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GASTONIA, N. C. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1011.
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McADENVILLE WINS. I CHILDS TRAGIC DEATH. J CHERltYVILLK CHAT.
' 'Get Two Out of Three Games With
Concord 8eason Closed With
Last Saturday's Games.
. Correspondence of The Gazette.
McADENVILLE. Sept. 25.- Me--Adenvllle
closed her baseball season
Saturday, September 23rd, in a dou
' ble-header with Concord, McAden
vlll taking the first, Concord' the
second. Both games were fast and
snappy throughout. spectacular
plays being made by individuals of
ach team. . Winning one of the
games gives McAdenville two out of
a series of three games played with
this team. ,
The first game resulted as fol
lows: j j g
McAdenvllle. .200 1)50 x 7,9 1
Concord 002 001 0 3 5 S
Battery: Eldridge and McAndrew,
Cannon and Goodman.
Bases om balls off Eldridge 0, off
Cannon 5. Struck out by Bid ridge
4, Cannon 5. Passed ball Goodman,
wild pitch Cannon 1.
The second game resulted as fol
lows: ,
j j p-'
Mcadenvllle. .000 000 0 0 2 3
Concord ..T.000 100 0 1 3 1
Battery: Eldridge and McAndrew.
Smith and Goodman. Bases on balls
off Eldridge 0, off Smith 0. Struck
out by Eldridge 8, 'by Smith 8.
Umpire, Mr. Ruben Jenkins, of
Mount Holly.
McADENVILLE, Sept. 22. Mrs.
A. C. Guy has returned from a vUit
ot teveral days to relatives in H'?h
Shoals. Mr. R. R. Ray left Mond,
for a trip North. While away he
will spend some time at Atlantic
City, Philadelphia and New York.
The McAden Mills seem to be get
ting all the local cotton that is bein
ottered, as the farmers trora Loweli
Aud Belmont market their cotton
here.
The contract work on the LiUr
i. '-ban is about finished with th ex
ception of leveling for the tracU. Tie
cr!W6 are already beginning to 'cave
far other places. One crew will go
to Georgia. Bennett's crew wul go
t.i Pennsylvania and McCur.y in
Kentucky.
School opened here Monday morn
ing under the principalship of J. K.
Harrelson with Miss Meta McUhee
and another teacher to be added la
ter. The attendance was much lar
ger at the opening this year than at
any time after Christmas last year.
Dallas Dots.
The Advocate, 22nd.
Miss Johnle uetter entered Fassi
fern College at Lin coin ton Tuesday.
Mr. W. S. Barfield has recently
had the interior of his hands
home painted and papered.
Mr. J. White Ware, trustee for
Mr. J. R. Lewis, bankrupt. Is taking
an Inventory of Mr. Lewis' stock or
merchandize.
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. C'raie. rf uas-
tonia, were pleasant visitors at the
home of Dr. and Mrs. S. A. Wilklns
Sunday.
Postmaster J. P. Hoffman attend
ed the postmaster's convention tn
Ashevllle Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday.
Mr. A. R. Holland Is having three
additional rooms built to his resi
dence in the southern part of town.
Mr. H. W. Clemmer is the contract
or. Mr. O. P. Rhodes is having a four
room cottage erected in the western
part of town. It 4s presumed that
It will be for rent when completed.
Friends will be sorry to learn that
Mr. Alex Rhyne will, in a few days,
move his family to Mountain. Island.
Mr. Rhyne will be employed in the
company store.
Champ dark An Example.
Mexico (Mo.) Intelligence.
The great gathering -of folk at
Louisiana, Missouri.yto pay their re
spects to Champ CJark and extend to
him in a public manner a sincere
welcome home, was significant n
more ways than one.- It typified tne
esteem and respect In which Champ
. Clark Is held after the major por
tion of his life has been spent as a
public servant. This sort of expres
sion on the part of the people was,
perhaps", never equaled In all Amerl-
. can history. The event is one that
will live always as a testimonial to
the integrity of purpose of the acts,
public and private, of Champ Clark,
who began life as a plowboy.
