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t llfGAS GAZ ON I A EWE PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK TUESDAYS A2TD FRIDAYS. SINGLE COPY S CENTS. Devoted to the Protection of Home sad the Interests of the County. $1 JJQ A YEAB IH ADTAKGSL VOL. xnii GASTONIA. N. C , FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1811. NO. OYER GASTON COUNTY. BELMONT BUDGET. Mr. John Armstrong Visits Old ' Home Town After. Long Absence High School He-Opens WW , Largest Enrollment . in History Personal and News Items, v . " Correspondence of The Gazette. ; ,-. " BELMONT, Jan. 6. Mr. John ' Armstrong, a.n old Gaston county : man' -who twent west some -- fifteen J years ago, locating . ' near Memphis; Tenn Is In this section, renewing ' old friendships and acquaintances'. f.' - Marvelous changes, ht,; says, greet , him oft every hand. th evidences of marked material prosperity and ad- vance. Mr. Armstrong's western ( ' pUntatlon Is in, the fertile and far. ' famed, agricultural valley of the ' Mississippi.;,''' - . - 't - Meeers. Rob and WH1 Hall, " of this vicinity, together with Messrs. Jackson and Patrick, of the New Hope section, left a day or two ago to resume their studies at the West minster School, Rutherfordton. Every incoming " train this week brings students returning from their various homes to take up the spring term of work at the two colleges lo cated Mere, St. Mary's for boys and . Sacred Heart Convent - for girls. Nearly every State along the Atlan tic seaboard from Maine to Florida and Louisiana is represented at these two institutions. ; The following' ybtfng ladles left a day or two ago to $e-enter the State Normal at Greensboro; Misses Eliz- ' abeth Hall, Edith Lineberger, Fare Davenport, Bane Henderson and .Annie FIte. In , tjddltlon to these, Misses Melva Gullick and Edna Ran kin -have returned tb Charlotte to resume tJheir wort tS. the Preebyter lan College. - . . A paper is . being circulated and freely signed amdAg . the citizens of our town, petitioning that a bridge be constructed across the Catawba river at Sloan'" ferry, The road leading to the bridge at Kozzelle's is at times almost impassable both . Jto automobiles 'and' other vehicles. The Belmont public school opened for work on Monday, January 2, with the largest enrollment In the history of the school-- 390, which we think a. very creditable number for a town of only J.,00 inhabitants. Tie friends and, .patrons of the school will be pleased, to learn that from County Superintendent Hall's re port, the Belmont school showed a . larger enrollment than any school in . the county with the exception of the Gastonla'city schools. Miss Vivian; Hand who has been vislfing hetannt, Mrs. Albert Hand, -has returned to her home In Colum bia. - y.'; -'"- r - Firms Consolidate. ' I'Ai-huslnefS. deal- has Just been consummately by the terms of which y' the lArmstrqjng Furniture Company " and the Fsrikln Furniture Company l 4 are consolidated vand will continue v business 'sj.. the Rankin-Armstrong FpynltBreTeompanyTirE. . J, Ran ', kiu , several days ago purchased the Y;, iBtereat li the Rankin Furniture Company of Mr.. E, Price Rankin and. C the latter. retires from the firm. Mr. E;'. J. Rankin will be manager of the new flrm Mr. R, A. Froneberger t book-keeper; and Messrs.R. A. Ran kin andtHoyle Armstrong salesmen. For 'the present the firm will retain for use (he store rooms occupied by both';'"' V ' " : .' An Approaching Wedding. Theinany friends . of Mr. ' John Luther Carson . and Miss Minnie j Howe iiltjbe Interested in the an- nouncemest that they' are to, be married at the home of the. bride's , paernt8,vMr. ai Mrs, J. L.: Howe, on . West -ArlJne avenue, , next Wednes day evening at 8; o wlock. The wed ding' will be a quiet home affair and ' the; ceremony win be witness only by, a smll compapy of . close relatives and friends. The grooms a prom inent young farmer living Just west of town on route" one and is substl . tute carrier on rural route No, 4. - Tbe bride-to-be is . a popular young Jady'of West Gastonta and both. have - many friends whose best wishes will follow- them .through their "married life.' ' ' . : -rThe board," , of county.; school . commisslocers ijJet here Monday and apportioned ;the school: funds for'the n ' S yeaf. . The, list Is crowded out of todays' IssueJbut will appear Tu es 3ay; Jy r . ''-'- - - ' GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETS..! . zv - ' V "-"'- -' ; First Dy tSessloB On of Formall Ues W. C. Dowd Chosea Speak er of th House Solar Plexus for ;jfar Beer Governor's Message Bead-'' .