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GASTONIA, W. C. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1911.
NO. 90.'
WHIRLWIND CAMPAIGN
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JUBILEE A GREAT SUCCESS
BIG DEAL RUMORED
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- ' 'NEW PASTOR INSTALLED.
n ' ' Mt4r ' Belmont Presbyterian i
l' CThiWD Sermon by Her. Dr. W
"Correspondence of The Gazette.
BELMONT,. Nov. 9. Last Sunday
was a notable day for Presbyterians
in Belmont. On that day a new era
In church work was entered upon
when Rev. W. S. Lacy was Installed
-as pastor, Rev. Dr. W. W. Moore, of
Union Theological Seminary preacn
ing the Installation sermon and de
livering the charge to the pastor.
Elder A. C. Jones, of the First
church, Gastonia, charged the con
gregation. Rev. R. S. Burweli pre
sided and propounded the constitu
tional questions.
The occasions have been few and
far between, hitherto, when such an
audience faced any pastor as that
which greeted Dr. Moore last Sun
day. At both morning and evening
services chairs and benches from
nearby houses and stores were re
quisitioned for the large crowds that
came, services having been dispens
. ed with in several churches over the
county. Many were anxious to bear
and see Dr. Moore not only on ac
count of his fame as a pulpit orator
of the first rank, but also on account
of the fact that, according to Dr.
Moore's own statement, many of his
ancestors formerly lived in this sec
tion and were, buried in old Goshen
cemetery a few miles from here and
that doubtless he was distantly con
nected with many" families through
out this section. As before noted
many came, although the day pre
sented all the rawness and chill of
a damp November day.
Dr. Moore chose as his text James
1:3, reading as follows: "Of His own
. will begot He us,' that we might be,
a kind of first fruits of His creat
ures." The sermon which followed
was trocg in logic, eloquent in de
livery and powerful in appeal. He
showed that the efficient cause or
source of salvation was the power
of God, that the instrumental cause
on means of salvation was the Word
of God and that the final canse or
object of salvation was the glory of
God. At night he fully sustained
his excellent reputation.
The charge of Mr. A. C. Jones to
the congregation was replete with
advice and encouragement to a peo
ple just entering into a most sol
emn contract. At the conclusion of
the services which of necessity were
rather prolonged the people of Bel
mont showing that old-time hospi
tality characteristic of this section
threw open their homes to all out-of-town
visitors, entertaining them
for the rest of the day so that they
might remain for the evening servi
ces. All In all, the day was a nota
ble one and long to be remembered
as marking a distinct step forward
for Presbyterianlsm In this town.
Dr. J. Y. Joyner and Mr. O. F.
Mason will speak Friday night, the
10th, in the school auditorium on
the farm-life school question. This
was the date set for the spelling
match between the school and the
' town but the. authorities realizing
the shortness of time for the work
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on the school question postponed the
spelling match one week.
The Belmont high school basket
ball team has arranged a series of
games to be played with the St.
Mary's College team, a game for
every Wednesday and Saturday till
Thanksgiving. Only one member of
last year's 'varsity has returned to
college while-the fast and heady
high school quintet is as strong as
last year's team. They expect to
give the collegians a run for the lar
ger end of the score.
Miss Edna Long is visiting home
folks in Forest City. Mrs. C. E.
Beam has returned to her home in
Spartanburg. Miss EJlzabeth Rey
nolds, fit Fort Worth, Ark., has ar
rived in town to spend a month with
the family of Rev. W.'S. Lacy.
Lowell Locals.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
LOWELL, -Nov. 9. Mr. Jonn M.
Kendrick is moving his corn and
other feedstuff back to his farm. He
will move his family back soon.
Rev. R. A. Miller Is attending the
Presbyterian Synod in Charlotte this
week. Rev. E. N. Crowder, pastor
of the Methodist church, Is attending
Conference In Statesvllle. This Is
the end of Mr. Crowder's first year
here and he carried up a good re
port from his charge. It is Hoped
and expected that he will be return
ed to Lowell. ,
Mr. Jasper Hand, of Charlotte,
came over and spent the day yester
day with his parents, this being Mrs.