The most terrible catastrophe in
the history of the French navy oc
curred at Toulon, France, yesterday
' morning when the battleship Llberte
was torn apart and totally destroyed
by the explosion of her magazines.
Between 360 and 400 seamen were
killed.7 .The explosions were caused
by a smair ilre which started In the
hold of the shipJabout 5 o'clock;
which spread rapidly la spite of all
efforts to check It, and reached the
magazines before they could be
flooded. Other ships lying, neat- the
Llberte In ' the narbor were badly
damaged:' .- . -'-j '.
I 0 1
Infant Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest L. Frneberger Chokes to
Death While Frantic Mother Itnns
With It in Search of Doctor
Bessemer Briefs.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
BEfceEMER CITY, Sept. 25. One
of the most distressingly shockingTBne w"l make her home.
accidents ever known in this com
munity occurred Saturday morning
about 10:30 o'clock at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. FroneDer
ger wnen their little 13-montcs-oiu
baby, f.uth, choked to death by get
ting some foreign substance, sup
posed to have been a bean, In its
throat.
Mrs. Froneberger was on the front
porch, having lett the baby for a few
minutes playing on the back porch.
When she returned to the child she
was horrified to see tbat it was
choking. She Immediately called for
her neighbors and sought to reucn a
physician over the 'phone, but no
doctor could be found. Seeing the
situation to be desperate, she started
with the dying child in her arms 10
run across town to the Detter "Drug
Company where both Dr. R. E. uar
ron and Dr. T. S. Royster have their
offices. Mr. W. L. Ormand seized tne
little one from the frantic uiotner
and ran as rapidly as possible to tne
drug store and almost simultaneous
ly both physicians arrived but, sad
to relate, nothing could be done.
The little one's life had ended before
anybody could realize it and that too
in a tragic and most unusual man
ner. Little Ruth was an extraordinari
ly bright and interesting child and
had throughout her life enjoyed per
fect health. The father only a rew
days ago returned from a Charlotte
hospital and is convalescing from
an operation for appendicitis. He
is a member of the well-known firm
of the Bessemer City Mercantile Co.
The funeral was conducted from
the residence at 3 o'clock yesterday
afternoon and was In chrrge of Rev.
J. Frank Armstrong, the pastor of
the family, Rev. John Hall, beiag
out of the State. An immense
crowd of people filled the house and
yard and overflowed into the street.
Among the out-of-town people at
tending the funeral were Mrs. Dur
ham and daughters, Helen and May,
Mr. and Mrs. James Lewis, Mr. Rob
ert Lewis and Miss Stella Lewis and
Mrs. Ed Webb, of Dallas: Mr. Eugene
Brittain and Miss Kate Brlttaln, Mrs.
John Hall, Mrs. Henry Lineberger
and Mrs. G. F. McLaughen, of G Es
tonia, and Mrs. F. L. Carpenter, of
Kings Mountain.
Mr. W. R. Odell, of Concord, spent
the week-end here, the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. S. J. -"Durham. Mr. John
O. Durham has been suffering quite a
good deal recently from an atrscic or
appendicitis. He will probably un
dergo an operation some time dur
ing the week. Messrs J. P. Chand
ler, R. C. Kennedy, H. D. George
and Burt Ormand left early yester
r -Brfip- fa Mr Cvand)er'g rar
TMwlur ppV-.. The heavv rins
oeyond 'Lenoir naa renuereu u.e
roads difficult for a machine and
when they reached a point 14 miles
from Blowing Rock, the newly-grad
ed road which followed the brink of
a stream gave way and the occupants
of the car found themselves about to
be precipitated 20 feet Into the
stream, but the cool-headedness of
Mr. Chandler averted this and the
auto was brought to a standstill,
thourh in some way it was half over
turned and the young men were
compelled to climb over the side be
fore tbev could reach the ground.
The machine was unhurt and the
men suffered nothing worse than a
bad frlrht. tut thev decided to re
turn rather, than attempt to com
plete the Journey after the delay.
