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GA3TON METTE ! II II .1 ' i-- PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. SINGLE COPY 8 CENTS. ; . ' ' ' ' ' ' looted to the Protection of Home and the latereeta of the Gouty. ' . . , , . 91.50 A TEAR Uf ADTAKC9 . VOL. XXXII. . ' V ' v ' . . - " ' " ' . . GASTONIA, N. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1911. , - .'Y'V-' .."." ' . ' ( ML 18. ' - - - '. . . : . ' .. - "I... ... I" : ' - . - , . ... . - r - . - FUNDS MUST BE RAISED. DARING TRAIN ROBBERY. THE LORAY BILL. fESHV JTmSftk -1 U4LJI UAY NkJM-Jr jiT mm UNDERGOES OPERATION. Mrs. T. 8. Royster Recovering: From Attack of Appendicitis Higs School to Debate Henry Blount , Lectures at Bessemer Breezy ' Briefs.' ; ' Correspondence of The Gazette. . " ESSEMER CITY,, Feb. 20. Mrs. T. S. Royster. of route one,; whose serious Illness was noted last week, was Wednesday operated on for ap pendicitis in the Shelby hospital. Bince that time . her condition has been most satisfactory. Mr, T. 8. Royster spent yesterday in Shelby with Mrs. Royster.- , Miss Evelyn Lewis, of Blackstock. 8. C., is spending some time with her sister, 'Mrs. T. M. Hovls, on route two. Mrs. lizzie pasour and little child of Rutherfordton, are on a vis it to Mrs. Pasour's mother. Irs. Sal lie Hovis, Mr, S. B. Hovls, of the Belmont graded school faculty, spent the week-end with homefolks, re turning to his work last night.' An occasion of considerable inter est out on route one is the debate next Friday night between Sunny side and Cherryville high schools. The debate, the first of a series of three, will be held at Cherryville. Miss Mary Hager is substituting for Miss Bessie McKeown In the Sun nyside school. Miss Lizzie Kennedy gave a most delightful Valentine so cial at her home last Tuesday night. "Under the auspices of the Ladles Society of the 'A. R. P. church an ice cream supper was given In the op era hall last Eaturday night. (Miss 'Ameliabel Crawford, of our graded ichool faculty," was called to her home at Belmont last Tuesday on account of the critical illness of her sister. (Mrs. J. E. Wheeler is sub stituting for Miss ' Crawford. Mrs. C. A. Thorn burg spent several days of last week with her daughter, Mrs. W. H. Holmes,-at Lowell. Mr. J. F. Shlnn, of Norwood, was a business 'visitor b ere the latter part of last week. Mr. John F. Scott, of Gas tonia,' spent Friday night and Satur day with his family. Henry Blount, the mimic, gave a humorous lecture before a fair-sized crowd in the opera hall Wednesday night. . The stockholders of the Bessemer City ginnery had an Important meet ing in the town hall Saturday after noon. The ginnery did an extraor dinary season's work and is in a fine financial condition. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. William Thornburg died Friday and was buried Saturday. Lowell Locals. Correspondence of The Gazette. ' LOWELL, Feb. 20. Mr. Abram Titman, an aged and venerable cltl a en, Is now in very" feeble health. M FiTAOdaTa home near -Spencer Mountain, hav ing been confined to hei bed for sev eral weeks.' Mrs. T. P. Rankin and Miss Mabel Leonhardt were Char lotte visitors Saturday. Mr. Alfred B. 'Mitchell, the piano tuner of Gas tonla, was in town Thursday. Miss Allen, of Catawba county, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Lee Ford. Mr. Ray Teagne, a student at the South Fork Baptist Institute,-Maiden, is at home carrying a sore arm. 'Mr. and Mrs. John Hall, of Belmont,- visited Mr. , and Mrs. John ; Lowry Friday. Miss Virginia Rob inson spent last week with Mrs. R. P. Rankin In Gastonla! Mr.. P., P. Murphy and Dr. James Reld - were the guests of 'Miss Mary Ragan Thursday night. 1 '': : Thursday afternoon Mrs. Sloan Springs had an old-time quilting "bee" at her beautiful country home. The following ladles enjoyed the oc casion: - MesdamesFIdus Cox, J, R. Reid, S. M. Robinson, J. R, Titman, W. A. Titman. . P. W. Hand, John Rhyne," Bert Rhyne apd R. A. Miller, The' ladies did good work and the .quUt was finished in a. few hours. After the guests had spent some ; time in soc!a intercourse, the host- - est invited 4 ihem. Into ' the dining room , where an elegant lucheon was served. ) Mrs.' Springs proved herself as is her custom, an accomplished hostess. In the gloaming all wended their way home with pleasant mem ories of a delightful aiternoon. Rev. R. A. "Miller preached ' at Rutherfordton Sunday. ' LANDERS CHAPEL NEWS. , .