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VOL. XXXIV.
BOOK CLUB IN THE '20'S BETTER CONDITIONS SHORT LOCAL ITEMS LUTE ITEHS OF NEWS IN SOCIAL CIRCLES NEWS OF THE COUNTY
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'TWAS A LADIES' CLUB IN STEEL CREEK
Indies of Steele Oeck, Mecklenburg
County, Had One, the First In
This Section A Glimpse of Life as
It Was Nearly a Hundred Yearn
Ago in This Section as Depleted in
an Old Letter.
Mrs. S. A. Robinson has In her pos
session a copy of a most interesting
old letter sent her by .Mrs. Lindsay
Patterson, of Winston-Salem. This
letter dated in 1821 gives an account
of a book club which then existed in
Mecklenburg county at or near Steele
Creek church. The treasurer of this
. organization was tho great-grandmother
of Mrs. Robinson. This let
ter was written by one Jonas Rudl
sill, an uncle of Mr. W. L. Gallant, to
William Rufus Jones, Fort Defiance,
Wilkes county, N". ('. The original
letter came into the possession of
Mrs. Patterson, along with many
others, from Palmyra, in the Happy
Valley, the ancestral home of the
Jones and Patterson families, "Ru
fus," to whom the letter is addressed
being the son of Col. Edmond Jones.
A most charming description of Pai
myra has been written by Mrs. Par
terson for the North Carolina Rook
let. The entire letter is given below,
but it is of interest principally for
the account of the Female "Hook So
ciety, as this is one of the earliest
known records of such a club being
in existence, this having been almost
one hundred years ano.
So many of the old letters speak
of an "opportunity to send" a letter,
not an opportunity to write. In those
days carriers on horse-hack and
i oaches were the only means of com
munication. Charlotte, Aug. 4, 1S21.
Dear Rufus:
I have wailed a long time for an
opportunity to send you a few lines
but I shall wait no longer. T inform
you that I arivd. safe at Fathers on
Saturday eenins after I left you
and found ail in good health and my
Mi-others and Sisters had collected
for to welcome, &c. On the next day
; went to Church and heard a tine
Sermon delivered by tho Revd. H.
Hunter, and saw a great number of
my old friends and acquaintances,
and on the following day was the An
nual meeting of the Steel Creek Fe
male Rook Society, the day on which
they elected in their Managers.
They elected' Mrs. Elizabeth Spratt as
President. Mrs. Ann McKnieht Vice.
my Mother as Treasurer, Mrs. Caro
line Neel.' and Miss Ann Harnett as
Clerks. Tnoy have a Libra whim
consists of One Hundred and Sixteen
Volumes. Miss Amelia Parks and
Miss Rebbecca Allison are Librar
ians. Their Members are One Hun
dred and Four in number. T wish
you could be with me only one nice
summer's day at the Steel CreeK
Church to see the great number of
yo'ing people that resorts there. You
would think that there might be a
wedding every week and you would
r.ot think far wrong for there Is
scarcely a week that passes by with
out the news of a Wedding In the
bounds of the congregation. Rrotn
er John was Married on last Tues
day evening to Miss Malissa Vct'lary
eldest Daughter of Andrew Mcflary
of Steel Co., to the entire satisfac
tion of both Families, T never en
Joyed mvself so well at a wedding
in my life as I did at this. -c. Wil
liam Allison of Steel Creek is to he
Married on next Thursday. 1 ex
pect I shall be there, and It Is ex
pected that in a few weeks Neighbor
Robt. Lindsay will play the same
trick. I had like to forget to tell
you that there was about seventy
people Dind. at Fathers on Wednes
day the Day of the Infalr. Brother
William Is at this time gone to Phil
adelphia. This is the day that the
Volunteers Company Meets at this
place. I have a notion of Joining
them, but have not yet determined;
their uniform is Elegant and their
Company large. O, Rufus, I have
often thought of my lonesome but
pleasant walks down to Buffaloe. I
know not when I shall again view
that Lovely flowing stream or pad
dle o'er Its waters, or seek a pleas
ant Bhade In that Beautiful Grove
where I have often been delighted. I
"have often lookd. for you but have
often lookd. in vain. I expect your
trip to Lancaster has been put off or
you would have been along before
now. I have been very busy in the
Farm since I came home and have to
be the overseer. We have had a
very wet summer Indeed and our
crops, particularly cotton, has grown
quite too large. What crops were
gone over blasted, also Rye, Oats
were very good. Corn Is now selling
with us at 75c pr. bs., wheat at $1
and scarce, Ac. I shall expect a let
ter from you before long, my re
spects to your Father's Family and
all enquiring Friends.
