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: A 1 PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK- TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. 5 ELXGLE COPY 8 CENTS. Itovpted to tlw Protection of Ilonieand the Interest of the Conntyl 1JS0 A TEAR IN ADVAXO VOL. XXXII. a UASfONIA, N. a .TUKSDAY, FEBRUARY 141011. NO. IS 2 Ms V STEWS OP THK LORAY. . s -v ', ' '. v .'' New ; Cafe Opened .Drug fitore In New Quarters People Who Come and 60. ' " " '''..'i ' Correspondence of The' Gazette. Vl LORAY MILL8; Feb. 1 3. ,. The Loray Cafe a new and up-to-date restaurant, was opened for business last week by Mr. R. M. Hunsucker. .This It something that we bare been sadly In need of for some time and as Mr. Hunsucker has had quite a Jot or experience in .this line we feel 1 ure that he will be successful. Among the . many Improvement recently added to our Tillage. ' the .two of most importance are the new J headquarters of the Lorsy Drug Co. -and the new barber, shop on the .op posite side of the street. Dr. Mor , row carries' a complete line of drugs, candles and cigars, "both hot - and coia ; ar(nks. Everything is ; very . neatly arranged, with water and electric lights In the building. He has a large and growing trade. ' Mr. Brooks has a first-class barber slop In every respect, (fitted; with modern equipments, and is doing his work to the satisfaction of his many custo mers. J; i-v'y "'-C' -.V' Alias "Kebecca Black well has re signed her position as stenographer and has returned to her home In South Carolina. She will be succeed' ed by Miss Ethel Crawford, of Spar . tanburg, 8. C Miss Dollle Thomp son, after spending several : weeks with her sister, Mrs. T. M.' McEn tire, has returned to her home, in . Greenville, 8. C-Mrs. C. L. Chand ler, who has been visiting her par ents near Spartanburg, has returned home.-Messrs. G.O. Goble and . Joe Ilearn, of Greensboro, paid the mill a pleasant call last week. Mr. K. C. Ettera, overseer of , weaving ", for the Great Tails Manufacturing Co., spent' last Saturday and Sunday with friends and relatives ' here. Mr. . Charlea Barkley has accepted, a posi tion in the machine 'shop. Mr. W. L.' Gregory has accepted a position 1n the weave shop. "Mr. John White has returned home after spending a few days In Easier,' 6. C. Mrs. Lll He tKilllan and family have moved to Gaffney, S. C. Mr.-. D. B. Brooks went - to Spartanburg on business .Thursday.';.';. v"i v" -V' The ; members, of West End and Franklin Avenue Methodist churches are highly 'pleased with their . new pastor,. Rev. J. v A. Peeler., - He., Is preaching Some " excellentserraons, and Is also doing some good person al work among the people. I (Messrs. T. E. and A. E. Moore left on No' 3S Sunday on a business trip to New York, and other northern . points. HOME-TALENT PLAY. "iW Deacon" W.ill bo Presented 'at . Stanley . Saturday A'lgtit Personal , and Local Items.. ' . ' ' Correspondence of The Gazette. - STANLEY,' Feb ? 13.' "The Dea con," an original comedy drama Is five acts, will be played by home-talent in the high school auditorium Saturday night, February 18th,-and - promises two hours and a half of good entertainment Below is the cast of characters and synopsis of the play: ' ' ' ' '.' ' Cast of Characters: Deacon Thor- Grauf, Leon Smith; George Darrah (alias ""Matt Wheeler) H. R. Thomp son; James Reed and Pedro, Fred ClonInger;?Parson ; Browulow, Guy Derr; . Pete (servant) Clydo Bass; Ellly (Deacon's boy), James Haler' Mrs. Thornton, Bessie Morris; Helen Thorton. Bettle Gaston; Miss Amelia Fawcett,' Willye Summerrow Mrs. Darrah, l(ucile Moore; Nellie 'Dar rah. Mary Lou - Rutledge; Daisy . (servant), Kethey Cannon, ; " , frnopsis: Act I, scene Hotel gar den; act II, scene, 'Mrs. Thorton's sitting room; act Ill.Vcene 1, a street; scene 2, George Grauf's lodg ings;' scene 3, .a street; Scene 4, a wood; acts IV and V, KerJe,' -Mrs. Thorton's sittfng room. , - ; . The curtain rises at 8 o'clock. The admission is 15 and 25 cents. 