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.. - . r ' V, ,. ; . -: - - GAT FONIA' ETTE, ,V " . ri,' PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. SINGLE CXPY 8 CENTS. V Devoted to the Protection of Home And the Interests of .the County." S1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. VOL, XXXI. ' GASTONIA, N. C. FIUDAY APRIL 23, 1910. NO. 83 OVER GASTOfi COUNTY. ' ' v-v '. ' - McAdenville Hatters. Correspondence of The Gazette.' . . McADENVILLE, April Vl8. Mr. j. L. Webber ipent Sunday at Lowes ' Till with Dr. J. A. Anderson. Mr - HenrjTjEddr and Air. Spratt. of Charlotte, spent tome time here Fr War - on bmlness. M las Eliza ; toetb Jenkins and Mill Bessie Cham - plon, of Charlotte, were the guests . Sunday of Mrs. Carrie Latimer. Dr. Ben Taylor, of Charlotte, was the guest Sunday of his brother, Dr. Q. W. Taylor. Mr. R. H. 8mlth. of Spartanburg, spent some time here last week on business. Mr. T. J Hunt was a Charlotte visitor Satur day. Miss Annie Hooper visiting ' relatives in Charlotte this week. Mrs. Mary Teague. of Lowell. Is vis iting friends here this week. Mrs, Alice Gates and two daughters, were .' Oastonla shoppers Saturday after noon. Mrs. Nora Costner was 'Gastonia shopper Saturday. Mrs Ruby Reeves is at the City Hospital : Gastonla, for a few days" treatment Mr. O. G. Abernethy, of Gastonla v was a McAdenville visitor Saturday Mrs. H. D. Roberts was a Gasto nla visitor Saturday. Mrs. Mamie Davis, of Baltimore, was the guest here Saturday of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Ray. Mr. W. L. Pierce, of Char- lotte, was a business visitor in Mc Adenville Saturday. Mr. J. C.WaI: ker was a Salisbury visitor Friday Mr. A.. C. Kelly was a Charlotte visitor Friday. Mr. and Mrs. A. M Dixon, of Gastonla, were the guests Satur'day and Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Ray. Dr. James A. An derson, of Lowesvllle, was shaking hands here- Saturday with his many friends. Mr F. A. Coley was Gastonla visitor Saturday. Miss Irene Hooper was a Charlotte visi tor Saturday.- Mrs. Harriett Sim mons and daughter. Miss Reathla, were Gastonla shoppers Saturday.- Dr. C. A. Bland and Mr. H. M. Mc Aden, of Charlotte, were McAden ville visitors Thursday. , Mr. Lawrence W. Jenkins, who has been connected with the Taylor Drug Co. here for the past eighteen months, has resigned his position and gone to Elizabeth City, where he is engaged in similar work. Dur ing- Mr. Jenkins' stay here he made i many warm friends. Mr. W. R. 'Hooper was a Gastonla visitor Sat urday. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Brit- ton spent Sunday with relatives at Lincolnton. Mrs. Britton will re main at Lincolnton for several days. Mrs. James Moose, of Charlotte, is spending some time here with her mother, Mrs. Harriett Simmons. Rev. R. S. Howie, pastor of the Methodist church, has been conduct ing a protracted meeting for the past week, from which much' good will doubtless result. Saturday afternoon opened the baseball season here in an exhibi tion game between the Charlotte league team and the home team. All of our boys got. a chance to slug at the professional pitchers and made a decidedly creditable showing. Stafford found Bauswlne for a three-bagger first time up and connected with Big Humphreys for a double In the sixth. The other boys all hit the ball, showing that . they have, their eyes on the sphere this year. ; Rousseau, who pitched two Innings for . us, was a complete j enigma to the big boys of Lave Cross. Brittaln, ,,a young pitcher, held them down nicely. After the first two Innings, especially the Bee- . ond, . our boys played a nice close game. ' We were sorry to hear that Moun tain Island defeated the Loray team, as we - had expected some close games from them. Well, we lost 12 to 3, but were proud of the way our boys showed up and with more practice we expect ' to give some teams aroand the neighborhood some interesting games. BESSEMER, ROUTE 2. Correspondence of The Gazette. . ' BESSEMER CITY, R. F. D. 2, April 19. The home "of Mr. and "Mrs. G. T. Pasour, of Alexis, was de stroyed by fire last Tuesday morning about two o'clock: It is thought the rats -carried matches and In . some way the house caught fire. Mr and Mrs. Pasour are both very old peo ple and were unable to. save anything. Snndar achool it Skdr Omn Baptist church started' last Sunday. There was a- good attendance.