- -. --. c - Correspondence of The Gazette. ... CROUSE, Feb. 18. Hunter Stroup and Clifford Carpenter, the two boys who ran away from home the 6th In stant, as related in this correspond ence.' are back at home. They were located at Baldwin, Ga., where they were working in 'a peach orchard. Boys, there's no place like home. Mr. William Wltherspoon has moveo. his saw mill to Mr. Will Elam's place. He lias a large outfit and is prepared to do fine work. Mr. William Bollinger and Miss May Southers were happily married at the home of the bride last Sunday, Rev. M. L. Carpenter officiating. Mrs. Julius Alexander visited her daughter, Mrs. H. C. Klser, last Wednesday. i.Vlrs. Frances - Kiser visited at the home of Mr. F. P. Pa sour Saturday. Mr. J. P. Alexander had the misfortune to mash his fin ger while engaged at the saw mill of Mr. William Witherspooa riday morning. Wheat In this 4on is looking fine. 'Little Miss Audrey Klser visited her cousin, Miss Mary Lee 'Pasour, last Saturday. Mr. Syl vanus Carpenter and bride visited his father, Mr. M. L. Carpenter, last Sunday. IKON STATION'nEWS. Correspondence of The Gazette. IRON STATION, Feb. 20. Miss Florence Carson spent Friday and Saturday with Misses 'Myrtle and Willie gtroup. Miss Hattie Arm strong, of Kidsyille, spent from Fri day till today with homefolks. Mrs. J. M. Relnhardt and sister, iMiss Georgia Rendleman, of Stanley, were the guests Saturday and Sunday of their parents, Capt. and Mrs. J. M. Rendleman. Misses Mattle and filr tie Goodson, of Machpelah, are visit ing their grandmother. Mr. Wilber Rhyne spent the week-end with rela tives on route two, (Dallas. Rev. Mr. Hale preached two able sermons here Sunday. Mrs.-Ed McGee and little son, of LIncolnton, visited at (Mrs. Fannie Long's last week. Mr. E. I. Rhyne spent several days with his brother, "Mr. William Rhyne, near Reepsville last week. Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Long visited in Stanley last week. Some of our peo ple attended 'the box supper at Sa lem school house last Saturday night. Mr. J. M, Hallman and son, Blair, made a business trip to Maiden last week. (Mr. and 'Mrs. Noah Lineber ger entertained a number of their young friends last Saturday night. Misses Corrle and Effle Harris, of LIncolnton, Visited homefolks last week. LORAY LOCALS. Correspondence of The Gazette. LORAY'; MILLS, Feb. 20. The members of the Loray Baptist church have put out a row of hedging on the front side of the church yard, which will help out the appearance of the place very much. Messrs. C. L. and W. C. Chandler were ca'lled to Greenville, S. C, last Friday to at tend the funeral of their uncle, Mr, O. S. Gunnels, who was killed by a burglar Thursday night while , dis charging his duties as policeman. Mrs. A. C. Little spent Saturday and Sunday with friends and relatives la Mooresville. Mrs. J. L. Boyter spent a part of last week here and returned to her .hdme at Hlgh'Shoals Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Boy ter spent the week-end with the lat ters parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Bar bee. Mr. R. M. Davis and family have moved to Crowders Mountain. --"Mr. Will Howard, has moved to a farm near Clover, S. Mr; 3. ; R. Young, Sr., has moved to the Loray -JMrs. A. B. McAllister has been suffering with neuralgia for the past wek'. Mr. :; T.-. M. McEntire 'went over to Spartanburg on business Sat urday. Messrs.. W. F. Riddle and P. I' Plyler made a business trip ; to Gaffney, S. C, Saturday. Mr. Geo. Harrison- is in Greensboro this week on business. Mr. Henry Dllling, .of .... IIP j nuiiuei, ipem a lew, umjm wivu ttrvi.k.i - l . . , 1 . V. mends and relatives here last ween. . Owing to the changeable condition of the weather quite a number of our people are suffering with grip. Miss Bertha Johnson entertained a number- of friends at a Valentine party on the 14th. There was an apron hemming contest in which the boys hemmed the aprons for the girls, and now the Loray girls are displaying, some very fancy needle work on the hems of their aprons. SOCIAL. An event of interest to many Gas ton! an a will be the marriage at Hick ory tomorrow of Mr. John Mac Hol land and Miss Alice Bost wick Boy den. Among those from Gastonia who will attend the wedding will be Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Holland, parents of the groom, and Master Joe Hol land, Mr. J. K. Dixon, Jr., "Messrs. Lamar C. Pegram and Ed Pegram and perhaps others. iiss Marie Torrence gave a musi cal at her home on York street yes terday afternoon, there being pres ent about a dozen Invited guests. Se lections were rendered by Mrs. H. B. Moore, Mrs. F. D. Barkley, Miss An nie Latimer, 'Miss Bertha Long ind Miss Torrence. At the close of the event 'Miss Torrence presented to her guests the matter of organizing a musical club and the subject was dis cussed, action being deferred to a la ter time. The first literary meeting of the Epworth League of Main Street Methodist church for 1911 was held last night In the league rooms, Dr. Frank R. Anders presiding. There was a good attendance. Following prayer by Rev. G. D. Herman and a song, the twenty-third Psalm was re peated. Miss Susie Rawlings then read the program for the next litera ry meeting. The literary depart ment, under the supervision of Miss Zoe Porter, third vice-president, then took charge of the meeting and car ried out an interesting program, the subject being "Burns." A sketch of the poet's' life was read by Miss Ethel Baker. Mrs. Pollick read some par agraphs from his works and Mr. J. H. Separk read "A Cotter's Saturday Night." 