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VOL. XXXI.
GASTONIA, N. C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1910.
NO. 14.
ZET1
OVER GASTON COUNTY.
ARLINGTON NEWS.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
ARLINGTON MILL, Feb. 16.-
The blggeBt snow this winter fell
last Friday, February 11th. The
north hillsides are white yet; re
minds us that winter weather will
continue a while yet.
, The old winter complaint is com
' tnon among us. Among the sick are
.Mr, E. W. Hicks' family, cold and
grip; Mr. M. G. Camp's family, grlpJ
' and other sickness; Mr. S. L. Wentz'
and Mr. William Eason's children,
grip, and many others.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Odus Sum
lin, February 13. 1910, a daughter.
We noticed some parties making
a survey out this way last Monday,
Bald to be a survey of the Gastonla
streetcar line. We will be glad to
see thla connected and In operation
and believe it will receive a large
and continuous patronage of all
West Gastonians, it being two and a
half miles from this point. Many
would go regularly who do not care
to walk that distance to the many
big sales, etc., that are frequently
advertised through the county's
greatest medium for advertising and
for current news, The Gazette.
Mr. E. O. McLurd, of Gastonla, who
toia or the workings of these Inst!
tutlons, together with the benefits to
be derived therefrom as individuals
and as a town. The intelligent man
ner In which Mr. McLurd discussed
his subject showed him to be a very
capable Building and Loan man and
one capable of giving advice.
After Mr. McLurd's address Mr.
Calhoun, of Spartanburg, made an
address, giving his experience as a
building and loan bookkeeper and
telling of the good results obtained
through these associations in Spar
tanburg and other towns where he
had lived. The addresses were so
thoroughly satisfactory that the
MR. J. B. F. RIDDLE DEAD.1
Lowell Locals.
meeting was called to order and
commission appointed consisting of
Messrs. M. L. Smith, W. I. Brison and
J. A. Page, to secure a charter. An
other meeting of subscribers will be
held next Tuesday night for organ!
zatlon.
Mrs. Jane Peay, of Chester, is vis
itlng her parents, Capt. and Mrs. W
I. Brison. Dr. and Mrs. E. W. Press
ly left yesterday with their little
daughter, Elsie, for Baltimore, to
consult a specialist as to her condi
tion. Mrs. Price Rankin and Mrs,
Lean Adams ofGastonia, are visiting
the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S
J. Clinton, this week. Mr. W. P,
Smith made a business trip to Col
umbia this week.
ASSAULTS YOUNG GIRL.
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Correspondence of The Gazette. ,
LOWELL. Feb. 17. Wednesday
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at the res
idence of Rev. R. A. Miller, Mr.
James A. Leeper, of Belmont, and
Miss Mamie Ford were united In
marriage, Rev. R. A. Miller officiating.
Thursday evening at 7 o'clock at
the residence of Mr. Frank Dilllng
.Mr. George P. Featherston and Miss
Minnie Lee Dilling were married by
Rev. R. A. Miller.
Mr. Garnet Cox was a Gastonla
visitor Tuesday. Miss Frank Leon-
J. P. Snake, of Crouse. Assaults Miss
Lillie Aderhodt, Who Lives Near
Grouse.
Cherryville Eagle, 16th.
On last Saturday J. P. Spake, of
Crouse was carried to Llncolnton
and tried before M. C. Padgett on
the charge of having assaulted Miss
Lillie Aderholdt, a fifteen-year-old
girl. The girl is a daughter of Mr.
Sylvanus Aderholdt. of Crouse,- and
is a highly esteemed citizen of that
place. Mr. Spake is about sixty
hardt is visiting friends in Charlotte years of age and has many acquaint
this week. Rev. G. A. Sparrow, of ances in and around Cherryville who
Union, was the guest of Rev. R. A. will be grieved to hear of this oc-
Miller Monday night. Mr. Joe
Mitchem was a Dallas visitor Wed
nesday. Mr. James Featherston, of i
Gastonla, was here on business
currence. He denies the charge but
the girl firmly declares that the
charge is correct. Her clothing was
badly torn and her body was bruis
Thursday. Mr. George Cox went to ed to the extent that a physician was
Charlotte . Wednesday. Master Wal- called to attend her.
ter Smith, of Charlotte, is visiting
friends here this week.
