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TOL. XXXIII.
GASTOMA, S. C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1012.
NO. 10.
NO APPROPRIATIONS
IN SOCIETY .
G
TOE
DEBATE AT BESSEMER.
Young Men IMseuss Government
Ownership of Hail road and Tele
graph Lines Death of an Infant
Enjoyable Social Event.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
BESSEMER CITY, Feb. 1. The
resident pastors were invited to at
tend a debate in the school Thursday
afternoon. There were three young
men who participated, the fourth be
ing unable to be in school that day.
The subject was, "Resolved that tne
United States government should
own and operate the railroads and
telegraph lines." Mr. Fred M. Ar
rowood represented the affirmative
while the negative was supported by
Messrs. Fred and Harry Ormann.
The affirmative was the winning side
and yet the negative had nothing of
which to be ashamed because each
young man did well and presented
some fine thoughts indicating some
research. We desire to see some
more attention given to this sort or
work In the futnire and to this end
the resident pastors will give a prize
on certain conditions which will be
stated later.
On last Wednesday morning Mr.
and Mrs. M. P. Shetley, on route one,
were called upon to mourn the loss
of their Infant son. The little one
was 13 days of age. God has called
home five of their little ones In five
years, two having died In one year,
one in .Inly and the other in Decem
ber. The funeral was conducted at
the home by Pastor Caldwell on
Wednesday afternoon and interment
in Piseah's city of the dead.
One of the most enjoyable social
events of the season was a family re
union at the home of Mr. J. T. Oaten
on last Wednesdsv. The guest of
honor was Mrs. Ellen Oates. of Tlr
zah. S. C, a sister-in-law to Mr.
Oates. There were 50 present wltn
and abundance of appetizing viaiics.
Mrs. D. P. Froneberger who has
been ill for several days 1s much 1m
rioved Master Raine Harrelson
lias bo"n quite 111 for several days
but is better today.
Long Shoals Items.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
LONG SHOALS. Feb. 1. Miss Ida
May Munday, of Lincolnton. is vis
iting at Mr. Hunter Mauney's. Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Killian, of Char
lotte, scent Patiirdav and Pundiy a;
Mr. R. G. R'itleifr's Mr. John C.
Carnenter. of Fallston, Is visittnc
relatives around here. It is nuite
interesting to hear the old soldiers
get together and talk about the war.
and especially to have Mr, Carpen
ter with them as it has been forty
years since he isi'"1 his old neigh
borhood. Miss ' llllan Sullivan
spent Pntnrdv 1 Sunday with
Misses Venla nnd Emma Iyee Carpen
ter. Miss nnle Ileafner and Mr.
Smith, of (Us place, will he married
tonight at 7 o'clock at the bride's
ho"'f - - Vp. :
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Mrs. M.
Saturday night. Misses Grace Stroup
and Cletus Pasour spent Saturday
and Snndav with Misses Lirrie nd
Pearl Carpenter. 'Mr. and Mrs. T.ov
Carnenter spent Sunday at Mr. J. F.
Carpenter's.
Among the Gastonians who wen:
to Charlotte yesterday afternoon to
see "The Pink Lady" at the Acade
my of Music last night were the fol
lowing: Mrs. J. Lean Adams. Mr.
and Mrs. S. Ross Clinton, Miss
Johnsle Adams. Mr. and Mrs. T. L.
Craig. 'Miss Marie Torrence. Miss
Laura Page. Miss Columbia Kelly,
Miss Ruth Royce. Miss Heten Iow
ery. Messrs. R. G. Rankin. A. G.
Myers W. II. Adams. S. A. Robin
son. Ralph Armstrong. Clyde Mc
Lean. Stafford Whitfield, Henry Bos
hamer, Harry Shuford. '
BESSEMER ROUTE ONE, NEWS.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
BESSEMER CITY, R. F. D. 1, Jan
31. Mrs. John Baldwin and son Os
car, who have been very sick with
pneumonia, we are glad to say are
Improving very fast. Mr. Monroe
Rhyne gave a party last Saturday
night. Quite a number of young
people were present and all report -a
most enjoyable evening. Miss Ore
bell Clark has returned from an ex
tended visit to lier sister, Mrs. Jones
Gordon, of Clover, S. C. There was
an old time spelling bee at Hickory
Grove school house last Friday
night. 'Miss Lizzie Rhyne, of Dal
las, spent a few days last week wltn
her' Bister. Mrs. E. H. Clark. Miss
Lola Carpenter spent last Saturday
and Sunday visiting "In Bessemer
City. Mrs. Moses Stroup Is very
sick at this writing. rMisses Ora
and Monretta Pasour spent last Sat
urday and Sunday with Miss Maggie
Lee Carpenter, of Cherryyllle Miss
Helen Pasour Is spending a while
with friends In Cherry ville. Mr.
