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PRIMARIES MAY 21ST.
Democratic Executive Committee
Names Date for Nominating Can
didates The Primary Plan Chos
en In Case ,of no Nomination
Two Highest Candidates Must Go
Into Second Primary The Poll
Holders.
(From The Gastouia Gazette of
Tuesday, April 12, 1910. )
Pursuant to a call of Chairman C.
B. Armstrong, the Democratic Execu
tive Committee of Gaston county
met at Dallas Saturday. A majority
of the precinct committeemen were
present rfand, on roll call a quorum
was found to be present and the
committee proceeded to the trans
ection 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
county convention was scheduled to
,"be held on Saturday, May 28th, at
10 a. m.
The committee adopted the pri
mary plan of election as provided In
Sections 26 to 37 inclusive of the
Democratic plan of organization for
the selection of Democratic nomi
nees for the several county offices
and State officers. .
The attention of candidates Is
called to the following section from
the Democratic plan of State organ
ization. . . j
V Sec. 28. At least five days pre
ceding such primary election 1 every
.tiarain I eta f r n cr n luuinma a itindL
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 part of the expense of printing
and A lot ntHn f ? t tyTA lj.1.t.a
uu uiaii luuviub JiVci VIClLffUl, VLIld
scribe to a pledge that he will abide
ty the result of the primary eleo
tian and support the successful can
didate or candidates chosen la said
primary election."
'The following named Democrats
were chosen as poll-hblders for the
primaries of ' May 21s't and Jane 25.
which wlirbe held at the regular
polling place: : '
South Point: Arthur Suggs, John
D. McLean, W. A. Jackson.
Dallas: J. L. Clemmer. D. E. G.
Pasoiir, F. O. Davis.
Stanley: C. F. Smith, R. L. Mc
Lurd, J. E. Cloninger.
Glenn's: E. II. Adams, Leslie
PrawfnrH T? C. T?nhinRfin
Belmont: J. B. Hall, J. M. Sloan
V. A. Leeper.
Carpenters: W. B. Carpenter,
Srlvanus (arnenter. Henrv Kiser.
j Lowell: 'M. L. "St roup, Tom Ran
ItllJ, O. tl . UclBlUU.
Mt. Holly: W. B. Rutledge, P. E
Lentz, John Patterson.
Gastonia No. 1: W, T. Rankin
M. H. Shuford, B. T. Morris.
Gastonia No. 2: W. G. Rhyne, W.
T. Story, Lamar Pegram.
Cherryville: D. P. McLurd, A. H
Hubs, D. A. Rudisill.
Baker's: S. T. Whitesides, J. R,
Carson,. Joe Pearson.
Union: Charles Huffstetler, W.
W. Wilson, W. C. Wilson.
Dilling's: Joe Payne, J. L. Mau-
ney, J. M. Helton.
Mtn. Island: A. B. Cobb, A. M,
Henderson, Robert Underwood.
Lucia: Tom Connell, J. M. Mcin
tosh, John Beatty.
. Bessemer City: C. A. Kiser, W.
L. Ormand, J. T. R. Dameron.
McAdenville: R. R. Ray, George
Wright, Melnon Creekmore.
Robinson's: R. Q. Howe, J. ' C.
Robinson, W. W. Faires.
"Riser's : R. R. Mauney, T. M. Ho
vis, H. S. Sellers.
Legal Blanks
Of All Kinds
Warranty Deeds, "
Mortgage Deeds,
Quitclaim Deeds,
- r Executor's Deeds, .
Chattel Mortgages (Xorth and
South Carolina), ' . ,
Bonds Jo Make Title,
Agricultural Liens,
Attachment Blanks, and others.
MaU orders receive prompt atten
tion. . . ' - - -j
Gazette Pub. Co.
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236 Main Ave' Gastonia, 2T. O.
A' COLONIAL HUSTLER.
Clonal 8'ttu.l filoptr Was a Jack of
,.vi., ;. All Tradra, I ':f ': 'f .';
It tn 111'cWngry tluii lb. pioneer be
a mu of Intiultf resource, who can do
for biiuself or his uelgbuors every dec
ennary lk. Hue b a man was Colonel
Suuiuel Kloper. one of the early set
tlers of BlHiKlfmd.' Mas..." wtxwe ''as
tonlshlcg verMstllity Is ret-orded by H.
