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YOL. XXXI.
GASTONIA, N. a FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1910.
NO.
The
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Ia Extremis.
Mr. Robert J. Craig? whose Ill-
Bess was mentioned In Tuesday's Ga
zette, Is extremely low and there 1
hardly any hope for his recovery
He Is advanced In years and is Buf
fering- from pneumonia in both
lungs. Hia many friends will re
gret to hear this distressing news
Bazaar at Dallas.
On next Monday and Monday
night the Ladles' Aid Society, of the
Dallas Baptist church will give a
bazaar in the rooms adjoining Mr.
J. R. Lewis' store at Dallas. Var
ious articles of fancy work, etc., will
be on sale at reasonable prices, and
meals will be served throughout the
day for the convenience of those at
tending court.
Changes In Bunk Forces.
Mr. Mason Robinsoir, formerly
teller for the Gaston Loan & Trust
Co., has accepted a position as col
lection man and assistant bookkeep
er with the First National Bank,
succeeding Mr. Biggers. Jlr. Robin
son is suit to. ltd by '.Mr. M. L. Corn
well, unti recently with t lie Kuus-ter-Phiirr
Com any, w holesale gro
cers, of Chail. tte. Mr. Cornwall is
a son (;' Cloik of the Court C. C.
Cornwell, of Dallas, and is a young
business nan of ability. I If is a
welcome addition to Gastonia's bus
iness circles.
MANY COTTON ESTIMATES.
Two Runuwny Marriages.
Four young j eople of Harden, In
the northern edge of the county,
took their families and friends by
surprise on Sunday, November 6th,
when, they were secretly married.
The contracting parties were Mr.
Junius Costner whose bride was
Miss Lillie Hovis, daughter of Mr.
S. S. Hovis, and Mr. Walter Friday,
a son of Mr. Dave Friday, whose
bride was Miss Iva Garrison, daugh
ter of Mr. R. J. Garrison. The cere-
( monies which Joined their lives to
gether were solemnized near Dallas
by Magistrate A. P. H. Rhyne, of
jVDallas. Later the parents of the
?oung ladies, learning of the event.
,ryr ... . .
received them home and the four
found complete happiness in the
consummation of their fond desires
Average of Figure Now Being Sent
to Trade Points to a Maximum
Production of About 11,500,000.
Charlotte Observer.
The cotton trade is at this period
of the year being flooded with esti
mates of the crop for the season. It
is generally regarded that at about
this time of the fall the experts can
get a better line on the probable
production than at any other period
of the crop and for this reason the
market is sometimes not uninfluenc
ed by the reports eent out by recog
nized leaders in the trade.
A summary of the estimates so
far Issued and sent to the trade
gives one some foundation for the
belief that the crop will fall around
the mark of 11,500,000 bales. Some
firms have gone so far as to predict
a crop or I3.uuu.uuu Daies, wnne
others on the extreme cannot see
how more than 10,500,000 bales will
be marketed. As a general average
the figures seem to drop to the
neighborhood of 11,500,000 bales.
The three big frosts which f.-ll a
,v wee; s ago had the e-iuvt of rur-
; Ming I lie crop in all fl' ti.uis of the
'i: and some who predicted a large
i i op ettrlier in the season bavd liieir
calculations upon the belief 'hat cot
ton would open een m re rap; l!y
than it did before Irost iai:ie. .'-ome
thuiight on the contrary that a
frost would kill the foliage and ena
ble the lower crop to open, but it is
fair to believe that the curtailment
resulting from the destruction of
what is known as the top crop by far
counterbalances any portion of the
crop that would be produced by the
frost.
Farmers look for higher prices in
the immediate future, although they
are not holding off the market In
such expectations. The prices now
being offered are too attractive to
keep them from selling even In an
ticipation of a time early to come
when the market will be much
stronger.
B. M. 0RMAND DEAD.
Aged and Highly Respected Citizen
of the County Passed Away Wed
nesday Funeral and Burial at
Long Creek Yesterday.
At his home about two miles from
Bessemer City Mr. B. Meek Ormand
died Wednesday in the 79th year of
his age. Mr. Ormand was the last
of three brothers, John J. and Rob
ert D. Ormand having preceded him
to the grave. He is survived by his
widow and ten children, as follows:
MessrB. David, Ben, Johnr Charles
and Vance Ormand, Mrs. Jennie
Riser, 'Mrs. Nannie Kennedy, Mrs.
Rlttle Hambright, Mrs. Lena Thorn-
burg and Mrs. Docia Shives. There
are also three sisters surviving. Mrs.
