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GASTONIA, N. CL, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 5, 1916.
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ISO GHARLOTTEAIJS HERE
MADE KHSHBDBLr VISIT YESTERDAY
Iteprctentative Business Men of the
Queen City 8 pent Several Hoars la
Gastonta Yesterday . Visiting Mills
HEWS OFJHE COUNTY
li EST FROM OUR CORRESPOMDENTS
GASTONIA AND tASTOIJ
TUEBAPTISTGONVENTIOII
MEETS AT ASHEYILLE THIS (MONTH
COMING AND GOING
LATE EVENTS IN TOWN AND COUNTY
u luier rum oi inwrem.
Were Accorded Warm Welcome
djt uastonia Business Men.
Gastonia and Charlotte loinetl
bands yesterday and the business
men of the two towns commingled
with a spirit of friendship prevalent
which bodes good for the future. A
hundred and fifty of the Queen City's
business men spent the afternoon
and part of the night here and when
they left shortly before 1 1 o'clock
there was every reason' to believe
that the friendship existing between
the two towns had been greatly
strengthened.
Arriving at 4 o'clock on a special
train of three cars over the P. & S.
the Charlotte delegation and about
an equal delegation of local business
men posed for a group picture on
the steps of the new Federal build
ing. They were then taken in auto
mobiles to the Loray Mill and were
shown through this large manufac
turing plant, the largest textile fac
tory in the State. From the Loray
each auto went whither the occu
pants desired. Some visited other
mills and quite a good many went to
the plant of the Cocker Machine
Foundry Co. where they Baw shrap
nel being turned out for the armies
in Europe. Most of them also visit
ed the Central graded school build
ing. At 6 o'clock the visitors were all
at the Armington Hotel where they
enjoyed a sumptuous supper which
took on the nature of a banquet. As
soon as the men had assembled in
the dining room Mr. C. O. Kuester.
who was largely Interested in mak
ing arrangements for the trip, an
nounced that Mayor Kirk Patrick
would act as toastmaster. The lat
ter called first on Mayor Armstrong,
of Gastonia, who made a ringing
talk welcoming the Charlotteans to
our midst. During the course of
the dinner the toastmaster called on
quite a number who responded witn
short and appropriate talks. The
Charlotte Municipal Band accompan
ied the party and furnished delight
ful music.
At 8:30 o'clock Mayor Armstrong
called the crowd to order In the
court house. The court room was
comfortably filled, a large number of
Gastonians being present. Mayor
Armstrong, Mr. J. H. Separk, Mr. J.
Lee Robinson, Mr. 8. J. Durham and
Dr. D. A. Garrison delivered address
es of welcome and these were re
sponded to by Mayor Klrkpatrick,
Mr. David Ovens, Mr. W. S. Lee, Mr.
E. R. Preston and Mr. C. O. Kuester.
At 8:30 o'clock Mayor Armstrong
of Gastonia made an address of wel
come. He announced his belief in
the Mecklenburg Declaration of In
dependence, and gave to Mecklen
burg much of the credit for winning
the Battle of Kings Mhuntain. He
referred to Gastonla's. growth to
more than 13.000 population, with
only one homicide in 10 years. It's
the dryest place in the State. No li
quor can be obtained by express or
freight. In 1913 in the recorder's
court there were 995 cases. 344 be
ing drunks and 39 retailing. In 1914
there were 835 cases. 298 drunks
and 4 2 retailers, and in 1915 there
were only KIT) cases, 127 drunks.
"The prohibition law is one of the
greatest things that ever happened
for our county. 1 know that Char
lotte has a good record, too. bur
boys, cut out the quart." (Applause.)
Mr. Separk.
Mr. J. H. Separk then made an ad
dress of welcome on behalf of the
Gastonia manufacturers. He proved
to be a forceful speaker. "I take it.
said he, "that you have come to us
In the very best faith, not in order
to sell us goods but to look over our
community and see what Gastonia
has been doing. e sam vui iw
years ago Mr. J. P. Caldwell wrote a
humorous editorial on "Gastonia s
Thirteen Dress Suits." While the
speaker did not attempt to go into
present-day sartorial statistics, Mr.
