THE OHABLOTTE NEWS. FEBRUARY 19.1911 13 s i TAR HEEL SOCIAL CIRCLES ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ eensboro Ji N ( Pcb. 18.— Mra. *plobratcd her 73rd in a ninsi pU*apant ri'unitm was held, I -ini; roi)resented . : - r. f'Mn i to F> o’clock, ' i (n.K' to brr friends !• <;t'K d tf» e x t e n d ? i-< :tio had been . < ' iiT the orcapion. ii< !• ^viis t i u ‘ h o s t e s s ^ lit’DO piii’ty given : o r iM Miss Louise Va. the house ‘t ' I'-lako, who has irtKh adinira ion ! M ’ past two ''e »'f he <'vering fontcsi. rr I'lcn invited into M 'f i!if' decorative <»i”o of sprin", > iisod in ere- Gaffney t Statesville \ ♦ 4 I Gastonia X X I i\ ■•■t 4 l'!’id;ro pany for i '\ l.iA' was ii- .'.ftcrnoon, > i I'r.v! i.'s ^ii\ en ro were two f. prize was i‘ ' ilver portrait Mrs ,i..hn N. I ‘ Frt'nch ctch- Li, ''i'if' Pnlmer. ' '- fri '-.nients S'' i . cak ', oan- . lirandy w<.re r.affney, S. C.. Feb. 18.— beanti- ; Special to The News, ful home wedding was solemnized at . , ..c the home of the bride in th*s citv on' /^f’hf'ville. l^eb. IS. The weeks so- Thnrsday morning when Miss 'hoi'^ interest centered largely in num- Ppears and Mrs. Dudley Vonng were \alentine parties. The Charit.v united in the holy bonds of matrimony. , P^r^o^^nce of “Uhos F>romp(ly at 8:45 the bridal party tonight at the Country entered to the sweet strains of the ' wedding march and the bride and j i Among those taking part «room took their places beneath v Miss Ellen Barker, huge white wedding bell rr.d the cere- i mony was performed in a most impres- 1 p a T j ^ sive manner by Dr. .1. S. Dill, of the i ^ ^ roup of ^ Fir^t Baptist church f® Hamilton. Among Miss Spears is the only daughter of I tableaux represent- Mr. H. L. Spears and is one of the j ! most popular and accomplished .voung L. ^ Layman, ^ Mrs P. Ha\'pnpl Mrs Tlinmfis P ladies of the city. Mr. Young is a ! prosrossive yo.n.K business man on this city, belns enwped in .he insur-i "r"' ' k ' anoe bnslness. Direciy after the cere- 1 w""r'e “ nT‘* /"'■ a‘^ Robert Harris. wl'.cre they will spend a fe' weeks af- •Miss Helen and Therese Chapman, Mirfs Lilian Adams, Miss Drake, Mis» K til el Reeves, Mrs. Carl V. Reynolds sang the sextet from “Havana.” The t‘*r whii h they will bo at imine to their ftiends in this city. The wedding party wat> comiiosed of the following: I le o owing. .T <■ I ' affair was one of the most elaborate .^llsses l.omse .l.>iu^son ^Iyrl,, Little, Myrtle .ittlejol'il. -Mberla llains,. p,, Arbosast entwtaineti -Miss Ruth Arbogast entertained , Thursday evening with a Valentine I ('ai'd party. The guests- included many nine . younger set. The • vi.i . 'P Mrs. I .re ijrii! f . 'rii!' . ; ir i ho »“ity. ;h.' s ttin.vs for ‘ it'll rh*' aftcr- I'-: 1\ or't'ninning. 1'. lov> ly jtrizes of- \'rro pii’irofl At ■ l.at Mrs Samuel u- t"-!t sfore t (1 wiih the first ! H'lv rack, inlaid !, ; I ' d prizo. a .11 i s r n i to • :'V I.e. : I ■ Yr sweetbread . tf'i a:-d beaten hls- (I ■ ‘ I ' rnj'>yable Valen- !- uiven by Mrs. .r iii'r I nine mi c'nston : ni ('n'. 'i'ti in honor \y M. Daimht- dn'nty two-course ■ .-tl. ' it'.h'n and F'annie af ' -•me at the CutchUi .1 \'.’r l'iii;.,i:'n street on; • t ! (Uilte a number of | 1 'V! , n:' N o r f i i l k . .he ' ■ i:. Stcrnbc rger, j , , lor a fleliuh'ful V I -ui" Sadie Roys- .!>’ I ' ;:^r fiarents, ? H ' .'-:- r, ' 'bureh i i - • ! .h ‘ . I • -nii, r' freshmcnts I ■ I. ■ i - ' iiu; !ii li'*’e ice! d wifh V . l ipped s 'a j) rries, assorted ; i and mints. ’ . ,1 >!o- idtalities of ii hi ri-e p;u’iy given ' I'.lk?^ Club rotims on . li, !- r liich Mrs. M i. For t!'o event ■ > rs t.'ii, Mbrarv and ■ I vore used and the ,, Tri :df« the ;>cen;' of -’n one of si)len- . ... i^-e lui eheon was > . 1 ■!. i!'e ?.raine. Irene Wheat. Lola and Amy ('raffney, Clertnule and Rosa Bellenger, ]\Iaraie Staneell; Messrs. .1. l-lyseK Syra.-uso Cl.arllo Crow. attractlveh- ‘decorated in der ot (on,<i,,l. ,v C.; Mr. a'H -'I";-! Valenih.e colors. Miss Lilian Fletcher L. \. t.auiicy. Mr atid >\ ■ " ; ' „ o n the tirst prize for ladies, a silver naffney. >.r.