TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1910.
THE GA8TONIA GAZETTE.
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The Gastonia Gazette.
PENNY COLUMN.
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They Brio Results; try 'em.
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WANTED You to know that The
Charlotte Evening Chronicle "The
Great Penny Paper" Is on Bale in
vAnr tnwn ftftch evening, and that
George and Guy Terrell are our reg
ularly appointed agents and will de
liver at your home or office for one
cent per day or six cents per week.
Rlva It a trial. tf.
WANTED $300.00 to $1,000.00
from six to twelve months on gilt
edged security. Address "Business'
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tst 110 bill on streets. Reward
for return to Gazette office.
OH RENT
FOR RENT: Rooms centrally locat
ed naar nost office and bank, suit
able for bed rooms or offices; In Tor-
hiiildinz. ADDlV to L. F.
Groves. O 7 c 4.
FOR RENT, two furnished rooms at
207 Dallas street, one black from
depot. W. G. Boshamer. tf.
To Keep Posted on DoalneM News of
Gastonia Read These Items Twice
A Week They're Money-Savers
for You. ' , ,
If you are not already having
your prescriptions filled at Kenne
dy's they want you to.
Tes ma'am, Warren can shoe
your horse while you wait. Try him
and see. Near the court house.
Bread Is the staff of life. Clean
bread keeps the family healthy. Con
sult Todd about It.
Mr. T. I. Belk, the real estate
man, has some new properties listed
In his adv. on page three today.
Everything In style, quality,
color and fit that the young man de
mands In his clothing can be found
at Swan-Slater Co's.
Clerk C. C. Cornwell of the Su
perior Court gives notice In the case
of A. D. Black vs. Frances Black.
See legal ads.
Mrs. Mary J. F. Abernethy ad
vertises a re-sale of the Open View
Farms on Saturday, Nov. 5, 1910.
For description of property, terms,
etc., see adv. in legal column.
Schneider's greater store Is
closed today and tomorrow. They
have something interesting to say on
page two about their millinery and
tailored suits.
Twice 1000 Is 2000 and that's
just how many ladies' fine shoes
Robinson Shoe Company has and
they give you the prices also. See
their adv.
Messrs. Long Brothers call your
attention to the fact that their store
is the stove house. They can fit you
out in anything in the heating stove
line. Page two.
Eflrd's has a big list of special
ly attractive bargains for this week.
Don't fail to read their adv. on page
seven. Their motto Is: Satisfaction
guaranteed or your money back.
Then there's your city taxes
another sure thing. City Tax Col
lector J. W. Carroll has a little talk
for you also in today's paper. Look
It up and read it.
It Is said that there are two
things, death and taxes. Sure it is
that Sheriff Shuford wants your tax
es for 1910 and tells you In The Ga
zette where to meet him with the
coin.
Col. C. B. Armstrong was disap
pointed .last Saturday because he on
ly sold 8207.95 wfcrth of furniture
when heexpect&tf to sell $350 worth.
He's notVoin to quit on that ac
count, howWver. SeeqflTv.
Watch Worth Owning
Should be an accurate timekeeper.
A man it frequently judged by the watch which he carries. An
acurate watch meant a man who is accurate in hit engagement!
and transaction!. Every timepiece that we carry is
Carefully Adjusted by Our
Expert Watchmaker
before'leaving oar establishment That's why our patrons place
confidence in ns as sellers of
Accurate Reliable Watches
As a gift to the boy or the girl a watch is most useful and
always appreciated, being a serviceable device as well as an
ornament The chief function of a watch, however, is to give
correct time and long service and that's what T0RRENCE
MORRIS CO.'S watches do.
Prices from $1.00 to $200.00.
SEE
Torrence - Morris Co.
JEWELERS For Reliable Watches.
PELLAGRA: ITS LESSON.
FOR SALE.
