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) I 7 IA -GAZETTE. V PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK TUESDAYS AND FIUDAT8. INGLE COPY 8 CENTS. Devoted to the Protection of Horn and the Interests of the Court?.': flJSO A YEAR IN ADVANCE. VOL. TTXIT. VGASTONIA, K.1 a TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1011. NO. 83. GAS ON BESSEMER BRIEFS. 'V Graded ' Schools Close With Excel- -v lent Exercfcee Lively Contest lnf Municipal Election Clilld Badly , Injured in Mill. - ; - Correspondence of The Gazette, BESSEMER CITYf -May 2. -The ' closing exercises of the Bessemer City graded schools Saturday night -were attended toy an Immense crowd that' filled. verv avaUahta inrh ' vf . . vpace la the opera house. ' , The ex . - orclses opened with prayer by Rev.' : n. iodds ana arier muaio ana a recitation diplomas were presented to the graduating class of ten toy Rev. J. FranJc Armstrong. This was ,v followed by the presentation of a numoer or prizes offered for pro- - Hciency In reading, spelling, etc.. , the speech of presentation toeing made by Rev. R. P. CaldwelL The valedictory address toy Mr. Willlant Ray Wolfe and two rather elaborate , plays concluded the exercises. The Annual sermon Sunday morning by Rev. R. L. Patterson, of Charlotte, ' was thoroughly enjoyed by a large congregation. The faculty, except- . lng Supt. D. C. Johnson and Miss Anna Wllkins, accompanied by a number of young people, spent yes terday at the historic Kings Moun tain "battleground. Bessemer City had a" municipal election yesterday that attracted considerable attention. The ticket " headed toy J. E. Dixon won out by a good majority. The new tooard of .aldermen is composed of J. E. DIx on, D. M. Arrowood, D. K. Tate. M j P. Whltwortb, W. O. Caldwell, Sam Smith and W. A. Allen. These will elect a mayor to succeed Dr. R. E Garren. . . 'Bishop Horner conducted services at the Episcopal church Sunday , night. The little seven-year-old child of ' Mr. and Mrs. J. ;W. Bradford came near meeting a horrible death in the - picker room of the , Vermont Mills - Wednesday night. ..Walking too close to the pickers the machinery caught and drew both hands Into its cruel vise. Before the machinery , could be stopped one hand and arm were badly mangled and will in all probability result in the necessity ' for amputation. The large bone In the other arm-was toroken but oth- , erwlse not injured. - 'Long Shoab Items. ; Correspondence of The Gazette. LONG SHOALS, May 1. Mrs. G. . H. Huffman died at her home near here last Friday night and was burled at Plsgah M.'E. Church. Mesdames Hunter . Mauney and James Putnam spent Tuesday with Mrs. MertiRudisill . - : Mr. Henry Kale and Miss Delia Goynes surprised their friends last Saturday evening when they, drove ' to Llncolnton and were married. Miss Emma Sullivan spent a few days this week with her sister, Mrs. D.-A. Rudislll. Quite a number of our young people attended a. box v supper-at Southslde Saturday night. 'Miss Christine SholL of Shelby, spent last week with MlsseeVenia and Emma Lee '; Carpenter. Mr. Henry Kiser and daughter. Miss El la, spent Saturday and Sunday In Bessemer City. Rev. M. L. Carpen ter is in TaylorsvUle attending the Lutheran conference. .Mr. Arthur Summey and sister; Miss Ltila, spent . Saturday and Sunday In Dallas. Death of Rev. Noah H. Moss. ' Shelby Highlander, 29th. Rev. Noah H. Moss, a Baptist - minister, died last week, at his home sear Cherryville. He was 99 yean of age, and died of heart trouble. . Rev.-A. C. Irvln conducted the fun eral services at "ML Zlon church on April lfith. He was. born and rear ed near Waco, and has Jeft a good record as a citizen and - Christian. An .aged widow and two children survive.-. ',; ;V ""V' (: Paris retains its position as the third largest city in the world. Lon don is first and New Yorluiecond. The population of the French capi- ' . : ' tal IS Z.846.V86. V - v McAdenviUe Matters. Correspondence of The Gazette. . McADBNVILLE, April 29. Mr. R. , R. Ray returned home Sunday from New York . and Philadelphia after spending several days In those cities on business. Mr. and Mrs. George L. Wright and sister, Miss Jennie Wright, were Gastonia shop pers last Friday. Mrs. John -B. Be thune and daughter, Miss Madge, of Charlotte, and son, John, of Sa vannah, Ga., visited relatives here Sunday. Miss Daisy. Hail and Mrs. J. C. Cobb left Thursday