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VOL. XXXIII.
GASTOXIA, X. a FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1912.
NO. 17.
SAW GASTON'S ROADS
HAGER MURDER TRIAL ON
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successful session ENDED.
Hickory Grove Schoof Clones With
Interesting Exercises A Marriage
Personal Items arid News Notes
from Ressemer City, Route Two.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
BESSEMER CITY, R. F. I). 1.
Feb. 27. We have been having a
lot of rain for the last few days,
which has caused the farmers to ne
behind in breaking their land for
spring planting.
A marriage of unusual Interest to
this part of Gaston county came off
at Gastonia last Sunday morning,
the parties being Miss Fannie Brown,
of Chester, S. C, and Mr. Doris Mau
ney, of Bessemer City, route one.
The bride is an accomplished school
teacher and has been teaching in
this community for a number of
years. Vhe won the love of her pu
pils and all whom she came in con
tact with. Mr. Mauney Ib an up-to-date
young farmer. We wish for
them a long and happy life.
The closing exercises of Hickory
"Grove school last Saturday were
good but owing to the unfavorab?e
weather the attendance was not so
large as it would have been if the
weather had been pretty. Mr. Poole
of Fallston was teacher at this
school. He taught a splendid school.
Misses Helen and Annie Pasour
were trie guests Sunday of Misses
Myrtle and Funia Carpenter. MIsr
Cora Stroup. of Cherryville. route
two, gave the young people a singing
lati Sunday afternoon. All report a
1 leasant time. Mr. John Baldwin
.vaa a business visitor to Gastonia
Mcnday. The Infant son of Mr. and
.Mrs. Sylvanus Hasten died Sunday
aiternoon and was buried at Con
cert Methodist church Monday ar
ternoon. Mr. Clyde Carpenter spent
last Sunday In Hickory.
IRON STATION' NEWS.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
IRON STATION. Feb. 2K. Messrs.
B. A. and R. E. Goodson spent yes
terdav and todav in Gastonia. Mr.
and Mrs. Will Senter and little son
spent several days in Lincolnton vis
iting friends last week. Miss Pear:
Abernethy has gone to Charlotte to
spend some time with relatives.
The school at Stroup's school house
will close with an exhibition next
Saturday. Miss Hattie Armstrong ts
the teacher and has taught a success
ful term. Rev. W. S. Sechrest, or
Dallas, filled his regular appoint
ment here Sunday morning at eleven
o'clock. Miss Eliza Sanders, of Gas
tonia, visited friends here laBt weeK.
Mr. John Clemmer. of Bostic, has
been visiting his parents. Mr. Tind
Mrs. L. A. Clemmer. Mr. Robert
Edwards, of Dallas', was here to see
his brother today. Mrs. Clint Moore
and little daughter, of Stanley, are
visiting here. --Mrs. R. C. Goode re
turned today fron-a visit at Cronse.
Mr. and .Mrs. Puette Munday, Mrs.
Ed Munday and Mrs. John Hamrick
and son, Robert Smith, went to I. in-
Nixon wedding. Mrs. Fannie Ion?
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Dorus
Bynum.
A WEDDING.
Miss Ressie McKeown Become Bride
of Mr. W. R. McKeown Mad
Dogs at DesseTiiei" Breezy Driers
from Rustling Ressemer.
Correspondence of The Gaiette.
BESSEMER CITY, Feb. 29. "Be
hind the clouds is the sun still shin
ing" and the bright sunshine of tne
two days just past is most welcome,
to be sure. The surface of the earth
seems to be drying rapidly and the
pedestrians are glad to see this too.
A marriage of some interest to
people in this community was sol
emnized Wednesday morning at
10:30 at the home of Mr. T. H. Roys
ter, route one. The contracting par
ties were Miss Bessie McKeown and
Mr. William B. McKeown, of Lancas
ter, S. C. The ceremony was per
formed by Rev. L. M. Hobbs, pastor
of the local Baptist church, assisted
by Rev. J. F. Harrelson.
Mr. and Mrs. McKeown will live
in the country and about nine miles
from Lancaster, S. C.