Former Senator Rufus Blodgett,
of New Jersey, died at Long Branch,
N. J., yesterday, aged 76.
FOR SALE Two cotton gins, good
wheat mill, one corn mill, one
saw mill, 2 engines, good planer, 1
ehingle machine, one 35-horsepower
boiler, 8 acres of land with 5-room
house on, It, drilled well. Address
M. R. Jenkins, Iron Station, N. C.
O 4 c 2.
FOR SALE Nice bay driving mare,
five years old. Cheap to quick
buyer. O. L. Rhyne, Route 4.
F O 21 o 3.
MISCELLANEOUS.
YOUNG'S Steam-baked Bread re
ceived dally. Phone orders have
prompt attention. Elite Grocery,
Phone 92. O 4 c 4.
THE CENSUS FOR 1910 Interests
all of us. The Gastonia Library
expects to have one of the first sets
of reports published. Also a copy of
the new soil map of Gaston county,
Those papers, magazines and books
we have been telling you about are
here. Look us up in the T. M. C. A.
building, corner of Main and South
streets. tf.
Linen Shower a Success.
The linen shower given Saturday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. H.
Reddish on West Franklin avenue by
the Woman's Hospital Association
for the benefit of the Gaston Hospit
al was a decided success. There was
a large number of ladies present and
180 pieces of linen were donated, in
cluding almost everything needed by
a coRpItal. There were manv h?nd-
.":i.e pieces In the collection and all
were eerv'ceable. Light refresh
mnts were erved and the ladles en
joyed the casion immensely.
YOUNG s steam-Dattea ureaa rw
eeived dally. Phone orders have
prompt attention. Elite Grocery,
Phone 92. O 4 c 4
OLD PAPERS five cents a bundle.
Good for pantry shelves, packing
household goods, wrapping, etc. Ga
sette office tf.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1010.
Death of Isaac Putnam.
Isaac 'Putnam, a well-known clti-
sen of the Cherryrllle section of the
county, died at Cherryrllle at noon
yesterday after a brief illness, aged
bout 45 years. The funeral and
Initial took place at Mt. Zlon Bap
tist church, three miles north of
Cherryrllle, at 11 o'clock this morn'
tag. The deceased is survived by
his mother,' Mrs. Harriet Mltchem,
one half-sister. Miss Nannie Mitch
em, and two half-brothers, Messrs.
Dave and Thomas Mltchem.
Subscribe for Ths Gazette.
Prof. Robert Durham, of Cen
tenary Female College, Cleveland
Tenn., was In town a short while
Saturday afternoon shaking hands
with old friende. Mr. Durham was
en route home from Raleigh, 'whith
er he was called to attend the fun
eral of his step-father, the late Ma
jor B. F. Dixon. He reports the in
stitution with which he is connected
as being in a very flourishing condi
tion.
Young
Men's
Suits
$10 to $25
And there's not a suit tn our store
so cheap that it falls short In the
style, quality, fit and finish that the
modern young man demands.
All the materials, -colors and styles
that belong to this season are here
and we want you to see them. Hats
and Furnishings and Odd Trousers,
too.
Swan-Slater !Co.
Outfitters for Men and Boys
Probably One Thousand Deaths a
Year in North Carolina From the
Disease.
The Importance of pellagra as a
disease was brought home to tne
newsnauer reading public last week
when this obscure malady claimed
for ita victim one of the best known
editors of the State. John M. Julian,
editor of The Salisbury Post, was
a public-spirited man, and a man
whose life taken at the very meri
dian of its usefulness, was of great
value as a public asset.
A terrible disease! Like some
wild beast of the jungle that emer
ges under cover of darkness, seizes
its victim, and escapee without being
seen, so pellagra, of unknown origin
and destined to strike next we know
not where, continues to levy lta
deadly tax on the public health.
And, now, direct your sympathetic
attention to the unfortunate victim:
Suffering from a disease of fatal
tendency, with its true nature un
known, he adds to his physical suf
fering the mental unrest of the fear
that the hidden cause of the disease
mar even then be lurking in his
home to drag down some other mem
ber of the family. Repeat this trag
edy a thousand times, and you have
a mental picture of what pellagra
means to North Carolina in one year.
