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V a- GN1A . r : ...... .:." L"li '1L, PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS, 4SIXGLE COPY 3 CENTS. GASTONIA IS A BUSY TOWN. fl.50 A YEAR IN ADVAJfCC fl VOL. XXXII. GASTONIA, NV O. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 19H. k!Ul. . NO. 9U 1 FARM LIFE SCHOOL DEFEATED V NEW METHODIST PASTOR A HORRIBLE MASSACRE I CLOVER CULLINGS. Correspondence of The Gazette. '.,' CLOVER, s.''C, Nov. 13. The prevailing low price of cotton has -caused a depression In. business, the , like of which has not been experienc ed in our town In a number of years. The energy and vim has been knock ' ed out of our people and everything , seems to be en a drag. -; However. , we take courage from that old adage . ' that the darkest hour Is just before y day. We ! hope' for better times In the near future. . ,. . The sad news reached here Wed- nesday afternoon of the death of Mr. - Jacob Morton . In Keysvllle, Va., which occurred at that place . afc 2 o'clock that afternoon. MaJ. Mor ton married Miss Minnie Niel, of our . ' . town,, on the 26th of October, 1910. - Dr. M. B, Neil left as soon aa he re ceived the news for Keysville to toe with bis Bister fh, her bereavement. On next' Wednesday evening at 8 ' o'clock'. Mr.' Samuel Rosa Clinjon, or . Gastonia, will claim . as his bride. , Miss Emma Nell, of our town. This . . "happy event will be consummated In the Presbyterian church. J Miss Nell ' ' Is one of Clover's most accomplished young ladles and will' be much miss ed In the social circles of our town. Mr. F, E. Clihton Is no longer with . the Clover Drug Co. but has opened a grocery business in the room re cently vacated by Mr. H. P. Jack- - son. Mr.. Ernest . Thomas and Miss - Bessie "Green, of Clover route one,. ; -will be married at the latter's home next Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock. -v v- ' . ::'' ',' "Mumps have been prevalent in -our town during the past ten days, . Esquire Quinn was confined to his room for a, few days with them We . . are glad to be atfle to report him out ' again.-', V".- - , ;vv- Contractor W. I. Beamguard ls-al Sharon superintending the erection . of a store room for 'Mr. Hill, of that place. He expects to be engaged on , this 'Job until- spring. Jackson Brothers : have recently . erected sta- ",. bles at the rear of the warehouse preparatory to : the handling of " -stock. Mr. r George '' & Williams' handsome- new residence on Knox av enue Is now well under way and will be ready for occupancy during the early part of December. Postmas ter J. D. Gwin and wife attended the Catawba. County Fair at Hicno- ry this week. They report the fair as being good.- Bird season opens , here on the 15th and there is con siderable traffic in dogs and guns preparatory to getting ready for the opening Farmers report a. lot of birds this season. Mr. D. J. Forbes, of route one, has been laid up wltn mumps. Rev. J. M. McClain, ' or Roland, N..C, has rented the Fitcn ett Joperty and moved here.. - We , v- glaclywelcome Mr. McClain and v" family to our town, .We would be glad to be able to report many more ' ' such valuable additions. Mr. . Thad ' P. Clinton, of Gastonia, has opened X a Are Insurance office here In tne Smith building. - We are glad to , welcome him to our town and hope he may' find this a pro"itatie !"re for his vocation. Mrs. .8. A., Robin son and Mrs. ' F. E. Clinton spent - Saturday in Gastonia. Water snp- m M5& FOUR PAPERS FOR ABOUT THE PRICE OF ONE OUR GREAT FALL .NEWSPAPER OFfER IS NOW ON. IT INCLUDES The Gastonia Gazette Gaston Granty Leading Newspaper . .. Georgian's Weekly News Briefs THe clean newspaper for the fanner and familj, witH ' condensed news for tne week Spare Moments Magsqdne ' The Great Famfly Story Majaxine : ; i : , The Gentlewoman A cosily naazise deroted td all that is dear to women Jlicse four grcsX newspapers and mazudnes will be supplied for a ahort time only.' All at the .low -price cf $1.75. Send in your order today! V This clfer open to c!J as BESSEMER BRIEFS. Correspondence of The Gazette. BESSEMER CITY.-Nov. 13. Mr. S. S. Caldwell, of Smyrna, S. C, en route to Charlotte, spent Friday night here with his brother. Rev. R. R. Caldwell. Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Froneberger have just moved Into the house made vacant by Mr., Har per. It looks now as If our farmers along Crowders creek are to have a better opportunity to cultivate ana receive a harvest from -their fertile bottom lands. Carpenters are busy constructing a dredging boat for the purpose of cleaning and deepening the channel of the stream'. The ben eflt that this will be to the lands a long Crowders creek cannot be told now, only the passing years can tell. Mlsss Anna Sanders spent Satur day in Gastonla.t-Our town Is very tree from contagious diseases now. There was one case of scarlet fever but It has subsided and the disease has not spread. The family Is still under quarantine, however. Mrs, Jessie Froneberger spent Saturday In Gastonia. To our great disap pointment the farm-life school lost out here by a large vote. . ' KINGS MOUNTAIN ITEMS. The Herald, 9 th. ' , Mrs. Ed Long and daughter, of Gastonia, attended the K,foral Fair here last week. Rev. and Mrs. G. D. Herman, of Gastonia, attended the Floral Fair here last week. V , - --'... - Misses Ethel and Blanche Austin, of Gastonia, spent one day here last week with their friend, .Miss Lillle Watterson.- - :-: " V; - . Misses Stella and Louise Boyd and Mabel Niel, of Gastonia, viilted here one day last week. Mr. Henderson Long,' of Gastonia, spent last Sunday here-with his ra ther,. Mr. L. H. Long, who suffered a light stroke of paralysis recently. The Floral Fair .was one of the most successful ever held In Kings Mountain. "It was. the general opin ion that the flower exhibit was never before equaled. Crowds of visitors came on every train to attend the fair and all seemed pleased in every respect. -; ' .: Mrs. Mary Buchanan, who moved from this place about 50. years ago and hasn't been back but once since and that about 35 years ago, arrived-! in . town Monday night to visit her sister, Mrs. Faitha Wilson. These sisters have not seen each other since Mrs. Buchanan's visit here 35 years ago. .- They say they can hard ly realize that they are sisters having not seen each other any of tener. Mrs. Wilson Is 80 years old and Mrs. Buchanan Is 87. They were raised In the Rock House, near the . battleground, which was built by their grandfather, Peter Houser, overtl00 years ago, ; , ply in Clover has been somewhat im proved by the recent rains. It Is to be hoped that .in the near future Clover may make some move tow S7ds an adequate w iter supply for the town. With a proper waier sys tem ' Clover would be . second ' to no town li the State in which to live. ami well as new snhscrioers n Ti ' uTV - : BELMONT BUDGET. Correspondence of The Gazette. BELMONT, Nov. IS. Several changes in the working force at the Southern depot have taken place in the last few days. Mr. A. K. Hem- bree, agent for the -past several months, has resigned his position and accepted a place in the clerical department of the G. M. Gulllck Co. He. Has been succeeded by Mr. H. C. Cook scy, of Converse, S. C. . - Mr. Williams, formerly third trick oper ator, has been transferred to N Fair Forest, 8. C. He . is succeeded . by Mr. W. L Washam, of Cornelius. Next Friday nlKht at 8 o'clock in the recently completed' school audi torium will take place the old-fasn-loned spelling matoh 'between .' the old-time champions of the town and the pick of . the classes In the Bel moht high school. ' There will ' be from 20 to 25 spellers, on each side. The affair promises to be at once amusing and Interesting. For the purpose of raising funds for the pur pose of buying pictures for the school a small nominal admission fee of ten . or . fifteen cents will be charged although the primary, ob ject of the match as at first announc ed by Prof. Query was the arousing of interest in spelling among the pu plls of the school. Already quite a number of the townspeople have stg- nifled t their Intention ' of- entering the match, firm .in the conviction that their pristine prowess in : the old blue-back ha not materially de preciated." County , Superintendent of Education F. P. Hall, as one who is equally interested v both in the town and the school.has been asked to officiate. ? -. j,;- ' Misses Melva Gullick 'and Edna Rankin; of the Presbyterian