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' GASTONIA, N. a TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, llo.
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OVER GASTON COUNTY.
CHILDREN'S DAY.
Bpeclal Exerclaes at Plsgmh Sond7
Addresa bj Re.rA T.' Lindsay
' Other News Notes.. : .
A Correspondence of ..The Gasette. ,
- BESSEM ER CITY, R. PA D. 12,
Aug. 16.- Saturday afternoon . we
had a fine shower of rain, making
' the ground soft and pleasant ; and
leavlng.no dust. Misses Martha and
Rachel Bighani, of Chester, are vis
iting In this section. Mr. and Mrs.
R. W. Carson, of Gastoala, visited J.
, R. Carson Sunday. . . '
. The Sabbath school of Plagah held
, a- grand rally Sunday.. Every little
A boy and girl did his or tier part well.
. fThey had a very short time In which
to prepare for. such a grand day. ' It
v .was an auspicious occasion, giving
: promise of a continuance of the doc-
.trlaes and orthodox principles of the
... Holy Bible which are to be perpet
uated from generation to generation.
- Unborn generations will rise and
praise; the Lord. Thirteen little
' children, each with a Roman letter,
. spelled the words . of the , beautl ful
. phrase, "Praise- the Lord," after
' which "Rev. A. T. Lindsay addressecf
, the congregation on the subject of
. "Seed Sowing.'; A After the address
, of Mr. Lindsay, Miss Cathcart talked
, to the little ones about the great
proposition of the future" and for all
to work for the Lord. Words of
. wisdom fell from the lips of this
veteran Christian workerA In a kind
of valedictory she thanked the peo-
pie of the neighborhood feelingly for
the kindnesses shown, her and topic
it as done for Jesus.
A telephone dispatch has been re
ceived in this community announc
ing the serious Illness of Mr. R. M.
Bell, of Blackstock, S. C. Mr..! B.
Carson will go down to see him.-
Cotton is doing well, but corn Is
hurt from the dry weather.
A WINNING TEAM.
Bell's Park Defeats Both Begonia
and Lowell Teams Loses, How
ever, to Belmont.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
BELL'S PARK, Aug. 15.- 'Bell's
Park- defeated Begonia here last
-Wednesday by the decisive score of
20 to 10. The game was featureless
, except for the home runs of W.
Price and Ratchford, ' Batteries:
-.Bell's Park, J. Price and WA Price;
.Begonia, Allen, Meek and . Johnson.
On Saturday afternoon Bell's Park
-iost, to Belmont on the latter's
grounds 12 to 9. The features of
the game were the work of Groner,
:, , an ex-Belmont player who played on
the Bell's Park team, making a home
4; run, a triple and.a single, also two
sensational catefhes In " deep left,
which he turned Into beautiful dou
ble plays. ; Batteries: Belmont,
Bumgardner and Bumgardner; Bell's
Park, Price and Price; '
The Bell's Park second team de
feated Lowell Friday by a score of
1 to nothing in one of the closest
games ever played on the local dla-
, mond - Batteries: Lowell, Teague,
x Wson and Hlx; Bell's Park Far-
rar and Stroup. K ' .
Bell's -Park' second team also de
. feated Long Creek last week, - the
score being 9 to 1. Batteries: Bell's
;. Park, Farrar and Price; Long Creek,
v Jenkins, Clemmer and Rhyne. s-
Mount Holly Matters.
.-' Correspondence of The Gazette.
A MOUNT HOLLY, Aug. 15. Invi
tations have been issued which read:
, Mrs. Ella Cannon -Rozzelle -.'
- requests the honor of your presence
- at the marriage of her daughter
A. ' a erTy :, i'sAvo-'1''-
; to -A"- '.
