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THURSDAY. APRIL 2t, 1921. fHE GASTONIA. (fi. C), DAILY GAZETTE PAGE THREE JOHN SWEAT DEAD. LIVE NEWS FROM ALL SECTIONS OF GASTON UNWOOD COLLEGE LINCOLN LOCALS. CLEVELAND CULLINGS. Corregpomlenoe of TUe Daily flazpttc. Tli. Su. Mr. .1 :i m.n J'ilini was s!iT through 1 lit iirm :n KinsTi Mountiiin f: t nr.hiT iiijrht iii'l lirr In ii.-in.l is t! i i " i 1 1 . Yuri- Mr. Henry Hili11iroikt, xkc was in j town Siiliirila.v, said fruit in his Motion i n'fia hnilli .1:1 mfl hv lfiaf U'fi I' y fr.ici LINWOOD COLLKOK. April 20.-, R t(. ,ronl g0Im. ',.,.,. js t,t T M U.,.;i- .a rrt TV , I; , T"' ."T -.V """'whent-fir a-lvan.-,-.! w:,s sis,, .toma!. rumur, r, ,.H.mt at King, M.,at:ii. 1 """' " . a,i oAts in nmn, inst.-iii.vs wvr.- .Iain day morning. N wi re iii.iwxi gla.l to 0)?w, ()y frolt hay,- him with uh. j Tl.o Davidson ,,,11,.,. 1(llpo,M Misk hut.i,' ChristenlK-rry, a former I f w n )(f .uil!0 , student, spent Saturday night a ud Sun ! )or(lil uf j ... (I tI rl ....turinr,, day with frieii.l at the olleKe. ; Thllr!u!:iv , , .,,, rr.,, ,,, The followiuB girls spent thf week end gr;lm vn. jv.lll(. ,, . at home: Misses Kva I'etty, Lois N'ly. , Iare uu,yu.nee present. During the .if .ifiiine i.iirn-R, nrciia jjruwu, "-"":.,,. ,i:0 i,.,,r i ,i Lowe, Antha Black and Odie Counts. Oflioer for the new ealiinet of the Y. V. C. A. for 1SIJ1 22 were elected lv the former ealiinet and advisory hoard recently. The new officers are: Miss Ruth MeGill, president; .Miss Amy Rol iimon, vicepresiilent ; Miss Mary Turner, secretary; Miss Jennie Patrick, troas tirer; Miss Irene Whiteside.s, cliairiimu of devotional committee; Miss Nettie Durant, chairman of missionary commit-' ,tee; Miss Willie Yaughan, chairman of miiNie, eomniittee; Miss (iuladys Wig gins, chairman of membership commit tee; Miss Willie Mcftill, chaimuui of vesper committee; Miss Louise (iaiidy, chairman of publicity committee. The installation service was held Sunday evening. The candle-light service was used, which was very impressive. After the services, President Lindsay addressed the V. W. ('.A. Miss Mninje Mabry visited relatives in Charlotte the past week-end. Misses Hlonn. Bell, Mary Turner, M. K. Clink, Janet Lindsay mid Mr. Kngene Lindsay attended the Lenoir College (dec Club concert Thursday evening in ias tonia. Mr. Ralph Whitesides took a number of the girls to Spencer Mountain Mon day. They reported a delightful trip. court house anil enlivened a large croud of citizens nml visitors. The young men composing the band were guests in the homes of friends i.i this city Thursday night und left Friday morning. Their visit to Lini ointon was a ideas lire to the town people and should they decide to come this nay again they will i receive a heart v welcome. i,i regard t. the shooting, bo; mi mi --ins t.i know lim. it hnppene.i. Miss Huth Kilii it i wh.i U teaching a! Kenier.svilli- cut the week end hern wilh In r Mother. Mi-. Lli.'.a Huberts, t'niiiiii; up :'..r marriage o: her bruili Mr. haries Hoii. rt:, and Miss I.ii.i Mover which oci-n-red Kil.ir.Iay aftir liiioll. Mis llattie HauiM-ur of l.iin uliitna is spt-iiding Minie time here with Mis. 4'eph Planton an. I Miss Kea Shnford. Mi-ses iSiiuforii and l!am-iir sptnt the we -k i'H.1 in Marion, the guest nf Mr. and Mr-:. layt ia Hainseiir. Mrs. W. . Newton took her 01 Millii to I.im 1 1 it 1 1 111 isiiuday for an examina tion of his i-vi'. lie siisteiia.il an in.iury of his eye .lin ing t h,. Christum holidays with a tire ci.