Mrs. Frank Earney, of McAden
ville, visited Rev. and Mrs. J. F.
Harrelson a few days since. Mrs. E.
L. Froneberger and Miss Anna San
ders were in Charlotte Monday. Mr.
J. A. Smith spent Monday in Char
lotte where Mrs. Smith underwent an
operation. Mrs. Smith stood the op
eration very well. Her friends wlsn
for her a speedy recovery. Mr. and
Mrs. C. W. Fuller are proud over tne
safe arrival. of a baby girL Mrs.
Madge Fuller went to Atlanta to
night. Rev. and Mrs. J. F. Harrel
son were in Cherryville Wednesday.
Mr. Lee Payne and Mr. Junius
Phifer were In South Catolina Wed
nesday looking after some mining
Interests. Master Jesse Dunn has
been quTte'Ill with pleurisy.
Mad dogs have made their appear
ance In Bessemer City and it is un
derstood that several other dogs have
been bitten but are still running at
large or one at least that your cor
respondent heard of. There should
be very stringent measures taken to
fteep the animals confined or killed.
It is a serious matter " v
Long Shoals Items.
Corresnondenee of The Gazette.
LONG SHOALS, Feb. 29. Miss
Hattie Alexander, of Lincolnton, is
visiting friends and relatives at thts
place. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Mau
ney and Miss Ellis Proctor attended
the Costner-Nlxon marriage in Lin
colnton Wednesday evening. Rev.
J. M. Senter will preach his farewell
sermon at Bethel Lutheran church
next Sunday, March 3rd, at eleven
o'clock. On account of bad weather
a number of people from around
here failed to attend the exhibition
at Hickory Grove school house last
Saturday. Mrs. J. E. Carpenter and
Mrs. W. E. Kiser spent Wednesday
at Mrs. Andrew Brown's, at Crouse.
MORE IjOXG STAPLE.
Indications Are That Gaston Farmer
Will Raise Five Thousand Rales of
It This Season Greatly Increased
Local Demand Together With De
crease in Amount Raised Further
South Makes It Attractive to Cot
ton Growers of This Section.
Gaston county farmers are going
to raise this season by far the largest
quantity of long staple cotton In the
history of the county. This is nor
saying that the county is going to
raise more cotton for the probabili
ties are that the total acreage in Gas
ton, as In most other Southern coun
ties, will be considerably reduced
this season. Eight cent cotton is
not attractive. It is a losing propo
sition to the grower. What is meant
by the above statement Is that Gas
ton county farmers, a great many or
them, are going to abandon tne
growing of short staple cotton for
the growing of long staple. Farmers,
doubtless scores and perhaps hun
dreds of them in this county and im
mediate section, who have never as
yet raised a bale of long staple cot
ton will raise It almost exclusively
this year.
According to a very careful and
exceedingly conservative estimate
made by Mr. E. Perry Lewis, origin
ator and grower of Lewis' Long Sta
ple Cotton, the 1911 crop of !ons
staple in Gaston county, including
lint and seed was worth between
30,000 and $40,000. Local mills
have bought all the homegrown long
staple offered, paying therefor from
14 to 19 cents according to the con
dition and quality of the staple.
This when the best short staple was
selling on this market for 8 and
8 1-2 cents. While the growers have
been getting twice as much for the
long stinle as for the short, the cost
o production Is very little if any
more nnd yield is about the same
per acre.
Basing estimates on the amount o"
long staile seed which has been sold
and on the demand for it at the pres
ent time it appears altogether prob
able that this county will produce tile
t"0?r!Hg ppTJon fron 3.00 to i.Ofn
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highest heard of and the former i'g
ure the lowest. At 18 cents per
pound a rO0-IT bale of long staple
Is worth $90 and the seed at $1 per
bushel is worth $35, making eacn
bale' produce, a revenue of $125: On
this basis 3.000 bales would bring
S375.000 and 5,000 would bring
$625,000.
Mr. E. P. Lewis yesterday received
an order from the Carolina Develop
ment Comnany at Wilmington fer
100 bushels of his long staple seed.
