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THE GASTON 1 A GAZETTE PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. a SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS. GAST0N1A IS A BUSY TOWN. GASTOXIA, N. C. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 10. 114. f 1JH) A YEAR IN ADVANCE NO. 12, VOL XXXV. MEETING OF DEACONS IN SOCIAL CIRCLES ARE LAYING GAS MAINS SHORT LOCAL ITEMS SERMON ON THE IVIES NEWS OF THE COUNTY HELD HERE TO-NIGHT AND TO MORROW Fourth Semi-Annual Convention of the Deacons of Kings Mountain Presbytery to be Held at First Presbyterian Church Here First Session 'To-Night Men's Bible Class to Give Ranquet To-Morrow Night. Deacons of the several churches embraced within the bounds of Kings Mountain- Presbytery are gathering in Gastonia today for the fourth semi-annual deacon's conven tion of this Presbytery which begins with a session at 7:30 o'clock this evening in the First Presbyterian church and closes with a banquet to be given by the Men's Bible Class of that church tomorrow night. There (will probably be about 100 deacons from out of town in attendance. An interesting program has been ar ranged by the committee which Is composed of Dr. II. F. Glenn and -Messrs. J. O. White. J. II Huffstet ler, C. C. Craig, P. P. Murphy and K. P. Lewis. Following Is the program: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 7:30 P. M. Devotional Exercises Rev. G. A. siparrow. Enrollment of Delegates. Address of Welcome Mr. W. W. Glenn, Gastonia. Response Mr. W. f. Johnson, or Mount Holly. Address --The Influence of the Country Church and School in Pied mont Carolina Rev. Thos. J. Rate man. WEDNESDAY. FEB. 11. 10 A. M. Devotional Exercises Re.v. S. L. Cathey. Enrollment of Delegates. Addresses- The Deacon's Rela tion to the Progress of thKingdom. (a) In Stewardship and Church Finance Mr.. C. C. Reid. Ruther fordton. (b) As a Spiritual Force Rev. W. R. Minter, D. D. Round Table Discussion Five minute talks on Practical Problems, Difficulties, Methods, Encourage ments, etc. Free for all. WEDNESDAY. FEB. 11. 2 P. M. Business Session Election of Of ficers. Place of next meeting. Ap pointment of Committees. Resolu tions. New Business, etc. Five Minute Talks by Ministers of Kings Mountain Presbytery. Rending and Correction of Min utes. WEDNESDAY. FEB. 11. 7:30 P. M. Banquet Given by Men's Bible Class to the Convention and the Men and Boys of the Congregation. Address by Mr. J. P. MoCallle. of Chattanooga, Tenn. THE BANQUET. Tomorrow evening at 7: SO o'clock In the armory of Company B the Men's Bible C1;isb of the First Pres byterian church will give a banquet to the visiting deacons and to all the men and boys II r years old and over! of the chnrrh. Mr. P W. Gar land will be tostmastcr The prin cipal address will be by lr J. p. c Callle. of Cl-tarooga. Tcnn.. secre tary of 'vai" 'ism and stewardship of the Southern General Assembly. There will also be a number or im promptu three-minute talks. The menu will consist of oysters, sandwiches, celery, olives, pickles, fruits and coffee. The officers of this class are E. J. Rankin president. Jos. H. Adams vice-president. Sidney Winget treas urer, R. M. Jackson secretary and Rev. J. H. Henderlite teacher. New Photo Gallery Open. Messrs. Joyner and Walker, of Chester. S. C. have just opened a photoerraph gallery upstairs In the new Rankin building on Vest Main avenue. The firm is composed of Mr. Albert Walker and Mr. T. W. Joyner. The latter has been in the photoeraph business in Chester for a number of years past. The Gasto nia gallery will be under the man agement of Mr. Walker and Miss Annie Howell. In the column of candidates' an nouncements elsewhere in this Issue will be found a card to the voters of the county from Fheriff J. D. B. Mc Lean announcing his candidacy to succeed himself as Sheriff. Mr. Mc Iean Is completing a term as SherifT during which he has fulfilled the duties of the office in a thoroughly businesslike manner, and he appeals to the Democratic voters of the coun ty uron his record. He 6tates that he will not be able to give very much time to a personal canvass of the county, inasmuch as he considers that tb,e proper fulfillment of the duties of his office forbids his doing so, since he needs to be In his office the gfeater part of lis time. The board of aldermen of the city of Asheville fcaa refused to gTant Penrose Baldwin ft license to