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GASTONIA, X, C. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1911. Elftlei!.
NO. 102L
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AGED LADY DEAD.
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Emeline Amanda Henderson
Succumbs to Attack of Pneumonia
Funeral and Burial at Mt. Holly
Wednesday Left Considerable
Property Was Life-Time Mem
ber of Presbyterian Church. I
Miss Emeline Amanda Henderson,
daughter of the late James A. Hen- j
derson and wife, died Tuesday, tue
19th, at Mount Holly, from pneumo-1
nia. Deceased was in her 75th ,
year, having been born October &,
1837, near Rozzelle's ferry In Klver
bend township, this county. Sur
viving are one brother, Sir. Francis
Augustus Henderson, of Charlotte,
and one sister, Mrs. W. I. Friday, of
Charlotte. In early life she Joined
the Presbyterian church and had
remained a loyal and consistent
member till death. Her member
ship was in the Mount Holly church.
Funeral services were held Wednes
day at noon, being conducted by her
pastor, Rev. S. L. Cathey. Inter
ment was made in the Mt. Holly
cemetery. The pall-bearers were
Messrs. June Springs, Ed Dunn, John
Tucker, John Hoover, John Holland
and Willis Holland.
Miss Henderson was stricken with
a severe case of pneumonia four
weeks ago. During her illness her
brother and sister and his niece,
Mrs. Irene Llneberger, of Lincoln
ton, were constantly at her bedside.
Miss Henderson was possessed of
considerable property which she in
herited from her parents. It is
known that she left a will disposing
of tbls property but it has not be
come publicly known in what man
ner she disposed of it. Deceased
was an excellent woman and was
held in the highest esteem at Mount
Holly where she had lived for many
years.
The Christmas entertainment at
Main Street Methodist church will
be held tomorrow night at 7 o'clock.
Besides the program of songs, reci
tations, etc., there will be a Christ
mas tree and Santa Claus will dis
tribute presents to the Sunday
school children.
AT THE CHURCHES,
The Christmas entertainment at
St. Mark's Episcopal church will be
held tomorrow night at 7 o'clock. A
very attractive program of songs and
recitations will be rendered, after
which presents will be distributed
from the Christmas tree. The regu
lar Christmas communion service
will be held at midnight Sunday
night.
There will be services next Sun
day morning at the Lutheran Chapel
at 10:30, with an offering for the
orphan's home at Salem, Va. Sun-
day afternoon at 3 o'clock there will
be services in the Oastonia Lutheran
church and on the same day at 7 p.
m. services will be held in the Besse
mer City church. Christmas services
will be held at the two last-named
places.
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TELEPHONE IN COURT HOUSE.
Piedmont Telephone & Telegraph Co.
to Install Booth' In Court-House
for Benefit of Subscribers Desiring
Service to the Court House.
On January the 1st the Piedmont
Telephone & telegraph Company
will Install a telephone booth In the
lobby of the Gaston county court
house. The booth and equipment
have been ordered and will be in
stalled as soon as they arrive. This
is an Important move on thepart of
the local telephone company and one
that will be appreciated by its pa
trons. There are some regulations about
the use of the phone. It is only for
regular subscribers. The service for
those desiring parties In the court
house will be free, but for those in
the court bouse desiring to phone
anywhere in town the toll will be
five cents. To out-of-town destina
tions the regular toll will be charg
ed. It is desired that this distinc
tion be noted by the townspeople.
In the following counties the P. T.
& T. Co. has from one to four
phones in the court bouse: Cataw
ba, Cleveland, Mecklenburg, York,
Cherokee, Lincoln, Rutherford, Gas
ton county'B court house 1b the only
one so far that has no phone. Be
fore removal to -Gastonia there were
two phones in the court house.
. This booth is being installed at a
cost of from $60 to $75 and will
prove a great convenience to per
sons desiring to speak to "county of
ficials in the court house. The man
ager of the local exchange says
that there are at least 50 long-distance
calls per month from out-of-town
lawyers, business firms, etc..
who do not know that Gaston county
does not afford to her officials a tel
ephone in their offices.
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Left Out.
Because of a large amout of extra
matter to handle for this Issue our
Mount Holly and Bessemer City let
ters, together with some local and
general matter of interest, Is carried
over till our next issue ..
The first northbound train since
No. 12 yesterday passed through
Gastonia this afternoon at 2:30. It
was the first section of No. 44. The
track is clear and others will follow
shortly.
NOTICE TO CLUB-MAKERS.
