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GASTONIA TO HAVE SLOGAN.
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TOWN OF IDEA! HOMES.
Monnt Holly' Slogan a Good
5 Bridge Propofiltlcn .Not Yet Givn
CorreiDondence of Tbe Gazette.
MT. HOLLY. June 29. Last night
tbe regressive Club, decided to tare
Mount Hdtty represented In theonf
ln lndustrltr edition, of Tbe Cbar
lotte Observer with a full page of
advertising setting forth the many
advantages that make Mount Holly
"The Town of Ideal (Homes."
-The Progressive Club is still work-?
ing on the bridge question! , Since
the Piedmont ft Northern Company
jrefueed to allow a bridge In connec
tion with theirs, a committee of rep
resentative citizens will go before tbe
commissioners at Gattonia July 3rd
and ask foivan Independent bridge.
The volume f business done at Mt.
oifjr Remands a bridge. The new
business 'iba the Piedmont ft North
ern Railway will bring here la an
other reason for the bridge. But tbe
moat, convincing argument for v a
bridge here, la the xcndingly small
.cost. The river here is narrow and
shallow. ' Its banks are high. A
bridge can be built -here at approxi
mately the same cost as one could
have been secured In connection with
the Piedmont ft Northern Railway
Company. The building of a bridge
here at once is an' attractive business
proposition that should not, be lost.
Stanley Happenings.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
STAN&KT, June .-The re
mains of Mr. T. B. Black, of Spen-
f" er Mountain, were brought bere
rom Charlotte, and Interment made
In the city cemetery Saturday after
. noon; Rev. W. S. Hales, the deceas
ed's wife's pastor, ctmducted the fun
eral services. Mr. Black . being a
member of the East Avewie A. R. P.
- church, Charlotte. Among the many
and beautiful floral designs was a
lovely wreath from the. Eagles, a fra
ternal order of which Mr. Black was
a-member.
Mr.' W, M. Morris, of Gastonla,
spent Sunday here with his wife who
arrived Friday' morning from Lin
colnton and was the guest of Mrs. O.
. B. Carpenter and Miss Bessie Mor
ris. 'Mr. and Mrs. Morris returned
home Sunday afternoon. Mrs. O.
B. Carpenter bad as her guest Sun
day her father, Mr. Steven Smith, of
Asbeville. The young people of
Stanley have enjoyed two pleasant
parties this week. Monday evening
at their hospitable home, Misses Al
lie and Edith Mason entertained.
The veranda and lawn were Illumin
ated with Japanese lanterns 'While
In the ball and parlor ferns, sweet
peas and nasturtiums were the dec
orations. Many interesting games
were played, among which was a
penny guessing contest ' Tbe prize
- being the pennies used In the con
test which in the drawees wn ', by
Mis? Tesrie '''rr'- A"- M? -lightful
refreshments were served.
Tuesday evening it was at the at
tractive home of Misses Ethel . and
' Mayme Peterson that quite a num
ber of the young people gathered,
" and . spent a few hours most . pleas-
- antly. A number of interesting
games and piano selections were
w greatly enjoyed as were also the de
licious refreshments which followed
- and consisted of fruits and Ice cream.
Dr. and Mrs. C. J. McCgmbs have
bad as their guests Mrs. Forbis and
Mr. Oscar Forbis, of Matthews, mo
. ther . and brother of Dr. Mc-
Combs. Misses Ollie Pegram, . of
, 'Jackson Springs, and Francis and
Ethel McDonald, of Charlotte, " are
' Visiting their grandmother's. Mrs. J.
, M. Pegram and Mrs. M. A. Mason.
. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Rutledge have
,as their guests their daughter, Mrs.
George Rutledge and children, of
' Salisbury. Mr. . and Mrs. Lester
' Clemmer and children are expected
- to arrive today from Norfolk, Va.,
to visit relatives for a month. Mr.
Polle-Jenkins, of the Greenville, S.
C, ball team, spent Sunday at home,
'accompanied by Mr. Roy Suggs, of
" Gastonla. Mr. Frank . Morris, after
several day's visit to his uncler Mr.
J. A. Morris, returned to Gastonla
Wednesday, accompanied - by Mr.
