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ITONlA;..G HE i PUBLISHED TWICE A MTEEK TUESDAY8 AND FRIDAYS. i "SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS. Devoted to the Protection' of Home and the Interests of the County. fl.50 A YKAB IN ADVANCS. "VOL. XXXII. , GASTOXIA, N. tt ' FRTOAY, JANUARY 13, NO. 4. ANNUAL MEETINGS. 600IAI. GAS A. 7FT - " . ..... -f .v,. , ' LORAY LOCALS. Cupid Has Been Busy in Gastonia's '.. Western Suburb Mr. A. E. Moore v ; Entertains ' Second Hands Mr. .- McEntlre Give Supper to Over seers and Office Men Personal Mention. : Correspondence of The Gazette. - LORAY MILLS, Jan. 12 At a quiet home affair, witnessed only by .a few friends .and relatives, Miss . .May Wearer, was married to Mr. Robert Lee at the home -of the bride's parents Saturday evening, January 7th, by Rev. F. WT Bradley. Mr, Lee is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Lee and ' Miss Weaver is the .daughter of Mr. J. W. Weaver, both of the Arlington Mill. - Mr. and Mrs. Lee are very prominent young people.-?, They will make their home , .at the Arlington. . J MUa Lucinda Miller, a very popu lar young lady of this place; was married to Mr. J. J. Hoard Tuesday ! .afternoon' December 27th," at 4 , -o'clock ' Mr. Hoard ia second hand ' of weaving, here ' and. all the over- eers of the mill were present. Mr. and Mrs. Hoard will make their home at the Loray and their many , friends wish, for them a happy fu- lure. -; ! : , ,-., ' MrsSallie Burgess, of the Gray . Mill, was married to Mr. P. V. 011- bert, of the Loray, at her home Sun day evening, .January -8th, Rev. A. T, Bumgardner officiating. Mr. and . Mrs. Gilbert wll. make their home . at the Loray. ' " Mr, Andrew , E." Moore gave the ' second hands of th mill a supper at his home Saturday-evening, Jan-,-nary? 7th. They "all had a pleasant . -evening. . Mr. T. M- McEntlre gave a supper to the overseers and office men at bis home Saturday evening, January " 7th., After a most delicious supper had been served the men spent the " remainder of the evening over their cigars relating past experiences. Ev- ery one enjoyed the occasion im- mensely. . r . Mr. O. A. Harrison, of Fries. Va., is here learning the mill business. " Mr. J. W. Burnett, superintendent of the Gaffney Mfg. Co., was here Mon day, shaking hands with his - old -friends. Mr. S.,H. HUghey. of Tuc 7 apau, S.s C, spent Sunday here with hr. D. A. Brooks. Mr. W. M. Rick has returned to the Lqray af ter spending the Christmas holidays 'with his family at Selvervllle, Tenn. . ; Miss Gertrude Barbee, after spend ing the Christmas holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Barbee. has resumed her studies at Boiling Springs v.High School. Miss Mamie . Dalton, after; vlBltlng friends here for several weeks, has returned to 1 her home at Spencer. Mr. William Moore, formerly of this place, who has been living at Gainesville, Ga., to Loray. Messrs. Norman "3 Morrow and " H.' W. Counts spent Sunday, in Shelby. . The' following invitations have been sent out: Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Barnes request the honor of your presence, at a birthday party, to be glven'in honor of Miss Bertha John son at their home on West Airline street next Friday evening, January 13th, 1911, at o'clock. LINWOOD COLLEGE NEWS. ..Correspondence of The Gazette. LINWOOD COLLEGE, Jaa 9. "With. the pussing of the Christmas festivities a od the New Year mar shaled in eery one is gettln badk to the regular routine of his. vocation. . Lin wood has been the place where many hundreds of girls have pre . pared themselves to launch out In life's battle, and, as the yearsass ; by, there are many others-that jflll make thjs lovely spot their choice and try to fee bf some service to the : '--.4-jrld and will learn that their re sponsibUitr 1 great and .'that each one of us, it matters not' how small we are, can help to improve ' the world and "make better those about us." 1 ' ' . Too muclv could not , be said in praise of Linwood, for when one ber comes connected with it,. she notion-; !y receives a mere literary training and an education, but sh roroival something 'greater on:- the moral I side of life which if left uncultivated will cause our lives to be failures. We can also boast of 'things that Linwood possesses tbatV other col leges cannot, for we have , pure spring water to drink' and fresh mountain air to breathe, and the faculty is one of the best corpsrof teachers that can be found anywhere, whiU the noble. president is sacrific ing his life for this great cause. We have all the attention that could be given us if we were in . our on homes, for Dr. Ernest f Lindsay and family live at the