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GASTOXIA IS A BUST TOWN.
THE GASTOXIA GAZETTE.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, " 11S.
IHE GASTONIA GAZETTE.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1913.
SIDE TABLE OBSERVATION'S.
Editor Harris Sees Many Signs of
Improvement in tiaxtou and Cleve
land Counties hat Some Oas
ton Towns Are lKinjt.
The following from a recent
Side Table" talk In The Charlotte
Observer will be of interest to many
Gazette readers:
Practically a new business center
on the map' is the town of Cherry
ville. It is located on the Seaboard
Air Line Railroad in upper Gaston
county. When the Wilmington.
Charlotte & Rutherfordton Railroad
reached that point years ago, a
brick depot was built. There were
two or three houses and a straggling
country road ran by. For years
Cherryville did not amount to mucn
more than what it first stood ror.
Then It began to pick up as a trad
ing center and became a village wltn
a prospect. The prospect, however,
did not materialize until about 10
years ago, w hen the cotton mill came
along as a developing factor. Cher
ryville Is now one of the busiest of
all the towns In this part of tne
State. Along with the coming or
the cotton mills came civic improve
ments and the town now has well
laid off streets faced by business
houses of an excellent class of arch
ltecture. and on all hands are evr
dences of thrift and progress. Cher
' Tyville, once shunned by the com
tnerclal seekers after orders. Is now
on of the most popular towns on
the Seaboard Air Line, and tne
drummers. Ingoing and outgoing
. pass each other there every day In
squads.
In the course of a very few years
the back-homer viewing old and fa
miliar scenes in Gaston, will rub hts
eyes and enquire: "Where is Spen
cer Mountain!" This landmark will
have disappeared from the land
scaoe. The Southern Power Compa
ny is already at work slicing off tne
south side of the historic mountain
for rranite and material for the
manufacture of unit brick. The en
tire hillside has been shorn of Its
" timber, while the quarrymen have
progressed bo far as to change tne
contour of the mountain. This thing
of removing a whole mountain is an
- entirely new sacrifice exacted by the
commercial advancement of the age
Mount Holly Is "picking up its
feet" at a great rate. A splendid
new building, for commercial pur
Doses is about all the evidence of
' growth one sees from the railroad
train, but back on the automobile
road the traveler goes througn
town that Is practically new. The
' streets are of the best construction
.'.while the modern architects have
' been doing business there, as is
' clearly shown In the excellent char
- acter of the homes of the people
.. old, and new. With cedar and holly
trees and an abundance of shrub
bery, Mount Holly is pretty much of
an evergreen town, it always nas a
' natural setting for the Thanksgiving
. and Christmas season. The South
: era Fower company s investment or
power plant and riverside develop
ment Is proving a fine asset for Mt
. Holly, while the manufacturing in
; dustrles of the town are steadily on
the Increase.
' The top soil reconstructors of the
, ,old plank road are noW splitting the
tewn of Lowesvllle in twain, for
' Lowesville's two faces front a single
street. Lowesvllle and a part of the
surrounding country is the domain
' of 'Mr. Ike C. Lowe, whose fame as
- a breeder of fine horses is known be-
yond the States. The extensive sta
bles surrounding the "big house'
are painted white and the surround
lngs are kept in condition which
.adds to the attractive appearance of
the farm. The store buildings are
commodious affairs, and carry- big
stocks of community supplies. Pil
ed all around everywhere is evidence
of yet unconverted wealth in the
shape of cotton bales.
Belmont Abbey grows more state
ly as the years pass. The tree plant
ing of days past has developed Into
the landscape effect that was antici
pated and the shrubbery and flowers
give the place an appearance of an
clent grandeur." The Catholic mon
astery is one oi me pieasing signis
of Gaston county.
The development of the dairying
Industry of Cleveland county Is on a
scale worthy or remark. The Ob
server a few weeks ago gave tne
amount of cash that was disbursed
among the farmers for milk. We
are told that the business the com
ing year will about double itself, as
i SEVERE PUNISHMENT
t
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Of Mrs. Guppell, of Fire Tears'
SUmdinx, Relieved by CarduL
ML Airy, N. C Mrs. Sarah M. Chap-
Eeil of this town, says: "1 suffered for
re years with womanly troubles, also
stomach troubles, and my punishment
was more than any one could tell.
