PAGE TWO.
THE GASTONIA GAZETTH.
GASTONIA IS A BUST TOWN.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER '12,
The Gastonia Gazette
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 101S:
Vital Statistics.
During the months of October and
November Vital Statistics Officer W.
Meek Adams, of Gastonia township,
nncrded 30 deaths and 30 births.
Twenty deaths occurred in October
a lid ten in November. The birth rec
ord for the two months is not com
plete as the law requiring birtn reg
istration did not compel registration
till after November loth, but allow
ed parents who wished to do so to
resister children born after October
jgt. From now on complete month
ly ttatistlcs will be available.
A Business Change.
Mr. J. T. Gilbert has sold his pho
tographic studio to Messrs. R. F.
Shelby and A. B. Thackston. of Kings
Mountain, and the name of the busi
ness will be changed to Shelby &
Thackston. The deal waa made the
first of the week and the new owners
have taken charge. Mr. Gilbert quits
the photograph business In Gastonia
after having bee engaged In it for
four years, having succeeded Mr. J.
I. Green. He and Mrs. Gilbert ex
pect to leave the latter part of the
month for Jacksonville, Fla., where
they will reside in the future. Mr.
Gilbert has not yet decided rust
-what line of business he will follow
there. Messrs. Shelby and ThacR
ston are experienced photographers
and will be welcomed to Gastonia's
business circles. Both have families
and they will move to Gastonia at an
early date.
Personals and Local.
Ralph Clinton, the three-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. John Keen
er, died Wednesday night at their
home in the Jenkins addition and
was buried yesterday afternoon In
Hollywood cemetery.
Mr. Ernest L. Stroup, who bas
been in business in Greensboro Tor
the past xive years, returned to Gas
tonia last week and is now associi
ated with bis father, Mr. A. C. Stroup
In the Gaston Seed A Provision Co.
ReT. J. A. Bowles, who has ween
for four years pastor of the Mount
Holly and Belmont Methodist church
es and who was transferred at the
recent session of conference to the
Forest City charge, moved his fami
ly Wednesday to Forest City;
Mr. W. T. : Rankin returned
Wednerday evening from a weeti
trip to Chicago, St. Louis and otner
Western, points. At St. Louis he pur
chased a car load of ' fine brood
mares for the Riverside Farm and
they are expected to reach here this
week. At Chicago Mr. Rankin at
tended the International St oca
Show where he says they- had on ex
hibition the finest and fattest cattle
in the world.
Tire which originated In a iaun
. dry at" Salisbury Tuesdv damaged
the Flrt VciLodist church to the ex
teat of about $800.
With, the authorized strength in-
) creased' by 3,352 men, the United
i States Army lost instead of gained
numbers' hmng the fiscal year just
closed says a Washington dtspatc
of the tn. Including the Phllip-
S Pine Scouts the army had 85.5C9
men. complied with 8, 95 twelv
months ago.
GASTONIA'S GROWTH.
The following editorial in Satur
day's Charlotte Chronicle, commend
ing: the spirit of advancement and
teady growth which Gastpnfa ts
now evincing, is duly appreciated:
'"It lie In' the mouth of notJ0 to
challenge "the "growth and develop
ment of Gaston la,' Charlotte's little
neighbor across the Catawba. A sys
tem of electric street cars was re-'
entry inaugurated there and now
we are told that Gastonia has laid
during he past year six and a half
miles of permanent paving. This
sounds almost like Charlotte. We
doubt if anycity of Gastonia's size
in the State cas marshal better
shewing In (hi particular than Gas
ton's capital, is able to display, in
addition to good atreeta which' have
been featured, the town Js growing
in every direction. It haa a new
Chamber of Co prt mere and is show
tag a spirit of enterprise that is hard
to hinder. We look for the town to
continue at it growing gait. It has
the proper spirit and the proper peo
ple there to make things hustle.
lISHED SHE
COULD DIE
Asi Be Free From Her Troubles,
let Finfe Better Way.
Columbia. Twin. "Many a time,'
ten Mrs. Jessie Sharp, of this place,
"f wished I would die and be relieved
- Of my Buffering, from womanly troubles.
I could not ret op, without pulling at
something to help me, and stayed in bed
most of the time. I could not do my
housework.
The least amount of work fired me
out My bead would swim, and i would
tremble for aa hour or more. Finally, I
look Cardui, the woman's tonic, and I
am not bothered with pains any more,
and 1 don't have to go to bed. In fact,
1 am sound and well of all my troubles."
Cardui goes to all the weak spots and
helps to make them strong. It acts with
nature not against her. It is for the
tired, nervous, irritable women, who feel
as if everything were wrong, and need
something to quiet their nerves and
strengthen the worn-out system.
If you are a woman, suffering from any
of the numerous symptoms of womanly
- trouble, take Cardui. It will help you,
; At aQ druggists.