Last year this firm bought three
bushels of the Lewis seed and tried
Ui?m on their farm at Wilmington.
Filling this order will take practical
ly all ti e seed Mr. Lewis has for the
market. Mr. Lewis has sold almost
all ot 1 is seed in this county, having
made no effort to sell it to persons
at a distance. The only advertising
he has done has been In The Gazette
and this has disposed of all the seea
he has for pale this season.
Along t.Ip line the deader. If in
terested In the subject of growing
long staple t often, should turn to
our farmers page in this issue and
read there a communication on this
subject from "Observer." It is In
teresting and contains valuable ln
'ormation. During the past few years many or
the local cotton mills have taken up
the manufacture of finer yarns and
use a large quantity of long staple
cotton, which always brings a good
price. Heretofore Mississippi has
furnished most of this but we are
told that, because of the advances
made In the past two or three years
by the boll weevil, the Mississippi
planters are abandoning the Ions
staple for the earlier short staples.
The mills in Gastonia can use every
bale of long staple that can possibly
be grown here and then some, so
Cais'ton farmers can make no mistake
this year in planting this kind in
preference to the short staple. .
-Marriage licenses have' been is
sued as follows: JB. Lutz, of Gas
tonia. and I. B. Friday, of ' Gaston
county: Thomas J. Matthews, or
Rome. Ga..' and Grace Berry, of
Granlt Falls r H. G. Rhyne, of Mc
Adenville, and Fannie Mauney, of
Cherryville.
WASHINGTON LETTER
TIMELY TOPICS DISCUSSED BY
TAYENNER
pondent Sends In Ratch of Matter
The Gazette's Washington Corres
That Will Interest All Readers of
This Paper.
(By C. H. Tavenner.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 8. The
woolen trust, having found that bay
onets would not compel its $6, $7 and
$8 a week workers to call off their
strike, is now utilizing the hunger of
little children as a club to force the
parents to return to work at a ie
duced wage.
Here is how the trust Is working
its new scheme:
Many charitable organizations, in
cities adjacent to Lawrence, where
rhe strike is in progress, after read
ing of the desperate straits to whicn
the strikers' children had been re
duced, iade arrangements to have
hundreds of these children cared for
in private homes outside of I.awrenoe
until the strike ended. I'nder this
plan, many children were sent away,
some to New York and Boston, and
some as far away as Philadelphia.
With the knowledge that their
children were being cared for ten
derly, the mothers and fathers back
in lawrenre rained courage to car
ry on the fight. Freed from hear
ing their own children crying for
bread, the strikers took renewed
hope.
What happened? The trust nine
nates, realizing that if all the little
children were sent away from Law
rence the strikers e.ould longer en
dure the struggle, at once issued or
ders to the several police and militia
commanders to put a stop to the de
portation of children. They knew
that where bayonets, persecution,
unlawful imprisonment, and all other
ordinary weapons of big corporations
in fighting the unions might fall,
there remained one thing which tne
strikers could not long resist, and
that was; the cry of their own chil
dren for food. These millionaires
knew that where strong men and
women could suffer in silence them
selves, they could not long bear to
see their children suffer.
Accordingly, there was issued an
edict against sending the children a
way where they could obtain food.
Immediately a squad of state sol
diers was sent to each railroad sta
tion, and when the strikers arrived
with their children many of them
were seized and thrown into jail.
Diabolical as this may seem it ac
tually is being done, not Jn Russia,
but right here in these United States.
The woolen trust is the most high
ly protected of all trusts. It makes
millions of dollars annually in prof
its on stock that is watered until it
is soggy, and it is the same trust
which refines steadfastly to listen to
the rlcr o its men for a conference
to tuik oitr wage differences.
Query: Since the protectionists
declared that Schedule K, which pla
ces a heavy tax on every article or
woolen clothing sold In the United
States, was passed "solely" to "pro
tect" the workers in the woolen In
dustry, and since these workers are
receiving absolutely no protection
whatever, why should the American
people longer tolerate Schedule KT
HOU.V DOG HELPS DEMOCRATS.