Communion services were held In
the Presbyterian church hereFridav,
Saturday and Sundav by Rev. G. A.
SDarrow. pastor of Union Presbyter
ian church.
Garage Nearinff Completion.
The garage which Mr J. B. Beal
is erecting on East Air Line avenue
for a company which has been or
ganized and chartered 'to do an au
tomobile business is moving along
nicely, the brick work having been
completed. Workmen began today
putting" on the roof. The entire
building will be completed and ready
for occupancy by November 1st. It
Is 50 by 100 feet, one story with tin
roof supported by trusses, thus leav
ing the entire floor space available
for use, there being no column sup
ports, and-will contain all the mod
ern improvements nsualiyqund in
such an establishment. WhenT com
pleted and fitted up ready for busi
ness it will be entirely up-to-date
and in a class with the very best
garages In the South. , . .
' The building committee of the
Yorkville A. R. P. church has in
structed the architect to . have the
plans ready by January I, 1912.
Messrs. J. M. Stroup and W. D. Grist
hive been appointed a sub-committee
to dispose of .the old building the
present church 'building and the res
idence now occupied by Mrs. E." A.
Crawford. '.
Graded Schools Open With Large At
tendance A Champoin a Cotton
Picker A Cutting Affray Per
sonals and Short News Items.
The Eagle, 21st.
Miss Emma McGlnnas will leave
tomorrow for Danville, Va., where
Rev. J. C. Deits left Tuesday to
attend the annual meeting of the
Tennessee Synod at Shenandoah,
Va., which convened yesterday.
Postmaster D. S. Thornburg is
attending the postmasters conven
tion at Ashevllle this week. Miss
Annie Summer has charge of the
postofflce during his absence.
The little 14-months-old child or
Mr. Beverly Black died of cholera
Infantum last Saturday morning at o
o'clock. The little body was Inter
er in the Lutheran cemetery Sunday
afternoon. Rev. H. A.-Forester con
ducted the funeral services.
Messrs. E. C. McDowell, N. B.
Kendiick, M. L. Craft and T. B.
Leonhardt attended the district
meeting of the Masons at Gastonla
last night. Messrs. T. B. Leonnardt,
N. B. Kendrlck and Dr. M. E Hoff
man will also attend the meeting to
night. Galther Harris and Walter SIsX,
two young boys each about fifteen
years cf age, engaged In a fight
Tuesday evening Immediately after
the mill quit work for the day., Jn
which Harris was cut on the shoul
der at two places. While the wounds
are not serious the boy will be out of
the mill several days.
Mr. Daniel Houser of the North
Brook section Is a champion cotton
picker. Although he Is 73 years of
age and considerably crippled up he
picks at the rate of 200 pounds of
cotton per day. Mr. Houser is very
small of stature but every Incli of
him is full of pluck and energy.
The Cherryville schools opened
last Monday with an enrollment of
241 students. This is the largest
enrollment at the opening in the
history of the school. Prof. H. S. I
Moseby, of Indiana. Is at the helm
with an able body of assistants
There will be eleven grades this
year. Misses Cuthberton, of Wax-
haw, Pearl Harrelson, of Cherryville,
will have charge of the first grade,
Miss Maggie Hall, of Belmont, sec
ond grade, Miss Whitener, Stanley
third grade. Mr. W. J. Allran, of
Cherryville, fourth and fifth grades,
Miss Circe Coble, 6th grade, Mr. H.
R. English, of Shelby, seventh
grade and Prof. Moseby eighth,
ninth, tenth and eleventh grades, as
sisted by Misses Whitener, Coble
and Mr. English. Miss Vlda Mauney
has charge of the music department,
Th Cherryville schools are now as
well equipped as any school in the
county.
IN SOCIETY.
MRS. MICHAFL
TO ENTERTAIN.
