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OVER GASTON COUNTY.
. T KILLED OX TIIE RAILS.
'; Young Roy Metcalf, of BeMemer
t. Ground to Death Under
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Freight Train at Belmont Capt.
''--' Bobbins and Mr. Emanuel Man-
, ney Critically 111 Bessemer City
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Correspondence of The Gazette,
; : BESSEMER CITY. April 11.
A distressingly sad accident occurred
. at Belmont Saturday night about 10
-o'clock when Mr. Roy Metcalf, of
' this place, was ' Instantly killed and
his body horribly mangled by a
southbound freight train. The ex
,: act circumstances of his death will
' never be known as there were, as
far as known, no witnesses to the
, accident. Young Metcalf, in com
pany with several others, caught a
! ' freight train northbound as It pull-
; ed out of the station here about
dark. His companions, It seems,
, stopped in Gaston ia while Metcalf
went on to Belmont. After spend
v ing some time there It Is supposed
he was making an effort to "swing"
' No. 75 In order to come back here,
' when In some way he was thrown
under the train. His father, Mr.
Fletcher Metcalf, was notified and
the body" was brought here yester
day afternoon. The young man had
excellent habits, never having been
known to swear or drink intoxicants.
After funeral services conducted by
Rev. J. Frank Armstrong, the body
was today Interred in the Bessemer
City cemetery. Much sympathy is
felt for the family. The young
man's mother was in Rutherfordton
watchlng'over the bedside of a sick
granacnna wnen a telegram con
. veyed the shocking Intelligence to
her.
Rev. John Hall, of Gastonla,
preached In the Lutheran church
here last night instead of yesterday
afternoon, his regular appointment
Rev. E. F. Griffith, of the A. R. P,
.church here, exchanged pulpits yes
terday with Rev. A. T. Lindsay, of
Pisgah. Rev. J. F. Armstrong had
a strenuous day yesterday. He drove
to Tate's Chapel and preached in the
morning; baptizing four infants and
administering the Holy Communion,
and in the afternoon preached at the
home of Misses Patterson, two miles
south of the church, conducted sac
ramental service again, and drove
into town and preached In the Meth
odist church at night
Capt. C. G. Robbins remains crit
ically III at his home here, but little
change in his condition having been
noted for several days. Mr. Eman
uel Mauney, 91 years of age, is seri
ously 111 at his home west of town.
Mr. J. E. Hornbuckle has accepted
a fine position with the Irwin Mills,
at Concord, and will move his family
there next Monday. Mr. Hornbuckle
moved here from Concord four years
ago and has had a good position
with the Osage Mills here. Their
many friends regret very much to
see this excellent family moving
away from Bessemer City
LMrs. C. E. Whitney has returned
from a Charlotte hospital considera
bly improved. Mr. C. E. Whitney
and Mr. J. A. Scott spent last week
In northern cities on business. Mr
Ralph Odell, of Concord, spent sev
eral days of last week here with the
family of Mr. S. J. .Durham. Little
Miss Lucile Anthony., of Greenville,
S. C, has been spending some days
here with her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. C. A
Thornburg. iMisa Can- I
dace Wolfe has been quite sick for
the past few days tout is wellagain
at this writing. Miss Fannie Thorn-
burg who has been teaching a pub
lic school near McAdenville return
ed to her home Saturday. Mr. and
Mrs. Wade H. Holmes, of Lowell,
spent Saturday night here with Mr.
.C A. Thornburg's family. Rev. J.
Frank Armstrong Is spending this
afternoon in King's Mountain.
McAdenville . Matters.
Correspondence of .The Gazette.
MCADENVILLE, April 1 1. Dr.
G.'w. Taylor and Mr,-Ed C., Ray at
tended the smoker given by the Ma
sonic lodge of Gastonla In the new
Realty building last Tuesday night.
