TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1010.
The Gastonia Gazette
' Issued every Tuesday and Friday
y The Gasette Publishing Company.
B. ft ATKINS, Editor.
f. W. ATKINS, Business Manager.
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GASTONIA
Omnty Seat of Gaston County Al
ter January 1, 1011.
No. S36 Main Avenoe,
PHONE NO. 80.
TCESRAY, JUNE 2.
&TISFACT01ULY SETTLKP.
It was a matter of unusual pleas
ure for The Gaiette to be able to
tell Its readers In Friday's Issue that
the officials of the Piedmont Trac
tion Company and the city council
had been able to reach an agree
ment and that the extension of one
year's time asked for by the com
pany was granted by the city au
thorities. It was a pleasure because we feel
and have felt all along that the com
ing of this line of electrical railway
would mean a great deal to this sec
tion. No less do we believe that It
will prove to be a paying Invest
ment for those who are financing It.
If there Is one thing that Gastonia
and this section needs more than
any other one thing it Is, we believe,
relief from the unjust and discrim
inatory freight rates that we have
ever had to contend with. The pro
posed line of electric railway prom
ises this relief and the passenger
service will tend to bind this entire
section together with stronger cords
of mutual friendship and business
relations.
In the recent controversy if such
it might be designated between the
town and the Piedmont company
anent the granting of an extension
of time, The Gazette did not hesitate
to caJl attention to some features of
the original franchise which this pa
per, and a large number of our citi
zens as well, deemed altogether too
liberal for the ultimate good of the
town. As chronicled in these col
umns a mass meeting was held, the
points of difference between the peo
ple and the company brought out
and discussed with the result that
an understanding was reached which
has, we feel sure, resulted in mutual
benefit. The people, through the ac
tion of the city council, secured what
they were contending for largely,
namely provisions In the franchise
eliminating, after the expiration of
two years from tne time cars are
running, the handling of through
freights over Franklin avenue, the
binding of the company to give the
town a reasonable passenger service
and other less important conces
sions. The Gazette Is not one of that
class of papers which, once having
taken a stand or made a statement,
refuse, even when sufficient evidence
Is presented to clearly demonstrate
that a false position had been taken
or a wrong done, to make amends
and set matters straight. We are
usually careful to make sure wo are
right before "coin ahead" but all
of us err at time. AH of which Is
preliminary to the statement that
we feel that. In one or two para
graphs of our editorial on this sub
ject Id our Issue of the 14th Inst
great injustice was don Mr. W. S.
Lee and Mr. L. C. Harrison to whom
the franchise was originally granted
The statement was made in that
editorial that "this franchise was
railroaded through and was secured
by misrepresentation on the part of
the company's representatives who
engineered the deal." This state
ment, of course, did the gentlemen
involved a great Injustice as it was
not founded on facts and was writ
ten without proper Investigation or
consideration. Whatever might be
said of representations made to us
at a later period by any person or
persons connected with the compa
ny in an unofficial capacity regarding
certain Intentions of the company,
it is a fact that Messrs. Lee and Har
rison did not obtain this franchise by
misrepresentations and The Gaiette
gladly and voluntarily retracts
that statement as It has never been
our purpose or desire to do either of
these gentlemen an injustice.
In one other statement in the ed
itorial referred to an injustice was
done the Piedmont Traction Com
pany, the successors of Messrs. Lee
and Harrison as holders of the fran
chise. It was therein stated that
"the traction company had whiled
away its time, evidently relying from
the very beginning on being able to
secure an extension of time." This
was a mere matter of guess work on
our part and should have been stat
ed as a belief or supposition and not
a fact.
Now that the matter has been am
icably adjusted and both the town
and the traction company are satis
Hed with the result, we feel It per
tinent to remark that Gastonlans in
general are glad that this line is to
be built and harbor no animosity to
ward the project. On the other
hand we believe there is a very kind
ly feeling toward the company and
its Intentions on the part of Gas-tonians.
The Warehouse la Gastoa County.