'Miss Jane Morris sang a solo. '"My AIn Sweet Mary." Miss Eunice Bryan read "To a Mountain Daisy." A book-tltie contest was then held which proved interesting and instructive. Miss Bertha Long was the winner in this .contest. Fol lowing another song the benediction was pronounced. The league liter ary meetings form , one of the most interesting features of the organiza tion. 'A big exhibition of Kimball pi anos is being made this week at the sales -rooms -of-AT-JiKlrby-&-Ge.- ia the Davis block. This firm has on exhibition 21 different styles of the famous Kimball piano. Admission Is free, souvenirs are free. On page six, you will find an attractive half page ad of this company, showing the immense plant and the office building In Chicago. Read this ad, it may Interest you. Ors. D. E. McConnell, P. R. Falls and T. A. Wilklns attended the sessions of the Cleveland Dental So ciety at Winston-Salem Thursday and Friday. Dr. McConnell return ed home Friday night. Drs. Falls and Wilklns remained over till Sat urday night. There were thirty or more dentist in attendance and the meeting was a profitable and enjoy able one. Dr. Falls was the retiring president. Dr. Wilklns was elected' treasurer for. the ensuing year and Dr. L. P. Baker, of Kings 'Mountain, was chosen a member of the com mittee on arrangemeata.--''V';S'--y Dr. James H. Kirk land. Chancel lor "of . Vanderbllt University, Nash ville, Tenn., was Wednesday chosen as president of the Religious Educa tion Association to' succeed Bishop William Lawrence, . -The - annual meeting of the association is being held in Providence, R. I this week. The next annual meeting will be held In St. Louis. ;. i: ' - -. ' ' - ' ly This Week Left la Which Towns Along Proposed Piedmont Trolley Line May Raise Their Subscrip tion to StockPlans to be Decid ed Upon Next Monday -Gastonia Lacks About $30,00f of Having Up Her Part. Does Gastonia want to be on the iedmont trolley line? 1, It will be necessary for her people to take prompt action to raise the remainder of Gastonia's pro rata part of the stock subscription allot ted to the section between Charlotte and Kings Mountain. The entire omount is $125,000, of which Gasto nia is expected to raise $60,000. Of this amount only about half has as yet been raised, leaving something like $30,000 to be secured. A meet ing of the directors of the road is to be held in New York next Monday at which time the plans will be defin itely mapped out for this road. In this connection the following from Sunday's Charlotte Observer should be of very great interest to Gazette readers: "If the cities and towns along the route of the proposed interurban are in earnest as to their efforts to se cure the new electric railway, then some definite and final action will have to be taken during the coming week on the proposition of complet ing pro rata subscriptions to stock in the company to construct the line and also the even more important matter of securing' freight contracts and having them validated. "This was the news that President W. S. Lee of the Piedmont Traction Company brought back with him yes terday morning from New York where he has been In conference on the great undertaking during the past week. A meeting of the mana gers of the Piedmont syndicate con sisting of Messrs. J. B. and B. N. Duke, Ellison A. Smyth, Lewis W. Parker, Samueal Mc Roberts and W. S. Lee, has been called for Monday of next week In New York and at this time the whole undertaking will be thoroughly gone over, 'the kinks ironed out' and decisive action tak en as to whether or not the road shall be built in its entirety as orig inally planned and if so where the work shall be commenced and under what circumstances. As i s well known, it is the idea of the promo ters of this electric railway to start construction work at a half-dozen points, building out from these cen ters until all are connected and the system is finished. It is needless to say at this meeting "Monday of next week will be one of the greatest im portance to all this section. "President Lee is very anxious for all the cities and towns interested In this movement to get busy at once, particularly those that have not yet finished their allotments of stock subscriptions and their freight con tracts. Practically all of these cities are within easy striking distance of the goal and can complete their work wltha few days' effort. The very fact that the goal has been in sight has had the effect of causing