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DMA G liE 1L Jl-'JUU PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. :SDfGLE COPY 3 CENTS. GASTONIA IS A BUSY TOWN. $1.50 A YEAR IS ADVANCE. YOU XXXII GASTONIA, W. C. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1911. NO. 78. FARMERS TO MEET RUNS INTO OPEN SWITCH GAST AS RJIYNE-MOORE. Mr. O. P. Rhyne and Miss Ladle . Moore Surprise Their Friends by - Getting Married Will Lire In - Baltimore Where the . Groom la ' , Doing Postgraduate Work at Johns ' Hopkins Stanley News Items, ' Correspondence of The Gazette. STANLEY. Sept. 28. A wedding of great surprise and Interest was the one which culminated at the home of Mr. a,nd Mrs. Jacob Jen iins yesterday morning at 7 o'clock when their grand daughter, Miss Lu etic Moore, became the bride of Mr. O. P. Rhyne. Only the nearest rel atives being present to witness the ceremony which, In the absence o( the bride's pastor, was performed by Rev. R. H. Cline. Immediately af ter the wedding the happy couple were driven to Gastonia where they boarded Southern train 'No. 36 for Lynchburg,. Va. They will visit the bride's aunt. Mrs. P. L. Earp, for -a few days, then go to Baltimore, Md., where the groom is taking a special course in German at Johns Hopkins University. The bride Is the oldest daughter of Mr. C. J. Moore and has been making her home with her grand parents for the past few years. Al though yet in her teens sbe is a bright and accomplished young lady and has a sweet disposition, was quite a favorite with her girl frleids and was never more lovely and girl ish looking than in ber tan traveling suU with hat and gloves to match. The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. RhyneJ of Gastonia, and is a young man of great ability; having graduated at Lenoir College, Hickory, and the University of North, Carolina where he had the A. M. de gree conferred upon. him. He vas principal of the school here two years ago. Rev. R. H. Cline returned Sunday from Shenandoah. Va., accompanied by his two sons, Messrs. Thomas and Carl Cline, of Monroe, who spent the day here. Mr. J. M. Reinhardt has recently purchased a new Max well touring car. Mr. and -Mrs. W. T. Walker are packing up prepara tory to moving back to Illinois. M!ss Ethel Hales left Monday for McAdenville where she is one of the teachers in the graded school. The Stanley Mercantile Company will have their millinery opening Friday and Saturday, the 6th and 7th of next week. Miss Anna Bogan, of Wlngate, will arrive next week from the J. B. Ivey & Co's. whole sale house, Charlotte, to take charge of the department. Correspondence of The Gazette. IRON STATION, Sept. 25. Miss Addle Rendieuian, of Bessemer City, spent Sunday here with ner par-, ' ents. Mrs. Frank Cooper and chil dren, of Charlotte, are the guests of Mrs. Cooper's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Relnhard:. Mr. au of Charlotte, -,cct Liiuday he;.. Mr. and Mrs. James Mullen spent ' the week-end with relatives near Machpelah. Mr. and Mrs. E. i. Rhyne and son visited relatives m 'Hoyle's Creek section Sunday. ' Miss Eva Delllnger went to Durham last week to teach school. Mr. Jones Rudfcill and bride, of Cliff- side, are spending a few days with i Mr. Rudlslll's parents, Mr. and Mrs. I L. M. Rudisill. on route one. Miss Mary Belle Hoffman went to Ashe 1 .vllle. last week' to" enter school. Mr. J. M. Hallmn is spending a few 'days on his farm near Maiden. Mrs. ' Jane Erson and little Miss Francis Delllnger, of Derr, sisited Mr, and V M". - John Delllnger last week. Mr. D. A. Troutman made a business : trip to Denver today. Mr. and Mrs. . R. C. Goode are in Charlotte shop ' ping. Dallas, Route 1, News. .'Correspondence of The Gazette. DALLAS, Route. X, Sept. 28. An Important deal in real estate was : made In this section the first of this week when Mr. J. N. Moore sold his residence and farm on the macadam road from Dallas to Pasour Moun tain to Mr. A., R. Holland, of