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THE G MHFQNM GAZETTE. PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. ' .SINGLE COPT 3 CENTS. ' GASTONIA IS A BUSY TOWN. $1.50 A' YEAR IN ADVANCE. ST V vol. xxxii. ; GASTOXIA, i N- C.TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 10 NO. 73. MASONS TO MEET. MONUMENT TO VETERANS. MOUNT HOLLY SCHOOLS OPEN. First Day's Enrollment 108 -The " Faculty Number of Young Folks Leave for College. Correspondence of The Gazette. MT. HOLLY, Sept. 11. School opened today with an enrollment or 168. Proapects are very hopeful for a successful years. The follow !ng Is the teaching force: Firs; grade M$ss Annie Ru Hedge; sec ond grade Miss Ida Rankin; third and fourth grades Miss Sarah Rut ledge; fifth and sixth grades- Miss Jean Henderson: seventh and eighth grades Mrs. L. D. Hender son; ninth and tenth grades J. B. Henson, superintendent. Next year the eleventh grade will be added. Heretofore graduates or this school have entered the fresh man class at the University of North Carolina without examination be ing conditioned ou a few units. With the addition of another grade they can enter any college of the. State without conditions. The following young people are leaving Mount Holly for college: Richard Davenport and Russell Kalo to A. and M. College; '.Misses Fay Davenport, Christine Rutledge and Velma Springs to the State Normal; Misses Dorothy Nlms, Edith Holland, Mary Hutchison and Bess Grlce to Presbyterian College; William Springs to the Medical School of Virginia; Miss Mary Rhyne to Elizabeth College t and Ex- cell Rozzelle to Trinity. CHILD BITTEN BY SNAKE. Four-Year-Old Child of Mr. and Mrs. Burt Stroup Has Close Call Boy In lured In Cotton Mill .tout Bessemer Young Folks Leave for Colleges Personal Itenui. Correspondence of The Gazette. What was feared would prove a serious if not fatal accident occur red on route one trom here a few days ago when the little four-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Burt t Stroup was bitten by a coppernead However, medical aid was obtained Immediately and the little fellow is . Improving very nicely. old lad, while cleaning machinery . at the Mascot Mill one day last week had his hand right badly torn by coming in contact with the Mr. E. L. Froneberger, a mem ber of the firm of the Bessemer City Mercantile Co., was carried to a Charlotte hospital yesterday and was immediately operated upon ror appendicitis. He rallied satisfacto rily from the operation and was do ing well last night. Mrs. Frone berger is spending the day with her husband at the hospital. Mrs. A. A. Odell, of Concord, and Mrs. Nora Dixon, of Raleigh, nave been spending some days here, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Dur ham. A number of our young people have left to enter various schools and colleges. Among them are Misses Myrtle Kiser and Annie May Stroup, the former to Davenport, tne latter to Westminster; Clinton Lln gerfelt to the University of Tennes see; Sam B. Hovls to Trinity: Em met Witherspoon to Wake Forest, and Marshall Payne to Weaverville College. District Superintendent J. F. Mat ney made bis official visit to the Methodist Episcopal churches or - this place Saturday and Sunday. He conducted quarterly conference at Smyrna Saturday and preached Sunday morning. Mr. Matney Is a strong preacher and is alwavs heard here with pleasure and profit. Mr. Joe Hix, of McAdenville, la conducting a singing school in the Protestant church this week. Mrs. Sallie Hovls and son, Mr. S. B. Hovls, of route one, were visitors here yesterday, the guests of Rev. and Mrs. J. F. Armstrong. Mr. J. W. Stroup and family, of route one, visited Mrs. J. O. Murry nere last Sunday. Mr. Jake Stroup, who has conducted a store some miles north of here, Is now prospecting in Florida where he expects to buy property and locate. Mr. J. A. Murry was a business visitor to . Salisbury, Spencer and Charlotte . A last week. After remaining Idle since the first week In May the Riverside and Toxaway cotton mills at Ashevllle will resume operations October 2d, notices to this , effect having been posted Saturday. Misses Mary Emma and Sarah Hughes Murrey, who have been the guests for several weeks of their sister; Mrs. E. D. Atkins, will Jeave tomorrow for their, home In Lewls burg, Tenn. ." , ' '- -v- . Misses Clara Arnistrongilaud Rankin and Marie Smith will leave " Thorsdayffor Raleigh, where Misses ---Armstrong and-Ranking wil? study; 'at Peace Institute wtille Miss