Lizzie Oates, of Shelby, Mrs. Adalls-
sa Goforth, of Kings Mountain, and
Miss Dorcas Ormand, of Bessemer
City.
The deceased had for many years
been a faithful member of Long
Creek Presbyterian church, where
his funeral and burial took place
yesterday, the services being con
ducted by tne pas! or, Uev. i.
Oliver, nss'sie i by Uev. J. J. Ken
nedy, of Gastonia.
Air. H. F. 0'!;.ind. a nephew, and
Miss Lona Ormand, a granddaughter
of the deceased, attended the funer
al from Gastonia. .Mr. Ormand was
a Confederate veteran, having been
a member of the Senior Reserves.
SHOULD STAY IN CONGRESS.
A Handsome Knife Free.
The Gazette is making the biggest
subscription offer Just now which
has ever been made by any newspa
per In this section. With every
year's subscription $1.50 in ad
vance paid between now and the
first of January we will give a hand
some pocket knife which retails at
not less than fifty cents and in many
places for 60 and 65 cents. There
are several patterns and the sub
scriber can take his choice. To new
subscribers we are giving, in addi
tion to the knife, the time from now
till January 1, 1911, free. In short
every new subscriber to The Ga
zette gets, for $1.50, the paper from
the time he paya until January 1,
1911, and a handsome pocket knife
In the bargain. The Gazette has
been Gaston county's leading news
paper for more than thirty years
and expects to continue as such. It
la the great home paper for Gaston
county people. Today is the time to
subscribe and put yourself in shape
to keep up with everything worth
while that's happening in old Gas
ton.
Ely's Great Flight.
Wilmington Star.
A A.1 .
nuuiuer marvelous score was
made for aerial navigation at Fort
(Monroe, Va., on Monday when Eu
gene a. Ely in a curtiss bl-plane
flew from the deck of the Cruiser
Birmingham across Hampton Roads
to the mainland. This achievement
of Ely's completely demonstrated
the usefulness of the aeroplane in
naval warfare, and his feat, the first
of the kind in the world, will attract
attention throughout the universe.
GASTONIA COTTON MARKET.
(Corrected semi-weekly by W, L.
Balthis tc, Co., Cotton Brokers.)
Good middling 14C
Strict middling 13 7-gc
Cotton seed 42c
Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Garrison, of
Bessemer City, will make their home
in the future at Corslcana, Texas.
Mr. Garrison has been there several
weeks, and Mrs. Garrison expects to
Join him there in a short while.
Not a Good Idea to Replace an Ex
perienced Congressman to Give
Somebody a job.
Wilmington Star.
The Hon. E. Yates Webb, of
Cleveland county, having been elect
ed to Congress the fourth successive
term, a sentiment has been stirred
up in Charlotte in favor of sending
a Mecklenburg man to Congress to
succeed Mr. Webb two years from
now. Mecklenburg always rolls up
a tremendous Democratic majority
and she thinks it is about her time
to make her influence felt in big
politics. Already four Charlotte
men are mentioned for the Congres
sional nomination. The Charlotte
Observer tells us this and the Con
gressional timber it names are
Messrs. J. A. Bell. H. Neill Pharr,
Cameron Morrison and David B.
Smith, "all representative Democrats
and exponents of that militant De
mocracy which has made Mecklen
burg county one of the leading Dem
ocratic counties in the State." We
don't know whether Congressman
Webb will stand for election or not,
but unless the Ninth District can
greatly better itself we doubt wheth
er it is a good idea to exchange an
experienced Congressman for a new
one. All those Charlotte men would
make good Congressmen and there
are a whole lot of others JuBt like
them in Charlotte. The subject is
Interesting but It is too far off till
the next election to worry over.
PERSONALS.
Mrs. R. A. Love will have as
her guest next week Miss Sarah
Clark Tate, of Morganton, who will
arrive Monday.
.Mrs. vv. H. Jenkins received a
telegram last night stating that her
daughter, Miss Willie, who is at Ro
Chester, Minn., to undergo an opera
tion for throat trouble, underwent
the operation yesterday and was re
covering satisfactorily.
Mr. A. J. Rankin, who lives
near Belmont, had the misfortune
Wednesday night to lose his corn
crib and contents by fire. The loss
includes a hundred bushels of corn
and a quantity of farming tools. It
is not known how the fire origina
ted. Mr. G. B. Stowe, of Belmont,
secretary and treasurer of the Gas
ton County Farmers Mutual Fire In
surance Company, is a business vis
itor in Gastonia today. Mr, Stowe
Bays there is considerable building
going on at Belmont and that his
town is forging ahead rapidly.
