The Gastonia Gazette from Gastonia, North Carolina • Page 4

THt (H, C) GAiti CROWDS WITNESS UiNVEILING The multitude of spectators were gathered around the large boulder bearinc (he local bronze phque ol the epitaph of the birth of Gaston county and Dallas at thU sit110 years Ser The unveiling had just been performed by Jane Holland and Gary Holland de cendantlof 1't Hoi! who aonaled the original courthouse tract to Gaston county. MORE ABOUT The Quill On Front Pas when there was a cutting job he stropped his scalpel on his boat- leg. You see, in those primitive times germs had not been in' vented yet and. so he did not have to take any steps to avoit -them. Now we know that, loose luxuriant whiskers are unsanitary, because they make suet: fine, winter quarters for germs 1 so, though the doctors still wear they do not wear them 'wild and waving.

In the profession bosky whiskers are taboo tliey must be landscaped. Am since It is a recognized fact that germs abhor orderliness anc straight lines they now go elsewhere to reside, and the doctor may still retain his traditiona aspect and yet be practically gerniproof. Doctor was trimmed In accordance with the ethics of the newer had trellis whiskers. So I wenl to see him at his offices In a fashionable district, on an expensive side street. Before reaching him I passed through the hands of a maid anc a nurse each of whom spoke to me in a low, sorrowful tone which seemed to indicate that there was very little hope I reached an inner room where Doctor was.

He looked me over, while I described for him as best I could what seemed, to te the matter with-me, and a number of intimate questions touching on (he 1'ves works, characters and peculiarities of my ancestors; after which he made up ta front of take" my "coat oJJ he punched me hither anc ypn with his forefinger. He also knocked repeatedly on my breastbone with his knuckles, and each time, on doing this, would apply his ear to my chest and listen intently for spell, afterward shaking his head in a disappointed Apparently there was nobody home. For a time he. fcept on but without-getting any response. then took my temperature and fifteen said it was ah interesting u'ni usual, but that it calledJpr an operation.

From the way my heart and other organs" jumped Inside of me at I knew at once that, no matter what he may have thought, the premises were not unoccupied. Naturally how. soon he meant to operate. Personally I trusted there was no hurry about It. I was perfectly willing to wait for several years, if necessary.

He smiled at my ignorance. said, erating.is entirely out of my line. 1 am a diagnostician." He was give him full credit for-that. He was a good, keen, close diagnostician. How- did he know I had only fifteen dollars on me? You did not have to tell 'this man what you had, or how much.

He knew without being told. 'VOLTAIRE'S DEFINITION of a good doctor is, best I have seen. He said: 'Nothing is more estimable U1Or (Begins On Front Page) than a physician who, having studied nature from his youth knows the properties of the Methodist ministers, human body, the diseases which in mcse assail it, the remedies whlcb under the pen name Gar; 1 benefit it, exercises his art with to the rich and the poor." First of taston GsJaly site Coiirttoue HIGHWAY PLAQUE The roadside marker on the north side of the old courthouse square in Dallas had Just been unveiled when this photograph was made Pictured at the base of it are the girls who performed the unveiling, Gail White and Gail Houser, great-great-granddaughters of James Hillhouse White, one of the principals in the forming of Gaston county in 1846. Markers Are Dedicated As UNC Chief Speaks (Begins On Front.Page) the front lawn of the square. There was a spirit of patriot- This stone came from aspot Dalla on thk rtf- ear date of deoicabon.

Numerous site. rXr Splr 4 akin to that of the same James Hillhouse White, who' was a state senator 'at the outbreak the. War Between the States and a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1861, signing the Ordinance of Secession Tod old to serve actively in the war himself, he made this statement that only an ardent Confederate cpuki: "I- have seven sons to'Jay on the altar of Three or four of his sons served and two were killed in action. The Inscription on the new roadside marker is: "DALLAS" "Named for G. M.

Dallas. First st of Gaston county, site of Gaston College, now extinct. Courthouse built in 1848 Is here." This roadside marker was the sixth one to be erected In Gason county. The other fire are dedicated to Major William Chronicle in Belmont, General Joseph Dickson near Mt. Holly, North Carolina-South Carolina state line, old Ttyon courthouse site in the Tryon community and the Oat Grove at'Lucia.

The local marker, a largee ironze plarjue mounted in a the nu native boulder, is situated MORE ABOUT The latter volume is a textbook the course of study, for re caution, and pays equal attention agazines, and he has publish- Pd ftn "Wlnnrlarx nt MARMADUKE ed books on "Wonders of Science" and "Wonders of Man." White and Jenkins mill It is said that the stone which su, around the squa the same place. originated at Jane Holland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claudius D. Holland and Gary Holland, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Sam A. R. Holland, unveiled the plaque. They are descendants of Jesse Holland, who donated the 50-acre tract of land from which the original court square was set apart c.nd on which the town of Dallas was first started.

