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BORE. IN TELEPHONE CABLEc , Beetle Causes No End of Trouble te Telephone Compan.ee in Cali- ',. fornia. WnshinRton. When telephone girl ID California hml their wires are "shorted." a bug may be on or In thi wire. for California has a wootl-borin? beetle tliat goes tlirougn wood and leo through alloyed substance considerably harder than lead. The beetle has put hundreds of tele phones out of commission by boring T- ; This Beetle Bores Through Lead Sheathing of Aerial Cables Magni fied Ten Times. hole In the cables that carry the wires. Water enters the cables, m;i'i Ing wire connections useless until tl:e bored places are found find rep;iire.l. The problem of control of this tiittn I boring beetle is mill unsolved, accord ing to the bureau of entomology f the Vnift.'d States department of agricul ture, and It will be dillicult to lind u practical way. Natural Inquiry. One little four-year-old girt went with me to feed the chickens. The food was quite hot and the chickens orew their hills out quickly. I said : "They ought not pnt their nosos in that hot food." "Have chickens got noses r she asked. I told her they had. and her next Inquiry was: "Where do they carry their handker chiefs?" Exchange. Original "Uncle Sam." Durlng the revolutionary war there was a man by the name of Samuel Wilson, who was engaged as an In spector of provisions. He was known by his friends as "Uncle Sara." In his work he stamped Inspected goods "17 which Initials happened to stand for his nickname as well as his gov ernment Thus the two became Iden tical Uncle Sam as an old man with whiskers was taken from Samuel Wil son. Exchange. Strange Animals. Those quaint box. hedges, which one sometimes sees nowadays In the Brit lsb Isles, cut out on the top Into curi ous little shapes of birds and animals. are of exceedingly ancient llfteage. Pliny the Younger in describing the garden of one of his villas mentions "animals In box, facing each other." and this was perhaps in about the year 100 A. D. HIGH HEELS CAUSE DEATH Pittsburgh Woman Mangled by Ele , vator After Ker Shoe Catches in Door. Pittsburgh. Pa. High heeled sli eg drugged .Mrs. C. Steffler. aged f.uty two. to a slow death when she v. -js crushed beyond recognition between an elevator cage and the shaft wall in the "' North J'urk upurttneiits, No. LU4 East Norh avenue, where she resided. . llfrs. Steffler was hurrying through the hall going to the elevator when John Gibson, the elevator operator, in formed ber that he would carry her - up after he had answered a telephone call. As Mrs. Steffler stepped Into the waiting car her high heeled shoes , caught between the elevator and 'the floor. In an effort to extricate herself she fell forward, grasping the cable of the cage which started slowly to de scend to the basement, pinning her between the steel cage and the wall. Snake' Changes of Skin. It ni'ijit tlnit siiakep change theli Skins sew:;: I time-, a e:ir before nui-le Ing the adult -f.-i'o The n ;i : ri reason why snaki's cast rln-lr sl;li: is I:- pro Vide for l:iefe;r i:ro h The s;lr. Of a Mial.e ilm- imt ;:m with I he growth of tin. I.i i!i. a U the !ie with warm I . I : . I ictitures So when f; begin to gv! tec I Jit it ! arded. GETS ' HISTORIC TOM-TOM : Oklahoma Society Presented With Property of fJeronimo, Famous Apache Chief. r Law ton. Ok I a. A toin-tmn known to have been constructed and used by the famous Apache chieftain, fJero slmo, recently wns presented by Frank Harrah to the Oklahoma Historical society. The tom-tom was given to Harrah by Geronlmo In iK). while the chief was a military prisoner at Fort Sill. The tom-tom, a circle of rawhide about the size of a dinner plate, is decorated In bright red and green paints in a design symbolic of the coiniuiss and Is fringed with feathers attached by rawhide throngs. Just What Did He Mean? "Here, my deni hu&anJ." said a loving wife "I have brought you a dear little silver pig for luck; it's a charm, you know, dear, to bring hap piness to a lnMi-e.' "Ah, how kind of you. darling! P.ut why should I need a little pit; to bring me luck when have