Sample Hager was a visitor to Gas
tonla last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs.
M. F. Pasour spent" last Friday tn
Cherryville. Mrs. Junius Carpenter,
of Waco, spent a few days last week
with her father, Mr. John Baldwin.
'Mr. Luther Klser spent last Sat
urday night In Cherryvllle. .
DUE WEST NOTES.
Steam Heating Plant Being Installed
in A. R. P. Church Woman's Col
lege Raising Fund for Hall lr.
Boyce Resigns Kditoiship of A. R.
Presbyterian Sentiment Strong
for Wilson.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
DCE WEST, S. C. Feb. 1. - Dur
ing the winter months the congrega
tion of the A. R. Presbyterian
church has been forced to worship
in Erskine College auditorium. This
has been on account of deficient
heating facilities in the churcn
building. The congregation will re
turn to its usual place of worship
6oou; for a steam heating system naa
been ordered and should be here in
ten davs or two weeks. Profs. 10.
L. Reld and P. L. Grler. the active
members of the commute to secure a
heating plant have awarded the con
tract to the Sullivan Hardware Co..
of Anderson, S. C. Much satisfac
tion is expressed here over the pros
pects of a comfortable church build
ing. It hasn't seemed quite natural
for the Seceders to worship in a
hall where lyceum entertainments,
minstrel and musical shows are wont
to be held.
The hopes of the alumnae of the
Woman's College for a music hall
were materially boosted when an
nouncement was made here through
Mr. E. C. Stewart, of Bartow. Fla.,
that Mr. R. L. McDaniel. of Belfast.
Tenn.. had given the sum of $."00
toward the erection of the building.
The women of the church are per
sistent in their efforts to adorn tne
college campus with a music hall
and auditorium, and they have by
means of entertainments and sub
scriptions created a neat sum to
wards the total of $20,000.
After twenty-five years of fine
service. Dr. Tom G. Boyce, of Atoka.
Tenn.. has resigned his position as
associate editor of the Associate Re
formed Presbyterian, the "church
paper." Dr. Boyce's edi'orlals have
been widely read. They have been
always characterized by a pithiness
and terseness and by a philosophy
that has made them famous among
A. R. P. readers. Dr. R. M. Steven
son has editorial charge of the pa
per with supervision over all articles
submitted to the paper. Mr. R. S.
Galloway will continue to look after
the business interests of the paper.
It may not be out of place to say
that the stockholders in this pub
lishing Ttnpany receive an annual
dividend of 9 per cent. To get bacx
to the subject, the friends of Dr.
Boyce will be sorry to note his res
ignation, and will be comforted only
by the fact that he has a worthy suc
cessor in Dr. Stevenson.
At a certain primary held here
Tuesday afternoon to canvass the
sentiment in the presidential cam
paign, Woodrow Wilson led all con
testants by a wide margin. Votes
were cast by college students and
professors. Wilson received 111
votes: the highest number received
h nnv n'hp- endMip was ttreiv
'voor.. ' . " 'in.
eived a small vote. Benjamin
Tillman received one vote. The pri
mary was the source of endless
u.nu8ement to the student body.
Ninety-Five Cent Dollars.
A window display at the Torrence
Morris Co's. Jewelry store, which is
attracting no small amount of at
tention, contains among other things
a good big handfull of 1 bills which
are marked 95 cents. The window
contains a large assortment of arti
cles including lockets, necklaces,
hand-painted china, cut glass, etc.,
all placed together to go for 95
cents each. The dollar bills were
put In at the same price. So far, on
ly a few have been sold. Usually
folks fall over one another in an ef
fort to buy dollar bills at this re
duced nrice but In this case they are
not. The newspaper man noticed
that purchasers invariably scrutiniz
ed these more closely than they us
ually do an ordinary article. Ask
ed If they were genuine, Manager
Morris told the reporter that his firm
would redeem every one turned
down by the banks. Who would
have thought that Gastonia people
would turn down such a bargain as
this? If you don't believe they are
there, dollar bills for nlnety-nve
cents, go and see for' yourself.