sell wiIsVey on prescriptions at Grant's Wiarmacy. Baldwin's former license vus cancelled during the Investiga tun conducted there some time ago, ad since that time Asheville has fid no place wttare whiskey can be LATEST EVENTS IN WOMAN'S WORLD OYSTER SUPPEK FRIDAY NIGHT. We are requested to announce that an oyster supper will be given by the Y. P. C. U. of Pisgah Associ ate Reformed Presbyterian chunn on Friday evening of this week from ,") to 11 o'clock at the home of Mr. S. T. Whitesides, near Linwood Col lege. RECIPROCITY DAY LUNCHEON. In connection with the announce ment in another column of the prep arations for the observance of Reci procity Day on February ISth, a special request is made that all the members of the Betterment Associa tion and of the U. C. Club who can attend the luncheon to be given that day give their names at once to Mrs. .1. S. Wray, who is chairman of trie attendance committee. D. A. R. MEETING POSTPONED. On account of the illness of the regent, Mrs. Hufus M. Johnston, and for other reasons, the meeting or the William Gaston Chapter, Daugh ters of the American Revolution, which was to have been held on Fri day of this week with Mrs. T. M. Mc Coy at Mount Holly, has been indef initely postponed. Announcement will be made later of the date of the next meeting. SIX O'CUM'K DINNER AT MRS. WILSON'S. At their home on West Franklin avenue last Friday evening Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Wilson gave a most en joyable 6 o'clock dinner to a num ber of their friends. Six courses were served, the guests present be ing Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Henderlite, Mrs. Mattie Pegram, Misses Jennie and Bessie Pegram, Messrs. Lamar and Edward Pegram, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilson and Mr. Henry Duff. "VALENTINE TEA" AT THE FALLS HOUSE. A very enjoyable occasion is be ing anticipated by those who have received invitations to a "Valentine Tea" to be given at the Falls House Saturday afternoon and evening by the Woman's Auxiliary of St. Mark's Episcopal church. Invitations read ing as follows were issued yester day : The Woman's Auxiliary of St. Mark's Episcopal Church will receive At a Valentine Tea Saturday, February Fourteenth four to six seven-thirty to ten At the Falls House Silver Offering IISWfv KTUDV CLXSS WITH MPS. CARPENTER. The Mission Study Class of Main Street Methodist church held a most pleasant and profitable meeting yes terday afternoon with Mrs. Miles A. Carpenter at her home on Soutn Oakland street. Under the leader ship of Mrs. T. E. Summerrow the study hour was devoted to the com pletion of the study of "Mexico To- Day. " on which the class has spent some time with great interest and profit. The next book to be studied will be "Immigrant Forces" by Dr. William P. Shriver. At the conclus ion of the study hour a delicious salad course was served, the hostess being assisted by Mrs. Car E. Car penter. The Valentine idea was very prettily carried out in the serv ing of the refreshments. Besides the members of the class there were present as Invited guests Mrs. B. F. Carpenter, of Stanley, Mrs. C. C. Cornwell, of Dallas. Mrs. L. A. Bri tain, Mrs. W. B. Morris, Mrs. L. A. States. Mrs. R. B. Babington and Mrs. John R. Rankin. Much inter est was manifested in the anproacn ing lecture on Mexico to be given un der the auspices of the class at Main Street church on Thursday af ternoon, February 26. by Miss Ter rie Buttrick. of Asheville, who has spent several years in Mexico as a missionary. The ladies of all the various churches of the city are cor dially Invited to attend this lecture. Mr. O. M. Hester Dead. Mr. Charles Milton Hester, an employe of the Clara Mill, died at the City Hospital yesterday morning at 3:30 o'clock following an Illness of several weeks. Funeral services were held this morning at 9:30 o'clock by Rev. W. C. Barrett, pastor of the First Baptist church, and the body was taken through the country to Salem Baptist church, near Har den, for burial. ""Deceased was 33 years old and a native of Lincoln county but had resided here for some time. A widow and several children survive. Full line of enamel ware and dish es at Barry ft Frarier's Five, Ten and Twenty-Five Cent Store. Manly McDowell, of Morganton, has been appointed special agent for the internal revenue department for the collection of the income tax. Mr. McDowell's territory