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GASTOXLA, N. C.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 2, 1914.
NO. 1. ,
NEWS OF THE C0U1ITY
LATEST FROM 0UR CORRESFOHOEITS
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T LOCAL ITEMS
i i innp imunrn nr unu ctdiiftiidlc
THE MOVEMENTS OF 6AST0N PEOPLE
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V- Sixty-One Building Permits Durtng
t Firt Half of Year and Sixty-Three
; Daring Lst Half Hundred and
Seventy-Five New Buildings Con-y-
strueted Outlook for 1914 la
Promising.
In the matter of building activi
ties the year 1913 was an excellent
ne icr Gastonla7 During the twelve
months 124 building permits were
issued by the "city, covering 175
Vatructures. Of this number til were
Jissued during the nrst six months or
v tne year and a complete list of them
appeared in The Gazette of July 4tn.
frxce July 1st 63 permits have been
issued, a list of which appear oe
, low.
. Among the most uiteworthy Btrut
llurtb erected during the year wer
Hlie new Southern Railway passeu
jf,ax nation, at a cost oi J30.000; lue
Rocker Machine & Foundry Compa
q's, building, the Atkinson box rat.
iry, a waithoi.se by the Peoples
;iikiided Warehouse Company, capac-
lty b.OUO bales; a largejajlditiou to
ithe Ozarl: .Mill and anether to the
X'lara .Mill, the Craig VjilJin? on
Airline avenue, besides quite i
4iumber of handsouu -esideu.-.s and
numerous small collages.
L I.idii ations are that 1914 will wit
3t6F even greater activity in tuo
tuilding line. Contractors Bnd cai--v-Cnters
llake ' u DU8y tbionojji
Abe jear and the auiicii-aie i. .ci
ap iu the building line. During it.e
; yar Vhe T. A. itenry lumber ;lir.t
t iias moved into much larger anU
' mort comniodloui quarters an 1 !;:"
' jtr.ier Lumber Company is row
building quite a large addition, liotn
)of thtbe plants have had about all
hey tould do in the line of turning
out building material all througa
the year.
, Following is a .ist o) the building
permits issued m.i e July 1st:
' ' J. K. fchulonl. eiglit-iooni house.
Ve3t Airline avenue.
.s Cocker Machine Foundry Co.,
factory building, Kast Franklin ave
nue. W. V. Clenn, two-room house,
South street.
R. F. i.iitlejohn. five-room house.
West Gastonia.
Holland uealty & Insurance Co..
two-room house.
P. & X. Kail a ay, brii k warehouse.
Kast Main avenue.
W. S. Quinn, three-room house,
near Ixray.
J. 11. AtMnson, box factory, near
Holland Mill.
Silas fcinith, two-room house,
North rDallas street.
. J. 13. Ileal, five-room house, South
l arietta street.
Grady Hank'in, four-room house,
Morris street.
Gastonia Insurance & Realty Co.,
four-room house, Maple street.
Gastonia Insurance & Realty Co.,
four-room house, Harvie avenue.
J. P. Chandler, six-room house,
South York street.
D. A. Grigg, three-room house,
Franklin avenue.
Grigg & Alexander, two-room
house, West Airline avenue.
J. L. Price, two four-room houses
and one three-room house, North
York street.
J. L. Price, three-room house, A
von street.
D. XI. Jones, five-room house,
Ftumptown.
Charles I). Gray, efglit-room house
South street.
V. L. Land, one-room addition.
Third avenue.
A. B. Rhyne, v one-room addition,
Ozark street.
J. P. Reid, two-room addition, S.
Broad street.
O. Pagan, two-room house, South
York street.
L. E. Rankin, eight-room house, S.
York street.
Mrs. W. W.
McLean, two-room ad-
dition. East Main avenue.
Holland Realty & Insurance Co.,
three-room house. X. York street.
Holland Realty & Insurance Co..
ihree-room house, N. York street.
B. B. Gardner, two-room addition.
Falls street.
C. W. Boyd, three-room house.
PoroAn ctrcot
Peoples Bonded Warehouse Co..
six-room warehouse, East Franklin
avenue.
Holland Realty ft Insurance Co.,
three-room house, X. York street.
Holland Realty & Insurance Co.,
one-room addition, Walnut avenue.