The following invitations have
ueeu Usued for tomorrow afternoon
Mrs. William Foil Michael
at home ,
Wednesday afternoon, September
twenty-seventh
three-thirty to four-thirty
111 East Third Avenue
Mrs. Gray H. Spencer
Mrs. Walter S. Dilling
S. & O. Club
Mrs. Gray H. Spencer, who is to
be one of the honorees on this oc
casion, is to leave next Monday for
Memphis, Tenn., where Mr. and Mrs.
Spencer will make their home in the
future.
JONES-LATIMED WEDDING
TO-MORROW AT MONTREAT.
An even? of unusual Interest to a
large number of Gastonians will be
the marriage of Mr. Arthur Cum
mings Jones, of Gastonla, and Miss
Annie Josephiie Latimer at the home
of the bride's mother, Mrs. James
Fair Latimer, at Montreal. The
wedding will be a home affair but
will be witnessed by quite a number
of the relatives and intimate friends
of the couple. Among those attend
ing the wedding from Gastonla are
Rev. and Mrs. R. C. Anderson. Mr.
Lawrence G. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. D.
M. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Fred U
Smyre, Mrs. E. C. Wilson and Mrs.
G. A. Sparrow. The ceremony will
be performed by Rev. Mr. Anderson,
assisted by Rev. Mr. Slier, resident
minister at Montreat and Rev. Wil
liam Cuttino Smith, of ReidvIIle, S.
C. Mr. and Mrs. Jones will leave
Wednesday night for a Northern
trip, vising Richmond, Washington,
Baltimore and a number of other
points of Interest. En route back to
Gastonla, where they will reside,
they will visit the groom's parents,
Maj. and Mrs. D. A. Jones, at Abing
dsri, Va. . - ;, ,
Mrs. Ruth .Gallimore, died last
week at her home In Davidson coun
ty; aged 101 years.,. '
' Rocky "Mount Is to have a morn
lig daily : papery The- Telegram. ,: It
will be a six-column eight page pa
per and will make Its appearance
within the next thirty days.
Dr. L. N. Patrick Delivers Lecture to
Members of City School Faculty
on Inseases of the Nose and
Throat First of a Series of Lec
tures on Health and Sanitation to
be lellvered Htftore Teachers by
Local Itiysiclans.
At. the Central graded school this
afternoon at 2 o'clock Dr. L. N. Pat
riot deliveitfd a lecture before tne
members of the city school faculty
on the subject, "Diseases of the
Nose and Throat." This Is the first
of a series of lectures to be- given
during the current school year by lo
cal physicians on the general sub
ject of health and sanitation. in the
public schools. This course was de
cided upon recently and promises to
be productive of great good In the
schools. The purpose is for the
physicians to instruct the pupils on
the common diseases and how to
prevent them. There has long "been
a need of the diffusion among the
public school students of just such
information and it cannot be doubt
ed that great good will be accom
plished In this way. Gastonla is, in
this matter, taking a lead among the
progressive towns of the State.
Dr. Patrick Is eminently fitted to
lecture on the subject which was as
signed him. He has recently spent
several months at the University of
Maryland, Baltimore, making a
special study of diseases or the eye,
ear, nose and throat.
Following is the text of Dr. Pat
rick's lecture, which The Gazette
publishes with the hope that all par
ents having children in the city
schools will read and ponder over:
.Biology is the science that treatB
of living things and it is divided in
to two main branches which are call
ed respectively morphology and
physiology. Morphology is the part
of science that deals with the form
or structure of living things and
with the .problems of their origin
and distribution. Physiology, ou
the other hand, treats of their func
tions, that Is the manner in which
their individual parts carry out the
process of life.
So a living thing is a manifesta
tion of life and the signs of a living
thing may be summed up as follows,
viz:
(1) Irritability; that Is the prop
erty of responding by some change
under the influence of an external
agent or stimuli.
(2) Power of assimilation or the
converting of nutrient material Into
protoplasm.
(3) Power of growth. This is a
natural consequence of the power of
assimilation.
(4) Power of reproduction. This
Is a variety of growth. .
