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VOL. XXXt
GAWfONIA, N. 'C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1010.
NO. 10.
THE
GAS
AZE
.. OVEI GASTON COUNTY.
Belmont Items,4 ;
" Correspondence of The Gazette.
BELMONT, Feb. 2. MIw Flor
ence Rhyne, of Lincolnton, visited
her sister, Mrs. R. L. 8towe, last
week. Miss Elva Hall, who la teach
Ing school In High Shoals, spent Sun
dar with homefolks. Misses Ren-
dleman, Hall, Hlte, Rutledge, Ware
and Crawford and Messrs. Ross
Kennedy and Burke, of Bessemer
City, attended the "Feast of Na-
v tlons" 6 Friday night. Miss Mattle
Burgin,' of Lincolnton, Is visiting
Miss Sue Stowe this week. Rev,
Mr. Deal, of Klnston, will preach at
the Presbyterian church Sunday.;
'Mr. Harry Stowe, of Gastonla, spent
Sunday with homefolks. Miss Clara,
Patrick, of Dallas, Visited friend's
here last Friday and Saturday.
' Miss Mary Wilson, of Union, visited
relatives here Sunday. Mrs. Lynch,
of Bes8emer City, spent the week
end here with friends.
New Hope News Notes.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
NEW HOPE, Feb. 3. After sup
plying New Hope church for six and
one-half yeaTS,. Rev. J. B. Cochran
and family left for ther new home at
Concord Wednesday. Mr. Cochran
and son, Cai-lyle, went straight
through, but Mrs. Cochran and the
rest of the family stopped over In
Charlotte with Mrs. Cochran's par
' ents, Dr. and Mrs. Walker. New
Hppe congregation regrets very
much to see them leave. Both were
held In high .esteem by all who knew
them.' yiti Cochran was a man of
great ability and of fine gifts as a
preacher, was very dignified In the
pulpit and fluent In delivery. Mrs.
Cochran possessed Tare gifts of
heart and mind, was zealous and
earnest in her work for the church,
and was an efficient helper of Mr.
Cochran. ' She was loved by all who
knew her, and was especially loved
by all the young people.
IMiss Emma Harrison has been
right sick, but is Improving rapidly.
Mr. Tom Craig was a business vis
itor in Charlotte Tuesday. The
HarriBon-Forbes Company had a
telephone put in their store a few
dayB a:o.-r-Two little children of
'Mr. Pink Jaxon have been very
sick, but are much better now.-
There will be Sunday school at New
Hope every Sunday morning and
preaching services when they can se
cure any one to preach for them.
Our school, taught by Miss Sadye
Oates and IMiss Carrie Cathey. is
progressing very nicely. Mr. Hearl
Horsey was in GaBtonla Thursday
on business. Mr. John Brandon
visited 'Mr. Ernest Jaxon Monday
night. Mrs. W. A. Robinson spent
last week with her parents, 'Mr. and
Mrs.vSam Jaxon.
Lowell Locals.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
LOWELL, Feb. 2. We regret ex
ceedingly the departure of Rev. J.
B. Cochran and family from New
Hope tq Concord where he was re
cently called. Mrs. Cochran and
children spent Wednesday as the
guests of Mrs. R. A. Miller en route
to Concord. Mr. James Torrence,
of Charlotte,- was in town Monday.
Mr. Llnwood Robinson was a Char
lotte visitor Monday. R. A. Miller,
Jr., went, to Yorkville on legal bus
iness Wednesday. Miss Etta Baker
visited friends In Charlotte last
week. Mr. Quinn Ford went to Le
noir Tuesday on business.- Messrs.
Robert and Howard Riddle, of the
Bethel section, were In town Tues
day. Mr, . John Llttlefield, of Char
lotte, was a business visitor here
Tuesday. Mrs. Fidus Cox and Mrs.