HIS hosts of friends will be
greatly pleased to learn that Mr. G.
A Gray's condition is very much Im
proved today. He Is resting well
and his physicians are greatly en
couraged at the prospect for a quick
recovery from his recent very severe
illness. Dr. G. W. Pressley, . or
Charlotte, was here to see him yes
terday. Mr. Gray is at the City Hos
pital. Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Mason are
spending the day in Charlotte on
business. They are having plans
prepared for a new residence which
they will build In the spring, on
South Oakland' street where they are
new living. It is understood that
tbey will have the old Love residence,
which was purchased a year or two
ago. torn down. -
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HOGS ARE SMART ANIMALS
Instance of Their Intelligence Ob
served by an Easterner Travel
ing Through the South.
"A hog has a lot more sense than
people give the average hog credit for
or at least a razorback hog has,"
remarked an easterner who travels
through the south. "Here's some
thing that impressed me: At a little
southern town or village I went
through some tii.-.e ago, a small boy
boarded the train with sandwiches
that he was selling, for there was no
eating place ami the train reached
that point at about the noon hour. I
bought two sandwiches.
"By the time th train was at the
outskirts of the little town, I found
that the sandwicl.es Instead of being
made with ham in the interior, con
tained only some slices of turnip. Of
course I threw mine away as soon as
I found that out. Other passengers
raised the windows to throw theirs
out at about the seme time I noticed.
And right at the pulr.t where most of
the sandwiches were thrown out, I saw
a drove of razorback hogs ready to
gobble them up.
"The conductor told me that the
hogs had learned just how far the
train would go every morning before
the passengers would find the turnips
in the sandwiches and then throw the
sandwiches away. And he said the
hogs wouldn't miss the right place by
more than a couple of yards."
SAINT FOR THE JOURNALISTS
Pope Pius IX. Fifty Years Ago, Se.
lected St. Francis De Sales as
Their Patron.
It will be news to many Journalists
io learn that they have an officially
selected patron saint. But the Man
chester Guardian points out that they
have, and have had for the last fifty
years. Pius IX., at the request of a
number o continental journalists, Is
sued a decree on the point. He res
ommended journalists to sek the help
of St. Francis de Sales, whose hody
has Just lately been transferred, with
great pomp and amidst popular re
joicing, to a new church at Annecy,
in Savoy, his native place. The choice,
our contemporary thinks, was an apt
one, for St. Francis was a man of let
ters. His famous work, "The Devout
Lite," Is still popular, "no doubt be
cause of the lightness of touch with
which it is written and the unerring
journalistic instinct (if one may put
it so in writirg of the work of a
saint) with which he compels atten
tion to serious questions by the skill
ful use of anecdote and illustration."
Westminster Gazette.
Cruelty to Animals.
During the discussion of the dif
ference between the high cost of liv
ing and the cost of high living at the
Curbstone club the ancient carpenter
vouchsafed the following: "It just
seems like everything conspires to
make things harder for a man when
prices are high. Now, for instance,
I know that all of my hens intention
ally stop laying when eggs are worth
their weight in gold just when they
ought to do their very best!"
"Smoke up! Your pipe's going out!"
sarcastically exclaimed the real es
tate man.
"Fact," continued the ancient car
penter. "But I fooled the critters. I
got a sign painted with words, 'Eggs
10 cents a dozen,' and hung it in the
coop. Now the hens are laying two
and three eggs every day, and som(
of them are even working nights."
Youngstown Telegraph.
Now the Machine Sermon.
The only ceremony at the funeral
jf a school teacher in an Austrian vil
lage was the rendition by a talking
machine of the hymn "Eine Feste
Burg," as sung by a chorus of male
voices. The Incident gave an enter
prising firm an idea. They now, ac
cording to a circular which has been
distributed in the rural districts, are
"prepared to furnish for funerals
good and appropriate music, either
solo, duet or chorus. Our large list
includes universal as well as strictly
church music." In discussing this
enterprise , a Vienna paper says that
the "machine sermon" has already
been introduced, and in conjunction
with the "machine music" will make
old methods useless. "The talking
machine sermon," Bays the humorist,
"has at least these good points It
must be short and the machine doer
not weep." , . '
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Democratic Caucus Decides Against
Any Appropriations at This Ses
sion for Public Buildings or Bat
tleships Gastonia Affected Mr.
Webb Contended Against Majority
How the Tar Heels Voted.
