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'GASTONIA. N. a FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1911.
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FROM MYSTERIOUS DISEASE.
Mr. Edgar Clonlnger Die at ( Hi
. Home v Near Dallas After long
and Painful Illness.'
Correspondence of The Gazette. ' . ,
DALLAS, ROUTE 1,; Jan. 26.
Edgar Clonlnger, 'eldest eon of Mr.
and Mrs. 'Robert' Cloninjer,, died at
his' home;" on- route - one Tuesday
morning after an illness of almost
two" years. Ttwo years ago he im
stricken wtfth a- mysterious disease
,forv.whicb there waa,'Nn relief until
the end cane rather suddenly Tubs
, day morning. For the pastyear he
wai perfectly (blind and almost help
lee I Hie eufferlng yas terrible at
times, but through all hie lonfe sick
ness he bore it very patiently. ;'xVj'
If Mr. Clonlnger had lived till the.
12th of (February he 'would have
been 19 years . eld. Several ' years
: ?r h connected himself by rite of
confirmation with 6t Peter's' Luth
eran 'church. Hs leares i.a devoted
father, mother, two sisters and
three brothers, "besides numerous
relatives and if rlends to mourn their
loss, v His sisters are Lizzie "and
Beulah; : his .brothers, 'WMlam, Waiter-
and Wayne. ."; ) ' '
Funeral; services were conducted
at the; residence Wednesday after
noon at 1 o'clock vby v his pastor.
Rev," J. M. Senter ' After appropri
ate, services' at the grave the body
was . laid to rest In the Clonlnger.
graveyard surrounded toy, a host of
relatives and friends;''. The 'sorrow
ing family havthe sympathy cf the
entire- community.
LIXWOOD COLLEGE LOCALS.
- Correspondence of The Gazette.
, : LIN WOOD COLLEGE, Jan.. 24.
Misses Hattle . Vernony Bayne ' Rut-'
- ledge and Ferrie Abernethy, students
f of Linwood, accompanied ; by Miss
Kathleen Newman", the art teacher,
made a short trip' to Bessemer Ctty
. (Monday, afternoon. , They walked
- there "and back In about three' hours
and also spent awhile in, the city
shopping. -; - 't -o-ft . -----'
Mr. and IMrsl Johnndsay, father
and mother'', of the president, spent
' several days last week at the parson
age wltn the president and family.
Miss Hattle Tayloe, a member of the
Linwood faculty, spent Sabbath with
Mr., and Mrs. W., B. Knight in Gas
, tonIa.-i-Mr.' and Mrs. A. f. Klrby,- of
Gftstonla, spent '" Sabbath afternoon
withsthe ' latter sister Miss, Lillie
' Lawson.-7-Rev. Rl f 9. r Toung,' of
. Kings Mountain, preached at , PIs
J gah Sabbath at II o'clock and at he
' college in the afternoon at hree
' thirty o'clock .-Tbe sermon was an
excellent one and enjoyed "by alL
. Miss Georgia Nance, ,' a student . ' of
Linwood, was summoned home on
account of her mother's Illness.
(Mlsseslva 'Hayes and Jennie Hoard,
of Kings Mountain, 'visited the lat
ter's sister, Miss 'Margie Hoardv Eab
hath. : . f;,',JJ
jj. A-series of meetings will be held
at the" college Ihls'weeK"
by Rev. J. A. Smith, the evangelist of
Charlotte." . ; . ;
. Saturday eveningJanuary J 1st,
. :' the. Calathenlan , Literary Society en-r
.tertained, the. faculty, president's
family, matrons,-' new girls and the
; Adelphlan Literary Society with Ta
; very interesting program .consisting
of music, readlngseseays, debates
- jokee, recitations and a prophecy of
the faculty, after which ref reshments J
, were Served and each seemed1 to en
Joy herself to the fullest extent.'
The following young ladles were
admitted to Linwood the past week!
Misses Esther Ledford, of Clifton,-S.
