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GASTONIA, N. C. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 23, 1918.
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SHORT LOCAL ITEMS
BELMONT GIRL WINS
LATE ITEMS OF NEWS
IN SOCIAL CIRCLES
HUNDREDS ARE KILLED
SOME EVENTS IN STATE AND NATION
LATEST EVENTS IN WOMAN'S WORLD
TORNADO TAKES HEAVY LIFE TOLL
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THE MOVEMENTS OF GASTON PEOPLE
Personal Items About Gaston Folki
and their Friends Short Item
About People and Things That Ar
of Interest to Gazette Readen
Condensed for Their Convenience
Eflrd has a big page of specials
in this issue.
Rev. R. A. Miller, of Lowell,
was a Oastonla visitor Saturday.
Mr. W. B. Morris spent yester
day in Llncolnton on business.
Col. Q. H. Marvin spent Sunday
with friends in Charlotte.
Mr. A. J. Kirby spent Sunday in
Raleigh with Mrs. Klrby, who is tak
ing the Pasteur treatment.
Be sure to read Belk's page in
today's Gazette. It is teeming with
specials of interest to the buyer.
Miss Eliza Scott Lindsay attend
ed the society celebration at Lln
wood College last night.
Mr. Oscar M. Jones, of The Ga
zette force, spent the Easter holidays
at Hickory with homefolks.
Attorney E. L. Campbell, of,
Kings Mountain, was a Gastonia vis
itor yesterday.
Capt. Freno Dilling. of Kings
'Mountain, was in the city on busi
ness yesterday.
Mr. George G. Willis, formerly
of Gastonia but now traveling for a
large Baltimore house, is spending
the day in Gastonia on business.
Lebovltz department store, in a
page advertisement in this issue,
gives five reasons why you should
trade there. Read thiB ad.
After spending a week here
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. V.
E. Long. Mrs. I. McPhail left Satur
day for her home in Hamlet.
Mr. .1. Pollard Kirven. or Dar
lington, S. C, spent Sunday and
Monday in the city as the guest of
"his sister, Mrs. J. Holland Morrow.
Mrs. J. Holland Morrow and
Mrs. Fred Seagle went to Charlotte
yesterday afternoon to see the play
"Bunty Pulls the Strings."
Misses Myrtle and Lottie War
ren returned yesterday morning
from Shelby where they spent tne
week-end with their grandparents,
Capt. and Mrs. S. A. Hoey.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Martin, of
Baltimore, Md., were the guests sev
eral days last week of Mr. and Mrs.
V. E. bong. They returned Jiome
Friday.
Mr. J. K. Dixon, Jr., of Colum
bia, S. C, Assistant State bank ex
aminer of South Carolina, spent Eas
ter here with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. T. K. Dixon.
Gastonia Chapter United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy will meet
Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in
the chapter room in the library
building. All members are request
ed to attend.
Misses Stella Rovd. Emma Pat
ton, Kate and Mabel Padgett and Mrs
Wiley Hanna were among the Oas
tonians who went to Charlotte last
night to see "When Bunty Pulls tne
Strings" at the Academy of Music.
Notices have been mailed out by
Secretary E. B. Brlttlan of the an
nual meeting of the Home Building
6c Ian Association which is to be
held on Monday, April 21st, at 3 p.
m. in the city hall.
A charter was granted by tne
Secretary of State yesterday to the
Gaston Creamery Co., of Stanley,
authorized capital $50,000 and paid
in capital $2,300, subscribed by J.
F. Clemmer and others.
A petition is in circulation and
is being slngned by a great many
citizens of the town asking the board
of aldermen to pass an ordinance re
quiring that all dogs running loose
shall be muzzled. The petition will
he presented to the council at its
next meeting.
In renewing his subscription to
The Gazette Mr. J. Ralph Rankin,
who has been living for several years
at Spokane, Wash., says: "We have
had a long winter. Today makes 93
days we have had snow on the
ground. We have had 66 inches of
snow this winter."