Rev. William ."Adams Ramsey ,
on. Wednesday evening,; August the
,: twenty-first 4 v
. at' half after, seven o'clock A
m: at the Presbyterian church ,
Huntersvllle.. North Carolina. . ,
. The above, . will . b of j Interest
.throughout the entire State, espec-
laljy In , ' the surrounding counties
. where Miss Rozzelle la known as a'
wauiuui ana accompusoed .young
lady. She has been , la HuntersvIUe"
with her sister, Mrs. Alexander,.' for
: some time. Miss - Rozzelle's pastor.
Rev. J. A." Bowles, of Mount Holly;
will officiate ,' ' '
Mr. Ged Cannon, of Stanley and
Miss Mary. Perkins, of M6unt Holly,
were united in marriage on last fun
day, afternoon at the home of Mr.
Henry Farrell, near old Goshen
Presbyterian church, . Rev. J.; A.
Bowles officiating. 1 A ;' A ; '
' Miss Johnsla Llneberger entertain
ed a number of her friends in a very
delightful manner last Friday even
ing, "After ft number, of games the
guests were ushered Into the dining
.room where. watermelons were serv
ed. 7;''-AA..AA A
"Messrs. Archie A and Hargrove
Bowles returned to Greensboro, last
Sunday evening after spending a
week with their parents, , Rev. and
Mrs. J, A. Bowles. Messrs. Cleo Da
vis and T. O. Walker, who were with
them, returned on last Wednesday.
Miss Alary Shelton, of Charlotte,
arrived in town 'Monday to spend a
few. days with Miss Essie Rankin.
The annual protracted meeting of
River Bend Methodist church will
begin next Sunday morning at 11
o'clock. Prof, and Mrs. J. B. Hen
son, Mrs. L. D. Henderson, Misses
Ida (Rankln, Jean Henderson, Sarah
and Annie Rutledge left Monday to
enter the summer School at All Heal
ing Springs, near . Gastonia. Miss
Essie Rankin, our popular telephone
operator, has been granted a vaca
tion. Miss Mary Bowles has charge
of the office.. Mr. W. L. Holland at-
I tended tbe Republican State conven
J tlon in -Greensboro last week
NEWS NOTES.
J. A. Crews, a well-to-do citizen
of Winston-Salem, committed sul
cide'at his home there last Thursday
night by shooting himself through
the heart. Ill health had resulted In
mental derangement to which is at-
trlbuted his reckless deed.
Col. William L. DeRosset, aged
78, a,Confederate veteran and one of
Wilmington's most prominent citi
zens died Sunday morning. He was
actively connected with the business
life of Wilmington for more than 40
years. , '
In Wilkes court last Friday John
A. Huffman was found guilty of the
most horrible case of Incest ever
heard In that court and was given
the maximum punishment, five years
in the penitentiary. It Is believed
also that, Huffman murdered his
wife tlx years ago.
A despatch from Toklo under date
of the 13th says that hundreds of
persons were drowned and scores
entombed under the debris of their
houses and .two million are facing
starvation as the result of floods.
Conditions everywhere are the most
severe in recent Japanese hlBtory.
Sunday night Are swept the "White
City" of the "world's fair," as the
Belgians called their 1910 exposi
tion, totally destroying the buildings
and causing a loss of $100,000,000.
There were over 100,000 people In
the grounds when the fire broke pt
and many were Injured in the stam
pede to get out.
At Lake, near" High Point, Sunday
morning Vada Cook and Hazel My
ers, both about 9 years of age, were
run down and killed by Southern
passenger train No. 44. The chil
dren, together with their mothers,
had gone from High Point to Lake
on No. 1 1 to visit. They were walk
ing up the track some distance ahead
of their mothers when the terrible
accident occurred.
A dispatch from Memphis, Tenn.,
sentout Sunday says that The Com
mercial-Appeal's Monday cotton crop
summary will say that for three suc
cessive weeks cotton has improved
In the States east of the Mississippi
river and its promises now are fair
to good. The. crop is late and would
be damaged greatly by an early frost.
In Texas no rains have fallen and
the rop has lost ground steadily.. In
Louisiana and Mississippi the boll-
weevil is doing much damage, i
AMIss Virginia O. Wardlaw, one of
the three sisters held in Newark, N.