Hand's seventieth birthday anni
versary. The Baptist congregation
here are adding an addition and a
bapistry to their church. Mr. J. L.
Thompson has been on the. sick list
this week but is some better now.-
Mr. Hugh Parkes Miller spent Sun
day with homefolks here. Mrs. 51.
T. Steele, Of Monroe, is spending a
few days with her daughter, Mrs.
Frank Robinson, this week. Mr.
John Robinson is moving here this
week from Cooleemee.
Child's Tragic Death.
Virginia, the little eleven-months-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. I.
Jordan, dted Wednesday afternoon
at 2:45 o'clock at the home of her
parents on South Chestnut street as
the result of being badly scalded the
previous day when a pot of boiling
coffee was accidentally turned over
on the .child. The deplorable oc
currence took place at the breakfast
table Tuesday morning when, purely
by accident, the boiling fluid was
overturned on the child, causing
such serious burns that it died on
Wednesday afternoon. The funeral
services were conducted at the Wes
leyan Methodist church yesterday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by Rev.
Mr. Hendrix, followed by burial In
Hollywood cemetery. The bereaved
parents have the deep sympathy of
all their friends.
His many friends will regret to
learn that Mr. J. T. Spencer, wo
has been confined to his home
East Long avenue for some time by
Illness, Is still quite seriously ill.
Bargain!
well a new mWriher
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ORGANIZATION PERFECTED.
a ton Canty Sabbath School Asso
ciation Now a Permanent Thing
Detailed Account of First Meeting
at Bessemer City.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
BESSEMER CITY, Nov. 9. On
Wednesday, November 8th, at lo
o'clock a. m. the Gaston County San
bath School Association convened in
the Methodist church. It had been
hoped that all the schools in the
county might be represented and
yet only thirteen were represented.
There were about thirty' delegates in
attendance. The object of the gath
ering primarily was to discuss the
question of organizing the county
permanently. But along with this
the State's general secretary, Mr. J.
Van Carter, of Raleigh, delightfully
and entertainingly instructed and
informed the audience along many
lines of the Sabbath school work.
Mr. Carter said, "Have you ever
stopped to think that there are
something like 30,000,000 people
working together In this capacity?
That every day in every week in ev
ery month in each year a Sabbath
school has been organized?" He is
a pleasing speaker and also very
conversant with the Sabbath school
work. State and National.
The thirteen schools represented,
pledged $60 for the support of a
permanent county organization.
Pledges put the work on such a firm
financial basis and every one was so
enthused that a permanent organiza
tion was effected with the following
officers: President, Mr. E. D. At
kins, Methodist church, Gastonia;
vice president, O. B. Robinson,
Chapel Lutheran church, Gastonia;
secretary-treasurer, Mrs. T. R. E.
Oates, yA. R. P. church, Bessemer
City; department superintendent, el
ementary. Miss Lizzie Kennedy,
Methodist church, East Kings Moun
tain; home department, Mrs. Wil
liam Lynch, Baptist church, Besse
mer City; teacher training. Dr. C. E
Adams, Presbyterian church, Gasto
nia; organized A. B. class, Mr. YV
L. C. Killlan, Methodist church, Gas
tonia;- missionary, Mrs. John Hall,
Lutheran church, Gastonia. The ex
ecutive committee consists of the of
ficers and Profs. Joe S. Wray and F.
P. Hall, Messrs. T. R. E. Oates ana
L. M. Hoffman, and Rev. R. R. Cald
well.
It Is sincerely hoped that by Sep
tember, 1912, each school in the
county will seize upon the opportun
ity to send a large delegation to the
county convention which will meet
at some place' fixed by the commit
tee.
The opportunities along this line
are surpassingly great, and no Ion
ger should we excuse ourselves by
saying, "we have all we can carry
now in our own denomination.