I' remain your Friend and well
Wisher and ever wish to. be
JONAS C. RUDISILL.
Mr. William R, Jones,
Fort Defiance, Wilkes Co., No.
Ca. -
Another paper of interest, dated
two years before the Revolution, Is a
receipt from Scotland. This reads as
follows: ,
"Received, Dec. 9, 1772, from Mr.
John Hugglns Eleven Half Joes mak-
(Contlnned on page 8.)
IN SANITATION FORJITY OF GASTONIA
Sanitary Night, Under Auspices of
i
Woman's lletterment Association,
a Decided Success Dr. I. W. Fai
son Delivered Instructive Address
Miss Settleinj-er ltvad Prize.
Winning Essay Program Inter
spersed With Music.
Friday night was Sanitary Night
with the city schools, the occasion
being something on the order of a
sanitary rally held at the Central
school auditorium under the auspi
ces of the Woman's Betterment As
sociation. While the crowd was no;
a large one those present manifest
ed a decided interest in the subject
under consideration. The men were
conspicuous by their absence, tne
audience being composed mainly of
ladies and children.
Following two musical selections,
a piano solo by Miss Howell and a
duet by Mrs. Lewis II. Halthis and
Miss I.oie Fry, prayer was offered by
Rev. M. A. Ashby, pastor of trie
Lutheran church. This was follow
ed by a doublo quartet which ren
dered in a most delightful manner
"Down by the Old Mill Stream" and
a solo "The Spirit of Spring", by
Mrs. II. H. Moore.
Miss Iberia Settlemyer. a member
of the seventh grade at the Loray
school, who won the prize of $.". for
the best essay on the subject "What
Gastonia Should do to Improve Iter
Sanitary Conditions", was the nexr
on the program. She read her essay,
whhh is given in full below.
Dr. 1. W. Faison. of Charlotte, a
prominent member of the medical I
fraternity of that city, was then in-
troduced and made a most practical
and helpful address on sanitation
and kindred topics. The speaker
complimented the association on
whal it was doing toward the end
of bettering local conditions and
urged its members not to let up in
their agitation along this line. lie
dwelt mainly on the subjects of the
necessity for a pure water supply,
the keeping c lean of all premises and
annihilating the fly and the mosqui
to. Incidentally the speaker took n
strong shot at our present-day sc hool
system which, he says, is conducive
to anything but proper and healthy
development of the child. For one
thing he criticised the schools for
the early hour of assembling in tho
morning. In its hurry to get to
school on time, he said, the child
swallows its food hurriedly, if indeed
it eats at all: at noon the dinenr
period is so short that the child runs
home and half-eats again or grabs a
biscuit and eats on its way back. At
night the parent discourages much
eating on the part of the child be
cause it IS near bed time and the
food will not be digested. Good
wholesome food and plenty of it. well
masticated and thoroughly digested
is absolutely essential to the devel
opment of the child and the modern
system in vogue in the public sc hools
is, according to the speaker, entire
ly antagonistic to the proper feeding
of children. It takes lots of eating,
and lots of right eating, to make men
and women. In connection with his
consideration of contagious disenses
the speaker urged strong quarantine
laws, rigidly enforced. He told his
hearers that over one-half of all the
children that died under the age or
two years die from whooping rough.
