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THE G GA ASTONIA ZETTE PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS. GASTONIA IS A BUSY TOWN. $1.50 A YEAR IX ADVANCE VOL. XXXIII. GASTOXIA, X. C FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1912. NO. !. IN SOCIETY. NOT TO SELL COLLEGE. " PAPER FOR BESSEMER. Mr. C. F. Hunter, of King Mountain, to Publish .The Dispatch Hail Doe Some Damage Pergonals and XewH Notes. Correspondence of The Gazette. BESSEMER CITY, Feb. 22. This section was visited Wednesday afternoon by a young hurricane. There was a great downpour of rain and hall. The hall stones were large and did some little damage, breaking and blowing out glass from the win dows of a few houses. Mr. C. W. Fuller and son are run ning the City Cafe, which was run by Mr. D. II. Payne. Mr. Payne has taken a position in one of the mills Mr. John Fuller and wife went lo Greensboro last Saturday to visit some of Mrs. Fuller's relatives. Mrs. Fuller left Greensboro Monday for Baltimore to purchase her millinery supplies for the spring and summer trade. Rev. B. Frank White, of Connels ville. Pa., is spending a day or so with Rev. K. R. Caldwell and' family. Mr. J. M. Allen has just opened a photograph gallery and will be glaa to see his friends call. Bessemer City is to have a weeK ly paper edited by Mr. C. F. Hunter, of Kings Mountain. The name of his sheet will be The Dispatch and it will be Issued each Friday. It is un derstood that a nice little subscrip tion list has been gotten already. Dallas, Route 1, News. Correspondence of The Gazette. DALLAS. R. F. D. 1, Feb 21: Wilbur, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Mauney, has been dangerously sick for the past week and is still in a precarious condition. Mrs. Joseph Gamble and sister, Miss Mag gie, were guests at the home of Mrs. E. R. Pasour one day last week. Miss Sudie White is spending some time at the home of Miss Elvira Herran. The Costner school closes Friday, with an entertainment and picnic on Saturday. The patrons are highly pleased with the successful term Rev J. M. Seriter will close. Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Clemmer spent Friday night as guests at the home of Mrs. Etta White. Messrs. John Pasour and S. L. M. Pasour made a business trip to Lincolnton and other points un the Carolina and Northwestern railway the first of this week. Mrs. Etta White visited her sister, Mrs. J. H. White, Tuesday. SOUTH FORK BRIDGE READY. Work on High Structure Across South Fork Finished. Charlotte Observer, 22nd. The interurban bridge across the South Fork of the Catawba, a mile from McAdenville. has been fln'shed and the work is being pushed in earnest in laving the reminder of the track and the stretching of the trolley. With good weather from now on there is no reason why the system should not be ready for the operation of cars by the middle of March, if not a little earlier. The rolling stock has been ,reeelved and there Is nothing to prevent the In stitution of a regular schedule save the roadbed. The line has been finished and is ready for service out almost to the river on the Mecklen burg side and there are stretches that have been finished in Gaston. This of course includes the trolley exten sion. The track has been laid from Gastonia out almost to the South Fork without Interruption. There are several places where the ballast has not-been laid but this will be looked after shortly. The trolley extension is now the Immediate bone of contention. It will be pushed rap idly. The completion , of the South Fork bridge means that the Interur ban cars will shortly be In operation from Charlotte to Gastonia. ENTERTAINMENT TO-NIGHT. rupils of Belmont High School to Give Entertainment To-Nlght in Celebration of Washington's Birth day Spelling Match a Feature. Correspondence of The Gazette. BELMONT, Feb. 23. Tonight In the high school auditorium there will be an entertainment given by the boys and girls of the literary socie ties of the school. The affair will be somewhat in the nature of -a Washington's birthday celebration and will consist of declamations by the boys, recitations, readings and songs by the girls. The program is varied and while termed a Washing ton birthday celebration, the major ity of the selections are not, strictly speaking, appropriate to the occas ion. At the conclusion of these ex ercises a spelling match between two picked teams from the school will be a feature of the evening. The children of the primary grades tinder the leadership of Misses Hair, Stowe and Crawford will observe the day with appropriate exercises m their respective rooms this after