Dr. Joseph Clark, of Ohio, a few
years , ago said, "The Christian
world- little realizes the dormant
possibilities of the modern Sabbath
school. It is a mighty organization.
ready for action a gigantic piece of
machinery with unlimited productive
capacity 200.000 horse-power en
gine, expending less than half its en
ergy, doing less than half the work
for which it is designed. It is not a
machine to be constructed. It is
here in place, in action. Its wheels
are whirling. It is studying the
Word, teaching children, shaping
lives, touching homes, enlisting men,
forming character, producing Chris
tian citizenship; but its activities
have been largely local. Its energies
have been utilized for our school,
our church, our community: Its
world of endeavor has been bounded
by the sky-line of neighboring hills
and valleys.
The Sabbath school needs to meet
a Moffatt and to see the "smoke or
a thousand villages where no mis
sionary has ever been. Then, and
not till then, will it have a new in
terpretation of the great commis
sion. Mr. J. Van Carter left on No. 38
Thursday morning for Statesvllle.
Rev. J. Frank Armstrong, of the lo
cal M. -E. Church, is now attending
the annual conference In Statesvllle.
rtia is Mr. Armstrong's fourth year
In this field. He is a most excellent
man and preacher and his many
friends here regret very much -to
see him leave. Mr. Armstrong has
endeared himself to all who know
him. The writer heard a remark
like this, "Mr. Armstrong is one who
goes away and against whom noth
ing can be brought." We hope that
he may not be sent far away.
Rev. R. R. Caldwell will preach
to the students at Linwood College
Sunday afternoon at 3 o clock.
Declamation Content.
Tonight In the Central school aud
itorium at 7:30 o'clock the follow
ing boys will compete for the honor
of representing the Gastonia High
School in the Interstate Declamation
contest to be held at Trinity College
on Friday, November 24th: Erskine
Boyce, Alex McLean, Robert McLean,
Ray Stewart and Ernest Warren; - -
Mr. R. B. Bablngton has gone
to Statesvllle to attend the. Western
North Carolina Conference. He will
return home the first of next week. '
Gastonia Chapter, V. D. C, Sets No
vember 23rd a Date to liaise lte
mainder of Monument Fund Ga
zette's List Will be Closed Novem
ber 21st.
On Thursday morning, November
23rd, from 10:30 a. m. to 12
o'clock noon, or for a period of 90
minutes the ladies of the Gastonia
Chapter, United Daughters of the
Confederacy, assisted by a commit
tee of sixteen business men of the
town, will conduct a whirlwind
campaign in Gastonia with a view to
raising the remainder of the funds
necessary to the erection of the Con
federate monument which they pro
pose to place in some conspicuous lo
cation as a tribute to the memory
of the Confederate soldiers, both liv
ing and dead, who went from this
county to the civil war.
Mr. R. W. Dodgen, President and
treasurer of the Southern Granite &
Marble Co., of Spartanburg, S. C,
the firm wfeo will erect the monu
ment, will be here with a ffrce of
assistants to aid in the work, (and af
ter the completion of the campaign
In Gastonia on Thursday, November
23rd, these gentlemen will spend
several days canvassing the entire
county.
A meeting of the Chapter is called
for 10 o'clock on the morning , of the
23rd, to make final arrangements for
the campaign to begin at 10:30, and
to be in full readiness to begin work
on the minute. It is hoped that all
the people of the town, of every oc
cupation and business, will be con
sidering the .matter carefully and
have their minds fully made up to
give instant answer to the commit
tee with liberal contributions to this
worthy cause. It is suggested that
many who wish to contribute, but
feel unable to rive any large amount
and hence would not wish their
names published, should know that
the ladles will be glad to receive
such donations and put them on
their lists as from "a friend to trie
cause," without giving individual
names. Much work would be spar
ed the committee if as many as pos
sible would make their subscriptions
to The Gazette before the list is clos
ed at noon on Tuesday, November
21st. The Gazette will also be glaa
to accept and list subscriptions with
out giving the name of the contribu
tor. Persons who have already sub
scribed to the list now being carried
in The Gazette, will of course not
have to be approached by the com
mittee, and thus much time will be
saved on both sides. Let it be re
membered that subscriptions to the
monument fund may be paid at any
time between now and the first of
May, 1912.