'Miss "Bertha Jenkins, . who has teen visiting relatives here ' since taturcay, retqrnea to ner Home it Mount Holly this morning. air. and Mrs. T'.E. Summerrow and Master I and family. Messrs. "Rupert Clem Thomas Edward,, Jr.,7of Gastonla, J mer, William Harmon, 7. J. O. Pa-' spent Sunday with -their' parents. Mrs. - John G. Carpenter returned Thursday .from RJeigh, where . she has been, with Senator Carpenter for the past several weeks. Mr. O.. B Carpenter, who since the first of the year Has been traveling for Adolph Ginsberg Tailoring Co., of Balti more; Md., spent Sunday at home. Mrs. M. 6. Peterson and Miss Ulllan spent Saturday and Sunday at Char lotte with her daughter, Mrs. W. L. Mason. Mr. . 6. , J. Black made -' a businesstrip to Gastonla' Saturday. Mrs. ; O. ' B.. jCarpenter returned Sunday from Charlotte after spend ing several weeks with her aunt, Mrs. C. C. Kennedy.' ' : v:; ; :-' )'h . , : ,J"T,"?:-) ": "'1 . ; LANDERS CHAPEL NEW8.' ' Correspondence of The Gazette. . , .LANDERS CHAPEL. Feb. 11. We have had some rain in this sec tion but we can't grumble as the farmers have had some nloe weath er' In which to break their ground. -(Hunter Stroup, so or J. A. Stroup, and Clifford Carpenter, son of-8. 12 Carpenter, two toys about sixteen years old, ran away from home Sun day. ; They walked ' to Bessemer City where they 'bought tickets to Atlanta. 'Telegrams have been sent to Atlanta but so tar no trace cf tbJ boys has been found.- .Their, disapl pearance has caused the parents fit these boys much anxiety. ..We hjope they will soon find, the 'boys. V ' Messrs. J. P. Alexander, ij H. Grltt, J. O. Paysour, WillUm Cash E, QI. Abernetby and 8. L. terpen ter are delegates from this lj6cal to the meeting of the Gaston County Farmers Union to be held M G8t- nla. Mrs. Frances Kiser J has re turned home after a week's visit to her daughter, Mrs. M. kJ Carpenter. -Mfs. Lavlnla Grltt is (confined to her bed. old age being (he cause of her Infirmities. (Landers Chapel schol and Fri day's school had agreed on Friday night lor a spelling "Aee" but It was postponed on account of the rain. Mr. , S. .L. 'Carpentei is remodelin,g his house by puttln. a second -story on it. NEWS FROM 8HLLEBS' STORE. Corresppndence of- The Gazette. ' KINGS MOUNTAIN- ROUTE 1, Feb, 11, Mr. Charles Neal. of Cher- ryvlHe,; spent , Sunday with - his par ents, Mr. and Olfs. Peter Neal. Mr. J. L.- Vandyke has returned f rom Gastonla where! he has been putting down a well. fir.' J, P. Vandyke left for Gastonla today. The many friends of MisslLena Slalock will be glad to know Jie is out again after severe 'attaJt, of pneumonia. Misses Pearl pe, Frances Vandyke and Ira EakeT spent Sunday with Mlsg-AnaaUWarHcK. Albert-AnA Blaine fceliersl returned home Satur day .from, VirJJnla where they had been working' In the coal mines., Mr. Edgar I-aker. of Cherryvllle, spent Sunday at Mr. M. R. Eaker's. The SunnyIde graded BOhool . is making mac) progress under the nianagement Mr.; J ewe CaldwelL o Cherry vlIU-TMIwes HalKe and Eita 'Farme' attended church at Smyrna " uday. Mrs. J. L. Van dyke spent friday in Cherryville. Mr. W. C. made a trip to Bes semer. iCity mursaay. xne Fair- view, schoo' will close March 10th hh MIks Fannie Brown, of Rock Hill 8. cjas teacher. Misses -May and Maudej Ifartmen spent, last Sun day with Miss Frances Vandyke. Mr. Alberf'Mauney Is erecting a nice new dweHnShere his old house burned dwn some 'time sgo. Miss Mamie B"ts spent Sunday with her f . 1 - r. . 1 iri Ytrttt COUSin cr , . vittsiuujit. jir. , -n iu LlngerTet, of Dallas, spent last Sat urday f00 ouauay ai me iiuuie ui Mr. J. Vandyke. The young peo ple ".' this, section gave Mr. Bert paruer a. surprise party one nignt lastV'"' ' ' A - - NEW FRir-l.D.VLLAS, IIOITK 1 Coricspondence or The Gazette. DALLAS, ROCTe 1, "Feb. "13. Mr. aia Wl- R- L. cite ana sister; Miss r-unle, srent Faturday at Dal las, guests of Mr. Miles Pasour sour and W. L. Pasour went , to Hickory on business last Tuesday, returning Friday. Mrs.' Eliza White has been on the sick list during the past week. Misses Ola, ; Estelle, Ruth and Mildred Jopes were ' the guests Saturday and Sunday of Mr, and , Mrs. Oscar Clonlnger.