GASTON I A "..'--'.. - . . UAZ r "xa m .. wmmw -aunuuHHUj PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK TUESDAYS ASti FRIDAYS. SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS. GASTONIA IS A BUSY TOWN. USO A TEAR IN ADVAXC33. .) VOL. XXXII. GASTONIA, N, C. ; TUESDAY, OCTOBER- 31, 1911. NO. 87. FLORAL FAIR A SUCCESS JUST FOUR MORE DAYS LtlUILrl " -J1 i 1 11 uvii ' A ill lufc-l--MidU LIcAdenville Matters McADENVILLE, Oct. 80. Mr. , -Cheney and family moved from nere , : to Gastonia last Wednesday where he 'has accepted a position with the ' ; -Gaston Iron Works. ' He wu fore ' ' man of , the blacksmith -shop and . wood working department for the . McAden Mills. He is succeeded in this department by Mr. H. B. Reld, - and Mr. James Phillips succeeds Mr. Reld in the weave room as loom fix er. Mr. Robert Fisher and family moved to Stony Point last week. Miss Fontain Jenkins, of Charlotte, spent Friday at the home of Rev. and Mrs. J. F. Harrelson. Mrs. M. ' S, Bowen, who formerly lived here, moved back last week from Hun- tersvllle. Mr. Henry Hope is very sick with an attack of grippe and stomach' trouble. Mr. W. P. Cavm . ' is having a building erected in the eastern part of town which he will " rent when completed for a meat market. Mr. Will Wagstaff, our assistant ' police, hapnened with a very unfort unate accident last week which came very near resulting irrhls death. He was working" in a well and by some means a plank fell into the well striking him on the top of the head cutting a gash that required several stitches to sew up. The sudden blow rendered blm unconscious for some days, but reports from his bedside Sunday stated that be was resting fairly well. .Mrs. David McGhee and daughter, . Miss Meta, were Charlotte shoppers . Saturday. Mr. J. B. Reld spent Sun day at Lenoir whith his two dangh ' ters, Misses Beatrice and Olive, who are in school at Davenport College. Miss Elsie Reld, .of Lowell, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Reld. Messrs. 'Boyden Earney and John Bethune, of Charlotte, were visitors here Sunday. Mies Eliza beth. Phillips, of Spartanburg, who is a nurse in Dr. Steadley's hospital. ' was a visitor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. I. F. Mabry Friday. Keeping the Dollars at Home. Ten years ago a farmer put his Initials on a dollar bill. The next day he went to the nearest town and spent it with a merchant. Before the' year was out he got the dollar . bill back. Four time,s in six years the dollar came back to him for pro duce, and three times he heard of it in the pockets of his neighbors. The last time he got it back was four years ago. ' He sent it to a Retail Mail Order House. ' He has never seen that dollar since, nor never will. That dollar will never pay any more School or Road Tax for him, will not build or brighten any of the homes of the community. He sent it entirely out of the circle of use - fulness to himself and his neighbors. At a public sale at the Selwyn farm in Mecklenburg county Satur day 41 Berkshire hogs were sold for an average of $41 each. The highest price paid for a single hog was 1100. Mr. W." R. Turner, . of Dallas, was a visitor in Gastonia yesterday. lift EealjpargaM!; FOUR PAPERS FOR ABOUT THE PRICE OF ONE OUR GREAT FALL NEWSPAPER OFFER IS NOW ON. IT INCLUDES THe Gastonia Gazette Gaston County's Leading Newspaper , Georgian's Weekly News Briefs The dean newspaper for tie fanner and faipily,. with I, 4 condensed news for the week -u ; Sfare Momente Magazine ) The Great Family Story Magazine Tta Gentlewoman . A monthly magazine devoted to all that is dear to women ; These four treat newspapers and magazines will be supplied for a short time only. All . at the Jow price of $1.75. Send in your order today!' y This offer open to old as LORAY LOCALS. Correspondence of The Gazette. ' WEST GASTONIA, Oct. 30. Mr. Robert Bradley, one among the best and most popular barbers in Gaato nla, has recently purchased the tools and equipment of the Loray barber shop from Mr. R. ;. E. Caveny ana will have charge of same in the fu ture ' We are glad to have him with us and trust that he