- Rev. Mark Carpenter preached at Carolina school house last Sunday evening. A large crowd ; gathered ' to ' hear Mr. Carpenter and all seemed to enjoy his sermon very much. V - Miss Joanna Stroup, of (Bessemer City, spent a few days visiting in Gastonla last week. Misses ,'Orabell Clark and Bryte Farrls, of Bessemer City,' have returned from. a two weeks visit to their sister, ,Mrsv J. Gordon, of Clover) S. C. Mr. and Mrs. W. f . Pasour were shopping in Cherryvllle last Saturdays-Mr. and Mrs. John Pasour, of Dallas, visited at the. home of Mr C. Stroup last Sunday. Mrs. M. E. Hager visited her sister, Mrs. Nora Rayfleld, last Sunday. Miss Qrebell Clark spent last Saturday and Sunday with the Misses Pasour. Miss Pearl Slpes, of Cherryvllle, has been visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Rudlsill, for the past week. Miss Mary 'Hager spent last Sunday with Miss Joanna Stroup. Misses Cleo and Annie Pasoui-were in Cherry vllle shopping last Monday. We had a good rain last Saturday night which was appreciated by all, especially, the farmers. Mrs. M. A. Clark has been right sick for some time, but Lam glad to say she Is im proving very fast. Mrs. Pearl Far ris. of Cherryvllle, who has been at the Lincolnton Hospital for some time, has come home much improv ed. Mrs. S. S. Black, of Cherry vllle, spent a few days last week with her sister, Mrs. M. F. Pasour. Everybody has been looking for the comet but I don't think they have ever saw it yet. Mount Holly Matters. Correspondence of The Gazette MOUNT HOLLY, April 19. Mrs, R. E. Rhyne is spending the week at Lincolnton with her father, Dr. R. A Yoder. While there she will attend the marriage of her friend, "Miss Georgia Rhodes. Mrs. Labe Smith, of Gastonla, spent the Sabbath In our town on a visit, to her sister, Mrs. James F. Dunn. Capt. Jake Wilson with his convict force has about completed work on the road leading into town from the west, and will remove the camp to Spencer Mountain in a few days. The new addition to the old school building is being torn down and will be converted into cottage homes at the Woodlawn Mills. The work is being. done under the supervision of Capt. M. L. Fisher, contractor. He also has a contract to build two new houses for Mr. R. G. Rhyne, on 5th street, near the S. A. L. depot. Lowell Locals. Correspondence of The Gazette, LOWELL, April, 21. The af- and teen-months-old child of Mr. Mrs. John G. Gunnells, died Friday and was buried at Spencer Moun tain Wednesday. Funeral services were conducted Jiy Rev. R. A. Mil ler at the home. Mr. Jack Mauney, a piano tuner, of Spartanburg, S. C, was in town Tuesday. Mrs. A. R. Leonhardt de lightfully entertained a few friends at tea Monday evening, viz: Misses Lelia Baker, Nina Patrick, ' Bessie Cox and Mabel Leonhardt. Mr. J. W. Lowry was in town Tuesday to meet Rev. R. S. Burwell who is to take charge of New Hope church. Rev. and Mrs. W. W Honeycutt, a former pastor of the M. E. Church, visited friends in town this week. Mrs. J. R. Tltman and Miss Lyde were Gastonla shoppers Wednesday. Mrs. Fidus Cox and Mrs. J. L. Thompson were Charlotte visitors Wednesday. Attorney A. t , L. Bui winkle, of Dallas, was a business visitor , here Wednesday. Misses Mabel Leonhardt and Lelia Baker were Gastonla shoppers Wednesday, Mrs. . S. M. Robinson and ' Miss Kate were Charlotte visitors Tues day. Mr. Tom Stewart,, 'of Char lotte, was sv business visitor here last week. Messrs. 8. J. Hand and Holland Hand were business . visi tors to Gastonla Thursday. Graduating RecitaL . Handsomely engraved Invitations reading as follows have been receiv ed . here: "Miss Marie Torrence. graduate in Toice requests the hon or of your presence at, her recital Friday , evening. April twenty-ninth. 1910, v at half after eight o'clock, Presbyterian College auditorium. Charlotte; N. CV Miss Torrence Is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frost Torrence and Is' a popular and much admired . member; of Gaitonla's younger social set. NO. 29 WRECKED. ; Southern Railway's Fast Trarn Left Track Three JllleV fkmth of G tonia Early Yesterday Morning- : No One Seriously Injured. The Southern Railway's fast mail and passenger train No. 29; which U due to pass here going south about 4:20 a. m., was badly wreck cd three miles south of Gastonla yesterday morning about 6:1 o'clock. It passed Gastonla shortly after five o'clock running nearly an hour late, and at crossing near Mr. 