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FIRST SECTION PAGE 1 JO 8. .'-? - ETTE PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS. GASTOIA IS A BUSY TOWN. $1J6Q A YEAR IN ADVANCES VOL. XXXIL GASTONIA, JT." C. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1811. NO. 08. NEW CONCERN FOR GAST0NIJ. STATE CONVENTION. IN SOCIETY. GASTON GAZ THE DEATH NEAR DALLAS. I CONTAINS A JOKER. I MISS DAMKS COMING. Illness Buried at Stanley News Note and Personals of Stanley. Correspondence of The Gazette. STANLEY, Dec. 7. Miss Bessie Morris was the guest of her cousin. Jllss Hester Summey. at Henrietta for Thank sgiving, returning home Sunday. Miss Edith Mason spent Thanksgiving with her mother, re turning to Hamlet Sunday. Mrs. H. K. Tnompson returnea. irom urexei Saturday where she had spent sev eral weeks with her parents, Mr. and Thanksgiving with Mrs. Padgett, at Llncolnton. Mr. and Mrs. George 'Shelton, of Matthews, spent Sunday with their mother here. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Summerrow and Master Thomas Edward, Jr., of Gastonia, and Miss Willys Summerrow, of Charlotte, spent Sunday with their parents here. Miss Ethel Hales spent the week-end with her parents, returning to McAdenvllle Sunday. Vflaa PorrlA Thnm D vhl ft a ft hAn the milliner for the B. F: Carpenter Company, leaves this week for her home at Newbern. Mr. Laban Clem mer Is moving his family to town and will occupy the house he recent ly purchased from Mr. R. E. Carpen ter, while Mr. O. B. Carpenter will move Into his new bungalow, al though It Is not completed. After an illness of several weeks Miss Susan Maxwell died Wednesday at her home near Dallas and her body was brought to Stanley for burial Thanksgiving day. Services were -conducted by Rev. R. H. Cline and the body was laid to rest beside her parents, her mother having preceded her to the grave only a few weeks before. Do your Christmas shopping early. Be sure to shop with the home merchants. Mr. F. H. Robinson, of Dallas, was a Gastonia visitor yesterday. Mrs. J. W. Delllnger. of Stanley, was a Gastonia visitor yesterday. Mr. F. C. Proctor, of the Eflrd Company's sales force, spent Sunday with friends at Kings Mountain. Messrs, Hanna An McArver re ceived yesterday a car-load of fine Tennessee hogs. Mr. J. Alonzo Rhyne. of Dallas, was In Gastonia on business yester day. Attorney N. F. McMillan, or Kings Mountain, was In Gastonia on 'business, yesterday. Dr. "and Mrs. Frank R. Anders returned yesterday from a visit to relatives In Charlotte. J: Read the opening chapter of our new serial "Miss Minerva and Wil liam Green Hill" on page ten. Miss Carrie Hill, of Pelham, S. C... has entered the City Hospital as a student nurse. Mrs. N. W. Lumpkin and chil dren, of Newbern, are -visiting Mrs. Lumpkin's father, Capt. C. M. Nolen. 7 A Real 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 , . 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A million dollar fund Is being raised to finance a campaign in sup port of the proposition. Ex-Senator Aldrich professes to believe that he will be able to rush a bill Inaugurating the "Central Re serve Association" through at this session of Congress. The fact his idea is looked upon with disfavor and alarm by the small bankers and the people of the country does not discourage him. He has passed joker-laden tariff bills for the trusts in the paBt in the very teeth of the op position of the entire country. Ap parently he thinks he can do the same thing with the currency plan, which he feels would be a fitting, crowning glory to his achievements as a statesman. But be may be dis appointed, as he is reckoning with out the progressive Democrats and Republicans In both Houses who stand ready to begin a campaign of education of the people to the tre mendous menace of his scheme, a; the first opportunity that offers. One feature of the Aldrich cur rency plan which has been largely overlooked, is so characteristic of the author that It may discredit tne whole program. It virtually per mits the control reserve association to discount railroad and other cor poration securities. This is one of the concealed Jokers in the Aldrich plan. To mislead the public, Mr. Aldrich proposes that the central association, as he calls It. shall discount for banks any commer cial paper properly endorsed by the district association to which the bank belongs. In his public discussions he mentions no other form of dis counts than commercial paper. But there is in reality this added provis ion; that the central association shall discount the direct obligation of sny bank, upon a certificate from the dis trict association that the bank seed ing this discount has deposited with the association securities satisfactory to the association, which will be dom