< .I K, Wood. Mr. and men's prize, a silver key ring. Aliss rs. i.C.Ieti.x r^a\e a dehgh tu * Frances Dufour received the consola ception ai her home on \;eioirj a\e- prize, a heart shaped box of bon nue on Saturday « veiiiMg lu honor ot , ____^ ____ Mrs. Iluward Kr<;li, o h. 'ise was cliartiiin.i’■; the 0 ( asion and ;hi every re- p'ct a mos' ilaitiniore. The !i‘ ; o r ; i t e d for < V(Mii’ v>as in do’iulni'ul cue for all tliesf. jircscnt. Durin.s.’: ihe\eve- niiig a d» li.L'lit t'ul ( oui .-e of ilainty le- freshiueiits wa.s eharaiiiigly served b\' ihe hiisiess. The rnited D.iughters of tlu* Confed- eracy were enfortained in ro.^al fasli- lon by Mrs. K. S. Lips-eomb, a home on l- rc'lerit k srret i on Wednes - day aliernoon. i he uv'etuig was a most enjoyabie one in every \/ay. .Misses Lola 1 tie Little a delightful kitchen shower on Tues day evenii'^ at their home on Granard street for Mis+s Lois Spears. The af- bons. The guests numbered 20 coup- les'. Miss Dorothy ReeA entertained Wed- nesday afteninon in honor of Miss Elizabth Gamon, of Knoxville, who is the guesi. of Miss Margaret Jackson on CiHjiberland circle. There were about a dozen young i)eople present. The Women's clubs are making ex- tensive preparations for the entertain- ment of the state federation of wo- wen's clubs, which meets here May 2-r>. Mr.s. J. I.. Alexander has kindly gi\en the Battery Park hotel as the federation and in the ball room. Mrs. William J. Cocke will give a luncheon for them Tuesday. May 2. followed by a reception at the Battery ‘ ' gn en the Battery Park h !e one in \>a>. headquarters of the fede a anil Amy uaffnej meetings will be held and C '.ristine •.■takei ga\e , wiiiiam .1. Coc GIRLS WHO STUDY IN PARIS. street for Ml^s Lois Speais ie a - pg,.|. evening. Mrs. Phillip lair was (lui'.o a deli;-^htful one an , Moore, of St. Louis, president of many useful artieles compose i {,|jg national federation and Mrs. Reil- shower lor the bride. <•' ly. of Raleigh, the state president, will One ot th;> most brilliant aftairs o i)p ^j^^ong the distinguished guests. The the week was a \ alentine bal wLui Greet players have been signed for was held in the dancing hall in ® performances to be given during National Bank building on i the latter j)art of th week, probably evening bv the membero ol the ( aiu- grounds of Albemarle park, inj’ school. i Bragg, of Roanoke, who „ (.^ staying for the winter at Mrs. R. J. ______________________________________ „:Tighe's gave a charming party Wed- 1 ■ nesday evening. Mrs-. W. R. Clarke entertained today with a bridge party in honor of Miss ______ _________ _ Xoia Deveiiish, who leaves shortly for ■ Xe\v \ ork. The guests included Miss ■ \ vonn- fiM 'l should be po&sef!sed L'.-veir.^h's intimate friends. . , , , , \ina Meredith and Will H. Ers- ot h e a t h , a g.">Of * ( uc . . i- ^ | :,|g were quietl} married Wednes- rural sen^^e and an assured income afje,noon at Ihe home of the I she 'Vislies to study in Paris." j bi ide’s parents, in Swannanoa, Rev. R. That is the pronouncement, says' P. Smith of.iciating. „ a' The board of managers- of tlie Y. .the Nen \oik . i k , ^ have chosen the following woman who tho'.il! knov/, Mrs. Ada ^fiicers for the ensuing year: Mrs. F. Leigh Lewis, founder and for more , a . Hull, president; Mrs. E. P. Childr., than thirtv vears director of a chain Uirst vice-president: Miss Mary T. ,len- of homes for ].:nglish an<l American j vice-president; M i^ Eu- . . . Jgenia .Tohnston, third vice-president: ! working girls in Paiis. Mrs. | Miss Eleanor Morrison, recording sec- in .