I tried most every kind of medicine,
but none did me any good. ,
I read one day about Cardui, the wo-
man's tonic, and I decided to try it I
. had not taken but about six bottles until
I was almost cured. It did me more
rood than all the other medicines 1 bad
tried, put together.
My friends began asking me why I
looked so well, and 1 tola them about
CarduL Several are now taking tt."
Do you, lady reader, suffer from any
of the ailments due to womanly trouble,
such as headache, backache, aideache.
sleeplessness, and that everlastingly tired
feeling? .
If so, let us urge you to give Cardui a
triaL We feel confident it will help you,
lust as ft has a million other women in
the past half century. ; . -.-
Begin taking Cardui to-day. You
won reeret a. aji orueeists.
Writ Uf ChanoHr MadldfM Co, LW
Advteory DacL. ChoitiAooga, Tana., for Sfciml
,mwi, n jfour cava and 64-pf book, Hpm
InaiiBtttfa woman," in piaia wreppar. M.Q. 134
the farmers are securing more cows
and will give the dairy an Increased
product. The sales of the cream
separators have become general all
over the county. Not all, however,
are for use in the dairy supply busi
ness, as the farmers are finding the
separators a profitable investment
for private use. One of the features
of the Charlotte Fair will be a de
monstration of the separator by the
State Agricultural Department, tne
Linebergers having loaned a ma
chine of the largest tyie for the
purpose.
Alexis is a new stop on the Sea
board between Iron Station and
Stanley. The cotton gin, grist mill
and saw mill brought It into exist
ence. It is a pretty lively little
place, having meieantile competition
and a good trade. Its 6hipmentB of
lumber and rotton form quite an
item in the ledger account of the
Seaboard.
In speaking of saw mills there
are 14 of them within a short radi
us of Iron and the wooded lands are
being cleared at a rapid rate. Pome
of these mills have a large capacity,
but the majority are of the movable
sort. When one settlement Is clear
ed, they are hitched to a traction
engine and moved to a new piece of
timber. Between Stanley and GrubDs,
which is near Shelby, the saw mill
ing industry has developed Into an
extensive business rivaling some or
the lumbering points in the Sea
board's long leaf pine section.
The Baptist State Convention
meets In Shelby in December and
that town for a week or ten days
will have from 600 to 1,000 visitors
to care for. The people there are
already preparing for the contract
and making levies on the surround
ing country for supplies In futures.
The homes of all denominations
will be opened to the visitors and
the contract Is going to be filled In a
perfectly satisfactory manner.
THE BIBLE.
This Book contains The mind of
God, the state of man. the wav of
Salvation, the doom of sinners and
the happiness of believers. Its doc
trines are holy, its precepts are bind
ing Its histories are true, and its de
cisions are Immutable. Read It to be
wise, believe It to be safe, and parc
tice it to be holy. It contains light
to direct you, food to support you,
and comfort to cheer you. it is tne
traveler's map, the pilgrim's staff,
the pilot's compass, the soldiers
sword, and the Christian's charter.
Here Paradise is restored. Heaven
opened, and the gates of Hell dis
closed. Christ is its
our good its design, and the glory of
uoa ns ena. it snould nil the mem
ory, rule the heart, and guide the
feet. Read It slowly, frequently,
prayerfully. It is a mine of wealth,
a paradise of glory, and a river of
pleasure. It Is given you In life, will
be opened at the judgment, and be
remembered forever. It Involves
the highest responsibility, will re
ward the greatest labor, and con
demn all who trifle with Its sacred
contents. Hughes Fawcett.
Will Urge National Tark.
Ashevllle Gazette-News.
Congressman James M. Gudger,
Jr., wants the United States govern
ment to buy a tract of 75,000 or
100,000 acres of land from the Bllt
more forests and establish a national
park here on the order of the pars
at Chlckamauga, near Chattanooga.
This has been a dream of his tor
some time and he has been planning
a campaign whereby he tsinks the
establishment of the park may be
come a reality. He believes that by
the next regular session of Congress
he will be In a position to Introduce
a bill authorizing the purchase of a
lounoary and the establishment of
a park.
Mr. Martin J. Hambright Dead.
Yorkvllle inquirer, 21st.
