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GASTONIA, N. C FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 2, 1913.
NO. 83
GASTOK
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MONDAY ELECTION DAY
IS ONLY ONE TICKET IN THE FIELD
FOR WORLDWIDE PEACE
Ill SOCIAUJIRCLES
LATEST EVENTS IN WOMAN'S WORLD
SHORT LOCAL ITEMS
1HE MOVEMENTS OF EASTCN PEOPLE
Personal Items About Gaston Folk
and their Friends Short Item
About People and Tilings That Art
i of Interest to Gazette Readers
Condensed for Th Convenient
Mr. J. J. Henry, 'of Bowling
Green, S. C, was a visitor In the
city yesterday.
Mrs. J. H. Separk and Mrs. F.
D. Barkley spent yesterday with
friends in Charlotte.
Mrs. A. C. Jones left Monday
for Montreal to spend a month witti
lier mother, Mrs. Latimer.
Tlllss Laura Jane Klutz left yes
terday for Raleigh on a visit to Mr.
and Mrs. C. A. Eury.
Chief of Police C. W. Fuller, or
Bessemer City was a Gastonia visitor
yesterday.
Mr. J. D. Froneberger. of Besse
r mer City, route one, was in the city
on business yesterday.
Mr. Lee Lewis, of Belmont,
Toute one; was In Gastonia on busi
ness yesterday.
Mrs. J. D. Lindsay went to
Spartanburg, S. C, Saturday to spend
a few days with her daughter, Mrs.
L. D. Profflt.
Miss Violet McLean left yester
day morning for Rochester, Minn.,
where she will undereo treatment
at the hospital of Drs. Mayo.
Mrs. L. C. Eury left yesterday
for Salisbury on a visit to her daugh
ter, Mrs. John W. Moore, and other
relatives.
' Mr. and Mrs. 3. P. White, of
Archdale, N C, are here on a visit
to their daughter and son-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Thompson.
Mrs. E. A. Qulnn and daughter,
Miss Mabel Dixon, of Bessemer City,
Toute one, returned home to-day
'after spending several days here as
the guests of Mrs. I. N. Davis.
Rev. W. C. Barrett, pastor or
the First Baptist church, preached
the commencement sermon yesterday
at Wallburg Institute in Davidson
ounry.
Beginning Saturday night, May
10th, Rev. Fred N. Day, of Wlnston
Salem, a well known evangelist, will
conduct a series of revival services
at East Baptist Church.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Love, or
Monroe, arrived in the city yesterday
to spend a few days with Dr. and
"Mrs. C. J. McCombs. Mrs. Love Is
a sister of Mrs. McCombs.
Rev. R. R. Caldwell, pastor of
the Bessemer City and West Gasto
nia Associate Reformed Presbyterian
-churches, spent. Wednesday here vis
iting several of his parishioners.
Rev. J. D. Moose, pastor or
"Loray Baptist church. Is at Converse,
S. C, engaged in a revival meeting.
Rev. B. L. Hoke, of Blacksburg, S.
C, will preach at the Loray churcn
next Sunday morning and night.
Mr. A. E. Woltz. of the law
firm of Mangum and Woltz, left
yesterday afternoon for Forest City
-where at 1 1 o'clock this morning lie
delivered the annual commencement
address at the closing of the Forest
City schools.
Miss Alice Hubs, wtio was prin
cipal of .the Antioch school near
Dallas last term, spent several days
recently visiting Miss Mabel Dixon
and Miss Sudie Aderholdt, of Besse
mer City, route one, and passed
through Monday en route to her
home at Mt. Holly.
Mr. Belvln Thompson, who was
lnjnred last Thursday by falling
from a freight car was able to leave
the hospital Wednesday, being taken
to his home where he Is making good
progress towards a complete recov
ery. Attending the concert given at
the Academy of Music in Charlotte
Wednesday night by the noted
" -tenor, Slgnor Bond, were Misses
Eliza Scott Lindsay and Mabel
Little, Mesdames L. H. Long, J.
Leon Adams and E. W. Gilliam and
Mr. and Mrs. Emmet D. Atkins.
