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VOLUME V.
GASTONIA, N. C., MONDAY, NOVEMBER, 22, 1915.
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REPUBLICAN TRTMMINp. FOR
HARD riGIIT NESa’ jEAR.
FAR:MERS ARE AGAINST
•PRBPAREDNESS*’'
Have Adopted as Their Slo^n'“Not
State Democratic Official in 1917,”
—That is Some Slogan and That
Slogan is Going to be Some Job to
Carry Out—Change in Campaign-
ing~W’ill Court Corporations.
Raleigh, Nov. 18.—The Republicans
who attended the state executive
Union in Session at Durham Passes
Strong Resolution Against the Plan
of: the President—Will Look into
Records of Legislative Candidates
—Indorse Progressive Farmer as
Organ of State Union.
Durham, Nov. 10.—The Farmers
I union closed its annual convention
committee Wednesday and remamed ^ Chapel Hill this after-
over night to finish the wcrk begun
REV,
.T. T. BEACH RESIGNED
PASTORATE YESTERDAY
that, day, left this morning for their
homes with the slogan “Not a State
Democratic Official in 1917.”
Gillianv Grissom says there'll be
none. It is true tthat the committee
is uneer:ain as to the effect of-, the
state primary act and how. it- Viull
work in its first tryout on the Republi
cans. Its constitutionality, may Ije
tested . Indeed, many Republicans
declare their belief that the act as
sails the fundamental law and the
courts may have to take it up. It is
noteworthy that the party which de
manded a state-wide primary law as
did also the Democrats balked bodrly
at the legislative program and de
clared its unwillingness to be deliv
ered to the dominant Democrats.
But the Republicans did not do
commerce with the Democrats during
the session or suggest any primary
plan, according to charges of the
Democrats on both floors of the leg
islature and made no recommenda
tions as to the kind qf bill they would
like made law. One feature of the
appears to please quite a few of
them. Clarence Call, of Wilkes, is
pleased with the corrupt, practices
act and through it he hopes to catch
every “election thief” in North Caro
lina. This suggested the enlargement
of the state prison.
The Republicans but slightly hint
ed at their method of reaching the
voters next year. One thing that they
have resolved to do is to speak softly
about the big moneyed recruits, cot
ton inill magnates, and go after the
man in the sticks. They are willing
for the Democrats to take the odium
that attaches to riches and big busi
ness while the Republicans will try
for the man who never “read a Re
publican argumen(;\;^^^^cectio]^,”
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they ■"ha v^^-msur.eaTi'ica that is
,^pb'rieHts wo-fild noli' havft
/ihey ate to lambast Tmvis
for ruiinfng the state t^ing:,.system
and Joyner for tbe:. genejal superin-
rlency of tlie school woiks. -They
ng to prove: to th^-farmer';who
s taxes oi>’ tko ' ..farm: for
which he has.refnsel' $3.,Q00 that he is
taxed to death. They believe in their
'plan of assault. They don't expect
a ^ounter at any pomt and are sur
veying.,the field in. order to keep up
with the retreating Democrats when
fire is opened. Lungs and legs are
all that the G. 0. P. needs next year,
Judge George Roundtree Resigns.
Wilmington,. Nov.. 21.—Judge
George Roundtree, for the last two-
and a half years a member of the
Surperior court ■ bench, has sent his
resignation to Governor Craig and
on January 1, will resume the practice
of law here.
R. 0. Carr, his former partner, and
Davis and Davis, composed of Julius
and Thomas Davis, and Judge Round
tree have formed at partnership ef
fective at that time..
Marsden Bellamy, of Wilmington,
has been prominently mentioned as
a possible successor to Judge Round
tree.
Asheville Police Officer Shoots Friend
Out Hunting.
Asheville, Nov. 18.—Jchn Lanford,
of the Fairview section, was acciden
tally shot in the left eye and left side
of the face Tuesday afternoon, by
Lieut. Fred' Jones, of tiio plain
clothes squad of the Asheville police ^
department, while the two were hunt- P _
ing quail near Fairview.