J. L. Thompson wereTEastonia shop
pers Tuesday. Mr.- James Ross, of
Charlotte, was a business visitor in
town Tuesday. Mr. Egbert Hutch
inson, ' of Charlotte, was in town
Tuesday. Mrs. J. R. Tltman was' a
Gastonla visitor Wednesday. Mrs.
Coatsworth Lay went to Charlotte
Wednesday to visit relatives. Rev.
G. L. Cook, of Westminster was the
guest of Rev. R. A. Miller Wednes
day night.
.ARLINGTON NEWS.
Correspondence of The Gazette. -.
ARLINGTON, . Feb. 2. Recently
Mrs, M. G. Camp, of this place, or
dered some tomatoes from a West
Gastonla groceryman. In. opening
DEATH OF MRS. A. Q KALE.
rHfehJrv Esteemed Lady of High
Shoals Passed Away Yesterday Af
ternoon After Brief Illness Fun.
era! Today. v
Mrs. Eliza Kale, wife of Mr. A. Q,
Kale, superintendent and. general
manager of the High Shoals Manu
facturing Company, died at her home
In High Shoals yesterday afternoon
at 3:30 o'clock 'after an acute 111
ness of only two or three days. Mrs,
Kale was 36 years of age and had
been In bad health for several years
but up to Tuesday was able to be up,
'having attended church services on
Sunday. On Tuesday she was taken
seriously ill and continued to grow
worse until the end came yesterday
afternoon.
Funeral services were conducted
in the Methodist church at High
Shoals this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
by Rev. B. "Wilson, of Stanley, and
Rev. J. W. Strider, of Lincolnton
followed by Interment in the High
Shoals cemetery.
Mrs. Kale was, before her mar
riage to Mr. Kale 17 years ago, Miss
Eliza Fairchild, a daughter of Mr,
and Mrs. J. F. Fairchild, formerly of
Mount Holly, but now residing at
Mooresville. Besides the sorrowing
husband and parents, there survive
two sisters and four brothers, as
follows: Mrs. G. M. Clonlnger, of
Spartanburg, S. C; Mrs. G. M
Tucker, of Charlotte; G. W. Fair-
child, of Asheville: T. H. Fairchild,
R. A. Fairchild and J. F. Fairchild,
Jr., all of Mooresville.
Mrs. Kale was an active member
of the Methodist Church and during
ber eleven years residence at High
Shoals had always taken a deep in
terest in every movement that tend
ed toward the upbuilding of the
town. Her death is felt as a great
loss by all the people of the com
munity. The bereaved husband and
parents have the deep sympathy of a
large number of friends throughout
this section of the State.
Among those from a distance who
attended the funeral services this
afternoon were (Mrs. Kale's parents
and brothers from Mooresville, Mr.
H. G. Kale, of Augusta, Ga., Mr. Al
bert Kale, of Catawba county, Miss
es Ida, LIssie, Era and May Kale, of
Mount Holly, and Rev. W. H. Har
din, Dr. Arnold Stovall, Col. C. B,
Armstrong and Mr. W. T. Rankin, of
Gastonla.
Notice of New Ads.
Poole Grocery Co. No boycott on
meats.
Swan-Slater Co. Spring tailoring
opening February 7, 8 and 9.
First National Bank Why not in
sure your money. Also statement.
Citizens National Bank State
ment. Gaston Loan & Trust Co. State
ment. Lebovitz Department Store The
world's greatest sensational sale.
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co.
Three bales of cotton to the acre.
T. W. Wood & Sons Seed Pota
toes.
E. E. Detter Administrator's no
tice.
Mrs. E. C. Wilson has had plans
and specifications prepared for t
handsome residence which, it Is un
derstood, she will have erected this
spring on her property, corner South
Marietta street and Franklin ave
nue.
one can she noticed that the fruit
looked unusually green and, on fur
ther examining, found a lizard some
four inches in length colled in the
hull of a tomato. She called in sev
eral neighbors to witness the new
finding. The name of the caning
company or other information can
be obtained from the writer.