\meri<a to obtain a lund foi the j Stevens, corres- ; rebuilding and enlargement of two ot ; secretary, and Mrs. T. E. ' hor In tlic phil&nthropic ^oik , trG3 &ur0r. ^she has cotne in contact '"itb thous-• Georgia W’illiams entertained ! ands ol young American girls Monday evening with a Valentine ! l.our into the French capital every j honor of Miss Marie Loftis year, and 1 asked the plump, bro\A n-; Brevard. There were about 20 eyed, m otherly little English woman to ; present. Miss Mildred Court- tell what lile there required of the ^ entertained her young friends on girls, besides a love of art. "No girl should come to Paris to study without a derinitc trnancial in- coi^ e on which s-he can absolutely de I ney entertained her young friends on i Tuesday afternoon with a Valentine party. I Among the smaller entertainments Special to The Sunday News. Statesville, Feb. 18.—Mrs. A. P. Steele and Misses Marie Long, Rose j Stephany, and Carrie Hoffmann, mem- bers of the Bridge Club, were hos- tesses at a brilliant Valentine party, given at the home of .Judge and Mrs.; B. F. Ixjng, Monday night. The favors for the ladies w'ere heart-shaped boxes filled with mints, | while the gentlemen received little cupids as favors. Twenty-four hours after the bridge club affair another enjoyable func- tion of the same nattire took place at the Furches home on Walnut street, when Miss Altie Corpening entertained a large number of her friends in honor of her guests, Misses Nona and *Iett Brawley and Martha McNeely. of Mooresville, and Miss Margaret Bost, of Hickory. The val- entine emblem—red hearts—w'as used profusely in the decorations. Mrs. C. B. Webb was at home to about 20 friends Wednesday evening in honor of her daughter, Mrs. L. C. Ashcraft, of Winston. The playing of bridge was a source of amuse- ment. It was an informal affair, but a very pleasant one, nevertheless. The members of the Sans Souci Club—a nev.' embroidery club—and a number of visitors, \vere enter- tained Monday afternoon by Miss Sarah Cowles at her home on east Frctnt street. IMrs. L. W. MacKesson was hostess to the bridge club Thursday afternoon at her home on Center street. In the game Mrs. A. P. Steele won thee lub prize, a card case and card, and Miss Mary Austin Glover was winner of the visitor’s prize, a bunch of carnations. The members of Mrs. J. F. Bowdes Sunday school class of the First Baptist church and a number of other girls were pleasantly entertained by Mrs. Bowles Saturday afternoon. Miss Altie Corpering went to Mooresville last evening to visit the Misses Brawley, who were her guests the first of th^ week. Mrs. .T. .J. Moroney and child have gone to Columbia, S. C., to spend some time with Mrs. Moroney's sis- ter, Mrs. .T. L. Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Haynes, of Bai- ! timore, were guests at Mr. .T. H. Mc- ' Elwee's this week, i Mrs. -A .. L. Patterson, who spent some time here as the guest of Re-v and Mrs. .T. H. Pressly, returned this week to her home at Abbeville,) S. C. • ' Jlrs. Fred T..ong and child, of Ca- tawba, who visited Mrs. Long's par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. .Jas. M. Davis, here, has gone to Marshville to visit Mrs. Long's sister, Mrs. B. C. Grif- fin. Mesdanies J. S. Leonard an'd H. B. Woodward spent Friday in Salisbury as the guests of Mrs. H. L. Lazen- by. Mr. and Mrs. Lazenby, who are Statesville iieople, are arranging to move to Winston, Mr. Lazenby, \\ho is a builder, having secured a po- sition there with the Carolina Con- struction Co. Miss Anne Ferguson Is visiting in Charlotte and Concord. Miss Margaret Armfield will go to .lacksonville, Fla., next week to spend some time with relatives. ! Mrs. M. L. Derrick, who was here with her daughter. Mrs. AV. B. Brow^n left Thursday for Richmond, where she will visit her son. Mrs. .1. R. Hill and children are guest:; of Mrs. L. C. Lawrence in Charlotte. Mrs. W‘. E. Anderson returned to- day from a visit to relatives at Ca- tawba Springs and Lincolnton. Miss Charley Frye is the guest of Miss Bertha Ingram at Taylorsville. Miss Clara Bowles returned yester- day to her home at Hickory after a brief visit to relatives and friends in Statesville. Special to The Sunday News. 