Mrs. A. J. Kirby received a tele--gram
Wednesday .morning announ-
'lng the death of her step-father, Mr.
B. F. Halslip, at his home In Henry
county, Virginia. Mr. and Mrs.
TCirby and Mrs. Klrby's sister, Mibs
Mary Lawson, left Wednesday after
noon to attend the funeral, which
took place Thursday.
Handsomely illustrated folders
are being sent out by the Southern
Railway Company showing views of
"historic scenes around Chattanooga,
and Lookout Mountain which may be
-visited by persona who attend the
Confederate re-union to be held
there May 26 to 28. The rouna
trip fare from Gastonia will be $7.50
and tickets will be on sale May 24th.
Tickets may be extended for the re
turn trip to June 25 by payment or
a fee of 50 cents. There will doubt
less be a good attendance from Gas
tonia and tbje county.
This week the work.of grading
the court house yard has been going
.' on. The yard has been raised on
-the East front and will probably
.' "be terraced there. As It Is late in
. the season a stand of grass can hard
ly be secured and It will probably be
sown in peas, to be followed next
Tear wltlt" grass. Gastonia Chapter
17 D. C's. Is preparing to erect- an
Iron ' fence around the" Confederate
monument and plant axower bed In
the enclosure. Concrete walks will
"be laid from the streets to the court
"house. In time the yard will no
-doubt present a most attractive ap-
.'-pearance. r, ."
JUDGE JENKINS INJHE PHILIPPINES
Judge James C. Jenkins, Native of
Gaston County, N;ow Jndge of Uni
ted States District Court in
Philippines, is in the States on
Brief Vacation He and M rs.
Jenkins Honored on Eve of Their
Departure from Manila.
The Item beiow, copied from
Hearst's Sunday-American, publish
ed in Atlanta, of the 27th instnat,
will be of interest to many Gazette
readers. Judgd Jenkins is a Gaston
countian and a brother of Mr. L. L.
Jenkins, of AsUevIlIe and Gastonia;
Mrs. J. H. Craig, of Gastonia; .Mrs.
Miles Hoffman, of Dallas; Mr. W. W.
Jenkins, of Wake Forest, and Mr.
David Jenkins, of Charlotte. He is
now on a vacation trip to this coun
try and will very probably visit his
relatives here while on furlough.
The American says:
A newspaper which came yester
day to Atlanta from Manila tells the
Htory of honor which has been . at
tained by an Atlanta man in the
Philippines. He Is James C. Jen
kins, former Georgian, and now
Judge of the United States District
Court of Pangasinan.
The Manila Daily Bulletin tells of
a tribute paid him and .Mrs. Jenkins
recently at a farewell dinner upon
the eve of their departure for the
States on a short vacation trip.
Judge and Mrs. Jenkins left Ma
nila March 25, en route for the Uni
ted States by way of Europe. They
will spend a short time in their old
home and will return- to reach the
Islands in the late summer. In At
lanta they will be with "their daugh
ter, Mrs. Will L. Meador.
The entertainment of which the
Manila paper tells was an elaborate
affair given by the bar and officers
of the court of Pangasinan, at Lln
gayen, and was held in the Govern
ment building. Present were most
of the prominent Americans of the
province's populace. A handsome
sliver writing set was presented to
Judge and Mrs. Jenkins.
Judge Jenkins has been in the
province of Pangasinan about seven
years, going there upon appointment
by President Roosevelt. Until his
departure for the Islands, he prao
ticed law in Atlanta.
Evidence of the esteem achieved
by Judge Jenkins in his new sur
rounding is borne in lengthy reso
lutions adopted by the bar and court
of the Pangasinan circuit upon the
occasion of the entertainment. Com
mending him as a man and as a
judge, they provided that a copy he
forwarded to President Wilson. The
friends of Judge Jenkins in the
Philippines say that they are glad
he is there, and that they want him
to ftay.