.Leon Smith who expects to visit his
. mother, Mrs. 'fir. F. Groves, nefer Gas
tonla. Messrs J. M. Archer and
Clyde Bass were Gastonla visitors'
' Wednesday. Misses Kate Carpented
v and Ethej Pterson were Charlotte
shoppers' Wednesday. i : ,
- In the ball game between the cowV
boys and the local team Tuesday the
cowboys won the game by a score of
; 7 to 3. They went from, here to Gas
tonla where they play.,
; Dallas, Route Two Items.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
DALLAS. Route 2June 29. Mrs.
. .Elizabeth Rhyne. Is very sick at the
; home of her daughter, Mrs. Will LH
,tle. Mr. Aaron Jenkins and famljy
and Mr. Miles Bell and family were
the swt Sunday of Mr.and Mrs.
. - T. Q. Hoffman. Mr. B. L. Smith and
- daughter Miss Lorena Smith, visit
ed Mr. Smith's mother near Iron Sta
tion Sunday. Mr. : and Mrs. .John
, White. and. children, and Mr. W. B.
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iti visited Mr. John J. Pressly.
near Sandy Plains church Sunday.
Misses Vera and Nell Setzer visited
MIbs Pearl Llneberger Sunday. Mrt
and Mrs.; M. A. Llneberger were the
guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs.' J. C.
Grier.Mra.- Craig Woffman and
chlldren-were'vtbe guests ot V Mr.
Flowers Sunday. Misses Vera and
Nell getzer spent a short while In
Gastonla shopping Tuesday 7 : .
Lowell 'Xocal
Correspondence of .The Gazette,' r
, LOWELL', June 29. We have
added lately another automobile and
two ; motorcycles to the. town's roll-'
ing stock, i Dr. Frank Robinson owns
the auto, a nice one. . : e 11
; Two' children; have died here this
week. One was Mr Will Penning
ton's and - the other Mr. ' Taylor's.
Rev, RA.' Miller conducted the fun
eral' services. v-.V-y-P?.
- . Miss 1 Thatcher and her ' sister-in-lawMrs.
Thatcher, of Virginia, have
been visiting their cousin, Mr,. W, H.
Holmes. They returned .home 'yes
terday. Miss Fannie Taornburg' Is
also visiting at 'Mr.- Holmes', this
week. Mrs. J. R.- Titman .arrived
home-Tuesday night from a trip .to
Washington, D. C - Mrs. R. P. Ran
kin, of Gastonla,-' accompanied her,
Messrs.J. R. Titman. T.' P.' . Ran
kin, Paul . Nipper, , J.Funderburk,
Cliff Jenkins, Walter Rhyne and per
haps others from here, went on the
excursion to Wilmington Wednesday;.
We have bad only light showers
lately and it Is still dry.-Rey. E. N.
Crowder has gone to Shelby to recu
perate a "few days.' ei'Vl??:"
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Correspondence or The Gazette.' ' ' :.
BELMONT, VJune 30 Mr l and
Mrs. R. S. Armstrong were Gastonla
visitors Thursday. Mrs. - W.B.
Gouger was a Charlotte visitor Mon
day. Mrs. O. M. Boyd and children,
og Gastonla, are visiting. Mrs.
Boy's mother, Mrs. C. P.'Stowe.
Miss Margaret Query spent the week
end with Miss Melva Gullick. Miss
Edna Douglas left Monday to visit
relatives at Mt. Mourne. Mrs. Jas.
Stawe and Misses Nan and Edith
Ward. are visiting at Mrs. Fanny
Stowe's this - week. Mr. Q. W.
Stowe left Tuesday to spend a few
days at Wrightsvllle Beach. Miss
Cora Hart, who has been visiting
Miss Clara Sloan, left Monday for
her home in Mooresville. Mrs. Will
McLean, of the New Hope section
visited at Dr. Hall's Tuesday. The
Methodist people have erected a tent
on their new lot. .They are to have
a week's meeting beginning Sunday
morning.
Personals and Locals
I All the banks in town will
be
closed next Tuesday. V
, "Sua .Vart:s3u- Vray who has
been quite 111 for some time Is some
what better today. ,;
- At their regular meeting the di
rectors of the Flint Manufacturing
Company declared their usual ,semlj
annual dividend of 8 per cent..