Smith ia to, enter Meredith. College. OPENS TO-MORROW. Linwood College Begins Session of 1911.12 To-Momw With Every Available Room Taken Best Opening in History of Institution. With every room in all its build ings already taken Linwood College will open the session of 1911-12 to morrow morning with the largest at tendance in the history of the in stitution. President Lindsay yes terday assigned to roon lall the young ladies who have written that they will be on hand for the Jupen ing and found that every room is taken. One hundred and twenty five young ladies have engaged rooms and it is probable tiia: a number of others will arrive who have not as yet applied for adniis- Lalon. In this event it will put tne of providing additional accommoda tions. President Lindsay and his associates on the faculty are highly gratified at the prospects. In the long history of the college this Is considerably the largest number of boarding students with which they have yet oiened. It Is possible that, with the day pupils to be en rolled, the matriculates will num ber easily 150 the very first week of school. Miss Bell Nickels, the new lady principal, has"- arrived and is at the college Yesteday and today teach ers and' pupils have been arriving. Following is the faculty for this year: Rev. A. T. Lindsay, presi dent, Bible and psychology; Miss Belle .N'ickels, English and science; Miss Janet Alexander, mathemat ics; Miss Belle May Davis, Latin and French; Dr. W. E. Lindsay, physiology; Miss -Bertha M. Massey, art and history; Miss Annie Kirk Brown, piano; Miss voice and expression; Miss Sallie Holland, head matron. The friends of this institution, which has grown steadily since the Messrs. Lindsay have had charge or It, will be greatly pleased to Know of the splendid opening which to morrow will witness. FOR FARM LIFE SCHOOL. Farmesr Union Rally Will be Held at Dallas Thursday Addresses by State Superintendent Joyner and Others Plans for Securing School Will be. Discussed. There will be a farm life school rally at Dallas Thursday participat ed in by all the locals of the Farm ers Union in Gaston county. Farm ers and others who are not mem bers of the organization are invited to be present. State Superintendent of Education J. Y. Joyner will oo present and will deliver an address in the forenoon. It is prcDable that President D. H. Hill oI t.ie A. and M. College will be present and make an address. County superin tendent F. P. Hall will also be there. The Farmers Union is solidly in favor of the establishment of tie school in the county and the re ject of this rally is to discuss ways and means of securing it. This is a matter of great importance to the farmers of Gaston and It is hoped that as many of them as can will be on hand. PRESIDENT FAIRES' CALL Pursuant to a resolution passed at the last monthly meeting of the Gaston County Farmers' Union, held at Clemmer's Local Saturday, July 29th, Lhereby call the citizens of Gaston county to meet in Dallas Thursday, September 14th, for the purpose of hearing the Farm Life School proposition discussed anC further to Inaugurate an active campaign to secure the establish ment of said school in this county. We will have with us on that day Prof. J. Y. Joyner, Superintendent of Public Instruction and President H. Q. Alexander, president of tne North Carolina Farmers' Union: These men are able speakers and It is a certainty that they will en lighten and entertain our citizen ship. The ladies are especially invited to be present. A picnic dinner will be a feature of this occasion. It is my desire that everybody bring well-filled bas kets. While this movement was launch ed by the Farmers' Union I desire to state emphatically that every body is invited to be present. It Ms everybody's meeting. Remember the date and attend this picnic and Farm Life School rally. ' . W. WT. FAIRES, President Gaston County Farmers' Union. Tti Moroccan ilfficnltv between Germany and France is still unset tled. Sunday Germany's counter nronosition to those made by France was received by the officials of the lalte'r nation but the terms were not made sublic: It is stated n dispatches from Paris, how.ever, that Germany makes demands which neither France nor the other pow ers will agree to. Light Bearers' Lawn Party. On Thursday of this week rrom 4 to 10 p. m. the Light Bearers missionary society of Main Street Methodist church will give an n tertatnment on the church lawn to j which everybody is cordially invit ed. Refreshments of various