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TAGS TWO.' THE GAJSTOXIA GAZETTE. TUESDAT, MAT 10, 1016. -'-I The Gastonia Gaz ETTE .TUBSDAV, MAV 1, 116 KacHflce for Book. Madeleine Sweeny Miller, in Pitts burgh Christian Advocate. - A country's culture is genuine on ' Jy when her people are willing to en dare sacrifice for the sake of good books, and no man is truly educated - until he is willing to forego some of life's necessities for the luxury of a worthy book. Consider Francis As- bury, for example, swinging around his three-thousand-mile circuit al ways caving room in his saddlebags -for the Bible and one or two other volumes, and employing nis scanty leisure so admirably that he was able to read and make notes on scores of ponderous volumes. We wonder how this apostle to the American wilder- nee of the eighteenth century was able to manage it. but such entries as the following in his invaluable Journal explain the fact: "My pres eat mode of conduct is to read about a hundred pages a day." And again "Arose the next morning at live, though very weak, and spent a great ' part of the day in reading and writ ing." Another great reader of this cen tury of expansion was Benjamin Franklin. The story of his early sac rifices for the sake of securing books Is familiar to the youngest of us, and ' it was this youthful impulse that belped bis father in his decision to make of him a printer, little guess-J " Jng that this trade would be the en tree to a public career of distinction and the introduction to the contem porary citizens of the world. But what of the present genera tion on this subject? Perhaps it is ' no longer necessary for us to deny ourselves for the sake of books. Let as see. Public libraries have placed at the disposal of almost every indi vidual more volumes of the world's great literature than he is able to 'master. The sacrifice of money, then is obsolete: but what about time? A man must be willing to give up an extra round of golf and a woman an added strip of fillet crochet if they are to be considered eligible to the title of "literati." Formerly it was a matter of finding sufficient books to fill the leisure hours; today the difficulty is to find enough leisure . hours for the books we ought to 'read. rv Written literature originated in the longing of man to immortalize his thought life. "O that my words were now written!" exclaims Job ' O that tbey were Inscribed in a book? That with an iron pen and lead they were graven in the rock forever." And out of this instinct books have evolved through the self denial and sacrifice of their authors. The cost of a volume is not measur ed by the amount you pay for it at the stationer s, but the actual amount "ot what we call life," as Stevenson says, "which goes into it." Especial ly Is this true today, when authors are standing on the far-flung battle line In Europe, risking their very blood for the sake of the words that they shall write. To be sure, of making many books there is no end, and much study Is a weariness of the flesh And never was this statement more significant in its truth than today, when the market is being burdened with all manner of works. But at the same time it is true that there hare never been so many "centrifu gal forces pulling us away from -"the bliss of solitude." As Mabie says in his "Study Fire": "The man who, goes to books Instead of life, who gets his knowledge of humani ty out of Shakespeare and of nature cut of Wordsworth, will never know either profoundly." But as he con tinues: ".Nothing so redeems a life from the barrenness of continued ac tivity so completely as a stream of deep, silent meditation running un der all one's work and rising into light when the day of solitude conies round." TODAY'S POEM THE KtXHLAU MAX. Lord, let me live like a Regular Man, With Regular friends and true. Let me play the game on a regular plan. And play it that way all through; Let me win or lose with a regular smile And never be known to whine. For that is a "Regular Fellow's style And I want to make it mine! O give me a regular chance in life, . The same as the rest, I pray. And give me a regular girl for wife To help me along the way; Let as know the lot of humanity, Its regular woes and joys, And raise a regular family Of regular girls and boys! Let me live to a regular good old age, With regular snow-white hair. Having done my labor and earned my wage And played my game for fair; And so at last when the people scan My face on its regular bier. They'll say, "Well, he was a Regular Man!" And drop a regular tear! . j Benton Braley. Burlington is on a boom. Here are , a few of the things they are doing there now: spending $75,000 on street improvements, $40,000 on new graded school building, $30,000 for city ball. $65,000 for postofBce, in