The ladies of the Betterment
Association have arranged for the
first week in April to be observed as
"'Clean-Up Week." Everybody is re
quested to have their yards cleaned
up and have all trash placed in boxes
or barrels convenient to the street
and the city will have Its wagons to
heginUhe rounds next Tuesday, April
first, for the purpose of hauling off
all the rubbish.
Since it has been macadamized
Franklin avenue is being used as a
"speedway" hy many motorists.
There Is absolute disregard of tne
laws governing the speed of automo
biles by many drivers of cars. The
speed limit inside of the town ana
exclusive of the business section is
fifteen miles per hour. Machines
may be seen any day going over
Franklin avenue at a rate of 20 to
40 miles an hour and sometimes
possibly more. If serious accidents
do not soon follow this reckless
disregard of law we miss our guess.
Many automohllists seem to hare
gotten the idea that pedestrians and
people using other, vehicles than mo
tor cars have no : rights whatever.
The fact that Franklin avenue, east,
Is somewhat removed from the cen
tral part of town makes it possible
for those who desire to do so to
break the speed laws and get away
vita It.
RECITER'S MEDAL TO MISS LEWIS
In County Recitation Contest Held at
Dallas Friday Night Between
Schools of Dallas, Gastonia, Res
semer City, Belmont and Cherry
ville Miss Lillian Lewis, of Bel
most High School, Wins Delllnger
Medal.
Before a representative and en
thusiastic audience at Dallas last
Friday night ten representatives
from" five of the high schools of tne
county contested for the gold medal
annually offered by Hon. David P.
Dellinger for the best reciter in the
county.
Superintendent F. P. Hall pre
sided and Introduced the contestants
who, with their selections, are as
follows:
Miss Bertie Craig, Dallas, "Tne
Governor's Last Levee."
Miss Dorothy McDowell, Bessemer
Chy, "The Ride of Jenny McNeill.
Miss Ella Armstrong, Belmont,
"LdEca."
Miss ?ue Ramsey Johnston. Gas
tonia, "Where Ignorance is Bliss."
Miss Margaret LaFar, Gastonia.
"T-.e Rivals."
Aiiss Lillian Lewis. Belmont, "Sai
!y Ann's Experience."
Miss Eaker, Cherryville, "For God
and Country."
Miss May Webb, Dallas, "Why
Sheffer Did Not Play."
Miss McGinnas, Cherryville, "An
August Rose."
"Pro Patria" was recited by a
young lady from Bessemer City
whose name was not obtainable.
At the conclusion of the program,
the judges, Mr. E. R. Preston, or
the Charlotte bar, Miss Mary O.
Graham, assistant superintendent o"
education for Mecklenburg county,
and Miss Blanche Austin, of tne
Charlotte graded schools, retired to
make up their decision which as an
nounced was in favor of one of tne
representatives from the Belmont
High School. Miss Lillian !evis, wtio
recited "Sally Ann's Experience,, a
chapter from Eliza Colvert Hall's
well-known book, "Aunt Jane, or
Kentucky." The selection described
the scene of a typical old Kentucky
woman speaking out in meeting ana
delivering a tierce tirade against
men in general, their frailties and
faults and more especially of the
way in which they treat thier wives.
The ease and perfect naturalness
wtb which Miss Lewis adapted her
self to the dialect and mannerisms or
"Old Kentucky" won for her the de
cision. The next contest will be the decla
mation which will be held at Bel
mont Friday, March 28th.
A XEW FEATURE.