BALE TO THE ACRE.
This is Whate State Prison Made
This Year on 150O Acre Enough
Corn and Forage, for Two Years
A Splendid Record.
Raleigh News and Observer.
The management of the State
Prison since the Democrats returned
to power in 1898 is one of which
the party and the State have a right
to be proud. Under the Republi
can administration it lost money and
at one time became an object lesson
of bad management, and some of Its
employes were guilty of crime worse
than those of which many of the
convicts had been convicted.
With the election of Governor Ay
cock, all that changed. The man
agement was capable and it made a
good record; the record was improv
ed under Governor Glenn, and It
continues to Improve under Govern
or Kltchin. When the Republicans
ran the prison, the State had to is
sue bonds to pay the deficit. Now
the penitentiary earns more than the
cost of maintaining the convicts, and
In addition money is turned into the
State Treasury.
I was talking yesterday about the
good management of the farms un
der Superintendent Laughinghouse
shortly before meeting him on tne
street. He looked like a man wno
had been doing a good year's woric
for the State. He is a farmer and a
good farmer and he knows It and
has a right to be gratified at the suc
cess of the State farms under his
practical direction." We have made
the best crops on the State Prison
farms ever made," he said in an
swer to a question. "We put 1,500
acres in cotton and we will make
1,500 bales. We will gather 5,000
bushels of corn. We have made
enough long forage to support tne
State Prison for nearly two years.
Besides we have built spacious
barns and doubled the room for car
ing for stock and storing our prov
ender. Best of all, we are building
up the dykes on Roanoke" river and
if there is no big freshet next spring
we will bo protect our lowlands on
the Roanoke that we will raise so
much corn as to surprise the whole
State. The breaking down of the
dykes years ago has caused much of
the State's land to grow up in bush
es. As soon as we get the dykes
finished the State can grow corn to
beat Egypt."
That is good news and will please
all North Carolina, whose people will
congratulate Captain , Laughing-
house and all the other officials, di
rectors and employes who have
worked together for the good re
sults which they -have brought a
bout. '
-Cherryvllle Eagle, 9 th: Messrs.
Eml. Harden,. Presley Delllnger,
Plnkney Delllnger and Matthew
Stroup, Jr boarded the train here
Tuesday en route for Florida where
they. will engage in the tracking bus
iness this winter. -
Missionary Societies of Gastonia
. Churches Join in Great Jubilee
Meeting to Celebrate Fifty Years
of Woman's Work in Foreign
Fields Splendid Addresses and
, Well
Kail
Vro
igress Reported by Local Socle-
(Reported for The Gazette.)
Wednesday, the day for the mis
sionary jubilee meeting of the wom
en's societies of the several religious
denominations in Gastonia, dawned
with leaden skies and those of us
inclined to be pessimistic were trou
bled lest the meeting should be a
failure. But God was in the move
ment and he controls the clouds and
inspires faith and courage in the
hearts of his children.
At 10 o'clock, the opening hour, a
large company of women assembled
In the First Presbyterian church for
the initial service of the Jubilee. The
auditorium had been made most at
tractive by the deft hands and taste
ful eye of the flower committee, and
it did seem that chrysanthemums
never looked so beautiful before. Ta
bles covered with literature from all
the women's mission boards were
placed near the front of the room
and every one was urged to take
some and appropriate it for future
good. Charts upon the walls told
very eloquently what some of these
boards were doing. Programs were
distributed by the young ladies act
ing as ushers and all things were
ready.
