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VOL. XXXI.
GASTONIA, N. C. TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1010.
NO. 17.
The
AZETTE
OVER GASTON COUNTY.
A LITERARY MEETING.
Bessemer City Epworth League En-
t tertalna Delightfully Fairview
' . School Close Mrs. M. L. Sellers
Dead Other Briefs.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
monla. are Improving. Mr. Frank
Harrison spent Saturday night and
Sunday with bis slater, Mrs. John
Lewis. Mr. John W. Lowry has
been right sick, but Is getting bet
ter. Misses Eliza Lindsay. Beth
Lowry, Bess and Janie Jackson were
the guests of Misses Mamie Torrence
and Zoe Stowe at Belmont Saturday
night. Mr. Frank Harrison attend
' BESSEMER CITY, Feb. 28. The " the play given Dy tne stuaents or
monthly literary meeting of the Ep- St. Mary's College at Belmont Mon
worth Leaaue was held in the Meth- day night. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
odlst church Saturday night and was Wilson visited Mr. and Mrs. John
Lowry Wednesday. Mr. Lee Lewis
Wanda Froneberger, chairman of the w" business visitor in Charlotte
Aanartmont nf llfararv wnrlr with Wednesday. MrS. W. A. and MISS
her committee, had charge of the
meeting. Miss Froneberger's en
thusiasm and untiring energy ac
count very largely for the fine sue
cess which attended the effort. The
subject was "The Wesley's and
Bess Jackson have been sick Owing
to the severity of the weather there
were no services at New Hope last
Sunday. Miss Mamie Stowe spent
Wednesday afternoon with her cous
Ins, Misses Ethel and and Emma
Methodism." Prof. D. C. Johnson Stowe. Mr. Raymond Bradley, of
speaking on "Early Methodism," At
torney S. J. Durham on "Modern
Methodism," Miss Lizzie Kennedy on
"Susanna Wesley" and Rev. J. F.
Armstrong on -"John Wesley."- The
music was a special feature, Misses
Janie and Carrie' Morris, of Gasto-
Pleasant Ridge, visited his parents
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bradley. Sat
urday and Sunday. Miss Essie
Lindsay, of Gastonla, Is spending the
week-end with her sister, Miss Eliza
Lindsay, at Mr. , Titman's. Mr.
Frank Stowe, of Belmont, visited his
nla, contributing very much to thla brother- Mr- LSan Stowe, Wednes-
part of the program. The literary aay
meeting was followed by a delight
ful social hour when ice cream was 'a Tm mVZ ImVZi iUi
served to the thirty-five young peo
pie present.
The closing of Fairview public
school, on the Kings Mountain and
Cherryville road, last Saturday at
Correspondence of The Gazette.
DALLAS, R. F. D. 1, Feb. 2 S.
Oscar Cloninger was a business visi
tor fo Gastonla Tuesday. Miss Ed
tracted a very lare crowd from the na Cloninger spent Wednesday with
community and surrounding towns. Mr8- Willlam Harmon. Mrs. El-
notwithstanding the very cold raw mlna Pinner has been right sick for
day. Miss Fannie Brown, of Ches- the past three or four weeks from
ter. S. C. for the nRt v00,.. pneumonia but is improving, we are
taught this school and It Is regarded
as one of the best rural schools in
county. ioe exercises were
opened in the morning by a short
address from Rev. J. Frank Arm
strong, or Bessemer City, and S. J.
Durham, Esq., also of Bessemer City,
had been engaged to make an educa
tional address but the inclement
weather and large crowd without
access to the overflowing house
made It necessary to cancel this to
the very great disappointment of the
people. But the school exercises
consisting of songs, recitations and
dialogs, were interesting through
out. .Miss Brown deserves mdeh
credit for arranging and carrying
out such an elaborate program.
Mrs. Margaret Lackey Sellers, of
Kings Mountain, route one, was
buried at Concord church Saturday
glad-to note. The pupils of Cost
ner's school celebrated the 177th
anniversary of the birth of George
Washington last Friday afternoon.
Mr. M. D. Clemmer made a business
trip to Bessemer Wednesday after
noon. Mrs. John LlneTberger spent
last week with Mrs. W. C. Boat.
Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Clemmer were
the guests Saturday night and Sun
day of Mrs. S. S. White. Mr. J. J.