addition to which there is much oth er building going on. AS IDEAL SPRING LAXATIVE . A good and time tried remedy is I vr. lung s Tvew ljis rms. The first i : dose will move the sluggish bowels, j stimulate the liver and clear the sys tem or waste ana wood imparities. Too owe It to yourself to clear the system of body poisons, accumulat ed daring tne winter. Or. ' King's Kew Life Fills will do It. - 25c. at too PrngtUL -Adr. l Library Notes Every one is praising "Prudence of the Parsonage." This is the recen: book by Ethel Hueston and she makes wonderfully interesting tne life of the five girls In the parsonage, their father being a Methodist min ister. Prudence, the eldest daugh ter of the minister, has many prob lems, amusing as well as serious, to perplex her in bringing up three younger sisters in a strange com munity. With all the optimism of 18 years, she bravely takes up the task, and helped along by a wonder ful sense of humor and perseverance, wins for herself and "her" family the love and respect of everybody It Is a book one loves to speak of and recommend, bright and amusing, and yet at times one's laughter is very close to tears. Some one has said of "Prudence of the Parsonage that "it Is altogether delightful af ter the mass of realism with which we have been sickened. It is like a breath of garden air after a clinic." "The Co-Citizens", Cora Harris new novel is among the recent addi tions to the fiction shelves in the li brary. Can you imagine what hap pened in Jordantown when Sarah Moseley died and left most of the as sets of the community, acquired through various mortgages, to a com- mittee to advance the cause of uni versal suffrage? Whether you are for suffrage or against it won't mat ter at all for Mrs. Harris is not here concerned in the least with writing campaign literature. What she is mightily concerned with is this story of Bob Sasnett, Judge Regis, Selah Adams and Mrs. Susan Walton, all residents in the town mentioned a bove. and what they did with the funds left by the lamented Sarah That is the story Mrs. Harris unfolds with a more continuous play of hu nior than she has ever brought into one novel before. The "Co-Citizens' fairly bubbles with fun. In "The Story of Julia Page" Kathleen Norris tells us of a daugh ter of the poor, who grew up in rath er unpromising surroundings. She and her not too congenial parents dwelt in comparative obscurity in San Francisco. What the child saw of life and domestic relations in her early days was such as to make her frankly skeptical of the world and the gifts it bore. But nothing can really sully or dim a shining soul, and that Julia Page had and kept. She had the vision to reshape -her whole mental horizon to a new con ception of family life and affection upon the occasion of her bitterly hu miliating visit to the Loland home and her entrance into the work of the neighborhood house was the first step on a bridge, that, having cross ed, Bhe resolutely burned behind her. Julia Page hungered for the better things of life and was determined to have them, cost what they would, and it is this picture of unfaltering faith and courage that, dominates Mrs. Norris' story. It shines out in Julia's love for young Dr. ctuddi ford, a thing too precious to be lost at any price and yet too dear to her to be taught by silence; and so she placed in the balance against her love, her whole truth. HAD SPLENDID YEAH. 1 South Point School Close Seraion With Ielightful Exercises MUses Alexander, of Hunters ville, the Teachers. Correspondence of The Gazette. BELMONT, Route 1. May 12. Af ter a term of six months the South Point school, under the efficient man agement of Misses Violet and Lutie Alexander, of Huntersville, had its closing exercises Saturday and Satur day night, May 6th. A program beginning at 10 o'clock a. m. consisted of recitations, songs. declamations and a May-pole dance, following which a bountiful dinner was served on the grounds. The af ternoon was given over to a game of captains ball by the girls. Hut, spite of the sun s rays, both sides played for the sole purpose of fun. (June a number or people were present for the evening program which was well chosen. Among the different selections a pantomlne, ' .lesus Lover of My Soul' , by Hv girls and a song. "Quarrel", by Elva Kumfelt and Yates Neagle, deserve special mention. "Mr. Bob", a play in two acts, was given by the young people of the school and community The cast of characters was as fol lows: Miss Luke, alias "Aunt Becky", Edna Armstrong; Catharine Rogers, Aunt Becky's niece, Mary Leeper; Marion Bryant, alias Mr Bob", Cora Sanford; Philip Royston cousin of Catharine, Jerome Hager ty; Jenkins, a butler. Earl Arm strong; Patty, a servant, Eulalia Nea gle; Mr. Brown, solicitor for the firm of Benson and