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tE PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. SINGLE COPY 8 CENTS. f Devoted to tlie Protection of Home and the IntreU of the County. f 1 JSO A YEAR IN ADVA5G9L "'VOL. X2LXII. GASTONIA, N. C. TUESDAY, JANUARY10, 1911. NO. 8. GAZEI ON I A S I OYER GASTON COUNTY. BESSEMER BRIEFS. Correspondence of The Gazette ' . y BESSEMER CITY. Jan. .- The - .entire corpe of teacher In the grad- -ed school ; returned yesterday .and workv was resumed' thls morning." -Miss Amellabel Crawford, who has been detained at her borne near Bel mont for some months, took charge of tier room today to the delight of her pupils. It Is the general opin ion that a very superior grade of . work . Is being done by the superin tendent and teachers of the Bessemer City School.; '"'l'-- ' Dr. 8. B. Turrentlne, of Shelby, Is -expected " here tomorrow to preside -over the quarterly conference of the Methodist church. -Interest" attaches to his coming becaufee.lt Is his first visit here as presiding elder and be- ' -cause he served the Concord, church near here about twenty years ago, Rev. J. . Frank Armstron g, ; pastor .-.of the Methodist , church here, will . Dreach the annual sermon for ,; the Improved Order of , Red Men at Kings Mountain next Sunday after noon at I o'clock, Representatives from all the tribes In the neighbor- In. towns Tare emected and one or more of the State officers of the or der will be present and make short -addresses.. ;' . , - Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Chapman and ' son, Charlie, of. Plauteau, have been visiting Mr Thomas Broyles and family for several days. Mr. Chap roan made a business' trip to Kings Creek," S. C,,' returning here" today, Mr, and Mrs. Pete Hastings, liv ing Just north ot town, wexe sadly bereaved Friday by the 'death of their only daughter a little child of 22 months." Funeral services were con- v ducted from Concord church by Rev J, F. Armstrong Satnrday afternoon and the interment was In the church cemetery. v' Mr. Pete Hastings, Sr., and daugh ter, Claudia May, visited -Mr. Hast Ings' daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Settle "myer, at Chester, S. C.; Saturday, re turning today. Geraldlne, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John H. McDowell,, whose illnes has been "not Ad. was last week carried to a hospital In Rutherfordton for treaf ment.' She has undergone an opera- : tion for appendicitis and is improv ing rapidly. Mr. McDowell spent yesterday, with Mrs. McDowell and . children at the hospital. Mr. S. J. - Durham spent 'most of last week In the Eastern part of the Stat? OH business. Mr. J. T. R..Dameron is ; circulating a petition for 'a bridge across the Catawba river at Sloan's Ferry 5 The citizens here are heart ily in favor of .thejbrldge. Rev. Mr. Hobbs, ' the new pastor of the jBa.p tlst church, is' starting'off well with his work. ..Good 'congregations l at tend the services and considerable . enthusiasm Is being manifested. V BESSEMER ROUTE ONE, NEWS. - . - J . BESSEMER CITY, ROUTE NO. J Jap." 9. A pound supper, was, gven at the home of Mr. and Mrs Michael Bess Saturday night. - A large crowd was present and all report, a fine time. '; - -''';;'- - The little flve-months-old baby of Mr. and Mrs. W, C. least er is quite 111, belng threatened with pneumonia ' -Messrs. Luther Klser and Header "son Clark spent Sunday in Cherry ; vllle. Mr. Charlie Neal, of Cherry- vllle,' purchased a fine horse , from Mr.. H. 8 Sellers'" last' week. After l spending .the," Christmas .holidays with his parents, Mr. and 'Mrs. J. L. Vandyke, Mr. J. P.; Vandyke left Monday. -Messrs. .Albert and Blaln sewers left a lew. days ago for VI r- ginia wW they will work In the . coal mines.Mr. Albert WarlicK spent Sunday at Mr. M. R Baker's. On account of the yery bad weath -. er there was no preaching Sunday at Smyrna church.--There J will .' be , preaching every fourth Sunday: at eleven o'clock at Concord church. The school at Sunnyslde No. 1 has been converted into a graded school. , - Mr, Jesse Caldwell,' of Cherryville, Is' superintendent with Miss Bessie Mc Keown as assistant.?- The school at , ' Sunnyslde No. 2 is making much ; progress under the management of ; Ilss pearl SIpe as teacher. . " : . . . " Bom - . ,' Oa January',- 1911, to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lee Rhode; of New Or 5 leans, La., a daughter. Mrs. Rhodes was formerly MiM Emma Page, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.' J. E. Pager of Gastonla. ' ; : - ' RECITAL FRIDAY NIGHT. Vlolia and Piano Papils of MJts At kins Will Give Public Entertain. ' ment at Central Scbool Aodltor- , At 70Vclock Friday evening in the auditorium of the Central grad ed school the violin ' and' piano pu pils of Miss, Lillian Atkins will give a recital. The public Is cordially In vlted to attend.