J for the murder of their niece.
MrsA Ocey M. Snead, some months
ago, drad last week .In a house of de
tention.' Her death, it Is stated, will
not interfere in the least with the
trial of the other two, Mrs. Caroline
B. Martin and Mrs. Mary Shead. Miss
Wardlaw's death was peculiar, ' she
having apparently starved herself to
death. Miss Wardlaw and ner sis
ters' were from Virginia and,' at the
time of MrsASnead's death, were liv
ing in New York where they were en
deavoring to raise funds with Which
to establish a female college.-' Miss
Wardlaw was for many years at the
head of a female college Iff Tennes-
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FARMERS' PICNIC
Mountain Loral No. v78 Holds Anna-
al Plrnle - at Mountain School
House Addresses' by Mr. A. C,
. Stronp, Mr. P. YJ W. Plylen,and
Mr. J. Z. Green Attendance Lar.
ger Than Usual. f
There were Bv hundred or more
people, at Mountain school V house,
five miles south of Gastonia, Satur
day to participate in the annual pic
nic of Mountain Local No. 87 of the
Farmers Educational and Co-opera
tlve Union of America. The day was
a pleasant oner from the standpoint
of temperature, and in the afternoon
a slight shower fell, not being suffl
clent, however, to dampen the ardor
or the people gathered tnere
As the crowds was assembling the
Clara Concert Band, of Gastonia, dis
pensed excellent music as It did also
at intervals ' during the day. This
band Is a splendid one and its music
was a drawing card for the picnic
At 10:30 Mr. A, Kennedy called
the gathering to order and offered
prayer. He then Introduced Mr. A.
C. Stroup, who spoke for a short
time, devoting his attention largely
to corn culture. Mr. Stroup has had
charge of the co-operative farm de
monstration work In (be county and
his information on agricultural top
ics, and more especially that of corn
growing, is such as to enable him to
hold tbe attention of a crowd most
anywhere. He Is enthusiastic on the
subject and knows how to present
the Information he has in hand In
such a manner as to make it appeal
to his hearers
Fbllowtng Mr. Stroup, Mr. P. W,
W. Plyler, of Union county, spoke on
"The Cost of Ignorance," He appil
ed the subject to the farmer and
showed how the farmer's ignorance
was a heavy drain on his resources,
To be a successful farmer one must
be thoroughly Informed on the sub
ject of farming. He must know
what crops to plant, how to rotate
them, what to use in the way of fer-
tilizer and a thousand and one other
things. Not only so, he must know
how to market his products after he
has produced them. Mr. Plyler made
a most instructive and interesting
speech and was heard with pleasure
The last speaker was Mr. J. Z
Green, of Marshville, State organizer
of the 'Farmers Union and editor of
The Carolina Union Farmer, of
Charlotte. Mr. Green Is no stran
ger in liaaton, having spoken at a
number of points In the county pre
viously He was the speaker at this
place last year and the fact that he
was to speak again this year was no
doubt largely responsible for the In
crease in attendance. Mr. Green
spoke first of the producing side of
the farm question and then took up
the marketing side, devoting consid
erable time to tbe latter. He told
his hearers that, ' to be successful
farmers, they must be business far
mers. In order to be that tbey must
use business methods in marketing
their crops. The desired end m this
line can only be accomplished by co
operation. He cited the case of the
orange growers or California. Fir
teen years ago, he said, tbe orange
growers of that State found that,
producing 4,000 cars of oranges, the
market, was apparently glutted and
they could sot realize' enough from
the sale of oranges to pay for the
ttherlng of the crop. They saw
ruin staring them in the face and
got together to discuss the matter.
Most of them" were of the -opinion
that the trouble was- over-production.