you still ?' Does Not Upset The Stomach. ASPIRIN compound tablets of pare aspirin and pepsin. A safe and effective remedy for colds, neu ralgia, influenza, rheumatism and headache. XT IB VI j m 11 ftm ft in W Ra IW vaj r 29 1-2 W Xl feet to a stake or stone thence X 7 1-2 K 1170 feet to a stone t hence X 2:1 1-2 K S feet to a stump and pointer; thence ti." 1-2 K 1006 1-2 feet to tf!e beginning, containing 22 6-10 acres, more or less. I his description Is taken from a map or plat made by A. W Hoffman, in June 1919. This property as will be seen from the lesi-riptiuii has a frontage on the Caro lina and North-Western Railway track and the Yorkville road. This property nas a house on the same. This January 17th, 1920. LEU KOIUMSOX, Executor of the Estate of Anna R. Walker, deceased. I will also sell to the highest bidder for cash the personal property of the said Anna It. Walker, deceased, on the premises above described to the highest bidder tor cask, at 12 o clock, M. on 'ebruarv 19th, 1920. This January 17th, 1920. I. EEE KOBIXaOX. Kxecninr nf tl.p estate of Anna R. Wulk'er, deceased. arpenter &, arpenter. Attorneys for Executor. W-F-ll c4w Cenifis tl snmeboily el New V P Painful. ie capacity for making take Infinite pnlns. n:!c.' Sun Rheumatism is completely washed out of th1; system by the celebrated snivar Mineral w ater, ros- itively guaranteed by money-bark oiler. Taste, fine; costs a trifle. Delivered any where- bv our Castorn'a Ajient, Morrow Drug, Co. Phone them. DOCTOR FLIES TO ICE-BOUND Airplane Carries Medical Aid to Sick Children on Island in Sus quehanna. Harrlsburg. Pa. An aviator from the lliddletown (Pa.) aviation reserve depot took a doctor by airpluue to give medical aid to the family of John Pfaunnilller. a farmer on Duffy's Is land, in the Susquehanna, cut off by ice. from the shores. Word reached the depot that three children in the family were 111 with pneumonia, and when the machine, piloted by Lieutenant Kay Krown, reached the farm on the island, it was found uti Infant had died Monday and two id hers w ere seriously ill. NOTICE: SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE. I'mler and by virtue of the power of .;!(' conferred upon me by the last will iwl testament of the late Anna K. Wal ker, deceased, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for .'A8H, on the prem ises at or near I 'LEAH A. NT RIlMiE. South of ( lastonia, N. ('., on the York road, on Thursday, the 19th Day of February, 1920, at II o'clock, a. in., the following de scribed real estate, beginning at an iron stake on or near the Carolina & North Western Railway track, and runs thence South 40 2-:i W IS4:: 1-2 feet to a stake or stone at or near the ciDssinir of tie- York road an.r ;he nailrnad ; them e S "il .14 V 2"9 1-2 poles to a stake or stonr in or neat' the road; thence S 4S .! 4 W 41' 12 feet to a stake or stone; thence S 'Immortals" Tackle Job They Will End In 2020 The holiday season set the French academy back two weeks in the work of revising the French dictionary which, ac cording to the best estimates, will be completed in the year 2M2 or 2025. The two holidays this year haptxMitd to fall on Thursday, the only day of the week on which the Forty Immortals as semble. Acaileiny members began the prexeut revision in 1878. 41 years ago. Tobacco Use Increasing. Otfiwa. Canada. Revenne receipts from tobacco transactions throughout the Dominion indicate that the weed Is being burned un In increasing quan tities since Canada's fightiBg men re turned from overseas. Inland revenue retnrns for October show an Increase f nearly $.100,000 over October of VMS. Total receipts for this October ere reported as $2,767,85. Tobacco revenue constitutes the largest source of: revenue for this department The Income from liquors brought in only monn. Dispatches" from London, however, have declared that mnch innrj V.ky Is being shipped to the TVtmlnloo than was exported te Can ada before the Domlaloa went dry. TRUSTEE'S SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE. I'lider ami by virtue of the power of sajle conferred upon me by that certain I Veil of Trust executed by