will meet with success in his work. - Mr. Caveny and family will move to Kings Mountain some time in the near future where he expects to open a barber shop. Dr. S. B. THrrentine, presMlng el der of the Shelby district, will preach at : Franklin -Avenue Methodist church 'Thursday evening, November 2, at 7:30. The fifth quarterly con ference for this church and West End charge will be held immediately after the service. - Mesors. Denton and Moore, or At lanta, Ga.. representing the Amerjj can Auditing Co., are at the Loray Mills auditing the books for the pam year. Rev. I. W. Newton, of Blacksburg. S. C, delivered -two very forceful and impressive sermons at the Loray Baptist church on the 22nd instant. Mrs. Furman West, of Tacapau, 8. C, and Miss Bessie Miller, a student at Linwood College, spent last Tues day with Mr. and Mrs. W. V. West. Mr. Elcannah Fisher, who lives near the Arlington Mill, suffered a stroke of paralysis while visiting his daugh ter on Oakland street, and is in a very serious condition. Mr. W. P. Carver returned home from Waynes ville last week where he spent sev eral days with friends and relatives. Miss Maud Jenkins will leave to morrow for Charlotte where she will enter St. Peter's Hospital as a stu dent nurse. Misses Ella Major and Ada Gabriel, who are attending school at Llnwbod College, spent Sunday in West Gastonia as the guests of Miss JLucy Oakley. Miss Nettie Bradley .entertained quite a number of her friends at a fruit sup per given at her home on West Franklin avenue Saturday evening, October 28th. Governors to Confer on Immigration. Baltimore, Oct. 27. Governor Crothers today sent invitations to the Governors of the sixteen South ern States to meet in this city De cember 8 for a conference on the best way to increase immigration to the South and encourage closer relations between the South and Baltimore. This will be during "Maryland week,' when there will be an exhibition or the agricultural products of the State. In Cabarrus county Superior Court Saturday Judge Adams sen tenced Robert Goodman, the young boy convicted of manslaughter for killing Sidney Barrier, to three years and six months on the county roads. Mr. John Wylie Usher,, a well known citizen and Confederate vet eran of Charlotte, died there Satur day, aged 73. He was a native of Lancaster, S. C. well as new snhscrihers M n "XCLUDES EXPERIMENTS. ville Wright Ship His Glider Away and Leaves Kill Devil Hill tor Dayton, Ohio. Kill Devil Hill, Oct. 27. Orville Wright today concluded his experi ments with the glider by which he obviously hoped to solve the prob lem of automatically maintaining the balance of a heavler-than-alr ma chine in flight. He will leave tomor row . for Dayton, O., and the glider will be taken along. Further exper iments will be made near the Ohio city. Alexander Ogllvle, the English aviator who has been assisting Mr. Wright, alBo will leave at the same time for New York, whence he will sail for London. Neither Wright nor Ogllvle would comment on the success of the tests. The former, however, apparently is completely satisfied with the results. A dispatch from Rome Sunday states that the Pope will create sev enteen cardinals at the conslsiory to be held November 27th. Saturday, as he was bringing his two daughters to Greensboro to go to their dally work, Ed Hodgln was arretted by Guilford county officers for the murder of John Lovett, whose body was found in a terribly man gled condition by a section master of the Southern Railway on the morn ins; of October 18th, not far from High Point. Sensational develop ments are expected when Hodgln Is tried. Suspicion has rested upsm him ever srnce Lovett s body was found. THE JUBILEE MEETING. The Jubilee meeting, anno.unce mept of which has already been made and in which all the ladles of the town are interested, will be held in the First Presbyterian church on Wednesday afternoon and night, No vember 8th. Prayer meetings will be held on Friday and Saturday af ternoons of this week and on Tues day afternoon of next week at 3:30 o'clock in the Sunday school room of the First Presbyterian church. All the ladies