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'i7 -" 4 ' 3 J THE GASTONIA GAZ 4 .1 PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. BpGLE COPY 8 CENTS. GASTONIA IS A BUSY TOWN. 91 A TEAR nr ADVANCE VOL. XXXV. GASTONIA, N. C. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANL KY 6, 1911. HO. A. Ihe textile industry in nearby counties short local items in social cirgles county fathers meet! NEWS OF THE COUNTY r JJI)STING ITSELROJiEW TARIFF LAW iVious Apprehension nut Justified Jl by Developments so Far, Says Na J tlonal Chamber of Commerce Manufacturing Conditions Gener ally in the United States Iteview- f An Associated Press dispatcn i from Washington under date of the 2nd says: - "Any general statement as to tne condition of manufacturing through out the l'nited States at present would be both misleading and inac curate, since this condition varies according to the locality ami the na ture of the product," says a sympos ium of business conditions issued by the Chamber of Commerce of the l'nited states on reports of one day, Kovember 29, 1 1 1 :i . which were ta ken to be fairly responsible. "The textile industry is adjusting itself to changed conditions, re sulting from de. r ased tariff raies,' continues the leport, " but the ef fect so far dues not justily previous apprehension. '1 he paper uianula' luring business is below normal, while shoe inaiiuiactui iug is good with prospects of an advamo In prices. 'Ibis is true, likewise, of the leather tanning business. All inanufact urine connected intimately with the railroad and with the steel and iron industries is necessarily feeling the depression of these two great brum lies of business. "The great itu rease in population and the itu leased demand for niear as food, coming at the same time as the decrease in the number of cattle and sheep, naturally has brought ; bout the present high pi li e or meal. Consequently there has come a wide spread :ippr pension of the ultimate trend of this tendency. "A careful slut! o! :h.- lads indl- j cated that it is one oi those conom- ; i: probienis !ike io sow itself and , lhat the number of iaule in their relation ;o the number of inhabit-j antg moves rather in a series of cy- cles than in a straight line. For in- j stance, the number of cattle per one j hundred of population is the same now as ii was in in lsTu and 1 :". i but we are evidently fin ing a great change in the cattle raising industry, j 'An impartial survey, therefore, j of the situation seems to warrant j the statement that while the price of j cattle probably will continue high in ; the future, the various agencies men tioned gradually will work Tor a more abundant, supply and a more reasonable price. "Throughout the Pout heastern Atlantic States, mercantile business is In good volume and this is true iii general throughout the West and the ;-ouih. Business varies iiiucli in these sections according to locality. Where crops were good. business w as lairly active; and In sections where crop returns last year were poo,, bifsiness is correspondingly iuict. "l.;e nation's foreign commerce for Iti:: approximated $4,2.1i,ci0u, 00'). I he Department of Commerce est.maas Of that amount $2,.:oo, C00,"i'0 represented exports and itie."lii,U00 represents exports and ! : ,7e'j, Otto, 000 imports, making tne balance of trade in favor of the l'ni ted ctates $7.10,000,000, whiui e ee is the record of any previom ; ear. '"Ihe year's exports were the lar ted in the history of the counuy, whi.e imports are exceeded only oy tliose of 1912. The decline in iui pons :s attributed in part to redu; i ion :n prices of certain articles im l.rmed. An increase in food stuns exported was chiefly In wheat, corn, bailey, oats, flour bacon and lar'i; in manufactured exports increases j.re recorded in automobiles, ra.i way tars, electric machinery, lroa s-iul steed commodities, lumber, cop per ji (1 mineral oil." Goes .to Kichmond. .Mr. George M. Nolen will leave to night for Richmond, Va., where he has a position as manager of lhe rate department in the office of the scleral freight agent of the Soutn trn Railway. He has for the past year or two held a position as rate ierk in the uptown office of the Southern in Charlotte. Air. Nolen ,s a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. No len, of Gastonia, and has been in the ra'irouc service for a number or years. His friends will be please;.' u iearn t l Ms promotion. llanquet Thursday Night. As previously announced the first annual meeting and banquet of the . Gastonia Chamber of Commerce will be held Thursday night of this week : in the armory of Company B in the