Inated by Wall Street banks. The profits the banks can make on straight commercial paper, which nag a value of Its own, are restricted to legitimate profits. But corporation securities have chiefly a manufac tured value, and the Aldrich plan would enable banks loaded down with 'undigested securities, put out from Wall Ftreet, to draw good mon ey from the Central association by depositing these securities with tne local association. This is distinctly Bargain! rf Well Known Methodist Missionary Worker to be Here Next Monday- Will Deliver Address at Main Street Church at Night -Informal Reception at Home of Mr. G. A. Gray Monday Afternoon. Miss Daisy Davies, of Atlanta, Ga., will spend next Monday in Gastonia, coming as the guest of the mission ary societies of the Methodist church. She will deliver a public address on missionary work in general at Mam Street Methodist church Monday night at 7:30 o'clock and a cordial invitation is extended to members of all denominations to come out and hear her. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon an Informal reception will be tendered Miss Davies at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Gray on South street and all the ladles of the Methodist church are especially invited to meet Miss Davies there at that time. The Gastonia societies were very fortunate indeed to be able to Bo cure Miss Davies for an address here. She is en route to Charlotte to at tend the Interdenominational Jubilee services on Wednesday. Those wno have heard Miss Davies, at the Greensboro jubilee and elsewhere, oo not hesitate to state that she is one of the best missionary speakers in the South. She has a message to de liver and she does it in a manner thai cannot fail to elicit the attention and interest of all her hearers. The Gazette Is asked to state that all the people of the town are cordial ly invited to come out to Main Street church Monday night and hear Miss Davies and the ladies hope that she will be given a packed house. Born To Mr and Mrs. J. Frank Starnes, Monday. December 4th, 1911, a daughter. an Aldrichesque proposition. The only definite thing in Presi dent Taft's message to Congress is his attempt to prove that the farcical tobacco trust decree is1 a most excei cellent enforcement of the Sherman anti-trust law. He would make the people believe that the tobacco trust decision practically solves the trust problem. He complacently assumes that this decision is certain at some indefinite period to restore competi tion, and soften the evils of Illegal monopoly if it does not Indeed com pletely eradicate them. Once again, therefore, the Presi dent is found advocating in a mes sage to congress a cause that is not popular with the people, for the mer est tyro In the study of trusts rec ojuizes the tobacco trust "dissolu tion" as a victory for that monopoly. That even Wall Street so considers it is evidenced by the fact that the se curities of the tobacco trust are higher after the "dissolution" than before. "T'ie punishment' inflicted upon the American Tobacco Company for being la existence In violation of the law," declares Chairman Stanley or the Steel investigating committee, "Is worth hundreds ef millions or dollars to that concern. There Is not a trust in the United States or in the world wMch would not give millions to be 'dissolved' n it has been dis solved." And the President devotes his of ficial message to Congress to an at tempt to make it appear that this to bacco trust detltion is a great victo ry for the iuJei endent tobacco men and the people Estimates of the treasury depart ment for running the government during the next fiscal year, which have just been submitted to Congress contemplate a saving of $21,283,921. 43, as compared with the amount appropriated for the fiscal year 19U 1 J 12. This Is in contrast .to past Republi can performances. Mark, for instance the following comparative figures which best tell the story of Repub lican extravagance: ANXuAL APPROPRIATIONS. 1890 $340,000,000 1900 600.000.000 1909 1, 103,387.508 PER CAPITA COST OP RUNNING GOVERNMENT. 