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« THE GAS! fo" PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK—TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. _:-- ->— -—^ - . ” - ---T SINGLE COPY « CENTS ~ •" DevotadJ.0 -the protection of Home and the Interests of the County. VOL. XXIX. GASTONIA, N. C., FRIDAY, SEPT. 25.1908. . --- -—~——————— ■ <5i O pera House . ' ~ Thursday, October 1st, J. A. COBURNS . —Great Barlow 8f|-. MINSTRELS ; ■> ; * " — An AH White Company ol Merit. V Presenting an entire NEW High Grade Programme with the Finest Electric First Part Setting ever seen on the GAS - - TONiA Stage. Gauranteeing Your Money’s Worth or Your Money Back Haur W ___ WE CAN A^p WILL SAVE YOU MONEY li you will let us. BUY YOUR FURNITURE FROM US FOR CASH AND YOU WILL SAVE MONEY WHICH YOU CAN PUT INTO SOMETHING ELSE. WE DO NOT SELL FOR LESS THAN COST BUT OUR MARGIN OF PROFIT IS VERY REASONABLE. BY SELLING FOR CASH WE GIVE YOU THE ADVANTAGE OF LOW PRICES. OUR STOCK IS AS COMPLETE AND VARIED AS IT EVER WAS;WE ARE PRE PARED FOR A LARGE FALL BUSINESS. EVERYTHING IN THE FURNITURE LINE. ALWAYS SEE US BEFORE YOU BUY; IT MEANS MONEY TO YOU. Williams Furniture Company Craig 4 Wilson Bldng. Gastonia, N. C. 1 » . v ' • /•' * _ .__ — ■ ■ ■ 1 -- ■ PROFESSIONAL CARDS OAKLAND, JONES £ TIMBER LAKE. Attorneys and Counselors Over Torrence-Morris Company. Gastonia, N. C. S. B. SPARROW V attorney-at-law DALLAS, N. C. upstair* over Bank- of DaJin* JOHN 0. CARPENTER ATTORNEY-AT-LAW DALLA$, N. C.. Office over Bank of Dallas. Mrs. John Half TEACHER OF PIANO AND ORGAN. Pupil of Dr. Haas, Director of Music, Holland In stitute, Va. Leschetlzky method of technique taught. Ten years ex perience. Dally lessons to begin ners. During vacation Is a good time to begin. * . „, ~7~ YON CAN’T AFFORD -y •- .v. _ •your picture spoiled In Better bring them variety of mouldings of workmanship, and selection makes the prop a certainty. J. I. GREEN, Photographer. # AND RUGS CLEANED AS GOOD AS NEW. all Grease Spots, etc. Charges Reasonable. GEORGE W. GLENN. RAWFOIU) JR8E Ital, Chester, stonia for the on. She can Anders’ resl aay be left at ) highest res i been opened of the Jung erland. It is bove the sea mmit of the s not cooked uel, but by e the Lutschine In the valley Baracca Movement. The young men of Main Street Methodist church are requested to be present at a special Baracca service Sunday night at 7:46. Come and hear the converted Syrian. Persian to Preach. Rev. Joseph Barjuman. a native of Persia, will preach for Rev. R. A. Miller at the Presbyterian church in Lowell next Sunday, September 27, at 11 a. m. and at Belmont at 3:30 p. m. the same day. Series of Meetings. A series of evangelistic meetings will be conducted at the first Baptist church, beginning Wednesday night, November 4th, by Dr. Wm. Lunaford, pastor of the First Baptist church of Asheville. South Fork Association. The South Fork Baptist Associa tion will meet with the First Baptist church of Oastonla Wednesday night, October 21st instead of Thursday morning, October 22d, and will con tinue in session through the follow ing Sunday. Special attention of the churches is called to this change of date. Fifty-two churches will be represented in the meeting of the Association. Cutting Scrape. Sallle Rosa and Mary Gordon, two negro women of questionable char acter, were tried in police court yes terday morning on the charge of in dulging in an affray. The trial grew out of a difficulty which oc curred in a house on Davis row Wed nesday night when the Gordon wo man slashed the Ross woman with a razor, inflicting a painful wound on the latter’s breast. The Ross wo man was fined $2.50 and the cost and the Gordon woman was bound to court in the sum of $25. Coming Attractions. Manager Chas. Cavls of the opera house announces the following attrac tions which have been booked for early presentation here: October 1, Coburn’s Greater Minstrels; Octo ber 3, "Uncle Josh Jenkins”; Octo ber 6, Black Patti; October 7, “The Clansman.” Coburn’s, the old Bar low Minstrels, has opened the season at the local playhouse for the past several years and is a favorite with Gastonians. Black Patti and her troubadours* were here last season and pleased a large house. Goes to South Carolina. Mr. J. C. Campbell, bookkeeper for