O. Pasour has 'been on the sick list
for the past two weeks. Mr. M. D.
Clemmer and daughter. Miss Edna,
spent Sunday in North Gaston, the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ri
ser.
Cherryville Chat.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
Cherryville, Feb. 26. Rev. J. F.
afternoon. She was 65 years old and Harrelson and family, of Mayes-
the widow of Ell Sellers. The serv- wortn- nave returned home after
Ices were in charge of Pastor Arm- BPendlnS several days with friends
strong. here. Mr. u. V. Rhodes and family,
Miss Lizzie Kennedy and Miss of LinclntD. visited at the home of
Carrie Mauney left this week for a Mr- D- S- Thornburg Sunday. At
visit to relatives in and near Dallas, torney John G- Carpenter, of Dai-
Texas. These youn ladies will ias- was In t0WI1 in18 weeR shaking
travel leisurely making several stops hands w,th his fr,ends- He'8 a can
overs on the way. Thev will he dldate- yu know. Attorney L. E.
nudism, or L,incomton, was In town
this week. Misses. Mary Knight and
Essie Lindsay, of Gastonla, were the
guests of Mrs. Watt Tltman Thurs
day night and. Friday. Mrs. Hay
wood Johnston, of Belmont, was. a
business visitor here Friday. Mr. T.
P. Rankin was a Gastonla visitor
Friday. Mr. Colt Robinson, a stu-
MIS. W. H. CORNELIUS DEAD. TO ORGANIZE LAYMEN.
Holland Dies at Statesvllle of
Pneumonia Burial at Dallas This
Morning.
The many friends in Gaston and
dent of Davidson, spent the week- elsewhere of Mrs. Julia Courts Hol-
end here with homefolks. iand wm learn Wuh nrofnlin(, .nr.
.Mr. Egbert Hutchinson, or Char- row of the death of her onl d n
ioue, was a ousiness visitor nere ter Mr8i w H- CorneiiuBi wncn sad
inursaay. sir. ueorge reamersion event occurred at th latter' renl-
was a business visitor to Gastonla dence jn statesville Sunday evenlnit
Friday. Mr. Robert Johnston and at 6 o'clork. nath wa rnH h
Only Daughter of Mrs. Julia Courts Main Street Methodist Church Joins
Great Movement for Foreign Mis
sionsEnthusiastic Reports from
Delegate Who Attended Dallas
Convention.
family spent the week-end with rel
atives In Gastonla. Mr. Bert Lam
bert, of Gastonla, visited friends
here Saturday night. Dr. Al Stowe,
a student of the .medical college,
spent the week-end here with his
mother, Mrs. Jane Stowe. Mr. Rob
Price came home Saturday for a few
days. Messrs. P. W. Hand, Holland
Hand, S. J. Gaston and William
Wright attended the funeral of Mrs.
Sophia Elmore at New Hope Satur
day. Misses Estella Rankin and
Mamie Patrick were the guests of
Miss Bessie Cox Saturday. Mr. and
Mrs. James Leeper, of Belmont, vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. Gaston Saturday
night.
McAdenville Matters.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
McADENVILLE, Feb, 28. Rev.
R. S. Howie's brother, of Mecklen-
daughter of the late Dr. E. B. Hoi
land and his wife, Julia Courts Hoi
land, and was 4 2 years of age. She
Is survived by her husband, two lit
tle daughters, an aged mother and
four brothers, of whom Mr. C. D
Holland, of Gastonla, is one, the
ojhers being Dr. George Holland and
Attorney Lucius J. Holland, of Blue-
field, W. Va., and Herbert
Deceased was a member of the
Presbyterian church from girlhood.
She was a noble woman, faithful In
every relation of life. She had en
deared herself to a large circle of
friends to all of whom her death Is
the occasion of much sorrow
Accompanied by the mother and
other relatives the body was brought
to Dallas via Newton yesterday af
ternoon and taken to the home of
burg county spent some time here Mrs. HoIlarft. from which the funeral
At a meeting of the men of Main
Street Methodist church , to be held
In the main auditorium Thursday
night it is proposed to effect an or
ganization composed of every male
member of the congregation fifteen
years of age and upwards to carry
on the local work of this denomina
tlon in connection with the treat
Mrs. Cornelius was the only ,aynien.B mifl8lonary movement. Ev-
an attack of pneumonia and came
after a brief illness.
last week with him. Mr. James T
McAden spent several days last week
In Charlotte on business. Mr. J. T.
