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TIESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 21, 1913.
VOL. XXXTV.
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THE MOVEMENTS 0F GASTON PEOPLE
Personal Items About Gaston Folk
and their Friends Short Item
About People and Things That Art
of Interest to Gazette Reader
Condensed for Their Convenience
Mr. J. R. Ratchford, of Bel
mont, was a Sunday visitor in Gas
tonia. Note changes in the Piedmont
& Northern Railway schedule in to
day's issue.
Mr. A. A. Armstrong and Miss
Luna Armstrong, of Belmont, were
among Saturday's visitors in Gasto
nia. Miss Margaret Hall and Miss
Thompson, of the faculty of the
graded schools at Cherryville, visit
ed the city schools here' last Friday.
Mr. L. H. Riser, of Crouse. one
of The Gazette's valued subscribers,
was a business visitor in town Wed
nesday. The will be a called meeting of
Gastonla Lodge No. 3f.!t A. F. and A.
M. Friday night at 7: 30 o'clock.
Work will bo done in the third de
gree. Mr. John W. Falls, transfer
clerk at the Southern depot, return
ed to his duties yesterday after be
ing out of the office for two weeks
on account of illness.
Mr. Tom Abornothy underwent
an operation yesterday at the Lin
coln Hospital in Lincolnton for ap
pendicitis. His many friends will be
glad to learn that he is getting
along nicely.
The Gastonla Insurance & Real
ty Co. has quai'fied as administrator
of the estate of the late Mrs. Flor
ence Happerfleld, of (iastonia and
gives legal notice thereof in the col
umns of The Gazette.
Mr. It. S. lorrence, of Pineville.
was here Saturday for the Lee
.lackson Pay celebration and paid
The Gazette office a pleasant call.
He has been (.pending several clays
in the coun'y with Mr. Ed Torrencr
' and Mr. MarraM Davis.
Mr. A. R. O'Neil is In a Balti
more hos;it'il where he underwent a
serious operation the latter part of
last week. His many friends will
be glad to know that tin news from
his bedside is reassuring. lie is get
ting along nicely.
Mistf Delia Nolen went to Kings
Mountain yesterday morning to enter
upon her duties as primary teacher
in tne Kings Mountain graded school
to winch position she was recently
elected to succeed Miss Nettie Rudl
sill. whose resignation became ef
fective labi. week.
Messrs. Boyd & Wilson, the
market men, killed a hog last Mon
day that takes the cake in Gaston
county so far as weight is concerned
this season, so far as our informa
tion goes. It weighed 743 pounds
gross and 12 pounds net. It was
raised by a Mr. Lee, who lives at
the Arlington Mills.
Miss Ellen Blair Ilarvie. or
Danville, Va.. is expected to arrive
in the city tonight to be the suest
for some time of Mrs. W. L. Rilthis.
Miss Ilarvie formerly lived here and
has many friends who are delishted
to know that Fhe is to be here on a
visit.
We are requested to announce
that Rev. .7. II. Henderlite, pastor ot
the First Presbyterian ehurhe, will
preach next Sunday mornins. Janua
ry 2fith, at Olney Presbyterian
church for the pastor. Rev. Georee
A. Sparrow. Rev. R. Murphy Wil
liams, of Greensboro, will preach at
the First church.
Mr. J. G. Roger, of Concord,
entered upon his duties as ticket
agent for the Southern and C. & N.
W. railways here yesterday, succeed
ing Mr. A. A. Suther, who returned
to Greenville. S. C, to a similar po
sition. Mr. Boger has already held
this position for several months and
hiB friends are glad to, see him back
at his old place.
His former parishioners here
will be interested to know that Rev.
M. McG. Shields, for a number of
years pastor of the First Presbyte
rian church here, has just declined a
call to become superintendent of
home missions in Georgia, a position
similar to the one he holds under
the North Carolina Synod. Mr.
Shields lives in Greensboro.
Our readers will note from an
announcement elsewhere In this Is
sue that the Harry-Baber Company,
grocers, are to have a demonstration
of ' the well-known White House
Coffees at their store on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday of this weeir,
January 23, 24 and 25. All the la
dies of the town and of neighboring
towns are cordially invited to call
and give these excellent coffees a
trial. The demonstration will be In
charge of a lady demonstrator sent
out by the manufacturers of White
Rouse coffee.
