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TPTTy IT TT7' GAS GAZETTE TONIA A- PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. f .; SINGLE COPY 8 CENTS. Devoted to the Protection of Home and the Interest of the Comity. $1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE VOL. XJUL GASTONIA, N. C. TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1010. NO. ST.' liniic OVER GASTON COUNTY. PICNC AT OAK GROVE. CHERRYVILLE TO GASTONJMR. J. S. GRIER DEAD. DR. W. M. VINES HERE. TERSE TOPICS OF THE TIMES. Personals and Locals. Closing of School Marked by Pleas ant Picnic Occasion Addresses by Mr. D. P. Delllnger and Rer. J. C. Delta. .Correspondence of The Gazette. CHERRYVILLE, April 2. Oak Grove school, about two miles east of Chsrryville, closed Friday, April 1st, with a picnic to be remembered br all present. The weather was fine and nearly all the people of the v district and some others were out. Mr. C. C. Beam has exhibited much ability as a teacher and has shown to his home people what our country boys can make of them' selves. He was lucky in securing, for the day, two able speakers, At torney D. P. Delllnger and Rev. J. C. Deitz. The people were called to order about 11 o'clock and devotional ex ercises were conducted by Rev. M B. Clegs, of Crouse. Mr. Delllnger's speech was first on the program. He recited briefly the lives of some of our great men and made an earnest appeal to our boys, whom he pointed out as hav ing such grand school opportunities, far greater advantages indeed than either Vance or ourselves ever bad, to put their talents to work and make of themselves, men who are great among the great. Mr. Dellln ger held the undivided attention of his audience for about three quar ters of an hour. Mr. Deitz also spoke of an educa tion as something to be coveted rather than great riches. He too explained why an educated man, who is not a Christian, may prove himself to be detrimental rather than beneficial. After the speakers were through, another great feature of the day presented itself. Dinner, which was served in groups on the ground, was partaken of by all to their entire satisfaction. Later in the evening the young people played games and the older folk talked of fanning and politics especially. When time to go home had come, we think everybody felt themselves encouraged by spending a day to gether. Cherryville Chat. Correspondence of The Gazette. CHERRYVILLE, April 2. Miss Bertha Rhodes, Llncolnton, is visit ing Miss Annie Bell Summer this week. Miss Bertie xfauney, of Maiden, is visiting relatives and friends In town. Mr. Henry Can sler and son, Leslie, of Shelby, are among our guests to-day. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Crart visited in Shelby this week. Mr. J. B. Houser will leave tomorrow for Charlotte, where he will attend court. The school at Oak Grove, taught by Mr. C. C. Beam, closed a successful term Fri day. Some of the pupils of the graded school here, played a prank with their teachers Friday by run ning away from school and spend ing the day in various amusements about town. Mr. Stephen Stroup made a business trip to Boiling Springs Thursday. Mr. , Webb Mc Ginnis, of Bostic, spent Easter with his parents here. Mr. J. S. P. Car penter and wife spent Easter in Lln colnton. Young Man Goes Insane. The police were called on Sunday to take into custody W. M. Jordan, a young white man living at the Trenton Mill who had become vio lently insane. He was taken to the Dallas jail for confinement pending action by the officials of the State Insane Asylum at Morgaaton on the application for his commitment to that institution. It required the strength of four men to hold Jor dan. The unfortunate young man Is a 8on-in-law of Mr. J. F. Kaylor with whom he lived. He had been mentally unbalanced ' for a year or more but only recently did he be come violent. " The session of the Jforth and South . Carolina Association of Wo men's Colleges came to a close Fri day night, with the election of Dr. E. C. James, of Greenville, S. C, as president, and Mrs. Lucy H. Robert son, of Greensboro, was reelected secretary. The next session will be held In Greenville. S. C. Macadam Road to W Completed Two Gangs to Begin Work at Ear ly Date Commissioners Meet. One of the most Important pieces of business transacted by the board of county commissioners at the reg ular monthly meeting for March at Dallas yesterday wis the decision to complete the macadam road from Cherryville to Gastonla. The distance from Gastonla to Cherryville by way of Bessemer City is about 17 miles. The road between Cherryville and Bessemer has