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The Gastonian is a Newspaper For Gaston County People— It Gives You Gaston County News—Read It. Ads Run in The Gastcnian Will Build up Tour Basineos. Try Them And lie Convinced. Rates Furnished. VOLUME I. GASTONIA, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1915. CONFEDERATE FLAG A NORTH CAROLINA IDEA. OUTLAW WALKER GETS THIRTY YEARS IN PEN. Major Smith, of Louisburg, is Official- Submitted Plea cf Guilty of Murder ly Named as Designer of Stars and in Second Degree Burgaw.—Slew Bars.—Claim Fully Sustained. Sheriff Stanland. Richmond Va., June 2.—The credit Wilmington, June 1.—The final for having designed the first flag of chapter in the celebrated case of the Confefeate States-^te ^^^.^der^of'^sterTff jtSs^ Stanland! Will be Held in the Fall and mil ter! /The report of the ^ “earf suTe E-r; Z'wiH be a Featu^ Day. F 5= c— Summsrvilla, S. C., chairman uuie. g ® de-oe-ate charac- merce held in the rooms of the Gham- membsrs of the committee who sign-, He iS .onsideied a deope.a.e ctiarac _ decided to ed the report are Major-General I ter and officers in chis section are glad j ^ ^ Thomas. Green, Pine Bluff, Ark., and i to get rid of him Major-General John P. Hickman, Nashville, Tenn. The subject has been one of contro TO HAVE F.41R AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE OF 'CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DECIDES TO HOLD FAIR The Walker case came up in Pen der Superior Court on a charge of venue which was granted from Bruns wick county. The tria,l was set to be gin tomorrow afternoon and a special venire of 200 men had been ordered summoned by Judge George Rountree; versy for many years and the investi- j gation and conclusion of the commit tee, which was assisted in gathering evidence by committees of the Daugh ters of the Confederacy, Sons of Con federate Vetez’ans -and the Confeder ate Southern Memorial Association, are considered of much historic inter est. The veterans’ report states that a most exhaustive examination of the whole matter was made. The find ings are given in part as follows: “William Porcher Miles, for the commibtee on flag and seal of the Confederacy, made report to the Pro visional Congress of the Confederate ^ states, at Montgomery, Ala., Maxch. 4, 1861, and with this report was sub hold a county fair th's fall, possibly the last of September or the first of October. The enterprise will be un derwritten by the c.tizens of the^city, and will be under the supervision of the Chamber of Cormmerce and the Live Stock' Association. It will ba known as the Gaston County Fair. COTTON MILL BURNED. Plant of Hardin Mfg. Co., at Worth, Destroyed by Fire Last Night. The plant of the Hardin Manufac turing Co. at Worth was destroyed by fire last night about 12 o’clock. The fire caught from the dynamo driv ing wheel and the loss is about $275,- 000, which is about two-thirds coyer.- ed by insurance. The fire v/as discovered about 12 o’clock by the v^atchman, and as soon as the heat was sufficient to start the autom.atic sprinklers the fire v/as checked and semed to be under con- TREATMENT OF THE WOUNDED AT FRONT. DEATH OF MRS. D. NO. 1. COLTRANS. When a Man is Shot Down Stretcher Bearers Hurry Him to Shelter.— i Working Day and Night. j London, June 1.—The treatment of a wounded man from the, moment he is hit until he finds himself in a base | home in Concord, Tuesday morning, hospital is the subject of a comniuni- j ® o’clock^ She v/as the step- cation by the eye-witness present mo-her of Mrs. D tcp-Mcthcr of Mrs. D. A. Garriso’d, cf This City, Dies at Her Hsine hi Concord.—Was Leader in Church Work in the M. E. Church, South. Mrs. D. B. Coltrane died at her of with the British General headquarters in France, A. Garrison this city, and having visited her a number of times, had many friends When a Dian is shot dov^'n during- an who-will regret to learh^of ner death, advance, he is probably left lying in i The Concord Tr.bune oi luesday af- ^ the open under a hail of shrapnel, j ternoon has the following regarding trc-i. The fire hose of the mill was ! From this position he is rescued by j deceased: ablv handled by the employees and it! two stretcher bearers vvho chose an, Mrs. D. B. Coltrane died this - 1 a-fev/ minutei; before 9. who is presiding, from which to se-I A committee was appointed to secure lect the jury I g^’O^rids for the exhibition. They are Realizing the improbability of se-! hard at work on the proposition to- curing an acqui:tal for their client and | They want about seven acres with the chances strongly in favor of | will take a five year ease on the a first degree verdict, William J. Bel-I same. A wire fence will be erected lamy, of Wilmington, and I. B. Tucker, of Whiteville, decided to sub mit their client to second degx'ee. They secured the consent of Solicitor Homer L. Lyon and counsel who as