On Thursday of next week, July
7th, Gastonia will have the honor of
entertaining the Democratic judicial
convention of the twelfth judicial
district. The number of delegates
appointed to this convention from
the five counties comprising the dis
trict Is 480 and In view of the fact
that the nomination for solicitor
was not settled in the primaries, but
will have to be decided In the con
vention, it is likely that the attend
ance of delegates will be pretty near
ly this large. The committee hav
ing in charge the entertainment of
the convention will therefore proba
bly have to call upon the citizens of
the town for assistance in their work
and this should, and of course will,
be cheerfully given.
Mr. W. D. Beam, of The Ga
zette force, returned yesterday from
a two-weeks vacation spent at his
home at Cherryville and at Wrights
ville Beach.
Mr. J. W. Sego was in town
Saturday and reported to The Ga
zette office that in the past two
months twelve rattlesnakes have
been killed on Pasour Mountain and
that each snake averaged from nine
to fourteen rattles.
By O. B. Robinson la Carolina Un
ion Farmer, llth.
The agitation for a Farmers' Un
ion warehouse began In this county
during the early spring, of 1907.: The
movement for this Institution was
started at Local Union No. 69 by the
assembled .representatives of seven
or eight locals.
In one year arter this most of the
stock had been subscribed for and
plans formulated for the erection of
the building.
The warehouse was completed in
the early fall of 1908. Directors
w?rs elected, and a warehouse man
ager chosen, who began to grade
and warehouse the cotton as soon as
It was brought to him by the farm
ers.
To say that this Institution has
made a success !n Gaeton county
would be stating the fact very mild
ly. It would make this article too
long to give all the statistics regard
ing the warehouse In this county,
but you will get some Idea of the
economical benefits we have derived
from It by the following figures:
One-fourth of the guano sold In
Gastonia, tne place where our ware
house is situated, was sold through
the warehouse. The amount sold
through the warehouse was nine
hundred tons during the spring of
1909; consequently there must have
been 3600 tons sold collectively by
the warehouse and the various gua
no dealers in Gastonia. The price of
guano was reduced four dollars per
ton by being sold through the ware
house; therefore the saving on 900
tons was $3600. But this was not
all the good which the institution
was to bring about. The guano deal
ers In Gastonia were conmelled to
reduce their prices on guano to the
standard set by the Union, hence
there must have been a saving of
four dollars per ton on the whole a-
mount sold in Gastonia. As this a
mlunt was 3600 tons the amount of
money saved to the farmers in the
vicinity of the warehouse was four
dollars multiplied by 3600 tons.
This would make the number of
dollars saved be $14,400.
This was, of course, an indirect
saving, but the stockholders of our
warehouse company got a direct re
turn cn the money invested. This
was in the shape of dividends. While
the dividends have not been large,
they were very good,, considering
that it was the first year of the ware
house and its usefulness.
Mowers, rakes, riding cultivators,
and other kinds of farm machinery
were sold through the warehouse.
On all of these articles the price was
brought to a ' minimum. Details
need not be gone into here as space
will not permit.
Cotton sold through this Institu
tion brought from one-fourth to
one-half cent more per pound, be
cause it could be sold in lots of fifty
bales or more.
Considering that this institution
is the backbone of the Farmers' Un
ion, and the great good that it has
done in our county and its possibili
ties for doing good in other coun
ties, the great importance of its re
lation to the organization cannot be
emphasized too much. ' Without it
our organization cannot live any
length of time, because it is the only
way by which great amounts of
money can be saved to the farmers,
and unless the great mass of farm
ers see a material return for their
efforts they lose interest and will not
support an organization which is
useless in saving them actual dol
lars. '
When our warehouse first began
to operate it was shrouded in much
of the darkness of an unsuccessful
enterprise, but surrounded as it was,
by many of the snares, which a hos
tile community of merchants and
business men contrived for Its down-
f fall, and not supported as it should
have been by the members of the Un
Ion, it has emerged from the gloom
of Its darkest hour 'and the second
year after Its erection we find It fac
ing a brighter future and helping to
bring about a now era of prosperity
for the farmers of Gaston county.
