North Carolina Newspapers

I ..11) AY, JULY 3, 1C11, Tta Gastonia Gazette l Issued every Tuesday and Friday f The Gasette Publishing Company XL &. ATKIX8 . W. ATXIX8 LV Editors and Mgrs a Admitted into the malls at the Office at Gaston la. N. C. at the id rate of Pottage, April . 1M1. SUBSCRIPTION PRICI: rear H-60 months Vur months SO Oh month IS ESTABLISHED 1880. No. 236 Main Arena. PHOXE NO. 60. FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1011. IThen leaving the city for your mini i acation order The Ga mrtte sent to your address. It erlll make your outing mnrh aaore pleasant. The cost Is SMfnlnaL. Fifteen cents will awing It for whole month. Gush with order. IN OURSELVES. Not In the clamor of the crowd ed street. Not In ttie sneuts and plaudits of the throng. But In ourselves, are triumph and defeat Longfellow. WHISKEY FOLKS TKY TO WOItK PKKSS. The whiskey trust Is making a desperate effort to retain its hold in this country and to regain ground already lost. It Is stated that the liquor interrests spent no less than 11,00,000 in tl) Texas campaign which closed a few days ago with ft victory for the wets by a greatly re routed majority over previous elec tions on this question. A few days ago The Gazette re ceived a a letter from a well-known newspaper union which manufac tures plate matter which was in part an follows: "We are authorized to send you plates of the enclosed feature (which proved to be matter gotten up by the whiskey interests Editor) FKEE OF COST, EXPRESS AGE PREPAID. By forwarding the enclosed postal, prompt shipment will be made. We can Include a page ot other matter in this shipment and SAVE YOU THE TRANSPOR TATION' CHARGES. Trusting we may have word to send the plates of this feature, etc." A glance at the headings of the matter offered free showed that the liquor men are employing a very In genious method of spreading and fostering anti-prohibition sentiment. One double-column story, put up In attractive style, Is headed "Govern ors of Alabama and Connecticut Tell of the Evils of Prohibition Laws." Some others are headed thus, "Industry Thrives; Illicit Whisky Making in Alabama Increas ed "When Dry Laws Passed;" "Is Kansas Dry? Joints and Blind Ti gers Are Being Run in Every Coun ty and Town," "Many Violations; Oklahoma Has One Liquor Law Vio lation to Every 34 2 Population; Texas, With Local Option, Shows One violation to 2,818 Population How They Line Up," etc., etc. It Is likely that a few newspapers will be caught napping and will swallow this "free" stuff whole. We hope no North Carolina Jouraals will do so. It la very likely that those newspapers which use "pat ent" sections printed by the news paper union in question will find some of this liquor stuff In their columns. The Gazette is all home print and selects the matter it gives Its readers with great care. The li quor business Is the most pernicious business in existence today and we do not propose to help further its cause at all. More lives have been .blasted, more careers ruined and more homes made desolate by whis ky than by any other one force in the world- It is a curse to our country and the sooner we are rid of it the better. COME TO GASTOXIA. - Charlotte's water situation seems to have become almost desperate. The Gazette learns that quite a good many citizens of that town are mak ing; arrangements to move their families temporarily, until the situ ation improves, to nearby towns. Gastonla extends a cordial Invita tion to the Queen, City folks to come to Gastonla. No town la North or Sooth Carolina, has better water than Gastonla and few have as good water.,-And .the supply is plentiful The Gasette baa been informed that local .physicians - state that there never has been, a case of fever in- a family where the'' city water was used exclusively. A" food ! many families could he accommodated here and we, assure the, good people of Charlotte that they would be wel comed and well taken care of, Forsyth county's commissioners have appropriated a thousand xdol lars to be used In advertising the county. It is but a matter ot a short time when all the progressive counties will find this necessary. The Western railroads have for years been draining the Southern and Eastern States of people who r allured to that country by at tractive advertising. We want to , keep these people at ihome and we ' ant to get back ss many ss possi- ble of those who were lead astray. .. .... v" ctt,ea . the u . best ana .Norm taronna w.nus si the top. Why any Tar Heel wants to trv an unknown country is more than we can undeistand. The Pied mont section of North and Soufh Carolina has a more wonderful fu ture, we believe, than any Western State. The "back home" movement is a most laudable one and every pa triotic Carolinian should iye his best endeavors to help it forward, in order to get these people back we must advertise the attractions we have to offer. It Is refreshing to read of men right In our own county who still have the time and the inclination to get out and work and save a sick brother's crop. Editor