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THE GASTONIA GAZETTE. " GASTOXIA IS A BUST TO WIT. v TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1S1S , The Gastonia Gazette iMned Try Tuesday and Friday . EJtTho GaxetU Publishing Company ; Ttts Bdltor.andMr. Admitted Into the malls at the roat Office at Gastonia. N. C, at the wound rate of Postage, April 28, IIOJ. Only Sml-Wekly newspaper pub Pahed in Gaston County. CAGE FOUR. SUBSCRIPTION' PRICE: an year 1 1.50 tlx months 75 Poor months 5 Ira month IB All subscriptions payable In ad' franco and discontinued promptly up- fa expiration. ESTABLISHED 1880. Ho. 236 Main Avenue. PHONE 50. 00. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1913. CHRISTMAS. It Is here again the glad care free Chrlstmastlde. It is the univer .aJLly observed holiday of the Chrlst tlan world. Its object is to com memorate the birth of tne world's Redeemer, though a very large per oentage of the people Iobc sight al together of its real significance. "With too many It Is observed merely as a season for gluttonously satiating animal appetites; meat and drlnK are the gods before whom all too many of us bow. With all of us, as with Dickens, - Christmas should be a "kind, for giving, generous, pleasant time", when self la lost sight of and when w act and think for others, ir we can deriTe a largo portion of pleasure ; from aeelng others happy we have In ' some degree rightly appreciated the ' true meaning and spirit of Chritmas. Those to whom the good things of life are denied are legion and oppor tunities for rightly-placed charity are to be found on every hand. Try gladdening the heart of some humble and neglected person on Christmas day and a benediction of blessedness will rest upon you. To each and every one of our large family of readers we extend the season's greetings. May Santa Clans be good to you all, both old and' young and may your cup, of joy mn over. v v The old adage that "death loves a ' shining mark'' was again strikingly exemplified yesterday in the passing of Mr. R. A. Froneberger, one of the . city's most promising young busi ' ness men. He was only 31 years old but had already thoroughly estab . llshed himself in the business life of the town. - He was in entire sympa thy with all the movements looking toward' the betterment of his fellow beings and was a tireless as well as - a most efficient worker. In his deatn the town sustains a distinct loss and his family a loss that cannot be esti- mated.' The Gazette joins his hun dreds of other friends in extending to his bereaved ones its sympathy. Personals and Locals. -Mr. Frank Carpenter, of Stan ley, was a Gastonia visitor Saturday. ' '-The government report of cot ' ton ginned in Gaston county up tto December 13th shows a total of 12, .173 bales as compared with 10,738 bales ginned up to the same date last year. Gastonia Lodge No. 369, A. F. and A. iS., wiU omit its regular meeting this week on account of the holidays. The next regular com . jnunicatlon will be held on Friday, January 2, 1914. Mr. H. L. Grice, formerly with the ticket office of the Piedmont & Northern at Charlotte, has accepted a position with the Holland Drus Company at Mount Holly and will take up his new duties January 1st. Messrs. J. R. Carson, Ed Jen kins and J. T. Oates attended the State meeting of the Farmers' Un ion at Shelby1 last week as delegates from the Gaston Gaston Farmers' TJnlon. They returned to Gastonia Friday. There will be no meeting of Oastonis Lodge No. 188, I. O. O. F.p n Thursday night of this week on account of the meeting night falling on ' Christmas night The regular meeting- will be held on Thursday alght, January 1. 