Mrs. Jenkins was not forgotten m
the resolutions.. In fact, the docu
ment declared that the Judge could
not have attained his station had it
not been for Mrs. Jenkins. One or
the sections declared:
"It is believed that the success
that has crowned the efforts of Judge
Jenkins, in his career thus far In
life has not been due wholly to his
own efforts, but in part to the pres
ent e of his good wife in the home
and the great assistance she hu
evt.r rendered in solving the knotty
problems of the day. smoothing ine
rough places in life's pathway, dis
persing the clouds and letting in the
sunshine and above all the wielding
of that divine influence which is
characteristic of the good wife in
the home. To Mrs. Jenkins we can
assign all of this and more."
Judge and Mrs. Jenkins will be In
Atlanta about May 10, according to
a letter to Mrs. Meador. Before
coming to Atlanta they will stop for
some time In Washington, where a
number of their friends and relatives
reeide. They will be about a month
In Atlanta.
MUST SERVE THEIR TIME.
Breese and Dickerson, Asheville
Rank Wreckers, Must Go to Fed
eral Prison.
Washington, April 30. W. E.
Breese and Joe Dickerson, who were
convicted and sentenced to two-years
Imprisonment for alleged irregular
banking methods which resulted in
the failure of the First National
Bank of Asheville over 15 years ago,
must serve time In a Federal prison.
This was made certain when late
last night the Department of Justice
announced that after reading the
physicians' report as to the physical
condition of Breese that no recom
mendation for a pardon would be
made. Pardon Attorney, Finch said
that while the physicians' report
said Breese in their opinion "could
not live two years if put In prlsion,-'
the department would insist on tne
law taking Its coarse. He pointed
out that Breese could apply for par
ole within 8 months after commit
ment and if his health was such at
that time as to warrant his release.
It was 'believed it would be recom
mended. Prof. William Morris Fontaine,
for thirty years bead of the school
of natural history and geology or
the University of Virginia, died sud
denly at Charlottesville, Va., Wed
nesday. V 1 He was distinguished In
the scientific world for successful
researches In fossil botany. He was
77 years old and a Confederate vet
eran. . .....
AFTER MMT YEARS
BROTHER MOURNED AS DEAD RETURNS
James Sylvanus Millen, Gaston Coun
tain Who Was Supposed to Have
Been Killed- in Batlle Half a Cen
tury Ago, Returns to the County
to Look' up Relatives After Abe.
sence of 53 Years Now Lives In
, Maryland.
On April 3rd there alighted from
a south-bound train at the Southern
Railway station here a grizzled vet
eran of the Civil War In the person
of Mr. James Sylvanus Millen, wno
came back after an absence of 53
years to look up his brothers ana
other relatives, by whom he had
been mourned as dead for more than
half a century. ,
The story of Mr. Millen's being
finally re-unitcd with his brothers
after so long a separation Is an in
teresting one and Is doubtless like
many other inrtances of of a similar"
nature which grew out of the fact
that immedlateJy following the civil
war means of communication were
scarce, and a great many men wno
were never heard of by relatives
and were supposed to have been kill
ed in battle survived and started a
new in some distant locality.
The central figure of this story,
Mr. James Sylvanus Millen, was
born at the old homestead on Crowa
ers Creek March 1 0, 1843, being the
6econd son of William Millen, who
died about six years ago. He went
to the war in 1861 as an eighteen-year-old
boy, going with Company
H, 18th South Carolina regiment, to
Fort Sumter, where the first gun In
the war had been fired. He was in
twenty-one battles, being slightly
wounded in the leg in the fighting a
round Petersburg. Another of the
brothers, William F. Millen, was
very badly wounded by the explosion
of the famous mine at Petersburg,
but recovered and lived until a few
years ago.
After the close of the war Mr.
Millen became somewhat of a wand
erer for a few years, living for a
while at Washington City and at sev
eral places in the West. He finally
settled In' Maryland, where he owns
a farm near Pollers, in Calvert coun
ty. He has been twice married and
has three children, all of whom live
in Maryland. His home is about
ninety miles from Baltimore on the
the West coast of Chesapeake Bay.
About two years ago Mr. Millen
made an effort to find out if his
brothers or any other members or
his family were living by writing to
the clerk of the court of this county,
Mr. C. C. Cornwell, who was unable
to give him the desired information.