C ; Beu,lah , Enroee, t)f Cartersville,
Ga., and Eurnette 'Miller, of York-
ville. S. C. " .. s ; . :.t v
. Mias-Kate Jackson, a studeni of
Linwood, was called home Saturday
on account of her grandfather's ill-
ness. JMr. and Mrs. J. H.( .Adams, of
.Bowing Green, Sr C.J spent -Monday
. at Linwood iwith their daughter,
Miss V.'Hma. Mrs. I,F. Neal, of
Kicga Mountain, and 1 -Mrs. Logan
Warraouth. of Gaffney, S. C, were
the guests of Mrs. Dr. Lindsay Mon
day afternoon., i , - s
Very great exeftement was witness
ed at LJmrood about 1 o'clock Mon
day. The main huilding caught fire
near the roof, and everyt girl was
seen running up the steep hill side
with several resiels of water and in
about ten minutes every sign of Are
was extinguished and everx one was
soon hack at their, work and had new
teal for excitement is good to arouse
our feelings some times., :,'"("V:V
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Vl there, of
Gastonia, spent Sabbath at Linwood
with "their daughter. Miss CaUie.
Monday 14 greatly enjoyed by the
coMege girls for a group, Chaperoned
bv a aenior -will era to' the mountain.
Others, accdmpanled by a teacher ,
will take lop g walks over the woods
hunting "hickory , nuts, while the
"champion ' walkers," Misses Vernon,
Rutledge and Abernethy, with - the
art v and;'i tnathemstlcs .' teachers,
Misses Newman and Alexander,' al
ways visit some city. ,They will 'visit
your town at an early date perhaps,
for their traveling expenses are very
cheap and are within reach of those
that have no autos. VV'V;
rr-rr lorAy - locals. , .
Correspondence of The Gazette. .
JLORAY MTLL6, Jan. 15.Mr. H.
L. Moore Was resigned the po
sition' ; of : ftajtaaster to v; accept
a position as bookkeeper with the
Mayes Manufacturing Company ; at
MayeeworUx." Mr. J. S, Boyce , ha
accepted a position as paymaster for
the Loray (MillsMr: .J. JT. O'Brien,
of Durham; has . accepted A positrton
as production clerk with the Loray
.Mllls.---Mr,.;,John .Owensjhy has re
signed the position of second hand
in the spinning room and will ac
cept a similar ; position with the
GrayV-AIanufacturlngv Company,'
Mr. Henry5 Stephenson has been, pro
moted to the position of second hand
in tue spinning room. Mr. W. M,
Graham has resigned his position as
tooni-fixer to accept' a similar one. at
Frlea Va. His ' wift Is spending
some time at Salisbury visiting her
father before going to Fries. A
r, Several families from; Haywood
county arrhred last week.' Mr. Jes
se .Raymond Young, superintendent
of spinning, was registered at .the
Stonewall In Charlotte la Satur
day and spent the day. attending to
some business affairs. airs. F. J.
Bradley has returned home from the
City Hospital" ..very much (Improved
in health. (Miss, Nettie Bradley, enr
tertained a number of her .frlenda af
her home Tuesday evenings-January
the, 24 th. The Loray Baptist church
has recently put In nice seats and
have also Installed the hot alt sys
tem of beating at a cost of 1, 800.
Cdf. F. I'J.t Bradley' has become
manager
of - the Loray Pressing j
Club. Th mfll is running on full
time, the health of the people : Is
very good, 'andeverything is going
along emoSthly. . . j , . -:
FLfcVT MILL NEWS.
Correspondence of The Gazette. :.
!i WJNT 'MILL, Jan. S.Mr For
est; Kincaid Mas' been sick, for the
past week with grip but Is better,
Mrtf, J. C. Smith has been unwell fj&J
koma tlmfl."-Mr Jnhn Phnn.1lr nii1 '
Mis' Pearl Pasour and !Mf. Martin
Heckard were quietly married a
the - .bride's home on last Sunday af
ternoon at 3 o'clock by Rev.' E. N:
Crowder, of Lowell. .The bride was
becomingly gowned in a whiteN lin
gerie "dress. Only a few Intimate
friends ' were . present. . The . happy,
couple will reside at the Flint, - .
GASTOXLV ROUTE THREE ITEMS.
' ', . - - - - s:. r -. -Correspondence
of The Gazette. '
GASTONLi.RF. D." 3, Jan. 23.r
Mr. P. J. Llneberger is stlllxinable to
get vjut. He has had a longv and
tough spell of, rheumatism. Mr. G.
M. Dickson is thought to be some
better. He Is under treatment at
the StatesviHe Sanitarium. Mr. J.
R. Kincald and bis wife, the former
84and the latter S7 years 'old, are
both very feeble at their home near
Olney church, Mr. Andrew P. Fron-
eberger is seriously sick at bis home
In Crowders Mountain township.