1914. ' There will be a Christmas tree 0 Si EE nj Copyright But Schaflaer A' Marx YOU'LL protablyrave a good many gifts at Christmas; and we hope you'll be able to give a good many. This store is full of the sort of things men like to get and to give. You can't give a man a better Christmas present than one of our . Hart Schaffner & Marx suits or overcoats at $18 to $25 A lasting, stylish, high-class thing; the best of its kind. But we have many other pood things that cost less; things for 25 and 50 cents, and up H. Schneider This is the home of Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes and entertainment at Ozark Metho dist church tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. Mrs. D. A. Garrison left this morning for Concord to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Coltrane. Miss Minnie Baker Is critically ill at her home on Ozark street. Her sister, Mrs. Press Lee, of Lenoir, Is at her bedside. Most of the cotton mills In Gas- tonla and the county will close toaay and tomorrow to remain closed for about a week. Mr. E. A. Ballard and family, of Spencer, are spending the holidays here as the guests of Mr. Ballard's mother, Mrs. M. A. Ballard. Mr. John Odell Durham arrived Sunday night from Trinity College to spend the holidays with his par ents, iMr. and Mrs. S. J. Durham. Mr. and iMrs. R. ,W. Langford and two children, of Atlanta, are expected to arrive In the city to morrow night on a visit to Mrs. Langford's father, Mr. G. H. Marvin. Recently the J. Flem Johnson Company changed its name to R. Hope Brison A Co. The owners are Messrs. R. Hope and Lee L. Brison. Mr. Johnson retired from the firm seme time ago. Miss (Mary Costner, aged thirty years, died Sunday afternoon at her home on the Union road four miles south of Gastonia. The funeral ana burial took place Monday at eleven o'clock at Sandy Plains Baptist church. Charlotte Chronicle: (Mr. H. I. Grice, who has been in the Char lotte ticket office of the Piedmont & Northern, has accepted a position with the Holland Drug Company, of j Mount Holly, and will enter upon his new duties January 1. Miss Pearle Abernethy, who is a member of the faculty of the high school at Holly Springs this year, has been the guest for a few days or her sisters, Mrs. D. P. Delllnger and Mrs. Mc. G. Anders. She left this morning for Caroleen to spend tne holidays with her parents, Rev. and Mrs. R. S. Abernethy. Subscribers whose time expires January first will do us a very great favor by sending in their renewals not later than the first day of the ; new year. In cases where we fail to hear from a subscriber when the ' time expires we invariably discon tinue the paper. Promptness In re newing will save us the trouble or putting your name back on after it has been taken off, and will insure you against missing an issue of trie paper. We especially desire our corres pondents at various places fn tne county to send us in news letters next week giving account of any of the social events of the Christmas time that are of interest. In those communities where we have no reg ular correspondents, we would be glad to have any reader of The Ga- ' 2ette who will do so to send us news ! letter telling how the people of tne ; community are observing the holl- 1 days. A subscriber at the Modena Mills informs us that during last week some 7,00o or S.000 pounds of pork was killed by different parties living in the neighborhood. Some of the weights are given as follows: Mr. J. L. Grice killed a hog weighing 625 pounds; Mr. W. T. Story one wei su ing 455; Mr. J. M. Beauchamp one weighing 410 and Mr. L. C. Carpen ter one weighing 330. The Modena Mills wlfl close down at noon Wed nesday and give the operatives lln remainder of the week for a Christ mas holiday. ' At a meeting of the Loray Band held for their usual practice last night the members of the band pre sented their leader, Mr. -Kenneth Todd, with a purse of S 25 in gold as a Christmas present and a testimo nial of their high regard for his ex cellent services in organizing and ; training the band. This band has j only been organized about bEC 1 months, but by faithful practice un- ' aer sEtued leadership they have al ready acquired an unusual quality of playing. There Is every prospect that within1 a short time they will rank with any band In the State in thm fin. duality of music which they can produce. . . . All the local banks will be clos ed on Thursday, observing Christ mas as a legal holiday. Mr. N. B. Kendrick, of Cherry ville, is in Gastonia on business to day. Messrs. E. Ralph Rankin ana Kirkpatrick Reid are at home from