are urged to attend these prayer services. We cannot hope for this Jubilee to be a success unless evey one enters heartily into the work. Mrs. J. P. Campbell, a returned missionary from Korea, will speak to the young people Sun day afternoon at Main Street Metho dist church. All the missionary so cieties and the public generally are invited to hear her Sunday night at the same church. These Jubilee meetings celebrat ing fifty years of woman's organized work for foreign missions have been held all over the United States' and have been attended by large crowds and great enthusiasm.. Let the wo men of Gastonia embrace this oppor tunity to make this the greatest meeting ever held in our midst. . MRS. R. C. WARREN, Chairman Publicity Committee. Dr. Burwell Preaches. The congregation of the First Presbyterian church heard two ex cellent sermons Sunday morning and evening by Rev. Dr. H. W. Burwell. pastor of the First Presbyterian church at Paducah, Ky., to wnom they recently extended a call. Mr. Burwell arrived in the city Friday and intended to remain here until today but was called home Monday morning to conduct the funeral of a member of bis congregation. Sun day morning he preached : a very thoughtful and Inspiring sermon from a part of the ISth verse of tne fifth chapter of Acts, "That at tne least the shadow of Peter passing ty might overshadow some of them. Again Sunday night he delivered a splendid discourse to a large congre gation. All who heard Dr. Burwell were delighted with his presetting and the congregation of this church are exceedingly desirious that he ac cept the call given him. They are very hopeful of a favorable answer from him which, however, is not ex pected lor several days yet. During hia short atav here Dr. Burwell was very favorably impressed with Gas tonia. A. R. P. Synod. T The annual meeting of the Asso ciate Reformed Presbyterian church will beheld this year at Troy, Tenh., beginning Thursday, November 9th. The Synod is composed- of twelve presbyteries, one of which is in Mex ico. Tne sessions will continue for five or six days. Prof. J, P. Reid is the delegate from the . Gastonia church. ' 9 1 s Of M Col. William W. Glass, a Confed erate veteran an dv descendant of Gen. James Wood, the founder, of Winchester, Va., died at Winches ter Saturday, aged 77. CARD OF THANKS. We take this means of extending to all th6se who were so kind and tender In their ministrations during the illness and , at the death or our beloved wife and mother our heart felt . thanks. . May - God'a richest blessings be ever upon them. ' J. MAT SH1TH AND FAMILY. Gastonia, K.C., Oct 81, 1S11. Flowers and Fancy Work Were Beau tiful, Attendance Large . and Ev erything Went Off Splendidly Three Hundred Dollars .or More Cleared List of the Prize ' Win ners. ' The floral fair of 1911 was a de cided success from every viewpoint. The flowers, fancy work, dolls and candy were up to the high standard set last year and the meals served were as good as any one could wish for at all. omuruay nigni tne crowa was large. The fancy work and flowers remaining unsold were auctioned off and brought good prices. Something over $400 was taken in and the amount cleared by the ladies will reach $300 or a little over. The at tendance of out-of-town ladles was especially gratifying. There were many from nearby towns and all ex pressed themselves as being highly pleased with the show. "Below will be found the list of prize winners and a card of thanks from the floral fair committee of the Woman's Betterment Association which had the show In charge: PRIZE WINNERS. First best collection, cut glass bowl from Torrence-Morrls Co's., Mrs. W. J. Clifford. Fecond best collection, cut glaBS bowl from Thomson Mercantile Co., Mrs. T. W. Wilson. Third best collection, hand-painted picture from Mrs. G. A. Sparrow, Mrs. George W. Wilson. Three best white blooms, cut glass bowl from H. M. VanSleen, ' Mrs. J. M. Sloan. Three best cream blooms, brass jardiniere from Gastonia Book Store, Mrs. D. E. McConnell. Beat D. Appleton, $2.50 gold piece from First National Bank, Mrs. J. M. Sloan. Three best yellow blooms other