- :" The General Assembly of North Carolina convened in bi-ennlal ses sion at Raleigh Wednesday and ef fected organisation. The Democrat ic nominees for offices who ; were named at a caucus held Tuesday night were duly elected and Install ed. Senator H. N. Pharr, of Meck lenburg, is president fro tem of the Senate and Mr. W. C. Dowd, of Charlotte, editor of The News,, is speaker of the House, Other .of ficers are 'as follows: House . Q. Scott Poole, Cumberland, reading clerk; N. D. Kineland, Haywood, en grossing clerk; G. G. Kilpatrlck," Le nolr, seargent-at-arms; D. H. James, Halifax, assistant sergeant-at-armsj Senate W. Otis Self, Jackson, principal clerk; Mark Squires, Caldwell, reading clerk; R. M. Staley, Wilkes, sergeant-at-arms; W. G. Hall, Cumberland, assistant sergeant-at-arms; W. E. Hoeks, Wayne, engrossing clerk. ' . Thursday, the second day's . pro ceedings are thus epitomized in the Raleigh correspondence of The Charlotte Observer of this morning: Reading of the biennial message of Governor Kltchin In the Senate and House and the passage by the House of a bill by Ray, of Macon, prohibiting the sale of near-beer, malt and beerine, and of any drink that contains alcohol whatever were the features of the General Assem bly today. The bill knocking out near-beer saloons was introduced early and la ter called up and by general con sent put on its final passage. There were quite a number of -"noes" on the final vote, but the bill was clearly passed, receiving a big ma jority support. It was ordered sent to the Senate without engrossment. The Governor's message was lis tened to with closest attention in both ' houses and evidently created quite a favorable impression. In the House, Ewart, of Hender son offered resolutions asking North Carolina -Congressmen to support the parcels post bill and endorsing New Orleans as the place for hold ing the Panama celebration. Also a resolution adopting the Federal con stitutional amendment for income tax. .y vyiiJL din yj L uuvu iiuu aco aiv uigiu members to introduce their local bills early in the session so State wide legislation may have free course during the last weeks of the session. ' ' Miss Violet Rankin returned yesterday to Charlotte to resume her studies at Elizabeth College. Tailor' Shop Moved. Mr. R. T. Padgett, representing the International and Royal Tailor ing companies, has moved bis tailor phprSmrTromsTSXe Grocery to the building next door to the Citizens National Bank building Just vacated by Dr. D. E. McConnell. (Merlda Lyda, who killed his fa ther in Henderson county recently, was sentenced to the State prison for 12 years and has begun serving his term. The Nuticr Idiom. la "Glimpses of East Africa" Mrs. Ethel Youngbusband tells an amusing story of a venerable Parsee who was on board a big liner going to England. Some one wishing to make himself agreeable went up to him and said, MI hope, sir, you are a good sailor." 1 "Sailor, Indeed r said the Parses. "Why, I am a first class paswngerr A Rod In Pickle. Mrs. Goodsole Why, . JohnnyV are you Just going home now?. Your moth er's been looking for you All afternoon. Johnny Yes'm. I know. ." Mrs. Good sole Just think bow worried she must be! Johnny Oh. she's near the end J her worrying. I'm jest beginning mine. :vyv : --.",- lV a ':' V-'f ? Proof.' ' ' :-:- 'r - '::, "How do you know she's older than you aref ' " ' ' .-, Why. she admitted It herself. 'She said 'You and I are just the sam age, dearie.' Cleveland Leader. . . 'Among mefT some, have irtues con cealed by wealth end soiao their rices by jwverty. Thf&Bfar-rr BRIDGE AT SLOAN'S FERRY. . JnTovement on Foot to Becure Oo-op . eration Between Gaston and Meek , lenbnrg Counties to Span Catawba With Iron Bridge Petitions Look Ing to this End Now In Circula tion. Mr. J. M. SKJan and Mr. J. R. Gas ton, both of the Sloan'a Ferry section on the Catawba, have been In Gas tonla this week circulating a peti tion asking the board of. county commissioners of Gaston to co-operate with the board of county com missioners of Mecklenburg in the construction of a bridge over the Catawba at Sloan'a Ferry. Tbey have secured quite a good many sig natures and will, it is understood, present the matter to the board at its next regular meeting the first Monday In February. There are many argument! in fa vor of the construction of a bridge at this point. For one thing it Is on the New York-Atlanta National Highway and would be used by hun dreds of autoists every year. These at present either crass on the ferry boat or go to the Rozelle's Ferry bridge eight miles further up the river. Another argument in favorjof a bridge at this point Is the fact that there is already a macadam road on each side of the ferry. With a bridge