college and they are ready at all times to help the students and encourage them in their work, and we feel so much like we are at home for ;we see the cheer ful faces of the president's father and mother, whose hearts are inter woven in this great work. v We are proud of' having the op portunity to attend this institution and 'hope that many others will have the same privilege.' We cannot tell you very well how we aire getting along with our work since the holi days for every one is telling of the pleasant times and happy thoughts they had while separated, but we can say for the past term good work has been done and pleasant times spent together and we know that still greater things are for us in the fu ture, and we will tell you what we believe to be the call .of L. F. C: Through all the land a loyal band, Our school has daughter's dear; Though far we roam or dwelt at t home, Her call for help we hear. v Our Father heeds! He knows our . needs. And leaves us not alone; The God above, the school we love, Will keep it 'tis His own. NEWS FROM DALLAS, ROUTE 1. Correspondence of The Gazette. DALLAS, R. F. D. 1, Jan. 12. Mrs. Annie Rhyne, of Stanley," is spending this week as the guest of Mr. and Mr William Rhyne. Miss Florence Pasour spent the week-end at the home of Mr. Stanhope Clem mer in the Pisgah section. Mr. Crown Ratchford visited relatives south of Gastonla Saturday and Sun day. A box supper was given at Cost ner's school house last Friday night for the purpose of raising money to buy patent desks for the school room. Mr. Miles Rhyne, who lives near Bessemer City, was the guest Friday night and Saturday at the home of Mrs. Sarah Pasour. Misses Laura and Florence Pasour spent Tuesday as the guests of Mesdames Christie and Richard Jenkins. McAdenville Matters. Correspondence of The Gazette. ' MeADBNVILLE. " Jan.. .t3..Mr if. Reid, overseer of the weave-room, Is in Rockingham on business. Air, C C Guthrie, of Clarkton, pres ident of he Catawba Store Co. here, is spending this week in town help ing to take inventory. Misses Lot tie and Grace. Albea . have accepted positions in Charlotte as cashier and saleslady, respectively, In r depart ment store. Mrs M. R. Barber re turned Thursday from a visit to rel atives in Rock Hill, S. C Dr. J A. Anderson was called Saturday tb the bedside of his mother,' who lives in Lynchburg, Va. Mr. W. E. Rob erts and family moved here 'from Salisbury last week. Mr. Roberts has a position in the market of Mr. H. D. Roberts & Bros. Mr. David McGhee . spent Thursday in Char lotte. He will go to Monroe before returning - home. Mr. - Ingle, of Danville, Va., s on a .visit toll is par ents, ' Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Ingle. The four-weeks-old infant of . Mr. R. , W. Sansicg was found dead in bed last Thursday mornlng.Mes dames J. A. Anderson and J. B. Reld were Gastonla visitors Thursday af ternoon.' i , ;;:': - - :-: :: 5 - The old gray mule, which has been pulling the dump for twelve years on the McAdenville 'dump line from here to Lowell fell off of the highest trestle " last Friday "morning and broke his back in two places and had to be killed. Mr. and Mrs. I. , F. Mabry epent one day this week - in the country At the home' of Miss Flora Phillips. ; .' Stockholders of Local Banks and Other Corporations .Hold Annual Meetings ' Business Conditions .;" Good. . : '. . ., ' '-': On Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock the annual meeting of the stock holders Ofjthel First .National Bank was held in the offices of the bank. Rev. Dr.' J. C. Galloway presided, Mr. S. N'. Boyce acted as secretary of the meeting and there weje '915 shares out of 1,000 . represented; The'followlng directors were chosen for the current year: L. L. Jenkins, J. Lee Robinson, A A. McLean, G. A. Gray, R. R. Ray, T. L. Craig, J. O. White, J. K. Dixon, O. F. Mason and S. N. Boyce, the last-named be ing the only new name added to the board all the others being re-elected. At a meeting of the directors imme diately following the stockholders meeting, all the old officers were re elected as fellows: L. L. Jenkins, President; J. Lee Robinson and R. R. - Ray, Vice Presidents; 1 S. N. Boyce, Cashier; M. T. Wilson, As sistant Cashier, and Mr. J. K. Dix on, Jr., was also elected an Assist ant Cashier. TRENTON MILL. The stockholders of the Trenton Mill held their regular annual ses sion in the mill offices Wednesday and transacted routine business. The old boafd of directors was re-elected, It being composed of the follow ing gentlemen: L. L. Jenkins, Frost Torrence, E. N. Lineberger, H. F. Forbes and J. K. Dixon. Follow ing the stockholders' meeting the dlr rectors met and re-elected the