IA:: GAZETTE. il ii 11 PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. 6LNCLE COPY 3 CENTS. De voted to the Protection of Home and the Interest of the Count. ttJH) A YEAR IN ADYA5CM. GASTONIA, N. C. TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1011. NO. 8. VOL. XXXII. ON 1 ' mm4 ' ILv Belmont Items. Correspondence of The Gazette., 'v. BELMONT, Jan; 16. Miss Ame lia Bell Crawford, of the TJessemer City schools, ' spent Saturday - and Sunday rwlth . homefolks. Among the sick we'note that Miss Margaret Hall,' of the Kings. Mountain graded -school faculty, who has been.lll at , the home of her -father, Mr. John Hall, of the Point section. Is able to be out again. Her many friends Will be delighted to learn that Miss Clara Crawford, ' who has been con fined to her room since the latter part of last sumiuejr, Is convalescing 'rapidly ami is able to go' for an oc casional drive. The . condition cf Mr. J. Brownlea Hall is gradually Improving although; It. will be neces sary for Jilm to return to the Pres byterian .hospital, Charlotte.. Ja a few days to submit to an 'examina tion ,:' by specialists. The .. many friends of Mr. A. C. Llnebergei will ' regret to know ; that b has . been forced to abandon his work for the winter ' on account of the serious -condition- of his health, which has "been very seriously Impaired by ;.' a nervous break-down. . He will spend , the - winter in Tampa and other Florida.. resorts; ''we hope for him a speedy recovery to perfect health.- ' Miss Abbie Hall, of Bessemer City, spent the. week-end with' her mother) Mrs. Annie Hall. Miss Mabel Pat rick, - of the' graded school faculty. spent Sunday, with homefolka at Tin- Ion. Mr. " Jean Armstrong,; whose Yfsit to this section after an absence of 15 "years has been noted in these columns, leaves in a few days for bis home, near Memphis, Tenn. An epidemic : of measles which well-nigh threatens to .closed the doors of our school -has suddenly broken out In our town. There were only two eases known until Sunday when about twelve or fourteen were reported from different sections. It Is to be hoped, that (he outbreak can be checked. ".'.. The music at he Presbyterian church on Sunday morning was of a very high order.," The rendition by Mrs. NA. Orr of the old, yet ever beautiful solo, ."Jesus, Lover of My . Soul,",, was auperb, made so by the -exquisite beauty and charm of 'her rich,' full, voice. A pleasing varia tion from the regular, order of .exer cises at this "church Is to toe a song servfee. This is to take the place of the Sunday night service. Miss "Ma ry Robinson, of Elizabethtown, has arrived In town to spend the winter with her sister, Mrs. R. . C. Deal. 'Miss Robinson will continue her -musical studies at' Elizabeth College, Charlotte, going over twice a week; Miss Velma Springs, ; of "Mount Holly, was a Belmont visitor Satur day. v. DALLAS DOTS. .The Advocate, 13th, Mr. O.'yL. Wagstaff, of Thomas- vllle, visited friends here Monday. Misses . Clara Patrick, Bessie and , Corinne Piiett visited friends in Mt. Holly Saturday, f;W-v Miss Mary Knox Henderson, of Hickory, visited - Miss Katie Lee . Lewis last weekT v Mr. and Mrs. A.. R. Martin visited relatives In Greenville. 8. C., last week.- - " ." Misses. Sarah Hoffman and Clara . Patricks went to Charlotte Wednes- day to see Buster Browif, . : Chief of Police Luther Holland has been doing some effective work on the principal streets of the town. Mr. Holland is one of the best street superintendents the town has eve.r ' employed and It Is hoped that ' he will ever 'remain Dallas' chief of po lice.'.' . : . '. . -' Miss Blanche Shuford. daughter of Mr, and Mrs. T. E. Shuford, has ac cepted a position with The Advocate as typesetter. Miss Blanche is a . bright young girl and we are" sure she will easily learn her work. .T Mr. E. L. tftlson attended a meet ing In Cherryrllle a few days -ago of tbe directors of the Isothermal'Trac tion Company. He informed us that the survey' from Rutherfordton to "Asheville was completed on Decem ber 4th. Mr. "Wilson is Teal optlmls t ths.'over the project and' declares that cars will be running through ' Dallas in the course of a few years. UNIVERSITY NEWS. Library Acquires Some Rare vO!d Volumes - Examinations This Weefc Baseball Schedule Being Made Out Establishing : . Basket Ball Other Chapel Hill Items. Correspondence of The Gazette. CHAPEL; HILL, Jan. 16. At the meeting, of ihe mate Historical and Literary Assocl'atlonjiiald v in Ral eigh January 12. Prclessor B.; K, Graham, head of the department-of English and dean , of the academic, school, was elected president for the coming -year.' : ".