Miss Lottie Kluttz. who has
been the guest of Miss Nell McLean,
an,
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tor several days 'leaves this after
noon for her home la Chester.
- Misses Johnsie Adams. An
McLean, Katherine Mason. Rebecca
Adams and Mrs. J. Lean Adams left
at noon today for Wrightsvllle Beach
where they will spend a fortnight a
, Mr, L; C. Carpenter leaves to
night on No. 35 for a visit of ten
days to Wolf City, Texas, where he
visits his son, Mr. D, W. Carpenter,
and brother, Mr. J. Q. Carpenter.
' The Building and. Loan .Asso
ciation period of tx And one-half
years-from the opening ends Satur
day. July 1. ' -Series No. 14 will be
Issued, beginning July 1.- Series No.
1 about which announcements will
be made later will mature.
" iA prominent citizen' living on
South Broad street, who often goes
to sleep and wakes up to the tune of
shrill freight whistles and bumping
and clanking box and fat eery slo
ped Tbe Gazette man yesterday Ions
enough td sayVthat, In his opinion,
we don't want any more freight lines
running "alon the principal resi
dence streets of Gastonla. He t ex
pressed himself as thoroughly Jn ac
cord with .the position The Gazette
has taken on this subject: ' In fact
bis pplnlon la the one. that prevails
almost . if not quite .unanimously
among Gastonlans. "Save Franklin
Avenue'1 Is tbe prevailing sentiment.
Ex-Sheriff- Jordan, of, Guilford
county, and Congressman William
Kent, of California, who has the
reputation of being the wealthiest
Insurgent in Congress, ' have. Just
closed a deal for 40,000 acres of
Jand near Manchester on the C Ft ft
Y. V. (Railroad tetweenFayetjevllIe
and fiahford. i Part of tt is In Cum
berland and part In Harnett county.
The entire tract Is to be developed.
A ibp-acre. section will be put .in
orchard first as a demonstration..
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'.In' his rambles around Ipwn ran
sacklng every nook-and corner , for
news, a: newBpaperman frequently
runs across little happenings, and in
cidents, conversational chats with' In
teresting people, anecdotes and street
occurrences whlch cannot' be classl
fied as- news items, but which 'might
,mate Interejting ' reading ' matter.
Tbe local man In bjs wanderings over
the city; through the court house
corrldcrs.J around-, the hotel - lobby
and passenger .station, - on sizzling
street corners- and at sizzling soda
fountains. ; in . fact wherever his
perambulatlngs lead him, has an ex
cellent chance to. study people, their
characteristics, ; their hobbles,- their
faults and forbles, their vices and
virtues. Some of these If put down
In. print would ". make" Interesting
reading' both, for themselves and for
other people." Now and ' then Such
little human nafcure stories will ap
pear In this column,
v Some mornings ago. north-bound
passenger train No. 3o was a 'tow
minutes behind schedule time: v It so
happened that the northbound passen
ger on the C. ft, N.-W. was running
Just, about on time. No. 3 unload
ed, and received its usual, quota of
passengers for-Charlotte and other
northerly points, the conductor yell
ed "all aboard" and the train steam
ed out. Just as It was a little be
yond the crossing on Broad street
and (he reicoacb fast disappearing
around the curve, there came the
shrill, squeaky sound of the little air
whistle of the C. ft N.-W. passenger
pufflng-around the curve behind the
Southern Express office. Pulling In
to the yard it disgorged its load of
passengers from Chester, - Clover,
Filbert and Pleasant Ridge. Falling
f- all over himself in his efforts to get
out of the coach -and. loaded down,
with grips and bags, there alighted a
fat, fussy, perspiring, pompous in
dividual whose complexion resem
bled that of the top side of a broiled
piece of steak and down whose huge
chgeks great drops of sweat were
chasing each other. Nervously he
inquired of bystanders If the Char
lotte train had gone. Anxiety was
written in every line of his counte
nance. He trembled for his own,
safety. The expression, "What Is so
rare as a day in June," appealed to
him with double force, enhanced as
it was by spending about three hours
of tbe hottest part of that day around
the far-famed, commodious, comfort
able waiting room of the Gastonla
d?' l. On being Informed that- the
last vestige of tbe train bad Just
gone over the brow of the hill, be
collapsed utterly, but struck by a
shall we say heaven-born Idea, he
rid his system of one of the most
anathemic denunciations It has ever
been our privilege to hear, He pour
ed forth the vials of his righteous
wrath upon the C. ft N.-W. officials
for maintaining such a slow schedule,
and upon the Southern for operating
such a fast one. The atmosphere
was surcharged with sulphur, and
blue flames for several moments.