Mr. Thomas J. Hunt was a busi
ness visitor to Greenville, S. C, last
. week. Air. A. C. Kelly, the popular
, manager of the Catawba Store Com
pany's stores, here, attended . the
wedding of his brother, Mr. John R.
Kelly, to Miss Annie Myrtle Cilne. at
Monroe last Wednesday night, act
ing as best man. Mr. G. R. Rhyne.;
of Dallas, candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for sheriff. .was
here last week shaking hands with
his many friends. Miss Katharine
Ray visited friends in Charlotte last
week. Mr. and Mrs. B. RT, Hooper
were Gastonla shoppers Saturday af
ternoon. (Mrs. Carrie Latimer spent
Saturday with friends in Charlotte.
Among those' who attended the
Virginia-Carolina baseball game at
Charlotte Saturday were Messrs. ft.
R. Ray, J. TMcAden. OL. Webb,
I. F. Mabry. W. P. McAteer. Ed C
Rar. J. T. Ingram and Dr. G. W.
Taylor. Miss Sallle Adcock return
ed Saturday from Fort Mills, S. C.
where she has . been visiting her
brother, Mr, M. J. Adcock, for sev
eral weeks. Mrs. R. R. Ray and
Miss Mamie Ray were In Gastonla
shopping Saturday afternoon.-Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Chandler, of the
Flint Mill, spent Saturday and Sun
day In McAdenville. Mr. Gus Webb
has resigned his position with the
Taylor Drug Co.. and is at work in
the weave department. Mr. F. M.
Ward, of Charlotte, Is spending
few days here on business.
Lowell Locals.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
LOWELL.Aprll 11. Rev. J. J
Kennedy, of Gastonla, preached in
the Presbyterian . church Sunday
The pastor preached at Lincolnton
for Rev. W. R. Minter, who is now
on a European trip.
Kings Mountain Presbytery will
meet in Shelby Tuesday night. The
Presbyterian church here will be
represented by the pastor and EJder
W. T. Ford.
Mrs. Inez HaH, of Blacksburg,' S.
C, who has been visiting Mrs. Frank
Campo, returned home Sunday.
Mrs. Mattle Adcock, of Gastonla, vis
ited relatives here last week. Mrs.
Fldus Cox and Miss Bessie were' Gas
tonla shoppers Saturday. Miss Kate
Miller left last Thursday to visit rel
atives at Pineville. Mrs. Arthur
Leonhardt and Miss Mabel Leon
hardt were Gastonia shoppers Fri
day.
The following attended the ball
game in Charlotte Saturday, viz:
Messrs. Cicero, Robert and Will Har
ris, Dr. James Reid, P. P. Murphy,
W. O. Cashlon and J. Linwood Rob
inson.
Mr. Will Huggins was a Charlotte
visitor Thursday. Mr. T. P. Rankin
and Miss Frank Leonhardt were Gas
tonla visitors Thursday. Mr. and
Mrs. O. B. Robinson, of Charlotte,
were the guests of Mrs. P. W. Hand
Thursday.
The remains of Mr. Lark Wne-
berger who was buried in the Luth
eran Chapel cemetery several years
ago, were removed to Elmwood cem
etery, Charlotte, to be buried by his
wife.
Miss Mary Ragan, of Gastonla,
was in town Friday visiting friends.
Mr. R. F. Leonhardt attended the
sale at Mountain Island last week.
Mr. Henry Adams returned from
Kings Mountain last Thursday.
Mr. Frank Philips left Saturday
night for Washington, D. C, and
Baltimore on' a business trip.
The mill school, taught by Miss
'Flossie Steele, of Mooresville, closed
Friday. (Miss Steele left Saturday
for Mooresville. Miss Nellie Cash-
ion, who has been visiting relatives
in Charlotte returned home Sunday.
Mr. Holland Hand visited his
brother, Dr. Hall Hand, at Pineville
last week. Mr. John Rhyne, Jr.,
has opened up a Bicycle shop in the
Groves building. Mrs. Amos Smith
and children, of Charlotte, are visit
ing friends here. Mr.' William Jen
kins and Miss Alice Jenkins were
Gastonia visitors Saturday. Mr. L.