will-Include the entire State of North Carolina and he will receive a salary of $6 a day and M day for expenses. ITALIAN LABORERS DIGGING DITCHES Gaston County Gas Company Brings Car Load of Foreign Laborers In and Puts Them to Digging Ditches for Gas Mains First Dirt Thrown This Morning Will Push Work to Completion. At last actual work on the local gas system has been commenced. The installation of a gas plant has been looked forward to for many months by our citizens and now that the work of putting in the system lias actually begun, they will look forward with as keen anticipation to its completion. Contractor A. Romona, who has the contract to install the mains, began moving dirt this morning de spite the drizzling rain. For this work he brought to Gastonia thirty or more Italian laborers from Philadelphia. They arrived in a special car yesterday morning and went to work this morning. Most if not all of them are recent ar rivals in America and but few oT them can speak enough English to make themselves intelligible to our people. This is something new for Gastonia - having in our midst so many foreigners who cannot spean English. All during yesterday the pedestrians on Main avenue watched and heard the Italians with consid erable interest and curiosity. The entire crew is housed in the Lebovitz building on Main avenue. They sleep in the large hall on the second floor and cook and eat in the basement. This morning work was begun on South Marietta street at the Inter section of Franklin avenue. By noon the laborers had about com pleted the ditch for two blocks, or to Third avenue. Work was somewhat hindered by a drizzling rain. LORAY LOCALS. Correspondence of The Gazette. WEPT GASTONIA, Feb. 9. Miss Ellen Morris, spent Saturday and Sunday as the guest of Miss Mary Ross, of Bessemer City. Mr. T. J. Sprouce left Monday for Spartanburg, S. C. Mr. Finley Burgin has been visit ing his sister, Mrs. Sallie Shehan of Clifton. S. C. Mr. Willie Hill has returned after spending a few weeks with relatives in Cleveland county. Mrs. A. II. Mitchem has been real sick, but Is Improving at this writ ing. Miss Donnle Lytle left Friday for Old Fort for a two months visit to relatives. Mr. L. J. Waldrop who has been sii K ir. now able to be up again. Mips May Ross. or '" oni, has ben visiting relatives here. Messrs. Arthur Sahres and Henry S'cr.l't nson left Wednesday for I.ocMiart. S. C. Mr. J oil ii Moss s" nt. Monday :n Bessemer City on business. Mr. Henry Payne and family moved o Paw Tree' this wpii. Little Beuluah May Hall who has been sick for the past few days s now better. Mr. Buford Moss, of Shelby, spent a few days with Mr. D W. Blanton. Miss May Rahb. of Bessemer City, spent Saturday and Sundav here wiili her rister, Mrs. Lee Dulin. Mrs. Mamie Gilliam, of Old Fort, has returned home after spending a few weel-s with her son, Mr. Jonn Gilliam. Mr? D. W. Blanton and daughter rear!. hr,e returned after snendtne a fev drs with her daughter. Mrs. Harris, of Cherrokee Falls. S. C. Mrs tola SeMlemyre and mother Mrs. F. J. Bradley, left Thursday for Cciicord. Mr. A. J. Jenkins left Saturday Tor Corverse, S. C. "That new Five and Tn Cnf '"tore has the biggest and best line of enamel ware and dishes in town and the price are rictit." Ferry, bodj's poine there? Are yon? Making Good Record. Present indications are that the first twelve months of Gastonla's Municipal Court will show at least 1,000 cases tried. The year ends with March rd and un until today 927 cases had been tried. The court Is proving not only a great conveni ence but the fleures for the year will show that it has been more than selt sustaining. The Gazette expects to give its readers the exact figures with reference to the number of cas es tried, number of convictions, costs and fines collected, etc., at the close of the fiscal year. To Install Officer. At the regular meeting of Gaston Conclave No. 391, Improved Order of Heptasonhs. to be held at 7: SO o'clock tonight. District Deputy Su preme Arehon John B. Sloan, of Rock Hill, will be Present and will install the officers of the conclave who were recently elected for the car rent yer. THE MOVEMENTS OF GASTON PEOPLF Personal Items About Gaston Folks and Their Friends Short Items About People and Things That Are of Interest to Gazette Read ers. Hev. K. A. Miller, of Ixiweli, was a Gastonia visitor Saturday. Mr. S. J. Clinton, of Clover, S. ('., was