new Craig building on Airline ave nue. There will be a business meet ing at 8 o'clock, just berore the ban quet. - The entertainment committee has secured the services of the Miss es Carson, proprietor of the Colo nial Hotel to serve the b&ni net. Tno occasion promises to be not only an enjoyable affair but will no doubt be the means, of putting Into the mem ; bers of the Chamber of Commerce aew energy and enthusiasm at the beginning of its first year of active work. The Proeressire Farmer and The Gazette both for one year for $2.00. Subscribe today. NEWS AMONG OUR NEAR NEIGHBORHOOD Live Locals from Lincoln, Cleveland, York and Other Neighboring Coun ties Clippings from Exchanges That Will Interest Gazette .Headers. Lincoln Locals. The News, 2nd. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Baker, of j Kings Mountain, spent several days I here last week at the home of Mr. ! and Mrs. K. C. Baker. ! The number of bales of cotton I ginned to December 13, 1913. in i Lincoln county was 7,8 9 6, against i 6.465 bales for 6ame period in 1912. Miss Lucy Hedgepeth, of Lincoln ' county, and Mr. Hurt Huffstetler. of I Gaston county, were united In mar I riage last Monday, the ceremony be . Ing performed bv Ksnuire M. C. fad ; gelt. The bride is a daughter of Mr and Mrs. Robert Hedspeth. Mr. Sidney V. Goodson died Thurs day morning, December 2."th, at the j home of Mr. Dave Cashion in Iron ! ton township. Mr. Goodson was 77 years of age. He was never mar j ried. Mis home was with his nepn i ew and niece, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Cashion. He was among the first volunteers and enlisted on the 4fh day of .June, 1861, in Company A, Tenth Regiment North Carolina Troons. This was known as Ram saur's Battery, of which Steiihen D. , Ramsaur was captain until his pro motion. He was a eood Confeder ate soldier, an unrigh' man and a good citizen. The remains were laid to rest in the burying ground at Ft. I.uko's church. I lie Cnqnirer, 2nd. Rev. :md Mrs. W. I!. Lindsay, of Charlotte. Mrs. M. K. Anil, of Kslill. S. C . slsrs. Genree and Gary Kirk pal : i I-. and Miss Allele K irk pat rick , of Hickory. ". ('., spent yesterday with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. K irk pat rick .11 Yorkvlle. The annual cost of the York coun ty i ha : n l : ii g is somewhere !; ', ell and ? 1 .l.npO. This info: l.l.i m e. ii red u pon : dm ii i ry of r Neil this morning, .Mr. no: hesitate to admit !'' impossibility of absoli.t" '. . ( 1 1 w ; I Trc;"-ii i Neil did , .. I H al accuracy. Yorkville boys and girls rang out the old ( ar and rang in ihe new on the si role of twelve, Wednesday n:ght. Thtie was quite a crowd or the ringers and several were station ed beneath each church bell In town, and as the town clock struck the last stroke of twelve, the church bells began to ring, and for fifteen mln uli s the peals of the bells were hea;d The engine w histle on South ern tram No. 117 was pressed Into serviic. tiiui h steam being exhaust ed in announcing the birth of IK 14. There was blowing of horns, shoot ing of fire crackers, etc., but no gates were lifted from their hinges as on former occasions, and the young folks conducted themselves in an or derly way. The snow drove the ser enaders in rather early, however, and by 1:30 o'clock the streets were deserted. Mr. R. .1. Davis, of Bethel, does not belong in the old man class. He acknowledges to fit': but does not think that is necessarily old. How ever, he has a long memory and he was using it yesterday quite inter estingly. Cotton ginning was the sub ject. He spoke of the fact that he had ginned something over a l.Ono bales with two gins this year, and then went on to compare the dollar a bale he receives for ginning witn the $." a bale that the old timers used to receive. "The late A. H. Harnett once told tne that the regu lar price for ginning in the old days was a toll of one-twentieth of the cor ton. Also Mr. Harnett told me that he has received $" a bale for gin ning. In those days the gins were operated by horse power and four bales a day was about all one gin could do. Shortly after the war tne late A. II. Adams paid me $ 7 . i 0 tn eold for ginning two bales. Now-a-days I can gin about .12 bales a day with my two gins. That Is $32. It would look like there should have been money in ginning in the oK: days hut I do not know that there was any more than there is now. If so. the business has never been any thing to brag on." Woodrow Wilson was born at Staunton. Va.. in 1S."6. Robert T. Owen, chairman of the senate bank ing and currency committee, was born at Lynchburg, Va., in 1856. Car?er