A quilting was announced to be
held at Mr. Spake's and the mother
and daughter were invited to be
present, rne daughter has a little
dog which is a great rat killer. This
dog followed Mrs. Aderhodt and
daughter to the home of Mr. Spake
While the quilting was in progress
Mr. Spake suggested to Miss Lillie
that they take the dog to the barn
and catch rats. This is the place
she firmly declares he assaulted her
lie was bound over to court in a
$1,000 oond. Failing to elv th
bond he was committed to Jail. ' To
say the least, It Is a sad affair.
Mr. L. M. West Dead.
At his home on Church street yes
terday afternoon at 6 o'clock Mr. L.
M. West died after an Hlrfess of two
weeks from pneumonia. The funeral
is being held this afternoon. 3
One of Gaston's Landmarks Passes
Away at Home In Union Neigh
borhood at Advanced Age. Fun
eral and Burial at Union Church
Tills Morning Was Last of His
Immediate Family Served In
Confederate Army.
In the death at his home In the
Union neighborhood Wednesday
night at 11 o'clock of. Mr. J. B. F.
Riddle Gaston county lost one of Its
oldest and most highly esteemed cit
izens. His passing was not a mat
ter of surprise to his family or his
friends as he had been quite feeble
of late. For the past two years he
had been growing feebler rapidly
and, though-able until the past two
or three weeks to get out and around
he was growing gradually weaker all
the time. About two weeks before
his death he was in Gastonla and
his friends who saw him then realiz
ed that the end was not very far in
the future. This fact, however, did
not lesson the grief that is felt by
his large family connection and his
wide circle of friends in Gaston and
York counties.
A large concourse of relatives and
friends was present this morning at
11 o'clock at Union Presbyterian
church to attend his funeral and pay
a last tribute of love and respect to
his memory. Rev. G. A. Sparrow,
pastor of the church, conducted the
services after which the body was
laid to rest In the Union cemetery
where H lies among those of family
and friends who preceded him to the
great beyond. Mr. Riddle had been
a member of this church for a large
part of his long life and for the past
many years had faithfully and ac
ceptably filled the place of elder in
this congregation.
Joseph Benjamin Franklin Riddle
was born Just across the line in the
Bethel section of York county Feb
ruary zo, 1829, and hence would
have been 81 years old had he lived
till the coming Sunday. He was a
son of John Riddle
NEXT STATE CONVENTION.
State Chairman EUer Has Complet
ed Revised Plan of Democratic Or.
ganlzation Meeting in March.
Charlotte Chronicle.
Winston-Salem, Feb. 16. State
Chairman A. H. EUer today gave the
printers the manuscript of the re
vised plan of the Democratic organl-
TERSE TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
iireezy Jirlefs Bunched for Busy
Readers A Concise Chronicle of
North State News and Miscellan
eous Matters.
The annual report of the Soldiers
Home at Raleigh shows 32 deaths
last year. There were 51 admls
zatlon In this State, the same bein 8iona and the Present enrolment Is
tne report of the rnmmia. ,v,ok h.
H a wvw T UIV.U
uiei in naieign last week, it being
composed of Chairman Eller and
Hons. T. J. Jarvls, J. S. Henderson,
w. T. Crawford. E. L. Travis and J.
A. Bell. Copies will be forwarded to years.
Pellagra claimed a victim at Char
ioe weanesaay in the person of
Mrs. Lizzie Dean. She had been suf
rering rrom this disease for four
the members of the State executive
central and advisory committees
when printed and these will meet
early in March to fix the date and
place for holding the next Democrat
ic State convention.
DISMISSES NEGRO JURORS.