Separk said that Gastonia of today
is not the same town it was 16 years
ago. The present prosperity results
from the fact that a quarter of a
century ago a few men in Gaston
county and in Gastonia had a, vision
and they acted on it. And those who
came after them built on the foun
dation which these had laid. And
even now we are only at a beginning.
A great people inhabit the Piedmont
and they should make it one of the
greatest sections in the world, sell
ing its manufactured goods, to South
America and Europe.
Mayor Klrkpatrick.
Mayor T. L. Klrkpatrick made
the response in behalf of the City of
Charlotte and he surpassed himself.
Replying to the remark of Mr. Se
park that the visit was made In good
faith, the mayor said that all "shop
talk" had been tabooed, and anyone
who violated that stipulation would
be courtmartialed and shot at sun-
rtB- . ...
There is nothing sweeter in life,
said Colonel Klrkpatrick, than true
friendship. "We people of Char-
lotte are proud of Gastonia and Gas
ton county. We are proud of Its
Craln. Armstrongs, Grays and many
distinguished men. we pre
dict that in less than a tenth of a
-century the city of Gastonia' will
(Continued on page 4.)
GRADUATING RECITAL.
Miss Irene All good Gave KntertininK
llano Recital at Llnwood College
Monday Night Expression Con
test on Friday Night, May 12.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
LIN WOOD COLLEGE, May 4.
The college auditorium was well
filled Monday night at the graduating
piano recital given by Miss Irene All
good. The following program was
rendered in a very excellent manner :
Herold, Overture to Zampa, two
pianos, Misses Allgood, Kidd, Rowan
and Torrence.
Liszt. Rhapsodic Hongroise No. 2.
Miss Allgood.
Engelman, A Coquettish Smile,
Misses Allgood and Dixon.
Allen, A Song of May, Misses
Dixon and Hanks.
Seeboeck, Minuet a I'Antico, Miss
Allgood.
Rathburn. March Triumphale,
Misses White and Bowen.
Strakosch, Prayer from Otello,
left hand alone. Miss Allgood.
Dvorak, JHumoresque, Misses Dix
on and Rowan.
Chopin, Polonaise, Miss Allgood.
Fifth Cavalry Charge, Misses
Rowan and Kidd.
IiOewe, An Indian Tale. Msis
Allgood.
Weber, Oberon, Misses Irene and
Nora Allgood.
The marshals for the occasion
were Misses Rebecca Walker, Mary
Knox, Corlnne Clement and Juliette
Pollard.
Misses Lois and Wilma White
spent the week-end with relatives in
Gastonia.
Miss Rebecca White is spending
the week-end with her sister in
Charlotte.
The commencement orators in
Miss Plonk's Expression Class will
have their contest on Friday night.
May 12.
Most of the final examinations
have been given this week.
Mount; Holly Matters.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
MOUNT IHOLLY, May 4. Rev. J.
v. nnuhnoii n D.. of Salem. Va..
spent Mbnday and Tuesday with
Rav R H Knhn He had been in
South Carolina and Goergia and was
on his way home.
Mrs. H. A. Rhyne, who has been
onfined to her bed for more than a
week, is reported much improved.
Mrs. Reuben M. Jenkins has been
spending the past ten days in Char
lotte visiting her children, Mrs. Mar
tin, of East Charlotte and Walter,
of Hosklns.
The road renair eantr is doing
some good repair work on the
National Highway. The gang is
supervised by Mr. W. H. B. Lineber-
ge. -
The first exercise which marks
the closing of school takes place
Saturday. It is a May pole dance,
drills and other features decidedly
pretty. The public is cordially in
vited to attend.
Miss Annie Belk gave a most de
lightful house party Thursday night
to the teachers and young people of
the town. Pink and green was the
color scheme, pink predominating.