J. L. Price and IWa K. Price, his wife, dated August 1st, 1917, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds of (laston County, X. C, in Hook 121. page 116, to secure an indebtedness mentioned therein, default having been iiihiIc in payment of the in debtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, in compliance with the provisions and stipulations thereof. I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, at the County Court House Door, in the city of (ia stoma. . ('.. at 11:15 o'clock, a. in . SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7th, 1920, all that certain piece or tract of land lying ami lieing in Cherryville Town ship, Gaston County. X C.. bounded ami described as follows, viz.: Adjoining the lands of J. II . Rudisill, Kendriek and others, and louiided and de scribed as follow, viz: Being in the Southeastern part of the town or i.herryville. X. C. Beginning at a stake on the macadam road leading from IWsemer City to Cherryville, 142 1-2 feet from the comer of church lot, and runs Xorth .!( East 19s feet to a stake in Rudisill s line; theme in a Xorthwest- rn direction with Rudisill ' lino i . feet to a stake in Rudisill's line; thence South .to West 2'MJ 14 feet to a stake in the macadam road; thence in a South western direction to said macadam road 5 1-2 feet to the lieginnini;. Heine a part of two certain tracts of laud con veyed to Mildred and Eula Wellman (now Kula Dunlap) by Weslev Maunev and .1 W. Wellman and wife by deeds dated June ti, 1910, and Deeemlier 2S, 191J, and recorded iu the office of the Register of Deeds of Gaston County in Hook 9:! at pages 81 and 82 reflectively. The same being a part of the land deeded to J. L. Price bv Mildred Wollmon o,..i Euja Dunlap on August ' 7, 1916. said deed recorded in the office of the Reg ister of Deeds of Gaston County in Book tzu, page 138. This 5th day of January, 1920. A. E. WOLTZ, Trustee, v W28e4 TRUSTEE'S SALE OF REAL ES- STATE. i Xorth Carolina, Gaston County. I'lider and by virtue of an order or judgment of the Superior Court of ias ton County, North Carolina, in action en titled James Patton et al vs. A. E. Woltz, trustee1, and the authority vested in tne by that i crtain deed of trust executed the 15th d:;y of July. 1915, by J. L. Price and wife, Dora K. Price, to secure cer tain indebtedness therein mentioned, the same being registered in the office of the Register of Deeds for Gaston County, N. ('., in Mortgage Deed Hook 1 12, at page 47.H, default having ln-en made iiy breach of conditions therein contained, 'te maiid having been made upon me to sell, by the holder of the indebtedness secured, I will on Mondav. February 2nd. 1920 at the hour of 10 o'clock, A. M., at the 1 front, door of the Court House for tiie aliove County and State to satisfy sai'l indebtedness, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the following described real estate, lying and being in Gaston County, in said State, adjoining the lands of Froneberger, Mangum Jt Woltz ami others, bounded as follows, viz : Begiuninn at a stake in the middle of the road in Froneberger 's line and runs with said line South 4 1-2 West 71 1 poles to a stake in the branch, Froneber ger 's corner; thence with said branch as it meanders South s" West 19S feci, Xorth si 1-2 West 2S feet; thence a new line Xorth 412 East ll:!4 feet to n stake; theme 7s 1-:; East 2.'!5 feet to the beginning. Containing six acres more or less. Said trait of land being pa it or parcel of land conveyed to J. L. Price by Man' gum & Woltz Nov. 11th. 1914. said dec.! lieing duly recorded in the office nf Regis ter of Deeds for Gaston County in Hook 110, at page :i4S. The same being deeded Jo H. D. Hooker and Nettie Hooker the 14th day of .Jan uary, 1914, said deed lieing recorded in the ollice of Register of Deeds for Gaston County iu Hook 11(, at page X. This 2"ith day of January, lilL'll. A. K. WOLTZ. Trustee. A. C Jones, Atty. W-21-2 2 Fro w 1 1 IS A RUINED BATTERY. When a storage Battery freezes the ACTIVE MATERIAL sloughs off of the plates and that renders it unfit for further service. In nine cases out of ten a frozen battery cannot