The following Associated Press dis
P-itch from Washington to the morn
i papers of Tuesday is of much in
terest generally and of very especial
Interest to Gastonians as the action
taKen affects this place:
There will be no appropriations
for battleships or public buildings at
I'.iis session of Congress. This was
the decision of the Democrats of
the House after a spirited caucus to
iiig'it. l-.limination of a battleship
appropriation was a surprise, tne
c uiic us having been c alled for the
purpose of considering a $1 6,000,
ooo public building bill recommend
ed by the committee on public build
ings and grounds. Representative
Bennett of Alabama offered an a
mendment to a resolution to dis
pense with the public buildings bill
that no battleship appropriation be
reported to the House. Representa
tive Hobson of Alabama headed a
bitter attack on the amendment but
it was passed, !tS to 68.
WHAT SAVING MEANS
The saving resulting from this ac
tion of the caucus is estimated oy
the Democratic leaders to aggrega
te about $4(1.(100.000 $24,000,
(hmi to lie required for two modern
battleships and $1 6,000,000 for puo
1 1 - buildings. In the case of public
buildings, however, there may be
some appropriation for emergencies.
The issue was precipitated by Rep
resentative Fitzgerald of New York,
chairman of the appropriations com
mute, who introduced a resolution
that the state of the government fi
nances did not now justify a public
building bill. Mr. Fitzgerald said
that it would be impossible for tne
government architect to begin work
on any new plans for two years and
It would be three years before any
new construction work could be on
the way.
The caacus was by no means har
monious, many members from the
country districts pleading the neces
sity of such a bill to safeguard the
welfare of the party In the approac h
ing campaign.
Majority Leader I'nderwood con
troverted the argument of the pub
lic building champions. He warned
that to saddle the Treasury with a
$1 6.000.0on charge at this session
would be too apparent an effort to
court favor without sincerity.
Speaker ("lark was of the same mind.
After the caucus it was declared
that the cutting off of the battle
ship appropriation was forced by
members who were piqued by their
defeat on the building appropriation.
Representative Hobson and others
who championed a two-battleship
program announced that a petition
for a special caucus on the battle
ship appropriation would be circu
lated at once among the Democrat
ic members and that it would con
tain an appeal to rescind tonighfs
action.
HOW TAR HEELS VOTED.
The following special dispatch to
Wednesday's Charlotte Evening
Chronicle on the same subject is al
so of interest:
But three of the State delegation
in the House supported Majority
Leader Underwood's economy plan
which resulted in no public build
ings bill being reported to the House
at this session. Page. Doughton and
Kitchin voted with Mr. Underwood,
while Webb, Stedman, Godwin.
Oudger, Falson and Pou opposed
him. Representative Small, who
went to Florida with the rivers and
harbors committee, did not reach
Washington until this morning, and
therefore, was not recorded.
Representative Yates Webb intro
duced an amendment to make appro
priations at this session for build
ings already authorized. In Mr.
Webb's district this would have made
it posslbe to have started work on the
proposed Federal building at Gasto
nia. Major Stedman voted with
those opposing Mr. Underwood be
cause he pledged himself during his
campaign that he would do all In
his power to secure appropriations
for buildings at 'Mount Airy, Oxford,
Burlington and Chapel Hill.
Had Mr. Webb's amendment been
adopted it would have made it pos
sible to have secured the $2."0,000
for a building at Winston-Salem. An
appropriation of $2r)0.000 has al
ready been made for Wlnstjn-a-lem's
Federal building but owing to
the rapid growth of the town thi
amount is considered entirely too
si (all, and Major Stedman has al
ready introduced a bill askiu? for
an additional appropriates of $2."0,
000. This action on the part of the
Democratic caucus is disappointing
to Gastonians, that Is to all except
perhaps some of the "I-told-you-sos.'
As is of course generally known,
Gastonia had an appropriation of
$50,000 for a public building in ad
dition to a $15,000 site which has
already been selected and paid for
by the government. Many ef pur
people felt that such a sum would
not put up a building of the charac
ter the size and importance of the
town called for and some months
ago it was decided at a mass meet
ing to request Congressman Weeb to
make an effort at the present session
of Congress to have $20,000 aided
to the sum already appropriate!. In
compliance with - this request- Mr.
ENTERTAINED
TWO CLUBS.
Miss Laura Page and Mrs. D. A.