Mr. G. R. Millen, who lives at the
Ozark mill and Is a nephew of J. S.
Millen, happened In some way to
hear that such an Inquiry had been
made of the clerk, and took the mat
ter up with his father, Mr. R. A.
Millen, who lives at Greenville, S. C,
with the result that the brothers
soon were in communication witn
each other and Mr. J. S. Millen came
here to visit his old home and his
brothers who live In this section.
They are Mr. R. A. Millen, of Green
ville, S. C, who came here to meet
the brother from Maryland, Mr.
Martin V. Millen, of Cleveland coun
ty, J. W. Millen, who lives on Knob
Creek, Cleveland county and John
Millen, of Baker's Mill community.
It is probable that very few if any
persons, have ever re-visited Gaston
county after so long an absence and
hence witnessed so great a change
as Mr. Millen. When he marched
away frqm his home In 1861 there
were no railroads In the county ex
cept the Carolina Central, now tne
Seaboard Air Line, which had then
been completed only as far as Cherrv
ville. Dallas was the only town In
the county and the land on which
Gastonia is now built was a vast
forest, not even traversed by any
roads worthy of the name. Cotton
mills, of which Gaston now his
more than any other county in the
South, then numbered only two or
three small, struggling establish
ments located on the Catawba and
the South Fork rivers.
During his month's stay here Mr.
Millen vjsited a number of relatives
in various -localities, including all
his brothers named above, and was
strongly Impressed with the splendid
progress the entire section Is show
ing along all lines. He returned
this week to his home In Maryland
having promised to consider very
thoroughly the matter of selling out
his property there and returning here
to live. While more than 76 yenrs
of age, Mr. Millen Is quite strong
and seems much Inclined to decide
to come back to his native county
to snend his remaining years, pro
vided the move meets the aporoval
of the other members of his family
at home.
ODE TO THE FLV.
Most Injurious typhoid fly,
Drink with yon no more will I.
When you settle on my cup,
I nerchance bacteria sun:
After what I've seen today,
I would have you chased away.
I dislike those feet of thine.
What they've touched I shall
decline.
. Carrier of germ and spore,
Get thee hence! Return no more!
Pnreader of disease, begone!
Kindly leave my food alone.
. Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Howard
were Charlotte, visitors Wednesday.
-Rev. Father Melchlor. of St,
Mary's College, Belmont, is a visitor
In the city today.
Citizens of Gastonia Will Vote Mon
day, May 5th, For Mayor, Aider
men, School Commissioner and
Executive Committeemen Ticket
About Complete Ward Six Holds
Meeting at City Hall To-Mtflit.
Gastonla's regular bl-ennlil muni
cipal election will be held at the city
hall Monday from sunrise till sun
set. At that time the citizens of tne
seven wards of the city will vote tor
a mayor, seven aldermen, seven
school commissioners and seven
members of the citizens executive
committee. To-morrow is the last
day on which voters may register.
Mr. E. H. Rankin, the registrar, will
be at the city hall from 7 a. m., to
7 p. m., for that purpose. There is
no new registration but , anyone
whose name is not on the books
should see to it to-morrow that he
registers, otherwise he will be dis
franchised. There is only one ticket in the
field and the vote will, In all prob
ability, be a light one. Two years
ago the situation was similar and
only 1 1 1 votes were cast.
At a primary held on Saturday,
April 19th, a mayor and seven alder
men were nominated, the selection
of school committeemen and execu
tive committeemen being left to the
several wards.
Following is the ticket for mayor
and aldermen:
For Mavor C. B. Armstrong.
For Aldermen:
Ward 1. V. E. Long.
Ward 2. J. L. Beal.
Ward 3. 3. Fettlemver.
Ward 4. T. M. McEntire.
Ward 5. A. E. Moore.
Ward fi. S. S. Shuford.
Ward 7. Marshall Dilllng.
Meeting have been held this
week In Wards Nos. 2. 5 and 7 for
the choosing of school commissioners
and executive committeemen. In
Ward 2 Mr. H. B. Moore was named
P8 school commissioner and Mr. T).