be repaired. A fully charged battery will not Freeze, It takes SIXTY BELOW to freeze a fully charged Battery. One that is discharged freezes at zero. Let us help you. Let us test your battery for you and charge it if it gets weak. We are here to Serve. We want you to get Service from your Battery. Come to see us and Don't Let Your Battery Freeze GASTONIA STORAGE BATTERY CO WILLARD SERVICE STATION 214 N. Falls Street Phone 538 GASTONIA; N. C. W. W. Galloway Auditor, Public Accountant. Bank Examine! and Offlce syitematlzer. . . Charlotte and Atlanta Office Residence, dastonia, N P. P. LEVENTIS & CO. Wholesale Fruits and Candies. Bananas in car load lots. Local agent for Famo, Ur nopular drink. If yoi are wot buytog rom us we are both los ing money. . Weal Iain Avenue. v ' MORTGAGEE'S SALE OF LAND, Cinler ami ly virtue of the power of Side roiif'ei reil in the Mortgage exei uteil ly A. L. Maunev :inl wife to iiinuel (). Murphy, which is re.nnled in the oftlcr of the ItcgUtcr of l)eeils of (instiin ''uunty, X. ('., there having been ilefmilt in the payment of the note or l-i1 cu-.vl l-y fvii;e, I wil! .-.Tor f..r ;!. n the highest hiil.ler for rash at the Court House ilmn in I iastmiia, ( laston I 'minty, X. ('., on Saturday, the 21st Day of February, 1920 at the hour of VI n Vim k M., the follow ing ilewriheil lamls, lying ami lieing in Dallas Tow-nsliip," Oaston County, X. (;., 1 iM'giqniii); at a black gum, now a corner of the Church lot ami runs N S-J V 11 polfH to a stake in the center of the ma cailani mail; thence with a line of tile fiolil Mine tract H Xi W SH .-4 poles to a stone on saiil Mine's line; thence' a new line S 12 K 7S poll's to a stone tn the swamp; tlieme iiuother new line X J! 1-2 K 154 wiles to n utone in the ohl LiiH'olntoii ami Pallas roail; theme wit'i the roa.1 X 4S 1-2 W 19 1-2 poles to a stone in the oln mad; thence X ."is .',-4 W 20 poles to a stone in the cen ter of the old roa.i; X 4V 14 W 32 3-4 poles to a stone in the old road a corner of the Church lot; thence H f4 W 4 poles on Kast side of the macadam roinT; thence with Kast edge of said road X 2S 1-2 W 25 3 4 foles to p stone on tin Kast side of said road; thence X K5 K 5 jwles to the liegiuning. containing !)4 acre more or less, hereby xning and ex cepting Jhat portion that in sold off. namely, 46 acres. .- This the 20th day of January, 1920. SAMUKL O. MURI'Hr. ; Mortgagee. Carpenter k Carpenter,' Attorneys for Mortgagee. " W-F-ll c4w ' fee) The Better The Stationery and oflice supplies unwf. the smoother, swifter and tatter goes the work. Th? rleverest stenographer cannot do her best work with poor material. Let us be your headquarters for of fice supplies, of every kind. You will find that . without eJctra cost, your o flice work sieeds up a big iter cent. Spencerl- Atkins" Book Gas torn a's Quality Book Shop. Co. HANDSOME FALL COATS AND BEAUTIFUL SUITS' u e c:on t car where you go. La dies, you cant find any choicer styles than here. Our buyer lire In New York th year around t h J Know whr th real tyla tn and they ret them FALL, COATS ii to W- FALL. SUITS $15 te. $M Welcome to Crest It at Aekdn'a MiUinerj Dresses Blouses . HEAD ASKIN'S TERAIS ! M Iown oit $2 purchase and S2.00 a Week. Generou term eo larger purrliac. A CHAIN' OF STORES. Alterations Are Free We Do As We Advertise Asklnr for credit a Axkin'a will solve your Christ mas Clothing trou ble. ' ' ' " ' ASKIN'S ' Ford Truck Bodies J A SPECIALTY I We have on hand a lot of one-horse plow stocks. It will 3 pay you to see them before buying. We also have a good W stock of wagon springs, steel axles, buggy spindles, buggy wheels, buggy tops, trimming goods, etc., which we offer W for gale at attractive prices. jjj . Painting Trimming We have just put in a new trimming machine and we are jg now better prepared than ever.to take care of most any fi kind of job in that line. We have one light milk wagon on hand which we SK offer for. sale. . ' i jj? We Do Horse ShoeiogAnd Rubber Tiring. j Gastonia Wagon f & Auto Co. I T. L. CRAIG, Propr. g J. H. COFFEY, Manager g SUBSCRIBE TO THE GAZETTE r
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