Glass, chairman of the cor responding committee of the house, was born at Lynchburg, Va., Id 185B. Other men had much to do with the enactment of the new banking and currency law, but these three, born within 50 miles of each other, two of them In the same year, had the greatest responsibilities. One ts president, elected from New Jersey: another is a senator from Oklahoma, acetate never dreamed of in his youth, and the other, a representa tive, still lives In his native town. In a country so vast and so new as this Fate plays many pranks, bnt in all Its history there Bate been few coin cidences more Interesting, Cleveland Cullmc-s The Star. 2nd. Miss Ella Lewis, of Gastonia, was THE MOVEMENTS OF GASTON PEOPLE Personal Items About Gaston Folks and Their Friends Short Items About People and Tilings That Are of Interest to Gazette Read ers. -Mr. . Xi. Henderson, of River Bend, was a Gastonia vis'tor vertr- Mr. John D. Mclean, Jr., or South Point, was in the city on busi ness Saturday, Mr. J. D. Froneberger, of Mr. Holly, route one, was a business vu itor in the city Saturday. -Friends of Mrs. G. K. Ford will regret to learn that she has been quite ill for several days at ber Dome on Columbia street. --Mr. L. IL Kiser, of Crouse, route one, was in town yesterday at tending the monthly meeting of t lie county conitnisoioners. County Auditor L. K. Rankin and family have moved Into their handsome new residence on South York street. -Mr. .John Cndet u oim! and dai.j. liter, Margaret, spent the Iltt;.' days with the former's brother, YV. ( . I'ndcrwood. at Clio. Ala. --Misses Yerdie and Alice penter spent Saturday night Sunday at Clover, S. C, as guests of Miss Lola Maxwell. - - Mr. C. C. Craig, of Dallas perintciident of the count liom tended the monthly meeting or county ( oiiiniissioners here Car anJ the . su . at the .Mer- day The Holland Realty & Insurance Co.. has sold to Mr. V. M. t'luiders a house and lot on Chistiiui s t r-T near the plant of the I'm i.i r Mu i li ine it Foundry Co. Miss Mae Harry remit:, d Sat uvdav night from Winston Salem. w hei e she spent ti n ut: I of Mrs. Samuel !i:s Stewart. lays as 1 1 ut ch i n s the a ii d Mr. Craig Groves left yesterday for Lenoir College. Hickory, to smile his studies after spending holidays here with bis parents, and .Mrs. L. K. Groves. Mr. George R. 1'airlckof r t Tie Mr. the I'nion neighborhood, returned day io Daltimore to resume 1ns ica! studies after spending the Sun-mel-holl- da s wit h homefolks. - Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Corn well, or Dallas, have gone to Baltimore to take their little child to Johns Hop kins Hospital for treatment. They will probably be there for several w eeks. - Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Blackwoo'l ,.nd child returned Sunday nlgnt io tlit ir homo in Elberton, (la., af'.e spending a touple of weeks her w:th his fathei, Mr. J. V. Ill u i -iood. of the I isgah section. - - Mr. G. W. Daley, Jr., who ! .;' ' :i spending the holidays heie wiih his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Dale, returned yesterday to West : .I'lbier School, near Ruthei -fordton, to iesume his studies for the Spring 'j: 111 Subscribe to The Gazette. lirt iTiutot nf Mice T illinn Qfrnun lact ' IIIC UV)l VI .imO UtlllUll , ' I V, I lull,. week. Mr. R. C. Warren, of Gastonta, visited relatives here during the hol idays. Mr. Dave Ray has purchased tne handsome new bungalow below the First Baptist church from Mr. Hugn Wray, of Gastonia. Deputy Maude Whitworth, of Waco, has moved into the jail and will have charge of affairs there dur ing the remainder of Sheriff Wll kins' administration. Sheriff Wil kins and family will board Tor a short tiin until his new residence opposite the school building is fin ished so they can move into It. On Chiistmas eve, Mies Dora Al len, the attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George J. Allen, was unital in matrimony to Mr. Guth llamrick, son of Mr. W. M. Hamrick, of the Sharoh community. Tho ceremon; was impressively performed In the presence of a number of friends by Rev. John W. .Suttle at the home or the brido e parents. Miss Allen is a cliarniiiim and popular young lady, while the groom is a promlii'ii' young farmer. Mr. V'es Royster. a brother-in-law of the bride, came -i, from Lincoln county to attend "he wedding. Mr. Siough Wray will move thu month to Ridgeway, S. C, where r.e will engage in farming. Mr. George J. Allen has traded for one of tne Wray farm., just west of town, com prising IS.', acres. Mr. Allen will continue ti live at his present norm, this year but work the newly pu -chased Wray