Mr. E. Crotts and family, who
have lived here for the past two
years, recently emigrated to north
east Arkansas where they expect to
make their future home. They liv
ed in that State several years and
have gone back to stay. Mr. John
Lewis recently moved back to this
place from Dallas. MT. Radford
Harrell, of Loray, and Miss Clara
Lewis, of this place, were married at
the home of the bride's father, Mr.
C, H. Lewis, Sunday, January J0thr
at J o'clock. Rev. Frank Bradley
officiating. Mr. Harrell has taken
his wife to the home of his mother,
near the Franklin Avenue . church
where he will continue to reside and
work. In the Loray cnllL , , I . .
THE R0ZZELL BRIDGE OPEN.
First Vehicles Cross Over New
f Structure Which Spans Catawba
Wednesday-Ms o m e Interesting
Facts About the Old Bridge.
Wednesday the new steel bridge
which sDans the Catawba river at
Rozzell's Ferry was opened for pub
lic travel. The event is chronicled
in yesterday's Charlotte Observer In
part as follows:
"For the first time In forty-five
years the waters of the Catawba riv
er are spanned at Rozzell's ferry
and a new connecting link binds
Mecklenburg and Gaston, the two
rich and splendid neighbors of the
piedmont Carolina. Yesterday af
ternoon at 4 o'clock (lie splendid
structure of steel whose erection
crowned preliminary months of la:
bor was declared complete and was
thrown open for the passage of traf
fic. Riding in two surreys eight
persqjbs prominently connected with
the building of the bridge made the
first trip over it. These were Chair
man W. M. Long of the Mecklenburg
board of commissioners; associate
members in the persons of Messrs
J. A. Newell, D. A. Henderson and
W. N. McKee: Chairman John F
Leeper of Gaston county; Mr. J. H
Weddington of the Greater Charlotte
Club building committee, and Mr. C.
W. Legerton of Charlotte, Southern
agent for the York Bridge Compa
ny of York. Pa., which built the
bridge. Present also were Superln
tendent of Convicts H. C. Little and
County Engineer Samuel T. Stowe,
both of whom had a prominent part
in the actual work of the enterprise.
"The contract price for the bridge
itself was $1 2,295. The Mecklen
burg board limited its appropriation
to $15,000, and it is expected that
It will be found to have kept well
wi!hin that limit. In addition to
building the approaches on its side,
the Gaston board appropriated $2,
000. Full approval was given the
bridge by the board of commission
era or wecKienDurg which held a
meeting at the river. , Chairman
Leeper of Gaston was also present.
. I have approved many a bridge,"
he said, "but I have never seen one
would accept quicker than this."
"The new bridge is approximately
612 feet long, and is 16 feet wide.
double track. It contains four spans
of the camel-back type. Its floor
level stands 28 feet above the wa
ter. This is considered absolutely
safe, since it is eight or nine feet
above the highest recorded water
mark in the history of the river, so
far as it is known.
The old bridge was of wood. It
was burned by Stoneman s cavalry
on Tuesday, April 18, 1865. It lacks
only a little over two months of be
ing forty-five years to the day since
that occurrence. This was just af
ter the surrender of the Confederate
army. In an effort to keep the Un
ion men from crossing, it is said,
the Southerners tore up part of the
bridge. This 'riled the Federals
when they arrived and when they got
safely over they didn't do a thing
but set it on fire. Gen. Robert John
son, it' is further stated, was shot
Just after crossing to this side, on
the same day he bridge was fired.
The bullet struck a silver dollar in
the general's vest pocket, which thus
saved his life.
"There was a number of Interest
ing features to the opening yester
day. Among the visitors present
were Mr. W. H. Rumfeldt of Gaston
county, 81 years old, who worked on
the old bridge; Mr. M. L. Cansler,
aged 73, and Mr. J. F. Caldwell, 67
He carried mall across the bridge
from the Beatty's ford to Charlotte,
for four years, this being of course
before the war. Being too old to
take active part in the constructive
work of the new structure, he has
been acting as watchman. Mr. C.
