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VOL. XXXIV.
GASTOMA, N. C.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBItUARY 4, 1913.
NO. tO.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AUDITOR IS ELECTED
NEWS OF THE COUNTY SHORT LOCAL ITEMS
BILL TO PUT SOLICITORS ON SALARY
Representative Witherspoon Introdu
ces Bill to put Solicitors on Salary
of $2,000 Would Place Ban on
Cigarettes Want Women to Vote
In Municipal Elections What Our
Solon s Are Doing.
Following is a brief resume or
the work done bj the State Legisla
ture since last Friday:
In the House Saturday Clark, of
Pitt county, Introduced a bill to pro
hibit the sale or giving away of cig
arettes. It makes It a misdemean
or for any person, firm or corpora
tion, to manufacture, sell or offer
for sale, bring Into the state for the
purpose of selling, giving away or
otherwise disposing of cigarettes, cig
arette papers or substitute. A vio
lation is punishable with a $50 fine.
Clark also offered a bill to amend
the revisal, section 2974, and confer
on women the right to vote in mu
nicipal elections.
The senate passed without discus
sion the house joint resolution for
the governor to appoint a commis
sion of three to confer with olliciiils
of railroad companies in an effort to
settle the contest over freight rate
discriminations without retaliatory
legislation at this session.
A bill was offered to maintain the
Fast Carolina Teacher Training
school, by Kvans.
Gilliam -To amend the constitu
tion so the legislature can regulate
appeals.
Yesterday in the House Wither
spoon introduced a bill to put all so
licitors on salaries of $2,000 for fif
teen weeks with a $lo for every
week additional court.
Stewart introduced hills for uni
form game laws and regulating tak
ing oaths with Bible.
Cox introduced bills by the Stare
Department of llealih for inspecting
sanitary conditions of railroad sta
tions, coaches, hotels and cafes, and
sKellum introduced a bill to require
tjie vestibule of street cars to be en
closed. Two former Superior Court Judges
Senator Jones oT Forsyth, and Vena
tor Council of Catawba, thrilled tlie
Senate Saturday afternoon with a
near-comoat, precipitated ny stric
tures by Senator Jones on other Sen
ators for alleged tendency to extravagancies-.
The bill for a stenographer for the
Supreme Court re'orer was under
discussion, with favorable report
from the Senate Judiciary Commit
tee. Senator Jones was opposing the
bill with the declaration that he was
here to take care of the insane,
blind and children and then, if nec
essary, to prune salary matters. Ir
any officer thought he was not paid
enough, he could resign.
Senator Council resented Senator
Jones' criticism of the committee for
favorable report on the bill, which
Jones had introduced by request and
was now opposing. He and other
Senators would be able to measure
up with the Senator from Forsyth In
economy and efficiency, he said. He
was tired of havire the State's defic
it flaunted in every speech by the
Senator from Forsyth. The State
was In debt for money honestly and
necessarily spent.
Senator Jones took offense, claim
ing the attack on him was nersonni,
and declared that but for the farr
that the Senator from Catawba was
between him and his coat and hat
he would leave the chamber. He
would not take lectures from the
Senator from Catawba, who could
not stop him until he (Council)
stopned thinking one way and voting
another and would continue to throw
the deficit in the face of anybody who
persisted in voting away the peo
ple's money without Just reason.
Ward in the Senate and Weather
spoon In the House Introduced yes
terday bills to provide for 20 Instead
of Ifi Judges and Superior Court dis
tricts. The House passed the Weath
spoon bill and sent it to the Senate,
and then a motion to reconsider the
motion and table it carried, making
It impossible for the matter to be re
opened In the House again.