noon.''; - : . v. : , Bessemer Route Two News. forps',oi,cf ii(- of The Gazette. BESSEMER CITY, R. F. D. 2. Feb. 21. The wheat crop In this section looks very well for this time of year. The farmers are of the opinion that it is going to be a very good wheat year. The old farmers say that lots of snow in the winter is usually followed by a good wheat crop. The snow has killed a lot or the oats. It has been raining for the last week and the farmers are get ting behind with their work. Many of them haven't plowed a furrow a yet. Mountain View school doses Sat urday with exercises. The Hickory Grove school ilso closes Saturday. The exercises at both places promise to be interesting and will be well attended if the weather Is favorable The Clio literary society of Sunny side school will give an entertain ment the last day of school. Miss Pearl Harmon gave a party Saturday night and entertained a large number of her friends. CIIKRRVVILLE, ROUTE TWO. Correspondence of The Gazette. CHERRYV1LLE. R. F. D. 2, Feb. 21. Mr. Odell Tlsdell. of Cowpens, S. C. is visiting at the home of Mr. John Stroup this week.- Rev. M. L. Pence, of Henry, spent Tuesday at Lie home of Mr. John T. Carpenter. Misses Louie Houser and Madge, Summit spent Sunday with Miss Eu nice Cprpenter. Mr. W. R. Carpen ter anJ family spent Sunday with his father, Mr. John T. Carpenter. .Miss Ferrie Froneberger visited homci'olks Saturday and Sunday. Miss Maggie Lee Carpenter spenl last wee). v th her sister, and other rela tives in Kings Mountain and -5outn tiiiolliia. Misses Hall and Harrelson spent one day last week with Mr. and Mrs. drier Dellinger. Mr. R. C. Shep pard, of Grover. spent Sunday with friends in this neighborhood. Misses Sallle Stroup and Jennett Thornburg spent Sunday with Mrs. Waiur Iong Mr. Augustus Clark 8ient Sunciiy with homefolks. MR. ROBT. M. DEWSTOE DEAD. Prominent Mill Man Dies at His Home Near Mount Holly. Charlotte Observer, 22nd. Mount Holly. Feb. 21. Mr. Rob ert Martin Dewstoe, president of the Nims Manufacturing Company and leading citizen, died at his home, south of town, this morning at 3:45 o'clock. Mr. Dewstoe was a native of Dubuque. Iowa, but came Soutn twenty-five years ago. He was one of the promoters of the Albion Man ufacturing Company and later the Nims Company was organized under his direction. Mr. Dewstoe was president of this company up to his death, though for the last th'ee years he had not been i'o tn enri aet'vcly to the dut'es of he office. Mr. Dewstoe is survived by his de voted wife and four children, Mes Hamps L. D. Henderson and J. A. Conner, of Mount Holly, and Messrs. R. M. Dewstoe. Jr., of Bir mingham. Ala., and Eugene Dewstoe of the Southern Bell electrical de partment Charlotte. Mr. Dewstoe was buried at 4 p. m. today. The service was conducted by Rev. S. L. Cathey from the late residence. The remains were fol lowed by a large and sympathetic crowd of neighbors and friends to Its last resting place. FLIRTING TABOOED. Greensboro Youths Must Dispense With Popular Form of Amusement Greensboro, Feb. 21 Special. An old city ordinance making it a mis demeanor to "flirt" in a certain lati tude about the two girls' colleges In Greensboro has been amended so as to embrace the entire city. Commis sioner Brown recalling the old and obsolete ordinance yesterday after noon and suggesting that it not only be enforced but that it be made more stringent. The. action serves to bring to mind the fact that an old ordinance for bidding flirting about the colleges here was passed several years ago by the board of aldermen, though If any action has ever resulted from the law the police records fail to mane account of same. . As things now stand, Greensboro's police must keep a "weather" eye out for flirting, not only about the colleges but on the streets and espe cially in the passenger station, where the amusement is said to be the reg ulation vocation of a certain class or young men who make this city home or headquarters. Miss Martha and Masters Dur-r ward and . Moore Morrow spent the week-end here; with their mothe,r, Mrs. Mary Moore Morrow, returning Monday to '.South Fork Institute, Maiden." They bad as their guest here MisaGertrud Stevens, of Ral eigh, v hols a student at South Fork also.