1590 $ 6.00 1900 8.00 1309 12.40 Why have the Republicans sudden ly developed symptoms of economy, this particular year reducing their estimates after having regularly In creased their expenditures every year for sixteen years? The answer is that the Republican department heads knew extravagant estimates could not pass the scrutiny of the Democratic House. - Notwithstanding their admission that they will be able to get along for 121,000,000 less, there has been no marked complaint from the Re publican 'officials that they will be stinted or hampered in their, work. The Democratic leaders made it plain at the start that the necessary expenses tyf the government were ,to, be met as usual, but that all unnec essary items would have to be cut out, . . ' .' ? -'V-:-v--i. ; - Holland Realty A Insurance Co. Ap plies for.Charter Will Deal in Ileal Estate, Insurance, Etc.,, and WiU Make Specialty of Building Bungalows and Selling on Easy Payment Plan. Application was made Wednesday to the Secretary ,of State for a char ter for the Holland Realty & Insur ance Co., of Gastonia, to do a gen eral real estate and Investment busi ness, write life and Are Insurance, and transact other business along the lines usually handled by firms of this class. The subscribed capital stock is $5,000 with an authorized capital stock of f 100,000. The in corporators are Messrs. B. M. Hol land, J. M. Holland and P. Wooes Garland, Jr. The officers of the new company will be as follows: President, B. M. Holland; vice president and attor ney, P. Woods Garland, Jr.; secretary and treasurer, J. M. Holland; archi tect, F. L. Bonfoey. In the organization and chartering of this company is found apother ev idence of the growth of Gastonia in that one of the prime objects In view by the firm is the building of bunga lows and Belling them on the easy payment plan. For the present, or course, this feature of the business will not be carried on on any very extensive scale but the promoters be lieve that there is a splendid field here for Just such a concern and if the demand justifies it they will launch out on this feature of tne business on a largely increased scale in the near future. This company has been exceeding ly fortunate in the connections it has made with reference to tne handling of life insurance, having secured the exclusive local agency for the Security Life & Annuity, of Greensboro, the pioneer home com pany in the State and one that has bad a wonderfully successful career so far. In the matter of fire Insur ance the company has formed con nections with several large compan ies. Mr. B. M. Holland, president or the company, has been a resident of Gastonia for about twelve years, having come here from Chester. He is a business man of ability and has large experience. Mr. J. M. Holland, secretary and treasurer, has for the past four years been connected with the Spen cer Mountain Mills and the Holland Manufacturing Company as book keeper and has supervised the book keeping of the Eureka Manufactur ing Company at Llncolnton also. His theoretical training in bookkeeping was received at Kings Business Col lege and his large experience since then in practical work renders him especially fitted for the position he holds. Mr. Holland has gained for himself quite a reputation for his analytical and cost-accounting work and expects to do more or less aud iting In connection with his duties as secretary and treasurer of tne new concern. As soon as Mr. Hol land is relieved of his present duties he will devote his entire time to his new position. Mr. F. L. Bonfoey, of Charlotte, the company's architect, who will not only plan but actually supervise the construction of their bungalows, located -In Charlotte about four years ago, coming to that city from New York. He has furnished the plans for a majority of the bungalows built in Charlotte during that period and Charlotte has gained a reputation of being a "bungalow" town. Mr. P. Woods Garland, Jr., vice president and attorney of the com pany, has been a resident of Gastonia fo the past five or six years, having come to Gastonia from Virginia. He is a prominent member of the local bar. He received his education at the University of Virgina. since leav ing which Institution he has been act ively engaged in the practice of law. That there is a field here for Just such a concern as that Just organ ized does not seem to admit of doubt. The many friends of the men compos ing this firm wish for them success in their work, for the success of ev ery new enterprise here means suc cess for Gastonia. Messrs. J. M. Reinhardt and C. G. Derr, of Stanley, were in Gas tonia a short while yesterday, hav ing made the trip by automobile. Mrs. T. A. Wilkins and little daughter returned Wednesday from a visit to Mrs. Wilkins' mother, Mrs. T. K. Barnett, of Shelby, who has been ill, but Is now much better. Mr. David P. Dellinger returned last night from Winston-Salem, where he attended the Baptist State Convention as a delegate from the First Baptist church. There could be no"' more appro priate Christmas gift than a year's subscription to The Gazette. Re member your old Gaston friends at a distance in this way and they will think of you at least 104 times dur ing 1912. Mr. P. M. Rhyne, the Dallas real eswa'c man, who has an adver tisement elsewhere in this issue call ing for dead pine wood, asks us to state tnat he wants the wood sawed and peeled five feet long. ' Mr. Pink Kendrlck, of, route two, was operated on Wednesday at