Holland Realty & Insurance Com
pany Will Operate a Department
for Buying and Selling Stocks and
Bonds A New Departure for Oas
tonla. In a half-page advertisement ap
pearing on page eight of this issue
of The Gazette the Holland Realty
Insurance Comnany makes announce
ment of very great interest and im
portance to the effect that the com
pany will hereafter be in position to
buy and sell stocks and bonds in ad
dition to the lines of bucir.LCS v.v.: i:
they have been handling. For some
time Mr. J. M. Holland, the secreta
ry and treasurer of the company and
in active charge of Its business, has
thought that Gastonia had reached
the point where such a department
was needed and would be a great
convenience to the financial and in
dustrial interests of the town and
county. The fact that the cotton
mills and banks of the county alone,
leaving out all other corporations,
have a total capitalization of over
$7,000,000, goes to show the need
of some institution through whlcn
local stocks and bonds can be listed
for sale. The above figures do not
of course include any bonds, of
which there are thousands of dol
lars worth In force.
Heretofore a person having stock
In any local concern which he wlshea
to sell was under the necessity of
making a personal search for a pur
chaser, and one wishing to invest in
Gaston county securities had to find
a holder who wished to sell. Under
the new arrangement Just instituted
by this firm the buyer and seller can
be brought together in a very con
venient and desirable manner. All
the indications would seem to show
that the new line of business will
prove quite popular and successful.
Meeting at West End.
A series of special services will
begin at West End Methodist churcn,
of which Rev. Neill C. Williams is
pastor, on Sunday, April 6th. Rev.
S. L. Owen, pastor of the New Lon
don Methodist church, will do the
preaching.
To Hold Meeting at Concord. -
Rev. Neill C. Williams, pastor of
West Gastonia and Ozark Methodist
churches, left yesterday for Concord,
where he is conducting a series of
meetings this week for Rev. J. M.
Isenhonr, pastor of Westford Metho
dist church. Announcement will be
made in Friday's Gazette as to Rev.
Mr. Williams appointments for next
Sunday.
County declalmert contest
Belmont Friday night.
at
Important Happenings Condensed
from the Daily Papers for the Ben
efit of Our Busy Readers A Par
tial Record of Current Events.
J. B. Mann, of Hyde county, was
elected superintendent of State pris
ons by the prison board last Friday
to succeed Capt. J. J. Laughlnghouse.
General Manuel Bonllla, president
of Honduras, died Friday. He is
succeeded by Vice President Fran
cisco Betrand.
The annual Epworth League Con
ference of the Western North Caro
lina Conference will be held June
23-25 at Connelly Springs.
Constantlne was Sunday pro
claimed King of Greece to succeed
his father, King George, who was
assassinated in Salonkl last week.
Former Governor Frank S. BlacK,
of New York, long prominent in He
publican National politics, died at
Troy, N. Y., Saturday, aged 60. He
was a native of Maine.
Mr. John R. Mott, of Montclair,
N. J., a great Y. M. C. A. man, has
made public the fact that he would
not accept an appointment as minis
ter to China.
Dr. F. O. Williston, a prominent
Salisbury negro, is seeking appoint
ment as minister to Siberia. Wll
liston's father was a servant in tne
home of President Wilson's father
when the family lived In Wilming
ton. '
Called out of church by an usher
while attending divine services at
Waynesville Sunday morning, Henry
Sorrells walked into a fusllade of
bullets fired by his cousin Hardy Sor
rells. The victim died almost in
stantly. After being published for IS years
The Elkin Times has susended pub
lication. The editor, Mr. T. M.
George, has gone to Mt. Airy, having
purchased an interest in The Leader,
published at that place.
On the ground that the establish
ment of a recorder's court has re
duced the mayor to a figurehead J.
II. Moyer, who has served as mayor
of IexinRton for fifteen years con
tinuously declines to stand for re
election. Dr. Charles W. Elliott, president
emeritus of Harvard, gave out tne
information Sunday that he had de
clined the appointment as ambassa
dor to Great Britain tendered him ty
President Wilson. He did not give
his reason for declining.
Governor Craig has appointed
Hon. George -W. Connor, speaker of
the House Juring the recent General
Assembly, as judge of the new sec
ond Judicial district. He has also
appointed two solicitors, H. L. Lyon
for the eighth district and Thomas
M. Newland for the sixteenth.
Henderson is the first place to take
advantage of the new State law au
thorizing women to become mem
bers of school boards, etc. Mrs.
