Short Session Opens as Congress Assembles
Congress convened for a high pressure session with the Senate and House completing preliminary organization. Speaker Clark and former Speaker Cannon received a warm welcome as Taft’s message awaited. Tributes were paid to late Vice President Sherman and other deaths, while members prepared for impeachment proceedings and future business.
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Champ Clark
Uncle Joe” Cannon
Senate
House
Congress
Sherman
Heyburn
Rayner
Taft
R. W. Archbald
Commerce Court
Clark
Cannon
House of Representatives
Sulzer
New York
Cox
Ohio
Robinson
Arkansas
Hanna
North Dakota
Seneator Bacon
Cullom
Martin
Underwood
Mann
Johnson
Bacon
A. G. B. Pierce
Joe
Lodge
Borah
Notifica
Gaston County Officials Take Oath of Office and Start New Year
County commissioners sworn in at the courtroom, all incumbents re-elected for short and long terms. Bonds posted for Sheriff J D B McLean 70000, Treasurer Carl Finger 135000, Register A J Smith 10000, Coroner H S Sellers 2600, Surveyor Horace M Houser 1000. Houser to take oath by Jan 1.
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Gaston County
Board of County Commissioners
Court House
C. C. Cornwell
J. D. B. McLean
Carl Finger
A. J. Smith
H. S. Sellers
Horace M. Houser
Mr. Houser
Sloan's Ferry
R. P. Abernethy
Jus Froneberger
John Brown
Carl Carpenter
Frank Barnes
Milas Currence
J. F. McArver
W. F. Moseley
River Bend
A. W. Titman
Roxanna Bird
Sidney Carpenter
W. M. Nolen
C. C. Craig
Thhe County
Reverend J H Henderlite Joins First Presbyterian Church
Rev J H Henderlite arrives from Fredericksburg Virginia to lead First Presbyterian Church congregation. He preaches to a large crowd and asks townsfolk to introduce themselves, while Mrs Henderlite plans to join him soon and church members stock the manse larder for their arrival.
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Terian Church
Fredericksburg
Gazette Christmas Shoppers Special Inks Early Deadline
The Gazette announces its Christmass Shoppers Special will be issued Friday December 13. All advertising copy must be received by Saturday December 7 to meet the publication deadline.
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the Gazette
Mrs McLard Guest as Railway Work Shifts Tracks
Mrs. A. E. McLard of Stanley visits her daughter Mrs. R. B. Babington. Crews on West Airline avenue grade the ground to shift Southern Railway tracks several feet northward for a new passenger depot, requiring removal of several fine shade trees.
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A. E. McLard
Stanley
R. B. Babington
Bridge and Road Maintenance Services Rendered
Local public works report highlights tra services rendered in maintaining bridges and roads. crews inspected structures, performed minor repairs, and scheduled future projects to ensure safe travel corridors across the area.
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Tra
Bond Issue Carries in Saturday Municipal Vote
A $70,000 bond for municipal improvements won by a large margin. Out of 690 registered voters, 466 cast ballots with 224 in favor and 15 against. nonvoters counted as against. Funds will fund street work 35000, sewerage 12500, schools 10000, water 10000, lighting 2400, with sidewalks a major portion of street spending.
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Gastonia
Holiday openings set by Torrence-Morris and VanSteen firms
Local social notes report tomorrow night’s Holiday openings at Torrence-Morris Company and VanSteen’s. Updates cover residents Mrs J R Kincaid’s frail health at 88, Mr Price Huffstetler’s return to better health, Thanksgiving visits by Huffstetlers’ family, and pastor arrangements for Rev J Henderlite and Rev N C Williams. A Christmas box drive is planned by Main Street Methodist Women for Winston-Salem Children’s Home, requesting clothing quilts linens and household items from all members.
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Torrence-Morris Company
VanSteen’s
J. R. Kincaid
8. J. Huffstetler
Ola Huffstetler
Java
Ava Price
Fifer Troutman
Fred Spake
Ralph Griffin
Charlotte
J. Henderlite
First Presbyterian Church
E. C. Wilson
N. C. Williams
Ozark Methodist Church
West End
Franklin Avenue
Woman’s Missionary Societies of
Main Street
News of the County: Local Gazette Corresp Notes
Letters from Gazette correspondents in Gaston County report on neighbors and happenings across various sections. Personal mentions highlight familiar and unfamiliar names, offering a snapshot of community life and activities as observed around town.
Cherryville Chat and Local Notes from The Eagle
Fourteen Cherryville area youths head to Dania Florida to pursue truck farming with more to follow. Patrick Black visits cousins Emma and Mary Hallman in Cherryville. Mrs. E D Sellers reports Indian variety nursery tree blooming near Cherryville. Mrs. Nathan Black to Lincoln hospital. A M Anthony suffers a mild stroke. The Methodist circuit welcomes Rev. W T Usry back after the annual conference.