the City Hospital for appendicitis. His many friends will be glad to know that he is recovering very sat isfactorily rrom the operation. -' In this issue of The Gazette will be found statements of the condition of the Citizens National Bank and the First National Bank at the close of business on December 6 th. The call for these statements was issued yesterday. Eighty-First Annual Baptist State Convention in Session at Winston Salem This Week Rev. C. H. Durham, Former Gastonia Pastor, Elected President. The eighty-first annual convention of the Baptists of North Carolina met In Winston-Salem Tuesday, the opening sermon being preached by Rev. W. R. L. Smith, pastor of the Chapel Hill Baptist church. Using as his text the familiar passage from Exodus, "Say unto the children of Israel, go forward," the speaker de livered a stirring message to the ministers and delegates, urging them to progress in the work of the church. After the sermon the con vention was called to order by tne retiring president,- Mr. W. C. Dowd, of Charlotte, and there were brief addresses of welcome before the convention started with routine bus ness. For the first time in five years the convention selected a min ister as president, Rev. C. H. Dur ham, pastor of the Lumbertou Bap tist church, and formerly pastor of the First Baptist church of Gastonia, being unanimously chosen to that office. Reports made to the convention on the opening day show that the 225, 000 Baptists of North Carolina, in spite of a bad year, paid all claims in full and have a creditable balance In the treasury of the State organi zation, having raised during the year a total of $247,245, of which $109, 285 was for missions. At a mass-meeting held Wednesday night in connection with the session of the convention, a large sum was raised toward the endowment of Meredith College, the Baptist college for women at Raleigh, which as sures the final raising of the desired endowment fund of $150,000 for this institution. The report of tbe board of trustees showed that the college is now in he midst of its most successful year, there being a total enrollment of 402 students, the lar gest in the history of the college. Thursday was an unusually busy day with the convention. It was filled throughout the three sessions with splendid addresses and encour aging reports of the work of the various, departments of the church, and earnest discussions of the prob lems that confront the church in tne State. At night Rev. Dr. H. H. Hul ten. of Charlotte, thrilled a magnifi cent audience with his eloquent re port on Foreign Missions. Goldsbo ro was chosen as the place of meeting for 1912, the opening sermon to be preached by Rev. Q. C. Davis, of Windsor, with Rev. J. Clyde Turner, of Greensboro, as alternate. GUIDE TO SHOPPERS. Where to Buy Your Christmas Goods Advertisers in To-Day's Gazette Read the List Through. O'Neil's Headquarters for toys and all other holiday goods. The Wetzell Co. Christmas gifts for men. Curry Studio Photographs for Christmas. Citizens National Bank You can't buy a thing with the money you have spent. Standard Hardware Co. Christ mas gifts for boys and men. Sole agents Majestic Ranges. Adams Drug Co. Pure drugs. Gastonia Furniture Co. Holiday bargains in furniture. Rankin-Armstrong Furniture Co. Appropriate presents for all the fam ily. Harry-Baber Co. Special Remov al Sale. L. J. Atkins Orchestra Concert to night at Dallas. Gaston Iron Works Have you ordered those grate bars and boiler arches yet? Bflrd's Biggest bargains ever of fered. First National Bank Give the boy a bank book on Christmas morning. Thomson Mercantile Co. Big mid winter clearance sale continues. Robinson Shoe Co. Robinson's shoes are the best and the cheapest. J. White Ware Wood, dry pine and oak slabs. Swan-Slater Co. Just the girt "he" will appreciate. Reid Hardware Co., Llncolnton The Metz "22" Roadster, the doc tor's car. H. W. Counts, Loray Special hat sale. Padgett Brothers Getting ready for Christmas. Gastonia Mutual Building & Loan Association Series No. 15 opens Jan. 1. 1912. W. F. Marshall, Raleigh, N. C. The Marshall properties up for sale. Gastonia Garage Co. E. M. F "30" and Flanders "20" automo biles; all kinds of auto supplies and accessories. " . Morris Brothers Santa Claus' headquarters. Poole's Grocery Specials for Christmas. H. M. VanSleen Holiday Jewelry and novelties. J. M. Belk Co. Attractive things for Christmas shoppers. Torrence Morris Co. Everything in jewelry, etc., for the Christmas shopper. Gazette Pub. Co. Forty-two piece dinner set free. A number of Gastonia OU am. at will go to Charlotte this afternoon to attend the annual meeting of Oa sis Temple AnclentArabic Order No-, bles of the Mystic Shrine tonighj. About sixty candidates will be Initl tated into .the mysteries