'J. R. Shannon's, three, miles south of . town, the four rear cars, including a day coach, two Pull man sleepers, and the private car "Atlanta," of the Atlanta, BIrming ham & Atlantic Railroad, were de railed, the ' derailment being caused by a broken rail. Fortunately the cars went off the rails at a point where there was a bank which prevented their- being completely overturned, hence no one was seriously injured. So far as could be learned a short while after the wreck, only one person, a lady passenger, sustained any injury at all, being somewhat badly bruised about the face and head. The en glne, baggage and mail oars pror ceeded at once to Bessemer City, the next station below the wreck where the news of the wreck was wired to headquarters. Trains No 44 and 39 were run to the scene of the wreck, where passengers were transferred, so that there was only a slight delay in passenger traffic A large force of hands was put to work on the track, which was badly torn up for some distance, and by noon the track was clear for the pas sage of trains. Quite a large number of people from Gastonia, Bessemer City, Kings Mountain and the surround ing country, gathered at the scene of the wreck while the work of restor ing the track was in progress and 'vatchedLthe proceedings with great interest. All who viewed the wreck were Impressed with the fact that It was Indeed fortunate that in so bad a wrofk there was no one seriously injured. The train was in charge of En gineer J. Ed Smith and Conductor Ed Roseboro. MARK TWAIN DEAD. America's Greatest Humorist Passed Away Last Night at His Home in 'Redding, Conn. End of Remark' able Career. Samuel Langhorn Clemens, known toVthe public as Mark Twain, died at his home In Redding, Connect! cut, at 6:30 o'clock last night of an gina pectoris, after an illness of many weeks. Mr. Clemens had sought restoration of health by a trip- to the Bermuda Islands, but had returned some weeks ago unim proved. The famous humorist was born In Hannibal, Missouri, on No vember 30, 1835, and was therefore in the 7516 year of his age. His body will be laid to rest in the fam ily plot at Elmira, N. Y., where are buried his two daughters, Susan and Jean and his infant son, Langhorne. The only near relative surviving is one daughter, ,Mrs. Clara Gabrilo witch, Who was at Mr. Clemen's bed side when death came. The . latter half of the nineteenth century knew no more unique and Interesting literary character in America than Mark Twain. Reared among the uncouth environment that characterized the frontier coun try In which his boyhood was spent, he developed a style which has made his writing popular with all classes of American readers since he first became generally know as a writer. The latter years of the great hu morist's life were beset with many reverses and misfortunes. Finan cial losses fell heavily anon him at various times during a long term of years, while death robbed him of two daughters in succession, each of whom was particularly beloved by the father. .The tragic death of his daughter Jean last fall was a blow from which the aged man, now bro ken by. misfortune and ill health. could scarcely recover. It might al most be said that the greatest hu morist which America ever produced died of a broken heart. . James Jackson, . of Indianapolis, Ind., and president of the Eclipse Coal Co., has been lodged In Jail un der charge of selling short weight coal. REV. MR. PRESSLY HERE. oiievme rwior uewg iiearu vj Large and Interested Congrega- tlons at A. It. P. Church Meeting to Continue Through Coming Sabbath Much Interest Is being manifest ed in the meeting that Is In progress at the Associate Reformed Presby terlan church. Rev. James H. ress ly, pastor of the First A. R. P. church of Statesvllle. is doing the preachtng and has been speaking to a well-filled house each afternoon and night. In fact' the. meeting is the most largely attended of any that has been held under the pas- torate of Rev. Dr. Galloway, a per- iod of some fifteen years or more. Mr. Pressly Is a preacher of much power and magnetism and every sermon he delivers is heard with the closest attention. He is one of the denomination's strong and vlg- orous ministers. It is not surpris- ing. therefore, that a preacher who possesses such force and vigor as Mr. Pressly and whose words are ac conipanied by so much earnestness and feeling should attract large congregations and that he Is able to make many see the error of their ways. A special feature of the meeting is the music which delights the con gregation at every service. The meetlnsr will continue through Sabbath night and possibly longer. Definite notice as to this will be given by announcement at the church. The public Is cordially invited to attend. SPARTAN INN BURNED. Early Morning Fire Destroys Well Known Spartanburg Hostlery Entire Block Burned, Including Number of Stores Loss $200,- OOO or More. Fire which originated in the tin Boop or a .ir. renting in me norm- west corner of the bpartan inn nulla ing at Spartanburg, S. C, early this morning completely destroyed that well-known hostlery together with , rt v-. quarters on ine ground noor. ue-1 tails regarding the Are were meagre . t f . t . . t. . but it is understood here that all the