- ' . CHERRY YILLE PROSPERING. Cotton Mills Running on Full Time unci Not a Vacant Hou.se. Charlotte Observer, 21st. Cherryville. Feb. 20. Cherryville has again assumed her hustling spir it. The six cotton mills here are all running full time, two are running nl'ht and day and your correspona ent interviewed the manager of the third mill and he says that they will bosin night work next week. There is not a vacant house in Cherryville, something that has not been known for the last three yearn. Mr. Luther Mauney has in course of construction in South Cherryville a beautiful home and as soon an complete will move into it and run a modern dairy and truck farm. Mr. I). R. RudiRill will let the con tract for a nice home In the south ern part of town in the near future. Dr. L. F. Self has let the contract for a $3.noo dwelling on Academy street and work will begin as soon as the weather will permit and be pushed to speedy completion. Mr. Doras Witherspoon's dwelling near the academy is nearing comple tion and as sonn as the painters have finished he will move Into It. The Cherryville Lumber Company is a new industry for our town and will in a few days be ready for bus iness. We are reliably Informed that this company has already contracted for several hundred thousand fee of lumber. This plant operates some three or four saw mills in this sec tion. Mr. George P. Webb of Shelby will be present at a mass-meeting held here Friday night, the object of which Is to organize a building and loan association for Cherryville. 'Mr. Webb is secretary and treasurer of the Shelby the Cleveland County as sociation and is thoroughly familiar with the working of these associa tions. There lrve been several parties here for the last few weeks pros pecting for a location for a loan and trust company and it is very likely that one will be organized here In the near future. The Thompson Brick Company has homrht the plant of the Cherryville Brick Company and will put same In operation as soon as the weather permits. This plant will have an output of from twenty-five to forty thousand per day. The town commissioners todav purchased seats for the new city hall auditorium to be shipped at once. Cherryville boasts of having the fin est city hall of any town of its size In the State. In order to accommodate the ones wishing new lots on which to build the town has ordered a street onened no leading to the property of the Cherryvllio Manufacturing Company which will be offered for sale as bu"dip(r lots tn the near future. Mr. J. M. Beam has opened un a new hotel on Depot street. This gives Cherryville two up-to-date hos telries. TAFT BITTERLY DENOUNCED. Republican Senator from Oregon Charges President With Playing Politics Flagrant Misuse of Pov-J er in Withdrawing North Carolina Nominations. Greensboro News. Washington. D. C, Feb. 20. In surgent Republicans were bitter to day in their denunciations of the methods being practiced in the inter est of President Taft's nomination. Senator Jonathan Bourne, of Oregon, head of the National Progressive Re publican eague. has waxed wroth be cause of the President's action in withdrawing all North Carolina nom inations yesterday. "This flagrant misuse of pa tronage." says Mr. Bourne, "must necessarily receive great credence throughout the country, especially In the minds of those remembering the famous Norton letter." Continuing Mr. Bourne says: "The presidential withdrawal of ten nominations for the State of North Carolina, resulting in rumors that the cause was not the unfitness of the individual nominees, but to leave those offices open for trading purposes in the securing of delegates favorable to the renomination or President Taft, demonstrates the ne cessity for the earliest possible adop tion by states of my presidential preference bill which, when general ly adopted, will destroy the federal machine, so far as enabilne a Presi dent to renominate himself or des ignate his successor is concerned, making demonstrated efficiency in office the sole measure of the reten tion of the incumbent. "This rumored flagrant misuse of patronage must necessarily receive great credence throughout the coun try, and especially in the minds of those remembering the famous Nor ton letter. The purchase of votes for money debauches' but two Indi viduals, the purchaser and the pur chasee. The purchase of votes for federal patronage debauches not on ly the Individual parties to the trans action, but thu nation Itself, which every thoughtful man must not only deprecate, but abhorj" STUDY CLUB WITH MRS. REI1). The meeting of the Study Club which was postponed from last Tues day will be held next Tuesday, Fel ruury 27th, with Mrs. J. P. Reld at her home on South Broad street. Works of several Southern authors will be studied, including James Lane Allen. Hret Harte, Cable, Eg gleston and Craddock. . MUSIC CLUB WITH MRS. II i;iI V. The regular monthly meeting of the Music Club was held at :!::m o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. L. L. Hardin, on Hast Third avenue. The program as