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a Tr'lTTH' STONE A .i ' 3 PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. 6IXGLE COPY 8 CENTS. Devoted to the Protection of Born and the Interest of the County. $1.80 A TEAR IN ADVANGB. f VOL. XXXI. GA8T0NIA, N. C. FIUDAY, AUGUST 12, 110. t NO. 04 OYER GASTON COUNTY. - CherryyiUe Chat Correspondence of Tbe Gazette. CHERRYVILLE, Aug. 11. Mr, J. ,J. George and family, of Besse "mer City, are visiting - In town. "Mrs. Jobs M. MaiDMi and little daughter. France, of i Rutherford ton. are the guests of Mra. T. B. Leonbardt. Mr, and Mra.' John Heaf ner. of 1 Jacksonville, Fla., are . rlaltlng Mr. Heafner's parents here Miss Pearl .McDowell, who haa been rlaltlng frlenda bere. returned to her home In Spartanburg yester day. Miss Kate Peterson, of Stan ley, spent Sunday with Miss Vlda Mauney.-Rev. R. F. Putnam, of Benson, la conducting a protracted meeting at the Baptlat. church, here. Meaara. J. B. Hou'ser and D. E. De- lane are attending the Republican convention at Greensboro. Mrs. L. H. J. Houser Is in Dallas today.- Rev. J. F. Harrelson, of Gastonia, Is assisting Rev. Jamea Wilson In a meeting at St. Paul's church this week. Mr. I, W, Woolley, of Char lotte, spent a few days In town this week. Mrs. Jennie Jenkins, of Mt. Holly, is the guest of Mra. Clay Har relson Mr. and Mrs. C. S. McGin v'aas, of Charlotte, are the guests of Mr. McGinnasV parents. -Miss Annie Lee Craft isvisltlng in Shelby. Miss Nell White, of Bessemer City, spent Sunday In the city. Mr. A. T. Dellinger and wife, of Lincolnton, spent Sunday with friends here. IRON STATION NEWS. Correspondence of The Gazette. IRON STATION, Aug. 10. Miss Eva McCall, of Marlon, la viBlting Misses Addle and Cora Dellinger.r Misses Fannie and Georgia Rendle rnan are at home from Kings Busi ness College, Charlotte. MiBses -Hessle and Clara Moore, of Ruthert ' ford College, are spending some time with relatives here. Messrs. Oscar and Eli Rbyne, of . Reepsvllle, vlslt- , d at Mr.- E. I. Rbyne's last week. Mra. Claude Goode, of, Macon, Ga., la spending several montha here K with her parents. Mr. John Ham brkk left today for Lexington, where hehas accepted , position. Mlaa Alda Rendleman entertained a num ber of her friends on last Friday ev ening. Misses Eva and Neva Keev er and Pearl Smith, of Kidsville, . visited the Misses Armstrong last week. Messrs. Will Garrison and Dorsle Rhyne attended the picnic at Cherry vllle last Saturday. Mr. Wll tile Llneberger, of-Southside, spent Sunday here. A number of young , people are going to. Rock Springs camp meeting Sunday.- . Speaker Cannon Doomed. Speaker Cannon is doomed as a result of the insurgent' gains in the West.- He cannot possibly be elect ed speaker again, as the insurgents and ; other Republicans pledged a- gainst him will number at least fif ty Instead of twenty-eight as in the last session. , These fifty, with the assistance of the Democrats, assure Mr. Cannon's downfall. Many New Cotton Factories. s; Despite the depression - prevailing in textile markets, capitalists con tinue to show their faith in the'fu ture of the industry by investing freely In new mill properties. July was record-breaking In new mill or ganization -all over the South, and In North Carolina alone a . large list of new companies has been set going. uniy a few days ago It was announc ed that a large company would shortly be formed at Wlnston-Sa lem, having $250,000 capital. Moore county also gets a large new mill. .- . York's New Sand-Clay Roads. Yorkvllle Enquirer, 5th. ! V During several days of this week there have ' been as many asflfty wagons hauling sand on the Chester road between the southern outskirts of Yorkvllle and tbe C. ft N.