_J~_ THF O ASTON IA srjirsr-.Js A A 1L/ V>/iO A V-/l^lAii , —!Lv>__ ___ Published Twice a Week—Tuesday W. f. HAESHA1X, Editor >od frapri»tor. VOL. XJCV. GASTONIA, N. C„ TUESDAY, APRIL g. COUNTY CONVEN TION CALLED. DATE IS SATUBDAT, MAY 7TH. Primaries Saturday, April 30— Precinct Committeaa ta Con dad Eloclltn—Poll Books pro lo bo Kopt tad the Bocorda Sent op to County Convootlon. A good representation of com initteeincu, candidates, and other citizens attended t»c meet ing at Dallas Saturday altemoou ol the Democratic eouuty execu tive committee, held in pursu ance of the call by Chairman O. P. Mason. Having requested editors W. P. Marshall and Hugh Long to act as secretaries, the chairman declared the object of the mcetiug to be to decide whether there should he one eouuty convention or twu, to de cide whether primaries should be held or not, and to fix dates for such conventions and pri maries as were called. The precincts bad representa tion as follows' Dallas O. Y. Mason Cherryville Not represented Carpenter's W. B. Carpenter Kiser's II. S. Sellars Dilliug'a J. I,. Mauuey Bakers \V. S. Manner Bessemer Not represented u. i r W. T. Rankin Gastonia. No. 1 T M p.y.sous Gastonia. No. ? J. SI. Kendrick Glenn'. Not represented I-owell R. R. Kay South Point \V. R. Ford Belmont A. J. Smith Union Not re|>resentetl Mt. Uollv Not represented Cansler’s Not represented Stanley C. F. Smith Upon motion of Mr. H. S. Sellars, seconded by Mr. W. S. Mauney, it was decided to hold only one couulv convention. It was also moved by Mr. Sel lars that the primaries be called for Saturday, the 30tb of April, and the county convention for Wednesday, the fourth of Mav. Mr. W. T. Rankin moved to amend by naming Saturday, May 7th, as the day for holding the county convention, thus placing the convention at the end of the week and just a week after the primaries. The amend ment was accepted, aud the mo tion was discussed. There was a general sentiment in favor of an early convention. Mr. Sellars said there were some who wouldn‘t plant any crop until the convention was held, which was understood as a sly dig at the candidates who were so busy looking after their political fences. Sheriff Arm strong was in favor of an early convention." A good many of us,” said be, "want to kuow whether to plant anv crop or not.” Mr. R. R. Ray favored an early con vention to relieve as soon as practicable the "great strain” the candidates seem to be under. Tbe vote was unanimous to bold the primaries Saturday, April 30, and the county -con vention Saturday, May 7th. It was ruled by the com mittee that the primaries should be confined to the county officer*. The very important matter of prescribing rules to secure uni formity iu the manner of con ducting the primaries whs seri ously discussed. At same precindUapollingbook was kept, at others the votes were caat in a bat passed around the crowd: at some places tbe primaries opened and closed at fixed bourn, at others no special-hours were observed. rhe question, Who i«» entitled to participate in the primary? was also discussed. This ques tion was not passed upon by vote, bnt there skeined to be general assent to the rule that any qualified white voter who gave satisfactory assurance upon his honor that he intended -to vote the ticket nominated by the Democratic convention would be entitled to take port in the primaries. The man _ who wanted to come into the primary and vote for just "one man,” without any iutention of support ing the rest of (he ticket wax not entitled to participate io « Democratic primary- Mr. W. T. Rankin, while assenting to ibis rule, thought the man should be informed kindly and frankly how these matters were. "The Democratic party isn’t so big yet," he said, "that it doesn't want recruits,’’ and if this ‘one man’ voter i» with ns let us keep him; if he’s not with ns, of course we shall have to m elude bin." , Regarding uniformity m hold ing the pri-rwrics, it was ins thought best to adopt any iron clad, complicated regulation*. Tbe rules adopted are embodied in u motion which fixed the hours of opening the primaries at one o’clock, aud the