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VOL. XXXIV.
GASTONL1, N. C.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, A I' JUL 1, 1913.
NO. 28.
THE
SHORT LOCAL ITEMS
THE MOVEMENTS JJFJASTON PEOPLE
Personal Items About Gaston Folk
and their Friends Short Item
About People and Thing That Art
of Interest to Gazette Reader
Condensed for Their Convenience
Mrs. H. W. Counts is spending
the day in Charlotte shopping.
Mr. John F. Love, of Charlotte,
was a business visitor In the city
yesterday.
Chief of Police C. W. Fuller, or
Bessemer City, was a Gastonla visi
tor yesterday.
Mr. Otis Patton, of Rock Hill,
S. C, spent Sunday in Gastonla with
friends.
Mr. J. R. Young and family
have moved from East Third avenue
to 502 East Franklin avenue.
The regular monthly meeting or
the Primary Teachers' Club wi'l be
held in the library tonight at eight
o'clock.
The West Airline Avenue team
defeated the Mt. Olivet team Satur
day afternoon at Mt. Olivet in an in
teresting game of baseball, the score
feeing 11 to 5.
Mrs. Stella MeElhrnnon arriv
ed In Gastonia on No. 3" yesterday
from Washington and will spend a
week or ten days here with her
mother, Mrs. J. P. Glenn, who is not
at all well.
. The regular meeting or the Wo
man's Betterment Association will
he held Friday afternoon at 3:30 m
the Central school auditorium. Hus
iness of importance will come up for
transaction and a large attendance
Is desired.
Dr. W. H. Hoffman, who has
"been spending the winter at Miami,
Fla., writes The Gazette to change
his address to Fayetteville, N. C,
where he will visit Mr. W. E. Kind
ley for a while. He says: "Have
had a most delightful winter in
Florida and am in good shape."
Mayor I. B. Covington and oth
er citizens of Mount Holly raised
the sum of $52.25 by private sub
scription in a short while last Fri
day afternoon and sent it to Gover
nor Craig to be sent to the relief
fund for the flood sufferers in the
West.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON', March 29. One
hundred dollars annually! This Is
the amount, the crime of overcapi
talization, or watered stocks, costs
every American family!
This statement flows easily from
the pen, but it can be best demon
strated by a little arithmetic.
Various prominent financial stu
dents and authorities are responsi
ble for the statement, and their con
elusions are wholly sustained by re
ports of the I'nited States Commis
sion and the published figures of the
National Corporation Tax Returns,
that about $30,000,000,000 of the
stocks of our industrial or tariff
trusts, reprecci.t only water.
On this stock dividends of about
$1,500,000,000 are being paid year
ly, amounting to approximately $18
s. person or nearly $100 an American
family!
This $1,500,000,000 is not picked
up out of the streets. Where, then
does it come from? The answer Is:
from the pockets of the consumers.
There is not a dollar of "water" or
Inflation In the capitalization of cor
porations which deal in commodities,
or In railroad or other public serv
ice corporations, that does not im
pose burdens upon the consumers
and producers of this country.
The above figures, which may be
accepted as fairly conservative in
view of the fact that United States
Senator LaFollette and various oth--er
student of the question assert
that the amount of watered stock is
-more than double the amount esti
mated above, mean this: That an
average family of this country is
paying a tax of $100 a year in sup
porting the over-capltallzatlon or
our industries. Can there remain
any doubt, then, as to over-capitalization's
being one reason, a sister
Teason to high tariff, for the ever
Increasing cost of living?
Watered stock is not only one of
the pritne causes for Increased pri
ces of commodities, but it is also an
Important cause of the present un
satisfactory condition of labor. To
Tay these .... dividends on watered
stock, the trust ' magnates must
either hold down wages abnormally
low, or raise prices artificially high.
The fact 1b they are d,oing both.
Over-capitalization, therefore, is
obviously one of the most important
problems confronting the American
-people today. Politicians, for some
reason, refer to it less than they
should. The subject ought to be one
of the foremost political Issues.
Five hundred glaring Illustrations
of the crime of over-capitalization
could be cited. . They would average
like this: The Chicago ft Alton was
capitalized at $30,000,000. When
turned over to the purchasing syndi
cate in 1899 it was capitalized at
$94,000,000.
The people are not going to for
ever permit the Perkins' and the
Morgan's and other financiers to
strap upon their backs the burdens
of these enormous over-capitalizations,
which constitute one of the
principal causes of the Increase In
the cost of living.