Dal las. Mr, Moore bought about nine ty, acre of Mr. Eli Costner. It is " understood that "Messrs. . Moore and Costner will remain at their present places of residence during the com- lng year. : ; Mr. Z. N. Ratchford made a busi ness trip-to Hickory last week. Mrs. M. E. Hager and Miss Joanna Stroup were guests Sunday at the home of Mr., W. C. Best. Mr. and Mrs. S. L. M. Pasour and children spent Sunday at the borne of Mr. and Mrs. Joha J. O. ' Pasour. Mr. ' and Mrs. C. P Ratchford visited at the. home of Sir. Joe Ratchford. east of Gastonia Sunday, Misses Annie and Alice Lineberger, of Gastonia, . spent the week-end as guests of Mr. " and Mrs. tl. L. Best. Miss Vannie Rhyne is the guest this week or her lister, "Mrs. J. C. Pasour. Mr, and Mjs. John Llneberger visited at the home of their daughter, Mrs. W.C Best, Sunday. j '-'- TO INSTALL PASTOR. Iter. W. 8. Lacy Will be Installed as Pastor of Belmont Presbyterian Church October 29 Rev. Dr.1 W. W. Moore, of Richmond, to Con duct the Service Work on Meth odist .Church ,snd New School Building Mrklng Good Progress. Correspondence of The Gazette. BELMONT, -Fept. 28. Announce ment was ma da last Sunday frim the Prtsbyterian church that Rev.. W. S. Lacy would be installed as pastor cf the church on Sunday, Oc tober , 29th. The-'moBt important feature of this announcement was tr. fact that Rev. Dr. W. W. Moore, the scholarly president of Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, ya., yuiu conauci we mtiauauuu services. Dr. Moore is one of the fcremrst men ii tte 'Scutbeirn Pres byterian church and h.ls poBlticn as head cf the leading seminary Is one of commanding influence. Work on the cew Methodist church building is going on at -a rapid rate. Contractor Robert Ran kin, of Mount Holly, has the job in hand. He already has a good tone of workmen laying the foundation.. The building will be a handsome brick structure and when ' finished will be a distinct credit to timont Methodists.- The campaign or the erection of this building was begun this patt summer under the direc tion of Revs.. G. D. Herman and J. A. Bowles during the course of a series of meetings conducted by them. The ginnery operated by Messrs. Y K. Leeper and A. B. iewU lk running full blast these days'. De spite the fact that there is a short age in the cotton crop, the amount of cotton being ginned is not so mucii less than the usual amount ginned at this season of the year, judging irom the number ot wagons gathered at the gin each day, await ing their turn. With crop garner ing, haying and fall plowing these are bucy days on the iarm. Miss Edna Long, of Forest City, head milliner for the firm of Stowe Bros., arrived in town iMonday. The fall millinery opening, always ar. event of Interest - to the feminine pcrtlon of town, will be held within the next week or so. The long delayed shipment or lumber for the new school building has arrived at laet and buUdicg op erations have been renewed after a lapse of several days. It will be ready for occupancy within trie next week. Plans are now being laid for an entertainment or bazaar of some kind whereby suitable tumishings for the auditorium and stage might te procured.. The chairs for the auditorium are to be the regular op era seats. Mr. J. H. Parley, Belmonfa en terprising moving (picture man, is extending his business. He has lately bought and established in Mt. Holly a moirg picture machine of the latest style and will give the rl d.iifj 'o t that tcv,n the tewt in the film-makers art. MEN FACE GRAVE CHARGE. Indictments Charge It. L, and John W. Lambeth, Prominent Thomas 1 ville Manufacturers, With Attempt to Commit Serious Crime. , The following is from the Greens boro correspondence of : The Ashe Ville Gazette-News, appearing in tne issue -oft that paper of Tuesday, the 26th: .' - A sensational indictment was re turned by the grand jury in Superior Court late Wednesday afternoon. R. L Lambeth and John TV. Lambeth, two' prominent, and widely-connected citizens of Thomasville .were formal ly charged with a criminal conspira cy. The solicitor states that, the trial will probably come up at the next term of court. The solicitor will be assisted In the prosecution by such well-known lawyers as ex-Judge W. P. Bynum, District Attorney A. E. Holton and Walser & Walser. of Lexington.