J. L. Beal & Co., two-room store
house, East Airline avenue.
w. G. Queen, five-room house. Ma
ple street.
Price Insurance & Realty Co.,
Wo five-room houses, Elm street.
Price Insurance & Realty Co.,
Stir-room houte. N. York street.'
Jft. Holland Instance & Realty Co.,
1 tiiree-room housv N. York street.
Holland ItunjAnce & Realty Co.,
3 fniir.rnnm hfliao HViPfifnut street.
noiiMMinsuranGp jtrww "-
aeven-room house, S. Oakland street.
John Walters, serea-room house.
South Oakland street.
W. 13. Todd, two fouT-room hous
es. Happy Hill. 4
Holland Realty & Insurance Co.,
four-room house.. Chestnut street.
Price Insurance & Realty Co., two
'four-room houses, Reid roV.
i Price- Insurance & Realtf Co., two
three-room houses. Reid row.
Fr$nk McAllister, flve-room house.
Maple street. - - V
Frost Torrence,. li-room
louse,
eusirjEss v; as good
GENERAL VERDICT US TO PAST YEAR
Local Business Men Unanimous in
Declaring that 1913 Was Satisfac
tory in Practically All Linen
Town Has Made Progress in Many
Ways Outlook Promising for the
Coming Year Some of the Thlng6
Accomplished.
That business in practically all
lines was satisfactory so far as lo
cal conditions were concerned dur
ing the year Just ended is the unan
imous op'nion expressed by Gastonia
merchau.b. come complaint has
been heard from the manufacturers
of ton joe's that prices In their
business are not as good as they
should be but, on the whole, tne
cotton mill men have not been dis
couraged and are looking forward
to a good year during 1914. The
producer of the raw cotton nas got
ten a pretty good price for the sta
ple throughout the season. The
bulk of the local cotton brought 13
cents or more, the market falling
below 13 cents only a few times. The
farmer has found a good market and
a fair price for all his products ana
hence has had no complaint to make.
The consumer has not as yet felt
the benefit of the reduction of tne
tariff on the necessities of life but
is looking forward to something in
that line for the future.
Gastonia hasjust cause to be
pioud ol the general progress sne
has made during the year 1913. It
is not possible to give here anything
like a lomplete recapitulation of tne
things the town has done but a few
of them can bo merely mentioned.
Perhaps the greatest improvement
made has been the laying of con
cute sidewalks. So far seven or
eight miles has been laid several
miUs is yet to be laid as soon as the
v.eatlur becomes suitable for this
woik. Local street car service be
came effective during the last quar
t ; and affords a great convenience
o Hit peopte of the city. A box Tac
iory has been built and put into op
tiuiion. A factory for the manufac
ture of cotton mill machinery has
been built and will soon be ready to
commence oerations. A live Cham
of Commerce has been organized and
is just now getting into working
shape. There have been fewer fail
ures than usual. As noted elsewhere
much building has been done. In
shoii, the year has been generally
most satisfactory and Gastoniaus
have cause to be thankful. That tne
record of the present year, when It
it closed, will be equally as good if
not better is not only the hope but
to, f belief of Gastonians generally.
TO SELL YARNS AND CLOTH.
Gastonia Cotton larn Co., Inc., Will
Have Home Office in Philadelphia
Mr. S. S. Shuford to Be Secre
tary and Treasurer. '
A new concern, backed largely by
Gastonia capital, to be known as the
Gastonia Cotton Co., Inc., with head
offices in Philadelphia, Pa., will be
gin business next week. The Incor
porators are Mr. J. H. Dangerflela"
and Mr. A. W. Latta, of Charlotte,
ana Mr. S. S. Shuford and others, of
Gastonia. The company will be in
corporated under the la i of tne
State of Pennsylvania. Mr. Danger
field is president and Mr. Shuford
secretary and treasurer. This com
pany has been organized for tne
rurpose of selling cotton yarns ana
cloth, the products of a number of
mills.
' Mr. Shutord will leave Gastonia
for Philadelphia next Monday. Ha
has for the past ten years been con
nected with the Ozark Cotton Milis.
for a considerable part of that time
being secretary of the mill. He is
one of Gastonia's leading young dus
iness men and his large circle or
friends will regret exceedingly to see
h.'iave to make his home else
whel He is succeeded as boon
keeper for the Ozark by Mr. J. P.