old officers for the, ensuing year, viz: J. K. Dixon, President and treasurer; L. L. Jenkins, Vice President, and E. N. Pegram, Secretary. During the past year this mill has installed one set of combers. The year's bus iness has been very satisfactory. This mill pays Its dividends In April and October. ARLINGTON MILLS. The stockholders of the Arlington Mills met yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock in annual ' session. The re port of the president and treasurer, Mr. G. W. Ragan, showed that this mill has experienced a very satisfac tory year. The old board of direct ors was re-elected. It is constituted as follows: G. W. Ragan, L. L. Jenkins, C. E. Adams, D. R. LaFar and L. L. Hardin. Following the stockholders' meeting the directors met. and re-elected the old officers, viz: President and treasurer, G. W. Ragan ; vice president, L. L. , Jen kins; secretary, D. L. Hardin. This corporation paid on January 2nd its usual semi-annual dividend of 5 per cent. , MODENA MILLS. . The stockholders of the Modena, Mills met in the offices of the cor poration r Monday. Directors were re-elected s as follows, viz: J. O. White, J. H. Kennedy, T. L. Cralgi B. H. Parker, D. M. Jones, S. N. Boyce, and H. B. Moore. Following the stockholders' meeting the direct ors met and re-elected the old offic ers, who are: President and general manager, J. O. White; vice presl dentJ.CaJgeratary.and treasurer, H. B. Moore.'1, CLARA MFG. CO. . The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Clara Manufacturing Company was 1ield Monday. The old board of directors was re-elected and Mr. R. A. Ratchford was added to it. The board is composed of C. B. Armstrong, W. T. 'Rankin, C, M. Dunn, V. E. Long and R. A. Ratch ford, The directors also met and re elected the old officers,; viz: C. B. Armstrong, president and treasurer; C. M. Dunn, vice president; W. T. Rankin, secretary... The usual semi annual dividend of 5 per cent was paid. '. ;V : r OTHER MEETINGS. '. '. The annual meeting of the stock holders of "the Holland Manufactur ing Company will be held this after noon, beginning at . 1 o'clock. . The Flint Manufacturing ; Company's meeting will take place on Monday of next week and tnat of the Gray Manufacturing Company "on Tuesday afternoon. Recftal To-Night. , t ' A students recital will be giv -; by. the. violin and piano pupils of Miss Lillian J. Atkins In the auditor ium of' the Central' graded school this evening at' 8 o'clock, assisted by her orchestra. The public is cordial ly invited to attend. " V" ' ' LEE-JACKSON DAY. Birthdays of Two Famous Confeder '; '." ate Generals to be Celebrated Next Thursday Address by Mr. Stonewall J. Durham All Veter ans .Invited, . ' ' Observing- a custom which has prevailed in Gastonla for the past several years the Gastonla Chapter United Daughters of the Confedera cy will observe the Lee-Jackson me morial day, which is Thursday, Jan uary 19th, with appropriate exer cises. At a meeting of the chapter yes terday afternoon it was decided to bold the exercises in the rooms of the Gastonla Library Association at 10 o'clock a. m. The principal feat ure will be an address by Mr. Stone-, wall J. Durham. The ladies were exceedingly fortunate in securing Mr. Durham for this occasion. , All who have ever heard him speak will be glad of another opportunity. He Is an orator of ability and his ad dress on this occasion' will be an ap propriate one. Following the pub lic exercises refreshments will be served to the veterans. A cordial In vitation is extended to every Confed erate veteran in the county and the ladies are exceedingly anxious that every one who possibly can be pres ent. No pains will be spared to make the day a most pleasant one for all who' come. SOUTH CAROLINA TOWNS. Report of the Census on South Caro lina's Towns Having Over 5.000 Population. South Carolina's municipalities having a population In excess of 5, 000 made an average increase of 22. 9 per cent' during the . last decade. Statistics of the thirteenth "census is sued recently show the number of of these places Increased from 8 in 1900 to 13 in 1910. Their total in crease in population was only 19.5 per cent of the State's total increase of 175,084 for the decade. Spartanburg, among the cijties, made the most rapid strides in popu lation Increase. Its increase amount ed to 54.6 per cent. Greenville in creased 32.7 per cent, while Colum bia grew 24.7 per cent and Charles ton only 5.4 per cent. South Carolina's municipalities of over 6,000 population rank as fol lows: Place 1910 1900 Charleston .... 58,833 55,807 , Columbia 26,319 21,108 Spartanburg... 