night for their home at Chany, Ga. Mrs. R. R. Ray visited her daughters, Mes- dames L. N. Glenn and A. M. Dixon, in Gastonia this week. Miss Cora Mauney returned Thursday from Durham where she attended the State convention of the Daughters of . Liberty as a delegate from' this place. Prof. J. L. Webb Is teaching a singing school at High Shoals. Mrs. W. E. Roberts spent Saturday and Sunday In Bessemer City with her sister, Mrs. T. A. Stewart. Mrs. Robert Barnhill is visiting rel atives in Salisbury this week. Mr. J. R. Antler, of Lennlr. rvont Run. day here with friends. Mr. Foney Bradshaw Is at the City Hospital, Gastonia. for an operation for ap pendicitis. Mr. James Sanders, of Danville. Va., is here this week vis iting relatives. ELECTION CALLED OFF. County Board of Education Dec That Election for Special School Tax Is UnneCMaarv Hrhnnl Fonda Will be Sufficient Under New Assessment and New State Law. Gastonia, N. C, May 1.. 1911. To the Citizens of Gaston County: For some years the tooard of edu cation has been sorely pressed for funds to meet the ever increasing demands of the county schools. Year after year there has been a de ficit to toe carried by the personal endorsement of the -members of the tooard. At length It was decided to ask for an additional tax to relieve the situation. A bill was prepared under the board's supervision call ing an election for May 13. The legislature passed this bill on Feb ruary 2. After Its passage the gen eral school fund of the State was in creased from 18 cents to 20 cents on the one hundred dollars valuation of property.. : Still later the machin ery act virtually placed the. assess ment of property in the hands of the corporation commission. '. The coun ty assessor and bis assistants met at the county seat onf Friday. ADrI128. and declared for. a 40 per cent in crease in real values throughout the county." -As soon as the members of the school board heard of this ac tion' of the assessors a "meeting was eaiiea to consider the situation. It was the unanimous opinion of the members present, that a 20 cents tax on the Increased valuation would supply the needed funds for the county schools. Under these cir cumstances it was deemed best to call off the election as far as the board of education has authority to do so. It is, therefore, suggested to the friends of education 'throughout the county1 that they refrain from voting and allow, the election to go toy default. ' - - THE COUNTY BOARD pF EDUCA TION. '.-.;.'-'..:'.,.--. Governor Wilson to Make a Four- . '. Weeks Speaking Tour. v ; . Trenton; N. J April 30. Oov. Wood row .Wilson will cleave Prince-1 ton next Wednesday afternoon for a four weeks' speaking tour of the Western and Pacific Coast States. Hi itinerary 'includes Kansas City. Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco. Berkeley. Portland, Seattfe,. MlAne-; spoils and St. Paul. Lincoln and Chicago. .! . y- ' ' - All through the spring the Gover nor has beeh receiving Invitations from organizations and admirers in , the West to visit and address1 them. He has; It is said, declined invita tions from purely political or parti san toodies. It is said he will dis cuss political Issues on the triponly In a toroad, non-partisan sense. . -DALLAS SCHOOLS CLOSE. Successful Session Ends With Exer- r cises by High School' Students--- Ten Graduate Contests for Prises. - On$ of he most successful years in the history of the Dallas graded schools . came to an end last njght when an interesting program was rendered by pupils of the "high school department. " One feature of the exercises was a recitation con test engaged In by nine young la dies for a prize of $5. The Judges divided the prize between Miss Bes sie Rhyne and Miss Mary ' Webb. Another most interesting feature of the program consisted of two plays which were rendered with a display of unusual talent on the part of the young people participating Yesterday afternoon there was a declamation contest participated in by eight boys of the high school de partment, the prize toeing $5. 'Mr Edward Smith was the winner.' The art exhibit' by the pupils of Miss Lowry Shuford yesterday afternoon was attended toy quite a large num ber of people. Miss Shuford's claBS has done most excellent work the past year and many of the pro ductions exhibited called forth ex pressions of praise and commenda tion from the public This year's graduating class was composed of eight girls and two boys. v,. 