than D. Appleton's. hand-painted picture from Miss Hazel Robinson, Mrs. W. J. Clifford. Three best bronze blooms, hand painted picture from MIsb Itara Wil son. Mrs. T. W. Wilson. Three best red blooms, $2.50 gold piece from Gaston Loan & Trust Co., Mrs. W. J. Clifford. Three best variegated blooms, hand-painted salad bowl from Harry Baber Co., Mrs. W. J. Clifford. Three best lavender blooms,. $2.50 gold piece from Citizens National Bank, Mrs. D. E. McConnell. - Three best pink blooms, hand painted picture from Miss Blanche Gray, Mrs. J. M. Sloan. Best single bloom of any variety, rocking chair from Rankin-Armstrong Furniture Co., Mrs. J. M. Sloan. Best single bloom of odd variety, rug from J. M. Belk Co., Mrs. W. J. Clifford. Best vase dahlias, hand-painted picture from Miss Estelle Rankin, Mrs. W. J. Clifford. Best vase roses, hand-painted su gar and cream set from Elite Gro cery, Mrs. W. J. Clifford. Best ostrich plume fern, rug from J. M. Best Furniture Co., Mrs. Jo seph H. Adams. Best maiden hair fern, cut glass vinegar cruet from McLean broth ers, Mrs. P. W. Garland. Best baby breath fern, Hudnut vi olet water from Adams Drug Co., Mrs. O. F. Mason. Best Spengerl fern, box station ery from Abernethy-Shields Drug Co., Mrs. P. W. Garland. Best plumosa fern, pair of Keen Kutters from Gastonia Hardware Co.. Mrs. T. W. Wilson. Best baby apparel; electric broiler and toaster from Mr. Harry Rutter, Mrs. Tom Suggs. Best white embroidery, cut glass nappy from Kennedy's drug store, Mrs. W. E. Jenkins. Best miscellaneous article, pair or bed room slippers from Robinson Shoe Co., Miss Myrtle Nolen. A CARD FROM-THE COMMITTEE. The Gazette is requested to pub lish the following: In behalf of the Betterment As sociation we, the Floral Fair Com mittee, finding ourselves under so many obligations, take this method of expressing our most sincere ap preciation to the many people who In various ways contributed so lib erally to the fair. To each one who has in any way stretched forth a helping hand we are indeed grateful. Not only did the members of the Betterment work but the ladles of the town generally came to us with contributions from their store-rooms and with faithful and willing hands. The young ladies who so cheerfully presided over our tables have placed us under lasting obligations to them and we appreciate their services more than we can express. Three of the young ladles in our town and one from Charlotte and one lady from Union favored us with hand-painted pictures to offer as prizes. Their names have been pub lished in the list of prizes but we wish to thank them again and again. The business men of the town have responded - nobly to the many calls made upon them thereby making the fair . possible. We are very grateful to those who contributed the beautiful and . useful prises whose names will be found in the published- list of prizes. We are in deed grateful to Messrs. Craig - a Wilson who so generously vacated a part of their building and gave It to us free of charge. - We wish to thank the Kirby Music Company: for the use of their piano and the peo ple who by private subscription ena bled ns to have Miss Atkins' splen did orchestra which added so much to the pleasure of the people and to the access of the fair. . ; . Long Brothers kindly gave us the Orphans Home Night. Gastonia Lodge No. 53 Knights or Pythias is preparing to observe or phan's home night next Monday night, November 6th, with a special program which will include brier ad dresses by Messrs. S. J. Durham, O. W. Wilson and A. G. Mangum, fol lowed by a smoker. Light refresh ments will be served and it is the plan that all the Pythians enjoy a general good social time. There will be work in the first degree. Ev ery member of the lodge is urged to be present at this meeting. Garage Open for Businewa. The Gastonia Garage Company nas opened for business in the new build ing erected especially for It by Mr. J. B. eal on East Air Line avenue. The officers of the company are Mr. John C. Rankin, of Lowell, presi dent; Mr. Grady Rankin, secretary and treasurer; Mr. Harry Shuford, manager, and Mr. W. Z. Plyler, re