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GASTONIA, W. G TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1911. :
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MRS. A. R. ANDERS DEAD.'
IN SOCIETY.
NEW PHONE SYSTEM.
.WORK OF. LIGHTNING.
Hani of Mr. Y. K. Clemmer . De
stroyed Sunday Detter-Hight
Wedding Tc-Morrow. - S;
Correspondence of The Gazette.
- BESSEMER CITY, - June 12.
During a thunder etorro which past
ed over thla section yesterday after
noon the barn of Mr. W. E. Clenv
mer was struck by lightning and
completely destroyed In a few min
utes. Mr. Clemmer lives In the ex
treme eastern part of town. Only
Che fact that. a strong wind was
blowing In the opposite direction
saved the Clemmer home, and all Its
contents as the family were visiting
near Dallas. Neighbors who rushed
to the tarn saved two hogs that
would have perished in the flames,
Mr.' Earl E. Detfer, with Dr. H. E.
Royster and Mr. G rover Wiley, and
Joined by others In Gastonia, left
yesterday for Laurinburg, where
Wednesday at 10 o'clock. Mr. Detter
will wed Miss Anna Starr Higbt, who
has been for the past two years a
member of the Bessemer City graded
school faculty. After the wedding
the couple will spend a week in
Western North Carolina before re
turning here to make this town their
home.
-Little Cornelia Hornbuckle, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hornbuckle,
has teen critically ill for some days
but is considered better this morn
ing.
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Lowell Locate
Correspondence of The Gazette.
LOWELL. June J 2.--The dry spell
is still serious In and around Low
ell although we can-hear of good
rains all around. Mr. S. J. Gaston
attended ' the closing exercises of
Trinity College, Durham, last week
where bia son, Grady, graduated this
year. Another son, Harley, was also
In school there the last year. Mr.
S. M. Robinson and family took a
spin In their auto to Derita Satur.
'day night, Miss Virginia remaining
for a visit to her uncle, Mr. Jasper
Hand, in North Charlotte. Miss
Edna Harmon, of Charlotte, is
spending a few days with Misses Ma
mie and Charity Nipper. Mr. D. A.
Groves and family moved here from
Greensboro Saturdays MlsBes Iva
and Pearl Thornbarg, of Bessemer
City, are on a visit here to their sis
ter, Mrs. H. H. Holmes Miss Lois
Campbell, of Salisbury, came over
Saturday to visit her grandfather,
Mr. C. J. Lineberger. Miss Mamie
Patrick, of Gastonia, spent .Sunday
with Mies Bessie Cox. Miss Beulah
Rhyne, of Stanley, visited ,Misa Ma
bel Leonhardt last week.' -Messrs.
Stewart & Jones have shipped their
steam shovel here -from Gastonia and
will begin work near the cotton mill.
Dr. James Reid and Mr. Lin wood
Robinson, who have been on a trip
the last week to Philadelphia, are
expected home in a day or two. Mr.
McConnell, of Concord, is filling pre
scriptions while Mr. Robinson Is
away. " v
Crouse Route One News.
Correspondence of The Gazette. '
CROUSE, Route 1, June 9. The
farmers of this section are very busy
cutting wheat. The crop Is very
good, though there is see smut.
Mr. I. A. Riser and family spent
Sunday with. Mr. Luther Carpenter.
Mr. Charley Painter went to Gas
tonia to visit his sister, Mrs. Gaby
Gladden. Little "Miss Annie May
Alexander and Master Michael Alex
ander were the guests Saturday of
Mrs. M. PL' Withers. Born, to Mr.
and Mrs. William Huffstetler.' a fine
girl. Little Miss Audrey and Mas
.; ters James and Amos Kiser spent
Sunday with their uncfe, Mr. Morris
Alexander-.- Mrs. Julius Alexander
and Mrs. F. B. Carpenter spent Tues
day with Mrs. William Huffstetler.
A dispatch, yesterday says that New
Orleans, known-since the Walker ex
pedition of the early fifties as the
hotbed of revolution and the mecca
of filibusters, is preparing for anoth
er upheaval in Central America and
unless .Uncle Sam steps in and spoils
the game almost the entire strip of
land from the southern border of
Mexicco to Panama with the excep
tion of Costa Rica may witness with
in the next six months the most stu
pendous upheaval In the history of
Central. America. . - :
NEWS PROM ROUTE FOUR.