G. Wood In -Taveru and , Turnpikes
of Blandford." . ;
Colonel Kloper, a motfg other, thing!!,
kept something of a stable, and pas
tured Dore and stork. For' the mu-nlfli-ent
reward of 8 sullllugM tDe old
veteran in 17kh moved the family of
David Knox by menus of -tea me and
boy." : Now and then he turned his
band to odd Jobs, lie carted and luid
out John Waldo Wood's Has one sea
son for 7 Km. i
He seeiim to have made shoes and
garment for bis family and for bis
neighbors, For Enos Loomta young
son, who was bound out to him, be
did on this wine: "Caplng your son's
shoes. 1-a." "One bottle-green coat
trimmed and made for Mones. 7 shll
pings." Lie made several shirts, and
a frock for the Martin Leonard com
pany.
The number of things which this vet
eran and "dabster" did make an as
tonishing list He was surgeon in or
dinary to the parish of Hlandford and
this long before he bud accumulated
an army experience. Veterinary, too,
be was. His Journals are peppered
ovfer with charges for the treatment
of young horses, in the account of
Ellphalet Thompson-In the year 1772.
along with a "frying I'ann " und
Pr Sizers." Is the charge. "To Seting
jour boys . rlst twelve shillings."
James Sinnett lu I7S5 become indebt
ed to "Seting your knee and Dres-
lngs" and to "Sundri Dressings," 4 and
3 shillings respectively.
t .....
Best and
Different
'' -.ii'-' , ' ....
tells the toothsome
v story of NunnatlyV
: Candies. ; They're'
supreme in purity
and quality the
most delightful
you ever ate.
Annual Statement
Of John O. Rankin, Treasurer
Town of Gastonia, for the Year
ning May 5th, 1909 and Ending
7th, 1910.
of the
May
NEVER OPENING FLOWERS.
A Large Number of Plants Bear Cleis-
togamous Bloisoms.
The never opening Bower, or, as bot
anists call It, cieistogaiiiy. is well Illus
trated bv the case ot the common
sweet violet The familiar purple,
sweet scented blossom, which to most
people is the violet Cower. Hardly ever
produces any seed. Hut altogether un
seen by most eopie it produces a
number ot minute, scentless aud col
orless flower which never open.
These are self fertilized and produce
abundant seed. The word cleistog-
amous expresses the fact that the
fertilization takes place without the
opening of the flower and uence with
out the agency ot insects. Such never
opening dowers occur in a large num
ber ot plauts. sometimes along with
blossoms ot the ordinary sort and
Sometimes without them. It is a dis
puted point, however, whether there
is any plant whic h lu all circumstances
will produce uotuing but deist ugamous
flowers.
There are nevertheless a number
which normally produce nothing else.
As regards fertility, the seeds pro
duced by the clelstognmous flowers are
never inferior to those of the ordinary
blossoms, in some cases they are su
perior and in others they are the only
seed produced by the plant.
It has been found that the amount of
clelstogamy varies with the height of
the plants. The shortest . bear cleis
togamlc flowers only, and those a lit
tle taller have a few small open flow
ers in addition to the closed ones. The
tallest plants have larger open flow
ers, with only a few cleistogamlc
Botanical Gazette.
Gold In Ancient. Rome.
William Jacob hi his "History of the
Precious Metals" estimates from the
accounts given by the Roman writers
that in the reigu of Augustus, the first
of the emieror3, when Kou)j was at
the height of its power, the amount of
gold in the Homan empire was nearly
$2.000.(KX).0KI. This vast treasure had
been gathered hiefly by conquest from
various uations of Euroinj. Asia ad
Africa. There had beeu extensive
mines in Spain and In the Atlas moun
tains of uorth Africa, but their yield
in the wealth of kings and of cities in
Asia and Egypt had been despoiled
and carried away ' to enrich the con
querors. Our First Money.