17,517 11,395 Greenville 15,741 11,860 Anderson 9,654 5,498 Sumter 8,109 5,673 Rock Hill 7.216 5,485 Florence 7,057 4,647 Greenwood .... ' 6,614 4,824 Orangeburg ... 5,906 4,455 Union .... ... 5,623 5,400 Georgetown ... ' 5,530 4,138 Newberry 6,023 4,607 WE SEND AWAY MILLIONS. N'orth Ca rol i n a B u y s Vast Amount of Food Stuff From Other States that She' Could Raise Herself Some Startling Figures. State Agronomist J. L. Burgess last week Issued u supplementary bulletin from the State department of agriculture givlnp. tome very val uable, and significant estimates of food products shipped Into North Carolina that ought to. be grown by the farmers of the State. It shows that not less than 80,500 tons of mill feed valued at 81,368, 000 came into the State; 1 4,227,686 tworth of wheat and flour; $6, 877, 148.66 Worth of cured meat; $1, 123,166 worth of corn and oats; 1221,785 worth of . hay; $49,655 worth of' butter. This special lnves? tlgatlon by State' Agronomist Bur gess shows i. that every farmer should make It r. point to at least "raise his own heme supplies no matter, to what special crop his: lands may be adapted. He says he would not ex pect all counties to raise all of their home supplies but sees no rea son why the crop development should not be such as to enable the average toJe brought - to that point where .he home supply products Should not te sufficient to eliminate the heavy drain to which the State is now be ing subjected ' in purchasing ' these supplies elsewhere. . ' ; - . Rev. W. H. Reddish, pastor of th First Baptist church, Is a Char lotte visitor this afternoon. CITY COUNCIL. .... - , Proceedings of January Meeting Held Tuesday Night Public Charities 'Committee Appointed. The city council met at the City Hall Tuesday, night In regular ses sion for January with all members present and Mayor T. L. Craig pre siding. ., In accordance with a request from the ministers' alliance of the city a Public Charities Committee was ap pointed as follows: A. M. Smyre, J. L. Beal, H. B. Moore, J. P. Reld, E. B. Brittaln, W; L. Balthis. Superintendent 'Rutter was In structed to purchase a lever and transit for the use of the Water and Light department- Superintendent Rutter was re quested to make a survey and esti mate of the cost of the proposed ex tension of sewerage lines in the western-part of the city and report his findings to the board. Alderman S. M. ftorris was ap pointed a committee -to secure rights of way for the" proposed sew er line. The matter of furnishing lights to the Ozark Mills was referred to the water and Light committee with power to act. The report of the City PhyBlcIan for the month of December was read and accepted. Bills amounting to 11,809.30 were referred to the fi nance committee for payment. The board adjourned to meet on January 20th. CARSON-HOWE. In Pretty Home Wedding Miss Min nie Lee Howe Becomes Bride of Mr. John Lather Carson. The home of Mr. J. L. Howe on West Airline avenue was the scene of a pretty wedding Wednesday ev ening at 8 o'clock when his daugh ter, Miss Minnie Lee, became the bride of Mr. John Luther Carson. The bridal party entered the par lor, which had been decorated for the occasion, in this order: Miss Tlrzah Howe, sister of the bride. with .Mr. J. S. Underwood; Miss Em ma McGill, of Kings Creek, S. C. with Mr. Ed Crawford; then came the bride and groom. Rev. A. S Anderson, pastor of the Loray Pres byterian church, in a simple and impressive manner, performed the ceremony which united these two lives forever. After receiving the coogratula tlons and best wishes of their many friends, Mr. and Mrs. Carson went to the groom's home where they will reside. The bride, always love ly, looked her best in a handsome dress of white chiffon Panama. The bridesmaids also wore white. The gentlemen were attired in the con ventional black. The bride's beau tiful face, attractive manner and Amiable disposition have endeared her to a large circle of friends whose best wishes go with her In her new relation. The groom is an Industrious and prosperous young farmer on route one and has many friends who con gratulate him on winning such a true -and-tevable-aelpmeet, The marriage of these two popu lar young people was an event of much interest to, West Gastonla and was witnessed by a large number of friends and relatives. New Oil Company. Besides the Standard Oil Compa ny and the Indian Refining Compa ny, both of which have local repre sentatives here, another company, The Texas Company now enters the field, being represented by Mr. Jno. F. Love, who occupies the building next door to The. Gazette office re cently vacated by Best &Grady. The Texas Company is a $56,000,000 corporation with headquarters in Philadelphia and New York, and ex pects to