Helderman moved to Lowell last
week where he recently accepted a
position. Mrs. J. T. Poag, of Rock
Hill, S. C, spent some time here last
week as the guest of Mr. and Mrs
W. C. Barber. Mr. John Bowen and
family of Huntersville, spent last
week here with Mr. and Mrs. M. S.
Bowen. Mrs. T. M. Bynum return
ed to her home at Spartanburg, 8
C, last week after spending several
days here as the guest of her moth
er, Mrs. S. H. Manguni. The many
friends of Mrs. M. R. Barber will be
pleased to learn that her condition
is greatly improved. She has been
confined to her room for several
days. In addition to her being sick
was held this morning at 11 o'clock.
The body was then laid to rest in the
family plat In the Presbyterian cem
etery at Dallas.
Notices of New Ads.
Robinson Shoe Co. Boyden and
Howard and Foster shoes the best.
Lebovitz Department Store The
winning numbers in prize contest.
Opera House The DeKoven Male
Quartette Wednesday night.
The Love Co. Seed Irish potatoes
and garden seed.
Abernethy-Shields Drug Co. Ny-
al's Laxative Fig Syrup.
H. Schneider Great combination
sale closes Saturday.
ery member of this church is cordial
ly Invited and expected to be pres
ent
Sunday morning's service at this
church was devoted to hearing a re
port from one of the delegates sent
to the laymen's convention at Dal
las, Texas, February 19-22, this be
ing Mr. J. H. Separk. In a most en
tertaining and instructive talk Mr.
Separk told of some of the things he
heard and saw at the Dallas confer
ence. He spoke or the many thrill
ing addresses heard there, messa
ges alive with the missionary spirit
right from the lips of men who are
sacrificing their lives to carry the
gospel to heathen nations. At this
conference there were present from
1500 to 2000 delegates from all sec
tions of the Southern States and the
program contained addresses by a
large number of men in the fore
front of the missionary work In
Methodism and other denominations
as well. In the brief time allotted
to him Mr. Separk was unable to
give more than a running account
of the convention but he was heard
with much Interest. He will be
present Thursday night at which
time he will probably tell the gath
ering more about the great meeting.
Wednesday evening at the mid
week prayer service Mr. J. L. Beal,
Main Street's other delegate, will
make a report, giving his Impres
sions of the conference.
At the Sunday night service an
open discussion was had relative to
this missionary movement, with
clothes.
she suffered a very bad injury from me before you buy
R. T. Padgett Now is the time
to get measured for your new spring 8peclal reference t0 the part of the
latest styles ana raorics; Inal rh..rph )n ,r
be
gone about a month. Misses Alda
Phifer and Edith Fuller visited the FHday on Dusfns. Mr. T. B.
Misses Pasour near Concord church eonnarai .nas movea in nis large
Saturday and Sunday. Mr. J. Y. ounamg on .Mountain street and
KIncald's family will move to Con- w 11 enier 1IUO ine DOtel DuslneBS on
cord tomorrow. Mr. J. A Pinch- a ,arger 8ca,e The graded schools
nere ooservea Washington 8 'birth-
Messrs. Stephen
back has gone to Texas. It la nrnh.
able that he will spend most of his day Tuesday-
time hereafter In the Lone Star
State.
Grady Kiser and Albert "Sellers,
both of route two from here, spent
the week-end with their parents.
They are students in Rutherford
College. Mrs. H. L.. Garrison was a
Kings Mountain visitor last Friday
Mr. -Roy Wolfe spent Saturday
night In the home of Mr. M. R. Aker
on route two. Mr. Ben Buragar
ner's little child Is still dangerously
ill though some hope for Its recov
ery Is entertained. Mrs. Plato Dur
ham, of Concord, is expected here
today to spend the week with Mr.
and Mrs. S. J. Durham. Mrs. Edith
Hoover, of Hickory, Is spending
some weeks with parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Caleb Mauney. Mrs. J. L. Ri
ser and two children are suffering
from measles. Mrs. J. M. Odell, of
Concord, was here Saturday, the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Durham.
Miss Amel label Crawford spent
the week end with her parents at
I Belmont and Miss Maggie Hall vls
; Red In the home of Mr. Robert Or
? mand.
i ii i - . a Ifc
i New Hope News Notes. .