The information inscribed on the plaque reads as follows: "FIRST GASTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE" "On this square was located the courthouse of Gaston county from 1847 until the county seat was moved to Gastonia in 1911. The first structure, built of ICPS was replaced by a brick building in 1818. The interior of this latter building, together with many of the public records, was reslroyed by fire in 1814- but it was rebuilt within the original walls in 1875. "Gaston county was established 1846, and comprises lands wiilch were formerly a part ol Lincoln county. It was named for Judge William Gaston of New Bern, who wrote the official soi.g of the State of North Carolina.

"The Town of Dallas was named for George Mifflin Dallas, Vice President of the United States, 1845-49. "The land on which this for- "When are you coming to bed?" mer county seat was built was donated to Gaston bv Jes.se Holland. "Marker erected by; Dallas Woman's Club, Gaston County Historical Society, William Chronicle and William Gaston Chapters, Daughters of the American Revolution." At the time of its formation in 184S, Gaston county iiad been a part of Lincoln county since 1779. This territory was Tryon county in 1760, county in 1763. Anson in 1749 Bladen in 1734, New Hanover in 1729, Cterendon but later Bath 1696.

and originally Albe- narle, which for a time consii- nued the province of Norlji Carolina. Tne first court in Gaston county was held in February, 1847. at the home of Jesse Hoiland. At that time, his home- place, which has been gone many years, stood several hundred yards toward Dallas from Long Creek Memorial B.ip'as! i.hurch on the present George Smith estate. Later in 1847.

a temporary conrihoii.se or logs tvas built just to the M.st of the picsent building. This procedure was necessary until finances could be raised by selling home and busiiieso lots from the 50-acre tract donated by Jesse Holland, excluding the square, tisa jail building site and building locations for prospective churches. In 1S43 the permanent courthouse building was erected of brick by Avery '-Big Ave" Mauney and his Negro flsvts. During the winter of 1864-65 and the early spring of 1863, an el- rfcrly citizen who died recently. SAlUKDAf, MARCH iO, Tip Leads To Arrest Of Four In Auto Thefts And Break-In Two Cars And Loot Recovered PAUL (Gazelle Staff Reporter! An anonymous lip was the key solution of thefts of two automobiles and several hundred dollars worth of merchandise Saturday morning, report 3astonia police.

FOUR ARRESTED Four Gastonia men were ar- for stealing an automobile from Smith Chevrolet Com- jany Friday night and were subsequently accused also of break- ng Into a York county beer loint. When detectives Investigated thett of the first car, tbey ound another had been taken rom the same place. It was aler recovered also. Accused are Kenneth Grlgg, Poplar street; Kelly Eugene Fish, 26, 713 Railroad street; Jharlie Keller, 24, West franklin avenue; and Lee Emory Trantham, 19, Davis Park road. Officers Mark Carswell and Arnold Edison went to the park- ng lot at the rear of Memorial rlospital shortly before 5 a.

m. 0 look at a car laden with, assorted tobacco products and other merchandise. CUT ARM The car proved to have been itolen, a check revealed, and its alleged occupants were at the lospltal itself, where one of was being treated. Detec- llves L. G.

Haskett and G. C. Bates said Grigg had. cut his arm breaking into M. W.

Dixon's 1 store and beer joint about a mile from York on the Clover highway. He came to Memorial for treatment. Carsn-ell and Edison and Oi Eugene Posey and W. R. Ford said the men' had bean drinking and were passing out cigarettes and candy at the hospital.

One of the four, Keller, took Haskett and Bates to the scene of the break-in about 6:30, after 'irst losing his way and going to Blacksburg in search of the victimized store. The officers quoted him as saying that the 'our broke into the place about 1 a. m. after removing a. screen and two panes from the front window.

WARRANTS DUE Sheriff Grover Koe of York county was to come to Gastonia Saturday with breaking and entering and larceny warrants against all four. Keller is the only one of the quartet, said officers, who has no record with police. Haskett said the men took the 1849 Pontlac about 10 p. m. Friday after first taking another car which was later found abandoned off North Rhyne street.