't 7he Staiesviile \Rutherfordton t j News Depm tmeni 11 gin snouiu set asiue tii ivcir-L “ evening; a Valentine buffet luncheon month for the domands of her train-, ;\irs. .T. A. Perry, on Wa- Ing; she c&nuot get on with j taugua street and a bridge party by •.‘Nor can she possibly live for less ; Devenish, on Charlotte than $20 a month, a week. In hemes she can manage for about that i invitations have been issued by sum. We charge five francs, or 3-j Annie Tennet to the wedding of w'eek, for lodging and breakfast, and, j daughter, Miss Eleanor Vergereau if the giris take their other meals with , clarence Duncan Dickinson. Satur- us, the cost is from GO to cents a February 25th, at 1 o’clock, at day extra. Then there^ is laundry, pirst Presbyterian church. The which is dearer than in New \orlc. wedding wdll be one of the big social “Then $10 a month is none too lit-) latter part of the month, tie to reckon for clothes, though I j ^ W^addell entertained Wed- think perhaps girls i^iay dress more ; ^ bridge luncheon. There quietly and inexpensive in f’aris than , tables. Mrs. Joseph E. here. The street clothes are invariably | ^j^^res entertained Thursday with Quiet and severe over there, but taking informal bridge luncheon in honor everything togethr, no gi^l, let her be Hughes, of Charles- as economical as she likes, s-houic + on dream of studying in Paris unless sbe has a fixed income of at least $50 a month.” PUTH 8T. DF.fJK- % Denis, the dancer, who ie • 1 and the merriest, most i‘ it. 'solvent human being who r.’ ♦hrough the embarraaeing ings In New 'Yori< In many declared to Referee Hen- Reinhardt that ahe really rd only $250, all invested In /^earing apparel. •nils is Cyrus a Bates, the »an 'who advertises Mother's Joy And Goose Grease Linimcat, two of the greatest thincs kjxown to %umaait7« NetKer’a ton. 1 Mrs. \V. M. Redwood has returned from an extended visit to her parents, i Col. and Mrs. Boykin, of Baltimore. Miss Julia I^ow and Miss Kathleen Jones entertained Tuesday night with ... Valentine card party at the home of Mrs. Cheatham, on Charlotte street, Valentine trinklets were conspicuous in the decorations, while heart-shaped refreshments were served. Miss Nell Wrightson entertained on Thursday afternoon with a bridge par- SfflTEEN NE- THE THEATRE CAP. MADEESCUPE For sale by R. H. Jordan ft Ca Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 18.—Accord- ing to advices received today, seven- teen negro prisoners, three of whom were serving life seritencs for mur- der, escaped from the Duval county jail just before midnight last night. One returned and informed the jailors. One was captured today by a posse. The Steel ceiling in the jail was cut and the men climbed down a blanket to the ground. The bewitching theatre cap has proved one of the most artistic and really practical novelties of the winter season, writes “Marjorie.” The fortunate woman who whirls to her evening gayeties in her motor need not cover her coiffure unless she desires, but as the vast kind of woman- kind go ifoot when the distance is short, or use trolley cars in going to dinners, dances and the play, the adoption of a becoming and practical head covering has remained a moot- ed question until the present time. So exquisitely fanciful has the thea- tre cap become that Parisiennes have cleverly nicknamed it the “Bon Bonn” cap. A little collection hailing from a famous designer in Paris is fashioned of diamond-shaped medal - lions of tarnished silver lace joined to- gether, one pattern in quite fine, the other heavier. At the sides in the characteristic Dutch styles are placed two silver poinsettas with centres of jet rimmed in brilliants. At a fashionable dance a charming debutante wore a graceful little Char- lotte Corday bonnet of antique colored lace, the graduated frill being quite short in front. A ban dof brown fur swung around the cap and at the side a cluster of gold and silver cherries with pendant ends, dangled coquettish- l y . ______________________ ASpedkei From Cortland, New York “Busy Men vs. Business Men,” is the subject of an address to be deliv the subject of an address to be deliver- ed this afternoon at 5 o’clock at the by the Rev. Henry E. Gurney, late of Cortland. N. Y., where he was the pastor of the Congregational church. Rev. Mr. Gurney now makes Char- lotte his home although retaining a lectureship at the Bible training school at Binghamton. N. Y. He makes the long trip occasionally through the winter to deliver his lec- t.VH*0S« Mr. Gurney will be heard with pleasure this afternoon as he delivers his address especially to men. All men are invited and the committee wishes it distinctly understood that the meeting is not only for Y. M. C. A., but for all. Gastonia, Feb. 18.—The fifth annual reception pf the Gastonia Commercial club, given in the club rooms Tuesday night from 8; ?.0 to 11:30, was as usual a social event of large interest.. Dili- gent preparations had been made for the event by Secretary and Treasurer J. K. Dixon, Jr., and the entertain- ment committees of the club, and their elTorts were marked by a complete success. As the guests entered the reception room they w’ere presented to the re- ceiving line, which was constitutd as follow'S: Mr. and Mrs S. A. Robinson, Hon. and Mrs. Clyde R. Hoey. of Shelby; Mr. J. K. Dixon, Jr., and Miss Ade- laide Tiwin, cf Morganton; Dr. and Mrs. T. A. Wilkins, Mr. E. N. Pegram and Miss Mary Hilderbran, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Craig, of Statesville; Mr. and xMrs. Fred L. Smyre, Mayor and Mrs. D. J. Craig, of Statesville; Mr. and Mrs Fred L. Smyre. Mr. J. C. Pegram and Miss Mattie Caldwell, of Clover, S. C. The guests then passed into the main club room where refreshments were served and where music was rendered by Miss Lillian Atkins’ or- chestra. In one corner, under a canopy of hearts and other Valentine devic- es, was the punch bowi, presided over by Mrs. Minnie Holland Curry and Mrs. D. M. Jones, assisted by Misses Lois Torrence, Lillian "Watson and Myrtle Gray .The salad table was presided over by Mesdames C. K. Marshall, D. E. McConnell, and T. W'. Wilson. At the ice cream and cake table w'ere Mesdames •S. X. Boyce. P. R. Falls, J. D. Moore and J. Lee Rob- inson, while Ruth Boyce and Marie Hardin, assisted by Misses Lavinia Hunter and Nellie Rose Slosn, dis- l-ensed coffee. In decorating the club rooms the Valentine idea prevailed in almost ev- ery detail, hearts being used in pro iusion everywhere. Palms, ferns and other potted plants lent beauty and attractiveness to the decorative scheme. There were present a large number of Gastonians and quite a .good many out-of-town guests. The event was a most delightful -one in every respect and all who were priv- ileged to (>e preserxt are indebted to the club for an evening of great pleas ure. I The Study club met Tuesday after- noon at the home of Mrs. D. A. Gar- rison. Besides members of the club, Mrs. Stella Schofield, of Los Ange’es, Cal., and Miss Elva Wray, of Shelby, were pretent as invited guests. The subject for the meeting was “The Pilgrims,” and early New England history, and the following papers and readings were given; “T.ie Spirit of The Puritans,” by Mrs. W\ H. Red- dish: “Selections from the Courtship of Miles Standish.” by ’Mrs. J. M. Sloan: two- character sketches, “Roger Williams’’ and “Cotton Math- er,” by Mrs. Frank L. Wilson; read- ing,” The Landing of the Pilgrims,” by Mrs. T. W. W'ilson. Light refresh- ments wore served at small tables, the centerpiece on each table being a beautiful bowl of violets. The place- cards were hand-painted violets on one side, with appropriate quotations on the other. Comic Valentines were passed, each guest being allowed to choose her own. The Junion Auxiliary of St. Mark's Episcopal church gave a Valentine ])arty Monday evening at the rectory, w'hich proved to be a most delightfal affair. The rectory w-as a scene of beauty with its shaded lights, wiiich intensified