I Correspondence of The Gazette. '
I NEW HOPE. Feb. 24. Mr. J. Lo
' gan Stowe and daughter. Miss Ethel,
are Tight sick. Mr. Hearl Horsley
went to Charlotte Wednesday on
j buiiness-rThe children of Mr. Chal-
mers Elmore, who' have had pneu-
f ' . - ...
Stroup and Evon Houser were In
Dallas Thursday on business. Miss
Alma Huss, of Kings Mountain, Is
visiting Miss Vera Howell this week
The graded school here gave an
entertainment Friday night. Mr,
Chesley McGinnis and wife, of Shel
by, were among our visitors this
week. The school at Fairview clos
ed Saturday with an old time exhl
bltion. Quite a large crowd from
here attended. Mr. W. E. Gardner
was In Charlotte Monday. Mrs. T.
H. Bess, of Ky., is visiting home
folks here this week'. Miss Flor
ence Beam spent the week-end at
High Shoals
a fall some few days ago. Among
the Gastonla visitors from here Sat
urday were Mrs. F. J. McCauley,
Miss May Mauney, Miss Reatha Sim
mons, Mr. J. L. Webb, Mr. M. J. Ray
and Mr. J. T. Ingram. Miss Mamie
Ray was a Charlotte visitor last
week. Mr. L. W. Jenkins was a
Charlotte visitor Friday. Miss An
nie Ford, of Lowell, spent some time
last week in Charlotte as the guest
of her sister, Mrs. Henry Cox. Mrs.
Butler and mother spent Saturday
and Sunday with relatives at Besse
mer City. Mr. I. W. Shields was a
Charlotte visitor Saturday. Mr. P.
J. Palmer, of Charlotte, was on the
street here Saturday. Mrs. I. F. Ma
bry and Mrs. H. D. Roberts were
Gastonla visitors Saturday. Mr. T.
J. Hunt spent Sunday at Spartan
burg with relatives. Mr. A. C. Kel
ly spent Sunday at Monroe with
friends. McAdenvllle has a smaller
representation at Dallas court this
T. L. Craig, Mayor To owners of
land on Gastonla watershed.
Poole Grocery Co. Buying groc- j
erieB Is a matter of business.
Mr. Wetmore not in the Race.
GASTON COURT CONVENES.
Judge Jones Delivers Strong Charge
to the Grand Jury No Capital
Cases on the Docket Large
Crowd in Attendance.
Gaston Superior Court convened
Personals and Locals.
Mr. L. B. Wetmore, of Lincolnton,
has given out for publication a let
ter in which he says he has with- at Dallas yesterday morning, Judge
drawn from the solicitorshin race E- B- Jones of Winston-Salem pre-
This leaves Mecklen'bure with two siding. This is Judge Jones' first
i
candidates, and Gaston with two court In Gaston and the first impres
with a possibility of Capt. Childs, of slo1 made by him on Gaston coun-
Lincolnton, entering. As the matter Mians ls most flattering to his honor
now stands Gaston has most excel- Tne present term will consist of a
lent chances for naming, the next so- week's criminal section followed by
licltor for this district a weelt devoted to the trial of civil
cases. The criminal docket is a
Our Honor Roll. pretty large one, though It contains
session yesterday
Lowell Locals.
Correspondence of the Gazette.
LOWELL, Feb. 28. Rev. R. A.
Miller conducted the funeral services
of. Mrs. Sophia Elmore at New .Hope
Saturday. Mrs. George Featherston
and Miss Ethel Dilling attended the
funeral of their cousin, Miss Ollie
Jenkins, at Gastonla Friday. Mr.
Qulnn Ford ls at home foV a few
days. Mr. William Featherston, of
Gastonla, was here Friday. Rer.
Mr. HLr was a Belmont visitor Fri-
day. Mr. W, R. Rankin, of Belmont,
was here Saturday. Mr. S. J. Hand
was a Belmont visitor Friday. Mrs.
D. P. Stowe, of Belmont, spent a few
days with relatives last week. Mrs.
