North Carolina Newspapers

IONIA GAZETT PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK TUESDAYS AMD FRIDArS. GASTONIA IS A BUSY TOWN. BIX OLE COPY 8 CENTS. f 1.50 A YEAR Ef ADVANCER GASTOMA, N. C. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 28, 1913. TOL. XXXIV. GASr HEWS OFJEJOUIITY 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 Yoo Know and Some You Don't Know. THE SPINSTERS' RETURN. Play to be Given Friday Night at Bel mont Township Teachers Meet Breezy Belmont Briefs. Correspondence of The Gazette. BELMONT, Jan. 27. The play, "The Spinsters' Return," to be given by the Ladies" Aid Society of the Presbyterian church, will be given Friday night, the 31st. As noted be fore this is a sequel to the "Old Maid's Convention" given some time ago. In this the "old maids," after a lapse of several years Bpent in Alaska and the far West on the search for suitable helpmeets come together in a reunion and recite their experiences, trials and mishaps with the varying degree of success that at tended each one. The oddity and freakishness of thte costumes combin ed with the ludicrous situations aris ing in the unfolding of the play make this a laughable and very enjoyable amateur performance. Rehearsals are to be held every night of this week. Mesdames F. P. Hall and W. B. Puett have general supervision of the work. According to appointment the South Point teachers association met here Saturday. Owing to the inclem ent weather not more than half the membership was represented. How ever, a good and enthusiastic meeting was held. The time and place of the next meeting will be decided upon and announced later. At a meeting of Belmont Tamp, No. 217 W. O. W., held a few nights ago the following officers were in stalled: M. W. Sanford, council commander and the following sub ordinates, n. H. Hnrtgrovc, A. A. Maier, H. C. Traywick, .1. L. West, A. B. Brown, L. A. Welch, N". A. Orr, W. A. Duke and J. A. Leeper. Misses Melva and Grace Gulllck and Edna Rankin, of the Presbyter ian College, Charlotte, are spending the welk-end at home. Miss Rankin has as her guests thuce friends, Miss es Ethel Walker, I.ina Blakeney and Ollle Alexander. In their honor Miss Rankin entertained a few of her friends Saturday night. Misses Johnsie Lore, of Lowell, and Lucy Lore, of McAdenville, were visitors In town over Sunday, the guests of Mrs. P. P. Hall. Mr. D. P. Stowe was the recipient a few days ago by narcels nost of a unique piece of mall sent him by a friend from Texas. The box con tained a pair of jack-rabbit ears which when exhibited by Mr. Stowe occasioned much comment. Said to be small, the ears measured over 13 Inches from tip to tip. Mrs. R. L. Stowe who has been ill for some time is somewhat better and is able to be up. Cherryville Chat. The Eagle, 23rd. t Mr. Ed Adams, of Gastonii, was a Cherryville visitor last Sunday. Chief McGlnnas conveyed Henry Simpson, the 19-year-old son of Mr. Ralph Simpson, to the asylum at Morganton last Saturday. The new building being construct ed by Dr. W. H. Houser and Mr. M. L. Rudhjlll is nearlng completion. The rooms will about all be occupied as soon as completed. It Is reported here thai Mr. John Carpenter, Jr., son of Mr. John Car penter, of near Long Shoals, is suf fering with pellagra. Mr. Ephriam Houser left last Fri day for Danla, Fla., where he ex pects to remain during the winter season. Mr. W. E. Gardner, who has been at Fayetteville for some time attend ing to his business interests, was called home to be with Mrs. Gardner who is quite ill. Henry Simpson, aged 19 years, a son of Mr. Ralph Simpson, of Cher ryville foute one, has been of un sound mind for several months, but up to last week had been considered harmless, when he became so violent that he was brought here and con fined In the lockup until arrange ments fan be made to get htm in the asylum. He was considered a bright boy and had entered school here at the beginning of the term last sum mer when soon, after his mind began to give way. A dispatch from Elizabeth City da ted the 24th says that Mr. James Woodard, who was a member of Peary's expedition to Japan In 1852, when commercial relations were es tablished between the United States and that country, died the 23rd at Hickory, Va., aged 85 yean. With the election last Thursday by the Tennessee legislature of Judge John K. Shields, straight Democrat, to the long term in the United States Senate that body la found to he equally divided between Demo crats" and Republicans, there being 48. f