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Patrick Black
Bessemer City
Emma and
Mary Hallman
Cherryville
E. D. Sellers
Nathan Black
Lincoln Hospital
A. M. Anthony
Anthony
W. T. Usry
Crouse notes of family visits and school closure for Thanksgiving
Luther Huss and family from Lincolnton visited J A Kiser. Gebella Carpenter stayed with Annie May Alexander. M A Carpenter and family visited John A Kiser. Michael Kiser family visited near Dallas. Frances Kiser with A B Kiser at Bessemer City. Albert Garman Hugs Theo Carpenter with James and Amos Kiser. Sid Kiser’s daughter ill. J A Stroup sick list. Landers Chapel school under Forest Crouse closed Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving. Lochie Weathers spent Thanksgiving with Marie Crouse. LaFayette Kiser with mother J A Stroup.
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Gebella Carpenter
Annie May Alexander
M. A. Carpenter
John A. Kiser
Michael Kiser
Dallas
Frances Kiser
A. B. Kiser
Bessemer City
Albert and
Garman
Theo Carpenter
James
Amos Kiser
Sid Kiser
J. A. Stroup
Landers Chapel School
Forest Crouse
Lochie Weathers
Marie Crouse
LaFayette Kiser
Fire destroys Melville Manufacturing waste house
Correspondents report a waste house belonging to the Melville Manufacturing Company burned last Thursday night with unknown origin. The community notes Thanksgiving visits, Thanksgiving travel to Florida for truck farming, and local residents’ gatherings and business moves including the Cherryville Grocery Co sale to W. C. Hicks.
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Gazette
Cherryville
Melville Manufacturing Company
D. A. Rudisill
D. A. Mauney
Maggie Hall
Belmont
N. M. Dellinger
Lincolnton
C. L. Dellinger
R. L. Davis
E. P. Baker
J. E. Wyatt
Ke He Farris
Pinkney Dellinger
Manuel Hardin
John Houser
Florida
Cherryville Grocery Co
Reception for New Pastor M A Ashby and Wife
Gastonia social pages announce a Thursday 7 to 9 reception at Dr and Mrs T C Quickle on South Street to welcome Rev M A Ashby the Lutheran church pastor and Mrs Ashby. Denominational leaders will join the receiving line. Also noted are U D C Gastonia Chapter officers elected Friday with Mrs J F Thomson as president and assorted officers listed. Torrence Morris Co Jewelers hosts At Home Wednesday at 7 30. 27th Annual Holiday Opening listed with music and souvenirs.
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T. C. Quickle
South Street
A. Ashby
Lutheran Church
Ashby
Gastonia
T. L. Craig
J. F. Thomson
T. W. Wilson
D. M. Jones
M. H. Curry
S. A. Robinson
J. H. Lepark
P. R. Falls
W. J. Clifford
R. C. Warren
J. K. Dixon
E. H. Tuttle
Lowry Shuford
H. M. Eddleman
D. R. Lafpar
Births Unrecorded in North Carolina Questioned
A lecturer argues the state risks lives by not registering births. He notes over two million lives endangered to form the population and cites Civil War era sacrifices. He urges NC to start official birth records to honor those who gave life.
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North Carolina
Illness and Cotton Sale Reported in Local Items
Master James Ormand remains ill with pneumonia at home on West Air Line Avenue. Nearby, J W Martin sold one bale of long staple cotton to B H Parker & Co for 121.39 dollars including seed. He expects to sell one more bale.
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James Ormand
B. F. Ormand
West Air Line Avenue
J. W. Martin
Arlington Mill
B. H. Parker & Co
Martin
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Washington Dispatch
John F. Leeper
South Point Township
R. K. Davenport
River Bend Township
J. W. Kendrick
Cherryville Township
O. G. Falls
Crowders Mountain Township
Gastonia Township
R. S. Lewis
Dallas Township
MR. Henderlite
Pastor Presbyterian Church
J. H. Henderlite
First Presby
Ing
Mrs. Hender
Lite
Henderlite
Israel
Promised Land
Joshua
Moses
Mr. Price Huffstetler
News OF the County
Gaston
The
Eagle
Dania, Fla
Crouse
Correspondence of the Gazette
Luther Huss
Route Five
J. A. Kiser
Mozella Trollinger
Newton
Dellinger
Vida Mauney
Elizabeth College
Susie Woolley
Salisbury
Garrie Kendrick
Boiling Springs High School
H. C. Harrelson
Kendrick-Harrelson Co
Will Beam
Georgia
R. J. Dellinger
High Shoals
Rev. M
Torrence-Morris Co. Jewelers
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