NEWS OF JE COUNTY
LATEST FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS
Newsy Letters from Gazette Corres
pondents Here and There Over
Good Old Gaston What Oar
Neighbors Are Doing in the Var
iom Sections of the County Per
sonal Mention of People Too
Know and Some Yao Don't Know.
MUSIC RECITAL.
Pupils of Miss Pearl Evans Will Give
Recital at Iwell Friday night
Tho Program.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
LOWELL, March 31. A musical
program will be given by the pupils
of Miss Pearle Evans on Friday ev
ening, April 4th. An admission o."
ten cents will be charged, the pro
ceeds of which will go for piano
rent. A gooTl piano has been pro
cured so we hope the program to be
an improvement over the last one.
The entire program will be memo
rized. It is as follows:
"Busy Bodies," by ten little girls.
"Le Carrillon,"( Misses Tltman
and Cox.
"Joyous Peasant" and "Humming
Song," Miss Ely Nipper.
"Snow Bells," Misses Miller and
Lowry.
"Sextet from Lucia," Miss Ruth
Anderson and S. W. Roberts.
"Shepherds Evening Song," Miss
Annie Miller.
"Will o' the Wisp," Master J. M.
Gaston.
"Under the Double Eagle," Misses
Gaston and Anderson.
"Moonlight Dance," Miss 'DJta
Lowry.
Valse, Miss Miller, Miss Nipper
and .1. AT. Gaston.
Song. "Who's Afraid," Miss Helen
Reid and Master Frank Robinson.
"By the Sea," Miss Ruth Ander
son. "Bicycle Waltz," Misses Stroup
and Gaston.
"Little Fairy Waltz," Miss Pallie
Modlin.
"Danish Mazurka," S. W. Roberts.
"Heather Bells," Miss Bessie Cox.
"Faust Waltz," Misses Evans and
Gaston.
"Moonlight on the Hudson," Miss
Lydo Titman.
"The Shepherd Bc4," Miss Lucy
Gaston.
"Funeral March," Misses Evans
and Anderson.
"Girard Gavotte," Misses Evans,
Titman and Leonhardt.
Lowell Locals.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
LOWELL. March 26. Misses Ev
ans and Brown and Mr. .1. H. Ram
seur accompanied Miss l ore home
to Lincolnton to spend Easter, going
up Friday and returning Monday.
Miss Mullins, of Reepsville, Lin
coln county has been visiitng Rev.
N. M. Modlin's family the past week.
Miss Charity Nipier came home
to spend Easter from Lenoir. Miss
Ethel Brown. of Newton, ac
companying her. Also Misses Lou
ise Burkhead and Edna Hannon. of
Charlotte visited at Esquire Nippers.
Misses Mamie and Charity Nip
per gave a most delightful party to
about 4 0 of their young friends
Monday night.
The Southern Railway Company
is making some changes in the run
nnlg of their business here. Mr.
Thompson, who has been agent for
some time, will be transferred to
other work, the telegraph operator
doing the work here.
Mr. P. S. Kendrick, of route 1,
has a right sick child.
Mr. S. M. Robinson, Miss Edith
and Mrs. Robinson, together with
Mr. P. P. Murphy and J. H., Ram
seur attended the play, "Diamonds
and Hearts," at Dallas last Tuesday
night.
Mr. S. J. Hand, who has been sick
for several weeks, seems considera
bly improved but is still in a feeble
condition.
Cards have been received here an
nouncing the marriage on April 9th
of Mr. Coit M. Robinson and Msts
Ama Pearl Smith, of Liberty, S. C.
Among the out-of-town people
here last night to hear Miss Flor
ence Austin were Mr. and Mrs. W.
T. Love, Mrs. J. W. Moore and Miss
Alice Daniels, of Spencer Mountain,
and Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Wilson, or
Lowell.
Special police officer ' J. Robert
Fffridge, of Charlotte, was shot ana
killed Saturday night In a negro
moving picture show where he was
on duty. Another officer named
Wilson was also injured. The kill
ing was done by Ivey Torrence, a
negro, who made good his escape.
The tragedy caused a panic In the
building which was crowded.
. Statesville women are " petloning
the aldermen of that town to allow
the people to vote on the proposi
tion of appropriating $500 or $1,000
annually for the support of a Carne
gie Library. The ironmaster pro
poses to give the town a $3,000 li
brary If the town will appropriate
$500 annually for its support or a
$10,000 library If tho town will
give $1,000 annually for Its support.'
Farmers, garden en said pool try
men will find somettilmr of interest
to them ta The Gazette almost every
week. 8abcribe and keep an.