al ready been graded and macadamized for a distance of three miles south of the former, leaving a distance of about 14 miles to be built. It was ordered by the board that the free-labor grading force work ing under Capt. N. G. Todd and chain gang camp No. 2 begin work on this road as soon as they com piete the roads on which they are now engaged. Capt. Todd's force Is now grading the Spencer Mountain road. It will require a number of months' work to complete this road When it is finished it will give a continuous highway almost from one end of the county to the other north and south. This road will en ter Gastonla by way of Franklin av enue and will thus connect with the Union road which extends some six miles south of Gastonla, almost to the South Carolina line. List takers for the several town ships were appointed as follows Dallas, F. O. Davis; River Bend, Carl Finger: South Point, L. E. Rankin; Cherryville, J. Klser; Crowders Mountain, John T. Oates Mr. E. H. Rankin was appointed for Gastonla town and Mr. W. A. Falls for Gas tonla township outside of the town Other business was transacted, a detalledVecord of which will be found in the next Issue of The Ga zette. CASH SYSTEM THE BEST. The Day of Its General Adoption Drawing Nearer and Nearer. Yorkville Enquirer. The Gastonla merchants are run ning to the all-cash system. The Gazette gives a list of the firms that have adopted this system and says: "The old credit system is expensive, uncertain and works a hardship on those who do pay cash. Let the good work go on. When every retail business in Gastonla is on a strict cash basis, we will have a more prosperous town." Credit has been the ruin of not only many a mer chant, but, of many a customer. The time is shortly coming when a per son will be ashamed to go into a store and ask credit. Charlotte Chronicle. That the strictly cash system is necessarily the thing for the proper conduct of retail trade, we are firm ly convinced. The time was, when credit was the general rule through out this whole section. That was because cash was so scarce and it was necessary to do business on credit or not at all. But the sys tern ruined many a merchant and many a customer. The trouble was about the same in both cases, the anxiety of the merchant to do more business than existed, and the de sire of the customer to have things that he was unabl to afford. The credit system still prevails to a large extent because it seems necessary; but it is a notable fact that the cash system is slowly, surely and steadi ly growing more firmly, established. Ten or fifteen years back, people who had a definite time of settle ment at all, generally regarded Jan uary 1, as that time, but since then, there has been a gradual adoption of the 30-day settlement system thirty days being regarded as "cash" and others have come to demand ing cash down at the time of pur chase. We do not doubt that the cash system is the best, and he day of its general adoption is steadily drawing nearer and nearer. The Baxter Shemwell case which has been much discussed through out the State was disposed of yesterday- by Gov. Kitchln, who com muted the sentence of the court to Imprisonment in jail to. five days (the court's sentence was - five months) and $500 fine and payment of costs. If the Governor has erred, it is on the side of mercy! Shemwell has paraded with a high hand for a long time and in the opinion of most people , has forfeited all claims to leniency. Alamance Gleaner. Father of Messrs. Vernon and Dan Grier Found Dead in Bed at Home ' in Mecklenburg This Mornings Retired in Apparent Good Health Funeral at Providence Tomor row. Messrs. Vernon G. and Dan Grier received a message early this morning conveying to them the sad intelligence that their father, Mr Julius 8. Grier, was found dead bed at his home in the Providence community of Mecklenburg by mem bers of the family on arising this morning. Mr. Grier retired last night apparently in the best of health and had not even been com plaining, hence his death came as f great shock to his family and friends. The Messrs. Grier lert on No. 36 this morning for Providence in response to the message. As yet the exact time of the funueral is not known here but it will take place some time tomorrow at the old Providence Presbyterian church of which he had long been a member Mrs. V. G. Grier and little son, Rog er, will attend the funeral from Gastonla. Surviving the deceased are his widow, who was Miss Jennie Vail six sons, viz: Vernon G. Grier, of Gastonla; Dan D. Grier, of Pleasant Ridge, this county; Sidney Grier, of Providence; Charles Grier, student at