there would be an unbroken link of macadam connecting Char lotte with Gastonla. Mr. Gaston Informs The Gazette that similar petitions are being cir culated In every township In the county and that so far the success they are meeting is most encourag ing. While there are a few who are opposed to this move the prevailing feeling is that this bridge would benefit both Gaston and Mecklen burg and that it should be built. Up to noon yesterday Mr. Gaston had se cured over 300 signatures in Gas tonia and has by no means complet ed his task. He states that the matter will be presented to the boards of both counties at their meetings the first Monday In Feb ruary. It is understood here that the people of Mecklenburg county are and have been for a long time favor able to the building of this bridge. As to the character of the bridge and the cost nothing definite has as yet been considered though it is the purpose, of course, to construct a strong and durable bridge. It would cost perhaps $25,000 or more. Just what proportion of this amount each county will expect to pay is, of course, a matter for speculation. It is presumed, however, that Mecklen burg, as in the case of the Rozzelle Ferry bridge would be expected and would be willing to shoulder con siderably more than half the cost. Corn Prizes Awarded. . Recently The Gazette published the Gaston county corn record for the past year as furnished us by Mr A. C. Stroup. the name of the prize winners were given then but the pr !?e8 had-not been - wa rded. M r "Stroup sends us today the list of prizes which are as follows: First prize on four acres, Mr, Charles Faires, $20; second prize on four acres, Mr. J. R. Anthony, $7; first prize on three acres, Mr. T. R. E. Oates, $15; second prize on three acres, Mr. W. W. Faires, $5; first prize on two acres, Mr. Dolph Har ris, $ld; second prize on two acres, Mr. W. R. Crouse,$5 rocker; first prize on one acre, Mr. Robert Line berger, $10; second prize on one acre, Mr. S. L. Carpenter, $5 rocker Death of a Child. Charles, the little two-and-a-half-year-old son of Afp. John L. Brown, died at the latter' home near the GlaV. .MllL o'clock yesterday a f ternooh following. an illness of about six weeks from diphtheria, ywhtth settled upon the lungs and 'proved fatal. The little one's mother, who before her marrUge to JUlr.- Brown was Miss Ollle Gardner; died in June of last yean . Funeral services were conducted at the tome at". 2 o'clock thls afternoon hy Rer. W. H. Reddish, pastor of the First Bap tist church, 'and the body' was laid to rest beside hat of the mother OatTwood-cemetery -V ' In Miss Nell McLean will return Monday to Decatur. Ga., to resume 'I . . -her studies in. Agnes Scott Institute -CATAWBA FARMERS. They are Interested in the New Lew la Long Staple Outton Messrs. W. J. and K. L.'6hnford Come to . Gaston on Investigating Trip and Are Pleased A Few Facts of In terest. Two Interesting visitors to Oas tonla Tneaday were Mr. W. J. Shu ford and Mr. R. L. Shuford, of Ca tawba county. The former is presi dent of the Hickory Seed Company and tha latter is one of the largest farmers and cattle raisers in Ca tawba, county, which is a county of good farms and good farmers. Their special mission was to visit th farm of Mr. E. P. Lewis, the originator of the Lewis Long Staple Cotton,, two miles from town. Though it was one of the worst days of the winter, foggy, rainy and cold, the Messrs. Shuford drove to Mr. Lewis' farm and walked all over his cotton fields, examining the soil, etc. They had been reading of Mr. Lew is' great success in developing and raising an upland long staple cotton and wanted to see for themselves. The result of their visit was that they were convinced of the truth fulness of the statements which have been published regarding this cotton and of the practicability of raising long staple on uplands. An other result of their visit was that Mr. WTJ. Shuford closed a deal with Mr. Lewis for a quantity of seed and will distribute them through his Hickory seed house. Mr. W. J. Shuford is a member of the State Board of Agriculture from the .Ninth Congressional District and Is himself a successful farmer. He requested The Gazette to say to the farmers of Gaston county that toe would be pleased at any time to serve them In any way possible. If any special institutes are desired or special instruction in any line of farming he asks that they call on him and he will provide for their re quests with pleasure. Mr. R. L. Shuford has on his farm In Catawba 100 head of fine Jersey cows from which he furnishes a large quantity of milk to the Hick ory creamery which, by the way, we were Informed, is a splendid suc