Progressive hearts in more ways than
one engaged the time. The guests
were received by Miss Belk s sister
Gertrude and Mrs. R. C. Belk.
The editor of the Cherryville Eagle
does not take kindly to the free text
book idea. He might as well for it
is coming regardless of the cost.
The government, national and State,
each year is becoming paternal,
taking the place of a parent, so It
says what must and must not be
done. It can 6ay what to eat. wear,
study, and does say what must not
be done. It Bays now our children
must go to school. If that is so, it
must furnish books, pencils and
tablets. The state can ao anyuiing
which will benefit and care for its
citizens. Pennsylvania not only
furnishes all books and such, but it
hnva cinthins'. shoes and furnishes
the family wtih nourishing food
wh.n nuwi0i la it not a better
economic policy to furnish children
hooks, therefore an education, man
to let them grow up In ignorance and
crime?
Back to Nature.
Everything.
The shoe men tell us that shoes
will soon go to $10 a pair. Why not
hike back to Nature?- Men were
never made to wear shoes. Why the
toe nail? That was given man to
help climb trees. The shoe has
pinched and dwarfed his foot hut
the toe nail lingers. Sometimes it
grows in. Sometimes it is a nuis
ance, but Nature, knowing that the
OLDER OUT STRONGER
to oe healthy at seventy, prepare at
forty, is sound advice, because in the
strength of middle life we too often forget
that neglected colds, or careless treat
ment of slight aches and pains, simply
undermine strength and bring chronic
weakness for later years.
To be stronger when older, keep your
blood pure and rich and active with the
strength-building and blood-nourishi n g
properties of Scott's Emulsion which is a
food, a tonic ami a medicine te keep your
blood rich, alleviate rheumatism and
void sickness. No alcohol in Scott's.
fegttftBowac.Btoomfield.N.J.
To Show Gaston Irodnct.s. t
Mr. R. G. HanBon, industrial and
immigration agent of the Southern
Railway, is spending today here ar
ranging for a Gaston county exhibit
at the National Dairy Show at Spring
field, Mass., this fall. He is also en
deavoring to arrange for exhibits a;
about ten agricultural fairs in Penn
sylvania, Ohio and Illinois this fall.
Gaoton Men Interested.
The Person Remedy Company,
successor to the Remedy Sales Cor
poration, has been granted a charter
of incorporation and will take over
the business of the old firm at North
Charlotte, manufacturing and sell
ing Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy. The
pew enterprise is authorized to have
a capital stock of $125,000 and the
incorporators named in the charter
are Gen. A. L. Smith, of Charlotte,
and Messrs. John C. Rankin and S.
M. Robinson, of Lowell.
Menitn-lal Day Sjieaker.
The York, S. C, News says: "J.
Moore McConnell, professor of his
tory and political economy in David
son College, N. C, has accepted an
invitation to deliver the annual Me
morial Day address here on Wednes
day, May 10. Dr. McConnell has
been a member of the Davidson fac
ulty for the last ten years and is one
of the best known educators in North
Carolina. He Is a son of Capt. J. I).
McConnell, of McConnellsville. and
a brother of Mrs. J. S. Jones, of
York."
Maj. McKinnon Here.
Maj. A. J. McKinnon. a well-known
citizen of Maxton, Robeson county,
and a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Commissioner of
Agriculture, was in Gastonia for a
few hours yesterday getting ac
quainted with the voters and letting
them knov he is in the race in earn
est. Maj. McKinnon is asking the
voters of the State to cast their bal
lots for him as Commissioner on a
platform of modern business meth
ods in the State's Agricultural De
partment, and is meeting with good
success in his campaign in various
parts of the State.
Choir Rehearsal Tonight.