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In the extensive correspondence at
the Bed Cross Seal headquarters an
occasional letter Is received which
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tlon, even from the staff, which is
somewhat "calloused" to the unusu
al. One such freak letter the other
day brought a smile with a touch of
pathos Just behind it. It was as fol
lows:
"To the Red Cross Seal.
"715 Union Trust Building,
"Washington,, D. C.
"While looking over apaper 1
found an advertisement of the red
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for Consumption .and other diseases
i wish that you would please sen a
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the ox-team In Alabama and Missis
sippi, and the pack-burro In Colora
do, to the express train and the au
tomobile In New York. These hot!
aay seals are even being sold in
mountain hamlets, where the snow
will prevent the receipt of returns
for months after the first of the year
Stole for Bed In Prison.
"I did It. I was starving. I have
not eaten In three days. In prison I
caught tuberculosis. Now I can't
work. I guess you had better send
me back to prison at least, I won't
starve there!" .
This was the despairing cry of a
4-year-oia man in an Eastern city
when caught a few days ago with
worm or stolen dresses, in
vestigation showed that througn a
lack of funds the local antl-tubercu-losls
society had been unable to send
this man to a sanatorium where he
belonged, and there was no place for
him but the prison. Every Red Cross
Seal you buy helps some one in dis
tress or helps to prevent (rouble and
sickness.
A Round Dozen
OF WORLD ALMANACS
ON HAND TO GO AT
QUICK SALE FOR 20 CT5.
EACH. THE REGULAR
PRICE IS SO CENT8 AND
WE 80LD A LARGE NUM- .
BER OF THEM THIS
YEAR AT THAT PRICE.
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TO THE CONSCIENCE FUND.
'Squire W. Meek Adams Receives
Ten Dollars from Unknown Man
in New Mexico Repaid After 25
tears.
About the most surprised man tn
Gastonia Wednesday was Esquire
Meek Ad am 8. In his morning mall
there waa a letter postmarked Ros
vell, N. M., containing New York
exchange for ten dollars. Following
is the letter.
Roswell. N M., Dec. 6, 1913.
Mr. Meek Adams,
Gastonia. N. C.
You will please find New York ex
change for S 1 0 due you that you
lost 25 years ago at Bowling Green
and I found it and If is yours.
Very truly.
A. W.
A friend In Christ.
'Squire Adams has no idea wnat
ever of the Identity of the writer. He
says that 25 years ago he was run
ning a store at Bowling Green hut
does not recall having lost the $10,
though it is possible he lost It or It
was taken from his safe without his
ever knowing it. He cannot recall
anyone having the Initials A. W. who
lived in that section at that time and
who has since gone West.
In this connection, 'Squire Adams
recalled an Interesting event or
about 15 years ago. When he left
Bowling Green he sold his safe to
Mr.. William Flanigan. who is still
In the mercantile business at Bowl
ing Green. The old safe still stands
in the store though it is minus its
doors and is otherwise badly batter
ed up: and thereby hangs the tale
of an attempted robbery. Something
like 15 years ago safe-blowers en
tered Flanagan's store and blew this
safe. It contained several hundred
dollars In currency and silver, rep
resenting the pay roll of the Bowling
THE ALOE PLANT
The author of th
far aa we can ascerta
print. Recently It w
in the course ot a ser
memory for The Gaze
ed It from a man llvin
North Carolina who t
ago on a mountain ro
ad.
Have you heard the tale of the Aloe plant
That grows in the sunny clime f
By the humble growth of a nundred years
It reaches the blooming time;
And then a wondrous bud at Its crown
Breaks into a thousand Cowers. .
This floral queen In blooming seen.
Is the pride of tbe tropical bowers;
But the plant to the bloom Is a sacrifice,
For it blooms but once and in blooming It dies.
Have you further head of the Aloe plant
That grows In the sunny clime,
How every one of its thousand flowers
As they drop in the blooming time,
Is an infant plant that fastens its roots
In tbe place where it falls on the ground?
And fast as they fall from the dying stem
Grow lively and lovely around?
By dying It liveth a thousand fold
In the young that springs rrom the death of the old.
Have you beard the tale of the pelican,
The Arab's wonderful bird, .
That lives In African solitudes
Where the birds that live lonely are?
Have you heard how It loves Its tender young,
How it toils and cares for their food?
How It brings them water from fountains afar,
And fishes, tbe seas for. their food?
And in famine it feeds them what love can devise,
The blood of its bosom and in feeding them dies!
Have you heard the tale they tell of the swan,
That snow-white bird of the lake?
It quietly floats on the purple wave,
And silently sets in the brake.
For it saves its song till the end of life,
And then on a still clear eve
'Mid the mellow light of the setting sun
It sings as it sails in the heaven;
And Its blessed notes fall back from the skies,
'Tis its only song for in singing it dies!