College, Charlotte; Ida Rairkin and Abble Hall, of the Bessemer City graded school facutly .were . week-end visi tors at homo. Miss Mary Hender son, of Charlotte, la a guest at the home of Mr. H. C. Johnston. Mrs. H. B. Moore, of Gastonia, will be in Belmont next Sunday for the pur pose of organizing at the Baptist church a Ladle's Missionary Society, a Sunbeam band and a Baraca class. THE SOUTH IS VICTOR. Virginian Awarded Prize for Best Cora Exhibited at New Yok. New York, Nov. 11. For growing the best thirty ears of corn exhibited from any portion of the United States. W. H. Dorln of Clover, Va.. has been awarded the Sl.OOO'Silver cup offered by the International Harvestor Company at the American Land and Irrigation- Exposition, now in progress at Madison Square Gar den, Mr. Dorin winning over exhib itors' from every section of the coun try among them L. O. Clore, the fa mous Indiana - corn - king, hitherto undefeated In a contest of this nature.- Mr. Dorin's corn is now on ex hibition at the Southern Railway's booth and is attracting great atten tion. Farmers from all sections are showing extraordinary Interest in tho award, since it is the first time such a prize has been won by a Sou thern corn-grower. " -9 Mr. Dorin ploughed his -land 10 Inches and subsolled 12 Inches more. He used 200 pounds of phosphate, his only fertilizer outside of clover turned under. His seed was careful ly selected from an acre on which he made a splendid yield in .1910 and the corn which took the prize was from an acre cultivated "under the. methods' of the United Spates farm demonstration bureau, the yield from this acre being 13? busn- els. The soil is the ordinary type of southern Virginia, a gray sandy loam about eight inches deep with a good clay subsoil. , ' v Mr, Dorin s success shows what can be accomplished on Southern land and' Is the more remarkable since he is a former resident of a Michigan city and knew practically nothing about tannine until 6 Tears ago, when he purchased 6 acres In Hallfax county, Virginia, on the Southern Railway's Richmond , Danville line, paying $8 an acre. The award of this prize to Mr. Dorin will prove a valuable advertisement for the southeast as a corn-growing land. It was with the purpose of showing the agricultural possibili ties 6f the Southeast that the South ern Railway Company placed-an ex tensive exhibit at this exposition and did everything possible to en courage individual exhibits on the part of the farmers throughout the territory served by its lines. v Senator Overman Was Right. Charlotte Chronicle.- ' ''' In the matter of the Panama Ca- 1 nal, Senator Overman was right in nis contention for a sea-level route. As it is, the lock system is going to cost ' a great deal . more than had been estimated.. Further than that Its operation and maintenance will ! cost $3,500,000 a year. It la too late to talk about that. howeverThe wisdom of the sea-level advocates Willi have ample vindication la having It now.' . : : i son, of Waycross-Ga., are visiting Mrs. Hengeveld'a parents, Mr. and Mrs, W. B. Knight r special Election Held 6aturdaf Re- suited in An Unfavorable Vote ieu votes or a Majority or r the Registered Tote, r - v A. npetiai ejection ima Saturday KesU X ; iV: ?. . otr jjacaea iss votea or a y of the Rezistered Vote. Out of a total registration in the county of 2,366, the special election held on Saturday to determine the matter of establishing a farm-life school for Gaston county resulted In 1,051 votes being cast for the school 490 against it, and a silent vote of 866 which counted against It, the measure requiring a majority of the voters registered under the special registration;- ; ., ' . : The tabulated vote as given be low shows that several precincts, In cluding Gastonia No. 1 and Dallas, cast a majority In favor of the farm life school, but the .vote in the entire county fell short of the required number by 133. That is to say that 133 votes,' added to the 1,051 actu ally cast for , the measure, vwould have given a vote of 1,184, or one more than half the registered vote. In casting about to determine the reasons for the unfavorable result of the election, It Is found that several opinions prevail, but a comparison of the figures as ' given above seems to show plainly that the measure failed of carrying simply through lack of sufficient Interest on the part of the people at large, and especial ly of the farmers, who were the par ties most largely interested in the matter. It is safe to say that out of the 866 voters who registered but did not cast their ballots, there were very probably as many as 133 who were not so bitterly opposed to the establishment of the school that they could not have been induced to go out and vote for the enterprise if the organization ' for- carrying the election had been a little more act ively at work. Much of the credit for the large vote cast in favor of the establish ment of the farm-life school is due to the Farmers Union, whose offi cers and members worked almost as a unit In Its favor. Reg. 261 70 70 , 120 30 35 370 182 45 51 338 69 95 57 51 119 139 81 34 72 73 2366 Cherryville Carpenter's Kiser'e ' Bessemer City -Baker's Dilling's ' Gastonia No. 1 Gastonia No. 2 Glenn's Robinson's Dallas Alexis Mount Holly Lucia . Mountain Island Stanley Belmont Lowell South Point Union McAdenvllle I REMARKABLE RECORD. Large Per Centage of Southern , Trains Made Fine Time During Past Six Months. Special to The Gazette. WASHINGTON. D. C. Nov. 10. A remarkable record . for maintain ing published schedules is shown by the performance of ten of the South ern Railway's trains, considered most Important on account of the heavy travel over them as well as oh -account of rapidity of schedule ami the distance traversed: the ''Caroli na Special," considered for two hun dred days from April 1st to October 17th, and the "Memphis Sneclal." the "Birmingham Special," the "New York, Atlanta and New. Orlenas Limited." (Nos. 37 and 38). and the United States Fast Mall (Nos. 35 and 36). considered -for the six months ending October 16th. Out of an aggregate of 1.872 trains operated, 1,658 or 89 per cent arrived at destination on Ume. The best individual record was made by No, 35 which out of 184 days arrived at Atlanta on time 174 days or 95 per cent, no. 36 arrived at Wash ington on time 146 days or 79 per cent . For the same period No. 37 arrived at Atlanta on time 161 days or 85 per cent and No. 38 arrived at Washington on Ume 159 days or 86 per cent: the "Birmingham Spe cial" arrived at Birmingham on time 161 days or 88 per cent and arrived Washington on time 164 days or 89 per cent; tne "Memphis Special" ar rived Memphis on time 155 days or 84 per cent: and arrived Washing ton on time 168 days or $6 per cent Out of the two hundred days, the Carolina special" arrived Cincin nati on Ume 185 days or 90 per cent and arrived Charleston on time 164 days or 82- per cent. When the length of the runs cov ered by these trains. 650 to 1,000 miles, and the number of connec tions to be protected are considered It is easily seen that such results could only be accomplished by the most careful watchfulness.;- While these figures reflect great credit on the management of the Southern Railway, their publication should prove of value to the enUre South in that they show it to be a land in which trains may be expected, to reach their destination on Ume, ex cept In cases .where ' delays are brought about by pnavoldable caus es. .. During this period the Southern Railway also ran a large number of purely local trains which approxi mated 100 per cent in their record for punctuality." ' N lAVestern North Caroline Conference j Closed at ' StaiesviUe Yesterday a Afternoon Rev, J. E. Abernethy New pMtor of Main Street Church. X After being in session since Wed nesday morning, of last week, the annual conference of Western North CarolinaMethodism came to a close with ; the reading of the appoint ments by BlshoD Hoss vesterdav af ternoon.- ..: . ,. - . ' ADDointmenta of anorlil lnts( to our readers locally are those of Rev. J. E. Abernethy as pastor of Main Street church to succeed Rev. George D. Herman, who goes to Wadesboro. Rev. , Mr.