Benson, Tom Leeper, Ag the play from beginning to end was full of jest and humor it seem ed as if the chief function of each character was to raise a laugh. The players did well and earned the heartiest congratulations. After a courtship lasting 42 years, P. L. Yates and Miss Kate Reagro, both of Rutherford, Tenn.. were mar ried Friday. The groom was 67 and the bride 65. The groom had long ago decided to marry when he had a thousand-acre farm. $10,000 in the bank and a home paid for. On ly recently he attained this'. DECK-GUFFEY AVEDDIXG. Correspondence of The Gazette. BESSEMER City, May 10. The marriage on Thursday evening, April 27tb, of Miss Mary Alice Guffey to Mr. Adam P. Deck, solemnized at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. P. Guffey, was one of signal Tie Outatae That Don Rot Affect The bad Beeaaac of iU tonle awl laxative vflfert r ATA. TIT B BKOMO QDXWINH ia better tbaa ordinary Ooinina aa4 doea mat cae ervaaaaea aor riariaf to bead. Bomber the fan ante aad WoK tor tbt aiatarc f k. W. GROVE. 23c I Cozy Theatre TODAY TUESDAY Metro Pictures Corporation Presents The Exquisite Emotional Ac tress "MADAM PETR0VA" in 'The Soul Market An Enthralling Romance of Society and the Stage in five wonderful acts. Produced by Popular Plays and Players, Inc. THURSDAY THE STRANGE CASK MARY PAGE." OF beauty, elegance and social note. The house was elaborately and beautifully decorated for the wed ding in a woodland motif of dog wood blossoms. In the south corner of the parlor a semi-altar affect was created by arches of white and green where rows of burning tapers 6hed lights soft and pretty on the wed ding scene. As the hour of seven was tolled oft by the big clock, Miss Sue Guffey, sis ter of the bride, struck the first note of the bridal chorus and the bridal party descended the stairway. First came the flower girls, little Ophelia Guffey. a niece of the bride, and Catholeene Dobins, a cousin of the bride, each dressed in a beautiful gown of white batiste with blue sasn and hair bow, carrying baskets full of white roses and strewing flowers on the way. All eyes were then riveted on the bridal doorway, whence in a few minutes the bride and groom appear ed. che was a vision of real beauty, leaning on the arm of the gromni.She wore an exquisite gown of ivory sat in combined with real lace, the skirt being short and without train. The wedding veil of tulle was cap shape held by a coronet of orange blossoms She carried an immense shower bou quet of bride roses, and her wedding slippers were white satin embroider ed in pearls. The groom wore con ventional black. In a ceremony of impressive beau ty, the nuptial vows were said by Rev. Joseph Berryhill, pastor of the Presbyterian church, the bride and groom standing under the white bell Mr. and Mrs. Deck immediately took a car for his home a little north of Bessemer City. The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. P. Guffey. their for mer home being near Westminster School in Rutherford county. Mrs. Deck became a tocher immediately after leaving school. She is a young woman of exceptional mentality and inellectuality, as well as of charming personality. Mr. Deck is a native of Gaston county, a man of business ability and universal popularity. Several handsome and useful gifts came to the young couple from kin dred and friends throughout this and other States. USE ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE, The antiseptic powder to be shaken into the tboe and nM in the foot-bath. If yon want reet and comfort for tired, achiue, swollen, sweating feet, line Allen's Foot-Eae. It relieves corns and huniiins of all pain and prevents blisters, sore and milium routs. Jimt the thine for Dancing Parties 1'atent Leather Shoes, and for Breaking in New sho-. Try it tMav. Hold everywhere, 25c. lum't aemtt on;' mbttitvtf. For KKEB trial parkage, address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE FARMERS & MKIiCll.l.M'S HANK, at Stanley in the State of North Car olina. at the close of business May 1 KKSOriU'ES. Loans and discounts . . . . $ 4 '.,?, D 2.9 Overdrafts secured and unsecured 244.3 All other Stocks, Bonds and Mortgages 9,000.00 Banking houses, furniture and Fixtures fi.410.4 Demand loans 6,900.00 Due from National Banks 7,518.40 Gold coin 480.00 Silver coin, including all minor coin currency . . . 938.30 National bank notes and other U. S. notes 2,246.00 Total $82,130.47 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in. . . .10,000.00 Surplus fund 3,000.00 Undivided profits, less cur rent expenses and tax es paid 1,120.49 Bills payable 5,000.00 Deposits subject to check 13.616.76 Time certificates Qf de posit . . . 