kinds will be served, the proceeds to go to the society. Buys Main Street Property. Messrs. S. N. Boyce and R. R. Ray, the owners, have sold to Mr. G. W. Ragan through tate agent, the property known as the Rhyne or Nolen place. This" property is situated Immediately west of the Main Street Methodist parsonage on East Main avenue and is now in the mercantile district of the town. It has a frontage of 100 feet and extends in a southerly di rection to the John F. Love property purchased by Mr. Ra gan a few days ago. It was stated in The Gazette last week that Mr. Ragan had taken an op tion on this property and since that time he has purchased it. Off to School. Quite a large number of young people left this morning for the various colleges, among them the following: Misses Ferrie Rhyne and Eunice Stroup to Davenport College, Lenoir; Misses Nell Cash Ion and Hattie Stowe, of Lowell, to Claremont College, Hickory; Messrs. Claire Henderson, Lowry Wilson and Ralph Rankin to the University of North Carolina; Misses Made Nelll. Mary Stevenson, Willie Plax lco and Ruth McGill. of Clover, to the Woman's College, Due West; Messrs. Ernest Allen, Oates Stroup, Paul Stroup, F. L. Wilson and Gra dy Adams to Erskine College, Due West; Misses Beatrice and Olive Peid, of McAdenville, to Davenport College, Lenoir; Miss Nellie Mau ney. of Gastonia. and Miss Georgia Rankin, of Belmont, to Davenport" College, Lenoir. Be Good for Just This Week. The work of installing the big new switchboard in the new office building of the Piedmont Telephone & Telegraph Co. was begun yester day and It will require something like a week to cut in all the phones In the exchange. While this work is being done it will be impossible for the operators to make connec tions as quickly and as satisfactori ly as ordinarily and the public is asked to be lenient during this week. The company assures the public that, as soon as the phones are all cut in on the new common battery switchboard, the service given will be the best to be had. Do not fume and fuss at the operators this week if you do not get your party as quickly as you wish. Re member that the changes are being made and that the company's em ployes are doing their utmost to serve you. They deserve considera tion at your hands. COURT IN SESSION. Soptemlier Term Began Yesteruay With Judge Adams Presiding Large Criminal Docket Will Take Up Most of Week Civil Cases Next Week. . The September term of Gaston Superior Court convened here yes terday morning with Judge W. J. Adams presiding. This is Judge Adams' first appearance on the bench here and he is making a splendid impression. His charge to the grand jury yesterday morning shortly after the convening of court was a very practical one. Quite a number of small crim inal cases have already been dispos ed of and the docket is being clear ed as fast.as possible. .It is a heavy one, however, and will doubtless consume the entire week. There are no cases of more than ordinary interest, most of them being ror gambling, retailing, affrays, etc. The criminal docket contains altogether 171 cases. Next week the civil docket, which is also a Heavy one, will be taken up. . There. is a good court crowd nere, most of them being here on some business or other connected with court. The farmers are all quite busy picking cotton and looking. af ter other farm work and there are very few mere onlookers at this session. A complete record of the week's proceedings will appear In Friday's Gazette. . '. Annual Convention of Representa tives of Twenty-One Lodges Com posing Twenty-Third District to Be Held Here Wednesday and Thursday of Next Week Eastern Star Lodge May be Organized Interesting Urogram. Wednesday and Thursday of next week, September 20th and 21st, representatives of the twenty-one lodges composing (One twenty-third district which embraces Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties, will gather in Gastonia for their annual meeting. It is probable that the at tendance will reach the 200 mark. The lodges composing this dis trict are as follows:"' LINCOLN COUNTY. Lincoln Lodge No. 137, Lincoln ton. Rock Springs Lodge No. 341, Denver. CLEVELAND COUNTY. Cleveland Lodge No. 202, Shelby. Fair View Lodge No. 339, Kings Mountain. State Line Lodge No. 375 Grover. Camp Call Lodge No. 534. Shelby, R. F. D. Boiling Springs Lodge No. 464, Shelby, R. F. D. Iattimore Lodge No. 508, Latti more. Iawndale Lodge No. 48 6, Lawn dale. Mooresboro Lodge No. 388, Mooresboro. Ellenboro Lodge No. 