Democrats with poetry in their
souls are coming to bat in every part
of the United States 'with protests
against any further abust of tne
"Ole tiOun' 'Dog."
YcaiB ago some unknown poet of
the Ozarke wrote a lew homely vers
es on a certain f.ound which every
one seemed to have a deoire to kick
around, and now that .Missouri has
supplied a likely candidate for the
Presidency, this plain ballad from
ti e '.inc laden hills of Missouri has
leaded into national fame. A Wash
ington rewspaper has offered a prize
'or -additional verses. Even meu'.'srs
t' Urngress are competi l
Tn :irt t verse of the original song
r :i s 'i . ,iio" s:
Every time I come to town
The boys start kickin' my dawg
aroun';
Makei! no difference if he IS a houn".
They gotta quit kickin' my dawg
aroun'.
Taking this for their cue, the po
ets got busy, as follows:
Champ's on the hunt with his old
houn'
And he's gettln' votes In every town,
The people are gatherin' for miles
around
To vote for him and his Ozark houn'
Every time the door bell rings
Somebody raises the prices of things
Makes no difference if we're an rlcn
as kings
They gotta quit boostjn' the nrlce o'
' THINGS.
A HOLD UP GAME EXPOSED.
Before you pay charges on an ex
press package again, it might be a
good idea to make sure the charges
have not been paid at the other end.
The extent to which the express
companies, have been robbing the
people by collecting charges at both
ends of a shipment, as revealed be- ,
Union County Commissioners Highly
Pleased With Sand-Clay Road Be
tween Gastouia and Bessemer City
Took Look at Several Macadam
Itoads Union to Vote on Bond Is
sue, t
Chalrhian T. J. Gordon of the
board of county commissioners of
Union county; Mr. W. G. Ixmg, a
member of that board, and Editors
Beasley of The Monroe Journal and
Neely, of The Waxhaw Enterprise,
composed a delegation of Union
county men who spent a part of Wed
nesday" and yesterday in Gaston
county looking over our macadam
and sand-day roads. Union county
is to vote at an early date on the is
suance of bonds for the purpose of
building good roads and the county
officials are investigating the differ
ent kinds of good roads with a view
to adopting the kind that appeals to
them as being the best suited for
their uses.
The party arrived tn Gastonia on
No. 1 1 at noon Wednesday. They
had expected to bring a much larger
delegation but the very inclement
weather which had prevailed for
senile days previous, combined with
other obstacles, prevented others
iro'ii coming. They were met here
by Register of Deeds A. J. Smith, ex
of'n io c lerk of the board of county
commissioners, and Mr. Jno. F. Leep
er. c l, airman of the local board. Mr.
Iyc- -'r took them in charge anC
showed them over as much of Gas
toi.'s roads as possible in the limited
t'me they Had here.
Wednesday afternoon the party
was :uien by Mr. Leeper over th.
(ii ttonia-Ressemer City sand-clav
roici recently completed, and over a
p;iit A the Bessemer Clty-Cherry-V'llo
macadam road whic h has. bee i
completed a year or more. The sand
cl.v toad above referred to is tic
first of its kind built by the Gaston
commissioners and all who have been
j-cr U say that it has withstood the
ot usiiHily severe winter remarkably
well. The Union countians were
wry ;o"ibly impressed .with this
frt!i ot road, as they were also
with the macadam roads. Mr. Beas
ley found it necessary to return on
the evening train to Monroe. The
other members of the party remain
ed over till yesterday ' afternoon.
Yesterday they were taken to the
point on the Gastonia-New Hope ma
cadam road where the chain gans?
camp is now looted. This road is
row being constructed and when com
pleted will connect the South Caroli
na line with Gastonia. It is oom
I'e.ed to a point within less than
two miles of town. From here they
were driven to Belmont and over the
I!clmont-M.ount Holly macadam road.
Returning to Belmont they left from
that point on No. 12 yesterday ar
ternoon for their homes.