Junius Daniel, widow of Gen. Junius
Daniel, has been elected a memner
of the Henderson graded school
board.
Claude Swanson Allen, of the Hills
ville outlaws and murderers, seemes
doomed to die in the electric chair at
Richmond Friday. Chief Justice
White of the United States Supreme
Court yesterday refused to grant any
relief and Governor Mann has de-
!:".cd to interfere.
Ex-President Taft and family, who
have been the guests of the city of
Augusta, Ga., since March 4th, will
leave next Sunday for New Haven,
Conn., their future home. Tomor
row Mr. Taft will deliver an address
at the convention in Augusta of the
Georgia Daughters of the American
Revolution.
State treasury warrants were is
sued Saturday for 34 new State li
braries and for nine supplemental li
braries. There are now upwards oi
3,500 rural libraries In the State and
1,500 or more of these have availed
themselves of the supplemental al
lowance from the State as well.
The twenty-third annual session
of the Woman's Missionary Union or
North Carolina, auxiliary to the
State Baptist Convention, is being
held this week In the First Baptist
church at Raleigh. It began today
and continues through Friday. There
are 1,200 women's and children's so
cieties with representation in this
gathering.
Mr. Howard A. Banks, owner and
editor of The Hickory Democrat, has
accepted, the position of private
secretary to Secretary of the Navy
Daniels and has gone to Washing
ton to begin his work. He has
leased the Democrat to Mr. C. H.
Mebane, of Newton, and it will be
edited by Mr. R. C. Mace, who has
been editor of the Hickory Times
Mercury. Recently Mr. John A. Darwin, of
Athens, Ga., and associates organized
in Charlotte the Washington Life In
surance Company and considerable
stock was subscribed by Charlotte
ans and others. Announcement was
made Monday that Mr. Darwin and
his associates had decided to dis
band the organization and return to
each stockholder the amount pf his
hojdings. No very definite reason Is
assigned for this action except that
"they had better abandon their plans
than enter into such a keen contest
as that which was promised." Mr.
Darwin has also abandoned his plans
to rebuild the Cleveland Springs ho
tel and Is advertising that property
for sale.
MRS. WRAY
HOSTESS.
Mrs. J. S. Wray entertained a num
ber of her friends at an informal
trail party last Thursday afternoon
at her home on Third avenue com
plimentary to Miss Fan Barnett,
Miss Elva Wray and Mrs. Clyde R.
Hoey, all of Shelby. Easter cards
were used as score cards. Refresn
ments were served in two courses.
STUDY CLASS
WITH MRS. MOORE.
The Mission Study Class of Mam
Street Methodist church held its reg
ular meeting yesterday afternoon
with Mrs. J. D. Moore at her home
on West Airline avenue. Mrs. B. T.
Morris was the leader and the study
was the first lesson in the new book
"Mormonlsm, the Islam of Amerl
Ica." The meeting was well attend
ed and a most pleasant and profita
ble one.
MUSIC CLUB WITH
MISS TORREXCE.
The Music Club met last Thurs
day afternoon with Miss Marie Tor
rence at her home on South York
street. A very delightful program
was rendered, after which cream and
cake were served. A short business
session was held, at which It was de
cided to have Miss Florence Austin,
the celebrated violinist, give a con
cert in the auditorium next Monday
night, March 3 1st. Mrs. J. B. At
water, of Bynum, N. C, who is vis
iting her sister, Mrs. B. T. Morris,
was a guest of the club.
WOLFE-LYTTLE
MARRIAGE.
