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GASTONIA
County Seat of Gaston County Af
ter January 1, 191.
No. 2S6 Mala Avenue.
PHONE NO. 80.
FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1010.
A a n an ft i thn ReDublicans are
tawuw
Starting their congressional cam
paign at the wrong end by giving
nt election figures. State Senator
Buchanan of Mitchell gave it out at
Shelby Wednesday at the conven
tion that his county would give Mc-
Ninch a majority of 1,800 votes. To
Tinronhrftsn an old saving, when it
- - -
comes to congressional elections In
the ninth, "he who counts last
counts best." We predict for Con
gressman Webb a safe and hand
some majority when the returns
come in.
Colonel Jake Newell has Joined
the ranks of the insurgents. One
against 142, however, he gracefully
abandoned his fight against Taff and
the administration. He's still an
Insurgent, though, and there are
thousands of others In the land. Did
any Republican President or Presi
dent of any sort ever so quickly lose
Ills grasp as Mr. Taft has? With
the exception of The Aldrlch-Can-non
gang and the old-line stand-patters,
he finds his friends in the party
deserting him. All of which looks
mighty encouraging for Democratic
success In the next presidential campaign.
North Carolina fared well at the
hands of the General Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church,
Couth, in session at Asheville. Rev.
Dr. John C. Kilgo, president of
Trinity College, Durham, was eleva
ted to the episcopacy and Rev. Dr.
T. N. Ivey, editor of The Raleigh
Christian Advocate, was made edi
tor of the Christian Advocate, the of
ficial organ of the Church, published
at Nashville, Tenn. The election of
these men to these positions leaves
two important posts to be filled and
the selection of their successors will
be a matter that will be watched
with keen interest. Dr. W. P. Few,
a member of the faculty, and Mr.
James H. Southgate, president of the
board of trustees of Trinity College,
are mentioned as probable success
ors to Dr. Kilgo. So far we have
seen no names mentioned as possi
ble successors to Dr. Ivey.
COTTON MEN MEET.
Aaaaal 8eeslon of American Cotton
Manufacturers Association at
Charlotte Largely Attended A
Visit to Power Plant at Great
Falls. 8. C Officers Elected for
(Joining lear. .
The annual meeting of the Amer
ican Cotton Manufacturers' Associa
tion, which was held In Charlotte
May 17-18, was the most successful
gathering that body has had In
vears. More tnan nve nunarea
men prominently engaged and iden
tilled with the manufacturing inter
ests throughout the textile districts
of the country gathered for a dis
cussion of vital Interest and things
pertaining to their special lines of
Industries.
The discussions were relative to
the sale of their products, the econ
omy of coal using wim proper air
supply for combustion, the value of
different kinds of coal, and con
demnatlon of the manipulation meth
ods of the cotton exchanges.
The association was the guest of
the Southern Power Company on
trip to Great 'Falls, S. C, where one
of the mammoth electric plants of
the Southern Power Company is lo
cated.
The following officers were elect
ed for the ensuing year: D. Y,
Cooper, of Henderson,' president;
Ellison A. Smith, of Greenville, S.
C, vice-president; C. B. Bryant, of
Charlotte, was re-elected secretary
and treasurer. The new members
at the board of governors are: W.
E. Beattie, of Greenville, S. C; W
T. Bryan, Athens, Ga.; Caesar
Cone, Greensboro; Scott Maxwell,
Cordova, Ga.; Carroll Baldwin, New
York, and J. P. Eddy, Jr., Provi
dence, R. I. Annual dues were in
creased from $5 to $10 per year.
Last year the association received
116 new members, lost 9 by death,
: Dy resignation, leaving a mem
bership of 1,115.
ducted at Bethel 'Lutheran; church
i..t Rnnrfav. A Ian t crowd was
d resent. Mr. J. 1 Pasour and sons.
Pritchard, Yates and Theodora, of
Seattle, Wash., spenl last Wednes
day and Thursday with his brother,
Mr. M. P. Pasour -Miss Etta Pa
sour, of Dallas,, is visiting her cous
in. Miss Joanna Stroup.-rThsre will
be preaching at Hepilbah church the
fourth 8unday at 11 o'clock. -Mres
Mary Jane Baldwin is " spending
some time with her sister, Mrs. Lu
la Hasten, near Bessemer. Mr.
Craig Dameron, of Bessemer City,
spent' last Saturday and Sunday vis
iting relatives in Llncolnton. Mrs.