cess. . Mr. Shuford also sold from his farm this year over $1,000 worth of hogs, raised eight bales of cotton on six acres of land and pro duced other farm products In pro portion.. He experimented with some of the Lewis Long Staple Cot ton the past season with success. The Gazette enjoyed a call from these gentlemen and found them in teresting talkers and most affable gentlemen. BIST OF RANSOM. To be Unveiled at Italcigh January Eleventli Program of Exercises. The Gazette it in receipt of an in vitation which reads as follows: You are cordially invited to be present at the ceremonies attendant upon tUtJ UllfCIItg .j. North Carolina Historical Commis sion of a Bust of the late Senator Matt W. Ransom in the hall of the House of Representatives Raleigh, January 11, 1911 f 8 o'clock p. m. The program is as follows: 1. Address: "Life and Charac ter of Matt W. Ransom," by Hon. Rpbert W. Winston. 2. Address: By Hon. A. H. Boy den, Senator from the Twenty-sixth District. 3. Address: By Hon. B. S. Gay, Representative from Northampton county. 4. Presentation of the Bust: By Hon. J. Bryan. Grimes, Chairman of the North Carolina Historical 'Com mission. " , 57 Acceptance: By His Excellen cy, Hon. W. W. Kitchln, Governor of North Carolina. . ' -" The North, Garollna Historical Commission is composed of J, Bryan Grimes, chairman;' W. J. Peele, M. C. S. Noble. D. H. Hill, Thomas W. Blount, R. D. W. Connor, secretary. Mr. Robert -ZWV Adams, who spent the .holldays here with . his parents, Mr. and. Mrs. John H. Ad ams,' returned Tuesday night to Pittsburg, Pa., where he holds a re sponsible 'position with the Westing- house ElectrlrCor-j: - ' . 1 LIBRARY SUSPENDS. Insufficiency of Funds Brings Crisis in Hbttory of Libray -Directors Trying to Form Plans to Re-Open A Statement. The directors of tha Gastonla Li brary Association met Tuesday af ternoon' to consider plans for work. The five beautiful silk flags recently presented to the library by the Unit ed Daughters of the Confederacy were received and a hearty vote of thanks was extended to these friend i of the library. The commKte appointed to con fer with the directors of the Y. M. C. A. then made Kb report. It may be necessary to recite a little history of the 'work In the past to- give an un derstandlng of the situation. The library has never been self-suppoit-Ing; the dues are too small to make that possible. The local Y. M. C. A. has not been actively at work and has given the use of quarters in its building rent free and has also giv en the rental of other rooms in its building for current expenses. Dur ing the past these rentals have amounted to about thirty dollars per month until -one of the offices became vacant some time ago. But with thl3 Income the library has not had suffic ient money to Increase the number of books in use, replace worn out books and 'buy magazines. In view of the fact that rentals In the Y. M. C. A. building Increased January 1st and it was hoped that the library could get the use of this lncreas9 to enlarge Its work, the library direct ors continued the work, although much em harassed by lack of funds, until this week. The committee reported that the Y. M. C. A. directors were unwilling to enlarge the appropriation, offer ing thirty dollars per month snd quarters rent free. After carefully estimating necessary expenses ard learning that the income was insuf ficient to meet them, the board con cluded' that it would be better to suspend work until ways and means could be devised to provide fer the expenses. The board is now work ing on this problem and, if provis ion is not soon made, the library as sociation will be called together t consider plans for the future. OASTONIA-S POPULATION. Census Gives Us 5,759 as Against 4,610 Ten Years Ago Ffgures Somewhat Disappointing But Lar gest Growth Has Been Outside City Limits. 5,759. These figures represent Gastonta's population according to the 1910 census. An Associated Press dis patch from Washington to yesterday morning's papers gave a list of the North Carolina towns having more than 5,000 people and it is given be low: CITIES OF OVER 5,000. Cities. 1910 1900 Astieville 18,762 14,694 Charlotte ..34,014 18,091 Ceneerd -r -r tti- 8,71 & 7, 9 1 0 Durham 18.241 6,679 Elizabeth 8,412 6,348 Fayettevllle 7,045 4,670 Gastonla 5,759 4,610 Goldsboro 6.017 5,877 Greensboro 15,895 10,038 High Point 9,525 4.163 Kinston 6.995 4,106 Xewbern 9,961 9.090 Raleigh 19,218 13,643 Rocky Mount 8,051 2,937 Salem ..5,533 3,642 Salisbury ....7,153 6,277 Washington .... ..6,211 4.842 Wilmington ..,..25,748 20,976 Wilson .... 