- ' r The bill of Indictment charges that the Lambeths and divers oiber persons to the jurors unknown, did on the 28th day of August. 1911, confederate, combine and agree to commit a tirime, at High Point. There are several witnesses for the state including the, young woman in the case. Miss Marguerite Moffltt; OT P. Moffitt, Dr. J,M. Rothfock and Jennie Withers. Another indictment has also been brought against one of the Lambeths in Davidson coun ty alleging Improper relations with the girl, ahe being nnder 14 yean of age. The Lambeths are one of the most -prominent families in David son county and In Thomasville are connected . with extensive furniture manufactories The indictment of the , prominent men created some thing of a sensation In Greensboro and High Point as well as In Thom asville, where they are well known. jj-'Mrs W'. nl Harvetl returned to day to her" home on route three af ter T)elng at the City Hospital ' for treatment some time. " , W-sodErr. JONES-LATIMER. Brilliant Wedding of Popular Young ' Conple Solemnized at Montreat 'Wednesday Evening To be at Ilome in Gastonia After November ' 1st.' ; Special to The Gazette. MONTREAT, Sept. 27. Rock wood, the summer home of Mrs. James Fair Latimer af Montreat, was on Wednesday evening the scene of a beautiful wedding, that or Miss Annie Josephine Latimer and Mr. Arthur Cummlngs Jones. Miss Latimer is the daughter of the late James Fair Latimer. Ph. D.. wno j was for seme years professor in the union ineoiogtcai seminary, wnue her mother belongs to the distin guished Macy and Gregg families, of bouth Carolina. The groom is a na tive of Abingdon, Va., was educated at the University of Virginia and is now practicing law in Gastonia, where he has resided for the past several years and where they will be at home to their friends after No vember first. Montreat is one of the most Beau tiful spots in North Carolina's Land of the Sky and Rockwood, one. of Its most hospitable homes, haa been re ceiving guests for a week in antici pation of the lovely home wedding of Wednesday night. Wednesday evening the house and grounds looked fairy-like to the en tering guests, with their colored lan terns hung against a background of trees and mountains, while the in terior was decorated with native shrubs, rhododendron; laurel and epruce against which rested hun dreds of pink roses and pink c n d!es glittering like stars In their sil ver candelbra. The wedding party came down the hall, thrcugh jhe large entrance liv ing room and into the drawing room where the ceremony was performed by Rev. R. C. Anderson, of Gastonia, president ef tre Mountain Retreat Association, assisted by Rev. Eugene Siler. The ushers were Mr. James Lati mer, brother of the bride, and Mr. Lawrence G. Jones, brother of the groom. . Tha bridesmaids, Misses Cornelia and Martha Latimer, were gowned in cream meesaline, draped with chiffon and trimmed with pink rib bon roses and carried pink bride's roses. . Next came the mald-of -honor, Miss Mary Latimer, in pink meesaline with Its trimmings of pink chiffon and pink ribbon roses. Sbe carried a large bouquet of pink roses also. Then came the bride leaning on the arm of her brother, Mr. Macy Gregg Latimer, of New York. The bride's gown was white satin, trim med with Panel's of honlton lace made en train, and she carried a shower bouquet- of white roses and HlMer of the valley; her veil was crnrM u? with lillies of the valley a:id her only jewels were pearls, tee gL't of the groom. The groom was waiting for her at the altar with his best man. Mr. D. Montgomery Jones, of Gastonia, his brother. Rarely has a lovelier bride