-t'-ker ami il is still feared that he is losing the sigln of this injured On l.i 1 u ii I iy in tin- Recorder's eo-.irt. Lawrence (iraysoe tin- Hiii'o youth piai-i-d in . iiarge of Mr. i'lter I'. tiring for stealing a ISuick ao'eiiioliili' from Mr. Karl Ilnmricl:, was found guilty of linr some provisinns from Mr. tirigtr Mr. Minor C. Kaldwin Concert Organ ist will give two concerts at Lutheran church of Lincoliitun, next Monday and Tuesday evening of uevt .veek at v o 'dock. Mi. Baldwin was solo orjanisl at the following expositions: Chicago. St. Louis, Philadelphia, Charleston. I'an American, Omaha, also Brooklyn In-li-tntc of Arts and N-iencos. He was solo organist in the following McOill, drunk an, I .lisorderlv Kuropean cities: Royal AHiert Hall London. Brnxelles, Melgiujn, Antwerp. Belgiiiiu. Lucerne. h it.. i Ian I. Paris and WeNt Indies. There will be sofiie solo's sung by Liucoliiton tahnt benvei'ii Mr. Baldwin's selections. This is liisi piogram for Men lay, April 25: 1. Bad Ureal Toei-ata (Pedal Solos) WORD H. WOOD RESIGNS FROM THE COMMISSION Pressure of Business Affairs Makes It Impossible to Continue as Highway Commissioner. RALKICH. April v 2(1. The resigna tion of Wonl H. Wood, of Charlotte, as highway commissioner from the eighth district was accepted by the governor to night. The resignation was accepted with regrets of the governor, who ex pressed them in his telegram accepting it. Mr. Wood gave as his reason for resigu- 2. Reverie Baldwin. ;:. Kinleit ling. Tenia Mil Variation em .Hesse. I. Consolation Baldwin. '. - Allegretto -- Cainefii. (i. Adagio et inti'i niesso - - Hay. in. 7. Aadgio Bach. X. Chine -- Yndioi. !. Hallelujah ( horns -- II iludel. Mrs. . M. Itoscman. Sr.. receie. a telegrain Friday morning announcing the death of her sister, Mrs. M. (.. Caldwell in Laurinliurg. The remains won ac companied to Miii West, S. C for burial Sat unlay, by Mr. an. I Mrs. B. I', (aid well of Cliftsnle, Miss U.ittie ( 'a I.I we: 1 ing from the commission the pressure of of .,,,, ,,; , r.AlM , i.:lurin private linsiness interests winch tooK so much time that it was impossible for him to serve. He accepted the place at the solicitation of the governor, who wanted Mr. Wood on the commission be cause of his business and banking expe- burg, Mr. and Mrs. 1). II. Shields and Mr. R. M. Wimberley of l.incnlntnn and Mrs. J. M. Hit t ion of Urronvi!lo, S. ( '. She is survived by two .sisters, Mrs. If M. Roseiiian and Mis. M. II. shields of Liucoliiton one brother .1 M S.ltion rienee. Mr. Wood did not think at . 0f (ireenvillo, S. C. Two da lighters. Miss time he accepted the appointment that he Hariot Cahlwell of Hamlet and Mrs. R. couhl give the time to the work if needed, Wimberlev f l.ineolnton. I wo sons, but finally decided to give it a trial. He Barnn ral,, .,,,, of i fr .;,,.. ., .,. has found the pressure of private bus,. L c.iUKe of ,,,.,,.,,. y. , H. ness of such magnitinle that he declares fi? y(,,irs ,uul mhii.is (j , ,.)(. he ia unable to handle it. si,.k i,. ,., h;vlii- s.,f The governor has not yet intimated an foro,, n slrok. of (.ir.,v.is ttt(, w.vks appointee to (111 the place of Mr. Wo.nl .,K fr01g n,.vi.r ri.(,)V,,,.,i. on the road commission. j Mrs. Caldwell was well know,, in I. in eoliitnn where she knent some time with FARM HAND PLOWS UP ,ttURhu.Tt Mr,. ,. . vi,!..,h v. and $13,000 IN GOLD MONEY mnrr0lis fril,n,,s ,,, i.,Ill,int,ll... here who extend sympathy In the Metal Pot Also Was $190 in Sil ver and Paper Money Latest Date on . any Coin 1823. ' SALEM. Vn.. cipril 20. Henry Dam eron, 25, descendant of pioneer Virginia to the tives in their sad bereavement. rein HARDING TO TAKE A PART IN CELEBRATION WASHINGTON', April 2.