Contrary to the rumor which
was In circulation last week the
Gaston Farmers Union Warehouse
Co. will continue its business as
heretofore."- This company, whicn
has just completed, its third year of
business, is doing well. In 1912 it
paid a dividend of 10 per cent.
Starting with a capital of IMOO i:
has transacted a good and increas
ing volume of business. A' debt of
$900 with which the concern started
. haa been wiped out. Elsewhere in
" The Gazette will be found tbeir ad
vertisement. Mr. H. I Lineberger
is the efficient manager.
LATEST FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS
Newsy Letters from Gazette Corres
pondents Here and There Over
Good Old Gaston What Our
Neighbors Are Doing in the Var
ious Sections of the County Per
sonal Mention of People You
Know and Some You Don't Know.
Long Shoals Items.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
LONG SHOALS, Jan. 10 Mr. W.
A. Mauney and Mr. R. S. Plonk, of
Kings Mountain, spent Wednesday
at this. place.
Misses Vida Abernethy and Ellis
Proctor spent Saturday in Lincoln
ton. Verna Rhyne, the little daughter
of Mr. and Mrs William Rhyne, haa
the misfortune to get her arm bro
ken Wednesday evening.
Mr. John E. Carpenter, who has
been right sick for some time, w
able to be out again.
Miss Lockie Withers, who spent
two weeks in Stanley visiting friends
and relatives, returned home Thurs
day accompanied by her cousin, Miss
Lucy Smith.
Mrs. Virginia Griswill, of Char
lotte, spent Wednesday with home
folks. Mrs. J. M. Senter, of U'xington,
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. George
Itrown.
Mrs. Francis Kiser spent last
week with her daughter, Mrs. M. A.
Carpenter.
Mesdames Noah find LaFayette
Carpenter spent Wednesday at Mr.
J. E. .Carpenter's.
Mr. Forest Crouse spent Tuesday
night at Mr. M. A. Carpenter's.
Mount- Holly Matters.
Th Leader, 1 fith.
l(c-v. .1. A. Bowles is out again af
ter an attac k of grip.
Mr. I. H. CovinsMon and family rc-
j tiK-i.cd home Sunday night from
Vaickn, where they attended a fam-
S ininion at tlm homo ot .ir:
i o ington's father, Mr. L. A. Car
penter. Mips Mary Hutchinson has return
ed to school at Saletn, Va., after
FHi'riing the holidays at her home
here.
Topsey Dunn, who was so badry
burred a week ago. Is getting along
very nicely.
Mi. R. G. Rhyne and family are
moving this week from their coun
try home to the handsome new resi
dence just completed on Main street
near Mr. G. I). Jenkins' home.
Mr. A. P. Rhyne accompanied nit
daughter. Miss Mary, to Sweet Bri
ar. Va., where she entered school for
the spring term. ' Mr. Rhyne return
ed Wednesday.
Mr. Wellie Lineberger has accept
ed a position with the American Tel
ephone & Telegraph Co., of Atlanta,
C.a., and will be located at Kings
Mountain for the present. We re
gret to have Mr. Lineberger leave
our place.
Personal Mention.
Mr. T. ptnwc, of Belmont,
war p. visitor in Gastonla Sunday.
Read Kurd's page of specials In
today's Gazette.
Prospects are that there will be
a large amount of building in Gas
tonla during the current year.
Mr. F. E. Mirchell, or Ashevllle,
special agent for the Prudential Life
Insurance Company, is spending a
few days in town.
Another cold wave is scheduled
to strike this section today. The
last one "wore out" before It got
here.
'Mr. C. J. Huss, of the Huss
Manufacturing Company, of Besse
mer City, was. In Gastonia on busi
ness yesterday.
Mr. T. N. Williams, of the eUy
police force, underwent an operation
at a Charlotte hospital Saturday for
a mastoidal affection. He is re
ported as getting along nicely.
Advertising is the life of trade.
The Gastonia merchant who expects
to make 1913 a record year In his
business will find himself! in the rear
unless he conducts a vigorous ad
vertising campaign. The Gazette is
the best medium in the county.
Elsewhere in this issue !r. J.
B. Beard, proprietor of the THEATO,
announces that on Saturday, of this
week, he will have an expert mov
ing picture man here with camera to
take motion pictures of Gastonta
scenes. By making arrangements
beforehand merchants can have in
dividual scenes of their places of
business. The films will be shown
here in ttffe Theato during the fol
lowing week.