At 8 o'clock tonight in the big tab
ernacle on East Maift, avenue there
will be a choir rehearsal for the re
vival meeting which is to begin Sun
day. Mr. O. W. Stapleton. the song
leader, arrived in the city this morn
ing from Atlanta, and will take
charge of the work of drilling the
large choir of 300 voices. All who
have signed cards agreeing to help
in the singing, and all others who
are willing to take part, are urgently
requested' to be present at the meet
ing tonght. The seating of the tab
ernacle was completed yesterday
morning and the tabernacle was in
the hands of the decorating commit
tee all day yesterday.
lieurns From Washington.
fltev. J. 11. Henderlite. pastor of
the First Presbyterian church, has
ratnrnori from Washington CitV.
where he attended the National
Missionary Congress, which was in
Boauinn Anrii ti to .'! 0 . Mr. Hen
derlite speaks very enthusiastically
of the meeting as naving Deerr me
best and biggest gathering in me
matter of program, speakers and
personnel of attendance which
he ever attended. The address
es. delivered ueiore immense
audiences by men of international
prominence were very inspiring ana
were in keening with the great ob
ject of the conference. On Sunday
morning Rev. Mr. Henderlite will
All hia nnlnit as usual, and will
give some impressions of the Wash
ington conference. J here will De
ic at the First church Sun
day night on account of the Brown-
Ing-Stapleton tabernacle meeting.
MT. OLIVET SCHOOL.
Closing Exercises Will He Held
Saturday Addeooeo by Several
Speakers Saturday Morning and
Play at Night.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
GASTONIA. Route 1, May 4.
The Mt. Olivet public school, taught
by Misses Jessie Alexander and
Blanche Morrow, will have its clos
ing exercises Saturday morning, and
a play will be given by the pupils of
the school Saturday night
At the morning" exercises there will
be several addresses, the speakers
being Rev. J. C. Dietx, pastor of the
Gastonia Lutheran church. Rev. H.
M. Wellman, pastor of West End and
Franklin Avenue Methodist churches.
Mr. J. M. Gray, county farm demon
stration agent, and Mr. J. L. Shan
non, a student at Llnwood College.
A big crowd is expected and a
sumptuous dinner will be spread on
the grounds after the speaking. In
the afternoon there will be a game
of baseball. The occasion bids fair
to be a very enjoyable one.
Trade With Gazette Advertisers.
time would come when shoes would
be scarce has saved the toe nail in
order that men may hike back to the
bare-footed days of the long ago.
Therefore, beloved, better go bare
footed this summer and get your feet
toned up for a bare-footed winter.
Because when shoes go to ten dol
lars many of us will cut 'em out.
Sixty-First Annual Meeting of the
Baptist of the South Will Con
vene in Mammoth Auditorium in
Asheville on May 17th Interest
ing Fact and Figures Rex riling
the Work of the Iast iear.
The following extracts from an ar
ticle by Rev. T. W. Chambllss on the
approaching session of the Southern
Baptist Convention give an interest
ing outline of that great gathering
of Southern Baptists:
The sixty-first session, the seventy-
first year, of the Southern Baptut
Convention will be held in Asheville
beginning Wednesday after the sec
ond Sunday in May, that being . tr.e
17th day of the month, and Presi
dent Lansing Burrow, one of the
unique and stately characters of the
South, will call the convention to or
der and Rev. Charles D. Daniel, D.
D of Atlanta, Ga., or his alternate,
Rev. Samuel J. Porter, D. D., of San
Antonio, Texas, will deliver the an
nual sermon. Officers will be elect
ed and the convention will proceed
to business.
Asheville is doing her best to have
everything in readiness for the con
vention and to tell the truth those
who attended the convention of
1902 and who have not visted Ashe
ville since that time will not recog
nize the Queen City of the Blue
Ridge. Competent committees and
energetic too, have grappled every
problem connected with the enter
tainment of the thousands of people
who will come to the two great meet
ings and their comfort as well as
their pleasure has been provided. At
the head of the general committee is
Rev. C. B. Waller, D. D.. pastor of
the First Baptist church, and it Is
said that Dr. Waller thinks conven
tion every minute of the 24 hours of
the day.