the Piedmont Telephone & Tele graph Co., has tendered his resigna tion to take effect October 16th and vlll remove to Princeton near Green . ille, S. C., where he will engage in the music business In conjunction with his brother, Mr. M. M. Camp bell. The latter was here this week on business connected with their new venture and returned home Wednes day. Mr. Campbell has been a res ident of Gastonia for the past three years and he and Mrs. Campbell have many friends who regret to knew that they are to leave. The State Farmers’ Union of South Carolina is at work upon a plan to sell their cotton direct to European mills. THE CHARGES_ALL FALSE. Gaston Convicts Treated Well as In vestigation Proves—Letters to So cialist Papers Absolutely False. In its issue of Monday The Char lotte Observer reprinted from The Chicago Daily Socialist a letter bear _iag a Charlotte date line which re counted instances of alleged cruel^i’ Inflicted on convicts Serving, senten ces on the Gaston county chalngangs. The letter waB brought to the atten tion of The Observer by a Charlotte minister and our esteemed contem porary reprinted it, at the same time expressing disbelief in the existence of such clnditions as were there de picted. Identically the same letter with a giod deal added, appeared in a New York Socialist paper earlier in tho month. That The Observer's readers and exchanges in the North and East, where these slanderous articles were published, migot know the truth, The Observer's correspondent at Gas tonia, sent that paper the following communication yhich appeared yes terday morning: Referring to the article copied in The Observer of Monday, the same being a letter written from Charlotte to The Chicago Dally Socialist, your correspondent haB taken it upon him self to Investigate the charges to as certain if perchance there (s any pear therein. Though kept by press ing work from making a personal visit since Monday to either of the two convict camps in the county, I have interviewed a number of prom inent and trustworthy citizens and officials of the county with the re sult that in every case the statements made by the Charlotte person in this letter are without even the shadow of a foundation in fact. On the con trary. from statements by reputable men, in no wise connected with the conduct of the county chalngangs, but who have observed conditions as they exist, I am convinced that no where do criminals receive any bet ter treatment than right here in the good old County of Gaston, one of the most prosperous and law-abiding counties in the Old North State. The letter referred to, with the addition of some two columa more of the same kind of stuff, appeared in The New York Evening Call of Sep tember 5tb, this paper being a daily issued by the Socialists of that city. Similiar letters, emanating evidently from the same source, have appeared in The Appeal to Reason, a Socialist paper published in Girard, Kan. As long as these communications appear ed in publications of the class to which the three mentioned belong— that is, rank Socialistic and anarch istic sheets, I did not think them worth Answering, as sober-minded and unprejudiced men are not likely to give much credence to statements appearing in such papers; but, since The Observer has seen fit to copy one of these slanderous letters, thus put ting It before a large number of the best people of our State, It is fitting nnd proper that the truth be told In order that our county may not suffer defamation at the hands of. unprin cipled blackguards and liars, for such they are. When the readers of The Observer are acquainted with the character of the man who is responsible for the publication of these slanders I do not believe it will be necessary to go in to details, but simply to state that there is not a single truthful state ment in the entire letter. While these letters have all appeared with out signatures, your correspondent is feady to wager almost any old thing against a ginger cake that he can name the man from whom these letters emanated. At present he is living in Charlotte, having recently completed a fifteen days' sentence on one of the Gaston county chaingangs. He served this sentence in preference to paying a fine of $2.50 and the costs for an assault on a preacher, Rev. J. A. Hoyle. This