Chandler, who recently came to Gas
tonia from Bessemer City.
BusineM men can reach the buy
ing public in Gaston betteV through
the columns of The Gazette than In
any other way. Advertising rates
are reasonable. It will pay you to
loves titrate.
South York street.
First National Bank, two-room
warehouse, Main avenue.
B. G. Bradley, nine three-room
houses, Happy Hill.
Personal Items About Gaston Folks
and Their Friend Short Items
About People and Things That
Are of Interest to Gazette Readers.
Write it 1914.
Mr. H. S. Sellers, of Cherryville
township, is a visitor in Gastonia to
day. Mrs. L. A. Rankin and Miss Su-!
sie Rankin spent Wedesjlay' in Char
lotte. Miss Lucy Curry, of Asheville,
Is spending the holidays with Miss
V'amie Pearson.
Mrs. J. F. Thomson left Wed
nesday for Due West, S. C, to spend
a few days with friends.
If you want to make the most
of the new year, Mr. Merchant, ad
vertise in The Gazette.
The county commissioners hold
their regular monthly meeting for
January next Monday.
Mr. Joseph R. Brown, of Bos
well, Va., Is spending some time on
a visit to relatives in the county.
Miss Minerva Jenkins Is spend
ing the holidays in Kings Mountain
as the guest of Miss Mattie Ware.
Miss Mamie Pearson returned
Wednesday from Kings Mountain
and Shelby where she has been vis
iting friends.
Miss Marguerite Manning, of
Charlotte, arrived in the city Wed
nesday to be the guest for a wee
of Mrs. E. O. Jennings.
Misses Willie and Allle McAllis
ter, of Lincolnton, spent Sunday and
Monday in the city as the guests of
.Mrs. E. O. Jennings.
Prof, and Mrs. W. P. Crier, wno
have been spending the holidays wltn
relatives in Mecklenburg county, are
expected home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Audie E. Beam
returned Wednesday from Cherry
ville township where they spent the
holidays with relatives.
MLss ,arion Miller, of the facul
ty ol the Di'llis High School wad a
guest Tues l.iy night at the home or
i Mr. E. L. V.'ilaor. and family.
Mrs. Josr'ph II. Adams has re
turned Iron: a isit to her brother,
I Mr. F. S. '.in. ry, of Pineville, and
! other relat.'f, in Mecklenburg.
Mr. J. R. Hrockman and Mrs.
W. B. Oliver, of Spartanburg, S. C.
spent the holidays here with their
brother, Mr. T. M. Brockman.
Mr. M. H. Bradley and family,
who have been living in West Gas
tonia for the past year, moved back
to their farm near Smyrna, S. C,
thin week.
Solicitor George W. Wilson will
go to Chorlatte Monday morning to i
represent the State at the January
term of Mecklenburg SuiKrjor !
Mr. John M. Smith, a popular
V
farmer and rural mall carrier living
near Clover, was a business visitor
in Gastonia yesterday and paid The
Gazette office a pleasant call.
The first snow of the Winter to
make any showing on the ground fell
Wednesday night. It was a light
fall and almost entirely disappeared
during the day yesterday.
--Mrs. J. R. Baber and Mrs. O. O.
Ilaliei and little daughter, Rutn.
Hienl yesterday In Kings Mountain
as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. I..
Caipbell.
i-The city schools will resume
work next Monday, the 5th, after a
two-weeks vacation. The teachers,
most of whom live out of town, arr
returning today and tomorrow to re-
pju me their duties.
Mr. Oscar Jenkins, accompanied
by Mr. Coleman Faires, of Mortimer,
who was his guest for several days,
left yesterday for Mars Hill, where
both are students this year in Mars
Hill College.
Mrs. W. H. Howe and her sister,
Miss Mable Huffstetler, have return
ed from Lenoir, where they spent
the holidays as the guest of their
brother, Capt. L. G. Huffstetler, and
family.
Mr. Edgar McLean, who has
been spending the holidays here with
I his mother, Mrs. R. J. Smith, re
turned yesterday to Durham to re
sume his studies at Trinity College,
where he is a member of the Junior
class.
