NO. 51.
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vol. xxxvn.
THOUSANDS BID THE SOLDIER BOYS FAREWELL
'.co:pb!1 left Saturday oyer p. si
Vt Throng of Peopltf Braved Down-
poor ot ICatn to Sajr uoodbye to
the Jioyt la Khaki aa They Left
for. Mobilization . Camp - Manjr.
Touching ricenew Cltlaeu . Com
plimented Company Friday Klht
With Banquet at Armington ana
Ma. Meeting at Court . Hons
' OnlrTwo - Companies In ' Stat
Larger Than Oastonla's. , f '
Two thousand or more people
rrood in a drenching rain Saturday
afternoon and bade the members or
Company B; iXorth Carolina National
Guards, better know locally as tne
, "Gaston Guards," farewell " as they,
left for Campy Glenn at "Morehead
City preparatory to going to the
j Mexican, border for service in de-
- renaing our country against invasion
by the Mexican bandits or soldiers.
An bout- before the time for the
departure! of the special train oyer
. the P, & N which was to take them
to Charlotte, the mothers, sisters,
' wires, sweethearts and friends ot the
v. boys In khaki began to assemble At
the P. it N. freight depot whence all
trains, are now departing because of
' the paying of Franklin avenue. Many
of them were sad faced. .They were
to bid their loved ones goodbye,, not
knowing when they would again see
them. Just what they are going to
do' the boys themselves did not and
do not know. Patiently they waited
under the sheds. Inside the depot and
outside under 4 umbrellas. In the
crowd were many members of the lo
cal Chapters of U. D, C. and D. A.
VR. They had planned to march In
a body from the library to bid the
boys goodbye" but the rain made that
impossible. But moat-of themwere
on hand.
. Sixflfteen was the time set for the
departure of the troops. At 9
o'clock; headed by Oapt. Bulwlnkle
the company marched down Main
avenue to the depot where they en
, trained... There were many touching
incldnts enacted there just i before
the train pulled out. As .loved onea
.kissed them goodbye the soldiers
. faces -wore a serious aspect. Not
. a single one of them regretted that
he bad offered his services in defense
of his country. The , great r un-
- certainty of the future, - however.
s,made the parting from loved ones
1 a sad one. - Several fathers of boys
in the company accompanied them
to Charlotte and saw them off on a
special train over the Seaboard.
At Charlotte the Gastonla boys
were given an ovation by a large
gathering of Charlotteans who, had
' - come together to see the Charlotte
company off. . i
Captain Bulwinkle took with him
128 men. including 'officers. Only
two other 'companies- in the State
had larger '.enlistments, namely
- Charlotte and Concord, each haying
only three or four more men than he.
- Banquet at Armington.
That Gastonians appreciated them
' and felt the keenest Interest In their
welfare was -very strikingly demon
strated lo Capt. Bulwlnkle and his
:' men Friday through the means of a
banquet and a largely attended pub-
i lie, meeting at the court housed
Friday morning Mayor. Armstrong
appointed several committees to ar-
range for a . banquet and "a public
meeting. Among the committees ap
pointed was one on finance theavry
of which was to raise funds to de
fray the expense of the banquet.
This committee had the easiest, time
imaginable getting up - the needed
: funds. Everybody whom : they ap
proached responded readily and In
short time the amount needed was
v considerably oversubscribed. The
surplus fundi were used to pur
chase a .. handsome leather-bound
testament, for each member of the
company. These were placed at their
plates at the banquet table. " .
Eight o'clock was the hour set for
the banquet and at that hour, the
men, 120 strong, ' marched into the
' dining room - at the Armington
Hotel where Manager Wilson served
them an excellent repast. - Mayor
Armstrong - acted : as toastmaster.
Seated at the -table with him were
Col. ;r. L. Craig, , presidents the'
Chamber of '.Commerce,' and some of
, the committeemen who arranged ror
the affair. Mayor Armstrong. Col.
Craig and several others jnade. brief
talks. As the hour -for. the public
meeting at "the court '- house - had
been set .for Ji:iSv thre was, how
ever, very little" time for talking
The boys enjoyed " the, ".feed" , Im
mensely and were not backward
' about expressing their appreciation.
FIRST SECTIOX
for zmmm at mobekeao city
KWhlle they were at the banquet
table the Loray Band dispensed pa
triotlc airs in the . hotel lobby
At the Court House. .