In a statement made by Lieutant
Jones he says that he had shot two
birds, while they were hunting in the
woods, and that Laiiford was going
to pick them up,, when the dog.dis-.
covered another b.ird and just as
Jones fired, Lanford raised up and
received part of the load from the
shotgun.
noon, fo^llowing a morning*' session
that was devoted largely to passing
a large number of resolutions on all
kinds of questions. At Chapel Hill
the farmers were the g'uests of the
State university at a dinner served in
Swain hall. President E. K. Graham
made a short talk to the farmers, tell
ing them something of the work of
the university and of its desire to co
operate with them _i ntheir work.
The trip was made from Durham
in automobiles and on the return from
the Hill a trip was made to Trinity
college and other poincs of interest in
the county.
The farmers went squarely on rec
ord as being opposed to spending any
more" njoney -for an increase in the
navy’and .the.army of the country.
They were vigorous in their opposi
tion to .this policy of the President.
The resolution. adopted follows:
“Whereas it now appears that a
measure will be put on foot at our
national Congress at its next session
asking for an enormous increase in the
appropriations for-the increase in the
nui^ber of battlehips built and also in
increasing the enrollment in our
standing army, under the plea of be
ing prepared to protect our country
against the invasion of any and all
belligerent countries to make war
against our country, therefore be it
“Resolved, That we, the Farmers
Union of North Carolina being a
peaceable inclined people hereby en
ter our protest against any and all
material increase in appropriation for
this purpose.”
That the farmers will pay more at
tention to the selection of the candi
dates for the next legislature was in
dicated in the final sections of the
f resolutions, which/were de-
were-- in'ge^>i?%crutihizc Cfosely the":
recor!^ the t'olicies a's* well as,
be]l^^*.ahl opinions of any and all
candidates who* offered themselves
|or public office^ 'They want all jt-
torneys. connected, with corpoj*ations
tp sever their connections with these
Qorporations before they take a seat
in the next general as||mbly. They
favor sending more S^Piers to the
general assembly.
The resolution further expresses
the wish that the desires of the farm
ers shall be placed before the platform
committees of the parties. The fol
lowing legislation is asked for:
First. ;Repeal of the merchants
crop lien law.
Second. Provision for race segre
gation of land ownership.
Third. Reform of taxation system
so that the taxes will be more equit
ably distributed along the lines sug
gested in the last amendments to the
constitution or some other methods,
Fourth-. Incorporate rural commU'
nities.
Fifth. Initiative and referendum.
, Sixth. An anti-usury law regula
ting banks and public service corpo
rations.
' Seventh. Give some official in the
State the right to regulate the insur
ance rates promulgated in the state.
Eighth. An adequate rural credits
bill be passed by the national Con-
• gress at its forthcoming session.
Among the other things called for
and advocated in special resolutions
were:
Provision for the state to furnish
Popular Pastor of East Gastonia Bap-
tis(v Church Notified His Congrega
tion that He Had Accepted Work at
Southside Baptist Church, in Co
lumbia, S. C.
Yesterday at the 11 o’clock service
Rev. J. J. Beach, of the East Gastonia
Baptist church, announced to his peo
ple that he had accepted a call to
Southside Baptist church, Columbia,
S. C., and tendered his resignation to
take effect the fourth Sunday in De
cember.
Mr. Beach had been in Columbia and
looked over the field and he found
that the church at that place furnished
a larger field for him and that he
could do more and better work there
than here. Regretting very much to
leave here, and personally prefering
to remain, he was willing to go where
he thought he could do the most effi
cient work. The congregation realiz-
ng this very reluctantly consents for
him to go. There is not the slightest
intimation of friction, and the salary
is about the same, and it is purely a
move for the purpose of doing more
work in his line.
Mr. Beach came to the church six
years ago and by his mode of living
and his devotion to the church and his
conduct has endeared himself to the'
people of his church and city. Under
his leadership the membership ha^
doubled and the contributions for all
the different causes have doubled. He
"has baptized 228 converts during this
time.
