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UASTONIA, N. C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1011.
NO. 12.
SALARIES FOR OFFICERS.
DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS.
, DEMOCRATS WIN FIGHT.
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Correspondence of The Gazette.,
MOUNT HOLLY, Feb. ?. Tlhe
stockholders and director! Of llie
Tuckaseege Manufacturing Company
held their annual meeting "recently
and the following officer! and dire
ora were elected: President, A.
Rhyne; rice president, T, W,
secretary and treasurer, iy A. Rbshe.
We understand that a flair dividend
was declared. -
"Mr. T. JL, 'Ware Is making prep
arations to erect a handsome resi
dence on a lot recently, purchased
from Mr. J. A.;Costner. -We learn
that Mrs. Mattle Rankin has. sold
through yeal estate agent, J. W.
Hoover, her farm two miles west of
here to 'Mr. J. M. Sprlngs.-TMr
Robert M. Painter haa resigned, a
responsible position he has held with
theV Nims Manufacturing Company
for several years and will move t
his farm In Rankin town. Mr. R.
Q. Rhyne Is having a . neat cottage
; home erected on the old .academy lot
near the Albion Wills. . When com
pleted Mr. Oscar Joy will occupy It.
; Mr, Claude Howard, a salesman In
Farrar Brothers store, has moved in
to the house recently vacated by Mr.
Robert Barefoot, situated near the
depot, Mr. Barefoot having moved
Into, the H. A. Rhyne residence on
Depot" street.
The "board of trustees of the
Methodist church has purchased . a
lot fifty feet from the Presbyterian
church. This gives the 'Methodist a
fronting of. two hundred feet and
four, ", hundred feet deep fronting
Fifth avenueon which the parson
age ls'located.
(Miss Cora Joy, a popular sales
lady '.of. Hutchin&pn t & Davenport,
went to Lenoir Wednesday to speud
a fewdays with her mother before
going north. A horse belonging to
Mr. L. A. Dunn's livery stable stray
ed off, last Tuesday night in some
mysterious way. It was thought at
first that the horse had been stolen,
but a phone message late next day
brought word that the horse had ta
ken ahelter in a ham at Mr. Roper's,
near St. Mary's College.
HICKORY GROVE NEWS.
I.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
HICKORY GROVE, -Feb. 8. Rev.
Mr. Bangle, of Cherryville, preached
a most able ' sermon at Hepzlpah
church last Sunday. Mrs. Joe Sea
go and mother spent Saturday and
Sunday with her brother, ,'Mr. Frank
Payseur. Misses Venia and Emma
Lee Carnenter spent Saturday and
Sunday at DallasMrst sillier and
her little grand-daughter, Helen, of
Kings Mountain, spent Saturday and
Sunday with her daughter, Mrs. Geo.
Howey. Misses" Lizzie - and Pearl
Carpenter and Marietta Payseur
spent Sunday with -Miss Lucy Bryte
' Payseu r. -MTsFe f rTTTroneWf 6r7t
who is going to school at cnerry
ville, spent Saturday, and Sunday
with homefolka.
The farmers of this section are
getting along nicely preparing their
ground for another cropr-Mr. and
Mrs. M. S. Payseur spent Friday at
Long Shoals shopping.- Mrs. Martin
Carpenter and family, spent Satur
day and Sunday with his parents,
Rev., and Mrs. M. L. Carpenter.
Mrs. Joe" Seago spent Tuesday with
MVs. M. S." Payseur. Mr. M. 6. Pay
seur has been very sick but Is much
better at this writing, '.v T
DALLAS,' ROUTE TWO ITEMS.
Correspondence 'of The Gazette. .
DAXXAS, R. F. . D. 2, Feb. 9.
until this "groundhog" weather start
getting on nicely with their plowing
until this groundhog" weather start
ed. 'Messrs Jim Loving and B. L.
Smith were business visitors to Gas
ton ia Monday. 'Mr, Lewis Llneber
ger, who Is one of the oldest men in
; our community,-to very sick at this
i wrltlng.i--Mr. Avery Wallace is very
ill with, grip. Mr. and (Mrs. B. L.