Oklahoma Offlrlai "Does not Propose
to Insult White Men by Making
Latter Serve With Negroes." ,
Muskogee. Okla., Feb. 15. Be-
Miss Agnes Elkins, niece of U. S.
Senator Stephen B. Elkins, of West
Virginia, shot herself in a room at a
hotel in , Kansas City Wednesday.
Physicians believe she has a chance
for life. A note found on the table
reads: "I am tired of life and have
no home or friends."
At Hill's ferry, near Palmyra on
the Roanoke river, Sunday Octavlus
Hyman, a young white man, and
Richard Whedbee, a negro, were
drowned by the sinking of a fiat
boat on which they were taking a
cause four of its members were ne
groes a Jury was dismissed by Judge droye of horses across. The horses
H. Pitchford in the digtrict and two or three other persons on
Personals and Locals.
John
court at Wogoner yesterday
In excusing the colored men from
duty Judge Pitchford said the laws
of Oklahoma provided that negroes
should ride separately in trains and
street cars, attend separate schools
and eat at separate tables, and he
did not propose to insult white men
by making the latter serve on a jury
with negroes.
Afro-Americans form one-half of
the boat escaped. It is stated that
the two men were drinking
The Finwln Cotton Mill Company
will be the first cotton mill to be op
erated in Wilkes county when it is
completed this summer. Mr. T. B
Finley tells the Charlotte News that
the stock has been subscribed and
the work will begin in a short time
to build a 3,000 spindle mill at a
cost of $70,000 with a view to an in-
the population of Wagoner county, crease to $150,000 in two years.
Heretofore men of their race have
oai on juries with white men without
question.
"Vote for Women" Cry in Atlanta.
Atlanta. Ga., Feb. 15. "Votes
for women" was the caption of cir
culars distributed in wholesale quan-
There are three women and two
men who have all passed the cen
tury mark in the home of the Daugh
ters of Jacob, an East side institu
tion for the aged in New York city.
Mrs. Esther Davis, the oldest in
mate, is 116 years old. The others
are: Mendel Diamond, 108; J. Kriv
lin, 103: Mrs. Bessie Knl
titles among the voters at the bond
a substantial election being held today to decide and Mr8, Rachel Marcus, 101
and well-to-do farmer of York coun- whether Atlanta shall Issue $3,000,-
New Hope News Notes.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
NEW HOPE, Feb. 17. A very
simple but pretty home marriage cer
emony was performed Tuesday at 2
o'clock by Rev. J. B. Cochran, of
Concord. The bride was Mrs. Mary
Hoffman, of Union, the groom Mr.
R, Bruce Dameron, a prominent
Salesman for the W. T. Ford store.
They have the good wishes of their
many friends on the consummation
af their marriage vows.
Three childrern of Mr. and Mrs.
jChalmers Elmore have been critlcal-
y ill with pneumonia. Miss May
Harrison was a Gastonla shopper
iTuesday. Mrs. P. L. Horsley visited
aer daughter, Mrs. Lee Lewis, Wed
nesday. Miss Mary Craig is right 0 clock' at the home, conducted bv
sick. Mr. Ernest Jackson and sin-4 Rev- J- J- Beach, pastor- of East
er, Miss Vernie. visited their sister, BaPtist church. Interment will fol-
vlrs. W. A. Robinson, of Hickory low ,n Shiloh cemetery. Mr. West
Jrove Saturday night. was an employe of the Avon Mill and
Owing to the inclemency of the hM resided here for a number of
iveather Sunday, only a few were vears- He Is survived by a widow
lut to hear Rev. A. S. Anderson of and seven children. Mr. William
Jastonla. Messrs. A. L. Guv. W A West, a brother, arrived in Oastnnin
ackson and Coleman Womble were ,a8t nlsht to attend the funeralTThe
uslnesslsItors in Charlotte Thurs-1 Dereavea family has the sympathy
ay. Miss Ethel Stowe has been I of manv '""lends in their bereave-
iick, but is much better. Rev. G. ment-
Sparrow will preach here Sunday
bornlng at 11 o'clock. Mrs. Charles To pen 8toPe Ib Spartanbuiv.
