13 May 1902
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Newspaper
The Gastonia Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1902
Page
1
An overstocked wash goods sale offers bargains on 3000 yards of Dimities and 2000 yards of Colored Lawns at deep cuts from regular prices. The event, pitched as the season’s event, features yardage offered per yard at reduced rates to attract shoppers.
100 pieces of organdies dimities batistes and lawns in newest designs worth 15c and 72 inch white organdie priced as a seasonal swell per yard 72 inch wide. Special Wednesday sale offers 1000 yards of colored dotted Swiss dimities and batistes while stock lasts.
Our buyer secured the second lot of two thousand yards of Edges Readings Insertions Swiss and fine lawn in strips of 4 to 6 yards. Prices range from 10c to 50c a yard but the lot must be purchased on Wednesday while it lasts. Extra staff will assist customers to avoid waiting. Don’t let neighbors beat you to the sale.
The Yorkville Enquirer notes a marble tablet dedication for ca dets Stevens Nichols and Lind, reports on the Dispensary board choosing J W Snider as dispenser and a Congress Street home, and cites a bond vote for a graded school. It recounts engineer Bob Smyre’s court appearance over a gold mine of trials and recalls Charleston Exposition visits, cadet rescues, and stern Civil War era orders from Sherman and Smith.
The Concord board of water commissioners tested the second well and decided to drill deeper past the 700 foot contract depth. The best pumping at 150 feet yielded 40 gallons per minute, and they plan to extend drilling by about 300 more feet to secure more water. The third well is advancing.
A reflective piece urges readers to review their daily deeds and balance joys and pains. It contrasts charity to wealth, praising Holderby’s temperate ice fund and Peabody’s tenement housing, and notes Bret Harte’s death and literary legacy.
Dr. A Y Cartwright returned from a three week Texas trip detailing Grayson county as highly cultivated with small 25 to 100 acre farms growing cotton and corn. He notes good houses, roads, and a migration west to avoid Negroes, plus extensive forests now covering former prairie. He concedes no country rivals York county.
A note from New Bern Journal criticizes courting within church services, warning civilized people to behave and mentioning the risk of their names being reported to the grand jury. The piece laments improper behavior during worship and reflects local social tensions.
The Clover Manufacturing company has spent about 10000 dollars on new up to date machinery in the old mill section. The changes are funded from profits with no stockholder burden and a liberal cash dividend is planned. The firm also built ten attractive four room cottages for workers, signaling strong physical and financial health.
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