the University for the holidays. Mr. Durward Morrow, a student i in Mars Hill College, is spending the holidays here with homefolks Mrs. M. iM. Kendrick and chil dren, of Rock Hill, S. C, will spend Christmas with relatives here. Mr. Francis Whitesldes, of Trinity College, is here to spend the Christmas holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Whitesldes. Mr. Raymond H. Ratchford is at home from Davidson College to spend the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Ratchford, on route two. Mr. Clarence Johnson and Miss Mamie Johnson returned to their home at MooresviWe yesterday after a visit to their unrle, Mr. VV. H. Del linger and family. Thirteen ceucs is offered for the beei cotton tooay on the local mar ket, but moat of the cotton being brought in is stains, which bring on ly ten to eleven cents. The county officers will all on serve Christmas Day as a holiday and all county offices will be closed. Clerk of the Court C. C. Cornwell Is in his office only from 9 to 3 o'clock each day during the holidays. Rev. and Mrs. Plato Durham, of Charlotte, will spend Christmas Day In the city as the guests of Mr. and Mru. S. J. Durham at their home on East Third avenue. Rev. Mr. Dur- ham Is Presiding Elder of the Char lotte District, M. E. Church, Soutb. Mr. and Mrs. William B. Stew art, of Dunlap, Tenn., are expected to arrive tomorrow to spend the hol idays with the former's sisters, Mrs. J. W. Atkins and (Mrs. Mattie S. An derson. Mr. Stewart is prominent In Pythian circles in Tennessee. He is a past Grand Chancellor of th.e Knights of Pythias in that State, his term having expired last June. What might have been quite a serious runaway occurred on West Main avenue yesterday afternoon when a team of Rray horses said to lfft nnnttAnPrt tn front of inti.' rrult stand started to run and were j fairs tnat D,s clients are positively not slopped until tbey ran the wagon astonished and perplexed. He gives against a pole uar the Trenton Mill ! Information and advice about all af a:id broke the tongue from Its fas- j falrs of Importance, such as business, ten lags. The street was pretty well lawsults, wills and inheritances, re- roded with vehicles, but fortunate- ly none of thea3 was struck The marriage of Mr. John M. Elliott and Miss Martha Rhea Falls, which is to be solemnized this after noon at 3 o'clock at the bride's home westof the city, will doubtless be attended by a large number of the friends and relatives of this pop ular young couple. After their -marriage Mr. and Mrs. Elliott will bo the guests for several days of the groom's father, Mr. A. B. Elliott, af ter which they will go to Atlanta, where they will make their home in the future. Mr. Elliott arrived here from Atlanta Sunday morning. THE CHRISTMAS STOCKEVO. (This poem was written many years ago by Mr. Frank Pearson, of Sequatchie, Tenn., who during his life time wrote and published a great many poems. It is not known whether this ruwm w iiimiim ln 1 print and. as It is reproduced here from memory entirely It may con- tain some 'slight errorsr-Edltor Ga- zette.) In the mystic light I'm. sitting. Musing of long dead Decembers, While the fire-clad shapes are flitting In and out among the embers, In my hearthstone in mad races.' And I marvel for, in seeming, I can dimly see the faces ' . And the scenes .of which I'm dreaming. Oh. glorious Christmas days Of yorer In sweet anticipation, I lived their Joys for days Before their happy realization; And on the dawn of Christmas morn f My childish heart was beating A wild tatto, as 'twould break 0 I through As I unhung my stocking. And at my cries of glad surprise The others all came flocking, To share my glee and view with me The contents of my Btocking. Years sped; I 1-ef t each well-loved scene Mid Northern wilds to roam And there, 'mid tossing pine trees green, I made myself a home. We numbered three and blithe were we, At adverse fortune mocking, And at Christmastide by our fire side Was hung the baby's stocking. Alas to-night within our home No childish voice Is ringing. And through its silent halls No light free airy step is spring ing. The wild winds