sisted him in the prosecu:ion to ac- mitted the selected design for the fiag. Mr. Miles reporteu ‘that some thing was conceded by the committee to what semed a strong desire to re tain at least a suggestion of the old Stars and Stripes.’, The design sub mitted by the conim.itte and subse quently approved by the congress, was practically the same as the Stars and Stribes-, except that the bars, red, white and red, were substituted for the- thir:een stripes. tliat ^ th6’ southern earnestly loved the old Union; thac"'they seced ed therefrom with deep regret when forced'to do ■ so to maintain their Witnesses were placed on the stand to testify as to the killing and subse quent escape from Sou&hport jail of Walker, whose recapture occurred only last March. It was established by a number of witnesses that Walker had tol^ several persons he expected to kill Sheriff Stanland the first op portunity he got. , The opportunity was presented when, in November of 1908, Sheriff Sta.iland and a posse went to Walker'eji home near Slial- lot^^ to arrest hin^' as a deserted from thyv,vVtu'iied su.3j;?cion of stort, breaking at Shal- lotte; Walker wias staying at the home of his wife's father, a promi- , J xu i. 4-u* 1 nont man of Brunswick. He re- rights as a iree people, and that this . ® , , .Lv * 4.1, mained m jau, a few months and af- attachment v/as so strong that the I congressional committee was obliged to recommend a flag closely resem bling ‘Old Glory.' ” There were zwo claimants for the honor of having designed the Stars and Bars, the veterans’ committee states, and evidence in support of their claims v/as presented by and on behalf of each. The claimants were Major Orren Smith, {now deceased), of Louisburg, N. C., whose claim v/as presented by his daughter. Miss Jes sica R. Smith, and Nicola Marschall, an artist, who in 1861 lived in Ma rion, Ala., and is nov/ a resident of Louisville, Ky. Mr. Marschall’s claim was filed by his wife and supported by Mrs. Chappell Cory of Birming ham, Ala. The testimony submitted was considered from three viewpoints: First, that of contemporaneous or lo- . cal opinion cf the facts; Second, that of the direct evidence of persons, other than the claimants, as to the ; designing and submission of the de sign to the flag committee of the Con federate Congress, and third, that of statements' made personslly by. the claimants. Reviewing the testimony, the re port continues, the committee finds: “That it was the belief, in 1861, of persons residing in ^:he immediate vicinity of the residence of the claimants, that each of said claimants had submitted the chosen design. “That the lady who made Major Smith’s model and four other persons who saw her making it testified that the flag was Major Smith’s design, that it was sent to the Confederate authorities at Montgomery and that it was the same as the Stars and Bars flag adopted by the Confederate Con gress. Claimants of Mr. Marschall stated they did not deny that Major Smith sent a model to Montgomery. There is no evidence whatever submit ted to show that any person testify ing except Mr. Marschall, himself, ev er saw his model, or of their own knowledge knew that such was macfe, or that it was handed to 'the Confed erate Congressional committee. “Your committejs not, from the ev idence before it, convinced that Mr. Marschall ever submitted a design for the flag. The -evidence does show that Major Smith did submit a design. Your comimittee is convinced that Ma jor Smith did submit a design. As the design which the congressional 'Committee submitted v/ith its^'report, ^^yvhich was adopted, the evidence most ^early shows to be the same as Ma i’s design, it is reasonable to ter assaulting the jailer made his es cape. There followed a sensational man hunt which lasted a week. La ter he was convicted of killing a con- i stable in Oklahoma, was sentenced to 30 years and escaped after serving a few years and returned to this sec tion. He was outlawed in North Car olina. Walker and his wife and bright lit tle daughter, who became estranged some months ago, were reconciled to day through the efforts of Attorney Bellamy. around the grounds and several per manent buildings will be erected, and with several large tents it is thought there v/ill be plenty of room for the housing of all exhibits. There will be two entrances and sufficient room on the inside for hitching purposes for those who wish to drive in and hitch. There will be no race track erected and no speed events, but the entire attention of the promoters will be given to the agricultural and live stock features of the exhibits. Thus an effort will be made to encourage the raising of more and better of both of these which go to inaKe a county so prosperous. There will be three or four days of the exhibition and they '^vill all be feature days. One will be Gaston so on. This fill tend to make each day of special _ interest to the people and not concentrate the attendance all on one day. Messrs. Frank McArver, represent ing the Chamber of Commerce, and Mr. W. T. Rankin, representing the live stock association, is the com mittee that has the matter of securing grounds under their care. “Mrs. Coltrane was born at Carroll- g-HERMAN LAW LIKELY TO SMASH TRADE PLAN. New England Merchants Fear to Ex periment With it in South America. —Is Amendment Possible. Boston, June 1.