Smith visited 'Mr. and Mrs. 'John
White Sunday. 'Messrs. Springs and
Charles, Wyatt werextuslnes visl-'
tors to Gastonia Tuesday. 'Messrs.
W, B. Smith and T. A. Setxer were
t in Gastonia Tuesday on buslnessv
Mr. Fred Grler, of Stanley, Is visit-
ing his sister, (Mrs Miles Llneberger.
: iMr, John White J5ok his little
daughter," Lorena, to Charlotte Sun
day to have her examined by a spe
cialist. - The child fell last falland
it was feared she had sustained ln-
Juries.-Thetrouble proved' not to
be so serious as bad been feared. , ,
Rumor has it that there is soon to
be a telephone system In our com-
munlty that will connect the whole
community. ' it will certainly be a
great benefit. to our people If we get
this system. Mr. R. C. Nan tz. has
been sick with grip, but is much bet-
ter now.
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Lowell Locals.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
LOWELL, Feb. 9. The measles
are . still operating against our
school. Messrs. S. J. and John Gas
ton, were In Gastonia (Monday - to
meet with the county commissioners
in" behalf of a bridge over Duhart
creek. 'Mrs. Robert 'Ratchford, of
Gastonia, visited her sister, 'Mrs. J,
W. Groves, Sunday.Mlss Nellie
Cashion is visiting relatives In Char
lotte. 'Mr. Will Grady and family
have moved to Gastonia to live.
Messrs. J. R. 'IJenderson and . Will
Jackson were business visitors here
yesterday. (Mr. Mv W. Vahpelt, of
Mooresvllle, - was In town on busi
ness Wednesday. Air. and (Mrs.
Hannon, . of Charlotte, were the
guests of Mr. and 'Mrs. C. W. Nip
per Sunday. Mr. Ben Ely, of Bal
timore, was a business visitor here
a few days ago. (Messrs. S. M. and
Coit Robinson were Charlotte visi
tors Saturday..
OLD MILL XEWt
'Mr. "E. J. B. Moore has resigned
his position as overseer of weaving
at the Avon Mills, which he ha i held
for ten years. (Mr. Moore ei tered
the mill as loom-fixer and w irked
his way up to the position of sver
seer. IMr, 'Moore's many friends will
be glad to know that he is jrot to
leave , town, but wlllNkggajeln the
mercantile business here, in which
we wish him much success.
"Mr. Joe Wilson has moved from
the Avon to the Old 'Mill. Mr. and
Mrs. Robert McGinn have moved In
to their new Tesldence on the corner
of Ratchford avenue and Mill street.
Rev. J. P. Felmet has moved to
the Avon (Mill. The many friends of
Miss Ella "McAlpine will be grieved
to hear of her Illness, which we
hope -will be of short duration.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. D. L. McArver.
a son.'- t
WELL GET, THEIR DEGREES.
At Coming Commencement the Uni
versity Will Confer Degrees .on
Men Who j Left In 1860 to Join
Ckmfelra .nny-Uter-C3Mpl
Hill Notes. . ;
Correspondence of The Gazette.
CHAPEL HILL, Feb. . At the
1911 commencement degrees will be
conferred ; on those surviving stu
dents of the University of North Car
olina who left Chapel Hill to enter
the Confederate Army before com
pleting , the ; course for the baccal
aureate diploma. Of the 1331 men
who matriculated at the University
from 1851 to 1860, 759 are known
tp have "been In the Confederate
army and it is probable that there
was no a single' one of the 1331
who was physically capacitated who
did not see service. The freshman
class of 1860 numbered 80 men and
every one went . into the iwar, one
man returning for his diploma after
havtrfg been discharged because of
physical Inability. Thirty per cent
of the University men who went Into
the army were killed In service.
Time has taken away many others
In the years-, that have elapsed since
I865r-but on the few remaining,-
their alma mater .will honor herself
by conferring the .degrees fo which
they were candidates when ' they
abandoned the college campus ' for
the tented field.' - " ' .