Elmore has been indisposed for sev- Mr. T. T. Lucas, who was formpri
ral days. Rev. J. B. Cochran, of11 business here, is Boon to open up
uucuru, visuea Mr. w. T. Ford ore in Spartanbure. s r vua
nesoay's Charlotte Observer says:
"Mr. T. T. Lucas has organized a
company to engage in the mercantile
ousmess in Spartanburg, s. C, and
they already have a buyer In the
markets of the North selecting a
line of goods. Mr. Lucas Is a grad
uate of WofTord College which is sit-
uieu in Hpartanburg and during
such a connection he gained a com
petent insight Into business condi
tions there. Mr. Lucas Is an ex-
perlenced merchant, having been in
Business for a number of veara in
Anderson, S. C."
uesaay. airs, will Harrison la
ending the week with her parents
ir. ana airs, unarles Elmore. Miss
aida Ragan, of Gastonla, Is spend
hg the week-end with her parents.
ir, and Mrs. John L. Ragan.
INTERESTING MEETING.
"itisens of Clover Enter With Ea
(hnslasm Upon the Organization
Of a Building and Loan Assocfa-
LUon. -
orreapondence of The Gazette.
CLOVER, S. C. Feb. 17. A meet-s-f
those interested In the Build-
t and Loan Association met In the
i 2f aTr Manufacturing
mpany Tuesday night for ths pur
,M ' haying the workings of these
sociatipns . explained to them by
ty. up until thirty years ago he
lived at the old place in Bethel,
moving thence to this county and lo
taxing near me oia - siowe mill on
Crowders Creek. Here he had lived
continuously since, his daughter .Miss
L,uia Kiddle, living with him. He
married Miss Araminta Martin,
this county. She died in 1887.
men were born nine children, of
whom four survive. These are Mr,
J. W. Riddle, Mr. W. B. Riddle, Mrs
G. R. Patrick and Miss Lula Riddle
The five dead were J. H., Mac, Rob
ert, uralg and Clarissa. He had two
brothers. One of them, Marcus, died
during the late war and the other
wuise, was Kiuea in a gin many
years ago. He was the last surviv
ing member of his Immediate family.
Mr. Riddle served the Southern
cause valiantly during three years
of the Civil war, being a member of
Company H, Twenty-Third North
Carolina Regiment.
No man in his community, or in
the two counties with which he was
identified as for that matter, was
held In higher esteem than Joe Rid
dle. He was a man of the highest
type of character kind and charit
able toward all, conscientious in the
discharge of every duty of life and
ioyai m every relation. Durine the
last rew years of his life he lived
much In the shadows, havin been
bowed under a Jieavy-weirht-ftr
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oecause of the death of two of his
Sons. He Was a. mnn v
ter that makes for the best in any
ana every community and at whose
passing there Is much cause for sor
. iuo part or relatives and
menus and citizens generally.
000 in bonds for civic improvement.
The members of the Woman's Civ
ic League have been actively engag
ed for several months snnnnrtinr
A dispatch from New Orleans
Wednesday says: Official notice of
the death this morning of Gen. Paul
A. Futz, at St. Louis, Mo., is given in
a special order issued this afternoon
the project and, killing two birds frm the headquarters of the United
YlMrh nun nfAM A- i , ,,
uuc owue, uave aisirioutea a
large amount of printed matter set-
of ting- forth their views on why "Wo-
To men should be given the rieht of
equal suffrage."
Notices of New Ads.
Frost Torrence & Co. Fresh
garden seed.
Robinson
pers.
Swan-Slater
Shoe Co. Party Slip-
Luck Hammond, a young white
man wanted at Winston-Salem on a
charge of highway robbery, was ar
rested In Bluefield, W. Va., a few
day ago.
Co. Snrine shin-
ment of Stetson hats Just received.
raagett & Loughridge New mMt
market in Beai block.
First National Bank m,w
banking.