-JMrs. Drier Jenkins, of Gastoniat 'route , Sfent Sunday at the home of Mr. Christie Jenkins. (Mr John Rjamsey, of Bessemer City, route tw., spent Sunday wkh Calvin Hovic Mrs. G E. C. Pasour and little dAughtsr. Ev elyns, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. W. A. Thomas Aa the Pisgah section.' ., : ' Miss "Lola CloMlnger is . spending, several days witm Miss Mattie Best. Mrs. J. C. Flday, of Dallas, route two, spent several days last week In this sectionwith her daughter, Mrs. L. C. PasoAir. 8he will visit another daughterv Mrs. Costner, at' Kings MountaVn before returning bome.- Miss Florence 'Pasour was the guest Sunday of blisses Etta Whit and Mary Foy. Mr. C. I Hovis spent Saturday at the home of Mr. Ephrlam Ratmsey. Mrs. ; ' Rupert ' Clemmer Sent last Wednesday with her mo ther, Mrs. Etta White. Mrs. Eman- uei viuuiugor ppeot. naay wiin ner daughter, Mrs, J. Ji O. Pasour. Mr. Mrs Marion Clonlnger and chil dren were the guests Sunday at the home of Mrs. Sarah Pasour. 1 Wl f M . l a Mawona to Give Smoker. 1 .The following Invitations are be ing issued by Gastonla Lodge No. 369, A. and A. M for a smoker to.be given on Tuesday night, Feb ruary 28th: "v 'Vv You are cordially Invited to be pres- at a called communication of Gastonla Lodge, No. 369, A. F. A. M )l::' Tuesday night, February 28th ' ; - . EighJ o'clock the Master . Mason's Degree LWill be ' conferted , followed y; .. smoker. :.'.;,;,-:', All Master Masons In' .good stand ing in the county are to be Invited to attend this occasion, and quite a number of visiting Masons from oth er counties will probably be present, which will make the event one of un usual interest in Masonic circles. . An Excellent Attraction. , . - . ; A rather small but thoroughly ap preciative audience heard Mr. Han nibal A. Williams, of New York, at the Central school auditorium last Friday night read .Shakespeare's King Henry IV, Part I. His inter pretatlon and. Impersonation of -the characters of the play was splendid and showed that : 'Mr. Williams ,1s thoroughly Imbued with the splrit of the greatest of all writers and that he reads with understanding. His cfiaracterTzationof FalstaffT"was ex ceedingly good. ; The reader was lis tened to throughout with intense In terest and all who 'heard him were glad for having such an opportunity. Prof. Wray who secured Mr. Wil liams for this occasion, deserves the thanks of the town for bringing here. such a high-class, literary entertain ment . If Gastonla is so fortunate as to secure Mr. Williams next season It should give him a full house. Didn't Want to Take Ills Own Medl- 1,'-. ,".tine." ' Madison County Record." .-; Representative Marshall, of Surry county, has Introduced a bill to pro vide free school Dooks in North Car olina. Mr. Marshalj is a Republican and said that he was following out his party platform , In his effort, to give the-children of, the State free books. The Democrats thought that Mr. Marshall was playing;.' oolltics. and they offered" an amendment to his bill providing : that . bis county should tay ror the books for his schools. When the bill came up for passage with this amendment the gentleman from Surry- " took bacl - water and asked for his-bill to lay' over indefinitely. r He wanted; free books provided that the State would pay for tbem, but not if his own connty had to pay, and that is the way of most of the "free business" hey all want it If the other fellow rays for. It. ; hjrt? iew CX)UNTY PUSEVESS, At Adjourned 3Ieeting of 6ommls .' ; slonera Yeetertjfy 2mfij4nent to . Salary Act Jfi Reeontroended No f Action Wnecorder's Court, An adjourned meeting of the board nty commissioners was held at the court house yesterday, all mem. ,rs feeing present and Chairman John F, Leeper presiding. ' W, L. Farmlngton was relieved of tax on one dog, erroneously charged. L. C. Hord was released of $1.5 taxes on account of (East Kings Mountain Graded School. 