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VOL. XXXL
GASTONIA, N. C FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1910.
NO. M.
OVER GASTON COUNTY.
, McAdenyiUe'IIatters.
Correspondence ot The Oaxette.
- McADENVILLB. Aug. ' 18. MIbs
Katherlne Ray tod sister, Mrs,. F. P.
Bollinger, of Savannah, Da., Tlslted
. relatives . in Gastonia last week.
Rev. R. S. Howie was a business vls-
( ito'r in Gaston ia last week.-c-Mr. and
Mrs. J. P. Fox and daughter, Miss
Helen, of Concord, 'were the guests
last week'of Mr. and Mrs I. F." Ma-
bry. Messrs. R..R. Ray and J. B.
Reid spent a portion of last week in
, ' Mooresville. Mr. and Mrs. William
: Cole, of Hickory, spent Sunday here.
J 'Mr. W. A. Bentley, of the Greens-.
boro baseball team, spent Sunday
1 here with his family. Mrs. J. F.
' Page, of Rock Hill, Is visiting her
mother, Mrs. M. R. Barber. Mr. J.
T. Thomasson, of Filbert, Sf C, Is
spending this week here. Mr. Mr.
R. F. Fisher visited In Concord
Tuesday. MiC M. R. Wright spent
- Tuesday and Wednesday in Char
lotte. Miss Essie Leonard, of Lln-
oolnton, is visiting here this week.
--Mr. J. O. Donnell, of St. Louis, I
was one of our business visitors last
week. Mrs. J. Henry Thorp return
ed to her home in Elkln after a visit
of one month here.
. Mrs. W. B. Craig, of Belmont, Is
visiting in town this week. Mrs.
Sarah Scott is spending this week in
Gastonia. Mrs. J. C. Haynea, of
China Grove, was the guest Satur
day of Mrs. J. C. Walker. .Messrs
John Britton, and John Reeves were
Charlotte .visitors Saturday. rMrl
Guss Webb and Miss Bertha Clonln
inger were Gastonia shoppers Satur-
, day. JMr. Dorus Eaker, of Cherry-
vllle and Miss Cora Pope, of Gasto
nia, were married here last Wednes
day by I. F. Mabry, Esq. Messrs.
W. L. and Edgar Jenkins of Char
Jotte, were in town last week. Mrs.
J. B.' Reid spent Wednesday in Char
lotte. Messrs. R S. Abernethy and
Jake Stafford went to Rutherfordton
today to play ball with Rube Jen-
kin's team against the Rutherford
ton team. Mr. G. M. Rumfelt is
spending today in Gastonia. Mr. C.
D. Rhyne is a Charlotte visitor to
day.
- Born, to Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Bar
ber, Friday, August 12, 1910, a son.
BESSEMER ROUTE ONE, NEWS.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
BESSEMER CITY," R. F. D. 1,
Aug. 18. There will be a picnic at
Hepzfbah church Saturday. August
27th. There will be exercises in the
church and then the congregation
-will proceed to the "grove for the
speaking. -" Prominent ,. speakers will
be on hand to entertain the crowd
Everybody is invited to be present
Miss Helen Pasour, of BesBemer
City, left last Saturday for Maiden,
where she will spend a few, weeks
with Misses Nera and Mittle Shrum.
...
Mrs. M. E. . Hager, of Bessemer
City, spent last Friday with her sis
ter. Miss Joanna Stroup. A large
crowd attended the Stroup reunion
at the home of Mr. J. Stroup, two
miles east of Cherry ville last Satur
day. There were services In the
v morning and at the noon hour a
large table was spread with all kinds
of good things to eat. About three
hundred people partook of this
sumptuous meal.' All report a most
enjoyable time,
Mrs. J. C. Gore and little daugh
ter, Christine, of Atlanta, Ga., spent
few days last week with her broth
er and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.; M
F. Pasour, of Bessemer City. Mrs.
Jim Carpenter and son,' Arthur, vis
ited relatives at Gastonia last Satur
day and Sunday. 'Misses Mary and
Lucy Beam, of Gastonia, were the
guests of their cousin, Miss Orebell
Clark, Ust week. Mr. -Matthew
stroup and sister, Miss Lixxle, of
Cherryvllle. spent last Saturday and
'Sunday with their cousins, Misses
Cleo and Annie Pasour.-Miss Ada
Eaker 'was the guest of. Miss Fannie
Mauney last Saturday. Mr. Bryce
Davis, of Bessemer City, la very low
with fever. Mr. T. S. Royster, the
mall carrier on Bessemer route one.