the attractiveness of the decorations, w^hich consisted of potted plants and bowers of white lilies. In the living room the mantel was bank- ed with these stately flov;ers. impies- sing upon the guests the near ap- proach of spring. The guests w^ere met at the door by Miss Blossom Fayssoux. who pre- sented them to the receiving line, which consisted of the following young ladies in appropriate costumes: Miss Louie Fry, as Queen of Hearts; Miss Mary Gordon Fry, as Psyche, followed by little Miss Elizabeth Marshall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Mar- shall, as Cupid; Miss Pauline Fay- soux, as Venus; Miss Jennie Belli Brown, as the Goddess of Liberty, and Miss Ellen Blair Harvle, as Night. Miss Marie Hardin ushered the guests into the punch room w'as served by Misses Banks and Hampton. The dining room was aglow with the soft light of many candles, show- ing forth the decorations, which were festoons of hearts from the chandelier to each corner of the room. Delicious refreshments, consisting of ice cream, cake and heart-shaped mints, w'ere served by Mesdames Stovall and Marion Hampton. A daintily decorated table holding the silver offering was in charge, of little Miss Elizabeth Love, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Love. Special to The Sunday News. i Rutherfordton, Feb. 18.—The social event of the season was the informal Valentine dance given by Dr. and Mrs. Henry Norris complimentary' to the young people of Rutherfordton in the handsome new Rutherford hospi- tal Tuesday night. The dance took place in two of the new' wards just completed and abotit one hundred ! ladies and gentlemen from the town and country participated. Splendid music was furnished by the colored string band of Shelby\ Delicious re- freshments, consisting of a salad course, ice cream and cake were served. James Falkner, of Spartanburg j .county, S. C., was recently arrested < on a warrant sworn out by W. L. Conner, of South Carolina, charging Falkner with bigamy. It is alleged that Falkner married a wc/Hian in Greenville. S. C.. in 1900, and that several children were born to them | and it is further alleged that the latter part of 1009 Falkner married wife No. 2, a Miss Conner, sister of W. L. Conner, who had Falkner ar- rested. In the preliminary held here Falkner was remanded to jail pending : further Investigation. It developed that Falkner refused to return to South Carolina to answer to the charge without requisition papers. To this end W. J. White, sheriff of Spartanburg county, has made appli- cation to the governor of South Car- olina through Hon. J. C. Ems, solic- itor, of Columbia, for the proper credentials.’ In the meantime Gov. W. W. Kitchin, having been apprised of the facts, wired Justice of the Peace W. N. Clark to hold the pris- oner pending the arrival of the re- quisition. E. N. Washburn & Co., of Sunshine, had the misfortune to lose their store house and stock of general merchan- dise by fire. The stock of goods val- ued at $5,000 belonged to E. N. Wash- burn. with $1,000 insurance. Rev. R. A. Miller, pastor of the Lowell Presbyterian church, will preach in the Presbyterian church successful business man, was the Mr. Thomas W. Dixon, one of Charlotte's prominent citizens and successful business men, was the guest of his friend, Mr. M. O. Dick- erson, clerk of the superior court, several days this week. Statesville, Feb. 18.