Lineberger, of our Farmers Union column, chronicles this circumstance in to day's paper. Members of Mt. Olivet Local are working a brother mem ber's crop for the second time. Oc currences of this kind Were common In this country a generation or two ago bt are really rare at the pres ent time. Suoh happenings as this knock the eox off the howl of the pessimist who growls day In and day out about the commercialism of the age. It is a commercial age but men are still sympathetic human be ings and a worthy brother in dis tress does not often lacV the help (hat he needs. Hickory's business men are hust lers. They are going after Indus trial enterprises with their sleeves rolled up. These men have gotten together $200,000 in cash and are holding It In readiness to invest In a live paying enterprise as soon as the fellow with the right thing and the ability to make it go turns up. They are scattering the news that they have thi3 fund ready for the proper party and not only so but they are actually hunting for him. If Gas tonla had a real live board of trade or commercial organization we doubt not that a fund could be raised here to attract enterprises. There Is room here for them a they would be welcpmed. Why not go after some new industrial plants and get them? Why do the dailies devote so much space to the sickening and re volting details of the Beattle mur der at Richmond?' Even columns upon cloumns of editorial space have been devoted to it within the past week or ten days. Newe Is ev idently a scarce article Just now. JOHN A ON THE HACK. cKis ton's "Republican War Horse" Indicted by Federal Grand Jury Col. Jake Newell Will Defend Him. Gaston county people will be in terested in the following story which appeared in The Charlotte Observer a few days ago: Charlotte Republicanism is much interested in the newB that Mr. J. A. Smith, of Bessemer City, has been indicted1 by a Federal grand Jury at Wllkesboro on the charge of solicit ing campaign funds from Federal officeholders. There tie a United States statute forbidding this. Three years ago Mr. Smith was the Repub lican candidate for Congress from this district, that being the year of the general election. In his connection- with this campaign, it is alleg ed, that the law was violated. The case is expected to come to trial in Charlotte in October. In any event It seems likely that it will be sensational. It will be of sur passing interest because of the nov elty of the thing In this vlclaity. That a one time candidate for Con gress is placed on trial more than three years afterward for the alleg ed improper soliciting of funds in a fight In which be was defeated Is a state of affairs distinctly unique. Mr. Jake F. Newell, of this city, one of the best-known Republicans In the State, will defend Mr. Smith. It ia understood that Postmaster J: B. Spence of Charlotte was a wit ness before the grand Jury in Wllkesboro and that he will be one of the main reliances ot the govern ment in the trial. This by no means win iena to make th utlntion dull .andi listless, especially since Mr. Newell, who has formerly been a candidate for the office which Mr. Spence holds, wWl consider It his bounden duty, if not his high and Joyous privilege to Interrogate Mr. Spence right "nmchly" abut sundry phases ot his pollt leal career, nectio Tcon-yo slser, SflOno rCe ,ho Mri and Mrs. Archie U ' Jenr kins left this morning for Asheville to spend a feW days with Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Jenkins. . - Baseball at McAdenville, , Lowell and McAdenvlHe crossed bats at McAdenville last Saturday the game, resulting In a score of z to 1 in favor of McAdenville. These teams will play again tomorrow af ternoon, the 29th. at McAdenville. t . Family Reunion. 1 The annuajreunton of the Hanna family will be held as uiuaJ at the hom o Mr. j. N. Haana on route one on August 27th. This ' S the anniversary of the birth of , Mrs. Hanna who will be 80 years old on that day. She is quite fee ble in health, only yesterday, exper iencing quite a smothering' spell. Mr. Hanna is 78 but is hale and hearty. He was in town yesterday on business. As usual this reunion will be attended by a large number of the Hanna connection and prom ises to prove a most enjoyable oc casion. Held Voder $2O0 Bond. In police court this morning Steve Cornwell, a negro, aged about 20, 'was tried on a charge of breaking into the department store of the J. M. Belk Co. Wednesday night. He was held for trial at the September term of court under a bond of $200. j The evidence was that Cornwell ; broke one of the large glass doors i at the rear of the store and when I frightened away by persons who j heard the racket from the Commer cial ciuD rooms ne bad thrown a number of suits outside. The police arrested him yesterday morning in some woods near town. Cornwell Is a one-armed negro and works at the factory of the Gasronla Ice A Coal Co. Mrs. AV. T. Wilklns Seriously 111. Dr. T. A. Wllkins received a tel egram last night conveying the dis tressing intelligence that his moth