The Gazette has not been abie to
ascertain anything as yet as to the
Impressions received of Gaston roads
by the visiting gentlemen, but hopes
to learn something along this line
within a few days.
The Race for Register.
The latest entry in the race for t,he
Democratic nomination for the of
fice of register of deeds is Mr. F.
O. Davis, of Dallas. The Gazette,
learns that Mr. Davis has decided
to enter the contest, though as yet
he has made no formal annoucement.
He is busy at court this week, assist
ing as usual Mr. C. C. Cornwell.
clerk of the court. Mr. Davis is a
business man of ability and has a
wide circle of friends and acquain
tances over the county to whom this
news will be of Interest. If nomin
ated and elected he would discharge
the duties of the office with ability
and credit to himself. In the lists
of announcements In to-day's Gazette
will be found that of Mr. A. J. Smith,
the present register, who announces
his candidacy for re-election. Mr.
Smith has filled the position of reg
ister of deeds for the past several
years with great satisfaction and has
the support of a large number or
friends over the county. He also
has a card to the voters of the county
In this issue. Mr. Wylie McGlnnas.
of Kings Mountain, is, we under
stand, also in the race, making three.
The contest for this office promises
to be about as lively as that for trea
surer. ,
The South Point township
teachers' association is meeting today
with the Belmont school. All the
teachers In the township are spend
ing the day In the school. This is in
line with a plan inaugurated some
time ago by Superintendent Hall
whereby it is proposed that every
two or three weeks the teachers may
gather and inspect and observe tne
work done by others. The meeting
today promises to be very helpful.
fore the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. Is amazing.
In the case of one company alone
it was shown that it made 3.000
overcharges in one day and collected
in one year $67,000 as overcharges.
The ojflcer of the company ad
mitted that the system employed to
Identify prepaid packages was -faulty,
but had no particular apology to
make.
"Demand for transportation char
ges on prepaid shipments must
cease declared Commissioner Lane,
who was plainly provoked. "The
complaint of this practice by ex
press companies is universal."
Jn addition to the cases of over
charging which come io the attention
of the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion, it is belUred that thousands or
shipments are paid for at both ends
of which the commission never hears,
owing to the fact that the victims do
not know they are being fleeced.
Taking of Testimony in Case of State
vs. C. S. Hager for Murder of Karl
Ijockman in Progress Afternoon
Will Probably be Consumed In
Hearing Witnesses Part low Trial
Set for Next Monday Ijtrge
Crowd Attending Court Many
Cases Disposed of.
When Gaston County Superior
Court, which convened Monday morn
ing for the trial of criminal cases,
adjourned at 1 o'clock today for tne
nild-day recess the taking of testi
mony from the witnesses for the
defense was in progress. There are
still ten or twelve more witnesses to
be heard and it will probably require
the remainder of the day to hear
them. As The Gazette goes to press
2:.i0 o'clock, court is reconvening
for the afternoon session.
At the beginning Solicitor Wilson
announced that the State would not
ask for a verdict of murder in the
first degree but In the second degree
or manslaughter.
This case, the State vs. Christy S.
Hager, former chief of police of Bes
semer City, who is charged with tne
murder of Karl S. Lockman on No
vember l!Mh last, was begun at 11
o'clock yesterday morning. A Jury
was secured with very little delay
nnd the taking of testimony for the
prosecution was commenced before
i.oon. All the State's witnesses had
been heard by 5:30 o'clock yesterday
afternoon and court adjourned. On
re- convening t J is morning the exam
ination of the witnesses for the ae
Itnsc was taken up and has been In
l.rogress ail day.
Solicitoi vi. W. Wilson Is being as
sisted in .h-j prosecution by Mr.
C ianyarne Wil.scn. of Spartanburg.
S. C, Mr. A. .'.. Mangum, of Gasto
hia, and Mr ('. K. Whitney, of Besse
m r city. i he defense is represent
ed bj Mr. '). V. Mason and Mr. S. J.
Durham, of Ciiistonia.
Interest iliis morning centered in
the testimony nt' tre defendant. Mr.