M. Jones as executive committee
man: In Ward 5 Mr. J. W. Culn was
named as school commissioner and
Mr. J. F. Thomson as executive com
mitteeman: In Ward 7 Mr. A. E.
Woltz was named as school commis
sioner and Mr. S. S. Morris as exe
cutive committeeman.
Ward No. fi will hold Its. meeting
at the city hall to.-night for the same
purpose. Dr. D. E. McConnell is the
present school commissioner in this
ward and Mr. S. A. Robinson Is
executive committeeman.
In Ward No. 1 Mr. B. F. S. Aus
tin, present member of the school
committee, will in all likelihood be
re-elected and Mr. W. B. Morris will
probably be named as executive com
mitteeman. In Ward No. 4 Mr. W. V. West,
the incumbent, will probably be re
elected to the school board and Mr.
A. B. McA111ster. Incumbent, to the
executive committee.
In Ward No. 3 Mr. C. M. Boyd
will be the school committeeman
and Mr. John Stubbs the executive
committeeman, petitions favorinr
these men have already been signed
by a large number of voters In the
ward.
CHERRVVTLLE SCHOOL.
Closing Exercises Last Friday Mark
End of a Successful year Splen
did Address by E. R. Preston, or
Charlotte.
The Eagle, 1st.
Last Friday marked the close of
another successful year of the Cher
ryville schools. Senior Class Day
exercises were held Thursday at 2 p.
m. The graduating class this yeai
was the largest In the history of the
school. Eleven boys and girls have
completed the course here and wo
trust will observe the class motto,
"Not at the Top But Climbing."
On Friday morning at 10:30 Dr.
R. A. Patterson, of Charlotte,
preached a masterful sermon from
the text, "And Joab returned from
following Abner: and when he haa
gathered all the people together,
there lacked of David's servants
nineteen men and Asahel."
Friday evening at 2:30 Hon. E.
R. Preston, of Charlotte, taking Tor
his subject, "What are you going to
do about it?" made an inspiring ad
dress to the graduating class and
large audience assembled. At the
conclusion of the addreBs Prof. F. P.
Hall, county superintendent of edu
cation for Gaston county, after pay
ing a worthy tribute to the Cherry
ville schools, presented diplomas to
the eleven High School and twenty
three seventh grade graduates.
Friday evening at 8 p. m. a large
and appreciative audience witnessed
the play, "The Deacon," given by the
High School students. The play was
well acted throughout, all the actors
rendering their parts most credita
bly. Between the scenes most en
joyable solos were rendered by Miss
es Zona Stroup and Mattie Ken
drick with Miss Maggie Hall at the
piano.
Ambrose Hoyle, who was shot and
killed near Wadesboro last Sunday
evening, was brought here Tuesday
and burled at Hebron church In
North Brook, Lincoln county.
Rev. J. H, Cassady has accepted
the pastorate of the Presbyterian
Church here and at Waco, and will
move to Cherryvllle about the 20th
of this month.
Messrs. L. S. Costner, Forest and
ANDREW CARNE6IE MAKES ADDRESS
Noted Philanthropist and Peace Ad
vocate Speaks Before National
Peace Conference at St. Louis'
Confident That America Need
Never Fear Foreign Invasion
Praise for President Wilson.
St. iiouis, May 1. Andrew Carne
gie told the National Peace Con
gress assembled here today why he
believed the Nations soon would
reach the goal of peace, and by what
road they would travel. He describ
ed the cost of war and war-like
preparation, and explained his con
fldeiue that the United States never
need fear foreign Invasion. Presi
dent Wilson and his Administration
he predicted would gain Immortal
glory by dealing successfully witn
the question of world peace.
The goal, said Mr. Carnegie, Is
almost attained. "If a man wished
to select the safest life possible, the
one freest from all danger of violent
death, let him enter our Army and
Navy. There Is not a workman at
tending machinery or erecting build
ings, nor a railway train employe or
a policeman the soldier of civiliza
tion, whose duty is never to attack'
but always to protect not one but
runs far greater risk of sudden In
jury or daath than the soldier or ma
rine of cur country does today.