previously published was carried out in full and the meeting was a most enthusiastic and delightful one. U. C CLUB WITH MRS. WILSON. Mrs. George W. Wilson was host ess to the V. C. Club yesterday after noon at her home on Second avenue. The subject for Btudy was "The Con federation of the Colonies" and pa pers were read as follows, namely ' Nw Amsterdam Becomes New York" by Miss Cabaniss; "English in New York" by Miss Pursley; "Pe ter Steuyvesant" by Mrs. L. L. Har din: "The Congress at Albany" by Mrs. A. C. Jones: "Mason and Dix on's Line" by Miss Mary Whitesides. In addition to club members there wre present several invited guests. A three-course luncheon was served. SURPRISE WEDDING. A wedding which came as a dis tinct surprise to the many friends or the contracting parties was solemn ized at S:4." o'clock Tuesday night at the home of Rev. A. S. Anderson, pastor of the Loray Presbyterian church, when Mr. Dean Rawlings and Miss Grace Gray were united in marriage. The ceremony was wit nessed only by the officiating minis ter and Mr. and Mrs. J. Flay Bess. Mr. Kawlings is the popular and ef ficient bookkeeper for the local plant of the Southern Cotton Oil Company, while the bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Gray. Both have a host of friends who extend to them their best wishes upon the occasion cf their marriage. COMMERCIAL CLUB'S ANNUAL RECEPTION. The annual reception of the Gas tonia Commercial Club held In the club rooms Tuesday night was one of the most brilliant and enjoyable social events of the season. The re ception this year was only for the members of the club and their friends, no tickets being sold. The iub rooms were beautifully decorat ed for the occasion, the first room being in the club colors, black and gold, while the decorations in the scccrd room were all of Japanese design Upon entering the guests were presented to. the receiving line, which was constituted as follows: Mr and Mrs. B. H. Parker, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Jones, Mr. E. N. Pegram and Miss Emma Salley, Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Knby, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Timberlake, Mr. and Mrs. P. Woods Garland, Jr.. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C Jones and Miss Latimer, Mr. Ed C. A Jams and Miss Lowry. 'n a prettily decorated booth in the bihiard room punch was served by Mrs. E. W. Gilliam. Miss Rebecca Adams .md Miss Johnsle Adams. At other tallies delicious refreshments were seived in several courses. The salad table was in charge of Mrs. Frost Torrence and Mrs. J. H. Ken nedy, assisted by Mrs. A. M. Smyre. Mrs. Fred Smyre and Mrs. Mattle Pegram. At the ice cream table Mrs. D. A. Garrison presided, and had as her assistants Misses Louisa Reid. Burney Boyce. Madeline Thomson and Margaret Louise Ia Far. Coffee was served by Mrs. W. L. Balthls and Miss I-ottie Blake, as sisted by Misses Olive Abernethy, Lillian Watson and Ruth Mason. Assisting in various ways a num ber of other ladies contributed mucn to the Buccess and pleasure of the occasion. The reception, while a private affair Instead of a public function as it has been heretofore, was pronounced by all who attended as the most delightful social affair ever conducted under the auspices of the club. Music was furnished by Miss Atkins' orchestra. There were present about one hundred and fifty guests. FOR YI SITING YOUNG LADIES. Complimentary to their house guests, Miss Ethel Hamrick, of Gaff ney. S. C, and Miss Susie Mathews, of Greenwood. S. C. and Miss Colum bia Kelly, of Salem, Va.. Misses Marie and Hallie Torrence delightful ly entertained at their home on York street yesterday afternoon and night with a George Washington affair. In the afternoon from 3:30 to 5:30 they entertained their young lady friends. Progressive trail was play ed, the score cards being miniature hatchets tied with red. white and blue ribbons. The decorations were of red, white and blue with flags and the flowers used were red and white carnations. A salad course was serv ed. Last night from 8:30 to 11 the Misses Torrence entertained a num ber of their young friends; those present being Misses Hamrick, Mat thews, Kelley,; Ruth Boyce and Car rie Latimer and Messrs. E. N. Pe gram, L. C. . Jones, Robert McLean, Erskine Boyce. Averltt McLean, Sta cy Boyce, Harry Shuford, Henry Boshamer, F. M. Valx, Ed Adams, Death of Mrs. Jane Smith. Information was received here this r"orring of the death of Mrs. Jane Smith, widow of the late Capt. John J. Smith, which occurred at her home in Clover. S. C, at fi o'clock yesterdiy evening. The deceased is survived by one daughter. Mrs. R. W. Pressly. of