—That Mr. George H. Boyd. of States- ville, will continue as internal revenue collector for this district is an assured fact and the Wasbin.gton 'press reporters may as well quit writing about the status of the col- lectorship and referring to charges against Mr. Brown and the batter’s ansvi'ers. Deputy Collector J. M. Davis who was in Alexander county this week looking after the moonshiners of the Littlo Brushy Mountains, brought home with him one of the most unique brandy distillery ever seen by him, and he has seen them in all shapes and forms. To Have Gas Company. That Statesville will have a modern gas plant within the very near future is almost a certainty. Learning that the Delaware Gas Company, af Phil- adelphia, is installing plants in many towns m.embers of the Commercial Club of Statesville got In correspond- ence with the company and as a re- sult Mr. Sydney Henny, of Phila- delphia, a member of the company, arrived here Tuesday afteruonu to investigate. Rev. Israel Holler Dead. Rev. Israel Holler, a venerable Baptist minister of the northend sec- tion of the county, died Tuesday and was buried with Masonic honors in the family burying ground in Wilkes county. Mr. Holler was 88 years old and has an interesting record as a minister. OFF TO SCHOOL. They go off to school with laughter. And it rings through the house all day, The echo they left in the morning When they trippingly went their way. They come with the same sweet laugh- ter When the boks have been put aside, And We wait for them at the portal With the doors of our hearts thrown wide. They go off to school full of dream- ing. And We join in -the hopes that they feel: They are climbing the far-flung 'ad - der, And the fight that they fight is real. They come after while from the bat- tle, Vv’hen the trumpets have sounded good-night, And we wait for them there in the shadows, And w'e welcome them unto the light. ♦ ♦ ♦ BERNHARDT. ^ ♦ ♦ i The one question which seems to be of moment'to most women is not the genius of Sarah Bernhardt so much as her power of keeping Time at arm's length, says the Baltimore Sun. On all sides one hears “How does she look?” “Has she grown old. " “Xo, the same Divine Sarah.” is the ans- wer. Then the i nevitable (luestion, “How does she do it? It’s extraor- dinary.” Madame Bernhardt has the most interesting counteuance ever studied. Every fleeting action is depicted with marvelous fidelity. She has very un- j upsual eyes for a Parisienne. They i are of the almond-shaped, Oriental ! type. Her brow is low and broad and the auburn hair comes lawlessly to- ward her eyes. Her mouth is young, . sensitive and breaks delightfully ! over her even, white teeth when she smiles her delightful Bernhardt smile. I Her memory never fails. Years may go by and yet some trivial encounter ■ will recall an incident and she will be able to refer to the exact conversa- tion, time, place and everything—tlia wonder of this woman, indefatiguable, ; ever working, ever cteating, moving on and on, defyiti.g all, eveu Father Time, v.’ho, seemingly, cannot leave his mark upon her. And what is the secret of her youth Avhich she guard.s so sedulously? Enthusiasm, love of life, love of v.-ork, and, to use her own words, “Only to those who are en- thusiastic can come ecstacy of living. Only to the enthusiastic does the hori- zon of the future show always red and gold, always the future. Keei> *yoar eyes turned that way. Live every mo- ment to the fullest, but do not forget that the next one will bring you red- der, richer wine. Work—there is nothing in the world so delighiful as w'ork.'’ We are living our own lives over In the laughter they take to school; In the study, the hope and the dream- ing. In the lesson of book and nile. We are fighting our own old battles When they go to the warfare there. And we go through it over and over, The toiling and trouble and care. They go off to school with singing. And they leave us with silence around Except that the echoes are ringing Deep down in our hearts and pro- found. They come home from study with trusting. Their little lives full of it all. Its lure and its light and its leading. Its joy and its triumph and call. T/ie Washington Reception Tuesday Tnnity College Campus Notes Special to The News. Trinity College, Durham, N. C., Feb. 18.