(5) Power to excrete; to throw
off the products of activity.
It should, however, be recognized
that certain of the five characteris
tics may be absent or latent and yet
the object be living. Living mater
lal is in a continual state of unsta
ble chemical equilibrium, building
itself up on the one hand and break
ing down on the other; the term
used for the sum total of these In-
tra-molecular arrangements is met
abolism and spoken of as cell activ
ity.
The most essential elements to
carry on this activity are oxygen and
nitrogen, the constituents of the at
mospheric air, oxygen 20.96 per
cent vol., nitrogen 79 per cent vol,
with carbonic acid and watery va
pour a trace and for the human
economy to utilize this air necessar
ily it must be Inhaled and following
this act is exhaled and the sum to
tal is spoken of as respiration. This
is of two varieties, internal and ex
ternal; internal, the exchange of
oxygen from blood into the tissues
and exchange of carbon dioxide (a
product of cell activity I from the
tissue into the blood. External res
piration is the exchange taking
place in the lungs during the breath
ing of oxygen passing into me
blood from inhaled sir and 'he pass
ing of C02 from the blood lnro tne
expired air.
Composition of
Inspired
air.
Expired
air.
16.03
79.
4.04
Oxygen
Nitrogen
Carbonic acid
20.9-8 vol
79.
04
Watery vapours, variable.
Temperature that of the body 37
deg. C.
You can readily see from the above
formulae the change that takes pltce.
Nitrogen remains unchanged and
acts merely as a diluent, and inter
change cf oxygen and CO in lungs
and tissue. "
CAUSE AND SYMPTOMS OF DIS
EASES OF NOSE AND THROAT.
A brief anatomy of the nose
Is an arch-shaped frame work,
bony above and cartilaginous below,
covered by integriment externally
and lined with mucous membrane.
It is separated Into two portions,
practically two nasal cavaties, by a
thin portion of bone and cartilage1,
covered with mucous membrane,
called the nasal septum.
On the lateral walls of the ndse
Internally are three important
turbinates, the Inferior Toeing m
turginales, the Inferior being a
separate and distinct bone but the
middle and superior are portions of
a larger bone of the face. . The na
sal, cavity is lined with mucous
membrane, in most Individuals very
sen sat I ve to heat, cold and external
stimuli and often times results in
severe cold. '
The nasal cavities are the 'com
mencement of the upper respiratory
tract. . This cavity ends at the pos
terior wall of the pharynx and from
here the sir is passed throsgh the
larynx tracheae . and bronchf
(Continued on page- 8 "J"
THE MONUMENT FUND
Several More Contributions to This
Worthy Cause Business Men
Give Movement Their Hearty En
dorsement Big List of Contribu
tions Wanted This Week.
Since Friday's Issue of The Ga
zette several contributions have been
made to the Confederate monument
fund anf a number of citizens have
written us endorsing the movement
now on to raise $d,u00 for this no
ble and worthy cause. In the en
dorsements printed below that of
Prof. W. P. Grler, principal of the
Central graded school, is of especial
interest because be gives some very
strong reasons why Gaston county
people should build this monument.
The Gazette wishes to impress up
on Its readers once more that this is
not a Gastonla movement but one In
which every section of the county is
interested. ' We want contributions
from every town, village and country
community. It is to honor the mem
ory of Gaston's veterans not Gas
tonla's veterans. We hope our read
ers over the county will begin to
send in their contributions as the
time Is growing short. The fund
now stands as follows:
THE MONUMENT FUND.
Gastonla Chapter U. D. C. . . . $300.00
The Gazette 50.00
T. Henry Wilson 1.00
Master O. W. Davis 1.00
J. D. Moore Chapter. Children
of the Confederacy 300.00
Miss Ellen Blair Harvie, Dan
ville, Va 2.00
R. B. Babington 5.00
J. Lee Robinson 5.00
J. Y. Miller 1.00
Swan-Slater Co 5.00
John W. Walters 5.00
F. P. Hall 5.00
R. W. Edwards 1.00
W. P. Grler 1.00
Total $882.00
ENDORSEMENTS.