guests escaped safely from the burning building and that, barring a few minor accidents, no one was Injured. The flames were discover- ed about 3:30 o'clock and by 6:30 the entire block was in ashes, not a wall being left standing. Several buildings across the street were slightly damaged. The windows in the stores of Floyd L. Liles, Just opposite, all cracked and fell out. The Blewers livery stable, also on the opposite side of the street, caught fire but was saved from serious damage. The propri- etor of " this establishment, Mr. Blowers, is a brother-in-law of Mr. Charles Cavls, of Gastonla. The Spartan Inn was built about I thirty years ago at a cost of some- abama, and the largest dealers in thing like $200,000. It was a pop- the south have filed bankruptcy pro ular hotel and the manager, Mr. ceedlngs, with liabilities upward of Johnson, is well known and liked by the traveling public. The structure was built by a stock company the principal member of which was Mr. J. B. Cleveland, father of Mr. Henry j M. Cleveland, of Gastonla. It is understood here that the loss i s probably very largely covered by insurance. The Spartan Inn was located in the heart of the business section of the town, covering an entire block. It contained more than 100 rooms. Shower for Miss Costner. A unique stocking shower was given yesterday afternoon by Miss Clarice Knight, at her home on Broad street, for Miss Minnie Cost ner who is soon to become the bride of Mr. Joseph T. Abernethy. The guests were met at the front door by Miss Louie Fry and were ushered Into the parlor where progressive hearts was played, after which a de licious salad course was served. Af ter the refreshments were served the guests were shown Into the hall I where Miss Mary Gordon Fry, dress- ed as a French maid, - hung, the stockings on an Improvised ' clothes line. . I The ninth annual session of the j Summer School of the South for now ta I1tT prisoners In the reg teachers from all the Southern V" and fifty- fonr in tna criminal 4n..n. State, will be held 1, Knoxville. Tenn., June 2 1st to - July 2 9th, In- j elusive. . - . .1 TERSE TOPICS OF THE TIMES. Jud-e 0wen H Oulon of the third district, has sent in his resig nation to Governor Kitchln to take I effect April 30th . The Kentucky wool growers met in Louisville Tuesday to fix a scale of prices for the present year. No sharp advances are anticipated. Seven convicts, two white and five colored, escaped from the Ala- mance chain gang some time Wed- nesday night. The board of examiners of traln- ed nurses for North Carolina will meet at Wrightsville Beach June 21st, and will be in session three days. Governor Kitchln offers a reward of S100 for the capture of Sylvester Parham, wanted in Pender county for the murder of Preston Johnson February 23rd. The goutn Carolina Cotton Manu- facturer'B Association have selected Hendersonvllle. N. C, as the place for holdlng ttelr annual convention 10th Mrs. Bessie Dlckerson, of Dur ham, died Wednesday morning as a result of ptomaine poisoning, which 6he ric:ved last week from eating canned kraut. Col. Paul B. Means, of Concord, died Wednesday evening in the I n i . i it 1 i yui. j """"'""p v,u..w.. from an attack of rlP and Paraly BIS- R. J. W. Redfern, a promlhent citizen of Wadesboro and a blind ti ger operator, was convicted in five cases in Anson Superior Court and suspended In another on account of bad health. The Charlotte Chronicle asks this question 'Why are the women so w,11In8 to take off their hats In the theatre and bo stubborn about it when it comes to taking them off in the church?" Robert de Colmar, a French youth, miMjne from h!a m0fher In Ba- ker8fleldt Cal.f and hi mother fears foul play has befallen him. The family claims kinship with the King cj gaxony I lUBi oeuaiuis iDiiuiuuua aiiu vvoi- , ,, . . . man arn nlwnva nlivn tn tha Intor. ..... . , . . ests of their people is evidenced by the fact that they have Introduced measures to stop discriminating freight rates. ( Bill Smith, a colored employe of the Southern Rallwl' br,de force- was badly injured yesterday while at work on a trestle over Bear creek near Lancaster, by a falling beam "triklng him in the head. Troy Crawford, 18 years of age, was drowned near Goldsboro Wed- nesday while he and his friend Charles Williams were fishing in a boat. They bad Just hooked a large Ash and in their excitement over- iurnea ine ooat. The spot cotton firm of Knight, Yancey and Company, with offices in several of the principal cities in Al- $4,000,000. The Mecklenburg nerro. Caleb withers, who was to have paid the death penalty the 21st Instant has been granted a reprieve until May 27th by Governor KItchin. In order that he