pair man. This company will han dle the E. M. F., Flanders and Ever ett cars and have already several machines in stock. They will do all kinds of automobile repair work and will handle all auto accessories. The building occupied By this concern is modern in every respect and was built especially for their use. Rev, If. G. Hardin to Preach. Rev. Henry Grady Hardin, or Rock Hill, S. C, who Is spending some time here with his brother, Mr. L. L. Hardin, will fill the pulpit of Main Street Methodist church next Sunday morning. Mr. Hardin is a graduate of Wofford College, Spar tanburg, S. C, having finished the course there last June. He will Join the South Carolina Methodist Con ference at its annual meeting in Bennettsvllle, S. C, about the first of December. Mr. Hardin is a young man of ability and promise and Gas tonia people will be fortunate in having an opportunity to hear him next Sunday. Mr. Hardin will be here probably for two or three weeks. Marksmen's Badges. Captain A. L. Bulwlnkle, of Com pany B, has received from headquar ters the marksmen's badges to be distributed to the members of his company who made scores of over 97 per cent in the target practice held here in May and sIbo at Camp Glenn In August. The presentation of . the badges will be made by Mayor T. L. Craig at the armory on Satur day afternoon at four o'clock, and all members of the company are ex pected to be present. The names of those to whom badges will be pre sented are as follows: Captain A. L. Bulwlnkle, First Lieutenant W. 8. Barfleld, Second Lieutenant C. C. Craig, Corporal P. K. Gilbert, Ser geant Orover C. Page, Artificer R. C. Gilbert, and Privates W. H. Badger, W. L. Glover, C. L. Hoard. W. H. Little, D. H. Penley, R. C. Penley. G. W. Short, V. B. Short, .H B Stowe. Lieutenant Barfleld will also receive a special badge for excellency in pistol firing. Mr. Junle Ruppe, Mr. G. W. El more and Mr. J. C. McCraw, all of Gaston county, North Carolina, were in the city Friday for a few hours on business. Gaffney, S. C, Ledger. The National Temperance Work ers Convention met in Milwaukee, Wis., Saturday. To insure the tem perance women officials from thirst in Milwaukee a generous man from Maine shipped them one hundred bottles of pure Maine water. use of a nice range and the Rankin- Armstrong Furniture Co. and the J. M. Best Co. generously furnished us with the chairs, tables, etc. We are indebted to Mr. Boyce Wilson who! served as our efficient treasurer) gen eral and who so cheerfully aided us in many ways. Our always faithful friend, Mr. S. 8. Morris, our nam slicer, served ns most faithfully. We are Indebted to the Albion Grocery Co., the Poole Grocery Co., the J. Flem Johnson Co., the snu ford Co., Mr. J. Y. Miller, the Fays-, soux Meat Market, the Hanna & Mc Arver Market, the Southern Cotton Oil Co., the Armstrong Co., Mr. W. H. Bellinger, Mr. I. H. Stradley, the Trakas Co., Mr. George Knucktey, the Norman Fruit Stand. All the above mentioned contributed most liberally and we wish. them to accept our many thanks. We are indebted to The Gazette and The Progress for the many fa vors that have been extended to us not only at this time bat throughout the year. We are grateful to Prof. Wray for his encouraging address and for the helpful and kindly interest which he extends to us in this work. - Last, but not least, do we appre ciate the work of the Judges, Mrs. L. F. Wetxell. of Gastonia; Miss Marv garet McCorkle and Mrs. Mason Car roll, of Yorkvtlle, S, C: Mrs. S. A. Wilkins, of Dallas; Mm. L B. Go forth, of Kings . Mountain, . and . Mrs. John Smith, of, Clover. - . - -- '. MRS..T. W. WILSON, : ., MRS. D. E. McCONNELL, MRS. J. K. DIXON, J ' ' J; ' ' " Committee. Gazette Will , Close . Its Monument Fund SaturdayIf You Intend to Subscribe to This Worthy Cause do so Before Saturday Nnght . Every Gaston Cbuntian Should Aid in This Movement to Honor Con federate Dead. ' ' V ; -1 The campaign which The Gazette has been running for the past several ' weeks for funds for the Confederate monnment to be erected in Gastonia ' to honor the memory of Gaston coun- . ty's soldiers will be positively