of Shrine dom, among the number being Mr. J. Lean Adams, of Gastonia. BRIDGE CLUB WITH 31RS. BAKKLKY. The Bridge C lub is meeting this aftcrcoor with Mrs. Fred D. Bark ley at her bone on West Second av enue. FRIENDLY MATRONS WITH MRS. GRAY. At her home on West Second av enue at 3 o'clock yesterday after noon Mrs. J. Lander Gray entertain ed the Friendly Matrons and a num ber of invited guests most pleasantly. Trail was played at eleven tables, ar ter which a delicious salad course was served. There were about fifty guests present, to all of whom the occasion was a most enjoyable one. MISS LONG ENTERTAINS. At her home on East Airline av enue Tuesday night Miss Bertha,' Long entertained a number of her young friends in honor of her guest. Miss Grace Rudlsill, of Kings Moun tain, and also in honor of Miss Marie Hardin, who is soon to leave for Salisbury to make her home there. Interesting games were played and a salad course was serv ed. The evening was one of great pleasure to all present. HEATON-MAXWELL. The many friends of Miss Jessie Maxwell, who graduated as a trained nurse at the City Hospital here about a year ago, will be interested in learning of her marriage, which, took place in Atlanta on November 15th, when she became the bride of Dr. George Roy Heaton, of Alvaton, Ga. As Miss Maxwell, Mrs. Heaton was quite well known both here and in Charlotte, being a sister of Mrs. Harry W. Moore, of the latter place. Dr. Heaton is a prominent young phy sician of Alvaton. Their marriage was some what romantic, Miss Max well having been called to Alvaton from Atlanta to nurse one of Dr. Hea ton's patients. Only about two months elapsed between their first acquaintance and their marriage. TUESDAY AFTERNOON CLUB WITH MRS. RAG AN. The Tuesday Afternoon Club met on Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. O. W. Ragan at her home on West Franklin avenue. Besides the mem bers of the club there were present a number of Invited guests. Pro gressive forty-two was played at ten tables. After the game delicious re freshments were served. The meet ing was an especially enjoyable and delightful one to all who were pres ent. RECEPTION TO NEW PASTOR. At Main Street Methodist church, last night a most pleasant and en joyable reception was given by the officers and members of the churclt in honor of the new pastor, Rev. J. E. Abernethy, and his family. The Sunday school room, from which tne seats had been removed, was most tatefully arranged and decorated for the occasion. In the receiving line . with Mr. and Mrs. Abernethy and. Miss Ollle Abernethy were Mr. and. Mrs. J. H. Separk and Mr. and Mrs. Mc. G. Anders. Music was rendered throughout the evening by an or- chestra consisting of Messrs. Robert McLean-, Erskine Boyce, Hunt Mor row, Claude Wilson and Miss Lillian Atkins. At a table in one corner de licious coffee and sandwiches were served by Mrs. O. W. Davis and. Mrs. V. E. Long, assisted by a number of other ladles. During the evening s large number of the members of the church and their friends of other de nominations called, and the occasion was a most pleasant and successful one. All the preparations for the re ception were in the hands of a com mittee of ladies consisting of the wives of the stewards, trustees and other officers of the church, to all ot whom great credit Is due for all tne ' things which went toward making the reception so pleasant and delight ful an occasion. BIRTHDAY DINNER FOR MRS. MOORE. . A most pleasant and unique dinner ' was given yesterday at the home ot Mis. Mattle J. Moore by Mrs. H. B. Moore and Mrs. Mary Moore Mor row in honor of Mrs. Moore's fifty ninth birthday anniversary. The oc casion was a surprise to Mrs. Moore, who had not known of the plans for the occasion until the day arrived. Places were laid for twelve, the elev en guests beside the guest of honor, being Mrs. J. H. Craig, Mrs. Kate Brittaln, Mrs. J. R. Xewis, of Dallas. Mrs. J. R. Durham, of Dallas, Mrs. A. 11. Smyre, Mrs. Elvira Jenkins. ' Mrs. Jennie Duff, Mrs. Mattle Pe gram. Mrs. Bunch McLean, Mrs. G. R. Rawlings and Miss Lizzie Craig. The color scheme in the dining room wan red and green. Tbe chandelier was covered in holly and from this ropes of cranberries extended to each cor ner of the table. As a centerpiece there was s silver candelabra wtt& five red candles. The place Xavors were cards bearing a strain of musie with the sentiment "Should old ac quaintance be forgot." and Mrs. Moore's "name with the dates 1SS2 and 1911. These dates were else laid in cranberries on either side ef the centerpiece.' The occasion was one of unusal delight both to Mrs. Moore, and to -the other guests whe had been invited to celebrate the an niversary with her. . Mr.' G. W. Falls, ot Bowlias Green. 8. C is In the city on hssK ness today.