- Abernethy has been for four years pastor ' of Centenary church at Winston-Salem, one of the best appointments In the conference ' and his appointment to Main Street here will doubtless meet with the hearty approval of the peo ple whom he Is to serve. Great re gret is felt however, at the depart ure of Rev. G. D. Herman, who has served as pastor here for three years and . under whose pastorate Main Street church has made great and substantial progress. . Rev J. A. Peeler Is returned as pastor of West Gastonia and Ozark churches for. the second year, while Rev. Dr. S..B. Turrentlne remains as Presiding-Elder of Shelby District. At Saturday's session High Point was chosen as the place of meeting fort the conference next fall. The resignation of Rev. J. P. Rodgers as agent for the Children's Home at Winston-Salem was accepted, ana Rev. J. F. Kirk, formerly pastor at Mount Airy, was elected as his suc cessor. Rev. Mr. Rodgers will re enter the work of the regular minis try as a pastor. Prof. H. A. Hayes was re-elected superintendent of the Home. On Sunday all the pulpits of Statesville were filled by visiting ministers as usual, Bishop Hoss preaching at Broad Street Methodist church. Sunday afternoon memorial services were held for the members of the Conference who have died during the conference year. The morning session Monday, pre- For 63 28 27 f2 10 8 193 76 17 21 261 17 55 15 20 49 41 15 19 43 41v 1051 Against 91 18" 16 53 11 13 22 21 7 12 11 62 13 34 15 18 25 5 12 449 Bided over by Dr. J. H. Weaver, was given largely to the hearing of var ious reports. Rev. G. T. Rowe read the report of the Board of Educa tion. Rev. J. F. Armstrong sub mitted the report, of the Epworth League Board. Before reading the . appointments at the afternoon session Bishop Hoss paid the conference a high com pliment by saying that It was in ev ery way one of the best of the forty-odd conferences in the connec tion. In the appointment of the pastors and presiding elders for their work next year there were nec essarily many changes, due to the large number of pastors who had served out the time limit of four years. Rev. Plato Durham is pre siding Elder of the Winston district and Rev. L. T. Mann of the States villa, district. ' following are the ap-L pointments-for the Shelby district: Presiding elder, S. B. Turrentlne. Belwood circuit W, V. Honny cutt, H. G. Stamey. - Cherryville W. T. Usry. Crouse W. M. Boring. Gastonia Main Street- J. E Abernethy. ' Kings Mountain and El Bethel M. B. Clegg. . . -Lincoln circuit J. H, Robinson. Llncolnton station T. J. Rogers. ' Lowell and Dallas E. N. Crow der. ... '- .- . '. -. v Lowesville B. F. PIncker. ' McAdenvllle and Mareawnrtli Jas. Wilson. v - Mount Holly and Belmont J. A. Bowles. : : x- 1 ; Polkville J, W. Strlder. Ozark : and W. GaatnniA- I a. Peeler. - , , ' . ' Shelby Central E. E, William son. '- . , " ' . - V South Fork circuit W. m. Moil- lin. . - :, Shelby circuit O.-' J. Hinson and C. H. Clyde. Stanley Creek W. 8. Hales. Some appointments outside of the Shelby district In which our people will be interested are the following: Rev. E. L. Bain, formerly pastor here, goes from Statesville district to the pastorate of Centenary Churcn at Winston-Salem, sucoeedlng Rev. J. E. Abernethy, who comes to Main Street; Rev. J. H. West for four years pastor at Wadesboro, to Con cord Central church; Rev. John W. Moore, for four years pastor at Hen derson vllle, to First church, -Salisbury; Rev. JV G. Harmon retarns to Walkertown; Rev." Loy D. Thompson to Brevard Station. - Rev. J. F. Arm strong goes from Bessemer City, to Henrietta and Caroleen. ' In the change from Gastonia to I Olanchns Slay Chinese by Thousands -Butchery Unrecorded in Modem 1 j History Innocent, "People Mui V dered Without Compunction anr Ancient City of Nanking Fired. Press dispatches ' from Nanking, China, appearing In the daily papers of Saturday tell of scenes in the em pire which are almost unbelievable. The story is in part as follows: . Historic Nanking thia evening Is the shambles of the Manchu butche. The sun set upon a scene of fire. . rapine, desolation and butchery un- - recorded In modern history. Tonight 12,000 Manchu and Im perial old-style soldiers hold Purple ' Hill, where they are entrenched, while from beneath their stronghold -they are driving before them hordes of Chinese out of the city. Innocent " Chinese, leaving everything behind them, are fleeing, terror-stricken and destitute to shelter In the fields at the rear of the reform forces. . The latter, numbering