It was left Because it would not go into low gear, Keller told the detectives. THE LOOT Recovered were about five rases of beer, 30 dozen eggs, half a dozen boxes of chocolate covered cherries, 'two boxes of candy bars, 17 boxes of cigars and about 75 cartons of cigarettes. County police report a break- in at the Monte Vista Drive-In sometime Friday night, and they and city officers are conducting a Joint investigation into the matter. They said they were questioning the four men in custody. A check had to be made with pending machine servicemen in Charlotte before-an "estimate cf money taken from the drive- il could be made, said J.

R. Harris and E. H. of the iheriff's office: -MORE ABOUT Doctors (Begins On front Page) medical association until from person wanting information afcout a patient. Declined.

Pediatrician Midnight, sleep. Awakened at 2 m. by elephone. Mother anxious over with colic. Advised.

Awakened again at 3:30 a. m. Called see child with 104 tempera- sire. 7 a. m.

telephone call about nose bleeding. Advise Arise and dress. Breakfast. Two more calls. More advice.

Will ee child with fever. Leave for call. Then to hospital for ounds. See patients of incmla, vims pneumonia, hen nursery rounds to see newborn infants, then mothers to discuss care of infants. 9 a.

m. j'fice. See patients with various hiki diseases, rashes, and other hings like bedweltinz, eating ubits, behavior difficulty, toilet habits, minor burns dressed, cic. p. m.

answer tele- Phone calls of people who have left numbers. p. m. visit nursery of Garrison Hospital and (Lilk to mothers. Attend to minor matters, p.

hiiich. 2-5 p. m. afternoon o'fice hours. p.

m. answer tele- phoae calls and go home. dinner. 7 p. m.

make call to sick child. 7:30 p. m. hospital rounds. Called to emergency room.

Rest of evening taken up with telephone calls and otic or tao calls. 12 midnigh; to bed. General practitioner Ditto of most of what has been said hefote. Tills doctor the same 2 and 3 a. m.

telephone calls The same house calls to make He has his hospital rounds and his office hoars. He works all types of patients but doei no operations. He. too, realizes 2-i hours a day is not enough. There ws around 70 doctors serving the resident of Gaston county.

Tliis Is Doctor's Day and now you know what they do. Obituaries MRS. EFF1E W. CLINE Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3 p. at Flint- Groves Baptist Church for Mrs.

Effie Wilkinson Cline, 60, who died Thursday. The Rev. W. T. Hendrix will official.

Burial will be In Gaston Memorial Park Cemetery. 'Hie body will be taken home at 3 p. m. today from Carol hers Funeral Home. It will lie in state at the church one hour before the service.

Pallbearers will be Puller Austin, Robert Stawe, Jay Webb, James Strickland, Marvin Caldwell, and Woodrow Bellinger. Mrs. Cline is survived by her husband, her mother," four daughters, four sons, two half- brothers, two sisters, and nine grandchildren. C. E.

PLONK Clarence Ephram Plonk, 58. died suddenly Friday at his home in High Shoals. He was the son of the late Ephram Plonk and Mary Richards Plonk. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs, Walter Griffin and Miss Geraldlne Plonk of High Shoals; and four sisters, Mrs. C.

L. Schrum. Miss Susan Plonk, Mrs. Kate Payseur, and Mrs. Henrv Lail.

The funeral will be held Sunday at 3 p. m. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, with burial In the church cemetery. The Rev.

W. Leo Smith will officiate. -Warlick Funeral Home of-Lin- colnton.has charge of arrangements. MRS. LDLA DAVIS MOUNT.HOLLY— Mrs.

Lula Davis of 520 East Second street, Mt. Holly, died Wednesday at her home. Surviving are seven daughters. Misses Geneva, Alma, Sherry. Dorothy, Juaniia.

and Cabrice Davis, and Mrs. Thelma Wilson; three sons, Leonard, Roy Lee, and Wesley five sisters, and two broth' The funeral be held Sunday at 2 p. m. at Paradise Methodist Church, Great Falls, S. with.burial in the church cemetery.

The body was to be taken to (he home on Saturday. ADAM G. LINER Adam O. Liner, 49, 52 Third street, Cramerton, died Thursday night at 8:25 p. m.

after nine- years of failing health and several months of serious illness. The funeral will be Sunday at 3 p. m. at Cramerton Free Will Baptist Church with the Rev. Roy Rlckard, the Rev.

D. A. Hamillton, and the Rev, A. T. Millcn officiating.

Burial will be in Cramerton Cemetery. He leaves his father, Zeb of the home; four Mrs. Becky Colman of Kings Mountain, Miss Bonnie Liner of Lowell, Miss Ella Mae Uner of the home, and Mrs. a I Carries of Pontiac, and one brother, Mack of Gastonia. Carothm Funeral Home is handling arrangements, The body svill be taken home today to remain until time for the funeral.