All denominations join with his own
church in their regrets at losing this
most popular and zealous pastor from
their midst and the best wishes of all
will go with him to his new work.
MRS GALT MAY NOT
GET PARIS DRESSES
Paris Dressmakers’ Union Won’t
Deliver Them to a Certain House
In America—Proprietor is a Ger
man.
Paris, Nov. 19.—The Paris Dress
makers’ Association today officially
decided that no member should de-
liveii dresses, said to be for Mrs.
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America^ whoeiel-oi* is ^ -Germait nar-
uralizea-^n’the United StaJ.es.
■ It was st^'ted -however, that every
member of the, syndicate “would be
.proiid to be honored with a commis
sion to make a gown for President
Wilson’s fiancee, and would be most
happy if permitted to present it with
its compliments.’^
Charles Kurzmann of New York, is
said to have been commissioned tc
buy the gowns for Mrs. Galt. The
newspaper L'Ouevre says Kurzmann
has threatened to raise a diplomatic
suestion because the modists refuse
to accept orders from him.
The dressmakers’ meeting today
was presided over by Paul Piroit, its
president. It was explained that it
was found sometime ago that a large
number of dress importers in New
York and elsewhere were of the Teu
tonic race and that association as a
matter of principle, decided to refuse
to sell to two of the houses, whose
names were drawn by lot, and that
one of these houses was that one
ordering gowns for Mrs. Galt.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
Doings all Over the Country in the
Last Few Days. ,
In the Circuit Court at Chicago
Judge Windes refused to enjoin the
Woodmen o fthe World from increas
ing the assessment rates of the order.
Because of the appa.vent failure of
private bidders to keep their propos
als within the $7,800,000 limit of cost
jet by Congress for the hulls and ma
chinery, of two new battleships, au
thorized by the last Congress, con
struction of both vessels may be un
dertaken in government navy yards.
, Abolition of the office of Comptrol
ler of the Corrency, which has direct
supervision over the operation of all
national bariks, has been proposed to
-he Federal Reserve Board by the ad
visory council created by the Federal
Reserve act to advise the board on
matters of importance to the reserve
banking system.
The International Congress called
.0 study the fundamental bases for
,)eace, which was expected to open at
Berne, December 14, has been post
poned until after the new year. The
reasons given for the postponement,
are that circumstances are not yet
favorable and that preparations for
-.olding the congress have been de-
ayed.
A decree of divorce on grounds of
jruelty has been granted by the dis-
..riet court of Washington, D. C., to
Lucy Wilson from Huntington WiU-
;on. Wilson was assistant Cecretary
:>f State under Philander C. Knox,
luring the Taft administration. Mrs.
Wilson w'as allowed to resume her
naiden name—Lucy Wartham James.
Prof. A. G. Webster, of Clark Uni-
;ersity, Worcester, Mass., has in-
ormed the National Academy of Sci-
;nce of an instrument he has per,
fected for finding the direction of a
fog signal and which, he expects, will
'ob sea travel of one of its greatest
■errors. For years Prof. Webster
las experimented with every kind of
50und wave.
More than 3,000 anthracite mine
workers employed by the Lehigh
3oal and Navigation Company, in
the Panther Creek Valley, Pa., are
•.,:£‘e^;company^ ‘tnt’•* '^orA
because several of their number had
been suspended. About 200 union
machinists are also on strike at
Trenton, N. J.
Making an address in a church in
New York Sunday morning, Gifford
Pinchot asserted that Germans had
dlled priests and nuns in Belgium:
vvhen a man arose in the auditorium
ind shouted, “You lie!” The inter
rupter then started to leave the
church, but as he neared the door he
stopped and again asserted that Mi.
Pincliot was a liar.