er. Mrs. W. T. Wllkins, is very se riously 111 at her home In Ruther fordton. A phone message later from Dr. Nbrris, of the Rutherford ton Hospital, brought the Informa tion that, unless there was a change In her condition for the better with jn 24 hours, it would be necessary to perform an operation. Another message received this morning was to the effect that there was no im provement In her condition. Dr. S. A. Wllkins 'left for her bedside on No. 39 this morning. Dr. T. A. Wllkins will go tomorrow or Sun day, unless called earlier by a change for the worse. Single Men Won. In the baseball game at Loray Park Tuesday afternoon between the single and married men of the town for the benefit of the public library the score was 15 to 11 in favor of the single men. The reciepts amounted to $15 and the library cleared about $11.50. The players were as follows: Married Men R. . i M. Held, B. Elmer Speacer, H. Rut-naf-tvrrEH Lineberger. A, L. Jenkins. J. L. Beal. J. H. Workman, B. H. Parker, Clarence Bell; single men Fred Pearson, Fred Wetzell, R. B. Wilson, R. G. Rankin, R. R. Dunn. .T. B. Scott. C. M. Moore, R. Ross Clinton, J. W. Holland, Oscar Jen kins. The library appreciates very much the interest, which prompted the men of the town to give this benefit game. Mr. YanSfaea Gets License. Mr. H. M. VanSleen. the Jeweler, received notice yesterday that he had been granted license by the State Board of Optometry to prac tice his profession in this State. He stood the examination-last week be fore the board which met in con Junction with the State Optical So ciety which held its annual session In Ashevllle. Mr. VanSleen is by no means a novice in this profession. About five years ago he graduated from the Northern Illinois College of Opbhalmology and Otology at Chica go and practiced In Georgia untH he came to Gastonla last October. He will install a modern and up-to-date optical department at once and expects to make tihis one of the strong features of his business in the future. Want a Better Building. At a well-attended mass meeting at the city hall last night the ques tion as to. whether Gastonla .prefer red to let the Postofflce Department go ahead and erect a postofflce bjiilding at a cost of $50,000, the sum left for that purpose out of the original appropriation by Con gress of $65,000, or to wait per haps six months or a year longer and ask tor aa additional amount for the purpose of building a larger and a better structure was discuss ed. It is believed that an additional $25,000 can be secured for this pur pose and when a vote was taken it was unanimously decided that the better plan would be to ask our Representative, Mr. Webb, to request the department to hold up on the matter until an effort can be made to secure the enlarged appropria tion. ;..-., New Piano Store. . , -! r: An exhibition of Adam Scfraaf pi anos will be made in the Davis block beginning this afternoon at 6 o'clock. It will be in charge ot Mr. I Tv. F.' Malcolm, the company s audi tor from the Chicago factory, assist ed by Mr. A. B. Mitchell Mr. Mitchell will handle the Schaaf piano tiers in the future, confining hlrnself to this instrument. He has 'now on -display nine different stales of pi anos and they are all beKuties. The Schaaf piano has been oa the mar ket since 18? S and has the reputa tion of being one of theoMest and' most reliable.' pianos sold. . Mr. Mitchell himself lias berfn identified Ith the music business for thirty SHE ' WOULD FAL'IT Mrs. Delia Long Unable to tod On Her Feet More Than i Few Minutes it a Time. - - , i Pendergrass, Ga. Mrs. Cells Long, of this place. In a .recent letter, says: "For firs er sfx years, I suffered agon lea with womanly troubles. - Often. I couldnt sit up more than few minutes at a Urns, and It stood on my feet long, I would faint I took Cartful, and it helped me Im mediately. Now. I can do my worK.au the time, and don t suffer like I did. v Take Cardut when you feel ill in any way weak, tired, miserable, or under the weather, uaraui is a sirengui-hulldina- tonic medicine for women. It has been found to relieve pain and distress caused by womanly troubles, and is an excellent medicine to have on hand at all times. u ' Cardul acts on the womanly consti tution, building up womanly strength, toning up the serves, and regulating the womanly organs. , Its half aentury of success Is due to merit It has done good to thousands. Will you try it? It may be Just what you need. Ask your druggist about CarduL He will recommend it H. P. Write f? UdW A4vtoor Dn.. pti ma MUrtMCo..ahatMiKca,Tna- epoewil Jmtrmciiimt, anj fA-pf book, Horn Traataaat far Wema." mm ia Ui vraww. " iWMtf- years and conducted the first piano store Gastonla ever had, some 19 years ago. For the past year he has been engaged in tuning and repair ing pianos here and will continue this feature of his business. The public is cordially Invited to- attend this exhibition. Mr. Malcolm will this exhibition. This exhibition will last for only a few days. 1 ST BETS "A real live newspaper like The Gazette is the best