plantation. Mr. Charlie Shafer. well-known In this county because he was eneincer on the Iawndale Railroad for a number of years, send:; The Star a card from Havana, Cuba, where n spent the ( hristmas uolldays. He was recently married In Washington. D. C. Mr. B. i". Jolly, who Hves In tne Boiling Spiings section, has lived a remarkable Hie. He was 67 yea-s old on New Year's Dav and was ne er drunk in his life, and never usel cQffee, nevr was sick, never took a dose of medicine and nf ver missed a roll call's during his sen ile in tm Confederate srmy.. LATEST EVENTS IN WOMAN'S WORLD TO MEET F1UDAV. The Woman's Betterment Associ ation will meet Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock In the auditorium or the Central school. A full attend ance of members is desired as an im portant matter is to come up for con sideration. l. A. 1!. TO MEET MISS ItAGAX. Miss Mary Hagan will be the host ess on Friday morning at 10:30 o clock to the regular meeting of Ihe William Gaston Chap ter, Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution. The program is as follows: Colony at James tofn, Virginia, Miss Matilda Carsont Customs in the Karly Colonies, Mrs. R. M. Reid. Reading, Virginia, by Polk Miller, and The Iake of the Dismal Swamp, by Moore, Mrs. G. W. Ragan. Discussion of Y'irginia, Land and Sea front. F. 1). C. TO MKKT I Ml KSI A V AFTFKXOOX. On Thursday afternoon of this week at 3 o'clock there will be a called meeting of Gastonia Chapter, l'nited Daughters of the Confedera cy, in the chapter room at the pub lic library. We are as! d to state that the chapter room will be com fortably healed. This meeting is caiieii io make tno necessary ar rangements lor the celebration of 1 - lackson Day on January iDtn, and there is very special reason for eve:v member to be present who ' an possibly come. bi si: ;i: tiii: ch sk. "Theory Advanced ,s to Origin of I'ellagra in Report Tlioinpson-Mc-I'adden Commission. Atlanta. Ga., Jan. 2. That pel lagra infection probably results from bad sewage was a theory ad vanced in the report today of the Thompson-M( Fadib n Pellagra Com mission before the American Associ ation for the Advancement of Sci ence. The report stated that no def inite relation was observed between the occurrences of pellagra and the use of any particular food. In dis tricts completely equipped with wa ter carriage systems of sewage dis posal, the report says, few cases of pellagra have been found and their origin has been doubtful. It also was found, according to the report, that new cases of pellagra develop ed for the most part In the vicinity of old ones or after assoiiation with them. The report declares the exact mode of transmission of pellagra still is uncertain and nrgis the con tinued study of insects as transmit ting agents, and of close personal association as possible factors in its spread. Dr. J. S. Pller, of tho l'nited States Medical Corps, and senior member of the commission, in a statement today said he believed that "within a year or perhaps two, the exact cause of pellagra will have been dis covered or the investigation will have gone so far that we ran define precautions for preventing Its spread." "The commission," he continued, "believes the disease is due to an In fection. We have not gon far e nough to say what the agent !n spreading it really Is. Pellagra Is not essentially a Southern disease. It Is found in other parts or the country. Its symptoms appear to become more ageravated in Summer because warm weather is more ra vorable to them. That alone is why it is general in the South." SI KON'd PKOGKAM ADOPTED. State Conference for Social Service Plans Progressive IVogram With Ktronjr Speakers Dr. (Jraham Taylor anil Dr. Alexander Johnson ExHcted. At a meeting of the executive committee of the State Conference for Social Service in Raleigh on Fri day last it was decided to hold the second annual meeting February 13, It and 1.1. The central Idea of the conference this year will bo to de velop the church and social service work. To this end the strongest possible program was planned for a three days' meeting. Dr. Graham Taylor, of Chicago, the president of the national social service organization, w ill deliver the principal address on Sunday after noon, the last day. Dr. Alexander Johnson, of Vineland, N. J., former president of that organization, is al so expected to address the confer ence on Saturday. Gov. Craig, the honorary presi dent, will formally open the conven tion the first day. Followlne tne formal opening of the conference will come the reports of various com mittees. In the evening the presi dent's address will be followed