Rkln Furniture Co. Big spec-
"llcea a7 rug and druggefsale
T. E. Robinson Mortgage sale of
iana.
Abernethy-Shlelds Drug Co. It
wrong to let the children cough.
7-Mrs. E. L. Williamson who has
been the guest for several weeks of
her brother. Rer. Ri C. Anderson,
iefVtnls morning for ler home In
Martinsville. Va.
The Habit of Success.
Master Printer.
Success is a habit. It is not so
easy to acquire as some habits, but
when you once get it, it will stay
with you.
Every man, and particularly the
young man, should get the success
habit. The right way to acquire it
is to cling steadfastly to every pur
pose formulated and every task at
tempted until you are successful. Do
this in little things as well as in big
I r . t
ii juu mane up your mind to
catch the 8:45 train, catch it.
you determine to learn a poem by
heart, learn it. If you lay your
plans to get a certain position, get
it. If you say you will complete a
certain Job before you go home at
night, complete it.
In this way you will get the habit
of succeeding in all things which
you undertake, and when the big
thing comes along you will not only
tackle It with determination and en
thusiasm, but you will know before
you begin that you are going to ac
complish It.
On the other hand. If you form
the habit of failure, you will fall In
everything you undertake.
If you let the train go and take
a later one, if you are tired of chas
ing after the position you want, and
let somebody else get It, or if you
say that tomorrow will do Just as
well, and fall to finish the task which
you set for yourself, you will get the j
failure habit.
confederate veterans. Gen. Futz
lor several years commanded the
northwest division of the U. C. V.
He served in the Confederate army
with the Ninth Missouri Infantry.
According to an Associated Press
dispatch from New York under date
of the 15th the much-talked-of bll
lion-dollar telegraph trust will dis
appear. The Mackay companies
says the dispatch, will sell their hold
ings in the American Telephone &
Telegraph Company, which controls
tne western Union. If this plan is
carried out the Postal Telegraph &
Cable Company will become a keen
er competitor than ever of the Wes
tern Union.
Raleighites didn't get to, see "The
Girl From Rector's" which was bill
ed to be presented at the Academy
or Music there Wednesday night
Mr. Craton Sevier ia spending a
few days in Gastonla.
Mr. Stanley Davis, of Char
lotte, was a business visitor in Gas
tonla yesterday.
Capt. F. Dilllng, of Kings
Mountain, was a business visitor ia
Gastonla yesterday.
Mr. Less McGlnnis, of King!
Mountain, was in Gastonla yester
day.
Esquire I. F. Mabry, of McAden-
vllle, was a business visitor in Gas
tonla yesterday.
Mr. T. M. Dilling, of route two.
Clover, was a business visitor In
Gastonla Wednesday.
Mr. James Walters has return
ed from New Orleans where he at
tended the Mardi Gras.
Mr. Clyde Armstrong is back
from New Orleans where he attend
ed the Mardl Gras.
Mrs. Ellen McLaughen was In
Gastonla yesterday en rmita rmm
Yorkvllle to Charlotte on a visit tO
relatives.
Mr. T. B. Brown, manncor nf
C3 v
the J. M. Belk Co. stores, is spend
ing a few days in Greensboro on bus
iness.
The Lowell Orchestra, of which
Mr. James M. Wilson is director, has
been engaged to furnish music for
the Commercial Club's annual recep
tion next Tuesday night.
Attorney John G. Carpenter, of
Dallas, candidate for the State Sen
ate from- Gaston, was circulating
among friends in Gastonia Wednes- "
day.
Miss Florence Pasour, The Ga
zette's clever correspondent on Dal
las, route one, has been seriously ill
from pneumonia for the past three
or four weeks but is rapidly recov
ering from the attack, we are glad
to note.
Mr. H. W. Counts has opened a
store in the new Bradley building at
me i,oray. He will handle shoes.
gent's furnishings and kindred line.
Mr. William F. Jones, aaed
about 60, died Saturday at the Loray
-Mm and was buried Sunday In th
Loray cemetery. He had only been
living there about four weeks, having
moved here with the family of his
son, with whom he lived.
