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i WEDNESDAY, NOV. 22, 1910. THE , GASTOXIA GAZETTE. PACE Tin: Sll I LOCAL I TE LI 8 Mr.. John 0. Carpenter, : of 'the - local bar, went to Lincolnfony ester day on leagl business, : , ' Mr. R. . L. Hararaves. of Ral eigh', examiner of national banks in North Carolina, ia in the city thu week examining the Citizens and toe First National Banks. , Mr. Fred Dunn, who Just recent ly returned home from Pougnkeep- sie. N. Y., where he completed commercial course at Eastman's Bus iness College, has accepted a posi tion in the offices of the Rex Spin ning Company. Mnunt Hollr Kridire Onen. ' . The newly erected, toll bridge across the Catawba river at Mount Knllv has been com Dieted and is now open to the public. While only a temporary structure tne bridge is strongly built and In easy access to all traffic. Ooerated on Last Kiglit. Mr. Fred M. Howell, of the Howell; Groves Shoe Company, was taken to ttfe City Hospital last night where he underwent an operation lor appenai eitis at 9 o'clock. Although in a -very-serious condition he was resting well at noon today. Having recovered somewhat from the operation. li.r.,1 rViiuhml in Machinery. A distressing accident occurred in tne picker room of the Loray Mill yesterday afternoon when Mr. Dock "Lee, who operates the pickers, had his right hand caugnt in tne caien dar gears and had it so badly mash ail that nhvalrisna At the 'City HOS pital, to which he was immediately removed, found it necessary to am putate it above the wrist, had U not been that the accident threw the machine out of gear Lee's entire arm might have been ground off before -help could have reached him. It was necessary to take the, machine apart before he could be removed, thus prolonging the agony he was suffering. " HAD TOO MIMOI LIQVCm. Gafltonla Officers Captured Dallas Man With Pour Gallon of Whiff ky Monday Afternoon 'Was Round to Court Under $350 Bond. David Friday, a white man. who lives at Dallas., was bound over to Superior court yesterday afternoon by Magistrate A. R. Anders under a 1250 bond for having iu-Jiia posses sion more spirituous liquors than tne State law allows. J He was captured outside of Dallas late yesterday afternoon, near tne -Farm Life School, by officers Ken ArlcM and Hord with four gallons of whisky. Friday, it is stated, was rather active in the whisky business in former days when licensed distil leries were operated in Gaston coun ty he having operated one himself for a number of years. BESSEMER BRIEFS. Correspondence of The Gazette. BESSEMER CITY. Nov. 21 Mrs. Ernest Kiser and son, of ' Gaffney, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Scarboro. ' Mrs. Roy Houser, of Kings Moun tain, and Mr. and Mrs. John Fuller, of Greensboro-were guests in the home of MrC V. Fuller last week. Miss Abbie Hall, of Belmont, spent tha week-ATid with Mrs. (. E. Whit ney. Mrs. Havre, of San Fransclso, Cal., and Miss Venetia Smith, of High Point, have been visiting their brotn er and family. Mr. J. A. Smith, 'of this place. Mrs. Nellie Wast, of Belmont, has been spending the week with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. M." 1. Sholar. Mrs. Albred, of Kings Mountain, was the guest of her sister Mrs. Howell Sun3ay. Mr. Grover Wiley of Charlotte, spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Wiley. Miss Edith Burke, of Gastonia, spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Burke. NOTICE. Mr. R. V. Williams is employed by The Gazette as solicitor and is au thorized to collect and receipt for subscriptions, advertising, printing, etc. We bespeak for Mr. Williams the courteous consideration of our customers. i GAZETTE PUBLISHING CO. SEER FOR LIGHT SPECIAL TRAIN TO RICHMOND, VA. Via 8 O U T H K It N HAIL W A Y Wednesday, November 28th, 1016 Annual Football Game Between University of North Carolina and University of Virginia Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 30, 1916. THE SOUTHERN-RALWAY. will operate special train' consisting of first class day coaches and Standard Pullman sleeping .cars, leaving Char lotte at 8:45 p. m. Wednesday, No vember 29, 1916, arriving Hull Street Station, Richmond, Thanks giving morning at 7:35. Returning, Special Train will Heave Richmond, Hull Street Station at '40:30 p. m. November 30th. ' Pnllnwln. round trio fares will ap ply from stations named: GASTONIA $5.25 Charlotte . &.0 Blacksburg ... 5.50 Greensboro .t.... .' 3.00 Hickory ...... . . .' 5.50 Shelby 5.50 Btatesvllle ... 