MRS. C. K. BRYANT cervices will be held Sunday at 4 p. m.

for Mrs. Charles K. Bryant, 36, who died of a pistol wound Thursday night, at home on the Reepsville road. The funeral will be held in the chapel of Warlick Funeral Home. Burial will be in Asbury tery.

Mrs. Bryant, the former Elizabeth Scronce, died of a self-inflicted wound, according to Coroner Guy Cline. He said an inquest would be held Monday at 3 p. m. at the courthouse.

Coroner Clhie said Mrs. Bryant retired Thursday night while her husband and daughter were still watching television. Nobody heard a shot. The others slept in another room. Mrs.

Bryant's door was locked from the inside. She was dead in bed Friday morning, a bullet in her right temple, and a .25 caliber automatic pistol nearby, Coroner Cline said. In addition to her husband, a former Gastonian. she is survived by one daughter, her parents Mr. and Mrs.

Will P. Schronce of Lincoln brothers, and three sisters. About 800 See Drama In Dallas Auditorium -BY DALTON County's Educational Heritage," the stellar drama portraying the history of education in this county, was given a hearty reception by an enthusiastic audience Friday night In the Dallas Hijh School auditorium. An estimated, 600 spectators witnessed tlie show." The consensus of its viewers Is that It is an outstanding production filled with the right proportions of historical Information, comedy and variety. It is apparent that the pageant has been produced as a result of much work and effort on the part of nil who take part In a well- coordinated project.

The drama, sponsored by the North Carolina Education Association units of the Gastonia, Cherryville and Gaston county schools, commemorates the centennial of the national and state associations. Throughout the whole pageant, there is a symbol golden thread that constantly emphasizes the need for'better learning facilities. Even in the first act, when tiie white man first came among the Catawba Indians here, one of the Indian chiefs was found'to be seeking an alphabet whereby his people could learn to read and write. The fact that democracy 'drives better, if our people are educated and was graphically For more Uian 100 years after the arrival of tht white man, this section had only meager educational facilities and few qualified teachers. Only the children of wealthy planters could enjoy the benefits of being educated for the nost part.

Well into the 1800s the subscription schools, a system in which the parents paid to send their children to school for a few months a year, came Into being. Money, was a real problem, especially during the days of the Reconstruction era. However, it was not long until nearly every community in Gaston county hmi Its own subscription school, taught by one teacher. According to the story depicted in "Gaston County's Educational Heritage," it was learned early that all children need an cduca lion, if "our of life" is to flourish. The public school system began to grow along toward the turn of the century as more emphasl was put on education.

As of today, Gaston county has more than 1,000 school teachers. The progress to date Is amazing, but these advances have been possible through a progressive spirit and the leadership of men with vision Therefore. It was revealed that Gaston, county has a great educational heritage. After witnessing the drama, one can but wonder what will education have to offer In Gaston county 50 years, from now, it progress Will the time come when boy and.girls of ability can enter institutions of higher education or colleges as they do the public schools now? The first showing of this page ant was in CherryvUle on Thursday night. There are more show dates for Holly High School auditorium at 8 p.

Tuesday, and at Ashley High in Gastonfa Thursday of next week at 8 p. m. Tickets 'should be secured as early advance as possible for the remaining performances. The expense of this" production Is being underwritten by the nine Lions Clubs of the county at Gastonia, Cherryville, Bessemer City, Dallas, Stanley, Lowell Cramerton, and Mt. Holly.

Have you treated yourself lately lo the good food at the Travelers Restaurant, Wilkinson 6 minutes from the heart of town. Car Driving Teacher And Pupil Wreck Paul Ltnder, who teaches people how to drive cars, dismissed the whole thing as of no Importance. "We Just hit a tree." he said, "and that's all there was to It." He was talking about Mm- self and Lillian G. Houser, who was learning how to drive Friday afternoon when a tree got In the way. The West Seventh avenue nurse was making-a left turn off Seventh onto Jackson street.

She was traveling only seven or eight miles per hour, but the learner's car somehow got out of control and cracked into a convenient cedar. The'driver was a little more disturbed than the Instructor. She had a knot knocked on her head, and was feeling 'jii- c'omfortable in the chest, Officers J. P. Beam and Charles Bell said.

Slie was taken to Gaston Memorial'Hospital. The accident came about 1:45 and damage to the car came to about $150. Dr. K.R.DIHMR I Richard DeHian Itoiliir AuhtMt You art Invltid Is RADIO BIBLE CLASS HtARD IVIRY WHK OVIR WGNC 1450 KC SlOO A. SI.

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