Immediately after the banquet
the -company marched to the court
bouse. By the time they were seat
ed inside the bar the' court room
was comfortably filled with men and
women, patriotic citizens who had
gathered to do them honor and bid
them God-speed on their mission of
patriotism and. justice. ..
'' Mayor Armstrong presided. He
called first on Mr. Stonewall Jack
son Durham, who delivered a stirring
and, impressive address. Mr. Dur
ham began by telling the boys that
he was speaking to them as one on
the inside.. Besides having a son in
the company which was starting to
m
I
he . front , he had himself, on the
Monday previous when President
Wilson called for the State troops.
wiredTthe War Department that his
services were at its command, so
he had a deep personal interest in
the occasion. ; Laying down the
proposition that the very existence
of a republic is predicated on the
willingness of those composing the
republic to defend it when called up.
Mr. Durham asserted that it was the
duty of every able-bodied man in the
United states to volunteer his ser
vices when the President called ror
men to fight its battles. He recalled
the. fact that this country has never
waged a war except In defense of its
homes. Its honor and Integrity. It
had never gone to war from any
ulterior motives and was not doing
so now, . The present war wltn
Mexico, if indeed actual war is de
clared, will be one of defense and
not 'offense. Mr. Durham stressed
the .necessity of maintaining the
highest order of peace by being pre
pared to uphold the honor of this
great republic1. . . , . .
Calling to mind the magnificent
display of patriotism and bravery
exhibited by the American sailors
when Capt. -Hobsos called for sa
teen volunteers to go with him on
his hasardous mission through the
channel at Santiago. to blow up. Che
Merrimao and received a thousand
prompt responses from a thousand
men-every single' one on the ship
volunteering the speaker . asserted
that it was the duty of every clti
sen to volunteer to fight la defense
of his country. -
Chairman Armstrong next . called
on 'Rev. J. H.. 'Henderlite. pastor of
fthe First Presbyterian church, wno
made an excellent talk to the men.
He recalled that about a year ago
ha came very ' near being appointed
chaplain of'the First Regiment but
was defeated by Rev. Mr. Swope, or
Shelby, who has been' given a leave
of absence .by bis congregation- to
go with the regiment. He Joculanys
declared that he; - was not sure
whether he was 'sorry or glad that
he missed the appointment. : Mr.
Henderllte's talk was an inspiring
one and did much to encourage the
soldiers.
Following Mr. Henderlite, . Rev.
W. C. Barrett, pastor of the First
Baptist church was called on. "I
don't wont you boys to let any of
those Mexicans get through and
come up here," he said. "If you
cant handle them and need help, let
us. know and we will come and join
you."- - Mr. Barrett's talk was heara
with great interest and pleasure by
the boys and the rest of the audi
ence, . -
volunteers speecnes were tnen
called for and several responded.
Mr. J. M. iShuford said that he had
visited Company . B in camp at
Morehead City and be paid its mem
bers a high tribute. -' Mr. ' W. T.
Rankin, expressed briefly his appre
ciation of the way In which the boys
had enlisted and told them that Gas
tonla would keep them and theirs In
mind. First Sergeant J. E. C. Ford
spoke briefly from the standpoint of
the man ot family who is going to the
front. If it were not for the belier,
he said, that 'the government would
take care of their families, their
leaving would- be doubly sad.-
At this point the audience called
loudly for Captain 3ulwlnklet He
was given a rouBing ovation and it
was some time before the cheering
subsided so he could get a chance to
talk..; He told his hearers something
that most of them, had never heard,
namely, that for five years not a
single member of his company had
been drunk or drinking or In the
guardhouse for any Infringement of
the - regulations . ; t - camp. This
statement: was loudly -cheered. : Cap
tain. Bulwlnkle expressed his appre
ciation of the Interest shown in him
and his company by the people or
Gastonla and was again loudly cheer
ed as he took his. seat." ' x r;
Mr. Durham proposed three cheers
foe the boys of Company B and this
. PUBLISHED TWICS A WEEKTUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS.
GASTOXL1 If. G TUESDAY AFTeVlNOOX, 1UXB 27, 1910.
mmm
AS THE BOYS LEFT III '98
SCENE WAS SIMILAR TO SATURDAY'S
Departure of Company B. First In
1(i fantry, .Recalls Departure of Gas
tonla Soldier -Boye for Spanish
American War In '9SStory . jr
the Event as Taken From Gazette
Files.
A scene simlliar to that witnessed
by Gastonians Saturday evening at
the P. & X. depot, when Company B,
First Korth Carolina Infantry, en
tralned for-Cam'p Glenn, brought
Cheers and tears at the Southern de
pot here 18 years ago when, in May,
1898, Capt. R. L. Durham and his
company of Gastonla soldier boys
left for the Spanish-American war.
