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iMr.KF.ifiirr ' -. . ; :," ' - , , tuk castoxu oAzxrrrs. - : .; fiudav, march 2, mi. MQ&RiS BROS FOR SALE: 50 SHARES LOWELL MILL STOCK. BOTE11 1 , ; . Our early purchases in every line we carry puts us in position to supply your wants at a great saving in price on 34ew and up-to-date merchandise. Prices have steadily "advanced, as everybody knows, and are still advancing, ! but our position is secure in Shoes, Clothing, Hats, Caps, Dry Goods, Notions, Shirts, Under wear, Hosiery, Neckwear And hundreds of items we cannot mention here, which were bought under contract months ago. Consequently your duty is plain a dollar saved is a dollar made. MORRIS BROS. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DEPARTMENT By C W. ROBERTS, Secretary PRESIDENT SEPARK'S INAUGURAL ADDRES8, ' ' . To the Members of the Gaatonia Chamber of Commerce: Gentlemen: , You hare elected me your presi -cent for the year 1917 and, in ac " cepting this position, I could not be true to the real feeling of my nature .' should I not say to you that I deep ly appreciate the honor that nas come to me unsought. Though esteem it a privilege of no small mo ment to be called to the leadership ' of your organization I beg that you be fully assured that I shall enter upon the duties of the office with a full realization of the"1 hard task that , lies before us. It has ever been axi omatic, and is now, that when there are great- responsibilities there are also opportunities of corresponding Import. That Gastonian is blind in deed who cannot see that there stretches out before us even uow great opportunities along the line of ( community service as such service has to do wltirtity, county and even state. Having lived among you and having-worked with you along many . lines of commnnity endeavor for well nigh two decades I feel that you will permit me to say that I have not a doubt that you have both the nec- : essary power and ability to bring to the point of accomplishment what ever measures yo'ur board or direct ors shall. In their Judgment, decree that you shall dare to undertake. ' As I see it there are just three things necessary to a strong, virile, vigorous, productive Chamber of Commerce, namely, organization, loyalty, co-operation, and these may be paraphrased into organized loyal CO-O Deration. W ha an nrnnl. zatlon an organization that is t&e fruitage of three years of work and i - wnice, 'ijoyauy ana co-operation are purely mental processes; there- fore, each and every one of us may tion and may co-opera t with her very worthy movement. Out of loTll eiMincnHnn natnrallv la ttnrn enthusiasm and, if that enthusiasm Is based upon constructive ideas and ' practical forward movements, it soon becomes liresistable. Our organization has been boilded upon the most constructive lines and Its entire machinery is sulUd to most modern community problems. In our scheme we have provided ror president, two vice-presidents, treas- ici, KiTewrj ana seven aisiinct departments, namely, departments of organization affairs. (Industry, commerce, conventions, publicity. Spring Specials REX ALL Celery and Iron Tonic Americanitis Elixir Chill Breaker Vegetable Compound Hair Tonic 50 Shampoo Straw Hat Dye We Solicit and Will Appreciate Your Dro Store Patronage THE KEXALL GUARANTEE: "Satisfictios it Year Money Bick" For Sale in Gaston County by KENNEDY DRUG CO, Gastonia, N. C ROBINSON DRUG CO, Lowell, N. C ; BELMONT DRUG CO, Belmont, N. C Gaston County Rexall Druggists civic affairs, and traffic. It will thus be seen that we have striven to cov er and we believe that we have cov ered every line of possible organiza tion activity and. as soon as these departments have all been fully or ganized, we shall have an organiza tion that has in itself every detail so far as organization goes. I would recommend that a meeting of the directors be held promptly and each department be completed and organized. To make for the lar gest degree of efficiency I would rec ommend that each department elect a vice-chairman, who shall be known as director pro tern, and also a sec retary, whose duties it shall be to keep the department's minutes and also to make formal call for meet ings of the departments. I would further recommend that, to facilitate the work of the cham ber,-the directors be empowered to create out of its membership a com mittee on details or emergency, con sisting of three directors to be known as steering committee" and that said directors prescribe the du ties and responsibilities of said steering committee. To the end that we secure the largest possible degree of co-operation on the part of the di rectors as well also as on the part of the membership through a perfect understanding of the planB, purpos es and commitments of the secretary, i would recommend that the said secretary be required to secure the approval of the directors or, at least. of the steering committee, of eacn and every proposition, the handling or which would tend to commit tne Chamber of Commerce to financial expenditures or community policy. As aforesaid, the prime requisites