39,178.86 Savings deposits 9,228.48 Cashier s checks outstand ing 483.88 Accrued interest due de positors 500.00 Total $82,130.47 State of North Carolina, County of Gaston, ss: I, J. M. Reinhardt, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. J. M. REIMHARDT, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me. this 11th day of Mar, 1916. D. M. (Robinson. Notary Public. CORRECT Attest: JACOB JENKINS, O. B. CARPENTER, M. A. CARPENTER. Directors. FORRENT One S-room cottage, modern conveniences, close in. $15 per month. One office Realty Building. $10 per month, One 4-room cottage. $8 per month. Gastonia Insurance and Realty Company Real Estate Dept Phone 89. Gastonia, N. C W. T. Rankin, Pres.-Treas. R. G. Rankin, Andrew E. Moore, Vice-Prests. Gj E. B. Brittian, Secretary You can rest assured that your property is 'Insured in GOOD COMPANIES every time you hear the fire alarm, if WE place the fire insur ance. The insurance policy is Just as good as the company behind it, no more, no less if the company is strong and properly managed, you'll en joy prompt settlement of your losses otherwise, in all probability, not. Our companies will stand investigation on any of these features. J. WHITE WARE INSURANCE Represented by V. E. Long Phone 201. Cit Nat Bank Bid. SUCCESS Is the Badge of Distinction uoctor Peterson's success denend on his ability to net his natients well in the shortest time possible. Thi gives him Distinction apart from those who cannot give relief when .1 . V . nepueu mosi Doctor reterson can deliver the goods without euesa work Over 30 years successful practice in tne treatment of Chronic DLsenwR It means health to you if you suffer irom uneumatlsm. Catarrh, Const! pation, Piles, Thrash. Lungs. Brain Heart, Blood and Skin Disease, Kid ney and Bladder Troubles, Erup tions. L leers or Pimples. Charges tow ana meaicme furnished. consultation free and invitoi Doctor Peterson has the KEY which unlocks the cell; sets the prisoner iree ana manes him well. umce over Lebos' Dept. Stores. , uaBioma. n. j. ANNUAL TWENTIETH OP MAY CELEBRATION. CHARLOTTE, N. C. May 17th to aoth Inclusive. The Greatest Celebration Ever Held President Wilson will be here, also the Governors and their staffs from several States. About 4,000 soldiers in line or march, about ten bands, in i;iuuing me f amous United States Marine Band the most spectacular parade ever seen in this sectihn of me country, state and Federal troops will participate in ble hqm battle. Dazzling Are works and many shows, including Great Metri politan Shows, free attractions. "ig uay, Saturday. May 20th. Sn- cial trains on this date from Morgan ton, Winston-Salem. Greensboro. Nor wood, Columbia. Snartanbnrp an other points. Greatly Reduced Fares from All . Points. Round-trip tickets on sale Mv 17 18, 19 and 20. final return limit m 22nd. ' For full Information see naaresr ticket agent, or i 4 R. H. DeBUTTS. D. P. A.. I Charlotte, N. C. . . i Attractive Special Prices We are making tome extraordinarily attractive prices on Mid-Summer Millinery. You should see these offerings by all means. NEW LOT OP SILKS AND CEIVED. A LOT OP TURKISH BATH TOWELS GOING AT 10 TO CENTS WORTH DOUBLE THE MONEY. We are closing out our supply of the wonderful Cuticle Soap at 5 cents a cake as long as it lasts. Was 25 cents. Thomson Mercantile Company Gaston Loan and Trust Company Gastonia, N. C When you buy a Binder you want to feel sure you are getting long service with good cutting and binding qualities. Here are twelve reasons why you should buy a McCormick. i. 2 o tj . 4. Draft Lighter. Main Wheel Stronger. Support for Drive Wheel Brackets Stronger. Easy to Remove Pitman. Fender for Inside Divider. One Piece- Canvas Slide. Easy to Adjust Canvas. I-arge Elevator Capacity. Roller Bearings on Elevator Rollers. Irge Binder Capacity. Britt Adjuster. Binder Driving Clutch Easy to Adjust. S. ft. 10. 1 1 . 12. Come and let us give you CRAIG & 3 TANTALIZING TID-BITS Huyler's Chocolates and Bon-Bons are enjoyed by both children and grown folks. Our trade on these delicious candies is such that we can always keep our stock fresh These candies come to us in weekly shipments and they reach you in proper condition. Especial attention is given to the care of candies while in stock. - See Our New Refrigerator Candy Case The line which we carry comprises Box Candies, Bulk Candies and other appetizing Confections at right prices. Adams Drug Co. CLINTON & MORROW Props. Phohe - - s Subscribe for The Goes all Over Gaston CREPE 1E CHINES JUST RE- 48 AN EASY PROBLEM. It requires no brains to Bolve it, but it requires will power to make the start. Take our advice and come in our bank today with whatever money you have on your person. Get one of our books, start saving and you're on the way to success. more and fuller reasons. WILSON 25 Gazette $1.50 Year 104 Tines a Year :
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