-W. Railroad crossing just below the Jones' Mill, and it Is expected that the work will be completed over this stretch of road this afternoon. The wagons have . been averaging tea loads esch per day and the fifty wa gons have been hauling a total of 300 loads dally. When completed Vhis will probablr b the best Stretch of sand-clav rosd in York ounty. : :-. . ,;.r- COMMISSIONERS MEET. State Association of County Commis sioners Holds Annual Session In .. Charlotte Dr. Pratt Speaks on Good ltoads Next Year In Ashe- ville. Fifty or more of the 98 coantles of the State were represented at the second annual session of the State Association of County Commission era held In Charlotte Wednesday and yeaterday. In Its two .years of existence a majority of the counties of tbe State have joined this assocl atlon. Gaston' was officially repre sented by Chairman John F. Leeper. . One helpful feature of tbe meet lng was an automobile trip over Mecklenburg's macadam roada yes terday "together with a visit to the county home and farms. At the final session yesterday af ternoon Mr. J. A. Davidson, chair man of the board of Guilford coun ty, made an addreas on the subject. "Salaries for County Officers as Against Fees," which Is one of the livest subjects of discussion In the State at the present time. Guilford Is one county In the State that has adopted this plan and Is saving $10,' 000 or more annually by it. This was followed by a round-table dis cussion of the best methods of con ducting county affairs. Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, State Ge ologist and secretary of the North Carolina Good Roads Association, delivered an address on Wednesday on the subject of good roads and the drainage of swamps and overflowed lands. Dr. Pratt is a recognized au thority on these subjects and his ad dress was one of the features of the convention. He devoted most of his speech to good roads but gave some very interesting and valuable Infor mation on the subject of drainage. He said 18 districts have been formed in eastern North Carolina toward the reclamation of 325,000 acres of the richest soil in the State. This land under water is sold from $2 to $5 an acre but will bring from $15 to $150 after it is properly drained. He said examinations of soil have been made on 1,300,000 acres more wblch will be reclaimed In the course of time. The law has been so amended so the land owner must submit to the digging of the canal and draining of the land when his property is improved. Before this law' one could file an Injunction and prevent his neighbor - attempt ing to drain his land. The law al lows the formation of drainage dis tricts and a land owner must sub mit when it benefits his land as well as the land of others, In the States where drainage has been practiced there is not a single case where the land was sold because the owner would or could not pay the drainage tax. Among the more Important sub jects discussed were the changing of listing time from June to February, equalization of taxes between the corporations and the : Individuals, the salary and fee system for 'coun ty officers, good roads, drainage of swamps and overflowed lands, etc. Asheville was chosen as the meet lng place for next year. Mr. E. C. Foy, of Newborn, was re-elected president, Mr. D. McEachern, of New Hanover, vice-president. Dis trict vice-presidents and members of the executive committee were chos en, from each congressional district. . LEGISLATION NEEDED. ' Growing out of a discussion on the first day of the convention about the needed legislation to correct' the unfair- and unequal valuation of properties, a committee was appoint ed to make such recommendations as they deemed wise. Messrs. J. F. Womble, N. B. Mills and DT. John son, composing this committee, of fered the following at the opening of the business session yesterday after noon: .. ' 1. We reccommend that this con vention adopt plans to get our rep resentatives in the Legislature to give us Improved laws on the follow ing subjects, adopting such amend- mends and changes as will allow us to administer the affairs of our coun- t?ei fB morbusIness-lIke manner. z. The matter of assessment of