W. Lawlng, who was present, had
crossed the old bridge often, as had
Chairman LeepeTof Gaston."
He Understood.
Judge. "
'rWillie,' said an interesting mo
ther to her first bom, "do you know
what the difference is between body
and soul? The soul, my child, is
what you love with; the body car
ries you about; This it your body,"
touching the little fellow's shoulder,
"but yon know my child, there Is
something deeper in; You can feel
It now. What la It?
"Obi I know." aild Willie, with a
flash of Intelligence In his eyes,
that's my flannel shlrtr .'
BACK TO THE FARM.
Present High Cost of Living Will
Have One Good Effect in Keeping
Many Young Men on the Farm.
Raleigh News and Observer.
The only blessing that the pres
ent era of high prices may conceal
is that it may stop the trend of pop
ulation toward the cities, and that
the admonition of "Back to the
Farm' may be heeded by many who
find life in the towns so difficult they
can barely exist. It is true that the
farmer who sells beef is at the mer
cy of the beef trust. It pays him
low prices even now compared with
the price it compels the consumer to
pay, and the farmer's war against
the trusts is as necessary as the me
chanic's and laborer's. The differ
ence is that the farmer, by raising
his own supplies, can escape the ex
tortion of the trusts on what he eats
while he is as much at the mercy of
the trust on what he buys to wear
or use on his farm as the man in
town. In the war on trust prices,
they have a common cause, with the
advantage on the side of the far
mer this year, whereas a few years
ago the dwellers in the towns had
the advantage over the farmers
Nobody in town or country should
wish for a return of the low prices
that prevailed during the panic that
began in the Harrison administra
tlon and lasted until the discovery
of gold in Alaska and the Spanish
American war brought a return of
good times. The trend of popula
tlon cityward during the panic and
afterwards added to the number of
consumers in the centres without
adding to the men who must grow
enough to feed themselves and the
denizens of the towns , and cities
Not only so; the demand for some
thing to eat all over the world add
ed to the demand for the products
of the i farm, and the multitude of
Immigrants who congregate In the
cities, where they are not needed,
instead of going to the country,
where they are needed, added to the
producer, which the trusts have
farms. These natural causes would
make such demands for meat and
bread as to give the farmers better
prices, and this natural demand will
have a tendency to make folks heed
the callr "Back to the Farm." But
the artificial increase to the consum
er, without a corresponding increase
to the producer, which the trust has
brought about, has caused severe
hardships and has ' f ocussed public
attention as not before in this gen
eration upon the power of the trust
to rob every home in America. In
so far as high prices are the result
of natural conditions, they will tend
to keep young men on the farm, for
young men will not stay on the farm
unless the price of what is produced
remunerative. The men on the
farm-are using better methods, they
are growing more hog and hominy
and farming is more profitable be
cause of the natural -hJ3;:er prices
that prevail.
The "ultimate consume: s" have
become too numerous and "iany of
them should return to the farm,
there to raise what, they eat and sell
the surplus to the towns. They can
then be free of those trusts that con
trol meat, milk and like articles, and
be free to help end the robbery of
the trusts that charge two prices
thanks to the tariff for everything
the farmer wears, all his agricultur
al implements and everything he us
on the farm. A return to the
farm means a higher type of citizen
ship. There are good men found
alike In town and country, but the
best citizenship depends upon touch
with life on the farm. In North
Carolina eighty per cent of the peo
ple live in the villages or on the
farm and rural conditions have de
veloped a high citizenship. Wherev
er the trend to town has drawn upon
the farm, the citizenship, is not so
high. The hope of this State is in a
sturdy, independent, progressive a
gricultural population. Good prices
for what a farmer has to sell alone
will cause young men to stay on the
farm and
It alone will cause town
men to heed tfie call; "Back to the
Farm."