- - Following Is the program: . ..,". PART FIRST., 1. The Paper Chase, Lawson Earl Groves. ' '- " 'J.-.- Fifth Nocturne, Leybacb Nellie Mauney, - -, 8. A Tone Poem (for violin) Rei ser Robert McLean , 4. The Little Patriot, op. 07 Engelman Harlee Todd. ' , 6. Spring, op, 40, Marks Maude Gray.-" y.rvr '-.'.:' " '-: '. 6. Rondeau Mllitaire (for violin) Mendelssohn Lettie Starnes. 7. Les Sylphes, Bachman May Harry. 8. Caprice (for violin) Ureter Erskine Boyce. 9. Whispering Winds, Wollen haupt Lucy Boyce. PART SECOND 5RCHESTRA. 1. Overture, Sincerity, Barnard. .2. Traum der .Sennerin, op. 45 Labltiky (violin duet, accompani ment by orches-tra) Erskine Boyce and Robert McLean 3. Dixie Beauty, Barron' 4. 5. Kiss of Spring, olfe.' March, On, Wisconsin, Purdy. SMITH-FORD. Popular Y6ung Couple to be Mar ried at Lowell Methodist Church Will Iteside Near Belmont Invitations reading as follows have been received by Gastonla friends of the contracting, parties Mr. D. H. Ford requests the honor of your presence at the marriage of his daughter Mable to Mr. Thomas Smith on the evening of Wednesday, uary eleventh at four o'clock Jan at Lowell 'Methodist .Episcopal Church . Lowell, North Carolina. The groom Is a son of Mr. A. Mur ray Smith, Who lives south of Bel mont, while the bride is the aocom pushed and attractive daughter of Mr. D. Hill Ford, who lves near Lowell. . Immediately following the ceremony at the church tomorrow afternoon the bridal party will drive to the home of the groom's father Mr. A. Murray Smith, where a wed ding supper will be given tomorrow night in honor of the bride - and groom. Mr. and Mrs. Smith will make their home in the' handsome new residence recently erected ' by Mr Smith near Belmont. . : ' X Stockholders Meetinar. The annual meeting of the' stock holders of the Citizens National Bank of Gastonia was held In the of fices of the bank at 11. o'clock this morning. To the old board .of direc tors consisting of Messrs. Andrew E, Moore, C. N. Evans, A. G. Myers, J. M. Sloan and W. T. Love, four new members were added, these being Messrs. T. E. Moore, G. M. Gullick, W. T, Rankin and H. M. Cleveland. The 'reports made to the stockhold ers showed the business of the bank to have been unusually good during the past year. The usual dividend was declared by the directors in De cember. ; After the adjournment of the stockholders the directors met and organized ly electing the same officers under whom the bank . has been so successfully conducted' here tofore, aa follows: -President, An drew E Moore; "Vice-President, C. N, Evans; Cashier,, A. G. Myers. A call was sent out this morning by the Comptroller of the Treasury for a statement of the condition' of national banks Reports of the Gas tonla banks will be .carried 'in the next issue of The Gazette. , -. ' One of the most Important real estate deals in the history of Salis bury was .terminated -Monday "when Dr. Leroy J. Meroney . and ister, Miss Helen R. Meroney, of Philadel phia, relinquished the ownership of the MeroneyTheatrq - and the. fine property passed into the hands of Mr. H. Clay Grubb. the consideration being $65,000. ' .-'A .' '. - THE GENERAL ASSBIBLY. Legislature Asked - i Probe State' Fire Insurance Companies- Re vis- ... . -.' . lonvof Constitution Sought Near. Beer Bill Applies '' to Only One :. .... . . .fc.. . r . . Oounty--T-OHs;r Proceedings. Only brief sessions - of ., both ' the House and Senate were held at Ral elgh yesterday, both bodies adjourn- ing out of respect to the memory of Representative Stewart, .of Mont gomery, countyi who died Sunday, delegation of two Senators and five Representatives was sent -to accom pany the body to Mr. Stewart's late home at Star.N Fjeellng tributes were paid to-the memory of deceased. " Speaker Dowd of the House yes terday announced a number of com- mittees. : A general bill which," it Is propos ed, shall enable any city in the State to adopt the much discussed com mission form of government hasf88- or consolidated with others for been prepared and will be Introduced at once in the House by Mr. R. H Battle, member from Wake county Saturday's sessions were sIbo very brief, the House being in session on ly half ah hour and the Senate twen ty minutes. - Representative A. C. St roup, of Gaston, introduced a bill to regulate the rate of interest so that, by spe cial contract, as hignfas S per 'cent may.be charged Instead of 6 as the maximum. McPhail, of Robeson, in tfoduced a bill to prohibit the sale of cigarettes, cigarette paper' or eubstl tutes therefor. Pace, of-Wake, would require fac tories to keep first-aid medical sup plies. Also make it a misdemeanor for employers to exact- of employes that they do not join labor organ lea tlons. - NEwart, of Henderson,' would pro hibit paying poll tax to Influence vo ters and