Mr. Harvey M. Alexander and
Miss Willie May Ottinger. of Char
lotte, took their families and friends
by surprise Saturday by coming to
Gastonia to be married. The cere
mony was said at the home of Mrs.
B. E. Atkins on East Franklin ave
nue by Rev. J. H. Henderlite, pas
tor of the First Presbyterian church
in the presence of only a few friends
as witnesses. Mr. and Mrs. Alexan
der intended going from here to
Knoxvllle, Atlanta and other points
on a bridal tour, but returned to
Charlotte the same afternoon upon
receipt of a message announcing the
Illness of Mr. Alexander's grand
father, Mr. T. M. HargetL
S. AND O. CLUB
WITH MRS. JOHNSTON.
Mrs. R. M. Johnston will entertain
the S. and O. Club at her home on
South Broad street Friday afternoon
at 3 o'clock.
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MISSION STUDY
CLASS.
The Mission Study Class of the
First Presbyterian church had a most
interesting meeting with Mrs. R. C.
McLean Monday afternoon. The
subject, "City Missions," was made
very instructive under the leadership
of Mrs. Walter Ramseur.
COMING HERE
FOR WEDDING.
The Rock Hill (S. C.) Herald of
Saturday says: "Miss Julia Boyce
will go to Gastonia next week where
Bhe will be a guest at the marriage
of her cousin, Miss Ruth Boyce and
Mr. Rankin, of that city. The bride
is remembered here as an attractive
visitor several summers ago."
THIRTEEN YEARS
OLD.
Friends in Gastonia of Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Mason, former residents
of Gastonia, will be interested in
this item from Sunday's Charlotte
News: "Miss Dorothy McConnell
Mason, the lovely young daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Mason, was 13
years, ol dyesterdny in honor of en
tering her teens she had a party at
which she entertained about twenty
of her young friends."
U. I). C'S. TO
MEET THE .1ST.
The Gastonia Chapter United
Daughters of the Confederacy will
hold their regular monthly meeting
on the last Friday in January, the
:!lst. All the members are earnest
ly requested to attend and brlnr
their annual dues. Those who diet
not contribute to the refreshments
for January 10th will please bring
twenty-five cents additional. Sever
al very important matters will be at
tended to at this meeting, so the of
ficers hope for a full attendance.
The hour is 3 o'clock sharp.
MARRIED AT
LUTHERAN PARSONAGE.
At the home of Rev. M. A. Ashby
on South York street last Wednes
day evening, the 15th, at 8 o'clock
Miss Fannie Lineberger, daughter of
Mr. C. J. Lineberger, who lives near
Lowell, was married to Mr. A.
Brown Lineberger, who lives south
east of Gastonia. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Mr. Ashby in the
presence of only three or four wit
nesses. The groom is a prosperous
and well-known farmer of the coun
ty. The bride is popular with a large
number of friends. She is a sister
of Mr. A. C. Lineberger, of Belmont.
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MR. JULIAN MILLER
TO WED MISS FAULKNER.
His friends in Gaston will be in
terested in the announcement that
Mr. Julian S. Miller, city editor of
The Charlotte Chronicle, is to be
married tomorrow. The story is
told in the following item from the
social columns of Sunday's Char
lotte News:
"An event of Interest to a wide
circle of friends here and elsewhere
will take place next Wednesday af
ternoon at 4 o'clock when Mr. Julian
S. Miller, of this city, and Miss Fan
nie Bell Faulkner, will be united :n
marriage at the home of the brida s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. D. FaulR
ner, on the Providence road. The
ceremony will be performed bv Rev.
R. G. Miller, D. D., father of the
groom. The wedding will be witness
ed by only the families of the brine
and grobm and a few Intimate
friends.
"Mr. and Mrs. Miller will live tem
porarily with Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Ross, at No. 202 North Bervard
street, where Mr. Miller has made
his home for a number of years.
Later they will go to housekeeping.
The bridal trip will be postponed un
til March, when Mr. and Mrs. Miller
will visit Washington in time for the
inauguration and from there will
visit other Northern cities.
"The bride-to-be is the eldest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Faulkner,
among the most prominent citizens
of the county, and is exceptionally
accomplished and attractive and is
universally admired. The groom
was formerly on the staff of The
News, but is at present city editor
of The Charlotte Chronicle. He has
won for himself an enviable reputa
tion in the Journalistic field and Is a
young man of splendid mentality
and native endowment.