Over 3,000,000 persons in Belgium
and northern France, mostly women
and young children, must be clothed
and shod by Christmas. If the gar
ments and shoes for these destitute
people are not forthcoming at once
.1 . J iirin+-Ot» win
HAPPENINGS IN THE STATIS.
MORTGAGED PROPERTY
CANNOT BE SEIZED.
Discovers Loophole for Whiskey Deal
ers and There is a Rush to Put a
- Mortgage on Vehicles Used in
Transporting Whiskey Illegally...
Greensboro News.
Tliere has come to lig’ht at last a
possible loophole through which the
whisky merchant in the dry territory | a disocation of the hip and was oth-
of Norch Carolina, who transports his | orwise painfully injured,
goods by automobile, may avoid loss i Rev. J. M. Ashby, a Methodist min-
of his property through .confiscation j ister of Mt. Airy, died this week as-
when caught by state officers in the | the result of a stroke of ’ paralysis
act of conveying illegal amounts of sustained a few days ago.
Accidents, Fires^ Deaths and Other
Happenings in the State,
Rev. Dr. R. C. Holland, former pas
tor of the Lutheran church in Char
lotte, died in Columbia, S. C., this
week, aged 7b.
Dr. H. G. Heilig, of Salisbury, fell
Jow'n the steps of his office, suffered
spirits from one point to anothei*. The
Way is simple in the extreme. The
violator h^s only to mortgage kis
property first; and then it is up to the
state to prove that the mortgage was
given in good faith, which is, admit
tedly, in most cases a hard proposi
tion.
it is suspected that this method
hr?' already been taken advantage of
in Guilford county, as court officials
of the county stated yesterday that
m chines and vehicles have been
mortgaged recently by men known to
ha\^e dealt in the illegal handling of
liqifor heretofore and are suspected
of it now. In some of these cases,
It s further stated, knowledge is al-
Fire in the Ashby Grocery Com.-
pany building at Mt. Airy damag^
stock and building $3,500 to $4^000,
Loss partly covered by insurance.
Mr. Fletcher A. Smith, a prominent
business man and citizen of Salisbury,
died Monday night from the effects
of a stroke of paralysis. He was s
native of Rowan and 56 years old.
Arthur T. Abernethy, wh(> has been
a writer for the Yellow Jackct, pub
lished at Moravian Falls, will apply
for admission into the Western North
Carolina Conference at Reidsville.
Fire that originated in the old
Carlton hotel at Warsaw, Duplin
county, early Monday morning, de
stroyed the hotel, a residence and oth-
m('st conclusive that the men giving' er building, causing a loss of about
:h mortgages were not forced to take $10,000 with ?3,000 insurance,
suf.h action through need of funds. | Cases against Mayor Moore, three
his precautionary measure on the ^ councilmeh, one former councilman
OYSTER SUPPER.
Tomorrow night in the Long building
the Baptist Young Peoples’ Union of
the First Baptist Church will hold
an oyster supper. The prices are
very reasonable and a great many of
the business men will take advantage
of the opportunity to get their supper
without going home. They are also
expecting a good number of the other
^ people who want a hot supper without
I going to the trouble of preparing it.
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the school books in public schools at j aj-g all welcome at the Long
I Building Tuesday night. The Atkins
Regulate express and freight rates , Orchestra will furnish music while
on truck and fruit.
Indorse the action of the
READ GASTONIAN ADS—IT PAYS
IF your State and, County taxes for
1915 are not paid by Jan. 1st, t^o
per cent will be added,. ,No excep
tions made. Please pay at once.
W. C. ABERNETHY.
Tax Collector for. State and County
inside City Limits., tf.
■ Miss Bessie Withers, of Broadway,
wiU arrive this afternoon to visit her j
sisters, Misses May and Jean Withers. | ion of North Carolma,
national
convention in asking that some set
tlement be arrived at as to cotton
tare that will be just both to the spin
ners and the producers of cotton.
Approve the work of the tobacco
farmers in cooperative storing of
their products and in the manufac
ture of plug and smoking tobacco.