A marriage of Interest to quite a
number of Gastonia people was one
performed in Greensboro last Wed
day, the 19th, at 5:30 o'clock In the
afternoon when Mrs. Fannie Lyttle,
of Spartanburg, S. C, became the
bride of Mr. E. F. Wolfe, of Char
lotte. Both parties are well known
in Gastonia. The groom is a mem
ber of the Charlotte firm of jewelers,
Wolfo Brothers, and spent several
years in Gastonia in the same busi
ness. The bride spent a year or two
here, having held a position with a
local retail establishment. For the
past few years she has been living
in Spartanburg. She Is a cousin or
Mr. J. R. Baber, of this city. They
will make their home in Charlotte.
MISS MORTON
EXTERTAIXS. On Monday afternoon from 4 to 0
o'clock at her home on West Frank
lin avenue Miss Sallie Morton de
lightfully entertained a number of
young people in honor of her Sunday
school class. The little ones were
met at the door and shown Into the
parlor by Misses Maxa Bradley and
Eunice Morton. Several games were
played after which several musical
selections were rendered by Miss
Maxa Bradley and Miss Morton.
Then the guests were shown Into tne
dining room by Miss Wilmot White-
sides where cake and cream werr
served. Here the color scheme was
green and purple which was also
carried out in the refreshments. The
ring was found by Little Miss Ruth
Bridges and the dime by Miss Ku
nice Morton. The feature of the
evening was the hunting of the eggs
which had been hidden among the
grass in the yard by the hostess and
Miss Wilma Whitesides.
MIS AXDERSOX
EXTERTAIXS.
On Thursday evening of last week
Miss Ruth Anderson entertained a
number cf her friends at her hos
pitable home In McAdenvllle. About
the hour of eight the guests, twenty-two
in number, arrived; being re
ceived at the door by the charming
hostess assisted by Miss Lucy Lore.
Many very interesting and amusing
games were engaged in, which were
thoroughly enjoyed by all. An en
joyable feature of the evening was
the rendering of several musical
numbers. A large majority of the
young ladles showed unusual talent,
giving a rare treat to all present. De
licious refreshments were served, tne
enjoyment of which was keenly man
ifested by each bright face present.
When the hour of departure came
all were very reluctant to-leave af
ter having spent such a lovely-evening.
The out of town guests were:
Messrs. Milton C. Steeall and Wil
liam H. Harmon, of Charlotter
200 Population and 18 Preachers.
Charity and Children.
There is a little town on the At
lantic Coast Line a few miles nortn
of Fayetteville, Falcon by name, that
Is owned by the Holiness people. The
charter of the town prohibits the sale
of tobacco, coca-cola and other bever
ages. They have a church, a high
school, a newspaper, a population of
200. and 18 preachers.
At a special election held Tuesday
the towns of Winston and Salemn
voted to consolidate into one munf
cipalitv May 1. The majority Tor
consolidation in Salem was 161 and
in Winston 540. The election was
held under a special act passed by
the last Legislature and will give the
combined towns a population of
25,000.
Executor and administrator of
ertates who want the largest number
of people to see their ndrcrUafuents
ahonld place them in The Gaaette.
Two Hundred or More Killed and
More Than Four Hundred Injured
in Terrifflc Storm at Omaha, Net.,
Sunday Night Thousands Are
Homeless Eighteen Dead and
254) Injured at Terre Haute, Ind.,
Property Damage from $3,000,
OOO to 912,000,000.
Omaha, Neb., March 24. More
than 200 persons were killed and
4 00 were injured in a windstorm
that demolished 4 50 homes, damag
ed hundreds of other buildings and
caused a monetary loss of $5,000,
000 according to reports available up
to a late hour tonight from the main
path of the tornado in and near
Omaha.
Most of the casualties were In
Omaha. Nearby towns In Nebraska
and across the Missouri river In
Iowa also suffered severely. Wires
were snapped off in all directions
and It took many hours to gather
and circulate news of the disaster.
Fire broke out In the debris of
many wrecked buildings in the Ne
braska meropolis and these were &
menace for some time as the fire
companies were hindered by falling
walls and blockaded streets. A heavy
rain followed the wind, however, and
drenched the hundreds of homeless
persons but also put out the flames.
