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VOL. XXXIV.
GASTONIA, X. C.
TUESDAY AFTKHXOOX, SEPTEMIIEH , 19i:i.
NO. 72.
NO COURT, PROBABLY SHORT LOCAL ITEMS EXPECTING MR. BRYAN PLAN OF LEGISLATION MISSIONARY CAMPAIGN NEWS OF THE COUNTY
DIFFICULTY IN GETTING It JUD6E
THE MOVEMENTS OF GASTON PEOPLE
KINGS MOUNTAIN PEOPLE PLEASED
TWELVE MONTHS MORE OF CONGRESS
GASTONIA LAYMEN UNITE FOR WORK
LATEST FROM 'OUR CORRESPONDENTS
Solicitor Wilson Goes to Raleigh to
Confer With Governor Craig Willi
Reference to Approaching Termor
Civil Court Looks as if it Will
be Impossible to Get a Judge to
Preside Judge Duls Coiiilmirs
guite 111.
With more than 200 cases on 'be
civil docket, considerably more uiau
could possibly be disposed of at one
term of court, it appears at the
present as if the September term oi
Gaston County Suierior Court for
the trial of civil cases win hrve to
be annulled. A letter fr-jm Cover
nor Craig was received yesterday by
a member of the local bar dialing
that it would be impossible to se
cure the services of a judtre to sul
atitute for Judge Duls, wno contin
ues quite ill in a Philadelphia nos
pital. Following the receipt of this
letter Solicitor George W. Wilson
left yesterday afternoon lor Rai
eigh to take the matter up with, 'tie
ijovernor and, if possible, inaKe
some arrangements by which tue
September term of court may be
held.
Clerk of the Court Cornwel)
states that there are about :un cas
es on the regular civil docket, re
sides which there are JO cases or
more on the summons do.kel. When
it is remembered that no regular
civil term of court is scnediiici lor
this county until January u Id evi
dent that the docket standi in dan
ger of becoming very badi congest
ed before an opportunity is c Herod
whereby any of the pending cases
can be removed from it. A one
week criminal term will oe held in
October but that will in no v. ay rem
edy the situation with reference to
the civil calendar.
Considerable criticism is heard
from the lawyers and others of t lie
State machinery which does not. pro
vide some means of escape from a
condition of this kind. It is stated
that, in some other States, the Gov
ernor has the power to designate
some capable lawyer to preside over
a court as temporary judge when
the exigences of the occasion de
mand it. In discussing the present
situation In Gaston this morning a
well-posted court official said that
some suc h provision as this should
be made by the General Assembly of
North Carolina.
Death of An Infant.
Gladys, the infant daughter or
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Gray, died ar
their home on East Airline avenm
Saturday morning at T : So o'clock,
aged one year, one month and live
days. Funeral services were held at
the home at 9:.''0 o'clock Sunday
morning by Rev. V. C. Barrett, pas
tor of the First Haptist church, and
the little body was laid tenderly to
rest in Hollywood cemetery.
Gaston's First Rale.
Tho lirst balo of new crop cotton
sold on the local market was Diougnt
in Saturday morning by Mr. J. Grler
Jenkins, of ioute lour. The bale
was ginned at the Southern Cotton
Oil Company's gin and was sold to
the Armstrong Company lor 1 o
cents per pound. Mr. J. F. Warren,
of route three, was a close second,
bringing in a bale only a short time
after Mr. Jenkins.
Concert Thursday Xight.
On Thursday night of this week au
8 o'clock, a concert will be given m
th; auditorium at the Central grad
ed Fthool building by the singing
t-lat-j from the Odd Fellows Orphan a
Jlonit at Goldsboro. The class con
sists of fourteen boys and girls, ac
companied by a teacher and the
manager of the home. They have
been making a tour of the western
;art of the State tor several weeks
and are said to give a very pleasing
entertainment. The price, oi admib
fcion to the concert will be 2"i cents
for adults and 1 ; cents for children.