stood before the altar, with star-like eyes filled with beauty as well as the sol emnity of the occasion, and never a more radiant being as her -friend crowded around her after the cere mony. Mrs. James Fair Latimer, mother of the bride, was gowned In black crepe de chine and wore cameos and carried roses. Mrs. A. D. Crouch, of West Point, : Miss., a sister of the groom, wore blue -bridge silk with pearl ornaments. Mrs. C. P. Mat' thews, of Spartanburg, S. C, anoth er sister of the groom, wore white embroidered lace over satm trim med witn crystal fringe. Mrs. eusan J. Latimer, of Johnston, S. C, was gowned in black peau de sole. Mrs. W. C. Smith, of Reidvifle, S. C. was in black silk. These two last named are aunts of the bride. Mrs. D. M. Jonea, of Gastonia, was gowned in nile green satin with pearls and Mrs. Fred L. Smyre, also of Gastonia, in white satin embroidered most beau tifully, and diamonds. Mrs. Robert C. Anderson, of Gastonia, was gown ed in embroidered marquiesette and Mrs. Elizabeth Caldwell Wilson in black, velvet with diamonds and Mrs. George Atmore Sparrow, of Gasto nia, in white satin with rose-point bertha and ruby necklace. Miss Lin da sChaney, of Fredericksburg, Va., was in pale green silk. These were all house guests. There were also present Mr. Thomas Gaither, of Charlotte; Mr. Orville Bls8elle, of Charleston. -S. C, and Mr. Manning Smith, of Beau mont, Tex-, Mr. C. P. Matthews, of Spartanburg, S. C, and Mr. Fred L. Smyre, of Gastonia. Mrs. Beujah Cavltt received In tne hall assisted by Miss Ethel Cook, Mrs. Cavltt- in' white chiffoa over white, satin and Miss Cook In white lace. "' . . - Among the other guests present were the following: Misses Lottie D. Ptlnce, Marjorie J. Lord and Car rie Lee Prince. Mrs. Charles J. John son, Mr. 'and' Mrs. H. D. Lansing. Miss Edith C. Garlick, Mrs. W. F, Representative of National Fanners : Union to Speak Here Next Tues day en the Cotton-Holding Move ment 'Large Attendance of Fann- era Expected. V -. At 10 o'clock next Monday morn ing, October 2nd. there will be a meeting of -fJgreffenCatlves of all .the locals of the Farmers Union in Gas-f ton county to discuss . the cotton-' holding movement. Mr. R. M. Gld ney, president of the Cleveland County Farmers Union, will be pres ent as the representative of the Na tional organization to address the farmers of Gaston county on this im portant subject. The meeting, will .be held under the auspices of the Gaston County Farmers Union of which Mr. W. W. Faires is president. As is by this time well-known the movement inaugurated by the Na- tional Farmers Union looking to the holding of the 1911 cotton crop, or as large a portion of it as possible, for 15 cents. At the present time the price of spot cotton is about 10.50 cents and at this price quite a good deal of the staple has already been sold on the market. However, the general belief seems to be that the first rush of cotton to the mar kets, always made by the growers who buy their supplies on time and who ' consequently are almost com pelled to sell. their first cotton to pay their accounts, is about over and it Is expected that from now on very little of the staple will be offered for sale until the price gets up around 12 1-2 cents at any rate. All over the South the ginning has been very heavy so far, this being due no doubt in large part to the fact that the crop was at least two weeKs earlier than usual. Death of Mr. Holland. Mr. James E. Holland died last Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the City Hospital where he had been undergoing treatment for some time. The body was removed to the Ford Undertaking Company's establish ment and prepared for burial, being taken that afternoon, to the home of his mother, Mrs. Ephrlam Holland, near White & Jenkins mill on the old Dallas road. Ihe luneral was held at the home at 12:30 p. m. Sat urday, the services being conducted by the pastor of the' Baptist church at Bessemer, and interment was in