Representative Clark of Pitt coun
ty introduced in the House a drastic
anti-cigarette bill as follows:
"Whereas the public welfare de
mands that the health of its citi
zens be protected, and that the young
men of our state be allowed to grow
to a fully developed, manhood ; and
whereas, the use of tobacco In the
form of cigarettes is admitted and
recognized as very injurious to the
tiuman system, therefore the General
Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
"Section 1 That it shall be a mis
demeanor for any person, firm or
Corporation to manufacture or self,
offer to sell, or to bring into the
State for the purpose of selling, giv
ing away, or otherwise disposing of,
any cigarettes, cigarette papers or
substitute. for the same; and a vio
lation of any of the provisions of this
act shall be a misdemeanor punisha
ble by a fine of not less than $50.
"Section 2 That this act shall
take effect from and after the first
day of January, 1914."
Dr. J. C. Galloway, pastor of the
Associate Reformed Presbyterian
church, will preach next Sunday
night at 7 o'clock at a union service
to be held at the Lutheran churcn.
The congregations of the Lutheran,
First Baptist. First Presbyterian,
Main"Street Methodist and Associate
Reformed Presbyterian churches will
unite In this service, no services be
ing held at any of the other four.
MR.' L E RANKIN CHOSEN BT BOARD
Mr. L. E. Rankin, of Lowell, Elected
to Position of County Auditor by
Board of County Commissioners
Other Business To Meet Again
February 10th.
At the regular meeting of the
board of county commissioners held
yesterday the most important mat
ter taken up was the election of a
county auditor as provided for in the
special act of 1911 placing the coun
ty officers on a salary basis and cre
ating the office of county auditor.
This matter was sc heduled to be tak
en up at the January meeting, but
was postponed until the February
meeting. The vote was by ballot and
Mr. .1,. E. Rankin, of Lowell, receiv
ed a majority of the votes of the six
meinberB of the board, after which
a motion prevailed to make the
election unanimous. A motion also'
prevailed allowing Mr. Kankin until
next Monday, February luth, to file
his bond and take the oath of office.
Other business transacted by the
board at its meeting yesterday was
mainly of a routine nature and Is
given below: "
G. W. Pearson was released cm
taxes on 4 8 ac res of land assessed at
$l.00.
.1. S. I'ugh, of Kings Mountain, was
allowed to peddle without license on
account of being a Confederate vet
eran, wlille Ci. S. Smith was granted
the same privilege on account of
physical infirmity.
C. M. Harrell was released of poll
tax for 1 1U 2 on u count of physical
infirmity.
A. I'. Stroup, of River Rend town
ship, was released of tixes on 17
acres of land assessed at $-7i, et
roiieously charged.
Rev. V. S. Lacy, of Belmont, was
released of taxes on Jf.t:!" solvent
credits erroneously charged.
The monthly reports of the sheriff
and treasurer were accepted, ap
proved and ordered recorded.
Superintendent T. L. Ware was
Instructed to open up a public road
in South Point township as petition
ed for by S. J. Durham and others,
nnd as reported on by him as Super
infendent of Roads.
It was ordered that chain gann
camp No. 1 macadamize South street
in front of the court house from the
end of the bitulithic pavement fo
Franklin avenue.
W. S. Barber, colored, of Gastonia,
was released of tax on one dog erro
neously charged.
P. M. Rhyne, of Dallas, was re
leased of graded school tax on as
sessment of $ 2 ." erroneously charg
ed, his land not being in the Dallas
graded shool district.
Messrs. T. L. Ware. O. G. Falls. J.
F. McArver and Chairman John P.
Deeper were appointed a committee
to Inspec t the new Crowders Creek
bridge.
It was ordered that the time for
the Sheriff's final settlement of 1 ! 1 2
taxes be extended to the first Mon
day in March.
It was ordered that Superintend
ent of Roads T. L. Ware send a sparr
mule from the chain gang to the
county home farm.
The board adjourned to meet next
Monday, February 10th, to approve
the bond of County Auditor L. K. t
Rankin and administer the oath o
office to him.
IRON STATION NEWS.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
IRON STATION, Feb. 3. Miss
Addie Dellinger returned home a few
days ago from a months' visit to
friends at Marion, Connelly Springs
am! Hickory.
Prof. C. C. Ream and Mr. Ernest
Robinson, of Gastonia, spent the
week-end with relatives here.