"Miss Faulkner and Mr. Miller
were reared in the same community,
within a short distance of each .oth
er. Their college days were spent
in the institutions at Due West. S.
C, Miss Faulkner at the Woman s
College and Mr. Miller at Ersklne.
Previous to that Miss Faulkner spent
a year at the Presbyterian College of
this city and Mr. Miller spent a year
at the University of Xorth Carolina.
Owing to the social and Intellectual
prestige of the bride and groom the
marriage will be attended with uni
versal interest in city and county."
TWO MARRIAGES
AT GAKFNKY.
The following items are copied
from The Gaffney, S. C. Ledger:
C. Elmer Spencer and Miss Mary
Anthony, both well known young
people of Gastonia, N. C, were mar
ried in this city on Monday, January
13th, the ceremony being performed
by W. D. Kirby, Judge of Probate
of Cherokee, at his home.
Thomas L. Ryan, of Dallas, N. C,
and Miss Mollle J. Brown, of Glen
dale, were united in the holy bonds
of matrimony in this city on Wed
nesday, January 1.1th. The ceremo
ny was. performed by Judge W. 1'.
Kirby at his home.
KANKIN-HOYCK
WEDDING TO-MORROW.
At seven o'clock tomorrow evening
In Main Street Methodist churcn
Miss Ruth Boyce, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. S. N. Boyce, will become
the bride of Mr. Rufus Grady Ran
kin, one of Gastonia'8 successful and
popular young business men. The
ceremony will be performed by Rev.
Dr. J. C. Galloway, the bride's pas
tor, assisted by Rev. J. E. Aberne
thy, pastor of Main Street Methodist
church, of which the groom Is an of
ficial member. The occasion will
doubtless lie one of the most bril
liant social events of the season, and
a large number of out-of-town guests
will be present to witness the taking
of the nuptial vows by these popular
young people. Following the cere
mony a reception will be given at
the home of the bride's sister, Mrs.
1. Woods Garland.
SEWING SHOWER
FOR MISS BOYCE.
At her home on South Broad street
last Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock
Miss Eleanor Reid gave a most de
lightful sewing party in the nature
oi' a gift shower for Miss Rutn
Boyce", who is to become the bride
of Mr. R. G. ILtnkln tomorrow even
ing in a beautiful c hurch wedding at
Main Street Methodist church. Eacn
guest brought some article for a sew
ing basket, and there was an inter
esting guessing contest, rhymes be
ing read by the hostess describing
the various articles. The favors
were in the shape of small scissors.
Some time was spent in hemming
cup-towels as a useful gift to the
bride-to-be and ices were then serv
ed in small paper sewing bags, witn
cakes in Imitation of buttons. The
out-of-town guests were Mrs. M. R.
Kimbrell, of Charlotte, and Miss
Margaret Wharton, of Greensboro.
Music was rendered during the af
ternoon by Miss Marie Torrence and
Miss Lillian Atkins.
Tho Renter Can Make Money.
The man who farms one piece of
land this year and another next year
will always have a hard time to get
along and to get out of the one-mule
class. We need in the South a fair
and permanent tenant system that
will encourage young men to farm
right and to feel that so long as they
do so they can remain as perman
ently as though the farm was their
own. It is the cropper system of
the South that keeps men in the one
mule class. landowners need to un
derstand the profit that can be made
by having a permanent tenantry In
comfortable homes, under a system
that Is fair to both sides. We need
good farmers, tenants compelled to
farm in a systematic way, not only
for the benefit of the tenant but also
of the land-owner.
Of course, it is better for the
young farmer to work out his salva
tion on land that is his own, but
when one can only get the stocR
needed he had better 'get a fair ren
tal and farm on the land of another
till he Is able to get l.nd of his own.
F. Massey, In The Progressive
Farmer.
The Gazette still has a few 1913
calendars. Any of our subscribers
who have not received one should
drop in and get one.
There is this difference between
food and air. and that Is, the air
we breathe is invisible, so that we
cannot use our eyes to tell whether
it is good or bad: wtth food we can
tell, usually, by looking at It, whetn
er it is clean and wholesome.
Shelby's munlclpally-owned light
plant is a paying proposition, says
The Cleveland Star. According to
figures Just compiled by Mayor Gard
ner and Supt. Barron it showed an
average net monthly profit of about
$400. It has been in operation eight
months. As yet the town's water
plant has not been self-sustaining.