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Correspondence of The Gazette. '.
GASTONrA Route 4, June 12.
Mrs. S. W. Thomas, of Sanford, Fla.,
Is visiting her father-in-law, Mr. W.
R. Thomas. Miss Fairy Puckett vis
ited Misa Tirxah Howe In' Gastonia
Sunday. Mrs.' J. F. Thomas has been
right sick the past few days but la
some better. Mr. and Mrs. 'Robert
Pearson, of route one, spent Monday
with Mr. and Mra. J. F., Thomas.
.Mrs. 'J.. W. Puckett spent Saturday
'and Pmrtay in Gastonia with, her
mother, Mrs. J. L. Howe. Min Ber
tie Birrie spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. M. H.Tlendrick. Rev. J.. 'Ay
Peeler, of Gastonia, visited our sec
tion the other day and spent the day
with Mr. J. W.-Puckett and family.
Mrs. Tom Gamble spent Tuesday
with Mrs. J. M. Thpmas. Miss Fairy
Puckett spent Thursday with Miss
Ida Clemmer. Miss Carrie Pearson
is spending a few days with her
aunt, Mrs. J. F. Thomas. Misses Ida
Clemmer and Carrie Pearson spent
Friday with Miss Fairy Puckett.
Misses Carrie, .Susie and Catherine
Pearson spent a few days last week
with Mr. andsMra. J.R. Shannon.
Crops around here are looking fine
since those two small showers and
the farmers are wearing the bright
est smiles. .
High Shoals News.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
HIGH SHOALS, June 12. The
Ladies Missionary Society of the
Methodist church gave an ice cream
supper for the benefit of the church
at . the park last Friday night. A
large crowd was present and a nice
sum realized.
Mr. W. P. Lowe, of Charlotte, is
teaching a writing school at the
school building. Miss Eloise Nich
Us, who has had charge of the mil
linery department of the High
Shoals Company's store this season,
returned to her home at Morganton
today. Mrs. Mac Kale, of Mount
Holly,' spent Saturday and Sunday
here with Mr, A. Q. Kale. A num
ber of our people went to Gastonia
Saturday to take in the ball game be
tween the Clara - and High Shoals
teams.
Mrs. D. F. Abernethy is spending
this week visiting her mother, Mrs.
Monroe Mingus, of Lowell. Mrs
Lon Beat, of Gastonia, spent Sunday
here visiting relatives.. ' "
The Clara and High Shoals ball
teams will cross bata on the High
Shoals diamond Saturday at 3 p. m
Mr. O. W. Daniels spent today in
Lincolnton on business.
Gastonia Route Three Items
Correspondence of The Gazette.
GASTONIA, Route 3, June 12.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. John F.
Warren was saddened Thursday
morning, June 8th, by the death of
their infant daughter, Jessie Ada'
wese, aged nine months and four
days. Death was due to stomach
trouble from which the little thing
had always suffered. Funeral ser
vices were conducted Friday morn
ing by Rev. J. J. Beach at Sandy
Plains Baptist church after which
the little body was tenderly laid to
rest In the Sandy Plains cemetery.
The little one was taken seriously
111 Saturday. All that medical aid
and loving hands could do was of no
avail. She is survived by a mother
and father, who have the sympathy
of their many friends. Those who
attended the funeral from a distance
were Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Wright, of
Gastonia; Mr. W. M., Wright and
daughters. Misses Ella apd Florence,
of Lowell.
. , The Orphans Clam.
This Singing Class from the Ox
ford Orphanage has started on its
second tour. . The demand for the
splendid entertainment which these
children give has grown so much
that it has become necessary to have
the tour of the ' State divided into
three trips Instead -of two, as - has
been the case for some years past.
This enables them to take two rest
ing spells Instead of one which makes
the work much easier on them.
The first trip, which was confined
to the north-eastern and piedmont
section of the State was a most suc
cessful one, and the children's en
tertainment received most flattering
compliments at every point visited.