Property for taxation. ; . $. Legislation in regard to nettr crimes. s 4. Law providing the ' appoint ment of an auditor or tax lister la the discretion of tbe county boards. We recommend that a perma nent legislative committee of five be SUMMER SCHOOL County Teachers Institute to be ' Held at Ltnwood College August 15-26 Prof. Cairmlchael, of Dur ham, In Charge. (' The Llnwood summer school , or county institute for the public school teachers of Gaston, will be held at Llnwood College, six miles west of Gastonia. beginning next Monday, the 16th, and continuing through Friday. August 26th. It is announced that Prof. Carmlchael, of the Durham city schools, and Miss Graham, of the' Charlotte city schools, will be In charge of tbe school and. will be assisted by a corps of experienced teachers. County Superintendent F. P. Hall haa notified all the teachers of tbe public schools in the county that they are required by law to attend this school, which holds a two-weeks session every August. It Is announced that Prof. Car mlchael will be assisted by Prof. Bivens, Prof. Mclntyre (agriculture) and Mrs. D. N. Read (drawing, sec ond week). In addition to the teach ing force a number of committees have been appointed who will look after various features of the enter tainment of the attendants. These committees are as follows: Read ing circle, Supt. J. S. Wray; even ing entertainments, Mrs. L. D. Hen derson, Miss Mabel Bulwinkle and Mrs. F. P. Hall; coach in English and Mathematics, Supt. J. B. Hen- son; outdoor sports, Mr. H. A. Query; mountain excursions, Mr. A. A. Armstrong. Supt. Hall has notified all the teachers that they should bring with tbem pillows, sheets, towels and school books. The total expense of the session for board will be $10 for the two weeks. Miss Clara Ware to Wed. The following announcement will be read with much interest in Gas tonia where the bride-to-be has, a large number of friends: "Rev. and Mrs. Wm. Reynold Ware of Greensboro, N. C. announce the approaching marriage of their daughter Clara Ernestine to-- Mr. Clarence Arthur Krlechbaum of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. The wedding will " take place in the early fall." The father of the bride-to-be was formerly pastor of Main Street Meth odist church here. During their residence In Gastonia Miss Ware en deared herself to a large circle of friends. She is a young woman of many charms of person and charac ter Attend the mass meeting at the city hall to-night at 8 o'clock. Gas tonia must have the .C & N.-W. shops. ters of legislation, submK their re port at this meeting and furnish a Codv of their renort to nh HAlt " ' o . ' " Z C T here and send a copyto each chair man of all the county boards. 6. The attention of the corpora tion commission be called to the Im portance of equalizing the values throughout the State. Embodying several important re commendations, this precipitated a discussion .which led to the tabling of a motion to adopt the commit tee's report. However, die discus sion of various phases of Questions enlightened the commissioners and proved of considerable . value.- Mr. ix MCEacnern or Mew Hanover In a clear-cut sensible way discussed the matter of taxation. He says the present method has no justice sad fairness in it and advocated a law which will give the revenue derived from, public corporations ; such as railroads, telegraph and telephone companies to the State and will give the individual property tax to the county in which it is paid; He says by taxing the corporations the State will get enough to run the govern ment, while the county will get e- nough from Its taxable property to conducts Us affairs. As It is, some conduct Its affairs. As It. Is. some order to keep from paying money in to the State treasury. They let the other counties bear the burden of running the State and set back, boasting of the fact that they are drawing more from the State than they are paying in. With this