some to delay so much so that the time has been allowed to slip by. It is abso lutely essential that all these mat ters be finished this week and that -fa Ir-databefttrtrtshed btnr atmce-in order that he may have full informa tion to proceed on at this meeting next Monday. If this data is not in his possession at that time it will doubtless result in confusion as the plans of those in charge are system atized and everything Is in readiness for active operations. "A fact of interest brought back by Mr. Lee from the North is that all financial arrangements have been perfected In New York for the hand ling of the bonds, etc., and there. is now no reason whatever for delay. According to the plan so often "re- f erred to the cities and towns along the route of the proposed road are to take stock in the company to the ex tent of one-fourth of the cost neces sary to construct the road in their Immediate locality, Mr. Duke and as sociates to take one-fourth and then the. road Is to be bonded for the re maining one-half, Mr. Duke and as sociates guaranteeing . the sale of these bonds. :- "In all of the cities and towns along the way committees have been appointed to see to the raising of funds and the signing of the freight contracts., ' All of these committees should Investigate' immediately, And out just where they stand and then make strenuous effort to finish up the work at once. - ; ' V,1 ; . " ,.; . "The name of the road Is to be the Piedmont Northern "Railway Com- - Tr-sc Five Men Hold Up No. 36 Near Gainesville, Ga., Saturday and Dy namite Express Car May Have Gotten 914,000 or More Escaped In Automobile and Are 6till at Large. . Southern Railway train No. 36, the fast mail running between 'New Orleans and New York, was held up by five masked men at 3:15 o'clock Saturday morning at White Sulphur Springs, a few miles from Gaines ville, Ga. They bound and gagged the depot agent at the station and flag ged the train. The robbers dynamited the small safe in the express car but failed to crack the large safe, which is said to have contained $65,000. First re ports stated that they secured $100, 000. Later it was given as $700 and this morning's papers state that It is believed they got about $14,000. The express people have never given ouLany figures. No one was'hurt. Detectives and posses of armed men have been searching for the robbers, who escaped in ,an automo bile but as yet they are at liberty. Large rewards have been offered for their capture. The express car was badly dam aged. When the train reached Gas tonia there was a large crowd at the depot to take a look at it and the train crew. This is the first hold-up in many years in this section of the country if not the first at all. Martha Washington Reception. The young ladies of the Confeder acy or the J. D. Moore Chapter Chil dren of the Confederacy will enter tain at a Martha Washington party Friday evening, February 24th, at the home of Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Sloan, on York atreet from 8 to 11 o'clock. The entire public is cordially invited to attend and everybody is requested to come in Colonial costume. If you prefer not to do this, come anyhow, for a warm welcome and delicious refreshments await you, all for the small amount of 25 cents. Attrac tive cherry trees filled with candy will also be on sale at 25 cents each. Come one, come all and help the la dles and children of the Confederacy build the Confederate monument. Death of Mrs. R. A. Harrison. 'Mrs. Julia' Harrison, wife of Mr. R. A. Harrison, , died at her home near Lowell Sunday night, aged about 55 years. Mrs. Harrison had been an Invalid ever since suffering a severe stroke of paralysis about two years ago, and her death was not un expected. The deceased was before her marriage to Mr. Harrison about ten years ago 'Miss Julia Stroup, a daughter of Max and Emily Stroup. She is survived by her husband and one brother, Mr. Luther Stroup. Fun eral services were conducted at the home at 1:30 o'clock yesterday af ternoon by Rev. R. S. Burwell, pas tor of 'New Hope Presbyterian church, of which the deceased was a member, and the remains were laid to rest in the cemetery at Chapel Lutheran church, near Gastonia, be side the graves of her parents. Special Tar Elect ion Bilk A bill authorizing the holding of an election In Gaston county on the subject of levying a . special school tax of 12 cents on the $100 worth of property and 36 cents on the poll has been passed by the lpwer house of the General Assembly, having been Introduced by Representative Stroup. It will, it Is understood, pass ' the Senate without opposition. The full facts regarding this bill and setting forth the great additional educa tional advantages which would ac crue to Gaston county by Its enact ment were set forth in a communica tion from the officers of the