531, Ellen boro. Casar Lodge No. 579, Casar. Fallston Lodge No. 356, Fallston. Sharon Lodge No. 537, Shelby, R. F. D. GASTON COUNTY. Gaston Lodge No. 2 63, Dallas. Gastonia Lodge No. 3 69, Gasto nia. Cherryville Lodge No. 505, Cher ryvllle. South Fork Lodge No. 462, Mc Adenville. Whetstone Lodge No. 515, Besse mer City. Mount Holly Lodge No. 544, Mt. Holly. Lowell Lodge No. 590, Lowell. The committee on program, com posed of Mr. W. J. Clifford, chair man, and Messrs. J. D. B. Mcrean S. N. Boyce and J. H. SeparK, nas arranged a very instructive and in teresting program for this occasion. Printed programs were mailed out Saturday. A note to It says: "It is earnestly hoped that this gathering will prove a strong in centive for the advancement of the study and practice of Masonry; and the brethren of the fraternity are Invited to attend for the pleas ure and profit of the craft." A delightful feature of the meet ing will be a smoker given by the local lodge to the delegates and visiting Masons Thursday night fol lowing exemplification of work in the third degree by Gastonia Lodge No. 369. Officers for the meeting are as follows: R. N. Hackett, Grand Master; C. E. Whitney, District Deputy Grand Master; John C. Drewry, Grand Secretary; J. H. Se park, master of ceremonies; W. Y. Warren, Secretary. The committees are as follows: Executive S. N. Boyce, chairman, W. L. Thompson, J. F. McArver; program W. J. Clifford, chairman, J. D. B. McLean, S. N. Boyce, J. H. Separk; entertainment R. B. Bab Ington, chairman, B. T. Morris, W. T. Rankin, W. M. Wilson, C. B. Armstrong; refreshment Geo. W. Smith, chairman, C. I. Loftin, G. H. Marvin, S. S. Morris, Chas Ford, W. B. Morris. Following is the program: WEDNESDAY, 7:30 P. M. Exemplification 'of work in first degree by South Fork Lodge No. 462, McAdenville. Exemplification of work in second degree by Fair View Lodge No. 339, Kings Mountain. THURSDAY, 3 P. M. Entertainment of Masons, their wives, daughters, mothers, sisters, and lady friends by Gastonia Lodge No. 369. Among other features at this ses sion the following are expected: Opening prayer by Rev. R. C. Anderson., Address of welcome by O. F. Ma son. ;Response by Clyde R. Hoey. Address, "The Relation of the' Order of the Eastern Star to the Masonic Order," by S. H. Lyle, Franklin. Address, "What Masonry is Doing and Its Needs of today," by R. N. Hackett, Grand MaBter, of Wllkes boro. Address. "The Effect of This meeting and the Advisability or An nual Meetings in the Fuftire as Re gards the Welfare of the Order," by K. B. N.ixon, of Lincolnton. Closing address by S. J. Durham, of Bessemer City. Closing prayer by Rev. W. H. Hardin, of Gastonia. Music. Refreshmeuts. THURSDAY, 8 P. M. Exemplification of work in the third degree by Gastonia Lodge No. 369. Smoker. Distria Deputy Grand Master C. E. Whitney is In receipt of a letter from Mr. L. H. Lyle, grand patron of the Order of the Eastern Star, In which he states that it Is desired that a lodge of the Order- of the Eastern Star be organized here dur ing this meeting. :A committee -has this matter in hand and If it. Is found that the required,-number of candidates are desirious of joining this, order the ceremonies of insti tuting it will take place during this meeting. MISSIONARY HERE Rev. P. F. Price Delivers Two In teresting Addresses at Presbyter ian Church Sunday Returns to China Next Mcnth Ccni ela tion Adopts Resolutions on Res ignation iA PuUr Anderson. At the first Presbyterian church Sunday morning and night two large congregations heard with de light Rev. P. F. Price, a missionary of the Southern Presbyterian Church at Tungkiang, China, who has been spending some time in tills country on leave of absence. Mr. Price has spent twenty years in missionary work in China and his description of the life of the Chinese and conditions, religiously and oth erwise, in the empire were both in teresting and instructive. In the afternoon Mr. Price delivered a ser mon at the tent meeting which is being held at the Clara Mill. Next month Mr. Price, with his wife and two younger sons, will re- Uurn to China. He has accepted the f chair of theology in the Union The ological Seminary at Nanking and will take up his work there imme diately on his return to China. His two older Bona wi( remain in this country until their education is completed. The elder, Francis Price, will be at Davidson and the younger will attend a fitting school at Fountain Inn, S. C. Sunday af ternoon Mr. Francis Price delivered a very