Finally some one led him meekly
away. ""
' It does seem to an-Innocent on
looker that a better connection might
be established between these- two
trains.
While going the rounds the other
day some overly zealous friend, very
solicitous as to our welfare, sprung
the following on us with the injunc
tion not to use big words:
; "In promulgating 1 your esoteric
cogitations or articulating! your su
perficial sentimentalities and amica
ble.' philosophical or psychological
observations, beware of platitudinous
ponderosity. Let your conversation
al communications possess a clarifi
ed conciseness,' a compacted compre
"henslbleness, coalescent consistency,
and a concatenated cogency. Es
chew all conglomerations of flatulent
garrulity, jejune babblement and af
fectations. Let your extemporaneous
discantlngs and unpremeditated ex
patlatlona have intelligibility and ve
racious vivacity, without rhodomont
ade of thrasonical bombast. Sedul
ously avoid all polysyllabic profund
ity, pompous prolixity, pslttaceous
vacuity, ventriloquial verbosity and
vaniloquent vapidity." -
" Federal-Judge Newman at Atlan
ta Tuesday denied "the application
for a writ of habeas' corpus for Chas.
W. Morse.-the Nw York banker
serving a. fifteen-year sentence in
the Atlanta prison for embezzle
ment. -'Morse's attorneys are using
every means In their power, to se
cure his freedom. " - - "- ' . ' .'
The Charlotte Chronicle of yester
day says that since December, 1906,
the . Mecklenburg , "county v convicts
have built 77 miles of macadam
roads In that county.. , .
Business Men of That Opinion
Should- Adept Some Characteristic
Phrase Witness Other Cities' Ex
ample Some 'Slogans Suggested.
That Gastonla should have a suit
able slogan, characteristic of . the
city, of its growth, of Its enterpris
ing business concerns and t utu re in
dustrial expansion, is te consensus
6f opinion expressed by several prom
inent business men of town, one or
two" of whom have dropped Into The
Gazette office for the purpose of mak
ing known their sentiments in re
gard to the matter.
There is hardly a city in the Unit
ed States,, and especially in tbe
Northern and Eastern sections, that
has not' beard of Charlotte through
its slogan. "Watch CharloftfrGrow,"
adopted some years ago by the
Chamber, of Commerce of that city.
Through that phrase Charlotte is
advertised extensively In all the large
Northern cities and manufacturing
centers. Through It many capital
ist and' financiers have been inter
ested in Charlotte's rapid growth and
rise to the position of metropolis of
the South., Other cities around Gas
tonla have adopted slogans through
which they are being thoroughly ad
vertised. - ;
The business men of Spartanburg
recently operated a train through
Western North Carolina ' showing
forth the advantages and attractions
of their city . whose slogan, adopted
by them . and generally known
throughout the South, is "Spartan
burg, the City of Success."
Probably the most widely adver
tised small city In this section of the
Carplinas is Rock Hill which with
the slogan, ""Rock Hill la a Good
Town," has put Itself before the pub
lic eye.1: There ' Is hardly a bank
check, business letter, envelope or
newspaper that leaves Rock Hill
without that slogan printed thereon.
"Chester -Certainly Can" is the
watchword 7 of another good town.
"Statesvllle. the Best Town in North
Carolina," "according to Capt. Row
land, ,ia well-known from Charlotte
to Winston and Greensboro.
Now, If Gastonla is Just as good a
town -as any of the above-mentioned,
and It certainly. Is for the size, why
cannot we have a suitable slogan for
our city? In the heart of the textile
development here- in the South, with
excellent railroad facilities and with
two interurban lines soon to link our
town with all of Piedmont Carolina,
and In the midst of an excellent
agricultural section,' there is no end
to Gastonia's -development and
growth. This fact should be known
to tbe outside public and put before
them In the form of a slogan. It
would seem to us that "Gastonla la
Going Some" from the above! Other
slogans that have been suggested are
"Gastonla, the Town That- Does
Things" and 'The Heart of the
Piedmont."