-Former settlers, who works on his uncle's tiioiin- President Harding has accepted an in vi tainsiile farm near here from sun-up to tut ion to ileliver an address in Now York sun-down at f10 a month, often ilfearned, (-ity on May 2:. at an anniversary cele he said, of finding a treasure and buying , bration of the New York Coinniercial, a farm of his own, 'one of the oldest newspapers in the On fTie afternoon of April 9, while country. ilowing near the foot of Brush's nnun- The celebration to be attended by the' tain his plow unearthed a peculiar look President in New York on May 2.;, will ing object which attracted his attention, mark the 12."th anniversary of the found Investigation revealed that he had found ing of the New York Commercial. Mr. a small metal pot wrapped in buckskin Harding is to speak at a .tinner given by containing gold and silver coins valued publishers of the paper at a New York St ! ' and given six months on the roads. Jim induct o a a I costs. tiarland IVaisi,.., assault with deadly weapon in which In- broke a bed slat mi r the head of larence Tom-' was tined !'." and costs Boiling Springs walked away with nil hili s iiool honors in Shelby Friday and in addition to winning the lloey oratoii ;.! modal, the Webb i ss;,v medal, cap lured the high school haschuSI ehiiniiiion 1 .p of llii- coin. tv and won the most i 'ints in the athletic lb-Id exon-ises held a ' Sheliiy graded school gioinols. A largo crowd was present from town ami omitv to witness the athletic events which will be held annually in the fu 1 are. The t'a-t Boiling Springs team won the has, hall game mcr Shelby by a score of 1 L' to .1. In the field events she was an asy winner, making Ii7 points To 'J for Shcllo,, -"i for I'arl and J for Fall ston. Tin' nianv friends of Mis. (haries L. Lskiidge of this i, lace will learn with re grot of the deatii of her little nephew. Robert Williams who was drowned Satur day .-. f icrnoon in a lake nea1, ('oloinbia. S. ('., where lie was liathing or boating with the Roy. Scouts of which he was a member. He was about 1 J years of age and a vorv bright an I promising young fellow. Mrs-. Lkri.!go left Sun day to attend tin- fjnet.il which was held Sunday afternoon at the home of the boy's parents. Rev. and Mrs. II. Croft Williams a prominent Kpiscopnl i 'lergynian. Mr. Whitsett th popular manager of MrNoolv store was railed to Reidswll,. Sunday to be at the beilsidi of his wife w ioi is si, win, Karly Friday morning fire destroyed three warehouses at l.attimore, the Yen no.- (til mill being the heavies' lose.!. Mr. Milton, bookkeeper for the Vomer oil mill got up with one of his sii-k chil dren about l!:i!0 find saw the blaze through the window and quickly the a laim w is given but the lire could not he placed under control, although the water system at the oil mill no doubt saved the other buildings. Origin of th fire is not known. Tlje large two story frame building used by the oil mill contained a gnat quantity of seed, hulls, meal and the loss is estimated at 1 .""