Mr. George Rhyne has some fine hogs '
in can be found 'anywhere and he
raised them. They are not for ftlel
Mr. John Hanna has a curiosity In
the way of a three-gallon , keg. It
was made by his father over fifty
years ago and has but one' stave in tt
and no seam. If you went"1 to know
how it was made .subscribe for The
Gazette andJwe wllljell you. "
i EIG LAND DEAL
Charlotte Real Estate Firm Acquires
Optitn on About . S,Oo6 Acres f
faAston County Land Surrouiullng
Lfn wood College Property "Will
" Probably Develop A Summer Ite-
, sort on Large Scale.
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Much local interest will (be felt in
the Announcement in the following
article from The Charlotte News of
Wednesday to' th4 effect that a
Charlotte real estate firm has pur
chased land surrounding and includ
ing the Lin wood College property at
the foot of Cro'wders Mountain and
will develop the . same into a large
Summer resort. -, -, '' . . " v
'" The article says: ' -'.
"Mr. 8. W. Dandridge. president
of th . W. DandTldge Co., real
eatate and .'insurance company, has
returned, from ah extensive tour of
Tennessee, " wiiere he. made ' several
purchases of valuable real estate.'
i "On the trip Mr, Dandridge made
another large 'deal in real estate by
the purchaseJef . flOQtOOa worth fof
land surrounding Linwood College,
at the base of Crowders fountain,'
In ? Gaston county. ' The C company
Will at once divide up the property
into bulMlng lots amd, offer It for
sale.f;:Y;a':::- 'VjVti
"Linwood, because of its ideal lo
cation v at the foot of the mountain;
Its proximity to the, famous All Heal
ing Springs and its easy accesslbill-
ty to allAectlons of the piedmont region-
has developed Into a popular
summer resort, and is rapidly beconj.
Ing a rival .of Black Mountain . and
other resorts farther. to'thowest-: '
i- "Already a. nucleus for a good re
sort is on. the site, In the presence
of the college aod a niinVber of neat
cottages. The dormitory of the col-
liege was turned dnto
a hotel
last
summer and, twass crowded., with
guests' from June- to September."
' " "With division! of the-, locality in.
to 'handsome lots and the erection of
a number oi. new cottages Linwood
will prqv . a popular lace for a
summer outing, situated 1Kb it Is on
ly six miles from "Gastonia andTwith
in a few hours ride from Charlotte,
Spartanburg, Greenville, Lincolnton,
Wadeboro, Yorkville and . other
POintS.."- "-' ' ' - P "
s The Gazett'e is informed that the
present status of the above mention
ed deal is, that 6. W. Dandridge ft
Co.' (have an option on the . 5,000
acres of Ian 6 including the Linwood
College pcpperty,and considerable
property surcpunding f that. - t is
also said that the tine of the Ped-
mont- Traction Company's proposed
interurban car .' line - runs .through
the property and 'ij, is supposed that
in the event the ckr Mne is ultimate-"
ly built, which now seems assured,
the property wlll be divide up into
lots ami developed into a summer
resort on a large scale.
This would give Gastoniaone of
the most beautiful suburban ' re
sorts to be-found anywhere to' the
South and wouid bring hundreds of
Holds Annual Meeting. .. - :-
' The ebockholders and directors of
the Tuckaseege Manufacturing Com
pany, Mount Holly, held their ap-f
"nual meetings Jannary 20th.. The
following . - .officers and directors
were chosen for the ; ensuing year:
President, A.' P.; Rhyne; vice presi
dent,. W. Springs; tsecretary and
treasurer, H. A. Rhyner This mill
has - a capital . of $40,000 and " was
built la 1883. It has 6000 spindles
and makes jams Nos. I's and 20'.
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Former Gaston Bha Prompted. ;
The friends in this section of -Mr.
J, Leak CaxrawaVi Win e glad to
learn that he was jl , few days sgo
promoted to the position of manag
ing editor of The 'Arkansas Demo
crat, the largest evening paper putH
fished in' Little Rock, Ark.' Mr.