—Uncertainty over the application of the Sherman anti trust act to combinations formed to promote export trade is one of the prir.cipal obstacles in- the way of ex panding business with Sf ’th Ameri can c'suntries, in the opij:^^, T [6|.Nev/ ^ motor ambulance. j.^.4tue iJdkv TO PROGRESS SUBSCRIBEBRS AMERICAN TOBACCO IS RETAINED IN HOLLAND. By Modus Vivendi With Eeiligerents It Cannot be Reshippcd to Fighters. —Dutch Weed Goes Free. Washington, June 1.—Upon the complaint of North Carolina tobacco merchants that American tobacco was being discriminated agair.st in favor of The Netherlands and colonies, As announced elsewhere, we have Senator Overman started an investi- taken over the subscription list of the S^tion and, today state department Gaston Progress and are sending the .I"™ *he following cablegram Gastonian to them, Doubtless, many American minister at The of you have subscribed to another , paper, for we realize that when a “Tobacco from Tne Netherlands col- man begins reading a newspaper he consigned cannot do without them, and tha) righb. We will send this paper to you for some weeks, and if at the end of that time you do not wish it csntinued, please notify us and we will discontinue it. '^e sincerely hope that you will decide to remain with us, because we feel that we can do you good, and a’; such a small cost. Just think of getting two papers every week for $1.00 a ypar—104 copies—less than it costs to mail it. We feel that you will never regret it, and it will be a great help toward the upbuilding of another good paper for your county. PUBLISHERS. Mr. Jas. R. Harper, of the Joe! Hunter Co., expert accountants, of Atlanta is in the city and is audifng the books of the different officers of the city. The work will consume some days and everybody around the city hall is as busy as can be. to agents of colonial estates for sp.le at auction without restriction to both neutrals and belligerents. Tobacco from all other sCurces must be con signed to Netherlands Oversea Trust and m.ay not be eported to belligerent countries. This is not discrimination made by Netherlands government but modus vivendi arranged by allies with oversea Trust based on theory that Netherlands and colonies are one country.” Elder P. D. Gold of Wilson preach ed at one of the Washington churches last night. Elder 'Gold who is accom panied by Mrs. Gold is en route to Pennsylvania and New York where the veteran clergyman will preach during the next few weeks. Among today’s arrivals are Repre sentative John H. Small, Alexander prount and son of Wilmington and E. ;lf:u - - . . conference v/ith the federal trade com mission today. After several speakers had empha sized this statement, some urging that the act be amended, Joseph E. Davis, chairman of the commission, asserted that with both leading political par ties committed to the spirit of the Sherman law, he thought it unlikely out and | nioriiing at her hon.e cn ?'lorth Un'on He is then conveyed through a com-1 s>’i >‘ot. She had l-i;en ' eiy ;'! i«jJ municating trench to the regimental; t-wo weeks of pneu.myii'a. anil, v.diile aid post in a dugout cellar. There he |' u!am.,e roccveiy receives first aid from an army sur- apj.cared, her deata i'-as a pc.it geon. The stretcher bearers may be i to the entire cii,y, -vuio .•»nc\v either men selected from liis own'll'-'' es^seiVj'u !i''i .-i. company or from the Eoyal Army | Medical corps. After first aid, the wounded man is j ton. Ky., August 27, 18o7, and was, removed either by stretcher or horse ' ambulance to the nearest dressing station, where he passses frowi regi- ■ mental aid to one of the divisional field ambulances. These organiza i | tions are composed of three sect'ons; each consisting of one section of bear ers, who collect the wounded, and a section in charge of the tent dressing stations. The advanced dressing st.