Dr. J. H. Pratt has been active be
fore the present legislature . In the
Interest of rood road legislation.
(Mr. Frank Hough, :. of Birming
ham, Ala., has. been elected, editor-ln-hief
of The Taf Heel to succeed
Mr. W. H. Jones, resigned.
The report of 1 he University li
brarian. Dr.: L. R. Wilson, shows
the library to be in the most useful
period of Its existence. '
jsvery member ..of last year's
track team is back with the excep-
flon of Captain MacGregor Wll
Hams. Coach Cartmell will have the
men hard at work In a few days In
the effort to put out a victorious
team.
Carolina won from Wake Forest
Friday night 31 to 2i In a game of
basket ball that was fierce from
start to finish. Throughout the eeo-
ond half It was anybody's- game
score was in two points or a
tie more than once. Wake Foreat
j knew more "basket ball but Carolina
: en"ed"to get the points when they
had to have them.
FLINT MILL NEWS.
Correspondence of The Gazette.'
FLINT MILL,' Feb. 8. Mr. Lee
Smith, the night overseer, will be
married to-night to Miss Laura Wal
lace at the bride's home In Yorkvllle,
Mr. W. IH. Price, of Maiden, mov
ed to the Flint last week. The pop
ular teacher at the Flint, Miss Ma
bel 'Potts, spent last Saturday In
Charlotte. iMr. Taylor, a ' northern
drummer, made a talk to the Sab-'
bath school on last Sunday after
noon. iMIsS Ada Potts J of Belmont,
spent the-week-end with her sister,
'Miss Mabel Totts. Mrs. Zelm, of
Charlotte, visited Mrs. Charles Ward
last Sunday. Mrs. Zelm's ' friends
were glad to see her again. 1
TO EXCHANGE PULITf.
Dr. Galloway and Hey. A. 8. Ander
son to Exchange Pulpits Sunday
-Former WiU Repeat His Ser-
mon on "Are Millionaires Men
'. ace to Cliristlanity" by Requeet
Last Sunday's Subject.
Rev. A.-'S. Anderson and Rev. Dr.
J. C. Galloway, pastors of the Loray
Presbyterian and the Associate Re
formed Presbyterian churches re
spectively will exchange pul
pits Sauoath afternoon and evening.
Dr. Ga;louy will preach at the Lo
ray church at 3 p. m., at which time
he will repeat the sermon recently
delivered at his own church on the
subject, "Are 'Millionaires a Menace
to Christianity?", this at the reque-t
of 1 large number of members .
the Loray church, ffter. A. S. An
deison will fill -Dr. Galloway s iul
plt at 7 p. m.
tr: Galloway's subject for tssb
)th morning -will be 'Why Ar to
lnr.) , Men Not Members of 4 the
church," this being one of the sub
jects In a series of special sermons
which he Is delivering. The sub
jects were selected by his congrega
tion and. those that have ' already
TOeehT'aeTrveTfc
large and interested congregations.
Last Sabbath 'his' subject was,
"What is the -Greatest Evil of the
Age?" and the church was crowded
to ts capacity. He declared covet-
ousness to be the greatest evil of
the present day, first because It Is
behind almost every other great evil
and second because it 4s idolatry.
Those who heard this sermon say it
was a splendid discourse. The sub
ject had been previously announced
and many, came . expecting to hear
the minister deliver a tirade against
some of the glaring sins of . the day,
such as for instance gambling. ? In
temperance, dancing, etc He treat
ed the subject, however, from a
broader standpoint and convinced
his hearers that covetousness was
really back of the large majority of
the sinsjwhich prevail and hence Is
itself the greatest evil of the age. .
Marriage licensee, , f
Since February 1st (Register . of
Deeds A. J. Smith has issued mar
riage licenses to the following white
couples: J. Thomas Flowers and
Miss Zellar S. Eastwood, -of Gasto
nia; Samuel Hurley and Miss Jess's
Coe -Mauney, of Gastonia; Charles H.