E. Rankin was a Gastonla shopper
Friday. Messrs. W." B." Lay and H
of. Thornburg, or Gastonia, were
business visitors here Monday.
Meeting at West End.
Bev. W. O. Goode, of North Char
lotte, arrived in the city yesterday
afternoon and began a series. of ser
vices at West End Methodist church,
of which Rev. J. C. Harmon is pas
tor. The first service was held last
night, and a service will be held ev
ery night this week, and both morn
ing and night Sunday. - '
Ice Cream Sapper.
The members of the tenth grade
of the Central school will, give an
ice cream supper In the Vpark" Fri
day Trom 5 to 10 p. m. The proceeds
are for a laudable cause and they
hope the public will patronise them
liberally. - v
PRIMARIES MAY 21ST.
Democratic Executive u Committee
Name Date for Nominating Can
didate The Primary Plan Chos
en In Caae of no Nomination Two
Highest Candidates Must' Go Into
Second Primarjr The Poll hold
Pursuant to a call of Chairman C,
B. Armstrong the Democratic Execu
tlve Committee of Gaston county
met at Dallas Saturday. , A majority
of the precinct committeemen were
present and. on roll call, a quorum
was found to be present and the
committee proceeded to the transac
tion of business.
Saturday, the 21st day of May
was chosen as the date for holding
the county primaries, the hours be
ing from 2 to 7 o'clock p. m. The
cflunty convention was scheduled to
be held on Saturday, May 28th, at
10 a. m.
The committee adopted the prl
mary plan of election as provided In
section 26 to 3? inclusive of the
Democratic plan of organization for
the selection of Democratic nomi
nees for the several county offices
and State officers. For the benefit
of Gaston county Democrats we re
print below the section's above re
ferred to; they are as follows:
Section 26. If at the meeting of
the County Democratic Executive
Committee, provided for In this plan
of organization, it shall be deter
mined by a majority of the full com
mittee, proxies not counted, to nom
inate candidates by direct primary
election and select delegates to the
County Convention, then the same
shall be held under the following
regulations:
Sec. 27. At all primary elections
held under this plan the county shall
be the .unit, and the total vote cast
throughout the county shall control
the nomination, or the percentage of
said county's vote in any State or
District Convention.
Sec. 28. At least five days pre
ceding such primary election every
person desiring to become a candi
date for any county or legislative of
fice shall signify his Intention, in
writing, to the chairman of the
County Democratic Executive Com
mittee, and at the same time shall
deposit such fee as the said chair
man may determine to be his pro
rata pan of the expense of printing
and distributing proper tickets; and
ovprv such Derson shall also sub-
scribe to a pledge that he will abide
j
by the result of the primary elec
tion and support the successful can
didate or candidates chosen in said
primary election.
Sec. 29. When a primary election
under this plan shall he ordered, no
tice thereof, giving the date and the
various balloting places, and the
names of the persons appointed to
hold the same, shall be published in
the Democratic press of said county,
and copies posted at three puouc
places in each precinct or township,
and such other notice given as the
County Executive Committee may
think proper, which notice shall not
in any case be less than twenty days
In such primary election the County
Executive Committee shall designate
the places where voting shall be had,
and they shall select, as far as prac
tlcable, the places provided by law
for holding the general State elec
tions. .They may, however, select
other places if the convenience of
Democratic voters Justifies such
chantce. but there shall be at least
one voting place In each precinct.