Dclare that a paper which adver
tises “medical frauds” (patent medi- ^
cine) is not entitled to the confidence
or support of the Farmers union.
Indorse the boy road patrol and
urges that its organization be begun
in the counties of the state.
Opposed to the legislature interfer
ing with the rights of the judiciary.
Indorse the Progressive Farmer as
the ofiicial organ of the Farmers un-
you eat.
The following is the menu:
Oysters
Fried 25c
Ham
Stew 25c
Mayonnaise
Chicken Salad
25c
their sufferings during the winter will
become desperate. Such is the note
of urgf'nt appeal issued to the peo
ple of the United States by the Com
mission for Relief in Belgium.
The 12 Federal reserve banks earn
ed $221,954 during- the month of Oc
tober ,while the expenses were $134,-
017, according to a statement by the
Federal Reserve Board. The earning
were about $2,000 greater than any
previous month. Only one bank—
that at St. Louis—failed to earn
enough to pay expenses; and the bank
at Philadelphia had a net surplus of
only $77.35. The largest earnings
were from banks in the South.
The Supreme Court of the United
Simplicity marked the funeral of
Booker T. Washington, the negro ed
ucator, who was buried at Tuskegee,
Ala., Wednesday. Fully 8,00 Opeople
weer present, among the number
many prominent white men. The
simple Episcopal burial service was
read, many old plantation songs,
which Washington loved so well were
sung, and the reading o fa few of
the thousands of telegrams of con
dolence from all-parts of the country
constituted the service.
part of the said liquor merchants is
supposed to have been suggested by
a proceeding instituted in Guilford
Superior court sometime ago, when A.
Schiffman brought suit against D. B.
Stafford, sheriff of the county, in
which he set up prior claim to a horse
and buggy seied by the sheriff from
Schoolfield McNeal, negro, while
transporting spirits. The claim was
based on a mortgage executed in fa
vor of Mr. Schiffman prior to the
seizure.
The case came up for hearing be
fore Judge M. H. Justice yesterday
and the finding in favor of Mr. Schiff
man, the court holdin gthat the mort-
gagiqr must be satisfied before the
sts'.e can confiscate the property and
se)i it, provision for which is made
in yfy• “*
to the state Supreme cciiit for a de
cision, as officials wish a test to- be
made on this fine point of law re-
^a; ding the new statute.
I'here was no intimation v^hatever
tha. there had been conspiracy in the
casR heard yes^terday to protect prop
erty of a man engaged in an illegal
liqvor traffic. .Tn fact, an opinion to
the contrary watJ voiced by the court.
Tt vas pointed out, however, that the
proceeding opened a way whereby the
violator may avoid loss of property;
and it was admitted that it would be
difficult matter for the courts to de
termine where conspiracy exists
such cases and where property
mortgaged in good faith. The decis
ion of the Supreme court will be
awaited with interest in legal, like
wise retailing, circles.
Ice Cream 5c
Hot Chocolate lOc
Pickles
Cake 5c
Coffee 5c
Lincolton News.
Lincolton, Nov. 19.—-County Attor
ney Childs, who was recently in
structed by the county commissioners
lecsntly to have the walks through
the court square cemented, has let
the contract for the w^ork. The walks
are to be 12 feet wide and the land
ings at each side of the building are
to be cemented.
Recently it was announced that the
mav agement of the C. & N. W. rail
way contemplated making extensive
improvements at the union passen
ger station. Today workmen were
put to work on the depot building by
'he contractor. Steam heat will be
an improvement and the company
wil’. also have seating capacity in-
creiised in the reception rooms.
I.ast Monday M. A. Holy, of this
city, celebrated his 76 birthday with
a snmptious dinner and invited all of
his children to assemble at his home
for the occasion and every one of the
the family responeded to the invita
tion.
Rev. C. H. Artis, a negro preacher
of Salisbury, died suddenly Sunday
while attending a funeral service of
one of the teachers of Livingston Col
lege in that city. The funeral was
held in the college chapel and just
as thecorpse was brought in Artis
toppled over. He was carried out but
was dead in a few moments.