Hoover and Miss Margaret Annie
Craig, of Mount Holly; Wm. R.MuI-
llnox and Miss Lizzie Thomson, of
River Bend township; Tbeo Propst
and: Miss Lizzie Qulnn, r- of Kings
Mountain.. 1 .
Representative St roup Introduces
Salary Bill for This County-
Piedmont County Bill Sidetracked
Stringent Anti-Trust . Law'
What the General .Assembly is
wing. - ,
Representative A. C. Stroup Wed
, nesday introduced in the House of
Representatives two bills of impor
tance to the county, one to place the
county officers on a salary basis and
create he office of county auditor
and the other a bill authorizing the
drainage of Crowders Creek." This
latter is, we understand, similar in
all essentials to the Clark's Creek
bill passed by the General Assembly
two years ago. The Gazette regrets
that it is unable to give Its readers
the full text of both the salary and
the drainage bills today. It Is very
probable that we will be able to pre
sent them in .full In Tuesday's Ga
zette. ; In the Senate yesterday the bill to
create Piedmont county with High
Point as the county seat came up on
unfavorable report and" a minority
report by Senator Boyden was on
motion indefinitely postponed, the
Idea being to await the fate of
duplicate bill pending In the HouBe.
Senator Sykes yesterday lntroduc
ed a bill to appropriate $150,000 for
a fire-proof building for the State li
brary, museum and hall of history.
A bill introduced yesterday by
Senator 'Hobgood carries $100,000
annually for the maintenance of the
State Normal College and $100,000
annually for permanent improve
ments.
.The House yesterday received
from the public service corporations
committee unfavorable reports on
the -bill to reduce fares on railroads
that refuse to pull milegae on trains
to two cents and also on Ewart's
bill to reduce Pullman fares.
General Carr's bill to appropriate
$10,000 toward a monument to the
women of the Southern Confederacy
came ' from the pension committee
with favorable report and General
Carr made an eloquent 'address that
stirred the representatives greatly,
and at his request the bill went to
the committee on appropriations.
After spending over two hours In
a discussion ef the farm-life school
bill the joint Senate and House com
mittee on education Tuesday night
decided. to appoint a sub-committee
to revise and change it to meet dif
fering views. There was no serious
disagreement as to the Idea of es
tablishing farm-life schools. Several
speeches In favor of the measure
were made, Including State Superin
tendent J. Y. Joyner, Dr. H. Q.
Alexander, president of the State
Farmers' Union, and Mr. Shaw, rep
resentative of the union; Represent
ative Spainhour, of Burke, Senator
Baggett of Harnett and Senator
Cobb, of Robeson. The bill providea
that the State appropriate $2,500
for each school when a county rais
es a like amount for building .and
equipment, and the farm attached
for demonstration work Is to con
tain not less than twenty-five acres,
except in lnetances where only ten
acres will be cultivated.
Last Friday Senator town made
a vigorous appeal to the Senators to
seriously consider the StateTfinan
ces, which he said is the most im
portant question before the General
Assembly. 'He read figures showing
that the balance in the State Treas
ury in 1906 was $347,000 and now
there Is a deficit of $349,000. He
declared that he was unalterably op
posed to a bond Issue to pay the cur
rent expenses of the State govern
ment and would always be opposed
to the Graham bill or any other bill
that would unload expenses of today
on-unborn generations.
A bill has been Introduced in the
House to place the officera of Wilkes
county . on salaries and creating
finance committee.
Senator Baggett, of Harnett, has
introduced in the Senate a bill which
reaches for all forms of trusts and
combines and ' a monopoly is
defined . as a combination or
consolidation "of two . or more
corporations for . the purpose - of
creating a trust as thus defined. ' A
conspiracy to effect a restraint in
trade ia defined as an agreement to
buy articles of trade from Independ
ent firms for the purpose of boycot
ting others,, or threatening them in
to submission to! terms which may
be detrimental to the "buying public.