a visitor in the city Saturday. Solicitor George W. Wilson left yesterday morning for Raleigh on professional businsa. Mr. E. G. Petty, of Bowling Green. S. C, was in the city on bus iness Saturday. Mrs. Clyde C. Armstrong Is visiting her mother, Mrs. R. B. Bass, at Semora. Mr. and Mrs. Clair Harper, of the Point section, siient Sunday in Gastonia with relatives. --Mr. F. C. Proctor, of the cleri cal force at Efird's, is spending the week with homefolks in Shelby. -The regular meeting of tin- city council for February will be held at the city hall tonight. Mr. P. R. HurTstetler has re cently repainted his house on South York street. Mr. J. N. Henderson, of Lowell, Route one, was a business visitor in Gastonia yesterday. Mr. Hugh B. Pursley. of the Swan-Slater Co's. force, has been confined to his room for the past several days. The board of governors of the Chamber of Commerce will meet to night to take up again the matter of electing a secretary. Miss Lula Ridele has returned from Clover where she has been the guest for several weeks of Mr. W. B. Riddle's family. Mrs. A. C. Beville returned yes terday to Spencer after visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Dalton, here. Misses Blanche Glenn and Bertha Jackson, of the Bethel sec tion, were the guests yesterday of Miss Eunice Craig. Mrs. Graham McLean returned Sunday from the Point section where she visited her sister, Mrs. William McLean. Mrs. R. D. Craver and two clrldren and Mrs. N. W. Lumpkin, of Charlotte, are snending the day here i with Mr. W. H. Jenkins" family. - Mrs. M. E. Meyer and two chil dren, of Red Springs, are spending some time here as the guests of Mrs. Meyer's sister. Mrs. H. Schneider. Col. T. L. Craig was able to be out yesterday for the first time In several days, following an illness that kept him In doors all of last week. Miss Janle Ptroun, daughter of Mr. R. S. Stroup. of Pleasant Ridge, whose serious illness with pneumo nia was noted last week, is reported today as being slightly better. Friends of Mr. R. . Caldwell will regret to learn that there Is no improvement In his condition. He remains quite critically 111 at his home on South York street. Prof. John James, of Bessemer City, Prof. Joe Nixon, of Cherryville, and Prof. H. A. Query, of Belmont, principals of the high schools in their respective towns, are spending the day in Gastonia inspecting the work of the local high school. Mr. R. L. Wagner arrived In the city last night from Elk City, Okla. Mr. Wagner is a brother of Mr. C ! Kverett Waerner. chief operator at the Ideal Theatre. He Is a printer by trade and will probably make his home in Gastonia. Mr. J. O. Fayssoux, proprietor of rayssoux's meat market, has just installed an independent refrigera ting plant. The machinery is oper ated by a small electric motor and :s kept running for seven or eight hours a day and keeps the cold room and the refrigerator compartments at a point well below freezing In a very satisfactory manner, thus doing away with the use of Ice entirely. Mrs. G. C. Andrews and little son Cleveland returned Sunday morning from Jacksonville, Florida, where they have been visiting Mrs. Andrews' sister, Mrs. J. E. Farmer. They were accompanied by another of Mrs. Andrews' sisters, Mrs. W. G. Armstrone and daughter. Miss Thel ma, of Albany, Ky.. who have been visiting in Jacksonville some time. They will be Mrs. Andrews' guests for a while before returning to their home in Kentucky. Mr. Carl Finger. County Treas urer, gives notice to the voters of the county throueh the columns of The Gazette that he is in the race to suc ceed himself as Treasurer. Mr. Fin ger has made a most satisfactory and successful record as an efficient officer during his present term, and is therefore fully justified In again asking the support of the voters of the county for re-election. So far no other candidates have announced themselves as in the race against Mr. Finger, and on account of his great popularity he will doubtless be an easy winner In the race. A county commencement for all the, public schools of Rutherford county will be held at w"therford ton on Saturday, March 20tfc. POSSIBILITIES UMO S T UNLIMITED Rev. W. C. Barrett Preaches on "The Moing Picture Shows" Tells of Its Rapid Development, Its Yast Possibilities and the Abuses It is Receiving Pleads for Its Better Use Offers Valuable Suggestions. "In the same hour came forth fin