Mrs. Fannie Long has returned
home from a visit of several weeks
to Mr. and Mrs. Luther Long at Mt.
Holly.
Miss Augie Bynum entertained a
number of her friends Saturday
night in honor of her sixteenth birth
day. Those present were Misses
Katherine and Iras Link, Agnes
Abernethy. Susan Hallman, Rosr-.-helle
Lawing, Bonnie Schronce and
Jennie Trout,man, Messrs. Harold
Abernethy, Earl Lawing, Sam and
Roscoe Robinson, Victor Rhyne and
Rryan Dellinger. Delightful refresh
ments were served and all present
enjoyed the occasion very mucn.
Miss Bynum proved to be a charm
ing hostess. She received many
beautiful presents.
Mr. Collie Cashlon, of Lowesville,
was a visitor In the village Sunday.
Miss Ruth Rudislll, the popular
teacher at Stroup's, spent Saturday
and Sunday with homefolks on route
one.
Miss Lou Boggs spent Saturday in
Llneolnton.
Miss Flo Mullen, a student In
school here, spent Saturday and Sun
day with her parents on route one.
Miss Mary Lou Stamey, of Shelby,
visited friends here last week.
On last Saturday night a number
of the friends of Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Lockman gathered at their borne for
a social party.
Mr. Lorenzo Armstrong spent last
Wednesday and Thursday in Char
lotte. Mr. Armstrong is recovering
from a recent illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Abernethy.
of Spartanburg, S. C, visited rela
tives here last week.
Mr. Miles Hoffman, of Dallas, was
a business visitor in this section last
week.
Mr. Luther Armstrong Is prepar
ing to build a 'handsome cottage on
his father's farm near here.
BACK FROM
WEDDING TBIP.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Grady Rankin re
turned Saturday from their honey
moon trip to Florida and Cuba. They
expect to go to housekeeping soon In
Mr. Rankin's new bungalow on Lee
street.
(X)LOMAL OPENS
TO-MGHT.
A large number of invitations
reading as follows have been issued:
Your presence is requested at the
opening of
The Colonial Hotel
on Tuesday evening, February 4th,
1913
from eight to ten o'clock
ENTERTAINING
THIS AFTERNOON.
Invitations reading as follows have
been issued:
Mrs. Jane Campbell Latham
Mrs. John William Moore
at home
Tuesday afternoon. February the
fourth
four-thirty to five-thirty
.111 South Marietta Street
ENTERTAINED WITH
EO'ITV-TWO PARTV.
Mrs. D. M. Jones was hostess yes
terday afternoon at her home on
Wesl Airline avenue to the Tuesday
Afternoon c'luh and a few invited
guests, in honor of Mrs. R. Grady
Rankin and Mrs. Rismarks Capps, of
Lynchburg. Va. Progressive forty
two was played, there being twelve
tables. In the score cards nnd re
freshments the valentine Idea was
carried out. The event was a most
deliphtfiil one
A JOINT
IIOI'SE PARTV.
Mrs. Jack Harper and Miss Marie
Torrence will entertain at a joint
house party next week. Their guests
will arrive Monday. Mrs. Harper's
guests will be Mrs. R. A. Grimes,
Mrs. F. A. Henderson, Miss Rutn
Abernethy and Miss Sallie Martin, all
of Hickory: and Mrs. H. D. Harper
and Mrs. Pugh Ward, of Kinston.
Miss Torrence's guests will be Miss
Madge Welch, of Shelby: Miss Irene
Wheat, of Gaffney: Miss Lottie
Kluttz. of Chester, and Mrs. W. K.
Davenport, of Gaffney. A number or
social events are being planned com
plimentary to these visiting ladies.
VOl'NG PEOPLE
ENTERTAINED.
Last Friday evening, between the
hours of 8 and 11, Mrs. M. A. Rhyne,
of route two, was the pleasing host
ess to a number of young people of
the community. Assisting her in en
tertaining the guests were Misses Ol
lie Ratchford and Janie KendrlcK,
who met the guests at the front door
and ushered them into the parlor.