The penalties for, violation of the
act are dissolution of a firm's cor
porate existence and. the forfeiture
of a sum of money not -less than $50
nor more than $1,000, to be recover
ed In the name of the State of North
Mr. Italph W. Purvlance Dies Fol
lowing Sickness cf Several Yean
Body .Taken to Matthews " for
Burial,
Mr. Ralph W. Purvlance, son o?
Mrs. E. M. Purvlance and a brother
of Mr. D. W. Pur"'snce of the Gv
zette's Job department, died ,jtei
suddenly Wednesday night shortly
after 9 o'clock at h's home on Dal
las street. He had been sitting by
the fire and was apparently no worse
than he had been for Borne time. ' A
moment after retiring he suffered r.
hemorrhage which resulted in death
Mr. Purvlance was a victim of tu
berculosis irom wnlch be had suf
fered for the past five or six years.
For the past three or four months he
had grewn steadily weaker and the
end was not unexpected, though the
suddenness with which it came was
a great shock to tie family.
(Deceased was born April 19th,
1876, and was hence in his 35th
year. He was a son of the late D
H. Purvlance and was born in Char
lotte. Surviving are his mother and
two brothers, Mr. D. W. Purvlance,
of Gastonia, and 'Mr. Edwin Purvi
ance, of Atlanta. The latter was no
tified by wire of the death of his
brother and joined the funeral par
ty last night.
The body, accompanied by the
mother and brother and three un
cles, Mr. A. J. Williams, of Mat
thewst and II. C. and S. A. Wil
liams, of Charlotte, and Rev. R. C
Anderson was taken on No. 42 yes
terday to Charlotte and thence to
Matthews where the funeral and
burial took place this morning.
Deceased was a loyal, member of
the Presbyterian church. He was a
patient sufferer and was never heard
to complain. The bereaved members
of the family have the sympathy of
a large number of friends in their
grief.
Proposed Reapportionment.
Youths Companion. :.. '
The House committee on the cen
bus has introduced a bill which pro
vides for a reapportionment of rep
resentation In the House on the ba
sis of the census of 1910. The aim
of the committee is to establish a
ratio, under which no State shall
have fewer Representatives than in
the present Congress, while the
States whose population has increas
ed most shall have a proportionate
Increase of representation. There
are at present 391 Representatives;
under the plan proposed by the com
mittee, there will Tie 433. The rep
resentation of 21 States remains un
changed, and 42 - additional Repre
sentatives are distributed among the
other 25 States. The proposed ratio
of population is 211,800.
N. P. Bryan was on Tuesday
.elected United States Senstor from
Florida to succeed J. P. Taliaferro.
Forty-five applicants for license to
practice law took the examination
before the Supreme Court Monday.
Thirty-five passed,
Carolina in any county where such
offenses may be committed, and in
addition, any person convicted of
sueb violations may be further pun-
lshed by imprisonment (Jn the peni
tentiary for not less than one nor
more than ten years. The Governor
Is authorized to draw warrants on
the Treasurer In amounts not to
exceed $1,000, to be used by solici
tors and the Attorney General in
prosecuting such offences. ,
The Joint Senate and House com
mittees on manufacturing, gave an
other hearing yesterday afternoon
to cotton mill men, the bill of Sena
tor Ivie providing for a sixty hour
labor law being under consideration.
Four cotton mill men appeared be
fore the committee. Mr. Schenck,
of Cleveland county, opposing the
measure" and Messrs. Curtis, Fergu
guson and Jones, of Spray, favoring
it. Representative Pethel also spoke ;
In favor of the bill, but action was
deferred on account of the Illness of
Senator Ivie, of Rockingham, whd Is
unable to leave his bed.