Elizabeth Harris, of Cooleemee, Is
visiting her son, Mr. Cicero Harris,
The Gazette's subscriotkn list is no cap,tal case8-
The forenoon
experiencing n mnat ca iiorntn.ir I
' was taken up largely with the judges
growth. Without any. special solic- I .v. a . .v,.v.
i viiai tv; tuc 5auu jui j , iu nuitu
Ration or canvassing we are adding he deflned the law. touchinir at
a gooo. large number of new sub- ipnirth - nilmhor rtf ,.rlmM
week than was ever known. This scribers to our list each week. Since the punishment provided therefore.
ppeano wen lor our xown. our last roll was DUblished two u tjj .i j ....
----- xirj picaucu esiuesu; niiu eiuqueuu;
weeks ago today the following per- for an impartiai administration of
sons have made payments on sub- Ju8tice and decried the prevailing
scr.ption, a large proportion of them sentiment In the country today which
Deing new suDscribers: R. C. Ratch-
ford, J. Alonso Rhyne, Gilbert
SEA WELL GETS JOB.
Carthage Man Succeeds Harry Skin
ner as District Attorney Tar Heel
Postmasters Appointed.
Friday quite a number of North
Carolina appointments were made by
the president and were transmitted
to the Senate for confirmation. The
one of most interest was that of Her
bert F. Seawell, of Carthage, to be
United States district attorney to
succeed Harry Skinner. The Ob
server's Washington correspondent
says that this appointment came as a
surprise in the face of the fact that
Attorney General Wickersham and
the President had said that Skinner
would succeed himself.
Following is & list of the appoint
ments: Herbert F. Seawell of Carthage,
district attorney; Postmasters
Wallace W. Rollins, Asheville; By
ron J. Luther, Biltmore; C D. Wal
lace, Carthage; D. Luthern Yount,
Lincolnton; Mary W. Yarborough,
Loulsburg; George W. Prescott, Ay-
den; Hayes S. Smith, Rowlaqd;-LInd
ay M Russell, Troy;. Robert B. Col
well. Wallace: A. W. Davis, Walnut
Cove; Albert Miller, LaGrange; Al
In S. Willis. Morenead City: Eliza'
N. Hill. Scotland Neck; Benjamin T.
Person, Wilson.
Broom, R. C. Glenn, T. A. Wagstaff,
F. C. White, S. S. Mauney, Cherry
ville Hardware Co., Dr. W. H. Hous
er, A. H. Huss. Ed C. Stroup, W. B.
Lewis, T. W. Rankin, R. O. Clinton,
John T. Pearson, G. H. Sherer, H. C.
Johnson, W. C. Abernethy, R. L. Gar
rison, H. M. Stephenson, G. W.
Howe, W. P. McAteer, C. G. Lynch,
J. N. Neely, F. A. Costner, J. S.
Whitfield, W. G. Rhyne, Robert Mo-
ten, J. T. Oates, G. B. Stowe, Ca
leb A. Spencer, W. E. Todd, S. E.
Foy, Mrs. W. W. McLean, Mrs. G. T.
Gamble. Mrs. V. M. Hanner, W. L.
Pegram, T. P. Lewis, A. L. Falls, A.
T. Lindsay, J. P. Allen, Thomas
Sparrow. Miss Annie Holland, W. T.
Ford. G. C. Caldwell, M. J. ghetley,
M. P. Shetley,, D. C. Bess, S. L. Par
ham, Miss Nannie E. Rhyne, A. M.
Millen, H. S. Sellers, W. A. Leeper,
Sr., Mrs. W. N. Craig, Oscar John
son. V. P. Rankin, C. M. Falres, T.
T. Sanford, R. A. McArver, R. B.
Riddle, Bennle T. Ifoleni Rer. L. M.
Nolen.
Mr. R. B. Riddle, of the Bethel
section, is a business visitor In Gas-,
tonla today?
punishes the small offender and lets
the big fry go scot free. The man
who deals In cotton futures, he said,
was Just as much a violator of the
law as the little nigger who shoots
craps in a back alley, and is just as
deserving of punishment. He deplor
ed the almost universal custom of
pistol "toting," stating that during
his seven years on the bench he had
never presided at a term of court
where the docket did not contain the
concealed weapon case. He touched
particularly on a nunrber of other
gross crimes in the catalogue of law.
breaking.
The court house was packed to Its
utmost capacity, while many scores
unable to get In, took refuge In the
court yard and jockey lot. Despite
the very bad weather the attendance
the first day was unusually large.