'Principal M. S. Beam and his able faculty have had a most successful year from every standpoint. The i faculty Is composed of Misses Mabel mviA Xr -f -1 n..i i i .... . buu muirei ouiwmaie, jussie Wilson Marion Miller and Clara Patrick Gaston's Population. Following are the official census figures for the county, the first col umn showing population in 1910, the second the 1900 figures: Cherryville township 4328 3737 Cherryville town..;! 1153 1008 Crowders Mtn. T..... 4382 3510 Bessemer City town.. 1529 1100 East Kings Mountain town 383 Dallas township .... 4584 2885 Alexis town vll0 92 Dallas towfl ....... 1065 ' 814 Hardin Mills town..., 230 205 Gastonia township. ,. .12,86 7708 Gastonia town..... 5759 4610 River Bend T. ....... 4581 4382 Mtn. Island town .... 347 450 Mt. Holly town .... 526 630 Stanley town .321 441 South Point T. 7170 , 6674 Belmont town ' 1176 145 Lowell town',.....". 876 290 McAdenvllle town . . v 983 1144 Gaston county ....37,063 27,903 A Gem. Fayettevllle Index. , Rev. T. W Chambliss, who re cently resigned the pastorate of Wadesboro Baptiat church, is a cor respondent of The Charlotte Observ er and contributes a great deal of Interesting matter to the columns of that paper. Here Is a paragraph from his pen that Is a gem: "One great trouble with ; the American youth Is that he Is after an easy 'Job.' No drudgery Is want edToo many young men are un willing to begin at the bottom and learn the details of the' business and yet there is no reaching the top un til the rounds have been climbed one by onev . It is strangely true that many of the biads of departments In the great - department stores of this country are foreigners they were willing to start at the bottom and learn tlw business along , the way and they were competent, to be placed in charge. The young man must be willing to plod and dig. If he is thus willing it will not toe long before place and power seek him." .-; -, .... U-;. .-'. ' The third national peace congress will convene in Baltimore tomorrow for a four-days session. . , -Miss Ha Mason died last week at her home in States ville from pella- gra. ' y. ;. Dr. Leouidas C. Taylor, the oldest Mason' in North Carolina, died Sun day at his home in Oxford, aged 87 years. . . .-v;". '; THE CITY ELECTION. . Was About the Quietest Affair of Its .- Kind Ever Pulled Off Here Old Officers. An ' ; Re-Elected , Will Qualify To-Morrow Night.' . ' About the quietest thing ; in the shape of a municipal election pulled on in Gastonia In many years was the one held yesterday. Only 111 votes were cast. 7 The old board of .aldermen and school -commissioners had been unanimously nominated for re-election and there was no op position . whatever. No campaign was waged at all and this, of course, accounts for the very light vote. The ticket elected was as fol lows: ' ' , ' .Mayor T. L. Craig. , ' Aldermen: Ward No. 1 J. O. White. Ward No. 28. M. Morris. Ward No. 3 A. fi! Elliott. Ward No. 4 C. L. Chandler. Wpd No. 5 A. M. Dixon. Ward No. 6 J. H. Separk. Ward No. 7 John O. Rankin. School Commissioners: Ward No. 1 B. F. S. Austin. Ward No. 2 A. M. Smyre. Ward No. 3 S. Settlemyer. Ward No. 4 T. M. Mclntlre. Ward No. 5 S. N. Boyce. Ward No. 6 D. E. McConnell, Ward No. 7 J. P. Reld. Tomorrow night the newly elect ed officials will meet at the city hall and take the oath of office for the ensuing two years. ' The first regu lar meeting of the city council will be held next Tuesday night. Yesterday's vote was as follows: For mayor and aldermen. 111; for school commissioners, 109. His many friends will be pleas ed to learn that Mr. George A. Jen kins, who has been confined at the City Hospital yf or the past five or six weeks, has recovered sufficiently to return to his home. He left the hospital yesterday. Today's municipal election at Kings Mountain Is altogether differ ent from the one held here yester day. There are two tickets In the field there one headed by Air. C. A. Dilllng for mayor and the other toy Dr: J. G. Hord for mayor. The con test Is a spirited one and has elicit ed considerable interest on the part of the voters. Capt. and Mrs. J. F. Roberts and child arrived this morning from sneiby, -Capt. Roberts coming to participate In the First Regiment rifle contests here this week. Mrs Roberts and child will be the guests while here of Miss Mamie Cabaniss Mr. Claude Thompson, who