-i- tions are pushed as near the front as possible. On the arrival of the pa tient, his wounds are carefully attend ed to and an injection of anti-tetanus serum given. The next place of treatmnt is at a more of less safe distance behind the firing line, generally in a church or j school or other public building, pos- Branson Coltrane. sibly in a town. In this larger sta tion the v/ounded here are assorted as to degrees of gravity and prepared for transport to the nearest casualty clearing station. Transport to and | from these stations is done by the | . , ■ ^ i ■ years she directed the work of tnis Lsccietv witli that enejlgy,,end, 'OTsdcm _ ior which sM was not. —--ji, C it was known throughout the -^"lS^ cf the looked as if the mill would be saved, | opportune time for rushin but at this inopportune time tlie ' bearing him to the shelter of a trench, j main water pipe burst and all the re serve water was lost. The heat was so intense at the pump, which was near where the fire started that it was im possible to man it and it gained head- to man that and the fire gained head way, and was never conquered. The fire station here was then applied to for help but going out they went the \Vrong road, and in attempting to cut off and come through they struck a mall bridge that would not bear the weight of the truck and it broke through. The truck was brought in this morning. Mr. 0. D. Carpenter is the owner of the mill and the loss is very heavy on him. There we^ about 200 hands employed and these wJl be thrown out of work, which is to be regretted. The store building was saved. therefore, in her fifty-eighth year. Her maiden name v/as Miss Mariam Smith Winslow, and she was married on October 15, 1884. She has four brothers and two sisters living, namely: Henry M. Winslow, of Harri- man, Tenn.^ George B. Winslow, cf Carrollton, Ky.; Pierce G. Winslow, of Ohio; Wm. B. V/inslow, of Brook- ■ lyn, N. Y., Mrs. W. P. Howe, and Mrs. Janie Martin, of Carrollton. Mrs. Coltrane moved to Concord with her husband on May 24, 1888, and had made her home here since that time. To her were born four daughters, all of v/hom survive, namely: Miss Jenn Co?;rane, Mrs. Charles Cannon, Misses Elizabeth and Mrs. Coltrane was for twenty-one years, consecutively, president of the Woman’s Missionary Society of Cen tral Methodist Church, and only re cently resigned on account of her failing hekith. During all these IV situated kt the raii.way hea patients can be removed dir- ; so th *t :t to am bulance trains. In the true sense 'of | conference^ as One of wide- the word, these stations are not hos pitals, although they may retain cases of abdominal and head wounds when the men can not be removed without danger. During the battle of Neuve Chapelle one clearing station that Congress would be willing to ; of a normal capacity of '200 handled make any change that might affect do mestic trade. Succeeding speakers then pressed the expediency of chang ing the act so as to differentiate be tween its application to foreign and domestic trade. The commission will listen to bank ers and other business men tomorrov/. av/ake societies. Mrs. Coltrane was a loyal and true member of the Methodist church, and v/as foremost in every good work which her church had for her to do. It is but just to say that no member of Central Church had a larger part in its work or performed that work w’ith a more cheerful spirit. Mrs. Coltrane was nO't only active in the work of her church, but she was at all times foremost in efforts for the public welfare. Every move ment which had for its object 'the betterment of the city’s interests had 800 daily for four consecutive day^ and passed on 2,653 cases within a pe riod of six days. They are quite elas tic in make-up, but their staffs have to v/ork day and night during the bat- j ties. It is in these stations the pa-j ticnt experiences for the first time; the luxury of lying on a bed and hav-! I ing a w'oman nurse in attendance. , Will .Confer on Subject. | jj:, of stay depends on the her strong and unqualified suppor.. New York, June 1. The National; facilities, but as a rule he is Foreign trade council, according to a j ambulance within a few hours. The train takes the wounded from what is known as the collecting zone to the evacuating zone, which means .,1 . J- 1 4! 4-1 ality was felt, and m alt oi them wni from the medical authority oi the ^ fighting army to that of the line of katemeni: issued tonight, has afipoint- ed John D. Ryan, president of the Amalgamated Copper Company, James A. Farrell, president of the United States Steel corporation and James J. Hill, cha'.rman of the Great Northern Railroads, as a committee to ■ communications. There are 14 ambu- confer v/ith the Federal Trade com- trains now running in France, mission when that body bagms its gg^^h with a personnel of three officers hearings this week on matters which attendants of other ranks and confront American exporters, three nursing sisters. Mrs. Coltrane was a member of the Floral and Thursday Sewing Clubs, a prominent D. A. R., and a member of the Daughters cf the Con federacy. In all. these organizations her energetic and intelligent person- .'he be greatly missed. Report That Mr. J. Bunn Bridges V/as Killed Proves Iiicorreit. It w'as reported on the streets - of num-ber Gastonia yesterday that Mr. J. Bunn conveyed depends on the nature of | formeny of this city, had German Masons Break With Italian i cases whether sitting or lyine\ ■ killed in an automobile accident Several of these trains were especially I ^^sar Conover. This proved lO be in designed and built, but the rest were |be:ng ano..her man by -he converted from the ordinary French; uame of Bridges. coaches, with rooms for staff, dis-: dispatch to the state papers from Brothers. Berlin, May 30.'