The great auditorium erected last
year for the Chapman-Alexander
meetings has been allowed tot re
main In order that the convention
should be able to have plenty of
room. The sessions of the Woman's
Missionary Union, to be held at the
same date, will be held In the audi
torium of the First Baptist churcn.
Interesting Comparisons.
It has been 14 years since the con
vention met in Asheville. These have
been years of marked progress in
Southern Baptist, affairs. In 1902
the Baptist churches of the territory
of the convention reported 19,653
churches and last year the report
shows 24,338 a gain of close to
5,000 churches. During the same
period the gain In membership was
almost a million to be exact the
figures were 905,594 and when th
reports come in this year the gain
will likely run over a million. The
contributions for missions in 1902
amounted to $51 2,466.94 while the
report last year shows a total offer
ing for missions amounting to $1,
759,821.86 a gain of $1,247,364.
92. The total value of the church
property in the Territory of the con
vention in 1902 was $20,637,619.
Last year the figures reiorted were
$66,861,492, an increase of over 3
per cent. During the year 1 902 the
total number of baptisms reported
was 95,610 while last year the re
ports show 151,441 a gain of 50'
per cent. The aggregated contribu
tions for all purposes of Baptist
churches of the South for the year
was $4,01 6,394.71 and last year the
total was $13,073,909.65, over three
times as much.
It must be remembered that the
figures given are for the year ending
with May 1915 the reports for the
year ending May 1916 will be given
at the coming convention. The
growth of the denomination during
the years since the convention met in
Asheville. 14 years ago is phenome
nal. Size of the Convent ion.
The Southern Baptist Convention
has never enrolled the full number
of oossible delegates. The churches
and associations are entitled to send
4.152 representatives. In 1915,
when the Convention met at Hou
ston. Texas,, away off in the far West
the report showed i,4us delegates
present. North Carolina was enti
tled to 370 delegates and had thirty
present. This year it is expected
that the attendance will be close to
the high water mark. Many matters
of deep concern are to come before
the convention and interest is keen.
Fully twice as many visitors are
likely to be in attendance as the
number of accredited delegates. The
preacher of the annual sermon is
Rev. Charles W. Daniel, of Atlanta.
Ga.. elld the selected alternate is
Rev. S. J. Porter. D. D.. of San An
tonio. Texas.
Meeting of the Women.
Asheville is to be host at the same
time May 1916 to the Baptist
women. The Woman's Missionary
Convention holds Its cessions at ..the
same time and yet entirely apart.
The Union will have present dele
gates from all of the missionary or
ganizations of the churches and the
sessions of this body will be held at
the First Baptist church. The meet
ing of these Baptist women will be
one of peculiar sadness. During the
past year Miss Fannie E. S. Heck, of
Raleigh, for 15 years the president
of the Missionary Union and one of
the leading women ofhe entire
South has passed to her heavenly
home. The selection of her succes
sor will devolve upon the delegates.
During the year 1915 the Metho
dist Episcopal Church paid out the
sum of $1,2000.000 for the aid of su
perannuated and retired ministers.
their widows and orphans.
Brief Items About the Movements of Gaston People.
Mrs. Dan Wright, of Clover, was
in town yesterday.
Mrs. A. Brady, of Kansas City,
Mo., arrived Wednesday to spend
some time here with her mother,
Mrs. J.'H. Craig.
Miss Nannie Whitesldes, who
has been teaching the past session In
Parrlsh Agricultural High School at
Bahama, returned to her home here
Monday night.
-Mr. 3. J. Durham, of Gastonia,
is to deliver the commencement ad
dress before the graduating class of
the Kings Mountain graded schools
tonight.
York (S. C.) News: J. Fred
Chapman and Km ma Wright, both
of Lowell, N. C, were married In
York Thursday. April 27. Probate
Judge L. R. Williams officiating.
r-Miss Ellen Blair Harvie. of Dan
ville, Va., will arrive tonight to be
the guest of Mrs. W. L. Balthis. Miss
Harvie formerly lived here and has
many friends who will he delighted
to see her.