I. J. P. MORGAN DEAD
WAS WORLD'S 6REATEST FINANCIER
Famous American Capitalist and Fi
nancier Passes Away at Ilomr,
Where Long Search for Health
Ended Markets Only Slightly
Affected Brief Sketch of Won
derful Business Man.
Rome, March 31. J. Pierpont
Morgan, the American financier,
died at five minutes past twelve
o'clock noon today (6:05 a. m., New
York time.)
Drs. M. Allen Starr and George A.
Dixon and Prof. Giuseppe Bastlan
elll visited Mr. Morgan for over an
hour this morning, examining all or
his organs minutely. Artificial food
was administered in their presence
besides Injections aiming to strength
en the heart, calm the nerves and
regulate circulation.
When the death of Mr. Morgan
was seen to be rapidly approaching.
Professor Bastianelli and Dr. Dixon
forced Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Sat
terlee, his son-in-law and daughter,
and Miss Helen Hamilton, who had
been in constant attendance, to leave
tho room.
Mr. Morgan toward the end show
ed that he was suffering internally
only by1 a movement of his right
hand. Otherwise he displayed no
signs of vitality except by the con
tinuous heavy breathing.
Death Announced in New York.
New York, March 31. Henry P.
Davison, a member of the house or
Morgan, made the announcement
here of Mr. Morgan's death. He
said merely that he had received a
cable that the financier had passed
away shortly after noon. Mr. Dav
ipon had planned to go abroad some
time this week, but it is thought
possible that this trip will be post
poned. Coincident with Morgan's death
it became known that he had sus
tained a serious attack before his
departure for Europe, but had ral
lied so rapidly that it was not con
sidered a forerunner to fatal illness
and was not made public.
LITTLE EFFECT ON MARKETS.
Prominent bankers in this city
said this morning that they did not
pred'et any decided unfavorable ef
fects on the stock market by reason
of Mr. Morgan's death. The reason
of this, they explained, was that the
recurrent rumors of his serious ill
ness had prepared the market for
any possibility and enabled those
engaged in market operations to
prepare for such a situation.
The stock market bore up well un
der the news of Mr. Morgan's death.
Opening prices showed declines
which in almost no case exceeded a
point. Supporting orders rallied the
market quickly. Trading showed no
evidence of nervousness.
A WONDERFUL CAREER.
John Pierpont Morgan started his
business career half a century aeo
on the board of directors of a laree
maritime Insurance company. He
secured the position through the in
fluence of his wealthy father. For a
year voting Morgan attended the di
rectors' meeting, but never opened
hl mouth, except to vote.
The president of the company told
the elder Korean that nothing could
be done with his son, who seemed to
take little interest in business.
Vnung Morgan, however, all the
time was laying his plans for his
first, railroad consolidation, which
when accomplished, established his
standing in Wall Street as the only
man who ever got the better of Jay
Gould.
The president of the insurance
companv had mistaken taciturnity
for indolence. The sobriquet of
"sphinx" of Wall Street later was
applied to the man who at first was
believed to have been without busi
ness acumen, but later became the
supreme head of the finances of the
American continent.
Morgan's control over men and
monev was the dominant keynote or
his life.
Others, perhaps, were wealthier
than Morgan, but he now command
ed his wealth and that of others.
At the height of his power he ts
said to have controlled nine billions
of dollars.
In addition to finance, art, litera
ture, philanthropy and snort all
came under his Influence. His pres
tige was not confined to his own
country kings and emperors and
even the Pope were wont to call him
Into consultation.
FROM AN OLD FAMILY.
Mr. Morgan came from pn old
New England family whose history
dates back in this country to 1636.
He was bom in wealth and his father
Junius Spencer Morgan, left him
$10,000,000. J, S. Morgan had ac
cumulated his fortune In the dry
good business with Levi P. Morgan
and later as an associate of George
Peabody. merchant, .banker and phi
larrbrordst. J. Pierpont Morgan was born
April 17. 1837. In a modest red
brick cottage in Hartford, Conn. As
a youngster h's tendency to "write
toetry gave him the nickname or
"Plen."
When he was 1 4 Morgan was sent
to Boston to the English high school.
Ke showed a particular bent for
mathematics, but had no gifts indi
cative of unnsual mental power.
Probably his first attempt at finance
tookplace in Boston. The school
teacher gave him money with which
to buy erasers. Young Morgan waa
gone for a long time.