time of closing at 6:30 p. a., and ia the following resolutions offered by Mr. R. R. Ray: Resolved that the various pre cinct executive committees hold the primaries, two or more oi the members acting ns poll-holders sod making a record of the names of those voting, and that such record he transmitted to the chairman of the county con vention. Chairman Mason urged the members of the committee to re member that the plan of organi zation requires that at the first primary a precinct executive committee be elected; that this committee organize immediately and elect a chairman, who by virtue of his office becomes a member of the county executive committee; and that this county committee is required to organ ize immediately after the con vention and elect a county chair man. DB. ODELL IMPBOVINO. Ha la in Sooth Carolina, but laels an Affectionate Interest is Old Oaalon—Parmars in that Section are in 8ood Canditisn —Dirind far Ton Cant Colten and Shari Cara Crop. | r»i IK* FMltur of thv Ouaiiv. Or account of continnrd ill health we moved to this section of the moral vineyard about two weeks ago. I have improved in health continually since we ar rived and feel belter this morn ing thau I have felt in over twelve months. Enclosed find our subscription for Thx Gazette. We must bear from home regularly in more than the ordinary four page letter, and there is no other me dium in Gaston county that gets so much of general interest to her absent children as Thu Ga zette. This is a level, sandy, fertile and prosperous country. The farms are small and not under mortgage, either, as they were years ago. The weather is cool and rainy, and fanners are slow ly getting iuto liue fot 10 cent cotton, and coni enough to lust them till the first of December "next fall." I hope to hear favorable ac counts from the fanners atid all oilier activities of Gaston, and sincerely trust they may all be very good and quarrel no more abont the removal ot the old court house. With kind regards and tender memories of nil, I am most sin cerely. O. C. Odell. Effingham, S. C.. Mar. 28.1904. Subscribe for Tint Gastonia Gazette' SAD DEATH OF YOUNG MAN. Mr. Sia C. L«irn«Hai«4MM uf nw naut— April 2 —Since last 1 wrote, one of our young ladies has be come a Mrs. ’Twas a "run-sway" match, to we hear. Rev. and Mrs A. T. Lindsay visited Mr. K. A. Morrow one day last week. Gardening is In fnll blast. One of our bachelors has treat* ed himself to a new suit of clothes. What next? Our neighborhood is in uqed of three things, viz: A resident physician, a roller mill and a phone line from R. L. Wilson’s to Rev. A. T. Lindsay's and on to lhe "queen city of Gaston." "1 want to inform some young men and ladies in this commu nity that I will not under any con ditions report "dead matter" in this correspondence. Yonag men call on your girls every night if you wish, thati# proper; but "Mr. So-and-so called on Mist So-aod-So Saturday night and took her to church Sonday," is out of place in a newspaper. If you can't give as Items of interest don't give us "dead stuff.” Cut this out and file it sway, and engrave it on the tab lets of yoar mind. NOTICE. Notice it hereby riven that a meeting of stockholders of Gas tonia Coffin Company will be held in the office of Gastonia Banking Company, Gastonia, N. C. April 28. 1804, at 2:30 p. m., to consider a resolution to dis solve said corporation. By order of the Directors. Jko. P. Lovk. President. Gastonia, N. C. Mar. 28, 1804. A22cft Notice t* Creditors. SSf &>c«?. Si HIMM haviMT(tain* acataatMlSMaUru (O vrnrm Lbrm dal? wSdu wnirW lots A* UA 4*7 tl Marcfc. IMS. r&TKZjlf UK willJWV & Thu Gazf.tte, $1 a year. —a————aas———sa—am MARY JOHNSTON’S GREAT NEW NOVEL Sir Mortimer IS JUST PUBLISHED Readers of "TO HAVE AND TO HOED” will welcome the diatinct advance which MUa John* tton, already a master-hand in fiction, bgp made over her previous successes. With frontispiece reproducing colors at original painting by F. C Yohn, and eight Mustratlooj printed on indU-tinted paper and mounted Ilka photographs. HARPER A BROTHERS, New York * THE J. A. 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