The first United States money was
made iu ITSti. but instead of bearing
the faces o leading statesmen It bvre
only the face of Liberty. ' Some few
coins were stamped with the face of
Washington and are highly v (fined by
collectors. The first coins struck by
the United States mint were some half
dimes in 1792. The first United States
dimes were struck In France from old
silver family plate furnished by Wash
ington and were known as "Martha
Washington dimes" from the fact that
the' Liberty bead was adapted to that
of the president's wife. New York
American.
Over the Mark.
"Does be aim' at realism In the sto
ries he writes?"
"He may aim at it, but be doesn't
hit within a million miles ot it"
"How's thatr
"The hero of his last story la a
'spendthrift Scotchman.' " Houston
Post
A Conscientious Declaration.
Drummer-Will yon be mine? Ait
my life 1 will worship you from Feb
nary until April and from August on
til December. ' The rest of the time
X am on the road. Fliegend Blatter. .
bonbons and choc
olates are shipped
. to us by fast express
almost daily, hence
their freshness.
There's "none like
NunnallyV
J. H. Kennedy & Co.
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand May 5th, 1909 E. N. Llneberger, Treas.
Miscellaneous:
Mayor's court costs $762.46
Building inspector fees 112.75
Fee from weighing cotton J 23.00
Rent of town farm 125.00
Refunded freight , 1.86
Sale of directory, wagon, etc. 7.00
9,015.29
At Spencer Tuesday Tom Blanch
ard stabbed Kidd Jones because the
latter refused to pay him Ave cents
that he owed Hlanchard.
Mr. .. C. Wagner has been ap
pointed postmaster at Statesville and
succeeds Mr. Pomp Long. He was
not an aspirant for the office and his
appointment was perhaps something
Of a surprise. A dispatch from
Washington says that the appoint
ment "pours oil on the troubled wa
ters between Representative Cowles
and Collector George H. Brown.
THE IMKMiKESSIVE FARMER.
No other medium published is so
valuable to the Southern farmer as
The Progressive Farmer and Ga
zette, of Raleigh, N. C. Send them
ten cents for a ten-weeks' trial sub
scription. Each copy will aid you
materially in your farming opera
tions. Frankly speaking, every
number is a guide post on what
might otherwise be a rugged road to
prosperity for the agriculturalist.
Try The Progressive Fanner and
Gazette , for ten weeks; you could
not invest a dime elsewhere that
would pay you a bigger dividend.
Sale of old fire hose
.XoteB, sidewalk account, sale of manure, etc.
Poll and property tax
Privilege tax
Dog tax
Cemetery tax and sale of lots
Graded school tax and tuition
Water and light rentals, cash for supplies and fixtures
EXPENDITURES.
Water works and electric light expense, salary of Supt.,
pay roll, current, oils, fixtures and minor supplies
Water works and E. L. plant extensions
W. W. and sewer extensions bond account
Fire department, salary of chief and firemen, horse feed
and other supplies
Salaries: Mayor, aldermen, clerk, policemen and city
physician
Miscellaneous:
Cotton platform rent, advertising, stationery, postage, liv
ery, lunches for prisoners, counsel, witnesses and
court costs, election expenses, fuel etc' at city hall
Special Miscellaneous:
Painting and repairing graded school building and laying
draining system 589.76
Wood, groceries and medicine for poor 136.60
Expense and water for cleaning sewers 204.80
Interest on notes , 356.00
Interest cn bonds 9,000.00
1,132.07
12.63
216.78
21,700.80
1,748.79
105.63
238.00
10,577.47
26,195.63
$70,942.97
19,505.44
3,287.62
813.46
2,246.55
5,374.38
1,165.95
Poll and property tax refunded
Privilege tax refunded
Cemetery, salary of keeper and supplies, payment on and
improving Hollywood cemetery
Street expense and improvements, purchase of mules,
wagons, etc.
Street improvements bond account
Graded school expense, salary of Supt., principal, teachers,
janitors and supplies "
Graded school building bond account
To cash to balance
10,287.16
2.80
62.50
5,312.79
4,582.73
1,301.54
lfj.457.92
34.10
6,508.03
Bonded debt
$70,942.97
O. RANKIN, Treasurer.
By JNO. R. RANKIN, Clerk.
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