When he returned he handed the
THREE KILLED III WRECK
ACCIDENT ON WESTERN DIVISION
Southern Freight Train Derailed at
Conover and Engineer, Couductor
and Fireman Are Killed.
Charlotte Observer, 1st.
Hickory, March 31.' Conductor
E. V. Boyd, of Asheville, Engineer
W. M. Eagle, of Spencer, and Fire
man A. L. Huddle, of Asheville,
were killed in the wreck of west
bound freight train No. 73, about
4:30 o'clock this morning at Oya
ma, a small station about four miles
east of this city. A young man who
was beating a ride, giving his name
as Ray Pope, of Asheville, had a leg
seriously crushed and lacerated.
The engine, supposedly on account
of a broken rail, left the traci-: at a
roadrro8sing and ran on the crose
ties for about 50 yards. Then it
overturned, carrying the engineer,
fireman and conductor to thetr
deaths. The engineer was thrown
clear of his engine, but was caught
In a wire fence and before he wan
able to extricate himself was bca'ded
to death by steam from the locomo
tive. The conductor and fireman,
who were both on the left side or
the cab, were caught beneath the
engine and mangled almost beyond
recognition.
As soon as the news of the wreck
was received here, physicians were
rushed to the scene In automobiles,
but the young man who was beating
a ride was the only one who needed
their attention, as the other men
were already dead. His wounds
were dressed and he was removed
to a nearby residence, to await word
from his home. His leg, which was
badly crushed, will probably have to
bo amputated.
Section Master Eugene Bumgar
ner had a tinger mashed off while
removing Pope from between the
cars, and Mr. James Miller got his
hand badly mashed. Wrecking crews
from Salisbury and Asheville were
called out, and late this afternoon
had the track clear and trains were
running through.
Eighteen cars left the track.
These were plied up for a considera
ble distance, and goods and wares
scattered in all directions.
Traffic was blocked for 10 hours,
trains Nos. 11 and 3fi being annuel
led. No. l.r, due here at 7 a. m.,
and No. 22 at 12:10 p. m. transfer
red passengers at the scene of the
wreck. The morning train on the
C. & N.-W. was also annulled. It
will take several days to clear up
the cars and merchandise that were
smashed In the wreck. The loss to
the railroad Is quite heavy. The lo
comotive, one of the most powerful
on the road, is a complete wreck.
Several other wrecks have occur
red near this place within the past
few months, although It is a straight
stretch of track.
The Arkansas Supreme Court has
decided that State Senator F. M.
Futrell, acting President of the Sen
ate, is the legal acting Governor of
that State. Senator W. Boldham,
who vacated the post of presiding or
flcer of the Senate to take that of
acting Governor after the election of
Governor Joseph T. Robeson to tne
I'nited States Senate, is thus de
posed. The two claimants for the
acting governorship had maintained
offices in different portions of the
capitol.
Mr. C. A. Eury, managing editor
of the Carolina I'nion Farmer, of
Raleigh spent Saturday and Sunday
here with Mrs. Eury and little son,
who are visiting Mrs. Eury's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Kincaid.
teacher the tracers and also some
change. "What's this for?" asked
the teacher. "I gave you jusi
enough to buy the casers at tne
price I have always paid for them."
"Oh," replied young Morgan, "I
went around town until I could find
a place to buy them at wholesale."
For two years after graduating
from the Boston high school Mr.
Morgan was a student at Goettingen,
Germany. At 21 he embarked upon
his career as a banker.
Of J. P. Morgan, financier, and of
his achievements all the world
knows. Few men have been more
widely feared, yet more generally
trusted. Those men who met him
only In a business way saw a man
rough, emphatic and repellant, in
accessible as the Emperor of Russia
when he chose to be, known as the
worst man in the world to Interview
and as a man who believed absolute
ly in himself and apparently never
questioned the correctness of his
methods.
His friends, however, knew him as
a simple unaffected companion, an
interesting conversationalist, with
keen wit and genial humor.
Once a woman asked him why he
kept on accumulating money when
he already had more than he need
ed. "I do not love money." Mr. Mor
gan Is said to have replied. "But I
do enjoy the excitement, the fun of
making It."
Business was not all to the life of
J. Pierpont Morgan. His office
hours were short and at the close of
his business day he left his office and
his business behind him. Woe to
the oerson.who then approached him
on business bent. He cared little
for society but was fond of a good
dinner in congenial company, of rare
wjnes and big black cigars.
Wines he partook of with modera
tion. To cigars he was almost a
slave.