Since the first day of January,
1910, to September 1, 1910, there
were reported through carefully col
lected, official death certificates, now
on file in the office of the State
Board of Health, 70 deaths from pel
lagra. Our records do not extend
beyond January. Now, 70 deaths In
eight months means an average of
8 death per months, or for twelve
months 105 deaths. Our registra
tion law covers only one-fourth the
population of the State. For the
whole State we would theu multiply
the 105 by 4, which would make 420
deaths per year. Now, consider
one more fact in making our est!
mate, namely, that the disease is
new, and not more than one doctor
in six or eight is yet able to recog
nize it. This simply means that a
very large number of deaths from
pellagra are unrecognized as such.
Assuming that only as many deaths
from the disease are unrecognized as
are recognized, we are very probably
near the truth in placing the esti
mate at about 1,000 deaths a year.
All this is a warning. Is pellagra
spreading in our State? We don't
know. Most authorities believe it is.
Can it spread? We answer by quot
ing some figures given by Dr. Ed. J.
Wood of Wilmington, In a paper on
the disease:
"In 1879 the number of cases In
Italy was 97,855. About this time
in Yenetia, among 10,000 deaths
500 were due to pellagra. Since
1881 the number has declined me-
terlally, supposedly owing to the
strenuous efforts on the part of the
Government in the more careful In
spection of Indian corn and in the
improvement of the general hygienic
conditions. Next to Venetia stands
Lombardy, with 300 deaths, then
Emilia, with 200 deaths. Piedmont,
Umbria, and Tuscany attribute over
per cent of all deaths to pellagra.
Neusser asserted that in 1886 in
Venice, with a population of 36,588
natives, there were 1,086 cases of
pellagra.
"In Roumanla In -1885 there were
10,626 cases; In 1886, 19,797 cases
out of a population of 5,300,000. In
1892 there were 4,500 cases. In 1898
21,272 cases. Trlller says that In
1904 In Roumanla there were 30,000
pellagrins." ,.
Then It did spread In other coun
tries. It. is a serious disease, anil in
Itself is a strong argument for a bet
ter equipped State Board cf Health
than one whose total revenue from
all sources does not amount to $12,
500. But after all, there is something
of inconsistency in all the newspa
per excitement over this new disease.
Why discuss the needs for knowing
the means of preventing pellagra,
when we know how to prevent tu
berculosis, hookworm, malaria, ty
phoid fever and other diseases, all of
which, takea together, destroy ten
or twelve lives in our State while
pellagra takes one? Let us use what
knowledge we have. Let us have a
public health department adequate
to Investigate pellagra and, what is
much more needed, to teach the
people the life-saving facts already
available.
Let no one misinterpret the mean
ing of these facts. North Carolina
is Just as healthy as any other South
ern State in fact, we have a death
rate but slightly higher than the av
erage death rate in the United
States. We are to be congratulated
on the fact that the very large pro
portion of our diseases are prevent
able diseases; but as a people, If we
do not arouse ourselves from our in
difference in matters of public health
we shall deserve the penalty of san
itary indifference and ignorance
disease and death.
And, if there be those who believe
In placing the candle under a bush
el, who believe in withholding from
the public the knowledge of the pres
ence of disease until it becomes well
intrenched among us, or those 'who
believe It Is hurtful to Interpret the
meaning of these sanitary facts for
the people, may we seriously Inquire
of them, by what other means we
may arouse the public to a proper
sense of its obligations in this funda
mental problem of public health? To
the policy of publicity the writer is
fast wedded. Our motto, inso far as
In us lies, is: "Ye shall know the
truth, and the truth shall make you
free."