Mr. Martin J. Hambrlght died at
his home a short distance north of
Kings Mountain battle ground last
Saturday morning and was burled In
Antloch cemetery on Sunday. He
had been In falling health for a
number of years past, and his deatn
was the result of the general break
down Incident to his extreme age, ne
being ninety-four. Mr. Hambrlght
was a descendant of one of the colo
nels who commanded at Kings
Mountain, and was born on the
same plantation on which he spent
all of his long life, and which had
been owned by his ancestors back to
the gallant old colonel who behaved
SO well on the dav nt tha hsttlo ...
Hambrlght Is survived hv th fni.
lowing sons and daughters: Mr,
- - J uir a j l
jonn Hamnrienr. nt nvr t,a m-
George HambHeht who IIvasi Of thA
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oia nome place; Mrs. Sallle Whlso-
nant or Blacksburg, and Mrs. Wil
liams Borders, of Kings Creek.
MECKLENBURG COTTON
GROWERS DISSATISFIED.
They Plan to Pool Their Cotton and
Sell to the Highest Bidder.
Charlotte. Oct. 19. Th farmm
of Mecklenburg county have been
aissatisned this fall with the prices
that they have been secnrln? rnr
their cotton. It Mma thnf rn
Charlotte market is always Just a
little bit under the prices of even
smaller markets in this section. o
secure for themselves better prices
for their cotton. It is understood:
that through the Farmers' Union
the farmers propose to pool tneir
cotton and to sell it tn tho hioc
bidder. This plan seems to nave
teen evolved and settled upon as trie
result of much discussion of the sit
uation In Charlotte. Of Tier nttn.
have been proposed, but none gained
ma approval or the farmers.
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If you want to contribute rfirrMr
to the occurrence of ranlllnrv hro.
chitis and pneumonia use cough
medicines that contain oodina mm-.
phlne, heroin and other sedatives
when vou have a conrh nr mm An
expectorant like Chamhoriain'
Cough Remedy Is what is needed,
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inai cieans out me culture Deas or
breeding places for the germs of
pneumonia and other term diseaea.
That la whv- nnnmnnl n,r -n.
suits from a cold when Chamber
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has a world wide reDutatlon for It
cures. - It contains nrt mnrnhln nr
other sedative. For sale by all
dealers. Adv. -
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CHURCHES ACT
ING TOGETHER
This season is witnessing an un
usual illustration of the fundamen
tal unity among the Protestant
Christians of all denominations. The
leaders of nearly " U of these denom
inations, including all of the larger
ones, have entered upon a combined
effort to enlist millions more of the
rank and file of church members to
do something to propagate tne
Christian religion, in addition to go
ing to church themselves and help
ing to pay the local church expenses.
The campaign is to head up next
March in a simultaneous nation
wide canvass for all missions anh
benevolences on the part of all
churches of all denominations. The
men who have been studying tne
returns say that only about one
third of Protestant church members
have yet begun to give anything to
plant new churches in the needy
places in America and among the
non-Christian nations of the world.
This leaves probably 14 or 15 mil
lions of church members yet to be
enlisted as givers. The organized"
personal canvass is the method prov
ing most successful in getting many
thousands of these people to be reg
ular subscribers and givers.
The promoters of this etrort,
which goes under the name of the
"United Missionary Campaign,"
point out the fact that scarcely one
half of the adult population oi
America are members of any church.
The Protestant churches have about
23 milllious of members in the ag
gregate, and the Roman Catholic
church reports about 13 millions in
cluding all baptized children. This
leaves about 35 millions or people
over 1U years of age who are nor
members of any church. Included
in mis unchurched population are
multitudes of foreign speaking peo
ple, speaking scores of different lan
guages. There is therefore plenty
of room for agressive home mission
ary work on the part of all the
churches.
It is also a time of unusual oppor
tunity to propagate Christianity a
mong non-Christian nations. The
foreign missionary work carried on
for the past 100 years has been one
of the principal causes of the great
changes now taking place in Tur
key, Persia, India, Japan, China ana
other countries.
The foreign missionary enterprise
has grown until it is a tremendous
world-wide business, in which over
24,000 men and women missionar
ies are engaged and for which tne
Protestant churches of Christendom
contribute over 30 million dollars
annually. Of this total, fully one
half comes from the United States
which has come to be recognized as
the most important single factor in
the world-wide extension of tne
Christian faith.