Clover, and two sons. Mr. JohnM. Smith, of Clover, and Mr. Ves Smith, of Newport News, Va. The funeral services were con ducted at ri o'clock this afternoon by Rev. H. R. Mills, pastor of the Clo ver Presbyterian church, of which Mrs. Smith was a devoted and faith ful member. Mr. John Wallace Dead. At 2 o'clock Wednesday morning Mr. John Wallace died at his home on North Broad street after a lin gering illness of some months, aged !2 years. The deceased is survived by his widow and four children. Funeral services were conducted at the home yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock by Rev. J. E. Abernethy. pas tor of Main Street Methodist church, of which the deceased was a member, and the body was laid to rest in Hol lywood cemetery. Mr. Wallace had been making his home in Gastonia for many years, having been in the employ of the Gastonia Manufactur ing Company as an engineer for a long period. He was a man of excel lent character, and had a large num ber of friends who will learn of his death with much sorrow. Union Commissioners Coming. Mr. A. J. Smith, clerk of the board of county commissioners, received a letter this morning from Mr. J. E. Stewart, clerk of the board of com missioners of 1'nion county, stating that the members of that body would arrive here next Wednesday to look over Gaston county's roads and our system of keeping records, etc. They will be accompanied, the letter stat ed, by a party of newspaper men. Mr. Stewart requested that the chair man of the Gaston county board, and the other members if possible, meet them. Mr. Smith wrote Mr. Stewart today that Gaston county would be delighted to have them visit Gaston. The Union board is composed of Mr. T. J. Gordon, chairman; Mr. J. E. Stewart, clerk; Messrs. W. G. Long and J. C. Laney. Roosevelt Club Organized. The chief feature of the gathering of Gaston county Republicans at Dallas yesterday was the organiza tion of a Roosevelt Club. The meet ing was called as a special meeting of the Republican county executive committee but only one or two of them were present so no meeting of that body was held. The gathering resolved itself into a conference and from what can be learned most of the time was devoted to a discussion of national politics. Mr. S. S. Mc Ninch, of Charlotte, was present and addressed the meeting in behalf of Mr. Roosevelt's candidacy for the Republican nomination for the pres idency. It was evidenced that Roosevelt was the favorite and a Roosevelt Club was organized, 4 8 of the 52 present enrolling under the Roosevelt banner. Mr. John N. Han na, of Gastonia, was chosen presi dent of the club, Mr. Walter B. Car son, of Gastonia, secretary and Mr. Joe Armstrong, of Belmont, vice president. It Is understood that this central club will use Its energies to bring about the organization or Roosevelt Clubs in every precinct of the county. So far as can be learn ed yesterday's meeting was charac terized by almost complete harmony. Ed and Claud Hanes, who broke jail at Kings Mountain several months ago, were arrested in Salis bury for hoboing and were sent back to Kings Mountain Wednesday. Wrhlle serving time for hoboing in Rowan county they overpowered a guard and escaped only to be recaptured. They were being held In Kings Mountain for store-breaking. In a message to Congress yester day President Taft said that he did not approve Postmaster General Hitchcock's recommendation that the government own and operate the telegraph lines. The country is not yet ready for this, - he stated. The President commended Mr. Hitchcock for his showing in the postoffice de partment. A cyclone storm which swept over northern Louisiana and Mississippi Tuesday evening killed twenty peo ple and severely injured several score more. Will Wetzell, Grady Rankin., A. G. Myers, W. H. Adams and Fred Wet sell. A George Washington guess ing contest furnished considerable amusement and pleasure. A feature of the evening was the music. Miss Marie Torrence at the piano with Messrs. . Robert McLean and Erskine Boyce with violins rendered several selections. Miss Hamrick rendered several piano selections and Miss Matthews ' sang. All the selections were patriotic. Refreshments were served In two courses. Miss Kelley will entertain for the visiting young ladles next Monday -night; On the Other Hand President Lind say Pun liases .More I-aii'I and Will Enlarge Linwood Will Ik on the Interurban. The Gazette last week reprinted from the Bessemer City correspond ence of The Charlotte Observer an item containing the rumor that Pres ident A. T. Lindsay might sell Lin wood College and devote his entire time to his duties