Miss Lixiie , Farrls, saleslady
for the Kendrick Mercantile Compa
ny,' Cherryville, spent from Friday
till Monday In the city guest of her
uncle. Mr. M. L. Mauney.
Mr. James Fayuoux came in
Saturday night for a visit to rela
tives. This Is his first tflp back to
Gastonia since be left seven years
ago. A portion of the time since he
left has been spent In Panama.
Mr. S. S. PIttnian. who has been
quite ill for some days at the home
of his father-in-law, Mr. Myers, on
East Franklin avenue, is In a very
critical condition this afternoon and
it is feared there Is but small hope
for his recovery. Friends of the
family will hear this news with much
regret.
Miss Margaret Wharton, of
Greensboro, and Misses Anna Forbes
Liddell, Louise Blakeney and Susie
Hutchinson, of Charlotte, are -expected
to arrive in Gastonia Friday
to be guests for about ten days at a
house party to be given by Miss
Ruth Boyce. Miss Boyce will enter
tain in honor of her guests Friday
night at her home on York street.
The attention of uor readers is
called to the half-page advertise
ment of the Abernethy-Shlelds Drug
Company (the Rexali Store) on page
eight of today's Gazette. This is
one of Gastonla's newer firms which
is rapidly pushing Its way to the
front by the utilization of up-to-date
progressive methods. This firm be
lieves strongly in the value of adver
tising and the results they are ob
taining thoroughly justify their be
lief. Mention was made in The Ga
zette of the. 17th of the release by
Capt. C. M. Nolen on the day prev
ious, the 16th, of 48 homing pig
eons, shipped here by W. L. Shan
non and others of Easton, Pa. In a
letter dated the 20th Mr. Shannon
wrote Capt. Nolen that one 6t the 48
reached Easton on the evening of
the same day, thus establishing, it is
believed, a new record. The dis
tance from Gastonia to Easton is, in
round numbers, 500 miles. On the
18 th, Capt. Nolen released 16 pig
eons for D. J. Warner and others of
Phillipsburg, Pa. They were re
leased at 5 a. m. on the 18th and the
first one reached Phillipsburg, 500
miles from Gastonia, at 6:19 a. m.
on the 19th, others arriving there
shortly thereafter. s
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with us and give as the opportunity of showing our apprecia
tion of the confidence reposed In us. -
The First .National Bank
Gastonia, N. C.
GASTON COUNTY'S OLDEST AND LARGEST BANK.
CAriTAL, SURPLUS AND PROFITS OVER ..... .$150,000.
L.XL. JENKINS, PRESIDENT.
S. N. BOYCE, CASHIER,
V.
Subscribe for The Gazette.
An Old-Style Corn Mill.
It is not generally known that
Gastonia has an old-style burr corn
mill on Main avenue but such Is the
case. It is located in the rear of the
Gastonia Roofing Company's quar
ters in the Davis block and.is owned
and operated by Mr. W. C. Aberne-
thy. The rocks used were purchas
ed from the old Morrow mill, opera.'
ted until recently by B. H. Parker &
Co. While there Is no running wa
ter in the neighborhood the mill is
run by water power to be more ex
act it is operated by electricity
which is generated by water power
at Spencer Mountain. Mr. Aberne
thy has had this mill in operation
now for several weeks and is build
ing up a nice business. ' He would
be glad to see all his friends from
the country who have corn they want
ground into meal.
Thomson Mercantile Co's
10 to 50 Per Cent. Off Sale
will continue through this
week. It will be interesting
every day. Come to see us.
It will pay you.
homsonier.Co.
Carolina & North -Western
" Week End Rates.
Railway
On Sale Saturdays and Sundys, final limit returning
Monday following.
FOR FALLING HAIR.
The Citizens National Bank
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.
v 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,
rr and every accommodation and courtesy Jex
tended customers in keeping with sound
banking.
C . fiWe invite you to open an account'
XL P. Rankin, Pres. A. G. Myers, Cashier.
Capital and Surplus, $75,000
You Run No Risk When You Use
This Remedy.