Sec. 30. For the purpose of hold-
ing such primary election, the said
committee shall apoint three well
known Democratic electors of Intel
ligence and reputation for honeBty
and fair dealing for each precinct or
other voting district in the county,
one of whom shall be secretary and
record the names of all the persons
voting, who shall conduct such elec
tion,' receive the ballots, count them,
declare the result and make a writ
ten statement thereof. If any person
appointed to hold a primary election
shall decline to serve, become inca
pacitated, or become a candidate be
fore said primary, the chairman of
the Executive- Committee of that
township or precinct shall have pow
er to designate some qualified Dem
ocrat to fill. such place; and if the
chairman of the committee shall not
be present, then the remaining poll-
holders may designate some person
to assist them ia holding the same,
and such substituted person , shall
have the same, right .and authority
therein as If he had been originally
appointed by the County Executive
Committee. ! ";-
Sec. 31. The said poll-holders
shall provide such boxes for the re
ception of ballots as may be neces
sary, but f there shall be separate
boxes for the following candidates
to-wit: Candidates for State, Con
gresslonal, and Judicial offices shall
be voted for. in one box; candidates
for General Assembly and all coun
ty offices In one box; all township of
ficers in one box; the Township Ex
ecutive Committee in one box; and
the delegates to the County Conven
tion In one box. The hours for
holding such primary election shall
be as follows: From 10 o'clock a.
m. to 5 o'clock p. m.: Provided, that
the County Executive Committee may
designate other hours within which
, said primary election may be held;
but in no case shall the time for
holding said election be less than
four hours.
Sec. 32: Any Democratic candi
date who is voted for in said prima
ry election may attend the same, in
person or by representatives, and be
present during the conduct of said
election and counting the vote. Ev
ery Democratic elector shall have
the right to vote at his proper poll
ing place, and in case the vote of a
man claiming to be a Democratic
elector is challenged on the ground
that he is not a Democrat, be shall
not be denied the privilege of vot
ing except by the Judgment of a ma
Jority of the poll-holders. Eery
challenge shall be recorded, and any
candidate or his representative dis
satisfied with the result shall have
the right to appeal to the County
Convention, and the County Conven
tion shall hear the same and allow
or disallow the vote, and shall amend
the returns from that precinct In ac
cordance with its Judgment.
, Sec. 33. At the close of the;vot
ing It shall be the duty of the poll-
holders, in the presence of such can
didates or their representatives and
any Democrat who wishes to attend
to proceed at once to count the bal
lots and make a list of all persons
voted for and the offices for which
they were voted, and the number, of
votes received by each, and they
shall sign such list ' and send the
same immediately to the chairman
of the County Executive Committee,
who shall transmit the same to the
chairman of the County Convention.
They shall give any candidate or his
representative, upon his request,
copy of the said list, and they shall
also give to the chairman of the
County Executive Committee a state
ment of the number of ctuflenges
allowed or disallowed, and how said
challenged voter voted or how he of
fered to vote when challenged. They
shall also preserve the list of voters
or poll-books, the tally sheets, and
the tickets until after the County
Convention.
Sec. 34. At the meeting of the
County Convention following the
holding of such primary election the
said convention shall ascertain and
declare the result of the said primary
election. All candidates for county
and legislative offices, and all dele
gates and committeemen receiving a
majority of the votes cast In such
primary election shall be declared
the nominees of the party for said
offices: Provided, that at the time
the primary election is called the
County Executive Committee shall
prescribe the rules and regulations
for a second primary election, if one
shall be deemed necessary.
Sec. 35. It shall be the duty of
the chairman of the County Demo
cratic Executive Committee to pre
pare all tickets for county and legis
lative offices, and distribute them, as
it is his duty to distribute tickets for
State and district offices., All names
voted for in the. same box shall be
printed on one ticket, and the bal
lot snail oe cnecKed wna. a cross
mark opposite the name or names he
wishes to vote ' for, or the names
which he does not wish to vote for
shall be stricken out. If more
names are voted for than is proper
for any office,'1 the said ticket,' for
such office shall not be counted.
Sec. 36. The County . Democratic
Executive Committee may, at its
discretion, order a registration of all
Democratic electors for each precinct'
In any town or city in said county
having a population of 3.000 or over.
by giving the same notice and. com
plying with the regulations prescrib
ed by law for the registration of vo
ters at general elections, as nearly
as may be practicable. 1 1
Sec. 37. The County Executive
(Continued on page 4.)