county board of education which appeared in The Gazette of the 20 th of Janu ary. : It is the general belief that, When submitted to a vote of the peo ple, this proposition will be promptly and willingly ratified. It means progress In the educational affairs of the county. - : pany. Its lines will extend from Greenwood, S.; C, through Green ville, Spartanburg and on to Char lotte and beyond. Work t will " .be started on It within a few weeks If 'the meeting In New York next Mon day results as it Is believed that It will. The, building of the Interur ban will unquestionably be the great est factor In the development of the piedmont section of the Carolina's that the country has ever known." Fall Text of Act to Incorporate Town of Loray Mills Appoints A. E. Moore Mayor and Place Election of His Successors In Hands ' ot County Commlssioners--The Bo darles of Proposed Town. - Below The Gazette gives the pub lic the full text of the bill Introduced last week In the House of Represent atlvea.by Representative A. C. Stroup to incorporate the town of Loray Mills, this being the first time U baa been put before the public. It la an interesting document. It names Mr. A. E. Moore as mayor and Messrs. Cleveland, Mclntlre and Boyca (commissioners to serve until Dec ber, 1913, and places the election their successors in the hands of county commissioners. Since The Gazette appeared last ' Friday carrying an article which gave the citizens of the town the first news they had of this effort to incor porate the Loray as a municipality little else has been talked on the streets. Gastonians are aroused as they have not been in a long time and Indications point to some speedy, action. A meeting of the city coun cil will be held tonight at which the city fathers will discuss the matter and perhaps take some action. A bill to be entitled An Act to in corporate the Town of Loray MUla In Gaston County. The General Assembly of North Car olina do enact: Section 1. That the town of Loray Mills in Gaston county be and the same is hereby incorporated under the name and style of "Loray Mill, -and. that Jt shall have the benefit of. the laws of, and be subject to, Chap-; ter 73 of the Revlsal of 1905. Sec. 2. That the corporate limits. ' of said town shall be as follows: Be ginning; at an iron stake In center of the track of the Atlanta and Char , lotte Air Line Railway Company and' runs thence north 82 degrees, west 793 degrees to an Iron stake; thence south 73 1-4 degrees, west 28 CO minutes to an iron stake; thenc south 6 1-4 degrees east, 2268 min utes to an iron stake; thence south 29 1-2 degrees, east 1369 minutes to an iron stake; thence south 85 1-1 degrees east, 1762 minutes to u, Iron stake; thence north 68 1-2 de grees, east 400 minutes to an Iron stake, thence north 44 1-4 degree, east 852 minutes to an Iron stake; thence north 12 1-4 degrees, east 364 minutes to an Iron stake; thence north 3 1-4 degrees, west 914 min utes to an Iron stake i thence north 2 degrees, west 1461 minutes to a iron stake at north side ot Franklin Avenue; thence north 6 de grees, west 798 minutes to the point of the beginning. Sec. 3. That the officers of said corporation shall consist of a mayor and three commissioners and a con stable; and the following named persons shall fill said offices until the first Monday of December 118, namely: AndrewE. Moore, Mayor; T. E. Mclntlre, Henry M. Cleveland, and W. (Meek Boyce, CoftjmisBionera, who shall hold their offices until their successors are appointed an hereinafter set out. Sec. 4. That on the first Monday of December, 1913, the county com missioners of Gaston county shall elect the mayor and three commis sioners, who shall hold their offlc for one year, and annually thereaf ter said commissioners shall appoint the said mayor and commissioner. Sec. 5. That at the first meeting of the 'mayor and commissioners of the said town herein incorporated an Loray JMllls, the said commissioner hereinafter set out shall elect a town constable, who shall hold his offlon for one year from the date of said election, provided, however, that tha said commissioners shall have tho authority and power In their discra tion to remove the said town con stable and appoint another in bin stead. ' ', ' . Sec. 6. That said commissioner shall have power to pass all ordin ances, by-laws, rules and regulation for the good government of the town not Inconsistent with the laws of thn State or the United States,-and shall have the power to levy and collect taxes and impose fines and penalties for violation of town ordinances, a provided in Chapter 7$ of the Ra' vlsal of 1905. . - ; Sec. 7. That all laws and clause of laws in conflict with this art ar hereby repealed. ' Sec 8. That this act shall l U force from asd after its ratification. r thy r
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