It is hoped that a large number ill
come out and enjoy the entertain
ment and thus contribute to a wor
thy cause. All the receipts trom
the sale of tickets will go to the or
phans' home, as the expenses of tue
class will here will be borne by the
local lodge of Odd Fellows.
McAdenville Downs Belmont.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
McAdenville, Sept. 8. McAden
ville played Its last game of the sea
son with Belmont here today. "No
Hit" Lewis was on the firing line
for the visitors, while "Port-sider"
Costner was doing the honors for
the home team and held Belmont to
three hits, while McAdenville touch
ed Lewis for eight. Next Saturday
closes the league season when Mc
Adenville plays Lowell a double
header at Lowell. The score Satur
day was as follows: R. H. E.
McAdenville ..030 010 Olx 5 8 1
Belmont 000 010 000 1 3 0
' Miss Anna McKinnon, of Lau
rinburg, who has been spending the
summer In the mountains, will ar
rive in the city from Spartanburg
this afternoon on No. 12 and will Do
the guest for a week or ten dayB or
Miss Mary Ragan before returning
Esquire T. H. White !r spending
today in Davidson on business.
Personal Items About Gaston Folk
and their Friends Short Item
About People, and Thing That Ar.
of Interest to Gazette Reader
Condensed for Their Convenience
Miss Mary Luneford, of Ral
eigh, who has been the guest or
Mrs. James Moore returned yester
day to her home.
Mrs. Harry Rutter returned
Friday night from an extended visit
to relatives and friends in Pennsyl
vania. .Mrs. J. L. Henderson, who spent
several days last week in the city as
the guest of her mother, Mrs. A. 1!.
Rhyne, returned Saturday to ber
home in the I'nion neighborhood.
Mr. L. F. Groves left on No. I!.")
last night for a ten-days trip to
Philadelphia, Boston, New York and
Providence.
Mrs. B. H. Black, of Augusta,
Ga., is spending some time here as
the guest of Mrs. J. N. Ixing at her
home on North Oakland street.
Little Miss Katie Cleuinier, of
I.ilesville, who has been here, on a
visit to her sister, Mrs. J. N. Ixmg,
has returned to her home.
Misses Melva Gullick and Kdna
Rankin, of Belmont, and Margaret
Query, of the Bethel section, were
the guests for the week-end of Miss
Ruth Patrick in the I'nion section.
Mrs. M. J. Cabaniss and Miss
Mamie Cabaniss returned yesterday
from Shelby, where they have been
tiding several weeks with rela
tives.
-Mrs. G. B. Stowe. of Belmoti'
arrived in the city today to be the
guest for several clays of Mrs. A. li.
Rhyne.
Mrs. A. R. Anders is expected
to return to Gastonia ihe. latter parr
of the week from 1 aylorsville, where
she has been spending some weeks
at All Healing Springs.
Principal B. M. Weir, of the
I.oray public school, has returned
from Dillingham. Buncombe county,
where lie spent the summer.
Mrs. H. F. Gash, who has been
spending the summer with her
mother, Mrs. ('.. W. Abernethy, at
Lowell, was in Gastonia this intim
ing en route to her home at Tampa,
Fla.
--Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Smith, or
Cochran, Ga., returned home last
Thursday after a pleasant visit to
Mr. Smith's brother, Mr. W. Lyle
Smith, of Siencer Mountain. While
here Mr. and Mrs. Smith made a
trip of several days to Washington
City.
Miss Mabel Little, music teacn
er at the Central graded sc hool, vsno
has been spending her vacation at
her home in Hickory, will return m
Gastonia this week and will resume
her music class on next Jlontfay,
September 1 ."th.
Mrs. V. II. Jenkins, wno lias
been spending the past five weeks at
Blowing Rock, returned Jiome Fri
day. She was accompanied by Srs.
i. 1). Craver, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Jenkins and Mrs. X. W. Lumpkin,
all of whom had Ijeen at Blowin
Rock for a few days.
Judge A. C. Jones left Saturday
morning for Abingdon, Va., to spemi
a few days with homefolks. He is
expected to return to the city to
night or tomorrow. In his absnec
Mr. P. W. Garland has presided ov
the municipal court.