We promise you that, if your hair
is falling out, and you have not let
it go too far, you cap repair the
damage already done by using Rexali
"93" Hair Tonic, with persistency
and regularity, for a reasonable
length of time. It is a scientific,
cleansing, antiseptic, germicidal
preparation, that destroys microbes,
stimulates good circulation around
the hair roots, promotes hair nour
ishment, removes dandruff and re
stores hair health. It is as pleasant
to use as pure water, and it Is deli
cately perfumed. It la a real toilet
necessity.
We "want you to try Rexali "ii"
Hair Tonic with our promise that It
will cost you nothing unless you are
perfectly satisfied with its use. It
comes In two sites, prices, 50c and
$1.00. Remember, you can obtain
Rexali Remedies la this community
only at our store The Rexali Store.
The Abernethy- Shields Drug Co.
Pleasant Entertainment.
At her home on South Oakland
street last Thursday night Miss Haz
ellne Love entertained a number of
her young friends most pleasantly in
honor of her guest, Miss Esther
Bain, of Statesville. The affair was
a porch party, the spacious porches
of the residence being decorated for
the occasion with Japanese lanterns
Miss Lucy Boyce and Miss Clara
Armstrong served punch, and the
evening was pleasantly spent In play
Ing games, after which cream and
cake were served. About thirty
guests were present.
Dallas, N. C.
Gastonia, N. C.
Dallas, N. C.
Gastonia, N. C.
to Lenoir, N. C, Round Trip, $ 1 .SO
to Edgemont, N. C. Round Trip $2.00
Call on your Ticket Agent.
VOTE OP GASTON COUNTY IN SATURDAY'S PRIMARIES.
Representative Thomas has secur
ed a favorable report on a bill &p-
propriatlng 1 3 0,0 00 for the erection
of a monument to General Green on
the Guilford battleground.
CARD OP THANKS.
The Junior Order, United Ameri
can Mechanics, desire to express
their grateful thanks and apprecia
tion of the excellent sermon preach
ed to them on Sunday, June 19th,
by -Rev. J. J. Beach, pastor of the
East Baptist church.
B. V. ORMAXD,
CHAS. C. JOHNSON,
G. R. MILLEN,
Committee.
TAKEN UP, last week, white bird
dog with one yellow ear. Owner
apply to W. H. Rhyne. route two - 1
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Gastonia No. 1 524 213 488 147 4801 188 9
Gastonia No. 2 230 123 203 83 213 99 4
Robinsons 5 14 10 9 12 7
Glenns 32 17 13 32 24 18
Lowell 73 101 80 54 121 37
McAdenville 14 96 83 Id 66 28 2
Belmont 118 75 121 35 69 90
South Point 53 16 32 5 45
Union 63 7 52 16 33 31
Mount Holly 64 52 29 58 32 68
Mtn. Island 8 43 29 78 32 62
Stanley 16 99 5 98 52 11 15
Cherryville 125 120 89 168 170 33 10
Carpenters 20 17 11 22 . 26 9
Risers 28 15 10 35 22 14 7
Bessemer City 59 86 53 73) 99 19
Dillings 19 71 51 13 61 11
Bakers 14 9 3 18 19 1 4
Dallas 62 299 70 233 139 115 46
Lucia 22 29 14 32 42
TOTAL 1549 1486'l439 1252 1717 877 106
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July 1st, the middle of the year.
We are writing, this Item to remind
subscribers whose time expires then
that all subscriptions are discontin
ued when out, and to request that
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way you will avoid missing a copy of
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taking your same off our mailing
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A. and M. Catalogue.
The latest catalogue of the Agri
cultural and Mechanical ; College
shows remarkable progress. The
total enrollment -was 670 a gain of
124 ovep-the year before. One hun
dred and eighty-two of these were
agricultural students. In ; addition
twenty-seven teachers attended tha
May -school to equip themselves to
teach agriculture In the common
schools. Three new buildings have
just been completed and a fourth Is
now under construction. The Vacui
ty for the coming year will number
fifty technical expert. . The next
session will begin on September 7th