between 20,00o f and 30,000 are Impotent to check the slaughter or avenge the slain be- -cause of their lack' tof ammunition.' The revolutionists had delayed a sec ond concerted attack upon the Man chus pending the arrival of ammuni- , tlon expected from Shanghai. The Manchus took advantage of the situ- ation. ' , . .. The revolutionists made a deter- bined -effort but did' little shooting and there were few fatalities. The main body of the reformers remain ed in camp three' miles distant from the city awaiting the arrival of am munition. Reinforcements are also coming from every direction. ... Thousands of Chinese poured from ' the gates until at noon today' It was estimated that fully 70,000 persons -had escaped. Before nightfall 20,-' 000 more, representing every class, the merchants, gentry and coolies, had gotten away. Meanwhile ' the , Manchus Bcoured the narrow streets of the city and the houses of wealthy merchants were sacked. Any queue- less vicUm was beheaded immediate ly.' ' . . The correspondent of the Assoda- , ted Press saw several women execu ted and their children stabbed and trampled under foot. The order appeared to be that any one wearing anything which - sug- : gested the white badge worn by the ': reformers must be killed forthwith. A white pocket handkerchief mark ed the possessor for death. White Bhoes, which are worn by the Chi nese as a sign of mourning were a signal for the execution of the wear- -er. The horror of the "massacre can--not be described. . , , ':' An attempt tonight to estimate the number of Innocent people and non combatants slain would be fuUle. The Chinese found wearing ; for- -elgn clothing Immediately fell Ylcr tim on his advanced taste, but for- eignera were not molested. Their protests against the massacres, how ever, were disregarded and even laughed at. The correspondents of the Associated Press worked through out the day within the outer walls of the city eight miles from the tele- , graph station with which they com- , munlcated and to which they were permitted access through the court esy of the railway officials. Fires sprang up everywhere and a large . section of the native city was burn ed. Tonight the Manchu, driven to bay, cornered and glutted with. -blood, having despoiled the goods of 200,000 inhabitants, watches the flaming city from the height Of Pur ple Hill and awaits the morrow. Rev. J. Calvin Harmon, former- ly pastor of West End and Franklin Avenue--Methodist churches - here, spent last night in Gastonia as the guest of his aunt, Mrs. O. W. Davis, and went to Kings Mountain on Now 1 1 today to spend a few days with his homefolks. Mr. Harmon has been, attending conference at States ville. He was returned to pastorate at - Wal k ertown,-- near- Wlnstoh-Sa-Iem, where he has met with much success In his work.' . His Gastonia friends are glad to see him again. Of Interest to Playgoers. As advertised elsewhere In this Issue, the Gastonia Opera House has been fortunate enough to he able te book a performance of the popular play J'Beverly" for Wednesday night November 22nd. This company plays at . Charlotte on the 21st and was booked for Spartanburg for the 224. A mix of some kind in dates, how ever, shut them off from making -their date in Spartanburg, and to avoid losing a day, the manager made a contract to come to Gastonia.- The play goes direct from Gas tonia to Danville, Va. - All of which', Is - evidence that Gastonians will ' have an opportunity on next Wed nesday night to witness the perform ance of a play which regularly makes only the larger cities. It can be safely predicted that this attracUon will be by far the best of -the season, and should be patronized by all who appreciate a ; good theatrical - per formance. ' -' 'i ' ' Wadesboro, Rev. George D. Herman goes to one of. the most desirable ap pointments In the Conference. The charge has only recently completea a new parsonage, said to be the best of any charge in the conference. The new pastor of Main Street Rev. J. E. Abernethy, Is considered. one of the strongest young preach ers In the conference. He has serv ed a number of appointments, among them being Mount Airy and Cen tenary church, Winston, and is a preacher of ability. ' . Subscribe to The Gasetta v