Uenla Farris and children spent last
Sunday with her mother, Mrs. C. A.
Clark, near Bessemer City.
MAY DEDUCT STATE BONDS.
In connection with the Democrat
ic primary elections for county of
ficers to be held tomorrow 'after
noon the balloting should be rigidly
restricted to Democratic voters. Un
less a man is known to have been
regularly voting the Democratic
ticket very little consideration
should be given to his mere pledge
to support the nominees, for pledges
are more easily made than kept. The
primary will be scarcely more than
a farce unless the Judges draw the
party line with absolute strictness
S. and O. dab.
Mrs. T. A. Wilklns entertained the
members of the S. and O. Club and
several Invited guests most pleas
antly at her home on Oakland
street. The afternoon was pleasant
ly spent playing trail, and delicious
refreshments were served. The in
vited guests present were Mrs. C.
R. Hoey, of Shelby; Mrs. S. A. Wil
klns, Mrs. George A. Jenkins, Miss
Tate and Miss Sarah Wilklns.
Look for the comet tonight.
Llnwood College closed Its ses
sion Tuesday morning and the ma
jority of the young lady students
left for their respective homes that
afternoon. The past year was a
most successful one.
The Monroe Enquirer states
that Prof. J. M. Massey, a blind mu
sician who has been making his
home at Monroe for several years, is
in jail at Henderson, on the charge
of passing bogus checks. Prof. Mas
ses made his headquarters at Gas
tonia, it will be remembered, for
some months about two yearsago.
He seems to have "been successful in
raising about $300, possibly more,
by forged checks.
The Citizens National Bant
Gastonia, N. C
The bank that is not so large or old as
to be forgetful of its customers' wants and
needs, and is as strong as any of them.
Is the designated depository of the great
state of North Carolina.
It makes loans at the legal rate of interest
when satisfactory balances are maintained,
and every accommodation and courtesy ex
tended customers in keeping with sound
banking.
We invite you to open an account
R. P. Rankin, Pres. A. G. Myers, Cashier.
Capital and Surplus, $75,000
BESSEMER BRIEFS.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
BESSEMER CITY, May 19:
Dr. H. E. Rowe, for the past
iour years a popular and suc
cessful phyciclan of our town,
moved today to Newton where
he will In the future practice his
profession. The people of Besse
mer and community are genuinely
sorry to see this rising young doctor
move from their midst. Dr. Roys-
ter, of Granville county, has moved
here and will practice medicine
among us. Mr. Frank Hpvis, of
Marion, and formerly a druggist
here, is visiting his mother, Mrs.
Sallle HovU on route two. Mrs.
Lizzie Pasour, of Rutherfordton, a
daughter, is visiting in the same
home. -Mr. Sam B. Hovis left this
morning for Lynchburg, Va., where
he will engage in business during
the summer months. Mr. E. C.
Wilson is a Charlotte visitor today.
Mr. and Mrs. T. A.' Scott have
been attending the Cotton Spinners'
Association in Charlotte this week.
Mr. James Murry has been very
ill for the past few days but is
somewhat improved now. Mrs. M.
E. Wolfe visited relatives In Cleve
land county last week. 'Mrs. W. L.
Balthls, of Gastonia, Is spending the
week with Mrs. S. J. Durham. Mr.
Stover Clark, a former citizen of
Bessemer, but now of Brevard, is
spending a few days in the city.
That section of the county chain-
gang force which has been at work
near Kings Mountain broke camp
Wednesday and moved over on the
Cherryville and Bessemer rted near
Mr. T. S. Royster's. The people of
this part of the county are delight
ed that this Important road is to be
completed at once.
The many friends of Deputy Sher
iff C. W. Fuller are expecting him
to secure the nomination for sheriff
in the primaries Saturday. There
will be a special service in the Meth
odist church here next Sunday night
in the interest of health. It will be
a union service and the meeting
will be addressed by Drs. D. A. Gar
rison and L. N. Glenn, of Gastonia,
and R. E. Garren, of Bessemer City.
These gentlemen of the medical pro
fession will lecture on tuberculosis
and typhoid fever. This meeting
should be largely attended.
BESSEMER CITY, ROUTE l.NEWB
Correspondence of The Gazette.