Most parents say, "Well, my child
has to have it some time, -so the
sooner the better." Such an attitude
he characterized as nothing short or
criminal on the part of the parent.
Dr. Faison was heard with inter
est and profit and his audience re
gretted that he was compelled to cut
short his discourse in order to catch
a train.
Miss Marie Torrence then sang
"Summer", following which Mr. Da
vid P. Delllnger, in a short but ap
propriate speech, delivered the essay
prize to Miss Settlemyer. The pro
gram closed with a selection by a
male quartet composed of Messrs. F.
L. Wetzell, Boyce Wilson, K. M.:
Glass and R. T. Padgett, "The Order
of Roses" sung by Miss Elma Ran
kin, Ruth Mason, Ruby Spencer and
Lillian Watson and the benediction
by Rev. J. H. Henderlite.
Following is the prize-essay in
full.
"WHAT GASTOMA SHOULD DO TO
IMPROVE HER SANITARY CON
DITIONS." (Prize Essay Written by Miss Iberia
Settlemyer, of the Loray School
and read on Sanitary Night at the
Central School.)
The subject of public health
should be, in every town of import
ance, second to none. Each year a
large per cent, of our diseases and
deaths are due to insanitary condi
tions and are perventable. More
over, no people weak and sickly from
living under insanitary conditions
can ever make a strong, a prosper
ous and a happy community. There
fore, as citizens, we owe It not only
to our town but to our State to join
Id this campaign of education, for ih
teaching the people the value or
cleanliness lies the whole future or
our State.
- The main obstacle to sanitary
progress in our town, as In many
others, Is the Indifference of the
people. Our first duty then Is to en
deavor to create an intelligent, In-
(Continued on page 8.)
THE MOVEMENTS OF GASTON PEOPLE
Personal Items About Gaston Folkf
and their Friends Short Item
About People and Things' That Art
of Interest to Gazette Reader
Condensed for Their Convenience
Esquire C. W 'irper, of Low?u,
war in the city on lousiness Saturday.
Mr. D. J. Hoyden, of Knoxville,
Tenn., is spending a few days here
with his sister, Mrs. J. M. Holland.
Mr. W. Lyld .-mith, bookkeeper
fi the Spencer Mountain Mills, was
a Gastonia visiter Saturday arter
i or.).
Mr. W. P. McAteer, of McAden
v '.c, was in tho city shopping Sat
urday. Mrs. T. L. Lytton, of Spencer
anived in the city Sunday on a visit
to her daughter, Mrs. W. II. Dellln
ger. Mrs. M. J. Bolick and Mrs. Isa
belle Kirksey, of Maiden, were the
guests last week of their sister, Mrs.
J. B. Heal, here.
--Mr. John Klutz, of Chester, S.
C, was a Gastonia visitor Saturday,
being the guest of his mother, Mrs.
L. C. Eury.
Some slight changes in the
schedule of the Interurban cars went
into effect Sunday. See the new
schedule in this Issue.
Misses Olive and Lucy Reid. of
MeAdenviile, and Miss Myrtle Tit
nian, of Lowell, were in the city
t-hopping Saturday.
May, the little three-year-old
daughter of Hev. and Mrs. ' W. T.
Clark, has been quite seriously 111 at
their home on West Airline avenue
since Thursday.
Mrs. Cora rutnani and Mrs.
John W. Moore, of Salisbury, were
the guests Saturday of their mother,
Mrs. L. C. Eury, at her honie on
East Franklin avenue.
Mr. C. A. v;iry, of Raleigh, edi
t i and manager of the Carolina
Union Farmer, spent Saturday in
the city as the guest of his mother,
Mrs. L. C. Eury.
In this Is.Mie v ill be found new
schedules of. the t'jiolina & Xort.i
wertern Railway and the SeaboarJ
ir Line Railwav which went into e.
fed Sunday. Apr'! '27th.