may look fully Into the merles of an application for commu tatloh to life Imprisonment. Mrs. E. L. Shuford, of Hickory, received news Monday that her only brother, Mr. E. -R. Shuford, had been killed in a railroad accident between Chattanooga and Atlanta. The only particulars given was that Mr. Shuford's head was severed from nis body, Lever and Legare, representatives from South Carolina, are allowed to retain their seats In Congress, as a result of the committee election In the house. The contestants, R. H. Richardson and George Prloleau, both negroes, did not receive suffic ient votes. There has Just been equipped at the State prison a library of 447 volumes for the use of the prisoners, it Is conveniently located and has writing and reading room adjacent. The convicts are allowed 'certain hours for the library conditioned on good behavior. - The central prison ment. There ar. ahuVob vlcts out on contract work and at work on the farm. ' " ' I -' Personals and Locals. Mr. Luther Snyder, ,ot. Char lotte, spent yesterday in town. Miss Laura Spencer left Mon day on a visit to friends in Monroe. Mr. R. A. McArver, of Kinga Mountain, was a business visitor la Gastonla yesterday. Mr. T. R. E. Oates, of Besse mer City, route two, was in Gasto nla on business yesterday and paid The Gazette office a call. 'Mr. and Mrs. Foy Quickie pass ed through Gastonla yesterday en route from Calhoun, S. C, to Lin colnton on a visit to friends. Mrs. J. S. Crim, of Winston-Salem, arrived In the city yesterday afternoon and is a guest at the homo of her brother, Mr. W. J. Clifford. The stockholders and directors of the Gaston Loan & Trust Co. are holding their annual meeting at tha bank this afternoon. Dr. W. H. Wakefield, of Char lotte, will be at the Falls House on Thursday of next week, April 28th, one day only. St. Mary's College baseball team will play Mount Pleasant on the St. Mary's diamond tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mr. R. W. White expects to leave the first of next week on a business trip to Hendersonvllle and Ashevllle. Miss 'Kate White, of Bessemer City, and Miss Josie Bumgardner, of Kings Mountain, are guests at tha home of Rev. and Mrs. J. J. Beach on East Airline avenue. Rev. J. C. Harmon left yester day morning for Apex, Wake coun ty, to Join Mrs. Harmon and little son, J. C, Jr., who are there visit ing her relatives. Mr. Oscar J. Houser, of Cherry vllle, formerly manager of Houser'a Jewelry establishment at this place, was here Monday on a short visit.- 'Rutherfordton Sun, 20th. Dr. R. G. Miller, of Charlotte, is holding a protracted meeting in the Associate Reformed Presbyter ian church at Clover for the pastor. Rev. R. M. Stephenson. The meet ing began last night. Mr. Mac Bradley will give an old-time singing at the Bradley Hall, Loray Mill, next Saturday night, the 23rd. Everybody .is In vited to come and bring their Amer ican Tune Books. The Harden Manufacturing Co. has placed an order with J. H. Mayes, of Charlotte, for 5,000 spin dle equipment of Fales & Jenka spinning; also Potter & Johnson tappers. Textile Excelsior. Mr. Arthur C. Jones and Mr. A. G. Mangum, of Gastonia, were in town Friday. The former in at tendance upon the Kings Mountain Presbytery and the latter one of tha popular candidates for solicitor. Cleveland Star, 18th. Elsewhere in this issue Dr. J. C. Galloway, president of the board of directors of the Gastonia Library Association, gives notice of a very important meeting to be held in tha Y. M. C. A. hall next Tuesday ev ening, the 26th, at 8 o'clock. The protracted meeting which la being held this week at the East Baptist church is having most grat ifying results. There have been ona or more conversions at every serv ice. The services will continue throughout this week and at least a part of next week. Mr. Tarrance Wagstaff has gone to Lynchburg, Va., where ha has a position. Mr. Wagstaff was -student at the Piedmont High School, Cleveland county, wbicn -was destroyed by fire some weeks ago, as a result of which school work was discontinued until next fall. Mr. W. Meek Faulkner, an ex tensive land owner of Kings Creek, spent yesterday in the city. He fa-", ports that corn in his section Is ready to work. Up in that section, which la the extreme northern por tion of the county, the farmers da not plant their cotton until about the 25th of April. Rock HAL S. &. '. Record, 19th. . - v 'v : -Mr. A: J. ; Kirby returned ye-, terday from Rock Hill, S. C. whera he went Wednesday on a short visit to his kinsman, Mr. Melton SIma. : who was seriously wounded " last ' Saturday in aa unfortunate difficulty t wlth'Samael H. White..' Mr. Sim Is now rapidly recovering: from his in- Jury;' ' ' ; -f;