Hager. who wis the third witness
,Mit on the stand. He recited in de
tail the oc c in re T'-ep incident to his
-i;o'--'ing i.cl'iar. on Sunday, No
1 "iiihcr If'tl Mr. Lockman died the
lYltowiiig clay in h Charlotte hospital
after 'ic'im operated on. The plea of
the .lelerse is iiiat Hager shot Lock
iiian in self ic lense. The witness
testified that I .in Kinan was drinking,
that he resisted rrrest and c ut him.
ilaaer. vitlr Itf knife twice berore
the witness fI,". The policeman's
coat, worn by 1'iifcer on the clay or
the shooting was produced and tne
kni'e : uts e xl il 'tecl. Hager put tne
roil on and si -.v. eel the jury the po
sition in which Ie was when cut by
Lockman. (:ie cut was on the
shoulder ;,i d the defendant testified
that he wiis cut here as he raised up
fioM the ground i Her having stoop
ed ove t to pick ur his pistol which
he dropped 'in l lie ground, or whicti
was knocked from his hand by Ixick
nian If was init-if diately after ris
ing from this stooping position that
he shot. The court room was full
while Hager was on the stand and
the crowd listened with quiet inter
est to his testimony.
Among the large number of wit
nesses examined on both sides were
many character witnesses.
It is very probable that the argu
ments and charge to the Jury will not
be reached before tomorrow and the
case will more than likely consume
the larger part of tomorrow's ses
sion. It was announced this morning that
the case against Milas Partlow for
attempting to wreck the C. & N.-W.
passenger train September 19th at
Crowders Creek trestle, this county,
would be taken up Monday morning.
There are also other cases yet to be
disposed of and the criminal docket
will doubtless consume two or three
days of next week, encroaching to
that extent upon the civil docket's
time.
The following cases have been dis
posed of:
State vs. Arch Friday and John
Clemmer, gambling. Judgment sus
pended on payment of costs.
State vs. Tom Morgan, retailing,
not guilty.
State vs. Amberry Blggers, re
tailing, two cases, called and failed.
State vs. J. Ti Dameron, drunR
and disorderly, appeal from record
er's court; Judgment of recorder's
court confirmed.
State vs. Charlie Grier, larceny, 4
months In jail, to be hired out.
State vs. Roland Tate, false pre
tense, judgment suspended on pay
ment of costs.
State vs. J. M. Mills, keeping dis
orderly house, plea of nolo contend
ere accepted by State: Judgment sus
pended on payment of costs.
State vs. Robert Ellington, keep
ing liquor for sale, defendant called
and failed.
State vs. Esau Maciway and Parlee
Rozzelle, f and a, nol proa.
State vs. Claude Haynes. jail
breaking, prayer for Judgment con
tinued on payment of costs.
State vs. Ed Haynes, larceny, four
months on roads.
State vs. Oscar Newton, larceny,
prayer for Judgment continued on
payment of coats. To appear at each
term for twelve months and show
good behavior.
State vs. Ferris Messer, embezzle
ment, nol pros. Robert Knuckley,
prosecutor, to pay costs. This case
wag compromised by the defendant
reimbursing Knuckley. After pre
liminary trial Knuckley gave a casn
bend of $1,000 for Messer appear
ence V.
State vs. Ed Newman, retailing,
guilty, sentence not yet Imposed.
Staters. Julia Martin and Georgia
Johnson, affray, judgment suspended
on payment of costs.
State vs. Rome Pasour, removing
Some Bottles.
By far the largest single shipment
of omr-ty bottles ever received in
Gastoria came this week to the Gas
tonia Coca-Cola Bottling Co's. plant.
It was a tolid car load shipment of
40,n00. colonel Marvin is undoubt
edly figuring that Gaston county
folks are going to be thirsty this
coming summer.
Special Sleeting of Juniors.
Gastonia Council, No. 68, J. O. U.
A. M., will hold a special meeting in
its hall In the Glenn building Mon
day night, March 4th. This will t
a public meeting and not only mem
bers in good standing, but delin
quents who may wish to be re-Instated,
and all persons Interested in tn
order, are cordially invited to at
tend. Speeches will be made by
Messrs. John G. Carnenter, C. B.