..' M par tially covered bv insurance. This tire makes it necessary for the oil mill to suspend operations for the season, Imt meal and hulls will be kept on sale for ' ust otner s. Tin' s-eed home was silxLJO fei't and was nearly filled wi''. raw and finished products. Paralytic, Pauper aid Murderer Takes Hin Own Liie. j The suicide of John iStveat, paralytic,! pauper, former convict and convicted murderer, at his home at B innockbiirn in ' Berrien county, Georgia, a few days ago,1 removed from that section a character as strange ,.s ever wis pictured by a lio ells. . Fate xisiti-.l great afflictions on' Hw.at. When he. was 27 years old he was stricken with a hafrting form oT riii'iiiiiat isin that paralyzed hi i lower limbs ami so affected his spine that his1 head was drawn backward-, leaving his' eyes always staring upward. His arms were not roucled and their strength was remarkable mi ! the day he s' "t ,", loal , of shot - r..hing through his brain. From the time ho was stricken un-' til his oi. -i.e, a iitriod of about 40 year. Sweat was neither able to lie down nor stand up. When he slept it1 was in a roiling chair. !! got about , in a small cart to which he drove an ox , he managed to train to stn ainaing de gree. In this cart. Sweat frequently hunted being able to kill game when found ill ; 'i s. It was only I iy rolling his eyes, that the nffiielcl man was able tn see in aiiy d'uoction except straight up. Swca' 's physical condition I i I not prevent him from inarring. and he was the i'.illn-r of -..ioi 'hildn.ii. Neighbors a.sM-i-:e, th. t he . on' roiled his family with an iron hand. His suffering caused hiin to develop a violent temper and he i was geneially feared. ( hie of Sweat's acighbois was John Faulkin r. It was for Faulkner's murder lii,!' he was given life imprisonment. Testimony ai the trial which occurred .1 iri.inlier of years ago -is me. I to show that Sweat became angered at Faulkner, who was 7" veal's old, ovir some trivial incident end drove to his house and call e. him to the door, explaining that he' had coin,, to kill hi, n. I'aulkiier replied that he wai: old and his lighting days were over and turned to have. From I i is ox cart, the paralytic opened fire, with hi- shotgun. Faulkn. r fell to tin ground dead. ' Sweat then turned to on,, of his young sons who was in th,. cart with him andj commanded him to catch Mrs. Faulkner and bring her to liim. The boy tried1 to carry out the in-t rue) ion but the; woman ran. Sweat then drove to Nashville ami "iir : rendered to the sheriff. While ill jail. Sweat spent his time in his rolling ihaii ami was described as being the most troublesome prisoner ever oonlined in the Berrien county jail. At the trial he was convicted of niur dor, tli(. jury recommending that he be given a life sentence. At the slate farm. Sweat was a troublesome prisoner. Then was a practically no work tliat he could do. He snent his days and nights in lib rolling chair, alternately singing, pray ing and swearing. In a few months his family begun a long tight to secure his freedom. He was released under parol,, about ." weeks ago. It was fear that lit would again 1 be carried back to prison that prompted; Sweat to gi t into his cart, drive down the I roadway about two miles f r un home anil end his life with his shotgun. j at $14,90:1. About sM .1,000 was in Rohl, $000 in 'silver and the balance in paper money so badly disintegrated that the de nominations could not be distinguished. The latest date on any of the coins was IS2.1. Young Mameron, first bewildered, was fearful that his fortune might be taken from him anil kept his discovery a secret until today when hp told his mother. "Henry dreamed for a week that he was going to find a treasure," declared Mrs. Bameron, a hardy mountain woman, "nml now he's gone ami donp it." Tonight the fortune was still in Pam eron 's keeping with no intention on his part, he said, of depositing it in a bank. hotel. WHOSE WIFE'S MOTHER HAS .. .. DIED? Rock Hill Cor. Yorkville l-inquirer-. Saturday, 16th: Another big chicken fight was sched ule! for this aftetioou. But it didn't come off. The challenger, who is a res. ident of (instonin, N. '., notified the lo cal fanciers this morning that because of the fact, that his wife's mother had died suddenly, he would b" unable to be present. The fight for th'.s afternoon had been widely advertised, sjl. r a. and as a tesiilt there are a gro.