- Saturday night the Junior So
ciety of Pisgah Associate Reformed
Presbyterian church will give an ice
cream supper. The public Is cor
dially invited to attend and are urg
ed to come early.
Saturday, May 10th, will be ob
served as memorial day at Mt. Olivet
M. E. Churc h. Exercises will be held
beginning at 10 o'clock, and dinner
will be served on the grounds. Ev
erybody is cordially invited to come
and bring basket dinner.
Mr. Talmadge Crowder and Miss
Minnie Smith, of West Oastonta,
were united in marriage Sunday af
ternoon at 1 o'clock, the ceremony
being performed by Rev. W. T.
Clark, pastor of the West Airline M.
E. Church, at his residence.
Mr. J. K. Bixon, Jr., Assistant
Sfott Bank Examiner for South Caro
lina, with headquarters at Columbia,
has been at the home of his parents
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Dixon, since lasi
hursday rec uperating from a slight
u.tac k of malaiia.
The regular meeting of the Wo
man's Betterment Association whicn
was to have been held at the Cen
tral school auditorium Friday after
noon has been postponed and the
date for it will be announced later.
This action was taken because of trie
conflict with the closing of the city
schools.
Hon. Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby,
spent Friday night in the city as tnr
utst of his sister and brother-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Warren,
Mr. Hoey was en route home froin
Lur.tersvllle, where he delivered a
commencement address Friday, anu
from Raleigh, where he attended tns
sessions of the Supreme Court.
Mr. J. M. Jones, manager of the
Dairy Lunch Company, which oper
ates lunch rooms in the terminal
stations of the Piedmont & North
ern Lines both here and In Char
iotte, moved to Gastonia today wltn
nis family and is at home in the res
idence of Dr. Frank G. Wilson on
West Airline avenue.
An excursion train was run to
Edgemont Saturday by Cateechee
Tribe of Red Men, returning to Gas
tonia Sunday afternoon. There were
about a hundred members of the or
der on board besides a large num
ber of other persons and the trrp
was greatly enjoyed by all who
went.
Mr. R. B. Bablngton went to
Charlotte on No. 36 this morning to
be with his mother, Mrs. M. I. Bab
lngton, who was to undergo a very
serious operation at the Charlotte
Sanitarium at 11 o'clock. The many
friends of the family here hope for
Mrs. Bablngton a full and speedy
recovery from the effects of the op
eration. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Morrow, of
Clover, spent yesterday in Gastonia
en route home from Shelby, where
they went to visit Mr. Morrow's sis
ter. Miss Elizabeth Morrow, who re
cently underwent an operation at the
Shelby Hospital, where she is a
nurse, and who is now recovering
nicely. They were joined here by
Mrs. Morrow's mother, Mrs. M. N.
Long, who came up from Clover on a
shopping trip and returned wltn
them.
SOME EVENTS IN STATE AND NATION
Important News of the World .Con
densed for 1 1 ii y Gazette Readers
Concise Compendium of Cur
rent Events in the I'nited States,
Outside of the State, and in Other
Countries of the World.
John D. Rockefeller is at his be
loved Poc antlc o Hills "again, In good
health and very proud of his Im
proved golf links.
('overnor Sulzer has served notice
that he will sign no special munic i
pal acts whic h can be covered by lo
cal authorities under the cities'
home rule law.
The Fruit Trade Journal finds
that in "spite of all one hears about
the high cost of living, Charleston
cabbage is reported to be rotting In
the fields."
Mayor Blankenburg of Philadel
phia, two members of his cabinet
and other citizens are going to the
Cniversity of Wisconsin to hear a
short course of lectures on munici
pal economy.
A party of surveyors, says The
Monroe Enquirer, is making a pre
liminary survey for a railroad from
Jefferson, S. C, to Monroe. The
surveyors' camp at present is located
near Jefferson.