In fact we are Informed that the in
vitations which come ln begging for
a visit of the children, are ao num
erous as to make It, at times, not a
little embarasslng to the manage
ment to know how to accept all of
them. This is so much the case that
after every effort is made by the
management to show their apprecia
tion of these invitations-, some places
have to be left out. - . v. v,- . - .
This is a noble cause and worthy
of the help of all -good people, but
we feel sure that all 'who attend
these concerts will get value receiv
ed for all they pay to hear them.
Efforts are being made to secure
the release from the Federal prison
at Leavenworth. Kansas.,' of W. J.
Nichols, a North Carolinian and
former member of the Legislature of
this State, who Is serving . a two-
years sentence for using the malls to
defraud. ;v; ,'';; j.
A resolution has been Adopted toy
the business men of Salisbury rec
ommending the Statesvllle route as
more preferable than . , the. Landls
Mooresvllle one in the great central
highway through the State. Sails-
bur will thus be the junction point
between that route and the' New
New York-Atlanta - National . High
way.' The central highway alms to
connect the county seats from Ral
eigh to Asheville. From that point
it Is to be taken up by Tennessee and
extended to Memphis. ( '
NEWS NOTES. -
" It Is wonderful hew well Informed
the average loafer Is. ;. .; . ? . -4
Concord has started a movement
looking to the establishment of a
hospital, '., ..- ' ... a- y
J. U.- Patterson, aged 70, -of Ox
ford, committed suicide Monday, by
the strychnine route. He said , he
was tired of living. ,
. The Concord public library was
formally opened for the first time
Friday night. More than hundred
books were contributed by visitors
in the course of the evening.
. A storm of terrifflc energy swept
over New York city and contiguous
territory causing three deaths and
several hundred thousand , dollars
worth of property damage.
The man who has just eaten on
ions should not breathe It to a soul.
The question now arises will
the ice be weighed in the balance
and found wanting.
A jury in Tennessee a few days
ago placed a valuation of 110,000 on
a hog which had. been killed on a
railroad track. The -animal was a
pedigreed porker; nine feet'- long,
three feet high and weighed more
than 1000 pounds.
In a collision Sunday night at
Rosslyn, Va., between a trolley car
and an automobile Harry W. Mitch
ell, of Glencarlyn, Va. was killed
and Fred Kitchen, a private In the
Fifteenth Cavalry at Fort Meyer, Va.,
was seriously Injured.
The Southern Student Y". W. C. A.
conference is In session at Asheville
for a ten day's meeting. Three hun
dred delegates from nearly every
state in the south are in attendance.
Among -the speakers la Robert E.
Speer, of New, York.
A dispatch from Columbia says
that, 'the Winthrop graduating class
were opposed to Gov. Blease's de
livering their, diplomas, although It
had always teen customary for the
governor of the state to do this. Dr.
Johnson, the president delivered the
diplomas.
Shelby's preparations for the glor
ious . Fourth continue unabated.
There will be a balloon ascension,
ball game, three brass bands, floats,
races of all kinds; such as the fat
man's, etc. An unsuccessful attempt
was made to get 'Ex-Governor Ay
cock. A dispatch yesterday from Wash
ington says that, the government's
Panama loan will probably be taken
In the main by small Investors. Al
hough the -bids will not be opened
until Saturday over 900 sealed pro
posals have been received at the
Treasury Department. :,They come
from all sections of the country.
Hubert Morris, aged 22, son of J.
C. Morris, a prominent contractor of
Greensboro, and a other young man,
a friend, whose name the dispatches
do not give, was drowned in the
Neuse river 15 miles from Newbern
Sunday The particulars of the acci
dent which caused their deaths are
not given. They were members of a
boat excursion party. - ; .
Dr. W. N. Stimson, of Jackson
ville, Fla., president of the Florida
Good Roads Association and of the
Jacksonville Automobile Club, con
templates buying 100 acres of land
on Sugar Loaf Mountain, 6000 feet
above sea level, near Hendersonville
and erecting thereon a great hotel
especially for the accommodation of
automobllists.