The story is thus .told by The Gazette
of that period:- -
OFF TO. RALEIGH.
Capt. R. L. Durham and His Compa
ny . Left for Italelgh Yeeteroay
Morning Hundreds of ( People
See Them Off.
(FWm The Gazette May 12r"l?98.)
Gastonla never saw before such a
scene as that at the depot yesterday
morning, and we hope she may never
see the like again. Captain R. X.
Durham and his soldier boys were
departing for Raleigh to be muster
ed into service, and hundreds ot
people were there to see them on.
Business generally was suspended
and business houses even to the posit
office and printing offices were de
serted, ; In a . long line the soldier
boys' stood in . ranks, while their
friends, old and young, big and lit
tle, told them goodbye and uttered a
blessing. Some veterans of the last
war were on hand and as they bade
the boys , goodbye 'and thought or
long ago, something would get the
matter with their eyes. There were
also not a few tears shed by others.
Presently the ladies and little girls
in a body fell in line and gave their
farewell to the soldier boys who
stood with hats off.
' When the train' rolled up, orders
were called, and with even step the
line of soldiery filed itself into the
car as the ladies with tremulous
melody, sang, "God be with you till
we meet again." When the line was
about half on board, three cheers
Were called for Durham's company
ot volunteers, they were given with
such a vim that it set the soldiers to
cheering in enthusiastic style as the
train rolled out. Goodbyes were
waived, and the faces ot our boys
were gone from our sight. May God
bring them every one back again in
safety, in honor, and In victory.
Last Friday night a supper, at the
Falls House was tendered the Volun
teers by the citizens of the town. Af
ter this a number of addresses were
delivered at the opera house by min
isters and veterans. Sunday arter-
?ioon a special service was held at
he Y. M. C. A.J "closing with "God
be with you till we meet again.""
Mr. T. M. Fayssoux accompanied
the boys, as far as 'Raleigh and Mr,
J, B. Beard as far as Charlotte. "
' The transportation was . good for
4 8 men and two officers. A contin
gent of a doten-or more were added
at Charlotte under : Mr. Walter
Brem, Jr.
The officers of the Gastonla com
pany are!' R. L. Durham, captain;
Rev. Plato Durham, first lieutenant;
E. X. Farrior, second lieutenant.
It' won't do to guy Captain Lan
der Gray's militia. While drilling
his men Monday nlfcht, he was much
annoyed by the yells and mimic or
ders pt the smaller ' boys. . Finally
he concluded to stop it. Lining up
his men he gave the order "charge:
and every man get him a man!" in
a jiffy the doors of a box car closed
with the disturbers Imprisoned be
hind them. Then the order- "fall in
ranks," was given and the drilling
went merrily, on again. " .
(From. The Gazette of June 2, '98.)
, Under the President's recent call
fOr 75,000 volunteers, Mr. A. G.
Mangum is organizing a company. If
you are disposed to. go to the front.
was given heartily. The band then
played Dixie as the meeting adjourn
ed. - - - -
On page vine of today's Gazette
appears a Cut of the Company' made
from , photograph - by Shuford.
Copies of this photo can be secured
from Shuford s studio-at firty cents
each.' - ; .- - -: " ' :: '
-The court, room had been quite
prettily and appropriately decorated
for the occasion with Hags and flow
ers by a committee representing the
D. A. R.. and the U. D. C. The com
mittee consisted of Mrs. Rufus M.
Johnston, Mrs. T. W. Wilson : and
Mrs.? P.. R- Falls.
Marguerite Snow Cozy today.
a . a - v m t a . . m ' ar av i a m ,r
'-. WF ,. ""M"-1L1Hr fcfi ssnannasnnnV . 'v
: 1R SEEMS CERTAIN I PREPARATIONS FOR FAIR I
EFFORTS ' AT TSEDUTIOH HAKE FAILED
Representatives of South and Central
- American Countries Offer Their
Services For Arbitration Wash
ington Government Sees Xo Ground
. For Arbitration Unless Carranxa
Changes His Attitude.
Washington. June 22. Efforts to
ward Latin-American mediation in
the Mexican crisis favored by Car
ranza officials collapsed today with
out having reached the stage or a
formal proposal to the United States.