the North Carolina Medical Col lege, Charlotte; Dick Grier, Provi dence; Joe Grier, Alberquerque, N. M.; four daughters, viz: Mrs. John Renfrow, of Providence; Mrs. Har rv Barker, of Mount Airy; Miss Winnifred Grier, Presbyterian Col lege, Charlotte, and Miss Ruby Gri er, of Providence; one brother, Sam Grier, of Matthews, and three sis ters, viz: Miss Ellie Grier, Mrs. Lil lie Warlick and Mrs. Belle Mc Laughlin, all of Matthews. Deceased was a native of Provi dence township, Mecklenburg coun ty, and died at the old home place where he was born and reared and where most of his life was spent He was about 55 years of age. Mr Grier was a large landowner and a successful farmer, to which occupa tion he had devoted his entire life He had for many years been a member of the Providence Presby terian church. He was one of the staunch citizens of his community and his death causes sorrow to many friends. NEGROES WERE FRIGHTENED, Mischievous Boys Take Advantage of Superstitious Fears Negroes Have of Catawba Creek Bridge akid Play a Prank. (Contributed.) A good many years ago a little ne gro boy, a son of Lee Collins, was found dead in Catawba Creek at the trestle south of Gastonia. It was never known whether the boy was murdered and thrown into the creek or was accidentally drowned and most of the white people had forgotten all about it. It was known that the colored people walk ed light about that place after dark and last Saturday night some of the boys hid in the bushes to await the coming of some colored men that were in town buying some rations and after dark they were slowly making their way across the trestle. One nigger says, "Tom, you mem ber bout dat Collins boy?" "Yes Jim, I member. Now sposen he was to rise up here?" Just then the boys in the thicket made a peculiar sound. Every nigger but one turn ed his stuff loose and made a break for the end of the'bridge. The one that held on to his half sack of flour fell between two ties and got fastened. He squalled out, 'why don't ' you niggers wait on me." One in - front hollered back. 'no time to fool wld you now," neither did he have time to fool with a sack of flour when he got loose. The boys waited to have another race when they returned for their stuff but that was after daylight Sunday morning. Frederick. Peres, of Chicago, was summoned Thursday over a tele phone to examine. a flat. When he reached the place he was invited In side and was attacked by robbers who. immediately seized and robbed him of $1,000. Subscribe for The Gazette. Weil-Known Baptist Minister Be gins Protracted Meeting at First Baptist Church, Preaching to Large Congregation "The Pres ent Tense of Christian Living' His Subject Services "Twice Each Day. Rev. W. M. Vines, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Asheville and one of the ablest and most ef fective ministers of his denomina tion in the South, preached to t large congregation at the First Bap tlBt church last night, this being the first of a series of services which is to continue for ten days or longer. Dr. Vines arrived from Asheville yesterday afternoon and last night was heard for the first time In Gas tonia. Taking as his text a part of the 20th verse of the 28th chapter of St. Matthew, "Lo, I am with you al way, even unto the end of the world," Dr. Vines preached a most helpful and inspiring sermon on "The Present Tense of Christian Living." Without discounting in any measure the pleasure and prof it one .may derive from dwelling' on past experiences or the joys that might be ours from a contemplation of a glorious future, he emphasized the fact that the only thing that really counts in the Christian life is the present. Today only is ours and we should make the very best of it He urged his hearers to grasp the present opportunity which is theirs for doing a great work for the Mas ter and winning souls for his king dom. The speaker handled his sub ject In a manner to claim the closest attention of the congregation and the responses to his propositions at the close of the service were such as to show beyond a doubt that the members of this congregation are earnestly and genuinely interested in the meeting from the very start. Dr. Vines is a pleasing speaker and a man of attractive personality, He ranks high in the ministry of his denomination, having filled the pas torates of several large churches, among the number Hanson Place church, New York city, and Norfolk, Va. He has been In Asheville for a number of years. Pastor Reddish was most fortunate in being able to secure him at this time to conduct a series of services. During the meeting services will