wave o'er babys grave, Where plumy pines are rocking. And crossed at rest on marble breast Are the hands that filled my stock ing. With misty eye but steady hand I raise this Christmas chalice: Here's to the children of the land In cabin or in palace; May each one hold the key of gold. The gates of glee unlocking. And hands be found the wnole world round To fill the Christmas stocking. FAMOUS LIFE READER VISITS GASTONIA MAC 6RE60B, WHO CALLS. YOU BY YOUR FULL NAME IS FOR 5IDAYSMT THE ' . FRANKLIN HOTEL Without asking a single question of his callers, Mr. Gregor in a pre cise and correct manner reveals eve ry event of importance in their lire, even to giving names in full and so correct is his insight into their at- movaIS changes, promotions, court- lamuy irouDies, divorce. He tells you whom you may trust, about friends and enemies. In a wora no matter what may worry you or what you may be interested in or In trou ble about, it is pretty certain that Mr. Gregor will show you the right road to success and happiness. In these days of advanced thought only the Ignorant scoff at subjects like astrology, psychology, clairvoy ance and mental suggestion. Results are what count. AH the empty mouthings of those who have never, tried amount to nothing in the sum ming up. There is not a newspaper ludgazme dui wnat devotes col umns to these subjects. In Mr Gregor you win find a gentleman or high attainments, who has made these subjects a life's study. If Mr. Gregor does not absolutely satisfy, you, your reading is free,-- uui cobi you a cent. You to be Boie JUQge. He Puts his tim an1n. Hls 5 hargeB ar reduced for AnJ! ?7? , centa and M.00. V . tnaV. 100 only- His hours rT.4rom 1U . m- to 9 p. m. luar aavice nas been worth thousands of dollars to me," writes MB. Curtis, Manchester, Va. Enemies had caused trouble be tween me and a friend. Your advice and help quickly healed our differ ences." writes Miss F. M. R. Fnpn celved our legacy from England and we all thank you for your advice and help, it ig'due to ?a!?ne that w ucceeded." Mr J. T, Powers, Newark. J?Ir' .ML GrSor has been the means of changing our sons life, in stead of a shiftless drunkard he is now a steady, capable sober and in dustrious man and a loving son and husband .D. K. E. Richmond? v" AND ASTROLOGER art tnt cttits that man hath luiJJeJ; tkty art tkt work of small, patient fingtrti tktir strength it in tkt hand o f man; kt katk woven kit flesh ana hJood into tkeir glory. ' ' Henry Van yi. GROWTH of a com munity means greater wealth and credit for its people and its indus tries. The first step in the growth of a city is the making of money Ly its people. And making money means sav ing money. Saving means growth to you and yours. We solicit your account. Our facilities are the best for giving you, your family, your business and our com munity the co-operation in banking which their growth demands. Our reputation is your guar antee of security and stability. mm FirstNational Banh CAPITAL $100,000 SURPLUS AND PROFITS f 75.000 L. U. JENKINS. Pm.IO-.NT. 4. LIS ROBINKON. VICI PR GASTONIA, N. C & Paid on Tim Certificate at Dopoall. Just One More Day To Do That Christ mas Shopping While we have had the best Christmas trade we have ever had, we anticipated it and conse quently pilt in a larger stock besides we have been writing and wiring for more goods so you will find our stock very near complete. And remember Jewelry is the best gift of all and every piece we sell is guaranteed besides the price is right. Phone 383 January Will it be a red letter day for you? Make it one by taking some stockjin our 5th Series and starting on the road to INDEPENDENCE. Easiest way in the world to save money and pay for a home ' Home Building and Loan C B. ARMSTRONG, President E. B. BRITTAIN, Sec'y.-Treai, Office in Realty Building Subscribe for the Gazette. $L50 a year. Fit I'll II m 5W mm SCS! HOST. . KAY. Vici-PmtT. . N. BOVCK. CASHICIt J H. M. VAN SLEEN JEWELER AND OPTICIAN Main Avenue 124 3, R. a RANKIN, M. DILLING, Vice-Presidents with Gastonia Insurance and Realty Company 1914 Association
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