'Messrs. John F. Leeper and ; R. K. Davenport were appointed a committee to inspect ' the wheeled stockades used in Mecklenburg coun ty and determine whether they can be -constructed at less cost than the kind of stockade now used In Gas ton. The committee was empowered after Investigation to build the kind of stocksdea they , consider -beet for the use of the county chain gangs. ' Superintendent of -Roads T. L. Ware was instructed to have a new floor, placed on the Crowders Creek bridge. " ' ;,- ' Dr O. G, Falls was appointed . a committee to Confer with a ' like committee from the county Board of Education and adjust the proportion al part of the County Board of Edu cation and other county funds In the payment of the Treasurer's Salary and other county expenses. . A contract was. awarded to the Spencer Lumber Co. to place Ave hat and coat racks in the various rooms of the court house at a contract price of $21.50. . A resolution was 'passed recom mending that the bill now pending before the General Assembly to place county officers on a salary basis be so amended as to provide for the of fice of township tax collector in all the townships of the county except Gastonla, said tax collectors to re ceive the fees allowed for collecting taxes. The sheriff to collect taxes in Gastonla township and all certi fied taxes from the State Corpora tion Commission and to receive no compensation other than the salary, as fixed by law. It was further rec ommended that the sheriff fee allow a salary of $2,000 per annum. V;;-.;'v The following accounts were aud ited and ordered paid: ' Milburn-Helster & Co., balance as architects of court house and jail. Gastonla Hardware Co., wheel fearrow, automatic spring and door check, $7.75. , Spencer Lumber . Co., work on cou rt house and Jail, $ 2 8. 4 5. t .The matter of petitioning the Gen eral Assembly to establish . a . re corder's, court for the county came up for consideration - and was dis cussed at some. length but no official action . was taken on the matter. There was-evidently . not sufficient favorable sentiment in regard to the matter on the part of the members of the board to secure a vote In fa vor of establishing such a. court for the entire, county. This attitude pf the board, however, is in regard to a recorder's court for the entire coun ty, and has no bearing on the pro posed establishment of such a court for the town of, Gastonla.' COST OF COURT HOUSE AND JAIL 'The following table shows the to tal cost of the new court house and Jail, now complete: - ; . ' ' G. W. Waring,-contract. '.$51,747.00 EverettJWaddy Co., furniture . . . . i ... , . 3,235.75 Wahle, Phillips & Co:, ' light fixtures ..... ... 1,696.00 Art Metal Construction 2o metal fixtures. ... 2,500.00 American Machine ft Mfg. Co., heating plant " 2,185.00 $61,363.75 Milburn Heister & Co., architects, 5 per cent onabove . . ." . . ... ; . 3.068.18 10,000.00 Cost of lot Total ..... ...$74,431.93 A few -miscellaneous Items, not In cluded In the above contracts, bring the total to a little lsr-tteirn $75,- 000. - , ' ' " - ' ; Subscribe tor The Gazette. nrffli mm 1 II ji"V IN THE GENERAL AiSEMBLY. What the State's Solon Are Doing -Number of New Bills of Interest' Introduced. ".' ' ' ' , ' Last Thursday the House passed the Joint resolution for the ratifica tion of the amendment to the Feder al constitution for the Income tax by a large majority and it was ordered enrolled for ratification., ; - Senator Greene offered a bill to permit the sale of pure feeer and r wines latha &&fcifine&3te2 sert that this bill will die. Dr iveni s biaie-wiae near-beer meas ure has received .a favorable report frona the Senate committee and will In all probability be enacted Into law, There seems to fee considerable