be held daily at 3 p. m. and 7:30 p m. The public is cordially invited to attend all services. Injured by Mule. Mr. T. E. Black, the popular dep uty sheriff of Cherryville township. was the victim last Thursday of a very painful accident. While har nessing a mule at his home about two miles north of Cherryville, the mule became unmanageable and knocked Mr. Black with considera ble force against the side of the barn, striking his head a severe blow which rendered him uncon scious for quite a while, and bruis ing him quite painfully about the head and shoulders. Fortunately no bones were broken and Mr. Black was able to sit up yesterday and hopes to be able to go about his work as usual within a few days. Electrocution vs. Hanging. Wilmington Star. There is this to be said about electrocution, that it is mysterious. A man is convicted of crime. He is put on the train, taken out of sight and earshot of his friends, neigh bors, and acquaintances. And he never comes back. He has no chance to make a speech. He is swallowed up by the consequences of his crime. We. think that this maes for a respect for law. Its professes are not palpable. There is no officious carpentry about the hanging: no important sheriff and his deputies, giving free misses as political favors; no Inrush from the country of people selling eggs, poul try and truck, as one takes children to the circus to educate them. Wherefore the" law 'comes into Its proper place as a moral force." Un seen, it is there. It evidences itself by a void. It is Inscrutable, but de cisive In Its effects. If- this thing must be done at all If It Is necessary . to touch the mystery of mysteries it Is infinite ly better that It' be done In a cor ner silently, and mysteriously. Jeff Clark, of Owensville, Ind owns a mule that plays the part of an alarm clock. Every morning promptly at four o'clock he kicks the side of the barn four times. Two of the Richmond postoffice burglars have been arrested in New York city, the third making good his escape, and $73,000 in stolen stamps recovered. Engineer John Griffith . was killed and fireman Vaughan seriously in Jured and five passengers slightly hurt, in a wreck on the Norfolk & Western near Watts' Tank, Va., Fri day. President Kilgo, of Trinity Col lege, will deliver the address before the graduating class of the Char lotte Medical School April 19th. Excessive cigarette smoking led Philip Greenberg, of New York, 21 years of age, to shoot his brother William a nd then turn the revol ver against himself. A contagious cattle disease, known as "splenetic," Southern or Texas fever, has broken out in many Southern States and the Southwest reports say that hundreds of cattle are dying. Congressman W. C. Loverlng, carried hfs district In 1908 by 14,- 000 majority over his Democratic opponent. Congressman Loverlng died a short while ago and a new election was held on Tuesday, March 22nd. Eugene N. Foss, the Democratic candidate for Congress, overturned the 'Republican major! ty of 14,000 and swept on to victo ry with a Democratic majority of 5,640. This means that the Repub licans will not have a hand full of members in the next House of Rep resentatives and Champ Clark's ma jority that he will lead in the next Congress will be so large that it will almost be unwieldy. Under the Republican rule of 15 years, the trusts have gotten such a hold on this country that they dictate the prices that the producer shall re ceive for his goods, and then they dictate the prices that the ultimate consumer must pay for those goods in their finished state. The country is tired of that sort of deal, and will be heard from at the election this Fall. Marlon Progress. Living Beyond His Means. Gaffney Ledger. When we see a young man, who is a clerk, on a moderate salary in a store, smoking 10-cent cigars and occasionally going to get his drinks in a saloon, we make up our mind that the young man Is spending all he earns. When we see him in ad dition to these riding about town in a livery rig, we then are satisfied that same young man is stealing from his employer; and it is strange that young men do not know that old business men read them through and through, and such young men can never secure places of trust and responsibility. Yorkville Postmistress' Remarkable Record. News and Courier. Washington, March 24. The president today named Miss Maggie Moore for another term as postmas lor at Yorkville. The record of Miss Moore Is almost without precedent in the history of the 1)081011106 de partment. In 1885 Miss Moore's father was appointed postmaster at Yorkville. He held the office until 1888, when