NOBODY ON EARTH
Knows what's goln to happen. It's
got 'em all guessing. The wise ones
will say, "I told you so." Here's
part of the mystery: It's 'going to
happen Saturday, February 12th, be
ready.
Mr. Hardaway Stowe, of York
ville, is In town today.
TERSE TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
Breezy Briefs Bunched for Busy
ReadersA Concise Chronicle
of
North State News and Miscellan
eons Matters.
O. Henry, the well known short
story writer, is to establish a studio
in Asnevnie ana continue nis liters
ry work from that city.
Sid TIneley, a well-known white
man of Spartanburg, has gone in
sane as a result, physicians say, of
pellagra.
Ten men were killed and 17 are
missing as the result of a gas ex
plosion in the Browder mines near
Drakesboro, Ky., Tuesday.
State Superintendent of Public
Instruction J. Y. Joyner is in New
York city this week attending the
hook-worm convention.
Ten Bailors lost their lives Tues
day when the three-masted schooner
Frances, from New York to Jack
sonville went to pieces on the treach
erous HatteraB coast.
The Supreme court of North Car
olina will convene for the Spring
term next Monday. The first day
will be given over to the examina
tion of applcants for license to prac
tice law and fifty or more candi
dates are expected.
It is rumored in Washington that
Mr. B. F. Keith will be appointed to
succeed himself as collector of the
port of Wilmington. National Com
mitteeman Duncan is making a des
perate fight to secure the appoint
ment of S. M. King.
Tuesday night there was held
a
conference of the "Insurgents" of
the House of Representatives at
which there was a unanimous de
clslon to support the administra
tion's program of legislation. Which
means that the insurgents nave
ceased to "insurge."
A crudely written letter was re
ceived Monday by Governor Kitchin
from proud parents in Washington,
N. C, asking if there is any reward,
or prize, as they expressed it, for
bearing triplets. The letter stated
that the triplets came January 27th
and that they were told that there
was a prize provided for all parents
presenting the State with triplets.
Tuesday's News and Observer
says that the seaboard Air Line
Railway in two suits at Carthage,
Moore county, lost out in verdicts
against it for $35,000, one being for
$30,000 to E. N. Duval, of Ports
mouth, Va., a baggage master and
flagman, and $5,000 to Thomas
Coore, of Moore county, a brakeman
who lost a leg.
The Mexican National , Packing
Company, a New Jersey corporation
controlled by English investors and
operating a string of slaughter
houses in the Republic of Mexico
under special concessions from the
Mexican government, failed Wed
nesday for . $37,000,000. Tne as
sets, it is said, are In excess of the
liabilities.
A petition is being circulated In
Greensboro asking the President to
pardon Franc H. Jones, the default
ing teller of the Charlotte National
Bank, who has served three years of
bis five years sentence in the Atlan
ta prison. It is stated that Jones is
a model prisoner. He. teaches a
class in the prison Sunday school
and is a leader in the Epworth
League and Christian Endeavor.
Ex-Gov. R. B. Glenn is spending
a vacation at his home In Winston
Salem after a two-months lecture
tour of the West, Northwest, New
England and Canada. The Winston
Salem correspondent of The Raleigh
News and Observer, in a special to
that paper dated the 2nd, quotes
him as eaylng: "I have talked
with many people on the subject of
politics since I have been away, and
everywhere I find the Democrats
hopeful and the Republicans down
cast, as every one is charging the
present high cost of living up to the
Republican party."
Dr. Hunter May Go Abroad.
Kings Mountain Herald. 3rd.
Dr. Jim Hunter, of Spartanburg,
S. C, has located in Kings Mountain
and will take up the practice of
medicine, relieving his brother. Dr.
B. R. Hunter, who has been sick for
the past several weeks. ' Dr. B. R.
Hunter expects to go to New York in
a few weeks and will probably spend
several months abroad If Ills health
will permit of such trip. -
Subscribe for The Oasetts. ,
Personals and Locals.