The total eclipse of the moon
Wednesday night took place as
scheduled, the moon entering the
shadow at 5:44 and leaving it at
8:58. The event was of special in
terest to those who have examined
their almanacs for 1911 and have
noticed that this was the last eclipse
of the moon we will have until
1912. During the coming year there
will be only two eclipses, both of the
sun. Some boy or girl reader of
TM, Y",
ino uazeiie can proDamy ten us
whether it is ever possible to have
a calendar year with only eclipses
of the moon and none of the sun.
Charlotte Gets Stung.
Charlotte has been stung. Mad
ame Keith, clairvoyant, has depart
ed for parts unknown after doing a
flourishing business there for sev
eral weeks. Fortune telling busi
ness and professional and other
kinds of advice and giving direc
tions for finding lost articles were
her stock In trade. When she left
she forgot to return a $400 diamond
ring, and much cash In sums from
$175 to smaller amounts.
'Many Charlotte people are sighing
for the return of the madame. One
lawyer, a doctor and even a preach
er are among those who are inter
ested In the whereabouts of the
mystic matron.
Subscribe for The Gazette.
Senator Bob Taylor, of Tennessee.
win oenver one or his lectures in
the Academy of Music at Charlotte
on Monday, the 28th Inst.
Roosevelt Repudiated.
New York Sun.
The air is much clearer this morn
ing. St. Helena, little isle, is dis
tinctly visible. It would be difficult
to exaggerate the Importance of the
victory which fhe old nationalism
won in New York. The main
result transcends every local consid
eration. It makes everv Incidental
transfer of political control from
one party to the other seem rela-
tively Insignificant. It eclipses ev
ery minor fact deducible from the
returns. So far as this state is con
cerned and the Indications from
other quarters where Mr. Roose
velt's voice has been upraised are to
the same effect the people emphat
ically refuse to tolerate a further
prosecution by him of the destructive
enterprise outlined at Osawatomie.
For Mr. Roosevelt personally the
lesson administered to him yester
day must be mortifying to the ex
tremity of bitterness, "but the deal
is square. Even his Indurated sen
sibilities cannot misunderstand the
directness of the rebuke. It does
not come -from Tammany hall. It
does not come from any "ticker
crowd." It does not come fmm the
crooks of the community. If does
not come from those bosslets of the
old guard whom he has failed to at
tach to his political fortnnes. The
deal is square, and he and no other
CHANGES IN SENATE.
A Review of Election Results
Democrats and Progressives May
Co-Oierate.
New York Sun.
According to late election returns
the Republicans will have a majori
ty of not more than twelve in the
Senate of the Sixty-second Congress.
It Is settled that Hale, of Maine, Bev
eridge, of Indiana, Warner, of Mis
souri, Burkett, of Nebraska, Kean,
of New Jersey, Depew, of New York,
Dick, of Ohio, and Scott, of West
Virginia, will he succeeded by Dem
ocrats; while Purcell, of North Da
kota, a Democrat, will be succeeded
by a Republican.
It now seems probable, although
the Legislature in Montana is still
claimed hy the Democrats, that Car
ter, a Republican, will be re-elected.
Tiie Senate of the Sixty-second Con
gress should then stand 52 Republi
cans aad 4 0 Democrats. Of the Re
publican Senators who will not re
turn to Washington, Aldrich, of
Khodn Island, who will be succeed
ed ' v a Republican. Hale, Warner,
Kaii. Depew, Dick and Scott are
stanl titters, while Beveridge and
i'-niii! are Progressives. It ro
Mai: s tit be seen whether Governor
Cari'dl. of Iowa, will appoint a
standpatter to succeed the late Sen-aim-
Didliver. His inclination doubt
less is to make such an appointment,
but whatever he does the choice of
the Legislature in January will be a
Progressive. The successors to
Senator Flint, of Californi, and Sen
ator Piles, of Washington, both ite
publicans, will be Progressives, sa
that the number of independent Re
publicans in the Senate will not be
diminished, and whether they gain
recruits or not the Progressives will
hold the balance of power in the
Sixty-second Congress.