The high mark in the heat which
caused Intense suffering in most sec
tions of the country Sunday , was
scored at Yuma, Arizona, which, with
an official reading of 110 degrees,
topped all reports not only from the
territory west of the Rocky Moun
tains "but from every weather sta
tion in the United States. In Wash
ington It was 101, the highest since
June 9, .1874, when it was 102. -
The annual tribute of flowers and
eulogy was paid Sunday to the sol
dier dead of the South in the nation
al cemetery at Washington. With
all Its historic and sentimental asso
ciations as the home of Gen. Robert!
E. Lee, commander of the Confeder
ate forces, the national cemetery was
dedicated for the day to the memory
of the defenders of - the Southern
cause. ' .
JlX. Waxhaw a few days ago, a
horse weighing 1300 pounds and
hitched to a dray wagon fell into a
well twenty-five feet deep and was
gotten . out without hurt.-- The res
cue was affected by digging a trench
up to t ne well. The horse had only
a scratch on one of its front legs,
notwithstanding the fact that the
well was filled with, old harrow teeth
and broken farm implements. '
"The Governor and Council' of State
Saturday signed a contract with Gil
bert H. Gilbert, representing New
York capitalists, to take up the. con
struction and equipment of the.Mat
amuskett railroad In Hyde " county
and operate the same at the earliest
possible date. A cash bond of $50,-
vou was put up as a guarantee to the
State for the fulfillment of the con
tract The road will 1e 105 miles
long and will extend from Washing
ton, Beaufort county, around Mata-
muskeet lake In Hyd0 county.
Good Woman Passes - After Severe
Illness of Two Months Funeral
' and Burial This Afternoon Mr. J.
' R. .Klncald, Aged Citizen, Dies
The Grim Reaper Busy With Hts
' Relentless Scythe.
There were hundreds of sorrowing
hearts in Gastonia ' and elsewhere
last night when the- news went out
about 7:30 o'clock from the City
Hospital that Mrs. Jane E. Anders,
wire or Mr. A. R. .Anders, was dead
Though the news was not unexpect
ed this fact did not lessen the grief
which the announcement brought to
relatives and friends. Throughout
yesterday it was known by the phy
sicians and family that the end was
fast approaching and loving eyes
watched at her bedside and loving
hands ministered to her every need
in tne last hours. She was conscious
most of the time up to the end and
gave to her loved ones full assurance
that she was ready to pass from
earth to the great beyond and that
the future held no terrors, for her,
For two months or more- she had
suffered grgatly but bore her suffer
lng with patience and fortitude.
Some twa or three weeks ago she un
derwent an operation but this failed
to relieve her trouble and she grew
gradually weaker until the end
Death was due to gastritis.
Deceased was, prior to her mar
riage to Mr. Anders, Miss Jane E.
Gaston, of this county and was 63
years and five months old. To this
union were born three children, only
one of whom, Dr. Frank R. Anders,
survives. Commodore died in infan
cy and Mrs. Eula G. Jenkins died
several years ago. She is also sur
vived by her husband and four sis
ters, Mrs. Puett, of Dallas; Mrs. T
N. Williams, of Gastonia, and Misses
Dorcas and Margaret Gaston, of
Dallas.
Funeral services were held at
2:30 o'clockthis afternoon at Main
Street Methodist church, her pastor,
Rev. G. D. Herman, officiating. In
terment followed In Oakwood ceme
tery. The pall-bearers were Messrs.
J. Lee Robinson, W. B. Morris, W.
Y. Warren, J. H. Separk, B. T. Mor
ris and W. L. Balthis.
Mrs. Anders had been a loyal and
consistent member of the Southern
Methodist church since she was 12
years old. She 1X8 for many years
been a member of the Home - and
Foreign Missionary Societies of Main
Street church, being one of the most
active and loyal members of these
organizations, the members of which
attended the funeral in a body.
The heartfelt sympathy of many
friends goes out to the bereaved
family.
AGED CITIZEN PASSES.
Mr. J. R. Kincsld, one of the old
est, best-known and most highly re
spected citizens of this county, died
Sunday afternoon, June 11th, at his
home near Olney church a few miles
south of the city. Had Mr. KIncald
lived until August he would have
been 84 years of age.