A bush seemed to fall over the
audience as Mrs. D. R. La Far, chair
man, and Mrs. J. P. Reid, leader of
the morning devotions, took their
places. The Bible reading was a
most helpful one and will long be
remembered by many. Following this
on the program was "Fifty years ot
Woman's Work for Foreign Mis
sions," by Mrs. J. L. McKay, of Kings
Mountain. To our sincere regret
Mrs. McKay was unable to be pres
ent. However, Mrs. W. H. Woodall,
of Clyde, gave a most helpful tain
contrasting the women of fifty years
ago with those of today and showing
how we have more time, higher edu
cational advantages, better equip
ment and more money with which to
bring the world to Christ than our
mothers had. Each church then re
ported through its representative
the work of its own woman's board.
These short talke were very Insplr
lng and were listened to with great
interest. The report of the Baptist
church was given by Mrs. W. J. Clif
ford, of the A. R. P. church by Mrs.
A. F. Whitesides, of the Episcopal
church by Mrs. W. H. Hughson, of
Morganton, of the Lutheran church
by Mrs. T. C. Quickie, of the Metho
dist church by Mrs. J. K. Dixon, of
the Presbyterian church by Mrs.
Frost Torrence.
Mrs. H. B. Moore gave in a most
impressive way the story of the Jub
ilee and we felt almost as if we had
Indeed been present at those great
jubilee meetings described by her.
This was one of the most interest
ing things on the program.
The hour for adjournment having
arrived we were dismissed by a few
closing remarks and a most earnest
prayer by Mrs. Hughson.
2:45 o'clock, despite the fact that
the rain poured, a goodly number of
women assembled for the afternoon
session which was opened by Mrs.
James W. Atkins, who' read that
matchless consecration chapter, the
12th chapter of Romans, after which
a number responded to the request
for sentence prayers. Mrs. Hugh-
son spoke briefly on the great need of
a deeper consecration of ourselves
to the Master's service..
"The Supreme Need of the Hour"
was the subject of a most excellent
talk by Mra. Woodall, wno showed
us that giving of ourselves and all
that we have is what God expects of
us. a
The denominational rallies were
then held In the places mentioned on
the program.
The main auditorium of the
church was almost filled for the
night service. We are glad to say
that the men a few of them were
among the number present. Rev.
Dr. J. C. Galloway, assisted by Rev.
John Hall, conducted the service.
The 23rd Psalm was sung, after
which, to the inspiring strains of
"Thy Kingdom is Coming," sung by
a large choir, assisted by a part of
Miss Atkins' orchestra, through each
side door came a large number of
young women, one-half dressed In
white and carrying crosses (Chris
tians), the others in black (heath
en). As the two leaders came to
gether in front of the pulpit a cross
was passed from each Christian to
the heathen and as they marched to
gether down the middle aisle the
large audience sang "The Morning
Light is Breaking." This was a
short but most Impressive part of
the -evening service.
Dr. Galloway, In a few very fit
ting remarks, introduced Dr. W. H.
Hudson, who for eighteen years has
represented the Presbyterian church
in China. Dr. Hudson told In a plain
logical way, the causes of the great
unrest all over China. The address
was a great one and gave Dr. Hud
son's hearers a clearer Insight into
prevalent conditions In the great em
pire of China. v
Reports from the rallies, held in
the afternoon, were made by Mes
flames Morris, Moore, Whitesides.
Wilson and-Hampton. From these
reports we learned that, about fifty
new names were added to the mis
sionary rolls through the member
ship campaign that has been carried
on recently by flvo churches In the
eityv' Nearly 25 dollars was pledg
ed by all the churches as a special
jubilee t offering, the Presbyterians
Negotiations Pending Whereby Pied-
II niont, & Northern Railway : Ex-
1 pect to Acquire Valuable Proper
J, I) for Depots, Yards, Etc. Sum
Involved Said to be About 70j
' OOO Freight Depot to be Built at
Once.
A real estate deal of large propor
tions Is now pending and the proba
bilities are that it will be closed
wltliin the next day or two. The Ga- '
zette is unable to get any official In
formation as the parties' Interested
are not in a position as yet to conj
firm the rumors.