Ill SOCIAL CIRCLES
LATEST EVENTS JJrVOIflAN'S WORLD
HER SEVENTH
BIRTHDAY.
Little Miss Eugenia Davis, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Davis, has
sent out Invitations to a party she
will give for her little friends at her
home on South York street tomor
row afternoon from 3 to 5 o'clock In
celebration of her seventh birthday.
MISS MORRIS
GRADUATING RECITAL.
Miss Margaret Josephine Morris,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Mor
ris, will graduate In music at
Greensboro College for Women,
at Greensboro, this year. Hand
somely engraved Invitations have
been received here to her graduat
ing recital which Is to take place
Thursday, April 10, at 8:30 p. m.
WILL ENTERTAIN
FRIENDLY MATRONS.
Invitations reading as follows have
been sent out:
Mrs. Louis Frederick Wetzell
Mrs. Joseph Winston Tlmberlake
will receive
Thursday afternoon, April the third
five to six
320 West Airline Avenue
Friendly Matrons
IN HONOR OF
MRS. METCALF.
At her home on Chester street
this afternoon from four to six Mrs.
W. L. Balthls will entertain a num
ber of friends at an informal tea In
honor of Mr. Balthls' sister, Mrs. It.
C. Metcair, of lickport. N. Y., who
arrived Friday to be the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Balthls for -several
weeks.
IN HONOR OF
1 SITING ARTISTS.
In honor of Miss Florence Austin
and Mme. Hallby-Merson, of New
York, the artists who gave such an
enjoyable concert at the auditorium
Monday night. Miss Lillian Atkins
was hostess Monday afternoon to the
members of the Music Club and her
violin pupils, who were Invited to
meet the noted musicians whose com
ing to the city proved so rare a treat
to Gastonla music-lovers. The Vis
iting artists rendered a number or
selections to the great delight or
those present, after which refresh
ments were served. Miss AiiRtin and
Mme. Hallby-Merson left this morn
ing on train No. 37 for Texas, where
they are to give a series of concerts
in the larger cities of the State.
VIOLIN CONCERT
LAST NIGHT.
The violin concert given at the
Central school auditorium last night
by Miss Florence Austin, the noted
violin virtuoso, under the auspices
of the Music Club, was one of the
greatest treats In the musical line
ever enjoyed by a Gastonla audience.
From'the moment "the program was
opened with the soft tones of the
Reverie, written and dedicated to
Miss Austin by Ovide Musln. to the
last note of the brilliant Zlgeuner
welsen, she held her audience spell
bound. She was compelled to give
an encore to every number on the
program, so eager was the applaud
ing audience to hear as much as
possible of her wonderful music. The
Humoresque by Dvorak which she
gave as an encore was so enthusias
tically received that the first few
measures were drowned In applause.
Miss Austin Is an artist of rare
ability, having a faultless technique
and a broad, full tone which places
her in the first rank of living virtu
osi. The piano numbers given by
Mme. Hallby-Merson, the accompan
ist, showed great skill and virtuosi
ty, as did also her accompaniments
to the violin-numbers. She was at
her best In the Liebestraum by Liszt.
Her rendition of Chopin's Scherzo in
B Flat Minor was so enthusiastical
ly received that she was obliged to
respond with an encore. Altogether
the program was one of exceptional
merit, being of a high order which
is rarely ever to be heard In a city
of the size of Gastonia. The music
loving public of the city Is under
lasting obligations to the Music Club
which as an organization Is greatly
to be congratulated on the success
of Its efforts to bring these notea
artists here. It Is to be hoped that
other artist concerts of equal merit
may be secured from time to time.
PAGE GOES TO ENGLAND.
North Carolinian, Editor of World s
Work, Accepts Appointment to
Court of St. James.
Dispatches from Washington yes
terday afternoon carried the news
that Mr. Walter H. Page, editor of
The World's Work, had been ap
pointed ambassador to England by
President Wilson and that he had
accepted.
Mr. Page is a North Carolinian, a
member of the well-known Page
family of this State which has fur
nished public life with a number of
public men of prominence. Mr.
Page, as editor of The WorU'g
Work, has made a reputation that Is
more than national. He was talked
of seriously for a cabinet position
and it was thought by many that he
would be made Secretary of Agricul
ture. He is a man of wide attain
ments and will represent-Uncle Sam
ably at the court of St. James.
Another Mad Dog Killed. ;
Mr. Clarence Bell, who lives - oni
route four from Gastonla, yesterday
killed a mad dog. Fortunately the
dog was put out of the way before)
It had bitten anybody. So far. as
known It did not bite any other dog.