MRS. J. F. CURRENCE DEAD.
Mother of Mr. Robert E. Currence,
of the. First National Bank, of This
City, Passed Away Saturday Night
at Her Home In Clover Election
on Bond Issue Called for April 18.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
'CLOVER, 8. C, April ll. Mrs.
James F. Currence died at her home
on Kings Mountain street Saturday
night after an Illness dating' from
December 31, 1909. Mrs. Currence
leaves a husband and three children
to mourn her death; one son, Rob
ert E., bookkeeper in the First Na
tional Bank of Gastonia, N. C, and
Misses Emma and Jennie at borne.
Mrs. Currence had every attention
that the loving hands of her two
daughters, assisted by their friends
and neighbors, could give her. While
her Illness has been long and tedious
she bore It with that Christian for
titude, characteristic of her life and
when the end came peacefully fell
asleep. Funeral services were con
ducted at her residence yesterday at
11 o'clock by her pastor, Rev. H. J.
Mills. The pall-bearers were Messrs.
J. L. Stacy, M. L. Smith, W. N. Jack
son, W. B. Moore, J. Walter Smith
and F. E. Clinton. Interment was
in Woodside cemetery.
Mr. F. E. Clinton has been com
missioned census enumerator for
Clover, including school, district No.
37, and will begin this work next
Friday, April 15.
At a congregational meeting held
in the Presbyterian church here Sun
day morning immediately after Sab
bath school a resolution was passed
that Clover Presbyterian chcurch
amend their call to the Rev. H. J.
Mills so as to read for all of his
time Instead of one-half, as hereto
fore. Contractor Sam McCall has begun
the erection of a brick building for
W. B. Stroup on the lot south of Mr.
Stroup's present place of business.
Mr. H. L. Wright left Saturday for
New Orleans, where he will spend a
week or ten days. The Piedmont
Telephone Company has found it
necessary in order to accommodate
the growing patronage here to in
stall a larger switch board, which is
now being done under the supervis
ion of Mr. Lester Lineherger. An
election has been called for April
18th to vote on the question of issu
ing $10,000 in bonds for the pur
pose of erecting and equipping a new
school building for Clover.
Abernethy-Costner.
Handsomely engraved Invitations
reading as follows have been issued:
"Mr. and Airs. Franklin Alexander
Costner
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Minnie Windle
to
Mr. Joseph Theodore Abernethy
Wednesday evening, April the twen
ty-seventh
at nine o'clock
First Presbyterian Church
Gastonia, North Carolina
M. C. M. X."
Meeting at A. II. P. Church.
Beginning next Sabbath a series
of meetings will be held at the As
sociate Reformed Presbyterian
church, continuing through the fol
lowing Sabbath. Rev. Dr. J. C. Gal
loway, the pastor, has secured the
services of Rev. J. H. Pressiey, pas
tor of the A. R. P. church at StateB-
ville, to do the preaching. Services
will be held daily at 4 and 7:45 p.
m. Further announcements with
reference to the meeting will be pub
lished in Friday's Gazette.
Cleaning-Up Day a Success.
Last Wednesday, the 6th, was the
day set aside by the Gastonia Wo
man's Betterment Association to he
observed as "cleaning-up day." They
had asked that everybody in town
clean up their premises and pile the
rubbish In boxes and barrels at
points where they could he conven
iently loaded into wagons. The city
furnished wagons to haul the trash
away. That part of the work was
only completed yesterday. - More
than seventy-five wagon loads were
hauled off. While, of course, thls
does not represent all the trash in
town, the ladies are highly gratified
at the response the public , made to
their request. The establishment of
an annual "cleaning-up" day would
be most beneficial to the town.
Subscribe for The Qasetta.
Personals and Locals. :
Mr. Chas Ford is' spending" th
afternoon in Charlotte on business.