Misses Allie B. and Eva Haden.
of Macon, Ga., after an extended
trip to Baltimore and Washington,
are the guests here for a few days
of Mrs. G. C. Andrews.
Gastonia Uokies have received
notice from Royal Vizier L. L. Cau
dle, of Charlotte, that a ceremonial
will be held at the Battery Park Ho
tel in Asheville on Wednesday, Sep
tember 17th, when a number or can
didates will cross the hot sands.
A party consisting of Mr. and
Mrs. R. C. Warren, Mr. and Mrs. T.
R. McArver, Mr. J. F. McArver, Mr.
P. W. McArver and Mr. A. R. Ran
kin, spent several days at Knoxvltie
last week attending the National
Conservation Exposition. They re
turned to Gastonia Sunday.
Governor Craig has appointed
Mr. A. G. Myers, cashier or the Cit
izens National Bank of this city, and
Mr. V. A. Mauney, of Kings Moun
tain,, as delegates to the Southern
Commercial Congress which is to
meet in Mobile, Ala., October 27tn
to 29th.
A legal notice appears in this
issue of The Gazette announcing tne
sale under a deed of trust of the
property of the Harborough Compa
nv at Bessemer City on Monday, Oc
tober 13, 1913, by the Mercantile
Trust & Deposit Co., of Baltimore.
Md.
The Clara Mill team defeated
Spencer Mountain at Baseball Sat
urday afternoon by a score of 9 to
0, the game being played on the
Clara Mill diamond. The batteries
were as follows: Clara Mill Par
ker and Suggs; Spencer Mountain
Cross and Strong.
Mr. A. G. Myers, cashier of the
Citizens National Bank, left Sunday
for Wilmington to attend the funer
al of Mr. Matthew J. Heyer, a prom
inent citizen of Wilmington and a
close personal friend of Mr. Myers.
Mr. Heyer died at his home In Wil
mington late Saturday night and th
funeral was held yesterday afternoon.
Message from Congressman Wei?
Says That Secretary of State Bry
an Thinks He Can be at the Big
Celebration October Seventh, and
DelUer Address Preparations
Goini; on and Final Arrangements
Bein Made for (ireat F.venr.
Mr. Walter S. Hilling, of King's
Mountain, was in the city this morn
ing and stated that he had Just re
ceived a message from Congressman
E. Y. Webb stating that he had con
ferred again with Secretary of State
William J. Bryan with reference to
the invitation extended some time
ago to that dignitary to deliver tne
principal address at the one hun
dred and thirty-third anniversary or
the famous battle of Kings Moun
tain to be held on October'Tth in tne
town of Kings Mountain, and that
Mr. Bryan had assured him mat, so
far as he could tell at the present,
he would be able to be present on
that occasion. This news will bring
pleasure to many thousands or peo
ple throughout this section of the
State who have been hoping, since
Mr. Bryan was invited last May, that
he would be present and speak. Un
less some important and weighty
matters of SUite arise between now
and the date oi' the celebration, the
understanding is. Secretary Iiryan
will bo on hand.
As noted some time ago Assistant
Secretary of War Breckenridge has
accepted an invitation to be present
and deliver an address.
I'nless all signs fail Kings Moun
tain will entertain on October 7th
the largest crowd that has ever
gathered to commemorate that fa
mous battle and turning point In
the Revolution. All the committees
are hard at work and most of the
arrangements have been completed
for the event. Much publicity is be
ing given it and the people of Kings
Mountain are looking forward to a
day that will long be rememliered as
one of the biggest celebrations ever
held in t ho State.
PERSONAL.
-Miss Carrie Foy, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. X. Foy. left this
morning for Concord to enter sc hool
at Sutherland Hall.
.Mr. Pat Reid left this morning
for Chapel Hill to resume his stud
ies at the University.
Mrs. Rachel E. Allen and Miss
Bertie Edwards, of route four, were
in the city shopping Saturday.
Cotton seed is bringing thirty
cents per bushel on the local mar
ket. Mr. P. T. Lineberger. of Hien
Shn:ll h:i lu,n I h t I'upt Inr ,v- '
eral clays of Mr. E. I). Long at his
home on Rhyne street.