man was forced to leave Gastonia Because a warrant was outstanding against his wife for running a disorderly house. Before he became an evangel of So cialism some months ago his business was to sell lists of names to whole sale liquor houses, this fact being one of personal knowledge with the writer of this communication. His actions while a resident of Gastonia were such as to brand him as a most undesirable citizen with all decent people. Mr. W. P. Eddleman, county su perintendent, a few days ago, when approached by me for a statement, said that the alleged statements made by the Charlotte writer in The Dally Socialist and in The New York Evening Call were lies from begin ning to end and there were no facts whatever on which they were based. Of the two worst cases mentioned in this letter, viz., those of Jona than Wesley Edwards and John Col lins, your correspondent learned something to-day in conversation with one of the guard at camp No. 2 of/the chaingang force, Mr. McArver. Tfie letter says: "Jonathan Wesley Edwards, aged 21, sentenced six years for stealing a $150 horse, was put in charge of the rock crush er. The fine sharp rock dust tore tiyto his eyes, causing one eyeball to collapse completely and partially blinding him in the other eye, so that he can barely distinguish forms. He is still in chains and is still compell ed to work.” The truth regarding this case is that Edwards came to the camp suffering with a severe ven ereal diseas6~whicly caused his blind ness find is under the :dmstant . care of the county physician, who visits the camp regularly. He is not com pelled to work, is given all the med icine the doctor prescribes, and the superintendent has made repeated efforts to have the Governor pardon him. So much for EdwardB. The second case is that of John Collins, who, according to this letter, was crushed by a car which he was driving and was, so this letter says, allowed to groan in agony all night without medical aid. Mr. McArver, chief guard at the camp where Col lins was, was there at the time and states to your correspondent that Collins voluntarily went-to work the next morning, saying that he was not much injured and was not suffer ing. He had medical attention and slept well the night he was injured. The third and last case that -we mention, these three being the worst recounted. Is that of George Lawings, a one-legged man who, the Socialist writer says, was, according to general report, beaten to death because of his physical inability to work. The .facts in this case are that Lawings died from a form of blood poiBon ing; he was given every attention by the county physician; he was not chained as afafed. and. when it waa known that his condition was serious his mother and father were sent for and were with him when he died. Lemons and other delicacies for the sick man were purchased by the su perintendent out of his private funds. J. W. ATKINS. Gastonia, Sep. 23d, 1908. A SIMILAR DENIAL OP CHARGES. Mr. F. P. Hall Authorized to Brand the Article as a Series of Exagger ations and Falsehoods. To the Editor of The Observer. The article from The Daily Chica go Socialist' in Monday’s Observer was read in Gaston county with a smile and passed over as the vapor ings of the fevered imagination of some wandering member of that strange cult that seems to find the present order of society all put of ioint. The reputation of Captain Todd, the superintendent of the stockade, as a humane yet vigorous manager of convict labor Is so well established in this county that it is altogether unnecessary, as far as our people are concerned, to enter any denial of these charges. Only the fact that you dignify the article by special mention in your editorial col umns leads to any notice being taken of it. Without troubling to discuss tfce specific allegations the- writer is au thorized to deny them in toto and to brand the article as a'fabrication from the flimsiest nothings—merely a series of exaggerations and false hoods. The convicts of Gaston county are well housed and well fed and so humanely treated that they invaria bly prefer work on the "gang’’ to idleness in jail. Four times a year the grand jury visits the stockade and makes a thorough investigation. The county physician is in regular at tendance. Practically every well