The House' committee on educa-
tlon reports favorably- on the Tran
sylvania county compulsory school
law bill. -" ' , ;: '
The Senate committee on educa
tion decided yesterday evening to re
port favorably the bill Jo establish
farm-life schools providing $2,500
State aid to every county .raising a
like amount for building and equip
ment and providing for malnten-
ance. s' i.:- :- ' ' ' . '
Membership of House Fixed at 433
After March 8, 1013 No '-: Stat
' Loses a Member but Several Sou
thern States Will Gain by Reap
- portionment.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Washington dated yesterday and ap
pearing in this morning's ; papers
says that the Democrats ; of , the
House, aided by a few Republicans,"
who declined to he toound by the
party caucus, yesterday won their
fight for an Increased' representation
In the lower House of Congress un
der the- sensus of 1910. They voted -down
the Republican caucus bill to -maintain
the membership at 391 aa
at present and then passed the orig
inal Crumpacker bill fixing the mem
bership at 433 on and after March
3, 1913. If Arizona and New Mexi
co should be admitted to statehood!
they will be' given one representa
tive each, bringing the total up to
435. Yesterday's action . of ths
House must be ratified by the Sen
ate. The House leaders believe that
the Senate will follow the wishes of
the lower braneh. -:.'--"
Under the new reapportionment
plan no State loses a member. .The
following States gain the number
Indicated: :
Alabama 1; California 3; Colora
do 1; Florida 1; Georgia 1; Idaho
1; Illinois 2; Louisiana 1; Massa
chusetts 2; Michigan 1; 'Minnesota
1; Montana 1; New Jersey 2; New .
York 6; North Dakota 1; Ohio 1: '
Oklahoma 3 ; Oregon 1 ; Pennsyl
vania 4; Rhode Island 1; South Da
kota 1; Texaa 2; Utah 1; Washing
ton 2; West Virginia 1.
The House spent more than flve . '
hours in discussing and voting upon
the bill and various proposed amend- .
ments. An amendment offered by
Representative Bennett of New York -and
designed to cut down Southern -representation,
was voted down by
154 to 96. Representative Crum
packer, of Indiana, chairman of the
committee on the census and' , au
thor of a number of. bills to reduce
the representation from States in the
South, voted today against the Ben- .
nett amendment and was applauded! -by
the Democrats.
The Democrats lost but one dec is-
r.
ion during the entire fight. A com
mittee amendment in the bill pro
viding that States should be redla
trlcted by the Legislatures, was vot
ed down on an appeal from the Re
publican members of the Missouri
delegation. : They declared ' : the
States should be permitted to redla-
trlct themselves In their own way. t ' "r
The advocates of a membership of, .,
391 fought for their cause up to tb
very last minute. Just before ? th.- i&t
final-vote was taken, Representative-" "
J2ampbell, of Kansas, moved the re
commitment of the 433 bill, with In
structions to thfomMlttee of the, , ,
whole house to report a substitute. ' '
providing for 391 members. This ,
motion was lost by a vote of 131 to
171. This reflected the sentiment of
the members so decisively that the
vote by which the hill : was passed
'was decided In the affirmative with-'
out a division or a rollcall. ;
Champ Clark, of Missouri, In fa
voring an increase in membership,
declared that the real work of the;
Ho4i8eould-ntlnuo'Jbe.eiiuJ
formed In committees and that the
number of-Representatives on' the
floor would make little or no differ
ence.
Soliciting for the Library.
A committee composed of. Messrs.
L, L. Hardin, J. Q. Holland, W. L.
Balthls, D. M. Jones and VH. B.
Moore, recently appointed, has com
menced its work soliciting funds for
the library; The permanent reqc
Ing of the library Is contingent upon
this ; committee's raising not less
than $400. They hope to raise sot
less than $600. The matter of fuN
nlshlngs and decorations for the li
brary rooms has been placed In the
hands of the library committee of
the Woman's Betterment Associa
tion which Is composed of- the fol
lowing ladles: Mesdames D. A Gar
rison, j. m. eioan; u. m. Jones, w.
L. Balthls. H. B. Moore and Jv P.
Reld. . , ' ,
A- local option .bill was passed
yesterday by the lower house of th
Alabama legislature by a vote of 68
to 44. . It has yet to come before the
Senate but " stated that that
body Is favorable to It, so It will
probably be enacted Into law.
Bom "
To Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Brimer.
Tuesday, February 7th, 1111, a son.
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