Mr. W, E. Todd is spending the
day in Lincolnton on business.
Gastonia's city schools will cloas
about the middle of May.
Mrs. J. H. Separk and Mrs. J.
D. Barkley are spending the day
with friends In Charlotte.
-t-Mrs. Ed Tuttle and children ar
at Lenoir spending some time with
relatives.
The stockholders of the Ozark
Mill are heldlng their annual meet
ing at the company's offices this af
ternoon., ;,, t
Mrs. J. . Spencer, of Pineville.
arrived in Gastonla last night on ft
visit to the family of 'Mr. B. H. Win
get and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Bradley, or
Charlotte, spent Sunday In Gastonla
as the guests of Mr., and Mrs. H. G.
Wlnget.
Miss Lollie Patterson, of Kings
Mountain, spent yesterday in GaBto
nia as a guest at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. M. H. Shuford.
Dr. F. S. Packard, of Greens
boro, will be at the Falls House to
morrow, Wednesday, April 13th, one
day only.
Spencer Mountain is getting up
a first-class ball team and the fans
of that village expect to push soma
of the other ball-playing towns ot
Gaston for this season's laurels.
Rev. G. R. Sparrow and Mr. J.
W. Riddle leave today for Shelby,
where they go to represent Union
Presbyterian church at the meeting
of Kings Mountain Presbytery.
The many friends of Capt. C
M. Nolen, whose illness was men
tioned in Friday's Gazette, will b
delighted to learn that he Is rapidly
improving.
Miss Fannie Clark, of Converse
College, Spartanburg, S. C. is ex
pected to arrive in Gastonia Thurs
day to spend several days here as
the guest of her aunt, Mrs. M. H.
Shuford.
Dr. W. H. Wakefield, of Char
lotte, announces elsewhere in our
columns that he will be at the Falls
House on Thursday, April 28th, one
day only.
Policeman T. N. Williams re
turned Saturday from a brief trip to
Yorkville to see his mother, who has
been quite ill. ' Her condition is still
quite serious, though she is perhaps
a little better.
Dr. H. C. Jones who has been
the guest of Dr. George Holland and
Mr. Lucius Holland at Dallas, left
yesterday for his home at Bluefield.
W. Va. En route he will visit Rich
mond and Washington.
'Miss Prue Thomasson returned
home Saturday from Hamer, S. , C
She was accompanied by her sister,
Mrs. J. B. Meacham, and little J. B.
Jr. Mr. Meacham will be here Sat
urday to spend a few days.
A meeting of the stockholders
of the Dowell Manufacturing Com
pany will be held in the office of the'
company at Lowell, in this county, at
2 o'clock on Thursday afternoon.
April 14th. .
Mr. S. R. Keesler was the guest
yesterday of his sister, Mrs. C. K.
Marshall. He left today for his
home at Greenwood, Miss., via Spar
tanburg and Asheville. Mr. Keesler
is a prominent cotton shipper of
Greenwood.
Mr. J. Lander Gray has had
plans drawn for a handsome res
idence which he will erect on his.
lot adjoining the residence of Mr.
and Mrs. F. D. Barkley . on West
Second avenue. Work will probably
begin within a few days.
Mrs. John W. (Moore and twe
children, John W. Jr. and May, left
yesterday morning for their home In
Hendersonville after spending two or
three weeks here with her mother,
Mrs. I C. Eury. Mrs. Cora Putnam,
another daughter of Mrs. Eury, re
turned yesterday to Salisbury after ',
spending a day or two here.
' Large crowds have been attend
ing the revival services la progress
at Bradley Hall, at the Loray Mill.
conducted by Evangelist P. G. El
s'om, of Raleigh. Sunday afternoon
he preached a special 'sermon to men
on the subject. "Your Chickens Will
Come Home to Roost, " and so large
was the attendance that many were .
turned away for lack of room. There
have been. so. far quite s number of
conversions and reclamations. Serv
ices wfll be held at 745 each even
ing this week. . '