- ; ?- i- j , K: Examinations begin Monday and for the next ten day there will be little doing except "boning". m the part of the students., But things will liven up Immediately after this period ends. The-night of tbe last day of examinations the, University will engage In Jthe first inter-collegiate game of basket ball of her athletic' history. The schedule opens with . Wake Forest and includes games . with Tennessee, Charlotte andrJ)urham Y, M. CA's.,; Virginia "Christian College, Guilford and two games' with the University of Vlr: glnla, one in Chapel Hill and one In Charlottesville, Ya. The main' pur pose of the team this season Is to get the sport . established. .The men are In most cases green,' but they hope in'sDlte , of their inexperience to make a creditable showing. The baseball schedule will he pub lished during the next wrfek. The last few days have been very warm and the players have availed them selves of an opportunity for a little preliminary practice before the ex aminations. Captain Hackney will call out his men for steady work Just as soon as examinations close. Coach Clancey will report In Chapel Hill the first week In February. The University library has recent ly made some valuable acquisitions. In December, through some friend of the University, a copy of the original constitution of the Ku Klux Klan, printed in pulaskl, Tenn., in 1888, was obtained. There are only two other such documents in the United States. The library hae also' secur ed a copy of tbe rare work, Catesby's Natural History of . the Carolinas, Florida and the Bahama jslanda. The work is in two large folio vol umes, magnificently Illustrated. It was published In London in 1754. This is the only copy of the work in North Carolina. Dr. L. R. Wilson, librarian of the University library, was elected chairman of the library department of the Southern Educational Associ ation at the meeting held In Chatta nooga, Tenn., Decejpber 27 to 29. ' Of the sevenNorth Carolina sci entists v who were given a place among the one thousand best scien tists in the United States,- six are members of the University faculty. making a ratio between thenumber or tnnaDiiants ana xne numner ; oi scientists in this :. one thousand, Chapel Hill-comes second in thellet of the towns of the whole ccountry. Hold. Annual Meeting. ? '-.'.,. The annual meeting of the stock holders and the directors of ihe Dal las Cotton : Mills were held the 1 Oth Inst, at the mill's offices Th fol lowing were elected direr tore for the' ensuing year: J. R. Lewis, R. S. Lewis, J.- C Puett,' H. B. Moore and J. D. Moore. -Mr, J. R. Jewis Was elected president, Mr.. J, H. White, vloe president and Mr. R. S. Lewis secretary ahd treasurer.. During the past yetr the entire pr iduclion of this mill has been courerted Into cloth , by operating the looms at night. Formerly one. naif of the production went Into ,ya iys fcr the marltet- The Dallas .Cottou- Mill was built In 1891 and ha a t-apital of " $65,700.' The '- equipment con sists of 7,000 spindles. and 88 looms. The Lowell Mercantile Compa ny, of Lowell, has sold Its steck of general merchandise to Esquire C. W. Nipper, who has taken charge of the sairfe. . - t : .'