There games and various other
amusements served only to make the
evening one of much pleasure and
enjoyment. It was. Indeed a delight
ful time for all, and one long to be
remembered by those who were pres
ent to enjoy it. The register showed
that about seventy-Tve guests had
called during the evening.
PLEASANT AFFAIR
AT CHERRVV1LLE.
The following is from last week's
Cherryvillo Eagle:
"Mrs. D. P. McLurd threw open
the doors of her beautiful little
home, on last Thursday afternoon to
the ladies of the "42" Club. To add
to the attractiveness of the home, it
had been very tastefully decorated
with evergreen and flowers and with
al presented a very lovely appear
ance. "Since the club is composed of on
ly twelve members, four tables were
used for the progressive game. Ev
ery one soon became lost in the
pleasures of the moment and the
time passed all too hastily. Howev
er, when the appropriate hour arriv
ed, the guests were glad to push
back the dominoes and give nlace to
the most delightful refreshments,
which consisted of a dainty salad
course followed by ambrosia and
fruit cake.
"One of the regular twelve being
absent, Mrs. L. C. McDowell was In
vited as a guest. Also the company
was honored by the hostess' mother,
Mrs. S. S. Mauney. Those present
were: Mesdames D. P. McLurd, j.
W. Carroll. L. L. Self. H. S. Moseby,
D. A. Rudislll, L. C. McDowell ana
Misses Maggie Hall. Katherine
Whitener, Maude Rudislll. Zona
Stroup, Pearl Harrelson and Fern
Thompson.
"Every one who had enjoyed the
good things of the hour was sorry
when the time came to bid the at
tractive hostess adieu, but iii so
feeling that they had been entertain
ed mostroynlly and bearing within
themselves pleasant anticipations for
the next coming together."
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Knox, of
Spencer Mountain spent Sunday here
with Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Hovis.
Personals and Locals.
Bad weather and a shortage of
material has caused work on the
new depot to be suspended for sev
eral days past.
Mrs. J. R. Warren has been suf
fering for several days from a very
severe attack of rheumatism and is
confined to her home..
Messrs. K. O. and W. C. Petty,
of Bowling Green, S. C, were in tne
city on business yesterday and paid
The Gazette office a call.
The Anderson D. Davis lands in
Dallas township were sold at auction
yesterday by N. R. Davis, commis
sioner, being bid In by Mr. J. Wilkie
Abernethy, Alexis, for $1,900.
A meeting of the Gasfonia Pri
mary Teachers Association will be
held Thursday night at 7:. 10 o'clock
in the library. All the primary
teachers of Gastonia township have
been invited to attend.
Mortgage sales of land which
had been advertised in The Gazette
to be held by M. T. Wilson, trustee,
and M. A. Carpenter, trustee, yes
terday, were called off as the mort
gaees in both cases had been satis
fied. - A concrete floor Is being laid In
the room recently vacated by Padg
ett Brothers, tailors. It is to be
used as a dairy lunc h, occupying also
the space in the rear which is to be
built in at. once.
Misses Zona Stroup and Kate
Whitener, members of the faculty of
the Cherry vilie graded schools, spent
Friday here visiting the city schools.
Thev were guests while here of Mr.
and' Mrs. G. F. Hovls.
- Mr. Rawlinson McFadden, or
Spartanburg, S. ('., arrived in the
city last. night on a visit to his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. 1. R. McFadden.
j Mr. McFadden has not entirely re
covered from a recent very severe ill
ness with pneumonia, and will spend
some time here recuperating.
-The estate of the late William
S. Henry was sold at auction yester
day at noon by W. II. Iewis, com
missioner. The property consists of
three houses and lots on Falls street
and a half-interest in the property
occupied by the Gastonia Livery Co.
and was bid in by Mr. A. K. Woltz,
of the law firm of Mangum& Woltz,
for $4,S.r0.