--;t many .lis apioiiited chii ken chasirs in Ho. k Hill this afternoon. Interrupted. Here is a letter it would hardly dr for us to publMi." said the patent medicine quack. ' A man wittes: ' 1 have jut taken the first 'bottle of your medicine, - Well .'" said his partn'f. "There it breaks off shott, Mgned iii 'mother handwriting. and o ' I 'or ex '.'lit' at . - West, i hristian Advo- Forty Dollar Silk Dresses for $15.95 and $18.95 at H. P. Stowe Co's. Friday morning. Don't fail to see them. Demonstration, Sat. 23rd FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE WILL BE HERE AND DEMONSTRATE THE Sechrist Pressure Cooker IN ADDITION TO THE DEMONSTRATION WE WILL OFFER SPECIALS SATURDAY ONLY Gastonia Hardwars Co. PHONE 88 r J c Frohman's Cut-Price Grocery THE TH0MASVILLE AFFAIR. ( harlotte Observer. Olio circumstance in iiuineitlon with I the doing to death of the chief of police, in tin' town of Thoniasv ille that seems to sland out above all others is that he was I a hated man, and he was hated because, of his relentless enforcement of the laws,' regardless of i oiiseipieiu i s. II.- would , raid the so. iety card party or dance ipiite as willingly as he would jack up the; street boot logger ; personal privilege ex ciiiptiou was a thing unknown to ii.nt. He: proved si diligent in prosecution of his duties that he seems to hav,. es(n hi ished j a feeling of uncomfortable ''liability'" in the town and it had become a mutually acknowledged fait that no one need j expect ''favors" at his hand. l''rom ' i incidents developed since the tragedy the outside public might be justified ill ar riving tit the i'oiii lusion that he was a victim iii' his own faithfulness to duty. One would find ditlidilty in considering j any sort of pha that may ho put up in defense of his slayer except that of last j desperate resort- the plea of insanity.; The occurrence has naturally aroused i lunch feeling, especially among th.i friends of 1 In- dead man and on part of i a public In whose conscience a shock has been given that such a thing couhl have; been of possible enactment. The trial is very likely h Mined to develop into one ( of the most notable legal incidents in the history of the State. Now open for business in full Blast METEOR SHOWERS HOT METAL OVER GEORGIA MACON. Oa., April 20. A meteor, or n series of meteors that passed over mid dle an.l southern Georgia about fl o'clock this morning, exploding and showering hot metal as heavy as iron, frightened people in the sections of the state where the phenomenon was visible. The meteor was neon in Macon. It exploded over f'ordele and also at Pitts, some distance east of Cordele, an.l also at Albany, southwest of here. At Pitts, in Wilcox county, more than a dozen ' heavy explosions were heard, j then as if a machine gun had leen press-! ed into action there was a sharp crack ling in the air for several minutes and red hot metal, some pieces weighing six pounds each, began to fall to the earth. j In the wake of the falling fragments was a trail of black smoke. The nk.v was cloudless. BROWNS' NEW SECOND BASEMAN. 