Mr. R. L. Swan came In from
Columbia, S. C, Wednesday night
and spent yesterday in Gastonla.
He left last night for the Northern
markets where he will spend some
days purchasing new spring and
summer goods for his Columbia
store and for the Swan-Slater C
store here.
The following Item from Tues
day's Monroe Journal will be of In
terest to Dr. Chreltzberg's many
Gastonla friends: "Dr. H. F
Chreltzfoerg, who has a "number of
valuable Inventions completed or la
process of completion, has Just add
ed a new one. It is a device for
ing mail or other packages and will
no doubt prove a most useful thing."
Mr. J. Oscar Ahnrncfhv -of.,
, .ObUlU
Mayor Wynne, after havln notlflJ ed last n,Sht to Norfolk, Va.. after
the manager and the company that ten"days v,sit to his parents, Mr. and
they would not be allowed to give MrS" W" C' Abernethy, here and to
the performance, had fifty police- re,atlves and friends at Charlotte
men at the opera house and the show and MoUnt Ho,ly- "Os" holds a re-
wasn't pulled off. Charlotte gave It 8ponslbIe Position on the reportorial
a full house, comnnnori hnroV 8taff of the Norfolk Landmark ..a
r wVFJt I . -i . nim
mostly of men, there being onlv
aoout 25 women present.
Clerk of the Superior Court W. H
Humphrey of Robeson countv Is al-
1 9
iegea to he short In his accounts
nearly $13,000 according to the re-I
Is making good In the Journalistic
field on which fact there are man
congratulations (but no ,.rnrt..t
from a large circle of friends.
The committee of ladiea hiri.
charge the decorating of the
In
Humphrey claims
Health Officer B. W. Crate savs
mat a large number of people in
uastonia are violating the citv or.
diance with regard to keeninsr hne
The law provides that everv owner
or a nog within the city limits must
provide a space forty feet square for
each hog and confine it in a pen the
floor of which must be at least
eighteen inches above the ground.
The penalty provided for infraction
of this law is a fine of $50. Mr.
Craig serves notice In this Issue on
hogwners that they must comply
with the law.
that the renort
noes mm a great injustice and th.t
ne win be able to clear himself from
tne cnarge of shortage.
A
port of the finance committe wm, room of the Commercial r.u,h
has Just completed an Investigation that organization's fourth nn.i
of the accounts and ncnM. reception next Tuesdav mht
office. It is alleged that he Invested are bmly ngaged In making
funds Intrusted to him and appro- preparation8 therefor and the prom
prlated to himself the Interest. Mr . U tbat tne decorations will be
up to the standard
years and will likely be mA m.
orate. Those desiring tickets for the
reception can obtain them by seeing
Mr. J. k. Dixon, secretary and treas
urer of the club.
Says Wednesday's Charlotte
New,: Mr. Jm c L,nder Md f4mwy
ltt last night for McComb City.
Miss., where they will reside in the
'uture. Mr. Linder has been coa-
nected with the Charlotte Cottoa '
Mill (Oates Mill) for 15 years, In the
capacity of overseer of carding aad
"Pinning. He goes , to the Delta
Mills, at McCombs City, to Join Mr.
Lester Oates, formerly superintend-
ent of the Charlotte Mills, who aaa
recently gone to the Delta Mills. Mr.
Under is an A No. 1 mill man. He "
will be valuable to any mill la any .
story from Thomasville In vea.
terrinv'a ci,..intt. m
j vu.muuo iDBerver says
mat me aead body of a newly born
infant was found Wednesday morn
ing between the rails of the railroad
track near Holtsburg. A coroner's
inquest was held and a, verdict ren
dered to the effect that the. infant
came to its death at the hands of
unknown parties aad that it was ev
idently thrown from an early north
bound train that morning. Every
effort win be maae to locate the
snilty party, though so far as known
there is no clue to the Infant's -lay
er.
capacity. . .