closed Saturday night. Before that , time ' we hope to receive a large number of contributions from all .over the county. If you cannot contribute more than a dollar let us have tnau The plan to erect this memorial con- -templated a large number or small contributions. It was the desire of . the women composing the Gastoni Chapter Daughters of the Confeder acy to have every man and woman in the county to have some part in, this noble work. . You could not contribute to a more worthy cause. Let us have " your subscription at once. If it IS not convenient for you to pay now tell us how much you will give; then pay anytime between now and next May. At the present the fund stands aa follows: Gastonia Chairter U. D. C $500.00 . J. D. Moore Chapter, ChlTdren. of the Confederacy 300.00 V The Gazette 50.00 A O. F. Mason 25.00 E. Y WCbb 10.00 Mrs. W. ti. Puett 10.00 R. R. Ray 5.00 R. B. Babington 5.00 J. Lee Rohinson 5.00 ' Swan-FTater-Oo 5.00 John W. Walters , 5.00 F. P. Hall ,5.00; Miss Elli Blair Harvie, Dan ville. Va 2.00 R. W. Edwards 1.00 W. P. Grler 1.00 T. Henry Wilson 1.00 Daintty Tea Club 1.00 Master O.. W. Davis 1.00 J. Y. Miller 1.00 W. N. Davis 1.00 J. E. Page 1.00 A.C.Jones... . . .. .. -1.00 Mrs. M. E. Boyd, Route 1.. 1.00-- E. G. Pasour 2.00 Chas Ford 2.00 J. H. Kennedy 2.00 Rev. J. F. Armstrong 1.00 Mrs. M. M. Robinson 1.00 E. B. Robinson ; . 1,00 Total $940.00 MRS. J. M. SMITH DEAD. End Came Last Thursday- Funeral and Burial Friday Interment ia Hollywood Cemetery- Survived hf Hiwband and Seven Children. Mrs. Mary Margeret Smith, wife of Mr. J. Mat Smith, died Thursday evening at her home on Mr-. W. N. Davis' place south of town. Deatn 4 followed an attack of sciatic rheu matism complicated with other die eases. Following funeral services con ducted Friday afternoon by Rev. A. S. Anderson, pastor of the Loray Presbyterian church, and participat ed in by the Daughters of the Junior Order, of which she 'was a member. Interment was made in Hollywood Cemetery here. The pall-bearers were-members of the Junior Order. Deceased was 44 years of age the m lu ui acftot, auiii mua ncwi viiui wi ' marriage, Miss Mary Marget Dillinav She is the last of the family, both her parents having preceded her to the grave. She was a niece of Cant. -F. Dilllng, of Kings Mountain, and of Mrs. Hunter McArver, of Gasto nia. Surviving her are her husband and seven children, namely: Thomas, Wash, Ben, George, Charles, Ha and Alda. Mrs. Smith was a loyal and consistent member ofHhe Presbyter,, ian church. She was held in high, esteem by all who knew her and her death brought sorrow to many hearts. ,.t::j..i,1' -j. Colonel Marvin at Home Again. Colonel G. H. Marvin, the Coca- Cola man, is back at home after five weeks of wanderings In the North, East and Canada. He and Mrs. Mar vin reached Gastonia Saturday front New York. And the colonel says he la real glad to be back once more in Gastonia. He saw lots of places and lots of folks but give him Gastonia everytime. To give a detailed ac count of the colonel's trip would re quire considerable space. He visit- . ed numbers of places In Pennsyl vania, New York and Canada, In all of which places he has friends and relatives. . While visiting In the Adirondack s a few days ago. he en-. Joyed a splendid hnnt in the snows-. Colonel Marvin has been so busy gettin the hang o' things since he got back that - the newspaper man hasn't been able to corner him long enough to get an Interview. Per haps a little bit later we can tell you something about ' his . interesting; travels. ---,, ' 7 ' D.,T. Woodward, a Benton,' IUsw dentist, admitted to the Lorimer In vestigating committee in Washing ton Saturday that his appearance be fore' the committee to testify against Lorimer was due primarily to. a de sire on his part to visit Washington Sf he expense of the government. He was thoroughly cross-examlz? and so contradicted himself, as to ia valldate his testimony. ; ' . . Residents ' on rural routes ahor 2 use return envelopes. Get them f.r any route to the county at 80 eer,t per 100 at The Gauette eQce.

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