One far-seeing man, however,
did some figuring,' as a result ' of
which he discovered that, as the pro
duction stood ., at. that time, there
were only two oranges per year for
each person In the United States. He
old the other growers that it was
&' over-production; it was some-
thing else. - They organized and
placed men In -the eastern markets
to keep them posted as to when or
anges were Jn; demand. The next
year they produced, instead of 4,000
cars. 31,000 and sold them at a prof-
It Ever since that time the orange
business has been profitable. It was
brought . about by organization. So
it must be with the farmers of the
South. '.. . '.. -. ; .
.-"Our "farmers," .declared rMr,
Green, "are affected with 'storeitis'
and," he continued, "it's eatln' us."
We do not live at home. Too many
put all their land In cotton and buy
a living at the stores.. They can nev
er do this and succeed as farmers,
he declared. . The great end . and
"CHEAP QGAR CANDIDATE";
McNinch Insults ' Cleveland County
v People Savors of the Time When
Radicals Voted Negroes Witb -a
Drink of Corn Liquor and 'Two-
fers."
Cleveland Star, i
The honorable Sunset McNinch
who Is the Nl-Republlcan candidate
for Congress in this districtplaces
an exceedingly poor estimate upon
the citizenship of this district If be
Is to be Judged by his methods of
canvassing.
. Last week he visited Cleveland
Filling his pockets with cigars he
spent the greater part of the day dis
tributing them promiscuously among
those whom he chanced to meet on
the street, with the announcement
that he was the Republican candidate
for Congress. Some took his smokes
while others smiled and passed on
It reminded us of the anti-white
supremacy days when the Radicals
voted niggers with a drink of corn
liquor and a "twofer." Mr. McNinch
will realize however that the elector
ate of Cleveland county both Repub
licans and Democrats are not for
sale, and that the indiscriminate dls
trlbutlon of cheap cigars will not win
many votes.
During his brief stay his cigar
campaign method resolved Itself in
to a burlesque, even though it was
an insult to tbe intelligence and self-
respect of our people.
Imagine, if you can, Yates Webb
racking around with a pocketful of
campaign cigars!
The voters will not hesitate long
in making their choice, and will re
sent this presumptuous appraisement
of their political virtue, and Mr. Mc
Ninch will go down Into political ob
livion as the "Cheap Cigar Candi
date."
niustrated Lecture.
Rev. G. Kubota, of Oita, Japan,
delivered an interesting and Instruc
tive lecture, illustrated with stere-
opticon views, in the Methodist
church at McAdenvllle last night.
The lecture was on the life and cus
toms of the Japanese and was heard
by a large and enthusiastic audience.
the church being crowded to its ca
pacity. Rev. Mr. Kubota left this
morning for Maiden, where he will
lecture tonight. From Maiden he
will go to Hickory and other points.
Three Scotland Yard officials, one
man and two women, arrived Sunday
at Quebec, Canada, to assist Chief
Inspector Dew in carrying back to
London Dr. Crippen and Ethel Clare
Leneve, who are to be tried' for the
murder of Belle Elmore. They will
sail at once.
aim of the farmers union at least
one of the great alms is to get its
members to live at home. They
should raise everything they need to
live on and 'put their surplus land
and time to raise a money crop.
Another great trouble with the
i
farmers, declared Mr. Green, is the
credit system. No man can succeed
as a farmer and do business on
credit. The speaker laid especial
stress on tbe subject, which Is one of
vital Import to the farmers. "
Another matter which he brought
to the attention of his hearers, was
that of hog-raising.. Many farmers
have'.; to buy. western meat at the
stores for which they pay 6 cents.
They can, he asserted, raise better
meat at a cost of five to seven cents
a pound. He told of one farmer in
the eastern part of the State who
actually raised meat at a cost of one
cent a pound. You cannot, he said.
raise hog meat at five cents a pound
on corn but you can do it on alfalfa
and peas. Southern farmers pay too
little attention to the raising of hogs
and their negligence .' in this A line
costs them thousands of dollars an
nually. A; A A ' ; ,.''.' A A
The speaker interspersed ; his se
rious remaks .with humorous anec
dotes and held the crowd for the en
tire length of his speech, v His id-
dress was' teeming with valuable
common-sense advice to the farmers
and if it was followed the country
would be immensely. better off than
it Is today, j, A . ' ' .