BESSEMER CITY, ROUTE 1,
May 16. Mr, and Mrs. Sidney
Shrum and two daughters, Misses
Vera and Mlttle, or Maiden, attend
ed communion services at 8t. Mark's
church last Sunday. Among those
who attended commencement exer
cises at Dallas last week from,
around Cherryville, were Misses
Orabell Clark, Cleo, Helen and An
nie Pasour. Caltie and May Allen.
Messrs. Clarence and Erwin Beam,
Forest Allen, John Beamguard and
Charles Pasour. All report a pleas
ant time. '
Communion services were con-
Supreme Court Holds That Banks
May Deduct State Bonds Before
Listing Other Storks for Taxation
Corporation OomniiHslon's Rul
ing Reversed. .
A decision of State-wide interest
was handed down Tuesaay Dy tne
State Supreme Court in the case of !
the Raleigh Savings Bank vs. the :
mission. The following item re
garding the case and the decision is
from the Raleigh correspondence of
The Charlotte Observer of Wednes
day:
The noted State bond case of the
Raleigh Savings Bank against the
North Carolina Corporation Com
mission involving the right of banks
in this State to deduct their hold
ings in State bonds from surplus be
fore estimating the tax value of in
dividual shares of stock, was one of
fourteen in which opinions were an
nounced this evening by the Supreme
Court, the ruling being a reversal of
the Corporation Commission that the
court holds that these bonds can be
deducted from the surplus under the
acts of the legislature providing for
the $500,000 State hospital bonds
and the $3,500,000 refunding bonds,
bids for which are to be opened by
the State Treasurer tomorrow. The
court is divided, three to two, the o-
pinion of the court being written by
Justice Manning, and dissents being
filed by Chief Justice Clark and As
sociate Justice Hoke.
The court holds that the express
terms of the acts authorizing the
bonds and exempting them from all
kinds of, taxation, direct and indi
rect, even when constituting a part
of the surplus of a bank, is constitu
tional, this being merely an exten
sion by the Legislature of the ex
emptions to holdings in bonds, where
as, heretofore the exemption has
been limited to real estate and per
sonal property of the corporation.
Justice Clarke and Hoke declare
that the constitution the Legislature
had no right to make such further
exemptions which in this case ex
tend to exempting $4,000,000, from
taxation for forty years. Chief Jus
tice Clark closes his dissent with the
statement, that in the light . of the
ruling of the majority of the court,
bond buyers will claim, that the de
cision of the court is a contract for
this exemption throughout forty
years even though a future Legisla
ture should strike out the exemp
tion or the court reverse its majori
ty ruling, and that his dissenting
opinion will not be without its value
if It puts the bond buyers on notice
that if the act thus construed by the
court is unconstitutional no valid
contract of exemption of shares of
stock has been granted. The opln
ion of the court and the two dissent
ing opinions are quite lengthy,
containing numerous citations. The
opinions were due tomorrow evening
and are thus a day ahead of sched
ule so the bids for the refunding
bonds tomorrow may benefit by the
advantage gained by the banks In
this case.
We Must Have More Horses.
Raleigh (N. C.) Progressive Far
ma and Gazette.
Economical farm production, or
to put it another way, large pro
duction per worker is impossible
with so low a horse-power. If any
of our readers will study the statis
tics of American farming they will
see that there is. a dircet , relation
ship between the horse-power per
farm worker and the earnings of
each worker. Where the horse-power
is the lowest the, average earnings
are lowest and where the number of
horses per worker Is largest there
the average earnings per man are
largest.
There is plant food In clods, to be
sure, but the plants can't get It. The
clods must be broken up, and to do
this, there is no Implement that will
take the place of the harrow. Some
body told us that there are. sections
In the South , where most farmers
try to get along without a harrow,
and we have been wondering about
ft ever since. Raleigh (N. C.) Pro
gressive Farmer and Gazette.
v Go-Oparailioii ; --
No bank can bnlld up a good solkl business without the active co
operation of its friends. We solicit your friendship and your business,
and feel sure oar facilities are such that we can satisfy aN the legitimate
demands of business made upon ins. ' '" ' - ' -.
The First National Bank
Gastonia, N.C
Gaston County's Oldest and Largest Bank,
L. L. JENKINS, PRESIDENT .
J. LEE ROBINSON, 1ST V. PRES.
R. R. RAY, 2ND V. PRESIDENT.
S. N. BOYCE, CASHIER
Special Values Saturday and Monday at
Thomson Mercantile Co.'s
Saturday and Monday you will find special values In Towels, Ladies
Hosiery, Sheets, Bed Spreads and many other lines of Dry Goods. Make
oar store your place to shop in Saturday and Monday. '
N 100 Dozen Towels at 10c Each.