David Lentz, Rowan Farmer Killed
by Auto Saturday.
Salisbury, Nov. 20.—David Lentz,
40 years old and a prominent farmer
of the Organ church neighborhood of
Rowan county, was killed this after
noon when his automobile took to a
ditch while Mr. Lentz and his son
were on their v/ay home. Mr. Lentz,
iunior was driving the car at the time
->f the accident that cost his father’s
life. The son escaped unhurt.
TAXPAYERS TAKE NOTICE.
Waiting on Mr. Wilson.
Kinston, Nov. 19.—The date of the
wedding of W. Wilson and Eliza Galt
depends on announcement from the
White House. They are Beaufort
County blacks, the prospective bride
a widow. About the time they were
considering marriage came the news
oft he engagement of Mrs. Galt to
President Wilson. The matter was
clinched th^n and there. Now Wilson
and the Galt woman are eaggerly
awaiting the naming of the date of
the wedding in the National Capital,
for their nuptial events is to be
staged by agreement on the same day.
and superintendent of streets of Wil
mington, charged with violations of
election laws, have been continued un
til the January term of court.
Fifteen white convicts, serving sen
tences of from four months to four
years, sawed their way through the
steel bars of the convict cage at the
Sandy Mush camp in Buncombe coun
ty and escaped. Three were recap
tured.
Capt. Thos. H. Haughtoii, 74 years
of age, a prominent citize.i of Char
lotte, died Tuesday in Baltimore,
where he was under treatment in a
hospital. He was a sbldier o^ the Con
federacy, a native of Chatham coun
ty, but had lived in Pittsboro many
years.
Col. John Temple 0^' ves, Georgia
speak in Charlotte in be
half of a greater navy. He is eah-
vassing under the auspices of .the
Navy League, organized to work up
sentiment for a stronger navy.
Gov. Craig has offered a reward of
$100 for the unknown murderers -.»f
Rev. Floyd Sweatt, the minister who
was assassinated on the highway near
Hamlet on the 8th. It is alleged that
the assassination was the -resjilt of
Mr. Sweatt’s war on the whiskey traf
fic.
It is said that a Davidson county
farmer recently ordered a set of din
ing chairs from a Chicago mail or
der house and when they arrived he
found that they were made by a
Thomasville factory, in his home
county and were wrapped in local
newspapers.
Over $25,000 is the amount of thfc
appropriation made by 45 counties of
the State to Home Demonstration
Work. And Mrs. Jane McKimmCin,
in charge of the work expect* to have
shortly 50 j>ei* cent, of the counties
of the State under supervision for
the entire year.
Mrs. Annie R. Collins/ aged 74,
widow of the late Major George P.
Collis died Monday at her home in
Hillsboro from a stroke of apoplexy.
Two sons and five daughters survive.
Mrs. Collins was a, daughter of the
late Paul C. Cameron and a sister
of Colonel Benehan Cameron.
Unable to secure the conviction of
blind tigers in the recorder’s court at
Fayetteville, Solicitor Breece of the
court declined to , further prosMUte.
He said it was evident that Fayette
ville wanted “blind tigers” and as
far as he was concerned it could have
them even if to the extent thas whis
key flowed in the streets knee deep.
Fire Tuesday night completely de
stroyed the Norfolk Southern railroad
shops at New Berne. The loss is
placed at $200,000. The fire at one
time threatened the entire norther
end of the city and the union station
and freight warehouses. The plant
covered almost a city block and with
it tw^o locomotives and several cars ,
also were burned.
Three white men, John Miller, Wil
liam Monaghan and J. A. Wilson
who had attaind distinction in their
profession of picking pockets, receiv- .
"d sentences of six,months each on
the roads, tin Mecklenburg Superior
Court this week. They were arrest
ed in Charlotte some weeks ago.
They had in their possession several
hundred dollars extracted from un
suspecting victims.