It is likely to be the policy of the
Democratic minority to accept co
operation, hut not to invite it. The
terms of nineteen Republican and
twelve Democrat Senators will end
March 3, 1913. The twelve Demo
crats represent the States of Ala
bama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Mississippi, North Caro
lina, Oklahoma, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas and Virginia, and
it may be assumed that they will be
succeeded by Democrats. The nine
teen Republican Senators now rep
resent these States: Colorado, Dela
ware, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas,
Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Or
egon, 'Minnesota, Montana, Nebras
ka, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
Rhode Island, South Dakota, West
Virginia and Wyeming. The suc
cessors of these nineteen Kepubll
can Senators will be chosen at pri
maries and elected hy Legislatures
before the next President is sworn
in. Provided the Democratic ma
Jority in the House which assem
bles early in December, 1911, does
not lose the confidence of the peo
pie before the national election in
1912, the party may reasonably ex
pect to fill seats of some of these
nineteen Republican Senators with
Democrats, and perhaps to make
gains that would give the Democrat
ic party a majority in the Senate of
the Sixty-third Congress. So far as
we know, no attention, er very lit
tle, has been given to possible
changes in the Senate fallowing the
elections in 1912. "We take it for
granted that the subject will soon
have the concentrated attention of
the leaders of both parties, especial
ly in the Senate that convenes in
December, 1911, In which Republi
can Progressives will hold the bal
ance of power.
CONFERENCE MEETS.
is the person dealt at. In over
whelming numbers the fellow Re
publicans of Mr. Roosevelt in every
part of the state, in every walk of
respectable life, have pronounced
this tremendous verdict against him
and his new nationalism.
All honor to their patriotism,
courage and perfect sense of opportunity!
Men who their duties know
But know their rights, and know
ing dare maintain.
Prevent the leng aimed blow
And crush the tyrant while they
rend the chain:
These constitute a State.
And Sovereign Law, that State's
collected will,
O'er thrones and globes elate
Sits empress, crowning good, re
pressing ill.
Methodists Gather in Annual Meet
ing at Winston-Salem Bishop
Hendrix Presiding Rumors of
Changes.
The Western North Carolina Con
ference of the M. E. Church, South,
met in its twenty-first annual ses
sion at Winston-Salem Wednesday,
Bishop Eugene R. Hendrix, of Kan
sas City, Mo., presiding. The con
ference met at Winston-Salem last
twelve years ago. There are in at
tendance about 400 delegates, in
cluding 225 clerical members of the
conference.
The appointments, always one of
the most interesting features 'of the
conference, will probably be read
next Monday night. There will, of
necessity, be many changes this
year. Fourteen ministers have serv
ed four years, the limit, and must
move by law of the Church. Forty
two are closing their third year, 71
their second year and 102 their first
year.
Twenty years ago the State was
divided into two annual conlereni es.
the North Carolina Conference and
the Western North Carolina Confer
ence, liie statistics given reter to
only hair of the State. The Western
North Carolina Conference has !M1.-
n7 members inclu'ing the minis
ters, its contributions to missions
last year was $ii 1 ,;iS2.,"!( including
the societies of the women and
church extension. The value of the
churches is nearly $2,000,000. Its
college property is valued at $919,-
941.65, with an endowment of $."41,
339.28, with 99 professors and 1,
573 students. The handsome sum
of $124,78fi.37 was spent last year
for churches and parsonages. Char
lotte is the banner district in con
tributions to all purposes, having
raised $75,575.58. Greensboro dis
trict with $66,904.52 and Winston
district with $66,767.75 follow
closely. This year will show
marked growth.
During the year Just closed the
following ministers have died: J
N. Huggins, R. G. Barrett, T. E
Smiley and H. F. Chreitzberg. Me
morial services in their honor will
be held Sunday afternoon.
Reports from Greensboro Female
College, Davenport College and Wea
vervllle College, conference institu
tions, snowed them all to De in a
flourishing condition.
Transfers from other conferences
were announced as follows: C. W.
Byrd, from the Tennessee confer
ence, A. H. Whisner, from the Balti
more conference, and J. J. Barker
and R. E. Hunt from the North
Carolina Conference.
There are twelve young ministers
asking admission into the confer
ence. A committee was appointed yes
terday to consider and report on the
proposed consolidation of the North
Carolina Christian Advocate and the
Raleigh Christian. Advocate, the or
gans of the two North Carolina Con
ferences. There has been more or
less agitation looking to this end for
several years past and there is con
siderable division of opinion as to
its advisability.
Two of the interesting rumors in
connection with the appointments
are that Rev. Plato Durham, pastor
of Central church, Concord, may be i
sent to Atlanta, Ga., or Wilmington
and that Rev. Gilbert T. Rowe, pas
tor of Tryon Street church, Char
lotte, may go either to Memphis,
Tenn., or Atlanta.
Personals and Locals.
Will Celebrate Their Sixtieth Wed
ding Anniversary.
Kings Mountain Herald, 17th.
Mr. and 'Mrs. Wm. M. Randall will
celebrate their 60th wedding anni
versary on December 7th, 1910, at
their home two miles north of G ro
ver, route two. Everybody is invit
ed to come with well-filled baskets.