Mr. Klncaid was a native of South
Carolina, but came to Gaston county
in early life and settled. He mar
ried Miss Susan Glenn - from which
union came a large family, several of
whom have died. The children who
survive. In addition to the aged moth
er who was older than Mr. Klncaid
himself, are Messrs. J. J., M. G., W.
F. and Emmett KIncald and Mrs. S.
J. Huffstetler, all of Gastonia. . Mr.
and Mrs. Klncaid had been married
sixty-two years. ' f
Rev. G. A. Sparrow conducted the
funeral yesterday afternoon at Olney
church in which congregation the
deceased had served as an elder for
the greater part of his life.
DAVID CARPENTER.
A peculiarly sad death was that of
young David Carpenter, the 15-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Car
penter, of High Shoals. Young Car
penter was brought down on the C.
& N.-W. Thursday afternoon, suffer
ing intense pain from an acute- at
tack of appendicitis. He was taken
to the City Hospital where an opera
tion followed. . He waa not benefit
ted, however, and all that tender"
skill and loving hands could do min
istered unto him in the hope of sav
ing his life, but all in vain. Sunday
afternoon in the midst of a terrible
wind and rain-storm he breathed his
laSt.
JAMES J. SAVAGE.
; Mr. Jas. J.. Savage, of Lowell, a
former resident of Gastonia, died
Sunday morning about 11 o'clock.
Death was due to a chronic stomach
trouble. ' The death of this man is
peculiarly sad, in that he leaves a
wife and seven children - who feel
most keenly the loss of husband and
father. -j
The deceased was 53 yea8 old, and
a member of the Junior Of. U. A. M.
The funeral was conducted yester
day afternoon at Lowell, and ' the
burial was solemnized toy the Junior
Order rites.' :
; MRS. D. C, BOLICK. '
Mrs. Delphia C Bolick, of 402
Poplar street, died Saturday night at
12 o'clock. The deceased was a na
tive of Catawba county and at the
time of her death was 53 years old.
The funeral waa conducted from the
home Sunday afternoon by Rev. J.
J. 'Beach, and the interment , was In
Hollywood cemetery. .
. , DEATH OF AN INFANT.. i
; Beulah - M. Jolly, the 18-months-old
child of Milton L. Jolly, of the
Trenton .Mill, died Sunday, the 11th.
'Perhaps the most elaborate social
.function ever witnessed at the White
House will take place June 19th
when President and Mrs. Taft will
celebrate their silver .wedding. -
THE EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
Eddleman-Rosenian Wedding at Lin-
colnton 3I1bs Gray Entertains To
'I Night HoweU-Riddle Wedding
To-Morrow." , V " r
TO ENTERTAIN
8. and O.-CLUB.
Mrs. W. C, Davis will entertain
the S. and O. Club tomorrow ' after
noon at her home on South Broad
street.
MISS GRAY
TO ENTERTAIN.
Miss Blanche Gray In honor of her
attractive house-guests entertains
this evening at her home on South
street. Cards reading as follows
.have been issued:
Miss Blanche Gray
At Home
Tuesday evening. June thirteenth
( eight-thirty
Miss Ruth "Maitson
Miss Alma McKnlght
Miss Helen Prior
Garden Fete
HOWKLL-RIDDLE
MARRIAGE TO-MORROW. r
One of the leading social events of
the week will be the marriage to
morrow evening at 8 o'clock at Bowl
ing Green, S. C, of Miss Myrtle Rid
dle and Mr. Fred Howell, announce
ment of which was made some days
ago. Immediately following the cer
emony a reception will be tenderffl
the wedding party at the home of the
bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Riddle. After a visit at the home of
the groom's parents near Clover, the
couple will reside in Gastonia.
RECEPTION BY
MISS ROYSTER,
The following was clipped from
Saturday'a Greensbor Daily News:
Miss Sadie Royster waa the host
ess at a delightful reception given
last night at the home of her parents
on Church street in honor of her
house guests, Misses Irene Wheat, of
Gaffney, S. C, and Marie and Hallle
Torrenoe, of Gastonia. A large num
ber of Miss Royster's friends enjoyed
her hospitality last night and met
her charming young guests. Delic
ious refreshments were served dur
ing the evening.