behaved convict leaves the camp the firm friend and admirer of Captain Todd and his manly corps of assist ants. The management of the stock ade has the full endorsement of the best people of Gaston county. F. P. HALL. Belmont. N. C., Sept. 23d, 1908. Plot to Rob Bank. George Murphy, a young white man qf Salisbury, was arrested Mon day night on a charge of conspiracy to rob the Wachovia Loan & Trust Company, of Spencer. Murphy was caught by the divulgence of his plans to the officers by one of his confeder ates. All preparations had been made for dynamiting the vault. A residence was to have been set afire In a distant part of the town to at tract the attention of the citizens at the time of the robbery. Cupid Disappointed Cherryville Eagle. Frank Thornburg, of this place, and Miss Lilly Dellinger, daughter of Samuel Dellinger, eloped Last Sat urday night and while on their way to South Carolina to get married, were overtaken about seven miles from Cherryville by the girl's father. The father brought his daughter back home and left Frank some what lonely and very much disap pointed. President Roosevelt returned Tuesday to Washington from Oyster Bay, Long Island, where he has been spending the summer at his home. l i TOWN AND COUNTY. —Et. Mary's College and Mountain Island will cross tats Saturday at St. Mary’s Athletic Park, Belmont. The game will be called at 3 o’clock. —"The Merry Widow” is sched uled for the night of October 2d and 3d at the Academy of Music, Char lotte. A number of Gastonia people will probably go over to take it in. —Forty-odd new subscribers was The Gazette's record for last week; this week it will run to more than fifty. Have you subscribed? If not,-da _it to-day. —Mr. John C. Rhyne, of Green ville, S. C„ formerly of thi3 county, was in Gastonia Wednesday and Thursday, visiting his father-in-law, Mr. W. V. Lineberger, and his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. George M. Rhyne. —“Rivals for a Week,” th* pict ure which drew large crowds to the AmuseU Monday, will be put on a gain Saturday. To-morrow’s reel contains three subjects, viz: “Sold Again,” “Save the Pieces" and ”2, 000 Miles Without a Dollar.” —The last excursion of the sum mer season over the C. & N.-W. was run last Saturday from Gastonia to Mortimer. Not very many went from this place but by the time the train reached the mountains, the crowd was a large one. —Work is progressing on the warehouse being erected near the A.n.tf Mill Rif ♦ Vi a fo rmor’a T ’ n inn The walls are nearly completed and It will be only a short time until it will be in readiness for storing cot ton. It is built to hold 2,000 bales. —The following cases were dis posed of in police court Wednesday morning: Elizabeth Gilliam, color ed, affray with J. W. Kirkpatrick, the former being discharged and the latter fined a penny and the costs; Doc Caldwell, drunk and down, fln I a penny and the costs; 01 Cook, larceny of a pair of pants, from Mc Arthur's store, found not guilty. —At the request of the police au thorities at Mount Holly, a white man named Dolph Smith was arrest ed yesterday morning by Officer Mer ritt at thejcorner of Clarkson street and West avenue. He was not, long in landing his man, after the instruc tions were given. It- is understood here that the charge against him is the theft of a sum of money from a Mount Hofly lady. He was locked up to await the arrival of an officer from Gaston to carry him back.— Charlotte Observer, 23d. —Work is progressing nicely on the handsome residence Mr. W. H. Jenkins is building on Marietta street next' to the Presbyterian church. The slate roof is now being put on. This residence is built of white brick and when completed will be one of the handsomest in town. Work is also moving along rapidly on Mr. Sam Patrick’s new residence on East Franklin avenue and on Mr. L. H. Long’s residence on West Franklin avenue. These three homes when finished will add much to the looks of the town. —Numbers of Gastonia people are now without cooks, the annual im migration of the colored women to the cotton fields having begun again. Because of the fact that laborers are more plentiful than usual this sea son, the price of cotton picking is not so good as usual. In sections of the county 30 cents per hundred pounds is the price being paid, while last year it was about 60 cents. nnnnm or ss tiwi Durham Man Held Up by Three Men, Robbed and Wounded .by Pistol Shots. Industrial News. Durham, Sept. 23.