If there is no hitch in the negotia
tions the Piedmont & Northern Rail
way Co., the owners of the lnterur
ban lines now being built througn
Gastonia, will become owner, of a
conaidei able property on East FranK
lin avenue, EaBt Main avenue and
South Broad street. For the past
several weeks the company's repre--sentatlves
have been taking options
on this property from the various
owners and it is understood they are
taking up these options and acquir
ing the properties. As the situation
Is now, It seems that the property
in view must all be secured in order
to make it of value to the railroad
people.
The total sum involved in all the
deals is said to be around $70,000.
The largest single piece of prop
erty Involved In this purchase la
that of Dr. C. E. Adams, constituting
the largest part of an entire square
bounded by Franklin, Main. Broad
and Willow. Other properties in
volved in the transactions are those
of Mr. J. Laban Smith, J. I. Green
Mrs. B. J. Caldwell, C. R. Nichols,
C. B. Newton and others. It is ru
mored, though this is not verified,
that the Adams property was sold
for between $45,000 and $50,000.
Mr. Miller, one of the company's
attorneys, Is here looking up the ti
tles to all the property Involved. As
soon as his task is completed it Is
presumed the deals will be entirely
closed.
The contract for the construction
of a freight depot, 20 by 200 feet,
was yesterday let to Contractor J. A.
Jones, of Charlotte. Mr. Parks Huff
stetler, of Gastonia, yesterday se
cured the contract to furnish all the,
sand, to do the excavating and haul
the materials for this building. It
is understood, provided of course,
the above mentioned deals are con
summated, that the freight , depot,
will be built on East Main avenue,
Just east of the house occupied by
Mr. Frank Norris, corner Main av
enue and South Broad streets. So
far as can be learned no site has
been selected as yet for the location
of the passenger depot."
One of the interesting topics of
rumor in connection with the above
relates to the possibility of a union
depot on or near the Main street
corner of the Adams property. Lo
cal business men have expressed the :
opinion that this would be a splendid
location for a passenger station oc
cupied Jointly by the Southern, Car
olina & North-Western and Piedmont
ft Northern Railway Companies. In
asmuch as the Southern Is soon (T)
to build a new passenger depot here,
interest in the consideration of this
proposition Is general among the cit
izens of the town.
8. and O. Club Meeting.
Mrs. J. F. Thompson will enter
tain the S. and O. Club In Its regu-,
lar meeting tomorrow afternoon at
3 o'clock at her home on West Main
avenue.
The Study Club.
The next meeting of the Study
Club will be held with Mrs. W. J.
Clifford Tuesday afternoon at three
o'clock at her home on South Mari
etta street. The subject for the ar
ternoon is "Beacon Lights In Orato
ry." Caught Big Gray Fox.
A party of fox hunters composed
of Messrs. Jim Falls, Tobe McArver,
Mall n.vl. Thalia r?rwfard and Jim . .
Adams caught a big gray fox near"
Sparrow Springs, several miles west
of Gastonia, this morning about
7:30 o'clock after an hour's run. It v.
was one ot the prettiest runs these
fox hunters ever had, they say. .
Mr. H. M. VanSleen has com
pleted the task of moving his Jewel
ry store from the Singer building
across the street to No. 124 West
Main avenue between Schneider's
and the Gastonia Furniture Compa--ny's.
Here he has much larger and
more convenient quarters. Mr. Van
Sleen is busily engaged opening up
new Eoods In china and silverware
for the winter and holiday trade.
leading In contributions.
Rev. Grady Hardin, in a most im-
nrRJva short talk, told what tH
jubilee should mean to the individ
ual. And wnat win n meani who
can say? Wo feel that this should
be but the beginning of the great
things in store forv us. ' Let us not
look too long on the fifty years Just
completed but turn with a loving,
longing look to the next fifty years
and ask ourselves, what have they in
store for us. Largely what we make
It. We ' have received inspiration
and strength from this great Jubilee
meeting and we purpose to press on
ward and upward, taking . as oar
watchword "Forward.
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