. ' ' I ' .":' . ' , Mr. George W.'Bost iid family are sow residents of Gastonia, hav ing moved from KannapoIIs here last 'week. Afr. Bost has a position with tae7Gastonia Furniture.' Company. They are keeping house at 210 West Franklin avenue. '., MRS. J. C HOLLAND DEAD. Well Known and Beloved Lady Pass- ee Away' at Her Home in Dallas Following a Brief Ulneas Was ' Daughter of Late State Treasurer Daniel W. Courts Funeral ' Yes terday Largely Attended, v No death has occurred in this part of the State within recent years that has brought such general and pro found sorrow to the hearts of hosts of friends as that of , Mrs. Julia Courts Holland, which occurred at her home fn Dallas at ? : 4 5 o'clock Sunday ' afternoon. Until ' Tecently she had been blessed with unusual health and vigor for, one- of her age but recently, on one of , her many missions of kindness while attending the funeral of a. friend, ; she, con tracted a severe cold which' soon de veloped Into a virulent type of pneu monia. Though confined to her bed only since' the Wednesday , previous and while her condition was "re garded by her physicians as serious It was thought that her splendid vi tality would make a successful fight against the ravages of the terrible malady with which she was stricken but she grew steadily worse until the end. After a heroic struggle her resisting powers were overcome and she passed peacefully into the great beyond. ? . , Thursday when it became evident that her condition was critical ; her sons. Dr. George Holland and - Mr. Lucius J. Holland, of Bluefleld, W. Va., were telegraphed for and the latter arrived here at noon Friday. The former was unable to come, be ing at the time confined to his bed from ah attack of grip. Mrs. Holland was born In the Yar- borough House at RalelgB during the residence '. theiV off her father, Hon- Daniel V. Courts, who was for many years treasurer of North Car olina. She united with the Metho dist church in early youth but later joined the Presbyterian church with her husband at Dallas. She received her education at St. Mary's College, Raleigh, and was graduated from that' institution at-ihe age of six teen with high honors. September 16, 1863, she was mar ried to Dr. E B. Holland, then a sur geon In the Confederate army and stationed, at the Wayside Hospital, Greensboro. After the surrender she and. her husband settled at Dal las In sight of the old Holland homestead upon which the town of Dallas now stands.' Mrs. Holland was the mother of eight children, three of whom died In infancy; Mrs. W. H. Cornelius, f Statesvllle, who died about a year ago, and is survived by four sons, George C, Claude D., Herbert H and Lucius J. Holland. Mrs, Holland was true to erery re lation of lire. She was a dutiful child, a faithful wife and a devoted motner anp naa qualities and at tainments, which few women possess. r- l- i . . . . .... - . cue uiea in me aDiaing.f&itn of a "blessed immortality. t ; - ' Following funeral services held at 2 o'clock yesterday, afternoon In the Presbyterian church,-conducted by Rev. W. J. Sechrest, assisted by Revs. R. C. Anderson and J. J. Ken nedy, of Gastonia, her body was ttaW-trrriirTBes who died April 12, 1896. A large concourse of friends and relatives gathered to pay a last tribute of love and respect to her memory. Her. familiar figure, kind heart and help ing hand will be greatly missed. Social Meeting. ; ' The congregation of the First Baptist church k will have ' Vja social meeting at . the church , Wednesday evening, January 18th, from '7:30 to 9 . o'clock; All 'members of , the Church and congregation are' cordial ly invited to be present.-- There will be a musical program followed by a social .. hour. - Light, 'refreshments will be 'served by the ladies. ' ! Onr New Serial. . , V - This Issue of The Gazette contains the finaL chapter of "The Silver Horde," one of the very best; serial stories ever published. Many of our readers, we . know, have read th's story with pleasure and.proflU Be ginning next, Tuesday, the 24th. we I will publish serially another strong seph C. Lincoln, known as the Dick ens of present day fiction. It is ; a story of New England life and throbs with humor, pathos , and a compell ing plot. No one who loves a' good story can afford to miss this one.' Be sure. to get the first chapter; we'll guarantee that yeu -will await the second anxiously." ' OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED. Knight ' cf : Pythias i: Give House-; ' Warming in Their Handsome