1 i V SiA' CATTS SHOOTS FAIRCLOTH. DEFTJNIAK SPRIXG8. Fla., April 20. Douglas Catts, gon of former Gov ernor Sidney J. Catts, today shot and wounded Jean Faircloth, a prominent vcitiren of this place. The shooting is iaid to be the outgrowth of attentions alleged to have been paid to Catts' wife by Faireloth. Z . liSV r42fj :'i' ., mw . i at "x J&&y iK'1 7 X ff i "'TVT:' :.T..-. - .s :cagti'.inn Billy Gleason, who is covering the Keystone sack in place of Joe Cedeon, was released. Gleason is fast and is said to be a good hitter. ' Gastonian TODAY WANDA HAWLEY In THE OUTSIDE WOMAN Adapted from the play, "ALL NIGHT LONG." Added Attraction "INTERNATIONAL NEWS" FRIDAY MARY MILES MINTER In "THE LITTLE CLOWN" Added Attraction: Kathefin McGuire and Mack Sennett Girls in "SWEETHEART DAYS" A Mack Sennett Comedy 24 lbs. Good Patent Plain Flour $1.25 48 fibs. Good Patent Plain Flour $2.45 98 lbs. Good Patent Plain Flour $4.75 24 11) s. Good Self rising Flour for $1.30 48 lbs Good Sel (rising Flour for $2.55 98 lbs. Good Self'rising Flour for $4.90 Fresh ground Corn Meal, peck.... 30c Bran and Shorts, 75 lb sack for. . $50 Best Compound Tub Lard, pound 12c .Pest Compound Lard, 4 lb bucket 50c Rest Compound Lard, 8 lb bucket $1.00 Granulated Sugar, 10 lb sack for 89c Fresh Roasted Rio Coffee, ground or grain, per pound 12c Whole grain Clue Rose Rice, pound 5c Arbuckle Coffee 24c lb, or 3 lbs for 70c Caraja Coffee 25c ft, or 3 lbs for 70c Pure Tub Lard, per pound 19c Pure Lard in ." lb buckets for $1.00 Good Fat Hack Meat, per pound' 14c Good Rib Meat, per pound 17c Rest grade Hominy Grits, pound 3 l-2c Maxwell House Coffee, pound . . . 39c or pounds for $1.15 Pink Salmon, tall can, best grade. . 12c Re-t grade Tomatoes, No. 3, can 12 l-2c Silver Floss Kraut, No. 3, per can 14c Rlue Label Karo Syrup, 5 lb bucket 35c Rlue Label Karo Syrup, 10 lb bucket 68c Red Label Karo Syrup, 5 lb bucket 39c Red Label Karo Syrup, 10 lb bucket 75c Chicken Feed, per pound 3c Canned Corn, good grade, per can 10c String Beans, No. 3, per can 19c Pie Apples, No. 3, per can 18c Pie Peaches, No. 3, per can 15c Silver Dale Syrup Peaches, per can 27c California Lima Beans, pound .... 11c Pinto Beans, per pound 8c White Navy Beans, per pound .... 10c Baby Face Beans, per pound .... 12c Pet Milk, large size, per can 14c Pet Milk, small size, per can 7c Golden Age Macoroni, package. ... 5c Octagon Soap, large size cake 4 for 25c Star Naptha Washing Powder, large size 4 for 25c Swift's Arrow Borax Laundry Soap 7 bars for 25c Swift's Pride Washing Powder 7 packs for 25c Argo Starch, per package ..... .... 7c Celloid Starch 7 packs for 25c Old Dutch Cleanser, per can 11c Campbell's or Van Camps Soups, per can 12 l-2c Extra fine sifted Peas, per can .... 16c Canned Hominy, No. 3, per can 12 l-2c Globe Matches, per package 17c Pure Apple Jelly, 7 oz. glass for. . 14c Good Brooms, 75c value, for 39c All 20c Chewing Tobacco, plug... 18c All 30c Chewing Tobacco, plug . .. 28c All 10c Snuffs 3 for ' 25c NOTHING GIVEN AWAY AND NOTHING SOLD BELOW COST. We don't claim it. Each and every article in our store is sold at cost plus a legitimate profit. When Frohman says legitimate profit he does not mean expensive ORDER TAKING, DELIVERING, BOOK KEEPING COL LECTING AND LOSSES ON BAD ACCOUNTS WHICH ARE PLENTIFUL. While all these items must be added to the cost by the average grocer, THEY ARE POSITIVELY FOREIGN TO THE CASH AND CARRY SYSTEM . . At Frohman's Cut-Price Grocery SAME OLD STAND SAME OLD SYSTEM
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