4.50 Davidson 3.50 Fares from all intermediate stay tions on same basis. - Passengers from branch line points will use regular trains to and from main line Junction points connecting with the Special Train. This is Ihe last opportunity of tne season to vtei Richmond and Its many attractions at low cost. In ad dition to attending the annual loot ball game which Is the biggest one played during the season. Pullman Reservations Must Be Mado In Advance. . ' , For further Information and Pullman-reservations ask any Agent of the Southern Railway, or wjlte R. H. DeBUTTS, D; P. A.. . Charlotte, N. C Men Turning to the Bible to Find Wisdom' to Deal With Prac- , ' cal Things. It has come to be felt in these days of efficiency demands and of con servation energy that the Bible Is a storehouse of wisdom for practical life. And these stories have not been sufficiently valued' and applied to the experience of men in society. The swlug .of the Protestant churches toward Bible study end particularly men's Bible classes, Indicates that the mt n of business affairs and work-u-duy burdens are becoming zestfully Inter ested In the application of biblical truth to themselves and their environ ment. Heaven Is not made more dis tant to the .spiritual vision because men are not using the, churches simpljr as astronomical observatories, from which to descry the stars of hope7 and of faith and of reward in the heavenly planetary. The eternities do not suf fer becuuse the temporalities are cared for. One can be satisfied that the Ice caps at the poles of the earth were much more extensive if he has suffi cient geological knowledge to perceive the glacial drift In the stone and gravel deposits that run across the continent at a certain general parallel. So one can be assured of the fact of heaven, because he has constant evi dence to his eyes and experience of graces and goodness in human hearts that are not of the earth earthy and must be of the heavens Jieovenly. So much pulpit labor Is employed in painting heaven and its holiness when there are so many of God's children garbed in the tatters of sin and pov erty and Ignorance who should be clothed in garments as radiant and as pure as the petals of the HI). What the Bible Has to 8ay. The Bible classes are more and more turning to the Bible with refer ence to great topical linos of inquiry, so as to-apply the wonderful words of life, the examples of living testi mony and the experience of peculiarly developed people to the conditions of modern living. What has the Bible to say of the many burning question of the day? What are Its suggestions for the solution of the Intricate rela tions of men with their fellowmen In the numerous contacts of life? The Bible classes throw much light upon these subjects, those that use the type of. lesson series that are arranged to give the study of the word the ap plication to modern thought and ex perience that Is so much needed. "The entrance of thy word glveth light," says the psalmist. And the light of the Word Is the leading needed by man kind. Much Taught byiSacred Book. It would be difficult to overestimate the effects upon society of the hun dreds of thousands of men engaged In Bihle study, especially as this study takes the form of seeking Interpreta tions of' biblical history experience and wisdom In the light of modern n'ds. The life of Moses, the lives of. any or the Old Testament worthies. the underlying social tyws that are found In the books wherein ore framed the legislation for a new so ciety the Jewish theocracy are re plete with incalculable resources of mnterlal for present-day utilization. Above all else the life and the words of Jesus offer to the world a fund of prnctieal suggestion. Implication and mandate that should be employed mre in real, practical life, and with out diminution of their values In field of Inward spiritual experience. Hence the Bible classes are doing a work of tremendous potentiality. They do not create Pharisaism; they do not en courage hypocrisy; they are aimed at the extraction of truth from the Word. Thus they are not trammelled by the limitations ef denomination or sec tarian viewpoint. They are a fine or-, ganlzing agency and are promotive of true brotherhood and 'of practical Christianity In the life of the times. MAJESTY OF HUMBLE THINGS Christian Will Not Despise Even the Smallest, Remembering That All the Earth It God's, Let Us hot forget the tumble things, nor despise the things that are weak. The fountain on the hillslope may yet become a river. The .chubby hand may wield the scepter of nations. The Toice of the child may yet utter its message to waling thousands. "Er ermore," exclaimed Doctor Matheson, "let, me reverence the prosaic things. Hvennore let me uncover my head in the place that teems a desert: Let me walk solemnly by the rill. It may one day be a river. Let me tread with awe the Village street. It may one day be a city. Let me stand with ven eration before the. squalid child, he may be a Shakespeare one day. Once with proud feet I passed a hovel by; I was in search of great events, and I lingered not And lo! I had passed the great event of the world the babe whose swaddling bands were to enfold an nations! The gold and the frankincense and the myrrh were there, and the motherhood that taught thy fatherhood, and the wisdom that had found a new worship, and the star that had lit a new hope! When I am tempted to despise the desert, let me remember, O Lord, the majesty of the manger." . J I do love my country's good with a respect wore tender, more holy and profound than . mine own life.