gers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the walls of the King's palace: and the King saw the part of the hand that wrote." Daniel .:5. From the above text Rev. W. C. Barrett, pastor of the First Baptis' church, preached a sermon on "Mov ing Pictures" to a crowded house. This was the first in a series on practical religion which Mr. Barrett will preach during the next few weeks, on Sunday nights. The sub ject for next Sunday night is "The Foolishness of Fashion." In his Introduction, oerore an nouncement of his text, the sieaker said that doubtless many people hac wondered where he would find a text in the Bible from which to preach a sermon on moving pictures. The text, he said, told of the first moving picture of which he had any knowl edge. That was 2',00 or 3000 years ago. The nearest approach man has made to the moving picture there described is found in the motion pictures of today which are, in reali ty, very marvelous. No other industry in the world, not even the automobile Industry, has experienced such a marvelous growth as the moving picture busi ness, said the speaker. In support ofthls statement he gave facts and figures with reference to the amount of money Invested, the number of people employed In the manufacture of films and" In the operation of pic ture shows, the daily attendance, the amount exended by patrons of the movies, etc.. which are almost Im possible of comprehension by the av erage mind. After giving a brief history of the invention of the motion picture ma chine by Edison and the crude meth ods at first used in showing pictures, the speaker launched out on predic tions as to the future progress and development that he expects to see In this line. He told of the wonder ful help that might be expected from the moving picture In the study of medicine, in the teaching of health and sanitary lessons and in all lines of educational work. He predicted a time when the moving picture would supplant the daily newspaper, when It would be used in every Sun day school and day school in the land. He looked forward to the time when the talking feature would be perfected and believes that gen erations hence our descendants will be enabled, throueh the presentation of reels, to see the events of today and har the great orators, actors and singers long years after these distinguished personages may have passed away. In conclusion the speaker offered some very timely and severe criticisms of the motion picture of today. It pictures too much that ts bad and too little that Is good. There Is too much shooting and cutting and killing, too much hueelne and kissing, too much of the sensational depicted. But the people are get ting what they want. When the pub lic demand better things the moving picture men will elve if to them. He also criticised the construction of the building usually occupied by moving picture shows and suggested larger and better entrances and ex its and compulsory fire drills at stat ed 'nervals by the patrons of th shows. W The entire sermon was a plea for the elevation of the standards of movine pictures and Its utilization for the dissemination of useful knowledge as well as of entertain ment of the people. The laree con gregation heard Mr. Barrett with pleasure and Interest. Fifty different kinds of Candy at O'Neil's. All 10 rents a pound. A Business Change. Mr. F. E. Saunders, who for the past two years has been a member of the firm of Padgett & Saunders, tailors, owning a half Interest In the business, Is now sole owner, having purchased the interest of Mr. R. T. Padgett. The deal was closed the latter part of last week. For the present Mr. Saunders will continue the business under the old firm name, occupying the same quarters in the Y. M. C. A. building which the firm has occupied for some months past. Mr. Padeett has not yet decided what line of business he will follow. In Sunday School Annex. The East Baptist church Sunday school Is now occupying the annex built especially for it and Just com pleted at a cost of $ 1.200. Already the members have contributed and paid the sum of $1,000 on this build ing. This annex contains seven com modious and convenient class rooms and a large room In the basement, 45x18 feet, with cement floor, which Is occunled by the primary class. With this annex the East Baptist chnrrh is now one of the most con vnlently ar ran red suburban church es in this section. LATEST FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS Newsy Letters from Gazette Cor pondenta Here and There Ovefl ; Good Old GaatoB What Oa Neighbors Are Doing in the Van ions Sections of the County Per sonal Mention of People Yov Know and Some You Don't Know BELMONT BUDGET. Correspondence of The Gazette. BELMONT, Feb. 10. Final plana are being made this week for the Valentine party and oyster supper to be given by the Woman's Betterment Association in the high school audi torium Friday night of this week. The first part of the program will consist of a one-act comedy "Obsti nacy" in which the parts will be taK en liy Misses Green, Hall and Moore and Messrs. Clark, Query and Llna berger. There will be also songs and whistling choruses by the high school pupils. Following this sup per will be served, after which there will be a Valentine party, the chief features of which are to be a post office and an auction sale of sil houetted girls. The game of basketball with the Monroe HUh School team postponed from last Friday on account of rain will be played Friday afternoon of this week at 4:30. Monroe has a strong team and a good game is ex pected. The preliminary contest to decide which debaters shall represent Bel mont In the high school debating union of the State University will be held In a few weeks. . The local school Is in a triangle with the. Stanley and the Huntersvllle high schools. CHERRYYILLE, ROUTE 2, NEWS. Correspondence of The Gazette. CHERRYVILLE. Route 2, Feb. 9.. -Mr. Philip Sneed died Friday with pneumonia and was buried Sunday at Mary's Grove cemetery. Mrs. Walter Hall and son spent. Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Will Farrls. Mrs. Fannie Adams spent a few days with friends in this section. Misses Eunice Carpenter and Irene Davis spent Wednesday with Miss Eunice Hubs. Mrs. John S. Stroup and children spent Sunday with Mrs. J. M. C. Stroup. Misses Jessie Rudlslll and tna Ilomesley spent Thursday with Mrs. Will Farrls. Misses Sallie and Annie Stroup spent Wednesday with Mrs. John S. : troup. Mrs. David Rudlslll snent Thurs day with her mother, Mrs. Ieo Bel linger. Miss Ferrl Froneberger rpent 1 st Sunday with her cousin, Vis Mas gle Lee Carpenter. Mr. Augustus Clark, o' Iho Uear erdam section, spent Saturday and Sunday at the home of Mr. W. U. Carpenter. Mr. Charles Carroll has moved to h'i- farm near Cherryville. Mr. W. E. Gardner, of Hoffman, la spending a few days in CherrviMe. Mrs. T. J. black, of Hoffman, and 1:rs Trlxle Gardner are spending a .'iw days with Mrs. W. R. Carpentr;. Mr. Bryan KIser spent Saturday and Sunday with homefolks. Mr. Columbus Harmon was absent frciii school last week. Mr. Fitzhugh Carpenter spent Fri day with his Krand parents, Mr. ana Mrs. J. T. Carpenter. Th little child of Mr. David h'.&K is very ill at this writing. WITHERS NEWS. Correspondence of The Gazette. WITHERS. Feb. 9. Mrs. Frank White and children, L.ucile and Ruth, of I-enolr. visited Mr. W. S. Iy last week. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Fays soux. of Gastonia, have also been guests of Mr. Lay. After a sojourn of several months In Greenville, S. C. Mr. Arthur Wil son has returned to our village. Misses Stella and Lola Crook, of Thomasville, were guests Wednes day of Mrs. Charles Worth. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Cloninger went to Laboratory Saturday to spend some time with Mrs. Clonln ger's grand mother. Mrs. Ies8le Sides, of Bessemer City, is here at the bedside of her mother. Mrs. T. C. McGill, who is ill with pneumonia. Mr. John Green and family hav moved to the Loray. Mr. L. A. Smith has rented the P. & N. land near the Flint Mill which he will farm this summer. He win occupy the bungalow now being built by Mr. Bush. On account of pressing orders tha Flint Mill was compelled to run ua til midnight Saturday. A BIG RAILROAD WRECK. "The Wreck," a Vitagraph Special in three parts which will be present ed at the Ideal today (Tuesday), is the only picture of this kind ever made, and a picture which cost the) Vitagraph Company $40,000 to pro duce. In this picture we see a real Wreck, the fatal head-on collision of the two engines. There Is . nt trick photography about it. Adv. Giles Mandevllha, a well-known contractor and an uncle of Schuyler Colfax, Vice President of the United States during President Grant's first term, died at Hartford, Conn., yes terday, aged 89. :