It was made plain by Secretary
Lansing to IgnacioN Calderon, Minis
ter of BHvia who called with the
intention of asking whether the Uni
ted t States would entertain an offer
of the services of its Southern neigh
borsto aid in averting war, that the
Washington Government sees noth
ing in the situation that would war
rant f arbitration, proceedings. Mr.
Lansing talked with the Minister for
half ran hour and is understood to
have told him that the blame for the
grave outlook rested squarely upon
General Carranza The attitude of
the United States was so fully outlin
ed that Mr. Calderon did not mention
directly the original purpose of bis
visit !
w hen the Minister left the State
Department he said the time"seem
ed inopportune" and that for the
present the diplomatic , representa
tives of six South and Central Amer
ican countries who had approached
the Mexican Embassy on the subject
of , mediation and received assuran
ces that the Carranza Government
was favorable to the principle would
not tender their good offices to tne
United States. He Indicated that
the attempt to arrange mediation
flight be renewed if General Car
anza's reply to Secretary Lansing's
last note furnished any basis on
which the proposal could be founded.
The United States now is waiting
for Carranza's final word in reply to
the note sent yesterday demanding
release of the prisoners taken at
Carrizal and a formal diplomatic an
nouncement of Intention. The note
reached Mexico City late last night.
Special Agent Rodgers reported Its
receipt, adding that be had failed in
bis first efforts to place it In the
hands of the Carranza Minister of
Foreign Relations. Undoubtedly ' It
was delivered today. ' Officials look
ed for. an answer within a day or
two at most.
Meanwhile both Congress and the
War Department put new urgency
into their preparations for war.
There were indications that should
a -formal break occur toward the end
of the week. General Funston will be
in a position to defend the border ad
eriuajely and reinforce Gen, Persh
ing's expedition, although aggres
sive action may be delayed some
what. ,
War Department activities during
the day covered a wide field. Sup
plemental orders to departmental
commanders called for greater haste
in getting the 'National Guard to the
border. Authorization went out to
accept the men under the physical
examinations on which they entered
the State service, postponing . final
examinations until they are en route
or have reached the border.. Those
found unfit will be sent back at ouce.
Estimates to cover the pay and
maintenance expense of the ' State
troops, totalling f 88,000. 0-00 up to
January 1. were laid before Congress.
With them went figures of 813,000,
OfrO for the purchase of horses, and
mules for army use. The total1 esti-
'mates or the Quartermaster General
alone pass the 1100,000,000- mark,;
The house passed the annual army
appropriation bill after adding $2,
000,000 for emergency purposes dur
ing the brief debate that preceded
the vote. An urgent deficiency bill
carrying $25,004,000 for National
Guard pay, equipment and transpor
tation was framed in" committee ror
presentation to the House tomorrow.
; Marguerite Snow Cozy today.
Marguerite Snow Cozy today.
communicate with him at his law of
fice in Gastonla. v r v -
" i Home Cinard. : : -We
hear that Gastonla is to have
a home guard of minute men armed
with 16-shooter Winchester refles.
The way things have been going on
for. the past few ' weeks, is what
prompts this movement. : The com
pany Is not yet' organized, but . r 18
men have said they are willing and
have ordered rifles on their private
account. We understand that blood
hounds ' that are - trained, ' to run a
trail will also- be secured by the
company. ..'.,.-,. .-
SECRETARY HOLLAND k VERY BUSY MAN
Premium IJt Being Prepared j Will
Bonn be Ready for, iltributioa
. -Perinanent Building tor Poultry
lepartment Two Aew ' Depart,
mentis Added Township Vice
Presidents Appointed - Splendid
Spirit of Co-operation -Manifested.
One of the busiest men in ftown
Just now is Mr. J. M. Holland, secre
tary and treasurer of the Gaston
County Fair Association. Between
preparing the new premium list,
looking after improvements at " the
fair grounds,' looking for the best at
tractions obtainable and answering
a flood of inquiries relative to the
fair, he is kept constantly on the go:
That Gaston county Is. going "to
have this year a fair which will far
surpass both in size and quality tne
first one, held last year. Is, to use a
common term, ''a foregone conclus
ion," Secretary Holland is receiving
from, every section of the county nu
merous assurances dally of co-operation
on the part of all classes of .peo
ple. More especially is this true of
the farmers, who constitute the larg
est body 6t contributors to the suc
cess of the county fair, with suca
backing as this the fair cannot be
anything but a success. Mr. Hol
land, as well as the other officers ot
the association, are deeply, impress
ed with the Interest being manifest
ed In the coming fair and they are
grateful for It. 4
Township Vice-President. ;
At a recent meeting of the direc
tors it was decided to appoint a vice
president from each of the six town
ships. . This has just been done.