We have a good town. Get out
and boost It. Tell outsiders the
same thing. Get them to locate here,
to Invest their money and see what
handsome returns they will realize.
Show, Gastonia's advantages and at
tractions. Don't be a knocker, but
iut your shoulder to the wheel and
push.
The Gazette hopes that the prop
er authorities will see to it that our
town is properly advertised, that its
advantages are put before the public
and let everybody know and see that
"Gastonla Is Going Some."
Jwish Wedding in Charlotte.
Several Gastonla Jews were In
Charlotte Tuesday evening to be
present at the marriage of Miss Ida
Silver8tein, of Charlotte, and Mr.
Morris Stadlen, of Greensboro. The
wedding was an unusually brilliant
affair and was performed according
to the orthodox rites of the Jewish
church. Rev. Charles Arlk, the well
known Jewish rabbi officiated. The
service was partly In English, partly
in Hebrew. The marriage certificate
was read In both languages and pre
sented to the bride. The glass of
wine used in the ceremony was twice
passed, among the attendants, to the
rabbi and to the groom who placed
it on the floor and then stamped on
tt breaking it to pieces. This sym
bolized that things made by man
could be broken, but not so the wed
ding ceremony instituted by God.' In
accordance with custom the' groom
and bis father both wore their hats
during the ceremony. A. night of
merry-making until 3.30 followed.
Those present from Gastonla were
Mrs. H. Schneider. Miss Capland, Mr.
Alexander Sherman and Mr. Lebovitz.
Pays Five Per Cent Dividend.
At the monthly -meeting of the di
rectors of the First National Bank
Monday a semi-annual dividend of
five per cent was' declared and It
will be paid tomorrow. The condi
tion of the .bank was found to be
most satisfactory. - This -bank paid-a
semi-annual dividend of five per
cent the first of the year. Hereto
fore the dividend was four per cent.
The officers of this Institution are to
be congratulated that the bank's bus
iness Is such as to enable it to pay
such a good per ent on the capital
stock. -. ' ! -. , ---.. "
Postal Savings Bank Open.
Saturday morning; July 1,' the Gas
tonla postofflce will be. formally
opened for the receiving of deposits.
Mr. E. B. Osborne, of the Postofflce
Department at Washington, was In
town yesterday for the purpose of
giving the local officials instructions
in the conducting of this new feature.
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t 7Mr. Claude Wilson, of Lowell,
w&s the guest Wednesday night of
Mr. Kenneth, Todd: . -: r f
Board of Directors of North Carolina
Interurban Railway to . Go Over
Itonte from Asheville to Gastonla
' Work to Begin at Once Pros
pects Are Bright.
So interested are Gastonlans In
the work and construction of the
Piedmont ft Northern Railway, oth
erwise known as tbe Interurban.
they are likely to forget that there Is
another system about ready to enter
Gastonla from another direction,
connecting it with the mountain
country. In other words the dlrec
ors of the North Carolina Interurban
Railroad, formerly known as the Is
othermal' Traction Company, are
getting right down to business.
Nearly all preliminaries have been
disposed of, most of the difficulties
have been removed, rights of way
have been secured for the most part
and actual work is about to begin.
In fact, one of the most prominent
of the directors of the road. In con
versation with The Gazette man yes
terday, says that the board of di
rectors will go over the entire pro
posed route, beginning Monday,
July 3rd,""at Asheville, and coming
direct to Gastonla. The board of di
rectors Is composed of the following
well-known business men of the
Piedmont section of the State:
Messrs. R. B. Bablngton and E. Lee
Wilson, of Gastonla; Mr. M. L. Mau
ney, of Cherryvllle: Mr. J. T. Gard
ner, of Shelby; Messrs. John C.
Mills. W. H. Harrell and George I.
McKay, of Rutherfordton; Mr. S. B.
Tanner, of Henrietta-Caroleen, and
Mr. Archibald Nichols, of Asheville.