Have you heard these tales, shall I tell you one
A brighter and better than all?
Shall I tell you of Him whom the heavens adore.
Before whom the hosts of them all fall?"
He he left their choirs and anthems above
For earth with its waitings and woes?
How he suffered the shame and pain of the cross,
And died for the life of his foes?
O Prince of the noble, O Sufferer divine,-
What sorrow, what sacrifice equal to tfclae!
Have you heard this tale, the best of them all,
The tale of the faithful and true?
He died, hut his life in untold souls
Lives on In the world anew.
His seed prevails and Is filling the earth,
As the stars the heavens above.'
He taught us to yield up our love of live
For the sake of a life of love 1
His death was our life, his loss was onr gain,
The Joy for the tear, the peace for the pain.
Then hear these tales, ye weary and worn.
Who for others do give up your all.
Our Saviour has taught us the seed that would grow.
Into earth's dark bosom must fall;
Mue pass from our sight and die away,
And then will the fruit appear.
The seed that seems lost in the bosom ef tie earth
Will return many fold In tbe ear.
Through death comes lite; through loss comes gain.
The Joy for the tear, the peace for the pain!
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$ For Him
5
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Torrence Drug Company
Phone 16
"On the
Green Knitting Mill, the following
day being pay day at the factory.
The explosion awoke Mr. Flanagan
and the late Mr. Mack Riddle, both
of whom lived right near the store.
Mr. Riddle grabbed his pistol and
went to the porch Immediately, tir
ing several shots at the robbers wno
took flight and fled precipitately.' An
examination showed that the cracks
men had left the booty behind, sli
ver and currency being scattered
over the store floor in profusion, as
it happened Mr. Adams was at that
time conducting a livery stable in
Gastonia and about 7 o'clock tbe fol
lowing morning saw three men, sus
picious looking characters, dust-covered
and travel-worn, taking their
morning meal at Heath's restaurant.
Nothing had been heard In Gastonia
of the robbery at Bowling Green as
the robbers had taken the precau
tion to cut all the telephone wires
After the news of the attempted rob
bery reached Gastonia up in the day
Mr. Adams recalled having seen
these men and believed that
they were, without doubt, the sare
blowers. They made good their es
cape and have never been apprehended.
California Woman Seriously Alarmed
"A short time ago I contracted a
severe cold which settled on my
lungs and caused me a great deal of
annoyance. I would have bad
coughing spells and my lungs were
so sore and inflamed I began to be
seriously alarmed. A friend recom
mended Chamberlain's Cough Reme
dy, saying she had used it for years.
I bought a bottle and it relieved my
cough the first night, and In a week
I was rid of tbe cold and soreness of
my lungs," writes Miss Marie Ger
ber, Sawtelle, CaL For sale by All
Druggists. Adv.
is beautiful poem is unknown, bo
in it has never before appeared in
as recited by Rev. J. E.' Abernethy
mon and was written by him from
tte. Mr. Abernethy says he obtaln
g in the mountains of western
ound the manuscript several years
Editor Gazette.
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Guth Candy, Mary Garden
Citrars in boxes of 25. 50 and 100 Meer
Comer" Gastonia, N. C.
We'
re
Ready
Ready now to show you
the finest display of desira
ble Christmas gift goods
you may hope to see.
Months of careful searcn
lng and buying has result
ed In our gathering here
now the most complete
stock and the best values
that one could posstDiy
hope to And. It means a
decided advantage to you
to come here early and see
the Bhowlng at Its very
best. Here is a partial list
of gift goods now Bemng
here. Glance over It:
Handkerchiefs, 5c to f 1 .00
Bilk Hose, 39c to $1.48
Gloves, 25c to $1.50
Bathrobes, $1.50 to $3.50
Kimonas, $1.00 to $5.00
Umbrellas, $1.00 to $5.00
Cut Glass, big variety to
select from.
Numerous other goods in
tbe Christmas line.
Also a big line of Coat
SuiU, Furs, Etc.
Yes Your Christmas
Money Will Go
Farthest At
Thomson
Mercantile
Company's.
WARNING
AND POSTED!
All persons are hereby warned
not to walk, ride, drive, hunt or other
wise trespass on this tract of land.
The law will be duly enforced
against disregard of this notice.
This.
day of-
i 7' ' ft'
The above shows that the form aa4 stae. ei. W Un-pswtBlces.
Price, 1 dosen. 15 etetst 9 dose. S5 cents; 50 for 50 f SOf
eesvta. Three cent 4er dose, addttloaai e wmOL -AH mail orders hve
prompt attentio. tU PmbUshUig Cwffknj, Gastonia, N. C
Real Estate
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OTHER ATTRACTIVE PROPERTDSS IN TOWN AND
COUNTY.
Wonld like to make some long term loans at C percent
on first mortgage on improved farm property.
J. BUN BRYDGES
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