is-very sick at
Clyde Carpenter, of Bessemer City,
Is also sick. Hope all will soon be
out again. Mr. John Baldwin was a
business visitor to Bessemer City
last Tuesday. Mrs. George Long, of
Dallas, spent , last week , wltn her
brother, Mr. Marlon Mode, at Cher-
V GASTONLVS OFFER IS IN. .9
Bid fy C. A NWs. Shops Was For.
. warded to Chester Yesterday
Offers of All the Towns Opened
To-Day Final Action of the Road
May - not a Be Known for Ronie
Weeks as All Proffered Sites Have
to Be Surveyed dystonia Be
Ucves She's the Winner.
It is all over but the shouting.
All the town bidding for the loca
tlon of the Carolina A Northwestern
Railway's shops have sent in their
offers and the same Were opened by
General Manager L. T. Nichols this
morning.
Hickory, Lincolnton, Chester and
Gastonia are on the anxious seat
awaiting the announcement of the
decision of the officials of the road.
It .may be several weeks before that
decision is rendered.
In the meantime Gastonia is sit
ting steady In the boat, harboring a
sure feeling that the shops will come
to Gastonia.
General Manager Nichols was in
GaBtonia yesterday and at the re
quest ofr the committee having In
charge the formulation of an offer
met with them and a body of repre
sentative citizens in the Commercial
Club rooms. He was plied with
questions and gave out what infor
mation of a non-committal nature
he could. He stated that the
propositions of the several towns
would be opened today and that, so
far as he was concerned, these prop
ositions were final; in other words,
there' will be no chance to raise bids
He also stated that It would be nec
essary for the several sites to be
surveyed before a decision could be
made. When this has been done Mr.
Nichols will lay the propositions be
fore President W. A. Barber, of New
York, and recommend the location
of the shops at some one of the four
contesting points.
As yet Gastonia does not know
Just what the other three towns have
offered. Gastonia's offer includes,
among other Items, the following
A free site.
Exemption from taxes for five
years.
Free water and lights for five
years.
Cheap electric power.
A cash bonus of several thousand
dollars.
In addition to the above Gastonia
gives the read considerably more
business than any other town on Its
line , and has promise of larger de
velopments in the future possibly
than any other town on the road.
From every standpoint it Is be
lieved that Gastonia is without
doubt the place -for the shops and
our people feel confident that they
will be located here.
Claud and Carl Long, of Dallas,
spent last Friday and Saturday with
their cousin, Mr. Charles Pasour.
NEW GIN COMPLETED.
IRON STATION NEWS.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
IRON STATION, Aug. 17. Mrs.
Ed Hefner is visiting in Llncolntos
this week. Mrs. Frank Armstrong
and children, of Lincolnton, are
spending some time with Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Armstrong. Messrs. Ren
Armstrong and Dorsie Rhyne attend-
Gastonla Oil Mill's New Plant West
of Town Ready for Operation
Has Capacity of Thlrty-Flve Bales
Daily Mr. W. 8. Lauslirldge to
lie In Charge--Equlpped With
Electric Power, Fire Protection
and Other Conveniences. -In
company with Manager R. M.
Stevenson of the .Gastonia Ofl Mill
The Gazette man had the pleasure
this morning of taking a look at the
company's new ginnery. It is just
west of the corporate limits of the
town and is located at the Intersec
tion of the Kings Mountain-Gasto-nla
road and the Pisgah-Gastonla
roads. The. plant is now in complete
readiness for use and will be put In
operation about the middle of Sep
tember or earlier ifj any cotton is
ready for ginning before that date.