Mr. J. L. Burke, of Bessemer
City, was here yesterday on busi
ness. Esquire J. T. R. Dameron, of
Bessemer City, was a business visi
tor In Gastonla yesterday.
Messrs. Stephen Stroup and
Evon Houser, of Cherryvllle, were;
business visitors in Gastonla yester
day. Dr. W. h) Hoffman returned
this morning from Bradentown, Fla.,
where he has been spending several -weeks.
,
Dr. Frank G. Wilson left on
No. 12 yesterday afternoon for Bal
timore and New York. He expect
to be gone five or six weeks.
"Mr. J. E. LindBay moved this)
week from Mr. Monroe Whltesides'
house on Main avenue to the resi
dence of Dr. F. G. Wilson on West
Airline avenue.
Mr, James H. Walters left last
night for New Orleans to take In the
Mardi Gras. While away he aIso
expects to make a trip to Texas and
Oklahoma.
Mr. Scott Crotts 1s teaching a
singing school at Tuckaseege which
closes the 7th Inst. They will have
some special songs for the occasion.
Everybody is cordially invited.
Mr. A. K. Loftin, of Lincolnton.
was in town a short time between
trains yesterday. He was en route
to Central, S. C, where he is build
ing a large cotton mill.
Wednesday was groundhog day
and the little animal saw his shad
ow which, the weatherwise say.
means six weeks more of winter.
Looks very much like it will be that
way, If one may judge by the start
made yesterday morning.
Her many friends will regret to
learn that Mrs. W. Y. Warren con
tinues seriously ill at her home. She
has been confined to her home sev
eral weeks suffering from grip and
her condition Improves, If at all.
very slowly.
Mr. C. M. Glenn, of Hickory.
Bpent several days last week wftni
relatives in the Union neighborhood.
While here, In conjunction with Mr.
R. C. Glenn, he bought the J. T.
Glenn farm and has rented It to Mr.
J. M. Huffstetler. '
Mr. Rufus Dunn and Mr. C. C
Armstrong left on No. 37 Wednes
day for New Orleans to attend the
Mardi Grass. Mr. Dunn will take
trip also through Texas and Okla
homa while away. Mr. Armstrong
will spend several days at Shreve
port. Mr. Eli P. Lineberger, county .
organizer of the Farmer's Unkm.
will speak at Boyd's schoolhouse.
three' miles from town on the Ple-
gah road, at 8 o'clock Saturday
night, In the Interest of the union.
It is hoped that sufficient interest
will be aroused to organize a local
at that place. His subject will be-
'The Farmers Union, Past, Present
and Future."
Recently The Gazette has re
ceived quite a number of unsigned
communications. For this Teason
we repeat again that these invaria
bly find their way to the waste baa- -
ket. We do not want the writer'
name for publication but simply as
matter of protection to ourselves.
If you are only sending a personal
or a short news Item, put your namei
to It.
Mr. Edwin J. (Dutch) Costner
and Mr. J. Grier Love left Wednes
day night for Hot Springs," Ark.
From there they will go to New Or
leans. 'Mr. Love will later, it Is un
derstood, work for the Pullman
company out of Memphis. Mr.
Costner also expects to remain in
the West for some time and may lo
cate permanently. .
Mr. A. C. Stroup returned Tues-.
day night from Mecklenburg county
where he spent a couple of days on
business. While there he sold to a .
Mr. Blythe 50 acres of land near
Huntersvllle in Lemley township at
$25 per acre. Mr. Stroup sold this
off of a 250,-acre tract which b
owns there.
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Mr. S. C. Cornwell arrived fa
Gastonla Wednesday night from a
six-weeks stay In East Tennessee
where be made surveys at Cleveland
and - Morristowa for sewerage and
water systems. . He is now engaged
in locating the septic task for Gastonla.-
Mr. Cora well expects to re
turn to Tennessee in the spring to
complete his work there.
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