has been here for the past two or three weeks with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Thompson, recuperating from an operation, returned yester day to Greenville,' S. C. He expects to resuume his run on the road within the next ten days. , County Board of Health. There will be a meeting at the court house here next Monday of the new county board of health at which time this board will formally organize, elect a county superintend ent of health and transact any other business that may come up at that time touching 'health conditions in the county. Under the new law the cotfnty board of health is composed or the chairman of the .tooard of county commissioners, the mayor of the county seat town, the -county su perintendent of education and two physicians who are chosen by the first three named. Dr. R. M- Reid and tor. J. M. Sloan are the physi cians chosen to membership on the board for the ensuing term. TAR HEELS LOSE DEBATE. Decided for Virginia Saturday Night Talked on Income Tax. ' Charlottavllle. Va.. April 29. The University of Virginia debating team : tonight scored a victory over the team of the University of North Carolina in a debate on the income tax amendment to the Federal con stitution. .W, T, Joyner and W. A. Pees composed the Carolina' team. while Lewis Tyree and M. L. Levy represented Virginia. , Dr. ; Charles A. Smith. Roosevelt orofesaor at Ber lin during the wlnter,v presided and the Judges were Dr. Robert B. Ful ton, Dr. R. T. Kerlln and Charles S. Churchill. ' 'v,v. ;.V;: It. is stated that Nicholas' Long- worth, ex-President Roosevelt's son-in-law, may be appointed to a posi tion in the foreign, diplomatic serv ice, possibly as ambassador '-:-"i.v .::, to Ber- Ha. Coiurt? FATHERS SESSION. Regular Monthly Meeting Yesterday atad To-Day Sheriff's Final Set . tlement Being Made To-Day v Other. Matters of Business Trans- ' acted. The board of county commission ers met in regular monthly session for 'May at the court house yester day morning and are In session again ' today. Today's session Is taken up largely with the report and final settlement with the bondsmen of the late Sheriff Shuford who have had charge of the collection of tax es since his death. Below Is the report of yesterday's transactions, with the exception of bills audited and ordered paid These will appear Friday: Thomas Farrls was released of doutole tax on poll and allowed to pay single tax. Silas .Moore, colored, was releas ed of double tax -and allowed to pay single tax. Mrs. F. A. Barnes was released of tax on $400 worth of real estate. Gastonia outside, account 1909 tax es. The sheriff was ordered to Issue license to Forrest Nop to peddle. George Foster, colored, was re leased of poll tax. .Dan Harrison, colored, was re leased of double tax on poll. John Ayers, colored, was released of double poll tax. ., , E. M. Oxenham was released from double tax as charged and allowed to pay single tax. J. F. Stroup was exempted from paying poll .tax on account of phys-' leal Infirmities. jonn uuiiicK, colored, was re leased of double tax and charged with single tax. John Mlllen was declared an out side pauper and allowed 6 per quarter with S. M. Wylle as agent. Joe Williams, colored, was re leased of double poll tax and allow ed to pay single tax. W. T. Watts, Gastonia. was al lowed to peddle without license, ac count toeing an ex-Confederate sol dler. Mrs. M. A. Mason was released of tax on 156 acres of land, Gastonia township,, charged in two townships The Farmers ft Merchants Bank or Stanley, was released of tax on $1000 erroneously charged. , Noah Mason, colored, was releas ed of poll tax, being over age. J. H. Stllwell was released of doutole tax on poll. Carl Finger was exempted from paying poll tax on account of phys ical Infirmities, 'v It was ordered that the report of rMessrs.0. G. Falls and F. P. Hall a committee, appointed to adjust the treasurer's salary; and other Joint expenses, be accepted and ap proved. The petition of J. R. Rogers and others for the continuation of the macadam road from Rutledge's to Lucia was continued, until the mat ter of roads Is again taken up. M. C.Ca8h was released of taxes account Dallas graded schools. ' Jim 'Davis, colored, was released of double tax and allowed to pay single tax. ? w. in. iavis was. appointed as sistant assessor for Gastonia city in lieu of R. M. Johnston who failed to qualify. Commercial