- Shakespeare. ; ' Migration of Xegroea." x Manufacturers Record, -.v- v- The migration of negroes from the south to the. north and west, which is attracting so much attention, is a perfectly logical outcome, of econo mic conditions: It has been ' under way for' many months. As stated some time ago in the Manufacturers Record, it was started, so lar as can be learned, by the employment Du reau of the United states department of labor, whichndertook to secure some negro laborers in the south tor the Erie and Pennsylvania railroads, which were shorthanded. Wbile the movement seems to have started in this way on a large scaie, it would .have come about without any effort of the labor department. From tae time when Europe began to buy heavily of munitions, the north ana west, have been flooded with prosper-, ity, and the demand for labor has tar exceeded the supply. Exorbitant prices have been paid by munition plants for labor. This has drawn the floating supply from the market, ( ana tnousanas or menvno were for merly engaged in rougher work on railroad jobs and construction activ ities. In some case men have lert cleilcal wbrk in order to get the high pay offered by munition shops. This situation necessitated an in crease in wages in iron and steei works, and all of this activity came at a time when we were not only d prived of the million immigrants who had prior to the war been annually coming to this country, but also of the many tens of thousands of for eigners called back by their govern ments to become soldiers. The coun try was thus faced with an enlarged demand for labor beyond anything ever known, with a complete closing down of immigration and at the same time a large emigration of labor. Advancing rate of wages and the ac tual scarcity of labor to carry on in dustrial operations caused iron and steel works and railroads in the east and the west to turn to the negroes of the south as a possible source of supply. While the north and the West were iff this condition of an unprecedented shortage of labor and unprecedented high wages, the south had for two years been suffering from the er fects of war. Its agricultural inter ests had been depressed by reason of the Inability to market its cotton crop of 1914 and the low prices pre vailing up to a few months ago. Its exports of phosphate and lumber and naval stores had been seriously cur tailed, and so this section had a sur plus of labor while the north and west had a shortage. The vacuum in the north and west commenced, to draw the surplus from the south, ror as nature abhors a vacuum so do economic -conditions. Now the south is beginning to get its share of this abounding war cre ated prosperity, and, though naval stores and lumber and phosphate are not. yet exported as freely as in the past, there is a general revival of in dustrial and building work and tne high price of cotton, is stimulating every interest. But negroes are bit ing -tempted north, notwithstanding the improvements In conditions in the south by the fact that they can command a much higher rate of wa ges north and west than they can yet get in the south. Until the situation balances itself by an advance of wa ges in the south to a relative parity with the wages in the north and west the south will probably continue to lose a great many of its negro labor ers. This is an economic loss which should not be minimized, but the south can meet it to some extent By more extensive work on the part or its people, by the larger utilization of labor saving machinery, by cut ting down" the acreage of crops in connection with heavier fertilization, intensifying pultivation so that out of a smaller acreage a greater yield can be secured at less labor and at a larger profit. It has been said that the boll wee vil tends to increase mental activity on the part of southern farmers. The movement of negroes from the soutn 'to the north will have a similar ef fect: and those who have heretofore depended wholly upon negro labor will be compelled, by increased men tal activity to turn to labor-saving machinery and to other methods or lessening the amount of manual la bor by supplanting It by power labor. The situation has its bad side, but there are also some redeeming feat ures, even from the economic point of view; and, as we stated some weeks ago, the south will in the long run be benefited by the rest of the country being forced to study the ne gro problem just as the south has heretofore had to do. The suggestions that have been made In the heat of a political cam paign that this movement of negroes to the north has been "brought about for political effect, to use these ne groe emigrants as voter, la as fool ish as the claim of the federation of labor that the negroes are being brought north and. west in order to break up the power of union labor. It Is safe to say that the men wno have been v scouring the country to secure negro labors neither had pol itics nor union labor in their thought in the slightest degree. They want ed workers, and the negro was avail able and they went after him. That is the whole story. SuiiuuuuuuuuuuuuuLiuuuuuuuuuuuu J 3uuuu. ; ' - "GASTONJA'S LEADING CLOTHIERS" THE GASTOXIAx PLN. Concentration of Sectional Commer cial Effort. Financial America. Under the auspices of the Cham ber of Commerce of Gastonia, N. C, a Greater Gaston Association