Special Services at New nope.
We are requested to state that
special services preparatory to the) . ,
regular spring communion on Sun- 'V
day, will begin at New Hope Pres
byterian church Wednesday night.
The hour of services are 10 a. m.
and 7:30 p. m. In these series of '
meetings the pastor, Rev. R. S
Burwell, will be assisted by a for
mer pastor of New Hope, Rev. W. 5 '
E. McElwaine, of Charlotte.
Change at Depot.
Several changes In the clerical
force at the depot became effective)
yesterday. Mr. G. P. Featherstons. '
who has been baggage clerk for
some time, goes to Lowell to become
assistant agent. He Is succeeded as
baggage clerk by Mr. Giles Smltn.
who is promoted from warehouse)
clerk. Mr. Smith Is In turn succeed- '
ed by Mr. A. T. Randall, of Chatta
nooga, Tenn.
Will Carry Goods Free.
Mr. G. C. Andrews, local agent for
the Southern Railway, Informs Theij
Gazette that the Southern and con
necting lines will transport free of
charge all clothing, articles of foo!
or other goods for the relief of the)
flood sufferers In Ohio, Indiana,
Kentucky and West Virginia. The
railroads of the country generally
are manifesting a most commenda
ble spirit of humanity in doing what
they can to relieve the suffering la
the flooded district.
To Take Pasteur Treatment.
Mr. Banks McArver. who Ifvaa
Ranlo between Gnntnnln and T.nw-11
on the Interurban, left Gastonla on
No. 3fi yesterdav mortiln for Pat.
elgh where he will take the Pas- -teur
treatment. Last Thursday
week ago a bull dog belonging to
.ir. .i. ij. inompson, depot agent at
Lowell, bit Mr. McArver In th ltx
as he was running to get In an au
tomobile. The wound was a very
slight one, however. The dog was
acting strangely and. fearing that It v
might be rabid, some one killed the
dog. As a precaution Mr. McArver
will take the treatment.
Mountain School to (lose.
The Mountain school, south nf
Gastonla, taught by Mrs. T. B.
Black, will close Friday of this
week with an entertainment. Tt.
ginning at 2 o'clock In the afternoon
a nag-raising will be held, consist- '
Ing of drills, pantomimes, songs and
recitations, followed hv an nrirfraa '
by Mr. A. E. Woltz, of the Gastonla -bar,
after which a large flag will be
raised on the school house. At '
night, beginning at 7:30 o'clock, the
school entertainment will begin.
This school has been verv Rtipremifiil .
this winter under the direction of
Mrs. Black. It Is one of the pro
gressive schools of the county.
Another Efird's Store.
To Its already large string of "
stores the Eflrd's are adding still an-
other. It is at Rock Hill, S. C, and
will probably open for business next
week. An excellent three-story
building In the very heart of the -town
has been secured and put In ;
readiness for opening. Mr. J. W.
Eflrd. of Charlotte, is to be the
manager. This enterprising firm si-
ready has stores In Gastonia, Con- '
cord, Charlotte and Winston-Salem.
The Eflrd's are hustlers and have
been wonderfully successful with all
of their enterprises so far.
Elsewhere in today's Gazette
Mr. J. White Ware, trustee of R. P.
Parker, bankrupt, advertises that
he will sell at public auction at the
court house door In Gastonia at noon
on Monday, April 28th, the uncol
lected accounts together with cer
tain pieces of real estate of the
bankrupt.
Mrs. Edna Price Dead.
Mrs. Edna Price, mother of Mr. J.
L. Price, secretary and treasurer of
the Catawba Mutual Life ft Heal til
Insurance Co., of Gastonla, died
Monday, the 24th, at her home near
Unlonville, Union county Deatft
was due to paralysis and came after
an illness of less than two weeks. .
Funeral services were conducted the
following day at the home by Rev. ,
A. March, pastor of the Baptist
church, of which deceased had long
been a loyal member, and Interment
was made in the Price family bury
ing ground. Mrs. Price would have
been 70 years old had she lived till
the 7th of this month. She Is sur
vived by her husband, Mr. E. A",
Price, and the following children.
J. L. Price, of Gastonla; R. C. Price,
of Monroe; Miss Fetus A.: Price
Unlonville; R. F. Price, Charlotte;
Mrs. Cora E. Hargett. M6nroe. and
E. J. Price, of Wadesboro. Mr. J. JU",'
Price was at his mother's bedside
during her illness and at her deata
and returned to Gastonia last Wed
nesday. ,
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