There were candidates galore on
hand and two or three street fakirs
were able to gather around them
good sized crowds of the curious.
It is expected that the criminal
docket will be disposed of by Wed
nesday night and that the civil dock
et will be taken up Thursday morn
ing. A fuller Teport of the proceed
ings will appear la Friday's Gazette.
Mr. Carl Finger, of Stanley,
candidate for county treasurer, waa
in Gastonla Saturday.
Mr. W. A. Leeper, of Belmont,
was In Gastonla this morning en
route to Dallas to attend court.
Mr. Warren McGUl, of King
Mountain, was a Gastonla visitor
Sunday.
Mr. M. Kiser, of Bessemer City,
route two, was a business visitor In
Gastonla Friday.
Mr. W. H. Adams spent Sunday
In Raleigh with his 'brother, Mr.
Harry Adams.
Mr. Rufus Pasour, formerly
county treasurer, who lives near
Dallas, was a Gastonla visitor Sat
urday. Mr. L. L. Jenkins arrived from
New York Friday night and attend
ed the funeral of the late John H.
Craig Saturday afternoon.
The winning ticket at H.
Schneider's sale was number 49, but
It has not yet been brought In. A
nice prize is waiting for the holder.
Rev. J. R. Scroggs, presiding
elder of the Shelby District, will
preach next Sunday morning at
Main Street Methodist church.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Kemp Dough-
ton, of Raleigh, returned yesterday
to their home after spending a few
days in Gaston ia as the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Moore.
Messrs. T. B. Brown, of the J.
M. Belk Company, and J. W. KIrk
Patrick, of the KIrkpatrlck-Belk Co.,
of Yorkville, left last night for the
Northern markets to buy Spring;
goods.
Rev. A. T. Lindsay and Dr.
Lindsay, of Linwood College, left
Friday night for Fayetteville, Tenn.,
in response to a telegram announc
ing the serious Illness of their fa
ther, Mr. John Lindsay.
Mr. H. M. Lineberger returned!
Saturday night from a business trip
of several days to Rock Hill, S. C.
Miss Annie Detwiler, of Ashe
ville, is the guest of her sister, Mrs.
J. L. Beal.
-Messrs. John F. Leeper and A.
R. Anders, as a committee appointed
for that purpose by the board of
county commissioners, have let to
the York Bridge Co., of York, Pa.,
the contract for extensive repairs to
the McAdenville and Armstrong;
Ford bridges across the South Fork.
-Mr. M. C. Fayssoux. yardmaa-
ter for the Southern at Greenville,
S. C, spent several days last week
here with his brother, Mr. J. R.
Fayssoux who, his many friends will
'be glad to learn, Is somewhat better,
though still confined to his home.
Mr. Fayssoux is an old Gastonian
and his many friends were glad to
see him here again.
Mrs. G. E. Moore is still con- '
fined to her home at Pleasant Ridge
as a result of an accident which oc
curred a week ago Saturday. Mrs.
Moore was getting off a train when
the train started suddenly, throwing
her rather violently against the rail
ing of the car steps. She suffered no
serious injury but was painfully
bruised by the fall.
Mr. Bishop J. Currence and
Mrs. P. R. Currence went to-Char-
lotte Saturday to take Mr. V. C. Cur
rence's little one-year-old daughter,
Elizabeth, to the Presbyterian Hos
pital for treatment. A very delicate
operation was performed on the
child's skull, from which it seems to
be recovering in a satisfactory man
ner. Mr. H. C. Williams, of Char
lotte, father of Mr. John H. Williams,
of Gastona, ls oiya of four stock
holders in and promoters of a com
pany recently organized to manufac
ture and put on the market a new
patented extension car step for use
on railway coaches. Mr. B. F. Mas
sey is the inventor and the list of
stockholders Includes himself, Mr.
Williams, Mr. A. M. Beattle and Mr.
John S. Blake, all of Charlotte. This
car step is made to take the place of
the stool which the conductor or
flagman now carries from the car
platform and places on the ground at
every station. It ls simply an exten- .
sion step worked either by a lever,
from the platform or automatically. "
The North Carolina Corporation ; :
Commission has examined the In- '
ventlon and In a recent letter to
Mr. Williams the clerk of that body
states that It appears to the commls. . '
sion to be a good thing and that It
will submit It to the railroads doing
business In this State. '