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for the 42-plece Dinner Set which
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for a club of ten subscribers, are
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scriptions as they secure them. At
least write us on a postal card, giv
ing the names of subscribers who
have renewed with you, for this rea
son: Quite a laree numb"- f "
scriptions expire Jan. 1, and if these
renewals do not reach us by that
date the oarers will be discontinued.
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also be started at once.
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A Pretty Calendar,
Decidedly the prettiest nineteen
twelve calendar yet sent to The
' Gazette office by any local merchant
is that being- given out by Padgett
Brothers, tailors. It is reproduced
by color photography from an orig
inal painting by Mr. J. Ross Bryson,
America's foremost artist in pastel.
the subject being "Beatrice." It is
an art study of very great beauty
and will undoubtedly be preserved
throughout the entire year by all to
i whom it is presented.
Mr. Faires to Aberdeen.
Mr. E. C. Faires, the efficient sec
retary and treasurer of the North
I Carolina Farmers' Union, will after
! January 15th have his offices in
j Aberdeen, Moore county, the change
being necessitated by the fact that
. the larger part of the membership or
the organization is located In the
eastern part of the State. Mr. Faires
has sold his farm near Kings Moun
tain and will move with his family
shortly to his new home. Gaston
county and this section of the State
generally regret very much tp lose
this valuable citizen.
To Hold Banquet.
An event which promises to be
very enjoyable is the banquet to be
given Friday night, December 29th,
by the Gaston county alumni of the
University of North Carolina. , There
are quite a number of University
meiKin Gastonia and Gaston county.
Reply post cards have been sent to
all U. N. C. men in the county urging
each to attend. The local commit
tee is as follows: George B. Ma
son, chairman; Carl G. Carpenter
and F. L. Wetzell. The banquet will
probably be held In the Commercial
Club rooms and will be strictly in
formal, judging from the fact that
"no ladies, outsiders or open-front
suits will be allowed."
Found Dead in Woods.
Coroner R. L. Wilson and 'Squire
W. Meek Adams were called late yes
terday afternoon to a point about
one and one-half miles South of Bes
semer City to view the body of a
colored man which had been found
in the woods. It was found to be
the body of Calvin McDowell, a ne
gro who had no relatives and who
made his home at various houses in
the neighborhood. He was said to
have been complaining for the past
few days and probably froze to
death Wednesday night while wan
dering in the woods. The coroner
did not summon a jury, it being evi
dent that the man came to his
death from natural causes. The
body was turned over to certain of
the deceased's colored neighbors and
was buried at Bessemer City today.
Christinas goods at Settlemyers,
Loray store.
Personal Mention.
Mr. S. J. Durham, of Bessemer
City, was among the visitors in town
Wednesday.
Miss Annie Glenn fretufned last
night from the State Normal College
kat Greensboro to spend the holidays
with homefolks.
Mr. James Williams, of Mc
Connellsville. S. C, passed through
Gastonia yesterday en route to his
home from Davidson College where
he is a Btudent.
Misses Mildred and SusleRan
ktn, students at the Greensboro State
Normal arrived home this morning
to spend the holidays.
Misses Carrie and Mabel Potts,
teachers in the local schools left
yesterday to spend the holidays at
their home in Steele Creek, Meck
lenburg county.
Miss Myrtle Rusmiselle arrived
in Gastonia Wednesday night to
soend a day or so with her sister,
Miss Annie Rusmiselle. Both leave
today for Waynesboro, Md., to spend
the holidays.
Mr. Tom Abernethy, who holds
a responsible position in the ac
counting department of the Appa
lachian Power Co., Bluefleld, W. Va.,
will spend the holidays in Gastonia
with homefolks.-
Misses Margaret Query, Maud
and Fannie Stroup, and Retia Har
rell, students at the Presbyterian
College, Charlotte, passed through
Gastonia Wednesday en route to
their homes in Clover and Yorkville.
Catawba County News, 19thf
Mr. Walter Ratchford, of Dallas, has
carried Mrs. Ratchford. a sister of
Mr. Commodore Drum, to Baltimore
for treatment. She had been in
Charlotte for some time. Five phys
icians hate failed to discover the na
ture of her illness.
Mr. T. Wesley Bradley, who
lives ia West Gastonia, killed a hog
Wednesday which weighed 683
pounds. " It was two years, ' four
months and eleven days old. and
Mr. Bradley had intended to fatten
It until it would , weigh 700 pounds,
but took, advantage of the cold snap
Wednesday to have his "hog-killing"
and missed the mark by only a
few pounds. " .
IN SOCIETY.
SECRET MARRIAGE
AT MOUNT HOLLY.
News of a secret marriage perform
ed at Mount Holly several weeks ago
by Rev. S. L. Cathey, pastor of the
Presbyterian church there, has just
come to light. The contracting par
ties were Miss Anna McCall and Mr.