It is likely. In the Judgment of au
thorities of the Postoffjce Depart
ment, to be only a short time until
books and other printed matter now
handled as third class mail at eight
cents a pound will be mailable as
parcel post matter. Steps already
have been taken to so amend the
parcel post act as to permit printed
matter to be sent by parcel post.
PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENTS
City Council Passes Resolution Call
ing for Publication in Newspaper
of Proponed Recorder's Court Bill
and Proposed Amendments to the
Charter IYotest Against Water
Tank P. & N. Called on for In
formation as to Iiocal Car Service.
At an adjourned meeting of the
city council last night a number of
important matters were taken up and
disposed of. All of the aldermen
were present except Aldermen Mor
ris and Elliott.
One of the principal matters or
business was the putting into final
shape the bill establishing a re
corder's court in Gastonia which the
administration will ask Gaston coun
ty's representatives In the General
Assembly to have enacted Into law.
Some changes were made from the
original draft of the bill as discuss
ed at previous meetings of the coun
cil. City Attorney Jones Is at wont
on the new draft of the bill and it
will probably be completed within a
day or two. The city clerk was In
structed to have this bill together
with bills embodying proposed
amendments to the town charter
published in the local newspapers.
It is propable that these will appear
In Friday's issue of The Gazette.
The recorder's court bill Is not In
the nature of an amendment to the
charter but Is a separate bill. It
was also ordered that the petition
presented to the city council asking
for the establishment of this court
be forwarded to our representatives
at Raleigh along with a copy of the
proposed bill and a letter.
It was ordered that t lie mayor ap
point two aldermen to serve with
himself as a committee to act In an
advisory -capacity with reference to
the consideration of certain propqs
ed changes in the city charter. Al
dermen John O. Rankin and A. M.
Dixon were appointed on this com
mittee. A resolution was adopted requir
ing the secretary of the council to
notify the officials of the Piedmont
& Northern Railway that the time
set in their extended franchise with
in which the company was to Inaug
urate a local street car service has
expired and that the council requests
the P. & N. to notify the board
within one week when they expect
to begin said service.
Another resolution was adopted
the purport of which was that the P.
& N. Lines, In the extension of their
tracks beyond the point to whicn
they have already been completed,
namely the Southern crossing on
Franklin avenue, do not suffer any
unnecessary time to elapse between
the time of grading the road bed and
laying the tracks. This action was
taken as a consequence of the exper
ience along this line had last winter
when Franklin avenue was Impassa
ble for several months, a period of
time between the grading of the
roadbed and the laying of the tracks
by this company.
A petition signed by quite a num
ber of the residents of East Frank
lin avenue. Broad street and the
southeastern section of the town was
presented asking the board to pre
vent the erection by the Carolina &
Northwestern Railway of a water
tank at or near the intersection of
South Broad street and Franklin av
enue. A resolution was adopted by
the board protesting against the
building of a tank at this place and
a ropy of this resolution was pre
sented to General Manaeer Nichols
who was in the citv this morning.
A bill for $1,. 1f0. .11 from the
county" for extra grading, macada
mizing, etc., done by the county for
ces on Marietta and York- streets
was presented to the board and was
referred to the street commissioner
and the finance committee with pow
er to act.
New streets and avenues In West
Gastonia, in the Gray Mill section,
were named as follows, viz: Sim
mons avenue. Overman avenue, Webb
street, Alexander street and Llnwood
street.
Senator O. F. Mason came home
from Raleigh to spend Saturday and
Sunday with his family. Saturday
he was to have conducted the sale
of property for N. B. Davis, commis
sioner, at the court house at noon
but because of the very inclement
weather and the small crowd the
sale was postponed until Monday,
February 3rd, as advertised in to
day's Gazette.
Mr. 'W. E. French, representee
the Great Northern Railway, will
deliver a free lecture Thursday night
of this week at 8 o'clock at the Gas
tonia opera house. The lecture will
deal with the resources and oppor
tunities of the great Northwest and
will be Illustrated with steropticon
views. Everybody Is invited to at
tend, admission being absolutely
free.
Mr. J. H. Allen, who has been a
city mail carrier here since the free
city delivery was put on In 1909, ex
pects to leave with his family with
in the next week or two for Colorado
Springs, Col., on account of his
health. Mr. Allen will probably ob
tain a transfer and continue in the
mail service in Colorado. His work
here at present is, being done by Mr.
John L. Carson as a substitute. Mr.