Mr. W. Lyle Smith, bookkeeper
in the office oi the Spencer Mountain
.Mills, was in the city on business
Saturday afternoon.
Miss Ola Herman, of Lowell,
route two, and l.er sister, Mrs. B. li.
Blac k, ol Augiibta, Ga., who is her
guest lor some time, were Gastonia
visitors yesterday.
---Mr. J. J . Simpson, of Charlotte,
who was loinierly in charge of tne
office maintained here by the Xortn
Mate Lite insurance Company, was
in the city on business Saturday.
Mrs. V. L. Allen and two daugn
ters, Misses Jennie and Kittie, who
have been visiting relatives here ana
in Catawba county for several weeks
left Saturday lor their home in
Sinit hvilie, Texas.
--Esquire W. Meek Adams has
moved his office from the rooms over
the Elite Grocery to the second floor
of the new Rankin building on West
Main avenue, over the Shuford Co.
In a double wedding in East
Gastonia Saturday night at which
Esquire Thomas H. White officiated
Mr. Judson Melton and Miss Minnie
Kicharas were united in marriage,
while Miss Bertna Curlee became
the bride of Mr. Vernon Melton.
Both couples have the best wishes or
many friends.
Mr. Major 'Whitesides left on
No. 38 last night for Pittsburg, Pa.,
where he will spend a week with
his sister, Mrs. George W. Hanna,
and family. From there he will go
to New Concord, Ohio, to enter
Muskingum College. Mr.. White
sides is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Whitesides, of Gastonia, and
graduated last year from the high
school.
Mr. W. L. Ray, who has held a
position on the city letter carrier
force here for the past several
months, coming to Gastonia from
Colorado, has exchanged work with
a po8toffice employe at Flat RocK,
Henderson county, and will go to
that place within the next few days
to take up his work. Mr. Ray and
family have made many friends dur
ing their brief stay in Gastonia wno
regret to see them leave.
Mrs. B. J. Allen received a tef
egram yesterday bearing the sad
news of the death of her mother,
Mrs. Elizabeth Whitener, at her
home near Sherrill's Ford, in Cataw
ba county. Mrs. Whitener was 90
years of age and tip to about two
weeks ago was in good health. Mrs.
Allen visited her a week or o ago,
but on ace cunt of illness in her
home here at this time, will be una
ble to attend her mother's funeral,
which wpp held today.
Many IniMirtant Reforms Will Have
Place in Ambitious Plan of Legis
lation Before the Xet Congress
Anti-Trust legislation to Come
I'p in Xew Session Which Begin
in December.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Washington under date of the 7tn
says:
The program of anti-trust, rail
road and currency legislation that
faces Congress for the ensuing 12
months has become fairly well out
lined during the last week. Presi
dent Wilson and the Democratic
leaders in the two houses or Con
gress apparently have agreed upon
an ambitious plan of legislative
work, which will bring all of the
most important reforms contemplat
ed by the Wilson administration
within the period that ensues be
tween now and the end of the next
regular session of Congress.
The tariff bill will be out of the
Senate and in the hands of a confer
ence committee of the House and
Senate before the end of this weeK.
Currency legislation already has
forged to the front and promises to
dominate congressional activity
within a few days. The prospects
for immediate currency legislation
in the Senate have not improved
during the last week, but supporters
of the administration bill hold to
the hope that by the time the meas
ure has passed the house the Senare
committee on banking and currency
will be ready to ac t. upon li.
In the meantime Senate leaders
are announcing that anti-trust legis
lation and further important amend
ments to the railroad laws are to ne
among the first and most Important
subjec ts taken up at the regular ses
sion of Congress next December.
Twice within the last week Senator
Simmons, In charge of the tariff bill
in the Senate, has headed off at
tempts to put trust or railroad rate
amendments on the bill, by the an
nouncement that these subjects
would receive prompt and effective
consideration.