of an efficient Chamber of Commerce are organization, loyalty, and co-operation, but it must not for a mo ment be taken for granted that these are the only requisites. There are two other equally important requis ites, namely, strong financial basts and a strong commanding member ship. That we can get the necessary financial support, it need not ror one moment be doubted. Give us in our directorate a body of loyal, earn est, determined men and the money will be forth-coming, for, when once our community has become mentally satisfied that the directors are unit edly determined to put. their minds their time, their energies, and their Interests into movements necessary to the development of a larger, bet ter and a more progressive Gastonia, it will .not hesitate to give us the strength of Its financial support. With the acquisition of such a sup port we might place upon the mem bership department the responsibill ty of enlisting members and I doubt $1.6aper bottle --75-cents 50 cents $1.00 per bottle cents and $1.00 per bottle 25 cents ...25 cents MONEY TO LEND: LOW RATES ON IMPROVED PROPERTY. Holland Realty and Insurance Co. Gastonia. N. C. 132.VV. Main Ave. Phone 66 not that said department can and will quickly create plans and ma chinery necessary to the enrollment of the largest possible list of mem bers hailing from each and every calling and vocation among our cit izenship. I think we wish it understood in the very beginning of our year's work that It shall be the burden of our striving to enlist the hearty co operation of all of our citizens re gardless of occupation or avocation. We shall need and we shall appreci ate the support and co-operation of merchants, bankers, professional men and manufacturers, but we shall just as greatly need and we shall equally appreciate the support and co-operation of artisans, trades men, laborers and employees among all lines. In fact, to make our or ganization what t should be and what it must be. we shall have to en list the atcive co-operation and sup port of all of our citizens. I would recommend that we strive with all of our power to beget with in the organization strong ties or social fellowship. To this end It will be very much worth while for each member to know personally ev ery other member of the organiza tion, and to encourage in all ways possible the bringing together of our membership for the exchange of ideas and for social intercourse. There are certain distinctive lines or community endeavor to which wn might give the earnestness of our ef forts.' I beg to cite a few of these, not in order of their importance, but as among the laudable aims to whlcn I might make reference: 1. Industrial Co-operation. 2. Commercial Co-operation. 3. Educational Extension Work. 4. Sanitary Extension. 5. The beautifying of streets and playgrounds. 6. The establishment of parks and playgrounds. 7. Development of junior affilia tions. 8. Judicious and constructive ad vertising. 9. Intensive and extensive co-operation with county commercial bod ies. 10. Establishment of traffic bu reau. 11. The creation and extension of statistical bureau. 12. Actice co-operation with Wo man's Betterment Association. I shall not attempt to discuss the importance of these aims, nor yet to discuss methods for their handling, but it must appear to all that they fall within the realm of both the practical and the expedient. I con sider also that it is not amiss to call to your attention the fact that we might lend our co-operative efforts towards the carrying out of these recommendations without, in the least, encroaching upon the preroga tives or the jurisdiction of the pow ers that be. In carrying out many of these recommendations It wijl he necessary lor tne cnamoer to worn in conjunction with other organiza tions. or bodies, but no doubt need be entertained that such bodies will co-operate with us to the fullest ex tent. By some it has been supposed that a Chamber of Commerce has as its first, and I might say, chief consid eration, the bringing into a commun ity of manufacturing enterprises Such an idea, however, has long been moved from the prime to the ulti mate. The consensus of opinion of WHAT IS LAX-F0S IS AN IMPROVED CASCARA A Digestive Laxative CATHARTIC AND UYFJt TOWC Lax-Fos is not a Secret or Patent Medi cine but is composed of the following old-fashioned roots and herbs: CASCARA BARK BLUE FLAG ROOT RHUBARB ROOT BLACK ROOT MAY APPLE ROOT SENNA LEAVES AND PEPSIN In Lax-Fos the CascabU is Improved by the addition of these digestive ingredi ents making it better than ordinary Cas Caka, and thus the combination acts not only as stimulating laxative and cathar tic but also as a digestive and liver tonic Syrup laxatives are weak, but Lax-Fos combines strength with palatable, aro matic taste and does not gripe or disturb the stomach. One bottle will prove Lax-Fos is invaluable for Constipation, Indigestion or Torpid Liver.' Fries Sbc the commercial secretaries of the towns, and cities is that the real functions of a live, wide-awake, up-to-date Chamber of Commerce are the following: 1. The indexing of the assets of the city. 2. The co-ordination and conser vation of her assets. 