Saturday the stockholders of
the Gaston Seed & Provision Com
pany held a meeting and elected Mr.
E. G. McLurd, Mr. A. C. Stroup and
Mr. G. L. Stroup directors, these In
turn elected olficers as follows:
President and treasurer, Mr. A. C.
Stroup: vice president, Mr. E. O.
McLurd: secretary, Mr. G. L. Stroup.
This a new concern and is starting
off well in business. It has a good
location next to the court house and
handles seeds of all kinds and heavy
and fancy groceries.
Prof. W. J. Francis, principal of
Boiling Springs High School, near
Shelby, was a visitor in Gastonia
yesterday. He came up from Bel
mont, where he spent Sunday witn
Mrs. Francis, who Is on a visit to
her parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Stowe, and spent a few hours here
on his way back to Shelby. Prof.
Francis reports that since the deht
has been paid off Boiling Springs Is
growing more rapidly than ever.
There is now an enrollment of 273.
the greatest in the history of tne
school.
Beginning with Friday's issue
this week The Gazette will run seri
ally "Woodrow Wilson: the Story of
His Life From the Cradle to the
White House," in twelve chapters by
William Bayard Hale. This is the
most fascinating and interesting bi
ography of the President-elect yet
published and The? Gazette is the on
ly Gaston county paper that will
carry it; we have bought the exclus
ive right to publish if here. You
can't afford to miss this. If this
falls under your eye and you are not
subsc riber, get your name on our
list today by all means. This serial
alone will be worth the price of tne
paper for a year.
Mr. Hugh I-iong, formerly of
Gastonia now a member of the South
Carolina General Assembly, was a
recent visitor here, spending a short
while between trains en route from
Rock Hill, where he visited Win
throp College as a member of the
legislative committee, to Monroe on
a brief visit to relatives. It will he
recalled that Mr. Long shot and kill
ed a banker named Gunter in Aiken
county some months ago and is now
out on bond. He informed friends
here that the date for his trial hart
been deferred till February 11th, at
which time. It is probable, the South
Carolina General Assembly will have
adjourned.
For criticising the judge of the
county court at Kansas City for, as
he alleged, allowing attorneys fees
to take precedence over alimony In a
divorce suit, William R. Nelson, edi
tor of The Kansas City Star, was
sentenced to one day In jail by the
judge whom he criticised. On ha
beas corpus proceedings he was re
leased under bond. Nelson is 78
years old.
LATEST FROM CUR CORRESPONDENTS
Newsy Letters from Gazette Corres
pondents Here and There Over
Good Old Gaston What Oar
Neighbors Are Doing In the Var
ious Sections of the County Per
sonal Mention of People Tod
Know and Some You Don't Know.
BELMONT BUDGET.
Presentation of "The Spinster's Re
turn" Please Iwirge Audience
Town Making Improvements.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
BELMONT, Feb. 3. In spite or
threatening weather a large crowd
was present last Friday night at tne
presentation of "The Spinsters' Re
turn" by the ladies of the Presby
terian church. A neat sum of $60
was realized, which will go to the
treasury of the Ladles' Aid Society.
For pure and unadulterated fun and
amusement furnished the audience,
the general opinion In town is that
this production eclipses anything
ever seen here. The cast was com
posed entirely of ladles, with the ex
ception of three men who took minor
parts. The lively Interest manifest
ed by the public- generally on this oc
casion was further heightened by the
local hits and thrusts made by the
ladles upon the men of the town, es
pecially the bachelors and others or
marriageable age. The parts taken
by Miss Pearl Lineherger, Mesdames
F. P. Hall, W. B. Puett and N. A.
Orr were exceedingly well rendered.
Mention should also he made of the
singing of Misses Elizabeth I.acy and
Mary Howe and Davidson Hall and
of the excellent clog-dancing of Nat
Orr, the five-vear-old son of Dr. and
Mrs. N. A. Orr.