law. Mr, McEachern says a county can de termine whether it wants a high rate and a low assessment or a low M0REHEAD IS THE RUN. Congressman From the Fifth Chos en State Chairman of Republican Party Convention Was ' m Love Feat Instead of a Fight Dun can Withdraws. Tbe Republican State convention at Qreensboro Wednesday elected Con gressman J. M. Morehead, of the filth district, chairman of. the State executive committee to succeed Mr. Spencer B. Adams. Foreseeing de feat Mr. E. C. Duncan, the candidate of the machine organization for the place, withdrew from the race Im mediately after his name was plac ed before the convention. He asked his friends to vote for Alexander but that gentleman also withdrew and Morehead was chosen by acclama tion. Right up to the hour of the con vention the Duncan forces claimed that they had sufficient strength to defeat Morehead and Butler but they evidently realized ' that they were beaten. Hon. Thomas Settle, of Asheville, was made permanent chairman of the convention. Contrary to all expectations the convention turned out to be a regu lar love feast Instead of a fight, as was generally expected. The defeat ed candidates accepted their defeat gracefully and pledged their sup port to the nominees. Tonight the convention adopt ed a platform, which embodies a significant self-government plank, made radical reforms In Its plan of organization and nominated candi- I K. Hucks, J. H. Propst, D. J. Wal- The entire property brought a to dates for the Supreme Court and the lace, J. L. Qulnn. J. L. Johnson, Jo- tai of $10,890.00. It was sold for Corporation Commission, holding un- til the wee small hours. The nominating of a candidate for Congress In the fifth district Was postponed until Saturday, when it is probable that W. A. Blair of Wln- ston-Sajem will be named as the op- ponent of Major diaries M. Sted- nan. The convention nominated the fol- lowlng for State offices: Chief Jus- tlce, T. T. Hicks, of Henderson; as-I sociate Justices, E. W. TImberlake, of Wake Forest? and Harry Skinner, of Greenville; corporation commis sioners, J. H. White, of Madison county, and C. M. Hoover, of David son county. Mr. Frank Anders Passes Board, Dr. Frank Anders, of Gastonia, was one of the. successful applicants for license to practice dentistry who stood the examination before the State board of examiners at Wrights- vllle July 11-13. By an oversight on the part of the secretary of the board his name was unintentionally omitted from the list of successful applicants given out for publication last week. A letter to Dr. Anders I yesterday from Dr. J. N. Johnson, of Greensboro, a member of the board I stated that his license would be is- I sued in a few days. Dr. Anders will I locate m Gastonia for the practice of bis DrofABBtnn nnA win nnnn I 7 t "JJC" ul" Hce m ine realty building about the first of September. His friends here and elsewhere will be glad to learn I of his success. Dr. Anders is a I fi-miYnotA Af . I j i . . I p x iU ueuiai aeDBrunent I nt ,. TTl...i . . - . I us uuiroiBiiy oi iuaryianu, Jtal-1 timore. He is a son of nm- tn.n. man, Mr. A. R. Anders. Picnic at Spencer Mountain. The Gazette is requested to state that there -will be a union picnic at Spencer Mountain Friday, August 19th, participated in by the Sunday schools of the Hickory Grove Bap tist cnurch and of the church at Spencer Mountain. On account of this : event the Spencer Mountain MM. will be closed Thursday. Fri day and Saturday, the 18th, 19th ana zoth. There will be several ad dresses, baseball games and bl basket dinner. Everybody is cord ially Invited to come and bring well filled baskets. Entertained by Mrs. Atkins. ine s. ana o. cluh w.. ..t....!. i ed b Mr. T.o. -or I " ., , ' . er . vu i. rransun avenue Wed- nesaay afternoon from 4:30 to 7 o'clock. " Prn-r...!.. ,.t ..1 ed and an Ice eonra- ... , D I - HJIV WU U11T sides the einh m-K-T .T present 1 STL' Mearf.n,.. V Tr, L . u: wuuiei it. a. Keid, 8. A. Robin- I son. JT Tx.. til r . . I - 4. Binora, w " v.