Allen advertises elsewhere in this is
sue that he will sell out his house
hold and kitchen furniture at very
low prices on account of bis going
away.
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THIRTY-NINE LEPERS SLAIN.
Driven Into Pit and Shot by Order of
Authorities of Chinese Province.
Shanghi, Jan. 10. Thirty-nine le
pers recently were put to death la
an atrocious manner by order of ttS)
provincial authorities of Nanking
provinces of Kwang-Si. The suffer
ers were shot and their bodies wet
burned in a huge trench.
These advices were received hersj
today in letters from the Catholls
mission at Nanking dated December
14th. They said the lepers lived la
the woods a few miles outside ot
Nanking. The mission sought per
mission to build at Us own expense
a lazaretto for them and the proving
rial authorities, pretending to con
sent, dug a pit in which was placedV
wood soaked with kerosene.
At the point of a bayonet the lep
ers were driven Into the pit and shot
and the pyre was lighted and then:
bodies burned In the presence of sa
large crowd. The authorities offer
ed rewards for the discovery of oth
er lepers and this resulted in the
shooting of one more man afflicted,
with the disease.
The governor after the massacre
Issued a proclamation In which he
accused the lepers of having com
mitted outrages.
The letters from the mission say
there Is no foundation for this)
charge.
MI ST DEPOSIT 7,200.
North Carolina Will Re Required to
Put l'p That Hum in the Bound- -ry
Suit Against Tennessee.
The following Interesting item is
from the Washington correspondence
of The Greensboro News of Thurs- '
clay:
The clerk of the Supreme court ot
the I'nlted States today notified At
torney General Bickett that it. will
bo necessary for the State of Norttt
Carolina to deposit $7,200 for pre- '
paring and printing the record la '.
the case of North Carolina against
the State of Tennessee in the boun
dary dispute Involving the location
of several thousand acres of land on
the western boundary line of the two
States. The case has been pending- j
for a long time and arose over orig
inal survey when what Is now the
State of Tennessee was taken from
the North Carolina colony, It being
contended that the survey was not
correct. Senator Overman has the
matter in hand and has asked that
the amount be reduced, the junior
senator contending that a State
should not be compelled to make a,
cash deposit of so large a sum. Un
less Mr. Overman can have the a- '
.nount reduced an Immediate depos
it of $7,200 will be necessary.
Mrs. ItAdham 80 Years Old. .
The following Item from Sunday's
Charlotte News will be of interest ta
the many Gaston friends of the late
Capt. G. F. Bason, for many years &
resident of Gastonia: "It will be a
pleasure to her many friends In
Charlotto to hear of Mrs. Henry
Badham, for years a resident of,
Charlotto and a woman of exalted
type. Mrs. Badham's home on
South Myers street wah famed for
Its intellectuality and charming hos
pitality. Mrs. Badham after the
death of her husband, Capt. and Mrs.
George F. Bason, the latter, her
daughter, went to Birmingham to
live with her son, Mr. Henry Bad
ham. formerly of Charlotte, now one
of the most prominent bankers ot
that city. Mrs. Badham Is in her
89th year. She heard of the Illness
of Mrs. Wilkes, to whom she was
greatly attached, and wrote Mr. Lu
cius Steere asking for Mrs. Wilkes
and her other old friends In Char
lotte." Teachers' Meeting.
All of the teachers of Gastonia
township are requested to meet at
half-past 2 o'clock Saturday, Janu
ary 2-lth. Superintendent Hall has
organized an association In each
township In the county. He hopes
that these organizations are going to
get nearer to the work than any
movement that has been tried be
fore. At the meeting during the
county institute. Prof. J. S. Wray
was selected for the first president
and Prof. John F. Bradley the first
secretary. It Is the earnest request
of Superintendent Hall and the of
ficers that every teacher of the town
ship be present at this meeting.. Let
each one come prepared on the first
two chapters of McMurry's "How to
Study," and to propose and discuss
some of our most vital problems.
Mr. J. F. Carroll landed In his na- .
five county of Stokes a few days
ago from Texas, where he had spent
11 years. He was accompanied by
hU two children, made the trip by
waron, leaving Texas November ll.
En route his wife, a Tictlm of tr
berculosis, died and was burled li
Berryvl'.'e. Ark. Mr. Carroll saysbe -had
$1,020 in cash In his wagon but' '
a stranger whom he permitted to f
travel with him a part of the way re- '
lievei tlm of 1290. ; ;
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