Page delightfully entertained the S.
and O. and Friendly Matrons Clubs
Wednesday afternoon from 3 to 8
o'clock at the home of the latter on
North Marietta 6treet. Progressive
trail was played, the score cards be
ing hand-painted violets. On each
table there was a green and lavender
basket containing purple and green
mints. Following the game a salad
course with hot tea was served. In
addition to the members of the two
clubs there were present quite a
number of invited guests.
NOVELTY SHOWER
FOR MISS FRY.
At her home on West Fourth ave
nue Wednesday afternoon from 3: 30
to 5 o'clock Mrs. Arnold Stovall gave
e novelty shower complimentary to
Miss Mary Cordon Fry, who is soon
to become the bride of Mr. Lewis M.
Bait his. Mrs. Stovall was assisted in
receiving by Mrs Ceorge A. Jenkins.
Following an interesting contest
game of "Hearts" little Miss Eliza
beth Marshall, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. C. K. Marshall, entered the
parlor carrying a basket containing
the gifts for the bride-to-be. A two
course luncheon was then served m
the dining room, where red hearts
were used as decorations. Those
present were Misses Eliza Lindsay.
Honor Banks. I.aura Page, Pauline
Fay8sonx, Ix)le and Pollie Fry, Ber
tha, Ixle and Zelda Long. Annie Mc
Lean. Johnsie Adams. Blossom Fays
soux. Mrs. G. A. Jenkins. Mrs. D. A.
Garrison. Mrs. W. F. Michael and
Mrs. C. K. Marshall.
BALTHIS-FRY
CARDS OUT.
Handsomely engraved cards read
ing as follows were issued Wednes
day: Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Gordon Fry
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Mary Gordon
to
Mr. Lewis Hall Balthis
on the afternoon of Wednesday Feb
ruary fourteenth
at half after five o'clock
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Gastonia, North Carolina
At Home
after March the first
Gastonia, North Carolina.
The bride-to-be is a daughter of
Capt. and Mrs. S. G. Fry and is one
of the most attractive and popular
members of the younger social set
in Gastonia. The groom-elect Is a
member of the cotton brokerage
firm of W. L. Balthis & Co., being a
brother of Mr. W. L. Balthis. Since
coming to Gastonia several years ago
from Baltimore he has made a wide
circle of friends In the local busi
ness and social world. The bride
and groom will have the congratula
tions and best wishes of a host or
admiring friends.
RRIIKJE CLUB WITH
MRS. T. L. CRAIG.
The Wednesday Afternoon Bridge
Club was entertained this week wltn
a bridge luncheon by Mrs. Thomas
L. Craig at her home on West Main
avenue. The guests of honor were
Mrs. Towers, of Spartanburg, S. C,
who Is the guest of Mrs. Henry M.
Cleveland, and Mrs. E. W. Mellon, of
Charlotte, who is the guest of Mrs.
Craig. After the game the guests
were ushered into the dining room
where a seven-course luncheon was
served. The color scheme was yel
low, this color prevailing In eacn
course as well as In the decorations.
As a centre piece for the dining ta
ble was a brass basket filled with
yellow jonquils. Smilax was sus
pended from the chandelier to eacn
of four, candlesticks surrounding
this basket. The place cards were
hand-painted yellow jonquils. There
were no prizes but the guests or
honor were each presented with a
box of Nunnally's candies. The par
lor was decorated attractively with
white carnations and potted plants.
The entire affair was a most delight
ful one.
(Mr. John C. Rankin, of Lowell,
is a visitor to Gastonia today.
Webb recently, as noted in The Ga
zette, introduced a bill calling for
an increase from $50,000 to $70,
000 for this purpose and the pros
pects for securing It seemed good.
Had the dominant party not taken
the action it did with reference to
the whole public buildings bill it is
very probable that Mr. Webb would
have secured the desired increase.
As the matter now stands It Is not
likely that Gastonia will get any
thing in the way of a postofnee build
ing until after another session or
Congress. All hope is not lost yet
however. There is a possibility that
the Democrats may reconsider.
Wednesday's Charlotte Chronicle
says editorially: "Secretary Meyer
is howling quite vigorously for two
more battleships. The public build
ing people are also making a noise
and the probabilities are that the
Democrats will reconsider and turn
loose the money. The government
has plenty of it and the decision to
cut off these important appropria
tions was a mistaken policy."
Mrs. J. N. Ellis Is 111 at
borne near the Modena Mill.
her
Read S. E. McArtbiur's adver
tisement in today's Gazette.
Miss Emily Adams has purchas
ed a lot on South Willow street from
k.Mr. E. F. Wilson.