&uv, JuiSI Lowrr 'Shnfnrrt vi. o.i v . ' ihiin uM t.t I ' w. u. -txaoaes. or nw I Orleans, and Mrs. Robert Andemn ANNUAL REUNION. Confederate Veterans of the County Gather In Goodly Number at Dal lasAddress by Rev. John Hall Dinner Served on' Court House Grounds. The attendance of veterans and others at tbe annual reunion of the Confederate veterans of ' Gaston county held at Dallas yesterday was one of the largest In recent years. Tbe roll-call showed about one hun dred veterans present In the court room at the time, while there were possibly as many as fifty more on the grounds who failed to answer roll call, while there were several hundred visitors present to join with the veterans In the celebration of the day. The public exercises of the day began with the annual meeting of the William Gamble Camp, United Confederate Veterans. In the ab sence of Commander L. M. Hoff man, Capt. J. Q. Holland, of Gasto nia, presided, while the roll was called and the minutes of the last annual meeting were read by the secretary, Esquire J. T. R. Dameron, of Bessemer City. Messrs. F, W. Thompson, R. W. Carson and Moses Stroup were ap- pointed a memorial committee, and their report, submitted just before the adjournment at noon, showed that the following veterans have died during the past year: Eman- uel Mauney, E. M. Anders, S. S. Smith, A. M. McAllister, Michael Ki- ser, P. J. Blggers, A. J. Gamble, J. seph Pasour, J. M. McGlnnas. Rob- ert D. Ormand, W. W. Beatty, James J. Brandon, W. P. Hlpps, David Hlnes, Pinkney Rudislll, John Ea- ker, David Whitstlne, David Under- wood, John H. Carpenter, J. B. F. Riddle, John Hovls. Heretofore two separate organ! zations have been maintained, the Gaston County Confederate Veter- ans' Association and the William Gamble Camp. United Confederate Veterans. ' At yesterday's meeting a very important step was taken in the decision to do away with the county organization and merge both bodies into the William Gamble Camp. This obviates the necessity of electing two sets of officers, keep ing two sets of records, and the new arrangement met with the unani- mous approval of all the veterans present. The election of officers for the en- "ing year was next taken up and resulted as follows: J. Q. Holland, commander; J. T. R. Dameron, lieu- tenant commander; Thomas H. White, secretary and treasurer; Rev. John Hall chaplain; R. M. Gaston, ' Quartermaster; R. W. Carson, sur eon; J. P. Stowe, adjutant The speaker of the day was Rev, Jbn Hall, pastor of the Gastonia Evangelical Lutheran church, and tncougnout his address he held the Close and undivided Attention nf thn I . . " veiern na an or nis nearers. Kev. Mr Hal1 Prefaced his address with tbe statement that although he was DOrn ,n nl and h,s father was a 9LrA tar In fhd TTnfnn ..mv Y. a I k" "- I no- h t .1 V. I .cidu, num iuo nuw u was three or four years old. in the Valley of Virginia, and having ex perienced all the cruelties and hard ships of the reconstruction period which were suffered by the people of that section, he was as much a Southerner at heart as any of his hearers. Paying a hlghvtrlbute to what the Confederate soldier accom plished for the Southland, and re minding his hears of the, potent in fluence which they possessed over the younger generation by reason of the mere fact that they were veter ans of the Civil War, he admonished them in their declining years to ex- "i.i. ert this influence for the UDbnndln of a strong public sentiment against .,. B vi -ua ua. especially against the crimes of mur der and lynching. At the conclusion of Rev. Mr. ! hi .iamh .via . jj i . " T"""- """ ujoura- ed to the court house lawn, where a picnic dinner was rr , ." Z. ... . 