Mrs. J. H. Henderlite left
Wednesday night for Norfolk, Va.,
in i espouse to a telegram stating
that her mother, Mrs. V. C. Crow,
who has been ill for the past two
weeks, was worse.
Mrs. Rosa Van Pelt and Mrs. P.
C. Leonard, of West Gastonia, both
of whom underwent operations Tor
appendicitis at the City Hospital
within the last few days, are report
ed today as getting a!ong quite well.
The sixth Installment of "The
Strange Case of Mary Page" which
is to be shown at the Cozy Theater
on Thursday of next week, will ap
pear In next Tuesday's Gazette.
Hereafter the story will be found in
Tuesday's paper each week Instead
of Friday's.
Rev. S. A. Rhyne, pastor of the
Hudson Baptist church, and Rev. C.
A. Rhyne, pastor of Granite Falls
and Rbodhiss Baptist churches, are
spending a few days In the city with
friends and relatives. The Messrs.
Rhyne are sons of Mr. J. C. Rhyne. or
Ciastonla.
In the North Carolina Supreme
Court at Raleigh Wednesday a dec is
ion was handed down affirming the
cision of the Superior Court In the
case of Dr. T. C. Quickel against the
City of Gastonia. This makes per
manent the injunction obtained by
Dr. Qulckel's attorneys against the
city some time ago forbidding the
flushing of the streets so that the
waste matter would flow into the
drain which runs through Or. Qulck
el's property on South street.
IH STRUT MKKTIXG
OF THK I'. I). C.
The district meeting of the I'nltert
Daughters of the Confederacy of tne
Third District, which was held Wed
nesday afternoon at Kings Mountain,
was a largely attended and very en
joyable occasion. There was a
luncheon to the visitors at the Moun
tain View Hotel at 12:30, which was
elegantly served and elaborate in Its
appointments. The color scheme of
red and white, the !'. D. C. colors,
was carried out in both the decora
tions and the refreshments. The ex
ercises of the convention were held
in the Pythian hall and were presid
ed over by the district president.
Mrs. C. E. Piatt, of Charlotte. An
unusually interesting program was
carried out. all the papers and ad
dresses being filled with Informa
tion on the work of the organization
both in the district and throughout
the South.
Two numbers were of very special
Interest, these being papers by Miss
Bonnie Mauney on local history con
nected with the battle of Kings
Mountain, and a reading by Miss
Vera Mauney on the story of the
War Between the States. Reports by
the delegates showed all the chapters
of the district to be in a flourishing
condition, and the open discussions
of the work were very helpful and
interesting. The ladies who attend
ed from Gastonia chapter were Mes
dames C. B. Armstrong. M. H. Carry.
D. M. Jones. J. M. Sloan. E. C. Wil
son, J F. Thomson, B. F. Ormand.
S. A. Kindley and Miss Lowry Shu
ford. tfy Goods.
New TorV Bun.
"Gimme a dime's worth o' dried
beef an' some erackers." said Uncle
Josh to the young lady in charge of
the ribbon counter in a downtown
store. v
"You have evidently made a mis
take in the place," she smilingly re
plied. "This is a dry goods store."
"Waal, now, I reckon I know'd
that, b'goah," said the old man. "an'
et dried beef an' crackers hain't dry
goods, then .I'd like to know what in
tarnation you'd call 'em."
Two men were killed and four fa
tally injured in strike riots in Pitts
burg Tuesday.
Buy It In Gaetoaia.
The Grand Lodge of North Oar.
olina, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, meets In Wilson on Toe-'
day. May 16, and will be la session
three days. Mr. E. D. Atkins ha
been elected representative of Gasto-
nla Lodge, iNo. 188, with Mr. Q. H.
Marvin as alternate.
The members of the LadiaV
Guild of St. Mark's Episcopal church "
wish to thank all those who assisted
them in raising their Easter offering
by means of an autograph quilt. The
total of the contributions received
was $42. The quilt has been placed
at Effrd's Department Store for sahu. 1
Messrs. George and Langdoa '
Henderlite, nephews of Rev. J. H.