Among the out-of-town visitors
were Misses Itutledge, Holland and
Springs, of Mt. Holly. Robinson, Lore
and Kvans, Brown. Leonhardt, Cox
and Titman, of Ixiwell, Sloan and
Mesdames Stowe and Rankin, of
Gastonia. Mrs. Chandler and Misses
Hall and Flack, of Bessemer City,
and Mrs. Francis, of Shelby.
Considerable discussion has been
aroused in Belmont among the cot
ton mill owners and operators over
(he Introduc tion before the I eglsln
ture of the Williams bill relative to
the labor of women and children In
the mills. As Is generally known,
the bill if passed, would practically
destroy all night work in the mills.
Petitions and talk both pro and con
are plentiful among the mill people
here and naturally sentiment Is
somewhat divided, although the gen
eral trend of opinion is that the bill
if passed would work a hardship
with the mills for a while at least
until they could adjust themselves
to the new order of things.
Quite a number of Improvements
have been made in town lately on
the streets and sidewalks -improvements
which, judging from the mud
and general Inconvenience occasion
ed by the slightest rainfall have
come not a day too soon. Beginlng
with substantial board walks, the
town authorities have materially im
proved the business and parts of the
residential sections of town by lay
ing sidewalks of a sand-clay mix
ture, a variety of gravelly clay whlcn
when once soaked with water and
packed becomes as compact and ser
viceable as concrete.
Miss Lena Green, of the school
faculty. sient the week-end at home
in Monroe.
Miss Ethel Stowe was a visitor in
Charlotte over Saturday and Sunday,
the guest of relatives.
Mrs. D. P. Sfowe Is visiting rela
tives In Ixiwell this week.
Retterment to Meet.
We are requested to announce that
the regular meeting of the Woman's
Betterment Association will be held
Friday afternoon of this week at
the Central graded school. At this
meeting delegates will be elected to
attend the meeting of the State Fed
eration of Women's Clubs to be held
at Newbern in May. All members
are urgently requested to be present.
A Correction.
In our report in Friday's issue of
the banciuef given by the Bible Class
of the First Presbyterian church a
very ludicrous typographical error
occurred. In commenting upon the
remarks made by Mr. P. W. Garland
the types made us say that he Illus
trated a point by a witty "single"
Joke. What we intended to say, of
course, was a "witty Irish joke".
There was no intention whatever fo
place any such limitation as was In
dicated by the word "single" upon
Mr. Garland's repertoire of humor
ous sayings and doings.
A final plea by lawyers and citi
zens was made to Governor Mann,
of Virginia, Saturday for a commuta
tion of the death sentences resting
unon Floyd and Claude Allen, the
Virginia outlaws who shot up the
court at Hiilsville, Va., last March.
They are under sentence to be elec
trocuted March 7th.
As a result of a small adver
tisement carried in The Gazette Mr.
E. Lee Wilson, proprietor of the
Palace Livery Stable, has sold a num
ber of horses recently. He still has
a few good horses, however, which
he wishes to dispose of.
THE MOVEMENTS OF6AST0N PEOPLE
Personal Items About Gaston Folk
, and their Friends Short Item
About People and Things That irt
of Interest to Gazette Readers.
Condensed for Their OonvenJemee
Miss Lula Whltesldes spent the
week-end in Charlotte as the guest
of her sister, Mrs: G. W. Hanna.
Mrs. I). A. CHne has as he
guest for some time her sister, MlM
Mary Lou Stamey, of Belwood.
Miss Essie Wilson left Thurs
day on a month's visit to friends In
Due West and Anderson, S. C.
Miss Pearl Wilson, who was con
fined to her home by Illness last
week Is able to be out again.
Mr. S. N. Craig, of Ttrzah. York
county, was a business visitor In
town yesterday.
Mr. J. Sidney Winget spent the
week-end with friends at Plnevllle,
returning to Gastonia yesterday.
Mr. G. R. Rhyne, of Mt. Holly,
was a business visitor In Gastonia
yesterday.