Mr. Bablngton Joins the party at
Asheville tomorrow. Then beginning
Monday, July 3rd, the party goes by
automobile from Asheville to Bat
Cave, from there to Rutherfordton
in hacks and from that point to Gas
tonla by auto.
The prospects for a speedy be
ginning of the work are exceedingly
bright and the directors are very
much encouraged over the outlook.
Surveyed as their line is through a
large section of virgin territory with
no transportation facilities whatever,
the road is expected to handle an
immense amount of traffic, both pas
senger and freight. The mountain
travel over this road during the sum
mer promises to be one of the most
Important factors In its development.
With Gastonla as a convenient Junc
tion point, tourists in large numbers
from nearby points are expected to
take this route for the mountains
WILL BE SENSATIONAL.
Most iFar-Reachlng Anti-Trust Ac
tion Yet Taken by Government
Trust-Busters Expected in Steel
Trust Case Grand Jury's Report
To-Day Expected to be 'Sensational.
An Associated Press dispatch from
New York to yesterday afternoon's
papers says In part:
What promises to be the most sen
sational and far-reaching anti-trust
action the federal government has
ever undertaken is expected to take
place here today when tbe federal
grand Jury, which has been bearing
evidence against certain officials of
the ilnlted States Steel Corporation,
its subsidiaries and many lndepend
ent steel companies, makes it report.
It is known that the findings of
the grand Jury promise to be a great
er-revelation than any of the pub
lished rumors have indicated. Crim
inal indictments charging conspiracy
to control the prices of steel and
steel products the country over, In
volving men high up in tbe financial
world, are said to be ready. The
government's Investigations have
gone even further and are said to
have reached a prominent law firm of
this city which has for years been
commonly identified with many so
called trust contracts and pooling
agreements.
The plants of the Southern Iron ft
Steel Cb. at Gadsden. Ala., closed
yesterday for repairs and 2,000 men
will be idle until August 1st.
. W. L. Pierce, division superln
ten dent of the Richmond division of
the Southern Railway, died suddenly
at Richmond yesteday shortly after
returning home from a ball game.
New Phones.
Add the following new telephones
to your directory:
3S5-B Dr. T. C. Quickie, office.
179 Mrs. Mernlva Berryman,
residence.
360-B Mrs. S. 1. Hnffstetler, Res.
369 City Fire Station. .
Forty-Nine Years Ago. :
Rutherfordton Sun, 29th. -
' Forty-nine years ago on Tuesday
last, Mr. Z. A. Edwards Informs us,
the great battle of Gain's Mill. Vir
ginia, was fought" and Rutherford
county lost many of her best men,
having -had five companies in that
battle, three of the 24th and two of
the 16th North Carolina regiments,
State Normal Alumna. . Z. '. '.'
The Gaston County Association of
the North Carolina State Normal
College Alumnae will meet In the
Gastonla graded school auditorium
on Tuesday afternoon. July 4th,: at
4 p. m.. Each alumaa and -former
student In the - county Is urged to
be .present.' Miss Summerll who Is
traveling In the interest of the Re
iver. Loan Fund will be with us and
will, no doubt,' offer many helpful
suggestions for- our work: A'
friends of education will receive", a
most hearty. welcome at this meeting.-
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- Subscribe to The Gazette.
Rev. W. H. Hardin, Mrs. W. JV Bal
this mi Mrs. J. M Hampton Rep
resent tit. Mark Church' at An- ,
nual Meeting at Blltmore Entire- ,
Delegation Entertained at Tea at -Blltmore
House. '' ' ',
St-Mark's Episcopal church her
was represented this week at the .
Annual Convention of the District of v
Asheville held in All Souls church,
Blltmore, by the rector, Rev. W. HV
Hardin, and Mesdames W. L. Bal
thls and J. M. Hampton,' the two laU '
ter being delegates from tbe Wom
an's Auxiliary. Mr. Hardin and Mrs.
Balthls - returned home last night.
Mrs. Hampton stopped over in Spar
tanburg to spend a few days wlthber
daughter and other relatives. The
convention was in session Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday.
Mr. Hardin reports a most; ha
monious and delightful session ot
the convention. The attendance was "
larger than usual. Several ' dlstln- -gulshed
divines were present aa
special preachers for the occasion,
among the number being Rev. Dr.