They are as follows:
Gastonla Township, Tom Sparrow.
Cherryvllle Township, M. L. Mau-
ney.
South Point Township, J. M.
Sloan.
River Bend Township, R. G.
Rhyne.
Dallas Township, J. W. Summey.
Crowders Mountain Township. J.
R. Carson.
Directors have been appointed as
follows:
Livestock Department W. T.
Rankin, chairman, J. Frank McAr-
ver, A. E. woltz. j. Pink Allen, w.
Mack Henderson.
Agricultural Department C. B.
Armstrong, chairman, J. M. Gray, J.
Frank Jackson, James Adams, Thos.
S. Koyster.
Directors for the Poultry Depart
ment will be appointed at an early
date and the names published in
The Gazette. e
The scope of the fair will be con
siderably enlarged this year by tne
addition of two entirely new depart
ments, namely the Merchants De
partment and the Manufacturers De
partment. These have been created
because of a popular demand ror
them and it is expected that the etf
hibits in these sections will be ex
ceedingly interesting. Directors will
(Continued on page 8.) '
Basel
STATESVILLE
vs
GASTONIA
, THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
June 29th, S0th.t July 1st. 4 P. M. -
LGRAY PARK
1 rl
$1JW) A YEAR Df AJDVAXC3.
lltllliGSHBROi;:
STATESVILLE WAS DEFEATED TESTEO
Ragged Game Won by. Local Team
Yesterdays-Friday's Game Was
:i ' Won by Manager Carver's Crew la
Lt Frame Kain Broke Up ttat-
nrdayw Game..- Homo Talk of
Having ;- Asheville'a FranchUe
Transferred to . Gastonla. - Bat
Nothing Has Been Done. , .' , - (
' Gastonla broke Statesvllle's win
ning streak yesterday when they de
feated the Red Caps in a ragged
game by the score of 4 to 3. ' States
vine's poor fielding was the result of .
their, defeat, 12 errors being made
by them in the nine innings. Gasto
nla kept their opponents blanked for
the first six Innings but in the sev
enth they scored three runs and tied
the score. The locals final run came
in the eighth inning and was a, home
run by Haun. . - :
' Score by innings: R. H. E.
Gastonla . . .001 002 '0104 8 2
Statesvtlle. . 000 000 300 3 7 12
Batteries: ' Duncan and Arnold;
Heins and Lefler, Umpire, Dawson. '
VANd TWIRLS ONE-HIT GAME. ;
: Morganton, June 21. Bill Evans
pitched his team to vlctory,in a oner
hit game this afternoon, when Mor
ganton: defeated Kannapolla 7 to 4
on the local field.' . . a?,
The game, a onesided affair, was
featured, for Morganton, by Evans
pitching, two two-base hits by Bil
lings, a home run by Burke in the
second with a man on base, and, for
Kanna polls, by a fine catch by Cen
ter fielder Irby, who. secured their
only hit..' . . ..
Score: " , . R. If. ki.
KannapolU. .010 00 000-1 , 1 8
Morganton. 4 020 220 0lx t. Z .
Batteries: Mason, - Wilson . and
Turner; Evans and Lewis. . . .
Saturday's game was called on ac- "
count of rain and threatening clouds.
One-half of the first inning had been
played when a rain storm brought ,
an end to what would have beea an
excellent came. Duncan had beea
selected for mound duty by Manager
Carver and had retired the . first ;
three Bugs in one, two, three order.
Evans was selected as Morganton 1
twirler for the afternoon. ., . ; ,
FRIDAY'S GAME. -"Mollis"
Cox, a local a boy his
home being near Lowell participat
ed in Friday's game and was a . po
tent factor In ending the gsme in the
list half of the ninth Inning. With
two out and Staunton anchored at
second. Cox smashed one of Evans.'
fast ones to left field, Staunton rac
ing home with the score that broke1 .
the tie and defeated Morganton 3 to
2.
Gastonla drew first blood In the
second inning when Clemens singled,
stole second snd scored on P. Doyle's
single. Doyle scored a minute later
when Arnold singled to left field. .
The final run was made after- both
Clemens and P, Doyle had . swung
healthily at three each in the nintn. .
Staunton having singled and taken,
second. , . . ..
Doyle's pitching was superb, 'so
two of the visitors six hits having
been secured in the same inning.
Hord, an ex-Georgia - Alabama ,
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