each. With Vice-President Marshall, a Democrat, as presiding officer, the! Democrat would be able to carry their point on a strict par ty vote. BIG CULVERL CAVES IN THIRO AVENUE WATERWAY IN ROINS Under Weight of Tons and Tons of Dirt the Flat Slab-Rock Top of New Culvert on West Third Avenue Caves in and for the Second Time ' in Twelve Months That Street is Impassable Washed Away Last Winter and Was Rebuilt at Ex pense of $300 to $1,000. As a result of the rain Saturday and again Sunday night, the big cul vert under West Third avenue be tween South and Marietta streets, caved in, leaving third avenue at that point impassable. This culvert had been practically condemned for some time, the city having had a section of It fenced off for some weeks. The walls remain intact and arc probably not damaged. In its construction the top was made simply of straight stone slabs six feet or more long, put down with out cement, on ton of which were tens and tons of dirt. These stone slabs gave way under the heavy weight, as was inevitable. "Had the t'p been constructed as an arch out of rock and concrete it would have been as good today afi when it was built, doubtless," is the concensus or opinion. It has been a little less than a year bince this culvert, which carries the oialnago from more than one-half of the town, was washed Completely away by a big rain. It was rebuilt at a cost of upwards of $i00 perhans a thousand and with the exception of the roof, seems to have been a pretty fair job. Its rebuilding required something like two months with from three to six men working at it all the time. When it was rebuilt the last tlmr this culvert was greatly enlarged and a apparently of sufficient size to car ry any amount of rt-ater that Is ever likely to flow throueh It. What plans will be adopted in the repairing of this expensive piece of work we have not learned, "fince it was first put in some three or four years ago this place has cost the city enough to have built a solid con crete culvert that would have witn stood the torrents of years," said a prominent citizen yesterday. BESSEMER BRIEFS. The Dispatch, 24th. Prof. D. C. Johnson has purchased the beautiful home of Mr. S. .1. Dur ham. Mr. Durham will move to Gastonia. Miss Pearl Henderson attended the Rankln-Royce wedding at Gastonia Wednesday. Mrs. C. E. Whitney and son Floyd and Mrs. Nellie Mason attended the Rankln-Royce wedding in Gastonia Wednesday evening. Messrs. S. J. Durham, C. E. Whit ney, R. F. Coble and E. L. Froneber ger attended the meeting of the Grand Lodge of Masons at Raleigh last week. Mr. Alfred Black left Tuesday for Greenville, S. C., where he has ac cented a position with the Woodslde mill. Mr. R. C. Ormand with the chil dren who have been in Raleigh for the past two weeks taking the Pas teur treatment returned to the city yesterday. It will be rememebered that Mr. Ormand and the children were bitten by a small dog which was suffering with hydrophobia. The treatment seems to have been suc cessful. Miss Pearl Thornburg gave a re ception Tuesday evening in honor of her newly married brother, of Baum font, Texas, who with his wife are spending a few weeks with his fath er, Mr. C. A. Thornburg. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wllklns left Tuesday for Rutherfordton where they will snend some time visiting relatives and friends. 500 ACRES LONG STAPLE. Rev. W. E. McHwslne Will Increa.se Acreage in Long Staple on His Mecklenburg Farm from 100 to 500 This Spring. Charlotte Observer. Rev. William E. Mcllwalne, who lives at 425 Elizabeth avenue, has announced to some of his friends that he' will plant approximately 500 acres of land in long staple cotton this Spring. Last year he cultivated 100 acres of long staple cotton and produced nearly one bale to the acre or 100 bales of cotton. For this he received 18 and 18 1-4 cents a pound, which is just about six cents a pound more than if it had been of the short staple variety. Mr. Mcllwalne is one of the larg est and most successful farmers and cotton planters in the county, and has been . quoted as sayiag that "there is more money In long staple cotton than In anything that grows out of the ground In this section." And Mr. Mcllwalne's experience would appear to Justify this state ment. Governor Locke Craig and Mr. Jo sephus Daniels, editor of The Ral eigh News and bsei-ver, will be the principal speakers at a dinner to be given February 1 st by the North Car olina Society In Washington. Subscribe to The Guette U. D. C'S. TO MEET