by an informal meeting of the mem bers. Three meetings will be held on Saturday, the final meeting being a symposium on the church and so cial service. On Sunday it is planned to have visiting pastors fill the RalelKb pur pits. Full details of the program will be published at a later date. TAX RELEASING THE MAIN BUSINESS Utile Business of Importance Trana actnl at First .Monthly Meeting of Hoard of Commissioners for 1014 Forty-Eight Ilelcases from Tax es Disbursements for the Month Meet Again Next Monday. The board of county Commission ers met yesterday in regular month ly session for January. Most of the time was taken up in the considera tion of requests for release from double taxes, forty-eight releases being granted. Business was transacted as fol lows: .Millie W'hetstlno was declared an outside pauper and allowed $4 ler quarter with J. ii. Uudisill us agent. bupt. of Loads T. L. Ware was In structed to inspect tho proposed road in i low dcis Mountain township as petitioned lor by J. 1'. carpenter and unit-is uud repoit on same at mo next meeting. Mcna Aoeineuiy and M. J. Aber lielhy weit deilared paupcis and al luil to go to the county uome. A change was ordertd m tho route ol i tie road leading Iiom Bessemer lit io ihe tiowdeis Mountain .Mill. 1'. D. Aioscley was leleased rroui paying poll lax on account of physt i.i. disabilities. Alice Inti was declariid an out side pauper and allowed $10 per (iu.ii;ei lor one quarter only, wan i . I . J nit as agent. Fori -eight releases wcio granted lo tai,ieis, ihe majority of tlieui from double tax. Aii omits were audited and order ed paid as follows: C. ('. Craig, salary and expenses county home, fJU4.1. Male Hospital, lioldsboro, expen ses ol Will l'asour, lunatic, $li.i. T. L. Ware, salary lor December and postage, $1(11. Foi d U n dei taking Co.. tw o colIlns lor ounty home, $M..1o. T. L. Wiic, expenses chain gang Camp .No. 1, $ 1 ,(H ti.SC. T. L. Ware, expenses chalng gun i amp So. 2, $ l,uy J.To. ().,!'. Rhodes, interest on noto to Jan. tj, l'Jia, $00. C. C. loiiiwilU expense of bury ing L. R. Welsh, ex-Confederate sol dier, $:'o. J. ti. Rutledge, colliii for pauper. C. ('. Cornwell, expense of I i lieci a l'asour, w idow of burlar ex-Con- U (i , ale soldier, $20. iss (ieorgia Connelly, court ste nogiapher, $07. .10. .. 1. Todd, work December, $10. J. D. H. McLean, sheriff, salary i'cr i h i ember, $ I t'.O.OO. .1. AIoiizo Rhodes, damage to crop by locating road, $10., SO. .1. D. B. .McLean, summoning jury, f I O.i'O. 1. R. Ithyne, salary and jail fees. i 1 1 Thus. S. Royster, coffin for pau- per. $.1. Carl Finger, salary for December, $ 1 m0. A. J. Smith, salary and clerk bire, reioids. stationery, etc., $ 197.92. L. K. Rankin, auditor, salary and stationery, $100.85. (lazette Publishing Co., publlsn ing annual reports, $88.62. Carl Finger, stationery, etc., $2.- W. M. Nolen, janltor, salary lor d( -ember. $40. ''. L. Ware, work on roads Cher- ryvillo township. $70. V. L. Ware, work on roads Crow deis Mountain township, $S1. T L. Ware, work on loads Dallas township, $100.43. !'. L. Ware, work on nia township, $421.71. T. L. Ware, work on roads Gasto roads Rlver- ber. 'ownshlp, $242.r,.l. T. L. Ware, work on roads Soutn I'o::ii township, $11S..1. ity of Gastonia, costs In cases sent to roads and county's part in expenses of same, $103.2.1. C. C. Cornwrll, stationery, post age, rpfords. etc., $4 9.30. G. R. Rhyne. team hire for cap turing Thomas Thorn, $4. The board adjourned to meet a gaii; next Monday. Ciant Coffer-dam for the Equitable liuilding. Scienter American. A 'ast reinforced concrete mono lithic foundation is being built en tirely around the area upon which will be erected the new Equitable build ni, in this city, a structure Lkh will contain one mllllsr square feet of rentable floor space, and will tower aloft to a height or s:ories. The coffer-dam will oe a solid concrete wall, six feet broaa and 80 feet deep, eitending SO feet to solid rock. This will be the lar est cfece building yet constructed. It v..lj weigh over 200.000 tons a apainsc the weight of 103,000 tons of tie Woolworth bulldlne. 