another bill by Ewart would encourage the sheep "industry, es pecially In Henderson county. In the Senate, McLaughlin, ' of Cumberland offered the expected bill for Hoke county out of portions of Cumberland and Robeson with Rae- ford as the county seat. The Senate received from the Cor poration Commission its report of its investigation of freight rates from Carolina ports Inland In com pliance with a resolution of the 1909 session, the commission ex pressing the opinion that the Caro lina tates are as low or lower than apply in Virginia or South Carolina A resolution passed" the Senate re quiring the United States flag un furled over the State House during the Legislature as well as the State flag. ' ' Quickel, of Lincoln county, intro duced a bill asking for the repeal of the .drainage fon Lincoln and Gaston counties. In the Senate Carpenter, of Gas ton, introduced a bill appointing L, E. Hoover a justice of the peace. Senator J A. Brown, of Columbus who is named by President Vewland of the Senate as chairman of the fi nance committee, declares his Inten tion to go in for a material reforma tion in the North Carolina method of tax assessment with a view to equal Izing taxation among the counties and ridding the State of the forty eight pauper counties," Jso called because they receive from'the State for schools and other purposes more money than they pay into the state treasury in taxes. He proposes to undertake getting through the Leg islature an y act tnat win create a separate State tax commission, re lieving -the corporation commission of this duty, and requiring of this commission that it equalize taxation by counties. He -would have'' the commission , completely removed from politics, possibly appointed by the Governor. " He has thought of having It named by the5 Governor, the president of the Senate and --the Speaker of the House. Anyway he would have no strings tied to It that would hamper It In Its dealing out absolute equity in equalisation of tax - assessments. He ' would have these commissioners confer at the beginning of each assessment period with the county authorities, meeting the officers of the groups of counties la: convenient, railroad centers and explain just what Is expected -of them in the light of existing conditions. And he" would clothe them with final authority to. say. Just what the as sessments must be. " Where there are Ifferences' between' the . property owners and . the local asserors ; he would have appeals go on to an in termediate ooara composed of . say five men one from each of a group of Ove counties. In this way no one county could be left alone to "jug gle" its assessments so as to deprive the State of Its equitable share of revenue. Alter this composite board (has passed on the , differences .the state tax commission would have final say as to all assessments In all counties, Mr. Brown declares that he sees no reason why Buncombe county, for instance, should hare her farm lands assessed at $17 ?er act and Robeson county, one of the big gest agricultural counties In the State, assessed at only $6. And he sees no reason why. counties like Cumberland, Chatham, Henderson and others forty-eight in all. ac cording to the reports of the State Treasurer and the State tax commis sion should be a burden to the oth er progressive counties. They had best be glvea to some other State, he economy In operating expenses. Representative Stubbs, of Martin Imparted to the House proceedings the legislative feature of the day by the introduction of a bill providing a constitutional convention far North Carolina, composed as is the House of Representatives, to change the constitution which is, the bill de clares, "in many particulars unsult ed to the wants and conditions of our people." The bill provides for vote in the general election of 1912 and if "convention" is voted it shall convene in Raleigh on the first Mon day in May, 1913 A joint resolution by Koonce, of Onslow, Is a close second in Import ance, being for a court of inquiry of three from the House and two from the Senate with all the powers of court to investigate the conduct of fire insurance companies in ' North Carolina. This Is along the Uqe of the recommendation of Governor Kltchln as to fire Insurance legislation Koonce appealed for his bill to be put on Immediate passage, but there was decided objection to passing bills without reference to committee and it went to committee. General Carr was also refused consent to put on Immediate passage his bill to enable Trinity College to own more property, especially so that It can receive aid in rebuilding the administration building burned this week. The Senate received from the House a bill passed yesterday prohib iting near-beer saloons in Macon county, It having been first reported as. applying to the whole State. Sen ator Brown, in