the cemetery at Long Creek Baptist church near Dallas. Deceased was 30-odd years ef age and leaves a wife and five children, A year or two -ago he suffered a severe attack of brain fever from which he never fully recovered. Early In the sum mer he was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, but his stay there did not benefit him. He was brought back to Gastonia and went to the City Hospital .for treatment. Hla death resulted from something like apoplexy, superinduced by the trouble he suffered a year or two previous. Adapted. "Ah;" said the persistent household er as he crept up on the happy and unsuspicious fly buzzing at the win dow, "this is. the race hat kills!" Stevenson, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Fore man, Mrs. Chester Case Lord, Miss Ethel Cook, Miss Lula W. Cooper, Mrs. L. J. Archer and Messrs. C. C. Lord and Charles Prescott Johnson. Mrs. E. L. Slier played the 'wed ding march In a beautifully modu lated undertone through the cere mony. The dining room was decorated with pink roses and .pink candles in silver candelabra and. much amuse, ment was occasioned by the cutting of the wedding cake. The mald-of-honor found the ring while the groom's brother, Mr. L. O. Jones, triumphantly displayed the dime. The bridal couple were the recipi ents of many beautiful presents and also of many useful ones. They left' for an extended tour (North and later for a visit to the groom's parents. Major and Mrs. D. A. Jones, at Ab ingdon, Va. They will make their home in Gastonia. MRS. MICHAEL ENTERTAINS. At her home on East Third avenue Wednesday afternoon from 3.30to 5:30 Mrs. W. F. Michael gave'' a most pleasant reception, the occas ion being in honor of ber sister, Mrs. G. H. Spencer, who Is to leave in a few days to make her borne in Mem phis, Tenn., andi also in honor of Mrs. Walter S. Dilling, of Kings Mountain. ' The guests were met at the front door by Mrs. A. A. McLean and pre sented to the receiving line, which consisted of Mrs. Michael, Mrs. O. H. . Spencer, Mrs. Walter S. Dilling, Mrs. Sam Sloan, of Morganton, 'Mrs. H. H. Spencer, Mrs. John M. Smith and Mrs. M. Linden Smith, of Clover, and the members of the S. and .O. club, x The guests were then ushered fy Mrs. Frost .Torrence and Miss Zoe Latham into the dining room, where ices were served) by Miss Salenah Latham, Miss Mary Hildebrand, Miss Ruth Boyce, Miss Eunice Spencer, Mrs. Arnold Stovall, "Mrs. Lean Ad am and Mrs. 'L. H. Long. The house was beautifully decor ated, the rooms being darkened and lighted with candles. The club col or, pink and green, were nsed pot ted plants and roees being used quite profusely.- - A very large number" of ladies called during the reception hours, to all of whom' the affair was one of unusual beauty and pleasure.,' jf 1, V Dairy Bnainem Sold. 'Mr. W, D. Anthony, who has been advertising his dairy business for sale In the' columns of The Gazette fdr a short while, has closed a deal with a Mr. Greenwood, of Ashevllle, who will take charge of the business within a few weeks. A Business Change. An amendment to the charter of The Love Company has been obtain ed by which the name of the com pany has been changed to the Harry Baber Company. As re-organized the new company will have the fol lowing officers: J. R. Baber, presi dent; J. F. Thomson, vice-president; Z. B. Harry, secretary and treasurer. Missionary Meeting. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of Main Street Methodist church will meet in the ladies' par lor on Monday afternoon,, October 2nd, at 4 o'clock. The study class will meet promptly at 3:15 the same afternoon. It is a 'very Important meeting and. all members are urged to make a strong effort to attend. Head Crushed in Belting. Wednesday night Finley Woods, aged 14, an employe of the Avon Mills, was caught In some belting and was so badly Injured that It is feared he cannot recover. He suf fered a fracture of the skull on the right side and his physicians hold out practically no hope for him. He was taken to the City Hospital where the wound was dressed and where he is now hovering between life and death. On Trip to Georgia. Rev. Dr. J. C. Galloway left Wed nesday for Louisville, Ga., where he will spend a week or more assisting Rev. Paul Pressley, the pastor in a meeting. Dr. Galloway's first pas torate was at Louisville and it was there that he spent the first nine years of his ministerial life: hence the placa, naturally has a strong at tachment for hfm. Dr. Galloways pulpit here will be filled Sabbath morning by Rev. J. J. Kennedy. Well Represented nt Trinity. Gaston county Is well represented this year at Trinity College, the big Methodist institution at Durham, having eight in the college and two in the fitting school. Those In the college are R. Gregg Cherry, Gasto nia; Excell Rozzelle, Mount Holly; H. B. Gaston, Lowell: J. I. Fays soux. Gastonia: H. C. Smith. Gas tonia; F. A. Wbltesldes, Gastonia; J. E. McLean, Gastonia, and S. B. Hovls. Bessemer City. Those in the Trinity Park School are Amos Mor ris and W'llliam McArver, of Gasto nia. ... ' - Improvements at St. Michael's. During the past few weeks some marked improvements have been made on St. Michael's Catholic church, of which Rev. Father Mel chlor, O. S. B., of Belmont, Is rec .tbr.i Jhe interior walls have been palnteaT the art windows retouched, and 'a beirha.bfen placed in the belfry. As : atfnoHinced elsewhere, Father vMelchlot' will conduct Holy cogimunlonnet Sunday morning at 9- o'clock, : Bishop Leo Haid, of St. -Mary's,; will; pjobably make an ap pointment to preach at St. Michael's Id; the neap . future. lb Business Again. A His. iGastJnia't friends, who noted wfch regret 'lb? recent failure In Asheville of Mif.lW, E. Kindley, for merly of 'Gaitokja, will be interested Jn.-v the following item from Tbe Fayettevljl Observer of Wednesday: Tne4Btwe roomi(&jsio formerly occupied by the iarT-lCf "IsWbroken Armfleld as a pool room. Is being re modeled and fitted np ' In modern style for the Kindley Dry Goods Co. W. E. Kindley is a born dry goods 'merchant, and when he did business nere a lew jears ago, "Kindley s store" was a well known quantity with town and country shoppers. Kings Mountain Celebration. The Gazette acknowledges with thanks the receipt of the following invitation to attend Kings Moun tains big celebration of the 131st an niversary of the battle of Kings Mountain on October 7th: 1780 ' . .V- ' Tbe citizens of Kings Mountain. , N..C, , request you to be present and assist them in celebrating tbe 131st Anniversary -. of the Battle of Kings Mountain Saturday, October 7tn . ' Nineteen Hundred and Eleven Graded School Campus . .;- - 1 19U. . - r PROGRAM. - - 10:30 A. M. -:, Music i. ...... . .By Band Song .v ...... ...... .-.By Chorus Address ;.uHon. E. Y. Webb Song .... ..By Chorus Address .... ..Hon. F. M. Slmmoas Adjournment for Dinner. -2:30 P. M. - - - Music r.. . . . . - ... . . .By- Band Military Parade and Sham Battle by Shelby and Gastonia Military Companies. C. & N.-W. Passenger Train No, lO, Northbound, Wrecked Yesterday Near Old 31111 Kan Into . Opea Switch and Plunged Into Coal Cars May Have Been Work .or -Wreckers Fireman Abernetny Loses Leg Many Others Injured. Running down- Vrtcd'e at, a .pretty good rate ofsiJ?Wnorthbouij pas' enger train No. 10 on the CaroAaa & North-Western Railway, in charge of Engineer Scott Brawley. and Con ductor L. A. Fennell, plunged into aa ' open switch at the Old Mill, a nun-, dred yards or so north of the croaa . lng or tbe C. ft N.