On sale one hundred dozen good Damask Towels, size 21x42 inches
a good 15 cent Towel on sale at lOc Each.
50 Dozen Ladies' Hose, 10c Pair
Fifty dosen Ladles 25c Black-Gauze Hose, seconds, slightly imper
fect bat big value at the price, on sale while they last, . .only 10c the P.
Sheets 81 x 90 Inches, 69c.
10 dosen full bleached seamless Sheets, size 81x00 Inches, cheap at
75c, our special price 69c Each.
Bed Spread Values
Our Bed Spread values are too numerous to mention, but Just a
look and you can see your moneys worth quick. We are showing big
values In white Bed Spreads at. . T 98c, $1.48, 82 and 82.50.
Pillow Cases.
Big line of full size Pillow Cases, all full bleached, on sale at 12c,
15c and 25c Each.
90 Inch Linen Finish Suiting, 48cJYard
Fall bleached OO-fnch Linen Finish Suiting, full 2 1-2 yards wide,
on sale at . . , . 48c the Yd.
Table Damask.
Big line of Linen Table Damask bleached and unbleached all new
patterns and full width, on sale at 50c, 75c, $1.00 and 81.50 Yd.
Men's Khaki Pants.
Have you worn a pair? If you have not you have missed something
in the Pants lfne. They wear like leather. They are the never-wear-out
kind. Call at Thomson's and get a pair, the price $1 and $2 the Pr.
Boy Khaki Pants at , 50c and $1.00 Pr.
Wilson Brothers' Shirts.
If you want to wear the best always call for Wilson Bro. These
Shirts are cut fuller and fit the wearer with comfort, New line of pat
terns on sale at . . $1.00 and $1.50 Each.
Suit Cases for Ladies and Men.
Most Suit Cases are too heavy for Ladies. But we solve the prob
lem by our showing of the Wicker Suit Cases for ladies. They are very
convenient and awfully light in weight. Ask to see these Suit Cases
at , ' $1.50, $2.50 and $3.
Big line of solid leather cow hide Cases for men in all sizes at $4,
$4.50, $5.00 $7.50, $10.00 and $12.50 Each.
Remember we are headquarters for Clothing, Ladies, Children and
Men's Oxfords for summer. You can always find it at Thomson's.
Good Toilet Soap, 10c. a box, 3 cakes
Good Basting Cotton, - 1 c. a spool
Good Talcum Powder, 10c & 19c. box
Merc
Go
Head to Foot Outfitters for Men, Ladies and Children
Mrs. J. W. Abernethy. of Char
lotte, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs,
M. T. Wilson oh West Main avenue.
The manw friends of Mr. B. W.
Carson will regret to learn that he is
quite 111 at his home In the Plsgah
neighborhood.
'Misses Bessie Ramsey and Rosa
(Woolen, of Gastonia, are here this
week visiting at the home of Mr.
and "Mrs. J. R. Hull. Rutherford
ton Sun, 19 th.
Miss Maggie Gamble, of Besse
mer City, left on No. 58 last night
for Washington 'to attend " the
World's Sunday School Convention
which began a session .of several
days yesterday. There are fifty-six
delegates from North Carolina. The
total attendance at this great gath
ering will be several thousand. "
Mrs. George W. Pack and Mrs.
Philip Rawlins, of Asheville, have
donated $5,000 each to the Mis
sion hospital of that city. - V
Take Care of the Trees.
Mrs. F. L. Stevens, Jn Progressive
Farmer. ,
I A beautiful tree Is not the result
of a season's growth, nor even a life
time's; a century 'is none too long
to produce It. and for this reason it
should have intelligent care. Many
of our country churches and school
houses are located In beautiful
groves and it is often distressing to
'see these magnificent trees used
commonly as hitching posts, the
bark gnawed by the restless animals, -or
scarred by passing vehicles. .Lit
tle effort on the part of the church
attendants would be required to pro
Tide hitching posts, leaving the
trees uninjured to fulfill! their
rightful : mission, the adornment . of
the place of worship. ' :' '
(Lot Shaw, a negro, of Caswell,
county shot and mortally weunded
C 6. Hurst, a groceryman from Dan
ville, Va, at Taneeyvllle Monday.