President Wilson's Ideas of anti
trust legislation have been well
known since his effective work in
New Jersey during the closing days
of his administration as governor or
that State. He has a general out
line of what he desires in the way
of trust control legislation, most o."
it being embraced in a series of sev- i
en laws enacted in New Jersey. His
plan will undoubtdly undergo dab
oration in Congress, and Uie influ
ence of Republicans as well as Dem
ocrats who have long been active in
the tight for more adequate regula
tion of the trusts will be felt in the
making of these reforms.
Senator Cummins failed in his at
tempt to have the tariff bill changed
so that railroads would be forbidden
to give special rates to Importers.
This will be pressed at the-next ses
sion, as part of a railroad rate law
program. Senator Simmons an
nounced yesterday that he believed
important changes would he made
in the railroad laws at the next Con
gress, to relieve many of the embar
rassments, under which the Inter
state Commerce Commission Is now
working.
The currency hearings begun ear
ly last week before the Senate com
mittee on banking and currency,
have developed radical expressions
of opinion from many members of
the Senate committee, which Indi
cate that long debates and discus
sions with the committee will be
necessary before any general agree
ment can he reached as to the mer
its of the administration bill. That
measure is to come formally before
the house tonairrow, and it Is be
lieved that with the weight of party
indorsement behind it. it will be
passed Practically without change in
that body.
While little marked antagonism
has developed at the Senate hear
ings, among the Democratic mem
bers, toward vital features of the ad
ministration bill, the individual ex
pressions of committee members
have shown a wide variety of opin
ions as to the economic strength of
certain features of the measure.
Senators Hitchcock. Gorman. Sha
froth and Reed. Democrats, were
particularly active In their ques
tions addressed to the representa
tives of the American Bankers' As
sociation who held the stand last
week, and have advanced many ten
tative suggestions as to their own
views of necessary currency legisla
tion. Mr. and Mrs. V. B. Higgins re
turned yesterday morning from a
visit to relatives of Mr. Higgins
Greenville, S. C. and to Mrs. L. C.
Proffitt. of Spartanburg, S. C.
Ixiray Defeats Ixwell.
The Loray team cinched the Gas
ton Coynt Per.nant Saturday after
noon by defeating Lowell 8 to 2 In
the last tame ol the season on the
borne groui.ds. The feature of the
game was the hitting of Gordon Tor
Loray, setting a home run over
rtght field fence and two. doubles
out of four times at bat. Batteries:
Lowell, Farris and Johnston; Lo
ray, Dagenhardt and Willis. Loray
has won 17 games out of the 19
played this season. The last game
will be played next Saturday at
Mountain Island with Van Pelt and
Dagenhardt as opposing slabmen.
liocnl Congregc.t ions Enter the I'nlt
c Missionary Campaign, Perfect
ing Organization liast Night
Committer's pKiintel and Will
Meet Thursday Xight to Get in
Working Sha'e Field Secretary
Padgett Here.
At the regular session of tho Gas
tonia Ministers Conference yester
day it was decided to request tne
pastors of the various churches cf
the city to meet with Rev. J. II.
Henderlite, at the manse of the
First Presbyterian church, last ev
ening at N o'clock, bringing with
them representative laymen from
their respective congregations, lor
the purpoe of considering the ad
visability of entering the United
Missionary Campaign.
At the appointed hour the pas
tors and delegates from the several
churches met, the following being
present: Associate Reformed Pres
byterian church Rev. Dr. J. C. Gal
loway, J. P. Keid, W. M. Wilson:
First Baptist church Rev. W. C.
Barrett, Joe S. Wray; Main Street
Methodist church --W. L. C. Klllfan;
First Presbyterian church Rev. J.
11. Henderlite, J. II. Kennedy.
A temporary organization was ef
fected by the selection of Rev. Dr.
.1. C. Galloway as chairman and
Prof. .1. S. Wray as secretary.
Rev. L. B. Padgett, Held secreta
ry of t ho Laymen's Missionary
Movement in North Carolina. was
present and stated the aim of the
movement and outlined the plan oi
the United Missionary Campaign. A
mot ion was unanimously adopted
that Gastonia enter this campaign.