division among the legislators as Jo the advisability of a bond, fasue of a million dollars for a new State build ing. In the' Senate Thursday this matter was the subject for a lengthy discussion and many amendments were offered, putting the amount all the way from a million down to $150,000. The prevailing , opinion seems, to be that, there, are greater needs than that ' for a new State bulldingl :':..; : V rv . " " Friday Senator Cotten's bill to provide the Torrens land title sys tem wss reported favorably fey the committee on agriculture and was sentsto the committee on Judiciary Thlsj blll is generally conceded to fee one ' of the most Important of - this session. The State needs the sys tem and it has many .things to rec ommend it. It Is understood that the main opposition to It comes from the lawyers. Just what will be its fats cannot be foretold. Senator Gardner has Introduced a bill to provide medals after fifteen years service In the State malitla and exempting military men from civil or criminal liability for acts committed under orders. .'' Senator Boyden has Introduced, a bill to provide for the medical In spection of school children in town's having a population of 4000 or over. Some other bills Introduced in the House are the following: f To fix sal aries of Supreme Court Justices at $4,500; to appropriate $400,800 ad ditional to the public schools; to as sist farmers fey co-operation field ex periments; to ; prevent carrying - of revolvers and sale of them except to officers of the law. ' - . : Saturday Senator Sykef introduc ed a bill to increase the county tat for schools the State over from 18 to 25 cents on the $100 valuation. YESTERDAY'S SESSION. ' w The Senate, after prolonged de bate today, passed Senator , Hick's bill prohibiting throwing saw dust In any rivers or streams in North Car olina. All amendments exempting counties were voted down snd tha bill is to stop endless expressly local legislation. : ; , v ; :fi ' Senator Graham introduced a bill authorizing the Governor to appoint a State tax commission I to Investi gate and report to the next General Assembly a scheme ;; for equalizing the valuation of lands ; and other property assessment and eolith. of taxes and such further measures In regard to taxation as , they deem proper for the best interest of the State.1 -' V:.;- v;;;y. .' "'::' ';v A bill fey Koonce would Increase the pension fund ' for old soldiers $1,000,000. ; ;: ; A bill pending for some time to make the purchase of votes and sim ilar offenses against the purity of elections in this State felonies In stead of misdemeanors is to have fa vorable report ; . Rather, a substi tute bill to this effect la to be re ported by Judiciary committee No. 1 for the Ewart Bill. Other sections of the 'Ewart Bill, Including payment of poll tax and granting Immunity to witnesses for prosecution," are strick en out and the substitute made to simply amend Revisal of 105, sec tion 3,3,86. . ' - ' 1 ' , The bill to prevent detention of women in questionable nouses ror debt or other cause got favorable re portfrom the SenatS Judiciary com mittee, which decides to report un favorably the bfll heretofore passed by the (House putting husband and wife on the same footing in suits for divorce - for Biblical cause, one of fense feeing ground for divorce fey either party. There will fee a mi nority favorable report JMrl W. W. Glenn, .wkorhas been spending several days here, left on No. 37 this morning for his home. at McComb City, Miss, v He . was' ac companied by Miss Susie Love, who will spend some time with' Mr. nd Mrs. Glenn. .'