asset any city, town or county can have, and I Just want you newspaper people to know that at least some" of the) readers of The Gazette appreciate your value and worth," remarked a friend of The Gazette, end a good citizen of thi community to a newspaper man a day or two ago. A general talk on newspapers and newspaper work followed. The fact was stated and acknowledged that the newspaper of every com munity gives away more of Its sala ble commodity, which is newspaper space, than any other two or three business organizations in that com munity. Every movtmetat started by any man or set of men must be boosted or somebody gets sore. Men never stop to think what they are asking and men who would not think of go tog to a store and asking for a bag of flour or can of beans would get mad with a newspaper for not boosting a game from which he experts to gam. It Is a fact, however, that people generally are beginning more and more to appreciate the real position of a newspaper as a business and not a philanthropic institution and con sequently the paths of the) newspa per and the newspaper- man promise to be less rugged in the future. Married and Single Men Play BaU at Bessemer. Correspondence of The Gazette. Y BESSEMER CITY. July 27. There was an interesting game of, ban at Washington rark tnis after noon between the married and sin gle men of the town which resulted in a score of 1? to 20 in favor of the former. The line-up was as fol lows: Single men Dr .T. H. Roys ter, manager, p, Williams If, Wilson c, Durham, John, 2b, Clark, 8., lb, Powell rf, Clonlnger cf, Fuller ss, Dixon (of Raleigh) 3b; married men Melton c, Cox p, Clark, C. C, lb, Payne 2b, Simpson ss, Durham, S. J., 3b, Oarren, Dr. R. H.. rf, Wll kins, J. H., cf. Gray If. The feat ures of the game were the fleldiag of Dr. Garren, the pitching of Dr. Royster and the batting of J, H. Wllkins. Mrs. Lizzie Falls, ot Kings Mountains Is the guest of Mr. V. E. Long's family. Mr. Meek C. Huffatetler, of the Union neighborhood, has 'The Ga zette's thanks for some of the very finest Elberta peechea we hav seen this year. Peaches are almost as scarce as the proverbial "hen's teeth" this year. Moat people! . la this section have aone at all and Mr. Huffstetler supply.1 is quite limited. ' He finds a ready market for all he has to dispose sf at $2.50 per bushel. Old Furnace Annual ' 7 PICNIC Saturday, July 20th. ' . At the Old Furnace Picnic Grounds new Bessemer City. N ; Moslc famished by Bessemer Gtj Cornet Band. . , Baseball game la the afternoon. . Everybody bring; fall dinner bas ket. :- . . -j , . . , The biggest Picnic of the Vo'. '-:-" . . : "' . J28 o 2. SAID pdy-Come. . We; Gamr Cite 'oiiR to an instance vrhcrejmoney was carefully hoarded in a trunk for over 40 years and never learned (its owner " one cent of interest ' ' We pay 5 per cent interest on money (left Jwith us on certificate. Our bankfU safe, sound andstrong. Com and confer with us.' Firsf;Matioisl.:IS GASTONIA, N. C L L Jenkins, Pres. Robert R. Ray, V-Pres. TIhoM(Dii? Saturday and Monday See Window Display c .xit r-Kr " w.YO HAPPY IS the woman who is never unprepared who can al ways lay m nice appetising meal or light luncheon before any guest unexpected or not. Her friends praise her for her housewifely qualities and she feels that delightful satisfaction which can only come from hriepi tality Perfectly Done. THE secret lies In having a well . chosen ' eelecUoxt of canned goods and table dainties always at hand. Look over our stock- the best of the kind In the town arid make selection today. - Then smt your fear ha the capboard for yon will be prepared for ANY company come when It may ' Poole Phone No. 107 at Piano For a Few Days Only ' ' In The Davis Block ' . , Ton are cordially invited to call around, enjoy the Moslc and Inspect these Famous Pianos. Each afternoon from three to nine, there will be Music by local musicians. ';V - ' '" ' 'r' These pianos are made of the Finest Material, and are strictly High Grade in every particular.- The tone la sweet and clear and, the vibra tion is very fine. The action is smooth and elastic, the scale being even and perfectly balanced. . ; - . The cases are doable veneered Inside and out, and are made of the best Mahogany that can be bad. " , , ' . . These Pianos are used exclusively in the Pnbllo Schools of Chicago, al so in the Young Men's Gymnasium throughout the entire Park Row system of Chicago, which, we consider splendid advertisement for. the Adam Shaef Pianos. . v v ;;r;V'vV 1 1 We also Wish to State that we hare' placed a number of agencies In this StJ lready. ' v - ' -.- ;, .''V ' ; ' . After this territory is covered with agencies the prices of these Fa mous Pianos will go wp to regular retail prices, and now is the time to ' get a Piano at Factory, Prices as we will only, give factory prices for m few" days. . ' ' v'- -'; '.. ' ' ( ' : .'. .ti ,(Jlli : ADAM SCHAAF PIANO CO. ;s : "Factory 702 West Ma&on St, Que. ' ' n J. Lee Robinson, V-Pres. S. N. Boyce, Cashie'- At For i 4 Quick Delivery Grocery Factory Prices