A native church of nearly three
millions of communicant members
has been built up, with four mil
lions more of adherents. About 6,
000 of these natives have been pre
pared by long courses of training for
the Christian ministry and are now
ordained pastors of their own peo
ple. But from every field there are
calls for great advances. The mis
sionaries abroad believe that their
total force should probably be dou
bled in order to meet worthily the
present opportunity. Nearly 200,
000 persons per year are now being
received into the church member
ship from these fields, but this num
ber could probably be doubled if
there were workers enough.
In view of these great needs the
home and foreign missionary lead
ers of the United States and Canada
are engaging this year In a great
combined efTort to Interest and enlist
all churches more generally ana
more fully in this missionary busi
ness. They have requested and se
cured the Laymen's 'Missionary
Movement to take general charge or
the organization of the field cam
paign. The missionary educational
movement has prepared an exhibit
of literature which will be used at
all of the conferences. The plan is
to hold interdenominational conrer
ences, lasting two days, in as many
cities and towns as possible. Al
ready 24 teams of speakers have
been organized for the United States
alone, in addition to several teams in
Canada. Some of these teams will
conduct as many as 40 different con
ferences. Several teams have al
ready begun the holding of confer
ences, and preliminary arrange
ments for others are going forwara
in nearly all sections of the country.
The total number of conferences held
will reach well over 500. All or
them are for the one purpose of in
forming church people of the crying
need of a great advance in mission
work both at home and abroad, to
gether with an exploitation of tnese
methods that have proved most er-1
fectlve In enabling churches and
whole cities and denominations to .
multiply their missionary output. It
Is also found that the churches that
do most for others are the best oft
themselves. The churches that are
self-centered are apt to decline. It
seems to be a normal and necessary
fact that "the light that shines far
thest, shines brightest nearest
home."
Tuesday's Cleveland Star says:
Congressman E. Y. Webb has been
appointed chairman of the sub-committee
of the Judiciary Committee
of the House to have charge of the
impeachment proceedings against
Judge Speer of Georgia for miscon
duct as a Federal judge.
Chronic Dyspepsia.
The following unsolicited testi
monial should certainly be sufficient
to give hope and courage to per
sons afflicted with chronic dyspep
sia: "i have been a chronic dys
peptic for years, and of all .the med
icine I have taken. Chamberlain's
Tablets have done me mors good
than anything else." says W. O. Mat
tison. No. 7 Sherman St., HorneUs
ville. N. T. For sale by all dealers.
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AD MUST ATTRACT ATTENTION
Care Should Be Exercised In Prepar
ing Copy If Good Results
Are Desired.
Writing an ad is regarded by many
business men as a dread task, and as
such the task is deferred to the last
moment, is given little serious thought
and is finally disposed of as quickly
as possible. However, this is not ad
writing it is only space filling, and is
practiced only by the smaller adver
tisers using space that doesn't cost
enough to be thoroughly appreciated.
Advertisers using space in some of
the Chicago Sunday papers at $700
per page are more particular about
, the preparation of ad copy.
Sometimes advertisers make a noise
like a whole brass band in their ad
vertising, while at the store the big
event corresponds more to the noise
of a tin whistle. That Jdnd of adver
tising does more harm than none at
all. The big noise in the advertising
Is all right if carried out In the store.
On the other hand, some expect to
pull off a big sale on the strength of
a 2 by 4 ad Such sales usually fall flat
and too often the disappointed mer
chant is ready to say advertising does
not pay. If a special sale isn't worth
advertising properly It isn't worth at
tempting and that is the Impression
the public will gain through a lax and
unlhteresting stereotyped w ay of mere
ly announcing, "A Big Sale Now on
at Smith & Co.'s. Wonderful Reduc
tions. Everything a Bargain. Corns
Early and Avoid the Rush," etc., etc
The same old thing that others tyive
been copying for 20 rears.
There are so many ads that possess
no originality, nothing of interest, no
educational value. Because the ad
vertiser knows all about his goods is
no reason to think the people do.
Something instructive is both interest
ing and appreciated, and here is where
absolute truthfulness wins.
Sensationalism in advertising is a
thing of the past. Bizarre and freak
ish headlines have gone the route of
all other foolish things. They are ob
solete, strictly out of date, In modern
advertising.
Fine writing in advertising Is not
nearly so effective as cold facts in
plain and simple language.