Morris G. Lay, both of Lowell. The
ceremony was performed Sunday,
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KIHBY-CILKIE
ANNOUNCEMENT.
The following from yesterday's
Charlotte Chronicle will be of Inter
est to Gastonia society:
Invitations reading as follows are
being sent 4ut today:
Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Kirby
invite you to be present
at the marriage of their daughter
Hattie
to
Mr. W. K. Marvin Gilkey
on Thursday, the fourth of January
at six o'clock
411 North Graham street
Charlotte, North Carolina.
Miss Kirby Is a sister of Mr. M. F.
Kirby, Jr., of the Swan-Slater Co. at
whose home she has visited frequent
ly. A host of Gastonia friends will
be interested in the above announce
ment. MUSIC CLUB
WITH MISS TORRENCE.
The Music Club held its regular
December meeting Wednesday after
noon with Miss Marie Torrence. The
subject for the afternoon was "Schu
bert," and a very delightful pro
gram from this famous master was
carried out as follows: Vocal solo,
Miss Jane Morris "By the Sea;" Vi
olin solo, Schubert's "Serenade." by
Miss Lillian Atkins; vocal solo, "The
Erl King," by Miss Marie Torrence;
piano solo, March Militalre, by Mrs.
A. G. Jones; Schubert a biographi
cal sketch by Miss Lowry Shuford.
Following the rendition of the
above delicious refreshments were
served after which a musical contest
was held. Miss Lillian Atkins won
the prize, a mandolin-shaped box of
candy. The idea carried out in the
distribution of favors was very
unique, each guest being presented
with a minature instrument which
in the eyes of the hostess was deem
ed most appropriate for her.
STEVEN SO X-MOFFATT
MARRIAGE.
The following taken from The
Chester Reporter will be read with
Interest in Gastonia: "A wedding of
interest to a great many was sol
emnized ut the A. R. P. parsonage on
York street Tuesday evening, when
Mr. R. M. Stevenson, Jr., of Char
lotte, and Miss Josie Moffatt were
quietly united in marriage, Rev. D.
G. Phillips, D. D., performing the
ceremony In the presence of a few
friends and relatives.
"The groom is the son of Dr. R.
M. Stevenson, of Due West, editor of
the Associate Reformed Presbyterian
and Is In the employ of the Southern
Cotton Oil Company with headquar
ters In Charlotte while the bride has
often visited at the home of her
guardian, Mr. Joseph B. Wiley In
this city and .has many friends here."
The groom, Mr. Stevenson, is a
former Gastdnian, having been con
nected with the local branch of the
Southern Cotton Oil Company in the
capacity of general manager. The
Gazette joins with his host of
friends here in extending to blm
heartiest congratulations.
LINEBERGER-RICHARDSON
MARRIAGE AT MT. HOLLY.
The following from the Mount
Holly correspondence of the Evening
Chronicle will be of interest to Ga
zette readers: t
Last evening at 8 o'clock a wed
ding of unusual Interest was sol
emnized at the Lutheran church
when Miss Johnsle Belle Llneberger
became the wife of Mr. Robert Clin
ton Richardson.
Promptly at the hour the ushers,
Messrs. Henry Llneberger and T. A.
Dunn, entered to the strains of mu
sic most sweetly rendered by Mrs. W.
J. Boger. at the organ and Mr. W. J.
Holland with the violin. Then fol
lowed the bridesmaid, Mise Maggie
Mitchell, of Charlotte, who wore blue
messaline and carried white carna
tions and ferns, with the grooms
man, Mr. Guy Howard. The groom
followed with his best man, Mr. E.
H. Jones, of Charlotte. Beautiful
little Margaret Martin, of Charlotte,
as flower girl, preceded the bride
with her maid of honor, Miss Bertha
Jenkins. The maid of honor wore
cream messaline and carried pink
carnations. The bride was most
beautifully dressed in an exquisite
gown of white satin trimmed with
pearls and real lace. She carried a
shower bouquet of lilies of the valley.
The bride is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. B. Llneberger and has
a wide circle of friends. The groom
holds a position with Stewart ft
Jones. Rev. W. J. Boger performed
the ceremony.
How about a watch for that son?
Tor renoe-M orris Co. caa assist you
in the selection.
Holiday Regulations.
On Christmas day the postofflce
will be open from 8 till 9 in the
morning and from. 5 till 6 in the af
ternoon. "The regular collections for
street boxes xlll be made about 4 p.
m. . ..-,''..
If in doubt as to what to give that
beau see Torrence-Morrls Co.