objecting to immedi ate passage, declared that there was such an overwhelming sentiment ev ident in the Assembly for such an act as to the entire State that he ad vised holding the Macon bill in com mittee until this was done, or at least acted upon. This course was taken. Two bills In the Senate of general interest were by Senator Fisher, of Polk, favoring New Orleans for the Panama canal celebration, and by Holden, of Franklin, ratifying the sixteenth amendment to the Federal constitution. A bill by Battle, of Wake, would reduce peremptory challenges by de fendants from 23 to 9, give the State" 7, and empower Judges to summon Jurors from adjoining counties when deemed expedient Mr. Burton Craige, of the Salis bury bar and one of the . ablest young lawyers In the State, has Jujst been appointed special counsel for the American Tobacco Company with headquarters at Winston-Salem where the R: J. Reynolds branch .is located. His salary Is $10,000 a year. . Judge Lamar, of Georgia, appoint ed a United States Supreme Court Justice by President Taft, is a sec ond cousin of the notable L G.C. Lamar,. of MississlppLwho was ap pointed to the court by President Cleveland in 1888, and who served there until his death In 1893. Mrs. H. O. Bannister and-her 17- months-old child were found dead In the bath room of their home In Ral eigh Saturday. .Death was due to asphyxiation, the result of an im proper attempt to light an instanta neous gas heater: Mr. Bannister li manager of the Western Union tele- graph-ogJieat Raleigh.. , -K ' Mr. W. A. Gardner, of Lowell.' route two, wasjn Gastonla on buslj ess Saturday. TO INSTALL OFFICERS. Local Knights of Pythias . to Have Honse-WarningM in Their "New Hall Next Monday Nighfc-'-Grand Chancellor McCauseland and Oth ; er Prominent Pythlans to be Pre ' eat and Participate. Next Monday night will be one of unusual interest to the Pythlans of Gastonla and Gaston county as at that time the local lodge, no. 63. will make the regular semi-annual Installation of officers the occasion for a "houBe-warming" in its hand some new hall on the fifth floor of the ReaKy building. At the regular weekly meeting last night the pro gram for this occasion was com pleted and Is given below. Invita tions will be issued to the several lodges in the county to attend and every member of the local lodge will be given a special Invitation to come and bring with him a friend, pre ferably a lady. A special feature of the evening will be the presence of Grand Chan cellor A. E. McCauseland, of Char lotte, who will Install the officers and who will also deliver the principal address or toe evening. Lignt re-, freshments will be served and every thing will be informal, no full dress will be expected. Following is the program: 1. Address of Welcome by Rev, W. H. Hardin, Chancellor Com mander. 2. Response to Address of Wel come by Major J. G. Balrd, of Char lotte, editor of The Carolina Pyth ian. 3. Address, "Pythlans In Gaston County," by Mr. A. G. Mangum. 4. Address, "The Lodge and Our Wives," by Mr. S. J. Durham. 5. Address. "The Good of the Order," by Mr.? George W. Wilson. 6. Address, "Pythlanism In North Carolina," by Mr. A. E. McCause land, of Charlotte, Grand Chancellor of the Domain of North Carolina. 7. Installation of Officers, con ducted by Grand Chancellor Mc Causeland. The following committees were ap pointed t last night's meeting: To meet visitors Messrs. G. H. Marvin, R. B. Babingtoa, J. W. Atkins: re freshments Mr. E. N. Pegram and Miss Marie Hardin, Mr. R. L. Adams and Miss Bertha Long. Music will be furnished by Miss Lillian Atkins' Orchestra. FOUGHT , TO A FINISH. Tigsr and Crocodile In a Battle In the Wat.p. , In India a native went to bathe In a ravine. He was in the water up to bis neck when a tiger ou the bill above gave a leap toward its prey. But the tiger had not calculated that, since his victim was much lower than himself, a leap of the right strength for a horizontal range would carry him far beyond hi mark: consequent ly he fell some ten feet on the other side. Now. it happened that a hungry croc odile was at the same time drawing a bee line under water toward the na tive. - When the crocodile had almost come upon his prey he beard a Bplaab JnstMn front and made a dash, bring ing bis enormous-jaws down on the tiger's paw. The bather nearly fainted with fright when he huw the tiger fall Into the water, and for a few moments be could not understand why the crea ture did not devour him. Why did he persist In keeping one of his paws un der water, beating savagely with the otherj. And the water turned red! Then ail at onre th assaults of the tiger became more furious, and bin growls developed iuto roars. The huge tail of a crocodile reared up out of the water. The obvious intention was to pull the tiger under water and drown blm. and the tljrer. understand