Following the speeches dinner was
served on long Improvised tables.
There was more music by the band
and the crowd, spent two or three
hours in enjoyable social Intercourse
before dispersing to their homes. It
wa 9 success throughout. .
MUST HAVE THE SHOPS.
Gastonia' s Chances for Getting C. &
NW, Railroad! Shops Seem Good
' But There Must be no Resting on
Our Oars Will Bring 500 People
Here as Soon ae Shops are Built
Final Mass Meeting at City nail
To-Nfght Everybody Wanted
There.
Today the committee of ten hav
ing In charge the soliciting of sub
scriptions to the fund being raised
by Gastonia to proffer the Carolina
& Northwestern Railway officials as
a bid for that company's shops Is on
the home stretch. At the city hall
tonight at 8 o'clock they will report
to a citizens mass meeting and all
will know just what Gastonia Is go
ing to offer. It is 'sincerely hoped
that a large crowd will be present.
Not in a long time has Gastonia had
a chance to get such a valuable ad
dition to its business enterprises and
it behooves our citizens to make it
so interesting for the road that they
will be compelled to accept our of
fer. Friday night there was a good siz
ed crowd at the city hall but nothing
was done inasmuch as the commit
tee had not been able to complete Its
Work. There was a brief discussion
of the subject under consideration
and it was announced by Chairman
Craig that he had succeeded In get
ting the officials to defer final ac
tion In the matter until Wednesday,
the 17th. Tonight's action will be
put In the shape of a written offer
and tendered the officials of the road
when they open the offers of the
other towns that are making propo
sitions. It is understood that the
road officials will meet tomorrow and
open all the sealed bids and take im
mediate action.
There is considerable enthusiasm
on . the part of Gastonlans in this
matter but it is necessary that we
make the very best offer that we
possibly can. Every patriotic citi
zen should turn out tonight and take
part in the final meeting.
Chairman Craig announced at Fri
day night's meeting that an official
of the road informed him that the
shops, as soon as built and opened,
would bring to Gastonia no less than
500 people. It will eventually bring
the officers of the road and their
families; the head offices and many
of the trainmen.
Yesterday's Chester (S. C.) Re
porter has the following to say on
the subject:
'At the request of the towns of
Gastonia and Hickory the final limit
for submitting bids for the C. & N
W. Rwy. shops has been postponed
until tomorrow evening. All bids
must be in by that time, however,
and unless they are will not be con
sidered. j
"There are four towns In the con
test for the shops Hickory, Lincoln
ton, Gastonia and Chester. Hudson,
a small North Carolina town, sub
mitted a very creditable proposition,
but has been eliminated from furth
er consideration by the railroad au
thorities, as the situation of the
town is such as would not be favora
ble for the location of the shopB.
"Gastonia had what was to be its
final "meeting Friday evening for the
preparation of a proposition, but in
spired by what the other towns in
the contest are said to be doing, de
cided to hold another meeting to
night, at which a final effort will be
made to boost the figures. Hickory
will also meet tonight for the same
purpose.
"Lincolnton has - the temporary
shops, and seems to be as sanguine
as you please. The propositions as
they come in will be sealed, and will
not be opened until General Manager
L. T. Nichols returns from the trip
that he sets out on tomorrow morn
ing. He expects to get back Thurs
day evening, and as soon as he reach
es the city will go over the bids.
What has been learned about the
propositions, that the different towns
will have to offer Is rumor pure and
simple; but it Is a safe bet that- the
three North Carolina towns will each
and all make a good bid. Gastonia
and Hickory will both offer real es
tate, exemption from taxes for. a cer
tain period, and a cash bonus, while
Lincolnton is going to offer free 'of
fice rent, a site with building for the
shops,-exemption1 from taxes, a' sum
of cash and free building lots to all
of the employees that now own hous
es and lots in Chester. A r-
"The citUena of Chester should
realize the gravity of the situation
MANY AT LINWOOD.