W. P. UKlKK, principal Central
Graded Scnooi: 'roiu tne depms ol
my heart 1 wisu ine Uazeue uu
boundea succebg in her campaign lor
raising $3,uuu to erect a lnouuiueui
iu honoring Gaston county's Conied
eraie veteians. My endorsement or
tne movement is uased upon three
reasons:
f irst, Gaston county, as well as
every county in North Carolina,
needs to honor ber Coniederate vet
erans as much as possible.
becond, Those who wore the Gray
deserve and need this recognition on
tne part oi Gaston county.
Tnird, North Carolina s record la
behalf of the "Lost Cause" equals
any and surpasses all.
Listen to these figures ("figures
don't lie") taken from Hill's North
Carolina History: In the seven-days
battle around Kichmond the losses
were 3,279 killed, 15,851 wounded;
total 19,130. North Carolina la
ments the death of 650, wounded
3,279. In other words, every third
man killed and every fourtn man
wounded were North Carolinians. In
the battle of Fredericksburg the Con
federate loss was 5,322; Nortn Car
olina's loss was 1,467 which was al
most one-third of the entire loss. In
the battle of Chancellorsville 1,581
were killed, 8,700 wounded. Of
those killed 550 were North Carolin
ians; of those wounded 2,394.
Stated differently, more than one-
third of those killed and more tnan
one-fourth of those wounded were
North Carolinians, in the greatest
battle of the war, the battle of Get
tysburg, 15,307 were killed and
wounded; of this number North Car
onna lost 4,u3i wnicn was more
than one-fourth. The writer of this
article concludes by saying, were
the record of Gaston county known,
it would make many, many, Gaston
countians "go down in their jeans"
and help to honor those who so
much need and deserve great recog
nition, I repeat, I wish The Gazette
unlimited success in her noble work.
REV. R. C. ANDERSON, President
Mountain Retreat Association: I
think it is well that the good peo
ple of Gaston county should erect a
monument' in memory of the Heroes
of the Confederacy and The Gazette's
plan to raise the fund is mosKcom
mendable. S. A. ROBINSON, Secy. Gastonla
Commercial Club, Gastonla. N. C: I
heartily endorse any effort made to
commemorate the heroic deeds of
the Confederate veterans, and be
lieve you will meet with a ready re
sponse from the citizens of Gaston
county. It is my hope that the Gas
tonla Commercial Club can assist you
in this worthy cause.
ARTHUR C. JONES, Attorney-at-Law:
Neither time nor adverse
sentiment can efface the honored
memory ot the men and boys who
braved the storm of '61 to '65. or
distort the sacred principles for
which they contended. But it is
most fitting for this and succeeding
generations to give expression to
their lasting gratitude and admira
tion for their patriotic and heroic
deeds, and perpetuate-their name
and fame, by the erection of noble
structures, a, therefore, most heart
ily endorse" the generous and noble
movement to erect ' a Confederate
monument to the sons of Gaston
county.
R. W.. EDWARDS. Merchant: I
am heartily in favor of erecting a'
monument to the Confederate vet
erans of Gaston cousty. The move
ment has my unqualified endorse
ment.
ENDORSED BY THE LADIES.
To the Editor of The Gazette:'
The Gastonla' Chapter of the Unit
ed Daughters of the- Confederacy
Very, gratefully accept your kind of-7
fer In regard' to raising funds for
LECTURE TO TEACHERS
-; "i
Delivered Strong Address at Gout ,
House Saturday In Interest of.
Farm Life School MovementPe
titions Now Being Circulated
At 10 o'clock Saturday a mass
meeting of the citizens of the county
was held, at which State Superin
tendent J. Y. Joyner delivered an
address on the Farm Life SchooL.
The meeting was presided over by
Mr. W. W. Faires, president-of th
county farmers' union, and while the?
audience was not large, those pres
ent listened with close and careful
attention to Mr. Joyner's clear and
lucid explanation of the needs and
the aim of the farm life school.