New Hall in Realty Building Grand Chancellor iMoCausland and Oth er Prominent Pythlans Present Many Ladies Present, . An event of- unusual Interest to many Castonlans was the publicIn stallation of officers by Gastonia Lodge No; ' 53, Knights of Pythias, which took place .last night .' from 7:30 to 11 o'clock In the lodge's cas tle hall on the fifth floor , of 1 the Realty building. ' The occasion was la the nature of ii house-warming to give the wives and friends of Pyth lans an opportunity to inspect the. new and. handsomely furnished quar ters recently established. V ' To the one hundred members of the local lodge and to a number of others, incluing the members of other lodges In the county. Invita tions reading as follows were ' sent several days previous: Gastonia Lodge Number Fifty Three, Knights of Pythias, has mov .ed into its new and elegant quarters In the Realty. Building, and will-have a "House Warming" on- Monday night, January -sixteenth, nineteen Hundred eleven. Tbere Will be a public installation of officers, some appropriate addresses, music and light refreshments. Come and enjoy with us the festivities of the occas ion. You. are expected to bring lady or gentleman friend with you. The Grand Chancellor and several other grand officers will be present. W. H. HARDIN, C. C. J. W. CULP.K. R. S. Hours: 7 f 30 to 11-p. m. Prior to the entrance of the of- cers of the lodge, garbed in their handsome costumes, a number of se lections were rendered by the Atkins Orchestra, which also discoursed mu sic at intervals during the evening. At 8 o clock the officers entered and Chancellor Commander W. H. Har din delivered the address of weJ come. He made a happy hit and gave the evening a splendid start which' continued till the close. . Following the address of wel come the response was made by Ma jor J. G. Balrd, of Charlotte,-editor of The Carolina Pythian, who spoke eloquently of Pythianlsm, what the order stood for and what it had ac complished. He reviewed briefly the history of the organization of the Knights of Pythias, his entire ad dress appealing strongly to his hear ers. To the disappointment of the aud lence it was announced that the two next speakers, Mr. W. W. Lewis, of Yorkville, whose subject was "The Institution of Gastonia Lodge No. 53," and Mr. A. G. Mangum, of Gas tonia, whosessubJect was "Pythian- ism in Gaston County," were ..both unavoidably kept away. Mr. S. J. Durham, of Gastonia, was the next speaker. His subject was "The Lodge and Our Wives" and the hu morous turn he gave to his remarks elicited laughter and applause from the men as well as from the femln ine part of the audience He was followed by Mr. George W. Wilson, of Gastonia, whose subject was "The Good of the Order." Mr. Wilson told.of. 8flm -of, tb, benefits -derived from the Pythian order and his. ad dress was both" Interesting and In structive. , - ...... .1 . . At, the close of Mr. Wilson's ad drels Chancellor Commander Hardin called on Rev.. Dr. J. C. Galloway and Mr. ! J. . Ezell, the former a local Pythian and the latter, who re sides T la Charlotte, district deputy, Wtn' of whom responded in a happy manner; Mr. Ezell's remarks were on the humorous order and be elic ited roars of, laughter ; from the bouse. ::. V S 'v.-. '-' - : Grand j Chancellor A. E. McCaus land, of Charlotte, was the . last speaker on the program and,, as the hour was late, he spoke very briefly. He spoke principally of the work ac complished by the order in North Carolina,' giving 'jsome " interesting data' regarding the Vew . orphanage at Clayton. .' A'' ? ;T An interesting part of the pro gram was the last part, which con sisted In the installation of the new officers by Grand Chancellor Me causland; The new. officers are as' follows: i. Chancellor Commander, H. B. Mdore; vice chancelldr, J.-. W. Culp r prelate, W; H. ' Hardin ; mas ter of work, I. A. Campbell; keeper of record and aeat, J.