7 na several nAIlM VSM Alasaa mi a. . I ""-v uy we "iaie " renewing acquaint- - and recounting lM citing experiences through which all hiil nuii I . - A novel. and interesting form of ... - I .7" . - " iwiubs vei-i erans had been nrn.rAt v .v. 1 ' - "i u DaI1 miliUry company In the form DAVIS LANDS SOLD. .Home Place, Farm and Town Lota Bring Ten Thousand Dollars Sale Was Conducted by Auction- ' err Matthews and Lasted Only Two Hours. As previously advertised the auc tion sale of the real estate of the late Mr. I. N. Davis was held Tues- . day morning on the grounds. It was conducted under the supervis ion of Mr. S. N. Boyce, executor of the estate, and tbe sale was cried by Mr. W. H. Matthews, an expert land auctioneer, of Greensboro. There was a good-sized crowd though not an extra large one present and the bidding was pretty brisk, tbe sale occupying only two hours, from 10: 30 to 12:30. The property sold con sisted of the Davis home place on West Airline avenue, a farm south of town and 62 town lots. The home place was bid in by Mr. W. T. Rankin for $2,300. It fronts 100 feet on West Airline avenue one of the best residence sections of town, and runs back to the South ern's right-of-way. The farm, which consists of S& acres and which Is situated a short distance south of town between the Yorkvllle and Union roads, was bid in by Mn J. Frank McArver for $936, or $26 per acre. The 62 lots were sold at prices ranging from $35 to $290. A ma jority of them were bought by local parties though some went to per- sons from York and other counties nearby. division among the heirs of the late; Mr. Davis. Real estate men, who are familiar with land values in and. around Gastonia, state that this property brought excellent prices, despite the cry of hard times ona hears so often. Our Honor RolL Slnce our last report we have re ceived payments on subscription from the following: W. H. Capps, J. M. Robinson, F. R. Stowe, J. N. Hanna, Dr. W. W. Davis, J. M. War- ren, C. P. Jackson, G. R. Groner, O. R. Lewis, R. A. Beatty, Dr. R. BL Rhyne, P. L. Flte, J. W. Patterson. J. M. Springs, J. R. Beam, Rev. G. A. Sparrow, Tom Derr, J. L. Hender son, R. E. Long, J. B. Long, Charles L. Grlgg, N. G. Todd, C. W. Sarvfce. James F. Weir, H. J. Allison, M. CL Arrowood, J, F. Clemmer, Rev, s. Anderson. Jones & Timberlakeu James L. Hanna, J. B. Pearson. A. p. Deck, George R. Ratchford. G. B. stowe, I. S. Murray, Joe Matthews, w. D. HuffStetler, Mrs. J. A. Glenn. Julia Neely, Sam Roes, Mrs. Martha Glenn, Mrs. S. E. Armstrong, L. H. Long, Sr., A. C. Cloninger, Sr., C. I. Clemmer, J. H. White, Rev. W. W- Ratchford, J. W. Stewart, H. J. Shannon, D. C. Bess, W. C. Petty. Parks Cox, Frank Holland, P. S. Ea- ker, J. J. Forman, W. C. Chllders. ris.. a Di.ir n rr Dx.k.ta t b. F. Falls. Dr. W. H. Houser, W. P. Blackwell Gatitonia boy Weds at Chester. r ta si r Vj uuoii .v. w mMwr us Tuesday has the following item: 'Married at the M. E. parsonage la this city Saturday, August 6th, 1910. Mr. Clyde Curry, of Gastonia, N. O. and Miss May Curry, of Richmond. Va., Rev. D. M. McLeod officiating." A Strange Deed Recorded. Catawba County News, 9th. The strangest deed possibly ever- made Jn tbe county is now on file la the" Register's' office. It conveys s lot near: Brady's store to the Pente- costal church, otherwise known an the "Holy Rollers." In aiMittnn t uu provisions, this Instrument - . . . ... Iorin ine doctrines of these pe0p 9 nd T Scripture referen- about two o'clock in" the afternoon by two armies in brown on the low- . . ir . m ,1. . . me, toe COUIt AOUSV grounds. The opposing forces one.. ed flreot, m, Af-. .. . " ... "TV " " i - "worn ana nny yards n 4 m . ... encounter in wwcfc iey artter volley from the npest- fle. was fired from varying po- "Hons, one army was completely Print 1mA tw. ' .aa m . re lorce oe- lnr annnnvinni " w l.UUBU. ine viciorious army., on the other 1... v. j . ... um.a Terr lew causuaiiiea. vanr few havinr ta b. ..rrii t. .v. . Sabecrlhe for The Oasette. appointed to have charge of all mat- rate and high assessment. wa. I oi a saam natue. wh -.v. i ' " m. 1UU(UI I UWI4. a '":-"v.'':'-.' -'l-V'' "'' ::