ing this purpose, tried to frustrate It by beating the snout of the crocodile wun nis otner paw, But rne snoui was too far down, and be left much of his force on the surface of the wa ter, nis struggles became more and more feeble, and at length be disap peared altogether, only a cluster .of bubbles remaining to show where he bad been. . ; ' . ' - His fight, however, bad been a game one. not entirely in vain. Tor wnen the bodies of the two beasts finally fame to the surface It was seen that the. tiger had literally torn away the whole front of the crocodile's face and had blinded it so that Its victory was a useless one. Chicago Record-Herald, r-Messra. Dane "S. Rhyne, Irvin Lewis and Eubert Ratchford left yesterday for ' Rutherfordton. to re sume their studies in the Westmin ster School. '. MRS. L A. MASON DEAD. Y Widow of Late Col. L. A. Maaoa Passes Away at v Home' of Her Son In Salisbury Body . Brought to Dallas for Burial, the Funeral N Being Held There Saturday, Mts. -Rebecca ' -McLean ; Mason widow of the late Col. L. A. Mason, during his life one of Gaston coun ty's distinguished, citizens and who died about three years ago, passed away Friday morning at 3:15, a. m. at the home of her son, Mr. John Craig Mason, in Salisburyfollowing an illness of some time. Her body was brought to Gastonla on No 11 Friday and taken to Dallas where' In terment was made Saturday morn-, lng, following funeral services which were held at the Presbyterian church at 11 o'clock. Rev., R. C. An derson, pastor of-the First .Presby terian church, Gastonia, officiating. Rebecca McLean Craig , was a daughter of Samuel M. and Mary Pe gram Craig, of . Gaston county, and was born September 14, 1842,, and was hence in her sixty-ninth year. She was married to the late Col. L. A. -Mason, of Dallas, In April, 1877. The following children survive, vis: Mr. John Craig Mason, of Salisbury; Mrs. Mary Pegram Sandlfer, of Dal las, and Mary Stowe Mason. Shej was the step-mother of Mr. O. F. Mason, of Dallas. Since the death of her huiband three years ago aha has made her home alternately at Salisbury and Dallas with her chil dren. ." Deceased was a life-long member of the Presbyterian church to which she was ever loyal. She had host of friends' to whom the news of her death will bring sorrow. To Establish Truck Farm. " Mr. C. S. Brown, of Florence! S." C, recently purchased some: land) from Mr. jWBojMl on route one, Gastonla, and will establish thereon a truck farm. It will be known as the Gaston Vegetable and Seed Farm with C. S. Brown & Col as proprietors. In addition to rais ing truck this farm will operate ft hennery from which they- expect to furnish quite a good many eggs to the local market. Mr, Brown's plan ' la to market his products through, the local dealers In preference to peddling them. Having had exper ience in this line of business both la Maryland and South Carolina, Jlr Brown is well qualified to operat. such a farm here. That he will find T ready market for afl hlr products) is aioregone conclusion. ' In fact there has long been a very patent need of just such a farm near Gas tonla. Gaston needs more men who will make specialty of this class of farming and'will welcome Mr. Brown , and his associates. A year ago Mr. Brown visited this section and was ' so pleased both with the prospects for such a business as he wished to establish and with" ' the salubrious climate that he decided then that he would settle here and make, Gaston his iicTue in the future. . .' .: ;,', Elopers Arrested. J. Wf Gurley and Isabelle Johnson. re arrested at the Old Mill thin morning by patrolman T. N. Wil liams upon Information from the Branch DetwttvA Amir'.inf --.- - - O , w lotte, that Gurley was wanted it that place on a charge of seduction , A ' reward of $25 was offered for his ar rest. The couple had been living at the Old Mill as man and wife for about three weeks," and the girl claims that they were Tegularly jnar- rled. A representative of the Branch agency came" to Gastonia at noon to day and will either take the couple back to Charlotte, or If necessary. bring charges on which Gurley can. be tried here. It Is said that Gurler has a wife living, whom he deserted to elope with the Johnson girl, . Attended Uncle's Funeral, - : The following item Is from the Pineville correspondence of Satur day's Charlotte Chronicle.: "Mr J. A Thrower, of the village, was sum moned last week to AIL Holly to at tend the funeral of. his uncle, Mr, Nathan Thrower, who died very sud denly at his home at that place. Mr, Thrower, had retired the night be fore. In , his usual, health, but waa found dead. the nexT morning when one of the family called him for breakfast. He had numerous "rela tives, and many friends la Plnevil where he formerly lived."' ' u ...
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