Mr. W. S. Laughrldge, of Gastonia,
will be in charge of the gin and will
have three assistants.
Early in the summer the Gastonia
Oil Mill purchased the ginnery busi
ness of Messrs. Henry & Bradley,
who had for several years past op
erated a ginning plant in connection
with their lumber business on Main
avenue. The company purchased
about an acre of land west of town
and nad erected tnereon a commo
dious two-story corrugated iron
building together with seed house
and other necessary buildings. There
are two entrances to the plant, one
on the west side and one on the
south. Everything necessary for the
comfort and convenience of the far
mers has been provided. A well will
provide a watering place for, their
stock, their seed will be bought or
exchanged for cotton seed meal, a
supply of which will be kept ' on
hand, there are scales for weighing
both cotton and seed and, in short,
the equipment Is equal in every re-
psect to the company's downtown
ginnery, which is operated in con
nection with the oil mill
The plant is equipped with three
80-saw Pratt gins and has a capacity
of 33 bales dally, only five less than
the company's other gin, which Is
equipped with four 70-saw gins. The
The capacity of the two will be 75
bales per day. It Is operated by
electricity, power being furnished by
the Southern Power Company
through the medium of a 50-horse-
power Westinghouse motor. The
building is protected from fire by
a chemical fire-extinguishing equip
ment
The erection of this ginnery will
prove a great convenience to all the
cotton raisers west of town. It will
save them at least a three-mile drive,
it being at least a mile and a half
west of the downtown ginnery. This
Is an item worth consideration on
the part of the farmers.
Mr. Chess Abernethy, who has
been with the company for several
years, is superintendent of both gins
and. the oil mill. Mr. R. M. Steven
son Is manager of the entire plant.
Mr. J. Flay Bess is bookkeeper. Mr.
W. B. Carson will again be in charge
of the gin at the oil mill
The oil mill, which has a capacity
of 25 tons of seed daily, will begin
operation about the 10th of October
worKmen are now engaged in re
building the cotton warehouse which
was burned to the ground in the
spring. It Is a frame structure 20 x
AFTER FIFTY-FIVE YEARS.
Mr, George Ferguson Vlsita the
Scenes of His Childhood In Old
Gaston After an Absence of Over
Half a Century Is Elghty-One
but HUH Vigorous lias Lived in
Texan Since '79. -
A welcome visitor in Gaston at
this time is Mr. George Ferguson, of
HillBboro, Texas, who is spending
some time with relatives and boy
hood friends In this section. He ar
rived Tuesday from Laurens county,
South Carolina, where he baa been
visiting since early in July. He ex
pects to remain here for a month be
fore returning to his home in the
Lone Star State. At present Mr.
Ferguson is the guest of Mr. J. J.
Gamble's family in the western part
of the county. On returning to Gas
tonia he will be the guest of Mr.
Mac Wilson and other relatives and'
friends.
This is Mr. Ferguson's first visit
to Gaston since he left the county In
1855, when this county was only
nine years old. That was many
years before the old Charlotte & At
lanta Airline Railroad, now the
Southern, was built; before the town
of Gastonia, now boasting a popula
tion of more than 10,000, was even
thought of, before the day of cotton
mills andf macadam roads and be
fore the great civil war. from which
we of the present day date most
things.
Mr. Ferguson's father was the
late Mr. George Ferguson who lived
near Mr. Sam M. Wilson and Mr.
Martin Lowrance near Kings Moun
tain. He was a cousin of the late
WANTS THE PIEDMONT.
Traction Company lias Asked Char
lotte City Fathers for Franchise
Greater Charlotte Club to Discuss
Matter To-Night Wants Shops
AImo, Hut Gastonia is Hoping to
Get Them.
The Piedmont Traction Company
has asked the city of Charlotte for a
franchise and the Greater Charlotte
Club has taken up the matter to se
cure the endorsement of the Char
lotte people for the movement before
action is taken.