Mr. Fay Lavender, of Gaffney,
S. C, has accepted a position at the
Southern Railway depot as third
trick operator, succeeding Mr. J. M.
Redwine. Mr. Redwine and family
are moving today to Greenville, S.
C, where they will make their home.
Mr. M. L. Stroup. of Lowell.
r route one, was a pleasant visitor to
The Gazette office yesterday. Mr.
Stroup has been a subscriber to The
Gazette continuously since this pa
per was established by Mr. G. W.
Chalk in 1880.
Miss Lettie starnes and her
guest,. Miss Lucile Slultz, of Rock
Hill, S. 0.. went to Besseme- CMy
Tuesday n'1 I tc attend the weddir.e
of Miss '.it-j? Clemmer an! Mr.
Julius C. lyte, an account jf hi"h
13 given elsv. here in this issuo
Mrs. Cornelius Milk r, of Chapel
Hill, spent the holiday' at Dallas
with her daughter. Mjls Marlon Mil
ler, one of the teachers in the Dallas
High School, returning Tuesday.
Miss Mille'" cccompanied her to Char
lotte on Ler return.
111 SOGIAL CIRCLES
LATEST EVENTS IN WOMAN'S WORLD
MR. AND MRS. MORRIS
GIVE DINNKR.
On Tuesday of this week Mr. and
Mrs. 3. M. Morris entertained at
dinner at their home on West Alr
Mne avenue. The list of guests in
cluded Mr. and Mrs. John O. RankM,
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. JenkinB, Mr.
and Mrs. W. B. Morris, Miss. Mollle
Separk, Miss Maud Allison, of Bre
vard, Mr. Ben Eley, of Baltimore,
-no. Miss Margaret Morris.
S. A O. ( LI D
WITH MRS. BRISON.
Mrs. R. Hope Brison is hostess this
afternoon to the S. and p. Club at
hei home on West Main avenue, tu
addition to cljib members there are
quite a number of Invited guests.
Trail will be played at fourteen ta
bles, in the decorations and scoro
cards the Christmas idea will pre
vail, the cards being in the shape oi
red Christmas bells with gilt edged.
MRS. W. M. MORRIS
ENTERTAINS.
At her home or. Morris street ycj
teiday afternoon at 3:30 Mrs. W.
M. Morris gave a very pleasant Ne
Vtar entertainment in honor of her
guest, Mrs. Joh.i Geiger, of Char
lotte, and Miss Vuud Allison, who s
Miss Margaret Morris' guest. Abou1.
thirty-live guests were present am
the game of "Bunco" was enjoyeu.
After the game cream and cake were
served. The hostess was assisted .a
entertaining by Viss Irene Barrin
gei and little M.tsa Willie D. Barrin
ger. Durijfg the afternoon Misses
Susie Rawlings and Carrie Morris
rendered several pleasing piano se
lections.
DINNER FOR
MRS. 1ICNTEP..
Complimentary to her house-guejT,
Mrs. Rosemma Hunter, of Mexico,
.mb. W. M. Boyce entertained de
lightfully at dinner Tuesday evening
a l.i r home on West Airline avenue,
l'er guests were Mr. S. X. Boyce and
family, Mr. P. W. Garland and faint
ly. Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Kennedy and
y,i. and Mrs. R. G. Rankin. Mrs.
I ' ,i uter, wry was forced to fc'VO up
Y : missionary work in Mexico be
:n.'se of the revolution In that coun
try, expects to sail about the l.Vn
tor Central America to continue
motion work.
REV. J. X. ATKINS
WEDS TRYOX LADY.
Announcement (aids reading as
follows have been received in Gas
tonia: I
Mrs. Joseph Moran '
announces tho marriago of her
daughter
Katherine
to
Mr. John Xorton Atkins
on Wednesday, the thirty-first or
December
One thousand nine hundred and
thirteen
Tryon, North Carolina.
Mr. and Mrs. Atkins will be at
home after the first of February at
Foscoe, Watauga county, .where he
is rector of an Episcopal churcn.
Rev. Mr. Atkins has visited in Gas
tonia frequently and the above an
nouncement will be of Interest to
his friends.