Of the 202 known dead within the
area covered by the storm 152 were
residents of Omaha. The remaining
dead are scattered over a considera
ble range of territory, with Council
Bluffs reporting 12: Yutan, Neb., in;
Rerlln, Neb., 7; Glen-oort. low. r :
Neola, Iowa, 2, and Bartlett, Iowa,
3. The same cities and towns re
port an aggregate of 400 Injured and
450 homes demolished.
Perhaps 1,500 persons are home
less. Aside from this 3,000 build
ings were more or less damaged,
some of these being churches and
school buildings. Eight of Omaha's
public schools were wrecked. All
forms of communication were al
most annihilated by the wind and
only two or three wires were In
working condition when daylight re
lieved a night of high tension, whlcn
at timeH almost became a panic. Sol
diers, State and National troops,
poured into the city during the day
to aid In bringing order out of what
for 20 hours had been chaos.
TERRE HAUTE HIT.
Eighteen Killed and 2."M Injured in
Indianna Town Many Home De
stroyed. Terre Haute, Ind., March 24.
Eighteen persons known to have
been killed, 2.r0 more or less seri
ously Injured, 275 homes destroyed
and other property damage estimat
ed at nearly a million dollars, was
the toll of the tornado that devas
tated Terre Haute and vicinity last
night. Tonight the officials In charge
of the rescue work say the list 01
dead wfll be Increased as the searcn
cis clear away the debris.
Hundreds of homeless are b ng
rared for by charitable Institutions
and citizens while the wrecked dis
trict is Irlnir patrolled by State mili
tia and the local police forcr.
Relief work today showed that
hundreds lost everything they own
ed and their suffering was made
more acute by the rain. The down
pour, while adding to their discom
fort, probably was the greatest boon
the stricken could have asked, for It
extinguished Innumerable fires which
broke out immediately after the tor
nadc had passed.
The rescue work was carried on
fast and tonight It appears that all
the homeless are being cared for.
Harrowing stories of their experi
ences are told by the survivors. The
scenes In the wrecked sections of
Terre Haute brought tears to the
eyes of the rescuers whose attention
often was called to the dying, trap
ped In the debris of their homes.
Some died before they could be freed
and others who were removed will
die.
Throughout the district of wreck
ed homes today survivors searched
for ioved ones but In the majority of
rases they were disappointed.
Rev. Mr. Alwrnethy to Atlanta.
Rev. J. E, Abernethy, pastor of
Main Street Methodist church, left
yesterday morning for Atlanta,
where he will be engaged for the
next two weeks or longer in con
ducting an evangelistic meeting at
the Wesley Memorial Methodist
church, of which Rev. Dr. W. R.
Hendrix and Rev. Lee W. Collins are
pastors. This is considered the
largest and most Important appoint
ment in Southern Methodism, being
the only Institutional church sup
ported by the denomination in the
South,- and Rev. Mr. Abernetbys
friends consider it quite a high trib
ute to his ability as a preacher that
he should have been Invited to hold
the meeting there. During Rev. Mr.
Abernethy's absence, for the next
two Sundays the pulpit at Main
Street Methodist church will he oc
cupied by Rev. Robert M. Hoyie, of
Morganton. Rev. Mr Hoyie was
formerly presiding elder of this dis
trict, and Is well known to all Gas
tonia Methodists as a preacher or
ability.
HEWS OF THE COUfiTY
LATEST FROM DOB CORRESPONDENTS
Newsy Letters from Gazette Oorree
pondents Here and There Over
Good Old Gaston What Oar
Neighbors Are Doing In the Var
inns Sections of the County Per
sonal Mention of People Tea
Know and Some Yon Don't Know.
THAT BAD ROAD.
Commissioner Deeper of Gaston
Promises to Get Highway at
Sloan's Ferry in Good Shape:
Correspondence of The Gazette.