interesting and helpful ad dress before the young people of the First Presbyterian church. At the Sunday morning service the following resolutions were adopted by the congregation of the First Presbyterian church relative to the resignation of Rev. R. c. Anderson as pastor. Whereas, our beloved pastor, Rev. R. C. Anderson, has been called to the presidency of the -Mountain Re treat Association, and it is his be lief that it is the overruling will of the Master and Saviour that his services on behalf of the King De devoted at this time in this Held of labor to which he has been sum moned, has duly Informed this congregation that he believes tnat the Divine hand is directing and guiding him in accepting thl3 call and the duties incumbent, and in accordance therewith It Is his pur pose and desire to obey the sum mons and accept the call, and Hav ing requested this congregation to unite with him in a request to the Kings Mountain Presbytery to dis solve the ties uniting him and this people as church and pastor; and Whereas, in conformity to such request this congregation has unan imously voted to unite with the pas tor in the said request to Kings Mountain Presbytery: Be it therefore resolved, by this the congregation of the First Pres byterian Church of Gastonia, North Carolina, in meeting duly assem bled: 1. That this people, recognizing the sovereignty of Almighty God in all things, and especially in those things pertaining to and affecting His Church and His people, are ready and willing at all times to yield and obey when His will is manifested. 2. That it Is with profound re gret and hearts laden with Ineffable sorrow that we are Informed of the call of our beloved pastor, Rev. R. C. Anderson, to the presidency of the Mountain Retreat Association, and the consequent severance of the peculiarly sacred and tender rela tions which have bound him and his beloved wife to this people Tor a period of more than six years of pleasant and blessed pastoral rela tions, in order that his labors may be removed to a different portion of the kingdom. 3. That after earnest prayer for Divine guidance and assistance in determining God's holy will, and our duty In preventing or further ing the dissolution of the pastoral relations existent, it is our belief that it is the will of God that sucn relations be dissolved, thus enab ling His servant fo obey His sum mons, and go to that post of sacred duty to which the Master has call ed him, and in obedience thereto we bow in humble submission to His will. 4. That In dissolving the ties or pastor and people, we are fully cog nizant of the fact of the deep and affecting personal loss that we suf fer by the removal from our midst of a sincere and warm-hearted man and friend, one, rejoicing in those things that speak for our uplift and eternal happiness, and tenderly sympathetic when shadows darken our homes and lives; that this con gregation loses a devoted pastor and discipline of the Master, and one who has at all seasons responded In the spirit of the Great Shepherd to the wants of His people. strength ening, encouraging, and enthusing to all good works. gently, but ef ficiently, employing opportunity ana the means of grace for the further ance of His cause; that the com munity loses a broad minded and public-spirited citizen, a stauncn and fearless, though humble, advo cate of the eternal principles of truth and righteousness, purity and morality. , , 5. , That we as a people, and in dividually., have felt and are deeply grateful for the , edifying and strengthening influence of his work "and life as he has gone in and out before us; his earnest, faithful and consecrated work during the exist ence ofihe. pastoral relations, now asked to be dissolved; and the con stant, unselfish, untiring and zealous service of our pastor and his belov ed wife in behalf of the Master. 