RED MEN HAVE RALLY.
tlarasaahknow Tribe Holds Open
Meeting Gold Watch Presented
to Sachem Parker An Enjoyabl-
4 ca.sion.
An event of unusual inteiot in
ioial fraternal circles was an opeu
i.ueiing held Wednesday night by
( larasaahknow Tribe Xo. 128 In 1C
hall at the Clara Mill. The mem
bers of Pocahontas Tribe Xo. 1 J
were present as special guests. Tlie
meeting was in the nature of a rally
to ceiebrate the unusual success
wii.ch this order has enjoyed in Oab
tonia during the past year. The
("larasaahknow Tribe has a member.
ihr,, of 23' while Pocahontas Tribe
has near 60.
A feature of the evening was a
presentation of a gold Elgin watcn
to Mr. R. P. Parker, sachem of Clar- !
aeaahknow, it being a token of tnj
appreciation of his services by his
fellow members of the order; and
the presentation to Mrs. 11a Parkei,
of Pocahontas Tribe Xo. 19, of a
gold ring bearing the insignia of the
tribe, this being a present frm,hi'
sisters in the order.
A number of addresses were made,
the principal speakers being Messrs.
J. G. and Carl Carpenter, D. P. De
linger, W. X. Davis, G. H. Marvtr
and E. E. Witherspoon.
The past year has been a great
one with the Red Men in Gastonia ;
and they are planning ror even lar
ger things during the coming year.
Heir Loom 104 Years Old.
Bessemer City Journal.
Mr. C. I. Pennington has in bis
possession a shovel that was used by
his great grand father Jn the year
1720. The shovel is in good condi
tion with the exception or a little
rust that ha3 accumulated on it. It
has been kept in the family as an
heir loom, and Is handed down as
each generation passes. The shovel j
Is about three feet in length. It hal j
not been used since the year 1907.
UNIVERSITY ALUMNI
THEY HOLD BANQUET AND ORGANIZE
Graduates and Old Students of State
University Gather at Falls House
for Good Time and Organize l'er
uiaaent County Organization for
Guston Proi'. Stacy Made Princi
pal Addresa, Speaking of L'niver
bity's Obligations to the State.
On of the most enjoyable events of
the Christmas holiday season was
the banquet of the Gaston county al
umni ol the University oi North Car
olina heid 'luesaay night at the
fans nouse. , mere were present
auoul i)i uiuinUi aud Old studeuu of
tuu iUiteioiiy, most oi intia resi
uui oi me couu.y. A nuuioer ol
aiuuiui living in iu couuly weie ao
btui, being &epi away oy oluer en
bufceweuib. mi. a. u. .wauguui aci-
a a lOAMimabier and a.aciirgeu
luo dunes oi luui position m a mum
pitabiug iiiaiiuei. me event was lu
iKi.uai uuu nib spirit oi iriendahip
aju coaii iidesuip wui.ch binds the
cu.teiuiiy s boas loKtiner was nian
I'CbLtd oy me ueany naudsliane, the
boiib. lue laughter and in humor
u.ai. pievaiiea around tne lesial
bum d.
iiioiLg "Hail to L'. X. C." aud
"Weie lar Heels boiu' as Lliey
blonl aioi.uu lue laUies immediately
aiur tiiuiiiig luo banquel hall, tne
oaiiitueie'b fiiaue tiiu welkin ring
wan bongs uiu carried theui back
lv ' ihe hill" aud to happy college
uah oi yore.
i oasimubier Maugum introduced
.Mi. Jolin Carpenter of the local
bar wno deiiteied the addiess of
welcome, i.iut heartily did be ex
it ud the glad hand to the visiting
a)uuim linn oilier parts ol the coun
ty and a lew lioin olher counties,
lliy not rc'bponse was by Mr. Geo.
1j. Mason, the youngest member oi
tl.e local ba.- aud only recently grad
uated irom the Liiivtisity. Mr. Ma
bcii a sulijec was "Ainlciicu al Car
olina" and lie spoke brieily of athlet
lcb in the iubl aud took a hopeful
feUnco ma, the future. He referred
tiy leelnitiO to Carolina s Jight put
up aganibt hei old rival, Virginia, at
Uichmoud on Thanksgiving day. It I
made the hearts of many Carolina j
nun glad lo see their old Luiversi-'
ly'b team icure against Virginia for
tne lirsi time in eight years.