According to the official directory
of the Sixty-third Congress, lawyers
outnumber all other professions in
Congress. In the new House there
are 1".M) lawyers, and the Senate has
7 1 lawyers out of a total of 90 mem
bers. Mrs. Callie Applebaum was acquit
ted in Atlanta Friday of the charge
of murdering her husband, .1. A. Ap
plebaum, the Chicago traveling man
found dead in an Atlanta hotel sev
eral weeks ago. Mrs. Applebaum
fainted when the verdict was an
nounced. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife of the
President, one day last week took
some (lowers from the White House
grounds to a boy in the distirct oc
cupied by the poor in Washington
who was dying with tuberculosis.
Mrs. Wilson went with the attending
physician and the secret of her visit
leaked out a few days later.
Dr. W. S. Rankin, of Raleigh,
head of the State Department of
Health, who spent last week In At
lanta attending the Southern So
ciological Congress, Saturday presid
ed over a public health conference
which took up in detail the public
health provisions contained In statu
tes of various Southern States and
considered possible methods of re
form. FOUR MKX; THREE LEGS.
Interesting; Story From Chicago
Salisbury, However, Heats Record
With Three Legs Divided lp
Among Five Men.
Chicago, April 2". Four men,
with a total of three legs who seem
to be more than unusually steady in
their movements, were arrested
while tumbling about in front or a
Fulton street car. Traffic nad been
delayed about fifteen minutes.
Philip Pell .had no legs, Michael
Sulivan, Martin Casey and Josepn
Mayer had one leg each. Pell fell
from his stumpR onto the car tracks.
The others tried to stack him up
straight and all fell down. They
found It impossible to get up. They
admitted that they had been drink
ing and were fined.
Commenting on the above Satur
day's Salisbury Post says:
Captain Cauble and his men of
the Salisbury police force beat the
above some months ago, arresting
and locking up five negro men, there
being only three legs in the bunch.
Two of them were legless and three
had only one leg each.
RECORDER'S COURT.
Number of Small Cases Disposed of
by Judge Jones '
Since last Tuesday the following
cases have been disposed of in the
recorder's court:
1-awson Bird, colored, assault, 30
days in Jail.
Lawson Bird, colored, carrying
concealed weapon, four months in
Jail.
R. E. Long, white, drunk and
down, fined $2.50 and costs.
R. E. Long, white, drunk and
down, fined $2.50 and costs.
Billie Moore, colored, larceny, four
months on the roads.
Sam Mauney, white, assault, not
guilty.
Burwell Mauney, white, disorderly
conduct, not guilty.
Selma Knuckley, white, using
abusive language. Judgment sus
pended on payment of the costs.
George Moore, white, drunk and
staggering, judgment suspended on
payment of costs.
Huck Hayes, colored, assault,
judgment suspended on payment of
costs.
Major Davis, drunk and disorder
ly, fined $2.50 and costs.
Thomas George, white, trespass
ing, not guilty.
Mr. W. C. Boyden, a member or
the graduating class of the N'ortn
Carolina Medical College, Charlotte,
was the guest yesterday or his sis
ter and brother-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Holland.
LATEST EVENTS IN WOMAN'S WORLD
WITH MRS. HI FFSTETLER
IHIS AFTERNOON".
The S. and O. Club is being en
tertained this afternoon by Mrs.
I'arks Huffstetler at her home on
South York street.
r. c. ci. i n
WITH MISS BLAKE.
A very interesting meeting of the
1". (". Club was held Saturday after
noon with Miss Lottie Blake at her
home on South Marietta street. The
subject for the meeting was "Seven
Women Writers" and sketches of the
lives and writings of Mary Johnson,
Ellen Glascow, Alice Hagan Rice and
Christian Reid were read by Miss
Mary Ragan. Mrs. W. W. Glenn,
Miss Mamie Cabanlss and Miss Low
ry Shuford.
FOR RECENT
BRIDE AND GROOM.
Invitations have been received by
Gastonia friends reading as follows:
Dr. and Mrs. S. A. Wilkins
At Home
Tuesday evening, April twenty-ninth
Mr. and Mrs. Colt M. Robinson
8:1! it Please Reply.