SENATOR SMITH IN CAST0NIA
Senator . from the State of Georgia
in Gastonia On Delayed Train
No. 29 and Breakfasts at Falls
House Interviewed by Gazette
Man and Talks Interestingly on
Divers and Sundry Matters.
Without doubt the most distin
guished personage that has been
within the limits of Gastonia in a
long time was Senator Hoke Smith
from the good State'' of Georgia who
arrived on belated train No. 29 some
time lu the wee sma' hours of last
night and consequently was held up
here this morning till the wreck of
train No. 38 could be cleared away.
He breakfasted at the Falls House.
Getting an inkling that there was
something stirring in the news line
and hungry for a scoop The Gazette
man hastily snatching pad, pencil
and raincoat hurried to the local
hostelry where the distinguished
Senator was satisfying his inner man.
Taking his nerve, as well as his
pad in his hand, the newspaper man
accosted Mr. Smith at the table and
made himself and his mission known.
"You just wait a minute young
man, till I finish these buckwheat
cakes. Here, waiter, hurry up with
that butter, and syrup!" quoth the
genial Senator, his large rotund face
wreathed in smiles. Accordingly
the reporter meekly took a seat at
the same table and waited while Mr.
Smith finished his hot cakes With
apparent relish. Going from the
dining room into the lobby of the
hotel, the Senator separated himself
from a dime In return for a Nurica.
Proffering The Gazette man one
which was as promptly accepted, he
seated himself by the glowing, red
hot stove and calmly enjoyed his
smoke for a few minutes.
In size Mr. Smith is a huge man
being six feet tall or more and
strongly built, big-boned and or
large features. He looks to weigh
20i0 or 225 pounds. His face is
large, round and full; his eyes blue
and rather small with a merry
twinkle lurking In the corners; his
smooth, clean-shaven countenance is
open, frank and genial.
On being asked for an interview
the senator replied:
"Well, I am not in the habit of
talking to newspaper men. The last
time I was reported for the paper the
reporter put me down all wrong. It
was for The Charlotte Observer,
too."
Receiving the assurance that he
would get full justice in The Ga
zette the Senator lapsed Into a rem
iniscent mood.
"I am a native of North Carolina
and am proud of my Tar Heel blood.
I was born in Newton, Catawba
county.moved from there at eight
een months of age to Chapel Hill and
back to Llncolnton when 12 years
old. My mother was a sister of
Gen. R. F. Hoke and a first cousin to
Judge W. A. Hoke. The latter and
I were bed-fellows in school to
gether. I used to visit Llncolnton
often, but have not been back in a
long time. What is the population
of your town here?"
On hearing the figures Mr. Smith
was very much surprised. However,
his eyes opened wide with wonder
and amazement when it was told
him that there were eighteen cot
ton mills here and 65 in the counry.
He seemed very interested in the
cotton mill business.
Reverting to politics, the reporter
queried him for some Washington
gossip concerning the Sherwood Pen
sion bill, the tariff legislation, the
chances for both Democratic and
Republican nominations for the
presidency in 1912.
He was loath to talk on this sub
ject, but being a natural born poli
tician and .well informed on every
detail, he let a few remarks slip
which were eagerly gathered by the
group of men sitting around.
"So the Southern newspapers are
roasting the House for its stand on
the Pension bill, are they? Well, I
cannot explain their action. The
Senate has not yet acted on this bill
and I am unable to say how they will
vote, but." he added with a mis
chievous twinkle and a broad smile,
"I am dead sure of how one Sena
tor Is going to Vote!"
This was all that he would say
about the pension steal. A subject
near and dear to every Democrat's,
heart the question of who will be
nominated for the presidency by the
next Democratic national convention
being broached, Mr. Smith was re
ticent. However, he expressed him
self on this wise:
"Personally I favor Woodrow Wil
son for the nomination. But Gov
ernor Harmon has a strong follow
ing in Washington."
"What about the chances of
Speaker Clark and Representative
Underwood?" he was asked.
"Well, if there is to be a conten
tion between these two men for the
nomination, there will be less chance
for strong cohesive work among the
party leaders than if the nomination
centered on one strong man like
Wilson or Harmon. Clark, has how
ever, injured himself In the Sontn
by his vote on the Pension bill. How
does Harmon stand in North Caro
lina?" he asked. Receiving -the re
ply that the Ohio governor had made
many friends in this State on the oc
casion of his recent visit to Raleigh
at the dedication of the auditorium.
Senator Smith ventured the asser
tion that there was about an even
draw between Wilson 'and Harmon.
"What does Washington -say sbbut
Taft's chances for renomlnatlon?" he
was asked. w - ,
"Well, the prevailing sentiment Is
that he will .receive the nomination.