Armstrong and J. J. Beach.
F.Ieet Xew Officers 1
At a meeting of the Regal Clut
held last night the following new of
ficers were elected: G. G.. Willis,
president; A. M. Spencer, first vice
president; Leroy Suggs, second vice
president; George Rawllngs, secres
tary and treasurer, These officers,
together with the following-named
young gentlemen, compose the board
of governors: Dr. Frank R. An
ders, W. Dean Rawllngs, Oscar M.
Jones. George E. Marvin, T. A. Wag
staff and Sidney Winget.
May Run for Senate.
Mr. S. S. Mauney. one of Cherry
ville's prominent citizens and cotton
Manufacturers, spent Wednesday In
Gastonia attending court and shaking
rands with his friends. Mr. Mauney
was a candidate for the lower house
o' the General Assembly two years
ao and was in the second primary
rice wiih Mr. N. B. Kendrlck, who
defeated him. His numerous friends
arc urging him to run for the Demo
cratic nomination for the State Sen
ate and it is very probable that he
will do so. Should he announce him
self a candidate Mr. Mauney would
ro doubt make a strong race. It is
possible that something definite from
Mi. Mauney on this subject may be
ylven the public soon.
More Ixng Staple Cotton.
Mr. R. J. Davis, of Clover, route
two, the Bethel aectlon, was a busi
ness v."itor In Gastonia yesterday and
paid The Gazette office a pleasant
call. Mr. Davis operates a gin tn
the Bethel section and he told The
Gazette that he had this week gin
ned for Mr. J. E. Harper, of the
Point section, 19 bales of Iewis Long
Staple cotton which the latter raised
this year. He says Mr. Harper has
not yet sold his cotton but is dispos
ing ui bib teed rapidly. In two days
this w eek f c pold 350 bushels of the
seed from this cotton at $1 per
bushe l Mr , f vis himself has about
1'it b:leo of iong staple which he
r lived this year. He used threi va
rieties of seed.
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Mr. J. F. Thomson and Miss Ma
ry Hildebrand returned today from
the Northern markets where they
purchased goods for the Thomson
Mercantile Company.
crop, mistr'al.
State t-. Will Boyd, assault, fined
$!() and costs.
State vs. Ely Snyder, retailing, two
cases; nol pros in one; found guilty
In other but sentence not yet im
posed. State vs. Sam Latham, c. c. w.,
called and failed.
State vs. Tank Clemmer, gamb
ling, not guilty.
State vs. Will White, c. c. w., S
months on roads.
State vs. Walter Bryant, c. c. w.,
jc.dgn.ient suspended on payment ot
COS'S.
F.tate vs. John Pressley, larceny,
two months on roads.
state vs. Bill George and Jesse
Shirley, larceny; in case of George
charge changed to forcible trespass
and defendant fined $10 and costs;
Shirley called and failed.
State vs. Claud Witherspoon, as
sault with deadly weapon, guilty,
sentence not yet imposed.
Will Bryant, c. c. w., two months
on roads.
John L. Smith, G. C. Nance and
Theodore Nance, assault with deadly
weapon ; Smith found guilty and fin
ed $2. and costs; others not guilty.
State vs. Mr. Wheeler, agent South
em Express Company and Southern
Railway, aiding and abetting in sale
of whiskey, nol pros.
H. C. Froneberger, keeping liquor
for sale, nol pros. - L
State vs. Frank Rector, removing
crop, judgment suspended on pay
ment of costs.
State vs. Harvey Farrar, larceny
six months on roads.
State vs. Howard Hall, burglary,
prayer for Judgment continued on
payment of costs. - ,
Joe Cathey, larceny. Judgment ins- '
pended on payment of costs.
Haryie Farrar, larceny, 1 2 months "
On roads. . i
State vs. -Jim Stirling, retailing co
caine, two years on roads. - -
State vs. Charles Thomas larceny.
judgment, suspended on payment of
costs. . : .
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