he resigned and his daughter was appointed to succeed him. Miss Moore has practically held the position since 1888, with the exception of a short time, when A. S. Withers, who, however, was never confirmed, held it. Repre sentative Finley, whose home is in Yorkville, was today asked if he knew of any other postmaster in the United States who had held on as long as Miss Moore, either man or woman. He replied that he knew of no first, second or third-class re taining one official for so long a time. The reason that Miss Moore has held on so long Is probably due to the fact that Mr. Finley has con siderable Influence with the postof fice department, and as Yorkville la his home town, Ms wishes in the matter of an official have always been respected. MIbs Moore will soon receive a new commission and begin four more, years of official -- . work for the government.' Mr. B. A. Williams, of Monroe,, spent Sunday here. Mr. T. C. Smith and family spent Sunday very pleasantly with relatives In Dallas. Mr. E. L. Sandlfer, of Dallas, was a business visitor in Gastonla. Saturday. Mr. A. A. McLean, of Gastonla, spent yesterday here, stopping at the Selwyn. Charlotte Observer, 2. Mrs. B. M. Holland and son, Joe, have returned from a stay of several weeks with Mr. Holland at Kershaw, S. C. Mr. Perry Dover is erecting a modern seven-room cottage just in the rear of the store occupied by Mr. A. G. Hlnson on East Airline avenue and Avon streets. Mr. and Mrs. John Hanna, of Gastonla, spent Sunday of last week very pleasantly as guests of Mr. An drew Cloninger, Sr., of Dallas, route one. Mr. R. M. Bell, of Blackstock. S. C, whose wife is a daughter of Mr. J. B. Carson, of Bessemer City, route two, will go to a Charlotte hospital tomorrow to undergo treat ment for throat trouble. Mr. J. D. Garlington, formerly with D. M. Jones & Co., of this city, is spending the day with friends here. Mr. Garlington has been is Memphis, Tenn., since leaving Gas tonia last fall, but is now located ln his home city of Spartanburg. Mrs. H. Schneider left yester day morning for Atlanta to take her young son, Leon, to a surgical in stitute for an operation on his foot. They, were accompanied by Mr. Alex Sherman who, however, will not re main with them. Mr. R. W. Carson went to Chester Thursday on a visit to rela tives, returning this morning. While away he visited his neice, Mrs. R. M. Bell, at Blackstock, and attended services Sunday at Hopewell A. R. P. church. Mrs. F. W. Fink and littler daughter, Dorothy, and Miss -Mary Shelton came over from Charlotte Saturday to visit Mrs. R. D. Atkins and Mrs. O. W. Davis. Miss Shel ton returned home Sunday night and mrs Fink and child went back yesterday evening. The Salisbury correspondent of The Charlotte Observer, under date, of April 3rd, says: Miss Lottie AI bea, of McAdenville, who has been In the Sanatorium her for the past month, has been discharged greatly benefitted, and is now visiting friends here and In Davidson county. Dr. Francis S. Packard, the medical expert of Greensboro, ad vertises that he will be at the Falls House here on Wednesday, April 13th. Dr. Packard has been visit ing Gastonia regularly for the past year and has treated a large number of Gaston county people. The many friends of Miss Lola. Jenkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Jenkins, who has been under treatment for some weeks In a san itarium in New York City, will he glad to learn that she is now much improved and will probably return to Gastonia with Mrs. Jenkins with in the next week or two. The attention of our readers is directed to the advertisement In this issue of J. D. Morton & Co., who. conduct the 5, 10 and 25 cent store- In the Davis block. They advertise that on June 4th they will give away absolutely free a handsome 24- piece silver set. They give a coupon with every 25 cent purchase. Mr IT O u pnti i tute carrier on rural route No. 3. dropped ,Jn at The Gazette office Sat urday to show us a specimen of what he was pleased to term "Groundhog Food." He stated that it was grown by Mr. Jonas Dixon, carrier on route three, from a "cabbage" plant given the latter last fall bv Mr rimir Smith, carrier on route one. He stated that Mr. Smith designates it "Dixon's Favorite;" Mr. Dixon fi V. If la ' C- I 1. n 110 . . . 1- - "uim g riuimc, DUl am (Mr. Huffstetler) is sure It is noth ing more nor less than renninA Groundhog Food," originated and grown exclusively by Mr. Smith. The botanical editor had gone to- the woods looking for some dog wood blossoms and the rest of the force was unable to "diagnose ilk - case. Further t developments are expected. " .