build up a good business here in competition -with the other companies. : Mr. Love is now1 using all three floors of the Best & Grady building and besides representing the Texas. Oil Company is agent for Armour & Co., and will carry a full line of their, products at wholesale, and will also handle flour, grain and feedstuff, ' ,' y- : ; v. Mrs. HoUand IU. - - . - Her many friends in Gastonla will regret exceedingly to learn that Mrs, Julia Courts Holland is Seriously 111 at her home in Dallas, suffering from an attack of pneumonia. Her sons, Mr, L. J. Holland and Dr.1 George Holland of - Bluefleld, W. Va., were telegraphed for jesterday. At her home on Franklin avenue last night. Miss Lowry Snuford en tertained a few friends Informally complimentary; to Mrs. X W. "J. Clif ford's guests, Miss Mildred Jennings and Mrs. W. H.. Jennings, r - At her home on South Marietta street yesterday afternoon from 3;-. 30 to 4:30 o'clock Mrs. V. J. Clif ford entertained informally the Friendly Matrons Club and a few in vited guests complimentary to her ' guests, Miss Mildred Jennings, of Knoxville, Tenn., and Mrs. W, H. Jennings, of Shelby. A ' delightful musical program was rendered by Miss Annie Latimer at the piano and Mrs. H. B. Moore, who sang a num ber of selections. Refreshments were served and the occasion was al together a most enjoyable one. At her home on East Third avenue Wednesday afternoon Mrs. W. ' Tt Mlchael delightfully- entertained the S. & O. Club at a. trail party. After the game the guests were ushered In to the dining room, which was pret tily decorated in the - club colors, ; pink and green, where an elegant threecourse luncheon was served. Besides club members the following invited guests were present: Mrs. L. N. Glenn, Mrs. L. L. Jenkins, Mrs. A. A. McLean, Mrs. Frost Torrence, Mrs. J. Grier Love, Mrs.' D. M. Jones and Miss Kelley. At -her home on West Second ave nue yesterday afternoon 'from 2 te 6 o'clock Mrs. D. E. McConnell re ceived informafly complimentary, to Mrs. Robert J. SIfford, who will leave next Friday for Richmond, Va.. to make her home in the future. Dur ing the .afternoon about a hundred friends called - at - the McConnell home. Light refreshments were served. In the departure of Mrs. SIfford for her new home Gastonla'a social life will suffer a distinct loss and her large circle of admlrlnjr friends regret exceedingly to , give her up. The best wishes of a large part of Gastonla. will go with Mr. and Mrs. SIfford to Richmond. - Tuesday, afternoon the Study Club held its first meeting with Mrs. R. C. Anderson. This club, which was or-, ganlzed Just before Christmas, ia composed of the following ladles: Mesdames R. C. Anderson, W. J. Clifford, D. A. Garrison, J. H. Ken, nedy, D. E. McConnell, H. B.' -Moore,' . W. H. Reddish, J. P. Reld, G. A.' Sparrow, J. M. Sloan, J. F. Thom son, F. L. Wilson, T. W. Wilson, and J. S, WTay. The study for the win ter Is "American History and Liter ature from 1607 Through the Rev olutionary War." The entire pro gram Is a very interesting one and is well arranged. The members an swer roll callb with some current event. The period studied Tuesday was "Colonial History In Virginia.- -. Mrs. Thomson read a very interest ing and instructive paper on "The Early History of the Colony." Mrs. ' Garrison read the story of Poca hontas. Mrs. Clifford entertained the club with queer customs in early Goioniardays; - It-showed - a - great contrast to our present day customs. Mrs. McConnell gave a brief but In terestlng sketch of John Smith's life. . Mrs. . Clifford lead the rouBd . table talk on Colonial t'mea. Eas.. lady did her part well. Mrs. Stella ' Schofleld, who is visiting V s. Gar- ' rison, was a , guest of tje club. The club colors are whit? and gold -and after the program Mrs. Ander son served a delicto'; salad course' carrying out these colors. The hostess presented each guest with a beautiful hand-pi luted Jonquil. Held Under $200 Bond. TJ. W. Gurley and Isabella John son, who were arrested at the Old Mill here Tuesday morning on ad vices from Charlotte that Gurley was wanted there on a charge of se duction and who were taken to that place, were brought back to Gastonla this morning and Gurley was tried before Mayor Craig. The defendant was represented : by Mr. plummer Stewart and the prosecution by -llr. F. M. - Shanhonhouse, both of t-a Charlotte bar.: Gurley was placed under a $200 bond for his appear ance at the next tern -f Gaston Su perior Court : to stand trial on - a charge of fornication and adultery. The elopers spent about a week her-. The girl is only sixteen. - The man. It Is said, has a wife living in Charlotte.- .' ' ' Subscribe tor The Gazette. i r