Henaerute, who have been at school,
at Westminster, are spending a few'
days here before going to Brazil to
visit their parents. They will .leave
New York on the steamship Sao
Paulo for Pernambuco, Brazil, May
10. ' -
The revival meeting which la
being conducted at the Loray Bap
tist church by Rev. W. N. Cook, is ;
making good progress. There hat',
been a number of conversions and.
the Interest continues to grow. Ser
vices will continue through Wednes
day or next week and probably lon
ger. Difficulty in securing cement Is
retarding work on paving the
streets. Mr. Brown, superintendent
for the iXoll Construction Co.; which
has the contract for this work, say
it is extremely difficult to secure ce
ment, because of the enormons
amount of construction work going,
on in every section of the country
"We have a contract for a. car load
of cement a day," he remarked, "and
as a matter of fact we are getting on
an average about three cars a weefe."-
KXPHKHKIOX : ,. J
IIHLTTAJU . v
Miss Juliet Pollard, of Llnwood '
College, will give her expression re
cital on Wednesday evening, May
10th. at 8:30 o'clock. ,
Miss Irene Allgood gave her music .
recital Monday evening, May 1st. '
Miss Allsood is a verv LalAnteri mn. .
siclan and her recital was very Inter-
eating and showed that she bad spent -much
time in preparation..
CANTATA WAS VERY.' V, ,
GRKATLY KNJOYKD.
An audience which filled every seat
in the large auditorium aqd Sunday
school rooms of Main Street Metho-
dlst church gathered Tuesday night
to hear the sacred cantata. Ruth.
sung by local talent under the dlreo-
tion of Mr. H. A. Stirewalt. organist
and choir director of the First Pres
byterian church. The chorus con- .
sisted of thirty voices, including the
choral of the Music Club and several
male singers from Clover, S. C, and'
Gastonia. The soloists were Misses
Marie Torrence. Lucy Jordan, Mary f
Frew, Jane Morris. Mesdames J. M. -"
Holland. II. B. Moore, J. Holland
Morrow and Harry Rutter, and
Messrs. Rudlsill and Padgett. The
rendition of the beautiful music so
well adapted to the beautiful Bible
story, was splendidly received by
the representative audience, and re
jected great credit uiKn Mr. Stlre-
Valt. the director, Miss Torrence,
who had charge of the chorus re- ;
hearsals, and the individual singers.
The hope was expressed by many
who heard the program given Tues
day night that such might be given
regularly. Inasmuch as it is clearly
evident that Gastonia possesses much
musical ability of a high order
which could thus be utilized to the
great pleasure of the community.
Torrens System Coming Slowly.
Progressive Farmer.
We are becoming pretty thorough- '-'
ly convinced that before the Tor
rens system of registering land ti
tles is made a success, some official 1
must be charged with the duty of
helping landowners get these Tor- '
reus deeds. North Carolina. South
Carolina. Virginia and Mississippi ' '
now have the law. and that ts grati
fying as showing the progress' of
public sentiment. But the actual use
of the measure has not been great. "
When the land-owner goes to get a
deed, the lawyer insists upon or pre
fers the old form. Sometimes the
lawyer does this honestly simply .
because he knows tha nt mmw n V
hasn't taken pains to learn the new
way. But in not a few cases we
hear of lawyers telling farmers a
Torrens deed will cost $100- to $150.
whereas Attorney-General Blckett of
North Carolina says that the average
cost should not exceed $25. A judge
to go from county to county and help
farmers get titles at a standardized
cost seems a necessity in order ,te
insure widespread adoption and rea
socable charges.
"What will stop my hair coming '
out? . Reply: Parisian Saga is the
best remedy for hair and scalp trou- ,
bles; said to prevent baldness and
cure dandruff. J. H. Kennedy Coc j
sell it. (Adv.) ...
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