There is little danger of any of
these ever seeing war, thank God!
They wiil only have to parade."
PICTURES OF INVASION.
The speaker pictured a ' possible
foreign 'na8lon as follows: "Brit
ish autho-Ifles consider It might be
possible for an enemy to land as
many as 170,000 men upon their
Island in three weeks, ind the be
lieve they have provided a force suf
ficient to dofll with this number. We
could cope with seven times this
number of invaders, if we could only
Induce them to accept our invitation
to marcn far enough inland and par
take of oiii hospitality until they
were rea'cl and gave ub notice tbey
were ready lo begin operations. We
would probably conquer without fir
ing a shot. Thousands might decide
to stay In the great West and work
and save until they could buy a
farm. We might turn invaders Into
citizens.
"I believe In the I-eague of Peace
Idea, the formation of an internatlon
al peace, never for aggression, al
ways for protection, if needed, of the
peace of the civilized world. This
requires only the agreement of a few
of the leading Nations. Recently
Blx of these Britain. France, Ger
many, Russia, Japan and America
combined their forces In China, un
der command of a German general
for a specific purpose, which was suc
cessfully accomplished.
Three or four leading peace Na
tions combined, constituting, as they
would, an overwhelming force, un
broken peace would almost certainly
be ensured, for to break It would
be folly. If ever It were broken,
however, It would be well before re
sorting to force for the peace-pre
serving Nations to first proclaim
non-Intercourse with the offender, no
loans, no exchange of products, no
military or naval supplies above
all. no malls this would serve as a
solemn warning and probably prove
effective, but if not, then as a last
resort force should be used. This
plan seem 8 the easiest and speediest
mode of attaining international
peace.
ON EVE OF VICTORY.
"Recently world peace was upon
the eve of victory. A treaty of peace
was signed by Britain, France and
our Government which would have
prevented war between civilized
Powers, because Germany would
cave joined us, as Its Ambassador in
timated. A joint remonstrance a
gainst war by these four Powers
would have given any Powers threat
ening war just a gentle intimation
that they were expected to follow
the example of those who had abol
ished war and who had interests in
the preservation of peace whicn
could not be and would not be over
looked, and peaceful adjustment
would be'certaln.
"Why this treaty failed to receive
the support of the Senate need not
be here dwelt upon. Suffice It to
say the fault was not altogether that
of the Senate sometime a blunder
is said to be worse than a crime.
Well, some one blundered. Looking
backward, the error Is now clearly
seen, and we venture to predict that
the present Administration will deal
successfully with this vital question.
PRAISE FOR WILSON.
"This sole remaining tak accom
plished. It will rank highest of all
services ever performed by man to
wan, because its influence will oe
vorld wide and the President will
take rank above all men as the
greatest world benefactor ho has
ever lived; because he will have laid
the axe to the root of the tree and
banished man-killing from the civi
lized world. AH the good done by
any or all reformers pales Into In
significance compared with the ban
ishment of this appalling crime or
crimes. The President has stood
and still stands absolutely for Inter
national peace under the reign of
law."
Claude Mauney left Sunday for Lau
rlnburg, where tbey go to erect a
dwelling for Dr. B.F. Falls, costing
several thousand dollars.
Mr. W. E. Gardner, who has bus
iness interests at Wagram, in the
eastern part of the State, moved his
family to that place last week.
AUCTION BRIDGE
CLUB ORGANIZED. - ,
At a meeting held yesterday')
morning at the home of Misses Ann
and Nell McLean on South Broad
street an auction bridge club was
organized with nine members. The
club will meet at the heme of some
member each Friday morning.
Among the members of the club are .
Misses Ann and Nell McLean, Jennie
Pegram, and Columbia Kelly and, i
Mesdames Jack Harper, Leon ' Ad
ams, A. M. Dixon and H. M. Clave- ,
land. i
CONFEDERATE
MEMORIAL MY.
The ladles of Gastonia Chapter, ',
U. D. C, are actively engaged In '
preparations for 'the celebration of '
Memorial Day next Saturday, May ;
10th. The program, which promts-
es to be. of unusual excellence, will :
be published In full next Tuesday.