THE 31ST. The Gastonia Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy will hold their regular monthly meeting on the last Friday in January, the 31st. All the members are earnest ly requested to attend and bring their annual dues. Those who did not contribute to the refreshments for January 19th 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. BIBLE CLASS TO GIVE RECEPTION. On Thursday night, January 30, at 7:30 p. m., the Men's Bible Class of the First Presbyterian church will give a reception in the armory of Company B on the third floor of the Adams building. The reception will be given to the men and boys of the First Church and all male merttbers of that church and all men and boys who attend the church in any of its departments are very cordially In vited to be present. There will be several short addresses and refresh ments will be served. FOR MISS HARVIE AND MRS. DURHAM. At her home on South Chester street Saturday afternoon from 3:3o to 5:10 o'clock Mrs. William L. Bal- thls entertained with an informal tea complimentary to her house guest. Miss Ellen Blair Harvie, of Danville, Va., and Mrs. S. J. Dur ham, of Bessemer City. The guests were greeted at the front door hv Mrs. .1. K. Dixon and Mrs. Stella Scofirld. Mrs. RalthlR find Miss Harvie received and were assisted further by Mrs. D. A. Garrison p1 Mrs. J. Lean Adams at the sitting room door, Mrs. E. W. Gilliam and Mrs. C. V. Blake in the sitting room and Mesdames L. N. Glenn, A. M. Dixon, S. G. Fry who poured tea. During the afternoon Mrs. Lewis H. Balthls and Miss Louie Fry delight ed the guests with a number of ex cellently rendered musical numbers. GASTONIA GIRL HONOREE AT ROCK HILL PARTY. Saturday's Rock Hill (S. C.) Her ald says: "A lovely party of the week was that given yesterday afternoon by Miss Julia Boyce in honor of her at tractive visitors, Miss Mary Boyce, of Duo West, and Miss Ethel Pierce, of Gastonia. The rooms were prettily decorated with pot plants and cut flowers. The hours were pleasantly spent in conversation and in the en joyment of vocal and Instrumental music by the honor-guests. A delic ious salad course, with hot choco late was gracefully served by little Misses Mary Ruth Cowan, Mary Claussen Grler and Julia Thompson Roddey. "The hostess was attired in a dainty gown of blue crepe de chine. Miss Mary Boyce wore a lovely cos tume of white lace over pink mes saline. Miss Pierce was gowned In handsome black grenadine over black." a a MR. HILL AND MISS HICKS MARRIED YESTERDAY. A wedding which came as a snr prise to many of their friends was that of Mr. Calvin G. Hill and Miss Margaret Ellen Hicks which was sol emnized yerterday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Barbara L. Hicks, No. 512 Eastj Air Line avenue. The cer emony was performed by Rev. J. H. Henderlite, pastor of the First Pres byterian church and was witnessed only by members of the family and a few intimate friends of the contract ing parties. Mr. and Mrs. Hill left on an afternoon train for Columbia, S. C, where they will spend several days with the groom's relatives. Mr. Hill came to Gastonia about two years ago from Columbia to take a position as city letter carrier. Mlse Hicks has been general delivery elerk nt the local postofflce for sev eral years. Both have many frienns who will congratulate them heartily on this happy consummation of their desires and will welcome them bask to the city. MRS. ROCKETTS SISTER MARRIED. The following from the kfoores ville correspondence of The States vllle Landmark of Friday will be of Interest to many Gastonians as the bride has frequently visited. her sis ter, Mrs. F. P. Rockett, here: "Yesterday afternoon at 6:30 o'clock, at the Methodist church. In the presence of a large number of relatives and friends, Mr. Lonnle Coon and Miss Juanlta Starrette were united in marriage. Rev. C. 3. Kirkpatrick, pastor of the church, peformed the ceremony. Just at half past six, as Mrs. G. M. Ktpka was rendering the soft and sweet notes of Mendelssohn's wedding march, the bride and groom entered the church, preceded by Mrs. C. S. Stone, of Charlotte, aunt of the bride, who carried a magnificent bou quet of bride's roses. As they ad vanced to the altar, which was bank ed with evergreens, and during the ceremony Mrs. Kipka played softly "Hearts and Flowers." Immediate ly after the ceremony was over a large number of friends of the bride and groom accompanied the young couple to the home of her mother, Mrs. F. S. Starrette, where refresh ments were served and congratula tions offered. The esteem in whicn these young people are held was shown by the beautiful gifts of linen handiwork, cut glass, china and sil verware. They left on the Charlotte train for Jacksonville, Fla., where they will spend their honeymoon. "The groom is a son of Mr. George Coon, of Mooresville, and holds a responsible position with the South ern railway. He is a very fine young man. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. F. S. Starrette and is a very talented and an accomplished musi cian, being the soloist in the choir of the Methodist church. She has a large number of friends." a S. AND O. CLUB WITH MRS. JOHNSTON. The Sz-and O. Club met Friday af ternoon at 3 o'clock with Mrs. Ru fus M. Johnston at her home on South Broad street. Upon their ar rival the guests were shown into the dining room, where punch was serv ed by Misses Sue Ramsey Johnston, Aleen Reid and Louisa Reid. Trail was played at nine tables, after which mousse and cake were served, followed by coffee and sandwiches. Violets were used throughout the decorations, the score cards and ta ble numbers being In violets. Re sides the members of the club the following invited guests were pres ent: Miss Ellen Blair Harvie, of Danville, Va.; Mrs. William L. Bal thls, Mrs. W. J. Clifford, Mrs. Stell? Scofield, Mrs. D. A. Garrison, Mrs. James D. Moore, Mrs. John O. Ran kin. Mrs. Joe S. Wray, Mrs. A. E. Woltz. Mrs. A. J. Klrby, Mrs. George W. Wilson, Mrs. R. M. Reid, Mrs. J. H. Henderlite, Mrs. George W. Ra gan, Mrs. J. Holland Morrow, Mrs. B. H. Parker, Mrs. Fred Seagle, Misses Matilda and Catherine Car son, Misses Jennie and Bessie Pe gram, Miss Estelle Rankin. Miss Eleanor Reid and Miss Maud Wil kins. a a a AT THE GROOM'S OLD HOME. This from the Louisburg corres pondence of The Charlotte Observer under date of the 26th will interest many Gastonians, the groom having formerly lived here: "Last Tuesday, Judge and Mrs. Charles M. Cooke entertained at their home, Northfield, in Louisburg, in honor of their son, Mr. Wilbur Cooke, and his bride of Spartanburg, S. C. In the afternoon from 4 till o, the mar::ed people called, and in the evening from 9 until 11, the younger set. Receiving in the afternoon were Judge and Mrs. Cooke, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Cooke, Capt. Francis N. Cooke, V. S. A., with Miss Leah Per ry of Henderson: Mr. C. M. Cooke, Jr., with Miss Martha Byrd SprullI of Rocky Mount; Mr. Edwin Cooke with Mrs. James Tisdale In the par lor. In the hall Mrs. William H. Ruffin, Miss Mary Arrlngton, Mr. and Mrs. Louis L. Joyner. In the library, Maj. and Mrs. B. T. Holden, Dr. and Mrs. A. H. Fleming. In the lining room, Mesdames SwIthwicK, Person and Boddie. "In the evening Mr. and Mrs. Ar thur Person, Miss Eleanor Cooke, Mr. Edward Malcne, and Miss Arring ton received in the hall and in the dining room were Messrs. Thomas rfufRn, Weldon Egerton and John Xeal, Misses Person, Cooke anl Sr.iitb.wlck. "This beautiful old home never looked more attractive than on this occasion with its open wood fires, its fine old furnishings decorated In Ions leaf pine, smilax, roses and carna tions. Over 400 people called anj Louisburg was charmed with young Mrs. Cooke, who was Miss Gertrude DuPre Burnette, of Spartanburg. "This was tie first occasion In quite a time tkat Judge and Mrs. Cooke have opened their home In a social way, a home where many young people of the State have spent enjoyable hours and where hospital ity has become proverbial." Bom To Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Garibaldi, of Charlotte, on Friday, January 2, 1912, a son. Mfss Mary Galloway leaves to night for Baltimore on a visit to Mrs. O. G. Allen. Mr. Charier D. Gray will open an office this week on the second floor of the new Ragsn building and do a general cotton brokerage bus iness. Executory and administrators of estates who want theIargest a amber of people to see their advertlsementa should place them fn The Gazette. The legal ratels imlXormlr charged. VERY VALUABLE PATENT MR. COFFEE 1NVENTSBUGGY SHAFT Gastonia Man Has Applied for Pat ent on a Buggy Shaft Which Prom ises Big Things for Future CoflTey Wagon Works Will Handle Output Concern Also Makes Contract for Almost Entire Output of One Horse Wagons Make the Clem nier Sub-Soil Plow Also. Mr. J. H. Coffey, president and genera manager of the J. H. Coffey Wagon Works, of Gastonia, has ap plied for letters of patent on a bug gy shaft which he has recently In vented and which has been declared