In argning as to the need of such,
a school in our county the speaker
made the significant statement that
statistics show that 82 per cent of
the population or the State 'are en
gaged in agriculture, and yet the on
ly vocational draining heretofore of
fered the people of the State baa
been such as would prepare for the
learned professions only. The larg
er proportion of the citizens of tbe
State have heretofore been entirety
wltout any facilities for better pre
paring themselves for their life work
of tilling the soil and making from
It a living.
As to the cost of such a school,
the law was thoroughly explained.
Upon an election resulting in favor
of the county farm life school, tne
board of county commissioners is
authorized to float a bond issue to
any amount not exceeding $25,009
for the purpose of providing the nec
essary land, buildings and equip
ment, and an extra tax levy of ap
proximately two and one-half cent
upon the one hundred dollars of rest
and personal property will raise tne
amount necessary to the annual
maintenance of the school, together
with a sinking fund to pay off the
bonds at maturity. The county Is
expected to pay $2,R00 per year out
of this tax, while the State appropri
ates the same amount, giving $5,000
a year for expenses of faculty, etc.
If a high school department is con
ducted In connection with the farm
life echeol, there is also available
the sum of $1,500 from the State
high school funds, which will raise
the Income of the school to $6,500
per year.
At the conclusion of Mr. Joyners
address the work of securing addi
tional committeemen was taken np.
and the work of circulating petitions
to the county board will be pushed
rapidly during the next few weeks.
These petitions are simply a request
to the county commissioners to call
an election upon the subject as re
quired by the act of the General As
sembly, and a majority of the regis
tered voters of the county is re
quired before the school can be established.
THOMSON'S MILLINERY OPENING
Hundreds of Ladies Flock to See tit
Stylish New Things in Headwesjr
for the Fall and WinterMiss
Clara Bnrnham, of Baltimore, tm
Charge of Millinery Department.
Last Thursday, Friday and Satur
day were opening days in the mil
linery department at the Thomson
Mercantile Company's big stores and
during the three days hundreds ot
ladles from Gastonla, the county and
from adjoining counties were in at
tendance to inspect the pretty new
fashions In fall and winter hats. And
they were all highly pleased wiU ,
the display; in fact the opinion was
general that this Is the biggest and
best display this firm has ever made.
The department is this season under
the supervision of Miss Clara Buns
ham, of Baltimore, as bead trimmer
and she Is assisted by a corps ot
competent young ladies. f
The window display at this store
was exceptionally attractive. A
number of the nobbiest hats of tho
season were on display here and tho
window had been most tastily dee- '
orated and arranged.
Among the pettiest and most
stylish hats shown the following;
were noted:
Brown Gage hat with white satin,
and little roses for trimming.
reen polk hat white wings, green,
velvet and buttons.
One of the prettiest was an Im
ported high cone shape or black vel
vet, trimmed with white satin sad
white buttons.
Big velvet bat with large white
and black plumes.
Black hat with gold facing, wing
and buttons.
Black hat trimmed with whit
American beauty silk ribbon. .t
The leading colors this season arsj
King's blue, purple and brown these)
three shades greatly predominating.
The hats both for women and chil
dren are as a rule smaller than last
season. Fancy trimmings, of che- ....
nille flowers, mariabeau and ostrich
plumes are much used. The crowns
are mostly high, eons shaped.
Mrs. W. F. Pearson fs among
today's visitors to Charlotte.
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the Confederate monument. For
this inestimable service she . wishes
to thank you most sincerely. - -
Very Respectfully,
STATIA WIDEMAN THOMSOJf. ' .
Cor. Secy. Gastonla Chapter, U. IX C
Sept. 16, 1911.
E. GRANT PASOUlC Postmaster! '
In reply to your letter ot recent dato.
I desire to say that I "certainly think ,
Gaston county should honor her
Confederate veterans with a moan-
meet, and that I am heartily In favor
of The Gatette's campaign to, rsis
the necessary funds for same.
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