Carrawa has been', oh the staff of
The Democrat for the past several
years. e succeeds jdr. Clio Hffr
pir who has held the position 'since
1893. Mr. Carraway' ls a son-in-law
of Dr. F. Gfenn, of Gastonia ar i
is well-known here" where he lived
prior ' te-g6TnXw"est; ' He la a news
paper man of recognized ability and
his friends back JIast will rejoice' In
this deserved recognRIdn whPdi has
come to him. .' .' -,- ' .. '
TO, INCREASE SALARY.-
Gardaer Bill to Give Gorernor
OOO a Year Payees Senate Brief
Resume of lousiness . Transacted
; Tills Week, by the. General Assem-
wy. tt v :-i
f...
a. The- Gardner bin to increase the
Governor's salary r from $4,000 to
6,000" - a year "passed .the Senate
Wednesday. An amendment to
make. It $5,000 was voted down,
-Jn the House' Wednesday there
was a lengthy discussion, of the
Stubbs "bill calling for a constitu
tional convention; .; There Via much
devlslon 'of opinion, as to the wis
dom of such a bill at tMs tirn.'
rvJudiclary, committee-No. 1 , Wed
nesday 5 returned to tHe House ' the
bill to prohibit the sale of near-beer
andrvbeerine in ' the State ' with
approval as to its fegal preparation
and it was referred to the commit2
tee on JJquor traffic. ;. rj-:-
v Battle, of Wake; Wednesday ln-1
troduced a bill to authorize towns
to frame and , amend their own
charters subject to approval as to
their constitutionality by the , Attor
ney General. This is proposed to
take the pace of a general bill en
abMng towns tp adopt the commis
sion form; of government and ena
bles towns to, adopt this or anyoth
er form they may choose-within the
limits of. constitutionality.
Yesterday the House passed on
its second reading the Devln bill to
put the husband on the same footing
as the wife in suing for divorce on
Biblical ; grounds.' It was forced
pver until today for final reading.
On the failure of a motion to sus
pend the rules, 'when objection (was
lodged v to- the final reading. . The
test vote as to the standing of 'the
bill was. 70 to 27. The bill had
come , from Judiciary Committee No.
1, with unfavorable report, a .tie
vote in, the committee having. been
broken by the vote of Chairman R.
H. Battle against the bill The ar
gument was of more than two hours
duration and one of the most nota
ble that has yet developed this ses
,s1on. - 1 -i- f - w
. The special order of the bill to
ratify the income tax amendment to
the Federal constitution was an
nounced and postponed to Tuesday,
January 31. f . ,
Tho Senate refused yesterday te
impose a State tax on dogs. After
spending over an hour debating
Senator Cotton's bill for this -purpose.
It was finally tabled. . - . '
- A bill prohibiting the manufacture
and sale of matches other than safe
ty matches in the State was offered
by' Senator 'Gotten,
The resolution by-the -North Car
ollna Press Association favoring leg
islation for public road Improvement
was read.- , .-,' , ';'
Unfavorable reports were made on
the bills establishing North Robe
son and Rowland counties "out of
Robeson, : The same committee sent
in 'a favorable, report on establish
ing Hoke county out of Cumberland
and Robeson -and it was made a spe
cial order for next-Tuesday at 12
o'clock. ' . ' -J v'""'v'.' '1 ''","' '
Mr. Jenkins Honored.
; Yesterday's Asheville Citizen car
ried the following item which wlli
be' of Interest-to many Gastonians:
,e"aKfI'orest copge'ainTraTTrf
this year dedicated to Mr. L. L. Jen
kins, of this city, recently elected to
the presidency of fhe 'American Na
tional bank., This is quite an honor
to Mr. Jenkins, andvhis mavyfriends
in this city as well as those through
out, the' state "will learn 'with pleas
ure of the honor' which , 'has been
conferred upon him by ' the college
of which he. Is an alumnus. "Mr.
Jenkin made, quite a record in col
lege, being chosen as .the first de
bator to represent the literary socie
ty to -which be belonged, the Philo
mathesian, .in a ' Joint debate. He
was one of the leaders of his class
and was, what all collegianes desire
to be -'a popular man' in college.
Mr. Jenkins has been living In Ashe-I
ville about a year, having -been the
actin vice president, of the Ameri
can National bank until his election
to the- presidency, v Mr. Jenkins was,
formerly president 'of thet First Na
tional ibank, of Gastonia, N. C" The
above should (be corrected In. one
particular,-; Mr. Jenkins was, ,ot
only ."formerly" president of" the
First Nation Bank ; here but ; atlll
holds, that position; - The Citizen, In
its heading, saya . "AshevUle man"
honored. ' (However, . the'nountaln''
city canonly half claim him as he Is
still a Gastonian'in that be retains
large .interests in-Gastd'nia and is a
very frequent vGTtof to his old home
town.