Mr. A. E. Woltz, also of the local
bar, who ou Ihe program a
lebpouse uudei the subject "Ubiiga
iions to the Univeisity" was out of
iht city and that number was per
loi e omitted.
The next speaker, whose addre
Vubithe piiucipul one of the evening,
was Prof. M. 11. btacy, acting dean of
tl.e I niversiiy, who took as Ins sub
jct "'Ihe Obligations of the Lniver
tii to the Male." 'Ihe add; ess was
aiiogetlici u, a serious vein but was
nurd with mil use merest by ail
picbcnt. i uuipanug Hie old and new
.deas of what a university should be,
t. it speaker dwelt brletly on the mod
ern idea of the Ideal university as
fiist promulgated by Ezra Cornell,
founder of Hit institution in .New
crk Mate which bears his name.
1 be old idea ol a university was that
ol an ius'iiutiou where ihe cnosen
few, sons oi the rich if you please,
feathered for the purpose of tilting
. l.emselvea for one of four leading
proiessions, namely, medicine, law,
the ministry or teaching. As opposed
to that idea, the modern no
tion of a real or ideal university Is
th at it is a place where any man
tould find instruction in any line of
study or work that he might wish to
putsue. Tht ideal university must
rot only furnish thorough and elli
t itul instruction on the campus hut
mubt make its inliuence felt iu every
i.ook and coiner of the .Slate. This
the L'niveibity of Xorth Carolina W
coiug through Its extension work re
cently inaugurated, 'i hough prima
rily interested in the welfare and ad
vancement of its active etudeutB, ils
main object is after all to make good
citizens for the commonwealth in ev
ery way possible. Cornell's idea, a
pioneer one and a landmark in uni
versity hisioi) in this country, did
ot present the complete ideal uni
versity, it it- not all that the Uni
versity should have an efficient corps
I teachers and that the students
eiiOuld have Ideals placed constantly
oefore them. To be ideal it must
txtend iu influence to every section
of the Staia. That is what the Uni
versity of Xorth Carolina is seeking
o do
Discussing practically how the
matter stands with the University of
Xorth Carolina the speaker recalled
the fact that this institution has
rtssed through wonderful transi
tions during the past fifteen years.
Ir the lirsi place a number or new
buildings have been erected. Then
a largo increase has been made in
i' teaching force. The new depart
ment of education has been added.
The univeisity library has been
transplanted into nearly every coua
t in the Mate through the valuable
work of the librarian. Dr. L. R.
Wilson. The Institution bas reen
ttia new era of progress and pros-i-cilty
larg-ly through the work and
Influence of the alumni.
One of the best things th. the
University has aone, said the, speak
er, was wleu ! organized the litera
ry societies of the high schools of
the State into a debater's union. The
credit for this innovation, said Pror.
Stacy, wts due Mr. E. Ralph Rankin,
a Gastonia boy who graduated at
Vewsy Letters from Gasett Con
pondenta Her and There Ortf
(Jood Old GaatoB What Ov
Neighbor Are Doing la the Vas
Inn Sections of the Coantj Peg .
on Meatloa of People TesJ
Know and Home Tost Doat
IROX STATION NEWS.
Correspondence of The G alette..
IRON STATION, Jan. 1. Mrs. R.
C. Goode and children, of Lincoln
ton, spent Saturday and Sunday
with friends here. . .
Misses Hatti and Flossie Arm
strong entertained their Sunday
school classes last Saturday night.
All present reported ft pleasant time.
Mr. Henry Delllnger, of Abbeville,
S. c. Is visltln his brother, 'Mr.
Calvin Delllnger. . : f-
Misses Minnie and Bessie Friday,
of Charlotte, are yliltlng their par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. V. P. Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. lather Long, of -lit.
Holly, and Mrs. Luther lexis wr
Mo"y. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. hung, O'
Mai. 'en. and Mr. and Mrs. Kd M;
Gee. of Lincolnton, spent the cli-'
dayt with Mrs. Fannie Lois.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harris and
children, of Concord, andMlaa Letar
lielderman, of Mount Hotly, spent
last week with Mr. and Mrs. A. t.
Harris.