Mr. and Mrs Robinson were only
recently married and have gone to
housekeeping in Dallas where Mr.
Robinson holds a responsible posi
tion with one of the mills.
m
MISSION STUDY CLASS
WITH MRS. WOLTZ.
The Mission Study Class composed
of ladies of Main SHeet Methodist
church held an especially Interest
ing meeting yesterday afternoon
with Mrs. A. E. Woltz at her home
on South Broad street. .The book
now being studied is on "Mormon
Ism, the Islam of America," and the
chapter taken up at yesterday's
meeting was very interestingly Illus
trated by the scenes from a current
magazine bearing on the topic.
There was a good attendance and
much Interest taken In the study.
The next meeting will bo held wltn
Mrs. Emmet I). Atkins at her home
on East Third avenue, Monday, May
12th.
JONES-SPRING WEDDING
AT MOI'.N'T HOLLY.
The following from Saturday's
Charlotte Observer will be of Inter
est to the many friends of tho con
tracting parties in the county:
A pretty wedding was that of
Miss Velna Josephine Springs and
Mr. E. R. Jones, of Charlotte, which
occurred at the home of the brides
parents In Mount Holly Wednesday
afternoon at 4:.".0 o'clock. The cer
emony was performed by Rev. S. L.
Cat hey.
Tho bride wore a traveling suit of
blue and carried an armful of white
roses and ferns. She Is the eldest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Springs and is admired by a large
circle of friends for her sweet dispo
sition and charming manners.
Mr. Jones is the son of Mr. A. F.
Jones, of Mount Holly, and one or
the county's rising young business
men. He is at present connected
with the Piedmont Telephone & Tel
egraph Co., with headquarters In
Charlotte.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones left Immedi
ately after the ceremony for Char
lotte, where they will make their
home.
I". 1). C. DISTRICT MEETING
AT LINCOLNTON.
The Southern Stars Chapter or
LIncoInton was hostess Saturday to
the distric t convention of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy. The
meeting was held in the handsome
chapter room of the Southern Stars
Capter and was presided over by
Mrs Harry 'Reid, president of that
chapter. Representatives from Kings
Mountain, Gastonia, Mooresville,
Charlotte and Shelby were present.
The visitors were met at the depot
by a committee and carried In auto
mobiles to the handsome home of
Mrs. R. C. Costner where an Infor
mal reception was held. At eleven
o'clock all assembled In the chapter
house. This house, over 100 years
old, was in itself an inspiration, with
its hundreds of pieces of firearms,
swords and scabbards, knapsacks,
saddle bags, canteens and flags, all
artistically arranged. Upstairs,
where the luncheon was served,
were spinning wheels, candle molds,
cabinets of relics and a hand-loom.
The delegates were delighted to see
this hand-loom in operation and a
blue and white carpet actually in
the making. Mrs. Gordon Finger,
of Charlotte, was appointed secre
tary. Mrs. Costner cordially wel
comed all the visitors. The only
college children's chapter in the
State, the one at Fasslfern, was
present In a body and sang. Mrs. I.
W. Faison made an Interesting talk
after which the State historian, Miss
Carrie Leaser, of Mooresville, made
the principal talk of the day. This
was done beautifully and practically
and enthused and Inspired each
daughter present to go home and be
gin collecting history. She urged
first that the Daughters secure per
sonal narratives from the men and
women now living who were living
In the '60's. They weie urged to do
this before it Is too late. The pres
idents of the Chapters -present made
reports and when business was over
a three-course luncheon was served
In the dining room of the chapter
house.
The next district meeting will be
LATEST FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS
Newsy Letters from Gazette Oor
pondentn 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 Yon
Know and Some You Don't Know. 1
Dallas, Route 1, News.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
DALLAS. Route 1. April 28.
There will be communion services at
Antloch the first Sunday morning at
1 1 o'clock.
Miss Etta White was the guest ot
Miss Ellen Pasour Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. L.- C. Pasour spent
the week-end at the home of Mr J.