- W Atkins; master of finance, Ctas Ford mas ter of exchequer, - J," Lee Robinson; piaster at arms, Norman Morrow; in ner guard, E. N. Hahn; outer guard, W. L. Head. . " The retiring officers were: Chan- DIED IN DENVER. "iliaa Bertha Johnson Passes Away in Western Home After Long Illness Had Manjr Friends. ; y Many Gastonia people will learn with regret of the death at her home In Denver, Col., on Sunday, January 8th, of Miss Bertha Johnson, former ly of Gastonia. The news came Sat urday in a letter to her cousin, Mr. L. A. States, of N Gastonia." Death followed, a long illness from' tuber culosis. Interment was made In Denver. "7 " For about six or seven years, prior 1 1906 when she went West,' Sllss Jounson lived In Gastonia with her father, Mr. Amos Johnson, and her sister, Mrs. Delia Parkhurst. She taught sccool at the Loray during that time and was greatly beloved by all who knew her. She was a woman of strong Christian charac ter and was active in religious work especially among the. yejing peoples societies. " She was a member of the Christian church. - During their residence here Miss Johnson's mother died and a broth er, who died several years ago, is burled at IIrl lersonville. At tbe time of her death she was living with her father and sister. Many GastOnlans knew the deceas ed and held her in high esteem. All of these will sympathize with her father ami sister In their bereave ment. A BIRTHDAY DINNER. (Contributed.) Last Tuesday at their beautiful home on. South Marietta street, Mr, and Mrs. W. H. Jenkins gave one of their sumptuous dinners. Friends and relatives, all the way from Bes semer City to Charlotte, had been invited and fortunate were they who came that day. After talking and laughing around the cozy 'fires, catching a whiff now and then of turkey and well, our appetites were so whetted as to enjoy to the fullest the good things awaiting us. But had we tried to imagine it all, as we were tempted to do, our imag ination would have failed us. Mr. Editor, did you ever when a boy fall asleep and dream of wander ing in a maze of beauty, with the sound of music and laughter in your ears, and sitting at tables eating things so good, so sweet and so, juicy that when you awoke . your mouth was , just watering? Tuesday was "Mr. Jenkins birth day. He was years old that day. So young at 'heart is he that his friends have to guess his age though he did tell some of us. We all wish for him many more long years of usefulness, and when he celebrates again we hope, to have an invitation. A GUEST. Another Victim of Foolish Habit. Madison County Record. A man in Georgia had his house burned up a few days ago while he was away from botme. The family saved about everything In the house except an old bureau la & back room, after it had been consumed along with Ihe building they remembered that the man of the, house had left two thoasafid'adllarii" In tfie1 oTcTbu reau drawer. Had he put this mon ey in the bank be would have had enough cash, to have built another Vuse, but as it is, he neither-has the money nor a house.; . r . . , Moral : ' Put your money In the bank where it will neither rust nor burn up. . 'j- ; cellor commander, W. H. Hardin; vice chancellor, R. 6. Aiken; prelate, R. A. Frontfe"rger; master of work, G. H." Marvin; keeper, of records and seal, J. W. Culp; master of arms. Joe Matthews; master of finance, Chasi Ford ; master of exchequer, : E. N. Pegram; Inner guard, J. Work man; outer guard, W. L. Head. In the receiving line were Mr; and jMrs. H. B. Moore, Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Hardin, Mayor and Mrs. T. L. Craig, -Mrs.TE. W. Mellon, Messrs. McCausIand, Balrd and,Ezell. Following the xercises, while sweet music was furnished by the orchestra, refreshments consisting of coffee, .sandwiches, cakes, punch, fruit, etc., "were served by Mr. R. L. Adams' and Miss Bertha Long and Mr.. E. N. ; Pegram and Miss ' Marie Hardin. , ' ' ' .",' . ' ' . : v There were present quite a num ber of out-of-town. Pythlans and all were heard to- express themselves as having tad a thorough!?;' enjoyable time. The, universal opinion was that Gastonia Lodge No.' 63 haa one of the handsomest . halls in the State.