Mr. A. V. Stroup, of Lucia, wa
a business visitor In Gastonia yes
terday. Miss Ada Harper, of EflrdS)
sales force, returned yesterday front
a vslt to relatives and friends at
Clover.
Mrs. W. N. Lucas and little
niece, Miss Violet Turner, of Sharon,
S. C, are the guests of Mrs. J. M.
Davidson.
Mrs. F. L. Brown and little
daughter, Viola, of Clover, are spend
Ing a few days here with Mrs. J. Iff.
Davidson.
--Mrs. B. Wolfson and two chil
dren, of Baltimore, are spending
some time here an the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. David Iebovltz. Mrs.
Wolfson Is a sister of Mr. Lebovltz.
Mr. Hugh A. Rankin, of Jaclt
son Springs, was here on business
Friday and remained over Sunday
visiting relatives here and In Char
lotte. --Mrs. Jim Drake, of Spartan
burg, S. C, Is spending a few days
here as the guest of Mrs. K. M.
Glass at her home on East Main ave
nue. Miss Blanche Gray left ye.'ter
d;i on a visit to Mrs. J. II. Mayes,
of Fitzgerald, Ga., and friends in
Ai';.nta and Wayc ross, Ga. She will
be icay about, two weeks.
Miss Kathleen Cowan, of David
son, who is teaching near Clover, 8.
C. spent the week-end here as the
guest of Miss Kflie Davidson at her
home on South Oakland street.
Mr. Lewis Lineherger, of Dallas,
route two, is spending some time la
the city as the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
S. L. Jenkins at their home on Tren
ton street.
Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Wilcox and
son, Eugene, of Sioux City, Iowa, ar
rived In the city last week to spend
several months with their daughter,
Mrs. R. Boyce Wilson, at their bom
on Morris Street.
Mr. and Mrs. Crown W. Wilson
of Bureau, III., are expected to ar
rive In the city within the next few
days to visit Mr. Wilson's mother,
Mrs. I. N. Davis, and other relatives.
Miss Plnkey Estees, the efficient
bookkeeper for Thomson Company,
left yesterday for her home near
Newton to spend a few days with re
latives. Mr. T. N. Williams, of the city
police force, returned yesterday from
Charlotte, where he has been under
going treatment for some time. Mr.
Williams' friends will be glad to
learn that he is greatly improved.
Mr. H. A. Rankin, of Jackson
Si rings, was here Saturday for the
purpose of marketing some long sta
ple cotton for Mr. R. L. Bennett, of
Clio, S. C. He sold thirty-three
iales. the price received being only
IV 10 for the reason that the stapie
had not been properly ginned and
r.nly measured about one and one
eighth. Her many friends in Gastonia
will regret exceedingly to learn that
Mrs. Claud A. Eury is critically ill In
a Raleigh hospital. She underwent
a very serious operation a few days
"fo. While her condition is precar
ious her friends hope for her a
speedy recovery.
Mr. Charfes C. Page and little
daughter, Louise, of Raleigh, re
turned home yesterday after spend
ing several days here as the guebts
of Mr. Page's sister, Mrs. B. T. Mor
ris, at her home on West Main ave
nue. Mr. James Killian, for the past
several years with Long Brothers
and later with Mr. S. P. Pierce, who
succeeded that firm, has accepted a
position with the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company, succeeding Mr.
R. H. Long, who goes to Llneolnton.
Mr. W. L. Stamey and family
and Miss Troupe Stamey, of HIgn
Point, spent Sunday here with Mr.
and Mrs. D. A. Cline. Miss Stamey
is Mrs. Cline's sister. Mr. W. L,
Stamey is editor of The Review. -published
at High Point. 4 -
The leading agents, all of the
superintendents and assistants of the
Southeastern territory of the Metro
politan Life Insurance Company, of.
New York, will meet in Charlotte
Saturday, February 15th. The meet
ing will be held in the Selwyn hotel
and after a short business session a
banquet will be held. The medical
examiners will be present by a special
Invitation. Several of the local men,
will be present.