Murder Near the Gold Mine.
Kings Mountain Herald, 17th.
On Saturday night last at about
12 o'clock, Dave McGill, colored,
shot and killed John Whlsnant, also
colored, about three miles from
town, near the Catawba Gold Mine.
It seems from what can be learn
ed, that these two negroes got into
a dispute over ten cents which one
owed the other and the result was
as stated above.
Officers were notified and blood
hounds were put on the track of the
murderer, -but up to this time he has
not been captured.
Mr. Ernest Fronebrger, ot
Bessemer City, was among yester
day's shoppers in Gastonia.
Mr. Aubrey Costner, of Worth,
was a business visitor to Gastonia
yesterday.
Attorney A. L. Bulwinkle mad
a business trip to Greensboro last
week.
Postmaster Pasonr has had that
lock boxes at the postomce recover
ed with aluminum paint, which
greatly Improves their looks.
Miss Stella Boyd has accepted
a position with the Thomson Mer
cantile Company as saleslady In the
dry goods department.
Miss Ruth Boyce went to Char
lotte yesterday where she will be the
guest for several days of her friend.
Miss Anna Forbes Llddell.
i.Miss Eleanor Reid returned
Wednesday to Winthrop College.
Rock Hill, S. C, after spending a
few days here with her parents.
Prof, and Mrs. J. P. Reid.
Uev. l)r. .1. C. Galloway, pastor
of tlie Associate Reformed Presby
terian church, has been confined to
tiis bed for seeral days suffering
from an attack (if neuralgia.
- The deiailing of an oil car be-
twtin Gastonia and T'.cssenier City
yesterday afte'i,ocn delayed
t.ciigci t.aiiis Nos. 12, 41 and 38
considerablv.
Mrs. 1. N. Davis and her son.
Mr. Boyce Wilson returned last
night from Oklahoma in which
State and Texas they have been
spending the past year or more.
Mr. Henderson Long, of Gasto
nia; Mr. Howard Riddle, of Bethel;
Mr. John Hart, of Yorkville, and Dr.
J. W. Campbell, of Clover, composed
a party which left 'Monday for Cam
den Junction, S. C, on a week's big
hunt.
t.Mr. Robert Harris, an exper
ienced mill man and a most excel- -lent
citizen of Lowell, is filling the
position of superintendent of Lowell
Mills Nos. 1 and 2 in the place of
his father, the late Mr. Cicero Har
ris, who recently met a tragic death.
'Mr. J. T. Tatum, of Norfolk.
Va., has accepted a position witkt
the J. 'M. Belk Company and is 1ft
the dress goods department. Mr.
Frank Walters, of Pineville, has air
so taken a position in the clothing
and men's furnishing departments
with the same firm.
Mrs. W. C. Davis left Monday
for Winston-Salem, going in an auto
with Mrs. P. N. Bailey, her aunt,'
who motored over from the Twin
City. She expects to return to Gas
tonia next 'Monday in the same man
ner and will be accompanied by her
parents, Mr. and Mrs, T. N. Bentoaw
Rev. S. W. Reid. pastor of tha
Associate Reformed Presbyterlaa
church in Atlanta, returned yester
day to his home after spending a
couple of days here with bis broth
ers. Dr. R. M. Reid and Prof. J. P.
Reid. He had been attending Syn
od at Charlotte.
-Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Carson,
since the adjournment of Synod ia
session at Charlotte, have been
spending a few days in the county
with homefolks. They leave today
for their home at Newberry, S. C
where Mr. Carson is pastor of thai
Associate Reformed Presbyteriaa
church.
Four of Lowell's aged citizen
are very seriously ill at their homes,
viz: Mrs. Mary Campbell, who la
past 70 and who ia reported to be at
the point of death; Miss Kate Mil
ler, sister of Mrs. Campbell, who la
also over 70, is very ill; Mrs. Eliza
beth Stewart is reported to be in a
serious condition as is Mr. Robert
Groves, who is about 73 years old.
Their many friends hope far their
speedy recovery, though lealizing
that their ages render hope hat
small in each case.
His numerous friends in hia na
tive county of Gaston will be inter
ested to know that Rev. R. W. Car
soa, who has for the. past threa
years been pastor of ' the Associate
Reformed Presbyterian church at"
Bethany, Miss., has accepted, a call
to the pastorate at Rosemark. Teas...
and is moving this week to hia hw
home. Rosemark is In West- Ttn '
nessee, on the Illinois Central RaJW
way. This mov Is in the nature ef .,
a promotion for Mr. Carson and kls
friends here and elsewhere congrat
ulate him on it.