as pastor of Pis gah Associate Reformed Presbyter ian church. It is gratifying indeed to learn that such a rumor is with out foundation. Mr. Lindsay was in Charlotte Monday and the following is taken from The Observer of Tuesday morn ing: "Rev. A. T. Lindsay, president of Linwood College located in Gaston county, spent yesterday In the city on business. Mr. Lindsay declared there was no foundation in the re port that has become circulated in this community that he was prepar ing to sell the property of Linwood College and retire from connection with the institution. As a matter of fact, Mr. Lindsay has just recent ly made a large purchase of ad ditional real estate adjoining that which he now owns. Linwood will be situated within a short distance of the interurban when it is extend ed from Gastonia to Kings Mountain and Mr. Lindsay is preparing to build up the college along many lines of activity in the course of the early future." The Gazette is informed that the Piedmont & Northern Railway Co., the interurban, after long delibera tion and careful investigation into the two routes has finally fully de cided to run the interurban electric line from Gastonia to Kings Moun tain via Linwood College instead of by Bessemer City. This means great things for the college and the friends of that excellent Institution here and elsewhere will be greatly pleased to learn of this decision of the railroad company. As stated above Mr. Lindsay has purchased considerable additional land in the vicinity of the college property. The Gazette has nothing authoritative on the subject and has been unable to Interview Mr. Lind say because of wrecked phone lines, but has It from a reliable source that there is a movement on foot to make All Healing an up-to-date summer resort, with ample new buildings and all provisions for furnishing first-class accommodations to sum mer visitors. These buildings, it 18 said, would be used for college pur poses in the school season and for hotel purposes in the summer. There is no finer place for a summer re sort this side of the Land of the Sky and with electric railway connections it would undoubtedly soon become very popular with people from all over the State. That it is the inten tion of the owners to adopt this plan is not known definitely but The Ga zette has heard well-founded rumors to this effect and hopes that they are correct. Mr. Lindsay has built up an excel lent school at Linwood and Gaston county and Gastonia would regret exceedingly to learn that he was even thinking of giving up his school work. It Is very gratifying to know that the rumor set afloat from Bes semer was unfounded. HOUSTON FIRE-SWEPT. Texas City Yislted by Most Destine live Blaze in Its History Loss Will Run Into Millions No Lives Lost. Houston, Tex. Dispatch, 21st. Driven before one of the coldest Tex as "northers" of the winter, fire ear ly today burned a huge irregular strip through the eastern residential and manufacturing section of Hous ton. It swept over million dollar plants and flimsy frame structures with equal ease until somewhere between $6,000,000 and $10,000,000 damage had been done. Although no lives were lost, more than a score of persons were injured while thou sands were driven from their homes and suffered the sting of the freezing temperature. The burned area by daylight was mile and a half long and from a city' block to a quarter of a mile In widtn. The fire started in a two-story frame structure near Hardy and Opelousas streets and jumped to a feed store. Then it jumped simulta neously to three more frame board ing houses and the roar of the flames on a 35-mile northeaBt wind began to be ominous. The Star and Cres cent hotel, a brick structure, next caught. From that moment the fire seem ed beyond control. Driving ahead viih 'rightful rapidity It swayed from sde to side and tongues of tpprks. sometimes seeming to reacH out three blocks ahead, all the time eating steadily toward the mors thicHy populated section . of the city across "cJufralo Bayou. Late this afternoon it was definitely-ascertained that there had lot on ly been no. loss of life but few. if any serious injuries, despite a large nam ber of minor bruises and much suf fering from exposure. ' - The residents of the burned area: were persons of moderate, some times of straightened means Includ ing clerks, laborers and mill and faa tory workers.. A toml nf 45.000-bales of cotton tnn A In .th PtAVoIanrf Cnmnraa apd the McFadden warehouses wars : destroyed with a total loss of approx imately fi.iSO.OOO. The Standard warehouse was destroyed . hot - th ' loss here was not heavy as very lit tle cotton was destroyed.