BELMONT. March 23. The arti
cle In Friday's Charlotte Observer
anent the approach to the Sloan's
Ferry bridge and the supposed dis
inclination of Chairman Leeper to
remedying the road does Mr. Leeper
a Blight injustice. As soon as be
was directed by the Board of Com
missioners to proceed with the re
pair work he has had a force of
hands and teams at work every day
when the weather would permit. As
Is known the past week has been one
full of rainy days and what work to
ward ditching and draining has been
done, necessarily would have to be
done again.
With two or three days of good
weather the bad stretch of road!
which has been the bane of so many
autoiets will soon be in excellent
shape. Sand and gravel are being?
hauled In and mixed with the clay
and a good solid roadbed Is expected
to be the result.
County Superintendent of Educa
tion F. P. Hall is the latest In Bel
mont to join the ranks of the motor
enthusiasts. He has purchased a
handsome seven-passenger touring
car which has been delivered. Bel
mont now has one automobile to
about every hundred Inhabitants.
An order on the part of the South
ern Railway, in response to a freely
signed petition from the merchnats
of town, which Is highly appreciated
is that authorizing the stopping by
flag of train No. 44, from Atlanta to
Washington. This recognition by
the Southern of the importance of
the business given It by the business
flrnie of the town Is highly gratify
ing. Belmont now enjoys the dis
tinction of having the use of as many
trains on the Southern as has her
n.uch larger neighboring town of
Oastonla.
The preliminary contest to decide
who shall represent Belmont In the
county declamation contest Friday
night will be held in the school au
ditorium Thursday night.
Mountain Island News.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
MOUNTAIN ISLAND, March 22.
Mr. G. C. Dagenhart, of Charlotte,
died here Thursday morning at S
o'clock after a long illness. He was
26 years of age and Is survived hy
his wife and one child, his father,
Mr. Silas Dagenhart, and three
brothers, J. P. Dagenhart, of Grif
fin, Ga., R. H. Dagenhart, of Con
cord, and J. T. Dagenhart, of Moan
tain Island. He also leaves three
sisters, Mrs. M. M. Oant, of Taylors-'
ville, Mrs. H. E. Clark, of Mountain
Island and Mrs. L. B. Wlngate, of
Charlotte.
The Mountain Island baseball
team has been organized with Mr. A.
C. Cobb captain and Mr. J. M. Mc
Kelvey manager.
Mad Dog Killed.
Mr. R. G. Caveny reports to The
Gazette that he killed a mad dog at
the Loray Mill today. So far as la
known no other dogs were bitten by
the rabid canine and no persons sus
tained bites.
Military Inspection.
The annual Inspection of Compa
ny "B", Gastonla's company of the
State Guard, was held Saturday hy
Captain R. C. Langdon. U. S. A., inspector-instructor
for the North Car
olina National Guard, and Colonel
Strlngfleld, Inspector-general of the
State troops. Colonel J. T. Gardner,
of Shelby, commandant of the First
Regiment, was also present at the
inspection. The armory and equip
ment were first inspected and found
in good shape and at 3 o'clock in
spection drill was held in the 'park.'
There were present at drill 43 men
Including three officers. Captain
Bulwlnkle of the local company is
gratified at the unofficial report
made by the Inspecting officers,
showing that they think Company
"B" to be In a highly satisfactory
state of efficiency. The next event
oflnterest in local military circles
will be the regimental target prac
tice to be held here at Camp Hol
land in April. There will be twelve
rifle teams from the First Regiment
of Infantry, and teams from three
coast artillery companies at Salis
bury, Charlotte and Henderson, as
well as two teams from the cavalry
troops at Llncolnton and Ashjeville.
At Reidsville last night Walter
Shelton. a well-know nyounr whtt
man. shot and killed his wife. They
had been separated for several
months. " . V
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tate near High Point yesterday Jack: 1
Armstrong, his manarer. w 1
and seriously wounded by L. &. .
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