by several of the largest buggy man ufacturers In the United States to be far superior to anything of Its kind yet manufactured. It has a number of Improvements over even the best shafts now being made, all of the new ideas used in Its manufacture having as their object Increased strength. Instead of the flat iron now used to strengthen the shaft at the large curve on the butt end, the new shaft has a channel of steel, similar In looks to the channels used for rubber tires. The flanges on each side of this channel make the strength of the shaft Buch that It will not bend under the strongest pressure. The cross piece ' connect ing the shafts are bound to the chan nel by separate T's of steel. The sin gle tree is not bolted through to the cross piece but has a steel plate on the top and on the bottom, the bind ing rod or bolt working In a depres sion In the plates and the plates themselves being bolted through the single tree and the cross niece the long way Instead of the old way. The braces are also a great improvement over the old ones and are made of steel. The steel partg for the shaft are being manufactured by a large Phil adelphia firm and the Initial ship ment has been received. Mr. Coffey expects to sell these in large quanti ties to buggy manufacturers, ship ping direct from the Philadelphia factory, and he will also manufac ture here the complete shafts. A contract was closed a few dtivs ago by this concern with one of the largest retail and wholesale firms tn the State dealing in wagons, buggies, etc., with establishments In several towns, whereby the Coffey Wagon Works is to furnish them all their one-horse wagons. This will take al most the entire output of the local plant at Its present capacity. A feature of this enterprising bus iness Is repair work, a laree quanti ty of It coming from out of the State. A number of laudeaus are now being overhauled for Neely & Fewell, of Rock Hill. Painting and trimming automobiles is also a specialty wltn this concern. Mr. W. E. Hall, who has for the past three years been in charge of the painting and trimming depart ment of the Pock Hill Buggy Com pany, Rock Hill, S. C, has accepted a position as painter and trimmer with the Coffey company and will be gin work February 15th. He and his famllv are expected to move here within the next two weeks. Another article manufactered bv this concern Is the Clemmer sub-soil plow which is becoming quite popu lar with the farmers. Application for patent on it Is now pending. JOHN PAUL JONES. Body of First Admiral of American Navy Find Final Resting Place at Annapolis. Annapolis, Md., Jan. 26. With simple but Impressive ceremonies, the body of John Paul Jones, first Admiral of the American Navy, was today placed in its final resting place in the new crypt under the Naval Academy chapel. Secretary of the Navy Meyer, French Ambassador Jusserand and Governor Goldsbor ough were among those present. Escorted by a brigade of 700 mid shipmen, at whose head was the Na val Academy band playing a funeral dirge, the casket was transported from Bancroft Hall to the chapel on a car drawn by a squad of Blue Jack ets. It was then carried on the shoulders of the "Jackles" into the crypt and lowered Into a receptacle chiseled out of solid marble. A heavy marble lid was placed over it. Afterward memorial services were held In the chapel, conducted by Chaplain Scott of the Naval Academy and Chaplain U. G. B. Pierce of the United States Senate. The eulogy was delivered by Chaplain Pierce. The body of the famous seafighter had Iain In the rotunda of Bancroft Hall since It was brought to this country from France several years ago. Mr. Dunn's Father Dead. Mr. C. M. Dunn and family were called to Mecklenburg county Friday on account of the death of his fath er, Mr. William C. Dunn, who passed away at his home in Paw Creek township Friday morning at three o'clock. The funeral was held at the home Saturday morning, the services being conducted by Rev. Mr. Terrell and interment being In the church yard at Pleasant Grove church of which he was a loyal member. Mr. Dunn was 86 years old. He is sur vived by his widow and seven chil dren, namely: Messrs. Lee , Lloyd and Alva Dunn, of Paw Creek; Mr. Charles M. Dunn, of Gastonia: Mrs. J. L. Todd and Mrs. Q. R. Campbell, of ChaTlotte, and Mrs. Lethla Prim rose, of Paw Creek. SHORT LOCAL ITEMS THE MOVEMENTS OF GASTOH PEOPLE Personal Items About Gaston Folks) and their Friends, Short Item About People and Things That Ars of Interest to Gaxette