TUBERCULOSIS DAY;
Nation to Observe AprtX SOth
Cfcurches W1U Fight Consump-'
. , ttanIIope to (Enlist 83,000,000
' Communicants. " , f,' ' v ' .
' April 10th has been set aide this
year as "Tuberculosis Day,", and will
be observed in 200,000 churches in
the country to a manner similar to
that of , 'Tuberculosis Sunday"., in
1910, when over 40,000 sermons
were preached. on,Nthe..preventlon of
consumption'.' . In this first official
announcement of the occasion made
by the. National Association for . the
Study and Prevention of Tuberculo
sis today, the leaders of "the move
ment state that they nope to enlist
all of the 33,000,000 church mem
bers in the country. -
i In one ' resoect . Tuberculosis. Dav
111 differ from Tuberculosis Sunday,
of. 1910.; Instead of requesting the
churches to' give to the tuberculosis
cause. a special Sunday service, the
National Association is going to ask
this year that meetings, a - which
the -subject of tuberculosis and its
preventionan be discussed, be held
on Sunday, April 80th, or v On any
other day near that date, either In
the week preceding or the week' fol
lowing. "What we want," says Dr,'
Livingston Farrand, Executive Sec
retary, of the National Association
for the Study and Prevention of
Tuberculosis, in a report, on this
movement, "is to have this whole
subject of tuberculosis discussed in
all of the 200,000 churches of the
United States at as nearly the same
time as possible. This does not
mean that a stated service must be
given over to this work, though that
might 0e desirable, but that any.
minister,' or other authority whom
be may invite, can present the prob
lem to bis congregation .before or af
ter his regular service, or on any day
within the week preceding or fol
lowing April 30th.M - J v
The National Association Is plan
ning to gather statistics from thous
ands of ministers, showing bow ser
ious m problem tuberculosis is to ev
ery church. These figures will show
among other things the 'number of
deaths i last -year, from tuberculosis
in the church congregation, and the
ways In which the pastors are called
on fd minister to sufferers from this
disease. It is planned also to issue
millions of circulars 'and pamphlets
on the prevention - of tuberculosis,
both from 'the national office . and
from the headquarters of the 45,0
anti-tuberculosis v. associations r who
will, co-operate In the movement. ?
ALFALFA PROFITABLE.
Farmers of Southeastern States Re
port Excellent Profits from Grow
. Ing Alfalfa Hay.
Special fo The Gazetted
"WASHINGTON. Jan. 6. The op
portunities for profit which the rais
ing of alfalfa offers' the farmers of
the Southeast is indicated by letters
received by. the Land and Industrial
Department of the Southern Railway
showing (Increased interest in the
production of alfalfa and (highly prof
itable results in widely 'separated
districts. ' - -- ' - v . -' .,
(Fort and . Stone, of Dunleith,
Washington county, Miss., owners of
aVplantatlon in jeJDelta.. reported
that on 2 8, acres. seeded In the fail
of 180J 168.8' tcvti were produced,
at a cost of $593.05. They figured
this hay to be worth $15.00 .per ton
in the barn though hay was selling
from $20.00 to23. 00 per ton. At
this low rating they Tecelved a prof
it of $1,940.00 on the 28 acres, the
hay costing tbem only $3;47; per
ton. ' Reports from the Delta show
that about 60 farmers ' are tow
growing alfalfa wlth success, a
navmg seeaea ineir neids in the u I
three or four years'. .
J. W. Fisher of Newport, ' East
Tennessee, writes that he is gTeatly
pleased wVCh . results,' having averag
ed five tons per acre and. finding a
readysale at $22.00 per ton, but he
has found the hay so good that he
prefers feeding to his own stock
to selling It. He has grown alfalfa
on (the upland red calcareous clay,
general throughout East Tennessee.
Success in growing alfalfa is also re
ported toy growers in Southern Vir
ginia, North Carolina, and Alabama
and the acreage devoted to alfalfa in
all the Southeastern States is grow
ing steadily. . ,' ' ,
Monnment to Confederate Women.