Mr. and Mis A. A. Lohr, of Hick
ory, and Pur and Mrs. C. C. Ueam.
of Gastonia, lave been vlslttrir .Vr
and Mrs. C M. Stroup.
Chrlstinai c.e, at the home Oi the .
bride's pari it , Mr. and Mr. W. By '
num. Miss V.ke Bynum w-u hf...!
married to Mr Adam WliUcant, of
Maiden. Tho ceremony wia per
formed oy iter. Mr. Rob'n.on ti
bride's panto ', in the presjnoe of n
few relatives and friends. Mr. and
Mrs. Whisnant will make their home
at Maiden. , ,
Mr. Fred Avery and Miss Mary
Gates, of Hlg:i Shoals, were married
b hsqulre D. A. Troutman in his ox
lice Christmas evening. W wish
for these yoking people a happy wed
d'.d life.
Ae w ish The Gazette and Its many
readers a happy New Year.
Child Rurned.
Cherryville Kagle, 1st.
Little Mllo, the two-year-old child
of Dr. and Mrs. M. E. Hoffman, was -right
badly burned Tuesday evening.
The child with an older brother was
in t ho house alone when the older
brother came running out screaming'
to his mother who was nearby. When
Mrs. Hoffman entered the room she
found the little child standing at tn
window with its ciaUjes In a blaie.
which she quick extinguished. The
little TsH&w yhrju. restlng'lll this
morning and it is hoped that the .
burns ar not serious.
James I., liolejack, aged 60 years.
shot and instantly killed his Wire
yesterday morning at their home on
North Hrevard street, Charlotte. The
deed was committed while BolejacK
was crazed from alcohol. He had
been drinking lemon extract, whlcD
is said to be 90 per cent alcohol.
There were three eye-witnesses to
the tragedy. Until recently Bole
jack was employed as salesman by a
Charlotte furniture house. He maoe
no effort to escape and was locked
up.
the ( iilversity last year and who IS
novc te( u"ary of the union as welt
as husiiHss manager of the Alumni
Keile-v. The speaker paid Mr. Ra
kin a very high tribute, statln&tfifct
Him debating union is now one of
tho finest -lungs in the educational
1 .tie in the State. He mentioned Y
other student activities which have
(ievcloped. tie said, as results of self
government in the student body.
There pre three agencies through.
" l.ich tee University must do lta
work, said the speaker, namely: The
board of t ustees, the faculty and the
alumni, lie closed his address with,
an uppen! to the alumni living In;
Gaston ounty to keep the Interests-
of the institution close to their
hearts ;.na do everything they could :
to : (Haute Its interests and make it '
tnor" uelul than ever to the State, rf
I".)! lowing Prof. Stacy's address al
neriiianent organization known asA
the Gaston County Alumni Aesocla'
tinti cf the University of North Car
olina wae perfected with Mr. A. G. ?
Manguni as president, Mr. George
D. Mason as vice-president and Mr.
E. R. Ran) In as secretary and treas
urer. It vas decided mm mm m mb
next meeting during the next Christ-':
mas holidays. The matter of having
the University Glee Club in Gastonia
during its tour of the State next
Spring wad taken up and aa a result
it is likely that Gastonians will have
the pleasure of a visit from that ag
greeation of musicians before long.
Following is a list of those pres
ent: A. G. Mangnm, M. H. Stacy, 3.
G! Carpenter, Carl Carpenter, G B
Mason, E. C. Adams, Carl Finger, J.
Robert Craig. C. N. Smith, Will Wt
zell. Fred Wetzell, Leslie Reid. W.
K. Reid, Ralph Patrick, O. P. Rhyne,
E. R. Rankin, D. P. Delllnger, Thad',
Clinton. Roland Clinton, Oscar Shan
non, of Gastonia; J. H. Workman,' j
Joe Nixon, Horace Slsk, of Cherry
ville; Floyd Whitney, J. H. Ram- j
seur, R. H. Rowe, R. It. Garren, of,
Bessemer City: J. W. Reid. P.. P.,
Murphy, Lowell; Ed C. Ray, 5tc-j
Aalenville; C. P. Hoke, ot Lenoir;,
E. E. Witherspoon, representing The
Progress, and J. Ve Atkins, repre
senting The Gazette, .-v."-;
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