Both Governor Locke Craig and
Hon. E. Y. Webb will be present and. -
deliver -a dresses. The usual dee- '
o'o'lon t am rises at the cemetery '
uill foilow the public exercises at
l!:e cojii acuse and dinner will ba
served to aU veterans. It Is hop Ml
that there will be a large attendant j
of vi'.erfcns from all parts .i ihe
county.
WARLICK-EDWARDS
WEDDING.
Mr. John W. Warllck, of Golds-, ;
boro, and Miss Pearl Edwards were '
united In marriage Wednesday night
at the home of Mrs. Rachel E.
Allen,- west of the city. The cere-'
mony was pronounced by Rev. J. A.
Baldwin, of Charlotte, principal of '
the Southern Industrial Institute, ,
assisted by Rev. Neill C. Williams,
pastor of West End Methodist "
church, In the presence of- a large
company of guests. The bridal
couple entered the parlor to the
strains of the wedding march ren-'
dered by Miss Bessie Lee Clontnger, 1
and were attended by Mr.. J. M.
Jenkins and Miss Annie King, Mr. ,
Walter R. Jenkins and Miss Effle
Smith, former schoolmates of the -bride
at the Southern Industrial In
stitute, Mr. and Mrs. Warllck will '
make f.beir home at Goldsboro. ' I
HOVIS-BTROUP
WEDDING WEDNESDAY.
Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Hovls, of Gas
tonia, attended the marriage of the
former s brother, Mr. Claude Hovls, I
and Miss Annie May Stroup, daugn- I
ter or Mr. Noah Stroup, near Cher-
ryvllle Wednesday evening. The '
ceremony took place at 7:30 o clocK ;
and was witnessed by quite a num- 'j
ber of the close friends and rela-
tlves of the contracting parties. I
Rev. D. H. Relnhardt, of Bessemer '
City, officiated and the ceremony !
was a simple but very Impressive t
one. Miss Zona etroup, a cousin of i
the bride, played the wedding
march. The only attendants were '
Mr. Sam Hovls, of McAdenvllle, a
brother of the groom, who was best
man, and Miss Lola Guffey, of Ruth- i
erfordton, a cousin of the bride, wno
acted as maid of honor. The parlor
was quite prettily decorated la
ferns and potted plants, the mam
feature being a large wedding bell of ;
lilies and ferns, under which the '
bride and groom stood during the !
taking of the vows. Yesterday f
morning a reception was tendered
the bride and groom at the home of '
the groom's mother, Mrs. Sallle Ho- j
vts, near Bessemer City. It was a
delightful occasion and was attend- i
ed by quite a number of their
friends. The groom Is a prosperous ,
young farmer living near Bessemer- :
City while the bride is an attractive '
and popular young lady of her com- t
munity. Both have many friends
whose best wishes will go with them i
to their new home. ,
Ward Meeting To-Nlght. ;
A meeting of the votej of war4 j
six will be held at the city hall to-
night at 8 o'clock for the purpose or '
nominating a school Commissioner
and a member of the executive com j
mlttee for the ward. Every voter i
is urgently requested to be present.
MAY CALL FOR TROOPS.
Asheville Street Car Strike Getting;
Serlons.
A special dispatch from Raleigh,
to yesterday afternoon's Charlotte
Chronicle says:
A telephone message from Mayor
J. E. Rankin of Asheville to Gover
nor Craig this morning was to the
effect that the situation is critical
there in connection with the strlke
of the street car motormen and con
ductors, and most serious outbreaks
threatened tonight.
There was immediately a confer
ence between the Governor and Ad
jutant General Young of the Nortn.
Carolina National Guard and an or
der for certain of the western Korta
Carolina military companies to pro
ceed to Asheville for service In main
taining order may be expected at,
any hoar.
The Governor assured the Asheville--
authorities that- the - State - will -grant
prompt relief whenever the
Asheville authorities deem the Inter
ventjon of the militia necessary.
Mrs. O. W. Davis and Miss Sal
lle Fayssoux spent Wednesday ta
the El Bethel section of Cleveland',
county with friends.
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