—The German Grand Lodge of Free Masons today adopted the following declaration: In view of the attitude of the' pensaries, kitchens and stores. Even-1 hickory, says regarding the acci- Italian Free Masons, who, inspired! tually the num.ber of trains will by French sympathizers, took part j raised to 24. | _ serious and perhaps in the political struggle leading to On arriving at one of the British ; cident occurred at Conover Monday the war, and thereby violated the | military bases, the patient is carried; afternoon when an automobile in cardinal principle of Free Masonry! in a motor ambulance to a fully equip-1 "which J. A. Biggs, and E. C. Bridges, expressly forbidding such methodss,' ped hospital. The permanent hospit-, Lattimore, representatives of a the German Grand Lodge hereby sev-■ als ai'e divided into general and sta-'company, were traveling was ers all former relations with Italian ^ tionery. The general are the largest struck by the tender of a light and French Free Masonry. ! and best equipped, while the so-call-, the Southern Railway which had opruuiio anu. uj. vy Toward Free Masons in other hos-1 ed stationery are intended to be mo- from here^ to Newton for water T Justice of Greensboro. Mr. Justice tile lands the Grand Lodge reafEirms bile and moved up at various points returning. ^ , : . : ® M,... .1.. fTno «donted at an earlier' n:. the lines of communication. ! “Bridges w^ho is the most seriously conclude that Major Smith submitted the design of the Stars and Bars fiaj of the Confederate States. “Your committee would therefore report, after a most careful considera tion and thorough investigation, that the honor of having designed the first flag of the Confederate States, known as the ‘Stars and Bars/ is due and should be ^varded by the United Confederate veterans to the late Maj- Orren Randolph SmlJi, of Louisburg, N. C. The committee transmits v/ith the report a transcript of all the evidence and affidavits submitted in the inves tigation. is here in conference about the gov ernment’s land sites on the Pacific coast which Mr. Justice is handling with great credit to himself and his state. Miss Minnie Galbraith, of Asheville is here to work with the Y. W. C. A. at the summer boarding house a "Cher- rydalo, just across the Potomac in Virginia. Mr. D. M. Walker died at his home at Pleasant Ridge Tuesday. .The de ceased was SO years cf age and served in the Civil War v/ith crcdl:. He v/as born in York County, S. C. in 1835. The funeral and burial v/aa held Wed nesday. Mr. Walker leaves a vWfe and several children,_ aiiJ wa^s \veJ thought of in his communiiy. the decision adopted at an earlier' on the lines of communication. , , , . date that all relations of various Red Cross and privately endov/ed is suffering with concision Grand Lodges be suspended from the hospitals are also found in the base of the brain and bruises while Biggs outbreak of hostilities. I cities and receive their share of the | nght arrn waas broken and also other- ■ j wounded. Hotels, casinos, convents,. wise bruised up. Cotton Condition on May 25 80 Per i schools and temporary huts are used Cent. Normal. ] for both the army and civilian hos-j (grossing at the Conover station. men were coming west and the sta tion obscured their vision of the track “The accident occurred at the old for both the army and civilian nos- the Conover station, ihe Washington, June 1.—Cotton show-' pitals. ed a condition of 80 per cent normal! The object of this systSra is to re , i, , on May 25, the Department of Agri-: lieve the fighting force of its sick and ; ana consequently they were not a\> culture snnounced today in its fi ' report of the season. to remove a military burden but to Conditions by States follow: | give the wounded the best care and, Virginra, 88; North Carolina, 85.; , v.'hat is needed more than anyth:ng South Carolina, 80; Georgia, 81; . else, a change cf scene. ivounded as soon as possible, not only! of their dan.ger until struck. ^ “Immediately after the accident physicians w’cnt .L’rorn here to i.'.ttend to the wounded men and both v/ere Florida., 80; Alabama, 78; Mississippi 82; Louisiana; 76; Texas 85; Missouri DO)' Oklahoma, 7G; California, 82. Read Gastonian Ads—It Pays brought here ard piciced in a hospital. The light runabout in v/hich they Misses Ruth Mason, Margaret i.a-|were- travel'ng v.'as completely de- far, Gaynell Boone, and Mary Me- j niolished and scattered alcng the track Lean have returned from school at | for a number cf yards. Tlie car wa;. Quen’s College. ! being driven by Bridges.”