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7 l-2c Poe Mill Bleached Domestic
Special at 5c
1000 yards 5c Apron Ginghams at - 3 l-2c
5000 yards 7 l-2c Ginghams and Chambray
Special at 5c
Mennnen's 25c. Talcum Powder at only 10c
Ladies' 10c. Black Hose, Special for - - 5c
Specials in Men's Pants and Clothing
Men's Pants, worth $1.50, at - 98c
$1 Men's Pants at 75c
$7.50 Men's Suits at - - - - $4.98
1000 pairs of Men's, Ladies' Misses'
and Children's Shoes, all piled out on
counter, at a big reduction.
We have hundreds of other good bar
gains all through our big store.
X Mo MkCo
Leaders of Low Prices
The advertising cars of the
RingUng Brothers shows are here
today and the force is busy putting
up advertising matter. October 25th
is the date and it is probable that
this show will bring to Gastonia the
largest crowd it has ever had. Word
comes from Charlotte that hundreds
of the citizens of our neighboring
city will be here, the Southern hav
ing made a very low rate for the oc
cuiod. special trams will be run
all during the day, it is understood
Rlngling Brothers is one of the larg
est shows in the country.
Mayor uaynor of New York city,
who was shot and seriously wound
ed several weeks ago on the deck of
a ship as he was about to leave for
Em ope, resumed work at his desk
yesterday, having recovered from
bis injuries.
Pnbscrib for The Oaifttt
SALE OF LAND.
By virtue of the power of sale conferred no
on me by that certain mortgage deed ee-
emeu un me 1 jio aay 01 April 1909 kl r
j w . . . .
auu ir in losiDrr. m wife, which is
duly registered ic the office of the Register
vi m ouioo loamy in Book No. 74
page 114. defanlt bavins been made ia the
varment m pan 01 ue inneDetednes secured
thereby. I will sell to the highest bidder for
caab. at the Court House Door in Dallas N
Cat noon on Saturday. Nvrrahar Sta, 110
that certain lot or parcel of land lying and
being in the Town of Dallas." adjoining the
lands of B. E. Summey. R. O. Fordhatn.
fanes Taylor and others, beginning at a
atone. Jmei Taylor's northwest mn-r mA
runs West 6 poles and 11 feet to a atone in
the edge of the street: thence Sooth 24 poles
with said street to a stone at the intersection
of two streets; thence East 6 poles and 11
feet to stone, Taylor's corner: thence N. 24
poles to the beginning, containing one acre,
more or less. This October 3.1910.
E. E. SVMMET. MOITCACB
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Ladies' Fine Kid Patent Colt
and Gun Metal, Cloth Top and Kid
Top, Button and Lace.
$2.50 and $3.00 the pair
This is the Best Array of
Ladies' Nice Shoes Ever Shown in Gastonia at This
Price.
Robinson Shoe Company.
The First Step4
towards prosperity and Independ
ence Is a deposit In a good savings
bank. The biggest fortnnes In the
world had their foundation In small
savings. The Savings Bank, opens
accounts with as little as one dollar.
Make a deposit today and start on
the road to independence. . The first
step isn't hard and the others are.
easier, once you get the habit.
Interest 4 per cent per annam on
open accounts.
Gaston Loan & Trust Co.
J. Lee Robinson, Pres. Savings Bank E. G. McLurd, Treat.
Cotton Crop Only 65.9 of Normal.
An Associated dispatch from Wash
ington yesterday says: "The aver
age condition of the cotton crop on
September 25th was 65.9 per cent of
normal, as compared with 72.1 a
month ago; 58.5 a year ago; 69.7 in
1908 and 66.6 the average of .the
last ten years on September 25 as
estimated by the crop reporting
os. i of the Department of Agricul-
ir. .
Fancy and plain articles of Tart
oos descriptions wiQ be food on
sale at reasonable prices In the fan
cy work booth . daring the Floral -Fair.
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. GASTOXIA COTTOX MARKET.
(Corrected semi-Weekly by W. . I
Balthis A Co., Cotton Brokers.)
Good middling 11 l-i;
Strict middling ....... 1-8
Cottonseed .......... .....45
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