—Dr. W. T, Laprade, of the depart- ment of history of Trinity College, has about completed the manuscript for a new book which he will soon publish. It deals with the negro prob- lem in the district of Columbia, and is entitled, “Status of the Hopkins University Press. Dr. Laprade also published last year a book on the French Revolu- tionary period of the eighteen century. The faculty publication committee has been at work for some time on the new catalogue for the coming year. All copies of the catalogue that were on hand were destroyed in the fire of the old Duke building. The old corner stone of the Duke building has been taken from the fall- en walls of the burne.d structure, and placed in the museum at the library, where It will be in safe keeping. 1 ------------------------ 1 —Yesterday was a record Saturday in the mercantile world of thic city. All merchants reported big sales. They go off to life’s school, they leave us, And the day wears away to the dusk, And only wee shadows trooping Through the mist, as a rose through the musk. But, with only their shadows to wel- come. And with only an echo to ring. Of their golden and beautiful laugh- ter, Wide open the portals we fling. Yea, open, wide open to welcome The dream and the joy and the song Of the little lives out in the struggle Where the throng treads the heart of the throng. Till the studies are over forever, Till the last school is out for all time, Oh, swing off and swing home little children. While our hearts beat in tune to your chime! Arrangements are nearing comple- ' tion for the big Washintgon reception at the Young'Men’s Christian Asso- I elation Tuesday night. All committees I are reporting that their assignments I are well in hand. \ The program promises to be one 'of the best that has ever been put I on at the Young Men’s Christian As- ' soclation. j Invitations will not be issued as the public is invited. Those remem- ! bering the successful Founders' Day reception will not fail to attend this function at the Y. M. C. A., as the same committee has all arrangements in charge . The I.adies’ Auxiliary to the Young Men’s Christian Association met yes- I terdav afternoon at the Y. M. C. A. j building and perfected plans for their I part in the celebration. My Aeroplarr . (Continuet^. From Eleven.) Real Estate Deals Mr. Frank F. Jones yesterday pur- chased from- the Mutual Trust Com - pany a handsome lot on Park drive, Elizabeth section, the consideration being $1,500. The property is the most desirable suburban residential real estate con- tiguous to the Queen City and the price paid is considered small * * * Messrs. 0. J. Thies and Frank F. Jones yesterday purchased of Mr. John M. Harry his very valuable lot on Elizabeth avenue opposite Mr. Will W e a r n ’s property. The lot is 66 feet front by 193 feet deep, and is considered one of the most valu- able lots entire Elizabeth avenue. came the dismaying announcement that a test of my barograph 'a rougii reading of which had showed ajiproxi- mately 9.970 feet) gave me only a little more than 9,400 feet. But tlui officials of the Aero Club of Pennsylva- nia, under whose auspices the flight had been made, were sure that a mis- take had been made somewhere and so turned the instrument over to George S. Bliss, head of the United States Weather Bureau in Philadel- phia. To the indefatigable and gen- erous efforts of this official we owe the fact that the final official reading of 9,897 feet was given after tests to which no barograph had ever been sub- jected before. That was the world’s record for only a short time, for a day or two later came Legagneaux’s wonderful feat when he ascended 10,- J 499 feet a.id made it impossible for ; me to realize my fond hope, of being ! the first man to pass the 10,000 mark, i But the fascination of altitude work I is stronger with me than ever in spite of its awful strain and constantly in- creasing danger, and next spring I I hope to return to Philadelphia and beat any record that may then be in existence. ^ Title of next Sunday’s article: "My Most Thrilling Adventure in the Air.” j ________ ^ (Copyright, 1911, by Henry M. Xoely. i Copyright in Great Britain and 1 Canada. All rights reserved.) ^