Wednesday's Charlotte Chronicle
says in part, regarding this matter:
"The executive committee of the
-Greater Charlotte' Club has called a
meeting, of the club for Friday night
for the purpose of taking action look
ing toward securing for k certainty
the entrance into Charlotte of the ln
terurban lines of the Piedmont Trac
tion Company and for taking steps
to secure the shops of the company.
A tremendous amount of interest
has recently been aroused here in
the proposed interurban trolley sys
tem and the meeting Friday night
will be open, so that it is anticipated
that there will be a large attendance.
The meeting will be held in the as
sembly room of the Seiwyn Hotel,
Instead of the club offices so that
there will be plenty of room, and all
citizens, whether members of the
club or not, are urged to attend.
"The action of the executive com
mittee in calling a general meeting
Is undoubtedly in accordance with
the wishes of the people of the city,
for the project of the Piedmont
Traction Company to connect the
NEWS NOTES.
Mr. Robert Ferguson, who died some I cities and towns of the entire pied'
mont section of the two Carolinas is
recognized as being probably great
er in Its possibilities and promises
for the rapid and unprecedented de
velopment of this section than any
actual or contemplated enterprise In
the history of the section. Charlotte
is especially interested because this
city ia the natural geographical cen
ter of the big system as contemplat
ed and would naturally be the loca
tion of the headquarters, including
the large shops that will have to be
maintained, unless unforseen cir
cumstances arise."
months ago in Texas, and Mr. James
Ferguson. He ia the step-father of
Messrs. Meek, Alex and John Craw
ford and Mrs. Ed Whltesides.
In 1855 be left Gaston and went
to Laurns, S. C. When the war
came on he enlisted in a South Car
olina Regiment and served through
out the conflict, surrendering at Ap
pomattox. He was several times
wounded; in two instances his horse
was shot from under him, each time
falling on him and inflicting injur
ies. He says that now, 45 years af
ter the war, his eighty-one years are
not hurting him but that he feels
the effects of the wounds sustained
while battling for Dixie. At the
close of the war he returned to Lau
rens' and remained until the year
1879 when he moved to Texas, where
be haj since resided. He has never
married.
Mr. Ferguson's recollections of
the older families of Gaston county
are very clear, his memory being
practically unimpaired by advancing
years. While he is here The Ga
zette hopes to. obtain from him some
remlniscenses of early days in Gas
ton, the publication of which will
undoubtedly make Interesting read
ing for our subscribers.
At Linwood.
The first week of the county teach
ers institute, in session at Linwood
College, closes tomorrow. The ses
sion will close next Friday. New
teachers have been arriving daily
and the attendance is very gratify
lng, there being nearly a hundred
enrolled up to this time. A feature
of the Institute which is most pleas
ing and profitable consists of lec-
ed Rock Springs campmeeting.
Mr. Luther Long and Miss Dasie I 50 feet considerably larger than the tures on live topics by well-known
Jenklna started to preaching at Sa- od one. The oil mill Itself has been educators of the State. Yesterday
lem Baptist church last night, but on put ln running order and is now Dr. Page, of Raleigh, lectured on the
the way they decided not to go to wting for.the seed. During the hookworm, a subject that is claim-
past Tew years the business done by
the Gastonia Oil Mill has Increased
rapidly until now it is worked al
most to its capacity,
In this connection it is not amiss
to state that recently there have
been well-founded rumors to the ef
fect that, in case Gastonia secure!
the C. & N.-W. Railway shops.
(which seems now very likely) the
Piedmont Traction Company will co
operate with that road in building
its shops ln Gastonia. This is the
place for them and a joint plant of
this kind in Gastonia would be
much easier proposition financially
for both roads. Gastonia would wel
come the Piedmont Traction Compa
ny's shops as well as those of the C
& N.-W. There are many reasons
why Gastonia would be a better lo
cation for the trolley company's
shops than Charlotte and we believe
the officials of the road, some Of
them at least, are of that opinion
Certain it is that Gastonia would
welcome with open arms either joint
shops of the two systems or separate
shops built by each.
church but to go to South Carolina
and get married. They reached
Bowling Green at 2 o'clock - this
morning and were made man and
wife. The-groom is a son of Mrs.
jrannie uoag and is a nrosnerons
young farmer, .while the bride, a
lassie of fifteen . summers. Is a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Miles Jen
kins,.