..' . . Personals and LocaJj. . Mr. J. M. Hoover, of Mount HoU ly, was a business visitor In Gasto n la yesterday. , ..;;;; ,-'.,",'. Mr. J. A. Murray, of (Bessemer City," was a business visitor in tha . city Saturday afternoon. ; .. V Several . Gastonlans , went . to Charlotte last njght to see "That Yankee Girl" at the Academy of. Ma- ? sic. ' - . ''.:. "' Mr. W. M. Pasour, of Bessemer City, route one. was In Gastonla on, jv 0 w r - zette oflfe Pie"" ""' cJi Club will meet with. :, Mrs. D. A. Garrlsbtf1 hom'. Dallas street this afte'rVooaItl' o'clock. - 'Miss Kate Cooper, .of Spartan- burg, 6. C, will arrive today to be' the guest of Mrs. Andrew E. Mooro on West Franklin avenue.. -, Mr. Fred Stows and Miss Ellaj j Stowe, of Dallas, went to Charlotte, Saturday night to near Creators at-' . the Academy of Music. t '. t Messrs. (L. A. and Alfred Smith ' and Ed Handanll and their rmfllp expect to leave this week lor Florida to live. ' .V' -'' . i Mrs. R. D. Atkins and Miss Lil lian J. Atkins spent Saturday and Sunday in Charlotte. Miss , Atkins went to hear Creators at the Acad emy of Music Saturday night. ' Drs. . D. E.' McConnell, P. R. Falls,- T. A. Wllkins and Frank 1R. Anders ; ' will , ; ; leave Thursday for WlrMon-Salem to at tend a meeting of the Cleveland Dis trict Dental Society. They will re turn Saturday. - -MDr. T. A. Wllkins spent 6uriday with homefolka . at Rutherfordton'. Mrs. T. K. Bsrnett, Mrs. Wllkins' mother, of Shelby, returned to Gar , tonla with him Sunday night ar.nd wui spena some time pere wit. them.: '. ;.; -Yesterday Tha Gazette nut an even twenty, new names on Its sub scription list and It was Just an or dinary day; nothing special going on. simply giving the people . the .test and biggest paper. In the county at a ', '' ridiculously small price. ' v ; . " v 'Mr. Hugh A. 'Rankin, who re4 t. cently moved from "Mount Holly tov-., Jackson Springs, Moore county, . ar- f rived here Saturday to spend a few H . days on Business. Mr. Rankin is en- ' gaged in. the saw-mill feuslness In. $ ; Moore county and was here to,pro- ' cure hands to run his machinery. ' 1; ; Miss Kellle Hicklin, of Lancas-j!c v; ter, S. C, has purchased, through, jr Mr. John J. George,. the V, P. Bum-;. , '- gardner property in Bessemer Clty.x; She expects to move there soon. Mr. ' t Bumgardner Is going to Alabama where he will visit for awhile. On v ; bis return he expects to purchase a V : farm. '.t-V KTjV.:',".';,V;''.,":';':. "!, -JMr. and Mrs. John L Green and Mr. Perry .Dover and family, expect';.;!, to leave the latter part of the week, ;., for Hampton, Bradford county, Flor- Ida, where they expect to reside nr. the future. Their many Gastonlatfl friends regret to see them go butv: wish for them prosperity and happi- v' aess in the, land of flowers. i I r. From now until the first of ? April the library will fee open daily r from 3 to 6 and also from 7 to 9 pr- ' m. every "night . except WednesdaC. AV and 'Saturdays, j with Miss " Icity. tie Blake in charge.. After Aj from first , the library will , fee on0ns. ; seven hours each day with Mu0m Blake regularly in charge, providea the soliciting committee raises the funds It is now engaged lrJ procuring, r Had you noticed the large In crease in the amount of country cor respondence which The Gazette Is giving its-readers now. " This is . a department on which we have spent I considerable ' time and ' work ' and count It. one of our most valuable features. We furnish you the best available means of keeping up with, what is going on over Gaston. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Patrick, who I live , in the Bethel section, expect to ' ove to Gastonla at an early date i , ana wui occupy ineir resiaence on East Franklin avenue where Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Myers are now living. Mr. and Mrs. Myers and their daughter, Mrs. S. S. Pittman, expect , to leave soon for Montana to live. Horace Lane, a young whits man wanted here on a charge cf se duction, was brought toCastoE!a yesterday morning from Shelby ty Sheriff Wllkins, of Cleveland Coun ty, and placed in Jail to await tri U -1 the next term df Gaston- f u;:i r Court. Lane formerly :: ! t.l one of the mills here and 1 ' wanted by the ofScers sin e i . September. r' i .1 i ? 1 V It
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