6. ' That it is -the heart-felt de sire and, prayer-of this people that Daughters of Confederacy Will Hafi ' Erected Handsome Granite Shaft ' to Honor Confederate Dead' Will be Surmounted by Figure of . ' Stonewall Jackson To Cost $3,004) Plans Adopted for Rais ing Amount Entire County Will Honor Memory of Veterans. Gaston county's Confederate sol diers who gave their lives in de fense of the Southland are to have their memory honored by a mag nilicent granite shaft which will be . placed in some conspicuous point in the town of Gastonia. The contract for this monument was placed some time ago but the active wort of shaping the details looking to ru construction were postponed till thin time, as the ladies composing the- . Gastonia Chapter Daughters of tn Confederacy, which is erecting tne monument, are scattered during the; summer months and regular meet ings are suspended during the va cation period. As noted some time ago the con tract for this monument was let to the Southern Marble & Granite Co.. . of Spartanburg, S. C, one of the largest concerns of its kind in the South. The contract price is about $3,000. The monument will be a granite shaft of a total height of 37 feet, the first base being 11 feet square. The main shaft will be surmounted by a life-size figure of Stonewall Jackson. The total weight of the monument will be 100,000 pounds or fifty tons. The stone used will be North Carolina, granite quarried at Mount Airy, this. State, where Is located one or th largest quarries of fine granite la the United States. Mr. R. W. Dodgen, president and treasurer of the Southern Marble Granite Co., of Spartanburg, was Gastonia Saturday and was present. " at a meeting of the chapter when a. full discuseion of plans for raising -the remainder of the amount necea--sary to pay for the monument were discussed and other details wtth reference to the monument Itself were gone over. The chapter ana -the J. D. Moore Chapter Children of the Confederacy together have in i " their treasuries something like $600, which leaves a balance of ' $2,400 to be raised. The firm which is to build thl: ' monument has erected Confederate monuments in a number of towns in this and other States. Among those they have erected in this State are. the ones at Lumberton, Laurlnburg. , Morganton and the children's Con--, federate fountain at Lincolnton. One of their largest contracts waa that for the handsome Federal mon ument erected a year or two ago on the Kings Mountain battlefield hy the government at a cost of $30, 000. They now have the contract for a Confederate monument at . Rockingham, this State. It Is the hope of the Daughters to have the monument unveiled on Memorial Day, May 10th, 1912. At a called meeting yesterday af ternoon the chapter gave its hearty endorsement to a nlan nfftmH h The Gazette to raise the necessary j,uuu Dy popular subscription. Be ginning with this issue The Gazette will acknowledge twice each wees: ; the receipt of any contribution which may be sent it for this fundi . 1 and the money will be turned over-1 by the tianer each week tn h . 1 'treasurer of the chapter. The mon-4 ument is not to be a Gastonia affair-1 by. any means. . It is for the whole -county and every citizen of Gaston , ' should esteem it a privilege to con--; tribute at least a small amount to f wards its cost. Gaston county sent nearly 1,400 men to the Confederate army. There t' are now living in the county nearly 4 300 veterans. Other counties, many - i of them, have long ago honored the -: memory of their heroes by erecting monuments of marble, granite or i bronze and other counties are doing -so now. It is time that Gaston wan . : showing her appreciation and love - for these heroic men. The Gastonia- ' Chapter Daughters of the Confeaer ' acy have had this end in view for the past several years and have been accumulating funds along an. they could and now have a good start. When the shaft Is unveiled next May these good women will tee -the realization of a dream which has long been theirs. The Gazette Is now having a cut made of the proposed monument and expects to present it to its readers . in an early issue. Miss Annie Margaret Woods, of Lewisburg, Tenn., passed through Gastonia this morning en route to Charlotte, where she Is to teach ; this year in the music denartmtiBt '. ol Presbyterian College. the blessings of our gracious Hear enly Father may richly attend then in their future borne, life and serv ice for him, leading, upholding encouraging, strengthening and for tifying them for the duties -of that sphere of activities to which they go; that their faith in Him and powers for consecrated service may be increased and made all sufficient as in His wisdom and by His decrees opportunity for service ia presented to them. 7. That a copy of these resolu tions be presented to. the pastor and his wife, and spread upon the pda utes of the Session; that these res olutions be published in the Chares. Record and town papers. tn .Congregational Meeting adopt ed, this the 10th day of Septemser. 1911. - ' - .- ' P. FRANK PRICE, Chairman! Attest: ; v.' V M. V-x -- . J. A. HUNTER, Secretary. t - i XT r