Club Smoker. On Thursday evening of this week. beginning at 8:30 o'clock, a smoker will toe given by the Commercial Club in its club rooms complimen tary to the officers' and enlisted men of the v North Carolina National Guards who will toe here attending the rifle meet. It is expected that all . members of the club will be on hand to greet the .visitors and give them a hearty welcome to Gastonia. The occasion will doubtless be an unusually pleasant one and will toe attended toy . a large number of the visiting guardsmen from all the im portant towns and cities . of : the western, part of the State. Three men were killed and six in ured when the engine of a Penn COUNTY FATHERS IX sylvania train Jumped the track at Dayton? Ohio.' 7Y';- :: iv"'": T' EARLY CLOSING. v Movement to Close Dry Goods Stores and Other Establishments at 0 p. m. Through Summer Months Maa 1 lug Good ' ; Progress Committee L , of Woman's Betterment Assort. ', tion in Charge of Matter. . . As mentioned in the columns or The Gazette some .weeks ago the woman's Betterment ' Association. , through a committee of its mem- . bers, is engaged in the very lauda- , ble movement of bringing about an agreement between the merchants '' of the town, especially the dry goods , and clothing stores and other estab ments of a similar character, to fix ' the hour of closing at 6 p. m. every evening during the summer months, y excepting Saturdays. This custom has been followed heretofore and gives the clerks., tooth ladles and men, their evenings for rest and enjoyment during the summer months, while there is no loss to the merchants and no Incon venience to the customers, as all -:.J purchases can easily be made early -enough In the day or afternoon to - v permit of six o'clock closing. ' The following Is a list of the tousU' . ' nesa houses which have signed the agreement so far: Thomson Mercantile Co. .'. v Swan-Slater Co. .' ' 'Morris Bros. . f Gastonia Clothing Co. ' Robinson Shoe Co. , , . " '' Long Bros. D.: L. LeboviU. - Torrence Morris Ce. I H. M. VanSIeen. - J. -M. Belk Co. t The Wetzell Co. ri v Padgett Bros. ' A. B. CNell. r - ' ' Gastonia Hardware Co. ' Standard Hardware Co. .. " v.- H. Schneider. , , i Gastonia Bargain House. J '. f " J. D. Morton. It is intended only to Include lxn the agreement the. dry goods and ' clothing stores, and establishments 4 which handle any of the same goods ' as are handled by them. The rural- ture stores are not included. It will be seen that the above list includes) all but one of the dry goods stores ' ' and th commlttAA fiavinr th m mat ter in charge hope 'to succeed 'la putting the agreement into effect ' within the next few days. ' ' y RUTHERFORD COMMENCEMENT. Exercises Take Place Blay 7-10 Annual Literary Address toy Dr. W. P. Few The Program. The Gazette scknowjedges with ; thanks an invitation to the conw mencement exercises of Rutherford! ' College, reading as follows: The, Faculty and Students" , , , ; - of . . . , Rutherford College . ' Invite you to be present at their ' Annual Commencement ' Exercises May the seventh to tenth . nineteen W hundred and eleven' , ' College Auditorium . v Rutherford College, North Carolina. j The program is as follows: Sunday, May 7. 8:00 p. m.C Ser mon to Y. M. C A.' and Y. W. C. A . Rev. James Braxton Craven, Presi- dent'. Davenport - College..4 Lenoir. North Carolina, i ' , Monday, May 8, 8:00 p. ,m.. An- ' nual Concert. ' ' Tuesday, May 9, 11:00 a. m.. An-' ; nual Sermon, Rev. William A. Lam beth, Pastor West End ' Church. Wlnrton-SalemV North Carolina. ' - - Tuesday, May. 9 3 p. m. Decla- matlons. - '.':;"?: - 't. f-,'.'v-':".i'f.- Tuesday, May 9, 8:00 p. m.. In- tersoclety Debate. ; Wednesday, May 10. 11:00 a. m.. Literary Address, Dr. William Pres ton Few, President Trinity College. Durham, 'North Carolina.' Wednesday, May 10, 3:00 n. Alumni Address, Rev. ' li. Bergw - ' Abernethy, Pastor Canton' Station. Canton, North Carolina. Wednesday May 10. 8:00 n. Dramatic Play, ; ; Marshals: George Henry Yow. Junior, V Chief; . , Platonic Clifton Pitts, George Weathershee, E. J. Kanipe. Rock Johnson. J. C. Wlden- house. ' v Newtonian! James KendalL Hen ry M, Ware. Panl Jones, E. L. Kirk. Ivey Poole. . ; ' . A Pullman sleeping car on tha Atlantic Coast Line was burned last Thursday near Rocky Mount. J. P. Prebsten, of New York, "was burnei to death. Two Others were severelj1 burned.,."' ' :' -1-