FOR SALE: A desirable building
" lot, 100 x 250, West Airline av
enue, oppoalte Loray. John F. Brad
ley, tf.
WRIGHT-CALDWELL
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
This from Saturday's Charlotte
Observer la of Interest to Gastonians.
The following invitation has been
received here by friends of the popu
lar young couple t a the marriage of
,MIss Martha Elizabeth Caldwell to
Mr. neroen L,ivingsion 'wngnt, ooin
of Clover, S. C.i.
Dr. and Mrs. James Wallace Camp
bell
request the honor of your presence
at the nfarrlage of their niece
Miss Martha Elizabeth Caldwell
to
Mr. Herbert Livingston Wright
on the evening of Wednesday, June
the twenty-first '
at half after eight o'clock
Presbyterian church
Clover, South Carolina.
Both prospective bride and groom
are well-known In Gastonia where
each has visited frequently.
EDTkLEMAN-ROSEMAN
WEDDING.
The following from Friday's Lin
coln County News will toe read with
interest In GaBtonia:
Wednesday afternoon at 4:30
o'clock a beautiful marriage was sol
emnized in the Presbyterian church
when Miss Nellie Holland Roseman
gave .her hand in marriage to Mr.
'William P. Eddleman, of Shelby. On
this occasion the church presented a
scene of entrancing loveliness, being
artistically decorated in spreading
ferns and evergreens. - .
As the hour approached for the
plighting .of the troth, Miss Marie
Torrence, of Gastonia, sang in a
sweet soprano voice, a beautiful vo
cal solo, "All for You." She was
accompanied at the piano by Mrs.
Karl Detter, of Charlotte, . who at
the conclusion of the song began the
skillful rendition of the time-honored
Mendelssohn a Wedding March," to
which the bridal party entered. The
first to come up the wide center aisle
were the ushers, Messrs. R. M. Rose-
man, Jr., and F, B. Hambrick, of
Shelby. Tbey were followed by the
bride's maid, Miss Neal Rosemean,
who wore a beautiful dreea of white
messallne and carried, in her arms a
bouquet of delicate pink carnations
and asparagus fern. She was fol
lowed by the third usher,. Mr. Stacy
Boyce, - of Gstonia, .who took his
place near the altar.- The next to
enter was Miss Forney Roseman, the
maid of honor, attired In a lovely
gown of white messallne and carry
ing a bouquet similar to that of her
sister. ..The groom and his best man,
Mr.. John Holland, of Mount Holly,
next came up the-center aisle and
awaited the torlde at the hymeneal
altar. Following them were the two
lovely little flower girls. Misses Mar
garet .Wright - and Sarah Costner,
who carried baskets of flowers which
they gracefully scattered in the path
way of the bride, Who entered upon
the arm of her brother, Mr. R. M.
Roseman. She wore a beautiful cos
tume of white crepe meteror with
trimmings of pearls and handsome
Irish point lace. Her lovely ahower
bouquet, was of Bride's roses and
Uly-of-the-valley while her. veil was
caught with orange blossoms. She
Piedmont Telephone A Telegraph.
vJmpnyJ(VJlLlnstll New System
at Gaffney-i-Great . ' Improvement
Over the OWWay. , . - ' '
The following excerpt from "The'
Gaffney (8. C.) Ledger's account of
the meeting of the board of trade of
that town Friday night will be of in- '
terest to many Gastonians: '
The last, tout by far most import
ant matter that was discussed by the
board was the telephone situation in
Gaffney. This matter was taken p
some time ago by a committee ap
pointed by the president,- with the
telephone people. Mr. R. B. Bablng
ton, general manager of the' Pied
mont Telephone Company, appeared
before the body at the May meeting
and made them a proposition to in
stall the Bell system In this city.