Mr. Padgett informed the meet
ing that thct next step was to select
an executive committee to make
ready for the convention, with t lie
following as members: President,
vice president, treasurer, secretary
aad the chairmen of committees on
arrangements, publicity, finance, sta- i
tistic-s, education and literature and
extension work.
The conference then went. Into
the election of officers and commit
tee chairmen with the following re
sult: Dr. J. C. Galloway, chairman;
Rev. J. H. Henderlite, vic e chairman ;
J. 11. Kennedy, treasurer; Joe S.
Wray, secretary; chairmen of 'com
mittees: Arrangements, R. B. Bab
ington; publicity. T. L. Craig; fi
nance, T. C. Quickel; statistics. H.
B. Moore: education and literature,
J. P. Reid; extension work, W. L.
Balthis.
The chairman called a meeting of
the executive committee for Thurs
day evening at K o'clock at tne
Presbyterian manse for the pur
pose of perfecting tho committees.
Miss Mildred McLean spent
Sunday in LIncolnton with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. ('. T. Brown ar
rived in the city last Thursday and
have taken rooms at the residence
of .Mr. and Mrs. John O. Rankin on
South Broad street. Mr. Brown Is
in charge of the local office of B. K.
Couper & Co., cotton brokers. whlc-"i
is on the second lloor of the new
Rankin building.
Year's Cotton Receipts.
During the year ended September
1st .-1,141 Dales of cotton were
weighed at; tne local cotton plat
form, this being t tie largest number
for several years ana perhaps- tne
largest for any year since the estab
lishment of a market nere, Bays Co!.
R. N. Wilson, tue city welgli mastei .
It is probable that a lew bales have
been sold in the city which have not
as yet been reported to the official
weigher, which would bring this to
tal up just a little. Gaston county
raises on an average probably 12,
000 to 1 4,000 bales and tho Tact
that less than half ot the crop is
sold in Gastonia is accounted for by
reason of the existence of quite a
number of towns in the county
where cotton is bought, namely Bel
mont. Lowell, McAdenville, Dallas,
Bessemer City, Kings Mountain and
Cherryville. During the past sea
son a good many bales of long sta
ple cotton were shipped to Gastouta
from the eastern part of the State
and were weighed and sold on tne
local market. Colonel Wilson has a
new cotton platform and la cocked
and primed for a big fall business.
He doesn't care how fast the bales
come or in what quantities.
Bessemer Route Two News.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
BESSEMER CITY, Route 2, Sept.
3. Miss Buena Biggerstaff enter
tained quite a number of her friedns
last Sunday afternoon with a sing
ing. Mrs. J. A. Hager has been very
sick for some time. She is improv
ing some.
Mrs. Emma Pasour, of Dallas,
spent last week at the home of her
son, Mr. M. F. Pasour.
The Sunday school of Hepzlbeth
church went on a picnic to High
Shoals, last Saturday. They report
a pleasant time.
Misses Helen and Annie Pasour
were the guests last week of Misses
Pearl and Ida Mlchem. of Lincoln
ton. Mrs. M. F. Pasour and daughter,
Mildred, spent last Wednesday vis
lting in Cherryville.
Mr. Sylvanus Mauney and children
spent last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Ervin Beam.
Xewsy Letters fiom Gazette Oor
pendents Here and There Ores
Good Old Gaston What Oil
Neighbors Are Doing in the Var
ious Sections of the County Per
aonal Mention of People Tov
Know and Some. You Don't Know.
Mount Holly Matters.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
.MOUNT HOLLY, Sept. 8. Mr.
Reid Tull, a former citizen of our
town but now of Greer, S. C, spent
the Sabbath in town, the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. CoBtner.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Holland add
little daughter, Martha ShuTora,
went to Kings Mountain Saturday to
spend a few days "on a visit to Mr.
and Mrs. John T. Welch.
Miss Tda Rankin returned Satur
day from Albemarle, where she had
been on a visit to friends.
There were large congregations at
both the morning and evening ser
vices at the Methodist church Sun
day. The pastor preached at the 11
o'clock hour and Rev. Dwlght
Brown at night.