188,jno tons of the Municipal building, and PC. .100 tons of the Singer building. The steel framework alone will weigh 45.000 tons, as against 25,01i ons icqnlred for the Woolwortn building. Aside from the advertisements It carries The Gazette gives its readers more tan twice as much reading matter for the money as any other paper pnhlished in the county. Had you thought about it? LATEST FROM 0UR CORRESPONDED Newsy Letters from Gazette ObrrSSM ! pondents Hers aad There Ors( V j Good Old Gaston What Oof, ', Neighbors Are Doing la the Taw ' ' Ion Sections of the County- lf ' eona! Mention of People In ', Know and Home loo Don's BELMONTS RECORD. Tlie Past Year Saw Many Improve mentM Business Conditions Be$ ter Than Ever Large Number of New Buildings. Correspondence of The Gazette. BELMONT, Jan. 5. The year Just past has been a good one for Bel mont. Along every line substantial -and marked improvement has been in evidence. Merchants, mill men and others say that business condi tions were Lever better and that the o iilook for 1914 trade is as good. Ah of the Mills here are running on full time. Harmony and eo-opera-uoii mark aij the dealings among those Interested. The fine yarns made by the Imperial and Majestic mills aro always in demand. So liosperoua liJis been the cotton mill tun iness in Iielmont that there has . 1 1 ei ii talk oi the establishment of. . uoilier mill here In the near future. As to this nothing definite can be. ii ai ned. The merchants say that they,haTe i ii' vei known better trade conditions. The farmers have plenty of money and are not loath to spend It. All or the meii ,::i,iie firms of this town u 3 a huge volume of business, drawing iheir trade fioin the entire eastern ami southern sections of the county. Th year 1 9 13 was good to them : and 1914 promises to hold even more l in storp. ! I'robahly the most evident sub stantial growth made in Helmont, : during the year 1913 was in the way ' of building operations. Cliurcnej, business houses and dwellings have been e'terted as If by magic. Among these might' be mentioned the Bap tist church building recently com pleted at a cost of $7,000, the new sion. building of W. H. and D. r. Stowe, a new Southern Railway sta tion, new residences, costing from $2,ooo to $f.,ono, by the following: Messrs. John Elmore, J. W. Stowe, R I!. Suggs, W. 1). Crawford, A. A. Miller, J. F. Ix-eper and others. In addition to the above, the Presbyte rian congregation has In course of erection a new $20,000 edifice, to be ready for occupancy probably by June 1. This church when finished will be one of the most complete and convenient in tho State. Along civic and educational lines there has been marked progress dur ing 19 1.'!. Concrete sidewalks Have been laid along the principal streets of the town and new streets and sidewalks have been opened up. The early part of 1914, it Is hoped, will see the completion of the bridge over the Southern Railway cut on the western edge of town and the open ing up of another new street In that section. The Southern has done a good turn by Helmont in giving the town such excellent depot facilities and surroundings and It Is believed 4 that this overhead bridge which is much needed will be shortly forth coming. The Woman's Betterment Associa tion, recently organized, has already done a good work In the Installation of sanitary drinking fountains in the public schools. Their good work has just begun, for seats In the tihool auditorium are next to be furnished. The work of the Better ment Association also extends lntOr the village and their Influence for better sanitation Is being felt. Cashier W. B. I'uett, of the BanK of Belmont, says business conditions are extremely good and he is very optimistic over the outlook. His bank is growing by leaps and bounds and is already one of the strongest financial institutions in the county. Mount- Holly Matters. Correspondence of The Gazette. MT. HOLLY, Jan. 3. It comes rather awkward to write '14, but : like- everything else, we'll get use to it. The holiday season Is ended; work is the order for the next 11 months. Christmas passed off as pleasant ly as could be expected, for rain fell quite all day. All the Sunday schools had trees, treats and a musical pro gram. The business of the town grows . apace, was a plain. Merchants say the season good one, no reason to com(! As good a year is hoped for one Just ended. as the During the past ten days a coupie ' of casualties marred the festal sea son. Two negro persons, Lewis Shlpp and Mary Grlce got mixed up; one was shot, the other cut. A pre liminary hearing last week bound them over to appear in Gastonia la ter. The following students, after spending two weeks at home, have returned to college: Messrs. Frank , Lents and William Springs to At lanta Dental College: Edwin Hutch ison, to Bingham; Willie E. Rhyne. Misses Edna Lents and Gertrude. Kohn to Lenoir College, Hickory. Mr. Bynum and family have re moved from here to Paw Creek t take work In the Thrift mill.- - We expect more hulldlnr to done In 1914 than waafaan in fQi Houses are rather i -A v
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