The cost of this new system will be
about $10,000 and will be borne by ,
the company, while the rates will be
slightly Increased. At the meeting;
on Friday night the committee ap- ,
pointed to look into thla matter re
ported favorably upon It and advised
that the telephone company be per-"
mltted to make the change from the
old system to the new. This caused
considerable discussion and for some
time the matter was proed and con
ned but it ended by the body approv
ing of the committee's recommend a- .
tion and accordingly Gaffney, will 1
have' an entire new telephone system
probably by next fall. This will be
quite an improvement on the old
system and .will help the town ma-,
terially. Following thjs discussion
and the approval of the report the
meeting was adjourned.
A destructive wind, rain, hail and
electrical storm swept over the low- :
er end of the Virginia peninsula yes
terday afternoon leaving death and
destruction in Its wake. Reports are
as yet incomplete tout it is believed
that the Hst of dead will number at
least fifteen. Many small boats
boats along the Jamea river and at
Hampton Roads went down in the.
storm. Property damage was also
heavy.
Purchases Entire Stock.
The entire stock of Mr, J. D. Mor-s
the 6 and 10-cent dealer in the Da
vis block, who voluntarily closed his.
doors some days ago has been pur
chased by Mr. W. H. Delllnger who.
has re-opened the store and will con
tinue the business.. ., Mr. Morton with,
his family moves In a few days to
Lllesvllle. Gastonia regrets that
such action is necessary, but wishes
him every success in his new field.
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Hall Does Damage. v
Yesterday '8 rain was accompanied
by a severe hail storm which started
in the vicinity of Crowders Moun
tain and moved eastward over ther
Plsgah section and on south of Gas
tonia. It balled some here but not
enough to do any real damage. A.
gentleman who was in the Plsgah.5
section at the time Informs The Ga
zette that crops in that part of th
county suffered very much. It waa
his opinion that practically half of
the corn and cotton In the section
which suffered most was destroyed
The hall stones, he says, ranged from
the size of a guinea egg on down.
Cotton was beaten to pieces and corn
was torn into shreds. In and around.
Gastonia there were several pretty
good showers which moistened tho
dry earth and imparted life and en
ergy to the parched vegetation.
Comes to Gaetonia.
The following Item from the re
port of the annual meeting of the
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society '
of the Western North Carolina Con
ference, lzf session for the past sev
eral days at Lexington, taken from
the Lexington correspondence of
The Greensboro Dail News of Sunday
will be read with interest by many
Gastonians: "The question of the
selection of the place for holding the
next annual meeting waa called.
Mrs. J. H. Separk nominated Main
Street church, Gastonia, . and - this,
nomination was seconded by Mrs. B,
T. Morris, district secretary of ths
Shelby district. The choice of Gas
tonia was made unanimous. Urn.
Robertson referred to the very pleas
ant meeting held in Gastonia two
years ago and said that she was con
fident that all of the women who at
tended that meeting would be glad
to go there again." --.
took her place beside the groom In.
front of Revs. W. R. MInter and R. '
A. Miller,-of Lowell, who, In beauti
ful language, made them . husband
and wife. ' At the conclusion of the
ceremony, the bridal party left the ,
church to the strains of the "Bridal
Chorus." ' - ;
The newly-wedded couple left on
the afternoon train for Norfolk front
whence they will go by boat to New
York city. The bride's going away
gown was a becoming auit of green
cloth with hat and gloves to match.
Amopg the out-of-town guests who
were present at the wedding were:
Miss Gertrude Hambrick and Messrs.
F. B. Ham-brick, L. A. Gettys and U .
P. Holland, of Shelby; Mra. Sloan.
Rotoinson,. Miss Virginia Robinson..
Rev. and Mrs. R. A. Miller, of Low- -ell;
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Holland and
Miss Ada Dunn, of Mount Holly; Mr. -and
Mrs. N. G. Todd. Mesdames 8. F.
Crier and D. P. Stowe. Miss Bessie
Cox. and Mrs. Thompson, of Bel
mont; Mr. and Mrs. Karl Detter.' Mr.
and Mrs. J. K. Hand and Rev. C. II.
Little, of Charlotte; Mrs. Frost Tor- '
Lrence snd danghter. Miss Marie. Mrs.
Wash Ragan, Miss Mary Eagaa, Mr.
Stacy Boyce and Dr. H. M. Eddleman.
of Gastonia. -
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