But LaFollette from .Wisconsin has
his kdmlrers and adherents also. But
this question of the nominee for the
JiOrWRECKED
Washington, Atlanta and New Or
leans Limited Goes in Ditch at
Kings Mountain Stray , Brake-
Beam the Cause No One Injured
Traffic Badly Delayed.
Southern passenger train 'No. 38, '
known as the Washington, Atlanta
and New Orleans Limited, north- -bound
was badly wrecked at Kings
Mountain last night at 7:30 o'clock
and as a consequence traffic on this
division of the Southern was badly
crippled last night and today.
Fortunately no one was injured,
this being due to a combination of
circumstances. The wreck occurred
in a deep and narrow cut in the
eastern limits of the town of Kings
Mountain and the cars, instead of
turning over entirely, leaned up
against the banks. They were steel
cars, which probably accounts more
than anything else for the fact that
no one was injured. Then the en
gineer, observing the laws of the
town of Kings Mountain, was run
ning only 20 miles an hour or less.
Had the wreck occurred a couple of
hundred yards further east the en
tire train would undoubtedly have
gone down a steep embankment and
the loss of life would have been
heavy.
The train was in charge of En
gineer Will Klzziah and Conductor
Tom A. Rainey.
The wreck was caused by a stray
brake-beam which is thought to
have been left on the track by the
crew of a freight train which went,
north a short while before No. 38.
The engine passed over It and did
not leave the track. The mail, bag
gage, dining and parlor cars togeth
er with three or four Pullman'B left
the track and the latter turned over
against the embankment. The
track was badly torn up for the
lenjrth of the train.
Though no one was injured, all of .
the two hundred passengers were
more or less shaken up and were
badly frightened especially after
they began to realize how narrow
had been their escape from death.
A relief train from Charlotte
bearing Traveling Passenger Agent
R. H. DeButts, other train officials
and a number of physicians from
Charlotte and Gastonia was sent to
the scene as quickly as possible. It
passed Gastonia shortly after nine
o'clock and there were a hundred or
more men at the depot wanting to
go to the wreck but were denied the
privilege. A dozen or so Gastonians,
including a couple of newspaper
men, got on. At the scene of the
wreck the passengers from No. 38
were transferred to this train and
taken on to Charlotte. It reached
Gastonia shortly after midnight.
A Christmas su freest ion a dia
mond rlnir or brooch from Torrence
Morris Co's. jewelry store.
NOT INSURED IN MEROPOIJTAN.
Report That Milan Partlow's Chil
dren Were Insured in Metropolitan
Untrue Rumor Had Gained Uni
versal Credence.
Yesterday afternoon's Charlotte
carried an interesting bit of news to
the effect that Mllas Partlow's chil
dren were not Insured in the Char
lotte branch of the Metropolitan Lifo
Insurance Co. The statement that
they were insured for $2,000 had
gained universal credence in this
section and Partlow's desire for the
Insurance money has been assigned,
as the motive for the attempted das
tardly crime last September.
Mr. Nichols, the division superin
tendent of i the insurance company
said, however, that frequently In
dustrial life Insurance policies were
often held at the sub-offices, not be
ing passed to the Charlotte branch.
At any rate, no record of Partlow's
alleged Insurance could be found
among the files ia the Charlotte
office.
The above facts are in the ne
gro's favor and may be taken for
what they are worth.
Church Social at Belmont.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
church at Belmont will have a ba
zaar or supper next Friday night,
December 29th. the proceeds to go
to the funds of the Missionary 8oc
ety. Oysters, salads, cake, coffee
and other delicacies will be served.'
The supper will be held in the W.
W. hall in the Gullick building.
If it's for Christmas you'll And It
at O'Nell's.
presidency from both parties is an
unknown quantity as yet. It will
largely depend on what Congress
does during the next two months and
the biggest issue before the national
legislative body after the re-convening
in January will be the tariff leg
islation." Here the Senator balked and re-,
fused to discuss politics any longer.
He seemed particularly interested in
Gaston county's growth for the past
few years and especially along man
ufacturing lines. The long-etaple
cotton interested him, an editorial la '
today's Charlotte Observer on Gas
ton's cotton having caught his eye.
He inquired diligently into the on- ,
gin ana aeveiopment or it, the qual
ity of Tarn and cloth mda inm t
and how It compared with other t
rietles of long staple. , ; ' . '
... The Senator's train was about ''
ready to pull ont and he began to
make ready for his departure. He '
Impreased very favorably, all those
who heard him talk, as being s man ;
of generous disposition, broad, lib. 1
eral views and sound judgment.