Walter C. Whltaker, rector of 'St. -John's
church, Knoxville, Tenn., who
preached Tuesday night; Very Rew '
William P. Capers, dean of the Ca
thedral at Lexington, Ky., who-
preached Wednesday night, and ReT.
W. S. Claiborne, financial represent
atlve of the University of tbe South.
Sewanee, Tenn., who delivered Wed
nesday afternoon an entertaining ad
dress on Christian education.
Reports from the missionaries
showed very gratifying conditions as
relates to the work over the District y
of Asheville? -
One very delightful feature of the
program was the entertainment V of ;
the entire convention, at tea . by Mr. :
and Mrs. George W. Vanderbllt" at
Blltmore House Wednesday evening.
The Vanderbilts were charming hosts
and the affair was a thoroughly en
joyable one. Wednesday at noon
the convention was entertained at
luncheon by Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Rod
ney R. Swope at the rectory of All
Souls church, Blltmore.
The annual meeting of the Wom
an's Auxiliary was held in the Sun
day school rooms of All Souls church
Wednesday, a leading feature of the
meeting being an address by Miss
Lindley, of New York, general sec
retary, of the Junior Auxiliaries. On
the day following Miss Lindley also ,
addressed tbe Junior Auxiliary at .
the home of Mrs. Dr. C. S. Minor,
No. 61 North French Broad avenue,'
Asheville. '
HOOKWORM ON THE HIKE.
North Carolina Campaign Against
the Pest Making Great Progress
21,000 Cases Treated So Far.;
The North Carolina campaign
against hookworm disease is making
steady progress. The number of '
cases of the disease reported as treat
ed by physicians has grown during
the past twelve months form 3,250 .
to 21,000; the number of doctors -,
treating, the disease from 183 to
597; and: the number of people ml- , -croscopically
examined for it in the
State Laboratory of Hygiene from
500 to 23,312. Seven, thousand two
hundred and seventy-six of the lat
ter number were found to bave r
hookworm infection, and 2543-.
showed "others of the, eight Intestin
al parasites. Though some of these
were found quite frequently the
hookworm Infections were , found '
three times as frequently as all the
others combined. Thirty-one per.
per cent of the 23,312 examined
showed hookworm infection. Of the -number
examined, 1,000 were State
troops, 1,000 were orphans, 1,000
children In the State schools for the
blind, deaf and dumb, and the re-
formatory. Nearly 1,000 insanes '
have been examined. The other 19,
000 are largely made up of public - ,
school children taken at random.
Dr. John A. FerrelL assistant see- '
retary for hookworm disease of the
State Board of Health, asks The Ga- .
zette to state that he will provide .
free lieraure on this disease and on -sanitary
toilets to any persons who
will address a request to him at -Raleigh.
Attention is also called to
the fact ' that examination for this
disease will be made free of charge.
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ALL IN READINESS FOR PICNIC
Great Day 'Anticipated at Sunnyslde
Farmers .Union and Letter Cap.
rlers Rally Everybody Urged to
Come. - V: -?'v Z'..-Z.
The people of the Sunnyslde sec
tion have spared themselves no pains
In their efforts to pull off a big pic
nic and rally next Tuesday, July 4th.
Mr. T. S. Royster, chairman of the
picnic committee, has been untiring .
in bis efforts to procure good, speak
ers and have everything in readiness.
There will be ample space for bitch
ing purposes, plenty -of good water
and shade trees. -. . A ?
The Gaston County .Farmers Un
ion and Rural-Letter Carriers' Asso
ciation will be present i In a body.
The Farmers Union Band will dls
pense music. The boys of the sur
rounding country will line up la a
ball game against the old-timers.
Prof. E. C. Brooks, of the faculty ot
Trinity College, Durham; will deliv
er an address.- Mr. J. Z. Green, of
Farmers' Union fame, will also make -a
speech. All in all a great day Is
promised. Everybody Is urged to
come andirlng a full basket.
Governor-elect Hoke Smith, of
Georgia, says he will announce bts
candidacy for the United States Sea
ate as soon as he is Inaugurated Gov,
ernor. - ' -. '" : ' ' ' ', .
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