-' Personals and Locals. -Wednesday, February ?2nd. will be Washington's birthday. , , v -Mf. A. Q Kale, of High fihoals. ' :; was a ousiness visitor iu uwui - yesterday. ' Mr. T. W..Pres8on, formerly , with the Armstrong Furniture Com pany, has" accepted : a position with the Gastonia Furniture Company. -Mr. J.. Lon Thomasson, who haa - been la Morganton for the past six or eight months, has returned to Gas tonia. ' " The Gazette is requested ; to state' that the Heptasophr will, in the s future, hold their regular meetlnga on the second and fourth .Tuesday nights In each month. ' v ;a , - Mr. S. C. Cornwell has given upj his position wWr the firm of Solo mon Norcross , Company, - Atlanta, .. ( and will enter the office of his father, wy Mr. C. C. Cornwell, as deputy clerk; of the court of Gaston county. .: . Miss Emily Adams has moved , rfrom the Adams .house on ,, n-asi Franklin avenue now occupied 'by Mr. and Mrs- Lee Hanks and la : making her home .''' at ,Mrs.' Fannie ' v Morrow's on West Main avenue. Mr. J. P. Delllnger, of Cherry villej received a telegram Jast week, says The Eagle, announcing the? burning of a bloekof business hous es la Hobart, Okla. in which be was . Interested. His loss is about 1400 r Mrs, J. R. Baber, who has been spending several weeks with ; her - r . daughter, Mrs. W.- M. Jackson, at Stirling, Ool., left yesterday for Gas tonia. She Is expected to reach home tomorrow night or Thursday morning. , , Last week's Cherryyllle Eagle, says: "Uncle Noah Moss, who lire west of town, is right poorly at this writing. Mr. Moss lacks only about a month of being 88 years old, yet at this great age his mind la clear and his memory remarkable." Attorney Dayid P. Delllnger re turned the latter part of last week: -from Raleigh where he spent several days attending: the sessions of the. ' General Assembly. ; Mrsl Delllnger . has been visiting relatives and friends in Rutherford county; Mr. A. G. Mangum left Sunday' . for Durham and Chapel Hill where he will spend several days on busi ness. At the latter place he will at- tend a meeting of the the board . of trustees of the State University of which he Is a -member. yH, .--t Mr. , Marsall 1 Delllnger and Miss Josie. Garrison, of High Shoals, ' drove to Gastonia Sunday, secured -license, and were married by Rev. J. J. Beach, at the parsonage ; of the East Baptist church. They will re side at High Shoals. - v . , . t , E. N. Mott, of Spartanburg, S. C, and Miss Lula Brown, of Mayes? ' ' worth, were married Saturday ' by, ; Magistrate W. 'Meek Adams in th j latter's office here. These persons ' were formerlly husband , and wife but were divorced some two or three , years ago. , 'rr.-A:'-. The three-weeks-old Infant of) "Nlr. and Mrs. Fritz . Henry died at. their home in East Gastonia Satur- -day and was btlrred-ih -' Hollywood Xemetery,Sttnday. folio win g JuneraL4,... services conducted at the home - by Rev. J. J. Beach, pastor of the East Baptist church. ; , , , ' Rev. George D. Herman, 'Rer, t t W. L. C, Klllian, Rev. J. A. Peeler . and Mr. W. H. Jenkins, of Gastonia, -, and Mr. A. J. Rankin, of Belmont, went, to Lincolnton yesterday morn- ' ing to attend the annual missionary institute of the Shelby district. Rev.; ' Q. F. Reld, formerly a missionary In Korea and now at the head of . the laymen's movement of the - M. E. .' , Church, South, w as one of the prlu- . clpal apeakers at the meeting. . . The Piedmont Telephone CTel- ' , egraph Company last week Issued ; and delivered to its subscribers a new phone directory corrected up- -to January 1st.' Besides . the list of " -Gastonia. and the rural lines emanat ing from this 'central office th di rectory contains lists of subscribers at Bessemer1 City, Lowell, McAden ville, Dallas, Bowling Green, High Sholas, Hardin and Stanley. Every user of the phone should have one of these directories hung in easy reach of the phone. The company requires that; subscribers . call by number and not by n erne as th'" the only way that confusion can - avoided and satisfactory service civ en. The directory Is gotten up la convenient style, the names being ar ranged alphabetically tbrcjg-uL Each booklet has a wire hanger at the top' for the convenience of tl subscriber In hanging It.