Messrs. S. S. Morris,, of Gastonia,
and Amos Morris, of Greenwood, S
ing the attention of physicians and
health officers all over the South.
Another lecture yesterday was by
Prof.; Blvens whose subject : was
'Education." At night there are
In Business for Himself. 1 round table discussions, contests
The following item from The and entertainments of a varied aa-
Philadelphia North American of the lure wtt,cn furnl,h Pleasure as weH
16th will be read with Interest bv M D0" to, the teachers. The Ga-
many people In Gastonia and the e",BPe stive In it Tuesday's
Advertising the Picnic
The chairmen of the committees
on entertainment from the Gaston
County Farmers Union and the Gas
ton County Rural Letter Carriers
Association are sending out over this
snd adjoining counties several thou
sand circulars and several hundred
printed invitations to their joint cele
bration to be held in Gastonia Mon
day, September 5th. Indications
point to a record-breaking picnic
county: "Miles P. Hoffman ' for ,MU: more detailed, account of the crowd ,or MtM wonty. Ample
work, that
school,
is being done by this
man years connected with the well-
C, spent Sunday night at Mr. . Seby I known Philadelphia firm of Charles
Summeys. A number of our young v , Webb Co., and for six years
people are attending the teachers In-1 nager of Its cotton yarn depart-
stitute which Is In session at Lin-1 neBt resigned his position to
m ... -
COlnton. Onlr a annilu, a .. . I xlinnfc A, - -
this wrltinrv, . :" i uBjwaBBUT in ine cotton I - uorrjTuie, m conierence
kf o ' " rZi " ,wp,e dea the Heptasophs pic- trade. Mr. Hoffmi .nt bm-. Tuesday night, elected Rev. A ;r.
wm pi.mm-. 7: mke city
New Pastor Chosen. V ,
The congregation of the Baptist
Pntn.M ' a C 1 ct
his Wnn.rt.M I w - P. IOnnr
Bund .i. S though his business will k-n bin, . I .1 " T" ' . " or
, viww. aiuuiii . r l tiiu vuurun nu dmh virnAnl m . a
""w .wio went, on tne excursion to I .'"r ol w The south.
Jonnson City yesterday were
William
Mr. I here be is largely acquainted.- Mr.
Armstrong, (Miss Leckle Hoffman is a Oastouian. belnr a son
ryvilhv Miss Alice Carpenter, of uooI,OB' Mrt- Lee Klllian and Mrs. I f Dr. W. H. Hoffman an has many
oastonia, speit last week with Aer , aiO. Mrs. R. A. Long Jm friends here wk 'will be .leased to 7. 7. .v. - n
cousins. Mtm. r.... ., ... , ' ... . . - . ieasea to introduction as to bin efficiency and
-w - , audi, 'inraiu nu wmi WIIH ' n.r nan. I IMOTI TTi.f vIm-,V -. l. .1. .tin. . ...
1 ' t . 7 '- I .- - uiure . ne mm 10 I mouiiT u nasior IDA rhtin.h
er.
tor sines the early spring and are to
be congratulated on electing; Rev.
Mr. Putnam to serve the chnrch
again. He is well sad farorahly
V- . ' V
w iaee people and needs no
Beam. , at Cherryvllle. Messrs. I nls on route six of Lincolnton. spend moreVlme la the South.
provision will be msde by the com
mittee for the comfort and conven
ience of all who come. Water is be
ing carried to the grounds In pipes
from the city water mains and there
will be plenty for the stock, with wa
tering troughs; plenty of ice water
for the people, benches to sit on ln
the shade of the trees and In fact ev
erything that can be furnished to
make a pleasant day for alL . There
will be good music and two good ad
dresses ; by Mr. Shuford - and rr.