; ' A bill has been introduced In the
Legislature of Arkansas appropriat
ing the sum of $10,000 for the erec
tion of a monument to the women of
the Confederacy.; . ' - f r
- Personals and IVocaLk
i :'.t.-.:":''Xyf;yi
. Mrs. A. R. Rudlsill, of Kings
Mountain, spent yesterday wltn
friends In Gastonia. '; . - v
'X?y Whitaker's Place" ' com
mences in to3ay'sv0azette. It's '.A
thrilling story. Don't fall to read It.
t Register of Deeds A. J. Smith,
was a business visitor to Dallas yes-
terday; : . t , t-
, Mrs. R. W. Carson is spending ,
some time with relatives at Chester,
S. C. ' . .- . t
. Mr. O. T. Rockett, of Hickory,
Is here on a visit to his brother Mr.
F. P. Rockett.'
r 'Mr. Guy A Kllllan made a bas
Inees trip to Long Shoals this morn-
: . - ' :. - .
IMr. J. Lean, Adams left this
morning on a trip to Rock Hill, S.
C; in Ms automobile. '
Among' the ' visitors from Gas
ton at Raleigh this week have been '
fSMr. O. F. -"Masof, Col. C. B. Arn
strong and Capt. F. Dllllng. V. ; :
: Miss Marie Torrence and 'Mary :,
Ragaa went to Charlotte yesterday .'
Jo see Viola Allen In "The White
Sister" at the Academy of Music,
Mrs. .W. O. Thomas, "of routn1"
four, Is undergoing treatmerit at the
City Hospital and' is making soma'
Improvement. ; "- " ' , 1
Sdlicltor G.-W. Wilson Is spend- 1"
log today in Concord preparing -tha-
docket tor Cabarrus Superior Court. '
which will convene Monday.
Editor H. C. 'Martin of Thf Le
noir News and, Mrs.JMartin were In
Gastonia a short Twhile between
trains this morning en route to Le
noir from Winston-Salem whers
they attended the' mid-winter sen- , 9
sion of the North' Carolina Press As
sociation. . ;' ' 3 .. ' M .' "
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, Mr, Charlie Wilson, who 'had
his foot crushed and bone In one of
his legs broken in an accident on
the railroad here last Saturday, Is
restlnsj well at the City Hospital and
his many frlenda will b eglad to
learn, that he Is recovering nicely,
from the operation he underwent.
Ait St. 'Mark's' Episcopal church
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock's,
special sermon was preachedf by Dr.
Percy C. Webber, of Boston, ' Mass.
The service was In celebration of tha
Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul. J !
and Dr. Webber delivered a most el- . '
oquent sermon to an appreciative)
audience. . 'i ; :..: ' ',
-HAt,the II 'o'clock service Snn
day morning Dr. J. ' C. Galloway,
pastor of the Associate Reformed . ;
Presbyterian church, will preach on
Sthe special subject, ' X!an We Know .
that We Are Sared.' There will be '
no service at night, as the congre-
gation will unite with the First'
Presbyterian church in hearing the
address of Rev. Dr. J. O. Reavls on '
the Laymen's Missionary Movement.
.The Gazette has" heard recently v
quite a lot of complaint because of
the lack of'telepbones in the offices ..
of the county officers at the court x
house. The public is being subject- ,
ed to quite a lot of annoyance' on
this account. The officer In the oil ,
court huse at Dallas were equipped .
with phones and why they , have not
been Installed by the officers in their '
new quarters ; is a mystery . to ' the .
public The only phone so far In- .
afcaUeiLJsojielUclLjhai
at the Jail by Jailer Rhyne. Tele- .-.
phones. in court bouses are no Ion-, 4
ger conveniences.- They are necessl-,;
ties. ' They should ; be - Installed at
once, by all means. ', -
Special Services Sunday.
At the First .Presbyterian churcll
Sunday Rev. Dr. J. O. Reavis, D. D
of Nashville, Tenn., Secretary of the
Foreign Missions Commute of the
General Assembly,, will ppreach at
both the morning and night services. .
NAt 11 a. m.' Dr. Reavls subject will
be "Africa," and as Dr. Reavls has.
only recently returned from a tour
of the Dark Continent his address en
this subject will doubtless be of
special interest. At this service the '
colored people of the town are to
vitedjto occupy seats 4o the gallery
to hear Dr. Reavls address on Af
rica. At" night Dr." Reavls will speak
by special-request on the work of .
the Laymen's .Missionary Movement,
and the congregations of the Asso
ciate Reformed Presbyterian church
and Main Street Methodist church
will unite with the -First Presbyter
ian church In attending this service.
CoL Joel H. B. "Miller, former:
editor of The Baltimore Sun, and on
of the best known newpaer men !.i
the-country, died yesterday at l':
home in Austin, Texas, aged 76.
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