County Teachers Institute Well AU
tended More Expected to Arrive .
To-Day Number of Boarders at
All Healing Springs.
The county teachers institute be
gan a two-weeks session at Linwood
College yesterday with a good. at- t
tendance. There were 86 teachers -at
the first session and quite a num
ber of spectators. A phone message
to The Gazette this morning stated,
that a number of other teachers are
expected to arrive today. In addi
tion to the Gaston county teachera
there are In attendance a number
from , Mecklenburg and Cabarrus
counties.
In addition to those who are at
tending the institute there are at .
present 69 summer boarders at the ,
college and the number Is Increasing
daily. As previously stated the.
Messrs. Lindsay, owners of the col
lege, have this summer, for the first
time in a number of years, thrown;
the college open to summer board-
era. This was done in response to a, '
popular demand which has never
ceased since the old All Healing; '
Springs Hotel, which was burned
several years ago, drew hundreds of
people each summer. The splendid
water, the magnificent mountain
scenery and an Ideal location make
this a splendid place for rest and '
recuperation during the hot sum .
mer months. i
The teachers Institute is undea '
the supervision ofProf. CarmichaeL 1
of the Durham city schools, and Mist
Graham, of the Charlotte. ttf
schools, who are assisted by a corps
of able teachers, including Supt. Jos
S. Wray, of the Gastonia city schools, .
and county superintendent F. P..
Hall. The Institute will last
through Fridar, the 26th.
Music is being furnished during
the institute by Miss L. J. Atkins
Orchestra, of Gastonia.
Picnic at Spencer's Mountain.
The students of Lenoir College of
Gaston county will give a picnio at
Spencer's Mountain on August 30th
At this picnic all the students of Le
noir College and their friends, to
gether with the friends, of the .col-,
lege, are requested to be present
with well-filled baskets. There win
also be a competent speaker-' for thft
day with us.
Off to Johnson City. . -t
The annual excursion of the Bre--vard
Street and Belmont Sunday
schobls is being run today from
Charlotte to, Johnson City, Tenn.,
over the Seaboard and the C. C, &.
OA Among those from Gastonia and
vicinity who went were Messrs. C. E. ;
Huffstetler, Campbell Ratchford, J.
L. Henderson, Marshall Robin8on -Charles
Costner, Dean Rawllngs, Wis
Adams, Ed Padgett, Tom Campbell,
T. A. Henry and Mr. and Mrs. J. I. .
Hanna. , ,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Myers,
of Gallatin, Tenn., are the guests of
their daughter, Mrs. H. M. Cleve
land. '
TAR HEEL VETS TO NORFOLK.
Annual State Reunion to be Held in
Virginia Seaside City September
6, 7 and 8. . . '
Raleigh Cor. Charlotte Chronicle!.
A general order signed by General ,
Julian S. Carr. major general, com- '
manding the North Carolina division.
United Confederate Veterans, directs A
the attention " of - the Confederate
veterans throughout the State to the
fact that the invitation of the Nor-
folk board of trade , far the annual
reunion tb be held in that city Sen,
tember 6, 7 and 8 -tas been formally
accepted. A The " order A declares :
that .' a v most interesting 1 pro
gramme is being prepared including '
side trips to the famous seaside re
sorts, and that every possible effort
Is being put forth by the people of
Norfolk to make the reunion. tb .
grandest and' 'most enjoyable ever
held. The order directs those who
expect to attend and are not able to -defray
- their own - expenses to write -to
J. AA Hall,' secretary at Norfolk,
as to free entertainment which the
city will provide in the way of meals
and lodging. " .
and get busy. . Let the meeting at
the opera house this afternoon be
well attended,1' and let everybody go
with the determination to keep tb3
shops here." A A "
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