-W. and Southern tracks yesterday morning about 9:45 o'clock. As a result of the wreck which en sued when the train plunged " into some heavily loaded coal cars which were standing with brakes on, o the down-grade track, Fireman J no, Abernethy, of Hickory, was serious- ly and perhaps fatally injured, and at least eleven other persons sus tained Injuries of a more or lesa serious nature. Eesides these ' all of the 30 or more passengers were thrown violently from their seats and were severely shaken up and 8 funned. A hurry call was Immediately sent' for physicians and several were boob at the scene of the wreck. Most of the Injured, a list of whom is given . below, were taken to the City Hoa- . pital where their wounds were dress-, ed. None of them are seriously hurt except Fireman John Aberne thy. It was found necessary to am- putate his right leg below the knee. His left leg Is also badly bruised and , may have to come off and he also sustained some painful scalds. It fa supposed" that he got caught and mashed as he 'attempted to jump from the engine. Engineer Brawiey stayed on the engine and was not to- . jured, though he was badly abase: up. The officials of the road at Chen ter were immediately notified and an extra engine and cars were sent to Gastonia, arriving here about 1 p, m. ,The train, with its passengers, continued on its way, leaving here about 2 o'clock. The wrecked en gine is almost a complete loss. The. pilot waB completely wrecked, the boiler bent and other damage sus- " talned which will require its re building almost throughout. All of the cars were more or less damaged and will have to be taken to the shops for' repair. General Manager L. T. Nichols came up from Chester ; yesterday and was joined this morn- -ing by Master Mechanic J. S. Booth. ? They are engaged today in getting; , things straightened out. How the switch at this point came to be unlocked and open Is a mat ter which 1b so .far unsolved. A freight train went north earlier - in . the morning and It was thought by the public that probably the crew of that train left It open. This does not seem very probable, however, la " view of tt)e fact that this crew put the coal cars on this siding, backed . out and returned to the depot before going out on its run. It is under stood this morning, though no of ficial statement has been Issued, that tbe road officials hold to the belief that .the switch was deliberately broken open or unlocked by some person or persons with the Intention , of wrecking the passenger train. The impact of tbe collision seat 'the coal cars at a lively clip down, the grade and they ran a mile or more before coming to a standstill. . THE INJURED. John Abernethy, Hickory, white. . right leg badly crushed and amputat ed just below knee; left leg also in jured and may have to be amputat ed also. W. G. Boshamer, traveling sales man for F. D. Barkley ft Co.; Gas tonia, foot and hand bruised. Rev. W. H. Hardin, rector , St- -Mark's Episcopal church, Gastonia, slightly bruised. S. E. McFadden, Llacolnton, twe ribs Injured. Will Anthony, Newton, cut on head and hip and arm bruised. . Miss 'Belle Houck, Lenoir, shoul der, slightly bruised. .-ydames v. Home, Dallas, nose L. L. Todd, Gastonia, ribs Injured and slightly bruised. J. G. Gilkie, Marlon, traveling; , salesman, Injured slightly ' in ribs and brslsed. ' Conductor L. A. Fennell, face and shoulder bruised. - Baggagemaster Philpot, Injured on ' head. Advertising Celebration. . Klnes Mountain is cendina- out in vitations and programs for the grand celebration of the 131st anniversary, of the battle of Kings . Mountain, which was fought October 7, 1780. The celebration will be held in the town of Kings Mountain on Satur day, October 7th. The program In-: eludes addresses by Senator F. M. Simmons and Congressman E. T. Webb at 10:30 o'clock la the graded school building; music by a band and military parade and sham battle by Gastonia and Shelby military com- . panlea. . It Is stated that the largest, crowd which " has - ever gathered at Kings Mountain is expected. Every body is Invited. - . Those Truly Great. " The world neier forgets those who forget themselves . The world's truly great art men enamored and In love with an idea, and sot men enamored and in lore with themselves ' - Yorkville's creamery, says Tbe En quirer, Is still turning out a thous and pounds of butter a week.