Miss Mary Bowles left Friday for
Asheboro, to fill the position as
teacher if the seventh grade In the
Asheboro high 'school.
Mr. A. H. Kohn, of Columbia, 8.
C, Is on a visit to his brother, Rer.
E. H. Kohn.
Mr. Robert Gardner has received
his commission as postmaster of Mt.
Holly and will take charge the first
of October. Miss Ada Dunn will be
his assistant. f
Mrs. R. E. Rhyne gave a delight
ful reception to the younger set last
Friday night In honor of her nieces.
Misses Ollie May and Johns'.e Rhyne
of Gastonia.
The Mount Holly high school
opened Monday with a larger en
rollment than ever before In the his
tory of the school.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Finger are
now occupying rooms at Dr. R. E.
Rhyme's, doing llgfit houfcckeoplng.
Mrs. Cert rude Kelley, of Denver,
is spending the vfeek with her Bis
ter, Mrs. Parson Delllnger.
Rev. J. E. Abernethy, of Gastonia.
came In Monday to conduct a selres
of meetings in the Methodist church
during the week. Our re.jplo will
hear him gladly.
Mrs. J. C. Cannon has been quite
sick for -the past week. Her sister,
Mrs. Kelley, of Charlotte, has been
with her.
MIhh Eunice Farrar, of the vicini
ty of Rozzelle Bridge, has been on a
visit for some time to her sister,
Mrs. John M. Hoover.
Rev. J. A. Bowles went to Char
lotte Monday to visit Misses Cora
Sanforel and Jennie Howell, who are
in the Presbyterian Hospital. Miss
Sanford apivears to be recovering
nicely, but Miss Howell has develop
ed some mental trouble as the re
sult of a severe blow sustained In
the awful catastrophe a week ago.
Cherryville Chat.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
CHERRYVILLE, Sept. 8. The
following young people left last week
for school: Misses Jewell Dellln
ger and Hrite Beam for lenoir Col
lege and Miss Verona HarrelBon to
Brevard Institute.
Messrs. J. W. Mayhue and Sylvan
us Vandyke left last Wednesday for
Florida, where they will engage in
truck farming.
Mr. 11. C. Harrelson will return
this week from the northern mar
kets where he has been for the past
ten days buying fall goods for the
firm of Hendrlcks-llarrelson Co.
Messrs. Lawrence E. Rudlslll, of
St. Louis, and Murton Rudlslll, of
Durham, are in town, having been
summoned here last week on ac
count of the Illness of their father,
Mr. P. C. Rudlslll.
Rev. J. F. Harrelson filled the
regular appointment at St. Paul and
Bethlehem churches on the Cherry
ville charge In the absence of the
pastor. Rev. W. T. Usry. who Is on
a visit to relatives at Oxford. Franks
linton and Hester.
Misses Vera Howell and Pearl
Houser left this morning for Daven
port College and Mr. Berge Beam
goes to I-enoir College.
Miss Maude Rudislll and Mrs. J.
Frank Harrelson will leave Tuesday
for the northern markets to pur
chase the fall millinery for J. H.
Rudisill & Co.
Work Is proeressing satisfactorily
on the Self-Hoffman building which
Is being erected next to the city
hall.
The Cherryville schools opened
this morning with Prof. Joe R. Xlx
on. of LIncolnton, superintendent,
with the following assistants: Miss
Tornmie Brooks Baber, of Green
ville, S. C, principal: Miss Audrey
Pruden, Severn, first grade; Miss
Lillian Lance, Greenville. S. C, sec
ond grade: Miss Minnie Beam, Cher
ryville. third grade: Miss Almtra
Hunt, Lawndale, fourth grde; Mr.
W. J. Allran. Cherryville. fifth
grade: 'Miss Zona Stroup. Cherry
rvville, sixth grade: Miss Mate
CHne, LIncolnton, seventh grade.
The eighth, ninth and tenth grades
will be taught by Prof. Nixon and
Miss Baber.
Mr. J. L. Henderson spent Frt
day in Yoi'i v;! on business. y ,