The public Is more interested in the
proposition that is offered than in the
firm that is offering it, hence the
, headline announcing the proposition
1 takes procedure over the name of
' the firm and should occupy the first
and most prominent position in an ad.
, If the reader Is Interested In the thing
proclaimed by a good headline that
catches his eye, he will look for the
j name of the firm. If his eye is caught
I by the name of the firm at the top of
an ad boldly displayed, he Is not so
likely to look then to see what Smith
& Co. have to say, unless he 'has an
unusual amount of curiosity or is par
ticularly Interested In the doings and
i sayings of Smith & Co.
An ad without a head In either words
or picture Is like a side show without
a barker there is nothing to draw the
crowds, to arrest the attention and
tell the people what is on the inside.
The first mission of advertising is
to be seen. Some ads stand out and
demand attention, but many are so
common, so like all others, that they
fail absolutely to attract any atten
tlsn.
A few well chosen words descrip
tive of something is worth a whole
catalogue of generalities.
There would be no objection to
crowding an ad If the average reader
could be induced to digest it, but as a
rule he will not even taste it to dis
cover its flavor.
WATSOX'S DEFENSE.
One-Time Candidate for the PresI
dency Will Plead 'Freedom of the
Press" Trial Begins This Week.
Augusta, Ga., Oct. 19. The con
stitutional provision that "Congress
shall pass no law abridging the rree
dom of the press," will be the basis
of the defense of Thomas E. Watson,
once nominee of the populist party
for President, when he is placed on
trial in the United States court here
tomorrow on a charge of sending ob
scene literature through the malls.
This was announced by counsel for
Watson here tonight. Plans for the
defense, they said, were complete,
although no witnesses have been
subpoenaed in Watson's behalf.
Charges agait Watson are based
upon two articles in two of bis mag
azines, denouncing the Roman Cath
olic church. The alleged objections!
passages appeared in Watson's Jet
fersonian, of July 1911, and Wat
son's Magazine, of April atfd May,
1912. They were included in a se
ries of articles entitled "the Roman
Catholic hierarchy the deadliest me
nace to our liberties and our civili
zation." Watson was indicted November
19, 1912. At a preliminary hearing
be declared the articles in question
were.no more objectionable than
certain passages of the Bible, car
ried without protest through the
mails.
Several witnesses have been sum
moned to appear for . the prosecu
tion, but the exact course that would
be pursued In the introduction of ev
idence foe tbe government had not
been indicated tonight. It-was stat
ed authoritively, however, that to
officials of the .Roman Catholic
church would be asked to testify. i
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Don't shut up your house and live in just a few rooms
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paid for heating one or two rooms last year.
Come in now and let us talk it over.
Rankin-Armstrong Company
123 W. Main Ave. Gastonia, N. C.
Meat Markets on Cash
Basis November 1st
Beginning with November 1st the undersigned firms will
sell meats of all kinds strictly for cash. In making this step
we have had the welfare of the buyer in view as much as our
own interest. With the wholesale price of meat up it means
that we must either get spot cash for all meats sold or advance
the retail price. We believe that the great majority, if not
all, the people can pay cash and would rather do so and save
something on the price than to continue getting credit and pay
ing a higher price than at present.
For the convenience of regular customers to whom it would
be an annoyance to have to pay for every order of meat when
it is delivered at the door, we have had made metal checks in
denominations from one to 100 cent. These will be sold for
cash at a discount of 5 per cent; That is, when you pay us
$1.00 for checks we give you $1.05 in checks. This means a
five per cent savings on your meat bill and is worth taking ad
vantage of.
We believe that the present tendency in Gastonia to put all
lines of retail business on a cash basis promises great things
for the people and we are so firm in our belief that it is the
right and proper course to pursue that we have decided, as
above stated, to inaugrate it in our own business.
Boyd and Wilson
J. O. Fayssoux.
50 Horses Mares and Mules 50
Wp Vinvp mat: rppivpfl nur first car nf mnlps.
They are nice fresh Tennessee raised mules and
broke right. On
Tuesday October 22nd
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We will have a car loaa ot nice well selected
' Til
stock from our Illinois
be some extra good big
When vou are in need of
our stock and you will generally find just-- what
you want and at right prices and : reasonable
terms.
Craig and Wilson
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