Readers, Condensed for Their Convenience Mrs. W. L. Coon and children, returned Sunday from a visit 'to reK utives at Hickory. Mr. C. F. Harry, of Groverv was) a business visitor in Gastonia Tester day. Mr. Fred H. Robinson, of Dal las, was In the city on business Sat . urday. ' Mr. J. D. Smith, of Spencee . Mountain, was a Gastonia visitor ' Saturday. Mr. W. V, Ramsenr, of Bess, mer City, route two, was in GastonlaL on business Saturday. Miss Eunice Bryan, of 'the Cob- ' tral school faculty, spent Saturday and Sunday with friends In Mt. Hol- ( ly. --Solicitor George W. Wilson tor i in Concord this week representing? v the State at a term of Cabarrus Bo- perlor Court. Mrs. E. A. Taylor, of Hickory te spending a few days In the city as the guest of her niece, Mrs. J. M. Holland. Miss Naomi Moore, of Omaha Neb., arrived Saturday to be tha guest for a few days of Mrs. E. N. Hahn. Mr. D. G. Bnckner, manager of the Gastonia Dairy, has returned, from Ashevllle where he visited rel atives for several days. Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Marvin re turned last night from Atlanta where they spent a week or ten days wltn. friends and relatives. Mrs. L. II. J. Houser and chll--dren, of Cherryville, were the guests, of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Crowder at their home on Willow street for sev eral days last week. Mr. and Mrs. William .Ford, Of Mt. Holly, were the guests Sunday of Mr. Ford's brother, Mr. 0. E. Ford, and w ife at their home on Columbia. street. Mr. Howard CounclU, son of Judge W. B. Counclll. of Hickory, spent Sunday and Monday In the city n the guest of his cousin, Mrs. J. M. Holland. Mr. M. H. Smith and wife, of Cochran, Ga., returned home last week after spending some time at Spencer Mountain as the guests of Mr. Smith's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Smith. Charlotte Chronicle, 27th: Rev. and Mrs. R. C. Anderson, of Mon treal and Mrs. Thomas H. Gaither, of this city, who are wintering in. Florida, have left Clearwater and ars located In Orlando, Fla. Rev. Dr. 8. B. Turrentlne, of Shelby, presiding elder of the Shel by district, was here Saturday after noon presiding over the quarterly conference for the West Gastonia and Ozark Methodist churches. The meeting of the Mission. Study Class of Main Street Methodist church which wm to have been held yesterday afternjou with Mrs. A. R. Rankin was rallel off on account of the bad weather sud will be held next Monday week, February 10th. Miss Margaret Caldwell, of Kings Creek, S. C, who has been spending several weeks In Baltimore, ab the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Jessie Hlgglns, arrived in the city today to spend a few days as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Campbell before, returning home. Mr. O. C. Andrews, local agent of the Southern and C. & N.-W. rail ways, is distributing a handsome lit tle booklet giving facts about that coming Inaueuration of President Wilson and about the city of Wash ington. It Is excellently Illustrate and contains much valuable infor mation. Persons contemplating at tending the inauguration will And this little booklet of service. An Item which we carries re cently to the effect that Messrs. !W. G. and J. 8. Torrence had purchased: 50 acres of land from the John B. White estate was slightly mislead- . Sng, the error being unintentional, however. The Messrs. Torrence sim ply purchased the timber rights oa 50 acres of land, while the land ne malns the property of the .White es tate. Statesville Landmark, I4th3 Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Cgaig received at telegram yesterday afternoon front Capt. J. W. Copeland announcing fha death of Capt. Copeland's father, lar. George P. Copeland, at his home so. Clinton, S. C. aged 90 years. Mr. Craig left last night for Clinton attend the funeral and burial, wate. takes place there today. .Mr. Cone land visited Statesville often years) ago and is well remembered hese In renewing his subscription te The Gazette Mr. J. D. Horls, of ate vada. Mo., says that it has been a, . very pleasant-winter there, with Ut ile snow or Ice. He states that hsar health Is good, and that he has net even had a bad cold for twe yean. Mr. Hovls has been a constant read er of The Gazette for many years and evidently takes great Interest to. keeping up with folks and affair "back home." Executors sad administrator of estates who wast the largest numbed of people to see their advertisemeMsTt should place them Is The nattta I I