3. The intensive and extensive advertising of her assets. 4. The indexing of her needs to-operative working to the end that public and private opinion may be created for the purpose of satisfying such needs. From these functions, to be sure, there spring a hundred and one oth ers, but, however numerous be the logical and inevitable ramifications. they are. I think, all founded upon these five. When a prospector comes into your city, there are a few sure and certain questions he is going to ask. borne ask more than others, but all will ask the following: wnai oi your scnoolsT your churches? your streets? your water? your climate? your heatlh? other pertinent questions that have to do with railroad connections, electric power, labor conditions, land values, market conditions, taxes, banking facilities. If your secretary can give satisfactory answers to these ques tions then there remains little to te done to secure the prospector to gether with his enterprise. Our population has grown' steadily for the past, 20 years until we now have upwards of 15.000 people. Our industrial, commercial, civic and ed ucational interests have kept fairly close pace with fhis wonderful growth of population though I dare to indulge the hope that we are far from satisfied with what we have accomplished. I think that we need to feel that our Industries should be somewhat diversified. In textiles and more particularly in the finer lines we are far ahead of any other city of the South and our pre-eminence as a manufacturing city will likely always be based upon textile interests. Though it is equally true that we should now begin to lend our efforts to a- little more diversifi cation. In the line of our mercantile interests let me suggest to you that there shall always exist a very large degree of Incompleteness until we have arrived at the point of its de velopment when it may be said with a degree of accurateness, "You can get it in Gastonia." In other words, as soon as our merchants can say to our people, "We can furnish what you want," there will be far less or the system of buying away from home. We have wrought a great develop ment in the past half score years rn the development of our educational interests. Our Central city school in construction and equipment is un equaled by any other school in the State. The recent completion of the east, ana west city scnoois lurnisn a chain in the system which could eas ily be the pride of a city twice our population. What remains to make fully complete our city public school system would be the establishment of a commodious and well-appointed distinctive High School. With this accomplished, we might dare to hope that within the next few years there might be established within our city a college for the doing of distinctive collegiate work. It Is beyond the power of the calculator to even esti mate the Intellectual and moral worth of such an educational system to a community. Time .is not afforded me to discuss the remaining nine of our most logi cal aims and I shall have to content myself with the suggestion that I am of the firm conviction that through an abiding interest and a full co-operation to the end of bringing to pass developments along these lines we may, at the end of a twelve months, be able to point back, eacn of us, with an individual pride, and all of us with a community pride to what has been wrought through a spirit of personal disinterested, but loyal co-operative efforts.-To do well the work of the year we must have more commodious quarters and a larger financial budget. In a supple mentary sheet I am offering sugges tions, which If they are adopted. I doubt not will furnish us with am Die means for the carrying forward of our work. To each and all of you for the year 1917 I pledge my loyal and most un selfish efforts and I beg that rou in turn pledge to the secretary, the di rectors and to the organization as a whole your most loyal and unselfish efforts to the end that we bring to pass our laudable alms, at least ra part, during the year 1917. Just received another big shln ment of Rags and Druggets at mod erate prices. Gastonia Fund tore Company. it 5j wmmmmmm S THE "PRUDENT MAN'PUTSHIS MONET IN THE BANK AND LETS IT STAY THERE UNTIL HE FINDS A SAFE INVESBWIZ Many fortunes are LOST and many lives WRECKED every year by UNSAFE, unwise investments.' No man should risk LOSING the savings of a lifetime without consulting his banker. The best place to Invest Is right here at home where you can WATCH your investment and when In vesting here even "look before yon leap." ' We shall cheerfully and free of charge, give yon our opinion on any Investment yon figure on making. Maybe we can save yon a LOSS. Begin NOW by starting a SAVINGS ACCOUNT with this bank and add to it each week. ' You will be surprised to learn how the account will grow If only a small amount is deposited each week. In our Savings Department we also have a "Citizens Savings Club." This la provided for people desiring to put aside a certain amount each week for fifty weeks and to be wltndrawn at the end and to be used ror some purpose, such as Christmas. We also pay Interest on deposits of this kind. , 25c deposited weekly amounts to $12.50 50c deposited weekly amounts to 25.00 $1.00 deposited weekly amounts to. . . $50.00 Interest at 4 per rent per annum will he added to the above. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $150,000.00 Make OUR bank YOUR bank. Citizens National Bank Officers: ANDREW E. MOORE, Pres. A. G. MYERS, (Active) Vlce-Pres. W. H. ADAMS. Cashier. C. B. ARMSTRONG, Vice-Tree. Depositary State of North Carolina City of Gastonia Gaston County 5 PER CENT. INTEREST PAID OX CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT. GASTONIA MAN IS NAMED. Governor Blrkett Selects Col. C. B. Armstrong as Member of New Prison Board. The following special dispatch from Raleigh to The Greensboro Daily News under date of the 28th, will be of special interest to Gazette readers inasmuch as Mayor C. B. Armstrong, of this city, is named: Governor Bickett's new prison board will again be headed by Henry a. Varner, assisted by A. E. Smith, or fcurry; a. Armstrong, or Gasto nia; W. M. Sanders, of Smlthfleld, and B. F. Shelton. of Edgecombe. The board may have less of news paper prominence than some of Its predecessors, but it will measure high, Raleigh visitors say. Mr. Armstrong is the directing genius of seven cotton mills. Mr. Sanders handles about as many banks in ad dition to that he wanted to throw McAdoo in the Atlantic ocean last year. Mr. Smith has a fine reputa tion in Surry and Mr. Varner is a big ke in newspaper, farming, road construction and prison circles. He s the single member of the retiring board. Well Pleased With Local Lodge. Mr Harry M. Roberts, of Fletcher, State organizer of the Knights of Pythias Order for North Carolina, spent the first three days of the week In the city looking after the in terests of the various subordinate Pythian lodges in Gaston county. While here he visited Bessemer City, Mt. Holly and Dallas. Plans are under way for the instituting or a new lodge at Dallas, there being quite a number at that place who are interested In the proposition. Mr. Roberts visited Gastonia lodge. No. o3. and was favorably impressed with the excellent work that Is be ing done by both the lodge and the Pythian Drum Corps. He left Wednesday for Henrietta to Insti tute a lodge. Old newspapers for sale at Gazette ofl.ce, five renta a bundle. Sore shoulders, lame back stiff neck, all paint and acbea yield to bloan i Liniment Do not rub it. Simolr aoulr to the tore spot, it quicujr penetrates, and relieves. Cleaner than musty plasters or ointments, it does not stain the skin. Keep bottlo handy for rhenmatissa. sprains, braises, toothache, aeftralgia, goat, lumbago and sors stiff muscles. At all druggists, 25c. 50c. and $1.00. Li -3 I a,.. . AS i" J SOUTHERN RAILWAY Arrival and departure passanger trains. Southern Railway Station. Gastonia, N. C. N. B. Schedule figures shown as information and not guaranteed. Arrive from 29, New York. Washington Blrm- mingham 5:15 a. m. 42, Atlanta, Xight Express 8:15 a? m. 29 Charlotte (local) 8:00 a. m. SI New Orleans-Atlanta (U. S. Fast Mail) 8:53 a. m. 37 N. Y., Washington. (N. Y., Atla., N. O., Limited) 10:42 a. m. 11 Richmond (local) .. 11:30 a. m. 46 Westminster (local) 12:45 p. m. 12 Atlanta (local) .... 5:00 p. m. 15 Greensboro (local) .. 5:45 p. m. 38 N. O. Atla. (N. Y.. Atla.. New Orleans Ltd 7:51 p. m. 40 Atlanta (local) 9:38 p. m. 30 Bham-Atla.. (B.. sdD 10.25 n. m. 43, Charlotte, Night Express 10:45 P- m. , 35 N. Y. -Whtntnn fTT R ITf Mail( .... ..11:05 p. m. Depart for' 29 Bham., (Bham.. Spl..) 5:15 a. m. :9 Atlanta, (local) 8:00 a. m. 42 Charlotte, night express 8:35 p. m 36 Washington N. Y. (Us. 8. Fast Mail) 8.53 a. m. 37 Atla.. N. O.. (N. Y.. 'Atla.. New Oleans, Ltd.) 10:42 a. m. 11 Atlanta (local) 11:80 a. m. 16 Greensbor (local).. 12:45 p. m. 12 Richmond (local) ... 5:00 p. m. 45 Westminster (local) 5:45 p. m. 38 N. O. Atla.. (N. Y.. Atla.. New Orleans Ltd. 7:51 p. m. 40 Charlotte (local) 9:38 p. m. 30 Wash.. N. Y.. (Birmingham Special) 10:25 o. m. 43, Atlanta, Night Express, 10:45 n m 35 Atla., New Orleans (U. S. Fast Mail) n:05 p. m. For rates reservations or other Information call on or write A. A. SUTHER. T. A.. Phone-22 G. C. ANDREWS. Agt.. Phone 73. ' LOW ROUND-TRIP FARES Via SOUTHERN RAILWAY From Gastonia, N. C. $12.95 to Washington. D. C, account inauguration of President Wood row Wilson March 5th. Date of sale March 1, 2, 3 and 4; final limit March 10th. 1917. 37.75 to Atlanta, 'Ga., account Inter national Association of Rotary Clubs, June 17-21. Date of sale June 15, 16 and 17. final limit June 25th, 1917. 122.55 to New Orleans, La., account soutnern Baptist Convention. May 16-23. Date of sale May 11 to 16 Inclusive; final limit Mar 31, 1917. -For further information, raaarr. tions, etc., call on any Southern Rati. way Agent, or address A. A. 6UTHER, T. A., . : - Gastonia. V r? R. H. DeBCTTS, D. P. A mmMMUti 11- 5 1)11111 II I III 111 Iff Fa' DIM -mm'iifiiii m (Si Charlotte, N. C.
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