Pratt. Everybody, both from the
country and those who ltvs In town
as well, are requested to bring well
fllled baskets. Gaston ians will be
There are more than two hundred
different religions in America, ' be
sides the foreign beliefs.
The Methodists of Durham ' are
erecting a church which It is esti
mated will cost $150,000.
Germany and France are at odds
because a French aviator on last
Thursday crossed the frontier line.
The request of the women of Lou
isiana to be permitted to vote on the
constitutional amendment has been
turned down.
Out of 97 children of the Odd!
Fellows' Orphanage at Goldsboro ex
amined, 52 were found to be infect
ed with the hookworm disease.
Thousands of sailors on vessels of
all nations ln our harbor have also
been visited by the missionaries of
the Society.
The directors of the Standard Oil
Company declared a dividend of 6
per cent 'Monday, which calls for a
distribution of $6,000,000 to the,
stockholders.
Calvin Thome, a Wilson county
farmer, was murdered Monday after
noon by a neighbor, Dempsey Griffin,
who struck him on the head with am
axe.
The Georgia cotton crop it is es
timated will be 65 per cent short of
what It was last year. In some sec
tions practically no cotton at all will
be gathered.
The Shrlners of South Carolina
who met in annual convention on
November 21-24 in Columbia, will
present on a spectacular scale. Ben
Hur.
Press reports say that the town ot
Lumberton In all probability will
have a cigar factory. Two Spalnarda
from Havana are at the head of the)
proposition.
The business portion of the town. ;
of Sparta, Tenn., was destroyed by
fire Monday morning entailing a iosa
of $120,000 which was well covered
by insurance.
Thirty-nine lives were lost in the
wreck of the Spanish steamer, Mar
tos, which was at the entrance to the
Straits of Gibraltar when she collid
ed with the German steamer Elsa.
Monday. jt
The twentieth annual meeting of
the Junior Order United American
Mechanics will be held at Wrights
ville Beach next week. The indica
tions are that there will be between
600 and 800 visitors in attendance.
The People's Bank of Chanel HIII
has been reorganized and the receiv
ership dismissed. No depositor was
a loser. Mr. Southern .Tnn., rnvm
erly with the First National Bank of
Durham,1 is the new cashier.
William Jarvis, a Davie county
farmer, killed his oldest son, a mar
ried man, last Sunday. The two
quarreled and the father cut his son
across the abdomen with a knife.
The slayer escaped.
.; f The Asheville School for Girls haa
been chartered by the Secretary , of
State with a capital stock of $50,000
and $5,000 paid in. The " principal
incorporators are Capt. W. T. Wear
er, S. R. McKee and others.
Ebe Mack, aged 25, white, of
Asheville, was arrested last Saturday
by postofflce Inspectors charged wltH
blaekmailing. He was trying to ex
tort money from W. P. Black through
letters.
Dr. Clarence Pickens, the Weaver-'
ville dentist who last Saturday night
shot and killed Rome and Furman
wapps, was Tuesday released from.
Jail on a $10,000 bond by Judge W.
B. Council.
At Gouchery, Cherokee county. 8.
n a . , i ..
- iiuoj . ,w. opeer, candidate)
for probate Judge, and W. K. Guth
rie engaged 'in a free-for-all ' nht-
both men being considerably brnia-
ed up. It was the opening day of
the county campaign, j , . ; v
Miss , Emma - Lee Camnbell. r
Edgemont. aged 15. Who1 was a af
dentJn a business college in Atlan
ta, died Monday night as a remit tf
a dose of poison which she took wlta.
suicidal intent. She gave as a rea
son for her rash act that she at
ber teacher had quarrelled.
In Federal Court ' at r Asheville.
Tuesday Jsdge H. O. Connor over-
ruled the decision of r the special
master ln the Toxa way Hotel cases
nil lis! !.., k a.. .
aviiuer iom receiver
nor his attorneys were entitled t
any fees. The court, be said, bad -been
used merely as a eollectin
agency. His decision was ' put la.
expected to turn out en masse.
very plain words.