6,717 3,525 Winston 17,167" 10,008 It is not to be denied that there was a feeling of disappointment among many Gastonians at the small increase of 1149 shown by the table. It is a fact and some com fort can -be gained therefromthat at, the time the census was taken many of the cotton mills In Gasto nla were running on short time and many operatives had . moved away temporarily. Still - . another j-fact from which some consolation Is had is that, during the past ten years, while tbe city llmUa remained sta tionery, the growth" has been'largely on the outside. It Is safe ' to say that" there are just outside t&ecity limits, around the several factories which are just across the Una be tween 3000 and 4000 which would ghre Gastonia a total of between 9,- HAS DONE MUCH.; ' , Woman's Betterment Associations Ends Second Year With Record of -Many Tilings Accomplished Of ficers for Ensuing Year to ' be Chosen Next Friday. Two years is but a short tima when the accomplishment of reforms . of any kind is undertaken; but " in that brief period "Che Gastonla Wo- , man's Betterment Association ban done many things which have tended to the betterment of the city schools and the town in general. At the regular meeting next Fri day afternoon in the Central school auditorium officers for the ensuing term will be chosen and a plan of action for the year 194Vhutlined. v No . attempt will be made here to tell of all the things which the as sociation has accomplished in its ' short history. It is not; amiss, how- ever, to recall Just a- few of the lar- ger things brought to pass. Per haps the' most important accomplish ment of the entire two years was the consummation of a movement to have installed In all the city schools sanitary drinking fountains. In ad dition to inaugurating the campaign looking to this end and creating a sentiment favorable to it the associa tion contributed the sum of $100 for this purpose. ' Anyone who recalls the condition , of the grounds surrounding the Central school as it was two years ago cannot refrain from according the association great praise for ths transformation which . has been brought about there. From ragged and unkept grounds the premises have been worked Into a shape which presents a most attractive ap pearance. The ground was laid off. fertilized, planted in grass, trees, shrubs and flowers were planted and a Targe play ground was made in tha rear of the building. Cement steps to the building and on the terraces were made. The transformation has really been wonderful. Still ' another thing accomplished during 1910 was the establishment of an annual flower show. The first one was held this fall and was si most decided success from every standpoint. This promises to be on of the most Important annual events In Gastonla in the future.' As the results of the efforts .ot the association garbage cans were Installed on Main avenue during the year and other means of keeping the town clean were Inaugurated. The above does not by any means represent all that the association has done. That the good women who compose this organization have done and will continue to do great things for Gastonla goes without saying. They should have the hearty co-operation of the entire cit izenship of Gastonla in their ef forts to bring about better conditions. Stockholders Meet. The sixth annual meeting of ,the . stockholders of the Gastonla Mutual Building & Loan Association was held . yeaterdajLAf tejni?ojatJhe'4l hall. Mr. S. N. Boyce, president, presided over the meeting and only routine business was transacted. ' The report of the secretary and treasurer, Mr. E. G. McLurd, Bhow- ed the affairs of the association to -be In excellent condition. The year , " 1910 began with only 2,000 shares of stock in force, but ended with 2,- - - -. 445 shares, showing a net gain ot . 445 shares. The. association has made loans, on mortgages' .and shares, .aggregating - -, more - than - $111,000.; The earnings of each, series of stock were set forth in the - " report, showing that shares of the first series, taken out January 1905, will mature on time in the latter part of this year. The fol- , lowing directors were elected for ; the ensuing year:, S. N. Boyce, T. W. Wilson, E. G. McLurd. W. T Rankin, S. S. Shuford,' B. T. Morris. A. M. Dixon, W. J. Clifford and L. F. Groves. , . -T-Mr. H. P. Odom, of Edgerton. Ind.. , who has been ; visiting hta nephews, -Messrs." A. 0. and Frank Kale. a High Shoals, will arrive this arternoon to visit his bro.ber-in-law, tMr; L. C. Carpenter, at t Modena. 000 and 10,000. The men co- crr atlve citizens, we believe, agree that these figures . are about as nearly correct as any careful estimate csa make them. . - '
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