C. Friday, on route two.
Little Miss Gertrude Best visited
at the home of her grandfather, Mr.
John Llneberger, a few days last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Ratchford, of
Kings Mountain, route two, spent
the week-end at the home of Mr. W.
C. Best.
Mrs. E. B. Turner and children,
and Mrs. W. W. Rucker were th
guests Sunday of Mrs. VV. R. Turner.
Miss Alice Muss, of Southslde,
came down last week to visit friend
cn route one for a few days.
Mrs. Ida Llneberger and daughter.
Miss Kate, of Bessemer City visited
at the home of Mr. G. L. Best Sun
day. Misses Lucy Jenkins and Florence
Pasour visited Misses Cora and Ber
tha Best Sunday.
Mrs. R. L. White visited at tho
home of Mr. G. K. C. Pasour Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Ratchford
spent Sunday at the home of Mr. O.
L. Best.
iK'alh of Mrs. V. C. Petty at Rowl
Ing Green.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
BOWLING GREEN, S C, April
2(1. Mrs. Laura Petty, wife of Mr.
W. C. Petty, of this place, died at
her home Wednesday afternoon af
ter a lingering illness of several
years during which she bore her suf
fering with true Christian fortitude.
Mrs. Petty was in the forty-first year
of her age. She was a daughtetr of
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Wilson. She Is
survived by her husband and eleven
children; also her mother and two
half-sisters, Mrs. Mary Falres and
Mrs. Govann Torrence, of Gastonia.
Mrs. Petty was a member of the
Bowling Green Presbyterian church.
Services were conducted at the
church at .1 o'clock Thursday after
noon by Rev. II. J. Mills. The body
was laid to rest In Bowling Green
cemetery. The bereaved family and
relatives have the sympathy of a
large circle of friends in their sor
row. MISSIONARY CONFERENCE.
Annual Conference of Woman's Mis
sionary Society of Western North
Carolina Conference Held In Cen
tral Methodist Church at Concord.
The annual meeting of the Wo
man's Missionary Society ef the Wes
tern North Carolina Conference, M.
E. Church, South, adjourned yester
day afternoon after having been ia
session since Thursday night in Cen
tral Methodist churrh at Concord.
The sessions were presided over by
Mrs. Lucy II. Robertson, of Greens
boro. At the first session Thursday night
the address of welcome was deliver
ed by Mrs. L. D. Coltrane, and the
response was made by Mrs. S. L
Alderman, of Greensboro. Folldw
ing the Thursday night session an
eiegant reception was given at tho
tesldence of Mrs. D. B. Coltrane.
Friday afternoon there was an ad
dress by Mrs. Plato Durham.
On Sunday at 11 o'clock the an
nual sermon was preached by ReT.
Dr. C. W. Byrd, pastor of West
Market Street Methodist church,
Greensboro. The exercises In tha
afternoon were in charge of tn
young people's missionary society.
At the election of officers held yes
terday Mrs. Lucy H. Robertson was
re-elected president. Mrs. R. E.
Ware, of Shelby, was elected district
secretary of the Shelby district to
succeed Mrs. B. T. Morris.
Like The Gazette.
In renewing his subscription to
The Gazette for another two years
Mr. L. J. Holland, a former Gaston
countian now a prosperous attorney
In Bluefield, W. Va., says: "I am a,
subscriber to several metropolitan
papers, including the London Times,
but none of these recejves a heartier
welcome or is more eagerly read than
the Gastonia Gazette."
Mr. Robert Adams and Mr.
Ersklne Boyce attended grand opera
In Atlanta last week.
Executors mmA administrators of
estates who waat the Unrest amber
of people to see their advenisenieate
boal1 place them la The flsatiftq
held April 26th, 1914, in Shelby. TbV
U. D. C's. attending from Gastonia
were Mesdames J. F. Thomson, T. L. ;
Craig, W. J. Clifford, P. R, Falls andl
S. A. Robinson.