—Durham con tinues to experience events of a start ling nature. This time, however, it was a robbery instead of a murder. C. E. Mangum, a well-known livery stable man of this city, was held up to-night at about 10 o’clock, a little below east Durham by three men'and robbed of $3,700 In cash. Yesterday Mr. Mangum drove te Raleigh, a distance of twenty-six miles, and disposed of some property there and it was on his return to this city that the highwaymen relieved him of his money: Mr. Mangum says that as he was driving along the road three men rushed out from the roadside, one of them grabbed the horse's head and the other two caught the sldeB of the buggy. The men Immediately rifled his pockets and when one of them got his wallet he said: “I have got It,” which were the only words spoken by either of them. As soon as the rob bers had gotten the .money they be gan firing at-Mr. Mangum with pis tols. He was struck twice In the left arm and twi balls went through his coat. Mr. Mangum did not recog nize his assailants, but says that the two who came to the buggy were white men. The police were notified of the af fair and are doing what they can to get'a clue to the robbers. ; —Messrs. John P. Davis ft Son Yesterday added three fine horses to ftheir livery equipment. WILL WARRANT. IF YOU HAVE NO ACCOUNT TURLY. R. P. Rankin, President *yi Dramatized by l HUMAS uiAum, «ik. Prom his two wonderfal a c vela “The Claaamae” a ad “The Leopard’s Spots" _Direction of GEORGE H. BRENNAN^ ^ <' Identical Cast and Production as presented in New York City • - • 40 Weeks Chicago.26 Weeks And record-breaking engagements everywhere in the United States Prices - 75c - 1.00 * 1.50 - $2.00 Seats on Sale at ' j ^ TORRENCE’S DRUG STORE —Friday Oct. 2. I Charter Applied For. As Intimated in Tuesday's Qaaette Gastonia is to have a second hospit al. It is understood that applica tion for a charter was sent to Ral eigh yesterday afternoon. As soon as it Is granted a meeting of the stockholders will be held, officers and directors elected and'other details perfected. Already a lease has been secured on one of the Craig houses on West Air Line street This will afford ample and commodious quar ters for the institution for the pres ent. We are informed that the title of the institution will be the City Hospital, though whether this has been definitely determined we do not know. The stockholders Include a number of prominent physicians of Gastonia together with a numDer in, other towns in the county. In ref erence In Tuesday's Gazette to this institution as a “rival" hospital, the erroneous Impression was perhaps made on some of our readers that tht spirit which prompted the organ ization of this hospital was one of real “rivalry,” while such is not the case. As we understand it this in stitution is the outgrowth of a desire on the part of quite a number of rep utable physicians of the county to have a co-operative, institution where they may all bring their patients for treatment Instead of taking them to Charlotte or elsewhere. With ex cellent quarters and an able corps of physicians behind it we see no reason why the City Hospital should not prove a successful enterprise. notice. Oar Sale* on— FRONEBERGER’S ' v ' DYSPEPSIA REMEDY have been excellent since we placed It In stock and we urge every sufferer from this annoying stomach trouble to consult us as we conclentloasly be Here its merits are unexcelled. FROST TORRENCE & DO. . The Reliable Drnggists. S bottles, $2.60 < bottles. $5.00 1. CARD OF THANKS. We take this method of thanking our friends and neighbor* for their kindness and sympathy and for the tender hands that helped os during the sickness and death of my dear husband, Kphriam McArrer. May God bless them with hia richest bles*__Li lugs is oar prayer. MRS. LUVENIA MCARVER. v,\ Francisco Millan, mayor of West Tampa, Fla., committed suicide in a bedroom at his residence Wednesday afternoon In the presence of his wife who had Just told him good-bye ln-ar" tending to begin proceeding, tor di vorce. He was a Cuban by uid has been mayor of West tor eight term*.
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