to them. This lecture was one of a series to be given under the aus pices of the "sanitation committee of the Woman's Betterment Associ ation and the committee from the Commercial Club. . . Mrs. Ferrie Pegram is herefrom York county spending a few days with her sister, Mrs. W. L. Gallant April ttfa Watch Death of Justice Brewer. David J. Brewer, Associate Jus- tlce of the Supreme Court of the United States, died last night at 10:30 o'clock in Washington, as a result of apoplexy. Justice Brewer was born in Smyr na, Asia Minor, June 20, 1837, the son of Rev. Josiah end Aurelia Brewer. He was a graduate of sev- eral of the most renowned colleges in the United States and was ap pointed by President Arthur Judge of the United States Circuit Court for the eighth circuit In 1884, and served in this capacity for five years, when following this service, President Harrison (appointed him Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Straw hats are next on the pro- gram. They are already blooming in some quarters. . - Messrs. J. Meech Smith, Fred Jackson and Meek Campbell, of Clover, were in town yesterday. They went to Gaffney, S. to drive back to . Clover a new machine re cently purchased by Mr. Smith. Gastonia Cotton. . These figures represent the prices: paid to wagons, March JUh:; Good middling .... ..... ..14 6-8 Strict middling ...... . . . .14 1-1 Middling .... .... .... Vwlt S-S ... y ; 1