Mr. Fred D. Iiarkley made a
business trip to Washington City last
week, returning to Gastonia Friday.
Solicitor G. W. Wilson Is at
tending Cabarrus Superior Court at
Concord this week.
.Mrs. 1. F. Mabry, Mrs. James
Wilson and Mrs. J. R. Goode, of
McAdenviile, were in the city shop
ping yesterday.
- Mr. C. W. Mitchem, of Besse
mer City, route one, was in the city
Wednesday and paid The Gazette or
fice a call.
Mr. J. A. Leeper, of Lowell,
route one, was a business visitor io
Gastonia Wednesday and paid The
Gazette office a call.
Mr. J. M. Holland, of the Hol
land Realty & Insurance Company,
spent yesterday in Charlotte on bus
iness. Mr. E. C. Bess, of the North
Brook Lumber Company, of Cherry
ville, spent Wednesday in the city on
business.
Mr. C. R. Webb, of Shelby, is a
business visitor In the city today.
Mr. Webb is general agent for the
South Atlantic Life Insurance Co.
The many friends of Mrs. Evon
Houser, who has been quite 111 at her
home in Dallas, will be glad to learn
that she is much better.
Mrs. Ian Moore, who has been
a patient at the Gaston Hospital Tor
the past several weeks, returned to
her home at Mayesworth Tuesday.
Hon. John G. Wooley will lec
ture on temperance at Main Street
Methodist church next Tuesday ev
ening at 7:30 o'clock. Everybody
is invited to hear him.
Capt. A. L. Bulwinkle, of Co. B,
known as the Gaston Guards, at
tended the meeting of the Nortn
Carolina National Guard in Charlotte
Wednesday and yesterday.
Mr. D. W. Drum, formerly In
business here but now living at Saw
mill, Caldwell county, where he is
engaged in farming and in the gen
eral merchandise business, was a vis
itor in Gastonia yesterday.
Mr. W. B. Elam and Mr. W. S.
Carpenter, of Crouse, route one,
were business visitors in Gastonia
Wednesday. Mr. Elam has won one
of The Gazette's handsome 42-piece
dinner sets.
Mr. and Mrs. G. II. Marvin and
Mr. W. L. Coon have returned from
Atlanta. Mrs. Marvin visited rela
tives and Mr. Marvin and Mr. Coon
attended a meeting of the Coca-Cola
mixers.
Mr. J. Leak Carraway, formerly
managing editor of The Arkansas
Gazette at Little Rock, Ark., was
here the first of the week spending
a few days with Mrs. Carrawaya
parents. Dr. and Mrs. E. F. Glenn.
Miss 'Mamie Davis, who under
went an operation at the Gaston
Hospital a couple of weeks ago, has
recovered sufficiently to be able to
sit up. Her many friends hope for
her a speedy recovery.
Recital by the violin and piano
pupils of Miss Lillian Atkins at the
Central school auditorium this even
ing at 8 o'clock. The program will
include several selections by the At
kins Orchestra. The public is cor
dially invited to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Bynum, or
Spartanburg, S. C, arrived in Gas
tonia Tuesday on a visit to Mr. By
num's mother. Mrs. M. Bynum. They
go today to McAdenviile to spend a
few days with 'Mrs. Bynum's mother,
Mrs. S. H. Mangum.
Don't fall to go out next Tues
day night to Main Street Methodist
church and hear Hon. John G. Wool
ey lecture. He is one of the leading
advocates of the temperance cause
in America and has twice been the
candidate of the Prohibition party
for President. His lectures will no
doubt be exceedingly interesting.
Yesterday was the first day of
Belk's annual winter clearance sale
and it started off with a rush. The
store was crowded and so great was
the crush that the clerks could not
wait on the customers. It was a
complete success, so far as the first
ray was concerned, ana is continuing
at a lively rate. Belk used a two
page ad in Tuesday's Gazette.
Mr. S. Settlemyer had as his
guests the first of the week his two
brothers, Noah Settlemyer, of Yates
Centre, Kan., and Monroe Settlemy
er, of Neosho Falls, Kan., and his sis
ter and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Cicero Cline. of Newton. Mr. Noan
Settlemyer was accompanied by hit
wife. They came down from New
ton Monday and left Wednesday for
Gaffney, S. C, to spend a few days
with relatives. 'Next Wednesday the
Messrs. Settlemyer- will return . to
their homes in the West This Is
their first visit to Jheir native State
in-forty-five years. ;'t :f-
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