is. be ing organized. One of the first ex pressions of its work is the estab lishment , of a monthly publication, called The Gaston Magazine, tae first number of which was issued in September, This publication an nounces that the new association will conduct a bureau of organiza tion affairs and departments or in dustries, county affairs, trade, trans portation, publicity and education. Of the plan of organization and gen eral purpose of the association, the following is presented: The real purpose of any commer cial organization is not only to lead In commercial affairs, but in all ac tivities that affect the welfare of in dividuals and business firms in the community and not restricting its ac tivity to the welfare of the men that belong to it. If we were to reduce the purpose of the Greater Gaston Association to one sentence, we would say "To get acquainted with Gaston county and telrthe outside world about it." Some tone may ask will the Gas ton Association conflict with the county board of commissions town councils or existing organizations T Not at all, on the other hand the or ganization will work with the board of revenue, the town councils and other organizations now in existence. One of the chief functions of tne Greater Gaston Association through Its Various departments Is to collect facts and figures pertaining to the county ae a whole and the respective communities, to formulate them, and by discussion crystallize public opin ion, .and Instead of throwing tne whole burden on the county commis sioners, or town councllmen, to un tangle and 'separate involved ques tions. The county will have provided a valuable auxiliary in its Greater Gas ton Association, to serve as the voice of the people. County commission ers can in this way have from their constituents an expression in a clear cut and intelligent manner, of the attitude of the people on county mat ters. The Greater Gaston Association will be made up of individual citi zens, farmers, merchants, profession al men, bankers, manufacturers and others engaged in business in Gaston County. A convention of the 'asso ciation will be held once each year at which time a president and two vice presidents and treasurer will be elected from the county at large. I'nits of the association will be or ganized in all communities in the county and they will elect efflcers, including a president, vice president, secretary and treasure, immediately following the county convention. The president of each unit will rep resent his community as a member or the county board of directors. The county board of directors will elect an executive of five, which will meet once each month, and the board of directors will meet once each quar ter. The community units will meec once each month, and the associa tion once a year, at a time and place selected by the executive committee. The organization's bureaus will consist of members throughout tae county. Each member will haVe an opportunity to designate the depart ment in which he wishes to serve. Each department will elect a chair man and vice chairman and an ex-J ecullve committee of five. This ex ecutive committee will meet once each month and the department onqe each quarter. Mrs. J. L. Rankin and children, Masters Joe and James, of Chatta nooga, Tenn., who have been spend ing several weeks In the city as the guests of Mrs. Rankin's aunt, Mrs. J. P. Reid, have gone to Charlotte where they will spend several days with relatives before returning to their home. NEW SHOES i v - - The following Styles have just been received Ladies "Grey Kid' Lace Shoes, Ladies Black Kid Lace Shoes, Ladies Plum Brown Kid Lace Shoes, Ladies Dark fen-Walking Shoes. ' These are all new style and You Should see them. ROBINSON SHOE CO. ONE of these days you will want a suit youNcan be sure of in any surroundings. Try an ; Adler-Roch-ester or a Schloss Suit or Overcoat slip into it, get the feel of it, the drape and grace of it That day you'll join the Swan-Slater clientele. . We have a large stock of Black Worsteds and Fancies. Also black and fancy overcoats. - Stetson and Schoble hats, both Stiff and Soft shapes. Our lines of Furnishing7 Goods, Trunks, Suit Cases and Traveling Bags is also complete. 1J l sv tat at rv vtr wiinii m rrr - UKUr Ity ANULUU& liitftl U VE.lt SWAN-SLATER; CO: THI HOME OF GOOD CLOTHES" I . ' ' ' rt err'- naMma GUARANTEED FURS NAR0BIA FURS Guaranteed for color and wear. These furs have every appear ance of very costly fur. Muffs In all the newest shapes, ex tra good silk lining, priced S3, $5.95. $7.95 and up. Sold tn sets or separate. Also remember they are guaranteed by the manufacturer through us as to color and wear. MILLINERY We have on display a choice collection of attractively priced, snappy and stylish bats. We have received all the new shapes and trimmings. These hats are of fine quality, pric ed in the Belk way. Ladies' hats 98c, flJSO. $1.98, $2.48, $3.98,' 4 .98 and up. Children's hats 50c, 98c, $1.50, $1. 98, $2.88 and up. f BEL Alii SHADES, AJfY WIDTH CHRISTMAS RIBBONS, le f TO SOe YARD. . LADIES' XEW RAIX COATS $2.48 TO $7.50
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